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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
DENIES MAIL CLERKS
 CONTEMPLATE STRIKE

Washington. May 23.-Denying the as- sertion that the railway mall clerks were organized for 8 general strike, Carl C. Van Dyke of St. Paul, recently dismissed from the service for "pernicious activity in connection with the proposed Postal Clerks union, testified today before the House civil service committed, which IS considering a bill granting government employees the right to affiliate with trade unions
 MT. Van Dyke stated the clerks In their efforts to organize sought only to better their conditions and to obtain the right to be heard in their own behalf by con- gressional committees He pictured what he termed sorry working conditions.' and gave instances of alleged prosecution of employes by the postoffice inspectors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
GADSDEN GETS
 BETTER SCHEDULE

Gadsden, May 23.-(Special. )-After a long fight made by the Gadsden Business Mems club for better facilities and bet ter schedule on the Southern railroad be tween this city and Rome. announcement was made today that a better schedule would be inaugurated on Sunday next and that better facilities would come shortly. As Rome has been making a fight against the change that would take business away from her because the trains would not run favorably, it is ex- pected that an entirely new train will be put on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
THE PRESBYTER|ANS
 DISCUSS MISSIONS Sinnott Case Disposed Of.
 Resolution Introduced Attacking Catholics

Louisville, Ky, May 23-A popular meeting in the interest of home missions
 occupied the time of the general assembly
 of the Presbyterian church (southern) to- night. pr. l.. Morris of Atlanta made
 the principal address
 The assembly spent busy day, though little actual business was transacted
 most of the time being taken up with speeches on many subjects introduced. II
 was only after long debates that the assembly vote to send the amendment to the "elect infant clause to the presny- teries to be voted on.
 In the case of w. I. sinnott, of the
 Presbytery of North Alabama, the as- sembly adopted the report of the judi cial committee endorsing the action or the last general assembly and ruling that the same case cannot betreheard after being disposed of by a general assembly. By unanimous vote the celebration Of
 Reformation Day was changed from the first Sunday in November to the last Sunday in october, to make it as near as
 october sl. the date of the reformation,
 as possible.
 Hearing of the reports In the mat ter of John F. Cannon and others against the presbytery of Missouri, per taining to the purchase of hotel in St.. Louis for church, which would put 1t in close proximity to the Central church, was not finished today and will be the first order of buisness tomorrow. The committee on bills and overtures reporting on the oyertures of the pres | l.. vtou of nt ,t. and Memphis, asking that a change be made in the 2s5th paragraph qf the
 book of church order pertaining to non attending church members, re-
 ported favorably and the report was adopted.
 i At the celebration of the 300th anni- versary of the King James version of tho English Bible last night, the speak CTS were Rev. Arthur G. Jones of San | Antonio. Tex; Prof. w J. Martin of Davidson, N. C.; Dr. J. T. Thacher of
 Norfolk. Ya.; Rev. c. .Vsnabls of Moul-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24

result has been a general rain from Brit ish Columbia and Washington, southeast ward to North Dakota and northern Wyo- ming.
 Temperatures rose 10 to 20 degrees in ern Rocky Mountain slope, and also in the Missouri valley, upper Mississippi valley and upper lake region. decided drop in temperature occurred in the upper Ohio valley and lower Lake states. Day temperatures were a little higher in the cotton belt today, owing to the absence of cloudiness or rainfall.
 Summary of observations made at United States weather bureau stations May 23 191i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
Local Data
Weather Conditions

Weather conditions at p. m. May 29, 1911:
 The rain area has very nearly vanished from the southern states. A thunder shower was prevailing in Atlanta at p. m., and .01 of an inch fell at Mont gomery during the past 24 hours. These two stations are all that reported precip- itation from the cotton belt tonight.
 A condition of relatively high baromet- ric pressure exists in the southeastern states, and this has brought about the clearing weather in the cotton region. It was raining tonight at Sault Ste. Ma rie. and Montreal, and cloudiness was observed all along the Canadian border. Centers of High and low pressure lie very close together in the northwest, and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
BOUTELL PRESENTS.
 HIS CREDENTIALS

