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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25
Senate Hearing
ditor of the Age-Herald

| To the Editor of the Age-Herald: ! The outstai.d ding fact developed in the hearing of the Senate Committee on hous-
 ing conditions, both in it's inveStigation
 here and at other points, was that for every dollar spent by the ultimate con
 sumer for the essential articles entering
 into living and building costs, 50 cents was for distribution as against 40c for primary production.
 In other words for every dollar ex- ] pended in producsing any one of our
 prime necessities, $1.50 was added as the cost of transporting, distributing and delivering that article to the user With this fact clearly established and under stood it is evident that. if we in Ala
 bama would materially reduce the cost of our products to the consumer and thereby increase our markets, our efforts must be directed to better and cheaper means of transportation, assembling ana distribution; and this means that our e1- forts in waterway transportation devel- opment, better terminals and more sta- ble methods of marketing and financing
 are in the right direction
 l To accomplish these results requires
 such widespread information as will ed- ucate all of our people to these funda-
 mental facts and to the necessity of gem uine constructive cooperation from all classes, from the small producer 1 through the large marketing ana IlHah- l cial agencies. | The organization of the export mar
 keting corporation undertaken by South ern banks is valuable step and should be thoroughly understood by and sup ported by all of our people.
 l The necessity for arrangements for as- sembling, storage and financing Of products while awaiting final shipment and sale, must also be understood and appreciated and have the thorough CO., operation of the banking and financial agencies of our section.
 1 This particular need is recognized es- lpecially for cotton, by the American Cot 1 ton association and their efforts to sys- ten.atize warehousing and marketing or the cotton crop should have our full
 sympathy and support.
 The Warrant Warehouse company and
 ether similar enterprises are individually l and in cooperation with other efforts un- dertaking to furnish proper storage. cars ' and certification of products and the is-
 suance of paper in the form of negoti-
 able receipts that can be safely used as i basis for the financial institutions in i connection with the funds of the federal reserve system, to supply the necessary ! funds to carry these commodities over
 period of time sufficient for sane and 1 economic marketing.
 W. D. NESBITT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25
NEW LABORATORY
 IS INCORPORATED
CarIe and Makemson Will Analyze Metals, Building Ma
 teriaI and Other Minerals

Incorporation papers for the new Seuth- ern Testing laboratorieS were filed in the probate offices at the county courthouse yesterday by J. F. Carle and William Makemson, well known chemist of Blr- mingham
 Offices of the new company have not been located yet, but the laboratories are now in the Potter building on First avenue between Nineteenth and Twen- tieth streets.
 Both Mir Makemson and Mir Carle have been residents of Birmingham Tor approximately 20 years and during their residence here have been engaged III work of this kind.
 Up until November b and for two ana a half years previous to that time MT. Carle was chief chemist for the nitrate plants established by the government at Muscle Shoals during the war. He ran for Congress several years ago and though defeated he mad many loy@' friends and supporters.
 MT Makemson was for many years chief chemist of the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company and the Dimmiclx Pipe company at North
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25
A. M. E. ZION CHURCH

The North Alabama conference of the
 A. M. E. Zion church opened its 40tli
 annual session yesterday morning at II
 O clock at the A. M. E. Metropolitan
 church, 4th avenue and 16th street,
 Bishop J. S. Caldwell of Philadelphia pre-
 siding.
 A large number of delegates are in at
 tendance and leading negro ministers from ether states, including Rev. G. w..
 Gains, Pittsburg, Dr. J. F. Mopping, St.
 Louis, Dr. w. H. B. Wilson, Atlanta, secretary of the American Bible society, and others are at the conference. The conference opened wlth devotional exercises and the reports from the churches followed The financial report
 proved the best in many sessions. The reports showed gains in membership ami the general condition of the churches
 composing the conference to be very good. Bishop Caldwell's address was
 able and inspiring to the delegates and his lecture instructive.
 At the session last night the address Of welcome to the conference was made by Rev. A. M. Davis of St. Pauls A. M. E.
 church, Commissioner Hornady made the address of welcome to the city. Bishop ! Caldwell responded.
 A feature of the conference is the mu- sic rendered under the direction of Mrs h. D. Mosely, Prof. w. B. Driver and E. " Manning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25
MT. Hornady's Statement

