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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-26
The Test Of Sincerity.

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day sincere? Gould any human be-
ling "get away" with his work-cout1
ANY man make so many other people
accept his viewpoint II he were mol
sincere2 The really successful sales
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-26
ROBBED OF SIS
AND GOLD WATCH
John Haron, Victim Of Friday Nigh.
Thleves-Taken From His
Trousers Under His
Pillow.
AT A BOARDING HOUSE
John Ware Arrested on information
Charging Him With Threaten
ing to XIII His
Mother.

John Haron. an engineer who re-
sides at boarding house conducted by
James TrimbIe. at 217 South Third
street, was robbed of SIS in money.
and valuable gold watch, some time
Friday night by unknown thieves
one Of the most audacious robberies
that has been reported to the police
in long time.
To make the haul, thee robber or
robbers had to abstract Haron's
trousers from under the pillow on
which he was sleeping, task to try
any mans nerve.
Saturday morning the trousers
were found out in the alley following
a search that was instituted when
Haron discovered his loss.
The front door OF the boarding
house is never locked and neither is
the door to Haron's apartment so that
the thieves had an easy access to the
plumber The police are inclined to
believe that some one familiar with
the household was responsible for
the robbery, but no arrests were made
yesterday.
Other Police Cases.
An information against John Ware,
colored, Of 1915 Morgan street, charg-
ing him with threatening to kill his
mother, Eudora Ware, was filed in the
superior court yesterday by Homer
w. Taylor, a brother-in-law. It was
asked that Ware be placed under
bond to keep the peace.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to
the charge when arraigned in the
court yesterday morning and was
placed in Jail In default of $500 bond.
John Clyne was given thirty days
for vagrancy and A. w. Mooney and
Ed Render paid costs for being intoxi,
Gated
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-26

man is the one who is "soia sundsf
own merchandise. and Biiis u.u,rfus'
certainly is convinced OF the
ness of christianity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
ONLY 142 PRISONERS IN COUNTY .JAU,
 AWAITING TRIAL-INTERESTIN FIGURES
By CHARLES II. MANLY

courts of the county. For the first tins in many months there are only 2l ne,. sons in the jail charged with misda meanors, all of whom will be eive, n trial this week
 It will be recalled that the hul for feeding prisoners confined in the conn ty Jail for last year was oyer S37 ooo According to pr. Oates oniv a tbird of this amount was expended on the aetna food of the prisoners, the other two thirds was net profit to the sheriff There were many cases in which pris- oners were confined in jail for a lon,, period of time who were charged win trival offences An example of thfs clasa of cases was found yesterday hv Sn- licitor Black. that of a negro sent in jail from the inferior court of Ensley on suspicion" and who had been in jail four months. Judge Black secured his release by the habeas corpus ronfe it being shown he was heinc- held win out authority of law. The state win ba required to pay 30 cents a day for tba food of this man besides other costs
 To come back to the cause of the iaf being depleted of its unwilling occ,lnants when Solicitor Black asked for m addi- tional judge for the criminal court he made the assertion that with three judges on the bench he and his assistants could reduce the popula tion of the county iail 90 per cent. That he made no mistake in his estimate is evidenced by the above figures for the jail has less than half as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
FLOWER CELEBRATION :
Will Be Held at knesseth Israel
 Synagogue This Evening

At the flower celebration to be held at the Knesseth Israel synagogue this even- ing al S:S0 o'clock a full programme will be presented to the public.
 On Sunday afternoon the Herzl Girls. . junior organization, will distribute white carnations among the members of the Tikwath Zion society and to large num- bers Of their sympa thizers.
 The progra mme of the evening will be as follows:
 Opening "Hatikwah,' Herzl Girls. ac- companied by Miss Annie Shapiro
 Introduction, Chairman C. A. Lass. Young Judea," Miss Sophie Pollock. Vocal selection. Miss Essie Kronenbers. accompanied by Mrs. ]. Lownsohn. Biblical sketch in Hebrew.
 Naomi Miss Rose Mendelson.
 Orpho Miss Eva Rotenstreich.
 Ruth, Miss Sarah Feldstein.
 Piano solo. Miss Sadie Epstein.
 Symbol of flowers, an address and orig final poem. Ben Gross.
 Violin solo. Henry Crush, accompanied by Ernest Richard.
 Flower Day Celebration. Dr. I. Mich lin.
 There will be no charge for admission and no collections taken up. The public is cordially welcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16

