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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
FIGHTING In FRANCE
LOST A FOOT WHILE

Clarence Potter has returned 10
Wonewoc from France He lost foot
in France.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
A Coated Tongue !?
What it Means

A bad breath, coated tongue, BAD
.taste,in the mouth, languor and debility,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
Born

y Born to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Mattke,
Greenfield, a daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
AGENTS
 ID INVESTIGATE THE
 HIGH COST 0F LIVING
Investigators Will Call on Families for Information to Aid Solving After
 War Problems

For the purpose of Investigating the
 cost of living, corps of government
 agents are in Birmingham, under the
 supervision of Miss Leila Brow-., and
 they will make personal cali~ -n large
 number of families and secure from them detailed statements of their incomes and expenses during the past year The primary object of the work, it is said, is to obtain at first hand, reliable Information that may be used by the war labor board and other boards that have to do with labor adjustment and fixing wages.
 The close relation between wages and cost of living makes this personal ques- tion with every working man and his wife and wherever this study has been made, it is said, the families have CO., operated willingly and have been found | ready to furnish the desired information to the best of their ability. The investigators will have their head quarters in the offices of the state di- rector. 521 Empire building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
NO COMMENT ON
 APIS. COMMISSION |. GETTING INTO FIGHT
Capt. NichOl Has Not Ar rived to Investigate B. R. l.. & P. CO.-COmmis-
 sion Has No Advice

City commissioners yester- day, when asked for a state ment regarding the proposed sending to Birmingham of Capt. W. T. Nichol, engineer of the Alabama public service commission, to aid in giving Birmingham a better street car service, seemed to be rather in- clined to await the arrival of Captain Nichol, or some official notification of the intent of his visit to Birmingham before making any statement.
 T would say," said Commissioner Ellis Brown of the department of pub lie utilities, that every member of the commission will welcome any aid from any source that will enable us to give Birmingham better car service, but we
  that we have in course of perfection be- fore We turn from the fight to possibly be advised to take another task. How ever we will show Captain Nichol every courtesy, and I will be glad to see him when he gets to Birmingham. I under stand that he lives in Mobile, and that he has been sent to Birmingham, but when he will arrive I am not advised.
 The commission was in conference yes terday afternoon with Forney Johnston, local attorney whom the commission has employed to aid the city legal depart ment in prosecuting the cases against the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, and though the confer ence was brief, there was no statement made to the press following the session
 ''We are not ready to make any state- ment yet,'' said MT. Brown, but we are going to keep up the fight for better ser vice until we get it, or our soap gives track"
 Relative to the incident in west End and East Lake on Monday night when enraged citizens, whose patience had been worn threadbare by poor car service broke some of the windows out of the street cars and engaged in wordy combat with the motorman and conductors on these lines, the commission issued no statement
 When asked about the street railway company appealing for better police pro lection for their equipment and operators, Commissioner Taylor stated that he had received no such request.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
GOVERNMENT SENDS WOMEN PHYSICIANS. ID ADDRESS WOMEN
Mrs. Mamie Melvin Dis cusses Plans for Series of Meetings Here
 Next Week

