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I—■ New Serum From Rabbit Seems to Re Effective Treatment Boston. AJav 10.—A marked improve *n«nt has been noted in the- coiidilion Of 50 cancer victims nt the Mass;«ehu eetls Homeopathic hospital, who have been inoculated with the rabbit scrum recently discovered by Dr. Howard V,'. f Nowell of Boston university. That i the substance of an announcement made tonight by a committee of five physicians connected with tin- Evans memorial department of clinical re search at t ho hospital. Within 48 to 90 hours after the first Inoculation, says the report, all the patients were made so comfortable that opiates have- been dispensed with. V'lule some of the patients have shown a gain in weight. Dr. Nowell said that! •ufficient time has not elapsed to draw conclusions, lie does not advise any one to take his treatment where sttr «ery is possible and, with his follow 1 Physicians. recommends “that at least « year should pass before definite statements may well be made." Dr. Nowell admitted today for the first time that he had apparently “cured" many rabbits of cancers grown from his virus obtained from human lignant growths. Previously he had an nounced his success in immunizing rabbits. lie disclaims, however, that he lias a cure for "tho world’s second r. rotttest scourge.” "in all except on** of l he cases un der treatment or observation as yet,’ s. iiil ' Dr. Nowell, "it is impossible to say any direct action has been made upon tin* size of Hie growth so far as reducing that size is concerned, on tin* ! other hand, there is no increase in the size, in the one exception the growth has lessened but tills must not be taken as an indication that the reduc tion is tlie result of the treatment. Not • nnngh time has elapsed to draw such a < onelusion. "As soon as I am able to demon mi-Me that 1 can stop the growth ther. T shall know- that my material is,hav ing a direct effect upon the condition and with the improved health that would follow nm combat and keep the growth at least in a dormant state." Answering questions from ph.vsi chins, the committee announced that a few cases would be received for tioatment, but f|fr the present no "hopeless“cases with extensive involve ment of important organs” would be considered. * SKELTON OPENS HAT STORE F. T. Skelton, who for many years has been associated with tlie local jewelry trade, has opened a liat store next door lo ,1. R. Krown’s < Mgar store, Second avenue and Twentieth street. Mr. Skel ton states tliut this new venture Is cc" tain to prove a success ns lie has been fortunate enough to secure a superb Mm of hats, which lie can sell at $2. This will he the uniform price at which all Skelton hats will be sold. and. judging from theVlisplay df headgear now on his shelves, it seems ’twould be foolish to pay more. *** ' A Mixture of Sage and Sul phur Prevents Dandruff and Falling Hair. When you darken your hair with Page Tea and Sulphur no one can tell, because it's done so naturally; so evenly. It is also splendid to remove dandruff, cure itching scalp ami -top falling hair. Prepaid^; this mixture, though, at home Is a mussy ami troublesome task. For about 60 cents a bottle you can buy at any drug store the ready-to-use tonic called 'Wyeth’s Sage and Sul phur Hair Remedy." Some druggists put this mixture up themselves • but make it too sticky, so insist you want “Wyeth’s” then there will be no disap pointment. You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with "Wyeth's Sage and Sul phur" and draw it through your hair, taking one small strand a* a time. Do this at night and by morning all gray lialr disappears and after another appli < ation or two becomes beautifully dark ened arid more glossy and luxuriant than ever. You will also discover dandruff is gone and hair has stopped falling. GYh'y, faded hair, though no disgrace, is a sign of-•ora age and as we all desire a youthful and attractive appearance, get busy at once with Wyeth's Sage ami Sulphur and you’ll look years youriger. Inquiry shows all pharma cists in town here sell lots of It. Agent, Collier Drug Co. There are 23 years of successful business experience back of our GUARANTEED DENTAL WORK Dr. E. G. Griffin’s Alabama Dental Rooms 109 1-2 N. 20th St. Over Collier’s Phone 6661—Hours 8-6. Sundays 9-1 Set of Teeth $5.00 I Our plates are made by experts of wide experience, and then fit and wearing qualities are GUAR ANTEED. Delivered same day. Sharing with six other well patron ized offices in the purchase of the best materials in large quantities for cash, the ALABAMA DENTAL ROOMS are equipped to furnish you highest class work at most reason able prices. Crown and bridge work can be done properly only by experts. We give careful attention to each individual case and insure you the best results. Cold Crowns .$4.00 Bridge Work.$4.00 Our reputation, built through 23 years, rests upon the substantial foundation of satisfied patients. Examination and Consultation—F REE! CHATTANOOGA fcQ f A ARD REtOSN Tickets on sale May 24, 25, 26, 27. 