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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28

Ill., --c4
 k&FasM It is a troublesome task Bad housing, says ex-Minster of the Interior Count Posadowsky, is the reason why the national birth rate has fallen from 42 to 2s per 1000, in the last 40 years. The absence of imperial housing legisa- tion is one source of evil. Other social problems have been beneficially regulated by the Bundesrat and Reichstag; but housing has been left to the state leg islatures and these have done very lit- tie. Their neglect has caused friction. A year ago Dr. Delbruck, who now holds Posadowsky's portfolio, threatened that if Prussia did not improve her housing, the empire would intervene. This threat made the reformers hurry up. The Prussian and other state governments set to pre- pairing bills and private organizations and individuals began to compete with them in proposing plans of betterment.
 Mainly the reformers are fighting the specific evils which spring from brand new urban civilization. Every fifth Ger man lives in a town of over 100,000 pop ulation. Housing on the land is fairly satisfactory, but in the great cities it is worse than in America, England, Bel gium, Holland and. in some respects, France Germany's broad, straight streets and imposing facades which arouse for- eign admiration are a rich source of evil; for they have brought terrif1cally high rents, unhygienic construction and unexampled overcrowding. This is the fault of the town planners, who copied the concentrated building system of Paris and Vienna, a system devised for media val fortified towns and useless for Ber- lin, which has no Notifications. By plan ming broad streets and deep blocks, the town planners compelled the construc- tion of five-storied apartment houses in stead of the dispersed one-family houses of America, England, Holland and Bel gium The so-called fiat barracks dom mates. The average Berlin houses shel- ters S2 persons as against seven persons per house in London and Antwerp. Crown Prince William, afterwards William l, agitated against this system, but the town planners won.
 On hygienic, social, moral and economic grounds the big apartment house sys- tenn is universally condemned. The apart ment houses are unhealthy. being ex- cessively hot in summefA thus condition ing high infant mortality. Half the apart ments look on to airless ligAtless court yards The working class ;ipastnnept houses have no elevators. The bad re- suits are proved by the fact that the mortality of women and of sufferers from heart disease increases with each floor. The apartment house prevents the own ership of a home turns people into nomads; produces oNercrowding and makes for higher rents The possibility of crowding 20 apartment dwellings on a plot of land sufficient for only two or three one-family houses has raised building land values. pr. Bydow, min ister of commerce. told Prussias s diet last January that building land on the out skirts of Berlin is from 12 to l5 times dearer than on the outskirts of London. The working class family which. under the foreign pne-family house system, has four or Aye small rooms, in Germany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28

ond mayor, Burgermeister Reicks, ad- vocatcs plan of housing Berlins popu- lation out of insurance bureau accu- mutations. He stands for building out side the city vast settlement of model working class houses. With him is an : other housing reformer, Prof. E. Francke, the general secretary of the society for social reform. All these houses would be owned by their ten ants. Rapid underground communica- tions would bring the workmen to the center of the city in 20 minutes.
 Other states than Prussia are legis- lating and working in the same direc- tion. Bavaria will check the building of apartment houses by changing the police building laws. Saxony will pre- vent municipalities favorfng the con struction of dear and large apartments to the exclusion of working men. These state initiatives have checked the de- mand for an imperial housing law for all Germany; but such a law, say ex- perts, is bound to come in few years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Germany No1u P]a,u1i1g Great Housing Reforms

right, 1914, by Carter Brown.) IRLIN, June 29.-(Special.) )-Ger- many has vigorously taken in hand her great housing problem. It is a troublesome task. Bad
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
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tay to attend she party at the home

