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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-20

from Twenty-second to Twenty-fourth
streets with brick
That kirkland avenue be rolled at once
and put in passabe condition.
That the engineer be instructed to get
list of all property and send a man
to ascertain as. to whether or not the
owners of property will deed to the city a
25-foot strip for the purpose of opening
Twenty-first street and report back to
this committee
That the engineer be instructed to adj
vertse- for bids for the work under i'm
provement ordinances Nos. 345, 351 and
354
That improvement ordinance No. S5s be
amended so that the sidewalks will be
four feet wide.
That the city engineer and attorney be
instructed to draw the necessary ordi-
nance for certain re-assessment in block
81 under Improvement ordinance No. $50,
If necessary.
That the street commissioners be au-
thorized and Instructed to build a bridge
on Avenue G and Eleventh street
That the contract for work (sidewalks)
under improvement ordinance No. 337 be
awarded to c. NJ Burkhalter, for $780,
he being the lowest bidder
That the work Grading, matchmaking,
curbing and concrete gutters) under I'M
proYement ordinance No. 1877 be awarded
being the lowest bidders.
Improvement ordinances Nos. 351, 352
1853, 1854, 1856, 1856, 357 and 1853 were approved,
and assessment ordinances Nos. 2s6, 301,
and others were also approved.
New ordinances as follows were intro
dueed and referred to the judiciary conf
mittee:
No. 36O-Providing for the paving and
improving of orange avenue from syca-
more street to Avenue l and from Ave
nue. I to Twenty-sixth street.
No. S61-Paving and improving Seven
teenth street from Eleventh avenue to
Fourteenth avenue, and Twelfth avenue
from Sixteenth street to Seventeenth
street.
No. 362-Paving and improving First
avenue from Twelfth street to Fifteenth
street.
No. 36S-Pavng and improving Four
teenth street from Seventh avenue to
Eighth avenue and Eighteenth street,
from Eiglkh to Ninth avenue.
No. 364-PaVing and improving Second
avenue from Fourteenth to Seventeenth
street
No. s65-Laying of certain sanitary
sewers.
Alderman O'Neill reported recommend
ing that license be issued to William
Wise for pool and billiard paror In the
Florence hotel building under the new
ordinance, and requests from a number
of others for license for pool and billiard
rooms were referred to the miscella-
neous committee.
Alderman Jones moved that the words
and water be removed from the Off
cial title of the standing committee called
the Fire and Water committee" and the
motion was passed. He contended that
the committee never had the water ques-
ton to deal with and that there is now
special water committee which should
attend to all the matters pertaining TO
water in the city.
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Street Committee.

Alderman Stockmar made the follow
ing report, which was adopted:
The committee recommends that the
petition of the Jefferson theatre to erect
an electric sign be granted under the
usual restrictions.
That the petition of James Oden for
damages to lot be dlsalowed.
That the engineer be instructed to draw
an ordinance for paving Seventh alley
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Was Not on Station.

Charleston, September 19-The
Clyde steamship Onondega, Captain
Bunnell, from Boston to Charleston,
reported today that Frying Pan
Shoals light vessel was not on her sta
ton yesterday. This morning when
off Georgetown the Onondaga sighted
a vessel in shore under small sail and
believes that it was the lightship. No
signals were displayed by the ship.
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Builders In Session.

Atlantic City, September 19.-The
National Association of the Builders
of the United States, in session here
today, called on builders everywhere
to sustain the open shop as the only
sound basis for the employment Of
workmen. The association declares in
support of a trade school and advised
builders to insist upon the use of uni
form contracts.
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Great Loss of Life.

Hong Kong, September let is
now estimated that 5000 Chinese lost
their lives in the recent typhoons. Re-
ports are daily increasing the mortal
ity The steamer Monteagle has been
relocated.
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Memoranda on Smyer Bill.

