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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
HEA[THOF CITY
 MUCH IMPROVED Health Report For March Shows Big Improvement
 Over Last Year

In Birmingham, general health condi-
 tions are better, deaths are fewer, births
 number more, epidemics are fewer, san
 itary conditions are better, and inspec-
 tions by the health department more nu-
 merous and far reaching now than Il year
 ago. is shown by the monthly report O.
 Dr. J. D. Bowling, health officer, for the
 month of March, 1919. The report has
 been submitted to the board of city com
 Medical association.
 Comparisons are made in the statistics for March of this year and March of last
 year. The following facts are brought out in the report;
 Deaths 1918, Sol; in 1919. 250; births. 1918,
 299; l919 312. Number of cases Of dis cases reported in 1918, 7as; in 1919, 375. In the bureau of sanitarIon. number of com plaints answered in 1918. 1175: in 1919 12,0l?. Nuisances abated in 1918, 3I9; in 1919, 32S9. Thirty-six cases of tuberculosis, with zl deaths, were reported, against 43 cases and 34 deaths last March. Forty -four cases of measles were reported, against l76 of last March, with one death result ing for each month. In all, 375 cases or communicable diseases reported, with 29 deaths, as against 736 reported. and 6S deaths, for last March. During the last month POP cases of venereal diseases, with three deaths. were reported. No cases were reported last year, but there were II deaths. Total number of visits made
 were l0S6
 Smallpox vaccinations given, 316; ty- phoid innoculations, TO; wells reported. 43 patients given treatment at clinic | r.D- ,e..t 1 l., of child hygiene, 40S. Dead animals re-
 moved. e7 Street cars scrubbed. 693; swept and sprayed 579.
 | The inspections of meats. fruit stands, | soda founts, bakeries, milk, etc., show | a large increase.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
Woman Throws Lamp Chimney With Telling
 Effect at Young Man

George Hill. young white man, was pain fully injured yesterday afternoon when struck with a lamp chimney by Matilda Brown, TIA Fourteenth street, south.
 According to reports at police head quarters, Hill, with friend, stopped at the home of the negro to use a telephone. When they entered, Hill accidently broke the glass out of the front door and an argument over the accident led to the affray. The woman wielded the chimney with telling effects. Mir. Hills hand and face being slashed by flying glass He vas carried to the Hillman hospital. where it was reported that he is not seriously injured. Hill was placed under bond on a charge of disorderly conduct.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
ALL MEMBERS OF
 167TH REGIMENT
 BE GUESTS OF CITY
Special Provision Made For Disabled SOldiers-COm- mittee On Unattached and Wounded Soldiers
 Sent Out Letter
Statement. March 4. 1919 RESOURCES

In an effort to get all discharged and unattached soldiers of the 167th infan- try, Rainbow division, in Birmingham when the main body of that division reaches here, sometime early in May, for the big celebrations that Birmingham will give the soldiers, the following let ter has been mailed to all wounded and unattached soldiers whose addresses could be gotten, by Virgil V. Evans, chairman of the committee. The follow ing letter is meant for every member or the Rainbow division, 167th infantry, whc is detached from the regiment:
 "A huge programme is being arranged for the celebration of the boys of the l67th, who are expected to arrive in Bir- mingham the latter part of this month or the first of next. The exact date is not vet known, but as soon as same is learned you will be advised. Watch the papers carefully for this date, so that in case you did not receive your notice in time YOU can get here in time to participate i'll this celebration.
 livery man in Alabama who served with the 167th is invited 10 come to thls celebration, no matter how badly he IS wounded or whether wounded at all. Ev- cry convenience will be furnished and every man should hold himself in readi- ness to appear here in time for this cele- bration Each man should bring receip: for his railroad fare, as he will be refund ed for his expense upon arrival here This includes railroad fare both to Bir- mingham and return to your home and your expensse while here.
 Please assist in your community in getting all the 167th boys who have been returned lined up for this celebTation, and have them to communicate with ad- dress at the top of this page for any further information. Request should be addressed likewise.
 Hoping to see you in Birmingham when the regiment gets here. l am, sim cerely yours,
 ''VIRGIL V. EVANS, Chairman.
 Address: Information Booth, Birming- ham, Ala"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
.I Find No Fault
 In Him"-Dr. Wells.

