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Tombstone epitaph., 1915-09-19
How Far New York Trains Travel

The subway and elevated trains in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. New York city. travel every day distance of more than twice the circumference of the globe.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-09-19
CRIPPLE CREEK OUTPUT.
Increase for August Over July Is Re.
 porte5 as s114,57e.

Cripple Greek. Colo.-The mines Of Cripple Creek district for August pro. duced S4.sO0 ton Of ore with an aver. age value Of sli65 per ton. and a gross bullion value of sl,2i2, ,26i. As compared with July. the increase is reported in tonnage as l,75O tons, and in value s114.57y.
 The Portland Gold Mining Company. al its three plants. one in Colorado springs and two in this district, treated no less than 4l,l00 tons of ore oi a valuation Of from s259 to s2l per ton, and Al aggregate value Of S295,s6i.
 The figures as reported out from the several treatment plants are as fol- lows:
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-09-19


 Moslem power in Asia Minor and the Moslem power in Egypt, and so as sumes strategic importance in the war or the nations. Yet the Holy Land is a lana embalmed in the spirit and GUS toms of 5000 years ago. according to description of village life there as prepared by John D. Whiting for the National Geographic society:
 Manners and customs which pra- vailed in Palestine in Biblical days are still unchanged. While the townspeo. pie are losing their ancient customs and quaint costumes. the villagers are, in these things. as they were g.. uoo years ago. Three distinct classes inhabit the land; the Bedouin. a mo- madic' warloying race; the Fellaheen. agnculturists, shepherds and village dwellers; and the Madaniyeh, who live in the towns and cities and are artisans
 The present-day villages are locat. ed. as rule. either on the tops of hills, originally for protection. or near some spring or source Of water Many are built upon the foundations Of build ings whose origin dates back thou sands of years. There does not exist a single example of a peasant village that has been founded in modern times.
 Village streets are crooked. nar- TOW and unpaved. The farmers houses are crowded close together for protection. These houses consist of one large room. usually square About two-thirds of the space within is de voted to a raised. masonry platform, some to l9 feet above the ground, and this is the kitchen. storeroom. bedroom and living room of the fam fly. Below this platform. the cattle and f'ocks are housed. goats and sheep, few work cattle. and perhaps a donkey or camel.
 Each village has guest chamber
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-09-19

guide the vehicle. they will yet be con strained to rotate with the axle to permit the four wheels of the vehicle to be driven from the motor-Scien- fife American
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-09-19

Hash, which continues so long as the key is kept depressed. The dots and dashes of the Morse code are pro duced by manipulation of the key Popular Mechanics.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-09-19

Save Needed Moisture. Conserve the soil moisture, 1t will be peeded later.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-09-19
WE ERIN MINING NEWS IN RIFF
eTn New.p.re- rnIon Ncw. ser,Ic,.
TN B R | 6 E

Metal Market Values. Lead. New York. x4.su. Bar silver, 46i.c Spelter, St. Louis. SEAS. Copper, casting, sl7I2l2.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-09-19

HAT thin strip upon the eastern coast of the Med. iterranean sea. the Holy
 Land. sacred to the be lievers Of three world-re- ligions, to Christians, Jews and Mos,ems. and
 ground wherein were cradled ideals which
 have made almost all
 civilization tributary, is a bridge between the
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-09-19
MUST ROTATE WITH AXLE

And gasoline isn't so high. after all.
The evening world., 1915-11-19
CLERGYMAN ADMITS
ANNOYING Girl IN CAR
The Rev. Richard H. Keep Pleads
Guilty to Her Charge and Seeks
to Obtain Leniency.

The Rev. Richard II. Keep. the swe-
denborsian clergyman arrested for an
noytng Florence Lennon. fifteen years
old. IN a Brooklyn street car. to-day
changed his plea of not guilty TO one
Of guilty when arraigned before Jus
tices Kernochan. McInterney and Gar
win Of the Court of Special Sessions,
Brooklyn. Upon request OF his coun.
sci. Francis X. Carmody. disposition OF
the case was put off for a week in
order that Keep might gather and pre-
sent certain information to the court.
Meanwhile the probation officer Of the
court will continue his investiga ton
OF the clergyman's department.
Assistant District Attorney Cooper
objected TO the postponement OF ac-
:. on in the case and when the court
asked whether he had any evidence
OF the past conduct OF Keep, called
Sergius NJ. Riis, superintendent of the
Law and Order Association, who had
acted as detective for an associa ton
OF theatrical managers in New York.
He testified he had found Keep was
annoying young girls in New York
theatres and that Keep promised TO
stop It and report at Riis's office every
month. Riis told the court Keep had
confessed annoying the Lennon girl.
The evening world., 1915-11-19
NO THANKSGIVING
IN GAY SING SING
FOR THIS BURGLAR
Tried Hard to Break In, but
Judge Decides Tombs
Menu Must Do.

