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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
THE RESOLUTION

To the Boards of Commissioners and
 Aldermen, and Boards of Education of
 Birmingham, Bessemer and Jefferson
 County:
 Whereas, A serious epidemic of influ- enza, dangerous and highly com municable disease, confronts Birming- ham and vicinity; and
 Whereas, The serious spread of this disease is due to personal contact be- tween people closely assem bled, and the most efficient and effective general measure to prevent or limit it's spread IS to prevent or limit as far as possible such contact; therefore,
 Be 1t resolved, by the committee oi health; ad interim board of health of Jefferson county, That we urgently rec ommend to the city commission and board of education of the city of Birming. ham, and board of aldermen and board of education of the city of Bessemer, and the board of education of Jefferson county the necessity of immediately clos ing all places of public assembly, includ. ing the schools (public and private) churches, Sunday schools, theatres, mov- ing picture shows, sideshows, street fairs, fraternal orders, etc. for a period of two weeks from October or longer as iRay be indicated.
 II. S. Ward, chairman: D. F. Talley, W. P. McAGory, Charles M. Nice, J. Ross Snyder.
 SCHOOLS NOW CLOSED The adoption of the above resolution by the board of education means that all public schools in Birmingham, Bes- semer and Jefferson county are now closed for a period of two weeks. The board of education has the power to take such action without the backing of any other body, their power in such cases being absolute.
 The Jefferson County Medical society met last night and adopted the resolu- tion as presented by the health com mittee, and adopted by the city and cou1 ty boards of education. giving their unan- imous indorsement to the resolution.
 We have about 600 cases of influenza reported to the city health office" said pr. Bowling last night but this only represents about one-tenth of the num- Der of cases that are in the city. The doctors are so rushed that they do not have time to make the reports. The citys medical and nursing profession has been depleted by 50 per cent on account ot the war and we are simply up against 1t to take care of the people who are victims of this disease, much less having any place to take them. It is indeed a serious condition that confronts us. and we are compelled to depend upon the public to help us. They simply must do it, or there is going to be a heavy death toll in Birmingham before the epidemic Is checked sufficiently to enable the health department to handle the situa- tion.'
 SUPT. BAKERS LETTER
 County Superintendent N R. Baker is- sued the following letter last night to all county school principals:
 At meeting of the county board of education today the following resolu- ton. offered by Hon. N. l.. Miller, was adopted
 Whereas. The committee of health ad interim, board of health of Jefferson county. has declared and reported to this board that serious epidemic Of influenza now prevails in this county and that it is highly communica ble
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
cyRENE coMMANDERY

All Knights Templar are requested to he at the Masonic temple. Tues l day. October s, BRO p. m.. with full uniform for the purpose of attending and conducting funeral services of Will
 | linn C. Shannon. Services to be held at
 the temple, burial at EImwood. GEORGE F. WHEELOCk. Commander.
 CHARLES !. GEOHEGAN,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08

Groves TasteIess chill Tonic restores vitality and energy by puriiy- ing and enriching the blood You can soor feel it's Strengthening. Invigor- a ting Effect. Price soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
ALLIED ARMIES OUT. AFTER BOND BUYERS GIVING NO QUARTER. Peace Bluff of Kaiser Called by Soldiers Fighting Huns
 With Liberty Bonds 40 PER CENT OF QUOTA OF COUNTY RAISED Zone Reports Eucouraging-Cha man Moore Deals German Peace
 Propaganda a Death Blow
 in Letter

After a days rest the soldiers of the allied armies and the Liberty Loan work CTS started out with renewed energy yesterday morning and by noon had se- cured something like a quarter of mil- lion dollars worth of bond subscriptions, the total. unofficialy reported up to noon being S375o,000 or about 10 per cent of Jefferson countys total quota of the Fourth Liberty Loan. The official fig ures announced by Auditor F. Hopkinson Smith. after footing up the reports from all army divisions and committees, was S. 2S3,45O. The difference between the off, fcial and the unofficial totals represents subscriptions taken by the workers but not reported to the auditor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
Thirty Thousand eople m Attendance Opening Of Alabama State Fair