Sometime ago when Judge c. C. Ne smith was asked to suggest remedy for the overcrowding of the county jail he replied. Establish consolidated court. and put as many judges as Is necessary to try the criminal cases pending where the defendant is in Jail. By this method the county jail could be cleared of prisoners awaiting trial. That his suggestion was a wise one is evidenced by the fact that since the addition of one judge to the bench Of the criminal court the population of the county Jail has been decreased 50 per cent.
 On yesterday Solicitor Hugo L. Black checked over the prisoners confined in the county jail. when the fact was re- vealed that there are only 176 prison CTS in jail at present and of this num- Der S4 have been convicted and are held pending an appeal to the supreme court, 30 persons are held pending the acton of the grand jury, all of recent date. there are 43 persons charged with feionies. all set for trial this week ex- cept those charged with capital of fences and they will be tried during the month. and IS prisoners sent in from the several inferior courts and justice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16

many occupants as it had month ago.
 The several judges of the criminal court
 and the solicitors office declared against the practice of making wholesale raids on
 working negroes on Saturday nights. and
 to a large extent have put stop to the rraetice. Solicitor Black visits the Jail from time to time and if any prisoner de-
 sires to plead guilty he is given oppor-
 tunity to do so and the prisoners are
 brought before the judge and sentenced. Crap shooters and like offenders are
 given the speediest trial possible, and first offenders are given a light Jail sentence.
 The showing made by the officials of the criminal court is truly remarkable. in that every person in the county jail,
 except those awaiting the action Of the supreme court or the. grand Jury, has been given trial or his case is set during the next two weeks. Those responsible
 for this showing are Judge W. E. Fort senior judge of the criminal court; Judge
 Harrington P. Hehin. associate judge; Special Judge John H. Miller. Solicitor Hugo l.. Black, Circuit Solicitor Joseph R. Tate. Assistant Solicitors Waiter S Brewer and James Davis
 Solicitor Black states that he intends to
 make further efforts to reduce the num- Der of prisoners in the county tail by glV- ing it's inmates as speedy trial as Is pos sihle All the officials hold that jail cases
 should be given preference as to the set ting of trial over those cases where the party Is on bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
WORKHORSE PARADE |0N NEXT WEDNESDAY
Many Firms of City Have Entered Their Teams.
 Arranging Details

Final arrangements have been perfected for the Work Horse" parade. which Is to be held in Birmingham Wednesday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
 The parade is to be held under the aus pioes of the Birmingham Humane socie- ty and Officer J l.. Clements, who ha g the details in charge. has been busily en- gagged for the last few days working out every feature which will make the parade a notable and interesting demonstration, not only of the economic value of the work horses to the community but of the effective work which the Humane so- cety is doing in Jefferson county
 Scott Maxwell will come to Birmingham m from his home fin Cordova. to judge the entries in the parade for the awards. of which there will be four classes. and he will be assisted by A. Gibson, Ralph Fies and others.
 The line of march will be from Capitol park to Twenty first street, to Sixth ave- nue, to Nineteenth street, to Third ave nue. to Twenty-first street to Second ave- nue thence to Nineteenth and back to First avenue. up to Twentieth street, and thence north to Twentieth to Sixth ave- Hue where tue pdTdue VIII ne dfSha nded.
 Among the leading retail and wholesale le firms which have agreed to enter their teams are: R. F. Roden Grocery Co. Chero-Cola Bottling Co.,, Alabama Gro cery Co.,, Cosby Grocery Co.,, Tennessee Milling Co. Coco-Cola Co, Sulzberger & Sons Co, Jacob Dold Co. Armour & Co.,, Asa Hoyt, Wood & Crabbe Birmingha m Grain Co.,, City, Delivery Ice Co. Stand ard Oil Co.,. Gulf Refining c., Texas Oil Co. Harris Transfer Co. Young & Vann. Crane Co. Moore & Handley Co., w. s. Brown, T. c. l. Co. W. c. Warren Coal O., Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, Marlborough Coal Co., Es- sig Bussenlehner. Kentucky Livery Co.,, White Swan Laundry. Imperial Laundry. American Laundry. Tyler Grocery Co.,, Jewel Grocery Co, National Biscuit Co.,, Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co.,, Estes Lumber Co. Jenkins Lumber Co, Fuuua Bros. C. F. Crook Co. Birmingham Packing O., Palace Livery Co., Swift Packing Co. Central Ice Co.,. Collins Grocery Co.,, Mor- ris Packing Co. Cudahy Packing Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
PLAN TO TAKE SHACKLES OFF ALL THE CITY CONNECTS AND DOUBLE THEIR PAY PER DAY

