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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
SP|TbALL MAY BE BARRED IN DIXIE
 MAJOR THIS YEAR New President of Southern League Comes Out Against Use of Moist Delivery
 on the Mound

That the spitbaIl vii. no longer he countenanced by the Southern league is the firm statement made by Presi- dent John D. Martin of the Sunland major, who has started on n clcan-up of baseball in this sector of the dia- mond front.
 "Ir is insanitary. unsp smanlike and a detriment to the game" said the new league president. and at the spring meeting of the association, which will be held in New Orleans March "A, l expect that legislation will be in evidence which will forever bar this filthy practice from Dixie games. The Southern is practically the only league left which permits the splitter to exist. and the time has arrived in my opinion to clean up the sport by eliminating the spitball which is cer- tain to be done,' says President Martin.
 There has been for several seasons many complaints on account of the splitter, but the Southern has been backward about bringing the matter to a head It has been content to rock along and let things remain as they have been, but President Martin be- 1ieves that with baseball due to stage a good comeback after the world Wal has been settled, it viii be wise idea to insert into the playlnS TuleS ceI . tain reforms. The first of these will be the barring of the spitball, and all clubs in the Sunland circuit which have heretofore won their pennants with spitball pitchers will be obliged to daperd upon other me noGs of pitSh- ing for the splitter is doomed.
 ''The spitball pitchers are getting scarc,r every year, said P: esiden5 -hal = tin. and moundsmen are beginning to use other stuff instead of what was formerly permitted. curve ball, a fast one and a change of pace is all that any pitcher should depend upon. ard if he cannot get by without the Use of some sort of free delivery, such as the spitball or the emery ball, he should get out of the game. I have sounded out the club owners all over the cir cult, and they are heartily in favor of abolishing the spitball forever, and when the league heads meet in March,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
ALABAMA FIELD TRIALS MEETING Events Open to All Dogs and Amateur Handlers-Three
 Big Stakes

The thirteenth annual field meeting of the Alabama Field Trials club will be held at Decatur, beginning Febru- ary 4. This is one of the biggest events of the season, and some of the bes. dogs in the country nave been entered fo1 the events. The tn, ee big stakes will be: The derby, the free-for-all. md t.,e all-age. Thes" contests are open ,u all dogs and amateur handlers. The trial grounds l.e situated m Mcrssln county, near Dec ltu-. and corr . prise 19 900 acres of the most beautiful cc;l'tIv in the south. In addition to the fed trials many social events sIe g:ven during the meet, and people from all s.C,-Cns of the county will he .1 attelcs Ice.
 TLe officers of the ciuh are Col. T r, 4: hford president, D. S. Echo's, vice president; Hugh Scales. SC. end vice president, and Jack Fiddle, secre- iaTy no treasurer
 The following invitation has been sent out:
 "Birn.TG Ghan. Ala.
 Dear Sir: If you ali vcur friends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CORBETT

the plate, whereuoon Kelly signaleo Tommy Tucker, on first, to shooU 'he ball
 Tucker threw to Mike who made the catch bare handed Then he walkea up the baseline and tagged out Dur kett. who not only had slowed up ouI actually had turned around and was making his way toward the outilelu'
 Mike Kelly was the first to orlSlnae the idea of having pitcher slsha to the rest of the team the ball ne wa going to pitch.
 Kelly, during his days as an ous- fielder, came to know that It "oHi. be a distinct advantage to hlm az right fielder if he could learn Tn au- vance just what sort of a bail H's pitcher was going to throw. lie kne" that if it was an outcurve he coui play in a certain place for a batter whereas he would play differently Tor an inshoot a different place Tor drop ball and so on.
 So when Kelly took his position cc hind the bat and teamed up with jehn Clarkson, one of the first things lhey did was to work out set of siSnais whereby Clarkson could tip off his infielders and outfielders as to just what sort of a, ball he was going W throw This vesSy fact helped the Chi cago players gitatly in laying sor the opposition bAtters. And it aided Clarkson wonderfully in amasslns an imposing record of victories.
 (The fifth Kelly story will appear III these columns tomorrowO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
CERRETTI ARRIVES
 IN NEW YORK ON A
 VISIT ID AMERICA

