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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
OPEN-AIR SCHOOL
 TO BE DEDICATED

Next Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock dedication services will be held for the new open-air school which has been erect ed in Green Springs park. The programme for the exercises will be as follows:
 Chairman, Solon Jacobs.
 Dedicatory prayer, the Rev. M s. Barn. well.
 Story of the Undertaking" Secretary George Eaves.
 Message from City Commission. Con- missioner George Ward.
 Message from Board of Revenue" Dr. R. F. Lovelady.
 The School Board and the Open-Air School" Dr. J. H. Phillips.
 "The Medical Value of the Work" Dr. R. M. Cunningham.
 '"rhe Children Who Are Not Here" Dr. Morris Newfield.
 "The Struggle For the Life of Others Dr. Henry M. Edmonds.
 Benediction, the Rev. Dwight S. Bayley.
 The meeting will be held under the shade of the great oaks near which the new pavilion has been erected. Ice water and sanitary drinking cups will be pro- vided by the association. The total pro- ceedings will last exactly one hour.
 The site is reached by the Idlewild car and a three blocks walk through the center of the park By auto it will be found to the left of the Shades valley road. as 1t passes the spring beyond the little white church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
RECIPES CAUSES OF
 SLACK COAL TRADE
E. J. Rowe Says Coal Men Reap No Benefit From Prosperity of
 Iron Makers

"As coal is the real basis of Birming- hams strength I am sure our people are interested in the series of interviews pre- sented by The Age-Herald on the com dition of the coal industry remarked E. J. Rowe. sales manager of the Yo- lande Coal and Coke company
 "The fact is that the commercial coal operators of the Birmingham district have reaped practically no benefit from the prosperity that has come to the iron making companies, as might be supposed by the uniformed public
 Among the reasons why conditions are not good for the coal operators, might be mentioned that all operators have been forced to increase their output so as to get the minimum cost to meet com petition; therefore, the production of coal is greater than the demand. Then. too, the same thing has caused other in- dustries, such as railroads, to reduce their fuel requirements by adopting the best operating equipment and practices.
 Mine supplies and material have greatly advanced since the war started. As the mines are developed to greater depths, the cost of production increases accordingly.
 are not receiving returns in proportion to the money invested, because the sell ing price has not kept pace with the in- creased cost of supplies and other ex- penses incident to production"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
STAGE MOCK TRIAL TOMORROW NIGHT Popular Sunday School Su- perintendent to Be Tried
 for Inefficiency

One of the most interesting Sunday school meetings for Sunday school workers of all denominations will be held by the workers of the west North side district of the Birmingham Sum day School association. The place of the meeting will be the First Methodist church in the Sunday school room, and the time tomorrow night.
 This meeting will be a mock trial R. l.. EZelle, superintendent of the First Methodist Sunday school, and ore of the city's most efficient workers, has been charged by the grand jury" of the west Northside district of "wilful1y. maliciously and with malice aforethought shirking hts duties as Sunday school superintendent" and he has been declared to be incompetent, inefficient. and unfit to be superintend- ent of a Sunday school where teachers, officers and pupils are faithful, loyal and willing" The following persons will take part in the mock tcial:"
 Plaintiff: West Northside district, Le roy Holt. district president
 Defendant: R. I. EZelle. superintend- ent of First Methodist Episcopal Sun day school
 Judge: pr. J. M Broadly. pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church.
 Clerk: J. R. McAdory.
 ALLOTnoyS \HTOSeCullOnJ- Tdnk DOIIt . mick and L. R. Hanna.
 Attorneys (Defending): Hugh A Locke and Joe c. Hall.
 Jury: B. P. Beard. foreman; Miss An nie Mae Cole. Miss Marion Goar, Mrs N. |. Bagley. Mrs. c. Milan, Miss Flora Jones, E. G. Hagood, T. J. Nich- olas. Miss Fannie Mae Pointer, s. S. Godbee, A. J. Spear. Emmet Williams and Dr. Lola Taylor.
 Witnesses: E. N. Hamill. M. R Mo- Neill, G. G. Moore, J. T. Abernathy, G. G. Mackey, B. K. Fisk. c E. Massey.
 MT. Ezelle will furnish his own wit nesses.
 Expert witness from Nashville. Tenn, Miss Minnie E. Kennedy.
 Sunday school workers ot all denom- nations in the city are invited to att tend this "mock trial" The district convention business meeting will con sume only few minutes of time, and after the meeting refreshments will be served by Miss Lena Easily. Miss Fan nie Bell Spiva. Mrs. H. D. Cullen and Mrs. Leroy Holt No admission will he charged.
 The superintendent of the following Sunday schools will be hosts to Sunday school officers. teachers and their friends interested in Sunday school work: First Methodist, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian. Pilgrim Congrega tional. Fountain Heights Methodist, Calvary Baptist North Highlands Presbyterian, Acipco Mission Presbyterian and Acipco Methodist.
 The programme will be full of fun and instruction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
PROMINENT MEN ID . GIVE ASSISTANCE
 ID MUSCLE SHOALS
Conference Will Be Held in Nashville, July IA, in In- terest of the Big
 Nitrate Plant

