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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
MASONIC FUNERAL NOTICE Birmingham FraternaI Lodge No. 3S

NT
 Members of Birmin F hmm Fraternai lodge No. 3S4, A, F. X A. M., quested to meet at the Masonic Temple today at 2.3O D. m. to attend the funeral of our late brother, W. IT. Fruitticher. Services at ElmwOod cemetery. All Masons frnternnIIy invited.
 M. RINGELBERG, ". M. W. W. RANSOM, Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
COMMON CARRIERS


 With the establishment of through rates and divisions, the barge line be- comes a common carrier and neces- sarily comes under all the rules gov erning the interchange of traffic be- tween common carriers. These rules provide for a proper charge in the in- terchange of traffic over connecting tracks and also provide for the ac. ceptance of responsibility from the point of interchange. The situation al Cordova is precisely the same as 1t is at Birmingport. There the barge line. or an independent operating company. I am not sure which, owns the tracks between the Southern railway and the wharf and the cost of transfer from the rail carrier Is absorbed by the water carrier because theirs is the in- convenience to overcome in the inter- change of traffic.
 ''It has been represented that condi- tions have been changed recently and that the completion of this contract has been delayed from time to time. think it is only necessary to point out that for long period. since Jan uary l, 1913. the railroads, as well as the waterways. were under the direc- tion of the government. the govern ment alone being interested in the net result of operation, and it was imma- terial which branch of transportation actually performed service. The re- sponsibility was equal and there was no question as to liability as between the carrier and the waterways.
 With the passing of railroads back to private control naturally all of these questions have to be settled In .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
Now With Hnrper

Miss Emily Boisclair, formerly head of the millinery department of SEA. Will Hams & Co.,, is now connected with the millinery department of Burger Dry Goods Company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
City PaUing Was Not Laid To Meet Demand ofModern
 Traffic Hence Condition
So Say Many Citizens But City Engineer Says Lack of Supervision in Some Quarters and Poor Selection of
 Materials in Others Are Not to Be Discounted

Brminghams present street conditions variety of causes according to number of Birmingham contrac tors and business Lack of finances the
 the main but lack of the materials is also given of the factors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
Giues Frisco's Vielus on
 Riuer Interchange Rates

position of the Frisco railroad with regard of traffic at Cordova stated president A. on to Birmingham citizens in the Chamber of Commerce audi torum wednesday afternoon in his language thus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19
SPECIAL SALE

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19

IoTIum w edneSday afternoon,
 "hen the cars or traffic leave
 the Frisco rails and enter upon the
 rails of the barge line, the barge
 line shall become responsible for
 soch traffic and shall pay the
 Frisco reasonable sum for hand
 ling the traffic from our rails over
 their rails to the point of Ioading.,
 Ihis IS practical repetition of the telegram from President Kuhn re, ceived last week following the infor- nation of the Frisco's proposed change at Cordova. General Manager Theo. Brent. of the Mississippi Warrior sys- tenn. and H. T. DeEardeleben, manager Of the Warrior transportation, insist cn delivery of cars at rivef side as mas been the custom there.
 MT. Hilton prepared the following statement for publication, and 1t is in line with what he said orally at the Chamber of Commerce meeting:
 MIR. HILTON'S STATEMENT
 Tn view of the publicity given re- gently to the interchange of traffic be- tween the Frisco and the barge line, Inland waterways division, at Cor dova. I was very glad indeed of the opportunity to discuss the question With some of the business interests at Birmingham.
 Let me state here most positively and emphatically that it is not the policy of the Frisco railroad to do anything that will retard the develop ment of waterways transportation On the contrary, we recognize it as a valuable addition to transportation facilities and we are at all times ready and willing to do everything we possi- ply can, within reason, to foster it. That has been our policy on the Mis- sissippi and at no time have we in- dulged in rate competition calculated to make river navigation unprofitable
 T believe there is an entire misun- derstanding of the position of the Frisco railroad with respect to the in- terchange of traffic with the barge line at Cordova. To have a clear view of the situation one must understand truNconditions. The facts are that the inland waterways division owns the tracks leading from the Frisco main line to the point of barge loading and all that we are asking at Cordova Is the same conditions that govern the with any other common that when the cars, or traffic, leave the Frisco rails and enter upon the rails of the barge line the barge line shall become responsible for such traffic and shall pay to tho Frisco railroad a reasonable sum for handling the traffic from our rails over their rails to the point of loading. We would much prefer to have the barge line perform this service themselves, but are willing to perform it for them if they are not prepared to undertake the work.
 "As to the charge for this serv-
 Ice, 1t has never been agreed upon.
 but was left for future conferences
 In connection with the entire con-
 trnet covering the handling of
 traffic from the Frisco rails over
 the barge line rails to the wharf.
 Let me make 1t clear and positive
 right here that whatever this
 charge may be 1t makes no dif-
 ference to the shipping public, as
 the charge comes out of the
 through rates established by the
 interstate commerce commission
 and the through rates will not
 advance by the amount of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-19

