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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-08-04

Howard Taft Republican Senator New has engagement visit the President morning and he stated today that he will go conference with open mind and his future attitude the treaty will be largely determined by his discussion win President Wilson.
 PEOPLE FAVOR TREATY
 WASHINGTON, July 3O.-( (Ho)-Chaman Cummings of the democratic national committee said today that he is convinced the great of the people, regardless of party affiliations strongly favor speedy ratification of the Ger man peace treaty Cummings has just completed two months thru the the interests of his party and says that he paid particular attenon the attitude of people regarding the treaty and league of nations
 BELGIAN COMMITTEE RATIFIES
 BRUSSELS, July 30.-(P)-The foreign affairs com mittee of the chamber of deputies reported this morning la resolution rafying the German peace treaty The ttee favors the passage of the resolution and is probable the final action will be taken by the chamber of deputies this week.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-08-04

them practically where they started The then told President Wilson that he does not think the senate should bound by the possible actions of the paraments of other nations his opinion the question of reservations is one for the Americans decide regardless of the effect may have the other countries His visit with the President had Inc effect in changing Senator News attitude toward the league covenant, whatever.
 ROYAL ASSENT IS GIVEN
 LONDON, July 31.-P9DKng George officially ap- proved of the German peace treaty and the special Anglo French agreement today thereby making both of them aw they being recently ratified by parliament This places England the first of the five great allied powers approve the German peace treaty The AngoFrench treaty ide- tcal with the agreement drawn up between France and America and provides that military assistance shall be given the French nation in Germany makes unwarraned aggressive
 PROTOCOL PRESENTED WASHINGTON, July 31.-(P)-I-ate this afternoon President Wilson the the preliminary andu containing the discussions and negotiations of the accompanies the German peace treaty The protocol bot this country by Robert Lansing, secretary of state who recently returned from Paris
 KENYON INTRODUCES BILL WASHINGTON, July 31.-(H)- Senator Kenyon of Iowa introduced in the senate today authorizing the President to call international labor convention to this fall in this city and appoint American delegates who will attend the meeting. When introducing the resol ion Senator Kenyon sad in his speech that the secretary o labor fears the treaty will not be ratified i'll time for the international labor convention be held here next October las provided in the league of nations covenant. It is the purpose of Kenyons resolution to give the President power call this labor meeting in the treaty not ratified in sufficient time for be held under the eagues provision Should the be accepted by the senate within reasonable length of time this power will Ibe needed by the President
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-08-04
COMMITTEE REPORTS IN FAVOR
 OF RAILROAD APPROPRIATION

priao and territories committees will leave that city Satur- day Fairbanks Alaska, the government rail- road right-of-way The trip is being made under the spices of the department of interior is desired that these committeeman know just where-he money appropriated for the railroad has been expended and what the needs the project at the present time
 w. A. Ryan, who has acted special representative for Secretary Lane various times ill work connected with the railroad and James McPherson of the Alaska Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce of this city, making all the arrangements for the trip and it is probable that both of them will accompany the congressman Both Ryan and McPherson we'll acquainted with the conditions in Alaska the interior we'll the coast having spent considerable time in both sections.
 It is entirely possible that Secretary Lane will accompany
 the inspection party, aho official matters may arise which necesstate his remaining in Washington In the secre tary able to make the trip he will send Assistant Sec retary of the Interior Hollowel i'll his place.
 The entire list of congressman who will make the trip thru Alaska is available but Representative Albert Johnson, residing Hoquiam this stae will be member of the party. is planned that the party sail from here Thursday of next week. direct for Seward From Seward
 they will go by way of Anchorage the railway rgt-of way Fairbanks returning by way of the FarbanksValdez trail From Cordova they will take steamer back to this port.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-08-04

