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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
10 TONS OF SUGAR
 AVAILABLE AND PRICES ID BE LOWER
Sugar Board Releases Vest tern and Cuban Sugar and Birmingham's Quota
 Will Arrive Soon

Some ts0 tons of Cuban cane sugar and be available in Birmingham at prices considerably lower than those now pre- vailing, it was announced yesterday by the Birmingham Wholesale Grocery asso- ciation--
 Eight to ten carloads of Cuban sugar. shipped by the Henderson Refining com pany of New Orleans. are en route here. and 100c bags of beet sugar from Col erado, aggregating 60 tons, are due here the latter part of the week. The Cuban suga-, which is sugar of the old crop, will be sold to the consumer at price of l14 or 1lA cents a pound. The price will be sS2 cents wholesale, and to this wilAbe added the profit of one-half cent allowed the wholesaler, the profit of one cent and half to the retailer. This sugar has been held up at the port of New or leans ty the longshoremen strike, which was recently settled It is standard me granulated sugar.
 The beet sugar en route from Coiorado is a part of the consignment Of 2J0 tons of beet sugar recently secured by K. M. Hobbie. state food administrator. from the sugar equalization board. This state under the zoningl system fixed, was sup posed to be furnished with sugar from Louisiana alona, but no Louisiana sugar was available. Upon special request. the suga. board released quantity Of lVoo tons of western teet sugar, of which Bur mingham is to set 250 tons.
 In addition to the above shipments, It was learned yesterday, three or four scars of Louisiana cane sugar of the new crop are e7 route here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
AID VALOREM TAX
 PAYMENTS SLOW
Big Decrease in October and Noyem-
 Der Over Same Months Last |> Year, Says TX Collector

comparative statement drawn by James F. Hawkins yesterday of the ad valorem tax on real and personal prop erty showedva marked decrease in the amount of receipts during a stated time this year as against the same number of months in 1918.
 Approximately $500, 900 was the de- crease of receipts for the period from October 1 and December 1 this year as compared with the receipts during those two months In 1si8.
 The actual figures for 1919 were $3S1.536.73, while in 1s1S they almost reached the million mark. amounting to $s21,124.H.
 This marked change in the futures Of the receipts for the present year, said MT. Hawking, was due to the fact that number of the big corporations have not yet paid their taxes.
 In 1918, he stated. when the state was facing a shortage in funds. the gover- nor appealed to the larger corporations 10 pay their advalorem tax as soon as possible. His. request met with the success noted in the large amount that had been collected during fhe two Donths
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
GERMANY WRECKED, DECLARES SPEAKER AT ROTARY LUNCH
.nteresting Talks Made At Regular Meeting of Ro- tary Club-Members
 Urged to Register
OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA Statement, November IT, 1919.

F. H Pashinsky made a most interest ing talk to Rotarians at their meeting yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock regard ing business conditions in Europe. hay ing recently returned from European tour. He spoke of the condition of Ger the country is an empty shell now te what it was in 1914. Berlin, whicn was one of the most beautiful cities in the world. is now badly neglected, he stated and the well-dressed people on the streets have disappeared and everything is in terribly dilapidated condition.
 The. railroads, considered an asset be- for the war. are now a liability, said MT. Bashinslxy, "as all 1ins are worn own and in many places there is nothing lett but two rusty rods. The mail lines nave suffered greatly as result or the war and the Journey which used to require about four hours to complete now takes IS on account of the roundabout way a person is forced to go
 q was told by German who was connected with the railroads that when the arrnistice was signed Germany had % 600 locomotives, but according to the terms of the armistice 5000 were turned over to the allies, and they, of course,
 
