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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29

costs of S155 50 in the case of Mrs. Joseph inc Reischman vs city of Birmingham.
 Adopted resolution instructing the city engineer to report a plan for straighten- ing out Eleventh avenue, south, and con- necting same with the Green Springs road.
 Adopted resolution instructing the city engineer to report the best location for the construction of the viaduct on the Northside.
 Ordered tungsten light installed at For ty-third street and Eighth avenue, East Birmingham.
 Disalowed claim of Ivey s. Lewis for compensation for services in regard to re- demption of properties sold for taxes
 Confirmed action of Commissioner Bar Der in releasing certain prisoners from jail on probation.
 Reduced water bill of Mrs Eva Fergu- son on premises 2015 North Twenty-sev- enth street, 33 1-3 per cent.
 Repealed improvement ordinance No 920-C providing for certain improvements on Fifteenth avenue, south, from Twen- ty-first street to Maplewood street
 Authorized commissioner of public inn provements to have the sidewalk adja- cent to the Southside fire department extended to the curb line and make such other repairs to the sidewalk as are necessary.
 Authorized the commissioner of public safety to purchase for the use of the city of Birmingham pulmotor.
 Instructed the city engineer to draw an ordinance providing for sidewalks on Twenty sixth street. south, between Ave nue G and Avenue H.
 Adopted improvement ordinance No. 936-C, an ordinance to provide for the construction of certain sanitary sewers.
 Destroyed certain public improvement bonds by burning in open meeting.
 The following matters were referred:
 To the city attorney:
 Bill of Roy Lee of $279s for damage to automobile at Thirteenth avenue and Twenty-sixth street, north
 Complaint of citizens with reference to building maintained by Robert Forsyth in Manila avenue, Wylam.
 To Commissioner Barber with power to act:
 Petition of E. B, Martin and P. E..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29
Tuscumbia Woman Thinks Her Husband Is Burglar
 and Seriously Wounds Him

Sheffield, November 2S-(Special) Conny Askew, a machinist living on North Hooks street, Tuscumbia, when he went home Monday night and came to the back door was mistaken for burglar by his wife and was seriously shot.
 Askew, a machnist at the Southern shops, who had been working several hours overtime, returned to his home knocked on the back door of his house. Mrs. Askew and several girls were in the house and all became excited when they heard the knock on the door, Mr. Askew answered his wife's inquiry as to who was at the door, but she did not hear him because of the noise and ex- citement in the room. She immediately went for her revolver and fired through the door, the ball striking her husband in the groin and inflicting a dangerous, if not fatal, wound
 Dr. l.. w. Chapman was hurriedly summoned and gave the suffering man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29
ROUTINE BUSINESS
 OF CITY COMMISSION

The following is the summary of the proceedings of the city commission at the regular meeting held yesterday:
 Approved vouchers, pay rolls and con tractors estimates.
 Confirmed improvement ordinance No. s33-C, an ordinance to provide for cer- tain improvements on Thirty-third ave- nue, north, from the east curb line of Fifteenth street, north to the east prop erty line of Seventeenth street, north.
 Adopted resolution correcting certain errors under improvement ordinance No. 67S-C.
 Appropriated not exceeding s16OO for material and apparatus for constructing condenser at the North Birmingham mu- nicipal plant
 Adopted resolution vacating portion of Thirty-third street Ensley, and open ing up for travel portion of Thirty second street, Ensley.
 Adopted ordinance No. 439-C granting to the Birmingham Southern railroad the right to construct and maintain an additional track across Thirty-fourtn street, Ensley.
 Appropriated s66.25 to Mrs. Ida L. Spain on account of damages to her property by the construction of sewer across same.
 Authorized commissioner of public inn provements to have street at Thirteenth avenue and Twenty-sixth street, north, repaired so as to render same safe
 Approved for payment bill of Newell Brothers of s450, being an exchange price on Mogul road machine.
 Approved for payment judgment and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29
EUFAULA

| Eufaula, November 2S.-(Special.) The fall session of the circuit court of Barbour county, at Eufaula, which was to have begun today has been post poned and may be dispensed with all together. This was done after con- ference of Judge J. s. Williams, Clerk B. c. Cox and the members of the local bar. The docket is light and there Is practically nothing demanding the at- l tention of the grand jury. In addition to this is the fact that the county will enter on the new Judicial system next year, when there will be four sessions of the court held, but only two for jury cases. Pending the outlining of def- mite programme for this which may throw a session of the court inn mediately after Christmas 1t was thought best to postpone that which should have begun today. The court met as usual at Clayton several months |ago.
 The union Thanksgiving Day services of the Protestant churches of the city will be held Thursday morning at II o'clock at the First Baptist church. The
 
