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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
LOCAL ITEMS

Harold Keton, white boy. who re- sides at 911 Third avenue, West End was struck by an outbound South Bes- semer street car at Tenth street and Tuscaloosa avenue yesterday afternoon at 12:S0 o'clock. The injured boy was carried to the Birmingham infirmary in a passing automobile. His injuries are slight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28
Liner MalOja Strikes Mine
 in Dover Straits and Goes
 to Bottom in 30 Minutes
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der strict military law, it was pos sible to obtain only meagre details from those rescued. The captain said that the passengers and crew behaved splendidly.
 The passengers were for the most part British officials in the Indian service the most prominet being Judge Oldfie1d of the Indian high court Only one of the crew of the Empress of Fort William was drowned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28

DESCRIBES GERMAN ADVANCE
 Berlin. February 26-(Via London.) The correspondent before Verdun of the Berlinger Zeitung Am Mittag tele- graphs that the operations against the French fortress began at 8:30 o'clock in the morning of February 21, along the whole sector to the eastward of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28

H. 0. Floyd, who was seriously stabbed in his office in the Jefferson County bank building Saturday night at 10 o'clock by Isaiah Mullins, negro, who was captured a few hours later by Officer Eddie Burgess, was resting easily last night. The Hillman hospital authorities said last night that MT. Floyd was in @ serious condition, but had a good chance to recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-28

The automobile of Dr. H. M. Ed monds, 104S South Thirty first street pastor of the Independent Prespyterlan
 church was recovered yesterday after noon at Oxmoor by Chief of Police Martin Eagan, Officers Whalen and Foley The automobile was stolen Fri day night while standing in front o1 Tcnnle Emanu-El It is thought that some boys stole the automobile to take a joy ride No damage was done to the
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CONGRESS WILL GET
 TO WORK FOLLOWING
 DEMORALIZING WEEK

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Sold i~erywheae
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have an important bearing upon this governments attitude toward the en- tire question.
 The principal assurances given in the Lusitania case read as follows:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-09
MARDI GRAS AUTO
PARADE WILL Be
ONE OF FEATURES
HANDSOME LOVING CUP WILL
BE AWARDED THE BEST DEC
GRATED CAR PARTICIPATING
IN THE PARADE.

The automobile parade Of the Car
nival Association yesterday an
nounced at a meeting of the associa-
ntion that the auto parade on Tuesday
afternoon of the Carnival will be one
of the really big features of this
years celebration.
A handsome silver loving cup, one
of the prettiest and most costly, yet
offered in Pensacola for any event,
has been purchased and will be
awarded the best decorated car in the
parade.
The committee is having large
number of invitations engraved and
will mail these out to auto owners all
over West Florida and South Ala
bama.
Floats Nearly Ready.
All of the committees having work
in charge reported good progress be-
ing made. The building committee
stated that the handsome mystic
floats are nearing completion and that
they will be in readiness long before
the date of the big celebration.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-09
BARRANCAS BOYS
SEE GOOD BOUTS
THE EXHIBITIONS GIVEN THERE
LAST NIGHT WERE WITNESSED
BY MANY INTERESTED SPEC
TAT0Rs.

Five good boxing bouts and a pole
vault made up good program at
Fort Barrancas last night. The exhi-
billions were witnessed by a large
number of spectators.
The first on the program, a three
round bout, between Dunn and Skip
per was declared draw. Lawrence
won from Queeny in four-round ex-
hibition, almost knocking the latter
out, while ZiIinlxi and Taylor fought
three rounds to a draw. O'Shaugh-
messy and Dempsey also fought a
three-round draw.
Corrigon won the pole vault from
Fontnot and the evenings program
closed with highly entertaining bat
tie royal, in which Jones, Diggs, J.
Mcfarland, Robertson and Baylor, five
colored boxers, participated. Jones
came out winner.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-09
CONFETTI AT WHOLE
SALE. BY S. BOSSO.
EQUITABLE LIFE
HAS A GOOD YEAR

The statement Of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society of the United
States gives evidence of the COM
pany's continued progress. Increases
are shown in outstanding assurance,
admitted assets, surplus, income from
investments and payments to policy
holders. Of the 5,918 domestic
death claims paid during the year,
over SO per cent were settled within
one day after receipt of due proof
of death. The payments to policy
holders in 1915 aggregated $58,371,-
38s which was $2,350,000 more than
was received in premiums from pol
icyholders during the same period.
The insurance on the company's
books now aggregates $1;529, $780,
900, an increase of $35, SOC, 900 for the
year. The new insurance paid for
during 1916 totaled sos, ,612 the
maximum allowed the company under
the insurance law of New York state.
The number of policyholders in
creased about. $4,000 during 1915.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-09
British Want the Blockade
Controversy Adjusted Soon

