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The San Francisco call., 1909-09-03
TURNVEREIN PLANS
WINTER THEATRICALS S
Oakland Germans Vote to Take
Up Dramatics

OAKLAND, Sept. "A dramatic sec
ton of the Oakland turnyerein was
organized last night at a meeting of
that society in Germania hall Ger
man plays will be rehearsed and staged
coming winter.
Theodore Radtke proposed the form
alton of the new section, and his pro-
posal was seconded by Prof. Albin
Putzker and Nat Binheim. The latter
and Carl Lorenzen and Richard Lenz
were appointed committee to take
charge of theatricals.
A request for volunteer talent was
well received and preparations are be-
ing made to insure success for the dra-
matte representations.
sALooNMAN FINED-Berkeley Sept. q
Robert Burcher, Ocean View saloonman. who
pleaded guilty to selling liquor to a minor, was
49,
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-03
SUPERVISORS DAUGHTER
MARRIED AT PALO ALTO
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

MENLo PARK, Sept Miss Ethel
Gertrude McEvoy and John Charles
Whipple were married at ST. Thomas
church. Palo Alto, yesterday
The bride was attended by her
cousin, Miss Essie McEyoy of Menlo
Park, A. j. Oswald acting as best man.
p II. McEvoy, the father of the
bride, is one of the supervisors of San
Mateo county.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-03

OLD RESIDENT DIES-Elmhurst Sept O.
William Warrilow. old resident OF Emhurst
died last night at the home Of his sister Mrs
". J. Emery He horn in England and was
SO years OF age. He settled In Elmhurst 20
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-03
ADJUSTMENTS
NO OTIC e


The attention Of the
Oakland Orpheum's big
clientele in Oakland,
Alameda and Berkeley
is respectfully called to
the fact that an unusu-
ally interesting feature
of the vaudeville pro-
gram at the Oakland Or
pheum next week. COM
mencing Sunday after
noon, September 5. will
be the receptions on the
stag ge. held at the daily
matinees, by Captain
George Auger. the tall
est actor in the world.
"Jack, the Giant Kill
err" will be the produc-
tion in which Captain
Anger is to appear. with
his company OF wonder
ful midget players. The
old fairy tale OF Jack.
the Giant Killer" as
dramatized by Captain
Auger, is one of the most
remarka bic novelties OF
the year in vaudeville.
These receptions on the
stage at the matinees
will give all a chance TO
see, at close range. the
figures in the Jack, the
Giant Killer" play.
The usual superior
vaudeville. including Jo-
seph Hart's Bathing
Girls and other novelties,
will be found on the bill
in connection with this
wonderful Jack. the
Giant Killer play.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-03

CONTINUES ASSAULT CAsES-Berkeley.
Sept. 2.-The cases of W. NJ. Wood and his
wife, Mrs Jessie E. Wood. charged with bat
terry and W. A. Cox. charged with felouious as
sault Charles Fisehel two weeks ago during
dispute over wages, continued today until
September 16.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-03
FIGURES ERASED TO
CONCEAL SHORTAGE
Attorney de Lancey Indicted
Four Times by Grand
Jury in Oakland
Continued from Page L


Francisco savings union, besides bank
book calling for $500 at the Hibernia
bank of San Francisco.
Gray and Flood personally withdrew
the amounts after Gray had secured
letters of administration September 2,
1908
Gray Accepted Certificates
Instead of taking the slO,7S2 in cash.
Gray accepted a certificate of deposit
in his own name, which he turned over
TO De Lancey, with the instruction that
it be deposited to Gray's official ac-
count Instead, De Lancey was said TO
have written over Gray's Endorsement,
Pay to John s. de Lancey,' and then
to have deposited it in the Oakland
bank of savings to his own private ac-
count.
When Gray was ordered to put his
cash in the county treasury De Lancey
was short $4,000, the evidence showed,
and to make part of this good he was
said to have erased the figures 10 from
the entry of the $40. 1882 from the
public administrators register, leaving
was subsequently added, and other
small amounts and the payments of
bills against the Cook estate brought
the iual total credited against 1t to
S2.315.S2, which De Lancey turned over
to County Treasurer Kelly for the Cook
estate.
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Another Account Questioned

case which will receive attention
is that of the estate of Chew Chu, a
Chinese merchant who committed sui
eide January IS. 1908. leaving small
stock of merchandise. This was sold
for s7l5.S0. The costs of administra-
tion were $552.11. which is considered
high, and the balance of s240.09 is said
to have been unaccounted for.
]. w. Bingaman, a young attorney
who has been associated with Reed,
Black & Reed, has been formally an
nounced by Gray as successor to De
Lancey. He announced his intention
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-03