 the pastor, Rev. A. J. Dickinson, Jr., while the other ministers of the city will take part in the remainder of the programme, which will also include some special music under the direction of Mrs. E. T. Long, the organist. A large crowd of local football en- thusiasts will leave Wednesday night for Atlanta, where they will witness the annual Thanksgiving Day game be- tween Auburn and Georgia Tech. The local delegation will be made up chief ly of old Auburn students, who want to see Tech defeated and see her lose the souther championship as we'll.
 The annual lodge of sorrow of the Eufaula lodge of Elks will be held next Sunday afternoon at 3;30 o'clock lat the opera house. The memorial ad- dress on this occasion will be given by Judge E. F. Thomas of Montgomery, formerly of the Alabama court of ap- peals, and resident of Eufaula. The eulogies to the deceased brethren will be given by H. l.. Upshaw, superintend- ent of the Eufaula public schools, and Judge Chauncey Sparks of the inferior court. The departed brothers of the local lodge include Marvin c. Long, J. Mercer Johnson, Frank Bussey, Leo Bloom, w. w. Mangum, Croft Gay, J. L. Cherry and John M. Bullock The last two named died this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29
Tuscumbia Will Have
 Free Mail Delivery Soon

Sheffield, November 2S.-(SpeciaL) Congressman E. B. Almon of Tuscumbia, who leaves tomorrow for Washington. to be present when Congress convenes on December 4 has succeeded in getting the postoffice department at Washington to make an order establishing free mail de- livery service in Tuscumbia It will go into effect as soon as the mayor and aldermen and the citizens have the houses and streets numbered. This will be given immediate attention by the citi- zens of Tuscumbia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29
Planning Federation of
 The East Lake Churches
By MRS. J. B. REID

For several weeks a committee com posed of one member from each church in the East Lake neighborhood of the city has been busily engaged devising plans to federate the church interests of this locality Mrs. Alice Johnson is chairman of the temporary committee which has formulated the preliminaries of this pro gressive system of church work.
 On Monday next. December 4, begin ming at 10:30 in the morning and lasting until 4 in the afternoon there will be final programme arranged for a system atic cooperation of local church interests including charity, social service, and, in fact, all matters pertaining to neighbor- hood interests, for the community well fare. The invitation for this meeting Is extended representatives from each church, eight in number, through the courtesy of the Ruhamia Baptist, the Southern Presbyterian and the Cumber- land Presbyterian church societies. The delegates will be entertained at a lunch con at the church at noon on that day, and for this hour all of the pastors Of the churches are invited to be present, at the first social entertainment of this federation.
 The following delegates are invited from the other churches: Mrs. T. P. Hay, representing the Southern Presbyterian church; Mrs. Mcdaniel, the U. S. A; Mrs. Nell Bennett, the Cumberland Presby7r terian; Mrs. E. G. Burchheld. the Seven ty-eighth Street Methodist Episcopal; Mrs Rush, the Sixty-seventh Street Meth odist Episcopal Mrs. J. M. Hawkins, Sixty-sixth Street Baptist; Mrs. F. E. Fettus, Episcopal Mrs. N. A. Barrett. Ruhamia Baptist.
 The subject treated will applpy to Methods of Local Work and Social Service for East Lake Churches" Each representative will outline the methods in their own church societies. This, of course, will be valuable foundation for future plans.
 Among the invited guests who will ad- dress the federation will be Mrs. Broadly president of the Birmingham Federation of Missions, and five social service work CTS of the district.
 Miss Stewart, representing the settle 
 relief This morning Askew was taken to Memphis, accompanied by Dr. Chap man and MT. Echols, father-in-law of MT Askew, where he will be placed in hospital and an operation performed. Mrs. Askew is sorely grieved over the unfortunate occurrence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29

Pitts for refund of fine in the recorders s court
 The matter of requiring the installation of fire escapes on the Y. M. c. A. build ing, Cable hall, Fraternal hall and Per manent Exhibit hall.
 The matter of removal of the old city stables at Pratt City to the Pisgah Home.
 The matter of removal of small store building at Helena station, located on the Godfrey lot, to the Gisgah Home.
 To Commissioner Weatherly;:
 Petition of John Mcdonald for exten- sion of gas service to his premises.
 To President Ward and Commissioner Hornady:
 The matter of certain improvement to the East Lake library.
 To the city engineer and city attorney:
 Petition of John R. Copeland for the vacation of certain streets in Kingston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29

