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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
WORKERS
 PLANNING FOR TENNIS
Ten Courts Being Put In Shape for
 Game

tTennis. that good old "love" game will come into it's own again in Bir- mingham Monday when the play ground organization will vote on the question as to whether there shall be tennis tournaments or a tennis league in connection with the system of ten civic playgrouds in the city.
 At the Monday meeting T. D. Moor, director of the system of playgrounds. every rule and regulation for play ing the game in tree parks.
 During the past week a number of courts were busy with practice games preparing for the two weeks of hard practice before the tournament will be played off or the league games begin, as the cases may be. In case of q tournament centrally located courts will be selected for the event.
 At present number of the play grounds are already provided with courts, this is true at East Lake where the playground is on the Howard College courts are used. North Birmingham and Jordon park North Birmingham. East park and Jordon park have courts At Avon dale a private court has been offered for the use of the playground. The West End playground organization is spending sl25 on new courts. The other parks are using private courts nearby or else are making new ones and will be ready for the practice games.
 Only doubles will be played on the playgrounds in order to give the use of the courts to as many as possible. The teams will be made up of double boys and double girls" The two teams will go at the s>>~ne time to play as the visiting teams, this rule being carried out in all of the ball leagues on the playgrounds. The home teams will furnish the balls.
 Any one may enter. No limit will be placed on weight. age or limit of any kind. Any one may play and all whether or not they expect to enter the tournaments or not. All that will be necessary is to speak to the su- pervisor in charge of the playground in order that there will be no confu- sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
NEW ORLEANS LINE
 BIDS FOR BUSINESS
Pacific Coast Steamers to Inaugurate Weekly Serv-
 ice, Starting In August

Birmingham shippers of metal prod ton steel steamers have been allocated to New Orleans to sail between that port and the Pacific coast.
 This route will be opened in August and sailings will be weekly.
 The new line is under the auspices of the New Orleans Association of Commerce. which is seeking to inter- est Birmingham shippers in this new means of getting goods to the Pacific coast.
 Stated freight rates are against the New Orleans vessels compared with those that might move out of Mobile. but special rates may be announced by the ship line that will be less than the present ones
 It is held very possible. if these weekly sailings are provided out of New Orleans and are not provided out of Mobile, that in conjunction with the special rail and water rates via the Warrior the New Orleans route may prove both advantageous and economic.
 The Chamber of Commerce is giving the benefit of the information at hand to the members and Birmingham ship pers at large in the following letter:
 Dear Sir: We are quoting for your information a letter written by Walter Parker general manager of the New Orleans Association of Commerce. dated New Orleans, July 13. 1920:
 ''I have your favor of July 10th, re- plying to mine of the first, relative to the establishment of the new line between New Orleans and Pacific coast ports. l thank you very much for to the support that this new line will have from your district and I am pleased to advise you that four $500 ton steel steamers are scheduled to be placed in the service in August, the first the steamer "El Dorado" making the trip early in that month. and two additional vessels are scheduled to be added to this port immediately follow ing their inauguration
 T am asking the J. H. w. Steele Company to give you full information as to their rates, etc, who are the local agents of the new line"
 As soon as tariffs are received to which MT. Parker refers.4we will give you rates as carried therein on the commodity you manufacture so you may see whether any saving can be made by using rail and water route on your Pacific coast terminal busi- ness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
AMATEUR WRITER'S ATTEND MEETING Officers of Amateur Press Association Will Elect
 Officers

