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Washington telegraph., 1921-04-01
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
400 MORE CITIZENS
 QUALIFY TO VOTE

About 400 additional persons reg istered at the courthouse yesterday in the special registration being held for those who have become quail fled voters since the last registra- ton, either because of age or resi- dence in the county, according to an announcement of M. H. Morris, chair man of the county board of regis trars. The percentage of women registering continues to be 30 per cent.
 The total of the past two days has been about 725. The board of regis trars will be in Bessemer today from a. m. to 5 p. m.. and at the follow ing places during the next 10 days:
 Fairfield, Donald's Drug store, July 8, 8 a. m. ito 12 o'clock, noon; Wylam fire station, July 8, p. m. to 5 p. m.; Ensley city hall. July 9, 8 a. m. to 5 ?. m.; East Lake fire station, July II, l D. m. to D. m.; Pratt City fire station. July 12, 8 a. III. to l2 o'clock noon; North Birmingham fire station. July 12, 1 p. m. to 5 D. m. The registrars will again be in the county courthouse at Birmingham July 13, IA and 15, 8 a. m. to 12 o'clock noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
BLOWN ID DEATH
 BY EXT|NGU|SHER
Fireman Stark Victim of Pe- cuIiar Accident In North
 Birmingham

James R. Stark, 31, member of En- zine company No. l3, stationed at North Birmingham, was fatally in- Jured yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock when a hand fire extinguish- CT exploded while he was fighting d fire on the roof of a onestory house at 2909 Twenty-sixth avenue. north. He died two hours later at the Nor wood infirmary, where he was taken by Thornton Estes, who was passing by at the time the accident occurred.
 Fireman Stark sustained fractures of the jawbone on both sides, brok- en nose and his skull was fractured at the base of the brain, according to attendants at the infirmary, as results of the explosion. His right arm was broken in the fall from the roof. He was blown five feet in the air.
 Mr. Stark had been member of the Birmingham fire department for ten years. He was married, but had no children. His home was at 2412
 Thirty-third avenue, north, where funeral services will be held this morning at 10 o'clock. Members Of the department will act as pail bearers.
 The body will be taken to Flint. Ala. on the noon Louisville and Nash vile train, where burial will take place Friday afternoon at o'clock near his wife's old home. J. N. Browns undertaking establishment: in North Birmingham will superin- tend sending of the body.
 Coroner J. D. Russum will hold an investigation this, morning into the accident which caused Stark's death Those who answered the call with Stark were Captain J. A. Pearce, w. M McShan and Henry Shell.
 Besides his wife, MT. Stark is sur vived by his parents, Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Stark, who live at Suliigent, Tenn, a sister. who lives with her parents and a brother. Jeff Stark. who lives at St. Joseph, Tenn. A -in-law, J, E. Grizzard. is a lieutenant at the Norwood fire sta- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
INDIANA AND OHIO
 MINES CALL HELP
Miners Leaving Birmingham at the Rate of Twenty-Five
 a Day

Indiana and Ohio coal mines are off, fering jobs to Alabama miners. Work CTS are accepting at the rate of 25 men a day.
 Dr. Walter S. Brown, director of the municipal department of relief. said a score of them left the city yester- day.
 We have been sending away men at the rate of 25 day for the past four days" Dr. Brown said. Some we had sent week or two ago have already sent money home to their families and taken them off the hands of charity. Almost all of them were white men.
 Four automobile owners have given of relief In visiting families of unem- ployed men to make Investigations.
 Their aid and efforts have been invaluable to this department" sAid Dr. Brown yesterday. With them are two other ladies who are helping in the Investigations. A seventh vol. unteer has offered the use of a car
 Through their aid we have bean able to supply at least 50 families a day during the past few days, a6d although this does not make mueh impression on the many hundreds " ic claim the need of help. we knew that, at least, we are materially help. ing deserving cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
RAINBOW VETERANS WILL 60 10 OHIO
Second National Convention to Be Held In Cleveland
 July IA and 16

So far a dozen men have listed their names for attendance at the second annual convention of the veterans of tho Rainbow division, which will be held in Cleveland, O.. July 14-16.
 At the last meeting of the Mortimer IT. Jordan subchapter, Col. Walter II. Bare was designated chairman of tno chapters representatives He will choose his official committee from the local men present aboard the train after 1t leaves the railway sta ton. flor two reasons" said Colonel Bare, yesterday-"to, help build up the delegation and to have full off, ficial, committee present In Cleve- land"
 It Is reported a score of others have expressed their intention of making the trip.
 The round-trip fare will be $43. A special train will pick up the men along the line of the Louisville and Nashville railway. leaving the station hero at 8:5S ocock the evening of July 12.
 Convention certificate blanks have been received from the national sec- retary, A. G. Brown. and Colonel Bare has them for distribution at his of flee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
NORWO0D CAR LINE ROUTE CONFERENCE
City Officials and Realty Company Men Discuss
 Moot Question

