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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY IS, 1920
Efficiency Of Sanitary Work By City and County
 Has Typhoid Negligible
Commissioner Hornady Speaks of Intensive Work for Stamping Out Malady in Birmingham District That Has Been Accomplished n Past
 Year by Intelligent Innovations

have cost much money and troubIe,' continued Commissioner Hornady, but the record obtained should be gratifying to every citizen"
 Experts have estimated that every case costs at least s25O in hospital bills, loss of time, funerals and the like This is only looking at the question from a commercial side. The physical and mem tai strain has been immense.
 '..The installation of dry closets and sewerage connections has been a main factor in the fight against the malady. Four years ago there were at least S,VUo open closets in the city. Most of them have had substituted for them dry closets or connections with city sewerage.
 The largest number of cases are usually reported during the summer months Dr.. Bowling states that so far this month there have been only two new cases in the city Three old cases were brought over from June There has also been a marked decrease in intestional troubles among children.
 In view of the scourges of typhoid in municipalities in former years, the strik- ing decrease in the number of cases here is remarkable and is considered a tribute to the efficiency of the health depart ment. the officials say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
HOWARD COLLEGE
 IDEALLY LOCATED East Lake Committee Gives Views on Proposed Re-
 moval of College

Organized efforts to remove Howard College from its present desirable lo- cation at East Lake to some other site is inadvisable, according to the com mittee of East Lake citizens, opposed to the removal.
 The committee is of the opinion that for health and conveniences such as water, sewerage. lights. streets and car service the present location at East Lake is far superior to any site that could be secured and improved at anything like a reasonable sum. Walker. chairman of the committee, said:
 "It is a mistake to think that citi- zens of Birmingham are going to finance a proposition that would abandon a s5o0,o00 institution in one section of the city and pay at least $500,000 for site and equipment In any other section.
 The present site has many advan- tages. The college is located on seven ty-six acres of land. Other available lands adjoining may be purchased at a reasonable price at any time they are needed. Ample facilities for truck patches and a dairy are provided.
 "The college property has a pipe line from a mountain spring running through it. Swimming pools. shower baths and bubbling fountains may pe maintaied from this spring at nomi : nal cost. With the aid of a gravity system water may be thrown over the main building.
 East Lake is town of schools and churches with no industrial plants The section is almost free from any objectionable foreign element. Figures show that East Lake has health rec ord surpassed by no section of the city. Its record as law abiding com : munity is good. It is a section where parents could not object to have their boys stay.
 Howard College is only six miles from the courthouse. Two electric car lines from the terminal station pass in short distance of the college steps It is situated on the east and west highway and can be reached in an automobile from the city in twenty minutes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
CONVENTION PARTY
 ID ARRIVE TODAY
Prominent Alabamians Who Went to San Francisco
 Home This Afternoon

Alabamas delegation returning from Francisco will arrive in Birmingham this afternoon at $50 o'clock over the Louis vile and Nashville railroad
 The party left Birmingham the morn ing of June 19t in order to travel to the convention city in a leisurely manner. The trip to San Francisco was partly through the mountainous districts of Colorado stopping for some time at Pikes Peak, and later in Utah, where they visited Salt Lake City. They ar rived in San Francisco June 25.
 At the close of the convention the party went north, visiting Portland, Ore, and Seattle, Wash, each for short while At Seattle they took a boat to Victoria, British Columbia. and travelled in Canada, visiting Vancouver, Lake Louise and Banfe. They entered the United States just above St. Paul and spent some time in that city.
 From St. Paul they come to Birming- ham via Chicago
 Those who made up the party. includ- ing the delegates are:
 Delegates LTOHl the Sldte slt iehi SS' t7ft ney J. Bowie and Borden Burr. Blr- mngham and Judge J. J. Mayfield or Tuscaloosa and Montgomery.
 Delegates from the First district; G, w. Taylor, Demopolis, and William Me Leod, Mobile. Second district: w. T. Edmondson. Montgomery, and T. A. Goodwin, Florala. Third district: A. Y Malone, Dothan, and Judge Michael Sol- lie, ozark Fourth district: J. Craig Smith, Selma, and $. P. Mcdowell, Syla- cauga. Fifth district: D. w. Crawford, Dadeville, and Daniel Pratt. Prattville. Sixth district C. E. Werner. Tuscaloosa, and ]. Marvin Moore, Marions. Seventh district: Judge l.. l.. Herzberger. Gads- den, and Senator John A. Luske, Cunt tersville Eighth district: R. T. Simp- son, Jr.. Florence, and T. M. Jones. De- catur Ninth district: Hunter Armstrong, Rirmingham and w l.. Harrison Bir- mingham. Tenth district: Ernest B. Fire, Hamilton, and Judge J. Alexander Moore, Fayette.
 Accompanying the delegates as VlsitoFs were the following;
 Gov. and Mrs Thomas F. Kilby, Mrs. w. T. Sanders, Dr. E. F. Thomas. Mrs. Walter Miller. Mrs. Sidney J, Bowie, MT. and Mrs F. w. Barrett and chii- dren, Mrs. c. B. Werner Mrs L. L. Herz- berger E. R. Norman, Senator J. T. Het lin, w. c. Defer and family, E. M. Col lins. Mrs T. M. Jones. Mrs. Ella Young L. B. Musgrove, s. P. Mcdonald and J. D. McNeel
 No few of the original party have al ready returned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18

