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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19

as the police in the past have been found to be unusually good collectors.
 An assistant to Comptroller Louis Levy, in the collection of the street taxes, will also be appointed, although no men, ton of that fact was made in the com mission meeting yesterday. It is known, however, that the city commission does not propose to place the collection of street taxes on a commission paying ba sis, as was done some years ago
 Following is a copy of the street tax ordinance, the first of the emergency measures that will be passed by the city commissioners to make up the deficit of $246,Oo0 per annum caused by the Mo Donald injunction.
 STREET TAX ORDINANCE.
 Be 1t ordained by the commission of tho city of Birmingham, as follows:
 Section 1. That every male inha bitant of the city of Birmingham between the ages of 21 and 45 years shall, on or be. fore the first day of August. 1916, pay to the city comptroller, for the use of the city of Birmingham, street tax for the remainder of the year 1916 of $2.50, pro- vided that any person liable for street tax may, in lieu of said tax, work three days on the public streets of the city of Birmingham, under the direction of the street commissioners, by September 1, 1916
 Sec g. Be 1t further ordained that every male inhabitant of the city of Birming- ham, between the ages of 21 years and years, shall, on or before the first day of March, 1s17 and every year thereafter pay to the city comptroller for the use of the city of Birmingham street tax of s per annum, provided that any person liable for a street tax may, in lieu of said tax, work six days on the public sctreets of the city Of Birmingham under the di- rection of the street commissioner by March 1 of each year.
 Sec. B.. Be it further ordained that the funds arising under tnfs ordinance shall be kept in the city treasury as a separate fund to be used exclusively for the SUD- port and maintenance of the public streets within the limits of the city oi Birmingham.
 Sec. 4. Be it further ordained that any person liable for street tax under the provisions of this ordinance, who fails to pay the same or discharge the same ir labor in the manner prescribed herein and at the time prescribed herein shall upon conviction, be fined not less than 5; nor more than $10.
 Sec. 5. Be 1t further ordained that this tax shall not. apply to persons residing in the city for less period than three call endar months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued from the probate court yester- day:
 J. D. Robertson, Pratt City, and Mrs. Susie Fletcher.
 R. T. Rollins and Miss Beulah Parker. Q. E. Hawkins and Miss Ethel Lee Bennett.
 S. M. Carter. Mascotte, Fla, and Miss Verna Trotter.
 Everett N: Brown and Miss Eliza beth Julia Berkley.
 J. A. Rogers, Aberdeen, Miss. and Mrs. Jessie c. Ward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19
EXPLOSION AT
 POWDER MILL

The wheel mill of the Jefferson Powder
 company, which is used for the mixin! of powder, two miles east of North Bir-
 mingham, for the third time in the last
 two months blew up last night about I7:3o o'clock. This explosion is the lightest one of the three, it was said. It was not felt by the citizens of North Birming- ham. No one was injured. The damage lis thought to be small. According to information received the machinery in the mill and the shed over it were the only property that was damaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19
MANY ARRESTS FOR . HEALTH VIOLATIONS
Inspector Burson Makes Re. port and States That All Sanitary Laws Will Be
 Enforced

