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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
JUST ONE WEEK LEFT
 FOR FILING FEDERAL
 INCOME TAX RETURNS

Only seven more days in which to pay income tax, and large crowds are thronging the corridors and offices of the tax collector at the federal build ing.
 return of net income must be filed by every citizen of the United States, whether residing at home or abroad, and every person residing in the United States, though not a citizen, whose net income for the taxable year 1920 amounted to s1,OOO, if single, pr, if married. and not living with wife or husband; and s3,OO0 if married and liv- ing with wife or husband. Even though the amount of net income is not suffi- cient to incur tax liability, report must be filed.
 Single persons who are the head Of the family are allowed an income of s2.00O and $2o0 additional for eacn person under IS years of age as inca pablo of self-support because mentally or physically defective, who are receiv- ing their chief support from the head of the family
 Income taxes may be paid in four in stallments as follows: The first install ment to be paid at the time of filing return, the second to be paid June Is, the third installment on September 1J and the final payment on Decem- Der 15.
 penalty of per cent of the tax due. but unpaid, plus interest at the rate of 1 per cent per month during the pe- riod in which 1t remains unpaid, has been fixed for failing to pay tax when due or understatement of tax through negligence.
 A number of deputies are at work at the federal building and will assist persons in making out their returns. All those who have nos secured blanks may get them al the office of John D. McNeel, collector of internal revenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
BOARD CONSIDERS
 DEPUTIES INCOMES
Circuit Court Judges to Con- fer on the Pay Roll In
 Sheriff'S Office

Judges of the circuit court of Jeffer-' son county and members of the board of revenue held a conference yesterday aft sheriffs department.
 Fixing of salaries for members of this department were recently held up by the board for the purpose of awaiting an investigation, as many requests for increases had been made.
 According to members of the board os revenue, the supreme court. in a recent decision handed down on the authority of the board to furnish automobiles for county employees, held that each depart ment must keep the expense of opera ton within the income of the office. Any money paid out by the treasurer in ex- cess of the amount of income would be done at his peril, they stated
 It was pointed out that the sheriff 5 office had deficit of sS0,O0O during the present administration, but that much of the costs of this office had not been col lected. On the other hand, it was statel that the office had been changed from the fee system to the salary system at that as yet many fees for former sheriffs are being colleced now. as costs are never paid until the case is finally set- tied. Some money earned by this office has not been collected and it may be several years before this is done, it was stated, and the judges were called into conference as they have the authority to appoint the bailiffs as they see fit and deem necessary.
 Efforts are being made by the mem bers of the board to have each depart ment operated within it's income It is expected that some definite action will be taken on the salary question of the deputies at the meeting Tuesday morn inp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
ENDS
 ITS INVESTIGATION
Members Return to Montgom- cry Where Report Will Be
 Made to Governor KiIby

William T. Sheehan, John w. Durr and Richard Hobbie. strike investi- gation committee of the governor, re- turned to Montgomery yesterday morn ing after spending busy week re- ceiving written data from both sides, hearing oral statements and express sion of views from labor leaders, operators and citizens at large and themselves personally visiting union non-union and open shop mines ana familiarzing themselves with condi- tions at first hand
 Governor Kilby is spending Sunday at his Anniston home and is not ex- pected in Montgomery until Monday. Indications point to an early report by the committee and equally early deci- sion by the governor. His verdict is under written pledge of acceptance by each side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
FINDS RING LOST1N
 POOL LAST SUMMER

F. M. Wallace, 2139 Sixteenth avenue, south is still pinching himself to see if he isn't dreaming. Mir. Wallace took a plunge in the bathing pool at Edgewood last August and after the swim he missed fraternity jewel ring he had earned at college.
 He prized the ring so highly that he abandoned the idea of getting out of the water and diyed around in the pool for hours, looking for the gem. Like the treasures buried by Cap'n Kidd, how ever, the ring seemed lost forever
 The other day workmen engaged in putting stone and cement bottom in the pool, noticed something glistening in the sun and picked it up. It was frater- nifty ring. and the find was turned over to Hugh Hill, manager of the Bark
 MT. Hill, remembering Wallaces anx- iety over his loss last summer, imrne- diately got in touch with the city direc- tory. located Wallace's residence, called him up and the surprised man identified the ring. A few minutes later he hustled into headquarters of Hillco Amusements at 3O9 Lyric building and claimed the lOne-lost ring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
OVER A HUNDRED WANT
 POSTOFFICE JOBS