The city attorney in his memoranda
says;
The main feature of the bill does not
appear to me to be just: that Is, that
there can be districts in the city which
are not subject to their full share of tax
alton. while at the same time there are
other districts subject to the full force
of the taxing power of the city. In other
words, II appears to me that the bill
starts out with proposition to discrim-
mate in taxation against some, or which
is the same thing, to grant exemptions
to others from taxation. Under our pc
culiar constitutional provisions I doubt
the validity of such action. Section 217
of the constitution of 1901 says the prop
erty or private corporations, associations
and individuals of this state shall for
ever be taxed at the same rate: provided
this section shall not apply to religious
educational or charitable purposes: Sec
ton 2l1 "All taxes levied on property
in this state shall be assessed in exact
proportion to the value of such property"
Ii seems to me that these constitutional
provisions at least render the validity of
such action gravely doubtful. But even
II 1t should be constitutional and legal
from technical standpoint. l personally
do not approve the idea. particularly as
special provisions seem to be made for
putting into the non-taxing districts the
property of those who can afford to be
taxed probably better than the ordinary
citizen.
Technical Objections.
In addition to this general objection,
there are then others which might be
classed as technical objections. and as
to these it is probably best to go some
into detail. Section 2 provides generally
that city council desiring to annexter-
ritory not in another corporation may
petition the probate judge and have an
election called in the territory which it
sidesired to annex; the election to de-
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Finance Committee.

An ordinance introduced by Aldermen
Fulghum providing for certain under
ground eonduits for the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph company was re-
ferred to the judiciary and street commit
tees.
Alderman Heidi reported as follows for
the finance committee;
The committee Recommends that settle
ment had with T. L. Bell by which he
was allowed to redeem the following i'm
provement assessments without penalty
from sale of February 10. 1906 be rati-
fed viz. Pros. A1s1s. A226O and A27Os.
That the 1906 real tax assessment of
property In block S61, belonging to Glenn
Gazzam, be set aside.
That the following assessments for 1906
real and personal taxes be set aside,
viz: Pros. 563, 29S5 and 1921, on account
of bankruptcy.
That the following merchants tax as
sessments be set aside for reasons speci-
fed:
That Mrs r. A. Reynolds be allowed
to settle improvement Pro. A1710 less 10
per cent penalty.
That bond ordinances 2g0 and 296 be
adopted
That the Mayor be and is hereby au-
thorized to refund pro rata share of unex-
pired licenses on businesses that have
been prohibited by law. provided that said
unexpired license is figured from the
day the law prohibited such business
That the first meetlngq in November
be designated as the date on which the
salaries of officials and employees of the
city will be fixed.
That the petition of r. G. Waldrop and
T. N. Williamson be referred to the
finance committee for action the first
meeting in November.
That the Mayor chairman of fire COM
mittee and chief of fire department be
authorized to purchase four horses for
use In fire department.
That the claim for damages OF Mr.
Slade be disallowed.
That the petitions of Policemen ]. c.
Cole and J. II. Mingea, asking for pay
for time lost on account of injuries wo
recommend that they he allowed half
pay.
That Policeman T. G. Williams be al
lowed half pay for time lost on account
of sickness.
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ORDINANCES MUST
co TO COMMITTEES
Aldermen Pass on a Question of
Much Interest
THE COMMITTEE REPORTS
Question of Selling or Giving Away
Whisky or Liquors on Sunday
Was Considered Last
Night.
THE COMMITTEE REPORTS

The question of whether ordinances
should be adopted by the Mayor and Al
dermen before being read before that
body and thoroughly considered by it was
one of the many features of the session
of that body last night.
This question arose on the report of
Alderman Fulghum of the judiciary COM
mittee, and the board twice voted that
it would not pass ordinances that had not
been read before the body and referred to
committee, giving time for the men,
bers of the board to investigate its merits
and dement's.
The first part of the report referred to
the sale or barter of giving away of liquor
or intoxicants on Sunday. Alderman Full
ghum moved that the board adopt that
portion of the report, which was as fol-
lows:
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Good Commissary man who
has some knowledge of cutting
meat can obtain position of
promise at once. Address Coal,
care Age Herald.
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Ninth Avenue Grades.

The committee reported favorably on
an ordinance providing for the lowering
Of certain grades at Ninth avenue in con-
nection with the terminal station, and the
report was adopted. The report Of the
joint judiciary and railway committee
recommending that the petition of the Bir-
mingham Railway Light ana Power COM
pany to lay a track on Sixteenth street,
between First and Second avenue, be dis
allowed was adopted
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Sunday Liquor.

