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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-27

sented in the smaller cities of your state.
 In regard to the securing of regu- 1ations calling for the medical inspec- tion of school children, we shall also draw a model regulation in the same way. Each state presents an individ- ual problem, and because of the fact that there is no vital statistics law in Alabama at the present time, it Is necessary to build our plans according ly, and attempt to secure all that we can without the desirable background which a strong vital statistics laws provides.
 I trust that you will be able to ar range definite appointments for me to address public meetings un- der the auspices of the organizations mentioned heretofore in practically all of the communities. list of which I submitted to you some weeks ago. At these meetings We shall endeavor to have committee appointed to carry out the programme suggested, such committee to consist of the leading physicians and laymen of the commun- ity Wherever possible the talk which 1 shall give shall be accompanied by lantern slide illustrations, the organi zation to furnish stereopticon and op- orator.
 Where public meetings cannot be ar ranged, will you make an appointment for me to meet a committee of indi- viduals appointed by the organization, who indicate to you their interest in this work, at which conference I will also put the programme after consul tation with the local health officer and physicians. A letter should go from you to the organizations whose CO., operation we are seeking, explaining briefly the fact that a statewide in- terest is being sought in the preven- tion of blindness, and stating that the field secretary of the national commit tee is to be in the state, and can pre- sent a definite programme upon such and such a date, according to the schedule which you, being familiar with the Hay of the land" can pre- pare to best advantage. Let us make the first effort in Birmingham, and l shall hope to spend several days there, and leave there with the assurance of the local health department that the programme presented will be insti- tuted in that city. Such accomplish ment will go far toward securing the interest and the carrying out of the programme in your other communi- ties.
 As I have assured you hitherto, we greatly value your suggestions based as they are upon your intimate knowl- edge of the field, and the complete dis cussion of the outline of our proposed activities should result in the prepara- tion of plans which will be of material benefit in the long run to the entire state Very cordially yours.
 GORDON L. BERRY,
 Field Secretary.
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ernment to count only the men fit to serve in the field We have passed the stage where we can allow ourselves to be fobbed off by resonant platitudes ad- vocating secrecy. This claim has been the mainstay of failure and we want no more of it."
 The correspondent concludes that the allies, counting only the men actually at the front, have about 6,O00OOO to the enemy's 100000, but that this superiority has been almost reduced to equality by the strategy of the past year and by the special conditions of the Italian thea tre, which enabled some 100000 to 400. .o0O Austrians to hold up the Italians.
 >"It is impossible to win the war with out greatly superior numbers he con cludes, and still less possible to win it soon Therefore, provision for such num- bers is the primary duty of the allies"
 Speculation over the development of an attack on the entente allies at Saloniki continues. Some papers credit the cen tral powers with plan tc bear down on Saloniki from three sides, the German forming the center with the Turks and Bulgarians on the left and right wings. respectively.
 From different correspondents come vrious reports on the situation in the Balkans, some contending that the Bull
 
 torial gains within their immediate ambi- tions, and therefore, will not move fur ther. Other correspondents represent them as being determined to extend their boundaries to include the important port of Saloniki.
 Germany probably is confronted with the problem of reconciling the conflicting ambitions of her two Balkan allies Turkey and Bulgaria-and also trying to keep the friendship of Greece, whose support she is credited with still hoping to gain.
 The latest reported Greek move is the prohibition of the export of food supplies from Greece to the Franco-British army at Salonil!. General Castelnau chief Of the French general staff. has visited King Constantine and met the Greek army sstaff and the ministers of the allied coun- tries. King Peter of Servia has arrived in Italy from Avlona and will he the guest of King Victor Emmanuel King Peter will be entertained in the royal palace at Oaserta.
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GREEKS ARE MUTINYING

