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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-22

Second Monday Of MAJ tMay 9tho A.
L.. ls-l sad action IS III be hus4d acd
determined Ia their absence.
~ WITNESS WHEREOF. I bereun-
70 set nay hand and argix the seal Of
said Court, al Hammond, Indiana. this
2Ist day or March. a. D. 1921.
(seaI) HERBERT L. WHEATON.
Clerk Lake Superior CourR
BY; CORA .. ANDERSON.
Deputy Clerk. 3-22-29-4-S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
Storm Recalls Visit OF
 Tornado Back m 1907
March 25, 1901, Birmingham Was Visited by Blow Which Killed 20 People and Wrecked Many Buildings
 in South Highlands District

Yesterdays tornado, which wrought so much destruction to suburban property, recalled the greater storm which visited this oity in March. 1so1' in which 20 people were killed and over 800 houses destroyed.
 The storm struck the city Monday morning, March 25, 1901, at about the same time at which yesterdays storm reached it's peak. The storm first struck near Green Springs and rloughed it's way through to Avondale, it's fury finally expending itself in the mountains beyond Iron dale. Many of the houses which were destroyed were fine structures located in the South Highlands section, al- though the greater number were oc- cupied by negroes and were located in the extreme southwestern part of the city.
 Two blocks on Twentieth street near Avenue H, now Eighth avenue, south were rAzed, scarcely a single timber withstanding the force of the wind- Every hospital in Birmingham was taxed to- its capacity, and every doctor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
JOHN DAVIS JOINS
 WARREN & KNIGHT Famous FulIback at Auburn, and Since Then a Recog-
 nized Architect

Warren & Knight, architects, in or
 der to add strength and efficiency to their organization. have associated with them John Eayres Davis, arcn- itect, of Detroit, Mich.
 MT. Davis, until coming to Birming- ham. had been practicing his profes- sion in Detroit for several years past and during that time has been asso- ciated on some of the larger building operations of that city, among them be- l. ing the 20-story Real Estate Exchange building, the S2-story Book Addition
 building and the Fisher Body Factory building, which cost approximately
 dences and apartment houses
 MT. Davis is an associate of the
 Michigan chapter of the American In-
 stitute of Architects. He Is a grad
 uate of the Alabama Polytechnic in tstitute at Auburn. Ala, having finished tthe architectural course there in 1911. /. He Is native of the south, and real -izing the opportunities in this section -of the country. decided to return and -locate among his friends who will re- member him as all-southern fullback
 on the Auburn team in 1908. 1909, 1910
 and 1911.
 Warren & Knight are the architects
 for the new home of the Jemison scompany, incorporated. being erected lat Third avenue and Twenty first Sstreet They are also. associated archi- xtests with Harry B.. Wheelock on the AEew Masonic temple building, to be $ greeted at Sixth avenue and Nineteenth 9street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
ORVILLE M. BOSTON
 MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Library Day. Will Be ob- served at Central High
 School "Wednesday

Wednesday will be observed as Lie brary Day for the Orville M. Coston memorial library at Central High school. Mir. coston was a member Of the 1913 class of Central High school and this movement is being sponsored by his classmates. According to their plan niche in the library of Central High school will be reserved in mem ory of. this Birmingham boy who made the supreme sacrifice in the late World war.
 pr. J. H. Phillips. superintendent of the city schools, has issued bulletin to all principals setting aside wednes- day as library day. All pupils will be asked to bring books for this niche, which will be a most fitting memorial to this splendid boy.
 There are only 1000 books in the library of the high school at the pres ent time, it is stated and 5000 are needed in order for students to do efficient work. At the present the high school library will only accommodate 40 students at a time and the largo number of books to be placed in the Coston niche will be of invaluable ser vice to students now in high school, as we'll as those to enter.
 The Volunteer Relief association, of which number of the young women of the 1913 class are members. has given $10o, according to Harry White, chair. man of the committee in charge, and the class of 1911 will make a similar donation Among others who have al- ready contributed are the Masonic lodge of which Mir. Coston was a mem ber, Louis Pizitz, Loveman Joseph K Loeb, the Book Shop, Webb's book store, Dewberry & Montgomery, Zac Smith and others.
 All persons who do not wish to give book may send money Gifts Of this kind should be sent the office Of Dr. Phillips at the high school. 7All' books maybe sent to any school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
ATHLETIC MEET OF
 COUNTS SCHOOLS
High Students In General Con-: test to Be Held
 April