John Sharp Williams of Mississippi ia
 to be the chairman of the meeting held
 at Nashville July IA in the interest of the
 development of Muscle Shoals, and Sem ator Oscar Underwood and a number of
 other prominent senators, congressman and governors will be on the programme
 for addresses, according to William c.
 Radcliffe, general manager of the Cham
 Der of Commerce, who attended meet
 ing of the committee of 15 at Nashville
 Friday to arrange the preliminary plans.
 Members of the committee from Bir- minghanl, Nashville, Chattanooga and Memphis were in attendance.
 A subcommittee on arrangements, com
 sisting of Col. A. M. Shook, Maj. E. B.
 Stahlman. and ". R. Manier, all of
 Nashville, was named to handle the de-
 tails for the meeting and complete the
 programme for the gathering which is
 expected to be representative of all the
 states in this section. Tentative plans
 outlined at the committee meeting Fri
 day provide for delegation of 100 lead
 ing men of the several states interested
 in the development of Muscle Shoals and
 the location at that point of the pro-
 posed $20,000, GOO government nitrate plant to go to WaSnlngtOn at a udJe later III the summer and work in the interest of the Alabama point
 It is planned to prepare data setting forth fully the many advantages said ta be offered by Muscle Shoals as the site
 for the government nitrate plant and to present to the Washington authorities all | the evidence which can be compiled re- | gardng the location. Publicity will be ] arranged for in newspapers and maga- zines, and public meetings will be held l throughout this section to arouse the people to the importance of the proposi- tion and to the opportunity which is of- fered to get this plant.
 "At the meeting of the committee Fri day. we merely outlined the tentative plans and left the details to be arranged | by a committee of Nashville men," said MT. Radcliffe yesterday. "The people of Tennessee are keenly aroused to the inn portance of getting this plant for Muscle Shoals and they are setting Alabama pace which will be hard to equal. They believe that this Is the biggest oppor- tunity the south has had in sometime and they propose to leave no stone unturned | in an effort to win the prize"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25

they have, the name of the company should be shown, as should the regiment, or to whatever other division they be- long," said MT. Poole. All mail should be sent to Military Camp, Montgomery, Ala D
 Today will be spent quietly by the guardsmen and many of them will visit their homes at some hour during the day to bid farewell before departing Saturday, however was a busy day with all the local companies. The drilling of the recruits and the instruction of the men in the manual of arms and other rudiments which must be learned was continued with unabated energy. At fre- quent intervals the different companies paraded the streets although there was no general parade during the day.
 The local division of the American Fed eration of Musicians No. 256, will accom- pany the troops to the train Monday morning. A band of 30 pieces has been arranged and it is expected that several thousand people will be at the station to see local troops leave for Montgomery.
 J. H. Doughty, general agent of the Frisco system, yesterday received a mes sage stating that any employees of that line going to the front with the National Guard would have their positions held for them until their return or similar places would be provided after they have completed their service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25