Birmingham's possibilities of typhoid fever are fast being relegated to the background. Due to the vigilant service oe the city and county health depart ments, the number of cases are being reduced to a minimum.
 The list so far this year has been 50 per cent less than for the same length of time last year at similar season. The record of 1919 was 75 per cent less than the record for 1918 The number Of deaths in the city due to the disease in 1877 was 10s. An epidemic was caused that year by alleged infected ice cream In 1918 there were 62 deaths and in 19.~ there were only S1 deaths from typhoid. The number of deaths for 1920 so far, in dicates that another record will be set
 Commissioner John R. Hornady stated that much praise is due to Dr. J. D. Bowling. city and county health officer, and his corps of assistants for the good record that is being made. MT. Hornady stated that few years ago it was noth- ing unusual for two or three cases to break out each day with as many as So0 cases per year.
 The sanitary measures that have been instituted in the last two or three years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
 BLISTERED HEEL IS BASIS FOR DAMAGES

Mrs H. V. Neville filed suit in the circuit court yesterday against the w. L. Douglas Shoe Company for $5,O00 dam ages, it being alleged that one of the shoes purchased from this company abraded the skin on her heel.
 The petition alleges that she purchased a pair of shoes ffNn a salesman of the defendant company November 10, l~9. and while wearing them one rubbed a blister on her heel causing her srear physical pain,
 She alleged in the petition that tSe shoes did not fit and she was sold shoes that were not mates, and as result ol tho hllster on her heel she was unable to wear any shoes for long time Ac- cording to officials at the court house. this is the first suit of the kind ever filed in the circuit court here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
ODD FELLOWS WILL MEET AT PULLMAN Beckham Overstreet of Ken lucky to Speak on En-
 d0wment of Home

For the first time in it's history the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Alabama will meet in Cullman for it's seventy ninth annual session on August and 4.
 Of special interest at this meeting will be the visit of Past Master Beckham Overstreet of Kentucky, who will make several addresses on the subject of the lows Orphan Home On account of his splendid work in behalf of the Odd Fei- lows Home of Kentucky, and his ex- perience in raising the endowment luna for that institution. he was invited to at tend the meeting of the Alabama grand lodge and give the officers and repre- sentatives the benefit of his experience.
 Beckham Overstreet is lawyer by pro- fession. He was in 1917 and 1918 grand master of the Odd Fellows in Kentucky, and as such made the first gain in mem bership that was made in ten years raised an endowment fund for the Or phans' Home of $5000o, paid the expenses of the campaign out of his appropriation of S1 900 as grand master was the young est grand master that Kentucky ever had; was chairman of the entertainment committee of the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows when they met in Louis vile in 1917.
 He raised s12,0o0 and entertained the sov- ereign grand lodge members, and had ielt over S1 600, which was given to the Odd Fellows Orphans Home. He was elected unanimously and without opposition grand representative from Kentucky to the sovereign grand lodge of the world
 He was made chairman by the grand lodge of Kentucky in 1919 of the com mittee to direct the campaign that IS now on in Kentucky to raise s5o0,Oo0 endow- ment fund, which will continue to No- vember, and of which amount Szoo.VV mas been raised,
 The officers and committees of the grand lodge are: Elliott G. Rickaroy. grand master, Mobile; l.. N. Buell.. deputy grand master, Cullman; c. Q. JacoDs grand warden, Birmingham; H. c. Pol lard, grand secretary, Huntsville; J. '. Bowie, grand treasurer, Talladega; W. L. Mccormick, grand conductor, Dora; John L. Yancey, grand guardian. Annisron; w. L. Cahall, grand chaplain. Mobile: James Laughlin. grand herald. Avon dale George Steifelmeyer. grand repre- sentative. CulIman; Palmer Daugette. grand representative, Birmingham.
 Committees
 C,redentials-H. c. Pollard, Huntsville; Charles w. Capps, Birmingham; A. M. Schmidt Tuscaloosa.
 Finance-J. J. Goode, Bessemer; w. w. Haskell, Prattville R. S. Butler, Selma
 Petitions and Appeals-George M. Ed monds. Birmingham; A. Howle, erec- tric; R. c. Rodgers. Ardmore, Tenn.
 Home-George Steifelmeyer CuIlman: William Ellis. Wylam; George Huddles- ston, Birmingham.
 Work-C. l.. Phillips, Birmingham l.. [. Lackey, North Birmingham; s. w. Foster, Decatur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
July Examinations
 For Mine Officials

