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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-09

enormous supplies of mechanical equip ment and hardware. There is little doubt that devastated Europe must come to us for assistance in rebuilding her shat tered homes and dismantled factories. The demand for your products is immediate and widespread; where there is such urgent demand, the means for financing and distributing the purchases cannot fail to be found"
 Declaring that there has never been a time in our national history when calm confidence on the part of our business men was more essential, Secretary Red field asserted, we in the new world must see to it that our great reserves of en- ergy, wealth and enthusiasm are bull wark of civilization at this crucial time. v
 The joint session, which was attended by members of the Southern Hardware Jobbers' association, the Southern Sup ply and Machinery Dealers association, the American Hardware Manufacturers association, and the American Supply and Machinery Manufacturers assocla, tion, was opened with an invocation by Archbishop Shaw of New Orleans. Gov ernor Pleasant of Louisiana, and John M. Parker, federal food administrator for the state, welcomed the gathering.
 Stabilization of prices and closer CO., operation between the Jobbers anu the manufacturers, were the principal sup iects before the conference. Part of the day was taken up with executive sessions and sight seeing.
 Common every day American horse sense was given as the essential factor for business today in handling the prob lens of industry and trade, by w. F. Simpson, president of the Southern Sup ply and Machinery Dealers association, during the closing hours of the joint ses- sion.
 Hand in hand with conservatism, he said, 'let us establish optimism as one of our guides and counselors-for those who imagine trouble ahead always help bring on trouble.f American business may be confronted at unprecedented perils but thank God, it has unpre- cedented resources for fortifying against them
 w. B. Biggers of Detroit, chairman of the executive committee of the Ameri- can Hardware Manufacturers associa- tion, presided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-09
WOULD NEVER GET
 WELL, HE THOUGHT Nashville Man Could Walk
 Only a Short Distance WORKS ALL RIGHT NOW Love Says He Hasn't Had a Touch of Asthma Since
 Taking Lung-Vita

'I have been troubled with asthma for about two years and have had doctors and taken their medicine, but did not get any relief" says MT. Alexander Love, who lives at 2012 18th Ave, N, Nash vile, Tenn.
 II tried so many remedies that could not begin to tell what they were and all to no good end. I would have cough ing spells and smothering spells at diff ferent, times. l could only walk a very short distance without resting on account of shortness of breath. I was beginning l to feel very uneasy about myself, for l had come to the conclusion that I was not going to get we'll I kept seeing Lung Vita advertised in the papers as a fine medicine for asthma, so I bought me a bottle, and can say it has cured me. I have not had a touch of asthma since started taking Lung-Vita, and can now
 do as much work as anyone of my age" Your druggist or dealer should handle
 I.ung-Vita, but, if he won't supply you,
 write Nashville Medicine Co, for free
 booklet.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-09

How would you like to be perfect "thirty-six'' (without alterations) and "moder' your way through life, wear ing ruffles and fluffs and all sorts q I pretty togs without end?
 I think I'd like it pretty well; how d you like it?
 "The Mystery Girl" round at the big Saks store, who is modelling ther e this week, likes it. because she told m so yesterday, and if anybody know E about Smodeling" this stunning young woman does, for she's worn more than 5000 costumes in the two short year $ she's been a model" and has handte1 thousands and thousands of dollars worth of costumes in single day ln the big, exclusive Fifth avenue shops of New York, just like she's doing over at the big Saks store here.
 The Mystery Girl" as she is known in order to sort of stir up thingsH and make people talk about her, wears a mask-and all you can see Of hcf face is just her pink skin, her pretty teeth and her fascinating smile; she won't even tell you her name (of course, she told me, because-well-- I'm that sort, you know; I've just goE to be told); her hair is 'bobbed, and
 
 Ruffles'-a "perfect thirty-six" (withf out alterations)-in other words, d 1919 modeli'~
 Yesterday afternoon, after the big crowds had disbanded around the show windows at Saks' I followed The Mystery Girr up to the spacious third floor, where the pretty togs live; and there I tracked her down." no she wouldn't remove her mask and yes-she did tell me her name; but said that before, and of course l can't tell you, because I "crossed my heart that I wouldn't-but this much I'll say. she's "actress-ed' as well as model ed;' she's been in moving pictures, too and was in Florida when l was there this winter doing a picture (she-not D with James Montgomery Flagg. you've seen her lots of times on the screen"
 "Or course I like modelling better than pictures or the stage either" this Miss Mystery Girr told me. Tt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-09

