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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
TO BREAK GROUND
 AT ONCE FOR FIRST WAREHOUSE UNIT
Many Inquiries Received For Stock In $500,000
 Issue

Plans now call for the breaking of ground at an early date for the erec- tion of the first unit of the break bulk in Birmingham Bonded Ware house corporation. following the re- cent purchase of the entire properties Of the Goodman Transfer and Ware house company, according to ana nouncement Tuesday by Paul E. Chalifoux, president of the corpora tion.
 Purchase of the Goodman proper ties assures a going concern from the start, with MT. Goodman as general manager of the new corporation. The acquiring of the Goodman Warehouse company trucking facilities adds greatly to the present effectiveness of the new concern. which-zis strictly a Birmingham proposition and of in- terest to every business man in the city
 MT. Chalifoux stated Tuesday that with the many inquiries coming in for stock, it appears that the author- ized $C00,000 stock allotment, pre- ferred and common, will be oversub- scribed at an early date. There will be no other stock offered for sale by the company.
 The state securities commission ap- proval of the stock. issue, the pur- chase of the Goodman properties and all plans was a unanimous indorse- ment of the original plans and survey made by Lockwood Greene & Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
SEVEN COUNTRIES AT K|WAN|S BOARD
Visiting Foreign Physicians Tell Of Impression Re-
 ceived In U. s.

Seven different countries were rep resented at the speakers table at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis club at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon when the visiting medical experts of the League of Nations, who are in America studying health departments representative of all conditions, were
 The doctors are N. A. Prigos, Greece; T. Carnworth, England; J Segovia, San Salvador; Bussiere. France; Vasconcellos, Brazil; Ensch, Belgium and w. Vocikoff, sanitary engineer from Russia. w. A. Harden berg of the Birmingham department of health was also at the head table. Many of the visitors could speak English and they expressed their .dea of America and Americans. The dele- gates from France and Russia were heard through interpreters
 pr. Carnworth of England gave the members of the club an interesting talk of what the commission was in the United States for and the aims which they intended to accomplish He stated there were 25 members into three groups, each traversing different sections of the county. studying conditions. The delegation at the Kiwanis club has been touring through Alabama as the guests of. several large companies.
 Ed l. Leighton announced the Xxi :, wants club would hold Ladies Night" at Cascade Plunge October PC, which will be celebrated in costume. An s.p- eration was performed on Alex Walker amputating his Federal re- serve" S
 pr. M. Y. Dabney won the attend ahce prize donated by Leroy Holt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
DOUGHBOY STATUE WILL BE ERECTED BY LEGION IN PARK
Commission Grants Permis- sion For Use Of Site In
 Wilson Grounds

Enactment of an ordinance at Tuesday mornings meeting of ths city commission gave to the Amer ican, Legion permission to place in Woodrow Wilson park life-size statue of an American doughboy.
 Rev. Oscar devoid Randolph, chaplain of Birmingham post No. |, American Legion, and Monty Ullmar, former city attorney, appeared as a committee from tie legion presenting the ordinance for consideration.
 MT. Ullman stated the statute would be of bronze, life size, typifyx ing the infantryman as developed by the war. The statue will be on a granite pedestal six or eight feet high,
 The spot asked for by the legion and granted by the commission, is that on the East Twentieth street side of the park that will make a third corner of aNtriangle a formed by the Confederate monument the legion monument and the Callahan monument.
 MT. Ullman stated the statue would cost in the neighborhood of $10,ooo. He said the legion would maintain it, and there would be 10 expense to the city.
 The ordinance was adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
WOMEN VOTERS WILL
 SEEK NEW MEMBERS
Assistant Solicitor Drake Describes
 Conditions At Banner Mine

