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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
JOIN F0RCESF FOR
 AIR MAIL SERVICE e. L. Harold Goes to Washing ton as City's Representative
 at Conference There

Resolutions. authorizing Charles l.. Harold secretary manager of the Bir- mingham Civic Association, to represent the city government in the conferences on the proposed aero mail route to Chi cago, to be held at Washington, Decem ber 10 were passed by the city commis- sonerTs yesterday afternoon. According to the advice of the best political authorities, MT. Harold stated the aero mail route should be asked for before the first of January in this, the closing yessr of the present adnlnistra- tion Otherwise, the chances are the project of an airplane mail route to Bir- mingham will not be considered favor ably.
 Mr Harold will leave for Washington and B. H. Hartsfield. president of the association will go to Evansville today to enlist the aid of the Evansville cit izens in the project. Evansville is the only stopping station which will be es- tablshed along the way.
 Committees from Minneapolis. Chicago and Duluth and probably other cities will meet the Birmingham committee in Washington, December 10.
 The Chamber of Commerce aviation committee has been negotiating quietly for the past several months with the Washington authorities for the aero mail route to Birmingham, according to Secre- tary- Manager o. L. Bum.
 All of the civic organizations in the city are now interested in seeing the pro- ject brought through to a successful culminat!on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
MERCY HOME FUND
 |SLACK|NG S3,OOO Campaign for S15,000 Ends Today-OnIy $12,OO0 of
 Needed Sum Raised

The Mercy Home campaign. so far as active solicitation is concerned, will close today.
 The amount in hand last night was about s12,0O0. but the goal is sl5,00o.
 W. c. Adams. chairman of the cam. paisn, said There is no difficulty i'm getting money for the Mercy Home. pro- v;ded there is personal solicitation. Ninsl out of ten persons who have been asked to contribute have done so right off tho bat, but it is not an easy matter fo. busy business men to get about and ses all those who would contribute if they thought about it,
 What is needed to finish the campaign, with d real flourish and have in hand the desired sl50oO is for a lot of the will-, ing folk to take the trouble to writs their check and send it or mail it to headquarters in the office of Adama Rowe and Norman. seventh floor, Brown Marx building"
 There is an average of ninety odd little ones in the Mercy Home. They are de- pendent absolutely on what the public gives. There is no state, county. nor city Appropriation. The cause of the little ones is in the hearts of the people.
 If these hearts are wide-awake today and tomorrow, there will be more than $l5oo0 in the treasury for the incoming years budget
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
TO HELP AUGUSTA
 HANDLE TRAFFIC

Birmingham police authorities have been called upon by the chief of police of Augusta, Ga, to send an expert at once to teach his men up- to date meth ods of handling downtown traffic.
 Clyde Vaughan, head of the traffic department, and considered by local police authorities as one of the fastest motor scouts on the force, will leave for Augusta early tomorrow morning.
 Chief of Police T. J. Shirley an- nounced yesterday that Mir. Vaughan would be gone about 10 days, but his time would be extended if he asked for it.
 The captain of the police department of Augusta was in Birmingham re- gently, and after seeing the manner in which the downtown traffic was handled he made a report to his chief and requested that man from the Magic City be asked to come and in- struct them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Good Work By Detectives

To the Editor of The Age-Herad:
 The story in this mornings Age
 Herald of the burglary at my home,
 1895 Thirteenth street. south, Monday
 evening. makes Mrs. Akers appear to
 have done the detective department a
 serious injustice through her alleged
 sta atement that no attention was paid
 to our complaint by the police and no investigation made.
 As e matter of fact, she made no mention whatever of the police when the paper telephoned her for the story. Two detectives responded very prompt ly to our call. spent some time in going over the house and yard. and returned the following noon for further search. It is no doubt true that the Birming- ham police and detective forces are entirely too small but in this case I find no cause for criticism and would like to see the unauthorized statement Iettributed to Mrs. Akers corrected. Yours very truly. A. K. AYERS. Birmingham, December 1. 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
COUNTY BOARD PUTS
 IN A BUSY MORNING

