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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
CITY COMMISSION HOLDS UP ACTION
 ON AUDITORIUM
Former Mayor Van Hoose Urges That Proffer Be Con- Sidered Later and Matter
 Is Passed Indefinitely

Friends of former Mayor J. A. Van Hoose are today complimenting him on the excellent filibuster staged be- fore the city commission yesterday morning, when by urging further con- sideration of the Smith park audi torium site offered as a gift by the Smith heirs, he obtained consent of the commission to pass the selection of an auditorium site until some fu- ture meeting.
 With the smith park site apparent ly doomed to defeat at the hands of the commissioners. as stated by avenue site would be chosen at the meeting, MT. Van Hoose undauntedly launched an address to the commis- sion, limiting that there were prob ably "other and greater things" to be offered the city in the way of sites ani urging the commission to leave no loophole for future criticism of it's action of selecting an auditorium site.
 Mir. Van Hoose said that the hand. AtAiH ol tai6 Sllt Dy lne previous commission was in large mission being swept out of office and warned the com mision that it would be best to defer action and go further into the details of the Smith park proposition.
 Commissioner Dickson stated that If Tn Mir, Van Hoose's opinion further time should be given to the consider atien of site that he was willing to take the proposition up at a future meeting and the commission passed action on the matter indefi- nitely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
BR0WER CL LUB FORMED
 BY ORGANIZED LABOR

A meeting of the 16 affiliated rail- road brotherhoods was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of organ izing a campaign committee to work for the election of Walter Brewer for state senator.
 About 25 representative men from different crafts represented in the
 aerhood were present and were enthusiastic in their efforts to elect MT. Brewer as he is considered the strongest man in the race.
 Mir. Brewers record as lawyer and friendship toward the working man meets with the approval of the 16 affiliated hrotherhoods. officers an- nounced after the meeting.
 Another meeting has been called to meet Monday night at the court house to perfect the organization and appoint membership committees, etc.. and to transact such other business that may come up for discussion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
FINGER PR|NTSD
 NOT CORRESPOND
Four Men Held in Connection With Double Murder
 Win Point

Finger prints of the four men. Curtiss Tribble. Clayton Barksdill, Bunty Lintz and Kimball Thomas, held in the county jail charged with the double murder of Mir. and Mrs. c. S. Crawford. on January 10 last, do not correspond with those found on the walls of the room in which the two people were murdered, ac- cording to M. D. McDuff, acting head of the police bureau of Identification, yesterday.
 Finger prints of the four men were made and submitted to Chief MeDuff yesterday morning, although after thorough examination of those of the alleged murderers on file, he declared they did not correspond.
 Tribble. Barksdill, Lintz and Thom- as were arrested and brought to the county jail by Deputies Wilson and Smith Monday. on warrants sworn out by J. T. Finn, brother of Mrs. Crawford, charging them with two cases of murder each. They deny their guilt. They are still being held ir the jail, pending preliminary trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28

Ing on May 21, Commissioner Batson made motion which was passed to adopt the Trussville road, MT. Bat son, who was presiding, declared that the matter was settled. unless some commissioners wished to re- open 1t.
 John A. Rogers. chairman of the commission. then moved to recon slider the route problem and dispose Of 1t at the next meeting in Mont gomery,
 'sMissing Link" Sought
 another question as to a route was raised in reference to St. Clair county roads. which the board also agreed to reconsider. A petition was submitted by Judge B. NJ. Allen of Birmingham, seeking the construc- ton of the missing link. in the Bankhead highway, extending from the Jefferson county line near Leeds through Cook Springs, Pell City and on to the Coosa river near Eason- vllle. Signers of the petition agreed 10 supplement- the names needed for an immediate survey of this link.
 No Barrier Says Allen
 Two barriers to the adoption of this route by the commission were raised One was that the bridge across the river is privately owned. Judge Allen replied that the bridge was for sale and could be purchased by the state. The other obstacle which was presented as obstructinR any immediate work on the Bank head Highway through St. Clair county is that north and south route through the county leading from Ashville toward Gadsden has already been adopted, as the first road to be constructed in the county.
 The commission voted to reconsider the St. Clair county road question on motion of A. c. Patterson. Com missioner Batson declared that the Bankhead Highway road should be built not only as a county seat to county seat link but because 1t forms part of national highway extending to Washington.
 Senator 0. T. Smith. member Of the commission, declared that the com mission had adopted the north ana south route on the recommendation of the Bankhead Highway should be In response to the statement of Judge Allen that the St. Clair county part of the Bankhead Highway shoule se built. Chairman Rogers declared lz.slt no preference Is given trunk ressds ever county or farmer" roads. Brown Urges Route
 Senator Watt Brown. Of Ragiand. spoke in favor Of road in St. Clair county leading from Oneonta, through Ashville. Pell City. Ragland, and on to Anniston. He was sec onded by I. M. Sims. of Ragland. The whole question of roads to be built first in St. Clair county as well as the route of the Gadsden road were taken under consideration by the commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
ADVERTISED GOODS
 MASTERED STORM
Feature of John Barretto's Ad- dress at Hardware Sales
 Meeting