Plans for the campaign for 100 per cent increase in membership were announced and discussed by the Jef- ferson County League of Women Voters at meeting Tuesday after noon in the ball room of tho Tutwiler hotel. These plans call for & luncheon October 15, in the Tutwiler hotel, to which the presidents of all the wom- ems clubs in Birmingham will be in- vited, another luncheon at the South ern club to inaugurate the opening of the drive for new members, and finally tea october 30, in their honor
 women, a captain and six assistants, each squad to have as it's goal 10 new. members. It is hoped that at least l,500 new members will be obtained during this drive, which is to con- tinue during the week of October %. Solicitor Jim Davis was on the pro- gram to speak of the Banner mine in- from being present by illness. As- sistant Solicitor Willard Drake was present, however, and described con ditions there.
 "The state and people of Alabama ought to be ashamed of Banner mine and the leasing system, which make such conditions possible" he said. itsat " tAS 1s iedt Sicuit VI thc League of Women Voters that they have taken and are still taking such a great interest in improving these conditions"
 Miss Katherine Norris of Youngs- town, O.. as representative of the National League of Women Voters, discussed the membership campaign and mentioned several progressive and Humanitarian measures that have been nut through the state Iegisla- lures and Congress sincew omen were allowed to vote.
 An appeal for support of the little theatre movement in Birmingham was made by MT. zold, director of this movement,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
GETS JlTNEY PERMIT
Wylam Man To Enter City For Only
 Short Distance

J. K. Martin of Wylam came into the city council chamber Tuesday morning and remained there practi- cally all day, for. though he was on hand before the door opened at 10 o'clock in the morning. he was not reached until nearly o'clock in the afternoon, but when finally they got to him "J. K." was seen to have 8 horseshoe and the horseshoe worked. ~' Upsetting precedent, smashing what had appeared to be an adamantiveN rule. the commission granted Martin alicense to operats a jitney. They eyed him closely, in fact had been investigating him for about s week, but all they could slearn was that he was a honest, clean, hardworking chap and just wanted to come a little bit of the way into Vivian on his jitney way in from Edgewater.
 Because he was given such excel- lent references, and there being no street car lines in conflict, and his route wouldsb be only a few hundred feet within the city limits. the per init was granted. His line of serv- ice will be on the Warrior road, but he can come into Vivian along that way only as far as Eighteenth ave- nue, and no further.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
AUTO CLUB PLANS EXP HANDED SERVICE
Personnel Of Organization h. cludes Three New Work
 CTS For Association

New and constructive policies are being mapped out for the Brming- nam Automobile club in an effort to De or the greatest Jssible assistance to automobile owners and drivers in Birmingham and the district, Duff Green, newly appointed president of the association, declared Tuesday. MT. Green was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of Charles G. Davis.
 A complete check of the books of the association and other details of it's business affairs are now being made by the new officers with view of settling on definite and com prehensive popular policy.
 T. c. Bosworth, formerly of the Southern club and Cascade Plunge. is now associated with the club. Henry T. Barclay probably will be made insurance manager and Miss Alice Waters is the new retdry.
 We are going to make the Bir- min gham Automobile club live or ganization, which will be .asting benefit to every one of the 33,000 motor car owners in Jefferson county Mr. Green stated.
 Resolutions were offered and adopted Tuesday on the death of Mir. Davis. "He devoted much of his time,'' the resolutions states, T''to construc- tive Legislation and regulation in the solving of the many different prob lems in the management of the Bir- mingham Automobile club, and in the cause of securing better highways throughout the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
STORE KEEPER |S STRUCK WITH AN AK
Blow Is Not Fatal And Negro Is Frightened Away /
 By Passerby

