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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
SEAWEED USED IN
 CONCRETE BLOCKS
Ey Associated Prsss

 London, March 22.-A novel use has been found here for seaweed Combined with crushed slag and other heretofore neglect ed waste mineral products, it is used to make a kind of concrete out of which are being fashioned building bricks and blocks The seaweed acts as a binding and strengthening element.
 Arrangements are being made to put up large number of houses composed en- tirely of these blocks, and it is predict ed that the material. owing to it's cheap ness, will aid in solving the housing prob lem.
 Not only the foundations and walls. but the doors window frames and mantel- pieces are to be constructed of the new concrete The houses are to be made in sections and bolted together. The window frame is a new idea in itself. The glass. in one large pane, slips into a slot and the edges of holding are then turned over, so as to grip it. To mend a broken window will be a simple matter and will not require the services of a glazier.
 It is said that dwellings made of the concrete will be warm and thoroughly damp-proof
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
Atmosphere Is Laden With
 Germs of the Disease

Every person afflicted with Catarrh releases millions of the tiny disease germs with every cough or sneeze, so that when ever on the street cars or street or other public place you see a person afflicted with this dis ease hawking and coughing andysneezing, everyone in their vicinity is exposed to the dis ease.
 You along with everyone else will find yourself exposed to the germs of Catarrh several times every day. The germs multiply by the millions, and the air you breathe is thick with these tiny little disease demons that cause so much dis tress and suffering.
 Some people will readily re- sist the disease, while others will promptly succumb and soon find themselves within its relentless clutches. When everyone is equally exposed, 1t is merely a matter of keeping the system in such a robust and thoroughly healthy condition that the germs of the disease cannot find lodgment. You will then be able to throw off the attacks of the germs and es- cape their efforts.
 Catarrh is one of the most stubborn diseases, and is al ways worse in cold, damp and disagreeable w e a h e r.. It should not, however, be con sidered incurable, though there are thousands afflicted with it who are doubtless ready to be- lieve that a cure is impossible, because of their experience.
 But like all other afflictions, the main trouble is that Ca tarrh is entirely misunderstood, and therefore treated in the wrong>way. Because these lit tie germ demons attack the del- icate membranes of the nose and throat, choking up the air passages and irritating the tender lining of the nostrils and bronchial tubes, the aver age sufferer makes the mistake of treating merely the symp-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
B|G CELEBRATION
 HELD BY NEGROES
Tuscaloosa Scene of Monster Parade In Honor of Sol
 diers and Boosting Loan

Tuscaloosa April 23.-(Special What is considered the greatest celebration among negroes in this section was held here to- day in honor of the returned soldiers, to- gether with mass meeting boosting the Victory Loan. Every negro business here closed and the negro workmen at plants were given a whole holiday. Three hun dred returned soldiers were in line and the Colored High School band from Bir- mingham furnished music for the parade The parade was eight blocks long, ana it is estimated that 40oo people gathered at the church and speakers were com pelled to talk to the overflow.
 Judge Edward DeGrafenreid, Dr. G. L. Weaver and Capt A. B. McKinzy spoke Oscar W. Adams of Birmingham was the chief speaker for the colored people He praised the work of the American soldiers and in speaking to the colored soldiers he said: You men have made a great fight; you have helped to win a world peace; you won lasting reputation for your self, the race and government. No man can take these honors from you no man can reduce your standing but yourself l know you are going to put that military training in here for the good of this country, and for the perpetual growth ot this race"
 In speaking of the fifth Liberty Loan he pleaded with his people to buy all this issue they possibly could This is the best one of the bonds,'' he said. Our rec ord is clean and now let us not do single thing to destroy it. A man who has money and thinks it is too good to spare to this government is not profita ble citizen of the nation and is not entitled to it's protection"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
HANKS STRUCK BY
 AUTOMOBILE AND
 SERIOUSLY INJURED

