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W-' -s MAIN NEWS SECTION PAGE3 13 TO 22" 1 'fc iMHk, I. XXVI No. 310 ESTABLISHED march a urn BIRMINGHAM, ALA DAT A JANUARY 18, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS STEEL WIRE MILE AT LAST IS BEING1 RUN AT FAIRFIELD BIRM1NGHAM-ENSLEY; MINSTREL STARS IN FRONT OF BIRMINGHAM ELKS HOME Twenty Thousand Tons of Steel Billets Hava Been Delivered There, and 600 Men Will Soon Be At Work. J- He Will Conduct Probe Into Ex-Slaves Pension and -Bounty Association. Entries For Exhibits Will Be Closed At Noon On Monday.

Cl BY LEON W. FRIEDMAN. Steam in the furnaces of the department and mcahinery being turned over and some rolling being done these things mean prac- despite the. lack of official verification, that the big plant of! the American Steel and Wire Company at Fairfield is in operation The Tennessee Coal, Iron Railroad Company, another sub-' sidiary organization of the United States Steel Corporation, is said to have delivered 20,000 tons of steel, billets to the wire plant, and noth-1 -ing remains for the full operation to start but the alignment of the machinery, which is being given a try-out daily. J- and the dinner of Judge E.

H. fiery. Chairman of the Board of the Steel Corporation, probably will mean aome Inter- estlng announcements as to business coming In or about to be placed, snffl- dent to keep" the big plant at Ensley going right along through the Summer. As has been stated before, the order of the Southern Pacific railroad and of the Louisville and Nashville railroad are sufficient to care for at least three months, after July, and the business that Is coming in now or in sight will probably mean a steady operation through the balance of the year. 125,000 Ton of Pig Iron Pig Iron sales booked during the past week by Birmingham District companies are said to have aggregated 125,000 tons, including 50,000 said to have been given the Tennessee Company by the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company and other pipe companies.

The Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company is said to have gotten orders amounting to 17,000 tons; the Woodward Company lie reported to have received 47.000 tons orders while the Republic Iron and Steel 1 Company and the Alabama Company both got some business. With steel rail quoted at $2S and pig Iron between $10.60 and $11 per ton, the business said to have been received during the week will call for more than $3,000,000 receipts. On top of this. It la announced that steel wire and nail prices are advancing and while no official statement is made, the report Is that new business may be called upon to pay mors for the product. It Is announced that out of 3,200 men employed In and around the Iron and steel Industries of the Tennessee Company at Ensley, less than were laid off, and a large portion of these have been given other employment or have left here.

There Is a re-employment of labor to be noted around Ensley, and It Is to be heard In the Steel City that before the end of the month more than 600 hands will be at work In the new plant of the American Steel and Wire Company. tc (V I '4 Some of the best known and most active ElkB of the Birmingham District are taking part In the minstrels to be given at the Jefferson Theater, February 5 and 6, and rehearsals being held every other day indicate that no minstrels was ever given, even by traveling aggregations, to surpass that to be presented on these dates. Look at the picture, and in the center on the lower row Is to be seen Hugn Hill, who is the director of the entire show. Next to him on his right is Harry White, Exalted Ruler of Birmingham Lodge. On the second row from the top on the left, second man, is J.

Ellis Brown, Exalted Ruler of Ensley Lodge of Elks. In the center of the picture, bold as Probable Entirely New Official Personnel Will Be Chosen For Civic Chamber. 4 i FIRST ARRIVALS ALREADY HOUSED IN THE COOPS Indications Are New Association Will Provide, Great Chicken Event. Entries for exhibits at the Birmingham Fanciers Association Chicken Show will close Monday at noon. More than a thousand birds bad been entered up to Saturday night, and many more are expected before the lists close.

