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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-16
BIRMINGHAM WAS
HEALTHY DURING
MONTH Of JULY
DIR. Nelson's Report Shows
301 Births and 231 Deaths.
Five Deaths From
Pellagra

seldom mas Birmingham been enjoying
better health than at present, accordina.
to the monthly report of the city health
department, issued yesterday by Dr. Rob-
ert Nelson, city health officer. There
were no features to the report except that
the state of the city's health is excep-
ionally good. especially SO for the midst
of the summer season.
tuberculosis. as usual, heads the list
of causes of death. and diarrhoea and en-
terttis come close second on account OF
the summer season. There were 12 deaths
from typhoid. The report follows:
Birmingham, August 10. 1918.
Honorable Board of Commissioners. City,
''Gentlemen-I herewith submit my re-
port for the month of July. 1913:
DEATHS BY CAUSES.
Typhoid fever white 6. black 6-total II.
Malaria, white 3, black 4-total Z.
Measles. black 1-total 1.
Whooping cough, white 2. black total ..
Pellagra, white l. black 4-total s.
tuberculosis of the lungs, white 4, black
% total 26.
Other tuberculosis. white 5, black p
total Z.
total l.
Broncho pneumonia. white 1. black p
total 3.
Lobar pneumonia, white 3, black o
total -.
Diarrhoea and enteritis. under 2 years.
white 12. black 9-total 21
Diarrhoea and entertis. years and
over, white 4, black 3-total I.
Suicide by poison, white total /.
Suicide by firearms. white 2-total ?.
Homicide by firearms white 5. black s.
total II.
Homicide by other means, white /.
black 4-total 5.
Other external violence, white 10, black
9-total 49,
All others, white a. black e3-total 10.
Grand total. white 1O6. black 147-tota1
253.
Nonresident deaths, white Il, black IL
total %.
Total resident deaths, white 95. black 1856
total 23l.
Rate per 1000 per annum, exclusive of
nonresident deaths. white 11.4o, black
p 4-total. 1913.
DEATHS BY AGES.
Under / year, 3s; to years, 2l; 10
10 years, 5. 10 to 20 years. 19; % to 30
years. 40: 30 TO 40 years IS. 10 to SO years.
81; so TO 90 years, 10; 80 to 70 years. IL 10
years and up. 10.
BIRTHS
Live births, white 204, black T1-total ISL
Still births. white 0, black 11-total 90
Grand total white 2i3. black sS-tota 3ol.
Rate per 1000 per annum. exclusive of
still births. white PAS, black 1s.S-totai
% As.
COMMUN1cABLE DISEASES.
Typhoid fever. whites 80. black l9-totaI
So
Measles, white 80, black 1i-total AZ.
Diphtheria. white 3-total 3.
Scarlet fever, white 3-total 8.
Chicken pox white 9-total o
Tuberculosis. white II, black 5-total 1a
Whooping cough, white 9-total 9.
cerebro-s spinal meningitis, white >. black
2-total L.
Mumps. white s. black total T.
Infantile paralysis, white Total 1.
Pelagra, white L. black 2-total 3.
Smallpox. white g black l2-total IA
Respectfully submitted.
ROBERT NELSON, NJ. D..
City Health Officer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-16
HOBSON TO TEACH
AT SUNDAY SCHOOL

Joel F. Webb, who has charge of the
Baraca class at the Southside Baptist
church, announces that the class will
be conducted tomorrow morning by Con-
gressman r. p. Hobson.
The Sunday school opens at $3.50 o'clock
and the officers of the Baraca class ex-
tend cordial invitation to all men to
be present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-16

To the Editor or The Age-H erald:
1t appears from your issue of Tues
day that Birmingham's financial mud
ole is still to the forefront OF public
discussion. If the debate is open to a
nonresident of the city should like to
submit through your columns few
facts and perhaps one or two sugges-
tions.
Birmingham general tax rate is
low. Not the very lowest, yet still
quite low. Figures are given in the
American Year Book for 1912 whose
list of cities includes all those with
a population above 0,000--something g
over 100 in number. Other data APP
pear in the table. but considering tax
rates alone these hundred or more
cities fall into groups as follows;
Tax rate above per cent, six cities
between 1.5 and 2 per cent, 43 cities
between ! and 1.5 per cent, "a cities;
between 2 and 30 per cent. IA cities
below l per cent, Is cities.
What then is Birmingham's position
on the list? Birming ghams rate is given
as even ] per cent. If. therefore, the
year books statistics are a safe guide
Birmingham tax rate. among a list
the bottom. Six out of seven munich
palties of the United States, IL seems,
contribute more bountifully to the pub
lie treasury than does Alapama's rich
metropolis. To be just. few cities of
$4,000 or more show rate of only
or mills. But surely they canno.
be cities which are like Birmingham
deep in debt already and going rapid
ly deeper on the other hand, when
one finds Seattle. Minneapolis and
Evansville credited with per cent
tax rate, or better still, Des Moines,
with an S.5 per cent, one cannot but
feel that there Is room ahead of Bir-
mingham for an indefinite measure of
progress and improvement.
Fortunately there is no need for me
to protest that / have presented these
facts without intending any special re-
proach against the governing body of
Birming CHAM. Fortunately the citys :
own tax reformers have put their nm
ger with perfect accuracy upon the
prime seat of trouble. In the matter OF
taxation Alabama is afflicted by mar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-16


