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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
C|TY'S BUDGET FOR
 SIX MONTHS ID BE
 FIXED ON FRIDAY
War to Be Waged on Auto mobiles and Motorcycles Passing Street Cars
 With Doors Open

The question of fixing d budget for the city of Birmingham for the coming half
 of the fiscal year was discussed at the commission meeting yesterday, and il was decided that such action should be taken at once, and the commission set Friday morning at 10 o'clock for the con ference.
 While discussing the reduction of a fine of $35 assessed in recorders court upon a motorcycle rider, employed by the
 Parisian, it developed that the commits sioners are heartily in favor of a decided war upon these motorcyclists and chauf- feurs who persist in passing street cars while the cars are standing still with their doors open to let passengers off and on, and that there will not only be no reductions in fines but the recorder will be asked to stick on jail sentences. in or
 der that those guilty would be properly punished.
 A jewelry vender, occupying corner
 at Second avenue and Twenty
 street, was ordered moved, complaints
 having been filed before the commission
 by merchants in this section of the city against the operator, who sold his wares froms an automobile, on the street cor
 ner.
 MT. Barber stood pat for the weekly paper again, when the printing contract came up-stating that the city was throwing away money when it gave this printing to the daily papers. The weekly papers, he pointed out would cost three fourths less, and save the city that much
 money. 1T am not in favor of giving it
 to any of them but if we have to do it,
 give it to the weeklies, as circulation improvement ordinance anyhow"
 This contract will be let at the next
 meeting, the lowest bid being that of
 the Birmingham Ledger, which paper will
 be awarded the contract. according to
 custom. MT. Ward was asked to investi-
 gate the raise in rate, and report at the
 next meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
SUPT. c. c. MOSELY IS INDORSED AT MEETING
Citizens of Tri-Cities Pass Resolu- tions on Reelection of County
 Superintendent

Supt c. c. Mosely of the county high school was unanimously indorsed for re- election at joint mass meeting of the citizens of Boyles, Tarrant City and Inglenooll held last night in the audi torium of the Inglenook grammar school There was a representative gathering in attendance and the meeting was presided over by John R. T. Rives, who made the opening address and explained the purposes of the meeting.
 Quite number of talks were made in favor of the reelection of Superinten- dent Mosely, who has been in charge oi the county high school since it's opening last September. Resolutions indorsing him for reelection were offered an6 passed without a dissenting vote. The following committee was appointed to present the same to the county board of education at it's meeting tomorrow, S G. Goggins, mayor of Inglenook; J. E6 Haieler, Boyles; c. M. Green, Tarrant City and w. F. DeShazo of Ketona.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
PAVING CONTRACTS
 AWARDED BY CITY
Sheet Asphalt to Be Laid on Num-
 Der of Streets

IT. N. Bowdry was awarded two con tracts for paving Birmingham streets yesterday afternoon, aggregating $21,- 752.90. The paving will be of sheet as phalt MT. Bowdry was the lowest bio der among several competitors and the commission. upon thef recommendation of the city engineer, Julian KendriclS, awarded him the contract.
 The work will include the paving Of Nineteenth street, north, Huntsville road, Fourteenth court to Eighteenth street, north Sixteenth street from Eighteenth street to Nineteenth avenue, which work will cost $17.3S6.50; North Twenty-second street from Firth to Eighth avenue, costing $10,386.40.
 This contract does not include the work on streets where there are car lines, between the tracks, as the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power company will do it's own work and pay for the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
 BUYS FIRST WAR BONDS
Ward Wires Harding Being First City Respond to Govern ment's Patriotic Appeal-Wn Purchase $100000 of War
 Bonds Bearing 3 3-4 Interest

Birmingham yesterday. through her city commissioners. went out after honors as the first city to buy gov ernment bonds to take care of the war expense. in response to appeal of the United States government, when Pres ident George B. Ward sent an order for S1O0,0OO worth of 31s per cent gov ernment bonds to w. P. G. Harding. governor of the federal reserve board, to be placed in the proper department The telegram follows:
 w. P. G. Harding, Washington,
 ID. C.;
 Kindly list for us with proper department application for $1OO,OOO
 United States BIZ per cent war
 bonds for account sinking fund. City of Birmingham wishes the honor of being first municipality
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
WILL INVITE SUNDAY
 SCHOOL CONVENTION

