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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
LOG" OF TRIP OF THE
 BALLOON BIRMINGHAM"

Here is the ..iOg- of the trip of the "Birminghams ms reported at various times:
 Left balloon field 4.I5, reached equilibruim at 2.8O0 feet. 4;21; bal- loon following course north-nOrth- west reached altitude of $500 feet, 4;45; tempcrature, 65; passed west of Jasper G ?. m; caught firss sight of other balloons that left field, 6s05; got out of north wind at 800 feet and at 5000 feet struck circular current; 6:45 altitude 2,3O0 feet, tempe ratu e4 degrees; 7:OS, struck southeast wind driving & miles into north west, S:13, passed in sight of cOun- try fair lights; 1O,15, sighted Ten nessec river; IO.34, started across river; 1Os45, passed opposite bank; midnight, altitude 6,4O0 feet. temper ature 52; 6:O4 a. xn.. sighted Ohio river west of Padfcah, Ky; 6:15, sun-up at altitude of 5,7OO, 6;35, sighted yellow balloon believed to he Belgian or French; 6.45. sighted gray bag believed to be HoneywelPs' balloon; 7.30. sighted Marion, IlI.' S:11, passed within mile of Marion at altitude of 7,3OO; 9:O0, sigfted two other balloons, but lost them in the mist, 9:5O. Honeywell balloon out out 0f sight; lO,45, altitude 10000 and temperature Al; 11:3O, highest altitude, 12,1OO. temperature 50; 11:59. landed near BrOwnstown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
WHITE FORECASTS ELECTION RESULT
Says 256 Electoral Votes Are As Good As Counted For
 Democratic Candidate
By Associated Press

New York, October 24.-George White, chairman of the democratic national national committee in statement here today, forecasting the result of the e,a2a tion, predicted that Cox ana ssopSsse e4l will have 25S electoral votes "ss spa', E counted A fhc republicans i6a,' ana tlfAl the democrats will win d maiorit ci tlts remaining Ill.
 q have been making detailed inves- tigation of conditions in the various states" the statement said. For two days l have been receiving revised re- ports It is now possible to give to the public statement of our prospects m the election. l realize that the custo- mary act of national chairman at thls stage of the fight Is to claim everything in the hope that he can persuade waveT- ing voters to line up with his side. Mrr Hays, my antagonist, has given me sew eral public lessons in this obsolete prac- tice lately by claiming everything except a part of the southern states.
 Nevertheless, I am prepared to maxe a fair and honest statement of the situa- ton l shall reserves the names of she states we will carry. because the puohc would not expect me to acquaint the republican managers with our campaign plans But I do say this:
 Governor Cox and MT. Roosevelt Will have 222 electoral votes east of the Ms souri river and 34 west of the Missouri river, d total of 256. as good as countod. This is within ten Of the number neces- sary to, elect The republicans have lt' which f regard as good as counted for them. This leaves Ill votes in contest. Tn the decided swing now in progress to- ward the democratic ticket we will carry the majority of this Ill, very com fortable victory indeed.
 This is my prediction. l am conil- dent it will be borne out election day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
VICTORY CERTAIN,
 HAYS ANNOUNCES
As Certain As Righteousness of Our Cause, Says Message
 to State Chairmen
By Associated Press

New York, October 24.-Chairman Hays of the republican national com mittee today sent a message to all sfafe enairm deelasirg haf "we mere sss she rlesirg aess sf ails esgis
 sn ietpr @ fertsl als& sh eo kae4s
 eaus
 .Uaf campaign mas seen fon j. rs. vival of loyalty and patriotism in this country" the message added. Tt has had for main purpose the re-estab- lishment of an economical efficient, constitutional business administration of the government at Washington.
 "We fight for America first This means not only the preservation of our constitutional independence against super government abroad; this means not only the protection of constitu- tional functions against White House teft of authority at home, America first but equally means that the score of domestic problems close to every American, household and which have been shamelessly neglected, must and shall have the constructive and pro- gressive attention absolutely necessary if America first Is to last. And it means that while doing this we will certainly preserve our great place in the world today and tomorrow with the same unselfish conduct that has made America the synonym for jus tice and righteousness the world over.
 We fight for the faith of our fath- CTS and for the perpetual freedom of the sons and daughters of America earnestly urge and l know that the last days of the campaign will be kept on the same high plane. This elec- tion far transcends any partisan af- fair. Please see that no republican meeting Is opened without singing America There will be n new glory to the Stars and Stripes on the morn ing of November g."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
By Assoc,ased rrsss

