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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
PLANNING ID CARE
 FOR EP|LEPT|CS Senator McWhorter Fosters Important Movement NEEDS OF UNFORTUNATES Alabama Provides Literally for In. sane, Deaf, Blind and Others
 and Still Another Gall Is
 Made on State.
NEEDS OF UNFORTUNATES
BY WALTER HARPER.

To care for Gods unfortunates is one of the most sacred duties of a people, state or nation. The tendency in these latter days of colossal generosities is to give more and more attention to the poor, the weak and the unfortunate. This is an age of mammoth individual fortunes and with increased wealth we, as a people, seem to be growing more sensible of our duty to those less fortun- ate around us.
 As a state, Alabama provides literally for the insane, the deaf, the blind, the dumb the juvenile criminal and often the inebriate
 The last, and perhaps, one of the most important calls on the generosity of the state comes from the epileptic. There are about 300 unfortunate children in the state who are calling for the common wealths protection and the medical care and treatment that the state is able to give.
 State Senator George T. McWhorter of Riverton has introduced in the legisla- ture a bill providing for the establish ment of an epileptic colony in the state. Before the close of the session for re- cess the bill was taken from the adverse report, given second reading and placed on the senate calendar for third read ing.
 During the recess Senator McWhorter is doing considerable work in the in terest of the measure and hopes to se- cure its final passage at the summer ses- sion in July. Senator McWhorter is a practicing physician and is president of the Medical Association of Alabama and the State Board of Health and has given the subject much thought and investiga- ton.
 It is his contention that it is as much the duty of the state to take care of the epileptics as the insane, the deaf, blind and dumb. It has been demonstrated that some cases of epilepsy may be cured and the state is called upon to render all the assistance possible in this direction.
 Dr. Mcwhorter calls attention to the fact that since his bill was introduced one epileptic child in Talladega county has lost an arm by falling into an open fire, and that another child in Shelby county lost it's life by drowning in spring He contends that the state should provide some protection for these unfortunates, who under natural cir cumstances, cannot have absolute safety at home.
 It is pointed out by Senator McWhorter that several of the more progressive states have established epileptic colonies and that results have been very satis- factory. The states that have already established colonies of this kind are Mas sachusetts, Virginia, New York, Mary land Kansas. Iowa and New Jersey , While epilepsy has been known to the human race since the earliest times, it | was only studied scientifically since the | nineteenth century. Prior to that time the malady was looked upon as being as- | sociated with witchcraft and sorcery. It's victims were looked upon with awe and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

delivered in air-tight cans and Is eX- posed to little danger of infection. Let tuce, which is a favorite salad with all classes comes in for more suspicion. The bulk of it Is raised around Havana by Chinamen, who irrigate their truck patches with more or less foul water, often carrying a compost with which the plants are fertilzed. Cases of ordinary typhoid have been traced to failure to properly clense the salad leaves before serving them In homes and restaurants.
 The milk supply of Havana is now under scrutiny, and hopes of the doctors are high. Immediate discoveries bid fair to lead to the detection of the source of the more virulent agent of death. They are already convinced that Cubas milk sup ply is dangerously unclean and is rapidly becoming worse The government has practically done nothing since the last American occupation to force dairymen to keep their stables clean, and the re- suit is shocking state of affairs in tho dozen or more dairies near by from which Havana draws it's milk supply. A recent unofficial inspection revealed conditions of filth in most of them that were nau- seating. In some kept by Americans there was a little attempt at cleanliness, and confession that explained it's ab- sence in the other establishments. It was that no government inspector had visited the place in five years. No one remotely connected with the Cuban government has ever been there. There is a great parade made now and then in the Havana news papers of bad milk found by Cuban in spectors in the milk stores of the city and destroyed by the alert officials. who are highly praised and paid for their vigil lance in watching over the public health.
 It was learned that there are not a half dozen sterlizlng machines on the whole island of Cuba, and it is estimated that not more than one-tenth of 1 per cent of all the milk furnished has been purified bv anv rOodern prOceag
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
NEW TERRITORY IS ID BE DEVELOPED Three Railway Concerns Want
 Right of Way HANDS RICH IN TIMBER 1t Seems to Be Almost Certain That the Birmingham District Will
 Have an Air Line to
 Baton Rouge.
LANDS RICH IN TIMBER

Hattiesburg, Miss, March So-(Special) .~-Prospectors and railroad projectors have long figured that the best piece of unoc- cupied railroad territory in the south re- maining to be developed Is that stretch between Birmingham, Ala, and Baton Rouge, La. It is found that such road would form a connecting link for the transcontinental traffic, and while the To- cal traffic would be valuable, since the road would give an additional outlet for the iron and coal of Alabama and would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Vulcan.

