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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-21
Removes Formulation

Berlin, August a.-Swiss press dis
patches to the Overseas News agency re-
port that the French have removed the
civil population from many towns and
villages behind the front in the districts
of Nancy, Luneville, Baccarat and Saint
Die.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-21
HIGH SEAS
FLEET AGAIN COMES
OUT IN NORTH SEA
TO MEET THE BRITISH

Florina toward Banicat., Fighting con-
tinues in this region.
In the center French and British forces
near Lake Dorian followed an intense
bombardment with infantry attacks, in
which the @British occupied the strategic
point of Dolzzeli. Farther east the
French right rushed a series of small
villages in much the manner the French
right carried vi lagos on the Somme
front.
The situation along the whole front is
regarded as satisfactory for the allies.
There is every indication that the prelim-
mary operations are extending rapidly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-21

E. L. Read. Mrs. G. d. Woodrow, Mrs
]. f. Cannon, Mrs. Lee Moody, Mrs.
A. j. McCampbell, Mrs. Benton, Mrs.
Fault, Mrs. Ed DeShazo, Mrs. ]. e.
Wright, Mrs. E. w. Mcneil, Mrs. w.
c. Beatty, Mrs. w. H McEniry Mrs. G.
w. Harrison, Mrs. Mack Batson, Mrs.
A. x. Williamson, Mrs. John Perkins,
Mrs. ]. H. Blue, Mrs. A. A. Persons and
Miss Hattie Fault.
All four bands of the Woman's Mis-
sionary union will meet Monday after
noon in regular session. Bands Nos 1
and 2 will meet at the church, while
the other two bands will meet with
members of each band. All members
are urged to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-21
UNION LEADERS QUIET

Only few of the brotherhood mem
bers remained in Washington over Sun
day, most of them going to nearby re-
sorts last night upon being advised by
President Wilson that he would have no
communications for them today Those
who stayed here issued no statements
and reiterated that they would have
nothing further to say regarding the sit
uation until final word came from the
railroad heads in regard to the Pres
dents proposal The brotherhood mem
bers will meet at their hall tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock, but 1t Is expected
that adjournment will follow within a
few minutes, as they probably will have
nothing before them.
R G. Rhett Of Charleston and Harry
A. Wheeler of Chicago, chairman of the
special railway committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce of the United States,
arrived here today and are expected to
urge that the controversy be settled by
arbitration. The commercial organiza-
lions composing the chamber have voted
by referendum urging both sides 10
maintain the status quo pending an inves-
tgation by the interstate commerce com
mission. I'VE are here to keep in touch
with the situation" said Mr.. Rhett. $50
FAR we have taken no steps to see the
President"
#. d. Underwood, president Of the Erie.
issued statement tonight declaring the
real question was whether orderly pro-
sesses of settling wage controversies
shall be abandoned and American people
right to transact business and get their
food supplies" left to the mercy Of the
four men heading the railroad brther-
hoods
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-21

The line indicated roughly parallels the
Franco-German border beginning at
point about so miles southwest of Ver-
dun
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-21
MORE PRESIDENTS COMING

Louis w. HILL president of the Great
Northern, and several other western rail-
road presidents will arrive tomorrow
morning, and others are expected at
night in response to the Presidents invi-
tation. Representatives of both sides are
prepared to remain here until the final
word is spoken and a strike declared or
averted.
President Wilson made no engagements
for tomorrow in order to be ready to con-
tlnue negotiations with the railroad pres
idents. but 1t was thought probably that
there would be no further general White
House conference until Tuesday.
In the meantime, kilograms urging the
President to insist on arbitration ar
rived in large numbers at the White
House. Most of them were sent by bust
ness men and firms and organizations.
Copies of many were sent the railroad
executives. Administration officials said
the kilograms would have no effect on
the President, since he had tried to bring
about arbitration, had failed, and had no
way of forcing It,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-21

