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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
FEAST OF WEEKS AT
 HEBREW CHURCHES
Large Classes of Confirm ants to Mark Celebration
 of Jewish Holiday

Confirmation services of large classes at Temple Emanu-El and of the Knesseth Israel Congregation will mark the celebration of the Feast of Weeks, the Hebrew holiday, Shabouth,
 today.
 The largest class of confirmants in
 the history of Temple EmanuEl since Rabbi M. Newfield took charge twenty five years ago will be consecrated to-
 day at 1o3O. This is the twenty fifth class consecrated by Rabbi Newfield The class roster is as follows: Leta
 Beitman, Clara Ehlbert, Helen Fein, Irma Goldsmith. Evelyn Heindrich,
 Edith Gzitzman. Florence Morris, Rena Rosenfeld, Gertrude Strauss. Emma
 Marie Ullman, Ethel Wohl, Julian Aland, Floyd Brandes, Seymour Kro- nenberg, Joe Lipsitz. Betram Minis man, J. D. Rosenberger and Harold Rubenstein.
 The services will begin at 10:30 this morning. A special musical programme has been arranged. with additional members to the choir for the occa- sion.
 will be given for the confirmants by
  An equally interesting programme will be given at the Knesseth 1srea Congregation. Rabbi Jacob Mendel- shon will conduct special services and | a large class will be confirmed. l The Feast of Weeks is an ancient holiday corresponding to the Christian day, Pentecost. The reformed churcf celebrates May 23 and the Orthodo, continues the celebration on the 24th The confirmation exercises on this day serve a Nofo1d purpose: 1t signalize: | the pledge of loyalty on the part ol ] the Jewish children to the faith oi their fathers and it establishes thu covenant of conservation to God. I The celebration also marks thu graduation of the confirmants from tht religious school, where the childre.
 have been taught the tenets of theil 1 faith.
 I The Feast of Weeks was an agricul tural festival, in it's origin which cele
 brated the gathering of the wheat har west. A later tradition commemorate' lit as the anniversary of the giving o l the ten commandments to Moses. l The reform synagogue stresses th historical feature of the Feast o Weeks and only in a symbolical man liner refers to the agricultural signifi canoe. The Orthodox synagogue pay, more attention to the agricultural as pect and puts the historical feature II l the background.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
LOCAL GROCERS TO HEAR REPORTS OF
 THEIR DELEGATES
Regular Meeting of Retail Associa tiOn to Be Held Tuesday
 Night

Kansas City won the 1921 convention of the National Association of Retail Grccers, for which Birmingham made a strong bid at the convention held last week in Atlanta, according to local dele gates who have returned frosl the meet ing.
 Objection was raised to holding the convention in the south two years in succession.
 The delegates, Paul Shropshire. Tom J. Grimes, w. M Goodwin and U. M Sparks, will report to the local associa- ton at it's regular meeting next Tues day night at o'clock at the quarters of the Birmingham Civic Association, Jefferson County Bank building. Other important matters will also be consid cred. and all members are urged to at tend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
Press Association
 to Be Guests of City

Plans for the entertainment of the Ala hama Press Association who will be in Birmingham for a short while next F'r'- Lav arc heinz made by the various clubs and other civic bodies.
 The press association will hold their annual convention in Montgomery tnls week Part of the programme will be a trip to Muscle Shoals to inspect the woI'l there. They will arrive in Birmingham at e:45 on the night of the 2Sth and leave for Florence at 11:5J.
 committee of fifty members of the civic clubs. under the charmanship oi 1rarrv g. Ford has been appointed to look after the entertainment of the vis- Stors. It is planned to give smoker in the cafe of the Civic Association, fol- lowed by a theatre party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
FAMOUS SOLDER ID
 BE C|TY'S GUEST
Gen. Bullard to Speak Here On Military Service"
 Banquet for Visitor

