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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17
TELLING RESULTS OF FOUR-M|NUTE MEN
 PRAISED BY P|Ez
3O,OOO People Addressed Weekly Subject for Cur rent Week Is 'sThe Dan-
 ger to Democracy

The telling results of the speeches made by the four-minute men of Bir- mingham have just been tabulated by four-minute men bureau and the mum Der of workmen recruited for this branch of work by the four minute men alone totaled 360 men.
 So effective has been the work that the attention of Charles Piez, general manager of the emergency fleet cor poration, has been focused upon Bir- mingham and in letter to Secretary Manager C. L. Harold of the Civic as sociation MT. Piez commended the work of the local four-minute men.
 General Chairman T. J. Crittenden has developed fine team work and an unfailing system in distributing the speakers among the various theatres. The four-minute men are the official spokesmen of the government on tho various subjects assigned them every week, as the bureau is furnished with especially prepared information sent for the exclusive use of the four minute men from the government com mittee on public information, Wash ineton, D. c. The four-minute men are
 
 minute rule in justice to the theatre and the public, and no finer patriot ism is shown than by these speakers who give several nights weekly to this volunteer work in aid of the war.
 The four minute speakers responded yesterday to the request of the Jeffer- son county council of defense to speak directly to the workmen in several fn- dustries, appealing for registration in sE!pbuilding work It is planned now tc occupy prominent street corners for the work of the four minute men. The work will be varied from time to time as the government can be best served.
 Judge Hugh A. Locke. director of the speakers bureau. estimates that the four-minute men address on the aver age SO,O0O people weekly in the thea tres.
 The subject for the current week is,
 Ine Danger to Democracy The speeches will be illustrated by a map of Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17
pr. Sheldon to Speak on Business Science at
 the Jefferson Theatre

pr. Arthur Frederick Sheldon will sneak at the Jefferson theatre tomor- row night on How to Attain and Re- tain the Maximum Degree of Personal and Business Efficiency" under the au- spices of Birmingham Business Science society, of which pr. Henry M. Edmonds is president. He will preside at the meeting and instroduce the speaker. Music for the occasion will be under inc direction of Robert Lawrence of the Comv. unity sing.
 pr. Sheldon needs no introduction to the Birmingham public as he has spoken in this city on previous occa- sions.
 Admission will be by ticket. but there are no charges, and anyone wish ing to attend may secure tickets from R. w. Ewing, at Roberts & Son. or from J. M. Griffith, 114O Brown-Marx building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17
CITY AND COUNTY ID
 |OPEN HIGH SCHOOLS F OR ALL PUPILS
Central Pupils Report Mon- day Morning and County Students Resume Work
 Tuesday Morning

Determined that Birmingham s
 young people should not lose any more
 time than absolutely necessary from
 their studies as result of the destruc-
 ton of the two high schools last week
 by alleged firebugs, officials announced
 that arrangements have now been
 made for the opening of both the Cen tral High school and the Jefferson
 County High school Monday and Tues. day, respectively.
 The Central High school will oper at S:30 o'clock Monday morning al the old building of the Birmingham Medical college. while the Jefferson County High school will open at S;4'
 o'clock Tuesday morning in the Ingle. mock public school building Carpen- ters will continue their work through
 out today and Monday to prepare com. fortabIe quarters for the Inglenooh
 Grammar school children
 Sufficient equipment for the con- tinuation of all courses of the high school pupils will be installed by Mon day, including laboratories for the va.
 rious studies in science There arc 2 few of the more specialized subjects heretofore taught at the Central Higl school, which will have to be aban
 doned for the present
 Prof. B. c. Mosley, principal of tho Jefferson High school on behalf of tht patrons of his school, expresses hi: sincere appreciation to all those who so generously assisted them in pro. viding quarters for the completion oi their work this year. and especially
 are they grateful to Prof. c. R. West principal, and the board of trustees ol the Inglenook school for their unusua hospitality and keen interest in tn, welfare of the pupils of the burned institution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17

