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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
! CIGARETTE BELIEVED
 TO HAVE STARTED FIRE WHICH KILLED TWO

Cleveland, January 2.-Police believed tonight that discarded cigarette may have started the fire Tn which the Rev. Stephen Makar pastor of St. Johns Greek Catholic church, was killed by suffocatfon and his housekeeper, Mrs Anna Fegjo, was burned to death early today.
 The blaze had its origin on the stair way to the second floor of the parish house, where the pastor and his house. keeper were trapped. Police Captain A.urpry said he believed Mir. Makar, who he said was an inveterate smoker, had dropped cigarette while going to his room. The police previously had worked on the theory that the fire was of incendiary origin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03

system Of overhead irrigation. and with hot beds, hot houses and cold fl ames
 The dairy is justly pride of the school The dairy herd consists of 70 head with S5 milch cows. It provides the school with milk. butter and beef The dairy barn is modern building with the best equipment. and has been pronounced by dairy experts as one of the cleanest and most sanitary dairies in Georgia
 The dairy house is an attractive lit- tie rustic building. Within 1t is a most complete dairy house. equipped with separators. churns, Babcock test : CTS and other apparatus for caring for milk and butter. The boys have charge of the cows. the barn and the Hairy house, directed by the agriculturist. The training prepares them to man. age successfully dairies of their cwn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
For Sale or Trade

l have 320-acre farm within 3 l. miles of Cuba, Ala, the great truclN district, and within 1 1-2 miles of shipI ping station. 125 acres open, balanc | in timber; a Broom house. can self for $500000, and will accept one-ha1f Birmingham real estate and balance on time.
 412 acres on the river 1-2 miles south of Demopolis. 320 acres in timber and enough switch cane to winter 100 head of cattle without other food. Has Groom house, 4-room house and several tenant houses. River landing on place, above high water. One mile of McDowell on Southern railroad. Price s20.00 per acre. and ran accept Birmingham real estate for his.
 A. L. YORK MALONE MCCONNELL GO.
 Phone 1238
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03

majestic with the music of and hammer floating upward from the
  Co NoRWooD BOULEVARD and from the fos Go  NORwooD 1915
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
DON'T HOARD
 YOUR MONEY

Put it with an old fashioned trustworthy B uildin g and Loan Association that you know is safe and sound, which will pay you 6 per cent, and your money back when you want it, with interest to date of withdrawal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
NEW BANKS TO
 BEGIN BUSINESS

Washington, January 2.-Fourteen national banks were authorized by the comptroller of the currency to begin business during December. They had a total capital of $1,250,000. During the calendar year ending with December 336 applications to organize banks were received and of these 23S were ap- proved. The total now doing business Is 7593, with an authorized total capi- tai of s1,074,3S2.175. with a total out standing circulation of $1,039,711,021.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
Where to Look ali Birmingham in 1915V

New Years morning the fog was thick "downl town. One had a not only of its denseness, bu1 it's unversalityit appeared all creaton
 In this fog passenger boarded NORWooD BOULEVARD bus. For awhile the ride was through drab cloud, but when the gentle eminence which Norwood stands was reached the fog left be- hind and the beautiful boulevard stood out in the glory of southern midwinter sunshne-serene and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
Low Death Rate

New York, January 2.-New York's death rate for last year-13.40 per 1000 of population-was the lowest in the city's history, according to announce ment today by the health department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
Literary Department

The Other Tenth"
 There is still another course, designed for special students. Not all who 20 to sthis school are boys in their teens. Some of them are 25 or 30 years old, young men who are taking the chance that is at Sest open to them. They can't spend one day on work that is not essential and so for them has been added this special course. It is based on the de- duction of educators that students for get nine-tenths of what they are taught at school, that nine-tenths of it is not essential to their later experience For these men, there Is special course in the other tenth, the part they do need.
 Instead of textbooks, they use the life around them. They go to the garden and measure plots of ground, the entire gar den, and other dimensions that will be of use to them. They gather some small crop, put away seed corn, or do some of tse other many things that are con nected with their work as farmers and which they should know how to do in the best way.
 Later they write compositions on what they have learned A teacher corrects these and marks the misspeled words The students then learn to spell these everyday words. instead of list of words taken from book.
 When they have finished the study of subject taken up in this way they know how to do that particular part of farmers work in the most economi- cal and effective way. They have had practical work in agriculture and nature study in writing. reading, composition, spelling and in practical arithmetic. They are learning to do well that for which they are best fitted.
 One of their lessons, or series of les sons. was based on the building of a silo; another on the sale of a beef; and another on harvesting field of corn All their work is practical. directly con nected with their farming, and in form
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
CHEVROLET CAPITAL
NOW is S8O,OOO.OOO
Increase Held to Substantiate
RumOrs Of Consolidation
With General Motors.

