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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22

lN EPoRTs from all the departments lN\ of the woman's committee, na- tional council of defense of Jeff is chairman, show the organization to be most active in all forms of war work.
 Mrs. Charles J. Sharpe made a splendid report on camp activities, stating that numerous articles are being sent every week for the comfort and amusement of the soldiers in camp. Mrs. Sharpe spoke of the splendid contributions made in the recent fruit drive and stated that she had received letters from soldiers ex- pressing their appreciation uf these deli cacies. All who wish to contribute to the work of this committee on camp activities are requested to communicate with Mrs Charles Sharpe, chairman.
 Mrs. George Gibson, president of the Mother Goose club, reported her club having made $4oo worth of material into baby garments and sent to France and Belgium during the past year.
 The farewell committee, of which Mrs. H. E. Pearce is chairman, reported hav- ing served 2T men to luncheon at Hoover kitchen, giving same sewing kits on their departure; s9 men from City Board November were furnished arm bands and sewing kits
 Mrs. J. o. Thompson, historian. re- ported much work done in the registra- tion of the Jefferson county men, who have entered service.
 Mrs. D. A. Echols reported that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Study circle will meet this after noon at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Louis Hall, 1032 South Eleventh avenue The presi- dent urges a large attendance, as busi- ness of importance will be discussed. The Culture club will meet this morn White, 1918 Fifteenth street, south.
 The. Sahala club will meet with Mrs. H. w. Fisch. 1117 Twenty-eighth street, north, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
 The New Era Study club will meet this afternoon at o'clock at the home of Mrs. Archie Witt.
 The Edgewood meets this afternoon with Mrs. J. H. Eddy.
 The Joycrofters club will meet this afternoon with Mrs. John Douglas. on South Eleventh avenue.
 The Amaranth club will meet this aft ernoon at o'clock with Miss Florence Ballard, 11o3 Twenty-fifth street. north
 
 The Study circle of the West End Methodist church will hold an all-day session today beginning at Il o'clock at the church The programme of today will finish the year of 1918 and is most at- tractive one.
 There will be a meeting of the Wilcox chapter. U. D. C., this afternoon at 2;So O clock at the Tutwiler. The meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs. W. W. Clayton is Ill at her home at Graymont, suffering from an attack of influenza.
 Mrs. William Rose and Miss Lillian Rose spent few days in the city this week. making the trip from Tuscaloosa in their car,
 MT. and Mrs. s. l.. Smith are the guests of their daughter, Mrs. N. l.. Pierce, in Huntsville, en route home from a visit to Chattanooga.
 MT. and Mrs. Smith Terry have re- turned from a visit to relatives in Hop kinsville and Louisville. Ky. Mrs H. G. Seibles, who was to have been the guest of MT. and Mrs. Ross Smith, this week, has postponed her visit until later.
 Mrs. Warner Shook is i'll at her home. dren are i'll with influenza at their home on Sixteenth avenue. south.
 Lieut.. and Mrs. J. F. Burbage, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs, Is. w, Burbage, on Fifteenth street, south, have returned to Waco, Tex.
 Harriet and Cullom Walker. the, young children of Judge and Mrs. William Walk CT. are i'll at their home.
 Little Miss Margaret Hundley, daugh- ter of Judge and Mrs. Oscar Hundley, Is i'll at their home.
 The many friends of Miss Barbara, daughter of Mir and Mrs. s. R. Ran som of Graymont, will be interested to learn that she has been ordered to re- port immediately for overseas duty. Miss Ransom has been for the past few years head of the physical culture department of the Central high school and Is ably fitted to aid in the reclamation work to which department she has been assigned.
 Mrs. Lowell Yerkes, who has been the guest of MT and Mrs. Eugene Munger. will be the weekend guest of MT. and Mrs Webb Crawford.
 Mrs. M. c. Stribling has received of- ficial notice that her grandson, Lieut.. William S. Holcombe, has been severely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
Mrs. H O. Moore Tells of Visit to Fort Sill and of How the War Camp Community Service Became Interested in Work of Army Women Which Proved Valuable Measure