George whalen, burglar, and inmate
years OF his life, stepped smillngly
before Judge Wadhams In the Court
Of General Sessions this morning and
in apparent happiness waited to be
sentenced to Sing Sing in time for the
Thanksgiving dinner there. He
smashed a window at No. 234 Bowery
a few weeks ago and then let a po-
liceman catch him with a few articles
he had taken, so he would be sure 20
get to jail in time.
without wasting any time whalen
pleaded guilty and asked to be sem
fenced Immediately. Judge Wadhams
knew that he had told the police OF
his desire TO go up and meet Warden
Osborne on Thanksgiving Day and
he decided Whalen's desire was not
a commendable one. so he remanded
him TO be sentenced next Friday,
when the last OF the Thanksgiving
celebrations Is over at Sing Sing.
whaIen lost his smile and went back
to the Tombs In sorrow.
Court attaches had estimated for
the Judge that in tho twenty-five
years Whalen has spent In prison the
state has spent $500 for his keep.
In addition 1t has cost in transports
] tion and legal expenses of his trials
another Sl2,50O. so his eleven terms
I in Jail have meant an added cost to
/ the commonwealth of $4,000.
a n
| your crlmcs?" Judge Wadhams asked
! him.
About $500" Whaleu said, but
haven't been "a burglar for money, II
I seems. It's because I can't help 1t.
can't keep out Of jail"
The evening world., 1915-11-19
PLUCKY GIRL ARRESTS
PICKPOCKET ON 81"
Miss Menendez Receivers Her Purse
and Then DragS Prisoner Two
Blocks 10 a Policeman.

Miss Mary Menendez Is plucky
Nttlc dressmakcr OF No. 1877 East
Fourteenth Street. Brooklyn. who not
only caught the man who stole her
pocketbook and made him give It up,
but dragged her fighting prisoner
down a flight of elevated railroad
stairs and for two blocks until she
found n policeman, because the men
she asked to aid her refused. The
prisoner. Harry Levine. twenty-four
years old, of No. AZ Essex Street,
pleaded guilty to the larceny In York
Vile Police Court to-day and was
held in 81, 500 bail for the Grand Jury.
Levine jostled Miss Mencndez last
night on tho Forty-second Street sta
ton of tho Third Avenue elevated
road. She looked at aer handbag.
which she found open. Her pocket
book, with 1897 in II. was gone. She
ran after Levine. who was nasteping
from the platform, caught him. de-
manded tho return Of her property.
Levine Immediately took the pocket
book out and returned II. Then Miss
Menendez seized him.
After the men OH tho platform re-
fused to help her. she dragged Levine,
lighting all tho way, to Forty-fourtll
Street and Third Avenue, where she
found Motorcycle Policeman Michael
Downs of the Wakefield station. who
relieved her OF her charge.
The evening world., 1915-11-19
HER TRUNKS HELD FOR DUTY
Custom. Men Say Mrs. warren Yin
d~re.timated value.

Three trunks brought from Europe
by Mrs. whitney Warren, wife of an
architect. of No. IL East Forty-sev-
enth Street. were under examination
at the Appraisers stores to-day.
They were seized from Mrs. Warren
because the customs inspectors who
met the Espangc, on which Mrs. War
rem came from Havre yesterday be-
lieved Mrs. Warren's declaration that
the hats and gowns they contained
were worth $500 was about 5000
out OF the way.
II was understood at tho Barge
office that Mrs. Ware nhad been
very frank in acknowledging she may
have made a big mistake In setting
a value on the contents of tho trunks.
and in view OF this she might be al
lowed TO amend her declaration and
have the things on payment OF an ad-
nauste duty. Theer are precedents
for such course. though Il is un-
usual
The evening world., 1915-11-19
WIRELESS PHONES NOW
FOR CARS AND AUTOS
Two Swedish Officers Invent Appa-
ratus Which May Revolution
ize Train Running.