J. W. Hanks. 5s24 Second avenue. south was seriously injured yesterday morning when struck by an automobile driven by J. w. Jessie, SIP Twentieth street.
 The accident happened at Third avenue and Ninth street when Mir Hanks was in the act of walking across the street Hanks attention was being held by an approaching street car, in an opposite direction from the automobile, and Jes- sic stated that he did not see him in time to bring the automobile to a stand. still
 MT. Hanks suffered a broken collar. bone and was seriously bruised and in. formally injured. He was reported to bt in critical condition at the Birming. ham infirmary last night, where he was carried by Shaw. Jessie was arrested on charge of reckless driving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
RUSSIANS FIGHTING
 WITHOUT UN|F FORMS
Many of them Associated
 With Allied Armies On the Northern Front
By Associated Press

With the Americans on North Russian Front, February SN-In this international
 army which is fighting numerically su- there are, mingled with the half dozen or so varieties of uniforms men who wear
 no uniforms at all. They fight. as did the france tireurs in the Franco-Prussian war and the first minute man of the American
 revolution. for the protection of their firesides.
 They are peasants, bearded or beard less, with nothing to distinguish them from the thousands of other peasants liv- ing around them but their guns and cart ridge belts They are the irregular or partisan" troops, and the sentiments they are showing and fighting for dn this wilderness of snow and pine trees loom up so periodically that the government of
 northern Russia is beginning to look upon them as the keystone on which to build a Russian state that will be free from bol- shevism.
 These peasants have known the ravages of bolshevik troops in their villages. They have seen friends executed for anti-bol- shevik activities. They hail the allies as rescuers. In nearly every attack the reg ular troops make against the enemy one finds these armed partisans, crack shots, going ahead of or along the Hanks of the Americans, British, French and trained, uniformed Russians to scout path or take a pot shot at the enemy.
 The point of view of these peasants is this: "The army has not yet been or ganized; we are robbed and ill-treated by the bolshevki; therefore we have to
 defend ourselves The peasants in the Kholmogory district, along the Dwina river, have been fighting for four months. Military authorities say they do their | work as cheerfully and efficiently as reg | ular soldiers The Red Guards are help l less against the revolted population. | The appearance of peasants fighting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24

minutes he has wolfed down all that
 he crsVes. The first voyage Is much
 too exciting much too momentous to
 permit mere food to intrude itself be-
 yond satisfying hungry stomach
 When the sun slowly sinks and ight
 falls, how wonderfully light it seems
 up among the clouds long after the
 earth below is plcng4d in gloom The
 ocean is like a shining silver plate of
 infinite area. There is no sloom-only
 wierd luminosity like deep tyviltghl. What a spectacle is the craft at night to the passengers of ocean steamers
 who see her winging her way to Eur.
 ope. Her searchlight plays on the
 water below fntermittently For a
 playful half-hour the lights on the
 lower plane are switched on. The craft
 seems like a meteor drifting in the
 heavens. Some poet will surely sing of
 her as she thus luminously scars on,
 hidden for moment or two by some
 cloud, travelling among the stars. the
 realization of a dream cherished for centuries
 The pilot gives place to the cap
 tain at the controls and crawls into q
 bed, utterly exhausted. His cratt shakes with the vibration of the laundering engines above: but he is no
 worse off than he would be in a sway ing, clattering sleeping-car on rails. A
 tired man can sleep even under shell fire. The war has proved it. So. one by one, the men snatch a few hours of needed rest.
 Long before those in the ships below.
 the voyagers in the sky behold the break of a new day. While the earth and the sea are still enshrouded in night. they see the first rosy rays of the sun. It is bright daylight up above the clouds.
 Five o'clock. Far below there in the offing, what is that? The coast of Ire- land. The craft keeps on Not yet does the captain dare to glide down. The risks of wave-lashed coast are too great.
 In an hour the flying boat is over green land. fringed by the ocean. He selects bay protected from the sea-a quiet bay marked for him weeks ago He recognizes it by the puffing tender with the red funnel by the lighthouse at the entrance, by the church in the village. He tits his rudder banks his
 machine. and spirals down
 The earth rushes up to meet him with tremendous speed. There is a realizing blur of green and gray and silver. Down and down he wheels in
 corkscrew path. like a hawk The engine is shut off. Slower and slow CT the propellers turn. The individual blades are easily distinguishable now A -geyser Of white water spurts into the air as the craft splashes into the bay. Water hisses past the hull The flying boat slows down and comes to rest. Glancing at his chronometer the captain makes his last entry in his log Arrived at ValeIeia. Ireland 5:o5 a. m. Twenty hours from New loundiand. Copyright 19l9)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
INCOME AND EXCESS. PROFIT TAXES MAY
 GO TO FUNDS OF CITY
Hornady States Legislation to Aid
 Birmingham Financially is Agreee able to State Administration

