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four of the composite steamers and at the present time have four of the 5000- ton all-steel steamers on contract 4l6 under construction. It has been defl- nitely decided that we will complete the remaining two composite steamers and all 12 of the 5000-ton all-steel steam CTS on contract 416
 'sThe emergency fleet corporation is at present engaged in a thorough sur- vey of it's entire construction pro- gramme for the purpose of determin- ing whether the vessels now under construction in the various yards will be desirable units of the future Amer ican merchant marine. The executives of the emergency fleet corporation are being aided in this survey by com mittee of prominent shippers, espec- tally appointed by the board of direc. tors of the United States shipping board
 During the emergency the emer- gency fleet corporation built all the vessels it possibly could and selected types, not because they would prove ultimately useful. but because they could be readily and quickly con. structed in existing yards. The suE- gestion has been made that the emer- gency fleet corporation are building too many small tonnage vessels and not enough vessels of larger tonna ge and greater sea speed. As this criti- cism is perhaps justified, the board de- cided to slow ep it's construction of ships in order to afford an opportunity for a revision Of it's programme. f. after it's investigation such revision appeared justifiable. The board is 50 conscious of the necessity of a com plete review and determination of its future policy that it has decided to suspend work on all small tonnage vessels and if they are not found eco. nomical they will substitute larger vessels for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-15
Hester's Weekly Statement

New Orleans. February H-Secretary Testers weekly cotton statement, fol- lows:
 Comparisons are to actual dates, not to close of corresponding weeks)
 In sight for week, 175000; same seven days last year, BLOC; same seven days year before, l79,OcO; for the month, 401 ,ooO; same date last year. 372,0O0; same date year before, 375,020: for season, SPA, GOO; same date last year 929l 900; same date year before, 10,670,0e0. Port receipts for season, 3,S16,000: same date last year, 4.65S,COO same date year before last B. 7S1, 600. Overland to mills and Canada for season, S1S0o0; same date last year, 1 ,035, 001; same date year before, 1,1a2 2,000; Southern mill tallings for season. 2,929 .00); same date last year, 2,S20,000: same date year before, 3o9l,O00. Interior stocks in excess of September 1, 66l 900: last year, CTS, 600: year before, 677,OG0 Foreign ex- ports for week, S7,000 same seven days last year. e4,000: same seven days year before, AS, GOO: for season. 2,S09, ,0G0; same date last year, 2s14,0oO; same date year before, 3.ss4.c0o Northern spinners' talk ines and Canada for week, 27O0O: same z days last year. 14,O00; for season, 1,3l3, 090: to same date last year. 1,746,oOO
 / American cotton throughout the world:
 This week. 159,G00; same seven days last year. 193,000; same seven days year before, 4,000; total since September 1. 6,555, 5,000; same date last year. 7,626,- 000: same date year before, S,S16,000.
 Statement of worlds visible supply:
 Total visible this week, 5,17S,000; to- tai visible last week, 5,10s.000; total visible same date las. year, 4,467, ,000; total visible same date year before, ,, 5,10S,000. Of this the total American this week, 3.601,O00; of this the total American last week, 3,5S5.000; of this the total American last year. 3,169, ,000; of this the total American year before, 2, 9S3, 900. All other Kinds this week, 1.577,000 all other kinds last week, l. 23.000; all other~kinds last year, 1,- 29S.o00; all other kinds year before, 1.124.000. Visible in the United States this week. 2,67s.000: visible in the Unit ed States last year. 2,4S3.000; visible in other countries this week, 2500,00 visible in other countries this date last year, 1,S94,00
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-15
Southern I. A. A. Rejects ,; the One-Year Rule at
 Its Annual Meeting

New Orleans. February 14.-An effort to bring the one-year rule up for dis cusson at the opening session of tho annual meeting here today of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic asso- citation, met with failure. IN. " Dougherty of the University of Ten nessee asked the delegates to lay the matter before the convention. but his motion was ruled out on the ground that he had failed to notify the secre- tsry of the association of this inten- tion two weeks in advance of the meet ing
 Dr. Henry Phillips of Sewanee, Tenn, aGdresset, the meeting. He urged the retention of intercollegiate athletics.
 It was announced that Prof. $. V Sanford of Georgia would present his redraft of the associations constitution at tomorrow's session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-15
HOUSE AND SENATE
 ADJOURN ID MEET
 MONDAY MORNING
One of the Most Important Measures on House Cal endar for Last Day Is
 Mcdowell Bill

