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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
Modern City" Pays High
 Compliment to Birmingham
Splendid Article of Four Pages, Illustrated With Many Local Cuts, Appears in Official Magazine of
 League of American Municipalities

In it's January issue, The Modern City, official magazine of the League of Amer ican Municipalities, carries on its front page a cut of a section of Highland avenue, showing one of the most attrac- tive spots in residential Birmingham. An article three or four pages in length is illustrated with cuts of tall buildings. the Terminal station and number of industrial plants. The title of the article is Birmingham, Alabama, the twen- tieth century wonder in industrial de- velopment. A city rich, generous, beau- tifu"
 "Alladin Sis said to have effected many remarkable achievements with the aid of his wonderful lamp, but in all his ac- complishments he never achieved any thing more wonderful than the building of Birmingham, Jefferson county, Ala bama," the article begins. Tn less than half century it has grown from cross roads settlement to metropolis With all that name imples-mammoth industries II agnificent buildings. commercial prom inence-a city equipped with every mod ern convenience and population that ir Is years has grown from 3S, 415 to 215,S95 | and is still growing. CITY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS Then follows "a few terse facts which give an idea of what has been accom- plished during the 46 years of Birming' hams existence, such as weekly payrol | of $2112, ,000 34S manufacturing establish ments, s267, ,476, 735a invested in industria enterprises, industries under construction 1 S3O, GOO OO0 yearly output of over 20.OO00N tens of coal, 4S6S, ,593 tons coke, ,546,29 | tons of pig iron, 2S3,4l0 tons cast irot pipe, 2S9 3S5 tons steel billets.
 | It also mentions the Fairfield develop ments of the Tennessee Coal, Iron an'
 Railroad company, including l5oo home for it's employees, costing about $35, ,0oC Besides the coal, iron and steel Tn
 dustry Birmingham has several larg 1 chemical plants and others are contem plated" the article continues, especial ly in the field of electric steel, the fix atism of atmospheric nitrogen and ferro l lmanganes in electric furnaces
 Birmingham's nine railway systems ra diating in every direction are mentioned by name as is the $2,0o00O0 Termina station.
 MAGIC CITY'S CLAIMS
 While Birmingham bases it's claim fo recognition upon it's industrial success
 and progress it has other claims whicl
 make a strong appeal to the strange | without her gates" the writer says. II the firsr place it is charmingly situate
 on the foothills of the Appalachian noun tains. rich in mineral deposits, yet wit
 the fertility of soil which produces lux | urious vegetation and timber Well ele vatel above sea level, the atmosphere | WI olesome and invigorating. There "ar no extremes of temperature to cause en erva tion in summer or distress in win ter"
 Further along in the article is foun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
BARNETT TO ADDRESS
 THE ROTARY CLUB AT LUNCH HOUR
Chairman of Jefferson County Drive for Bible Land Sufferers Will
 Outline Plans

J. Mercer Barnett, Jefferson county chairman of the campaign for the rel1e1 of the sufferers of the Bible lands, Will address Rotarians at their luncheon to- morrow at 1 o'clock in the ballrom of the Tutwiler hotel, at which time he Will outline the plans for the campaign ana urge the cooperation of this territory and President E. H. Andrews will give the army it's instructions for the drlVe'
 The attendance for the Rotary clun TO. this month is s4 per cent while that fof Atlanta is S3 per cent and Secretary Clarence Lloyd urges every Rotarian to be present tomorrow as 'it is the last hurdle of the four months attendance steeplechase, with Birmingham in the lead"
 Lets go over the hurdle and under the wire the winner" says recent ls- sue of Rotarygrams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
NEGRO SWITCHMAN
 HELD ON MURDER CHARGE BY CORONER

