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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
DIFFERS PASSING SENTENCE 0N TWO FOgg and COlias Will Not Be Sentenced Until Next
 Saturday

Fostponement of sentence until next Saturday was asked by the attorneys for Walter Fogg, negro. who was convicted last week in the criminal court of rob- bery and given the death penalty, when he was brought before Judge H. P. Hefin to receive the dread sentence yesterday morning The attorneys stated that an appeal to the supreme court was being considered and asked for another week to consider the matter. Judge Heflin granted the postponement
 The same request was made to Judge w. E. Fort in the case of Jim Colias, convicted of murder in the second degree and given 12 years in the penitentiary This matter went over until next Satur- day.
 Judge Fort sentenced Pasco Slater, al legged companion of Adonia Cruseau, who was convicted on Friday of robbery and given life sentence. Slater and Cru seau were jointly indicted for robbery ago a severance was demanded, and Slater went to trial. He was convicted and given a life sentence in the penten- tiary. He requested Judge Fort to defer passin gsentence until after his compan. ion was tried, which request was grant. l ed Cruseau was tried last week anc convicted. also receiving a life sentence | Both negroes were sentenced to life i'm. prisonment yesterday
 l Other prisoners sentenced were Pope | Hodges. who plead guilty to charge ot murder, and was sentenced to life i'm prisonment in the penitentary: Harr, 1 Spencer, tried and convicted for murder was given life sentence.
 1 Prisoners charged with capital offense.
 were arraigned before Judge w. E. For yesterday for the weeks commencing
 May 10 and May 24.
 Capital cases set for May 10 are: Hes.
 Rhodes. alias, murder; Leslie Lea, alias murder; Will Dolby, robbery; Jesse Breed I love, robbery; Namon Tolbert, murder
 Will Hardeman, robbery; Albert Malone
 robbery; Walter Malone, robbery; Rob
 ert Pack robbery; Sol Holmes, murder Ellis Phillips, robbery; Mary Farrow
 murder; Andrew Collins, robbery; Joe Blu, Glass, murder; Tom Graham, murder Clifton Threat robbery James Walker murder.
 Capital cases set for May 24 are: Loui Gagliano, murder Will Dovey. robbery Julius Jordan, robbery; John Wesley Hill
 murder; Ben Hutchinson. murder; T. J McLemore. murder; Emma Peter mur der; Marcella, murder; John Wilson, mur der; T. J. Pierce, murder; Sam Gunnells murder; Warren Irwin and Lee Jackson
 murder: Tom Harvey. murder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
MUSICALE AT CLUB
 LARGELY ATTENDED

The musicale given yesterday afternoon at the Newspaper club under the aus pices of the Birmingham chapter of the alumnae of the Alabama Girls Technical Institute was attended by a large number of former Montevalo students and their friends. The musicale was one of se- ries of successful affairs given by the Birmingham chapter to raise funds to assist in equipping a model or practice cottage at the school for the use of stu dents in domestic arts.
 The following programme was given Saturday afternoon.
 Baritone solo. Evening Star" Wag- per. MT. Hode Eastman.
 Reading. Miss Isabel Moser.
 Duet, "I Feel Thy Angel Spirit" Ora ber- Hoffman, Miss Irene Jenkins and MT Eastman.
 Soprano solo. Thine Eyes So Blue and Tender" Miss Annie We've Thornton. Soprano solo, How Friendly Was Sleep Miss Irene Jenkins. Baritone. song cycle, Loves Eptome' Salter. Adolph Damn Petersen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

