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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-31
GRIDIRON ECHOES
By FRED BODEKER

hard on this line. of defense as we'll
as putting a few hours in at the
same time in teaching his boys how
to use it to advantage. The Sec
ondary defense is always the part
of the team to break UP the for
ward pass. The high, sailing type
of the pass is easy to break up.
The opposition can get under the
ball as easily as the offense, but
the direct, the ball going like
shot, is the type to be feared. Most
all teams use the latter
Alabama followers have faith in
Kelley. They believe he will de-
velop a team which will lick the
Tiger, drive him back into the
Tennessee hills in disgrace. Here's
hoping he does.
Central High school butts up
against a mighty foe on Satur-
day morning. Chigger Browne,
former Sewanee star and local man,
who is coaching the Baylor team
of Chattanooga, will face the Cen
trail eleven. Last Saturday Baylor
won the prep championship of
Tennessee.
Coach Pritchard is driving his
men hard for the game and VIC
tory will mean that Central is one
of the strongest prep teams in the
entire state.
Followers of Georgia Tech are
claiming the tie game with Wash
ington and Lee on Saturday was
dear as victory. Odds favored
the Generals to win and with any
kind of luck the Yellow Jackets
would have been defeated Z to 0.
Carelessness on the part of Cap
tain Young, who allowed forward
pass to go through his arms, a
Tech end catching it for touch
down. accounted for the tie. The
failure of the Generals to down
the Heisman eleven eliminates
them from further consideration in
the championship race of the south.
With five of their best men de-
clared ineligible for the game Sat
urday with the University of Flor
ida, Mercer football authorities
cancelled the game. With five Of
their best men disqualified there
wasn't a team left, judging from
the performance of the Georgia
Raptists here against Howard sew
eral weeks ago. Mercer was q team
with fine opportunity but the dis
advantage Of having a. football
team without competent coach
was the lone trouble.
But at that they had scrappy
bunch and deserve credit for put
ting interest in a hopeless cause.
The defeat of the Howard col
lege eleven yesterday by the Mar
ion Cadets is very surprising. The
Baptists were counted on to win
by at least two ,touchdowns and
their failure to come up to eX-
pectations does not speak very
well for the strength of the Long
well eleven. 1t is the first defeat
of the year for Howard from a
small college eleven.
That Birmingham college will be
the victor over the Baptists is
apparent from the showing of the
two teams against Marion. The
Methodists won to 6 while the
Baptists lost '13 to Z. Take your
choice They meet on November
25-an occasion for bloody bat
tie.
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'SHARP BREAK ON
| COTTON MARKET
Decline Attributed to Long
Liquidation and Hedge
Selling

New York, October 3O-The cotton mar
ket was very nervous and unsettled again
today and there was a further sharp
break in prices with May contracts SELL
ing off to 1850 or $3.50 per bale under
Saturdays closing figures. That deliv
cry closed at 1s.77c. but the final tone
was barely steady and last prices showed
declines of 81 to 81 points for the day.
The market opened steady at a decline
of to 13 points in response to lower
cables. There was some buying by trade
interests and moderate support from bull
ish sources, but offerings increased in
volume after the call and the market
soon became easy. Demand was active
enough to cause occasional rallies and aft
err showing net loss of about % to 40
points the market worked up 10 or u
points from the lowest.
There was a break of $50 from the best
point reached on the rally of last Fri
day. and the decline uncovered stop or
ders After their execution there were
rallies of several points from the lowest
and the close showed recoveries of 10 or Is
points, although the tone was unsettled
and selling orders remained more or less
in evidence.
A crop estimate of 11.1s7 900 bales is
sued after the close on Saturday seemed
to attract very little attention, and in
terest around the ring seemed to center
in technical conditions or the spot sit
uation. Reports that a British steamer
with Americans on board had been sunk
off the Irish coast caused uneasiness late
in the morning which probably con-
tributed to the decline. but later advices
in that connection were considered re-
assuring.
Private cables attributed the decline in
Liverpool to long liquidation and hedg E
selling. Southern spot advices were con-
flicting, some claiming that the demand
from spinners had fallen off sharply
while others reported that very little
cotton was offering in the interior.
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song, and as the curtains slowly parted a.
huge banner ION to Birmingham was
greeted with a terrific outburst of cheers.
Hardly had the banner been steadied over
the stage when the university quartet
marched forward and sang Alabama's ia
nous fighting song, when Alabama Men
All Fall in Line" The students Joined
in with the singers and Morgan Hall
fairly rocked with the racket of 800 lusty
throats.
Borden Burr OF Birmingham, president
of University alumni, and DIR. James
e. Dedman were the first speakers of the
night, and their inimitable style kept
their hearers laughing and cheering at
the same time They were followed by
Coach Kelley and Lonnie Noojin. Fol-
lowing these speeches came a series of
pantomimes. including a coffin draped
in Sewanee colors, a personfication of
Coach Cope. downcast by defeat, and a
grinning cartoon of Coach Kelley. Next
came q marriage ceremony when Ala
bama was married to victory. Prominent
students took part in all of the cere-
monies.
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Pig Iron
Will Demonstrate Hill
Climbing Capacity