That Birmingham will get income and excess profits tax is now possibility, according to Commissioner John R. Horn- ady, who has just returned from Mont gomery. where he conferred with Gov ernor Kilby and other officials on the matter.
 Following the conference with the gov ernor, Commissioner Hornady was as- sured that the present state administra- tion will approve of the legislation which will allow Birmingham to collect income and excess profit taxes. Commis- sioner Hornady pointed out that the city at present is in financial straits and that it is only just that the cities be given a part of such taxes that are to be levied.
 ''The income tax will help the city financially" he said. Tt is the general opinion in official and legal circles at Montgomery that the bill will be entire ly constitutional The matter of how |rNuch of the tax the city will get has rot yet been settled In fact we have not touched on it yet We only want to make sure now that we will be granted a part of the tax"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
MILLIONS OF CATARRH
 GERMS AFL0AT IN THE AIR

toms of the disease, and over looks it's cause.
 You may use sprays, douches, washes, ointments and jellies by the gallon, and the best~you can possibly expect from such treatment is mere temporary relief. But what you want is permanent progress toward ridding yourself of the disease, and this you cannot hope for until you use a treatment that goes direct to the cause of the disease.
 You must realize that Ca- tarrh is more than a mere local irritation that stops up your nose and irritates your throat and chokes up your breathing apparatus. Merely clearing these up temporarily with strong solutions of sprays and other local treatment, does not in the least effect the real cause of the disease.
 Your blood is saturated with Catarrh germs, and these will continue their irritating at tacks as long as they remain in the blood.
 The only sensible treat ment, therefore, is the one which will rout the disease germs from the blood.
 This is why the most satis- factory remedy for Catarrh is s. s. S., the famous old reliable blood purifier. s. s. s. has been used successfully for Ca tarrh for more than fifty years, and it is the one remedy that attacks the source of the dis ease, cleansing the blood thor oughly, and eliminating from it every trace of disease germs.
 If you want a remedy that goes direct to the seat of the disease, begin to take s. s. s. today, and throw away your atomizers and other local treat ment that cannot possibly reach your Catarrh. You will be delighted after giving this remedy a trial, and will soon find yourself on the road to a complete recovery. s. s. s. is sold by druggists everywhere.
 Begin it's use today, and write for free medical advice about your own individual case. Address Chief Medical Ad- wiser, 1O9 Swift Laboratory. Atlanta, Ga.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
Former Selma Man
 Dies At Hot Springs

Macon. April 23.-(special.l-William Paul Lowery, native of Selma, but for many years prominent business man at Louisville, Ga. died today at Hot Springs. Ark. from pneumonia. He went to Hos Springs 10 days ago to recuperate from rheumatism. He was interested in some of the largest enterprises at Louisville. The remains will be taken to Selma for interment. The surviving relatives are his mother and one sister.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
Helpless Schooner
 Arrives At Mobile
By Associated Press

Mobile, April 23.-The schooner Louise M. Richards. after being beaten abou, the seas in a helpless condition during stormy weather, arrived in Mobile this morning to be repaired.
 The schooner cleared from Portland, Me. December 30 with cargo for Eng land After almost reaching England she struck storm and wound up in Porto Rico. From there the schooner came to Mobile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
Baptist Revival

Interest continues to grow in the evan: gelistic meeting that has been in prog ress for the past week at the Elyton Baptist church. The services are being conducted by the pastor, the Rev P. G. Elsom, and large crowds have been in attendance at all the meetings. Services are held nightly, beginning at o'clock. The public is cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
Federal Court

John Henry Motion was found nor guilty of the charge of car breaking in the United States district court yesterday before Judge w. l. Grubb.
 consent judgment in the amount of $500 and costs was reached in the case oi w. F. Feel against the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24

We still owe nearly sl,OoOo oOo,0oo of the Civil War debt. We owe it to the hold CTS of old bonds, who are now mostly the national banks. We owe over $So0.- 000,0o to the holders of the "greenbacSs,' ' the governments notes stin circulating as money These notes were originally issued during the civil war to pay the soldiers. They have been renewed from time to time as they wore out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
JUDGE ABERNETHY
 RESUMES DUTIES

