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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
COMMITTEE GOES TO
 NEW ORLEANS WITH
 VALLEY CANAL DATA
At Meeting of Committee Yesterday Immediate Action Was De-
 cided Upon

The report on the proposed Valley Creek canal was adopted at meeting of the committee held at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday afternoon and committee composed of T. A. Weller, Congressman George Huddleston and T. H. Motion was appointed and left for New Orleans last night to deliver the report to Colonel J. c. Sanford, engineer. of the war department
 The committee appointed some time ago by the civic organizations of Bir- tonnage of the Birmingham district. met Tuesday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce and was called to order by Vice Chairman T. H. Motion in the absence of Chairman ]. A. Vanhoose R. F. McDavid read the report which was adopted. The report is a com : plete and thorough survey of the ton- mage of this district as we'll as the various industries in the district. which would be greatly benefited by the pro 7 posed canal The committee urges that the canal be built as far as Bessemer, as the point below the plant of the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foun- dry Go. will be accessible to railroads as well as roadways. A unanimous voto of thanks to MT. Weller for his work was rendered by the committee.
 Dr. J. H. Finder, R. F. McDavid and Alex c. Montgomery were appointed to raise s100 in Birmingham and Dr. J. c. Curry and George Fl. Stevenson were appointed to raise $100 in Bes- semer to be used to defray committee expenses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
NO. 2 GAS WELL IS
 FOUND ID PRODUCE ! 8OO,0OOFEET ADAY
Drilling Was Begun Tester day on No. 4 on Aldrich Dome With Outlook
 ROseate

When measurement of the new gas well. No. 2, on Aldrich dome was made yesterday it was found that it has daily , flow of approximately soO,ooo cubic feet. This is much better than we'll No. l brought in about three weeks ago with daily flow of 5OoooO cubic feet. These two wells, therefore, are at pres ent capable of delivering approximately l. GOO feet of gas day. The entire consumption of artificial gas in Birning- ham at present is only about 100000 cubic feet
 We'll Mo- was brought in about { O clock Monday night and the gas sand was penetrated at about the same depth as in we'll No. 1. No. is located about 300 feet north of No. 1. No. is said 10 have a much better whistle" than No. and is regarded in every way as bear ing out the contentious of the oricers of the Gulf Producing Company of Ala ban1a regarding the possibilities Of the Aldrich dome after the discovery was first proved at No. 1.
 Actual work was begun on what IS known as well No. yesterday, this well being little ahead of No. in getting started No is located about 400 feet south of No. 1. The drilling will De pushed forward with all possible speed and there seems no reason to doubt the assertions of company officials made when No. was brought in that they would have all the natural gas by Christ mas that Birmingham could possibly use
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
VICTORY LUNCHEON TODAY BY JUb|LANT SUFFRAGE MEMBERS Senator Underwood and Congressman HuddlestOn to Speak-Many Unique
 Features

The New York Victory Luncheon, which will be held today at the South ern club at l o'clock, is enlisting much interest. Senator Underwood and Con gressman Huddleston will be the guests of honor, and will speak to the jubilant membership of the Birmingham Equal Suffrage association.
 Other speakers will be: Mrs. Solon Jacobs and Mrs. Charles Spencer. Mrs. Spencer will give an intimate account of the New York victory and Mrs. Jacobs will officially introduce the Federal Amendment" to the guests. Other honor guests will be: Mrs. c. r. Markell, Mrs. scudder Ryall and Miss Ella Polk Hub bert
 The decorations will be patriotic and the menu, also, since the meal will be "meatless and wheatless." Many unique feature will be introduced to add to the gaiety of the occasion by Miss Worthing- ton, who, as chairman of the local orr ganization, will preside.
 There will be an especially reserved glory table for the New York women,s who may be in the city. Among the New Workers present will be Mrs. c. s. Bissell, Mrs. F. H. Bonnelli, Mrs. c. E. Spencer Mrs. F. w. Finch. Mrs J. D. Hannum. Mrs. Mary Jordan, Miss Hazel Harris, Miss Hortense Bissell.
 The public is invited and men and women will be heartily welcomed, wheth- CT members of the association or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
BEE LINE MARKERS
 PUT ALONG ROUTE
Party in Birmingham Yes terday-Mark Route From
 New Orleans tONashville

Officials of the National Bee Line highway, which extends from New Or leans to Nashville. through Montgomery, Birmingham, Cullman and Decatur, were in Birmingham yesterday on marking tour.
 They are placing guide marks on the telephone poles every half mile along the route The mark consists of a yellow stripe horizontally with the letter 'B'' above and ''H' below the line. At the turns and forks the letters "R'' and IL" are used to designate turns to the right or left
 Tn the party in Birmingham yesterday were F. J. Crampton of Montgomery, pres ident. and L. N. Buell., secretary of the association. w. NJ. Drennen is the Bir- mingham member of the executive com mittee of the organization. Mir. Cramton returned to Montgomery, but MT. Buell. will continue on the marking tour to Nashville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
Y. M. c. A. SUBSCRIPTION
Y. M. c. A. War Fund Drive Is Inaugurated in Opelika

