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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
COAL JUMPS TO $i7
 IN MOBILE AS COLD
 WAVE STRIKES CITY
By Assseiatsd Pr.aa

Mobile. March S.-The continued cold. which is considered remark nble nt this season of the year for thlx part of the south. has eaused . coal famine here. Only two firms have coal toniKht. and It was seyItnr for e17 . ton. The mayor of BIloxi. Miss. wired Mobile, asn- inx that coal be sent there. hat the mayor of Mobile said that hes could not give any heip. Many people were compelled t~ so te the V woo6s 1e ret fuel tn order to keep Swnrm anh coal intended for export Ssae stepped and turned ever te eoal 1eul<1r,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
Maddox Nominated pv heeoriafed ureee

Washington. Narcn, s.-Robert L. Maddox Of Kentucky was nomin2ted today by President Wilson to be pur- chasing agent for the postoffice de- l,artment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
STOCK DIVIDENDS
 NOT INCOME, RULES
 SUPREME COURT
Provisions 1916 Income Tax Law Taxing Stock Divi- dends Held to Be Un-
 constitutional
RY Assoclated Pres


 Washington. March s.-Corpora- tiou dividends distributes in the form of stock do not constitute s'in- come'' and consequently are not subject to federal income taxes. the supreme court decided today in five-to-four decision.
 Provisions of the 1916 federal income tax law 1evying taxes on stock divi dends were declared unconstitutional. The decision also nullified similar pro- visions of the present law and will in- voiye great loss in revenues to the gov ernment in future collections and also refund of such taxes already collected Large financial interests likewise will be affected and numerous stock dividends of generous. proportions are expected % be declared soon.
 In the majority decision, read by Jus tice Pitney. Chief Justice White and Justices Nick kenna. Van Devanter and MeReynolds concurred of the fo1r members of Che court. Jhs tice Holmes read brief opinion, tn which he was joined by Justice paT and Justice Brsndeis delivered 's lengthy opinion in which Justice Clarke concurred.
 In holding that stock Jistribu-
 lions are not dividends on account
 of no separation of corporate mi- sets being involved, Justice Pitpey.
 in. hah h,Ic ..F
 that stock shares "are pothiug ex-
 ccpt paper certificates" in mDdis-
 tributcd assets. are realized
 profits. and. therefore. arc not tax
 able.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
STIFF OPPOSITION INDICATED

Until tte yoti4e power reservation was reached, ttie Senate worked under a unanimous consent agreement, pro posed by Senator Lodge of Massa- chussetts, the republican leader Iim- iting speeches to twenty minutes. Few senators spoke. however, and none used up his allotted time. Efforts 10 apply limitation on discussion Of the two remaining reservations were blocked by objections that both prob ably would meet with prolonged op- position.
 While the Article X negotiations reached a. point, it was said, where the addition or omission of only few words stood In the way of aa agreement, the leaders emphasized that the last pun might prove the hardest and minimized hope that enough senators to insure rati- ilcation would be brought into accord. 1t also was pointed out that neither Sena- tor Lordge nor Senator Hitchcock of Ne
 braska, the democratic leaders. had openly given assent to the negotiations. and that even if q bi-parrsan agreement
 were reached, 1t might rot command q
 two- thirds vote
 The letter from President Wilson did
 not reach senators until late in the day.
 and few cared to make any public com
 ment on if. Senator Hitchcock described lit as illuminating" Senator Lodge de- clined to discuss it, and Senator Borah, republican, Idaho. leader of the irrecon- cilable opponents of ratification, said thai the President had helpeC insure the treaty's defeat by throwing cold water on compromise.
 Democratic senators were quick to sec, however, that the President did not ad- wise them to vote aaginst ratification as he did lost November. nor promise to put ha f1ri in r.rf< 1 if f were ratified with more than inter- pretive reservations. Tn tlsat respect they confrasted it with his letter 10 the No venofer democratic cauciis. when he sus-
 gested that the treaty with the repub- | lican reservations be voted down i It also was pointed out on the demo 1 cratic side that MT. Wilson did not center | his objection on any srecific form oi l reservation, and from tlis hope was re 1 viewed in some quarters that he wollc | take under protest such compromise as ] now is under neeotiation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
Political Prisoners Freed
 By Associated Press

san Salvador, Marcll s.-A dispatch from Tegucigalpa says tfat as the Hon. duran revolutionary forces have been dis ,rersed and have fled Into Nicaragua, the government of Honduras has set at lib- erty all political prisoners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
FOUR WORE |. !. p.
 RESERVATIONS ID !
 TREATY READOPTED
Senate Debate Limited By Unanimous Consent and Work for Compromise
 Continued
By Associated Pres.

