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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
FORMER POLICE
 OFFICIAL SHOT
lANNIsToN BUREAU,

ANNISTON, Ala, Jan. 24.-J. Lind say Pope, former police official of An niston, was perhaps fatally shot in the office of Chief of Police George w. Rutledge this afternoon by Lee Fowler. garageman. Pope was shot through the abdomen. An arm was broken by another shot. Fowler was lodged in the county jail.
 Domestic troubles of long standing are reported responsible. According to investigating officials Fowler came into the city hall and asked Pope if a war rant had been sworn out for Fowler's wife. Pope is said to have replied in the affirmative
 Fowler then drew a revolver, it is claimed and began shooting. Pope grap- pied with him and in the scuffle in the hallway was shot twice. Four other shots were fired. Fowler is under stood to have resented attentions shown his wife by Pope previous to the time the warrant was sworn out.
 Pope's resignation from the police force was requested by the police com mittee of the city council, according to officials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
JUDGES CLEARING
 OLD CITY CASES

Judge Woodson J. Martin has dis. posed of about 20 cases day since he was transferred from Gadsden. Jan. IA. for the trial of city appeal cases in the, Jefferson county criminal court, ace cording to Forney W. Brandon. clerk of court. This. average, MT. Brandon says, is more than twice that for the county as whole.
 Judge Martin was sent to Birminss ham by Chief Justice John C.. Anders son, of the Alabama supreme court, at the request of: Judge 0. B. Smith. An attempt is being made to clear the docket of city appeal cases, many ot which have been in the courts for sexe eral years. In some of the cases i'm. portant witnesses have moved away and cannot be reached by subpoenaes. Judge Martin has been able to nolle pros several of them at the request of the city attorney.
 Judge Martin will be succeeded next week by Judge John Mckinley of Eu- tau, who will try city appeal cases during the weeks of January 28 and February 4. Judge E. B. Almon of Florence will follow Judge Mckinley for two weeks period. He will in turn be followed by Judge Oceola Kyle of Decatur, Judge Walter B. Jones of Montgomery and Judge Leon McCord of Montgomery. All of these judges will be in Birmingham for tive weeks each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25

that state, and as prescribed by the Mississippi commission for distances up to 100 miles in that state. It is there fore held that the new scale of rates applied by the three state commissions on cotton would be just and reasonable for interstate application between Me- ridian and points in Alabama within POO miles of Meridian, as we'll as on Alabama intrastate shipments in terri tory affected by the Meridian case.
 With reference to rates on clay, con- crete and shale products, it is stated that the Alabama commission has ap- piled rates on these products which have been agreed to by the large ship pers of these products in the south east and the carriers in that territory for application on both interstate and intrastate commerce and have been pre- scribed in Georgia by the commission of that state, hence as in the case of cotton, their application is urged, both interstate from Meridian to points in Alabama within POO miles of that city, in radius affected by the Meridian de- cision, as well as interstate in Alabama. Two of the four carriers involved in the Meridian case, the Mobile and Ohio and Alabama, Tennessee and Northern railroads, have arranged by tariff pub licat;on to put in force the rates de- sired by the Alabama commission on cotton, clay, concrete and shale products on intrastate shipments in the Ala bama territory affected by the Meridian case, it is stated; while the Southern and the Alabama Great Southern rail- roads have failed to do so.
 Large Hay Markets
 With reference to hay, it is pointed out in the petition that the Alabama cities affected by the Meridian case are large markets for hay and that the ter ritory affected produce hay in com mercial quanties that there is no sub stantial movement of hay between Me ridian and the affected Alabama terri tory; that relatively lower car load rates are maintained from hay produc- ing sections of Mississippi to certain Alabama cities involved in the Me ridian case, than from Alabama pro- ducing points to the same Alabama cities as a result of the interstate con- merce commissions order and that as a result Alabama hay producers are deprived of the full advantage of near by markets.
 The petition of the Alabama com mission was signed by Hugh White, special assistant attorney general and attorney for the commission, and J. H. AIdredge, chief rate expert of the com- mission, and was mailed to the inter- state commerce commission under date of today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
SALES ].
 NOT NECESSARY
Delinquent Improvement Assess. ments Are Being Paid
 The City

