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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17
Engagements.

Mrs. Blanche X. Towson announces
the engagement of her daughter
Blanche to Mr.. Oney KEN Carstarphen
of New York city. The wedding will
take place in November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

Mr. and Mrs. Abbott B. Goodrich an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter Marion Campbell, to Robert Israel
hewitt, son Of Mrs. Annie A hewitt and
the late Robert /. hewitt. The mar
riage will take place in the near
mfr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

Only their immediate relatives were
present at the wedding Tuesday last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

solitaire in the center Her flowers
were a shower Of white orchids, stepha-
motifs and lilies of the valley.
The bride presented her bridesmaids
with handsome silver perfume TASKS,
and her maid of honor with a beautiful
carved ivory locket. DIR. Gerrish's gift
belt buckle, and to his ushers he gave
silver cuff links.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17
Wore Hats, Muffs
and Court Trains.

toned with panniers and musketeer
sleeves, the court train, square in de-
sign, falling from the shoulders. The
bodice was made with Medici collar of
real point lace and the overskirt was
embroidered in pearls, orange bios
SONS caught at intervals among the
draperies. Her veil was edged with a
narrow fold of satin and held in place
with a cap of real lace wreathed with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

At the wedding of Miss Dorothy
Kenyon, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

Miss Helen Riley of this city was
bridesmaid at the wedding in st. Louis
last week of
4 Color Scheme in Miss Theodore
Councilman and
Uleen anu WMIe. Mr.. Robert c..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17

the quaint village church at Gates Mill,
near Cleveland. Ohio, scene long to
be remembered will linger in their
memories. A crisp autumn tinge per-
vaded the air. The trees around the
church and along the roadway where
the bridal procession walked to the
church were brilliant in their fall color
ings of red and yellows.
The scarlet hats and great punches
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-29

re a pensionar los polic1as que e1
ell ejercicio de su cargo queden impe
didos para ganarse la vida, y las ia
milias de los que fallezcan por reail
zar algi1n servicio
Ell proyecto fue aprobado en- segun
da lectura con enmiendas, pero Sc acor-
do reconsiderarlo manana para hacerle
otras.
Se puso a discussion el P. de la G.
I27, autorizando las permulas entire
los maestros enfermos, de manera Que
puedan realizarla los de distintos pue-
bios, siempre que su salud 10 exija y
as1 10 acrediten.
Con ell fin de hacerle varias enmien-
das Sc srlscit6 un debate de mas de una
hora entire los senores D1az Navarro,
Bustelo, Huyke, Martinez Nadal, Be
n1tez Flores, Pinero, Cumpiano, Con,
zalez Mena, resolviendose al cabo que
ell proyecto Sc remita nuevamente la
Comision de instruction p1blica, para
que 10 informe otra vez.
A las seis y media Sc levant6 la Sc
sion hasta hoy a las nueve de la ma
lana.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-29

la G. "a y As.
UN TELEGRAMA.
F'ue leido uno del seiior Tous Soto
eXcusandose de no asistir a la session
de la Camara, por haber tenido que ir
a San Lorenzo con ell Comisionado del
Interior para estudiar sobre ell terre
no ciertos proyectos de obras p1blicas.
PROYECTOS EN- la. LECTURA.
POr la de sus t1tulos fueron consi-
derados los siguientes:
P. de la G. 168. Por el senior eau
tho. "Para la creaci6n de una escue-
la superior en- Guayama y construc-
ci6n de un edifcio.
P. de la c. 1863. Por ell senior Fores.
para ennendar ell art1culo 1877 de la
Ley Hipotecaria, adicionar ell 70 de la
misma Ley y para otros fines.
P. de la C. ITO. Por ell senior Fo
res. "Para enmendar los articulos
250 y 1872 de la Ley Hipotecaria
P. de la G. III. Por ell senor Fo-
res. ''Para enmendar ell articulo AL
del Reglamento para la ejecuci6n dc
la Ley Hipotecaria. -
P. de la &c. 172. Por los senores
Pinero, Bustelo y Rivera Zayas. "Pa
ra fjar los honorarios que deben per
cibir los abogados Ell los pleitos de la
competencia de las Cortes Municipales
y para otros fines"
P. de la G. 173. Por el senior Con,
zalez NIena. "Derogando el articulc
4 del Reglamento de Sanidad No. 6, es
tablecendo las condolences sanitarias
cue deben observarse en- la urbaniza
ci6n de terrenos en- la isla de Puertc
Rico.
P. de la G. ia. P0r ell senor Aybar
para enmendar el inciso GO" de le
Secci6n 5 de la "Ley para reglamen
tar Y mejorar ell Servicio Civil dc
Puerto Rico, aprobada ell Mario "A
1907.
P. de la c. 175. Por el senior Parra
Cap6. "Para la construction de m
til5metro de carretera entire Ponce y
Adjuntas. p"
RESOLUCIONES CONJUNTAS.
R. G.. de la c.. 9. Por el senior Pal
mer, nombre de la Comisi6n de BE
neficencia. "Para la investigation dc
las circunstancias en- que Sc halla II
n1merq de portorriquefos emigrados a
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-29
Mass meeting
en- Bayam

