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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
PROPERTY OWNERS
 LINING UP BEFORE
 EQUAL|Z|NG BOARD
Less Than Half of Property Holders Have Made Pro- test Against Increased
 Assessments

A regular game of 'move-up" is being enacted daily by the property owners who are coming before the county board of tax equalizers. The sessions are being held in one of the rooms of the circuit court. and 1t is purely a question of first come, first served with the board The property owners are lining up in the chairs and as soon as the board finishes with one person there is a shuttle of feet and a general movement up on the part of the waiting property owners, as each one ad- vances one chair nearer the goal
 The crowds are still coming in large numbers, and are on the increase, as the time for the hearings to come to an end Is approaching According to former figures of the tax assessors office, show ing that 1S,O00 property owners had been raised, there is going to be big rush to these hearings after this week, or mol . than half the number who have been raised will not appear before the board. Members of the board allege that there will not be over 5000 to settle with claim ing the other portion of the raises are satisfactory.
 Realizing the inefficiency of the remain ing time allotted for the hearings. ,ne board is trying to figure out a schedule foi nignt seSsionS, when the large prop- erty owners can take up their cases. They are working late almost every night hearing these case and are planning to make dates for night sessions with a num- Der of the downtown property owners
 The equalization board will go to Bes- semer Monday for a few days session. They plan to finish with the large num- Der of Bessemer complaints and return to Birmingham after three days, but rather thought that they will be able to finish in that time.
 The board is making efforts to meet the property owners on halfway grounds, where the reductions are justified but unless this is proven beyond doubt they are standing pat on the original assessments. While many are appealing their cases. there are scores of others who are satisfied with the alternations made by the board
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
BACKED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT BIRMINGHAM SHOULD MAKE GREAT
 EFFORT FOR MUNITIONS PLANTS

the eastern points which fall under the
 ban of the war college
 Maj. J. S. Sewell, vice president of the
 Alabama Marble company formerly an
 army officer, but now located in Ala
 bama, Is among those who have ex-
 pressed particular surprise that more ac-
 tivity has not been shown by Birming-
 ham in view of the attitude of the war college. In calling attention to the sec tion of the proper military policy"
 framed by the war college, Major Sewell
 said:
 "Of course, I am a comparative new
 feeling that Alabama and this district
 are asleep on their rights. REASONS ARE OBVIOUS Any military man knows the reasons | for this recommendation. Munitions plants and arsenals must be far enough l removed from the seacoasts and borders to be virtually immune from attack in | case of war. Practically all such plants are at this time located along the At lantic seaboard, where they might be quickly destroyed by an enemy in case of an invasion or bombardment by war | ships
 The recommendation of the war, col | lege practically limits the field for such plants to this mineral district. If none shall be within 200 miles of the Canadian border nor east of the Appalachian
 mountains you can readily see that this would cut out all New England and | the eastern states, and would let in only a portion of the Pittsburg district. l Similarly the limitations of the Mexican
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
SOUTHERN GINNERS
 HERE NEXT WEEK
Indications Are That Sessions Here Will Break All Records for
 Attendance

The convention of the Ginners' asso- citation, which is to be held in Bir- mingham Thursday and Friday, July 20 and 24 will probably be the most large ly attended of any meeting ever held by that organization, according to Weigh Cockrum of Memphis. president. MT. Cockrum states that he has com pleted sending out the literature an- nouncing the Birmingham meeting and that the replies he has received would indicate that the attendance will be unusually large. The sessions of the convention will be held in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium.
 Ginners from all over the south will be present at the meeting. The asso- citation was organized in Memphis in 1911. The Alabama Association of Gin ners was organized sometime ago and the first meeting of the state body was held in Birmingham last year. j.. w. Livingston of Leesburg Is the presi- dent of the state organization and w. A. Hunter of Falkville is the state sec retary. The state ginners will hold their meeting here at the same time the southern organization Is in sessicn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13

