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Your
Efforts
combined with our
own will make a
banking c o nnec
tion here most
pleasant.
First National Bank
of Birmingham
Capital and Surplus Three Million
Dollars
Four Per Cent Interest, Compound
ed Quarterly, on Savings Depoelte
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CUES EVILS IN THE
Real Estate Men Plan Cam
paign Against Existing
City Ordinance
The Birmingham Real Estate exchange
will open a plumbing exhibit about April
20, and W. G. Oliver, chairman of the
special committee which has the mattei
In charge, yesterday issued the following
statement:
"Our campaign has tw’o objects in view
to get less expensive plumbing and tc
make our plumbing less attractive to the
sneak thieves and the vandal.
"The real estate interests of Birming
ham have paid out thousands and thou
sc ids of dollars the past few months hav
ing expensive lead connections replaced ir
i vacant houses, where they had been cul
out by vandals. The thief got 15 cents
to 60 cents worth of lead and It costs us
$25 to $50 to repair the damage. We clairr
that some form of Iron pipe will serve
just as well as lead, and the sneak wll
not take iron pipe.
"Aa for expensive plumbing, Birming
ham has recently had perpetrated on 11
one of the most drastic plumbing laws
passed by any city In the country. We
don’t blame the commissioners for this
as they are all laymen and didn't appre
ciate* how the ordinance was "loaded’
and the number of "jokers" which it con
tained. I’ll give you a few Illustrations
"One of Birmingham’s recent home
I bi nders installed a drain pipe in his
■ garage, and was amazed to find that the
I law required him to run a vent from tbit
B drain up through the roof, and also tc
1?' install a lavatory in his garage, wit!
■ the usual amount of iead work. He hac
l^i- no earthly use for this washstand In his
P garage, but was forced to put It in . The«‘
J: extras will cost him about $125.
j "Then, again, one of our East Birming
ham concerns makes an excellent trap a
;j a cost of about 90 cents, but the lav
won’t let us use it. A patented trap madi
in Cleveland and sold for maiy times as
much is required.
j "Birmingham’s latest big buildings—th<
ij Tutwiler, the Molton and the Ridgely
I are supposed to have the very latest am
most expensive of plumbing, and yet this
style is already declared out of date ir
Birmingham, and if the job had to b«
N done over now, it is estimated that i
■! would cost 20 per cent more.
"Not only big business suffer, but th<
little suburban bungalow must have sever
cutoffs, when one or two is all on eartl
that a housekeeper wants to operate on i
cold winter night.
"I could give a score or more of illua
trations like this, but it Is not necessary
i Our exhibit will have samples of al
these regulations, and the people will b
invited to Inspect them and really lean
! some of the mysteries of plumbing.
"A kitchen sink can no longer be at
tached to the main bathroom stack. Ai
entirely separate one has to he installed.
"The exchange is not taking any par
in the labor differences between the mas
ter plumbers and the journeymen plumb
era These conditions will adjust them
selves by the Inevitable law of supply am
demand.
"Neither are w?e taking .any part ii
the personal fight which some individual
have against the officers of the plumb
ing department.
"We do propose to show’, however, tha
we have been asleep here—including ou
real estate agents—and let the manufac
turers of patent plumbing appliances an<
other selfish interests put over on us on
of the most obnoxious laws possessed b;
any American city."
Eigliteen Nations Accept
Washington, April 18.—Eighteen Latin
American nations have accepted invlta
I tions to attend the Pan-American finan
ctal conference to he held here beginnint
May 24, it was announced today.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Signature uf ‘SdT'SS&fc**
DR. SANDERS WILE
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PRESENT SYSTEM
Fires His First Gun In Op
posing Campaign Against
His Administration
MEDICOS DIVIDED
INTO TWO FACTIONS
Opponents of Sanders Determined To
Bring About Change and Sanders
Faction Determined to Main
tain Old Order of Things
Dr. W. H. Sanders of Montgomery, state
health officer, against whom many mem
bers of the Alabama Medical associatior
are leveling their lances, is preparing tc
struggle for the maintenance of a gov
ernmental machine which its opponent!
term an oligarchy.