For the first half of the month of July Chief Sanitary Inspector w. c. Burson reports no arrests for violations of the health regulations of the city. The local department of health merely collected the statistics of the arrests and fines on the various violations but the names and ad- dresses of the violators were left out of the report
 Chief Inspector Burson also stated yes- terday that the police on their beats at night should make arrests of all fruit stands they find uncovered. MT. Bur sons attention had been called to the fact that the owners of fruit stands downtown and in the suburbs were in the habit of taking off their screens as soon as darkness came, and they were assured that the sanitary and health inspectors were off duty.
 The police officers are never off duty" said Chief Inspector Burson, "and even at o'clock in the morning if an officer notices & violation of the health regulations he should arrest the violator. am coming downtown at night in the future and these fruit stands that are unc6Vereu VIII cause tHcir pfOprletofS stiff fine.
 Another matter I wish to call atten- tion to and that Is garbage cans in the rear of all residences. The hardware stores of the city are now well supplied with garbage cans and thus no excuse can be given the sanitary Inspectors where no garbage can Is found. In the future no warnings will be given and ar rests will follow at every place where no garbage can Is found by the inspector. These health laws are not joke. and they will be enforced"
 Following Is the report of arrests made by the health department during the first half of the present month
 ARRESTS AND FINES Number
 arrests. Ofense. Fines 56-Uncovered fruit two cases for |. feited .......................... .$10f 1S-Violation of stable ordinance (one
 5-No garbage cans (three cases pending) ........................ 2s-Failure to connect closet with
 sewer (22 cases pending) ... 1s 2-Selling spoiled watermelons (both
 cases pending).
 2-No water on closet (one pending,
 one given more time).
 1-Selling spoiled meat (pending)
 1-Throwing watermelon rinds on
 street (nol prossed).
 1-Throwing trash on street .......... 1-Unsanitary restaurant ............ {
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Change of Name

Papers changing the name of the Charles A. Nolan Sales company of Bir- mingham to the Smith Form-Truck Sales company were filed in the probate court yesterday. The change of name was voted at meeting of the stock holders in the First National bank building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19
Nesro Injured

Henry Hundley, negro. was serious ly injured when he was caught be- tween a box car and pumping post at Morris avenue and Nineteenth street yesterday afternoon at 4;aQ o'clock by a Louisville and Nashville switch en- zine. Hundley was removed to St. vincent's hospital in Bradford's ambu- la -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19

At The Photoplay Houses strand-"Sally In Our Alley" with Carlyle Blackwell
 Trianon-"The Apostle of Vengeance" :" with William H. Hart.
 Majestic-"How Molly Made Good ,'' with Marguerite Gale. odeon. One-"The. Wagabend,' with Charlie Chaplin.
 Rialto-"The Tarantula," with Edith Storey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19
ISTONES

Avoid operations Popitive stona ch Liver remAdy(ho 0iL)--Results sure. Tear this out mall 1t to mo with your address new for health and happiness
 l. g. Bewsfs Dept. D.i. 3is .. psaFbtfn a.. chlease
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19
IA MORE TYPHOID CASES REPORTED ID HEALTH OFFICE Eight Cases of Smallpox Not Regarded as Serious
 Menace CENTER ATTENTION ON TYPHOID FEVER Authorities Still Urge Everyone to Be Vaccinated Because of Large
 Number of Cases in
 the City

City Health Officer pr. Cecil D. Cas- ton announced last night that IA addi- tional cases of typhoid fever had been reported yesterday.
 This latest report brings the total num- Der of typhoid cases during the present epidemic to 466 and to 322 for the present month.
 Health officials of the city were con- fronted with two additional problems other than the present typhoid fever epi- demic yesterday. One of these was the report of cases of smallpox and the other of the discovery of another case of infantile paralysis.
 The "communique" issued by Commis- sioner of Health and Education Hornady discounts the gravity of the discovery of smallpox and infantile paralysis in the community and asserts that the health authorities are in full control of the sit: uation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19
TYPHOID REAL MENACE

While the reports for the day show one new case of infantile paralysis, said Commissioner Hornady. and five cases of smallpox, there is nothing in these developments that should cause alarm. The smallpox was brought to Birmingham by a negro, who has been Jailed for failure to report the fact that he had the disease, and the three persons now afflicted have been iso- lated. At the same time, all the ne- groes in the vicinity were vaccinated and every precaution was taken to pre- vent further infection.
 AS to infantile paralysis. Birming- ham has only two cases, which IS much below the average of the past few years, and no trouble is expected from this source. In fact, Birmingham has but one cause for apprehension, and this is found in the presence of several hundred cases of typhoid fever, any one of which might become danger ous source of infection unless proper safeguards are used. As long s this condition exists the public should fol- low the precautionary measures that have been suggested from time to time by the members of the board of health and the city health officer. The inn portance of vaccination cannot be overestimated, and the fact that the number of cases of typhoid has shown some decrease should not lead anyone to neglect this vital matter.
 "The health authorities are convinced l. -v, raI ftnfn cause of the sudden and alarming in- crease in typhoid fever. but they real ize full well the element of danger contained in the presence of so many cases in widely separated sections of the city, and that the necessity of ob- serving sane precautions is as urgent as ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres
At The Photoplay Houses