Methodist social service worker in the Avoudale district.
 Thus the federation will begin a useful career based upon the valuable informa- ton received from this conference. This Is forward step in church social work. It will be valuable because of it's close touch with all of East Lake interests, and will remedy much Of the overlapping of charities.
 East Lake has always had 9 splendid system of organized charity Heretofore the societies have woorked Independently. Monday begins a systematic co-opers- two body for welfare service. and great things will be possible for the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29
MOBILE

Mobile, November 2S.-(Special )--Miss member of prominent coast family, died here Saturday and the remains were shipped Sunday afternoon to Moss Point Miss. for interment. She was "A years old
 About 20 Methodist ministers and lay men leave this week for Selma to at tend the Alabama conference which con- venes there November 29 and continues through December 4. Rev. O. c. McGe- hee D. D., of the First Methodist church, one of tine most prominent ministers of the conference, will be transferred, hav- ing served four years. Rev. J. B. Trotter, pastor of the Crichton church, will also be transferred. pr. McGehee at various times has served Il years in Mobile. He came here 20eyears ago.
 About 100 stalls at the Gulf Coast Fair associations plant on Mobile bay were completely destroyed by fire early Mon- day morning. The damage was estimated at $2000 The. cause of the fire is un- known.
 The $25,OOO residence of State Senator Harry T. Hartwell was badly damaged early Monday morning Members of the family were asleep on the porch and did not discover the fire until it was well under way. It was two-story concrete structure and erected 10 years ago. Sen ator Hartwell said the loss is covered by insurance. The residence was located on Government and Houston streets. News reached here Sunday of the kill ing of William Slocomb, 27. in sawmill at Barnewall. Information over the tele- phone stated that the man while at work in the mill Saturday afternoon got his clothing caught in the machinery. The body was so completely wedged in the machine that bolts had to be removed to extricate it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29

ment work of the Baptists of Pratt City; Miss Painter. Presbyterian interest at Ensdey; Miss Grim, the Methodist social worker at Ensley; Miss Knapp. a welfare worker among the negroes. affiliated with N. Baptist church.; Miss Blackwell. a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29

Two Birmingham, Ala. Stores Jacksonville, Fla.
The sun., 1916-12-29
JUAREZ RESULTS.

First Race-Four-ycer-olds and upward
selling; i've decentralization H.. los "A
c e. aanry'' 80. y sC ro ..co UGr'fs.: 100 |,
ll2 M. Gsrnerl, $40. third, Time, / 90
Einnigin. Star Rose, High street. Marshal
r' s.soma AI RACE s'ar"iy o.ssar r.n; selling
C." .whit.S.. 't41s.s 90. 5000, sisso'" wo ~"
Deckhand. 100 IT. Henry. -. So so. sec.
third. Time o,s5 10 Miss Tipp.r y
c, Cole, Little Spider. Belle c.. aud Hindoo
Third Rac.-rhre.-year.olds and IN.
ward; selling; 1--WE and = half f%urlongs--
MoI,sr' iGs y, nSward1 $3.50 1870,
Meal Ticket Miss Phiibiu and zol.o also
ran,
Fourth Race--The Texas Futuri,y: two.
year-oids; six furlongs-sybil,. Ii5 "a. Car.
roiD. $3.50. Won Kitty Chestham. 100 M
Garner). second. Time. I:l3 80. Only
Fifth Rsc.-Thr..-ys.r.old. and up.
ward: selling; hve and a half f~urlongs"-
Certain Point &c; Hunt, 1880. 1920
:sns: ; :,ss' .a! ss''., ri S':'a;i :e ~ ) ~ Gin aIsi
Sixth Racr-Ail ages: selling; seven FUR,
lonns-Ralph s., 100 wv. Mcintyre), $500
s.. 90, y. 80. won; uastena, 10 or. Henry,
g.. 40, 32.@0. second; Marjorie D.. lO7 iT
Hunt). e2.e0, third. Time. 1877. Aida
Miisrsy and LADY Innocence also ran
Ws.ssSss sii..r, ,,..s s.s.
The sun., 1916-12-29