only able to see one's husband every now and then, made life almost unbearable and this very reason and this very sit- ua tion brought about the war work among the army women which resulted in a very interesting and really human sort of war measure.
 "The idea was conceived and carried out" Mrs. Moore said, "of forming a sort of war measure so that the wives of the officers and enlisted men might find some sort of diversion socially, and was asked to take the chairmanship. You understand, 1t was not club, or anything of that sort that was formed ; no dues, no obligations, but something or the order of the Rotary club idea; i; an official hotel was selected and a table q hote luncheon prepared on a cer- tain day and all women who were eligi- be were invited; in this way new ac- quaintances were formed and women who had no friends and nothing to do, became friends and the result was really very charming little bond of sympathy and friendship which meant great deal to those lonely women.
 ',The fact that the enlisted men and officers were looked after socially Mrs. Moore said, made it all the harder, for their wives who were left to their own devices and this was no reflection upon the civilians; it was simply d condition. and 1t was up to the army women to do something for themselves; the war camp community service took up the measure and became interested in 1t as war measure and the idea formed itself into very agreeable and necessary part of our life in camp. You see at the various welfare organizations-the huts were used entirely for the entertainment of the men and comfort of the men-but the women had absolutely no recourse; it was to stay in a hotel cooped up all day or make some diversion for our selves
 The idea of the army women arrang- ing themselves into this work" Mrs. Moore said "was taken up at several other camps and the matter was brought to the attention of the officials at Wash ington, who approved of it and wanted the plans carried into all the camps; how this will terminate now I do not know, since the armistice has been signed; but I fancy that if the camps continue any length of time as they undoubtedly must-at least for while that the plan will be carried out and thoroughly enjoyed. Besides the lunch- cons, as chairman of army women, [ arranged musicales and teas for the army women and we brought quite a bit of atmosphere socially into an otherwise prosy and very unromantic spot-excep. for the men, who were always busy of course with their work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
VICTORY BALL COMMITTEES

A most interesting and well attended meeting of Mrs. Robert R. Meyers com mittee and the subchairman of the Vic tory ball was held yesterday morning at the Country club.
 The plans are to be very elaborate and the affair promises to be one of the most brilliant events of it's kind ever given in Birmingham.
 Mrs W. H. Kettig, who is one of the city's most popular and artistic matrons, will be in charge of the decorations and will be assisted by Mrs. Charles 0. Locke and Mrs. Felix Drennen. An elaborate supper will be served late in the evening and the guests will include a number of out t-of-town guests as we'll as number of soldiers from Camp Me- Clellan, Camp Sheridan and Pensacola.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
Priority Ratings Cancelled

Washington, November Y.-Formal cancellation of all priority rating of the war industries board except for the navy, the emergency fleet corporation, railroads and telephone and telegraph companies, was announced today by Priorities Commissioner Parker Al- though formal priorities are discontin- ued, the industries of the country were called upon by Commissioner Parker to give preference to orders that would speed up production of the more es- sential commodities, such as equipment for the production and distribution of food and fuel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
MRS. M'KINLEY ENTERTAINs

One of the attractive affairs of the week was the meeting of the Pi Sigma Psi club, which met at the home of Mrs. Guy Mckinley at East Lake. Following business meet rock was played and the score prize was won by Mrs Charles Bernhard. Late in the afternoon plate course was served to Mrs. s. R. Hutto, Mrs. E. D. McAdory. Mrs. Charles Ber- nard, Mrs. Beecher Byrd, Mrs. Edward Mckinley, Mrs. Hughes Smith, Miss Mary Anna Mcdonald. Miss Mary Louise Bernard and Miss Lucille Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
Lottie R. Satterwhite's
 Will Is PrObated

The will of Lottie R. Satterwhite has been probated in the probate court. Henry, Charles, w. L.. E. w.. Ida A, and George Ranschter; Bertha N. and Mrs. w. c. Brighton; Blanche Atkins. Cecil Landers Nell and Frank L. Salisbury and Edna Partridge be- ing the beneficiaries.
 The will was filed by Edward c. Sat terwhite, administrator of the estate Of the deceased, filed the petition for the probation of the will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
MRS. J. R. RICEs COMMITTEE

