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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
ACIPCO Y. M. C.. A. is
IN FULL OPERATION
Section for Negroes Opened Last
Night With Appropriate Exercises.
Is Fully Equipped

The $4,000 Young Mems Christian asso-
citation building erected by the American
Cast Iron Pipe company at Acipco and
placed in the hands of the association, to
be used for the benefit of its employees, Is
now in complete operation. There are two
white people and one for negroes There
is no connection whatever between the
two sections. This is the only association
building in America so arranged, and it's
completion has attracted considerable at
tention.
Last night marked the formal >opening
of the colored department. j. r. Nc
Wane of Birmingham, vice president of
the pipe company, made the opening ad-
dress to a large audience of colored MEM
bers and employees. Several prominent
officials of the National Young Men $
Christian association We're present and
spoke in behalf of the associate Dr.
J. H. Whitted, pastor of the negro First
Baptist church of Birmingham, made
a stirring address to the members of his
race. The central association of Bir-
mingham was well represented on the oc-
casion, General Secretary Stallings and
President r. s. Munger being among
those speaking. The Acipco association
will belong to the industrial branch of the
Central association of Birmingham H.
A. Speere is secretary of the Acipco
Young Mems Christian association.
The section devoted to the use of white
people has been in successful operation
since it's formal opening on December /.
The efforts of the officials of the American
Cast Iron Pipe company in behalf of
white and colored employees have met with
the hearty cooperation of members Of
both races in the community surrounding
the plant.
There are now more than 800 members
of the colored department alone.
No attempt will be made to earn more
than operating expense in any depart
ment
The Young Mems Christian association
at Acipco is complete in every respect.
Commodious reading and locker rooms
and lecture halls are features of both
white and colored sections. There is a
large dormtory and shower baths are
numerous and convenient In the two sec
tons. The lunch room for white people is
we'll equipped and has been well patron
ized by the appreciative members, and
it is expected that the negro department
will do big business along this line from
the start. Well prepared and nourishing
food is served at nominal prices.
one of the most promising and beneficial
features OF association work at Acipco
will be community work. 1t will be the
earnest endeavor of the management to
make the building the community center
for cleanliness. enlightenment and alnuse-
ment Excellent moving picture machines
which have been provided are expected to
prove drawing cards among both races.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
COMMISSIONERS To
RESUME ROUTINE
Will Consider Avenue F
Franchise, Viaducts and
Other Problems Now

Beginning today, the city commits
sioners intend to get down to their old
routine of business again and take up
several of the important matters which
were left pending when the police de
partment investigation was taken up
some three weeks ago
1t was stated last night that the Ave-
nue. f franchise, the remaining of the
streets, the viaduct at Twenty-severth tn
street and First avenue and other such
matters would be taken under consid :
Grafton again and action taken on them
as speedily as possible
one of the first matters to be de-
cided by the commission now, it is said.
VIII be the Avenue + franchise for d
street car line AS will be remembered
there are several applications before
the commission for this franchise and
there is likely to be some interesting g
contests before the final grant is made.
This is part of the franchise former
~ granted to the Kelley interests and
forfeited by them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
CONGREGATIONS FAIL
TO INDORSE HOBSON
Resolutions Sent Out by Anti-Saloon
League Read by Pastors-Little
Enthusiasm Aroused

Marion, January 12.-(special.)-A in
direct effort to secure the Endorsement of
Richmond p. Hobson for senator from
Alabama proved a failure here on Sum
day. Resolution sent out by the Anti
Saloon League of America, asking the
pastors of all churches OF the United
States to read same and obtain the senti-
ment of the congregation on national pro-
hibition was read by, the Rev. George Z.
Waite at the Baptist church and the Rev
John James at the Methodist church, and
in each instance less than half dozen
vcters gave favorable expire ssion to the
resolution, which mentioned Mr.. Hobson
as the author.
The pastors of Marion's churches are ali
rev men and not familiar with the po-
litica1 situation in this district so far as
Coneressmen Underwood and Hobson are
CCncerned and 1t is due to them and to
tie Marion church members to say a
similar resolution emitting any candidates
name, would doubtless have received an
overwhelming vote of approval.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
MAY PUT HOUSTON
ON RESERVE BOARD
Believed Wilson Giving Mat
ter Serious Consideration.
Others Mentioned