Everything Ready When Doors Are Thrown Open and Exhibits in Every Department Better Than Ever-Ar men Electrify Crowds With Daring Stunts-Day-
 light Fireworks Delight Children-Spectac-
 ular Races and Midway Attractions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08

hippodrome acts being splendid and bringing forth much applause from the large and enthusiastic crowd The con- certs by Thavin's celebrated band, ballet and grand opera company will entertain persons attending the fair throughout tn. week with a most delightful pro- gramme.
 The daylight fireworks yesterday after nocn proved an interesting feature of the programme and was greatly enjoyed by the thousands of children. As the bombs would burst in the air, small parachutes bearing Old Glory would slowly descend while in several instances miniature men riding horses would descend. The chill dren were very anxious to catch some of these paper figures and many were allowed into the field below the race track after them.
 The balloon vendors as we'll as the popcorn. peanut, ice cream and cold drink stands were kept busy all day supplying the wants of the school chil-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
MIDWAY ATTRACTIONS

All day the midway, where the Johnny J. Jones shows and exposition were sta tioned, was packed and jammed with children, who were taking in all the shows, the merry -go-round and various other attractions.
 Big oaks from little acorns grow, '' is very true saying relative to Johnny J. Jones exposition The Jones steel fly CT arrived in Birmingham Sunday. The train consisted of 39 Pullman sleepers, six stock cars and 24 70-foot all steel flat
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08
CITY COMMISSION
 TO ACT ON MEASURE
 AT TODAY'S SESSION
Theatres, Churches, Sunday Schools, Fraternal Orders and All Public Gather ings May Be Ordered
 Closed Today
By JEFF BAILEY

It the city commission adopts at it's meeting this morning the ordinance that is being pre- pared by the committee of which Dr. H. s. Ward is chair man, Dr. J. D. Bowling, county and city health officer, and City Attorney Fred G. Moore are members, all places of pub lie assembly, including all schools, public and private; churches, Sunday schools, the atres, moving picture shows, sideshoWs, street fairs and fra ternal orders will be closed for a period of two weeks from Oc- tober ', or longer as may be in dicated.
 The commission seems unanimous on
 
 sented Action will be taken on the closing of the State Fair, also, which may come within the ban of the ordi- nance, but it seems that this will re- ceive deliberate consideration, no opin- ion having been given as to what the outcome will be. further than that it will be made compulsory that the dust nuisance be eliminated and that the midway and fairgrounds be put in a sanitary condition, and all shows that draw crowds into a closed area be stopped, though it is possible that the open-air attractions and exhibits will be allowed to continue.
 INTENSE INTEREST
 Intense interest hangs upon the re- suit of the meeting of the commission today. There will most likely be large crowd on hand, and it was stated last night that some of the theatres legal representatives would appear and ask that they be given more time within which to close.
 If the commission does enact the ordi- nance today it will become effective as soon as it is printed, which will be about o'clock this afternoon
 The city board of education yester- day met and adopted the resolution offered by the committee of health, which called upon the board of educa- tion to close the public schools of the city for two weeks, or for further period if indicated
 The county board of education met and took the same action with refer ence to the schools of Jefferson county The city council and board of educa- ton of Bessemer met last night at o'clock and also adopted the resolution, and it will be presented today to the city commission of Birmingham.
 The resolution follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-08

CHARLES ]. GEOHEGAN,
 Recorder.
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The free attractions are the best ever offered by the fair management, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-23
PLAY CAPTAIN JOE
ENRICHES LEAGUE
TREASURY BY $125