Routing of the proposed Norwood street car line so that the line would stop at Fifteenth avenue and Thirty first street, north. from which point cars would turn back, was discussed yesterday by l. c. Beatty of the Bir- mingham Realty company, which will finance the proposed line, with pr. N. A. Barrett, president of the city commission. and J. Ellis Brown, com missioner of public utilities.
 The rest of the route would be left to be worked out later under the plan proposed by MT. Beatty. No definite stand was taken by the commissioners several hearings on the granting of franchise have already been held by the commission. with protests being registered by residents against every route proposed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
TEACHERS COTTAGE.
 WITH NEW SCHOOL.
County Carrying Out Plan of Building Homes for
 Instructors

Work upon the new Minor High school in district Il A, west of Bir- mingham, has been continuing for the past ten days. and in addition to the sss,0o0 school building as origt- nally announced an eight-room house for the teachers Is also to be built
 pr. N. R. Baker, county superin- tendent of education, said yester- day this Is the second home for teach- CTS which the school board has con- structed. and is really the beginning of new policy in education in the, county. Other buildings of the hAD4 wll probably be built in the future.
 The teachers dwelling of the Minor High school will contain eight rooms. and will probably be divided SO that half of 1t may be used by the prin- cipal of the school and the other part by the teachers. Rural school teachers have always experienced some difficulty in homes and this solves the problem for them.
 The Minor school will do exclusively senior high school work. The cost of the teachers dwelling Is being taken from, the funds of the district in which the school is located rather that from the funds of the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
Alabama Has Outgrovn Its
 Constitution Says Hornady

John R. Hornady, city commits sioner of health and education, is an earnest advocate of a new con stitution for Alabama.
 Discussing the subject yesterday. he said:
 While so far as the balance of the state is concerned, there is no great rush about calling an extra session of the legislature for the pur- pose of submitting certain consttu- tional amendments, immediate action is of the greatest importance to the people of Birmingham, and I feel sure that were the facts known throughout the state, the people gem erally would be most responsive to the needs of the hour.
 Municipal Election
 "The condition which makes im- mediate action highly important to Birmingham, is the fact that we have municipal election approaching, and unless the soldier amendment is resubmitted and readopted, there Is danger of about 5000 ex-soldiers be- ing deprived of the right to vote. And can conceive of nothing more de- plorable than for a great state like Alabama to say to it's returned SOL diers, You fought a good fight in behalf of humanity. yet we can't let you vote.' Every patriotic citizen should do his or her utmost to pre- vent such an eventuality. which means that all of us should make known to the governor our desire that he call an extra session, and that the soldier amendment will be submitted in time to prevent the polls in Birmingham being closed to lot of men whose only fault is that they were in foreign land fighting for their country when their poll taxes came due.
 While this amendment is being submitted, the other amendments voted by the people. but which have should also be submitted for another vote.
 New Constitution
 These amendments are all import ant, and if submitted will be adopted, but the real need of Alabama today i sa new constitution, framed in the progressive atmosphere of the pres ent, and in the light of the needs of our state.
 Mature destined Alabama to be one of the greatest states in the union, making it infinitely rich in mineral and agricultural resources. and its people should not be circum- scribed in their efforts to enrich themselves through the development of these resources. They should be free to develop their port, capable of being made one of the finest in the world, and they should have the liberty to build highways and use their credit for other constructive purposes. That they are denied these privileges under the existing consti- tuition is due to the unhappy fact that the constitution they are living under was framed in what might be termed a one-idea atmosphere. The dominating thought in the conven-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
JUDGE HUGH LOCKE
 CHOSEN PRESIDENT
 CIVIC ASSOCIATION
Moore and Patterson Elected Vice Presidents = Final Ballots Counted YeSter-
 day in Annual Election

