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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-31
MARCH 10 TIME LIMIT

"a. On or before the tenth day of
March, 1920, all persons desiring to have
their names placed upon the ballots as
candidates to be nominated for state of
fees, and all other offices to be filled by
the votes of more than one county shall
file with the chairman of the state COM
mittee a certificate or statement that
he is a candidate for such office: and
all persons desiring their names placed
upon the ballots as candidates for nomi-
ration for any country or precinct of
fices shall file with the chairman of the
county executive committee that he is
candidate for such office, which state
ment shall be so filed or before the
tenth day of March, 1920, and his assess
ment, if any, as fixed by the state com
mittee paid.
IS. That the chairman of the state
democratic executive committee is en-
powered and directed to appoint sub
committee of ten members to supervise
he holding of said primary election and
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COMMEND GOVERNOR KILBY

&C. We endorse the able and effi-
cient administration of Governor
Thomas E. Kilby and his assistants,
also the progressive legislation enacted
by our own legislature and commend
itse support and enforcement by all
our people and executives.
Respectfully submitted, for the
committee by
"A G. PATTERSON, Chairman"
The chairman in cooperation with
Borden Burr and Forney Johnston was
authorized to compile and publish the
election laws of the state for distri-
button among the committeeman and
voters
The chairman also was authorized to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-31
BURR WANTED CONVENTION

Mr.. Burr moved as an amendment to
the report that a convention be held
on May Is for the purpose of norni-
mating candidates for associate justices
of the supreme court and the court
of appeals, and after he and Forney
Johnston had made short talks in sup
port of the amendment, and c. w
Hare and ]. c. Miner against it. the
amendment was defeated by vote of
30 to 8.
The committee also voted down a
proposition to print the names of can
didates for president and vice presi-
dent on the ballots on the ground that
conditions are chaotic and uncertain at
the present time and that it would be
the wiser policy for the delegates to
go to the convention unhampered by
any instructions.
Chairman Patterson. for the reso-
buttons committee, reported the follow
ing, which was adopted unanimously.
BE it resolved, by the Alabama
democratic executive committee:
i. That we indorse in the strongest
possible terms the progressive con-
structive administration of President
Woodrow Wilson and his cabinet, of
our democratic congress which enacted
into law in the six years of its control
more constructive progressive legisla-
tiop than the opposing political party
had enacted in the past twenty five
years and that we commend to the
voters of the nation the splendid
ton as a good and sufficient reason
with continued control of our national
q ffairS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-31
FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS

90. We commend the splendid
triumph of President Wilson in har-
monizing the warning factions of
Europe and bringing them to agree
ment on the peace treaty just and fair
and upon a League of Nations which
will have a strong influence in pre-
serving the future peace of the world
We demand the prompt ratification by
the Senate of the United States the
treaty of peace, so that the business
and commercial enterprises of our
nation may proceed with confidence
and security, and of the League of
Nations in order that our great nation
may continue to exert it's powerful in
fluence in preserving the peace and
prosperity of the world.
SO. We sympathise with our great
President whose arduOuS labOrs and
burden of responsibility have con-
spired to weaken his physical powers
and hope for his speedy-recovery.
"a. We recognize the application of
national prohibition and the complete
prohibition of the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic beverages as the basis
of the best and most economic upbuild-
ing of sound mind, sound bodies, good
morals and good government and
while commencing our national adj
ministration for its part in bringing
about this great reform, at the same
time we demand that no backward
steps be taken either in the enforce
ment of the present laws or in any
changes in the laws which win tend
to permit the manufacture or sale of
alcoholic beverages.
90. We endorse the progressive
policies and measures of the national
democratic party and administration,
and we pledge the democracy of Ala
bama to full and complete support
of the candidates and platform which
will be put forward by the national
democratic convention soon to be held
in the city of San Francisco, Cal.
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For the Good of
the Community
rwE~rF

