The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-10

1t was announced that both Harvard
and Technology are to ren.ain unaffect-
edsin; name.- Organization and. in title to
property. while Harvard is TO give some
| equipment and interest on funds that it
holds.
President Lowell of Harvard said to-
night:
The plan is favorabls to both insttu-
tions. Both acting IN concert can further
tn. welfare of the community better than
| either working alone" = u
| President MacLaurin said: =
Under the scheme of cooperation it
would be possible to maintain much
stronger school of applied science than
either institution can furnish; and it would
he possible to keep that school prac-
tically unrivalled in America, and, indeed,
i'll the world"
! criminals haunts, had been swept out by
i police force in last four or five years;
that record of police in past year was
| very good.
Judge John III. Miller
| Judge John H. Miller was the first wit
ness at {the night, session. He stated hs
was never thrown with a more efficient.
upright officer than Bodeker that as a
| man and citizen he had highest regard
and esteem for Bodeker;a that Bodeker's
office was one of most important in state
and he did not believe there was a more
efficient man to fill it than Bodeker; that
he lived in Norwood as a neighbor of
Bodeker and was as familiar with him
as a man and a citizen as an official:
that law and order has been as good
here in last three or four years as ever
before. If not better that he was not
much impressed by grand jury reports
OF crime and laWlessness; that a citizen
who is really interested in his city can
know just about what is going on by
means of his associations. with fellow
citizens from time to time: that consid-
ering size of city and area and small
size of police force he thought Bodeker
was doing as well as any man could:
| that record of police department. during
| last year was very excellent. Stfs
II. 7. FodriII
H. T. Blodrill stated that the witness
Kimbrough who had testified against
Bodeker had lost his job with the Un-
derwood Typewriter company, where he
| (witness9 was employed.
AL C. CARRIER
| Al C. CARRIER, cashier of the Merchants
and Mechanics bank. stated he had been
| in birmingham almost nine years; that
| his idea of Bodeker was that he could
not be eXcelled as an officer and was
VI HlSHs StdHu1HB as q man. that he ala
not believe Bodeker got a penny of graft;
| that he believes the public has unlimited
confidence in Bodeker that he believes
him an honest' upright citizen; that Grim
inal conditions in Birmingham We're as
good as they could be under the cir
cumstances; that conditions were, no
worse now as regards law and order than
any time in past: that Bodeker ahad
handled numerous cases for s-bank and
had rendered efficient and able service.
that II. w. Eggler was a saloon man;
that he remembered Bodeker giving Egg
Ter note for $780, that Eggler gave
note to bank to COLLECT and Bodeker paid
it; that he did not remember if note was
dated October II, 1911, after saloons had
come in that he would look up this date
for the commissions: that thes'reeord of
he police department for 1913 was very
good. IL. f3a lia@
Judge e. c. Grow
Judge r. G. Crow of the Jefferson coun
ty circuit court stated he had lived here
many years and had opportunity to Judge
criminal conditions; that he regarded
Bodeker as an efficient official. and an
honest and good man: that he had man
aged two campaigns for Bodeker; that
| as far as he. knew the SAMPLERS. had put
up no campaign funds.
c. +. Latuille 49,
brough, one of Mr.. Austin's employees.
had telephoned to him and Mr. VIII
son to come to Mr.. Austin,s office; that
Mr., Wilson was an employe of Brooks
Lawrence.
X. f. Lussier r
r. F. Lussier, a reporter stated he
mad been police reporter since February.
that he had been in many other cities
and thought conditions as good here as
anywhere. s -if =
nj. B. Earle = -
NJ. b. Earle stated that he was in
spector of service for Southern Rail-
way company, covering $4,000 miles of
track which takes in nearly all. the
southern states: that in last few years
he had been probably in every south
ern city of any size: that his duties
We're to look after robbery and crime
on his company's lines; that he had
worked with Bodeker day and night
as detective on all kinds of cases;
that since Bodeker became chief he
(Bodeker) had aided witness in very
many cases by giving him. the assist
ance of himself and members of his
department Witness recited numerous
incidents in which Bodeker had helped
witness catch thieves and recover
stolen goods; that he regarded Bod
eker as good chief and efficient po-
lice officer; that he had heard Chief
PoIce Reggin of Buffalo, N Y, Major
sylvester, chief of police of Washing
ton, and many other men in all parts
OF country pay. high compliments to
Bodeker as an efficient and able po-
lice official: that conditions of vag-
rants and thieves existed in .I3irming-
nam which Were peculiar, to- this city
| on account of its. industries. mines and
factories; that thieves and general
criminal conditions are no worse in
birmingham than any city of it's kind
ana size; that he had much more trou-
nle In Memphis. comparatively, with
thieves and robbers in his company's
| cars than in Birmin CHAM: that there
| We're epidemics of crime in Brming-
| NAM that Birmingham is his head
quarters and he is here about one third
| of his time: that Bodeker had COM
| planned to him at times of his force
| being too small, that he did not re-
member Bodeer ever complaining to
| him about giving men to help witness:
Tor crime than Birmingham; that there
We're a great many vagrants in ,Bir-
mingham ~
| Herman Saks
| Herman Saks, well known clothier,
stated he had lived here about 80 years; y;
that there was no more crime here now,
| speaking comparatively, than in years
past; that he had known Bodeker 20
years; that he thought Bodeker an
efficient and able chief; that Bodek er
was an honest and upright man in bus
| mess affairs; that Bodeker gave peo-
| pie good police protection for the size
of his force that there was only one
| .O1sz nj.