Following an investigation or the death of Julian Hendricks, yard fore mar of the Louisville and Nashville, heid vesterday by Acting Coroner sam Dobvns. a warrant charging murder Tn the first degree was sworn out agaihs' will Jordan. negro switchman.
 According to the evidence brought ont before the coroner MT. Hendricks had reprimanded the negro and that on last Saturday while they were botk riding on the front running poaIo of switch engine. Jordan struck the white man and then threw him under inc engine Hendricks body was lit orally torn to pieces.
 The negro refused to make state. ment as to the affair and is being held a- the caunty jail without bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28

Capt Fred Bowron has Just retulheo
 to Birmingham after an extended ap-
 sence in France, where he commanded
 the Eighth Company, Fourth infantry
 regiment. Third division, during the
 terrific fighting at Chateau Thlerfy
 and at St Mihiel. He was gassed once
 and later severely wounded on Octo-
 Der 21, after which he was sent to
 base hospital where he remained for
 two months while recuperating. About
 a month ago Captain Bowron returned
 ot this country on the ill-fated North.
 ern Pacific which was stranded off
 Fire Island and from which it's pa
 sengers narrowly escaped death. Cap
 tain Bowron has been given his honor
 able discharge and is being cordially
 welcomed by his many friends here.
 Capt. A. J. (Jack) Bowron, the sec ond son volunteered at the outbreak of the war, although he has a large family, and like his brother Fred, IS a man of middle age. Jacks aolilIy and determination immediately won recognition at the second officers training camp, Fort Oglethorpe, and he was graduated with the rank of captain and assigned to Camp Meade. where he has been stationed for the past year Several times attempts were made to have Captain Bowron discharged on account of the loss of i two fingers on his right hand. but his perseverance predominated and his su- perior officers yielded to his plea for retentioU. Their confidence has been more than rewarded for Captain | "Jacl" has made a splendid record as a commanding officer in the infantry Capt James Edgar Bowron, known l to his hundreds of friends here as Ed
 | is one of the youngest captains in the heavy artillery. He received his train 1 ing at Fortress Monroe, Va, and was | graduated with the rank of lieuten- ant later being promoted to the cap l taincy. Following his graduation Ed was assigned as an instructor or Fort- ress Monroe and served in that ca pacity during four different trainlns | camps Although he continually made application for overseas service 1t was I not until late in october that Ed fi- nallv succeeded in getting across and | soon after arriving in France the wal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28

companies states that the demand for pipe is not quite so good as it was short time ago, but still number of in quiries are coming and the prospects for the future are not discouraging.
 During the last few days there has been noted livelier interest in building op- erations and the indications are that by spring a number of new houses Will be under way. An apartment house or considerable proportions to be built on Twenty second street south of Avenue Ii is among the probabilities of the next few weeks Plans are said to have been drawn and the matter Of cont act for the construction work is under con sideration. -
 With coal production gradually getting back to normal and the output or the ore mines and limestone quarr1es m creasing raw materials will soon be avail able in sufficient quantities to supplyN all the furnaces in the district and those that have banked since the end Of De cemher are expected to resume operations within a short time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
continue in operation.

The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company is now engaged in making sev- eral thousand tons of high silicon iron for Italy. This order was booked two or three months ago.
 With the exception of a few inquiries for small lots to meet immediate needs of consumers, there is very little activi- ty in the iron market. The furnaces in the Birmingham district, however, are working on orders booked prior to the signing of the armistice, these bookings taking practically the entire make of the district for the first half of the year
 There have been comparatively few cancellations, furnace company officials state, but shipping orders are not being received quite as fast as could be wished Iron is going forward. however about as fast as it is being made so that there is no accommodation on the yards. and the belief is that there will be none for sometime at least.
 An official of one of the cast iron pipe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
SUITS FILED

Charles Pleasant Smith entered suit yesterday in the circuit court against w. D. Hines, director general of rail roads, claiming s50,000 damages. The suit grew out of the death of Charles Herbert Smith, minor son of the plain tiff, who was struck and killed at a railroad crossing January 6.
 w. G. Gafford and Mamie Gafford, administrators of R. B. Garrod vs the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. and Lee c. Bradley, receiver, S250O damages claimed for the death of Mir Garrod. caused by injuries sus- tained while attempting to board a street car on November 2S at Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
List of Stolen Goods From Hood & Wheeler
 Enormously Reported

