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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09

IT Birmingham excells Chicago in the number and geletanous quality of her
 Jelly beans,' as the people have been led to infer from the comments of one . Connor reputed to have crome from the Windy City, she also excels in the quantity and quality of by-product gas and general suitability, for she was chosen over the vigorous bid of both Chicago and Indianapolis as the starting point for these two races, in which the best balloonists of the United States and six foreign countries will participate.
 The letter from Chairman Castle of the club headquarters. 297 Madison ave- nue, New York, quotes d telegram from Lieut.. Raffe Emerson, which states that he will head the naval contingent sched- uled to arrive in Birmingham about September ? or 23. Compelte equipment for the flight of the navy balloons wili be shipped to Birmingham immediately Lieutenant Emerson will be accompanied by Lieut.. Frank Sloman Aide, Aero
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
WOMEN ARE URGED
 TO JOIN MOVEMENT

Womens organizations throughout the state are being urged by the sea port amendment headquarters to send delegations to the waterways meeting al Montgomery, September ).
 Every effort is being made to have large attendance from these clubs and organizations. Letters were sent from the office headquarters yesterday to the secretaries of these clubs inviting them to attend and take active part in the proce edings.
 Much interest is aroused over the meeting in Montgomery. at which the Alabama Waterways Association is to be formed. Senator Underwood and Senator nominate Heflin will speak Prominent men from every county in the state will be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
HUDSON OPENS SEPT. 16
Opening Exercises of S3d Session to
 Be Held at 10:30 A. M.

The opening session of the eighty third session of Judson College will be held in the Judson auditorium at 1030 on the morning of September 16. Ap- propriate addresses will be delivered at that time.
 To accomm odate Judson pupils the Southern will run a special train from Selma to Marion, leaving Selma Wednesday. September 15 at 10:30 D.. m., immediately upon the arrival of the train over the w. of A. from Montgom- cry. This train will arrive in Marion at 11:30 D. m.
 The Judson will have as many pupils as can possibly be taken care of. All the dormitory has been taken for some time,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
TO DISCUSS PLANS OF
 THE AUDITORIUM TODAY

Drawing of plans for the new city auditorium, the next step since the site has been definitely selected, will be dis eussed by the auditorium committee in the office of pr. N. A. Barrett at F 30 o'clock today.
 The naming of the architect to draw up the plans will probably follow the olscus- sion. A full meeting of the committee is expected, as several important matters Till be up.
 The American Association of Architects have offered their services for the cost of only one architect. The consideration of this offer will come up at the meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09

called by the Alabama division of the United Mine Workers did not attain noteworthy dimensions on it's initial day.
 None of the larger steam coal pro- ducers were materially affected, some not at all.
 Union officials declare between 1o,- 900 and 12.O0O of the 27,000 Alabama miners are now idle. These figures in clude those already on strike and those whom the officials claim came out on Wednesday in response to the strike call which went into effect Tuesday at midnight.
 The claim of the operators is that. making liberal allowances, between 1,500 and 1,S00 men responded to the strike call'on Wednesday. Their esti- mate of the tokal number of men strik- ing during the three months prior to the general strike call is 5,100, but they declare that the places of 2,20O of these strikers had been filled.
 The operators are also pleased with the car supply outlook. It is especially noted by them that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has been instructed to forward seventyfive empties day to this district. The Louisville and Nash vilie car service is a hundred per cent, and the Frisco service is notably inn proving. The operators claim that if they get the cars the strike will prove minor handicap.
 Union officials claim that the strike has only begun. w. L. Harrison, or ganizer. said:
 "I believe between 10000 and 12,000 ,1I to1l trAo Rtyt is only the beginning. Many of the camps had not been organized and were not prepared to act. Many have sent in for organizers and we have dis patched them to the different camps. They will be heard from with increas ing force as the week goes by.
 REAL SHOWING SUNDAY
 More men will be out Thursday than were out on Wednesday and more on Friday than on Thursday We do not expect the climax to be reached until Sunday. Then the real showing will have been made.''
 MT. Harrison expressed confidence that this showing would be an excel lent one from the union standpoint.
 With respect to individual coal min ing operations some of the reports from the mines direct are as follows:
 Alabama Fuel and Iron Company, mines working 100 per cent
 Republic Iron and Steel, ninety five per cent.
 DeBardeleben Coal at Sipsey and Payne Bend, 100 per cent.
 Empire Coal 95 to 100 per cent.
 Galloway Coal. ninety five per cent of normal.
 Majestic and Imperial Coal, seventy five per cent.
 Yolande, loss of few men.
 Woodward Iron, undisturbed
 Sheffield but little loss
 Only one absolute shutdown, was reported.
 The first day of the strike carried no menace to operation of steel and iron plants and the underlying indus tries of the district. It must attain more momentum if it is to do so. The
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
Special Session

