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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-01

of sidetracking 1t if the opposition should delay adjournment.
 Tomorrow the House will take up the report on the tax bill, while the Senate hopes to begin work on the insurance measure. Approval of the tax measure tomorrow by the House Is ex- pected and many members are planning to leave for home immediately after ward.
 Approval of the bill as finally draft ed by the conferees within one or two days Is expected.
 APPROPRIATION BILL
 Enactment of the $S,o00,o0o,oo0 ap- propriation measure, upon which con- ferees begin work tomorrow, is ex- pected with brief perfunctory discus before the Senate as the only impor- tant legislation on the leaders pro- gramme.
 There may be a spectacular and ex- citing finale in both bodies of Congress While official investigation of ques- tions involved in last weeks furore in the House precipitated by statements of Representative Hehin of Alabama regarding Count Won Burnstorf' prOpaBanQa WOrk, IS HOW ueeIieu HIT probable, another flare up impends. LAFOLLETTE MAY SPEAK
 In the Senate LaFollette Is expected to reply to criticism demanding his ex pulsion for alleged seditious utter. ances
 The civil rights bill will be consid cred tomorrow by the Senate judiciary committee, but opposition there and 1T the Senate on constitutional grounds now appears to insure postponement o1 action until December. Chairman Webt of the House judiciary committed plans to bring it before the House this week and pass it, but few Senate lead CTS expect action in the upper house at this session.
 Confirmation of the three new in l terstate commerce commissioners and other minor appointments probably will l be voted early this week by the Sen. | ate.
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solid foundation. Just imagine mar ble column S5 feet around and over 50 feet high cut out and left as sup port. By the way, the inside finish of the Jefferson County Bank building is from Gannts quarry
 I look down a mile of trackway and on both sides were piled blocks of marble varying in weight from five to twenty tons piled up as if some giants had been al play using stone for their toys. I have never seen the pyramids of Egypt, but am ready to wager that there are enough marble blocks laying around loose in and near Gannts Quarry to duplicate the big gest one of them and then have enough left over to build another Panama canal I may be away off but that's the way they impressed me. It seemed shame to me the way they used marble Marble foundations for com mon buildings. marble slabs to cross ditches, marble steps. Marble was ly- ing around everywhere. even some of the workmen had used polished mar ble around their walkways as we use brick
 have been much about lumber plants and have never ceased to love the music of the saw. or failed to enjoy it's rasping noise as it made its way through a knot. but I was sur ha4 a mod ern marble mill can take great blocks of marble and saw through them and shape them, and polish them, and make them things of beauty to cater to mans pleasure and comfort. saw things being done that seemed to me to be beyond the bounds of possibility. | There is no telling what skilled workman with modern diamond and carborundum saws can do with mar 1 ble The ease with which the work ] men handled marble and made it 60 1 their bidding was a revelation to one
 as workable as wood
 Nature has way that it is hard l to fathOn. In the center .OI tHe dudl J where some dirt has fallen back and some water has accumulated there Is Ia pond of lilies. On the sides of the
 banks in the open air goldenrod are blooming. A locust tree has got foot l ing in a crack and Is growing lux uriantly while the troublesome mul-
 berry is rooted and if they don't watch
 it it will send it's roots down through the marble. for if it fails 1t will be
 about the only thing that has ever held it above ground. Some bird had dropped a chinaberry seed and a china berry tree was in fruit. Looking all about me at natures effort to repair the ravages of man I took heart, fol IT know her recuperating power anu how she will take the battletields and
 craters of Europe and cover them with
 verdure just as she was twining morn ing glories around the entrance to the
 quarry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-01

