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Republican farmer., 1920-01-23
WINsLow T. PERKINS DIES

Maiden, Mass, Jan. 15-Winslow T. Perkins, for twenty years, prior to his retirement ten years ago, Super ntendent of the Old Eastern and Northern Divisions of the Boston and Maine railroad died at his home here today. He was S3 years old.
Republican farmer., 1920-01-23
SILVER VICTORY STAR

Washington, Jan. 15-Distribution of the silver victory star to those wounded in the naval service during the war will begin at once, the navy department announced today.
Republican farmer., 1920-01-23
HELD UNDER BONDS

Harry McGrath, 19, of Carson City, Nev., who is alleged to have commits ted five robberies in this city, was ar. raigned in the City court this morn- ing charged with theft. The case was continued until tomorrow under bonds of $500.
Republican farmer., 1920-01-23

It now appears that Napoleon never said, "God is on the side of the heaviest batta-ions,'' but that For tune is on the side of the last re- serve.''
Republican farmer., 1920-01-23

The faucets of English bath tubs are like young hydrants, and the drain plug as large as a pie-plate The tub can be filled with 1roar and eTnptied with a rush,
Republican farmer., 1920-01-23

Constitutional prohibition, eff fective at midnight tonight, and the enforcement legislation en- acted by Congress, make the fol- lowing provisions:
 Declare unlawful the Inanu- facture or sale Of any beverage containing one-haIf of one per cent. or more of alcohol.
 Declare places where liquor is sold in violation of law to be common nuisances, abatable as such.
 Search and seizure powers given prohibition enforcement of- fcers, except for the search of private dwellings unless used for the unlawful sale of intoxicantS or in part as places of business.
 Liquor seized to be destroyed, vehicles and other property to be sold and proceeds paid into Unit ed States Treasury.
 Advertising of liquor by any method prohibited.
 Permit manufacture at home for personal use of non-intoxicat- ing elders and fruit juices. While "non intoxicating is not defined
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-16
PULLMAN APPLIES
 ARMY TREATMENT
Uses Chlorine In City Water-Baby Dies of Rat
 PoisOn-Drilling for Oil

Cullman. August 15.-(Special )-The city water here is now being chlori- hated with chlorine gas. which is be- ing done to free the water of any possible germs. This process has been going on for about ten days and ac- counts for the slightly milky appear ance which the water has been ob- served to have.
 The supply of water to the city has been sufficient this summer It has been impossible, however, to get the Altering plant to work on account of the delayed shipments in machinery. All of it has arrived now, though, and it is believed that everything will be in fine working order within ten days.
 An expert in such work has been here for several weeks attending to the installation of the new machinery to chlorinate the water. He came down from New Jersey for the purpose.
 One drum of chlorine gas holding 100 pounds will free the water of germs for a period of four months. A storage basin has been erected at the power plant. This tank has a partition in it. The water is allowed to flow into one side and settle. Then the water is drained off into the clear side and the sediment in the bottom thoroughly washed out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-16
STATE'SATTORNEy EXPLAINS COUNTY
 WARRANT TROUBLE
Si u a tiOn Embarrassing Many Counties and Banks Is Due to Omission From
 Faultily Prepared Act
By FRED H. GoRMLEY Montgomery Bureau The Ase-Hsrsld
 z2i.e First National Bank Building

Montgomery, August 15.-(Special}- Alabamas faulty law bearing on the 's- suance of county warrants is explained by Attorney General J. Q. Smith of Alabama. in the following letter to pr. c. A. Cary of Auburn:
 Dear Sir: beg to acknowledge re- ceipts ow your letter of August Il, in which you ask to be advised whether or not an acs of the legislature of 1919, en- titled An act to authorize and empower the court of county commissioners the board of revenue or other governing body of the several counties of the coun- ty in settlement of debts or other ob- legations incurred in the construction or maintenance of public roads or money borrowed for tick eradication or neces- sary public buildings, or as security for money borrowed for the payment Of such debt or obligation, and to regulate and prescribe the method of issuing such interest-bearing warrants,' approved by the governor on September 90, 19-9, ic valid or invalid, owing to the failure of said act to contain an enacting clause, as provided for in section 45 of the consti- tuition of Alabama of 1901.
 T beg to advise that I have inspected the original bill passed by the legisla- ture. and the enrolled bill in the office 
 it does not contain the enacting clause
 Section 45 of the constitution of 19l provides that the style of the faws of this state shall be, Be 1t enacted by the legis- lature of Alabama This clause IS com monly called the enacting clause.
 "I am clearly of the opinion that sec tion 45 ot the constitution is mandatory and there are many cases from all juris dictions in the United States. upholding this contention. The decisions are too numerous to mention, and I have no doubt our supreme court would follow this line of decisions.
 '1 am of the opinion, and so advice, that by reason of the omission from this bill of the enacting clause, as provided in section 45 of the constitution, 1t is null and void.
 This office is reluctant, always. to strike down a solemn act of the legis- lature, but in this case it is obvious that the plain mandate of the constitution has net been complied wISh by the legis- lature in the enactment of this law. Very truly, J. c. SMITH,
 Attorney General
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-16

