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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18

At headquarters of the operators il was reported that outside of Patton Corona and Majestic, where there has been so much violence and the men are really frightened, work was in progress on Friday about as it was on Thursday.
 A regular schedule of marching op- erations seems 10 have been mapped out for Sunday. It is reported that strikers intend marching on Cordova, Dora, Elm pire, Coalmont Piper, down near Bloc ton, and at other places.
 Striking miners continue to make stout resistance to being removed from the company houses. Bonds in ejectment suits are prepared in blank and the oc- cupants of the houses are provided with legal assistance in holding on to them. Hundreds of ejectment suits have been filed, but the laws delay allows the miners to hold on to the houses for some time until the court passes on the cases. As a rule, the court instructs the jury to find for the company, but it takes ttne to reach the cases.
 SOLDIERS TAKE FIELDS
 Three companies of the military took the field Friday morning and entrained for Walker county. They were as- signed to duty as follows:
 Company G at Townley, Company E at Cordova, and Headquarters Com pany at Empire. Company X is to be stationed at Corona.
 Terrorism is more rampant in Walker county than in any other field, but the shooting of three men at Majestic Frl- day morning shows that the same spirit is abroad throughout the district The replacement of peace and law and order seems now to depend on the National Guard.
 Brig Gen. Robert E. Steiner is in coni- mand of all the troops and will be here today Maj. w. l.. Baldwin of Mont gomery is in command of the four com panies that have been placed in the field.
 It is understood that two additional companies will be detailed to Walker county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18

In the county jail. charged with mur- der and assault to murder, are John Arnold, Cleve Arnold. Ed Harris and J. B. Mccoy.
 They were arrested following the kill ing of Cook and the wounding of the other negroes.
 Work at Majestice mines was sus- pended for the day.
 The attack on the dead and wounded negroes was made about 6:45 o'clock in the morning as they were on their way to the mine shaft to start work for the day, which begins at o'clock In going to work, gang of negroes, in which were the killed and wounded was forced to pass along a road skirted by thick growth of trees. Just as they were passing this piece of woodland shots rang out and the three negroes fell to the ground. The remainder, panic-stricken, scattered to the four winds. In the reign of terror that fol- lowed all thought of work for the day was abandoned.
 Operators of Majestic mines do not lay blame for the trouble in their vicinity to the regular workers, but rather to out siders who have not been regular WI NSA'' AhS Ac6ui WOrheTS dt MdJeS- tic mines are understood to have had nothing to do with the disorder.
 PRODUCTION FIGURES
 From all over the mining district there were reports of threats and intimida- tions Thursday, but, in spite of this state Of affairs, production was reported to have fallen very little below that of the preceding days of this week. The re- port cf carload movements from the mines on Friday indicated total ou.- put of between 42,000 and 43, 900 tons of coal. The rate for the preceding days was around 44,0o0. Indications are that the weeks production will reach 26O,OOo tons The actual production will not be known until the reports rom the mines come in next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
Panic System Of Finance Aim Of Republicans, Says
 Senator-D Designate Hefzin
While Here Yesterday He Also Said Republicans Were Bent on Cutting Down Southern Representation in Congress From 181 to 90, So They
 Could Control Future Elections

system that cursed the country under republican rule.
 Tt was that banking system that produced panic after panic that demor- alized business and destroyed proper ty values in Birmingham, throwing la- bor out of employment and bringing fi- nancial disaster to the Pittsburg of the south. Not only that it destroyed the business of farmers, merchants and bankers in Alabama. We were all at the mercy of a coterie of eastern bankers, who by leave of the republican party controlled the money supply of the country and could produce a panic any time they desired to do so. The federal reserve banking system permits the farmers of the south to borrow money on their cotton ware house receipts, and it's supplies to industrial Birmingham and every other section of our great state the money necessary to carry on the business of the people.
 Tt also took away from the repub- lican banking machine the power to produce a panic. If unfortunately the republican should win, one of the first and worse things that they would do would be to repeal the federal reserve banking act and put back upon the statute books the old panic breeding banking system, under which they con trolled for years the money and the politics. of certain sections of the coun- try.
 CUT REPRESENTATION Their next act would be to cut down
 the south's representation In Congress and in the electorial college. If they | should cut our state representation 1 in the House we would have five in- stead of ten members from Alabama And with the south's representation cut in half. leaving us ninety votes in- stead of 1S1, it would be harder for the democrats to elect a president and more difficult for us to protect and safe guard the cotton industry and other interests peculiar .e the south "When the battle of the ballots is
 ended in November, the democratic ticket will have been elected and the solid south will be found in the demo- cratic column presenting a solid front to the enimies of the party and the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18

