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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-20
Thinks Serum Necessary

| To the Editor of The Age-Herald Within the last week or two I have
 noted several complaints of hog cholera epidemics in different parts of the state | in your columns. l l also read with much pleasure the
 card of my friend. Prof. I. w. McAdory, | in your issue of recent date, calling atten- | tion to the urgent need of hog cholera serum plant in this state He is exactly | right, and until such a plant is estab- lished in this state no success can be ha d with hogs.
 Many. herds in Madison county have | been given the double or simultaneous treatment, insuring permanent immunity l from cholera, but from losses which I nave heard of, there is no doubt that | losses from hog cholera fin this county l have not been less than S200O0 in the Ia st two years
 This disease has been more or less epi edmic over the state for several years. and if we should estimate losses at q
 minimum for each county, it is most req sonable to conclude that there has been an annual loss of from S75.0o0 to S1000 City folk and sidewalk farmers" are | doing lot of talk about diversihcation Of crops and raising cattle and hogs It requires considerable capital to get into the cattle business as well as to
 take care of them, but any farmer can get hold of a pig or two and in years time should be able to not only supply his own meat but have some to sell Farmers of my acquaintance have told me that they would have more hogs were 1t not for the cholera and the difficulty of securing serum which was considered reliable
 Should this legislation provide for the establishment of such plant. have no doubt that in the neighborhood of s2o0, ,0000 would be kept at home the first year, instead of being turned over to the pack CTS. In a few years this annual amount would be increased to possibly $1 .00o, 0o0 or more annually.
 There is no matter of more importance to the farmer which will come before their present legislature. than the estab- lishment of a plant for the manufacture of hog cholera serum and hope you will lend your efforts for it's accomplishment. W. H. JOHNSTON. Huntsville, January 19. 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-20
ANNISTON

Anniston. January 19.-(Special "A. H. Borders, Calhoun county's new sher- Tiff, took over the office on Monday morning without any formal ceremony Charles T. Brooks, the retiring sheriff, installed MT. Borders by turning over the keys in his possession. Mir. Borders has been cheif deputy sheriff for four years Sheriff Borders announced that he had named B. F. Morgan as his chief deputy. No other deputies have yet been appointed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-20
RyaIl to Montgomery

Secretary H. S. Ryall of the city com mission, will go to Montgomery today to attend the meeting of the Alabama Mu- nicipal league as representative of Birmingham. The league is composed of the city officials of the municipalities of Alabama and at it's meeting discusses problems of city government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-20

at Merrellton Monday. The normal stu dents are doing practice teaching under the supervision of Professor Somers, head critic in the normal school At tention is also being given to manual training. art, and music. It Is planned Tor the members of the senior class of the normal school to visit Merrellton each Monday, which is the weekly holi : day at the Jacksonyille school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-20

By ali means. my farmer friends. raise all of the hogs that you can raise in practical way and they will turn your money over faster than anything else. Yours truly, WINSTON THOMPSON.
 Brierfield. Shoal Creek Farm, January
 16 lql5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-20

Rev. W. T. Allen, chairman of the White Cross Single Standard League Of America, and rector of St. Lukes Epis copal church of Jacksonville, Ala, an- nounced today that the Worlds Purity federation, of which the Rev. MT. Allen is high official. will. within a short time, be incorporated The Worlds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-20
TutwjIer Stockholders

The first annual meeting of the stock holders of the Tutwller Hotel Owning company will be held tomorrow morning In the offices of George c. Crawford, president. The meeting will hear full re- ports of the construction details and will be given other reports of interest The number of stockholders in Birmingham Is rather small. although the bondholders are many.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-20