Principals of all the high schools in Jefferson county will meet with T. w. Smith, principal of the Jefferson County High school. at the office of the board of education Saturday, April 25, to make arrangements for a high school field meet, which will be held at an early date.
 A general letter which was yester- day sent out to the principals and athletic instructors of the high schools of Jefferson county says:
 There will be two classes of events, and a pennant will be given to the winning school in each class, desig- nat1ng them as champions. The classes will be '115 pounds and under and tunlimited.' The age limit for all classes is 21 years.
 "In the 115-pound class there will be six events and for the unlimited class there will be seven. A boy of 115 pounds or under is not debarred from the unlimited class, except that he may not enter more than three events in all.
 Each school may have only two en- tries for each event in both classes, except in the relay race, which re- quires four boys. Jefferson County High school will not take part in the event, but wishes all the other high schools of the county to be we'll rep resented. A fee of 25 cents for each entry will be required to pay for pen nants and other expenses This fee will also entitle each boy to ticket to see all the events of the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
Guin Aduocates Going Ahead With Road Work
 With Authorized Bonds
Present Interest Matter Can Be Handled Satisfactorily to All Parties Concerned at Fair Rate in Accordance
 With Law, He States-What Is Needed Is Roads

There resubmt the Jefferson county road bond February 1920 bonds the opinion of Jerry Gwn member the board o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
JAMES s. HARRISON
Funeral Services of Well-known
 Printer at Loy's Chapel Today

Funeral services for James S. liar rison. age 4c who died yesterday morning at the residence. 1926 Rush avenue, north, will be held from Ligc Loy's chapel thiss afternoon at o'clock. Burial in Forest Hill ceme- tery.
 The deceased was foreman of the composing room at the Birmingham Post until he was taken i'll a few weeks ago. He was we'll known in newspaper circles in the south and was regarded as. highly efficient man in his line of work.
 MT. Harrison was born in England and served with distinction under the British flag in the Boer war. During the last few years he had beens con nected with several newspapers in the south. He Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Catherine Harrison. The local typographical union will be ir charge of the funeral servicss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
MEMORIAL SERVICE
 0F J. [. l. TODAY
pr. Hendrix to Preach Special Sermon In Highlands Meth
 odist Church

Annual memorial services of the United Commercial Travellers will bs held at the Highlands Methodist church this morning at II o'clock.
 Members are requested to meet at the Morris hotel at 10 o'clock this morning and go to the church in a body. Rev. W. R. Hendrix, the pastor. is to preach a special sermon for the occasion and an excellent choir ssrvice is being arranged.
 Visiting members of the United Com rnerical Travellers are invited to at- tend. The memorial services arc held at this time each year. and 1t 10 ex- pected that the attsndAnce will be even larger than last year.
 Sympathy was extended Go IA w. Ramsay of Council No. l7s by the members on the loss of his father. whose death occurred last Sunday. Ths deceased is survived by q widow, two sons and two daughters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17

revenue.
 Following the ruling of the supreme court which declined to allow the county to dispose of bonds at 95 per cent of par or to allow z per cent interest on the sale of the bonds, as provided in two acts passed by the legislature at it's special session, the board of revenue at meeting Friday discussed the bond situation at length. According to mem- bers the county is faced with the alter native of either stopping all road prof ects or to give contractors to whom con- tracs are awarded bonds in payment for the work.
 In lieu of either of these propositions, the $5,O00,000 bond issue may be resup- mitted to the voters of the county, wno will be asked to authorize the issue under the special act of the legislature of Oc- tober 8. 1920 allowing the payment of ' per cent interest
 GET TO WORK NOW Mir. Gwin is of the opinion that Jeffer- son county should proceed at once to complete the road programme as mapped out, in order to keep the federal aid money which the county should receive. In speaking of the advsability of re- submitting the bond issue yesterday aft ernoon, he said: " staP We have local and other contractors who are anxious and willing to take our bonds at par As proof of this. we have sold $240,0O0 of bonds at par in the last 60 days, and why not proceed at once to finish such roads as the Birmingham and Pratt City road, the Eighth avenue road from Birmingham to sEnsley the South Bessemer road from Birmingham city limits to Poplar street. West End; the Birmingham- Wylam road, from Avenue F and Thirty-fourth street. Ensley, through Wylam the Birmingham-Fair- field road, from Fairview to Fairfield; the Birmingham Irondale road, from Woodlawn through Gate City and Iron dale; the Birmingham Mt. Pinson road. from end of boulevard through Inglenook
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17