Contract for the enlargement of the county garage and repair shop and the | installation of a gasoline tank will be awarded within the next few days. This decision was reached by the board of 1 revenue at it's meeting yesterday morn I ing. President D. c. Ball and w. B. 1 Copeland were authorized to make the award. It is estimated that the annex and installation of the tank will cost approximately $5,000.
 On request of Ed Wheeler, superin- tendent of roads, elected to succeed l w. D. Wade, a white camp will be established at Trussville and will be known as camp No. 3.
 The petition from a number of Besse- | mer citizens asking that w. H. Stevens l be appointed county surveyor for the Bessemer division was deferred until l the Bessemer employees were elected at l the next meeting to be held there. The Green Spring road was ordered | thoroughly machined where the new chert has been placed to put it in good condition. Request for this was made | by Frank Hewitt.
 l It was pointed out that the bills of ], the Pittsburg testing laboratories
 which has a contract for the fnspec- tion of all road materials of the county
 had not been paid for several months Thomas E. Huey and w. B. Copeland l were appointed to work out this matter and report back to the board. | Rev. T. O. Jones was elected convict
 chaplain. The road superintendent was authorized to take an inventory of all
 road camps working convict and free labor.
 1 Several complaints regarding the condition of roads in the various sec tions of the county were read and re- ferred to the superintendent of roads A number of bills were paid and other | routine matters disposed of by tho
 board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
WANTS A WOMAN AS CITY COMMISSION
 MEMBER NEXT TERM
Mrs. SoIon Jacobs Addresses Civitan Club at Luncheon Yesterday, Declares Fair
 Sex Deserves Fair Play

"A woman should be elected a member of the next board of city commissioners" said Mrs. Solon Jacobs, who was the principal speaker at the regu- lar weekly luncheon meeting of the Civitan Club yesterday aft ernoon at 1 o'clock at the Southern club.
 "women have proven their ability in most every profession in the world. , continued Mrs. Jacobs, "and they should by all means have at least one repre- sentative on the new board of city commissioners.
 q am quite sure a woman will be among those who are members of the new cabinet of President Elect Hard ing. Women, always in political of fices, tend to make a better city and state government, and Birmingham, in the light of fair play alone should eject woman memDer or the, new board of city commissioners"
 The luncheon meeting yesterday was ladies' day and no member was ad mitted unless he was accompanied by a member of the fair sex. Nearly 200 people were present.
 The ladies were the guest of the club and were given numbered cards when they were admitted. One out of every five of the cards was lucky number and those holding them were given prizes, donated by merchants, and in . cluded boxes of candy. vanity cases, a bouquet of flowers, flash lights anc various other articles. More than 50 prizes were awarded. A musical enter tainment, in which Mrs. R. r. Me Cowan, Mrs J. M. Faunce, Mrs. J. J Strickland and Leon Cole took part was especially entertaining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
COMPLETE HEARING
 IN THE WADE CASE
Defendant and Others Testify During Day-Argument of
 Attorneys Not Concluded

The hearing of witnesses in the case of Charlie Wade. who is on trial before Judge William F. Fort, of the criminal division of the circuit court, for assault with intent to murder in connection with an alleged illegal operation upon George Warren.a salesman, was com pleted yesterday afternoon.
 The defendant took the witness stand in his own behalf shortly before noon yesterday and, with tears streaming down his face. he recited to the jury the details of his attack upon Warren.
 He stated in court he had been in- formed several weeks before the opera ton by a negro woman who worked in his store that his wife and Warren were on intimate terms He also stated that later he overheard his wife talk ing to Warren over the phone and that she told Warren not to come out that day as her husband would be al home. Wade stated he confronted his wife later. and she admitted intimate relations had existed between herself and Warren for some time.
 Warren stated his wife admitted this on the morning of the alleged opera ton, and that later he and Ed O'Neal went to his fathers store. got Warren ana LOOK nm DdCh lO ms own store and performed the operation upon him He stated that his knowledge of the infidelity of his wife had driven him insane and he quit work in an effort to catch them.
 Mrs Evelyn Wade. wife of the de- fendant, was next called to the stand Mrs Wade told of the relations be- tween herself and Warren which had existed for several months prior to the date of the alleged operation. She also stated on Saturday, previous to the Tuesday the alleged operation had occurred. she had called up Warren and told him to come out, es her hus- band had made arrangements to go to work Monday.
 Her husband did not go to work Mon day, Mrs Wade stated. so when War ren called her up later she told him not to come out. as her husband was at home. She stated her husband over heard her conversation over the tele- phone and. as he threatened to kill her, she confessed her misconduct to him. Mrs Wade also stated she be- lieved her husband was insane as he hod been acting oueerly for several weeks before the alleged operation oc- cured
 The arguments of the attorneys were started yesterday afternoon, but were not completed on account of the ad- riournment of court. They will be re- stunned at o'clock this morning, after which the charges will be made to the iurv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
BUILDING RECORD SHOWING INCREASE
 OVER LAST YEAR
November Featured By Erec- ton of Over Half a Hundred DWeIlings-TotaI So Far
 Over Four Million Dollars