Mrs. Mamie Melvin. who has been on duty at Camp Mcclellan, is at the Tut
 wiler consulting with interested Birming- ham men and women who desire to fur ther the' educational campaign now be- ing put on by the government through
 the social hygiene division of the war department commission on training camp
 activities
 Through the section on women's work 100 women lecturers, all of them physi-
 clans of the highest standing, are lectur- ing to audiences of women and girls upon
 fundamental facts of life and meetings
 of this character are being arranged in Birmingham to hear pr. Julia Crotty. "Sanely, scientifically, reverently these trained women put before the public their lessons of social morality" said Mrs. Melvin last night. Communities are invited to hear.
 With the war department sanction be-
 hind this invitation communities as never before are accepting the opportunity to learn about matters concerning which too little has been taught sanely, scientific ally and reverently Too long the parent generation has depended upon the child generation to get it's education about sex matters in a haphazard, unrecognized and often ignorant if not pernicious way For sometime educators have de- plored this neglect of vital facts in the scheme of upbringing our youth. Stand ard colleges have given hygiene courses embracing social hygiene. But it is not 1 only the advanced student. but younger pupils and older people who have had l no opportunity for college course who must know how to help the community keep clean morally and physically. Such i facts were once left to the knowledge of 1 the physician only, Now the government ] itself is commissioning the physicians to 1 take this knowledge free to the whole public for the good of the public" pr. Julia Crotty, in social life, Mrs. | Schoenleber, the wife of the camp sur geon Colonel Schoenleber, of Camp Me Clellan, will be in Birmingham next week | to meet with clubs, schools, WomenS so- cioties and any groups of women and ] girls desiring to have her address them. | Mrs. Melvin will be glad to see or hear | from anyone interested in the work 1 Mrs. Melvin is from Maryland, but was l sent by the government to Camp Me 1 Clellan from Hartford, Conn, where she has been acting as referee of the de- 1 linquent court there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
Milan Will Attend
 Library Board Meeting

Carl H. Milan. director Of the Bir- mingham public library, will reach the city this morning from Washington, where he is engaged in library war serv- ice. He comes to Birmingham for the monthly meeting of the library board this afternoon, atswhich after-war plans of the library are to be discussed. MT. Samuel Earle, the new member of the board, recently appointed by the city commission, will also be present at this meeting.
 MT. Milan is now acting director of li- brary war service, in the absence of Dr. Herbert Putnam. who is in France. The American Library association is carry
 ing on a tremendous work with the voca- tional schools for soldiers, with the army of occupation, with convalescents and with soldiers returning to civilian life. MT. Milan is now at the head of all this work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
COL, SMITH MAKES
 HIT AS K|WAN|S | LUNCHEON SPEAKER
p New Members 1nducted Into Club-Resolution on Death of Robert Ander-
 son Adopted

Col. T. o. Smith, who was the prlncl- ma, sneaker at the Kiwanis luncheon yes
 terday. gave members of that live wire organization a splendid outline or busi-
 ness conditions When he talked on "The
 Business Outlook in 1919" His speech
 was logical, snappy and interspersed with splendid, though at times very humorous illustrations, and made a decided hi' with the members.
 The Baby Bond awarded by the secre- tary as an attendance prize. was won by J. B. Patterson of Parl1ers drug store A resolution was introduced by George w. Yancey upon the death of Robert An derson, member of the Kiwanis club, who
 died suddenly in St. Louis a few days ago, was adopted
 The secretary read telegrams from c. c. Terry, Dad Blanchard and Jim David son, who were out of the city, all ex' pressing their regrets at not being able to attend the luncheon. One of the largest attendances ever recorded was present yesterday, and the meeting started 1919 just to the liking of Big Chief Mercer Barnett
 The new members who were elected dur | ing the month of December, and whc
 had been previously introduced to the club, were lined up in front of the chaii yesterday and read the Kiwanis creed l there being g of them. The new ones introduced yesterday were R. A. Friclle manager of the Jewel Tea and Coffee company; Dr. M. F. Jackson. chief vet 1 erinarian of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company; J. D. Kirkpatrick of i the Kirkpatrick Sand and Cement com pany, and P. c. Kidd of the National | Life Insurance company, and Gus Nc. Carty, president of the Birmingham Macaroni company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
DISCHARGED SOLDIER SERIOUSLY INJURED
 IN AUTO ACCIDENT

George W. Adams, discharged sol dier, was seriously injured when struck by an automobile driven by Jesse John son, negro taxicab driver at the cor ner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street about 8 o'clock last night. The young man was walking across the street when the automobile, approach ing from around the corner, struck him. knocking him down and probably frac- turing his skull.
 He was rushed to the South High lands infirmary in Loy's ambulance. The injured man, who lives at Fail ton, was visiting in the city. John son, who is employed by the V. C.. Coleman Taxicab company at the Terminal station, was arrested on a charge of reckless driving. He states that there were several occupants in the car when the accident happened. who got out and disappeared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
ROY. l.. SPEED MAY
 BE IN NEW ORLEANS

