BRYAN TO LECTURE
TWICE THURSDAY
William Jennings Bryan will be in
Birmingham four hours Thursday, dur
ing which time he will deliver two lec
tures in the First Methodist church.
The first lecture, at 12 o’clock, will
have sr its subject "He Calleth Me,"
under the auspices of the First Meth
odist church. The second, on "Evolu
tion,” under the nuspices of the Young
Men's Christian association, will begin
at 2 o'clock.
Doors of the church will be open half
an hour before each lecture, according
to announcement Wednesday. No
charges will be made.
2,452 LIVES LOST US
MINES DURING 1923
Fatality Rate Reduced 8 Pet
Cent From 1922 Figures
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Accidenti
at coal mines in 1923 took a toll ol
2.432 lives, or 3.82 for every million
tons of coal miffed,, tbe Bureau ol
i Mines announced today in making pub
| lie a report showing that the fatality
' rate was reduced 8 per cent—a total
’ of 210 lives from the 1922 figures
I Underground accidents numbered 2,249|
those on the surface 157 and those it
i the shafts 4(j.
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