Dr. Sanders, construing the attacks
against him and the self-perpetuatinj
“counsellors" as an attack against the
cause of public health, has issued t
brochure.which he believes that those whe
read will admit was issued only aftei
"very great provocation." It is con
sidered his first gun in the battle whicl
will be joined in Birmingham Tuesday.
This battle for a change In the constitu
tlon of the association, a constitution un
de? which only counsellors—comparative
ly few in number—may, through procesi
of self-preservation in power, achieve tin
presidency, will be the feature of the Bir
mingham session of the association. Th<
body of medicos is divided between tin
proponents and opponents of Dr. San
ders. If the latter lose their fight befor<
the convention they will carry it to th<
floor of tjie legislature.
Reviews Administration
In his pamphlet which has just been is
sued through the mails. Dr. Sanders re
views what he has accomplished as stab
health officer, and presents these ac
complishments, it is considered locally, no
only as a defense of his administration
but as reasons why he should be contin
ued in power. In this light the follow’
ing section, * relating specifically to Blr
mingham, has attracted considerable at
ter, tlon:
“In 1905 yellow fever was prevailing ex
tenslvely in Mississippi and Louisiana
also ir» Pensacola and possibly othe
places In. Florida. Alabama w’as evldentl:
w’edged in between Scylla and Charybdis
A vigorous state quarantine was beinj
waged for protection; apprehension les
the state wbuld be invaded was at th
very climax of intensity; tension extreme
"Under these circumstances the stat
health officer was notified by the cit;
health officer of Birmingham that a cas
of disease, believed to be suspicious of be
ing yellow fever, existed in that city
In order to reach Birmingham in th
shortest possible time the writer was com
pelled to go by a circuitous route, th
trip consuming the entire night and nc
permitting the recumbent position to b
assumed for one moment. On arrival
was met and conveyed to the house o
the sick man, who had recently arrive'
from Memphis w'here yellow’ fever wa
believed by many to be prevailing.
Fought Yellow Fever
“The city health officer and consultin
physicians were strongly Inclined to pro
nounce the case one of yellow fever, wit
which opinion I felt compelled after ex
a mi nation of the patient to take issue
The physicians mentioned courteousl
yielded to my opinion, consequently th
case was not proclaimed as one of yellow
fever, this opinion being fully confirme
by subsequent events. Let us suppos
for a moment that this case had bee
l anr.ounced as one of yellow fever, th
> magnitude of the disaster to Kirmlnghan
i and to the entire state, more or less
cculd not have been computed in dollar
and cents. Other gulf states would hav
immediately quarantined against the er
tire state of Alabama; other counties an
• municipalities in the state would hav
quarantined against Birmingham; a pani
j w’ould have been promptly set in motio
in Birmingham, under which thousand
i would have precipitately fled at great pei
• sonal expense and sacrifice of business
' the trade of Birmingham would have bee
completely paralyzed and that of the er
• tire state seriously interfered with; ir
. deed, the results would have been disas
I trous in many ways.”
» The opponents of Dr. Sanders are a
■ determined that n change be wrough
as he is determined that the old orde
of things shall continue to obtain. Fo
several months there have been ru
rnored of impending development. An
then occurred the scandal in connectio
' with the theft of examination paper!
■ as a result of which a doctor and
» negro janitor were convicted and sen
tenced to serve u term in the peril
, teniary. And then Dr. Oates, state mil
’ and prison inspector, in giving testi
mony to the legislative committee o
investigation, criticized in no uncertai
manner the department of which Di
Sanders is the head, anil its mode c
government. Then Dr. C. T. Yarbrougl
who represents Lee county in the lig
islature, and is chairman of the stand
ing committee on public health, issue
through The Age-Herald a sensations
interview in which he not only criti
cized the so-called “oligarchy” but de
dared that unless the association of it
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Birmingham Trust & Savings Co.
Capital $500,000.00 Surplus (Earned) $650,000.00
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MUSIC FESTIVAL AT
JEFFERSON TODAY
Two Concerts Will Be Given, One This Afternoon at 3 O’clock
and the Other at 8:15 O’clock Tonight—Damrosch
Orchestra Arrived Last Night
WALTER DAMROSCH
This is Birmingham’s music festival
day.