The American Trust and Savings bank has become member of the fed- eral reserve system.
 This substantial state bank of Bir- mingham has been admitted under the federal laws creating the federal re- serve system and becomes a regular member of the Atlanta reserve bank.
 Heretofore only the First National bank and the Traders National bank of Birmingham have been members of the federal reserve system.
 In another column President Craw- ford of the American Trust and Saw ings bank makes statement showing the benefits which will accrue to the American Trust and Savinks bank by virtue of it's becoming a member. It is admitted by all bankers that the federal reserve system has proved a success At first only the national banks and a few of the state banks went into this system. but now the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
NEW TYPHOID CASES DECREASING, HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS
Hundreds Flock to City Hall to Be Vaccinated-100O Age Given the First
 Treatment

According to a statement issued from the health department yesterday after noon, the number of new cases of ty- phoid fever is on the decrease. This is said to be due to the observance of the preventive measures that have been sug- geSted. There were only "A new cases re- ported to the health department yester- day, bringing the total number for July up to 267.
 Quarters for giving the second injection of the serum have been opened in the armory on the third floor of the city hall, and hundreds of persons who took the vaccine on the first day Hooked to the armory yesterday for the second treat ment. The number of second injections reached the 500 mark before closing time yes.Efday evening.
 The assembly room on the second floor of the city hail. where the first vaccina- tions are being given, was crowded to it's capacity all day yesterday Men, women and children of all ages came in to take the first does of the typhoid preventative. the first vaccination, running the list of those who have been vaccinated since the beginning last Wednesday, up to many thousands.
 With the thousands of vaccinations that are being made, both by the city and by practicing physicians, together With the many other stringent efforts that are being made for preventing the spread of the disease by the health department, it is believed that the typhoid epidemic will be checked within a short time. The ef- ficiency of the health department. both in equipment and number is being increased daily, and with the addition of some of the foremost health experts in the coun- try, the city plans to make great prog ress with the preventative work.
 The city commission will meet this aft ernoon in special session to consider the passing of some ordinances dealing with the typhoid situation in Birmingham. Commissioner John R. Hornady has spent ccI siderable time working out the situa- tion and getting up the ordinances which he hopes to pass at the meeting this aft ernoon. The meeting will be called at o'clock in the council room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
R|CKLES IS FOUND ! UNCONSCIOUS IN CAR Mount PinsOn Man Struck by Rock-Found by
 Conductor

J. W. Rickles of Mount Pinson was found unconscious in the lavatory of the Louisville and Nashville Mineral pas senger train, which arrived in Birrnin2 ham last night at 7:45 o'clock, by Con- ductor Meigs. MT. Rickles was sent to the Hillman hospital in Shaw's ambu- lance.
 Conductor Meigs told the ambulance men that MT. Rickles got on the train at Mount Pinson and he took up his ticket a few miles this side of that point, but did not see him any more. When the train arrived in Birmingham the door to the lavatory was found to be locked and MT. Meigs used a pass Key to un- lock 1t. He found MT. Rickles lying on the floor with a large rock by his side and deep gash In his head. The mis- sile supposedly, was thrown through the window while the train was in motion.
 The hospital authorities stated early this morning that MT. Rickles only sus- tained bad scalp wound and would be able to leave the hospital in few days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13

yesterday Mir. Frew has expressed my Idea in concrete form.
 Both MT. Harding and MT. Kettig have talked to me at length in recent months about the splendid work the federal reserve bank has done. I was of the belief at the outset that it would be success. have always had great confidence in MT. Harding's splendid ability as a banker and I was emil nently satisfied when such a strong financier and man of business abilily as MT Kettig was made director of the Atlanta bank. Naturally. as a state bank. we waited a time to observe the workings of the federal reserve sys- tenn. Being convinced that 1t was grounded upon the right principles and effective in it's workings, our bank ap- piled for admission and we are now member of this great system.
 "In this connection it would not be amiss for me to state that MT. M B. Wellborn. chairman of the board, and MT. J. A. McCord. governor of the fed eral reserve bank of Atlanta with their examiner MT. Albertson. came over personally and examined our bank I was naturally much pleased that all three highly indorsed our application"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
ASK COOPERATION IN
 HANDLING GARBAGE
Superintendent Goldstein Replies to Criticism Made of Slow Collec-
 tion From Premises