Congressman J. Thomas Heflin spent d few hours in Birmingham yesterday enroute home from Scottsboro where he spoke at the Jackson County Fair on Thursday. He will leave at once to begin speaking for the national demo- cratic ticket in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Missouri and Kentucky.
 In speaking of the outlook for demo- cratic success, the senator said, T firmly believe that Governor Cox will be elected and that we will have a democratic House and Senate. We will have in the electoral college to start with 1S1 votes from the democratic south and we will need only S6 more to carry the election. We will get that number and more from the states of Ohio, Indiana, North Dakota, Minne- sota, Connecticut. New Jersey and New York.
 DEMOCRATS WILL WIN
 Governor Cox is going to get elec- toral votes from eastern and western state. He has put the republican party on the defensive, on it's do nothing record in Congress and on its defeat of the League of Nations and the peace treaty. He has thrown the leaders of that party into a panic by his timely disclosures regarding their original purpose to buy the office of President and secure through the corrupt use of money control of the federal govern ment.
 The republicans are carrying or W hat they think is very effective DO litical propaganda in the south, they are trying to deceive us in believins that we have no chance of success Their correspondence whose articles are being published daily in our demo cratic newspapers are doing all they can to boost the republican cause and to take hope out of the heart of south ern democrats. They did that in 1916 but President Wilson was elected and we carried the House and Senate. The republicans also carried Maine and the democratic national ticket was elected in November following.
 The men who are giving big money to the big slush fund exposed by our brave Hickory Jackson democrat, James M. Cox, of Ohio, are the men who ere ated and controlled the roober banking
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
ONLY TWO APPEALS
Board of Revenue Sustains Tax Ad-
 justers, 200 to 2

Hearing of tax cases appealed from the decision of the board of tax ad- justers was completed yesterday aft ernoon by the Jefferson county board of revenue. Approximately 200 ap- peals on tax assessments were filed by property owners many of which were settled by the tax board without being heard by the board of revenue Although a number of assessments of the board of tax adjusters were de- creased by the board of revenue, in the majority of instances these assessments were sustained.
 Only two appeals from the decision Of the board of revenue have been made to the circuit court and these cases will be heard during the fall term of court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
Negro Boy Killed

While in swimming yesterday after noon near Thrash station, on Pratt Ensley car line, Herman Dydell, ten year-old negro boy, was accidentally shot and killed. according to informa- : tion received at the coroner's office. According to witnesses, the child to- gether with several others had started out to shoot birds and had stopped to take swim. The gun was placed against a tree, according to the other boys and in some way fell down and exploded. The bullet took effect in the right side, killing Herman instantly. An investigation will be held today by John R. T. Rives, assistant coroner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18