Second days session of the annual sales meeting of the Moore and Handley Hardware company was at- tended by TO members of the local sales force. representatives of out side firms and invited guests.
 Talks were made by John M. Will Hams and Tillman Cavert of Fayettc R. Plumb, incorporated; R. V. Gard ner of Kentucky Oxygen Hydrogen company; H. w. Mills of Wooster Brush company; John Balz of Yale and Towne Manufacturing company, ard B. E. Strader. local representa- tive of the Peters Cartridge com pany.
 Today is westinghouse day." and talks will be made by Julian Bin ford, Jr., Samuel G. Hibben, E. P. Carpenter, Jean French. Thomas Fukler, O. O. Rae, H. A. Warner, F. s. Adkins, T. L. Bisseli and P. F. Davidson.
 Thursdays exercises include an address by J. D. Moore on Unity He will be followed by representa- tives of various manufacturers and local sales forces.
 Attendants at the convention are discussing with much interest the address of John J. Barreto of Cecil, Barreto and Cecil. Richmond adver- Using agency. MT. Barreto declared that those wholesalers and adver- tisers who continued to advertise during the period of depression are those who weathered the storm and find themselves in best shape now. He said in part:
 The process of elimination, the wrenching that business has been subjected to, is bound to leave ad- yertised merchandise that stood it worth more, and advertised merchan- disc, you may be sure. always wealth CTS the storm far better than the un- advertised"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28

oy law the commission cannot make change in the route of proposed road without giving 30 days notice and final decision on the Gadsden road will not be made until the next meeting of the commission in Montgomery on the fourth Mon day in July.
 Among the directors of the Y. M. c. A present to give force to the plea for the Sprlngville route were w. NJ Cosby, R S. Munger, Donald Conner. Alex c. Montgomery. Fohn ". Sibley. A. T. McWane. J. B. Moore and W. S. Stallings.
 In speaking for the Y. M. C. A., Mir. Johnston stated that the "Y" had recently purchased Camp Oliver and 200 acres of land on the Springville road. He pointed out the need of. a first class road connecting with the city and stated that picnic grounds have been provided at the camp, where churches and societies may have outings.
 Settled Two Years Ago
 When the question of route first came up two years ago, the state commission sought recommen- dation of the county board of reve- nue which favored the Chalkville road and this route was selected by the commission. By this action the board of revenue constructed two miles of road on the Trussyille route.
 Reconsider Route
 Later on May 21, 1921, 1t was pointed out the commissio recon sidered and adopted the Trussville route, but at the Mobile meeting few weeks ago the commission de- cided to meet In Birmingham to study the question along with other Jef- ferson county matters.
 In support of the route MT. Jackson declared that the Springville road is 16 miles shorter than the one by Trussville and that more people trav- eI over it. He declared that 1t did not have a single grade crossing in comparison with two on the Truss vile road. The Springville road will require 25 per cent less work. he added, because 1t Is already improved to Roebuck Springs.
 Dews Makes Objection
 Any contemplated change from the Trussville route was contested by Charles Dews. who declared that the commission had twice gone on record as favoring the Irondale- Trussville road and that it was only a waste of time to bring the matter up again. He contended that traffic is greater on that road and that it serves several mines and that ma terial for its construction may be ob- tained easier.
 Keller Explains W. s. Keilar, state highway engineer, explained that on April 1. 1921, the Springville route was se- lected and that at a subsequent meet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
COMMISSIONERS BURY PROSPECT OF
 DANCING AT PARK
Ghost of Pershing Pier Ap- pears Before City Commis- sion, But Meets Real
 Death in Last Role