Just one week after the first call for the National Guard for duty on the Mexican border was received in Birming- ham. the local infantry and artillery will depart for the concentration camp at Montgomery.
 The three infantry organizations of Birmingham, the one at Bessemer and the two batteries of field artillery here will report to the brigade commander and the special officers of the United States army with practically the full war strength.
 The first special train will be operated tomorrow morning over the Louisville and Nashville, leaving Birmingham at 6:30 o'clock. It will leave Bessemer at 5:30 o'clock, brining Company D, of that city, under command of Capt. Lacey Ed mundson. Here it will be boarded by Company K, commanded by Capt M. H. Jordan, Company c, under command of Capt. J. Towles Evans, and Company B, commanded by Capt. Hal F. Halstead, and the hospital corps, commanded by Lieut.. R. F. Ashworthy
 The special, which will take the bat teries to Montgomery, leaves at noon over the Louisville and Nashville. Battery A,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
ENORMOUS CUT
 IN DEATH RATE

Surveying the last Il years death rate the city health officer, Dr. R. M. Cunning ham. divides the period in half, showing in the first half tuberculosis was respon- sible for the death rate per annum of 108 whites and 519 negroes per 100000 of their respective populations. In the last half of the period there Is remarkable fall ing off, showing "A whites and 36O ne- groes per 100000 dying from the same cause. This shows reduction of about one-third in the white population and of more than one-fourth in the colored
 pr. Cunningham adds: T know of no other conjecture than to attribute this remarkable reduction to the excellent work of the Anti-Tuberculosis association It must be borne in mind that prevention of tuberculosis is largely a matter of living conditions, and is not so much a problem of general sanitation as of hy- giene."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
DELEGATES FOR
 FORREST HIGHWAY

President Bush of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday announced the ap- pointment of the following delegates from Jefferson county to the meeting of the Forrest Highway association at Clan ton July 6: H. M. Beck, Robert Jemi- son, Jr., T. H. Motion, George McCleery. Dan Burson of Warrior, R. F. Lovelady, Hugh McGeever, F. B. Shireman, Dr.. H. E. Dedman, Judge B. M. Allen and w. c. Radcliffe.
 It is expected that practically every county in the state will be represented at the meeting at Clanton and strong dele gations in favor of each of the routes which have been suggested will be pres ent In addition to the delegates from Jefferson county, the following men have been named to represent Blount and Shelby counties at the meeting:
 Blount county: Judge John F. Kelton, Oneonta; J. A. Vandoose, Bangor; w. M Drennen, Blount Springs; E.. J. Bryan, Reeds; John Graves, Bangor; Jesse Phil lips, Blountsville, Route 2; pr. c. l.. Stansberry. Oneonta; w. F. Harrell, Blount Springs; A. E.. Lewis, Blount Springs.
 Shelby county: D. J. Ruffin. Helena; H. M. Judge. Columbiana; Judge A. P. Longshore, Columbiana; w. G. Nichols, Calera; MT. O'Neill. Lime Works, Calera J. B. Bird. Columbiana; MT. Davidson, Calera (member new board of commits sioners); MT. Oates, Pelham; Frank Miller, Pelham; J. B. Adams Longview Lime Works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
LOCAL INFANTRY CCMPANIES TO LEAVE
 FOR CAPITAL EARLY MONDAY MORNING
 DayReHgious Here

under command of Capt. L. s. Dorrance, and Battery c. commanded by Capt. C.. P. Nolan. will take more than 300 men to the camp.
 Another special troop train will pass through Birmingham at 9:30 O clock to- morrow morning. It will be made up at Sheffield and New Decatur and will bring those two companies to this city. The Pell City company, commanded by Capt. J. Gardner Greene, which arrives over the Southern early tomorrow morning, will board the 9:30 train and proceed to Montgomery.
 The officers and men of Battery c will attend the Independent Presbyterian church today to hear Dr. H. M. Ed monds. At the request of Captain Nolan, reservation has been made for the members of the battery and all of them will be seated together.
 Another religious service will be con- ducted this afternoon at 5 o'clock in Cap ital park by Dr. Albert Sydney Johnson, pastor of the South Highland Presbyte- rian church. All members of the national guard are requested to attend this service.
 Leander Poole, chief clerk of the rail- way service, yesterday issued instruc- tions concerning mail intended for the IT embers of the National Guard while they are encamped in Montgomery.
 Mail for the men should be addressed to them as private or whatever title
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
HANDSOME WATCH
 FOR CHAMBERLAIN
Alabama Power Co. Elm ployes Remember Retiring
 General Manager