Lyric-vaudeville. Matinee at 3 p. m. evening at 7:50 and g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-19
Bitter Contest Is Waged Against Pavements in Clairmont Avenue
 Section of City
JITNEY BUS WILL
 CARE FOR PATRONS
 SAYS PEVEAR CARD
Fight So Spirited Before Commis- sion That Whole Subject Goes Over Until Tomorrow
 Afternoon

As the city commission proposes to pave Clairmont avenue the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company an- nounces that 1t will discontinue the car service on the Mountain Terrace line.
 According to signed statement issued by President J.. S. Pevear, of the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power com pany, his company secured the franchise to operate the Mountain Terrace car line from the county, and for the past 10 years the line has been operated at a serious loss. As the city now proposes to pave Clairmont avenue, the statement of MT. Pevear is that such action will bring on an added expenditure of about $24,oO0 to his company if the operation of the Mountain Terrace line is continued.
 At the city hall none of the commission CTS would make any comment on the matter, preferring to digest the state ment of President Pevear> before stating their. ttitida
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APPETITES IN CHICAGO
NEED A SUB-TREASURY
Hotel Restaurant Boosts Price
of Hearty Meal to Two
$50 Bills.

CnrcArr. Juno We're = n little 20,
luck snack Of v~.ctuals which any init
among the common reepul now IN cor
,eu'tou assembled may order at a GER
t''l chicago hoto' The little meal. to-
gttEey VITA the convention week prices
attached, are taken from p printed menu
wh,rh the reporter locked over to-day
30 said hotel and then turned around
and walked right out again in the gen
er,l direction 81 a restaurant with nor
NAL prices.
il.r might begin tho sIIach with n pCr-
ton of "tyler. price per portion, $40.
Next "A h't ~ SOUP, NhHt'-Say a plato
uf clam 'hoWdor tor 10 cents. or green
turtle soup at $40 "A portion \ dab
uC salmon at sl.35 per dab or u tilet a..
sol" AT sl.Ti a Met might follow, after
wh.'n uuc might or,ler for an eutrce A
Met or beef for So % or guinea hen on
,'Juttr At 81. or some nuslrooms under
tuyrr' Tor ;! 90.
coming now to tho roaSt "a delightful
portion, III chpon Was down uu the printed
menu AT - 80 II portion, whereas lust
rli.u cn.tNcu cost merely So a portion.
b .Nu allISatur pear sa4ad cost only si.7J.
mud when II cano to vegetables there
were canned asparagus at n portion.
, potatoes ~ rratin At 80 cents a portion,
|'aNIl1o"eF az ~ cellts, S|eNed tomatoes
At 80 cents, celery at so cents. wax bear ms
~ 40 cents and peas, just plain peas. At
A portion
Then for dessert one might get him
self back 90 cent. Tor strawberry short
cake, or TO cents u plate for ~certaln
tlaNurs or Ice rean or $3.50 for either
q dish of raspberries or bla"lSberries
80 cents for nlums. 30 cents Tor straw
berries AND cream and 10 cents for
steNseI iigs, \ pot of coffee or Of tea
cost ~ cents, and ired chocolate Mas
B listed at 80 cents.
Tor a couple of SEQ bills, therefore,
one could wade right into a hearty meal.
In fairness to everybody concerned. how
ever. II should he said for Chicago hote'
keepers that with the exception of the
dining room In question the food prices
remain normal even along Candidates
Row, although tho price of rooms hss
been more than doubled,
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ocrat'' or ifoktesSi.e cohEch'ion W '"o
.ther u mat h'puOhctn ue'eta'e' reeHI
70 come l" '"e convention Town lronn
'ne tour 'orntrS -! te 0oui''S nm!
resolNeu 10 attend 10 CONVENTION! ah"'i'
curing udsllen' n"ur" ohlF anu ueNote
,he nlsh, so'"IN 10 "dNlne d so,n ~"
W the uis cry h''lt' w. t''"
o." not hoIn n'sh' Sessions
hut q democrat u, froSressI,e uve-
eal"S iued OF a soVu tihe ~ "'','"'"s
lhe conventions r"ui years az az
baltimore IN" uiterrlneo sometimes
"raisIeu III over 'hc 'o''Nei.'oh na',
from t4e cary hours OF ohs ia! .Ie"
hoN' gay 'ha' was me mo
Il oE III" same toh'n' mere no
snow pia4''S IN lhe Loop uls'riV' OF tnl9
U's town "hi.h oHerS any a'.r"c'lons
20 'df As u Moose 'or MS "Ile OF ms
IttIe Al"o'" offspring are concerned,
ei'her' on Il pr WIN we ecstasy OF
e"iS rlku' pa'N 70 'h' N''l'or'u" me
a're '"-n'sHl al" rdssihs an over 'he
moor WIN stateHh''hsiip 10Y d re" iYore
an 700 snort hours h'to'" 'aI"ns " a
u"A anu turning II"
me 'r"sr'SH'N" ,"0N"nto. W iouI
N''fS ak" wa " ,a"'"! ana'r' Sna
daughters ana ''! 'h" small boys sot
mo 'ur nan somehow some way ana
S"' WIN rt ana INA ana aunt nv
S'''" 'til''E sroupS are ON hanh inns
N'', '""n w ''" ! "'sa"'n III" 'a'I
lIi'l lHr"e women mao CHAIRS on ,he
u'" ''S ;" u"N@uaI Il s!Sht MAJ 'ne
lac wa "lr'u I" ''r 'ornerS "! .heHt
more or "S 'h'l'n ',a'eS. ~ u'ert
wa " 70" or r'"'' III the iroSressiNe
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strong Navy Dema u ded.

