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Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15
Constipation Makes Baby Uncomfortable

When it's tender little organs are bound up with a congestion of stomach waste in the bowels. Baby is a mighty uncomfortable morseI of humanity, and reflects its dis comfort in its disposition. If Mother. will just give 1t a tiny dose of a mild laxative. such as pr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. the congestion will quickly loosen and be expelled. and her child be nor pr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is especially desirable for children, because 1t contains no opiate or narcotic drug, being a combination of simple laxative herbs with pep sin, mild and gentle in action, positive in effect, and very palata- ble. Children like it and take it readily. Druggists sell pr. Cald- wells Syrup Pepsin for fifty cents a bottle; a trial bottle, free of charge, can be obtained by writing to pr. W. B. Caldwell, 456 Wash ington St.. Monticello, Illinois.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Washington, N. H.. for a stay of sev- eral weeks.
 Mrs. l evi Weston has returned to Brockton, Mass, having been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Henry Green man.
 Miss karislza Gates has purchased the Capt George Eldredge house.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15
YANTIC
Manchester Visitor Presents Records
 for School Graphaphone - Harold Talbot injures Fingers-Good Pota-
 to Yield

MT. and Mrs. James Morton spent Sunday in Hartford and at Broad Brook with relatives.
 MT. Miller has returned to the home of his daughter. Mrs. M. D. Murphy after a stay of several days with Mrs. Butler of Cemetery Lane.
 Mrs. John Coughlin has returned from a ten days stay in Westerly where she visited Mrs. M. H. Scan lon.
 Mir and Mrs. John Buckley and son Jack were guests at The Towers on Thursday
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

are urgently. needed. Will you not help Gifts may be sent to the treasurer of the American Mc.AH Association,
 Mrs. A. R. Perkins, 1710 Chestnut
 street, Philadelphia.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15
Presented Records to School.

Harold Balch of Manchester who has been spending the week at Elm wood certainly brought the Manches- ter spirit with him as he presented the ISodom school children four sraphaphOne records. The Marseilles The Star Spangled Banner, Marching g Through Georgia and the Second Con- Eecticut Regiment March. all selec- tions educational. and all greatly ap- preciated. They will be a source of much pleasure duringIothe year
 Fingers Crushed.
 Harold Talbot, an employe of the Admore Wooien company working in the finishing room, had his right hand caught between two gears of a ma = chine and crushed his fingers so tha t he lost one nail. He was given sur eical attendance and will be obliged tc remain at home for some time.
 From Two BusheI.
 NJ. J. Shea has dug sixty bushel of potatoes from two bushel of seed, not from ten bushel as previously stated. MT. and Mrs. James Morton have been spending a couple of days in Sprin gfeld.
 Ralph Clifford of Palmer was a re- cent visitor here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
BUNN WILL SPEND
 ENTIRE TIME HERE
Says That He Has Arranged to Give Up Chattanooga
 Work April 1

O. L. Bum. secretary-manager of the Birmingham Traffic bureau, will come to Birmingham April 1 to stay. Announce ment to this effect was made by Mir. Bum, who arrived in Birmingham yester- day morning, and is spending the week here
 The new secretary manager says he ha S told the members of the Merchants as- sociation in Chattanooga that he cannot remain there after April 1, as his
 thoughts are in Birmingham anyway. On April 29 he will go to New Orleans to appear in the coffee case which comes up before the interstate commerce commission there. MT. Bum says he
 has all the information necessary in hand
 for handling the case.
 The case concerns the rate on coffee from New Orleans to Memphis and Bir- mingham, and, according to MT. Bum, it is desired to establish a less than car load rate to supplement the carload rate now existing, which will remain the same.
 MT. Bum will be in Birmingham until
 Friday, when he will return to Chatta- nooga. He expects to complete his busi- ness there. so that he may come to Bir- mingham April i to stay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
CLOTHES CLEANERS
 WANT PROTECTION
Claim Interruptions Are Using Busi- ness as Cloak for Blind Tigers
 and Gambling Joints