Committees for the entertainment of
 Gen Robert l.. Bullard, when he is in
 Birmingham on June 1, have been ap-
 pointed and arrangements for meeting
 at which he will be the speaker are be-
 ing made.
 A committee composed of former sol-
 diers and students of Auburn will have
 and his entertainment during the stay in
 the city This committee is composed of Crompton Harris, chairman; J. A. Webb, Frank M. Dixon, Maj. Lucien Brown, J. J. Jackson, Judge Horace Wilkerson, Judge Hugh A. Locke, Dr. Charles A. Brown and Dan S. Martin.
 General Bullard will speak here on the night of June 1 on the topic, Military Service and Its Effect on the Citizen.
 The selection of the place where the ad- dress will be given has not been made yet but the choice will probably be Capital Park or the First Baptist Church The Civic Association plan to entertain the visitor at a dinner on the roof oi the Jefferson County Bank building. Res ervations for tables at this supper vii be made in advance and Secretary-Man- ager Harold asks that those who contem- plate being present at the dinner vii communicate with him.
 | It is very probable that the local or ganizations of the National Guard, un. der the command of May Lucien Browr will turn out In parade of welcome tc General Bullard. The distinguished sol dier was in command of the American forces who made the famous offensive al Chateau-Thierry which turned the tide o l the war for the allies. He is reported a. saying when the allied commander gav' <. him secret orders to retreat The Ameri | cans do not know how to retreat" ant l continued to advance, driving the Ger mans before him.
 l He is an Alabamian by birth and stu dent of the Alabama Polytechnic Insti | tute at Auburn. before he entered Wes kPont While in Alabama. he will at | tend the commencement exercises at Au
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
HEAVY DOCKETS
 BEFORE COURTS

Heavy dockets have been set for trial in both criminal divisions of the circuit court for next week. One division will take up jury docket while the other will be engaged in the hearing of non-jury cases. Three defendants will be tried on
 charges of second degree murder, while
 one will be tried on a charge of man. slaughter in the second degree.
 The dockets consist of thirty-nine eases
 for violation of the prohibition law, SIX grand larceny five forgery two assault with intent to murder, and various other charges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
MORE MEMBERS FOR
 MANUFACTURERS IN
 STATE ASSOCIATION

The Alabama Manufacturers Asso- citation will admit members from four North Alabama counties in the near future. Their representative will con fer with the manufacturers and busi- ness men of Morgan, Colbert, Lauder dale and Madison county, having en agreements in Decatur. Sheffield. Flor ence, Tuscumbia and Huntsville.
 The membership of the Alabama Manufacturers Association already ex. tends to thirty counties of the state and the roll is growing rapidly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
POLICE MAKE GOOD
 RECORD IN RECOVERY |. STOLEN AUTOMIBILES


 Police officials report that the of ficers in charge of the stolen automo- bile department are making an uh- usually fine record this month. Out of thirty stolen automobiles that have been reported, they say twenty-e eight of the number have been recovered.
 R. w. Kirkland, 520 Empire building, reported the loss of a Ford. He stated that the car had been stolen early yes terday morning from Third avenue and North Twentieth street.
 Hugh H. Ellis. 14o1 North Thirty first street. reported the loss of a Chandler. It is said to have been taken from in front of the Majestic theatre.
 J. w. Cullum Irondale. reported the theft of his new Liberty. He stated that the car had been stolen from near the Fair Grounds late yesterday aft ernoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23

A numDer or NOrtn CaTOilnd towns are placing orders for water pipe in spite of the recent advance in price. La Fayette, N. C., has taken several hum dred tons. So has Dothan, N. C. Gads- den, Ala is in the market for 5000 feet of water main. Albany, Ga, has also placed an order.
 The coke situation is both strong and acute. Chattanooga Is in desper- ate need of an ampler supply and an industry there has vainly sought to place an order for 5000 tons in this district. Additional shipments have been made to St. Louis. Coke is eager ly sought from every direction and is going in such quantities as can be spared from contracts to as far away as California.
 Prices remain at s11 to s12.50 for seventy o-hour hand picked foun- dry makes. Higher prices could be secured, but the makers seem inclined to conservative policy.
 The suspensions at coal mines owing to slight misunderstanding with re- gard to interpretation of clauses of the award of the bituminous coal com mission did not last more than three to four days at most of the collieries. The last weeks production showed but a small decline from that of the previous week.
 All the Slcel WOThS dTe CIOSe to Iull operation in the finishing mills. The Gulf States Steel is beginning the use of the ore coming out of the new shannon mine near Oxmoor where first ore was struck a week ago to- day. This slope is a half mile deep and required more than six years to drive, but 1t carries more than 3S per cent ore that is self-fluxing. The eventual supply will far exceed the re- nt tirn ar,tc Df Cfat and will be available for the use of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23