The play, Captain joe" present
ed at the high school last night by
the Patriotic league girls of the
school, was a decided success and
melted that society approximately
S125. The plot of the play centers
around Captain Joe of the college
basketball team. On the eve of the
championship game the captaincy
is taken away from Joe through a
mistake Her roommate, Mildred
Linn, has a weakness for stealing
and Joe replaces many articles that
Mildred takes. While replacing
one of the articles, she is discovered
and consequently the captaincy IS
taken away from her. but after the
first half of a losing game for Joes
team freshman, June Powell, as
sumes the guilt and Joe is replaced
and wins the game. At the end,
Mildred confesses and June is
cleared.
All the parts were we'll taken and
Miss Anna Marie Van Duzer in the
character of Captain Joe was espe-
cially pleasing. The cast was as
follows:
D uut T Well -. RANGES MeQlll
Kate Winston .........Nell Elwell
Sue Douglas Helen Moore
Joe Scott Anna Marie Van Duzer
Pat Ainsworth .........E lva Hill
Mildred Linn $500. Helen Sybrant
Team girls-AdeIe Roth, Maude
Burch, Vesta Dempsey. Maud
Adams, Amy Comegys, Joyce Eten.
Dormitory girls-Miidred Ander-
son. Yolande Mahaffey. Henrietta
Dittman, Dorothy KaupIle. Agatha
Petersen. Charlotte Bladel, Eliza
beth Roland. Helen Gustafson.
Before the play the following
program was given:
Martial music.
Reading. Thanksgiving Dinner"
Elizabeth Stewart
MY Mother o. Mine" and NV
Peace Is Gone Bertha Baker.
During the intermission several
selections were given by an orches-
ira composed of Miss Katharine
Gest. piano; Mrs. H F. Van Duzer,
cornet; Roscoe Lyans. cello; Miss
Fave Purdy. violin, and Phillip Ii
cata, violin.
The league play was under the
efficient management of Miss Esther
McLane, business agent. and the
Misses Alice Journy and Adele
Roth, publicity committee. Miss
Violet Pascoe was stage manager.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-23
HAS DAY
OF SPECIAL SERVICES

Special Thanksgiving music will
be rendered at the services tomor-
row at Broadway Presbyterian
church by the quartet, Mrs. H. +.
Woolworth. soprano; Mrs. F. L..
Mann, contralto; A. s. Hood, tenor.
and J. r. Hood, basso
Personality in Hearing" is the
subject of the morning sermon from
the text, Take heed what We hear. "
In the evening DR.. ]. W. Stewart,
the senior elder OF the church, who
represented Broadway at the Anti
Saloon league convention this week
held at Columbus, Ohio. will report
as delegate therefrom. Rev. G. W.
James, the superintendent of the
Anti-Saioon league ia this district.
will deliver an address on Visions
OF Victory"
DR.. John McGown Stevenson VIII
preach at the morning sermon
Those not regularly worsh 4pinE
elsewhere are invited to these ser
vices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-23

its power to express its deep graft
tude
But that nations expenses right
now are going on at the rate of
one and one-half billions of dollars
a month. Another Liberty loan is
looming on the horizon and taxes
run merrily along, war or no war.
Is it fair to impose any mode than
is absolutely necessary on your
government at this time Of all
times?
Waste is one enemy that cannot
be made to sign an armistice- 1t
is fighting all the time, slyly, alert
ly, day and night, not in a spectac-
ular manner, but quietly and in
siduously. Every army camp in the
country that does not take active
arms against it had better demo-
bilize at once. Uncle Sam may not
need you to fight for him, but he
does need you to save for him
Save food. Take what you need on
your plate, and no more. The doc
trine of the clean plate is still fash
ionabIe. Save clothing by taking
care of what you have. Needles,
threat, shoe-brushes, soap and wa
ter may not be impressive weapons
with which to fight. but they turn
the trick. Save lights-turn 'em off
when they are not in actual use.
Save everything that you possibly
can.
No need of conservation now?
| More need than ever!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-23
SINGERS ASKED
| FOR REHEARSAL
First Preparation for Liberty Ceie-
bratiOn on Thanksgiving Day
to Be Held Monday Night.