Tuscumbia Furniture. Manufacturing Company is the name of new enter prise which has just been started in this city. Good progress is being made in the construction of its buildings and in sixty days the company expects to have the machinery installed. It is hoped to have the plant in operation oy the first of next year. One thousand shares of the capital stock have been placed on sale at s5 and s10 per share. A. Sebert is at the head of the industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-16
400 DROWN IN FLOOD
 NEAR TOXIC, JAPAN
sv Associated Prss

Tokio, August 15.--Four hundred per- sons were drowned in the recent floods In Saghalen Island, it was announced to- day.
 Tokio dispatch of August F said that floods in Saghalen Island had destroyed crops, demolished 200 houses and caused the death of thirty-seven persons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-16

that state by provisional De La Huert'
 He has stipulated however that he Is not to be punished for any of his acts in the past. that he will remain col onel in the Mexican army and that his troops will continue in the service, ac- cording to the Universal, which quoted an official announcement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-16
EAT RAT POISON

The two-year- son of MT. and Mrs. Odis Collins of Trmble died Sat urday after eating a quantity of rat poison.
 It seems that the little boy had been playing around the yard and had wan dered off to a woodshed in which some rat poison had been placed on small shelf The child got to it and ate a lot of the poison before he was dis covered.
 He became desperately III and a doc tor was summoned. Every effort was made by the parents to save the child's life before the physician arrived. When the doctor came, it was too late. He had swallowed such a large quantity that 1t was impossible to save him. He lived six or eight hours from the time he swallowed the poison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-16
CANTU FOLLOWING
 IN P. VILLAS WAKE
By Assoclated pres.

Mexico City, August 15.-Estaban Cantu, governor of lower California who has been leading an insurrection against the federal government, has
 agreed to surrender office to Louis M. Salizar, recently appointed governor of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-16
DRILL, FOR OH,

A company composed of Cincinnati business men have leased 10000 acres of land in Cullman and Winston copn- ties and will begin drilling for oil within thirty days. A drilling machine has been bought by the company.
 J. s. Albertson of Lexington, Ky, has contracted to drill the first we'll. The exact location has not been chosen, but Col. Jenkins W. Jones, the geolo- gist will select the spot He has been here for the past six weeks looking over the situation. The well will be somewhere in the Bremen section of the county.
 Colonel Jones is now in Montana but will return to Cullman within the next few weeks.
 On Wednesday,, Irma Paris, the bright little daughter of MT and Mrs. Carl Ragsdale, died at the home of her parents after a brief illness. She was buried Friday at Good Hope, with the Rev. S. J. Calvert in charge of the services.
 Dovard Mann has received notice from Grover F. Sexton, chief of the field investigation service. that he has been appointed war risk officer for the American Legion, Post No. A. He will attend to all claims of ex-service men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-16
and women to the bureau of war risk.

The annual reunion of Camp Friend ship, United Confederate Veterans, will be held on August 27 and 2s. We hope that every U. c. V. in reach will come. Dan Walden, commander, Hartselle, Ala
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con. whore he took charge If tho Oregon
AgGi"S baseball team. which finished the
s"aS"n with eight victories out Of nine
Sturts
Then came the war. and as pronptly
aS he changed his address when desiring
newer "imrs Flack enlisted in the cav.
airy and. aS he himself puts il. was
doomcd to Texas until the war was
over
After the war Flack went back to
Snpulpa High School. where he coached
the football. bHskotball and baseball
teams. On the gridiron his eleven won
eight and lost three games. The basket.
bhIl team scored sixteen victories out of
twcnty-four games. while tho bnScball
team proved his greatest success by
winning twenty four games out of
twcnty-s six played The basketball tenn
won the state and southwestern high
school championships.
Last September he held the coachinn
rrins Of the track team at the G'nivpr
Sity Of Maine. looking after the cross.
country team during the fall and in hi.
odd moments assisting in tutoring the
football team. In the spring he expects
to coach tho track team and after that
he doesn't know what he will do.
when the fever gets me and got n
good offer | just move on. that's ali"
says Flnck, who is but thirty three
years old.
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NY. OFFERS RECORD
PRICE FOR HORNSBY
St. Louis Refuses 100000 and
Four PIayers-WouId Trade
Him for Frisch