DOVER. Del. Dec. The Chevrolet
Motor Company today filed an increase
Of its capital stock from $50. 900. 900 to
tSO'OOO.OOO. The company originally was
Incorporated on September % with a
capital Of 100000, and on October q
increased It's capitalization to $50 900.
This latest increase In Chevrolet stock
substantiates rumors which recently
have prevailed In New York on the
merging of the Chevrolet Company and
the General Motors Company.
James Couzens, generally credited
With being the dominant factor in the
success Of the Ford Motor Company
and until recently its vice president and
general manager, is reported to have
become one Of the heaviest stockholders
with the Durant interests. The affilia-
ton OF Chevrolet and General Motors
Companies, while t If oBtensibly mere.
ly an expansion Of business interests, in.
dicates. through the Identification Oi
CouzenB. an active campaign of com.
petition for the Ford Company's position
In the low priced car field.
Ever since Couzens' resignation from
the Ford Company, some such move OF
his part has Jeen expected. CouZens
break with Henry Ford, consequent
upon Ford's attitude against prepared
ness and activity In the European peac,
propaganda, never was believed to meal
anything more than his temporary re
tirement from the industry.
The automobile world, both builder
and users, are waiting with deep in
terest to see the next move of thi'
triumvirate. one &c the biggest II hai
ever known. Unquestionably II indicates
the manufacturing on a large scale o
a low priced CAM which will compete
with the Ford.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
Driver PIucks Feathers
Instead of Daisies
NEW YORK. Do. %.

NEW YORK, Dec. o.
A pink pin feather for the lady fair.
Two tall feathers for the conductaire
Pick. brother, pick with care.
Pick IN the presence Of the passen-
gaire.
A Second avenue elevated train JOLT
ed it's way uptown yesterday after
noon. John Collins. thirty-one, a driver
living at 1919 Second avenue, sat on one
OF the csne-bottomed seats. Under eacs
arm he held a plump, live chicken
From time to time he twisted one hane
over to the chicken beneath the other
arm. grasped feather firmly between
thumb and index finger. and pulled.
she loves me. she loves me not"
he counted. The chicken sduawked
Justify. The pile OF feathers grew.
Mrs Catherine Campbell, of 73 Lex
inRtOn avenue. who said she was a
member OF the s. p. c. A.. saw him.
complained to Policeman Robert SmO-
Iik. of the Fifth street station. who was
on the train I'm uniform, and had Col
Inns arrested. He was led OF at Nine
teenth street and taken to the East
Twenty-second street police station.
Lieutenant Powers locked him up on q
charge Of cruelty to animals.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
DRINK WATER TO
AVOID SICKNESS
SAYS AUTHORITY
Glass of hot water before
breakfast daily keeps the
doctor away.