A CCORDING to the best available in
y formation the number of automo-
blles and auto trucks in use in Alabama in
1919 showed an increase of about 25 per
cent over the year 1918 Alabama. Geor-
gla, Louisiana and Tennessee showed
higher percentages of increases than any
other states in the union, but the actual
gains in several of the northern and west
ern states exceeded any of these.
Iowa, with an estimated population in
1915, OF 2,22O,231, registered $4,000
motor-driven vehicles in 1919, and Ne
braska, with population of 1,271,3
had POI, 900 cars, while Alabama, with
population estimated at 1882, sos in
1915, had only about $4,000 registered
cars and trucks in 1919.
Il One explanation for the greater num-
Der Of automobiles in use in the western
states is the large and profitable crops
that have been raised there for several
years past. Another, and probably the
better explanation, is that better roads.
generally speaking, are found in the west
ern and the northern states than in Ala
bama, or any other of the southern states,
with the possible exception of Florida.
Referring to the disparity in the num-
Der OF cars in use in the southern states
and the western states, The Manufac-
turers' Record says: ITO very large ex-
tent the soil of Mississippi and Alabama
is as fertile aS>the soil of Nebraska and
Iowa. Indeed, much of the soil in Missis-
sippi and in large portion of Alabama is
not surpassed in fertility in this or any
other land, and yet Mississippi has only
one car for every fifty inhabitants and
Alabama one for every forty-three, while
Nebraska and Iowa each have one for
every six and one-half."
The Record claims that if cotton had
brought fair price during the last fifty
years to the farmers of Alabama, Missis-
sippi and other southern states, these
states would have led Nebraska and Iowa
close race in automobile ownership and
USE
Good roads explains the larger use of
cars in the states where the number is
greatest in proportion to the total popula-
ton. Commenting on the growth in the
automobile and truck industry the Rec
ord says:
But for the automobile and the motor
truck there would be complete stagnation
in industry today because of the inability
to handle freight, and the country would
be suffering an appalling industrial de-
preston. The motor truck necessarily de-
mands the building of more and better
highways. Highways should be built as
rapidly as construction forces can do the
work.
"Our business safety, our economic
progress, our educational and our moral
advancement, and our supply of food
stuffs today hang upon the automobile
and the motor truck and the building of
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to make all further necessary provisions
for the same which subcommittee shall
not do anything contrary to the fore
going paragraph of this resolution.
THE chairman of the state committee
shall call a meeting of this subcommit-
tee to canvass the returns and transact
such other business as may come before
the cnnnrnittee .
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ELIGIBILITY AS ELECTOR

SO. The committee calls attention to
the inhibition which prevents an officer
Pof the state or federal government receiv-
ing remuneration therefor from being eli
gible as an eector from the state of
Alabama.
90. Whereas, there are large number
of citizens in Alabama who will be quail
fled for the first time to participate in
the coming primary eection, many of
whom have but recently offered their
lives in the service of their country; and
Whereas, the democratic party of Ala
bama wishes to invite within its fold all
of these new voters and any others who
may become qualified before the date of
holding the primary election, therefore
we hereby extend an invitation to all
qualified white voters of the state of Ala
bama, and those who may become auali-1
fled by that time, who believe in the
principles of the democratic party and
who will promise to support the demo-
cratic nominees of the democratic party
to participate in the said primaries, and
these shall be the only qualifications re
quired for the PARTICIPATION of quat&ed
IN, ri, ,ar.r-
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Committee Decides to
Fill All Offices BY
Direct Vote of People
Continued ON Page six)

executive committee of the state of Ala
bama as follows:
u. That the democratic primary cleo
ton to be held in the state of Alabama.
and each political subdivision thereof
on the second Tuesday in May, 1920, un-
der the general laws governing primary
elections in the state of Alabama, at
which there shall be nominated by the
voters in said democratic primary cleo
ton democratic candidates for the fol-
lowing offices:
zone United States senator, members
of Congress and all executive, legislative
and judicial officers of the state or any
political subdivision thereof, which are
to be elected at the general election in
November next. also a member of the
democratic national executive committee
from the state of Alabama, two presi-
dental electors from the state at large,
and one from each congressional district
of the state of Alabama. four delegates at
large from the state of Alabama to the
democratic national convention and two
delegates to the said convention from
each congressional district of the state
of Alabama, four alternate delegates to
the said convention from the state-at-
large and two alternate delegates to the
said convention from each congressional
district of the state of Alabama, two as
sociate justices of the supreme court of
Alabama and one associate justice of the
rf IN. A In 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-26
So CENTS PAID; GET 500.
Internal Revenue Bureau States
Cost of Collection.