Before a large congregation at the rigb1ands Methodist church yesterday morning, 'Palm Sunday" Dr. Preston B. Wells, the pastor, preached sermon or interest.
 Dr Wells took his text from John, the Nineteenth chapter, and Sixth verse:
 q find no fault with him" and in part. said:
 ..These words are the declaration Of Pilate, the Roman judge, made at the trial of Jesus.
 ''During the early days of His min istry, Jesus boldly uttered the challenge,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
"What Manner of Child
 Shall This Be"-Dr. billiard

Dr. J. F. billiard, pastor of the southsids Baptist church, preached forceful ser mon at the morning service yesterday to a large congregation. Dr. Dillard's text was; What Manner of Child Shall This Be-" He said in part:
 "Everything connected with the birth of John the Baptist was in the highes. degree mysterious. not to say supernat. ural He was the son of a priest. his mother was past age. his fhther was stricken dumb, but when he wrote tht name JOHN and his tongue was loosed
 (Continued on Page Ten)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
General Strike Called
lBy Associated Press

Weimar, Saturday, April 12.-It is con- sidered probable that Saxony will be the next section of Germany to proclaim a soviet government. The independents are known to be planning such a move, though parliamentary circles do not be- lieve the danger is acute.
 general strike has been called Tn the coal sections of Zwickau and Lugau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
BAUER AT JEFFERSON TONIGHT
 IN PIANO RECITAL

Harodl Bauer, now acclaimed the worlds greatest pianist, who will appear at the. Jefferson theatre tonight, has been helrd here in recital several times. but he will probably attract larger crowd than ever on this occasion. He comes under the auspices of the Music Study club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
Ships Need Men px, Aoxo.;.ted pr.ss

marine service is in need of first mates and first assistant engineers, the shipping hoard announced today in a statement urging those qualified for the positions to apply at the boards sea service bu- reau. loonted at all important ports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
Rector of St. Andrews Speaks On World Unrest.

The Autocracy that Is Essential to De- mocracy' was the subject of a se<mon of unusual interest preached by the Rev. Joseph T. Ware, rector of St. Andrews 5 church. yesterday morning. After com menting on the fickleness of the mob which hailed Jesus as Messiah on Palm Sunday and then howled for His blood at the foot of the Cross five days later, and the dangers of mob rule. Mir. Ware said in part:
 Some of us are dreading the rise ot bolshevik movements in our midst. But it is not wider democracy which we dread. If we were confident that the present unrest would, through the par ticipation of larger numbers of people in active political and social life, issue in overcoming periodic business Impressions and in creating a wider diffusion of com- fort and prosperity, every Christian must rejoice that the kingdom of God was nearer at hand and condemn dread of change as wicked selfishness.
 But what we do dread is something different; it is mob rule which will not issue in socnl and industrial improve ment, but in just such chaos as we are told obtains in Russia today-famine, pestilence and misery in the homes of all classes We dread the outcome of the present unrest because there is an in- stinctive understanding, latent within us that mob rule is capricious. ineffective, destructive and open to manipulation by
 the selfish demagogue.
 Tt seems strange that men do not see that the solution is wider than either autocracy or democracy and embraces an element of each. The true scope of de.
 in ha ct r rihutinD nf the goods and values of life. Probably there must always be sufficient inequality in this distribution to spur men on to make the most of their lives. But inequality In distribution must be so strictly llmlteI at each end that the unsuccessful may be poor, but not poverty stricken, and
 the successful prosperous. but not gorgeo with the good things of life! The great truth which democracy ndintains as
 against autocracy is that men Of genus
 shall not monopolize the great bulk of the good things of life.
 "On the other hand
 "It takes soul
 To move a body; it takes hish-souleo To move the masses-even to cleaner style
 "The true scope of autocMcy lies III Pro- duction. Not only in the production o' manufactured articles. but in the order- ing of the fabric of social and economic life Not the mob, but only the practlca genius is able to effect maximum ol comfort and happiness for all the people TJnouestionably the problems of recon struction are enormous. How are wages and cost of living to keep on speaking terms? How prevent unemployment!
 'There would be no bolsheviki dange if the poor man could trust his feiloW' endowed with great ability to solve th' perplexities of the world for the common good. The mob is born of the suspicion that able leaders are still selfish. Do yo' not see the need of this portion or th' gospel which Jesus so stressed He Una is greatest among you, let him pe-as III that doth serve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14

