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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
FURTHER PROGRESS ON TRAFFIC BUREAU
 PLANS YESTERDAY
and Organization Committees Selected and Reports Expected With
 in Next Few Days

The two Chamber of Commerce commit tees worked behind closed doors yesterday afternoon on the details of the forma- tion of the Birmingham traffic bureau and the announcement following the meeting was that finance committee and a committee to draft a tentative plan of organization had been appointed.
 These two committees will get to work at once. The finance committee will take steps to provide a budget of s10,o0o year. which will give the bureau a total of S15,000 a year with which to do busi- ness. The committee to draft tentative plan of organization is at work and further announcements are expected soon.
 The finance committee is headed by l. c. Beatty and associate with him are Henry s. DeBardeleben, J. w. Oden, Hud- man Hopson, Murray Brown and J. H. Finder. M. P Northington is chairman of the committee to drsrr tentative plan of organization and his associates are w Thornton Estes. H. w. Coffin, Samuel Earle and R. I. Ingalls,.
 No announcements were made as to when and where these committees will meet but it is expected that the plan of organization will be made public this week.
 Seven directors are to govern the poli- cies of the Birmingham traffic bureau and the active work will be under the management of an expert who is yet to be employed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
Suits Filed

The following suits were filed in the city and circuit courts yesterday.
 l.. w McLeon vs. oJhn w. Chance, ssooo claimed for alleged personal injur- les from being struck by an auto mobile.
 Julia Jackson vs. Henry B. Gray, $l00o claimed for alleged personal injuries from being bitten by bulldog.
 c. A. Thomas vs. Birmingham Railway, Light & Power company. 5000 claimed for alleged property damage and personal injuries.
 Mrs Ada Coop vs. Birmingham Rail- way, Light & Power company. s10o0 claimed for the alleged failure of de- fendant companys agent to accept a transfer for her fare.
 Catherine McCarty, pro ami vs. Charles A. Bryan $500O claimed for alleged per- sonal injuries.
 Minnie Mae Finch. pro ami vs. Frank Rietta, s1OoO claimed for having been bitten by bulldog.
 Phillip Johnson vs Birmingham Rail- way, Light & Power company, S1000 claimed for alleged personal injuries re- ceived from collision of motor and street car.
 Joe Townsend vs. Drennen Department stores s5000 claimed for the alleged wrongful arrest of plaintiff on a charge of larceny.
 William Gentry vs. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron company. 5000 claimed for alleged personal injuries.
 w. A. Montgomery vs. Steel Construc- ton company. s50oo claimed for alleged personal injuries.
 Alice Mims vs. W. G. Brown as re- ceiver for the Birmingham. Ensley & Bessemer Railroad company. No0o claimed for alleged personal injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
FEVER SITUATION
 BETTER YESTERDAY
Only Four New Cases of Typhoid Re- ported-May Make Vaccination of
 Negroes Compulsory

City Health Officer Dr. Cecil D. Cas- ton reported only four cases of typhoid fever yesterday.
 This small number of cases for Sunday and Monday is regarded at the health de- partment as a good sign that turn tor the better is to be expected in the typhoic situation. There are now 425 cases ill the city.
 Owing to the lack of interest in the free vaccinations, President of the City Commission George B. Ward is contem- plating offering resolution to his col leagues to make typhoid vaccinations among the negroes compulsory If MT. Ward offers this resolution it will meet with no opposition from his colleagues, it is believed, as the entire city commits sion is in hearty accord with any-steps that will promote the general health of the community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
NEWS IF E:NSL.EY