1t costs the government but SO cents
to collect 500 in taxes through the
bureau of internal revenue. according
to a statement given out by Commits
sioner Williams covering the calendar
year 1919. Total collections for the
year were $3.50. $50, 900 and total ex-
renditures in collecting that amount
$20.573.000. the statement declared,
adding that reports that the bureau
had expended as high as so per cent
of the income tax collected for ad-
ministrative purposes were untrue.
"Of the total collections for the year.
1880. 783.000 were in income and ex-
cess profits taxes" the statement said.
The ratio of So cents expenditure for
every 500 collected not only includes
the cost of collection of this sum. but
all other revenue as well-part of
which. such as the child labor tax. is
not expected to be commensurate with
the cost of administration. as well as
the cost of operation of many non
revenue functions which the bureau is
called upon to perform. The actual
ratio of cost in collecting the income
tax. therefore, is less than SO cents
per 800 in revenue"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-26
BOY INJURED BY AUTO.
Ignatius Perry Thrown From Bi.
cycle-Other Traffic Accidents,

Ignatius Perry. eleven years old
1918 . street, was injured Yesterday
afternoon as result of a collision
between his bicycle and an automo-
bile near Connecticut avenue and NJ
street. He was taken home by the
occupant Of the automobile. and an
examination disclosed a badly bruised
shoulder. Mrs. Ella Perry. mother Of
the injured boy. has asked the police
to ascertain the name of the owner of
the automobile.
Mrs. l.. A. Fenton, All 39th street,
received slight injury Yesterday
afternoon as result of being thrown
to the street while alighting from a
car at Wisconsin avenue and NJ
street. She refused treatment.
A collision between the automobiles
Of Harry Diggs, Oxon Hill. Md. and
Frederick Offenbacher. 52s 4th street
southeast, occurred on Sth street
southeast shortly after 8 o'clock last
night. Diggs deposited $40 collateral
with the police to appear in Police
Court and answer charge of collid
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-26
ADMIRAL HOEHLING DIES.
Retired Officer Entered U. S. Navy
at Outbreak of Civil War.

Rear Admiral Adolph August Hoeh-
ling. I. s. ~. retired. resident of this
city for fifteen years. died yesterday
dt ms nome, /. Primrose street.
Chevy Chase. Nd. He was eighty
one years old. His death was the
result of bad fan he had several
weeks ago.
Admiral Hoehing was born in
Philadelphia and was one of tho old
est living alumni of the University
of Pennsylvania. He entered the
Navy Al the beginning of the civil
war. He served continuously forty
five years.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock al his
residence. Interment will be in Ar
lington cemetery.
Surviving him are a widow, a son.
A. A. HoehHng, jr.. of this city. and
two daughters. Mrs. c. F. r. Ogilby
of this city and Mrs J. II. Wilmer of
Annapolis. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-26
KEEP OUT OF JAIL CELLS.
Police Report Shows rs Per Cent
Arrested Put Up Collateral.

High cost Of violating the law has
not made a serious impression upon
every resident of this city. according
TO police reports. and, II Is stated.
fully % per cent of the persons ar
rested succeed in getting money
enough to keep them out of police
cells.
A reduction In the amount of col
lateral required in cases of plain
drunkenness from $50 to SIS has been
the means of enabling more drinkers
o. bootleg products and homemade
separations to deposit collateral
than formerly.
Police Court Judges usually impose
n fine Of $40 in such cases. although
the amount is increased in some in
stances. and police officials concluded
there was no reason for infIcting 'in-
necessary punishment before trial.
Reports of police captains made to
Mai Gessford. superintendent Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-26
KILLING OF BURGLAR
CLEARS 700 ROBBER|ES
Index to $5OO.OOO Worth Of Loot
Found in silk Mask" Thief's
"Warehouse.