Mrs. J. R. Rice, who will have charge of one of the most attractive features of the entertainment section of the victory ! ball, has asked Mrs. Hubert Drennen, Mrs. Frances Arnold Debardeleben, Mrs. J. l.. Drennen and Mrs. Ben McCann to
 assist her. Mrs. Rice's popularity and splendid executive ability are an assur-
 ance of the success of the feature that
 she is sponsoring and it promises to be
 one of the most unique and beautiful Of
 all the Victory ball attractions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
Kyser's Will Probated

The will of P. NJ Kyser, who died at Camp Lee, Va, has been probated i'll the probate court. Philip A. and Mar garette A. Kyser parents of the de- ceased. being the beneficiaries. The Birmingham Trust and Savings com pany, as eXecutor of the estate of the deceased, filed the petition for the pro- bation of the will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
CARTON LABELS ARRIVE

Mrs. Torrance Gaston. chairman of the
 Christmas boxes, announces that she has received the blank labels for the Christ
 mas cartons which are to be given to
 the mothers, wives or sisters of soldiers abroad who have not received labels from their boys abroad. They are re- quested to call at the Brown-Marx build- ing on First avenue as soon as possible
 Every one taking one of these labels
 must sign a. card stating that no other Christmas box will be sent to the same soldier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22

spent SIX months oh the Mexican border with the United States troops and for the past year has been in France and is now only 20 years of age.
 Miss Annie Baker Jones of Columbia, Tenn, is the guest of Mrs. James l.. Davidson.
 Dr. L. A. Crumley is improving at his home following an attack of influenza.
 Mir and Mrs. F. McFerrin Wilson an. nounce the arrival of a son and daugh ter, whom they have named Hunter Mo. Perrin and Virginia Gertrude.
 Mrs. Charles Edward Hutchens, aftef la most delightful visit of tive months, spent with her daughter, Mrs. Carroll G. Murphree, has returned to her home in Huntsville.
 Mrs James Bowron spent few days in Selma this week with Mrs. Edgar Bowron.
 Mrs B. B. Rudulph and little daughter of Selma are visiting friends in the city
 Mrs John R. Copeland has returned from a short stay in Anniston.
 Mrs James Scott has returned to her home in Tuscaloosa after a visit to friends here.
 MT. Wilmer Cannon and his sister, Miss kathryne Cannon, who spent the past few days in the city. have returned to Tuscaloosa
 The following from the Mobile Register will be of interest to Birmingham friends:
 Mrs. E. L. Russell is leaving on Tues day for Chicago and Virginia. expect ing to be absent from Eps3e -ntil Christ mas. Mrs. Russell is gog to Chicago for special work wita tie tudents of the Moody Bible sciiooi agii ter to Bris- tol, Va, to wors s paA the girls colleges there. CulY Eae 'luenza epi- demic has given Ml ts9 ellis family and friends the her com pany at home u ss she Is such a splendid workt 3s ns Moody Bible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22

is an important one and all members
 are asked to be present.
 The Quest club will meet this after noon with W. Y. Dill at her home on South Eighteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
MRS. JACKsON'S COMMITTEE

Mrs. James Kirkman Jackson, who will be the chairman of the flower booth of the Victory ball, announces her committee as follows: Mrs Frank Grider. Mrs. Culpepper Exum. Mrs. H. B. Gray and Mrs. John Builder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
OYSTER SUPPER

The women of the Third Presbyterian church will give an oyster supper in the dining room of the church this evening from to 10 o'clock. All friends of the pastor, Rev. J. A. Bryan, and the church are invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
THANKS FOR COMFORT QUILT
MRS. L. G. LATHAM,s WORKERS

In response to the urgent call from Red Cross headquarters for help in the knit ting department. Mrs. L. G. Latham wishes all those knitters who have done such valiant work in that line in the past as well as any others who are will ing to join the forces, to call at the Knights of Columbus hall immediately. Judging by the work accomplished last winter By these faithful women. she is sure they will everyone respond to this request.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22

ried just few days, may be, at best few weeks, were the loneliest, most wretched creatures you can imagine
 'To be suddenly placed among perfect strangers" Mrs. Moore said, and have
 no friends-not even an acquaintance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
RED CROSS BULLETIN

abroad to return them at once. Nearly
 1000 have not been returned and the committee will be swamped with work if everyone delays until the last minute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
THE IMPERATIVE CALL