]. f. C. Edsall, representing the Hal
Motor Car company. manufacturers 0t
the III A. l., Twelve is at the Tutwiler
hotel.
Mr.. Edsall has recently been in Chat
tanooga demonstrating the wonderful hill
climbing capacity of the II. A. L. One OF
his feats performed while there was the
negotiating of Lookout mountain, q is
per cent grade, on high gear.
II will be here for several days." said
Mr.. Edsall last night. Il hope to demon
strate the climbing ability of the H. A.
L.. which has known no equal in the au-
tomobile line UP to date. The hardest
stunt have been called upon to do with
the car l represent was the negottating
OF Cameron's hill in Chattanooga. This
grade is three-fourths of mile LONG and
the grade is IS per. cent. Two bad turna
are in this hill and up until the time /
drove the III. A. l.. up on high the feat
was looked upon as being almost impos-
sible."
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MINE EXPLOSION AT
MARVEL TO BE PROBED

A probe of the Marvel mine explosion
will begin officially Wednesday. c. H.
Nesbitt, state inspector of mines, will go
to the scene Of the recent disaster to-
morrow and will definitely ascertain
whether the explosion was due to gas.
or some other cause. where it originated
and what was the extent and nature Of
the damage. The report to Governor
Henderson will not be ready before the
latter part of the week.
A corps of workmen have been busy
at Marvel making the repairs that the
explosion necessitated. Seth Thompson,
assistant inspector of mines. has been on
the scene since the process of rehabilita-
ton started last week.
1t Is believed that miners will start to
dig coal in the No. 2 mine next week.
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Flour and Feedstuff

Self-rising flour, high grade, $40. 45;
medium. 1000; Tennessee flour. 1886:
Michigan flour, S11.05; hard winter wheat
flour SO 40; spring wheat flour. s11.l5;
Idaho flour, s10.E; pure wheat shorts,
s45: pure wheat bran. $3s; cotton seed
meal, $50; cotton seed hulls, $2l; lintless
hulls, SIS; No. / timothy hay. $23: pea
green alfalfa. SIS; southern alfalfa, 81;
mixed alfalfa and johnson grass. SO;
Kaffir corn and milomaize, $2-75; No. /
johnson grass, s14; wheat straw. $if.
Wheat, per 100 lbs, So. Mixed feeds,
s43 No. white oats, per bushel, 75c
Corn, per bushel, s1.25. Cornmeal. 2-bu.
sack, s2.34; corn chops, 10o-lb. sack, $3.50;
corn feed meal, s42. Poultry food, $2ov
per sack; dairy food, s3S.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-31