CHICAGO. April % 'hv the Assoc
ciatod rress) Seven hundred rob
berries. whose loot is believed To total
mere than $500, 900, We're cleared today
when police examined the effects of
Harry J. James, silk mask burglar.
who was killed last night after shoot
ing up the Town Hall police station.
uounding two patrunen
In James private warehouse. where
truck loads Of rare art works. oriental
rugs. jewels, typewriters. adding ma
chimes and dozens of other articles We're
found. police uncovered a card index IN
which the 700 robberies were listed. with
the loot obtained.
Another section of the card file listed
prospects. and the wealth of data
about each. indicated that James had
used an electric light inspectors card
found in his pocket. to gain entry to the
houses
A third file listed gold coast" auto
mobiles. with description. license num-
Der. owners name. and fair, good
or swell to indicate the valuation.
Police also found ledgers listing loot
sold. with the price obtained and a list
Of pawnbroiSers. with the type OF goods
each preferred to buy
III a secret chamber In the ba semcnt
were $50 oriental rugs appraised by an
expert at $4,000.
When James was killed he was found
10 be wearing a suit belonging to for
mer United States Senator William Lor-
rimer The suit was one OF forty stolen
from tailor shop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-26
TEACHERS TO MAKE PLEA
FOR FINANCIAL RELIEF
Mass Meeting to Emphasize the
Need Of Immediate Action
by Congress.

Final plans for the mass meeting Of
of public school teachers at which Con-
gress will be asked to grant them i'm
mediate financial relief. will he complet-
eu al meeting of delegates from the
various schools at the Webster School.
10th and III streets northwest. this aft
ernoon at $3.50 O'Clock. The definite dat
Tor holding the mass meeting also Will
be determined
Tentative plans called for holding the
mass meeting at New Masonic Temple
Friday night al o'clock. but beCa use
some OF the teachers believe that I'm
mediate action is necessary, ii is likely
that the date will be changed to either
Wednesday or Thursday night, In adj
dition to adopting a resolution request
ing the Senate District committee to
amend the present appropriation bill so
as TO make the increase in pay provided
for them in the measure retroactive to
January !. it is planned to have a num-
Der of prominent business men address
the teachers on the subject OF Teach
ers' Pay
The request for immediate financial
relief is necessary TO tide the teachers
over the summer vacation, when they
are not paid. 1t has been pointed out
by various teachers that many OF them
are facing the vacation without any
funds. and that they will have TO Sc
cure other positions during this perioo
unless Congress comes to the rescue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-26
COURT ACTION MAY
| BLOCK FARE RAISE
Legal Adviser of Wentworth
. Citizens Will Decide as
! to Procedure.

There is still a possibility that court
action will be taken to prevent the
fare Of four tickets for 80 cents or
8 cents cash from going into effect
Saturday. May l.
Henry F. Davis, attorney. who has
been advising the kenilworth citi-
zens' Association on public utilitE
matters, is going over the legal
phases of the utility commission
order again to-day. and proba bly, Will
decide by tomorrow whether to go
into court.
Federation'a Petition.
The Federation Of Citizens Associ-
atoms expects TO file with the Utilities
Commission tomorrow its petition for
\ rehearing on the fare question.
1t is probable that any court action
taken would be based on the conten-
tion that the order will give the Capt
tai Traction Company more than
$500. 900 additional. which it does not
need. and for which it did not ask.
Mr.. Davis said few days ago he
was marking time to see what Con-
Sress might DO. but it seems unlikely
now that anything can be done on
Capitol Hill in time to prevent the
increase in fare from going into eff
feet.
The Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company between now and Satur
day. May /. must meet an interest
charge of $4,000 on the bonded in
debtedness of the City and Suburban
line. running TO Laurel and other
Maryland towns in that section.
The payment was due February J..
but the company took advantage of
three months of grace allowed in the
hope of obtaining financial relief from
the utilities commission.
Receipts From New Fare.
The fare of four tickets for 30 cents
or cents cash which becomes effec-
tive May ! will not permit the Wash
ington Railway and Electric to earn
a per cent return on it's valuation.
Whether this will have any effect on
the ability of the company to meet
the City and Suburban interest was
not known today.
William F. Ham, president of the
company, is out of the city and is not
expected back before Wednesday. 1t
Is proba BILE the directors will meet
during the week to consider the inter-
est charge.
Failure to meet the payment would
mean the putting of this line into re-
ownership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-26
RENT ADJUSTMENTS
Announced TODAY
Commission Also Soon to
Make Public Monmouth
Hotel Decision.