 remaining were beyond repair and were ready for the scrap heap.
 'sT asked him how long it would take Germany to overcome the effects of the war and he declared he did not know as the form of government now was so- c5alistic the laboring men being in the faddle. and they have to petition them before they could do anything.
 "Germany will never be the country she was before the war, and she needs labor badly"
 Mrs Ralph Barrow made brief talk regarding the doll bazaar which is being conducted this week for the benefit of the children's Hospital. She stated this hospital which gave the best of treat- ment to children who would otherwise not receive it, and appealed to Rotarians to patronize the bazaar
 Mrs J. F. Fries made a short talk re- garding the Big Sister movement and urged every Rotarian to become members of this movement and assist in giving a large number of girls employed in the city a suitable home in which to live for a nominal sum.
 In the absence of President Morris Bush, Dr. Percy Woodall, vice president, presided and urged all Rotarians who had not registered to do so at once in order that they might be able to vote, for he declared if they didn't vote they had no right to kick. He stated that this week was the last opportunity they would have for doing so. The attendance was unusually large and the meeting was one of the most interesting held in some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
VICE PRESIDENT POSTPONES VISIT Notifies Moose Lodge Can't Come Before February
 or March

Vice President Thomas R. Marshall will be unable to keep his engagement to speak here before the Moose clut Friday evening, December 12
 J. F. Weir, director of the local lodge Loyal Order of Moose, yesterday received the following letter from Mark Thistle thwaite. secretary to the Vice President.
 At the direction of the Vice Presi-
 dent, I must advise you that he must
 cancel his engagement with you and
 your lodge for December F
 When his engagement was made
 he had every reason to believe that
 the treaty of peace would be finally
 disposed of by the Senate of tho
 United States. AS you know, the
 treaty is still pending. and the Vice
 President is unable, therefore, to
 leave Washington, much to his regret.
 He wants me to say to you that he
 hopes to visit your lodge the latter
 part of February or the first of March.
 UntiI yesterday 1t was expected that Vice President Marshall would be here during the same hours of General Per shing's visit.
 Vice President Marshall had been in- vited to visit Birmingham by the Moose lodge here, and he had accepted the in- vitation. He was scheduled' to address the local lodge ana the entertainment of the distinguished visitor was being arranged by a committee of the Moose lodge of which Dr. Courtney W. Shrop- shire was chairman.
 It had been erroneously reported that the Vice President was to be the guest of the Civitan club, of whichSDr. Smop- shire was president, but he declared yes terday that such was not the case.
 'The Vice President was coming to at the invitation of the local Moose lodge and the entertainment plans were in the hands of members of the ledge.'' said Dr. Shropshire. Probably the fact that I was serving. as chairman of the Moose entertainment committee is for the erroneous report that MT. Marshall was to be a guest of the Civitan club.
 Like all the other members of the Moose lodge, 1 am delighted to know that the Vice President will visit Bir- mingham next spring, and we plan to give him rousfng reception here.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
BLUE SKY LAW" TO
 BE EXPLAINED AT
 REALTORS MEETING
Local Real Estate Exchange to Hold Meeting at Southern Club Today
 With Interesting Programme

The Birminghanl> Real Estate exchange will resume their weekly meetings with Ia luncheon today at the Southern club at i o'clock after celebrating the holiday of last week The meeting today is to be live one, according to announce ment made yesterday by President Estes.
 The principal event of the meeting will be an explanation of the blue sky law enacted at the last session of the state legislature by Ray Lang. one of the Younger members of the exchange What is described as horticultural Treat" is also to be a novelty of this meeting.
 President Estes also announced yester- day that several prominent firms of the city had applied for membership in the exchange and urges good attendance to consider these applications.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
Director of Girls Work
 To Be Given Reception

A reception will be given this evening from s to o'clock by community service in houor of Miss Elizabeth c. Albro, direc- tor Of the girls work in Birnin gham. at the rooms of the war camp community seyvice on Four u. avenue and Twentieth street
 Miss Albro arrived in Birmingham last Saturday to direct girls work here and Is said to be one of the best in her line that was engaged in war camp com munity service work. The regular dance will begin at c clock, and all girls hold ing cards are invited to be present on this occasion. Music will be furnished by . jazz hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
|ENGLE TO SPEAK TO
 THE YOUNG JUDEANS
Annual Programme for Friday Even ing Meeting At Knesseth Israel
 New Speakers Each Week

