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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
TO SELL POTLATCH
BUTTONS ON STREET
CORNERS IN TOWN
One Dollar for Button
Means Fifty Cents for
Flood Victims
CIVIC CHAMBER
DIRECTORS MEET
Chamber of Commerce Enthusiastic in
Deciding to Hold Potlatch and Aid
the Flood Sufferers Also.
Luncheon Today
COMMITTEES ASSIGNED
TO WORK STREET CORNERS

AT a luncheon at the Morris hotel
at o'clock today every worker in
the potlatch button campaign will
meet and plans as to the future
work of the campaign will be made
! and reports of ,he days work
made.
Following is the way the teams
will be stationed on the street cor
ners at o'clock this morning.
Team No. l, northwest corner
First and Twentieth
Team No. 2, northeast corner
First and Twentieth
Team No. 3, southwest corner
First and Twentieth.
Team No. 4. southeast corner
First and Twentieth.
Team No. 3, northeast corner
Second and Nineteenth.
Team No. 6, northwest corner
Second and Nineteenth.
Team No. 7, southwest corner
Second and Nineteenth.
. Team No. s. southeast corner
Second and Nineteenth
Team No. 8, northeast corner
. Second and Twentieth.
Team No. 10, northwest corner
Second and Twentieth.
Team No. II, southwest corner
: Second and Twentieth.
Team No. -, southeast corner
; Second and Twentieth.
Team No. 13, northwest corner
Third and Nineteenth.
Team No "a, northeast corner
; Third and Nineteenth.
Team No. 10, southwest corner
: Third and Nineteenth.
Team No. 16. southeast corner
Third and Nineteenth.
Team No. IL, northwest corner
Third and Twentieth.
Team No. IS, northeast corner
; Third and Twentieth.
Team No. 19, southwest corner
Third and Twentieth.
Team No. %. southeast corner
Third and Twentieth.
Teams Nos. 81 and 22, all corners
First and Nineteenth.
Teams Nos. % and "a, all corners
!; Twenty-first and Second.
; Team No. %, all corners Third
; and Twenty-first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
EXUM ISSUES PROCLAMATION;
MUZZLE ALL DOGS FOR 90 DAYS

board at its meeting held March %,
1913, this proclamation is issued re-
quirfng that, for period OF ninety
900 days. all dogs in the city limits,
mot chained or leashed, shall be Sc
curely muzzled so as prevent them from
swapping or biting, and any dog not
so muzzled, chained or leashed, going
at large or on the streets or highways
of said city during said 80 days. shall
be taken up, empounded and destroyed
as provided by the laws and ordinances
of said city, and any person falling to
comply with this provision is subject
to arrest and fine This proclamation
shall not apply to dogs while on the
owners premises, which are securely
fenced off from the public highways
"cULPEPPER ExUM
president Board of Commissioners"
Attest: II. s. RYALL. City Clerk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

II being presented to the commission
by the city health officers that 80 per-
sons have been bitten by dogs afflicted
with rabies during the past three
months, President Culpepper Exum of
the commission yesterday issued a
PROCLAMATION ordering the muzzling of
dogs for 80 days. The proclamation
says that dogs that are not 1eashed or
chained must be securely muzzled to
keep them from biting. The prolama-
tion goes into effect Immediately and
follows:
PROCLAMATION
1T having been made to appear to
the board of commissioners of the city
of Birmingham that there are good rea-
sons for believing that there are dogs
in said city which are mad or are af-
ficted with rabies. Now, therefore. in
accordance with instructions of said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
SUITS FILED

The following were among the suits filed
yesterday in the city court of Birming-
ham:
c. r. Turner vs. Birmingham Railway
Light and Power company: $500 damages
claimed for alleged personal injuries
o. w. Taylor VS.. Sloss-Sheffield Steel
and Iron company; $1,000 damages claimed
for alleged personal injuries.
j. NJ West VS.. Southern Express com
pany; 5000 damages claimed for an al
legged wrongful arrest and Imprisonment
Lola Harris VS.. Central of Georgia Rail-
road company; $4,000 damages claimed by
the plaintiff who alleges that she was put
off train operated by defendant COM
pany before reaching her destination.
Mrs. Nettie Burkheiser vs.. Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company; $1,000
damages claimed by the plaintiff who al
legcs she was carried beyond her destina-
tion while passenger on the South Ems
ley car line.
w. T. Tanner Us. Birmingham Railway.
Light and Power company. The plaintiff
claims $1,000 for alleged personal injuries
to his wife.
Joe Brown VS.. Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company: $4,000 damages
claimed for alleged personal injuries.
Hattie Smith VS.. the Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company; $1,000
damages claimed by the defendant, who
alleges she was carried beyond her desti-
anton.
]. S. Brown, administrator of the estate
of Van Kelly, VS.. Pratt Consolidated
Coal company; s299s damages is claimed
for the death of the intestate, who was
killed in the company's mines.
J. A. Robinson VS.. Birmingham Railway.
Light and Power company. The plaintiff
claims $4,000 damages for alleged per-
sonal injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
Motion Oyerruled

