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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-24

TAIR tonight and Saturday.
l. Warmer weather antic-
ipated for Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
JOINT BUILDING IS
 KIWANIANS URGE
Miss Dickinson Calls Attention
 To Need Of Children :"

Construction of joint city and county administration building was urged in a resolution adopted by the Kiwanis club at the regular weekly luncheon Tuesday. at the Tutwiler hotel. The public affairs committee was ln- structed to take up the, matter with the board of revenue, the city commis- sion and the Chamber of Commerce. Four new members of hte club were introduced by President Darby Brown, these being William E. White, Doug las Stockham, H. NJ. Henderson and Alexander Patterson. Several visitors were introduced by individual mem bers. ,.. The cause of the under-privileged child was presented in a speech by Miss Elizabeth Dickinson, welfare worker and writer on sociological prob lems, who pointed out the work being done in Birmingham by the organiza- tion with which she is associated.
 There were 1,200 children born in Birmingham last year." she said, "and in spite If what our statesmen say, they were not born free and equal. Some are normal, few are above normal, and many are sub-normal. They pre- sent problem to every~ city and com munity. It is problem that Birming- ham must take a deeper interest in"
 Miss Dickinson pointed out that in telligence tests have been developed to sucn a point of accuracy that it is a simple matter to classify pupils, but the matter of adapting education to the needs of all type is more difficult.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
RISING COST OF
 ELECTRICITY IS
 PROBLEM NOW
Engineers Representing Investment Of $6,00O,-
 100000 At Meet

Keeping down the cost of electrical power and making it more useful to America's millions in the face of rising costs of other commodities has reached stage where engineers representing the $6,000, 900, 900 investment of all the power industries in the. United States, assembled in convention in Birming- ham, can brag about it, A. Jackson Ma shall. secretary of the National Electric Light association, said Tues day night.
 Close coordination between commit tees representing every phase of power production in every geographical dis trict in the country is responsible for the fact that, from point of view of cost and service, the individual is pay ing less for his electricity than any other purchase he makes, the engineer said.
 Lauds Monopolies
 Power generating monoplies, such as the larger electricity producing, plants all over the country, were lauded by Mir. Marshall as one of the greatest in- struments of cost reduction in the in- dustrial world. Without them" he asserted, "the large cities, like Birming- ham, would become maze of conflict ing overhead systems of wires, conflict ing prices and conflicting franchises for which the customer ultimately would pay *
 The eight technical committees of the association, assembled in the Tutwiler hotel, were at work all day Tuesday studying the problems in their divisions with a view to adapting recent re- searches to the use of the consumer.
 Visit Power Dams
 Wednesday the entire group of 300 engineers will visit Mitchell dam as guests of the Alabama Power company. Study of the power plant and power problems offered at the dam will be made by the men, many of whom are preparing to take extensive notes on it.
 Two trips to Muscle Shoals, one Thursday and one Friday night, are be- ing arranged for the technical men: They will be shown every electrical power source near Birmingham while on their visit here. :,
 The general metieng and banquet of the association will be held Wednesday night at s 80 o'clock in the ball room of the Tutwiler hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
HOWARD HOLDS
 FOUNDERS DAY
Baptist College Students Hear Discussions Of Modern
 Conditions Z

Dr. c. C. Davison, Baptist min ister at Decatur, speaking on found- CTS day program at Howard college Tuesday. declared to large gathering that .present-day ''materialistic and ra- tionaiistic philosophies have developed degree of worldliness unknown in our previous history"
 His topic was The Reign of Law lessness," and he followed Dr. B. F.. Riley of Birmingham, who read an historical paper on Some Aspects of the Life and History of Howard College"
 ''The enemies of our civiliZa ton are greater than those of the Civil war or the World war, and are at work in every section of our national life," Dr. Davison declared. The speaker quoted number of authorities and referred frequently to Birmingham men.
 Home Conditions
 Degraded home conditions and social life were scored by Dr. Davison as the result of the materialistic code. Industry and trade. he said, had be- come innoculated with germs of greed and hatred.
 A two-act play was presented by the members of the college class in dra- matics, The Founding of Howard College Music by the college band was feature of the exercises. A gen. eral college reception for students and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
JUDGE M'KINLEY
 DENUDING DOCKET
No Postponements-Bench War
 rants Being Issued

