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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15
CITY OFFICIALS ID
 NEGOTIATE SALE OF
 MUNICIPAL BONDS
Dr. Barrett and Party Leave for New York to Confer With Financiers on Sale
 of School Bonds

Dr. N. A. Barrett, president of the city commission; H. Scudder Ryall, secretary. and Jimmie Jones, comptroller, left yes terday afternoon for New York where they vii confer with eastern fnaaciers regarding the sale of s4, 900 of bonds re- gently voted by the citizens of Birming- ham. Before leaving pr. Barrett stated that he expected to sell the bonds with out much trouble.
 It is understood that as soon as 5000, 600 of the issue is sold the city will im- mediately begin the erection of new S1, ,009,000 high school building, a $5oo,0oO auditorium and a s5oc0oo city hall and library The bonds bear per cent in- sterest and are conceded to be about as desirable as any southern municipal bonds Dr. Barrett will confer first with the firm of R. M Grant & Co. to when the cit yof Birmingham has sold many bonds in the past
 The expenditure of this huge sum for civic improvement which will in all prob ability begin early next year will give added impetus to the building boom ai- ready in prospect.
 The commission disposed of number of routine matters yesterday as foilows'
 Approved vouchers, pay rolls and con tractors estimates.
 Authorized the president to advertise for bids for the purchase Of sl,oooVoo hlsii school bonds, $500,000 auditorium bonds and $50000o combination city Nhau anu public library bonds.
 The commission assents to the vacation of part of Avenue w lying betwee Pike road and Twenty first street, Ensley; and the south 20 feet and north l5 feet or ~Twenty-first street, Ensley, from Pike road to Avenue Y.
 Advertised the intention of the board to i,, off rn1thl G bonds.
 Authorized the president to execute and delivered to Mrs. Mary E. Kelly quit claim deed to lot Il, block 25, Oak Hill cemetery.
 Corrected certain errors in assessments under improvement ordinance No. so5.
 Advanced from the general fund s5Ooo to the school fund, to be returned to the general fund upon the sale of the scnooi bonds heretofore authorized.
 Adopted ordinance No. 653-C; An or dinance to amend section 1725 of the city code of 1917.
 Adopted ordinance No. 654-C: An or dinance to amend section 29 of ordinance No. 517-C, entitled, An ordinance 10 furnish, regulate the buying of junk ana the business of junk dealers, junk ped dlers and junk buyers approved 'A' uary 9th, 1918.
 Approved action of the president ln reducing interest on storm sewer assess ment of Caldwell Watson Foundry ana Machine company to 6 per cent.
 Denied petition of G. w. Maynor to pc relieved of sidewalk assessment.
 Approved bill of the Alabama Abstract company of s7.5o abstract of part or 'oe '. block s44, sold by the city to Mrs. Marie Stallings. Also bill of the Alabama Ao- stract company, sl75O, abstract to the south 45 feet of lots and ?. block l, Q. w. Wood, Jr, survey, condemned by city as part of Woodlawn high school site.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15
HEADQUARTERS OF ROLL CALL CAMPAIGN
 ESTABLISHED HERE

7 Alabama headquarters of the tnird roll call campaign of the American Red Cross will be in Birmingham. It was announced yesterday
 Miss Freddie Truslow, who for some time has been field supervisor ot the Red Cross for Jefferson county, in the home service section. has been named state secretary for the drive. and will have offices at the state headquarters here Miss Truslow's appointment was made by Homer w. Borst, campaign manager for the gulf division
 Each state in the gulf division and each county in the state have been or ganized for the Red Cross roll call, which will be conducted during the week, November to H.
 The state headquarters here will have charge of routing speakers for the campaign, handling emergency supplies and other details.
 Lloyd Hooper of Selma, state chair man for the campaign, will maintain his office in Selma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15
Damages Claimed

Suit was filed in the United States district court yesterday by l.. B. Collins against Walker D. Hines, director gen. eral of the railroads, operating the Southern Railroad company, for $15.o00 damages for alleged personal injuries received when the automobile in which he was riding was tsruck by a train of the defendant company. The acci- dent occurred in Huntsville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15