The twenty-fourth annual convention of the United Amateur Press Association of America will close today with the cleo tion of officers and a banquet this even ing at the Hillman hotel.
 Resolutions strongly condemning the continued posing of pseudo organiza- tion as claimant of the title of the orig session yesterday, and the president was authorized to take such steps as he deems necessary to counteract the effects of the recent publication anent the as- sociation.
 Laureate awards were announced as follows: Editorial, David. E. Gourman. Washington; honorable mention, Lenora P. Brace, New York; poem. Edgar D. Kramer. Maryland; honorable mention. Charity Westover. Washington; story. Pearl Stoughton, Washington; honorable mention. Mae Hendrix Uhiman. Wash ington.
 Plans are being made by the associa- ton to take steps looking to general campaign for organization, and all inter-  ested in amateur journalism and the pub lcaton of non professional news and lit- erary papers will be invited to attend a general meeting. At this time plans will be formulated for active work towards a mutual association.
 Honorary membership was conferred on the following by the convention as a token of appreciation for valuable serv- ices rendered the association: E. T. Mathes. mayor of Bellingham. Wash Commissioner H. F. Burruss of Birming- ham: Harrison w. Mason. editor Rainier Valley Times. Seattle. Wash: Kenneth c. Kerr. editor of the Marine and Railway News, Seattle; Leon w. Friedman and Francis P. Goss. editor of the Post-Intei- ligencier, Seattle.
 A number of amateur writers from the various sections of the country are here in attendance, and a number of affairs have been given in their honor. The meet ine will be closed with banquet to- night and all delegates and visitors will leave tomorrow for their respective homes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
CITY DIRECTORY OF
 SOCIAL AGENCIES

Data for city director of all social agencies is being collected by Rev. Walter g. Brown, superintendent of the department of relief and correction. The object of the directory is to let each agency know what the other is doing. This will prevent duplication or overlapping of effort and will save money.
 Blanks to fill in have been sent out to all the social agencies, including churches, civic bodies and clubs. A number of the blanks pro .oerly filled in have been returned. The questionable asks for the name. object, officers and financial provisions of the various clubs. Rev. Brown is of the opinion that charity work will be materially assisted by this plan to correlate the activities of over 90 organizations of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
JURISDICTION OF
 COURT QUESTIONED
Habeas Corpus Hearing Halted By
 Appeal to Supreme Court

Hearing of the habeas corpus proceed ings instituted several weeks ago by William Vaughn. Jr.. against Mrs. Edwin Tcrgerson. his former wife. for the GUS tody of their young son was started yes terday in the chancery division of the circuit court before Judge Hugh A. Locke.
 Matthew Murphy, attorney for Mrs. Tcrzerson. filed plea that the local court had no Jurisdiction in the matter by reason of the fact that both the mother and child were out of the state This plea was overruled by Judge Locke, who held Sthat this court has the right to determine whether or not the moSef or father should be given the custody Of the child.
 Notice of appeal was filed. and the mat ter will be carried to the supreme court to ascertain whether or not the circuit court of Jefferson county has jusisdic- tion in this matter when both mother ana child are in the state of New York. Att tcrney Ernest Mathews represent. the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
WOULD HAVE THEM . TAKE EXAMINATION
Case of Chiropractors Be- ing Heard Before Judge
 Martin on Licenses

Whether chirapractor is physl- elan or not was the basis of a legal battle before Police Recorder Henry J. Martin yesterday afternoon in the case of eight persons charged with practic- ing medicine without proper licenses
 large part of the afternoon was spent on the case of James A. Edwards. In conclusion briefs were filed by the attorneys and Recorder Martin will an- nounce his decision after the other cases are heard Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Each case is being tried separately
 Cases to be called Thursday are those against James A. Edwards. M. A. Fry ant, JIG. Glover, J. D. Hall, s. B. White, Stephens Brewster, Mrs. Ada Brewster and w. K. Dean. These persons were arrested several weeks ago by Detec- tive W. E. DeGroat.
 The defendants are being represent ed by Attorneys Sterling Wood and Tom Morris of La Crosse, Wis. MT. Morris is national attorney for the association of chiropractors. Jere c. King. assistant city attorney, is assist ing in the prosecution.
 No fight is being made on chiro- practic treatment. The question that has come up is that chiropractors be required to qualify before the state board of health and obtain a regular license to treat diseases. In the past they have not stood an examination or paid any licenses.
 According to attorneys for the de- fense chiropractors are not doctors, as they do not use any medicine, do not diagnose and do not purport to curt They contend that therapeutic treat ments belong to one field and the chiropractic adjusting. of causes to an other.
 The city Is making an effort to show that chiropractic treatment constitutes the practice of medicine and that all persons engaged in this field should stand examinations and be properly licensed as is the case in all branche es of the medical profession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
CROSS IS CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF THE
 STATE JEWELLERS
Many Technical Lectures Feature First of Annual Conventions of Jewel
 ers' Association