New York. Dec. 3O.--An offer By the
New York Giants of 5000. 900 and four
players for Rogers IIornsby, leading
National League batter in 1920. has
Dccn turned down by the st. Louis man
agement.
This statement was made here BY
Judge Francis X. McQuadc, treasurer
OF the Giants. lie said the proposition
tell through when Sam Breadon. pres- e
dent OF the Cardinals, wired they would
consider II one of the four players
were Frank Frisch.
>. McGraw wouldn't trade Frisch for
iiornsby even up, McQuade as
serted
Last summer the record offer of
SZ'O.OoO was made for IIornsby by the
Hlants. When 1t was refused McGraw
SAID he would not renew the bid. The
iatest offer was made, it was said, when
the Giants learned Branch Hickey had
talked of exchanging Iornsby for three
Cincinnati players.
Miller Iluggins. present manager of
tn" New York Yankees. IL the man who
saw the possibilities of Hornsby when
,r was ushcrcd into the major leagues.
IL also was Huggins who developed
itornsby, taught him how to play first
base and how to bat.
When Hornsby first broke in II wos
generally believed that he was mere
rookie and always -ould be. lie did
not go into fast company with n great
minor league record. Far from it. Be =
lore going to st. Louis near the close
OF the 1910 season. Hornsby had the
uncnviable record of having battcd .232
ana .2I his last two seasons on the
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CORNELL HARR|ERS
LOSE TO BRITISH
Cambridge Oxford Runners De-
feat Americans in Eng
land, 20 to 2o

London, Dec. 3O.-Thc Oxford Cam e
bridge team won the cross country race
ut Rochampton today from the Cornell
hill and dale runners. The English
team scored twenty six points to Cor
nclls twenty nine.
Although the course was heavy be-
cause Of yesterdays rain. today was
bright and sunshny. This morning
Cornell runners were reported to be
ready for the contest. but the condition
Of Thomas e. MCDcrmott. the fastest
man on the American team. was dis.
appointing, He had not yet recovered
from a cold contracted ON arriving in
England.
The English team consisted of four
Oxford and three Cambridge men. They
nrc T.. a. Montague. y. \. Mc1nneS.
w. A. Grave and r. B. Sutton of
Oxford W. X. Scugrovc. w. Il. Marsh
and +. II. Anderson of Cambridge.
All finished the seven and one half mile
Rorhampton course under forty five
minutes in the annual Oxford Cam. T..
bridge race early in December.
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| winners. Samuel Ross. also of Wash
ington, had in his large stable as lead
erS Crank. Gnomc and Knot.
The McClelland- Simms organization
TOOK down SG7 1850 in purses. with
Leonardo III accounting for more
than %'G.HNO. Colonel Il. l.. Iiakcr. OF
Lexington. took purses of sos. .4T3, with
King CORN MS his star. Former Senator
camden. f. X. Bradley and Colonel Il
I. Baker, all Of Kentucky. developed
number Of high class horses. Among
other successful stables are Sunny
land Stable. SG2, 40; G.. NJ. Hcndric
S4T 100; James Arthur. SAG. 40; F.
Musantc, S20.71O.
Strides inIsreeling
The year has been record one fol
high priced thoroughbrcds. The pur
chase by :. &. Hildrcth of. Inchcape
by friar Rock Rose of Gold. for $3.50,
QUO leads the list for two year olds. A
few months ago August Belmont startled
the turf world by the sale of Traccry
by Rock Sand Topary, to an Argentin,
syndicate for $2G5 900. Rock sand wa,
sold by Mr.. Belmont. in France. TO,
SloO.ON. Tn" Simms .McClclland Ken
lucky stables recently brought Prime,
palatinc. by Persimmon Lady Light
foot. to this country, for which the,
pad 500 900. That stable aiSo bough
the French horse Guilfoyl for $1GD 900
besides number of high class broo,
mares.
At Gallatin. Tenn. Charles Reed pai,
100000 for st. l'laisc. Record price,
were paid for Kentucky wcanlings an,
two year oldS at the Kentucky ano
| Saratoga sales.
Thirty Leading Jockeys
Nine American jockeys during 1926
rode more than 100 winners carh. /
Butwcll leading the list with 14G frsts
second place in 12l races and third 13.
times The records of the thirty lcadin,
winners nrp.
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HOWARD FLACK SETS RECORD
FOR CROSS-COUINTRY FEATS
Former Padelhian Has Travelled Al Oucr United States
Athlee and Coach Starting Penn in 1905