At the regular meeting of Ensley lodge of Elks last night, the building committee reported splendid progress on repairing the home, which was dam aged by fire sometime ago. It was an- nounced that the outside of the struc- ture had been repaired and painted and that the workmen were now busy fin ishing the interior. The building will be completed by the latter part of the month. The meeting last night was held in the parlorsso of the home, that part of the building not having been damaged by the fire.
 Several candidates will be initiated at the regular meeting of Cunningham chapter No. "A, Order of Eastern Star, which will take place tonight at the Masonic temple. Several other matters will be taken up.
 The regular monthly meeting of the board of stewards of the Ensley Meth odist church was held last night at the church. Routine business matters occupied the attention of the board.
 The marriage of Miss Trudie Taylor and Mrs. Clarence Thomas was solem- nized Saturday night at o'clock at the residence of the brides mother, Mrs. J. M. Taylor. 2417 Avenue F. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. K. Wright, pastor of the Ensley Baptist church The wedding attend ants were: Miss Louise Vedell and Mr. Guy Gettys. An informal reception fol- lowed the wedding, after which MT and Mrs. Thomas left for Nashville. Upon their return they will be at home at Five Points. Both MT. and Mrs. Thomas are we'll known in Ensley and are very popular with large circle of friends.
 A special song service will be held at the FairvieW Presbyterian church Friday evening nat o'clock. The pro- gramme is ben garranged by Miss Mamie Belle Parsons and Miss Ger trude Dickson is the pianist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
BOARD DES|GNATES
 COUNTY HIGHWAYS
East and West and North and South Road Routes Through County Are
 Mapped Out

The east and west and the north and south highways were designated yester- day at the session of the board of rev. enue. The selection of these routes was in accordance with a recent act of the legislature, providing that each county maintain east and west and north and south highway through the county and that these routes shall pass by the court house.
 Several weeks ago Commissioner J. D. Truss and City Attorney M. M. Ullman before the board of revenue and requested that these roads be selected as early as possible. The county highway engineer was instructed to prepare the official description of the streets. and report to the board of revenue as early as possible.
 Following are the routes of the two highways designated by the board yester- day. -e...,5. ,51s ...
 : North and South-Starting on the Bir- mingham- Montgomery highway at the city corporate limits on the South High lands at the foot of Twentieth street north on Twentieth to Third avenue, thence east on Third avenue to Twenty sixth street, thence north on Twenty Sixth street to Twenty Ninth avenue, thence east to Twenty Seventh street, and thence north on Twenty-Seventh street to the intersection of the state aid highway.
 East and West-Starting at East Lake following road westward on First ave- nue to Twenty-Sixth street, thence on Twenty-Sixth street to Third avenue, thence west on Third avenue to the Fair Grounds, thence on the paved streets to Ensley on Avenue E and Nineteenth street, thence west on Avenue E to Fair field and out on main road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
PLANS FOR HEALTH
 CENSUS OUTLINED
 BY THE COMMITTEE
Will Not Inspect Homes of City, But Will Make Sur
 vey of Various Sections

The women of the central health census committee will not inspect the houses of Birmingham nor will any of the members or the various subcommittee enter the homes of the people of the city. An an- nouncement to this effect was made yes terday afternoon by Mrs. J. K. Graham, chairman of the central committee, fol- lowing meeting, at which the plans for the health census were outlined Mrs. Graham stated that the purpose of the women W ohhad volunteered for this work was to aid the city and the board of health in this campaign, since the man. cial condition of the city prevented it pay ing for all work which was needed to be done
 In discussing the plans outlined for the health census by the central committee of women, Mrs. Graham said:
 Each Of the various womens clubs will have a duty to perform in sending Q committee to visit streets alleys and yards. These they will censor and leave blank at the door for the housekeeper to fill out. The committee for the district will call again later and get the slir which has been filled out by the house. keeper, and will turn it over to the board of health, that they may have a complete survey of the city from health stand point.
 The women were called upon, and every club responded in a time of need because the city was financially unable to handle the situation in crisis such as we have had to contend with during the last two months. The public schools sometime ago divided the city into school districts and the districts will be used as the map for the various women's organi- zations. Each district will be handled by a committee from two organiza tions, as- sisted by a Boy Scout. This was con- sidered by the central committee a quick and concise way of facing thes situation, Added to the organizations there will be volunteer women helpers.
 "A number of women who are not con- nected with the clubs have offered their services and it is hoped that there will be hundreds more. We sincerely hope that this work will be understood by every housekeeper as concrete and con- structive work in what is perhaps the worst crisis since the cholera epidemic, when Birmingham was village. The crisis would not have arisen had the city officials not faced a financial difficulty and we women are simply giving our time ain an effort to alleviate suffering and death, and to assist in making a survey of the city so we may not have other epi- denies, such as we have had this sum- mer. We beg the co-opeEation of every woman in Birmingham.
 we know there are many housekeep- CTS who haven't the time to help in gathering the census, but they can be of assistance in getting the survey of their own surroundings for those who do act in this capacity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
PERSONAL