C. F. Cross of Gadsden was elected to head the Alabama Jewellers Associa- ton at the close of their convention at the Hillman hotel yesterday.
 Other officers named were J. N. Rose, Birmingham, vice president; !, G. Thompson, Birmingham second vice president; F.. M. Doering. Anniston, secretary, and William H. Welch, De- mopolis, treasurer.
 The next place of meeting was left to the board of directors. Members of this board are: P. NJ Lynch Birming ham; Reid Lawson, Birmingham J. A. Smith, Ensley; M. P. Murray. Hunts vile, and J. W. Lggett, Bessemer. Aaron Ash of Birmingham was se- lected as the delegate of the associa- . tion to the National Jewellers Associa- ton convention, which will be held in Louisville, Ky, August 24 to 27. The meeting just closed was said by many of the delegates to be very satisfactory. large number of the members being present and exhibiting interest in the questions taken up. The meeting was also notable because of the number of good speakers on the programme.
 
 of each member was answered by an other member and then discussed, was resumed from Thursday under Joseph Mazer, formerly a national vice presi- dent. Mir. Mazer was elected an hon. orary member of the state organiza- tion in appreciation of his work.
 L. F. Aker of the Illinois Watch Company told of the work in the great factory of the firm he represent ed. His talk on Practical Watch Mak- ing" gave many points to the jewellers, who paid particular attention to the watch department
 D. K. Moore, advertising manager of the Traub Manufacturing Company. advised the jewellers to do more ad- vertisng if they wanted to get the most results out of their business.
 After adjournment an automobile trip over the city was made by the delegates. At the Hillman hotel banquet was given later. Mir. Mazer was the principal speaker. c. F. Cross newly elected president, was toastmaster.
 Many of the jewellers were unable to remain in the city last night as they had to be in their stores for the Sat urday business. Other visitors will re- turn to their homes today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
END 0F SIN, DEATH,
 STATES STOVER Negro Dies on GallOws for Murder of Member of
 His Race

At i2 o'clock yesterday the trap was sprung under Win Stover. negro and while several hundred people among whom were number of women, looked on he paid the penalty for the murder of Will Washington, negro, at Boyles some months ago.
 About il 45 the sentenced negro was brought out. in company with Rev Jim Person. negro preacher, who had been with Stover through the night. On mounting the scaffold the preacher said: "Stover wants me to talk of the kind treatment of the county, The sheriff.
 MT Hartsfeld has done everything he could for him. and the jaflers and war dens have treated him, as he said. as white as snow l wish every citizen Of Jefferson county could visit the jail to see the kind treatment. As many times as have visited the jail l have never
 heard single curse, and know the
 Jefferson county jail is a good church
 for the state of Alabama
 The sheriff asked Stover if he had anything to say. The condemned man
 replied; There are many young men before me that are travelling the same
 road I was when was free, and l want to say that the end of sin is death. Turning to the sheriff he said "i want to thank you for the way you have treated me, MT Hartsfield
 Be good" he said, shaking hands m turn with the .nen on the seaffold. The l straps were adjusted as the county clock struck twelve, and just after the sound 1 had died away the trap was sprung. In fifteen and d half minutes the phy- sicians pronounced the negro dead, and the body was given over to the under takers for burial
 Stover was accused of the murder or Will Washington, an aged negro, at r,o various trials showed Stover and am other negro, Alex Hill got Washington to go fishing with them. and killed him and robbed him of sum Of money. Hill was sentenced to life Imprisonment, but escaped and is still at large
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
EVENTS OF TODAY
 IN BIRMINGHAM
Statement June 30th,
 ESOITRCEc

