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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
War Contract Bill
 Consumes Another Day
By Assoeiatsa Prs,s

Washington. January 2S.-With the hope of reaching a final vote before adjourn ment tomorrow, the Senate devoted an- other day to consideration of the bill for the validation and settlement of informal war contracts. The measure which was framed by the military affairs commit tee as a substitute for the House oil was amended in several minor details.
 Without record vote the Senate ten- tatively accepted an amendment offered by Senator Mckellar of Tennessee, pro- viding that in no case shall any award made include prospective or possible pro- fits on any part of contract beyond the goods and supplies delivered to ana accepted by the government and a remu- neration which may include a reasonapIe profit for expenditures and obligations necessarily incurred in performing the contract" The amedment, it was ex plained, is designed to prevent claims for profits on contracts the filling or which had not been started at the tim. of cancellation.
 An amendment by Senator Pomerene of Ohio, which was also adopted would authorize the Secretary of War to appor- tion the amounts awarded to prime con : tractors among subcontractors. The amendment alSo would give the claims of subcontractors priority over those Of uther creditors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
MOTOR CAR MAKERS
 HAVE FINE SUCCESS
Hanson Motor Company of Atlanta Doubles Capitalization and Will
 Enlarge Plant

Atlanta. January 8.-(Special)-On of the most remarkable stories of industrial success under difficulties was disclosed last week at the meeting of stockholders of the Hanson Motor company of Atlanta At this meeting it was voted to double the capitalization of the company, mak- ing the capital stock s1.Ooo. .ooO, the greater part of the new issue being immediately taken up by the old stockholders
 Organized only one year ago, the Han son company has. despite the war rap idly forged to the front among automo- bile manufacturers and at the stock holders meeting declared a handsome dividend result of the years work
 It was also stated by the company that tl,ey are daily receiving requests for ter ritorial agency contracts from all parts of the country; that they now have on hand orders for over 800 cars for the earliest possible delivery and that the plant will shortly be turning out com pleted cars at the rate of 10 daily.
 At last weeks meeting it was also voted to increase the capacity of the plant and work will commence mime diately on the erection of additional buildings which will add one acre of floor space to the already handsome plant which now faces the railroad on Murphy avenue, Atlanta.
 The company has been handica pped during its first year of active business by reason of war conditions It will be remembered that at one time it was thought likely that all manufacture of pleasure automobiles would be stopped for the duration of the war, and the makers of cars were actually limited to a serious extent in their output.
 Despite these conditions. however. the Hanson Six has won an important place for itself in the motor world. and 1t is now safe prediction that the achieve ments of this company will mean the eventual foundation of a huge automobile industry for the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
FREEDOM OF SEAS PUZZLING
 By Associated Pren

Ns Paris, January 2S.--The conferences
 among the peace delegates here are alalready beginning to touch upon tho
 question of the freedom of the seas, ,which probably is the one question upon
 which the European delegates seek
 immediate enlightment as to President s1l Wilson's views
 Some of the foremost international law
 experts attending the conference, how it ever, seem to be of the opinion that the
 freedom of the seas. when reduced to \ the final analysis, resolves itself into >the question as to what is contraband.
 since the freedom of the seas really
 means nothing more than the right of sA private property to move upon the seas
 in time of war. Discussion is ranging
 around the proposition that the league os nations shall decide what is contra
 band, so that the question shall never ue
 settled by any of the nations interested. yThis it is thought, may produce a sou-
 tion of the problem.
 The question of disarmament already taas been discussed in it's initial phases and the related problem of revising ln- \ .ternational maritime practices will go shand in hand with it. Thus the freedom K of the seas and all questions which bear \ upon it are being approached with con- fsideration for their relationship with one lanother.
 {, The detailed settlement of these issues sbrobably will go ultimately to commits lsions for investigation and ,recommenda- tion.
 Such recommendat tons would come be- IA fore the league of nations itself. if. al many of the statesmen assembled ir tParis expect the peave conference de- \ svelops into the as yet unorganizeo | tleague
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
Summary of the News

