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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Morris Bush WiLL Be
 New Rotary President
Dr. Percy Woodall, Vice President, and Thornton Estes Secretary-Formal Election February ,.

Morris W. Bush was named president of the Rotary club at it's meeting ycs- terday at 1 o'clock in the ballroom of the Tutwler hotel when the nominat- ing committee made it's report. Other officers named were Dr. Percy H. Wood all vice president w. Thornton Estes, secretary; M F. Northington, treasurer; LeGrand c. Wilson, sergeant at arms, and the following directors; E. H. An drews, chairman: Wallace L. Caldwell, Robert Jemison, Jr., Dan B. Dimick, B. H. Hartsfield, Val J. Nesbt, Robert T. Brooke, Maurice W. Canister and J. Gre gory Johnston.
 As it is the custom of the club to &C., cept the report of the nominating com mittee the above mentioned officers will be elected February 5, and will take of flee on February 19.
 headquarters of Rotary clubs from Chi cago to Washington was taken up, J. Frank Rushton making a brief talk ex- pressing himself as favoring the move while J. w. Donnelly and Thornton Estes spoke, being opposed to the change. As the question was not discussed suffi- ciently to secure an expression from the entire membership of the club. the mat ter was postponed until next week.
 Rotarian Oscar Wells made a short talk on the visit of G. A. Tomlinson,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Box Social For Army and Navy League Fund
 At Lutheran Church
Lunch Boxes to Be AuctiOned Off and Proceeds Devoted to Welfare
 Work of Service League

The box social to be given by the members and friends of the Zion Luth- eran league next Wednesday night, January 22, for the benefit of the Army and Navy league fund, promises to be an event of unusual interest The schoolhouse in the rear of the church, corner of Avenue E and Nineteenth street, will be appropriately decorated for the occasion, and string orchestra will render selections in addition to the many other features on the pro- gramme.
 The committee of arrangements is composed of Misses Bertha Maas. Julia Schaefer. Margaret Carau, Frieda L. Weidmann and Messrs. Henry Schaef- er Michael Zimmerman, Otto School and Rev. Hans Reuter-.
 The role of auctioning off the boxes, containing the tempting lunches, to be provided by the lady members of the league. has been assigned to a well known local newspaper man. and all of the male members and friends of the league and church are urged to be on hand and bid well for the honor of sharing the tempting lunch with the respective young ladies.
 The proceeds of the social will be devoted to the welfare work of th } Army and Navy league for the boys who are still in the service and at the military camps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Mrs. Gonzales Noted
 Y. w e. A. Worker in City
Wife of Late Editor to Open Hostess
 House at Camp Mcclellan

Mrs. l.. B. Gonzales of Columbia, s. C., stopped over in Birmingham yester- day en route to Camp Mcclellan where she will open Y w. c. A. hostess house. She is the widow of the late editor of the Columbia States, and since the United States entered the war has been engaged in Y. w. A. work, hav- ing had charge of hostess houses To- cated in Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.
 Mrs Gonzales talks most interest ingly of her work and what it means to her, and despite her white hair, her face is still youthful and charming smile Eliminates it from time to time. Like her late husband. who lost his life in 1903, Mrs. Gonzales is quite lit- erary, and uses all of her spare mo- ments in the study of the great literary masters.
 As soon as her presence in Birming ham became known a number of people called on her at the Tutwiler hotel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
SOCIAL WORKERS
 | ID HEAR DR. CR0TTy
Woman Physician to Make Address on Social Moral
 ity at Southern Club