Judge Hugh A. Locke will be the next president of the Civic associa- tion, succeeding President B. H. Hartsfield, according to the election returns completed by the special committee of the association yester- day.
 The new president is judge of the chancery court and has been for sev- eral years a director of the Civic association and has served as chair man of more than one committee of the organization.
 By coincidence, Judge Locke re- tires from the presidency of the Ex- change club approximately at the same time that he takes up the lead ership of the Civic association, He is the youngest of the series of presi- dents who have served the associa- ton during the more than four years Of it's history, and his friends who have observed his active work for the betterment of the community pre- dict for him a successful administrA- ton in his new civic undertaking.
 Annual Meeting
 Judge Locke will preside at the an nual meeting of the Civic Associa- tion to be held on the night of July 25. after the reigns of office have been turned over to him by the re- tiring president, B. H. Hartsfieid. On this occasion, which is expected to bring out a record attendance, the principal address will be delivered by Clifford Thorne, a Chicago attorney.
 Ed g. Moore and w. G. Patterson were elected respectively first and second vice presidents of the associa- ton, according to announcement of the committee, of which w. T. Ratliff was chairman. Mr. Moore is prom inent insurance man. who has been long active in civic work In Birming- ham. MT. Patterson is an important figure In the cigar business, and has also taken an active part in the work of the Civic Association.
 New Directors
 The following directors for the en- suing year were also announced as a result of the balloting, which closed at noon, July 5; Dr. Charles A. Brown, w. V. M Robertson. Jr., I. c. Beatty, G. R. Harsh, W. T. War ren, E. c. Horton, w. J. Wheeler, Harry Halfacre, pr. R. c. Hershey and Jerome Tucker.
 There are 30 directors of the s~sso- citation, and under the bylaws 10 places are filled every year. The new directors will hold office for the ensuing three years. The presi- dent and vice presidents are elected for only one year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
HEALTH ORDINANCE STILL THEIR TOPIC

Replying to the statement made yesterday by Dr. J. D. Bowling health officer, City Attorney Fred C. Moore. yesterday, said;
 Tt Is interesting to know that the health officer is willing to have eliminated such parts of the enjoined ordinance as would not meet the ap- proval of the courts. His willing ness, however, is no longer material, though 1t indicates that he Is begin ming to see the light. and this gives us hope for the future.
 Both his statements may be char acterized as pure camouflage. l had not denied the existence of the state of affairs that has been apparent and well known to those in a condi- tion to observe I am not in posi- tion to know, not being charged by law with the enforcement of the health, laws and ordinances of the state and city and the gathering of evidence In connection therewith. The health officer Is, and If he has allowed a condition dangerous 70 the public health to exist and con tinue without action on his part t. remedy 1t. the public knows where to place the responsibility.
 "The mere fact that one city or dinance has been entoined does not change the situation or the respons!- bility. The city's law department will never react except in self de- fense to any Idle and i'll founded vaporings from the health officer. but will continue. without fear or favor. or stimulus or threat from the health officer. to perform its duty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
WANT EXTRA MONEY

Several jitney drivers have applied to the police department in the past few days for permission to swing from their routes in the afternoon to take people to the baseball park, the usual fare for the trip being 25 cents: and, most emphatlcally. the police department has said, no"
 The 5itney ordinances provide thst the cars shall stay put on their lines.
 c. D. Deal of the police depart ment says the majority of the drivers seem in earnest about staying with their lines and improving the service and none of the drivers of this class approve the attempt of the few to try for outside business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
GOVERNMENT AT TER. TAX DEL|NQUENTS.
Special Corps of Collectors Working In Northern
 Alabama

Officials of the field force of the federal internal revenue department began an intensive drive yesterday for the collection of delinquent fed eral sales taxes.
 The north Alabama district will be worked during the first week of the campaign the squad or collectors having begun their activities in Flor ence. Sheffield and Tuscumbia yes terday.
 A special force of r collectors will be added to the staff already at work, and before the campaign Is ended, ev- cry part of the state will be covered. F. o. Hoffman will have charge of the drive In the northern part of the state. and Tom F. Pettus in the south ern part
 All forms of delinquent federal taxes will bo collected except the in- come tax, and special efforts will be made to collect taxes on soft drinks, cosmetics, drugs and similar articles. Each section of the state will be i orked thoroughly by all the collec- tors in a body rather than each office working its own territory alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
MOOSE HOME SITE


 Definite selection of a site for the proposed Moose home for tho aged. which will be built in the south, ac- cording to Moose officials, will be made within the next 30 to 60 days by the supreme council, according to reports emanating from the conven- tion held at Toledo last week.
 Rodney II. Brandon. supreme secre- tary. will arrive in Birmingham next week to make final inspection Of sites selected as desirable in the Bir- mingham district The elimination committee of the Civic Association has selected four sites out or 3S sub mitted. and MT. Brandon will be given chance to view these loca- lions when he comes here.
 Birmingham's chances to obtain tho home are still splendid. accord ing to John H. Adams and M New man, who have just returned from the national convention, where the supreme council was instructed to purchase site and locate the home at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
R0TARIANS HEAR OF
 PROFITS IN BUSINESS

