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AT $25,000 DONE BI
THIRD AVENUE FIRE
Southwestern Specialty Co
and Brown Furniture
Co. Badly Damaged
FIGHTERS HINDERED
BY SMOKE AND HEAT
Beavers’ (lubrooms Also Destroyed.
Blaze Originated In Clubrooros
In Hear of Second Story.
Windows Shattered
Fire which destroyed the rooms of
the Beavers' club, 172112 Third avenue,
rorth, and practically destroyed the
Mores of the E. D. Brown Furniture
company and the Southwestern Spec
ialty company, 1721 and 1723 Third
avenue, at 1:15 o’clock this morning,
caused damage estimated by M/emen
at 125,000.
At S o’clock this morning th file
■was still burning fiercely, hut it ap
peared as if the firemen had it under
control and would prevent its spread.
The entire stock of both furniture
stores was either damaged by fire or
water and it was stated that little
would be saved.
The fire originated in the rear of the
building on the second floor occupied by
the Beavers. The cause is unknown, but
i is thought to have been due to defective
wiring. The alarm was turned in at 1:15
o'clock and the downtown equipment an
swered. When it was seen that the fire
was serious a general alarm was turned
in. The firemen had great difficulty in
forcing entrance to the building owing
to the fact that the doors were reinforced
with heavy iron bars which it was nec
essary to batter down.
Valuable minutes were consumed in ef
f- cting an entrance. Tn the meanwhile.
tl<e blaze appeared to be smouldering
m the rear, making dense smoke, but ap
parently not as serious as it proved to
be. The flames did not burst through
the roof until some little time after
the fire started, but the blaze had eaten
it? way downward, and when the fire
i en did get into the store they found
themselves handicapped by the heat and
the dense smoke.
When the flames burst through the
front the heavy plate glass windows on
the opposite side of the street were shat
tered by the heat and force of the flames.
So far as is known no one was in
jured. Several firemen were overcome
by smoke hut were resuscitated and re
si med the fight. Fireman Thompson suf
fered a sprained leg and Karrh of No. 1
station was painfully, but not seriously,
burned about the face. No one was in
the building at the time of the fire, ac
cording to firemen.
ALLIES’ RETALIATORY
ORDER VIOLATION OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW,
SAYS UNITED STATES
(Continued from !»nge One)
with Great Britain and France. In
whatever communications or protests
arc nfade by the Washington govern
ircnt safeguard its rights, there
will he a reiteration, it is understood,
• of the questions asked in the identical
inquiry to Great Britain and France.
J’i this the allies are asked whether
tV.e rules of blockade or the rules gov
erning contraband and noncontruband
were to be followed, application of
both being viewed “as having no pre
cedent In international law..”
“The paradoxical situation thus created”
tiie American note observed, “should be
changed and the declaring powers ought
Rv to assert whether they rely on the rules
governing a blockade or the rules ap
plicable when no blockade exists.”
After inquiring what would be the dis
position of various kinds of shipments,
the American government asked, "Upon
what principles of international law would
It rest?’’
Deaths and Funerals
William Caldwell Brown
William Caldwell Brown, an age-1
white man. was found dead in his
loom, 2121*6. Second avenue early
yesterday morning. Coroner Spain
HL was summoned and an inquest was
I* • held. The coroner, on investigation,
stated that all evidence pointed to
death by natural causes.
On questioning the other occupants
Of the house, it was learned that they
knew little concerning the dead man.
|||. Several letters were found among his
effects, however, which are expected
to aid in locating relatives. It is bo
lieved that Mr. Brown was between
70 and 75 years of age at the time of
his death, and that lie had been a resi
|l. dent of Birmingham for sometime.
Several letters w^re found signed by
11 Mrs. A. K. Cross of Denison, '1 exas,
who is thought to bo a daughter of
, | the dead man.
Coroner Spain is making an efort to
feet in touch with relatives.
Mrs. Cynthia Watkins
Mrs. Cyntha Watkins, aged 4k. died
at the Hillman hospital at 6:2,5 yester
day morning as the result of a gasoline
explosion Friday morning at her homo
In Graymont. Funeral services will be
held this morning at 10 o'clock at St.
