The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-11

Tachoir, Pearl Veitch. Mary Veitch,
Gladys Veitch, Bessie Scott, Tom Scott.
Isabel Norwood, Irene Myers, Leela AL
mon, Florence Henninger, ]. W. Elliott
and Earl Bruce.
Ensley Personals
Col. l. w. Hendon. a prominent at
torney of Marion. Ala, is the guest of
his brother, DR.. w. T. Dendon, on Ave-
nue. G and Twenty third street.
Miss Agnes Mcdowell entertained the
Ensley Highlands Bridge club last
night at her home on Avenue and
Twenty first street.
d. G. Ewing, formerly of Selma, has
opened a law office in Ensley in the
office block .enue. He has formed
partnership with CASTOR & Pettus OF
Birmingham.
The Jewish citizens of Ensley have
donated SIS to the relief fund for tn e
sufferers of the recent mine disasters.
Miss R. Horton lost a valuable gold
bracelet yesterday. She prizes it high
ly as 1t was a birthday gift. Finder will
confer a great favor by returning 1t
to the public library and will be re-
warded.
The local chapter. Daughters of the
Confederacy. will give an entertain
ment at the Ensley opera house next
evening" oPlCH0lu pro-
gramme has been arranged. including
comedy entitled "A Box of Mon
keys" Many tickets have been sold and
the affair promises to be a big sue
cess
called to verify the report and If the
special was not at that moment at
that particular phone when called then
t,k>l lit lad II, he :
locality to save the details from 60
ing on useless errands which would
only result in gathering crowds and
which in itself created excitement.
Telephones Guarded
"All the telephone functions where
wires from the different districts met
were guarded to prevent the possible
cutting of the wires and the severance
of connections with the central office
at which all plans were executed and
from which all orders issued.
when detail was sent from an
auxiliary station to any point of trou-
Bile the sergeant in command imme-
diately used one of tn ese phones and
informed the central Office of the con-
ditions as he found them, SO that If
extra help was needed it could be sent
at once and whom the mobs had been
dispersed he again reported to the CEN
trail office to SO advise II and receive
orders whether to return to his sta
ton or proceed to some other point oil
disturbance.
Il cannot speak too highly of the
valuable service rendered the depart
ment by the auto patrols-their de-
pendability and the speed with which
large numbers of men were moved from
one point to another.
I'm TIE beginning the greatest trou-
BILE was from the attacks on the cars
and their destruction by mob violence
Notwithstanding the fact that a uni
formed officer might be on the car a
mob of a thousand or more people
bent on doing mischief, would blockade
the highway in such a manner that II
would be necessary to stop the car
Immediately the car would be sur
rounded, the windows broken and in all
probability the motorman and the con-
ductor dragged from the platforms. II
was the duty of the officer on such a
car to protect the lives of the passen
gers and the property to the limit
of his ability. and he did so, but in sc
doing a man surrounded by such moi
with the encouragement which num-
bers give to boldness he must indeed
be cool man. knowing his own life
to be in danger, not to loose his read
draw his gun and fre into the crowd
Usually such gatherings were re-
ported to the central office at cnce by
the plain clothes man in that particular
sub -division and word at once sent to
the nearest auxiliary station and a de-
tail dispatched to the scene and be-
fore the trouble had a good start they
usually had 1t under control and the
mob dispersed.
"Dynamiting cars and property fol-
lowed their destruction by stoning
This had to be stopped Immediately
and strenuous measures were used t.
| stamp 1t out. Two-thirds of the entire
force patrolled the 1900 miles of streets
at night in plain clothes and the de.
tectives ran down suspects and al
places where dynamite might be con-
cealed were Immediately searched.
Tour of City Every Day
"A tour Of the city was made every day
TO all the station houses. to all the aux
Hilary stations. and all sections OF the city
where there was the most trouble, by the
superintendent Of the department. and In
this manner and by means of the hourly
reports TO the central office he was kept