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BURGLARIES GROW
VERY NUMEROUS
BUT KEPT SECRET
New Secret System at Police
Headquarters Makes It
Difficult to Get
Information
Although there are 27 detective* and
[•lain clothes men employed at head
quarters and all were on duty about
fj.ZO o'clock last night, they were hard
ly sufficient to answer all the burglar
calls being telephoned In. Incident to
the burglar calls were several purse
snatchlngs, highway robberies and as
saults.
Owing to the great secrecy main
tained by the police on all burglary
reports, it is now possible to ascertain
the identity of persons robbed only
when they notify the newspapers of
the unfortunate occurrence. The fol
lowing burglary, acknowledged on the
private file of the detective depart
ment. was reported to The Age-Herald
yesterday:
Much jewelry, a pistol and some cash
were taken during the afternoon while
the family of J. B. Shropshire, 1500
Beech street, was away from home It
was stated privately at police head
quarters that the Shropshire burglary
was the seventeenth reported for the
day.
detaileiTaccount
OF WAR ACTIVITIES
SINCE NOVEMBER 17
(Continued from Page One!
bouses lately captured by the Germans
were heavily bombarded by our how
i triers. The defenders belted and were
caught by the fire of our machine
guns, losing about half of their num
ber.
"On our right all was quiet. The
weather this day was Utterly cold and
rain fell in torrents. In spit© of this
our aviators carried out a successful
reconnaissance. They hovered over the
German lines in a storm of driving
sr.ow.
"Further information has come tc
hand regarding the enemy's method ol
sniping and spying. Noncommissioned
officers are offered iron crosses tc
penetrate our lines at night. Those
who attempt this work, have discarded
boots, helmets and other impediments
crawl as close to our defenses and trj
to attract the attention of one of oui
sentries by throwing a stone in a di
rection contrary to thut in which thej
are crawling.
Desultory Shelling
"On our left the morning passed ii
desultory shelling, which gradually
swelled into a tierce bombardment as i
prelude to an attack along our whole line
Around Ypres the enemy rushed ou:
trenches at one point, but were driven ou
again. Here again our losses, thougl
heavy, were much less than the German.
"As each successive attempt to tak
Ypres by assault fails, the bombardmen
of the town is renewed with ever increas
ing fury.
"Farther south, on our left center, thi
situation remained practically unchanged
. On our center and right, and indeed aionj
tlie whole of our line, the hostile artillen
appears to have received orders on thi;
day to search the area In the rear of ou
trenches. This, no doubt, is part of thi
policy of wealing down.
| "On the right, on the night of the 13th
14th, a German French was taken, the oc
cupants being bayonetted or taken pris
oners. Part of a battalion which ad
vaneed during the night encountered thi
enemy attempting a similar operation. J
hand to hand fight ensued, in which w<
came off the victors; we killed 25 Germani
and lost only two men ourselves.
"Saturday was cold and there also wai
rain. On our left proceedings were started
with the usual heavy shelling and th'
Germans again resumed the offensive
south of the Menin-Ypres road, with i
similar result to that obtained on the pre
vious day. They penetrated our line a
one or two po nts, but were driven ou
and the line was almost completely re
stored.
"Farther south the French attackei
near Wytchte and gained ground unde
cover of a heavy fire. Our left cente
was subjected to shelling alone and i:
our center Armentleres was subjected t<
similar treatment. The town is now dc
serted.
"This generally causes neighboring sen
tries to fire, thus betraying their position
and that of our line of trenches.
"These spies or snipers often wea
khaki uniforms and woolen caps simila
to those worn by our men, and, thus die
guised, sometimes get right behind ou
lines to favorable spots from which the
shoot men passing to and fro. Man
speak English well and display great in
genulty and effrontery in getting out o
tight corners.
, "Another reason for penetrating ou
lines Is the cutting of telephone wires an
| behind one section of our front break
! 1 of late have been very frequent. Tha
i this damage has not been entirely due t
[ bursting shells has been proved by th
capture of one of the enemy’s seer*
i agents, carrying wire cutters and a rifh
5 The man was known to have been on Ir
, timate term* with the Germans befor
. they retired from the area now occupie
r by us.”
