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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14
TOILET ARTICLES
 ID BE TAXED NOW Tax Applicable to All Patent Medicines and Advertised
 Preparations
By Associated Press

Washington, May 13-Consumers are required to pay a tax of cent for every 25 cents in the purchase price of prac- tically all toilet articles and all patented or. advertised medical articles. underr egulations announced tonight by the internal revenue bureau defining the tSxability of such commodities un- der the revenue act
 Stamps to cover the tax, which be- came effective May 1, will be issued, 1t was said in nine denominations of from l cent to 40 cents, to be affixed to the article by the dealer after the selling price has been determined
 The tax is made applicable to all medicinal preparations sold under pat manufacturer having. or claiming to have exclusive right or title to make such preparations. It also applies. 1t was said, to all medicines recom- merded or advertised as remedies or specifies for any disease. as well as to all unadvertised medicinal prepara- tions produced by a manufacturer hav- ing or claiming to have, any private formula, secret or occult art" used In their production.
 Medicine is defined in the regulations as remedy for diseases "of human and animal body"
 Recommended or advertised" is con- strued as meaning representation by any means, whether by personal can vass, or statement on labels, in pam phlets, or in advertiseme
 Many substances, not used solely Tor medicinal purposes, such as boric acid or licorice, if advertised or sold under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14
"Ocupational Misfits''

From the Thrift Magazine.
 A new and splendid example of thrift work has just been taken up among the soldiers of the American expeditionary forces in France and along the Rhine. now numbering close to ,400,0 900 men.
 The war department has created the de- partment of occupatiohal direction which has been placed under the complete super vision of pr. Arthur H. Chamberlain who sailed for France on the General Grant recently. No attempt will be made to give them any technical or specific education, the entire idea being merely to advise and direct the men along the lines of en- deavor for which they seem best fittd.
 Through this department it is expected that the minimum of time will be lost by each man in getting into the line of work, which, through education, natural aptitude and ambition he seems best qual- flied to take up when he comes back to America It also will prevent many so- called occupationa1 misplacements. By this is meant men who adopt a certain profession or trade for which they are not fitted and who find out their mistake after it is too late to change or after months of valuable time has been wasted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14
FLORENCE

Florence, May Especial Fifty three delegates. representing the union- ized labor of the Muscle Shoals district. will attend the state convention in Mo- bile next Monday, May 19. and an eff fort is being made to have the next state convention in Florence.
 The labor unions of the district, to- gether with the business men of Flor ence. have raised approximately s1o,000 to entertain the next convention in the event 1t comes to this city.
 A special car will carry the delegates from this city to Mobile and two large banners will be placed on the car read ing See Muscle Shoals and the Air Nitrate Plants"
 It is understood that delegates from many sections of the state have already wired w. B. Carrothers, local chair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14

1880 Wednesday evening, when the l doors will be thrown open to the pub 1 Iic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14
I,oewss Biiou

A high-class bill of superior vaude- vile is at Loew's Bijou today Gray and Graham are the feature attrac- tions in "On Board Transport A comedy vehicle with musical features. Lee and Lawrence in '.Milady Raffles, is a clever sketch and full of comedy lines and good gags. The Elvera sls- ters present an attractive dancing nov city Fern and Howell, black-face comedians, furnish much amusement. The Bell Thazer Brothers, hand bal ancing performers, pull some wonder full stunts. Peggy Hylan in Miss Ad- venture" is the picture feature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14

trade mark as medicinal prepara- tions. are also subject to the tax.
 The tax does not apply under tue regulations to food preparations. pois- ons insecticides, medicinal disinfec- tants, serums and anti-toxins, or vac cines and bacterines mot advertised to the general Nay pnblic.v
 Soap and soap preparations are prac- tieally the only toilet articles not in- cluded in the taxable list under the regulations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14

savings stamp sales, along with postal savings and savings bank deposits, will grow steadily throughout the year.
 "Co-operation is sought earnestly, es- pecially from bankers and merchants, in the matter of keeping thrift and war savings stamps on sale, so that no one so inclined may fail to have opportunity to invest his money wisely"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville. May Especial. .)-Another big land sale was made here Monday afternoon when the Crow plantation of 92o acres located at Toney in the western part of Madison county. was sold at pub lie sale to P s. Dunnlvant of Huntsville and associates for s31 ,T40, or s43.oo per acre The sale was first made in small lots and the property brought only s29 ar acre. The plantation belonged to the late c. A. Crow of Sheffield and the sale was made for tine purpose of division among the heirs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14
RUSSELLVILLE

