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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

scarlet woman out of business; and the way of man to health and happiness of a pure and permanent nature in welded bliss with her will be relieved of it's pitfalls. There is an important part for woman in this work of redeeming tho blood of our people from this infection that endangers 1t for generations to come: and the highest success can be attained only through her taking up this task and cooperating with hus- band and son and brother in this war of social sanitation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

Take plain bitro phosphate is the ao- vice of these physicians to thin, delicate, nervous people who lack vim, energy and nerve force. and there seems to De ample proof of the efficacy of this prep aration to warrant the reeom"enda- tion. Moreover, if we judge from the countless preparations and treatments which are continually being advertised for the purpose of making thin people fleshy, developing arms, neck a ana arH,ss nuss, by the soft, curved lines of health and beauty, there are evidently thousands Of men and women who feel keenly thelr excessive thinnesS.
 Thinness and weakness are often due to starved nerves. Our bodies need more phosphate than is contained in moderns foods. Physicians claim there is nothing that will supply this de- ficiency so well as the organic .phos- phate known among druggists as bitro- phosphate, which is inexpensive and is sold by Letaw's Pharmacy in Birming ham and most all druggists under a guarantee of satisfaction or money back By feeding the nerves directly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

The government report on the draf- tees examined for the second million shows the situation of the country and its several states and chief cities with refrence to the preva- lence of venereal diseases. The showing is bad for the entire south, suggesting that probably climate, or the negro, or both. may have something to do with the spread of these diseases; but it is far more likely that the defective sanitation and hygene of these south ern states is the real causes for the excessive prevalence of these diseases But whatever may be the cause Of this alarming prevalence of these diseases in the south, better sanitation and hy- gene is certainly the only cure.
 Out of every 100 men examined 54 per cent were found to be victims Of these diseases for the nation at large and the several states showed different percentages from Is in Vermont 10 l563 in Florida. Alabama comes sixth from the bottom with 1e-S2 infected out of every 100AThe diseases are found to be specially prevalent in the cltles. BIT mingham is found to be next to the worst of cities of it's class, 1857 out or every 100 being infected. Montgomery Is also the next to the worst in us class. showing 16.96 out of every lOo infected Mobile shows up better be- ing ninth in its class with l2.Sf out or every 100 infected. There can be no more reliable test of the prevalence of these diseases in a community or coun- try, than that given in this examina- tion of these draftees; and this report presents to the people of the nation, and especially those of the south, problem they can no longer neglect or ignore.
 When one remembers that these dis eases are readily cured with proper treatment, and are probably never cured without such treatment; that carriers of them are easily rendered not competent longer to communicate them; that proper concerted cam paign for their eradication on the part of inc nation and the several states
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
A Situation Demanding
 Attention Of Alabama
By the REV. A. J. DICKINSON.

would probably eliminate the contagion within a few years-when one remem- bers all this and much more along the same line, the continuance of this sit- nation longer in this state will con demn us before the world as a civilized people. Let the legislature take up this matter and let all our people under the leadtrship of our excellent health department wage war on the germs that have invaded the blood of our people, and is rapidly rendering them unsafe material for d democracy. Let war be declared on these diseases; let it be backed with the man power. money and munitions needed to put out these enemies of ourselves and our childrens children; for in this matter we are today the guardians of the health and the happiness of the gen. eratons to come.
 Commereialized vice is the fortress behind which every evil entrenches it. self The saloon, as an institution of commerce made the problem of curing drunkenness a most difficult one and hard to solve Now as the nation goes to the task of eliminating the venereal diseases found to be epidemic all over the land through the examinations of the draftees for the army it is found that the task is all but impossible without the stopping of commercialized prostitution.
 The red-Hght has got to go. or we may never hope to be free from vene- real diseases; this has been shown be- yond the possibility of a doubt. The scarlet woman is the most menacing carrier of these diseases and the prob lem of her presence will determine our success for the elimination of these dis cases Ought not women to take on themselves the responsibility TOT this menace? Women are soon to be en- franchised, which means that they will i be equal with men in their power to secure legislation for the better eff I fecting their tasks in society by such laws as they may deem wise, Let them take hold of this problem, devise ways
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

men whose histories date, in a finan- cial sense from 1914i
 I saw rather a pathetic sight the other day when, as I was walking through the park, I met two or three royal carriages In the first one sat two ladies, dressed entirely in black, each holding punches of pink carna = tions. They were the widowed Alex andra, the queen mother of England, and her tragic sister, the dowager ex. czarina of Russia One wonders what were the thoughts of these two queens who have seen and heard so many of the sorrows of life during the last few years!
 Copyright, 1919.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
SHOULD BE PRESCRIBED BY EVERY DOCTOR AND USED IN EVERY HOSPITAL
 Saws Editor of "Physicians Who's Who"

