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The Washington times., 1923-10-04
WITH THE
AIIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Being 5 Skeleton Record q
Cases Tried On Judge
Schuldt' 3 Tribunal.
Read EN- assd Worry
By DONALD nKeDOUGAL-
=
Tn.a Hurry.

ina Hurry.
II was standing at seventeenth
and Pennsylvania avenue about
I1:45 3. m. when heard noise
like an old-fashioneds Fourth OF
July celebration. The defendant
was coming down Pennsylvania
avenue at about forty-five miles
an hour, I ran into the street
and waved for him To stop. Then.
saw that he was bearing directly
for me. and jumped. He missed
me by few inches and got
his number from the rear tag.
While was entering the number
in my notebook heard crash
further down the Avenue and I
called up No.
They Always Get EN-
Witness: II was crossing Penn
sylvania avenue at East Executive
avenue when, IssaW the defendant
about iri 'front.' Of the White
House. The next thing knew /
didn't have any rad iator, and the
defendant was backing his car
Jul QA u tho vi A@GAAN - = tNAAAAkessA
out and tried to climb on his rum
ming board. and he started for
ward to RIM me down He was
going around the corner toward
the BeIasco Tlleatef on two wheels
when 1 saw him last. The man
Ia the car with me got his NUM-
Der, and the police did the rest. e
IN Winter Quazters
Boob: 4 was IN hurry to
get down. southwest, YOUR honor.
/ was only going about fifteen
miles an hour. knew e grazed
the other car. but I didn't think
/. had, done any. damage, 30
didn't stop. &
The court:: xoli are fortunate
not To- BE here Tor mans laug hter.
Conhsel: he has e good rec
ord your honor g
$ Ehs court viii take that into
considsr ton III fixing the pen
Colliding. $40 leaving after col
lia1ng, Sz6: speeding. .; dleQbey-
Ing traffic signal 81
Hen be Eitlasus when the roses
bloom again
The Washington times., 1923-10-04
! ~ WdrId,s 8 So.

II had just got the job your
honor, after being out Of work
FOR over six weeks. and I was try
ing to make q record for my new
employers. Z didn't know the
street car was going to stop, ana
I got confused when found my.
sell Running up on It. SsFE
There was no way could know
that there was anything wrong
with the tags e
The court You should not be.
held responsible for the tags,
although the law makes you re-.
sponsible. There should BE- some
way fof. holding the owners for
this violation Of the law. win
take your personal bond on the
tag charge, and fine you $40 for
passing the street car I
The Washington times., 1923-10-04

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The Washington times., 1923-10-04

Doesn't hnxt y BIZ! Drop = little
ssrsfzone9 Cd aching corn, IN
eEanlly that corn stops hurting,
then shortly you lift e right of
with Fingers TRULY
Your druggist sells flny boftls
q = reetpneg Tor q few Cents. SUIT
4tcle'It tosDomove every bard Germ.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
TO UNVEIL MONUMENT
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Appropriate Exercises Go Memory
O fSamuel Ware

A handsome Masonic monument,
erected by the Pinson division of
the Jefferson County Masonic con-
ference and relatives. to the memory
of Samuel Wear will be unveiled sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock under the
auspices of Ben Sims Lodge No. 4G1,
a. F. & A. NJ, and assisted by other
interested Masons.
The monument is erected at the
grave of Mr.. Wear in the cemetery
just north of Clay on the Huffman
Springville road. Ben Sims lodge will
meet in its hail at Clay at O'Clock
in the afternoon for this special cere-
mony. judge Dan a. Greene. past
grand master of the Grand Lodge of
Alabama, will deliver the principal
address at the grave. and the exer-
cises will be supervised by T. O.
Jones.
All Master Masons. their families
and friends are requested to be pres
ent and join in the unwilling of the
monument.
Mr. Wear is said to have been one of
the first, If not the first. Mason in
Jefferson county. His Masonic his
tory is not written but it is known
that his activities in behalf of the
craft We're many. He helped to or
ganize the first Masonic lodge in the
county. and assisted in the general
work of the order until his death in
1870
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
F NGERPR|NTS Of
TRIO TO FLORIDA
Orlando Had Asked For Data
On Wells, Wall And
Mrs, Mccain