Dr. Julia Crotty who is giving series of lectures on social hygiene to women and girls, will give two lectures today the first at the public library at 10 o'clock this morning At 1 o'clock this afternoon Dr. CrottY will make an address before the Sociai Workers club, at a meeting to be held at the Southern club, and at which many of the women interested in social welfare work will be present.
 Dr. Crotty has made quite number of addresses in the city and county. and has made talks to the women employees of some of the big department stores. Yes terday she spoke at the Kress store Boyles High school, Martin school, and at the Y. w. c. A. headquarters, to large audiences of women.
 A pleasing incident of the work in Bir- by Dr. Crotty was told yester- day by Mrs. Mamie Melvin, one of the organizers for the war department lec- lures that are being given by pr. Crotty to women and girls throughout the county. At one of the department stores Dr. Crotty had spoken twice at the early hour of S:30 The first lecture was just an introduction, not only of a new per son with different profession, but of new subject for open discussion to the hearers.
 The second talk was a heart-to- heart conference between the girls and Dr. Crotty, and one group of girls said to her after the lecture that they would come to the store at o'clock if she would talk to them for an hour, instead of the half hour, as at the previous lectures This shows the government has gauged the people very correctly" said Mrs Melvin The American people want to know; they want to know right; they are ready to back up the government plan of the campaign for social morality Young and old are putting away prudery and are leaving ignorance to past his tory, and are coming forward to help to brings about a better condition of affairs. Birmingham people are cooperating splendidly in this great work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Burglar Makes Raid
 On Webb Apartments

T. A. Webb, southern freight agent. is minus his valuable gold watch. chain and Masonic charm as the result of q raid made on his room in the Mar garet apartments. Highland avenue, by a burglar Tuesday night. The intruder got in the room through window. ransacksed the room, lifted Mir. Webb's watch, memoranda book and pass book. and got out without disturbing either MT. Webb or Mrs. Webb, who were asleep.
 Mir Webb did not know he had been robbed until he went to breakfast yes terday morning when the servant handed him his memoranda book which she had picked up on the street as she came in Shortly afterwards sev- eraI of his railroad passes were re- turned to him by persons picking them up on the street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
REALTORS ID MEET AT SOUTHERN CLUB Revision of Laws Relative to Real Estate Topic of
 Discussion

Birmingham Realtors will hold another meeting today for the purpose of discuss ing needed revision in the laws relating to conyeyances land titles and other real estate legislation. The following excerpt from the secretary's bulletin gives some hint as to the programme:
 Fellow Realtor. Sitting under the majestic dome of that historic edifice that once sheltered our beloved Jefferson Davis Alabamas statesman, yesterday pronounced the death sentence upon that famous and alas, the popular friend. Al K. Hall. Doomed to horrible execu- ton on July l. the condemned brother is spending his last days in company with his comrades, whose ingratitude in thus betraying their lifelong companion can only be compared to the adders bite, chronicled in Grecian mythology.
 But, take heart, brother. more cheer full legislation is soon to follow.
 Getting down to brass tacks, the meet ing at the Southern club will be devoted to questions relating to needed revision of laws relating to real estate. Other matters are coming up
 Don't miss this one, boys. It'll be worth the price,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Tom DOZier to Make
 Patriotic Address
 At Community Sing

The programme of the community sing next Sunday afternoon will be featured by patriotic address by Thomas Dozier, assistant solicitor of Jefferson county, in the commemoration of the birthday of Robert E. Lee. Mr. DoZier is division commander of the Sons of Confederate veterans and will read in part the story of the gallantry of the southern heroes, which will be illustrated by hand-painted pictures flashed on the screen. Seats will be held in reserve for Confederate veterans and their families. The usual music programme will be rendered in addition to this feature and the sing is expected to be largely attended Sunday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16

Acceptances were received by Secretary James J. Jackson from large number of men yesterday afternoon and these assure a large attendance.
 Mir. Tominson arrived from Mobile last night at g o'clock, and was met at the Louisville and Nashville station by members of the committee, who took him in charge. Mrs. Tomlinson accom- panied MT. Tonlinson.
 This morning members of the commit tee will take MT and Mrs. Tomlinson for an automobile ride about the city and through the industrial sections of the dis trict, returning to the hotel in time for the luncheon. At and after the luncheon a conference will be held at which MT, Tomlinson will outline for the benefit of the committee and others who may be interested the plans for Warrior river development, and advise them, so far as he may, of the things they must do.
 MT. Tomlinson has been in Mobile since Monday with plans and specifications for the steel ships, tow boats and barges which are to be built for the Warrior river service. A large number of ship builders from the east and the southeast are also in Mobile looking over the plans and specifications with the view to sub hitting bids for building the craft.
 ADMINISTRATION STATEN ENT In statement just sent out by the railroad administration the director gem eral, referring to the Warrior river craft, says:
 Plans have been completed for pro- viding new equipment under the jurisdic- ton of the United States railroad ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Pevear COnfers in
 New Orleans With
 American Cities Heads

