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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
PLAN BIG NEW BUILDING
ON TWENTY-FIRST STREET


tate company, Robert A. Brown & Co. on
Twenty-first street. and by the Bethea
Real Estate and Insurance company and
the Oliver-Levert Realty company on
Third avenue.
Mr.. Malone said the building would cost
about $175,000 to erect, and while it would
lie constructed for a retail commercial
finn, at the same, time some of the space
may be used by other interests.
II am not at liberty to disclose the
name of the firm at this time" said Mr..
Malone but [ can say with all assur-
ance that an eight story building will be
erected on the corner of Third avenue
and Twenty-frst street for Cincinnati
firm. We are arranging some of the de-
tails at this time. and while 1t will be
a few weeks before they are all arranged,
At the same time affairs are progressing
satisfactorily"
Ii is the ambition of real estate own
e S in the territory In which this build
| ing is to be located to convert that into a
retail business district without any addi-
t'onal office building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
Real Estate Transfer

Deeds were placed on record yesterday
IN the office of the probate clerk show
ing the following transfers of real estate,
the considerations being $1,000 or more:
S4500-Samuel P. ingram and wife to
Ingram Realty company. lots o. 10. II, Z
and 13, in block l, according to the plans
and surveys of Dimmick City.
$S5O0-Clara l. Mcguire to Ingram Realty
company, lot IA, in block 13, according TO
the plans and surveys of the West End
I and and Improvement company.
Si900--J. l.. Brake to G. P. Moore, lots
and 2, in block /, according to the plans
and surveys of e. A. westbrook.
Oo-Birmingham Realty company to
John Bohorfoush and wife, lots II. u and
y, in block 221, according to the plans
ana surveys of the Elyton Land company.
s4000-W. W. Hogue and wife to Winni-
fred w. Janney, lot 40, in block 794, ac-
cording to the plans and surveys of the
Elyton Land company.
si4O0-J. c. Mosley and wife to NJ. T..
l,g to the plans and surveys of Lytles'
addition to birmingham.
$780,. s. Marks, Jr., to Kathleen w.
Thompson. lots and 4. according to the
rlans and surveys of Mark Place
$29Oo-katie G. Church ct al. to w. s..
Going, lots 10. II. Is and 16, in block 3ll,
according to the plans and surveys of the
E,yton Land company.
0esQ-F. NJ. Heath and wife to o. II. Al
bertson, lot 1. in block 16 according to
the plans and surveys of the Woodlawn
Realty company's third addition to Birl
raingham.
slseo-J X. Mcintosh TO II. n. Brannon
lot "a, in block "G," according to the plans
and survey of the Walker Land company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
Interstate
Casualty Company
Capital Stock paid In S25o,ooo
HENRY 3. GRAY, President
Home Office, Birmingham, Ala
AT THE HOTELS


S. A. Moore OF Gadsden, c. F. Avery
of Talladega and A. D. Nelson of At
ianta are registered at the Empire.
c. S. Davis of Admission, r. w. Quinn
of Hamilton and II. Nelson of Mobile are
stopping at the Birmingham.
w. r. Kennedy of Atlanta G. E. Pitch
er of New Orleans and NJ. G. Hubbard of
Nordova are registered at the Hillman.
S. L. Lynn of Jasper, ]. Nj. Thomas of
Atlanta and A. G. Story of Talladega are
Mt the Metropolitan.
C. e. Meacham of Marvel. H. C. Afford
of Pell City and NJ. F. German of Warrior
are registered at the Morris
S. r. Rice of Memphis. G. E Willis of
Atlanta and W. L. Hooker of New De
catur are among the arrivals at the Flor
ence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
MALONE MAKES ANNOUNCE
MENT WILL BE EIGHT STORIES
HIGH ON SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF THIRD AVENUE

business house to be located on the south
west corner of Third avenue and Twenty
first street are under way. was a state
n ent yesterday of w. n. Malone, who is
handling the proposition. He said he
company with whom negotiations are
pending Is one of the largest houses IN
Cincinnati, and would occupy a build
ing eight stories high facing 70 feet on
1 1wenty-hrst street and 100 feet on Third
avenue. 1t was added that perhaps an
additional % feet would be acquired or
Twenty-flrst street The property to be
utilized is owned by r. W. Massey. ano
Is now occupied by the Messer Real Es-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
COMMISSION WILL
AWAIT EXUM'S RETURN

