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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
REPORT OF MEETING

A committee has been appointed to take charge of the matter. Reporting the meeting at which thls committees was appointed the Mobile Register says:
 "At meeting of representatives or various organizations of Mobile. held Friday morning at the Chamber of Commerce. a resolution was paSset l which called for the appointment Of a committee composed of one representa- tive from each organization to study the situation with regard to the port of Mobile and the local harbor aud make recommendations at future meeting as to what course will be pur- sued with regard to the proposed plan offered by the state harbor commits sion to have the state take over the port of Mobile. It was stated at the meeting that it was proposed to sub init a constitutional amendment to the legislature which would make state aid possible Representatives of the state harbor board, the city commission, the board of revenue and road commission CTS. chamber of commerce and the nv CTS and harbor committee of the cham Der of commerce were present. Some of the business men of the city also attended
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
DELCO LIGHT MEN
 MEET HERE TODAY
 AT TUTWILER HOTEL
About 30 Dealers and ' Factory Rep- resertatives to Conduct Educa-
 tiOnal Session of 3 Days.

Local dealers from all parts of Ala bama will come to Birmingham today for a three days meeting to be con- ducted by the Delco Light company. The meetings will be held at the Tut wiler hotel and will be of an educa- tional nature.
 About thirty dealers, representing as many cities, will be in attendance. Seven men from the factory will be here to conduct the school of instruc- tions. among them the managers of the advertising, educational and ac- cessories departments. r.
 During the convention a Delco light plant will be set up in the lobby of the Tutwiler hotel and demonstrations of it's workings given.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
Express Messenger Is
 Placed Under Arrest

P. B. Borden, an express messenger on Louisville and Nashville railroad, was arrested at the Terminal station yester- day afternoon by Railroad Detective Moser and Officer Buckalau on charge of grand larceny. It is alleged that he stole $500 from the company out of an express car at Selma. the train on which he worked having made the run from Selma to Mobile. All of the money was recovered from his person except s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
School Improvement
 Association Meets

The Fairview School Improvement
 association will hold their meeting at the school building Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. All members are urged to attend.
 The mothers of the pupils are ex-
 pected to attend as there is a banner
 offered to the room of pupils. whose
 mothers are largest in attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
FREE TICKETS TO "THE
 LIGHTNING RAIDER"

The first episode of "The Lightning Raider with Pearl White in the lead- ing role is the attraction today at the Odeon One. Manager Wise announces that any lady or child will be admitted after D. m. Monday or any time Tues day upon presentation at the box office of the Odeon One ad in today's paper and cent war tax.
 In addition to Pearl White in The Lightning Raider" a Fatty Arbuckle and Mutt and Jeff comedy will also be shown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
Fireman Killed By Assseiated Prsss

Texarkana, Ark, January 5.-Walter Morgan, fireman. of Eonham, Texas, was killed in the terminal yards here today when an engine running wild crashed into "a Texas and Pacific pas senger train. William Wright, engi- neer, of Texarkana, escaped with slight injuries. None of the 45 passengers aboard the train was injured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
Bishop J. H. Mccoy
 Is Much Improved

The many friends of Bishop J. H. Mccoy. who has been dangerously i'll for sometime at pr. Talley's infirmary. will be glad to learn that he has been released from the infirmary and has been removed to his home at 11Ss Thirteenth street, north. His condition is very much improved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
NEEDS OF PORT

"Mr J. C. Rich member of the state harbor commission. who presided, stat ed that his sole idea in introducing the resolution at a recent meeting of the state harbor board. which asked the state to take control. was to(get the matter in such shape as to present 10 the legislature the needs of the port and to ask for state aid in future de- velopment He said Mobile with her present great industrial enterprise and the possibilities of great expansion of exports and imports led him to be- lieve that state aid a wise move a the present time. He added that the coal and steel interests of the state. IS well IS all other industries are inter ested in the development of the port of Mobile.
 Tn speaking of the action lookini; toward the securing of state aid for the port of Mobile. Mir J. II. Lyons collector of the port, stated that hs had talked with men who has business interests both at Birmingham and Mo bile and that these men were favorably impressed with the campaign for the constitutional amendment which would enable the city to get state aid"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
Missionary Society