New York, September So.-(Special) AS assistant secretary of the treasury Frank A. Vanderlip, in 1858, Was charged with the responsibility of mar keting an issue of $200,000,000 whlch became known as the spanish War loan. Mr. vanderlip was persuaded that it would be possible to market tnls entire issue without entailing any cost in the way of commissions, bonuses or other charges, excepting that involved by the expense of extra clerical hlre, printing and other incidentals apper- Itaining to this work. He was Justlned in that view. The loan was marketed, chiefly with the banks, without cost to the government other than incident al expenses. But to do it involved the creation of highly perfected, although | temporary, organization.
 In working out the plans of this or ganization, Mr. vanderlip revealed I such ability as to attract the atten- ton of James Stillman, who at that | time was building up the National City bank MT. Stillman asked MT. Wander ---N~
 the service of the National City bank.
 He accepted the offer in lsol. ana m f1909. upon the retirement of MT. Still
 man from the presidency to take up | the office of chairman of the board, lMr Vanderlip became president Of the bank.
 l Now he has again entered the service lof the government, with salary or Sl Ia year, and is to be occupied With the floating of an issue of s2,000,O00,000 of war saving certificates, or 10 times as much as was his first foatatlon In l1S9S of the Spanish war loan Further imore, MT. Vanderlip is to act Tn thor ough co-operation with the Secretary Iof inc Treasury in persuading the l American people to buy the coming issue of liberty bonds, the aggregate Iof which will be $3,000,0000,OOO or | $4,000, 100000.
 l Tn order to give his time and con- centrate his ability upon this work 1 MT. Vanderlip has retired temporarily from active association With the Ma ltional City bank, as well as wltn otnei lvery important corporate interests pu' The will come back to the panh III oue l time as other bank presidents who are serving the government will re turn to their customary places in theii | hanks after the war is ended. There
 
 lare to be problems of stupendous i'm l jnortance which must be worked out tt a correct solution by American bank' CTS and by the government as wei after the war Is ended.
 I The temporary retirement Of MT lvanderlip from active association witf the greatest of American banks trans fers the duties of the presloentlal oI fee to William A. Simonson. He is witt Ia single exception, the only high ex iecutive officer of the National Cit, bank, whose training has been con ltinuously with banks. MT. simonsol
 was formally an executive officer O ona If inc banks of Newark. N. J.; and while still young man, his industry tha almost intuitive accuracy of hi
 judgments, together with his abilit' lto handle, with rapidity. details as wei ranera1 conditions fixed the atten tion of President stillman upon him Ha became, therefore. an officer Q lthe National City bank and has beei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-01
CITY ID FINANCE
 {. BESSEMER SCHOOLS
Bessemer Division of Cir cult Court to Open
 Fall Term

Bessemer, September 3O.-(speclalD The necessary funds to operate the city schools for the next two months will be advanced to the board of edu- cation by the city of Bessemer, ac cording to Mayor B Clay Jones. This is to tide the board of education over until the 3-mill and other taxes be- come available. The tax will be due on october 1 but just when the funds will be turned over to the board and salaries and pressing accounts of tho board of education will be paid out of the city treasury. On account of the 3-mill tax the board of education will receive s70,0oO for the schools of Bes- semer this year.
 The local exemption board has sum- moned 20 young men to appeaE at their office on October ?, where they will receive instructions as to going to Camp Pike on Octoebr g. On October s 12 young men will be sent to Camp Pike and notices have been mailed tc them to appear on that date. All of the men sent up to the present time are white and the negroes drafted will be sent at a later date. Those going on Wednesday are Gay Heath Eugene Taylor, Reno Zuiderhouk, Natch An tonic. Reuben V. Franklin, James $ w. Sharp, John Provo, Benjamin F.
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the present operating company, tne Ala bama Marble company was formed with a sufficient working capital to go after business in a big way. Henry Evans president of tho Continental Insurance company. became president; Maj. J. 5. sewell, vice president, and with them are associated . number of prominent New York financiers. w. H. Runge Is general manager, and s. E. Hitler. with
 headquarters in Birmingham. is the
 southern sales and traffic agent. It Is
 a matter of moro than passing interest
 that Major Sewell. now colonel Seven
 teenth regiment of engineers. is seeing
 duty in France, and has already been
 "bonlbed'' by the Germans. but so far
 has escaped unhurt
 think 1t ought to be matter of
 state pride that the Alabama Marble
 company has made Alabama marble fa- nous for interior and exterior work throughout America. for they have got ten some of the biggest contracts in the entire country. In fact. until made the investigation I had no idea that they operated on so large scale. and had been so successful in competing | with the Georgia. Tennessee and Yer mont quarries. I had an idea that Yer mont had practically monopoly on the | big eastern and western markets, 7lt 1t Is not so. for Alabana marble X ncaa- 1 ing rapidly to the fror and stipulated for by many of tho gret ses' architects n the United States.
 l I dare say 1t will be newN 10 nnFr- Der who read this to EeaFA ilat &sa-
 bama marble has gonA nto some qE | the finest residential. FseN At slaA' public buildings in the apal &a
 h soma of those in Cuaa sae *G-
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CUT THIS oUT--IT IS WORTH
 MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, enclose with Sc and mail it to Foley & Co., 2S35 Sheffield Ave. Chicago. H., writing your name and address clearly. You will receive in return trial package containing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds. and croup; Foley Kidney Pills. for pain in sides and back, rheumatism, back ache, kidney and bladder ailments; and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing catharttc for constipation, biliousness, headache and sluggish bowels. Sold everywhere. Adv
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VANDERBILT AS F'INANCIER
Rx HOLLAND