New York, October 24--More than. fifty supporters of Senator Harding and Gov erpor Cox tonight joined in an open let- ter to them asking their pledge to work. if elected. for the United States entry into the League of Nations with what ever revision of the Lodge reservations two-thirds majority of the next Senate may approve.
 Asserting that the approaching na- tional election may be indecisive of the dominant issue of the campaign, and leave the vital question of our entry into any league or association of nations stil, sdeadfocked in the Senate or between Sen ate and the White House with decision more hopeless than before,? the Ierter said:
 Believing that now and not after the election, when new partisan a1ignments. rev ambitions and new animosties may make it douby difficult. in the time 10 secure the commitments against sucn | da inaging situation. we are giving our earnest support to the reasonable and thoroughly practical proposal contained
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
See Hope Of Settlement Of British Coal Strike As q
 Result of Present Parleys
Lengthy Condolences Between Miners Representatives and Government Under Way, and More Optimistic
 Views Are Now Held Result

belief that the full executive committees of the miners federation will meet the government within few days on a basis which can be submitted to the miners for acceptance or rejection.
 One indication of hopeful turn in the tide of affairs was afforded tonight by a report iron well informed source that the government contemplated post ponirg the introduction in Parliament of its emergency bill which would virtual ly place the country on war basis. It had been intended to attempt to pass this measure through all of it's stages tomorrow The matter will be finally decided by the cabinet tomorrow morn ing.
 1t was considered that the powers of the bill conferred on the government would likely he resented by the liberal labor members of Parliament as being suitable only to times of war and that postponement of the project would as- sist in the negotiations between the gov ernment and the miners,
 It is said that the new formula the government has proposed to the miners, while giving the miners the two shillings advance. will insure substan- tial increase in the output of coal. Ap- parently only the principles of the formula and not it's details were dis crssed at todays meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25

Efingham, Ills, October 24-(Special)
 To many who have watched balloon
 gently rise from the ground and float
 gracefully away among the clouds, it would seem that iballooning as a sport
 1 is very tame affair, It is true that
 i the sensations are of milder nature
 1 than those which affect one when riding
 | heavier than air craft, but for all that
 1 an aerial voyage is trip greatly to be , enjoyed.
 The first and perhaps the most de-
 {, cided thrill that we received after the
 pilot balloon Birmingham cast off yes-
 terday afternoon came with the start. As
 we were being slowly lifted skyward two
 sandbags, which in the rush had been
 | insecurey tied, dropped to the ground
 1 with sickening thud With lightning rapidity we shot to an altitude of about
 i spotted 3a 9 nseaslTw, the effect of the stunts shseh Pilot i,a Donaldson had pianreA for fk~ eNte @inment of the
 Z sl oifst 7 NXs Aistexf minutes ir xdin-
 ]; ing Dns' arsssi Ne three passen-
 EApfrA whom F3fe ptlut 1as taking with aifa Were hoiiea ti4e wofse and took that
 as being d part of the quick getaway. After the basket had at last been got ten to a stable position we were of a l truth sitting the top of the world ' No form of travel with which am famil far can beat ballooning for ease and comfort It is true that our basket, which was about the size of an average laundry basket. was a little crowded for an all-night's ride with four men, but we did not mind that In fact physical contact gives feeling of closer com panionship in the air
 I was impressed with the auietness of the upper air The balloon has distinct advantage in this respect over the air planes.
 HEAR SURFACE SOUNDS Conversation is quite possible at any altitude, although there is a slight ring ing of the ears when the balloon is gain ing or losing altitude rapidly. It is re- markable the various kinds of surface sounds that can be heard. The barking of dops was the orc tha+ e-raa.a1 o,ir ears for the most part of the night. think every dog in Alabama and a few in Mississippi and Tennessee must nave been up Saturday night to wish us a bon voyage.
 Conversation with the people on the ground is possible at a very great dis- tance. We were forced to depend upon the natives to a large extent for our To- cation. Regardless of the question we asked them, the invariable query came back. Where are you going?' As if we knew.
 Much interest was aroused this morn ing at daybreak as we were>crossing the Ohio river when we saw a yellow bai- | loon to our left. We did not get close enough to distinguish whether it was French or Belgian. Another balloon. which we took to be MT. Honeywell 2. was later discovered a short distance ahead of us For several hours we kept within sight of t. This was quite a record for our pilot to De able to keep up with the contestants when he was handicapped with two extra men and had no official aide.
 Just before noon we reached our grea-- est altitude when we went up above the 12 0o0-foot mark. The view Up there was wonderful. To have seen our air pilot tContfnued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
LIQUOR VOTE TODAY
By Assocrated Press

