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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
ROBBINS CHARGES
 DISCRIMINATION
Says Baker Gives South Too Many Cantonments for
 Political Effect

Washington, September N.-Charges that political influence has been brought to bear on Secretary Baker in making se- lections for cantonment sites and for the location of other war activities, were made in the House today by Representa- tive Robbins of Pennsylvania, republican. Determination in favor of the south as against the north was charged by MT. Robbins, who declared that to democratic states the treasury is sending flow or gold to aid in meeting political exigencies.
 This is true, he said, in spite of the fact that the north furnishes more men for the war than the south, and that it pays much more in federal taxes to carry the burdens of the war. The representative declared that Is southern states have re- ceived from the federal government total of $490, 0,306991, for camps and war plants, while Pennsylvania, he said, had received only a little more than sS,000,00o, and other northern states have received proportionately the same.
 Replying to Representative Robbins, Representative Heflin of Alabama, demo. crat, denied the charge that the admin istration had displayed sectionalism.
 He said Pennsylvania had received from $50,oO0,0O0 to $6o,0o00oo for every s, ,O00,O00 spent in Alabama. and the north generally had enjoyed the expenditure of $15O,0o0,0OO for every $1.O0O,OO0 spent in the southern states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
U. OF A. TRAINING
 NEARLY 15OO MEN
Courses Being Arranged Which Meet Approval of
 the Government

University. September 21.-tSpecial) The University of Alabama enrolment has now reached 1o50, which is far above the registration of any previous year of the university or any other Alabama institution. There are stu dents from many of the southern states and several from New York, New Jer- sey and other remoter commonwealths. These, with the 419 men sent by the various county boards for vocational work. make total of nearly 1900 be- ing trained at present by the university for the government service
 The s. A. T. C., under direction of Maj. E. o. c. Ord of the United States army, Is being rapidly organized and the eight companies are now being ex- amined as to their physical fitness and otherwise being prepared for the actual and active direction by the government on October 1. Courses are being ar ranged for students that meet the ap- proval of the government and never before was there such a demand for engineering, chemistry. French and such subjects. There are in some de- partments as many as six sections of freshmen. This means lot of work and university professors are bending to the call with energy and cheerful patriotic spirit The university has ever done it's full duty in times of need and already has contributed over 800 men to the country's service in this war and is ready to do her full part
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Ordnance Production
 Showing Improvement

Washington, September A.--Acting Sec, retary Crowell at the weekly conference of the Senate military committee at the war department today assured the mem bers that despite reports to the con- trary, there is general improvement in the ordnance production situation as well as in the manufacture of Liberty mo- tors.
 General Pershing. it was stated, has asked the department to ship as soon as possible 30,0O0 horses and mules Ship ments were stopped sometime ago on as- surance of the French government that 1t could supply the American army
 Members of the committee were also informed by war department officials that in view of the extension of the draft ages. further restrictions are to be placed upon men going abroad for Y. M. c. A. work For the present 37 years is to be made the minimum age, but as addi- tional classes are called into military service, this limit will be raised accord ingly Senators assumed that the same restrictions would apply to all civilian welfare workers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
COLLEGE OPENS WITH VERY PROMISING OUTLOOK
This Years Enrolment Far Exceeds That of Any Pre- vious Term-Many New
 Teachers Engaged

Marion, September 21-(Special) Judson college has begun her eighty first. session under the most aupiclous outlook, every way encouraging. A number, of new teachers have been added to the faculty. greatly increas- ing it's strength. Miss Minnie J. Marks, department of modern lam guages, has had thorough training in leading universities and several years of successful experience in college work. Miss Farley Lee, a Judson girl. but later a student of University Of Chicago, from which she held degree, is in charge of the department of math- ematics. Miss Beasley of Vanderbilt university, is associate in history and science, while Miss Eu1a Barnes brings into the work of taking charge of the academy years of thorough prepara- tion and successful experience Miss Elizabeth Ingram, graduate of the Curry School of Expression, suc- ceeds Miss Zachary as head of the de- parement of expression. and brings to the college experience, earnestness and enthusiasm
 The present enrolment far exceeds any of previous years, a number of applications could not be accepted as all rooms were registered for sew eral weeks ago. The "speciap' from Shreveport brought number of girls on Wednesday morning, while "The Judson Speciar' from Selma brought a large number Wednesday night
 At 1o:3o o'clock Thursday morning the formal opening of the session was in the alumnae auditorium. After the doxology the "Judson Psalm I21 was read by pr. Bomar, as well as the little poems '"The Judson's Afm," "The Judson's Motto" Prayer was then of- fered by pr. Bagby.
 < Dr l.. o. Dawson was introduced by pr. Bomar and made most beautiful and appreciative talk based on Psalm 42. His subject was "The Power to Please Permanently the thought be- ing that unity and harmony exist ev- anywhere in nature, the expressions of infinite love, that the soul reaching and growing the higher life in God has in it's unity and harmony pow erful attractive force and power.
 The exercises were then closed by prayer by Dr. Richard Hall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE DRAFT
 MAILED ID BOARDS
Boards Told to Discontinue Sending Disqualified Men to the Army Train
 ing Camps