Seeking to discourage the irresponsible and criminal element engaged in the cleaning business, a delegation of Bir- mingham clothes cleaners represented by Roy Mccullough. sought to have an or dinance adopted to curb these malprac- tices
 The ordinance would provide that every person engaged in the business furnish a $500 bond to the license department; that a conviction of larceny, receiving or con- cealing stolen property ipso facto bar a person from engaging in the business that every shop must keep a daily rec ord
 It was the opinion of the prominent cleaners represented that this ordinance would do away with the evils of the craft It was pointed out that many persons engage in the pressing and clean ing business for the purpose of having it as a fence ito run blind tiger gam bling joint or other things that are ta- boo"
 Expressions from several members of the commission were heard to the effect that some regulations ought to be im- posed. It was moved to hold the ordi- nance over until the next meeting, when some action would be taken The other side will be summoned from a sense of fairness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
WADUCT CONTRACT IS SIGNED BY WARD;
 30 NDS ORDERED
Million Dollars of School Bonds Will Bear Date of June 1--They Must
 Bring Par

The viaduct contract has been signed.
 One million dollars in bonds will be is- sued.
 These important events in the history of Birmingham were made possible yes terday when the commission authorized George B. Ward, as president, to sign the viaduct contract for the Twenty-first street aerial passageway. The vote was to 1 in favor of the city assuming a 20 per cent burden of the entire cost.
 Though the city has the assurance of the railroads that no trouble is expected when the contract is presented to the highest officials, and that they will agree to it's provisions. no bids will be asked until they sign the contract. Work will start on the viaduct within 60 days if the contract is executed.
 The $1o0o,000 in bonds will be issued June l. There will be 1000 bonds of s1OoO denominations bearing 8 AZ per cent in- terest rate, payable sem-annually. The bring at least par when issued.
 Relative to the issue, President Ward had Secretary Clarence Lloyd read let ter from the United States Mortgagee and Trust company, which will arrange, In all probability, for placing the bonds on the market.
 There was no unusual event to mark the passage of either ordinance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
CLEANUP KEYNOTE
 OF BOARD MEETING
Ward Will Direct Campaign in April-Movie Ordi-
 nance Re-Enacted

Cleanup seemed to be a keynote at day morning. George B. Ward was named by the board to serve at the head of cleanup week in April
 The moving picture ordinance, which will give Birmingham cleaner movies, was re-enacted. The commission ordered the city ensi- |neer to prepare ordinances fixing the grade of six various streets and ave- nues.
 Thus it would seem that the city of Birmingham is soon to have few things done that will make it cleaner and more livable place.
 Mrs. DuPont Thompson appeared be- fore the commission and brought with her volume of matter relating to a general clean-up for Birmingham. The week in April. which has been formally designated as cleanup week will be aided by pos ters, letterheads, slogans and various other advertising devices if the sugges- tions of the women's civic board are accepted.
 In order that the various departments of the city might be co-ordinated to make the city scrupulously clean, the board placed as it's director George B.. Ward
 The moving picture ordinance had been discussed and there was nothing to do but to pass it. The censor for Birmng- ham has served to the satisfaction of all and the ordinance was re-enacted without comment.
 If the commission confirms all of the proposed paving ordinances, there will be considerable work for the contractors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
CEMENT PLANT DUST
 CAUSE OF COMPLAINT
Ladies of North Birmingham Appear Before Commission Asking That
 Something Be Done

A delegation of 10 women of North Bir- ningham appeared before the commis- sion yesterday morning to seek relief from the dust that the Southern Cement company's plant throws out. Mrs. Ed Wood, Mrs. w. H. Suydan, Mrs. John Herman and Mrs. H. F. Manifold were among those protesting.
 They claimed that the operation of the cement plant was nuisance; that it had killed vegetation, and otherwise proved obnoxious.
 Harold Samson, manager of the plant stated that he was now constructing a dust catcher that would be finished within 10 days. This. he felt, would re- lieve the situation. He promised to do all within his power to prevent the precpi- tate from proving a nuisance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
FORMAL OPENING OF
 NEW DRUG COMPANY
Public Invited to Call at the Tutwiler
 Drug Company This Afternoon

