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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
PUBLIC DANCING
 IS IN STATUE. QUO
Ordinance to Prohibit Has Not Been Prepared-Har-
 rison Defends Position

Preparations for the election to permit the people of Birmingham to decide whether Pershing pier, the municipal dancing pavilion shall be opened were progressing, according to information learned at the city hall yesterday afternoon.
 Ordinances to close all public dance halls have not yet been prepared nor have plans been made by Commis- sioner W. F. Dickson to have them drafted despite the fact that he stated he would do so at the meeting of the commission Tuesday.
 The matter of dancing is not the only thing involved in this issue. de- clared Commissioner W. l.. Harrison of parks and playgrounds, and one is to decide whether East Lake will be operated as recreation or amuse- ment park. Tt cannot be operated as an amusement park without proper amusements as we have planned, ex- cept at big loss." said MT. Harrison. There is approximately 50.000 worth of amusement equipment at East Lake park, and this will repre- sent big loss if the park is con verted into a recreation center in- stead of an amusement park and the convertion of the park will cost a considerable sum of money.
 If operated this year without dancing. as>it was last year, then there will in all probability be an- other big deficit this year. The park lost approximately s14,000 and one of the biggest questions involved Is the decision of whether or not the park will be converted into a recreation center"
 Commissioner Cloe, when asked about dancing at East Lake, said: ''I am working on the business end of the administration and not the pleas ure end. I feel that our time should be given to more important things until We at least get things running smoothly Of course. we have got to be broad minded and give everybody due consideration, but at present my whole thought and desire is for eff ciency and economy. To this end. ] shall lend my every effort. and when this has been attained I am ready then to give a little more time to the pleasure end of the game"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
ASK AUTO OWNERS
 ID AID CAMPAIGN
Birmingham Automobile Club Seeks Cooperation in
 Good Roads Issue

Automobile owners of Birmingham and Jefferson county will be asked to donate s1.00 toward county $5.000 fund to aid the good roads bond amendment at the forthcoming election, according to announcement of Charles G. Davis, president of the Birmingh Automobile club, chair man of the finance committed.
 Being thoroughly cognizant of the fact that there was, and still is. considerable opposition to the good roads bond amendment to be voted on January 30, the Alabame state highway commission deemed 1t quite essential that the localities where this opposition existed should be educated as to how this bond issue is to be made, and that the automo- bile tax solely. would not only pay the interest. but provide sinking fund" says Charles G. Davis.
 A campaign fund is necessarily re- quired for the maintenance of an office force, literature. postage and public speakers at doubtful points.
 Each county has been named their quota toward this fund, based upon the number of automobile registra- tions therein. Jefferson county has been asked for sS,0oo.
 Numerous dollar subscriRsso7s to the fund have been received soma coming from persons interssssa in the movement who do not own auto mobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
F. C. DUNN DIES IN CHATTANOOGA.
 BURIAL TODAY

News was received in the city yes terday of the death of F. C. Dunn, well known engineer and contractor, who died in his home on Signal noun tain, near Chattanooga, Tenn, Tues day afternoon. Mir. Dunn was one of the pioneer construction men of Birmingham.
 Mir. Dunn came to Birmingham in 1885 to assist in the construction or the Georgia Pacific railroad, which was later merged with the Southern.
 Funeral services will be held in Chattanooga today. MT. and Mrs. Evans Dunn and their sons, W. R. J. and Evans Dunn, Jr., left the city yesterday afternoon to attend the services.
 The local relatives of the deceased are MT. and Mrs Evans Dunn, their sons. w. R. J. and Evans Dunn, Jr.. and MT. and Mrs. Mortimer M. Bald win. Mir. Dunn was born in Amelia county, Virginia, and came from one of the representative families of that state. At various times in his career as engineer Mir. Dunn. aided in the construction of railways in many foreign countries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
SERVICE MEN ID
 GIVE ES.H. HURLEY
 4 B|G FUNERAL
Man Who Died on Streets When Refused Admittance at HiIIman Hospital to Be
 Buried With Honors