iHe 0Host or 9efSnlnR Tier ap- peared before the city commission for brief moment yesterday morn ing and then faded into oblivion when, by a vote of three to two, members of the commission voted not to allow clubs, organizations and societies to hold dances at the East Lake hall
 Commissioner William L. Harrison presented to the commission signed requests from Ladies' auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railway Train men, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Garment workers union and other organizations asking for permission to use the park in the future for dancing.
 All commissioners made brief statements on their stand concern ing the dancing issue at East Lake.
 President McLendon declared that under previous ordinance properly conducted dances could be held by responsible organizations and he was in favor of granting the requests for use of the hall.
 Mrs. EchoIs Changes
 Mrs. Echols, who supported Com missioner Harrison, in his attempt to permit supervised dancing by the public at East Lake, surprised the meeting by announcing against the granting of the requests. Mrs. Eehols said that the people had ex- pressed themselves overwhelmingly against dancing at East Lake and that the will of the people was su- preme.
 Commissioner Dickson stated that 1t would take large sum of money to put the hall in shape for dancing and that he was opposed to spend ing tbe money and that he was of the same opinion as Mrs. Echols re- garding the peoples attitude in the matter.
 Commissioner Harrison stated he was willing to take shot that his East Lake budget would cover the expense of repairing Pershing Pier if the commission saw fit to allow the use of the hall by the organi- zations.
 CIoe Says Money Needed
 Commissioner Cloe said he was opposed to paying money to fit up dancing halls, when he was unable to pay his policemen and firemen a living wage to protect the lives of citizens here. He stated that in all his experience he had never seen properly supervised dancing hall and did not believe one could be cited
 Miles, of the Miles Dancing acade- my, interrupted Mir. Cloe and stated that he was running a strictly su- pervised and respectable dancing business.
 McLendOn Favors Request
 On the vote President McLendon and Commissioner Harrison voted to grant the requests of the organiza- tions and Commissioners Cloe, Dick son and Mrs. Echols opposed the measure.
 President McLendon stated after the meeting that he would instruct City Attorney Wynn to drawn up an ordinance repeating the present or dinance permitting dancing at Pershing pier under the. supervision of responsible clubs and organiza- Al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
SIMS APPOINTED SPECIAL U. s. ATTORNEY
 AT MUSCLE SHOALS

Announcement was made yesterday of the appointment of Robert M. Sims of Florence to the office of spe- cial assistant United States district attorney, to be in charge of the land titles and sales of the Muscle Shoals district.
 The appointment of Sims was made by the attorney general, Harry Daugherty Mir. Sims headquarters will be in Florence.
 The office will be operated under the direction of c. B. Kennamcr, United States district attorney, with headquarters here. MT. Sims was in Birmingham yesterday preparatory to the taking over of the Florence office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
RECEIVING STOLEN
 PROPERTY IS CHARGED

Carmelo Tagloolavan, merchant, BPS Twenty-fourth street, north, was ar rested by Detectives Isllcdge and Williamson late yesterday afternoon and charged with buying, receiving and concealing or aiding in conceal ing stolen property. Tagloolavan is alleged by officers to have purchased stolen articles from Eugene Bush. youthful burglar of Columbus, Miss, now being held by the officers on burglaries. aggregating | total of $1o.ooo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
MONTGOMERY HIGHWAY
Civic Association Committee to sn' vestigate Proposed Change
 of Route

A special committee was appoint ed yesterday at the weekly direc- tors meeting of the Civic Association to investigate the advisability of the rerouting of the Montgomery high way.
 The committee appointed u take the investigation up is, c. R. -.arsh, J. H. Doughty and Louis Pizitz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
CHANGE oFFICEs

Gordon Erickson, municipal music director, and Mrs. Myrtelle R. Shell, amusement inspector, are lodged in their new offices at city hall today.
 Yesterday afternoon Mir. Erickson communicated a crew of workmen and transferred his cffice and Mrs. Shells from room PIT to 204, next to President D. E. McLendon's re- ception room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
Commission Dallies With
 Jefferson Road Project
Highway Body Two Years Ago Selected Chalkvlle Road and After Constructing Two Miles Adopts Trussville Route-SpringviIle Matter to Be
 Considered Next Month