That million dollar auction sale oi Birmingham property which city off cials advertised for next Wednesday tc satisfy unpaid public improvement as. sessments>ha turned out to be a 'purs and simple fixzle," Comptroller c. E Armstrong said Thursday.
 Delinquents are coming in and "pay. ing up" 50 rapidly that there will be no property left to sell by Wednesday, the comptroller announced.
 Of course we are glad," the comp. troller added. "When we first began plans for the sale, something like g.. 900, GOO worth of property was in. volved. There were 1000 homes and the past due assessments totaled $98,. GOO. Now there are less than 5OO pieces of property involved and the amount due in assessments is less than $40, 900. It looks like every dollar of this will be paid before sale day"
 The sale is scheduled to be held in front of the court house. The highest cash bidders win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
FLOGGED BOYS 2 CONFESS THEY ! i. BURNED SCHOOL
(srATE CAPITAL BUREAU)

-t.- N6xA41 CAElIAA 0OhEAOp
 MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 24.-- Times have changed since the outraged youngster who was switched at school sought revenge in drawing caricature of the teacher, who wielded the rod, on the corner fence, according to re. port received today by c. D. Johnson state fire marshal. The substance of the report was that Mack and Jairus Norton, aged 13 and II, respectively, have made an alleged confession impii. eating themselves as having applied the torch which destroyed the handsome town school building at Ariton Tues. day night, as a protest against q whip ping administered to them in connec. tion, with compulsory attendance Ut school.
 This is the second school building in Alabama destroyed within year for almost identical causes, according to Marshal Johnson, the other being in St. Clair county, where a youth, appar- ently angered as result of punish ment, is alleged to have set fire to a school. He was committed to the Boys Industrial school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
TNO CHANGES IN
 LEES CHAPEL
Preparations Being Made Tt Raise Endowment For South
 ern School Of Journalism

There will be no reconstruction oi Robert E. Lees chapel at Lexington Va, Dr. Henry Lewis Smith,, president of Washington and Lee university, told an audience in the Tutwiler ballroom Thursday afternoon.
 "Che church, which General Les knew, will remain as it was when he worshipped there" the southern edu cator assured his listeners.
 Dr. Smith then spoke of a meeting held last week in Lexington between trustees of the university and com mittee of the National Daughters of the Confederacy at which resolution pre- scented by John W. Davis, former am bassador to Great Britain, was adopted This resolution was to the effect that no changes were to be made in the chapel.
 Outline Work
 The purpose of the Tutwiler meeting was to outline the Lee Memorial School of Journalism campaign, which opens in Birmingham next week. Dr. Smitl told of Lees early vision for such 8 branch of learning and spoke of the re markable response with which the campaign is meeting in other parts oi the south.
 A portion of this fund, S75, 900, has been contributed by the Southern News paper Publishers association, he said and a public appeal is being made fol the remainder of half million en dowment.
 Following Dr. Smiths address three heads of local Daughters of the Con. federacy, Mrs. Chapel Cory, Mrs. J H. Scruggs and Mrs. Charles Donoho spoke, assuring Dr. Smith of the earn. est support of their organization.
 Many Attend
 The meeting was largely attended special sections being reserved for Con. federate veterans and their wives.
 Dr. Smith will talk at one more meeting before he leaves the city, speak. ing before the Civitan club Friday noon on the subject of Lee, The Educator
 A meeting of the Washington and Lee university alumni committees which have charge of the campaign fol Birmingham's share in the fund to en. dow the Robert E. Lee School oi Journalism will be held at the Tut wiler hotel, Room PAP Friday after. noon at 4:30 o'clock.
 Daughters of the Confederacy meet Monday at 10 a. m., to discuss their part in the campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
SILHOUETTES OF
 STATE CAPITAL
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU)