An effort to secure the next convention of the Alabama Sunday School associa- ton is being made by the Chamber of Commerce. The association is now in session in Montgomery and on behalf of the chamber, Dr. George R. Stuart pas tor of the First Methodist church, will formally invite the association to hold it's 1918 convention here. It is understood Mobile and other cities are bidding for the convention.
 This morning. Blanks Everett. acting general manager of the chamber, will go to Montgomery and assist in the effort to bring the meeting to Birmingham. This is one of the big conventions of the state, and it is estimated that 5000 dele gates will attend the next meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25

Representing himself as an agent or of the war department of the United States and offering to exempt negroes from conscription for the sum of $Z cash or produce, Bedford McLemore, white man, was reaping harvest among the negroes of Limestone coun- ty until he fell into the clutches Of the law. He showed the negroes what purported to be a commission from Uncle Sam conferring on him unlimited powers in regard to the exemption of the "brother in black" from military service, and stated that it was up to him to decide whether they should stay on the farm and raise foodstuff or be compelled to march to the cannon's 8 mouth To each of those who bought their exemptions he issued a beautiful ly printed certificate, exempting the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
New IncOrpOratiOns

7 The following articles of incorpor- ation were filed yeserday in the pro- bate court:
 The Southern Tire and Accessories company. with offices in Birmingham Capital stock, 5000. The officers ars Solon Jacobs, president; J. T. Fenton secretary and treasurer, and Evans Dunn. director.
 The Silconite Refractories company with headquarters at Irondale. The company will manufacture the product and by-products of siliconite ore. The capital stock is $30,000 The officers are, Robert Zell, Birmingham, presi- dent; J. H. Waters. Anniston, vice president, and J. F. Cosgrove, of Au- gusta, Ga. secretary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
JUDGE MURPHY TO
 SPEAK ON POVERTY

Judge Samuel D. Murphy will speak at the Young Mems Christian associa- tion Sunday afternoon at 3:3O o'clock. His subject will be Christianity in It's Relation to the Problem of Pow erty"
 Judge Murphy presides over the ju- venile court of Jefferson county and is constantly facing the problems of the poor as no other man in the city is called on to do. His experience i'll his position has given him convictions on the duty of Christians toward the poor of the city and he has message that men should hear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
Annual Parish Meeting

The annual parish meeting and fellow ship supper of the First Unitarian church will be held at the home of the pastor Dr.. Thomas P. Byrnes, l431 North Thir- tieth street, tonight.
 Dinner will be served at 6:SO o'clock and the business meeting will follow,
 Officers will be elected for the com ing year, and other business will be transacted.
 All members, friends, supporters and attendanes are most cordially invited to be present
 Music and a social time will be part of the evenings programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
PROMISES TO NEGROES OF MILITARY EXEMPTIONS
 GET UNCLE SAM BUSY
White Travelling Through Limestone County Was Collect ing Two Dollars Each From Unsuspectng Negroes. Claimed to Be Agent of United States Govern
 ment-Now Reposes in Jail

recipient from all military duty al home or abroad.
 This information was received yes- terday afternoon by Chief Deputy Marshal Will Ford. with the further information that McLemore had been taken in charge by Deputy Marshal H M. Colbert at Athens and that he would be given a hearing on the charge be- fore Judge E. F. Greenleaf, United States commissioner at Huntsville.
 It is understood that McLemore car- rie dhis message among the negroes residing in and around the city of Athens and was arrested by the city authorities for obtaining money by false pretenses and given a compara- lively light fine. Deputy Marshal Coi- bert heard of the scheme to defraud and as the defendant was posing as United States agent. invoked the federal law and landed him in jail. It Is said he found quite a number or victims for his plausible scheme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
Lanier Will Probated

