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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
Otis Sees Birn1inghana's
 Star of Destiny Ln West

largely attributable to the construction of the viaducts, he said. This would be overcome with the construction of tun- nels at Eighteenth and Fourteenth streets.
 The center of the business district, whether the city grew eastward or westward, he said, would always be on or near Nineteenth street and Second avenue.
 Final plans for the trip to Kansas City to attend the realty national con vention on June 2 were made at the meeting. About fifteen men from Bir- mingham will attend and begin a cam paign to bring the 1922 convention here. By that time they expect to be able to take care of the large number of delegates that will attend.
 It was planned to entertain the Sa- vannah delegation, who will be in Bir- mingham on May 30, and go with them to Memphis to be joined there by the Memphis Nashville and Chattanooga delegations.
 motion was introduced and adopted by the exchange to send flowers and letter of sympathy to T. Fl. Motion, a member of the exchange who is very i'll in his home in Highland Park
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
'H|GHWAYMEN FIRE
 FUS|LLADE AT GAR
Three Thugs Rolled By Dr. Coulbourn in Suburbs
 Yesterday Evening

Three masked highwaymen attempted to hold up Dr. J. T. Coulbourn, 1117 Thirtieth street, about 9:15 o'clock las, night near the waterworks Altering plant on the Twenty seventh street road.
 The attempted hold-up failed. Dr. Coulbourn knocked the pistol from the hand of the leader of the masked men, who had jumped on the running board of his automobile, and speeded awSy in his car before the highwayman 'could give chase.
 The three masked highwaymen had parked their car straight across the road so that another car could not . ass. When Dr. Coulbourn speeded away from the bandits he had to turn his car out into an open field to p<ss the obstructing car.
 When pr. Coulbourn turned his car back into the open road again the ban dits opened fire upon his automobile. More than a dozen shots were fired. Dr. Coulbourn's wife and two small children were in the rear seat of the car at the time. But all of the shots missed their mark and none of the per sons in the car were injured.
 Dr. Coulbourn reported the matter to the police. But as the attempted hold up occurred outside of the city limits. police officials decided not to make an investigation.
 pr. Coulbourn said that he then re- ported the matter to the warden's of flee at the county jail, but the warden stated, he says. that all the county's officers were out and that 1t would be some time before they would be in.
 At late hour last night no investi gation had been made into the at tempted hold-up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
OFFICERS SMASH AN
 UNDERGROUND STILL

w A. Pearce of Bradford federal pro- hibition enforcement agent. was in Bir- mingham yesterday conferring with N L. Pierce. agent in charge of Alabama. a ten-gallon still in an old mine near Bradford. about 2.70O feet under the ground. The still was in operation, but the parties operating 1t made their es- capt through another opening Seventyl five gallons of beer and one-half gallon Of whisky vere~poured out.
 The slope in which the still was To- cated has been out of use for some time and the officers did not know how long it Lad been in operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
ELUSIVE $50,0O0 FOR BIRMINGPORT
 STILL INCOMPLETE

Committees of the civic organizations who are conducting the campaign to have the remaining s50000 of the capital stock of the Port of Birmingham Corporatoin subscribed, made initial reports at the noon meeting Thursday.
 Good progress was made, and the com mittees express themselves as being dis tinctly encouraged. They say it has been realized that subscription to this stock is not a donation but an investment
 Handsomely illustrated booklets show ing every aspect of the Warrior as a traffic bearer have been printed, and the committees will use these in their drive for subscriptions. Among other things the booklets show the saving on freight that will be made by use of the river.
 T. P. Hay, Jr., at the Chamber of Commerce. has these booklets and re- quests committeeman not provided with them to come by and secure copies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
TWO FINE STILLS
 HACKED TO BITS