In preparation for the special session of the Alabama legislature. which will convene September IA. the legislative committee of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday at D. m. Secretary James Simpson. act ing chairman, in the absence of Bor- den Burr, urges all members of the committee to be present at the meet ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the office of the probate judge:
 Charles Vester Hurst and Miss s. D. Phillips Horton.
 Gaspare Campisi and Miss Mary Conto. Pete Triantos and Miss Eula Machondy Preston Rogers and Miss Rebecca Pol lock Pegues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09

grapher Lieut.. William Reed, Warrant Officer K Mullenax and a pilot.
 The balloons which are being shipped to Birmingham have already been given trial flights in preparation for the races which will decide which of the six lead- ing powers of the world eXcels in balloon flying All of the balloons entered in the races. will be non -dirigible and sub ject to the direction of the winds, they will be entered in the contest to com pete for endurance and strength com bined with swftness.
 wire was dispatched from the Cham Der of Commerce Wednesday to the chairman of the Aero Club contest com mittee asking when their representative will arrive in Birmingham to assist the local committee in making the final ar engagements.
 Virgil V Evans. general manager of the event. is appointing number of committees to assist him in handling the races which, it is believed. will prove the most spectacular events that Birming- ham has ever staged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
FIRST MAGNAV0X
New Attachment for Monograph In.
 creases Sound Tenfold

The first magnovox brought to Bir- mingham may be seen and heard at the C. c. Holcombe music store on Third avenue.
 The magnavox increases the volume of photograph record tenfold. AS it is used at the Holcombe store the photograph is placed at the rear of the store and the magnavox horn is at the front door. This instrument, it is claimed. is suitable for use in theatres and halls. taking the place of orches- stras.
 The magnavox was used successful- 1y at both the national political con ventions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
Incorporation Papeers Filed

Papers of incorporation were filed in the probate court yesterday by the Barker, Henderson & Marks Real Estate and Insurance Company, with an author ized capital stock of s10.o00 The firm will begin business with 5000 of the capital stock paid in. The officers are H. M. Henderson, president and treasurer: Nat Barker, vice president. and John s Marks, secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
INauy to Enter Baby Blin1ps" ;"
 In Balloon Races Staged Here

The United States navy will enter number of baby bmps Tn the elimination balloon to be started at the Soshef
 field byproduct plant at North Birmingham September 2S and Tn the international balloon for the Bennett trophy which will be started the field October 23 cordng to letter received Wednesday by the Chamber of merce from Benjamin T. Castle chairman the mttee of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
PERSONAL

MT and Mrs. r. E. Butler are Tn selma where they were called by the sudde illness and death of Mrs. Buffers broeH CT Charles r. Voltz. assistant pos'ma"tet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
COUNTY AND CITY WANT ACTION ON
 BOND SALE RATES
Other Cities Going Ahead Un- der Changed Conditions While Birmingham and
 Jefferson Are Stalled

