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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10
Forum, Of The People
A Plea For The Public Health

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 The voters and citizens of Leeds and sur rounding community, having had an Oppor- tunity to observe the efforts and activities of the county health department and to partici- pate in the many valuable services rendered by it during the past two years or more, have noted with much interest the numerous pub lie statements of one or more candidates for reelection to the board of revenue relating to their official record in regard to health meas ures and their sudden espousal ef the cause of public health and increased hospital facili- ties, We regret exceedingly that circum- stances should have existed or arisen whereby the attitude of any public representative to- ward matters so fundamental should have be- come sufficiently confused or in doubt as to suggest the need for such . statement. We likewise regret the circumstances which should prompt any representative during his official career as a member of the board of revenue to go about the county insinuating, as was done in the presence of some of our citizens, that the work of the health depart ment was of no consequence, dispafaging it's activities in general and intimating that the same should be either curtailed or even abol- ished as means of economizing public funds. As taxpIayers and citizens of the county, we are convinced that no greater returns can pos sibIy be derived from the expenditure of pub lie fundS IDan rom tuFeSIHShtS NAauc HI health service such as has been given this community by the board of health.
 Many worthy citizens of this section in straightened circumstances have been greatly benefited while in distress from sickness by the services of the Hillman hospital, and we strongly condemn the action in the recent past of certain members of the board of reve- nue in withdrawing financial support and ordering beds removed from the hospital as another step in their program of economy. while citizens disabled by sickness were lying on the streets and being turned away from the hospital doors on the ground that no beds were available.
 Realizing as we do the basic value Of health safeguards and hospital facilities. we appeal to the voters in other sections of the county to support for the board of revenue only such persons as can be relied upon to stand strongly for all matters relating to health and welfare work.
 (Signed)
 J.M. SPRUIELI, mayor, Leeds
 A. D. ELLIOTT, alderman.
 A. D. BLAIRS, alderman.
 H. M. JUDGE, alderman.
 F. L. WYLoFF. alderman.
 T. B. WHITMIRE.
 T. R. FARLEY.
 E. c. MILLER.
 GEORGE W. FULMER.
 MRS. VIVIAN HALE.
 ". L. ACUFF.
 S. S. SPRUIELL.
 E. P. GALLOWAY.
 MRS T. B. wHITMIRE.
 R. NJ. SPRUIELL.
 R. S. HALE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

With the United States lending money to Germany to pay France to pay the United States, it seems to be well-rounded finan- cial transaction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

Whatever complaints may be made sgainss prohibition, nobody has made bold to con. tend that it has reduced savings-bank de posits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

A Serious Omission. .AThe Gadsden Jour nal recently told of ans assembly of 300 to take part in; big chicken fight on Sunday. It Is said the officers got about twenty five of them. but it did not say what became of the surviving chickens. .- Talladega Home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

Knowing Ones Homo Town. To know. ones home town better is to have greater pride in that town and will strengthen the spirit that makes for Progress. The state of Alabama has number of towns large enough to gain much through an exhibition of homemade products. Gadsden Times News. sas ss. Aassseq .ss ~ ss <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10
The Derision

The Docl&l0n
 Edith Mary. have you made np your mind to stay inlg sl Mary: -1So, I've made up my face to SO Out.--WiIliam J. 0'Connor.
 A man may love the ground awoman walks on. and stfn object to cutting the grass on it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

..Consistency, Thoh Art" Etc Doesn't it hurt your gizzard to hear man talk about his services to the community and then ac- company him to the post office while he sends off a mail order Aiabamian- Dispatch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

< We'll to Keep In Mind May 11th is
 Mothers Day, but don't forget that every day in the year and part of the night is also mothers day.--Troy Messenger
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10
THE .AGE-HERALD
FREDERICK I. THOMPSON. .... PRESIDENT

Entered at Birmingham, Ala, post office az seeondclass matter. act of Congress March S. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10
}! |~ QNER
Meapa Help fer sa.e NsxxE

Once n81tn the AmefSeam mHvE IN repoFsea in bed shape Ik is ROw declared stcc weak to win peace nnnearers and revSewS1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