To the Editor Eof The Age-Herald
 In your report of the proceedings or the Senate committee on housing you quote me as saying: Lumber and other kinds of building material has dropped from 25 to 50 per cent during the past two months. and it is only reasonable to ex- pect labor to do the same. The welfare Of the nation demands it"
 This statement evidently should have been attributed to some other witness. as did mt make any reference whatever to the price of material or labor.
 My statement at the meeting was as follows;
 MT Chairman and Gentlemen: Such information as the city has upon the building situation has been given you by Commissioner Burruss, and any facts which l might offer would be largely a duplication. so in order to conserve your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25

the city of protection regarding milk, il erroneous. it is said in the city hall.
 When the new ordinance was restraine from application, the old ordinance au tomatically resumed legal status, an, milk sales in the city. and sale of othe commodities. reverted to former control ling conditions.
 The division of opinion came on the De centlmeter bacteria count. dairymen pro testing the count was too restricted unde the new ordinance The case went t, court. It is scheduled to come up fo another hearing in December.
 Meantime milk and food sales in Bir sningham are conducted uaos- ths visions of the old ordinance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

time I shall not go into that subject at all, but merely present you with copies of our city plan. Birmingham is one Of the few cities that have adopted definite plan to care for future develop ment, and I feel sure you will find this work of interest"
 Senator Calder (accepting copy of plan and glancing through iD: This is fine. ] am glad to know that Birmingham has gone into this matter. So many cities have made the mistake of failing to pro- vide some definite plan to care for future growth. We are greatly troubled in New York by reason of this failure. How about a zoning system? Has Birmfng- ham done anything along this line?"
 MT. Hornady: Thus far we have adopt ed only two zoning ordinances. applying to outlying points, but a comprehensive zoning plan is being -worke@ out, and am confident that an ordinance covering the whole subject will be adopted in short time"
 T. R HORNADY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25
ANCLOSAXON POWER IS CHALLENGED BY THE COLORED RACES
Col. Mcclure Speaks On World Conditions Before Large Au- dienCe-ImportanCe of
 Sea Power Emphasized

Before an audience that fill ed the Temple Emanu-El to it's capacity Samuel s. Mcclure, author, traveller, publicist and founder of McClure's Magazine gave an instructive and mast erful lecture last night on "World Conditions Today" under the auspices of the Bir- mingham Lyceum association.
 The subject matter of his lecture was gained from Colonel McClure's recent travels in Europe and Asia. He talked with the men who are now making diplo- matic and political history in England and France. Germany and Austria and other countries. His lecture while com plex was interspersed with series of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25
"One Word In Conclusion"
 Is Omitted From Schedule

From the municipal court, where the case developed last spring. through the circuit court, and now before the court of appeals. has crept a case en- failing a license involving some s20. but just as attractive to the city as a july pin wheel in q gunpowder fac tory.
 One of the law practitioners in the city objected to the license fee as- -sessed against him, declined to pay. and the case went to court. That was not entirely unusual, but it drew attention to little oversight in the municipal license schedule for 1920. officially termed Ordinance Number 670-C."
 Tied up with all, or nearly all, legal papers is that phraseology, product of the medieavai barristers, that has been the 'bete noir' of the laiety. Conan Doyle's hook, Sir Nigel" pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25

