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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27
CLAIM DAVIDSON KILLED HIMSELF Inquest Into Mysterious Killing Will Be Held
 This Week

Only the Davidson inquest remains for Coroner Charles l.. Spain from the batch of mysterious assassinations of A few weeks ago. The official inquiry Into the killing of Albert Davidson the young express clerk. Is scheduled for the middle of this weelS-probably Thursday morning.
 Saturday night. May 2. Albert David son was shot and killed in his back yard in North Birmingham. The fol- lowing of inquests Of Coroner Spain in killings of the past three months were without result in that the guilty parties were not found:
 Leon H. Thomas, street car conduc- tor. killed April 15.
 Joe Brookins. street car conductor killed June 15.
 The police say they uncovered new evidence. It is the only assassination of the four that has attracted wide attention. At the present time, Thoma $ w. Webb, a miner, and two negroes Lon Webb and Tuck Cain, are in jail charged with the murder.
 Thursday, June IS, Moses Houlihan was assassinated at Thirty second street and Avenue D. and Lewis King was held in the killing of Jerry Ram age, which took place on the same night, there has been no inquest. Ram age is a negro.
 There has never been an arrest in the Davidson case, although several times the detectives have brought suspected persons to the police headquarters for examination. The inquest would have been held several weeks ago but for the insistence of the police for more time to build up a case. The detectives have now announced to Coroner Spain that they are ready
 When Davidson was killed it was re- ported that a negro chicken thief had done the shooting as a bag filled with chickens was found near the scene, and a pistol was found within a chick en house. At the inquest this week the efforts of the police will be bent to- wards convincing coroner's jury that Davidson shot and killed himself The police will now admit of no other ex- of the Davidson affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Investigate Insurance Question

To the Editor of The Age-llerald.
 Since the recent announced increase in fire insurance rates in Birmingham your commercial bodies and certain in- dividuals have had much to say about the fire underwriters of an uncompli- mentary nature Your Board of Trade has investigated. resoluted and recom- plimented our fire department-justly so-and certain individuals have talked much about something they know noth- ing about.
 All this "cussing of the underwrit- CTS. boosting of the fire department and talk of Birmingham being made the goat is beside the question and silly. Why don't some of these gentlemen hesitate in their abuse of the insurance companies long enough to Inquire into the real facts and merits of the propo- sition? What has been the loss experi- epce in this city during the past 10 years? What has been the loss ratio of Birmingham as compared with other southern cities of like classification during the past years? If your commer- cial organizations would engage them- selves in an effort to obtain the infor- nation suggested by those questions some progress might be made toward an equitable adjustment of the matter of rates. It always seems foolish to hear people learnedly denouce the methods of a certain business the details and intricacies of which they know noth- ing. In the name of common business sense what reason could the under writers have for treating Birmingham unfairly or discriminating against us in the matter of rates? Respectfully.
 V. s. GOOCH.
 Rirmingham. July 2h. 1a14
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27
Insurance, Why It Is Abnormally High

! AhSui auSS, Nhy II iS fADltuI AiikU To the Editor of The Age-IIerald:
 Great benefit should come to the people of Alabama growing out of the present agitation of fire insurance rates being raised in Birmingham.
 Section 4566 of the code of Alabama reads in part as follows: Fire insurance companies chartered by the laws of this state shall not be allowed to transact business in this state unless possessed of at least $l0o,OO0 paid up capital. Section 4567 of the code of Alabama reads as follows: Every insurance con- pany hereafter incorporated or organ ized under the laws of this state. for the purpose of engaging in any insurance business other than that of life and fire insurance. before actively engaging in such business, shall be required to have not less than S50,00O of paid up capital"
 The first section quoted prohibits nut ual fire companies being hereafter in- corporated and enables the Southeastern Tariff association to maintain an absolute monopoly on fire insurance rates in this state.
 Section 4562 of the code of Alabama reads in part as follows: Nothing in this article contained shall be construed to apply to any fire insurance company un- derwriting the property of cotton manu- facturers exclusively"
 By the exception as contained in section 4652, the cotton manufacturers enjoy at this time the only reasonable fire insur- ance rates in Alabama.
 For instance in Talladega there is a cottage owned by an individual and one owned by a cotton manufacturer. both built alike and both occupied by cotton factory operatives, and I am informed the rate to the individual owner is s1 per sioO and the rate to the cotton manufac- turer is 10 cents on the $i0o.
 The cotton manufacturer insures in a mutual and the individual in a stock com pany. If we are ever to have reasonable rates, we needs must allow mutual com panies to do business in Alabama on the same terms as now allowed to cotton manufacturers. Again. the cities have grown abnormally while the country has Jagged behind. Result. according to Elm erson's theory of compensation. living has now gone so high in the towns that the average man working on salary can hard
 
