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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
ELECTRIC POWER
 LINE NOW READY
Alabama Power Company Places Lafayette and Tus-
 kegee In Range of Service

The Alabama Power company had com pleted installation of transmission lines from Roanoke to I1aFayette and from Auburn to Tuskegee and expects to have the new unit generating 1s,50o hydroelec- ,tK3s Horsepower at Lock F on the Coosa completed by August l.
 The company has filed the proper pa pers in epnnection with the authority to do this work, with the state utilities commssirn. This is in compliance with statute adopted in the last session of the legislature.
 owing to the completion of the two transmissicn lines, the towns of LaF'ay- cite and Tuskegee are now supplied with kydroelectric power. The installation of thc new unit at Lock F was begun last fall. Upon its completion the dam at Look 1z will generate total of u000c Eorse-power.
 The company is making rapid progress on the transmission line which will con- neei It's system with the hydroelectric system of Georgia, which is connected with those of Tennessee and the two Carolinas When this work is complet- ed the entire power of the five states will be susceptible of being shifted in loads to suit the various points in the five states according to their needs.
 Tho company has tompogorily suaDend, Cd operations at Duncan's Riffie on the Ccoea where it has already done some preliminary work on the construction Of tam to geenrate 10000 horse-power. until the next administration passes on the various petitions for right to develop the water powers of the country. Az soon as the petition is granted. it Is understood that work will be resumed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
E[KS' BAZAAR |S
 JOYOUS AFFAIR Big Crowds in Attendance. Special Features for To-
 night and Monday

Vaudeville features, dancing and divers forms of keen amusement held swas through the weeks jollification at the Elk's club bazar. marking thus far tha most successful of any previous even. according to club officials.
 Large crowds were in evidence at all of the evening entertainments, and the games were kspt continually on the jump. Hardly at any tim9 was there .ln idle moment among the funsters, ar l every effort is being made to make the bazar the biggest yer sta0sa - tAa paA~ in Birmingham.
 The vaudeville specialties vere varied. and scored well. The dancing drew big crowds, the attraction hing the music furnished by Professor Harry Moran's orchestra
 Keen interest was displayed in the ex- cellent miniature of old San Francisco's Chinatown which was set up in the base ment of tho club and the steady flow of visitors were given an opportunity to observe first hand the real opium layout and all the equipment which is used to take one far away where 1t is simple thing to write a check for a million and spend it in a day while riding golden chariot hitched to a flock of flying sea gulls.
 The baxar. which closes Monday night, Is held in the interest of Elk charities. the money derived therefrom to De dis tributed as the board secs fit. A cons- ;plete change of vaudeville programme ,s announced for tonight and Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
PR0BABLY RAIN

weather forecast for today in Birmlngham and vicinity is un- settied. probably with showers of rnin snd tho temperature slowly risinr; according to the weather prophet, D. c. Horton, who stAted last night that the predicting fa- cilItiee in Dirminoham did not per- init forecast for farther ahead than % houro.
 "Warnin6s .of ! cold wave may oodne from WAGhington today or tomorrow. At preeent. I cannot tell Whethof the cnl4 Weather which is now baing fGlt n the nofthwe6t of the United etatos will swesp thls tSrrltory or ntt.ss
 He~sveF. 1gr. Horton beiisves it miGAt be . goeA iGeA if Blrmsng- han ptopIe cut thoif water off and wrsp up the sxpese1 placss h tho bipeo, |
 Bfing n all Of tho pofted plan@ and put m extra blenket on the hoA Sunday. 70 if anxthtnG hap tsns thtx VI be pfeoassd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
What They Think
By BILL HAYES

The question was: What do y0u think of the chimes the Highlands Methodist church arc to have as . result of the recent campaign for funds to build belfry?
 Where asked: Fourth avenue at Twentieth street.
 Tho answers were:
 Fl. E Hodges, druggist, West End:
 Chimes? It's been long time salnce I've heard lem, but wish they were nearer to me than Five Points,
 Avery Mullins. broker. Empire
 .'Such an addition to Birmingham cannot be valued. There is nothing moro beautiful or which shows the real public spirit of our citizens than to give the city this offering"
 Emil w. Wiliiams. salesman. u8 St. Charles street:
 "As much to be welcomed aA the chimes is the fine spirit the donors showed when they made the chimes possible"
 Rita Harbison. High school ssnioe. Ridgley apartments:
 "They will be beautifuL Tn her them from my bed on Sundays."
 Banndo Thompsons housewife. Huntg ville road:
 ssWe've needed chimes h snrne church hero for ysAra, and t is too bad that we haven't moro churches equipped with them. They certainly add to community with thcir beauty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19