Washington, January 21-It became
known tonight that serious consideration
will be given Secretary Houston of the
department of agriculture. in choosing
members of the new federal reserve
board. Mr. Houston took an active in
terest in the framing of the currency
act, and with Secretary McAdoo makes
up the reserve bank organization conf
mittee, which will launch reserve banks
and select reserve districts and cities
lie has been talked of among bankers
IS probable member of the reserve
board and members of Congress inter
ested say that they would not be sur
prised to see President Wilson name
him.
Among other prominent men mentioen1
IN Washington for places on the board
are Paul NJ Warburg of Kuhn, LocD
& Co, New York; James G. Cannon Of
the Fourth National bank, of New York;
and George NJ. Reynolds of the Continen-
tai and Commercial National bank, of
Chicago. With the return Of the Pres
ident tomorrow IL is expected that final
decision would be made on the appoint
ment of comptroller of the currency
who Is ex-officio a member of the reserve
board. 1t was regarded more proba BILE
than ever today that the President would
nominate J. S. Williams, who is assist
ant Secretary Of the Treasury. Among
Secretary McAdoo's callers today were
several members of the Senate fnanc.
committee, and it was reported that Mr..
MoAdoo is desirous of finding out Jest
how democrats on that committee look
upon Mr.. Williams
Secretaries McAdoo and Houston will
hold their first public hearing here We'd
nesday, devote three days to that work
and leave for the west Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
CITY BASKETBALL
LEAGUE SCHEDULE
is ANNOUNCED

Manager West of the Young Mems
Christian association last night gave out
the following City Basketball league
schedule:
TUESDAY
January 1s School principals VS.. high
school, No. / Y. NJ. c. A., No. l.. VS.
railway, No. l.
January 20-School principals VS.. Y. NJ.
c. A, No. /; high school, No. L., VS.. rail-
way, No. l.
January 27-School principals VS.. rail
way, No. ]; high school, No. l. vs. Y NJ.
C. A, No. l.
February s-school principals vs. high
school, No. ?; high school, No. l. VS.. rail
way, No. ,.
February 10-School principals VS.. rail
way, No. 2; high school, No. 1, vs.. high
school, No. ..
February 17-School principals VS.. Y. NJ.
c. A, No. 2; high school, No. l. vs. Asso-
citation institute.
February 24-School principals vs. Asso-
citation institute; high school. No. l, VS..
Y. NJ. C. A., No. 2.
THURSDAY
January 15-High school, No. >, vs. rail-
way. No. 2; Y. M. c. A. VS.. Association
institute.
January 22-High school, No. 3 VS.. Y
M. c. A, No. 2; railway. No. >, VS.. Asso-
citation institute.
January 29-High school VS.. Association
institute; railway VS. Y. NJ. C. A. No 2
February BY. NJ. c. A., No. l, VS.. Y
NJ. c. A.. No. .; railway. No. /, VS.. Asso-
citation institute.
February 12-Y. M. C. A. No. 1, VS.. As
sociation institute; railway, No. l, VS.
Y. M. c. A, No. 2.
February 19-Y. NJ. C. A. No. /, VS.
Ii.
railway, No. 2.
February 26-Y. NJ. C. A., No. l, VS.
railway, No. .; railway, No. l, VS.. high
school, No. ,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
At the Bijou