Miss Coral Wood of 1925 Eleventh ave- nue, returned yesterday from a visit with friends in Calera.
 Officer Edward Foley, who sustained a sprained ankle last week in motorcycle accident near Boyles. was able to be out again yesterday.
 J. Frank Jutz, travelling freight agent of the Union Pacific railroad, returned yesterday from St. Louis where he has been on business for the past week.
 John l.. Kaul was elected a member of the advisory committee at the annual meeting of the National Lumber Manu- facturers Interinsurance exchange in Chi cago yesterday, according to information received in Birmingham
 John Hardy of Uniontown, who sus- tained broken leg Sunday afternoon at his home when he fell out of a swing, was reported resting comfortably at Da- wis infirmary last night Mir. Hardy was brought to Birmingham late Sunday night and was removed to the infirmary in an ambulance of Lige Loy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
ADJUSTMENTS
At the Lyric

The bill at the Lyric this week is one of the best seen at that theatre in some time. There are five numbers on the programme in addition to excellent Pathe pictures. and all are well worth while.
 Those Five Girls offer musical speciality characterized by an appearance of novelty that is a pleasing contrast to other specialties of the same sort which may not surpass it from musical point of view, but are too stiff and formal Of the five girls, three are skilled musicians and two have voices of un- usual quality One sings opera selec- tions in brilliant style. Striking cos tunes and a varied programme, ranging from classic to ragtime. and all well done, make this feature an exceptionally meritorious bit of vaudeville.
 Hufford and Chain are capable comed- ians who kept the audience laughing all the time they were on the stage. bur- lesaue of a negro parson delivering sermon made decided hit. but the team had many amusing skits to offer, Wnlcn they performed in a breezy way. They amply deserved thescurtain calls recelved-
 The Five Idanas presented high class athletic speciality, attractively staged with unique lighting effects and novel arr rangement for supporting the rings and trapeze on winch three young women per- formed a number of difficult feats call- ing for strength and skill.
 Bogert and Nelson, a black and tan comedy team, acquitted themselves m capital style. The man Is comical blackface comedian, and his mate an ex- cellent foil.
 Archie Onri does little of everything. including a rapidly executed landscape. a banjo selection, all sorts of juggling tricks and acrobatic feats. He is ver- satile fellow and seems equally proficient as an artist musician. acrobat or jug gler,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
UNIFIED HEALTH SYSTEM WITH FULL TIME OFFICER AND TWO
 ASSISTANTS URGED BY DIR. FOX
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE
 GRADE OF THE POSTOFFTCE
Chamber of Commerce Cooperate in Effort to Get Bmng ham in $600000 Glass in Postal Receipts-W Urge Rail
 roads and Other Corporations to Buy Stamps Here

and other employees will likewise be raised. The postal receipts, it has been said, are the best advertisements a city could possibly have. According to MT Norman hundreds of persons, corpora tions and banks make inquiries at the postoffice before investing money here, and they consider postal receipts as the surest indication of a city's business.
 The Chamber of Commerce will begin the campaign for more stamp sales at once, and they are asking that as many as are interested in the development and advertisement of Birmingham give their cooperation in this matter. It is thought that with this effort the grade will be made and Birmingham put in a class with Atlanta and Memphis, and at the same time it is thought that this will tend to influence the location of the farm loan bank in Birmingham
 Another interesting feature in connec- ton with the postoffice is the prepara- tion of mail schedule showing the time for the closing of all mail, the time of departure and the time it requires to handle it. The Chamber of Commerce will have this printed In pamphlet form and distributed as circular advertising for the city. The new mail directory, when out, will be of great value to persons having considerable mail to handle,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
FARM EMPLOYE
 STRUCK BY TRAIN

