The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-28
THE NEWS N BRIEF

liquor ashore from vessels anchored in the harhor. The whisky was hidden un-
 der piles of sails and working gear.
 Washington, January T.-Commissioner
 Roper of the bureau of internal revenue
 tonight instructed internal revenue col leetors to continue, under certain condi-
 tions. to accept reports of inventories of liquor stocks until February TO- Time for filing these reports originally expired today, but the bureau was unable to pre-
 pare all of the forms required
 Washington. January 2T-After five calls had failed to produce a quorum, the
 Senate adjourned today in the midst of discussion of the bill reported by the military affairs committee providing for an appropriation of approximately s59 800, . 900 for increased pay for officers and
 men of the army, navy, marine corps
 coast guard and public health services
 Consideration of the measure will be re-
 sumed tomorrow
 Nashville, Tenn, January 27.-Investiga-
 tlon of the death of Fred Murphy, whose
 body was found hanging in his cell in the jail at McMinnville, Tenn, Saturday
 afternoon, will be started Wednesday
 morning by the circuit court of the Sew
 enth judicial district, in pursuance of
 orders from Governor Roberts Attorney
 General c. D.. Lamb, of that district,
 will have charge of the investigation for
 the state and arrived in McMinnville to-
 night
 Memphis, Tenn, January N.-Hearing
 Of the petition of the Southern Hardwood
 Traffic Association that the milling in
 transit and yardage privilege on lumber
 and forest products be extended to Mem phis and Louisville or withdrawn from other cites which began here today be- fore j. E. Graham, attorney examiner for the interstate commerce commission, was postponed immediately after it was called late today by agreement of attorneys rep resenting the plaintiff and the Illinois Central and Louisville and Nashville rail- roads
 New Orleans, January T-The French opera season here suddenly terminated Tuesday night. when just few hours be- Tore the curtain was scheduled to rise on the presentation of Louise" the opera troupe refused to go on the stage again until salaries were guaranteed for the rest of the season.
 Jacksonville, Fla. January T.-Under ruling made in the circuit court here So'o' e"c oiu-tifne repuDilcdnS VIII De permitted to hold their state convention at Palatka next Thursday. Iriunction proceedings were brought against the ! "old guard by the Lily White branch of | the republican party seeking to restrain the holding of the convention. The cIaim was made that tribunal of equity had
 no Jurisdiction over matter pureiy no- 1itical. This claim was unheid by the court and the injunction dissolved. 
 Columbia. s. C.. January "A reward of $10O0o0 is offered by the state of South provides successful remedy for the cot fered in the lower house of the general rison of Charleston. The resolution pro- vides that persons finding boll weevil will deliver to the commissioner of agricul. ture that official to appoint a commission
 of ten or more reliable persons to test them.
 Charleston w. Va. January 27.-Con- gress will be asked to take criminal waste of materials NN money in con- nection with the c, v1 ruction of the goNrnment powder plant at Nitro. W. Va. near here. declared Representa- tive Graham. chairman of the congress sional subcommittee. which closed it's
 investigation of the question late to- day. A conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment existed and som body ought
 to be indicted" said the chairman.
 While our boys were fighting and the