Capt. ]. D. Carlisle and Sergeants Rob
ert Thach and Owen Gresham, who ara
recruiting troop of cavalry in the Biz
mingham district, were in Bessemer yes
terday and made arrangements for open
ing a recruiting station in the Realty
building. The officers stated that quite
a number of young men of the city had
expressed a willingness to join the new
organization. Recruiting will begin at
once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
TREND 0F BUSINESS
 |SST|LL FORWARD
Rapidly Rising Prices of Materials and Products
 Felt, Says Dun

New York. March 3--Dun's review to- plorrow will say:
 All speculative markets have under- gone reaction, but commercial enterprise moves steadily forward, adding to the notable gains previously recorded. Influ- ences that effect stocks, grain and cotton fail to alter the even course of money and exchange, nor is the solid foundation of business confidence shaken. Rapidly rising prices of materials and products, however, cause increasing uncertainty, though in most cases stimulating rather
 than curtailing consumption.
 Many buyers anticipating continued ad-
 vances are prompted to provide for future
 requirements at current levels, yet ex- perience greater difficulty in further ex- tending commitments. Manufacturers, already covered for months to- come and instances as far ahead as 1917, are in an
 independent position, and instead of seek ing new contracts, endeavor to work or ders off their books and thus relieve the
 pressure upon productive forces. Not
 withstanding claims of improved condi- tions. transporting facilities continue in- adequate and the freight congestion adds to the burdens of producers and consul mers alike, besides acce erat ting the rise in commodities.
 Difficulty in oversea shipping are still drawback yet in spite of this merchant disc exports in January were exceeded only by the colossal outgo in December while imports surpassed all previous rec ords
 Weekly bank clearings, s4,276, ,649,S67
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HILL OPINION ON NEW WHEAT CROP NOT FULL ENOUGH Continued Prosperity Dur ing Year Depends Great ly on Size of Crops HEAVY SHOWS MEAN
 PLENTY OF WHEAT Indicates Railroad Expansion Will Be Slow Because Money Terms
 Are Not Attractive
 Enough
By HOLLAND

New York, March 3.-(Special)-T comments which were made a few days ago by James J. IIill-knowing that they would be ublshed-contained nothing that had not already been suggested at one time or another by their author. And yet the interview was carefully read and led to considerable discussion. Some times the wish was voiced that Mir. Hill had spoken more ill detail about the promise of the crops of next summer and fall. Had he done so, his remarks per haps would have been read with even greater interest than that created by the published interview.
 For it is observed that in the finan- cial district here, as well as in some other parts of the country, there pegln to be heard statements which show that notwithstanding war orders or the in- crease in the domestic markets where manufactured commodities are sold nev- ertheless the chief problem of the year 1916, so far as maintaining our national prosperity is concerned will not be solved until the. harvests are garnered.
 Sometimes men of large affairs are heard to say that if the United States can harvest dpproXl1nately as large d crop as was the one garnered last sum- ner, then, whatever else may happen, the chief factor in maintaining prosperity and in continuing our foreign trade upon . large scale will have been determined.
 MT. Hill is reported by his friends to have been gratified by the increase in the wheat harvests which was reported in 1915 from the state of Montana, and, in fact, from other states of the north west. For some years, he has been speaking to the people of the country through which the Great Northern rail- road passes in advocacy of better meth ods of wheat culture, increased applca- tion of science to that industry and well systematized organizations not only for cultivating the wheat. but for hand ling it afte. it has been harvested. At one time MT. Hill said that if the farm CTS of England who have been growing wheat for 1000 years in the somewhat linn ited wheat belt of England, are able to maintain the fertility of the soil and harvest crops which sometimes are near ly twice as great in the amount of bush- els as are the average American har- vests of wheat there would seem to be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
Sinking Fund for Sickness

