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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12
SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT
 By MRS. SIDNEY M. ULLMAN

children. what is the inheritance Of the poor baby born in Birmingham? Of the
 small effort made to consider hundreds
 of these infants brought into the vortex Of life, corrupt blood, pernicious anenia, and
 premature death. Birmingham Is still in
 the mud as far as this subject is con-
 cerned, says Dr. Eaves.
 What Birmingham regards as a duty to-
 wards it's homes, sufficient air, sunlight
 and proper sanitation.
 The group of delinquents, the abnormal
 child and the child nor sufficiently de-
 linquent to be forced away from it's home.
 Home making and child training for the delinquent father and mother.
 District nursing, a step already taken, and of great concern to the physical well fare of the city.
 An economic survey. how the other half live? The other half' composed of four fifths of the people.
 The discovery of the relation of income to health.
 What is the thing lacking in our social activities? It is not individual things we lack so much, as a great social intelli- gence. We should contribute our efforts toward assisting "a chaos-endeavoring to come into Cosmos order.' Judge Murphy was invited to tell his ideas on the subject. First he considered the work of the Social Workers asSocia- tion very intellectual, decided lack of i.i- f1uence in bringing about and perfccting these things Dr. Eaves had considered. The association should have more definite plans. Judge Murphy said: We have a good many activities at work. all sin cerely in earnest, but when we look at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12

The Association of Social Workers held it's meeting at suffrage headquarters Tnursday afternoon. The attendance was ~ small 1t was decided to postpone the election of officers until the final meeting, which was set for June 24. at 8 o'clock, at the Mercy Home Industrial school. Mrs. Mary Jordan kindly invited the associa- ton to take supper with her at the nome.
 A general good time is expected.
 nominating committee was appointed also a committee to compile a tentative programme for the coming year. this pro- gramme to be discussed at the final meet ing.
 pr Eaves in his address said ne would consider his paper only an opening wedge to the discussion that should follow subject of this kind.
 He said in part that while Birmins ham has A social conscience. it is not alto gether awakened. Relief is not all thai is wanted, but love. friendship, compan- ionshIp-in fact, individual strength made effectual.'
 pr. Eaves spoke of what Birmignham Is doing for the welfare, moral, intellectual and physical. of this group. Of the in. tellectual and social progress of variety and number of woman's clubs, the end oi which is intellectual and social better ment.
 Of the groups represented by dependent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12
|EPWORTH LEAGUE
 TO MEET AT FLORENCE

Florence. June 10,-(Special.)-The eighth annual session of the North Alabama con ference of the Epworth league will be held hers June IA to F.
 The following programme has been an nounced for the first day:
 Theme Africa for Christi
 S:15-Invocation. the Rev. George E. Boyd, Florence.
 Address of welcome. Prof. H. B. Nor ton Florence.
 Response, the Rev. George E. Turren- tine Courtland.
 Presidents address. ''The Principles of the League"
 Reception to the delegates by the Flor ence league.
 Tuesday, June 15, morning session:
 6.30-Morning prayer meeting. in charge of Miss Katie Belle Harrison, Tuscaloosa.
 Leader of the morning, the Rev. Clare Purcell Overton.
 900-Song service. in charge of the Rev A c. Johnson of Louisville.
 9:15-Address. The Non-Christian Re ligions of the World Dr. E. H. Rawlings, Nashville. s:45-Business session, organizing the conference. Reports of conference officers. Reports of district secretaries. Appoint ment of committees. 9:45-Institute (team experts will assist)
  "Plans of Work ''The Constitution, "The Council and Committees, "The Bus mess Meeting Finances" How Car We Keep Epworth League From Disband' ing?" | 12:15-"The Church's Need of the Fp- worth League" the Rev. E. B. Norton l Florence. l 12 2:30-Introduction of the members of oui annual conference Epworth league board i 12:40-Address "Epworthians in Mission Field,'' the Rev. J. Marvin Culbreth | Nashville. 1 Evening session:
 S:15-Song service, special music, fl charge of the Rev. A. c. Johnson, Louis vile. S:30-Fifteen minutes for reports iron chapters. l S:45-Address, "The Call To Be a Mis- sionary," the Rev. J. Marvin Culbreth Nashville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12