After hearing number of arguments in favor of the Sprngvile route the state highway commission sion yesterday at the Tutwer hotel voted unanimously reconsider its decision of few months ago construct the Birmngham-Gadsden road by way of Trussvlle Leading the fight for the Sprngve board of directors of the Y M c. A. represented by Atorney R D Johnston
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28

way of progress @ = .. .: < : :.' NIS is the gist of what ApsNsCM members of the
 YM~NN Alabama Highway E<N N ESa commission to Id EW N EWt the Kiwanis mem y1N WY bers at their regu- \|$Se.moNT lar lunhceon yes
 MAl,S terday at the
 Southern club.
 John Craft. state senator of Mo- bile was the first of the highway commissioners to address the Kiwan- ians. MT. Craft talked only a few minutes but in that time he drove through the one idea of the necessity of better highways for the state. and the elimination of politics in dealing with the highway problems.
 Road work and the highway sys- tenn should be divorced from politics" said MT Craft in the opening words of his talk. bad roads have done bama than any other one thing"
 Talks were made by Kiwanians who attended the Toronto interna- tionaI convention last week. G. H. Crane. secretary, read his report on the sessions held in Toronto, declar- ing that it was clearly brought out at the Toronto convention that Ki- wanis stood for quality in member ship and not quantity.
 A resolution was unanimously adopted requesting the secretary to send a telegram to the Atlanta Xii wanis club congratulating them on the securing of the 1923 International Kiwanis convention and offering the of the local organization in any way possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
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Events of Today
 Tn Birmingham,
Statement May 5th, 1922.
 RESOURCES
AMmUsEMENTs

AMMUSEMENTs Bijou-Loew's vaudeville and pie tmrea.
 Aicazar-~Gypsy Passion" Strand-|The Good Provider.o Galax-~Find the Woman" Trianon-~A Connecticut Yankee" West Lake Park--swfm ming, danc- ing, boating.
 Edsewo0d Park-Swimming, danc- fng, dinners.
 East Lake Pnrk--SwfmminE and emsmsements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
RuILnING R0nM

Heflin, June -(Speciai)-wfthin the past year about 10 dwelling houses have been erected here, the houses containing from four to eight rooms. Many have been overhauled during this time. This speaks well for the town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-28
BETTER HIGHWAYS
 ADVANCE STATE
Craft Tells KiWanians This Is First Step in Real
 Development

Better highways will be the means of Alabama going forward in every
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-30
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inc the best teams. There is ono team
that stands out. Princeton won the
Big Three championship by beating
Yale and Harvard. And Princeton
established its supremacy also by
heating Chicago one Of the best teams
in the Middle West. SO Princeton
probably will rank number one In
!~othall for 1922 and Bill Roper. the
coach. ard Mel Dickinson. the cap
:a.n, will go down in gridiron history
with tho greats.
Something should be said about
Cornell. a .cam that has gone through
another season undcfca.cd. And also
something should he said OF Eddie
kaw. of Cornell. That lai probably
is the best football player of the year.
Cornell didn't play as hard a schedule
rs other crca; clcvcns and therefore
!: loses an opportunity OF being de-
clnrrd the very best.
Next 10 baseball. boxing and foot
hall comes golf. n game fast growing
in tho hearts OF Americans. Youth
certainly :rumrhcd in golf In 1922.
Gene SaraArn won the national at the
ago Of 81. The experts said he played
.rclt golf. bnt that his victory was Il
luke. Eat il wasn't. He won out in
4 professional tournament and then
played worlds series with Walter
Hagen. who had won the British open.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-30
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GGL<~ an JCISZ<|

