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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-08
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-08

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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
Norfolk & Western Ry.
Schedule III Effect May 80, 1920.
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08

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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-07-08
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lrahsplanted Early
Cabbage Plants.

Notwithstanding the very rough
weather, we will be ready by April
Isl to send right to your homes
healthy plants that have not been
stunted. Tomatoes, egg plants.
peppers, etc, also some flower
plants. If you cannot call At nv
gardens, send a card for our prices
delivered. 1t will pay you to gc,
transplar'~ piortS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
COL. KAMINSKY TO
 ADDRESS SPANISH
 WAR VETERANS HERE

Veterans of the Spanish h-American war will be addressed by Col. Charles Kamin- sky of Seattle, Wash, in the council chamber of the city Mall on Tuesday night Colonel Kaminsky is a former Birmingham man and during the Spanish war served with the Fifth United States Volunteer infantry, regiment composed Of men from Alabama and Mississippi. He moved to Seattle fifteen years ago.
 All men who served in the army from 1898 to 1902 are invited to attend this meeting, which will be held under the auspices of Birmingham Camp No. l. United Spanish War Veterans. Colonel Kaminsky' being one of the national off, ficers of the organization
 The colonel will spend few days in the city renewing former acquaintances and then will leave for St. Louis to at- tend the annual encampment of the Spanish War Veterans to be held from September 13 to Is.
 Lieut. E.. E. Spangenberg will attend the encampment delegate from the local camp. Lieutenant Spangenberg an- nounces that he hopes all former soldiers will attend the meeting as refreshments of the '9S kind" will be served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
BATSON'S SALARY RAISED BY COUNTY Three to Two Vote Enhances Engineers Honorarium
 $500 a Year

Over the vigorous protest of W. B. | Cloe, the salary of S. R. Batson, county highway engineer, was increased from 100 to $5,000 a year by the board of reve- nue at a meeting yesterday. MT. Cloe declared the request of Mr. Batson should be turned down on the grounds "that he was inefficient and in competent and does not devote his entire time to the county's interests" MT. Cloe further declared MT. Batson had outside work for which he was being paid when he should be devotng his time and services to the county, just as every other county employe did
 Rufe Bivens introduced a formal letter from Batson asking that his salary be increased to S5,000 a year, if the board of revenue felt that he was conducting the affairs of his department in sat isfactory manner. He pointed out that in other counties in the country as large as Jefferson the county engineer re- ceived the amount he asked
 When MT Bivens made a motion, sec onded by MT Gwin. that the increase be granted, Mir. Cloe jumped to his feet and stated that he would oppose any in- crease. He declared MT. Batson was drawing $4,f00 year, and does not do his work, and he couldn't see any grounds whereby the increase should be granted. He stated he had asked for
 
 ent occasions on the ground that he was not competent His incompetency has been shown by his work on First and Third avenues and the Lewisburg road" said MT. Cloe "On the other hand, he has no right to hold a job in Bessemer as engineer while holding job with the county. There is a motion on the books already prohibiting the county engineer from taking outside work. fI am op- posed to the increase, and I do not ask any member of the board to vote with me. You may beat me here, but as l took the oath that I would see that the money of Jefferson county was expended just like would if it was my own busi- ness, I am going to do it.
 Thomas E. Huey then stated that he didn't think they were getting anywhere and he was in favor of letting the mem- bers vote their own convictions. When the vote was taken. Gwin, Vines ana Bivens voted in favor of granting the increase, and Cloe and Huey voted against it. The increase is effective Sep tember l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
RAILROADS ATTEST DIXIE PROSPERITY Number of Freight Cars Used In South Breaks All
 Records

The prosperity of the southern states is forcibIy brought to the fore by datn showing the increase in the number of cars loaded with commercial freight during August md July. These figures come from the National Car Service Associa- tion and may be relied on.
 During the period from July II to August 21, the association re- ports the total of cars loaded with commercial freight on the railroads compared with 716.29. in the same period of 1919 and 737,944 in 1918, when strained effort was being made to move freight incident to the conduct of the war.
 Not only was there heavy i'm crease for the period. hut there was n steady increase during each week.
 In the first three weeks of Au- gust, the number of cars loaded with commercial freight in the south reached total of 416,O46, compared with 37S,457 in July, an increase for each week in August of 12,OCO cars.
 The association says: "This indi- cates progressive improvement for this year, as well aS an increase over last year and the year before"
 Earnings of the southern rail- rOnds have been greater cOmparn- lively than those of other sections. and this Is why the interstate com merce commission allowed small CT percentage of increase in rates over these roads thnn over the roads in the northern and western territOrieS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
COLLEGE ID OPEN
 HERE WEDNESDAY
Birmingham Southern Starts
 Fall Term With New Men In FatuIty
Statement June 30th, 1920
 RESOIIRCES