J, s. Pevear, president of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, now in. New or- leans comforting with heads of the American Cities company, owners of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, will return to the city tomorrow, and it Is ex- pected that he will be fin a position to give out statement that will have an important bearing upon the street car situation in Bir- mingham, relative to immediate improvement of the service.
 MT, Pevear left Birmingham Tuesday night with Vice President BenOist of the American Cities company for n conference in New Orleans, Mir. BenOist fntimated during the few hours that he spent in Birmingham that he would be able to make statement that would be of intense local interest. upon his return with MT. Pevenr to Birmingham, and this statement Is being eagerly anticipated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Col. B. L. Higdon of United States Guards
 Returns to the City

After IS months service, Col. F.. L. Hig- don. who has been in command of the Fourth battalion, United States guards. has been honorably discharged from the service and has returned tC his home in Birmingham. Colonel Higdon's battalion did duty guarding ship yards, quarter master supplies, warehouses that con- tained shipments for the allies of every description. At various times they were stationed at Panama City, Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans, Pascagoula, Madi- sonville, Morgan City. Baton Rouge and Slidell, La.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Cosby Flour and Grain Go.
 Receive Old-Time Pre-War Roller Champion Flour

The public generally will be interested in the announcement of the W. M Cosby Flour and Grain company. which states that the old time pre-war, high-grade 2ci.er Champion flour is now on the market. No community in this country has more willingly accepted the war flour that they have been forced to use dur ing the past year and a half. milled under government regulations, than this one, but they will receive the new flour with equal willingness.
 The w. M Cosby Flour and Grain -g,rr9aay is one of the first firms to get the high-grade flour back on this market and while they are to be con graduated, this is only another citation of their progressiveness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Mclaughlin Made General Manager of
 Shipbuilding Plants

News comes from Mobile that General Manager Frank Mclaughlin of the Mobile Shipbuilding company and also of the Birmingham Steel corporation, has been made general manager of all the Britain plants, including the Terry Ship building corporation of Savannah. Ga, and the Jacksonville Dry Dock and Re- pair company at Jacksonville, Fla.
 Ten 75OO- ton oil tankers are being built for the United States shipping board at the Savannah plant, 20 5OOo-ton fapri- cated ships at Mobile and 6000-ton dry dock is being put in at Jacksonville.
 MT. Mclaughlin will make Mobile his headouarters, but will divide his time among the plants at Mobile, Birmingham, Savannah and Jacksonville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
P0RTW0OD BACK . FROM OVERSEAS
 TELLSEXPER|ENCES
Local Ticket Seller Relates Sub" Attack Details in Interesting Manner.
 Back at Work

J. J. Portwood, Jr.. ticket seller at the consolidated ticket office of the United States railroad administration, has re- turned to his duties after five months service in the army
 MT. Portwood went into the service on August and sailed for Europe October ?, landing at Southampton, England Oc- tober S. He went over on the Acqua- tania, the second largest and the fastest transport ship in the United States serv- ice carrying nearly 10000 troops.
 Forty-eight hours out from Southamp ton the Acquatana was joined by six chasers and one airplane which convoyei them to the English port. When 24 hours out from Southampton they were at tackled by two submarines, and narrowly escaped being torpedoed. The alertness of the conveying chasers is all that saved the Acquatania, said Mir. Portwood. "The watch on the chaser saw the torpe- do coming toward our ship and ran be tween it and the torpedo. The torpedo struck the chaser, which sank within 10 minutes. Prompt action by the other chasers and the crew of our ship saved all of the crew of the destroyer chaser.
 "In running to her defense the chaser sideswiped the Acquatana, but did no damage. I was in the boiler room on watch at the time and did not see the torpedo, but I heard the explosion and
 