Pending the return of President Cul-
pepper Exum to the city, there will not
be transacted eny questions of grea. i'm
portance at the city hall. Mr.. Exum will
only be absent FRI m the city week or JIG
days. lie will only miss the meeting ct
this morning and Friday afternoon, as
he is expected home before the meeting
today week.
The Sloss Stag pile matter, the smoke
ordinance, and many other matters pend
ing will go over until Mr.. Exum returns
and has an opportunity of voting upon
them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
NORRIS TO INSPECT
TIDEWATER LINES

Fred A. Morris of Morris Brothers.
bankers Of Philadelphia and financial
hackers of the Birmingham, Ensley and
Bessemer Street railroad. will be In Bir-
mingham during the next few days. Ace
ccmpanied by General Manager Brown
OF the Tdewater interests, Mr.. Morris will
make personal inspection of all tho
properties here and will look over the lipe
asked for in the franchise request maze
aRo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
Building Permit

The following building permit was IS
sued yesterday in the office of the build
ing inspector.
sso0O-M Methodist Protestant church, Fl--v~
avenue and Berry street West End; br.ck
veneer church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
Weatherly Defends Law and
says Petitioners Repre-
sent Few of Offenders
SAYS ORDINANCE
HAS COME TO STAY
Cites Other Cities as Examples of
What Can Be Done in the
Way of Stopping
Smoke

do we want to regulate the smoke
evil of Birmingham in accordance with
the views of the people who make the
smoke or in accordance with the interests
II all the people in the city," asked City
Commissioner James Weatherly, father of
the smoke ordinance which has called
forth considerable opposition from the
Misunderstanding interests of the city, when
asked yesterday for a statement
81 am informed continued Mr.. Wealth
erly, that the petition which has been
fled with the city commission here in re-
gard to the smoke ordinance, stating that
il is an imposition and will work a hard
Ship on the manufacturers, represents
about per cent of the black smoke pro-
ducers of the city, including the coke
ovens. Further have been informed that
SIX of the signers of the petition have
pants which do not produce smoke at all,
ether using electricity or some other
power, and that eight more are now con-
templatng the installation of electricity
for power purDoseS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
Well Known Couple Married

William Garrett Of Birmingham and
Miss Ada Kizziah of Vance. Tuscaloosa
county. were married yesterday at ?410
Fourth avenue by the Rev. B. G. STAN
ley 1t is expected that they will make
their future home in Selma. Mr.. Gar
rett is well known in Birmingham and
Miss Kizziah has a host of friends in her
community where she is prominently
known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
That Burglar

May have overlooked your
home SO far, but you never can
tell what may happen. One of
our burglary policies will come
in handy some of these dark
nights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
Opportunity to Comply

In the opinion of Smoke Inspector
Matthews six of the signers of the petit
ton could eliminate smoke by proper fir
necessary. Twelve others of the petition
s.eners have made some offort to COM
Ply and could comply with the smoke orr
dinance at a small expense About a
dozen have been placed under bond and
their cases continued until February b
in order to give them an opportunity to
comply with the ordinance.
The commission is in receipt of a
book from the mayor and board of alder
men of the city of Pittsburg, one chap
,er of which deals with smoke abatement
in the Smoky city The chapter sets
forth what steps Pittsburg is taking to
eliminate smoke in her great manufac-
turing districts. 1t is stated there that
tile opinion which has existed both in
F.ttsburg and elsewhere that the city
vas proud of her nickname, The Smoky
CITY, is a fallacy. Instead of The
Smoky City, efforts are now being made
to have Pittsburg known as the Smoke
less CITY, states the book
IF we here in Birmingham, the man
ufacturers and everyone else, would show
Il little more of this get together spirit,
more of the spirit of cooperation, we
could accomplish wonders. We must
work together to do anything in the
smoke eliminating line, and must not con-
sder selfish interests. The December.
1872, report of the city commission OF
Memphis has also been received here, and
states that satisfactory progress is being
Z ade there in their smoke abatement
campaign What is ~done elsewhere we
should be able to do in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
Welfare Of All the People