Surgeon General Gorgas, United States army, must have 25,oo0 nurses for the army alone. It is the duty of the Ameri- can Red Cross to supply them.
 He must have 5000 of these nurses by June 1, 191S
 The needs of the navy must also be met.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22

wounded in action. Lieutenant Holcombe spent six months oh the Mexican border with the United States troops and for the past year has been in France and Is now only 20 years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22

school finds in her one of it's most ef- ficient and earnest teachers. She will return home to spend the Christmas hol- idays with her mother. Mrs. J. P. Billups and family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22
RETURN CARTON

1 Mrs. Torrance urges everyone who has
 a Christmas carton out for her soldier
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22

Miss Annie Baker Jones of Columbia Tenn, is the guest of Mrs. James L Davidson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-22

Now a sour, acid-stomach, or ''sup- eracidity", of course, simply means too much acid in the stomach. You can now quickly rid your stomach of it's excess acid. Awonderful modern remedy called EATONIC literally wipes 1t out. It does the work easily,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-04
Field Labor for
BeetS Un0btainable

The project of raising large acre
age of sugar beets this year has been
abandoned in klamath county on ac-
count of the inability to secure for
eign labor for field work. The Utah
Idaho Beet Sugar Company, under
whose supervision a substantial crop
of beets was raised last year, and
which had already made plans for a
much larger acreage this year, has
been obliged to abandon the work
for the coming season, according to
Jesse Jarvis, who has been employed
by the company to promote the work
in that vicinity.
Mr.. Jarvis states that large num-
ber of the farmers were anxious to
plant beets this year at the prices
by the company, but only on
that the foreign labor
could be furnished for the field hand
work, and II this is not available they
would not consider putting in the
crop.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-04
Butler to Receive
Sentence Saturday

William Butler, the Eagle Point
rancher found guilty of manslaughter
by a jury in the circuit court late
Friday night, will be sentenced by
Judge Calkins next Saturday. The
penalty ranges from one to fifteen
years in the penitentiary and a fine
not exceeding $1,000. The jury
stood seven to five for conviction on
the first ballot and this did not
change until late in the night when
the jury secured transcript Of the
evidence from the court which
showed the contention of the major
ity was correct. There was then
unanimous vote for conviction on the
next ballot. The jury in its finding
recommended clemency. Butler was
very. much disappointed in the out
come as he fully expected to be ac-
quilted.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-04
Friday Last Day
TO Apply for Land

Friday was the last day applica-
tions for government grazing ground
were received at the Forest Service.
Up to the time of closing Friday
about 300 applications had been re-
ceived, the greater number of them
coming from people in the Applegate,
klamath lake and Rogue river coun-
try. Almost all the applications were
for cattle grazing land, which indi-
Gates an increasing number of cattle
in the valley. District Forest Super
visor Erickson said all permits posi-
BILE would be granted, except in cases
where more than one application was
made for the same territory. The
permits will be issued within a few
days.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-04

east from the former fighting front.
The German reports do not indicate
what price in casualties the Bolshe-
Wiki exacted for the surrender of
kiev, which they had captured from
the Ukrainian radas supporters on
February 8, with reported total cas-
ualties for both sides of 1000 killed
and 1000 wounded. Presumably
the rada, which negotiated the sep
arate peace between the Ukraine and
the central powers, will be speedily
reinstated in the captured city.
The tentative proposals for Japan
ese Intervention in Siberia because
of the Russian situation have not
eliminated in any definite decision
by the allies, so far as the current
advices reveal.
London dispatches mention a grow
ing tendency there to discuss the sit
uation FULLY and await developments,
particularly the attitude the United
States may assume. China Is also
involved in this situation, and ad-
vices from that country report politi-
cal unsettlement there because of II.
The Chinese government, It is said,
is to send reinforcements TO Manchu-
ria.
A powerful raid was carried out
against the French in the verdun re-
gion south of Haucourt, more than
400 prisoners and machine guns be-
ing captured, according to the Ger
man claim.
Portuguese troops handled them
selves well against the Germans who
raided trenches on a wide front north
of Neuve Chapelle, the Portuguese
counter-attacking promptly and COM
pletely restoring the situation.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-04
Normal School Question Rousing
Interest Throughout the State