In the Family's Money department of the March American Magazine is the story of a man who found that the one thing he could not count on was illness in the family He looked over the &C., counts for the previous two or three years-and he was unable to get an av craze to make a provision. When first married his salary was s20oo a year. which, with the coming of two children had put him a little in debt. But an in- crease in salary .o $2500 enabled him ot get out again.
 Five years ago he determined to es- tablsh a sinking fund for sickness He started a transfer of 50 for another savings account and then put in two dcliars a week. Because they were sen- sble people and knew the value of health there was surplus at the end of the first year of 500. In that year he had m additional raise of salary therefore he increased the sinking fund at the beginning of the second year to 8 a week. As they were expecting an other child there was an actual req son for this At the end of the second year there was very little surplus. But by the middle of the third year he had again over s100 in this sinking fund ac- count. Now after taking care of the in cidental illness of the family they have still a surplus of s25O or $500.
 This plan had several advantages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
ANNISTON

Anniston, March 3.-(Special)-By far the most important meeting of teachers held in this county during the year will be the meeting to be held at Piedmont tomorrow under the auspices of the Cal- houn County Teachers association. Un- less the weather is very bad it is expected that at least 100 teachers will attend the meeting.
 IT. M Judge, who is a candidate for Congress from the Fourth district. has written Anniston friends from his home at Cclumbiana, that he will invade the home of his opponents. Congressman Fred L. Blackmon and Dr. John w. Abercrom- bic. congressman-at-large next week. MT. Judge will speak at the courthouse here Tuesday evening and will spend several days in the county. He has en- tered upon a thorough canvass of the district and his friends say there is pos itively no weight to be attached to the Tumor that he will retire from the race
 The Glee club of the Alabama Poly- teohnc Institute gave recital at the auditorium of the Calhoun County High school at Oxford Thursday evening. They were greeted by a large audience from that city and Anniston and made a good impression.
 The F elks which were recently brought to the Oxford Lake park from Wyoming are becoming acclimated, and while they were very wild at first. they are adapt ing themselves to the changed conditions A keeper IS still necessary however to safeguard the animals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
Aiding the Colored Child
 Helps to Save All Babies
Social Service Department By MRS. SIDNEY M. ULLAIAN

need the kindergarten for their children as much as those in other parts of the city. Again the school was moved to a poorer section, and some interested white friends began to take an interest in it, and now the ladies of the Indepen- dent Presbyterian church have pledged their support, as they are particularly in terested in the mission among colored people.
 The teacher of this little Kindergarten said of it: We need everything at this little school from a bar of soap to some thing to eat, and anything will be wei come. This school, situated as it is between the heart of the city and the South Highlands. can be made an orna- ment to the community and above all it will be the safety-f1rst method What we really need is good settle ment house, so that we could have day nurseries and look after the real little tots as well as the older ones. This will also become a center for the colored peo- pie to come to where they can have in- nocent amusement and be directed into the right path"
 To this end the colored singers of Br- mingham are going to have an entertain ment to raise money They have always been so generous to the white people or the community with their talent that they thought the work they could do lIldl ndu DeeH SO Sou5hl dIlol SOiiu w used to some profit for their work.
 On Monday night at Shiloh church this entertainment will be given, and it is the hope of the people interested that the crowd will be very large. Tickets may be secured from Mrs. c. P. Orr, 2l04 Highland avenue.
 The entertainment is opportune, com ing, as it does, during baby week, and should become one of the pleasant duties that we have to perform not only going, but if this is impossible, to get tickets and aid the sale so that a goodly sum may be procured for the advancement of the work and the protection of the chill dren
 Remember we are not doing our duty as citizens if we neglect the little brown baby wifi spa kiln eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
BESSEMER MAN IS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON ANN|STON STREET.
Jim F. Fruit in Serious COnditiOn-Said to Have TumOr on His
 Brain