be able to facilitate this trade intercourse through the medium of foreign exchange. From that beginning have grown the colossal international transactions repre- sented by bills of exchange which have for years characterized the commercial relations between the United States and other nations principally Great Britain, For the past four or five years. no small part of this exchange has passed under the eye and been handled by Max May. who is vice president of the guarantee Trust institution, one of the largest of it's kind in the world. Two years ago it was authentically reported that MT. May passed in one year upon foreign exchange which went through his institution which aggregated considerably over $2,0O0, GOO. 900. There was reasonably good demonstration that very much the greater part of the exchange which represented our exports of cotton passed directly or indirectly through this institution upon the advice and action of Mir. May.
 The science of foreign exchange, which from one point of view is also an art, is the most difficult to understand of all the departments of modern finance. None but highly qualified expert has such understanding. There must be profound Knowledge of finance. of the worlds mar kets. of credit, of the worlds crops and the movement, external and internal, of commerce, and there most often be quick use of the ocean cables.
 In the banking world, not only of New York, but of the United States MT. May has gained enviable reputation before public acknowledgment of his leader ship to the department of foreign ex- change was made by Mir. Rudd. His counsel was frequently sought at the time two years ago when the war in the Bal kans had greatly disturbed European finance, causing enormous hoardings of money and compelling Germany to turn to the United States for financial relief That relief was obtained, the United States sending to Germany in one form or another. credits or money which at the time were reported to aggregate over $100.000,000. These transactions were, of course, confidential. but of almost all of them MT. May had good knowledge, and many of them reflected his counsel.
 At the Time of Chaos
 In the days of chaos which began with the opening of the European war early in August and continued until mid- October, MT. May was one of the financial leaders of the United States whose ad- vice was earnestly sought. He confessed himself at one time unable to give any advice for absolutely new conditions in- volving deadlock in trade and an embargo upon financial transactions of all kinds had been created. Nevertheless, at that time MT. May, at least in an informal and half confidential conversation, inti- mated that one of the effects of the war might be the shifting to New York from London of the money center of the world.
 He based that conjecture-for at that time it was hardly more a conjecture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-20

Purity federation is one of the largest organizations in the world devoted en- tirely to the uplift of humanity, em- bracing every philanthropic endeavor and having branches in every civilized country. The federation has existed for IT years without having been made a corporation. Rev. Mr. Allen will be one of the incorporators. The federation is planning monster international con4 gress at the Panama exposition this year. to which delegates will be sent from every country on the globe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-20

George Nancy. a white man who was fined $50 by the city recorder Saturday morning for carrying a concealed pistol
 picked the lock to his cell at an early
 hour Monday morning and walked out Haney was seen by a negro trusty
 leaving the corridor between the rows of cells at the city jail at , o'clock
 When the warden and police became
 aware of his escape it was too late to
 reCa DtlIrp him
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
STATE TEACHERS HOLD
 ANNUAL CONVENTION
New Britain Normal School Head Delivers Address
 at Danbury. ..

New Haven. Oct. 22.-The sixty ,;ntb annual meeting of the Connec- ticut State Teachers association was held today. the sessions in accordance with a new arrangement taking place simultaneously in four cities. Hart ford, New Haven, Danbury and New London. For several years past the sessions have been held concurrently in Hartford and New Haven, and be- fore that Aternated between those two places.
 The broader problems of education were discussed at general meetings while the more detailed phases and needs of school work were taken up in sectional gatherings, the former being so arranged for morning and afternoon as to permit an interchange of speakers,
 At the general meeting in the morn ing at New Haven, the chief address was given by Philander F. Claxton' United States commissioner of educa- tion, on Democracy in edVcation. i In the afternoon Rabbi stephen .. Wise of New York City spoke on The war against war or is war curcless. | At Hartford the morning speaker was Prof I. w. Hudson of the Uni- versity of Missouri. whose topic was "American Ideals in education" In the afternoon the speaker was Com missioner Claxton. ,.
 At New London the speaker of the morning was Rabbi Wise, and of the afternoon pr. John Dewey of New York city, who spoke on New fac tors in education."
 At Danbury Marcus H. White, prin- cipal of the New Britain Normal School delivered the morning address on Some educational heresies Prof. Hudson being the speaker of the afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
SUSPECT MAN OF
 ROBBING METERS
John PicuIa Held By Police on Sus- picion-Dcnies Accusations But
 Hedges When Questioned.

Officer Theodore Johnson arrested Joseph Picula of 175 Clark street this morning as he was walking down Main street on suspicion of being one of the men who have been robbing gas meters about the city of late. After a grllling at police headquarters Picula was locked up pending the return of Prosecuting Attorney George W. Klett.
 An employe of the gas company states that he saw Picula enter sev- eral vacant houses on Pleasant street this morning and he thought he was intent upon robbing the prepayment meters. The arrest followed Q com plaint made to the police.
 Picula denies the accusation. He at first denied he entered any vacant houses but later admitted that he did go in one and questioned further said he entered a second. He was looking for a rent, he said. He is a married man.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
LONDON PRESS SCORES
 POLICY WITH GREECE
Great Britain's Offer of Cy' prus Regarded As Bad
 Diplomacy.