All records in the number of applicants for civil service examinations were broken yesterday when TO men applied at the local postoffice to take the test for clerks and carriers
 There being no place available large enough to accommodate the crowd, the examination will be repeated tomorrow. One-half of the number were allowed to take it yesterday at the Young Mem s Christian association and the others will take it tomorrow at the same time.
 This is the largest class in the hs- tory of this office to take the civil serv- ice examination said Postmaster R. E. Smyer. and no women were allowed, as this is for clerks and carriers at the Birmingham office. This certainly is a change from the period during the war. as then we were begging men to take the examination
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
THEATRE MAGNATE
 LOOKING FOR SITE
 IN BUSINESS AREA
Pantages of California Here With Staff and FavorabIy Impressed With Birming-
 ham Field for Vaudeville

Alexander Pantages, theatre mag nate, spent yesterday in Birmingham looking over number of sites for the location of vaudeville theatre, which he plans to erect in the city at an early date.
 Mir. Pantages came to Birmingham from Los Angeles, Cal, and registered at the Tutwiler hotel He was accom- his representives and also an engineer.
 After looking over q number of sites Mn. Pantages declared that he though Birmingham was a promising city 10: the location of ig-time vaudeville house and that he would have some next three weeks. He says he has in vested several hundred thousand dol- lars in some houses.
 T visited Birmingham about three years ago with the view of building my first southern theatre here" said Mir. Pantages, but somehow I could not get the proper location at the time and rather than build a small house in an unpopular section of the city I have waited until better op- pertunity presented itself.
 "The theatre which I propose to build in Birmingham will be one of the finest in the south and will be of the type of several other of my new houses. The vaudeville, too, will be of 8 better quality than ever before offered in Birmingham It will be big time vaudeville at popular prices, with seven acts, to De continuous, with pie lures showing between the vaudeville performances.p
 Several times during the past six or eight months it has been rumored over the city that MT. Pantages had purchased site here. These, Mir. Pant ages denied yesterday stating that he knew nothing of them and that as yet he had not signed a lease for any property in Birmingham.
 Those accompanying Mr Pantages are; Charles Hodkins, southern repre- sentive; Earl Edmonson, general repre- sentive; B. Marcus Priteca, architect, and Earl B. Newcomb, engineer. MT. Pantages and his staff of represen- tives left for New Orleans last night and will probably return to Birming- ham during the next three weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
PROTESTS CHARGES
 OF CRUEL KILLING
Dr.. Bowling Says Officers Quickly Dispatch Dogs and
 the Work Must Be Done

Tales of cruel treatment of unmuz- zIed dogs by members of the police and health departments detailed to the work of killing these animals are ex- aggerated and have no foundation of fact, according to Dr. J. D. Bowling, health officer.
 Ut seems that some persons are taking the law into their own hands in various sections of the city, ana killing dogs on their personal initia- tive" declared Dr. Bowling yesterday. Many reports of cruelty to the dogs shot have been circulated around the city. Some of these have come to us We have closely questioned the men detailed to this work. All have dis claimed any connection with the cases reported. At any rate, it does not seem reasonable that an officer will lay down a shotgun and beat a dog to death with a stick, as one rumor has it."
 Commenting on the statement de- claring the supply of muzzles was am pie, pr. Bowling said one more excuse for temporizing had been removed Lack of muzzles can no longer be Ised as weapon in the fight against tho city's action, he said
 We are trying to control an lnfec- tious disease among dogs" said Dr. Bowling. People take quarantine measures to control the spread of con- tagious or infectious disease ..mong humans as a matter of course, and make no such violent remonstrance against the placing of quarantines In effect. we are trying to check at it's source disease which is most horri- bIe in its effect when it reaches a hu- man being. Hydrophobia's ravages are more serious than the majority of in- fectious or contagious diseases"
 Men engaged in the work of killing stray, unmuzzled dogsD are slowed up considerably in their work by the in- novation of placing can for collect. ing the carcasses on the rear of the car. In this way, though. the health department is able to assign it's truck to other work. according to pr. Dow ling. The truck of the street depart ment is still assisting in the. work of picking up dogs As fast as the bod ies fill the garbage cans on the cars, the drivers go to the rendering plant. In this way, there is no collection of bodies on the streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
ALL PLEAD GUILTY