Tlie "eyewitness” closes with a eulog
• on a French doctor who. with sever*
t nuns, remained in Ypres during the bon
r bardment nursing 52 German wounded an
finally was killed by a shell. The da
- after his death the nuns and wounde
r were removed to a safe place.
“PIRATES” REHEARSAL
i Work Is to Begin Soon on Costume
i for Opera
1 -
i Another splendid rehearsal of th
- "Pirates" was held last night and th
good work done indicates that the prei
t entation of this tuneful opera under th
i auspices of the Women’s Auxllliary (
t the Associated Charities will -set a ns
record for like productions in Blrmlng
• ham.
H. K. Milner, who Is the president i
the Associated Charities, visited the rt
hearsal and expressed his delight wit
the progress already made and con
, meuted on the splendid chorus.
Next week there will be a meeting t
the committee having charge of th
charitable undertaking lor the purpot
of arranging for beginning work on tl
1 costumes for the opera. The committ*
5 is composed of Mrs. Hoss Hjftitli, Mr
W. S. tfOVell and Mrs. Viola Kodei
Redin.
• Itehearsals for next week will be he]
8 011 Monday and Friday nights at S:1
o’clock on the top floor of the Lyr
" theatre building.
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Federal Grand Jury Acts on
Prairie Creek Mine
Trouble
Fort Smith. Ark, November 19
Twenty-six indictments were returned
iiere today by the federal grand Jury
which investigated recent strike dis
orders in the Hartford valley coal
fields. Th»? indictment^ charge con
spiracy against the United States gov
ernment in an effort to obstruct the
administration of justice in connectior
with the lockout of union miners ai
ihe Prairie Creek mines of the Batthe
Denman Coal company.
P. R. Stewart, former president, and
Fred W. Holt, former secretary of dis
trict 21, United Mine Workers, are
among the men indicted. Holt was so
cialist candidate for governor in Okla
homa at the recent election and re
ceived more than 60.000 votes.
Specific allegations against the mer
indicted differ. Several are chargee
with sending threatening letters tc
Judge Frank A. Youmans of the fed
eral district court and others with th<
releasing of prisoners arrested bj
deputy United States marshals and par
ticipating in the Prairie Creek riots
last July.
The grand jury adjourned late to
day until November 21. Announcemem
was made that the investigation hac
not been completed.
VILLA MEETS LITTLE
OPPOSITION ON WAY
TO MEXICAN CAPITAL
4 Con tinned from Page One*
i-hat was that Villa and myself wen
to leave the country, the former to sur
render the command of the division oi
the north and I the first chieftainshij
of the constitutionalist army as wel
as tho executive power of the natioj
to the person suggested in my lettei
and ultimately this person as well ai
General Gutierrez would deliver theii
powers to whom would be selected thi
preconstitutional President of Mexico
“Accordingly, it is false as the pres*
of the United States reports that 1 hac
been given 24 hours within which t(
surrender my office.
"The main object of my trip to th«
south of Mexico has been to visit Ih.
neighboring states of the capital anc
to obtain personally tho state of pub
lie opinion, which I have found to b<
satisfactory. Also I wished to arrangi
in a dignified manner the Americai
evacuation of Vera Cruz.
Would Avoid Bloodshed
“My desire Is to avoid the respoosi
billty of future bloodshed. My desln
is to make every effort possible com
patible with my duty as a citizen, a:
i t preservative of the revolution and ai
Hist chief in charge of the cxecutivi
power of the nation.
“The majority of the chiefs remainet
loyal and continued to remain read;
, to sustain the conditions to which
1 made reference. For this reason i
is false that they have abandonee
i tneir first attitude and now desir
that I leave the country.
» “In regard to the protest the Villa
: lstas have made in regard to the egrl;
. evacuation of Vera Cruz. I am not ii
a position to know anything about 11
, Such a protest would only show a !acl
of honor and patriotism on their par
, and my feelings lead me to reject th<
! Idea that any Mexican citizen wouli
j harbor such an Intention.