|. Judge John Mckinley of Eutaw, who lis presiding for two weeks over the city appeal docket in circuit court, has bested defendants who appealed only for purposes of delay.
 City Attorney W. J. Wynn told Tues day how the judge did it.
 The custom has been to order condi- tional bond forfeitures when defendants fail to appear, and let the cases go over for month. Many appellants have taken advantage of this practice and have ,purposely stayed away to get more time before finally appearing.
 But they won't get away with this while Judge Mckinley is on the bench He says he came here to clean up the docket-not merely to delay many of the cases. So when bonds are forfeited, he omits checking the cases over for 30 days. He issues a bench warrant and sends deputies after the defendants i'm. mediately. When they come in they have to answer for their tardiness as well as for the appealed case.'
 According to Mir. Wynn, the docket is rapidly being cleared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
WILLIAMS FUNERAL.
 HELD INV TENNESSEE
Was Among Early Workers Of
 Birmingham District

The funeral of Evan Williams, pioneer resident of Birmingham, who died at the home of his brother-in-law and sister. Mir. and Mrs. John H. Adams, 51S Eighth avenue. west, last Saturday, was held in Chattanooga Monday with interment in the family plot in St. Elmo cemetery.
 Mir. Williams came to this district in 1879, and for many years had been as- sociated with furnace construction work. He was one of the builders of the Giles Edwards furnace at Woodstock, under the direction of Mir. Edwards, and had been connected with work for the Re public Steel and Iron company and Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company in a similar capacity.
 Mir. Williams died following a par alytic stroke which he sustained on Jan uary IA. He had lived with Mir. and Mrs. Adams for the past 10 years. Also surviving him in Birmingham are two sisters. Mrs. Willis Morrison and Mrs. J. w. Roberts. while two of his brothers, David and George Williams reside in San Francisco, and another Reese Williams, in Zephyr Hill, Fla.
 The deceased was a man of gentle spirit and lovable character, and num- bered his friends in Birmingham by the hundreds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
AXIS CLUB STARTS
 BUILDING CAMPAIGN
Intend To Finance Construction Of Dining Room Immediately

Members of the Axis club. organized into 30 committees, began Monday the work of raising $5,00O for a club din- ing room and auditorium to be con- structed on the back lot of the asso- ciatioh's headquarters, 1919 Eighth Avenue, north.
 The decision to erect the new luncheon and meeting quarters came Monday afternoon at the regular week. ly gathering of the organization in the ball room--o of the Tutwiler hotel. The plan calls for an attractive and eff cient dining room for the use of mem- bers of the Axis club and possibly other such organizations.
 The 30 committees began work i'm mediately to raise $100 each; the $3,000 will constitute the first pay ment on the building. The women who will raise the money already have planned parties, sales and other means of making money.
 Under Mrs. Erie Pettus, general chairman of the .campaigns the follow ing individual committee chairmen will direct the drive:
 Mrs. D. D. Brown, Mrs. Angus Taylor, Mrs. O. J. Sharp, Mrs.. Lloyd Josselyn, Mrs. Willard Wheeler, Mrs. Karl Landgrebe, Mrs. W. I. Grubb, Mrs. A. J. Bowron. Mrs. Dora c. Fell, Mrs. J. J. Poncelor, Mrs. Dupont Thompson, Mrs. H. E. Pearce, Mrs. Frank J. White, Mrs. J. R. McWane, Mrs. Leo Oberdorfer, Miss Ola Brown, Mrs. Lloyd Townes, Mrs. H. NJ. Glass; man. Mrs. Hunter Armstrong, Mrs. J. D. Bosenberger, Mrs. c. B. Yandle, Mrs. Coleman Blach, Mrs. c. F. Lich- ty, Mrs. W. J. Adams, Mrs. George c. Oliver, Mrs. Bert Ingram, Mrs. J. H. Eddy, Miss Flora Blach and Mrs. James Long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
CONFERENCE HELD
 ON PROPOSED BANK
Birmingham-S Southern Glee Club
 To Visit Fairfield Soon
Fairfield Bureau)