28 and morning of May 29. Limited to return June 5. Extension to June 25 upon pay ment of 50 cents extra. "CONFEDERATE VETERANS’ SPECIAL MAY 20 Leave Birmingham .12:30 Noon Arrive Chattanooga . 4:30 P.M. City Ticket Office 1925 First Ave.—Phones Main 793-6863 ARRANGING PRELIMINARIES LAND CONGRESS PROGRAMME The farm movement' committee of the I Birmingham Chamber of Commerce is I now to have its inning in the work of akl I ing in making the nexi inerting of the I Alabama Band congress a memorable | one. The chairman.’ Joseph O. Thompson, is taking a deep interest in the meeting ami is working in elite touch with the management of the land congress in ar ranging the preliminary programme ami delegates to compose Ujo gathering. During the past week letters have been sent to tin* probate judge of every coun ty in the state authorizing them to appoint -0 delegates from among the principal land owners and farmers of their respec tive counties, and these names will be taken nri individually and the importance • the meeting urged on each to secure attendance. Every newspaper in Ala bama has also been sent a copy of the ia solutions recently passed by the farm movement committee, asking them to keep the objects of the land congress promi nently before their readers. Tluv*’ probate Judges are requested to furnish the names of the appointed county delegates to their respective newspapers foi publication. Every commercial body in the state will be urged to send from 1'i to 50 delegates, according to the mem bership of each, while each bank in Ala bama will be invited to send one repre sentative. The delegates will number abouf 2500. while the bars will be let down to all who may be interested in tin plans and purposes of the congress. There is one other feature that will meet tlie views of those who are clamor ing for ‘'immigrants" *o be brought in Alabama, and that is the presidents of j every railroad system operating in Ala I bamu will be urged to attend and particl j pate in the meeting, together with the i heads of their respective land and indus ! trial departments, who will be instructed | to present data as to what they are do ing and have done toward turning that I tide of immigration that lias been going ^ from the northwest into Canada into Aia I bonia and the south. The Alabama congressional delegation ! will be invited to attend and aid in mak ing the meeting a success, They will be brought into closer touch with that new spirit of development that the land con 1 glass was organized to promote. Montgomery and Mobile have signified their intention of co-operating and every city and town in Alabama will be placed in lino of feeling what this meeting will i.ean for the state. MANY THEFTS REPORTED j The burglars and the petty thieves w. if unusually active last night. Th. following thefts were reported: Tin Sutton Candy company, 170S Third in <mue. one small automobile tire. H. Cruwetz, -123 Fifth avenue, two poodle dogs. He offered as a reward for the recovery of his valuable dogs J one small puppy. The home of W. R. Reedy, 1007 North Twenty-fourth street, was burglarized I and a lot of wearing apparel, also a golci watch and several pieces of jew elry were taken. C. (5. McMillon of Green Springs re pot"* d to the police that his store was broken into and a lot of cigars and snuff besides a quantity of hams wero stolen. Mrs. Scruggs Cook of 2804 Highland avenue reported that petty thieves had visited her house and removed all her sun Ids shoes and dresses to another lo cality. 1: L Letaw. 1605 Seventh avenue, .norilr. telephoned the police that his I black bill book containing his life in 9-uranee policies and also a lady’s watch had been stolen. Miss Katherin Cattle of 001 Brown Mar.v building, reported to the police that her handbag, containing her watch and several diamond rings and other pieces of jewelry was stolen from her office. * Mrs. Carter of 2218 Sixth avenue, north, reported that someone had stolen a lot of rugs and carpets. The thief also took some napkins and table cloths. 1J. Scaduto, 2022 Avenue B. reported a theft of a Waltham gold watch and sev eral other small articles. J. C. Bridges, 6180 Third avenue, re ported several pieces of jewelry stolen from his home. Including a gold watch. 'File Louisville and Nashville railroad reported some of its cars broken into and large quantities of flour taken. Several other minor thefts in the railroad yards were also reported. The residence of Mrs. Cutlipp Aulreil, 929 North Thirteenth street, was broken into and watches and jewelry taken. These thefts and burglaries all hap pened yesterday afternoon and last night before 12 o’clock. ENGLAND FACED BY '.j _ Desperate Measures May Be Needed in India By PAIL LAMBETH London, May 10.