"Diabolical workings of three Bir- minsham corporations were exposed to the members of the Rotary club yesterday by John Sparrow, head of the Sparrow Advertising agency, who claimed that as the special agent of each of them he had gotten inside dope on their private schemes.
 The victims were the ice trust, the street railway company and the Bir- mtngham water works. MT. Spar rows address brought many laughs and some applause from the members of the club. After disclosing the tricks and treachery of each com pany, he closed with the serious thought of his remarks, that every company was entitled to a fair re- turn on It's investment. He said without that there could be no prog ress in the business world
 E. L. Scouten. a new member of the club, was introduced by E. J. Rowe, James Dent and William Cox won a prize of s in merchandise of fered by Joe Rosenberger to the Ro- tarian who could call the names of all the Rotarians at the table at which he was sitting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07

which is making plans to file fn- junction proceedings, if neces- snry, nttacking the validity of the net under which the public service commission Is given ex- elusive authority to fix rates for public utilities. This question may be raised at the hearing to- day.
 Civic organizations will enter vigorous protests against the granting of nm increase. several delegations having announced their intentions of attending the henring. The Junior Chamber of Commerce. committees from sub- urban communities and the Bir- minghnm Civic Association will be represented. Trenton K. Fisk, attorney for the Civic As- sociation, will represent thnt or- ganixntion.
 I. w. Ross. consulting engineer Tor the city. is expected to be the principal witness presented by MT. Johnston. He hns been mak- ing m intensive study of the utility for some months,
 Mir. Johnston was scheduled to arrive from Washington late to- night. J. Ellis Brown, commis- sioner of public utilities, will probably take the stand for tho city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
FINISH ARGUMENTS
 EXPRESS HEARING
Judges Have Not Yet Reached DeciSion-Three Are
 Sitting

Arguments were concluded late yesterday afternoon before the United States circuit court of ap- peals at the federal building on the petition of the American Railway Express company asking the court for an injunction restraining the or der of the Alabama public service commission requiring express com panies in this state to establish joint routes and rates.
 The case arose in Montgomery, but the judges found it more convenient to hear it in Birmingham, so came here for that purpose. The three Judges sitting on the case are Judge Rufus Foster of Louisiana, Judge Henry D. Clayton of Montgomery and Judge Richard w. Walker of Hunts vile. Judge Foster was the presid- ing judge.
 The case arose from the granting by the public service commission of petition of the Southeastern Ex- press company requesting that it re- quire joint rates and routes between that company and the American Rail- way Express company.
 The case of the American Railway Express was in the hands of E. Perry Thomas and Judge Crum of Montgomery. special council, and Robert c. Alston of Atlanta, general attorney for the southern department of the company. The state was rep resented by Harwell Davis, attorney general. and J. T. Stokely, special council.
 The three judges had come to no decision last night. The case is said to be important because the plaintiff argued that the state commission had no authority to decide a question of this kind and could not order into effect joint routes>and rates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07


 time coa business will continue stagnant.v
 MT. Greens reply was this
 No Reductions Contemplated
 "No southern carrier. SO far as l am informed. is contemplating reduction in coal rates or in any other rates in the near fu- ture. The reduction fin wages, not yet realized, is not sufficient to warrant the expectation that any general reduction in rates on important class of traffic should under present conditions be made"
 l.. C.'s Position MT. Bowes answered as follows: 'I have no knowledge of my contemplated notion of the rail- roads looking to general reduce ton in rates on coal. Many of the railroads nre not earning op- erating expenses and taxes. Many more are not earning interest charges md the railroads ms whole are not in position finan- cially to sustain n general reduce ton in any rates mt this time" From this 1t seems assured that the natter of s1 to s3 freight from mines to municipalities will remain thu tame on coal delivered this fall and and that item in the cost oi l ton of coal Is not to be changed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07
$7,000,0O0 UNDERTAKING

E. s. Jarrett of the Jarrett-Cham- bers committee. New York, Is in Bir- mingham and Is understood to be in touch with the engineering depart ment of the Alabama Power com pany. The latter is preparing to let contracts in connecticr with the building of the Mitche'i dam on the Coosa river.
 1t Is a S7,000.0O0 to $S.o00,000 job and the largest engineering hrms in the countey are preparing to bid as soon as blue prints are prepared ana submitted.
 Preparation of the specifications will require some little time, but the big construction firms of the country are already sounding the lay of the land and getting themselves ready for the actual bidding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-07

The commission, composed of A. G. Patterson. president, $. F. Gniilinrd and II. H. Cooper, as- socfates. arrived last night from Montgomery to begin the hear Ing this morning.
 Principals in the battle will he Lee C. Bradley, receiver for the utility. and Forney Johnston, special attorney for the city. They will be seconded by J. s. Pevear and representatives of the transportation and engineers Ing departments of the company, nnd I. W. Ross, consulting ensi- neer for the city of Birmingham; J. Fills Brown, com missioner of public utilities. and Waiter S. brower. assistant city attorney, respectively.
 Evidence in support of the mes luton for an Scent fare and n T. cent transfer charge will he pre- scented when the hearing open,. A strong fight to continue the present electric schedule In ef- feet will also be made by the re- ceiver.
 Bitter resistance will be of- Tered by the city commission,