FERMENTATION for a successful vic
tory sing on Thanksgiving day VIII
be made Monday night at the ar
morv building at Third avenue and
Sixteenth street, when a rehearsal
is to be held under the direction
of z. L. Philbrook. public and high
school instructor of music and Mrs
!. r. Tuckis, general chairman or
the victory sing committee.
An appeal for singers is issued
bv Mrs. Tuckis All citizens who
can sing are requested to report a;
the armory at 1880 Monday night
to practice the song selections that
have been chosen. Members of all
choirs in the city will be present,
the various churches having ar
ranged to have their singers pres
ent. The Patriotic league sing
which was to have been held Mon
day night will be held in connec-
ton with this rehearsal.
Rock Island will hold it's victory
sing at the Illinois theatre Thanks
giving afternoon at 4:30. It is ex-
pected that the Illinois theatre will
be packed when the first selecAA9 4
on the program is sung.
The program for the sing is an
nounced by the committee in
charge as follows:
THE Star Spangled Banner
Address, why We Sing"-W. B
Mcintyre.
Songs of eXultation:
(a) "Over There"
(b) Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing"
(c) Good Morning, Mr.. Zip, Zip
Zip"
Songs of Thanksgiving.
(a) Come Thou Almighty King.
(b) America the Beautiful"
Holy City''-Miss Harriette Lar
kin.
Songs of home:
(a) Sweet and Low"
(b) Pack Up Your Troubles"
(cl There's Long, Long
Trail"
I'D THE Old Folks at Home"
Garry Me Back to Old Virgini'
Philharmonic quartet
Four-minute talk-Rev. D. A
Johnson.
Songs of victory:
(al Onward Christian Soldiers
(b) ''Marseillaise"
(c) Americans Come"
I'D when the Boys Come
Home"
(e) America"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-23
INDICT TWELVE
IN u. S. COURT
Especial to The Argus.l


Peoria. nA.. Nov. Indictments
were returned in the federal court
today against Ulysses r Bell, John
Cordell and Delmar Hull. all OF
Rock Island county They are
charged with stealing interstate
freight.
John F Hippert, Thomas Ma
lone, Emil Peterson, George Dun
lay, William Peterson, ]. J. Man
del, Joseph Manin and Oscar Wiley,
all Of Rock Island. charged with
violating liquor laws, were indict-
ed. John Churchill and Frank
Christman of Moline were also in
dicted for stealing interstate ship
mentA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-23
ORGAN RECITAL BY
AUGUSTANA MAN
is GENUINE TREAT

Playing with an individuality
that was distinctly his own, J.
Frank Freysinger, head of the or
gan and theoretical departments of
Augustana conservatory of music,
delighted a large audience last
evening at the college chapel on his
first appearance in pipe organ re-
cital, as member OF the consery-
atory.
Mr.. Frysinger's playing is char
acterized by a cleanness of techDic
and by the desire to produce a dis
tinct given. effect rather than to
create a great volume of tone. He
| does not, however, sacrifice tonal
qualities for effect, but combines
them in manner that places him
among the great organists of the
I country. Included in the program
presented last evening were three
/ selections, the work of the per-
former, which illustrated the vers-
ability of the man both as composer
and player. These numbers were
Dream Song" 'Laudate Domini"
and Meditation" The former is
characteristic of its name, the sec
Ond employs the full organ with
the majesty that the title would
suggest and the last is a peculiarly
beautiful and musical compost
ton.
The program as a whole was so
well played that it is difficult to Sc
lect any special number as an out
standing work. The audience seem
ed to like the Rubinstein "Kamen-
moi Ostrow" number best of all and
insisted on an encore, the only one
given by the player. The employ
ment of the organ in this selection
was especially beautiful, the player
depicting with realism the story of
the composition. Malling's "Christ's
Entry Into Jerusalem" was beau
tifully played, the artist bringing
out splendidly the great implied
sorrow of the Christ as he entered
the ancient city. A fantasia on
MY Old Kentucky Home" arrang-
ed by ]. E. W. Lord and dedicated
by him to Mr.. Frysinger, was an
interesting work and was given
with much faithfulness to the idea
conveyed in the composition. the
player even resorting to a rag time
movement to bring out the desired
effect, a novel organ method.
Other numbers on the program
included THE Star Spangled Ban
ner;" overture to don Giovanni; -
air from the orchestral suite in D,
by Bach; a Bach fuge in r fiat. a
beautiful composition played with
great majesty and with three dis
tinct variations in time: and a Bach
chOrale MY Hearts DESIRE" and
Chromatic Fantsie in A Minor.
Mr.. Frysinger created a most ia
vorable impression on his hearers
last evening, impressing them with
the fact that he is a master OF the
pipe organ, a PLAYER of much musi-
cal feeling with the ability and
technical equipment to produce
those effects that may be so abund
antly brought out on the compli-
Gated instrument.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-23
EXPECTS lNFLU
FOR LONG TIME
DR.. c. T. Foster Predicts New
Cases viii Appear for at
Least 80 Days in City.