Washington, March S.-Limiting
 debate by unanimous consent, the
 senate moved swiftly today to re-
 duce it's fight over the peace
 treaty to basic issues.
 Four more of the republican reser- vations were re-adopted two of them for compromise on the keystone problem of Article 10 were pressed toward a conclusion, apparently unaf- fected by the renewed declaration of President Wilson against any material weakening of the treatyis provision. The President letter, coming at a time when the Article 10 negotiations were declared by one of their sponsors to have brought the two sides very near together,D was given widely diff fering interpretations But the demo- cratic senators working for a com promise continued their efforts. tell ing their colleagues they felt free to act since the executive had not seen fit to say he would pocket the treaty if it came back to him with compromise reservations.
 In the days work on the Senate
 floor the least of the fourteen re-.
 publican reservations except those
 relating to Article 10 and league
 voting power were swept out of
 the way and debate on fhe voting
 power provision was begun. The
 four accepted related to arma-
 ments, the economic boycott, alien
 property and the labor section, the
 latter being brought to roll call.
 without a word of debate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
TO HAVE NINE ENGINES

The transpaeinc ilsnt has peei' i',''ag a'g possible, the assocIatlon says, ps ' American invention of Eoson e1aia'un v of East Greenwich k, l., whereby thiee i liberty engines are coupled to one elsnt teen-foot propener, eaon engine po,n9 ,raared down so as to iernlt the pio t1s1,s,. ,o function ut it's maximum eiil- e,ency The new boats Will have three separate power plants, each containins three high compressor Liberty enS ,r n,ne motors 10 each ship.
 rba association announced detaheu plans of the new boats prepared loin.lg bv Mir. ,aIauaet ana naval consfue'oi, have reached the navy ucpal 'i''e'i I If lVaghington within the last lew ua :. was sfared on "relianle authority tha. Commander II. C. Richardson, who ,s credited of having been one of the , oi'ss. 17e. nal designers of the NC loatsr IS the ag s;gner of the new features in the Nrana7 nacific boat hull. Other fayat coliAt.uat tors nave designed the wings and part :, the hull The power plar-t Was oss
 a-l1 la
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-09
T, ,so.FooT uo.I1a,,',1'' WING SPREAD

The ,IDc ttt iiifN S'ff-l7 a w,ng. spread of l4ol feet, as ,conlPas-9 7, q.ftb . spread of 1261a feet of the NV -soats Each boat vii have a win1 are. ,f ahout 5000 feet and carry a crew oi ~ .an men Yne usslS~ nos es ss->s.f < seven feet; long, twenty two feet longer than that of the Net Ihes croisi''s radius of the new boats is. estlfnfaesl ai .loo nautical miles, nearly t"ice t''a 7 of the NC craft ,.n3 s,rive each of the three giant propeier5'
 ash unit of shree motors will be ID
 tailed in "a seoarates nacelle, thus ma z, nosssbler epairs .wbile in aSual fiiSn omething which the association say sas been hitherto ifnpracticable on "a airplanA in the world.
 Faoh of the nacelles in which the
 awsr' units are placed win have ae- recommendations for an engineer durih 2 sbe flight Each propeller will be driNen hy two motors, with one in reserve II oao of rho active motors fails. the en- oi,,ser will De able to throw the reserve notor into gear while he repairs me de- fects of inc crippled engine
 If is estimated enoungh gaFoi'he car be carried to permit erussi,'s n'. is,uias f,'s af ,oo miles without stopping. Under ens n,ars nrepared the giant craft VIII De a4,ie to carry load of ten or eleven nr,,,ds to the square fcot of wing SUI i ,aet or thirty tons, more than douuit .yat of the navy transatlantic boats {. tIaif of this will be d useful load. q iaas not included in the weieht of the .r,ft 'fiSelf The tripianes will have a i ..S,,,i ana ei.ss. es o- sret-
 spssp sPARs OF METAL
 ,.,i-,o,,e fer c.,J4irs ao~n wind re- s;aance and making the craft aa light a' rnssible will be brought about by clos ;r.. the nacelles and constructing th' ',,;nm struts and Snars of duraiunn. tho
 stal of which dirigible, skeletons ar' made. This is said to mark a new de ,'. rt,,re in airplane constructions
 rhe route across the Pacific. it is said ~iJi follow the great circle from sal fsrancisco to Honolulu From Sep'Snioe to Fei,ruarv. for extends two-tifths Q st,s distance according TO the most re liahle weather information obtainab here.
 weather couditlolis are said 10 be l>es lin April when tho wind seldom attain :, velocity greater than eighteen mile Ian hour and it is considered likely tn lattempt win be made during that montl
 (coudnued on Page Twc).
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
COLBY NOT SEEKING
FRISCO CHAIRMANSHIP