the stone show that work was begun at both ends and finished in the center. So accurately did they make their onlcula- tions that the bottom and sides of the tunnel are exactly even at the junction pninf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
VALUABLE HORSE : BURNED ID DEATH Barn Covered With Flames
 When Fire Discovered.
 Residence Destroyed

horse valued at $200 was burned to death and two barns belonging to Paul Finocchio, COY First avenue, south, were destroyed by fire origi- hating in the loft of one of the barns yesterday afternoon. The barns were covered with flames before the fire was discovered and the firemen were unable to save the horse. The dam ages are estimated at $200c The residence of Joe Latham, Twenty ninth avenue and Tennessee pike, was completely destroyed by fire about 12 o'clock yesterday. Tine damages are estimated at $2000 The origin is unknown.
 First Annual Sale
 Alabama Hereford Farm Distributer-Standard HerefOrds
 20 Bulls-3O Females-5O in all Sale will he held Tuesday. April 15. at
 Selma, Ala.
 R. J. GOOde, Manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
WELCOME FOR 167TH REGIMENT

The purpose of the new organiza-
 tion, as pointed out yesterday after
 noon, are to alleviate suffering among
 former service men, to help in procur'
 ing employment for returned service
 men who are unemployed, and to stim-
 ulate patriotism and love for county.
 The local branch, it is expected. will
 later affiliate with the national or
 ganization which already has been
 started, and thus will be in touch with all the other organizations of soldiers
 sailors and members of the marine corps in the country.
 It is estimated by prominent men here that this organization will very soon develop into the strongest in ths country, and that it's influence will always be for the high ideals and the betterment of the people. The meeting yesterday grew out of the acton ll other parts of the country, and was suggested here sometime ago at meeting of returned service men, vita other Birmingham citizens
 "We want to have every man who is eligible to be with us next Sunday said LeRoy Jacobs, who was named temporary secretary of the oFganizl tion and who is in charge of enrolling new members. Anyone wis hing tc join may get a card from me al Ser M Jacobs & Bros. furniture store any time during the week. All that is re- quired to enroll is to fill out the card The meeting held yesterday was al enthusiastic one. Much progress wa: made toward getting the organizatios os in the condition desired.
 Among those who attended was Bor- | den Burr, who spoke to the soldiers approving the project of organization He told the men that they all are eX. pected to be in uniform on the day tn; l Rainbow division arrives here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-14
STIMULATE PATRIOTISM

"We are going to out-entertain, out celebrate and out-welcome any city in the United States. We are going to give those boys the best reception ard show them the best time possible" he said All Highland avenue is to be decorated, the front yards of the hous- es along the streets are to be decorat
 ed. and the boys are to be given a big dance and reception. One thous- and cars are to furnished them Ev- erythng is to be turned over to them. All Birmingham is to be decorated and dressed up for them. We want them to enjoy it the most possible.
 "After they reach here they will go to Capitol park, where no one excers their relatives will be allowed to go for an hour. We are going to fix d;n- ner for them. In the afternoon they are to go out to Highland avenue for the reception, and after o'clock a.' traffic will be barred on the avenue. "We realize and they realize that the boys who were in the service but wh' didn't get over wanted to go as badly as anybody and are not themselves to blame for not having been over. Sn we want every man who went over, re- gardless of his division and everyone who was in service on this side ana did not get over, to be in uniform that day and to take part in the parade and celebration.
 "The men who were wounded should get in touch with Major Virgil V. Ev- ans, who is in charge of the commit tee. to get all the men who were wounded here for the celebration Men who were in the navy should see Con- mander Merideth and learn just what the navy men are to do on that day
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
SAGE TEA KEEPS
 YOUR HAIR DARK
When Mixed With Sulphur It Brings Back It's Beautiful Lustre
 at Once.