The last well and testament of the late John D. Lanier was probated yes terday in the office of Judge J. P. Stiles The estate. valued at about $l1,000, was beaueathed to his widow Mrs Rachel M. Lanier, who was named as executor without bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
WILL INSPECT PLANT
Ladies of Ullman School Association
 to Visit Telephone Exchange

An inspection of the building and plant of the Southern Bell Telegraph and Tele- phone company will be made this after noon by the members of the Ullman School Improvement association who will meet at the office of the company at o'clock and inspect the plant in body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
Rye FaAr Draft

Nashville Tenn, ! ril Ex-Governor Rye today declared himself in favor of selective draft. T am for it with all my heart" said the governor. No man is more jealous of Tennessee's title of volunteer State than I am, but that little was earned at time when we had peo- pie of the volunteer type. Times have changed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

Jefferson: Joan the Woman" with Geraldine Farrar. Matinee at 2:30; night performance at S:15.
 Loews Bijou; Superior vaudeville and feature pictures. Continuous per formance from to Il o'clock.
 Lyric: Keith vaudeville Matinee at 8 o'clock. Night performance at 7:Sc and o'clock
 Majestic: Verne Phelps and his Jolly Jolliers' in "A Panama Honeymoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
O'Nears Auto Stolen

A five-passenger Overland belonging to Kirkman O'Neal was stolen yesterday afternoon while standing in front of the postoffice building. The police depart- ment was notified of the theft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
At the Photoplay Houses

Strand: Henry Walthall in "The Other Half"
 Trianon: Kitty Gordon in "vera, the Medium"
 Rialto: Florence Labodie in When Love Was Blind"
 Triangle: Bill Hart in "The Desert Man"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
in the union to respond to the gov ernment's appeal.
 GEORGE E. WARD, President Cifv Communication


 The matter was taken up in the form of a resolution at the morning session of the commission and due to the ob- jection of Commissioner Barber, who wanted to buy city bonds at 415 per cent, and Mr. Weatherly. who wanted time to consider it, a conference was held in the afternoon with the above decision.
 Mr. Hornady stated that he believed that the advertising that Birmingham would get out of the purchase and the fact that the bonds would be the same as cash, would make it the proper thing to do. MT. Ward believed ir the city showing it's patriotism and at the afternoon conference all objection had been eliminated.
 It is the hope of the commission that Birmingham will be the first buyer, in order that the city may get the benefit of the resultant publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
Average Household Throws Away Each Day Consid-
 erabIe Amount of Food
EATING PLACES AND
 RESTAURANTS GUILTY
Thousands of Dollars Daily Thrown Away in Birmingham Which Should Be Saved-Harvey Woodward
 Discusses Situation
By JEFF RAIIEY

Harvey G. Woodward, one of Birming hams most prominent citizens, has givel The Age-Herald the following interview with an idea of aiding the food prepared ness committee in their work of foo, production and conservation:
 Much has been written along the lines of preparedness and increasing our food supply, but little or nothing seems to have been published regard ing conservation of our foods and say ing the waste.
 The average household throws away or wastes a considerable amount of prepared food, scraps of bread and meat, few spoonsruY Of vegetables, left in dishes and thrown in the garbage can because this is less trouble than putting away and serving at next meal. Vegetables are not prepared as carefully as they could be, thick peel ings are taken and bad spots removed with a very liberal amount of good material, which little more time and care would save. Persons at table leave much on their plates because it does not just suit their taste, all though it is good food; it could be eaten or not taken on the plate at all if it does not appeal to the individual.
 Each household will feel like de- nying these charges or minimizing the waste, but probably each individual really knows that the total saving, if each saved all he could, would be something Stupendous in a year, equal to many million bushels of wheat, about the planting of which we talk so glibly of what the other fellow should do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
THE DAILY WASTE

