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The Washington herald., 1920-05-18
sugar Companies Ady.pce Pr,c.,

New York, May II. - American
sugar Refining Company has ad-
vaneed refined sugar one cent a
pound to 201: cents basis for bulk
granulated. The National Sugar
Refining Company has also ad-
vanced their price one cent a pound
to the same basis.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-18
New Texas PaeIae No,..

New York, May 1.-THE Texas
Pacific Coal and Oil Company direc-
tors have decided to offer 200, 900
shares additional stock at par $40
each to holders of record May %
subscriptions are to be paid in two
instalments each of so per cent ON
or before June 10 and July 10.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-18
HAVANA ELECTRIC co.

New York. May II. Havana
Electric Railway Light Power Com
pany reports for March:
Mar
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TIDEWATER OIL co.

New York. May 1.-THE consoli-
dated income of the Tidewater Oil
Company and subsidiaries for the
quarter ended March 81 last, fol-
lows:
Or. End. Or. End.
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The details Of these stocks were:
Stocks Domestic Sugars.
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Active New York Stock Exchange Bond.
LIBERTY BONDS.

FURNISHED BY MooRHEAD q ELMoRED
Members New York stock Exchanee)
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L. :. Retail stores.

The professional traders particu
larIy were impressed when United
Retail Stores suddenly began advanc-
ing and did not stop until it rose more
than FIVE points. Other stocks fell
in line and the advance begun in
the tobaccos had permeated the en-
tire market before the close. 1t
was the first distinct check that the
bear party had received recently in
their campaign Of pessimism.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-18
French Rates Advance.

The sharp advance in French eH-
change helped the market also.
The world is beginning to realize
that France. although about to
levy heavy taxes, will spend most
of the money for rehabilitation of
the devastated regions and that the
French will be reimbursed later for
this expenditure by Germany. Even
German exchange showed improve
ment.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-18
WHOLESALE SUGAR PRICES.
THE DOLLAR IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

mericsn Security and Trust Company
The Washington herald., 1920-05-18
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Pre-~sr tssres.
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Baltimore 4 Ohio eonv. avs. 1883.
Chesapeake q Ohio conv. 4Hs. 1881.
Chicago Great Western 1st Is. is5e...
Chi, NIL, st. p. eonv. Az, iaze :
Denver 4 Rio Grande LIST ref. ls, 1855 !.
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Local Securities.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
SANDERS URGES ! ALL DEMOCRATST ID
 AID PARTY FIGHT Total of $6,232 Has Been For Warded From Alabama to N ationaI Headquarters

W. T. Sanders. democratic national committeeman for Alabama, has issued the following statement to Alabama democrats regarding the collection Of campaign funds:
 T am glad to-be able to report that our people have begun to respond to the call for funds to finance the national campaign, and I am encouraged to be- slieve that I shall not have to make any apologies for Alabama failing in her quota to the national fund.
 up to date I have sent in through this office to national headquarters s6,232.7s While this is far below our quott, yet with the substantial amounts which I am expecting from Birmingham. Montgomery and Mobile, I hope to be able to make creditable showing by the middle of next week.
 "In this connection, I feel like com mending the city of Selma, which has paid in through Chairman L. M Hooper up to this time sl.0oO. with the promise of more.
 T hope that everyone will realize the need of immediate action, and that we shall be able to reach our goal during the coming week.
 "W. T. SANDERS"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
BOLD ATTEMPT ID R0bCASH REGISTER
 AT P|GGLY W|GGLY '
Man Grabs Nearly One Thou sand Dollars In Bills, But Money Is Recovered By
 Efforts of Clerk