continuously associated with that bank. having taken important part in the de- yelopment of the institution from bank of average resources and deposits to it's present position, which is sixth or seventh among the great banks of the world.
 A NEW KIND OF ORGANIZATION
 MT Simonson has been, since Jam uary 1, really the chief executive man ager of the National City bank For it was early this year that MT. Van derlip began to devote almost all of his time to governmental service, es- pecially that which the successful floating of the first liberty loan en- tailed.
 Last year an executive organization consisting of five of the vice presi- dents of the banks was perfected and upon this executive committee de- volved much of the management of the bank MT. Simonson was and is the chief officer of this organization He returned on Monday of last week from brief vacation; and it was upon his arrival at the bank that the announce ment was made that President Van derlip was to enter into the service of the government, and to occupy an office in the treasury department at Washington.
 THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
 Within few hours after dispatches came to New York telling of the de- struction of San Francisco by earth quake and fire MT. Simonson, with others brought the Clearing House as sociation committee together and he then strongly advised that immediate aid be furnished by New York to San Francisco and especially to its banks. His recommendation was accepted and
 he immediately started by the fastest train for San Francisco with $5.00O,0o0
 in cash or negotiable instruments of credit in his possession. He arrived there only a few hours after E. Ii. Hartman reached San Francisco. To- gether they were able to assist the San Francisco banks so as greatly to relieve the distress and enable the banks to maintain themselves until their own vaults could be opened THE POOL ONCE MORE Only a few years ago the department of justice at Washington was prepar- 1 ing to persecute certain corporations ] or individuals for alleged violation i of the federal statutes through the or
 ganization and operation of pools. To- l day news comes from Washington that l the federal government has itself or | 1 will operate under it. for the govern ment has pooled all the copper output ] of the country and has fixed price , for the sale of the copper to itself and | to others.
 l It Is a curious fact that the first | commercial pool in the United States had for its purpose the control of the
 price and marketing of copper. The brass industry, which has for some i 20 years been listed with those in- l dustries which have been called *big l business" could not have been estab- l lshed had it not been for the organi- . zation of the pool. The brass manu- 1 lecturers of the Naugatuck valley, ! Connecticut. were accustomed to go to I Baltimore once or twice a year to buy 1 copper, for Baltimore then possessed
 the only large copper smelting plant 1 In the United States.
 | Competition in the copper marks t became so keen as seriously to de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-01
,TUMBLING BLOCK

The insurance measure is the stum- bling block in the way of adjournment this week and there is renewed talk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-01
He Prefers the Catholic 10 the
 Watsonian Type of Citizen

Roman Catholics claim that 40 per cent of the men in the army and navy are members of their church. In ad- dition, the Knights of Columbus are raising fund of s3,000,000 to do for their young men in uniform what the Y. NJ c. A. is doing for the Protestant soldiers. We are not a Romanist and are not contemplating uniting with that body but wien 1t comes to 'ioy- alty.' we must say we prefer the Cath ollie 10 the 'Watsonian' type. .'-Adver- tisement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-01

