The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
THE NEWS IN BRIEF

4 7,12s.000 net tons. in addition to naval
ships displacing 100000 0tons, passing
| through the waterways. The cargoes
of the merchant ships aggregated
| 7,711,OOO tons. The tolls collected
amounting to ss,972.0Oo for the year
Montgomery. January al. NJ
Moore. supervise rof the pure food,
| feed and drug division of the state de-
| partment of agriculture has been
named to membership on the national
drainage congress. The appointee was
notified today of his selection. Mr.
Moore is author of the state drainage
| law passed in 1915.
Wilmington, n. c., January "A wire
less message received by the coast guard
cutter Seminole this evening from the
steamer Lake Leila reports that the
schooner Rosna of New York is in a
sinking condition $50 miles eff the coaat
of North Carolina. The captain and two
survivors of the schooner were picked dp
BY the Lake Leila, according to the mes
age. The Seminole left Immediately to aid
the schooner
Washington January 2-Secretary Glass
announced tonight the appointment OF
Robert G.. HAM as commissioner OF ac-
counts and deposits, new office createu
in the treasury department because OF tne
great increase in accounting ana ,iie
wide distribution of public moneys III
banks Mr.. Hand, who is assistant treas
urer OF the United States, started WORK
in the treasury at $500 per arlnum in 1871.
Mr. Hand is a native of MISSISSIPPI
New York. January 2.-Courses in mar
keting in the lower grades of the puphc
schools to teach children how and what
to buy for the family table were aoNo-
Gated today as part of programme ~
help cut the high cost OF living py ~ %
Louis Reed Welzmiller, deputy coIamis-
sioner Of public markets. Coinage OF hai-
I nennias TO, enable the poor mans WIFE 10
| save the .'split cent" on small purchases
util;za finn Of street cars for early morn
inc deliveries and diversion of mueh
sugar from manufacturers to the corner
| grocery, also were urged by Mrs. Wsi~-
miller
| Cleveland, o.. January 1.-The first step
| T., fedoraI prosecution of alleged sugar
nrofitears in Cleveland was taken late 10
dav when limited states CemmlssiohsI
| Marlatt issued warrants for the arfSst
| If for procers charged with violating we
Lever. act. The grocery are charged WIZ,
selling beet sugar for more IMAM .i7s
cents a pound, the government nxeu pa a,,a
and with selling beet sugar Iol ~
sugar. Two of the grocers are anes7u
| have charged 20 cents pouhu'
lancaster O., January Nv. r. Ros-
ers Toledo city councilman was pouno
over to common pleas court III MaEor y
| . Ruble's court today on charges Oh pur-
glarizing the Pleasantville bank on
/ ruary 10 last. His bond was ilNeu o., q,
! 5000 Rogers was one OF more thsh ".
alleged criminals recently rounded up pS
| IF i11cfipa agents III lOleuU-
| Saeinaw. Mich, Januarl 2.-Johnnv
| sBabe- Fsher bantam champion OF the
| A E f.. outpointed Harry Coulin OF
Buffalo in seven of ten rounds tohlsh'.
| Konowa, Okla, January 2-Inomas
Ragland, prominent in Seminole county
war work, was found dead near here 70.
| dav with three shotgun wounds IN ms
/ body, An unsigned note found in one or
his nocISets led officials to believe that
I no was killed by persons connected WIN
! ehe draft registration uprisings mere N
| 1917. The note said: You helped 70 se
| lot of us fellows into the army 70 &C.
killed and now we are going TO get you.
| Two members of the county council or
Iefense and draft boards during the war
| have received similar messages.
! st. Louis, January 2.-Estahlishment of
! community health centers Throughout the
| country to promote physical health and
/ efficiency through organized community
effort was advocated at the closing ses-
| sion tonight of TIE convention of the
american Association for the Advance
ment of Science.
| WASHINGTON January 2.-Senator Hard
! ing of Ohio candidate for the republican
presidential nomination, in a letter to a
| constituent who inquired as to the SEN
ators attitude toward orfar lied labor
| said he believed in rational unionism. =
| hut was opposed to class domination" of
airy kind,