row, illiberal, mossback state consti-
tuition. The constitution prescribes that
the towns of Brewton and Gadsden and
SO on shall tax themselves thus and so,
BY what authority? BY what risbt
Civic pride and public spirit are stifle /
in advance. Not suspicion apparent
ly among the trainers of the document
that in this twentieth century a mn
nicipaiity. even small one, may have
Its own life to lead. its own probJems
to work out, Its own economic ideals
to hold aloft before the world Cities
are emphatically not to be considered
simply as portion OF the state whose
borders happen to include them. Yet 81
the present constitution seems to trent
them. No wonder the largest and rich
est city in Alabama finds itself finan-
cially upon slippery and UNSTEADY
ground. Yours very truly,
NJ c, BURKE.
Tuscaloosa. August 13, 1913. 400
Queen City avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-16
Arrested on Robbery Charge

Joe Strickland and John Splitter were
arrested yesterday morning by Detec.
tives Burge and Crenshaw on the charge
of highway robbery. The detectives al.
legged that Strickland and Splitter held
up and robbed W. B. Crisp, a street
car conductor, at Avenue and Twenty,
second street about II o'clock Wednes.
day night. The men are being held in tbs
city Jail awaiting the swearing out Of
warrant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-16
LETTERS TO EDITOR
What About This?

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
Being desirous of a little information,
which [ think would be of great interest
and consolation to the public just now,
l am taking this method to. secure the
same. | am going to ask you two ques-
tions, which L hope you will kindly an
swer without detail. The reason l exclude
the detail is because l have already
heard and read so much detail that I
really don't know where I'm at Be
sides, there are so many reasons and
causes and ''wherefores'' on both sides
of the two little matters to which | refer
that it just simply won't do to have any
more of them. We want 1t now straight
from the shoulder without any reasons
or explanations. So get ready and let
her go.
First: Did Governor O'Neai have the
right to appoint a senator to fill the un-
expired term of the rate Senator john
ston?
Don't parley. Simply say yes or no.
Second: Who Is the governor OF New
York? Don't tell why Just name him,
and oblige, yours truly,
ROB ADAMS.
Birmingham, August IS, 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-16

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
The most important matter now before
the people of this state is the subject
of good roads. Its Importance lies ir
the direct bearing 1t has on the socia
and economic welfare of the whole peo-
pie It is at the base of the great prob
lem, transportation, that problem which
Is of vital interest to all classes, pro-
ducers, dealers, consumers, investors
homeseekers and tourists who are seeking
investments and opportunities.
The rural highways of Alabama should
be among the best, and should lead from
every farm to every market. We should
have the finest roads in this country
that wise expenditure of money and
trained skilled engineering can produce
and they would prove a source of wealth
TO the people of the state, and the crown
ing of social intellectual advancement
upon the brow of ruddy rural life. The
dirt roads belong to the people of Ala
bama and they should become interested
In the transportatio ton system that they
own. This is one of the most neglected
assets We have.
The public roads of Alabama Is the
only transportation system owned, oper-
ated and controlled by the people them
selves. 1t is also the most neglected
and expensive system of transporting
products to the markets. 1t costs from
30 to 40 times as much per ton per
mile TO move ton of produce from the
farm to the railroad station as 1t costs
to move it over the railroad. The state
should finance the building of roads. l,
therefore, call the attention of the peo-
Pile through your newspaper to the neces-
sity of having the candidates for gov
crnor and lieutenant governor express
themselves as to their position on a sys-
tenn of good state highways. AT the next
annual meeting of the Alabama Good
Roads association these gentlemen will
be invited to state their views to the
people of the state The demands OF
civilization have become so important
and a necessary adjunct to the develop
ment of civilization that good roads and
better roads are the foundation for this,
The Romans 22Oo years ago in their wis
dom spent as much as $4,000 per mile
building roads and this Is considered their
best investment l illustrate this to show
how important the Romans considered II
10 construct good roads. Napoleon the
Great who conquered empires, and was
one of the greatest rulers, his greatest
monument was building for France a
system of good roads that has made
France one of the wealthiest of nations.
1t costs cents per ton per mile 70
, move their products to the markets. In
Alabama 1t costs 271a cents per ton per
mile to move their products, thus one
can see at a glance the enormous mud
tax the people of Alabama are paying
Yours truly, .as-sa JOHN CRAFT,
President Alabama Good Roads associa-
ton
MnhiIe AnptIet 4 1919
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-16
The Best Hot weather Tonic

GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC en-
riches the blood. builds up the whole
system and will wonderfully strengthen
and fortify you to Withstand the de-
pressing effect of the hot sun mer. soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-16
Wants Expression on Good Roads

Birmingham. August IS, 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-16
Birmingham's Taxing System
o the Editor Of The Age-Herald:

Mobile. August IA. 1913.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-13

| the attraction at the Belasco Theater
| tomorrow night. This twenty-fifth an
| nual production of the famous college or
ganization Is musical comedy In two
| acts, with its locale in and near Berlin,
| Germany. The book Is by d. III. Smith,
| scenario by Edwin NJ. Lavino and the
lyrics by Charles Gilpin. who has been
| responsible for former successes Of the
Mask and Wig Club. A we'll drilled
chorus Is always included in the the
atrical displays of the club, and the
present Offering is no exception to the
rule.
in charge of the barracks outside Berlin,
has installed an intricate burglar alarm
system In his house, and makes wager
with his nephew, Frederick Weber, that
the latter cannot burglarize the house
undetected. Frederick is successful. how
ever, and steals his aunt's pearl necklace,
which he is about to return to his uncle
at the Belle Aire sanitarium, owned ana
managed by, DR. Emile Montaine. who is
noted for his art in making homely
women beautiful. Montaine has niece.
Lydia, the secret hancee Of Frederick,
and the person to whom he intrusts the
necklace until he can give it to his uncle,
who has been called to headquarters.
She is not liked by Clarice. the head
manicurist, who, seeing an opportunity
to cause trouble. sends for Hans Slick,
detective, who discovers that Fritz,
the porter. had put the bag containing
the necklace in a taxi engaged by
honeymooning couple just leaving the
sanitarium in a huff. The pursuit Of the
jewels leads the entire party to cabaret
performance in the palm garden of
Berlin theater. where, after incidental
songs and specialties, 1t is finally recov-
cred and everybody Is made happy. The
two elaborate scenes show the solar1um
of the Belle Aire sanitarium and the
palm garden Of the Open-Air Theater In
Berlin. The several specialties are
mounted with special drops and stage
settings. The leading comedy role Of DIR.
Emile Montaine will be played by j. H.
McFadden. jr., who had similar part
in last years miss Helen of Troy: d.
A. Hogan Of last years telephone girl
fame, plays Clarice, the head mantcurist;
B. B. Reath will be seen as the will
Iainess'' Vadka, premiere danseuse OF the
Russian imperial ballet; r. G.. Morris
plays Lydia. Montaine's niece and beauty
model; ]. B. French plays Frederick
Weber; D. E. Rorer, Gen. Weber: w. T.
Towneley. Hans Slick; c. H. Barnard
and Thomas Hart, Mr.. and Mrs. Ster-
ling, and w. M. Wright, Hulda, the Ger
man waitress.
The chorus will appear as beauty mod
els, manicurists, sanitarium patients,
German military officers. Johnnies. bar
maids, Miss Muffets, Eskimo maids, men
and dogs, and Jack-in- the-Boxes.
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| tie stealing, assisted by forty-four no.
| MAIDS Of the mountains, Of whom Hamo
was made the head. The government sent
soldiers to the mountains under a French
officer. but the soldiers refused to go up
into Mt. Zinat, where Raisufs fortress
was located. It was then Raisuli con-
ceived the idea of kidnapping Perdicaris
and his stepson. Marley, British sub
ject, by which he thought to tnnplicate the
Moroccan government In trouble with
America and England.
Hamo then told of another of Raisuli' s
escapades-the capture OF Sir Henry
Aubrey Maclean, known as the Kaid Mac
lean, because. though British officer.
he was the kaid or chief Of the body
guard of the sultan, who was taken out
of revenge for the destruction of Mt.
Zinat by the sultan's soldiers. Maclean
was later ransomed for 100000.
Hamo says Raisuh is now chief Of
twelve tribes just outside the capital. He
said 1T had been reported Raisuli was
dead, but he knew this was untrue.
A PLAY MENAGERIE-Five camels,
eight goats, six donkeys and seven
horses are used In 1.-The Garden of AL
lah" All the twenty SIX animals are from
the Desert Of Sahara, and their health
depends on a vigilant regard for the cli-
matte differences between this country
and the sands that stretch across Africa
Inc Cdn6lS-OOU1y oAlOA ASSo q
problem than the goats and asses-are
easier to satisfy in the matter Of food
and quarters. But this aggregation or
live stock is a problem of size and conse-
quence to be considered every hour of the
day and night.
A flock Of doves is used in the monas-
terry scene. But the doves that flock and
flutter and strut and pout and heave and
hum in THE Garden of Allah" are doves
from Tripoli Two of the most impor
tant of these died of cold last December in
the Century Theater. where they had
cotes made especially for them by an
Arab who knew their habits.
An attempt was made to fill out the
flock to the original number. twelve, by
putting in two domestic doves. The Tri-
politan doves flew at the intruders and
pecked one to death. The other escaped
through the high flies Of the theater and
out through an open ventilator in the
stage roof. 1t was after the death of the
Tripolftan doves that one OF the Arabs
hit upon a device of bedding their cotes
in heated sand during the cold weather.
and this trick put an end to the fatalities
among them.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