proper manner with fair consideration to all interests, and this is all we are asking.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
OWNERS WANT BETTER
PITCHING NEXT YEAR
Both Major Leagues Expected
to Amend Rules.
Magnates Have Reached Conclusion
That There Is Too Much Hard
Hitting - Leading Pitchers
Make Vigorous Protests.

1t is understood that the major
league pitching rules will be amend
ed at the winter meetings of the clubs.
The governors of the national pastime,
with few exceptions. have arrived at
the conclusion that there is too much
batting and also too much run-making!
Protests from team managers and
from leading pitchers have poured into
major league headquarters ever since
the start of the pennant races to the
effect that the rules are too severe.
1t is sure thing that the 'shiner"
and emery ball" have been eliminated
for all time. Those tricky deliveries
never should have been tolerated.
But, 1t is thought probable that the
big league boxmen who always have
used the spit ball will be allowed TO
deliver it as long as they remain In
the leagues.
In other words, the ban placed on
the use of the splitter after this season
will be raised in the cases of the
pitchers listed in that class, but new
tohiSiS liOIIi tie anu GlSc"HGIc
in 1921 will have TO depend on natural
skill.
The preservation of the "wet de-
livery is favorably considered for the
reason that the present rule. if en-
forced next year, would drive some of
the most effective pitchers out of the
profession. AS many of them have
only a few years left in the big cir
cults it is argued that they are entitled
TO make living until they lose their
efficiency as result of advancing
years
President Heydler of the National
league has been quoted in favor of re.
moving the restrictions on the spit ball
and to favor new rule permitting
the pitchers to dry their hands with
resin to be supplied by the umpires.
Heydler and President Johnson of the
American league have talked this mat
ter over. and it is believed that both
will recommend changes based upon
common sense, but just what changes
will be made is not certainly known
at fhis time
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
Causes of Eve Strain.

The efficiency of the eye as a work
ing instrument is reduced materially
by the presence of distracting OBJ
ject i'm the field Of vision, more par
ticularly if near to the eye and close
to the line of sight. Such objects are
the dark and prominent rims of tor
toise-shell glasses, curved-eye shades
with dark Innings, and the like. By
tending to cause the eve refiexly to
adjust for them rather than for their
work, these objects subject the eye to
unnecessary and harmful muscular
strain, eye experts declare.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
BOYS WON'T BOTHER ROONEY
Boston Red Sox Sign OutfieIder Who
Was Pusiiist of Note-Won Fame
on Gridiron.

Arthur Rooney. an outfielder who
has been playing with the Pittsburgh
Collegians, has been signed by the
Boston Red Sox. but will not report
to the club until next spring. Besides
being a ball player, Rooney is a
pugilist of renown and was an anna
teur champion He could have been
member of the Olympic team at
Antwerp, but preferred to stick, to his
baseball job with the Pittsburgh indie
pendents. AT Indiana State Normal,
his alma mater, he won fame as n
football player.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
ATHLETIC COACHING SCHOOLS
dents Anxious to Embark in
Various Sports.