Photographic finger prints and sig
natures of James w. Wells. sentenced
to Is years Saturday afternoon for
being an alleged member of gang
of safe blowers who rifled the safes
of the Hill Grocery company, May IA,
and Charles NJ. Wall and Mrs. Mollie
Mccain, who were arrested at the
Tutwiler hotel as suspects in the rob-
berry, later turned over to the govern
ment for violation of the Mann act,
We're sent to Orlando, Fla, Saturday
afternoon by NJ. E. McDuff, of the
bureau of Identification. upon request
of the authorities of the Florida city.
The Orlando officials stated in the
letter they may be able to connect the
trio with several offenses there by
latent finger prints which were taken
after several robberies. Wall and
Mrs. Mccain were arrested soon after
Wells and placed in the city Jail on a
hold Charge After grilling by
James Davis, county solicitor. the
charge of robbery placed against
Wall by the city was dropped in
order that the government could take
charge.
After preliminary hearing before
Judge Kenneth Charlton, United
States commissioner. Wall was held
on $1,000 bond and Mrs. Mccain at
$4,000. Bonds were forwarded to
and approved by the United States
commissioner of that city. No in
dictments have been returned by the
federal grand jury, but 1t is expected
the pair will be tried during the
July term of federal court.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
Sc WAGE DISPOSAL
PLANT ENLARGED
Company Manufactures Pat
ented System Approved BY
Health Department

Extensive engagements have al
ready begun at the recently located
plant of the Alabama Sewage Dis
distributors of a new sewage dis
posal system for residential, school,
factory and institutional uses. The
Alabama Sewage Disposal company
is the latest addition to Birmingham S
growing list of diversified Industries,
and has just commenced large scale
operation on its two-acres tract on
a siding of the Louisville and Nash
willie railroad at Boyles.
The new sewage disposal system
is a comparatively recent invention.
1t has the official sanction and in
dorsement of DR.. j. d. Bowling, city
health officer. and officials of the
city health department, who are in
terested in the elimination of the
dry closet menace. The system Is
designed, according to its directors.
to furnish modern and sanitary con-
veniences regardless of sewage con-
nection, through the medium of in
telligent control and utilization of
chemicals it transforms sewage into
clear, odorless water with no sedi-
ment, it is stated.
Officials of the new concern are
launching the enterprise on Il big
scale. Contracts have been placed
with several incorporated towns
which have no municipal sewage sYs
tens. Individual residential install
lations are also being made in large
numbers both in Birmingham and
other Alabama communities.
The system consists of three con-
crete cylinders, holding 640 gallons,
and Weighing LOCO pounds each,
which are connected under the pat
ented process with soil pipe through
which the contents of the cylinders
are syphoned, following bacterial ac-
ton. The action begins in the first
cylinder, it is stated, and continues
in the second until all sewage mat
ter is broken down and harmful bac-
terra destroyed. The effluent or
drainage is clear water.
Crews of 25 or 80 men are en-
ployed at the plant to make the in
stallations. The new company is
maintaining close contact with the
city health department, which is in
terested in the elimination of dis
eases which arise from improper
sanitary connections.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
WYNN WHISKY
BRIEFS BREv|TY
City Attorney Relates Incident
In Early Days Of
Practice

Besides being city attorney, W. j.
Wynn performs other duties, such as
being .E. NJ. House" to President Nc
Lendon's Wilson" protector of the
pitiful and the "bete noir" of all evil
doors.
Once every two months the barris-
ter of the borough takes off Is min
utes to stretch and "reminiscences, and
those who are lucky enough to be
present occasionally hear something
passably interesting.
Saturday while Commissioner Har-
rison was working ieverishly on the
newspapers to see If there was any
thing in them about himself Mr.
Wynn drifted in. put his feet on the
commissioners desk, first taking a
the supreme court, which, however
was never sent.
THE particular case wouldn't in
terest anyone" Mr.. Wynn said. but
the circumstances may have a note
of appeal for other lawyers; that is
why the press was invited to take
notes; and is indicative of the modus
operandi of the second estate. I tried
my case. lost: I'd only been practic-
Ing five months. and my client advo-
Gated an appeal to the highest
tribunal. That meant a brief. Now
l had never written brief and was
greatly intrigued by the prospect for
that is one time a lawyer can shoot
the works without fear of Interrupt
ton or the adverse influence of bale
full chances while his mind is func-
tioning. Naturally l read up the law
in the matter, and. to my consterna-
ton, found my case didn't have a leg
to stand on. A brief would have
elinched the conviction.
1t wasn't long before the clerk of
the supreme court notified me that a
brief was expected. There was mona
to write. Again and again the no.
tees came, but l sent none. Then
one day came the word that we had
won our case.
Il hold that Is the record for brief
brevity, and the first, and proba bly,
the only instance where a brief lived
up to its name. 1t also proved that
silence is golden, for l collected my
fee"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
HARRISON CAN FARM
BUT GOAT is NEMESIS
Commissioner Of Public Utilities Loves To Weld A
Hoe, But He Now Knows Such Weapon Is Useless In
Presence Of A Billy Goat Rampant