Thorough and complete national de-
fence, ready for amy emergency" was a
pronouncenlent that pleased the convop-
ton, "a navy so strong. so thoroughly
ready, that no enemy can gain a land
ing in force, either on our western or
our eastern coast" caused shouts of
GOOD :" and "A burst of handclapping.
Brother Lodge and his coworkcrs had
been making strong medicine in Their
platform tcpee and the braves liked the
taste of l..
lie said the Underwood tariff act was
a complete failure. II a not produced
enough money to run the Government
and 1t had failed to cut down the cost
OF living. A tariff commission was
called for.
The convention earnestly a%ppidudcd
the declaration that the party was un-
alterahly opposed to Government ow,i-
crship Of merchant marine.
These planks and others OF less in
terest were soundly %applauded, but It
was not until Mr.. Lodge read the woman
suffrage plank that the real fun began.
There vas IA solid yell from the floor.
Wornen half hysterical with JOY leaied
Over the balconies. waving the yellow
banners Of the cause. Rut Mr.. Lodge
had \ marvellous joker up his sleeve.
and after nc had committed his party
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While the report was being read a IA
miliar figure passed across the horizol
of the stage, a figure with chin Whisktr.,
a spare figure. d figure clothed almost
too smartly for its middle Wet origin
Uncle Joe Cannon of Danyillc. iii. He
Joined the low spoken group around
Chairman Harding. Presently the chair
man announced that ChauncHy ". DO.
pew would address the convention and
that Henry J.. Stmsou ana Speaker
Sweet OF New IurN would escort the
veteran Of fifteen national conventions
to the platform,
1t was a happy day tor Mr.. Depew.
Ills activities are AL In the past, but
- was quite evident that lie sim has a
place in the sentiment rf Republican
gatherings.
I'VE arr her " said Mr. Depcw, "ror
an assertion "f Am. rlcsIisnI that VIII
J eep US out of war, not for a. in~Ullycoddle
policy that will put us into it"
He recalled tho strong and definite
messages sent abroad by great Secr,
tsries Of States u times past when crises
.irose--M1!cy, seward and john Hay.
He spoke Of en-. RuosrNcIt, without
mentioning linn hy name, rs "a great
American" but the reference produced
only scanty cheers, Ne tlol upon deli
cate mountaineering that the Lu,l.
'ania would never have been SUM If IT,.
President Lad acted after warming adj
vtrtisenleHtS were published. lie
whacked the pacltlsta pretty nArd, turn.
ing toward william j. Bryan, who "a
among tho Nov paper correspondents
busily ~scribbling, referring to Mr.. Bryar
AS my friend. the great exponent Of
paciHsm," M. Bryan did no, seem [,
care for the compliment, Iiis broad fac.
flashed darby, his mouth set tightly an,
there was Il steely glitter IN his eyes.
Mr.. Dep.w told 4 Ford story. ~
Ford cur,' u" soi1, Us liho a bathtuh
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HUGHES CANDIDACY
DERIDED IN HOUSE
Dangerous to the Supreme
Courts Integrity. Declares
Alfalfa Bill Murray.
HE QUOTES JAMES BRYCE