Board of revenue and advisory com mittee will meet in office of Jerry Gwin at 10 o'clock.
 ADJUSTMENTS Lyric-keith vaudeville and pictures. Loew's Bijou-Vaudeville and pie lures.
 AIcaxar-Oliye Thomas in ''Youthful FclIy.-
 RiaIto-WiIliam Farnum in. "Thc Jungle Trail"
 Trianon-Norma TaImadEe in "fes or Mo-"
 CoIoniaI-EtheI Clayton in "A Sport ing Chance"
 Princess-WiIIinm Duncan in "Silent Avenger'' No. II.
 Odeon-Comedy and dramn. West Lake-Bathing and dancing. East Lake--Bathing and amusements Edgewood--Bathing and dancing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
ANOTHER CARGO OF
 PIPE SHIPPED SOON

At an early date the United States Cast Lron Pipe Company will ship an other cargo of iron pipe to the Pacific coast out of the port of Mobile.
 The next cargo will amount to about 1000 tons Two prior ones of $500 tons each have been moved by vessel out of Mobile to Los Angeles and San Francisco with the greatest dispatch and satisfaction. Not a piece of the pipe was broken.
 This concern also has a cargo O; 5000 tons of pipe en route to Tokio Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
EDO MISSING FROM
 CENSUS REPORT IN
 FIRST DAYS WORK
Less Than Twentieth of Area Covered By School Census Finds Hundreds
 Left Out of Count

With only about one-twen- tieth of Birmingham's terri tory covered, school enumera- tors announce that over 500 people have been found who believe they were overlooked by the federal census man.
 This report was made to the special committee which is checking up the census at meeting yesterday after noon in the Civic Association rooms. Reports from the colored enumerators who are working the districts where the greatest number of omissions are believed to have occurred will be heard this afternoon.
 The names of all persons who believe they were omitted from the census will be placed in the hands of the commit tee representing the City Commission, the Civic Association and the Civitan Club. A careful investigation will then be made of each case
 Where conclusive evidence is found that persons have not been counted in the census the facts will be laid be- fore the census bureau. By this means it is expected to add materially to Bir- mingham's population.
 Mem bers of the committee feel that if they can accomplish no more than place Birmingham in the 1s0.000 class, instead of the 170,000 class. great good will have been accomplished and the eff fort will have been worth while. The work is being carried on in system atic manner and the committee is con fident of getting substantial results.
 Second reports from the school emu merators will be heard in meeting 2 at the Civic Association at 12:30 o'clock Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
Attending Convention

A delegation of the Alabama agents of the Equitable Life Insurance Com pany left Birmingham Friday evening to attend the convention of the com pany's agency clubs at White Sulphur Springs w. Va.
 Among them were:
 G. T. Sibley.s S. S. Carpenter, Louis Dorfman, J. P. McCartin and Fl. s. Sibley of Birmingham. T. s. Christo- pher of Gadsden; w. o. Crisman of Selma, I. A. DeHart of Anniston, NJ. c. Russ of Elba. T. Lightfoot of Brun- didge. J. M. Stabler and J. E. Barnes of Greenville. Bernard Frank of Montgomery. George Fl. Hill of Leighton. and c. H. Gillespie of Deca- tur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
Women Will Attend
 National Convention

Preparations are being made by large number of members of the Bir- mineham Association of Business and Professional Women to attend the na- tional convention to be held Tn St Paul July q to 3l inclusive. Among those who will go from Birmingham are. Dr. Lola Taylor president or the local clubs: Mrs. Fl E. Pearce, presi- dent of the state organization; MISS Perna Robinson Miss Lucy stark Williams, Miss Dudley Miss Mauoe c,ambill. Miss Theresa Collins. Miss Madge Smith. Miss Leila Lehman, Miss Gertrude little, Mrs. Emma T. Kifer. Mrs. Virginia Mayfield and Miss Margaret SIX.
 These delegates were elected at meeting held last night in the rooms of the association on Twenty-first street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued at the office of the pro- bate judge yesterday:
 Fred l.. Dean and Miss Maude Bo- land
 w. T. Ogletree and Miss Louise Kill lian
 Thomas Ray sherrod and Miss Bessie Hamilton
 R. H. Watson and Miss Novella Taylor.
 W. G. Gordon and Miss Altrue Rogers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17