Two stills of 20-sallon capacity each wero destroyed yesterday morning at Enon Ridge, a few miles from Birrning- ham.
 Two arrests were made by N. l.. Pierce prohibition enforcement agent: Deputy Sheriffs Lee White and w. T. Kemp Ten gallons of liquor and 40 gallons of beer were poured out. The copper worms were brought to the federal building
 The stills were placed in the basement of a house and were in operation at the time the raid was made, according to the officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
Unlimited Hydroelectric DriUe AUaiEabLe NolU for
 New and Old m dustrie s
Alabama Power Company Serving Scores of Cities and Hundreds of Plants-Heart of the South Rich in
 Raw Material Now Has the Needed Power
Ny R. F. JOHN STON

With Montgomery in the heart of the agricultural section of the sate fertilizer plants elevators foundries and ming plants connected with the flow of hydroelecc gen. Lock 12 the Coosa river by the Alabama Power Company hydroelecrciy available for practically home every line and every industry that requires power in three of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21

piled by the Alabama Power Company comes almost exclusively from the Coosa hyroelectric plant, very little use of the Warrior steam auxiliary bein < required The Coosa plant is develop irg in this stage of water about 1S5,- 900 to 15O,0O0 electric horse power.
 IN INDUSTRIAL FIELD
 Some idea of the work performed in the industrial field by hydroelectricity may be gathered from this summary of plants that are supplied by the Coosa hydroelectric station. They are as fol- lows:
 One brick plant cement mills, 3s coal mines, 21 cotton mills, cotton gins and oil mills, ' foundries and ma chine shops, 16 public utilities, 4 quar- ries, steel mills, government plants, II graphite mills, l lumber mil. 1 elec- tric steel furnace plant 9 orc mines and water plants
 It is notable that the greatest
 number of users of hydr0clCc tri gity
 are coal mines. There k np-
 parent contradiction, but the coal
 mines would not use electricity to
 operate mining machinery with
 their own coal nj their own doors if it were not worth WAlie from an
 economic standpoint.
 Cotton mills are the next largest consumers A leading Alabama steel works uses this hydroelectric current There will be periods when the cotton mills will not require a peak load of current When that is the case, the peak load is easily switched to steel works or other industries that do re- quire it.
 COMBINING RESOURCES Alabama will soon be joined with Georgia in an interchange of hydro electric service. As announced in The Age-HeraId last week, the Alabama Power and the Georgia Railway, Light and Power companies have contracted with one another to connect their sys- tems at Gadsden in this state and Lin dale in Georgia by constructing 3 transmission line 52 miles long. When that is done, the total water power of both states will be of elastic service to every point in both states and can be de- tcur ed in load to suit as needed at par ticular points in either state. It re- auires no vision to forecast the time when the hydroelectric power of Ten nessee and the Carolinas will also be connected up. Tn that event bigger things than cotton mills and steel works can use water power-railroads for instance.
 Thus, in almost the twinkling of ar eye, the water power of the state has developed into a great industrial asset with unlimited potentialities, In the Wilson dam and other developments ly- ing ahead.
 In the midst of a car shortage thai hampers coal movements and threat ems industrial tie-ups, hydroeiectricity l is especially a ttractive to its users.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21

At the present time the power sup- piled by the Alabama Power Company comes almost exclusively from the Coosa hyroelectric plant, very little use of the Warrior steam auxiliary bein < required The Coosa plant is develop irg in this stage of water about 1S5,- 900 to 15000O electric horse power.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01
LOOT FROM BREMEN
BANK FOUND IN HAYSTACK
n NEAR DEVILS LAKE

Part Of the loot taken by yeggs in
their raid Of IS safety deposit boxes
Of the State Bank of Bremen, Wells
county, on Sept. %, last, has been re-
covered in a haystack near Devils
Lake, according to an announcement
from the offices of the North Dakota
Bankers association in Fargo this af-
ternOOn.
The loot taken by the yeggs consist
ed mostly of certificates of deposit,
Liberty bonds, documentary papers,
and nearly 100000, the property Of
one family, was represented in certifi-
Gates of deposit.
In June of last year the bank was
burglarized, small amount of loose
change being taken. In the second
attempt the yeggs got into the vault
and looted the safety deposit boxes.
1t is believed that they headed towards
Devils Lake.
/ John Hurst, laborer, is reported
to have unearthed the find, which
bank officials estimate to amount to
thousands Of dollars. The mass Of pa
pers and documents were contained in
gunny sack.
The discovery was made when Hurst
started to open stack of hay on what
is known as the Colonial farm, two
miles south Of Devils Lake.
Soft soap, commonly used by yegg-
men in wrecking vaults with high ex-
plosives; also was found in the sack.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01
FINE RECORD ON TURKEY
MARKET BY CHAFFEE MAN