We will meet Vulcan at the Jamestown xposition-Hermitage of course. 3-3l-St
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

There are three varieties of epilepsy, petit nlal grand nal and Jaeksonian, or local epilepsy.
 In petit maj the patient suffers momen- Nary unconsciousness without convulsion.
 Grand nal is much more pronounced in it's symptoms and is accompanied with violent convulsions during a period of unconsciousness. The sufferer is usually warned of an attack by an uneasy feel ing in the pit of the stomach, flash of light before the eyes or a feeling of ter TOT and often distinct risual hallucina- ton. These signs are almost immediate ly followed by a cry and the patient falls unconscious. becoming rigid for mos ment, which condition is quickly fol- lowed by violent convulsions, in which froth and blood (the latter from bitten tonguc) exudes from the mouth
 These fits or convusons are often followed by an attack of acute mania, in which the patient may have homicidal or suicidal tendencies.
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fear. Even now. it is claimed, that the malady is but little understood. Physl- clans differ as to the causes, though it is known to be a "chronic disease of the nervous system. characterized by short periods of inconsistencies, with or with out convulsive movements"
 / recognized authority on the subject says that "direct inheritance plays a. smaller part than is popularly supposed, but insanity, drunkenness and hysteria in the parents strongly predspose to it." It usually develops in childhood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

The tendency in epilepsy Is toward mental degeneration, though it often ac- companies the soundest intellect. Some of the greatest men in the history of the world were afflicted with epilepsy in some form or other. Napoleon, Peter the Great and Julius Caesar were sufferers. The Italian school of psychologists con- tend that genius is an epileptical degen- eration and presents some almost unuan- swerable evidence of the claim.
 Jacksonian epilepsy is a local trouble, usually affecting a small portion of the face and does not disturb the conscious ness.
 Senator McWhorter has gathered many interesting statistics on the malady and hopes to convince the legislature at the final session of the great importance of the state providing in some practical way for the 300 sufferers in Alabama.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
RECOLLECTIONS OF
OLD ROWING DAYS

"since the year 1869, when rowing was
introduced as an inter-club competition,
the Potomac river has produced some Won
aorf,1 oarsmen and scullers, whose feats
are known all over America wherever
aouatics is a sport" remarked one of the
veteran boating men the other day.
.When the Potomac Boat Club made it's
record in the years 1887 and 1888 there was
in the strongest crews little fellow named
Charles G. Warden, who is considered by
many as the most remarkable lightweight
oarsman that ever sat in shell. Mr.. War
den rowed in the celebrated lightweight"
crew as bow oar, and likewise pulled No.
in the eight-oared crew that won the Staten
Island $1,000 trophy, emblematic of the
American championship.
what makes Warden's achievements the
more remarkable is the fact that,
though, when in good condition, he weighed
only 116 pounds, yet he could step into any
crew, four-oared or eight, and hold up his
side Of the boat against men weighing any,
where from 100 to 190 Mr.. Warden
was also a single sculler of no mean ability,
winning in 1889 the most costly single scull
prize ever given in Washington. This race
was won from field of twelve good
scullers.
Mr.. Warden still keeps in touch with
the sport, for years having charge of the
finances Of the Potomac Boat Club. He is
constantly sought by the younger members
of the club today to tell of his varied ex-
periences Of the early days of rowing.
'One of the 'freakiest' races ever saw
was rowed In the Potomac River regatta
Of 1882 The funny part of 1t was the
personnel of the Potomac entry. There
was some internal dssension In. 1he club
at that time, and consequently considerable
trouble was experienced In malkir up a
crew; but in order to insure race the
Potomacs entered a crew. There were Col.
Frank Jones. with his long whiskers; Sam
Vel E. Wheatley. afterward District Com
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missioner, and two of the young kids of the
club, Wilmington and DoXson. The two
old fellows put up game. night OF IT, put
looked like winners until the last furlong.
when the pace began to tell on the older
men and they collapsed.
about the best and hardest race In my
memory was down at Alexandria, at the
last regatta held under the auspices of the
Virginia Rowing Association. 1t was the
last event of the day, for senior eight oars
and the only crew besides the Potomacs
was from the Columbia Athletic Club. 1t
gave promise of being a great race In ITSELF
the ColumbiaS We're more than anxious
to get in defeat on the Potomacs, while
the Potomacs were. If anything, more anX-
ious to hold their prestige on the river.
Just after the start, think 1t was about
the sixth stroke of the racing start big
Herbert Elmore, No. of our crew, broke
his oar off right at the lock.l He was, of
course. useless in the boat, but. unlike the
story-book stunt, he did not jump out to
drew himself up into small a bundle as
possible, not to interfere with Dyer
and Robinson, Nos and 4. and remained
a passenger for the whole race.
The work of the coxswain was, there
fore, the hardest kind of a task-in fact. a
heroic one, as he had to hold the boat true
to its course, with four trained men pulling
for their lives against the three remaining
on the starboard side l was pulling No. l;
Reynolds s. and Fisher T. and we had
against us Dyer, Robinson, Kearney and
Cornwall; so you can imagine the work cut
out for us and the coXswain.
well, we managed to get in the lead
and keep it, winning the race with only
seven sweeps working. and carrying $50
pounds dead weight. l believe it is the
only case actually on record where this has
happened though you boys had somewhat
similar experience at West Point last year.
The coXswains hand at the finish of the
race was like piece of raw meat and it
was mainly due to his brave work with the
tiller ropes that the Potomacs eked out
such brilliant victory over the Columbias.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