Wilmington, Del, is to receive farm products by parcel post truck service. The service between that city and Sails bury. Md. began recently, two large army trucks bearing eggs, butter, fish, oysters, crabs. berries and such direct from land or sea to consumers. Stops are made at every town along the route which can claim q postoffice Provision has also been made for acceptance of parcel post material for New York, transfers to be made at Chester; and through truck ser vice from Wilmington to Philadelphia will be established.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-09
S1st Division Has Made Fine Record
 On French Soil
Brion-sur-Ource, France,
 March 13, 1919.

March 13, 1919.
 To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Will you print this letter for the
 benefit of the friends of the Brming
 ham and Jefferson county boys in the
 Eighty-first division of the American
 expeditionary forces. I am a Birming-
 ham boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
 Mangrum of 403 Earle avenue. I was
 a carrier for The Age-Herald for four Il years. II There has been numerous reports in the Birmingham and other papers II that the Eighty-first division was net II in action. which was a mistake. We 1 landed in England on August 12, and Il were there in rest camps a few days, I then we came across the English chan T mel to LHavre. We were then trained N at Tonnerre for a month. We were \ then ordered to the Vosges sector III ] the Vosges mountains, where we held I that sector four weeks. That was our I first real experience we had with the l Huns This was a quiet sector We were then ordered to the Verdun sec- ] tor 14 kilometers southeast of Yer | dun. We relieved the Thrty-fifth d- vision on the night of November 6, our | division going lover the top on the morning of November g. We were met with heavy artillery and machine gun | ometers, our losses being very light. There were rumors that the armi5- tice was going to be signed, but no one believed it until firing ceased at II o'clock on November II. There was a great celebration on both sides-one | that we will never forget.
 After the armistice we hiked from | Verdun to Chatillon- sur-Seine, a dis tance of 200 kilometers, the hike last ing 15 days.
 This division has made a splendid l record. The division is made up of I boys~from North Carolina, South Caro- | lina Tennessee, Florida and Alabama there being about 5000 Alabama boys in the division. Our division is ex- pectng to sail some time in July or August, and we all are anxious to get back to the good old U. s. A. and Bir- mingham. Respectfully yours, ' PRIVATE H. F. MANGRUM
 Medical Detachment, 324th Infantry, l U. s. A. P. O.. No. 791.
 | While dressing a hen which he had l killed, Sidney H. Toothaker of Bruns- 1 wick. Me- recovered the three links of l his Odd Fellow pin, which he had lost. l. ---------.s.------ ' Stop The Tickle HAYES HEALING HONEY. Price 35c Heals the Throat and Cures the Cough A free box of O-PEN-TRATE SALVE 1 for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Group 1 is enclosed with every bottle.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-09
For the Good of
 T he Community

