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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11

through the fuel admins tration. Ap- plicatioE must be made for shipments before any coal can be delivered to any dealer in any community.
 The impression that only steam coal k available through the state fuel ad- n.lnistrator is absolutely false
 s'Fbe contract made by the goyer-
 nor with the coal operators calls
 for such coal. domestic and steam.
 as k currently needed by public
 institotfons. hOusehoIders and in-
 dustries within the state who have
 no contract for their supply. Those
 institnticns. hOusehOlders and fn-
 dnstries which have a contract, nu-
 der which they can he supplied
 must depend on their contracts.-
 Roy F. Cox of Mobile selected as the assistant 10 he fuel administrator in his duties airlng the present eme~- gf ncy arrived in Montgomery today ,o take up hls work The administrator hss already received large number of applications for coal from various sections or the state and these are be- ing handled as expeditousIy as possi- ble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Cist of the News
GENERAI.

GENERAL. Buyer. predict falling prices. Asquith scores Lloyd George on IFish policy.
 Coolidge to Invade south England to regard boIshevfst submarines as enemy craft. Seven thousand bdI~s of cotton destroyed by fire. - Governor appoints new officials.
 LOCAL Judge Fort to lead cam pxi ign for port ame endment.
 Right of assembly defended by Scnn tor White.
 Notable wedding of interest to whole south.
 Quiet prevailed In all part. of miniug district.
 Red Cross to held alI-day ~ess- sion.
 Col. Tom Peusd suggests com ftscatlOn of automobiles. First iHdoor comssunity sing distinct success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
STILL A MYSTERY.
No Communication Yet With Suryi- vors of the Speedwell
By Associated Press

New Orleans. October 10-Uncertain- ties concerning the fate of those aboard the wrecked steamer Speedwell will probably be cleared within few days when survivors of the vessel are ex. pected to arrive here.
 Most of the thirteen passengers who were taken to Santiago, Cuba, by the steamship Lake Superior last week are residents of this city and at least some of them are believed to be on their way to New Orleans.
 The steamer Sun Oil, bearing sur vivors of the iifeboat. about which an element of mystery has arisen, is ex- pected to arrive at Chester, Pa, the lat ter part of this week. The name of four of those whose bodies were in the lrc- foat have never been learned, all efforts to communicate with Sun Oil having proved unavailing.
 The state department has been re- Guested to make an investigation of the sinking of the Speedwell by relatives Of some of the missing passengers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
FARMERS CONTROL
 PRICE OF COTTON
 WHEN THEY DESIRE
Futures ManipuIators Admit Price Will Be Governed En- tIrely By the Way Staple
 Is Released
By Associated Pres.

New Orleans, October 10-During the greater part of last week the price of cotton vas above the level of the close of the preceding week. but during the last two sessions much selling pressure was felt, the result that the gains were pared down materially or altogether lost and at the close October was 70 points net higher while later months stood at net declines of r to 51 points. October closed at 2l.5oc and May at 19-50c, which compared with PC as the closing price on middliHg in the spot department. Mid ding lost 100 points in the net results.
 HOLDING HELPS
 Gains of the week in the contract mar lSet were due almost wholly to the hold ing movement, which spread among the producers. with selling pressure lessened m the spot department. the whole mar Ret took on a much shetter troe and at it's highest stood 96 to 2ls points over the close of the preceding week. Lowest prices were made on Monday, when the trading months were 67 to r points un- der the previous weeks close Durin 2 the week the market moved over range of 16i, 10 2S6 points. October, at it's best. traded Up to 22.sSc. and at it's lowest down to 2O.12.
 On the closing session the market weakened under the declaration at Bir mingham by Governor Harding of the federal reserve bank that the bank was not established to assist plans for hold Ing the commodities off the markets. and this canning week it is likely that the market win be swayed by the reaction or this statement on the growers, for # was generally accepted as finally kilIinp ail hopes which might have fingered IT growers minds of special financial aid from the government in holding this cron for better prices
 FARMER CONTROL
 Week -end market circulars made if clear that the average trader and broker Ill cotton thinks the situation hinges on the attitude of holders of spots. the stand being taken that attempts to force a market would result in lower prices, and that the one hope of higher prices. outside of a revival of the spot inquiry Itself. lay in supplying the spot markets of the south with only the scantiest offerings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Atlanta Veterans Organize to Fight High Cost of Coal
By Associated Pres.

