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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
.RAT|F|ES PURCHASE
 OF S|TEF0R SCHOOL
Commission Orders 105 Street Lights Recently
 Cut Out Restored

The city commission in formal session
 yesterday afternoon ratified the pur-
 chase by President George B. Ward of
 property of J. B. Levert, Eighth avenue
 and Eighth street, for sl0,000.
 This property, on which is a church
 and IA cottages. will be adapted for the
 use of a negro school, the Industrial
 High school The purchase was rem
 dered necessary when the present build
 ing in which the school Is taught was
 recently condemned The present site is on Eighth avenue and Twelfth street The commission ordered restored i05 lights eliminated sometime ago under
 the policy of rigid economy. The com
 mission discovered that the city could pay for these lights and still retain ex- penses within the budget specifications. In addition to the above, the commis- sion formally accepted the resignation of Perry w. Turner inspector of police. The detailed account of the session fol- lows:
 Approved pay rolls, vouchers and con tractors estimates.
 Confirmed assessments under improve
 ment ordinance No. S67-C, providing for cefldln improvements on AldDdnd ave
 nue from Sixteenth street to Fourteenth street
 Confirmed assessments under improve
 ment ordinance No. S5S-C, providing for certain improvements on Thirty nth street from First avenue, south, to Fifth avenue south. Accepted resignation of Perry W. Tur- neI, inspector of police effective No- vember l. 1915. with regrets. Instructed ba pi ta notify contractor to proceed with the improve ment of Third avenue from Twelfth street to Walker or Seventh street. Ordered installed various street lights. Confirmed action of President Ward in
 purchasing lots 12 and 13, block ,, to be used for school purposes. Authorized city comptroller 10 accept partial payments on certain delinquent suburban assessments. Instructed the city engineer to proceed with the laying of sidewalks in front of the Zuber and Gurley property, Third avenue and Third street, Pratt City. Instructed city engineer to have cleaned out canal at Seventh street. at the mouth of the trunk sewer. Adopted improvement ordinance No
 &sCh-C. repeating improvement ordinance Nc S80-C, providing for certain improve ments in alley through block s4s. Adopted ordinance No. 326-C. an ordi- nance to amend section "A of ordinance No. 7s-c, entitled "an ordinance to pro- vide building code for the city of Bir- ming ham"
 Appropriated the sum of & for the re- demption of lot g. William Burgins ad- dition, and north 40 feet of lot 5, block 2. Palmer Terrace.
 Approved cost bill in case of city of Birmingham vs Mary and Thomas Wat son, amounting to $16.30. Approved cost bill in case of city of Birmingham vs. Leila L. Lowe, amount ing to $24.60.
 Approved action of commissioner Lane in reducing certain fines and forfetures of the recorders court. Denied petition of Louise Massetlse for refund of fine.
 F Denied petition of Mrs. S. l.. Minter that city assume court costs in case lof $. l.. Minter vs. city of Birmingham. Referred to Commissioner Lane certain petitions for refund of fine. All other matters went over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
Will Mean Substantial Saw ing to Shippers-Louis- vile and Nashville Rail- road May Grant Privilege Enjoyed by Atlanta and Nashville

grain rebilling rate over the Ala bama Great Southern railroad will be granted to Birmingham within the next five days, according to statement made by k. T. Steele. freight traffic manager of the Alabama Great Southern railroad of Birmingham. The announce ment of this privilege was received by the grain men in Birmingham with much enthusiasm. It means that Bir- mingham will be put on the same basis as Nashville in the shipment of grain.
 MT. Steele applied to the interstate commerce commission several days ago requesting that it give Birmingham the same privilege as Nashville and At lanta. His application was according to the sixth section cf the interstate com merce commission act, which allows the application to be acted on and put into effect within five days instead of the usual wait extending over 45 days It is known that Atlanta had quite a light with the Louisville and Nashville road before the interstate commerce commission in order to get the same rights on the rebilling proposition as commission decided that Atlanta had as much right to these privileges as any other southern city and rendered its decision accordingly. Since that time various organizations of manufactur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
LARGE CROWD GOES TOFAYETTE TODAY Friends of Dr. Edm0nds Will Testify to Great
 Good He Is Doing