 must encourage the growing of. cattle, sheep and hogs.
 But farmers at present cannot borrow money to grow cattle. sheep and hogs be- cause of the cattle tick, the stomach worm and cholera, unless such cattle. sheep and hogs are insured. But the only companies ever successful in insuring cattle. sheep and hogs are mutual com panies.
 Why. because if you have a mutual company, each member of the company watches the cattle, sheep and hogs of his neighbor and will complain when any of the same die of cattle tick fever, stomach worms in sheep or hog cholera and the local bank loaning on such live stock upon complaint made cuts off the loan.
 But under section 4567 you cannot form in Alabama mutual company to insure cattle. sheep and hogs.
 IT. L. MELDER.
 Talladega. July 25. 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27
CLOSE SACRED HARP
 SINGING CONVENTION

The fifth annual session of the Sacred Harp Singing association of Alaba ma came to a close yesterday afternoon after a hree-days' session. According to the officers of the association it was the most successful and best attended session since it was organized. It is estimated that nearly <500 persons came to Birmingham to attend the meeting for s some left each day others came and as they return next year they are ganization has grown SD that outside of the local theatres there is not a hall large enough to acconpade them an das they return next year they are going to ask the civic bodies to pro- vide them with a meeting place.
 Yesterday two sessions were held, devoted entirely to singing, and many of the old time songs as well as some ef the new ones were sung.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27
GIRLS BOOKS AT
 EAST LAKE LIBRARY

Andrew. Fairy Tales; Alcott Flight Cousins"; Alcott. "Christmas Dream";. Alcott. Little Men; Alcott sLittle Women; Alcott. "Jes Boys; AL cott "Old Fashioned Girl; Alcott Rose In Bloom; Alcott, Under the LiIacs"; Baker. Girls of Fairmount"; Baker "Farlies At Fairmount"; Bak err ''Fairmount Girls in School and Camps; Baker Captain of the $. l. G'"; Deland. Katrina; Dickens. "Da- vid Copperfield"; Dickens. "Tale of Two Cities"; Gould, "Old English Fairy Tales" Grimm, "Household Stories'' Porter. "Pollyganna"; Richards. "Hilde- gardes Harvest; Richards. "Hilde- gardes Np%hbors"; Richards, ''Hilde- garde's Home; Richards. Hildegarde's Holiday"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27
Anniversary Mass

on Tuesday at 8 a. m, an anniver- sary mass will be offered at St. Pauls church for Father P. A. O'Reilly, who was the beloved pastor for many years It will be 10 years since he died and the Rev Father Coy1e the present pastor. in announcing the memorial mass, said he hoped to see a large attendance on that occasion and he asked those mem- bcrs of the congregation who could not be present to remember Father O'Reillv in their private derotions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27
m Cost Annistonians S2O. .OOO

Arniston. July a6.-(S2ecial.)--The deci- sion of the supreme court Saturday in upkolding the taxation of solvent credits in this state will cost Annistonians and citizens of Calhoun county $20.000, ac- cording to estimates made by c. D. Mar tin. back tax commissioners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27
Dallas Minister Here

The Rev. H. Beauchamp of Dallas. Tex, is stopping at the Tutwiler. He is field secretary of the Sunday school board of the Southern Baptist conven- ton and is on his way to Pelham Heights to take part in the Sunday school convention.
 MT. Beauchamp preached yesterday at the Fifty-sixth Street Baptist church, and last night at the Woodlawn Baptist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27
Richardson Making Audit

Anniston. July 36 6-(SpsciaLj j-Alonxo Richardson. head ef the Richardson Au- d,ting company of Atlanta. has been em- Ilcyed by Mayor Wikle to audit the books of the Southern Bell Telephone company rates here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27