knew something serious was wrong, for Miss Fancy was greatly excited z Then the wildcats saw 1t ard add1 their voice to the welcoming of tlAeA11
 The eagles huttered their wings, thsN groundhog temporarily forgot the disre- pute into which he has fallen, the mon- keys chattered excitedly, the silver fox rushed to and fro in his cage. the coyotes grew even more frantic in their hurried walk. the owls opened their eyes wide, lie peacock lost two beautiful tail feath- CTS. the squirrels leaped to the top of their cages and back again; the rabbits ceased to nibble the breakfast with which they had just been served the alligator fell of 1 is perch with loud splash and as the news spread to the duck pond birds of many feathers gathered in q Quacking group on the island and discussed the sit- uation
 Miss Fancy" after the novelty of the thing wore off. grew worried She sees In the baby llama a rival. She fears 1t will l supplant her in the affection of the chil- i dren of Birmingham. The monkeys talked themselves blue In the face. They scolded
 the baby unmercfuly. The ground hog grunted in disdain. and Teddy grow fran l tic in his efforts to push one eye around | the corner of his cage to get view of the | new arrival.
 And the new baby? Why. 1t was as tran | au as June morn. It stood around for I awhile appearing lost, but soon became
 accustomed to It's future home and now l is thoroughly at ease.
 Five wood ducks were matched Thur day morning and greeted tho denizens of the zoo little later in the day from the duck pond The new shock of oaby llama was almost too much for the ani- mals Headache powders were much in demand last night and 'Miss Fancy had recourse to bottle of smelling saltss
 which she consplcuouslv and copiously ap- piled at frequent intervals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
HUMANE SUNDAY ID BE OBSERVED MAY 23 Will Come as Continuation of "Be Kind to Animals"
 Week

Preparations are being made by the local officials of the Birmingham Hu- mane society for the observance of Hu- mane Sunday, May B, and the "Be Kind to Animals week May 1T to 9. Both these movements are worldwide and will be observed wherever humane societies exist In the observance of Humane Sun day every minister of the state of every and all denominations are requested to breach special sermon on humane work Mrs w. N. Wood. president of the Birmingham Humane society, is state khairman for Alabama of these move- ments and requests that all clergymen ln the state who are interested com tmunicate with her on this subject. The American Humane association of AL bany, N. r., will send material gratis which may be used in preparing sermons on receipt of post card or letter from any clergyman.
 For the 'Be Kind to Animals week an appropriate programme is being ar- ranged which will include a parade of work horses, motion pictures showing animals, in the various stages of kind- ness and neglect, school observances and other features.
 Children from all over the state are invited to write competitive essays or humane work. The American Humane association will issue an honorary certif. cate to any child whose essay is read ir one of the schools or is printed in a newspaper. Further announcements vii be made later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
RATE FIGHT STARTS
 IN CAPITAL MONDAY
Railroads Are Seeking to Have the Present Rates Made
 Permanent

Beginning tomorrow the state railroad commission will hear evidence as to why railroad rate schedules made effective last fall with the Understanding that they might be changed June l, should not be made permanent. The rates in question have been considered an increase over rates heretofore existing.
 From indications, 1t would appear that the railroads, which will make a deter mined effort 10 keep the present sched. ules permanently in effect, will be con. sderably handicapped. For, as Is remem- bered, the associate members of the com. mission s. P. Gaillard of Mobile and B. H Cooper of Birmingham, were elect ed chiefly, it is thought, on account of their vehement objections to what tho anti-admnistration forces have beer pleased to term the surrender or com. promise with the railroads which ended railroad rate litigation in Alabama
 Practically every large center of tn, state will be represented at the meeting and the railroads will not only introduce bulky testimony, but will be represented by their general counsel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
ARE l ID BOARD STEAMER
 AT SLATER'S BLUFF
Radcliffe and Party Choose Site After Making In- spection of Banks
 of Warrior