L. J. Peart Of Chaffee, N. D., claims
to hold a good record on the buying
and selling of turkeys. He says that
recently he purchased 81 turkeys from
E. j. Linke of Leonard, N. D., which
averaged lax pounds per turkey and
which brought an average price of
$5.57.
Dufing the days just prior to Christ
mas Mr.. Peart says that he bought
almost $1,000 worth of dressed tur-
keys for which he paid SO cents per
pound. He has been shipping live
poultry for the past four months with
an average of 5000 pounds per month.
He says that these figures do not in
clude the ducks and geese which he
has shipped.
Mr.. Peart says that he claims that
Chaffee and vicinity is one of the best
poultry producing sections of North
Dakota.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01
Murray to an Independent representa-

Murray to an Independent representa-
tive:
o Lord, bless 4 the Macdonalds an
q the Macdonalds' childer, their sons
sons an their daughters daughters
for hundred thousand years to come.
An o Lord, send doom swords am
pistols an daggers as monte as the
sands o. the sea, to kill a. the, Grants,
the Stuarts an the Macphersons.
Damn their souls forevermore!
An o Lord, bless the wee coo an
make it big coo.
Ann o Lord bless the wee sucking
an make tia grand peg.
An o Lord, bless the wee BARNS,
yon Locke an Rosie an Maggie an
yon Sandy.
An O Lord, build up great wall
between us an the Irish, an put sharp
stanes on the top O. it so they Gamma
come DER.
An O Lord,tif We haze onythihg guide
to gle, dinna gle it ia the Irish, but
gle it ia your chosen people, the
Scotch.
Glorious we are forevermore. Amen
and Amen.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01
MAXBASS BANKER WAS
ROBBED IN TWIN CITIES

Minneapolis, Dec. 27.-Missing $500
in Liberty bonds which he had put into
an inside vest pocket, two robbers got
$175 from ]. r. Wgeby, Maxbass, N.
D., banker, in Minneapolis late last
night, he said today. Wigeby did not
report the affair to the police, he said.
He claims that while walking down
Sixth street, he bumped into two men
at the corner Of Sixth avenue south,
who told him 70 stick 'em up" When
he whirled suddenly and threw one Of
the men aside, tho other confronted
him with . gun. The men then began
70 search him, taking his money but
missing the bonds.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01
BRIEF STATE NEWS