Adele Rowland is to go into vaudeville.
Viola Allen will spend her vacation in
Europe.
Edward Sheldon's play, Romance" will
be produced in Germany.
THE Chorus Lady is popular with
stock companies.
Henrietta Crosman will continue her sea-
son until the middle of May.
Louise Galloway is playing in a vaude-
Vile sketch called Little Mother"
Austin Webb is one of the principals In
a new sketch called MY Friend
Helen Lowell has ended her season in
'"The Red Petticoat"
Jose Collins will star in a new
Operetta next season.
"Fannys First Play" is to celebrate its
two hundredth and fiftieth performance
in New York this week.
May Irwin is investing her profits from
widow by Proxy in New York real
estate.
Mordkin, the Russian dancer may ap-
pear with Adeline Genee at the Lon
don Coliseum this spring.
The company presenting The Five
Frankforters" will be kept together
and appear in the play next season.
Florence Holbrook, formerly asso-
ciated with Cecil Lean, is to be starred
next season.
Tyrone Power has started his tour
in Julius Caesar" He will play in
Canada through May and June.
Lillian Russell has concluded her
lecture tour, and may appear for q
brief engagement in vaudeville.
Tuesday evening Everett Butterfield
entertained friends at a box party to
witness May Robson's performance of
"A Night Out"
His House In Order" John Drew's de-
lightful comedy, is announced as the
third play to be presented by the Co
lumbia Players this season.
Eva Tanguay calls her new form of
volcanic vaudeville" The
other forms. as far as heard from, are
polite" popular" and refined
Charles F'rohman viii produce musical
CONTINUED on Third PAgal
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thor of the novel, and Mary Anderson
who assisted him in the work Of dramati-
cation, have proved remarkably apt as
playwrights.
restraint and solitude Of his cell, and pos
sessing all the passion and vigor OF men
who live to love and love to live, breaks
his vow, escapes to the desert. meets ms
fate in a beautiful woman (Domini En-
filden), and later, when she discovers his
identity. he forsakes her at her own
command and returns to secluslon 10
atone for all that has gone before
In selecting the dramatic EPISODES ZOE
this stage version of THE Garden OF
Allah the authors have laid the first
scene in the courtyard Of the Hotel du
Desert, at Beni-Mora, In which Boris
makes the acquaintance of Domini. inen
follows a street Of the Ouled Males. IN
which they are sent on their way 70
dance house in the same thoroughfare,
where a quarrel arises between two Jeai-
Gus Arabs over the same dancer. In the
melee Boris rescueS Domini ana escorts
her back to the hotel. The famous gar
den of the Count Anteoni follows. with
away to the desert; it's crimson exoucs
and scarlet blooms-the zenith. in short,
of the entire spectacle; beautiful as the
rest Of 1t Is.
grim stretch of desert which comes after.
This scene begins with an actual sand
storm, which blows in binding eddies In
the foreground and finally reveals the
tent of Boris and Domini, dimly visible
through the moving clouds. The conclud-
ing scene-the exterior of the Trappist
Monastery of Ell Largini. with the blue
Mediterranean in the distance, and
second peep into the garden itself, are
equally characteristic vistas OF lowell
ness.
The spectacle proper lies in the re-
splendent pictures Of eastern life. the
camels, the dancing girls In Beni-Mora,
their belIigerent Arab lovers, the bleat.
ing goats and kindred sounds OF oriental
life that strike the ear. the brilliant sun
on the walls Of the monastery and tine
strange lights that play on the sky tnat
marks the far off end of the horizon. AL
these details, together with the love OF
Domini and the haunted Boris, result IN
a unity of picturesque expression that
fills the eye with alluring scenes or
romantic and distant world.
A strong cast Of players will present
this remarkable drama. Dorothy Dom
nelly, Lawson Butt and Edward Mawson
appear as Domini, Boris and Count
Anteoni, respectively. Jose Ruben, Frank
kingdom, j. D. Walsh, Franklin Hur-
| leigh, Sheridan Block and Florence Johns
are also in the cast.
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Washington Symphony Tuesday.