Snatching nearly $1,000 in bills from the cash register at store No. 2 at 1912 Third ave- nue, North, of the Piggly Wiggly chain of grocery stores, about 8::30 o'clock last night, an unidentified white man then struck a clerk over the head with a pistol who was trying to stop him and made his es- cape out of the front door of the store before a crowd of nearly a hundred people who had witnessed the affair.
 But as he ran out of the front door his coat became fastened in the screen door and he was thrown to the sidewalk. His hat and both hands were filled with the money and as he fell 1t rolled and blew in all direc- tions. The money was recovered
 Kay Chambus, the clerk who had first tried to stop him, by this time had gotten to his feet again and jumped on him on the sidewalk. He received another blow over the head and the thief tore himself loose from the clerks grap and made his escape leaving the money he had tried to make away with scattered all over the sidewalk.
 NO HELP FOR CLERK
 Although the store was crowded with late shoppers no one made any effort to help the clerk in his lone fight with the bold thief.
 City detectives arrived upon the scene a few minutes later and ques- tioned several people who were in the store at the time. An old lady, with a basket of groceries under her arm stated that she had been waiting in line to pay for her groceries when she noticed the man and the eager way in which he watched the cashier place the money in the cash register.
 She also stated that she saw the man climb over the rail instead of coming in through the gates. but she said that she still thought that he was only in a hurry and paid no more at- tention to him.
 Mr. Chambus is in a painfully in iured condition as the result of hay ing received the two blows over the top of his head
 MT. Chambus stated to police author ities that he was putting some gro- ceries in a basket when he heard the cash register ring and upon turning around to see who it was he saw the man going over the counter with his hat and both of his hands full ol money.
 w. F. Rice, manager of the store L~y Ia& or luck and pluck that had let them get their money back. He stated that th' fellow had every chance in the world to get away with it and that if il hadn't been for the pluck and nerve of his clerk, MT. Chambus, he would have been out nearly s1,oo0 this morn ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
SAFETY APPLIANCES BRING LOWER RATE Alabama Setting Pace for
 SaWmiIIs of South Pro- ' tecting Men

Owing to the increased safety devices and activities nt the lum- her plants of Alabama, reductions in compensation rates ranging from 12 to g. per cent have been granted in this territory, the Southern Pine Association an- nOunces.
 The actual reductions affecting the operators are, on the sawmill rate, from $4.zO to $2.9S; on the logging and numbering rate from MAS to $3O7, and on the lumber yard rate from $1.4l to SPA.
 A great saving to the Iumber- men of Alabama will be effected by the new rates, in view of the fact that the previous rates were made when labor was receiving consid- erabiy less than at present. As the rates apply to the pay roll, per $1OO. the greatly increased wages now prevailing and the large re- ductiOn in accident hazards which has taken place, brought about by the safeguarding of machinery and the protection of employees from personal Injury, made the old rates unduiy burdensOme, and not as they were originally intended to be.
 The new schedule puts the com- pensation rates of Alabama on a fair md equitable basis, and is ex- pected to bring about similar ad- justments in the prevailing rates in other southern states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
J. o. Thompson Comes Out
 For Cox and Rooseuelt
 And Presents His Reasons
After Voting Republican Ticket for Thrtytwo Years He Cannot Stand Present Reaction-Has Been Prom
 inent Leader Among Republicans for Years

there were i,00oo0o progressives in l9l2 who constituted a majority of the repub- ucdn party, and their tribe has IT., creased since then. If Harding is elected it will not be for anything that he stands for, because he, in reality, stands for nothing as compared with men for whom have heretofore voted, men like har- tison, Mckinley. Roosevelt, Taft aad Hughes. If he is elected it will be be- cause any man whom the party mlsdI have nominated would have been elected in spite of himself his radical attitude in 1912 towards a majority of his party ana his wishy -washy attitude on national questions.
 MT Thompson is engaged in Alabama farm operations on large scale, and is a leading spirit in the American Cot ton Association. being general managef for Alabama. He helped organize and was president of the Farmers Protec- tive League. which was merged with the American Cotton Association. He is a native of Tuskegee. in Macon county. this state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
FOR STRANGERS
First Presbyterian Church Has Or.
 ganized a Class