One of the star numbers tnat con tiEues to attract the attention of all members is the duet selections of Pri- vate Archibold Ruggles of Camp Me Clellan and Miss Bessie Cunningham of this city, whose brilliant work was so applauded at one of the recent com mrnity sings. Some very ripping songs are on tap promised by the Ugly Brothers Minstrel quartet.
 A unique feature will be symbolic demonstration to be participated III by various civic organizatio One of the keynotes of the celebration will be harmony among all the interests and organizations of the city.
 Ginger ale and other local irriga- tions more or less harmless will be interspersed with orchestral music and gentle puffs of the weed. Motion pie lures of comic nature and gridiron connections from a specially construct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17
MOVABLE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
 FOR CITY NEGROES
Demonstration Agents Will Give Instructions in Cook ing, Sewing and Home
 Sanitation

Under the auspices of the United States department of agriculture and the Alabama Polytechnic institute. at Au- burn, a movable school of agriculture will be held in Birmingham, Avenue q, between Twenty fifth and Twenty sixth streets, south, next week. Begin ming Monday at 2:30 o'clock the first session will be held at the Colored Neighborhood House. 250S Avenue C. For the home economies work, the home demonstration agents Will select nearby dwelling house. occupied by an average colored family, for the pur- pose of teaching the women and girls concrete methods in cooking, sewing, making of box furniture, rag rugs, and home sanitation. The baby welfare les sons and demonstrations will take place in the Neighborhood House Backyard poultry raising and kitchen gardening will be taught throughout the series of demonstrations.
 Real Estate exchange, a few of the va cant lots which are so much in evidence on the Southside. clean same off ana parcel them out to number of negro families so that they may plant war garden" The school will be conducted by T. NJ. Campbell, district agent, Tus- kegee; Harry Simms, special agent, Sei- ma; N J. Coleman, district home dem onstration agent, Tuskegee; Pauline i. Jackson, emergency home demonstra- ton agent, Birmingham; E. c. Dophs, special assistant seed treatment work, Tuskegee.
 A daily programme will be published announcing the important lessons 70 be taught in this movable school through out the week, beginning February ls, through the 22d, and it is hoped that as many of the colored people in Birming- ham as possible will avail themselves of the opportunity to attend. Night ses- sions will also be held. at which time stereopticon lectures will be given, bear ing directly on home sanitation, such as Fighting the Fly" Care Of MIX and the Sanitary Toilet.o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17
MRS. HOWE TALKS
 ON DAIRY PRODUCTS
Experts Give Demonstration of the Method of Drying Fruits and
 Vegetables

Despite the indictment weather good crowd gathered at the Chamber of Con- merce auditorium yesterday afternoon to hear the address delivered by Mrs Adda F. Howie, the worlds greatest daryman
 Mrs Howie made splendid talk on "Dairylng," which was greatly enjoyed and proved most instructive as well as interesting. She spoke on dairying from every viewpoint and many of the mem bers of the Housewives league were pres ent to hear the things she told of dairy ing products.
 Mrs. Howie is one of the corps of ex- perts of the International Harvester com pany who are in Birmingham for few days in the interest of the garden cam paign.
 H. S. Mobley of the extension depart ment of the International Harvester company gave drying demonstration at the Hoover kitchen yesterday morning which was largely attended. MT. Mobley demonstrated the drying of various fruits and vegetables and urged all housewives to apply this method to the surplus sup ply in the gardens this summer as an excellent way to conserve foods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17
HOWARD TEAMS ID "GO OVER TOP" WITH ENDOWMENT FUND S6O2O.S8 Added to Fund Yes terday-J. w. Minor
 Contributes 5000
BAPTISTS OF STATE
 TO GIVE S75,O0O
No Corporations Solicited Yet-The Semet-Solvay Co. Wants to Do Its Part for Baptist Edu-
 cational Institution