Un mass meeting tendra lugar hoy
viernes 20 del corriente las 7. p. m.
en- dos salones de la Acadia de Bava-
mon-en el interes de Bayam6n, Pueblo
viejo, seccion de carretera a San Juan.
Delegaciones de los muchos pueblos
directamente interesados asistiran pa,
ra demostrar la Immediate necesidad de
completar esta secci6n de nuestro sis
tema de caminos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-29

Hawatii, y disponiendo 10 necesario
para SUI repatriation.
~PROYECTOS EN- "a. LECTURA.
Sc tomaron en- consideration como
tales, los que 10 fueron en- primera en-
la session anterior.
ORDEN DEL OLA.
Ell senor Palmer presento la siguien-
te moci0n:
Por cuanto: despues de haber sido
objeto de un mensaje especial del 60
bernador la Asamblea Legislative de
Puerto Rico en- su session extraordina-
ria del ano 1913 fu6 aprobada una ley
proveyendo para y ordenando La cons
truci6n de dos puentes sobre ell rio
Grande de Arecibo;
Por cuanto: La construction de di-
chos puentes que es de necesidad i'm
periosa para toda aquella jurisdiction,
puesto que completara la carretera de
San Juan a Mayagiiez, y abrira la bo-
ca nueva del referido rio, permitiendo
ell efciente desagie del llamado Cano
Santiago cuyas estancadas y pernicio-
sas aguas son un foco de infection y
una amenaza constante para la salud
y los habitantes de la ciudad de Are
cibo;
Por cuanto: la Asamblea Legislative
va ha acordado y decretado la realiza-
ci6n de dicha obra, cuyo estudio esta
de un todo terminado solo resta L.
ejecuci0n de la misma por ell gobierno
1sular;
Por tanto: resu6lvase por la Camara
de Delegados
Solicitar, y por la presente Sc soil
eta, del Gobernador de Puerto Rico,
que de las 0rdenes necesarias para que
Sc lleve cabo la construction de los
dos puentes sobre ell Rio Grande de
Arecibo, de que trata y que Sc re
here la ley numerO 132 aprObada pOr
la Asamblea Legislative de Puerto Ri
20 en- SO de Agosto de 1913.
La moci6n fu6 aprobada
I'll Delegado Aybar solicit6 "que
por la Camara Sc 1haga un suplicatorio
para que commute la pena capital
al REQ Mateo Conception cuya ejecu,
ci6n esta sehaIada para la madrugada
del d1a IA de Febrero de 1915
La solicitud fu6 objeto de un amplio
debate, acordandose fnalmente a mo-
ci6n del senor Aponte, que Sc envie al
Comit6 de Legislation para que la in
forme.
Sc discuti6 eXtensamente por los Sc
nores D1az Navarro, Lopez Dlaz y
Aponte ell p de la c. 1O6, que Sc refe-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-29
Ell cumpleanos
del Kaiser

El 27 fue ell cumpleanos del Kaiser
Guillermo de Alemania, y con tai mo-
two los buques alemanes surtos en-
puerto estuvieron empavesados todo ell
d1a.
La colonia alemana aqu1 residente
no celebr6 ning1n festejo, respetando
el deseo del Emperador.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-29
CAMARA De OELEGADOS