There will be two concerts at the Jef
ferson theatre—this afternoon at 3 o’clock
and this evening at 8:15 o’clock.
Walter Damrosch and his splendid New
York Symphony orchestra engaged for
the occasion arrived from Atlanta yes
terday evening. With Mr. Damrosch
came four vocal celebrities—Grace Kerns,
soprano; Merle Tillotson Alcock, con
tralto; John Campbell, tenor, and Millo
Picco, baritone.
Mr. Damrosch gave a concert in At
lanta Saturday night, and the audience
of several thousand was the largest ever
seen in the Georgia capital on the occa
, sion of a symphony performance.
4 This afternoon’s programme is chiefly
orchestral. It is a very rich programme
. and would be considered especially at
. tractive even for New York or Boston.
It opens with Beethoven s fifth sym
phony, one of the most beautiful of all
symphonies, old or new. That work will
be followed by the ■ Rosary,” air from
“La Giocondo,” sung by Mrs. Alcock.
! No. 3 on the programme will be Delibes’
delightful “Sylvia Suite.” The second
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MR. RIENZI THOMAS
mrt of the afternoon programme will be
Wagnerian, and will be as follows.
Overture to “Rlenzi.”
“Good Friday Spell,” from “Parsifal”
.violin solo).-—Mr. Alexander Saalavsky.
“Song of the Evening Star,” Signor
Milio Picco.
“Sounds of the Forest,” from “Sieg
rrled.”
“Ride of the Valyries,” fro "Walkure.”
The night, concert will be varied. In
the first part the festival chorus, under
the direction of Rlenzi Thomas, will be
heard In Sullivan’s "Golden L/egend. ”
The Damroach orchestra will accompany
the chorus, and the vocal artists named
above will have the solo roles. After the
chorus number, Mr. Damroach will gives
the andante cantabilo from Techaikow
sky’s fifth symphony. Miss Kerns will
sing the aria from Mozart’s "The Mar
riage of Figaro.” Mr. Renard will play
a violincello solo, “Electra's Lament,”
from "Las Errynnines,” and the pro
gramme will be concluded with a group
of British folk songs and dances by
Granger—new this season.
There has been a great rush for seats,
and capacity houses are assured for both
afternoon and night.
BEGIN REGISTRATION FOR
SPRING MASONIC UNION
’ Class registration for the spring re
union of the Ancient and Accepted Scot
tish Rite of Masonry will be held tonight
; at the Masonic temple, commencing at
t 8 o’clock. All those elected to the de
- gree have been notified to register their
names wdth J. D. Matlock, director of
* work, as it is necessary for the officers
r to learn the extent of the class in or
J der to complete final arrangements.
Those w’ho cannot arrive in the city on
‘ Monday night can register at 8 o’clock
J on Thursday morning. Prompt registra
tion is requested.
= The reunion is to be held under the
* auspices of the Scottish Rite bodies of
2 the valley of Birmingham and will con
* tinue four days, April 30-21-22-23. On
Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock the Lodge
1 of Perfection will be opened by John
1 B. Bethea, senior venerable master. De
grees from the fourth to the fourteenth,
inclusive, will be conferred during the
? day with recess for lunch and dinner.
- On Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock Bir
1 mingham chapter, Rose Croix, will be
- opened by Colnian Blach, wise master.
* The fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and
f eighteenth degrees will be conferred. On
9 Wednesday at 8 o’clock Birmingham
r Council of Kadosh will be opened by J.
1 XL Ray, commander, and the degrees
9 from the nineteenth to twenty-ninth will
1 be conferred. On Thursday the thirtieth
9 degree, Knight Kadosh, will be con
* ferred. On Friday morning at 9 o’clock
1 the Alabama Consistory, Dr. W. W. Ran
3 som, master of Kadosh, presiding, the 31
* degrees will be conferred, and on Friday
- afternoon at 3 o’clock the thirty-second
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c own accord wrought u change in con
1 vention, he would carry the battle to
B the floor of the legislature.
Long Programme
; The doctors have arranged a long
i programme of formal addresses and
lectures, and the delegates will he en
tertained royally. But the anti-Sanders
" crusade will be the feature of the con
vention.
