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! TERRIBLE PLIGHT
Wedged Fast in Chasm Deep
Under Ground
IN PRISON FOR WEEK
Finally Rescued After Week’s Work
by Big Corps of Men—Entered
the Crevasse in Chase
After Rabbit
By RICHARD F. 1.USSIER
A tale of a week's efforts to save tn<
fife of a dog was brought to Blrminghan
1 yesterday by Z. N. Sanders, a fireman a
|* No. 2 station, 1900 Avenue D. Mr. Sander;
bad just returned from a trip to Ken
nedy, in Lamar county, where the doj
saving stunt was pulled off.
It appears that on Tuesday, February 2
two of the wrell known young men o
Kennedy borrowed the rabbit hound o
H. A. Wilson, manager of the Kenned:
Transfer and Traffic company, and -wen
; hunting.
", After a day of monotonous trampini
through the woods with indifferent sue
cess the dog picked up the trail of i
rabbit and started after him. The boy;
followed.
j Caught Fast in Crevasse
! The chase led lip the side of a moun
j tain near the railroad and B’rer Rabbi
jumped into a crevasse in the side of tin
mountain and disappeared. The dog fol
lowed. It appears that the hole in thi
side of the mountain w’as about 40 fee
in depth and after the dog had gone two
j thirds of the way he found hlmsel
\ v/edged in and could not go ahead 9
return to the impatient hunters wh<
t whistled for him In vain. The rabbit be
ing smaller rested in comparative safet:
! a few feet ahead of the dog and undoubt
j edly enjoyed the discomforiture of hi
\ enemy.
That night the hunters returned t
, Kennedy and reported to Mr. Wilson tha
J liis dog was in the bowels of the eartl
}*nd was surely dead. Mr. Wilson wa;
somewhat nettled at the news for he ha
been very fond of his hound. In hii
dreams that night Mr. Wilson visualize
the vain struggles of his dog imprisoned
j In the mountain crevasse, and the nex
morning resolved to use every means t»
effect a rescue. He at once started tt
the scene w?ith several companions.
In looking into the crevasse nothing coult
be seen and only the soft moans of tht
dog wrere heard. A council of war wa;
held and it was decided to attach ai
electric pocket light to the end of a pol«
and shove it into the Jiole for illumina
tion. It was then discovered that n<
ordinary pole was long enough and sev
eny poles had to be nailed togethe
( until the light reached the dog. Then 1
j was seen that the hound was wedged ii
a narrow space and could not move; th«
| rabbit could not be seen.
Having a Jook at the imprisoned do;
v.as all that happened on the second day
but the next day dynamite was brough
to the scene and men in the employ o;
Mr. Wilson began blasting their way tv
the dog. The third day ended with littl
pi ogress.
Rescuers Increase in Number
The fourth and fifth days of the dog !
imprisonment saw the workers increase
manyfold, as rumors of the dog savint
stunt had gone throughout the count:
and many volunteered to risk the# lives
if necessary, to get at the hound. Dyna
mite was used freely and the whole sid<
of the mountain was slowly blown away
At the end of the fifth day’ with th«
I moans of the clog still being heard weakei
It was felt that the canine must be re
leased the next day or he would die.
The sixth day began with heroic effort:
and gigantic blasts. The last blast wa:
successful as it had brought the mei
within two feet of the imprisoned doj
anil one man with a particularly Ion.
arm reached out and catching the hound'
tali pulled him out.
The dog was still alive. He had gon
on his chase for the rabbit quite fat, bu
be emerged from the mountain a mer
*‘bag o’ bones.” As a matter of curioslt:
a light was flashed within the hole t*
see what remained of the rabbit after th
dog was rescued and then it was dis
covered that B’rer Rabbit hful not beei
as hardy as the hound for he Lad died
Fireman Sanders asserts that he sav
the mountain and the evidences of blast
ing.