. “It is false that Villoista troops ar<
about to take the port of Tampico be
cause it is first necessary for them t<
defeat the constitutionalist troops u
the states of Coahuila. Nuevo Deon an«
Tamaulipas who remain loyal to th
first chief.
“Generals Obregon, Gonzales an<
Aguilar are firm in their demand lha
the conditions stipulated by me shal
1 be fulfilled and accordingly there i
1 no truth in the rumor of their defec
turn.
i “T have not received any Word tha
l Villa had informed the Aguas Cal
> itntes convention that he will retir
5 from the command of the division o
- the north and agree to expatriate him
■ self. As I have already mentioned, th
: convention is the only party wnic
L has informed me that it has accepted i
- full tho last conditions that I sug
gested.”
Deplores Conditions
r Baltimore, November 19.—Cardinal Git
* bons at the request of the archbishops c
> the United States, has w ritten a letter c
’ sympathy to the Mexican hierarchy. “Th
deplorable conditions wh’.ch for som<
’ time have prevailed in Mexico and whic
5 apparently become more Intolerable wit
each attempt to remedy them,” says th
r letter, “are the soufee of deepest concer
r to the bishops of the United States.”
The letter added that the efforts of
r people to remove the evils from whic
7 they suffer “cannot he furthered by
7 strife of parties in which the essenth
’ requisite of order and justice are disr<
f garded." The American people, the cai
dinal concluded, “will not, I am sure, d<
r liberately assent to the establishment o
5 their borders of a system of misrule base
s on the worst of traynnies, the tyranny c
* the state over soul and conscience.”
i _
* Vera Cruz, November 19.—Apprehensin
* among the res'dents of Vera Cruz bi
* comes more marked as the date draw
near for the American evacuation of tL
^ city and its occupation by the constiti
3 tionallsts. Two hundred refugees todu
telegraphed President Wilson for aid 1
v leave Vera Cruz. Dike many others tl
* signers of the telegram are too poor 1
" pay for steamer passage, although son
1 of them would be wealthy If their veste
Y Interests could be realized upon.
^ The Spanish consul reports that 11 tei
tile mills valued at 65.000 pesos have bee
looted and burned near Puebla.
FIRE IN HOOD BUILDING
3 -
Blaze in Junk Room Fills Buildin
e With Smoke; Does Little Damage
e Fire of unknown origin on the th ii
- floor of the Hood building about 11:1
o o'clock last night caused considerab
f excitement. The dense smoke pouriii
v out of the windows attracted a )ar,
- crowd and the alarm brought all ti
available fire apparatus to Third avi
f nue and Twetieth street, north.
- Investigation by the firemen Ui
h closed that the blase was confined
‘ a junk room on the third floor and on
side of filling tiie large office bulldii
* with smoke there was little damug
* The Muse was extinguished in a fe
e
e minutes.
e There were several other alarms ai
9, swered by the department last nigli
- hut none of the fires were of a serloi
nature.
d --
» Charged With Burglary
c Tom Lane, a young ma nwell know
In West End, was arrested and plao
. in the city Jail yesterday afternoon 1
Detectives Ellard. Eubanks, Brown, Wa
» ten and Q&mer on eight charges
* burglary and grand larceny. It is t
■® leged by the detectives that Lane, posh
i, as a meter Inspector, gained access to
* number of residences and secured ool
sideruble property.
/ *
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Disagrees With Expressed
Attitude on Suffrage
and Disarmament
Wilmington, Del., November 29.—Speak
ing before members of the National
Grange today on the occasion of their
visit to Delaware college at Newark, for
mer Judge George Gray of Wilmington
opposed three issnes on which the grange
had taken favorable^ action. One was
complete disarmament bj' nations, an
other amendments to the federal con
stitution granting woman suffrage, and
the third nation-wide prohibition.
Judge Gray opposes constitutional ac
tion in favor of woman suffrage and
prohibition on the ground that they should
come as the result of localized experi
ment.
Referring to the war he said he hoped
to see peace eventually reign over the
entire world, when disputes would be
settled by arbitration, but he believed
a country should be armed sufficiently
for self-protection.
