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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19

believe that there should be greater emphasis laid on the arrest and prosecution of those guilty of the much graver offenses, and felonies, such as muTderers, burglars, high way robbers, speeders and others. Grand Juries.
 Your grand jury recommends the abolition of the present system as re- lates to grand juries of Jefferson county, and the organization of grand jury only in emergency cases, to be impaneled by the presiding judge at the instance of the solicitor. and that the prosecution of eases other than those be instituted by warrants from the solicitors office. We believe this change would expe- dite justice and effect a saving of between $75,0OO and $100,000 per an- mum to the taxpayers
 We also recommend the passage of Q statute requiring that a man be given a trial within 30 days after his arrest for the violation of any law. This will not only save the county some money now spent in maintaining a grand jury, but 1t will save an enormous amount of money required for the feeding and care of prisoners in our institutions.
 We respectfully ask that your honor accept this as our final report, and that we be forthwith discharged.
 Responsibility submitted,
 JAMES R. CARTIER, Foreman
 December IS 1929
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19

be assessed against the street rail- way company.
 Jitneys have been ordered off of First avenue and this alone will in- crease the revenue of the street car company from East Lake and Wood lawn lines by more than $125,000 per year, which would seem itself to amply justify the street railway com pany paving these tracks. Yet, hiding behind the protecting hand of re- ceiVership, this company is trying to drive hard bargains and coldly de- clares that it will not perform it's duty and obligations to the people of the state, county and city unless the public will relieve them of a duty declared and imposed by statute, and virtually grant them forever the ex- elusive right and privilege to ap- propriate more than twenty feet of our principal highway to the uses and opposes of private corporation.
 This highway, from Forty first street to East Lake, passes through a community of approximately 10000 people and links them commercially and socially. The entire citizenship of the state and county should be in- terested, for their rights are en- dangered
 A way must be found to protect the people from those who seek only to LII lHelI COlIeIS Wlln III ,BuLleu SOIu saved through disregard of public duty. A corporation that uses street for tke exclusive purpose of collecting revenue, should be made to keep the street it occupies in the very best condition. The home owners along the street pay for the side walk, curb, gutter and sewer, and have no recourse. If he defaults his home is subject to be sold for the as- sessment, but a business it appears | may be operated on such a street for revenue and no law or ordinance can | equire such a corporation to fulfill l it's obligations to the community 1 This condition would therefore ap- l pear to be a subject for proper con- 1 sideration by our grand jury.
 o o O
 1 Law Enforcement.
 1 The records of the courts will show l that the convicted highway robbers, l pick pockets, porch climbers bur- l glars, petty thieves, rum runners and general violators of the prohibition l laws are vagrants. Migrants con- stitute one of the greatest menaces i that we have to law and order, and a l vigorous campaign directed against | this class of persons will prove to be l of the greatest benefit in maintain 1 ing order. It is much easier to ar | rest and convict a vagrant as such i than it is after a crime has been com mitted, for in case of highway robbery or burglary the criminal must be caught with the goods or
 caught in the act.
 The grand jury recommends that a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19

janitor service be maintained, and that the rooms and offices as well as the halls should be kept clean and clear of all waste and rubbish.
 General.
 Although the Southside Neighbor- hood house, the Northside Neighbor- hood house, the Salvation Army home and Mercy home do not come direct ly under the scope of our investiga= tion, these four institutions were visited by the grand jury. They each need assistance from the more for tunate citizens of the community, and we recommend that inasmuch as those to whom they minister come largely from within the corporate limits of the city of Birmingham, that the city government aid in sustaining these institutions, in CO., operation with the county.
 O o O
 County Highways.
 First avenue has become a prob lem which the grand jury of Jeffer- son county feels duty bound to call to the attention of the public. The deplorable condition of this thorough fare for the greater portion of the way from Fortyfirst street to East Lake is literally a disgrace to a city and county of the size, population, wealth and reputation of ours. N First avenue forms the main artery of traffic east and west through the greatest and richest city and county in this state. The statutes of Ala bama, passed in 1915, require our board of revenue to designate an east and west highway through the city and county and it chose First ave- nue from Twenty sixth street to Eighty y-seVenth street as part of this east and west highway, and for l seven years it has remained such a highway and the county funds, furn. ished by the taxpayers of this coun- ty, have gone into it's maintenance and improvement.
 The county officials are doing all in their power to remedy this dis graceful condition and secure the paving of this avenue, but the utter indifference to public interest and public duty manifested by the local management of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, of all efforts to reach sensible solu- tion of the problem.
 In the opinion of competent, rep- utable engineers this avenue cannot be practically, reasonably and per mantly paved without paving over and between the tracks of the street railway company, which traverse the avenue over it's entire length from | Twentieth street to East Lake. The l laws of Alabama require that the l cost of any pavement between these tracks and for IS inches on each side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19
ERECT BUILDINGS,
 SAYS GRAND JURY
Report Mainly On Creative Topics-Wants Prisons
 Improved