The administration faction, or San
. ders’ faction, is confident of success. The
following letter to the editor of The
Age-Herald, written by Dr. William W.
1 Dlnsmore, an attache of the health de •
. partment, indicates as much:
“In your issue of the 18th inst., there
1 appears a remarkable letter from Dr.
’’ D. L. Wilkinson of Montevallo, giving
1 his views on matters medical in Ala
bama.
“The doctor confesses at the outset,
though quite inadvertantly, no doubt,
that his letter is not intended as an
argument, since he announces in the
first paragraph that ‘villification or in
sinuation are not argument,’ to quote
his exact words, whereupon he pro
ceeds to resort to a full measure of
each, ultimately reaching a climax fry
his insinuations cast even at the dead,
namely, the founder and organizer of
the state’s public health system.
“In his ’argument/ to call it such de
spite Tils dictum above quoted, Dr.
Wilkinson, like so many other good
men, and good doctors, too, seems not
r to have been able to rise above that
much over-worked theme of ‘office
holding’ as being a fundamental con
sideration in a state medical organiza
tion. His falling into this common error,
which has characterized practically all
the attacks which have been made upon
the State Medical association as now
constituted, causes bis letter fairly to
bristle with fallacies and forces him
Into ‘villification or insinuations’ which
‘are not arguments.’ Hence there is left
no ground for debate and no facts to
deal with.
“Come to the Birmingham meeting
next week, doctor, and witness an over
whelming victory for organized medi
cine In Alabama.
“WILLIAM W. DmaMORE/’
| Negro Woman Shot
Felix Richardsom, negro, shot and dan
gerously wounded Emma Stradford, ne
gro, last night about 8 o’clock at Forty
second street and Morris avenue. The
woman was removed to the Hillman
hospital, where it is reported that she
is in a serious condition. As yet Rich
ardson has not been arrested by the po
lice.
Negro Seriously Wounded
Lillie Allen, a negro woman, was shot
and seriously wounded by another negro
named Steve Pearson. 405 Seventh street,
south, yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock.
The shooting occurred at Alley C and
Seventh street. The negro w’ho did the
shooting has not been arrested.
\ . A.r .
JOHN H. BETHEA, SK.
Venerable Master Birmingham
Lodge of Perfection
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degree will be commenced. With this de
gree the reunion will close.
The choir, led by Prof. Fred L
Grambs, organist, will render appropriate
music during the several degrees. Th«
members are Miss Bessie Cunningham
soprano. Mrs. Marie Kern-Mullin, con
tralto, J. A. Bates, tenor, and R. C
Haufman, basso.
ilif
F ME IS DUE
Return of Governor From
New York Will Mean
More Appointments
The return of Governor Henderson frorr
a financial mission to New York precedes
it Is considered, another shaking of tht
"plum tree."
Some days ago, as is remembered, th<
story came out of Montgomery that tin
governor would immediately name th*
members of the state convict bureau anc
the state tax commission. J. M. Kysei
of Marshall county was appointed con
vict inspector and Dr. Hubbard of Mont
gemery convict chaplain. The governoi
has yet to name a president and a phy
sician of the board.
Up to the present time nothing has beer
accomplished toward the creation of the
new tax commission. For the three berths
there are several applicants, among therr
being at least two members of the pres
ent board, John S. Mooring, chairman
and Henry P. White, associate member
It is generally believed that Edwarc
I Doty of Andalusia, editor of the Andalusk
Star, will be named a member of the
board. Another man who Is thougqt U
strnd ar. excelelnt chance for appoint
irent is C. A. Avant of Birmingham. Bir
j mingham and Jefferson county, which paj
i a fifth of the taxes of the state, are en
titled to a representative on the board
local tax payers contend, and Mr. Avan'
has excellent indorsements. Mr. Mooring
and Mr. White have Indorsements froir
every section of the state, and as thej
arc generally known to have acquittec
themselves faithfully nnd efficiently ir
the past, It Is believed that Governor Hen
dersor will give their claims earnest con
uidera tion.
Mr. Mooring spent yesterday in Blrming
ham on business. He did not, however
discuss the matter of his application foi
reappointment. It Is understood, how
e>er. that he is sanguine of his succesi
In that connection.