Judge H. B. Abernethy, who has been i'll with influenza for the past two weeks, is able to be back on the bench in the second division of the municipal court. Although weak, Judge Abernethy declares he is getting along nicely and Is glad to get back to work again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
Sam J. Sanders Appointed
 District Supervisor

The supervisor of the census district in the Jurisdiction of Senator J. H. Bank head and Representative w. B. Bank head will be Sam J. Sanders, of Fayette He will be presented to Census Director Rogers and appointed in June, it is in dicated.
 Representative Bankhead made the an- nouncement yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24

If Postmaster General Burleson refuses to grant them their wage demands, yW' telephone operators and 3000 linemen in California. Washington. Oregon and Ns- vada wil quit their jobs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
HOMES ALONG RHINE
 FOR SALE CHEAP
By Associated Prsss

Cologne, March 25.-In recent newspaper advertisements an unusually>iarge num- ber of villas and landed estates in the Rhineland have been offered for sale at sacrifice" prices Many of these resi- dences are on the hills along the Rhine and are occupied only during the sum- mer months, the owners having homes in Berlin, Frankfort, Dresden and other cities of the interior. Most of those eager to sell appear to be German nobles and higher class public officials, prices asked for these properties ranging from 50. 900 to 100000 marks
 A new piece of railroad apparatus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
Adequate Telephone Rates Are Now Needed

For more than years has been evident that the in- labor material and services would necessitate readust ment of rates and charges for telephone service
 Present telephone rates fixed at time when the operation much lower The of present day labor and material reflected by the increased cost to the public of all services and commodities and the higher costs these elements of telephone operation make readjustment of telephone charges urgent
 Plans secure revision of had been completed by this company at the time the United States Government assumed control of its lines and properties August 1918 The United States Government after actual experience in the operation of the properties finds the need forn actual operating oss which the company foresaw
 continuation of telephone service at the this time has been possible only the complete utza tion of the normal surplus facilities maintained by the Bell System and partly because of and economical methods of operation which have been introduced.
 Wehave effected every possible economy and utilized plant to the limit the only the Government additional revenue byan adjustment of the Operation by the Government has verified the urgency of the need of additional meet the greatly increased costs of operation.
 the balance between expenses will the age, result in a small increase with the applied during the past few to all other modites and services in general
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24

A new piece of railroad apparatus
 loads a box car every 10 minutes.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-02-14
SOLDIERS NOTICED FIR. MAY.
OTTE WAS NOT LOOKING
WELL
Death of Beloved Chaplain Cast a
Gloom Over Company

John Healey, Palmer, Mass, stu
dent at Clark University, Worcester,
recently received a letter from his
brother with the American Expedi-
tionary forces in France, nj which he
tells of the death of FIR. Mayotte, the
chaplain of his regiment
Healey wrote that FIR. Mayotte died
in Belgium while the End division,
18th Field Araillery, was marching
on its way into Germany. FIR. May
otte was the chaplain of the 18th
Field Artillery The brother stated
in his letter that FIR. Mayotte some
time previous to his death had not
been looking at all well. The soldiers
loved mad respected him and his con-
dition had been noted and remarked
on with sorrow. His death cast a
gloom over the company, as each man
felt the loss keenly.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-02-14
NIGHT PRoWLER ARRESTED
much Obliged For 80 Days Sen
tence.

Michael Nevens turned up again in
the city court Tuesday morning. He
was charged with intoxication and
sentenced to 80 days in jail.
Michael has been before the court
before. Some time ago he was ar
rested for breaking and entering.
Special Officer Adds WEIGH said that
when he reached home near midnight
Monday he saw a man "fattened
against the side of his house" He
arrested the man, who was Nevens.
His sister told him when Re returned
home that she had heard a rafting
about the windows of the house dur
ing the night. The officer said there
had been complaints of night prowl-
ers in his section. He said Nevens
wouldn't say anything when arrested.
Officer Cirdier said that the man
was born and brought up in Rhodes
vile and wasn't quite all there" and
from little booze he is "all gone"
When sentence was pronounced
Nevens said: "Much obliged, I'll try
and do better hereafter"
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-02-14
w. r. c. COMMITTEES APPOINT
ED