Anniston March 3.-(Special )--J. F. Pruitt, who is apparently a builder or contractor from Bessemer is lying un- conscious at Sellers hospital suffering either from a tumor of the brain or from the effects of powerful poson or from both.
 He was seen by policeman on Noble street last night acting in strange manner, and later was discovered in an unconscious condition in the Twelfth street entrance to the Alabama hote.. When discovered, he was in convulsions and there were indications that he had been poisoned. This belief was empha- sized later by letters in his pocket which indicated that he had contemplated sui eide on account of illness. Restoratives were promptly administered, and while the physicians succeeded in al!aying the convulsions, there were indications that he is suffering from tumor of the brain, although this could not be verified
 The man is about 30 years old appar- ently, and according to papers in his pocket his parents live in Birmingham. The police have communicated with them and are awaiting their reply. At last reports his condition was considered pre- carious, with little chance of his recov- cry.
 The mans identity was learned from letters in his pocket to his father and mother. T have never loved any other woman like I do my mother. God bless you. I hope to meet you in heaven. I am suffering from pains in my head and back and may never get to my work again. I do not expect to stay here long he wrote in the letter to his mother.
 To his father he admitted that he had played the fool,'' but he said he had always treated all women straight
 A photograph of young woman, said to be Mary Collins or Collier, 2115 or 2l1S Fifth avenue, Birmingham, together with the inscription in a notebook: Mary she could save my soul'' has added to the mystery of the case, which has puzzled local physicians and police. Pruett bears every evidence of responsibility and makes religious pretentions in the letters found on his person.
 Jim F. Fruit, the man mentioned in the above dispatch is a carpenter and well known in Bessemer. He is a son of MT. and Mrs. M. E. Prutt, who live on Four teenth avenue Bessemer, and his par ents have been notified of the sons con- dition and will leave for Anniston this morning.
 They believe their son has a tumor on his brain which has affected his mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
AUTAUGA BEGINS
 WAR ON THE TICK

Marbury, March 3.-(Special9-War on in Autauga county. c. A. Cary has is- sued an order guaranteeing the county effective on March 13. No cattle can be shipped in or out of the county until in spected and released. The farmers and cattle men are pleased at this movement, and see in it's enforcement the extermi- nation of the cattle tick in this seczion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04

Don't forget the colored babies in your campaign of health during baby week.
 said Dr. Thomas D. Parke, when the women of this city got together to dis cuss plans for the coming baby week campaign. and this thought should ever be in our minds. The children of the colored race are necessarily more often neglected more often underfed, more often sick, and the percentage of deaths is twice as high as among the white children of the same age. So we should not forget the colored babies.
 And there is the awful and acknowl- edged fact that they living in insani- tary places surrounded with poverty, the breeder of disease, are subjecting the white children to the spread of any en- emy that might attack them. How nec- essary it then becomes to assist any agency that has their welfare at heart
 Out on Avenue c at the corner Of Twenty-third street is little coiored kindergarten, where every day the teach or capable. unselfish colored woman Dorothy Green, gathers up the little chill dren of the neighborhood, and brings then to the school. Often they are not half clothed, and entirely without break fast, or if they have breakfast 1t IS ot the poorest sort At the Kindergarten they are fed and dressed, and although the cottage is little less than shack, the place is kept comparatively warm and the children are kept out of the rain or off the street, for when the mother leaves them they are entirely neglected
 The little school was started in Smith, field seven years ago at Graymont school. Afterward it was taken out or the school and placed in little cottage on Fifth avenue and Joseph street, but
 in this neighborhood lived the best class of negroes in the city and they did not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
Butler Baptists to Meet

Greenville, March 3-(Special) )-Butler County Baptist Young Peoples union con- vention will be held at Sardis Baptist church on Saturday and Sunday, March 9 and 26. All unions in the county will send representatives to this meeting, and the attendance is expected to break any previous record. The state convention meets in Birmingham in April. and it is the purpose of the county organization to make this meeting an inspiration for the state convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
Mountain Creek Again a City

Clanton March 3.-(Special) )-An order was entered in the probate court here to- day by Probate Judge E. B. Deason, re- instating the corporate organization of the town of Mountain Creek, Thomas J. Henderson was appointed mayor and !. B. Gray, W. c. White. w. l. Gray, l. A Cannon and T. T. Maddox were ap- pointed. They will serve until the next regular election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
LITTLE CONSTRUCTION