THE committee recommends the adop-
ton of the ordinance amending the Sun
day selling liquor ordinance"
The change from the old ordinance regu-
lating Sunday sales of liquor was merely
that the new ordinance provides that no
sale, barter of gift may be made any
where, the old ordinance merely referring
to such sale or barter in saloon.
An amendment offered that drug stores
be prevented from selling liquor on Sun
day except by prescription from a reput-
able physician and that they be prevented
from refilling a prescription for whisky
on Sunday The amendment was lost,
the aldermen stating that it was not in
the right shape
1t was moved and carried to refer the
entire matter to the city attorney to draw
up a new ordinance including the matter
of drug stores reflling whisky prescrlp-
tions on Sunday.
Later ON Alderman Cooper introduced
another ordinance prohibiting the sale,
barter or gift of whisky on Sunday and
also prohibiting druggist from rehlling
whisky prescriptions on Sunday The
ordinance was referred to the judiciary
committee.
On the second part of the report the
same question of ordinances being refer
erd to the committees arose, and the re-
port of the committee was referred to
the police and sanitation and the judiciary
committees. This part of the report pro-
vided for a change in the plumbing laws.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30
MASSILLON VICTOR
Ohioans Triumph Over All West
ern College Star Foot
ball Team.
HEsTON's LEG is BROKEN
First Professional Game at Chicago
Using College Game Not
Big Success.

Chicago, Nov. 30.-Professional foot
ball according to college rules received
it's first trial in Chicago yesterday
when the Massillon (Ohio) team de
feated a picked team of western col
legians and ex-collegians by a score of
9 to 4 after HestOn, the famous ex
Michigan halfback, had received a bro
ken leg
Two thousand spectators enabled the
promoters of the match to clear ex
penses. but it is questionable whether
the innovation scored a success suff
cient to make friends of the college
game fear for the effect of the profess
sional encroachment. The game was
excessively slow, old-time football
methods being principally used.
For roughness the game which was
played at American league park, was
not up to the predictions of some who
had expected blood to flow freely. On
the contrary, the members of both
teams showed good nature throughout
most of the contest.
HcstOn Hurt i'm Second Half.
Willie Heston suffered a fracture of
his left ankle in the second half, but
this was not attributed to rough play,
although claims were made openly that
certain Massillon giants deliberately
jumped on him to put him out of the
game. Roseth, fullback on the Mas
sillon team, suffered a dislocation of
his shoulder.
MassillOn's heroes were the biggest
men probably ever got together in the
west as one team. Heston, a man of
1S5 pounds, seemed a dwarf in com
parison with his opponents. Naturally,
with this superfiuity of beef, the Mas
sillon men used old style football, and
resorted to savage line plunging for
their gains.
Heston's great defensive work in
backing up the "All Western" line kept
the score even up to the middle of the
second half, when the former Michigan
star suffered his injury. His absence
was felt keenly, and the former Wis
consin eld-Vanderboom, Roseth,
and Findlay-tore through the oppos-
ing line as if it were tissue paper.
Clever Kick by Hare.
Bunny" Hare, captain of the Indi-
ana eleven this year, made the scoreI
for the 'All Westerns" on a pretty drop
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30
ENDS YEAR WELL
Rock Island Defeats Bloomington
in Closing Football Game
by Score of 7 to o.
TOUCHDOWN AND A SAFETY
Fraser Crosses Line Over Clear Field
Moline Wins Championship by
Defeating Davenport.

The Rock Island football warrior.
closed the 1906 season creditably yes
| terday afternoon at Island City park
| by defeating the Bloomington high
school boys by a score of to 0. The
| Bloomington boys were husky bunch
of players and held the local boys fol
| downs several times when touchdown
seemed close at hand. The visitors
played a very clean game of football
all the game and very little time was
taken out for arguments. The Rock
Island high schools captain, Ralph
McManus. was superb in all he did and
his day of glory in his last game was
rounded out when the score stood to
0 at the finish of the game. The local
boys displayed their defensive strength
during the entire game The visitors
made most of their gains on the for
ward pass plays.
Scores in second Half.
Rock Islands score was made near
the middle of the second half of the
game, when Fraser broke through
1DiOClilAiisoAOiA > liilN. NcibNillS IuC
ball which McManus had punted. soon
covered the clear field to the goal
posts
The conditions of the weather that
prevailed did much to keep away the
crowd. and the field was puddle of
mud and water from one end to the
other. Very few gains were made
through the line by either team, as the
boys could not brace themselves in
any way owing to the condition of the
field
At 3 o'clock, when the game was
called. the teams went onto the field
in the heavy rain Bloomington start
ed the game by kicking off to Roche,
who went back 90 yards. After a few
plays, Rock Island was held for downs.
and the bail changed hands. Blooming
ton failed to make the distance and the
ball was again returned to Rock Island,
and Taylor was sent through for 20
yards. On the next two downs no
gains were made, and McManus punt
ed TO Bloomington 15-yard line. and
Bloomington returned the ball to the
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30
YESTERDAYS FOOTBALL
RESULTS.