exhausted The 1919 crop will not be on the market prior to November 10, maybe later
 The Cuban sugar that sets through the strike zones of Cuba aGd the docks in the east will be distr,outed to the states north of Virginia. None of it will come south.
 BELONGED TO ENGLAND
 Asked about the reported expor-
 tation of sugar from the United
 States refinery, representatives
 stationed in Birmingham replied
 that there was no foundation for
 the reports; that the sugar that has
 gone out from this country across
 the Atlantic was purchased in Cuba
 by the English government, sent to
 this country to be refined, and then
 shipped to England. u is sugar
 that the American government and
 the American people did not own
 and had no interest in. It could
 not have been distributed in this
 country had the refineries so de-
 sired, they say.
 That statement may ease off the storm of protest that was brewing agaist the federal government, which has been accused Of refusing to buy the Cuban crop, and against the refineres. who are accused of exporting the re lincu SuS pil dSSOuHN Ol DtAbCT piiCSS obtaining abroad but il will not sweet en the Americans coffee nor add to his supply of pies and other pastries
 Local representatives of the refineries state that they have accepted no orders for sugar since July, exceTt for few small lots of fancy grades which they had in stock, and that they had not only anticipated the shortage since June. but they have advertised this fact and urged the people to lay in supplies to last them until the new crop is put on the market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15

Refineries report that there is no hope of improvement for the south until the Louisiana crop comes and that the balance of the country may even have to go without its swetening longer than that.
 What caused the sugar shortage that has suddenly come upon the country was asked jobbers and representatives of the refineries.
 Different answers were given, but in the main they agree as to the real cause.
 The American people during the
 first six months of the year 1919
 consumed IS per cent more sugar
 than in any similar period in the
 history of the country. Whyf was
 asked.
 PROHIBITION A FACTOR
 Prohibition, they answered. In-
 ability to get strong drink drives
 the tipplcr to soft drinks. Soft bev-
 craze makers increased their out
 put and new factories entered the
 game. They all consume sugar.
 The United States and the allied coun tries in Europe purchased the 1918 Cu- ban sugar scrop and apportioned it among themselves in proportion to population and needs. The raw sugar apportioned to the United States was shipped, or is being shipped, to this country to be refined. There is still a considerable tonnage of raw in Cuba, and until the longshoremen's strike in New York tied up ocean shipping 1t was coming to this country with req sonable regularity. A strike in Cuba helped to make matters worse.
 The south, representatives of the re- fineries say, will have to depend on the Louisiana crop. The 1918 crop is about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15
DR. M'NEILL SPEAKS

At the praise service last nlgnt pr. John McNeir. pastor of the south Highlands Presbyterian church, made splendid talk in his nimitahle way on prohibition. He declared that the people of Europe were surprised when the na- ton wide prohibition amendment was passed. as well as those who had neen working for it so long. Although they were expecting it in future years, it came so suddenly that even they were sur prfsed. he said.
 He paid a glowing tribute to the noble women who had worked in behalf of the prohibition movement and congratulated them .pn reaching the goal but urged them to keep at the work, as the anti prohibitionists had said it would not last.
 'Eternal vigilance is the price of lib- erty, said Dr. McNeill, and we must stick together and keep the machine working. A tendency of the workers for nation wide prohibition to slacken has always been a drawback to temperance, but I am appealing to you women to Keep on the watch and keep the engine in the best of condition and prohibition Will tH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15
South Must Wait For Louisiana Sugar Crop
 To ReLieUe the Shortage
Increased Consumption of Soft Drinks and Sweets Caused By Prohibition Contributing Factor-Sugar Exported To England Was Bought in Cuba By British
 Government and Refined Here ~

Birmingham is facing shortage in that end until after the Louisiana 1919 crop the market where between Novemberd0 and 15.
 Jobbe from the enees The retailers that their exhausted had O n to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15
Pile. Cured in 6 to 14 Day. '

Druggists refund money if PAZO OINT. MENT fails to cure Itching. Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Stops IT. ritation Soothes and Heals. You can get restful sleep after the first appli- cation. Price COG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15
FUND FOR SEWANEE IS INCREASED ID
 TOTAL OF $l3,O0O
Parishers of St. Andrews and St. Mary's Churches Give Pledges for Fund
 at Meeting


 Birmingham's contribution to the se- vance endowment fund was increased to s1Sooo at two suppers held Tuesday night ry the congregations of St. Mary's and St. Andrews churches.
 Parishioners of St Marys church sub scribed S3l09 at the supper given in the Sunday school room. Members of St Andrews church who gathered for sup per at the cafe of the Birmingham Civic association, subscribed sl700. The Church of the Advent previously had subscribed more than sSoo0 to the cause, and the church is pledged to raise the remainder of it's sis,o0o quota.
 Three committees representing the three churches will begin canvassing for the remainder of Birminghams quota of sS5,000 in the campaign this morning They will meet at the Civic association cafe at ] o'clock this afternoon to repor; the subscriptions secured.
 Inspiring addresses on behalf of the University of the South were heard at the suppers held last night. Prof w H. Mcclellan, for 36 years a member of the Sewan2e faculty and now professor of English there, and Maj. Phil Whitaker. world war veteran and Sewanee alumnus addressed both meetings, and their re- marks created enthusiasm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15
KNOWN NATIONWIDE