 growth and prosperity has been and is coal and iron, yet the agricultural pro- ducts in the Birmingham trade territory, that is, north Alabama, in 1918 exceeded the combined value of the coal and iron produced in the Birmingham district.
 The total value of 13 farm products in this territory exceeded S200,000,000, ac- cording to estimates made by F. w. Gist, field agent, bureau of crop estimates, United States Department of Agriculture, Auburn.
 The value of each of these crops was: Corn, S69571 ,0O0; cotton, $82,770000; cot ton seed, S1s,902OOO; peanuts, S3429,000; velvet beans, $2,728,O0O; cowpeas, S4,308,- 900; hay S14,252,000; sorghum syrup, S5,3690 000; sugar cane syrup, $23470O0; Irish potatoes, S3,812,0OO; sweet potatoes, S6,934,0OO; oats, $5613,OOO; wheat, $2,- 9420O0.
 Farm land values in Alabama, the fed eral Department of Agriculture reports, increased S3 an acre last year and are now worth S7 an acre more than they were in 1916
 The crop statistics recited above do not cover poultry and produce, which have grown to enormous proportions in north Alabama in recent years.
 These figures are given for the purpose of showing the purchasing power of the people living in the Birmingham trade ter ritory and for the purpose of indicating the possibilities of the commercial develop ment of Birmingham as trade center From statistics recently compiled, which, of course, are only approximately correct, the industrial, commercial, railway and agricultural enterprises in the Birming- ham district pay out something like S12,0000O0 month to their employees, or about S150,000,000 year. Practically all of this enormous sum is spent by the work ing men and women of north Alabama for food, clothes and homes, with fair pro- portion for amusements and travel.
 Birmingham is the natural trade center of this great wealth-producing population. Her trunk lines of railway reach out in every direction and touch almost every community in this rich section.
 With this vast industrial pay roll and farm production, Birmingham, without doubt, offers as great an opportunity for the enterprising jobber as any other com n1unity in the United States.
 Trade expansion has not been pushed by Birmingham merchants with the vigor characteristic of other less favored cities, a condition due, probably, to the fact that they looked more to the weekly or monthly pay rolls which put enormous sums of money into circulation and which enabled them to operate substantially on a cash basis
 The few jobbers in dry goods, groceries, hardware and other commodities estab- lished here have been uniformly successful and without exception have grown from small beginnings to commanding positions among jobbing interests of the south.
 Birmingham is the only large city in this territory, is nearer to every part of it than any other large city, and has as good or better railroad facilities than any other citv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-09

between the United States and Germany The exhibits are classed as insufficient and irrelevant by the government which asks that they be stricken from the com- plaint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-09

While dressing a hen which he had killed, Sidney H. Toothaker of Bruns- wick. Me, recovered the three links of his Odd Fellow pin, which he had lost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-09
DART|NG, PIERCING SC|AT|C PAINS Give way before the penetrat- ing effects of Sloan's
 Liniment

So do those rheumatic twinges ana the loin- aches of lumbago, the nerve inflammation of neuritis, the wry neck, the joint wrench. the ligament sprain, the muscle strain and the throbbing blruise.
 The ease of applying. the quickness oY relief, the positive results, the clean Illness and the economy of Sloan's Lini- ment make it universally preferred SCc. soc and $120
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-09

Stop The Tickle HAYES HEALING HONEY. Price 35c Heals the Throat and Cures the Cough A free box of O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Group is enclosed with every bottle.-Adv
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-07

Washington, Aug. 6.-Immediate relief from the high cost
of living or social revolution. 1890
This was the ultimatum that organized labor delivered d.
rectlv to congress today. gASs
The workers attitude was presented by Warren s. Stone.
grand chief of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers. and
Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of La,
Dor, appearing before the house committee on interstate and.
foreign commerce in support of the Plumb plan for governs
ment ownership Of the railroads. Mr.. Stone said:
II want to say one thing and / say it in no spirit Of threatts
three months--and 1 don't mean a year or two-you are going
to see the worst time you have even seen in the history Of thin
country.
''The people are not going to fold their hands while they
starve. They are going to die fghting.".
This declaration was backed up by Mr.. Morrison just before
the adjournment of the afternoon session.
The federation official was greatly excited. 4.
Looking defiance at the members of the committee, he shout
ed: ''There is great unrest in the country. Great bodies of
men, who are not receiving the wages to which they n ~
titled. are striking in spite of their officials. As47s4
''There comes a time when the burden is too heavy, and whgEu
that time arrives, You may expect a revolution to the exte8t
of striking for better conditions affecting the welfare Of tie
workers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-07