EAST.
Cornell, 0; Pennsylvania, 0.
Lafayette, 26; Dickinson, 4.
u. of Oregon. s.; Multnomah, 4.
Carlisle. IS; Virginia, IL
Penn State, 6; w Tn. p. 0.
Georgetown, 16; G. w. Un., G.
Virginia Tech g. N C. Ag., 0.
Georgia, 4 ; Alamaba Tech, 0.
Davidson, 6; Virginia NJ l., O.
WEST.
Massillon, 8; Western Col, 4.
Ames, z; Drake, o.
Nebraska, Al; Cincinnati, 0.
Kansas, 0; Missouri, 0.
ST. Louis. SO; Iowa. 0.
Ohio State, IL; Ohio Medical, s.
Milliken, 10; Shurtleff. 0.
HIGH SCHOOLS.
Rock Island, Z; Bloomington, 0.
Moline, IS; Davenport, 0.
Dubuque High, 5; West DeS
o.
Champaign, IS; Peoria, 6.
Galesburg. II; Kewanee, 0.
Prophetstown, G.; Erie. 0.
Dixon High, s; Sterling, 0.
Kewanee Regulars, %; Peoria Al
Stars, 0.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30

kick from the 30-yard line early in the
second half. He had just recovered
from a hard bump on the head, and
though the Massillon men came through
his line at every point he executed the
kick with speed and accuracy.
st. Louis Defeats Iowa 30 10 o.
St. Louis. Mo. Nov. 3O-St. Louis
university decisively defeated Iowa
yesterday 80 to 0. at Sportsman's park.
ST. Louis swept the Hawkeyes off their
feet. ST. Louis used every style of
play yet invented under the new rules
and nearly always made distance,
while Iowa was not a consistent
ground gamer. Iowa tried the forward
pass few times, but failed to pull IL
off successfully at any time and gave
it up, going back TO straight football.
St. Louis scored six minutes after the
whistle blew and continued the march
to the end of the game, using the for
ward pass repeatedly.
Penn Holds Cornell.
Philadelphia. Nov 30.-Pcnnsylva-
MAS erratic team gave 10000 specta-
tors a surprise on Franklin field yes
terday afternoon by playing Cornell TO
standstill, ne ther team scoring. Al
though outweighed nearly 10 pounds
per man, the light red and blue eleven
not only held the Ithacans safe but so
fierce was her attack that she had the
Ithacans on the defensive most of the
time. 1t was a most spectacular game
with a windup that was thrilling. The
strong northwest wind that blew over
the gridirOn was of material assistance
TO the Quallers. as Walder's punts
were erratic and the ball was often
carried cut of bounds without material
gains. The first half was a revelation
to Pennsylvania supporters. Although
aided by the wind. Pennsylvania held
her opponents nearly always safe, the
pendulum of play swung mostly into
Cornell territory.
The Ithacans vaunted strength and
dash broke and crumbled against the
fierce attack of the red and blue i'm the
first half Only once did the Cornell
iians make their distance and then on
a forward pass.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30
FOR BOTH
Maroons and Tigers of Rock Is
land Y. M. c. A. Lose at
Wilton and Muscatine.
PLAYED GREAT BASKETBALL
Slippery Floor Handicaps Team in Viii
ton Contest-Sc'ores Were 40 to
SO, and So to "a.