and by supplying the body cells with the necessary phosphoric food elements, bitro- o-phosphate should produce wei come transformation in the appearance; the increase in weight frequently being astonishing.
 Clinical tests made in St Catherines Hospital, N. Y C., showed that two patients gained in weight .23 and 27 pounds, respectively through an ad- ministration of organic phosphate; both patients claim they have not felt as strong and well for the past twelve years
 Increase in weight also carries with it a general improvem ent in the health. Nervousness, sleeplessness and lack of energy, which nearly always accompany excessive thinness, should soon dis appear, dull eyes ought to brighten and pale cheeks glow with the bloom of perfect health.
 Physicians and hospitals everywhere are now recognizing it's merits by it's use in ever increasing quantities. Frederick Kolle M. D.. editor of New York Physicians Who's Who," says: l "Bitro- Phosphate should be prescribed by every doctor and used in every hos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
Suffered No III Effects
From Harper's Magazine.

from tfarperS S Magazine.
 In an Arkansas river town built largely on reclaimed land, most of the houses had to be built on pillars four or five feet above ground. One resident with a longer head than his neighbors inclosed the space under his house with pickets and in the pen thus made he kept a drove of scrawny hogs.
 Do you think it is sanitary-health- ful-to keep your hogs under the house like that?" he was asked.
 "Aw, don't know, stranger. I reckon so.'' replied the native, and hitched up his overalls.
 Never notice any bad effects from it?' Wy no," he drawled. q been a-keep'n my hawgs there for 14 years and never lost a hawg."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

The corn crop will be materially in- creased through the influence of "corn clubs" which have been organized all over this country among the children of the rural communities.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
STEEL PRICES CAUSING
ALARM AMONG BRiTONS
English Manufacturers Fear They WI,
he tnd"rsold by American
EnCtOrN Owners.

LONDON. June oS-rrit's, s,o,
,rodnrrs fear ;hey will no, only be IN.
dersold in their own markn, by thn
American stee! products which a-e
quoted about SIS below English prices
put that their export trade will also
be lost
The American Cha amber or ro-,,,,,rcc
forr' ton:
The news OF the recent cut Of s4es
n american prices for mig iron and
- <12 on finished steel g cius,nr
ENGLAND. At the revised prices four.
inch b;Ilets bring s3s 80 rer cross ton
IN America, while the D-itish fgure
is t12 Hs.. practically half again as
much. Tho America price for rnlvan-
led sh"e's amounts to about sol per
ton the British f?S
Britain. with the frciea, agatns, her.
in addition TO her already higher
prices. cannot hone to put steel on
the Canadian martet. for instance, Mt
"a price which Will compete with the
American. And. having doubled her
steelmaking capacity during the war
the loss OF overseas. and even colo
NAL, markets at this time would be
a great blow. Moreover, at the end
OF April the government removes Its
subsidy from pig iron. and the price
ton. which will raise the price OF steel
81 to IS, according 10 the work done
on 1t. AS a result. sellers cannot quote
prices for future business, and buyers
of the semlnnished material Will not
engage on contracts because they can
not tell what the steel Is going to
cost them. Bushes Is slowing up"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
SWARMS OF LOCUSTS
A DANGER TO EYES
Speeding Autoista I'm New York Stntc
lInve Trying Experience
with Pest.

MASSAPEoUA n. Y. June 2S.-Au-
tomobilists are compelled to put up
their windshields to protect their eyes
from the great swarms of seventeen
year locusts, which are destroying
fruit and hardwood trees on twenty
square miles of farms near here. The
farmers are greatly alarmed over the
Invasion by the locuSts.
The chief anxiety of the farmers af-
fected so far relates TO their fruit
trees. The locust requires woody
fiber in which TO lay its cggs-it is
in the egs-iaying process that the dam
age is done.
The foliage is destroyed because the
female of the species-more deadly
than the male-is equippd with an ex-
tremely efficient trench digger attached
TO her ovapositor With this she digs
deep trench through the bark OF the
outer twiEs of fine trees and deposits
her eggs therein Phe flow Of sap to
the leaves is thereby interrupted and
the foliage shrivcls and dies.
The eggs then develop into larvae
which drop TO the ground. The
larvae hurrow into the ground to n
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
POSTWAR EXHIBIT
Europe Now Planning for Industrial
Display i'll London During
1921.