at Centre College, perhaps the most
talked Of institution in football rank
during the last two years and an
nOunCcd himself as student and AS
pirant for n place on the football team.
This 10 show his versatility in the
sport field. He had tried all sports up
to this time save football. but now thc
desire to get into gridiron togs proved
strong and he thought he could make
good. And make good ho did for he
called the signals on the first great
eleven that Centre ever had the 1910
champions Of the Southern Intrrrol-
legiatc League. In the spring Of 1911
the restless Flack came North again.
The fall Of 1912. after a year Of in.
activities. found him hnck ut Syracuse.
where he remained until 1914. playing
on the football. baseball and ba .krthall
teams and running on the track squad.
In the spring Of 1914 Fla"k started out
on n Coaching career.
The fall of 1914 found him at Miami
University in Oxford. o.. where he
started in by coaching the cross country
team. In the winter he took charge Of
the basketball team. which finished third
in the final Standing of the Ohio Con
ference. In the spring he turned to
track and produced n team that finished
in the same place as the basketball quin-
tet.
Hikes TO Oklahoma
The next year F'iack wandered to
Oklahoma. coaching the SHpulpa High
School rack and baseball teams The
track team captured the high school
championship Of the Southwest in the
spring Of 1916. From Oklahoma Flack
boarded the ratlers for Louisiana.
whore he took hold of the baseball team
Of the Louisiana A. and NJ, winning
twelve and losing one game during the
season. In the fall Of 1910 he coarhrd
the Louisiana football team and with a
fair eleven won six and lost three
games.
His next move carried him out to Ore
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ELECT NJ. J. PICKERING
Former Penn Official Secretary.
Treasurer Of Boxing Board

Annapolis, Dec. 3O.-Muylin J. Pick-
rring, former graduate manager of ath e
eticS at the University of PENNSYLVANIA
has been elected secretary treasurer OF
the intercollegiate Boxing Association
of America, aS the body organized to
control the intercOt:cgia.r sport has
been named.
The other officers are: President
William \. RichnrdSon. L. $. n, as
siStant athletic officer and gymnasium
officer Of the Naval Academy vice pres :
idPnt Richard Harlow. Penn State
Strict rules covering the conduct of
boxing bouts have been established.
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,PHlLA. STABLES HAVE
TWO TURF CHAMPIONS
High Marks in Turf
Fedts for Year 1920

Man O. War-Champion race
horse Of all ages; owner =. ID. Rid
die, Philadelphia.
Ducttistc-ChampIon stecplechasc
horse of America; J. +. Widener,
Philadelphia.
Exterritinator - Champion aged
.gclding Willis Sharpe liilmer.
Observation-Disclosures three year
old filly; w. II. Coc. Wyoming.
Trystcr-Champion two year old I;
Harry Payne Whitney, New York.
Kentucky Derby winncr-Paul
Jones; RAJ Parr, Maryland.
Highest price two-ycar old
lnchcapc. $50. 900; Sam IIildrcth.
Champion jockey. Butwcll.
Leading money winning stable
ii. Z. Whitney.
Leading money winning horse
Man o. War.
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CANNELL GREEN COACH
1919 Captain Expected to Succeed
Spears at Dartmouth

Boston. Dec. 3O.--Thc probability
that Jackson Eannell, captain Of the
Dartmouth varsity eleven last year.
would succeed Clarence Spears as coach
of the Green football teams was cx 70
pressed by those in touch with the sit e
uatiOn today. Announcement from Chi
cNgo last night that Spears would coach
mt West Virginia rrXt fall was not I'M
expected. and tanncll. who was his as =
Sistant this year. was expected to move
up as head coach.
Dartmouth $ schedule for next year
Is still incomplete. Teams tentatively
on the list include Norwich. Middle
bury. New Hampshire. Bethany. Co.
lumbia. Cornell, Pennsylvania. Brown
and Syracuse.
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Cubs Sion Alexis Opponent

Chicago. Dec. 3o.--As reward for max
ing Grover Alexander. star pitcher 0f the
fore he won his game. James u. k"nney
has been signed to a cub contract, The
zane was played IN France while both Were
in thc Initcl States army and Alexander Il
team was victorious. to 0. kGnney is a
rct twn inches tall. Hr pitched semi.
nrUIrsslonaI ball around Chicago.
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Great Winners Since 100.