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tages over ours. The first is that the
critical and even hostile attitude of
the American navy towards British
seaport as we'll as the theories on
which it is based is almost as old as
the American nation itself. Our last
was with the United States arose out
Of what was regarded by America as
an abuse Of our power at sea.
We have forgotten the details but
the United States has not, and both
then and now the United States gov
eminent regards itself as the nat
ural champion of neutral rights. It
is impossible to exaggerate the influ-
ence of these historic facts on Amer
lean policy.
Secondly, it will be remembered
at the conference of Paris fifty years
ago which abolished privateering, the
United States refused to agree, on
the ground that although the aboli-
ton might aid the cause of humanity
IN war, it favored the great naval
powers of the world at the expense of
powers with a large mercantile ma
rine but small navy. Something of
this principle influences Americas
attitude towards ermany's use of the
submarine as an instrument of war;
The uardian declares that the con-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-09

nate, white arsenic, eight pounds Of
pine tar one gallon, and 500 gallons
of water would turn the trick. He
said that by the use of this formula
twelve times per year, at intervals of
two weeks, the pest could be eradi-
Gated, and at an expense of about
twenty-five or thirty cents per cow.
He urged upon the people to wake up
to a realization of the fact that at
this small cost the cattle products of
the state could be made to more than
double in value.
Mr.. J. F. Godfrey, on the part of
the railroad company, in a short,
forceful address laid stress upon the
fact that cooperation alone could
bring about eradication of the tick.
He said that the farmers of this Sec
ton should take as their motto three
words, Education, Agitation and Or
ganization," and that if they would
go forth with this as their slogan,
there would soon be a realization of
the wonderful agricultural POSSIBLE
tiles of this God-blessed west gulf
section of Florida.
Quite a number of farmers from
other states are coming into this sec
ton of the county and this spirit Of
progress and development on the part
of the farming element, is calculated
to be productive of still greater popu-
lation, as each newcomer forwards
word back to his friends in Georgia,
Alabama and the Carolinas, that at
last he has discovered the farmers
Eldorado-the Florida gulf coast,
where farmers can Craze their stock
twelve months in the year, and raise
everything that can be raised any
where in the world.
Capt. S. Otis, well-known as one
of Santa Rosa's most successful lum-
Der dealers and mill operators, has
large tracts of fine soil in this and
Escambia counties, and he is very
much interested in the progressive
methods of farming, for he knows
this section has everything but the
farmer. This necessity he is under
taking to supply, by offering his
lands at farmers prices, and giving
them .:all opportunities they want to
pay. AS result Of this policy, many
small farmers are coming to this sec
ton.
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day was made a most enjoyable as
well as very profitable one for
Mulat farmers.
Messrs. VIM. James, II. E. McElroy
and ]. F. Godfrey, representing the
industrial department of the Louise
vile & Nashville, spent the afternoon
telling the farmers of the wonderful
possibilities of the West Florida gulf
coast in an agricultural way. Mr.
James especially, with the assistance
of comparison charts, showed that the
Santa Rosa and Escambia county
farmers could, by diversified farming
methods, not only equal in cash assets
the products of the middle states
farmer, but far surpass them, for the
reason that the soil was not only
equally productive, but the farming
seasons and all the other conditions
far superior.
Mr.. McElroy took the cow tick as a
sort of text and his address, which
followed, directed the West Florida
coast farmer to the wonderful oppor-
tunities he was allowing to slip from
his grasp because he did not wake up
and fight. the tick, as is being so sue
cessfully done in other southern
states. He pointed out the deplorable
fact that Florida had hardly begun
this fight, and that as a result when
the Florida beef cattle went upon the
eastern markets alongside the steer
from non-tick states, he fetched hard
~ half the cash. Mr.. McElroy said
that the dipping vat was the only so
luton to the problem, and that the
formula furnished by the government,
twenty-four pounds Sodium Carbo-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-09
FOOD FACTS
what Az M. D. Learned

WnaE All vi. II. Learned.
A prominent physician down in
Georgia went through a food expert
ence which he makes public:
"It was my own experience that
first led me to advocate Grape Nuts
food; and ] also know from having
prescribed it to convaIescents and
other weak patients that this food is
wonderful rebuilder and restorer of
nerve and brain tissue, as well as
muscle. It improves the digestion
and patients gain, just as I did in
strength and weight, very rapidly.
'I was in such low state that
| had to give up my work entirely
and go to the mountains, but two
months there did not improve me; in
fact was not quite as well as when /
left home. Ny food did not sustain
me and it became plain that I must
change.
"I began to use Grape-Nuts and
in two weeks I could walk a mile,
and in five weeks returned TO my
home and practice, taking up hard
work again. Since that time / have
felt as well and strong as I ever did
in my life.
aAs physician who seeks TO help
all sufferers consider it a duty to
make these facts public"
Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts when
the regular food does not seem to
sustain the body viii work wonders.
There's a Reason" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-09
CONFETTIA AT WHOLE
SALE, BY S. BOSSO.
Santa Rosa Is to Have
Many Dipping Watts