HOLZER’S WILL IS
FILED FOR PROBATE
* The last will and testament of the lat
B. Holzer was probated yesterday b
Judge J. P. Stiles of the probate court o
Jefferson county. By the provisions of th
will his widows Mrs. Matilda Holzer, i
given a life interest in his entire cstat
and Leo Ei. Steiner is named as executo
without bond. Mrs. Holzer is to hav
entire charge of the estate and in th
event an advantageous sale of any par
of the property can be made she is em
powered to sell with the consent of th
executor. At the death of Mrs. Holze
the estate is to be divided between hi
three children, share and share alike
namely, Dian H. Steiner, Arnold Holze
and Mena Holzer. The will is dated Feb
* IVAl# 38. 1313.
ANTHRAXAPPEARSINi
CITY AND ALARMS
Five Cows Have Died in
Last Week of Deadly
Disease
CUNNINGHAM URGES
PREVENTIVE ACTION
Malady Is as Fatal to Humans as It
Is to Cattle and One Man Has
Contracted It—Action Prob
ably Today
Unless drastic action is taken at once,
Birmingham faces an exceedingly seri
ous situation from anthrax.
Five cows in the past week have died
under suspicious circumstances. Four of
i them examinations conclusively show
died from the deadly anthrax. One hu
man during the week has contracted the
disease.
The health department states that
drastic preventive procedure at once
must be taken. If the disease once gets
a foothold, they state, no one can fore
tell the consequences.
Anthrax Is known as probably the
world’s most deadly disease. Medical
men admit they know no cure for it.
Its fatal outcome is almost a cet^ainty.
It seems to be properly a bovine mal
ady, but humans are susceptible to its
ravages and it is just as deadly to man
as to cattle.
Died in Same Neighborbood
All of the five cows In question have
died in the same neighborhood. The
man who contracted it is believed to
have done so from skinning one of the
dead animals. Dr. R. M. Cunningham,
city health officer, states that as far
as Is known the disease is spread in
three ways: \
From contact with the diseased flesh
1 From breathing dust containing the
germs.
: From eating matter containing tho
germs.
Dr. Cunningham states that as far
as the medical world is able to ascer*
, tain, the germ is not transmitted from
cow to human through the milk se
crted by the glands of a diseased cow.
It can be transmitted to humans,
p however, he states through the milk
’ when the disease germs may fall into
the milk pail off the animal while in
’ the process of milking or through dust
circulating in the barn.
Dr. Cunningham yesterday appealed
to the city commission foir an ordinance
compelling dairymen and all cattle
owners to report immediately to tho
health department all sick and dead
cattle. The department would then see
that all dead cattle are immediately
burned and all sick cattle properly
cared for.
He asks further for an ordinance
' giving the health department author
) ity to quarantine dairies having an
trax infected herds and prohibit
them from selling milk or cattle until
the disease is eradicated.
The disease is spread, stated Dr. Cun
'* ningham, by buzzards or rodents eating
dead animals who had the disease and by
, other means similar to the manner In
which hog cholera is spread. He stated
one of the cows which had died with the
disease during the week had been found
i in a creek where she had been dragged
i by the owner, and that the water passing
( this infected carcass would be such as to
infect the Mississippi river.
"This thing is worse than the war if it
gets started,” he told the commission. ‘‘‘It
. is worse than yellow fever or anything
t else, and it must be stopped now.”
Boyd Prepares Ordinance
City Attorney Boyd is preparing an or
1 dinanee to compel cattle owners to no
tify the health department immediately
. when cattle die or take sick, and it prob
ably will be passed by the commission to
day in recessed session. Dr. Cunningham
! states there is no sure way of telling
when a cow has anthrax until after she
> dies, when the germs are easily discov
ered.
He states that the disease is largely a
mystery to medical map; that they knotf
: very little about it except its deadly
record of fatalities.
Webster’s dictionary defines anthrax
as follows: “An Infectious, and usually
fatal, bacterial disease of animals, es
pecially cattle and sheep, and occasion
ally of man, to whom it may be trans
mitted by inoculation. It is character
ized 1 j ulcerations of the skin, enlarge
ment of the spleen and general collapse.”