Unless injuries invade the Grim
son camp at the university, the
Alabama eleven will face the Sc
vance Tigers at Redwood Field
on Saturday afternoon in the very
best of condition. was the word
brought to Birmingham yesterday
by the arrival of Manager Duff
fey, who with other officials of
the squad will spend the remand
er of the week in this city adver-
Using the big battle which gives
certain promise of being one of
the best staged here this season.
Manager Duffey stated that the
Crimson was in excellent condi-
ton and that the Kelley machine
will go up against the mountain
eleven from Tennessee prepared to
repeat the performance of the
1915 Crimson eleven. that of an
nexing the game by a neat mar
gin.
Alabama is in perfect condition
and if the good luck will only stay
with us in keeping the injuries
from Gripping the team, follow
ers of Alabama can expect to see
a mighty machine representative
the Crimson and White" said the
manager. Gage, the brilliant half
back. who has been handicapped by
a sprained wrist, is fully recov-
cred His kicking is good, much
better than in the Florida game
two weeks ago, when he made a
creditable showing.
q 81 believe we can rely on him
for a field goal or two if neces-
sary. in addition to his regular
work at halfback. Green. the best
quarterback Alabama has had
since the days of Moody, the
flashy Tuscaloosa product, is in
excellent condition and in my opin-
ion will be the man to work on
Sewanee. Not an injured varsity
man is our record now. and 1 hope
it will stay there
Betting on the game is going
on very briskly. Several weeks
ago Alabama was to . favor
lite. but now the betting has
reached the fifty fifty stuff. The
two teams are about evenly
matched and followers of the Grim
son were foolish to give odds so
long before the game. Alabama
should win. however. but not by
such large margin as num-
Der of people would seem to be-
lieve.
If the Kelley machine can p6und
out a victory, no matter how
close, they should be thankful.
The Sewanee eleven is strong. AS
was stated in these columns at the
beginning of the gridiron season,
back in September. Sewanee can
we'll be considered the dark
horse" of the campaign for the
championship of Dixie.
Located on the mountain, dope
revealing the strength of the team
can easily be suppressed by the
Sewanee athletic authorities-and
this is what happens. Sewanee is
always very effective on the for
ward pass. Cope understands the
open play game and he drives it
into the warriors heads. Cope is a
wizard at this part of the game
and if Alabama is defeated it will
be through the aerial attack.
Coach Kelley is drilling his men
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Fruits and Produce

(WhOIesaIe tuOtatlOnS.J
Oranges-California, box, S5q550: Flor
ida oranges. s375
Florida Grapefruit 00Q5.5o
Lemons-Imported, box, S..
Limes-Per 100. s1.25a1.50.
Apples-Virginia, barrel, s4.5od6.
Grapes-California malaga. crate, $500.
Pears-California Bartlett, crate, $3.50.
Plums-California red June, crate, s.. %
Contemporaries, 75c@S1.
Irish Potatoes-White stock, bu., 81
Sweet Potatoes-Yams, bbl., s2@2.3.
Onions-California yellows. h., SIC.
Onions-Spanish. crate, $ls5.
Cabbage-Colorado. SIC.
Grapes-Pony baskets. 20c.
Celery-Colorado, crate, IS; dozen, T.
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were posted. the market displayed more
strength and final figures were about
2s points net loss for the day from
Saturdays close.
Spots were marked of at several
places but II was noticeable that where
they were, the sales were very small,
showing plainly a disposition on the
part Of holders not to sell on the de-
cline.
Think the decline has eliminated an
unweildy long interest and that pur-
chases may be now safely made for fur
Their advance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-31

Monroe Ford. negro, was painfully in
jured at 9:45 o'clock last night at Tenth
avenue and Thirty-fifth street, north,
when he was cut on the throat with a.
razor by his brother. Ernest Ford who
made his escape. The injured negro was
carried to the Hillman hospital in the
police emergency automobile for treat
ment. Family troubles caused the cut
ting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-31
Eff. Hutton & Co.'S Stock Letter

e. f. Hutton G. Co.'S stock letter. by
private wire to c. F. Avery.
New York. October 30.-With the ex-
ception of the activity in Rock Island
it has been day given up to special
ties. Estimates on the steel earnings
are being revised. and instead of talk
ing over 100, they are now talking So
to 30. Copper stocks petered out. This
is not unnatural after the wild burst
of Saturday and the fact that cleo
ton day is only eight days distant.
The market is very two-sded. Many
influential people have sold their
stocks and perfer to wait for lower
market to take them back. The public
and especially the western public, are
very bullish and carrying a pretty good
line of securities. One of the greatest
authorities on finance in the country
says that the market is founded on
economic conditions and that politics
will cut very little figure.
Rails do not seem for sale. Union
Pacific, bought around 1853, is being ped
died out, and seems to be taken be-
tween $50 and ISL. Norfolk and West
ern is being picked up again, and there
seems a market for Chesapeake and
Ohio whenever the stock sells off.
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Fish
(Wholesale Selling