The result of the rent commission s
findings in the Monmouth Hotel caN
will probably be made public tomor-
row or Wednesday. 1t was said st the
commissions headquarters today.
Ina determination rendered today
rents asked by Warren Hanna for
two apartments in the premises To-
Gated at 712 5th street. were unfair
and unreasonable" and fixed a sum
considered fair to both owner and
tenants Two rooms on the ground
floor Of the building. far which the
tenant had been paying only $40 a
month, were raised to $50.
Other Changes Ordered.
For three rooms on the second floor.
occupied by Blanche Taylor. the owner
had raised the rent from $40 to $45 a
month. The commission decided even
$40 was too much for the rooms and
declared $40 a month as a reasonable
rental.
Mrs. Dorothy E. Depro. who occupies
Ave rooms on the third and fourth
floors of the 5th street property, had
her rent fixed at $35 month. 1t was
brought out in the testimony that Mrs
Depro paid $40 a month for the rooms
in actual cash. and that she furnished
tanitor service which made the total
rental $55 month. The owner wanted
her to pay SIS month. and allow her
$50 Tor janitor service, but the com
mission decided $35 a month rent for
the rooms was a fair sum.
Tenant's Rent Rate Reduced.
The commission declared that $40
q month was too much for Mrs. Cath
crime Barrack to pay for an apartment
in the property at s0s Maryland ave
nue. northeast. owned by Mrs. NJ. B.
Stewart. Mrs. Barrack declared in
testimony that during last winter
there was little heat furnished her
family and that the occupants of the
apartment were compelled to wrap
themselves in blankets in. order to
keep warm. She declared that for a
similar apartment on the floor below
the occupants paid only $3.50 a
month. The commi ssion's determine
tion hxed the rent for Mrs. Barrack' s
apartment at $3.50.
suits for Possession Dismissed.
The following cases for possession
were dismissed by the commission
j. G. Rice VS.. John E. Thomas, fol
property located at s14 North caro-.
lima avenue southeast, and A. C. Flor.
ence and Mary F. Florence vs. Emory
f. Nicholson. for property at 62l
Newton place.
II was indicated that no general
rent schedule will be issued by the
commission in view of the expected
ruling in rents and service Of apart.
ment houses in the forthcoming de
termination in the Monmouth Hote
case. 1t is said a general regulation
of rentals would make it difficult te
= solve rent problems by applying q
general principle to varying com
plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-26
DISTRICT LEGISLATION
SlDETRACKED IN HOUSE
Adjournment Out of Respect for
Representative Nichols, Who
Died Last Night.

District legislation was again side
tracked in the House today when the
House adjourned out Of respect for
Representative c. A. Nichols, repub-
1ican. OF Michigan, who died suddenly
last night.
An effort is being made by members
of the House District committee to
induce the republican leaders to allow
District legislation to be taken up on
some other day soon in order that the
two bills which were to have been
considered today can be acted upon
before the adjournment Of Congress
These two measures are the weights
and measures bill for the District
and the bill to abrogate the lease Of
the washington Market Company and
to place that property under the adj
ministration Of the Secretary of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-26
ESSAY AWARD PROGRAM.
Army to Have Part in Reception
National Prize Winners.

In connection with the reception OF
the three national prize winners in
the Army essay contest there will be
parade on 18th street. from Park
read to the Central High School stadium
at pm. May j.
The Engineer Corps. L. S. A..
will construct bridge over the
southwest entrance to the stadium in
order that the cavalry horses. artil-
lerE and tanks may get IN for ex-
hibition purposes. This bridge will be
similar to those over the trenches on
the west front during the war This
will be very instructive feature of
bridge building for the school children
Some of the best horsemen IN the
L. S. Army will give an exhibition Of
cossack riding within the stadium.
The Tank Corps will have a squad
ron Of tanks at the stadium for exit
htion purposes.
The heplcal Warfare Service Will