The building record of 1920 shows a 21 per cent increase over that of 1921. It has been further characterized by the building of great number of edifices rather than few of unusual size and cost.
 Very few brick residences have been built, but large number of modest frame houses of the simplicity order has been erected and is serving to house the people.
 RENOVATION
 The so-called repair work has been ex- tensive. Under this title is included the work of altering, improving and adapt ing old buildings to new and enlarged purposes. Storehouse after storehouse has been converted into two stores. A two-story brick rooming house on Fifth avenue, for example, has been convert ed into six attractive stores with two sets of apartments above
 The November record was S5S1 ,5S3, com pared with s540.773 in 1919. The feature of the month was the construction of 52 frame residences at a total cost of s125,O ,OOO, which is at the rate of s2,400 per resi- dence, showing the extent of the sim plicity home interest.
 THE FIGURES
 The record for Il months of 1920 and 1919 is as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
ANNUAL BANQUET FOR
 PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

The annual meeting and banquet of the Birmingham Pathological society will be held at the Southern club Fri day evening, December 10. at o'clock,
 At this meeting of the organization the society will celebrate it's first birth day anniversary. The 65 members are urged to signify their intention of com ing by communicating with the sec retary, Dr. J. R. Bean. as soon as pos sible.
 The purpose of the organization is to further research work and develop and advance technical pathology by every legitimate means The additional purpose is the improvement of the present laboratory methods and the interchange of ideas
 After brief business meeting the officers for the coming year will be elected. This will be followed by an address 'rhe Preparation of Dakins Solution" and few remarks on Wound Counting" by C. Fl. Mccall, and discussion led by Dr. Earle Drennen,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
EiESS EiLES ID OBSERVE
 LODGE Of SORROW
Service Will Be Held In Ma
 jestic Theatre Sunday Aft ernoon at 3 O'Clock

The annual memorial exercises of the Birmingham lodge, Benevolent Protec- tive Order of Elks, will be held at the Majestic theatre tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Davidson's orchestra will fur nish the music. Several selections on the violin will be rendered by Milton Proves Miss Marguerite Antwine will also sing several solos.
 Walter s. Brewer of Birmingham and Judge w. w. Brandon of Tuscaloosa will make the principal addresses and de- liver the eulogy. The public is invited. All members of the order are especially urged to be present.
 The officers who will be present are as follows:
 John F. Antwine, exalted ruler; J. w. Allen, esteemed leading knight; T. w. Morgan, esteemed loyal knight; E. A. Erckert, esteemed featuring knight; A. H. Moore. treasurer; H. M. Bagley. sec retary; John G. Greener tiler; Samuel S. Carpenter, esquire; E. J. Parry, in- ner guard; S. E. Lewis, chaplain; Harry Moran, organist; pr. B. A. Fox. James Esdale, Ben r. Oldham, trustees.
 Judge B. M. Allen, past grand exalted ruler.
 The programme for the memorial serv- ices is as follows:
 March, Funeral Chopin, F. A. Da- wilson's orchestra.
 Opening of lodge.
 Lodge hymn, lodge, orchestra and au- dience.
 Prayer, Rev. J. A. Bryan.
 Violin solo, Angels Serenade" G. Brago). Milton Preves.
 Grafton, Hon. Walter Brewer.
 Soprano solo (selected. Miss Marguer- ite Antwine.
 Eulogy, Judge w. W. Brandon.
 Violin solo, Boy Paganini" tMolinarD Milton Proves.
 Closing of lodge.
 Doxology. lodge. orchestra and au' Aience.
 Benediction, Rev. J. A. Bryan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
ROADS CALLING FOR WHEEL IRON Orders for More Rolling Stock Continue Active-Bright-
 ems Dull Market