Pelham Heights, June 11.-(Special) This morning a few drops of rain fell and peals of thunder were heard in the neighboring hills All this did not deter the preacher students and laymen up here on the mountain from attending the prayer service which was con ducted by the Rev. Rice of Chiffon county.
 These ministers assembled here to learn of Christianity as taught now and during years when Protestants had to make an effort for hearing delight in the morning service referred to; it is conducted as most of them conduct a prayer meeting service at home con gregational.
 Little pleasant incidents are happen ing every day. and one particularly noticeable was the gathering of wild flowers by Mrs. w. N. Griffin of Bir-
 min ngham, and the placing of some of
 these beautiful, nature cheering, natur =
 al flowers on every table in the dinning
 room. The favor was appreciated by
 town, city and country preachers. Does Double Duty
 Rev John R. Sampey had to do dou-
 bic duty on the lecture platform today, owing to the fact that Dr. o. w. Carver was indisposed but, now pr. Carver has
 after a good rest. and attention pulled together again" and says that he will take his place on the platform tomor- row.
 Dr. Hendricks of Birmingham con tinued his series of lectures on Church History" and Dr. Gaines again talked to the class on Church Efficiency" Mrs. Maude Reynolds McLure, Miss
 Laura Lee Patrick. Mrs. c. A. Stakely and Miss Forbes rest each other in lec- tires to tho visiting ladies every day day in the Women's Mission union build ing.
 Preachers Arrive Country preachers continue to arr rive and most of them come to re- main through the lecture course For the information of those con templating a visit to the heights it Is well to say that the Griffin Birming- ham Transfer company operates an au- tomobile line from the railroad depots and the charge is but 25 cents for a round trip up to the Baptist encamp- ment grounds.
 | Mr. Harry l.. Strickland treated the preachers, her-students and vis- | itors to a splendidly illustrated pie | ture exhibit of the people of interior Africa, showing their customs, habits 1 and modes of worship The illustra- I tions were explained by Mir. Strickland | as they were shown on the canvass
 and enjoyed by all present. 1 The hotel register contains the names
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12

lads hobbing around on crutches, some of them with both legs gone and sup ported not merely by crutches, but by sort of stilt-like piece of wood very crude ly made She is trying to secure funds with which to provide these crippies with artificial legs
 She refers incidentally in the letter to one extraordinary fact which has come under her observation, knowing that 1t has also been. observed by many others There are brought almost every day to the banks in Holland French bank notes, sometimes in great quantities, and these are deposited in the Dutch banks solely for safe keeping. All of them are either stained with blood or else pierced with bullets sometimes with what appears to be bayonet thrusts. These notes are taken from the bodies of French soldiers who have fallen in battle by German soldiers who have passed on beyond the lines where these French soldiers fell. The Germans search the bodies and what dis position they may make of vatuaples found upon the bodies is not known, but they appear to turn in mutiated or bat money due to various American manu- notes, and as these are not available in Germany they are sent to banks Tn Hol- land. Furthermore. the French banks Will not at present redeem these notes and they may never be paid.
 Another strange feature of unanclai character associated with the war IS oc- casionally learned by our bankers. II appears that just before the outbreak o1 the war there were large amounts oi money due to various American manu- featuring industries in payment for com modities bought in this country. These funds were deposited in Austria and Ill German banks to the credit of the Amer ican manufacturers. Deposits in large amounts were, in fact, made the week before the war began. But after wal was declared the German and the Aus trian bankers, principally the latter, no- tified the American manufacturers thai they had on deposit funds to tho credit of these manufacturers, but the question was how these funds should be drawr out The rate of exchange in Kroner was a serious matter and the banks woule not pay in terms of American dollars The managers of these banks, however have notified those in the United States to whom the funds belong that they art paying interest upon deposits and VII continue to do 20 until the funds ars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12
Raise in Wages Only
 Way to Stop Strike
 Declares w. D. Mahon