Montgomery, February 14-(SpeciaD At 5:S0 o'clock Friday afternoon the house and, senate adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning. On Monday and the last day of the present 20-day session will be several bills that have been acted on by one of the two houses and enactment Monday will put them on the desk of the governor for lis approval or rejection.
 One of the most important measures on the house calendar for the last day lis senate bill number 200 by Senator Mcdowell. This bill will provide for the prevention of a double tax on per sons who own motor vehicles and will provide that license be transferred
 There were many representatives and senators late Friday who believed the legislature would hold the last session Saturday. This erroneous report gain ed circulation because of the introduce tion of a resolution changing the day Tor adjournment until Monday or Sat urdaV
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DICKSON DENIES RUMOR,

Representative Dickson of Jefferson county, rising to a point of personal privi- lege, late Friday afternoon denied the story which appeared in Montgomery paper and which referred to a lobby ru nor to the effect that the Jefferson dele gation would seek to prevent quorum in the house because of the defeat of the jury commission bill Friday morning.
 The Montgomery Journal printed the ru- nor regarding the breaking of the house lineup MT. Dickson made it clear the Jefferson delegation had forgotten the defeat suffered in the house, and that no effort had been made or would be made in the future to tie up the work Of the legislature, thus causing a loss Of thousands of dollars of the tax payers money
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MLAUGHLIN'S STATEMENT

Tn the interview referred to Gen eral Manager Mclaughlin said:
 "After making a tour of inspection of our various properties at Birming- ham,, Jacksonville and Savannah, went to Philadelphia. where I have been for the past week in conference with the officials of the emergency fleet corporation, and, among other matters, discussed with them their plans for further construction of the American merchant marine, especially insofar as it affected our programme at the Meshico plant.
 At the present time we have under contract with the emergency fleet cor poration the following work
 "Six 35o0-ton composite steamers known as contract A.
 ''Twelve 5000-ton all-steel steamers. known as contract 416.
 "Twelve 5000-ton all-steel steamers, known as contract 303
 Up to this date we have completed
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the military committee. The resolution follows:
 ''Be it resolved by the house of repre- senta lives of Alabama that a committee of three. consisting of the gentleman from Jefferson, MT Benners; the gentle man from Madison, MT. Fletcher, and the gentleman from Monroe Mir Hare be and are hereby appointed to ascertain and report to this honorable body on the 18th legislative day the significance of the roses worn on the lapel of the coat of the gentleman, the speaker of the house, the gentleman from Dallas Mir. Green and the several gentlemen from Montgomery, Messrs. Jones, Hard away Bargafner and Oliver
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-15
Mobile Baseball Club
 in Charge of Committee
By Associated Press

Mobile, February 14.-Subscribers to stock of the new baseball association which is taking over the Mobile South ern franchise, met tonight and named a committee of five to plan organiza- tion, recommend officers, a manager of the club and complete all details to gse the club off to an early start in the race. Twenty thousand dollars will be raised to finance the club here. Over s1S,o00 has been subscribed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-15
FRESHMEN WALLOP SENIORS IN
 FOOTBALL GAME

Auburn, February 14.-(Special.)-In the first interclass football game of the sea son the freshmen team walloped the seniors bN the score of 2l to o. A large crowd thronged the field and saw the "rats" pile up the large score onto the upper classmen. Lassiter and Shiry starred for the "freshiers' while Weediee bug was the shining light of the senior outfit Touchdowns: Lassiter Shirey and Stubbs. Goals, Lassiter, 3.
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ANOTHER IMPORTANT BILL

Another important measure to come up Monday is that creating the Alabama Postwar Council of Defense and making appropriation of S50,000 for the work Of the body. It is an emergency measure sponsored by Acker of the administration in the senate. The bill is on the calendar in the house. A fight is not expected on the bill.
 During the afternoon session Blunt of Washington county introduced a resolu- ton in the house which named q com mittee to ascertain why the speaker MT. Merritt, and other gentlemen, had come to the house wearing roses on the lapels of the coats. Speaker Merritt, sec ing the joke, referred the resolution to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-15
Metal Market