1T is not the purpose of the city com
mission to work hardship on any man
or any class of men; we are merely en-
deavoring to look to the welfare OF all
the people. | have encouraged co-opera-
tioE between the manufacturers and the
commission in this smoke abatement mat
ter and hope that in the end we can solve
the problem. When We do solve It, It
Will be through cooperation
I'm not going to get cold feet in re-
gard to this smoke ordinance. We are
going to get results. When / think I'm
right a little opposition has no effect.
don't wish to be arbitrary, but the
smoke ordinance is here TO stay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-28
Officers Elected

After hearing the presidents report
and the report of the secretary, of the
treasurer and of the medical director
and passing some resolutions, the fol-
lowing board of directors We're elected
il. G. Maben, w. w. Screws. Charles
Henderson, A.. II. Ford r.. A. Mitchell,
Robert Jemison, w. A. Davis, r. H.
Cabaniss, S. j.. Bowie, John l.. Kaul,
10. r. Harsh, Frank Nelson, Thomas w.
Coleman. j. II. Wilson, H. r. Shorter,
M. NJ Baldwin, w. G. Harrison, William
ID. Jelks, w. w. Crawford, Richard w.
Massey c. j. Palmer.
After the meeting ofsthe stockholders
the board of directors met and elected
the following officers. all of them being
the same officers which have served
the company from its organization:
William d. Jelks, president; Richard W
Massey, vice president; Clarence j. Pal
mer, secretary; w. w. Crawford, treas
urer; w G. Harrison. medical director
Cabaniss and Bowie, attorneys.
The following committees were ap-
pointed to serve during the ensuing
year:
Finance committees: Richard w. Mas
sey. w. w Crawford, W. l. Harrison
and John l.. Kaul.
Executive committees: J. c. Maben,
Robert Jemison, Sr. Il. III. Cabanlss
and S. j. Bowie.
Medical committee: Harrison. Harsh
and Frank Nelson.
Insurance committed: j. j. Bowie, A.
IL. Ford and c. J. Palmer.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
MAKING CLOTH FROM
THE BANANA FIBER

There is not a village in India that has
not its clump OF banana trees and not a
village in which the fruit is not gathered
and the fiber in the stalk wasted.
II has been left to the Chinese TO teach
US how the tons of banana fiber thrown
on the rubbish heap every year can be
converted into banana cloth and sold at
a most remunerative price.
The process of manufacture is very
simple and quite within the reach Of the
natives of India, particularly those-and
there are thousands of them-who have
lad some little tsxtile training in cotton
or jute mills. One-yesr-old plantE are
selected and the stalk is unrolIed and
steamed over cauldrOns of boiling water
till soft 1t is a simple matter then to
remove the green outer skin by passing
strips of the stalk through an instru-
ment provided with a couple of blunt
blades. which act as scrspers.
The fiber thus obtained is placed in
cloth and pounded. in order to drive out
excess moisture and is next cleaned and
twisted into yarn for weaving. Banana
cloth is said to be eminently suitable for
tropical wear and is very durable. At
present the price would seem to be al
most prohibitiye, as a roll of banana
cloth, five yards long and one yard wide,
sells for about $50. As this enterprise
is brand new one. high prices are to
be expected: but they are sure to right
themselves as the demand for this kind
of cloth grows and the supply endeavors
to keep pace with Il.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

can be stacked up in the apparatus.
When the box is filed with eggs, a
small amount of chloride of calcium is
put in TO absorb the greater part of the
moisture OF the air. and then the cover
is sOldered on, leaving a small hole in
the top for the circulation of air or gas.
The boxes are then ready TO be taken to
the sterilizer. which consists of a large
cylindrical tank. seen in the rear of one
Ot our illustrations
The boxes are stacked upon roller
trucks. which are then run upon rails
to a tank. a considerable number being
treated at a time. The cylinder has a
tight-closing door, and resembles an in
jecting cylinder for treating railroad
ties The tank is first OF all exhausted to
extract the gasses or air from the air
pocket of the eggs. and also the gases
dissolved in the albumen. After this has
been done, Carbonic acid gas is sent into
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