New Rockford is planning to enter.
tain the state convention Of county
commissioners in February.
The New Rockford schools intend tc
employ a physical director and if sc
half of his time will be made avail
able to instruct men or women in phys
ical exercises.
The Edmore Hexald-News and Crazy
Public Opinion are two Ramsey coun
ty papers that expect to quit publica
ton in the near future on account Of
the Brinton printing law.
Donnybrook Courier: Some of the
boys caught live porcupine up in the
coulees last Sunday. These animals
are not often seen here but there are
evidently a few living in the coulees
Late reports from Bismarck state
that the aauditing board consisting Of
Messrs. LANCER, Hall and Kositzky
have refused to pay for the twenty.
two books on socialism ordered by
Stangeland.
The Equity mill and elevator al
Casselton burned to the ground Friday
evening, the cause Of the fire being
unknown. The reflection of the flames
was clearly seen by Kindred and vi
cinity and a phone call soon located
the fire.
Peter Odness of Kindred, who has
been stationed at Fl. Oglethorpe and
Camp Mcpherson, Ca, in the medical
corps for over two years, has just re.
ceived his discharge at Sacramento,
Cal, and returned to his home near
Davenport Monday. Peter was among
700 soldiers who have been taking care
Pherson.
New Rockford plans complete re-
organization of its community or
commercial club along modern lines.
A preliminary draft of bylaws has
been submitted. Under the new plan
q permanent secretary would be EN-.
pl0yed to devote all His time to civic
work. A budget would be raised and
no begging or soliciting by committees
or individuals tolerated.
Velva Journal: E. D. Skinner Of
Sawyer was in tho city Monday, leav-
ing Tuesday morning for Van Hook
to spend Christmas with his daughter.
He will be joined there by his daugh-
LCIp V1I0s DuII41A VI AOWACAs NAAs 0nAAAe
ner has been resident Of the Mouse
river valley for thirty -four years ana
states this has been the coolest Deem
Der he has ever experienced in that
tim.
Surveying parties under the direc-
ton Of the state highway commission
have completed the seasons work in
Pierce, Wells, Sergeant, Rischland,
Trail, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey,
Eddy, Foster, Griggs, Stutsman, Kid
der, Ward, Bottineau, Mountrail.
Burke, Divide, Williams, Stark, Gold
en- Valley, Grant, Hettinger, Mclean
and Mcintosh counties and have been
called into the office for the winter.
Two men have been sentenced by
Judge Coffey at Jamestown to serve
penitentiary terms. George w. Du-
Bots, the defendant in the case of the
state against Dubois, was sentenced
to one year and eight months after
being declared guilty Of smuggling
funds of the Piper-Howe Lumber
company at Courtenay. Henry Ebel,
"a, and former employee Of the
Northern Pacific railway company,
was sentenced to one and half years
in the pen;tentiary for larceny
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01
WIND 6LMGH SMASHED;
OCCUPANTS UNaURT

Darlington, N. D., Dee. 27.-While
Clarence Cummings was driving his
wind sleigh at q fast rate recently,
the machine struck soft dirt from .
sewer excavation and overturned. The
machine was badly smashed up.
Neither Of the occupants of the
sleigh was hurt, which is considered
as remarkable due to the fact that the
machine is said to have been going
better than 80 miles an hour.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01
FORMER MINOT MAN

Word has been received here of the
death by freezing of George Bennett,
formerly Of Minot, whose body was
found in shack on his homestead
near Mildred, Mont
Livestock on the farm was nearly
starved, indicating that Bennett had
been dead several days when found by
a neighbor.,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01

Bank checks from North Dakota
and Montana will be cleared thru the
Ninth District Federal Reserve Bank
on par basis, R. A. Young, governor
of the bank, Minneapolis, announced.
Checks from these two states have been
cleared thru individual banks hereto
fore with charges attached by the
clearing banks. The move is part Of
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01

SO far as such corporations are con-
cerned. Frank E. Packard, assistant
attorney general, said the decision will
be appealed to the United States SUI
preme court. State corporations are
liable to the tax of so cents a share
on each share Of capital stock and for
eign corporations are made liable for
the same tax by the law.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01
Al VIGOROUS PRAYER.

The Scotch were ever known as
thorough, but know Of no better ex-
ample Of that virtue than this prayer,
offered up by an old Scotchman, which
I recently ran across, remarked Judge
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01

The United States circuit court Of
appeals Of St. Louis has declared the
North Dakota law which attempts to
levy tax of so cents per share on
foreign corporations unconstitutional
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-01

action along similar lines to be insti-
tuted all over the country by federal
reserve banks, Mr.. Young said.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-21
NEW YORK BUYS
RADIUM TREASURE

Albany, N Y, July 20.-Establish-
ing record for the largest CONNER
cial transaction in radium ever
made. the State of New York has
purchased two and one-quarter
grams Of radium for use by the New
York State Institute in the treat
ment Of cancer. according to an an
nouncement by Gov Smith today.
The purchase, which was provided
for by legislation, passed last ses-
sion. also marks the first purchase
Of radium by any State for social
utility.
The ownership of this amount of
radium, 1t Is said, will put New
York in the forefront of States
working for the treatment of can
Ger and other malignant growths.
and will become the greatest center
for research in the world In this
connection.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-21
GEORGE WHITE
COX MANAGER
Ohioan Named Cummings
Successor as Campaign
Chairman.
(By Univer.aI service.)

