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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17

(a) That. the cost of improvements at~ or upon street, avenue of alley rin- tersections shall he assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on said highways SO intersecting for one-hah block in each direction.
 (b) That the cost of sidewalk irns provements on street and avenue cor ners shall be assessed against the lots or parcels of land abutting on or. near est to said improvements, and the cost of sidewalk improvements at the inter section of any alley with street, ave nue or other highway, shall be assessed in fair proportion against the respec- tive lots or parcels of land abutting on or cornering on the alley at such inter section.
 (c) That, no assessment shall exceed the cost of such improvements or the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 (d) That the cost of improving be- tween the tracks and the rails of the tracks, and for IS inches on each side of the tracks of any street, electric or any other railroad. including switches and turnouts, shall be paid by the owners of such railroad. and shall be assessed against and form a lien upon said railroad and the property connect ed herewith. and fair and just pro- portion of the cost of drainage improve ments shall be assessed against and form a lien on each street, electric or other railroad on the highways or rights of way drained by such drains or sewers. and nothing herein con tained shall be construed to relieve any such railroad of it's obligations in the matter of street improvements.
 Section 4: That the estimated cost of said improyements is Ss2, 10000 and that the commission of the city of Birmingham. will meet on the 27th day of May; 1924, in the Council Cham Der of the City Hall of Birmingham, at 10'oclock a. m., to hear any objections remonstrances or protests that mag be made against said improvements. the manner of making the same or the character of material to be used.
 A true copy. Approved May 6, 1924.
 D. E. McI.ENDON,
 President of the Commission.
 L. F. GRAY,
 City Clerk Dated May 10 and IT, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17

That the north and south edges of a 2S-foot roadway on 11th Court, from the west line of the right of way of the Birmingham Southern Railroad to q point 50 feet west of the west line of said right of way, measured along the center line of said, 11th Court, and the east and west edges of 36-foot road way along the center line of 3rd Street, from the north line of 10th Court Alley, to a point 105 feet north of the north line of 10th Court Alley, and along the southwest side of Bank head Highway, along a line 10 feet northeast of and parallel with the southwest line of Bankhead Highway, from the west curb line of 3rd Street, to the south curb line of 36-foot roadway along the center line of 11th Avenue and along the southwest side of Bankhead Highway, along line 10 feet northeast of and parallel with the southwest line of Bankhead Highway, from the north curb line of 11th Ave nue to the south curb line of 3B- foot roadway along the center line of 11th Court, shall be curbed with port land cement concrete combined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter one foot wide.
 That stone headers shall be set on concrete across the roadway of 9th Street, west, along the north property line of 16th Avenue, west, if extend ed eastward, and along the east prop erty line of Philadelphia Road, across the roadway of 14th Avenue, west, and 18th Avenue, west, north of the right of way of the Birmingham Southern Railroad company, and along the west property line of Philadelphia Road, across the roadway of 18th Avenue, west, and across the roadway of Arka- delphia Road, along the south property line of 18th Avenue, west, and along the south property line of 12th Avenue, west, across the roadway of Sth Street, west, and across the roadway of 11th Avenue, along the southwest property line of Bankhead Highway.
 That a six-inch portland cement in- tegral header shall be constructed along the north and south edges of 20-foot roadway along the center line of 18th Avenue, west, from the west line of 9th Street Alley, west, to the west line of 9th Street, west, and the east and west edges of 20-foot roadway on 9th
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
PRESBYTERIANS RECEIVE PLEAS
 OF EUROPEANS
General Assembly Asked ToAid Suffering Minori-
 ties In Hungary