Montgomery, September 21.-{Special) j General instructions to local draft boards in Alabama, which will govern the induc- ton of men into military service in the future Saturday were mailed to all boards and medical advisory boards in Alabama. It is the desire of pr. M D. Smith, med- ical aide of the state military depart. ment, to correct Alabama's average or re- Jections and place her average alongside those of other states. It is claimed 75 per cent of all the states rejections resulted from defects that were obvious to tho draft boards, and in order to eliminate the expense the government is placed to and the unnecessary work to army off, cials, the boards are asked to carefully select the men for military service.
 The bulletin shows that the states av- craze of rejections is far too low The obvious defects, shown in the bulletin, are: Hernia, defective feet, disqualifying and deforming scars, old, poorly united fractures, loss of fingers and toes ana venereal diseases.
 The latent defects are: Rales in the lungs, heart murmurs constitutional dis eases with marked symptoms. chronic re- curing asthma, epilepsy and obscure mental and nervous diseases.
 The local draft boards are asked to in- spect every registrant when he gets into line before boarding the trains. When one is rejected the next in order number should be examined at the earliest possi- ble time. If a doubt as to the condition of nit ct ho rdS lOr says. should turn the case over to the medical men.
 That the records of our state may be immediately corrected to conform to the national average of rejections at camps and that we may enjoy the reputation of being among the foremost in this national emergency, I urged you to renewed eff forts; that you may bring to bear upon the registrant and the public the solemn duty imposed upon us," says the bulletin.
 Continuing it says: Under no circum- stances send men to camp who do not conform to weight requirements-that is to say, do not send men to camp who weigh less than the absolute minimum, Ill pounds. Do not send men to camp who are less than 61 inches in height. Do not send men to camp who have been pre- Yiously rejected.
 "A man may be rejected at camp for general military service and again very properly be sent to camp under special call for limited military service, where the disqualifying effect does not interfere with special duty A man sent to camp for special or limited military duty when rejected should be placed in Class 5-G, provided that he otherwise conforned to the specifications of the call Under no circumstances send men to camp without written consent from the provost mar shal generals office who have been classified in Class 5, or who have been rejected at camp as outlined above"
 The boards are asked to immediately ac- knowledge receipt of the bulletin, assur- ing draft authorities they will cooperate in an effort to raise the rejection average for Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Diphtheria Outbreak
 Occurs in Sumter

Montgomery, September 21.-(Specia1.) There has been an outbreak of diphtheria at Livingston and 73 cultures taken from suspects have been sent in by Dr. B. N. Walker field director of the state board of health. The state laboratory has found 22 of the 73 to be positive. Prior to these about 100 cultures had been sent in and about 30 of these were found to be positive.
 According to the best information that could be obtained the first case appear ed several days ago in one of the schools at Livingston. The infection seemed to have travelled rapidly, as shown by the large per cent of positive examinations. The health department is doing all in it's power to keep the sit uation under control.
 The situation in the diphtheria cases at Andalusia is fast coming under con trol The various grades of the schools are being gradually reopened as cultures from the pupils are examined and found to be negative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
WANT TO FIGHT

Paris. September 14-( Correspond ence of the Associated Press. .)-Queen Marie of Kumania is looking forward hopefully for the time to come when the Rumanian army can again take the field against their German oppres- sors. It is known that she will rally her army whenever the time seems fla vorable and the entente allies re- quest it.
 The Queen is thoroughly English in her thought and action She cannot Germany.
 You can tell the American people, whose sympathy and support I value so highly" said the Queen, ill a re- cent message forwarded here, That the desire of my soldiers to renew the combat is strong. I hope that with the growing successes of the allies that desire may yet ripen into action and result finally in the complete victory for all the nations of the entente.
 "Rumania, the free people of the United States may be assured, will never remain the vassal of Germany, She desires to play an honorable and active part in the struggle which the allies are waging for the reign of righ. and law and for the liberation of; the smaller nations. It is my fervent wish that an opportunity again to partici- pate in the war may soon be given her
 Germany, for the moment, has the country under its heel, but a people descended from the Romans and Spar tans, and inheriting all the traits of courage and independence of their an- cient forebears will never willingly become the servants of the masters of Potsdam. We need the helping hand of America and our other allies to free us from our present position. Let not tho great heart of the people of the United States forget us in our strug- cIn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
BILL 1 PASSED BY HOUSE