LONDON. Nov. ia stockholm des-
patch to the Evening Post reads:
AN invention of two Swedish army
officers consists OF q simply con-
structed apparatus by means OF which
wireless telephone messages may bt
de SD atched from trains or sutomobilei
travelling at high sped.
"In one instance messages were In.
telligibly received from distance Of
740 miles.
Experts declare that this invention
wi practically revolutionize the pres
emit railway signal system.
The evening world., 1915-11-19
Famous Curling Match on.

MONTREAL. Nov, Ie.-Announcement
was made to-day that It has been de-
cided TO call off the Gordon International
Curling Medal match this winter In view
of the present war conditions. This has
been an annual event between curriers'
from the United States and Canada. and
the match has alternated between the
two countries. Last winter II was held
In Utica. N. Y. and II would be the turn
OF the Canadian curriers' to play at home
this winter,
The evening world., 1915-11-19

esstson Of neishboru. and sftsr . sharp
battle made seven prisoners Of whom
need the attention Of q oouverneur Hos
pital surgeon,
The police hoped to make correct re-
turns OF the names Of the prisoners and
the injured before midnight.
The evening world., 1915-11-19
BATTLE OVER THE KAISER.
Seven Persons BADLY Hurt At {
stanton street saloon.

Adolph Fucker, who has q saloon at
No. 80 Stanton Street. though he ad-
vertises Bevarian beer. caters almost
exclusively TO Russians. A number OF
his regular Customers found three strans-
ers at the bar to-day exslting the Kaiser.
Instant debate arose and spread into
tinued with chairs, dishes and table
legs
Three policemen. sheehy. Shirt and
Pluntdtt were sent, at the urgent sug-
The evening world., 1915-11-19
boy, Run over. to Get efa, 900.

Nathan Klein. fifteen years old, who
was run over by an American Express
Company truck on Aug. 81, 1914, was
awarded $4,000 damages In the Su-
preme Court yesterday. The attorneys
for tho company agreed to the verdict,
hence the boy will receive the money
without delay. As q result Of the accl-
dent one OF Klein's legs II four inches
shorter than the other.
The evening world., 1915-11-19
EXPLAINING A FINE.

IT was just reading about a man VINO
was Aned $3.50 for beating his wife and
$40 for beating his mule; that's an out
rage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
BIG ACTS FEATURE.
 LYRIC VAUDEVILLE
Colonial Days," Gorgeous Musical Offering; Nine Arabian Whirlwind
 Dervishes and Claire Rochester

A quartette of attractions that are looked on in the amusement world as being particularly strong features arc heralded to appear at the Lyric this week. commencing with the matinee Monday afternoon and the society night" performance Monday night.
 Colonial Days" presented by B. A. Rolfe, with company of 10 singers and instrumentalists, appearing in col onial costumes and a gorgeous stage setting, is the headliner. The num- bers are said to be good and the en- sembles of brass and string particu- larly strong. The solos of MT. Galpen Miss Estelle Althouse, soprano, and MT. Wainwright, tenor. are three of the features of the act, and the duet members come in for particular praise from the critics.
 Abou Ben Hamid's Nine Arabian whirlwind acrobats. Dervishes and gun spinners are without doubt the swiftest thing afoot They whirl with the speed of Kansas cyclone and handle their guns in a manner that breaks all records for speed. There is probably no more efficient act of this kind in vaudeville today
 Memories of Claire Rochester will bring many person to the Lyric this week. for this sweet voiced singer was a great favorite here last season She has a phenomenal double voice so prano and baritone, and sings in either with apparent ease. Her programme is new this visit, her costumes are all new and said to be even more won derful than last season-and her repu- tation here ts already made. She 10 Q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03