Prince George In Italy
Brindisi, Italy, April 18.—(Via Paris.
Prince George, brother of King Constan
tine, of Greece, landed here yesterday
and shortly afterward left fur Purls.
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AT THECITY HALL
Unknown Whether Any
thing Will Be Accomplished
By Scrapping Commission
PUBLIC SENTIMENT
ON JITNEY CHANGING 1
Cars Should Be Regulated From a
Public Service Standpoint and
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Without Reference to Street
Car Corporation
n>- RALPH R. SII.VKR
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4 \ I'THOIIIT V TO REGUL ATE 4
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• Tn spite of reports to the con- •
• trary, under the following sec- *
$ tion of th > state constitution, •
• it apears tin* city government ?
4 has complete authority to regu- *
? late the jitney if it desires: 4
4 “Section 220—No person, firm •
4 association, or corporation shall •
f be authorized or permitted to •
4 use the streets, avenues, alleys, ?
4 or public places of any city, 4
4 town, or village for tlio con- •
4 struction or operation of any •
4 public utility or private enter- •
4 prise, without first obtaining *
• the consent of the proper an- •
4 t her l ties of such city, town, or •
4 village." ♦
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Jitney regulation without doubt will
be the headliner on the boards at the
city hall this week.
What is going to happen is hard even
to guess at this time, for the prelimi
nary skirmishes have so muddied the
waters that it is hard for an observer
now to form an opinion of what lies
at the bottom to be produced when the
situation clears up.
George Ward favors regulation. James
Weatherly does not. A. O. I.ane is in
clined to agree with Weatherly.
There’s the situation. The split be
tween Ward and Weatherly on the jitney
question cR?ne with some surprise. The
two commissioners have been doing ad
mirable team work to all outward ap
pearances ever since Mr. Ward took of
fice over a year ago. How serious is
the present difference or what is going
to come out of it at this time cannot
be told,
Popular Side
Mr. Weatherly, without u doubt, is at.
this time on the popular side. As to
whether or not he will be in the course
of a week or two, however, there is
reason to doubt. There is every indica
tion that, public sentiment is now un
dergoing a gradual change in regard to
the jitney situation. It seems entirely
probable that reasonable regulation—and
nothing else is proposed—will bo eom
pletely indorsed by public sentiment
within a short, time.
As to whether or not the convictions
or reasons of Judge l^ane and Mr.
Weatherly for their respective positions
on the question are such that they may
bo liable to change, no one can say,
but It seems probable. If so, fair and
Just regulation of tho jitney is to be ex
pected within the next, week or two.
There* are two reasons for the popular
ity of tho genus Jitney as found alive
.and prospering on the streets of Bir
mingham today. One is its undoubted
ability to fill a place heretofore empty
and render a real service to the citizens;
the other is the unpopularity of tho
street, car corporation. When the facts
are faced, there can he no denying that
much of the jitney's popularity conics
from the street car's unpopularity; there
are hundreds whose enthusiasm for the
jitney grows because they know it is
“putting a kink" in the street car com
pany.
Reasons For Regulation
Ukewise, there are two reasons for
regulating the Jitney. One is to protect
and aid the ailing street car corporation;
the other is to protect and aid the pub
lic and place the jitney on a basis with
every other legitimate business trans
acted within tho city.
Those favoring real and fair regula
tion of the Jitney should forget about the
popularity of the Jitney, or the prayed
for protection and unpopularity of the
street car company. They should realize
that the Jitney question must, be ap
proached from the other end; that jitney
regulation must be developed—if it con
be developed—In the terms of public
service.
Why should the man who runs a fi and
10-cent store in competition w^frh the big
department store be made to pay a city
license in proportion to the business he
does if a jitney which operates In com
petition to the great street car corpora
tion Is not made to do the same thing?
When the Kelley interests sometime
ago made their memorable fight before
the city commission for a street railway
franchise, they were charged for a fran
chise, provisions were put in that fran
chise to make the proposed company pay
to the city a part of its gross receipts
and in other ways put its operations un
der the complete control of tho city gov
ernment. James Weatherly led the ac
tivities on the part of the city. Now
because the real difference 1s that the
Kelleys proposed to run a vehicle as a
common carrier on steel rails and the
operator of a jitney proposed to run a
vehicle as a common carrier on rubber
tires, why should such regulations lie
placed on the one and not proportion*
regulations be placed on tho other?