Before good sized and highly appre-
ciative Monday night audience the Beuah
Poynter Stock company presented Chan
ming Pollock's dramatlzation of I'm the
Bishops Carriage at the Biiou theatre.
The play was presented with smooth
ness that was quite revelation to those
who Witnessed Arizona" the initial per-
formance of the stock company, and gives
an adequate idea Of its strength and YER
satiity.
The story of Claiming Pollock is well
known. In brief it is of a girl who en-
ters the bishops carriage to escape ar
rest for theft. and he takes her to a.
lawn party thinking she is temporarily
deranged. Tt ends with one of the bishops
friends. William Lattmer. a young attor-
ney, who becoming interested in the girl.
reforms her and finally married her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
At the Orpheum

The hit at the Orpheum theatre this
week is ''Detectivism" a travesty PLAYED
by Willard and Bond. One black face act
following so closely on the heels of the
Nichols sisters had a rather difficult time
but the two proved equal to the occasion
The skit is the story OF modern cor
respondence school for reaching "rubes"
how to become detectives, and "a rube,"
Ambrose Hemingway from Pittsburg,
kas., swallows the honeyed words of the
advertisements. When he appears he ap-
pears as scared rabbit, but soon things
change and he gets very wise Willard
makes great impression as the country
da1key and is genuinet funny. Bond is
the smart city detective, ana does equally
well.
Scoring hit number two this week is
dainty Anita Bartling, the little juggler,
who opens the performance. Not only is
she pretty and winsome, but she is a
genuine expert in juggling and produces
number of novelties, among which are
torches which change color frequently
as she juggles them, playing tunes as she
bounces balls on a drum and similar feats
OF unusual nature.
The Paulham troupe of cyclists present
a novelty. which consists OF basketball
game on bicycles The aet could be made
more exciting by speeding it up and put
tinE more ginger into it. AS novelty
ana something new 1t seemed to please
the Orpheum audience. The riders eX-
hibited considerable skill in riding the
wheels, passing the ball from one to an
other and scoring goals.
different sort of comedy sketch Is a.
success at the Orpheum this week Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Thomas present THE Dog
Thief" in which they use clever dog,
SNOWFALL" They secure many genuine
laughs and plenty of occeptab BILE comedy
from the sketch. 1t is rare that Orpheum
audiences accept a sket IN with favor. but
they seem to enjoy this one immensely
which is a strong recommendation.
Cal Nuttle, "a nutty musical COMEDIAN"
furnishes the musical features the
BILL and he is also excellent. His comedy
is good, but his music is better. He plays
the reeds, xylophone and chimes In set
stage and closes with some very good
banjo music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
THORNTON ESTES
HEADS BUILDERS
FOR COMING YEAR
Chosen President of EX-
change at Annual Meeting.
Officers Reports Show
Successful Year

The members Of the Builders eX-
change held their annual election last
night at their headquarters in the
Chamber of Commerce building ana
elected the following to serve for the
ensuing year:
". Thornton Estes. president: Charles
NJ. Allen. first vice president; W. A
currie, second vice president !. II.
Eddy. treasurer; directors. r. n. Haw-
ldns. J. A. Millsom. G. T. stafford, p
L. Bostick. Frank II. Connor. J. D. Nc
Ieod and George F. Wheelock. The eX-
change was unanimous IN favor OF
adopting the revised constitution and
bylaws.
For the past year l. II. Stevenson
las been president of the Builders ex-
change and his administration has
proved a most successful one. The re-
ports of the various committees were
received enthusiastically by the mem
bers of the exchange and when the
treasurer reported a tidy surplus over
and above all expenses for the year the
applause was hearty.
The incoming executive is presi-
dent of the Estes Lumber company.
mingham district, and under his lead
ership the members of the exchange
expect to accomplish much during the
present year. Charles NJ. Allen, the
newly elected first vice president. is a
well known general building contractor
and w. a. Currfe. second vice president,
is manager of the sash and door de-
partment of the Moore Handley Hard
ware company.
The Independent ticket was almost
Unanimously elected, the president, the
Two vice presidents and the treasurer
being nominated by the true blues"
or Independents. The royal reds" or
administration forces, succeeded in
getting two of their candidates elect
ed-P. L. Bosticl1 and George f.
Wheelock. directors. The administra-
tion also had on it's ticket Mr.. Eddy
for treasurer and his election was
unanimous.
The members of the exchange met
at $50 and a buffet dinner was en-
Joyed until $50 o'clock. when the real
business of the evening began. The
voting continued until about 9:30 and
80 minutes was consumed in counting
the votes. When the decision was an
nounced the builders let loose a large
volume of noise they had been hold
ing back and the successful nominees
We're cordially congratulated.
The retiring president. Mr.. Steven
son. will formally give up his chair to
Mr. Estes on the next meeting night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13