Removal of restrictions on county and city bonds by the Alabama legislature while in extraordinary session is neces- ry.to the completion of much necessary municipal and coun- ty work.
 This is the conclusion arrived at by Dr. N. A. Barrett, president of the City Commission. and head ot the finance department of the city, after much study of the situation.
 County and city bonds selling ut
 par and drawing only per cent
 interest are totally unable to com
 pete with other giIt-edged bonds
 drawing much higher interest" he
 said. "fhe present bond market is
 filled with perfectly good buys in
 bonds winch bring sa high 10
 per cent return on the investment.
 No other city ill the country is sell ing per cent bonds at par. New lorK city allows per cent on municipal, and d large number of cities have no limit.
 SET A LIMIT
 q believe d limit should be set and Birmingham allowed to pay t per cent oh honds. l believe this would allow the bonds to be sold and lai } amount Of much needed work, especially on the city high school, go forward,
 Towns smaller than Birmingham, which have no fixed reputation on the bond market, should be allowed to pay still higher interest on bonds l sug- gest that towns over 25,000 in popuia- ton should arrange for per cent and towns of smaller population per cent
 There are two sides to the conten- ten that allowing the sale below lar is better than raising the rate of inter- est On short-term bonds. tiiv removal Of the par restriction is better. On lorg term, the increased rate of :ater- est is better"
 COUNTY INTERESTED
 The board of revenue will join with the city in it's efforts to have the Ala bama legislature at it's eAIIa session increase the rate of interest on county bonds from per cent if il IS found that an amendment to the constitution IS not neces sary.
 This statement was made yesterday by Jerry Gwin, president of the board. Opinion of courthouse off. .cials varies on this question, some peing of the opinion that before this acton can be taken by the legislature It will De necessary for the people Of Alabama tc vote an amendment to the constItu- tt )n.
 w. K. Terry, county attorney,
 stated that the fixing of rates of ih-
 terest on bonds was not part of
 the constitution. He declared this
 was statutory and the legislature
 could order the bonds to be disposed
 of for less than their face Naine. Opinions of other attorneys differ some agree with Mir. Terry while others think an amendment to the Constitu- | on is the only remedy.
 Jerry Gwin, however, will call in some of the best legal talent in the city this morning to consider the question. and | if it is found to be statutory and Is not [ included in the constituti on, then a 1 vigorous campaign will be waged to have the rate of interest increased or have the legislature authorize the sale ! of the bonds below par.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
STRIKE IN EFFECT BUT NOTHING MUCH
 HAS HAPPENED YET
Both Sides Seem Satisfied With DeveIopments-Union Officials Say Sunday Will
 Tell the Story

The general mine strike called by the Alabama division of the United Mine Workers did not attain noteworthy dimensions on it's initial day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-09
The First National Bank
 of Birmingham, Ala.

Statement June 30th, 1920
 RESOURCES
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-02
PHANTOM GAVE GOOD ADVICE
Apparition That Appeared to French
Shepherd Was Possibly Some Re-
Iation to the Leprechaun.

Every Irishman can tell you about
the Leprechaun, the little man who
dresses in red with a peaked cap, and
lives in the bitches. Only one person
can see him at time, and il he does
catch sight of him, must never take
his eyes off for single moment.
Watching him carefully, he must run
and catch him, and if he succeeds in
doing so the Leprechaun will ransom
himself by leading his captor to a
creek of buried gold. At least, so runs
the legend.
Some years ago French shepherd
of Aveyron lost two sheep. The fol-
lowing evening a figure in black robe
and with tonsured head appeared to
him, and told him to look for the lost
members of his flock in cave near
Altes, adding that he would there find
more than sheep"
The next day the shepherd found
the cave mouth exactly as described.
InsiNe were his two sheep. Beyond,
he came upon a chapel carved in the
rock and containing chalices, censers,
and candle-sticks all made Of solid
silver, and of very considerable value.
A letter found In missal Showed that
the place had been used as a place of
worship during the Reign Of Terror in
1893 The shepherd took the orna-
ments to his parish priest and was
well rewarded for his find.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-02
Latah County Records.

Saturday, January 81, 1920.
Lien-Potlatch Lumber Co. tax VS.
W. H. Vineyard, $e2.65, 1913 Bovill
Q. C. D.-Charles o. Kneen and
Alicek M. his wife to E.. j. Armbrust-
er, $1.00, tract of 1.091 acres in NE
quarter $685..
Rel.-Reeleefe r. Tiffany to Harry
M. Rhodes 3-18-16.
Cert. of Identity as to Mary E.
Arnold, formerly Mary E. Porter
Rel.-A R. Shumaker to Harriet E.
Brown R. NJ Filed 2-15-16.
Minutes of State Land Board.
c. MN. l. Nuremberg ct ux. Lot
tie to First Trust and Savings Bank,
$500, due 11-1-20.
Masters Deed-Guy B. Croft Master
IN Chanoery to George H. Taylor, 49,
100000, S. C I. E. Ry Co., Prop.
Deed = George H. Taylor ct TX
Lucille Aida (Chicago) to Inland En-
plre Railroad Co., 100000 real estate
of S. & I. e. Ry.
Power of Attorney from Lucille
Aida Taylor to execute above deed.
Mortgage--Inland Empire Ry Co. to
Harris Trust and Savings Bank (Chi-
cage) S1,000,000 due five years prop
erty of railroad company
Order-Estate of Johanna Walby or
der appointing John Nisbet adminis-
TRAITOR
Release-Estate of Johanna Walby
to Nels j. Walby 10-23-01.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-02
FRENCH TRAITOR
FACED FIRING SQUAD