Service men of all wars and cam paigns are preparing to join hands Sunday in what is being planned as the largest, and most impressive military funeral ever witnessed in Birmingham for s. H. Hurley, who died Monday afternoon on the streets after he had been refused admission to the Hillman hospital for lack of room.
 Newest developments in the ex- tensiye preparations being made are: Spanish American war veterans are preparing to turn out in body, att tending the funeral before their in- stallation of officers Sunday after noon; action by the Veterans of For eign Wars to assure a full attendance of the local post; call by Colonel Bare to all Rainbow men to join, and plans by the American Legion to interest not only all the members of that or ganization, but all service men, whether members of the legion or not.
 Arthur Greenwood, chairman of the legion funeral committee. and W. H. Hendrix, publisher of the Alabama Veteran, are actively in charge of the arrangements. In broad summons issued Wednesday night. they call upon all men who have worn the uni form to participate in the exercises. The service will be held at 2.30 Sum day afternoon at Johns chapel. Dr. Bryan will conduct the service. Fol lowing the brief chapel services, 1t is planned to march in military fash ion to Elmwood, where the body will be placed in a lot owned by the Vet erans of Foreign Wars.
 Possibility of having a number Of Civil war veterans in attendance Is being discussed by the committee. In- vitations to the Confederate and Grand Army veterans have been is- sued
 Arthur Greenwood issued a state ment Wednesday night to the public in which he said that those kindly disposed citizens who might wish to send flowers to this funeral are re- quested to send food to the legion chow house instead" He declared that the comrades of the dead sol- dier will see that he is properly cared for, but that 1t Is the problem of caring for the increasing number of living that the public can help us to solve"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
TUTWlLER DANCES
 ALREADY STOPPED;
 ASSISTANT MANAGER

The public dances at the Tutwiler hotel were stopped before the agita- ton against public dancing was be- gun by the city commission. accord Ing 60 a statement made last night by M. J. Savory, assistant manager. MT. Savory stated that the last pub lie dance, or scrip" dance held in the Tutwiler ballroom was on Thanksgiving Day.
 Private dances have been held at the Tutwiler since Thanksgiving, stated MT. Savory. This sometimes confuses people when they think that these dances are public and that you can gain admittance by paying a stip- ulated amount. This is alphabetically wrong. Not single public dance has been held at the Tutwiler since Thanksgiving.
 Double vigilance is observed by hotel officials against whisky IT any bell boy, porter or waiter is seen with whisky in his, possession ne is prosecuted by the management Of tho hotel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
FORMAL RECEPTION
 GIVEN NEW PASTOR
Large Crowd Assemblies to Welcome Father Kerrigan
 to St. PauIS

Parishioners of St. Pauls Catholic church packed the Knights of Colum- bus hall last night when a reception was given to Father ". A. Kerrigan, formerly of Mobile, who is the church's new pastor.
 John Andrews presided. The hall was crowded to its capacity. every seat being taken long before the speaking began, and before the con cusion of the reception many persons were standing.
 Mrs. Leonard T. Beecher delivered the address of welcome on behalf O. the women of St. Pauls. There were solos by Miss Margaret Antwine and Miss Katherine Colgan. Father O'Kelly delivered the address on be- half of the clergy. The principal ad- dress of welcome, introducing Father lIerrigan, was delivered by T. A. Me- Cough.
 One of the features of the evening was short address by Rev J. A. Bryan, pastor of the Third Presby- .tcran church. pr. Bryan was intro duced by the presiding officers as the most beloved Protestant minister in Birmingham.
 Father Kerrigan's address was eio- duently delivered. and he told his parishioners that he would at all times be ready and willing to help them when he could, and urged that they give him the cooperation which he felt sure they would give. At the conclusion he was greeted with pro- longed applause. Parishioners and friends then went forward to extend their personal greetings and welcome to the new pastor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
Fly DOLLY DALRYMPLn