New York, February 1-Copper unset led; electrolytic, 17A@17s4c. Iron nomi- lally unchanged. Metal exchange quotes
 cad quiet; spot and February 5 asked. Spelter quiet; East St. Louis spot and February $6.3516,45. At London, standard copper, spot, e77.10; futures. e73.15; cleo -rolytic. spot s100; futures, f29. Tin spot, : 225.5; futures, 9223. 10. Lead spot, G29; futures, 925. Spelter spot e4S; futures, F1n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-15
'LAUGHLIN SAYS NO SHUTDOWN OF
 HIS COMP ANY
Birmingham Steel Corpora tiOn and Mobile Shipbuild- ing Go. Push Ahead
 With Construction

circulation a few days ago to the ef- feet that the emergency fleet corpora ton had cancelled all contracts for steel ships which would of necessity compel shipbuilding plants working on government orders to close down. Gen. eral Manager Frank Mclaughlin of the Birmingham Steel corporation and the Mobile Shipbuilding company. both owned and operated by the same in- terests. states that his company is So- ing ahead with it's construction work. lie said that at a recent conference with the emergency fleet corporation officials they suggested that larger ships might be substituted for some of those now Under contract
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Colds Cause Headaches and Pains Feverish Headaches and Body Pains
 caused from a cold are soon relieved by taking LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE Tablets. There's only one "BROMO Quinine" E. w. GROVES signature on the box. BOG
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CONFERENCE. HELD

This conference was held for the purpose of considering the question of building steel ships of 9600 tons dead weight instead of 5000 tons called for by the existing contracts with the Mo- bile company. The Mobile company has two contracts with the emergency fleet corporation each for 12 steel ships of 5000 tons dead weight and one con tract for six combination ships and will complete the full number. 12, provided for in one of the contracts.
 The second contract may be changed by substituting 9600-ton ships. but in any event General Manager McLaugh / lin says they expect to complete the full number covered by their con- tracts.
 Continued operations a the Mobile Shipbuilding plant have a direct bear ing on the Birmingham Steel corpora tiontion for the reason that steel for the ships jo be built at the Mobile yards will be fabricated at the Bir-
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AMENDMENT BARRED

In the above bill the senate refused to concur in an amendment to fix the salary of the judge at s3O00 instead of $36O0 and the house must now vote to withdraw the amendment before the bill goes to the governor.
 s. B. 91, by Mir. Brown: To authorize the court of county commissioners to establish private roads and to provide for their upkeep and payment of damages to landowners over whose land road passes.
 S. B. 56, by MT. Evins: To regulate in part the time of trial of criminal cases.
 s. B. 103, by MT. Acker: To revoke col- ditional and contingent appropriations heretofore made by the legislature (except appropriations for the payment of pen sions to Confederate veterans, and appro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
Open Air Performance
OF Verdi's ''Aida'' To
Be Giuen Next Sunday

Aida" will be sung in the open air
at the Sheepshead Bay Speedway next
Sunday evening, August 10, by nota
bic cast from the Metropolitan, Chica-
the benefit of the sufferers of the re-
cent earthquake in the Florence dis
tricts of italy and under the high
patronage of the Italian Consul Gen
eral in New York, Comm. Romolo Trit.
toni.
The cast in detail will be as follows:
Marie Rappold Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, as Aida; Cyrene Van
Gordon. of the Chicago Opera Company
as Amneris; Marie Tiffany, Of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. as a
Priestess; Manuael Salazar of the San
Carlo Opera Company, as Radames;
Ricardo Stracciar, of the Chicago
Opera Company, as Amonasro; Andres
de Segurola, of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, as Ramfs; Natalie Cervi, Of
the San Carlo Opera Company as the
King, and Luciano Rossini, also of the
San Carlo Opera Company, as the Mes.
senger.
The orchestra of 200 musicians and
the stage band Of rs pieces will be
under the direction of Maestro Giorgio
Polacco, who recently conducted with
great success an open air performances
OF Aida" in the bull ring of Mexico
City, A chorus of 300 voices from the
Metropolitan, Chicago and San Carlo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
First Of International
Park Sings Takes Place
This afternoon