University of Illinois, California,
Columbia and Springfield college are
holding athletic coaching schools pre-
sided over by famous authorities in
which baseball, football. basketball,
track and field and other sports are
explained to ambitious students and
aspirants from many sections Of this
and other countries anxious to embark
on this line of instruction.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
BUILDING ARENA AT BOSTON
Structure Will Cost $3.50, 900 and Will
Include Equipment for Various
Athletic Sports.

The new Boston Arena company will
construct an arena on ST. Botolph
street, that city, which is to be ready
by November l. 1t will cost $3.50, 900.
1t is being built by a syndicate and
will include the latest equipment for
hockey, bicycle races, track games,
boxing and other sports.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
Feminine Proqress.

HAS Gladys Twobble abandoned
her plans TO enter the movies?"
ooh, yes. Gladys is now passing
through the second stage of soul de-
yelopment"
"Ah!''
She's thinking seriously of being a
Stun worker or a missionary. IMAM
other year she'll be about ready to
marry some likely young fellow who
is earning decent living and settle
down to normal existence in a bun
galow."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01

Watch cuticura Improve Your Skin.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off Ointment in five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Ii
is wonderful sometimes what Cuticura
will do for poor compilations, dandruff,
itching and red rough hands.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
GOLD BESKETBALLS AWARDED
Members of Championship Team Are
Given Unique Tokens by Alumni
Association.

The Alumni association of the New
York university recently presented
gold basketballs to the members of
the champion basketball team that
won the A. A. o. title last March az
Atlanta. Those honored were: Cant
James w. Storey, Captain-elect Mav
Baker Howard Cam. Frank GoeIler
Ed Delaney. Paul Mooney and Aaron
Holman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
TO GOVERN BASKETBALL
Commission Patterned After Baseball
Governing Council Now Be-
ing Organized.

To control professional basketball
players by commission patterned
after the baseball governing council,
four Eastern organizations plan ac-
ton. They are Eastern. Penn State
New York State and Interstate. II
is hoped to have things in readiness
by fall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
1AUBERT QUITS VILE HABIT
Sterling First Baseman of Cincinnati
Reds Takes Up Tobacco in
Place of Gum.

They say you can't teach an old
dog new tricks. But listen to this:
Jake Daubert has been playing ball
since 1906 and this is the first year
he ever has chewed tobacco.
81 used TO chew gum" says Jake,
''but during the winter / got to chew
ing tobacco around my coal barge and
home, and l find it more satisfactory
than gum.
"I'tried many kinds of tobacco, sew
eral plugs and several scraps. and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
Considerable

John, age five, had put in an I'M
pleasant evening trSing to keep him.
self amused, while his father and
mother were entertaining company.
The evening wore on with no one pay
ing any particular attention TO John,
who. i'm desperation, finally approached
his mother and said:
Mother. we'd better go to bed.
These people want to go home"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
HITE LEAVES WEST. VIRGINIA
Last Years Sensational Quarterback
Accepts Job as Coach at Univer.
sity of North Carolina.

Clay E. Hite, the sensational quar-.
terback of last years West Virginia
eleven, who had been selected to act
as one of the assistant coaches, resigned
the. post and will act in similar ca
pacity at the University of North Car
DINA.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
FRED MERKEE BEING REPAID
Winding Up Baseball Career That
Made Him Big Goat Dozen Years
Ago-Getting Fat Salary.