Sanitary science has of late made
rapid strides with results Nlat ore OF
untold blessing to humanity. The latest
application of it's untiring research is
the recommendation that it is as neccs-
sary to attend to internal sanitation Of
the drainage system Of the human body
as 1t is to the drains of the house.
Those OF us who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when we arise
splitting headache, stuffy from a cold.
foul tongue, nasty breath. acid stom
ach, can, instead. feel as fresh as a
daisy by opening the sluices of the sys-
tenn each morning and flushing out the
whole OF the internal poisonous, stag
nant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or well,
should, each morning before breakfast,
drink a glass of real hot water with
teaspoonful OF limestone phosphate in
II to wash from the stomach, liver, and
bowels the previous days indigestible
waste, sour bile, and poisonous toxins:
thus cleansing, sweetening, and purify
ing the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach. The
action OF hot water and limestone phos-
phate on an empty stomach is wonder
fully invigorating. II cleans out all the
sour lamentations, gases, waste, and
acidity and gives one q splendid appe-
Jlte TOT oTedkIaSL. WINE you are en-
joying your breakfast the phosphated
hot water is quietly extracting a large
volume of water from the blood and
getting ready for thorough flushing
OF all the inside organs.
The millions Of people who are both
cred with constipation, bilious spells.
stomach trouble, rheumatic stiffness
others who have sallow skins, blood
disorders and sickly compilations are
urged to get a quarter pound of lime
stone phosphate from the drug store.
This will cost very little, butt is sutfi-
cient to make anyone a pronounced
crank on the subject OF internal sani-
tation-AdVt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
Overlooking
The Stomach
Causes Incomplete Digestion, Weak
ems the System, and Breeds
Dyspepsia.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
Axle Company to Eclipse
Ford'S Welfare System

DETROIT. Mich. Dec. pa wage
bonus and general welfare system
eclipsing the famous Sc day policv Of
Henry Ford Is to be put into effect jan
uary by the Thinker Detroit Axle Con-
pany, one OF the most prosperous sub
sidiary enterprises in the automobile
industry This has been announced to
the 5OO-odd employees at the companys
Detroit plant.
Though details Of the plan were not
made public. It is known that the NUM-
ficence Of the company will take con-
crete form. not only with generous
wage increases, but in various develop
ments OF social welfare work and re-
wards for efficiency. The aggregate in
creased expenditure made necessary by
the plan, It is stated, will run into mil
lions annually.
The Thinker plants. which repeatedly
have been enlarged, have been running
twenty-four hours daily.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
HOTEL PORTER, DEAD,
FOUND>TO BE WOMAN
Smoked, Took a Cocktail, and Was
Considered a Good Eel
low" by Men.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.--when an Ru
topsy was performed on the body Of
Rudolph Weinkopf'' in Brooklyn, II
was found that he was a woman.
weinkopf had worked as a hired man
in a boarding house.
Yesterday the woman was taken I'll.
The proprietor sent her to the Brooklyn
Hospital, where she died a few hours
later of apoplexy.
At the boarding house 1t was said that
Weinkopf had served as a porter wait
ed on the table and did other things
that handy man is expected to do.
She smoked and occasionally took q
cocktail. avoided women, but liked to
go out with the men, and was general
ly regarded as a good fellow.
Little was known of her before she
went to the boarding house. She Is
thought to have worked most OF her
life about hotels and boarding houses.
Why she wore the mans garb is not
known.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
BRYAN AND CLARK
MERGER SOUGHT
Support Of Commoner For
Presidential Hopes Plan Of
Mutual =. Ids.