—Trouble in the Bal kans; trouble in India; trouble in Egypt; trouble in South Africa; trouble among the deep sea sailors and the dock yard workers at home ports—John Bull is surely afflicted by a whole grip full of trouble. The Balkan muddle has been so much before the public eye that observers have grown calloused to its irritating perplex ities. But the same cannot be said of the bad news from India and Africa, j JiOrd Kitchener is relied upon to sup press the unrest on the Nile; but there [ is grave fear that the Indian conspiracy j | and the South African quarrel have been | allowed to drift so far that desperate 1 j measures will have to be used before : | long. At Bombay, Calcutta. Delhi, Hindu and Mohamedan are opely arrayed, shoulder | to shoulder, pledged to work against the “white Sahibs," “the regeneration of our common motherland.” The phrase quoted Is from a speech delivered at a recent congress of the All-India Moslem league, which has attracted pained attention in England and among the British in India. Officials of the Indian government are , heard to declare that unless something is done there may he another cataclysm worse than the terrible Sepoy mutiny. England’s attitude towards the Turks is being used as a torch with which the In dian Mohamedans hope to light the fires of revolution; and it exhibits all the j signs of reaching fruition in deeds of j desperation. In South Africa the old blood feuds are j being revived between Boer and Briton; this, notwithstanding the able statesman ship of General Louis Botha, the premier, who is loyally doing his best to play the part of peacemaker. The storm has keen deliberately provoked by Steyn. whose trickery and ambition was s«. largely responsible for the Boer war. Steyn. an exile from the cape for some years, has reappeared in the scene of j Ids former triumphs and subsequent over f whelming defeat and he lias turned tin* j purely personal quarrel between General Botha and General Herzog, a Boer mem ber of tho cabinet who was asked to re sign following anti-British intrigue, into an Afrikander ••paramount issue." At Johannesburg, Kimbul, Pretoria and Cape Town feeling is at a high pitch; and General Botha has advised a strong in crease of the British forces now at the Cape, "to be prepared for eventualities." i Trouble in Shipyards The trouble iri the shipyards brings the ".jinx" light to John Bull’s doorstep. The emnloyers complain that their workers are losing heavy inroads of time to at tend funerals, football matches, etc., ami slate that us they lost altogether 1S.8 per cent of their time they could got 10.S per cent'' on their wages without any advance if the> would only work full time. Thc.v also state that owing to the last three advances, of 15 per cent in all, and the • xtra claim made by their workers, their work was costing quite 30 per nt more. The employers state further that every advance- given to Hie men had been abused by their 111 conduct and bad time keeping. Slow in Building Ships To make matters still worse, Knglish- | men are being told that Britannia not merely no longer "rules the waves," but j that she !s unable to stand French. Qer- ' man and Belgian competition in the build- j ing of ships. British shin owners are ■ giving their orders for new ships to for- j eign ship builders. Following on the or- j ders for three steamers placed Ip British I firm* in France. Mr. J. (’Iiamb' -s. bead of the firm of Mes/s. James Chambers & Co.. Liverpool, states that Ids firm has ordered a ship from a Belgian company. Firstly, they were assured of an earliei delivery; secondly, the price was lovveu than that quoted by British fini s; third ly. the firm had already suffered by steamers being delayed owing to trouble with the working men. "If the British workei is going to work, let him work." said Mr. Chambers. Alleged Spy Released Phil Max Schultz, who was sentenced to ‘21 months' imprisonment as • Herman spy. has been released from Ilorfleld jail at Bristol. He was transferred to llor field from Kxeter some 12 months ago. The arrest ol .Schultz created considerable sensation. Me was seized by the police while living upon a yacht at Plymouth at just about the time that the British officers were arrested in Germany and sentenced to detention in a fortress. On his release from gaol, he left for London in the company of his lawyer. Thief for Life "T have never done an honest day s work in my life, and I don't intend to start now,” said George Wells. tiO, des cribed as a dealer, to a detective after being committed for trial. I have been a thief all through my life, and since I started four months is the longest time T have been free, and 1 was thieving during that time. He was sentenced to three years’ penal servitude and five years’ preventive detention at Ix>ndon sessions, which entailed in the aggregate 30 years in prison, being proved against him. Tom Burrows Makes Record Tom Burrows, the Australian athlete, completed his task at Aldershot of swing- | ing Indian clubs for 100 hours without a rest, and then went on swinging merrily. The clubs