In a special gasoline car of the
 Southern Railway company W. c Rad cllffe, secretary of the Chamber "f
 Commerce. accompanied by officials of the railway company. yesterday ran down to Maxine and inspected the banks of the Warrior river for a land ing place to be used in the excursion
 to be conducted down the river May IS at the formal opening of Lock 1T. The party decided upon a point called Skaters Bluff. which is about one
 mile from Maxine and about 20 miles from Eusley. Slater's Bluff is risht cn the river, the excursionists being able to leave the train and walk but d short distance to board the excursion boat.
 Capt. E. V Pickley of the river steamer "Hannan,s who will conduct
 the party down the river past the locks and on down to Tuscaloosa, has pie viously inspected this place. and states that he can pull his boat right up along the bank of the river here, as the water I is deep. and throw his gangplank out l on the bank, enabling the loading of 1 the steamer without difficulty or con- | struction of a wharf
 The data secured by Secretary Rad eliffe yesterday will be presented to the l entertainment committee of the cham
 Der tomorrow morning and 1t will be passed on. 1t is understood, however. 1 that that point will be established as
 the place at which the transfer or tho 1 excursionists from the special tram l to the river boat wil~ be made. In the
 party yesterday were MT. Radcliffe, c
 l. Harris, general superintendent of the Southern: James Freeman. assistant general passenger agent; J. H, Stan 1 hel, division superintendent, A. B. New road master, and NJ. W. Self, bridge and building supervisor.
 | The excursion May 13 will be to cele- brate the formal opening of the ca
 nalized Warrior river to commercial
 traffic between the Birmingham dis,
 trct and the Gulf of Mexico. Secretary
 Garrison and other national officials
 will be present. It is expected to be ont of the most important events In the his
 tory of the Birmingham district. The
 trip will be open to anyone who wants
 to go. The expense will be moderate
 only enough to actually pay the ex,
 penses of handling the crowds The triI will be made to Skaters Bluff by specia train, from there by river excursion boat down the Warrior and through
 the locks which are said to be amoni
 the largest in the world, and on to Tus caloosa, where barbecue will be serve, by moonlight A special train will brinl l the party back to Birmingham the sam night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
Unusual Incident
 at l.. & N. Station

While awaiting the arrival of the Louis vile and Nashville train from Montgom- cry yesterday noon a fashionably dressed woman mounted a bootblack stand and ordered the negro attendant to shine her shoes.
 The spectacle was apparently an un- usual one in Birmingham, for all others who awaited the coming of the train gazed unashamed of their frank curiosity.
 The negro. after moments hesitancy, set to with alacrity, and the job was soon completed. The woman, who had stood with indifference the stares of surprise, tossed the bootblack coin and retired to the waiting room.
 Timidity on the part of reporters Is re- yeponsible for the fact that her name was not acquired. However, it was learned afterwards. that she had purchased a ticket to Chicago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
FIRST SUIT FILED
 FOR FALL 0F WALL
l.. F. Kleybecker Asks S5OOO Damages-Filed in the
 Circuit Court

The first of the victims if the Second avenue disaster to file suit for damages was l.. F. kleybecker. manager of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea company, who entered suit yesterday in the circuit court. in which he claimed of Mrs. Lucy r. Hud- gins the sum of 5000 damages for alleged personal injuries.
 The plaintiff alleges in his complaint that on the Fist day of April he was se- verely injured in the falling of wall of the building on Second avenue formerly occupied by the Steele-Smith company. He further alleges that the injuries afore- said were due to the negligence of the defendant. who had failed or refused to have it torr down after it had been rem dered unsafe by fire that occurred some four months ago. He alleges that This head was bruised. lacerated ant wounded. his arms and body severely mashed, his leg badly lacerated and man gled and that he was otherwise injured about the bodv'' The suit was filed b, Attorneys Gaston & Drennen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
NO SUCCESSOR YET ID REV. LAWRENCE League Said to Be Consider ing Men From Maine
 and Ohio