To assist policemen in the enforce ment of traffic ordinances. J. H. Tay- Tor, comm ssioner of public safety, will commission a special vigilance com mittee of 100 Birmingham motorists, it was announced yesterday.
 Commissioner Taylor proposes to ap- point twenty-five members of the com mittee from the Birmingham Automo bile Club, twenty five from the Rotary Club, twenty-five from the Kiwanis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
Taylor Appoints Vigilants
 to Get Auto UndesirabLes

Club and twenty-five from the Civitan Club. In order that the best results may be obtained, the names of these men will be kept secret.
 These men will be given commissions and will have full police powers. They will serve without pay. In this way persons who speed, cut wrong cor ner or violate any traffic regulation may be arrested by an appointed citi- zen, provided a uniformed policeman is not present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
1.872 Repistrations

Carson Adams. chairman of the regis tration committee of the Rainbow dl- vision veterans convention here July r. IA has filed an official report of the number of registrations This report shows that there were 1872 registrations.
 This number, however. does not in- clude hundreds of visitors and gold star mothers that were present. It is stated also my many of the local Rainbow men that numbers failed to register at head- quarters at all during the convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17

This statement IS made by one of the most conservative and best-posted men in the district
 About the accumulations in the R;r mingham district he said:
 "On very conservative estimate I would say that there are between 2 5oo and 5000 capacity carloads of iron and steel products on yards of different con cerns in the district waiting on cars and locomotives to convey them to con- sumers.
 Putting it another way I would say that there are 10000 tons of steel and iron products waiting shipment in the district The fact that melters continue to send in orders for additional re- quirements is clear evidence of the sound state of the underlying condition of the metal market.
 The entire world is short of iron and steel products and must have them. The congestion is embarrassing, but it is not menacing."
 THE CONGESTION
 The congestion in the Birmingham dis trict is bagatelle compared with other iron and steel centers. Speaking before the interstate commerce commission re- garding the coal car priority order a few days ago, J. F. Townsend, traffic man ager of the National Tube Company. gave this tabulated list of the amount of steel products congested in the east .
 Pittsburg-Johnstown district, 64l 500 tons.
 Buffalo-Cleveland-Lo districts. 346. 332 tons.
 Youngstown and Valley districts, I'll .sso tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
Confiscated Autos

Proceedings to condemn seven Ford au- tcmobiles have been filed in the United States court by Erie Pettus, United States attorney. These automobiles were being used to transport liquor and have been confiscated by the government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
Theft of Suear

George Shackelford and Albert Young
 were bound over to the grand jury yes- terday afternoon by Judge H. B. Aber- |nethy under s5oo bond each on charges of grand larceny. The men are alleged
 to have stolen twenty-five pounds of
 sreax from the Tutwiler hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
Building Permit

Building permit to erect brick veenered apartment house at North Eight avenue and Twenty ninth street was given C. W. Ford yesterday by the city building inspector. The cost of the building will be sl2.0oo. A. M Thorp is the contractor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
Despite Car Shortage, Not q Single Blast Furnace in
 District Has Shut DoUn
With Raw Material and Plants Close Together, Birmng hams Steel Industry Has Not Once Wavered in the Trying Times That Crppling
 Less Blessed Sections

Nothing that has developed conclusvely shows the heren strength of the steel situation the demand productive capacity that exists spite of the accumulation of finished iron and steel products"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-17
OTHERS WAITING

lie dlSO Sdi0.
 There are over twenty blast furnaces idle in this section ready to be put in blast as soon as transportation condi- tions will warrant it"
 Inquiry at offices of the Alabama iron producers yesterday elicited the agree able information that not a stack had been forced to close down on account of car shortage or for any other reason
 Coke is hauled to Alabama furnaces in coke rack cars, which never leave the district The coal car priority or der has not affected the coke supply for that reason.
 It has been suggested that the Bir- n1ingham district owes the ability of it's blast furnaces to continue in operation in spite of car shortage, priority orders and the like to the fact that raw ma teral is so close at hand This makes the haulage of raw material to the furnaces the equivalent of switching and comparatively few cars maintain a sup ply because they can be so frequently loaded and unloaded.
 Nearly month of the coal car pri- ority order has gone without shutting down a single blast furnace, or. so far as is known, any iron consuming in- dustry in the district.