!. LONDON, June 2S.--Europe's first
postwar industrial exhibition may be
held in London in 1921. Plans are
afoot for making a great show of i'm
peral products as fitting preamble
TO closer economic unity OF the scat
tered units OF the Empire in the world
trade war now opened. Not only manu-
featured goods but all products of The
Empire-from India, South Afr.
Australia. New Zealand. Canada. New
foundland, we'll Egypt and
Mesopotamia-woul be gathered hore
with commodities OF the British Isles
Representatives OF the domnioas
already have endorsed the proposal.
which is now being considered by the
government. The British Empire
League, of which Lord Sydenham is
cha irman. is boosting the proposal
The reason why such an exhibition
should be held. in the opinion of Prime
Minister Hughes, of Australia. is that
the various parts OF the Empire are in
ignorance of what other parts produce
In the way of raw materials and manu-.
featured goods.
The idea Is In line with British
imperial trade preference" designed to
keep British, money In British lands
until the value OF the pound is moro
stabilized.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
AT SIXTY MILES AN HOUR
ANTELOPES SHOW HEELS
American Museum Hcnrs Report OF
Speed shown by Wild
Animals.

NEW YORK. June 2S.-Antelope run
ming mile a minute are described in
a letter just received by the American
Museum of Natural History from it's
naturalist. Or. Roy c. Andrews. who
tells OF an auto trip across the ancient
Cobb Desert ana along the Monaghan
boundary
Il have been up in outer Mongolia"
ne writes. and have had "a most won
derful trip. 1t is an extraordinary
have ever visited. Went to U-ga
and from there by auto across C;ohj
Desert. The trip to CrGa was by way
nt the old caravan trail across Cobb
The Cobb is not deser, in the
popular conception Of the word hu,
- vast rolling prairie like thos., o:
our w eStern states. the only sandy
we crossed. on our ward Journey
we saw upward of 1000 antcIopes OF
three diferent species, and we're sue
cessful in obtaining four or five which
we shot from the auto. II was m"s.
exciting sport TO run parallel win
them a, about forty miles an hour
and see them swing around - cross
var:ahl: did. thus giving US shots al
from 400 to 500 yards. I never hafora
dreamed that an animal could run so
iast. At conservative estimate t',eir
speed must have reached siXtv miles
an hour. and 7 believe even more
ne inhabitants of Grga are Won
deriul.Y picturesque: the population
Russians and a.n0o chinese. The Mon
gols are a charming and attrac,i,.,
neooie. They dress in extremely bril-,
;iant co,ors. ana when they are on
ground-they anDear especinllv arraynd
Tor circus exhibition"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
YUKON MAIL CARRIER
Gets HIS PAY IN FISH
Pound and Il Half of Dried Salmon
Is Only Stipend He
Receives.
DRIVES IN HIS DOG SLED
DRIVES IN HIS DOG SLED
Even Most Inaccessible Post Offices
Receive Postal Visit at Least Ono.
Eac! Month III Americas Northern
Territory.

WASHINGTON. June 2S.-There is a
good deal OF talk over the meaEer nay
received by mail carriers but the
most poorly paid OF Uncle Sans mail
carriers receive far less than the IA
'n!!'aT postman. yet never make com
pant. they get pound and Il half
OF dried salmon for a full da;.'s work
fncy are the husky and the Mala-
mute. the native Eskimo and the ma
;iHc Indian dogs in the great Yukon
country. Without them the goldseek-
ers the fur traders, tile shopkeepcrs
ana the mission workers in the in
fortunate ones who live along the lines
Of the few railroads) would receive no
mail from the time the ice forms over
tn: rivers In October until IL break $
up in May.
Even the most inaccessible of post
ofliccs receive MAJ! once a month in
winter tthough only letter mail is car
ierior OF Alaska the husky and ~the
Malamute are mail carrier and santa
Claus combined They would be with
out word from the outside world for
cant months every year II il were not
tor the mail dogs.
These animals are pushed 20 their
utmost by considerate and cruel driver
alike for there is a prescribed task
for them every day. and all they get
out OF IL is the pound and n half o:
dried salmon n tho end OF the day.
hcn they are not working their al
lowance Of FISH is. cut down. In the
summer they are fed on the refuse Of
fresh salmon at the fishing CAMPS.
where the mail contractor ho rds them
out until the rivers freeze again
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
SALMON WORTH
MORE THAN GOLD
Natives Of Alaska Live on Fish
Caught in the
Rivers.
FOOD FOR ENTIRE YEAR
Action at Spawning Time One
Of the Greatest
Wonders.
FOOD FOR ENTIRE YEAR

