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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
New Sugar Allotment
 Effective December 1

The new sugar regulations recently announced ina dispatch from Wash ington, allowing four pounds of sugar per month to the person, does not be- come effective until December 1, &C., cording to statement made by County Food Administrator Paul H. Earle yesterday. Until that date pres- ent regulations will continue in force
 Between now and December 1 MT. Earle states he will announce regula- tions controlling the new allotment.
 Under recent ruling of the food administration it is nc. longer neces- sary to purchase substitutes with wheat flour, and MT. Earle announced yesterday that merchants and bakers having on hand stocks of cereals pur- chased as substitutes with wheat flour. and who want to take advantage of the grain corporations offer to pur- chase it from them, should communi- cate direct with State Food Adminis- trator R. M. Hobbie at Montgomery. Consumers are warned by Mir. Earle. however, not to buy more than q 90 days supply of flour and sugar at time.
 | Another order. made public by the | food administration yesterday fixes l the. price of cottonseed hulls at S16 per ton bulk, and cottonseed meal at | s55 per ton sacked. f. 0, b.
 ! All restrictions on the buying and | handling of peanuts have been re- moved, is the substance of another order made public yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
Cooper Succeeds Mooney at
 the Traders National Bank
Directors Pass Resolutions Death of Otto Mooney New Cashier Has Been With Bank 10 Years-John
 L. Cox Is Made Assistant Cashier

At the regular monthly directors meeting of the Traders National bank held yesterday J. L. Cooper, assistant vacancy caused by the death of Otto Mooney MT. Cooper's election to this position is in keeping with the policy of the bank of promoting employees who have rendered valuable service.
 MT. Cooper is s2 years of age and has been with the Traders National bank the past 10 years. He began work as bookkeeper and has held practical ly every position in the bank, having been elected assistant cashier two years ago. He is young man of exceptional qualifications and enjoys a wide ac- quaintance among the patrons of the bank. He was reared in Birmingham and received his education in the Bir- lmingham, public schools
 John L. Cox was elected assistant cashier to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of MT Cooper. MT Cox has been with the bank several months. he having accepted g. position with the bank after resigning the position of general agent of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance company of Hartford, Conn. Mir. Cox is 29 years of age, and has spent the greater part of his life 1 in Birmingham. He Is a son of the Rev. w. J. F. Cox. formerly of Bir- mingham, and is a graduate of the l University of Michigan. At the direc- tors meeting the following resolutions were adopted by the board of directors: Resolved, That in the death of
 Mr. Otto Mooney, who passed out
 of this life on Saturday, October
 19, 1918, the Traders National bank
 has lost a valued officer, who had
 a material part In the establish | ment of it's business.
 And that in his more than Il years service in our organization,
 which began on May 9, 1907, he | made an unbroken record for capa-
 ble and faithful service. endearing
 himself alike to directors, officers
 and other employees of the instituti-
 tion, as well as to it's customers.
 The Traders National bank is one o1 lBirmingham's strong financial institu' Itions, and 1t enjoys an active business the deposits being .urger now thar lever before at this same season of the Iyear. John H. Frye is president, and lis recognized as one of Birmingham safest and most conservative bankers MT. Frye is also chairman of the execu- tive committee of the food preparedness bureau, through which agency he has ldone some splendid patriotic work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
SHOOK ANNOUNCES NO NEED TO FURTHER
 SAVE PEACH SEEDS
Present Supply to Be Collected, Then Practice Is Ordered
 Ended

With the ending of the war the need of gas masks for the soldiers also ends, and the government, therefore, does not care to have any more fruit stones and nut shells collected and forwarded to the collecting agencies,
 Chairman Paschal- G.. Shook of the Bir- mingham chapter of the Red Cross yes- terday received telegram from the gulf division headquarters at New Orleans re- questing that the further collection of pits and stones be discontinued. As vary ing quantities have already been collected in this district and are ready for ship ment MT Shook wired the gas defense section of the war department at Wash ington for instructions as to what dis position to make of stocks on hand. He received a telegram during the day stat ing that while collections were to be discontinued all accumlflations should be forwarded to the department as soon as possible.
 MT. Shook, upon receipt of the reply to his telegram, announced that persons having stocks of pits and shells on hand should send these by parcels post to him at no North Twenty first street, as they have been doing in the past but that they should not collect any more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
HUTCHENS RESC|NDS HIS CLOSING ORDER
Winchell Sends Letter Elk. blaming Cause of Pro-
 posed Action