At the First Presbyterian Church Mrs. J. H. Montgomery has organized a class for strangers. which meets every Sunday morning at the regular Sunday school hour of 9:30 o'clock
 It. is believed that this class will mee, the lohgIfelt need of d downtown church as there are many strangers who attend the services occasionally, but who are not given definite place and a. cordial inyation to become part of the organi- Zation.
 Perhaps the newcomer may be some one stopping for a time at hotel or boarding house, or one of the new teach CTS in the city, or one who has recently moved to Birmingham
 To any and all who have not yet found church home, the strangers class issues cordial invitation to at- tend, with the assurance of warm well come that is always awaiting the "stran- ger within the gates.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10

tary, prepared through weeks of study ing and figuring, that they might in- telligently ross-examine the com pany's witnesses and with expert as sistance prepare a defense. We were given until November IS by the com m mission.
 ''In my opinion the raise of rates asked for by the telephone com
 pany, if granted by the commis sion, will be the most unjust bur-
 den that has ever been heaped upon the people of the state. They pre- scented no appraisal valuation of their properties upon which to base fair increase in rates, ex-
 cept what they said was book value. Then their chief counsel
 stated in open hearing before the commission that the company
 would refuse to allow competent
 accountant employed by the group
 of cities to see their books.
 They worked out from their books schedule of increased rates and pre- sented to the commission. and re- quested that without delay they be put into effect. This schedule, if all lowed. will.cost the people of the state over a half million dollars year in addition to what they are already pay ing. They propose to increase the rates in Birmingham on business tele- phones from s7 to S10; on residence telephones to s4.75, or an increase of 37 per cent.
 ENGAGE AUDITORS
 "The commission stated it would en- gage an auditor to go over the books of the company. This, in our opinion, is well and proper, but impossible to that the cities feel that they have q right to make an investigation, as 1t is they who will pay the increased rate
 In my opinion the people of this state will never have fair tele-
 phone rates as long the Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, the parent of the Southern
 Bell, and who owns practically all the stock of the Southern Bell, Is allowed to bleed the Southern Bell and then the people he called upon to make up for it in unjust rates.
 "The Southern Bell Telephone com pany pays the parent company Az peI cent of it's gross earnings, for rent of receivers and transmitters, and as is said other services A number oi the most progressive states have dis allowed this in whole or in part. Tho parent company also gets an enormous and unrea sonable per cent of the toll service-which has been readjusted by other states.
 Besides these fabulous sums, the Southern Bell Telephone Company asks the people to pay such rate as will give the parent company another 2-10th per cent net profit. 1 trus' the people of the state will acquaini themselves with all the facts in con. nection with the petition now before the public service commission of Ala bama."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10

The telephone company based its claim for raise on the book values and then refused to allow the mu- ricipalities to examine the books. ac- cording to MT Brown.
 Through this system the people are forced to pay the deficit which occurs, an enormous increase in rates" he con- tinued
 'In my opinion the people of this state will never have fair teIe- phone rates as long the Ameri- can Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, which owns practically all the stock fin the Southern Bell, Is allowed to bleed the southern com pany and then make it call on the people to make up for it in unjust rates.
 "A number of progressive states have disallowed this either wholly pr in part"
 PUBLIC SENTIMENT
 Public sentiment will have more to Go with controlling the forces which govern the rate than any other force. according to Mir. Brown.
 In speaking of the basis upon which the telephone claims ahB6Sh which the telephone company claims q right to raise in rates, Walter Brewer, assistant city at- tOrney, said: ''It Is ridiculous for utility company to ask for q raise in rates and then refuse to aI- low an expert representing the cities to examine the books. If the dealings of the company are open md above board, as we all presume that they are, why should they be unwilling for the people to know anything about their books except what they wish to tell them.
 The officials who gathered in Montgomery for the hearing last week represented 100000 people and it was ir the name of these people that we asked to have an expert examine the books and it was in the face of these 100000 people, subscribers and pros pective subscribers, that the compa ny refused to allow their books aX- amined."
 ''The commission can deny the petition on ground of insufficient evidence. since nll they had to show were prepared statements and not the books, which tell the tale.''
 BROWNS STATEMENT
 Mr. Browns statement follows:
 "A hearing of the petition of the telephone company to raise rates was started before the public service com mission in Montgomery last week. About fifteen municipalities repre- senting probably 10000 people, ap- peared there through representatives to ask that justice and equity be doae between the people of the state and the telephone company.
 The company presented it's testl- mony, and the cities requested that they be given ninety days to review the mass of testimony, mostly documen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
Marriage Licenses