New York, January 19.-Archbisop Bonaventure Cerretti, papal under secre- tary of state and the highest Vatican official ever to visit the United States, arrived here today on the transport Lap land. The Lapland carried 2065 American soldiers and just before the steamship headed up the North river the arch bishop celebrated mass in the reading room, which was crowded with officers and enlisted men.
 Archbishop Cerrettis mission to the United States has been matter of specu- la ton since announcement of his pro- posed visit was made last fall, and it is said he is clothed with extraordinary au- thority from the Vatican. Before embark ing for America the archbishop conferred with President Wilson in Paris. Interest in the visit is increased by the belief that he brings with him the official announce ment of the popes selection for suc- cessor to the late Cardinal Farley as archbishop of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
By Associated Press


 Washington. January I9.-onIy one more big war loan drive is planned by the treasury department, Secretary Glass said today. This will be the vic tory loan, to be fIOatea probably the last three weeks in April. The amount will not be more than S6,00O,OOO.0O 900 and may he S5,OOO, ,0O0, ,0O0.
 "I expect the Victory Liberty Loan to be the intensive campaign for the sale of government bonds," said MT. Glass. 'Reports that there would be two more bond issues this year aggre- gating S12.O00,GO0.000 are entirely with out foundation, not cnly as to amount, but also regards the number of cam paigns."
 More bonds probably will be- issued by the government even after the next campaign, but it is planned to market these quietly through banks and other financial institutions, without the usual campaign of advertising and soliciting. The amount of securities to be sold in this manner will not be determined for months, until the treasury gets a more definite idea of the volume of eX- penses growing out of liquidating of war contracts, the allies needs for fu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20

NNOle-Sl HIS IS lHe lOuI LII ol h Sc-
 ries of six articles which James J.
 Corbett has written concerning
 Mike Kelly-"the brainiest man
 that ever stepped on a ball field"
 Each story relates some of the
 tricks which King KeI' executed
 on the diamond which added glory
 to his name and made his fame un-
 dying The fifth chapter will ap'
 pear tomorrow
 The brain of Mike Kelly was ever ways in which to trick foemen into defeat Year after year his exhibitions of the planning and execution of plays in the movement of an eyelash kept fandom agog.
 A typical instance of the remarkable resourcefulness of Kelly and how he used every possible guile to win for his team occurred many years ago in one of the home games in Chicago.
 The game had dragged along until the ninth inning with Kelly's team one run to the good and the opposi- ton at bat with a man on second and one out. Kelly wasn't catching that day owing to badly battered hand, but sat on the bench. and. as the captain of the team, directed the play from there
 The batter hit up high foul in tine direction of the bench which Kelly oc- cupied. Kelly at once realized that it wasn't possible for his own catcher to get the ball. And Kelly also real ized that as the captain of the team it was in his power to declare any Of his players out of the game and to put in a substitute at any time that he so willed. So this is what Kelly did:
 He jumped from the bench and yell ed at his catcher, You are out of the game and I am taking your place" Kelly ran after the foul and caught it. Then he put up a loud and plain tive wall because the umpireS refused to fall for the trick.
 One of his tricks which victimized Jesse Burkett, "the Human Crab" and it enraged Burkett to such an extent that Jesse was almost on the point of getting a gun after the game was over and shooting Mike full of holes. It was play which happened in Boston at the expense of the visiting Cleve- land team-and naturally it provoked profound merriment.
 Burkett was on third base with two men out The next batter drove a puzzling grounder to Herman Long at short. Long grabbed the ball and shot it over toward first but the horse hide arrived there fleeting second too late to catch the runner. And, of course, the umpire motioned that the player was safe.
 Burkett who had started for home with the crack of the bat, had not seen the umpire make any safe motions. He had in mind only one thought-to cross home plate and take the chance that the man was safe. Kelly know that Burkett did not see the decision-and there is where he used his trickery.
 The very moment the umpire called the runner safe Kelly pulled off his mitt and threw it near the plate and moved a step or two toward the bench just as a catcher does when a side has been retired. Burkett saw Kelly's action and assumed from it that the man-and also the side-was out. So Jesse slowed up in his mad dash for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20