A conference was held in the office of Mayor Melford w. Pratt Tuesday night between F. D. McArthur of Bir- mingham and several citizens of Fair field relative to the formation of bank in this city. It was understood that those attending were invited to meet ing to hear discussion of the matter. No announcement as to the outcome of the meeting was made.
 To Give Concert
 The Birmingham-So Southern Glee club will give its annual concert in Fairfield at the First Methodist church, Febru- ary 8. Mrs. l. Morris, leader in mu sical circles of this district assisted in bringing the club back to Fairfield, fol lowing the initial concert last year when such decided hit was made. The boys promise an interesting program.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
UNDERWOOD IS SURE WINNER,
 MOORE ASSERTS
Democratic Committee
 man Back From Con- z. ference In Washington

N Oscar W. Underwood has developed amazing strength in the east and mid dle west, and his chances for the nomi- nation by the democrats at the forth coming New York convention are better than they ever have been, in the opin- ion of Walter Moore, democratic na- tional committeeman from Alabama, who has returned from visit east, during which he attended the national committee meeting in Washington. =. Smiles and mods greet the very mention of his name New York and Maryfand," said Mir. Moore. New Jersey and Pennsylvania are for him. There are some states that will stick by their favorite sons for a number of ballots, but Underwood is not in the favorite son class; he is national figure, and the fact that he is from the solid south evidently isn't going to cut any figure at all.
 Others For Him
 z Illinois and Indiana are going to swing in behind him when it is demon ,strated that Ralston cannot be nomi- mated. Al Smith of New York, in my opinion, is going to show some strength, but that strength is going to Under wood in block later in the balloting. 2 'EThe talk of the McAdoo forces in Z Washington about straw Vote of the : national democratic committee in which 2AfcAdoo was alleged to have secured 52 votes and Underwod but one, is all news to me. I never heard anything about it, and I am supposed to have been the one who voted for Under wood. No other committeeman that talked to had heard anything of it. As matter of fact the NIcAdoo partisans seemed pretty glum and had little to say
 All Underwood
 There was nothing said officially by the committee in respect to candi- dates at all. Of<course there was gos- sip in hotel Hobbies, but the bulk of the gossip I heard was in favor of Underwood. McAdoo stands no more chance of getting the dem6cratic nomi- nation than San Francisco stood of getting the national : convention and that was no chance at all.
 - was proud to say, in talking to -Cnderwood's friends in the east, that I am his friend and his neighbor, and l was glad to hear the good things that everybody in the east is saying about him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
TWO DOZEN PENNIES
 FOR GALLON OF GAS
New Gasoline Price Goes Into
 Effect Wednesday Morning

Birmingham will pay 24 cents a gal lon for gasoline Wednesday morning instead of p cents.
 Every dealer in the city will raise the price of motor fuel at the same time. it was announced Tuesday night by Gregory Johnston, president of the General Oil corporation, one of the representative fuel corporations.
 ''The increase is in sympathy with the recent rise in crude oil prices, Mir. Johnston pointed out. The crude oil market is suffering just now from the effects of no drilling caused by low prices"
 No indications of change back to p cents in the near future is in sight at this time, Mir. Johnston stated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
STEEL COMPANY BONUS

Birmingham employees of the Tennes- see Coal, Iron and Railroad company, who have held stock in the United States Steel corporation for the past five years will receive an extra bonus of S11.05 share, payable immedi- ately, according to announcement made from New York Tuesday,.
 The bonus paid to such employees of the steel corporation and it's sub sidiaries during 1922 was 4$11.OS and . in 1921 was $9.1O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
ELECTRICAL CODE
 DIES SECOND TIME
Commissioners Vote 3 To
 Against Proposed Measure