Atlanta, October 10.-War on the high price of coal was declared here today by the Theodore Roosevelt Post, Span ish War Veterans, at their semi-monthly meeting at which plans were discussed for talk ing action to lower the price
 1t is not necessary to look far into the future,v declared resean- tions adopted by the post. Ito see that if the present method of rob- bing the public is carried ons the foundations of our government will crumble and fall"
 Domestic coal here averages about s15.T5 a ton but one large dealer recently announced he soon would be able to reduce it by s or $S.50 ton. The spanish War Veterans decided not to disclose at present what steps they may take regarding the price of coal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Taft Suggestions
 About League Used
 M His Olun Words
Cox Gives Out Cable Correspondence Between Wilson and Taft to Show That Every Suggestion Made by Republican Leader Was Incor-
 ated in the Treaty
Rx Associated Press

Springfield Ill., October 0-Cabe correspondence between President Wilson former President 1919 during drafng of the League Paris public here tonight by Governor of Ohio presidential candidate together with statement by dldate cczng severely Senator Lodge other league opponents.
 MT Iaft the correspondence detailed sought communication with President Wilson, submitting numerous for changes in the league draft and advise ing the President regarding presentation to the Senate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
STATE IS OFFERING
 $25O REWARD FOR
 THE NIGHT RIDERS
Governor kiIny saes pfoCIa nation for Arrest of Men Who Interfere With the
 Farmers of Alabama
By FRED H. GORMLEY
 Msn.ss~sFy su.sa. Tta Ass-Hs,

2i:-aS First Nstisnss Bask ssisa.us
 Montgomery. October 1O.--tspe- ciaJ.)--Aroused over the activities of "nlght-riders,c who are un- known, in Morgan and other eoun- ties of the state, who have by pIa- cards warned operators of gins and mercantile establishments if they did not close down until the price of cotton had advanced to forty cents per pound, and which threat has been carried out, at least in one instance by the destruction of property. Governor Ikilby today is- sned . proclamation offering n re- ward of 425O for the arrest and conviction of my person or peFsOns responsible for such destruction Of property or aiding or abettinE in the communication of such R crime.
 The procIamnt ton declares the blowing up or burning or otherwise destroying of gins. gin houses, etc, is n felony. the governor declares this form of lawlessness a dcliber- ate violation of one of the funda- mental purposes for which govern ment is established. The text of the proclamation reads as follOws.
 Whereas. the felony of blowing up, burning or otherwise destroy ing gins and gin houses has been committed in the state of Alabama, and the perpetrator is unknown, and unknown parties have threat ened to burn and destroy other gins in this state, and
 PROCLAMATION OF GOVERNOR
 Whereas, this character of law lessness deliberately violates one of the fundamental purposes for which government is established, namely the protection of property and persons in the pursuit of hap piness. and threatens to substitute for orderly government a reign of violence and terror; now.
 Therefore, l. Thomas E. Kilby,
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ASQU|TH SCORES
 GEORGE 5 POLICY Says Recent Speech on Irish Question Is Declaration
 of insolvency
Ky Associated Press

London. October 10.-1Ierbert H As Suith, former premier has issued statement commenting on Premier Lloyd Georges speech at Carnarvon characterlziLg it as & ''declaration of Insolvency on he part of the coalition gcverninent.''
 Mr Asquith adds: ''rhe only Irish policy the premier has to offer is re- pudiation. root and branch, of dominion nome rule and condemnation (for so 1t Will be universally understood), of Ire neHish policy of reprisals. An at ! tempt to answer murder and outrage hs terrorism is not government, but anarchy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
CRABTREE DIES ;
By Associated p-.ss

Chattanooga October l0.-CoI. W R. Crantree, aged 55. recently candidate for she democratic nomination for governor, iormer mayor of Chattanooga and pron1i- nent in business circles. died at his conn try estate. "Belvoir,'' near the city. early this morning. having suffered a general breakdown following the close of a stren- nous political campaign. Colonel Crab- tree made the race for the nomination for governor twice and was former member of the state senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
m q Most Sensational
 Game, Indians Ron1p
 On the Superbas, 8 10 I
Jim Bagby, Montgomery Boy, Wins Fame by Holding Hard-Hitting Robins to One Run-BiEl Wamby
 Pulls Triple Play, Unassisted
By l.ssocinted Press