ThesS following marriage licenses were issued yesterday afternoon at the office of, the probate judge: J. o. Bonner and Miss Venie May J. Graves.
 Bernard L. Rushton and Miss Hazel z. Faraday.
 w. s. Petty. and Miss. Virginia May Kelley
 H. M. Davis and Miss Anna D. Nc C.eskey.
 James J. Dikis and Miss Mary G. Sculoite.
 Robert Bruce Walker and Miss Chloio Hambley.
 Walter M. Dodson aid Miss. May Smith. "A Jack Bramer and Miss Nellie Mae Hester. F. E. Montgomery and Miss Lillian Jean Barrett.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
ENGHTEEN ENROLLED
School of Foreign Commerce Con-
 pletes First Week

The Birmingham School of Foreign Commerce has closed it's first week with eighteen young men taking the course in foreign trade and the Spanish language.
 Garrard Harris, formerly connecte with the foreign commerce department of the United States, will deliver an ad- dress before the school tomorrow eve nings at 7:15 o'clock. The topic is, Sch ing in Foreign Markets" Mir. Harris will talk on Trade Conditions in the West Indies" He is wei versed in that line, having travelled much in that sec- tion while in the service of the govern- ment
 l.. C. Darlington, director of the school, invited those who are interested In the school and would like to see how it IS conducted to come and see how it oper- ates. besides hearing MT. Harris.
 Joseph Jutso. the teacher of Spanish. is citizen of Birmingham, but na- tive of Spain. He teaches the Spanish that is used daily in commerce in the Latin Americas today. He has helped Birmingham manufacturers number of times in getting the right touch with the business men of Cuba.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
STILL. MISSING
Search Fails to Reveal Whereabouts
 of Monroe Smith of Acton

After searching all day for Monroe smith, who has been missing from hcme for ten days, the party of deputy sheriffs and federal officers from the office of N l.. Pierce returned to Bir- minGham last night without having found any trace of the missing man. In addition to the officers large number Of citizens of the Alton region as- slsted in the search.
 According to relatives of MT Smith he left home several days ago on d trip through the region and has never returned They are of the opinion th1t he must have accidently run upon sp'Ge. rpoonshiners and have been murdere l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
RAILROAD MAN
 |SFATALLY SHOT
 BY H|GHWAYMEN
Negroes Shoot and Rob 0. H.. Ware and Place Body on Railroad Track-N0
 Arrests Made

o. H. Ware, air inspector for the Alabama Great Southern railroad, was shot and fatally wounded at Tenth avenue and Twenty-eighth street, North, about 7:15
 o'clock last night by two uni identified negroes, who, after firing two bullets into his
 throat, robbed his pockets of their contents and then laid
 his body across a railroad track a block away from the scene of the robbery.
 Half an hour later his body was found by a yard switchman, who in formed police headquarters. He was
 rushed to the Fraternal hospital, but little hope was held for his recovery as attending physicians stated tha; | the bullets fired by the negro high wavmen had cut away nearly half of his throat He died shortly before : o'clock this morning.
 The negro highwavmen escaped and no trace of them has been found by the police. The injured man was in such a condition wheh he arrived at l the hospital that he would give no description of his assalants.
 DETECTIVES ASSIGNED City Detectives Hubbard. Hen irix Brannon and Lyons eave been as- signed to the case. They left for the scene of tn eholdup immediately after police headquarters was informed and ! a thorough search of the entire district l is being continued.
 Mrs. Ware arrived at the hospital | put $40 o'clock. She stated that hei
 husbassc had left the house about 6;30
 <,,nla <lr nftar eating -lnnar. and she
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
New Incorporations