WASHINGTON, July 31.-(F-I large measure due the efforts of L. McPherson of Seattle the house committee territories rendered favorable report today the bill appropriatng million dollars for the Alaska railroad Several of the committeeman not entirely satis fled with the Alaskan Engineering commission and believe that changes should be made in the force supervising the srucon of the road but they did not let this dissatisfaction keep them from recommending that the be passed and the project completed possible The commit has had the under consideration for time and several persons have appeared at the hearings them being James McPherson who has worked necessarily for the appropriation The outlook for the passage of the bill is considered favorable and the supporters of the be- eve that the appropriation will be assured this session. The million dollars asked for in the bill is sufficient complete the railroad in every way and will insure its be- ing finished by 192 according the estimates made in the past few weeks.
 Several members of the house appropriations and ter rories committees will leave here next Saturday to make of inspection of the Alaska railroad Among those, who intend make the trip, Representatives Albert Johnson of Washington, Brooks of Pennsylvania Strong of Kansas Watson of Virginia and Davey of Ohio
 WILL COME TO FAIRBANKS
 SEATTLE, July 31.-N9-A special despatch from Washington the Post-Inelgencer today says large number of representatives, who members of the appro
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-08-04
POLICE ASKED
 SEEK BELGIAN

On the last mail from the states Chief of Police Elmer Sanderlin re- ceived an inquiry for one Alphonse Persyn, Belgian, who is supposed to be in the Interior of Alaska. Chas. Van Houcke, of Oostecamp, Belgium, is the person making the inquiry.
 MT. Persyn, it is stated, was last heard from as leaving Seattle on Aug ust 1, 1915, and was thot to be head ed for this district. MT. Van Houcke says that he is urgently wanted, and shoul communicate with him about Special family affairs" immediately.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-08-04
JUNEAU LAWYER
 PASSES BEYOND

According to advices just received here from the coast, z. R. Cheney, a well-known Juneau attorney and for mer national democratic committee man for Alaska, died at Seattle early this month following an operation for dissiminated peritoneal carcinoma
 MT. Cheney had been losing weight for some time and suffering great pain, and went to Seattle for treat
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-08-04
CHICAGO, July 30.-(P)-Part of the Illinois stat

CHICAGO, July 3O.-(4o))- ))-Part of the Illinois state troops ordered this evening to begin patrolng the danger of the riot districts and what force nec- essary que the disturbances Altho the to be used ill controlling the suaon the governor has yet proclaimed martial law merely using the soldiers to assist the municipal police.
 Six regiments of the state guards affected by the order and they immediately took control of that ot the city where the trouble has been the worst The troops have established barred zone three miles square, and search every that carries concealed of any It believed that the patrong of this area by the soldiers will tend settle the there enough of the troops que any disturbance the whites negroes may start.
 that negroes have several times fired the passenger trains atho one ye has been wounded This action the part of the negroes entirely unwarranted and taken an example of bloodthirsty lawessness Four deaths cured today from the fighting making grand total of thirty deaths to date Of these thirty fatalities seventeen are negroes. Clashes still between the whites and blacks whenever they but the city generally believed to te quiet than any time during the hours
 FIGHTS SPREAD
 CHICAGO, July 3O-(H9-The bitter fighting between the whites and negroes of this city has spread all parts of the Clashes frequently ill the middle of the business section well in the most exclusive resi- dence districts not bein by confined to the black belt There eight thousand soldiers ready and on awaiting the governors order before they take charge the These were mODll1ZeQ at armores here in compliance with the request of the city thorites that help be given aid in restoring order but Governor Lowden has not yet directed the to patrol the |streets.
 Several small fires started in the negro section today doubtless caused by whites who attempted burn the |out The fires exngushed with only small loss to the property Both whites and negroes using
 knives and the ory of the wounded received their in uries from knife cuts In most cases the men roam the streets in gangs and whenever opposing factions they sasng each other with the sharp blades Un less police arrive and quiet the disorder these fights ualy continue until of the sides receives reinforce and the other is forced to retreat be annhated places the combatans lay ambush and shoot down enemy whenever he appears in sight Isolated members of either down and badly beaten by those of opposite color but it is seldom any person will lon the streets aone especially in those districts where the riots are the most freuuent
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-08-04

ment.
 He was born about 40 years ago in Madelin, Minnesota, and lived there during his young manhood. He served thru the Spanish American war. About sixteen years ago he came to Juneau and opened law office there. He has been member of the Alaska bar during this time. He married Miss Pearl Zeigler in Juneau in 1909.
 The deceeased is survived by Mrs. Cheney, their son John, two sisters and a brother. The body was taken from Seattle to Juneau and inferred there.
 A bolshevist seldom takes water nor soap.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-08-04
ADVERTISED LETTERS