Irving Engle, local attorney. will address the Young Judeans at their meeting tomorrow night at o'clock at Knesseth Israel synagogue.
 These Friday night services were in stituted by this organization in line with their efforts and activities to fa- miliarize themselves with the history and religion of the Jewish people.
 Friday evening is a most important evening from the viewpoint of the Jew ish people, because 1t ushefs in the Sabbath, the observance of which is Fundamental in Judaism
 Saul Dank will read the services Frank Abelson will chant the Kid dush," or the santification. and Rabbi Jacob I. Mendelsohn will pronounce the benediction-
 A feature of those services will be the fact that new speaker will ad- dress the worshipers on an interesting g subject each week
 The pupils of tho Birmingham He- brew school will celebrate the ap- preaching festival of Hanukah with m interesting programme, consisting of tAllks. recatat1oas aed songs. on Sunday. December n. at the Knesseth 1srasl svna rcpup
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
Damages Claimed For
 Alleged False Arrest

John N. Porter filed suit against Sheriff J. c. Hartsfield and the United States Fidelity and Guarantee com pany yesterday for $10,000. alleging wrongful arrest and imprisonment
 Alex Catechis filed suit against Bill Gulas and the Gulas Confectionery company for $10.000 damages. also al leging false arrest and Imprisonment
 Other suits filed yesterday weree Sim Lewis vs Home Baking company, $5ooG damages, alleging personal injuires re ceived when struck by automobile be- longing t0 defendant company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
FIVE ADDITIONAL /
 SENTENCES ARE
 GIVEN l.. J. COCOLO
Terms rof Imprisonment in Peniten- tiary from to 70 Years Are Imposed-Ten More Cases Pending

Louis J Cocolo. sentenced in June of this year to one to 10 years in the penitentiary for buying and receiving stolen property, was again brought be- fore Judge H B. Heflin yesterday and additional sentences of from one to 10 years in five cases imposed on him.
 Cocolo. who ran an automobile shop in Ensley. where it was charged he bought and sold a number of stolen automobiles. was charged with IT sep arate cases for these offenses. Two sentences were passed on him in June, leaving 145 remaining, five of which were disposed of by Juge Heflin yes terday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04

, applied to each shift, permitting the | plant to provide a maximum of 4s l hours per week employment for each | shift
 and refrigerator plants. bakeries plants for the manufacture of neces- sary medicinal products. waterworks sewerage plants. gas manufacturing plants, plants operating continuous processes (such as .cid manufacture, blast furnaces. etc.). Printing plants | for the printing of newspapers, period icals. battery charging outfits and i plants producing light or power for I telephone. telegraph Or public utility companies are exempted. Machine shops, foundries and similar plants may operate as necessary when en- gagged in repair work for any indus tries in this exception or for coal
 mines, railroads. ship yards and other essential industries.
 Exception (h). On Saturday nights time of closing mentioned under para graph will be extended until 9 D. m. for stores selling food and wearing ap- pareI In addition to the special pro- visions thus made for Saturday nights, grocery and meat stores and milk depots may remain open on other days until D. m. upon condition that they curtail the use of lights and heat as much as possible"
 r. The exemptions. under this modifica- tion, are extended to machine shops, foundries and similar plants under cer- tain conditions. and to grocery and milk stores on days other than Satur-
 day.
 Col. H E. Hutchens, chairman of the
 Birmingham operating committee of the railroad administration. who has
 charge of the distributioh of coal un-
 lar lo%x 1o be hA
 gional coal committee. states that he
 is appealed to almost every minute in
 thNday for interpretations of the rules.
 He says he is not authorized to inter
 pret them and refers all persons to
 the regulations as announced by tho
 committee ~sai published in the papers.
 In regard to this matter he said yes
 terday:
 q have been approached by repre- sentatives of number of lines of busi-
 ness in fact a greater variety than l imagined existed. for an interpretation of the orders issued by the regional coal committee representing the fuel administration. In majority of cases these representatives present argu- ments to show their bushes is soma different from competitor and con tend for exemption from a compliance with the order My replies to all are similar tAa substance.
 T have no authority in the matteN cannot exempt any class of business and am not officially authorized to in- terpret the order.
 The orders and exceptions thereto. together with an official interpreta- ton, have been published for the bene- fit of the public and while will cheer fully give any applicant my views on any point raised, my advice to all is to bear in mind the orders were is- sued for the conservation of fuel and cannot construe them to mean any thing other than a general restriction of business to the hours of a. m and p. m, With certain specified excep- tions. and unless your business is spe- officially excepted adhere to the 9 a. m. to D. m. hour"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04