Knights of Columbus Give Dance
About 70 couples enjoved the hospital
ity of Birmingham Council Knights of
Columbus at the dance given Monday
night in honor of the candidates who were
initiated into the order on Sunday and to
the out-of-town guests who attended
the intiatlon. The affair was held /In the
spacious and elegant quarters of the local
council, situated on Third avenue, and
a most delightful time was had by the
Columbian Knights and their ladies.
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■ promote hair-growing conditions.
Cuticura Ro&p ami Ointment sold everywhere.
> Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. book.
Address post-card ‘ Cuticura," Dept. 18F, Boston.
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F. E. Whitehead On Stand
In Standard Home Case
Explains Details of Operation of the Company and
Denies That Agents Were Ever Authorized to
Offer Any Inducements Other Than Those In
Contracts—Agents For Company Testify
Tlie examination of F. K. Whitehead,
president of the Standard Home company,
who took the stand yesterday in behalf
of the company, was the feature of the
trlai that has been in progress in the
federal court since Monday week before
Judge W. 1. CTrubb. Mr. Whitehead ex
plained at length the methods and plan
of operation of the company in reference
plained at length the methods and plan
the transactions of the company regard
ing the sale of contracts and loans made
up to December, 1914. He went Into the
proposition made by the company to its
contract holders and denied absolutely
that the company had authorized the sev
eral agents soliciting business to offer
any inducements that were not borne out
by the conditions of the contract, lie
identified advertising matter and litera
ture sent through the malls as having
been authorized by the company. He de
nied, however, that any agent or subagent
had the right to distribute literature or
advertising other than that provided by
the company. He submitted a financial
statement regarding the reserve fund of
the company and the loans and disburse
ments made.
Ii. F. Harris, secretary and treasurer
of the company, was also placed on the
stand. He testified as to the methods of
receiving the contracts through the mail
and the manner in which they were filed.
The other witnesses yesterday were all
apertts of the company, who testified that
the Standard Home company had given
them instruction not to vary the condi
tions of the contract by verbal agreement
and that in no instance had the instruc
tions of the company been changed, or
that inducements other than those speci
fied in the contract had been offered.
Among the agents was R. D. White
head, brother of the president and vice
president of the company, who was one
of their agents in selling the contracts.
He stated that he had been largely em
ployed in employing agents to represent
the company in the various states in
which the company had operated, lie
stated that in every instance the agent
had been instructed to make no promises
that were not borne out by the contract.
Among the other witnesses who testified
were \V. L*. Hill of Arkansas, M. M. John
son of California, and J. W. Ponder of
Rick wood. Va., all agents of the com
pany, w ho each denied that any promises
had been made except those laid dow n in
the contract.
The corridors of the federal building
were packed yesterday with witnesses
in the case. The majority are witnesses
for the defendant, which include from 40
to GO agents who have been operating In
almost every state in the union. The gov
ernment also has a number of witnesses
♦n hand who are expected to be used in
rebuttal when the evidence for the de
fense is concluded.
MEET NIGHT AND DAY
IN EFFORT TO GET
AT WATERPROBLEM
Secret Conference of Offi
cers and Commissioners
Held at City Hall
Last Night
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By RALPH R. SILVER
Why should I envy him who said:
“All that glitters is not gold?"
Forsooth, I’m just us wise, I say
"All that happens is not told!"
There are some phases of a public
question fit for the public to know and
there are others that are not.
Merely by accident, a conference be
tween the waterworks officials and the
city commission last night was dis
covered.
It was private.
Of course, it is entirely possible these
gentlemen met to have a game of domi
noes. It might be stated for the *n
lightment of the thousands who are
water consumers and who are interested
In the wafer question, that these geil
tlemcnt, however, have not been in the
habit lately of holding domino parties.
There were present last night Presi
dent A. M. Lynn and Superintendent
IT. H. Horner of the waterworks com
pany, James Weatherly and George
Ward of the city commission. Of oth
ers—not to mention reporters—there
was none.
And therein probably lies some expla
nation of that astounding frankness,
that man-to-man sort of negotiations
which were the feature of those two
conferences between these parties at
which the reportorial ear was in sea
son and at which dominoes were not. It
would not appear a stretch of imagi
nation to believe that they were then
“confering for public purposes;" how
ever, when they 'play dominoes" it is
behind closed doors.
