The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-10
Department OF
HdrOdrd and NJ. l. T. Merged

| Boston. January 9-The engineering de-
| partments of Harvard university and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology are
to be combined as the result of an agree
ment reached tonight Heads of both in
stitutions. said the plan constituted the
most important movement toward the
conservation of educational forces that
| the country has ever known.
BY the agreement the combined depart
ments of mechanical engineering, cleo
trical engineering, civil and sanitary en-
sineering and mining engineering Eand
nietallurgy, are to be conducted in new
buildings of the institute. Harvard will
discontinue its schools of applied science
| in, these departments
| The president of Technology will be
| the executive head of the cooperative
work and the faculty viii consist of the
| highly of Bodeker, saying he was known
1 as one of best police chiefs in country:
| that his opinion was that trouble in get
| ting convictions was more the fault OF
| the juries than the judges or the attor-
| neys.
| Walter Fowlkes
| Walter Fowlkes stated he hadslived here
| 26 years and was Unreal estate business;
| that vagrancy, houses of i'll repute, gam
/ bling and other crime were not any more
prevalent now than in past years; that
| he thought Bodeker one of "straightest
| fellows in the world; that in his opinion
| Bodeker was not a CRATER; that Bodeker
| was a proficient, courageous and able
| chief Of police; that Bodeker was held in
| highest esteem by thoughtful, intelligent
! business men of city; that there were
some fanatics in Birmingham and some
| of them oppose Bodeler; that, there were
| no more gambling dens in Birmingham
than any city of it's size; that he was
a close friend of Bodeker's; that Bode-
ker had supported his brother for sheriff.
F. B. Freeman
| f. B. Freeman stated he operated
| Terminal and jefferson hotel; that Grim
inal conditions were no worse here
than other places of similar size; that
conditions are good when small size
| of police force is considered; thatsser-
vices rendered him by Bodeker and his
force was efficient and able: that there
were many vagrants in city and police
were catching them right along.
Col. B. T.. Selman 81
Col. B. T. Selman, a retired travelling
man and merchant, and pioneer citi-
zen of Birmingham, stated that he had
Travelled all over continent; that crimi-
nal conditions were no worse here than
other cities; that he had heard Bodeker
spoken of highly by people in all parts
of country; that he thought Bodeker
had natural and exceptional ability for
position he held; that he did not be-
/ lieve Bodeker or his force got any
graft: that Bodeker was famous as a
detective,. that he (witness) had been
! connected with Moore & Handley for
many years.
G.. ID. Carnes
G. D. Carnes, North Birmingham
| merchant said that people of North
Birmingham thought Bodeker an ef-
| hcient, honest and able official; that
| conditions are better in North Bir-
mingham than before coming into
Greater Birmingham.
w. P. G. Harding
w. P. G. Harding, president of the
First National bank and of Chamber
of Commerce, stated that he regarded
Bodel<er as very capable officer; that
he always found Bodeker accomo-
dating and efficient; that Bodeker was
a poor man; that Boleker had borrowed
money from his bank for many years;
that he was correct in his dealings;
that he had never seen anything TO
indicate Bodeker got graft from gam
blers; that Birmingham was just about
as good" as any town; that record of
arrests showed police force had dii-
ficult problem to handle.
Maben Hobson
Maben Hobson, coal operator, stated
he was alderman when Bodeker was
chief of police; that he thought Bodeker
an honest and efficient chief of police;
that enforcement of law with condi
tions such as they are was as good as
any man could do; that he knew force
was not large enough; that the police
lprotectiop was very poor, but he be-
/ lieved no man could do better with
small force and large town; that there
were lots of thieves in his neighbor-
hood that a man in his employ had
4 lost money gambling.
E. B. Crawford
E. B. Crawford. assistant cashier OF
American Trust and Savings bank,
stated he had lived here Is years;
that he esteemed Bodeker very highly
as an officer; that he thought Bodeker
an able and efficient official that busi-
ness men regard Bodeker very highly;
! that there Is prohibition faction very
bitter against Bodeker; that his knoWi-
edge was general.
Lige Chandler g.
4 .Idge Chandler, we'll known merchant,
stated law enforcement and criminal con-
ditions were no worse now than in past;
that it, goes without saying that police
problems of Birmingham are more dltfl-
cult now than ever before; that Bodeker
was best chief city had ever had; that
law enforcement is good as 1t could
be under circumstances such as large
city. small force. and financial condition
of city; that he thought courageous. hon
est and efficient and the business men
generally thought the same thing: that
his (witness) brother-in-law was manaS-
ing editor of the Memphis News-Scimlter
and had stated that If Bodeker would
line up Memphis as he had Birmingham,
he would be satisfied and he was pro-
hibitionist; that Bodeker caught man who
robbed his house. convicted him and re-
turned stolen property; that he thought
record of police force last year was most
excellent: that he thought city commits
collections of fines and forfeitures: that
.'Marse Jim Weatherly and Frank Gaf-
ford ought to be delighted at number OF
men worked on streets"
w. A. Porter
i, w A. Porter stated he had lived here 4
years. that Bodeker was as good chlei
as city could get; that people in general
thought Bodeker a good chief that he
did not believe criminal conditions were
worse here than in past; that he did not
believe Bodeker got any graft money
that Bodeker was comparatively poor
man; that he regarded record Of police
force in past year very excellent.
Hugh McGeever