Doesn't 1t seem appropriate that
Fred Merkle should be winding up his
big league career with the club that
made him the worlds baseball goat
dozen years ago? The Cubs owed a
lot to Merkle in 1908, and fat salary
In 1920 is one way of repaying him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
ORIGIN OF TERM "LINKS"

Few even among golf enthu-
siasts know the origin of the
term "links." 1t really means
a stretch of sand covered with
short grass and stubble which
lies between the high part OF
the coast and the water in parts
of the Scottish seabOard. The
early golf courses were laid out
in such places, but when the
sport spread to other countries
the real meaning of links was
forgotten.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
"Pape's DlapepsIn" Corrects Stomach

Pape's Diapepsin' is the quickest, sur.
est relief for Indigestion, Gases, F1atu.
lence, Heartburn, Sourness, Fermentation
or Stomach Distress caused by acidity
A Few tablets give almost immediate
stomach relief and shortly the stomach
Is corrected so you can eat favorite foods
without fear. Large case costs only &C
cents at drug store. Absolutely Harmless:
ana pleasant Millions helped annually.
Best stomach corrective known-Ady.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
Good Advice.

Charley Chaplin advised Babe Ruth
not to sign movie picture contract
for less than $4,000, and told him TO
wait. Babe is TO get four times that
much for a picture. now.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
Bottle Shower

Alleged poor decisions caused Terre
Haute fans to give Umpire Lipe of
the Three-Eye league a pop-bottle
shower the other day-the first bottle
demonstration of the season there.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01

He Knew Mother.

William Wallace is generally called
Bill by his mother and father.
The other day he was playing in the
yard with a neighbor boy. 1t was near
lunch time. Mother called: william"
(No answer) william WalIacew
Then she heard him regretfully part
with his playmate in this fashion:
'Well, Jim, l gotta go now. When
my mother calls me by my regular
name she means business"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
comrade Never pefeat.d

Comrade, winner of this rao,.
French grand prix, was boupbt OIL
inally for SIPS. He is now in his sac-
ond season of racing ana has never
been defeated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
New Orleans Not Represented.

For the first time in the history of
the Southern Golf associations annu-
al tournaments New Orleans was not
represented in the title competition
this year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
Ole Ia Home

The Seattle heavyweight. Ole An
derson. is home again. He didn,t moi.
such handsome string of victories IN
the East, but his gameness made him
popular.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01

they all burned my mouth. I was
about to give it up, when I tried a
sack of (-s-) and found it just what
l had been looking for
*Name of manufacturer omitted at
request of the manufacturer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
pick on Marouard.

Charges that Rube Marquard has
been using a glove lined with emery
paper in order TO throw freak ball
are being investigated by league off,
Gals.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
GREAT AID FOR LEFTHANDER
George Tyler Apparently Has Re-
gained Winning Form Since
Wholesale Extraction of Teeth.

According to the dentist who yanked
all George Tyler's teeth, this whole
sale extraction will be a great thing
for the left-hander. And the statement
seems to be true-look at Lefty's won
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
UnconsciousIy True.

UhconscIousIy True.
"MOllie met a skin doctor who says
he can take away wrinkles and make
old faces as good as new"
Il guess he does it with one Of
them new-fangled things they call
wrinkle prevaricators."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
SH0CKER MAKES MARK
BY TANNING ID YANKS

Urban Shocker of the Browns,
hung up a seasons strike-out
mark when he famed IA New
York batsmen in the first game
of the double-header between
the Browns and Yankees. 1t
broke the run Of ten set up by
Johnson when he pitched his
great no-hit game against the
Red Sox.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01

X
consider
injuries received by Ray
him
The like that of football
baseball The
is
appeared the Polo grounds 10
necessities the big caches mi de-
spise a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
california Syrup of Figs"
Child'S Best Laxative

Accept california" Syrup of Figs
only-lOok for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less physic for the little stomach, liver
and bowels. Children love its fruity
taste. Full directions on each bottle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01
Little Amenities.

Little Amenities.
A nOiseless gun has just been in
vented. 1t will now be possible TO
wage war without the enemy COM
planning of headache.-From Punch,
London
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-01

Folly of SeIfishness.
To be selfish is to be ignoble-to
repose on lower platform for lower
gain, when you might choose a high
er. To be selfish is to sacrifice the
nobler for the meaner ends, and to be
sordidly content.-H. r. Haweis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
URGE us. CHURCHES
|TOLENDA|DA ABROAD
Religious Bodies of Europe
in Dire Straits, Boston Con-
ference Told.