Samuel Goldstein, superintendent of the city garbage department, yesterday re- piled to criticism recently made of the manner in which garbage is being han dled. Mr. Goldstein makes the request that complaints of the service be made directly to him and says that every effort will be made to render satisfactory serv- ice. He writes:
 To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 I note in The Age-Herald this morning a complaint from Mrs. Morris E. Johnson, 1886 Pike avenue, Ensley with reference to the failure of my department to re- move garbage. I made a trip out to see Mrs. Johnson and her premises this morning and found her away from home but found young lady there who showed me the garbage cans. She had two gar bage cans, containing about three gallons each, most of which was paper. She also had a small basket full of empty tin cans These garbage cans were without odor and the garbage was not decayed The foreman in this territory, Mr Zeigler, who Is a very reliable man, assures me that the garbage was removed early last week from this particular home. The ac- emulation looked to me as if it were three or four days old. It seems that Mrs. Johnson had called for a wagon two or three times within the past six or seven OdyS, DQl II IS lIHpUSSlDlS tO Scuu a wagon off of it's regular route to answer each separate complaint
 My department has been greatly handi- capped by the rainy weather in many ways. but If the people will complain di- rect to me I will take great satisfaction in exerting every effort to meet their needs. Mrs. Johnson had made no com plaint whatever of unsatisfactory service on the part of my foreman.
 hnxrn orI acy fn hut propose to steadily improve the service and ask for the consideration and coop eration of the public, which l am receiv- ing to a marked degree, except in a few isolated cases. Respectfully,
 SAMUEL GOLDSTEIN,
 Superintendent Garbage Department.
 Birmingham, July 12, 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
C. B. Mccormack, Chairman of the Board.
American Trust & Savings Bank
CAPITAL $5O0,O0O.0O SURPLUS $25O,OOO.OO
Birmingham, Ala. July 12, 1916.

To Our Patrons and the Public:
 We take informing and the public general that the American Trust and Savings Bank has become member of bank, Atlanta
 Our institution examined by the officials of the Federal Reserve bank Atlanta admitted full membership in the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve bank Atlanta privileged enjoy all the benefits that ourselves we'll as patrons
 iners well the State Banking Department and will make reports when called both the Comptroller the Currency of the United States and the Superintendent of Banks the State of Alabama Feeling that patrons the public will be interested being informed this believe not only profitable but helpful every they regard the Fed Revenue the constructive pieces passed by national during the last years We will continue under state charter all the rights privileges granted hereunder Our charter issued under the former constitution of the of Alabama and grants certain rights privileges which be duplicated under the present constitution.
 The Federal Reserve System full operation the 18th of Juy 196 the handling and also checks nomember banks thereafter engagements be made These privileges and benefits by membership will be accorded patrons
 The American Trust and Savings bank offers its and the public the best and possible the Federal Reserve System will position exceled by other institutions
 AMERICAN TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK,
 w. w. Crawford, President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
COUNTY
 |SREAL SOLUTION Hornady Says Birmingham Must Get Benefit of the
 Taxes It Pays

There is no question in the mind of Commissioner John R. Hornady but that the real question before the citizens of
 Birmingham today, other than taking care of their health, is in rallying to the idea of a separate taxing district as the
 salvation of the financial problems ot
 Birmingham
 ITO me at the present time" said Com missioner Hornady, there is only one problem and that is to make the people of Birmingham healthy and to teach them how to keep disease away. How ever we will not have typhoid fever with us all the time and as soon as the epi- demic is over intend to get busy sound ing public opinion on the idea of sep arate taxing district, as that appears to be the only intelligent way to solve the financial prob lens now facing the
 city.
 The commission will within the next week or two impose a street tax, when the school opens it will impose an in- cidental fee, and as soon a. the license
 schedule has been examined 1t will be increased substantially. Still all the reve- nue we will derive from these extraor-
 dinary measures brought on by the liti-
 gation started by T. c. Mcdonald will
 provide only temporary relief. It will
 not prevent the taxpayers paying $2.35
 of which the city will only get the use of 50 cents for current and general pur-
 poses. What is needed is that the city
 should get all the local taxpayers pay in. q predict today that the separate tax
 ing district idea will be the dominant is- sue at the next state primary, if not sooner. The people of Birmingham have
 been slow to awake to the gravity of
 the financial problems that were before
 them. However, once awakened we arc usually aroused to decisive action and I
 truly believe brighter era looms before
 us, and we will get constitutional relief within the next year or two from the ills imposed on us years ago when Bir-
 mingham was a village"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
FOTEL MEN TO HOLD
 THEIR MEETING HERE
Eitation to Switch Meeting From Mobile Accepted, Because of Storm Damage

