The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-23

oFutE uAsplaYed In the unmcrclIui beating of pr. J. D. Bowling. health officer, citizens and organizations of Birmingham yesterday offered re- wards that bring the total 10 s3.275, and the Junior chamber of commerce called "a mass meeting for 8 o'clock tonight at Woodrow Wilson park to devise ways and means to apprehend the guilty parties.
 Included in the rewards offered yesterday was one for si50 from the 1 ku Klux klan. The statement of the 1 Klan is as follows: "s150 reward
 the arrest and conviction of the parties who assaulted Dr. J. D. Dowi- ing on May 17, 1922. We stand for law enforcement. We are co-operat- ing. Communicate with us at P. O. Box 612."
 Railroad Men Active
 Employees of the Great Southern railroad yesterday raised $500 to be offered as a reward for the arrest and conviction Of each member of the attacking party. The reward is offer ed out of consideration of the fact that Dr. Bowling was for four years train dispatcher on this road.
 Other Rewards
 Other rewards offered yesterday were: Rotary club $5oo, State of Alabama $400, City of Birmingham S2oO, Junior chamber of comme rec tl00, Dr. Ross Snyder $25, E. Dupont Thompson s25. The Bowling family. led by pr. H. B. Bowling of Ozark, s5o0 and Mrs. Mary Echols $50. Re- wards previously announced bring the total to $3.275.
 The reward offered by the city was authorized at q special meeting of the city commmlssion called for that ipur- pose. Before the commission coald l leave the room after Unanimous action on the resolution, the board of direct ors of the Rotary club appeared in q pooy to offer its cooperation in tne effort to run down the members oL me mob. Fred H. McDuff. chief q pvifces was called to confer with the two bodies relative to the best means 10 ferret out fhs assailants.
 ne law permits me to offer not
 Hore than $400 reward for the arr rest ana conviction of a criminal. 7,
 declared Governor Thomas k. Kilby
 yesterday in notifying local authori-
 ties of the s400 reward made by the state. Tn this case l am going the | limit and I offer as governor of Ala
 ba ma, s400 reward for each arrest
 and conviction in this case"
 | hc otaAfi SUI county RTu00 1urY
 when 1t convenes tomorrow will be
 given special charge by Judge wil-
 liam E. Fort to take all action pos
 sible to see that the members of the
 mob are brought to trial.
 When the present grand jury con-
 vened on April {, Judge Fort charg- ed them to Investigate recent mob
 whippings in which he said, in part :; 1 Such people are malefacrors tf the
 worst type, as they wo. k secretly and under cover of darkness It is useless to plead that the undertake to do what the law cannot do. Pco- pie are being whipped and punished | for malicious reasons, and even be- cause they have aided the law. You should look into all such cases thor l oughiy as duty to the county and the law enforcement agencies" ] The following resolutions were adopted by the board of directors of the Rotary Club at called meeting | yesterday at the Southern Club: ''Whereas. a contempt for and a | disregard of law, order and consti- l tuted authority has arisen in our community and many acts of person. l al violence are being perpetrated | upon our citizens. cuiminating in the ! outrageous attack upon Dr. Bowling. | Nits anu tOuHty iitditH Oliitcit 1 Whereas. a continuation of this l situation will undoubtedly result in | anarchy. destruction of our institu- l tions and insecurity of our citizens | and lead inevitably to civil strife, and,
 | Whereas, 1t behooves all citizens, irrespective of color, class or creed. | not only to condemn such acts l against society but to use every cf- l fort and means to stamp 1t out Of l our midst. and.
 whereas. the Rotary Club of Bir- l mingham always stands for law and | order and is ever ready to lend its l assistance to every movement f3r the welfare of Birmingham and the | protection of her citizens,
 ! Be it resolved. by the Board Of | Directors of the Rotary Club O. BIT l mingham, that we do now condemn | without reservation all efforts made | by individuals to take Into their own | hands the enforcement of law. pen l alties and private grudges. and more | especially do we condemn the rece,.s | dastardly attack upon an officer or | our government.
 l And in furtherance of the pur- | poses of this resolution the sum of | five hundred (s5oo) dollars Is here 1 bs appropriated to be paid to any l person who shall furnish informa- l tion leading to the arrest and con I viction of all or any one of those l involved in the recent attack upon ! the health officer of the City of Fir- mingham and the County of Jeder- | son."
 | Civic Forum Protests 1 Condemning In the utmost terms the attack cf masked moral saw ages" upon Dr. J. D. Dowiing, neditn officer. the Civic Association yester- day called upon all law enforcement departments to exert all power to run down the perpetrators of the crime. The statement issued Is as i follows:
 "outrages of the character lately occurring in our city are destructive blows at the very foundation of our civilization and personal liberty. 1 When a few parties undertake to personally correct transgressions from . moral code or statute. the whole law fabric .s torn tO shreds. But when masked moral savages in- veiRle. under a humanitari-r plea. q public officer from his home. seize and forcibly convey him to a se- cluded spot and do him physical in- jury under . fanciful plea that hts