After rest from his deadly work during the summer months. Bir- ax murderer renewed his CTS of the city when he made an un- successful attack on J. H. Chaney, proprietor of a small store at the corner of Fourth avenue and Eff teenth street. The attack occurred about Tuesday, night in Chaney's store. The. negro was scared away by a passerby and nothing was miss ing from the place.
 According to Clancy, who was not seriously injured, and was able to give police a fairly good account of what occurred. he was sitting in the front of his store when the negro came up to him and asked for some- thing which Chaney did not keep in stock. Upon being informed that Chaney did not have this, the negro then asked for an ice cream. cone. As he was bending over the ice cream container, he suddenly saw the negro draw from underneath his coat a short handled ak. He stated that before he could get out of his position the negro struck. Chaney managed to twist his head so that the axe missed the center Ol it. but caught him a plancing blow just over the ear. knocking him to the floor. The negro then either be- came frightend when he saw that his first blow had not been 8 deadly one. or he was scared away by negro woman who was passing the store. In this crime, unlike some of the others, the assailant carried with him the ax as he ran from the stora. Police headquarters was called and Detective Sergeant F. A. Lyons and Assistant Chief of Police T. C. Chris tian were on the scene a few mo- ments later. They. in company with. several of the scouts. scourd the sur rounding territory. but found no trace of the negro. A fairly good description of him was given to the police by Clancy
 According to police. this murderer is probably the same or one of the same men who have committed the other crimes of this kind. Tie cir cumstances ia this case are the same as in several of the others.
 One of the theories which police hold regarding these murders is that most of them are committed by re- groes. They base this theory on the we'll known assumption that negroes who become hungry are capable of any kind of crime. They point out that during the summer months few of these crimes are committed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
DIES AT ASHEvlLlE
Funeral Services For World War
 Veteran To Be Held Wednesday

Remains of Clarence Curtis Harris, who died at 3 o'clock Monday morn ing at Asheville, N. C., will arrive in Birmingham at 10:30 o'clocK Wednesday morning. Funeral serf- ices will be held at 3 o'clock Wedn es- day afternoon at the family resi- dence, 1923 Eighteenth street south. Interment will follow in Elmwood cemetery. with Alpha lodge No. S2a, A. F. X A. M. in charge. Mir Harris served IA months with the national guards on the Mexican border before the war and 14 months overseas in the Washington field artillery. He was Mason, a Knight Templar. d Shriner and a member of the East tern Star. He is survived by his parents. MT and Mrs. L. F. Harris; four brothers, Rev. H. M. Harris of KiaCfing. China: pr. l.. F. Harris of Chicago, H., and Wilson Harris and A. D. Harris of Birmingham; th.'ee sisters, Mrs. s. F. Galley of Buffalo, N. Y; Miss Nena Harris and Miss Marlin Harris of Birmingham. Pail bearers will be Phil Edwards, Hli- bert Smith, Felix Harris, Percy Rogers, J. B. Oliver and Sam Eddy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
BOARD IF REVENUE WILL PAY S9O,OO0 FUR BUILDING SITE
County And Major Tutwiler Have Six Months To Ap-
 peal From Award

Both the board of revenue and Major F. M Tutwiler will have 2 chance to appeal dxom the award of the board of appraisers who fixed valuation of Sso,00O for the ste owned by Major Tutwiler, and de- sired for court house site, it WAS pointed out after Tuesdays meet ing of the board of revenue. Whether Major Tutwiler will appeal was not intimated Tuesday.
 Qualification over the acceptance by the board of the estimate on the Tutwilera property was expressed Tuesday night by NJ. P. Messer, chair appraise it. He said that the S90.000 estimate was arrived at by his com mittee at a meeting Monday after noon, and that the vote was unan- imous for the ward at s90,000. Their decision was based on the value Of nearby property. he said, and the fact that the real front of the lot w5fs not on Twentieth street but along Park avenue1 giving a frontage of 150 feet. The estimate included S7f,- 900 for the lot and S15,000 for the buildings on 1t, MT. Messer added.
 President D. C. Ball of the board of revenue cast the only negative vote when the question of accepting the committees award was brought up for approval. He explained his vote, by saying that the origini off, fer of s7,00o was satisfactory at the time to Major Tutwiler. who named certain conditions, such as payment of damages for loss in value of ad- jacent property as a result of bui,1- ing jail on the site. The accept ance by the hoard of revenue was without regard to the type of build Ing to be erected.
 After arriving. at it's decision. the special committee handed its rep art to Judge J. F. Stiles, who in turn announced it to the board. Consid- erable discussion was aroused over 1t as the members considered the estimate too high, but when the vote on acceptance or rejection came. tt was approved by four to one ma inrifY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
BOARD TO DECIDE FATE IF TAXICABS AFTER INSPECTION
.McLendon Tells Attorney Cloe Will Look Over Cars
 I On "Wednesday

