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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10

the bankers who represent the capital ists interested in the Carolina-Tennes- see Power company.
 A $2,000,000 plant for manufacturing wood alcohol and other chemicals is contemplated for establishment at Bierne, Ark, by the war department Plans include provision for a 40-acre site buildings of brick and steel, so or more retorts. artesian wells with daily supply of 100000 gallons of water, etc., the daily consumption of wood to be 200 cords
 Report states that $2,000,000 will be the cost of a plant to manufacture castor oil for 1ubricating military air. planes to be established by the Florida Industrial corporation. Gainesville, Fla. This enterprise is to be under government control and will consume castor beans grown east of the Mis- sissippi river. As nucleus for the plant. the Gainesville Chemical com pany's pine-products distillery has been purchased.
 An oil refinery with daily capacity 50,000 barrels will be built by the Lone Star Oil and Refining company. Cole man, Tex, organized with s2,000,00 capital
 A shipyard with facilities for con- structing 9600-ton steel steamships will be established by the Doullut & Will Hams Shipbuilding company, New Dr. leans, organized with $1,000,000 capi- tai. This new organization has s15,- 900, 900 contract to build vessels of this type for the government.
 Ice-cream will be manufactured by the Carry Tce-Cream company, Rich mond, Va. incorporated with $1,O00,o0o capital by Washington investors.
 Coal will be mined by the Colleen Mining corporation, Arlington, Va, chartered with s750, 900 capital.
 A monthly capacity of 1900 barrels of dyes has been decided upon by the Consumers Dye Wood Products cor poration. Mobile, organized with $S00,- 900 capital by Ohio manufacturers of dyes from 1ogwood. This company plant will include main structure 300 feet long by 100 feet wide, and 200C tons of 1ogwood will be imported each month from Haiti for raw material
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10

state keeps wages high, and there will be no change in this respect for a long time to come, regardless of whether peace is restored next year or several years later. After the war this country will witness an era of unprecedented prosperity, and it will be prosperity that will cause the farmer to thrive as never before, and that will tax the productive capacity of every manufacturer to ths uttermost.
 For several weeks past the Birming- ham districts most serious problem has turned upon coal production. In spite of the urgent appeals for capacity output there has been little or no re- sponse on the part of the miners. But more hopeful feeling in operating circles is manifesting itself and it is believed that production in the month of June will show substantial in- crease over the output in May
 Alabama made a new high record in coal output in 1917. For the first
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Texas can provide. The rate of produc- ton for these two mines he gives as about 100,00O tons per month, and adds that we are depicting existing stocks at the rate of about 45 900 tons per month. We will, he said, by the end of the year be using birthstone at a rate of from 100000 to 300,0o0 tons per year more than we are producing.
 In discussing the feasibility of a large increase in the production of pyrite, Mir Wells said:
 At the present time it appears very doubtful whether the production of pyrite in this country in 1918 will be equal to that of 1917. The mine operators have had difficulty in getting price for their pyrite which would allow them to go in on an extensive scale to increase their output. The acid manufacturer so far has been able to buy birthstone. He has no pressure put on him. There was no pressure brought to bear on the acid manufacturer to make him use pyrite rather than birthstone. He preferred to use birthstone rather than pyrte. The mine operators have labor difficulties Certain extensive deposits in the south. are not operating to their capacity be- cause of labor troubles, and the mine operators are not getting what they fig ure they ought to get for the pyrite ore and are not prepared to pay the wages which would keep labor at their prop critics.
 "The necessary thing right now is for some powerful agency, probably the gov- ernment, to take a firm hand in the mat ter and determine what properties or what mines can be brought to produce the greatest amount of ore within a req sonable time and at a reasonable ex- penSe.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10