Grimes. Robert S. King. John T. Coch- ran, Ernest J. Kirby. Charlie Martin, Oklahoma Peet. John Clark, Claude Steele. Charles L. Jeffries, Luther j. Yates. George D. Abernathy and Luney V. Ragsdale
 The fall term of the Bessemer diyi- sion of the circuit court will begin Monday morning with Judge J. C. 5. Gwin presiding and jury civil dock. ct will be taken up. The jury civil docket will be completed on October II and a jury criminal docket taken up lasting until october 26.
 Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Susan Ellen Knowland, who died Friday at the home of her dauga- ter, Mrs. Lustford, were held this morning at II o'clock, interment be- ing made at Cedar Hill cemetery with Kennedy in charge.
 The residence of the late Capt. II. w Crook on Fourth avenue between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, han been purchased by Mrs. Charles NJ Ray, the consideration being s60oo
 The Bessemer lodge No. 45s. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, will meet Monday night for work in the master degree
 Mrs. Elvee Falkner will entertain the Tuesday Bridge club Tuesday aft ernoou at o'clock at her home in the orlean apartments on Fifth ave nue. All members are urged to be present
 Miss Ethel Gillen has returned from Memphis, Tenn, where she has been visiting friends for the past 10 days.
 John Mcconnell has returned from Philadelphia and other eastern points. MT and Mrs George Rutledge havs returned from several weeks spent in points in Colorado
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-01
BOilermakers' Union In
 San Francisco Decided to
 Accept Settlement Terms

San Francisco September So.-The Boilermakers union, which had blocked the settlement of a strike of 3o,000 metal trades workers, decided today to accept the terms of a temporary agreement, ratified by allied unions and complete resumption tomorrow of work on govern ment shipbuilding contracts here was forecast tonight by the iron trades council
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-01
Troops Arrive At Camp
 Beauregard in Louisiana

Alexandria, La. September so.-Tvo battalions of the Third regiment. Ar kansas nationai guard. in command of Lieut.-Col. R. NJ. Pearson, arrived a Camp Beauregard here today The first separate troop of Mississippi cavalry ar rived at the camp early today from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-01
rh. AIabama Christian Advocate.

The Alabama CnrTstIdH HuVuCdtc'
 "The Roman Catholics in America have certainly put it over on Tom Watson. He has had much to say about their being subject to a for eigner and consequently unable to be loyal to their own country; he has harped on their being 'non-American' until it is an old song. But in this hour of Americas need Tom Watson is doing his bit to emharrass and cripple the administration. while the
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moralize the brass industry. Then 1t was proposed that all the brass manu- lecturers unite in an agreement upon the price which they would pay Bali timore for the copper and at the same time an agreement was made that the various corporations engaged in th.s industry should pool their earnings, each receiving it's proportionate part of the entire business. As a result the industry began to flourish. It became one of the greatest of American in terests. It was the largest buyer of copper and it's export of brass consti- tuted an important item in our inter- national trade Legislation put an end to the pool and price agreement. Now the government has organized and is about to organize the largest pool ever established in the United States, whereby it will maintain complete con- trol of the copper output and the cop per market.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-15
: The Merwin Oil Well.

Butler and Bates county people
were highly excited last Thursday
morning by report from the west
part of the county that a 4oo-barrel
oil we'll had been brought in on the
Cutshaw farm, a few miles east of
Merwin. Butler people who owned
stock in the company doing the drill
ing began to figure just what sort of
a car they would buy with the first
dividend. In short time several car
loads from Butler had started for the
we'll When they arrived they found
that the first reports had been great
ly exaggerated. The hole had been
capped ana the drill rig moved to
another place few hundred feet from
the we'll. There was no oil mixed
with the water that the bailer brought
up.
There is no question but that there
is oil in Bates countys but whether or
not it will be found in paying quanti-
ties time alone will tell. So far the
wells have not been drilled deep
enough to really settle the question.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-15
ANOTHER SHIP sHAKEup
Navy Officers on Building Board
Replaced by Civilians.