Saturday night the first arrivals were being placed in the exhibition building, 1918-20 First Avenue, and everything was being placed In shape for the opening of the show Tuesday. It was at first planned to close the show Friday night, out so many appeals have come in, asking that hatui day be set aside as a Uhiltlrens Day, tne association has almost yielded, and now It looks like the show will run another day. If this is done, Satuiduy will be the childrens day, and special appeal will he made to the children, and special prizes given to young exhibitors. The stiow will be open every day from 8 oclock in the morning to 9 oclock in the evening. The Fanciers are giving their show to take the place of the yearly Winter exhibit of the Poultry Association.

This year the latter organization combined with the Alabama Slate Fair, and held its annual show at the fair grounds in October. The demand for a Winter show In Birmingham was so great, the Fanciers decided to satisiy tne demand, and plans wore rapidly made for this show. The Judges for the show will arrive Monday morning. They are W. P.

Stewart, of Simpsonvtlle, S. and J. H. Windley, of Lakeland, Fla. Thousand Prizes to Be Given.

More than 1,000 prizes will be given. There are something more than 75o ribbons, 300 prizes of money, or awards, and 75 sweepstakes, w'hlcli are cash prizes, or cups. Every class of chicken will be Judged. That is there will he prizes for pens, tor cocks, hens, cockerels, and pullets. Then the sweepstakes will be awarded for every class also, and every bird In the exhibit will be in the race for the sweepstakes.

Many merchants of Birmingham have offered prizes of various kinds. These merchants are asked to tend their contributions to the committee not later than Monday noon, and other merchants who desire -to -offer Prises, are requested, also, to make it known to the Committee before Monday, noon. Early Saturday the birds began to arrive. Already exhibits have come from all the adjacent states, from Virginia, Texas and Kentucky. And Monday birds will begin to come fiom Ohio, New Yoik, New Jersey and other Northern and Eastern States.

The indications now are, according to Secretary Frank Riddle, that there will be pioie birds entered than there will be space to care for. Pens have been set for ,1,500 exhlbtts. National Attention. The show has attracted national attention, and national and international clubs from various parts of the country have sent in cups and awards for birds of the specimens they are interested In. For example, cups have been received from the National Silver Wyandotte Club, the National Single Comb Buff Orpington Club, the National Buff Leghorn Club and many others of similar reputation.

These cups will be competed for in classes, and in exhibits. The awards will start the first day of the exhibition, but, of course, the prize winners will be on exhibition until the show Is over. Besides the awards for the birds, there will be daily awards for the visitors. The officers of the association say this is the i first poultry show ever held where there were prizeB for persons who were not ex-hlbltois. The officers of, the Birmingham Fanciers Association are: Miles Bradford, president; Frank Riddle, secretory; and W.

J. Root, superintendent. The officers have given considerable, time, and attention and care to the details of the show, and promise the public one of the greatest exhibitions of birds ever held In Birmingham, STREET GOES TO PUSH CASES AGAINST DREW District Attorney Leaves For New Orleans For That Purpose. District Attorney Oliver' D. Street loft Saturday night for New Orleans to appear before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the prosecution of E.

Drew. The defendant has two penitentiary sentences on appeal In that court on charges of conducting a lottery and using the mails to defraud. It Is a coincidence that Judge W. I. Grubb, of this district, who sentenced Drew, Is now In New Orleans, assisting Judge Pardee in the Circuit Court work.

But It is expected a substitute will be made for Judge Grubb for this case. 1 will not make and statements as to the plant starting up, Insisted Superintendent Luts, The machinery has to ba in the best of shape before everything Is going, and that time we will not say is at hand." Labor Is being added to the force at work In the big Industry and persons riding around the plant are pleased at the smoke coming from the smoke-stacks and tne noise of the whirling machinery. At the steel works of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, according to all Indications, there Is satisfaction that the steel wire mills are either In operation or will be before Wednesday of this week, considerable labor having been advised to be on hand. Demand for steel wire goods and nails Is such to warrant operation of plants, The Gulf States Steel Company will on January 26 start up its open hearth furnaces In full again, after a shutdown of a month. Before Christmas there was considerable accumulation of steel billets, but these have been used up, and the statement is made from a semt-authorl-tative source that the company Is behind in barbed wire orders something like spools, and steady operation Is assured for some time.