Paul's Methodist church, Lucile avenue
and John street. Interment will be -it
Walker's chapel cemetery at 2:Jo p. m.
Mrs. Watkins is survived by In r
husband* G. L. Watkins, and nine
children.
Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown, aged 4 5. who died
at a local infirmary yesterday at 2:30
p. m., will bo sent to Piedmont today
for burial by Lige Loy.
A. C. Bruce
Funeral services over the remains of
A. C. Bruce, aged 33, who died Wednes
day afternoon, will be held this aft
ernoon at 2 o’clock from the residence.
3374 Highland avenue. Interment will
be at Elmwood.
Mr. Bruce is survived by his widow
and four daughters, Miss Margaret and
Miss May Bruce, Mrs. K. D. Johnson
and Mr«. C. A. McIntosh, and throe
sons, J. W. Bruce, J. H. Bruce and A.
C Bruce, Jr.
JOHNS Undertaking Co.. Phono 100ft
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IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH
USE
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
A SPLENDID REGULATOR
PURELY VE6ETABLE-N0T NARCOTIC
DR CHAS. WHELAN EVOLVES
NEW METHOD OF CURING
VICTIMS OF DRUG HABIT
Culmination of Five Years’ Work—Suggested By
“Twilight Sleep” Methods of German Physi
cians- Nine Patients Have Been Treated Suc
cessfully At Southside Jail—Plans For Future
That a person -can be completely cured
of the drug habit in 72 hours Is the
declaration of Dr. Charles Whelan, city
physician. By his newly perfected method,
which he has called "twilight sleep," as
the best descriptive, nine cases have so
far been experimented upon, and all nine
were successful, according to an an
nouncement last night. By this method,
the patient is kept in a subconscious state
for the first 24 hours, and this is followed
by a state of incoherency and dream
like condition, and at the end of the 72
hours the patient awakes, free from all
desire for the drug and with only one
impulse—to eat.
Dr. Whelan states that this is an en
tirely new treatment, upon which he has
worked Tor five years. The recent Ger
man innovation of "twilight sleep” gave
him a further idea upon which to work,
and he claims to have at last evolved a
method which is as simple as it is per
fect. Another feature of the treatment is
that it is absolutely painless, and each of
the first nine cases are in good physical
condition after having undergone the
treatment.
The principal advantage of this method
is that by placing the patient in a sub
conscious state, no memory remains of
the time spent. After the treatment be
gins, tlie patient is unaware of anything
until the final awakening at the expira
tion of the 72 hours.
The Southside jail is being used at pres
ent by the doctor in this work, but n
private subscription is being raised to
provide more adequate quarters. Only
nine persons can be eared for at pres
ent, and it is estimated that there are
several hundred victims of the drug habit
in the city. Both sexes are needing re
lief badly, but so far no provision has
been made for women. The welfare de
partment. however, has the matter in
hand, and will undertake to provide a
place at once for the treatment of female
patients.
Dr. Whelan purposes to establish a fish
ing camp on the Cahaba river where
those undergoing the treatment, may re
cuperate for a few days in order to re
gain their normal strength. The doctor
states that the craving for '‘dope” has
entirely loft those so far treated, and the
enforcement of the federal law against
the sale of drugs will remove all danger
of future temptation.
The cost of the treatment •according to
the doctor, does not exceed and it is
his earnest hope that provision will be
made to care for all the drug users In
the city.
Dr. Whelan expressed himself as being
?nt!rely satisfied with his new discovery,
and states that his only desire is to be
able to relieve some of the terrible suf
fering incidental to the enforcement of
the recent federal law.
UNITED STATES TO
LOOK INTO ARREST
OF GERMAN CONSUL
Washington, March 18.—On receiving a
protest from the German embassy, the
departments of state and justice today
took prompt action to ascertain the cir
cumstances incident to the service of war
rants op the German consul and his as
sistant at Seattle, Wash.
At tile request of the state department,
the bureau of investigation of the de
partment of justice telegraphed its Seat
tle agent to look into the case and make
a complete report of the facts to Wash
ington at once. The German embassy
protested to the state department that
Mueller, the consul, and Schulz, his as
sistant. were arrested in violation of a
treaty between Germany and the Uni
ted States.