Basis of Government
The basis of all government is (
tection of the interests of the gover^ id.
There can be no doubt but that the
danger and evils of the jitney system
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t“Do you see thst large bu9i- ^k
ness house there? And the M
hank here? Once they were ■
small, hut the hank helped a
man succeed.” S
The American Trust doesn't re
member how many men it has helped
succeed, but there are now about B
14,000 people who have that oppor
tunity as American Trust depositors. M
__ a If you are not one of these, there is
% no reason why you shouldn't be, for
it takes little money to become a
depositor.
AmcanTrusiHSavingsBank
BIRMINGHAM
COPS TO LEARN TO
JUIJITSU PRISONERS
Athletic Association Is Be
ing Formed to Develop the
Muscles of the Minions of
the Law
Sergeant K. P. Warren, who Is the
moving figure in the organization of
the Police Athletic association, talks
interestingly in regard to the future
plans of the association.
"It has been the rule in all the largo
cities to organize these associations In
the police department and it seems to
have met with general approval of
the public as well us the men every
where. It Is a serious proposition
when a man weighing 150 pounds t*
culled on to arrest another who per
haps weighs 200 pounds, and unless
♦he officer attempting to make the ar
rest is skilled in the art of handling
such a prisoner, he will find that the
job is a bit too much for him.
"On the other hand, if he is a man
who knows some of the science of
wrestling and jujitsu, it is a compar
atively easy task for him to see that
the unruly one is brought to the sta
tion.
"The object of the Birmingham
Police Athletic association is to leach
the men to he capable in just such an
emergency as this. Not only that, but
when a nan is in good physical train
ing, his body as well as his mind Is in
a much clearer state, and he finds his
duties comparatively easy, instead of
them being a task. I am glad to any
that we have been able to stir up quite
a bit of enthusiasm among the mem
beis of tlies force, and 1 anticipate great
success for tho organisation.
"Some of the foremost athletes In the
Trilled StatoH are to be found among
tire police departments of the large
cities. For example. Matt McGrath and
Martin Sheridan are considered the
best, weight men in the country and
they are both members of the New
A ork Police Athletic association.
Therefore. I say that it is possible for
us right here in Birmingham to de
velop some wonderful athletes. The
personnel of Die Birmingham police
force consists of some very fine men.
both physically and mentally, and t
am satisfied that wo shall find some
fine athletes among them.
"At the present time wo are handi
capped for lack of showers, mats, and
soforth, but we hope to raise sufficient
funds to buy these in the near future.
We shall have several wrestling bouts
every Friday night, and will charge a
nominal fee for admission In this
way we hope to get sufticient funds to
carry on the work.
200 LAUNDRY MEN EXPECTED
FOR CONVENTION APRIL 26-27
Well over 100 reservations have been
made at local hotels for the Tri-State
Laundrymen's association. Which will
convene in Birmingham for its annual
meeting next Monday, It is believed that
there will he about 300 visitors to the
city, including members of tho associa
tion and others engaged in trade lines
which are identified will) laundrymen,
and their business. The meeting will
last two days, April L’6-37. The visitors
will begin to arrive next Sunday.
The visitors will bo entertained while
in Birmingham by tho local association.
There will be a banquet at the News
paper club for the visitors, which will be
attended by over 160 persona. The follow
ing day the visitors will bo shown the
lOnsley division of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company properties,
and will uiso pass through the American
Steel and Wire company plant at Fair
field. They will also be shown over
Fairfield, the model Industrial city. One
have been painted In undue vivid colors
by poisons who might lie inclined to keep
In view the old bugaboo comparison of
tho jitney With tlie street ear company.
But on tlie other hand, there can lie
no doubt in tlie mind of any fair man,
no matter where ids enthusiasm lies, hut
that there are serious possibilities of
danger to life and properly of citizens
involved lit the Jitney question.
It cannot he disputed but that tlie
majority or the ears used are second
hand, and had been discarded until tlie
Jitney came Into existence.
it cannot be disputed Hint the drivers
of many of them are reckless and in
competent.