day to attend she party at the home
of Mrs. Rebecca McLemore.
Mrs. J. WI White has returned te
her home in Santa Fe after visit
to Mrs A. l.. Blocker.
Miss Louise Frierson, of Zions- was
here Friday shopping.
Dr. p. M. Walker, of Santa Fe,
spent Friday In the etty.
Miss Kate Pulliam was in the dity
Friday from Mt. Pleasant
Miss Carrie Derryberry, of Lanscn,
spent today here shopping.
DR. Janss Jones was here from
Hzmpshire Friday on business.
Mr.: and Mrs Ernest Murphy, Of
Glendale, spent Friday IN the city.
Horace NJ Polk, Of Spring ailE
spenr Friday IN the city ON business.
Robert l.. Bsooks returned Friday
morning from short trip 30 Pulaski.
Mr.. and NfEa Pride Tonlinson are
visiting Mrs. ToInlinson's mother In
Mt. Pleasant.
VIII Perry. prosperous agricul-
|turist 81 the sssxh district, Pridayed
lin Colusnbia..
Miss Elizabeth Embrey, Of Nash
vile, is the guest Of MISS Annie
Brown Frierson, Of Cross Bridges.
Mrs. ZachariaEf Davis and Misses
Eva and Purcell Bogue, of Freemont,
N. c., are visiting their uncle ]. F.
Walsh, i'm Rirersids.
Mrs. John Butler, Of Carter's Creek,
and; her sister, MRS. Patterson, Of Pu-
laski,, who lis, visiting her, were in the
city Friday shopping.
Mrs. Joe Waggoner, of Chatta-
nooga, is the guest of her parents,
Senator and Mrs. r w. c. Church.
Mr.. Waggoner will join her here in
a few days
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
NEGRO PREACHER
STEALS A HORSE
POSING As A PASTOR, JOHN nAR.
Lam TOOK MARE FROM ALLEN
cAMPBELLs FARM.

Deputy Sheriff Sam Harrison made
Ia Hice haul Monday afternoon when
he laid his cold hand upon the Shout
der II John Harlan, an alleged negro
Baptist preacher, and told him that
he was under srrest. G. B. Woodland.
|of Spring Hill, had q bride stolsa
nom, lin Sunday. As he was riding
across the square Monday, hs thought
that he recognized it upon horse.
He identfIied It and then swws out .
warrant against Hasian, who Ia a 70
cent arrival from Alabama. When
carried bsfbre' Esq WIN Alexander,
hH was nightly anx5suH to submit his
case, pay fine and lsave the city.
Hs. was pat under $500 bond how.
ever, and bound over to the grand
juM which Dies mot meet until No
vembef:
Tuesday morning, Allen Campbell
telNhoned from Spring Hill to the Of
ficers' here that some sne had stolen
from his pasture SUNDAY night fine
mare, the property Of Memphis
gentleman. He. came down and iden.
titled the mare as the one which Har.
Ian had been trying to. sell ON the
square Monday for $50. The latter
was brought up from Jail then, car
ried before Esq. Alexander again, and
put under an additional $1,000 bond.
The penalty for horse theft is from
three to ten years in the penitentia.
ry. On top OF this will be added a
sentence for petit larceny for taking
the bride. 1t seems that gentleman
will have plenty of time in the next
few months, and thereafter in the
penitentiary, to reinforce his stock Of
religion, which he claimed to have in
great quantity Sunday as he pro-
claimed 1t to the colored people
around Spring Ffill
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
more phones of the Cumberland Tele
phone Co. in the city Of Columbia.


phone Co. in the city of Columbia.
In addition, every particle of furni-
ture and other equipment has been
moved from the old Office ON West
Seventh to the new one on South Gar
den. The doors to the old Office have
been locked. The whole farce has
been moved to the new quarters.
Everything in the new office is
complete and running as smooth and,
slick as oil today. Manager Latta4
is installed in his handsome quarters
downstairs, which are fitted up with
all the elegance of those Of railroad
magnate.
A large squad of extra men from
other places is still here to break in
the old force to the workings of the
new system. The home operators
are learning the new system fast, and
it is thought that they will be ready
! to take complete charge in a few
days.
The change from the old system
to the new has been accomplished al
most without a hitch. The men have
worked almost day and night since
Monday morning in installing the tx
lures and changing the telephones
There have been but few complaints
land now that the transfer has been
made, everyone is delighted. Some
flew have not become accustomed t.
using the phone, as they still lool
for the bell to ring. 1t seems a BIZ
peculiar to simply pick up the receiv
er mad have central to answer. How
ever, people will become accustomed
to this in time, and all hitch will b.
eliminated. alf
| &
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
CONFERENCE AGREE
ON COTTON FUTURES