BOSTON. December 4 (by the AS
ISOLATED Press) 1.-The obligation of
American churches to those of Europe
was one of the several subjects consid-
cred today at the quadrennial meeting
OF the Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America. The discussion was
led by the Rev. Nehemiah Boynton,
chairman of the councils commits
sion on relations with religious
bodies in Europe. and by the commits
sion on relations with France and
Belgium, headed by Arthur j. Brown.
Df. Boynton's report described the
situation of European churches as
critical, saying that the religious
prosecutions which are hideously in
evidence today, sometimes of Roman
Catholics. of Presbyterians, of Bap-
lists, but always upon occasion Of
Jews, present one of the most re-
voting exhibits and outrageous in
tamies of current history. 1t makes
the business of our America
churches, unsCathed by war. strong
IN financial resources and influential
regarding public opinion. important
and imperative with relation to the
sister churches of Europe"
The report of the commission on re-
| lations with France and Belgium said
the aid that should be given to the
Protestant churches of those coun-
tries was not a charity, but duty,
because lit is absolutely indispensa-
BILE not only to the reconstruction Of
Europes but to the moral and spirit
ual conditions of the world that
those churches be made strong and
vigorous"
The commission reported it as
highly desirable that the existing in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
HUNTED MAN IN MEXICO.
Accused in Oil Stock
Deals, Eludes Pursuers.

NEW YORK, December 4.-Louis
Roumagnac. who is charged with
having jumped his $4,000 bail here,
after being indicted last August on a
charge of using the mails to defraud
in connection with oil stock sales. and
who later was reported in France and
then in Havana, appeared yesterday
in Vera Cruz. and Immediately started
for Mexico City. according to advices
received here today.
Agents of the surety company which
went his bond failed to apprehend
Roumagnac in Havana because the
necessary papers did not arrive. They
were aboard the Dutch steamer Zee
landia, on which he went to Vera
Cruz, but failed again to stop him.
They procured an order from the
mayor of Vera Cruz to detain Rou-
magnac, but he was vouched for by
Nicanor Zambrana, governor of
Nuevo Leon under the Carranza regime,
who accompanied him from France. and
he was permitted to proceed to the
Mexican capital.
While in France he interested a
group Of bankers to undertake vari-
Gus business enterprises in Mexico. it
was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
SAY BLUE LAWS"
ABRIDGED DEGREES
OF CONSTITUTION

NEW YORK. December 4.-The
Jewish Sabbath Alliance Of America,
in a statement issued here today.
declared that attempt to put into
effect Sunday blue laws" would be
a direct violation of the constitu-
tional guarantee of religious free
dom.
What these opponents of the
seventh day call the American Sab
bath" the statement reads, lis moth
ing more than a subterfuge.
There is no American Sabbath.
as we'll as there is no English. Ger
man or Dutch Sabbath. There is
no reason in existence which per-
mits any body of legislators to de-
eide in this theological question that
one party is totally right and the
other wrong.
Even at the present time the
existing laws on statute books Of the
state of New York are the grossest
injustice to a large portion of the
citizenry of this country, and the
alliance will make every effort to
amend same to allow the seventh day
observing American citizen equal
rights as are given any other por-
ton of the citizenry."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05

terdenominational character Of this aid
be maintained and that American
churches should recognize the au-
tonomy of French and Belgian
churches and respect their judgment
in questions constantly arising.
Following a statement of famine
coalitions in central and southeastern
Europe by Herbert Hoover. the
council voted to send a message to
the Protestant churches of the United
,atates, urging immediate gifts to
save the lives of millions of starving
children.
On behalf of the fifty or more
friendly visitors" who spent the last
summer in Europe representing vari-
Gus church interests. the Rev. Finis
S. Idleman, pastor Of Central Church
of the Disciples of Christ, New York,
corroborated Mr.. Hoover's statement
of conditions.