Shipments are being made as quickly as the production, and the prospects are there will be a continuation of this condition Into Summer. 45,000 Tons of Steel Rail. Many reports were current Saturday as to big sales of both pig iron and steel. An estimate is made that In addition to an order for 25,000 tons of rail said to have been offered the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, the Seaboard Air Line gave notice of being in need of 20,000 tons of rail. Other railroads are said to have placed estimates with the company and the return to the district of George Gordon Crawford, President of the Tennessee Cool, Iron and Railroad.

Company, from the meeting of the Presidents of subsidiary companies of the Steel Corporation Wash Gray and Bennie Ward, Negroes, Subjects of Warrants. Coroner C. L. Spain swore out a warrant Saturday before Judge 1. II.

Benners, of the Court of Common Pleas, against Wash Gray and Bennie Ward, negroes, who have been In Jail for some time on a charge of assault with intenc to murder, charging them with murder, the death of Mrs. Said Waked, the Assyrian woman, who died in the hospital several days ago. As will be remembered Gray and Ward were arreste on a charge of assault with Intent to murder after the robbery and shooting of the two grocery keepers, and when the wife of one of the men died at the hospital the other day as the result of the shock, an Investigation was started resulting In the swearing out of the warrant by the coroner. VETERANS TO CELEBRATE R0BT. E.

LEES BIRTHDAY Camp Hardee, Confederate Veterans, with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, will hold ft Joint program In celebration of Robert E. Lee's birthday Monday. The occasion will have the city hall auditorium as a setting, and will be open for the attendance of the public. No meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce Saturday afternoon by Camp Hardee, as this body decided to postpone Its session until Monday. The Lee observance will begin at 3 o'clock and an Interesting program will be presented.

ALEXANDER PLACED IN JAIL. William M. Alexander was locked up In the County Jail Saturday on two warrants charging forgery, It Is alleged he forged some papers on the Union Discount Company. The warrants were Issued from the Court of Common Plpas presided over by Judge H. B.

Abernethy. BIRMINGHAM WILL BE BASIS OF OPERATIONS Creation of Fund To Push Pension For Slaves Bodys Object. W. R. King, Special Penal-ill Examiner, stationed In Birmingham has been especially detailed to head a country-wide investigation by the, United States government of the optations of the Ex-Slaves Pension and Bounty Association, looking to wiping that bodv out of existence.

Announcement to this effect was made officially Saturday afternoon. It virtually will make Birmingham the base of the government activities, as Mr. King has asked that all ex-slaves, or persons having complaints, or wishing to see him In regard to that Association, will report to hts office In the Federal Building here. The Ex-Slaves Pension and Bounty Association has headquaiters in Washington. Uncle Sam has been endeavoring for years to exterminate this organization, according to Mr.

King, but has not been able to eliminate it completely under the present pension laws. The Association, from its own literature, is organized to obtain legislation through Congress to give former slaves a pension from the United States Treasury. It is alleged by the government that a negro agent is usually engaged In each community where the Association wlBhes to enter, mainly the agricultural districts, to enlist members. A fee of 1 Is paid to Join, and dues of ten cents a month aie chaiged, the object of the collection. being, It Is represented, to defray the cost of propaganda work to arouse Congress to provide a pension for former slaves.

Several bills have been introduced In Congress to do this, but only one has been repotted back and that adversely. "There can bo no estimate made of the scores of old negroes who have lost money on the lure of a pension by this Association," said Mr. King. "I am very deshous of getting In touch with all those persons who have been au treated and will, see them In my office here at any We are determined to exterminate this Assocatlon and hope to obliterate It speedily. "Several negroes aud persons, also, have already been sent to the penitentiary in that connection, as they represented themselves to be officers of the 1'ntted Slates government and connected with the Pension Department.