When the grange reassembled here to
night it adopted the report of the stand
ing committee on peace, opposing war and
declaring ‘‘a large standing army and im
mense navy is not conductive to peace.”
The report further said that prepared
ness for war was largely the cause of
the conflict in Europe.
A resolution was adopted commending
the Wilson administration for its efforts
to maintain peace.
PASSENGER RATES
TO BE INCREASED
Washington, November 19.—Increases
in passenger fares virtually through
, out the country, except in southeastern
territory, will be caused by advances
anonunced by railroads in trunk line
territory between New York city and
Pittsburg, and in central passenger ter
ritory, between Pittsburg and Chicago
and St. Louis. The basis for readjust
ment is 2*4 cents a mile, the present
basis being 2% cents.
Within Central Passenger association
territory the new fares will become ef
fective December 1, and in trunk line
territory and between the two terri
tories, they will become effective De
cember 15.
Submarine Mine Dreaded
Recent reports of conditions and the
operations of the contending fleets of
Europe In the North sea have brought
the question of submarine mines prom
inently forward, and the subject is con
sidered in an interesting article in the
i war issue of the Scientific American, in
* which the following facts are given:
! Decause of its absolute invisibility, the
submarine mine in its present state of
■ development is the most deadly form of
naval warfare. Certainly it has to its
credit the greatest disasters to ships
’ ot the first class and the greatest num
ber of such disasters during the past
- decade of naval history. During the oper
ations on Port Arthur it was the floating
1 mine which sent to the bottom two of the
- finest battleships of the Japanese fleet
t It was a floating mine also which sank
1 the "Petropaclovsk,” when Admiral Ma
1 karoff was leading the Russian fleet out
> of Port Arthur, in which disaster the
admiral and nearly al lof the officers
► and crew of the ship, together with the
| Russian artist Verestchagin, went down
, with the ship. By mines, also, several
war vessels of less importance were lost
1 during the same war .and on more than
c one occasion Russian battleships engaged
I in operations at or near the entrances
3 to Port Arthur were struck and so far
' disabled as to be out of action for sev
eial months’ time.
L As compared with torpedo attack, min
’ ing has the advantage of greater secrecy
j! and invisibility; and this is true even
when the torpedo is launched from the
’ submarine. For effective attack, torpe
' does must be fired either from battle
j ships, cruisers or destroyers, or subma
rines.
In the case of each class of vessel, a
ship, from the moment it sights the en
emy, knows that within certain ranges it
is liable to torpedo attack; and even
in the case of the submarine, which must
* come occasionally to the surface and
* during most of the period of attack must
e occasionally have its periscope above the
r" surface, there is a reasonable expectation
II that with a careful watch, some signs ol
1 the approaching danger will be detected.
e In the case of the submarine mine, the
1 element of secretcy is so perfect that il
it so happens that the mine field ha*
1 not been previously located, a fleet under
^ way has no possible means of knowing
1 when or where it may encounter these
1 deadly machines.
Deaths and Funerals
n -
J Miss Jenia Coggins
* Funeral services over the remains of
Miss Jenia Coggins, aged 40 years, whe
n died Wednesday afternoon at 1018 North
Thirty-fifth street, w'ere conducted 3%s
’ terday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment
e followed In Elmwood cemetery.
y Willie May Spidle
0 Funeral services over the remains ot
e Willie May Spidle, the 10-months-old
° daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Spidle,
1 who died Wednesday night at the family
residence at Clift, were conducted yes
terday afternoon. Interment followed ir
^ Clift cemetery.
Samuel W. Taylor
Funeral services over the remains ol
Samuel W. Taylor, aged 37 years. wh<
j died Wednesday night at the late resi
dence-, 220G Seventeenth avenue, south
will be conducted this afternoon. Inter
d ment will follow In Elmw'ood cemetery
® The deceased is survived by his widow’
e a brother and sister.
g . The pallbearers at the services thii
e Afternoon will be: W. B. Everett, A. P
Wells, J. H. Edmondson, W. F. Rye. Johi
Mayer, Walter Beasley, Earl Pettus anc
- Norman Morrison.