 Anderson, John G. Brintrall, Otis. Brinck, Stephen M. Carter, Leonard. Cowles, James T. Ellis, James B. Fox, William O'Brien. Gray, William J. Hutchison, Fred. Hughes, Richard c. Lowery, Leta.. New, B. J. Oates, Joe. Runyan, Davis. Smith, Chas. D. Tavasieff, Leno. A. F. Thane Company. Vance, F. P. Welch, Harry. Wood, Dorance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-29
STATUS 0F CHURCH
 STILL DISCUSSED
Letters of Praise and Criti- cism Received by The
 Age-Herald

In reference to the recent discussion participated in by church leaders about matters pertaining to church work, let ters have been received by The Age Herald containing the following state ments:
 From L. w. Jay, layman, Greensboro
 T think what Dr. Dickinson had to say about preachers and churches was all wrong. During 25 years that I have been in Greensboro I don't think there has beAn a preacher that was not a man among men. They have taken part in everything they could with propriety They didn't touch the world by drinking swearing, gambling and the like. to be sure It would be well for such preach CTS to confess their own faults, but think it is unjust to bring such charges against preachers as a whole"
 A W. Armour, Y. M. c. A. camp sec rotary at Camp Sheridan:
 II am intensely interested in the inter view with Dr. Dickinson, our former and highly esteemed religious work director which appeared in your issue of Wednes- day, March 26.
 ''Dr Dickinson certainly strikes a sound note in the expression which you print.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-29
BREWSTER DRIVER
 FINED IN COURT Delivered Milk Not Up to : Standard, Is the
 Allegation

Following tests made of milk delivered to Venable's cafe by the driver of a milk wagon from the Brewster dairy, the driver, against whom charges of operating not according to the city regu- lations, were made, was arrested and fined $25 in each of three cases Thurs day.
 "The milk was below standard. show ing that it either had been adulterated was skinned milk,' according to Dr. Bowling, city health officer, in whose laboratory the tests were made. Tt was through the kindness of the cafe that we were able to make the arrest. When the driver brought the milk in he was made to take samples of it, which were sealed in his presence and delivered to authorities. As the dairy is out of town the driver was arrested and officials of the dairy later came in to see about the matter.
 "There are some dairies in Birmingham that are first-class and that will have no trouble in observing the new regu1a- tions that are to be made In fact some of them are delivering sufficiently pure and nourishing milk now. The state |, ment that our milk supply is perfectly filthy was not meant to apply to that part of it produced by these best dairies.' .''
 It was announced at Venables cafe yesterday that the milk used there will come from different source hereafter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-29
Many Persons Find
 Jobs Through the City
 Employment Service
Employment Officer King Makes In- teresting Report Showing Activi-
 ties of Local Office

Three hundred and twenty-siX persons
 were sent out on different works, 653
 applications for work were received and 327 applications are pending, according to the city employment officer in his re-
 port from December 1. 1918 to March 25.
 1919. From May l, 19lS to November 30, 1918, 1160 persons were sent out to work and 195 persons were convicted for va
 grancy.
 Other figures given by Henrqy C. King,
 Jr city employment officer, are
 Number of persons registering and cards
 issued during the work or fight period,
 70,752; number of applications for work filed, 251: number of investigations, per
 sons detained and examined, including people sent out to work after investi- gations, e60; total number of persons sent out to work, 1160; applications on file,
 who failed to get employment or failed to come back for further help, 51; total number of vagrants and other arrests made including persons with or suspect ed of having venereal diseases, 4O4; total number of persons convicted for vagran- cy, 195
 From December l. 1918, to March 2o, 1919, the report read: Number of appli- cations received for work, 653; number of persons sent out on different works, 326; number of applications pending on file. 327 total number of permits issued to hotels rooming houses and boarding houses, 300.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-29
ENGINEERS WILL
 ORGANIZE TODAY Local Section of National Body Forming-Promi-
 nent Visitors