Chicago. June 11.-W. D. Hanon. president of the Amalgamated Asso- citation of Street Railway and Electric Employes, after two hours conference with the heads of the Chicago unions today, declared the only thing that would prevent strike of the 14,50C employees of the surface and elevated railroads Sunday would be a positive assurance of a substantial wage in- crease and improved working condf- tionS.
 Nahon came here today from Detroit at the request of Mayor Thompson and a final conference with the mayor will be held tomorrow. The strike. which was to have gone into effect at 9 o'clock tonight, was postponed until after the conference.
 Union officials have expressed them- selves as opposed to any arbitration. Only one high official of the surface me1's union said the subject of arbi- tration would not enter future discus sions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12
BANK INCIDENTS ,. 0F WAR WILL GO
 DOWN IN HISTORY Letter From Wealthy Amer ican Woman in Holland Gives Interesting Facts USE OF SECURITIES
 TO PAY THEIR DEBTS Great Difficulty Has Been Found in Assembling American Securities
 From Among the Peasants
 of France
By HOLLAND

New York, June n.-(Specia1) Jour bankers hear almost every day some strange often pathetic incident, financial in it's character. which throws sideights upon some of the features of the Euro pean war and which are unique an1 will by and by be referred to in the histories of the war
 This morning the cashier of one Of the large banks of New York received com munication from a woman who is a mem Der of a wealthy American family and who is now living in Holland with her family. She is much occupied with some benefactions which the war makes neces- sary and in her communication speaks of the pathos caused by the sight of mere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12
NEW DECATUR

New Decatur, June 11.-tSpecialo
 Sheriff James A. Foreman of Morgan
 county will follow up his recent order prohibiting the opening of business houses of the Decaturs on Sunday. by ruling to the effect that drug stores, Eootblack stands, confectionaries and similar enterprises must also close, with the exception that pharmacies will be allowed to sell drugs, according to a rumor prevalent here today. When ln- terviewed by The Age-Herald corre- spondent Sheriff Foreman stated he was considering a rigid Sunday closing, to apply to everything, but that he had n ot made a definite move in the matter vet. It is understood that law passed 1 by the recent legislature Is the basis Of the sheriff's contemplated action, but that the contents of the measure are not fully understood here as yet. Local
 attorneys are making thorough in
 vestigation.
 l The body of the late Mrs. John l..
 Prock former resident of this place. who died Wednesday at Denver, Col,
 was placed in a vault there today, ac- cording to advices received here. Dur inc inc funeral hour the wholesale
 grocery firm of Brock Spight was , closed. Mrs Brock was the wife of John
 l.. Brock, senior member of the firm. l The New Decatur board of education met yesterday afternoon and considered i the election of public school faculty for next year. While 1t Is understood
 that all the vacancies but one were | filled. Superintendent R. W. Cowart stated that the personnel of the faculty for next year would not be announced until Monday.
 l The business men of Decatur have challenged the business men of New Decatur for game of baseball. and fl 1 is expected that the challenge will be accepted and the game played early next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12
OCHS FILES SUIT
 AGAINST NEWSPAPER

Chattanooga, June 11.-tSpeoial) Adolph s, ochs, publisher of the New York Times and the Chattanooga Times, filed suit in the United States district court here today against w. B. Cleague, publisher of the Hamilton County Herald, for $25,o0 damages. charging libel
 The suit is based upon an article which concerned the proposed purchase of the negro park site, partially owned by Ochs, by the city for sum cf $40, ,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12
SOCIAL INACTIVITIES, SUBJECT OF
 TALK BY DIR. EAVES-BABY WANTS HOME