construction of a joint city and county administration building on the recently acquired court house slte' paving of First avenue from Forty-first street to East Lake; the building of new home for nurses employed in the Hillman hospital, edequate for present and future needs, and improvement in the con dltlon of the city jail wers among the recommendations of the Jeffer- son county grand jury, which sd- Journed late Tuesday afternoon and submitted tts report to Judge Will liam E. Fort.
 It was also recommended that the expense of operating the Hillman hospital be divided between the city and county; that three additional cottages be built for use of students ol the State Training School fer Niirls, and that in future, grand Juries be organized in emergencies enly and not at regular intervals, as at present
 The report made public Tuesday &2s based upon investigation of th5 county and city jails, Hillman hos pital, Juvenile court, Rosedale con- vet camp, Trussivills convict camp, the aims house, county farm, the codnty jai, and pra etical!y every ether sinstitrrion .soveene.l aby the e&tnty, city and state. This report Was as follows:
 The Report.
 To the Honorable William E. Fort,
 Judge of the Circuit Court of the
 Tenth Judicial Circuit, Criminal
 Division:
 The county jail is undergoing re- Pairs at this time at the request of former grand jury. We found at the time of our inspection that the white mems quarters wore be- ing painted and put in first class condition as far as can be done, ow- ing to the anticipated structure. However, we found the cells left open during the day and the men were allowed to lounge on their beds, leaving them in an unkempt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-19

To the Honorable William l.. Fort, Judge of the Circuit Court of the
 Tenth Judicial Circuit, Criminal
Evening star., 1923-07-05
RUSSIANS SHOCKED
|, BY HONOR IN ARMY
Cossaek officer and Girl on Trial
for Part in Old-Style
Duel.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July 5. - Communistic
Russia has been shocked into the
realization that some Of its army
officers are adopting the old customs
and code OF honor Of the czarist re-
gime. along with their new brilliant
uniforms and decorations, when the
trial began before the supreme mill
tary court of the victor in the first
fatal duel between two communistic
army officers in the history of the
soviet government.
A Cossack cavalry officer named
Tertoff, who on an early morning
about a month ago in a public park
killed his former friend, Dynakoff,
IL one defendant. charged with muir
der, and a pretty young dramatic
student, Nina Tochavelli, over whom
the duel was fought and who wit
messed 1t, Is another defendant,
charged as an accomplice.
Both officers, who were members of
the staff of the College of the Mill
tary Academy, ii was testified at the
opening. kissed each other gravely, in
old-time Russian dueling style and
proceeded with the duel. Mile. Toch-
avelli stood nearby, and after the
firing ran to Dynakoff and held the
dying mans head while the victor
called an ambulance.
In the charge against Tertoff the
court said that he discredited his
calling of red warrior by practising
an obsolete conception OF honor held
by the old feudaI caste and the
czarist army, which was inimical to
the spirit of a society of proletariats.
The courtroom was thronged with
officers.
Evening star., 1923-07-05
GALE FUND NOW ].
STANDS ATsla
Relief Collection for Injured
Electrician Growing
Slowly.