For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general strengthen ing tonic. GROVES TASTELES chill TONIC. drives out malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic and sure Appetizer. For adults and children. soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27

men that the fire insurance companies are not discriminating against Birming-
 ham. They are just as willing to make
 the low rates now being offered in the
 north, when, in turn, Birmingham offers
 them the same protection against fires as the companies are now accorded in
 the north. To secure low fire insur- anoe rates Birmingham should furnish
 it's buildings with proper safeguads and intelligent supervision. Very truly yours, SAMUEL. c. MEAD. Birmingham. July 20, 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27
Nalue off Vacant Lot Cultivation

as they must usually content themselves with infeior cold storage products.
 Value of Vacant Lot Cultivation
 conservative, and at the same time crude estimate of the total available agricultural land within the city limits, we may use basis for our calcuia- tfons. Let us say there are 5000 acres of fertile lands in the city which are not being utilized at the preesnt time. Imagine all of this land planted with vegetable crops every month in the year, a condition which Is possible in this latitude.
 The skillful truck farmers often make from $500 to s2000 per acre per year from growing vegetables. Taking into consideration, however. the fact that most of the vacant lot farming will be done by ametures. We shall place the yearly dividens per acre at the low figure of $500. What then will be the actual amount added to the wealth of the city by the utilization of this waste property. these inanimate vag rants that destroy the continuity of beautiful homes and streets in every part of the city.
 Using our estimates of 5000 acres, we get the enormous amount of s1,500.- 900 that can be made from something that not only produces nothing at the present time but which neeessitates a considerable expenditure for maintain ance.
 Back Yard Gardens
 The above calculations do not take Into consideration the very considerable amount of waste land In the back yard of the city homes Almost every home has sufficient land for a vegetable garden. Even a very small space can be advantageously made to grow veg etables. If all of this land were also used, vast amount would be added to the wealth of the city. and IL long step would be taken toward the solu- tion of the problem of the high cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27

as they must usually content themselves with infeior cold storage products.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-27
BISHOP ALIENS
 LETTER IS READ

The following circular letter issued by Bishop Allen was read at the masses yesterday:
The Washington times., 1914-11-17
RACCAR CLUB TAKES
LEAD N NORTHEAST
0vercomes Advantage Held by
Washington Abattoirs, Who
Drop to Second.
ARLINGTONS BREAK RECORD
Roll Game of SAB for High Mark
of This Season When Gram
ite Company Loses.
By KIRK c. MILLER.

Breaking up all of the calculations
which the undiscriminating public is
pleased TO refer to as dope the Rae
car Club went to the front Of the
Northeastern League in leaps and
bounds of such startling proportions
that the deposed Washington Abattoirs
and Birkles have not yet recovered
from the CONSERVATION caused thereby.
Raccar Clubs biggest guns were fired
when they encountered the Abattotrs
in three skirmishes, all OF which were
complete victories for the clubmen by
odds which are indisputable, and as
result the defeated team was dislodged
from its perch at the head of the or
ganization, and today rests sullenlv in
second place with an equal standing
with the Birlles for second position.
Nineteen games won and eight lost
is the record of the new champions in
the Northeastern League, and now that
the Raccars are in the lead, the other
eleven teams can expect some OF
the stiffest variety of opposition, If the
lofty position of the new leaders would
be broken down.
Probably no individual on the Rae
cars was more directly responsible for
the span covered by that team last
night than was Anchor Man Smith,
who held his team up from the very
bottom of the lineup. Smith 8 first
game of 126 gave his henchmen glim-
mer of hope to make the set result In
three straight victories, and when he
later came through with marks of
ia and 1C3 for a high set of 343. he
carried his team through one of the
most sensational sets in which 1t has
figured this season.
Joseph Hagan appeared for the first
time this season in the lineup of the
Washington Abattoirs, and contrib
uted commenda bic scores in every
game. The complete statistics of that
fortunate match for the Raccar Club
rollows
The Washington times., 1914-11-17
EDKONEY IS SURE
FEDERALS WILL LAST
Pirate First Baseman Says That
McGraW Offered $4,000 in
Cash for Him.

