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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15

Grambs; anthem, Praise We the Father
Gounod; ode "a Plain Gold Band
Oliver; anthem, Unfold Ye Portal Ever.
lasting Gounod.
Miss Bessie Cunningham, soprano: Mrs.
Marie Kern-Mullen, contralto; j. a.
Bates tenor; II. c. Kaufman. basso.
Birmingham. chapter. Rose Croix No. ..
will give on "Wednesday. November Is
the degrees from the fifteenth to the
eighteenth, inclusive. The sixteenth and
seventeenth will be communicated by
Fred Lasl1ins and n. l.. Mewhinney, re-
spectively. The following musical pro-
gramme will be rendered for the eight
zenith degree:
Organ. March Religiuse," O1armond)
Fred l.. Grambs; baritone solo, Cal
vary (Rodney), r. c. Kaufman: anthem,
Faith" (hymn), choir; soprano solo,
Hope Miss Bessie Cunningham; an
them, Charity" choir; anthem, "And
God Shall Wipe Away All Tears" choir
Birmingham Council of Kadosh No.
will, Wednesday evening. beginning at
$50 o'clock. confer and communicate the
degrees from the nineteenth to the TWEEN
ty-ninth, inclusive, and on Thursday
morning the thirtieth degree.
Alabama Consistory No 1, Thursday
evening at O'Clock, will confer the
thirty-first degree and Friday morning
at o'clock the thirty-second degree N
giving this degree, James Bowron will
serve as master of kadosh
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15
War Has Set Millions Mad
ny BYRON LoMAx

mans because the Pickelhaube helmets
cred with dull green cloth and could
not glitter. The glittering was in the
soldiers imagination. he having seen in
peace time the metal spikes of the he'll
NETS. Yet this soldier had been in the
German trenches. He added that a thou
sand Germans were taken prisoners. He
had counted them. AS fact only six
stragglers were taken. The official re-
port made clear that the ground was
soft and the trenches full of ground
water. The soldier, when asked, said
he remembered the ground being so hard
that dynamite was used to break the
surface before entrenching. All these
were unconscious lies.
Persistent, unconscious lying" says
Naltseff, lis one of the first elements
of war psychosis. 1t is the fruit of the
terror and emotion which every man feels
in battle. In prolonged actions the rank
and file and the fighting officers do not
know what they do. The intelligent d.
rection of battles is entirely in the hands
of the staff and generals who are at a
safe distance from the fighting. The fur
Their these are from the fighting line
the better their judgment seems to work.
Whenever the battle comes their way
they are affected by slaughter sychosis.
Hence, the staffs persistently muddle lost
battles. l have proofs of this which
/ prefer not to give"
Inconsistencies during fighting Is one
feature of the battle psychosis. There
are certain violent bodily and spiritual
efforts which are performed effectively
in proportion as they are unconscious or
subconscious. A soldier during a fierce
fight is like a Splinter nearing the tape.
If either thinks of and calculates each
step he will surely fail. OF over a score
of men of the Thirty-second army corps
whom I questioned only two or three
could remember what happened, and were
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15
Car Sanitation

Present conditions impose vast prob
lens on railroads, says the Indianapolis
News. Fifty thousand ears haul bill
lion passengers annually. which means
that each car shelters 10000 persons a
year, or 81 every day. Twenty five per
cent of animals experimentally inocu-
lated with dust from railroad ears de-
veloped tuberculosis, and the pneumo-
mia bacillus is often found in the same
dust, so the car microbe has become a
great problem. Before tho car is even
switched to the cleaning tracks the
cleaner begins work. With sleeper,
mattresses, pillows and blankets are
hung out to air. Floors, walls. ceilings.
head lining and windows are secured
and polished. Carpets and upholstery
are vacuum cleaned. There are miles
of vacuum pipes In the cleaning yards,
with outlets so that cleaners can reach
every car in every part. and If pas
senger is suspected of having con
tagious disease the car is fumigated.
All this after each trip.
In Germany each car Is run into a
steel cylinder, which is sealed. The tenn
perature is raised to 100 degrees, and
the air is pumped out. The vacuum and
heat combined kill all chronological
life. Our cars are badly ventilated, but
where the compartments used prevent
as free circulation with us. Much
money has been spent by our roads to
provide adequate air for 40 to 40 per-
sons shut up in n box moving at go
miles an hour. The Pennsylvania road,
after endless experiments, now has fun
nels at the corners of cars. which scoop
in air as the train is running. force ii
into a duct under the floor, where II is
heated In water and forced into the
car through outlets under the seats
while the Initiated air escapes through
registers in the roof. This system
changes the entire air in a car every
four minutes.
The Pullman system sucks out air in
stead of forcing IL in, while air enters
through crevices. All the roads are still
experimenting. In some cases electric
fans have been used to draw in air,
which is then heated In cold weather
or cooled in warm weather. Thus our
railroads are constantly warning
against foul air and seeking the best
means of getting fresh air for venti-
lation, while the cleaning of everything
in car tends toward perfection of con-
dition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15