At the city commission meeting Tues day Commissioner James Weatherlv will introduce resolution to take the shackles off every city convict.
 Further. Commissioner Weatherly will introduce an ordinance to provide that city prisoners shall be paid s per day Tor their labor instead of 50 cents as is now the rule.
 This action is taken, states the commis- sioner, from humanitarian standpoint. indications are that the plan will re- celve the indorsement of the other mem. ners of the commission
 For the past six or eight months the short-time prisoners have been worked on the streets and about town without shackles on their ankles The usual quota of city convicts averages about 100 men but the short-time men usually are abov- 60 per cent, and therefore but about st men have been worked without shackles In the past few months of experiment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
Charges It Is Result of Old Political Enmity of
 s. F. Teague
LATTER DENIES
 TRUTH OF CHARGE
Says He Was Only Man Who Did Not Want to Mention Names-"Let's Have an Unbiased Grand
 Jury Probe," Says Ward

Stating that he resents the fact that under the guise of justice and procedure of law the people of Birmingham should casually be informed that he Is guilty of crime" Commissioner George Ward yesterday paid his respects to the coro- ner's jury which rendered verdict hold ing him one of those responsible for tho SteeleSmith wall disaster. President Ward states that sam F Teague, foreman of the -coroner's com edy," formerly was his political opponent
 and is trying to even up scores Mir Teague stated last night that Mir 1 Ward was in error in his statement. If George Ward thinks l am responsible for the coroner's verdict and was influenced l by political motives. he is badly mis-
 taken" said MT. Teague. l The fact is that | was the only man
 on the whole jury who did not want to
 mention any names. When that part of
 the verdict in which individuals arc
 named and charged with gross negligenes was discussed l tried to convince tho | other jurors that 1t should be cut out al- ] together but they persisted and had to | give in,
 "I hold nothing against George Ward | and he is mistaken if he thinks l am try ing to get even with him Mir. Wards formal statement is as fol- lows:
 There Is no surprise to be felt that one of my old and bitter political op- ponents as foreman of coroners Jury, should hold me responsible for the Steee-Smth wal disaster 'I resent the fact. however that un- der the giise of justice and procedure of law the people of Birmingham
 should casually be informed that nm guilty Of crime
 'I sincerely hope the grand jury will follow the suggestion of this hody of men, which is the modern worlds ex-
 ample of uselessness. and hold real Investigation of the Steele-smith wall | dsa ster and not political seance. as l it appears the eoroner's ma chine has | done It would show the farce of put ] ting the taxpayers to the large ex- l pense of the coroner's office and hs | secret-ehamher jury antics i 'The investigation of this disa ater l held by this commission was public
 and wide open. Lawyers. trained in getting to the bottom of facts and
 fances. represented hoth sides. The l coroner's Jury produced Nna evidence l but what we produced. "The only difference Is that titey l held It behind closed doors. ran up A
 big expense bill for the county sne T
 dealt in terms of politics instead d l justice when they rendered a verdict f.1 make these charges because Sam l r. Teague, foreman of the coroners 1 comedy. was my active opponent in the sheriffs race of l9l0 and was forced to withdraw from that race
 when things got too hot
 "fis report is only an attempt to
 settle old scores and lay q predicate i for future campaign material 1 Let's have fair and unbiased l grand jury probe and prove it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
Educational Lectures
 to be GiOen For Police

Each of the three commissioners yes terday said that he thought the depart ment was making very creditable show ing considering the small number of po- icemen, which condition was due to the financial stringency of the city treasury.
 President Ward stated he believed that many of the officers were not properly acquainted with the penal code and laws under which they are supposed to make arrests, and that this was the reason the code had been printed in pocket edi- tions and the series of lectures arranged.
 None of the commissioners would admit they thought the department was making frivolous arrests or lacked discipline. They stated they did not know of any members of the department who might be consid- cred rather tender in years for holding down the duties of police officer with judgment and discretion.
 Several complaints along these lines have been made regarding the police force recently. however. and the proba bilities are shake-up will be forced unless the new plans of the commissioners succeed in improving conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16