Carrie House, a negroe, Is Grand Secretary of the Association which operates mainly in the South. So far as Uncle Sam has learned Petersburg, Is the fartherest north to have a branch of that body. In Alabama, Mr. King says, the membeis are mainly around Union-town, Selma, Mudison County and In South Alabama farming sections. Mr.

King has Just returned from Washington where he Went for a conference with the authorities pertinent to the investigation. He will leturn tn February for further conference and will bo In close touch with the department at ull times. Joint Exhibition With City Zoo Will Begin On Monday Morning. Captain C. Richardss animals' for the Joint exhibition with the City Zoo will arrive In Birmingham Sunday night.

The show will open Monday morning at 1912 Second Avenue. The Avondale Zoo will get one-third the net profits of ths exhibition to be used for better housing and care of the animals at the park. The proposition came from Captain Richards, who told the city lie would bring his 500 animals here, and If the city would give them a free license, lights, and combine the zoo animals with his, the city would be given one-tlfflrd the net receipts. The proposition was accepted Saturday. Captain Richards says also he will sell the city any animals they want at a very low price, and In all probability will give several animals to the Zoo.

The exhibition la under the auspices of the Birmingham Zoological Association. STATEMENT BY DARNELL Says He Has No Intention of Studying Law. Sidney Darnell, recently resigned as Sergeant of Detectives, wishes to correct statement made in The News tha: he Bsked for a transfer to the police department that, he might have time to study law In the mornings. Mr. Darnell says he asked for the transfer that he might have more time to himself, and that he has no Intention of reading law.

(y V' i life, on the second row from the bottom, Is that irrepressible leader and singer, George B. Ratterman, who Is Chairman of the General Committee, He is a singer of note and will be given a prominent part on the program. Way at the top, right in the doorway is Ben Thiess, one of the old time Elks and a theatrical man from way back. By him is John Mayner, who is well known. Over on the left hand side, leaning against the building Dr.

John Perkins, who Is slated for some sort of a sturtt that will surprise the populace. Capt. E. J. Mc-Crossln, Dr.

W. P. McAdory, Fred Wall, Harry Earhart, the Moxley TENTATIVE DATES OF SUFFRAGISTS Several Widely Known Women Will Come To Birmingham In March. Tentative dates for the Southern conference of the Executive Committee of the National Equal Suffrage Association have been set for March 9-10, by the Birmingham Equal Suffrage Association. Telegrams were sent forward Saturday afternoon by Mrs.

Solon Jacobs, President of tlic Alabama Equal Suffrage Association, that these dates would be acceptable to the local body. lias been settled definitely that the Sjuthern conference, which probably will bring together the most brilliant coterie of national suffragists Dixieland has ei er known, wil meet In the Magic City. The only matter yet to be determined is thut of the time. Expenses for the CMiference are to be borne by the national body. Dr.

Anna Shaw, National President, Is certain to be here, as she bus speaking engagements in Texas and Louisiana Just prior to that time. Jane Addams confidently expected, as she will be In New Orleans to speak about that time. Mrs. MedlU 'of Chicago, Chairman of the NatLnnal Congressional Committee, Is to be urged particularly by the Board to corns, that she may get a practical Insight Into the situation In the South. 1 Mrs.

Jacobs read a letter from Dr. Sliaw at the Saturday meeting of the Birmingham Equal Suffrage Association. Tn this.lt was stated that two days would be spent here, a mass meeting to be held one night and one day for the executive sessions of the committee. The other day is to- be left for conference with Southern suffragists who are to gather hr re from various points. This consultation is to be made- especially with reference to campaign States In the South, As soon as the dares have been settled, the Committees of local suffragists will be organized for entertainment of the visitors.