from start to finish. It is said to be a blood red story of strong men battling for supremacy. with all their powers of mind and muscle alert for every cast of chance. Tho picturesque rugged romance of Alaska has a love story with splendid imagination that grips and holds the sympathies. Among the big scenes are the building and the dynamiting of a entire town, said to be without excep- ton the only similar scene in the movies; a volcanic earthquake, which is extra ordinary; mining scenes, gambling scenes and the great white SHOWS of Alaska.
 In brief, the story tells of the efforts of crooks and crooked judges and off, cials to rob Glenister and Dexerty-co- workers of the Midas" the richest mine in Alaska-while they are away in the states on a vacation. The love story comes through the introduction of Helen Chester, a niece of the corrupt judge, who is sent with valuable papers to Nome because of the unavoidable delay of her uncle and McNamara. the genius of the plot Smallpox breaks out and she is about to be detained in quaran- tine when she is assisted to escape by the two men she is unconsciously assist ing to rob- Appeal is finally made, after the crooked court has done its work, to the federal authorities at San Fran cisco, but the court refuses to obey the federal orders. In the running of the story Glenister and Helen fall in love with each other, but he becomes con- vinced she is conspirator against him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
"ABE" AND "MAWRUSS" TO WALK ON STAGE
Dramatized Version of Montague Glass Famous Stories to Appear
 at Jefferson Tomorrow

Ever since Montague Glass wrote the first Potash and Perlmutter" story for the Saturday Evening Post there developed a strong desire to see Abe and Morris on the stage. The two partners had become international fa- vorites when Manager A. H. Woods presented them two seasons ago at the Cohan theatre, New York city, and their reception was an ovation. Pot ash and Perlmutter" broke all records for runs and for receipts long before Mir. Woods, in answer to insistent de- mands from the theatregoers of tho rest of the country, determined to break the apparently endless engage ment but now at last this most de- lightful of all comedies is to be seen at the Jefferson theatre on Monday and Tuesday with a matinee Tuesday, and the event promises to be a notable one In local theatrical history. From the minute that Manager R. s. Douglas announced that he had secured Pot ash and Perlmutter" as the big attrac- tlon of the season applications for reservations began pouring into the box office and there is every indica- ton that this city will add another to the enviable records of tn. pro- duction.
 Briefly, the story of Potash and Perlmutter" deals with the trials and tribulations of those most lovable of partners who risk their all to save from a Russian prison a coreligionist who has been falsely accused of bomb throwing. but who through their very self-sacrifice secure the services of the greatest cloak and suit designer of her day--Ruth Goldman-a young woman who is described as having "a business head like Andrew Carnegie and a form like Lillian Russell" For three acts the fortunes and misfortunes oP fhA a-fx tod fN.x r-I amid a perfect gale of laughter that drowns the occasional tear. Although containing a thousand laughs the play is full of deepest hear interest and although he does not appear on the programme the busiest character of all Is little Cupid.
 The scenes are laid first in the somewhat shabby downtown office and workroom of the firm, then in their handsome Fifth avenue establishment and finally, in the home of Abe Potash
 No play has ever been put on the stage with greater attention to detail For many weeks the members of tho sp1en- did company that will be seen here visited the cloak and suit districts of New York in order to thoroughly fla miliarize themselves with the true at mosphere, while in the meantime MT Woods scenic artists and carpenters
 were making absolute reproductions of salesrooms and workshops so that the audience Is literally transported to &C., tual scenes of Montague Glass famous stories from which the play was dram atized. The result proved well worth the time and expense involved for the audience actually lives with the char acters as the wonderfully absorbing plot Is carried on to a happy end ing.
 In the company to be seen here will be such New York favorites as:
 Harry First, Phil White, Gus Cohan Sam Howard, Dore Rogers George Semels, Jack Gray Lottie Kendall Maggie Meredith, Lillian Cook, Bertha Martin and others of equal note.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03

southern girl. with relatives and friends among the socially prominent
 people of Alabama. Since leaving Bir-
 mingham she has had wonderful sea-
 son in the largest theatres of New
 York and the east
 John P. Wade's delineation of the
 chal acter of Jefferson Jackson Monroe
 in the classic of the south, .Marse
 Shelbys Chicken Dinner" is said to
 Y O thesh of the numerous roles he
 has created. The story is one of the
 oesoLion of an old slave to his old
 master. of depleted southern finances
 after the war in which the characters
 are drawn with great care and truth fitness.
 k bit of legal mixture is the founda- tfon of the comedy of Comfort and King, who will offer Coon Town Di- vorcons,' written by Junnie McCree. It Is said to have the sole purpose of creating plantations of comedy and to succeed admirably in this end. Cecile Weston, whose personality en- ables her to sing songs wonderfully well, and Louise Leon, said to be e champion ragtime player, are knowr as "The Personality Girls" and offer a melange of song and piano playing, solos and duets. Pollard. a comedy jug
 Fler, will be the opening attraction and it Is said that he always puts an audience in an excellent humor from the first.
 The Pathe weekly news service, with the pictures of the European war, com plete the weeks offering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03