With more than one-third of the Si5O ,O0O already secured, Howard col
 lege teams will continue the work
 tLis week with the slogan, lover the top" When the various team captains
 made their reports at the luncheon yesterday at the TutwiIcr hotel the workers were so encouraged that new enthusfas mwas taken and it was Se-
 cided to continue the work this week. The total for the days work reported at the luncheon amounted to $6020. .SS, making a grand total up to date of $56,
 0S0. SS, while in addition to this report a lot at Bessemer, valued at s120o. was donated to the college while as yet none of the corporations have been seeen. An official of the Semet-Solvay company was present at the luncheon and asked what other corporations were doing in this campaign, as his company wished to do it's part. This statement engendered much enthusiasm, yells and cheers. Announcements of the continuation of the campaign will be made at all the churches today and the teams have been enlarged and grand results are ex- pected this week.
 ED s. MOORE TALKS Ed S. Moore, one of the team captains, made short talk, urging that the work CTS take new life, Birmingham would "go over the top once more. The point was brought out that if Birming- ham subscribed $150,O00 then an addi- tional $75,000 would be raised in the state. Dr. J. NJ. Shelburne. president of How ard college, stated that S25. GOO would endow a chair at the college while s100C q Srhnla rSbin fIIrfhGI
 stated that sS000 was required to install the necessary war equipment consisting OF the re-establishment of military train
 ing at the college, the installation of a
 domestic art department, as well as en-
 large many of the departments Capt Frank S. White presided over
 the meeting and stated that many of the
 members of the teams which worked last
 week would not be able to do so this
 week, and he urged recruits who had
 not worked to enlist for this week.
 MINOR GIVES S1OOO
 J. w. Minor of Ensley gave 5000. and the Bessemer teams were again compli-
 mented on their splendid showing, while
 the Ensley workers were given three cheers when Mrs. R. l.. Daniels, captain of team No. 4 reported for the day $1526 $1O00 of which the donor was toe modest to have his name made public. All workers will meet again at lunch tomorrow at 1 o'clock at the Tutwiler hotel. when reports will be made: The reports for the day are as follows; Grand total previously reported $5O.0O01 .oo Woman's division ......... .$2. 25
 Business mems division. 1,947 .63
 College division ........... 92650
 Bessemer division ......... 7o9.5O
 Total for the day ....... s6,O2os ss Grand total to date ..... s56, ,O3o ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17

ed stage will be other features and then pr. George Stuart is down for one of his hilarious-p philosophical l4-
 The committee composed of F. A.. McElroy, chairman; R. P. McDavid, Jr., A. C. Jenkins, Percy Rosenberger, F. F. Butler and Dr. T. r. Byrnes, held q lengthy session yesterday greasing all the machinery for the occasion, eil- larging the cloakroom and seeing that nothing is left undone to insure the livest and most festive fuss that was ever uncorked by the Civic associa- tion.
 Let the oversensitive beware" sar1 Bob McDavid yesterday as soon as the finishing touches were put oh one or the gridiron skits. "We wish it were possible to give advance notice on all that is on tap, but we haven't suffi- cient space to do so. All we hope Is that we will have room enough to accommodate the bunch"
 Patriotic songs among the guests will be directed by Charles Bartlett.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17
"John Barleycorn-An Undesirable" Subject
 at the First Christian

The first in the series of popular ser mon themes chosen by his congregation was discussed last Sunday night by Dr. Simpson of the First Christian church before the largest audience that has greeted the new pastor on Sunday nights.
 The second in the series is John Bar leycorn-An Undesirable.'' The wording of the subject and the speakers original method of treating old themes promise an interesting and forceful presentation of the subject at the forefront on the platform.
 The splendid musical programme and the congregational singing add to the att tractiveness of the Sunday evening serv- ices at the First Christian church
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17
K. of c. Initiation

Birmingham council No. 6s5. Knights Of Columbus. will visit Pensacola next Sun- day, February "A. for the purpose O. initiating large crass of candidates that will be in waiting
 All members of the Birmingham team have been requested to be at Knights of Columbus hall today at noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17
GEORGIA QUINTET
 BEATS ATLANTA FIVE