Formal opening of the Tutwiler Drug company will be held this afternoon be- tween the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock, and this evening between and 10 o'clock, and cordial invitation is extended to the public by the proprietors David Letaw and Richard F. Lussier, to at- tend. The drug store Is located at the Fifth avenue corner of the Tutwiler and is most handsome in it's appointments and complete in its arrangements and includes a modern sanitary soda foun- tain.
 During the hours of the opening there
 will be music and refreshments and novel souvenirs will be distributed Ths proprietors have left nothing undone that makes for the comfort and convenience of their patrons and in addition to the swell fixtures have installed high grade line of goods that is complete in every particular. They invite you to come and see for yourself what "Le Derner Cri'' in drug store is like.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
ARCTIC EXPLORER
 WILL VISIT CITY

Dr. John w. Rusxin, we'll known Arctic explorer and naturalist, who was in Bir- mingham last season, has just returned from the Arctic regions. It will be re- membered by the many friends of Dr. Ruskin that he stated when he was in Birmingham that he intended to make trip in early sumer to try and help locate one of his chums and school-mates, pr. Tanquarry, of the University of Illinois.
 Dr. Ruskin has just communicated with The Age Herald that he will be in Bir- mingham with his new ana wonderful motion pictures which he secured on his recent trip to the Arctic regions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
BIRMINGHAM BOYS
 TO BE COMMISSIONED

By virtue of the grave international crisis, two Birmingham boys will grad uate nine months earlier from the Naval academy at Annapolis. In September, 1917. Myron Dillon and Ralph Mcdowell will be commissioned as ensigns.
 The two Birmingham boys were sup posed to have been slated for graduation in June of 1918, but the latest order, ex- pediting the work to have more junior officers available, will rush their gradua- ton for next September.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21

noon today en route to Montgom- cry, where they will be mustered out of service as soon as the nec- essary orders are given.
 Captain Jordan's message was filed in Little Rock. which Indi- cated that the men will come by way of Memphis over the Frisco.
 At Birmingham they will be transferred to the Louisville and Nashville and depart In short time. The troops scheduled to pass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21

A. H. MOORE, CHI. EEK. COM.
 There Is not n more popular or re expected member of old 7S, B. F. 0. Elks than Harry Moore, chairman of the executive committee, whose physiOgnOmy somewhat smoky hut smiling still-appears above.
 Like every man who does things. he has acquired reputation--of "Ourse anyone can acquire n repu- s>stion-but that of Harry is of the envlabIe kind and has earned for him the sobriauet of "The Watch dog of the Treasury. He is "agin" all expenditures of lodge moneys that are not thoroughly considered before an appropriation Is made, but with the proverbial exception to the rule when charity Is con- cerned he will go the limit.
 While min nowisc. or otherwise. a song bird, Harry has been pre- vailed upon to cut loose and will warble that stirring ballad of heart interest. "Little Willie, We Have Missed YOu-and the Cash Box," at the EllSs minstreIs, which will be presented at the Jefferson theatre on Thursday and Friday night. March 20 and 30. for the charity fund of the lodge. Watch this column.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21

through today are divided into three sections. The third section is the one which is expected to pass through BlrminRnam about noon.
 It Is stated that the second bat taIIon of the Fourth Alabama i'm fantry regiment, commanded by Major H. \. Moon. will arrive this morning at the Terminal station between the hours of and 9 o'clock and will march through the city to the Louisville and Nash vile depot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
Prize Won By Miss Fike

The contest Tor most improvement Tn penmanship at the Spencer-Ellis Business college closed yesterday and tho follow ing were awarded with a large flourished bird: Mrs. Ada Garrott, Miss Mary r.. Feinberg, Mrs. Forest E. Rush. Walter D. Root; q was awarded to MT. Harry Berkowitz, and the first prize, large flourished eagle, was awarded to Miss Fannie R. Fike The students worked hard to gain these rewards and great progress In penmanship was made by all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
Auto Collision

An automobile delivery truck of the Jones Valley Creamery company collided with Tidewater street car at Twenty
 fifth street and Fifth avenue at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon The delivery truck was driven by Lloyd Bowles, who stated that the accident was unavoidable, ac- cordng to the police. The truck was badly damaged, but no one was injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
BOYS FROM BORDER
 WILL PASS THROUGH CITY TODAY

