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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
KELLEYS WIN FRANCHISE
ON TWENTY-FIRST STREET

The Kelley interests won the Twenty
first street franchise yesterday. Mr..
Exum voted against such procedure and
Mr.. Weatherly and Judge Lane voted in
the affirmative.
The franchise on Twenty-first street has
been contested for by the Kelley and the
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company interests for weeks The latter
asked for the franchise first. Mr.. Exum
said the rerouting approved by the COM
missioners as to the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company cars car
ried the implied understanding that the
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company was to get that franchise How
ever Mr.. Weatherly reported that Presi-
dent Ford OF the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company refused per-
mission for the Kelley interests to use that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
NOT RESCUE, BUT
PREVENTIVE WORK

Our work is not rescue work; IL is
preventive work. The association is real
~ the ideal social service center for this
class of girls. large percent of these
girl wage earners are from the country
and smaller towns. During the year just
passed the matrons of the local associa-
ton at the Terminal station i'm this city
handled about 200 girls. 1t is the social
need Of these girls which must be met.
1t is not the wickedness of this city OF
any other city that works the downfall
of any of these girls. 1t is the loneliness
THE social needs of the girl must -e
met. She has 1t and we want her to
have 1t and If we don't take care of it, it
will lead to her ruin. She comes here
stranger and with but limited funds
and if she cannot find a place like the
y. w. c. A. to drive away her lonell-
ness and satiate her hunger for social
intercourse with her fellow beings then
she will go to the only places she can
afford to go, which are the questionable
places and which sooner or later work
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
INVITED TO ENGLAND
Lord Mayor of Bristol Writes Cham
Der of Commerce

An invitation from the Lord Mayor of
Bristol. England. c. J. Love, has been
received by the Chamber Of Commerce.
inviting the members to the meeting OF
the Royal Agricultural Society OF Ems
land, which meets at Bristol during the
latter part OF July.
Lord Mayor Love asks that Secretary
Radcliffe reply giving an estimated mum
Der of about how many would be liable
TO attend and he win send programmes
Mr.. Radcliffe stated that he would write
for % or 80 programmes, probably. The
programme is good sized book, contain
ing many pages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
PERCIVAL S. HILL GUEST OF II.
ID. BURNETT-DINNER GIVEN
IN HONOR OF THE VISITORS
LAST NIGHT

AS the guest of r. ID. Burnett, Percival
S. Hill, president of the American To-
hacco company, arrived in Birmingham
yesterday, At the home of Mr.. Burnett
on the South Highlands last night the
well known tobacco man was entertained
at dinner, which was attended by about
IL prominent citizens of Birmingham.
Mr.. Hill is en- route from Florida to his
home in New York. He is making the trip
north leisurely and looking over trade
conditions and the prospects for business
in the meantime.
That birmingham is one of the best and
most widely known cities in the south
eastern territory and was destined with
out question TO be even greater, was the
opinion of Mr.. HILL expressed yesterla,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19

secretary Of the Business Mems league
had the excursion in charge. The wom-
en- were rather disappointed that it was
over so soon and many expressed the
wish that we had planned to visit more
plants than the three. The working con-
ditions found at the plants were ideal.
At the A. B. G. plant there is a Young
Woman's Christian association official in
charge of the girls and they have rest
rooms and lunch rooms, at which a very
substantial lunch is served them for a
riekle. The social anG working condi-
tions surrounding these factory girls made
a very favorable impression on the visit
ing women and they were surprised u
learn that some of the girls made as high
as 50 per day. Tie salaries of the gifls
ia the factories we visited range from
Sl.5o week to the So per day employs.
The women stated that it seemed that
these girls were in almost ideal surrounds
inss."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19