preSsion General Wood said that ne believed the worst had passed. He stated that the federal reserve banks had been prime factors in tiding us over the situation. The reaction of no buying. no selling and no manufac- lures brought the depression as nat ural result. in his opinion. He ex- pressed himself as believing that com ditions would rapidly readjust them selves with the coming of spring.
 CAMP BENNING
 General Wood was high in his praise of Camp Benning, where he has been inspecting the organization. He de- clared it to be an ideal camp for the training of division or half dozen divisions if necessary. II is an ideal site for school of fire, he stated The people are also enthusiastic about the camp and the men, he said.
 The Yankee officers are also get ting acclimated," he smiled. Georgia peaches have a great appeal all their own"
 Major General Wood, who is com mander of the sixth army corps area, with headquarters at Fort Sheridan Ill.. discounted the idea that he was in the south for a trip to st. Augustine to confer with President-eect Harding, He said that nothing of the sort was planned.
 AS for the Philippines governor generalship, 1t has not been offered me as yet.'' he added.
 Lieut.. Col. Gordon Johnston. aide to General Wood is the son of Mrs. R. D. Johnston of Birmingham. He is a veteran of many campaigns, and was the center of happy group of rela- tives at the Terminal station when the train rolled in last night. WILL VISIT SCHOOL General Wood and Colonel Johnston will visit the Boys Industrial institute at East Lake. which was sponsored by Mrs. R. D. Johnston, and the genera will make short talk to the boys there. Returning to the city after an hour at the school. the general and his aide will visit Colonel Johnston's aunt 99 years old, then returning to thu city. The general and Colonel John ston will leave for Chicago on the Seminole at noon today T am deeply interested in the schoo for boys" General Wood said. Tt Is 2 fine. practical institution for turning boys who have had no training ant opportunities in their homes into loya and useful citizens
 q first saw the school years ago The work which Mrs. Johnston ha: made possible has resulted in thu building up of character in hundreds of boys who otherwise might hav' been lost to citizenship. The state car do no better work than to help this I institution in it's work" General Wood had quite long cha Hast night with Gen. R. F. Steiner O the Alabama national guard who is al old friend of the general. Man, "reminiscences were indulged in by thu 1 two men.
 Both General Wood and Lieutenan health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19

between father and son through the Young Mems Christian association. MT. Harrup declared that the greatest task before the association and before the fathers was establishing closer con tact between and parent and boy.
 Welford Wells Hi Y club represent ative, talking on the father as a boys ideal, suggested that the father give the boy an hour each day of the week and on Sunday give him two hours. This would be-" he said. the most valuable gift a man could give his son, and one which could never be re- paid"
 If the work being done by the boys department only helps the father find the boy, it has accomplished a great thing" said D. H. Marbury. who re- sponded to the sons talk. outlining what was required of father. "The big thing for fathers was to get closer to their sons, making things easier for both."
 W. S. StaI1ings of the state Young Mems Christian association. spoke on the value of the father establishing a close relationship with the son. This would tend to make better citizens of both," he said. 'and make life at home more enjoyable and congenlai.* Music was in charge of Jim GAnigan of Ensley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
LATIN AMERICAN TRADE

The possibilities of Latin America as field for exports were enlarged upon yesterday afternoon at the civi- tan luncheon by Joseph Polak. native of Holland, and long resident of the countries.
 Mrs. Polak was also . guest of the club 1t luncheon. She Is . grand- daughter of Porfirto Diaz late presi- don't of Mexico. She was born In Madrid. Spain
 Mr. Pclak discoursed on export trAde. saying that If we had develope1 our exports as we should. there would be no financial and business depression Af the present time.
 The negro sextet from tho First Con- gressional church. negro. entertained the club members for IS minutes w11h religious songs. They closed vtth Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19