J. H. Harvey of Muscle Shoals called up The Age-Herald last night in reference to Roy l.. Speed, whose people in Texas have been trying to locate him here for several days. Harvey stated that he and Speed came to Birmingham together last week and that on Sunday night Speed left on the Alabama Great Southern No. for his home in Beasley, Tex. Harvey states that he and Speed worked together at Muscle Shoals and that he was of the opinion that the young man stopped over at New Orleans en route to his Texas home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08

and the faculty has been enlarged. pr. Bomar spoke of the necessity of a modern dormitory for Judson college and expressed the desire that this would be granted.
 The executive board held an i'm
 teresting meeting yesterday morn
 ing and it was decided to start
 campaign to secure $4oO.OO0 imme- /" diately following the close of the
 convention. which will be divided
 equally between Howard and Jud-
 son colleges. when the recommen-
 dations of the educational conn
 mittee of the state and the two
 boards of the colleges, which were
 formulated at their joint meeting
 Monday night, were passed on. At
 this meeting W. II. smith was
 elected educational secretary for
 the state for the year. The work
 planned for the coming year will
 be the most arduous undertaken
 and the Baptists of Alabama are
 planning programme that will
 reach every rural district in the
 state.
 A meeting of the ministers followed that of the executive board and was held for the purpose of discussing the work of the ministers of Alabama for the coming year. The Rev. L. l. Gwantley. pastor of the First Baptist church of Florence. was elected presi- dent, while the Rev. J. F. Gable, pas tor of the First Baptist Church of Clanton was elected secretary. Sev- eral matters of interest to Alabama preachers were discussed at length, al- though most of the time was taken up with the schools conducted for minis ters.
 Dr. J. r. Shelburne. pastor of the First Baptist church of Gadsden and former president of Howard college delivered an address on '"The Sign of the Times which was thoroughly en- joyed.
 COMMITTEES NAMED
 The following committees were ap- pointed by President Crumpton at the close of the afternoon session:
 Committee to nominate standing committees: Rev J. E. Herring, Rev J. M. Thomas, Rev. J. w. Partridge Rev. James Huggins, Rev. M. F. Ed wards. Rev. B. B. Moore.
 Committee to select time, place and preacher: J. c. Manvell, R. F. Lam bert A. L. Smith, B. c. Cox, W. l.. Will son.
 Committee on resolutions Rev L. I. Gwaltney, Rev. A. S. Smith, Rev. U. c Kincaid. Rev. c. N. James. Dr. J. E Dillard
 Committee on five years programme Rev. w. P. Wilkes. Rev. J. w. Phillips Rev. s. P Lindsey. Rev. W. c. Hinson J. w. Minor.
 Committee to report on executive boards report: Rev. w. M. Black welder, Rev. Clay I. Hudson, Rev. A. A Hutto. Rev. c. J. Bentley, Rev. J. C Hill.
 Committee to nominate boards for convention: Rev. J. L. Thompson, Rev IS. D. Monroe. George D. O'Rear, Rev rL M. Lattimer, Rev. w. k. Seymour
 (Continucd on Page Eight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
LOCAL KENNEL CLUB
 TO STAGE BIG SHOW
Officers Elected at Annual Meeting
 With E. 0. TOOmbs President