1TROGRAD, November q
Especial Correspondence. y
The great European war has
sent millions of people mad;
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15
PUTTING NEW LIFE
INTO ALL CIRCLES
OF ODD FELLOWSHIP
Fine Programme Has Been
Arranged for the Special
Thanksgiving Meeting
This Year


The result thus far attained by the
visiting committee of the odd Eel
lows of this district has far exceeded
tho expectations of those who were in
strumenta1 in bringing it about
/. Every Odd Fellow lodge In the Bir-
ningham district has already felt the
heneficent effect of the movement and
with each visitation comes greater in
torest among the members Several
lodges that were beginning to drop be.
bind have, through the inspiration OF
this committee, taken on new life and
are working with an enthusiasm not
seen for several years and new, mem
bers are being added and old ones
brought back into the fold
Prominent members of the order
throughout the district have joined
heartily in the movement while the
grand officers have not only given it
their moral support but have some
times at much personal sacrifice. at
tended the meetings and by words OF
cheer and ENCOURAGEMENT have spurred
THE MEMBERSHIP greater efforts for the
advancement of the order. The next
meeting Will be with Bessemer lodge
No. 109 when the second degree will be
conferred.
The big event of the winter however,
will be the Thanksgiving meeting to be
held at Fraternal hall Friday night, No
vember Il, when all the present grand
officers and a number of past grand Off
GERS will be present and make addresses.
1t viii probably be the greatest gathering
of Odd Fellows held in the state in recent
years and will mark the beginning of a
movement that will tend to place the
=
the highest pinnacle of success in the
fraternal world.
The committee having the Thanksgiving
meeting in charge report that all grand
lodge officers have accepted the invita-
ton to be present and that all plans are
perfected for the meeting.
The following programme will be carried
out:
Meeting called to order at 80 p. m. by
Pamer p. Daugette, chairman, presiding.
Song, opening ode.
Prayer Rev. George l.. Jenkins, past
grand master.
"Welcome Words" NJ. c. Thomas. Bir-
mingham lodge. No. H. minutes.
Address, Grand Master r. l.. Bradley,
90 minutes.
1.-The odd Fellows Wife" Mrs. Annie
Caraway, warden Rebekah state assem-
bly,. 10 minutes
THE Imperial Virtue" II. c. Pollard,
grand secretary, 10 minutes.
Our Orphans" George Stiefemeyer.
grand warden, Is minutes
Pictures of |. o. o. r. homes. Fred J..
Cramton, past grand master.
THE True odd Fellow" William Ellis,
Samson lodge No. 115. five minutes.
District Conventions" j. NJ Roberts,
Bessemer lodge. No. 100, five minutes
The Lodge Worker" J. NJ Crow. Huff
man lodge, No. 3S0 five rninufee
Our Visiting Committee" DR.. e. w.
Murphree, Avondale lodge, No. 10S five
minutes.
Life at the I. o. o. r. Home.' George
Huddleston. deputy grand master, Min
eral City lodge, No. "A, 10 minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15