Florence, June 9.--(Special.)- Mus cle Shoals development adjacent to this city has brought thousands of newcom- CTS into our midst and so many are building residences here we now see the fullfnrnent of the prohecy that Florence would ce the '-home" city of the Muscle Shoals district
 Building in the eastern section of the city Will also be revived with the an nounccment from Washington that work on Muscle Shoals Dam No. 2 will begln as once on a large scale under the di- rection of Maj. D. A. Watt. South Flor ence, where Plant No. is located, is al- ready becoming a city within itself, ana we have even larger things to expect with the building of Dam in the east ern section of our city. A survey made this week shows that there are 250 houses 1lew under construction or just com pseted within the city limits During the month of May one lumber company sold SS0,0co worth of building material, while another sold s56,000 worth of building material. This means that these firms
 
 as they formerly sold in a year.
 Every subdivision put on the market has found an easy sale, and sthe pur- chaSers of lots immediately begin to build thereon. In East Florence Porter field & Reeder have completed two sub divisions adjoining the dam reservation, one with IF lots and the other with 55 lots. In the same part of the city the Florence Land company has begun COZ struction of 15 houses. The Cherry Cot ton rllls have just completed 15 houses in that section for the use of their en- ployes.
 The city plans to spend nearly s1,oG0,- 900 this year in public improvements. IL will build two large school buildings, one in East Florence and another Tn North Florence. A large amount or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10
THE HUM OF INDUSTRY IN. THE SOUTH
Florence Plans to Spend
 Nearly Million Dollars h
 Large Public Improvements
Bv RALPH E. wHiTrAKER.

street paving will be done, water sys- tenn will be enlarger and the sewer sys- tenn will be extended to reach all pof- tions of the city.
 An election will be called within the next 30 days to vote on about $500, ,000 of the amount to be used in public improve ments, and the forecast is that the bond issue will carry, inasmuch as it has already met the indorsement of the Chamber Of Commerce.
 Not only is the city taking forward strides in the matter of house or home building, but many business houses have been recently constructed and contracts have been lei for others to be built at an early date. N. c. Biting, president of the First National bank, has announced that the plans are being made for building to be constructed at once on Court street at a cost of about $10o,0 ,0O0. H. L. Reeder authorized the statement that he will begin without delay the con- struction of six stores on College and Seminary streets at a cost of about $40,- 00e. b. l.. Harrison has let the contrac- for store on Court street that will cos. abort $17,O00. w. l.. Reeder has let ths, contract for the construction of four stores on Tennessee street adjacent 10 the Muscle Shoals hotel. The Southern Bell Telephone company has bought the New Florence hotel building at cost of $24,oGJ, and will spend s1200o to slS,- GOO .n fitting it up as the home of thci- new telephone system, which will be in- stalled in the Tri-Cities before the end of the year. M. J. billiard. president of the Muscle Shoals Realty company, has made leaseo for a term of years with 5o odd fiums to do business in Florence be- fore fall, many of the firms to move here from other cities.
 New contracting firms have moved here Of late, and one company. Smith < Robbitt of Memphis, announce that they are now at work on 46 residences, at total contract price of s110,0Oo and they are working on the plans for four addi- tional residences, ranging in prices fror1 5000 to s15,o0o; also a garage and two stores to cost s51,0o0, for which financial arrangements have been made.
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time production went above the 20, 000,o0o-ton marx. It was predicted early in 1918 that this years output would come up to 22.oo0,000 tonss But the result of the first five months of 1918 would not indicate a record for the year as high as that made in 1y17 But with the improvement hoped for from now on Alabama may still be spared a record that would denote it's rank to that of 1916 It would be poor credit to the district. indeed if it did not do better-a little bit better at least-than it did in 1917.
 Nearly every blast furnace in Ala bama is now in operation. The big stack of the Gulf States Steel company at Gadsden which went in blast last. Tuesday is giving a fine account of itself.
 The graphite industry is in good shape. The Liberty Graphite company. of which Leo K. Steiner is presi- dent is beginning to ship it's product, and it is understood that it will shortly be operating at full swing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10
MOVE TOSTAb|LRE
 THE COTTON TRADE