At the first conference between the
triumvirate and the water officials, aft
er a proposition once had been made
that it appeared would prove a real
basis of amicable negotiations, the
presence of newspaper men was pro
hibited. After that conference the fol
lowing question was asked Judge Lane
and Georgo Ward, Mr. Weatherly be
ing out of the city;
"Are the water negotiations a public
matter? If so, why were reporters for
bidden, and will they be forbidden at
the next conference?"
The commissioners hastened to ex
press beautiful sentiments. They stated
that the matter was a public matter
and that future conferences would be
open to newspaper men. G. Ward even
went so far as to say that the commis
soin had “made a mistake in forbid
ding the reporters' presence at the first
meeting."
Since then two "public conferences"
have been held. How many “business
conferences'' there have been is not for
reporters to know, but it appeared rather
peculiar at the second "public conference"
Monday afternoon when neither the water
olficlals nor the commissioners once
brought up any of the several questions
which had been discussed at the previous
meeting and left open. Where and when
were they settled?
Could It have been at another of those
“business conferences" where reporters
are not?
Mr. Horner and Mr. Lynn appeared
at the city hall last night after (i o'clock,
'i he offices were closed. A signal of
"three knocks" will open them If any
of the commissioners remain. They were
opened.
When a reporter was discovered in O.
Ward's office, Mr. Lynn was visibly em
barrassed. Others were likewise. In an
swer a question on "what was up" be
st-id:
“I came down here to-" and was
interrupted by other members of the party.
He and Mr. Horner went into the next
office and strayed th^re until the reporter
left.
Coming back a few minutes later, the
reporter discovered the "business confer
ence" In progress. When the door was
opened* and inquiries made it came forth
that the conference was private and
thereupon the scribe left the city hall
and sought solace In his pen.
The waterworks deal was dealing, but
the scribe did no( even hold a pair.
A public conference Is scheduled for
this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Ladies will
be admitted.
Real Estate Transfer
The following transfer of real estate
was yesterday recorded in the office of
the probate Judge:
f3017—East Lake Land company to Mrs.
Cecilia L. Blake, blocks 133 and 133, in
Roebuck Springs first addition.
MRS. ORR TELLS OF
EMERGENCY RELIEF
COMMITTEE WORK
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Problem Becoming Less
Burdensome, She Says, and
Makes Urgent Appeal for
the Associated Charities
Mrs. C. P. Orr, vice chairman of the
emergency relief committee, organized
sometime ago to alleviate the distress
among the unemployed of the city, sound
ed a note of optimism in her report of
activities In the work made public yes
terday.
"1 feel optimistic about the possibilities
of efficient aid which will really sustain
our poor people If we truly set ourselves
to the task,’’ says Mrs. Orr. "The spring
is coming and we have too rich a coun
try to stay prostrate on the ground. 1
believe if the Associated Charities can
get a good contribution and turn all their
forces on tills problem which Is already
bec< nilng less burdensome that we can
reasonably expect with the help we hope
to get for the free employment bureau to
tide over the unnatural situation without
losing any of our people."
Mrs. Orr says that she and Mrs. J. B.
Held have offered their services to the
Associated Charities, and makes an ur
gent appeal for aid for that organization.
Her report is as follows:
"I have been asked to give the result
of my experience in the emergency relief
work. My belief is that this work, so
nobly done by the people of this city, has
saved numbers of people from death from
starvation. I have no figures on the
length of time It takes for a child to
starve. We know that a nian can stand a
good deal of such privation. I do not
believe that little children would last for
more than a week of starvation, when
combined with cold weather and exposure.
Some of the houses the very poor people
are living in are almost no houses at all;
many had no fire to cook the food we
sent them, let alone warming their rooms.
."I believe that business is already Im
proving, but it does not improve our
chifnees of good business to overlook the
condition of the men who are out of
work, and can get none to do. Until
things change very materially this dls
tilct will not be able to absorb all of the
unemployed. The average of five in a
family dependent on each worker Is about
eoriect I believe.
The tmall grocery stores have stood
by their customers and given credit as
long us their slender resources would
Bland it.
