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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
STREET CAR MEN GET
 A VOTE OF SYMPATHY
Other Unions Offer to Back Their
 Strike
By Associated Prsss


 New Orleans, July 11.-Officials Of the Central trades and labor council. representing sixty-four locals, the dock and cotton council. the metal trades council and the allied printing trades council voted at joint meeting today thorough sympathy with the street ear strike and while a general strike was discussed. no action along this line was taken or threat implied further than the adoption of reso lution declaring: That organized labor would go the limit for the street car workers"
 The ultimatum of the street car of ficials to the striking employees tha. if they desire to be reinstated they must make application. expires at noon tomorrow. So far about twenty of the striking employees have been reinstated and are being used at the various barns to instruct new men. If any great number make application tomor row service on the lines throughou, the city will be restored to normal very quickly. but if the men refuse to return, officials of the company stated today that normal servics would not. be restored for more than two weeks.
 Organized labor officials at today's meeting formed plans to organize jit ney lines to fight the street car com . pany and to give employment to tn ] striking employees A call was also is. | sued for mass meeting of all organized labor Wednesday night to discuss con i ditions arising from the strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
BIG FEATURES AT
 LOEW'S BIJOU THEATRE

Lew Hawkins cheSter1leiu or ihhH- minstrelsv and blackface artist supreme, opens a three-day engagement at Loew' 5 Bijou theatre tomorrow afternoon. Flaw kins, with his droll humor and catchy songs, headlines the bill for the forepart of the week.
 Richard Valley and company are to be seen in an unusual juggling offering. Me- Conneli and West are to present re view of songs and dance hits from the musical shows LeRoy and Mabel Hart are to feature soothing, haunting song romance, Love in the Southland, and the Chalfonte Sisters recognized as among the foremost of vaudevilles dance artists, will offer a variety of songs and original, novel and eccentric dances.
 Gladys Brockwell, the Fox film star, will be featured n screen story of ex- ceptional imaginative theme and surpris- ing action. "A Sister to Salome.' The picture delves deep into the realms of mystery and is consideerd one of the most novel, as we'll as the most inter- esting, among the recent Fox releases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
LIVE WIRES OF A. E. F.
 AT JYRIC THEATRE

One Big Time Keith act. just off Broadway on a leave of absence, and four other high-class acts make up the Lyric vaudeville bill the first half of the week, the programme being what IS de- clared to be the best that has been in Birmingham this summer.
 vardon and Perry the ''big time men were with the A. E. F. and played be- fore the whole Forty-second divlsion. They were lover there' three years, and their presence here is at their own re- quest Both are character comedians who throw in little harmony, and are de- clared to be wonderful entertainers They were called the Live Wires of the A. E. F." and put on 397 shows in 20a days while in France
 The remainder of the programme con- sists of Three Blghty Girls Scotch as the thistle. in their first American ap- pearance; Ruth Curtis and her jazz band, composed of six persons; a little sklt called My Daughters Husband and Lem Hoffman, styled an odd comedian
 The cinema programme consists Of Madge Kennedy in ''The Truth, and Fox News Weekly and Topics of the Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
A Dirt Farmer Secretary
 Of Agriculture, Says Cox

nominee first-hand details of the con vention activities, which resulted in his selection to lead the party
 MT. Ansberry told the governor that the credit for his victory goes to E. H. Moore of Youngstown, his pre-eonven- tion manager. MT. Ansberry told news paper representatives that the contest at San Francisco was between McAdoo, Palmer and Cox and not between the ad- ministration and cox No announce ment as to campaign plans was made.
 In the afternoon the governor and Mrs. Cox, Mir. and Mrs. Ansberry motored to the nominees boyhood home at Jackson burg.
 The governor will go to Columbus to- morrow resume work at the executive office. A reception is planned for him at the capitol. In the afternoon Franklin D. Roosevelt, his running mate, will stop for few hours on his return from San Francisco for a conference
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
CALI SHUTDOWN
 STRIKE AT PEOPLE
By Associated Pre.s