SAN ANTONIO. Texas. May 1e.-- Suffering minorities" among the Protestants of central and southern Eu- rope sent plea for aid to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States in session here to- day. The plea came through the Rev. s. l.. Morris of Atlanta, and the Rev. Dunbar H. Ogden of Mobile, represent- ing the Alliance of Presbyterian and Re- formed Churches of the world,
 The dis memberment of Hungary and partition of other southern European countries has wrought havoc among the Presbyterian churches in those coun- tries, the reports stated. From Hun gary alone 7S0,000 members of the church were transferred to Rumania, said the Rev. Morris, who described their condition as deplorable, both po- litically and physically. He declared they had been taken from a country where they had a strong separate en- tity and placed in surroundings where they are "a pitiful minority"
 Church Doctrines Barred
 The ministers cannot preach their church doctrines because of spies in the congregations and they can sing only the hymns prescribed by the na- tional authorities, he declared. Many of the churches have had their prop erty confiscated under the guise of an edict, which provides that no Protes- tant church with less than 300 mem bers will be permitted to maintain q church building, according to the re- port.
 The Rev. Ogden said petitions were being sent to the League of Nations asking aid for these scattered Protes- tants." The Alliance of Presbyterian and Reformed Churches is also seeking financial aid to relieve this condition. The alliance is an organization of all Presbyterian churches in the world formed to unite members of this faith in common tasks and united effort. Doctor Adolph Keller is head of the central bureau of the alliance at Zurich, Switzerland.
 Fundamentalist-modernist contro- versy showed itself only in an in- direct way at today's session. It came unexpectedly from the foreign mission fields. Protests were received from various foreign missionaries against the Presbyterian church giving support to seminaries abroad attended by mission aries with modernist views. Other re- quests were received asking the as- Other requests were received asking the sembly to continue its support to these seminaries, 30 that the question will have to be decided by the assembly on the basis of stand on the funda- mentalist-modernist problems. This is considered one of the big questions to come before the meeting.
 Another problem is the question of cooperating with other denominations in Japan. These two questions were referred to committees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17

Road, to the south property line of 12th Avenue, west, south of the Frisco Railroad right of way, and 18th Ave nue, west, from Arkadephia Road, to Bankhead Highway, and Bankhead Highway, from 18th Avenue. west, to 3rd street, and 3rd Street. from Bank head Highway to the north line of 10th Court Alley, and 11th Court, from Bankhead Highway to the west line of the right of way of the Birmineham Southern Railroad company, shall be graded.
 That the east and west edges of a 30-foot roadway along the center line of Philadelphia Road, from the north property line of 14th Avenue, west, if extended westward, to the south prop erty line of 12th Avenue, west, south of the right of way of the Frisco Rail- road, shall be curbed with portland cement concrete combined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter one foot wide,
 That portland cement concrete com bined curb and gutter shall be con structed along the south side of 12th Avenue, west, along line 10 feet AOtth OA anu kfuHdktCt Wttu atttE cUuIu property line of 18th Avenue, west, from the east curb line of Philadelphia Road, to the east property line of Sth Street, west. the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter one foot wide.
 That the east curb line of Arkadel- phia Road shall be connected with the north and south curb line of 30-foot roadway along the center line of 14th Avenue, west, and the north and south curb lines of 25-foot roadway on 18th Avenue, west, north of the right of way of the Birmingham Southern Railroad Company, and a 25-foot roadway on 18th Avenue, west, south of the Frisco Railroad right of way, and the west curb line of Philadelphia Road shall be connected with the north and south curb lines of 30-foot roadway along the center line of 18th Avenue, west, and the south curb line of 18th Ave me, west, shall be connected with the east and west curb lines of 30-foot roadway along the center line of Sth Street, west, with portland cement concrete combined curb and gutter, the curb and gutter to be six inches thick and the gutter one foot wide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17