Steel electrical engineers of this district will form local section of the National Electrical Steel Engineers association al the Tutwier hotel tonight
 in making the announcement of the meeting local engineers stated that Bir- ningham is recognized as one of the great iron and steel centers of the United States and that the national body recog- nizlng this fact. decided that it would be to the best interests of the national body apd to the profession in general to have a separate section here.
 The section will hold monthly meet ings, at which questions of interests to those engaged in that line of work Will be discussed.
 M. D. Petty, electrical engineer of the Bethlehem Steel company of Bethlehem Pa, who is president of the national as sociation. and C. A. Menk,. electrical ell. gineer of the Carnegie company of Pitts burg. Jr., and past president of the na. tional association, and others prominent in the industry will attend the dinner al which the local section will be organ. ize1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-29
.DOWNEY SUCCEEDS LATE W. s. BROWN Nephew Elected President w. s. Brown Mercantile
 Company

The directors of the w. $. Brown Mer- cantile company met Friday and elected James A. Dowpey president of the company to fill the vacancy created by the death of MT. w. $. Brown.
 Mir. Brown was the founder Of the w.. s. Brown Mercantile company. and was at the time of his death the oldest mer- chant in Birmingham, having been ac- lively engaged in business since 1876
 Mr. James A. Downey, the new presi- dent, is a nephew or MT. Brown and has been actively associated with him in the conduct of the business since 1t was founded. He has worked his way up to his present position by his own efforts, and as he has been lifelong resident of Birmingham, he has many friends throughout Jefferson county who will be glad to learn of his well merited promo ton.
 All the other officers and employees will continue in the service of the coinpany and the bNsiness will be conducted along the same lines as in the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-29
Alex Hill Arrested
 for Washington Death

Alex Hill. negro, who, with Will Stover, another negro, Is alleged to have mur- dered Will Washington and robbed him of several hundred dollars last week, was yesterday arrested at Columbus, O., ac- cording to a telegram received by author ities here. Charles T. Helton, marshal at Inglenook, will leave for Columbus this morning and bring back the alleged mur- derer.
 The body of Washington was found in the woods nearf Boyles last Sunday after noon by party who had searched for Washington for two days. Wilmington was known to be in possession of several hundred dollars when he left home last Friday.
 The Stover negro was arrested at De- catur Tuesday and placed in jail there on charge of the murder of a man in that vicinity. After holding an inquest over Washington. Assistant Coroner John R. T. Rives ordered the arrests of Slower and Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-29

Two of the largest real estate trans actions consummated in recent months in
 Birmingham were reported yesterday.
 Both involved business property and the
 price at which they sold is considered to
 be very good
 Moore -Handey Hardware company,
 through Hill Ferguson of the Jemison
 Real Estate and Insurance company.
 purchased the property running through
 from Avenue A to Powell avenue, de- signated at lots s, Q and 10, i'll block 1i4- E, and lying between the two houses now owned by MooreIIandley Hardware com pany. The three lots have a combined frontage of D feet and a depth of 1s2 feet.
 The consideration was $3o,500. By the purchase of these lots Moore Handley Hardware company were able to connect up their property and they now own all of tn block between Ave nue A and Powell avenue and Twen- tieth and Twenty-trst streets, except the lot at the corner of Powell avenue and Twentieth street.
 The sale was made through Hill Fergu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-29
TlUo Real Estate Trades
 Of Merit Are Announced