The Women's Missionary society of the Southside Baptist church will meet at the church this afternoon at , o'clock "A very interesting programme has been arranged and after it is com pleted the new members will be enter tained at an afternoon tea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
To Locate Roy L. Speed

J. K Brockman of the home service department of the Red Cross is trying to locate Roy L. Speed. The Red Cross has important information for him if he will call at the Red Cross office, room 235 Marx building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
Missionary Tea Postponed

The missionary tea that was to have been held this afternoon at the pansh house of the Church of the Advent, has been postponed on account of weather conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
PERSONAL

Mrs. Fred V. Thelen, 1926 Thirteenth
 street north, is seriously i'll with influ-
 enza at the South Highland infirmary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
BOOKLET GIVES HISTORY OF ALA.
 POWER COMPANY Activities of Company in Development of Natural
 Resources of State
 & Outlined

The Alabama Power company has just issued very attractive little book in which is given brief history of the oI ganization of the company and its power development, together with the diff faculties it had to overcome in the realiza- ton of the dream of it's founders.
 The book is handsomely illustrated witp cuts of the power plants at Lock F on the Coosa river, the auxiliary steam power plant at Gorgas on the Warrior. mills and factories to which it supplies power, and several Birmingham scenes.
 The early struggles of the originators oc the project to secure legislation that would enable them to harness the waters of the Coosa and convert them into pow CT to drive the wheels of industry. their efforts to interest capital, their experi- ments and finally the continuation of their scheme, pronounced visionary by skep- tics, are told as all their hopes and am bitiOns for the future discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
NITRATE INDUSTRY

"But the disastrous consequence to the nation as whole of President Tafts veto of the Lock IS bill was the effect, now fully realized, of the failure to establish the nitrate industry at that time. From military point of view it was also pointed out in 1912. and in many subsequent discussions of the subject in, Congress, that in the event of war in which this country should be engaged it's supply of nitrate from Chile which is indispensable in the manufacture of powder. could be seriously interferred with. if not cut off entirely. As the student of af- fairs now looks back upon events 1t was a, tragic mistake-one which can be overcome only by the expediture by the government of vast sums of money and years in time"
 As closing paragraph Justice Holmes of the Supreme court of the United States is quoted: "To gather the streams from waste and to draw from them energy. labor without brains, and so save mankind from toll that it can be spared, is to sup ply what, next to intellect, is the very foundation of all our achievements and all our welfare"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
NEW INDUSTRIES

Among the new industries established in the state as a direct result of the installation of the Coosa river plant. the electric steel plant at Anniston the lars- est of it's kind in the country IS men toned
 In May. 1918. it supplied so.0So,S15 kilowatts to industries classified as follows: coal mines, ore mines, stee' mills, manganese plants, cotton mills brick plants. cement plants, foundries and machine shops. cotton gins ana fertilizer plants, pumping plants, quar- ries. line plants, graphite plants, pub lie utilities sand railways and the United States government at Camp Nc Clellan, Anniston.
 Industry was prevented by President Taft's veto of an act of Congress in 1912, and referring. to this fact the author of the book says:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06
WASTE OF WATER POWER