President D. E. McLendon of the city commission has so impressed all who have come in contact with him regarding his public duties with a disposition so even and a manner so pleasant that he literally electrified the gathering in the council cham Der at the commission meeting Tues day morning with statement and manner that could only be described as hard boiled'
 It was the everlasting case of the jitneys again and W. F. Spencer, law yer for the newly formed taxicab company of former jitney men was demanding a "yes" or mo" answer to their application for license and asking: flor Gods sake, what is the cause of this delay?"
 The smile left the lips of the presi- dent of the board and the twinkle vanished from his voice when he bent forward and in very steady and clear voice said:
 "The delay Is because we don't trust these people. We are going slowly. l assure you we will con- tinue to 20 slowly. You came to us with group of objectionable jitney drivers. We are not going to turn
  repudiated them. We are not going to turn them loose to take injunction after injunction to the courts against the application of the ordinances of the city. We are going mighty slow about recognizing them. They fought the city at every turn before. The city has had two years of unpleasanl experience with them and we don's need you to tell us about them"
 Commissioner Cloe interpolated that the jitney men were on the street now hauling people, but he fares for they had not been caught so doing.
 MT. Spencer said he would gladly help the city in any way he could to catch those who were breaking the law.
 At the request of Mir. Spencer Com missioner Cloe will inspect the cars of the men who would operate as a taxicab company at g.. o'clock Wednesday morning at the city garage.
 The commission will hold an ad- Journed meeting at 3:3o o'clock Wednesday afternoon to give an an- swer regarding the granting of "a license to the company.
 Petitions of several individuals for licenses to operate bus lines between Birmingham and points in the coun- ty were refused by~a unanimous vote to adopt Commissioner Cloe's report unfavorable to them was presented.
 F. A. Seymour had applied for a license to operate two lines, A North Bessemer route and a South Bessemer line. President McLendon. and Commissioner Dickson were in faVor of granting such licenses ua- III City Attorney W. J. Wynn ex- plained the permits would be in con ffIct with the settlement ordinance. after hearing which the commission voted unanimously to adopt Commis- sioner Cloe's adverse report.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
LEWIS NAMED ENGINEER


 Edward Lewis W IS appointed an as sistant refrigeration engireer o. tn, municipal mt rket by the cit commis- sio Tuesday at salary of S150 per month.
 During the meeting the commission rejected several bids on paving pro- jects because they were over specifi- cation estimates.
 The board approved numbtr of establishments of assessments for minor ublic Improvements.
 It is announced U at tn, estimate of i3irmings m $ Income for the fiscal year, beEtniffng October i, 1928. is aboat $-iS,000. more than was indi- cated by former tentative estimation bringing the income expected well over the se, 100000 mark.
 In discussions of the budget among the commissioners it Is stated that there has been no consideration of in ;reasing licenses. ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
BIRMINGHAM PUSHED IN AGE-T HERALD'S "HELP YOURSELF CLUB" BY OUTSIDE TERRITORY
List Of Those Nominated To Be Published Soon-Many Candidates Are Determined-An Early Start In Cam paign Is An Advantage To Wine Fine Automobiles.

You can write this down in your memorandum book. The territory out side the city of Birmingham is going to be big factor in the s22,000 Help Youself Campaign"
 Birmingham, in other words, is not going to be the whole show.
 Of course, Birmingham will be well represented, already is for that mat ter, and Birmingham will be way up among the leaders at the finish.
 But the Birmingham districts are not going to have a walk over. All of which is preliminary to the an nouncement that The Age-Herald is delighted to make. That club mem- bers are entering from outside dis trfcts with such rapidity that it keeps the manager busy counting them.
 Every days mail since the details were announced last Sunday have brought number of entrants, and the number each day has grown bigger and apparently Is just begin ming to get under way so that all indications point to a regular tidal wave.
 Cities and towns all over Alabama in the territory covered by The Age Herald will be represented by club members who are bound to make 8 splendid showing.
 Prizes Equally Divided.
 There Is every reason why the out of-town districts should cut big figure. In the first place no< such offer was ever before made by@ Bir- mingham newspaper--an offer aggre- gating s22,o00 in automobiles and cash.
 In the second place, the awards are so divided territorially that the out side members have an equal oppor- tunity with Birmingham members
 Birmingham and its environment is a city of large population. where member does not have to go far ts get subscriptions for The Age-Herald, that is true.
 But the large number of club mem- bers in Birmingham will more than for the difference between the population density of Birming- ham districts and the outside of Bir- mingham districts.
 And the members in the towns in the outside districts have big ad- vantage. in that he or she knows lot more people by personal ac- ausintance than the members in Bir-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
QUARTERS OFFERED
 TO JUVENILE C0UR
Old Medical College Building Ma
 Be Used--Free Use Rendered.