A large number of the friends of Dr. Fl. M Edmonds of the South Highlands Presbyterian church will leave early this morning for Fayette where the North Alabama presbytery Is in session. Several Birmingham men left yesterday after noon and there will be 30 or 70 in the party which leaves this morning. num- Der of upstate delegates also passed through the city yesterday
 Since 1t became generally known that charges were to be made before the pres bytery regarding the theological views of pr. Edmonds, his friends have rallied around him valiantly.
 The members of his congregation who are making the trip to Fayette state that they go simply to mingle with the delegates to the presbytery and to tell of the great good Dr. Edmonds is doing in Birmingham, and to testify to his un- versai popularity. They believe that their voluntary efforts in Dr. Edmonds behalf will impress upon the delegates the mis- fortune that might come from doing any thing which would embarrass him in his work in Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
HEAR REPORTS ON
 W. l.. l. U. MEETING
Meeting of Committees Held Yesterday Afternoon at
 First Methodist

A meeting of all committees interested
 in the Woman's Christian Temperance
 union convention to be held in Birming-
 ham, October 26 s7 and 2S was held at
 the First Methodist church yesterday aft
 ernoon. Indications from reports sub
 mitted at the meeting are that the. an nual convention will be attended by sew
 eral hundred delegates.
 Mrs. F. M Jackson chairman of the entertainment committee. reported that nearly 100 acceptances have already been received from members of locals through out the state.
 Mrs. J. A. Myatt. chairman of the win dow decorations committee, reported that all of the department store managers had promised to decorate their windows with Woman's Christian Temperance union placards for the convention. AH Mrs. A. E. Meadow, who is in charge of the cantata to be given on the first evening of the convention. reported tha
 rapid progress is being made. The can tata "A Saloonless Nation, will be giver by 100 children
 Among the delegates who will attend the convention are the following president: of local unions: Mrs. Jesse Wadswortf of Gadsden; Mrs. Eugene Ballard ol Prattvile; Mrs J. B. Chatfield of Mont gomery, Mrs. John A. Lusk of Gunters vile Mrs Lamar Smith of attalaa, Mrs Sarah Pryon of Collinsville, Mrs. c. M Cox of Ozark, Mrs. II. B. Lathem of Car rollton, Mrs J. l.. Sherril of Mobile, Mrs l.. H. Maxwell of T sscaloosa, Mrs. An drew Hafner of Bessemer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20

Is too natural and realistic for us to he aware of his nearness to us as Shaw inti- mates about his own dramas. By the way, speaking of 'paralleobipeds' (as Louis untermeyer calls them) has anybody suggested that Robert Schumann Is the George Bernard Shaw of musical com posers? Both of these men are creators and critics, critical discrimination is ad- yertised in all they do
 or the Schumann group, the novelette, in r major, from opus 2l, which Schu- mann dedicated to Adolph Henselt, a too much neglected artist, is perhaps the most typical. as it affords him the range of depression found in the other two pieces in this group: besides honoring the
 piano with a figure, In the second move- ment which might well have been the vehicle for another master-lied to grace the golden treasury of his output, in tho field of song. Significant. too. it Is tha. Schumann is the one great song writer on this programme, with no disparagc- ment to the great Liszt waiting below in group five.
 As for the third group. heaven forbid that any ybody get the idea that he can di- vulge any new degrees of information. or suggestion or criticism As well attempt the discovery of new continent Long ago Frederick Chopin was charted and surveyed and vet abides in the Armament of music. undmmed; the very extremity of his complex art, answering to the de- mands of the human spirit. has made him pet and poet laureate for this instru- ment to all the generations that follow him. If that Is not test of greatness. do not Know of any or course. we have to be thankful to Mrs. Gussen for the se- lections. but as far as this body Is con cerned I rather like a group of preudts and etudes when Mrs. Gussen Is to do them, as her spirited and refined rendi- l. l. lsx bered.
 Yes I suppose 1t is all right that Claude Debussy has climbed up to a place on the programme under the great Pole star. Indeed he is likely to become chief avia tor in the realm of music, as he seems to live in the most rarified atmosphere that any human composer ever dwelled in. Diaphanous gauge, and s,fblimated gos- samer all done into aural harmonies-- that's Debussy l believe only France could have grown such n flower as De-
 pussy, but II don't understand why he somes at this late day. long after the TO- mancers departed. Perhaps he forecasts a renaissance of romancers.
 In the last group occurs the remark- able Gavotte of Dreyschock, which Con- stantine Sternberg played on programmes and which Mrs. Gussen plays In inimta- ble style. As a composition 1t is freak of perfection or tue CLASSIC tnoiu, vet most modern on it's brilliancy. Not the least interesting episode in this stunning composition, is the musette which occurs in the middle aptly.
 This good thing and the Liszt Etude
 in fiat. make the last group notable. One wonders why the great artist Lszt did not do more. in the Etude form. Per haps, too. it is absurd to expect more from a man than Franz Liszt did in his busy long life.
 MUSIC LOVER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
Grain Rebilling Rate
 Granted City By A.G.S.