wAsiNGroS. Juns s Alfalfa Bill
MuWy. Democrat. Of Oklahoma took
the House by surprise this afternoon by
d%enouncins the candidacy Of Justice
Hughes for the Presidential nomination.
lie charged that the precedent set wal
bound To bring the Supreme Court Into
d%isrepute and probably would make II
"a training ground for political candi-
dates"
Mr. Murray began With a quotation
from James Bryce, former Ambassador
from England. tn the effect that when
The Judiciary OF this country hecan"
corrupt the nation would be IN its last
stage of decanence.
"It is true" said Mr.. Murrav. az lie
Launched into his subject. that Mr.. Jus
, ,ice Hughes has been remarkably and
commercially quiet until the eve OF the
Republican convention. Then he took
occasion To q euiogy Of the
American flag which would have passed
unnoticed at any other time hut for
the fac, tina his friends at once de-
declared il a keynote speech tor the
nation
IF a mans real character and mo-
tIVcs Cauuut he asCertained from the
statements and the judgment Of his
| friends 10 whom can We look for the
Truth Of his purpose and motives '
do not wish to he understood now a.
i~nVeiShluc against his nomination nor
to- consider the wisdom ot c~lectiug Jus
,ic- hughes to the Presidency. will
agree that should I've receive the numi-
nation the contest betw cen him and the
Democratic nominee. Woodrow Wilson.
would 1t" ike pittirg classic l;owsn
against classic Greek, The ac,u. Of vt
,rarN taste IN America ptll,tt. uotld
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CHICAGO. June s-Clinbing out OF a
seat three feet from the vases Of roses
decorating the stage Of the resttully, dig
uifed Republican convention and then
butting ones way - a seat in the FRO
gressive powvow a few blocks north
ward. - IKE nothing so much as ~tiItoe-
'ns ont Of ia. death chamber ~ a prom
,aking a running jump into a more or
less united meeting 80 the Mayo Mems
and the Cork Mem associations on the
nigh, at the seventeenth OF Ireland.
Esrdrums gro wing a~'rorhied from in
activity At me Coliseum, begun to et"~
battered f.. tic Progressive proceedings
even before the regular proceedings nav"
begun ,o proceed And tho Progressive
folk have this IN coin'n"n With a Joint
me.uus OF Cork and Mayo m-n-they're
all united on ono great idea. but divided
on several lesser matters
Ns . par Of eardruus. for instance,
begins 10 grow accustomed enough to the
Progressive hula baloo to separate given
hollsrs from the general defamation. II
becomes absolutely plain that tn. on
tire convention Is united on the thought
that the candidate to he nominated
should ts e gentleman named Thrdore
Roosevelt. but II they can't. have Mr.,
Roosevelt for "a candidate, the. anybody
Will do whose rime = Col. Teddy loose
welt. providing this second choice lives
f -ngamnrA lil tNNE'er RlN l.nilL,
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Barnes Of New York, dour and grim,
appeared for the first time upon the
speakers stand. seemingly Quit. busy
in his heavy footed way. The members