of any other inland waterway of the United States are sure to make an i'm presson on homeseekers and capital that will count for much in the near future.
 The year 1919 will be one of large plans and industrial activity, but the new era of prosperity may not be well under way until after the war readjust- nent has adapted itself to new conditions. This will come sooner than many flanan- ciers had imagined. When business is at full tide the souths strides will be un- precedented.
 Splendid opportunities will be offered on every side and men of pluck and pas sion for upbuilding will be ready to seize them. Another year of bountiful harvests will hasten the coming boom
 In the meantime it should be started at once by extensive building operations in every city suffering from a house shortage. Carpenters and bricklayers are now busy with repair work, and by the early spring thousands of new dwellings iE the Birmingham district should be under contract for construction. It has come to be generally understood that the cost of material will be no lower a year hence than it Is at the present time. And what is true of material is virtually true of the cost of labor So why delay? In view of the uncommon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
Last Big War Loan Planned
 Last Three Weeks Of April
Will Be for Five Six Billion Dollars and Will Be Known the Victory Liberty Loan-Other Loans
 Through Private Channels

ture loans, and the demands arising from continuing the policy of making loans to railroads, financing the next
 wheat crop, continuing shipouilding and other internal obligations.
 One result of Secretary Glass an nouncement that the next intensive loan campaign would be the last is that Liberty Loan organizations throughout the country will make this, d big sell ing point in the campaign. Citizens will be urged to do their utmost on the plea that it probably will be the last opportunity to make loans to the gov ernment for war purposes.
 The misapprehension regat ding the number and amount of remaining loans may arise, treasury officials explained today over the fact that the treasury had planned to float two loan issues aggregating about SIP, 900, this fiscal year, The fiscal year began last July l, however, and ends next July 30, and the fourth Liberty Loan of nearly $7,o00,000, 900 already has been floated in that period.
 Most treasury officials believe that the terms of the fifth, or Victory Loan, will have to be made more attractive than those of the past either by rals- ing the interest rate above A per cent, or by some other means.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
China's Programme Is
 Outlined in Paris Paper
By Associated Presa

Marseilles, January 19.-(French Wire less Press 1.-The programme which China will defend at the Paris peace confer ence is outlined in an article published in the Echo De Chine. This programme is of great importance for the future of the Chinese republic. The principal ques- tions relate to the repossession of the territory of Kiavo Chow and Tsing-Toa the lease of Wei-Hai-Wai, the China Eastern railway, the revision of custom taxes and tariffs, the opening of Mon golia and Tibet to commerce, the re- storation to China of the legal power formerly exercised by foreign consuls, and many other points concerning the integrity and sovereignty of China.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
Ready Business Directory

The following concerns recommended by The Age-Herad to it's readers as worthy of patron
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 THIS directory the business and industrial enterprises of Birmingham published to let the public that it isn't trade the but that the market for anything advertised this secon all he has do a phone write They will needs of the number of reliable who are helping her they deserve patronage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
Shipping Board Needs Help
 Qv As,orj@taN prs.s

Washington, January 19.-To fill it's engineering and navigation schools, the shipping board requires 1000 ad- ditional men. Half of those must be American sailors with two years or more of deep sea experience and 500 mechanics or stationary engineers. Graduates of the schools will be entitl- ed to examination and license as third mates and engineers respectively.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
YOU HAVE A
 MISERABLE COLD! Won't take long for Dr.. King s New Discovery to re-
 lieve it

Chills, hot flushes. weepy eyes and nose, cough steadily growing more persistent, phlegm -clogged, chest, heaVy ,leasantly corrected with Pr. King s New Discovery.
 Cold. and coughs, most bronchial ro,lbles soon submit to this fifty-year- Id standby Grownups and children 10th like it. Promotes comfort and rest.
 Get this relief from "cold' misery. Buy bottle while you think of it. All ;ruggiSts. COG and S1.20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
CONTRIBUTIONS AND GIFTS