Additional orders for charcoal iron on the part of car wheel makers have been received
 This is the more notable because to the foundry iron market is not pro- ductive of business.
 The car wheel works are seemingly busy and this is indication that the railroads are on continuous policy of car building.
 a The Louisville and Nashville has ordered 2,000 hopper cars from the American Car and Foundry company and the Mt. Vernon Manufacturing company. About 25.000 tons of steel will be required for these cars, part of which the Illinois steel is to furnish. Charcoal iron is used for the making of car wheels.
 Alabama iron operators regard ac- tivity in the charcoal iron market as altogether very significant of the rail- road attitude toward taking on new equipment.
 Foundry iron market remains very quiet The Republic Iron and Steel company has blown out one of it's two active stacks at Thomas.
 The Sloss-S Sheffield. the largest foun- dry iron producer. remains on d four stack basis of activity. one at Florence and three at Birmingham in operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04

osition in trying to install a zoning system there now.
 "The proposed zoning ordinance not only requires that buildings shall not exceed a certain height, but provides that certain property shall not be used for purposes that would endangsr the health of the citizens or would mar the beauty of the building plan of the city" says MT. Harold.
 NEW YORK SORRY
 City officials of New York realize it is too late to hope to remedy the situa- ton in their already crowded business districts. There are dozens of street corners in New York where the sun never shines, except at few minutes each day around 12 o'clock. As a re- suit, the lower floor offices in the buildings are always damp and sicAly and are a great help toward the spread ing of disease.
 This is what the zoning committee of Birmingham is trying to guard against. People who work in an office building all day without any sunlight or fresh air are bound to feel bad car ly all the time, and are an easy rIey to disease. Birmingham will grow Some day there will be tall buildings on every downtown street, one light against the other. But I hope the ordi- nance will be passed by the city com - lmissioners, because it not only means greater health facilities, but will also tend to cause the business district to spread out. Where there would have been S0story scyscraper, if the q di- nance is passed there would be three 1O-story buildings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
MARY GARDEN MET
 BY PACKED HOUSES
Few Choice Seats Still Avail able for Her Appearance
 Here Monday

A great audience in size and quality will greet Mary Garden Monday eve ming when she sings for the first time in Birmin gham at the Jefferson theatre Those who have not obtained seats can do so, as there are some choice seats still available.
 Miss Gardens concert here will be the twenty-secon concert the prlma donna has sung on her autumn tour Everywhere she has been greeted by capacity houses.
 From Dallas, Tex, where she sang Thursday evening, the management of the "All-Star Concerts" has received the following wire from Howard E. Potter the personal representative of the famous diva:
 Mary Garden singing tonight to audience of 4,00o persons in the Fair Park coliseum, Dallas. Receiving great reception and wearing the famous gown of 1000 mirrors, which she will weat in Birmingham. Sings at Fort Worth Friday evening; arrives Birmingham Monday morning. Twenty-first concert on present tour Regards"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04

Among the shippers already engaging transportation via the Warrior and the items booked are these:
 SHIPPERS
 Aetna Explosives company, 300 tons of Chilean nitrates for it's plant at North Birmingham, This company has hereto fore received nitrates via New Orleans and the Warrior.
 Tyler Grocery company has engaged a carload of salt from the Weeks Island plant on the southern Pacific, near New Orleans.
 Earle Bros have engaged transporta- tion for big tonnage of rice from New Orleans.h A
 Alabama Grocery company has engaged car of coffee and later on will have car of tin cans brought from New Orleans via the Warrior.
 MISSED A CHANGE
 The Warrior river service just did lose shipment of 100000 pounds of green coffee. New Orleans to Birmingham. The all-rail rate is 54 cents and the rail anl water via the Warrior is 43 cents, @ diff ference of II cents in favor of the War rior The Birmingham shipper wired to have the coffee shipped by the Warrior on ascertainng the difference in rate but the cars had already been loaded Had the coffee come by the Warrior the saving in freight would have beer S11O on this one shipment. Succeeding shipments will come via the Warrior.
 The American Sugar Refining company is planning the consignment of sugar to central points pending demand and sale of same at such points. Birmingham IS among these centers. There will be a large movement of sugar from the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
HIT BY AN AUTO