Water power is unlike most of our natural resources in that it is not dimin- ished by use. nor is it conserved by non use," says the author. Coal which Is not used today remains to be used here after, but the energy of water which
 is allowed to flow by unused is lost forever The real waste of water power is it's nonuse. while it's development not only conserves energy, but our linn iteG coal supply as well.
 Alabama can rightfully claim the first real long distance high-tension transmls-
 sion system in the south, the author says,
 as Henry c. Jones and other Montgom-
 cry citizens in 1896 conceived the idea
 os harnessing the Taliapoosa river ano
 utilizing it's undeveloped powers out or
 which. grew the present hydro-electric
 plant Which is now a part or the power
 supply of Montgomery.
 The Alabama Power company was or
 ganized in 1906 at Gadsden, with w. r.
 Lay of that city as president. It hao
 small capital, but from that small pe-
 ginning the present organization result
 ed It had for it's purpose the utliiza-
 tion of powers going to waste the ln'-
 proyement of navigation Of great re-
 zion involving several states, and the industrial development of great state by inducing industries to use the power
 thus developed; resulting in the annua saving of millions of tons of coal CAPACITY OF LOCK 12 The water power plant at Lock F or the Coosa river, completed in 1914 has an installed capacity of 90,oo0 horsepower saves 1,20O.0 .00G tons of coal year and supplies power to the cities and towns in the greater part of north Alabama During the past year an auxiliary stean power plant with two units each wltf 30. 900 kilowatts capacity, was put in oper- ation at Gorgas on the Warrior. In ad' dition to the Coosa river and Gorgas plants the company has generating plants at Jackson Shoals, on the Choccolocce creek near Lincoln, Talladega county and near Gadsden.
 To supply power to the government nitrate plants at Sheffield the company during 1918 built a 1lo.0O0-volt transmits sion line from Gorgas to Sheffield, dls tarce of so miles.
 Local steam stations have also beer | built at Huntsville, Decatur and Gunters vile and the company has seven Pri mary substations located at Warrior Gadsden, Jackson Shoals. Magelia, An niston. Bessemer and Sylacauga
 | The transmission lines form an m mense triangle with circuits radatins l from the corners which make total O. 900 miles, and covering 10000 square miles in extent. Eight thousand sever hundred customers are served directly and over 5000 indirectly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-06

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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28
D >.
SATURDAY, JUNE %, 1919.
BOOST CHICAGO.

Plans for a s1,00O,O0O advertising
campaign, extending over a period of
four years, we're formulated at
meeting of the Chicago Boosters"
in the Illinois Athletic Club.
The plan, designed to remove the
stigma falsely attached to the name
of Chicago by other cities, largely
through Misrepresentation in their
press" was presented by William d.
McJunkin, local advertising expert.
Mr.. McJunkin called on Mayor
Thompson and suggested the plan.
Put II into writing at once" said
the mayor, land lay 1t before the
Boosters tonight"
The plan provides for appointment
of Mayors Committee for a
Greater Chicago"
This committee" reads Mr.. Nc
Junkin's outline, shall act and speak
only in the name of the mayor of Chi.
cago. The membership can be a mat
ter of later decision, but | should
say that more than five might make 1t
unwieldly.
1T Is my belief that sum OF at
least S250,000 a year for period of
four years, making Sl,000000 in all,
should be invested in advertising and
merchandising the city of Chicago.
ITO look TO the city council or spe'
cial interests for funds would be Ut
ter folly. The cause is such demo
cratic one that It should be financed
with equal democracy. Every mar
in business in Chicago should be
given an opportunity to share in the
glory of this tremendous civic en-
deavor.
1T would be my plan TO obtain bull
letin boards in every advantageous
location in the country. This is
strategic method Of carrying the wa
into the enemy's country.
Imagine, II you please, the grea
host OF transients arriving in New
York City being greeted by painted
bulletin eXtolling the advantages o
Chicago as a summer resort, as al
industrial center, etc.
Pause for a moment and calcu
late the value of this message TO tn
people OF Chicago. How typical o
Chicago's i viii spirit, how chara'
teristic OF Chicago's commercial coul
age.
Atlantic City visitors seeking tn
cooling breezes of the ocean woul
see flashed in striking colors befor
their gaze a personal message frol
the mayor Of Chicago,
The honest facts OF Chicago
greatness would thereby soon be e
tablished in the national mind, an
petty charges made against our cit
eradicated for all time.
And what fighting blood 1t won!
put into our citizens, who, seem
these bulletins in other cities, woul
be encouraged to stand up whereye
they might be and boost Chicag
first"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28
ORLANDO AND ITALIA iRREDENTA

Herewith u new aud good portrait
Of SlgnOr VittUriO Orlando, Italian
leader AT the peace conference. He is
president of council aud minister of
interior Of the Italian government. lie
has been called the "most popular man
in Italy, This Is because Of his
stand for the Italian claims 10 Flulne
and the adjacent regions In Italia
Irredenta. While Orlando has appar.
entity been compelled to rccede from
his position and accept the peace con
ference decision that Fiume shall be
made free city, with n pleblsclte at
the end of IS years, he has made IA
sturdy fight, which has won the ad.
miration and affection Of his country
men. According to the latest reports
League of Nations commission Is to
administer Fiume, assuring equal
rights to Italians and Jugo-Slavs.
Italia Irredenta (unredeemed italy,
lies along the eastern shore of the
Adriatic sea. 1t consists largely Of
geographically lie within the borders
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28
GILLETT AND THE MEXICAN PROTEST