No one can even roughly estimate
the amount of damage which was
done by the legislature in 1909 in
discontinuing the normal schools of
this state. If these institutions had
been allowed to go on preparing
teachers for our public schools we
would have had by this time fair
showing of normal trained teachers
in Oregon. The records of the state
superintendents office show that out
of 4,612 teachers reporting their
preparation, 394 have had only one
year of normal school work and 912
have completed two years of normal
school work. There are over 5000
teachers in the state and so only
about 20 per cent of the total num-
Der have had the advantage Of nor
NAL school training and large share
of those have only had one-year
course; for one may very safely as
sumo that those teachers who did not
report preparation did not have very
much to report. In these days when
we are putting so much stress upon
special preparation for both public
and private interests we find that the
public schools, the greatest of all our
public service corporations, are
forced to "go a-begging" for trained
help. The demand for prepared
teachers increases with the facilities
for supplying them.
The normal school at Monmouth
is reported to have positions already
for all the pupils who will graduate
from that institution in June Most
of these will go to the Willamette
valley and northwestern Oregon and
the rest of the state will have to wait
for many years before il gets any
appreciable benefit from the normal
school at Monmouth. The only sens
ible way is to provide a first-class
normal school for eastern Oregon
and another for southern Oregon. a
report recently received from one OF
the. California counties shows that
they have more than "a per cent of
their public teachers who are normal
school graduates. This is of course
better than the average for the whole
state, but it is an indication of what
they are accomplishing in California
with their eight normal schools well
distributed over the state. With a
united eastern Oregon and the good
schools people of southern Oregon
pulling for the one measure such as
We have this year, and the change of
public sentiment in favor OF normal
schools, it would look as though the
normal school proposition was in a
very fair way to be solved astisfac-
torily.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-04

Further indication of the success
of Benz. c. Sheldon's effort to enlis,
the united support of the eastern
Oregon cities is seen in the meeting
held at Baker few days ago, ac-
count of which appeared in the Baker
Morning Democrat as follows
"An effort which may develop
into one of exceptional Importance
to Baker was initiated at meeting
held at the Commercial Club yester-
day afternoon. 1t lies in the fact
that the last legislature put upon the
ballot for the votes Of the people Of
the state proposition to establish
normal school in eastern Oregon
and one in Ashland.
This measure, known as House
Joint Resolution No. 4, refers to the
people the question of re-establish-
ing the two normal schools which
were once in operation at Ashland
and Weston, but with the modifica-
tion that the school to be established
in eastern Oregon is left INDICATED
the state board of normal school re-
gents being charged with the task Of
selecting the site for the school when
the people shall have approved the
measure. That board consists Of
State Superintendent j. A. Churchill,
the governor, the secretary of state,
State Librarian Cornelia Marvin,
Menry j. Maier, E. E. Briggs, H. G.
Starkweather, C. l.. Starr and w. c,
Bryant"
Since the adoption of the above
mentioned measure by the legisla-
ture, the individual members of this
board have let 1t be known that they
were not prejudiced in favor of any
one eastern Oregon city as the loca-
tion of this institution, and that they
would consider the case" for each
city as it might be presented to them
when the time comes.
with the passage of the measure
placed upon the ballot by the legisla-
ture such an institution will be To-
Gated somewhere in this section of
the state. 1t will mean a fine school
building, with an annual attendance
for ten months of the year of from
800 to 500 young men and women.
1t goes without saying that Baker,
with its reputation for good schools,
will see to it that her claims for such
an institution are properly presented
to the state normay board at the
proper time.
AT yesterdays meeting a motion
was adopted that the matter be re-
ferred to the club at a regular meet
ing with the recommendation that a
committee be appointed to look after
Bakers interest in the premises.