Berne. switzerlands May 28.-Former Congressman Henry Sherman Boutell. of Chicago, presented his credentials as min- ister to Switzerland to President Ruchet today.
 Vice President Forrer and other mern- bers of the government participated in the reception. The president of the confed- eration a short time after the audience called on the new American minister.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
GLENNON ID HEAD
 THE UNDERWRITERS H. c. Seibels of Birrning-
 ham Vice President BENEFITS ADDRESS
Fire Chief Makes Instructive Speech at East Lake-Demonstratio Run Was Feature of the
 Morning

At the afternoon session Of the Alabama Underwriters association held at East Lake yesterday, J. H. Glennon of Mobile was reelected president. H. G. seibels of Birmingham was elected vice president and J. P Wilson of Mobile was reelected secretary and treasurer.
 The underwriters were very busy yes terday enjoying the festivities arranged for them and holding business sessions.
 The meeting at East Lake after the election of officers was featured by an address of Chief A. V. Bennett upon fire hazards increasing with indifferent un- derwriting. He gave a technical address dealing with records of various depart ments of insurance and other topics oi interest to the insurance men. He saiC the time was approaching fast when th' entire method of fire fighting would hav to be changed He gave detailed state ment about the proposed changes her and commented freely upon the vast goot which was to be accomplished.
 In talking of fire hazards Chief Bennett went thoroughly into the various causes of fire. lie attributed shingle roofing to "a great deal of the trouble and said he would recommend that some state laws be adopted looking to a betterment of the roof construction. He cited the re- cent destruction of Dora as example of the impossibilty of saving any small town which has only shingles as roofing The address of Chief Bennett was de- livered in his characteristic calm and careful manner. He emphasized the CO., operation necessary between underwriters and fire fighters, saying that the work of each necessarily entered into the other. Mobile will be chosen for the meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
PARIS CHAUFFEURS
 ARE OUT ON STRIKE

Paris, May 23.-Parisians and visitors are being greatly embarrassed by the strike of 2,200 chauffeurs, which went into effect today. The strikers this afternoon attacked few non-unionist chauffeurs at various points of the city, cut tires and threatened the passengers. In several in. stances the police were called to disperss the strikers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
MULE BRUSHES
 SMALL BOYS HEAD

ozark, May 28-t tspecial)-The s-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs John Dunnaway, who live on the edge of Coffee county, was killed by the kick of mule yester- day. The little fellow went into the lot and getting near the animal had his head crushed by a blow from its foot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
ADORE ),lS !. Ia 2,AD PROBLEMS Vice President Powell of
 Southern Speaks WATSON IS ELOQUENT Explains Good Roads System in South Carolina-H. E. Blakeslee
 of Mississippi and Others
 on Programme
WATSON IS ELOQUENT
ToDAY's PROGRAMME
convenes al 10 a. m.

. Convenes at 10 a. m.
 . Invocation-Dr. George Eaves,
 ( pastor congrega tionalist church.
 . Report on Work of the Con- | gress"-J. A. Rountree. secretary . National Good Roads Congress.
 . Federal Control of the Roads
 . Senators John H. Bankhead and . Jos. F. Johnston. of Alabama. . Progress of Road Improvement . in 0e South" Hon. Logan Waller . Page. director United States office . of public roads : Importance of Good Roads . Hon. Walter D. Seed. lieutenant ' governor of Alabama. . Railroads and Good Roads . J. c. Clair. industrial and immigra . ton commissioner Illinois Central,
 . Chicago. III.
 . Historical Highways Report
 . by Mrs. A. o. Lane, chairman D.
 . A. R., and others.
 . Road Laws of Alabama''-R. F. ' spragins. president Alabama State . Highway commission.
 . "Co-operative Road Building"-C.
 . c. Gilbert, secretary Memphis-to-
 ' Bristol highway association, Nash
 . vile, Tenn.
 . Relation of Colleges to Good . Roads Movement"-Prof. c. N. . Mitcham, of civil engineering Ala, . bama Polytechnic institute, Au- . burn. Ala
 . Road System of the State of , Ohio" = Jesse Taylor, secretary } Ohio Good Roads Federation, > Jamestown, Ohio.
 } Irrigation and Good Roads l, Address by Arthur Hooker. secre- } tary National Irriga ton congress. ENTERTAINMENT |, The delegates will be conducted ' in street cars to Corey at 80 p. [, m., and will return to the city in , time to take a special train to OK {, moor, where the Birmingham Mo ' tor club will conduct an automo- [, bile hill climbing contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
Protest to Arbitration