Columbus, Ohio. July 2o.-George
White. of Marietta. Ohio. was elected
this evening chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee, sue
ceeding Homer S, Cummings of
Stamford. Conn.
White, who has been three times
Representative and is confessedly a
dry" thus becomes director of the
Presidential campaign.
The election of the Marietta man
developed after a subcommittee ap-
pointed by Cummings, had conferred
for four hours with Gov. James NJ.
Cox and his running mate, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt. The Presidential
nominee since early morning had
been urging the Craftsmanship upon
his intimate friend and campaign
manager. Ed H Moore. Moore de-
clined to make the financial sacri-
fee" which acceptance Of the place
would mean
Governor Opposes Cummings.
Gov. Cox while insisting that he
had no preference after Moore. was
understood to be opposed
to the reelection of Cummings. On
committee favored the
leader.
Early in the subcommittee battlo
Moore offered the suggestion that
Cummings be continued as Demo
cratic chairman. but that a sep
arate campaign manager be named
Objection was raised that such =
plan might develop conflict in juris-
diction and bring about elements of
within the party.
Moore Offers Sacrifice.
White was not a member of the
national committee. When IT ap-
upon the naming of an Ohio man,
Moore agreed to resign as ma
tional committeeman from Ohio be-
his place to White and
thereby making possible the latter's
as national chairman.
The Ohio State Central Committee,
which was in coincident session, re-
ceived the Moore resignation and
promptly named Mr.. White to fill
the vacancy.
Many members of the national
saw in the committee
dictation of Gov. Cox a plan to in
sulate his campaign against two
elements of attack-that he was
branded with the Woodrow Wilson
mark and that he was seeking the
votes of the anti-prohibition forces.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-21
WOMAN AGAIN
ELWELLCLEW
Police to Question Matron
Who Exchanged Letters
With Slain Turfman.
(By Herald Leased wire.)

New York, July 20.-The authori-
ties tonight evidenced new hope OF
solving the EIwell murder mystery
when II was learned that a new
woman had been introduced into
the inquiry. Her name has never
been publicly mentioned. it was said.
but she is married. still lives with
her. husband, and he took her out
of the city less than forty-eight
hours after Joseph b. Elwell, card
expert. was found dying in his Sew
enty second street home,
1t was said the woman was re-
garded by members of the assistant
district attorneys office as an in
cidental character until new and
surprising information was unearth-
ed by detectives last week. This
new evidence has resulted in a
thorough and careful investigation
in New York and elsewhere which
has shown the komsn kept in con-
stant touch with Elwell, exchanged
letters with him when either way
away from the city, and met him
clandestinely.
1t is said the authorities have
been informed this woman was in
the murder house at least twice
during the week in which Elwell
was slain.
1t is expected the woman and her
husband will be questioned within
a few days.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-21
LONG LOST GIRL
RETURNSHOME
Baby Stolen l8 Years Ago
Discovers Relatives
At Last.

Richmond. Va. July 20.-After
years Of fruitIess search by rela-
tivea Lima Virginia Joyner. who
mysteriously disappeared eighteen
years ago when she was 5 years old,
has returned to her relatives at
Blackstone, Va
When the little girl, whose home
was near Church Hill, in Dinwiddis
County, disappeared. blcodhounds
were put on her trail and il was
established that she had been
stolen. After she had been gone
eight months her mother died of
grief. 1t was thought a negro
woman had stolen the child and
sold her to gypsies.
On January Is Chief of Police
Sherry here received a letter from
Mrs. Zella Earl Pickard. of Tona-
wanda, n. Y. asking for any in
formation he could give about the
case. She had received a letter
from IAN interested stranger" say
ing that "if you are interested
write to Police Headquarters. Rich
mond. Va" In her letter Mrs.
Pickard said:
"I was brought up by a woman
circus rider and up to eight years
ago thought she was my mother.
After she told me she was not I
left her. I have often asked her
who my parents were, but she
never told me-"
Chief Sherry located brother
and sister of the missing girl and
finally Mrs. Pickard came to Black
stone. where her sister was living.
and has proved her identity.