1-German colonies occupy attention
 of peace conference. Seventy-fve per cent cut in transat-
 1antic rates on cotton. &1,2JO, 100000 to carry out wheat
 price guarantee provided In bill. Resolution would end wire control
 December 31. Especial road tax passes senate. 10
 to :. 3+StOries of day from Washington. 4-EditOrinl. -COnductOr shot by negro passenger. Bradley and Pevear work out de-
 tails for better service. 1SOcfety. 7-Casualty list. -soIons tickled at dog tax bfIl. @Sergeant tells of hike to the Rhine. 11-Markets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
HOUSE MEMBERS
 VOTE IVES" ON MANY MEASURES
In Happy Frame of Mind S0lons Pass Measures for
 Hour Without Dis senting Vote

Montgomery. January 2S.-tSpe-
 ciaI. of the house of
 representatives on the ninth Iegis-
 latiye dny, Tuesday, apparently
 were in happy frame of mind,
 and were willing to vote ives" on
 the big majority of the bills that
 were the calendar. For more
 than mn hour there were no dIs-
 senting votes when the bills came
 up for final reading and passage.
 Then the bars were lowered and Ob-
 jeetion to the final vote on two
 bills came up.
 This broke the monotony of the day and the slision became more interest. ing in the last minutes of the Tuesday session. The h $lse will meet again al 10 o'clock "Wednesday morning and bills that were not disposed of Tuesday vii be taken up.
 Iu.il .4s.- been said about house bi NO 60, by Afr. Jones of Montgomery. be- fore It came ID tor in ri leading Tues day, but the bill went the route many that the qualified e4eetors of the state .I.s ...- ...., ~e..s.,. ,4.a4.es provision ehal the qGarsnea e eeto s of the state ole on c an C n re coast:tut on, whicf will permit certain persons who servec United States to vote and be perpet |, q ty eAeaal,.ei nro.n tue payment O. poll tax This bill struck It's first obstacl, when Green of Dallas, who said he hat carefully read it. made a motion tha it go back to the privileges and election! committee. Mr. Jones didn't object ant smiled when he agreed for this route for his bill
 There are many members of the hous+ who frankly admit they ."are afraid o this bill They are afraid there is clause which will permit persons to vot' who are not entitled to vote. And ther are many who believe the bill will no again be reported favolabiy by the com mittee,-
 House bill No. 54 by Arnold of lief ferson also failed the rough ssea dur ing the afternoon This bill woul provide for the voting of qualified cleo tors who are out of the state when primary election is held. Mir Arnold explaining his bill, said travelling mel should not be forced to leave thei work to go home on election day. H also remembered the railroad men, an, the soldiers who might again have t. serve in the military branch of tn government. But MT. Tunstail of Hale who long has been a leader in affair of the house. mace speech in which h said he could not vote for the mea s ure until he had given it more care ful consideration, and until all mem bers of the house were present. 1T lc oked upon this bin as being chang in the election laws that should hay the. approval of all members. The bil went over without objection by M. Arnold until the twelfth legislat,v day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
U PER CENT CUT
 |. IN TRANSATLANTIC RATES ON COTTON IS NOW EFFECTIVE
Announcement of Reduction Regarded as Presaging Rate War Between Mer-
 chant Marine and Brit
 ish Shipping Interests
By Associated Pres,

Washington, January 2S.
 Reductions of nearly 75 per cent in transatlantic freight
 rates on cotton carried in
 American bottoms, effective
 immediately, were announced
 today by the shipping boards
 division of operations. Sweeping decreases were made yester- day in rates on general freight to meet cuts by British ship owners and some shipping board officials regarded today's announcement as presaging a rate war between the new American merchant
 marine and British shipping interests Requests for the cut in rates on cotton were made by southern senators and rep resentatives in conference with shipping boards officials the price of cotton on the New York and New Orleans ex- changes was electric. the price on the old contract months advanting $10 a bale-the limit of fuctuation permitted in single day under the law controll-
 ing dealings in futures,
 EXPORT INCREASE CERTAIN immediate and sharp increase in the exports of cotton from this country was viewed by southern senators and repre- senatives as a certainty. All regulations affecting such exports already had been removed and the high freight rates were regarded as the only barrier between Flu ropean needs and the American supply No cotton will be permitted to go to
 enemy countries, however. until the mat ter of the economic blockade of these countries has been determined at the peace conference.
 The new rates from south Atlantic ports to ports in Europe as anonunced ate today by the shipping board are NEW RATES
 To Liverpool and other ports in the United Kingdom. s125 per 100 pounds against the old rate of s4.50 per 100 pounds | New rates from south Atlantic ports | to ports in continental Europe were an nounced as follows:
 I To French Atlantic parts. Rotterdam Antwerp and Portugal. s10 per lJo pounds, compared with s475.
 | To French Mediterranean ports and l Barcelona, Spain, s2 per 100 compared
 with $5.25..
 l To Italian main ports, $2 25 gainst 5,50 l The new rates frsfn- g,arf ports, to all i ports named were i&ed at p cents in excess of the south Atlantic port rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
OFFICIAL REPORT
 OF PROCEEDINGS OF PEACE CONFERENCE
By Associated Press