Washington, May 23.-Presenting pro- tests against the ratification of an arbi- tration treaty with Great Britain. Sena- tor Cullom today informed the Senate that there had come to him as chairman of the committee on foreign relations two letters in opposition to the treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24

trie. Ga, and Rev. Henry M. Edmunds of Montgomery. ,,,,,.
 Rev. J. c. Paynter of Youngs Mills' Va. introduced rather sweeping reso- lution in which the Catholic church was condemned for pernicious activlty, the chief executiye of the United states condemned for appointing as chief Jus tice a Catholic, and nah who was educated in Jesuit college. The mat ter was referred to a special committed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
Demonstration Run

DeH1OnStTdIlOn nun
 The most exciting feature of the days entertainment was the test run made by the fire department to Morris avenue and Twentieth street. The underwriters were assembled at the designated place when at s:52 the alarm was turned in and the wagons which would answer to that point came quick. Within two minutes and a few seconds two streams of water were playing on the building, three ladders had been reared and two men were on top of the building ready to work furiously to subdue any possible flames.
 Eleven pieces of equipment were at the scene in one minute and 50 seconds, ac- cording to a stop watch in the hands of Captain Ed Keith, formerly with the department. Chief Bennett went to the scene in his car with H. E. Shropshire. Jr., city purchasing agent, who was de- signated by President Exum to assume his place as the guest of Chief Bennett He reached the scene in one minute and four seconds, while the motor truck was the next piece of equipment on hand, being 26 seconds after the chief.
  of their efficiency, but not one move was made to begin the run until the alarm sounded. The streets were not cleared except at the designated corner and the firemen experienced the same difficulty in getting through the congested area as on any occasion.
 The demonstration was of much interest tn ba iou their praise of the firemen of Birming- ham under Chief Bennett.
 Confidence Evinced
 The test yesterday emphasized that in Birmingham the insurance men have a lfire department in which they place the . greatest confidence
 After the test demonstration the visitors were taken on special cars and carried to various points of interest in the city They travelled over Highland avenue past the Country club and returned to the city, going from here to East Lake. The address of Chief Bennett, the election or officers and old fashioned barbecue were the attractions there. After the meeting adjourned at East Lake the va rious attendants came back to the city and attended the ball game at Redwood field which assumed the place of the one they were to have attended yesterday. | The underwriters attended to a mass of details and routine work while in ses- sion. They also enjoyed an entertainment of rare and varied features. The visitors were taken in charge from the time they l.,
 snded in Birmingham until they began to leave and were impressed with a tru,y Birmingham welcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24