Russellville, May 13-(SpecialJ The 1S indictments against Y. M. Quinn. former cashier of the Tennessee Valley bank here, were mol pressed when one of the cases was called for trial. About three years ago it was alleged that he had embedded funds of the Tennessee Valley bank here to the amount or nearly s46.o00. Upon investigation or the grand jury i3 indictments were found against him, and he had gone 10 trial in two of the cases. One of the cases terminated in mistrial.s and in the other case today, upon the advice of the state bank inspector. the stase asked that all the other cases be dis missed. as it had failed to convict in two former trials
 The Dearing-Orman Mercantile conf panv is now moving it's stock of goods into the new department store which Is just being completed. This is one of the largest mercantile establishments in the city, The extension to the cid building, at a cost of about $25,000 dol- lare gives them a front along Jack son street of 100 feet The building is the largest and most beautiful north of Birmingham, and would be a cred- it even to that city.
 The formal opening will be held at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14

J. P. Smith and ]. R. Bates were ar rested here last night on charges of vio- lating the prohibition laws, it. being all legged that they had liquor in their posses sion. Both men made bonds in the sum .of $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14

Unusually cold weather for this season prevails here now and young cotton IS being injured to a certain extent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14

The Rotary club at it's meeting last night devoted practically the whole time to speechmaking on Mother for op- servance of Mothers Day. President V R Hutton. Rev. H. M Moffett, John P. Cooney. Roy Lyle aid several others made addresses,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14

The season for negro baptisings In the spring park. has come around agaln, the first ceremonies of the kind taking piacs Sunday in the presence of thousanos Q neonle1 The converts are immersed in the icv water below the dam and the shou'- ing is spontaneous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-14

The Victory Loan went over in this county. The quota for the county was 5000, and the subscriptions amount ed to S96. 700. On account of the ma g. nificent increase in the volume of bank ing business between the last drive and this one the quota was several thou sand dollars more than that of the fourth loan
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
WORKERS
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING

The Vineyard Workers of the Cen
trail Baptist churc . at their annual
meeting on Monda5 evening. elected
AIRS. George A. Ashley president for
the coming year. The annual session
was held at the home of Mrs. Arthur
f. Purkiss. Ne. 156 Broadway, and the
attendance was large. Miss Alice
Dean presided and after the manual
reports were read and accepted the
election Of officers was tak"n UP. re-
sulting as follows: Pres >nt Mrs
George A. Ashley: vice president,
Mrs. c. c. GildersieeHe; secretary.
Mrs. George r Watson: treasurer.
Mrs. Gilbert r. RI. 'nond.
The programme o. the evening con-
sisted of brief talks by several of the
members on the work OF the girls col
ie@es in various parts Of the world
Miss Helen B. Moore spoke on the rea-
sons for the different denomina tions
cooperating in the establishment OF
girls colleges. Mrs. Shepard r. Pal
mer teld of the work of the TOXIC Col
lege for Girls and tffe work of the
Tingling College in China was de-
scribed by Miss Rut,. Hamilton. An
other interesting talk of the evening
was that given by Miss Ruby Vaughn
whose subject was the Legras College
for Girls in India. The closing nun
Der of the programme was resume
of the study Of the past year which
was given by Mrs. Ashley.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
BODY OF GIRL is
FOUND ON RIVER BANK