Up to midnight last night no successor to the Rev Brooks Lawrence, superin- tendent of the Alabama Anti-Saloon league, had been named. It is understood that several Alabamans are tentative candidates for the berth, generally consid- cred lucrative, which he will yield July l. Despite this fact. however, 1t is currently reported that the league is considering with favor resident of Maine and an- other of Ohio, from which state. incl dentally, Rev. Mir. Lawrence came to Alabama.
 AS has heretofore been published, Rev MT. Lawrence, who has spent nine years in Alabama in an effort to establish con stitutional prohibition and carry out the motto of the league, Save the Boys, mas rendered his resignation, effective July l, in order that he might apply his talent exclusively to the manufacture ana ois- cessation of lead pencils.
 There has never been doubt, II IS uh- derstood of the league accepting the resignation of It's superintendent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
Ward Wants Letter
 Without Kick in It

George Ward wants somebody to 'write him letter!
 The president of the city commission doesn,t care much who writes it. He does care what's in it.
 Not that the grey haired bachelor who rresides over the destinies of Birmingham as president of the city commission never receives a letter! Far be 1t from such. And further be 1t stated he does not want to receive love letter, a letter with a check in it. or letter from long lost friend.
 Mr Ward receives many letters Every day they come, bundle after bundle or them. All are addressed to the president of the city commission and all of them come from the man or the woman or the child who has something to kick about. They kick about their neighbors' chickens, they kick about the dust, about the street cars and the jitneys, the tom cats on the back fences and the garbage man, the policemen and the firemen and everything else from hole in the ground to pole in the air.
 Now, MT Ward is waiting to receive one more letter He says he don't give - if its the last letter he ever receives In his life. But he wants that one letter and in it some real, perfectly alive nor nal, healthy, human being possessed oi all his faculties and in his right mind should say over his own signature that
 Everything in his neghborhood is per fectly all right. and going good, there ia nothing whatever that could be com plained of, and he agrees with the city commission in everything 1t has done ol ever intends to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
TutwiIer Music Tonight

Wiegand's orchestra will render the following programme at the Tutwiler tonight:
 Overture to "Rosamunde" (SchuberD Southern Roses" waltz (Strauss). "Melodie" (Friml).
 "Menuetto All antico" (Karganoff). Popular Suite (Witmark).
 Second Hungarian Fantasia" (Hau- ser).
 Pas Seul "Pirouette' tFink).
 Excerpts from Gypsy Love" Lehar)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

The zoo at Avondale continues to grow and the latest addition Is a llama, al- though to look at the above photograph one would never suspect its identity. The baby llama was born yesterday morning and has not yet been named It's mother Is inordinately proud of the little rascal. but the other zoo animals are wondering what he is going to do with so much les. He consists largely of legs but Keeper Dayton Allen of the zoo animals says he will grow out of the spndly-legged class in a few days and be as spry as the best of them.
 The mother Is doing nicely, thank you, and expects to be about her household duties this afternoon. The baby will be "slicked up for the hundreds of visitors who will pour in from all sections of the Birmingham district to greet the new arrival and to wish him happy and long life in the Avondale zoo
 The baby Is healthy specimen, and Keeper Allen says it will live unless some thing unforeseen happens.
 The animals at the zoo had no sus- picion of new arrival, as the baby llama req ched the zoo, via the Stork Route, Ltd, before the break of day Saturday morning. Miss Fancy" the chidren's elephant. slept rather late and did mol come out on her lawn until the sun was high in the heavens. She stretched lazils and slapped at blue bottle fly that ven tured too near her trunk, then she nap pened to glance down toward the llama home, a little ways down the hillside | The kddies' elephant had the surprise | of her life and trumpeted her amazemeh so loudly that Teddy the bear, rushe' 1 from his morning bath to see what wa 1 ha ppenina. The bars to his cage pre- vented him catching a glimpse oi LII l latest addition to the zoo family, put
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
JOINT MEETING OF
 B'NAI BIRTH TODAY

Birmingham and Magic City lodges, h. dependent Order of B'Nai B Rith will hold joint meeting at Fraternal hall this afternoon at o'clock. Reports of the recent B'Nai B'Rith convention held at New Orleans will be read by MT. Ober- dorfer and MT. Kartus, local delegates. Business of great importance, especially contemplated work for the future will be discussed. All members and sojourning brethren are urged to attend the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
NO CONFERENCE YET
 ON VERDICT IN PROBE