K. Ellison, aged Is years. a farm enl ploye at Calera, is in St. Vincent's hos pital with a fractured skull. The young man is in a serious condition. but the hospital authorities stated at an early hour this morning that he was resting comfortably, and would recover. Accord ing to information received last night. Ellison was struck by a Louisville and Nashville train at Calera yesterday morn ing He was brought to Birmingham at S:SO o'clock yesterday morning on a Louisville and Nashville train, and re- moved to the hospital in an ambulance of the Shaw Undertaking company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
OFFICER FTTPEv WILL,
 BE GIVEN HEARING
Witness States Policeman Did Not Assist in Putting Ray
 Off Car

Officer Con G. Furey. who was sus- pended from the services of the city Sum day morning by Chief of Police Martin Eagan on charge of neglecting his duty, will be given a hearing before the com missioners this afternoon.
 Conductor T. B. Treadwell, who was said to have helped the officer put the unconscious man off the car. stated yes- terday that Officer Furey had nothing whatsoever to do with putting MT. Ray off the car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
Auto Tire Thieves Active

The police are again bothered with the automobile tire thieves. who had disap- peared for several months. J. W. Han mum, 1o2 Walnut street. West End, com plained to the police department yes- terday morning that thieves had entered his garage Sunday night and had taken three automobile inner tubes and three tire castings. Sam Baker. 92S South Four teenth street, reported to the police yes- terday afternoon that thieves had taken two automobile tires out of his car, which was standing on Nineteenth street and Second avenue, north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08

public health officials. He also recom- tablished in each of the five proposed districts of the county for physicians and nurses.
 In his report Dr. Fox pays tribute to the water supply of Birmingham m, saying it was excellent. He recommends the abolition of all surface closets, and where houses are not located on sewerage mains, the installation of sanitary dry closets.
 Dr. Fox said the four incinerators be- ing operated by the city of Birmingham were inadequate to care for the garbage. He said it was often necessary to use other fuel in destroying the garbage, and that it was not practicable to burn rubbish in the incinerators He said the practice of dumping garbage was bad from a standpoint of sanitation, and should be stopped.
 He said the milk supply of Birmingham was very good, indeed, and that the dairies he had inspected within a seven- mile radius of the city, showed high scores for cleanliness and sanitation. However, he recommends the resumption of a bacteriological examination of the milk products of all these daires on the part of the public health system, and also recommends that the dairies be required to pasteurize all the milk they dispose of in Birmingham by the method of keep ing it at a temperature of not less than 145 degrees Fahrenheit for not less than 25 minutes; the pasteurization process to be used on milk which passes the test of the meteorological examination, and the milk which fails to pass the test to be barred from the city, regardless of whether it is pasteurized or not,
 Dr. Fox said these methods to keep milk clean and germless would not mean that the dairymen would be given wider latitude in the matter of cleanliness and sanitation at their farms, but that it was further measure of safety.
 The medical society unanimously adopted the recommendations of Dr. Fox upon motion of Dr.. B. l.. Wyman, and an animated discussion of them followed. On motion of Dr. T. D. Parke, the society offered a rising vote of thanks to Dr. Fox for his work, and to Dr. L. l.. Lumsden.
 Just when the recommendations will be submitted to the board of revenue and the city officials has not yet been decided. A committee to handle the mat ter will be named and this committee concentrations of Dr. Fox to the county and city officials when, in its judgement, the time Is ripe. For the present, it Is the intention of the society to do every thing possible to impress upon the peo- pie of Birmingham the absolute neces- sity of such a system as Dr. Fox rec ommends. if Birmingham and Jefferson county are to be saved useless loss of lives. and loss of time and suffering on the part of the people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
LARGEST DOPE" HAUL
 IN ClTY'S HISTORY

Federal warrants were sworn out for William Ham yesterday afternoon by city detectives on charges of violating the federal narcotic law. suitcase con taining over s2oo worth of morphine and cocaine is alleged to have been found in Hanns possession early Sunday morning when he was arrested at 5011s North Twenty second street. Maude Roman, Jim Cox and W. F. Fournoy, who were with Ham at the time were also arrested, charged with vagrancy.
 This is the largest dope haul that has been made in the history of Birming- ham," said Detective Tom Christian. We are under the impression that the per- sons arrested have been retailing the narcotic"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
ONLY ONE CASE IS
 REPORTED TO COUNTY