The T. C. l. has blown in second stack at Bessemer on foundry, the first run of iron taking place on Fri day. Another Bessemer stack is ready for the torch in the event of an avail able raw material supply.
 The T. c. I. will blow in an Ensley stack on basic this week. That will give it six basic iron producers at that place. One of these recently made the phenomenal record of 309 tons per day for an entire month. Few furnaces anywhere have exceeded that record.
 With the blowing in of the fifth Sloss- Sheffield stack May 12 there will have been three additional iron makers put to work in Alabama this month. The total of active stacks will then be twenty-eight, compared with fifteen at this time last year.
 One large foundry interest sold 1,500 tons for Italy and a number of lots for New England. Both tonnages will move by water out of Savannah.
 Another foundry producer booked more than 5000 tons during the week. In this was also an order for 1.500 tons for Italy. The same concern is now shipping 800 tons to Italy via New Or leans.
 Still another interest booked, among other orders, 1,600 tons for local con sumption.
 The iron market Is very active at a general base of SAP, with some small lots for spot delivery bringing $45. The larger makers are not inclined to force the market upward. They ap- pear more inclined to nurse good thing without jeopardy.
 During the week the Unit Stove Company added itself to the roster of local iron consumers. ..I< a1x.<,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
Dry Season for Africa

From the World Outlooka
 Africa is drying up. The governor gen. eral of French Equatorial Africa, which includes from Senegal to Congo. made his territory arid by decree which was ef- fective January l. Importation of liquor was prohibited, and the lid put on native 'bar rooms.''
 On the gold coast a number of Accra chiefs were asked their opinion of the liquor traffic "The white man has al- ways brought it in for trade" they said. of now he wishes to stop it because he's found it's not good, we are agreed and will be glad to take a better substitute. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
Religious Services

Services will be held in the Fraternat building at 22091a Third avenue today. Sunday school at 9:30 o'clock Morning service at Il o'clock and evening sery- ice at o'clock. The hours of worsh03 will be conducted by Mrs. J. l.. Mitchell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
Foundries Aquiuer With
 Rush to Fill Big Orders
 From AM Parts Of Earth
Conservative Arrangements Hold Steady Hands on Reins of Bucking Market Prices and Refuse to Advance Cost to Consumers, Despite Insistent De-
 mand for More Iron Product
By R. F. JOHNSTON

the largest foundry producers has been booking orders both domestic and foreign of volume exceed manufacture another blast furnace has operation, still another will blow in this week and third scheduled service during the half of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
The First National Bank
OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Statement May 4, 1920.
 CnITDrEc

Loans and discounts ..s1s,26o.o OPP 50 Overdrats ............... 1O.2s3.22 U. s. bonds (par) ..... 1.5O0, 100000 U. S. treasury certificates .. 2,629.000.O0 Liberty Loan bonds ....... 972,366.64 State of Alabama bonds .... 127 ,000. % Stock in Federal Reserve bank. 90,000.00 Other stocks and bonds. .... 1.340,796.99 Banking house ............. 250,000.30 Other real estate .......... 6,850.60 Customers liability account letters of credit ... ls72e5.3o Interest earned, not collected. 47.454.50 CASH ] In vault ....s ss7,23o.10 With banks 4,139.445.22 With U. $.
 IT.. ....... 7o,ooo.oo With Federal
 Reserve Blk. 2.936.791.11- s.03S, ,466. IS
 ss3,464,5o6.oS
 LIABILITIES Capital stock ....,..,...s 1,50o. nc l Surplus and r-ofits , 1854 4,024.63 , Reserve for t,xes " 45,T84.50 : Circulation ,... 1,259,697o0 Reserved for interest ....... o4,oVo.Vv Customers' letters of credit 197 7,265.o0 Interest collected. not earned lZo,ozo.oo DEPOSITS 1 Individual ..s24,326,615.84 Bank ..... 3,037,111.10 ! U. s. .... 231,lS2.33 Federal Re- serve Bank, Atlanta. fis-
 s33, 4,5Os.o7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
MOVEMENT ON ID BE OF REAL AID
 ID TIE FARMERS
 IN HOUR OF NEED