Birmingham is to be host to the Ala .na Hotel Mems association, this city Eing extended an invitation to the or hization, following the postponement of convention in Mobile. The hotel men
 khe state were scheduled to meet next ek in the Gulf City but on account Of damage done by the storm it was Ind inadvisable to have the meeting Ire. The Cawthon hotel at Mobile and Rolston hotel at Coden, where the Esions were to be held, were both se-
 hsly damaged by the storm of the past
 Fix.
 he meeting in Birmingham is to be Ii Tuesday and Wednesday, July 25 and An invitation on behalf of the Bir- tgham Hotel Mems association was k to the state organization yesterday 3Hardy M. Burt, president of the To- . organization, following a meeting Of Birmingham hotel proprietors. The ktation was accepted in a telegram eived last night by Mr. Burt from A Reich of Gadsden, president of the He association The proprietors of It of the leading hotels in the state, 7 a large number of guests, will aL-
 ! the meeting here,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
WEDDING BELLS
 FOR AGED COUPLE

J. B. Sawyer of Pasadena, Cal, who gave his age as 71 years. and Mrs. Arila A. Kennedy of the same place, and who gave her age as 67 years, procured mar riage license from the probate court yes .terday.
 Immediately after the license was is- sued Deputy Probate Judge Woolsey Nor row performed the ceremony that made the aged couple man and wife The bridegroom left the room with his bride leaning on his arm, stating that they were on their way to Florida. The cou- pie arrived in Birmingham on a morning train and left for Florida in the after noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
[ORRIS PLAN BANK
 WILL OPEN TODAY
ffices Are Located in Birmingham
 Railway, Light and Power Con- pany Building

lThe Morris Plan company of Birming-
 ] m will open for business this morning. he headquarters of the financial institu-
 bn will be, 1O7-109 North Twenty-first
 rect in tlx, Birmingham Railway, Light Id Pow..hs eea.npany building. H. s. Mi'-
 \, secretary and treasurer of the com
 ny, will be in charge as general mana IF.
 The Birmingham Morris Plan company I s organized by Albert Hopkins, who is
 hnected with the Industrial Finance fporation of New York. The officers
 ad directors of the local company are hong the leading men in finance and Esiness in Birmingham. Robert Jem- Hn, ST., is president; Crawford John Bl, first vice president, and L. Sevier, Eond vice president.
 There are Morris Plan financial insti- Fions in practically all the large cities the country. The object of the cor Eration is to make loans to salaried Fn and wage earners and to afford 8 E'e and profitable means of investment h the savings of men of moderate and ! all means. The paid in capital of the : al company is S100,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
EMBRACES ENTIRE FIELD


 EMBRACES ENTIRE FIELD
 "Furthermore, the common sense of the recommendation is apparent. By this dis trict I do not mean Birmingham neces- sarily, for Anniston, Gadsden, Chatta- nooga and half a dozen other places are just about as available. The point l would make is that every man, woman and child in Birmingham should show an interest in the matter, and shouldt go after these plants in such a way as to show those in authority that they mean business. What better argument could they wish than to be fortified by the rec concentrations of the war college?
 In these days when the people are getting aroused on the subject of pre- paredness Alabama should get into the game. Big things are going to be done any they are going to have the backing of the entire country.
 Every. military man knows that this section has practically the only supply of iron ore which is not open to attack by an enemy in case of war. The northern ores all come through the canal which connects the great lakes and the entire supply could be cut off by few sticks of dynamite put under the locks. This ore field is immune. It is ample for war purposes The railroad connections are good Water transportat ton is within reach if needed
 Tn fact, every advantage s offered but politics might even override the rec ommendation of the war college unless the people of this community sSow proper interest and demonstrate that the government plants would be welcome"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13