Mobiles of Zamora temple, Order of the
Mystic Shrine. Will meet in regular and
ceremonial session next Friday afternoon
and night at the Bijou theatre, and ac-
cording to the manifesto of the potentate.
Arthur Barton. there will be some big
doings on that occasion. A large class
of novices has been secured who will
take the journey that leads to the Arabic
lands that are the Mecca of almost every
member of the Masonic fraternity. The
proclamation follows: MOBILES: Your
potentate has been, with his ear to the
ground, listening to the rumblings of the
times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15
FOR sHRINERs

Programme Shrine meeting Fri
day, November 20, at Bijou theatr:
Meeting of trains and welcom-
ing visiting mobiles.
Introductions and social greet
ings
Grand parade. starting promptly
at 4 o'clock from Bijou theatre
Meeting for business and cere-
mony at 7:30 p. M.
novices.
Banquet at Hotel Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15
Troubled About His Frog

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Te Telegraph.
At a childrens excursion an alderly
woman took a great deal of interest in
the little ones games. She seated her.
self on the grass beside a little boy with
golden curls. AS soon as she sat down
the lad gave vent to an ear piercing
howl.
"Have you any pain?" aked the
woman, anxiously.
mo, | haven't"
Perhaps you would like some more
cake?"
mo-" roared the child. "Wot want is
my frog wot I catched,'
Frog
Eyes, my frog. You're sittin' on itl'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15
Polite Disdain

From the Washington Star.
THAT man invariably agrees with
what / say" said the argumentative
person.
Rather complimentary
mot at all. He would rather agree
with me than pay attention to .Yhat
am saying"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15
Comments From the Sideline


THAT stuff sure was some sticky
s-Marvine Pettus.
mo. L wouldn't take hundred dol
lars for it."-Torbert.
WANTED: A wife who shutters so ]
can have the last word. Ed Erwin.
WANTED: Something to stand on 9TH
er than my head '=Cutey Powell.
I'D rather laugh Loudly and bust
Than to look solemn and rust =
Dick Vance.
I'm hunting the man who took my
ten and told me it was easy."-Dr
Lovelady.
I'D give $50 if my mother-in-law
could join the Dokeys. There's where
I'd get even. y. NJ. Johnson.
THAT hole under the desk 'sho il
small for two."-Chattanoog Votary
For sale: There is still a few 1914
receipts They are all the rage Get
one before they are all gone. Guar
anteed for this year
Every tyro is reminded.
He can reach the inner fold,
IL he'll smile and keep his temper;
And do everything he's told.
"Be sure you know what you are
told"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-10-22
TalIeyrand's Victory.

One hundred years ago the congress
OF Vienna met for formal organization.
Nearly all the monarchs of Europe
were assembled to take part in the
deliberations, or were represented by
their most eminent statesmen. The
Porte alone was not represented in
this great congress OF the nations. 1t
is said that the four great allied pow
ers-England, Austria, Prussia and
Russia-had made secret agreement
to exclude France from participation
in any of their territorial arrange
ments. But in this they reckoned
without Talleyrand, the great French
statesman and diplomatist, who not
only insisted that his country be ad-
mitted to take part in all the delibera,
tons, but himself became the leading
spirit of the whole congress.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-10-22
GERMAN LOSS AT
ANTWERP IS HEAVY

Paris.-The Germans lost 100000
men in the capture Of Antwerp, &C
cording to Paul Eric, special CORE
spondent of the Journal, who writes:
The heroic Belgian defense of forts
Waelhem, Wavre and Lierre, forming
the outer ring, cost the Germans very
dear. General Won Beseler threw com
pact masses of troops into the inter
walls, where the Belgians poured a
whitening infantry fire on the assail-
ants.
South OF the third line of defenses
German bodies are now piled in heaps.
This happened at the beginning of the
assault. South of Fort Bornheim the
Belgians inferred 5000 German
cOrpses.
When Won Beseler managed to
cross the Nethe and install 16la-inch
guns on the north banks, shells fell
in Antwerp like hailstones. Most OF
the remaining population then retired
to cellars with food, placing mat
tresses and sacks filled with earth
against the doors and window graf
ings.
LAS soon as Antwerp was occupied
the Germans began to fortify 1t. II
given little time they will, with the
help of their heavy artillery, make \
practically impregnable."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-10-22
MAKE IT A NATIONAL EVENT
Educational Movement Against Tu.
berculosis During the Week Of
November 20 Arranged For.