The Birmingham Kennel club at it's an- nual meeting yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce elected the following of ficers:
 President, E. O. Toombs; first vice president, J. w. Hamilton; second vice president, Hugh Scales; treasurer. F. w. Bromberg; secretary, Jack Riddle; di- rectors, J. w. Beddow, K $. Ward B. Il. Beddow, Hugh Scales, H. H. Bacon, k. B. Bailey, A. E. Beasley. McLin J. Car ter. J. D. Matlock, E. T. Owen, K. 5. w. Browne and N. B. Stack.
 Preparations are being made for the an nual bench show to be held here next fall which is expected to be on much larger scale than ever before The mem bers of the club have determined to have a better collection of animals on ex- h1bition at this show than on any for- ner occasion, as they have already been assured of great many unusually fine dogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
Mrs. !. T. MARTINA IS COMMITTED TO STATE
 INSANE HOSPITAL
Woman Charged With Attempting to Blackmail Dr. w. c. Gewin Ad- judged Mentally Unbalanced
 by Judge w. E. Fort

Mrs J. T. Martina who has been held in the county jail on a number oe charges, including defamation and ar- tempt to blackmail pr. w. c. Gewen, su- pervisor of the Birmingham infirmary, was adjudged mentally unbalanced yes- terday by Judge w. E. Fort, and com mitted to the state hospital for the in- sane at Tuscaloosa.
 The cases against Mrs. Martina were set for trial in the criminal court yester- day, and when called her attorney, Lotus Prosch, entered plea of insanity and requested Judge Fort to- make investiga- tion of her mental condition. A number Of witnesses were examined, including several physicians, and Mrs. Martina.
 After hearing the testimony, Judge Fort sustained the plea and ordered the defendant to be detained in the insane hospital at Tuscaloosa, where she will be taken this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
Petition Kilby to
 Retain Capt. Duncan

Montgomery, January 7.-(SpeciaD Capt Charles F. Duncan, Confederate soldier, is so well liked at the state building, all officials and employees have petitioned Gov. Thomas E. Kilby of Anniston to permit MT. Duncan to continue to serve as watchman at the building The petition is one of the longest ever circulated at the state house. The veteran was named watch man by Governor Henderson, whose term expires on January 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
GOVERNOR K|LbY
 NAMES DARDEN AS
 PRIVATE SECRETARY

Gov-Elect Thomas E. Kilby of Annis- ton was in Birmingham yesterday and during his stay met and conferred with a number of local politicians.
 Governor Kilby announced that w. A. Darden would be his private secretary. In response to questions he stated that he was not ready just at this time to announce any other appointments to be made by him after his induction into office. He said he had given the mat ter considerable thought, but had not fully made up his mind as to whom he would appoint to the several posi- tions.
 He is preparing his inaugural speech which will be delivered at the capitol on Monday, January 20, and it is probable that he will announce at that time or shortly thereafter a number of appoint rnents. He returned to Anniston last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08

the children or the state. Among tHo
 things the welfare association insists should be done by the legislature ara
 the adoption of laws divorcing the health and factory inspection depart
 ments and the creation of a new de-
 partment to be known as the child la-
 bor inspection bureau. and the estab-
 lishment of af an institution for tho care of the feeble minded children Of
 the state.
 In discussing these, Mrs. Murdoch
 stated that there is no institution 10
 which children are committed that is
 accountable to anyone for the money
 it receives from the state. She urged
 the establishment of separate institu-
 tions for children who have been com
 mitted for offenses against the laws
 and those who are committed merely because they had no property and no one to take care of them. She also urged a change in the child labor laws that would prohibit children who had not reached the fourth grade from working in factories of elsewhere.
 GAS AND ELECTRIC BILL Roger w. Snyder, attorney. read the text of bill making it misdemeanof for any person, firm or corporation selling gas, electricity or water to rem der bill for a greater amount than is actually consumed and prescribing penalty of not less than $50 nor moro than $1o0 for the first offense anf
 not less than $100 and six months il jail for the second offense.
 Judge B. M. Allen, referring to thi: bill created considerable merrimen when he stated that it was not meter nor the meter readers that he felt az grieved at. but the honcombustible' that are put through the meters. II suggested that the responsibility
 discovering and reporting leaks il a ar min O mi IT. pany, with failure to report leal
 working a forfeiture of the right t collect for water registered. A boiler inspection law was advo
 cated by w. P. Caine. engineer charge of the steam plants of the Ten nessee Coal. Iron and Railroad com pany, MT. Phillips of on insurance com pany, and Charles Hall of the Brother hood of Locomotive EngineersMr. Fhi lips urged that the bill. if passed. als
 include provision for the examinatic | and licensing of engineers and opera | tors of boilers.
 R. H. Hagood made a plea for grea CT appropriations for Confederate ve terans, saying that the amount tho now received from the state is insu ficient to sustain them.
 J. Asa Rountree of the good roaf association, urged increased appropri tions for the roads, the application the entire motor vehicle license ful to the roads and the removal of t convicts from the mines and workii, them on the roads.
 VALLEY CREEK CANAL The Valley creek canal, the dream former Mayor J. A. VanHoose for quarter of d century, came in for an | ing. MT. VanHoose in an impassion | speech urged the delegation to through an act that would permit mingham and Jefferson county to be 1 part of the expense of canalizing canal to Bessemer in the event tho go ernment approves such work and un6e | takes it. The government, he sa would have competent engineers to ma a re-survey of the creek as soon as DC | sible, but if their reports are favorai and the work is authorized by Congr,
 (COntinued on Page Seven)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
Of Birmingham, Ala. Statement December 31, IBIS