Washington, June 9.-Steps to stabilize ships on the manufacturers and dis tributors pending completion of price fix ing negotiations, were taken here to- day at conference between the price, fixing committee of the war trade board and the war service committee of the National Council of American Cotton Manufacturers
 Under a tentative plan outlined to be operative if the negotiations for price agreement are concluded, prices on all sales made on or before today for de- livery previous to next January 1 would remain as shown in the sales Prices on all sales made on or after June g., for delivery subsequent to next Septem- Der 90 would be subject to revision to accord with prices agreed upon by the price-ixing and manufacturers commit tees.
 On all sales made for delivery after next January 1 the prices agreed upon by the committees are to be the prices regardless of the fact that the sales may have been made previous to June IS. It is understood that all prices for so- called spring. 1919 business will be subject to revision.
 ''The plan,'' said the war trade board s announcement, ''contemplates that manu- facturers' prices on staples shall be on the same basis of cost and profit to the government and their usual civilian out lets. It is further expected that man ufacturers will agree to devote a uni formly large proportion of their produce tive capacity to making staples
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10
Sulphuric Acid Requirements Ln Excess Of RatU Materials

At a meeting of the United States Sen- ate committee on mines; and mining held recently interesting testimony was de- veloped as to the need of increased pro- duction of sulphuric acid in the testi- mony given by Dr. Manning of the bu- reau of mines, Mir A. E. Wells and others
 Strong emphasis was laid upon the necessity of utilizing the waste gases of western smelters for the production of sulphur, and attention was also centered upon the possibilities of larger use of pyrrhotite ores, which are in large quan- titles in various parts of the east, and which it was claimed should be devel- oped in order to help meet the present emergency.
 The supply of birthstone or sulphur which is now being furnished from the south is not equal to the growing needs of the country at present. The entire country is dependent for sulphur upos. two mines, one in Louisiana and one in Texas. According to MT. Wells, we are now using between 5000 and 3500 tons of sulphur per day, and MT. Wells took the position that there are two smelter plants in the country which, properly equipped, could produce 1000 tons of sulphur per day. This sulphur, said MT. Wells, is go- ing to waste from the roasting depart ment of the smelters, and could be read fly recovered. while an additional quan- tity, more difficult of recovery, is also being wasted by these and other plants.
 The decreasing supply of pyrites, owing to the inability to import from Spain as freely as formerly, is greatly intensity ing the situation. MT. Wells says that before the end of the war we will be re- quiring birthstone at a rate greater than the two sulphur mines in Louisiana and
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present needs, and it is understood that new quarters will be secured August l.
 pr. H. R. Thompson, formerly sec-s- tary of the Albany Y. M. c. A., will he- come the directing secretary of the new railroad Y. M. c. A. being erected in this ,ity by the Southern railway. lie will assume his duties his duties upon the completion of the building here. which is now nearing compeltion.
 For the local building $25,0o0 worth et furniture has been bought and when in operation will be one of the best equipped Y. M C.. A. buildings in the country. The building itself is being erected at a cost Of Si0G,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10
Marine Corps Recruiting

Montgomery, June 9.-(Special. )--Mayor w. T. Robertson and the chorus of a musical comedy act at the Grand thea tre Saturday afternoon formally opened the United States marine corps recruit ing campaign in Montgomery. The streets were pacekd with people waiting for the eclipse of the sun and officers in charge O. recruiting for the t'soldiers of the sea- assert that the campaign will bring many new men into the service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10
Candidats Qualify

Montgomery June 9.-(Special)-J. c. Smith, Birmingham attorney, has entered the race for the attorney generals chair, and will handle his own campaign through the state. Among the other candidates who have qualified with Sec retary of State John Purifoy are the following: W. Y Adams for representa- tive from Franklin, Henry D. Jones for solicitor of the Eleventh judicial circuit, A. A. Griffith for senator from Cullman, Blount and Winston; J. P. Morris for representative from Russell, D. M. White for senator from Coosa, Clay and Gle bourne; R. M. Lee for senator from Bar bour, S. R. Sanders for representative from Conecuh. R. M. Lee is the third man to announce for the senate from Barbour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10
DEVELOPMENT OF MANGANESE

Organization of the Southern Manga nese Mining corporation. with Theodore swann of the Anniston Steel company and R. I. Ingalls, of Birmingham as prin- cipal officers, means a development of manganese ore fields in this country, says the Baltimore Manufacturers Record. The capital stock is announced at 5000, but this is merely nominal. It is stated that the company has intentions of con- siderable development
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10
FOUR DROWNED IN
 STORM IN MOBILE

two boys were drowned here this after noon during heavy squall when boat they occupied was overturned in Mobile river The city was swept by a high wind and hailstorm which did much damage to growing crops and minor harm to buildings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10