Mrs. L. J. Carithers
o Funeral services over the remains o
Mrs. L. J. Carithers, who died Wednes
g day at the residence of her daughter
8. Mrs. Q. E. Ellis, were held yesterda;
w morning at 10 o'clock at the reaidence
4215 Fourth avenue, south. She Is sur
I- vlved by four daughters. Mrs. G. F
t, Ellis, Mrs. T. M. McNeal, Mrs. M. F
ik KePy and Mrs. Walter Hunt, and thre
son*. J. W. Carithers. D. J. Carlthen
and Hugh Carithers. Interment was u
Elmwood.
,‘a Mrs. J. B. Satterfield
iy Gadsden. November 19.—(Special.
r_ Mrs. J. B. Satterfield, 50 years old, die<
f at her home near Murrycross thf
morning after a long Illness with tu
*' berculosls. The funeral will be held to
® morrow,
a
JOHNS Undertaking Co. Phone 1001
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IN L&N. WRECK
Montgomery, November 19.—(Special.)
The New Orleans-Chicago Limited on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad was
wrecked this morning near Garland. The
engine and four coaches were derailed and
two passengers and two express messen
gers were injured. A broken rail is al
leged to have caused the wreck.
Injured passengers’ names cannot be
learned. The express messengers. Las
seter and Chestnutt, were badly hurt.
The injuries of Lasseter were bruises
about the head and body and those of
Chestnutt were in the head and breast.
A large portion of his scalp was cut above
the left ear. He has been brought to a
Montgomery hospital.
The train was making its usual time
around a curve when the tender was
thrown from the track down a 20-foot em
bankment. The engine did not leave the
track. The first express car, in w'hich
the two injured messengers were work
ing, was knocked down the embankment,
and the weight of the heavy passenger
coaches splintered this car. The next car
was heavily loaded, and was knocked
sideways across the track and badly
smashed. The three combination express
and baggage cars were knocked to the
opposite side of the track, but less dam
aged.
The passenger coaches left the track,
but were not turned over. The train did
not carry a large number of passengers.
Those who were in the first coach were
severely knocked from their seats.
The authorities were immediately no
tified and physicians from Georgiana.
Greenville and Evergreen were dispatched
to the scene. Passenger train No. 28 was
converted into a relief train and was sent
from Georgiana to convey the ill-fated
passengers to Montgomery. A wrecker is
now on the scene, and it will be 4 o’clock
before trains can go through and traffic
made normal.
PIECE OF BLOTTING PAPER
Its Characteristics and What It In
dicates of Owner's Habits
Few people realize the true inwardness
of blotting paper, particularly people who
live In big towns and should know better.
It is, for instance, a real pleasure to sit
down to a large, clean sheet of new pink
blotting paper and instead of Its soiling
one, to be the first to soil it. White blot
ting paper has to be very thick and ab
sorbing to hold its own, while green
blotting paper is only suggestive of banks
and business, and little soiled ends which
are used for the week’s books. The blot
ting paper connoisseur changes his blot
ting paper with absolute recklessness. It
becomes to him like the paper target,
which, once marked with his prowess, has
fulfilled its function. It is a delight to
tear the corner off a sheet of thick pink,
and pick up as much as possible of tne
blot made by an overflowing pen. But th^
corner once away the sheet loses its
charm and should be replaced by another.
Blotting paper and blotting pad are in
dices of the household psychology, a writ
er in the Manchester Guardian observes.
There is, for instance, the pad which,
though not very much used, has grown
shiny with use, and its acquired surface
absolutely refuses to pick up any ink at
all. There is the pad that has been over
used and has lost its absorbent power
through the writing of many black and
dashing notes. There is the neat pad
which is always carefully tended and
there is the blotting book, with its choice
of half dirtied leaves and its surface
which by no possible means can ever be
as level as blotting paper should oe.
The ideal way of using blotting paper
is to have two or three loose sheets of
thickish white or pink, which can be
thrown away, used or stolen with impu
nity. It is useful to be able to blot from
above and the singlenerfh of tne sheet
enables this to be done most efficaciously.
