The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-02

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Birmingham, which position he has
held since 1900.
Anderson, S. ca January News
reached here today of the death at
Donalds. S. c.. of Mrs. Harriet Vaughn
Vermillon, who. with her husband,
both comparatively illiterate, sue
ceeded in educating IS children, all of
whom reached maturity one now being
a member Of college faculty and an
other minister
Philadelphia. January George
Ramsey Of the Legion Athletic asso-
citation, an organization made up of
former service men, captured the
eighth annual New Years run OF the
South Street Business association to-
day. He covered the five-mile course
in 80 minutes 26 seconds, being 80 sec
onds ahead of j. E. Williams of the
Meadowbrook club.
Philadelphia, January 1.-The first
consignment of 10000 barrels of whis
key for export has arrived here from
Louisville. A train of 80 cars, carry
| ing 5000 barrels, is today on siding
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Montgomery. January BERNARD
Castor, 81 prominent business man of
| this city, was drowned in the Alabama
| river near Coosada, 10 miles above
here, early this morning while duck
hunting,
| Irkutsk. Sunday. December 2S.--Ir-
! kutsk is in a state of siege. Martial
| law was declared following an upris-
ing of social revolutionary troops De-
i cember "a during which they captured
| the railway station but were unable to
| take the city from the Kolchak forces.
Order is being preserved by the
Czecho- Slovak troops. The Americans
| in Irkutsk are safe and will be evacu-
ated to Verkhne- Udinsk, 100 miles east
of Irkutsk.
Philadelphia, January 1.--seventy
four cargo carriers and four army
transports, aggregating 615,050 dead
weight tons, have been launched at
Hog Island since August 5, 1918. Fig
| ures made public by the ship yard Of
ficials today show that Ga have been
delivered. All records for ship con-
struction and delivery have been
broken at Hog Island s-4s
Philadelphia, January shipping
at this port was at standstill today.
Following a threat to strike last Fri
day unless their employers granted de-
mands for more pay and shorter hours,
several hundred men, including mas
tiers, mates pilots, cooks, stewards
and deck, hands, employed on harbor
and river tugs determined not to await
longer and walked out this morning.
~, I'm
,;i n I, ~
$3.50. 80 ~ ,a ~ ~ -. f;or -
pair depot here. Major knight will
go to Washington for duty.
liams STATE hosnital commissioner named
nv Govarnor Davis nearly vaar~apo died
AZ hjs nome today after lons illness
eraI offices of the C,besaneaka and Ohio
comnanv
f<noxville. Tenn Jannarv Nav that
tho ion ,o,. s-5 600 600 fron, tbe ran
fist cbnrcbes of the south l. comnletetI.
the ,avnen,s nsissionarv ,,ova,,ant ~ tbe
fhcr, psntist convertio,, ,,rnnoses m
des-of.s IT, acti,,it;as - 60 -, ,i,,.. If
,,'a.Ir IL saorai,. ~ IIoasan.an ,ac-
49, ~ so-,,
80 .''e 90
A'.an.a, I'D saruais M w, ~. - s,;I
'ee ',,e, ~ q d. "a
60 e..y ~ ieeos 800 -,
is'ei -" a ~ "a oi'a was tou n 49, 49,
IN a iearh'ree street rooihihs mouse uele
toudy, Dea,h was caused py PSF
shot through the heao, ana ponce oeeiareu
IL SUICIDE. a pistoi with one empty car
fridge vas founc by his side
Detfoit, January Harvey Iholpe Oh
vensoh 3f Pittshrrg in 10 rounds here to-
night, IN The opinion of majority or
newspaper men Stevenson was down for
a count of five in the fifth round and
took considerable punishment through
out the remainder of the bout The men
weighed in at 40.
Washington January 1.-Consump-
States during the last three months
reached record breaking point, along
with prices. the federal trade commits
sion reported in a summary today. The