The city commissioners have held no conference over the testimony offered in the Steele-smith wall disaster probe. It is understood that some such conference between the triumvirate may be held to- day.
 None of them would state yesterday when they would make decision in the matter Such is expected. however, this week but it may be the middle of the week or later. The commissioners will not indicate what may be their decision, bui it is generally understood that they will fall to settle on reason for the fall of the wall or fix the responsibility for the fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02

regard to county lines. Pay the state tax commission adequate salaries; give them an adequate appropriation, and give them the right to appoint and remove the tax assessors in every county throughout the state. Provide that there shall be no appeal from an assessment made by the agents of the stxAe tax commission except to the commission and no appeal from the commission except to a jury. If the coun- ty tax assessors were appointed and re- moved by the state tax commission, with the approval, if you think proper, of the governor, the organization of the county tax assessors offices throughout the state could at once be made really effective.
 The 60 Per Cent Assessment
 .T have noted with interest the sugges- ton which has been from time to time made, that the financial troubles of the state could be settled by making the par value of property the basis of assess ment instead of 60 per cent.
 T am convinced that property through out this state is not today assessed on an average at more than 30 per cent. For many years the law provided for 10t
 per cent assessment and the law, like many of our laws. was treated as joke and the officials of each county assessed the property in their respective counties for enough to give the necessary reve- rue to carry on the work of the county without any regard to the necessities oi the state. The state tax commission it. self first adopted the so per cent rule or the theory that practically no property was assessed higher than that basis, and that if all property could be brought UT to that basis we would have all of the revenue required. In adopting this rule
 in disregard of the statute. the state tax commission was. by the supreme court oi the state, held. to have exceeded It's au- thority. In enacting the @ per cent law the last legislature simply adopted tht rule previously adopted by the state tax commission. Whenever the average as sessment of property can be gotten IT to 60 per cent, if sufficient revenue hat not been raised, it will then be time enough to talk about higher basis Of assessment. The 100 per cent law wa: never invoked except when it was i'm properly and unjustly used by tte tax l ing authorities as a club over the head' of individual taxpayers. I have neve'
 known any persons connected with oul state tax commission who have triet l harder and with more fairness and per sistence, to achieve useful results thar l John s. Mopring and Henry P. White. I these men or men like them were givei a reasonable chance. with proper or | ganixation, I believe fair assessment could be secured throughout the state livery respectfully yours,
 sWAI4KER PERCx."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
Real Estate Transfers

The following real estate transfers were recorded yesterday in the office of the probate judge:
 s2,O0-LOuis Busenlehner to E F. Essig, part of lot IA. survey of c. J. Plosser
 y45OO-George A Neal to Annie l.. Ma jor lot 3, block {. Marks Place
 S2b0O-- Birmingham Realty company to L. J. Haley the north half of lot s4 and the south half of lot 3b. block 3. Birming- ham Realty company's addition No. 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were recorded yesterday in the office of the probate judge:
 K. s. McPherson, Acton to Miss Mae Miller. rie Allie Cole.
 J. H. Price. Altoona, to Miss sarai Dock.
 s. S. White oxmoor. to Miss Ads Nabers.
 J. w. Galloway, Stockton. to Miss Ads Nabers.
 W. |. Roberts. Bessemer. to Miss Lilli' Caldwell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
ORDER PAINTING OF OSCAR UNDERWOOD Will Be Hung in Chamber of Ways and Means
 Committee

It was learned with pleasure in Birming- ham yesterday. that Congress. through the action of one of it's committees, has ordered a painting of Oscar W. Under wood, Alabama's junior senator. for the chamber of the committee on ways and means.
 The portrait will be painted by Michel Jacobs. renowned artist of the capital, and Mir Underwood will be represented as standing in his place as chairman of the committee over which for two terms he presided.
 Work on the portrait, it Is understood, will be undertaken at once.
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