WASHINGTON, July 17.-House
and senate eonferees on the bill to
regulate dealings in cotton futures
virtually agreed today to accept the
house bill approved by the depart
ment of agriculture, with the incor-
poration of provision from the SEN
ate bill providing fine and imprison-
ment for use Of the mails in connec-
ton with dealings in cotton not in ac-
tcordance with the act.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
FERGUSON MOVES
TO FAYETTEVILLE

Ed Ferguson, who has sold out his
shoe shop in the city to C. Gotschall,
will move his family to Fayetteville
and will engage in the same business
there that he has here. He was in
the county seat of Lincoln Thursday,
and made all arrangements for the
removal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
ALL CUTOVERS FOR
new PHONE SYSTEM
ARE NOW FINISHED
COMPLETED THIS MORNING AT
TWO O'CLOCK BY THE BIG
FORCE.
THERE WERE BUT few HITCHES
Every Particle Of Furniture and
Equipment in the Old Office on
West Seventh Has Been Moved and
the Doors Locked.

All cutovers from the old to new
system were Completed wednesday
morning at D o'clock, The new COM
mon battery system is in effect on
.se1sry, one of the seven hundred or
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24

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Cheapest accident insurance-Dr.
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24
SEVEN THOUSAND
VOTERS REGISTER
In MAURY COUNTY

CONTINUED from First Fage.,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-07-24

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Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-26
STATE TEACHERS
ELECT OFFICERS
PROF. KEMP OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF MONTANA Is ELECTED
PRESIDENT.
IMPORTANT RESOLUTION ADOPTED

BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 25.-The Mon
tana Teachers association closed its
three day session at noon today with
the election of the following officers:
President, Prof. w. w. Kemp, of the
University of Montana, Missoula; first
vice president, Jesse G. Pondexter,
Harlowton; second vice president, Mrs.
Una b. Herrick, dean of women at
agricultural college, Boozeman; trea-
surer, Fay Anderson, Forsythe: mem
Der executive board, 0. d. Speer, Deer
Lodge.
A large number of the committee
reports were received this morning,
among them being a resolution calling
upon the next legislature to substitute
the county unit plan of school admins
tratiCn for the district plan This was
adopted after lengthy debate. 1t will
eliminate, ii enacted into law, nearly
all of the six thousand district officers
now in charge of the schools in Mon
tana. Another resolution called for a
law pensioning teachers who had been
in the service for considerable time
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-26
list OF LOSSES
IN BRITISH NAVY
Seven thousand One Hundred
Forty-three Either Killed
Wounded or Captured.

LONDON, Nov. 25.-Thus far dur
ing the war. the royal navy has lost
4,127 officers and men killed and 473
wounded, while 96S are missing, and
1,575 are captives or have been in
termed.
These figures are contained in a
i ttatement issued tonight by the admir-
4 !ty and include, in addition to naval
men, the names of the royal naval di-
vision.
A great majoritysof those reported
killed were drowned, 1,718 losing their
lives in this manner when the cruisers
Pathfinder, Abovkir. Cressy and Hogue
were sent t0@the bottom by German
submarines, while the laundering of
the Monmouth and Good Hope, after
the action with the German squadron
of the coast Of Chile, was RESPONSE
BILE for loss of 1854 officers and men
beneath the waves. The operations of
the royal naval division at Antwerp
are accountable for nearly all those
reported interned or missing. Most
of the missing are said by the admir-
atty statement to be prisoners of war
in Germany.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-26