Voting 3 to 1, the city commission Tuesday killed for the second time the proposed new electrical code.
 Commissioner w. l.. Harrison sup ported the Electrical Workers union in efforts to adopt the new regulations. With Commissioner w. E. Dickson ab- sent, the other commissioners voted against it.
 Previous electrical regulations will continue in effect in the city. It is exz pected that no further efforts will be made this year to obtain revised rules.
 Debate on the measlre consumd two hours and at times became warm. Dele gations for aMd against the proposed code were heard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
CITY DEPARTMENT
 CLEARS OVER S8,OOO
Building Inspectors Office Shows Profit Over, Expenses

Here's record for other city depart ments to shoot at:
 Total expenses of the city building inspectors office for 1923. including salaries. automobiles. inspection tours and office supplies. were S11 ,65S.S1. Fees collected on building permits during the year were $20,09301. Thus, the office was self-suporting and turned $S.434.20 into the treasury to help support other branches of the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
M'LENDON GETS i, NAME AFFIXED
 TO CITY'SA PARK

D. F.. McIiendon, city commission president. was honored Tuesday by the Graymont Civic association and by his colleagues on the commission.
 The new city park across Eighth avenue, in front of Birmingham Southern college. henceforth will bear the name "McLendon park"
 Graymont civic leaders appeared and made the suggestion and the commission, olr motion of. w. B. Cloe, approved it. Speeches prais- ing the official efforts of Mir. Me Lendon were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
BUILDING PERMITS :.
 TOP MILLION MARK
Large Amount Involved In Pro- posed City Auditorium

With issuance of $409,O00 permit for the municipal auditorium, Birming- ham building records for January were near the $1 ,500,000 mark Tuesday afternoon.
 Wiring and plumbing permits, to be taken out later. will bring the total cost of the auditorium to at least $5OO.OO0, said Claude I.endrick, assist ant to J. E. Spencer. building inspector.
 The auditorium will be completed un- der contract time and will be ready for formal dedication late in the year, according to Day and Sachs, contrac- tors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
FREIGHT TRAFFIC GROWS Fewer Available Railway Freight Cars Listed By Roads

Heavier traffic on American rail- roads is cutting down the number of surplus freight cars, according to an- nouncement of the American Railway association, Tuesday. On January 14 the railroads of the country had 202,- 921 surplus freight cars in good re- pair and immediately available for service. decrease in one week of 6O,- S69 cars.
 Of this total, 132,5 ,564 were box cars, 129.S46 were coal cars, which were 6,129 less in number than the week previous: 15.149 were stock cars and 9,1S0 were surplus refrigerator cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
MADE FIELD DEPUTY J. D. LaurO Te Be Succeeded By F..
 WaIdrOn

J. D. Lauro, chief warden at the county jail, will be made field deputy under Sheriff T. J. Shirley, February i and will be succeeded as chief warden by p. T. Waldron. night warden, ac- cording to announcement Tuesday night. J. e. Tate, now a field deputy, will succeed Waldron as night warden.
 Lauro has been with the sheriff's department for two years. Waldron was formerly warden at the city jail, becoming night warden at the county jail about a year ago.
 Pigeons are most abundant inf the East Indies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30
THE WEATHER


 VIRGINIA Cloudy, probably light rains by Wednesday night, Thursday fair NORTH CAROLINA. SOUTH CARO- LIMA AND GEORGIA: Partly cloudy Wednesday. local rains by Wednesday night, Thursday fair and mild tempera- ture.
 FLORIDA: Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday; no change in temperature. EXTREME NORTHWEST FLORIDA, ALABAMA AND M1SSISSIPPI: Gener- ally fair Wednesday and Thursday, some what lower temperature Thursday
 LOUISIANA: Wednesday end Thurs day, generally fair except local showers near the coast.
 ARKANSAS: Wednesday. fair, except showers in northeast portion, colder; Thursday, generally fair.
 | OkLAHOMA:t Wednesday and Thurs day generally fair. cooler Wednesday.
 EAST TEXAS: Wednesday. fair axcept showers on, the coast. cooler in the in- terior. Thursday generally fair.
 WEST TEXAS. Wednesday fair. cool CT: Thursday. fair f
 LOCAL DATA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30