The Harvard Club Class A squash
team yesterday gained undisputed pos
session Of the lead In the Metropolitan
Squash Tennis League tournament, by
defeating the Columbia Club team by
s matches to I. Harvard and Columbia
had won three matches and lost none.
Harvard presented probably Its strong
est lineup. On the team were Eric s.
Winston. national champion DR.. Alfred
Stillman and. national champion In 1918
and 1914: J. w. Appel. Jr.. winner OF
the fall tournament f.. Sanger. p. NJ.
Morrison, Anderson Dana. inner OF the
recent national handicap. and w. II. Y.
Hackett. fnalist In the handicap. Only
unsuccessful. lie was defeated BY NJ. L.
Cornell. 15-s, 15-7.
DIR. Stillman made his hnt appear
ance In competitive play since 1914 and
appeared just as capable as when he
dethroncd George Whitney In the ma
tional tournament. Pitted against Frank
kidde. one of the best Of the Columbia
players. DR.. Stillman won point after
point by skilful placements. tho ball in
var!ably hitting just above the telltalc
for aces. Kidde made a game fight, but
was defeated lT-l6. 18-15.
Winston met +. W. Putnam, the rank
ing player OF Columbia and won by the
overwhelming score OF Isl. 15-2.
Dana and F. S. Keeler OF Columbia had
a spirited battle before Dana WIS sue
cessful. 1S-1b. l5-l1, 15-2.
Jay Gould. court tennis champion. and
= recent acquisition Of the Columbia
team. was unable to play in the match.
The sun., 1916-12-29
ARMY FLIERS TO PLAY
POLO IN CALIFORNIA
Cavalrymen in Aviation Corps
to Compete in COrO-
nadO Tourney.

san DIEGO. Cal. Dec. 2s.-A for
midable contender for polo honors was
to-day added Unexpectedly to the vari-
Gus teams which will compete in the
Coronado tourney. beginning January J.
1t was announced that seven North
Island aviators. all United States cavalry
officers and tried players, have entered
the lists.
The team will be composed OF Capt
r. p Lahm and L.ieuts. william A
Robertson, w. w, Wynne, c. X. Rhean,
hsrdt. John kennard. Thorne Deuel. and
W. Il. PEBBLES.
The fiers have been practising here
for some time and have shown good pole
! form. One OF the difficulties being en-
countered IL that OF furnishing suitable
mounts for the aviator polo players. blu
that trouble will be overcome o
The tourney Is likely 10 Do one OF .h'
as many Eastern stars are headed thi!
way,
The sun., 1916-12-29
CARTER LEADS GOLFERS.
Has Low Score Mt Pinehurst before
Rain stops Play,

~FINEHvnsT, y. g, Dec. cs.-DrizzlinR
ram, which later developed into a short
lived downpour. contributed in poor
scoring az the outset of the midwinter
quallfyIng round at P~inehurst to-day
and finally resulted in "A postponement
unt Tomorrow. Onc hundred and
~thirty-four contestants exported for duty
and some thirty completed their rounds
ptfore matters were put on for the day.
Philip Carriers ~, 4i-Sl, on course
y. was the best card turned in. Frank
lin Gates's So being the only other
completed round under 80. Carter's Al
under to-day's weather conditions and
considering that he had an unusual run
or bad luck on three holes, holds forth
decided promise for o-morrow. His
card included a 6 on the first after a
remarkable drive. a 4 on the short sixth.
where he carelessly missed a six inch
putt for a 3 after driving to the green
and no less than an 8 on the sixteenth,
lie finished with "A perfect 3 on the
eighteenth, par I and DOGGY s.
Robert Hunter and Fillmore Robson
went out together in II and as respec-
lively. but did not finish.
The sun., 1916-12-29
PENNSY AGAIN WINS
CHESS LEAGUE TITLE
City College Takes Second
Place by Holding Cor
nell to a Tie.

Chess players Of the University OF
Pennsylvania yesterday retained the
championship OF the Triangular League
In the Anal matches OF the annual tour
nament at the Manhattan Chess Club.
Cornell and tho College OF tho City OF
New York tied, at . points each. As
I'e~nnaylvaniA had scored In a similar
way against the local collcGians and had
heater Cornell on Wednesday by . TO 1,
IL led with a total OF . points. a. against
4 for City College and 3 for Cornell. Tho
latter lost the title TO Pennsylvania last
year
city College competed IN the tourns-
mcnt for The first time and met with
surprising success. as II held both OF its
rivals evcn. Brown. which also holds
membership in the league. failed to send
q team.
Tho members Of the victorious Penn
s~ylvania team were Harry Kline, L. S.
jackson. r. ii. Horner and NJ. Schimse-
LEVITT. The last two named are fresh
men.
Yesterdays encounter a note worthy
for the prolonged fight between the two
captains. Il. T.. GIN OF City College and
II. Rerman OF Cornell. II was drawn
out to seventy-hve moves and Gilr's VIC
tory saved City College from defeat. =.
Ginsburg won at the fourth board for
Cornell. and the two ame at the second
and third tables were drawn. Summary
The sun., 1916-12-29
Gresg was Seat raid.