wholesale Selling Price.)
Perch-S1ac.
Salt Water Trout-121zc.
Red Snapper-121zc.
Gray Snapper-sc.
Mullet-7c.
Spanish Mackerel-1211Q15c
Shrimp-121sc
Sheephead-S1ac.
Virginia Croker-6c.
Pompano-30c.
Oysters-Eastern select, 1.75 gallon. ms
dunn, $3.50.
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Metal Market

New York. October 30-Copper
strong; electrolytic first quarter, $28;
iron steady: No. northern, 1920 %:
No. 2. s21.5o@22.5o: No. southern,
$21,25@21.7 No. 2, $21@21.5o. Metal
exchange quotes tin firm spot. $4Ls7A
@42.25; at London spot copper. f125;l
futures, f120; electrolytic. f143; spot
tin, f1s1 los; futures, flss. The metal
exchange quotes lead $7@7.1O; spelter
quiet; spot East st. Louis delivery OK
@10Ac; at London. lead. $50 los; spell
ter Is? IS
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Hides and Tallow
dealers Buying OFFER

Green Salt Hides-20G21c.
Green Salt Hides-Self cured, 19d20c.
Green Hides-Fresh. 1S@19c.
Dry Flint Hides-33934c.
Damaged Hides-Half price. .sg,z.sss
Sheep Skins-25cG$1. %. NE Z
Horse Hides-S1@5.
Angora Goats-25GOc.
Ginseng Wild, s..
Colt Skins-50a15c.
Sherlings-15G25c.
Goat Skins-45de0c
Kid Skins-15c.
Hog Skins-25G5oc.
Tallow-5@Sc. -
Beeswax-25@27c.
Washed Wool-40@43c.
Clear Unwashed Wool-30@3sc. Als
BURY Wool-20Q2c. .TN
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PERSONAL

DR.. f. f. Perkins has returned from
two months vacation in Colorado
and California.
The condition of Joseph II. Wood
ward. who has been critically i'll for
sometime at his home on Highland
avenue, was reported at an early hour
this morning at being slightly i'm
proved.
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Ayery's Letter

Further liquidation and a bear drive
with the sinking of British ship, ru-
mored to have had Americans aboard,
given as an excuse, caused prices in
the cotton market to sell off at one
time 50 points. When exports of $4,000
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Naval Stores

Savannah. October 30.-Turpentine
firm, 44@ A44hc; sales. 254; receipts,
14S; shipments, SO; stock. 1921. Resin
firm; sales 725; receipts. S79; ship
ments, 1909; stock. S4.SS2 Quote: A,
B, c, d, $6.2s@6.25: e, r. 1925; G,
$6.25@s.55; H. I, x. 1896; M, $40; N
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Creamery Products

(Wholesale Selling PRICE,
Creamery Butter-3sc; process butter,
351zc; oleomargarine. 15923c; country but
ter, Csc.
Full Cream Cheese-22kc.
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Sugar and Cereals

Granulated sugar, T75 cwt., (. o. b.
Birmingham.
Choice Rice-$5.5o per cwt
Fancy Rice-$S per cwt.
Extra Fancy-s6.50 per cwt.
Grits-$2.25 96-lb. bag.
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TO PUSH PETITION
FOR ELECTION ON
CITY GOVERNMENT
Wilkinson Declares Enough
Names Will Be Secured
Election Day to Vote
on Change in Form

That the petition requesting an cleo
ton on the question of whether the
people of Birmingham will continue
under the commission form of govern
ment or return to the a1dermanic sys-
tenn has not been given up, was defi-
.pitely announced yesterday by At
%orney Horace C. Wilkinson.
1t was further stated by Mr.. Wilkin-
son that campaign fund was being
literally subscribed to by influential
citizens of the city and that on No
vember T. the day of the national cleo
ton, workers on behalf of the peti-
ton will be at every polling box to
request the signatures of the voters
" THE petition only needs about 500
more Names" said Attorney Wilkinson
last night, land with little effort we
will secure them on election day, No
yember z.
Several influential citizens have in
terested themselves in the petition
which will place before the voters of
< the city the question of whether they
desire to continue under the rule of
the commissioners or return to the old
aldermanic form of municipal govern
ment
A substantial campaign fund is be-
ing raised to pay for the necessary ex-
penses of forcing this issue to the
front
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Meats