While not saying so in so many words the war department is on record as vir- tually in favor of the Birmingham min eral district as the ideal location for gov
 ernment arsenals and munitions plants and great surprise has been expressed that Birmingham is not more active in it's efforts to secure not only the loca- tion of new plants, but to secure the removal of others to this section from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
POINTS DIRECTLY TO BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT

"As a general military principle, no supply depot arsenal, nor manu- featuring plant of any considerable size, supported by war department appropriations for military pur- poses, should be established or maintained east of the Appalachian mountains, west of the Cascade or Sierre Nevada mountains, nor with in 200 miles of our Canadian or Mexican borders, and steps should be taken gradually to cause to be moved depots and manufacturing plants already established in viola tion of this military principle."- Section so Proper Military Policy" prepared by war college division, general staff corps, in compliance with instructions of the Secretary of War, March, 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13

N1 v EO HID hEAOO1No In speaking about it yesterday Pres- ident Crawford of the American Trust and Sayings bank quoted MT. Walter E. Frew, president of the Corn Ex- change bank of New York. in giving his reasons for entering into the fed eral reserve system.
 "Whatever feeling of disapproval,' said MT Frew in his statement, "and distrust of the system we may have had, it has been put aside in the larger view that the federal reserve system has come to stay and 1t became a duty not to oppose it but to cooperate to its improvement.
 This" continued MT. Frew, i've be- lieve can best be done by a full mem bership and our motives in joining are to contribute our share to its re- sources and to associate ourselves with other leading banks of the country in developing the system"
 q could not improve upon this state ment." said President w. w. Crawford
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
Elks' Dance Tonight

The Elks' dance which was post | ed last week because of the weather 1 be held tonight at the Elks' home, Ehth avenue and Nineteenth street, 5inning at 8:30 o'clock. Invitations
 tch were issued for last week are kd for tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
Debate at Knesseth Israel

The Jewish Boys History club and the Herzl Girls society will hold joint meet ing at Knesseth Israel synagogue tonight at o'clock and a feature will be the joint debate on the subject: Resolved, That Judaism will be preserved better by orthodoxy than by reform"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were is- sued from the probate court yesterday;
 J. B. Sawyer. Pasadena. Cal, and Mrs. Arila A. Kennedy.
 Saverio Alfono, Ensley. and Miss Fran cesca Salvagio. c. T. McGraw. Green Springs. and Miss Ellen Wright. w. Holden. Ensley. and Miss Mamie Mulino.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13

n AC IHC IOIUPIdy 1AUHoCo
 Sins of Men, with .Nuart Holmes. |Strand-"The Weakness of Man." with |lplbrook Blinn. 'lRialto-"The Man Behind the Curtain" llbdeon One-Charles Chaplin, "The Vag- Ilond.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13

MENTION. ROYAL ARCH MASONS embers of WOOdIawn chapter, No. R. A. M., are requested to meet he WOOdlawn temple at 2 P. m. to- to attend the funeral of Companion
 rles W. EEgler.
 CHARLES K. SMITH, H. r.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
Iowa Indorses Wilson

Des Moines, Ia., July 12-Iowa demo- crats in convention today went on rec ord as favoring prohibition. The plat form indorsed the Wilson administration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13
MASONIC NOTICE

special communication of King DmOn lodge No. 46O. A. K. and A. lis called for D. m., Thursday. July lat Masonic temple to attend the fu- aI of our deceased brother, Charles EEEler.
 III Master MasOns are requested to
 nd. H. s. STICkLE, W. M.
 s. WHITE. Scc'y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-13

w. W. Crawford, President. H. L. Badhnm, Vice President. c. M. Williamson, Cashier.