II has been figured out that; neither
Ty Cobb nor Tr!s Speaker. reputcd two
OF the highest paid ball players In the
game. were the real topnotchers in the
matter OF coin gathered for services
rendered in 1915 and 1916. vean Gregg
was the boss money Getter. considering
what he gave in return.
Fol two seasons Gregg was a member
of the Red Sox, For those two seasons
Gregg drew down an annual salary Of
$4,000 and also cut in on two big series
purses totaliing something like 81. 900
for the two years. In return Gregg
pitched six OFFICIAL games in 1915. Las,
year he worked in five such contests.
Meantime he did "A bit OF pitching for
Buffalo. To which he was sent for u brief
time. All told. Gregg came near col
Letting a thousand dollars per full game
pitched. which even in these days OF high
finance Is quite some.
The story reminds of the remark
once made by Sammy Strang. At the
close OF the 1906 worlds series between
the Giants and Athletics Strang calmly
proclaimed himself the highest paid ball
player In the game. Sammy was utility
man for the Giants, and drew his regular
split In the winners purse for striking
out. He appeared once as q pinch hit
ter whitfield.
The sun., 1916-12-29
ALUMNI BLAMED
FOR PROSECUTING
DR.. Perry Of Exeter Says 1t Is
Detrimental to Boy and
Athletics.
PROSECUTING was the chief topic OF dis

PROSECUTING was the chief topic OF dis
cussiop during tho night sess,on Of the
N.,,ona, coI,o,,.,. A,b,.,,c As.oc,a.
Ns..o'a, ,,n.., go nv
80" -. h.asm,s,.r -, phu,,ps
E.",ar oad.mv .tarted tho discussion
nd star,ied The delegates He declared
hat he knew one school which permitted
bovs OF known athletic ability to give
promissory notes for their tuition, the
notes being dated ahead six or seven
years. and when signed were considered
q joke by both parties concerned.
For this state of affairs a loyal but
misguided alumni Is to blame he said.
1T Ia detrimental to the boy and TO
athletics generally.
Dr; Perry
Inc troup'e " 'ha' the pup!e uoes
not behcVe US when we say we ar eo.ns
presS,on pressns ."s. "se"
ono oasen,ah OF 'aoA'e ~ !" sp.,.
we sre soins 70 IN" noeu ".
'oo. ~ o'a".. .ney ae ",
p.ouu ~"e" ny, 1o.' 49," y,
cn.er an hn.u.to" 'nr' .u
oieIs ,ha"s W 'heLl .o.' W
"s.Tau y, .'n l., 49, a..,
" o",' ."'e . =. 10" a,
chahheIs OF ms proseIs.'"s S'tua.'on 10
70 impress 'ne BOY WIN ~ r"., sna'
when an oner Is "a"e . M" OF ire
MS MANHOOD.
VI. ~ McDaniel. ne dlnaster or Oak
ARK ana RIVER Forest township fiign
school. declared that the freshman RUE
mas lone mucH 10 apate the eViI oil
proselyting and would do much more II
observed by all the colleges. He said In
part:
The sun., 1916-12-29
ANNOUNCE CURLING EVENTS.
Grand National Compositions Il TO
Be started on Saturday.

Curling competition under the direc-
ron OF the Grand National Curling
Tub OF America will he inaugurated
tomorrow afternoon on the curling
lake at Van Cortlandt Park. according
70 the schedule issued last night by
Francis Dykes. the secretary. The
opening match will be the annual clash
between he north and the south OF
scotland for the Dalrymple medal.
Tho Utica cup match will be con-
tested at Van Cortlandt Park on jan
uary s. The international match for
the Gordon medal, n Of the big
features OF past seasons. will be
omitted next year. The schedule fol-
lows:
North vs., south Of Scotland match. Van
nrot,landt Park, Saturday. December 30, !
P,M jaime. +. Tonley. umpire.
Saturday, Janusry 6, 10 4. NJ. John Les
lie, umpire. open to clubs other thar
curling clubs IN vicinity OF New York.
Champion rink match for Gordon medal
az sohencctady, date to be arranged b,
schenectady club. W. l., II. Emmet. UNI
pir..
Champion club match for Mitchell medal
nt Utica, on day following finish OF Cor
don medal match. A. II. Munson. umpire
w Fred Allen memorial medal match, a
nH'h. date to be arranged by Utica ciup
george tricve, umpire, .
Scots vs.. other nationaiities. January p
70 February 20.
Interstate match. New York vs.. New
JERSEY. time to he arranged.
scots W., Americans for the John Pat
urSoi medal. at Van Cortlandt PARK. Mon
nsy, February ~, at ! u. u. James +
'ohley, umpire.