Philadelphia Road, to Bankhead High way, and on Bankhead Highway, from 12th Avenue, west, to 3rd Street. and on 3rd Street, from Bankhead Highway, to the north line of 10th Court Alley, and on 11th Court, from the east edge of the roadway on Bankhead Highway. to the west line of the right of way of the Birmingham Southern Railroad company, shall be paved with sheet asphalt paving having one-inch bind CT course and one and oDe-half-inch wearing surface, on six-inch concrete foundation, or bitulithic paving two inches thick on six inch concrete foun- dation, provided, however, that the final selection of the pavement or the kind or character thereof, shall be postponed until the bids shall have been received, provided however, that the roadway on Village Greek Bridge shall be paved for its entire width.
 Provided further, that the area be- tween the tracks and the rails of the tracks and for IS inches outside of the outside rails of the tracks of all steam, electric or other railroad stracks within said limits, shall not be paved with sheet ashalt or bitulithic paving as aforesaid, but shall be paved with vitri- fled brick paving on six-inch concrete foundation and the joints filled with an asphalt filler and sanded.
 That culverts, cast iron and vitrified clay drainage pipes, inlets and man. holes of brick. with cast iron covers, shall be consrtucted along said streets between said points.
 Section 2: That said improvements shall be made in accordance with the established grades on file in the office of the City Engineer, for said portions of said highways, and according to full details, drawings, plans, specifications and surveys of said work and estimates, which shall be prepared by the, City Engineer, as early as practicable, and placed by him on file in, his office, in the City Hall, not-later than two weeks prior to the date named in Section 4 of this ordinance, where property own CTS who may be affected by said i'm provements may see and examine the same.
 Section 8: That the cost of con- structing said improvements shall be assessed against the property abutting on the portions of the highways so i'm proved, provided sa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
GRADE ORDINANCE NO. 627-C

An ordinance fixing and establishing the grade of Avenue D, Ensley, from the north property line of 18th street, Ensley, to the south property line of 20th street, EnsIey, and on goth street, Ensiey, from the east property line of Avenue D, Ensley to the west property line of Ensley avenue, and the curbs on both sides thereof.
 BE TT ORDAINED, by the Commis- sion of the City of Birmingham, that the grade of Avenue D, Ensley, from the north property line of 18th street, Ensley, to the south property line of goth street, Ensley, and goth street, Ensley, from the east property line of Avenue D, Ensley, to the west property line of Ensley avenue, and the curbs on both sides thereof, be, and the same are hereby fixed and established as shown on profile sheet No. 311, here tofore exhibited to this Commission and now on file in the City Hall in the office of the City Engineer.
 Approved May 6, 1924.
 D. E. McLENDON,
 President of the Commission. A true copy.
 L. E. GRAY,
 City Clerk
 Date May 1T, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
THE WEATHER

: virxlnis Fair and warmer Saturday; Sunday cloudy.
 North Carolina, south carolina and Georsia: Fair and warmer Saturday; Florida: Partly cloudy in north and Saturday and Sunday; no chanss In tenn perature. Extreme Northwest Florida. Alabama and Mississippi' Fair and niid Saturday Tennessee ana Kentucky: Fair and mild.
 Louisiana. saturday fair. warner in east portions Sunday increasing cloudi- Arkansas. saturday fair, warmer in east portion: Sunday partly cloudy to okiahoma: saturday increasing cioudi- ness; Sunday partly cloudy to cloudy.
 East Texas: Saturday generally fair i: Sunday increasing cioudiness.
 West Texas: saturday and Sunday gen orally fair.
 E East Cuff. Gensis variable. p.r.,v cloudy. showers off the Florida coast Sat day. -, ' { " T ,ossrs,s csrisss.n sss and windwsrd rsssas.: casional showers Saturday. ]. Sandy Hook Co Hatteras: Moderate southwest; fair Saturday. ss
 Hstteras to Florida Straits: Gentle Florida coast Saturday,
 Summary of observations made at sta tions of the United States Weather Bu- reau, during the 24 hours ending at [ p. m. 90th meridian time, May 1e, iss4:
 --TEMPERATUREs--
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
DEATHS AND BIRTHS
 ALTER BALANCE
Mississippi Reports Highest
 Mortality In 1923

WASHINGTON, May Is,-Lower birth rates and higher death rates for last year as compared with 1922 were recorded by the census bureau.
 Statistics made public today show that the highest birth rate, 34.S per 1000 population, was in cities of Wy oming and the lowest was 15.6 per 1000 in rural districts of Montana.
 The highest death rate, 20.3 per 1000, was in cities of Mississippi, and the lowest, 6.5 per 1000, in the rural districts of Idaho.
 Infant mortality rates were generally higher than those of 1922
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE
 ND. 3kA.n