Raymond Goodwin. four-year-o old son of Mir. and Mrs. W. M. Goodwin, 1923 Tus- caloosa avenue. was seriously injured yesterday afternoon when he was struck by a physicians automobile near the West End drug store. He was taken to the Birmingham infirmary, where at tendants said last night no bones were broken. but it is feared the child may have received internal injuries.
 It was said the child attempted to cross the street alone and ran directly in front os the automobile. No arrests were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04

 at New Orleans in the near future, and lot of this business, if not practically all, is expected to fall to the Warrior.
 TUSCALOOSA ACTIVE Tuscaloosa merchants are also alive to the river differentials. The merchants of that city are reported as in thorough and unanimous accord in the matter. Tuscaloosa does very constderable brokerage and wholesale business and her trade territory and that of Birmins- ham sometimes overlap one another. Re- suit is that shippers of both cities arc becoming keen for the saving to be had by the use of the river.
 Attention of merchants is also called to the fact that the interstate cokmerce commission no longer recognizes poten- tial river points in the matter of rates.I To secure and retain rates the water ways must be used regularly. Port or Birmingham. port of Cordova and port of Tuscaloosa differentials all depend on actual patronage of tho river.
 COFFEE RATE
 In A circular letter to the shtppersv General Agent Mooney, who is for the present on duty in the office of Trans portation Manager DeBardeleben. has notified them of correction in coffee rates The rates are as follows: Less than carload lots, by barge, 6ls cents by rail, 77 cents; difference in fa- vor of barge 16.5 cents. Carload lots, by barge, 43 cents: by rail. A cents; difference in favor of barge Il cents.
 MT. Mooney notifies the shippers thar inc Birmingham will leave New Orleans on her first trip to Port of Birmingham on December 13, scheduled to arrive on December 1S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
TALKS TO WOMEN

Mrs. Bertha H. Woodward, national secretary of the Young Woman's Chris tian association and Business Wom- ems clubs. will address mass meet ing this afternoon at 1 o'clock In the rooms of the Business and Profess sional Woman's club Twenty-first street, between Second and Third ave nues. Mrs. Woodward is spedning the week end in Birmingham. The public is invited to be present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
"LADIES' DAY"

Members of the Community club will observe Ladies Day" at their meeting this afternoon at 12:30 o'clock in the ballroom of the Southern club.
 An interesting programme has been arranged. Among the features secured will be the songs by Guy Harris, for merly with Al c. Fields minstrel. In addition, Gordon Erickson, community sing leader. and several members of the Irene company now playing at the Jefferson theatre will be present Every member is expected to be on hand and bring a guest of the fairer sex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
''CARRY HOME YOUR
 OWN PACKAGES"

The great crowds in Birmtng- hams retail shops during the past few days indicate not only . very heavy holiday business but also . desire on the part of shoppers to Ado their shopping early"
 "Curry your own pnckages."
 This is just as important as shop ping early. 1t saves you time and trouble. It helps do away with ex- pensivc delivery systems md tn the case of careless delivery boys will save . lot of breakage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the office of the probate judge:
 Willie o. Couch and Miss Leila Gray Williams. Delbert Word and Miss Louise Har- mon.
 Generrl w. Davis and Miss Arthular Meddows.
 Earl N. Dill and Miss Louise Cath crime Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
Tax Collections for 15
 Days Amount to $l79,47O

Collection of taxes on real and personal property in Jefferson county for the last Is days of No- vember totalled $179,470e6, accord ing to the records at the office of the county tax collector
 Of this amount, s65,9S9.36 goes to the city of Birmingham.
 Checks covering the amounts going to the various state and county funds were mailed yes.er- day by the collectors office.
 The amounts the various depart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-04
SACRED HAMPERS

The Birmingham Sacred Harp Sing ing class will hold a song service to- morrow afternoon at the Bessemer High school auditorium. beginning at 1:3O o'clock. A number of singers from all sections of the county are expected to be present. The public is invited.