Theater Probably Will Be Used. A theater probably will be used for the mass meeting, and only a few social functions will bn arranged, as the conference is to consume the main portion of the time allotted. Mrs. Oscar Hundley presided over the Saturday afternoon session and made public a letter' written to the organization by Anna Shaw, relutlve to the difference beHyoeg the Congressional Union and the National Congressional Committee. It wha set forth tha t( the former body was an.

auxiliary of the National Equal Suffrage Association and the latter pnrt Of It, being under the Jurisdiction ahd responsibility of the national body. Co-operation fiom Birmingham In the new work to be Inaugurated by the National Committee was requested from the lurnf body. Action on this was deferred untU the next session when the plans In detail will be known better. 1 Official call Issued by Mrs. Jacobs for the State forced to meet at Huntsville Feb.

4 and 5, read by her. The Birmingham delegation plans to leave Tuesday bout hood and will attend a nias3 me.etlng on Tuesday night. Ou Wednesday the Executive Boaid of the State body will 'hold nn executive session, the second annuul convention opening Immediately afterwards. The party will return Thutsday afternoon, reaching here at 10:80 o'clock that night. Endorsement of the plan present a suffrage bill to the Alabama legislature next year likely will be the most Important bit of legislation scheduled for the State convention.

Plans of the Suffrage Essay Committee weie pointed out. Current events were, told by Miy. Walter, Murdoch, Meeting Will Be Called To Talk Over Birminghams Appearance In Atlanta. Presidents of other civic organizations offering their cooperation, an local bankers will be called Into conference with the Regional Bank Committee of the Chamber of Commerce this week. It Is now planned.

The object of this meeting, which Is vitally- important, is to talk over plana Birminghams appearance before tha Federal Reserve Organization Committee In Atlanta, In February. Another Important matter to be considered is the advisability of sending a Birmingham man to St Louis to hear the Organization Committees procedure. In the opinion of certain Chamber of Commerce officials, it will be a material aid to Birmingham's campaign to know the manner of presentation at these hearings. The Missouri city lias been selected as the committee goes from there to the Pacific Coast, and will not be so conveniently reached afterwards by a local representative. Representative Oscar W.

Underwoods letter to President Harding Saturday morning declaring alt efforts to have the Committee stop over In Birmingham for a hearing had failed, changed the local movements status. Previously, all efforts had been directed towards having the hearing made In Birmingham, but now the attention of local bodies interested will be aimed towards making a showing at the Atlanta hearing. Action taken by the Chamber of Commerce meeting Friday night was to send wires to the Alabama delegation to have this stop over accomplished, but these telegrams were not sent Saturday morning after the arrival of the Underwood message. Chairman Kettig is to call a meeting of the Regional Bank Commlttea early In the week. brothers of Ensley, that great end man, Nathaniel Barker, Edward Winston, Dr.

Robert Nelson, E. Corn-well, William Gordy, William Dewey, J. Erckert and many others are shown In the picture, who will be seen in the gala event They will be on parade the afternoon of the first day of the minstrels In a pageant, the like of which has never before been seen In Birmingham, a big band wagon being furnished by the Kit Carson Shows besides other paraphernalia and' a brass band furnished by the Musicians Union of Birmingham. The last act of the performance at the theater will be patriotic. BEAUTIFUL Civic League Holds First Meeting In Long While To Plan Activities.

Commissioner George Ward will be requested formally by a committee from the Birmingham Civic League to reorganize his former city beautiful system In blocks, according to action taken at the first league meeting of the Winter Saturday afternoon. Mrs. J. B. Reid is chairman, McCarty and Mrs.

C. P. Orr, associate members of the special committee, appointed to confer with Commissioner Ward relative to the matter. During his term as mayor, Mr. Ward had the city organized Into block ett.y beautiful system, and the Civic League regards the rejuvenation of this plan as one of the main objects of tha present endeavors.

The same committee will also Inquire into the action of the City Commission relative to censorship of moving picture shows. A special censor committee named by the City Commission is wanted by the league. For several months In the Winter of 1912-13 the league members acted as censors voluntarily, ol tbe local movie theaters, but decided to abandon that method of censorship Enforcement of the antl-spittlng ordinance is also to be urged by a special committee from the league, this committee being composed of Mrs. J. O.

