The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-17

THE BIRMINGHAM .AG the best breed of cattle suitable for i Virginia. a bill was offered in the state senate today asking for S125,0O0 with which to defray the expense of the experiments which are to be con- dueted at Virginia Polytechnic Insti- tute.
 l Washington. January 16-one lan- guage promotes national solidarity, | senator Kenyon, republican. Iowa, de-
 clared today, urging adoption of his ! Dill Tor Americanization by education Of English speaking persons. The
 bill is before the Senate. with indica- 1 uons that the debate may run for sev-
 eral days.
 Buffalo. N. Y, January 16-The na- | tional board of directors of the An
 cient Order of Hibernians today de-
 cided to hold the next biennial con-
 vention in Detroit on the third Tues
 day in July. 1921.
 
 New York January 16-Sophie Ho- dosky a waitress. who testified that I she received a salary of SIP a week.
 was fined $2 today after she had
 pleaded guilty to violation of traffic
 rules while driving her $4500 automo bile. She told the court she averages $S0 week in tips.
 New York, January 16.-Steps to- wards suing Louis Krohnberg, wealthy clothing manufacturer. for $1, $50. .000 or five times the amount he is credited with having won at stud poker, were taken today by Bird s. Coler. commissioner of charities. The action yill be brought under a statute which provides that persons charged with the care of the poor may bring suits for the benefit of charity against persons who have won in games Of chance to recover five times the sum of their winnings
 Marion. Va, January 16.--The Marion National Bank was destroyed today by fire which started in the basement of the building. ehtailing an estimated loss of s30.000.
 New York. January 16.-Mr. and Mrs. Paul Delbene and their two sons, Dom- mick and Anthony, had died today as a result OI edllne Spotieu oitNCS' eniiN their daughter Lena was i nthe hos pital tonight suffering from the same poison. Anthony Delbene, the fourth victim died at the Fordham Hospital late today
 New York. January 16.-A letter from Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Of
 Massachusetts in reply to President Wilson's Jackson Day message will |. ;t tnniRbt f dinner to be given in the Hotel As tor next Monday night in bopor of United States Senators Hiram w John son of California, William E. Borah of Idaho and James A. Reed of Missouri. Senator Lodge is expected to outline
 in his letter his views as> to the future of the peace treaty.
 London, January 1e.-Major Evan R, Jones. a veteran of the civil war and editor and proprietor of the Shipping World died here today.
 Berlin. Wednesday. January HAS result of Tuesdays disorders, the
 Freheit has been suppressed indefi- nitely. The government does not pro- pose to raise the embargo on the paper until the independents give substantial guarantees that they will cease their incendiary propaganda.
 London. January 16.-Hugh William Gainsford has been appointed British minister to Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Salvador
 Utica. New York. January 16.- Charles w. steane. Frank L. Preston and William Hotze. Syracuse socialists, convicted of violating the espionage act on four counts. were sentenced by Judge Garvin in United States court here today to serve one year and six months eac,i in the Atlanta peniten- tiary on each count, the sentences to run concurrently
 Charlottee, N. C., January 16.-Judge Charles M. Cooke, prominent in the political life of the state for half century died at a sanitarium today. During his career he served as secre- tary of state. speaker of the state House of Representatives and for fif
 teen years as state superior court judge. He was a colonel in the Con- federate army The funeral will be held from the residence in Louis burg, N. c.
 Louisville. January 16-Augustus F, Wilson of Louisville. former governor of Kentucky, announced today that he is a tentative candidate for United States sem ator before the primary next August on the republican ticket
 Washington. January fe.-The second Pan-American financial conference which opens here Monday is presented with an opportunity to solve many world wide problems, Dr. Eurebio Avala, minister of finance of Paraguay. declared tonight The questions which command the atten- tion of the people of the western hemi- sphere are in no respect limited to those people. Dr. Ayala explained. because the mutual relations of the people of the United States and the Latin-American countries have two aspects: One affect ing them solely and the other inter- related with all civilized peoples.
 Washington, January 16.-Thousands of workmen at navy yards throughout the country will have to be discharged by February 1 unless Congress grants $9,o00,- 0oD asked by the navy department for ship repairs, representatives of the workers today told the House appropriations com nlfttee. Among the spokesmen for the workers were men from Brooklyn Bos- ton, Mare Island and Portsmouth. Since last July the efficiency of the workers has increased more than 20 per cent and is approaching the pre-war basis, the committee was told, the improvement be- ing attributed to the discharge of inex- perienced employees obtained during the