MT Weatherly states that the plan has been complete success with the short time prisoners, and he believes it will more equally as successful with the long-term prisoners The shackled con victs of Birmingham working on the street-cleaning crews and garbage wag- ons have for years been the cause of much strenuous protest from many sources.
 The plan to increase the pay of con victs from DO cents per day to Sl the commissioner states Is done for the sa me reason as the removal of the shackles Just because a man becomes convicted Of crime and is a city prisoner Is no reason that he should be paid less for his labor than when he Is free man, states the commissioner. Therefore when a pris- oner Is fined. for example, SO in the f,I- ture. he will have to work but 90 days to pay his fine instead of 1s0 days as has been the rule in the past. This plan also, states Mr Weatherly. will reduce the number of long-term men and therefore make more practical and feasible the honor system of working the convicts without shackles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
BEGIN WORK SOONON
 POSTOFF|CE PLANS
McNeel Authorized to Sur vey Plat and Send Dia-
 gram to Washington

The government architects will in the near future begin the drawing of the plans for the Birmingham postoffice building.
 Yesterday, John D. McNeel collector of Internal revenue for Alabama and Missis- sippi, received letter from the govern ments supervising architect in which he was authorized to secure an engineer to survey the plat and send diagram by scale. He was urged to use all speed in order that the drawing'of the plans might not be delayed.
 Sometime ago the government purchased site for new building on Nineteenth street and Fifth avenue. II Is now be- leved that the new structure will have been completed in approximately F months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
GIDEONS TO HAVE
 SERVICES TODAY
National Gideon Day to Be Observed by Local Order at Meeting at
 the Tutwiler

Today is national Gideon day. and the local Order of Gideons, the Christian tray cling mems organization. will celebrate in special meeting at 3 o'clock this after noon at the Tutwiler hotel. The meeting will be held in the private dining room of the hotel and addresses will be delv- cred by several speakers
 Churches throughout the city will hear special sermons on the activities of the Gideons and collections will be taken for the Gideon fund.
 Every travelling man in Birmingham to- day is invited by the committee on ar to attend the meeting this aft ernoon Good things are promised by the committee.
 The Gideons among other works. have placed a Bible in every room of practically every hotel In the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
EWING DINNER 0N \ |, ,,AFE PROMENADE rem . paper Club Mecca of F All With Coming of
 Warm Weather

Mith the coming of warm weather Birmingham Newspapr club has re- 5 &a it's summer custom of serving d.n(ers at the Birmingham Newspaper club on the cafe promenade. The club is in this way able to cater to much larger number of people, and many reservations have been made for the Sunday .snening table d'hote dinner. An interesting musical progra mme has been arranged for the dinner. Miss Eva Lynn. the club soloist, will give a number of popular selections. Following is the musical programme and the menu for the dinner: Table d'Hote Sunday Dinner
 May l 6, 1915. Fresh Strawberries au Natural Celery Radishes Queen Olives
 Cream of Tomato Fried Frog Legs, Tartar Sauce
 Julienne Potatoes Roast Western Duck Glazed Apple Fresh Garden Peas
 Broiled New Potatoes Asparagus Tips with Tomato Ring
 Vinaigrette Caramel Nut lee Cream
 Marshmellow Cake Neufchatel Cheese Toasted Crackers
 Demi Tasse
 Service from 6:30 to 9:S0 D. m.
 PROGRAMME. Newspaper club orchestra Miss Le- nore Robinson. director.
 The Rose Maid, selection tGranichs- taedten) Sunny land, waltzes tRosner) Flower Song, Faust (Gounod)-Miss Lynn.
 Rose of Honolulu CArmstrong); A Lit tie Bit of Heaven tBal); Because l Love You, Dear fHawley)-Miss Lynn. Antony and Cleoptra, suite de ballet fGrunewald) Robin Hood. selection Dekoven): Just a Wearyin for You tBond) ;.a tb) Popular requests.-Miss T.vpn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
Officers Now Supplied With Pocket Editions of Code.
 Turner, Fort, Lane and
 Others to Instruct Them

