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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
ARMSTRONG SAYS ALDERMANICRU OFFERS SOLUTION First Statement Concern
 Is Issued
 ADVOCATE ELECTION ON SEPTEMBER 9TH Direct Representation For Community Centers
 Is Object Of Move

First formal statement concerning the impending drive to alter Birmingham form of government came Saturday from Hunter Armstrong, register in chancery and leader of the movement.
 "The central campaign committee will be organized Wednesday" he said. "A permanent chairman will be elected and detailed plans for the campaign shaped Petitions for an election then will be placed in circulation and city.wide mass meeting will follow closely.
 "We will ask that the election be called for Tuesday, September 9.
 "Extravagance in the present system of government will be stressed through out the drive, supported by innumer' able facts and figures.
 'gThe advisory committee, which has helped perfect preliminary phases of the campaign, estimates that under mayor aldermanic form of government the tax. payers would be saved from $12,000 to $25,000 year in salaries alone.
 Collect Evidence
 "A mass of evidence showing various forms of extravagance and general fail ure of the present government is in our pOS6CBBApl1 the campaign gets under way.
 We propose to divide. the city into wards and give each ward an alderman thus assuring the various community centers of direct representation. OuI contention is that under the existing system the vast majority of taxpayers have no voice in municipal affairs.
 "A speakers squadron, composed oi leading citizens, will be organized, and meetings in furtheranee of the cam. paign will be held regularly in all partl of the city.
 Under the proposed revision, q mayor would be chosen from the city at large, and aldermen would be elected by voters in their respective wards.
 "The city attorney, under our plan would be elective by the people, but all other department heads would be chosen by the aldermanic board.
 Opponents On Job
 '"The plan provides for the appoint. ment of a number of committees of al. ,dermen to keep in close touch with the public and submit reports on all ordi. nanees that are introduced. On the i'm. portant committees, such as streets and finance, we would have members rep resentative of every section of the city
 ''In short, we will seek to set up a form of government that will be re. sponsive and economical, and as free of factional politics as it is possible to make it."
 Mir. Armstrong said the opponents of the proposed change are due for "j0lt' when they see the personnel of the cam, paign committee that will direct the al, dermanic drive.
 This committee" he said, "comprisel scores of the most ,..lely kno men and women in Birmingham. And every one of them means bushes"
 Opponents of the movement already are well organized and waiting to hit back as soon as Armstrong and hil forces open fire. The fight will be well under way in another week, according to indications.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
.SI3ERT EXPECTED
 TO SUBMIT PLANS
Prompt Action To Follow, Com
 misiOners State

City officials expect to receive this week the recommendat dations of Gen. w. l.. Sibert of Mobile in the Birming- ham grade crossing elimination move ment.
 While here last week, General Sibert said he would be ready to report with in two weeks to the Chamber of Com merce, by whom he was employed to make the local survey. Word reached the city Saturday that his findings would be submitted to the chamber the latter part of this week.
 The chamber will promptly pass the generals findings on to the commis- sion for consideration. Definite ac- tion will follow quickly, according to Commission President D. E. McLendon.
 Plans already drawn by the city call for underpasses, but Sibert is ex- pected to recommend viaducts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
let physical handicaps be block to hiS dnvelnnnnent

let physical handicaps be block to his development"
 State Rehabilitation Board
 At the time he decided to teach, MT. Huckabee was greatly encouraged by the state rehabilitation board. He was teaching at Cobb City, a suburb of Greenville, in Butler county, when he noticed the passage of the Smith-Bank- head bill, through which aid would be given, through a rehabilitation board, to civilians having physical disabilities By application to this board, which has for its object to prepare disabled civilians for some vocation in life, Mir Huckabee has received money to cover the cost of his tuition and supplies.
 Owing to the confusion of this board with the board for rehabilitation of sol diers, many people entitled to the ap- propriation are not using it." said MT. Huckabee. This board is doing a won- derful work in Alabama by going out after disabled ones entitled to its help, end encouraging them to prepare for some work in which their physical dis ability will not interfere with the per formance of their duties. The state board of rehabilitation has on record hundreds of cases that have been sue cessfully handled, and who are today holding lucrative positions, yet with out it, they would have been living in poverty and a detriment to society,""
 Mir. Huckabee is the son of the late W. N. Huckabee, who was a Baptist minister for 50 years. His mother still lives at Pineapple, the old family home, and he spends what vacation he has with her.
 T want every boy and girl, man and woman, who $ physically disabled, to know about the state rehabilitation board and the help it offers," concluded AIr. Huckabee. flor they are not only willing to help but go out and look up those needing it. Through them I have been enabled to prepare myself as a better teacher, and now am not only making my own living but am send- ing two of my sisters children through high school, and expect to put them through college"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
FIVE PROJECTS NOW UNDER WAY TOTAL &OO,OOO Four Others Estimated To Cost Similar Amount
 Are Certainty
PROGRAM IS UNIQUE
 FOR CITY THIS SIZE
Pushing Out To North east Is Predicted Effect
 Of Expansion