CTS and grain dealers in Birmingham have been active with the result that they have won their fight in regard to one road at least.
 It is thought the Louisville and Nash vile railroad will grant the same priv ilege to Birmingham as has the Ala bama Great Southern. although it is not known that it has made arrange ments to put in the same service on the rebilling. Lee Clary. freight traffic manager of Birmingham of the Louis vile and Nashville, in a statement to an Age Herald reporter. said;
 ''I have no definite statement to make at the present time and l am not aware that the Louisville and Nashville road will grant the same privileges that have been granted by any other road in con- nectioh with the .rebilling of grain I am doing all l can to get this granted to Birmingham and believe our road will put this service in in a short time. There is no doubt but what 1t will help this city and every one is desirous of doing all they can to this end
 The new rebilling rates will undoubt- edly act as an impetus in the grain mar ket of Birmingham and surrounding sections. It will mean that Birming- ham will soon be regarded as a grain center. The grain dealers are contem- plating building larger elevators to take care of the increased business which is expected to come as the re- suit of the rebilling decision.
 The rebilling rate provides that If a car of oats is shipped from some point in Illinois to Birmingham and stopped here until sold and the shipper sells it to a point in some southern state. Mo- bile, for example, he will get the same rate from Birmingham to Mobile as if he had shipped his oats direct from the Illinois point to Mobile. Through rates are always lower than local rates, but under the existing rebilling proposition the shipper will not have to pay q through rate to Birmingham then a local rate to Mobile or any other point. Instead he will get the benefit of the through rate without having to pay a high local rate. The result is that thou sands of dollars will be saved by the hippers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
NOOUTS|DE AGENCY CAUSED EXPLOSION So Says Conorer Spain in Statement After Thor
 ough Investigation

Coroner Spain, in statement to the public. declares that the explosion at the by-product plant of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company at Fairfield, which occurred last Saturday night at 7:2O o'clock, in which three men were killed and one seriously injured. was not caused by an outhside agency.
 Coroner Spain stated that he had thor oughly investigated the accident from every angle, and he was convinced that the explosion was caused by the immense pressure on the gas main. He Is of the opinion that no one can find out the exact cause of the accident. but that no one could have caused it through spite to the plant oD account of it's being busy in the manufacture of war munitions for the allies.
 The damage done to the by-product plant is being rapidly repaired, and the plant will Presume it's normal capacity this week. C. E. Cole. one of the men who was badly burned. is improving at the Errslsx hospital and wtll recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
TRIP THROUGH JAIL PRODUCES RESULTS Assistant Solicitors Accept Five Pleas of Guilty
 From Prisoners

was passing through the county jail yesterday Assistant Solicitors Walter s. Brewer and James Davis were able to secure seevral pleas of guilty through interviews with indicted prisoners at a considerable saving to the state. The following plead guilty:
 Robert Wilson, a negro. indicted for larceny. plead guilty and accepted a sentence of 15 months on the county roads.
 Charley Scott, a negro indicted for burglary, entered a plea of guilty and accepted sentence of two years on the county roads.
 Clarence McInnis, negro. indicted for assault with intent to murder, entered a plea of guilty and accepted a sentence of two years on the county roads.
 Frank Williams. a negro. entered a plea of guilty before Judge H. B. Aber- nethy of petty larceny and accepted a sentence of 90 days on the county roads.
 Clark Abram. a negro, entered a plea of guilty of Sunday gaming, before Judge H. B. Abernethy, and accepted sen tence of 30 days on the county roads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
.LUNQUEST PLACE SO[D FOR S29,OO0 T. s. Davis Buys Lot at Eighth Avenue and Nine
 teenth Street