 New York. July li.-shuttfnE dcwn or the woolen mills was characterized ov Sidney Hillman. president of the Amat- gamated Workers of America. in an ad- dress here todav as general strike asainst the public by the wool mter-- ests.
 The efforts of the 175.ne0 clothing worH- CTS and tho clothins marnfacturers 10 reduce cletN'ng prices dur'no tnf iass fifteen months have heen nullified, he xaid. by this action of the woolen manu- fasturers. which will result in the contn- uance of high clothing prices
 MT. Hillman contradicted aliegations or manufacturers that the shutting down had been forced bv large eance'iatfons oI orders. Representatives of the industry told Attorney General Palmer severa | months ago, Mir. Hillman said, that they could not begin to supply the demand for cloth 8.-ss <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
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brother, Joseph Geodsell, Canadian army veteran, who has been missing q year, but was unable to identify it.
 Providence, R. l., July 11.-John J. Maloney of Riverpoint. said to have been identified today by the authorities in Chicago as the mysterious man shot by Carl Wanderer, was on parole from the Rhode Island state prison. having been granted a conditional pardon by Cover. nor Beekman after serving four years os a ten-year sentence for fanslaughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
ADJUSTMENTS
EXTRA DANCE NUMBERS
 AT EDGEWOOD PARK

Extra dance numbers in honor of the Rainbow veterans have been planned TOT tomorrow night at Edgewook park, ana when the orchestra leader calls. "faVor' all Rainbows in Dreamland dance hall will be given the privilege of selecting their partners even if they have to break in''
 This was the announcement or Hugn Hill, president of the park company, who also declared that four professional en- tertainers had been engaged to add 10 the entertainment of those in Dream' land and in Mountain View Inn.
 Crowds continued to flock to the park yesterday and saw the water at Nep- tune Beach comfortably filled with merry kerS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
By Associated Press

Dayton, O. July l1.-A real dirt farm CT will be the next secretary of agri- culture if the democratic party is suc- cessful at the November election, ac- cording to a statement made today by Governor Cox, the democratic presi- dential nominee His promise to appoint real farmer as head of the nations farming activities, providing he is elected, were made to a delegation of the governors neighbor farmers who called at his home at Trails End.
 He said. If elected president, I will select a dirt farmer as secretary of agri- culture. a man who has titled the soil himself and made a successful busi- ness of farming, in the doing of which he has demonstrated his efficiency as a business man..
 Former Congressman T. T. Ansberry of Washington arrived this morning from San Francisco and gave the presidential
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
TURKS MASSING MEN;
 FIGHTING EXPECTED
By A..oeiated Prs.s

Brussa, Asia Minor. July S.-Colonel Pankalos. Greek chief of staff, arrived at Mudania from Panderma this after noon with detachment of Greek troops A British marine was killed during the landing at Mudania.
 The Turks are reported to be massing forces in the hills about Eskishehr (about 100 miles southeast of Brussa), where heavy fighting is looked for. Nationalist bands are adopting guerilla warfare. Ina . rassing the Greek movements. but are using nothing heavier than machine guns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
DUSTY TIMES FOR
 EAST CANADIANS
By Associated Prass

St. John N. B., July 1.-The prohibi : tion majority shown in yesterday plebiscite in the province of New Brunswick was increased by further returns received today. the < figures nearly complete giving a to l vic- tory for the drys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
Trans0ceanic Prices
 Make Sharp Advance
ax Associated Prs.,

New York, July u.-Increases of $7 to SIS. 50 in steerage passage rates on steam ships from New York to European ports will become effective tomorrow, it was announced here today by the North At
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
DR. [. BENNETT ON CHR|ST'S COMMAND
 ID HEAL TIE SICK
Rector of St. Johns Church to Preach Series of Ser mons on Scriptural
 Healing