"Some men have been four and flvo
months out of work. This disposes of tho
good citizens who can always blame a
man for his misfortunes. Very few men
v. ho work by the day cun lay by suf
ficient money to stand such a drain as
five months of unemployment.
"It Is hard to realize when you are in
your own comfortable home that the
wolves of famine and cold are howling
around the doors of respectable working
men and working women In your own
town.
"The lot of the widow, with a family
or children to support with her own la
bors, Is hard in the best of times. Com
mon sense will tell us what her condition
is now.
"I feel optimistic alxtut the possibilities
of efficient aid, which will really sustain
our poor people, If we truly let ourselves
to the task, for spring Is coming and wo
have too rich a country to stay pros
trate on the ground. I believe that It the
Associated Charities can get a good con
tribution, and turn all their forces on the
pioblem, which Is already becoming less
buidensoine, that we can reasonably ex
pect, with the help and hope to get for
the free employment bureaus, and with
the best of our negro citizens Interesting
themselves and their churches in the re
lief of the poor of their race to tide over
this unnatural situation, without losing
any of our people.
"Never was the necessity for organized
churlty greater than In these troubled
times, when every condition is out of
je lilt. Our two chairmen of the emergency
relief committee have offered their serv
ices to the board of the Associated Chari
ties to help them In the canvass they
are to make of the city on the 17th. We
believe we know more than any other
two women in Birmingham how great
the need is in this community for an
efficient and well organized Associated
Charities, with a substantial backing of
money to relieve distress wherever
found."
CASTORIA
For Infanta and Children
In Um For Ovor 30 Yooro
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LENTEN DEVOTIONS
ST.
Services Begin Today and
Continue Until Easter
—
RULES ANNOUNCED j
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Circular From Bishop Allen Made
Public by Father Coyle—Appeal
Made for Contributions
to Missions
The Rev. Father Coyle has announced
that Lenten devotions at St. Paul’s will
be us follows: Ash Wednesday, 8:30,
low' mass; 8 o’clock, blessing and dis
tribution of ashes, followed by low
mass. Noon, low mass, with reading of
epistle and gospel In English: 3 p. m.,
rirst communion classes: 7:80%rosu.ry of
the Blessed Virgin, litany and Holy
Name hymn; sermon by the Rev. Father
1 owns of St. Vincent's hospital ben
ediction, distribution of blessed ashes.
On all days of Lent, with the excep
tion of Sundays, three masses will bo
celebrated—6:30, 8 und 12. At the Iasi
mass—Jhe noon mass—the epistle and
gospel will be read in English. The
Sunday services will he tho same as
usual; that is. two low masses for
adults at 6:30 and 7:30, with brief in
struetions; Sunday school, 8:4i»; chil
dren’s mass and brief instruction at
9:30 and high mass and sermon at. 10:30.
Baptisms at. 3 p. m., devotions, rosary
and litany of the Blessed Virgin, Ques
tion box answers, conference, hymn and
benediction at 7:30.
On Wedensdays, 3 p. in., first copi
munion classes, 7:30; rosary of the
Blessed Virgin, litany of the Holy
Name, hymn, sermon and benediction
of the blessed sacrament.
On Tnursdays, 7:30 p. m.. tho holy
hour of adoration.
On Fridays, 3 p. in., the way of
the cross and benediction for school
children and for adults who cannot
attend the night services. At 7:30 p.
m., the way of the cross, hymn and
benediction.
Holy week special services to >e an
nounced In due time. „
Tho right reverend bishop has issued
tho following Lenten rules anti lias also
in a special letter announcing tho reg
ular annual collection for home and
foreign missions urged the faithful to
an exact observance of the penitential
season:
Rules for Lent
All tho faithful who have completed
their 21st year and who have not begun
their 60th year, and who ure not ex
empted from the obligation of fasting
by sickness, hard work or other well
known reasons, are obliged to fast on
all the days of Lent, except Sundays.
On those days but one full meal Is
allowed, which should not be taken be
fore noon.