Gray hair, however handsome, de- notes advancing age. We all know the advantages of youthful appear ance. Your hair is your charm. It makes or mars the face. When it fades, turns gray and looks streaked just few applications of Sage Tea and Sulphur enhances it's appearance a hundred-fold.
 Don't stay gray! Look young! Either prepare the recipe at home or get from any drug store bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com pound," which is merely the old-time recipe improved by the addition of other ingredients. Thousands of folks recommend this ready-to-use prepara- tion, because it darkens the hair beau tifully, besides, no one can possibly tell, as it darkens so naturally and evenly. You moisten a sponge QIs soft brush with tt, clfawi1agF t the hair, taking one small strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears; after another. application or two, it's natural color, is restored and it becomes thick, glossy and lus- trous, and you appear years younger. .,; adv.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
LOCAL CANTEEN SERVES
 OVER FIVE HUNDRED
 FIGHTERS FROM FRANCE

Five hundred and forty overseas casual troops, being transferred to Camp Bowie, Texas, for discharge, were given a lunch yesterday by sev- eral units of the local canteen ser vice.
 The troop train stopped here sev. eral hours yesterday during which time the men were allowed to get off the trainS and stretch their cramped legs on the city streets. They were all Texas men and appeared very healthy and fine specimens of fight ing men.
 oHt coffee, ham sandwishes, dough- nuts, hot biscuits were served, and all of the home going boys express ed their very high appreciation of the hospitality rendered them. This is but one of many occasions on which the local canteen service has made the long, tiresome trip acress country more colorful for soldiers, and the change from troops train rations is more highly appreciated than an undemonstrative doughboy is ever able to express. Expressions from all parts of the country have come back to Pine Bluff, all voicing the opinion that the hospitality shown here has been the most impressive received anywhere.
 Several units were called out yes terday, among whom were the units of Mesdames M. E. Bloom, Nick Can't, J. w. Martin, Adolph Bluth- enthal, and Miss Bessie Bluthenthal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
ALLIANCE WAS TO
 AID REVOLUTION
 IN NORTH MEXICO
Trial For IF Alleged Mem bers Of Plot Opens In
 El Paso.

Fl Paso, Tex. April 14.-The Mexi- can Liberal Alliance, which was or ganized among Mexican refugees along the border and in New York, Los Angeles and other American cities, was a movement to further the revolution, which General Felipe An- geles, at present with Francisco Vil- la, planned to start in Northern Mexico according to the testimony of Jose De La Rosa, the first witness in the trial of Federico Cervantes, Man ual Iceza, Rafael Iturbide, Trinidad Morales. and eight others charged in the United States District court with having set on foot a military expedition to Mexico. They were ar rested on the night of March 17th
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
|arxices Al Presbyterian Church.
WINNINGS POOL
 AT "Y" THROWN e
 OPEN TO WOMEN

The swimming pool at the Y. M.
 }. A. initiated it's spring opening
 |esterday when the ladies and girls
 |wimming classes started with about 5 girls and about 20 ladies in at endance.
 According to the rule which has
 |een adopted, the ladies classes will
 |e held on Monday, beginning at 9
 Pclock and ending at o'clock. Two
 |dult classes are held and one class
 |or the girls. Mrs. Will Walton has
 |harge of the instruction. '2'- " The "Y" pool recently underwent thorough overhauling, and the sight i the greenish-white water, clear to he bottom tapping the sides of the |ool yesterday was a sight to bring In an attack of spring fever to the
 post electric of "human dynamo's." The ladies swimming classes are (nder the auspices of the Ladies Ruxiliary to the Y. M. c. A. and the proceeds derived from the classes are
 D be used for the maintenance of the |oys night school.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
OBITUARY
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MRS. RENO.

A telegram was received yesterday by the family of J. c. Reno, telling of the death of MT. Reno's mother, at Tishomingo, Miss, Saturday night at II o'clock Mrs. Reno was 70 years of age. She was sister of the late w. L. Dewoody, of this city. She is survived by a large family of four daughters, three sons, and number of grandchildren and great-grand- children.
 Mrs. Reno led life full of usefull- ness. She gave to those who sorrow ed, her sympathy, and to those who suffered her tenderest care. She was devoted mother, and good neigh bor and loving friend.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
VICTORY ARMADA
 ARRIVES TO GIVE SAILORS LEAVE
103 Vessels, Under Admiral Mayo, Ride At Anchor In
 North River.