Tle story goes that a negro had been a servant in a rich house. There he learned proper English
 One day he went to his home in Alabama. As he sat at the table his brother said !: Sam, give me some @lasses."
 You must not say 'lasses',! said Sam, ''you must say ,ma 1asses'
 His brother said. angrfly "How's gwine to say mo lasses' when ain't had none yet" -Dorothy Kreitzer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

} Merely a Suggestion. young woman at Palatka, Fla, died from the bite of . rat that she thought was dead A man in south Alabama was bitten on the neck by 2 rat while he slept. Perhaps rats are having sc- cess to some of the Misunderstanding hooch that you hear about Huntsville Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

Admiral Cosnfz cksrEes that in the last maneuvers some rf the ships fell go far be- hind the flagship they couldn't be reached by radio. The cff7cers cf these ships dis pute the admiral They s.y thev were going as fast as the admiral, only Tn the opposite direction, due to the fact the eump&sses had nervous breskdowus due te old awe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

The sdmirzl. supported hg . number of high navy officials. insists many cf the war ships are go slow that when eoing at fnll speed they are frequently boarded hy mayors from sesbosrd cities whS think the ships have come to anchor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10
Tanned WnIie.

Famed Wil1ies A small boy was seTubhing the front porch of his home when a visitor called. Visitor :~Is your mother ing" Willie Do you think I'd De scFubbing this porch if she wasn't ls-AfFs. Maud Funselle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

During the recent Haneuvers the movfnS picture people took photographs of q squad ron rnshing into action and prcduced it under the title. -wonderfui Study of Slow Motion
 lPhotcgrsphy.- It was . justifiable mistake-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10
Slick SlaeIsers

The lady who asks you to have "real home cooked meaI,'' and then serves you canned soup, canned vegetables, canned peaches. and canned conversation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

Danger to Free Ciovernment The Fil- ipinos are fighting for free government. Here in Florence it is a hard matter to get peo- pie to take any interest in governing them selves. An election for 3 bond issue to ina- porars guard People are just chronically after something they haven't got Once they have it their interest ceases. And in this simple fact lies the greatest danger to free government. Florence. Daily News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

The fellow who forgot about "Mothers' bay.- and gave as an alibi the statement that every day was mothers day for him.
 Mervin l.. Lane. Some kisses savor of familiarity. Others smack ef it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-10

HoweVeF, we lead the world in ancAoFs
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-12-11
CASH BALANCE INCREASES

The State of Minnesota cash bal
ance of Monday showed an increase
approximately 100000 over the
same date last year, the state treas
urer's office announced Tuesday.
The total cash balance of Monday
was given as $12,429, 1851, COM
pared to $1O,02O,612.63- in 1928.
The revenue fund total this year is
$3,995, 535.03, as against $2,247,-
1922 in 1923. Totals Of other inn
portant funds were: General school
fund, $2,065,811; state prison revolv-
ing fund, $1,458,243, and rural
credit fund, $1.043,966.
Payment of the special school aid
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-12-11

forum statistics show that more than
80 per cent Of the patients who enter
the institution when tuberculosis is
in its incipiency and who continue
the treatment long enough get we'll.
Every county should have for its
slogan mo unknown and no untreat-
ed cases of tuberculosis"
"The Christmas Seal makes posi-
BILE free clinics, which ferret out un-
suspected cases of tuberculosis and
carry into every community the mes
sage Of cure and prevention. This
year the state association could not
nearly meet the demand for clinics.
Every Christmas Seal bought will
help extend this work"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-12-11

need of continuing with renewed Wig
or the local campaign against the dis
ease. No home is safe until all
homes are safe, for tuberculosis is a
communicable disease.
"Many of the people who are now
infected do not realize it, for one of
the tragedies of tuberculosis is that
none Of it's early symptoms are alarm
ing, and very often by the time per-
son feels ill enough to visit doctor,
the disease has made considerable
progress. If every case of tubercu-
losis could be discovered in the in
cipient stages, and proper treatment
started promptly, there would be few
er deaths from this disease. Sana-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-12-11
tuberculosis Has Taken
Heavy Toll In Stearns Co.
White Plague Claimed 17S Victims
In Five Years-Support Red Cross
Christmas Seal Sale
PAGE FOUR