London, Oct. 22, 4:39 a. m.-Great Britain's reported offer to cede v1e Island of Cyprus to Greece to induce the latter country to join the entente allies, is opposed by the Morning Post which editorially characterizes the offer as bad diplomacy.
 Cyprus is a very nice island with fertile soil, @ peaceful population, @ satisfactory revenue and a flourish ing trade" says the Post. "Now we propose to give it away in order to bribe Greece to fulfill her plain obliga- tions. We do not like the transac- ton. It is bad precedent and might we'll encourage other countries to ask a price for their neutrality or sup port When the British empire is re- duced to selling part of itself for the military support of Greece, things might be considered as in bad way.
 Our strength in the Balkans seems to have been nerveless, incompetent hands. Meanwhile Serbia struggles desperately against gret odds and the chances of saving her grow more remote. The desperate position in the Balkans is not the result of mere mistakes but of inability to stand by our friends or to stand up to our enemies. There is a field here for courageous strategy and able diplo- macy, but if strategy takes the form of driblets and diplomacy the shape of gifts, our natural advantages and superior resources will not suffice"
 The Evening Standard says:
 "Our policy would be far stronger if we ceased to reckon upon the i'm tervention of Greece at ally
 This newspaper asserts the quad ruple entente has failed to recognize tho significance of the second dis missaI of Premier Venizelos, and interprets it as demonstrating the deliberate decision of King Constan- tine not to side with the allies
 "The king doubtless has reckonod with Greek public opinion,'' the I Standard continues, "and so far there are no signs that the royal policy is | sufficiently unpopular to necessitate 1 its abandonment The only way in which the allies can induce Greece to
 comply with her treaty obligations is | by pressure. If Greek intervention is necessary for us we must make Greece :, realize the unpleasant consequences of treaty breaking. Our command of !: the Mediterranean gives us power ] full weapon, and weapons are made to be used."
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
GREENBERG DIVORCE
 SUIT Is ASSIGNED
Former Local Physician Must Defend Himself Against His Wife's
 Charges Next Tuesday.

Judge Futile. presiding in the su- perior court today. assigned the di- vorce case of Mrs. Matilda Greenberg of Hartford. formerly of this city, against her husband. Dr. John ID. Greenberg of Hartford. for trial next Tuesday in the superior court. At torney Sidney E. Clarke is counsel Tor the plaintiff and Judge F. B. Hunger ford for the defendant.
 The case is of considerable locai prominence. due to the extensive ac- ouaintance of the parties involved Tn this city. The wife. 1t will De re- membered, left her husband wnile ne was nra cticing in this city, and later had non-support proceedings brought against him in the Hartford court. The case was, however. thrown out The wife claims intolerable cruelty as the grounds for her action, and asks for custody of minor child.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
NO REPORT HERE ON
 BRITISH NURSES CASE
Execution of Miss Cavall By Germans Closed from
 U.S $. Standpoint.

Washington, Oct. 22,-Secretary Lansing had no report today from Ambassador Page or Minister Whit lock on the execution of Miss Edith Cavell, the British nurse, by German military authorities at Brussels.
 As communication is carried on directly between American legations abroad, concerning prisoners and for eign subjects under their care, off, cials do not regard the lengthy pub lished correspondence between MT. Page and MT. Whitlock without ref erence to the state department as unusual.
 So far as the Washington govern ment is concerned, the case appears closed, every diplomatic effort ap- parently having been exhausted pre- vious to the execution.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
THREE REASONS FOR
 ATTACK ON SERBIA
Kaiser After Junction With Turkey, Mussulman's Imagination and
 German Army's Prestige.

Paris, Oct 22, 4:55 a. m.-The Petit Journal today publishes an in- terview with Dr. M. R. Vesnitch, Ser bian minister to France, in which the minister is quoted as saying that Em- peror William desires to effect three things by an attack on Serbia. These things are:
 First, a junction with Turkey in order to recruit soldiers from Asia Minor; next to impress strongly the imagination of the Mussulmans, and lastly to restore the German army's prestige, lowered by the failure on the eastern and western war fronts The expedition of the entente allies, the minister says, not only will succor Serbia but will settle the five hundred year old eastern question.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
SECOND AUTO VICTIM
Paul Schmidt, IS, Passes Away Today
 in Charter Oak Hospital.


 Hartford, Oct. 22.-Following the distressing automobile accident in Col linsville, last night, Paul Schmidt, IS wears of age, son of MT. and Mrs. August H. Schmidt of No. 54 Oak street, died at the Charter Oak hospi- tai early this morning He was the second victim of the fatality, Miss Marguerite Murphy, Is years old, of No. 52 Atwood street, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Murphy having been almost instantly killed Earl Steinholtz, 19, of No. 517 New Britain avenue, is at his home in a serious condition. ...# a.r
 It was said at the Capitol today that young Schmidt who was driving the auto and which was reported as going at high speed, did not possess an oper- ators license. The accident occurred about 2: 80 at a fork of the roads. Evi- dently the boy lost control and the machine struck a sign post. went through a fence, passed over one stone wall and was hung up on another. The two boys were thrown out in tho highway but the girl was crushed un. der the tonneau. She died a few min- utes after being taken out and started for the nospial in this city.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
SEE VICTORY FOR BOTHA.
His Followers in Union of south
 Africa Assured Majority In House.