A French engineer, NJ. Lescsrde, has
developed a new process for preserving
eggs. which is said to be much superior
to the common cold storage method. The
process has reached the manufacturing
stage, and plants are starting operations
one in France and one in Belgium.
In carrying out the Lescarde process,
the eggs are first examined to see that
they are perfectly fresh. The next stage
consists in packing the eggs in special
metal boxes. in which they are treated
with carbonic acid gas and nitrogen. The
room in which this step is carried out
is kept cooled to rather low tempera-
ture.
The eggs are fitted into perforated
frames. which are placed I'm sheet iron
boxes holding six frames of 160 eggs each,
or go eggs in all. The sheet iron case is
surrounded by wood framing. so that
il can be handled readily and the boxes
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

the duty of the nation to interfere for
the protection of the legitimate interests
of us all lumbermen included. Since the
nation owns but a small fraction of the
standing timber. and since the wise
handling of all OF that timber is essen-
tiaI for the future welfare of the coun-
try, there remains nothing for the people
to do but TO accept the situation and
regulate the handling of private forest
land.
There is nothing revolutionary in such
doctrine. The Swiss, a people far
more democratic than ourselves. have
long ago adopted il, and the Federal
government protects and regulates the
forests necessary for the general well
fare. In the republic of France this
doctrine is one OF the fundamental con-
ceptiOns of government. There is Obvi-
ously no more reason why an individual
in the United States should be allowed
to handle his own forests in a way to
hjure the public welfare than why he
should be allowed TO use his own prop
erty in a city so as to endanger the
public health.
l am far from having any quarrel with
the fullest exercise OF State sovereignty
over the forests within the boundaries
of each State But the problem of the
forests, like the problem of the streams,
is by its very nature an interstate affair.
II may take long to work it out. but
before we are through with il the regu-
lation of the lumber industry in the
interest of the public welfare must be
and will be accomplished mainly by the
nation itself.
There are then two principal things
to be done. First. the States and the
nation must improve the conditions
which now surround and retard the
practice OF forestry by private owners. |
Second, the destruction of our forests
by the private owners of timber lands
must be stopped. i anticipate with con-
fdence that the lumbermen will give
their powerful help in the task. but
whether they do or not. the problem is
far larger than anything except the ma
tiOn itself and the general welfare must
control
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
By 4. ID. JACOBSON.

PANAMA CANAI--WHAT 1T Is: WHAT IT
MEANS: Bv John Rsrrrtt. Director General Of
HE Pan American niun-
Altogether natural expectations that a
book from the Pan-American Union on
the Panama Canal would be excellent
not only in its sympathetic treatment of
a subject Intimately affecting the affairs
of all the republics forming the union,
but in its accuracy and interest of por-
travail are quite justified in Panama
Canal: What 1t Is, What 1t Means, by
John Barrett. Director General, Pan
American Union.
AS the Pan-AmeriCan Union is the
international organization and bureau
of information maintained at Washing
ton by all the Iwenty-one American
republics, including the United States
and the twenty Latin-American coun-
tries, for the purpose of develop
ing greater commerce, better ac-
uuaintance: more intercourse, and
AS the Panama Canal will be a potent
permanent peace among them, and
influence in accomplishing these ends, it
is fitting that such a handbook should
be published under its auspices" Mr..
Barrett states in a "foreword" to the
volume which has just been issued.
Mr.. Barrett. who has behind him a
varied and valuable experience as direc-
tor general of the Pan-American Union,
Minister to Panama. Minister to Argen-
tina to Colombia and as holder of other
diplomatic posts, sets forth graphically
the geography and history of Panama
and the canal.
An account of the heroic. but futile
efforts of the French. the years of toll
and privatiOn and disaster wasted. the
age of idleness that followed. the incep-
tion of the work by the United States
after varying experiences in international
diplomacy and domestic legislation, the
achievements of American engineers and
scientists and workmen, the near ap-
proaCh to compIetion-this narrative of
human endeavor to join two great oceans
by the division of continents of land is
told by Mr.. Barrett in a style at once
impressive and delightful. He sees and
describes the canal from the point of
view of the statesman, realizing its
mighty potentiality for peace and the
arts Of peace. yet he shows a full ap-
probation Of the picturesque features
which would strike the ordinary sight
seer, for whom, indeed, the book is in
tended TO be both valuable treatise and
a convenient vade-mecum. containing in
formation about hotels. trains. steam
boats, normal expenditures of travel and
the other matters which. make up the
problems of the voyager.
Mr. Barrett's book is splendidly illus
trated with pictures of the canal and its
vicinage, well as the Latin American
country and its cities.
LEAVES FROM THE CITY BEAUTIFUL: BY
Amelia VI. and Jacob F. Starkweather. Boston
Sherman, French & Co. Price, S-2.
The author. or rather the authors,
since a portion of the volume contains
the selections written for special occa-
sions by the authors husband, Jacob F.
Starkweather, has written as the spirit
inspired. because they have written w1tnl
the spirit of love which must hold thel
interest of both mind and heart. In the
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26