Prof. Mcclellan declared it was the duty of the Episcopa; church to support Sewanee. its only school in the south, if it professed at all to obey the Biblical injunction to go out into the world and teach. Strictly as business proposition, he said, the church could not afford to neglect a s1.Ooooo0 property and an insti- tuition which had built nation n-wide reputation for it's ideals of scholarship. He declared the power of religion was more acutely needed now. in the unsettled days of reconstruction. than it had ever been in the history of America.
 Every deficiency of which Sewanee could te accused. said Prof. McKeilar, could be traced to lack of funds. The university had lost some of the abest members of its faculty, he said, because salaries were so mea ger that they could not continue to serve the college. how ever great their affection for it.
 The fame of Sewanee is worldwide, said the speaker. The Sewanee Review, he said, is sent hy request to educational institutions in Rome. Paris. London and other European centers of culture. The Yale Review he said, was patterned after the Sewanee Review
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15
WITNESS FOR OBEAR TELLS OF SYSTEM
 OF ''CURES'' ADOPTED BY THE ALTRUR|ANS
Under Chilling Cross-Exam. ination by Attorney Gib- son Most of the Testi- mony of Witness Is
 Torn to Pieces

The seventh day in taking of testimony in the case in which Maj. w. G. Obear is seeking to enjoin Lawrence A. Fealy, bishop of the Altrurian society from causing Mrs. Le- gare H. Obear, wife of the major, to squandering her for tune on the society, and in which Mrs. Obear is seeking a divorce in a ss-action, was completed yesterday before Judge Hugh A. Locke, in the Chancery division of the circuit court.
 After pretty little Juiia Hill Obear had taken the stand and in answer to Judge Locke's query, "Who do you prefer to live with; your mother or your father." her answer being "my mother. the case took a sensational turn by the introduction of R. s. Bryant of WoodIswn as witness for the complainant. Major Obear. who made sensational assertions in ref erence to the workings of the AL trurian society, only to have most of his testimony literally torn to pieces under cross-examination by Attorney White Gibson.
 A&r IVY nrCCrnr ry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-15

tContinued on Page six.)
The Washington times., 1919-11-21

Briton perform but the most they can
hope to see is a scientific exhibition
of boxing.
Midgets Are Harmless.
As Q general thing bantams are too
harmless to attract big crowds in this
country, and as Wilde Is SO very
small il will be impossible for him
to do any real damage to his heavier
opponents. He did no harm to either
Lynch or Moore, the ou,y prominent
American bantams he encountered
One reason why boxing followers in
this country may not lose their heads
over Wilde bouts 10 that they win be
handicap Affairs, ard IL will be the
American boxer VINO viii receive the
handicap instead OF conceding It
Ringsiders naturally will feel more
like roofing for the loe-pound Wide
than the 11S-pound Lynch, but In
doing SO they will be forced to root
against their own countryman, ana
that is q very unsatisfactory arrange
ment.
II Ii were the other way round and
the American we're the smaller man 1t
would be q far different matter. Az
il happens, English boxing followers
will have more reason to become en-
thusiastic over the contests than local
fans Their champion has q chance
to gain great credit. but Lynch's fol-
lowers will have no particular reason
to feel elated II his superior weight
wins for him.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
MURPHY WILL TRY
DROP KICKS ONLY

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. 21.--
Thorne Murphy. Yale's quarterback.
who fractured a leg in the Boston
College game. is in condition to play
against Harvard but will be unable
to do more than drop kick. That Muir
ply was injured and therefore could
not be a regular member of the var
sity has been a keen disappointment
to the hundreds of close personal
friends of his father, the late Mike
Murphy.
Physically rather frail. Thorne Mur-
ply. by close attention to football,
has become a strong gridiron asset
while he is one Of the best baseball
players in college. He is an inspir-
ing Quarterback, and is blessed with
football brains. He was born on Nc
vember IL, 1895. when his father was
trainer for Yale and Brinke Thorne
was captain. He was named for
Brinke Thorne a few days later when
Thorne starred for Yale in a victory
over Princeton
He came to Yale by way Of Pedde e
Institute, played on his freshman
baseball and football teams, Joined
the aviation service in the war AMI
won his wings as a flyer at Rock
we'll Field. San Diego, where he mad
bad fall. He returned to Yale and
played on the baseball team last
spring. His uncle, Tot Murphy, twice
captained Yale baseball teams in the
early COS, while his cousin, Fred Muir
ply, captained the championship p
team of 1909 and played halfback on
Ted Coy's eleven. Thorne Murphy is
sure to slide into the Harvard game
il only for a minute.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21