!, experiences "reminiscences and personal impressions of great statesmen and oth- CTS, which aroused deep and unusual in terest.
 Delving into past history, Colonel Me Cure emphasized the importance of sea
 power, showing that the destruction of
 the Spanish armada ended the world power of Spain and the power went to
 France He told of now France held vast territory on this continent which ne
 pointed out was later acquired by Eng land by her sheer English qualities and her mastery of the sea- Bringing ms tory up to recent date he told of the im-
 portance of seapower to the United
 States in safeguarding her interests
 ASIATIC PERIL
 Colonel Mcclure declared that the An glo-Saxon domination Of the world IS
 now challenged as the result of the
 growing power and threatened eNpap = sion of the Asiatic races and argued
 that if the Asiates and other colored races combine with Russia, the enormous
 preponderance of men and material
 would enable them to sweep over the earth and overthrow the present wnite civilization
 The people of Japan feel keenly the attempt to limit immigration to Amerlca' he said. What right has Amerlca tc
 exclude the immigration from Japan | u was not IUduG lOl oliS OAiS -etNS
 for humanity, the speaker read from Tokyo paper, said to have circulation of two million. North America will pc ours by conquest" another paper staled-t When sixty million people become eh- famed with race prejuulee, he declares and are threatened with hunger ana are equipped with fighting material or thS latest invention then they become ter rible foe There is nothing tha. stirs up iolyl lu ac nre1uOlCe. The entire oriental world IS in ferment. The fire is burning everywhere PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Quoting Roosevelt, whom he said was the foremost man of modern history, the speaker said, "Working together England and America have the peace of the world in hand" The speaker made frequent references to the late ex-President, linking his name With that of Washington and Lincoln, TO nation having produced their equal. When Roosevelt died, he said peopie from all over the world felt the less not for what 1t would mean to Anne 'ica, but to the whole civilized world. Referring to Ireland, Colonel Mcclure said the Irish were a wealthy people. Before the war, Ireland sold as much food to Great Britain as America. Dur ing the war the United States sent all of the food she could spare and Ireland only sent half of the amount that she could have done. They were the tnly 1 people of Europe who were not 1nder- l fed during the late war. They were well dressed all of the time the other countries were undergoing privations. ! In summarizing his arguments, Col. onel Mcclure stated the United States was affected by it's international situ- ation and that she must be on Ter guard if civilization is to be preserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25

sents an interesting analysis of the cause.
 But to get back to the city hall:
 The little covering paragraph, that to the layman sounds like; All laws and parts of iaws, for rich or for poor, earth to earth, so help me Hannah, was not put in the ordinance.
 off to Montgomery went Fred ;. Moore, city Attorney to handle that case Should the license-resentlns lawyer who started all the trouble win his case in the court of appeals, there might be established a precedent, and Birmingham counts it's licenses by the thousands.
 And Mr Bailes. so mueh> identified with constructive work in Birming- ham, winner of many city cases in the courts, looked up with a ready smile yesterday in his office and frankly quoted:
 T done it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25
OLD ORDINANCE ON
 MILK IS EFFECTIVE
When New Law Was Enioined, the Old Automatically Re-
 Sumed Function

that recent legal action in regard to the new ordinance governing the sale of milk, now held up through injunction, deprives Birmingham. For the past ten years he has been engaged in analysing and in- specting road building materials. , The laboratories are now established and already number of contracts for inspection of road materials from the cities of Birmingham, Bessemer, Gads- den and other municipalities have been landed.
 The new laboratories will engage in several branches of analytical work es- pecially the inspection of materials such as iron, steel, coal. fertilizers, asphalt and road and street paving materials.
 Birmingham is a very good field for testing laboratories notwithstanding that most of the big corporations have their own laboratories said MT. Carle Dur ing the past few years since road build ing and improvement has been making such strides in the south and especially in the state, Birmingham has become a much better field. It is developing every day and we are most enthusiastic over our prospects,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-25
PERSONAL.

1 Mrs. B. Golightly, who, for the past several years has been superintendent at 1 the Birmingham Infirmary, has resigned ! and will leave shortly for Southern Cal ifornia, where she will spend vaca-
Evening star., 1920-06-16
POTATO BUGS. BEETLES AND LICE
PLAYING HAVOC WITH GARDENS