The regulations with reference to power and heat stand ms orig tnaliy announced and win net be changed until such time as the Alabama Power company certifies that it is prepared to furnish hydro-electrie power exclusively to Birmin gham.
 T talked with Mir. Yerkes over the long-distance phone at 4:s5 o'clock this afternoon" said Mir. Leader. He ad- Vlsed me that the board had modified .ne ciosins order so as not to affect those places furnished power from nydro-eIeetric plants exclusively. and that those places not furnished power py this means exclusively may keen stores open after D. m-. provided they use lights derived from any other power than electricity or gas.
 But they may use lights derived rom candles, kerosene, gasoline. acety- line. etc In so far as Birmingham is, atFected. when the Alabama Power company certifies that 1t is furnishine 9. power to this city derived exclusively from it's hydro-electric plant Birming- nam would in that event be removed rom the restrictions imposed by the order.
 HEAT RULES NOT CHANGED
 The order has not been modified as to heat and the former rules pre- vail as to that. l have taken the mat ter up with MT. Martin of the Alabama Power company, who hopes to perfect arrangements as soon as possible so that Birmingham may derive the bene- Tits from the modification of the or der. Until that is done, however the order will stand. except as modified as stated"
 ThOmas w. Martin. vice presi-
 dent and general manager of the
 Alabama Power company, stated
 yesterday afternoon that with the
 present low stage of water in the
 Coosa river 1t would be impossible
 to supply all of their customers
 with hydro-eiectric power, and for
 the present Birmingham, in com-
 mon with all other communities,
 will draw part of her power from
 steam plants operated by that com-
 pany.
 The Coosa river is rising slowly but without heavy rains in it's watersheds there Is no prospect of a sufficient stage to supply hyro-electric power for all users. Even with heavy rains in the watersheds. it would be several days, possibly wecK or-two, before eiic SOo9d AANeE pant WOuld De able to take care of all of the Alabama Power company's customers
 MAY KEEP STORES OPEN
 The modification of the rules, as
 announced by the regional commit-
 tee. will enable the merchants of
 Birmingham to keep their stores
 open after : o'clock, but they may
 not use electric or gas lights. Nor
 are they allowed to heat their
 stores or use electric or gas power.
 Other notifications made by the re- gional coal committee and announced yesterday refer to manufacturing plants. They are as foliows:
 Section 1. Exception (b). Where plants or other indus tries have regularly operated on double shift basis since October l, the 4S-hour per week limitation may be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
decentralization h Closing Regulations
Stores and Business Houses May Keep Open If They Us No Heat or Lights Generated by Fuel-City Still
 Using Part Steam Power

Under modification announced yesterday, of the closing regulations made by the regional coal committee Birmingham merchants may keep their stores provided they ueS Kerosene gasoline acetaine other uminans not rived from electricity or gas. A
 The modification of the made yesterday afternoon and
 Ben Leader attorney who the committee to Atlanta Tuesday interview the regional committee Leader had long distance telephone with Ykes mngha member of the regional committees 435 o'clock afternoon in which information of the modification given.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
HELD UP,
 AND ROBBED OF S75

J. N. Hamrick. an automobile salesman for . local agency, was held up and robbed of $75 on Fourth avenue, between Twenty-fifth ana Twenty-sixth streets. last night about o'clock, according to Detectives Dohyns. Walton, Brewer and Clements. They arrested J. NJ. Crenshaw, who was placed in the city jail charged with highway robbery. The officers re- covered $73 from Crenshaw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
RAINBOW VETERANS
 WILL MEET TONIGHT