weigh 3 pounds, t> ounces each, and Burrows has kept going at a mini mum rate of M> revolutions a minute. Me decided to go on beyond his self imposed task because he heard since he started that there was an unauthenti cated record of 112 hours by someone in Australia. “Although I felt a little drowsy when I had swung the ’century,’ " he said. ”7 soon pulled round, especially when the band played. My clubs seemed to swing to the music." Dirt in Nelson’s Hat The workmen who have recently been engaged in cleaning Nelson’s column in Trafalgar square have removed no less than 2o tons of accumulations from the platform and statue at tlie top of the col umn. which has not been cleaned for the last 45 years. The dirt on Nelson’s hat alone weighed half a ton. The top of the column is inhabited by a colony of pigeons, which was much disturbed at the appearance of the workmen. New Sea Urchin Two little sea urehlns—marine animals covered with prickles like a hedgehog— that flave never seen the sea have been horn jn the zoological laboratory of the Imperial College of Science, South Ken sington. and are being reaxed by Pro fessor McBride. Their parents were brought from Ply mouth some months ago, says Professor McBride, for the purpose of studying hy bridisation. 7’he eggs when they ap peared were no bigger than the point of a pin. They wore put into four large glass tanks filled with sea water and con taining a species of seawood as food. In a few months the sea urchins made their appearance. To give the sea urchins the impres sion that they were actually living in the sea. a glass plate connected with a rod. which in its turn is connected witii a little hydraulic pump, was fixed in eaoh lank. When the glass plate moves up and down a gentle motion is given to the water. The sea urchins imagine it is their first experience of the swell of the sea. 7’his is the first time any sea ur chin has been born under such conditions and so far from the sea. Yawn If You Feel Like It From the Spokane Spokesman-Review. Did you know that a good, wide, open mouthed y awn is a splendid^thing for the whole body? This is the opinion of an English hygienist. It is one of nature's most evident de mands for a rest. Some people think they yawn because they are sleepy. But that is not so. They yawn because they arc* tired. They may be sidepy, too. but i that is not the real cause of their yawn- 1 ing. You arc sleepy because you are tired and you yawn because you*are tired. Whenever you feel like yawning just go ahead ami yawn. Don't try to sup- i press it unless you are out in very formal society where y our hostess would be! grieved. If you can stretch at the same time that ; you yawn, do that, too, for it is another { way of nature's stretching and ‘relaxing the muscles. Indeed, if you are very tired, and do not feel like yawning there nothing that will rest you so quickly as to sit on a straight-backed chair and lift the feet from the floor, push them out in front of you as far as possible, stretch out the arms and put the head back. Then open the mouth and make yourself vawii. Your tense nerves will relax, the contracted muscles will stretch and the whole body will l*e rested. (Mills Lester,, a 10 year old white bov who works in LcAeman, Joseph & Loeb, was reported missing at 2 o'clock this morning by Ids father, .j. 11. Lester, of l;W Depot street. Boyles. According to Air. Lester, the hoy usually gets home before 12 o'clock on Saturday nights. Last night, however, the boy did not arrive at home and ids parents became alarmed. HEAR GOVERNOR GI.IiLW HIJOt j rUKAlKE, TODAY 3 1*. HI* 1 MINING TOWN IS ALMOST WIPED OUT Explosion of Dynamite in Uniontown, Pa., Causes Great Disaster Lnlontown. Pa.. May 10.—The explo sion of 500 sticks of dynamite in the magazine of the Sunshine Coal an' Coke' company's mine No. 1, three miles from Masontown, Pa., at 1 o'clock to day practically wiped out tin- little mining' settlement, killed three men amt injured 40 persons. 20 of them seri ,msl>. the cause of the explosion is not known. i.f the dead only one lias been iden tified. Ills name is given as Harry Possa. His head was blown off. The other two men were in tlie magazine •A hen It exploded and were blown to pit cos. i ho general store, the residence of l'lvncls Hocks, an official of the com pany and 26 small dwellings were made uninhabitable, and tonight the residents wore forced to move to all ot her mining settlement. It is said that the body of Bossn I thrown 200 yards. Mrs. Ella Barn-i hnri, who Is blind, was blown across I a vo°m and was found beneath a pile : of debris. There were freight cars near tin* magazine, one of which was loaded with dynamite. According to reports re ceived in Uniontown this afternoon the cars were blown through the general st »re. Eater it was ascertained that ii;e. roof was blown off one cur anti ’•in- others were hurled from tbe‘» trucks. Physicians were sent to the settle iii3rit from Masontown and gave med