The first OF the series of interna-
tional park Sings" arranged by the
National League for Woman's Service,
in cooperation with the International
Music Festival Chorus, for the five
Sundays in August in various of the
city parks will be held this afternoon
at q o'clock simultaneously in Seward
Park and Washington Square.
At Seward Park the Beethoven Mu
steal Society, with Henry Lefkowitch,
conductor, will be the feature Between
numbers by the society and Mr.. Lefko-
witch's orchestra there will be singing
by the audience of favorite national
folksongs. Following is the programme
of the concert:
The Star Spangled Banner.
Coronation March from lie Prophete,"
rho Meyerbeer
My Old Kentucky Home
lntermezzo from "Cavallera Rusticana,"
..p,,,,,, o... Msscagni
10 i.'ohu overture Thoma $
Cornet solo, Conquering Hero Hartmann
Soloist, Sol Dr2azga
Singing by audience:
Hatikvo.
.Alef- Beis
Song OF the Volga
impa ssloned Dream ..............R osas
March from Aida" Verdi
In connection with all concerts Mrs.
Kenneth Muir, chairman of the chorus
division of the league, who arrange
the Sings" has announced an alterna-
tive indoor location If it rains. Jewish
Forward Building Hall, at ITS East
Broadway, in such case would be used
for the Seward Park concert.
Al Washington Square the Italian
singing societies, with Gaetano Caro-
selli, conductor, and his military band
will give the concert. Numerous we'll
known Italian and American airs will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03

This Week at the Stadium

orchestra's list tonight includes the
"Prophete" march, Carmen" fantasia,
"Mastersingers" prelude. Tschaikow-
skys "lS12' overture" Gounod's cave
Maria,' Drigo's Harlequin" serenade
aud Strauss Southern Roses"
Al Mondays Symphony Night John
Powell. pianist, will be the soloist in his
OWN composition, "Rhapsodie Negre."
The Magic Flute" overture, Schuberts
Symphony No. 7, minor, Moussorg-
sky "Haia Mountain symphonic
poem and Tschaikowsky's Romeo and
Juliet overture will also be played.
Tuesday nights operate programme
Will be devoted TO a complete opera
in concert form, Verdls Aida" with
Olga Carrara as Aida, Ernest Davis as
Radames, Lillian Eubank as Amneris,
Earle Tuckerman as Amonasro, Nicolas
Ian as RANTS and V. Horodas as the
king, with the Metropolitan Opera
Chorus and the Stadium Symphony
Orchestra.
Henry Hadley's third guest perform
ance Wednesday night will include 81
miscellaneous programme. with Della
Baker, coloratura- soprano. Music by
Beethoven, Schubert and Wagner will
be on the programme, besides three
Hadley compositions overture, Gle
ROD; rhapsodie. "Culprit Fay" and his
second Ballet of Flowers" suite, the
last to be heard for the first tina.
In the second symphony night OF the
! week, Thursday. Marguerite Namaia
soprano, will sing "Ah fors e lui," from
/. ~ raviat;.." and the orchestra will play
Berlioz's overture to "Benvenuto Gel
lini," Relationships Symphony No. a
Smetanas OTTAWA" Weber's "Invita-
ton to the Dance" and the ride Of The
Valkyrcs" from Wagner's Ring.
friday, as usual, will be opera nigil,
with Sada Cowen, pianist Dicie Howell
soprano, and Martin Richardson, tenor
as the solcists. Overture, "Mignon";
fantasia, "Paglacci"; overture, "Will-
lam Tell"; aria, Queen of Sheba"; the
two intermezzi from "The Jewels Of
the Madonna; the "Don Pasquale"
serenata and the Faust" ballet music
will be given.
In the Saturday popular night pro-
4 gramme Jean Barondess, soprano. and
Cantor Bernard Wolff, tenor, Will be
the soloists. The following Sunday night
Arthur Middleton, bass; Vivian Holt
soprano, and George Remherr, tenor,
will be the soloists.
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Columbia Concerts
70 End Successful
Season This Week

The closing week of the series of
free concerts at Columbia University
under the direction of Edwin Frankie
Goldman, will begin tomorrow The
three concluding concerts will be given
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Each of the three programmes will con-
sist of the pieces that have received
the most applause during the season
The New York Military Band and its
energetic conductor have achieved such
an artistic success that many managers
are now trying to arrange for a tour
Of the country. These concerts were
organized by Edwin Frankie Goldman,
who raised the necessary funds and as
sumed entire charge of the manage
ment. During the last six weeks there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03