Washington. June 19.-(By A. PD-
Bainbridge Colby declared in a state
ment today that he was not cvcn "a re-
ceptivc candidate" for permanent chair
man of the Democratic National Con
vention.
Mr.. Colby said:
'The report persists that I am to be
permanent chairman Of the Democratic
convention This report has no founda :
ton. The organization Of the conven :
tion and the choice of its officer are
matters which the convention itself will
decide.
II am not even a receptive candi =
date for the position Of permanent
chairman. There are many members of
the party with much stronger claims
upon its recognition and who richly de-
serve any honor in its gift. I am going
to the convention with no other thought
than to cooperate heartily with my
fellow delegates from the District OF
Columbia and To participate in the de
liberations of the convention modestly
and l hope helpfully.
~ shall leave at the last possible mo :
ment and return to my dnties in Wash
ington the moment the convention ad
journs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
WHITNEY DOESN'T SEE
NATTON-WIDE STRIKE

Chicago. June 10.-(By \. PD-
Reports of railroad men affiliated with
the Chicago Yardmen's Association
walking out in several widely separated
localities do not indicate any general
resumption of the nation wide railroad
strike. according to Vice President
Whitney. of the Brotherhood OF Rail
way Trainmcn.
Railroad officials also said they did
not expect renewal Of the nation
wide strike.
In addition to strikes reported today
at Philadelphia and Burlington. Ia.
| twenty two men employed by the Chi
| cago and Northwestern road walked out
yesterday at Benld. ILL.,, in the coal
mining district near st. Louis.
Mr.. Whitney criticized the railroad
labor board for delaying its decision
in the wage increase cases. hearing of
which was recently completed here. He
said the delay had caused much disap
pointment among railroad men.
The railroad labor board stated today
j that it was impossible to fix definite
! date for the decision. 1t may come
within a week or ten days. il was indi
Gated, and almost certainly within a
/ month.
At the Offices of the Chicago. Bur
Iington and Quincy it was said eighty
one men at Burlington. Ia. had quit
! work today and that sporadaic strikes
! had been occurring at intervals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
DEATHS