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. 24.- The state health department was wis., ited Thursday afternoon by three men internationally known in public health work, who made the trip to Alabama to see what this state is doing in fight ing diseases and to allow other parts of the world to profit by what has been accomplished here. The visitors were Dr. F. F. Russell, general director of the International Health board; Dr. D. l.. Edsall, dean of the Harvard School of Medicine and Public Health, and Dr. Andrew Balfour, dean of the Lon don School of Public Health and Trop- ical Medicine. They had just returned from visiting Covington county, which has health unit widely known for its efficiency, and which is a training ground for medical men from other parts of the world. The visitors left tonight for the east.
 Dr. Russell, referring to the progress in Covington county under leadership mentioned that he had visited the coun-
 
 work was well under way. More has been done than 1 thought could be done in one years time," he stated in sum- ming up his trip just made. 'Dr. Smi- ley has specimens of his work in school children and others, once physically and mentally backward who have had their lives completely changed as a re- suit of public health work treatment" Dr. Russell stated, referring particu- larly to the hook worm eradication in Covington.
 Commenting on the campaign against malaria being waged in Alabama, Dr. Russell declared that remarkable prog hess has been made, and that with a continuation the present line of prog ress malaria can be made a negligible disease in Alabama. He stated that at the present time one-third of all the deaths in the world are from malaria, and that the disease not only is prob lem in tropical countries, but in many parts of the temperate zone, such as the Balkans and southern Russia. Modern malarial control requires brains more than any other factor,' Dr. Russell stated. "Alabama's health department is working on this and oth- CT public health problems in an intel .igent mannery and is- making marked progress. I have noticed that the peo- pie of your state. appreciate and sup port your public health work; they ap- pear to realize, to some extent at least, what it means to them.'
 Dr. Balfour, the British visitor, stated that England is interested in what Alabama is doing in public health work, since lessons on the control of such diseases as malaria in this state can be given practical application in the far-flung British possessions in Africa, India, Ceylon, federated Malay states, and other areas. Alabama, it was pointed out, has an advantage over the tropical countries mentioned in the fact that the climate here, though mild, has, nevertheless, a beneficial winter sea- son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
SILENCE STILL WHISTLE

A whisky still, equipped with 8 whistle, the first one ever captured in Alabama was brought to Birmingham Thursday after being seized near Gloy. CTS Bend. -.
 The still, with a capacity of 250 gal. Ions, was made from a large boiler Raiding officers said Thursday it was one of the most complete they had ever seen and cleverly concealed. Water from nearby spring was supplied by a hose 400 feet long.
 Approximately POO gallons of corn whisky and 2,000 gallons of mash were found nearby and destroyed. Deputies making the capture were W. s. Adams D. F. Barrett, B. J. Wall and Will. liam Alexander.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
DEATHS

Mary Celia Swafford-Funeral services for Mary Celia Swafford S4. who died Wednesday at a local infirmary, will be held at 8 o'clock Saturday after noon, followed by interment in Forest Hill cemetery. with Vice in charge. Pallbearers will be E. E. Bull, J. s. Callahan, B. V. Cold, W. G. Horn, J. R. Swafford and B. c. Phillips.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
lQSURES TITLES
 ON REAL ESTATE
Alabama Title And Trust Com. pany Inaugurates System
 Of Land Surety