Washington, September 21.--Without the provision increasing the government guaranteed price of wheat from s22o a bushel, which once caused it's veto by President Wilson, the agricultural appro- priation bill. carrying s27,8Oo,O0O was passed late today by the House without a record vote.
 The bill provides for expenses during the present fiscal year of the depart ment of agriculture, which since July l. has been paying it's debts under, reso- lution continuing the last year appro- priations
 Debate on the bill today covered a wide variety of subjects, including political and administration policies and actions. No amendments were adopted, some only being offered so that the general debate might be continued
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Quarts
 of Whisky Seized

One trunk containing 24 quarts of whisky, and belonging to Gertrude Hoff- man, negro was taken from the Ter minal station yesterday afternoon by Detectives Dobyns and Mcfarland The whisky was securely packed with sundry articles of clothing in a steamer trunk and was shipped from St. Louis. The Hoffman woman had not been appre- hended last night.
 Two more trunks. each containing a4 quarts of liquor, were confiscated at the l.. & N. depot yesterday afternoon by the same officers. The whisky was pack ed with old quilts and was shipped from New Orleans. Proof of the owner of these two trunks has not yet been fully established.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Fire Department

c. B. Broughton, member of fire sta tion No. ?, had one of the bones in one of his legs broken yesterday morning. MT. Broughton, who weighs about POO pounds, was sliding down the fire pole, in response to a call and the jar he re- ceived on reaching the cement floor broke his leg. He was taken to the Birmingham infirmary by City Physician Crelly, where he was reported as resting well last night.
 dwelling house at 29oi Third ave- nue, occupied by M E. Parrish, caught fire yesterday morning. Company No. answered the call, reaching the scene in time to prevent serious damage.
 Fire company No. answered call at Eleventh avenue and Thirteenth street yesterday afternoon. The fire proved to be only a chimney burning out and was easily extinguished, with little damage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Women Given Same
 Privilege as Men

Atlanta, September H.-Women may enter the agricultural and mechanical school of the University of Georgia on the same basis and with the same privi- leges as men, beginning with the season of 1919-20.
 A decision to this effect was made at meeting here today of the board of trustees of the Athens institution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
HEALTH RECORDOF
 CAMP SHELBY IS
 AMONG THE BEST
Death Rate Is Only 5.12 Per Thousand-Rate Is Much Higher at Some Other
 CantOnments

Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss, Sep- tember 21,-(Special.) )-The death rate for the past yea rat Camp Shelby was offi- cially announced Friday afternoon as 5.12 per thousand men. The rate at Camp Beauregard was APO per thousand, and 1923 at Camp Pike. The average death rate among civilians is 14.6 per thousand.
 According to Colonel Baylis, commander of the Camp Shelby base hospital, while the table just issued by the surgeon gem erals office gives some idea of the num- Der of deaths and diseases in the army it does not properly reflect the conditions at the different training camps. Be cause" Colonel Baylis asserted, "exper- fence has shown that most of the dis eases credited to the men at Camp Shelby were not contracted here at camp, but were brought into the camp by the sol- diers from other states
 Statistics show that 16 of every thou- sand men at Shelby were afflicted with meningitis last year. Before the past winter, case of meningitis was a rare thing in Mississippi. It was brought here by Kentucky troops, it being a known fac, that 1t was prevalent in Kentucky at the time of their departure
 What is true of Camp Shelby in this regard is also true of the other canton- ments. The men do not contract the dis eases in the army camps, but bring them into the camps with them'
 shelby's percentage of meningitis cases is recorded as 16 per thousand men for the past year. Beauregard, the Alexan- dria, La, camp, is credied with cases per thousand, while Camp Pike, the Lit tie Rock, Ark, cantonment, reports 2s cases per thousand men.
 Further substantiating the argument of Colonel Baylis that all American training camps are ideally located and that health conditions are excellent at all of them, according to his belief, it was stated that there were II malaria cases here in every thousand men for the year just ended. Colonel Baylis stated that not single case of malaria has developed at this can tonment during the past year The rate at Beauregard was 29.7 per thousand men, and at Pike 1S.5 per thousand.
 The greatest number of deaths at Shelby thousand out of the total six per tousand occurring here during the past year were caused from pneumonia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Common Complaint

From the Washington Post.
 Even the field hospitals close up to the firing line in France had time for an occasional laugh, writes Malcolm Adams of the Red Cross.
 A party of wounded marines were being taken to base hospital on a much over-crowded motor truck. The nurse accompanying them became anx- ious about their wounds.
 II hope l am not hurting any of you,'' she said.
 You're hurting me lot" replied one of the soldiers.
 But am nowhere near you,' ex- claimed the nurse indignantly.
 That's whats hurting me- was the calm reply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Woman BasteriOlOgist