Also it necessitates no conscientious scru
ples as to waste, and enables the writer
to write straight ahead with comfort in
stead of dodging about his pages to avoid
the pains of blotting.
Forty Years in Office
From the Sew York Tribune.
London.—Lord mayors of London
come and go year by year, but Slr^Wll
liam Soulsoy, who has Just been ap
pointed for the fortieth time lord
mayor's private secretary, seems to go
on forever. He has a unique record.
Reappointed each year by successive
chief magistrates, he knows more about
the quaint and ancient ceremonial of
the etty and the complicated machinery
of London's civic hospitality than any
1 other man. He has had to superintend
the organization of official welcomes to
moBt of Europe's crowned heads, the
raising of many huge mansion house
funds, and all the details Involved In
the running of the high office of hie
man chiefs.
' The only European rulers who have
not paid a visit to the city in Sir Wil
liam's time are the Emperor of Austria
and the young Queen of Holland. Tin
Kaiser has hoen twice, and more than
, one visit was paid by the late King of
Greece. Three French Presidents and
two former President^ of the United
States, General Grant and Colonel
. Roosevelt, have also been gueBts of
the city, as well as many American
■ ministers and ambassadors.
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CLARK UNDERWRITING AGENCY
CUNK BUILDING
ARBOR DAY WILL BE
OBSERVED TODAY
School Children Will Plant
Trees and Shrubs.
Special Exercises
If the thermometer points anywhere
above zero -this morning the people,
of Birmingham are requested by sup
pciters of the city beautiful movement
and others to go out and plant a tree
<$: shrubbery of some kind, for today
is Arbor Day'.
As a rule Arbor Day comes on a
more propitious occasion than the pres
ent. when old Boreas is evidently on
the job with a vengeance trying to
sare everybody into buying fur coats,
but despite the inclemency of the
weather householders are asked to un
prove their premises by planting some
kind of a tree or shrub. President
George Ward of the city commission
Hill furnish the tree or shrub on ap
plication.
The schools of the city will also as
sist in making today a memorable oc
casion for the city beautiful movement
by planting trees and shrubbery in all
the schoolyards. The children will also
hold special exercises this afternoon
on the civic playgrounds. \
ROPE AS STRONG AS STEEL
Manila Strands Together Equal a
Solid Bar Weight for Weight
Of the flexible ropes suitable for power
transmission, a manila rope is just its
strong as a solid steel bar, weight for
weight, though only about llVfe per cent
as strong per equal cross-section, says
Power. Leather, on the other hand, is
only about 6 per cent as strong as a
steel bar of equal cross-section and less
than 40 per cent as strong per equal
weight of material. '
Records show that rope manufactured
fro inthe fiber of palms was used ni
Bgypt lopg before the days of Chr.stia 1
ity. Such ropes were found in the tombs •
of Beni-Hassan (3000 B. C.) and on the
walls of these same tombs aie illustra
tions depicting the preparations of hemp.
Carvings found in tombs in Thebes repre
sent the process of making rope from
thongs of leather, about 1600 B. C„ and
Assyrian sculptures of about 60 year*
later show gigantic hauling operations
performed w’.th rope. These records
are of particular interest as indicative
of the steps through which ropo manu- '
facture passed In the early ages.
The relative efficiency of manila ropa
and leather belting for the transmis
sion of power is not directly proport.om .
to their respective strengths, however, ^s
the internal construction of a hemp ropo
and a strip of leather differ greatly and
vary differently by wear. Manila fiber4.
from which the rope is manufactured, are
usually from eight to 10 feet, long, arc
composed of elongated cells that possess
great strength longitudinally, but are
comparatively weak transversely. Leath
er, on the other hand, is about equally
strong in any direction, so that the wear
on such a belt is mostly external. In l
Manila rope the wear is largely internal,
the elongated fiber ceils being crushed
together when passing around a sheave
and breaking up into short pieces. A,
worn-out manila rope, as far as its
strength is concerned, may have the out
ward appearance of an xcellent rops
while Internally its construction is but
a mass of short, broken particles. Tho
allowable working stress of a good leather
belt is customarily taken as 320 pound#
per square inch, or about one-tenth Its
tensile strength. In the course of a year
or bo manila rope will lose about >'J
per cent of its original strength, after
which the weakening becomes more grad
ual. Under such conditions it is safe to
figure on an allowable working stress
of about 288 pounds per square inch or
one-thirty-second its (ensile strength.