Miss Mary Downey was a luncheon
hostess this afternoon, entertaining in
honor OF Miss Louise Eastman, whose
wedding to Samuel Weston will be a
September event. Miss Downey re-
turned this week from Santa Cruz,
where she has been the guest of
kinsfolk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26
SAYS SKySCRAPER IS ONLY SOLUTION FOR COURTHOUSE Issue S4OO,000 In Bonds and
 Use Upper Floors As Jail, Says Gillespy CRIMINAL COURTS MUST
 NOT BE APART FROM JAIL Skyscraper on Jail Site Would Settle Problem Forever and Would Assure County of Ade- quate Room.

"The present courthouse is inadequate and conditions as they exist now are sim ply awful, but the talk of moving the jail away from the criminal courtrooms is absurd. In my opinion. the only prac- ticable solution of the problem which now confronts the county is the erection of a ten-story courthouse and jail on the pres ent site of the county jail, and Jefferson county would, as far as court room is concerned, be fixed for thirty years to come" Thus pr. John s. Gillespy, clerk and register of the city court, sees the proposition which now confronts Jeffer- son county.
 "The matter of moving the county jail would cause complaint no matter in which direction the county started to move it" continued MT. Gillespy. "We all admit that the presence of the jail in it's locality is objectionable, but no more so than it would be elsewhere. The jail was where 1t is before anything else was built around it, and people knew what they were con- fronting when they built around it. It would do others just as much injustice it stay where it is.
 "The removal of the jail away from the criminal court would put the county to an everlasting expense on account of the prisoners having to be moved back and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26
GODDARD IS HELD
 IN SHREVEPORT
IS CHARGED WITH WHIPPING A PRISONER TO DEATH AT PRATT MINEs-WAs FORMERLY MINE BOSS.

Sheriff Higdon received notification from the police authorities of Shreve- port yesterday afternoon that they had under arrest George Goddard, alias A. G. Glover, wanted ip~ birmingham on charge of murder.
 Goddard was formerly a mine boss at Pratt mines. About six or eight months ago one of the prisoners un- der Goddard's supervision died from the effects of a very severe whipping and Goddard is alleged to have ap piled the lash. He was arrested and committed to the county jail, but on a writ of habeas corpus was granted bail. Upon being given bond Goddard left the city and efforts on the part of the sheriff to locate him were fruitless. The telegram from Shreveport was the first information regarding the escaped prisoner.
 Sheriff Higdon stated last night that judging from the description wired him by the Shreveport autho critics he is of the opinion that they have the right Goddard. The proper papers will be gotten in shape and a deputy sheriff will be sent to Louisiana to identify the man now under arrest in Shreve- port.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26

bad, and it would be the duty of the health department to determine which Is which.
 Danger of House Fly.
 It is most important. to the degree in- deed of being a matter of life and death, to have some one whose duty it is to warn the ignorant as to the dangers of the house fly as q disseminator of infec- tious disease and so on and SO on Such departments duties and scope would be extended each year because the people would be bound to see the immense amount of good 1t could accomplish The sole difficulty is in commanding enough confidence of the powers that be to be given a start. This start they ask for, and the one they will continue to ask for until they get it, is the use of a bac- astrological laboratory and the inspection of the milk supply. With these they guarantee to show such results in the saving of life that year by year other things will be added unto them and then it will not be long until the majority of the people will know everything which should command the attention of the health department.
 We know one man who would report a dairy near Vanderbilt furnace the milk from which is not fit to give to pigs. deli- cate ones at least, and there is probably not one in the district where they keep the cows so clean that dirt does not fall in the can while they are being milked.
 These doctors will never let up until they get a health department; so why not save time and expense and many lives by giving it to them now. The mayor has d meteorological laboratory he will willing ly contribute which can be nothing but an embarrassment to him now, and it is the unanimous opinion of the medical pro-
 