Negotiations are in progress between
the mutual friends OF william J. Bryan.
former Secretary of state. and Champ
Clark. speaker Of the House. looking to
a reconciliation between the two leaders
which may lead to determination on
the part Of BRYAN to support Speaker
Speaker Clark for the Presidential nomi-
nation IN 1916.
From the standpoint OF the friends OF
Clark. who declare that the Speaker IL
Agreeable to the plan. the definite agree
ment viii depend on whether President
Wilson breaks his silence and makes
known his decision on the question Of
running for reelection. Thus far the
President has refused point-blank to
talk politics with any OF his advisers.
and with the convention six months Off.
the leaders OF the party are beginning
to frame other tentative states.
Bryan Reported Willing.
That Bryan and Clark ever could come
together again after the denunciation OF
Clark's hackers by Bryan in his sue
cessf,iI fight in 1919 against Clarks nomi-
nation was thought improbable until re-
Gently. According to Bryan's friends.
however. the CommOner always has
been ready to extend the hand of friend
ship.
They insist though that the first
suggestion OF a reconciliation came
from Speaker Clark. when the latter
learned of the refusal OF President
Wilson al his recent luncheon to
members OF the Democratic national
committee to make known his inten-
| tions. Since then, II Is stated, close
personal friends in the Senate of
both the President and Speaker Clark,
sound out Mr.. Wilson, but without
success.
Speaker Clarls is now at New Or
leans, visiting his daughter and SON
in-iaw. AMI Bryan is at Miami. Fla,
According TO mutual friends of the
! two men who are carrying on the
! negotiations, a meeting between the
| two will take place int Washington
quietly in the near future.
Bryan to Oppose Wilson.
That Bryan will oppose the Presi-
dent whether or not the latter decides
to run again has been accepted as a
! fact ever since the Secretary broke
| with the Chief Executive over Ihe
| German submarine controversy and
| resigned from the Cabinet. Mr.. Bryan
| has conferred his attack on the Presi.
|
| Speaker Clark has come out in g
| statement favoring reasonable pre-.
paredness." mutual friends of Bryan
! and Clark declare that IL is not i'm.
possible for the two men to get to.
! gether.
! Bryan, they declare. has definitely
made up his mind not to be a candi.
date himself.
| That leading Democratic Senators
| have grown cold toward the President
! will be shown. 1t Is reported. when the
| Senate takes up the consideration Of
| the Presidents nomination Of Frank p
Fletcher, of Pennsylvania. now anlbas
| sadOr to Chile. as ambassador To Mex.
leo. Fletcher Is a Republican--a Pen
rose Republican, 1t Is charged. Friends
CT Senator John W. Kern cf Indiana
who tried vainly to have the President
/ appoint a Democrat, declare that th'
| President by his action has stirred vi
a hornets nest. which is bound to hun
| after Congress recOnVenes. Senator
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
THIEF LEAVES DUMMY
MINUS ALL CLOTHES
Ninth Street Company Victim Of
Showcase Thief Twice in
Less Than Week.

The police are puzzling oyer an un-
usual show case robbery today. The
victim Ia the Upstairs Clothes Company.
at 500 Ninth street northwest. The loss
includes a suit and an overcoat
When Samuel Landsman. the man
ager. came down this morning he found
that the show case on the e street side
Of the shop had been burglarized A
hole less than a foot square had been
broken in the show case. Through this
small aperture, the thief had managed
to Overturn a tailor's dummy and denA1e
Il OF the suit and overcoat which II
wore. taking the clothes out through
the hole.
Landsman says that this is the second
time he has been the victim OF show
case thieves in less than week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29

Kern himself. who Is said to hA con-
siderably vcXed, despite hts hitherto
warm regard for the President. is saifI
10 have told the President that FIetch-
er's appointment would cost the Demo
Gratis the State OF Indiana, a citizen OF
which has usually held the Mexican
post.
his today, told the President that in
asmuch as II was the teEk OF the
Democrats TO reconstruct Mexico and
save the Mexican Policy NJ the Admin
istration. the ambassador TO that coun-
try should by all means be \ Democrat
in sympathy with the Administration
policy. Also, he told him. it would
look like a sad commentary on the
Democratic rarity II the President. by
20 find a man OF his own party A. for
the post"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
Experts Say High Cost
Of Meat. Will Continue

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Dec. 2s.--Speakers
before the American Association for
the Advancement of Science Tuesday
predicted there will be no reduction
in the price of meats in the near future.
Dieticians will continue to find Il prof
table to devise substitutes for meat,
they declared.
Although meat prices are already
more than the average family can af-
ford, prices paid for cattle are not
high enough to encourage beef produc-
ton properly, It was declared.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
Note Found in Bottle On
Desert Tells of Tragedy

NEVADA CITY. Cali. Dec. "a
strange record OF a desert tragedy of
the long ago was brought here from
Nevada by Frank Durnin, of Colfax.
who secured II from ID. j. Murphy. a
ranch owner of Churchill county-a bot
tie containing brief writing dated de-
cembetr 10, 1871.
1t appears that the shifting winds
brought the bottle into view beneath a
sagebrush where Il had undoubtedly
reposed for forty-fOuT years. In the
bottle had been stuffed a piece OF silk.
apparently a necktie. and on the silk
was written these words:
Indians stole horses on desert. Fol-
lowed 80 to 100 miles. Died of thirst and
starvation. December 10. 1871. p. {.
Knox"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
TODAY'S BEST FILMS
By GARDNER MACK.