In the same manner 1t can easily be seen that if each family throws away just one-half of one Irish potato that might have been saved and used, that will be 24,375 potatoes, or S25 pecks, and at the retail price of 90 cents per peck. that would be $2s4.50 worth of "Murphys" in the garbage can that could have been used Let this go on for a year and you have a total of S107. 50 thrown away in potatoes.
 Add to these figures the daily waste of vegetables cake pieces pies, meat trim mings, scraps of all kinds that might
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
PURELY ACCIDENTAL

we do not think that we were victims of the German spy said MT. Burnett. Tt was purely a case of accident
 The remains of the victims are being held at the private chapel of Lge Loy.
 Funeral services over the remains or John D. Hagood, who resided at Fair mont, will be conducted from the Mount Vernon Methodist church at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. He is survived by his widow, three children, two brothers, l.. D. Haygood and o. H. Hagood; his father. Gidden Hagood; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Glover and Mrs Effe Hughes, all of Br- mingham.
 Isaac S. Swafford Is survived by his widow, three children, six sisters and his father w s. Swafford of Buford, Ga. He and his family resided at Acipco.
 The remains of w. A. Pruett are be- ing held pending advices from relatives in North Carolina. He is married
 Coroner George Hogan was notified of the explosion a few minutes after it oc- cured, and he rushed to the scene to investigate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
INFORMATION ACCURATE

The data upon which the above statis- ties are based is verified by butchers, bakers, grocers and housewives who have considered the problem and actually studied it. That they. are conservative and cannot reveal anything like the evil of wastefulness in the city's homes when the most rigid economy has become pa ] triotio duty, was attested by a personal inspection of garbage cans by a special investigator.
 Birmingham has a population of 195, 900 (estmated), and dividing this number by four, the average number in each family, it appears that the city has AS, 750 fami- lies. Judging from the amount of bread found in each garbage can inspected. and from the testimony of those in posi- ton know, it is assumed that on the average every one of these families wastes, at least, one-half of a slice of
 bread each day, and taking 12 slices to the loaf that would be approximately
 2O0O loaves of bread day, or $200 worth of bread thrown away every day in Bir- mingham
 Since there are 365 days in the year, one , cannot get away from the fact that there is $73,00O worth of bread wasted in the
 city each year. And flour is sl6 per bar rel.
 If each family wastes just one ounce of meat each day in the city of Birming
 ham there will be S047 pounds of meat thrown away each day, and at 15 cents per pound that amounts to $45705 in one day. or S171 S2325 each year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25

have been saved and used, s75O per day, and the total waste in Birmingham for each day in the year is brought to the alarming total of s1701. 5 per day, or $621 .065.75 per annum. Would you believe it?
 In the rear of a beautiful home or Highland avenue the following food was found in the garbage can: One-half peck of turnip tops; half peck of apple peel ings, eight boiled potatoes a large quan- tity of meat and bread scraps, and the greater portion of a dish of baked beans.
 At another home on the Southside was found four steak bones with large bits of meat attached, the bones of probably two chickens with meat attached, at least pound of mashed potatoes. pound of bread scraps and the parings from g ham that would weigh two pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
WASTE OF FoODsTUFF

restaurants, throw away enormous quantities of good food left by their guests. If these guests would use care to eat what is taken on their plate and leave what they do not want on the individual dishes undisturbed, it could be saved and given or sold to those who at least should be sfaG to get it. Many people have the habit of crumblinS or mixing together food they have been served, but do not care to eat, few people would care to eat this mixture and the food goes to the garbage can. If you have the habit, remember that it is senseless and wasteful, therefore wrong.
 If, as seems probable 10 per cent of our prepared food is wasted, the waste could feed one-tenth of our popula- ton.
 ''1s it worth while for you to think this over and save what you can?''
 Following MT. Woodward's suggestion above. the facts and figures below were compiled, and will open the eyes of citi zens of Birmingham as to the enormou: waste in foodstuffs in Birmingham.
 Did you know that $17O155 worth O good, wholesome food-meat, bread ant vegetables--is thrown into Birmingham garbage cans every day?
 In actual figures, according to mos conservative estimate, there is a dal, food waste in this city of $1701.55 or $621 065.7 every year. Those in a position t( see the large amount of foodstuffS throwr into slop barrels and garbage cans eaci day say that the above figures are based upon figures ridiculously low, and ex press the belief that the food waste 1T this city annually amounts to near r1ilJinp dolIarc oaciIy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
EVERYBODY WASTES