"Flowers for the living rather than memorials of stone and mortar for tho dead is the keynote of the Wood row Wilson Foundation fund" said Mrs. Charles E. simonson yesterday just after she arrived in Birming ham, her bright, eager. brown eyes and radiant countenance emphasiz- ing the sincerity of her remark.
 Clad fin a neat fitting "taiieur'' gown of dark-hued serge. a becom- ing bonnet in the shades of henna covering her soft, black, wavy hair Mrs. Simonson, a New Yorker born and bred, yet with the love of de- mocracy deep in her heart, and her enthusiasm and loyalty to ex-Presi- dent Woodrow Wilson pre-eminent in her makeup. chatted for a half hour with me about the wonderful plans and ideas which are stored up ment to honor "the greatest wounded soldier in the world-Woodrow Will son.
 "The birth of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation fund is simply told In a few words" Mrs. slmonson said. en- thusiastically When the President retired from his eight years of ardu- ous labor little group of his friends including Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany O New York and myself, began tc search about in our minds for some sort of tribute we could make to thii great and beloved man. The ciimas came when Mir. Wilson received tho Nobel prize. in December, 1920. Ther his friends, in a. called meeting which included the names of 25 prom inent women, and which was held al the Biltmore hotel when John Drink water, the English playwright, was present, mapped out a solid founda- ton. On that occasion MT. Drink water said of MT. Wilson: In honor ing MT. Wilson we are honoring our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
MAGAZINE PUBLISHES HUMOROUS ARTICLES
 WRITTEN BY VANCE

Henry c. Vance. sports and feature writer for The Age-Herald. is writ ing series of humorous sport stories of a fictional type for Peoples maga- zine. a Street and Smith publication of New York.
 The first of this series appears in the current number of Peoples. now on the newsstands. It Is a boxing yarn. entitled: Gloves Labor Lost" The second of the series Is adver- tised to appear in the second Jan uary issue of the publication, out January 25. It also is a story of the prize ring labeled: Below the Belt"
 The two other stories of the series have been submitted and accepted. One of these Is still another story of the squared arena. Bold and Bot tle-Scarred," and the other is a golf yarn, bearing the title "The Smite That Sailed" They are to appear in early issues of Peoples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
Fz0lUerS for the LlUlr1g
 Is Mrs. Sin1onson's s Plea Tribute to Woodrow Wilson During His Lifetime In stead of Memorial When He Is Dead Will Re
 suit From Foundation Fund

selves and stealing march on his- tory
 Any idea of any sort of personal gift to MT. Wilson, in recognition of his tremendous service to the world, was eliminated, and we decided tha- America should have Nobel prize of It's own and, so the Woodrow Wilson Foundation fund became 8 reality-perpetuatin the policy that Mir. Wilson has endeavored to incui- cate in the minds of people. and ta do it during his lifetime rather than after he is dead.
 The object of the creation of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation fund is the recognition of the national and international services of Woodrow Wilson, ex-President of the United States of America. who furthereu the cause of human freedom, and was ia- strumental in pointing out effective methods for the cooperation of the liberal forces of maplSind throughout the world.
 "A million dollars is our Roal--or more. maybe-this amount to be en- trusted to a committee of 15, the first four of whom already have been se- lected-Franklin D. Roosevelt. Cleve- land H. Dodge, William Allen White and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. The jury of award will make its decisions from time to time by q nationally constituted committee to the indi- vidual or group that has rendered within a specific period meritorious service to democracy, public welfare, liberal thought or peace through jus tiee In brief, America is to have her own Nobel prize.
 "Isyerything is indicative of sue cess for the movement. Out in the middle west the enthusiasm Is splen did. while in the far west 1t is tre- mendous. Even in New York many of the most partisan republicans who opposed Wilson have come over to his side and are deeply interested in the Woodrow Wilson Foundation fund.
 MT. Wilson has come Into his own at last, and nothing has proven how absolutely right his opinions have been as much as the recent develop ments in the conference at Washing ton--this I say personally and with confidence. Our work is a tribute to one of the greatest men that Amer fen has ever honored: and our plan for its furtherance Is not drive for funds, but free-will offering, knowing as we do that MT. Wilson would prefer numbers of small testi monials rather than a few large ones. for his voice and work were for the voiceless masses rather than the classes. Right royalty has Maximil- = Han Harden said of him. Only one | conqueror's work will endure-Wood- row Wilson's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
---6------------ JOE SHIRLEY TAXES LIFE AT HOME OF TWIN BROTHER HERE