Seattle, Wa«h., March 18.—Another com
plaint that treaty rights of Germany had
been violated by American officers was
made tonight by Dr. Wilhelm Mueller.
German consul at Seattle, technically ar
rested yesterday with his assistant.
Schulz, on a state* warrant charging con
spirac yto bribe an employe of a corpora
tion. j
Dr Mueller, through the German em
bassy at Washington, complained that
state officers had violated treaty rights!
in invading Ids office. Further violation
ot treaty rights, this time by federal of
ficers. was alleged tonight by Dr. Muel
ler. who declared that on Monday cus
toms officers hoarded and searched the
Hamburg-American liner Saxonia. intern
ed at Eagle harbor, across Puget Sdund
from Seattle, without notifying him. The
captain of the Saxonia reported the mat
ter to the consul today. Senior Capt. F.
M. Dunwoody of the United States roast
service tonight said that Capt. Penjamin
Lichtenherg, commanding the coast guard
cutter Scout, while calling at Eagle har
; bor on his regular rounds, had hoarded
; the Saxonia to make a “soejal call,'' and
j that there had been no thought of search
j ing the vessel.
i Dr. Mueller wrote a letter today to
; Sheriff Robert T. Tlodge complaining that
Deputy Sheriff Fred Lathe, special in
vestigator. attached to the prosecuting of
fice, had invaded his office in search of
Dan Tarnlsasky in violation of treaty j
rights and demanded an explanation.
Chiel Deputy John Stringer. In the ab
sence of Sheriff Hodge, replied that he
knew nothing of Lathe's action and that
lie had visited the consul’s office without
orders from the sheriff.
Prosecuting Attorney Alfred H. Lundin
< i ntradicted Stringer’s statement and de
clared that he had notified the sheriff’s
office that he was sending Lathe to the
German consulate to arrest Tarnlsasky.
Mr. Lundin furthermore said, that al
though Tarnlsasky was arrested in the
corridor outside tin* consulate Lathe
would have been within treaty rights if
he had arrested him within the consul’s
office, as Tarnlsasky was charged with
grand larceny, a felony.
HEAD OF G. A. R. IS
Entertained here
Col. David J. Palmer of Pes Moines.
Iowa, commander in chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, was entertained |
;<1 a luncheon yesterday at the News-1
paper club. Colonel Palmer has been |
attending the annual meetings and '
< amp fire held by the Alabama de
partment. G. A. R., at Fraternal ball
at which the federal veterans and aux
iliary organizations were present and
as special guests a number of Confed
erate veterans.
At the luncheon yesterday Colonel
Palmer stated that there is no section
al line at present, not even an Im
aginary one, no north, no south, just
one united country under one flag He
paid tribute to the valor of the Con
federate soldiers stating that all enmity
and sectional feeling has long since
passed and that they were united in
a common cause. He said his stay in
the city has been most pleasant and
that he would leave with sum*
cherished memories of Alabama and
Birmingham. He left yesterday for
Atlanta to attend a G. A. R. meeting
at that point.
Officers for the Alabama depart
ment, A. A. R., were elected as fol
lows:
Charles A. Mange, department com
mander: William .Scarlett, Birming
ham, senior vice commander; J. B.
Erion, Mobile, junior vice commander;
Dr. N. A. Ballard, Birmingham, medi
cal director; M. Bostwiclc, Birmingnam,
department chaplain; C. G. Chapin,
Birmingham, assistant adjutant and
quartermaster general.
ALGERIAN DANCER
KILLED BY BROTHER
San Francisco, March IS.—An Algerian
dancer, known as the "Princess Tur
kait." a member of a ballet in a Rus
sian amusement concession at the
Punama-Pac.ific exposition, was shot and
killed tonight by her brother, Isaac
Lizraki.
Lizraki then began firing indiscrimi
nately at the entertainers on the stage
and into the audience, causing a panic.
NEWS OF ENSLEY |
Funeral services over the remains of
John Lyons, a** well known contractor,
who died Tuesday morning at Mobile, fol
lowing a short illness, were conducted
yesterday afternoon from Echols & Ang
win undertaking parlor. Interment was
at “Elk’s Rest.” at Oakland cemetery.