Winnipeg, october 2f.-Voters throughout the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba were pre- pared tonight to east their ballots to- morrow on a proposal to prohibit the importation of liquor from other prov inces.
 Interest in the election is widespread, 1, and has increased since the plebescits III British Columbia last week when a heavy wet vote was polled. The pro- posal which. will be submitted in the three prairie" provinces tomorrow differs, however. from that decided in British Columbia, where the question of importation was not involved.
 strong campaign has been con- drcted by supporters of prohibition, who are urging dry west"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Cox and Harding Supporters Join In Open Letter 10 Two Candidates On Reservations
Asked Pledge Work for U S. Entry With Revision of Lodge Reservations Approved by Two-Thirds
 of Next Senate

in the question which we now present to you, as follows:
 "'If the election fails to provide the required two-thirds vote in the Senate for our entry Into league or associat ton Of nations for the preservation of peace upon basis more satisfactory to you. Will you advise and support our entry into the existing League of Nations with the Lodge reservations. or with such re- vision as two-thrds of the Senate may approve?'
 s Whatever may be our individual pref crence as to the form of the settlement of the League of Nations uuestion or whether it Is to be Il league or a n-w s,s- scciation of nations is not the vital con eern in this proposal An affirmative an- swer to 1t would call for no fulfilment untis after one side snail have exhausted esesy reasonable effort 10 enter the ex- istiBg League of Nations with mild or with merely interpretative reservations. and the other snail have tried every fair expedient to supp,ant the league with a new and different world organization for the preservation of peace or to enter it after thorough revision after adoption ce other reservations or amendments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Reports From Indiana and Illinois Indicate All Bags Are Drifting Almost Due North Towards Great Lakes and Canada

Reports of several of the seven balloons which left Bir- Imingham Saturday in the inter national race for the Gordon Bonnet trophy were received from Illinois and Indiana towns last night. While in most in- stances the bags could not be identified, the American entry, the Goodyear II, piloted by
 Ralph Upson, apparently was leading and all seemed to be
 drifting in a generally north ward direction toward the Great Lakes and Canada. Four balloons were sighted at Ma l-rion, H., in the southern part of the state and almost due north from Br- mingham at 7:30 a. m The Goodyear II was in the lead, and was the only bag identified Thirty minutes later Johnson City. about ten miles north Of Marion, glimpsed five bags Four were flying about 5000 feet up, but the Goodyear II was only a few hundred feet frAm the ground. and was easily Identified
 The big gas bags apparently were spreading out somewhat in this terri tory, for Pana reported three between F and 1 D. m.
 Windor reported Upson holding his lead at D. m., and Danville, fifty miles east and an equal distance north of Pana, sighted the> bag at D. m. One of the entries passed over Lo- gansport, Ind, at4 30 D.. m. It was re- ported 'at q great height" and headed northeast toward Lake Erie. Champaign. H., sighted the Good- year II at , D. m.. and reported that tie American entry still held lead over the others.
 Not more than five of the balloons have been sighted by one point a one was not believed to be one of the five which were headed across Illinois. dur ing the day.
 The pilot balloon Birmingham" in charge of Ray Donaldson and carry ing newspaper men and representa- tive of the Birmingham Chamber ,f Commerce, landed at 11:59 yesterday sat Foss sewn, ,seeAr Ef2fnghaia. Ill. trsbsH es Sg0ou achBd su altitude ol fS t sFsss lseSas 7aseeas lHe %4e slss AsAneg ssf S}e I tslsss 2 zs the txlN N w@s 4S siHa se xsral of tn5 lefhes Con tastAnss ssA rstNtl Ey fhe
 ksEl dlzFinA 4sln csfStssa Als though they were not near enough for A l. H.. l..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Gross Profit of
 S3. 60 On Retail CoalLs Maxin1u,11
By FRED H. GOEMLEy ~ montssmsry Bureau The Aes-Hsraia
 I9t . cirst Nntiouai namn Quila n