The boys of the Alabama brigade who have spent so many months of hard service on the border will get their first glimpse of Alabama soil today.
 Mrs. Mortimer H. Jordan re- cefved telegram last night from her husband. Captain Jordan, who Is in command of the Jefferson Volunteers company. that they will pass through Birmingham about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
J. A. Mcdonald Injured

J. A. Mcdonald 1017 South Nineteenth street. was seriously injured at 11:SO o'clock last night when he was struck by a Twentieth street loop street car at Twentieth street ana Avenue E. His left leg was fractured and he sustained in- ternal injuries MT. Mcdonald was re- moved to the Hillman hospital in an ann bulance of the Johns Undertaking com- pany, where he received medical atten- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
PYTHIAN RALLY
Huddleston to Be Principal Speaker
 at Lodge Meeting

Congressman George Huddleston will be the speaker at a rally to be given by the Birmingham lodge Mo- 85 Knights of Pythias, at the Fraternal hall on Thurs day night. Roderick Beddow. Byron Dozier and T. P. Patterson compose the entertainment committee.
 Int meeting is an open affair and all pythians in the district are invited to attend. Cigars and refreshments will be served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
Cave-In on SOuthside

The Southslde has had another Iime- stone cave-in.
 On Avenue c between Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth streets. a great hole in the street was made by sink yes- terday morning. It was about 25 feet in diameter and fully that deep.
 The matter was reported to the street department and immediate steps were taken. to fill the hole in the street. It will require fully 20 wagon loads of dirt 10 fill the caVe-in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

Jefferson--D. w. Griffith's colossal spec tacle, Intolerance" Night performance SIS.
 Lyric: Keith vaudeville. Matinee ; o'clock; night performance 7:3O and ! o'clock.
 Majestic: Musical comedy and feature pictures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-21
At the Photonlav Houses


 Princess-Charles Chaplin in "A Mirth of Nation" Trianon-"Warning" special feature. Alcazar-Valeska Suratt in "The New York Peacock Rialto-Clara Kimball Young in "A Foolish Virgin" Odeon-Henry Walthall in "A Mslead- ing Lady, strand-Carlyle Blackwell in 'The so- cial Leper." Colonial-Ford Sterling in Stars and Bars''
 Triangle-willam Desmond in "Blood Will Tell"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-19
TWO AMERICAN WOMEN ARE
BUILDING TOWN IN FRANCE

an understanding with the French
government for France had promised
that an indemnity would be paid aft
er the war, to every family, whose
home was destroyed. The AFTER the
war" payment meant that none of the
hundreds of farmers and the little
home owners could possibly begin re-
building their homes until after the
war-and the indemnity promised
only 60 per cent of the construction
cost.
But in building Vitrimont, Mrs.
Croker and Miss Polk will advance
all of the money for immediate con-
struction. The 60 per cent indemnity
from the French government will re-
vert to them whenever it is paid-bu'
the 40 per cent remaining is the gift
of the San Francisco women.
Plans for the reconstruction have
been drawn by the government archi-
tect and approved by the minister OF
the interior. They include the most
modern ideas as to sanitation, venti-
iation and Identification, while pre-
serving the general style of previous
architecture in the town. The cost OF
re- construction for each house has
been placed at about $4,000. This in
cludes cost Of granary and barn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-19
GERMAN RAIDER HAS SUNK SHIPS
WITHOUT WARNING, is THE CLAIM
Vnita Reported to Be Operating in the South Atlantic;
Latest Story Is That British Vessel Was Torpedoed
And Four Hundred Lives Lost; Survivors
Landed at Pernambuco

nambuco having on board the masters
and 237 men of the crews of some
of the lost vessels which were sunk
between December II and Jan. II.
In addition the steamer st. Theodore
was captured and a prize crew put
aboard the steamer Yarrowdale which
was captured and sent away with 400
men, the crews of others of the sun
ken vessels who were to be landed.
No other news has been received Of
their whereabout.
Most these boats when they last
reported were in the South Atlantic,
indicating that the German raider was
at work off the South American coast.
At Norfolk last night a wireless mes
sage picked up a warning that the
German raider was off the Brazilian
coast near Pernambuco Friday. The
German vessel is described as about
Continued on Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-19
HENRY WOOD.