Strengthened up with a Eroan, his
hand on the small of his back; he is
not used to real, sure enough work.
and scanned the farm" Then he let
out a rave, an Indian whoop, for, its
feet on the fence and beard horizon
tai, a billy goat was pluckYing the
roses. The goat had shaggy hair,
tinted copper colored in places. and
an aroma of perfume that, but for
the tobacco pipe, would have been
noticed sooner. The goat had spread
ing antlers and a beligerent stare
and instead of taking to it's heels as
the commissioner approached, set it
self foresquare and awaited the at
tack. Not at all disconnected, MIR.
Harrison assumed that position copy
righted by Tommy Taylor for facing
a pitcher, and as the goat, beating,
hurtled forward, the commissioner
swung. Right on the trade mark the
hoe landed at the base of the goats
horns, the hoe head flying off at the
impact in one direction, and the com
missioner in the other, for the lick
didn't phase billy, and the broken
hoe left the commissioner of parks
and a lot of other little things, IN
armed. He got the kitchen door
slammed just as the goats head
landed against it. The new lock will
cost $1,S5, and the goats owner his
liberty If the commissioner can have
him located.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY

Petitions in bankruptcy were filed
during the past week as follows:
East Birmingham Iron and Roof
ing company May 10, 1928, involun-
tary. No. 20114
s. Jemison, Birmingham, May 49,
1923. No. 201e7. liabilities s195.60, as
sets, wages from Southern Railway
company, $3.50.
w. D. Mathews, Birmingham, May
is, 1928, No. 201o4; liabilities S2o3.
assets. wages from Southern Weigh
ing Bureau, SIS Attorneys, Arnold
& Sewell.
G. B. Mcclellan, Birmingham, May
16. 1923, No. 20094; liabilities 1914. 70.
Occupied with Burnett Cigar COM
pany. Attorney. Ellis Epstein.
Joe Thomas, birmingham, May II,
1923, No. 20103; liabilities 1877. assets
none; wages due, fireman "A. G. S.
stein.
Charley Adam, Birmingham. May
q. 1928, No. 2o1o9 liabilities ss7.
assets, household goods. $3.50 Wages
from r. c. l., $50. Total s210 claimed
as exempt. Attorney James L. jack
son.
viii Gresham. May 81, 1928. No.
2o1lo; liabilities sl40, assets. wages
from T. c. J., $3.50. Attorney. Par
IRISH & Patrick
Jan Dismukes, Birmingham. May
Is, 1923, No. 201o3; liabilities sS7 I,
assets none: Attorney Ellis Epstein.
Charles b. Wright, Birmin CHAM,
May IS, 1928. No. 2o106; liabilities
$3.50, assets none. Attorney, Ken
meth c. Charlton.
r. f. Searcy, Birmingham, May IS,
1928, No. 2009S, liabilities 1894, as
sets, wages due by T. c. l. Co., 800,
claimed as exempt.
Elihu S. Colbert, Birmingham, May
y, 1929, No POLL; liabilities s9134l,
assets, COM, judgments ETC. S221S3g
VIII T. Horton, Birmingham. May
81, 1928, No. 20113; liabilities s4O575,
assets, wages from Frisco railway,
$51. Attorney. Nicholas Lallos.
Frank C. Walters, Birsincham.
May %. 1928. No. 20114; liabilities
1854, assets none. Attorney. B. C.
Burkhart.
l.. Self, Birmingham, May "a, 1928.
No. 20120' liabilities $3.50, assets,
wages due from A. b. & A., s45. At
torney j. G. Adams, Jr.
e. J, Jones, Involuntary, May 20,
1923. No. 2S11S; liabilities s1,l59.S5,
assets $4,000. Attorney, Robert E.
Smith.
Lewis Jeffries, Bessemer. Ala, May
%, 1928: No. 2ol1s; liabilities $50, as
sets, wages due from T. c. l., s14. At
torney. a. W. Benton.
Fletcher Wade, Bessemer. Ala, May
%, 1928, No. 2o117; liabilities $75.4o.
assets, wages due from 7. C. l. Co.,
SIG. Attorney, A. w. Benton.
Dave May, Bessemer Ala, May "a,
1928, No. a0121: liabilities SAP. as
sets. wages due from Warrior Steel
company, s25. Attorney. John d.
Strange.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
TO OPEN NEW CAFE