.AUgRBACH.-on. June IS. 1920, FRANK
AUERBACH, aged SO years. Relatives and
friends invited to funeral services. Sunday AZ
y. m. at his late residence, 3lS kslshn
ess csm.,ssT smacn camdea ID D. n'Jt"'n' N, A'a''n
ENINGS.-June H. SARAH !. T., wife q
William p. Enings Cnce Simpkinsl. aged R
years. Funeral Monday. 2 p. m. sharp. from
@ent eS '1SH @estminstcr I' cemeiSTy. Remains may
be viewed Sunday after p. M
grandmother, s1l1 wyalusins ave, on Jun.
Is. DoRoTHY, H.. daughter Of Elisabeth Sni
nouncement ssiri % Of funeral ister.
wife }" Of Of Frank Helmich (nco Lucss(;, ssid
- years. Relatives and friends invited 70
funeral oSRa on Monds sso 81 T. MI IRON Tsqs
mass at the Church Of Our Lady Of Mercy
McGRATH. June 1s, JULIA, widow q
James, McGrath. Relatives, and friends Ei:o ar
invited to attend m MbGsqa Mrs Mar,
garet Hosklns, $50 n. 56th st. s9,emG
reuuiem mass at Church OF Our Lazy oI
Victory. 10 a. m. lnterment ST. Denis Eem'
SS MYFRsAs rs 1870 cffHHAs fsfEfHzABETH H Pee4fFttiEgs e4FtEg
Sternbach Myers, aged years. Services ,,, s",
interment at Lancaster. Pa. Chicago paS"
VHoI1 .MER. R.-suddenly on June ls; is:n.
JoHN C., husband OF the late Elizabeth ,' eGI'
mer (nee Rottammer) aged % years ,noss.
tives and friends. also Philsdelph,a LS'si
No. "a. l.. o. o. NJ, Brueder Cnt- Is ns.s'" w. a.
81, Jakobus German Lu'Ger@Hd sfnmda|. InI'Ip' ?. NJ
from ista residence. 400 W, susauehan,ais
sve. T' intorment private, Friends may Cd"
Sunday evening.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
McAd0o Quits Race
at San Francisco
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
ment for the nomination OF Senator
Glass has already reached formidable
proportions. and his supporters assert
that he will occupy from the first ballot
a commanding position in the race at
San Francisco"
Senator Glass last night declared he
still favored the nomination of William
G.. McAdoo by the Democratic party for
President. notwithstanding Mr.. Nc.
Adoos decision not TO permit his name
to be presented at the party's national
convention.
Told that some supporters of Mr..
McAdoo now we're planning to urge his
nomination, Senator Glass said
~ still favor Mr.. McAdoo's nomi >
nation. Even il could measure m n
the stature of the kind of man whom
the convention should really nominate
! live in n section that is relied upon
to furnish the electoral votes but not
to supply the candidate
The definite but unexpected refusal
of Mr.. McAdoo to become a candidate
for the presidential nomination com
pletely alters the situation which will
confront the 1902 delegates when thew
assemble in San Francisco June %.
What might have been stampede for
McAdoo on the first two or three ballots
now promises to resolve itself into the
customary long drawn Democratic fieht
with the choice narrowed to field con
sisting of Senator Glass. Governor Cox,
of Ohio; Attorney General Palmer,
Vice President Marshall and John w
Davis, ambassador to Great Britain.
The preconvention fight between the
McAdoo and Palmer forces has been too
bitter to permit many of the real Nc.
Adoo delegates to cross to the Palmer
side, for Democratic leaders who have
conducted the. fight for both of these
men have drifted too far apart to be-
Immediately reconciled. Delegates who
are on their way to San Francisco with
the intention of voting for McAdoo
hardly may be expected to turn sud-
denly and vote for Palmer.
This situation doubtless enhances the
chances of Governor Cox, and the Ohioap
stands out as the most prominent
figure before the convention. Should
Cox gather any substantial pro
portion of the former McAdoo follow.
ing. Cox probably will lead the candi-
dates on the first ballot. despite the fact
that Palmer goes into the convention
with the highest number of instructed
delegates and claiming 800 pledged to
him on the first ballot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
'F|REMEN'S Day
AT BRISTOL FETE
Parade This Afternoon Proves
to Be Regular 'Ten-Alarm
Affair." Spectators Opinion
SHIPYARD IS INSPECTED

Bristol continued the three day
celebration of it's bicenrennial ami
versary today with n parade and exhi-
bition by the fircmcn of Bucks county.
The parade was "a regular ten
alarm affair."" according to Frank
Gilkeson. chairman of the committee
in charge. It was the concluding
event of the convention Of the Bucks
county Firemen's Association. which
held its annual meeting in Bristol last
night.
=, Associated with Frank Gilkeson on
tne ne hremen's day committee are George
W. Buckley, Fred Kenyon. John
Chambers, Frank Finn, Granville
Stephenson and Ray Fry They have
arranged for special hose laying, coup
ling and ladder raising contests after
the parade.
The head of the line of the parade
will form at 2 80 o'clock. at the inter-
section started Of Farragut avenue and
Monroe streets and proceeded out Farra :
gut avenue to Fillmore, to Radcliffe, to
Mill. to Bath, to Buckley, to Beaver,
TO Prospect, to Jefferson avenue, to
Pond, to Wilson avenue. to Mckinley.
t2 Farragut avenue. to Monroe and
dispersed.
The affair concluded with an
inspection of the shipyard Of the Mcr-
chant Shipbuilding Corporation. Dur
ing, the. evening there will be a number
Of band concerts.
Mr.. Gilkesop is chief Of the Bristol
Fire Department. and Raymond Neve-
gold assistant chief.
Bristol Fire Company No. 1, the
first fire company in the borough, was
organized in 1857. Other companies
came into existence in 1874 and several
others in 1893. The borough fire depart
ment was organized in 1904.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
ACCUSE BIG N. Y. STORE
HEAD OF PROFITEERING
Frederick GimbeI Amazed When
Informed Of Charges by
Federal Agents