Montgomery. September I.-(SpeciaD Alabama now has a woman bacteriolo- gist Miss Mary Henderson of Tallade- ga, has been added to the force of the state laboratory as an assistant. and is already doing some excellent work. She was formerly health officer at the Jud- son at Marion, Ala She served at this institution for a number of years and is said to be well qualified for the posi- ton she is filling in the state laboratory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

-~I~O>%Oc-c~>O~-~~@-~~~>, WANTED-To rent or 5-room cot tage. in outskirts of city. by Octo- Der i, with garden or chicken yard Preferably in East Lake sectioh. Must be reasonable. Renter, care Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
CROWN PRINCE OF RUMAN|A FLEES
 FROM HIS COUNTRY
Queen of Rumania Hopeful That Time Will Soon Ar rive When Army Can
 Re-Enter War
lRr Associated press.l

Copenhagen, September 21. The Rumanian crown prince has fled from Rumanian terri tory and arrived in Odessa, ac- cording to the Ukrainian newspaper, Krewskaia Mysl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22

For the first time in their lives ref ugee children sheltered in the Luxem- burg asylum in the Toul sector in France are being taught to brush and care for their teeth by American Red Cross nurses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22

A pure white mineral wool is being manufactured at Yarraville, suburb of Melbourne, from basalt rock or ''blue stone''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22

Nurse wanted, middle-aged we,nan to stay dmy nnd night; good salary. Apply 1928 IroQuois street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
TALENT IS DISPLAYING ITSELF
 IN MANY FOR M $
 OF WAR LEADERSHIP
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of importance scarcely second to none. No firm or corporation in the United States can increase it's capital stock more than $100,000 without the consent of the war finance corporation, and when it is remembered that practically everybody desirous of taking advantage of the war market is anxious to expand his business on government money lent at reasonable rates, there will be no question in any mans mind but that MT. Harding is a1- ways busy in the discharge of his re- eponsibility.
 When the war finance corporation was organized, Secretary McAdoo declared to Mr Harding that he would like to see tho Alabamian at it's head, but he paused in making the appointment because of the great loss the government would sustain in transferring MT. Harding from the governorship of the federal reserve sys- tenn MT Harding replied that if the Sec- retary could hold down half dozen and more jobs. he supposed he himself could handle two. That was the answer the Secretary desired. So MT. Harding was put to work.
 FOR COAL AND COTTON
 When the war came, it was necessary that innumerable departments or bureaus be created. It was necessary that the government take charge of the fuel and food supply. The fuel administration was put in charge of Dr. H. A. Garfield, an excellent gentleman and scholar It later developed, however, that while the board was long on theory, it was more or less short on practice. A practical man was necessary. Cyrus B. Garnsey, Jr, na- tive Alabamian, skilled in coal produce tion and transportation, was called to Washington He accepted position, and as a result of his display of practical knowledge. was advanced until today. remarkably short time after his commis- Our simple formula for this year is to further reduce our consumption and waste of all food. We have so arranged the international food programme that. except for a moderate substitution of oth- CT cereals in bread, it will not, we hope, be necessary to substitute one foodstuff for another, nor to resort to wheatless and meatless days. What we need is to reduce directly our consumption of all foodstuffs, laying especial emphasis on the staples. The allies are in need of all the surplus of the great staples that We can provide.
 Tt is necessary that every family in the United States study it's food bud get and food ways to see if it cannot buy less, return nothing to the kitchen and practice the gospel of the clean plate."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22

Benjamin Averiett-Aged s8 years, died at local infirmary yesterday. Remains were sent by Loy to Fay
 etteville this morning for interment. Deceased was son of the late w. A. Averiett, pioneer settler of Fay cite county. He is survived by his mother. three sisters and one brother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
DEATHS

Henry Clay Lawson--Aged A. died at local infirmary yesterday morn ing Remains were sent by Johns to Whitney last night for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
AID JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL

On account of the war, the judge ad- vocate general found it necessary to increase his force. He called for aid Every state in the union responded un- til the list of applicants was over-run- ming.
 From the list, the judge advocate gen eral selected five Alabamans: Roscoe Brindley of Gadsden, John Elmore of Montgomery and Frank s. White, Jr., Felix Blackburn and M. M. Ullman of Birmingham.
 In if all, Alabamians are participating. and like Alabamans on the battle line. those in necessary government work at home are making regulations for singu- larly successful effort. It is said to be true that in the state are others, skill ed in various sciences and businesses, only awaiting the call of Uncle Sam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-22
Important Notice

Effective Sunday September 22d, South ern Railway train No. g. Birmingham Special. will leave Anniston at 4:5O p. m. Instead of 5;05 D. m. Train Mo- 39 will leave Annston at 9:19 D. m. instead of 9:30 p. m. Train No. A will leave An niston at 6:30 p. m, instead of 6:25 D. m. No change in these trains either leaving or arriving Birmingham.
 JAS. FREEMAN,
 Assistant General Passenger Agent