Extra Ribs-15c.
Rib Bellies-17c.
Clean Bellies-171c-
Smoked Bellies-lsc.
Breakfast Bacon-2362sc.
Pork Loins-1S14c.
Pork Shoulders-15,ac.
Pork Hams-17lzc.
Skinned Hams-22c.
Hams-Reg., zoe.
Pork Trimmings-15c.
Pork Lard-17ac.
Open Kettie-1Skc.
Compound-14Ac.
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COMMISSION CONFIDENT


Some weeks ago owing to the pres
sure of legal business I decided to
drop the petition for the time being
and up to a few days ago had not
planned to prosecute the matter until
the flrst of the year. However. at the
present time there is such general dis
SSatisfaction against the present board
OF commissioners. the 'snitch' system
the street tax and other iniquties that
] will now devote myself almost ex-
clusively to the preparation of this
petition which will be presented to
Probate Judge Stiles as soon as the
necessary 1000 names are procured
This will take at least another week OF
10 days"
One of the city commissioners who
was apprised of the fact that Attor-
ney Wilkinson proposed Carrying out
to finish his plans to hold an cleo
ton on the question of returning to
the aldermanic system scoffed at the
proposition.
This commissioner would not allow
his name to be used for publication
but he stated that the law was very
clear that the question of holding an
: election on a change of government
was not applicable to cities of the
population of Birmingham. He also at
trlDuteu the dCtlVlLleS OF MT. W1Lk1n-
son to an attempt to gain newspaper
notoriety He also declared that the
old aldermanic clique could not con-
troll over $500 votes at the most, and
that therefore he held no fear that
if perchance the question was placed
before the people that the present
s-poard of city commissioners would be
Hrelegated to private life.
Other citizens who heard of the
renew al of the attacks on the city
commission were not optimistic re-
garding the outcome of an election at
the present time on the question of re-
turning to the aldermanic system 1t
appears to be the opinion of many that
as constituted the present board of
city commissioners would be swept out
of office if the election were held.
Attorney Wilkinson stated yesterday
xthat it was now his purpose in life to
allow the voters >of Birmingham the
opportunity at the earliest possible mo-
ment of registering their will on
whether they are still favorable to the
commission form of government or
would prefer the more representative
form of having a mayor an two al
dermen for each voting district.
Servus Grocery products all contain
coupons redeemabIe in Steele-Smith's
10Y contest.
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New York Futures
Port Cotton Market

New Orleans: Middling. 1880; re-
ceipts, 12,457; sales. 1910; stock, $780,
446
Galveston: Middling. 1880; re-
ceipts, 1881; exports, 1886: sales,
3277 stock. 335.093.
Mobile: Receipts. 1872 stock, 13,443.
Savannah: Middling, 1880; receipts,
S17O exports. 1910; sales. 20; stock,
1s7.9s0.
Charleston: Middling. 1910; re-
ceipts, 4S4; stock. S3.S40.
Wilmington: Middling. 1Sc; receipts,
115S; stock, 51.2S5.
Norfolk: Middling. 1sc; receipts.
S0S8; sales, 1927; stock, 67.421.
Baltimore: Stock. 1868.
Boston: Middling, 1850; receipts,
1885, stock. 600.
Philadelphia: Middling, 1850; re-
ceipts, 230: stock. 1892.
New York: Middling, 1850; re-
ceipts. 1859; exports. S77s; stock. 1885,
279.
Minor ports: Stock, 64.s54
Total today: Receipts 4S.6S5; ex-
ports, 3S,164; stock, 1.213.246.
Total for week: Receipts. 9S,S97; ex-
ports, 51,314.
Total for season: Receipts, 2,71S,0Ss;
exports, 1649,226.