The board of mine examiners will hold an examination for first and sec ond-class mine foremen and fire boss certificates of competency. July 2s, 27. 2s and 2s. beginning at o'clock in the afternoon.
 The examinations will take place in the office of the state mine inspector Chamber of Commerce building, Bir- mignham.
 Applicants are referred to require ments as set forth in the mining law. All affidavits must be made in the off, flee of the mine inspector.
 This notice has been issued by the chief mine inpector. c. H. Nesbitt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
CEMENT SHIPMENTS
 VIA THE WARRIOR
Demopolis Finds River Feasible and Economical
 For Transportation

A new tonnage for shipment on tha Warrior river has developed.
 News from Demopoliseis to the effe1 that the Gulf States Cement Company of that place is regularly shipping por- ton of it's product to Mobile in barges. Two boatloads of cement left Demopolis for Mobile during the week.
 The daily product of the plant is re- ported now to amount to 800 tons. and this is to be enlarged.
 The Demopolis plant was idle for number of years and until few months ago Mason City, Iowa, capitalists took over the plant in 1919 and rebuilt it It is now in successful operation and ship ping product both by river and by rail. The demand for cement is greater than the supply All mills are sold to ca pacity far ahead and are behind in de- iVeries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
HOUSING PROBLEM IS BECOMING MORE
 ACUTE EVERY DAY
Realty Man Says Higher Rents Coming and Fewer Houses Available as the
 Fall Approaches

Tenants will not only be f a e d with the question of paying increased rents n X t fall, but also the greater prob lem of finding house at all, according to 1. c. Beatty of the Birmingham Realty Com pany.
 Regarding rentals" said Mir. Beatty, T know that rents are now lower ill Birmingham than in other southern cities, and that they are lower than they will be next fall.
 Rents are governed by the law of supply and demand, and superfluous houses do not exist here. The fair rent board is now fact, organized to probe the question of alleged profi- teering in rents, but they can do noth- ing until there are more houses in Bir- mingham.
 Tenants have been tenants so long because it was cheaper to rent than to buy. Now conditions are different. It is question of a person owning the house in which he lives if he is to live in house at all
 TENANT TO BLAME
 The tenant himself is to blame. Bir- mingham has done more as a whole to make home owning easy than hun- dreds of other cities.
 Just to illustrate Birmngham's housing shortage, assume that Bir- minghams census figures are correct. Birmingham has grown 45,000 people in ten years, or a total of 4,500 q ipc he OI1 re to each family, this represents 900 families. Research shows there are Is families to each dwelling. making the growth of Birmingham about 500 houses yearly. Those acquainted with the situation know that no such amount of building has been done. The housing problem is not pecu- liar to Birmingham. New York has It. Washington has it, and even the small statistics show that in 1916, 100000 | houses were built in the country. h 1917. 409.000 were built. In 1918, as we began to feel the effects of tho war 136,000 were built. In 1919 with government restrictions on, and with a movement from the farms to the city only 20, 900 houses were built And so far, with building restrictions re- moved there have only been 7ooo0 houses built in 1920.
 NEED THOUSANDS ITO take care of the natural in- crease in population, and the increases during the last two years that were not provided for, it is estimated that the national construction of buildings must be 675,000 annually for the next ! few years.
 Many Birmingham people are now 1 living in tents Th-s fall many more will be glad to have tent to live in. ' In order to assist in some measure 1 to relieve the shortage and to aid 1T I the Own Your Own Home movement | the Birmingham Realty Company i' now constructing simplicity homes I in the suburbs of Birmingham. Ther are now twenty of these homes bull and in the process of construction. Sew eral are occupied by their buyers. | These houses are located in Pores Park, Chestnut Hill and Norwood. MT Beatty says they will construct many more between now and January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
BRANDON WILL TALK
 TO THE BUSINESS MEN