The relief fund for J. L. Gale. cleo
trician, seriously injured during
Shrine week while working on IA Gar
den of Allah pillar. reached S164 to-
day following generous contributions
during the past few days.
Gale was hurt seriously when the
ladder on which he was at work was
struck by truck and he was impaled
between ladder and pillar. He was
rushed to Emergency Hospital, and
since that time has been in bed on
his back with his chances for return
ing to useful employment in the fu-
ture grow ing more dim with each
passing day.
Besides a death. which occurred II
the same time as his INJURY, this case
was virtually the only one in which
a man who was attempting TO make
Washington as attractive II city as
possible for visitors IN so far as he
could, 'was stopped short in his Ia
bors by misfortune. l. WAS = double
miSfortune. because he was just about
out of funds as result OF the pro-
longed illness of his Wife.
The Evening Star will acknowledge
contributions toward the Gale fund.
They should be sent addressed to The
Gale Fund, care of The Evening Star
Previously acknowledged, sl12. To-
G.%s20; cash, S5; Pearson Chapman.
r. NJ. d. B., 81: B. S. Davis, $40;
cash, 81; Alice X. Earnshaw, $40.
Total S164
Evening star., 1923-07-05
u. S. TROOP GUARD
At TUSKEGEE ASKED
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Institute, and negro surgeons at the
veterans hospital resulted, 1t is sup
posed here, because of a parade of
TOO members of the Ku Klux Khan
Tuesday evening. The klansmen
marched by Tuskegee Institute be-
fore making their way to downtown
streets. Spokesman for the paradery
said tho demonstration symbolized
the protest of 10000 klansmen of
Alabama against placing of negro
personnel to man the veterans hos
pital.
At Tuskegee Institute today it was
stated that rno direct threats against
the institute hadecome to the knowl-
edge of the officials. but it was said
that many reports" had reached the
institute DR.. Motion was out of the
state at this time, 1t was said, and
no one in authority at the institute
would speak for him personally.
Director Frank Hines of the war
Veterans Bureau arrived here this
morning to make a personal fnvest:-
cation of. the situation relative to
| control of the disabled negro vet
erans' hospital here, a subject which
aroused a controversy that has been
marked By much discussion.
Director Hines will meet in con-
ference with the citizens committee
| this afternoon at 2 o'clock to- discuss
| the situation. e-"f
Evening star., 1923-07-05

tCOfIlnueO IrOIn FISt fdBe.D
invited Inhabitants. without demand
ing citizenship. We bestowed the
privileges and advantages of citizen
ship without demanding the assump-
ton of it's duties and its obligations.
lected the declaration Of American
.The world war brought the great
awakening. With our variety of ma
tivity. and no racial. entity. 1t re-
uuired the threat of q national peril
and the endangering of civilization
itself to bring us to Eealization.
War Gave Opportunity.
But when 10000 Of our manshood
were equipped for war and 10000
600 were enrolled in readiness, and
80, ,ooe, 900 were answering every call
of duty and ready for every sacri-
fee we found the American soul and
we discovered those who knew it not.
Then hyphenism disappeared. In a
nation wide reconsecration we firmly
resolved that every man embracing
American opportunity must pledge
American loyalty. Every man, wear
ing the habiliments of an American
citizen must be an American in his
heart and soul.
1--WE are having our problems in
handling immigration right now.
Congress has placed a restriction on
the number of foreigners to be admit
ted, and there Is assault everywhere
to break down the barriers. Doubt
less there is need for larger man
power in renewed industrial activities
and our more fortunate conditions In
America are attracting the longing
gaze of millions IN the old world. But
I prefer waiting jobs to idle men. and
I choose quality rather than guam
titys in future immigration. z
''This land of ours has little to
fear from those who attack from out
side our borders. but we must guard
very zealously against those who
work within our borders to destroy
the very institutions which have
given them hospitality. A republic
worth living in Is worth living for,
for a republic worth defending Is
worth our patriotic vigilance, so that
it shall not be undermined by those
who preach the gospel of envy and
hate or destroyed in experiments
against which forty centuries Of hui
man experience cry out in protest.
'"One hundred and forty-seven
years ago today the inspired fathers
proclaimed the American freedom on
which our people have builded, to the
wonder and astonishment Of the
world. Let US duly resolve today that
In our grateful appreciation Il shall
be sacredly preserved.
Evening star., 1923-07-05

taken him everywhere Of his assignments during the
mast score cadndex the important in
the world news the intimate Of Presidents from
Mckinley Harding but he has been just friendly terms
Meldm D. c. Scott and other sunmen of the far
taken him he has
the confidence of all with whom he in touch
about conceivable of
that dozen might boast
the beautifully written stories that his world wide
fame The trials the Haywood trial. the departure of the
batleshp Hampton roads, when Theodore Roosevelt
Willard prize fight Havana world
emes Vanderbilt national conventions of
years. $4,000 miles with President Taft political
with Roosevelt Wilson, Cox Bryan Hughes and nearly
and battle France where he succeeded
Frederick American correspondent accredited
the before the United States
Bob Small Gen. Pehne when the latter FIRST foot
in and he issued license No in the A. F.
Small of the
of Somme battle of
taking Vimy Ridge the battle Of Messnes Ridge While
sponden of the Philadelphia Public Ledger he made the first
be
allied fronts in Paris
Small dispatch will be in addition the feature
received by The Star its leased from staff
special correspondents cities throughout the All these
carefully selected The Stars readers
ordinary and
Developments
Evening star., 1923-07-05
BALL0QMsTSHURT
NLEAP TO GROUND
Two Entries in National Race
Forced Out-D. c. Man
Passes Over Ohio.
BY the Associates Press.