Cape Town, Union of South Africa. Oct. 22, Via. London, 10:55 a. m.- The followers of the Premier, General Louis Botha and the unionists who are supporting the premier are as- sured a safe majority in the house of assembly of the Union of South Africa
 The nationalists, who opposed the military operations against German Southwest Africa and are attempting to defeat the plan to dispatch con tngent of the Union forces to Europe, thus far have obtained only twenty one seats, mostly in the Free State.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
L.C. c. ENGINEERS
 VALUING RAILROAD
Will Work Here Ten Days in Interest of the Government-Have
 Private Coaches.

Government engineers working in the interests of the Interstate Com merce Commission arrived here last night in two private railroad coaches in which they will make their head quarters for the next ten days While making a valuation of railroad pro- perty between Hartford and Water bury. A parlor car belonging to the government is used as their private quarters and the railroad company has provided coach especially equipped for field work. Nine men are included in the party under the direction of c. A. Knowles, the field engineer in charge of the government work. W. T. Dorrance is the engin- ger in charge of the party that is quartered here.
 The work is of detail character and is being carried out under an act of congress passed in 1912. Similar work is being done on other railroads in all padts of the country. The work on the New Haven system was begun last April and will not be cmpleted for some time to come. Two other corps of engineers besides the men here are engaged in the work.
 The work involves an inventory of trackage and road equipment not in cluding rolling stock. AS Engineer Dorrance put it, every spike in every tie has to be accounted for and the work takes time and patience. The field car is equipped with working tables, and filing cabinets for blue prints and tabulated work. The pri- vate car is equipped as a travelling home for the government engineers and here they eat. sleep and pass their . leisure hours.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22

Swoboda, who claims American citizenship, was arrested in June on a charge of setting fire to the French line steamer LaTouraine. This accu- sation was dropped but he was held on suspicion of espionage. On Oct. r, it was announced that the French military authorities had decided that there was no evidence on which to hold him. It was reported at that time that he might be sent to con Centration camp.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
WILL RAZE VILLAGES
 IN LINE OF RETREAT
Germans Tell Inhabitants of Mitau, Courland of Plan If They Fail in
 Attack on Riga.

London, Oct 22. 11:37 a. m.-The following despatch was received here today from Reuters Petrograd bu reau: "The Germans have informed the inha bitants of Mitau, Courland, that if they are unsuccessful in their attack on Riga and are compelled to retire they will rage all villages in the line of retreat.
 "German endorsements which have been sent to the Riga district include Landsturm called out in Sep tember, who have received little train ing.
 "A German officer captured by the Russians at Ciartorisk, in the P4pet region, spoke disparangingly of the Austrian troops"
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
CITY STILL GROWING.
New Directory Out Next Week, Es.
 inmates Population at 52,753.

Price, Lee and company has fur nished an advance copy of the 1915 city directory which shows that the population, according to the usual es- timation of figures, is now 52,753.
 The new directory will be ready for delivery next week and will include all of the features, including a com plete list of all churches and other organizations in the city. postal rates. city officials and other invaluable items of useful information.
 A synopsis of the directory shows the total number of names in the di- rectorS, including 585 removals as c1,6S6.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22
Warning Against Rumors.
Strumitsa Not Captured.

Amsterdam, Oct. 22, via London, 10:5S a. m.-A telegram received here from Sofia by way of Berlin makes a categorical denial of the report that the Bulgarian city of Strumitsa has been captured by Anglo French troops. The message stated that encounters which took place with few Bulgar- ian detachments the French and Brit ish were defeated and were unable to make any advance toward the Bulgar- ian frontier.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-22

GERMANS PUNISH
 BELGIAN WOMEN
Twenty y-nine Members of Weaker sex of Harlebckc Sent to Germany
 As Prisoners.

Paris, Oct. 22, 4:5o a. m.-A cor respondent of the Havas News agency telegraphing from Hazebrouck yes tcrday, said that the town of Harle- beke, Belgium, near Courtrai. IS punished by the German governor because the women of that locality TO- fuse to do military work for the Ger mans. Twenty-nine women, he says, have been sent to Germany as prison CTS. .. ..-.-
 "The Belgian food committee has been forbidden to supply Harlebeke with food" the despatch adds, "all cafes are closed. No Belgian is al- lowed to go out doors between 4 p. m., and a. m.
 ''The town of Lessines has been com pelled to pay a heavy fine because the women there declined to do work for the German army.