Athens. February 16.--(special)-Th University of Georgia established firm claim to the basketball championship of the south tonight by defeating the At lanta Athletic club five 30 to 23 in a hard fought game. Captain Scott's individual work was responsible for his teams vic- tory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17
Dr. Brooks at Christian
 Church Wednesday Night

pr. Creighton s. Brooks. popular and widely known evangelist and lecturer, will speak at the First Christian church next Wednesday evening on The Pas sion Play"
 The lecture will be illustrated with splendid stereopticon views of the en- virons, of the famous colony and scenes from the notable play. The lecturers splendid personality and rhetorical pow CTS make this lecture platform treat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-17
Misunderstanding Of the Garfield Agreement Cause Of Mine Situation
Ciuic Association's First
 Birthday Party WN Be
 Gay Night For Husky Kid
Music and Songs Be nterspersed With Ginger Ale and Smokes-The Ugly Brothers Are Booked, as
 We'll as Dr. Stuart

More injected the of the Civic Monday additional attractions Chairman r. A.
  for In will thanth be feature
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-08-23
Aviator, Stranded in No Mans
Land, Faces Fire of
Friend and Foe.
Waved SIGNAL TO FRENCH
BY Fast Running Sergeant Baugham
Reaches Comrades in Safety-ls
Rewarded With Military Med
al by the French.

Washington.-Flight Sergeant James
III. Baugham of Washington, who was
transferred from the Lafayette esca-
drille to the Paris Air Defense squad
ron, has been reported a prisoner in
unofficial advices To his mother. Mrs.
Mary A. Baugham, president of the
Dixie Agricultural company of Wash
ington. Sergeant Baugham joined the
Lafayette escadrille in 1917 when he
was eighteen years old and won the
Military medal, the highest French
honor to nonconmissiOned men.
The incident that earned the SER
geant the medal was described in let
ter he wrote recently. Paying tribute
to the wonderful spirit of his French
comrades, Sergeant Baugham said:
1--WE had been sent out to patrol
back of the German lines and to at
tack anything enemy we saw. Having
incendiary balls in my gun, l was pre-
pared to attack q German sausage
or observatory balloon. Just as | was
beginning the descent to attack, l saw
IoClie an I'iuuc GUNS III tiiS uiiSNtOH
of our lines to do Photographic work.
l put on full speed and signaled to the
other planes to follow. They evident
ly did not see my signal, for they
didn't go down with me. When / got
100 meters from the BOche l started
firing. The enemy replied by turning
loose both guns at me. l must have
got him, however, with the first blast
for when pulled up to make another
dive he was silent.
Then something happened that
would make the coolest man on earth
cuss, and as am not one of the best
you can imagine that l left little un
said. My motor stopped absolutely
dead. There was only one thing for me
to do and that was to dive, lose the
Boche and try TO volplane to the
French lines. AS went past the Ger
man machine it Immediately came
down and, putting some nice steel very
close to him, / did all the acrObacy
had ever learned. When l had finished
| found that l had come down from
10000 to 1000 feet and there was nc
BOche in sight.
Il then looked around for a place tC
land saw fairly good place off tC
the right and made it. then stepped
out of the machine-right on the face
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-08-23

ITO make our country really safe
we must first make it healthy" Is the
slogan Doctor Farrand suggests for
this war against disease.
OF the men called to the colors by
the first draft $4,000 were found to be
tubercular. This is one of the striking
indications of the prevalence Of the
disease.
'While the war has thus effectually
disclosed conditions which existed be-
fore, rather than produced these cOndi-
tons. it is also true that in indirect
ways it has substantially increased the
tuberculosis problem in the European
countries involved" says Doctor Far
rand.
Il refer not to the situation In the
armies, where the mode of life often
tends to reduce this disease, but to con-
ditions which affect the civilian pOpu.
latiOn."
Increased food, clothing and housing
costs necessitating, among the lower
wage groups, diminished quantity and
quality and their resultant undernutri-
ton. are given as contributing causes.
A nationwide campaign against the
disease and for adequate provision for
rejected and discharged soldiers suf-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-08-23
An English scientist claims to have
discovered a gas that has the same
relation to hydrogen that ozone has
to oxygen.
TALLEST MAN IN MARINES
Former Mail Clerk, 6 Feet 5Hz Inches
Tall, EnIists In Service At
Baltimore.