in the annals Of the Harvard-Y ale
rivalry. names that live forever for
deeds of valor. Harvard Is proud of
w. H. Manning. E. T. Cabot. first of
his name; ]. c. Cowiing and H. E. Pea
body. but Yale acclaims the glories of
Wyllys Terry. compared by old-timers
with the Jim Thorpes and Charlie
Brickleys Of today; Ray Tompkins, c.
B. Storrs. Gene Richards and Henry
Twombley.
In the sos Harvard had such ster-
ling players as Arthur Cumnock. Dud-
ley Dean, Joe Upton, Perry Tranord.
Jim Lee, John Cranston, A. +. Holden,
Herbert Stickney and Bill Brooks,
with the giant "Pudge" Henelfnger.
Josh Hartwell. William T. Bull. Lee
McClung. william c. Rhodes, Pa"
Corbin, Harry Be cher and Lon Stagg
playing for Yale
As the yeas advanced Harvard
turned out sun peerless players as
Everett Lake, Charlie Brewer, William
II. Lewis, greatest of centers; Edgar
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
JIMMY WILDE'S ARRIVAL
BOOMING BANTAM BOXERS

Jimmy Wilde the English midget boxer has done
bantamwght than anything that happened
Wde bantams regarded good
drawing country 5000 the largest that
promoter championship match Nov, Wilde
asking meeting third and he probably will
meet the topnochers
only few that $4,000 considered good
heavyweight championship bout Jack Johnson set tat
figure regular services and then did always
succee in the fulN amount
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
TURNER WINS FROM BRAGG
IN FAST BOUT AT LYCEUM

Paul Bragg. of Minneapolis, cham
pion middleweight wrestler of the A.
E. F., proved unable to upset Joe
Turner, Washington's veteran. on the
stage at the Lyceum last night before
a big house, but his speedy, clean
work on the mat gained for him many
friends who grieved at his defeat
Turner had to work hard for the
first fall. finally getting it in thirty
six minutes. Bragg's endeavors sap
ped his strength during that bout and
he was easily thrown in the second
bout inside Of ten miuutes-
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
SHEAN MAY HEAD
MEMPHIS IN 20

Dave Shean, who has played ball
here and there for . matter Of twelve
years or % and who upon being re-
leased by the Red Sox last season an
nouneed his refinement may re-enter
the national pastime ~ manager Of
the Memphis club Of the Southern As
ISOLATION Dave has had some ex-
perience a. . manager. - he piloted
the Providence club. then in the In
ternationl League. In 1915 and 1915.
winning the pennant in 1915.
SheAn has served with the Boston.
Philadelphia, Chicago, and Cincinnati
clubs in the National League and with
Boston in the American League. He
was a member Of the worlds cham
pion Red Sox OF 1918 but last season
a sore arm kept him on the bench and
ultimately led to his release.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21

Numerical scoring was adopted in
1885. Yale winning that year. % to 2.
Not till 1890 did the Crimson win. IL
to g. rieing to o in 1897. Harvard
again smashed into victory column. II
to Q. in 1893. Harvard managed to
play . no-score tie again in 1899 and
win. 2, to o. in 1901. but then again
began a triumphant march of the Tlis
not broken until Vic kennard kicked
that field goal at New Haven in 1908.
Tod Coys eleven won. to o, at
Cambridge In 1909 and the next two
games were no-score ties before
HouEhton got his machine moving to
suit him.. Harvard victories then
piled up. 20 to 0 in 1912, Is to in
1918, ss to In 1914 and Al to 0 in
1918. Those were the days Of Charlie
Brickley. Eddie Mahan and Tack"
Hardwick- That score In 1915 was the
highest ever made by Harvard against
Yale and only seven lower than Yale's
tetal against Harvard in 1884.
Famous old football names appear
The Washington times., 1919-11-21