The remark has been made since MT. Hills interview was published that IL might have been we'll had he expanded his brief statement to the effect that he does not see any likelihood that there will be much additional railroad mileage constructed in the near future.
 The question is asked: Did MT. Hill mean that there is no pressing need for for increased railroad mileage? If so, then from some parts of the south he will be told that he is wrong On the other hand, did he mean to intimate that the railroad companies are not yet III po- sition to finance such large transactions as are necessary if there IS to De coh- siderable railroad mileage increase? The inference is that what MT. Hill had in mind was not that there is no need or railroad expansion, but that the railroad compa nies of the United States are not yet fortified with sufficient credit to en- q able them to obtain upon reasonable terms the fresh capital which would po needed for reconstruction of that Kind
 MT. Hill said nothing new for him when he stated explicitly that terminal facili- ties. greatly improved and enlarged. are needed by many of the railroads. and es- pecially by the trunk lines. He has been advocating improvements of this kind for several wears. He had them in mind when he stated some years ago that II would be necessary if the railroads of the United States were to meet the demand which within a few years would be madc upon them for transportation to inVes1 between $5,O00O0o,Oo0 and $1O,00o,OO0,o0- in of this kind. Recently, railroad manager of experience who at one time was working side by side, so to speak, with MT. Hill in the northwest, Howard Elliott, for 1 years president Of the Northern aPcific railroad, stated, as quoted that in his view the leading railroads in the United States should have at least $1, ,00OOO0,0O0 with which to make improvements that are vital if the railroads are to meet the demands that will be made upon them for transporta- tion facilities
 Aside from the value of the hints con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04

It saved the shock of the unexpected draft on income, and gave the sense Of security. By far the greatest effect was that it brought closely and practically to the family the necessity of studying problems of health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
U. s. Court of Appeals

New Orleans, March 3.-(Specal. ) The United States court of appeals to- day affirmed the sentences of convic- tion of Nathan "A. Hughes and five oth- CTS found guilty last March at Hous- ton, Tex, of fraudulently using the mails in conducting a medical specialist business under the names of Dr. J. F. Allen, Dr. A. Marable and German American doctors. Convictions of A. G. Olson and J. K. Corl were re- yersed.
 Joseph F. Wilson & Co.,, claimant of steamship bylands vs. South At lantic steamship line from Georgia was dismissed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
The War Spirit
rom Case and Comment.

\ TOfn CaSe and comment. A fat "colored nanny" of the "old school was haled into court for throw ing her washing board at her neighbours husband
 Did you strike this man with a wash hoard?" Judge Broyles asked.
 q spec I did, yo honah."
 What was the provocation?
 We wuz discussin' wah, jedge."
 "Wen-go on."
 we wuz talkin' bout dem Germings, an John Bulls and dem Frenchmens and he done said I wuz neutral, yo' honah. I ain't gwine to let no 1owdown white trash call me dat"
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no reason why the American farmers cannot obtain equally good results.
 WHAT WHEAT FARMERS DID

The wheat farmers of the northwest were regarded by MT. Hill as havlng taken heed of his advice. The increasd production in the year 1915 proves that In all probability, MT. Hill is as well informed as any man in the United States about wheat-growing conditions in Canada He was one of the first of those with whom the late Lord Strath- coma and Lord Mount Stephen were num- bered who recognized the fertility of the millions of acres of wheat land in that part of western Canada where formerly nobody but the trapper ventured MT. Hill probably was not surprised to learn last summer that in spite of the Euro pean war and the fine support which Canada gave to Great Britain, the wheat farmers of the far west and Canada har- vested the largest crop ever known. The result was that the farmers of that sec tion, as a whole, were richer by many hundreds of thousands of dollars than was ever the case in any one year.
 Canadas wheat will play no small part in her expanded financial and trade re- lations with the United States which are expected in the year 1916. All that Mr. Hill was quoted as having said about these harvests was that the heavy blank eting of the wheat belts with snow should unless other conditions proved unfavorable be followed in the summer hx, o Ia rua ba rVest of wheat