The order recently issued by Terminal Manager H. E. Hutchens, of the BIT mingham district, United States railroad administration, closing the local freight depots so far as the receipt of freight is concerned at 4 o'clock ln the aIter- noon, was rescinded yesterday It would have taken effect next Monday had It not been cancelled. / When Colonel Hutchens made the or der few days ago few of the local shippers filed protests with Regional Dl- rector B. L. Winchell, and also with the Alabama delegation in Congress MT. Winchell was in Birmingham Wednesday night and went over the matter with Colonel Hutchens Yesterday he request ed Colonel Hutchens to cancel the order which request was immediately comphed witl MT, Winchelps letter to the pro tes6rs relative to the matter, copy or which he forwarded to Colonel Hutch ens,l follows:
 Although I am still sure that if, and when, the o'clock closing hour for re- ceipt of freight is made effective you will be pleased and satisfied with the result as has been the case elsewhere, I recognize the undesirability from your point of view, of the proposed actloIl at Birmingham until the same steps are
 
 hams commercial interests are actually con,petitive I have, therefore, asked 1. MT. Hutchens to cancel his instructions. and to not make same effective unt.i further notice.
 Tt is our hope and intent to cooper ate with all of the people of this re- zion in friendly and helpful way, and although a considerable majority of the Birmingham business men are in favor O. this step which MT. Hutchens has pro- posed, and realize the desrability of the new plan, I am postponing the execa- tion thereof because of the few pro tests, even though I am convinced that your fears as to the results are not well founded. Very cordially yours,
 ''W. l.. WINCHELL.
 Under the order issued several days ago by Colonel Hutchens no freight to be forwarded could be received at local depot after 4 p. m-, except on Sat urdays, when the depots closed at noon as at present, but deliveries were to be made up to 5 o'clock p. m., except on Saturdays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
I1NDERWOOD IS NOTIFIED

Washington, November 15.-SpeciaO B. l.. Winchell of Atlanta, regional di- rector for the federal railroad admin istration, notified Senator Underwood this morning that no immediate attempt would be made to enforce the ruling of Birmingham authorities that offices for the reception of freight beginning No- yember IS, would be closed at 4 o'clock instead of o'clock, as at present.
 MT. Wfnchell added that the ruling would never be enforced unless similar rulings were made effective at cdmpeti- tive points.
 And thus Birmingham shippers, man. ufacturers and merchants as result or Senator underwood's insistent effort have scored victory just when the outlook. for such result was apparently darkest.
 Yesterday as The Age-Herald reported, Director General McAdoo refused to take coxnizance of the situation despite the fact that it was reported by Birming- ham interests that the regional director had declined to act. Senator Underwood Immediately wired his argument and pro- test to Mr. Winchell with the above re- suit,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
Coal Production Shows
 an Increase in the
 Birmingham District
Production Slowly Approaching Nor nal Again--Increase Is
 7i9 Tons

Coal production in the Birmingham district for the week ended November 9 showed a gain of S49 tons over the pre- ceding week, the output being S4S,S06 tons last week and 3ii,557 tons the week before.
 Production is slowly approaching nor- mai again, but it is not expected to break any records for sometime, The out put last week was kept down partly by the influenza epidemic, which has not entirely disappeared in all parts of the district and to the loss of practically one day caused by a premature celebration, of the cessation of war, following an erroneous report of the signing of the armistice by Germany.
 A big percentage of the miners again celebrated last Tuesday following the actual signing of the arInistice on Mon day. They had gone into the mines be- fore news of the signing of the armistice reached them and very few of them knew until Monday night that it had been signed. Hence the celebration on Tuesday. a4s 1t This fact will cause shortage in the output for the present week. but it is believed that despite the loss of one day, it will be as good or better than that of last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
SWEET POTATOES AND LIVE POULTRY .
 GLUT THE MARKET

