The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-12-23
CHAT ANOOGA MAY
HAVE CREMATORY
Pending Federal Law Would
Dispose of Sewage By Fire
PROTECTION FOR RIVER
Navy Recruiting Station Is Now In
Full SWina--Masked Man At
tempts to Rob Depot But
Is Fooled.
PROTECTION FOR RIVER

Chattanooga. Tenn, December 22.-tSpe-
cial-)-If a bill now pending before Con-
gress, introduced by Congressman Aus
tin, of the Second district, should be-
come law. Chattanooga would be
obliged to establish a crematory to dis
post of her sewage. The bill intro
duced by Mr.. Austin, and which is now
before the committee on interstate and
foreign commerce. seeks to prevent the
pollution of navigable rivers and other
bodies OF water under control of the
United States. The bill makes it I'M
lawful for any person. city, or corporation
to place In any body Of navigable wa
ter any substance, refuse, mineral matter,
vegetable matter, compound or any sub
stance which 30 would pollute the water
as to render 1t unfit for fishes, beasts or
as water supply for drinking purposes.
The purport Of this bill is of especial
interest to Chattanooga by reason of the
recent agitation regarding the probable
effect upon the Tennessee river by the
dumping of the city's sewage therein, af-
ter the completion of the lock and dam
at Hale's bar and it's subsequent effect
rent at Chattanooga
The headquarters office of the newly
consolidated recruiting districts for the
United States navy is now In full swing,
under the charge of Lieut.. Il. A.
Brookes. The new men brought from
Nashville have increased the local force
by three. Three men are now engaged in
sending out circular letters all over the
district. About 10000 will be sent out.
The letters are extracts from answers
that have been received from large man
ufacturers and corporations in different
parts of the country in regard to the
chances of honorably discharged sailors
from the navy getting positions in their
places of business. All extend a hearty
welcome to the ex-sailor boys, and say
they are ready at any time to give them
positions.
! An unknown man, wearing black
SLOUGH hat and black mask. and flourish
ing a revolver, attempted to rob the
Southern depot at Athens, Tenn, between
midnight and daylight Sunday morning.
The attention of night operator Ander-
son was attracted by the raising of a
window directly in front of where he
was sitting. He looked up only to peep
into the barrel of the gun, and to hear the
injunction, Throw up your hands," Mr..
Anderson obeyed the command, but
NJ hofu i'm,
and the would-be robber. The hold-up
man demanded all the money on hand,
and that quickly. BY arguing the ques-
ton Mr.. Anderson succeeded in distract
ing the attention of the desperate for a
moment. The operator suddenly dashed
into an adjoining room, where there
was a telephone, and Sheriff Hart was
called up and asked to come at once
Mr.. Anderson was out of sight of the
man, who, although he could hear what
the operator was saving, could not get
into the building and could get no chance
to shoot. Sheriff Hart responded in
person, bue by the time he arrived the
hold-up artist had fed. He left both his
hat and mask behind him. Bloodhounds
were put on his trail. but they were
only able to follow for short distance,
ana the scent was destroyed by tracks of
others.
While transferring mail from one car
to another at the Terminal station J. A.
Thomas, a mail clerk on the Southern
Railwayfi fell between the cars and re-
ceived severe injuries. He was taken
to the Wsst-Ellis hospital, where at
last accounts he was resting easily.
+, Thomas is a clerk on train No.25 on the
Knoxville division of the Southern. The
| cars were moving while the transfer was
being made, and 1t is thought he was
struck by the hook attached to the side
| of the mail car, which is used for catch
| ing bags at way stations.
| Chief among the opinions handed down
| by the supreme court was the decree re-
| versing Chancellor Mcconnell in the It'll
! cation entitled Southern Express COM
pany VS. Patterson The effect of the
| decision is that the Southern Express
! company will not be liable for taxation
| ON any Of its intagible assets, or, in other
| words, on its capital stock. Taxes can,
| therefore, be collected only on tho tangi-
BILE realty Of the company.
| Officers were elected at the meeting of
the Southern Stove Manufacturers last
night, as follows: President c. c. Hunt
| ington; vice president and manager of the
! H. Wetter Manufacturing company Of
| Memphis; vice president, Perkins Ellis of
the Avondale Stove and Foundry COM
pany Of Birmingham; secretary, ]. W..
| White Of Memphis; treasurer. Mr.. Martin,
! of the King Stove and Range company
of Sheffield. 1t seemed to be the con-
sensus of opinion that prices of stove
| ware will be advanced in the near fu-
ture.
M.v,, peorranizafion par;re