La session de aver empezo a las dos
media de La tarde. Sin ser le1da, SC
aprob6 ell acta de la anterior
Ell se1or Aponte solicit6 que Sc
transfrieren la Comisi6n de Legisla-
ci6n los proyectos de ley presentados
con respecto q indemnizaciones a obre-
ros por academies del trabajo. Entien-
de ell sefior Aponte que esos poyectos
son de una grave trascendencia, y que
como Sc trata en- ellos de enmendar
iqnportantes art1culos del C6digO Civil,
es la Comisi6n de Legislation la mas
llamada a informarlos.
La Camara acord0, en- consonancia
con 10 propuesto por ell senior Aponte,
que dichos proyectos, una vez infor-
mados por la Comisi6n de Trabajo, Sc
envien la de Legislation, para que
tambien los estudie.
PETICIONES Y MENGORIALES.
Ell secretario di6 cuenta de las 81
gllleuleS peClclOIlcS
De los senores Aristides Rodriguez,
Juan Laboy Juan Velazquez de
Ponce, solicitando la derogaci6n de los
Reglamentos de Sanidad No. 7 y 27.
Del Concejo Municipal de Rio Gran
de, adhiri6ndose al de Comerlo en- la
solicitud de leyes econ6micas que pro-
tejan las producciones agr1colas del
pals y especialmente del tabaco el ca
fe.
Del senior Liborio Padilla y Rivera,
de Rio Piedras, solicitando la supre-
sion de la pena de muerte.
De varios dependencies de pulperla
de Juncos, solicitando que Sc les con-
ceda todo el dia del domingo como des-
cansO.
Del Concejo Municipal de Santa lisa
bel, soGcitando que Sc anexe aquel mu-
nicipio, en- cuanto 10 judicial, a la
Corte de Distrito de Ponce y la Num-
cipal de Coamo.
De la senorita Margarita Calico, so
licitando que sc lie conceda, por un
ano mas, y por Ultima vez, La misma
pension votada en- la pasada Asamblea
Legislative.
INFORMES Y COMISIONES.
Ell senor Munoz Rivera lego varios
informes de las Comisiones de Legisla-
ci6n, de policia, de Benefcencia y de
instruction iP1blica. Sc recomienda
en- ellos que sean aprobados los P. de
la C. 1877, 106, 76, 104 y 147. Y que Sc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
Why Sap Rises in Spring

From the Washington Star.
 When the sap stirs in the spring and the leaf buds begin to swell and unfold, most persons think the question. and a great many ask 1t: ''Why does sap rise in the spring?' The question is usually dismissed as one of those manifestations
 In nature for which there Is no explana- ton that can explain or satisfy.
 The spring action of sap is one of those mysteries. one of the many mysteries, that baffle man. The sap of trees is the water which they draw for their nour- ishment by means of their wide branch ing roots in the soil, and which by some unfathomable mechanism is distilled and distributed through every part of the tree.
 Scientist find the furnishing of sap to the smallest plant or single blade of grass as great a mystery as the more powerful surrent that pervades the tallest tree. They know that the water which the plants absorb is taken up by the many delicate hairs that are attached to the roots. and that it goes through the tree very much as blood circulates through the nourishes the human body. Some men say the sap rises by capillary attrac- tion, others that it is forced up by root pressure. Not much seems to be really known about 1t.
 Men stand dumb before the question as to how number of plants and trees whose roots are in the same soil. auto- matically select food which is changed by their special digestions and assimi- lations in the special life protopla sms of their species. Out of the same soil come fruit of different taste and form and flowers of different color
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16

market in the early part of April, and netted more than any other part of the garden.
 The poys were hard put to 1t to pro tect the plants grown in the open from the cold weather of late March and early April. but finally by herculean endeavor constructed bed made by putting up 12-inch plank all round the rows, and then covering the plants with tar paper. The boys did this by themselves
 And they are sharp business men, too. Anyone who gets the best of them will have to hustle An incident serves to illustrate their shrewdness They were carrying some plants to town on the car one afternoon, when a man noticed them and inquired the price. He was told, whereupon he of fered to take two dozen, but said he would pay for them when he saw whether ali lived or not. The refusal was instant We don't do business that way" they declared. some Of the plants might die and then whered We be? No sir. you'll have to pay us now"
 In addition to tomato plants the boys have made considerable money off gen eral produce. They are figuring on getting considerable for their beets this year. Radishes lettuce and onions have already netted them about $10 and they are beginning to look 10 other crops They practice intensive farm ing, planting between the rows and as fast as one crop is off another is started.
 Mr. Taliaferro. who is with the Bir- minSnam Trust and Savings company, believes that the boys could have no better training for life than this, and encourages them to manage their own affairs. The two boys are the joy of Fountain Heights, and their sturdy manliness has won the admira ton and respect of all who know them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16