The last concert OF its present season
will be given by the Washington Sym
phony Orchestra. under the direction OF
Heinrich Hammer, at the Columbia Thea
ter, Tuesday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock.
For this event Manager j. Martin Scran-
age has engaged Charles Anthony, the
American pianist. as the soloist.
Mr.. Anthony was born In Providence.
r. 1. His father. Gardner c. Anthony. is
the dean of the engineering department
at Tufts College. While a boy, Mr.. An
| thony took up the study of music, receive
ing personal instruction from Lesche-
tizky in Vienna for five seasons. He IL
well known as a teacher and pianist. and
has given recitals in all the principal
cities of this country. He made his
London debut last year. and his recitals
| there received highly favorable criticisms.
Mr.. Anthony will be heard in the Grieg
Concerto.
OF unusual interest will be the rendi-
ton Of the first act Of Atlantis" a
symphonic opera ballet of the elements.
by Mrs. Christian Hemmick. with music
by Louie Won Gaertner, the versatile
American composer The music design OF
Atlantis Is written In the form OF
tone poem. following to some extent the
metamorphosis of themes as expressed in
modern composition. In the act which
has been selected for presentation by the
orchestrs vapors fill the space. and then
give place to night scene of great
beauty-the Albanian coast of phos-
phorescent sea Golden fish splash and
swim about, and Titans support the form
of a beautiful woman. The earth crea-
ture, dancing the joy of life with MS
tiger cubs sees her and longs to possess
her She refuses. He shows her the
gold and Jewels of the earth. and she Is
about to give herself to him. when the
sea monster rushes from the deep and
the two monsters clash in combat. The
sea is victorious. and Atlantis" is lost.
For a concluding number Mr.. Hammer
has selected the Tannhauser overture.
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Olitzka-Kocian Recital April 16.

Nine. Rosa Olitzka, the celebrated
operatic and concert contralto, will ap-
pear here with Jaroslav Kocian, the
Bohemian violinist. at the Columbia
Theater Wednesday, April 16. When
Rosa Olitzka was a member of the Met
ropolitan Opera Company she was adj
mired for her deep and rich contralto
voice AS a concert artist Mime. OlitZka
has been very successful. owing to her
ability to sing almost anything that the
musical directors called for. She is at
home in the modern French and Italian
school. She is a great linguist and Eng
lish is one of her accomplishments.
Jaroslav Kocian, the Bohemian violinist.
as g youth attracted great attention
while a student at the Conservatory OF
Music in Prague. He was pupil of the
distinguished Sevcik, and 1t was as
Sevcik exponent that he made his debut:
he also studied composition with Dyorak
and is considered thorough musician.
After Kocian played for the first time at
the Richter concerts in London, DR.. Hans
Richter took a deep personal interest In
him. This is his second tour of the
United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-13
A Wonderful Moving Picture Show.

One of the most remarkable innova-
tons in the development of the moving
picture. the ultra-rapid camera which
takes pictures at the rate of LOO sec
ond which are projected on the screen at
the rate of 16 a second, has been en-
ployed by the Pathe Freres, in a reel en-
titled THE Analysis of Motion" This
series of views shows with other things
a bullet leaving the muZZe of the gun
and slowly coursing its way 10 the OBJ
ject at which it Is fired. This remarkable
series of pictures is to be shown at the
Cosmos Theater today beginning at )
o'clock this afternoon and continuing I'M
til 1880 o'clock tonight.