 was told afterward about the attack The chasers made after the submarine and later their officers reported that they had sunk it."
 MT. Portwood did not get into the fight ing in France. being detailed for duty at regimental headquarters but his regiment took part in some of the fercest fight ing in the closing days of the war. He was in the 18th regiment Thirty eighth division, known as the Cyclone division. They were stationed at Coulans Sarthe when the armistice was signed.
 We didn't go to bed until i o'clock that night MT. Portwood said. in de scrbing the scenes at his camp when news of the signing of the armistice was received. We paraded for hours Gen. Julius r. Penn, our division commander. leading the parade. It was a wildly hilarious bunch of soldiers that cele- brated the great victory over the German war machine. Discipline was disregarded for the time being, while everybody joined in the demonstrations"
 few days after the armstice was signed the 10th was ordered back to the United States and the men were mus tered out at Camp Zachary TayAor. Louisville. Ky, on January 5.
 After receiving his discharge papers MT. Portwood visited his people in Ten nessee for few days and then returned to Birmingham to resume his duties at the consolidated railroad ticket office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16

ministra tion for service on the Black Warrior river.
 There are two distinct services: One from Cordova (near Birmingham. Ala.) to New Orleans, and the other from Cordova to Mobile. Ala. The Cordova- New Orleans route is partly river and partly sheltered Gulf operation. To pro vide for the New Orleans service self propelled steel barges 275 feet long, 49 feet extreme beam. and 10 feet depth with triple expansion engines ttwo) 400 H. P. each, and water tube boilers ot the express type, are proposed. Such boats will carry 1900 tons of coal on a 7lh-foot draft and the proposed design eontempates cubic capacity of about 800 tons for merchandise freight. The estimated cost of such a setf-propelled steel barge is about s25o.oo0 and in its construction about 800 tons of steel will be required Four such vessels, with annual capacity of f75,000 tons, will be provided.
 For the enlarged Mobile service, it is proposed to construct 20 wooden \bargeS of approximately the type now used on the river and three steel towboats with approx imately 400 H. r. each. The esti- mated cost of each towboat is SlW.Do and the 20 wooden barges can be con- structed for Sl2O,000.
 This represents total expenditure or s1 eOO.O00 for the Warrior river system to provide an increased annual coal move nent of 375,o00 tons.'
 Oscar Wells, vice chairman Of the War rior river development committee, Tn the absence of Chairman w. D. Nesbit, Will preside at the luncheon and introduce MT. Tominson to the Birmingham men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Consent Judgments
 In Circuit Court

Consent judgments in the sum of $6j00 ach were entered in the circuit court esterday in the cases of Mrs. Eunice riel, administratriX of the estate of ugh Friel and Mrs. Theresa Brown. 1ministratrix of the estate of w. F.. rown. against the Southern Cement ompany.
 The action for damages came from the cath of w. P. Brown and Hugh Friel. ho were killed while repairing some achinery for the defendant company diligence of employees being alleged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Director TomLinson of Inland Waterways WiH Deliuer Address
 At Luncheon Today at Z ?. M.
Warrior Rivers Possibilities Will Be Reviewed and Administrations Plans Likely
 Made Public

made a of to A. of railroad luncheon his hotel at o'clock this afternoon Invitations extended by the Warrior and the Birmingham which MT. Iomnson make talk the and its possibi ie commercial transportation relation Birmingham the to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Illicit Still Destroyed
 By County Officers

M G. smith, county officer. accom- panied by Officers Burge and Hampton. destroyed large still in the western part early yesterday morning. About l000 gallons of mash which was in barrels and situated on the edge of a branch near the still was also destroyed No clue to the distillers was obtained by the officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
r GRADUATE IN
 EXTENSION COURSE
 OF U. OF A. TONIGHT
Dr. Denny to Present DiplO- mas at TutWiler Dinner Tonight Prominent
 Men Will Speak