BY the Associates Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. July 5.-Roy
F. Donaldson and P. A. Erlach, both
of Springfield. ILL.,. pilot and aide, re-
spectively, in the City of Springfield
an entry in the national balloon race
which started from here yesterday,
were injured slightly this morning
when they were forced to jump from
their craft eight miles northeast OF
Bryan, Ohio. The balloon escaped.
Mr.. Donaldson telegraphed the As
ISOLATED Press that he could not rip
the panel out of the balloon to make
safe landing, and both he and his
aide determined to jump as the
basket touched the ground. He added
that the gigantic gas bag got away
from them, along with their entire
ments and food. The landing was
outfit, containing clothing, imple-
made at 6:12 o'clock this morning,
Donaldson said.
First Reported Landing.
The "City of Springfield" was the
first Of the thirteen balloons particf-
pating in the contest to report having
landed. Six were seen early today
drifting over Marion, Ohio, while a
bag identified as that of Lieut.. Rob-
ert S. Olmstead of Washington, an
Army entry. over Custar, Ohio. at
$40 today.
A balloon piloted by Warren Raser,
ixty-fourIyear-old Brookville, Ohio.
man, which came to earth early yes
terday evening at Arcadia, Ind.
twenty-fv miles from here. was not In
the race. Rasor officially withdrew
from the contest because of leaky
bag, but decided to make brief
fight anyway.
Torn fabric at the top of the bag
necessitated W. 7. Van Orman, Akron,
Ohio, and his aide H. V. Thadon, De-
troit, making a forced landing in
the dark at 10 o'clock last night, five
miles north of Hartford City, Ind.
Van Orman's balloon was the City
of Akron. He reported the landing
was made as the last resource, all
available equipment having been
thrown away prior to that time. Van
Orman's ship was the second to start
in the race.
The three pilots covering the most
miles on the uncharted journey will
be permitted to enter the interna-
tional balloon race to be started from
Brussels, Belgium in September.
ONE PASSES DETROIT.
Evening star., 1923-07-05
GEN. F0URAUD, FRENCH
HERO, WEEPS FOR
UNKNOWN SOLDIER
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attention before all else. En- route
out of the cemetery, the officer no
ticed number Of tombstones bear
ing the names of men who had served
under him during the, Champagne
battle as members Of the 42d. or
Rainbow Division. He insisted upon
stopping, while the Fhench ambassa-
dor awaited his coming, and saluted
the graves.
Visits Walter Reed.
At Walter Reed Hospital the gen.
half a dozen veterans of his Ameri-
can division raised pale faces from
their pillows and shouted recognition
to their one-time leader "Ah, oui.
oui," called back Gouraud. and run
ming to each bed he shook the right
hand Of each disabled veteran with
his left. his own right arm having
been sacrificed when the allies took
the Dardapelles.
:, Gen. Gouraud was met at Walter
Reed by Col. James D. Glennan. his
entire staff and Miss Margaret Lower,
field director of the American Red
Cross here. and Mrs. A. Garrison Nc
Clintock, visiting member of the
Red Cross who happened to be at the
hospital. He was escorted through
number of wards. in each one being
careful to inquire especially for my
boys of the 42d." He did not fail to
shake each one warmly by the hanu.
Visits Jussernnd.
I Ifaying-,paid hist respects to the
dead and wounded veterans of Amer
lea. Gen. Gouraud then gave his
bassador. whom he visited next Later
in the day he was to be received by
Secretary of State Hughes and high
officers of the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps. A reception by Col. Dumont.
bassy. for the members of all vet
erans' organizations in Washington.
and a military dinner by the same
offcer in honor Of Gen. Gouraud at
the Hamilton will complete the dis
tinguished visitors first day in the
National Capital.
Gen. Gouraud is here en- route to
the national convention of the Rain
bow Division Veterans, in Indianapo-
lis.
He came to America at the invi-
panied by his personal aide. Lieut..
de Yibraye, and arrived in Washing
ton last night. During his stay his
personal escort includes, besides his
aide and Col. Dumont. Brig. Gen.
Ms Nary J. Reilly E,da MAJ co1 " W gGdns
Prather, MAJ. Davis G. Arnold and
Privates Elmer F. Neagle, president
of the local chapter of the Rainbow
Division Veterans; M. Manning Mar
Gus, Irving Silyerberg. Morris e. Dow
and Raymond J. Doyle. all of whom
served with Gen Gouraud before
Champagne.
To Visit Qunntico.
At 9 o'clock tomorrow morning the
general will be escorted aboard the
Presidents yacht, Mayfiower, and
taken to Quantioo for an inspection
Of the marine battalion there The
following day he will visit the citi-
zens military training camp at Camp
Meade and pay a visit to Baltimore
and on Sunday evening he will say
adieu and start for Indianapolis.
Evening star., 1923-07-05
MAN SHOT TO DEATH.
Wife Claims Fatal Bullet Was
Fired in Celebration.