Paris, January 2S.-The official communication issued today on the peace proceedings reads ns follows:
 "The president of the United States, the prime ministers and for ciGn ministers of the United States, the British empire, France and Italy and the representatives of Japan held two meetings rOday-thc first from II a. m. until 12:3O and the second from to 6:30 p. m.
 "An exchange of views took place on the German colonies in the far east and the Pacific and on those in Africa.
 "The representatives of the do- miniOns were present at these two sessions; the representatives of China at that in the morning, and the Marquis Salyake Uta1y) at that in the afternoon. sn the morning the delegates of Australia, New Zealand, China md Japan were heard.
 "In the afternoon Henri simon, French minister of the colonies, ex- pIained the views of his department on colonial questions.
 'In addition, the fundamental principles of the league of nations and heir application were consid- cred.
 "The next meeting will take place tomorrow at II o'clock"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
pIsApPEARED IN lNoyEMBER

On November l, after learning or her husbands death, she gave up an apartment she had in New York, Ms Huckin announced and sent her be- longingss to her fathers home Tn Tampa Then she disappeared
 It was reported that Miss Packwood was engaged in Red Cross work in New York and frequently went to Camp Merritt at Tenafly when her husband was stationed there. Mir. Euckin declined to say whether she was Red Cross nurse. but admitted she evidently had an extensive knowi- edge of anaesthetics.
 He said she had frequently been seen walking along the palisades and inti- mated that, in view of her confessed intention of suicide. had evidently been selecting the spot where ale should in secret end her life. The body was found on shallow ledge, sex era, weeks after the girl had swathed her head in bandages soaked in;schloro. form. ssss sasa
 Mr.. Huckin said he had notified the girls father. wealthy resident of Tar but had received no reply.
 MT. Huckin said he had been informed that the young woman kept the fact
 lContinued on Pa.e Twol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
Immigration Prohibition
 Unanimously Agreed Upon

Washington, January 2S.-Pro- hibition of immigration for four years after the war except from Cuba, Mexico, Canada aud New fouadIand. a,a. agreed upsn unani- mousIy today ny ihe House inmi- grafton conimittee,
 Chairman Darnett announced that permit early consideration of the measure by the House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
Price Decline Due to
 Refusal to Pay Prices
By Associated Press

Chicago, January 2S.-Tne decline in the prices of dairy products. which was re- newed here today, is attributed by many dealers to refuseal of householders to nay the high prces which did not begin to break until a fortnight ago.
 In the last five days cheese at whole sale has declined cents; butter cents and eggs cents, A federal grand jury is expected to report Saturday on retail CTS who are alleged not to have passed the saving on to the ultimate consumer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

"The steel for the suspended ships has not yet been rolled in most cases, said Mir. Piez and the order does not affect immediately the operation of any yards. It is not to be assumed that the ships contemplated will not eventu- ally be built.
 The reason for the order is that types of ships which it will be found advisable tc construct under peace con- diuons are being determined by the committee of experts which is now at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
EXPORT INCREASE CERTAIN