Han-num, Mrs. Emrlck and Mrs. J. W. Han-num.

An effort will be made to have the cuspidors In public places safeguarded from spreading disease. Mrs C. P. Orr, president, presided, the session being held In Clark and Jones hall, with onlv a small attendance. The chair presented Information about the House-, wives' League, which is to be organized under the league auspices into Bmali neighborhood branches.

The local Housewives League movement will not Interfere with the Market League In the least, and It is not our intention to make a counter move, said Mrs. Orr Saturday afternoon. On the contrary, we are very anxious to aid the Market League In every way possible. But the Housewives League embraces broader and diffeient lines, touching on the food supply laws. It is to promote public health by not purchasing goods remaining In cold storage too long or uncovered from flies.

"It wants its members to order so that onlv one delivery a day Is to he made from the food supply center and advocates cash payments or at least prompt credit payments from Its membership. It specifically advises the members to notice labels on canned goods and other products coming already prepared and to report anv law violations. Mrs. Oir also pointed out that the Civic League has a grievance committee, to which Is to be repmted anything the housewives or citizens of Birmingham mnv vvlHh to have remedied In civic affairs. These complaints will he considered by the grievance committee and acted upon If found to bo worthy of further consideration.

Chairman of the Current Events Committee, and Miss Ethel Ames. An Informal talk on a teoent Important suffrage meeting In Brooklyn was given Interestingly by Mrs. John Ager, of that city, who was presented to the Suffrage Association as the guest of Mrs James Welsel, President of tho Btate W. C. T.

U. Miss Amelia Worthington, as Treasurer, reported tho Assocfktion would have about $20 hi the bank after paying Its obligations. Mrs. Murdoch gave some personal sidelights on the career and attitude of Katherine Davis, New York's first woman Commissioner of Corrections. Much emphasis on the observance of Child Labor Day, on Jan.

24 and 25, was also placed by Mrs. Murdoch. Following the adjournment of the business session, tea wus served In tho headquarters on the fourth floor. This is to be a feature of every session In the future, It has proved such a popular Directors and trustees of the Chamber of Commerce to be unaffected by the work of the Nominating Committee chosen Friday night number ten, these officers having one more year to serve their terms. Chairman Henry Key Milner has called the first conference of that committee for 11 oclock Tuesday morning In his office, to begin preliminaries for naming the ticket of officers.

Data relative to the positions to be filled will be placed in the hands of each committeeman by Atuuoa.v ing. This has been prepared by Secretary Radeltffe. Those officers wha are certain to be retained for the ensuing year are as follows: Directors Elected in 19X3 W. N. Malone, McCormack, J.

Gibson, J. D. Moore, John T. Yeatmau, George T. Stafford.

Trustees Elected in 1913 F. Jackson, A. H. Ford, W. P.

G. Harding. Directors whose terms expire are as follows. Robert Jemison, J. W.

McQueen, James J. Smith, George G. Crawford, V. W. Crawford, Tom O.

Smith. Trustees elected in 1912, whoso terms expire: R. M. Goodall, Thomas II. Sterling A.

Wood. The entire slate of present office holders In the Chamber of Commerce filling elective positions are: G. Harding, President. Oscar C. Turner, First Vice President.

Crawford Johnson, Second Vice President. Trustees R. Goodall, Thomas H. Molton, Sterling A. Wood, F.

M. Jackson, A. H. Ford. W.

G. Harding. Directors Robert Jemison, J. W. McQueen, James J.

Smith, George G. Crawford, W. W. Crawford, T. O.

Smith, W. N. Malone, G. B. McCormack, J.

B. Gibson, D. Moore, John T. Yeatman, George T. Stafford.

Gossip as to the action of the Nominating Committee is not very active at this stage, but It seems to indicate this board will choose an entirely new official personnel, In the case of the directors, however, It Is not unlikely that a percentage of the former directorate will be re-elected. Chairmen of the various standing committees become exoffleio directors upon their appointment by the President. defendantT wTnTn case INVOLVING MORRIS MAYOR Sitting Official Is Given Verdict in the Laweuit. Verdict for the defendants was returned Saturday In the Circuit Court before Judge C. B.