Evidently Eddie Konetchy. former
Card and Pirate and now Pittsburgh
Rebel, does not think much Of the peace
negotiations, judging from his letters to
Secretary Mccullough Of the Pittsburgh
outlaws. Honey also makes the interest
ing statement that McGraw offered
$685. real simo1eons for him. But here
Is his letter:
business Manager W. T. Mccullough,
Pittsburgh Federal League Club:
Your letter has been forwarded to
me from ST Louis, and just arrived this
morning. also the newspaper clipping.
We'll, they can talk about me as much
IS they want, but talking won't get them
any thing. as i always played for my
club to win and did everything in my
power to keep the club in the running.
Mr. Dreyfuss rendered me contract for
the season of 1915 at the same salary
that am getting from your club. L am
back to Pittsburgh, as l have a lot of
friends there, and l know that my sur
roundings will be more congenial, az
have known Oakes, Perritt and OCon-
nor as teammates for three years.
II also want to cali your attention to
the fact that McGraw offered Mr.. Drey-
fuss $4,000 cash for me, and later en-
agreed to give the same amount OF
money and two players. as McGraw told
me this himself.
Il see that some Of the papers doubt
that 1 have signed with your club. You
are at liberty to show this letter under
my signature to any of the sporting
writer's who may happen to drop into
your office to prove that L have signed
with the Feds, and want to be known as
a Federal Lacquer.
Give my regards to any Of the news
paper sport writer's. as 1 have always |
found them fair and on the level. Yours |
very respectfully,
ED KONETCHY."
The Washington times., 1914-11-17
Smith Quits Job
After Saturdays Game

LAFAYETTE. Ind. Nov. T.-Andy
Smith. head football coach at Perdue
University, and Pete Vaughn basket
bell coach and assistant football coach.
have notified the athletic board Of con-
troll that they will retire after the game
with Indiana next Saturday. George
p. Haywood. attorney. acting for Mr..
Smith. said tonight:
There is no statement to make. Mr..
Smith was not satisfied with the ath-
letic management at Purdue. and has
notified the board that he quits after
the Indiana game, if present conditions
cont nue."
Coaches Smith and Vaughn. in their
statements to the athletic board Of con-
troll directly said that they would no
longer work under Athletic Director
Hugh Nichol Mr.. Nichol made COM
pie mt to the faculty that this years
fcn;ball team had been poorly coached.
The athletic board has not taken ac-
tion on the designations.
The Washington times., 1914-11-17
MOORE |SLEAD|NG
BANKING BOWLERS
Has Best Individual Average at
Duckpins of Entire Member
ship of Six-Team League.

With three-game advantage already
established over its nearest competitor,
and the season barely a month aG-
vanced, the Bank of Washington five
today feels morally certain that 1t will
be among the contenders when the cur
tain begins to lower next spring.
Twelve games have been rolled by each
Of the six teams and of this number
Bank Of Washington has piloted eleven
into its win column.
Washington Loan and Trust Company
is second with eight wins, while Sec
ond National Bank trails along in
third place with a percentage of 800.
Metropolitans follow with a record of
fve victories and seven defeats, while
Central and Continental are tied for
the sub-cellar championship with but
three wins to each of their credits.
In individual comparison. the rolling
OF E. Moore, of the Bank OF Washing
ton, with an average Of 9S-2, shines out
stronger than that of any other MEM
Der of the league. Smith, the pilot-man
of the Continental Trust Company, is
strong second to Moore, his figures
reading 94-2. while Parsley. Of Centrals
has an average of s4-l, for the third
best record for twelve games.
The Washington times., 1914-11-17
OF THE LEAGUES
SOUTHEAST
Victor Linart Trained
By Fleeing the War Zone

Here's a real war item. Victor Linart,
a Belgian, entered in the six-day BIZ
cycle race in New York, got in training
for the eventby running from the Ger
mans. Linart admits that he won the
now famous dash from Antwerp when
the Germans captured the city. but
was the first to reach the famous coast
resort.
Linart is the middle distance cham
pion of Belgium. After reaching Os-
tend ahead of all the other starters.
Linart went to Folkstone, England,
where he was a refugee. A German
shell wrecked his home during the bonn
bardment of Antwerp, and he lost his
racing outfit. This did not interfere
with his speed in reaching Ostend,
however. and Floyd Mcfarland, man
aging the siX-cay race. had new togs
waiting for him here. In a letter to
MacFarland while at Folkestone Lin
art said:
Il rode my wheel from Antwerp to
Ostend. and it was hard ride. | was
one of the last to leave Antwerp and
the first to arrive in Ostend. Making
wide detours to escape the awful con-
'rStion on the main highway tripled
the distance, and riding at top speed
all the time put me in fine shape"
The Washington times., 1914-11-17
Bowling Schedule
For Tonight.