They don't look like farmers, do they? But they are. and expert ones, at that. Any time two boys, one eight and the other nine and one-half years old can take s25 out of garden in ono month they qualify as experts; and that is what this pair has done.
 These boys are the sons of Mir and Mrs. R. D. Taliaferro. 1913 Thirteenth avenue, north. Mark, aged eight, is on the left, and Ben, nine and one half on the right
 The two boys are seen standing in the midst of their garden, where the photographer caught them as they Were staying weeds This Is one of their principal occupations for no one else works in the garden. They have made it supply the family with vege- tables and have sold enough produce to net them s25 during April They are saving their money to buy bicy cles and if they continue the pace they nave started will have them by the end of this month.
 The boys have made a great part of their money by raising tomato plants They have sold about 1000 and could nave sold 30oO more, but were forced to refuse orders for them as their supply ran short. When the boys sold them in small lots they received 10 cents a dozen. but when dealing with the seed stores downtown they re- ceived from S2.50 to $4 per thousand
 The highest price they received was $4 a thousand. The plants bringing this price Were carefully assorted. and put up in packages of one dozen be~ fore they were delivered to the sto-e s These were grown in beds covered with glass window panes, which the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
TELLS ANOTHER STORY
 OF REV. THOMAS GREENE,

Dr. l.. c. Brancomb presiding elder
 of the Birmingham Methodist confer
 ence, was reminded by a story in yes
 terday's Age-Herald of another in-
 teresting incident in The Age Herald
 of the Rev. Thomas Greene, which
 showed this pioneer Alabamian to be
 far-seeing, not only in material things,
 but also in spiritual things. Dr.
 Branscomb writes as follows:
 To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 MT. Roberts story in todays Age-Her- aid in reference to Rev. Thomas Greene will remind his friends of the fact that he was seer not only in reference to the material development of the district but also in reference to the work of his church, he being a loyal Methodist.
 One of his hobbies was the need of a great church college in Birmingham. In April 1889. when Bessemer was. only two years old district conference was held there. Bishop Hargrovc. an honored graduate of the state university. presided over the conference. Brother Greene was present with his plans for the establish ment of a Christian college in the very heart of what he declared was to become the richest and greatest section of the south. An incident occurred which showed him to be a man of ready wit as well as vision. He was urging, as one of the reasons why the college should be under taken. the fact that so few ministers come from our state institutions. He in sisted that the state schools will give us lawyers and doctors and politicians but no preachers. Someone arose and re- minded him that the scholarly president of the conference, Bishop Hargrove was graduate of the university. That inter- ruption would have spoiled the speech of a man less ready than Brother Greene, but he pulled out of the difficulty by re- plying. .'He is? Well. then. no wonder he is a bishop. Any man who can become timber in him..
 The good bishop smiled, the audience laughed and applauded, but, there was no money with which to follow the plans of the far sighted preacher. He did not live to see Birmingham on the Warrior river. nor did he live to see Birmingham college at Owenton, the very place where years ago he declared the Methodsts should build it's college. But his dreams have come true. While we honor his memory for the pioneer work in preparing the way for the building of dams and canals to put Birmingham on the sea. let us also remember him as one who believed in building men as well as fortunes; in de- veloping the intellectual and spiritual as well az the material and financial Let
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
Engineer Saves Life, But May Cause His
 Company Money Loss
From the GIobe-Democrat.

From the GIobe-Democrat.
 Hutchlnson. kan.-If Engineer l. A ireadWay of Santa Fe limited train No mad allowed his train. one Sunday aft ernoon few weeks ago. to have run over and killed a high school boy who ran in front of his engine. stumbled and fell 1t would not have cost the company n dollar. For the boy was a trespa sser
 But int saving the boys Hfe Engineer lreadway had to stop his train so sud- oenlly that passenger on the train was injured
 Now lawsuit is being instituted against the company by the injured passenger Mrs A. A. Palmer of Fort Dodge Ia and the company probably will have to pay damages
 Looking at 1t from cold -blooded stand point of dollars and cents. Engineer Treadway would have saved his compapv money had he crushed the boy to death iying prostrate on the rails in front of his engine.
 But, to save the boy from certain death he took the chance that he would hurt nobody in his care on the train behind him r.'wY
 "The engineer did the right thing" said a prominent Santa Fe official He had but second to decide And he decided right
 WIT Iaiher' the injured passenger was hurled from a chair in the observa- ton car and severely injured internally. She was on her way from California to her home in Iowa. She has been in the hospital here since the accident. but was able to leave yesterday for her home in Fort Dodge.
 Her daughter. who had come from Los Angeles to be with her mother. was Tn consultation with attorneys this week and is bringing claim for damages against the Santa Fe company, and probably will have no trouble In recovering, on the ground that the company Is obliged to give their passengers a safe journey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16