 Who announces his resignation as assistant cashier American Trust and Savings bank to enter automobile business.
 Frank Stevens, one of the assistant cashiers at the American Trust and Saw ings bank, has resigned and has been elected vice president and general man. ager of the Crawford Auto Shop, Inc.
 This we'll known automobile concern has been formally incorporated with the following officers: Sidney J. Bowie, president; Frank Stevens, vice president; Henry l.. Chisolm, secretary and treas- urer This business was organized by the late E. B. Crawford and had rapidly developed until it had become one of the largest automobile concerns in the state. "The business will be continued as in the past" said MT. Stevens yesterday. We will be authorized agents for Ford cars and complete line of Ford parts will be carried in stock at all times. We will also be agents for Firestone tires and the same prompt day and night service which has always been a feature of the business will be maintained in the future.
 we propose to give first-class ser vice in all departments
 MT. Stevens, who announced his change yesterday, is one of the best known of Birmingham's younger banking men. He has been in the banking business in Bir- mingham for the past IS years and en- joys an exceptionally wide acquaintance, embracing not only Birmingham, but all parts of the state. His we'll known in- dustry and aggressiveness will be thrown into the new line of work he is un- dertaking and highly successful future is predicted for him by his. friends.
 MT. Bowie, who is president of the company is one of the most widely known attorneys in the state. MT. Chisolm the secretary and treasurer, is also well known and popular and it is considered that the newly incorporated business starts anew under highly favorable au-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
ROTARY CLUB TO HOLD
 MEETING TODAY

The Rotary club will hold an inter esting meeting today at 1 o'clock in the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel at which time matters of interest to all Ro- tarians will be disposed of. Although there will be no regular speaker, Sec retary Clarence Lloyd states the pro- gramme arranged for this occasion will please everyone. The meeting will be presided over by President E. H. Andrews. who urges all members to be on hand and keep the resolutions made last week to attend every meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08
Kaiske Charged With
 Larceny From Person

H. Kaiske, resident of Birmingham. was arrested yesterday and placed under a 5000 bond, charged with larceny from the person. It is alleged that he took $5 and a watch valued at $25 from the pocket of Mrs. w. J. Wilson, who runs an elevator at the Empire building, while riding down on the elevator yesterday Mrs. Wilson missed the valuables. how ever, and summoned an electrician who was at work in the building and followed the man to Third avenue, where he was apprehended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08

9:oo-Devotiona Exercises by E. Alderman Busine 3:30-Aged and Inirm Ministers by Henry B. Foster
  State Member Report by Sam H. Bennett
  12:20-Adjourn
  23oome Missions under Direction of State Member the Home Board 5:Oo-Adjourn 7:30-Devotona Exercises by l. M Latme 7:45h1inister under Direction
 H. Smith