to Boyles? Any person who travels over these roads realizes that he is paying tremendous indirect tax.
 If the contractors should add per cent to his bid to take the bondsIat par, as all bonds run more than 10 years, this would add but F of 1 per cent ln- terest, making total of 51s per cent the county would pay for it's money. I think this is a fair rate of interest, as all corporations are paying per cent to per cent for their money.
 What are the tax payers paying lnol- rectly?
 z "When the people voted 10 to i for the &, 100000 bond issue they clearly ex- pressed themselves for good roads and why not give them the good roads now?
 NINE ROADS
 ''There are nine roads leading Into the City that should be built and maintained by the county out of the $5,000,oO0 bond issue. The city pays 66 per cent of the taxes on the 5000, 900 bond issue and the above nine roads can be built for SS Is per cent of the 5000 900 bond issue; and 66 per cent of the whole travel in the county is within the city limits and on these roads that have been built and are to be built by the bond issue When the people were asked to vote on this bond issue there was map made show ing the location of the. roads and the kind of material that the roads would be built of.
 The county will lose million and half dollars from the government If it does not finish the roads that have been started to the various county lines
 "We are told from reliable sources that Etowah and St. Clair counties are going to build by the aid Of the state and government bitulithic top road from Gadsden to Jefferson county line; also Walker tcounty is going to build from Jasper to the Jefferson county line. We cannot afford to not ask the state and federal government to Join us in extend- ing our various roads that have been started to meet the different counties at the county line with the bitulithic top
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
WATERWORKS STOCK
 SOLD OVER COUNTRY
Many States and Concerns Represented In Long List of
 Purchasers

While the bulk of the purchasers of the securities of the Birmingham WaterworEs company now being offered the public are from the city of Birmingham and it's suburbs, there have been numerous pur- chasers from cities and towns through out Alabama, as well as from number of distant states.
 The subscriptions to the stock from more than 20 cities and towns scattered throughout Alabama and the United States are credited by officers of the company entirely to newspaper advertis- ing, as every subscription received out side Jefferson county has come from this source. A majority of the subscriptions
 in the city and suburbs have been due also to the publicity campaign conducted by the company through the local press, as practically all the inquiries call at tention to the advertisements.
 We have received subscriptions from New York city, from Plainfield, N. J.; Racine, Wis.,; St. Joseph, Mo; Hatties- burg, Miss, and Macon, Ga,. says Carl Meyer, manager of the securities depart ment of the Birmingham Waterworks company. This will indicate how widely distributed the stock is outside the state of Alabama. The bulk of the sales has been made in Birmingham and suburbs. The company has been agreeably sur- prised to receive these subscriptions from all over the country as an indication that people in other cities consider this stock a wise and conservative investment It also shows the pulling power of the ad- vertising inserted in the local papers.
 Every section of Greater Birmingham is represented by stockholders in our company" MT. Meyer continued. Tn ad- dition to the city proper, we have placed stock in Fairfield, Ensley, Pratt City. Wylam, Tarrant City. Central Park, In glenook, Graymont, Woodlawn. West End, East Lake, Avondale, Edgewood' North Birmingham and Bessemer.
 Among the Alabama towns represented in the list of stockholders are Lathrop' Holt, Muscadine, West Blocton, Luverne, Coal Valley, Trussville, University Palos, Sayreton, Dunnavant. Akron Springville, Chicasaw, Boothton. Tusca- lloosa and several other cities and towns. we have been especially gratified at the manner in which this stock has been distributed. People in Birmingham ana Jefferson county in every walk of life are now among our stockholders. Every pro fession and practically every line or business and labor are represented. And yet the stock has appealed equally as strongly to men of large affairs. We had an investment this week of several thou sand dollars for an estate. The executor of that estate is one of the best known and most conservative business men m Birmingham. Many corporation neaos have also joined the ranks Of the ln- vAstnrs in these stocks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17