GIRLS OBJECT
T0CHAPERONES
DECLARE THAT IF THEY ARE TO
BE WATCHED THE WILL NOT
ATTEND MUNICIPAL HOPS.
SOCIETY WOMEN ARE NOT WANTED

CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-Business girls
who expected to participate in the new
municipal dances. indicated today they
would not attend dances at which a
committee of society women had ar
ranged to have II chaperones and IL
investigators, to say nothing of So
cial secretary ana professional nurse
Communications sent to the city
hall by numerous working girls ex-
pressed their displeasure at what they
termed system of espionage by wom-
en- Of the leisure classes and protested
to Mayor Harrison at the strict regu-
lations to be enforced over their
pleasures.
ANY attempt to create class dis
tinction at the dances means their fail
ure," wrote Miss Leah Taylor, settle
ment worker. "The working girls
know their own worth and independ-
ence too well to permit social leaders
to draw class distinction"
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-26
LATE TELECRAlS FROM SEVERAL
SECTIONS OF WAR-T0RN EUROPE

spondent, describing the capture of
Germans in the fighting near the River
Bzura, says: "Three German regi-
ments were caught with their backs to
the river and suffered heavily from
the Russian artillery, while the Rus
sian infantry was creeping ever near
er. Their only way Of escape was
across the river, but this attempt was
frustrated by the Russian cavalry.
Seeing their position was hopeless, the
whole force, amounting to two and
One-half regiments, surrendered"
LONDON, Nov. 25.-(t:il a. n.y. \
Reuter- official dispatch from Vienna,
coming by way of Amsterdam, says:
"The battle in Russian Poland. in
spite of the bitter cold, is being en-.
ergetically continued. Our troops
have captured several bases of opera.
tion, and ere progressing especially
toward Woldrom and On both sides Of
+ ilica. Numerous prisoners haze been
taken. At other places the situation
is unchanged. The prisoners in the
interior of the monarchy number lla.
0OG men. Among these are 1913 oiri.
GERS.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-26
GOVERNOR BLEASE WILL make
many CRIMINALS HAPPY TODAY

COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. 25.-Gov
ernor Cole Blease tonight issued 1O1
pardons, paroles and communications for
prisoners in the state penitentiary and
county convict gangs. Sixteen, who
will be released after serving long
terms, and 81 shorter terms for man.
slaughter. Forty-six are negroes. AS
a result of the governors action less
than fifty prisoners will remain in the
state penitentiary tomorrow night.
Since he assumed office in January,
1911, Governor Blease has extended
clemency to 1,430 convicts. He has
made Thanksgiving, Christmas and
New Years occasions for granting
liberty to prisoners. OF those to be
released tomorrow five were pardoned
and ninety-five paroled. One com
mutation was granted and a death
sentence for murder rduced to five
years imprisonment.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-26
WHY GERMANS
WERE DEFEATED
Won Hindenburg Depended Up
on Austiaps Who Failed as
Usual to Make Good.