The two above are just samples of what the investigator found, and the same thing could have been duplicated in a hundred other homes-not all of them confined to the Souths.de, either. In an alley an aged negro nanny looked out of her door and remarked as the investigator stirred the slop barrel; You sho' is dressed up nice to have to be scraping roun' in a garbage can to git yourself meal" younger negro wom- an appeared next door and the investiga- tor explained what he was doing: T am just trying to find out how much good food people waste by throwing it into the garbage cans,'' said the investigator. ..Wastin'? Dat ain't what's worryin 1 us, chile Gittin' it to eat is our trubble, | for you sho' got to git it fore you kin waste anything" said the second negro
 woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-25
Superintendent Says Matter Purely Accidental and No
 One Is Suspected
OVER TON OF BLACK
 POWDER IS SET OFF
All of Victims White Men With Fami- lies-Accident Occurred at Coal burg Road Plant Yester-
 day Before Noon

Three white men, employees of the Aetna Explosives company. were instant ly killed at Il 30 o'clock yesterday morn ing at the companys plant at Coalburg, when an explosion of black power, set off by an unknown cause. occurred in the power press, where the men were work ingI
 The dead are:
 John D. Hagood, aged S2; married; three children.
 Isaac S. swaford, aged SS; married; three children
 w. A. Pruett. aged 27; married.
 The power mill was situated in bulld- ing 30 by 40 feet and the entire butld- ing was blown to splinters. One of the men was blown 75 yards from the scene Of the explosion, while the bodies of the other two were found lying about g yards from the wrecked building The bodies of the men were badly mangled from the terrific explosion. One of the men had all of his clothing torn from his body, with the exception of one shoe
 CAUSE UNKNOWN
 "No one knows the cause of the disas- trous explosion said J. L. Burnett su- perintendent of the plant At the time of the explosion, the three men were presumably engaged in taking out press of black power preparatory to sending il to the corning mill. The report that fol- lowed the explosion was not loud, and could not have been heard at the dis tance of a mile.
 Ut is a supposition that while the men were taking the black powder from the press one of the steel plates must have fell on another causing spark, which set the black powder off I can see nc other cause for the explosion"
 Mir Burnett stated that the power press contained 2500 pounds of black powder which was set off The press has daily capacity of 45O kegs of powder.
 The Aetna Explosives companys plant is located on the Coalburg road, F miles from the courthouse, The plant gives em- ployment to 110 men.
 The explosives made by the concern are used in the mines of this district, anc none of them are shipped out of this state. The company engages only in the manufacture of commercial powders dynamite, black powder and gelatine powder.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20

me that this rarely lovely queen is nov
an old woman nearing four-score years
Of age. Perhaps she had forgotten to
be alert, as is her usual custom, or per-
haps the heat Of the day had fatigued
her. But Mt any rate there was a
touch Of tragedy in the thought that
Queen Alexandra is learning slowly,
but surely, that extreme beauty can
fade although the charm Of person
ality can challenge the attack Of time.
II 81 fancy it must have been the queen
mothers costume that brought this
idea most surely before me. She was
wearing mantle or cloak made of
some material in shade of iridescent
blue spangles with close frilling OF
black lace all round the edge. Her hat
or bonnet was of the usual royal shape
and built Of jetted stuff to match her
cloak, with small white atgrette
standing erect in front.
"Under ordinary circumstances one
would regard this quaint nineteenth
century toilet of the queen mothers as
n characteristic conventionality, but
somehow on this sunny afternoon it
represented to me sacrifice to the in
evitable."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20


The state has brought SUIT against
Charles B. Collins, for the recovery
Of $46. 00O,s and the case is now be-
ing tried in Aberdeen. Mr.. Collins
now lives in San Francisco, but from
1902 to 1906 he served as state treas
urer of this state, and it is alleged
that he retained the above sum coll
lected as interest on deposits of state
funds. In retaining the interest on
The state deposits Mr.. Collins follow
ED custom that prevailed during ter
ritorial days and the days Of esrly
statehood, but some years ago law
was passed requiring all interest col
lected to be turned into the state
fund, and since that it has been done.