The Rev. A. K. Wright, pastor of the
Ensley Baptist church, officiated. The
pallbearers were selected from the Brick
layers’ International union No. 1, of Ala
bama, of which he was a member. The
members of the Ensley lodge Xo. 987.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
and Steel City lodge No. 190. Knights of
Pythias, of which he was an active mem
ber, attended the funeral in a body.
Members of the Ensley fire department
resent very much the statement made at
the recent meeting of the Ensley club,
that they were not familiar with the
streets in the Falrview and Ensley High
land district. They state that several
days ago an alarm was turned in from
Ensley Highlands, and that the depart
ment was unable to go direct to the fire
as the road was blocked, and they had to
take a round about way in order to get
to it. It is thought by the firemen that
the statement must have originated from
this incident. During the past five years,
it is stated, the Ensley fire department
has failed onl ytwice in answering a call,
one time when the fire truck was over
turned and another when the engine
broke down.
The remains of Sidney A. Haley, who
died Wednesday morning at a local in
firmary in Birmingham, as a result of
being injured in an automobile accident
January 9. were conducted from the fam
ily residence in Wylam yesterday after
noon. Interment wTas a* the Oakland
cemetery. The Rev. J. W. Atkins, pastor
of the Methodist church, officiated. The
deceased is survived by bis wMdow. his
mother, Mrs. X. Z. Haley, and one
brother. Ambrose Halev, all residing in
Wylam. Mr. Haley had lived in Wylam
practically all of his life.
The Shakespearian Literary society and
the Delphian Literary soMetv of the Ens
ley High school, will have a baseball
game this afternoon at o'clock on
the T. C. T. grounds, to determine the
championship of the High school. Roth
teams are about equally matched and a
hard fought game is expected. The line
up of the two teams will be as follows:
Shakesperian—Propst. center field: Mc
Waters. left field: Alberts, first base;
Lewis. second base: Goff, catcher;
Walker. shortstop: Smitherson, third
base; Tubbs, right field; McGary, pitcher.
Delphian—Sarjent. center field; Keenon.
left fiefti; Durham, first t>ase; P|)wn\
second base: Ponder, catcher; Mandy.
shortstop: Cross, third, base^ Cobb, right
field; Freeman, pitcher.
The Pratt City Spartan Girls basketball
team will play the Birmingham White
Sox Girls team at the Pratt City city
hall tonight at 8:30 o'clock. The pro
ceeds of the affair will go to the benefit
of the Pratt City Playground association.
Both teams have made fine showings this
year and a close score is predicted. Pratt
City’s line-up will probably be as follows:
Miss Louise Merkle and Miss Eline
O'Hare, forwards; Miss Mary Rodie and
Miss Cecil Collins, center; Miss Rena
Bridges and Miss Ruth Tram wick, guards.
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Let “Movies” Run Sunday
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
As a rule, I am strictly a “woman of
silence” as far as concerns the public
and Its affairs, but T do feel impelled to j
speak on the much mooted subject of1
“Sunday movies.”
I looked over the audience crowding
into the picture shows last Sunday and
my heart was moved within me; so sin
cere was the approciatlon, so outspoken
the joy of those present. Mostly men—
men who .working hard all the w’eek.
living, perhaps, in a suburb, actually had
not the time, day or night, to devote an
hour just to pure enjoyment; but being
free for the Sunday afternoon, had come
out with the women and children, just to
sit there and be amused or entertained,
as the case might be, and I wondered
how anyone could have the heart to op
pose such a simple pleasure!
Indeed, I think the time so spent, most
profitably spent. Joy is rare enough and
especially in the life of a man on whom
others weaker than himself are depend
ent for the sake of that warmth that
gathers around a joyous heart; that il
lumes the lfttle world around that heart,
let the people have that simple pleasure,
the Sunday movies.
No man W'as ever wrorse for a hearty
laugh; or for an hour of absorbed interest
in the portrayal of a good storp; more, he
is better—better able to face the week of
relentless toll that faces many of them.
This once 1 lift, my voice—let the
' movies be open Sunday afternoon—the
! working man's real rest hour:
J. N. PINCH.
Birmingham. March 17, 1915.