yards at which live stock prices for the
nation r made.
~. They buy most Of the livestock
which are sold at the principal stock
fafdB markets.. and
-. They have. through their con-
troll over the stock yards and the
exercise In concert of their great buy
Ing power. influence over the ac%
tivities OF many OF the livestock CON-
mission men who are supposed to rep
resent the interests of the livestock
producers. whose agents they are.
I'm the exercise OF their pc yer
over the livestock market.
Il. They discriminate against, and
put at great disadvantage, indepen-
dent buyers-independent packers.
order buyers. and traders-who are
their competitors In the market.
"2. They manipulate on occasions
the livestock market in such a way as
tic cause extreme and unwarranted
fluctuations in the daily prices paid
for livestock.
The principal results OF their do
n~1inion over the live stock market
re:
They have eliminated many OF
their previous competitors at the
stock yards and have prevented e
ones from coming into these yards,
"2. They have restricted the meat
supply OF the nation by manipulating
daily livestock prices n thus dis
.couraging the producers of livestock"
Light 10 thrown on the intimate re-
lAtion Of the packer to the high cost
OF living problem by the federal trade
commissions report to President Will
son July II, which warned.
An approaching packer domino
ton of all important foods in this
country and an international control
OF meat products with foreign COM
panies seems certain unless funda-
mertai action Is taken to prevent 1t.
"A fair consfd Grafton OF the course
the 1--WE packers nave followed and
the position they have already reached
must lead to the conclusion that they
threaten the freedom of the market
of the country's food industrys and
of the ~by-product industries linked
Herewith.
The meat packer control OF other
foods will not require long in de-
vefoping.
The history of the packers growth
IL interviewer with illegal combina-
tons, rebates and with undisciosed
of COMBINATIONS"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-07

Washington. Aug. t.-The govern
ment today decided upon tts initial
moves 70 reduce the high cost Of iiv-
ing. s.
gin at ono : prosecution OF ne pack
antitrust act.
United states district attorneys
throughout the country were called
upon by telegraph by the department
OF Justice to institute Immediately
prosecutions under the food control
act for boarding.
The announcement that the pack
ers would be prosecuted was made by
Attorney-Eeneral Palmer in h fol-
lowing statement:
The department Of justice has
made a careful review OF the evidence
deyeloned by the Investigations into
the combination OF packers, both by
the federal trade commissions and the
hearings before the committees OF
congress.
This review has been made by
lawyers specially retained for the pur
pose and their report il now In HAND.
I'm satisfied that the evidence ad-
duced' indicate q clear violation OF
In antitrust laws and prompt action
will be taken accordingly.
Further proceedings. while under
the immediate direction Of the de-
partment Of justice. will be In charge
OF Isidor ]. Ktesel. OF the law firm
Of Jerome. Rand and Kresef. OF New
York, who will be given such assist
ance as the Ease seems to warrant"
Acknowledgements Palmer said to-
day that II his telegram Is properly
construed by the United States dis
trict attorneys everything else would
be sidetracked without exception.
There il not much difference be-
tween boarding and ~proiteering,' the
Encouragement pointed u
Attorney General Palmer declined
today, in advance of actual court &C
ton to state the names of the pack
ers.
The commissions report. PARALLEL
by an investigation conducted by At
torney Kresel and others designated
by the attorney general sets forth the
following charges which will play an
important part in the coming prose-
cution:
.The live stock market in the
United States is dominated by the
packing companies because
al. They control the principal stock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-07
Men At Pumping Stations and
Coal Chutes Are Ordered Out
Tie-Up Of Railroads AS Result Of Walk Out Of Machinists and
Allied Craftsmen Is Expected to Be Complete by Nightfan.

Interest centsrs in . mass meeting
t.s railroad mAchinists and members OF
allied crafts which III been called for
10 o'clock this morning In the CITY
Auditorium. at which time the exccu-
tive committee. which met yesterday
afternoon In the Arcade building. Will
report the result Of Its deliberations:
reports from other points will BE- read
and aucfs< information ~ has been
gathered therefrom will be given to
the striking shopmen. Plans under
which the Richmond Railway ehops
federation purposes 70 work also will
be outlined. A committee to wait upon
3. n. Jewell representing the rail.
way federation, 1t Washingtou Wall
BE- appointed. President Jswel has
complete handling cf IN strike - Tar
~ the shopmen are concerned.
AZ ysatsrdayss meeting Of b cxscu-
tive committee Z number of cAsAs AZ
fActing msn who hAd been left ~
pumpln9 etAtions snd coal chutee IN
i4eront ehoy yards4wers handed.
Wtth - rN1u1t Aha4 o9mnsitteAs were
sDpointeA IA vteits tlseESevsral potnte
- wAieAStnsee n6N Att1lsweee ~ sWork
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-07
EFFECT OF
THE RAILROAD STRIKE