Custom allows a cup of coffee, tea
or thin chocolate, and a small piece
of bread or a cracker, to be taken in
the morning; and in the evening a col
lation, not exceeding the fourth part
of an ordinary meal, Is allowed. When
the principal meal cannot without
grave inconvenience be taken at noon,
it is permissible to take tho collation
in the morning and the dinner in tho
evening.
Abstinence from the use of flesh meat
is enjoined on all the Wednesdays and
Fridays of Lent and on the Saturday
of Ember week and on Holy Saturday.
The use of lard is allowed In cook
ing.
Fish and flesh are not allowed at the.
same meal, even on Sundays.
Persons exempted from the obliga
tion of fasting are not bound oy the
icstrlction of using meat but once a day
on the days In which tho use of meat
Is permitted by dispensation.
Children over 7 years of age are
bound by the law of abstinence, unless
excused by sickness or other causes.
The paschal time, In which all Cath
olics who have come to the yeais of
discretion, are bound to receive holy
communion worthily, extends from th*
first Sunday of Lent till Trinity Sun
day, inclusive. Children over 7 years
of age are bound by the precept of
annual confession and communion. Pas
tors and parents should see that the
children comply with this duty.
The holy season of I,ent Is a time
of prayer, of sorrow for sin, of se
clusion from the world and its amuse
ments and of generouB almsgiving.
By special Indult granted to the
bishops of tlie United States and re
newed in 1906, working people, who
cannot easily observe the common law
of the church, are dispensed from the
obligation of abstinence on all days of
the year, except Fridays, Ash Wednes
day, Holy Week and Christmas Eova
This dispensation does not exempt froil
the additional obligation of fasting,
where such exists, nor does It author
ise the use of fish and flesh at the sumo
meal. It Includes, however, not onlv
the Individual workmen to whose favor
It is granted, but all the members of
their families as well. In return It is
expected that those who avail them
selves of this indult will endeavor to
enter into the spirit of the holy season
of Lent by voluntary acts of morti
fication, penance and almsgiving. A
most pralsworthy custom is in that of
abstaining during Let from stlmulanls,
in honor of the sacred thirst of our
Divine Saviour.
Those who entertain any reasonable
doubt about their obligation to fast
or abstain, ought to apply to their
pastor or confessor for advice.
EDWARD P. ALLEN,
Bishop of Mobile.
Mobile, February, 1916.
Home and Foreign Missions a
"Mobile, Ala., February 6, 1915.
"To the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese
of Mobile.
"Dearly Beloved; The first Sunday In
Lent Is the day appointed by the third
plenary council of Baltimore for the
annual ooilectlun for the home and for
eign missions.
"The amount given last year for this
worthy purpose was $1017.81. We hope
that an even larger amount will be con
trlbuted this year; for although there
1b a general complaint of hard times,
because of the European war, a greater
responsibility has fallen upon us to
provide forrthe priests and sisters toll
ing In the mission fields.
"The needs of our home missions and
those among the Indians and colored
people are everywhere pressing upon
us. \\ e cannot be too generous toward
them, especially as we see the most
Br.^.ylnK returns lor the efforts made
This year, however, the foreign mis
sions have a special claim on our char
ity. Heretofore, supported chiefly by
European nations, they are now, In con
sequence of this awful war, deprived
of help, and unless we come to their
assistance, many missions will havs to
be abandoned. Shall we, who can give
them substantial help, allow this mis
fortune to befall them? Shall wc.