Motion for summary judgment against
Attorney W. NJ. Woodall was overruled
yesterday by Judge II. A. Sharpe of the
city court The motion was filed by At
torney w. r Stewart, who alleged that
Mr.. Woodall was Illegally withholding
money that properly belonged to Ella
Collins, administrative, said money al
legged to have been received on an insur-
ance policy. A dispute as to attorney
fee was ihe basis of the suit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
Wagon and Car Collide

William Cole. fruit dealer, who re-
sides at E.ightieth street and Walker
avenue. was slightly injured yesterday
afternoon when an East Lake electric
car and his wagon eollided The fruit
wagon was smashed and the horse kNsd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29


Every person who buys a potlatch but
ton or hatpin from this time on will
he giving so cents to the flood sufferers
in this state and in the north
This action was authorized by the board
of directors of the Chamber of Commerce
at a special meeting yesterday afternoon
at 4 o'clock at chamber headquarters.
II was taken because the board could not
allow its potlatch committee to resume
its campaign for raising funds for the
celebration of Brmingham's prosperity
without first taking some steps looking
to the aid of the victims whose horrible
nlIght has been told of in the press dis
patches of the last two or three days.
= In addition the members of the board
voluntarily decided to take up active
work in the present campaign and aid
the teams not working in selling the
potlatch buttons and hatpins to finance
the celebration.
Special Committee to Work
And in further sympathy with the SUI
ferers from the floods, President w. p.
G. Harding was authorized to appoint
a special committee to go to work today
and canvass the city for subscriptions to
the food sufferers fund. This commit
tee is j. A. VanHoose. chairman; w.
n. Malone, T. III. Motion, r M. Jackson,
r. NJ Goodall, Robert Jemison, Sr., J.
b. Gibson and the cashiers of all the
banks of the city. who were also au-
thorized to receive funds from anyone
wishing to aid in relieving, the victims.
The fund will be apportioned among the
Alabama sufferers from the recent hur-
ricare and flood and the northern states
III way to be determined later by the
chamber board of directors, it being stated
yesterday that two-thirds would prob
ably go to Alabama and the other third
to the north
About 5000 buttons have been sold up
to last night making $4,000 for the pot
latch fund. One or two men were of
the opinion yesterday that the potlatch
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Confined on Page Seven)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
Membership of Board

Il That the board OF revenue and the
city commission, do both agree to the
appointment of a board of public welfare.
composed of five citizens to be appointed.
one by each OF the following bodies: First,
the county board of revenue; second, the
city commission; third the Chamber of
Commerce; fourth, the directors of the
Interchurch association; fifth, the JEFF
ferson County Medical associa ton. That
you refer to said committee or board.
all appropriations or applications for the
appropriation of public funds by charit-
able institutions, whether already receiv-
ing such aid or hereafter requesting such
aid; the said board of public welfare 10
make investigation and to give recon-
mendation in each instance. 1t shall 90
understood that all such recommendations
shall be advisory merely, and that MEM
bers of the board of public welfare shall
serve for one year without remunera-
ton.
- That the city commission and board
OF revenue do adopt d resolution requir-
ing each and every charitable institu-
tion or organization receiving public funds
for the support OF such institution TO
render 10 the said city commission ami
loard OF revenue, monthly. quarterly or
annually, as may be determined, an item
lied, verified statement of all its receipts.
whether from public or private sources,
and all its disbursements, an Identical
copy OF such report being filed with the
board of public welfare who shall have
access TO the books of such institutions
or organizations.
-. That said board OF city commission
ers and board of revenue each appoint
representative of your body, whether q
member thereof or not. who shall serve
on this board of public welfare.
j. ". MOORE,
u. Z. STUBBS.
LANES BOWRON.'s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
slemp Writes O'Neill