Paris, December 27.-The long leaves of absence being granted to many Greek sol diers are due not so much to economy, but on account of mutnies, says the Petit Parisian. The nearness of their hereditary enemies, the Bulgarians, is so exasperating the troops that their officers have no control over them, the paper de- clares, adding that Premier Skoulouds is granting extended furloughs in the hope of checking the revolt
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RFOOTLIGYTS@| |A AnD 2SGREEN
By RICHARD F. LUsslEa

ment to the Confederate Veterans or Jefferson county in securing admission to the Jefferson theatare tomorrow afternoon. All the aged fighters have to do is to go to the ticket office and show part of their uniform or badge or honor to the genial Brown Parks at the ticket window and excellent seats will at once be presented to them without the slightest questions being asked. Step up to the window. old Rebs, tomorrow afternoon and enjoy the spectacle of your adventurous lives
 At the Strand today the well known Valesca Suratt, famed for her daring gowns, appears in "The Immigrant a Lasky- Paramount feature. This is a picture of young woman who is en- barrassed by many adventures in her attempts to eke out her existence once she lands in this country. In the end. however, virtue triumphs and the vil- lain is baffled, as in the most approved moving picture fashion.
 
 Robert Edeson, the eminent actor, will appear at the Trianon today in a Vitagraph V. l.. s. E. feature, "The Cave Man" This is story of 8 rough neck whom fanclful lady of society picks up in the hope of foisting him on her friends as "Beau Brummel." Guess what the Thick" did-or go and see the picture
 ''The Edge of the Abyss with Will lard Mack, a Triangle-Kay Bee fea- ture, will be the attraction at the Colonial today.
 
 ''The Thirteenth Girl,' with Airline Pretty and Julia Swayne Gordon a Vitagraph dramatic feature. will be shown at the Princess today This is an excellent offering. especially recom- mended by Stuart Blackton of the Vitagraph company
 At the Odeon Two "The Coquette." a Kalem dramatic subject, is booked for today. In this feature the beauti- ful Margerite Courtot will appear in role that gives her special opportuni- ties to display much of her charming personality.
 Remember tonight is the night of nights, as 'The Birth of Nation" will be shown at the Jefferson. Nuf Sed.
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A NEAR LYNCHING

Muskogee, Okla, December 26.-Wil- liam Green and Matthias Foreman, ne- groes, were spirited out of the county jail here late tonight and taken to an other city for safe keeping while mob of several hundred men were making preparations to storm the jail in force and lynch them.
 The negroes, accused of having killed Samuel Neal. a policeman, were taken from the jail dressed in the clothing of militiamen.
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Deaths and Funerals
Mrs. Mamie Young Peteet

Mrs. Mamie Young Peteet, aged 69, died Saturday night at Sun, La. The remains will arrive in the city this morning. The funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10:30 from the residence of her daughter. Mrs. B. F. Eborn, 2626 South Thirty-fourth street. Rev. J. w. Johnson officiating. Mrs. Peteet is survived by her daughter Mrs. Eborn, and one son, Wal ton Peteet of Waco Tex. The pa,lbear- CTS will be T. c. Young. Sam Erehart, Judge J. T. Garretson, J. A. Vann, Harry Hood and Robert Adams,
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Eli E. Tutwiler

Eli E. Tutwiler, aged 60 years, died yes- terday afternoon at his late residence at Blossburg after long Illness.
 He is survived by his widow, four daughters, Mrs. Luther Glaze, Mrs. Pick ems Mcqueen, Miss Margaret Tutwiler, Miss Harriet Tutwiler; two sons, Erskine Tutwiler and Guy Tutwiler three brothers, E. NJ. Tutwiler of Birmingham T. H. Tutwiler of Memphis, and George A. Tutwiler of Gustine, Texas, and one sister, Mrs. H. T. Moore of Formosa, Fla.
 The funeral services will be held this afternoon at Oak Hill cemetery at 3 o clock. The pallbearers will be Ashby Payne. George Porter, Charles Jones. Maben Hobson ]. w. Mcqueen and Wal ter Fowlkes.
 The deceased was born in Virginia and moved to this district about 90 years ago and after years of service with the Pratt Iron and Steel company went into the mercantile business, which occupation he followed until his death.
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Mrs. Sarah E. Langtry

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Sarah E. Langtry, aged 5S, passed away yesterday morning at 1:30 o'clock at her late home in Powderly, will be con ducted from the residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock Interment will follow in Elmwood cemetery. The Rev. Burnes will officiate. The deceased is survived by one son. w. F. Langtry. The following will act as pallbearers: R. F. Lacey, l.. q. Pettijohn, c. E. East, J W. Barksdale, J. W. Smith and D. W. Stokes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-27