NEW YORK. June 2S+If ALASKA had
to choose between salmon and gold
there is little question that she would
unhesitatinGly give up the gold. for
life Itself is dependent. in many partss
OF Alaska and for long periods of time,
upon the salmon.
Along the stretches of the lower
Yukon fish is the staple and almost
the only diet for both man and dog.
The rivers of Alaska are the food
reservoirs of the country. and OF all
the food taken from them the salmon
is the most delicate and the most plen-
tiful. The banks OF the Yukon for
hundreds of mi!as up it's length are
lined. in the summer time, with Indian
villages, which, from distance, are
dull red blurs from the split salmon
hung out in the sun 10 dry.
Food for Entire Year.
The fresh fish supply the food FOR
the Indians and their dogs during the
summer and the dried fish throughout
the winter. The dog salmon, weighing
from five to seven pounds Is caught
most beautifully: In drying it shrinks
to one and n half pounds. These dried
fish are eaten as we eat bread. One fish
day, in the evening. is considered a
fair allowance for dog when work
ing in winter. He requires no other
food. X
Salmon. though spawned in fresh
water. and though they return to fresh
water to spawn and to die, often after
a journey up the Yukon and its tri-
butaries OF 1000 and 1000 miles, never
eat in fresh water. No case i on record
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
Catch Fish in Streets
of New York City

NEW YORK, June 2S.-who
knows, maybe fish get tired of stay
Ing In the same old waters day
after day. Anyway II was IL hnny
fOursOnre that ventured into the
metropolitan waters vim hydrant
with which the streets wcfe being
flushed near Manhattan street.
These four perch siiimmered and
wiSEled In the gutter ns pnssers-
by looked on.
But IL WINS up to Patsy Baise, n
ntne-ycnr-Oid, to put into action his
innate longing to catch the tasty
tidbit. His quick wit suggested n
means of capture. He grabbed u
peach bnsket und cOrrnllcd three
Of the nkh. Not 40 lucky was the
policeman who tried to catch the
four perch In his hat. EiEht-year-
old Tony MnlianO, without any salt
Whatsoever, caught the Highly fish
by it's tail. His mother fried 1t I'm
pan, md Tony ate 1t like n man.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
Hens Riding in Auto
Not Joy Riding Kind

PHILADELPHIA, june 2S.-Gucss
we'll have 10 revise that we'll
known COnundrnn, why does 81 hen
cross the street" because she
doesn't. She rides in nm nutomo-
biic these days. Chickens. OF course,
have ridden in JOY rnrs for II long
time, but tor the hen IL is u new
experiences
fig Snm Powell. colored connoiS-
scur Of fcaihercd roosts. assisted
by another dusky judge, went
among the coors of several millions
aires residing along the main line
of IiuverfOrd township nnd chose
the plumpcSt md most tasty mp
pcnring chickens for u Joy ride.
That some OF these ronstS and frys
belonged TO Mrs. William II. Carter
nnd Mrs. Henry Nickers, didn't feuzc
the drivers one iotn.
The joyriderS whizzcd by Police
man GFancy 80 swiftly that he he
came suspicious and started pur-
au;t IN nm automobile with Police
man Mullen TO assist him. II wnS
necessary to ditch the chr In order
to capture the driverx--and then
the seventy-flYe fenthered particle
pants of the ride were discovered
In the tonnenu. "Out on bail"
meant $4,000, so Powell was held.
Original idens ARE no respectorA OF
color.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
Will Soldiers Bride
Pray for His Safety?

BALTIMORE, June 2S-Of the
numerous applications that hive
come To Mayer Preston, who has
served ns Cupid to many lone
some youths and maidens within
the last year. the most attractive
proposition reached the City AIntri-
moninl Bureau recently. 1t came
from first sergeant mt Camp
Mende. who asks the Mayor TO find
him girl to whom he can leave
his estate and insurance, amounting
to S1S,30O. nv he expects to sail for
duty overseas shortly aud may never
come back.
with ali his people dead, the ser
gennt writes, he would look upon
IL ns n '1itt1e favor" II the Mayor
would find girl to whom he could
make payable his government In
surance policy OF 100000 md other
property totalling S1S,50O in the
event of his death while in~Europc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29