An important real estate deal was eonsummated Tuesday by J. C. Lusk. vice president of the Jemison Real Es- tate and lnsurancescompany. The props erty known as the Lunquest place, owned by Mrs. W Fl. Dewey. was sold to T. S.. Davis for s29,000.
 The lot. fronting 76 feet on Nineteenth street. 150 feet on Eighth avenue and 7S feet on West Twentieth street. with three street car lines passing the intersection of Eighth avenue and Nineteenth street. has strategic location and is consid- cred by real estate men as property that will become quite valuable in the near future.
 faith in Birmingham and is willing to back his judgment by investing In prop erty here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
CATLETT ACQUITTED IN CRIMINAL COURT
Bartender Was Charged With Arson in Connection
 With Saloon Fire

C. w. Catlett bartender who had been indicted for arson in the first de- gree in connection with fire in a saloon at First avenue and Eighteenth street several months ago, was found not guilty by a jury yesterday in the third division of the criminal court. before Judge A H. Alston. The case went to the jury at 5:30 o'clock and the verdict canee in at about 6:15.
 Catlett and Fred Krelheaus were jointlys indicted for the burning of a
 saloon at First avenue and Eighteenth
 street last June and in which one man suffered serious injury and narrowly escaped with his life When the case was called yesterday separate trial was decided on and Catlett was tried first.
 According to the testimony of sew eral officers, a bunch of keys were found in the front door of the saloon, which was slightly ajaf after the fire had been extinguished. Catlett on the witness stand yesterday admitted that the keys were his
 John W. Altman appeared for the defense and presented numerous wit nesses to support an alibi pleaded by catlctt. w. $. Welch conducted the prosecution for the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
AnnOtdtiOns On the Music
 Study Club Programme Oct. 20
Social Service Department Fly MRS. SIDNEY M. uLLMAN

Two pianos. Variation on 8 theme by Beethoven Saint-Saens, Mrs. William Gussen and Kathryn Fierce
 Why" "whims, Novellette in F. major (Schumann).
 Mazurka B flat. Noeturne r sharp. Etude, op. 25. No. II (Winter Wind) IChopin).
 "Claire de Lune'' C'In the Moonight'o. Reflections on the Water" ODebussy)
 Gavotte tDreysehock. Etude D flat
 LiszD. Butterfly" RosenthaD.
 Mrs. William Gussen's appearance at the first meeting of the Music Study club brings a programme of music's own im- mortal offerings, crystal selections from undying things of musical art.
 It would seem that somebody had sim ply passed around box of choicest con-
 fections and a discriminating lover had chosen from the melange bits of these confections to suit all art lovers. sup
 pose that's just it, too. Mrs. Gussen's
 musicianship and repertoire are so wide and comprehensive that 1t only remains to make delectable choice for the proper occa sion.
 The suspicious note with the noble and philosophic Beethoven may be conven- tional, but it is conventional on the right side It always seems to me that the set programme of a plano recital does itself greatest honor when it honors it's greatest genius. dedicating the hour with the benediction of Beethoven. Having done that, there only remains to follow In some harmony of choice which does no violence to the prelude. Of course this first piece has. as will be observed, a modern dress but it Is nevertheless the creation of the immortal Ludwig Beeth- oven, with the added charm and touch of another master of effects the living Saint-Saens; the simple, unaffected min uette of the German master is embelished and warmed into color out of the Gallic color box. raised into spirited efflores- cence, sas if an orchestra. under the spell of two pianos; widening the basic concep- ton into whole -souled brilliance, yet in no way detracting from the masters courtly refinement. so reverently has the warm hearted French artist undertaken the lab bor of love.
 Mrs. Gussen's second group surely rep resents Schumanns versatile tempera- ment in all its chromatic range, from naive hesitation and doubt to positive. vigorous assertion. If there is any hu- man being on the programme it Is Robert Schumann. Beethoven may be superman, Chopin dsembodied poet ana Dubussy aeolian zephyr but Robert Sehumann represents the human race, the you and the me. plus genius, to express it. He has red blood as they say in Amer ica, even if they inconsistently boast of blue blood in this democracy. Human be- ngs do not always weep, nor always laugh. They. thank heavens, do both so does Schumann. The musical world
 has been trying to get acquainted with this human composer for the last 75 years. I wonder if they have actually gotten on terms of intimacy? Maybe he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
AD CLUB ID BOOST ADVERTISING PLAY Members Will Sell Tickets for Tt Pays to Ad-
 vertise'