Denegre Truck Co. to Place Whole Organization In Field for a Day-Wil-
 Hams Suggests Farm
 Day" for Everybody
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
WATER POWER ACT
 PROVES POPULAR
Applications From 37 States Would Make Development
 12,000,00O Horse Power
By Associated Press

Washington. December 26.-Applica- tions for the development of more than t2,ooo,ooo horse power had been filed under the federal water power act with the federal power commission up 10 December Is, the commission announced today.
 Completion of the contemplated plans as shown in the applications, the com mission estimates. will advance water power development in the United States. by more than 40 per cent and will involve an investment of s1 200. : 900.
 The projects covered in the apnlica tion range from small 10 horsenow plant for a colony of summer cottages Tn the Wyoming mountains to the stor- age ok the waters of the upper Cobra do and its tributaries in a huge reser- voir and the ultimate deve lopment of more than S,000,000 Horsepower by the utilization of the waters in a dron of 2,s00 feet. 0p o'
 Twenty-scven states. in addition to Alaska and the District of Colurbia are represented in the 12o annIscstions filed with the commission.
 Permits had been filed from soutber, states follows: - U
 Ala oama, 3; Arkansas. ?; District of Soiumola' Maryland. Virginia (co,n- pined), l; Florida, | Florida and Ala pama 1combined), 1; Mississippi. |. Ms souri' , North Carolina. 3; Oklahoma ,. virginia 7. and West Virginia, l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
1EUTON FOREIGN TRADE SLUMP|NG,
 REPORT DECLARES
South American Countries and Mexico Giving Germans Alarm, Hamburg Com
 merCe Chamber Reports
By Associated prnr,

Hamburg, December 2e.-Germany's foreign trade relations which in 1919 gave some promise of gradual and sub trously during 1920, the Hamburg chamber of commerce says in it's sn- nual report, which is to be published tomorrow. fhout revision of the Versailles trea.y, the chamber says,~ it will be impossible for Germany to arr rive at her normal economic and politi- cal condition.
 There are some signs of the begin ming of a better state of condition in the apparent increased inclination to work and the desire for better pro- ductive resultsf adds the report. There is further movement toward improvement of Germanys economical conditions in the over-stocking of for egn markets with food and raw stuffs"
 The report advises against the sc- ceptance of foreign credits by the Ger mans. unless the stipulations for pay ing back the loans are clearly pre- pared"
  merce that the United States is in re- markable position for the developmant of it's world trade. and thinks that the Hamburg American Hartman shipping arrangements have placed Germany in a position to obtain some share of the expanding business. Ger man commerce with the South Amer- ican countries is reported to be virtaal- ly at a standstilI. Mexico's policy of official control of foreign trade is ..on- demned by the chamber as responsible for part of the slump in German bust : ness in that country. which it says has been taken over largely by the United \ States.
 The effect of the American. blacklist ion German goods is seen in the neutral countries of South America, where, ac- cording to the report, German firms are finding it almost impossible to resume business. German prices. which are de- scrbed as too high, are declared to have adversely affected trade. particU- larly in Colombia, where most buyers who contracted with German firms cancelled their orders in favor of the Americans The Germans had filled large orders on Colombia, but it is new reported taht German business there has been completely shut down.
 Trade with Guatemala also has suf- fered seyerly. In Venezuela, American, English and Dutch influences is said to have grown greatly. Rather active business has been opened with Ecua Tor and Peru, but there is little commerce with Chile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
AMERICAN EXPORTS
 TO SPAIN INCREASE
By Associated Press

Washington December 26.--Increase of 240 per cent of American exports to Spain from 1914 to 1919 is noted in a report on the growing importance of the Spanish market made public to : day by the department of commerce The favorable American trade growth is explained by Trade Commissioned Arthur Young, author of the report, as due largely to the displacement of Germany and to some extent of France and Great Britain in Spanish markets by the United States.
 As result of the war, the report asserts, Spain, like the United States, changed from a debtor to a creditor nation with a trade balance in favor of Spain in 1919 amounting to s772.- 100000. which strengthened the fi- nancial situation in the country to remarka ble extent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
AUSTRIA KNOCKS
 AT LEAGUE DOOR
Paris Newspaper Learns That Formal Manifesto Asking
 Membership Prepared
By Associated Press