Since 1902 the leading money win.
ming horses, with their breeding. age
and the sums to their credit has been
l0o2--Nlajnr Daing"rfeld. by Hand
Snrng-MOn DrOit; three. .ycHr-uld. s57. 6S:
l003-AfriCand"r, by Star RUBY
Airic Queen: three-yCar.Uld. ...... 7O.SlC
lO0i-D"lhi. by Ben Brush-Vcva;
thrC, -ycar-Old .................. rs. o.:
,hrrc. .year-od ....,............. l44.3s(
Reckon; thrrr-year- .,..,....... $3.50
1007-COlin, by Commando-pastor-
ella: two-yeGr.old ..... ......,.... l3l.OOi
l0OS-Sir Martin. by Ogden--Lady
sterling: twO-y"ar.Old .....,..... $500
lH0H-Inc Madden by Yankee Taran-
trlH: thrcr-Nrar-Old ............. ~. 90:
l0l0--Novclty, by K!ngston.-Curi-
ostty; two-ycar:old .......,... 72.G3'
l01l--WUrih. by Knight Of the This
t'r-MisH II nnOvrr: two.y"ar-old.. l6.B Ga
l0l2--S.pr Charter. hy star Shoot
-thCSt"r Queen: fOur-yrnr-old. .... l4,6J'
1pl3-O'd Rosebud by Uuclc-IvOry
RrIis; twO-y"ar'uid ,.,..,.....,.. 10. 0JI
Rose Tree II. J.: thrrc-yrnr.o IT,. %. 10:
l9i5-Borrow. by Hamburg-Forget;
srven-yecar.old ................' 20. 10;
l0l6-Cnmphre. by Olambaia
Nightfall; twO.year-O!d .......... 40. 49,
l0l7-Sun Brar by Sundridge-
Sweet Briar: twO-NCar-Old. .,,.,.. 90. 500
l9lS-StcrHal. by Sweep Hazel
Rurllc: twO-ycar-od ,............ 30. l37
l0lN~--Sir Barton. by Star shoot
Lady Sterling thrce-ycar-old .... $500
1920 Man o. War. by Fair Play
Mahubah: thrcr-ycar-oid ......,. l6t. lit
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College Fives Ready

Chicago. Dec. 3O.--'The University of Chi.
caGo baseball quintet faces one of It's most
ing the Princeton five. Two Chicago regulars
are reported in poor condition. The Prince.
ton team Is reported to bc in excellent shape,
three OF the ha skethall players having played
on the football team,
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HOWARD w. FLACK.

HOWARD w. FLACK, former
- resident of this city, but who now
calls Grcnoblc. just outside Of DoyIcs-
town, his home, holds unique record
in college and high school sports. 1t
is not the number Of championships he
has won as an individual. nor is II as
the coach of highly successful teams. but
in tn" number of college and schools he
has been in as coach and student and in
the widely separated places he has done
his coaching and his athletic work.
Flack started his career at the Uni
vcrsity Of Pennsylvania in III" fall of
1909. when as sophomore he made
the varsity cross country team. then
coached by Mike Murphy. The famous
trainer took keen interest in young
Flnck and taught hin. many Of the
tricks of the trade that made the name
Murphy so famed in the athletic world.
Ono year at Penn and Flack decided
that he had sufficient higher education
to last him. For the next three years,
or until 1909 Flark was instrumental
in bringing fame TO the Germantown
Boys Club. an active organization en-
bracing the best school and college run
nrrS Of the day in this city. Flack was
one Of the stars of the cross country
and track teams of the boys club NJ
that time and won many prizes for the
club.
The lure of the college field became
strong in the summer of 1909 and Flark
entered Syracuse the following year.
He remained there for one year. run
ming on the cross country and track
teams and playing on the baseball and
basketball teams. making quite n repu-
tDtion for himself as an all around
star.
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Green to Play Bethany

Bethany. W. Va, Dec. 3O.--Dar'mOuth
College and Bethany College will meet on
'hc gridiron at Hanover. n H. October 15
next.
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Colleges In New Conference

nnlesburg. Doc. O.-Reprcscntat!vcs Of
Nix colleges IN hvc states will mrp, in Chi.
chEo today To discuss the formation OF n
new Interstate Nth.ctIc COnference.
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Play w. and J. Tonight

Washington. Pa, Dec. 30.-WashingtOr
and Jefferson College and Dartmouth Uni.
vnrsity basketball teams will play here to-
nigh. In the opening game of the college
season.
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One Of the severcst strains that can be
placed upon rear axle or driving gear is
TO Try to get out Of a mudhOe by backing a
little and then plunging forward on low
gear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-30

Before putting a car away for the winter
dram all gRsOlinC and water from the car
and be careful not to overlook any drain
cock In either system