After writing a note to his twin brother to meet him in the next world. Joe Shirley, A. committed suicide some time Tuesday night by drinking poison at the home of his trother. J. P Shirley. 510 Cotton ave- nue. Birmingham.
 After 6-year-old boy had slept all night with the body. 1t was dis covered early yesterday morning. The poison is supposed to have been taken shortly before the man retired and after he had written a death note. He had recently come to his brother.s home from Athens, Ga, where he had been temporarily em- rloyed. Coroner J. D. Russum was
 called to investigate the case and later gave verdict of suicide. The funeral will be held Thurs day from the brothers residence. 510
 Cotton avenue. with Lige. Loy in charge. Interment will be in Forest l Hill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
TRAFFIC OFFICERS
 DON NEW UNIFORMS

Seventeen Birmingham traffic of ficers yesterday appeared at their posts at the intersections of the varl- ous streets and avenues wearing handsome new uniforms and over coats.
 Birmingham took on the aspect O. New York or some other big eastern city, the uniforms and overcoats be- ing the metropolitan police regula- ton. The overcoats are long and like the uniforms are dark blue with the traffic emblem on the left sleeve.
 Commissioner W. B. Cloe of public safety stated yesterday afternoon he was proud of the showing made by the men yesterday and that many people had called-him and congratu- lated him on their appearance.
 All the men in uniforms gave the city a metropolitan air, declared the commissioner of public safety who said they handle the traffic in the same splendid. manner in which it f. handled in all the large cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
REALTORS ID ELECT AT ANNUAL MEETING
President Jerome Tucker Promises to Call "a Spade
 a Spade" Tonight

The annual presidents address in which Jerome Tucker promises to call "a spade spade' will be the feature this evening of the annual banquet and meeting of the Birmingham Real Estate Board.
 Election of officers will take place. The nomination committee has sub mitted the following list;
 President, Jerome Tucker; first vice president. Frank B. Clark: second vice president, Harold M. Henderson; sec retary, Ed $. Allen; treasurer, A. B. Tanner; appraisal committee, H. A. Moseley J. winston Hale and Fuller L. Kendrick to succeed S. E. Garrett. A. A. Gambill and s. Bethea, whose terms have expired; board of di- rectors. Robert Jemison, Jr., Courte- nay $. Henley and II. S. Meade (Ens- ley board) to succeed T. H. Motion, II. A. Moseley and A. C. Montgomery, whose terms have expired.
 The entire slate is expected to be elected. Tucker will succeed himself, an event unprecedented in recent real estate annals.
 In addition to the Birmingham and Ensley board members, visitors are expected from Mobile, Montgomery. Anniston and Sheffield.
 The banquet is arranged to start at o'clock in the evening at the Tut Wfler ballroom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
'. M. H. A. BUILDING
 GETS ENDORSEMENT
Y. M. c. A. Directors Approve Plan-Campaign Next Week
 Promises to Be a Success