ssWashington, d. c., March % 1918.
"Mr. John w. O'Neill. President Jefferson
County Good Roads Association. Bir-
n1ingham, Ala.
my dear Sir:I am very much obliged
to yon for your courteous invitation to
attend the National Good Roads fedora
tion. l am not sure that I shall be able
to attend this meeting. though ] should
greatly like to do so. 1t comes at time
when we are in the midst of tariff legis-
lation, and l fear that | will not be able
to leave here. If / find it is possible to
do SO, | shall certainly come to Birming-
ham for that occasion.
81 have been interesting myself in the
parliamentary situation here In Congress
as affecting the good roads movement,
or federal aid to the good roads move
ment, and | am sure that we will not
accomplish much until we have a COM
mittee of the House whose sole work
will be the work of post roads
Such a committee would bear the same
relation to postroads as the rivers and
harbors committee bears to rivers and
harbors. and the public building commit
tee bears to public buildings. Once we
have commit ee of this kind estab-
lished, we will certainly get results and
that undoubtedly is the next step to take
from this end. If we all concentrate
our attention on this, our next fight will
be to urge that committee to bring out d
bill, just like the rivers and harbors COM
mittee brings out a bill every year and
the public buildings committee brings
out bill every year This action, of
course would be opposed by all those
who are opposed to federal aid for the
simple reason that they know II we have
such committee we will certainly get
legislation, or certainly have a bill De-
fore the House on which to vote.
THE weakness of the effort for public
aid to good roads has been due to the
diffusion Of efforts in a parliamentary
way here. The postoffice committee
which might have jurisdiction of it, is
so busy with postal affairs that they
do not feel responsible for lack Of leg
islation and no one holds them respon-
sible for 1t. But if we had separ~te
committee that committee would feel the
responsibility and the country would de-
mand legislation from them and would
get it,
THE National Highways association
met in Washington recently and unani-
mously indorsed my proposition, and II
your national association would also do
this, it would be step nearer in bring
ing about the result Very truly.
&C. 3. SLEMP."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

clear title to- other property the COM
pany was selling? Does he not remember
that his company sold the property for
cash money, and we now propose to sell
on credit?
"ff Mr. Exum looks with favor OH the
city owning the property, we fear his anx-
iety to serve the city and procure a bar
gain has caused him to underestimate be-
fore investigating its present condition
and comparing what 1t is now and what 1t
WAS when his company sold Il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
Invite Investigation

I'VE would suggest that you might first
decide whether you want to acquire this
property for the city. IL you do not
want it, then further negotiations would
be useless If you do want 1t, then we
invite thorough investigation as to the
conditions as herein stated, the price of
surrounding property, etc.
THE owners are so well satisfied that
their proposition is reasonable that we
are authorized TO say that they are will
ing to leave the proposition 10 a commit
tee of three disnterestcd citizens, such
committee to consist of well informed
and reliable men to be agreed upon by
you and ourselves.
I'VE are informed that certain parties
have stated that the property has oeen
dedicated and already belongs to the city
This the owners deny. and do now inform
you that this question has already been
decided by the best attorneys in Birming-
ham and passed upon by the courts. How
ever. this is question for your attorney
to pass upor should you agree TO purchase
the property and Is bridge we will cross
when we get to il. -ta-t~a -
we herewith attach memorandum OF
some OF the improvements and cost there
of made before the present owners ac-
qnired said property, and also. showing
Improvements and equipment and the cost
thereof since the present owners ac-
quired the property. Yours truly,
"MOLTON REALTY Co, AGENT.
by r. Ii. Motion, President"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
Delegate From Alaska