Seventeen graduates of the extension department of the University of Alabama will receive their diplomas from Presi- dent George 1T. Denny at a dinner to be given at the Tutwler hotel tonight. These young men have completed the prescribed course in the department of trades and industries of the university which was es- tablished in January of last year.
 The department is operated partly with funds received from the federal govern ment under the provisions of the Smith Hughes act, and partly by funds pro- v;ded by the university During the year 8 students enrolled and II of them have completed the course. Of the II the fol- lowing are residents of Birmingham or this immediate vicinity, and will be pres- ent at the dinner this evening:
 R. S. Anderson, carpenter; Percy Cope Ian, auto mechanc; F.. D. Mcconnell, pat tern maker; $. A. Magee, boiler maker: J. A. Lipscomb pattern maker, Vinet Smith, carpenter; R. R. Schmitz. pat tern maker and molder; T. A. Scales. auto mechanic; D. F. Lowe, auto me- chanic w. O. Pape, auto mechanic; A. H. Guines, auto mechanic; w. $. Wilkin- son, carpenter; w. T. Warlck, auto me- chanic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
White Woman Fined

Mrs. c. A. Hooks, white woman. was fined $50 and costs in two cases in the criminal division of the circuit court when she plead guilty to vio- lating the prohibition laws before Judge w F. Fort yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Suit Filed

Katie Lavas has entered suit against the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company claiming 5000 dama- ges for alleged personal injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
MASONIC NOTICE

A special communication of King Solomon loige, No. 10O, A. F. < A. M-. is called for p. m. Thrusday. Janu- ary 16. to attend the funeral of !. ,. vanHOOse of Meridian lodge No sos, Meridian. Miss- \ full attendance Is requested.
 !. l.. HAGY, Act. w. M. J. s. WHITE. Secy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
SUFFERERS OF BIBLE
 LAND CAMPAIGN HEADED BY BARNETT
President of Kiwanis Club to Lead Drive in Jeffer- son County for Women
 and Children

J. Mercer Barnett, president of the Barnett Lumber company, also recently reelected president of the Kiwauis club. and one of Birmingham's iivest young business men and patriotic workers, has been selected to lead the drive in Jeff ferson county for the Bible land suffer- CTS The drive will beg.n on February L
 The campaign is already on in other counties in the state. Montgomery, Mo- bile and Jefferson counties having se- lected February 1 as their starting date. Reports from about 9 counties show very encouraging results, in fact far bet ter than had been anticipated,
 Mir. Barnett stated last night that while he felt that Birmingham had already done her part, he was of tho opinion that the city could not afford to pass the appeal that comes from women and chi- dren of the far east.
 Nearly all of the men have been killed. the reports from Armenia state. sad MT. Barnett. and the appeal is for the starving women and unclothed children. who would have been fed and clothed and their husbands and fathers spared if they had only renounced their religion anu 1OlileN III Wiln lne iuTkS III AttiF worship. That makes the appeal far more worthy for the Christian people are not going to let a people without nation, who have been mastered for years past on account of their religious beliefs sui fer further
 Chairman Barnett is perfectng his plans for the coming drive, and it is very prob able that an announcement will be made in the next few days regarding the lines E that will make the appeal doublY per in Jefferson county. The ministers and the women are going to take q very prominent part in the campaign.
 EXECUTIVE HERE
 Dr. L. A. Cooper, director for the south eastern states. and Dr. R. M. Mann, director for Alabama in the campai gn for s9o,00O,Ooo for Armenian and Syrian relief, while in Birmingham in the in- terest of this drive, conferred with Mir. Barnett relative to the drive.
 Four million people under Turk rule, composed of Armenians, Syrians, Creeks, Persians and Jews, are starving and it Is said that 100000 of these are orphans. Many have been massa cred.
 President Wilson cabled from France last Friday that none of the s100, ,0o0, ,00t requested by Congress in a special ap propriation bill would be available fol this urgent cause in the Turkish empire and he asked that the amount be over subscribed by voluntary donations. The nations chief executive also askr in the cable that all members of the food administration help in the campaign to raise this money for the foodless ol Turkey.
 Birmingham's quota in the campaign will be announced in a few days an6 MT. Barnett stated Tuesday that he fell safe in predicting that Birmingham, as in other drives, would go lover the top"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
only One .BRoMO QUININE,"

To get the genuine. call for full name LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE Tablets.
 Look for signature of F. w. GROVE.
 Cures a Cold in One Day. BOG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-16
Residence Burglaries Have
 Reached a Chronic State

Daily the police department is being notified of burglarzed residences and very little is ever recovered
 Thefts are becoming more frequent.