Several defendants pleaded guilty be- fore Judge w. I. Grubb in the United States district court yesterday and were given small fines. H. M. Goldstein en- tered a plea of guilty to violating the revenue act of 1918 in failing to fix to drugs and toilet articles revenue stamps, as required by -ay, and was fined S50.
 Stephen Donaldson pleaded guilty to wearing part of the army uniform and was fined SlO. Bob Williams and Cole man Williams pleaded guilty to manufac- turing liquor in violation of the national prohibition amendment and were fined s100 and sentenced to serve 90 days in the Walker county jail Sentence will begin on July 5.
 Robert DuncaH entered plea of guilty in two cases to Violating the postal laws and was fined $50 in each case. which he paid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
AUTOMOBILE ASSESSMENTS

sued by D. E. McLendon, county tax as- sessor, citing owners of automobiles to come in and assess their cars within the next 15 days
 If this isn't done, then information as- sessments will be made by the assessor and the owners required to pay the tax, which will probably be much larger than if they make the assessment themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
s------------7- CORONER'S REPORT

During the month of February D deaths were investigated in Jefferson according to the monthly report of Coroner J. R. Russum, which has just been completed. Of this number 2 were white and g negroes.
 The report recites that during this pe- riod there were four deaths as a result of automobile accidents, two deaths from accidents. and two suicides,
 Taken as a whole, there were 14 hom- icides, nine accidental deaths. two sui- cides and 30 natural deaths investigated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06

In two special trains the members of the distinguished party arrived in the city shortly after o'clock yesterday afternoon. Automobiles met them at the depots and they immediately began a tour over the manufacturing districts. Ensley, Fairfield. Westfield and North Birmingham were visited. On their re- turn they were shown over the down. town business district.
 At o'clock the members were enter tained at d dinner m the cafe of the Birmingham Civic Association on the top floor of the Jefferson County bank bullp- ing Commissioner J. K. Hornady pre- sided
 B. II. Hartsfed, president of the Civic Association, in short address well comed the members of the association.
 OFFICIAL WELCOME
 Commissioner Hornady officially well comed the visitors to the city, saying that his only regret in their coming was that they couldn't stay longer, so they could really see why Birmingham Was called the real "Pittsburg of the South."
 Rev. Frank Willis Barnett, representa- tive of The Age-Herald, was the next speaker. Dr. Barnett was introduced as a lawyer. a preacher and a newspaper man He spoke about Birmingham as he had first seen it when he was but child
 q know the surprise that many a northern man experiences when he visits the big industrial cities of the south, aud know that he is surprised to find the progress that the south, and especially Birmingham, has made during the very short time it has been city"
 Frank F. Glass followed with a short address in which he told of farming conditions and industries in other parts of the state.
 CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
 Rev. George R. Stuart, pastor of the First Methodist church, spoke for a short
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
NEW. AUCTION FIRM

Papers, of incorporation were filed in the office of the probate judge yesterday by the South Side Auction and Trading company, with an authorized capital stock of 5000. ss
 The new firm will auction real estate and personal property and buy and sell furniture and crockery' Officers ara Louis Silberman, president. William Vaughan, ST. vice president. and c. M. Gingolds secretary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
MALE CHORUS FORMING

Male singers of the city who wish to sing in Rossinis 'Stabat Mater.'' to be presented by the Birmingham Orches- tral society, are requested to get in touch with Fred E. Moore of the Cable Piano company at once. Rehearsals will begin Monday night.
 The Birmin gham Orchestral society has the full cooperation and support of the Music Study club, kindred musical or Y "a uiza tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
SPECIAL SERMONS

Dr. Wilson, one of the veteran minis ters of the city, will fill the pulpit at Parker Memorial Baptist church this morning at Il o'clock and this evening at 7:45 o'clock.
 The many friends of this church and of Dr. Wilson are invited to these serv- ices.
 Parker Memorial church is located near the Tidewater car line and Thirty-eighth street station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the office of the probate judge:
 Lester B. Burks and Mrs. Annie B. Layenby.
 Aaron Phillips and Miss Mona Stew art
 Noah Webster Banks and Mrs. Ella Key.
 Furley c. Parker and Miss Luda Choate. I. B. Batson and Miss Maggie Wright.
 H. c. Womack and Mrs. Martha liar ris,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
B'NAI BIRTH TO MEET

Birmingham lodge No. 36S, I. o. B. B., will have it's regular meeting today at 2;so D. m. in the vestry rooms of Tenn rle Emanu-El. Business of importance will be discussed and a full attendance is expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
IS CHOSEN VICE PRESIDENT OF
 WATERWORKS CO.
Organization to Spend a Half Million Dollars on Improve mentS Here This Year.
 New Pumps and Boilers