Birmingham, during the next 12 months, is to be in the throes of an enormous building boom, unprecedented since the heaviest corner in the world became matter of note throughout the south.
 Five building projects, involving an outlay of around $40OO,0O0, are either in the process of construction or have been definitely annornced as starting before the first of the year. Four others, estimated to entail like amount, have been tentatively made public and are viewed with a high de- gree of certainty.
 An $8,0OO,0OO builting program for the downtown district within a year is considered unique among cities of the 100000 or even 300000 and 400,. GOO population clac1, but it is, observ ors declare, a natural sequence of the situation in Birmingham.
 For over ten years, there has been not one structure of any size erected in the so-called business district. Upon completion of last huge enterprise, The Age e-Herald building, there was for a time an excess of office space. This | was rapidly absorbed, however, and space conditions became alarming to business leaders.
 Opportunities Lost Headquarters and branch offices which would otherwise have located in Birmingham were forced to seek other | cities such as New Orleans and At lanta. There was also a dire need for hotel room and during the heavy transi- tory periods visitors of financial means completion of last huge enterprise, The are reported to have experienced diff culty in obtaining suitable quarters.
 The affect this constructi> pro- gram will have on the present busi- ness district is interesting. Apparently it forecasts a pushing out to the north east from the announced locations of new buildings. All of the five projects placed in the certainty class are in this direction from the present hub of the city and some leaders predict that the next ten years will see the sec tion between Twenty-first street and the Terminal station alive with busi- ness establishments.
 Birmingham's big building ojec's which have been placed in the ct tain division through the awarding eon- 1 tracts are:
 New Projects
 The Redmont hotel, 13 stories, SoI.a- east corner Twenty third strt s4a Fifth avenue.
 Doctors building, F stories ncy.t eas corner Twenty third stre q Fourth avenue.
 Third Avenue building, 10 -.oria,. northeast corner Twenty-thiro street and Third avenue.
 Bankers Mortgage Bond bull ng, stories, southwest corner TweI ty fir, street and Third avenue.
 Jefferson County Building and T.oaa Association building, 10 stories. nor,n east corner of Twenty-first street a Second alley.
 Other large projects announced, upon which no definite cons tu ,t,r' dates have been given, include
 Pizitz store enlargements, Sec, avenue and Nineteenth street.
 Metropolitan hotel and Wrod-ar. building annex, First aven.e nsi Twentieth street.
 Alabama Power Company building Sixth avenue and Eighteenth strtet
 Southern Railway building, Frs ay,- nue and Twenty second street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
TNCORPORATIONS
 FOR JUNE $237y 900
Capital Stock Increases Also
 Show Substantial Gains

New interpretations during the month of June totaled $23T, 900, with in- creases in capital stock at $285, 900, it is shown by the monthly report of the Chamber of Commerce. ~
 The organization added twenty mem bers. These are: Abelson, Birming- ham Leather company, Duffey Motor company, Five Points Drug store, Reid Lawson sompany, O. c. Esdale, Mar shall Jewellery company, Maloney Con- struction company, Protective Life In- surance company, Nelson Drug com pany, Drs. Nice and Vance, Phillips Lester Manufacturing company, G. T. Sibley, Smith Meadows Supply com pany, Southeastern Express company, Home Washing company, Glasgow and Thavton, Packard Motor company of Alabama, D. and S. Motor company and L. L. Stephenson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
SITE FOR LIBRARY
 OCCUPYING BOARD
Will Attempt To Settle Matter
 This Week

The library board will try this week to agree on site for Birmingham's new $650.000 public library, it became known Saturday.
 Lloyd W. Josselyn, library director, and several members of the board will return Monday from Saratoga Springs, N. r., where they attended the annual convention of the national library as- sociation. Selection of q site will be taken up shortly after their arrival.
 The board holds options on several sites and has been offered many other locations. As a rule, these sites have been too costly or too far removed from the business district. It is hoped, however, that a suitable site can be found before the end of this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
CLUB CREST NEW
 RESIDENTIAL SITE
Sub Division Embracing 135 Lots To Be On
 Market Monday