Cleveland October 10In baseball erupting
 ona unique and thrilling plays far beyond the widest dreams of imaginative fiction writer the Cleveland defeated the Brooklyn Nationals to the fifth contest of the worlds here this afternoon An unased triple play by William Wambsganss native born of Ceve and and home by Elmer Smith and Jim Bagby of individual feats which formed ashght photographs brains of the which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11

The victory broke the tie existing between the pennant winners Of the two major leagues and tonight Cleve- land is confident that the first Ameri- can League pennant ever won by this city will be overshawodewd by the great glory of the worlds series ban ner to be flung to the breeze next spring
 DEPENDING ON SMITH
 The Brokiyn Robins. crushed by
 the two terrible catastrophes of
 Saturday and today, arc clingfug
 desperately to the hope that sher-
 rod smith may he able to check
 the savage batting onslaught Of
 the Indians, but the home team
 and fans declare that nothing can
 stop the rush of the Cievelanders.
 now that they have solved the
 mystery of the FIatbush hurling
 staff.
 The calibre of the play may be worlds records were established dur ing the hour and forty-nine minutes in which the tribe of Speaker tore great handfuls of plummage from the stunned and helpless Robins Never I before in the history of the worlds series had a triple play been made by one player and so seldom has this base ball feat been accomplished in the his- tory of either major or minor leagues that each and every such player is familiar to thousands of fans. ANOTHER INNOVATION
 home run with the bases full is also an innovation in the history of super series. yet both these records were mare at League Park here this afternoon with a second home run four double plays and score of other fielding and batting features which would have been acclaimed as thrilling during the course of a normal worlds series conflict.
 There was something uncannfiy To- cal about Wambsganss' triple play The Indians second baseman was born Tn Cleveland in 1894 and. after learn- ing the Fundamentals Of the astionaL game at Concordia College. entered ths professional baseball ranks. After comparatively short period of minor league experience with the Cedar Rapids club of the Central Association he came to the local team in 1914. and has since been a fixture with the In dians- That native born ball player or Cleveland should have made such an unusual and infrequent play is a coincidence. but that a previous simi- lar play should have been made in the same park eleven years ago savers of something beyond coincidence.
 Only eleven times in the records of
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Fuel Administration Giuen
 Supervision Ouer Domestic
 and Steurq Coal Ln Alabama
Contract Between Governor and Operators Assures Dis tributon of Lump Coal in Suffciency to Meet Cur rent Needs of Citizens During Present
 Emergency-Control Retail Price

Montgomery, October 9Coectng report the distribution of coal by the fuel administrator of Ala bam Harwe C. Davis named to that office during the past by Governor Thomas E. Kiby today stated that under authorized by legislative enactment the and the coal domestic we'll coal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
APPENDICITIS CURED
 WITHOUT THE KNIFE
By Associated Pr~..

X Paris. October lO.-Trenfment ef (appendtcitts by gangrenous seriun, nstead of by operation has been sessca with such satisfactory re- suits that 1t Is likely operatioph vx,rl seen he abandoned for the df.en.~.
 frof Pierre DeIbet said in d pa- per read todny before the conxress nt surgery According to Prof. Del- bct, the tests have extendea ov~r . period af thirteen years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
THE ARMIsTICE

Riga, October 10.-The Russo Polish armistice, according to the plan tenta : lively agreed upon. is for twenty five days, It will begin within four days after signature.
 The armistice may be broken on for Weight hours notice during the first twenty-five days, after which it will continue indefinitely upon the condi- ton that eigher may break it on a ten Gay notice
 The Russo-Polish peace conference commissions worked late Saturday night and resumed their labors early Sunday The delegates expect to sign the armistice Monday. although no time las been definitely fixed.
 The final differences are reported to have been adjusted. The Poles are said to have originally presented d claim for 0.000000 gold rubles in settlement of non military demands, but the amount finally agreed upon is s0,00o, 900.
 Warsaw. October 1G--( Havas Agen- cy.)-Foreign Minister Sapieha today aEnounced negotiations with Lithuania concerning an arriistice and line of demarkation between the armies of the rv-5 countries Lad been concluded Tha Polish delegates, he added. had refused to recognize the treaty between Li- thuania and soviet Russia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
DISSOLUTION OF THE
 BOLSHEV|ST ARMY
 HOURLY EXPECTED
Shooting of Peace Delegates Has Destroyed Support of Soviet Government by
 Men of Army at Front
By Associnteh Press