An ordinance to provide for certain improvements on 18th Avenue, west, from the west line of 9th Street Alley, west, to 9th Street, west, and on 9th Street, west, and Philadelphia Road from the north property line of 18th Avenue, west, to the south property line of 18th Avenue, west, and on 18th Avenue, west, from Philadelphia Road, to Bankhead Highway, and on Bank. head Highway; from 12th Avenue, west, to 3rd Street, and Srd Street. from Bankhead Highway, to the north line of 10th Court Alley, and on 11th Court. from Bankhead Highway to the west line of the right of way of the Bir- mingham Southern Railroad company.
 BE IT ORDAINED, by the Com mission of the City of Birmingham, as follows: F
 Section 1 That Philadelphia Road from the north property line of 14th Avenue west, west of Philadelphia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
TROOPS ARE READY
 TO GUARD NEGROES
Police Disperse Crowds Assem-
 bling In Vicinity Of Jail

WILMINGTON, Del, May 16.-The local detachment of the national guard was quietly mobilized today in order to be ready for immediate effective service in the event that an attempt should be made to lynch Annie Lewis, negress, who killed Mrs. Mary C.. Davis, police matron, in cell last Sat urday night.
 Last night and today small crowds assembled in the vicinity of the county workhouse at Greenback but were dis persed by the police.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17
JOHN sHARP RETIRES

JACKSON, Miss, May 16.-John Sharp Williams, former United States senator, in a letter to Henry Minor, former state senator from Noxubee county, made public today, declared he does not expect to attend either the state or national democratic con with the outside world, devotinf most of his time to literary work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-17

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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-13
RECLAMATION BILL
FAILS IN THE HOUSE

Washington. D. C.-The house Sat
urdaX refused to accept senate ascend
ments to the deficiency appropriation
blu carrying an aggregate Of more
than Se.0O0,oOO for six irrigation and
reclamation projects in the west.
The measure would afford relief to
settlers on reclamation projects and
provide for the establishment Of a
bureau Of reclamation in the interior
department and . readjustnent OF
water charges. which wsuld be based
ON the average estimated crep value
extended over a period Of years.
The. six projects specified in the
amendments to which the house OBJ
jected were North Platte. Wis. $780,
600: Spanish Springs, New, SsOo, 900;
Salt Lake basin, Utah; $500 900;
owyhee, oreson-IdaAo. S1.s5o. 600 /;
Warm Springs Cvale). Oregon. $780,
900, and Kittitas unit Of Yakima,
Wash. project. S1.6OO.OO0.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-13
ADIOURNS
SIX MONTHS SESSION
auch Important Legislation IN
GLIDING Farm Measures
Fall to Pass.

Washington. D. C.-Congress ended
its six months session in an atmos-
phere Of controversy and turmoil char
acteristic Of the bitter dissension
which has marked its proceedings
from the start.
Western senator's and representa-
tives IN the final hours Of the session
fought and lost q desperate fight for
legislation 70 relieve the farmer and
to reform the reclamation policy Of
the government.
Many other measures, including the
bill authorizing construction Of eight
new cruisers and modernization Of
battleships and the deficiency appro-
priation bin carrying funds to begin
operation Of the bonus law and fer
many other purposes, failed in the
final crush Of legislation when the
session ended.
Farm Legislation, embodied in half
3 dozen measures which were put into
shape early in the session. failed Of
enactment, although efforts were con-
tinued for 1t up to the last hour.
Likewise, no railroad legislation of
great importance was placed on the
statute books. This legislation. how
ever. and much other was put into
position where It can be taken up at
the next session with much Of the
work Of hearings and investigations
completed.
Muscle Shoals. a question which has
been in the forefront now for many
months, once more went over for set
Element at the December session.
One important factor IN the work
Of the session was the balance of
power held by the insursent group
headed by Senator La Toilette, repub-
hcan, Wisconsin. Joining with the
democrats, it seated . democrat. Sen
atot Smith, South Carolina, as the
head Of the senate interstate COM
merce committee. In the house, again
Joining with the democrats. it forced
revision of the rules.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-13
REPUBLICANS MEET
TO name COOLIDGE
Second Place on the Ticket IN
Doubt When the Convsn-
ton Opened.