The Prince of Wales has a very dis tinct leaning toward music. While at the front he has often attended the sol diers' "sing songs'' and on several oc- casions he has been persuaded to sing sol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-10

At labor meeting at Athlone, in Ire land, 1t was resolved to oppose indus trial as well as military conscriptioa Women workers pledged themselves to undertake no work previously done by mon
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-20
SAYS SISLER is
BETTER ASSET
Than COBB

81 would not trade George sisler
for Ty Cobb
If Bobbie Quinn had done nothing
else to make himself known to the
baseball world that declaration would
have done it.
Ty Cobb, the super ballplayer,
Tyrus, the king of swat, the great
est of them all, not good enough for
one side of a baseball trade?
Ty, Cobb is the greatest attraction
in baseball. He draws thousands of
dollars at the gates. He is personally
responsible for the winning of more
ball games perhaps than any other
ball player.
But says Sisters boosters, Ty Cobb
is 81 years old. He has been playing
major league ball for 10 seasons. Cobb
has not started to go back yet, but his
greatest years are behind him.
George Sisler is "a. He has played
big league baseball for three years.
Last year he was outranked only by
Cobb and Speaker as a batter in the
American league. He is a wonderful
first baseman. He would make a
splendid outfielder. He is a remark
able pitcher. His base running is su-
perb.
Unless all signs fail his greatest
years are ahead of him.
How many years of stellar baseball
are left in Ty Cobb? Who can
tell?
Wagner, Lajoie, Arson, Crawford
were up there around 20 years. Their
cases are remarkable. Cobb may
last longer as a great player. He
started young and may continue fol
10 or II years yet.
On the same reasoning Sisler may
last 20 years.
Quinn expects Sisler to usurp the
place Cobb has monopoIized in the
sun for so many years in which event
S1sler as a future prospect is {
greater asset than Cobb.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-20
HEROES CLAIM
May BREAK
Up DEAL

New York, Feb. 20-Temperamen-
tai Charley Herzog is giving the Bos-
ton Braves cause for a lot of worry.
He not only demands an extension of
his contract to 1919, but also wants a
bonus of. $1,000 for going to Boston.
AS the Boston club is in no position
to meet either of Herzog's demands,
it may result in further complications
between the New York and Boston
clubs.
When Herzog was traded to Boston
for Doyle and Barnes it was made
conditional on his reporting to the
Boston club, and if the Giants can
not deliver the player the New York
club will have to get busy and use
some more persuasive power on Char
ley to complete the deal. 1t is even
limited in Boston that Herzog's de-
mands may result in breaking up the
deal.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-20
GIANT AND YANK
MINES MAY MEET
IN SUNDAY GAMES
Park Acquired From FEEDER
al League May Be Used
to Stage Sabbath Contests
For New York Fans.

New York, Feb. 20-H. N. Hemp
stead, president of the Giants; W. F.
Baker, president of the Phillies, and
c. H. Ebbets, the Brooklyn head, met
yesterday at National League head
quarters for an informal conference
on the future uses of the Washington
Park ball grounds in Brooklyn and
the Harrison, N. J., grounds, where
sthe Newark Feds played through two
ill-starred seasons.
There Gan be no final action until
the committee named by the Ameri-
can League, consisting of Messrs.
johnson and Navin, is consulted, but
it is generally understood that both
the big circuits are planning to utilize
| the New Jersey grounds as a haven
for major league Sunday baseball by
the metropolitan clubs.
1t is suggested that all the Monday
games of both the Giants and Yam
/ KEGS be transferred across the river
to get the increased Sunday revenue,
providing enough postponed games do
not crop up early in the season to
keep the Monday schedule intact
In the meantime determined eff
fort is to be made to get Sunday ball
in this state. If that could be
brought about, the Washington Park
grounds would quickly become an as
set instead of liability.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-20
MORSE WOMEN TO
ENTER TOURNEY