This Is particularly good late
portrait of Frederick II. Gillett of Mas
sachusetts. speaker of the house In
the Sixty-sixth congress. He has
difficult position to fila Republican
speaker in Democratic administra-
tlon--and his handling Of the office Is
being watched with much interest.
Just now Speaker Gillett is also
in the public eye because of certain
things he recently said about Mexico
before the Pnn.American commercial
congress. His address brought forth
n protest to the state department from
the Mexican embassy. In n formal
statement Mr.. GIllett says:
IL thought It would be preposter.
Gus In a discussion Of the commercial
conditions on this continent to have
no allusion made to Mexico, whose
persistent failure to observe her in.
ternational obligations and protect
foreigners engaged In commerce has
been notorious and IL tho most fin.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28
in TIL Twilight
WALSH AND THE PEACE CONFERENCE

Frank +. Walsh of Kansas City.
whose portrait is here presented, ana
former Gov. Edward +. Dunno of Hi
nois, bulk large just now in the public
eye because of their efforts to get the
Irish question before the peace con-
ference. Mr.. Walsh was formerly
chairman of the federal Industrial re-
lations commission and later promi-
nently identified with organized LABOR
Mr.. Walsh and Mr. Dunno had con-
ference with President Wilson In Paris
and gave out the following statement:
ave had conference with the
president today in which he stated
that the American commissioners
could not take up the case of ireland
officially with the peace conference.
but that he himself and others had
done. and would continue to do. unof-
ficially, what they could do In the In
terest of Ireland; that the American
commission had not yet taken up the
senate resolution requesting them TO
for De Valera, Griffith and Plunkett.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28

Emmett Whealan is making a splen.
did record as a member of the County
Board of Commissioners. He is a
veteran Chicago printer who stands
high with everybody in the trade and
as a public official is winning friends
everywhere.
l.
Frank Johnston, Jr., able Judge Of
the Circuit court, would make q
great governor of Illinois.
Fletcher Dobyns would make
good member of the constitutional
convention.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28
CROWN PRINCE CHARLES OF ROUMANIA

Crown Prince Charles OF Rou'
mania Is suffering from bullet wound
In the leg, scf.intiictcd. according to
reports reaching this country. The
wound Is not regarded rs serious.
The crown princes act, which has
caused sensation In bucharest. Is
said 10 have been prompted by the
kings insIStence that the prince make
six months "trip 10 Japan to forget
Mile. Ccclllc Lumhrino, the girl from
whom he was forced by his royal par
cnts to obtain II divorce because she
was neither titled nor wealthy.
The crown prince created constcr
nation in Iiouuunlan royal circles last
year by marrying Mile Lambrino, who
Is the daughter of II retired major IN
the Ruumunun army.
For this "escnpudc" King Ferdl'
nnnd ordered that he be given % Days
solitary confinement TOR nbsentIng
himself without leave from his garri.
son" The queen has done her utmost
10 divert Prince Charles mind from
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28
ELIHU ROOT AND THE PEACE TREATY

Elihu Root of New York, former
United States senator from New York
and former secretary Of state, FIRE.
quently occupies the public attention,
inasmuch rs he Is probably the lead
Ing lawyer Of the country, and many
Americans consider his intellect Sec
ond to none. Just now he Is under the
llmelight In connection with the peace
treaty. Mr.. Root came voluntarily be-
fore the senate committee on foreign
relations when It began Its investign-
ton OF the leak" following the state
mcnt by Senator Lodge that he him.
self had seen an official copy In New
York of the peace treaty which the
senate was unable to secure from the
peace conference. Mr.. Roots state
ment contains these points:
IL have copy ana have had II for
several weeks. 1t was sent to me by
Henry Z. Dawson. ! assert the entire
propricty of my having II and of his
giving 1t to me. He had 1t because Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28
Ell wIso CLUB OUTING