sixteenth handicap. which was won by
Won T'romp by two lengths. Favorites
Jared we'll Jockey Finn was suspended in
definitely for his ride on La Gloria In the
first race and Mcneil was fined 500 Tor
humping Johnstown in the fourth.
Summaries.
FIRST race Futurity course-Bribery. ITO (Rossl,
q 10 10 wca; Ia Gloria. ITO (Ffnni, 9 to l.. sec
I.d: Revolt. no tMcDsnieD l to 2, third. Tine,
10 . Mar, r. Clark, Rain Cloud, Mazapan and
SrHvitl also
second race SIX furlongs; sellins-Common sac.
Us f!rrstonI : to q wen; J. C. Glenn Ill (liarrfsl,
~ = second; McrlinGo. ia Radtkei. to ..
tu.tI Time IA "a iibeTtinUs. Light Comedy,
s.. Vulgar ami Kirsheld Belle also
Tnir1l race six furlonCs-Phn Igoe, 1o4 tHarrisl,
r 10 / wen; Teller, 115 (BoaEdl. 10 TO !. second;
King OF he Mist 112 tkunzl 10 to l. third Time
J. ~ Tayor treorge, Cocksura. IOtta Gladstone
,ppasy and Maid Biumentha also ran.
f5ul n race, handicap; mile and II sixteenth
Nru Tranp. los McIanieD, to 10. wen: johns
town 10 d'rpstonl 3 to l. second; Tartan, 10,
i{arrlsI. . 70 I. third. Time, Lab Ia Cello and
Fieth race. mIle--Iine of IAfe. 10 lFIsnis5, to
v..f, ...... - tfrcstunl, . L. Il SacOn1Aj
W,ofilprpc us C;adtkrl. to I, third Tine
~. AuHrehank. Bill Curtis, Belasco sSi ASsesHs
SSH race, Eve fullongs.Tramotor. log Preston,
4 fo J. woE; Lena Hand. I06 tRadtket. TO l. sec
oa.l; la Cia;a, 1915 CHarrisi. . to ! third llme;
n -. Avalon, 1aItcUham. Slcoate, Easter tara
glI Gstaden also tan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
NEW PLAN TO
"SIZE UP" PITCHERS

1t may seem strange. after established
methods have been accepted for years with
out a protest that should suggest a new
way TO get at the true worth of pitcher,
but | never did believe there was nothing
new under the SUM- and l think / have
worked out a system whereby pitchers
value may be ascertained more correctly
than heretofore, says Addie Joss in the To-
ledo Times-Bee.
Many pitcher finishes the season with
a mediocre average who is just as able a
performer as some other man who may
have a much better average.
One vitality important item to be consid-
cred when comparing the merits of pitchers
Is the position of their respective teams at
the end of the season.
The best twrler in the game may be upon
team that finished last in 1906, and his
average suffers accordingly.
| believe that the most equitable solution
of the problem would be to take the differ
ence between the clubs percentage and the
pitchers percentage as the boxmans stand
ing.
For example: pitcher who averages 100
on team that finishes the season with a
percentage of 500 will have, under this
scheme q percentage of 200 better than
his club has played.
A pitcher on a club which. we will say,
won the pennant with a standing of $50
who has won 800 per cent of his games,
would be credited with an average of $50.
The argument Is advanced that the pitcher
who had an average of 700 may have had
all the luck his club experienced, which ac-
counts for his showing. But 1t is an estab-
lished fact that the higher the team In the
race the better the luck breaks.
While this may not be popular means
to determine pitchers worth, 1t seems to
me to be the only way to accurately estf-
mate the pitchers value to his team.
Present-day managers realize this more
than the public, which, as a rule, looks only
at the Agures compiled At the end OF the
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
ENTRIES FOR MONDAY.
New orleans-Fair Grounds.