son for Lee (. Bradley, trustee of the Lyons estate; Jonathan Bryan of Rich mond, Va, and the Birmingham Trust and Savings company, trustee of the Haas estate.
 N. 0. Nelson has a lease on two of the stores involved in the deal which expires october 1. The other store is now oc- oupled by the Moore Handley Hardware company. At the expiration of the Nell son lease the Moore-Handley company will also occupy these two buildings.
 The other business property to change hands is located at Til Third avenue, now occupied by the Wallace & Allen Furniture company whose lease expires October l. Sewelovitz and his two sons n-law, owners of the Empire Leather company are the purchasers, the consid- eration being $2s,o00. William Wise, the owner made the sale through McCon- nell, Angln & White. The lot fronts 2a feet on the south side of Third avenue and runs back southward 140 feet. A two story building now stands on the prop erty.
 It Is understood that a new building to cost about $75,0Oo will be erected on tho lot by the new purchasers just as soon as they get possession
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-29

Gee, Eye,
 Than dig 'em in France or Germanee."
 This was the burden of a song, or rather refrain, that came from the lips of gang of men, clad in semi military uniform, as they wielded the pick and manipulated the shovel in an excava- ton on the side of Red mountain, at a point near Ishkooda. They were a husky bunch and in the crisp, fresh air of yesterday wielded the imple- ments of peace with the same precision and dexterity that they had wielded the implements of war on and around the battlefields of France, for inquiry dis closed the fact that many of them were soldiers recently returned from over seas
 But how different the cause for which they were at labor. for instead of de- facing the landscape for the purpose of advancing the work of death and destruction, they were engaged in the preliminary work of big engineering achievement that will add to the fame and prestige of this great industrial district These returned soldiers were digging the caissons in which the foun- dations of the piers of an aerial rail- road. operated by gravitation, will be built; that will commence on the top of Red mountain and terminate at a point near the west gate of Fairfield, distance of nearly five miles. Its es- timated cost is s5,000,000.
 This roadroad will be built on the top of immense steel piers, the height of which will depend on the topography of the land over which the railroad will pass, but that it will be up in the air" can be judged from the fact that where it crosses the valley road, com mon1y known as the Bessemer high way, it will be 30 feet above the level of the roadbed.
 The material of which this road will be built will be all local products, as the fabricating mill at West Fairfield, and the other material manufactured at the different plants of the Steel corpora ton.
 As was stated, the operation of the road will be by gravitation, the incline will be sufficient to allow the cars to roll by their own weight, the speed controlled, of course, by airbrakes, from the starting point on Red Mountain to the terminus at Fairfield. The purpose of the road is to cut off a railway haul of about 15 or 20 miles, and to deliver by means of gravitation cars loaded with iron ore from Red mountain to a point in sight of the Ensley blast fur naces, where the ore will be used in the making of pig iron.
 At the present time the iron ore is loaded into the cars at the mines in and around Ishkooda, and then hauled along Red mountain, making a loop around Bessemer and thence to the Ens1ey furnaces. The cost of this haul age is considerable, for thousands of tons of ore are transported from the mines to the furnaces daily. This cost will be largely eliminated by the aerial railroad, the cost of operation of which will be trifling compared with the present plan.
 The only power that will be used on the railroad will be that of hauling the empty cars up the incline to the starting point. The new railroad will be standard guage and the cars the standard dumping cars in general use in this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-29
CHATTANOOGA TO SEND 75 MEMBERS
 TO KIWANIS MEET

b. 0. Morin of Chattanooga was in Birmingham yesterday making arrange ments for the entertainment of 75 mem- bers of the Chattanooga Iiwanis club at the international Kiwanis convention. which meets. in Birmingham on May 20, 21, %
 Nashville has written President J, Mer- cer Barnett of the local club that they will bring with them the famous Fiske university jubilee negro quartette, and that they will be featured here during the entire convention.
 Inquiries are coming in daily for ac- commodations at the local hotels. and Chairman A. J. Arrant of the hotel com mittee of the convention is busy as can be, securing accommodations. He esti- mates that there will be 1250 delegates and visitors to the convention, from Canada, the east. north and west. as well as all southern cities.