' Paris, January &.-Without attracting ' much attention change has been made xIh the name of the important commit
 ike of the peace conference which IS to deal with the subject of damages suf- Afered through the war and compensation lxi6r them. Instead of being the commit tee on indemnities, as originally planned, tthe committee will now be known as 1.-the committee of reparation.
 H The change, it is understood, was
 Drought about by the American dele
 bates who were animated by the idea
 tk keeping the whole scheme of repair. fling the devastation resulting from the Agar within the spirit of President Will (Continned on Page EighD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
French Steamer Burning

By NsSocIateu Fress
 Havre. January 2.-The French steam. CT Condo from Savannah, December l3, loaded with cotton, arrived in the road stead today on fire The vessel is lying six miles off the port and the fire is said to be raging fiercely The sea IS rough and tugs and lifeboats have put out to take off the crew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
BODY |DENT|F|E
 AS THAT OF YOUNG
 FLORIDA WIDOW
News Dispatches Bring the First News of Mysterious Death to Aged Father
 at Tampa
Rx Assoniat,d Pres,

EnglcwOd, N. J., January -S'
 The body of n youag woman found
 Sunday on the palisades was fden-
 tificd today as that of the dauSh-
 fer of George II, Pnckwood or
 Tampa, Fla, wifow of a major |"
 the American army. Nh" died "i
 influenza in France last oct"Der'
 nceording to announcement here
 tonight by Thomns J. Huckin'
 prusecutor of Bergen county.
 Mr. Huckin, who declared an autopsy performed today established the tac' that the girl was killed by chloroform self-administered. asserted she appa- rently had married without the kno"l- edge of her parents or friends. News of tbe death of her husband, whose name is not known to the authorities maoe her despondent.
 Identification of the body. Mr Huckin stated. was established by Mrs Bradford Ellsworth of New York anu other friends of the young woman whose names he dif not make pupilc To Mrs. Ellsworth, MT, Huckin said. the young woman confessed her inlell- ton sometime ago to commit suicide in a manner which would leave her identity fogever unrevealed.
 Mrs. Ellsworth stated that she had known the young woman nearly t" ' years. but only as Miss Azeele PacK- wood as she had not confided to her the name of the officer she had mar ried. She was s4 years old, she said. although doctors who performed the autopsy estimated her age as between , q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

work. Their report is not yet avail- able and will not be available for some time. but it Is fairly certain that it will not be advisable to start the construc- tion of some vessels that were con- tracted for during the war emergency. Contracts of this category are there fore being suspended.
 ships now under construction are not affected by the suspension order. nor does it affect any ships for which keels will be laid in the yard under normal pressure up to August l"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

"if the bill is not passed by the present Congress. it's purpose will he partially defeated" MT. Burnett said. "it is intended to prevent great flood af immigrants coming ifarc rs s0oastss pPace is signed and driving our own people out of work. .lnd also to Keep out the bOsheviki.
 \ number of anne epdments accept ed permit the admission of relatives of aliens already in this country md of persons skilled in certnin Oc- equations and professions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
WorkOrderedSuspended IOn1, 900, 900 Tons Ships
Both Atlantic and Pacific Coast Yards Affected By Order of Shipping Board Ships Under
 Construction to Be Completed
Rs Associated Press

Washington January 28Orders shpyard not to begin work on ships aggregating from 100000 to 25OOOO dead weight tons the kees which ordinarily would not have been laid before August being sent out by the ship nnp board Charles Piez general of the
 fleet corporation said today that yards both the Atlantic and Pacif stsw we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
Electrical Strike Averted

Paris January 2.-A strike of electu- cal workers which it had been expected would be called tonight, was averted. The power companies agreed to negoti- AtA with their men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
SUCCESS ACCIDENTAL

"The food administration has been
 successful in<fixing the price of meat
 sold the allies,' he said. but that was because the allies had to take our meat or go without. As soon as the world
 market becomes normal again, prices
 will be fixed as before by the law of
 supply and demand"
 Representatives of Cudahy & Co. fol-
 lowed MT Norris on the stand. J. A. tMcNaughton, traffic manager. submitted figures to show that refrigerator cars were operated much more efficiently by the packers than by the railroads. He said it would be all right for the government to supply cars to the in dependent packers. but asserted that the big packers should be allowed to retain those they have now.
 Thomas Creigh, attorney for Cudahy
 & Co, told the committee it would be "an utterly impractical un-American procedure for the government to snuff out business without a clear, judicial, unbiased investigation of the facts He said such an investigation had not | been conducted by the federal trade | commission and that the commission s | report was filled with erroneous and | distorted statements to which no cred | ence should be given. | Thomas E. Wilson. president of Will ! president of Cudahy & Co., will be the next witnesses before the House com mittee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29