Cleveland. ohio.-When the gavsI
fell at the opening session OF the re.
publican national convention Presi.
dent Coolidge's nomination was prac.
tically an accomplished fact and the
major planks of the party platform
were az good as agreed upon, but sec
ond place on the ticket was still un-
determined.
A number Of yice-presidentia booms
were launched prior to the opening
Of the convention, chief among them
being those for Secretary Hoover and
Ex-Governor Lowden of Illinois. Low
den sent word to his supporters that
he did not want the nomination and
would not accept If nominated.
Coming to order promptly on
scheduled time the national conven-
tion devoted its first session to per
fecting the temporary organization
and hearing the keynote speech by
Representative Theodore r. Burton Of
Ohio, temporary chairman.
Full delegations on the floor and gal
leries well filled, but not crowded, fol-
lowed closely the speech of the chair
man which sounded the keynote oS the
coming campaign.
Bishop William +. Anderson OF the
Methodist Episcopal church. Cincin-
natl, Ohio. delivered the opening pray
or.
Many new faces appeared where
old familiar ones have been in the
memorable years gone by. Chauncey
M. Depew was not on hand for the
first time in years, and uncle Joe"
Cannon, who has attended every re-
publican convention since Abraham
Lincoln was nominated was absent.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was not
in the little circle Of convention man
ayers, the iHconspicious steering COM
mittee" that has so much to say Of
what will be done.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-06-13
APPORTIoN ROAD FUND

Secretary Wallace Announces plstrI.
button Of Federal Aid to states.
Washington, d. C.-AppOrtionment
among the states and Hawaii ct $751;
100000 for federal aid highway con
struction for the year beginning July
! was announced by Secretary Wallace.
Pr0mDt aDDOrtionmsnt nj the. federal
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-11-15
BETHANY M. E. CHURCH..
L. d. Chamnlon. Pastor.

Services Sunday as follows:
IL a. M, Sunday School.
s p. M. Song service and preaching.
Wednesday, 8 p. M, Praise and Prayer
service.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-11-15
MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH.
KEEPING THE
Hat ON
BY THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men. University of
Illinois.

WE WE'RE visitors in Rome anc
were crowded in one of the
I'm courts of the Vatican waiting ex
rsa.antly for "a public audience of the
pope. 1t was a bizarre, motley GROUP
composed of peoples of all nations
and of all walks of life. Priests and
laymen. m%illionaires and beggars
the elect and the outcast touched ell
bows and jostled each other as they
moved about impatiently until the APP
pointed hour.
The center of interest was a little
balcony at one end Of the court draped
with a banner bearing the insignia of
the cross Ii was here that the pope
was TO appear. As the bells ceased
Ginning the hour he stepped upon
the b~alcony-an ola man, white-haired.
erect. with a rare dignity of BEARING
that commanded respect and rever-
nee ever from those of a different
faith or of no faith at all. He
stretched out his eloquent hands, and
instinctively everyone uncovered and
kneIt upon the stones of the pavement
TO receive his blessing-everyone but
one. fer beside me unahashed was one
of my countrymen. standing disrespect-
full and irreverent. his hands in his
pockets. a cigar in his teeth. his hat
on his head, gazing with curiosity at
the great head of a great church.
There are many conventions which
in themselves mean little and which
sometimes, perhaps, are best honored
in the breach, excepting as they may
show our breeding or reveal the spirit
that is within us. Taking the hat off
is a symbol only, sometimes of rever-
ence. sometimes of respect for home.
or womankind, or old age, or place. or
position, or authority. Every time we
raise our hats to a wom or stand
uncovered as the Stars and Stripes
pass by we make an unspoken utter
ance of our creed.
A mar who c0mes into a public
meeting where there are men and
women, and who keeps his hat on n
| til he is seated looks crude, eve if he
is the big man of town.
we gam III SeiI-reSpecI anu ulSnlt!
and reverence by regarding these con
ventions. 1t is a good thing for our
| souls; it is a developer of our char
acter. The American at Rome would
have been a better. more refined man
If he had taken off his hat, and a better
citizen. He would have shown respect
| for authority, reverence for religion
and a regard for the feelings and opin-
ions of others.
&c. 1924. Western Newspaper Union,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-11-15

PA" said Clarence, whats the pipe
of peace?" Its the one | smoke Out
back of the garage" growled his dad
Cincinnati Enquirer