maintain Fulhnm Palace In full
dignity M his episcOpnI residence,
inasmuch ms this ancient pile had
been historic rossrSsion OF the
church for LOO years. Hut he
could not DC certain even of this
accomplishment In the face of the
high cOst of living.
To support his plea of nm income
insuniclent TO maintain b:S cntnte
ns his predccehsOrs had done. the
bishop of London placed before The
conference trunk excerpt from his
yearly balance shect. Given in term.
or dollars, Ii runs thuni income,
S5o,oo0; Income tnH. Si5.GUO: kuper
tax, $500; rates. taa.x and insur-
nnce, $4,000.
This indicates nm "ovcrhend" OF
S3@,5OO for the Lord Biahop OF Lon
don, leaving him SIS,5UO with which
TO do the following things: mnIn-
tain Fulhum Palace and gurdcns;
maintain London House; support =,
ntnn of ten servants, feed unn
ciothc thcmi run II motor cur.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
Bishop Cannot Make Ends
Meet on $4,000 a Year

by ROBERT WELLES RITCHIE.
LONDr!s, Junc .S.-ls IL possible
for lord bishop-S0r the i.ord
Bishop of London, In fnct-tO live
and maintain his episcopal diyni-
Ties on $4,000 yenrf We have
the testimony of the prcAent incum-
bent OF thnt highest of ccciesiasti-
cal Offices In England thut decidedly
IL IL not possible.
The Right Reverend Arthur Foley
Wilmington InErnm. *. l.. v. o.,
ID. d., LII. d., Dean OF the ChapelH
Royal, Prclute or the Order of the
British Empire, and since 1901 In
cumbcnt of the Sec of London, re-
fcrr1nE In n ncssion OF the diocesan
conference to "thc clerYy's ntnrvn-
ton pny," announced Co the conster-
nation of many that he had found
IL necessary to put London Houxe,
one OF his two town residences,
upon the market In order TINT he
might keep Fulhnm Palace going.
The lord bishop promised that
he would make II supreme effort to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
NO BIDDERS FOR PLANE
First One in Worlds History is Put
Up at Pu3lic Auction In
London,

LONDON, June 2S.--The first aero
plane put up TO: auction in the his
tory of the world did not find buyer.
don Aerodrome. 4 Grahame White
machine. fully equipped, a sporting
single scatter, tuned to 100 miles an
hour. was for sale.
Bidding went up by small stages until
S2,256 was reached. Then it slackened
TO standstill. and the machine was
withdrawn, as the reserve was S2.500.
People are still very shy, sa id
Claude Grahame White, but it will
come all right"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
soon n Year Ratcatcher.

LONDON. June 2S.-The Surrey
County Council invites applications for
Superintendent ratcatcher at $1,000
per annum
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-29
R0BBER KINGS PELF
AWAITS DISCOVERY
May Use Magnetic bud Needle
to Locate Vast
Stores.
SEEK LOOT OF KING JOHN
Engineer Asserts Huge Treasure
May Soon Be
Located.
SEEK LOOT OF KING JOHN
ny ROBERT wELLEs RIrcu1E

l,oNDON. June 2S.-Gather round
children. and listen TO the latest tale
or buried treasure. This time IFS not
spanish doubioons and jeweied cruel
likes stolen from the affairs of sacked
Panama and sunk in some sponge gar
den OF the Antilles. but it's the treas
ure OF wicked King John Of England
which may be brought to light after
All these centuries
Captain Hugh Pollard, o. an en-
GinecrlnS regiment. comes forward
with the fascinating suggestion thar
INC same magnetic instrument now
being utilized in the desert of Eu-
rope battle nelds to discover hidden
nlin"s; uneXploded shells and other
Suried masses OF metal might equally
~ coerced into pointing the ancient
htdlhg place OF King Johns loot some
where IN that dreary stretch of ground
Enown as the Wash. in Norfolk Coun-
cate tell-tale needle that points a
buried 'dud" also indicate lorg-burieI
pen or the robbcr King?
HID tobcrt Louis Hut Known.
Here are possibilities for another
stevenson, with modern scientific
Trimmings. Searching for ieweied
onaiices kingly crown and sceptre
auu lhouSandS OF pennyweights OF
minted gold with magnetic needle.
But hear. first, thumbnail history
OF the lost treasure OF 1.-THE Wash
Jonn. Who wns the only King Of that
name England ever had Cor ever want
eu1 and who is chiefly remembered be-
cause of that little affair at Runny