F. H. Chamberlain, the retiring gen. era1 manager of the Alabama Power company. was yesterday presented with ployes of the company in Birmin gha1n and in the other Alabama cities where the company has offices.
 The speech of presentation was made by Thomas W. Martin. vice president and general manager, who paid a high tribute to MT. Chamberlain and voiced feelingly the loss which each of the officers and employees of the company felt at the departure of MT. Chamber lain. MT. Martin laid stress upon the high regard in which the retiring gen. eral manager was held personally and of the close ties of friendship which ex- isted between him and every other per- son connected with the company.
 The presentation took place in the presence of more than 100 of the off cials and employees of the company, all having met at the general offices here for the occasion. MT. Chamberlain was deeply affected by the spirit manifest ed by his associates of the past two years and more and responded with a brief but telling little speech.
 w. N. Walmsley. who is to succeed MT. Chamberlain as general manager made brief talk to the officers and employees present. expressing his grati- fication at being associated with them and voicing the loss which the com pany had sustained in the resignation of MT. Chamberlain.
 The watch was presented to MT Chamberlain by all the officials and the employees of the general offices the employees of the Magella substation Huntsville. Gadsden. Decatur, Alniston Talladega and Lock 12
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
Y. M. [. A. TOFOLLOW
 MILITIA INTO CAMPS
Hundred Baths a Day Now Being Accorded to Lo-
 cal Guardsmen

The Young Mems Christian assocfa has arranged to go to the front with the state militia. The Young Mems Christian association will have several secretaries in camp at Montgomery with the large pavilion as a social center for the soldier boys. Games, cor respondence facilities. athletics, special lectures and meetings will be provided by the association for these young men away from home. Secretary Stall ings of the local Young Mems Chris- tian association has just been notified by the international committee that plans are being perfected to send large number of secretaries with tents to the Mexican border. and that state mobilization camps will be taken care of very promptly. Funds arc being raised to finance this work. The asso- citation will serve the soldiers in every camp established in this country.
 The Young Mems Christian associa- tions of this country have 800 secre- taries working among the armies and prison camps of Europe, and are spend ing $250,000 in promoting this work. The crowned heads and generals com mend 1t in the highest terms. It is the ---~-- wherever they are gathered in large numbers, especially in the army ard navy of this country.
 The local association regrets hat 1t has been unable to serve every enlisted man representing the companies in Bir- mingham. in it's bathing department during the past week. Tho association has given these men on an average of more than 100 baths day, and regrets that its facilities have been inadequate to serve the 600 or more men enlisted every day. Few outside of the mem bership of the association realize that an average of 1000 baths are taken at the local association every day in the week except Sunday. and that an aver age of 200 baths are given free to vis- itors. With membership of over 2000, taxing the physical department at times, it is almost impossible to accom- modate 600 additional men without time to provide additional facilities How ever, the association Is endeavoring to serve the local militia to the extent of 100 a day. and should they remain in Birmingham longer than the present week the association will be able to accommodate twice the number each day. This service is entirely free to the enlisted men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
INJUNCTION SUITS . SET FOR HEARING
 NEXT WEDNESDAY
Several Days Will Be Con- stunned in Arguments Be- fore Judge H. A.
 Sharpe

On next Wednesday morning will be- gin the oral arguments for and against the two injunction suits filed by T. c. Mcdonald against the city commission CTS of Birmingham. The hearing is ex- pected to last the remainder of the week, and no decision is expected for at least two more weeks as both sides will file lengthy briefs at the conclusion of the oral parleys. The hearing will be be- fore Judge H. A. Sharpe of the city court
 T. C. Mcdonald, former chief of po- lice, and former member of the state legislature, alleges in his suits against the city commissioners that the city should be enjoined from issuing $S,0oo0OO of bonds for the building of schools, mu- nicpal light plant and a city audito- rum because of the alleged misuse of the special interest and sinking fund created by the state constitution for the payment of bond issues sold previous to ratification. On the other hand, the city authorities deny any misuse of the sink ing fund and allege with vehemence that Mr. Mcdonald is an unpatriotic citizen, and the agent of selfish bankers and public service corporations who would profit by the embarrassment of the city. as would follow, if the court rules against the city commissioners.
 The Mcdonald injunction suits have at- tracted considerable attention, and the commissioners have given it as their opinion that it means bankruptcy for Bir- mingham if the contentious of Mr. Nc Donald are upheld. Others have not viewed the situation so seriously.
 As to the defence of the city little is known. While the commission has is sued various interviews attacking MT. Mcdonald and his motives it has been very reticent regarding its probable con- duct at court However. it is generally agreed that the attorneys representing Birmingham will make every effort to have the Mcdonald suits thrown out of court
 MT. Mcdonald will be represented by Percy, Benners & Burr, and the city commission by Cabaniss and Bowie. City Attorney M. M. Ullman and Comms- sioner James Weatherly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
Proper Thing Now Is to
 Peel Off Soiled Skin