Left by the receding tide along the
shores OF the cove in the Yantic river,
the body of Viola Vyzodka. years old.
who fell from the top Of Uncas leap
into the Yantic river at the Falls and
was drowned late Sunday afternoon,
May II. was found Monday evening
about o'clock on the shore in the rear
of, the Grand View sanatorium on
Washington street.
Constandi Prztulski of 80 Yantic
street was rowing up the cove in his
boat when he saw the body Of the lit
tie girl where it had been left stranded
in shoal spot out Of water. He had
gone past there some time before when
rowing down the river. but had not
seen the body then.
William Fl. Donohue. son OF DR.. John
D. Donohue, who conducts the sana
torium, noticed the crowd that gath
cred when word of the finding of the
body spread. and he Immediately noti-
fed Can't Dennis J. Twomey at police
headquarters Captain Twomey got
into communication with Coroner
Franklin H.. Brown, who later gave
permission for the removal of the body
and it was taken in charge by Under
takers Church & Allen.
The child lived with her mother and
three brothers at No. 10 Sherman
street at the Falls. She fell from the
60-foot ledge while rambling around in
search of flowers. The body was evil
IDENTIFY quickly washed down the river
by the strong current .as it could not
be found, although the river was
dra eyed by the police for several hours
after the accident
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
DENTISTRY AT SEA is
OFTEN UNDER DIFFICULTIES

Lieut.. John NJ. King of SO Washing
ton street who has been in the medi-
Gal branch Of the navy for the past
10 months. has received his discharge
and is at his home here taking a much
needed rest before resuming his prac-
tice
When he left Norwich Lieutenant
King was stationed at Pelham Bay for
seven months doing dentistry at that
large. naval training base. From Pei
ham Bay he was transferred to the u.
s. S. New Jersey and on this ship he
had charge of the dentistry work on
his own Ship the l. S. S. Rhode ISL
and and the U. S. S. Virginia. Here he
had plenty to do as he had at least
twenty or thirty patients a day on his
own ship and as many more from the
other two on two days a week.
AS there were times when he had
to shut up shop owing to the high
seas that were running, he was oecu
pied then in the code room of the
ship deciphering messages. AS to the
high seas. Lieut.. King said that at
! times it was practically an impossible
ity to sleep as one was thrown about
In his bunk like a pea in a drum and
that at meal times one had to take his
food as it went by him. On the New
/, Jersey he did not get across but went
| as lar as the 81 tn meridian.
i From the New Jersey, on which he
stayed for seven months, he went to
/ the naval hospital at Charleston. S.
! c. Here he served for five months
| before receiving his discharge. At this
/ place DR.. King said that he came in
| contact more or less with a disease
known as trench mouth which had
J been contracted by the boys in France
and while readily cured if taken in
time was very likely if neglected to
: result seriously Rs was loud in his
praise for the way in which the navy
had taken care OF the health of its
!. men and that it was due largely te
! their watchfulness that there were moi
| more deaths from disease. He SAID
that the home people. now that the
boys were returning to them, were be-
ginning to realize the need for medi-
| cal attention not only in dentistry bu
for other minor diseases.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
BUS coLIlDES WITH
AUTO IN NEW LONDON

One of the buses owned by Samuel
Tubin of Norwich and operated be-
tween this city and New London, was
in collision Sunday evening on Main
street. New London. with the automo-
bile owned and driven by Fred Eager
Of Harrison's Landing. Frank Scap-
len, an occupant of the Eager car,
was badly cut by flying glass from the
smashed windshield and was taken to
Lawrence hospital, where u stitches
were taken in order to close the
wounds. ScaDien returned to his
home after receiri~. medical treat
ment
According to Eager. whose car was
headed northward, the operator of the
bus was at fault and he lodged a COM
plant at the police station. Monday
afternoon Tubin was taken into Gus
tody and will be presented in the po-
lice court this (Tuesday) morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
PETITION FOR SUNDAY MOVIES HERE