The offer of medical college off
 cials to allow the Juvenile court tl ase the old medical college buildI ing without pigment of rent wa discussed at some length by tn ! board of revenue at Tuesdays meetE ing and referred to the court hous committee for further consideration
 The only conditions were that thJ building be kept in repair at count, expense and that the juvenile courI be required 10 give it up on suffiI cient notice in case 1t is needed fol hospital purposes.
 This building IS now occupied bJ the hospital laboratory, but there i'd said to be ample room for the twd divisions of the domestic relationd court, now housed at Avenue A and the Louisville and Nashville railroad in an inaccessible part of the city.
 Judge Virginia Henry Mayfieid who has just received her commis. sion, has already done some work but she has announced that she will not formally enter upon her new duties until proper home for the juvenile court has been obtained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10

mingham and can reach those ac- quaintances easier.
 And the allotment of prizes figures out this way.
 Birmingham and the territory GOV cred by The Age-Herald included in tunity of winning the four capital awards, so do the three outside dis tricts. All have an equal opportunity of winning one of the four capital awards. irrespective of districts. Bear in mind that a complete set of district awards is to be given in each of the five districts. X complete set of the following awards will go in each of the five districts:
 First Choice of district car.
 Second. s5s5.00 Overland touring car.
 Third. s200.00 in cash.
 Fourth. s100.00 in cash.
 Fifth. ts0.00 in cash.
 Sixth. 5000 in cash.
 Commissions To Nom-Winners.
 Do not lose sight of the fact that all who enter this race are going to Se represented. There are no losers.
 Ten per cent cash commission will be given to those who fail to win one of the 34 awards.
 Opportunities Equal.
 In the final analysis it all comes down to the proposition that one members chances are about as good as anothers. They all start from scratch" as the golfers say. The field is open to all. Birmingham club members can go out in the outside districts and the out-of-town mem bers can come to Birmingham, Bes- semer. etc. and get subscriptions.
 A fair field and no favorites-- that's the American idea of good sportsmanship. And that's the way this campaign is going to be cons ducted. Turn to the advertisement of this issue and learn the details of the plan. Get in the race and help yourself. The club does not officially start until the first list of names Is published, which will be in few days. However, that does not prevent you from getting your supplies today and starting your campaign early. In approximately nine weeks you oan be driving your own car at our expense. See that your name is sent to the Club Manager now. A start is half the battle in any proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
RESUME MONTHLY MEETS
sThc Child And Compulsory Educa-
 tiOn.- Subject Wednesday Night

The Mems club of the Independent Presbyterian church will resume its regular monthly meetings wednes- day night. Supper will be served at 6:30 o'clock at the church.
 The principal speaker will be James E. Chappell, whose subject vii! be The Child and Compulsory Educa- tion." and a number of short talks by other members of the club Every man in the congregation is invited to attend this meeting and join the club.
 Mrs. Gilbert H. Greene, president. announces that the Business Women's club will meet w ednesdayy night at the church, with supper at 6:3o o'clock. the program to follow im- mediately. All business and profes- sioral women, and others particularly interested are invited to attend and join,
 The first fall meeting of the Sum day School workers will be held Wednesday afternoon at 5:15 o'c'oc'i in the junior department of the Sun day school. Supper will be served al 6:30 o'clock by the Mems club and the Business Womens club.