 The second session of the Fourth Ma tional Good Roads congress was con vened yesterday afternoon at 2:SC o'clock at the Jefferson theatre when an increased attendance marked the occasion. A large number of ladies were present and shortly after the meeting was called to order body of young ladies from the Birmingham sem mary made their appearance.
 The meeting was called to order by President Arthur c. Jackson, who in troduced in very complimentary terms the first speaker of the afternoon, T c. Powell, vice president of the South ern railway. MT. Powell read a highly ! interesting paper on Highway Con. 1 struction and Maintenance"
 "The desira bility of good roads, ht said, lis not a debatable question. Ev- cry community wants them and I be- lieve that the most important matter that can concern a congress such as this is the consideration of practical plans and road building policies.
 q believe that as a general rule the roads which should receive the first attention are those radiating from the local market or shipping station and that as a rule it Is more desira ble for community to improve as many as possible of such radiat ting roads rather than to devote its resources to the construction of highly desirable but generally less useful interurban high ways.
 Bond Issue Preferable
 "The money for the work to be done on roads may be raised by the issue of bonds or by direct taxation from year to year. or a combination of these two method may be adopted. How ever. I believe it will be- found pref erable to finance any considerable project by a bond issue. There are several reasons why this Is true.
 If the money is raised by taxation from year to year the amount avail. able in any one year will be relatively small and the mileage that can be i'm. proved will be correspondingly re. stricted. On the other hand, if tht scheme is furthered by a bond issue much larger amount of money Is avail able at once and projects can be car. ried out that will benefit a much larger number of the people. In this wa, the cost of construction will be spread over series of years and the tax payers may not be burdened with tn, labors which their posterity must en 1 joy.
 Tn my opinion it is important that community undertaking a system of high |
 way improvement should not defer con sideration of the maintenance fund whicl will be required after the roads shal have been built, for public highwa bears striking analogy to the roadbet of a railway with respects to its deteriora tion from usage and weather conditions and must be properly cared for and re built from time to tlme.'
 Following the address of Vice Presiden Powell. President Jackson introduced al the next speaker of the afternoon Com missioner of Agriculture H. E. Blakes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24
Weather Forecast

Weather Forecast Washington, May 23.-Alabama and Mis- sssippi: Generally fair Wednesday and Thursday; light variable winds. Tennessee: Generally fair Wednesday and Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24

poservations taken D. seventynrtn merdfan ume
 nos through points of equal afr pressure.
 lines through points of equal ten will be drawn only for freezins ~ and l
 SYMBOLS indicate of weather; Q clear, q partly cloudy cloudy @rain' Osnow' @ report missing Arrows wind maximum temperature 10 second 2thour rainfall if 1t equals m incha
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24

place for 1912, and Atlanta will be in- dorsed for the national association meet ing place next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24

lee of Mississippi, who proceeded to make very interesting and instructive talk on the conditions of good roads improve ment that had been brought about in his state during the past five years which embrace the period covering his term or office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24

Matinee-Extra Number Quartet from "'Rigoletti' '- Mrs. Kimball, Miss Smelling, Mir. Williams and Mr.. Croxton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-24

Immediately before the adjournment of the meeting call was issued for the delegates from Jefferson, Shelby. Chill ton, Autauga, Fillmore and Montgomery counties to meet in the lobby of the Nor ris hotel this morning at o'clock for the purpose of considering the building of public highway from Birmingham to Montgomery.
 The meeting was then adjourned on motion and the delegates were taken on a. trolley ride over various sections of the city. Special street cars chartered for this purpose were in waiting in front of the theatre for the service of the delegates. The main trip on which the members and visitors were taken was over Highland avenue. where they were shown demonstration processes in street paving.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-16
MAINTENANCE OF EARTH
ROADS IN SOUTHERN STATES
Systematic Labor, Ecad Drag. ane
Better Laws Needed.

1t matters not how active we are in
our efforts to encourage the construc-
ton of macadam. gravel and other
hard surface roads. there will of neces-
sity. for years To come. be a greater
percentage of earth roads in every
southern state
The reasons for this are apparent to
any one familiar W ith conditions from a
financial and population standpoint. to
say nothing of the .ick of road building
material that exists in Il large number
of counties.
We are Informed by the United
States Office of public roads, that the
ten southern s.,tas-namely, Alabama
Arkansas, Flor,a, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi. North Carolina. South Car
olina, Tenn essee and Texas. hal. in
1904. 412,oS9 miles Of unimproyed
roads. Assuming that since then The
mileage OF :mproved roads has doubled
We will have left 4oS,3Sl piles II
these figures are approximately COZ
rect, shaud oot the question OF h.
proper Construction and maintenance
i OF these roads rec.-i, oul most careful
' md tho.,g'ltfp. attention?
i; Wonderful Improvements have been
made in earth roads where COMMON
sense men have used common sense
methods of construction and ma.n e.
nance, but SO long as we are content
! to place this important wori- il the
hands of Incompetent OF grating
politicians. as is so often the case, We
cannot expect an.'thing but the o,st.
All failures in this work are not due
to graft, fer large majority Of road
|comniesiop RS and ovelscers arc hon.
est men, but as rule they are elected
to oface not because Of their fitness
for the work, hut because OF their per
sonal popularity. These evils, coupled
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-16