''*-Old Birmingham and Avondale.
*-Greater Birmingham.
To Stop Gambling
Witness stated that he believed cap
tain and six or seven men could put
gambling out of city; that he believed
Captain Eagan and six men had put
gamblers out of business: that this was
done at sacrifice of. blind tiger and
lewd house squads; that while these
men were working on gambling squad
blind tigers and houses of i'll repute
instantly sprung into existence; that no
man could police this town with 1l5
men; that since segregated district had
been abolished it would take not less
than 10 or IL men to keep women out
of residence districts and make them
obey law; that most men he had had
under commission government was about
1856, that before commission govern
ment in 1910 he had about 1s0 men
and had kept gambling to a minimum;
that he never had looked only upon
gambling and house of i'll repute laws
on the statute books but there Were
many other laws and he tried to en-
force all laws equally. Witness read
from monthly reports during 1913 show
ing from 100 to 200 arrests were made
every month for gambling.
Witness stated he was detective when
he got money from Peoples Savings
bank. that turned out to be Mrs. Bar
iield's, that Mrs. Barfield was then liv-
Ing in segregated district in accordance
with ruling of city officials and was
not violating law, that Barfield money
came through bank and he gave checks
in paying the notes, there being no Sc
crets about the transaction in any par
ticular as there would nave been had
he taken money as graft or in any H.
legal way; that when his note for $500
was indorsed by E. II. Hickman, Rick
man ran a grocery and was witness
sroceryman; that Hickman had never
loaned him a cent. but he got all the
money from the bank. and Rickma.'
merely indorsed his note: that Rickman
had indorsed one note after he (Rick-
mani had gone out OF grocery business
but this was a renewal of an old note
| made years before; that he had borrowed
money from Frank Edwards while he
(witness) was a patrolman. and he ha,,
paid it back: that Mr.. Harris and Mr..
Lacy had indorsed notes for him and
| they were in legitimate saloon businesses
! when they did 1t. as.
The clash between Mr.. Weatherly ard
Captain White took place at this point
and the session was over. -ef
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
'The Blindness of Virtue"

Announcement is made of the enga ee-
ment for Monday and Tuesday nights and
Tuesday matinee next week of '@rhe
Blindness of Virtue by the eminent
Enghshman of letters, Cosmo Hamilton
ana performed by a strong company of
English actors and actresses at the JEFF
ferson theatre. The play is said to be
one of the strongest ard most vital
dramas presented in some time on the
American stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
MEMS GRADED UNION
Meets at First Methodist to Discuss
Programme for Next Three Months

The Mems Graded union of Birming-
ham has mapped out a very attractiN e
programme for the next three months
The Sunday school workers met at $50
o'clock yesterday afternoon in the base
ment OF the First Methodist church to
discuss these plans. A series of con-
ferences under the leadership of A. j..
Smith, president of the Birmingham
Sunday School association, Is one of the
TEXTURES of the programme. The sub
ject Of last nights conference was
Sunday School Finances"
the meetings will continue at in
tervals extending over period of three
| months and the union will welcome
| Sunday school superintendents aid
teachers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
ADJUSTMENTS
"The LeOpard's SDots'