BY sermons, lectures, motion pic
lures, exhibits and many other meth
DDS, the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis
will enlist thousands of churches,
schools and lodges of the country in
simultaneous educational movement
against tuberculosis during the week
of November 80. The campaign is to
be known as the Fifth Annual Tuber-
culosis Day Movement,
A special circular entitled: What
is tuberculosis Day." has been pro
pared and is being widely distributed.
The plan of tuberculosis day, as eN-
essarily comprehend a special SER
mon on tuberculosis on November 30,
II church, school or lodge gives
the subject attention in any way dur
ing that week, this will help in the
national educational movement.
Outlines for lectures or sermons on
tuberculosis and stock" talks on the
subject will be furnished free to min
listers and others who can use them.
Literature for distribution In the
churches, schools, lodges, and else
where will also be given away in
large quantities. Persons wishing
such literature, either for the prepa-
ration of sermons or talks on tuber-
culosis, or for distribution in public
meetings on tuberculosis day, should
get in touch with their local anti
tuberculosis society, or If that is not
possible, with the National Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis, los East Twenty-second
street, New York city.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-10-22
Cause for Doubt.

James A. Patten, the noted wheat
operator, said to reporter in New
York:
Edward Box and other dress psy.
biologists declare that this war is
going to transfer the fountainhead of
women's fashions from France to the
United States. Well, on the Finland,
on the way back home from the war
zone, l noticed a thing or two that
made me have my doubts.
For example. | was describing to n
group of women on the promenade
deck one afternoon the way the Bel
CLANS had ruined a road into Liege-a
road that blew up afterwards and
killed 5000 Germans. The women all
seemed interested in my description
and when finished it / said:
"And now are there any questions
any of you women ~ould like to ask?'
"A pretty and well-dressed Balti-
more woman said anxiously;
"'Can you tell us, Mr.. Patten, II
Paris had got all her fall fashions out
before the war came on?"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-10-22

city 10 imminent. The Germans en-
place batteries for their purpose and
at midnight heavy bombardment
begins.
Oct. S.-Eycdus of the population.
The bombardment of the town is con-
unued with violence. The petrol tanks
are ablaze. Berchem, southern sub
urb, is in flames, as also are many
houses in the city. The defending
troops on the southwest section are
offering violent resistance 1t IL de-
cided to evacuate the city, and the
British and Belgian forces leave dur
ing the night.
oct. 9.-The fall and occupation Of
Antwerp.
Took Two Weeks.
1T will thus be seen that the Ger
mans took fortnight to drive their
wedge into the southeastern section OF
the defenses," the correspondent con-
tinues, "and this speaks volumes for
the stubbornness of the defense. Brit
ish marines were hurried across last
Sunday and conveyed to Antwerp with
all speed. They came without over
coats or kits, but cheerfully endured
the cold and rain as well as the pulver-
izing fire.
After Monday II was merely a ques-
ton of enduring the terrible fire as
long as possible. A large proportion
Of the Belgian troops went westward
on Monday and Tuesday to insure an
eventual line of retreat A large ad-
ditional force of British marines ar
rived Tuesday morning.
Mount Their Big Guns.
Eventually the Germans mounted
their 42-centimeter guns. They were
enabled to fire with great accuracy,
thanks to their observation balloons,
although owing to the cold and heavy
rain their operations were sometimes
suspended. The British gunners
brought one balloon down with round
of lyddite, after shrapnel had proved
ineffective.
Ability to hit back weight for
weight was the one crying need, at
Antwerp, whose fate points to one ir-
resistible conclusion-that the day of
forts is over. The supposed impreg-
nable forts proved broken reeds
against the giant howitzers.
One of Brialmont's great works
sank almost bodily from sight in con
sequence of the cavities made all
around its foundations by the terrific
explosions. The others are shattered
beyond recognition.
Il understand that the British naval
force saved all its wounded and guns
The Belgian army is still intact"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-10-22
Condensed Language.