Further extensions of the residence developments in the vicinity of the new Country club property over Red mountain is forecast with the announce ment Saturday that Club Crest, new residence subdivision embracing 1S6 Eome lots will be placed on the market Monday.
 The new development is situated just a short distance from the 300- acre tract of the Birmingham Country club which is now rapidly nearing completion. Prediction is freely made by real estate men in touch with the migratory movement of Birmingham s home seekers over Red mountain out into Shades valley, that the opening of the new Country club in this sec tion will witness a large number of handsome country homes already under construction. It is pointed out that Birmingham lacks today, a fashionable country estate section ,cOmpa rable to eastern cities. The rapidity with which Birmingham is growing, the increasing congestion in the better close-in resi- denee sections, the improvement of high ways and the rapid extension of utility services to sections regarded only a few years ago as being somewhat re- mote, is leading many home owners in search for sites which are removed from the noise of the city, and where room can be obtained for gardens and the other luxuries of the semi-country- side.
 Latest Sub. b.Division
 Club Crest, the lates such sub-divi- sion to be placed on the market here, has been laid off in lots and streets run through. Simultaneously with the announcement that this property would be offered to the public, the Birming- ham Waterworks company authorized the statement that work Is being pushed on the new water line which will cross Red Mountain over Pawnee avenue. With transmission lines close at hand, residents in the new ''over-the-moun- tain" colony antie Rte that it will be only a short ti before all utili- ties are available.
 Club Crest is the third large sub division to be opened in this same To- cality within a comparatively recent period. Crestline Heights, which was the first put on the market was ab- sorbed in the record time of three weeks Shades Cliff, further out with brow lots on the mountain, met an equally good demand. Owners of Club Crest anticipate an equally good mar ket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
WORKING HARD ON
 SNUGGLE TESTS
Prominent Judges To Make
 Awards On Completion

The manager of The Age Herald ( Snuggle Pup Word Contest, states that and night and just as soon as they are all checked and the judges make their awards, the names of the winners will be announced in The Age-Herald.
 The high standing of the judges, Miss Hattie Morton, principal of the Loulie Compton seminary, Dr. Charles . "A. Brown, associate superintendent Bir- mingham public schools, and Prof. Frank .Ordway, professor of mathe- matics at Phillips High school and their unusual qualifications for judging this contest, insure an absolutely fair and impartial decision to all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
SENATOR BOWLING
 IS VISITOR HERE
Brother Of Health Officer Sur
 prised At Birmingham's Growth

T. L. Bowling, state senator and a prominent business man of Louisiana, is in Birmingham on a visit to his brother, Dr. J. D. Bowling, city and county health officer.
 Before returning to Louisiana he will visit to his mother and other relatives in Ozark.
 MT. Bowling taught school in Ala bama a number of years ago. He ire quently visited Birmingham and has a wide acquaintance here.
 T am amazed at the rapid growth of Birmingham" Mir. Bowling said. Tt seems destined to become the south s greatest city in population as well as in all other respects"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
LOCAL CIVIC CLUB
 GAINING MEMBERS
American Bu1iness Club Adds
 Many New Names To Roll

Under the supervision of Laurie Att. kisson. national extension committee man, the growth of the American Busi- ness club during the past month has been one of the leading features in de- velopments among civic organizations. From a membership of about forty men the club has increased to a figure well over the 100 mark and I ms are now being laid to make the body one of the most active and prominent in Birming- ham.
 Officials of the American Business club are: C. Hunter Wallace, presi. dent; H. E. Cox, first vice president J. c. Burton, second v;cA president, James P. Dobbins, secretary; Charles D. Ward, treasurer; Dr. Thomas A. Snow and J. A. Boatrite, sergeant-At- arms. 6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
JACKSON HOME l;T
 I5I5 10TH AT {
Age-Herald Regrets COl |, Of Addresses In Gordon

Through typographical error The Age Herald of Saturday stated that an altercation in which Abe Gordon was injured, occurred in front of 1515 Tenth avenue, south. The address should have been 1505 Tenth avenue, south.
 Mrs. L. T. Jackson resides at 1515 Tenth avenue, south, the home having recently been purchased by her father, c. A. Ghoston They are newcomers in Birmingham and The ge-Herald re- grets any embarrassment that may have been caused by confusion of addresses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
POOLE RESENTS
 FAKIR ILLUSION
Says He Is Making Honest Liv-
 ing Selling Goods