That 178 Stearns county people
died of tuberculosis in the past five
years is information contained in a
report received this week from the
Minnesota Public Health Association
in connection with the Christmas
Seal sale, which is being conducted to
raise funds for the 1925 fight against
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-12-11
the White Plague

In. 1923 alone 81 Stearns county
people were victims of tuberculosis,
and it Is estimated that there are
now 333 active cases, the report
states. This estimate is based on the
statistics of the National Tuberculos-
is Association, which has determined
through various demonstrations that
there are nine active cases of tuber-
culosis to every death in given
community.
"178 deaths from tuberculosis,
which is now known to be a durable
and a preventable disease, are 178
too many" says the report from the
state association, "and points to the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-12-11

of approximately $4,600,000 out of
the general revenue fund, and pay
ment of the school apportionment for
the general school fund, approximate
ing $2,000,000, will be heavy drain
on the balance during the remainder
of the month.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Air Mail Pilot Killed;
"Chute" Fails TO Open

Kaneville, nl.-Clarence o. Gilbert,
air mail pilot, was killed near Kane
vile when his airplane and his para
chute failed him. His body was found
by farmers who had searched all
night.
Gilbert did not know the route we'll
The snow masked the guiding blinker
lights on the ground. When his mo-
tor failed, if it did, he couldn't tell
where he was or at what altitude
SO he decided to trust 10 his para
chute. He jumped but the stabilizer
or elevator at the ships tail cut the
"chute's" strings, and he fell approx
mately 1900 feet. The ship travelled
half mile farther and fell $50 feet
from a farmhouse, total wreck, al
though the mail was unchanged.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Blacknnailer Tries to
Get Vanderbilt Cash

New York.-An attempt to black
mail Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
and Philip X. Rhinelander, father of
Leonard Kip Rhinelander, who is seek
ing to annul his marriage to Alice
Jones, was frustrated by the police.
Bern Surro, a young Finn of Fresno,
CAL, sought by means of threatening
letters to extort $4,000 from Mrs.
Vanderbilt and $4,000 from Rhine
lander. A trap was set for Surro and
when he appeared to get the money
from messenger sent by the police
to Battery park in accordance with
the young blackmailer's directions, he
was arrested.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Mofett Says u. S. Leads
World in Naval Agitation

Washington.-Infe in number,
but superiority in material, design and
efficiency distinguishes the American
air services compared with those Of
other countries, Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur and Rear Admiral Moffett, chief
OF the bureau of aeronautics, told
the special house aircraft investigat-
ing committee.
1--WE feel we are not behind" the sec
rotary testified. GAS far as the navy
is concerned, the condition is satisfac-
tory except that we need more ships.
l believe that no other nation has got
anything better than we have"
Rear Admiral Moffett was of the
same opinion, saying: Nobody is
ahead of us; in fact we are leading"
1--WE are so far ahead of anybody
else in naval aviation" he added, chat
it will take them long time to catch
up
The superiority existed, Moffett said,
despite that only 234 Of the $40 planes
of all kinds belonging to the navy
could be relied upon for satisfactory
operation under war conditions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Mrs. Osborne Wood to
Start Suit for DiUorce

New York.-Osborne Wood, son of
Gen. Leonard Wood, is about to face
suit for divorce.
Confirmation of the divorce plans
came from Mrs. Wood at Wilmington,
Del.
81 have been separated from him
for several months" Mrs. Wood said.
He has lost practically all that he
has made. l shall start suit for di-
vorce, and I do not care to discuss the
grounds"
Mrs. Wood secuted reports that her
husband, who is now in France, has
scored another long distance market
killing. He was credited with having
cleaned up 100000 in Wall street
within the last few weeks. When he
was lieutenant in the army under
General Wood in the Philippines he
was credited with having made $780,
600 in Wall street speGllations.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
~ $500
Damages of S1O,534,OOO
Awarded After Long Trial