was kept busy caring for the injured. The fire department then under the direction of Chief Mullin. and the po- lice department, under Chief Austin, augmented with numbers of volunteers, soon brought order out of the chaos. A cottage was procured to take care of many of the injured. and Mayor Dfennen, working with his secretaries. had charge of it.
 Among those who lost their lives in the storm were the wife and family of Robert S Lowe, then chairman of the state democratic executive committee, and Dr. G. c. Chapman, then a prom inent hysician. who had drawn up in front of store for shelter when the building was blown over him, buryinS him in the flying debris.
 The spring of 1901 was featured by stormy weather over the entire coun- try, floods and tornadoes causing de- struction of property and loss of life all over the eastern and southern sec tions. Birmingham was struck by an- other cyclone later in the spring. tele- phone and telegraph connections being torn down, with considerable property loss. Wrecks caused by washouts were frequent throughout the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
Negro Claims White Men Compelled Him to Kill Boy
 And Confederate Veteran

forced to commit the crime by two white men. The negro is charged with killing J. l.. BourEeouis. the 73-year-old Confederate veteran, and Lacey Murphrec. his 15-year- old companion
 When the court asked the man if he was guilty or not guilty, he replied; q am guilt, judge, but I ask for the mercy of the court. I wouldn't have ever committed such a crime, but two white men stood behind me with guns and mnde me do it. They told me 1t was my life or those of the man and boy. After I had shot the old man, I wanted to go, but they made me stay and shoot the boy as he ran off"
 The man stated he did not know the two men and that he had never been in the woods in that section before. He said he met the white men near the scene of the killing, and they told him they had a ~job" for him, and, when MT. BourgeOuis and the boy came along, they made him shoot them.
 Whiteside is said to have made a complete confession to the double murder. Court officials are of the opinion the story told by the negro yesterday was fabrica- ton.
 1t wns at first thought that the crime might have been committed by moonshiners on whose still the couple might have stumbled, and this theory was worked upon until the negro was captured and con- fessed. M
 A formal plea of not guilty to both indictments was entered by the attorney for the negro, and his cases were formally set for April 25 by the court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
BAPTIST VISITING DAY

All the Baptist churches in the Birf mir gham district will observe "Visi- tors Day" between the hours of ana 5 o'clock this afternoon when mem bers of the various churches will visit all the homes in the city.
 Every house will be visited regard- less of what churches or denomina- tions the members belong to. This an- nouncement was made by F. H. Far rington, chairman of the steering committee of the Baptist city-wide revival, which will begin on April 24.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
Fans Are Still Hopeful

Huntsville. April 6.--(Special. )-Base- ball fans here who have been trying to organize a stock company to finance a team in the proposed minor league of neighboring towns. have not given up hope of success yet but are having a hard time getting up the necessary money. Subscriptions are still being taken and the question will be decided ono way or the other early next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the office of the probate judge:
 l.. K. Adams and Miss Gertrude Byrne.
 J. M. verneville and Miss Mae Mast. Frank Melazzo and Miss Emma Perolio.
 L. s. Glover and Miss Birtie Mae Dyans.
 Rexo Burnett and Miss Queenie Hat field.
 J. B. Broadnax and Miss Haden Callahan.
 A. B. Lawrence and Miss Esther Screws.
 Whitfield Palmer and Miss Cleo Caldwell.
 W. l. Newborn and Mss Lareta Thompson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-17

John Whiteside, negro, spranE surprise yesterday morning when nrraigned in the criminal division of the circuit court before Judge William E. Fort when he stated he was guilty of murder, but was
New-York tribune., 1921-11-14
Bedtime Stories
Blacky Makes More Discoveries
By Thornton w. Burgess
Little things yoas fail to see
May important prove to be.
--Blacky the Grow.