large attendance is expected at the opening exercises of the Birmingham Southern College, which begins at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. An invf- tation to these exercises is extended by the president and the faculty to all who care to attend them
 Never before has Birmingham South : ern College had such bright prospects of an unusually successful year. All the rooms have been reserved in the three old and the fourth large new three-story brick dormitories. This latter building is one of the finest of its class in the south. It is modern in every way, and no expense has been spared to make it credit to the insti- tuition.
 The students registered in the col lege this year come not only from all parts of the state but from beyond it's borders, and they represent many pre- raratory schools and high schools. Among them there is a great deal of promising athletic material, which is supplemented by as much more in the preparatory school.
 Among the new members of the fac ulty are Prof. W A. Moore. head of the department of mathematics; Prof GeOISe Ourrle, WnO nOldS the chair of ancient languages, and Prof. H. c. Nixon, history and economics, all of whom come highly recommended.
 Professor Moore, who is a graduate of Birmingham Southern College, and an A. M. of Chicago University, has had from ten to fifteen years expert ence as a teacher. For the past ten years he has spent his summers in the University of Chicago, where he has done a large and varied amount of post-graduate work.
 Professor Currie, B. A. and M. A. of the University of Indiana, comes to Birmingham Southern from Hendrix College Conway, Ark, where he made lis department one of the strong points of Hendrix College
 Prof. HI. c. Nixon, B. and M S. of Auburn, and M, A. of Chicago Uni versity, has had wide experience. Aft CT some seven summers spent at Chi cago University he went to France when war was declared by the United States against Germany. There he held a prominent executive position and finally became a member of the re- search committee of thespeace confer ence. Before going to Europe he was instructor in history at Auburn and professor in Jacksonville Normal School.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
EVERYTHING READY FOR CELEBRATING
 LABOR DAY HERE
Many Business Places to Close With Holiday Hours at Pub- lie 0ffices---Parade and
 Barbecue at Fairgrounds

Nearly every business house in Birmingham will be closed tomorrow for at least half a day, and all employees will turn out in celebration of Labor Day.
 Practically all downtown banks, the court house, city hall and the wholesale grocers and feed supply houses, will be closed throughout the day.
 The postoffice will be open between s and g o'clock in the morning. The de- partment stores will celebrate the day by giving their employees a half holiday, all of the stores having agreed to close at 1 o'clock.
 Many of the grocery stores in the suburbs will remain open for half a day, and one delivery will be made in the morning All of the local theatres have arranged for special attractions, and two of the vaudeville houses have already arranged for extra performances.
 THE PARADE
 The big Labor Day parade will be one of the features of the celebration. Mem bers of forty local labor organizations will march in line. Each will be iden- tlfied by flags, banners and streamers.
 Bremen from all three of the down. town stations will march up near the head of the parade Many of the new trucks, the latest thing in fire fighting equipment, will be driven in the parade. J. L. Busby has been named grand marshal, and will be at the head of the lire. Aides will be D. S. Lytton, J. F. Gentle, Clyde Halsryd, J. A. Holman and Paul Jackson.
 Everyone who is to take part in the parade is requested to be at Woodrow Wilson park promptly at 9 30 o'clock. The parade will be started from the park promptly at 10 o'clock and will be along Twentieth street to Fifth avenue, west to Nineteenth street, south to Second avenue, east to Twentieth street, and then north along Twentieth street, back to the park.
 THE BARBECUE
 Immediately after the parade is dis banded the members of the different la bor organizat tions, together with their families, will leave for the fairgrounds, where a big barbecue awaits them.
 In the afternoon motorcycle races and many other attractions will be held Foot races and bicycle races will also. be an important feature, and an afternoon of excellent entertainment is promised for those that attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
FUNERAL SERVICES OF
 PRIVATE GRADY PARVlN
Ex-service Men Requested to Attend
 Funeral Services at BroOkside

