The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

John Horan and ONeal have arrested Joe Whele for using profane language over the telephone
 East Lake Com mencement.-The com mencement exercises of the East Lake high school will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the Howard college audi torium.
 Names Captain-Adjutant.-- Q. c. Smith, major of the First Artillery bat tery has appointed Stephen Smith cap tain n-adjutant of his staff. This is promotion from sergeant major of the staff. MT. Smith was formerly mem- Der of Battery D.
 Negro Found Dead.-Coroner Brasher was called yesterday to Ella station near Thomas, to investigate the death of a negro woman found dead at her home early yesterday morning. The coroner will go into an official inves tigation of the case in a day or two.
 Dirt Roads Suffer.-Yesterday's rains put stop to the county's work on dirt roads. It was one of the longest rains of the season and put back the dirt roads to where they were several months ago. However it is expected that within the week every road gang
 
 dirt roads and get them in frst-class condition.
 To Entertain PubIishers.-The Cham Der of Commerce committee on the entertainment of the Newspaper Pub fishers association will hold meeting this morning to make final arrange ments for the banquet which is to be given the publishers while here. In- vitations will be sent to members of the chamber, and the banquet will be quite an suspicious occasion.
 Has Completed It's WorI<.-The Jeff ferson County Sanitary Commission which had in charge the construction of the countys system of sewers, held n meeting yesterday and decided to ask the legislature to transfer the care or the trunk system to the Board of Rev enue, and discharge it from further duty. The commission has completed its principal work and believes that the change will be cheaper for the county.
 Burglars Steal TobaccO.-Tobac burglars were very busy Wednesday night, two cigar stores being broken into and a large quantity of goods stolen. The stand operated by J. N. Duke at 22O5 Avenue A was one of the
 
 place at 406 South Twentieth street was the other The burglars have not yet been appreh hended but the officers have found clues which 1t is believed will result in their capture.
 investigation POstponed.--Coroner B.. L. Brasher went into an official investi- gation- of the death of Conductor J. z. Grimes, who was shot and killed at the Louisville and Nashville crossing near Thomas last Tuesday morning, but postponed the investigation yesterday morning after the examination of one or two witnesses. It is understood that detectives working on the case have taken up a clue or two and de- sire time to follow them up Hence the postp ponement of the case until next Tuesday, June 8.
 Not CorporatiOn.-Accord to the ruling of one of the circuit court judges yesterday the Acme Laundry company, a local concern, has no ex- istence as a corporation. The decis- ion was made in the case of the state of Ala bama ex rel, A. B. Freeman, ys. Louis Gelders ct al officers of the company. The suit was brought on relation of A. B. Freeman of Mont goniery, who averred that the Acme Laundry was never legally incorpor- ated. The point involved was the fact that the application for charter and the certificate of incorporation bore the signatures Of only a partial list of the stockholders. The law requires that the signature of each incorporator must be affixed to the application for a charter.