PITTSBURGH. July 5.-Two dead.
with scores injured, was the fire.
cracker toll of Independence day
celebrations in the Pittsburgh dis
trict,- while four others met death in
automobile accidents incident to the
days observance, according to re-
ports at the coroners office today.
Alice Stoker, aged six struck a
match to a irecraoker. which ex-
ploded. setting fire to- her dress. She
dier from burns. Anton Veftes. a
glass worker, was shots and killed
by his Wife. Mrs. Frances veites.
the police charge, who placed her
under arrest, The woman claimed,
according to the police, that the
shot was fired in celebration
of the fourth and. that her hus-
band was killed accidentally. In
Tariods Pittsburgh hospitals were "a
score or more of injured chiIdfen,
some of them MANNED for life. One
child's mouth was badly burned
when a firecracker. thrown into the
air, lodged inside her mouth and ex-
ploded. A boy had an arm blown
off by a cannon cracker. Another
lost an eye. and several others lost
fingers.
Evening star., 1923-07-05
DECLARES CORSETS
HOPE FOR FAT men
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 5.-Men really
should wear corsets because they lift
heavy loads. DR.. F. F. Mi1lard of To-
ronto told the American Osteopathic
Association at its annual convention.
Other reasons headed were that men
were more susceptible to rupture and
to abdominal sagging than women.
"The only hope for the. fat man.
while the osteopathic physician is
correcting his posture, his spinal Cur
vature. hfS diet and toning up his.
circulation and nerves, is the corset"
he asserted. ...g 4ss, - fa'
School desks that force children to
sit in strained or uncomfortable po-
sitions damage the bone structure, Dr.
Anita Bohnsack of Cape Girardeau,
Mo, declared. Accidental falls in
childhood. carrying heavy burdens.
sitting for long periods with knees
crossed and jumping from high
places on dares. she added. often
caused systematic disorders.
DIR. S. l.. Scothorn of Dallas. Tex,
declared that nearly half the people
in America suffered from foot trouble
and that most of the sufferers were
women. He blamed extreme fash
ions in footwear and asserted artifi-
cial correctives eventually were
worse than useless. Well fitting
shoes and scientific treatment of the
injured bones. muscles and igaments
were the only possible cures. he said.
Evening star., 1923-07-05
FOURTH OF JULY ACCIDENTS

Gertrude Cole, coio,red;; ., ;;a,ns nos N Marys tys
automobile of L. s. Carter, iogl
"a street northeast; i,s. wai nni,,sios S,eh bee
tween the automobile and a truck OF
the Union Transfer Company at Norsn
Capitol and K streets last night
about 10 O'Clock. She was given
first aid at Casualty Hospital.
Alexander Malone. inmate OF
Soldiers Home, sustained a fracture
Of his right arm yesterday afternoon
when knocked down by a street car
near 4th and Elm streets. Surgeons
at Emergency Hospital rendered first
aid.
Raymond Hefferman. two years old.
sO4 Sth street northeast, was
sth and l streets northeast and
injured about the head and body.
He was given surgical aid at Casualty
Hospital.
James GreenwelI, colored. three
years old, 1885 Virginia avenue, was
knocked down by an automobile near
his home yesterday afternoon and
bruised and shocked. He was treat
ed at Georgetown University Hospital.