through Indifference, permit million* ot
akericanTriMSavings hank
Capital $500,000
Surplus and Undivided Profits Over S 100,0).).!>
G. B. McCormack, Chairman of Board
W. W. Crawford, Pres. H. L. B.idham, V-President
C. M. Williamson, Cashier E B. Crawford, Asst. Cashier
W. C. Hamilton, Asst. Cashier Frank Stevens, Asst. Cashier
Directors
G. B. McCormack James Bowron R. M. Good ill
H. L. Badham W. J. Dangaix F. B. Fowlkes
J. W. McQueen Eug*ne Fies J. D. Kirkpatrick
M. W. Bush H. C. Abbott H. E. McCormack
Jones G. Moore Walter Moore II. K. Milner
Louis V. Clark J. H. Dean E. Sevier
j P. G. Shook A. B. Loveman W. W. Crawford
George Gordon Crawford
RESOURCES MORE THAN $6.0)0,090,01)
TO JITNEY TAXICABS
Will Await Developments,
They Tell DeWindt and
Beatty—Ward Author
ized to Renew Loan
J. P. H. DeWindt, manager of the
Birmingham Railway, Light and I'owt r
company, and I. C. Beatty of the Bir
mingham Realty company, both ap
peared before the city commission yes
terday and discussed the propositi >n of
licensing the jitney taxicabs. The com
missioners Indicated their policy of let
ting the matter take care of its. if nr
present and until some development oc
curred showing what, if any, license or
bond should be imposed.
A committee representing certain ho
tels asked yesterday that the commis
sioners repeal the ordinance prohibiting
soliciting at the railway stations by
hotel porters, but the commissioners
declined the request. Another delega
tion, representing the retail liquor
dealers, asked that half their cigar li
censes he refunded on account of their
being forced out of business July 1 by
legislation, and the commissioners in
dicated that this would be allowed.
At the meeting yesterday afti rnoou
the discharge of Policeman S. 11.
Brown by Commissioner Lane was con
firmed.
President Ward was empowered »•»
renew a $300,000 loan for the city which
had expired.
Other action taken by the board was
as follows:
Authorized payment to G. R. Harsh,
special attorney, the sum of $375.
Approved cost bill in case of city vs.
J. L. Sandefur, et als., $391.75.
Repealed Improvement ordinance No.
860-0, providing for construction of
sanitary sewers In North Birmingham.
Confirmed action of Commissioner
Lane In suspending Capt. A. II. Rum
mage from the. police force for a pi •
nod of 10 days.
Confirmed action of Commissioner
Lane in suspending Patrolman J. M
Thompson for a period of two days
from police force.
Approved bills of Stallings & H u/H
ton, *26, for reporting certain cast s for
th« ^ty
Authorized president of board to re
new loan on behalf of the city, the
sum of $300,000, at not exceeding C per
cent discount, payable on June 10, 1915.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses were
yesterday recorded in the office of the
probate judge:
II P. McCoy, Newcastle, to Miss
Frances C. Wideman.
R. P. Lineberger, Woodlawn, to Miss
Marie Louise Reggan.
H. A. Daniel, Dolomite, to Miss Myrtle
Johnson.
J. Franklin Pittman, Birmingham, to
Mrs. Carrie Ellzey.
C. A. Redmon, Birmingham, to Miss
Nellie Lincoln.
Incorporation
P’apers were yesterday filed in the of
fice of the probate judge authorizing the
Malone-McConnell Real Estate company
to change its name to McConnell-Anglin
White Realty and Insurance company. R.
M. McConnell, president, and F. A. White,
secretary.
Sarah Bernhardt III
Bordeaux, France, February 16.—(Via
Paris, 3:45 p. m.)—Sarah Bernhardt, who
Is In a hospital here on account of an
Injury to her knee, passed a good night
and her condition today is described by
hei doctors as stationary. She faces the
possibility of having her leg amputate 1.
souls to be deprived of all spiritual aid
ind comfort? God forbid!
“The Lenten*season calls for generous
ilmsglving. By contributing accord
ing to our means to this collection we
become sharers in the merits and re
wards of apostolic missionaries at lioiii *
ind In foreign lands.
‘The Lenten season is y , Hme of
prayer, fasting and almsgiving in which
we should consider well our duties i i
Jod, to our neighbor and to our own
souls. It is a time when, listening more
frequently to the word of God, we
should give up amusements and pleas
ures which at other seasons of the year
may bo freely enjoyed. Christ our Lord,
by His fast in the desert, as well as
by His instructions, has shown us $hnt
the way to heaven la through penance
kind mortification. 'If any man will conic
after Me, let him deny himself, tak *
up his cross and follow Me.' Matt, xvi,
24. ‘Unless you do penance, you shall
all likewise perish.' Luke xvl. 24.