Miss Raraback to Lecture
Miss Grace Karaback. one of the
field secretaries of the home mission
board of the Methodist Episcopal
church, north, will teeture tonight at
of the county and w'^11 known through -
church on “Missions." The public is
invited to attcud/
SEEK ALL MEANS 10
ROAST BIRMINGHAM
Fire Insurance Companies
Not Compelled to Stay If
They Want to Move
To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
It is well for a man to take stock
occasionally, to examine himself, t(
look into a mirror as It were, to ascer
tain if his hair is on straight, if h«
presents such an appearance as will h(
pleasing to those who have to look al
him: to get a new perspective, to find
out if lie is living up to his opportune
ties, if he is doing his duty to his com
munity as a good citizen should, in
short to find out "where he Is at."
Sometimes a man failing to cross
examine himself occaslonly, learns to
his mortification that he is not all that
ho should be, and’ his chagrin is great
ly increased when the information Ip
imparted by a rank outsider, instead ol
a friend who has his interest, at heart
and only considers his well being.
What is true of a man is true of a
community.
I have for a long time been under
the impression that Birmingham was
a mighty good town, that there were
many good people here, some of them
the salt of the earth, that we had fine
churches which were well attended,
splendid schools which were crowded
with children eager to learn, excellent
streets, beautiful parks, fine buildings,
df licious water, good lights, a fine flic
I deportment, business men of a high
type, and a municipal government
which was in the hands of or under the
direction of patriotic officials.
Believelng this, imagine my feelings
when T recently saw in a paper pub
lished in New York, and which is
largely supported by the insurance in
terests and has been recognized as their
mouthpieece, an article from which I
quote the following:
• POOR OLD BIRMINGHAM. ’
"Poor old Birmingham had still an
other expensive fire Saturday. Notwith
standing the efforts of the national
board of fire underwriters and the criti
cisms of the Southeastern Underwriters’
association, Birmingham easily main
tains its conspicuous position among
the notorious drains on fire insurance
capital.
"Birlmngham may become a safe
place for fire insurance companies to
operate when it is entirely rebuilt by
new property owners, has a new fire
department both as to equipment and
men, has a complete set of different
insurance agents from those now there,
and has a complete set of city authori
ties who will really enforce the law.”
Wouldn’t that Jar you?
Ain’t it awful, Mabel?
Is Birmingham really as bad as the
writer of the above makes out, or is
he just suffering from a spell, or re
covering from a spree?
If we are only half as bad as he
appears to think, we must be worse
than old man Sodom and old man Go
morrah, about whom the country
preacher told us. He is certainly mod
est in his suggestions, he only wants
us to got off the earth—that’s all.
Let me reeapitulate his wishes.
"New' Birmingham, new property
owners, new fire department, new peo
ple, different fire insurance agents, and
new city authorities.” When ho gets all
those, then Birmingham may be a safe
place for fire insurance companies. 1
pause to remark that those fire insur
ance companies who are so fond of
critizing Birmingham should remember
a few’ things w'hlch I have not forgot
ten. First, there is not a single fire In
surance company doing business in Bir
mingham which was urged to come
here by Birmingham, or even invited to
do so. Secondly, there is no law com
pelling them to remain even 30 minute-*
after they find it to their interest to
leave. Speaking of leaving, 1 venture to
suggest that if they want a safe place
in which to operate they might try
Greenland's icy mountains, or India's
coral strand, or if they don’t like our
waterworks and fire department they
may go to w'here there are no water
works and no Birmingham firemen, and
wfhere fire departments w’ould do no
good anyhow.
Notwithstanding the criticisms ol
the Southeastern Underwriters’ asso
ciation.” Yes. they have criticised
enough in all conscience. For about 15
years hot air artists from Atlanta have
been coming over to Birmingham lind
nig fault with us and telling us what
ought to be done, and the net result
has been that they have not shown us
how to reduce the Are waste, but have
simply insisted on tlie city's spending
money. After the citizens has paid the
tax for improved streets, improved Are
department, extensions of waterworks,
improved equipment, this same South
eastern Underwriters’ association has
raised insurance rates by combinations
until in many cases they are from 8 1
to 100 percent higher than they were
10 years ago.