New York, Feb. 2O-King Smith,
president of the Seventh Regiment
Tennis club, announced yesterday that
the women's singles and doubles in
door lawn tennis championships would
be held at the armory beginning on
March 25. Miss Molla Bjurstedt, Mrs
John Rogge, Miss Maries Wagner,
Miss Goss and Miss Florence Balm
have already sent in their entries.
Miss Wagner has won the women's
singles on six different occasions and
is now the holder of the title having
defeated Miss GDss, the Brooklyn girl,
in the final round last year. Miss
Wagner won the title in 1908, 1909,
1911, 1918, 1914 and 1917. Miss Blur
setedt annexed the crown in 1915 and
1915. The finals Of the series of ex-
hibition matches for the Red Cross
Fund will be staged at the armory on
Washington Birthday.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-20
FRATERNITY WINS
IN SUIT AGAINST
BOSTON RED S0X
Long Standing Case Between Frazee Team and Kurt W
Hagerman Settled by Payment Of $2,305- Contro
versy One of Five Years Standing Argued First
a Test of Validity for Players Contracts.

New York, Feb. 20.-The Baseball
Players Fraternity scored a victory
over the Boston Red Sox yesterday
when counsel for Harry H. Frazee,
owner of the club, turned over to Da-
vid L. Fultz, president of the players
organization, a judgment amounting
to $2,3S5.19. Frazee had been ordered
to appear yesterday before Supreme
Court Justice Finch to show cause
why he should not be punished for
contempt of court in failing to meet
the judgment which was in favor of
Player Kurt W. Hagerman, who
claimed a breach of contract on the
part of the club in 1912.
Counsel for both sides appeared in
court yesterday and the judgment was
paid. This ends controversy be-
tween club owner and player which
has been in dispute for more than Eve
years. When Hagerman was released
by the Red Sox in 1912 he claimed that
it was in violation of his contract, and
suit was brought by Mr.. FHultz, presi-
dent of the Players Fraternity, which
was growing in strength at that time.
Last November the plaintiff received
judgment for $2,346.56, that being the
amount due the player for salary, to-
gether with interest and costs. AS
the judgment was not paid, Justice
|Bijur last month signed an order re-
quiring Frazee to submit to examina-
tion a record of the clubs holdings on
Feb. 2. When Frazee failed to appear
for examination, notice was served on
him to appear yesterday.
The suit was a test case on the part
of the Players Fraternity, and was
brought to determine the validity of
the players contract, which was then
a matter of dispute. The decision ia
vored the player and scored a point
for the players in the reimbursement
of conditions for which they were
striving Since that time, the Play
ers' Fraternity has gained recognition
from the National Commission, and
there have been many changes in mi
nor parts of the contracts to meet the
demands of the players. Although
these changes are still in vogue, and
the PLAYERS get the benefit of the fight
made against the baseball magnates
by the organization, the National
Commission no longer recognizes the
",
been stricken from the new national
agreement.
Organized Ball decided to cut away
from the fraternity as a recognized
body last spring after the baseball
strike. which for a time threatened to
wreck the game. Most of the players
in the game signed a pledge not to
sign their contracts until all their de-
mands had been recognized by both
the major and minor leagues. While
the major leagues granted the major
itv of the requests, the minor league
body, known as the National AssocIa-
ton. refused to have anything to do
with the fraternity. 1t was to better
the condition of the minor league
PLAYERS that the fraternity decided to
go on strike last spring.
Pitcher Slim Sallee of the Giants
was the first player to break the
pledge, and soon after he signed his
contract the others followed, and the
threatened strike was a fizzle. Sallee
is a holdout this season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-20
TO REVISE RULES
FOR MAT MATCHES

New York, Feb. 20-It is the in
tention of the wrestling promoters
throughout the country to hold
meeting and rearrange rules to govern
championship contests. In the past it
was the usual custom for a title to be
decided in two out of three falls. One
of the principal reason for this rad
ical move, is due to the recent finish
of the bout at Des Moines, between
Earl Caddock and Wladek Zbyszko.
In that contest both men obtained
a fall, but due to the shortness of time
they were unable to come to a deci-
sive finish and Caddock was given the
referees decision on points. 1t is the
intention Of the promoters through
out the country to arrange rule
whereby one fall will decide match.
They feel that this will force each op-
ponent to work at top speed, This
rule will govern the championship
event between Joe Stecher and Wladek.
zbyszko at Madison Square Garden
March 1.