Arrangements have been made, accord ing to the city commissioners, for train ing school for the police force of Bir- mipgham
 For the first time since 1905 10 years ago, the members of the force have been supplied with a pocket edition of the penal code. Within the next few days a series of lectures to the members of the Force are to be started, the lectures to be delivered by Judge Perry Turner of the police court. Judge A. O. Lane, city com missioner In charge of the police force. Judge w. E. Fort of the criminal eourt and other attorneys and court officials
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
PRINTERS TO HOLD
 SERVICES ON MAY 30
Committee Appointed From Local Typographical Union to Prepare
 Programme for Memorial Day

Sunday. May 30, is observed throughout North America by members of the Inter- national Typographical union as memorial day, when tributes of respect are paid the departed members of that organiza- ton The exercises locally will be held at Forest Hill cemetery, where the print CTS have beautiful burial plot. A com mittee has in hand the work of arrang- ing a programme to be announced later. The committee consists of J. E. Carson. chairman; w. $. Lopez. l.. l.. Stillwell. John Bcmar, Fred Harris and Miss Olena McNaft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
Attractive Music

The mixed quartet at the Eleventh Ave- nue M. E. church will sing unusually at tractive numbers at the services today. At the morning service at II o'clock Tours "Jubilate Deo' will be rendered and Mrs. Palmer, MT. Muchmore and Mir. McGill win sing for the offertory the well known trio from Haydn's Creation, "On Thee Each Living Soul Awaits.''
 The special evening numbers will be 70 How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings, by west, and The King of Love-" by Robin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
Shares Transferred

London, May 15.-ts:52 p. m.)-shares of the Holland-America steamship line, rep resentins about one-quarter of the. entire capital which heretofore were in the hands of German steamship companies have been transferred to Dutch subjects, according to dispatch from The Hague to Reuters Telegram company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-16
MARTIN TO HEAD
 UNION RAILROAD

Denver, May 15-w. A Martin. gem eral manager of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad. will resign, effective June 1. it was announced today. to become pres ident of the Union Pacific railroad, with headquarters at Memphis.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-12-31

To the Editor On Dec 9Th submitted short article 70
your paper Why the High Taxes Z" AT that time was
merely hunting for little information, and got little from
I'll Powers clerk Of school district No 49, find that the
governor blame for tile increased levy OF mills
iii school district No 49, but made from the
fact that large deficiency had foaed in hpresent board
from former years.
was accused of questioning the honesty Of some OF our
Ada county officials and that did not intend to do
so, and if did, herewith apologize.
do not protest against high taxes f they cannot
be avoded if the tax payers will investigate and place the
blame where it belongs for willing to admit that our
high taxes caused by past and present exrava
gance also find that the governor not to blame for the
increased levy of mills for rural high they also have
deficiency warrants take Of besides interest 80
40 thousand dollars of Indebtedness and the salaries Of
eight high class teachers for about 90 70 scholars
1t is not unusual thing to hear taxpayer complaining
bitterly about having to pay teacher 800 month for teach
ing few boys to play ping pong, basket ball, etc.
We to the state and county levy The levy
for 1914 23 mills and 1915 it 209 mills reduction
of % mills and figure it the governor in
this to blame Our Ada county levy for was
mills and IN 1915 it 49, mills increase of 1872 mills
and willing to let the taxpayers decide whether the gov
crease.
We often hear taxpayer bowling about Ada county
chasing expensive fair and then making levy
to maintain the but far concerned if the mai
GRITTY OF the taxpayers want these things it is arghwih me-
but say play fair and place the blame where it belongs
s. H. GRIFFITHS
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-12-31
Christian Church Notes

(Rev. Joel Brown, Pastor.)
The pastor organized Sunday
school at Valley View school-house
last Sunday afternoon and met in
conference with teachers and officers
on Wednesday night. The people
there are anxious and hungry for a
up to date religious work The school
will meet each Sunday at 2:30.
Next Sunday Mr.. Brown will preach
in the morning "A New Years Mes
sage" Sunday school at 10 am. AT
1880 the gospel team from the
Y.M.C.A. at Boise will occupy the
hour. The community should give
them good hearing--they have a
message that will be interesting and
helpful.