One of the absurd conditions is that
a man who has a house on top of Sand
mountain, or on Chunnenuggee ridge,
or at Shuffle gap. where there is no
Are department and the nearest water
is in the spring at the foot of the big
poplar at the bottom of the hill, can
insure it at less cost than he could
a house in many parts of Birmingham
a here we have a gdod Are department
and water supply.
The Are insurance agents of Bir
mingham don’t need any defense at
my hands. They are among tho leading
citizens of the community, many of
them “builders of Birmingham,” men
who would ornament any calling ami
are a credit to any business, but I will
say that from my knowledge of both,
tlie local agents in Birmingham will
not suffer by comparison with tho
presidents, directors and other officials
of tlie companies they represent, and
New York, Hartford, Philadelphia and
other eastern headquarters of some of
the big ones would be vastely improved
if they had more men in the insurance
business in those cities of like charac
ter and ability as tlie insurance agents
in Birmingham. Yours very truly,
JAMES H. HARD.
Birmingham, March 15, 1915.
$2000 FIRE AT
M’VAY SEED STORE
A blaze which occurred early yesterday
morning resulted In a damage estimated
at about ,$2000 in the McVay Seed com
pany’s store. 2018 First avenue. Owing
to the quick work of the fire department
the damage to the building was onl}
slight, but tho flames originated in tin
back of tlie store where some very expen
sive stock had been recently stored, anc
the fire and water damage to the seed
store there was rather heavy. The store
however, was open for business as usua
all day yesterday. Mr. Harris, secre
tary and treasurer of the company, wa.«
enthusiastic in his praise of the work 01
the fire department in fighting the fire
Marriage License
The following marriage license was yes
terday recorded In the office of the pro
bute jridge:
Robert L. Roper, Virginia Mines, tc
Miss Mamie Miller.
JUDGE LB. UN 1
HERE YESTERDAY
Is Inspecting the Tennessee
River—Will Work for
Development
Judge E. B. Almon of Tuseumhia paid
his first visit to Birmingham after hav
ing been put on the pay roll of the na
tional government yesterday.
"1 wa« officially declared to be a con
gressman March 4," he said, "although I
will not take the oath of office before
December. I am spending my time now
inspecting the Tennessee river for which,
during my term. I hope to do much work.
“On May 10 the rivers and harbors com
mittee, and the commerce committee of
Congress, together with the Secretary of
War. will visit Muscle Shoals, for which
an appropriation of $150,000 Is Included ill
the recent appropriation bill. The na
tli nal government has not as yet formally
indorsed the project, but if tile reports
of engineers continue to be favorable,
there is no'question but that it will do so.
"On May 10 we will have a big day In
north Alabama as to meet the distin
guished visitors, representatives of every
county touched by the river will be pres
ent "
MUCH CRITICISM OF
THE FEE SYSTEM AT
HEARING YESTERDAY
(Continued from Pago Fire)
warm and their seeming interest in this
matter had died out. He told an incident
where a case had been framed up on a
number of negro servants near his home
.in which arrests bad followed just after 1
the clock had struck 12 on Saturday night.
He stated that the people of Jefferson
county had elected men of the highest
reputation to the office of sheriff, but he
had yet to see one who did not try to
make all the money out of the office he
could at the expense of the poor and un
fortunate. In reply to a question of Sen
ator Lusk he stated he did not know of
the “upper ten” being raided. In refer
ence to damage suits he stated that those
litigants who had a meritorious case
would have no difficulty in making bond
fo* costs is required. He indorsed the,
workingmen's compensation act.
county treasurer iNot IN ceded
He told the committee that the office of
county treasurer should be abolished as
it was a useless expense to the county,
and that several of the prominent banks
had had a candidate In the field for the
office. ‘‘Gentlemen, you will render great
service to the state and this county if
you rid us of the fee system and the dam*
age suit lawyer,” he said In conclusion.
J. R. Kennemer, president of the United
Mine Workers’ union, was the last wit
ness yesterday afternon and submitted
a written statement in reference to the
number of arrests made during the strike
of 190S by the sheriff. He stated that
during the two months of the strike that
4000 arrests had been made, charging
every crime in the calendar, from tres
pass to mturder, and that of this number
less than 15 had been convicted, and that
foiu of the convicted parties had been
pardoned. He stated that the corpora
tions engaged men who were sworn in as
special deputies and that the sheriff re
ceived $1 per day for each deputy above
the amount paid them for their services.