 is splendidly competent with the help of this and other accessories to make Bir- mingham the healthiest city in the south. Yours, etc., GEORGE s. BROWN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26

and miscellaneous booths, is 60 by 120 feet, giving an area of 7200 square feet.
 Floor and wainscoting to a height of F feet of Tennessee marble.
 From the crowns of arehed ceilings (rising to a height of 67 feet, over ends and sides of general waiting room, dome 63 feet in diameter surmounted by a skylight of art glass and ornamental iron, rises to q clear height of 100 feet above the floor. Arched and dome ceilings of tile construction finished in ornamental glazed tile.
 The small amount of woodwork appear ing in the building is quarter-sawed oak.
 Midway and Train Shed.
 A reinforced concrete arched roof span ming the 40 feet between the rear build ing wall and the train shed, covers the midway proper or promenade between the station building and the train shed, total length of which is 21 feet. A flat roof constructed of reinforced concrete spans the 32-foot truckway between the baggage and express wings of the train shed.
 The train-shed, also constructed of re- inforced concrete, is 730 feet long, cov- ering two platforms and four tracks and 630 feet long, covering three platforms and six tracks, total width 210 feet, cover ing in all five 19-foot. 6-inch platforms and ten tracks, eight in pairs and two sim gle.
 The sheds over the platforms are low in elevation clearing the tops of coaches only a few inches. while the sheds over the tracks rise to a clear height of 2l feet above rail and overlap the lower or platform sheds thereby affording pro- lection from the weather, and at the same time perfect ventilation and ample light
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26

by walls of buff model brick with rich terra cotta trimmings.
 Dome.
 The dome, 65 feet in diameter, located immediately over the center of general and capped with a skyight 2S feet in diameter and bronze fnial, rises to a height of 120 feet.
 Towers.
 The towers at ends of general waiting room and immediately over eoncourses leading to colored waitingeroom and lunch dining rooms rising to a height of 130 feet are also roofed in Spanish tile. surmount- ed by a bronze fnial similar to dome.
 The Wings.
 The colored waiting room to the south and the lunch and dining rooms to the north of the general waiting room, have high pitched roofs, also finished with Spanish tile, while the baggage wing to the extreme south and the express wing to the extreme north. are both of low Q4-foot, flat roof design.
 Entrance.
 A marquis GA feet long, constructed of wire glass with metal frames and sup ported from the building by heavy brack- cts and chains. the latter hanging from lion heads in the building wall, some 30 feet above extends over the sidewalk affording protection against the weather to parties approaching the station from hacks, carriages. etc. All metal work finished with old copper.
 General Waiting Room. Clear space in the general waiting room excluding arcade, smoking room, barber shop, ladies' retiring room, soda fountain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26
". R. REYNOLDS IS
 NOT ALLOWED BAIL
MAN HELD FOR KILLING MILAN IS RECOMMITTED TO JAIL AFTER HEARING-DAYS REC ORD OF COURTS.