Following a survey which disclosed that nineteen of the twenty-first larg, est cities in this country are now usino title insurance, the Alabama Title and Trust company has instituted a titlt insurance department, which will issut policies insuring the marketability ot land titles. This is the first time, it ii stated, that title insurance with the marketability feature has been written in Alabama.
 Officers of the Alabama Title and Trust company assert that title in. Fsurance is rapidly spreading over the entire country as result of the deI mand from real estate dealers and property owners for quicker and morS economical system for handling land titles.
 Gives Safety
 "It is only question of time until [ little insurance will be used all over the United States" says Paul Savage, president of the Alabama Title and Trust company. "When 1t has secured Judgement, no other system will sup. plant it. In instituting this new de- partment it is not our purpose to try and force title insurance on Birming. ham but we do conceive it to be our duty to keep abreast of the times and to make available for our patrons the most modern system of handling land titles.
 "Title insurance has been adopted by nineteen of the twenty-first cities in the United States. In these big cities abstracts of title, with opinions there on, have proved very satisfactory un, til property values became 50 high. With the increase in property values, the growing importance of the time eles ment in real estate transactions, dnd the complexity of business conditions the abstract system failed to meet the requirements. The title insurance sys. tenn came into vogue This type of in- surance not only insures to the ownef the quiet enjoyment and undisturbe4 possession of property, but also ins sures that the title is marketable and +on it. 3
 Modern Development From time to time we have had agitation for the Torrens system Several years ago the question of tho suggested for Birmingham, but nothing has been heard of it for sometime. Title insurance embodies all of the ad. yantages which appeal to the advocates of the Torrens system and at the same time does not contain the objectionable features of that system.
 "We anticipate that as the merits oS title insurance become known in. Bir. mingham that it will prove as popular here us it has been in other large cities of the same population class" The Alabama Title and Trust com pany, 21O9 Third avenue, which has inaugurated the new department, has been in business in Birmingham for 31 years, first under the name of the Ala- bama Abstract company and later by the title which it bears today. Officers of the company are Paul Savage, presi. dent; David P. Anderson, vice presi. dent, and Henry R. Howze, chief counsellor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
CAPITAL WATER RATES BOOSTED
50 Per Cent Increase To Put Department On Pay
 ing Basis
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. 24.- Montgomery water. rates will be given Ia boost of about DO per cent by the city commission. This was indicated at the city hall today. The present rate .is $5 and the new rate will be $4.50. For this rate each consumer is allowed 10000 gallons of water. The rate for each thousand gallons above 10000 is 15 cents, and it was understood this rate will be increased to 25 cents under the new program.
 Members of the city commission said the city is determined to put the water department on a paying basis. An auditors report last week indicated that the department had suffered a deficit of more than $500 900 since the water works were taken over by the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
LAFOLLETTE INDORsED

FARGO. N. D., Jan. 24.-Four of the Nonpartisan league county conven- tions held yesterday throughput North Dakota instructed their delegates to the state league convention to be held at Bismarck on February 6. to work and vote for the indorsement of Sen ator Robert NJ. LaFollette, Wisconsin, for President by that convention, ac- cording to reports compiled by The Fargo Forum today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
FARM MEETING CALLED

WETUMPEA, Ala, Jan. 24.-A special meeting of the officers and beat directors of the Fillmore County Farm bureau has beerr>> called for Friday at Wetumpka. The %urpose is to outline thorough progra@ of work for this year and it is expected that much progress over last Wear will be made by the Elmore bureau during 1924. The membership is greatly increased, as is the general inte rest of its mem- bers and friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
ONE OF OLDEST EVER ON TRIAL
 LET OFF LIGHT

One of the oldest persons ever tried in Alabama was given the lightest sentence Thursday that has ever been imposed upon person convicted of violating the liquor laws in Jefferson county.
 Allen Phillips, 90-year-old negro, was tried before Judge Woodson J. Martin the jury fined him $1 and costs after finding him guilty. He was caught with a small bottle of whisky in his possession, according to officers who made the arrest. He was using it for his health, he told the jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
THE WEATHER

Virginia: Cloudy Friday; possibly rain Friday morning. Saturday, gen. erally fair; much colder. North and South Carolina: Mostly cloudy: possibly local rain Friday; slightly warmer in west portions Fri day. Saturday, generally fair; colder; much colder Saturday night.
 Georgia: Mostly cloudy; possibly lo- cal rains Friday; warmer in north and central portions Friday. Saturday, generally fair; much colder by Satur- day night. Florida: Mostly cloudy Friday and Saturday; probably local rains in north portion; colder in north portion Sat urday.
 Extreme northwest Florida and Ala bama: Mostly cloudy; possibly local rains Friday. Saturday, fair; much colder.
 Mississippi: Mostly cloudy; possibly local rains Friday; colder Friday night. Saturday, fair; much colder.
 Tennessee: Mostly cloudy; possibly rains Friday; colder Friday night. Sat urday, fair; much colder; cold wave in west portion.
 Kentucky: Cloudy and colder Friday; probably light rain or snow. Saturday, generally fair; much colder Friday night and Saturday, with cold wave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
JEMISON ELECTED
 PRESIDENT OF BANK
Annual Meeting Is Held By In- dustrial Savings Organization