That Spanish influenza will
probably continue to break out in
Rock Island for at least three
months, is the opinion OF DR.. c. 7.
Foster, city health commissioner.
While it is hard to say when the
day will come when the city will
be absolutely clear of influenza
germs, I believe l am safe in say
ing that new cases probably Will
continue to appear here for many
days to come. Although there is
no epidemic, disease germs con-
tiuue to exist and only continued
freezing weather Will aid II wiping
out contagiOn," DR.. Foster said.
Thirty-LwO new cases were re
ported yesterday. One death Oc-
Cured Since Oct. l. 1912 cases
Of flu have been recorded. The toll
of death today reached the o.
mark
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-23

red sweater under a blue serge
coat, blue serge trousers and a cap
of dark material.
Place Net.
Immediately following the report
of the crime at the police station a
dragnet was thrown around posi-
BILE exit points in Rock Island. A
description Of Dudley was also fur
nished Davenport and Moline au-
thOrities.
The body was taken to the Noel
Ter undertaking parlors, where an
examination was made. 1t is prob
able, according to Coroner John G.
Miller. that an inquest will not be
made until Monday and will then
be held at the scene Of death.
Mrs Dudley was about 80 years
Of age and an attractive woman.
No children or relatives are known
to be living in Rock Island or else
where. At a late hour this after
noon no arrests had been made by
the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-23
ARE TO EFFECT
PERMANENT BODY
Livestock Men to Perfect PreIim-
mary Temporary Organization
at Meeting Tuesday.

A meeting of east end county
farmers to effect a permanent or
ganization of the farmers coopera-
tive livestock shipping association,
founded at a gathering held last
Wednesday night, is to be held
next Tuesday evening at 1880 at the
Pleasant Point school house.
At the meeting last Wednesday a
temporary organization was form
ed. Tuesday the foundations laid
at the previous gathering will be
strengthened and officers of the as
sociation elected.
Palmer r. Edgerton, Rock Island
county farm advisor, and others of
nearby counties familiar with the
workings of organized livestock
shipping bodies, are expected to be
present Tuesday night. 1t is an
nounced that farmers of both the
northern and southern sections of
the county are eligible for mem
berShip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-23
PLACE TILE N
BIC DRAIN J0B.
Project Costing Several Tb....
Dollars WIN Make Ninth
Street Complete.

The laying OF large drafs,,. .
az certain points along Ninth !.
Is the only work remaining !, w. W.
plete the &iutn street Dayts 10 =. =.
ject ~
The Tri-C.'7 Improvement 90.
pany finished the paving 49,
the project Iast week with e XVI z
ception OF pouring Of rites - y. Y
several blocks This WORK 80 "
ished this week after c0esfs.....
difficulty was encountered +, N
obtaining Of the pitch.
F. f. TreHkeHsehuh has n.
tract for laying The tlle voies y.
Jet is 10 cost several thoussrs Z.
lars. Large castings are beI5e ~
TO carry the water from ~
district under the Einth stree, y.
ing in the vicinity OF Fo-t-s.
avenue. This work is being ~
10 completion before the rro-..
freezes, Another week or n ~
will see the work complete
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-23
Obituary
Charles +. White.

Charles F. White died at his
home. 71O Twenty-ffth street, this
morning, after a weeks illness Of
pneumonia. Mr.. White was born
in Livingston county, near Odell,
ILL.,, Oct %, 1878. He had been
employed at the Rock Island round
house on Thirty-fifst street for a
number of years.
He is survived by his widow in
this city; three brothers: J. NJ.
White of Rock Island and A. T..
White and F. J.. White, and father
of Pontiac, Ill; three sisters, Mrs.
Florence LaVelle OF this city, Mrs.
George Burnskill and Mrs. A. Z.
Chalmers of Pontiac.