COMPANY B WILL BE
INSPECTED TONIGHT

The annual inspection of Company -,
Second infantry. Alabama National
Guard, Capt. Carl Seals commanding. viii
be held tonight at the National Guard ar
mory at the city hall. The company viii
be inspected by Adjt. Gen. Joseph B.
seully. Lieut.. II. A. Goodwin. L. s. A..
and Col c. r. Bricken. the commanding
officer Of the Second regiment.
Captain Seals has issued orders TO all
members of his company to be present
tonight to stand inspection. Company b
las always made a good showing at the
annual inspections and the officers are
confident that the record win be main
tained tonight No member OF the com
rsny will be excused from the inspection,
tonight other than those who have a valid
a.cllsa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
ALMOST $1,000 IS RAISED IN
FIRST DAY OF THE CAMPAIGN
BIG GAS HOLDER WILL
BE BUILT ON NORTHSIDE


the holder will be made this week ac-
cording to an announcement of the
company officials Contractors are
here nov figuring on the deal. The
company will use the holder only for
storage Tie reason it is to be built
is that the city is growing so rapidly
and gas is becoming such a generally
used commodity as to render the addi-
tional capacity imperative
The gas holder will be supplied with
gas from the company plant on Third
avenue near the Birmingham Southern
tracks. The gas will be plped to the
storage tank.
The officials of the company after
paying $4,000 to the Birmingham
Realty company for the property re-
duested the commission to vacate an
alley in that block for the benefit OF
the company. The company owned all
the land and one end of the alley term
mated at a precipice so that request
was granted. Not, however, until $500
was forthcoming from the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power eompany's
exchequer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
MISS MELROY HOLDS
THEM SPELLBOUND

She was followed by Miss Abby Nc
Elroy of St Louis, executive of the South
ern Central division of the Young Wom-
ans Christian association. Miss McElroy
is an orator of much ability and she
held the gathering almost spellbound dur
ing her address, which took on more the
nature of a friendly little chat, and which
lasted for over half hour.
This is a century of changes said
Miss McElroy "and especially is this
so as it regards women. The girls and
women are out in the world and I'm afraid
they are out to say. 1t has come about
gradually First they SHY knocked at
the doors of the colleges of the country
ana the movement grew more and more
until today they have become one OF
the greatest forces in the educational and
intellectual life of the nation
There are in this country 5,200,0o1 girl
wage earners about 100000 of whom are
away from home The average age Of
these 100000 girls who are away from
home is II years when they leave home,
according to statistics There is scarcely
anything we eat in this day but what
has been touched in some stage of its
manufacture by the fingers of a woman
and 1t is these girls and women. to
large extent, whom the Young Womens
Christian association is helping toward
higher and better things II life.
''Seventy-iye per cent of these grl wage
earners are helping to support others.
The great financiers of this country are
not the men with the largest ,ank ac-
counts; they are these women who are
working for a few dollars a week and
supporting themselves and an i'll mother
or young brothers and sisters or both.
These girls are not out in the business
world for pin money Its a matter OF
bread and butter TO them.
These girls are standing beside their
brothers in the business world of today
and saying. Give US a chance Yet the
girl comes TO the city and enters the
public life away from the home and home
surroundings. facing dangers which her
brother never has to contend with. This
is where the trouble lies; its the tempta-
tions that befall these girls which we
try to help them overcome. There's no
way to dodge the temptation; it must be
met and defeated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
WILL BE ERECTED BY b. r.. L.
& p. CO.-T0 COST S20O, 900.
WILL HAVE CAPACITY OF
THREE MILLION CUBIC FEET

At cost of 100000 the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company an
nonnees that gas holder will be
erected on the block secured for that
purpose between Sixth and Seventh
avenues. between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets, north The property
was purchased at a cost of 100000 and
yesterday the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company gave the
city $500. for vacating an alley for the
general use of the company.
The gas holder Is an absolutely new
piece of work to be done by the COM
pany. 1t will be storage place for
5000, coo cubic feet of gas and win be
among Nthe largest, If not the largest,
gas holder in the SOUTH The bids for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
MINNEAPOLIS MUST GIVE
PALM TO BIRMINGHAM