Papers of incorporation were filed in the probate court yesterday by the Oliver Electrical Works with an au- 'thorized capital stock of s20,o00. The firm will begin business with s15,000 of this amount paid in. officers are s. w Oliver. president. and c. K. Duncan, secretary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
,5OO,OO0 WORTH OF ALABAMA PIPE
 IS SOLD RECENTLY
Water Transportation Feature Saved One Shipper $78,000 on Part of Journey-Three
 Ships Go to Japan

Alabama companies have sold $1,500,000 worth of gas and water pipe recently. Much of the business was with for eign countries.
 Utilizing the partial water haul, one company saved $78,- 900 in transportation costs.
 ship. recently loaded at Mobile . is now on the way to points in Cali fcrnia, including Los Angeles and San Francisco with 5000 tons. This is the third cargo of pipe to the Pacific coast by this route, the two preced- ing ones being $500 tons each. MOVEMENT STUDY There is now moving to New Or leans for transportation by steamer to the Pacific coast 1000 tons from one pipemaker and 900 from another. The total shipment will probably be increased before the vessel leaves. Now on the way to New Orleans is a ship which is to load 1000 tons of water and gas pipe for points in Japan Some time ago a ship left the port of Savannah with 1000 tons for Japan. The price of pipe during the term of these shipments has ranged frou, low mark of S7O to one scv-
 eral dollars higher. The vnlue of this tonnage that has gone far nffetd by water route since May Is,
 therefore, in the neighborhood of $1,JOO.OOO.
 The pipe came from the Birming- ham. Bessemer and Anniston plants of the United States Cast Iron Pipe Com pany and that of the American Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company, this city some being also supplied by the Chattanooga plant of the United States i cc mpany.
 ! On the shipment of 5000 tons to the Pacific coast the manufnc-
 turers saved x7S.OOO in the freight bill over the all-raii overland
 rate, there being difference in
 favor of the rail and water rntc of more than $I5 per ton. The water route hns nlso proven as
 quick as the railroad route and the
 pipe hns been received in < No.
 form, without breaknge.
 The pipe business is slowing up some. New orders are not coming in 1 as they did during the past several months. The prevailing new business appears to be in small lots of pipe of | the smaller sizes. There is, however more flange pipe business than the l plants can well handle with their available manufacturing capacity in that respect.
 SCHEDULE MADE, i The leading interests recently an ncunced a schedule of STA for six-inch sizes and upwards and s79 for four :, inch sizes. For Class A pipe the rats was advanced to SIS for six inches ard upwards and $s3 for four-inc sizes. There has been no change in u csc prices.
 The sanitary pipe market has quieted , down so far new business is con- 1 cerned and jobbers are reported as fairly well stocked. There have been some cancellations. No change oi price has been made in this line in | some time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERAID, SUNDAY OCTOBER 1o 1920
MOST UNJUST BURDEN EVER TO
 MENA CE PEOPLE, DECLARES BROWN
Commissioner and Attorney State That the Utility Com pany Declined to Allow Examination of Its Books. Also They Say the Increase in Rates Will Be
 More Than One-thrd of Existing Charges

Calling proposed in telephone rates in Birmingham and Alabama the unjust burden that has menaced the people, Ellis Brown city commissioner of public utilities yesterday issued Statement indirectly calling the of the state egate against the bleeding system of the American Bell Telephone Company whereby profits in Alabama drawn of the state.