New York, April 14.-The Atlantic fleet, comprising in ships and tonnage the greater part of the "victory ar mada" ordered here to give 30,00O sailors and marines vacation on home shores, stamed into New York harbor today. With it's arrival the greatest assemblage of war craft ever seen in any Aderican port-103 vessels-rode at anchor in the North River and almost immediately launch ored started shoreward with the first contingents of officers and men on leave.
 Preceded by flotilla of 50 destroy CTS, thirteen super-dreadnaughts- The teeth" of the fighting fleet entered Ambrose channel shortly be- fore noon, the Mississippi, Oklahoma and Wyoming leading, and close in their: wake the Pennsylvania, flying the flag of Admiral Mayo, command
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
near Socorro, Texas.
 Was Secret Agent.


 De La Rose admitted having been in the employ of Mexican Consul General Andres Garcia as secret agent of the Mexican government at the time he joined the organization, which, he said, Cervantes was form ing to invade Mexico. The witness al- so admitted having been a lituenant colonel under Fracnsico Villa, but stated on the witness stand that he quit the Villa forces after he had been wounded, because, he said, "1 did not like the things he did at Col umbus, N. M., and other places"
 According to the testimony of De La Rosa, the platform o fthe liberal alliance was drawn for the purpose of deceiving the American authorities as to the real purpose of the move ment, which he testified, was to aid the revolution which Angeles planned to start.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
Harsh Egyptian Custom.

The law of the Egyptians in respect to debtors and creditors was to the ef' feet that no man was permitted ts borrow money without pawning to the creditor the dead body of his father or nearest ancestor, which every man kept embalmed in his house. It was thought infamous and impious not to redeem so precious pledge, and he who died without having discharged that duty was deprived of the GUS to1nary honors of burial.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15

CT of the fleet and ranking officer of the units assembled here from two oceans.
 As the fleet came into port, divis- ion after division was met by squad rons of naval airplanes, their wings flashing in the brilliant spring sum- shine, their engnes humming noisy greeting as they looped and swooped above the slowly steaming watercraft.
 Speaking of the war games held by the fleet, Admiral Mayo said:
 Our target practice was very sat- isfactory. One of the ships fired a salvo at 21,6Oo yards, the longest range ever fired at by an American ship"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
Ivory In the Middle Aues.

In the middle ages ivory was exten' sively used for writing tablets. Ont of Chaucer's characters has "A pair of tables all of ivory" and again the same writer speaks of ivory chess men: "The ches was all of ivory, the n,eyne fresh and new" Ivory was also much used for making caskets and mirror frames during the middle ages, and these were often elaborately carved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
All Must Be Earned.

All external good has its tax, and t 1t come without desert or sweat, has no root in me and the next wind will blow 1t away. But all the good of nature is the souls and may be had, If paid for in natures lawful coin, that is, by labor which the heart and the head allow. no longer wish to meet . good do not earn.-Emerson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
An Embryo Humorist.

In certain family two of the help bear the name of Bertha. As one works upstairs and the other tn the laundry, the youthful son of the house has suggested that the girls be known as upper and lower Bertha.--Rostop Transcript.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
"know Thyseif.n

When God gave you your talent, he knew what he was doing. Don't be ashamed of it. Don't try to hide it, be- cause it is not of the showy sort. Don't try to twist it into something it was never meant to be. Nobody ever yet made a success, who was not content to use without apology the gifts that were his.-Exchange,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15

rrees. When They Grow. The verie essence and as 1t were springe-head of origine of all music is the very pleasante sounde which the trees make when they Old Eng. Itch Tale.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15
EmbeI1Ish1no Tortoise She'll.

Tortoise shell, when heated, becomes very pliable and can be twisted to any shape required, and it is when the shell is in a heated state that the pearl or metal pieces are inlaid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15

Eventually you will take osteo-
 lathlc treatment, so why not now?
 Pr. Sellars, osteopath. 4-15-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-15

What could be cleverer than it's yoke effect devised by half dozen overlapping tucks? There Is gen. erous scarf collar of the satin and instead of sleeves, mere Slits. It's a true to type cape.