Paris. December 26.--Le Journal says today it learns from Berlin that it is reported in political circles there that manifesto has been prepared by the Austrian government addressed 10 he League of Nations, asking that Austria be attached to Germany. Dr. Walter Simons, the German foreign minister, and Count Ottaker Czernin yon Chude- nitz. former Austro Hun garian foreign minister, are said to have drafted the document. The Petit Parisian declares that the recent traety signed by italy and Jugo-S1vja specifically provides for reciprocal support to prevent any resto- ration of the monarchy either In. Ats tria or Hungary.
 A Copenhagen dispatch of December s, quoting the Berlin correspondent of the Politiken, said that Count von chud- enitz was in Berlin. discussing with with leading politicians the possibility ot uniting Germany and Austria fol- lowing the latter's admission into the League of Nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
COLUMBUS VISITED
 BY S5O,OOO BLAZE
Family Escape From Garage By Jumping From Window.
 Big Section Threatened

Columbus, Miss December 26.-(spe- cial)-Columbus got a touch of the dis astrous possible effect of the with drawal of the fire insurance companies from the Mississippi field today when an carly morning fire swept away s5o,oco worth of property.
 shortly after 1 o'clock this morning fire, originating in the City garage and almost in the heart of the business dis trict, destroyed the big automobile plant. including equipment and 2S cars, before the flames could be checked.
 T. A. Ross. his wife and two little girls. who lived on the second floor of the sa- rage building, had narrow escape. Be- fore they were aroused, the flames had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
COMMITTEE URGES
 REPEAL OF STATE
 ANTITRUST LAWS
By Associated Press

Washington, December 26.-RepeaI of state anti-trust laws to legalize the newly created American marine insurance syndicates is urged in report made pub lie today by the House committee on merchant marine and fisheries and the shipping board.
 The report, which was prepared by Dr. $. $. Huebner, insurance expert of the committee and the board. attacks the legislative disabilities imposed by state statutes on the development of Amer iean insurance for American shps and recommends a more liberal treatment of American companies in the matter of taxation and legal restrictions
 Existing state statutes regulating ma rines insurance represent a provincial treatment of an international business. the report declares, and the adopton of remedial measures to put American ma rine insurance on a par with foreign un- derwriters is advocated. Specifically the report advocates en- larging the classes of insurance which American marine companies may write: authorization of reinsurance with all American companies, irrespective of state boundaries; and the removal of existing barriers to the entry of American com l panies in foreign fields
 
 Philadelphia manufactures 2it of the 264 products made in America
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
PHI DELTA THETAS WILL CONVENE THIS
 WEEK IN ATLANTA
By Associated Press

Atlanta, Ga, December 9s.-The thirty fifth biennial convention of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, one of the largest and oldest Greek letter college fraternities. will be held here beginning Tuesday morning and continuing through Friday.
 Judge Pricet Gilbert of the Georgia su- preme court, honorary president of the Atlanta Alumni club, which is host to the convention, will preside at the open ing session. and Governor Dorsey and Mayor Key have been invited to welcome the visitors and delegates.
 The fraternitys & active chapters in- clude two in Canada and delegates and visitors are expected to numbep more than 1000 representing Canada and every state in the union. A number of na- tionally-known men who are members of the fraternity, including United States Senator Fletcher of Florida and Will Hays, chairman of the republican na- tional committee, have been invited to attend. Elmer c. Henderson of Fulton, Mo. is president of the general council of the fraternity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27

completely enveloped the first story Of windows and come down on ladders en the outside of the building. They got out just before the building crashed into ruins.
 There was no insurance on the build ing, but the automobiles were partially covered. The building was the property of Maj. Battle Bell. The garage was owned by W. G. Davis and Joe J. Cook
 The garage was located in the heart Of a residence block near the business section of the city on Main street, and the firemen had a hard fight to keep the flames from spreading to nearby residences. Small blazes broke out in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
WELL-KNOWN MOULTON
 MAN DIES AFTER LONG
 lLLNESS-BURIED SUNDAY

Moulton, December 26.-(Specia1.) )- The unexpected death of Albert Wind ham occurred in Moulton yesterday.
 MT. Windham had been in declining health for a number Of years and had spent much of the last few years in Denver. Col, but the autumns and win ters here as cotton buyer. His life had been part of that of Moulton for almost a generation. For many years he was successful merchant of the town. and always connected with any interests that served to better the pub lie welfare. He was born in November, 1887. wife and two children survive him. Funeral services were held today