| the annual report of the auditing COM
mittee which was accepted. He also
presented the quarterly report of the
audit of the water department which
was accepted.
Alderman Higgins presented the
SSrd annual report of the sewer COM
missioners which showed % private
drains laid during the year.
The annual report of the milk in
spector, DR.. A. c. Freeman, was pre-
sented and ordered printed in the
| journal. 1t will be found in another
| column.
Fire Chief Howard L. Stanton's an
nual financial report of that depart
ment was presented. showing s50,240,-
40 spent from the appropriation of
s5o,245, leaving a balance of $451 t
was ordered printed in the journal.
/ The principal items included salaries
! and payrolls and extra service SS9, f47.-
| as; fuel 1,590.55; repairs to apparatus
] ii, 1887; automobile shoes, tubes, gas,
] etc, s1,423.02;; hose sf211.e8; forage,
i 81, 120.52; miscellaneous sl,02S.s9.
! On recommendation f the police
commissioners the council voted to
| place O. bug light on Lanman's lane
/ which Miss LESSEE Goodell had peti-
/ toned for.
A petition from Morris and Rose
| Bass to have the amount needed for a
| sewer at 293 West Thames street put
! in the estimates for next year was re-
ferred to the finance committee.
Timothy Donegan of Spring street
petitioned for an electric light oppo-
| site Or beyond his house. It was re-
ferred to the police commissioners.
Alderman John T. Gleason present
ed the petition of Cornelius L. Crow
ley and others to have the municipa
wharf repaired and have the small
float replaced SO that there might bt
a landing place for small motor boats
1t was referred to the finance com.
mittee. Alderman Higgins stated tina
I the public works had included $3.50 il
its estimates for this work.
The business was concluded jus
before nine o'clock and the lneetin,
adjourned till Thursday evening o
this week, by which time Mayer Des
mond said he expected the finane
committee would be able to report OF
the estimates for the coming year.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20

6 At an adjourned meeting of the COM
mon council held Monday evening, the
managers of two of the theatres in the
city. Manager Edward Connelley of
the Auditorium and Manager Al Craig
of the Davis, presented petition to
be granted permission to give moving
pictures at their theatres on Sunday
evenings, according to the act passed
by the 1919 legislature.
Their petition was referred to the
amusement committee of the council
after Mayor J. ]. Desmond had read
the act and made some remarks in re-
lation to it.
Mayor Desmond said he had received
no official notice of the passage of the
act but he had what purported to be
a copy of the act, which provided that
moving pictures might be given Sun
day evenings between the hours OF 7
and 1880 and he understood through
the press that the governor had We
toed At on May /, 1919 and that it had
been passed the same day over the
governors veto by the senate and the
house. The copy that he was reading
had endorsements on it that would
show this.
But, the mayor said, there is no
provision when this legislation takes
effect and he was without information
on this point. He called the attention
of the council members to the provi-
sion that any action they might take
was not necessarily final for there is a
provision that a municipality may nul-
lily the act of its councilmen of Sc
lectmen by vote taken in meeting
called for that purpose. He offered any
aid and advice he could give to the
committee in considering the matter.
The council meeting was called tic
order about half an hour late and the
first business taken up was the hear
ing on the petition of Joseph A. Hig-
gins for grade on Hedge avenue be-
tween Nos. So and ~, which he had pc
titioned for at the previous meeting OF
the council this month. There was NJ
one who appeared either for or agains
the petition and the council voted tina
the grade asked for be granted. Or
motion Of Alderman NJ. c. Higgins
chairman of the public works commit
tee.
Alderman NJ. r. Waters presented
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
WASHINGTON BLOCK SOLD
BY PRIVATE SAL E

The Washington building at the
junction of West Main and Water
streets. which was to have been sold
by auction at II O'Clock Monday morn
ing for the owner. William Timer
Brewery, of Brooklyn. y. Y, was
bought by private sale by Levine Bros
who run a saloon on North Thames
street.
A good sized crowd had assembled
for the auction when the auctioneer,
William B. Wilcox, called upon Josenh
T. Tanning. representative Of the
owners. to explain the terms of the
sale. Mr.. Tanning then stated thai
the auction was Indefinitely postponed
owing to circumstances that had
arisen.
Later in the day announcement of
the sale of the building was made
The Washington block was erected
in 1906. and at that tine William
Ulmer Brewery took a mortgage for
5000 on it. Later the brewery con-
Germ started foreclosure proceedings,
but on May r. 1908. the owner trans
ferred all his interest in the property
to the brewery firm.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
FOUND LITTLE VIOLATION
OF AUTONOBIl LAW

Werner F. Gidman. the chief in
spector of the motor vehicle depart
ment, who with 20 assistants covered
two thirds of the state on Sunday to
discover violations of the automobile
law and of the rules of the department,
reports that on the whole, and consid-
ering the number of automobiles that
were on the state highways during the
day, the traffic was conducted in sat
isfactory manner.
Mr.. Gidman covered nearly 300 miles
himself and saw only three motor We
hicles that were not operated in con-
formity to the law and departmental
regulat lions. In two instances he took
the numbers of vehicles on account of
reckless driving and in another there
will be a prosecution for the use OF
steel tires on traiers. This is an offense
which is punishable with fine some
times of $50. These steel tires do a
great deal of damage to country roads
and tear up n1acadam.
Deputy Motor Vehicle Commissioner
John H. Macdonald rode through the
central and a section of the eastern
part of the state and did not see a
single instance of violation.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
On Embezzlement Charoe.