Following the recent healing mission held at St. Johns Episcopal Church, Ensley, pr. Edmond Bennett, the rector is preaching a series of explanatory ser mons on the theory of Scriptural healing.
 The text of bis sermon yesterday morn ing was Christs command Heal the Sick" Dr. Bennett said in part.
 Jesus Christ never said word against physicians The fact that natures labo- ratory hold curative substances point to the man of medicine. The Ichneumon knows the curt for the snake bite The dog knows the antiseptic value of his own tongue. The surgeon and the broken leg are in natural juxtapostion
 None but a fanatic would use the only spoonful of cold water available to bap- tize the fever-burning patient with. Conn mon sense is the first article of religion. Christ was punctilious in keeping the laws of economy. But when they broke down. he was there with something plus. Take the case of the woman with issue of blood. She had spent all. The doc tors were outclassed. Christ stepped in.
 PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
 This is the first the initial posture of the man who accepts the masters com mission, Heal the Sick" that the medi- cal man is not 10 pc pronounced the last word I for one. have seen that word successfully challenged again and again Why pray for the sick at all If the doctor is enough in himself? To tlet the patient down gently to the inevitable? In my own personal experience l have never encountered case of instant heal ing. But then I never expected It. l have expected progressive recovery, and with the best results
 .l,. Nf said to his followers. Greater works than these shall ye do because l go to the Father" He could not have meant greater in kinds, but he did mean what he said The reason was because go to the Father. That conditions exists to it's original potentiality still. Here he was localized and limited. How ne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
PUMPED THE O|L
 OUT UNDER FIRE
By Associated Press

l l New Orleans, July 11.-Fire caused Ds 1 lightning striking an oil tank of the Lin- | erty oil Company late today destroyed
 the tank and approximately 5000 barrels l of oil valued at approximately sl5,ooO , general alarm took out the entire fire department, and after a hard fight, the | flames were confined to the one tank
 and others on the reservation were not
 damaged and none of the firemen was | injured More than 2,G00 barrels of oi
 were saved by being pumped from be- meath the flames.
 proceeds by a manifold incarnation of | his power nagents. "He shall be m ou''-multiplied incarnation. When 1 Christ went away the society he founded was in it's infancy. Those he commis- stoned were to being it to adulthood. The case Christ ''marveled at and emphasized beyond all the others was that of the Centurian who came to him for this servant. And apparently for the same reason that the roman command CT exhibited an intelligence to relation
 to the healer. that no Jew had done up to that time.
 God is intelligent; operates intelligent ly, and expects the inrelhsence he has begotten to cooperate with Him. lie does not propose to deal with the man body as though the man were only a body. Nor does he deal with the body irrespective of what we may call the in- telligent functioning of it's organisms. lie deals with the man composites body, soui spirit Regard for our purposes of ex- position, the story of the creation or man as a parabolic condensation.
 PICTORIAL VEHICLE
 "A parable has value because 1t IS pictorial vehicle of truth thus made con ;,, fo aaG rOnDrphenS1On. What have we first? A body perfect Tn it's structure, but only dust of the earth Which means that it's composition IS or the same chemical elements as is the dust of the earth. perfect thing, put inanimate Second And God breathed into man the breath of life. Now you have a living creature Third, Tn the image of God made He man Now you have a man.
 "God has body; the image is not physi- cal. Then what has God? intelligence will, disposition, character, purpose. That is the image Man is composite
 '1n dealing with this human oody, II is inconceivable that the Creator would ignore the primal constituents Of the man. So then, in the process of heal ing an impaired body, He calls upon you to employ in cooperation, your inteh' gence and other equipment by virtue O. which your Douy mas Naiue' to the essentially psychic and spiritual quality of the process. And you are 'o call on the elders of the church TOT theirs.
 Faith is intelligence will, confidence, expectation in joint operation. And the faith of many is more than the faith O. one St James says. sThe prayer CT faith shall heal the sick He does noi say instantly; that may or may not be-
 Next week Dr. Bennett's contribution of this series of expositions will be under the head of 'The Method of Scripture Healing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12

In Constantinople it IS impossible to eommrnicate with anyone by mail In- stead one must send servant with the message or go ones self.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12

lantic passenger conference, composed 0 large steamship companies.
 First and second-class passenger rate were advanced recently s15.s High labo and fuel costs were given as the reaso. for the increases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12

Nearly all Japanese soldiers are exS =pert gvmnasts and every barracks has a gymnasium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-12
HUDSON RIVER NIGHT LINES

Daily Sailings
 from Pier 31, N. R. tat Debrosses St.) Weekdays 6 P. M.
 TIP. M. Sundays and Holidays P. M. & g P. X West 132d St., half hour later. Daylight Saving Time) Due Albany o'clock followii uornin Troy 7:l5 a. m. Direct rail e ions a Albany to all points North, E Yves; Express Freight Service. arrie, NAvIGATIG NM
 Phope.4Gaaal
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-12
MANY PEOPLE
ASK CLOTHING
Salvation Army Here in Appeal to
keokuk People to Help Supply
Demand That They
Get Daily.