New Haven. Conn.,. December 26-One of the heaviest gales in years, accom- panied by snow, sleet and hail, swept Connecticut today delaying train and trolley service. crippling telegraph and telephone communication; demoishing and unroofing many houses and causing thousands of dollars damage. The high est velocity of the wind. according to the weather bureau, was in New Haven 57 miles an hour. The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad signal serv- ice between New Haven and Hartford was put out of commission by broken poles. The trains on the Hartford di- vision were three or more hours late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-27
GALE AT BOSTON

Boston, December 26-A gale carrying snow and rain at a velocity of 70 miles an hour damaged electric wire circuits, leveled chimneys, unroofed buildings and uprooted trees in this city and many other parts of New England today. Along the coast small boats in harbor were torn from their moorings and cast ashore.
 The British schooner Mayflower, dis abed by the gale, was in precarous position near the breakers off Cape Ann tonight, and it was feared that she would pound to pieces. Her crew was rescued by coast guards.
 The Mayflower was coal laden, bound for St. John, N. B., from South Amboy.
 In Manchester, N. H., and Lewiston, Bangor and Hortland. Maine, the storm interrupted traffic on suburban street railway lines and crippled telephone and telegraph communication for time.
 Tn Rhode Island much damage was caused to property along the shores of Narragansett bay.
 Damage 10 telegraph lines was reported in Vermont. A heavy rain was followed by snow in that state.
 The snowfall in other parts of New England was light. By nightfall the sky had cleared.
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Mrs. Frances Sample

Funeral service sover the remains of Mrs. Francis Sample, aged 59, who died Saturday afternoon at o'clock at her late home, TIT Holland avenue, were held from the residence yesterday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock Interment followed in Elm wood cemetery.
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Emily Gray Ferguson

Emily Gray Ferguson, the 22-month.s-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. T. H. Ferguson, died yesterday afternoon at the family residence 205 North Sixtieth street Flu neral services from the residence this aft ernoon at 2:30 o'clock, conducted by Dr. Long of Anniston and Dr, Clark of Wood lawn Interment at Forrest Hill
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M. H. Motion

Funeral services over the remains of M H. Motion, aged S0 pioneer citizen of this city, who died Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the residence of the grand daughter, Mrs. Calvin Jones, at Roebuck Springs were conducted from the resi- dence yesterday morning at ' o'clock The remains were sent to Montgomery at 10 o'clock by the Johns Undertaking com pany for interment The deceased is sur vived by four grandchildren, Mrs. Hugh Morrow, J. Motion Smith, Mrs. Calvin Jones and Henley J. Smith.
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Mrs. w. s. Cole

Mrs. w. s. Cole, aged 50 years, died yesterday morning at the family resi- dence Thirty-sixth street and Twenty ninth avenue The funeral services will be held this afternoon at o'clock from the residence. The interment will be made at Elmwood. She is survived by her husband and two children, NJ J. Cole of Birmingham and Mrs. G. w. Bond hart of Atlanta. The pallbearers are l. H. Wharton, A. l.. Morrow, Max Har- kins l.. V. Strong, w. M. Walker and T. J. Shirley
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NUMEROUS KILLINGS
 REPORTED SUNDAY
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mining settlement near here. Me Dougal deputized Kimbro to help him arrest John Wilkus on charge of dis turbing the peace. The officers assert the brothers attacked them with pokers. McDougal and Kimbro are held pending the verdict of coroner's jury.
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Thomas w. Ray