l2i-2 First National Bank BuilcinS
 Montgomery, October 24.-(Spe- cial.D-RetafI coal dealers of Bir- ming ham. Mobile and Montgomery will De permitted to obtain n grOss profit of $3.6O on each ton of coal delivered to cOnsumers, out of which they must obtain the cost of transportation, unloading and net profit, under an order issued by Harwell G. Davis. state fuel ad- miaistrntor. and made public to- night. Eoni dealers of MontEom- cry asked for gross profit of SS.
 Every dealer In . eOunty which contatns cities from 6,5OO to 2OyOOO inhabitants. the gross profits can he only t3-30, while In all other counties the gross profit can be only S3
 Administrnfor Dpvis ordered county fuel administrators to set the gross profit at less thnn the n,aximunl permitted by him if con- difiops justffy. "What Is rea- sonable margin in particuInr city. town or capnty depends largely upon I0cRI sonditionr." snid the xtAte adIninistrafor's order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25

NNit6 H9WsS F&shtnsfan A
 My Dear lii. President Eleven thousand coal miners are on strike in Alabama for the right to deal with their employers through representatives of their own choosing the right of collec- tive bargaining, which was guaranteed them and all other workers by the gov- ernment for the period of the war in your proclamation of April s, 191s which was recommended by the bitu. minous coal commission in it's award. which has the sanction of an enlight- ened world opinion as evidenced by the labor provisions of the peace treaty, which was affirmed by your second in- 1dustrial conference. and which is pledged in the democratic national plat form adopted at San Francisco These Alabama miners are being systematic cally black listed form of discrimi- nation against which they were alss guaranteed protection by their govern. ment under it's war powers.
 These eleven thousand mine work. CTS have dependent upon them some 5000 women and 22,oOo children. This great number of people are being kept from starvation only by the pitifully meager fare contributed by the mins workers union. Poverty in its most terrible form stalks through the min. ing camps of Alabama. accompanied by the twin spectres of malnutrition and disease. Every conceivable instrument of oppression is being used against these people by the powerful interests associated ill the coal industry of Ala bama. Thousands of eviction suits have occurred and in multiplicity of in. stances writs of attachments have heev Issued and the household furniture and personal possessions of the miners families have been carted away from their humble domiciles. The mining villages are being policed by private gunmen in the employ of the coal oper- ators and indignities and outrages have been inflicted upon the mine workers and their families.
 "The officers of the comm wealth ot Alabama are seemingly cooperating with the coal operators. In token there- Of the governor is maintaining elevea companies Of state militia on duty ia the coal fields. This sodiery has invaded the constitutional rights of the citizens of the mining towns by suspendlng tho right of public meetings and free as4 scmblage and the enforcement of this decree by armed force.
 Since the beginning of this strike every honorable attempt has been madt by the representatives of the mine work. CTS in Alabama to secure a settlement On October our representatives in Aias bana addressed a communication to 0OA ernor Kilby of that state suggesting that he as chief executive appoint
 tContinued oa Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Ryan Contributes $25,OOo By Associated Press