Waldo H. Hnch thinks he is the uckiest in the without scratch several lines of telegraph wires nerceptag him his Mother another fell 5000 feet and while he suffered wounds 10 ace he fighting Heinrichs the fight in which Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt lost his life and managed Lots other bee the American flyer but he hale another havea a mind to starto
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
PACKERS ADVISE
 AGAINST ANY NEW
 MEAT REGULATION
Swift and Morris Tell Com mittees New Legislation
 Would "Just Muddle Things Up"
By Associated Press

Washington, January 2S.-Presi-
 dents of two big packing companies
 today advised Senate and House
 committees against enactment of
 any additional legislation to regu-
 late the meat packing industry.
 Louis F. swift of Swift & Co. told
 the Senate agriculture committee
 present laws were adequate to deal
 with any abuses charged, and Ed
 ward S. Morris of Morris x& Co.,, tes-
 tified before the House interstate
 commerce committee that any fur
 ther Legislation ''yvould just muddIe
 things up."
 J. Ogden Armour, president of Ar mour x Co.,, announced yesterday that he expected to consult representatives of all other packers concerning meas ures to be offered as substitutes for legislation now pending before Con gress. Mir Swift, when asked today by Senator Gore of Oklahoma, if he ex- -peet4d to assist with such legislation. sHrto he felt p,ssAsAf the so-ealiea feel ing against the packers" was exag- gerated and that legislation would not auect the situation.
 Some limitation of capitalizatio of packing companies was suggested by Senator Gronna of North Dakota after Francis J. Heney had crosseXamined Mir. Swift concerning a series of in creases of his company's capital stock.
 READY WITH DATA
 MT. Heney said that by separating the Swift concern into three organizations inal stock had been increased more than $100,000, 900. Mir. Swift denied this, and agreed to inform the committee as to the transactions dealing with the separation of the one company into Swift & Co.,, Swift International and Libby. McNeill & Libby.
 MT. Morris, in completing his testi- mony before the House committee, said the packers should not be inter fered with as long as they operate at the present degree of efficiency and justly treat both the producer and the consumer. Legislation would be partic- ularly harmful at the present time, he said, because the packers are making every effort to get back to pre-war basis. Asked by Representative Rey- burn of Texas if he did not believe it would be advisable for the govern ment to at least fix the price of meat, Mir. Morris said such an attempt un- doubtedly would result disastrously be- cause there were many factors entering into the determination of meat prices over which the government would have no control
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-29
BURLESON'S REPLY

The postoffice department tonight made public q copy of Mir Buresons reply to MT Ward, in which he said
 Tt seems only necessary to state that the English government is exercising con trol over the property of and persons
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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-01-24

stated that he suggested to Aubrey
that 1t would be good material TO
support the brewery side of the con
troyersy in Texas, as all preachers
in Texas he said, who were IN poll
tics favored prohibition.
Mr.. Bailey told the committee
that the first Texas constitution de-
clared preachers were not eligible 10
election to the Legislature, that they
must serve the Lord and not the
State. Any Government, he added,
controlled by the clergy is an op-
pressed one, without regard TO the
creed of the clergy"
Bailey ouht to know by now that
we are not living under the first
constitution. Several things have
been changed. We even have changed
the personnel G.
IN the United States senate
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-01-24

NOTICE TO AUTO OWNERS.

An licenses ON automobiles and
motorcycles for the year 1919 are
due ON January Isl and after Jan.
uary 3lst. all motor driven vehicles
that have not been registered al the
Tax Collectors office in t.r county
in which the owners res.Ga -. d1v'
added penalty OF - pc. OF
the registration fee. We ~
request that as many pay during .he
eary part OF January ass coa do s'.
in order to avoid the rush durine
the ust days of the month
ar $. T. ELLA.
Tay Collector, scurry County Texas