The local markets nre gIuttered with live poultry and sweet pOta- toes, according to the official statement of Paul Earle. county food administrator. given out Inst night. Mir. Earle and members of the food board held meeting last night and 1t wns decided in iIi- terest of the shippers of these two commodities, to notify them of the present condition of the local mar- kets.
 Mir. Earle suggests that the pcc- pie of the city can naturally nid in relieving the situation by buy ing these Overstocled food prod nets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
Junk Dealers Hearing
 Set for This Morning

The preliminary hearing of Henry l.. Goldstein and V. Glib, charged with failure to pay the government tax on shipments of brass, was continued by United States Commissioner Kenneth Charlton yesterday afternoon until 10 o'clock this morning to give the gov ernment an opportunity to introduce several witnesses who were unable 10 be present at the hearing yesterday. R. M Hudson, special representative ve of the railroad commission at Wash ington. is conducting the prosecution. while Alex Birch is representing the defendants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
Dr. Edmonds to Talk
 on German Problems

What We Will Do to Germany" is the subject pr. H. M. Edmonds will dis cuss at the Lyric Sunday night. and doubtless will attract large crowd. as the subject Is of intense interest just now to the thinking public.
 aermany's present plight and the re- construction that must inevitably fol- low the overthrow O. the war lords will he problem the world will watch with keen Ynterest and it is safe to say this subject will be handled in an able and interesting fashion by Dr. Edmonds upon the plane of broadminded, thoughtful student of men and affairs.
 The service will commence at 7:S0 at the Lyric theatre. The, public is invited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
DEMARCO PLACED
 UNDER $500 BOND

Tony Demarco was placed under bond in the amount of $500 by United States Commissioner Kenneth Charlton yes
 terday, which he made. Demarco is charged with receiving property stolen from interstate commerce with the Knowledge that 1t was stolen. The case grew out of the theft of $650 worth of Portino cigars from a railroad car con signed to the R. D. Burnett Cigar com lpany He will be given preliminary hearing December 10 at o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
BOA .DS INSPECTED
 BY STATE OFFICERS

L. E. LeMont, acting adjutant general. and Capt. M D. Smith, medical aid to the governor, were in Birmingham yes- terday making a tour of inspection of the draft boards. They expressed them selves as pleased with the work done by the local boards and the splendid show ing made by them. While in this city they conferred with Secretary Pepper. man in regard to the continuation Of the work of examination and classification of registrants between the ages of 1s and 36, inclusive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
BANK OF ENSLEY
 SUBSCRIBED TO AID

In the e Q. D." war work page printed Thursday morning the name of the Bank of Ensley was omitted from the list of firms and in- dividuals who are paying the advertis- ing expenses of this campaign.
 The Bank of Ensley has generously contributed to this and to every previous campaign carried on locally since we have been in the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
Fire Laws Enforced

According to the statement iof Fire Chiet Middleton, a number of fires of late have originated from ashes hay ing been dumped into paper or wooden receptacles. He states this is a viola tion of the laws of the city and will be strictly enforced in the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
WAR WORK DRIVE NEARING END WITH QUOTA UNREACHED Total Subscription Passes S2OO,OOO Mark for United
 War Work Fund CHECKBOOK STUB
 TEST OF PATRIOTISM Field Workers Urged to Turn in Re- ports-Dr MacSporran Makes
 Inspiring Address at
 Luncheon

With, two days to go, Jeffers2n county has already subscribed $200,000 for the united war work organizations accord ing to. an announcement made by the general staff of the allied armies late last night "We hope to wind up the campaign by Monday noon but if the s375O00 mark is not reached by then, of course, we'll keep on working until It is reached said Field Marshal Rush ton.
 Today's subscriptions will be the big gest of the whole week on account oi Saturday being pay day all over the dis- trict and it is possible that the quota will be attained py night but With sc many committees in the field who have not reported it IS almost impossible to forecast accurately the results of the drive and it is not thought that this county will go over the top before Mon day noon at the earliest.
 The final meeting of the allied armies to be held Monday will be devoted te winding up all details of the campaign and to totaling up the reports or the various divis1ons. This meeting will Dc in the form of luncheon at the Tutwll- CT if the quota is raised by noon, II nol it will consist of jollification dinner Monday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
Lady Maccabees to Have
 Charge of w. s. s. Booths