We nave as mucn sand Tn the American cement right now as we can stand,'' General Wood said. Tt is inn perative that this undesirable immi- grafton be suspended to protect Amer ican labor and American industry. We have S,O00,000 unemployed in the coun try today. What is the use of adding a polyglot swarm tinged with .red?
 "We are bound to protect Amer
 icnn labor and our American in-
 dustry. The foreign population in
 our big cities of the north has
 gone the limit, as far as certain
 races arc concerned. It Is high
 time that we use . selective sys-
 tenn in picking our future citizens
 from other countries.v
 The value of the American Legion was stressed by General Wood, who declared that this organization stood for red blooded Americanism clear through. He stated that in his opinion it was the best outfit in the country.
 The members of the American Legion stand first and always for law and order." Major General Wood as serted. They know no party when a national issue is concerned. They are fine lot when Americanism and it's principles are in peril.
 GENERAL STEINER
 S"You can say this.l also, that I am very much interested and pleased at the way in which this strike nds been handled by General Steiner. He has taken care of the situation in most able manner, and l have watched de- velopments with much interest Noth- ing further in the way of excellent management of conditions could be de- sired by any army man.
 Americanization propaganda is the Al ..-.-- l kt t~ fTxr n day, according to General Wood. who deplored the fact that tons of soviet literature flooded the United States. with nothing preaching American citizenship to combat it. He declared that bolshevist propaganda was to be purchased on nearly every news stand in the country.
 He declared that whenever we
 get a doctrine established which
 Will stop men from talking crime.
 which is ns grave an offense as
 committing 1t when its far-rcnch-
 ing effects are considered, big
 step toward solving the present
 situation as a countrywide prOb-' <
 lem will be taken.
 SPIRIT OF UNREST
 "I have found this to be the case in most instances" the general asserted, that whenever there is strike the Industrial Workers of the World and similar red organizations turn up to take advantage of the strike and spirit of unrest to aim at government and order The immigrant population which we are now taking in is in great part tinged with red. We are simple fools to allow this sort of individual to enter our country.
 The south has little of this prob- lem as yet because of the purity of it's Americanism. There is little of the destructive portion of the foreign ele- ment to be found in this section"
 Speaking of the present business de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
MAJOR MlLNER'S BODY
 WILL ARRIVE TODAY

Remains of the late Mai Willis J. Milner. who died in Tampa. Fla. We'd nesday. will arrive in Birmingham this morning at 1f:55 o'clock on the Seminole Limited and will be borne to the res idence of his son, H. Key MiIner. l4l9 Crescent avenue.
 The funeral exercises will take place from the Church of the Advent at 3:3o o'clock this afternoon, conducted by Dr. M s. Barnwell. rector of the church. The pallbearers will he as follows:
 Active: Zac L. Nabers. J. F. Graham. Gus Colvin. Charles O. Locke. O. P. Orr. w. H. Kettig. M. M. Baldwin and James Weatherley.
 Honorary: H. P. Burruss, John R. Hor- nady, A. D. Smith. S. E. Thompson, Robert Jemison. ST., Col. Tom o. Smith. w. w. Crawford. Gen. P. w. Rucker. Richard F. Johnston.
 The remains will be interred in Uak Hill cemetery among the other pioneers and builders of Birmingham, with whom the deceased was intimately associated in life.
 The Confederate veterans of Camp HArdee, of which Major Milner was once bSlov9d commander. will attend the fun sSai in body and act as escort of ,d0Q0r si{ X N, S # $3 "A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
FORMING CLUB ON
 FOREIGN COMMERCE
Howard College Graduates Or ganizing to Study Trade
 With Nations

The Birmingham Foreign Commerce Study club. organized by the gradu- stes of the Howard College School of Foreign Commerce and conducted with view of studying and keeping in touch with current developments in foreign trade, will hold regular meet ings at the Chamber of Commerce be- ginning Tuesday evening. February 21 Classes will be conducted on Tues day and Thursday of each week from ' ID. m. to 10 D. m. A course in com merciai Spanish will be conducted in connection with the club, with Senor Justo as instructor.
 In addition to the regular course pursued in foreign sales practice, in- dustrial geography, document tech nique, finance, ports and terminal fa- cilities, the work will be supplement- ed by lectures from time to time by local foreign trade experts and inter- pretations of current foreign trade publications issued by the United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce The club has q well ap- pointed library covering the various phases of foreign trade. and special attention will be given to study of our trade with Central Amerlca. the Caribbeans, South America and the far east.
 TO the young men of the Birming ham district who are anxious to maxe the most of their opportunities. the club extends an invitation to attend the next regular meeting on Tuesday evening. February 22. The club is nonsectarian and noncommercial. and has been organized with the object of making it a permanent institution in Birmingham.
 H. M. Wallace of the Certainteed Products corporation is president of the club, and A. R. Kahle of the Amer icAn Railway Express company is sec- retary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
COUNTY CALLS OFF
 USE 0F ITS AUTOS.
will Not Pay Upkeep Bills Un- til Supreme Court Rules
 on Injunction