Washington, Nov. 1o-Complet.
reorganization of the shipping
boards Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion was begun today, when Charlie.
A. Piez, Chicago engineer, recent.
ly made vice-president of the corpor.
alton, was put in supreme charge ol
the governments shipbuildipg pro-
gram.
Rear Admiral Washington l.
Capps, appointed ,by President Viii.
son as general manager of the cor.
poration, succeeding Maj. Gen
George w. Goet1als, will continue in
that position, but much of the work
he has done heretofore will be taken
over, It was said tonight, by Mr.
Piez. Admiral Capps denied vigor.
ously reports that he would resign
because of the charges that will be
made.
Decision to reorganize the staff
that has had charge of building was
made by the shipping board after an
investigation by a special committee.
This committee, named by the board,
was headed by Mr.. Piez and had as
its other members Mr.. Mason, Mr..
Day and Frank Kirby. a New York
engineer.
The committee reported, it is
learned, that shipbuilding was not
proceeding as it should because of
lack of business methods within the
fleet corporation. Yards. they re-
ported, were not obtaining material
as rapidly as they needed it. Speci-
fcations, they said, we're changed too
often, and a general lack of harmony
was found, they declared, between
builders and the fleet corporations 5
officials.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-15
Commercial Club Meeting.

| The regular meeting Of heButle
Commercial Club was held at tn
city hall Tuesday evening, but asid
from lengthy discussion of the pro
posed telephone franchise little bus
mess was transacted.
All of the officers and large mum
ber of members were present.
w. c. Staver, superintendent o
construction for the new post offic'
building, and John S. Krinn. of th'
Farmers Bank, were elected to mem
bership.
A communication from, the Kan
sas City Chamber of Commerce ii
regard to the selection of delegate!
tosa convention to be held in Kansa!
City OH December S was read. E. Il
Silvers and \. H. Culver were elected
as delegates to the convention, ane
w. O. Jackson and F. NJ. Campbell
as alternates.
Letters and kilograms concerning
the kind of brick to be used in the
new postoffice building were. read
and the secretary was instructed tc
write Senators James A. Reed and
VIM. J. Stone in regard to the mattei
and try to enlist their aid in having
a change made.
F. NJ, Campbell Of the Butler Tele-
phone Company, who is asking the
city council for twenty-year fran
chise, was before the club and made
a brief explanation of the proposed
franchise. Mr.. Campbell's Statement
was followed by lengthy discussion
participated in by. w. O. Jackson,
James A. DeArmond, Mayor Helm
leiiaa ia, Judge Jselee Henry, f. B. Sit ST
vers, r. e. Ream and r. w. Silvcrs.
Some of the speakers thought it
would be unwise at this time to. es-
tablish rate for service in view of
the unsettled condition of affairs,
and could see no necessity for the
granting of franchise. Others
thought the rates to be charged
should be specially stated in the
franchise, and then if they were con-
sidered unjust to either party the
matter could be taken before the
State Utilities Commission.
Judge c. ]. Henry said he repre-
sented the common people," who in
tha end had to bear the brunt of all
expense in telephone charges and ev-
erything else. He wanted the fran
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chisc to state expressly what is guar
anteed to the people and exactly
what they are expected to pay. HI
wanted better service provided fol
| and guaranteed.
A motion was finally made by Mr
DeArmond and carried that the
president of the Commercial Club ap.
point a committee of three to CORE.
spohd with people in other towns ol
similar size to Butler and make in.
quiries as to telephone rates. con.
struction of systems, connections
ETC., and that the city council be re-
quested to defer action on the fran
chisc until this information could be
obtained,
At this point Mr.. Campbell stated
that if schedule of rates was the
thing desired he would at once file
with the city council such schedule
The matter of a free exchange with
all the telephone lines in Bates coun-
ty was also pretty we'll threshed
out. Mr.. Campbell showed that al
present the local exchange was car
rying heavy load by reason of free
exchange and that this free exchange
was costing him big sum of money
each year over and above receipts.
The proposed franchise provides only
for free exchange with the first
switchhoards out of Butler-i. G., to
Adrian, Spruce, Rich Hill and Vir-
ginia. Beyond these points a toll for
all messages will hereafter have to
be paid. >
The matter of granting Mr., Camp
bell franchise has been before the
council for some months, but no
definite action has yet been taken