Smith In the cose of T. A. Langford, et vs. J. T.

Rogers, Mayor, et al Including Aider-men, Tax toilet tor and other officials of the Town of Morris, In the northern part of the County. Langford was elected Mayor of the town, but resigned and the of Aldermen elected Rogers. Langford, In his quo warranto proceedings instituted some time ago and whlth begun before a Jury Friday, denied that he mens, which win be used kg evidence, hud resigned and sought to be reln-H. M. Newsome, Vice-President of the stated and to oust tne present Mayor Motion riocure -Exhibitors league, has and other officials.

The Jury returned offered a reward of 125 for and the verdict in favor of the sitting conviction, of the guilty NEW MEMBERS TAKEN IN New members accepted Into the Chamber of Commerce at Its January meeting were the following: Carl H. Milam, Director of the Birmingham Iubllc Libraries; James Freefnan, Assistant General Passenger Agent of the Southern railway; Edward Morgan, Freight Agent of the Baltlinoie and Ohio railroad; Bruce Baxter, of the Wales Adding Machine Company; E. L. Scouten, a realty operator: and M. J.

Harper, president of the M. J. Harper Insurance Company. men were dispatched by Chief Wiggins to look Into the matter. The detectives had not succeeded, at a lute hour Saturday night, In finding the persons responsible for the olfactory bombardment, but they found where the baits bad been bought, and purchased specl- WALTON CELEBRATES SILVER ANNIVERSARY AS FIREMAN Assistant Chief Will Have Serrved Twenty-Five Consecutive Years In Birmingham Fire Department On Tuesday Morning of This Week.

OLFACTORY BOMBARDMENT CLEARS OUT PICTURE HOUSES Little Gas Balls Filled With Odo riferous Substance Are Broken In Movie Houses In Such Quantities As To Run Cro wds Away. William P. Walton, Assistant Chief of the Fire Department, will celebrate his silver anniversary with the Fire Department Tuesday. Mr. Walton came to Birmingham from Columbus, January 1, 1889, and on the twentieth of the same month enlisted In the fire service.

He was 24 years old when be first put on the blue of the Birmingham service, and started In as plugmun at Station No. 2. From plugmat he went to assistant driver, and then held the reins over the two horses pulling the hose "reel, as It was called then. After driving the horses a couple of years, he was made foreman of tne chemical engine, then foreman of the hook and ladder truck, then foreman of Station No. 2, then transferred to No.

1, as foreman. This "was In 1895. Then he wui foreman of Station No. 1 until 1905, when he was appointed to fill out Chief Mullln'i unexplred term, and on February 22, 1B06, he wm appointed Assistant Chief by Chief Bennett, and still holds that position, From holding the relne over tha horses' backs, Mr, Walton has been promoted until he now drives his own car when he runs to fires, and handle and directs the fighting of all fire on the Southskle. He has been Injured two of threo times while on active duty.

Onoe bit buggy turned over, while ho was running to a fire, and the Chief was -up for a short time. A few tooniM ago, while running to a fire at his auto smashed Into a fjre and Mr. Walton wan Injnrad MrtotUkJt from which has juet, About rrMY- ered. 4 Chief Bennett alwaya petit ef Mr, Walton as an efficient trrn, tartan in battling with tho flames, and on of tho best men have come kV contact with when It to fating a fire." Little glass balls filled with a nauseous powder cleared practically every plc-tui Bhow hoti' Birmingham Saturday night. The raid began about 9 oclock, and apparently was well organized.

Persons unidentified, according to tile police, would ga the "movies, burst a few balls andj ve for the next one. Tn an hour the snows had been covered, and even employes of the houses sought the outside for clear breath The detective d-partment was notified, and two i A.