Judge w. W. Brandon of Tuscaloosa will be the principal speaker at the smo- ker to be given Tuesday evening at $ o'clock in the auditorium of the Cham Der of Commerce by the Jefferson coun- ty division of the Retail Merchants As sociation.
 This will be in the nature or get together meeting and more than 2U meubers are expected to be present on this occasion
 At this time the nominating commit tee. composed of F. B. Irwin. chairman; Joseph Loveman. W. J. Adams, Reid Lawson. C. M. Cannon. George Byrum and Sam Rlach, will make it's report
 permanent organization will be formed to replace the temporary asso- citation. which has been in existence for several weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
PIKE COUNTY JOINS
 THE MANUFACTURERS

Pike county manufacturers are enthu- sjastic over the work of the Alabama Manufacturers Association. The organ ization has been increased considerably hv the addition of anew members from fiat section, according to l.. Sevier president, who returned from Troy Saturday.
 MT. Sevier's visit in Pike county was in the interest of the association. While there he had occasion to address large group of manufacturers and business men of the county on the plans Of the association.
 While in Troy Mir. Sevier was the yuest of ex-Governor Henderson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
"Out of the Strong
 Came Forth Sweetness

In practically the center of the steel mill at Ensley. a fifty gallon wooded still with a copper worm was seized by Fred McDuff, chief deputy sheriff and John Harris, deputy, yesterday.
 The still, which showed signs of having been operated, was located in manhole o6 the old gas producer of the plant and had a radiator arrangement. The still was discovered by Carl Langrebe. tns superintendent who reported the matter to the sherifrs office. No liquor was found and no arrests were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
June Average Is More Than
 One Violent Death a Day

There were 12 homicides with firearms and 1 with knives. One person committed suicide.
 The total deaths from all causes were 374 Of this number 172 were whese and 203 colored. The number of births were, white, 3lS colored 167. total iSo A com parison of the death and birth reports show that more negroes died than were born while the number of births among white was in excess of the deaths
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18
PERSONAL

Friends of c. M. Brazeal will be glad to know he has returned from the South Highlands Infirmary and is rapidly in- proving from serious operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18

Twenty-three persons met death through accidents during the month of June, ac- cording to the monthly report of the Jeff ferson county board of health, issued yesterday.
 The classification of the accidents was as follows:
 Poison by foods, 6 burns, i; drowning, 8; gunshots. l.; falls, 1; mine accidents, 4; street car, 2; automobile, 1; electricity 3; other cause, 1.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-09
TWO WIVES DROWNED
IN LAKE WASHINGTON
t.BLUEBEARD" ADMITS
Slayer Of Many Spouses Con-
jesses 10 THO .Nore
Deaths.

LOS ANGELES. CAL, May S.--"rhc
waters OF Lake Washington never
give up their dead: The lake is too
cold. That Is why | chose it In most
eases"
These are the words with which
"Blucbird" Harvey dcfied his inquis-
itors to find the bodies OF two OF his
murdered wives the alleged confess
sion TO whose Staying places the
number of his victims semi officially
at seven.
One Of the two wives to whom
"Blucbeard' referred in his latest
confession was Agnes Wilson. Tie
name of tho other he said he could
not recall
Both were drowned in Lake Wash
inGton at Seattle.
According to "Elucbcard's" latest
additions TO his murder totals Ave Of
his wife victims died a his hands in
he waters Of Lake Washington, one
Tn river in Idaho and two wcro
beaten TO death with hammer, one
at Plum Station, Wash. and ono ut
Signal Hill. near here.
Continuation today OF the third
degree" griliing. TO which "Bluebeard"
has been subjected for the past TWEEN
;y-four hours. is confidently expected
10 DISCLOSE additional victims of the
arch -monstc-'s murder mania
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-09
PRACTICED SHOOTING TO
KILL HER HUSBAND
Henry G. Friedrichs. OF EIGIn, ILL.,,
Murdered by Hix Jealous
Wife.
TRy Associated Prose