The Mortimer H. Jordan chapter of tho Rainbow veterans will hold an im- portant business meeting this evening at SIS o'clock in the rooms of the Civic as- sociation, at which time plans for bfS celebration for New Years eve will be made. Other matters of importance will be disposed of and all Rainbow men are urged to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The programme committee includes Dr. |C. w. Shropshire, chairman; Frank Rushton, Hugh Morrow Morris Bush, c. C Burke and LeRoy Jacobs.
 The street lighting arrangements will be managed by City Commissioner Brown.
 Decorations in the ballroom are to be ella borate and lavish, combining flags. bunting and patriotic colors with palms, potted plants and flowers
 Invitations will be sent to the invited guests, including Governor Kilby, few other state officials and a group of off, ficers who served overseas.
 The committee. including city officials, desired to arrange the plans so that the entire populace might have an oppor- Pershing on his brief visit. At the same time they were confronted with the sit- Nuation of his short six-hour stay and that being in the night.
 The invitations to> the governor and other special guests include banquet res ervations for their wives.
 Instead of reaching the city at 6:35, it has been learned that the train schedule has been changed and the hour will be 5.45 o'clock As this is fsat train, mak- ing few stops. it reaches not infrequently at 10 to 15 minutes ahead of the regular schedule.
 Banquet speakers have not been des- ignAted, the details of the reception to be arraneed at later conferences of the special committees named yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses wers issued from the probate court yesterday: H. c. Barrett and Minnie Miller.
 William Walters and Lowell WhitA.
 Homer Jones and Mabel WataEA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
CHEERFUL NEWS

The most cheerful news coming to the Birmingham operators from an outside district in some time was that which came over the tickers in brokerage offices yesterday afternoon stating hat the miners in the Fairmont district of West Virginia had voted to return to work. This is one of the largest btuninous dis tricts in the country. and with the mines there running full time they can take care of some of the territory now being supplied by Birmingham.
 Henry L. Badham of the Bessemer Coal. Iron and Land company yesterday received a telegram from Michigan in- terests asking if there was any coal in this district available for shipment to that state. NIT. Badham turned the tele- gram over to the Alabama Coal Oper- ators association, who In turn referred if to s. L. Yerkes of Birmingham, a member of the regional fuel committee.
 It is not likely, however that any coal will he shipped from Alabama to Mich igan.
 Frank V. Evans of the Alabama Coal Operators' association has received a letter from the American consul at Rio Janiero, Brazil making inquiries aDout Alabama coal. He stated that the only coal now going to Brazil from the rrited states is shipped through Norfolk, but asks if it would not be possible for Ala hema coal, going through Mobile, to be laid down there at less cost than that oing through Norfolk. In this connec- ton it is stated that run Of the mine coal is selling in Rio at s24 ton. The recent reduction of $l 50 ton in the ship rates from gulf ports to South America will enable Alabama coal to be laid down there n.5o a ton less than that from Norfolk.
 The consul states that during the war inc Brazilian mines supplied the rail- roads, but that 1t is not enough to meet the demands, and that additional sup nlies will have to come from this coun- try
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-04
DAILY PAY SYSTEM

l At some of the mines where the daily pay system is in effect numbers of thS men have refused to accept their checks, 1 but none have quit work. The daily 1 pay system was inaugurated by several of the Birmingham district operators during the war at the suggestion Sf the government, and since the signing of the
 armistice this practice has been contin- ued.
 Under this system the men are given checks at quitting time every afternoon for the previous days work. These checks can be cashed at the office at any time. Trade checks good at the com
 missaries, also, are issued as before,
 but the companies do not discount them
 as they did prior to the inauguration of the daily pay system.
 Refusal Of the men to accept the daily
 checks calling for the II per cent advance is said to be due to their belief% that
 another advance will be put into effect soon, and if they accept those issued at present they will be deprived of the additional advance for the time interyen- ing between December l and the date of any new increase, if such is granted. Operators reported yesterday that more men were at work than on either Mon day or Tuesday, and at the present rate of progress there will be few idle men in the district at the end of another
 week.
 "One of two things is certain, said
 one operator yesterday. "The men who
 are working are getting out a greater
 tonnage per man. or there are more men
 working now than for some time past.
 The output for last week is proof that
 one of the other proposition is true. In any event, there is going to be more coal
 available for Birmingham ana the Bir-
 mingham territory within a short timo
 and our wartime regulations may as a result he modified"