PART l.
The Star Spangled Banner"
Marche Militaire FRANCHISE Saints
Festival Overture ..L assen
Selection. La Bohame" .....P uccini
Larghetto from Symphony No . Beethoven
PART H.
Overture, "Oberon" ...............W Weber
$500. ioH, 1tlud Verul
Trombone solo-Aria. Magic Flute. Mozart
Justus Pfeiffenschneider
Ave Maria Thy requestl Schubert
Waltz, I'll Baccio'' Ardit;
"Amerca.
The next and last of Mr.. Naum-
burg's concerts this season will take
place on Monday, September /, Labor
Day, at 8 p. m.
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Director of the choirs from the
Roman Basilicas and the
Vatican

the metropolitan Opera House, in New
York, of the celebrated Augusteum, or
Orchestra of Saint Cecilia, from Rome.
the most distinguished musical organi-
zation in Italy.
A relative idea or the interest in
the Forthcoming tour may be cleaned
from the announcement that within
five days of the first Official announce
ment of the plans for the limited num-
Der of concerts to be given in the
United States and Canada, over one
third of the tour had been Booked
and IN each instance the enormous ex-
pense entailed in bringing this body
Of seventy singers Of The Vatican
chors is more than guaranteed by the
local organizations that are handling
the concerts in respective cities.
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Hnliey VIII again Conduct
His Music at Stadium Concert

Henry Hadley will make his third
appearance of the summer as guest
conductor Of the Stadium Orchestra
On Wednesday evening. AS in the
case OF his two former appearances.
The programme will be devoted in part
10 his own compositions. Those which
Mil form the second half Of MS oro-
sramme Wednesday evening are the
'Herod' overture, the rhapsody "The
Eulprit Fay and the second OF two
suites, THE Ballet Of the Flowers"
Tie "Herod" overture was com
p"sed some years ago as incidental
music for Richard Manstield's in
tended production Of Stephen Phil
lips's play. The overture ATTEMPTS
musical portrayal OF the spiritual cor
tea. Of Phlllips's drama. The COM
poser has not departed from the cor
Ventiona "ovcr,ure" form The Gull
p'lt Fay, d rhapsody, was inspired by
Joseph Kodman brakes poem and is
frankly programma,ic The poem:
subject, common to ali literatures. is
thaV OF the !alry Who has been "sui-
Lied in the glance OF mortal maiden's
eye" His penance consists in "mourt
ing the skies and catchin. the spark
from the falling STAR His quest sue.
cessful. he joins in the mirth and Che
dance of his brother fairies till that
JOY is interrupted by the cocks crow.
The work was first played in Chicago
in 1909 by the Theodore Thomas Or
chestra. with Mr.. Hadley conducting.
The Ballet Of the Flowers" (Suitr
No. p, on the other hand, has been
composed within the last month and
is sequel to the suite of the same
name played by the Stadium Orchestra
two weeks ago. Its separate move
ments are successfully entitled: 1.
Lily of the Valley; 2, Daffodils: 3.
Gardenia; a, Mignonette 5, Bachelor
Buttons, and 6, Hollyhocks
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were more than $4,000 people in at
tendance at each concert, and in some
instances the audiences numbered be
tween $4,000 and $4,000. 1t is est
mated that nearly three quarters of q
million people will have attended the
thirty concerts. Plans are now being
made for next summer, when the seat
ing capacity will be increased to 10000
Besides the three concerts a week at
Columbia University, it is planned to
give three additional concerts each
week in other parts of the city Funds
are now being raised for this purpose.
Programmes for the three last concerts
will be as follows:
Monday Thomas's "Mignon' over
ture. Verdi's al Trovatore." Sullivan's
"Mikado," Ofenbach's "Tales Of Hofl-
MANN" and shorter numbers by Mas
senet and Scharwenka
Wednesday, - Wagner's "Parsifal,"
Suppc's poe, and Peasant" overture
Sullivans "Lost Chord.' Tscha ikow-
sky's 1912" overture Dvorak's "Hu-
moresque." This viii be the last COM
munity singing night Of the season.
The soloist will be Ernest 5. Williams.
cornetist
Friday-The closing concert of the
season will include Wagners Tam
hauser" overture, Sibelius's "Finlandia,"
Wagner's "Lohengrin" and numbers by
three American composers, Edward A,
MacDowell Henry Hadley and Victor
Herbert. The new march, Eagle Eyes, "
by Edwin Frankie Goldman. will also be
played.
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opera companies will be in charge OF
Maestro William Tyroler and A. BIN
boni.
A ballet of 100 dancers will be a
feature of the second act. In the great
triumphal scene of Radames's return
from war the stage ensemble will total
1000 people. Camels, oxen, elephants
and horses will also take part in this
scene The stage management will be
in the hands of Luigi Albertieri.
Ben Altieri, technical director, has
already started the construction o. the
stage, for which special scenery hes
been designed and painted by Carminc
Nittolo. Of New York. Owing to tho
huge size of the stage, $50 feet wide
~ 50 feet deep, footlghts and border
lights will be dispensed with, large
projectors being used