c. Friedrichs shot and killed her
husband today because he loved an
other woman. After the shooting
she told the police how she had prac-
ticed firing pistol in the basement
OF her home so she would be able
TO hit her husband when the oppor-
tune time came.
Mrs. Friedrichs told how last
April she intercepted a letter an
other woman had written her hus-
band. She decided TO kill him.
II began putting in hours at tar
get practice in the basement OF our
home" she said. AT first / was
discouraged as I fired at an old cap
and did not hit IL. But with each
days practice l became more en-
pert"
To allay any suspicion her hus-
band might have, Mrs. Fricdrichs
always greeted him with a kiss and
4 smile.
To-day the setting was ideal to
Kill him. There was nobody home
but myself had the revolver con-
ccaled in my apron when he, entered
the front door for dinner. AS he
entered stepped off just at the
right distance and cmptjed the re-
volver-scven shots. don't think
he realized what had happened. lie
dropped with an odd little shrek
and died"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-09
SEVEN BLOWN TO BITS
WHEN MIX EXPLOSION
WRECKS AETNA PLANT
Identification Possible in One
Case Only, Others Unrec-
OeHiSabic.
Try Associated press. I

EMPORIUM. IA. May s.zseven
men were instantly killed as a re-
suit OF an explosion which occurred
III the gclatine mix house of tho
Aetna Explosives Company at 3
o'clock this afternoon. The exact
cause of the accident is not known
as all the workmen in the interior
and vicinity of the gelatine plant
were victims.
The bodies of six OF the victims
were blown to pieces. Identification
being possible in the case OF Patrick
burke alone. Burke was driving a
car containing supplies from the
storeroom and had just reached the
door OF the mix house when the
contents of his ear exploded and the
mix house vent up with II. the de-
donation shaking tho country for
three miles around.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-09
TURK TREATY PROTECTS
MINORITY POPULATIONS
Fourteen Articles of Pact Con-
ccrncd Solely With Safeguard
ing SOn-NIoslem Inhabitants.
STRESSES RIGHT OF SEARCH
Religious Freedom Is Extended to
All Races in Ottoman Dominions,
and All Who Wish Mny Return to
Homes to Recover Property.
IBy Associated Prcssy1

WASHINGTON. May s.-Provisions
safeguarding the rights of minority
populations make up large portion
of the Turkish treaty OF peace.
summary Of the treaty, which
will be handed to the Turkish dele
cation in Paris Tuesday was received
here today. Fourteen articles In the
treaty are devoted to the protection
OF the Armenians. Greeks, and other
populations which. under the pact,
will remain with Turkey. These fol-
low the lines OF treaty of June Is,
1919. between the allied powers and
Poland for protection of the Polish
minority peoples.
Must AnnuI Conventions.
One of the things Turkey agrees to
do under tho treaty is to annul all
conversions to Islamism which have
occurred between November /, 1914,
and the coming into effect of the
treaty. The Ottoman nation also
undertakes to assistaln the recovery
OF men. women and children OF
wholly or partly non Mosiem parent
age who adopted the Islamic. faith
since November /, 1914. and who are
claimed by, their families or COM
mpnitlss. as 81; 4, q.
sssnrsS Rakht % Ssattsx s.sS5its 81
The, fullest right OF search for lost
persons in private houses and Insti-
tutiohs is conceded: the search to be
carried out by rebressntatlve OF
the community Affected. an official
OF the Tunasish government. and n
representative of the league of ma
tons Such reciprocal and volun-
tary emigration OF persons belong
ing to racial minorities as the allied
powers may consider opportune is
recognized by the Turkish govern
ment, which agrees to adhere to the
treaty between Greece and Bulgaria
OF last November. relating to recipro-
cal emigration.
Races Free to Return Home.
Turkish subjects OF no Turkish
race, such as Armenians and Greeks,
who have been driven from their
homes by fear OF massacre or any
other form or pressure during the
war are to be permitted to return to
their homes and assi5f In the recov-
cry OF their property and re-estab-
lishment in business.
Racial minorities are given free
dom to establish, manage and con-
troll charitable. religious and social
institutions. schools and other edu-
cational establishments. n right pre-
viously exercised exclusively by the
Turkish government. Guarantees
concerning the minority populations
are lodged in the league of nations.
Other provisions of the treaty, fol-
low closely the original draft as
drawn up by the supreme council
In London in February.