The fifth annual outing OF the FL
Wiso Club, one Of the most popular
North Shore organizations, was held
last Sunday a. the fine grove at Bryn
Mawr and Lincoln avenues. There
was a very large attendance, over 300
being present, and music, games,
athletic sports, dancing and good eats
kept everybody In the best Of humor'
The officers u the organization are:
John Waller. president; Thomas H.
Dugau, treasurer; John V. Bergen, sec
retary Thomas Fay acted a. chair
man Of the outing celebration; Joseph
Kane was Official referee, and Robert
Gregg announcer II entertainments,
Joseph +. Lynch WAS ~ the head OF
the restaurant committee and Joseph
Murphy u the bar committee with y.
WeighOff Peterson az first assistant
and Bert LOngwOrthy second assistant.
The entertainers OF the evening we're
Jack Donahue, Robert COppeneer and
John Shields who also acted as chap
lain
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28
L0WDEN FOR
President

William G. Eddens was elected pres.
ident of the Lowden Boomers or.
ganization. with A. n. Marquis, presi.
dent of the Hamilton club, honorary
president. Henry c. Morris was
chosen secretary and w. NJ. Richards
treasurer.
Among the vice.presidents who said
they are ready to go forth and spread
the Lowden gospel throughout the
country, are:
John II. Batten, Henry r. Rath.
Foster s. Minis, bone,
John +. Voight, Elmer ID. Brothers
II. w. Dunn, Chas. J. O'Connor,
The Rev. r. A.Leroy T. Steward,
White, w. +. Odds,
John c. Aims. A. Harper,
strong, w. A. Leonard,
II. Il. Sever, o. G. Cameron,
John T. Richards, S. T. Messervey,
Ninian II. WEIGH. Robert s. lies.
@. r. Buckingham, Fred l.. Rossbach,
w. e. Humphrey, w. w. Edwards,
w. s. Barber, Albert G. Clark.
Among those who attended the
meeting and signed up as charter
| IiitIilb'IN. ptSlutS 'iS oh''io "h'
| committeeman named, were:
Samuel Erickson, John T. Richards,
Alfred s. Adams, l.. II. Wilson, Hen.
ry r. Rathbone, William r. T. Owen
Even. Charles G. Blake, Judge Will
liam n. Gemmill, William A. Leonard,
Foster S. Minis, and Clark S. Reed.
~
Eugene Mullane, the popular Chi
cago typo. is visiting his daughter in
Cincinnati. Mr.. Mullane has been do
ing great work in getting out the Cook
county tax list for the Chicago Journal
and his many friends wish him q
pleasant time on his wellearned vaca
ton.
~
Francis S. Peabody for United
States senator is the winning bat
tie cry for 1920.
~
Ascher Brothers have n string OF
movie theaters that for beauty and
comfort cannot be beat in the world
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28
sign OF The teeth
An Alderman Proposes a Fitting
Symbol for the Department
of Public Service.

A well known alderman suggests
that double set of teeth, similar to
some Halsted street dentist signs be
adopted as symbol for the Chicago
Department of Public Service.
The alderman does not say
whether the teeth are to be used on
public utilities or on the public It,
self.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28

Fred w. Upham is always on hand
when Chicago wants him. whether 1t
is to bring national convention to
the city, or to win anything big for
the town, Upham Is always the leader
in the movement.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28

Dennis j. Egan has made fine
record in every official position he
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28

grant obstacle commercial hemisphere And
yet endeavoed
hostility
confidence
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28

Chas. Ringer, one Of the most popu-
lar men who ever sat on the board of
assessors of Cook County, Is frequent
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28

which involved
there being ut that time no nunc
the The German
public public
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-06-28
ABOLISH THIS JOB
The Department of Public Ser
vice Is an Unnecessary Hard
ship on the Taxpayers.

The city department of public SER
vice should be abolished
II is an unnecessary nest Of sine.
cures.
Tho biggest sinecure In II is the job
of commissioner.
A visit to his Office may disclose this
fact.
This department cost the weary
taxpayers Of Chicago, s76,910 last
year.
1t pretends to receive, investigate
and adjust complaints regarding SER
vice, rates, products and other matters
relating to the health. comfort, con-
venience or safety of the public as
affected by public utilities.
Let us laugh.
Everybody knows what q joke this
department is and how little It does.