He Was Sarcastic
From the New York Herald.
The late Maurice Barrymore was the
idol of the Lambs during his lifetime,
and even now the members of that
club take delight in citing instances of
his ready sympathy or sprightly wit.
One day. so the story goes. Barry
more was swinging dawn Fifth ave
nue when Sidney Rosenfeld, the play
wright, rushed up to him, all excite- \
merit. \
“Oh, Maurice,’' he wailed, “have you
heard of my misfortune?”
“No,” Barrymore sympathized, “is
th#re illness In your family?”
“Not that.” said Rosenfeld. “but al
most as bad. My little boy, ft years of
age. got hold of my new play and tore
it to tatters.”
’’I didn’t know the child could read.''
said Barrymore—and continued his
walk.
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Crimson Eleven Prepares
for Saturday’s Battle.
Brickley in Line-Up
New Haven. Conn., November 19.—A
northeaster bringing with it two inches
of rain and snow made no difference with
the plans of the Harvard and Yale foot
^ hall learns today. The Crimson advance
guard of 20 players. Head Coach Haugh
; fv tori and assistant coaches, had what was
termed a “satisfactory tryout" Jn the
new bowl. Captain Brickley kicked goals
with ills usual accuracy, although the
gridiron was covered with slush and the
wrater stood inches deep. After a short
signal drill the players left for New Haven
to join the rest of the Harvard squad to
morrow.
While the Harvard players were getting
accustomed to the bowl. Head Coach
Hlnkey sent the Yale players through a
long secret signal drill on old Yale field.
The players handled the water-soaked pig
skin In the complicated lateral and for
ward passes without a fumble. Tonight
the players were sent through another
signal drill into the baseball cage.
Football enthusiasts were apprehensive
today because of weather conditions, but
the weather bureau said indications point
to a fair, cold Saturday.
THIRTEEN TEAMS
LEFT IN SIX-DAY
. BICYCLE RACE
New York, November 19.—Thirteen
, H^pBams were left in the six-day bicycle
* race at 11 o'clock tonight, 10 of which
were bunched for the lead with 1884 miles
and two laps to their credit. Three teams
—Pierce and Dupuy, Kopsky and Hansen
i and the Bedell brothers—withdrew during
\ the evening. Piercey and Hansen formed
\ a partnership and entered the race with
{ a handicap of one lap. The fast pace
\ was lessening and the teams were only
two miles and two laps ahead of the
record for the hour.
The chief incident of the early night
,.was a spill shortly before 10 o’clock. Sev
f ' eral riders were thrown and Verri, Kaiser,
I>robacli, Anderson and Wohlrab were se
riously cut on the face and hands or
bruised about the body. None was seri
ously enough injured to force his retire
ment.
The standing at 11 p. in. was: Goullet
Grenda. (’lark-Root, Cameron-Kaiser,
I«awrence-Magin, Egg-Verri. Moran-Mc
Namara, Walthour-Halstead, Fogler-Hlll,
Hawson-Drobaeh and Rnin-AVohlrab. 1884
miles two laps; Thoinas-Hanley. 1884
miles; Mltten-Anderson, 1883 miles, nine
lgps; Piercey-Hansen, 1883 miles tw'o laps':
CAPITAL STOCK OF
CLUB INCREASED
Chicago. November 19.—The capital
* Stock of the Chicago club of the Fed
eral baseball league was increased from
9260,000 to $400,000 at the annual meet
ing here today. Most of this sum al
ready has been spent by Charles
V. eeghman, president, it was announced
tnc the Increase to provide his surety.
The directors adjourned until next
week when officers probably will be
elected.