He stated lie was informed that the
sheriff cleared $40,000 during the strike.
He stated his organization favored the
workmen’s compensation bill that had
already been presented by Representative
Isadore Shapiro.
The committee will reconvene this
morning at X::i0 o’clock and hold executive
session until 9 o’clock, when the hearing
will be continued. This will be the last
day for the committee to sit in Birming
ham at this time, and tomorrow morning
th*' members will leave for Jasper and
hold a one-day session at that point. On
Monday they will go to Tuscumbia. It
is understood that one of the witnesses
summoned before the committee this
morning is “ Kid Wonder,” the negro for
tune teller. The nature of his testimony
was not stated.
Gaston First Witness
The committee met yesterday morning
promptly at 9 o’clock, Senator John A.
Lusk presiding. Present were Senators
Alto V. Lee and J. C. Miller and Repre
sentatives A. R. Brindley, Sam Will Johns
and Ira A. Thompson. Judge Zell Gaston
was the iirst witness and stated that he
was familiar with the fee system in this
county and that it was one of the causes
of crime. He told the committee that
deputy sheriffs had been told by their
superiors that the jail was getting thin i
and to go out and get more prisoners, j
He stated that far too many frivolous ar
rests were made by the deputies and the
policemen of the city. He declared that
every member of the Je’Terson delegation
had been elected on the platform to abol
ish the system, but nothing tangible had
been done toward It so far.
He indorsed the consc.udated courts and
paid a tribute to Judge Abernathy, com
mending his rugged honesty and native
ability. He stated Judge Abernathy was
held in fear by the criminal element.
White Gibson denounced the present
jury system, stating that corporations In
fluenced the placing of names in the jury
box to their advantage. He suggested
that a verdict by nine Jurors in civil cases
and better lien laws for the mechanic.
Howie Ordered Off Stand
.1. T. Howie stated that he had been
(lone a great Injustice in a trial and that
the city court of Gadsden was dirty and
corrupt. While admitting that he had
sold liquor he claimed he had been rail
roaded through the court and had been
convicted on perjured testimony. He was
ordered off the witness stand by Chair
man Lusk when he fcegan to abuse the
court. #
W. J. Wynn entered protest against the
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_In «>r<lerlii|t Cmxln I'lyHNf Mention THE MiE-HEHALU
imbulance chasers and said that the 'Bir
mingham Bar association was apparently
powerless to stop the practice. J. Alcorn
Mover, a former member of the Missis
sippi legislature tnade suggestions as to
pourt reforms.
Ij. A. Prosch suggested the removal of
criminal practice from the city court of
Bessemer and asked that one of the so
licitors of the circuit or county court be
removed and appointed on the bench of
:he criminal court.
Fred M. Jackson stated the need of the
county was more work from the county
)fficials, including the judges, He stated
that there was too much unnecessary de
ay and if he conducted his business like
the courts conduct theirs he would soon be
mnkrupt. He stated that the leading busi
ness men of the city did very little iury
Juty.
Judge Dan E. Greene commended the
Dallas county jury law as drawn by Dol
an el John as the solution of the jury prop
Dsitlon confronting the county.
Mrs. Solon Jacobs, president of the
Alabama Equal Suffrage association,
and Mrs. Oscar R. Hundley, chairman
r.f the legislative committee or that
body, appeared before the committee
sind urged an earnest and immediate
consideration of the suffrage bill that
had been submitted. Mrs. Jacobs stated
that equal suffrage was no longer a
local, but a national issue and that ac
tion was necessary. She referred to the
104 votes in the electoral college con
trolled by woman's votes and that the
democratic party might he in danger
from the suffrage votes. Mrs. Jacobs
stated that she was convinced that a
majority of the legislators were con
vinced of the justice of women's suf
trage blit hesitated on the grounds of
expediency.
Mrs. Hundley, in answer to ques
tions. stated there was sufficient de
mand by the voters of the state for the
iiuestion of the vote on the* constitu
tional amendment to be submitted to
he people. She stated that women's
suffrage was a moral force in the gov
ernment and that it was only fair that
ihe question should be submitted to j
the voters of the state.