Stockholm, October 10.-A dispatch to the Dagens Nyhe- ter from Reval, says:
 There is no doubt that the soviet army is 1~ sg dissolu- tion. The nev ssace terms were forced t egh as des- perate meay Sn prevent this dissolution S?S they were too late to arr S5he spread of the demoraf on.
 The na hat the army's delega- ton of tweiSe men sent to Moscow were shot caused great indignation and assisted considerably in the Polish vic tory at Niemen river. A second delega- tioin was arrested. but the army has new sent a third delegation urgently demanding that the army's will he obeyed; that peace be concluded and that satisfaction be given for the del egates who were shot
 Lenine and Trotzky (the bolshevik leaders) have now completely yielded and dispatched new emissaries to Fin land and Poland. The long resistance against peace has considerably de- creased the Willingness of the army 70 fight its enemies.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
BOTH CANDIDATES
 FIGHTING HARD FOR
 THE BORDER STATES
Hard to Tell Yet What Is Effect of Intensive Methods of
 Past Week
By LOUIS sEIBOLD

sprhSIieh, lD+ OctOner lV.---
 (speciaLD--How much the develop
 mcnt of the drives that both can
 didntes for the presidency have
 ventured upon in the final phases
 of the campaign will aid either Is
 purely n matter of opinion. Sur
 face indications are still very fn-
 vorable to tue rcpublicans, though
 the democratic candidate who hns
 prospected four 'doubtfuI" stntes
 contigulous to the political border
 Hnes professes confidence thnt hs
 vFiii sTtn 1sl 1s +h~m-
 m certain 9eBgacs las eaF paign ehecis aF w3th She eassGiiai epn tons that exigteA thfse WeslsN saf0fA the 6lceticn fopt teArs ago the sa nae relative ssa8se tissn s5p tSnEh9s Ice4ed 70 esay winner eses sr ,sra, lreon this the democrats urge that tAe ss~st- ern states will again come to the rescue.
 Tho republican leaders in the four states through which I have accom- panied Mir. Cox agree that barring soma improbable break toward develop ments against which their systematic plans cannot prevail, Mir. Harding Is as good as elected. Therez~xe thss1 wa.sh- word Is caution"
 HAS NOT HURT CHANGES
 The concensus of republican opinion is that Mir. Harding's definitely ex- pressed stand against the League of Nations has not resulted in any real in- jury 10 his chances. They express con. fidcnce that Taft, Elihu Root and other believers in the League of Nations will "pussyfoot" for the welfare of the party and renew their fight for the league after the election. Confirma ton of this opinion is suggested by the speeches which Herbert c. Hoover. another arr dent champion of the league, has been making in the doubtful mid western states Hoover has repeatedly asserted that the league project represents but one of "the many important phases of the problems confronting the electors of the country" He now regards the utter incompetency of the present ad- ministration" as the most important
 Democratic opinion naturally does not agree with this view. Governor Cox, who welcomed Senator Harding's gospel of seifishness as challenge to fight it out on the League of Nations is pin ming his faith and hopes on the women voters. He has stripped his campaign of all other issues that are not re- lated to it.
 REPUBLICAN ISSUES
 The wet" and dry" controversy has been showed into the background by both parties. The republicans are rele- gating the league issue wherever possi- ble. This is shUwn by the absence of republican league literature in Ken lucky, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois The sup,ly of league information reach ing voters in those states is through democratic agencies. The republicans are keeping to the front CD resentment against the Wilson administration on general grounds; CD promises of relief from Oppressive and unnecessary taxa tion;" (3) vague pledges to reduce the high cost of living; (4) the restoration
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
International Postal Laus
 Undergo Sueeping Change
 At Conferences Ln Madrid
Sections to Form Union for General Bettermen of Service-Europe Had Acted Before Represen tatives Had Arrived-Whole World
 to Be Effected

Madrid, October Exchanges of sweeping importance in the postal relations of the world will be as res deberaons of the International Postal Union Congress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11