Of the resolutions committee finally APP
1eared from their counCil room. Dele
gates aud correspondents
rushed to- Senator Lodge Of Mae-truu-
. ITS and senator Borah OF Idaho There
~aa good news for the women who want
TO vote or believe their right to vote
should be recognized, Borah. happy
over his victory he had led the suffrage
fight in the committee-re,ealed that
suffrage had won. 80 To II, aud that
no platform tight Of any kind would
he dragged into the open convention
from the decent seclusion OF committee
oonls.
News came that the Progresstves. over
IN the Auditorium Theatre. had Just APP
rolnt-d 4 committee to confer with n Re
publican Commute. IN the interests ~
peace. THE sent a real thrill of Interest
through the body Of d.legates. II might
mean anything. especially since ruinor
was hot that the Hughes leaders were
determined to put througli his nonina-
ton at the earliest possible hour.
" 40 v. NJ Chairman Harding
called the convention 10 order and pre-
scented SENATOR Lodge of Massachusetts,
who held IN his palm the Republican
platform for the campaign Of 1916
slim. well dressed and aristocratic 10
his finger lips, Mr., Lodge stepped to the
projecting platform and raised hi. hand.
The convention saluted him lustily-a
flash OF enthusiasm. He began TO read
IN "a firin, strong and beautifully nodu-
lated voice the declaration Of Republi
can principles,
Al tn. very outset ca'nc d strong dec
laratiou for the protection OF American
citizens on sea and land, and u strong
deuuuclatlo'i Of the weakness Of The
Wilson foreign policy. This Was ohecrec
wildly. The Shameful course Of the
administration a. regards Mexico wa,
touched on. aud the reference pleased The
crowd Adequate and absolut. pro,
lection 10 our citizens on the border. n
Mexico II wherever fouud' Va. calle,
FOR. aud again the thousands clieered
There was, however, q disposition Il
listen closely. and that curbed applause
Then Senator Lodge played "A stropl
card. He referred to the Republican
party's strong Philippine policy as orig
mated by Mckinley and carried out u,
Roosevelt and Ta't," and Mr.. Luds,
hurried the Taft out of his mouth II
order not to give the Roosevelt sun
porters too much OF a chance. AS /
was, he preserved an even balance, AN,
during tn. brief cheering the Senate
glanced toward the correspondence an,
smiled aIuuSedly. There may ha,. been
TOO, the suspicion Of a wink.
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RESULTS IN FLORIDA.
Ira ~ NELL Leads Bryan In Race for
United stntrs senate.

TAIrA. VIA, Jun" S,-tiov ark ~.
Trauiucll leads Senator Nathin J.,
Bryan for the l@nocrati" nomination
for United states senator nv S 200 votes,
according to returns from Tuesday pri-
MARY received this morning,
Herbert j Drans Is 1000 votes ahead
Of Representative stephen NJ, Sparkman,
WHO sought denomination in the First
district. \ice-presidcnt Marshall anpar-
entity defeated Gov, Major of Missouri as
the choice of Florida Democrats for Vice
President. Sidney j. Cats is In the lead
for the GiovernorslIip nomination.