Parsley A. P.) Lieutenant
Funck, an Austrian, employed during
I the war in a bank here and who in
formed e. the Germans where their
shells fell in Paris, was executed to-
day.
Louis Gusaspare, German spy, was
also to have been executed but at the
last moment made important revela-
tons to the authorities and his ex-
ecution was postponed for 4S hours.
Funck was major in Austrian in
fantry regiment No. ga. He was a
German spy before the war. His re-
lease papers asserted that he was an
Irishman, which enabled him to re-
main in Paris in the employ of a
bank until July, 1915, when he left
suddenly for Barcelona, where he met
Baron Won Roland, head of the Ger
man spy service in Spain. His sud
den disappearance from Paris aroused
suspicion and investigation proved
that he always had been spy. 1t
was proved that Funck gave the Ger
mans information as to the points
where the shells from the Germans
BIB Bertha" fell in Paris and en-
abIed them to make notifications in
their aim. He was captured as he
crossed the bridge at Vidassoa, on the
Spanish frontier, going to Hendaye in
France to get a parcel. He was court
martialed and condemned to death in
June, 1919.
Guaspare was a pupil in a school
for spying at Freiburg, grand duchy
of Baden.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-02
JAP GAMES HAVE PURPOSE
ChiIdren's Pastimes in That Country
Are Played With the Idea of
Strengthening Character.

For centuries before America was
discovered Japanese children were
playing games upon which our boys
and girls considered they have q mo-
nOpOly, and which are regarded as
strictly modern. AS a matter of fact,
most of our pastimes and games have
come to US from foreign lands, though
they have been modified to suit our
needs, and perhaps renamed
PUSSY wants corner" and blind
mans buff" are as old as Japan itself.
AS Played across seas, however, these
games are far superior to ours Puss,
for instance, is represented as an
"Onf," or devil, the corners of the
room the four safe harbors of truth
with certain shelter from all harm.
In "blind-mans buff" the children
wear queer little costumes made Of
blue and white cotton crepe, with
painted eyes and queer stuffed beaks
birds, for noses. They look
like weird little gnomes rather than
children, as they dash about in a fran
tic endeavor to catch their victims
n SiOSlly game PAL tlCuidIIy Gil
joyed by heroic boys requires the
same costumes. Some of them plant
flags in different parts of the cemetery
during the day, under lonely tree
or by hill, alleged to be haunted. At
night they meet for their game OF
soul examination" telling stories
about ghosts, COLLINS and oni. At the
conclusion of each tale when their i'm
lginations are so wrought up that they |
ire in terror, they go up the hill one
It a time and bring back the flags |
planted there, until all are brought in.
thus do they discourage fear and fos-
err courage, the trait Of character that
hey most covet.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-02
FEDERAL JUDGE
WOULD SHOOT L.W.W.
JUDGE X. M. Lands CLASSES
NONPARTIZANS AND SOCl-
ALISTS AS DISLOYAL