Harry H. Horner, superintendent of the Birmingham Waterworks com pany, has been elected vice president of the company. MT. Horner will continue to reside in Birmingham and will be in complete charge of the local operations of the company.
 Announcement to this effect was made yesterday by w. R. Vosrhis attorney for the company. the action having been taken following a meeting of the stock holders and directors of the organization.
 At the same time, announcement was made that the company is preparing to spend $5o0,0O0 in additions and improve ments to the local plant during the year 1921. These improvements will consist of the installation of two 10000, ,oOo-gallon pumps at the Cahaba station and two 800 horsepower boilers at the same place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
EXTENSIONS

In addition, the company will make ex- tensve extensions of water mains and install meters 60 meet the needs of Bir- mingham and to take care of the growth of the city which is expected in the fu- ture.
 When these improvements are com pleted, the daily capacity of the local plant will be 5300o,0O0 gallons, which is estimated to be enough for any demands which may be made within the next 10 years. The present daily consump- tion is 100000 gallons, but it is neces- sary to have much larger supply avail able to meet emergencies,
 The announcement of the promotion of Mir. Horner from superintendent to vice president of the company came as d pleasant surprise to his friends in Bir- mingham. MT. Horner has been in charge of the operation of the local plant for about nine years. coming to Birmingham in 1912, when he succeeded D. J. OConnell.l
 IS AN EXPERT
 MT. Horner Is rated as one of the most expert managers of waterworks proper ties in the country. He has met with unusual success during the years he has been in charge of the plant here. He came to Birmingham from the South Pittsburgh Water company of Pittsburg, Pa, and was for number of years in charge of the operation of the East St. Louis and Interurban Water company. He is an alumnus of the Uni versty of Missouri and since leaving coi- lege has been actively identified with waterworks plants in managerial ca pacty,
 1 During his residence in Birmingham, MT Horner has taken active part l in the social, civic and commercial af- fairs of the city and has won much praise for the manner in which he has operated the local waterworBs.
 "The election of MT. Horner as the vice. president of the company is a rec ognition of the splendid manner in which he has managed the Birmingham water works and for the exceptional efficiency with which he has operated the plant" said MT. Voorhis, attorney for the com pany.
 By his conduct of the affairs of the company here. he has won the confi- dence and esteem of the public and of- ficials and his election to the position of vice president will enable him to direct l the affairs of the company in more | efficient manner and to render greater service for the people of Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
A. B. & A. RAILROAD IS
 TIED UP M GENERAL
 WALKOUT YESTERDAY
Employees of Board Say They Are Acting Within Confines of Federal Law-WiI Preserve Strict Good Order. Strike Headquarters in This City-Men
 Quit at II O'Clock

walout of o'clock yesterday morning the hour the for that action in yesterday evening the effect
  agreeing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06

The strikers include members Of fourteen different organiz ltions, in- cluding conductors, engineers, firemen, toilermakers, electricians, clerks, dis patchers hostlers and so on down the line.
 "It is effective" said V. E. Whitaker, superintendent. eve have instructed ticket offices to cease selling tickets until 1t Is known that passenger trnins will operate, and our freight offices will not receive freight
 HEADQUARTERS
 N. H. Evans engineer in charge of the Birmingham end of the strike, has established headquarters at the Ex- change hotel, where he already had rooms occupied by him and other em- ployes while at this end of the line Mir Evans has been making the run into Birmingham ever since the road began operations and is well ac- quainted here.
 Mir. Evans said the strike was
 100 per cent effective, as far ms his information ran. .We held a meeting today and went over the situntion with one anOther,r he said yesterday afternoon. "The one certain thing is that we are going to carry ourselves in m orderly manner. They will find me the most effective policeman in Birmingham, so far ms correct Ing my of our crowd who might wish to step beyond the bounds of prOpriety is concerned.
 WITHIN THE LAW
 we are resting our case on the law of the land The Esch- -Cummins bill is not our law and we protested against it, but it is there and we are standing by the provisions of that law. We put up our case to the United States labor board in the accustomed manner and we are acting in accord ance with the statutes of the United States
 Before walking ~qt,, all trains were delivered mt nation, but none due to leave after II o'clock were manned and none of them moved. So far as transportation is concerned the Atlanta. Bir- mingham nnd Atlantic rnilroad ceased to function after trains on road prior to II o'clock had reached destination. The walkout was complete that the long distance telephone by noon was taking the place of the telegraph wires.
 MT. Evans will maintain headquar- ters at the Exchange hotel indefinitely. Superintendent Whitaker was mak- ing no predictions last night as to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
VISITING EDITORS ARE SHOWN THE INDUSTRIAL OF DISTRICT

Approximately fifty Editorial
  will be held this shown the industrial manufacturing side of mNesterd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06

Rev. George R. Stuart, pastor of the First Methodist church, spoke for short