A report carried in the Sunday AgeHerald, to the effect that negro, Cornelius Jones, had stolen large amount of furniture and rugs while in the employ of Hood and Wheeler, local furniture store, was denied Monday by the furniture company.
 It was asserted Nthat the negro had removed an amount of furniture that would have taxed the capacity of a large warehouse, whereas the only articles removed were a dresser, kitchen cabinet, asrug, cheap suit case and a few pieces of aluminium ware. The erronous report originated at detective headquarters.
 The statement as carried by The Age Herald was a reflection on one of Birminghams leading furniture houses, and The Age-Herald gladly gives the corrected list of stolen ar ticles as given it by MT. Hood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
MUNICIPAL COURT

Theo Gromes, arrested on a charge of burglary and grand larceny, was given preliminary hearing before Judge H. B. Abernethy yesterday and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury in the sum of $500. The complaint alleged that he entered the storehouse of the Birmingham Hide and Tallow company and stole prop erty to the value of $75.
 Sophia Hughes, Rosa Smith, Mable Dixon and Pauline Robinson, negro women, were arrested by Constable Matlock and Jim Daly on charges of robbery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
Kiwanians to Hear
 A. T. McWane Today

Kiwanian A T. McWane will address the Kiwanis club today at the regular '. eekly luncheon on Welfare Works Relative to Big Business"
 President Mercer Barnett Urges full attendance, as aside from Mir. Me Wane's address there will be matters of importance discussed regarding the coming convention.
 The attendance prize will be donated by Col. w. F. Aldrich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28

this: Administrations are proud of the beauty of their city and they have just cause to be- The business. section pre- sents an imposing evidence of power and wealth and is concrete exponent of the local slogan, We WILL The residen- tial section is even more expressive of the resources of wealth and the taste for refinement and artistic culture for
 it and it's suburbs are literally dotted with homes, beautiful in design, set in an elegance of lawn, shrubbery and ar borage which in their entirety present an ever changing charm to the eye -
 LOCAL ILLUSTRATIONS
 Several cuts showing "Birmingham's Grand Canyon" the Terminal station and sev eral industrial plants are printed with the article which includes an interview with w. c. Adams, sales manager of the DeBardeleben Coal company, who says in part: "The development of coal traf fife from this district to the Gulf of Mex leo via the Warrior and Bigbee rivers will mean that Alabama coal will enter and probably dominate markets which it had not heretofore entered, except ln emergencies I refer to Mexican Gulf
 ports, not only along the United States coast from Texas te Florida. but to Cuban and Mexican ports as well. Cuba | has developed industrially and is now T a large consumer of coal. The nearest l coal fields to Cuba are those in Ala | bama. but.aheretofore Cuba hasN been | supplied almost entirely from Norfolk 1 and Baltimore, movement being by wa l ter.
 RIVER DEVELOPMENT | Obviously, when the Warrior and l Bigbee rivers are developed Alabama coal
 car compete with coal now moving from
 the eastern ports, and we can enjoy l large share of the Cuban coal trade. The same Is true with regard to Mexico.i Once conditions are stabilized there, as they surely will be before a great while,
 we may expect to see Alabama coal er-S ter Mexican ports and all the ports on. the Mexican Gulf
 "Yes. South America, too," he replied to l a question: That is just step beyond. | Normally that country draws her sup 1 ply from Wales and Germany and on the | west from Australia. When the war is | over and we are able to supply export trade, there IS no reason why Alabama coal, with an all water movement, can-
 not enter not only South America. but | the coaling stations of the Panama zone
 and the west coast of the United States.
 Water traffic will open the markets
 of the world to Alabama coal fields. The
 development of the Warrior and Bigbee rivers will also open world markets for our manufacturers. The committee of the 1 Chamber of Commerce that pursuaded the l government to develop traffic on these | rivers has rendered a service whose ben efits cannot be computed They are ben- efits that affect every man, woman and child in Greater Birmingham. and thus will continue as long as the rivers flow
 into the sea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
Embezzlement Charged