Remains of Grady J. Parvin, age 26 years, of Brookside, who lost his life off the Scottish coast, were received at Brookside yesterday morning. Funeral services will be held from the residence 1 o'clock this afternoon. Burial will be in Walkers Chapel
 Private Rogers Owen accompanied the remains from New York. Walter Rogers, former soldier, in charge of the funeral. asks that number of ex-service men be on hand at 1 o'clock at the residence of William Huey to take part in the services.
 Private Parvin was going over when he met his death with the sinking of the transport
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
NEGRO BAPTISTS TO
 ATTEND CONVENTION
Special Train Will Start for Indian.
 apolis Tuesday

Consisting of three reclining chair cars and three Pullmans, the special train that has been chartered to take the local negro delegates to the Bap- tist convention at Indianapolis will leave Tuesday afternoon at 12:i5 o'clock.
 The special train will leave the Louis ville and Nashville station and will go to Indianapolis without change All delegates and officials of the diff ferent Baptist churches of the state and others who are planning to take the trip are instructed to be at the sta. ton well before train time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05

replaces them with other material brought down through the sewers.
 "On Third avenue, near the old Dr. Smith place. the county has recently constructed a new bridge over the creek, but so far has not removed the old bridge abutments. nor excavated the channel under the bridge to it's full area. This condition naturally tends to retard the flow of the water in the street. Consequently age is reducing the available capacity of the sewer.
 "I believe that if the capacity of Valley creek were properly deepened and widened and the mouth of, the sewer extended down the valley for approximately a mile and sides and bottom of the creek were lined with concrete or some other substantial ma- terial, that the flood conditions would be very materially relieved. However, such construction would not insure aD- solutely against flooding during cloudburst.
 SEWERS CLOGGED UP
 "Another condition that doubtlesa contributes under certain provisions to such flooding of the streets is that owing to lac kof available funds the sewer department has allowed many of the inlets to the sewers on South Highlands and intervening territory to become and remain clogged up.
 owing to the fact that water trav- els more rapidly in sewers than on the surface of the streets, had each inlet on the highlands received the water promptly this water would have reached the main sewers ahead of the surplus on the streets and would ha tJt been carried away before being oveiIl taken by the surface water. III Then again each house that is builtl each street or alley that is paved, tendsIl not only to increase the amount of run off but also lessens the time con- sumed in reaching the sewers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
INITIAL SHOWING l 0F PORT PICTURES
 Film Presented By State liar. Dor Commission Strong Ar- gument for Amendment

Before a number of the citizens of seaport amendment 10 the Alabama con- stitution. the first showing of "The Port and the People," the three-reel film made by the State Harbor Commission for use in the campaign for the amend ment was held at the Alcazar theatre yesterday morning.
 The picture was made by special cam eramen of the Harcol Film Company of New Orleans. It contains scenes from every one of Alabama's s rivers and shows development that is being made at every town on these rivers. It includes striking scenes of work at the Port of Birming- ham and the Wilson dam at Sheffield There are scenes of locks on the Warrior river showing boats and barges in the process of going through the locks.
 An unusual part of the picture is the launching of "The Montgomery City," the steel ship which was launched from the yards of the Chickasaw Shipbuilding Company recently.
 Intersperced between these pictures are close-ups of the different members of the State Harbor Commission and men in- terested in the seaport amendment giving graphic details of what this amendment to provide state aid to the port of Mo bile will mean to Alabama.
 The picture is a convincing argument in favor of the seaport amendment ac- cordng to those who witnessed the ini- tial presentation yesterday. At the close of the campaign, the picture will be trimmed of it's campaign appeal and sent throughout the country as an ad- vertisement of Alabama.
 Two of the prints of the film will be circulated throughout Alabama. appear ing in practically every motion picture house in the state during the next two months The other two prints will be taken through the state in Ford auto mobiles equipped with generators and exhibited in towns where there are no theatres A quantity of black cloth is to be used to darken school houses and churches and the picture will be exhibited in daylight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05