Contributions or gifts actually made in 1918 to organizations operating ex- clusively for religious, charitable, sclen- tific or educational purposes, and to oo- cieties for the prevention of cruelty to animals may be deducted to an amount not exceeding 15 per cent of the net in come computed without the benefit of this deduction.
 After the total of all income is found, and the deductions allowable by law have been computed as an offset, the amount of income in excess of such de- ductions is the net income, which forms the basis of the assessment of tax. If every person in this district will ex- anime his own 1918 income and his all lowable deductions. in line with the data have given, he will know beyond doubt whether he must file his return when the blanks arrive. And here is how he will determine his liability to file re- turn. If he is single, he must file if his net income is $l000 or more, and this re- quirement is enforced whether or not he is the head of family. If he is married he must file his return; including that of his wife and minor children, was 5000 or more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20

will Ht nor the Alabame- Field Tria;s club With your presence on the occasion If their thirteenth annIll field meet ing, at Decatur Ala, VIZ promise tn , use o. every availabis endeavor to lelve rronj your minds i pleasant re- m"nl ;snce of your visit to ou: tria'a. Yours very sincerely,
 JACK RIDDLE.
 Secretary a.id Treasurer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
Make Your Bowels Grateful

Help them to function as they ought 70. Aid them occasionally with pr. Sing's New Life Pills. Cleanse the ystem of undermining impurities. Mild | action, reliable and comfortable. our druggist has them. 25c.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
lave Soft, Smooth Skin: Use Black and White Ointment-Bleaches Dark or
 salloyy Skin-RemOves PimpIes
/: ent By Mail 23c-Lots of Colored FOLK
 Use It ta Lighten Their Skin


 Use It to Tighten Their Skin
 A very delightful ointment called Black and White Ointment" applied your face, neck. arms and hands, has he wonderful effect of bleaching your ark, sallow or blochy skin is we'll as emove freckles. wrinkles, bumps, pim- ,les or risings. Colored folks are re- ,orted as using it in great quantities, IS Black and White Ointment gives hem that soft, bright, light, smooth, beautiful complexion such as they de- sire, with light, healthy skin, making shem the envy of members of their race. Two sizes, 25c and soc Qarge size times of smaller size), sent by mail.
 If you send s1 for four boxes of Black md White Ointment. 25c cake of Black and White Soap included free. Agents make an easy living represent ng us Address Plough Chemical Co.,, Memphis. Tenn. Black and White Oint- ment sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
Collector McNeel Makes Statement in Reference
 Income Tax Obligation
(Continued from Page Five)

from the gross sales and the result IS the net earnings of the business.
 A professional man arrives at his pro fessional income by ascertaining the total of fees for services and deducing there from all expenses connected directly and SoIo ol h tnra ctice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20

one Cf the first bits o1 work to be taken up will be to execute the spit
 ball. which has had it's doom sealed in the Dixie major" concluded Presi- dent Martin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
DEDUCTIONS ALLOWABLE

From the total of all items of income there are certain deductions allowable by law All interest paid on personal n- debtedness and all taxes paid during the year are deductible, except federal in come and excess profits taxes, inheri- tance taxes and assessments for local improvements, such as sidewalks, sew CTS, etc. Losses incurred in business or trade are deductible, also losses ariS- ing from fires, storms, shipwreck or other casualty, or from theft, in cases where such losses are not compensated for by insurance or otherwise. Losses incurred outside of a persons regular business are deductible to the extent of gains re- ported from such transaction during the year. Debts due to the taxpayer actu- ally ascertaned to be worthless during the year are deductible.
 Depreciation on property used in pro- fession, in business or in farming is an- other item that may be claimed as a de- duction. The storekeeper may claim depreciation on his fixtures and on his delivery horses and wagons, but not on his stock held for sale. The professional
 man may claim similar deduction on his instruments; and, in the case of physi- elan who maintains a team or auto for making his calls on patients, reasonable depreciation may be claimed. The farmer may claim depreciation on his farm build IlnBS, dSlde rom ms personal residence,
 also on his farm machinery, his work horses and farm work wagons. The theory of depreciation. in connection with the income tax is that wear and tear caused by use in earning income is real expense in the earning of that n- | come. The rate is determined by the number of years that the property would ordinarily be useful and the cost of the property is the basis of the computation. If the property suffering depreciation was bought or acquired prior to March l, 1913, the market value as of that date is used. instead of the cost in figuring depreciatiOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20

Native cooks in Ecuador are preju- diced against stoves, saying the excess sive heat produces fever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20
FARMERS INCOME