Funeral services over the remains Of Thomas w. Ray. aged 50, who died. at local infirmary at 1:20 o'clock yesterday morning. will be conducted from the resi- dence 1412 Cotton avenue, West End, at ? o'clock this afternoon. The Rev. Mr. Tyler of the West End Methodist church will officiate. Interment will follow in Elmwood cemetery. The deceased is sur vived by his widow, Mrs. Mamie V. Ray. The pallbearers are J. H. Mccain, J. II. Hamilton, Judge c. c. Elils E. w. Ellss w. E. Bowen and w. F. Benton, who are members of the West End Brotherhood Sunday school class of which MT. Ray was a member. MT. Ray was well and favora hly known in this city. having been on the police force for many years up to a short time ago.
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TWO DEAD AT PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, December 26.-Two men lost their lives in drifts and considerable damage was done to property by a snow storm which swept the state today The fall of snow here was comparatively light but in the. upstate section nearly a foot fell and was blown by the high winds into heavy drifts, which tied up steam and electric traffic, The ice covered tele- phone, telegraph and electric wires, also broke in many sections.
 Barre, Mass, December 26-ln the height of heavy gale and snowstorm to- day the steeple of the Congregational church was blown off 60 feet from the top and demolished The crash occurred at the usual hour for Sunday school. but be- cause of the storm there was no session today. The church was empty.
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were conducted from Lige Loys private chapel yesterday afternoon at 3 80 o'clock. Interment followed in Oak Hill cemetery. The Rev. James A. Bryan officiated. The deceased is survived by his mother, Mrs. Annie M. Burkhalter, and two brothers, Greg and T. B. Burkhalter. The follow ing were pallbearers: Willis McAllister. Tom Bryan, W. L. Nealy, Airy Budge, 5. Segal, H. G. Jackson.
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Mrs. Samantha Long

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Samantha Long, aged 68, who died Saturday afternoon at the 4amily resi- dence, 2S2S Tennessee avenue West End, were conducted from the residence yes- terday afternoon at o'clock. Interment followed in Forest Hill cemetery. The deceased is survived by her husband, G. F. Long.
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Mrs. Emily C. May

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Emily C. May. aged 76, who died Saturday morning at her late residence, 1923 Pearson avenue West End, were con- ducted from the residence yesterday aft ernoon at 2:30 o'clock Interment fol- lowed in Elmwood cemetery. The de- ceased is survived by five daughters.
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Lee Oden

The remains of Lee Oden. aged fl; who| died December 6 in Panama, were re- ceived in Birmingham yesterday morning at 6 o'clock by the Johns Undertaking company. Funeral services were con-| ducted from Johns private chapel yes-I terday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Inter- ment followed in Elmfwood cemetery.
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MAN COMES
 BACK AT LUSK FOR
 BOND ISSUE ACTION
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general $650; watchman and servants $192S; city court judges in all about $500 agricultural department $l311 and so on through practically all the state offices.
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Stanley Bryan Burkhalter

Funeral services over the remains of Stanley Bryan Burkhalter. aged 1s who was killed at Pearl River. La, Thurs day. when he was struck by train,
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RAIN, HAIL AND SNOW IN WEIRDEST STORM
 SEEN IN NORTHEAST
SHEET IN NEW HAVEN
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in Newark and died of a fractured skull on his way to a hospital.
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in the smaller cities of your
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-23

serenade Poke Eazley tonight. as he
was seen coming from the Hog Ford
still house today with a fresh jug.
The deputy constable has spent a
part of this week behind a stump on
MUsket Ridge watching for a mys-
ferrous stranger who was seen in that
locality early in the week with a roll
Of one dollar bills.
Cricket Hicks is preparing to warm
his feet as soon as TIE weather gets
cold enough.
The postmaster is making all neces-
sary arrangements 10 sweep out the
pOstoffice. as the inspector is feared
within few DAYS
The Dog Hill church which has
been kept open during the week days
for the benefit of the general public
in accordance with a movement that
has been started by the big city
churches. will hereafter have to be
kept closed except on Sundays. unless
the hog law is enforced.
In giving his opinion OF the suf-
fraSet business, lobe Moseley the other
morning stated that there was enough
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-23
High Rental In Paris Is
Checked By War; Many
ExpensiUe Houses Vacant