from one creek enetting on the level of the floor of the main washing box and that from the smaller creek fall- ing into it from an elevation of three feet above it.
 As soon as the gravel is dumped into the washing box it is immediately at lacked by the larger volume of water. which tends to move II forward to- ward the screen placed at the head of the second washing box, whilst the stream of water falling from above disintegrates the mass Of gravel and frees Il from the soil and sand ad- herring to the larger stones.
 The shines then flow toward a three quarter-inch mesh iron screen. placed at an angle of 45 degrees. for the pur- pose of arresting the progress of the large stones, the practice being te all low only the finer dirt and small
 gravel to pass through the sluice boxes The larger stones are then re-
 moved to platform placed on level
 with the top of the screen. transfer red
 from thnce into a car alongside and conveyed over line of rails to the dumping point.
 The product passing through the
 screen flows through the sluice boxes. al of which have uniform width of
 three feet. The bottoms of the siuice boxes are covered with coarse sacking, tft libifS ol W nun, lostehci Vith tht, fluctuations and flores of the rough lumber catch and hold the particles of gold
 Wooden rifles placed at regular in- tervals the whole length of the sluice boxes serve to create an agitation of | tho water and cause the finer frag- ments of gold to lodge behind them until cleaning up timo
 I At present the gravel Is hauled by mules sno sorapers to a bridge. span ming the first washing box and dumped therein through hole in the center. | Later on 1t Is intended to haul the | gravel by scrapers operated by cab .e- ways and gasoline engine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
Fly ROSS $. cRADDocK

being responsible for the concentra- ton of the gold in the low lying areas
 The form of the gold itself seems to lend support to this theory, as most of the fragments examined show littie evidence Of having been subjected to the influences of erosion eor abrasion. II assumes a variety of forms, rec angular pieces being the most com mon, the largest particle yet found measuring three-sixteenths of an inch in length by one-eighth of an inch in width Other pieces occur as small shot-like pellets, rounded bars and oc- casionaily tiny fragments of wire gold. The bulk of the gold is fine, but ow- ing to it's general angular character a high percentage of extraction may be relied upon by the methods used to save it
 The black sands are sparsely dissem mated through the gravel and consist of magnetic, small garnets and asso- ciated minerals
 The gold values are fairly evenly dis tinguished from the grass roots down to bed rock
 The average value of the gold con- tent per cubic yard is not high. how ever it returning a fair profit over and above operating expenses.
 To suit the prevailing conditions d comDlnatlon or the slu1ce boX and Long Tom methods, with certain notifications and improvements was decided upon as calculated to give the best working results. The plant is constructed of rough sawn pine lum- her.
 The supply of water necessary for washing purposes is obtained from tw O creeks. At convenient points dams have been built and the water eon- yeyed through fumes and ditches to the working point.
 To attain the highest efficiency the method adopted of utilizing the water is what Is known as the "cut and drive system: the larger volume of water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
U. s. HEALTH EXPERTS TO
 SURVEY WALKER COUNTY
Is One of Four Counties in United Selected for Honor Dr. Lumsden and Assistants Will Begin
 Work Tuesday

Dr. l.. L.. Lumsden of the government public health service. accompanied by a staff of assistants, will reach Birming- ham on the evening of May r. and on the following day will inaugurate a health campaign in Walker county. Tn this work, Dr. w. H. Sanders. state health officer Dr. sR. C. Williams of the state health board, and Dr. c. A. Grote, Walker coun- tvs health officer will participate.
 Walker county is one of the four coun- ties in the United States for which the government has arranged an experiment tai health survey. The other counties so favored are Wilson county, Kansas Ann Arrendel county, Maryland, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
Working Up-The Mother
By CARL MILAN Director Public Library

Are you afraid of sea nlet fever? Would you like to know how to make your chill dren safe? Then read chapter in ~The Health Master" by Samuel Hopkins Adams. It is the story of a scarlet fever case in house full of children The health master rs on the job all the time and the advice he gives to Mrs. Clyde and Grandma Sharpless will be worth something to every mother.
 There are il other cha pters in this book and every one of them is as good as the chapter on ''The Red Placard % The Look is written in the form of q narrative and reads like novel
 MT. Adams is not a physician, but he has been made associate fellow of the American Medical association because of