Pm from Minneapolis said Mrs. Il.
II. Passmore. and thought we had good
men in that city, the best in the country.
l see now | have been mistaken; we viii
have to give The palm to Birmingham"
1T was an entirely new experience
stated Miss Nellie A. Ballard. 1--WE
trained workers have never seen anything
like it before. 1t took us by surprise
and We hardly knew what to do or say.
In other cities the men usually make the
women raise the money. but here they do
it themselves. Such cooperation l have
never before seen"
The four men who gave $1,000 each are
Robert Jemison. Jr., Crawford A. john
son, Erskine Ramsay and +. L. White
heaG.
The meeting was attended by about 2o0
men and women and the speaking was
opened by General Campaign Chairman
Sydney J. Bowie. who stated the purpose
of the meeting and made an appeal for
the cause of the Young Woman's Chris
tan association as one of the most de-
serving and helpful institutions to the
community in the city.
Mrs Mabelle s. Cecil, local genera
sec CIetary of the Young Noman's Chris
tian association, gave a short talk in
which she told what the local association
was doing. She cited several instances as
examples in the way girls were helped to
find homes and taught the principles OF
better living and given home surround
ngs, Christian teachings and comfort.
Mrs Cecil stressed the Importance of the
association as social center for the
girls She stated that the total attend
ance at the institution classes during the
year Just passed was 1896 girls. She
reviewed the work done by the association
at the Terminal station, meeting girls
who came into the city as strangers, the
work done in the factories and how IN
many cases work was found for destitute
girls in the city department and dry goods
stores. She made an impression on all
present as TO the magnitude and tho
rougtlness of the work being done by her
and her associates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
CORN CLUB PINS
MAILED TO BOYS
400 Sent to Every Boy Who Ex-
hibited Ten Ears of Corn at the
State Fair Last Year

s. II. Fowlkes, secretary of the Business
Mems league mailed out over 100 boys
corn club pins to boys in every county
of Alabama yesterday. The pins were
given to every boy who exhibited 10 ears
OF corn at the recent Alabama State Far
held at Birmingham.
The Business Mems league gave seven
boys who won the highest prizes a free
trip to the Corn exposition at Columbia
s c., but the pins were awarded to every
boy who exhibited 10 ears. The pin IS a
very artistic button or badge sisnifying
that the wearer is "A member of one of
the corn clubs of Alabama. Mr.. Fowlkes
states that an effort win be made at the
next State Fair to have every one of
these 400 boys attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19

street and two additional blocks if the
right was granted the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company. Mr..
Weatherly said that Mr. Ford was of the
opinion that the citys request was entire
ly too harsh. The commissioners, upon
a motion of Mr.. Weatherly, voted TO give
the right to the Kelley interest on the
pay ment of $1,000. The work must be
done right away. and the Kelley company
must permit the Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company to use that
track if they so desire.
, The Kelley interests affirmed that If
the Twenty first street right was gwen
the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company the franchise would pre-
vent the Kelley line from approaching the
center of the city.
The efforts of the city to effect a COM
promise were unavailing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record yesterday
in the office of the probate clerk showing
the following transfers of real estate, the
consideration being $1,000 or more:
sz75O-Jennie J.. Vest ct al to j. d. Nc
Nair. the south half OF lot 4. according to
the plans and surveys of Bellevue
s5oo0-J s. Marks Jr, to Annie p Alb
ernathy, lot g. in block 2. according TO
the plans and surveys of Marks Place.
s2200-E. c. f.yeryt and wife to F. NJ.
Barton. lot 5, in block 2G-H, according to
the plans and surveys of the first addition
% Ensley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
Marriage Licenses

Tie following marriage licenses were
issued yesterday in the office of the pro-
BATE clerk:
J. L. stallworth of calera and Miss
Mary Lou Brooks.
7. J. Turrentine of Meridian. Miss. and
Miss Ethel Alice Coleman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
FOUR CHILDREN
BURN IN NEW MEXICO