ieal attention t<» those who were not brought to the hospital in this city. Underwood Discusses Probable Effect of Tariff Revision Bill (('outfit tied from l*age One) ban ore of 12 cents a ton Is eliminated I and the Independent furnaces along Up. eastern seaboard will save 25 cents j j ton In the production of pig iron. This reduction cannot seriously affect the Bit* mingham district and at the same time* it is just to the eastern producer, a* his furnaces are located at the point of highest competition. Regarding Free Coal “The placing of coal on the free list can in no way affect the Birminguam district, one way or the other. Railroad freight rates lix certain stones in which a coal mine can sell its product. Coal can not be shipped beyond the point where freight rates are favorable to our dis trict and not to our competitor. The importation of coal into the United States will largely he in the New England states and those states now receive their coal from the Pennsylvania fields and not f;«o i the West Virginia or southern mines, so that I do not feel there will be any ef fect one way or the other in our district, so far as this change is concerned. “On the other hand, the consumers in the Birmingham district unquestionably will be greatly benefited by the new tai’lf bill when it becomes a law YVooicn I cloth and woolen clothes that are now I taxed over 90 per cent will be undoubted!' reduced to the consumer by reason or the reduction of the tax at the customs house to .‘55 per cent ad valorem. Sugar, on which the consumer now pays nearly 2 cents a pound tax will he reduced at once a half cent per pound and three years from now the entire tax will be taken off, which wil result in a saving to the consumer the amount of the re duction of the tax, as the present dif ference in the Hamburg price, which is the world's price as compared with the American price is the amount of the tariff tax. “Building material is reduced all a Ion? the line. Bread anti meat have been placed on the free list and other food products cut more than half in two. I feel, on account of the advantageous nat ural resources that we have in the Bir mingham district that our business in terest is not going to be affected seri ously in any way. but that on the other hand the consuming public will be greatly benefited by the reductions made in the tariff tax. "As to the country at large. .1 am -at isfied that It will adjust Itself to the new conditions without any serious strum and that within a year after the LIU goes on the statute book the effect of the reduction will be welcomed by all." Automobile Hits Street C ar An automobile driven by J. E. Hood, a wholesale grocer, ran into a South Erslcy car yesterday afternoon about I2':20 o’clock at Eleventh street and 'Jlhird avenue. No one was hurt by the •'-incident, but the machine of Mr. Hood was badly damaged. New York, May 10.—The unfilled tonnage April 30 totals 6,978,762 tons, a decrease of 490*14# tons over March of the United States Steel corporation. This marks the fourth consecutive monthly decrease this year and was more by 300,ooo than had been gener ally estimated. Negroes Arrested on Gambling Charge Fourteen negroes were arrested last night by Detectives Darnell and Warren and lodged in the city jail on a charge of gaming. The negroes were caught in two raids, one at Twenty-second street and Alley E and another at Twenty-third street and Avenue D. East Lake Park GRAND OPENING OF SEASON Monday, IVIay 12th Under New Management H. H. BLACK F. F. BEST Best Park & Amusement Co. Opening Free Act “MAX AND JUNE” Diving Ponies NAPPI’S FREE PICNIC MILITARY WV PARTIES BAND 1 INVITED SKATING Every Afternoon and Night McConnell, ! DANCING Tues., Thursday and Saturday Swimming, Boating and Pastimes of Every Description Best of Order is Assured and Ladies and Children are Invited ST. LOUIS, MO., AND RETURN Via SEMINOLE LIMITED Tickets on Sale May 9-14 Inclusive CITY TICKET OFFICE 2010 First Ave. K TORNADO INSURANCE LOUIS V. CLARK & CO. GENERAL INSURANCE 4th Avenue and -Otli Street I'lioue 007 Final Smashing Wind Up Monday Morning 10 o'clock King’s Kash Store Stock Under Postive Orders U. S. Court John S. Coxe, Trustee This store will be closed until 10 a. m. to move all the stock in this three story building to the first floor then the Great Give-Away Sale Begins 500 Men’s Suits Worth Up to $25 and $35 $5.00 fn0okETvkR $10.00 300 Ladies’ Suits Many Worth Up to $30.00 $5.00 $10.00 $0.50 For your pick of any men’s or ladies’ shoes in the $4V50 am house—bargains. for Arrow Brand Col lars. (J*-| AA—,T. B. Stetson’s vltVv best style Derbies. Neckties and "| Suspenders. Xtlv $1.00 ladies’ fashionably trimmed stylish summer hats.$5.00 Waists 25c | Corsets 30c | Shirts 20c All ladies’ suits, coats, wraps, your price—Artificial flowers, millinery i trimmings, ribbons Everything in the store goes out regardless of former price or quality. King’s Kaslt Store Early 1923 Second Ave. Trustee