Charles Baral, who has been a bar
tender for Teodel Either in his saloon
on Bath street, was arrested Monday
evening on an embezzlement charge
brought by Mr.. Either.
Baral was taken into custody on the
street by Officer Michael Carroll on a
warrant that had been made out dur
ing the day by Prosecuting Attorney
Lee Roy Robbins
1t is understood that Mr.. Either ac-
cuses Baral Of having taken and re-
tanned all the proceeds of the saloon on
one day in April while he was in
charge while Mr.. Either was away.
The amount which it is claimed Baral
has retained is about $5S. The accused
man denies the charge. His father
gave bonds of 5000 for his appearance
in court this (Tuesday) morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
DENNIS (cAP") SULLIVAN
HAS ARRIVED HOME

Dennis J. c'Cap") Sullivan, a well
known West Side young man, who has
been in France with the American
army, attached to the 41st and the SD
divisions, reached home Monday even
ing from Camp Upton. where he has
just been given his honorable dis
charge.
When the armistice was signed he
was up near the front. where the sound
of the cannons could be heard. and the
infantry regiment he belonged to was
in the first reserve lines ALREADY to
go into action at the first call.
Cap Sullivan would probably have
gone into Germany with. the army of
occupation if it had not been for his
captain, who had him sent to big
ordnance school for a month.
He was eight months in France and
didn't have a sick day in the whole
time, but for all he saw and all he ex-
perienced says the United States is thu
only place to live.
He returned with troops of the SD
division. aboard the steamer St. Marie,
and was at Camp Merritt and Camp
Upton before he was discharged.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
Huns Clock Trade Captured.

American clock manufacturers have
already obtained, ii is reported. q
large part of the business formerly
done by German concerns in the
United, States and South America
says the New York Tribune. Their
plants are working to a capacity to
meet the requirements of the trade
which has never before, says the
clockmakers, been SO active. One
large concern reports that the vol
ume of business now being handled is
three times it's capitalization.
With the growth of export trade
demand has increased for the better
grade of clocks. Several years age
the South Americans were heavy
purchasers of clocks selling at about
$159 wholesale in New York. while
now the demand is more for articles
selling at SIS and 500 Wholesale.
During the last year the price of
clocks in this country has advanced
about so per cent. while since it has
more than doubled. 1t is believed
that the peak price has now been
reached. but that reductions will not
be possible for some time to come be-
cause of unsettled labor conditions
Material costs are coming down, the
manufacturers report, but these re-
auctions are more than offset by the
| higher wages dmanded by workmen
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
SCOUTS WENT ON HIKE
TO TRADING COVE

Under the leadership of Assistant
Scoutmaster Leonard Suntheimer and
Patrol Leaders Glaum. Voich and
Haggerty, two patrols of Troop Is, B.
S. A. took hike Sunday afternoon
to Trading Cove. where many of the
scouts passed their first and second
class tests Under the leadership Of
its scoutmaster. Lieut.. C. w. Cassidy,
this troop is rapidly acquiring high
degree OF efficiency in driil and dis
cipiirr. 1t now consists of thee 'uil
patrols with the fourth rapidly form
ing
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
DR.. CHARLES OSGooD GIVES
CIINf, AND LECTURE

DR.. Charles .Osgood of New York
city, rhinolaryngolistic and visiting
surgeon to the Vanderbilt clinics. held
clinic Saturday morning at the Will
liam W. Backus hospital. where he OPP
Grated on a large number of toI1sil
and adenoid cases. His work was Il
demonstration to I'll the members of
the Backus hosoit staff of me latest
methods of performing these opera
tons. In the evening he gave most
interesting lecture TO the nurses of the
training school on diseases of the
mouth. throat and ear,
DIR. Osgood is the son of Charles II.
OSgood of Isl Washington street and
is a member of the Gackus hospital
staff.