The preliminary hearing of w. P. Reynolds, formerly a member of the police department, charged with the murder of John Mclean, Jr.. a South Twentieth street furniture dealer, was concluded before Judge H. B. Aber- nethy in the second division of the in- ferior criminal court yesterday after noon and the defendant was bound over without bail on a charge of murder in the first degree to await the action of the grand jury.
 The evidence in the case was com pleted Wednesday afternoon and yes- terday afternoon the arguments were taken up. Judge B. M. Allen opened for the defense. A plea of insanity was introduced but this plea was overruled by Judge Abernethy. Practically every other main point introduced by the de- fense was likewise overruled by the court Judge Abernethy stated in overruling the plea of insanity that such plea would have to be tried be- fore a jury.
 Reynolds, it will be recalled, shot and killed John Mclean in the furniture store of the latter on South Twentieth street. The cause of the shooting was the alleged circulation of a statement that Reynolds was scab and an ex- convict, which Reynolds claimed Mo- Lean originated.
 Business in the county courts was rather slack yesterday.
 In the first division of the city court a consent judgment for $50 was rem dered in the case of James H. Samuels vs. American Patriots.
 The case of W. T. Wade vs. Louis vile and Nashville railroad Is still on trial in the second division of the city court.
 In the third division of the city court a consent judgment for $175 was rem dered in the case of Annie Wells vs. Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company A judgment for the defend ant was rendered in the case of Jennie Long vs. Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company.
 In Judge Coleman's division of the circuit court a judgment for the de- fendant was rendered in the case of Cotton vs. J. M Wright. The argu ments in the case of w. T. Harrison Automobile company vs. John P. Abbott will be heard this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26
URGES MEMBERS
 ID DO THEIR PART Chamber of Commerce Com
 mittees Meet Today LETTER SENT OUT BY BABE Practically All Civic Organizations Will Work Hand In Hand In the
 New Building on First Avenue.
LETTER SENT OUT BY BABE

New activity and new endeavor are going to result from the organization of the Chamber of Commerce, plans for which will be taken up at committee meetings this afternoon. From all indi- cations, every commercial and business body in the city will have headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce building, the most complete in the south.
 The manufacturers, the board of trade the lumbermen, the Business Mens s league, the freight bureau the medical society, and everything that stands for the upbuilding of Birmingham will center in this building. Each body will continue it's individual organization, but will be- come a hand-in-hand part of the Chamber of Commerce. Many unique plans will be worked out before the building is occupied next September.
 Increased activity and interest are be- ing sought among the members of the chamber This letter has been sent out by the secretary.
 Dear Sir: The Commercial club, at it's regular meeting held Friday, March 19, unanimously adopted a recommendation made by the directors that the name of the organization be changed to the Lnam- Der of Commerce All members of the Commercial club become members of the Chamber of Commerce without further action. At the same time the president was authorized to invite the Business Mems league and the Board of Trade tc appoint special committees to confer with the committee from the board of direc- fnr Ia nf alcya, ma ff1rr these organizations in a manner satisfac- tory to each, in the new Chamber of Commerce. The joint committee will meet in a few days for the purpose of a con- ference.
 "The new Chamber of Commerce build ing is rapidly approaching completion. In addition to the commodious quarters for the business work of the chamber, the en- @tire seventh floor will be used for exhibi- tion purposes and for cafe. A handsome reading room will be conducted in con- necton with the chamber and member ship in the body will carry with 1t more opportunities for public good and person. al benefit than has heretofore been the case with any business organization in this city, and equal to that enjoyed any where.
 Your active participation in the Cham- Der of Commerce affairs is urged. The O11lcerS are ANXIOUS lo receive SuSSeS- tions from you. For effective work we must rely upon our membership. Is 1t asking too much of you to help us secure new members, that the scope and infiu- ence of the organization may be in- creased We have $50 active members, we ought to have 1000 Won't you help us.
 "The next meeting of the chamber is to be held Friday, April 9. Let's make it a rousing meeting. Yours very truly,
 "JOSEPH B. BABE, Secretary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26

The greatest Terminal passenger station ever flung open to the public in the south will be formally opened by the business men of Birmingham on April G. the first Tuesday in next month. Covering two city blocks or 622, 900 square feet, with every convenience possible, and finished in the most elaborate art, both on the interior and the exterior. Birmingham and the south will be proud of their new building.
 A detailed description of the depot, given below, will give a slight idea of it's magnitude and beauty. The main waiting room and dome are the marvel of every passenger who passes through. The lights at all hours of the day and night, refiecting as they do, curious soft colors, make waiting pleasant. Here is the description:
 Exterior.
 The building 7S0 feet, or two city blocks in length extends across one avenue, (Fifth avenue) which is carried under the building, sheds and tracks Sheds and tracks lying parallel to and behind the buildng), by means of a subway 56 feet feet Total length of subway, $50 feet, with a 3O0-foot approach on the east and 400 foot approach on the west. Retain ing walls to approaches and lining to subway constructed of reinforced con- crete.
 Building Material.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26

