The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-17
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS

Chicago, October 16.-The American
 Meat Packers Association in convention
 here today adopted a resolution pledg-
 Ing that soldiers and sailors fighting for
 the flag shall have ''the best meat pro-
 duced in this or any other country"
 The packers pledged cheerful co-opera-
 forts, including the sale of liberty bonds
 Washington October 16.-The police
 courts swung back to the workhouse sen-
 tence policy today in dealing with mili-
 tants of the woman's party picketing the
 White House. Four arrested yesterday
 were today given six months, the heav-
 jest sentence yet imposed on any. The
 defiant women told the court there would
 be more picketing soon.
 Ottawa, October 16.-Sir Thomas White,
 that the financing of the exportable sur-
 plus of the Canadian wheat crop of this
 year has been satisfactorily arranged,
 The amount involved is over s35o, ,OOO, 900.
 Mobile, October 16.-Baginning today
 the leading milkmen of Mobile city and
 county raised the price of sweet milk
 to 10 cents quart and cents 8 pint
 Prices heretofore have been 15 cents a quart and cents a pint Eggs are 60 cents.
 Monroe, La. October 16.-Charles Me Vey, son of a farmer residing near Co., | lumbia, La., in Caldwell parish, is dead somewhere on the battle front in France, according to a message received here
 today by McVey's father. Whether he was killed in battle or died of injury, or disease. was not stated in the brief
 message.
 New Orleans, October 16.-Department of justice agents here today arrested
 Harry H. Clifford, 27 years old, native of Dantzig, Germany, and were holding him on a charge of falsely registering with the United States shipping com
 missioner here, pending further investi- gation of his suspected activities. Tampa, Fla, October 16-Office em- ployes of Il cigar factories went on q strike here today after their employers, it was said, had refused the demands for increased wages, and as the result nearly 5000 cgarmakers in these plants are out of employment
 Augusta, Ga, October 16.-More than 1000 drafted men from Camp Meade, Maryland, arrived at Camp Hancock near here, today to fill up the regiments of the Twenty-eigh army division. Washington, October 16.-The coun- try's leather manufacturers today cre- ated a national council with headquar- ters in this city to deal at first hand | with the government bureaus handling war supply problems.
 Salt Lake City, Utah. October 16-At a conference with Utah canners today F. E. Gorrell, secretary of the National Gamers association, Washington, D. C.. stated the United States government would expect of them 1OS,000 cases Of
 tomatoes this year to be furnished at cost. plus 10 per cent. It is understood
 the tomatoes will be used by the army. Washington, October 16.-Vice Admiral Koltchak of the Russian naval mission called on President Wilson today with Ambassador Bakhmieteff to say good-by before leaving Washington on a visit to several American cities. His itinerary
 has not been made public.
 Washington, October P6-Differences between oyster and fish shippers and express companies resulting from notice of the companies that shipments were subject to delay because of railroad con- gestion have been adjusted, it was an- nounced today by the food administra ton. Orders will be issued by the com panies that preference must be given to perishable shipments and extraordinary care taken in reicing such Shfpmeuta