'
 Those who abhor sticky, greasy, shiny, streaked complexions should re- ligiously avoid creams, powders and rouges during the heated days There's no need for them. anyway, since the virtues of mercolized wax have become known. No amount of precipitation will produce any evidence that you've been using the wax As. it is applied at bedtime and washed off in the morn makeup. Mercolized wax gradually takes off a bad complexion. instead of adding anything to make it worse. It has none of the disadvantages of cos metics and accomplishes much more in keeping the complexion beautifully white, satiny and youthful. Just get an ounce of it at your druggists and see what a few. days treatment will do. Use like cold cream.
 Another effective warm weather treatment-heat tending to cause wrinkles and flabbiness-is a skin tightener made by dissolving 1 oz powdered saxolite in # pt. witch hazel. Its use Gas face bath) leaves no trace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
USE OF BOOKS ON
 SUMMER VACATION

Any time after the 1st of June each year, residents of Birmingham leaving town may draw as many as six 14-day books and keep them until September 30 If there is great demand the books are subject to recall after 2S days. so the borrower is required to keep the library informed concerning his address.
 Last year numbers of people enjoyed this privilege. More than 50 books have been thus issued. already this month. About three-fou. chs of them are fiction. The others infIude such varying titles as Social Teachings of Jesus," Shaw s Man and Superman," Canning, Pre- serving and Pickling," and Sesame and Lilies.' Judging from the fiction, various people are gratifying various tastes, but large percentage of novels are standard One borrower seems to be making a speciay study of Thackery. another of Tclstoi, according to the library assist arts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
GIFT TO PENITENTIARY
Christian Science Books and Papers
 Are Placed in Library

The state penitentiary library at We tumpka has recently received from the trustees under the will of Mary Baker Eddy the following books on Christian Science by Mary Baker Eddy:
 Science and Health. with Key to the Scriptures; Miscellaneous Writings
 The First Church of Christ. Scientist. and Miscellany Unity of Good.
 Retrospection and Introspection.
 Pulpit and Press
 Rudimental Divine Science.
 No and Yes.
 Messages to the Mother Church
 Also the Life of Mary Baker Eddy. by Sibyl Wilbur, and the following periodi- calls: The Christian Science Journal (monthly), Christian Science Sentinel (weelly), Der Herold du Christian Science monthly). These books and periodicals have been presented without cost to the library and are to be placed at the dis posal of the reading public as soon as they have been catalogued
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
FOUR MILLION WOMEN VOTERS

Incidentally, there were 100000 women voters in the nation, and the states where they enjoyed equal privileges at the polls with the men cast 91 electoral votes Since the previous convention, let it be borne in mind Illinois had given the ballot to women, and no longer was the movement confined to unimportant vest ern states The big states were falling into line. And then the democrats fell into line with the indorsement of suf- frage for women to be granted by the several states. To be sure the Pres i6ent had sent the word that this must be done, but the fact remains that the action was no less significant. For the first time in the history of the nation, woman suffrage was mentioned in the platforms of the two great parties, and both mentioned the project with favor.
 'When the two great parties. taking notice of this great issue for the first time in their history, almost simulta- neously adopted blanks in their platforms favoring equal suffrage. is it any wonder that the suffragists of the nation are highly pleased over the result?" asked Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, a national officer of the American Woman Suffrage association. who attended all three con- ventions.
 'The suffrage organization had plead-
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