Charles Cherry in THE Mummy
and the Humming Bird" the Lead
er, Ninth, between f and +
streets.
Francis X. Bushman and Beverly
Bayne In "Pennington's Choice"
metro Pictures), Crandall's Apollo,
ga II street.
Vivian Martin in over Night"
(Werld Film Corp0, Crandalps,
Ninth and f streets.
Valeska Suratt in 1.-The Immigrant"
u,asky), Loew's Columbia. Twelfth
and + streets.
Bessie Barriscale In THE Claw"
and Weber and Fields in THE
Best of Enemies" triangle F'ilms),
the Garden. 423 Ninth street.
Edwin Arden in 1.-The Beloved Ad-
venturer," adapted from the story
by Edward ], Locke (Pathe), the
Strand. Ninth and d streets.
Miriam Nesbitt and Sally Crute in
LIES Pitfalls" by Edward z.
Kidder (Edison), the Masonic Au-
ditorium, Thirteenth street and
New York avenue.
Hobart Henly in Graft" second in
stallment (UniversaO, the Alham-
bra. SO seventh street.
"Uncle Sam at Work" (Powers). first
series. the Hippodrome, Ninth
street and New York avenue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29

Widow" zoe HMrtig, producer and
manager. has provided a chorus OF
stTikingly pretty girls. A number OF
including Akin-Tier and Duffy and the
six stylish Steppers," premier dancers.
willard Mack. author and star OF the
the program at Moore's Strand ,Aheater
in Thomas Ince's latest Photographic
production, "Aloha Oe,' the Hawaiian
romance In his support will be seen
Frank BOrzage, J. F. lserk. and J. BAR
ney Sherry. The supplementary attrac-
ton will be a film version of Charles
MAJORS story, The Wrath of Haddon
Towers" with the stellar roles In the
hands Of Arthur Maude and Constance
Thursday. Friday, and Saturday LII
liam Gish Rozsika Dolly. and Wilfred
Lucas viii i be seen tS II d W. Griffith
tells of a husband firing OF matrimonial
bonds seeking the society OF dancer.
Miss Cish is effective IN the role OF the
discarded wife. and Miss Dolly displays
ability as the dancer. Others in the
company include Mary Alden. Elmer
Clifton Cora Drew, William Hinckley,
Leola O'Conner, and Paul Powell. The
supplementary feature viii he "Vivi-
ers.
The Paragraph hve star feature
pictures will be shown at the New Ma
tional TheateT next Sunday afternoon
and evening, The program consists
of THE Purloined Letter" featuring
Edith Wynne Matthison: Diana the
Huntress," with Paul Swan and Baron
ess DEWITT" 'SThe Bow Scout" with
Eddie Chapman in the title role; "a
Summer Dsv With Ella Wheeler WI.
cox" and Red Cross Work in Army,
Navy, and Mines"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29
Attractions Coming to
Capital Theaters

Kick In" the successful comedy
drama of life among reformed crooks,
returns to Washington next week for
an engagement at the New National
Theater. 1t will be remembered that
this play by Willard Mack was given
its initial production in Warrington
last winter under the name of Birds
OF Prey" and subsequently had a
years run in New York.
The story tells of the efforts of Shlc<
Hewes and his wife, both ex-convicts,
to lead straight lives without shaking
off their former associates. Two of
these are suspected of stealing dia-
mond necklace, so Chick is arrested
and held at police headquarters on tie
suspicion that he knows the thiet.
When a detective comes to search their
home, Chicks wife stabs him with a
hypodermIc needle and he Is over
powered. The couple finally give thern-
selves up to the law, prove their lnno-
cence in the matter of the necklace and
are allowed to so unmolested TO live as
they had wished.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-29

ing their courtship of the ex-chorus girl.
for they are unaware of the marriage.
A happy solution is found. but not be-
fore the two bachelors have challenged
each other to fight duel.
Miss Maude Eburne will be seen in a
role displaying her ability as a comedi-
cnne. and Miss Louise Kent has the
other leading woman's part. Louis
Ancker. the leading man of the Hall
lor.