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-Executior
rather than deportation of Treason
agitators," was advocated by Judge
X. M. Lands of Chicago, who brand
ed the socialist, l. w. w. and kindred
organizations as traitors to the
country" in an address before the
American Protective league here to-
night.
Judge Lands reviewed the plat
forms and activities of 'red' organ
izations, and urged "war to clean
up the whole bunch of them"
what we need is new definition
of treason" Judge Lands Std. "Then
we can use the side of a barn for
those who would destroy our govern
ment. We must destroy the would-be
destroyers."
Judge Lands vigorously denounc-
ed profiteers and socialists and the
latter's war program. "The socialist
party is guilty of the crime of trea-
son." he said. Il condemn them as
heartily as / can They can't have
immunity where l happen to be-" Re-
garding the profiteers, he said "the
English language is bankrupt for me
to express my contempt of profiteers.
When the political organization that
/ used to train with gets into power
next fall I'll point out few of those
gentlemen
The nonpartizan league was at
tackled by the Chicago jurist.
II understand some candidates are
flirting with votes of the nonpartizan
league. They hope to get some re-
publican or democratic votes and
then the nonpartizan votes. Let these
fellows content themselves with that
kind of votes They hope to get in
power by a split of good citizens.
Forget the republican and democratic
parties. Get together and beat them.
The socialist, the l. w. w. and the
nonpartizan league are all the same
their fundamentals are the same"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-02
How Asbestos Is Produced.

The finest asbestos, and the great
er part of the worlds supply, comes
from Quebec. Asbestos is fibrOus
mineral that can be spun and woven
into fabrics as fine as silk, which are
unaffected by temperatures Of from
1000 to 5000 degrees F. 1t is found
in layers filling assures in certain SER
pentine rocks. 1t is believed that.
when the rock was forming and still
hot, water penetrated the assures, Wild
ened them and dissolved some Of the
silica and magnesia. On drying, these
crystallized as hydrated silicate Of
magnesia, forming threadlike crystals
building up from opposite walls Of the
assures and meeting in the middle.
No one has yet discovered how fine
ly asbestos fibers can be split. A
microscope magnifying 900 diameters
revealed fibers that are estimated to
be five one-millionths of an inch thick.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-02
Facts About Lightning.

We see in the papers after severe
storm that ga thunderbolt" has fallen.
This and another popular superstition
namely, that there is protected
space under lightning conductor
were finally dispelled by the lightning
research committees report.
We now know that the so-called
"thunderbolt" is very powerful flash,
which disturbs the ground like burst
ing shell. The action of lightning
stroke on an insufficiently protected
building may be compared to the eff
feet of very heavy rainfall on house
which has insufficient cutters and
rainwater pipes. The water, before it
can escape, will probably flood the
building. A single lightning rod, fixed
to the chimney-shaft, will do its part
by receiving some of the flash.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-02


famous cocktail scene, so she asked
all her friends to get up a thirst aid
class that she might join.
isn't it awful? ?" she said. George
Washington cut the cherry tree for
the first Manhattan cocktail, and
now look at the motto the drys have
taken: "Thirst in war; thirst in peace
thirst in the Threats of our country
men,"
"a soldier boy told me that while
he was over there making the world
safe for democracy, the democrats
over here made the country safe for
bevo and he thought he had kick
coming. He knew he'd never get the
kick in near beer, he said, and when
he asked for coke at the Y soda
fountain they wouldn't serve it for
fear he'd get the habit.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-02
AFTER SLEEP OF CENTURIES
EccIesiastic May Be Said to Have Re-
turned to Earth for Few
Brief Moments.

There was little gathering In the
green graveyard of an old priory
church. There was the rector and an
old antiquary in rusty black, few
neighbOring SQuireS, the county police
sergeant, the sexton and laborer or
two, while an ancient stone coffin, re
Gently unearthed, lay on the ground.
"Who do you suppose it is, profess
sorY inquired the rector.
The old man in black polished his
glasses and adjusted them carefully.
ut must be Thomas DeBoehm's," he
said. Thomas who was prior here in
the time of Henry III, about 1920. But
we shall see."
A hush fell on the group as the men
set to work with hammer and chisel.
"All ready" the sexton reported
presently. They took off their hats and
the policeman removed his helmet. The
ponderous lid was slowly pushed aside
and they were gazing at the calm,
strong face of an ecclesiastic in rich
silk vestments, wrapped in his 7OO
years sleep.
EYES, it's Thomas" murmured the
professor. with the air of one recog-
nizing an old friend. "Very like the
contemporary portrait on the vellum."
AS they continued to gaze, spell
bound, weird thing happened. The
vestments gradually lost their color
ing and then all that the coffin con-
tanned crumbled before their eyes to
mere handful Of ashes.
"Dust to dust" whispered the rec
tor.
Very subdued and silent the little
company dispersed.-London Times.