A farmer must figure up all income derived from the sale or exchange Of products during the year, whether such
 produce was raised on the farm or pur-. chased and resod. He is allowed to de duct from this total his expenses of the year connected with the planting, culti- vation, harvesting and marketing of the crop. or the care breeding and market ing of live stock. He is not allowed to deduct the amount expended in 1918 in purchasing stock for resale: but when such stock is sold, the cost is to be de-
 ducted from the sale price in ascertain ing the gain to be included in hIs re-
 bought prior to 1917 cannot be deducted
 as in the case just cited if such cost was
 included in the deductions made in the
 year of purchase.
 The farmer is not required to include
 in his income tax computation the value
 Of farm produce consumed by himself
 and family. But in cases where he ex
 changes produce for merchandise, gro-
 ceries. etc, the market value of the
 articles received in exchange must be
 included.
 All other items of income arising dur
 ing the year through personal service.
 business or trade. through use of prop
 erty or money should be added into the
 gains for 19lS
 EVeryDOdy wants 10 knOW what Ill.,
 come is exempt from tax. Very few plums that fall to the average man may be legally disregarded in figuring up his 1918 income. Gifts and bequests can be eliminated also proceeds of life insur- ance received by the beneficiary of an insured person. person who cashed
 in an endowment policy need report as income only that portion which exceeds the total of premiums he paid in all hot not taxable. unless the person received in the year payments which represent. when added to all prior payments on the an- nuity, an amount greater than the origi- nal cost of the annuity. Dividends on uneXpired life insurance policies are not taxable income. but dividends on paid up policies must be considered income
 Alimony is not income to the recipient, nor is it an allowable deduction on the 1 Ial Tt oft ha r,aI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-20

"Bir n.TGhani. Ala. "Hclr Sir: If you ali vcur friends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-17
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

The wholesale market prices this
morning ranged about as follows:
EGGS-Strfctly fresh, ~; average re-
ceipts, Il; southern, IL.
CHEESE-New York state factory.
35a36.
BUTTER-Standard creamery, 4oa42;
fancy print. 81.
LIVE POULTRY-Rooste per h.,
e: turkeys, per h., 36a58; chickens.
spring, per h., 38a40; hens, per h.. 34a
IS; keats, young. each. 50a60.
DRESSED POULTRY-Fresh killed
spring chickens. 3sa4o per lb.; turkeys
per h., 4oa45; ROSTERS. per h.. rs; hens.
per h.. SO.
PORK-Small and neat, 81: medium,
20a21; heavy, 18a19.
GREEN FRU1rs-Apples. per Dbl.
per crate. 3.5oa5:oo; pineapples. per
crate, 4.50a5. SO; California oranges, 450a
500; Florida, 4.z5a5.00.
VEGETABLES-Pota No. /. 2.50a
800 Der standard bbl.; No. 2. 1.50aL Is;
western, 2.35a3.40 per cwt; string
beams. per basket sa ssoa7 %; PEPPER Per e
rsdis 1890 Der loo. s'5oas %: cueumDess
per basket, 6.ooa10.oo eggplant. 3.5oa5. %
per crate: cabbage. now, per leo lbs-
i.7ba2. 90; beets. per bunch. las; lettuce,
2.00a4. Is per basket: Florida celery. SEQ
a5.75 per crate: California celery. per
Dol. ]. k0n I. 90; per crate. 10.ooa14.00: ro-
maine lettuce. 2.soa3.e0; squash. 2-5oa
$50 per crate: spring onions, 1.50a2.5o
per 100 punches; onions. per 10o-lb. sack.
350a2.75: spinach. 30oa4.o0 per Dbl:
100 per box: peas. 7.ooas.oo per basket.
LIVE sTOCK-Sheep. per lb., sa7:
lambs. spring. per h.. IS; calves. par
ID. 10: medium. per lb.. 17a1S; common.
Per H.. 12a1s.
GRAIN-Wheat, milling. per b.. ALTA
90 * cosn. - .ot- xssss 's'
HAY-No / per ton. so.ooa3l0o: No.
3, q. 00a19.0O.
sEEDS-Red clover. 1kooazs.oo Per
bu: timothy. 6.1sa6.50 par b.: red top,
lG 00a11.o0 per 100 lbs: bluegraas, Aeoa
$50: orchard Grass. 3.ooA3-7 ~ Oar blu.