A. w. Fogle, a native Birmingham man, who sells novelties on upper Sec. ond avenue, resents the allusion of street merchants as ''fakirs" by a dele gation which appeared before the city commission Friday.
 T sell high class goods," he said, and if man born in Birmingham and reared in Mobile is not tntitl d to make an honest living in his native city there must be something wrong. I shall go before the commission personally be- cause l resent anyone referring to me or those in my honest line of business as fakirs.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
SACRED CONCERT PLANNED

A sacred concert will be given by the combined choirs of the Sixth ave nue Baptist church and Sixteenth Street Baptist church, assisted by sing- CTS from the Trinity choir, Metropoli- tan Glee club and Pilgrim Health In. surance Company Glee club at the Sixth Avenue Baptist church, Avenue F and Sixteenth street, Sunday at 4 o'clock. Special reservations will be made for white visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
DILLARD RETURNS
Southside Baptist Pastor Will Fill Pull.
 pitAt Services Today

Dr. J. E. billiard, pastor of the South Side Baptist church, has returned from short visit to Cuba, and will occupy his pulpit Sunday morning. He went to Cuba to assist Dr. R. R. Eraser in a series of lectures and meetings in the interest of the Baptist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
STAG CAR ADDED
Southern Gives Service Especially For

SOutheFn UlVoS SerVlCo ESpeCIaIIy FOF
 Men On Atlanta Express
 The latest feature of the Southern Railway service between Birmingham and Atlanta is a stag car added Satur- day for the exclusive use of men on the midnight express. The train leaves Birmingham at II :50 o'clock and handles three additional cars for both men and women. Stage cars have been operated between many other com mercial centers and have proven popu- lar, according to James Freeman, dis trict passenger agent for the Southern railway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
SOLICITORS REPORT FILED
S46 Long Standing Cases NoIIe Prose,
 In Six Months

Report of Solicitor Jim Davis for the first six months of 1924 was filed Friday with Harwell G. Davis, attorney general. It records the number of cases tried, the number of convictions ob- tained and the types of sentences inn posed. Of 764 cases that were disposed of during the period, the report shows S46, which had been pending for long time, were nolle pressed because import ant prosecuting witnesses could not be located. 70,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13

Tom Ellzey, of Montgomery, secre- tary of the state council of Christian education, states: T have had part in many kinds of programs in rural dis tricts in a number of states, but the community life institute programs seem to me to have rendered the greatest
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darse cuenta exacta de la posici6n de
Los umpires en- distintas ocasiones. Sa-
bido es que San estaba "salvaje" y
que debido Ia velocidad de sus tira-
das la trocha de Hoyos hacia SIS des-
viaciones, que los espsctadores que es-
tabamos en- los stands creiamos que
eran bolas. Los unp;res no Sc debe11
medir con la misma vara. MIR. Keelan
puede equivocarse porque es humane.
pero sus equivocaciones siempre han
sido de buena fe Y nunca ha aposta-
do en- los jHegos alguno, de manera que
81 va a los juegos de base ball a yer
buena pelota. FL umpire de bases es-
tuvo ajustado y deseznpeno su posici6n
la altyra de cua1quier juez de bases
professional americana s7N
Una distinguida excursion compuesta
de lindas y ercantadoras damas y de
los varones que mas valen en- los cir
culos deportivos y sociales de Ponce,
fu6 acompahando a los s''temibles "
furiosos leones de Ponce ''las man
sas oveiitas de la ocho de San Juan.
que for1nan las huestes de Pipo> y Ca
ratini a la siinp&tica y culta ciudad de
Humacao.,
Entire las fanaticas estan senoras vi
dal Usera, seix, Oliver, Fornaris, Bs
deau. srta. valdivieso Y otras precio-
sas damitas que siento no recordar.
Entire los varones Alfredito Arms
trong, Pedro oliver, Jorge Vidal, Lcdos
Fernando B. y Fernando H. DR.. Maris-
tani, Luquitas valdivieso, Mr.. Badeau,
Estape, Paco Montaner, Lcdo. Rodri-
guez otros que la mente no recuerda
pero sabemos que valen mucho en- el
mundo de Ia pelota. El sefior Domin-
guez prominente miembro del casino
de Humacao, ofreci6 los salones del ca
sino tan distinguidas damas por con-
ducto del Lcdo. Fornaris. Los fans, de
Humacao, preguntaron por la ''madri
na'' del Ponce extranando su ausencia
De san Juan viEnos o Vetaquez. Re
gino Santana, Guerra, Eddie Collins
/ Isidorito Colon, Mr.. Keelan v Ell Meme
De Hurnacao pudimos saludar Mar
\ quez Roig, Boston Kelly) Mob Niue
suel. don Pepe Toro, presidente honora
rio del Team Humacao, Diaz, ex-mana
4 ger, Manolo Roig, ex-capitan del team
] Humacao Mr.. Morales, future cronis
] ia deportista de Humacao, Paco Ortiz
/ enthusiastic basebalero, v don PACE
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-04-19
LAS MADRINAs DE LOS
EQUIPOS MILITANTES.