Birmingham is to have new cafe
at zoos Third avenue. a 10-year lease
on the property, now occupied by the
Sherwin Williams Paint company,
was signed by c. C. Hooper of the
Hooper Cafe company. The lease is
to become effective in IS months, on
or about Oct. /, 1921.
1t was stated the building would
be converted into modern and up
to-date cafe embodying the latest
features and equipment through out
the building, which is three stories.
The first and second floors will be
used as the restaurant and the third
as storeroom, The same type of SER
vice will be offered as is given in
the present Hooper cafe, which will
continue cooperate at its present
location, 312-314 Twentieth street
north.
The change of leases was negotiat-
ed by Charles p. Mark of Jemison
and company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27

In addition to settling utility bank
ruptcies and obtaining better service
for Birmingham, Commissioner w. l.
Harrison raises water crosses, lentils
and fuhscias, for he is seriously in
clined to agriculture.
Commissioner Harrison blew the
ball game in the eighth inning Fri
day when the infield blew the game,
and with lowering brow made for his
garden to put in the rest of the aft
ernoon as an active demonstration of
the dignity of labor and the man
With the hoe, to say nothing of IN
one-man tableau of the "angelus."
Home went the commissioner
DOTTED his mufti-an excellent word
often seen in the finer magazines
and began registering as one of the
propertariat." That word, also a
good one, Mr.. Harrison says comes
from Stoddards Revolt Against
Civilization" 1t is now part of his
vocabulary.
In overalls, the commissioner drank
dipper of water, lighted his pipe,
went down the back steps and pulled
the garden hoe from under the kitch-
en-. Rain had dashed sand on the haft
and he ran it through his hands to
clear it. glanced at the nodding len
ills and got to work on the grass
But there had been one before him
Closely cropped was the grass in
many places. The commissioner
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27

with the prisoner, say, for S35, when
fine of $50 has been imposed, put
ting that much money to the citys
credit and so Furnishing the offender,
or having that case go before jury
that will, because the culprit only
had half pint and Just took two
swallows from that, let him go free?
O O o
Wants Records Searched.
Il want to reiterate that common
tators are urged to go over the rec
ords and reports SO they can get an
idea of what they are talking about
before they speak or write. 1 well
come criticism and helpful sugges-
lions, but resent being attacked for
things that have never been done. or
things that are done as the result of
consultations with those men who are
placed in ap osition to give sound ad-
vice.
THE Jail has been in a bad condi-
ton for a long time. A new one is
needed, or general Improvements for
the one being used. Frankly, I do
not intend to send prisoner
charged with a minor offense. and
who is i'll with pneumonia, into such
a place when a settlement can be
made to relieve the offender of mis-
charge and save him from the posi-
BILE disastrous consequences to him
self by term in damp cell. In
such cases doctor is invariably con-
suited.
I'VE handle anywhere from about
200 to $50 cases week. With dis
orderly group such as usually found
in police court, the percentage of
physically unfit is high Disease,
drugs. liquor and other ailments be-
set them. 1t is a common average in
all cities of this size for a score or
more of them to be in such a state
and require UNUSUAL methods for
their disposal, as l have already out
lined. When such situations can be
solved with reduction of the fine
imposed, and it is deemed best so to
handle them, such a course will con-
tlnue to be followed.
out of about 1000 police court
cases handled each month. the rec
ords show 20 in which the fine has
been reduced"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
JEFFERSON COUNTY
HIGH GRADUATES "a
Prof. Allen Loehr Delivers Com
mencement Address At BOyles

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
CAREFUL CROSSING
CAMP A|GN STARTS
NATIONALLY JUNE |
Millions Of Posters Urging
Caution To Be Distrib-
uted BY Railroads