performer on the stage today will be the attraction at the Lyric next week, when Arthur Prince will be seen here for the first time. He is ventriloquist, but, like the well known advertising slogan, You have seen the rest, now see the best ability to control 1t Is beyond the concep- ton of those who never seen the act. It is said that his efforts commence where the others leave off.
 Arthur Prince is the biggest event to date of the season. It is his first appear ance in Birmingham. His wonderful abil- ity was shown recently when he was caught in Europe at the beginning of the present war. and by using his double voice was able to get out of the country and completely fool the officers and mili- tary authorities of Russia. He is said to be the greatest ventriloquist in the world, and to really have that rare facility Of voice control so seldom heard.
 On next weeks bill will be Ethel Kirk and Billy Fogarty, well remembered from est act of tiny dogs in vaudeville, the seven dog comedians all being dwarfs; Kramer and Morton, two Black Dots," who are said to be very funny Walter Leroy, Emily Lytton and company in "Neighbors," by Junie McCree, a realistic incident in the lives of two old friends and one of the big sketch acts of vaude- ville-Jed and Ethel Dooley, but recently from the Harry Lauder show, and Pepi- fax and Panlo, a surprise team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
GRAND OPERA IN
 ENGLISH THIS WEEK
Boston English Opera Go. Will Pre- sent "Il Trovatore" for Three
 Performances at Jefferson

Friday night the Boston English Opera company, which comes to the Jefferson theatre Saturday, matinee and night Is following a new method in the presenta ton of opera. Instead of doing five or six different operas in an indifferent man. ner, some fairly good and some very bad, 1t has confined all it's energy to one opera. what is more important, every member of the company has been selected for their special ability in this one opera.
 It does not require great deal of thought to realize that such a course can have only one result, namely, to make a performance ten times better, more fin- ished and in every way superior than would be possible when a half dozen diff ferent operas are done.
 Opera singers, like people in other pro- fessions, have certain preferences; some are great in one opera, and some in others The cast of the Boston English Opera company are all stars of note, and what is more to the point, they have all made their greatest success in "Il Trov- atore." They have been selected for that req son purely.
 Joseph F. Sheehan is acknowledge the world over as one of the greatest expo- nents of the role of Manrico of the pres ent day. Miss Elaine De Sellem stands in a class by herself as far as the role of the Gypsy hag is concerned. Her in- depreciation Is said to be one of the finest pieces of character singing on the operatic stage Miss Mirth Carmen ranks among the greatest Leonoras of English opera. Arthur Deane, both with the Castle Square Opera company. as well as the Royal Carl Rosa Opera company, has won fame for his depletion of Count Di Luna. Harold J. Geis, deep bass voice, and heroic style, is particularly well suited to Fernando. The others in the cast, Miss Grace Doxsee. William Young. Evaline Van Aerham, Miss Louise Fleming, William Hamilton, Clark Har- court, have all been chosen for their suc- cess in I'll Trovatore." Even the chorus has been particularly selected for this one opera
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03
REX BEACH'S GREAT
 STORY AT MAJESTIC
"The Spoilers" in Nine Reels of Red- Flooded Men in Action This
 Weeks Attraction

'"rhe Spoilers.' from Rex Beach's won- derful story of the frozen fields of Alas ka, will be seen at the Majestic theatre all this week, commencing with the Mon day matinee. The picture Is in nine reels and those who are familiar with the mo- ton picture world declare that for real ism. magnetism. thrill and punch 1t h one of the greatest pictures ever filmed.
 William Farnum and Kathlyn Williams. of the Adventures of Kathlyn' fame, are the stars of the production, which runs into nine full reels. The fact that these two stars are in the principal roles Ia sufficient to guarantee to the theatre and movie patrons of Birmingham an ex- ceptional line of acting. Thousands who read the story by Rex Beach will re- member it as one of the finest he has ever written. He personally conducted the rehearsals for the picture and su- perintended the making of the flms
 The Spoilers" is said to be moving masterful and wholesome in it's human interest. thrilling in detail. absorbing in situation and powerful In progresaion