The seat sale for Thomas Dixon's great
play. THE Leopard's Spots" will start
at the box office this morning for the per-
forinences Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day nights and Saturday matinee at the
Jefferson theatre. The author of the
novel from which the play is taken will
be here and will be neard at each per-
fcrmance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
Lodge Officers Elected

Mountain Creek, January 12.-(Special.) }
Red Men lodge at Mountain Creek, Tribe
No. 4S, elected officers for the ensuing
term Saturday follows: E. H. Dem
mis-, prophet; I. j. Henderson, sachem:
r. c. Hutson, serion sycamore; L. H.
Gentry, Junior sycamore: w. b. Corley.
chief of records; T. l.. Kicker, keeper of
wampm. Chief Philip Barrett of Waxa-
hatchee tribe. Clanton, was present and
delivered an acceptable address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
Two Injured by Horses

Marbury, January 12.-(Special)-Tw
serious accidents occurred here yester-
day. Mrs. John Fraut was kicked by a
horse and severely injured and the Rev.
o. w. Greer was injured in . runaway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
IncOrporation

$2O0O-Garlington Pharmacy COM
pany. Located in Birmingham. Incor-
porators. ]. B. Darlington, w. T. Gar
ltngton and Flora Darlington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
Believes Johnson Honest

Witness stated Captain Johnson was an
honest. faithful, capable officer: that
VIXEN Johnson reported hot bulbs in gam
bling dens. he (Bodeker) could order no.
body arrested unless evidence was found; (;
that 1900 arrests were made by his de-
partmcnt in 1913 for gambling: that Cap
tain Johnson had arrested 200 or 300 of
these that the list of arrests for gaming
during five years he (Bodeker) was chief
We're as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
ConNic-
To StOp Gambling

odd Birmingham.
ss*-Old Birmingham and Avondale.
*-Greater Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-13
LET People Be Judges
Exclaims Capt. White in
Highly Dramatic Scene
CONTINUED from Page Five)

matter of supreme indifference to me and
my client what you do; the job is of no
consequence anyhow
Commissioner Lane: I move that we
adjourn.
Commissioner Weatherly: | second the
motion.
(Motion put and carried)
Captain White: And when it is over. l
am here In Birmingham.
Commissioner Lane Be quiet, captain.
Captain White: Yes, sir, and whatever
you say judge, / will respect but gam
blers can get up here and argue cases
against me, and l cannot be heard
Commissioner Lane: The court is adj
journed. Captain Eagan get the crowd
out of here.
Bodeker's Testimony
After Frank Moragne had left the room
Chief Bodeker resumed his testimony
with Kelley pool as his subject and stated
many arrests had been made for this Of
fense.
Witness stated that he spoke to excise
commission about license for Mr.. Ball
to run a saloon and that on Mr.. Balls
PETITION was the name of Mr.. Ward and
Mr.. Ball had letter of recommendation
from Mr.. Weatherly: that upon COVER
nor's request he asked Judge Lane about
going to LeWisburg on murder cases and
went on Judge Lanes orders; that he
made four or five trips to Lewisburg un-
der authority of Judge Lane: that through
these efforts of governor police and sher-
iff the Lewisburg crime was broken up;
that Superintendent Evans of Alabama
Great Southern called him at midnight
at home, told him about BibbvilIe train
robbery and requested he (Bodeker)
should go down there: that Mr.. Exun
said his going WAS all right; that he took
up Lacy investigation on request of gov
crnor and orders of Judge Lane; that Mr.,
Silverfield came to him for money and
he (witness) didn't have 1t: that he told
Mr.. Siverfield if he would go to bank
for money. he (witness) would go on his
note; that Silverfield paid note but failed
to take 1t up; that the note was made
out to Abe Liddon; that after Liddon was
Killed his widow started to collect note a
second time and a 8 Mrs. Liddon threaten
ed 10 bring suit he (Bodeker) paid note
again rather than go into courts; that
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