first race Eve and one half furlnngs selling
Ip2na El.lra piaemcck. 1Ol; Little George l1'
I-y Dollar. loI: EIisnere, 1oI; Chase 1863; ROCK
iH-iam fuipcgtinence. B.uednle. 10; Captain iay-
r. It2; DE Uro rs; Ea!csei. 1l5; Refined. lo'.
Second race four fu.ourS; pursc-Lute Foster
pi t,rrsiram IU.: Ccincideut 100; Lattice. Dew oil
Pawn H.
Third race mile and an eighth; selliug-Marlih
,,!,s. Horse Isajlisl, 100; Anberjack. liz; Judge
Tlaytor Sincerity Belle. Don't Ask Me, III; hihs
O.. M, VaI.y. Rel. the Cat Brilliant. Waterdog
Harry St,pa,ns. nc; Small Lady. ll'; As'e'isS'
fs,lr.h racc. seven fur.ouss: hanlicap-B gckon
Iqrr.u ~: keat1r Peter Sterling. III; Emergency
firm raee. mile and sc7euty yards: selling
I.,t,, Er%crr 81: Reside. 80. knigh, Of Ivanhoc
o. Lcrou Git. 80: Auditor; l1l MonGyhord ~ i"z
'risny. To-; i@ere ~, i"t Rather i'o' a. iV'
Uni, Si rS , six snr onss: purse-Iug@ler, ~
] .suratlcu. l2i; KeatGr. Telescope Jerry c. To-
-,ven'l race. mile and nifty yaris sell selling g,
~ NS ASK f A,!"I Hand ioo Henry o.
IrI Red teas, laI; tobM"sa. 100: Donna. NO.
cd stone, Flantagenet. lOl
Oakland.
first race four furlongs; purse-yenus De Milo,
lfIa. III; Chcnovee Memorize. Alta Rose. VIII
lie T. Nclcta, los.
Second race mile and twenty Yards selling
Las, Knight Komoko. 1G6: Calico. 1ol: Little
Nfirinful Hrarthorpe IIainaut, los; Lady FASH
ion narthula. 1OI; Proceeds. The Missourlan 9s;
Third race mile and twenty yards: selling
Cardinal Sarto. l06: Iras Pal. lp4; W. r. Hates
lu,: Santa Ray, B0l Ia. Burnnlette. "atchiui'
Tcnnysidcs. 1872; Harbor. Col Jewell lGI. so,.ou
Fourth race mile; selling -ireasure Seeker =,
1Gt. pukc Of Orleans, Aha Spa. Nint1n 100 Lit
lie Minister 10; Rose Cherry. FRITZ Ferrl hogo'
Wicklow. 100; Happy Rice. To-.
Fifth race five furlongs-1he skipper instructor
IN: Royal Scot. rontCtoc. l0I; Sahara Wee Lass.
Ioyey Mary Tarp Spring Ban. Modesia, lO5 Gold
Heather, Convent Rell %.
Sixth rnce six and one-half furlonss: purse
SIR Rrillar. Corrigan. Fisher Boy. ITO: The Argus
li,aro 107; Ethel Day, 100; Elevation. loi; no
ui0kO. o..
Ascot.
First race four furlongs purse-Creston. Banon-
lea 10: Kismet Jr.. 1l3; Salovtr. Sister, Pott
Malone Karoda 1903; Albion H., 1io.
Second race five furlongs. purse-Mr Melton hd
Tracy Skylark. 1l2; Mira. 10; San ANarado'
Tony Bouero lo5: Irish Mail. Fa'stan. MI abel
EovaI Ascot F.. Il. H.. Coevort. 1U2; Snaioa H.
Joan of Are, Juna. 100 o, ,-,,o,
Nosketo Taxer, Pyrrho, Robert Mitchell buttos'
1876: Allopath, Lady Chiswel loi; Rehec,"r 'o Hg
dian. Adonis DesInages, Roman Boy. i"i; Nea-
ding Daisy, 30. , - r-o,.
Fourth race mile and sixteenth, pursa-herche-
yaI Tartar 1l2; Johnstown, 1oJ; Stiicho, UT
Fifth race six furlongs, selng-El tazauot. iIS;
Curriculum, ll5; Elancer ll3; t.lmdale, hIrhhr"
Belle los; Star Of Runnymede, 100; Blue fot'''
per,lom iO:s; Remember, l01. ,o,
1.r,notor Vaniola Luckctt, 49, Iiberanus. Mo
hur IlS: Lizzie Albertine, Lillian AyTes. II. ;
N.ritas Vincit Welker. The Poet, 10; ferdltlon'
IIshIa ll3 Presentment, liz; John r., 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
SHOUTING WITH PISTOLS.
Enthusiastic Contestants in the Pine
hurst Tournament
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star
PINEHURST, n. c., February 23.-Thc
handicap pistol tournament for the Country
Club cup drew out an enthusiastic field to-
day. Edward o. Greuner of New Haven,
whose allowance was seven points. won
with $3.50 net, with Mrs. c. III. Wheeler OF
Philadelphia, Pa, 105,>a close second with
$50. the balance of the field close up. The
event was ifty shots at fifty yards at the
standard American target, limited to pis-
tolls. and under u. S. r. A. rules. 800 be-
ing the possible score. The scores follow;
E. o. tireuner, New Haven, 1872, Z, $50.
Mrs G, H. Wheeler, Philadelphia, 81,
105. $50.
w. L. Shearer. Boston. 306. So. 37f.
c.. H. Thompson, Philadelphia. 29s. c.,
371.
Mrs. Joseph, Lucas, Philadelphia. $50. 20.
$40.
d. H Hostetter, Pittsburg. 2a5. so. 345.
F. L. Dunno. Boston, 23s. 95. 1888.
Miss Olive Spain, New York. $50. $50. 800
Mrs ]. r. Shoaff New York, 314. o. 314.
DR.. r. c. Ryan, London, 240, z, PAT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