When Johnny Coulson was bantam
champion he received only $4,000 for
meeting Kid Williams and $1,000 Of
that was contributed by Williams as q
bonus for the privilege of lighting for
the title. That was only i've years
ago, yet in those days $4,000 was re-
garded as something altogether un-
usual as purse for a bantamweight
bout.
Coulon knew that Williams was his
master and that when he signed the
articles Of agreement he was virtually
signing away his title. He would have
done anything in reason to avoid the
match gracefully, yet he dared not
ask for more than q paltry $4,000
and the battle was to be for twenty
rounds and to a decision!
Nothing to Leses All t. Gain.
Wilde. on the contrary. has no title
to risk while in this country. He is
the flyweight champion of England
and he still will be the hyweight
champion Of that country whether he
wins or loses over here. He is in q
position where it is possible for him
to gain honors, but not to lose them,
for should he beat Pete Herman, the
Englishman can win the worlds ban
tamweight title. Yet Wilde is de-
manding three times more for his
services than any American bantam
ever thought of demanding.
However, the American bantams
are not slow in sizing up the situation
Joe Lynch already has put in q bid
Of $4,000 for his services IN q con-
test with the visitor. Lynch never has
received even half as much rs that
at any time during his career. He
evidently figures that il the bout
draws SO we'll that the promoter can
afford to pay Wilde some $4,000 he
would be entitled to almost as much.
But Lynch fails to take into ac-
count the fact that IL the match does
draw enough to warrant a record
purse it will be Wilde who will draw
the crowd and not Lynch.
Whether boxing followers will turn
out in record numbers and pay high
prices to the midgets in action re-
mains to be seen. There is no doubt
that there is a great deal Of curl
osity to see the highly advertised
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
Of WALES
HOLDS UP WILDE

NEW YORK. Nov. 21.-Jimmy
wilde. hyweight champion, under
contract to make his first appearance
in a ten-round bout with Jack Shar-
key, New York bantam. at Milwau-
kee. December 6, was to have left for
Chicago today, but
The Prince of Wales notified jim
my he wanted to see him aboard
H. NJ 8. Renown this afternoon. So
Jimmy will wait over. The prince
has seen Wilde box in London and Is
keenly interested in him.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
PERFECT WEATHER
FOR GRID BATTLE

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 21.-Fair
skies. a warm sun. and rising tenn
perature formed the welcome trinity
promised by the weather man today
for the Harvard Yale football classic
tomorrow.
The Harvard eleven was having .
little "skull'' practice today at the
Essex Country Club. After light
workout in the stadium yesterday
Yale went back TO Its quarters at the
Belmont Spring Country Club. Big
crowds arrived today via special train
and motor.
Hotels hereabouts are jammed full
Of guests. Betting today favored
Harvard at odds of 10 to s.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21

Though considered the of the
nevertheless gdiron within the walls of the
embraces all the wealth OF
famed dubtfu.
in built quite
athletic vaes Harvard and Yale whose
then
football provided by their
battles the football field.
1885, and 1896 Harvard and Yale
have played each other steadily 1875 when the Canta
the Blue four goals to moth
by the Crimson, five have been
tumphs for old Yale feature OF
four have
All through the Of their
football down to the
Of Percy Haughtons wonderful phalanxes.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
Mike GIBBONS IS
FAVORED FOR Wl
By Tad

ST. PAUL. MINI. New. A--uyD :
the fstic world viii - fssuss1 n =
Paul tonight when Mike O'Dow4 niS
dleweisht chanpien. win aefsoD -
title in . tsn-round bsut With MI
oibbonA The 81 Paul phA.tsu
Unless there " IN sIevUath bes
switch in the betting s1As. 0abess
despite the fact thai ODev1 - u
titlehoider. will enter the rfng .
favcrfte. Indicatio0D are that eAer
will be . e<e.oeo -Hats' - vAte
O'Dowd will recsi-se . 0at QkooA
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
NAVY YARD PLAYS.

The Jefferson Athletic Club OF
Va, claimants Of the
Virginia State independent title will
play here Sunday against the Navy
Yard team on the Navy Yard Recrea-
ton Field.
The Washington times., 1919-11-21
FREDDY FEES GETS
STARTED UP ACAl

It's . BIT early 10 pro13st DoeA
the way Of bsskstban 1t ossrgetsw
this season. but from Arst-day iDprss
sions the Hiiltoppers are Goe16 -
right in the going aga&a-
Freddy Fees. who ca0e2DsG u
Blue and Gray nve last ssassa- = 81
pected to take part again thts -
While Bill Dudack II nurut1g n
broken leg. Fees viii have sAasgs .
the cAndidatss-
II IL known that Dudaek. r0o4 -
vim. and Zaselli viii BE reo4y - u
campaign later. Fees locked Svee u
candidates yesterday fer Coech Jeo
OReilly, who WIN be out o4ts
Thanksgiving Day. when ths fseebO
team closes its season.
WILL ALI N DAC&
Practically all Of Techs -
which faces Central today vm =
back for next seasons play.