One of the secrets Of Blacky's sue
cess in life is the fact that he never
fails to take note of little things.
Long ago he learned that little
things, which in themselves seem
harmless and not worth noticing,
may together prove the most impor-
tant things in life. So no matter how
unimportant thing may be, Blacky
examines it closely with those sharp
eyes of his and remembers it.
The very first thing Blacky did as
soon as he was awake the morning
after he discovered the man scat
tain place on the edge Of the Big
River was to fly over to the pond
of Paddy the Beaver and again warn
Mr.. and Mrs. Quack to keep away
from the Big River if they and their
six schildren would remain safe.
Then he got some breakfast. He ate
it in a hurry and flew straight over
to the Big River to the place where
he had seen that yellow corn scat
tered.
Blacky wasn't wholly surprised to
cousin to Mr.. and Mrs. Quack the
relatives in among the rushes and
that corn had been scattered. They
seemed quite contented and in the
best of spirits. Blacky guessed why.
Not single grain of that yellow
corn could Blacky see. He knew the
ways Of Dusky and his relatives.
He knew that they must have come
in there just at dusk the night be-
fore and at once found that corn.
He knew that they would remain
hiding there until frightened out,
and that then they would spend the
day in some little pond, where they
would not be likely to be disturbed,
or where at least no danger could
approach them without being seen in
plenty of time. There they would
rest all day and when the Black
Shadows came creeping out from the
Purple Hills they would return to
that place on the Big River to feed
for that is the time when they like
best to hunt for their food.
Dusky looked up as Blacky flew
over him, hut Blacky said nothing and
Dusky said nothing. But if Blacky
didn't use his tongue he did use his
eyes. He saw just. on the edge of
the shore what looked like lot of
small bushes growing close together
on the very edge of the water.
Mixed in with them were a lot of the
New-York tribune., 1921-11-14

than through the sre-introduction of
the piece-work system
The only comment of President
SchiesingerA of the union to the manu-
'facturers' charges was:
sThis is q strike for the upholding
of agreements between labor, and en-
ployers. That is the main purpose "
the. strike. The agreement, MADE two
and a half years ago, was violated. The
supplemental agreement ending No
vember I was violated. This strike
will be to enforce those agreements
and we will do everything we can to
hold out to the end, whatever priva-
tions we may have to so through while
the shops are closed.
"The strike will be called Mt 10
o'clock tomorrow morning, and before
it is over the public will be able to
judge whether the employers are right
or the union is right"
Abandoned in 1919
The piece-work system to which the
manufacturers wish to return was
abandoned in 1919, when new three
wear agreement was made with the
unions. In this agreement all of the
women's garment shops were put upon
a weekly wage basis. In addition to
returning to. piece work, the manu-
facturers. propose to lengthen the
working Tours to forty-nine week, an
increase of five hours over the present
week. The wages of cutters and pres
scrs. the manufacturers said, would
not be changed now.
A committee appointed to discuss
settlements with employers was pres
ent at Beethoven Hall early last even
ing, prepared to discuss terms with
those manufacturers who are not mem
bers of the protective association. If
these manufacturers agree not to at
tempt to introduce piece work into
their shops and to continue the present
system and scale of wages, they will
be permitted to resume operations
early in the week. There are about
900 shops that are expected to ac-
quiesce.
1t has been forecast that the strike
may last six months. The union has
big benefit fund and, with the as
sistance + other unions, expect to
have $4,000 available to carry on
its fight.
No comment on the letter of Henry D.
Sayer, State Industrial Commissioner,
offering to confer with the manufac-
turers in the hope of keeping the fac
tories going, was Forthcoming at the
manufacturers suite in the Hotel Ma
jestic last night. AS Mr.. Lustig, to
whom the letter was addressed, had
been in Washington, the only knowl-
edge of the latter the association had
was that cleaned from the newspapers.
An answer would be given out later it
was said.