Not only the various civic clubs and leading non-Jewish citizens are giv- ing their hearty indorsement to the campaign for s5O.0o0 to be raised among non-Jews for the completion of the Young Mems Hebrew associa- tion building. but the board of di- rectors of the Young Mems Chris tian association in regular meeting also went on record in support of the drive.
 More volunteers reported during Wednesday and offered their services in the whirlwlnd drive which will be put on next Monday and Tuesday by 35 teams under the direction of the general committee of which Dr. Henry NJ. Edmonds is chairman, with W. J. Adams, secretary, and Oscar Wells. treasurer.
 T do not look upon this campaign merely as matter of helping the Jewish citizens of Birmingham in one of their enterprises" said c. N. Wiley, one of the team captains Wednesday night. 'It is something every citizen should be interested in as civic proposition. Need Such Building "A city of the size of Birmingham must have Y. M IT. A building and there is no reason why the drive should not succeed, especially in view of the fact that the Jewish commu- nity has already subscribed 65,000 toward it."
 F. Y. Whitman, another team cap tain. in a statement said: My view of this campaign is that is is our duty to render our Jewish friends every as- sistance possible. They have always done more than their duty in every call"
 Jews Helped T know absolutely that nothing has been done in this city by way oi promoting any civic or charitable en-
 terprise in which Jewish citizens have rot participated with whole heart said Luther l.. Doty. If any ono ha. a good reason for not supporting thi. l campaign to raise s50.000 to complet,
 the Y. NJ H. A. building, have no
 heard of it."
 Thornton Estes, who also has or ganized team for the drive, declares
 that every member of the team is en thusiastic for the campaign and h
 is confident that the s5o,60o will hay,
 been raised at the end of the tw' ldays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
FULL ATTENDANCE
 URGEDBY SPEAKER
Frank Sheppard Tells the RotarianS They Should Not
 Miss LuncheonS

Importance of attendance at the regular weekly luncheons was stressed by Frank Sheppard at the meeting of the Rotary club yesterday afternoon in the ballroom of the Southern club.
 Unless members attend the meet ings regularly then they do not get what they should out of Rotary, he declared. nor do they put into 1t what they should. and like everything else in life a person gets just what he puts into Q thing. If every Rotarian in Birmingham will realize the im- portance of attendance then the local club will lead all others in the eighth Rotary district. John Turner, district governor, is most anxious to have the eighth district lead in the interna- tional attendance contest, he stated, and appealed to all Rotarians to att tend the luncheons and assist in mak- ing Birmingham record 100 per cent.
 Dr. Henry M. Edmonds, pastor of the Independent Presbyterian church, who Is chairman for the drive to raise funds for the erection of a Young Mems Hebrew association building, made brief talk explaining the im- portance of this work and urging all members to assist the committee in charge and work Monday and Tues day in an effort to have the necessary funds subscribed.
 Horace Hammond was introduced as a new member by Morris w. Bush in brief and interesting talk
 oscar Wells introduced five mem bers of the club who have not missed a meeting in several months. They are Sax Crawford, Luther l.. Doty, Angus M Taylor, Dr. Percy woodall and Frank Sheppard.
 W. F. Smith, superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, won the attendance prize. which was a sack of flour donated by Chap Hodges. Several songs were led by F.. P. Lee and were greatly enjoyed by those attending.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
SINGING CONVENTION
 TO BE HELD SUNDAY

The Jefferson County Christian Harmony Musical association will meet Sunday at 9;so a. m. in Judge Greene's courtroom at the county courthouse in It's first quarterly ses- sion of the year.
 In the program of the day differ ent counties will be represented at the singing convention. Dinner will be served at noon, and in the after noon items of special business Will be attended to, according to A. A. Vines. president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-12
Old French Days WiN Be
 Told About This Afternoon

It will be to scenes of 300 years ago that the members of the Drama league will be whisked away this aft ernoon when they will hear a lecture from Dr. John c. Dawson. president of Howard college.
 He will discuss, for the delight of his audience, the days of Moliere. tho founder of modern comedy. and will trace tho evolution of Frepch drama from its beginning in the middle ages and will tell of the mutual influence upon each other of English and French drama in turn. Lively inci- dents are expected to enIiyen the dis course.