Plans for nationwide Gross
Crossings Cautiously" campaign, are
to be inaugurated in Birmingham on
June 1, when millions of posters urg-
ing the use of caution in the passing
of railroad grade crossings by the
motorists of the nation are to be dis
tributed in every city, village and
hamlet throughout the United
States.
The nationwide campaign which
was waged by the American Railway
association in 1929 proved to be al
effective means for the saving Of
human life at grade crossings. and
1t is for this reason that the cam
paign is to be resumed during June.
July and August of this year. POST
ers to be distributed are 14x22 inches
in size. and depict giant locomo-
tive just in the act of striking. at q
grade crossing, a speeding automo-
bile, in which there are a man, three
women and a child. On their faces
are shown looks of terror At the
great danger in which they have
been placed by the reckless driver.
The posters are to be placed at
every railroad crossing, in every de-
pot, post office and public. building
of the country. In addition to the
posters there will be a sticker. the
ture of the picture Of the posters
for automobile windshiends. Lam
tern slides as are shown in motion
picture houses, and postal cards will
be distributed freely to the public
showing the picture and wording on
the poster
According to statistical informa-
ton, there was 1910 people killed
at grade crossings in 1922, while
$3.50 were injured. Although there
were los more persons killed in
1922 than in 1921. and 515 more peo-
pie injured in. the same time, It Is
reasonable the believe that the Gross
Crossings Cautiously" campaign had
a great deal of influence in causing
people to drive more carefully, and
the increased total was believed to
have been due to the enormous in
crease in the use Of automobiles.
The automobile population Of the
country is increasing rapidly and the
number of crossing accidents Is in
creasing in a consequent ratio. 1t
is for this reason that the railroads
have found 1t necessary to wage a
campaign In the interest OF moro
careful driving at grade crossings.
Railway afficials urge that every
grade crossing stop. look and listen.
and then proceed with caution. Tho
result of such carefulness would be
the almost entire elimination OF ac-
cidents at grade crossings, 1t is said.
Joseph H. Settle, division passen-
ger agent of the Louisville and Nash
willie railroad. with offices in Bir-
mingham and Marshall Haynes, city
passenger agent of the same road,
Offices also in Birmingham, are TAX
Ing especially great interest in tho
campaign which will be waged in
Birmingham, jefferson county, and in
Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
CLoe Talks About Reduction
Of Fines In Recorders Court

Here is what 1 have to face, and
the record of what we have done is
open to the inspection of anyone in
terested." Commissioner w. B. Cloe
said Saturday when a visitor asked
about the reported reductions of
fines and case dismissals in the police
Department.
For instance. a consumptive va
grant will be brought in by a police
man who finds the hobo asleep in the
street. Nagrancy is an offense pun
ishable by law. The case is brought
before the recorder, fine is imposed.
Now. which is best, to get that dis
ease spreader out of the city. or lock
him up with other prisoners in the
close quarters of the Jail?
In all such cases Judge Martin, Of
recorders court, and myself go over
the matter and decide what is best to
do, most often with the advice in
matters of prisoners who are Ill, of
the city physician. In such case a
reduced fine and the undesirable es-
eorted out of town is the solution.
another instance, typical of what
we have to deal with daily, is the
prisoner with the most abhorrent of
all diseases. Is it fair, decent or in
telligent to lock such one with
healthy prisoners in the Jail? l think
not.
deal with. Which is better, to re-
duce the fine and get the creature out
of the city. or burden the city with
his upkeep, an added cost for expen-
sive drugs to keep him or her from
going crazy, yelling all the time and
upsetting everybody. or get them out
OF town as quickly as possible?
Much has been said and written
about the clemency reports of the
police department. The truth is
have nolle pressed but two cases
since have been in office Often
fines are reduced. This is done when
there can be no conceivable use in
keeping prisoner to burden the city
with added expense. The books of
the department are open to the in
spection of any and all who are in
terested.
In regard to reduced fines In
liquor cases. which is best, to settle
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
IND BACK -F|RE IN
LATE FREIGHT CUT
Increases On Products Sent
Out Said To Be Unfair
To Birmingham


ME Pii Hiihs nam loppers IN IRON
and steel products are reported as
pleased over the prospect of A reduc-
IT,, - % on =. ~ fvo;.,. -. -.
~ nc II
IRON ana steel products from Pitts
burg scheduled to go in effect July
1ocol ronufoc+nrars - oortafn
IRON anu steel prouue's are salo 10
be viewing with contrary eye the
increases pronosed to he established
IN ,ro,,o,,e,ts 90 iro, ard staoi
III loVeHiehts OF ION anu steer
pp"auces out OF Dirinihs nam TO other
soTtiein p3lHts.
,i. ne aeiieuu!g ~ ehe paoposeu au-
80 10 POI lazy as loiio
1v,.,if9e ~, - On w ~ oVe, ~
tasr ne; I'm 20 y 10 70 I'D
taioo6@, II ON o Ifc 10 &C 70 a va ID