| beautiful Louise Parsons, who valiantly
| pursues all forms of Orientalism, but
who is hopeleSsly conventional in her
\ actions. The story is somewhat rambling
but 1t reaches a dramatic moment when
] Marie Vale is posing for Thorn's pic
ture of Hester Prynne, and the artist is
| enabled to catch the expression he wants
| for his picture. because suddenly Marie
| finds herself gazing into the eyes OF
Scott Stevens, the man who has wronged
her.
THE LITTLE GRAY SHOE: By Percy Brrbucr.
Bo tou-Lttle. Brown & Co. Pricr. sI.2I
A story of romantic adventure that
holds the imagination because of its
exciting incidents and the intense plot
interest rather than its analysis of char
acter. though Suzanne Is charming and
HaseltOn brave. The scene Is laid in the
fictitious city OF Dravstadt in Sake
Gutenberg, (9 and the time is rather
vaguely handled: some things point to
a present date and some to a few CEN
turies past. THE land is beset with
struggles for the throne and opens with
massacre of the king; then comes
the further intrigues of Christian OF
Narna, who is undecided whether it is
necessary for the safety of his reign
that he should marry the Princes Su-
zanne who stands nearer in succession
than he. The action centers around the
princess, who is held prisoner in a cas-
tie. and her lovely and spirited maid-of-
honor. w0o is preferred both by Prince
Christian and Capt. Haselton. Haselton
though captain of the guards. stands
absolutely alone. for the guard, charac-
teristically made up of hired soldiers
from all parts of the world who have
drifted into Dravstadt, is at the will
OF him who will pay the most for il, the
Prince Christian offers the highest bid.
There are exciting adventures in the
story before Haselton finally carries the
maid-of-honor across the border, and the
author has genuine surprise for his
readers when the maid d-of-honor turns
out to be the Princess Suzanne in dis
guise, and the supposed princess her
maid-of-honor.
FURTHER "REMINISCENCES Cseauel to ''Rrmin-
isccnoes Of DIPLOMATS Wife,: BY Mrs Hugh
Fraser. New YOrk-Dodd Mead & Co
These Further "reminiscences. by Mrs.
Hugh Fraser, are written in the same
pleasant, easy style, that all her other
"reminiscences possess. A little more. dis
cursive. perhaps, little more branching
Off in the that reminds me" order of
story, but this does not make them any
the less pleasing. The book is Just a
series Of rambling recollections gathered
promiscuously. Strange memories some
of them are. What is this that she tells
us of Garibaldi? That for the last twenty
years of his existence he was not Carl
baldi at all. Listen to this:
There are many people who still be-
lieve, with some assumption of reason,
that there were two Garibaldis-the real
one and a double, who for conveniece
sake often personated his patron during
the latter's lifetime, and was deftly SUBJ
stituted for him at his DEATH"
On these grounds, says Mrs. Fraser.
can be explained the extraordinary de-
cadence of Garibadlis military capacity
after 1862, while she quotes the authority