method Of applying the poison mixture
is to place 1t in a cheesecloth or thin
burlap bag and dust the plants by
shaking the bag directly over them
The poison will adhere best If applied
during the early morning or late even
ing, while the dew is upon the plants.
Plant lice, he said, will soon make
their appearance in the local gardens
and will be found on the under side of
the leaves sucking the juices of the
tender leaves. Owing to the fact that
these insects do not eat the surface,
he said. it is almost impossible to
poison them except by what are
termed contact poisons." Spraying
the under side Of the leaves with
weak solution of nicotine sulphate or
some form of tobacco extract, using
about teaspoonful in a gallon of
water. in which there are previously
dissolved one-inch cube of laundry
soap. {1e directs that some form of
Sprayer or atomizer be used to apply
the liquid.
Prevention Is Best Way.
Don't let the insects get a start"
Is the advice of Mr.. Hall.
The striped cucumber beetle has al
ready started to work. he said, on
young, tender plants of cucumbers
melons and squashes. Covering the
plants with mosquito netting or with
ordinary wire fly screens is one
method of protecting the young
plants. The edges should be weighed
down firmly around the ground. An
other method is to dust the plants
with air slack ed lime or land plaster.
to which has been applied teaspoon
full of kerosene or turpentine to the
quart of lime or plaster.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
WOOD SAYS Butler
LIED MAL|C|OUSLY
"Tries to Explain Weakness;
Ingratiate Himself With
Certain Elements"

CHICAGO. June 16 (by the Asso-
ciated Press)-Maj. Gen. Wood, in a
signed statement last night. charac-
teriZed as vicious and malicious
falsehood' a declaration by Nicholas
Murray Butler, that motley group
of stock gamblers. oil and mining pro-
moters, munitions makers and other
like persons" backed the general s
campaign for the republican presi-
Dental nomination.
Gen. Wood said that he regretted to
make the statement, but that 1T was
necessary to brand a fakir and to
denounce a lie" Declaring that the
men who managed his campaign were
of extraordinary high character. the
general said that the attack upon
them "is Infamous" and that Mr.. But
ler's action was IAN attempt to in
gratiate himself with certain ele-
ments which exercised a determining
influence at the convention
Gen. Woods Statement.
The statement follows:
IT have Just read the statement Is
sued in New York by Nicholas Murray
Butler to the effect that motley
group of stock gamblers and others
tried to buy the presidential nomfna-
ton for me, and that the forces who
were defeated in their ineelent at
tempt to buy the nomination repre-
sent all that is worst in American
business and political life.
The statement is vicious and
malicious falsehood. l would ignore 1T
If 1t were directed at me alone, but l
cannot remain silent when my loyal
friends and supporters are villined.
Col. William Cooper Proctor, who
was chairman of my campaign com
mittee, is a man Of extraordinary high
character, known throughout the
length and breadth of the land for his
absolute integrity and honesty. His
associates were men of like character,
most Of whom responded to their
country's call during the war. Ihey
typify a group of progressive Amer
leans. The attack upon them Is IN
famous.
aNntion-wide Poll"
"The forces which brought me be.
fore the convention with preponuer-
ant force were hundreds OF thousands
of patriotic men and women in every
walk Of life who have indorsed me at
nationwide state conventions, nation
wide state primaries. and In nation
wide poll Of unprecedented size.
'aThis action of Nicholas Murray
Butler Is an attempt to ingratfate
himself with certain elements which
exercised a determining influence at
the convention and possibly to explain
his own political weakness. 1t Is
self-seeking cowardly attack. MADE
under the cloak of an alleged puphc
service Which was never intended or
rendered. -
II regret to make a statement OF
this kind, but it is necessary In t1as
instance to brand fakir and TO de-
nounce a lie"
Evening star., 1920-06-16
Havoc is being played with the gar

Havoc is being played with the gar
dens of Washingtonians who are en-
deavoring to combat the high cost of
living by raising some vegetables in
their back or side yards, by potato
bugs. flea beetles, plant lice and
striped cucumber beetles.
William c. Hall. agricultural agent
for the District. stated today that the
local gardeners must be on their
guard to prevent complete loss of
their crops by these insects. He says
the old-fashioned Colorado potato
beetles or hard shells, as they are
known, came out of the ground two
or three weeks ago and laid their
eggs on the young potato plants.
These eggs are now hatched and the
slugs or soft-shell bugs that they
produced are working upon the pota-
to plants. He said that unless prompt
action Is taken they will completely
destroy the foliage and the tender
stems of the potatoes as they have
enormous appetites and colony OF
them will do great damage in a short
time.
Mr.. Hall says there are two ways
of getting rid of the soft-shell potato
beetles. Where there are not too
many. the simplest way is to take an
old fiat pan, place little water IN
the bottom of 1t thln SKIM OF
kerosene on top of the water. then
eo along the rows of potatoes and
knock the bugs from the plants into
Another method is to dust the plants
with air-elacked lime or land plaster
to which there has been added Paris
Green or arsenate of lead. at the rate
of a heaping teaspoonful to a pint OF
the lime or plaster. The easiest
Evening star., 1920-06-16
lENROOT HAS REGRETS,
But BACKS UP c. 0.P.
Wisconsin Senator Believes That
Man Of Liberal Wing Should
Have Been Selected.