forth. It would call for the employment of at least eight or ten more bailiffs and the safety of prisoners would never be certain.
 'The only real solution of the problem is the construction of ten-story court house and jail on the present jail site An amount of something like s400,000 would put up an elegant building and one that might be added to as the county needed more room. The three top floors could be used as the jail. The corridors on these floors could be so arranged tha, the prisoners could not get to the win dows, and no one on the street would ever know there was a county Jail. The re- maining floors could be utilized for the courtrooms and offices for the executive and judicial officers.
 By this arrangement everything would be convenient and satisfactory, and there is just this about it, that in the course of a year or two some relief of the pres ent status of affairs will have to be given. Either an extension will have to be built on the present jail site or a new building will have to be put up. If an addition is built, the jail will have to be moved and this will cause untold inconvenience and an everlasting expense. The expense of moving prisoners from the jail to the criminal courts would almost pay the in- terest on bonds sufficient to put up fine courthouse.
 Jefferson county should issue $4OO, COG worth of bonds for the erection of a sky scraper courthouse and settle the problem forever. If ten-story building ever be- came crowded it could be added to and be made twenty stories high if necessary.
 ''tfhe old courthouse could be used for a library building might be leased to the city for high school building, which will be badly needed in another year or two.
 '"There is very easy way out of the present predicament if the people vii, come to their senses and take hold of it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26
PLAN NEGRO SCHOOL.
Galilean Fishermen Buy 21oo Acres of
 Land In Lowndes.

The Galilean Fishermen, colored benevolent and secret society, of which Dr. C. c. Stewart is manager, with head quarters at 23051s Second avenue, has pur- chased POO acres of rich farming land near Collirene, Lowndes county, for the purpose of establishing large normal and industrial school for negroes. The property was purchased for $S0.oo0 from Enos R. Stewart of Birmingham, son of Judge Stewart of Marion.
 pr. C.. c. Stewart, founder and man. ager of the Galilean Fishermen, which has a membership of a half million, is one of the well educated negroes and is said to be personally known to many wealthy men of the north
 Prof. David w. Parker of Bessemer, well known to public officials and dem- ocratic politicians of Alabama, Wal be at the head of the institution and travel north and east in the interest of the same
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26

The presence here of prominent of- ficials of the American Radiator com pany has naturally created much in- terest in business circles. ". H. Hill of Chicago, general manager of the manufacturing department A. A. Lan- don of Buffalo, superintendent of plants, and J. H. Borden of Chicago, connected with the accounting department, ar rived in Birmingham yesterday and are registered at the Hillman. It has been rumored for many months past that the American Radiator company would shortly establish a plant in the Bir- mingham district. The. company is one of the largest and most successful con cerns in the country. It manufactures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26

ing, the latter without the use of sky lights. Longitudinaly, the sheds are a series of arches supported on beams, can tilevers and columns spaced 20-foot cen ters on platforms. while in cross-section the roofs slope toward the center of each section. collecting rain water over center of columns down which 1t is conducted to sewers under platforms by means of down-spouts embedded in the concrete columns
 Passenger Concourse Subway. As a passageway between the station building and the train platforms sub way 2S feet wide and with nine-foot clear headroom passes under the tracks and platforms immediately opposite the tick ct office and about midway of the shed. Two stairways lead from the subway to each platform.
 Power Plant.
 A fully equipped power plant owned and operated by the Terminal company takes care of heating and lighting the building and also lighting of sheds, sub- ways, yards and approaches.
 Track Approaches to Sheds.
 A double track system approaches both ends of the train-shed, all signals and switches controlled by an electric inter- locking system.
 Areas.
 Area covered by building alone, 69 900 square feet, or one and six-tenths acres; covered by midway and train-shed, 174,0O0 square feet or four acres; total area under cover, 1000 square feet. or five and six-tenths acres. Total area covered by plaza. building, sheos and yards, 622,- 900 square feet, or 14.3 acres.