The Maroons of the Y NJ. C. \. were
defeated yesterday at Wilton, Iowa, by
the Wilton high school. 40 to Sc This
was the first defeat of the Maroons
this season, and the game was one of
the best played contests in which local
teams have ever participated. The
! Rock Island boys, not being accustom-
ed to the very slippery floor, were han
| dicapped in this, but toward the end
of the game improved rapidly, ana
were fast lessening the difference in
the scores At the end of the first
half the score stood 20 to II, the Iowa
! boys leading.
In the second half the game was eX-
tremely exciting, and several times
! the score for the half was a tie. Fin
ally the Maroons with rush and team
work which bewildered the Wilton
boys, scored several baskets. and al
most overcame the handicap by the
end of the game The lineup of the
game was: Maroons-Lienhard, Ig;
Gowling. rg; StTate, If; Zwicker, rf;
Williams, c. WiIton-S. Kiser, lg; O.
Kiser, rg; Whitmer, If; Bacon, IF;
Shafnet, C.
Bergsten of this city refereed the
game, and j. NJ Bacon acted as UNI
pire Grotjan of this city was the Of
fetal scorer.
Tigers Defeated, Too.
The Tigers of the Rock Island asso-
citation met defeat also. They were
given a drubbing at Muscatine by the
Muscatine Junior team by score of
% to "a. A curtain raiser was played
between two teams of the junior de-
partment of the Muscatine association.
The lineup and summary of the
game follows:
Rock Island Tigers-Cooke, rf;
briggs, If; Ficken, c; Smith, rg;
Young, lg.
Muscatine-Leslie, rf; Kautz. If;
Morgan, c; Smalley, lg; Crate. rg.
Field goals-Leslie, II. Kautz, g.,
Morgan 5, Smalley 1, Crate 4, Cooke 3,
briggs 1. Young 1.
Free throws-Leslie 1, Crate 1,
,Ficken IA.
Referee. Franks. Rock Island; um-
pire Asthalter, Muscatine.
Games at Augustana.
In the first inter-class basketball
game of the season at Augustana, the
sophomores defeated the business col
lege team by a score of 26 to IA We'd
nesday evening. 1t was a slow game
from the start and lacked the snap and
vim which usually characterizes the
inter-class games.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30

center of the field with punt. Dur
ing the remainder of the half puntinG
was resorted to frequently, and the
ball was kept flying from one team to
the other the greater part of the time
At the end of the half, McManus punt
ed and the ball landed outside on the
20-yard line, in Kinner's possession.
Trial for Goal Fails.
The second half started by Rock Is
lands kicking off, and for some time
the ball was kept in the center of the
field. The ball was kicked back of the
goal posts by the Bloomington full
back, but on a fair catch by Kinner,
the trial for goal failed, and the ball
was kicked out from the 25yard line.
The forward pass, which was used to
advantage by Rock Island throughout
the game, was put in operation fire.
Quently at this point in the game with
good gains resulting. The ball was
fumbled by Reck on Bloomington
one-yard line, and on the touchback
was kicked out to Shinstrom. Nc
Manus punted back, and Fraser car
ried the ball over the line. The goal
kick failed.
The ball was kept well in Blooming
tons territory throughout the remain
der of the half. and in a few minutes
safety was scored for Rock Island.
Kinner fumbled the ball on a forward
pass. and the next play, a forward pass
by Bloomington, was blocked by Fra
ser. McManus punted to the Bloom
ington quarterback. and carried the
ball back of the goal. scoring Rock Is
land two more points. The game end
ed with the ball in Rock Islands pos
session on Bloomington's 20-yard line
The Line Up of the Game.
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30
Games at Augustana.

the Moiiners proved to be the stronger
The Davenport players, however, were
the better in the end runs. This was
just the opposite of what was expect
ed, because the Iowa boys had the
heavier team and better fitted for line
bucking. During the last part of the
first half of the game Woodyatt of Mo
line dropped back for a drop kick for
goal, but failed, and the ball was taken
to the 25-yard line and kicked out to
Moline to center of the field
Made 7O-Yard Run.
On the first down, Mcfarland on a
double pass circled DavenpoFt's end
for 80 yards. Dewend was then sent
through the line again for a fake line
buck, and Mcfarland took the ball and
circled Davenport's end for spectacu-
lar run of 40 yards for a touchdown.
During the second half both teams
done all their playing through the lines
and by a series of successful line bucks
by the Moline boys Dewend was sent
over the line for two more. Coach Lit
tig of Davenport said after the game,
I'VE were walloped.'
Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30

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Rock Island Argus., 1906-11-30
SURRENDERS THE
BELT TO MELODY
Joe WaIcott Quits in 18th Round and
WeIterweight Championship
Changes Hands.

Boston. Mass, Nov. 30.-Honey Mel
lody of Charlestown won the welter-
weight championship of the world from
Joe Walcott of Boston at the Lincoln
A. c. in Chelsea last night. In the 12th
round Walcott quit. He said later his
left arm became disable in the ninth
round, and that it was impossible for
him to continue fighting.