Mrs. Suzzanna Rognon Bernardo of
Nome, Alaska, who is now visiting in the
states, writes that she will attend the
conv venton as a delegate from Alaska.
Mrs. Bernardo will make talk, giving
a concise survey of the work done by the
United States government on the roads
in Alaska under Major Richardson, the
noted good roads builder of that far away
country. She will tell of the summer road
building in Alaska, of winter travel over
snow trails, and of the United States
road commissioner blazing new trail
from Mt. Mckinley.
The principal aim of the convention,
which meets here April "a and 20. is the
consolidation into one great body of all
the national good roads federations and
associations. of which there are quite
number. This was done some time ago
by the rivers and harbors organizations
of the country, and they have been DO
ing much better work since
Delegates have been invited from every
good roads organization in the United
States to be present at this convention,
and such a consolidation will be formed
if possible. The following letter from
Congressman C. B. Slemp of Virginia to
John w. O'Neill, president of the Jeffer-
son County Good Roads association. is
along this line and gives some valuable
suggestions:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
MUCH INTEREST IN
GOOD ROADS MEET
Delegates Already Named
From Many States
TO NAME COMMITTEES
Advisory Board Of National Good
Roads Federation Will Meet Mon
day-Congressman Slemp
Makes Suggestions

Much interest is being aroused all over
the United States in the coming meeting
OF the National Good Roads federation,
which meets in Birmingham on April "a,
25. Already delegates have been appoint
ed from the states Of Tennessee, South
Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Massa-
chusetts, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Okla
homa, Louisiana. Kentucky, Texas, New
York, Ala ska and Alabama. Numbers of
delegates have been appointed from COM
mercial bodies, good roads organizations
and farmers unions from the various
states. Quite number of mayors of
ing representation. 1t is believed that
nearly every state in the union will be
represented at this meeting.
The advisory board of the National
Good Roads federation will meet in the
directors room of the Chamber of Com
merce Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
and at this meeting various sub commit
tees will be appointed to take charge of
the local entertainment of the delegates.
1t is planned that the good roads people
will arrange for an automobile ride on
some of the splendid roads of Jefferson
county, also to show the convicts at
work on the public roads
The good roads committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce, through ii. NJ. Beck,
has raised the necessary funds and
helped to secure the convention, and 1t
is up to the citizens of Birmingham to
arrange the proper entertainment. AL
1-ao 1v lat
of inquiry in regard to rates and asking
that reservations be made for delegates
from various states. The prospects are
that the hotels are going to be crowded
during this convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
Not Ready to Give Opinion


The communication TO the commission
suggesting the creation of the board was
nade to President Cupepper Exum and
later to Judge A. o. Lane Naturally
the commissioners have not given tho
proposition thought enough to announce
their opinion, but both indicated that the
suggestion was interesting and appealed
to them considerably
The communication follows.
''To the Board Of Revenue and to the
Board of City Commissioners
"Gentemen:-Be aware of the large
number Of applications which are made
TO you by charitable and philanthropie
institutions for the appropriation of pub
lie funds for their usage. and beiev-
ing that such appropriations should be
made only upon full information gathered
after a thorough investigation as to the
efficiency of and public need for such an
institution; and realizing that it is very
difficult and even impossible for you to
make such thorough investigation. owing
to the many duties and responsibilities
which devolve upon you, we therefore re-
spectfully beg to submit to you at this
time the following suggestions:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29

tco.tinued o. Page Seven,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-29
BOwrOn, Moore and Stubs
Submit Idea to the
Commission
NOT READY TO
| GIVE AN OPINION.
Board Would Consist of Five Men,
bers-Would Have Charitable In
stitutions File Report of Re-
ceipts and Disbursements

The suggestion was made yesterday TO
the city commission and to the board OF
revenue for the appointment of board
OF public welfare. The duties of that
board shall be to pass upon the applica-
tions of all charitable organizations that
esk of the Birmingham public and Of
ficials for financial aid. The proposition
was made TO the city by James Bow
ron. j. d. Moore and j. +. Stubbs of the
Young Mems Christian association. act
ing as committee
The suggestion is that the board be
composed OF five members to serve with
cut pay One shall be appointed by the
commission. one by the board of reve-
nue., one by the directors of the Inter-
church association, one by the jefferson
County Medical society and the other by
the Chamber of Commerce.
That the city authorities and county Of
fieials have little time to investigate all
requests for aid thoroughly and that such
work could be handled by this board of
public welfare is one of the claims for
that proposed organization. The sugges-
tion Is also made that the charitable in
stltutions OF Birmingham shall file a
verified copy of receipts and disburse-
ments from public and private sources
and an identical copy of that report shall
be filed with the board of public well
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-11
TINES REPUBLICAN, MARsHAILrovN lowA NOVEMBER ii,
Li.eemb News Notes.