Union officials have previously stated, however, that the contracts made with their approval with fifty odd collieries continue at them.
 The coal operators declare themselves ready for the contest. They claim that the car shortage is more serious handicap than the strike that has been, or that the general strike that has now been called can be.
 They claim that it is the last and desperate effort of the union to thrust itself into the internal affairs of the coal mines. They point to the strike of last fall, which failed to shut down single industry. They expect consid- erable following of the strike call dur ing the first week on the part of those who will take holiday until they see which way the eat jumps," but believe that production will commence return ing toward normal after the first week
 James Bonnyman. chairman of the committee of the Alabama Coal Oper- ators stated that he was surprised at the action of the governor, but that the matter was one to which a great deal of thought should be put before anything could be said.
 C. F. DeBardeleben said that he did not care to be quoted on the subject E. J. Rowe, the third member of this committee also stated he was not ready to make any statement regard ing the action of the governor or the probable action of the miners.
 Frank Nelson, one of the prominent coal operators said it was too early to be quoted on the subject.
 KENNAMER'S STATEMENT
 J. R. Kennamer, president of the local miners union, was asked if he was go ing to call off the strike order fol- lowing the message from the governor. He said he was not going to call it off He added that it was too late to do so even if he might feel inclined to do it. He said many of the men from the field had already gone back home with the official strike call. and that many locals not heretofore on strike had joined the strike during the day.
 He reiterated that he had called the strike on instructions from the inter national headquarters after recommen- dation of the committee on reorgani- zation and the approval of the inter-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05

national executive board. He had fol- lowed instructions and there was noth- ing to do but let the strike call go forth.
 He said the strike would not be re- called unless the operators first agreed to terms" whereby the strike might be settled with fairness to the miners"
 The strike call has been issued" he said. and l am certainly not going to recall itp
 The union claims that about 5000, or one third of the Alabama miners, are already on strike. The operators deny that more than 5000 are.
 THEIR POSITION
 The union officials In their call de- clare that the position of the operators is for "a return to the open shop co T. ditions prevailing in this district from 1908 to 1917" In that statement they are borne out by the operators,
 It is a fight for recognition of the union vs. the open shop. The mine of ficials go over the entire controversy in their call for the general strike, They mailed out 5000 copies of it to all mines yesterday evening. It reads; ITO the Officers and Members, District
 No. 20, United Mine Workers of Amer
 ica and all Mine Workers of Alabam"
 Greeting:
 We are herein submitting by author ity of National President Lewis, the call for a general strike of all coal miners in this district (eXcept those who are under contracts approved by the district organization, II. M. w. of A., effective Tuesday at midnight. Septem- Der T. 1920.
 We are basing our demands of the operators on the award of the United States bituminous coal commission and also on the letter of President Wilson creating the coal commission and de- fining their duties in the settlement of the general coal strike of Novem- Der, 1919. President Wilson, in his proposition for the settlement of that strike, stated that all questions at issue between the mine workers who were on strike throughout the country and the coal operators should be submitted to the coal commission for settlement This proposition was accepted by the mine workers who were on strike in Alabama and also throughout the coun- try, and the mine workers, includiu {
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
New Incorporation

Papers of incorporation were filed in the probate office yesterday by the Jones Valley Telephone Company, with an authorized capital stock of s2,500. Officers of the new concern are: B. M. Allen, president; T. B. Tanner, vice president, aud Robert N. Bell, secre- tarY and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
Bankruptcy Petition

Involuntary petition of bankruptcy against the s. A. Williams Company was filed in the United States court yesterday by the Lucille Skirt Com pany Nathan Lepow & Son, and the Original Supreme Waist Company, all New York firms.
 The petition showed about $1,0o0 lia bilitieS,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
B'Nai B'Rith Meeting

There will be a meeting of Birming- ham lodge, No. 36S. Order of B'Nai Rith, at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon in Temple Emanu Fl. All members are
 urged to attend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
SURVEY MADE

"A survey of the conditions above and below the ground of various down town streets Is being made, and the data is being compiled for a definite recommendation
 AS is well known, Valley creek heads in Birmingham and as far down as the southwest corner of Smith Park 1t has been converted into a closed sewer. At the point of discharge and some distance up stream there is double sewer one section being SH feet deep by 14 feet wide and the othe~ SR feet deep by 12 feet wide.
 The velocity in these sewers is such that sand. gravel. brickbats and larger stones are easily conveyed through them. So soon as the wate" leaves the mouth of the sewer it broadens out during flood times over a broad, flat area. The current !s lessened and consequently much of the debris is deposited in front of tn } mouth of the sewers and also in the sewers At the present time the mouths of the sewers are reduced by approximately 50 per cent by this de posit.
 RAIN DEPOSITS
 "The city has on several occasions removed the large deposits In the bei