Santa Fe. KY, February 1s.-Lopked in
their home while their mother called at
neighbors house for water, the four
children of Joseph Hatfield were cremated
IN flames that destroyed the house last
Aight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
Should Prohibit Unreasonable Rates

Public utilities, under the law, should
be required to make all charges reason
able and unreasonable charges should be
prohibited maintain and provide service
in all respects safe and adequate; rates
should not be changed without 30 days
notice having. been given; the charges
for any service should be the same to all
persons under the same conditions, and
refunds and rebates prohibited. and no
special privilege granted TO any person,
firm or corporation unless the same priv
ilege Is open TO all under similar eondi-
tions provide for telephone and tele-
graph companies to transmit messages
from connecting lines; supervise the street
ear companies as Is now being done in the
case of railroads, etc.
1T would be necessary to give the rail-
road commission full power and authority
10 put the public utilities act into effect,
and much care would be required In draw
ing the bill.
1T is not al all necessary TO create a
separate commission and it seems that
the development of the state demands a
law Of this character for the protection
of the citizens"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
Would Place Corporations
Under Supervision of the
Railroad Commission
is NO NECESSITY
OF NEW OFFICERS
Statement of Mr.. Julian Is Regarded
as Significant-Bill to Regulate
Water Power Companies
May Be Introduced

Frank n Julian, associate member of
the railroad commission. is preparing
,bill under the provisions OF which the
control of all public utility corporations
would be entrusted to the railroad conf
mission.
Mr.. Julian. who spent yesterday in Biz
mingham thinks that the railroad COM
mission should have supervision of all
public utility corporations. for that would
eliminate the necessity of creating new
offices lie is of the opinion that street
car companies, telephone companies, tele-
graph companies, companies making cleo
tricity and developing latent water power.
terminal companies and all others of a
similar nature should be controlled by
the commission as the railroads are con-
troled at the present time, Should his
bill be enacted the rates to be charged
consumers would be controlled by the
commission.
Statement Significant
This statement of Mr. Julian, especially
In view of the fact that the Develop
ment of Alabama water power is just in
its initial stage. is generally deemed sig
1
the next regular session of the legisla-
ture some bill providing state supervi-
sion for the companies developing and
selling water power. will be enacted. Mr.
Julian said:
1.-THE need for the state to assume SUI
pervision of the public utilities of the
state is made more apparent every day.
The recent announcement that various
corporations are being organized to oper-
ate public utility plants should make our
lawmakers give this matter considera-
tion.
''Since l have been a member of the
railroad commission l have given this
subject much thought and am now pre-
pairing a bill to be presented to the leg
islature
Fortunately. no great hardship has
been imposed on the people up to the
present time by lack of laws of this
character and statute controlling COM
panes of the character that can be
classed as public utilities will no doubt
be of lasting benefit to the people of the
state.
Would Mean No New Officers
1T is my opinion that law should be
enacted giving the railroad commission
power to supervise and regulate these
companies or corporations BY this means
no new offices would be created, and as
this plan has worked successfully in a
number Of states, 1t should prove sat
| lsfaetory here.
'As to the powers of the commission
the act should define what are public
utilities and specifically set out just what
should come under the supervision of the
commission.
street railroads, pipe lines, gas plants
gas companies electric plants, electrical
corporations, hydro-eleetrie power plants,
telephone lines and corporations, telegraph
| corporations and lines, water corpora
| tions, transfer companies operating under
! franchise from common carriers or ter
ninal companies. the supervision Of
| wharves or docks. and In fact any corpo-
ration or association engaged in public
utility service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19
HUNTERS DECLARE
QUAIL ARE SCARCE
Heavy Rains of Last Spring
Are Responsible
EGGS WASHED AWAY
Only Ten Days of Season Remain and
Sportsmen Are Making Vigorous
Preparations to BE in
the Field
EGGS WASHED AWAY