LONDON, Nov. 26.--(4:40 a. ny
The correspondent of the Chronicle in
Petrograd in describing the reported
German defeat in Poland says:
"The weakness of General Won Hin
denburg's position was that he was
isolated from the crown princes army,
which was fighting south of Czen,
stochowa with the object of keeping
the main Russian force engaged whilt.
Won Hindenburg operated in the north,
but the Russian resources were equal
to both armies and when Won Hinden.
burg found himself hard pressed he
ordered into the gap at Wielun the
Austrian troops that were intended to
turn the Russian left.
The Austrians shared the fate of all
Austrians who have been made to fight
the Prussian battles. The Russian
grenadiers foiled their turning move
ment and put them to flight, captur.
ing 5000 prisoners and several scores
of machine guns.
Genera! Won Hindenburg's position
is now hopeless and the thousands of
prisoners streaming into Warsaw
speak eloquently of his failure.
"In the battle with the crown
princes army the Russians are steadi-
ly winning
THE Russian army advancing west
ward from the River San is now with
in IL miles of Cracow The civil pop
ulation, fearing the destruction of the
city, demanded it's surrender In re-
ply, the military governor ordered the
wholesale expulsion OF civilians
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-26
FIERCE FOREST FIRES LICKING
THEIR WAY THROUGH ARKANSAS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Nov. 24--Cn-
der the thick pail of smoke that COW
ers the entire state, forest fires to-
night are licking their way through
the lumber regions.
More than a score of families were
reported to be endangered at Magno-
liza, in Southwest Arkansas, where the
flames have spread with startling
rapidity. Near that section, it was
said, farmers and homesteaders were
loading their household goods in wag-
ons, ready to remove t. points of
safety. At Carlisle two oil tanks were
fired by sparks.
On account of the heavy smoke
over the Mississippi river boats con-
tinue to move slowly and nearly all
of them are running behind their
schedules, according to reports from
river towns.
The only hope of extlnguishing the
fires is a general rain and the weather
bureau offers little hope of this. A
considerable setback was given to the
fires by rains that fell this morning,
in portions Of the burning districts,
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-26
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS OF
BELL|CERENTS IS Being MADE

BERNA, Switzerland, Nov. 25.-(Via
Paris, Nov. 26, 1896 a. m.)-The ex-
change of civilians under or above
military age interned in belligerent
countries is now being actively car
ried on. Within the last few days
over 5000 such persons have passed
through Switzerland They included
700 French, 1000 Austrians and $500
Germans. They were transported in
special trains, each carrying 500 per-
sons
1t is estimated that there are 10000
Germans still interned in France and,
according to German newspapers, be-
tween 100000 and 10000 in Russia.
Several thousand women, children and
old men, it is charged b. these news
papers, have been sent in their sum-
mer clothing to Siberia, where, desti-
tute of all means, their situation is
deplorable, as it seems no way has yet
been found to effect their exchange.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-26
HUNGARY HAS MANY
WOUNDED SERVIANS

VIENNA, Nov. 25.-(Via Venice to
London, Nov. 26, 1:27 a. m.)-Wounded
soldiers from Servia are pouring into
Hungary in such vast numbers that
nearly all the school buildings in the
country have been requisitioned for
their accommodation. The few schools
in Vienna which previously had been
permitted to give instruction two hours
daily, also have been Communicated
for the wounded. The Hungarian min.
lister of the interior has ordered the
police throughout the country to pre-
pare an accurate list of all enemy
aliens in their districts.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-26
WAS SLIGHT CAUSE
FOR LYNCHINC Bee

BYHALIA, Miss, Nov. 25.-Fred
Sullivan, negro, and his wife. ac-
cused of burning barn on a planta-
ton near Byhalia several days ago,
were hanged today by mob which
forced deputy sheriff and his posse
to watch the lynching.
This information was brought to
Byhalia tonight by members of the
posse. Sullivan, it is said, was hanged
first from the limb of a tree and within
a few minutes the woman met a like
fate.
1t is alleged the negro confessed he
burned the barn in retaliation for the
action of the planter IN forcing him
to surrender mule which he had pur-
chased, but had not paid for.
Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-11-26
BRITISH FLEET IS
STILL B0MBARDINC

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 26.-(Via Lon
don, 3:42 a. m)-The Maasbode says
reports received by it from Aarden-
b.. state that heavy continual gun
firing has been heard there since yes
terday at noon and that the British
fleet was still bombarding the Ger
man positions near Zeebrugge
The Telegraaf's Berlin correspond
ent says the German government
would not oppose the formation OF an
international committee, composed of
subjects Of neutral states, for the in
spection of all war prisoner camps II
belligerent countries of Great Britain,
France and Russia would agree to
such an inspection