Robert Jemison, ST., has been re- elected president of the Industrial Say ings bank, formerly the Morris Plan bank, for the seventh time, it was an nounced Thursday. W. E. Willett is first vice president; A. H. Woodward, second vice president; F. B. Yielding, third vice president, and NJ. V. Hind ley, assistant cashier.
 The annual report of this institu- ton reflects year of prosperous growth and the outlook for 1924 is felt to be exceptionally good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25
NOT GUILTY
Judge Directs Clearing of Defendant
 In COnsDiracy Case

PARKERSBURG, w. Va.,, Jan. 24. A verdict of not guilty by direction by Judge D. Lawrence Groner was re- turned by a jury tonight in federal court in the harness conspiracy case against B. c. Morse, formerly director of sales in the surplus property division of the war department, and four off cers of the United States Harness con- pany.
 The other defendants were George B. Goetz, Joseph c. Byron, Azel Y. Coch- ran and Henry w. Benke, all former army officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-25

YOU KNOW A TONIC IS GOOD
 when it makes you eat like hungry boy and brings back the color to your cheeks. You can soon feel the Strengthening, Invigorating Effect ok GROVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. 6Oc.-Ady,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-12
I.H.C. MANAGERS
IN CONFERENCE
ON BUSINESS
Managers of Six Branches of
Company Meeting in Bis
marck Today

Six branch managers of the Inter.
national Harvester Company in the
Northwest are in conference hele
yesterday with j. L. Upton Northwest
manager, and other officials of the
Chicago office, reviewing the busi-
ness and sales problems of the past
year and laying plans for the future.
Good business through the North
west, because of the big crops, was
reported by managers, and Mr.. Tip
ton expressed great hope over the
future development Of the North
west.
Among those in attendance are two
former managers Of the Bismarck
branch, X. C. Battey, now manager
of the International Harvester Com
pany branch office in Billings, Mon
tana, and P. r. Fields, manager at
Grand Forks. Bismarck was chosen
as central location for the confer
ence, which is attended by the fol
lowing, in addition to Mr.. Fields and
Mr.. Battcy: J. L. Upton. Chicago,
district manager; J. Sanders, H. o.
Alexander and Homer Cogdell of the
Chicago office; f. NJ. Stevens, as
sistant manager at Grand Forks; F.
A. Compton, manager at Helena,
Montana; j. F. Carson, manager at
Spokane, Washington; G. E. Pet
rick, branch manager and B. B.
Leonard, assistant, Fargo; j. c. Tay-
lor, manager, and A. K. Tice, as
sistant, Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-12
FEWER RURAL
CHURCHES ARE
a NOW PROPOSED

Columbus. Ohio, Nov. 12.-Fcwcr
rural churches, shorter sermons and
greatest cooperation between various
denominations is the aim of the AM
erican Country Life Association,
which closed its seventh annual con-
ference here last night.
After five days of discussion, COM
mittees reported that denominations
al strife was seriously hampering
rural advancement. Cooperation was
prescribed as the remedy.
Thirty pastors agreed to shorten
their sermons to 80 minutes and re-
port results to national headquar-
ters. Delegates also agreed to work
for the advancement of the commun-
ity generally. rather than for the
respective denominations.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-12
MANY ATTEND
LODGE RITES
Personal Representative of
President Sent to Boston

Cambridge, Mass, Nov. l2.--Rep-
rcsentatives of the nation and the
state were assembled here today to
attend the funeral Of Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, member of the Senate
for 81 years and for much Of that
time an important figure in national
affairs. An early train from Wash
ington brought to Boston large dele
cations to express the mourning of
the legislative and executive branch
es of the government. Secretaries
Hughes and Weeks, assigned to rep
resent the Cabinet, were among these
arrivals. Yesterday Capt. Adolphus
Andrews, Naval aide to the Pres
ident, came to the city at the be-
hest of President Coolidge as his
personal representative, called on
the family of Senator Lodge and
rendered the Presidents sympathy.
Special cars attached to the Fed
eral Express from Washington to-
day brought committees of the
House and Senate. Twenty four
states were represented in this del
egation.