That the persistent rains of last
spring counteracted the benefieent in
fluence of the game laws of John II.
Wallace, Jr, is the expert opinion of
those who are in best position to know
those who hunt quail.
The season will be gone after another
ten days. and the sportsmen are be-
moaning the fact that wherever they
coveys few and coveys small, where
many large and prosperous coveys
lurked before.
While several of the sportsmen smile
Whenever Wallaces laws are men,
toned, the majority of them are gem
erous eriough TO admit that the present
condition is due to the rains which fell
last spring, when the eggs were in
the nest and washed therefrom. Or
abandoned b. the hen after splendid
battle against the raging deluge
Hunters on Conditions
Arch Henderson, Birmingham most
persistent searcher after quail, said
yesterday: Birds are scarce every
where. much scarcer than last season
The rains of the spring are respon-
sible."
p II. Robertson of St Clair said
There are no birds in nay section Of
the state Tho eoveys are very small"
j. s. Williams of Barbour county,
said: Il have never thought the game
laws of Wallace were effective. How
ever, they do no harm. 1t is proba BILE.
Birds in Barbour are scarcer than ever
before
w. J. Hester of Sumter, said BIRDS
are scarcer In Sumter than in several
years. The rains in the spring did the
work"
Claude Nelson of Tuscaloosa, said
where We found Is coveys last winter.
we now find two or three. It is prob =
able that the hard rains of the spring
are responsible"
). NJ. Shaw, one of the wardens OF
st. clair. said: IF you remember, last
spring was the most rainy spring we
have ever had. The eggs We're washed
away and the birds which were Matched
were drowned in great numbers. 1 re-
Gently found a nest OF partridge eggs
which were abandoned by the hen dur
ing the nesting season. She had evil
IDENTIFY been forced TO leave the eggs
on account of the terrible rain"
Warden Rosenstihl Explat.s
John j. Rosenstihl, Jefferson coun-
ty's warden. said: 1T Is true that there
are fewer partridges this season than
IN several years. OF course, this fact
cannot be construed as a criticism for
lack OF effectiveness of the game laws.
For the man who considers the game
laws ineffective cannot possibly argue
that they do harm. AS a matter of
fact. the rains of last spring, when
fell throughout the state and for long
periods, are responsible for present con-
ditions."
Despite those lamentable facts. the
huntsmen are preparing to be In the
fields during the ensuing ten days. and
the birds which still remain are in
danger of being wiped off the face OF
the earth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-19

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-17
JOHNSON DISPLEASED
At Release of Stahl as Manager of the
Red Sex.


New York, July l7--President B. B,
Johnson of the American league, who
left this city last night for Detroit, APP
peared both surprised and vexed TO learn
that Jake" StahI had been relieved of
ythe management of the worlds champion
Red SoX by President McAleer of the
Boston club. Commenting on the re-
lease of Stahl, johnson said:
Il deeply regret that Mr.. McAleer act
ed so hastily There was no reason for
relieving Stahl of the management of
the Boston team at this time, and he
was entitled 10 every consideration the
Boston club and the American league
could give him. Stahl won the world $
championship for the American league
last fall, vet in spite of that fact he was
released bS Mr.. MeAleer in midseason
and right in his home city, Chicago.
Stahl cannot be held accountable for
the poor showing of the Red Sox this
season. Gardner, Yerkes, Wagner, Lew
is and Wood have all been out of the
game on account of injuries, and Stahl
himself was unable to play on account
of an injury to his foot | feel that the
American league may be sharply criti-
cised for Mr. McAleer's hasty and ill
advised action, and if | had been in Chi
cago yesterday Stahl would not have
been let out in such a fashion. If it
were absolutely necessary to put some
one else in charge of the Red Sox. it
could have been done at the close of the
season. As it is, Stahl has been humili-
ated in his home city, and the American
league has been placed in the unenviable
position of dropping in mid-season a
manager who won the worlds champion
ship last fall Stahl was an honorable
and competent manager and was highly
esteemed in our league"