At a regular meeting of A. G. War
ner W. R. c., No. SO, held Feb. 18th,
the following committees were APP
pointed to serve the coming year:
Relief committee, Mrs. Mary L.
Pray, Miss Annie f. Spalding, Mrs.
Nina Perry.
Auditing committee, Mrs. Inez V
Hoyle. Mrs. Ella w. Wood, Mrs. An
ME F. Spalding.
Conference committee, Mrs Sadie
Williams, Mrs. Emily Tourtellotte
Mrs Melissa Arnold.
Floral committee, Mrs Inez V
Hoyle, Mrs. Sadie Williams, Mrs
Mary Kenyon.
Entertainment committee, Mrs. Lii
lie E. Leach, Mrs. Lena Monroe, Mrs
Anna Albee, Mrs. Ella Wood, Mrs
Delina Derochia.
Executive committee, Mrs Hattie
Miller, Mrs. Sadie Williams, Mrs
Anna Albee, Mrs. Inez Hoyle, Mrs
Ida Hobart, Mrs. Ella Wood, Mrs
Mary Sherman, Mrs. Ethel Tourtel
lotte, Mrs. Melissa Arnold, Mrs. Lille
Leach, Mrs. Mary Pray, Mrs. Eliza
beth Grosvenor, Mrs. Elinor Rabbit
Mrs. Cora Adams, Mrs. Nina Perry
Mrs. Catherine Murphy.
House committee, Mrs. Hattie Mil
Ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Grosvenor, Mrs
Catherine Murphy.
Home Employment committee, Mrs
Melissa Arnold, Mrs. Frances Barrett
Mrs. Elizabeth Chase.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-02-14
o. M. CLUB

Miss Mary Wheelock entertained
the o. M. club at her home on Church
street Tueday evening. Mrs. Herbert
Reach of Danielson was up for the oc-
casion.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-02-14

Mrs. Byron Howard and Mrs. Rob
ert Bruce spent Wednesday in Wor-
cester.
Edward J. Perry, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Perry, School street, re-
turned to Camp Dix Tuesday night af-
ter a 5 day leave, the first he has had
since he enlisted just year ago.
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-02-14
MANY Children Are Sickly

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders Tor
Children Break up Colds in "a hours,
relieve Feverishness, Headache, Stom-
ach Troubles, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels, and
Destroy Worms They are so pleasant
to take children like thes-~, Used by
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-02-14

Job Printing at The Patriot Office
New-York tribune., 1919-11-05
.C.A.Announces
Dates for Annual
Sport Competitions

DR.. George Fisher, chief secretary
OF the Y. N. c. A. athletic department.
has announced that the Red Triangle
international championships for }a24
would be held III anuary for swimming
and February for indoor Hexathlon
titles.
No date Is specified, but the events
must be contested during the nrst tlyo
weeks Of the months ramcd. Contests
VIII be held III association buildings
in the varous cites, and the results
tclegraphed to the New York head
quarters. me team with the hghest
score t4hing the title
Nam Of the best known athletes aud
swimmers OF this country and Canada
payticjpute every year. Among the
world famous mea whose records stand
in different events are Plat Adams.
who holds the stnnding broad Jump zee
ord with 10 feet ~ inches; Harold
ksuger, of Honolulu. who holds thc
50-yard back stroke swimming yecorl
with 80 seconds. and the Onward free
stslc, with 2:2o s-5, aad Clarence
Lam. also q Honolulu, vho dells Inc
75-yard free style rocord wita - rs
are expected to paIticin4te in 40 AZ
members Of the Oakland Cal. team.
The HeNathlon combination has been
a big feature OF ''1'7 championships tol
several years. La yenr siAty-onc
associations competed WITH 9 total o.
5--5I individual competitors l. I'D a
far larses nlmber Of associations arG
individuals are expected to ontar. The
swimming tide events are rower. bu.
great interest is being exhibited all
over the country and each section has
VOL known swimmers IL It's ranks The
announcement OF the dates is made al
th's carly stage 50 give al assooia-
tioos t'me 20 develop their respective
team.