d
Mr.. and Mrs, George Hauser are Wis
iting relatives In Indiana.
Nelson Tiscus has returned from
Coal City, Ind. where he had been to
attend the. golden wedding Of his par
ents.
Mrs, George Collamer, Of Council
Bluffs, is visiting her sister. Mrs. T. j.
Myers.
j. NJ. stonestreet Of Marshalltown. is
visiting at the ]. b. Sweet home.
Mrs. Ellen ]. Anderson. Of MARSHALL
town, spent Wednesday at the George
Anderson home.
L. w. Beatty has sold his barber
shop to Mr.. Readout, of Prairieville.
Possession will be given Dec. 1.
Mrs. Julia Gunderson, of LIE Grand,
is visiting at the Kjormoe home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Johnson, Of
Marshalltown spent Sunday at the j..
B. Sweet home.
The Elmer Boyd family enjoyed a
pleasant family reunion Tuesday even
ing, the occasion being Mr.. Boyd's
fiftieth birthday anniversary. Mr.. Boyd
was presented with a fine chair by
his sons and daughters.
Harry Russell of Allendorf. has been
visiting at the home Of his sister, Mrs.
Pardon Head.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Win Grouse came
down from Grundy Center Wednesday
for short visit at the E. e. Boyd
home.
Mrs H. II. Sanders, Of New York.
who has been visiting her mother. Mrs.
Louisa Crist, left Tuesday for her
home.
The next number Of the lecture
course, the Olympian Sisters Quartet.
colored. will appear at the Christian
church Monday evening.
Mrs. Mary Van VooI his, Of near Con-
rad, is visiting at the w. o. Van Voor-
his home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-11

Archdeacon Hudson Stuck. who real
ly did scale Mount Mckinley. thereby
earning undying renown. IL solemn OF
visaGe. but he has sense Of humor.
The chills OF tho highest point on the
North American continent did not rob
him OF 1t. and It has passed unscathed
thru the siege OF questions about his
experience since he came to New York
to attend the triennial convention OF
the Episcopal church. The other night
when some one began talking about
Mount McKinley--being perhaps the
ten thousandth 80 to do--the explorer
remarked that he wished he had faith
as a grain OF mustard seed that would
remove Mount Mckinley.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-11
Jap Servants.

A New York woman who has tackled
the servant problem from many an
giles says that the Japanese would far
excel the folk OF all other nations In
household service except for their ex-
cessive fidelity to directions. One Of
the little men OF the east was being
Instructed in how to make certain
kind OF cake. The mistress OF the
house found that the first egg which
she broke was bad and threw 1t
away. The servant thereafter. in spite
of remonstrances. always began oper-
atoms in making that particular kind
Of cake by breaking one egg and toss
ing 1t away.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-11
FoR sALE-lowA FARMS.

One hundred sixty acre farm. thirty
five miles west Of Dss Moines. three
miles of Dexter: we'll improved; good
house and barn, cribs. granary. !!..pie-
ment. hog and poultry house. scales.
fine orchard; nicc location: $50 acres
I'm crop. 80 in pasture, Must b cold.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-11
lrreverence.

You know how it is when a man
grows fat and the rolls OF fat at tho
back of his neck are sort of piled ono
above the other until stopped by the
base of his skull. Well, man with
the rear of his neck disposed that way
was sitting at the theater one evening
In a seat just In front OF one who
isn't reverent
The latter contemplated the exuber-
ant layers of flesh surmounting tho
tat mans collar. Then. pointing to
them, he remarked, soto voce. to the
companion beside him:
Look at the plate OF buckwheat
cakes."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-11

The regular Elks dance will be to-
night at the club rooms Eppell's
orchestra Committee.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-11
CUT RATE a14lPplNo,

Cut reHs ON household eoodo ~
Pacific coast and other pointe ~.
perior service at reduced RATE tn
Boyd Transfsr Company. AinAsaDe
MINI. ~ ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-11

Silver and gold, particularly the lat
ter. are lavishly used on many new
evening frocks. One of these is illus
trated here. 1t is of black liberty satin
with crossed bodice and an inset OF
lace. The tunic is of gold flllet lace.
1t has girdle of the gold lace and
sash ends finished with gold tassels.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-11

Don't forget-Fred Hopkins 4 Son
the popular tailorS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-11

A. J. Busby, Of Waterloo, manager
on business.