The best swimmer Of the year 10
John We!smuller. OF Chicago. lie
broke 10 records at distances OF from
GO 10 500 yards.
Rowing has a new champion In
Walter NJ. Hoover. He now holds tho
title Amateur Sculling Champion OF
the world. Hoover also won the
Diamond Sculls at the Henley regatta.
There Is another chapter to this
story-the girls and women. And II
has to do with the feats performed by
the youth Of the fair sex.
Glenna Collect. at 10. Is national
womans golf champion. She was
raised by athletic parents. She Is i've
feet eight inches tall and athletically
built. She is the greatest woman
driver in the world Better than Cecil
Leitch. the British wonder. She plnys
the most difficult courses in scores
from IS to 81.
Helen Wainwright, the greatest girl
swimmer CT the year. broke II records
in one season. And Aileen Riggin has
lost none OF her greatness. either.
Queer feature O: the woman's sport
world was the reversal Of form sui.
fered by Molla Mallory in her worlds
championship match with Suzanne
Lenglcn. Molla was outclassed.
1t was an unusual year with moro
than It's share Of sensational perform.
anccs and new champions.
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Sarazen won. He Is the best golfer
OF the year.
Jesse Sweetser is not yet 81 years
old. lie will be in April. But he is
the national amateur champion. Chick
Evans fought it out with Sweetser to
the finals and then was beaten.
Swcetser Is n student at Yale.
Turn to racing. They all thought
Norwich would be rs great at the age
OF three as at the age Of two. But
nc wasn't. He won the kentucky
Derby and then lost every other start.
There IS no outstanding star Of the
turf, but Rockmnster. Lucky Hour
and Oceanic are the best OF the year.
perhaps.
Peter Manning Of the trotters reiGns
supreme in the grand circuit.
The year dawned with Jake Schaef-
for, son of old Jake. the champion
billiard player OF tho world. But
Willie Hoppe didn't 20 into retire
ment. He went 10 work all the harder
practicing for his return fling. and he
won it in the tournament staged in
New York.
The Davis cup remains with us for
year. William T. Ti!den
world famous champion again headed
the American team which beat all
corners
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-30
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hours and e!ghths Of hours. The
power to operate the mechanism was
furnished by falling water.
We say that time flies. In reality
il IS the one thing fixed. unchanging
and eternal. 1t Is the same time all
the time. We do the flying. The
earth flies around the sun. and the
sun flies. taking us with 1t. on Its
stra!ghtaway journey through space.
At all events. It seems to be straight.
away, though it may be an enormous
curve forming part OF a circle about
4 monster star at an inconceivable dis
lance.
The only thing we know about II n
that during the coming year we shall
cover on that amazing celestial trip
nearly $50. 900, 600 miles. and a twelve
month hence shall be that far away
from the place in which we find our
selves on New Years Day. 1923.
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reason And 10 faces the New Year
with y" pru>p"c; OF competition.
Ey til" same token, ore might say.
Johnny Ki,hano, the Gray-ha.rcd box
rr and politician o: cleveland. is still
the fr1'h"rwci"ht champion.
Youth heard Tho call ard went out
and slow tho aged champion. Jack
Rr!tt0r. long king Of tho weltrr-
weights. Youth was Mickey Walker,
of Jersey. very Young and capable
boxer.
Another youth came all the way
from tn" Philippine Islands 20 shov"
an oil fellow OF tho platform. IL"
was raHchu Villa. weight III pounds
The defeated hywri=ht was johnny
Bun.
HuT was q dual E."- NJ tho start
oc IN" year. II" was tlywciEht cham
riun and he WAS uaniamwcight
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An Arbitrary Date -Ancients and Moderns Have
Had Many Different Dates for Beginning the
Year. Reckoning of Time Always aPuzzle.
BY RENE B.iCHf.

proper datc-thouGh il was not adop;-
ell rs such BY ENGLAND UutIl l1Ji.
A year i the period OF tan" re-
uutrcd by The earth 30 travel on"
comple."- circuit Of lis cllip,ical pa;h
around rho san. l;u, this period is :,
rifle NOR. ,na, 3GJ Lav.. and so. to
keen IN. calendar STRAIGHT. We add
one dav every four wears.
The business Of kcnplu;; tab on tim"
has exercised human INGENUITY over
since Tho DAYS OF an"i-"t Babylon.
WHEN I'll" pri"St-aS,ronorcrs had
ce}.rSe ~ it. Thcr" * mUCA ah"u;
IL tina; is u&Ezl.a:;. VIVA; is tim" amy
way? Tn" philosophers Will tell 20"
that there IS 40 such thing: that il
does not really exist. To-day i IA"
same day as yesterday. though Tia"
earth in tn" n.cauiim" has rcvoiv"d
0nCS an its axis Time is the one