New York, October 24.--The demo cratic national committee today an rcunced the receipt of a $25,000 con tribution to the Cox campaign fund from Allan A. Ryan of New York. MT Ryan accompanied his contribution with letter to George White. chair man of the committee. in which he characterized the methods-used agains, the democratic ticket as infamous from the beginning.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
ACTION TO FORCE
 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NV
 ALABAMA URGED BY LEWIS
President Informed That State Authorities Are Co-operat- ing With Coal Operators to Abolish Right of Free As- semblage and Conditions Demand Federal Action

Indianapolis, October 24,-
 Special. )-John L.. Lewis, in-
 ternational president of the United Mine Workers of Amer
 ica, sent telegram to Presi-
 dent Wilson today urging the
 President to direct the depart
 ment of justice to begin legal proceedings to enforce the prin- ciple of collective bargaining be- tween the coal miners and coal
 operators in Alabama, where a
 strike has been in progress for Isix months.
 Lewis points out in his telegram that it has been judicially deterfpined that
 the war is still on and wartime laws
 and regulations are still in effect. He
 says that the principle of collective bargaining was established and enun-
 ciated by all of the various agencies Of
 the government during the time of ac- tual hostilities and that the President guaranteed the right of collective bar gaining to all employees in industry by his proclamation on April &, 1918, but that the Alabama coal operators havs
 refused and still are refusing to recog- nize the principle by dealing collective ly with the miners
 Lewis calls the attention of the Pres ident to the fact that he and the other officials of the United Mine Workers of America are being prosecuted in tha federal courts under the war time laws. and says that the same laws should be enforced to compel observance of the principle of collective bargaining in l Alabama, Lewis charges also in his | telegram that Alabama coal miners ara blacklisted by employers and that this | IS violation of the guaranties pro- 1 nounced by the government during the war.
 Alabama state authorities, he says l are seemingly cooperating With tho | operators and that they have sent | eleveai companies of state militia to the | strike zone. Military authorities, he says have abolished the right of free assembiage of miners He enumerates H4neruus cthet tBstarees. la sAew sh3 I ieopcisfsn " Ssahs1ia fasasagl s86ai
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Five Killed In Crash

Allentown, Pa. October 24.-Fiye per Lehigh Valley Transit Company car crashed into an automobile near Quaker town last night. All were residents ot Philadelphia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Armenians Attack Turks
By Associated Pre'

London, October A..-The Armenian troops. according to a London Times dispatch, have begun counter attack against the Truks on the entire front.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
Upson Apparently Leading
 h International Contest;
 Birmingham" Lands Safely
Age Herald Man Describes Wonderful Cruise of Trail Blazer,' Which Landed Safe- ly at BrownstoWn, lll., at 11::59 Yesterday

By PAUL c. WILSON
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-25
THE Cox CHARACTERISTICS

The democratic n oninee is exceedingly
 | versatile In politics he is certainly a
 | combination into which have entered
 | poet and a pugilist. In this moment he
 1 laughngly and good -naturedly bowls
 ! over a heckler with the ease of a shrewd
 1 but minor politician well trained to the
 trials of the hustings. In the next he
 appeals for the preservation of an Ideal with the religious fervor of an evangelist He is absolutely without fear. One would
 think him convinced that he is charged by some divinity with duty to perform and that nothing can prevent him per forming it. He is enthusiasm personihed Depression has no place in his makeup He has dignity and yet sometimes ap- pears to lack it. Although an applicant flor the highest office in the United States he talks and laughs, jokes, jests and tells stories with newspaper correspondents and any bunch of voters which he en- counters as if heswere no more than an ordinary individual with keen apprecia- ton of the sun and the air as a source of life. And then. with women. or digni- taries, he is as formal, as courteous, as retiring, as self-effacing as the most pol ished European courier He can be as dignifed as Harding always is He could under no circumstances be as pompous With the exception of Theodore .soose- welt Cox on the platform evidences inimbler wit than any other which has been demonstrated within the present generation He is thoroughly at home, and invites rough and ready tactics. And yet he is more Of an orator than Roosevelt He has ''punch" that ap- proximates the late Presidents. But Roosevelt could never appeal with the power of Cox. Roosevelt could force his way by strength Cox can proceed by force and. when expedient or necessary hv nptition