C. NJ Macks. manager of garage at 2207 First avenue, was arrested al his place of business yesterday by off, ficers Purge. Richardson, Alexander and Riley and placed in the city jai
 on a charge of embezzlement.f It is alleged that he collected damages to the amount of s550 from the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power com pany for. an automobile belonging to ID. T. Odoms, 2122h Second avenue
 which was practically demolished by street car. Odoms is a blind man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
Shit Filed in U. s. Court

Mrs. O. c. Tucker. as the administra- trix of the estate of O. c. Tucker. her husband, yesterday entered suit in the federal court against the Seaboard Air Line Railroad company claiming soo'- 0nO damages for the death of her hus- hand who was a switchman on the railroad and who was fatally injured Noyem Der 26.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
Returned Soldiers
 and Their Poll Tax

Many returned soldiers are in- ice ns to whether they are liable for poll tax or not. Tax Collector James F. Hawkins stated yesterday that. while there was bill now pending before the legislature ex- empting them from the payment of poll tax while in service, it hnd not been passed, and that he had no authority to exempt them.
 Mir. Hawkins suggested, however, that all returned soldiers who de- sire to qualify as voters do so at once, and that in the event the pro- posed bill is enacted he was satis- fled some provision would be made to refund the taxes SO paid..
 The tax collector gives this mere ly ms his opinion, and is not of ficiaI.
 There arc only five more days, inclusive with February 1. in which poll taxes can be paid. The office will be kept open until 6 o'clock in the evening this week, in order that the people in the rural dis tricts who do not reach the city until late may have the chance to pay their poll taxes. According to the clerks at the office quite n num- Der of wives and relatives of voters pnid their poll taxes for them yes- terday.
 Those who fail to pay on or be- fore Saturday night will be de- prived of the rights to participate In any election held this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
Bankruptcy Petition

Voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the office of Clerk Charles J. Allison of the United States district court yesterday by F. c. Bowman, local contractor. whose liabilities are approx imately $130.000 and the assets consist of s12.000 worth of property, which is ,mortgaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
Wants Her Address
Menil La Tour, France.
 nonoranhnr OG 1Q12

DeCeMDtT 70, I5Io. To the Editor of The Age-H Herald: Will you please publish this in your paper:
 My Dear Mayola: I received your let ter. but I have lost your address. Will you write me at once, sending your address. Sincerely yours,
 PRIVATE HARRY PATTON, Company B, 52Sth Engineers, Bat talion. A D. F.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
REPRESENTATIVES TOATTEND FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL
Local Chamber Commerce to Send Delegates to Chi cago Meeting, Which
 Convenes in April

