The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-24
REWARDS REFLECT
 INDIGNATION AT
 BOWLING OUTRAGE
Civic Bodies Pass Strong Res- olutions Conforming As- sauIt on pr. Bowling and
 Offer Rewards

Indignation at the assault upon Dr. J. D. Bowling, health officer, took further form yesterday, when other rewards bringing the total to $4,650 were offered for the arrest and conviction of his assailants.
 The Kiwanis club and the Chamber of Commerce in strong resolutions condemning the most cowardly and vicious assault" offers rewards of $500 each. The county board of rev.
 cnue at it's meeting unanimously voted 10 offer reward of s25e and the League of Women Voters passed resolutions calling for. "the speedy apprehension and severe punishment of the offenders" Individuals also added to the reward.
 While the rewards for arrest and conviction was being increased, an 1 other fund was being raised to aid :n 1 the apprehension and prosecution of those guilty This fund was begun hy subscriptions amounting to s2,5o0 by 100 members of the Jefferson County Medical society. J. Knox Fleming, vice president of the First National bank, has been esignated to receive any funds contributed for this purpose Employees of the health de- partment have already raised s1c5 to aid in the arrest and prosecution of the members of the mob. League of Women Voters The League of Women Voters at the regular meeting yesterday at the Hillman hotel, passed the following resolutions as introduced by Mrs. Joseph Weiferich:
 Resolved that the League of Women Voters hereby express our deep sense of unspeakable outrage and indigna- tion at the recent wicked, and cow ardly assault by band of 1awless men upon the person of our cour- aeeous health officer, D-. Bowling, and call for the speedy apprehension and severe punishment of the of lenders.
 Resolved further, that we strongly condemn the present tendency on the part of opponents of law and order to take into their own hands, the administration of justice.
 Resolved further, that we join in the mass meeting called by the Junior | Chamber of Commerce to protest against condition of affairs that permits such acts of violence and de- mand that proper measures be taken to put an end to them in future,
 Kiwnnis Club
 By unanimous action the Kiwans club passed the following resolution
 introduced by Walter Brewer:
 "Whereas, a most cowardly and vii cious assault was made upon the dig
 nity and authority of our city, county and state last Wednesday night when
 Dr. J. D. Bowling, an efficient and respected officer of our government,
 was kidnapped, beaten and threatened
 with death, this being one of the
 most outrageous crimes ever com mitted in this state, subversive of all
 respect for law. in the entire com munity. and,
 Whereas. the Kiwanis club of Bir- mingham stands for law. order and proper respect for our duly constituted authorities, believing that oar gov strengthened only when all good cit izens express themselves plainly and enthusiastically when outrages like this take place; now, therefore,
 Be 1t resolved by the Kfwanis club of Birmingham, That we do con demn in the strongest terms at our command this vicious and cowardly
 assault upon pr. Bowling, as well as all other forms and expressions of mob violence; that we urge all of the law authorities having jurisdiction. to
 spare no effort or expense to run
 down, arrest and convict the persons guilty of this assault; that we offer
 for the arrest and conviction of any person or persons guilty of this out
 rage. a reward of $500, such reward
 to be made d part of the general fund being raised in this community for this purpose and request all good
 citizens who believe in law and order to augment this fund, to the end that 1t may be made sufficiently large to
 secure the CO., o-operation of the ablest detectives of crime and criminals"
 Chamber of Commerce
 The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday of
 fered a reward of $500 for the arrest
 and conviction of the perpetrators of the outrage on pr. Bowling and in
 that connection adopted the follow ing resolutions:
 rWhereas, the reign of lawlessness in our community has eliminated in an outrageous attack upon an official anc honored resident of our city, and, Whereas. this anarchistic mob ac- tion has emphasized the need of viz orous measures to repress the vicious and fawless element which threatens thu peace of the city and the very government itself. theresore, be it
 Resolved, That the board of di- rectors of the Chamber of Commerce offer reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of the foul attack on pr. James Dow ling and call on every good citizen to make it his individual responsi- bility to bring to justice these crim-
 inals and others guilty of similar. of- lenses against the law"
 Backed up with a reward of $500 for. the arrest and conviction of the members of the mob, the Birming- ham District Society of Dental Sur geons in a call meeting last night passed resolutions expressing indis- l nation at the brutal beating of pr. J. D. Bowling. health officer. Dental Surgeons
 The resolutions unanimously passed were:
 We. the Birmingham District So- ciety of Dental Surgeons in a call
 meeting this day, May 23, 1922, de- plore with righteous indignation the brutal, beastly. savage, inhuman
 way our health officer, Dr. Bowling, was treated by lawbreakers. towards l and anarchists. on the night of May r. We offer any help necessary 1 toward bringing to justice the guilty parties.
 We want pr. Bowling to know that we appreciate and indorse every | method he has used toward making I our county and city safe to live in and we insist that he go his full length toward making our city more sanitary. regardless of whose busine ss it acripples or even, destroys. Resolutions expressing approval of Dr. Dowlng's work and condemniny Z the attack on him were passed yes- 1 terdaY Thy reiareSenfatives If the