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troversy touches one of the strong
est currents of American history
with which Great Britain must deal
and that while there is little conser-
vatism among the American people,
in no other country in the world is
the force of tradition in the conduct
Of foreign relations so strong. eve
take a very grave view Of the diff
culties into which the whole Of this
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-09

controversy may lead us" says the
Guardian It advocates the sending
of Visc0unt Bryce as a special envoy
to America and failing him, Of Mr.
Balfour.
''There Is great work to BE done,
and il is work that cannot be done
too soon," the newspaper says. "Ihis
is not merely a problem Of war, it
may affect the whole future Of the
English-speaking people"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-09
HIATT SUBMITS
ANNUAL REPORT
EsCAMBIA COUNTY Is PRO-
CROSSING RAPIDLY, ACCORD
ING TO REPORT OF AGRICUL-
TURAL ADVISER.

The following is the annual report
of Agricultural Adviser Hiatt:
Several small fields of winter le-
gumes were planted and where lime
was used, good results were obtained.
A greatly increased acreage in sum
mer legumes was secured.
There was large number of sweet
potatoes raised, the-majority of which
are being marketed at the canning
factory at Moline; few cars of early
ones were shipped from the Century
| section to northern markets.
Quite a number of new orchards
have been planted out this year.
Several pure bred dairy bulls have
been brought into the county during
the past twelve months. Interest in
beef cattle is very much on the in
crease. Several inquiries have been
made recently regarding pure bred
stock.
Eleven silos and three dipping watts
were erected.
Hog raising is receiving consider
able attention; several herds of pure
breds have been started. Demand for
good breeding stock is on the in
crease. 36S hogs were treated for
cholera.
Demonstrations this year have
proven that comparatively good crops
can be raised in this county with but
little commercial fertilizer, if proper
methods of preparation and cultiva-
tion of the soil are observed. Much
more care OF homemade fertilizers
is being taken than has been prac-
ticed in the past. Over 500 tons of
ground limestone was used on Els
Gambia county soil this year. Live
stock, lime and legumes are being adj
vocated at all times as source of
increased and permanent fertility of
our soil.
All the aid possible is being rem
dered the farmers in cooperative and
organization work; three new local,
and one county organization, were
formed. Several tours of the county
by the business men did much to
stimulate interest in the agricultural
development of this section.
A large acreage of farm land has
been stumped and more modern ma
chinery put III operation than in any
previous year.
Twenty-Five boys reporting in the
Corn Club, made an average of 49,
bushels of corn per acre.
4
made as follows: To demonstrators,
1853; to co-operators, 203; to other
farmers, 1885,. business men, 1854;
Boys Corn Club members, 169.
Number Of miles travelled: Rail-
road, 1904; team, 500; auto, 1929;
total, S,249.
Calls made on agent, relative to
work, at Office or home, 240.
Number of farmers meetings held,
10; attendance, 1880.
Number of field meetings held, s.;
attendance, 1913.
Number of official letters written,
42s.
Number Of articles prepared for
publication, eighteen.
Number of circular letters pre-
pared, two.
Number of bulletins and circulars
| distributed, 1915.
Number of schools visited, twenty
four.
We are much encouraged by the
increased interest being taken in the
work, generally, by farmers and bust
ness men all over the county.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-09
TO TAKE 4 COURSE
IN ELECTRIC WORK

Bemery ]. Griffin of the Peake
Electric Company, left last night for
Atlanta, where he will spend ten days
taking a course in electrical work IN
the Electrical Storage Co.'s battery
depot. He will learn the latest
methods of charging and repairing
the lead type storage batteries now
in use in practically all automobiles
and electric vehicles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-02-09
SOCIALISTS GIVE THEIR
VOTE OF DISAPPROvAL

Cologne, Feb. s.-At a general
meeting of the Socialists of Cologne
city and the surrounding districts, a
vote of disapprova1 Of the attitude Of
the minority Socialists in the Reich
stag was passed by a large majority.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-10-26
Child Wives in Canada.