Samoa has an ideal language, and
there It was | got my inspiration -
says Gelett Burgess in Burgess I'm
abridged" Cant we make English
as subtle as Samoan? wondered.
There they have a single word, mean
ing, A-party-is-approaching.which.con-
acknowledgements man.nor-a pref.
ty.woman.' Another beautiful word de-
scribes n-who-climbs-outon the
limbs of his own breadfruit-tree-to-
steal the observation-disclosures
Suiia' means 'Changethe-subject-you.
are-on-dangerous-ground' Another hap
py word expresses familiar situation
-'To-look-on.owl-eyed-while-others-are
getting-gifts.' Have we anything in
English as charmingly tactful as this
No, our tongue is almost as crude as
pidgin'English itself, where piano is
overwhelmingly
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-10-22
DIARY TELLS OF GERMAN ADVANCE
ON AND CAPTURE OF ANTWERP

I,ondon.-ln the form OF diary. the
story of the siege of Antwerp and the
German plan of attack are given in
the following dispatch received by the
Central News from its Ostend CORE
spondent;
Saturday, Sept 26.-The Belgians
retired from their positions east, south
and west of Malines to the line of out
er forts.
Sept. 27-The Germans bombarded
and occupied Malines.
Sept. 2S.--Bombardment of Forts
DE Waelhem, De Wavre-St Catherine
and other forts on the southern line
by 11-inch howitzers.
Sept. 29--Magazine of Fort De
Waelhem blown up by shell fire Fort
De Wavre-St Catherine put out of
action. Forts at Lierre bombarded.
Forts Are Destroyed.
Sept. 30.-Forts De Waelhem and
Wavre-St. Catherine are completely de-
stroyed. Waterworks behind Fort De
Waelhem blown up. The Belgian in
fantry continued to hold their in
trenchments In the face of veritable
hell OF shell fire. The water supply
III Antwerp is greatly curtailed.
"Oct. 1.-The Lierre forts destroyed.
The German infantry attacks were re-
pulsed with heavy Losses.
oct. 2.-There was heavy bonn
bardment of the Belgian trenches. The
Belgians retired at night in good or
der and lined the River Nethe. The
Germans began to occupy the outer
ring of forts. A German aeroplane
few over the city and dropped pamph.
let's urging the inhabitants to surren-
der and save themselves suffering
British Troops Arrive.
oct. 3.--Arrival of fresh British
troops, who relieved fatigued Belgians
on the southeastern section. Here the
Germans concentrated their attack,
which is now almost exclusively an ar
tillery attack.
"Oct. 4.-Quiet until evening. when
the Germans began furious bonn
bardment OF Lire and the river bank
trenches.
oct. 1.-The Germans cross the riv-
er and occupy Lierre and Duffel The
main Belgian army began retirement
westward
oct. 6.-Departure of King Albert,
the government, and the foreign min
isters. Heavy bombardment of the al.
lied position. The allied troops retired
during the night on the second line
Of forts.
: City Is Occupied.
oct. 7.--Governor General de Guise
announces that bombardment of the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-10-22
HEAD IN WATERY PlMPLES

r. r. No. /. Kyles, Ohio.-"My ba-
by's head when about a year old be-
gan TO break out with small watery
pimples causing her head to itch. She
would scratch her head till the blood
came causing the top of her head to
be in almost solid eruption. The
pimples at first were nearly as large
as a pea and in patches which would
inflame and tester and when they
would come open would leave kind
of wet scales there for a few days.
Then when it dried up it would leave
scales on her head that caused her
hair to fall out just in great punches.
zone day l happened to see Cuti-
cura Soap and also Cuticurc Oint-
ment advertised in a paper and l
ordered a sample of each. They seemed
to help her head SO much that pur-
chased a cake of Cuticura Soap and a
box of Cuticura Ointment and in two
weeks time her head was sound and
we'll. Her hair had stopped falling
out and was also free from dandruff. u
(Signed) Mrs. ]. L. West, Feb. 20. IA
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston."-Adv