Members of the sheriffs department, the coroner and his assistant. health de- pertinent, tax collector, and tax board will be walking March l.
 Resolutions to place all automobiles used by these departments in the county garage were adopted by the board or revenue of Jefferson county ct its meet ing ysterday. No more gasoline bills or bills for maintenance will be paid until the petition for an injunction is decided by. tho supreme court
 Several months ago members of the state auditors department at Montgom- cry were in Birmingham for the purpose of examining the books of the county I1 their report they declared the county was not responsible for the operation and upkeep of automobiles furnished certain county officials. The amount expended for this purpose during the past four years was charged to the county treas- urer.
 When the board attempted to pay the bills few months ago an injunction was issued in the chancery division Of the circuit court restraining them from pay ing any bills for the operation and main tenance of cars furnished employees mem tioned in the report of the auditors. The petition was heard by Judge Dan A. Greene, presiding judge of the circuit court, who ruled that the board WAS eivSa the authority to pay for the up- keep of automobiles furnished employees to be used in the discharge of their du- ties and an appeal was taken to the su- preme court.
 |, This matter is still pending and the action of the board yesterday in decid- inR to stop the use of all county auto mobiles for the departments mentioned was taken on a motion 0k Chairman D. c. Ball.
 According to records at the office of the board of revenue there are 70 cars used by these departments and approx imately n,600 . month is spent in the Op- eration and malntenancs of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
MANY BUNGALOWS FOR BIRMINGHAM
 START THIS SPRING
Land Companies Will Place Dwellings In Many Parts of City Area-Several AL
 ready Being Built

Bungalows, like spring flowers, will blossom forth in many Birmingham neighborhoods with the comir g of warm weather, real estate men say. Hundreds of them will lift their red, gray and green roofs to the summer sun and most of them will be of the small, compact, "Love Nest" type.
 Several local real estate men who had deals on" preferred not to be quoted for fear the deal would be ,off,' but at least seven of them said they had something good in the way of bungalows 'up their sleeves" and would announce it as soon as the arr engagements were completed.
 A few complained of the price of materials and said that they expected to hold off of the building game for a little longer but would start some- thing good as soon as they thought 1t looked practical. In this last category was I. Groom Beatty of the Birming- ham Realty company.
 This company Is waiting fer prices to become adjusted before undertak- ing anything extensive in the building line" said MT. Beatty. "As soon as materials. labor and other expensive necessities reach reasonable level, the company will probably do some building"
 Roland Lide of the Lide Land com pany announced the constructor of four new bungalows on Caldwell Ter race. They are being built now and will be completed in a few weeks. Several more have been planned for in various parts of the city by the Lide Land company. There will be about a dozen in all
 Eight or ten houses in Arlington place, on the West End car line, will be started by the Montgomery Real Estate and Insurance company in the next few weeks according to E. C. Drake of that company. Tneir con struction will cost the company about $50.000, he states.
 Besides their two-story office build
 ing on the corner of Third avenue and Twenty ty-first street, .Jemison and Com pany will build in the next few weeks about 50 small houses and bungalows at Central Park. Their construction will cost the company $75,000
 "The houses are being built to meet the serious house shortage now exist ing in Birmingham" said A. E. Tan ner, secretary of the company. Norwood court. containing 16 five room apartments, will be completed by the Barker, Henderson & Marks Realty company on April 1. The apartment house is situated at Twen- tysixth and Thirteenth avenue. Many other projects have already been announced, and many others will be in q few days. The. result of the spring crop of buildings will be sew erai hundred additional and much needed homes for Birmingham people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
SATURDAY. HOP