From the Manitoba Free Press.
That in the Ruthenian settlements
between the lakes north of Teulon and
In the Ethelbert districts, tuberculosis
Is rampant and infant mortality rife,
were among the statements made by r.
w. Murchie, who returned from a six
weeks social survey OF his district.
Marriage Of girls under Ii is COM
mon, and under Is the general thing"
he said, and hat to men very much
older than themselves. In cases where
the girl has been In English speaking
districts, she objects strenuously, but in
most cases she obeys her fathers COM
mand in the n tter."
The women work in the fields, very
often carrying their infant children, and
so have no time or strength to keep
house, he said. One meal a day, or at
the most two were cooked. For the
others they came in and ate q chunk Of
bread and perhaps some fat. A room
1Ox12 feet would have a window Of IS
inches, and even this vas penned up in
the winter.
Tuberculosis Is reaping such a har-
vest" Mr.. Murchie said, "that actually
the people despite their enormous fam
lilies are in danger Of extinction"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-10-26
The Sugar Famins.
From the Montgomery Advert.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
1t Is announced that we are face to face
with "A & famine. Even raw sugar,
meaning brown sugar, Is scarce,
Well, we judge from the Doctors orders
whenever he visits a patient that people
consume too much sugar anyway. 1t In
now too late to drink Ice tea, so we can
eliminate that refreshing drink from con-
sideration. Parents of the present gen.
Grafton more often han not drank their
coffee straight; in hard times plain old
sugar cane molasses has been converted
into sweetening for coffee for those who
couldn't stand ii bitter.
Too much candy and too much cake are
probably eaten, especially by children. II
Is said that too much sugar rots the
teeth. a .a a.l
SO, It is possible to figure out Iust how
much better off We are without sugar
than we would be II We faced a salt
famine.
Most foods contain g in greater or
less degree, anyway. Then it's a cam
paign year, with plenty OF sweet talk
lowing from the mouths of politicians.
BY the way, what has become Of ths
sugar Industry that was ruined by the
Underwood tariff
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HOW II IS DONE.

Hear Scott. Miss. the Mississippi
Delta Planting company a a piaata-
ton of 10000 acres, on which there arc
5000 employees. Under the direction OF
DIR. HI. r. Miller they are getting rid
OF malaria on this tract without any
great expenditure Of money.
DIR. Miller says, in. the Railway Sur,
gical Journal, that their plan has de-
creased my work in treating active
cease OF malaria 40 per cent. Ii has inn
proved the working efficiency OF the
tenantry approximately rs per cent"
For the employer this is a good in
vestment. The conditions should at
tract the cream OF the labor. The ply
stefan should not complain where his
work Is lessened 40 per cent.
These are some of the methods en-
ployed. The use of patent chill tonics
Is not allowed. BY curing the symp-
toms of malaria-the chills--but not the
disease, chill tonics cause hematuria
and chronic malaria. DR.. Miller says:
"Hemaglobinuria (also called hematur-
ia), the scourge Of the delta 20 years
ago, is now but rarely seen. This Is
almost entirely due to the discontinue
ance of the use of chill tonics.p
The Importance of remaining indoors
at night Is impressed on the people.
The house OF each white employee Is
thoroughly screened with 16 or 18
HlcSu wire. hNeTy ucu III the ttttdilt
houses has q bar, that does not open
on the side, of 16 mesh. Each manager
is supplied with three grain ,quinins
capsules, compound cathartic pills, ep-
som salts, and castor oil, and instruct
ed in their use. In 1915 the force used
so, $50 q~uinine capsules, $50 six ounce
bottles OF EPSON salts. and 1860
cathartic pills.
To prevent malaria they gave Ii
grains OF q~uinine at bed time for two
nights each week during the fligSht or
anopheline mosquitoes. The first flight
of anopheline mosquitoes In that local
ity cur In May, the last In October
or November, with the first good frost.
There Is no reason for giving prophy-
Tactic quinine when there are no mos
quitoes to infect-that is. from the last
of October until May /.
To thoroughly cure a case Of ma
laria they follow this plan. The pa
tient, IL an adult, is given EPSON safts;
IL a child, castor oil. This 10 followed
given at bed time. The quinine 70 re-
peated every night for -four nights.
Then 1t is given two nights q week for
six weeks. Late in the fall the dose OF
q~uinine Is followed by q dose of dilute
muriatic acid in water-one drop OF he
acid for each grain of quinine.
The company employs a sana&orien,
who advises az to breeding places Tor
mosquitoes. draining, oiling and screen-
ing.
Malaria Is doubly important just now
| since mosquitoes will Don disappear
and human carriers will be the sole
source OF malaria. Last year blood ex-
aminations Of employees showed that 40
| per cent OF 1900 to 1000 employees were
| malarial. These examinations were
made in the winter. None complained
| OF malaria. or even suspected that they
had 1t. This winter, through having
treated the cases more thoroughly. they
| expect to find fewer carriers. The car
riers found will be given quinine by
| injection. E.F..