Eve need clothing Captain Cam
brel Of the Salvation Army said to-
day. The demand. it seems, for cloth
ing, was never greater than it has
been this winter, and the Salvation
lists. are unable to supply the calls.
So they are making this appeal to the
people of Keokuk to help them out.
we must either turn people away
or buy the clothing and shoes for
them" Captain Gambrel says. "On
Fridays we can refer them to the
Good Fellows. Last week, outside of
the clothing that we gave away, we
spent S10.S3 On clothes for school
children, and our income was s7.56
! am sure the good people of Kee-
kul1 have as much confidence in the
Salvation Army as ever, and viii
come to our assistance. Our hall, 319
Main street, is open twenty-four
hours day and you have TO leave
all bundles in the hail.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-12
N. E. OHAVER
DIES TODAY
Resident of Basco. H.. Passes Away
-. Here at Home Of Sister, Mrs.
John McCorr1ck-iII
Eleven Days.

The death of N E. Ohaver. of Bas-
co, Ill, occurred this morning at 8
o'clock at the home of his sister,
Mrs. John Mccormick, 1112 Exchange
street He came to Keokuk eleven
days ago and has been i'll all that
time
= Mr.. Ohaver was a native of this
state, having been born at aVincennes
in 1870. His parents were Nathan
and ADELAIDE Ohaver. When N. E.
Ohaver was three" years old. he
moved with his parents to Missouri.
but for the past twenty years he has
lived at Basco, H., where he was en-
gagged in the BARRIERS trade. Mr..
Ohayer never married.
The survivors are two sisters, Mrs.
John Mccormick of Keokuk and Mrs.
Penrod Stone of Ottumwa; two
brothers, James Ohover Of Ottumwa
and John Ohaver of Denver, III.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-12
For Submarine Base.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-Opera-
tion Of submarine and destroyer
base at San Diego, Calf, was urged
today by Secretary Daniels before the
house naval affairs committee. Main
tenance of such a base, it is estl-
mated, would entail an expenditure
of approxima tely 100000 a year.
Opposition to the plan was voiced
by Representative Thomas S Butler,
chairman Of the committee, on the
ground that it was unnecessary be-
cause San Diego is close to San
Francisco.
Daniels said if the base We're estab-
1ished, battleships and submarines
going through the canal into the
Pacific would not have 70 90 to San
Francisco, 500 miles further up the
coast.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-12
Blue SKY Law.

United Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA national
blue sky bill aimed at fake stock pro-
motion schemes was introduced today
by Senator Kenyon, Iowa.
The bill provides that each concern
in interstate commerce shall file a
public statement with the postmaster
at its legal address showing promo
ton fees paid, names of underwriters
amounts charged off to good ill and
the purposes for which the money is
to be used.
Measurements made by the signers
liable them to prosecution for perjury.
the bill provides. The statement must
be attached to every bond and secur-
ity sold.
Kenyon declared that hundreds of
stock statesmen are circulating
through Iowa and other middle ives.
tern states taking Liberty bonds from
farmers in exchange for worthless
stocks. Many widows and working
girls are sold fancy engraved oil
stock which is utterly worthless, he
declared.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-12
Milwaukee Club Sold.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Jan. 1.-THE
Milwaukee baseball club OF the
American association today was sold
by Clarence Rowland, former man,
ager of the Chicago White Sox, to a
company of local men consisting OF
Joseph O'Brien, secretary OF the New
York Giants; Otto Borchart, promi
nent in sporting circles, and w. H
Parks, former publisher Of the Mil
waukee News.
The consideration was sS5.
Rowland owned sixty per cent Of the
clubs stock
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-12
MOVING PICTURES.