When bread rises more on one side than the other the pans have probably touched the sides of oven. This should be watched when placing bread in oven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30

faculty at Renfroe hall Tuesday eve ming concluded the Founders Day events.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-30

Summary of observations made at sta tions of United States Weather Bureau during the 24 hours ending at z D. m., 9Oth meridian time, January 29. 1924:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-30
Four Injured in
Path of Storm
Through New York

SYRACUSE, N. T., June
VERSIONS were injured, several auto,
mobiles damaged and wires and
limbs Of trees blown down in many many
.trasts in a storm that swept over
Svracuse and central New York late
sast riSht and early today. All OF
49, IN ;,red were struck by failing
,I.o,ches Of trees and automobiles
were damaged in the same manner
late last night many villages near
Nv were in darkness. Trees were up
,ooted in Auburn and orcnaros II.
Cayuga county were consaeiaoS
damaged by the wind. wnicn rsa,
gale proportions. MOTORISTS ,nnv
wires and trees down maue i"A'
roads impossible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-30
Mention Berry
And Owsley for Vice
Presidential Choice

New York. June 29.-Managers and
supporters of the various avowed cam
didates for the Democratic vice presi-
Dental nomination are pegging away
even though the contest for first place
on the ticket temporarily eciipses all
else.
Edward Antrim of Ohio, manager for
George l.. Berry of Tennessee, whose
headquarters have been open ever since
the convention met, issued a statement
tonight declaring that Major Berry
was reasonably sure of $50 votes that
we consider as pledged from preferen-
tial primaries. state conventions and
endorsements"
The headquarters of Alvin Owsley
of Texas, former national commander
of the American Legion, issued no
statement, but the Texans managers
asserted the statement of leaders of
the former service mems bloc that in
creasing support had been found for
nomination of veteran was favorable
toward their candidate. A similar
claim was made by Major Berry's sup
porters.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-30
Georgia Woman
Center of Publicity
Democratic Meet

New York, June 29-Aliss Marion
Colley Of Washington, Georgia, is the
most talked of, most interviewed wo-
man in New York. No. celebrity of
stage, screen or days adventure APP
proaches her publicity.
SHE is the woman who. faltering
and frightened, and surrounded by
bowling. threatening and pleading
men in the Georgia delegation.
struggled to her feet in Madison
Square Garden Saturday night amid
the scene of tumult and confusion
and changed her vote from AYE" to
mo" on the question of singing out
the Ku KluX Khan by name in the
Democratic platform.
She tried to tell Chairman Walls /
above the roar and din that she was
opposed to the Khan but that she
was being told party success would
be endangered by vote aye, but
the chairman gavelled her down and
demanded her to vote AYE" or mo-
without explanations.
AS it fell out it was not her vote
after all that turned the tide, for the
official recapitulation shows that the
question was decided by four votes
instead of one, but that does - less
EN- the dramatic tensity of the tur-
bulent, almost riotouS scene that
swirled abuot Miss Cooley
She told interviewers that she vot-
ed not for the Khan but for party
SUCCESS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-30
French to Stay in
'Ruhr Region, Word
eOf French Premier

Paris, June 29.-(By A. P.)-Pre-
r,1er .Herriot is determined that the
r<Ruhr must continue to be occupied
and that funds to cover the expense
oof the occupation must be provided.
even though he should be defeated
by his insistence on this point he
lAnade his stand clear in the chamber
of deputies yesterday. declaring that
to leave the Ruhr would be tanta-
mount to abandonment Of the rights
of France. and when he asked Tor q
ewote of confidence on the question II
was given him, ass to 26. The COM
munists alone voted in the negative.
awhile "a Socialists refrained from
Clearly the premier staked the NE
of his newly born cabinet on the vote
for the 100000 francs appropria-
ton. He caused split IN MS ma
jority. but his opponents, wnen ~
Game to a vote, thought It pes, 70
permit him to continue. rather tna ,,
60 back on an occupation policy tney
4 had espoused throughout M. rum
Z cares tenure Of Office.