Hebrew Shelter and Loan Association
A general meeting of the Birmingham
Hebrew Shelter and Free Hoan asso
ciation will be held in the vestry room
of the Nnesseth Israel synagogue, cor
ner of Seventeenth street and Seventh
avenue, north, Hunduy at 1:30 sharp
Kiectlon of officers will take place
along with other important business.
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Demareat Defeated
Dubuque, la.. November 19.—Guorg<
Sutton defeated Calvin DemareSt 300 tf
1T» In a billiard player, league niiitfh her.
tonight.
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FOR FINAL GAME
Team Came Through Vandy
Game Bruised, But Not
Crippled
Auburn, November 18.—(Special.)—Au
burn's flrst practice after the Vanderbilt
game showed that with the exception of
Hairston, no new injuries were received
Saturday. He is suffering from a bruised
thigh that is expected to round into shape
for the Georgia game. Captain Robin
son's ankle, which Interfered with his play
so much in the Vanderbilt game, Is com
ing along very well and will be in first
class shape by Saturday. Arnold and
Thigpen arc improving somewhat and li
1 Is to be hoped that Arnold will be able
to handle the team for Hometime during
the game on Saturday. Hart and Bidez
who were exhausted by the heavy going
| on Saturday are being rested up. Scrim
! maging will be indulged in at least one
j day so as to get the team on edge again.
It seems to be off just now.
I Auburn will try to show everything it
has in stock Saturday and plays that
have been kept In reserve, and which
might have been turned loose on a dry
field against Vanderbilt, will be used on
Saturday. As Georgia always plays its
best against Auburn it will be necessary
for the Tigers to be on their toes. A
repetition of last year when the Crack
ers got the Jump and first score might
spell disaster. The Georgia team just now
does not seem at all inferior to the strong
aggregation they put forth last year.
RUSSO-GERMAN
FRONTIER CENTER
OF WAR INTEREST
(Continued from Page One)
which has been going on for 35 days has
again developed into an artillery duel.
This doubtless Is due to inability of the
infantry on either side to operate suc
cessfully over the muddy ground, and
to the extended flooded area between the
coast and Dixmude. While they are mov
ing men eastward to oppose the Russians
the Germans are reported to be bringing
more big guns to the western front.
Russian and Turkish squadrons have
met in a long distance duel off SebaBtopol
ami both claim victory. The Russian
reports says the Turkish cruiser Goeber
was damaged, while the Turks claiiT
a Russian battleship suffered severely anc
that the other Russian warships fled.
Reminiscent of early days of the war If
the report from Vienna that Belgrade hat
been called upon to surrender. This city
capital of Servia, was under bombard
ment for weeks and was relieved onlj
when the Russian advance in Galicia com
pelled the Austrians to look after theh
northern frontiers. Now the Servians
like the Montenegrins, are back in theii
own country, and the Austrians, unmind
ful of the second invasion of their north
ern provinces, are endeavoring to destroj
the two little armies.
Guns Captured
London, November 19.—(9:30 p. in.;
The official press bureau has issue*
the following report from the genera
commanding the force operating oi
the Shut-el-Arub river and in the Per
sian gulf:
"On November 17 our troops drov<
out of an entrenched position abou:
4500 of the enemy, capturing two gum
and many prisoners, camp equipment
and ammunition.
"Our casualties were three officeri
killed and 15 wounded and in the rani
and file 35 inen were killed and aboui
300 wounded."
Partially Close Harbor
Berlin, November 19. —(Via Tin
Hague to London, 8:4i p. m.)—A w&i
bulletin today says:
"The German fleet has partlallj
closed the harbor at Libau, Russia, b\
sinking ships, and also has bombarde*
important military positions. There ii
no other important news."
London. November 20.—(2:07 a. in.) t
Reuter dispatch from Vienna gives th
following official statement:
1 "The battle in Russian Poland pro
gresst-s favorably. According to the day*
information our troops have captured 70(1
prisoners, 18, machine guns and severe
Held guns."
Good at Subtraction
From the Buffalo Express.
"Is Jlffgs much of a srolfrr?1
“His form Is very poor, but his arlth
metic la excellent.’'