New York, June 19.-(By \. PD-
Frederick Gimbel, member of Gimbcl
Bros, operating large department
stores in several cities, who is in charge
Of the New York store, was arrested
here today by Department of Justice
agents on a charge of profitccring in
clothing.
J. j. Dowdell. a merchandise man
ager, and c. d. Slawter, clothing buyer,
also were arrested on similar charges,
which alleged that profits of 90 to
275 per cent were made on clothing.
Lester S. Kafer, special assistant to
Attorney General Palmer. and Special
Agent J. J. Price, of a flying squad
ron of the Department of Justice, served
the warrants in the executive Offices
of Gimbel Bros store.
The arrests came as n complete sur
prise at the store and officials there at
first stated that they believed there
must have been some error. S, r.
Coons, advertising director. later gave
out the following statement:
1--WE have not had time to look into
the matter. 1t is possible that in n
business so great as this there might be
one or more colorcd pieces Of mcrchan
disc marked at higher price than is
provided for in the regulations. All we
know is that 1t is and has been our do
sire and intention to comply with all
government regulations"
One of the highest profits alleged Ia
| have been made was at an advertised
sale of mems clothing. 1t is charged
suit costing $33 was sold for S75,
Other charges were that a S5, 80 mobair
suit was sold at 500, a $l5 suit was
sold for S33.75, and another suit cost
ing $3.50 was sold at $l5.
The agents making the COMPLAINT,
said they had been investigating in thC
Gimbel store for two weeks. and thai
they had gone to Mr.. Gimbel {. Few
days ago and informed him of profit
made in clothing. According to Agen
John J. Mitchell, Mr.. Gimbel place,
the responsibility for the alleged mark
up in prices en- Mr.. Slawter an,
threatened to discharge him."
Mitchell said Mr.. Gimbel was amaze,
when informed of the sale prices of tn
clothing, and was much perturbed thi
morning when arrested, saying that hi
attorneys were out of town.
Gimbel, Dowdell and Slawtcr pleade,
not guilty to the charges when ar
raigned before Commissioner Hitch
cock, and were released in $1,000 bal
each. July @ was set for their pre-
lminary examination.
As they and their attorneys starte
to leave the building, general fist
fight eusucd when press and moving
picture photographers tried to photo
graph them. Press representatives IN
nounced their casualties included
smashed "movie" machine.
The fracas started on an upper foo
OF the building and developed into
running fight down the stairs, throug
several Offices and across Broadway
from where Mr.. Gimbel and party bea
"A ertrcat in an automobile.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-19
TEACHERS UNITED
FOR BONUS DEMAND
They Deny They Have sol,oa
Request for Flat In.
crease Of $4oo
NO VOTE HAS BEEN TAKEN

The teachers have not boltcd tho A.
mand for fiat increase and bsyo
approved the equalization scbedu,o wv
cording to n delegation of tcooh..
representing a number Of orpani,o,..
who visited the EVENING pr,,.s
LEDGER offices this afternoon.
Protesting that statements appe,,,,.
in morning papers were incorrect ,ba,
the teachers were united In their d,
mand for $400 fat increase and i,
dorsing the work of the citizens co,a
mittee, they declared that letter w,,
being sent out by the Allied Associ,
tions of Public School Employees %
futing the statements said To have h..
issued in a letter sent by the worea
teachers organization yesterday. ''n
The letter issued by the wons,
teachers organization headed by Miss
Jane Allen is said by the delegation ~
have expressed the opinion that teach ~
ers were boiling the S400 fat increaso
and joining forces with the Board .,
Education in favor of an equalizafion
schedule adopted by the board several
months ago and partially effective since
January of this year.
There could be no bolt since M
vote has been taken declared the dele.
cation. The last vote of the teacher,
showed that 091a per cent of tho force
The statement that a large number
have bolted from the fat increase pIan
| is not true"
Among those making the protest vera
Miss Margaret Noble, president of ths
Teachers Club, with a membership Of
200 high school and elementary teach.
ers and principals; Miss Margaret I.
Mcguire, principal Of the Mccall
School. Miss J. G. Evans, represent.
| ing twenty seven women heads of dc.
partments. who secure the biggest ad.
vance by the equalization schedule and
who are willing to stand by the fat
bonus in order to assist increases for
those not included in the equalization
SCHEDULED Miss Frances Tobin, preyi.
dent Of the 300 clerical assistants; Mrs
Craig johnson. president Of the com.
pulsory department; Miss Nora Nc.
Gillicuddy, chairman of the salary com
mittee of forty one school purses I.
Joseph f. McCue, president Of the Men
Grade Teachers Association, numbering
800; +. n. Larson, representing con.
tiuuation Teachers Club of eighty mem
bers; Miss Elizabeth Slevin, president
of the public kindergarten organization,
with a membership of 300.
DIR. Lucy i. Wilson, of the Teachers
Association Thomas Groetzinger, of the
men principals. and Albert Dudley, Of
the schoolmen's club, were also helping
in the protest.
The action Of the Women Teachers
organization may be complete in the
form of vote by Monday. II is eI.
pected that meeting Of the Board Of
Education will be called for either Mon.
day or Tuesday Of next week.