Paris. France. Oct e3.-There are
evidences that the upward movement
OF rentals in Paris has received a last
ing check A luxurious apartment in
the avenue de TAlma that rented for
$4,000 francs a year has just been leased
for 1900. In the quarter OF the Pare
MOnceau apartments that were in great
demand at 5000 francs are now offered
at 5000.
Before the war in the quarter where
commerce in Injuries 1OUrishes par
ticularly. the landlord had never TO seek
a tenant He simply marked up the
rentals 10 percent in anticipation of the
expiration Of the lease and waited for
his customer he was never obliged to
advertise Today one of the striking
features of these same quarters is the
long, wide band of canvas that here and
there advertise an apartment or a store
for rent
Real estate experts predict that the
decline in commercial rents and rents
for luxurious apartments viii continue
after the war while small and modest
apartments VIII be unchanged or high
err A great many families broken up
by the war and with finances more or
less tied up viii abandon large apart
ments and increase the demand for
smaller ones
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-23

BY, which goes eagerly searching about
In the bush for its living.
Being small, the wallaby excites
laughter but its giant relative. the
kangaroo. is too formidable to appear
very amusing. Il is as tall rs a man.
and from nose TO end of tail may be
nine feet The first white man TO see
a Kangaroo was a sailor belonging to
the crew of Captain James Cook. one
Or the first circumnaviSator Of the
earth, and his description of the ex-
traordinary animal he had come upon
while ashore amazed his companions
and set the captain on the outlook for
It. He was as big as a hog" said
the sailor. and looked like one He
had horns and wings but he crept
20 slow through the grass that If I
had not been afeard I might have
touched him
When Cook and his officers sent a
greyhound after a kangaroo they We're
HstOnished to see the extra ordinary
enimal oUtstrip the dog by making
tremendous leaps in swift succession
when they found that the femand kan
CARGO carried its young ones in a
pouch. their establishment increased
In fact the kangaroo family is unique
and is found only in Australia. It is
the most remarkable branch Of the
order OF the marsupials. or DOuched
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-23

is only an upright stone, or several up
rights, unconuected- Sometimes a
broad, flat stone is supported on up
rights like a table. Some times the
chre. and at other times a dwelling
place. Occasionally il takes the form
of a rude fortificatiOn. or a fortified
habitation. In most cases there are in
dications that a religious purpose was
served by the manumenL
often. as at Stonehense. the arrange
ment of the various parts Of the mOnu-
ment suggests that astronomical OBJ
servatiOns were employed by the build
ers in planning their work. and that
the structure afterward served as
kind of observatory for watching the
movements of certain heavenly bodies,
and particularly for fixing the dates
for the suns arrival at critical points
in its apparent annual circuit Of the
sOlstitIaI points which determine the
soils titial points which determine the
division of the seasons
The magalithic monuments in differ
ent parts of the world were certainly
not all built at the same time. Stone
henge belongs to a rather late period
in meEalithic building. But they all
seem to mark an intermediate step in
human advance between the neOlithic,
or later stone" age, and the age Of
the metals. Stonehenge may have been
erected in the bronze" age. while other
megalithic monuments date from the
close of the neOlithic. But it is TO be
remembered that these ages" were not
simultaneous in different parts Of the
earth.
They were stages of culture. and of
advance, not keeping exact step with
each other in different localities. so
that in one part of the world people
might still be in the stone age while
in another part they had progressed to
the age Of bronze or Of iron" Even
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-23

argument already going on around the
house without adding politics.
Washington Hooks has come to the
conclusion that all this recent high
water is some the church folks over at
Hog Ford were praying for last year
when the corn was drying up
The Tin Peddler was in our midst
this week showing a lot OF fine watch
es He keeps them separated from his
other tinware.
Little Fidity Flinders got pair Of
new shoes Wednesday and is prepar-
ing to wear them over 10 Bounding
BillOws TO show them 10 his grandma.
Atlas Peck went to preaching at
Dog Hill last Sunday. He came away
glad that the preacher doesn't get pay
by the hour.
Atlas Peck has returned from the
Calf Ribs neishborhOod- He was &C
companied by COW.
Miss Flute Belcher has written to
the wholesale millinery houses at FL
Paso asking TO be shown all their new
styles in hats. as she wants To select
one before they are all picked over.
Raj Barlow SAYS being q member OF
the Excelsior Fiddling band is a great
strain on his fiddle.
= lively shooting affray took place
night but the Excelsior Fiddling band
was making so much noise only a few
close bystanders could hear it
While Atlas Peck was over at Rye
Straw yesterday buying some winter