with the statute labor system, have
fastened upon the south the very worst
earth roads in the nation.
The first and most important thing
to do is to change our laws, abolish
Ing the statute labor system and sub
stituting therefor the cash tax system
If this can be done and the work of
Improving and maintaining our roads
be placed in the hands Of men who
are engaged in no other occupation
and are required to give their full
should be satisfactory.
No earth road can be maintained in
good condition unless it be so con-
structed as to drain well, and unless
it be kept free from ruts and holes.
The best method OF maintaining an
earth road, especially prairie road,
| is by the systematic use OF the road
drag. sand road is never good un-
der any circumstances, but certainly
IS not improved by crowning A sand
road is at its best when moist, 50 it
should be left fat No one wants n
sand road. so, il possible, clay should
be added to. and MIXED with the sand,
making what is known as sand clay
road
The cid way. and it Is used today by
|mauy. OF filing mud hole with brush
with little earth on top. cannot b,'
too strongly condemned, and is onl,
'pern.issi',le in case Of emergency
when t. is impossible to drain the hole
or to get sand or stone to ill. It. The
,verseor or foreman should in dry
weatl.er center his work on suck
places until the road is raised to g
su1R eieEt height to Drain well. MANY
lnverseers IS have brush hauled twy milo
Iio fill {. mud hole. when sand is withil
shovelng distance of il.
If our farmers do not take com
munity interest in the Improvement
Of the roads and put their shoulders
Ito the wheel we will surely remair
"stuck in the mud."-Good Roads.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-16
Child Labor, tuberculosis and
Fairgrounds Claim Attention.
FOUR SUCCESSFUL METHODS.
Tho Survey, the City Plan, the Cam.
pa;sn and the Permanent organi-
xation Fundamental Means Of OBJ
tanning Municipal Improvement.

We are living in new era. Who
ever passes with open eye through
this country today will see the evi
dences OF a new civic spirit OH every
side, says Henry s. Curtis. PHI. d
Everywhere new social organizations
are springing into being. City and
state organizations are uniting to form
national or international ones, and
civic activity is becoming the fashion
throughout the United States and even
in European countries. Germany is
especially active in this respect.
The rate OF progress is accelerating
with ench year, lis any observation OF
the growth of the child labor move
i ,nent. Of the anti-tube1 ,ulosis move
Ment. Of the playground movement or
of the boy scout movement will re
veal Probably less than 10 per cenc
OF those Id are giving Of their tiile
aud money 20 civic causes today were
.ht.s tive .lftten years ago
An anal-sis; Of recent movements
seems to how III least four funda
meutal eihods more or less common
to and equally app!; cable to all on
which thc.r success has largely de-
pended They IRE the survey, the
city pan, The campaign and the per-
iaarent rgHnization.
The hes: Of these methods Is the
4 survey, the strdy and analysis Of So
ciai conditions of the physicians dag
hosis OF the case. The Doctor Of old
diagnosed his case into measles or ty
phoid and treated this. The modern
doctor has carried his analysis one
step farther back. Through research
he has discovered the bacillus that
produced the disease and the serum
that viii destroy It. he is no longer
fighting an unknown enemy In the
dark but applies his remedy with
mu:h greater e1sctness to the source
OF TIE trouble.
In the same way 1t is Impossible to
deal scientifically with social ills un-
til we have the same sort of diagn osis.
Dependence or delinquency cannot be
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-16
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