Chicago, Aug. 6.-The first serious
OF the railroad shopmen's strike
was felt today when the freight m
hargoes went into effect on four great
Isysterns-the Rock Island. Chicago and
Alton, Wabash and Missouri Pacific.
The embargo was made necessary be-
cause Of locomotives being unservice-
owing to lack of mechanical over
hauling. s
A complete tie-up of railroad yards
in the Chicago strike of electricians
by the prospective strike of electricians
operating railways switches and sig
nal towers
President Hawver, OF the Chicago
district council of the allied railway
craftsmen. said h order calling out
the electricians on a sympathetic
strike had already been issued and
h men would probably go out
tomorrow.
THE walkout Of the electricians
would effectively stop the movement
OF all trains. freight and passenger"
said President Hawver. ~'From all
parts of the country / am receiving
messages showing the strike Is becom-
ing more effective hourly"
Government investigation OF the
strike continued today n It was said
that action might be taken because OF
interference with the mails. President
Hawver, representing the strikers.
said threats Of government investiga-
ton and prosecution were not worry
Ing those in charge of h strike.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-07
New York Starts
Drive on H. {. L.
Governor Stands Ready to Call
Legislature to Act on Prof.
teering.

Albany. N. r, Aug. e.-New York
state today started it's drive to put
the skids under the high cost OF living.
II found to be necessary to accomplish
the downfall OF profiteers, particular
~ those who deal in foods. Governor
Smith announced his determination to
call the legislature In extra session.
His announcement followed q confer
ence with mayors Of most of the up-
state cities.
The milk situation in rev York City
will be subjected to immediate investi-
CATION, Governor Smith declared in re-
plying to a letter from Mrs. Julia
Heath. president Of the National
Housewives league. in which h call
ed the executives attention to the milk
condition in Greater New York.
Former Governor Martin r. Glynn.
OF Albany. and DR.. John H. Finley.
state commissioner OF education. were
appointed by the governor as q COM
mittee to probe the milk situation
and the entire subject Of proiteering
and the high cost OF living.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-07
\. Y. POLICEMEN SAID
TO HAVE FORMED UNION

New York. Aug. 6.-Positive an
'nouncement that members OF the New
York police 1oree have formed a un-
ion and are about to apply to the
American Federation Of Labor for a
charter was made today By Louis
Fridiger, attorney for the Amalga-
mated association OF street and cleo
trio railway employees.
Frid.ger who las long been promi-
nent as an attorney in police cases,
said he had been appointed attorney
for the new union. He added that a
substantial part of the 10000 mem
bers Of the force have already joined.
Later in the day the report was denied
with equal ~positiveness by Mayor Hy-
Ian and Police Commissioner Enright.
It was reported that the first
OF the union would be the hiing Of q
demand for a minimum salary OF
1880 . year with yearly increases Of
800 until the maximum figure Of
$4,000 Is attained.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-07
Says Article X Was Not Discussed With Any One
Except Possibly Colonel House, Who May Be
Called AS Witness Before Committee.
Witnes. Could Furnish Little Information Concern
ing the Shantung and Fiume Questions-Major-
ity Is Announced for Reservation on Vote Of
So to 43.
POINTS IN LANsING's TESTIMONY.

Here are some Of the striking admissions made by Secretary Lansing in
his testimony: -. L.
THAT ~. the time h LanAng-Ishd agreementw as formulated lie DID l.
not now IF the existence of the secret treaties which p nd maa
viii Great Britain. France. Italy inc Russia for thu spo1ation OF emma.
THAT the American plan Tor a leagu OF nations a never never pres e
To the peace conference u vas iscard b President wilson In favor
n the British plan drawn by General Smus. Secretary lansing nd ne
s-That the Shantung decision IA made by President Wilson alone in Il
he ace OF a written statement sig zee by General Bliss n representing l.
ts views of Bliss. Henry White and Secretary Lansing gin opposition to n
award
4-Tba, Great Britain still recognizes III secret treaties holds hat
eyh have rt been ahrcgated BY he treaty g peace, although IL is specinc-
any provided in the treaty that understandings in opposition to n
treaty" shall be annuned.
a-That Costa RIGA was invited by France to participate IN the confer-
enee ad SIR tn treaty. IL a kept ii p M remand OF a Il
Initeds States because this country las never recognized n Iinoc gov
eminent, II