Published originally as a novel in
Munsey's magazine, written by Frank
L. Packard and later dramatized by
George NJ. Cohan and presented with
phenomenal success on Broadway,
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT picture, The
Miracle Man" comes to the Grand
tomorrow. AS motion picture this
absorbing story has been hailed by
the critics as one Of the finest pro-
auctions ever seen on the screen.
With scenes laid in the haunts of
criminals in New York's Chinatown,
in a little village on the side of a
giant mountain and on the shore of
roaring ocean, the opportunity for
wonderful Photographic effects has
been realized to the limit.
A cast Of unusual ability enacts
the important roles in the picture,
headed by Thomas Meighan, well
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-12
HONORS COME
TO JOE G. BUSS
He Has Been Appointed to Member
ship on Supreme Jurisprudence
Committee of w. c. T.
Organizations

Ofifcials Of Keokuk council No. 400
Of the United Commercial Travellers
Of America have just been notified by
Supreme Counselor r. A. Tate of New
York, that he has appointed Joe G..
Buss to membership on the supreme
jurisprudence committee. This COM
mittee is one of the most important
in the shaping of policies of the order
from year to year, so that the city
can feel proud that not only the
activity of her local statesmen has
been noticed, but that one of her
native sons" has demonstrated his
ability to take prominent part IN
the administration of the work of
this great organization of some $4,000
statesmen residing in the United
States and Canada.
Mr.. Buss was instrumental in or
ganizing KeokuR council, has been
faithful and tireless worker in pro-
noting the interests of the order, and
has occupied all the official positions
in the state OF Iowa. Last year was
his second official attendance at the
supreme council session as a repre-
sentative of Iowa, and the local
travellers are congratulating them
selves on having a representative
who has displayed his samples of
Keokuk pep.
The local council is planning an
other initiatory ceremonial for next
Saturday at which time its member
ship viii reach point placing ii on
an equal footing in the state of Iowa
with all the larger councils except
Des Moines. Other plans are on foot,
but not for immediate publication.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-12
TROUBLE TO
FIND LOCATION
Dempsey Carpenter Prize Fight May
Have Hard Time Getting
Permission to be
Given.
[By Henry l.. Farrell, United Press
STAFF Correspondent

lIBy Henry L. Farrell, United Press
Staff Correspondent
| NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE rasping
/ voice of old trouble has injected q
flew notes OF disCord into the lullaby
that has been playing for Jack Demp-
isey. Ii will CRATE, also, on the ears
/ OF The promoters angling for the
Dempsey Carpenter fight.
! The managers and competing pro-
motors for the worlds championship
fight have been grouping around III
dark glasses. They have kept their
eyes busy on columns OF fisures and
have lost sight of the biggest stumb-
ling block in the path-gettlng place
to mold the fight.
Those promoters who want the fight
staged in France or England are on
easy street compared TO the faction
that would like to see the title de-
cided near some Amedican railroad.
The first voice crying in the will
derness comes from California where
Governor Stephens is reported 10
have taken an official waliop at the
fight. Rather than allow the pro-
,moters TO beat California laws on a
Technically by holding the battle
just across the line in Tia Juana, he
will appeal 10 the federal authorities
ito refuse passports TO the ringsiders.
/ Like Tex Richard who signed up
Dempsey and Willard and then set
out on quest for a place to hold
the fight, the promoters are going
ahead just as hopeful.
New York or New Jersey seems to
be the favorite spots. but both are
hVDnv ntor1npl bDnpS New YORK. has
to pass a boxing law and New Jersey
must legalize longer bouts than eight
rounds 10 meet the bill This is under
way as the New Jersey fraternity,
feeling sure that the Walker boxing
bill will pass the legislature. has al
ready put the boxing commission on
the job to get longer bouts TO COM
pete with New York where twelve
rounds would be permissible under
the proposed law.
Charles b. Cochrane, the London
promoter who wanted the title fought
Tor in London, seems to have been
influenced by the trend toward Amer
lea and he claims TO be willing now
to have Carpenter fulfill his contract
with him in America. He announces
that he has received an attractive
offer TO stage the fight in New Jer-
sey and has cabled Descamps for an
answer
kearns so far seems to be playing
one promoter against the other in
the hope of boosting the price. He
has given none of the seventeen bid
ders definite answer and has re-
manned silent on the ultimatum OF
Fox TO act quickly on his offer.