the field is needed and when specific done The time has come when the Social Worker of Birmingham should have ef- fieient, intelligent direction. survey of the field in needed and when specific needs are known plan to carry them out should be considered.
 He recommended the board of public welfare be enlaiaed. having an intelligent trained secretary, with a salary and suf- ficient means to carry out the work.
 As matters stand. we are not getting value received for the work
 He spoke of the welfare board of Los Angeles and what wonderful progress it had made in that city.
 others contributed some valuable re- marks.
 RARY BOY NEEDS A HOMEi
 We might have put the advertisement for a home for our baby boy In the ad column or asked a swapper to exchange some selfish desire for a baby's comfort, hut the social service department wanted the honor of finding a home for this baby All hy itself He is a beauty blond and plump and well and only one week old. He'd brighten the home of any couple and he A joy to any womans heart, and he needs A Nome awful bad. He Is going to have to undertake the task of living because he is here to stay; he is that sort of a youngster, and he wants to be well housed so as to be credit to .hecom- munity.
 Telephone West End 211-J and find out all about him and do it soon This baby wants to be loved and cared for and started out right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12
PRISONERS REVOLT
 AND MAKE ESCAPE

Panama, June 11-Seventeen prison CTS confined in the penitentiary at San tiago. province of Veragua, revolted to- day and 10 of them escaped after kill ing a police lieutenant and one guard and dangerously wounding five other guards.
 The men are now at large in the jungles heavily armed with rifles and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12

revolvers and a large quantity of am- intuition. which they obtained by breaking Into the arsenal
 After their attacks on tho officers and guards at the penttentiary the men ran through the streets of Santiago shooting indiscriminately. Ono woman was wounded during this firing.
 The escaped convtcts are men who were serving life sentences for mur- ders
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12
RAIN FAILS TO DAMIEN
 ARDOR AT PELHAM HEIGHTS
By w. F. THOMPSON.

of recent arrivals as follows: Miss l.. s. Forbes, Birmingham; s. J. Green. Huntsville; S. J. Address. Mountain Creek. Ray Niager. New Decatur; s. w. Andrews, Greenville; A. R. Proner, New Decatur; L. A. Nelson, Deatsville: D. Z Wooley and wife, Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-12
Lawyers Advise
 Drinking

CLIENTS AND FRIENDS to take the Neal Three-Day Treatment at home or Neal Institute, at 1914 Sixth avenue, Birmingham, Ala. Phone Main 4516. They know it Is a DISEASED CONDI- TION which causes high class men and women to continue indulgence until they are forced into the Bankruptcy, Divorce Insanity or Criminal Court. Ask for free book.
 60 Neal Institutes in Principal Cities
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-01-21

Hv0AGS u..aa7IAL. LAW


Eel Paso, Tex, Jan. 1S.--t,eneral Eu-
lalio Gutierrez fed from the capital
with several members of his cabinet
to escape assassination at the hands
of Zapataistas, according to reports
received here.
General Villa, with all the troops at
his immediate disposal, is reported
llur1ying to the capital from Aguas
.sl;entes
In semi official CHARTERS it was pre-
dicted that General francisco Villa
himself may become the next pro
yisional president
1t was said Villa and General Felipe
Angeles, his chief of artillery, have
decided to oppose the Zapata faction.
General Oregon, with the main
group OF the Carranza army, was re-
ported to be moving toward Mexico
City after taking Puebla
General Zapata, it was learned has
entrenched himself in his Old strong
hold at CueHIaVaoa.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-01-21
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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-01-21
CARA BECOMES PRESIDENT
Declares Martial Law in Force at
Mexico City.

Mexico City, Jan. 1S.-General
Rogue Gonzales Cara was named
provisional president OF Mexico by
the convention in session here over
which he has presided. The former
provisional president, General lIulalio
Gutierrez, together with Generals
Blanco, Robes and Jose Vasconcelos,
left Mexico City for PaChuco.
Martial law has been declared by
General Cara and the city is being
patrolled by mounted police.
In electing Cara the convention de-
clared itself to be supreme and until
a new president is elected has as
sumed all the legislative, executive
and judicial powers.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-01-21
BORDER WARFARE is ENDED
Mexican Factions Are Living Up to
the Agreement.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-The agree
ment brought about several days ago
at El Paso by Brigadier General Scott
between General Villa and General
Calais, representing Carranza, to with
draw their forces so as to stop fight
ing at Naco and similar border towns,
is being carried out satisfactorily, &C.
cording to telegram from Brigadier
General Bliss, in command Of the
American troops along the border.
Brigadier General Scott will re-
port to Secretary Garrison on the sue.
cess of his mission.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-01-21

Many Prisoners and Vast Stores
Taken by Russians.