Baltimore. Md-Uncle Sam now has
feet 51a inches Of real U. s. marine.
He is Carroll William DOggett. twenty
FIVE years old, a mail clerk Of this
city.
When the Tx inches Of humanity
strOlled into the local recruiting sta
ton. the officers in charge had the
shock Of their young lives.
After some little difficulties. which
included humping his head on the cleo
trio light fixtures in the ceiling. the
lengthy caller managed to get down
into chair.
Upon examination he was told he
was 3ik inches too tall and &c pounds
underweight. So Doggett got busy
and after much work and worry ar
ranged for a waiver from Washington.
He Is the tallest man in the marine
corps.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-08-23
WOULD FIGHT HIS FATHER
Man Whose Sire Is Captain in Hun
Army Seeks Enlistment With
Yanks.

Denver. Colo.-ln maxim" appl:ca-
ton for the privilege If fighting with
the American army in France. Eugene
Casper. twenty-five. told Denver re-
cruiting officers he would not hesitate
tn fire against certain unit of the
German army. of which his father is
captain and in which two of his broth
ers are fighting. Casper. who has been
In the Uni''d States less than three
years. has received only his first pa
pers in naturalization. He will not be
admitted To military service at once.
He is son Of Capt. Gustav Casper,
of the German army. David Holz-
worth. resident of Denver, former
captain i'm the kaiser's army. and an
uncle Of young Casper. has Il son in
the American army.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-08-23
MANY MILLIONS fewer BORN
War Costs Europe 1880, 900 Poten.
tiaI Lives an Expert
Reports.

London.-The war has caused the
belligprent countries of Europe the
loss of not less than 12.50O.OOO poten-
tial lives because Of the decrease in
the number of births resulting from
the war. says Sir Bernard Mallet. reg
iStrar general of Great Britain. This
country, he asserts. has lost in these
potential lives $4,000 children. He
believes that other belligerent coun-
tries have suffered in this respect more
than has Great Britain. Sir Bernard
estimated that every day of the war
means loss of 1000 potential lives of
children to the United Kingdom,
France, Italy and the central powers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-08-23
PLACE SHEEP IN NEW LIGHT
Industry Will Contribute Largely to
Food and Clothing Supply on Ae-
count Of Prices.

The continued prevalence of high
wool and meat values has placed the
sheep business In a new light. The re-
suit will be that this phase Of animal
husbandry will contribute materially
to the nations food and clothing sup
ply. 1t will adso add stability to our
systems OF farming and play an impor-
tant part In the more complete utili.
zation of our agricultural resources.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-08-23
MAKES FORTUNE
BY SMUGGLING

picked up the rubber. This was only
the first of chain of such transac-
tons he managed with financial sue
cess.
HARRISON has meticulOuSly taken the
goods so Struggled To the Swedish Gus
toms authorities. 10 be assessed for
duty. Quantities of tin, flour and lin
seed oil have similarly come over the
river for many months past. Tin gives
the Firms an advantage. | found one
case where druggist had come 10
grief by taking delivery of and paying
heavily for = thousand kilos of Il cheap
alloy. The flour smuggling seems to
Indicate that the tinns engaged must
be blackguardS of Il particularly OBJ
noXiouS type, for they ship flour out
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-08-23
GIRL CUTS OFF TRESSES
so AS TO BUY w. S. S.

Dayton. O.-Juanita Dowell,
eleven, cut of her beautiful
chestnut curls to help win the
war. She then notified an off,
Ger Of the National Security
league that she wished the hair
to be sold in Portland, Ore, and
that the money be used In buy.
ing War Savings stamps. Ger
trude Atherton, the author,
made the first bid on the tresses
at S.. The child's explanatory
letter is to be sold along with
the hair TO the highest bidder.