NEW YORK. February 23.-The smaller
colleges won out today when the Intercol-
legate Association of Amateur Athletes of
America in annual session failed to adopt
the recommendation of the executive COM
mittee that freshmen be barred from COM
petition in intercollegiate games. The eX-
ecutive committee however, was given au-
thority to reject any entry upon unanimous
vote. Soldiers Field, Cambridge, Mass,
was selected as the place for the next
meet 1t was decided to give split medals
of one-half gold and one-half silver when
two competitors are tied for first places,
and combination of gold. silver ana
bronze to each where three are tied for
first place. 1t was agreed that the date
of the annual meet should be the afternoon
of the Saturday following the last Friday
in May.
John j. Rowe, Harvard, presided. The
treasurers report showed that there was
last year a balance of so,o3o.
These officers were elected President,
j. ]. Rowe, Harvard; vice presidents;
Thatcher w. Worthen, Dartmouth. and
Lewis G. Human, Williams; secretary,
George Lunt, University of New York. and
treasurer, c. Eustace Dwyer. Columbia.
The new executive committee consists OF
Arthur B. Walsh, Princeton; Franklin
Chapman, Cornell; Cyril Sumner, Yale, and
S. W. Martin, University OF pennsylvania
l. Immediately after the meeting the new
executive committee met and selected
James E. Sullivan president OF the Am
ateur Athletic Association, to act as ref
cree over the Soldiers Field meet next
May.
The only lively tilt of the day was over
the selection of the place for the spring
meet preference between Soldiers Field,
Cambridge, and Franklin Field, Philadel-
phia, being nearly evenly divided. Haver-
ford made the fight for Philadelphia. sec
onded by Princeton and Swarthmore, while
Harvard's claims were urged by Yale and
Cornell The vote was to I In favor OF
Cambridge.
lions at Soldiers Field last year, and de-
clared that the place permitted sweep or
the wind that handicapped the runners.
Swarthmore delegate, who moved to sub
stitute Franklin Field for Soldiers Field,
recommended by the executive committee.
called upon to travel so far as Boston this
spring. Chairman Rowe Of Harvard ex-
MANNED that the weather conditions OF last
wear were exceptional. A bigger crowd, he
said was to be had in Boston than In Phlla :
delphia Yale, through its delegate, thought
n was only fair to give Harvard another
chance. Cornell Endorsed this expression
The University of Michigan, which had
been dropped was readmitted to MEMBER
ship. The only vote against reinstatement
was by Cornell.
&C No representative of the university ap-
reared before the association the request
tyas tabled Several minor matters were
disnosed of before adjournment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

Buck Freeman tells an amusing story
about his little son, curly haired shaver