Opelika, November 13-(Special)-A campaign was started here this morning to raise $SO00 by popular subscription as Opelika's quota of the $35,0O0,00O re- quired to extend the Young Mems Chris tian association work. Sunday night Dr. J. O. Grogan, former pastor of Trim ity Methodist church, now associate di- rector of the Young Mems Christian as- sociation camp at Camp Gordon Atlanta, addressed large congregation at a union service at Trinity church and thrilled and enthused his audience with his eloquence in depicting the work carried on by the Young Mems Christian association in army camp life as he had seen it. At his request a meeting was called Monday morning to organize a working force to canvass the city for sub scriptions, and today the various com mittees appointed at the meeting began the work of raising the required sum, That Opelika win respond with alacrity goes without saying.
 Sheriff John L. Moon has gone to Kan sas City for Dorsey Moorefield, a white man. wanted here on a charge of obtain- ing money under false pretense. Moore field forfeited a 5000 bond to escape trial in the Lee county courts and was recently apprehended in Kansas City and is fighting, requisition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
Experts WiU Be Called By UUn1a11 in Rate Case
Valuations of Southern Bell Telephone Company Plant Shown Yesterday By Expert Accountant sangster of Chicago, When City Attorney Ullman Attempted to Prove
 That Birmingham Rates Are Too High

Edward W. Bemis and his son, H. w. Bemis, expert valuation engineers of Chicago, employed by the city to sub init a schedule of valuations of the property of the Southern Bell Tele phone company, in Birmingham, will be called to the stand this morning by City Attorney NJ. M. Ullman, in the tel ephone rate case hearing in the Cham Der of Commerce auditorium.
 These experts were employed in July to make valuation of the physical rlant of the Southern Bell Telephone company, in Birmingham, and. they will be asked to present the result of their findings before Commissioner B. II. Cooper of the Alabama Public Service hearing.
 Yesterday Attorney Ullman examined Andrew Sangster, expert accountant O. Chicago, and the evidence given by him tended to show the original cost of the telephone plant, exchange and toll plant in Birmingham. The reve- nues derived by the company from the plant, according to the testimony of Mir. Sangster showed that the company had earned net on the book value of the plant without any deductions for de- preciation, 9.91 per cent for 1915; 9.7l for 1916 and for the first six months of 1917 999 per cent. The percentage on incorae of average plant whether in service or not, for 1915, S.s1; 1916, |S.7S; 1917. 901 These figures, the wit ness stated, were compiled after de- ducting Az per cent of the gross re- ceipts, which is paid by the southern Bell company to the American Tele- phone 6 Telegraph Co.,, amounting to $29, 900 per year, which the city dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
BIRMINGHAM BRICK |TObU|LD SOME MORE ! ROADS IN FLORIDA Geo. K. Armes Here to In- spect Large Consignment for Ten-Mile Stretch PERMANENT ROADS
 BEST INVESTMENT Assistant State Highway Engineer of Florida Points Out Back
 wardness of Alabama
 Road System

George K. Armes, formerly a vel known Birmingham engineer and now as- 1 sistant road engineer of the state road i department of Florida, with headquar, ters in Gainesville, Fla, Is here to inspect large consignment of paving brick which is to be used on Florida roads The brick are being manufactured by the Copeland-Inglis company and will , be used in executing contract secured by the Alabama Paving company. "The stretch of 10 miles of brick roads which we are now building will extend from Kissimmee to Loughman," said MT. Armes. ''and will complete a stretch of 140 miles of brick highway extending from Tampa to Paiatka. This road will cost about s15,000 mile. It will have some federal aid and state aid, but the counties of Florida are alive on the road question. and they have no use for such roads as are built here in my old state, which wear out almost as fast as they can be built.
 The brick and concrete and asphalt roads cost a lot more. but when you get them you have something that is going to stay. It is hard to understand why this great county is so slow in such mat ters, especially when you already have the brick, and we in Florida have to come all the way to Birmingham to get it. Furthermore, Florida is using a lot of good Birmingham engineers in road work Several counties in the state have old Birmingham men as county engineers, and they are also active in other road building capacities in the state.
 "This afternoon went out to the Copeland-Inglis plant at Alton over some Jefferson county roads and I am free to say that we have no such roads in Fiori- da, where real thoroughfares are the rule Down there the counties cannot vote bonds fast enough to build perma- nent roads, and the result is a road sys- tenn which is becoming one of the great est in the world. Many of these roads go through absolutely undeveloped coun- try, but they pay. They bring thousands of tourists and they help to develop the country and increase tax values.
 T only wish some of my Birmingham friends could spend more time in Florida and could see just what Is being done. Surely after that they would not hesitate to go into the permanent road building game heart and soul. The initial cost may seem large, but 1t is a drop in the bucket compared to the benefits that ac- crue.
 "The war has affected our help some what. In fact, my regular inspector has gone to war, or I would not be here on this brick inspection trip. It will take me about week to finish in Birmingham. |"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