SUPERIOR, wis. June 16 (by the
Associated Press).-While expressing
regret at the nomination Of Senator
Harding by the republican conven-
ton, Senator I. l. Lenreot Of Wiscon-
sin. In a statement here today, declared
that "in this situation there can be
but one choice, 1T seems to me, and
that is to heartily support the re-
II frankly regret the choice Of the
republican convention. as I believe
man who had been allied with the lib
eral wing Of the party should have
been selected" Senator Lenroot said.
However,. Senator Harding is
most lovable man Of the Mckinley
type, and makes friends easily,
There Is dissatisfaction upon the
part of progressives, but they must
choose between supporting the repub-
lican ticket and having another four
years of democratic rule and all that
1t implies. In this situation there
can be but one choice. 1t seems to me,
and that Is to heartily support the
republican ticket"
Evening star., 1920-06-16
Reliable Roof Work
Grafton & Son, ! nc. 6, W.. W..h y 1e:s "a
Roofing Experts IS Years."
STRONGER LEAGUE ASKED
Lloyd George Will Hear Anti-War
Delegation's Pronos,a1

LONDON. June 15.-Premier Lloyd
George has promised to receive tomor-
row deputation organized by the
League to Abolish War, which will urge
that the covenant of the league of ma
tions be so extended or developed as to
secure the creation of an international
police force, at the disposal of the
league; the simultaneous obligatory dis
armament of all nations and prohibition
of the private manufacture of munitions
Of war.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
CONSTANTINE QUITS ITALY

GENEVA, Switzerland. June Is
Former King Constantine of Greece, who
has been in Italy since the latter part
of May, taking the cure at Salsomag-
giore. returned to Switzerland by way
of Chiasso in an automobile yesterday.
his destination being Lucerne. He was
accompanied by former Queen SOPHIE
The ex-king's return to Switzerland is
attributed here to n reported request by
the Italian government that he quit
Italy because of his political intrigues
Evening star., 1920-06-16
NORTHUMBERLAND AIR LINE.

LONDON, May % Correspondence
of the Associated Press).-Holland IS
to be linked up with England by
regular air service, which will shortly
commence The machines will leave
Croydon, which is suburb OF Lon,
don three times a week and will land
at an aerodrome in Holland. about
twenty minutes run from Amsterdam
A regular automobile service from
the aerodrome and Amsterdam will be
maintained. The distance of the air
fight is about $50 miles.
Evening star., 1920-06-16
AID TO CHURCH SCHOOLS.
Col. sperings Gives $4,000 to
Presbvterians, Million Fund.

SPARTANBURG. S. c., June 16-An-
nouncement was made here today that
Col Leroy Sperings of Lancaster. S. c..
has given $4,000 to the million dollar
fund being raised by the Presbyterians
of South Carolina, for the endowment
of church schools. c. E. Graham Of
Greenville. some time ago. pledged $780,
900 on condition that the remaining
100000 be raised
Evening star., 1920-06-16
SHEEP MEN ORGANIZE.
Those in New Mexico Make Effort
to Eliminate Middlemen.

ALBUQUERQUE. N. NJ. June 10
The Wool Growers Cooperative As
ISOLATION Of New Mexico has been
formed for the purpose of eliminating
middlemen and increasing the re-
turns to the sheep men.
It is the intention this year to
concentrate in a warehouse in Chi
cago. for grading and selling to
spinners, as much of the wool clip
as is pledged to the association.
Sheep men say at present wool
passes through the hands OF from
two to five persons after the grower
sells 1t until 1t reaches the man who
makes it into cloth.