"By penance sin can be blotted out
and strength and courage restored t »
the soul. Sometimes, When men are un
faithful to God and His law and neglect
penance, God permits them to bo
scourged by wars, pestilence and other
afflictions. If He chastises His fchildren
In His anger, we should not forget that
His mercy can be obtained by prayer
and mortification.
“It is our duty therefore to humble
ourselves before Him during the Lenten
season and turn away His wrath by
true contrition and penance.
“This letter should be read on Quin
quageslraa Sunday and on the day of
the collection Itself.
“Commending myself to your prayers,
I am, very sincerely your in Christ,
“EDWARD P. ALLEN.
“Bishop of Mobile."
“XL O. GEROW, Secretary,"
OF STEELE EiCIED
Gayle Charges Plumbing
Inspector’s Office With
Discrimination Against
Nonunion Shops
i
A sequel to the shooting of K. VV.
Steele, n plumber, was enacted at. the
city commission meeting \ esterday after- |/j
noon when H. VV. Gayle appeared be
fore the board and demanded that the T1
hoard of arbitration of tic Master Plum
bers be sent to West laid t«* inspect the
jolfwhloh Hhtl been turned down by Plumb
ing Inspector W. A Finb\\ the day be- H
fore, thereby causing tin* shooting of Mr
Steele by Air. FIA!#y :i short whilc\ after
'Phe issue of unionism, a* Riding to Mr.
Gayle was the main factor in the trouble. 1
ili» charged that the city plumbing in
spector’s office favored union men, and
that because lie operated a nonunion shop
lie was discriminated against. He chal- 4
longed the board to send a board of ar- I
bitration to pass upon the work turned
down by Inspector Finley.
Mr. Gayle charged that lie hud been up
pinadied by two union men yesterday and
told that lie had better leave town or
change Ills shop to a union shop. Plumb- §
tng Inspector Fckerle denied before the
board that uny of ids inspectors were
union men.
Mr. Gayle, of whom Mr. Sfecie was
an employe, stated that the shooting of
Mr. Steele in (lie arm was "utterly with
out provocation, and was i he most cow
ardly tiling I have ever witnessed.” Ho
declared that in* hud been put in a bad
light by the whole affair and lie demanded 1
justice
After the board of arbitration bad been «
ordered to pass upon the case, a repr«f- J
sentutlve of tie union npepared before the
commission and attempted to severely §
criticise the board for its action in "re- J?
pudiutirig its own appointed plumbing in
spector.’' demanding that the board
should either discharge Mr. Kekerle or
abide by Ids recommendation in the Guyl«
ease. The remarks drew a sharp answer
from George Wald, who said the board
did not i are for the criticism.
FREI) DIMMICK HERE
VISITING FRIENDS
Formerly Connected With Industries
Here—Is Now in Brokers ire Busi
ness in I'hiladelphin
Fred Idmmlck of Philadelphia, formerly j
connected with several industries here,
is in Birmingham visiting friends. Ilo |
has quite a -number <»i friends in Bir
mingham and visits here from time to
time. Mr. Diirfmick is engaged in the
brokerage business in Philadelphia, and Is
Intimately in touch with the industrial
situation, lie said yesterday that c«n
j dltions were improving very standby In *
the cast and indications pointed to n
speedy resumption of that volume of bus
iness which was enjoyed before the Huro- jj
pean war. Mr. Diminh k said that ex- f
port business was getting better every i
day, and that the indications pointed to |j
an increase of that character of business
which would b* greater than that en- , .'l
joyed before the War.
“Birmingham is growing from all ia- <
dications, and I am pleased to he able
to say that,” said Mr. Gimmick. “I have
been away about lx months and I am *
aide to see that a great deal of
progress has been made here. It is 4
apparent that Birmingham has been less |
affected by the general business de
pi cssim; than ptost cities. Birmingham
seems to lie getting along rather well. j§
This cannot be said about most Indus- $
trial centers for the reason that a mu.-, J
jority of them have been very seriously
affected by the Kuropoan war, and dVe *
struggling to get back the losses sus
tained in the situation wlfleh developed
after the war.” '..jKp
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