The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-15

When approached by a reporter Of The Age-Heraid last night, the citizens men, toned by the coroner's jury declined to make statements. The complete report of the coroner's jury was as follows:
 We, the coroners jury impaneled on May 5, 1915, to investigate the cause of the loss of eight lives by the falling Of the walls of the Steele-Smith building upon the Ham shoe store and the Atlantic and Pacific tea store, located between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets on the south side of Second avenue.
 Find, that it was on account of said walls being allowed to stand unbraced in sufficient manner to hold them up against wind pressure that they were two stories higher than the Ham shoe store building and thoroughly gutted by the Steee-S Smith fire for the most of the full length of the building, 140 feet; and, We further find that the city officials as well as great many or the laity recog- nized the danger of these walls since the date of the Steee-Smith fire and that they would not stand wind pressure or pres sure of any kind. We further find that
  at Decatur: that a banquet should be held on an L. & N. boat, and that a toast should be offered by an l. x railroad agent To the further develop ment of river navigation l wonder for what Not only has the traffic been re- stricted on the three rivers. Warrior, Tombigbee and Alabama, but also the port of Mobile itself. grossly discrim- mated against, practically bottled up. Page 213 of the interstate commerce commissions report shows that the L. & N. to oydevelop at Pensacola has large ' ly discriminated against Mobile.
 Great Days and Nights
 Thursday, May IS. was a great day at Lock IT, and the day before was q great day at Florence, and it was a great night at the banquet to the bankers at the Country club. when Sen ator Underwood said: Let's give the railroads a chance
 What the Chance Costs
 Page 231 of the interstate commerce commissions report shows that the L.. & N spent $295,000 between 1906 and 1914 in politics. Of this, $142,000 was spent in Alabama politics, 1906-1907. The city court of Birminghams record shows this. What was it used for? Talk HE d tldIlCt iio odiht PdS0 SHoN S that MT George Jones. assistant dis trict attorney at Montgomery Ala. used S230OO on the Alabama legislature. What for? On page 233 it shows the L. & N. used $599.66s, of which 's233, 35 was furnished by other railroad com- panies Same page 233 shows that the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, a road belonging to the l.. & N.. spent in this way s366,S49 The same 'page shows the L. & N. spent $40.300 on Sne paper in Nashville, and $59,000 in A1rncting the people of Alabama. What for? As MT. Underwood says: TO get a chance
 Bigger Chances in Politics
 "Ih giving the railroads chance does Ml. Underwood mean to give them a Xgger chance than this to control the tbolicies, politics, officers and machinery v,f our state government? The same in gterstate commerce commissions report fstates that the Louisville and Nashville tw>uld not let them see their letter files, hr the commission reporting as best they fos Id, stated that they would not give the names of the state politicians and koffscers who were in the pay of the Louis- lille and Nashville Railroad company. |l The Commodity Act
 |{ 1907 the Alabama legislature passed 'A ute establishtng q rate on no com