Mrs Bert Meadows, general of the booth division announces that the local
 order of Maccabees will have charge of the booths of the War Savings Stamp sales on the street today. Mrs. Frank
 Croy is chairman of the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued in the probate office yesterday:
 Dewitt Truss of Ensley to Miss Lellean Garden. ,
 William Morrou of Ensley to Miss Mry- tlc York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16

One hundreu per ceIIe Varu uP 'o ''7o Friday:
 Ed s. Moore Co.,, Inc. Steel City Lumber Co. Eureka Coal Go. Connors Steel Co., Inc. Connors- Wyman Steel Co. United States fuel administration or flee.
 ]. B. Davis Engineering Co. Yolande Coal & Coke Go. Gulf States Steel Co The Alabama Fuel X Iron co. DeBardeleben Coal Co. United States Tire Co. Blacklock- fosner Tire Co. American Bakeries Go. Evans Brothers Construction Co. Chero-Cola Bottling Co. | Norris Auto Supply Co
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
ADMITTED 10 CONFERENCE

Following Dr. Welsh's address, the question of admitting applicants to the conference and that of considering those admitted on trial, those to be referred to the committed on super anuates, and those whose names wers to be referred to the committee on supernumeraries, was taken up. There were II admitted on trial, eight passed from the second to the third year, 16 from the third to the fourth year. three were made elders, and eight were continued in the third year class. Therc were IS members of the fourth year admitted to the conference and three were retained in that class. An address by pr. R. & stout of Lou 1 isville co1ored secretary of the church extension board for negroes. followed Dr. Stout appealed in a very earnest way to his white friends for aid in raising s4oo0 in 60 days for this work They responded by raising $1S9.09 for l the fund.
 WOMAN'S MEETING 1 At 12 o'clock the Brotherhood of l Preachers of the North Alabama con- l ference held meeting for 30 minutes. tion was explained and committees : were nominated and elected.
 | At the request of pr. c. c. Daniels, president of rminghamS Southeri. college, the members of the conference ] repaired to the college campus in au- l tomobiles furnished by friends and par l took of an appetiZing lunch, after the l adjournment of the morning session f 1 f2:eO.
 Several prominent delegates were scheduled to speak on this occasion. ! but on account of lack of time, thls | feature was eliminated.
 At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Miss Mabel Howell spoke to an audi ence of ladies in the auditoriums of | the church. explaining the womanD mart n the centenary movement. She was introduced by Mrs. J. H. Mccoy. {, Miss Howell told the ladies present that each should be definite factor 1 in carving out this programme; that they should work as they had in the Red Cross work. the Liberty Loan 1 drives. and in other drives Of this char | acter.
 | Car,..- were distributed for enroll 1 uent in the Intercession league. Those ! who, sign those cards pledge, themselves | to pray for the success of the move ment Quite a number were signed. Although it was woman's meeting, there were several men present. Dr. Onderdonk spoke briefly of the en-
 among the Mexicans in Texas They
 !. have contributed s1S,970 already to 1t. The doxology was sung in conclus-
 ion. after which the meeting was dis.
 missed by prayer by Rev. T. K.
 | Fierce.
 | NIGHT SESSION
 The purpose of the meeting last nigh
 was the celebration of the anniversary
 of the board of education of the Nortf
 l Alabama conference. Tn the absence o the chairman, Judge w. w. Brandon l ayQrciQaq+ Rran
 don alluded to the manufacturing in
 dustries of the Birmingham district. say
 ing that there are not only materia
 products turned out here but Christian ', characters as well. He spoke eloquentl,
 of the great work of the Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16

Standard cold remedy forco years--in tablet form-safe, cure, no opiates- hreaks up cold in 24 hours-relisses grip In 3 days. Money back if it fa{ls. The genuine box has Red top with Ar. I1ii1's pirtufe. At An Drug Stores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
The First National Bank
of Birmingham, Ala. Statement November l, 1918
IdEGLIGIiL INUNGAHD~H Af HN
 RESOURCES.