Birmingham will have a strong rep resentation at the sixth annual conven- tion of the foreign trade council, which will be held in Chicago on April 24' 25 and 26. An invitation to send dele gates to this convention has been re- ceived by the Chamber of Commerce and it is probable that several repre- sentatives of that organization will at tend.
 The sixth annual convention Will probably be the most important ever held by that body as questions arising at the close of the great war Will come up for consideration.
 "The sudden ending of the war has brought the country face to face With the problem of maintaining, our pres ent prosperity and standards or hV- ing" says Secretary O. K. Davis Tn his letter to the Chamber of Commerce. '"To do this our war industries must be converted. our fighters must be em- ployed our surplus products and capl- tai must find foreign outlets, and our newly built shipping must be operated in accord with a sound national mari time policy"
 The one question, he says, which actually concerns the commercial and industrial life of America is How can this expansion be achieved?"
 FOREIGN TRADE LEADERS
 "The convention will be peculiarly we'll equipped to answer this quection, MT. Davis writes Ut will be composed of men who are actual, practical leau- CTS of the foreign trade of the United States. Every agency of prQductlVe enterprise in this country-agricultu commercial, financial, industrial, labor and transportation-will take part Tn the convention through it's leading rep resentatives There will be delegates from every section of the country.
 'The great trade encouragement or Iganizations of the government-the con = sular service bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, and bureau Of mar kets-will be fully represented The first session, it is expected, Will be devoted to a discussion of the need of maintaining the foreign trade from | the viewpoint of increased industrial productive capacity; increased capacity | for investment, both abroad and at 1 home; the importance of maintaining full and adequately paid employment of labor, and from the point of view of our national fiscal policy,
 MERCHANT MARINE | One session will be devoted to dis cussion of the American merchant ma
 rine, including shipbuilding, ship op- | eratons, trade routes and organization | of concentration centers abroad for re- | turn cargoes; comparison of the Amer | ian navigation system with other mari | time nations, and an American na'
 tional maritime policy. | At the group sessions. of which there | will be several, such questions as bank support of the foreign trade movement l CO., operation in foreign trade, expert
 ences of several of the export combi
 nations formed under the Webb law
 advertising for foreign trade; selling
 methods and similar questions will b' l discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
No Shut DolUr at EnsLey
 Steel Plant, Says CraWford
President of T. C. Co.,, Upon Return From New York Officially Denies Rumor-Iron Market Not as Active
 as Desired, But Yards Show No Accumulation

in the effect andR officially denied Upon
 Gordon Crawford when asked that there foundation mill would could be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28

Did it ever occur to you that all ok us like a change now and then from home cooking? Then why not invite some friends to the table d'hote d:n-l ner at the Tutwiler Sunday evening. (s1.50 a plate)? Then there's the table d'hote luncheon daily at 75 cents . plate. The tea dansants on the mez- zanine every Saturday afternoon from to o'clock, are largely patronized and you meet all your friends there: so why not join the happy throng = Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
Bowron Family Holds Record
 For Number Of Boys in Seruice
Five Sons One Sonn-Law Two Nephews and Two Broth CTS of MT. and Mrs. James Bowron Fought for
 Uncle Sam and John Bull
F. BOB M'DAVID

So far as hold all Jefferson county records in of Mr. Rowron have Uncle Sam addition to these representatives nephews ana two oes .la R1la nd the Starsan Stripes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28

Miss Gladys Smith has accepted a position as stenographer for the Civic association succeeding Mrs. A. M. Waples, who has gone to Chattanooga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
PERSONAL

MT and Mrs.eSterling A. Wood yes- terday received information that their son. Clement A. Wood. is desperately i'll of influenza in New York hospi- tai. capt. Sterling A. Wood, Jr., left immediately to be with his brother in his illness. Clement A. Wood will be remembered as former recorder of the Birmingham police court, but is now very successful writer, he having mar ried and is Hekfng his home in New York.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-13
fnEsRErUBIIcAN MARsHAIIrowN IOWA NOVEMBER Is 1919

nkceysary. While driving across Oak
street bridge about Ave o'clock. Ed
Montgomery saw body floating in
TIL, river and FASTENED to notify the
employees ut the electric light plaut
to watch for tho body as It foated
down stream and then called city
Manager Gregg. who summoned as
sistants and went TO the river. But all
trace OF tho body was lost and II was
not recovered until several hours later
A mum and pockotbook were found
on tho river bank near the Burgess
spring, indicating that was the point
where the young woman entered tho
river. The water at this point Is about
three or four feet deep. The body was
recovered short distance above the
electric light plant. Miss Fitzgerald
had been an invalid for several years
and until recently unable to walk.
She returned a few days ago from a
visit to Fort Dodge and was thought
to DO much improved in health, But
worry over her condition is thought
to have unbalanced her mind and
caused her to take her life, She was
about thirty-flve years old. and a
daughter OF Z. Fitzgerald, city asses
sor. She had lived hero most Of her
life and was formerly in the employ
of the Iowa Telephone Company.