The Birmingham Ad club will get behind '1t Pays to Advertise" the great
 Conan X Harris comedy. which will play in Birmingham on November {,
 and will sell tickets throughout the city. This was decided on at the regu-
 lar luncheon of the club. held at 1 o'clock yesterday in the private dining room of the Newspaper club. A commit tee was named to attend to the details as follows: R. H. Mooney. chairman; William C. Radcliffe, Frank Hammond. Louis Stern and Herbert ]. Baum. Presi- dent F. J, Holberg of the club will act as ex-officio member of the committee and will work with it.
 The Ad club sometime ago received
 a proposition from Conan & Harris to give them 25 per cent of the amount col lected on all the tickets they could sell to the performance of Tt Pays to Ad- verties." Inasmueh as Ut Pays to Ad- lvertise' is known throughout the United States as one of the most successful comedies of recent years, and as the Ad club members thought it would be
 q valuable lesson in pointing the value
 of an advertisement, the club decided
 to take up the proposition submitted. At the luncheon of the club yester- day the speakers on the programme
 were Jerome Tucker of the Real Estate
 Exchange and B. H. Mooney, president
 of the Newspaper club. MT. Tucker s address told something about the work the Real Estate Exchange was doing l towards truth in advertising, this be- l ing the general theme of the Ad club. ! He said the board of censors of the ex- change passed on all municipal land advertising and land schemes of every character, deciding as to their merits and demerits.
 B. H. Mooney's address was on "Co- operation" .and he put to practical ap- plication his theme by inviting the president of the Ad club to name l committee to meet with like commit
 tee from the Newspaper club to evolve a scheme which would prove beneficial to both clubs. MT. Holberg accepted the proposition and will name committed soon
 l T. P. Hay, exective secretary of the Real Estate exchange, was present and I was invited to make an address Mr.
 Hay told the members of the Ad club
 that Hill Ferguson would leave Thurs I day noon for St. Louis. where he will represent the local exchange at a meet | ing of the national executive committed and will endeavor to bring the next na- tional convention to Birmingham next spring. MT. Hay says the convention will bring more than 900 real estate | men from all over the United States and Canada to Birmingham, and he be- lieves this city has an excellent chance | of landing 1t.
 1 A communication from the Dallas Ad league to the Birmingham Ad club was read by President Holberg. The Dallas league wants the cooperation of the | Birmingham club in getting the next | democratic national convention foi
 Dallas. and the matter was placed be. I fore the club, and the co-operation oi the Birmingham club given Dallas unanimously.
 The committee on Tt Pays to Ad- vertise' will announce the details ot the plan of handling the play in a few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
TO|DAY'S EVENTS


 Albert Box trial begins in the criminal court this morning at o'clock. Mrs. Betty Lyles Wilson will give dem onstrations of the culinary art under the auspices Of The Age-Herald this after noon from 3 to 5 o'clock at the Manu- facturers Permanent Exhibit building, next to Chamber of Commerce, on First avenue
 Rotary club meets at Tutwiler at ! o'clock for lunch. Monthly business meet ing. No visitors permitted.
 At the Theatres
 Jefferson-Moving pictures of German battlefileds, 2:45 to s:45 o'clock p. m. Bijou-"Alias Jimmy Valentine no matinee night at S:3o o'clock
 Lyric-keith vaudeville. Matinee 2:3o p. m.; night, 7:3o and 9 D. m.
 Majestic-"My Cinderella Girl,' musical comedy Matinee 2:3o D. m.; night, 7:45 and 915 p. m. Orpheum- 'Snitzell's Hotel" burlesque; matinee 3 D. m; night, 7:45 and SD. m.
 At Photoplay Houses strand "The Magic Skin,'' with Mabel Trunnelle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-20
B|G CASESUP TODAY . IN CRIMINAL COURT Albert Box Goes on Trial This Morning and Pierce
 This Afternoon

Several big murder trials are slated for all divisions of the criminal court this morning.
 The first case called this morning will be that of Albert Box, a former police officer of Pinckney City, who has been in the county jail for several months awaiting trial for the killing of Gus Goolsby. an 1s-year-oid boy. The Box case has already excited considerable attention and noteworthy legal battle is slated between the forces of the state and the firm of Gibson & Davis, who will represent the defendant.
 The case of T. J. Pierce. former Bir- minHham policeman. who stands indicted for the murder of Ernest Whitaker. an aged negro about two years ago, Is dccketed for o'clock tomorrow after