Loans and Discounts. 4,055. .533.oS tlverdraffs .. 2,76y.53 U. $. Bonds (Par) ......- 1,oUO,VOJ-uv IT S Treasury Certificates 4,2S4,O0u.0U Liberty Loan Bonds. ..... S,S22, 2,450.UO state of Alapana Bonds. 12T,000.0O Stock in Federal Reserve m Bank ,5e'999'VV99 Other Stocks and Bonds. 1,125, d2l.4l Ranking House ...,.... 36HOUV.OO Other Real Estate ...... 4l,5S4.sV count of Letters of Credit 1.2oO.oo
 Cash. In Vault ... 1,136,191.33 With Banks. 4,136,46u With U. 5. TT. 7V,U00.00 With Federal
 Reserve
 7,41u, 6S6.03
 s32,S20.S .Sg5.01 ranital stock k.s ~ 1,5oo, ,Ooo.oo Surplus and Profits ........ l,o95' 'ooz.d n dl Reserved for Taxes ....-. 4S'9Vv'vv v Rills Pavabie .,... 1,60G, ,000.00 Customers Letters of 2oe oo Credit A'AVo'V0
 Deposits. Individual ..$19,213,971.7z Bank ....... 2,72g.6Sl.da U. $. ...... 125,OO0.oo Federal Re-
 serve Blk, Fiscal <As' 26.670,162.S9
 s82,s2O. O.ss5.O1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
EFFICIENT AUDITORS

The accounting department was highly commended yesterday in the general or
 ders for it's efficient and painstakins service These boys are like the stokers on ship said one worker. They lapor day and night in the darkness Of head quarters without even an opportunity to attend the luncheons and get inspira- tion from the messages delivered there
 Following is the auditing committee: w. c. Caldwell chairman; Harry E. Strong. Fred Larlkins. G. w. Stockard, w. H. Hoover, W. H. Cahoon, R. F.. Weinberg
 Today will probably be the last chance that anyone will have to donate to the seven allied war funds, for the commit tees do not expect to solicit subscriptions Monday. As somebody expressed it, the man that
 gives three cheers for the boys over
 there Is not the real patriot, but the fel- low who digs down and forks over the cash now is the man whose conscience is going to rest easy when the boys come home.
 After all, the real story of mans
 patriotism $ written on his check stubs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
HEALTH CONDITIONS

Dr. S. w. Welch, state health off cer. addressed the conference for about 20 minutes on health conditions of the state and solicited the cooperation of the ministers in helping the board ot health to keep down communicable dis cases. He said that the object of the board is not so much to effect cures as 1t Is to prevent disease He spoke of the great responsibility resting upon everyone in this respect. pr. Welsh said that mans spiritual re- demption was accomplished upon oai- vary. his intellectual redemption when Cadmus invented the alphabet, and his physical redemption when the germs causing disease were discovered and laws to prevent their operation in the human system were formulated and promulgated.
 He very earnestly advocated compul- sorry health and said that laws ought to be passed by the legislature to re- puire the same sexual purity in men as we expect from women. This" he said, would help to minimize social disea se" Dr. Welsh said that our law makers have been entirely too careless in their appropriation for the better ment of public health, saying that where they had appropriated SsS,09o for the treatment of hog diseases, they have appropriated s25,000 for the health of human beings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16

Southern college. Short speeches from the heads of the educational institu- tions constituted the programme Of the evening.
 Dr. L. S. Branscomb, editor of the Ala bsma Christian Advocate, spoke very complimentary of all the educational work in Alabama. but he placed particu- lar emphasis upon the work done by the Women's college of Montgomery. So carefully guarded by the president, Dr. Schwartz, is the health of the pupils that not a one of them had influenza during the recent epidemic which spread throughout the country" said pr. Brans- comb He mentioned the rapid growth oe the school, which is yet In comparative
 infancy It is only eight or 10 years old and has an endowment of half a mil lion dollars.
 Dr. B. B. Glagow, president of the Methodist Female college at Athens, ad- dressed the audience very interestingly for a shcrt while upon the progress of the. school over which he presides He sa id that the Athens school has the best enrolment this session that it has ever
 had during the 75 years of it's history; 25 were refused admittance for lack of room. Dr. Glasgow said that at the close of last years session there was not a girl at the college that was not mem- Der of the church; he also said that the school is a missionary center and a center for united war work.
 f Dr. c. C.. Daniels spoke earnestly of Birmingham-sout college, of which gratined with the visit of the delegates ix .ts U .-lIA rA.-f..r %<Iexr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-16
LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS

At the luncheon of the armies yester- day additional number of large supscrlp- tions were announced as follows: Continental Gin company (AVOn