The Aeskly dance 1t Mountain View Inn. Edg4wood park, will be held to- night Attendance It these affairs has grown and grown, untfl It seemed the floor would bs unable to Accommodate all the couples. but by eliminating ta- floor. Hugh Hill has made moro room for the patrons, and announces that for the time-being tho week. end dances will De held in the Inn.
 For . time he was considerlng xoing to Dreamland Dance pavilion. but hs deemed this upadvisable, owing to tho unsettled spring weather. Tho wbather has been ideal 90 far; but Mr. Hili VII afraid the weather man mteht think
 Al Weinherg's orcheotra will play the music Saturday night Autos will meet the stroet carS. s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
STEEL DERRICK BIDS
 TO BE OPENED FEB. q

|s Between IS and % bids for construction of the 15-ton steel derrick to be erected let the Port of Birmingham have been filed with the Mississippi- Warrior man- agement. Bids will be opened on Febru- ary 2l and the contract win be awarded
 The authority to have the derrick in- stalled at Port of Birmingham has been given and the work of erecting # will be started as soon as the bids are passed on. M
 Material Is being purchased and as sembled at Cordova for the coal bins that are to be built there Work of con- struction will ensue shortly.
 These bins will have capacity of 200 increase the cofl handling capacity Of the port several times. besides rendering 1t much more eopnomic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
TROOPS WILL NOT
 BE WITHDRAWN

ReDerts fte the effect hat the Ala6ana natienal enar4 treebs wefe 10 be wlthdrasvl frsA the esal nAiufng asstrlet were branded as beong aheeluteay witheut feuB- Aat1on <by Gen- RabeFt R. oteineEs Aa eonnanA q ths tFeSps n the 11str1ct. laat nlGhf.
 ~Hhese 1s abselutely ne tFoth fn the Funorp to the effeet thnt tAe stnte troeoe axe c he witharaWn fre9 ne f1e14s GpaeRnl etpsper e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
CITY WILL VERIFY
 REFERENDUM NAMES

Action on the petition for referen- dun election filed by Arlie Barber and J. c. Arnold Thursday afternoon has not been taken by the city commis- sion.
 A petition bearing the names of n additional persons was filed with the commission at z:S0 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Arlie Barber. | Checking of the names signed to the petition is necessary before any fur thor steps can be taken with refer ence to adopting m ordinance calling for the referendum election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
EDents of Today
 In Birmingham,

COmmunity club luncheon at 12;3U o,aock--SOufhern club.
 EIks Charity Bnzar at Elk home K7ghth avenue and Nineteenth street. sA ADJUSTMENTS Jefferson Theatre-"HeIIo Alexan- der
 Lvric--Ikeith vaudeville and pie Loew's Bsjoa-v Vaudeville and pie tures. strand-DoueIns Mclean in, "Chick- ens."
 Alcaxar-IsWhen New York Sleeps" Trfanon--Marshall Neilan's 'DintysV RinIto--NOrma TaImadgc in, "Thc Woman Gives"
 Galax-Bebe Daniels in "You Never Can Teu.o
 Princess-Comedy and serial.
 OdeOn-Consedy and serinl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
DEATH ACCIDENTAL

ro,lowing an investigation into the |de.th of John Harris. negro who was
 killed by a truck alleged to have been driven by H. L. BaEsett on the Gate fftv- -IrondaIe road. Coroner ]. p. Rus
 mn rendered a verdict of accident with |out crinlnality. According to the testi- mony MT. Baggett was hauling chsFt to |be used on the road work when the nc afo stepped in front of the machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
TEACHERS' INSTITUTE

Dr. N R Baker, county Superintendent of education, went to Blocton yesterday. where he delivered ono of the principal addresses at the Bibb county teachers fnAtitute which vas In session there. The. programme was . Iona one. and . nuns her of prominent edueators from AIa-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-19
NEW APARTMENT HOUSE

5 Construction Of . s30.ooo apartment building, three stories high. which will acconmodate nix fAmiliesL will be com plotted by April on . site at Thir- tieth Btrett and Tenth avenue, south. structure is being built by g. s. Parker fpr MT. Marnh-
 Tho new apartment Will be equipped with in-a-toor be6a with Hardwood fioors and of brick eonstruction.