Only one more case of infantile paralysis has been reported to the county health officer since last Friday. The case that came in yesterday is located near Johns, and is the only one reported in that place so far In all there are 20 cases of this disease in the county out side Greater Birmingham district. Six teen of these cases were reported to the health office in July, and four have come in since the first of this month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
Elections Are Called

Mexico City, August "A call for special municipal election throughout the state of Querataro was issued by the government. The date of the cleo tino is fixed for the first Sunday ill September. Each party can designate its candidate at any time up to Au- gust 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
FLOOD SUFFERERS Judge Stiles Has Received Generous Subscriptions to Cause

Following Judge J. P. Stiles letter ask ing for subscriptions to flood sufferers. s1s2 had been received by him in his or flee for that cause yesterday afternoon
 Following are the subscriptions to date: w. M Cosby, $50; Lee c. Bradley. Slo; Judge w. I. Grubb, s5; pr. T. F. Cheek. s25; Mrs Edgar Rose, $2.5o; Mrs. Kath- crime Kirkpatrick. $25; R. L. Gross. sio; R. L. Ezell, $25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
Greensboro Postoffice Remodeled

Greensboro, August q - Especially The work of remodeling the Greensboro postoffice has been finished. With new furniture, new boxes and tile floor Tn addition to considerable space thrown in from the adjoining building, Greensboro can boast of one of the handsomest and most commodious postoffices of this sec ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
Two Vessels Reported Sunk

London, August 7.-Lloyds shipping agency announces that the Italian sailing vessel Eugenia and the Norwe- gian steamer Aranda have been sunk A report that the British steamer Spiral has Neen sunk, says the agency, Is uEconfirmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08

Power company, and are making exten- sive improvements in both plant and equipment.
 Boil weevils are rapidly increasing in this section, and are making serious in- roads upon the cotton crop. Plants were also seriously damaged by the recent storm, and very small yield is ex- pected.
 A report recently issued by the Colum- bus Cotton exchange shows that receipts for the season ending July 31. were only 17.sS1 bales, as compared with 8, 469 bales for the season of 1914-15, and some of the best posted cotton men predict that the total receipts for the coming season will not reach 5000 bales.
 The engagement and approaching mar riage of Miss Mary Harriette Gibbs to MT Neil J. Carothers of Grenada, Miss. has been announced. The announcement is made by MT. and Mrs. l.. A. Vaughan, cousins of the prospective bride. and the vedding will take place at their home in this city, Tuesday, September 12
 The body of Mrs. May Morris, wife of ham Saturday, was brought here over the Southern railway Sunday, and taken to her old home about 10 miles northeast of Columbus for interment in the An drew's chapel cemetery. The deceased was SS years old, and is survived by her husband and several children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08
Canadian Is Released

Washington, August 7.-Carranza authorities have released Manager Full ton, of the Mexico City power plant, Canadian, in whose behalf the Unit ed States made representation, Special Agent Rodgers repofted today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-08

At the present rate Birmingham will lack between S150o0 and $20,0oO pushing into the s60o,0CO class of postoffices, ac- cordng to Assistant Postmaster E. R. Norman Birmingham is now in the $500,- GOO class, and had not Congress changed the postoffice year from April to April into the calendar year. the Birmingham postoffce would doubtless have gone into the higher class by next April.
 A campaign has been planned and prob- ably will be started within the next two weeks to get railroads and other large corporations that are buying their stamps in other cities to buy from the local post office. Many of the railroads running into Birmingham buy all their postage from other cities and many large cor porations that have branch offices here furnish the postage for their use from the main office. Thus many thousands of dollars are kept from going through the local office each year, and Birming- ham suffers on account of the small showing in postal receipts.
 When the Birmingham postoffce gets into the $600,000 class the postmaster will receive 5000 year increase in his salary,