District-Royals VS.. Contenders.
Mt. Pleasant-Prirceton VS.. Security.
Y. NJ. G. A.-Oneidas VS.. Crows.
Commercial - General Baking vs..
Southern Ry.
Commercial alley Giants vs..
Braves
Spalding - Sheehys VS.. Johnsons;
Clearys VS.. Normoyles.
Arcade VS.. Nationals.
Fourteenth street-Zellars VS.. Gar
risons.
Reclamation-Mails VS.. Legals.
Capital City-National Laundry VS..
Peters.
Southeast-Neslines VS.. Schlitz.
Tenpin-Bureau VS..
Commissioners.
Terminal Ry. Y. M. C. A.-Trans-
portation VS.. Car Department.
Postoffice-C. P. o. VS.. Finance.
National Capital-Potomac VS.. Vel
vet Kind.
heastern-Roches VS.. Chaplin
Sacks.
Patent Attorneys-Edison VS.. Bell.
Departmental Duchpin-Bureau VS..
War.
The Washington times., 1914-11-17
UP TODATE SPORTS
Put Out for Slugging,
Comes Back Disguised

NEW YORK. Nov. IA trick thai
will rank with that Of Charles Dillon,
famous Carlisle player. against Har.
ward was pulled with success by .
Stevens player against New York Cnt
versity Saturday, IL became known to-
day. Dillons trick was against Hars
ward in 1903. He received ball on Q
kickoff, and ran 105 yards for a touch
down. with the leather tucked under his
Jersey.
The Stevens player was ruled from the
game for slugging. In the next quarter
Sub was sent In. This sub had
his face hidden in bandages. IL was
the ruled-out slugger
The Washington times., 1914-11-17
ABATTOIRS.

Continuous explosions were heard
throughout the evening in the vicinity
of Georgetown, and investigation re-
vealed the fact that the Arlington
Brewing Company duckpin team had
been doing things with the Columbia
Granite and Dredging Company five.
Besides taking two games out of three,
the Brewers hung up brand new rec
ord for high game OF the year. Their
third round Of 543 being the best mark
of the Ig14-15 season. William Penn. of
the winning team, featured the remark
able set with high Individual game Of
l34 and high ses OF $50.
Many changes in the teams of tie
Georgetown Commercial circuit are rU-
mored as imminent. Already the White
BaVens have surrendered their Iram-
ChlSe to the Baltimore and Ohio Ran
road team, the latter being under the
command OF Cart. Joe HUrney. The
newcomers make their first appearance"
next Friday night. when double-head
rr will be rolled with Logan Tribe. No.
:. and th5 }. T.. Freemans. Gossip has
il that Captain Holt. of the Free
mans. is seriously considering asking
waivers on Joe Freeman and Mickey
Schoheld and th~I there are those who
scout III rlmOT.
Agriculture dropped its first set Of th2
wear to the Interior tenpn rollers Mon
dav night. Interior pockeCed the first
game which had been tied at SIG ly
means Of 1 better rCll-UI. AEF.cs
dropped the second game outright. and
the third came back to the Farmers
by a substantial majority. Garrett VAS
the individual star with game of -25
and set Of G4i.
C"ntrar- to report. "Chc" Gsndi'.
owner and manager of the Arcade al
Ievs. has not lsft Washington for tn"
rcmaindcr o: tn" winter. Gandil does,
however. contemplate "A two weeks
hunting trip in New York State. buI
VIII probably NOT leave Washington for
This journey until just before the holi-
days.
BookkeeDers crcpt into a ue for first
place with Lev wh.n TreaSurers Were
caught asleep IT, the second and third
games. 'freasur- moves dCwn to third
rlacc as resGl, Mano gers took two
from Tic and Timber. and Law dropped
a pair 10 Mechanical
Mann. Of the Arcade League and
Jonsen, Of The Star circuit. mold the
high individual honors for the 2ht in
league rolling. Each had a game II
10, the best scores turned in. White. |
Of NJ. Pleasant. was third with figures
Of 10 while that high game Of william /
Pcun's. rolled over i'm tho Ge0r2"town
Commercial League. was good fourth !,
Rudolph-West charter in the Bust !
moss Mems wheel has been transferred /
30 the Columbia Hotel Supply Company. /
The latter pOcketeh two out Of three .
from TIecht and Company in its in /
augUral set.
Swift and Company took tn" first ,
two games from Columbia Hotel Supply (
in q special match game rolled after
tho repuIar league competition. tn" :
games We're started to decide "A winner !
hv. the bset TWO out OF three method. /
but the match had to go but FOR two :
games. Columbia winning by SO 70 45i /
and Al TO A6l.
Brodrick. OF the WOodmen team in /
the Southeast Duckpih League is shar- ,
.nc honors with Hall, of the Bohemians !
for the weekly prizes iu that circuit. :
Brodrick's game was 40, while HaIl ,
contributed l30 gaIas. /