With the French Armies in Lor-
raine, January 3.-[By Mail. 1.-Two
American women are rebuilding a
whole town in France. They are Mrs.
William Croker and Miss Daisy Polk
of San Francisco. The town is Vitri-
ment. 1t will cost them right now
500 900 of which 100000 will eventu-
ally be repaid them by the French
government. Vitrimont will be the
irst town in war torn France to be
rebuilt and it will be rebuilt from
the humblest home to the town hall
nv these two American women, after
oecial permission obtained from the
government.
Vitrimont is one of score of towns
in Lorraine, destroyed by the armies
of the crown prince of Germany and
Bavaria. who burned and DESTROYED
more villages than all of the other
German armies in France combined.
x1efore the war it contained about
.eyenty houses. OF these thirty five
were RACED by fire or bombardment
All houses suffered some.
The complete restoration of the
entire village has been undertaken bv
Mrs. Croker and Miss Polk. To begin
with it was first necessary to come ito
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-19
HAVE THE HOLY BIBLE
READ IN THE SCHOOLS
BILL FORTHAT0BJECT BEFORE
STATE SENATE
Measure Is Introduced Today BY Frank
Putnam of Blue Earth: Better Pay
For MiIitiamen On the Border; Meas
ure Designed to Hasten New Union
Depot in St. Paul: No Joke
limited Press Dispatch.l

st. Paul, Mimi, January 17.-Sen-
ator F. w. Putnam of Moorhead is
the author of a bill to allow the
reading of the Bible in the public
schools, without any danger of the
school that does this losing its
state aid.
Senators w. A. Campbell of Min >
neapolis, Richard Jones of Duluth
and E. E. Lobeck of Alexandria are
the joint authors of bill to give
the workman benefit under the work
mems compensation law one week
after he receives an injury, and not
two weeks. as now.
Senator r. G.. Dunn of Princeton
and S. NJ. Knopp of Winona have a
bill to pay the militiamen who were
on duty on the border fifty cents a
day for that service, and appropriate
ing 100000 for that purpose.
New Depot For ST. Paul.
A resolution was introduced today
by Senator l.. A. Nord of Interna-
tional Falls calling on the state rail-
road end warehouse commission to
look into all the circumstances OF
the matter of getting new union
depot for ST. Paul and report to the
state legislature. At first the reso-
luton was taken as a joke, but now
it is believed that it will result in
some legislation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-01-19
UNITED PRESS DISPATcH.l

lives was struck thirty miles off the
Brazilian coast. 1t is understood that
the victims have included the Drama
fist and Radnorshire which have been
lying between South America and
Havre and London. 1t is said also
that the Voltaire is one of the vic
Tins.
Survivors Landed at Pernambuco.
Dispatches from Pernambuco state
that 237 survivors of the wrecked
vessel have been landed at that port.
The two French schooners that were
torpedOed are reported to be the Nam
ties and the Asnieres. Other vessels
that have been sunk are reported to
have been the Newport, Land, No
vanti, Semple, San Gorgio, Messer,
King George, Yamondale st. Uldora,
Michelnthiel, ST. Sael Snowden Gran
&c and Gaily.
Some of the survivors state that
it is impossible to tell what is the
name of the vessel that has been
seized and converted by the Germans
into raider. They say the vessel
has been painted a dead black and
no name can be seen on it. &c.
Confirmation of the News.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.]
London, January 17.-Eight British
and two French merchant vessels
were sunk, and two steamships cap
tured by the German raider, it was
officially announced. The British
ships sunk were the Dramatist, Rad
norshire, Ninth, Metherbyhall, Mount
Temple, King George, George and
Voltaire. The French boats sunk
were Nantes and Asnieres. The St.
Theodore and Yarrowdale were cap
tured Definite information has been
received from Pernambuco confirm
ing the losses. The reports say that
on Monday evening the Japanese
steamer Hudson Naru arrived off Per-