putes the right of the company to charge against Birmingham.
 According to the books. the plant as it now stands cost $2,134, ,3S4.44," said Attorney Ullman. "The Besse- mer plant is now earning 14.64 per cent on the value of the plant that is in act ual service. This value of $2,134S8444 the city claims has been in service for periods of years ranging from 1 to IS years and during this time the compa- ny has taken out in cash for depre- citation of the plant 323,754.6S, which has not been expended for repairs, and rep1acements, and in addition to the cost as above named, they have actu- ally expended for repairs and mainten- ance S462,758.1S since 1908. The city also contends that this $323,00o has been reinvested in a new plant and the telephone company asks the city to pay the interest on that investment as well as the original cost as stated above. The city contends that the amount upon which the rate should be based should be the S2,134,000 less the amount of this reserve which has been reinvested and less the actual physical accrued depreciation during the many years the plant has been in service, and that when this is done It will be proven that the people of Bir- HllHSHdH are eHtltleu to d reQuctlOn in rates"
 Representing the Southern Bell Te1e- phone company aside from Chief Coun- sel Hunt Chipley, of Atlanta, is J. O. Smith, of Birmingham, and R. F. Stein CT. Jr., of Montgomery; Vice President Brown, General Manager w. L. Wood- ruff, Assistant General Auditor Me Ternan, Evelyn Harris. publicity man ager; W. L. Turnbull. district man. of Louisville, and other district man. agers from Jacksonville, Atlanta, New Orleans, Nashville and Harold Brick. son. Chicago, consulting engineer, J. Jirgal and Mr. Jagoe, general super intendent of plants.
 Cil' Attorney Ullman is prosecuting the case alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
SHELDON, BUSINESS
 EXPERT, TO ADDRESS
 ROTARY CLUB TODAY
Oliver Cox Admits That He and John Henley Have Some '.New
 Evidence" Today

The Rotarians will be given a treat this afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Tutwiler hotel, when A. F. Sheldon, busireAs ex- pert and president of the Sheldon school, will deliver his lecture on ''The Sym boism of Service" MT. Sheldon comes to Birmingham highly recommended as a great philosopher and one of the best speakers in the county in his particular line.
 Great stunts will be pulled off. asASec- retary Oliver Cox and John Henley ave something up their we'll known sly Kes and refuse to shake the "cat out of Sshe bag until the appointed hour arrives and the membership is ready for the scramble that is going to follow.
 The Rotarians are famous for their oTiginaI stunts and those planned Tor to- Gay promise to outstep past "frame-ups"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
New Corporation

One new corporation filed it's papers in the probate clerks office yesterday. This was the Kenai Packing company, with capital stock of s2ooo. which is paid in.
 M. w. Howard of Fort Payne has been chosen as president of the new company W. H. James of Seward. Alaska, is vice president; c. E. Frost of Athens is treas urer, and T. w. Powell of Birmingham. secretary. The directors for the first vr"r inr'"de all the officers and M. A. Hines of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
HARRIS IS NOW
 IN CHARLESTON

Corporal Leonard T. Harris, until re- tors in The Age-Herald office, is now with Company G. Signal Corps reserves, at Charleston, s. c. Until few days ago he was stationed at Fort Barrancas at Pensacola. From Charleston he writes:
 Doing 'squars right and left oblique these days. Since reporting to the com pany, soldering takes on a new aspect. Very busy now drilling. studying, etc, for which I'm thankful.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
No Answer to China

Washington. November 1S.-The United States regards China's protest against the agreement with Japan as being in the nature of a declaration of principles. not necessarily calling for a reply from this government. China's protest has given notice that she does not recognize as binding upon her agreements between other nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
ST. JOHNS CHURCH
 IS NOT TO DISBAND

The Rev. l.. F. Whitten, pastor of St. Johns church, states that his church had not and was not going to disband, as has been rumored. All of the organi- zations of St. John are thoroughly or ganized and actively at work and will continue as an organization.
 He further states: Much good is being accomplished and we are at work for q stronger church and a splendid year of fruitfulness.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
Y. M. e. A. Campaign Proeressing

Decatur, November 3.--(Special.) .)-The campaign to raise $7ooo in this country for the Young Mems Christian association war work is progressing nicely. Every precinct in the county has been organized and much faithful work is being done by the leaders of the various precincts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14

Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthen- ing tonic, GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. arouses the liver. drives out Malaria, enriches the blood and builds up the system. A true tonic for adults and children. COG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
COUNTY HIGHWAYS

A fusillade of oratory broke loose when the matter of an east and west, and north and south highway was preached. and as the recent decision that relieved the county of the expense of maintaining the pavement on streets upon which the county courthouse fronts was discussed, it. was evident that the commission did not propose to let the matter of couny maintenance of streets around the court house drop. The case has been appealed to higher court, and this decision will be watched with a great deal of inter-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
Spanish War Veterans

Birmingham Camp No. 1 of the Unit ed Spanish War Veterans will hold their regular weekly meeting tonight in the council chamber of the city hail. Commander S. Bernstein will act as chairman of the meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
TAYLOR AMENDS LAW

Commissioner John H. Taylor intro duced a resolution amending the present city ordinance that prevents the inter- ference with a case that has gone to the circuit court without the consent and active cooperation of the presiding judge. This ordinance was so amended by the resolution of Commissioner Tay- Tor as to make 1t possible for the city attorney at any time to take up a case and settle it, no matter whether it had been appealed to the circuit court or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued from the probate clerks office yes- terday:
 Dewitt T. Harden of Birmingham to Miss Odessa Handley.
 H. L. Johnson of Birmingham to Miss Alton Davis.
 T. B. Leach of Anniston to Miss Ella King.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
scribed. of which amount the south

scribed. of which amount the south eastern section subscribed $124.S30.
 The campaign, owing to other things did not start in earnest over the state until this morning, but it is to be pushed vigorously all the week. clos ing Tuesday of next week. The Selma district reported that $4,117 had been raised The Opelika district reported $3,47s, and the Anniston district s5,700.
 The other chairmen over the state report that everything is in readiness for the big drive this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
In East and West and North and South Highway Mat ter City to Push Claims
 Against the County
CITY BUYS 10000 FEET FIRE HOSE
 AT S1 PER FOOT
Taylor Amends City Ordi- nance-Y. M. c. A. Com mittee Gets Commits
 sioners' Subscriptions

1T strongly believe that the city will win out in the Mcdonald suit now await ing the action of the supreme court, and then we will be able to proceed un- hampered with the erection of an audi torium that will be adequate to accom- modate Birmingham public gatherings for years to come,' said Commissioner John R. Hornady yesterday. in an ad- dress to the commission on that now all-important topic.
 But in case we are compelled to give up our plans on account of the supreme court affirming Judge Sharpes decision, we will have to arrange to build the auditorium anyhow, in some way that is found to be practicable.'
 The commission was unanimous on this point, and MT. Hornady's motion to refer the matter to Commissioner J. Ellis Brown of the public utilities and public buildings department prevailed, MT.
 Brown being instructed to proceed to evolve some plan whereby the building can he erected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
Williams Not Guilty

The trial of Henry L. Williams in Judge Forts division of the criminal court came to a close last night when the jury returned a verdict of not gull ty by reason. of insanity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
GENERAL ORDERS ISSUED


 After the luncheon the men again at- tackled the foe and promised to raise a good sum by night. Field Marshal Rush. ton, after the luncheon, announced that he wished to issue two orders. First, general order No. 45. by unanimous rec ommendation of the general staff and the forces in the field as follows: "The thanks of the allied armies op- erating in the Birmingham district are hereby extended to the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, and other corporations for their generous Subscrip- tions to our fund.
 "Second, general order No 4s To the commanders of all forces in the field: It is highly important that you report prog ress to general headquarters by tele- phone, as soon as you get into action this morning and continue to do so as long as you are engaged. The general staff must have this information in or der to keep you supplied with muni- tions or assistance when necessary. We congratulate you and your troops on your signal success yesterday and confidently anticipate that today's victory will be equally as glorious.
 ''J. FRANK RUSHTON,
 'Field Marshall to reporting officers at the Tutwiler, at which time Dr. George Stuart will ad- dress those present on the work.
 STATE CAMPAIGN
 The campaign to raise $35, 100000 in the United States is meeting with suc- cess, according to State Campaign Man ager w. S. Stallings. The first day of the campaign $4,449,S90 had been sub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-14
CITY RECORDER

Herman I. Ross and G. Fred Sweikert, members of the executive board of the Birmingham Trades Council, appeared before the city commission and protested against the naming of a city recorder until labor or it's representatives, had been consulted. Commissioner Taylor stated to the committeeman that he would be very glad to confer with them in the premises.
 The commission did not act upon the matter of naming a recorder yesterday, but it is generally understood that with in 30 days the announcement of the new
 recorder will conform to the story in The
 Age-Herald yesterday morning, when it stated that the position would be ten dered to Jere C. King