Dedham, Mass.-A verdict awarding
damages of $10534, 100 to George r..
Willett and Edmund H. Sears was the
result of jury's consideration over
the longest trial period in the history
of American Jurisprudence. The plain
tiffs charged that group of Boston
bankers and financiers conspired to
ruin their credit and then capture
their properties.
The defendants included Robert f.
Herrick, widely known as a college
Oarsman, and members of Kidder,
Peabody & Co. and f. U. Moseley &
Co., banking firms. The suit was for
S15,O00,000 1t was heard during 1874
actual trial days. The jury was out
20 hours.
The verdict was communicated to
Willett on a sick bed at his home in
Norwood. Ten million dollars" he
murmured, then tried to write it down.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Coolidge Picks Board
to S0Ue u. S. Oil Supply

Washington. - President Coolidge
created an oil conservation board to
study the governments responsibilities
in the matter of oil conservation and
to recommend safeguards against
shortage of production in the face of
the ever-increasing demands of indus
try and the national defense for fuel
oil.
The secretaries of war, navy, interior
and commerce were desi Cnated by the
President to constitute the, board and
to cooperate with the commission ap-
pointed last spring to look into the
oil needs of the navy and with the oil
industry in making their survey of ex-
listing supplies and possible future sup
plies. The naval oil commission
named by President Coolidge follow
ing the oil lease disclosures is COM
posed of Admiral Hilary p. Jones.
George Otis Smith of the geological
survey and r. d. Bush of the Cali
fornia bureau of mines.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
CAR PLUNGES INTO
RIVER; EIGHT DIE
Two Boys Help Rescue Sew
en- Persons From Icy Wa
tiers of the Chippewa.

Chippewa Falls, Wis. Eight persons
wee Nlled ind seven were injured
when the last coach of ar eastbound
Minneapolis, St. Paul and SNllt Ste.
Marie passenger train plunged from
the trestle over the Chippewa river
nere and fC" upside down in the icy
waters 60 feet below.
The terrific cold. II below zero,
added TO the suffering of the surviv,
prs
Eight dead were identified as Mrs.
Harry Jones, Sioux City, Iowa, c.
Nj. Pardoe Minneapolis; Barbara
spencer, siX-month-old daughter Of NJ.
L. Spencer of Seattle; Kenneth j.
Henderson Of Moose Jaw, Sask.; Mrs.
Florence Higus of Minneapolis, r. w.
sharp of Toronto, Miss May Morrisey
and John S. Dunno, New York city.
Seven persons were taken to st.
Joseph's hospital where they were
given medical or surgical attention.
Boys Save Several Lives.
The presence of mind of two boys,
Fifteen and seventeen, led 10 the rescue
Of seven passengers.
The boys Dayton Gonyea and Ray
mond Walthers, were walking along
the tracks when they saw the coach
crash into the waters.
Then they ran half mile down
stream to tiat-bOttomed skiff, rowed
oack to the scene and with Wesley
Cardinal, sixteen, helped seven of the
victims from the freezing stream and
battered car. The boys worked for a
haIt hour before exhaustion due to
the 15-below-zero cold forced them to
relinquish their activities to towns
men and members of the fire depart
ment, which Gonyea had ordered a
chum TO call before he ran for the
boat.
why, anybody would have done
that" Gonyea said as he sold a news
paper telling of the wreck at was
awful, and ! did what | could to help"
Women Fight Way Out.
Mrs. H. J. Spencer and Miss Lawson,
the only occupants of the cafe section
of the car besides a porter and cook.
were hurled from their seats when the
car turned over and were battered by
the movable furniture. Submerged in
the i water that poured in through
the broken windows, the two women
Fought their way to the upper end of
the car, where John Lewis, the porter,
assisted them out.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Ok. S3OO,OOO,OOO
NAVY SUPPLY BILL
House Approves Measure
Britten Asks $1O1, 900, 900
for More Ships.