Todos los clubs de base, bali en-
Puerto Rico, tienen sus "madrinitas" /.
Elias, en- distintas ocasiones han sa-
bido preniiar los esfuerzos fisicos
de sus ahijados, con medallas, mo-
nedas y fiestas que Sc aprecian mu-
cho mas que el dinero que damos los
"feos" durante la celebration de los
desafios. Estas distinguidas dami-
tas les han dado un aspecto mas
ideal Y mas bello al deporte en- Puer-
to Rico. Los jugadores tienen fuera
del manager a una damita que ha-
cerles case, Y como es la madrina
que suplica, y la dnica DANA entire
ellos, hay que acatar sus consoles.
En- los actuales programs de base
lball no falta la nota de las madri-
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SOBRE Ell CAMPEONATO.

He leido ell acta de la reunion de
Cayey v no encnentro bastante ali
ciente un "premio de 400 dollars pa
ra los dos primeros puesto. Estos
prernios deben aumentarse a 10000
dollars, para poder yer una buena
lucha entire los clubs existentes. 400
dollars lie pagan cualquiera de los
teams de primera por dos donlin-
COS. FL aumento puede hacerse por
suscripcion popular entire los verda-
deros fans del depcrte Ell Puerto
Rico.
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s42 Bway. New Yors
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DEPORTIVASDE "EL MIINDO''

Buxo. padre de la madrina y gran sos
tene6or del base ball en- Hulnacao.
El juego de la tarde 10 gan6 Eum4cao
dos una, habi6ndose signifcado Fe-
ilito como pitcher y Ei5genes como pa
1osdor corridor. El 'cisne'' estuvo
ou1eto y serene, como en- los tiernpos
del t'Puerto Rico. Los 6etaJles dc
este juego estan a cargo del jovea Gro
rista de Humacao, Bob Muesel. Los
Juegos En- Humacao estuvieron colosa-
les, resultaron Gle ligas NAYoREs.
Thos.. E. WILSON
fIumacao E-14-24.
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VUELVE Ell MUNDO POR
LA PELOTA.

FL amigo Y compaiiero Gerrish Jr.
estaba caHado por que Ia madrinita
no lie mando su medallita. Big Ball
debe estar alegre, pues cqenta el
amigo de Ponce con otro gran defen-
sor. Ell cronista deportivo de Ell
MUNDO en- Ponce no lie debe tcmer
al manager, captain, cronista ju-
gadores del Team Ponce, pero 81
al club de las madrinas poncen1as que
.sigue al Ponce al fin de la isla. iPre-
glntele a Eddie Collins!!!
lcontinua en- la pagina 10
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mas, ell de Humacao decfa: "La gen.
til v simpatica madrina de la move
ma poncena, la Srta. Mercedes Sala-
zar, vendra acompanando los su-
yos y los CRISES estar&n dignamente
representados por su ideal madrina,
la Srta. Carmen Buso." La madrina
del Ponce no vino, pero en- su ''lu-
gar" estuyo n2py bien representada
por muchas damas gentiles y simpa-
ticas y enthusiasts, las hay conta-
das, en- la isla. La participation &c
elias es 10 que vale.
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POR FIN LEGO Ell Ola.

Durante los iuegos de Cayey en-
tire ell Ponce y el Ribosch, actual
Campeon de Puerto Rico y ell Cam
peon que fue, sc daran las copas de
plata ofrecidas por Ell .MUNDO y
dotadas por Don Lucas Valdivieso y
Rogue, al fanatico mas eptusias-
ia Y al jugador mas necesario en-
Puerto Rico. iiQue mucho que hacer
han dado estos premios q Larry
Queman! Este eontpanero desde Ell
.resultado delcescrutinio no ha dicho
iesta boca es mia. = fe