London, Jan. 1S.-The Turks in the
Caucasus have met with another dis
aster in the neighborhood OF Kara
Crgan, advices from Tiflis assert, the
Eleventh Turkish corps having been
routed and all it's artillery captured.
Regarding the operations in the
Caucasus an earlier official communi-
cation, issued at Petrograd, said that
the Fifty second Turkish regiment
had heen overwhelmed by bayonct
attack and that in the retreat of the
Turkish troops the Russians took more
than 5000 prisoners and vast stores.
The allies in Belgium and France
and the Russians in Poland are both
making progress against the opposing
forces, according to latest official
statements issued from Paris and Pc
trograd.
The Germans, who are endeavoring
to advance on Warsaw, seemingly
have been held in check, while Rus
sian advance columns have stornied
and captured the important pass OF
kirlibaba, leading from BukoWina into
Hungary.
Much Of the fighting in Belgium has
been done along the regions Of Men
port and l-ombartzyde, where the
French claim to have forced the Ger
mans 10 evacuate their trenches in
the Great Dune.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-01-21
GENERAL STOESSEL is DEAD
Defender of Port Arthur Suffered
From PARALYSIS

London, Jan. 1S.-The death of Lieu
tenant General Anatole Mikhailovitch
Stoessel, defender of Port Arthur, is
announced in Petrograd dispatch to
Reuters Telegram company.
General Stoessel had suffered from
paralysis for several months.
Lieutenant General Stoessel was ia
NOUS as the commander of the Rus
sian troops at Port Arthur during the
Russo-Japanese war.
After resisting for months the furi-
Gus onslaughts of the Japanese, Stoes-
sci, his ammunition all but exhausted
and his men virtually without food
surrendered the fortress to General
Nogi.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-01-21
up. MORGAN SEES PRESIDENT
Wilson Discusses Foreign Exchange
Situation With Financier.

Washington, Jan. 19,-J. Pierpont
Morgan discussed the foreign exchange
situation with President Wilson and
informed the president that conditions
are improving. He mentioned Incl
dentally the credit of $4,000, 900 es-
tablished by the Russian government
in the United States through Mr.. Nor
gans banking firm.
1t was understood, Mr.. Morgan in
formed the president, that the in
crease in American exports to Europe
recently has greatly reduced the debt
owed in Europe by Americans at the
outbreak Of the war and that as a re-
suit conditions are progressing favor
ab1y
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-01-21
BUGGY Is STRUCK BY TRal"


bero 81 Family Injured.
st. Paul JAM Ia--Boss Mclean.
aged fourteen year,, and Elizabeth
Mclean, aGed si@, children Of a. ID.
McGeaa, farmer near Howard
Lake, are dead AID the father and
Jean a ten-year-oid daughter, are in
St. Josepb's hospital seriously injured
as the result oil beins run down hy a
Great Northern train while the family
was returning homo jn..l buggy t1om
church.
Ross Mclean was instantly killed.
Elizabeth Mclean died on q special
train that was bringing her father and
Der sister Jean to st. Paul.
Mclean, whose legs were broken
and back hurt. is reported at st. ]o-
seph's hospital as having chance for
recovery.
The daughter, whose left leg is
broken and who suffered internal in
iuries, is sliehtly improved.
Mclean says the train was going
about sixty miles an hour when his
buggy was struck at a crossing.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-01-21
CONFlSCATlON NOT INTENDED
Carranza Says Wells at Tampco Were
Not Menaced.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-Foreign own
ed oil properties around Tampico, con-
corning which both Secretary Bryan
and the British ambassador made rep
reservations to General Carranza, are
now said to be in no danger of con,
fiscation by Mexican officials. Ac-
cording to telegram from General
Carranza to Elizer Arredonda, his rep
resentatiye here, contiscation never
was contemplated and the oil wells
are being operated without molesta-
tiOn