Washington.-Cong turned It's
attention TO naval defenses and ac-
complished these results:
The house passed the supply bill
carrying $300,000O00 for activities al
ready authorized.
The house received a bill which was
introduced by Fred Britten (Rep., Ill.),
member of the naval committee. which
provides $101, 100000 for additional
construction.
In the senate the naval committee
shelved resolution by Senator King
CDem., Utah) proposing an inquiry
into the status of the navy, but will
seek data from the Navy depart
ment to learn whether the United
States is maintaining its 5-5-3 basis.
AT the White House it was said that
the State department had received a
note from Great Britain setting forth
that governments views on gun eleva-
tiOn.
Britten Asks More Ships.
The bill offered by Britten in
creases the cost of the airplane car
riers Lexington and Saratoga, now
under construction, from $23,OOO.0OO to
$33,000,000 each and authorizes. the
construction of four scout cruisers
costing $11,100,000 each, one addi-
donal aircraft carrier to cost SOB OOO.-
600, and one floating dry dock to cost
$7,5O0,0OO.
The bill also authorizes the expendl-
ture of $6,500,000 for elevating the
guns on the battleships Florida. Utah,
Arkansas, Wyoming, Pennsylvania,
Arizona, Oklahoma, Nevada. New
York, Texas, Mississippi, Idaho and
New Mexico.
Must Be Prepared.
UNLESS another conference is called
for the limitation of all naval craft"
Mr.. Britten said, ut will be necessary
for us 10 maintain our navy at it's
very highest efficiency, and the quicker
we do this the better.
IF England and Japan supersede us
In fast cruisers, submarines, aircraft
carriers, and in naval aviation, con-
gress should Immediately take such
steps as are necessary to make our
navy equal to any other, to make the
nation safe in time of an emergency.
Il personally cannot see a threaten
ing speck on our peaceful horizon, but
that is no reason why we should go
unprepared."
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
$762, 900, 900 Supply Bill
for Treasury, Post Offices

Washington. = The largest peace
time supply bill ever presented to con-
gress-a measure carrying more than
three-quarters of billion dollars for
Treasury and Post Office department
activities during the coming fiscal year
was reported by the house ap-
preparations committee.
The total is $762, 1882 or 81, $780,
GA more than for the current year,
but approximately $12,O0O,OO0 less
than budget estimates
OF the combined total 1925, 911, JOY
would go to the Treasury and $780,
269,415 TO the Post Office department.
The bill carries S526373 for mail
transmission by pneumatic tubes-the
amount available this year-and $780,
100000 for rural delivery service, the
latter a decrease of 100000.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Mob OUerpowers Sheriff,
Hangs and Burns Negro

Charleston, Mo.-A moo of more
than 200 men overpowered Sheriff B.
B. Jackson in his office here, dragged
Roosevelt Grigsby. twenty-year-old ne
gro who had been identified as the
man who attempted to attack a white
girl two hours previously, across the
courtyard and hanged him to a tree.
A bullet was fired through the body,
which then was cut loose from the
tree, tied to an automobile and
dragged through the streets Of the
negro section, followed by the bowling
mob. The body eventually was hanged
to a post. Before the mob departed,
however. the body was cut down, a
huge bonfire was started, and it soon
was charred embers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
Murderer Who Killed rs
Is Sentenced to Death

Hanover, Germany.-Fritz Haar-
mann, the wholesale murderer" whose
trial for the Staying of 26 persons has
stirred all Germany, was sentenced to
death. The extreme penalty was also
ordered in the case of his accomplice,
Hans Marans. Marans was condemned
for melting TO murder in one case.
Fritz Haarmann, a Hanover butcher.
was shown at his trial to be criminal
degenerate who lured men and boys to
his lodgings and there killed them by
tearing their threats with his teeth
and sucking their blood!
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-12-31
w. GREEN ELECTED
TO HEAD A. F. OF L.

New York.-William Green of the
miners was elected president of the
American Federation of Labor by the
executive council. He will serve until
next convention ten months hence,
James H. Noonan, president of the
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, was named eighth vice presi-
dent to fill the vacancy on the council
caused by Green's promotion.
Green has been secretary-treasurer
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea since 1912.