Estes Rap Courthouse
\V. G. Estes stated that at present
£1200 clerks had been elected to of
fice that netted them from $1T»,o00 to
$20,000 and that they were incapable
of earning such sums. Te expressed
the opinion that no county flicinl
should he paid more than $2600 a vear.
He declared the courthouse to be ‘the
rottenest part of this town.” and that
It was ridiculous the way It was » un. 1
E. K. Newman stated that lie i’o"
feidered the salaries paid to the sheriff,
judges and solicitors was too high.
I. C. Beatty, general manager of
the Birmingham Realty company, told
of raids on negroes being made at
their homes and preesnted a receipt
showing a fine imposed on a negro
for shooting craps of $10 and the costs
[.mounting to $20. In reference, to tax
assessment Mr. 'Beatty stated that a
taxation board of five members should
he appointed to give relative values on
property and that the values be not
changed for at least five years.
At noon adjournment the committee
was entertained at the weekly lunch
eon of the Real Estate exchange at the
Tutwiler.
DOLLY DALRYMPLE
(Continued from Pngc Six)
there were no poets, no writers of note.
When I was introduced later, 1 chose to
take issue with her and cited some of our
most illustrious poets and writers. Among
them Father Ryan, Lanier, Poe. and many .
others. Of course, T said ‘we have had \
no woman to write ‘The Battle Hymn of *.
tlie Country,’ but I cited some favorite
verses from our southern writers and
suggested that it was the north that was
in ignorance of us rather than the fact
that we were ignorant. Later 1 met Mrs.
Howe after I had written to Mr. Lippin
cott and urged him to accept some
sketches, which I had written of southern
poets and writers, saying that this was
the only magazine which had been loyal
an«l impartial to the south, and would he
still maintain that attitude? He did so
gladly, gallantly, and when I sent Mrs.
Howe a marked copy of the magazine
containing my sketch of Lanier, she wrote
back, very kindly: ‘Mv jjear Picadilly:
You have converted an old Yankee.
Thank you.* Later whm T was telling
Mrs. Jackson about this incident when
she was visiting me in Washington we
had a good laugh over it—at least 1 had.
Mrs.^Jackson being the audience and not
concurring entirely with me in ray opin
ions concerning certain things.'*
“And your future plans?’’ I. asked.
"One day at a time, dear child,” she
said in her beautiful, gentle way. "Only
one day at a time are wo expected to live /
All Is in the hands of the Lord of Host >'
[ can only tell each day my story, car ‘
out my mission. 1 stand for a rcunll J
south and north. I know that the high .
principles actuated both sides in thoL1 £
ful strife. To me both ’ J ,ut
their love and honor for my J
stories are heart stogies-the gtl>v; ^ f %.
of ‘the Blue and the Gray.’ i Jh.4 ' .-fived
many of thttn, known them all t ...
The old. old love stories of_tb»
Whose romances may be qa|fflyy Li? run
them? Who is tln r.- to tell? ’*p4
stories of the south! Whaf ‘ ,
they make! My life has bee* 'q
like Hiawatha’s with sunshine a*.< l?*\***
hut through it all has run Goffs U *
the love of the dear, gentle, tend* *v ’ ,
people about me."
The platform, the stage, the pul
had and held many great celebrlt ' * . "t
never have the brilliant oloctrh ™.
flashed out a name more honor* *
rever-oij more distinguished, raor ’ ..
than Mrs. LaSalle Cdrhell Pinkrttt
wrltei. historian, poel. painter, lei .
but above all. the beloved “child ■* of
the Confederacy," the widow of * y
the world’s greatest heroes, a grei . .-v
of the old south!
Real Estate Transfers
The following real estate transfer* ^
yesterday recorded in the office
probate judge:
$8000*-Octa via A. Wood to KirtelK
Land and Cement company, lot 3, • ' *Sf\VslQoV
184, city of Birmingham.
$1500—Knsley Land company to* Cli a U(
Debonna, lota 3 and 4, block 14-.1, Kn ^ey
$3060—Richland Farms company ti v
Gibson, parts of lota 14 and 15. block ; g‘;