It. cannot be disputed that if the oc
cupant of the majority of them was to
meet with accident, there would be no
recourse whatever.
Then why should not tills government
that Is supposed to protect, tlie Interests
of tlie governed, impose such regula
tions as to safeguard the public from any
one of these possibilities as much as It
Is possible In Justice to do?
Will it put the Jliney out. or business?
Well, if safeguarding the Interests of
the public demanded regulations that
would result in putting the jitney out
of business, it ought to be put uut of
business.
Jitney Comes lo Stay
But such Is not. the cose. Even the
strongest opponents of tlie Jitney admit
that the jitney has "come to stay." and
is "filling a real need.” Tlie Jitney can
he regulated and the public properly
safeguarded and the Jitney still continue
to do business. Other cities are doing It.
There Is a parable of the man who
first, succeeded In putting onto a wire a
high voltage of electricity.
He found that the service to bo secured
had been increased, but that also the
thing was dangerous. lie doubted tlie
value of his discovery. No matter how
much service humanity could get out
of this high voltage current, if It wasn't
safe to handle it, It was n failure. So
he set about to make tho highly danger
ous wire safe and at the same time not
impair its ability to carry a heavy cur
rent. He did so by Insulation.
The Jitney needs insulation. It can he
called metaphorically a highly charged
electric wire in which there are two
elements—service and danger.
The work of the city commission is
tf bring about Insulation by proper regu
lation and thus eliminate tho danger
without Impairing the service.
What happens is at least going to be
; interesting.
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Mitchell In Birmingham
James Mitchell, president of the Ala
bama Power company, reached Bir
mingham yesterday from New York,
lifter an absence of several days In tlie
• cast. Mr. Mitchell will be in the city
several days, it ig understood. He will
be engaged In conferring with officials
of the company today and It Is ex
pected Mr. Mitchell will begin a tour
of inspection of the company's proper
ties during the next few days. Mr.
Mitchell said yesterday that there was
nothing new to be said In connection
with the properties In this section. He
said that the line to Tuscaloosa and
other work which has been authorized
and financed would go ahead without
any delay. Mr. Mitchell is inclitiod to
l elieve that the business situation is
improving.
of the most Interesting features on the
programme will he nn address by Con -
giessman Burnett of Gadsden, on the
Chinese Immigration question. Mr. Bur
nett is the author of the immigration
measure now’ pending in Congress. Com
missioner Weatherly will make the ad
dress of welcome on behalf of Birming
ham. The entire programme has not
been arranged.
J. H. Bancroft of Mobile, is president
of the association, which is composed of
members In the states of Alabama. Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Ar
kansas. It is only lately (hat the states
of Louisiana and Arkansas were taken
into the association. Tt is stated that
many widely known men engaged In
laundry work will be present at the
meeting, including J. A. Barker of the
National Launderers’ association, Otto
Rice, president of the I blunderers’ club
of Chicago. George H. Pans* of the na
tional executive committee and tothers.
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INJUNCTION AGAINST
AGE-HERALD IS ASKED
Slate Attorney General Seeks to Re
strain Publication of Articles Dis
cussing Alcoholic Liquors
A petition has been filed asking that
an Injunction be Issued to restrain the
Age-1 i era Id Publishing company from
publishing certain articles alleged to
l t in violation of the anti-liquor adver
tising law. The bill was prepared by
W. 1a Martin, attorney general, and
forwarded to Solicitor Hugo L. Black,
who filed it before Judge H. A. Sharpe
of tho city court.
An appeal case is ponding before the
Buprenie court in which practically the
rnme questions of law are rained, the
injunction proceeding* were sot for
hearing Monday, May 2. The supreme
court will probably decide the pending
case before that date
The articles complained of had ref
erence to the percentage of alcohol in
malt vinous and spirltous liquors.
There was no mention of brand, name
of firm or corporation in any of the
three articles. The first of the series
contained a small picture which was
held by Solicitor Black to be in viola
tion of tlie law and on bis objection if
was discontinued. The case Is brought
in the name of the state ex rel Hugo L.
Black, solicitor of Jefferson county.
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