Retail dealers. it was said. had held the opinion that the fuel administra- tor would only act in so far as steam coal was concerned. when. as matter or fact domestie lump coal will als, be controlled by the state and it's disposition regulated. MT Dayis's statement eoneerning the matter Was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Frenchmeu Win

Paris. october ho,The French cham pion football team today defeated the American Olympic team, II to 5 4 large crowd of Parisians, but only . few Americans, attended the game. This was the first defeat in France for the Aneri- can team. which previously hAl von three contests
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
Alabama Increase h Internal Reuenue Is
 43Per Cent Ouer 1919
Fly Hugh W. ROBERTS
 Washinstos Bureau The Ace Her

Washington, October IO.---tspc- ciai.)--Internal revenue receipts for the fiscal year ending June 20. 1920, were s5,4OS,0r5, ,45S, an in- crease Of $1.55z, ,925,sS9 over re- ceipts for 1919. or thnt total, in- comes and profits contributed $3,- 957,701 ,374, or seventy per cent. In 1909, liquor and tobacco furnished ntnety-nine per cent of the total collections. This years figures re- veal the thorough manner in which the cost of government has been transferred from outlaw to Legitimate consumption.
 While liquor hns been constitu- tionaliy put out Of business, from that source this year the govern ment this year acquired xgS ,OOO, ,OO0. Tobacco. in all fOrrnss contributed 2o5.SfJ.3s7. an fncrcase of about SsO,0OO,OOO. The consumption of chewing tobacco. snuff aud cigars has remained practically unchnpged since t81S. CiGar~ts@ conNunspsien, however,. has increased from IA cs4.sS5.47l in 1915 to 5O,44s.5a1, ,8Ss in 1920.
 According to official figures t.  be made public tomorrow, AIabama contributed to the collection by the internal revenue department, SIS,- 4SJ,952, as against x1Z,S74,O75 in 1919. an increase of forty-three per cent. Of Alabama's total. $I4.5O7.- OPS wns derived from income and profits, while the less than S4,OON,- additional came from misceIInne- ous sources. Tn payment of income nnd profits taxes, Alabama shows an increase of forty per cent over 1919. but n decrease of practically S4,O<0. GOO under the amount shown fin 1918.
 In 1918, Alnbama's income and profit taxation wns practically ns large as the total revenue derived from that state this year.
 Internal Revenue Collector w. W. Williams, m Aiabaminn, re- ports that the cost of collecting the enormous total was fifty-ff cents per &1OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-11
By Assoeiated Press

Washington, October l0--The report also shows comparative revenues for the fiscal year of 1909 and 19D. The former date was the last fun year in which the government derived it's principal reve- nues from three sources, distilled spirits fermented liquors and tobacco. Taxes produced on the three items in 1909 amounted to s2442i1, ,0O0. while this reye- nue in the year just ended was s345, 71S,- coo, In 1909 these taxes constituted % 1 per cent of the nations revenues. while last year they were only S0s per cent of the total taxes. Although there was a big decrease in taxes on liquors be- tween the two years shown. there was "a correspondingly greater increase in the revenue from tobacco, in all of it's forms. In 1909 the tobacco tax amounted to only s5l, ,8s7 eco, while in 1923 it was S295. .s45, 600 the report showed
 TRANSPORTATION
 The transportation tax, which had been estimated 10 produce about s275, 900 01O annually, reached sso7. 900 for the last fiscal year. This included taxes on freight, passenger, express. telephone and telegraph and transfer of oil by pipe line.
 < Excise and special taxes, including the luxury" tax. brought about ss73. .OO0 oo0 into the treasury. One of the chief items in this list was the tax on motor cars, which netted s1i4.06G00o. Taxes on jew elyy, cosmetics and other so-called "luxu- ries,'' produced another $56. .O00.O09 The special corporation tax on the value of it's stock y.eldea s9' Heaf00.
 ALCOHOL
 Withdrawals from bonded warehouses of distilled spirits for industrial and other n-beyerage purposes increased from Il ,OoO.OO1 to more than 2S.000.00 gal Ions from 1919 to 190 the report disclosed But in withdrawal from bond of distilled spirits which were labelled for beverage use. there was q decrease from 72 Jl0. coo gallons in 1919 to 2oo.oo gallons in the last fiscal year.
 The 1919 consumption of cigars was
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