| Perhaps it is nobodys fault for a fault implies an obligation or duty un- performed and all available organiza- their business.
 Meanwhile she has sunk into uncon- sciousness, probably never again to know anything but what was her last thought on this earth, that she was dy- ing alone and unbefriended in the midst of city filled with money and pros- perity. dying like a stray dog. Tech nically the fault is nobodys, unless it is everybody's.
 Friday afternoon P. J. Greedy volun- teer humane officer of the local humane society, received a call from the neigh borhood of her home, 1920 Seventh alley asking for relief for the woman and her little girl. Now officer Greely's job is the protection of animals who are not being treated well, and he is very much on the job. but he agreed to see that the woman and her child got relief, thinking that 1t would be an easy matter
 CALLED FOR HELP
 First he called the health depart ment of the city and asked them to send a doctor to relieve her of the ag- onizing pain which is gripping her chest in the last hours of her life.
 "The man who answered the telephone said that he had received four calls already about the case and could do absolutely nothing. that he could not send doctor" said MT. Greedy. When insisted, he got offended and suggest ed that I give it publicity, then angrily hung up the telephone. My next effort was the City Commission. called a member and he referred me to the Well fare Department. called them and they wre most sympathetic and court eous. but said that the department could do absolutely nothing as they had no ambulance and could not move the patient None of them, it seems, had the authority to call doctor.
 T next called the Aims House, got no satisfaction, then called Carrie Tuggle at the Carrie Tuggle Institute, school which dvotes its time to the welfare of the negro race. I met with rebuff."
 The dying woman's home. which, by the way. is just above Sixth avenue near 18th street, is a squalid room and tumbled bed. On it lies the emaciat ted figure of the woman. Her big vacant eyes rove restlessly from one object to another. and her clawlike hands pick constantly at the bed covers. The windows are shut and the curtains pull ed down. as hot as it has been, but the door stands ajar.
 Peeping in one could see the figure of small child in a dirty white dress silhouetted against the gloom, and q childish voice crooning over the words of the old Sunday school song: Let a Little Sunshine In.'
 The woman was past hearing any thing but as visitors entered the woody headed Alberta jumped to her feet and put her fingers to her lips
 THE HUNGER SONG
 ssh! She's going to sleep." she
 whispered. "She couldn't hear me
 hut I didn't have no more milk to
 give her and when I don't have
 nothin' to give her to eat I sing.
 her to sleep. We been doin' that
 way all this summer. since she's
 been down in the bed. aint slept
 much lately. I been xinEin' her to
 sleep almost all of every nlEht.-
 A swift imagination eOnjured up
 the picture of moonbeams falling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18

through the door and lonely little child figure, even though that fig
 ure was topped by black face and
 woOiy head, sitting patiently in the
 path of light singing and trying
 braveiy to fight back hunger pains
 which would come in spite of her.
 Their destitute condition was more than human sympathy could bear.
 Two dollars was donated from the charity fund of the First Methodist Church, and her wants for the night were attended to. So far there has been no provision for the remaining days of her life
 But, after all, they are numbered, That is the fourth case of similar nature that I have had called to my attention in the past year." said N~ Greeley. "Citizens of Birmingham surely can't know that there is mo- where in their city a provision for such people,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
Murder Negro Workman and
 7Wo Others Are Wounded by
 Volleys Fired From Ambush
Men Were Way to Jobs When Fusade Is Opened Four National Guard Companies Reach Distrct-Not Believed Majestic Mine Workers Took Part in
 Staying of Their Fellow Laborers

Trouble which began Sunday with meeting under auspices of the miners union and followed during the week by threats against the who insisted remaining work at Majestic mne eliminated Friday morning the kill Green Cook coored the serious woundg of Rich Mont gomery coored and the slight woundng of w. Albert, co1or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
CALLS ON CITIZENS
 TO TAKE A STAND

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 First, let me commend you for having the backbone to place the responsibility for lawIessness in connection with the coal miners strike where 1t belongs. The mur- der of MT. Adler and his two depu- ties yesterday shocked this com- munity to it's very depths and an indifferent public has been aroused from it's lethargy. Public opinion Is a more powerful factor in the settlement of disputes than all the troops the state can summon. Have we public spirited men in Birming- ham who have sufficient courage to give public expression to opin- Ions they are willing to express in prfvatef If we have. let them come out and state where they stand on this issue. Your comm cnda ble edi- torial Is the first courageous step taken fin the right direction. It should he followed by expressions from our leading citizens. The is- sue Is shall we live under the con- stitutiOn of the United States, or under the constitution of the Amer ican Federation of Labor. To my way of thinking. 1t is the question of turning our property over to union agitators or running 1t our selves.
 Our civic bodies should take this matter up at once and the news papers should give their support. The great majority of the miners are satisfied and wish to continue work. Will the public of Birming- ham assist in giving them tkIs op- pOrtnnityf H. G. SEIBELS.
 Birmingham, September IT. 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
Singing Dying Woman 10
 Sleep to Stife Hunger
In Poverty ty-Stricken Room S-Year-Old Negro Girl Stands by White Plague Victim, While Authorities
 Say: "Let George Do It.
By HELEN BETHEA

Curry coored human being dying apparently squad bed just three and half blocks city ha with only the attendance of Alberta Curry 8-year-od g and with charity organizations and officials Birmingham passing the buck about whose business it If hor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18

More than 25,000 metal workers in Spain have suspended work pending a settlement of their demand for 11a per cent increase in wages
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-18
ORGANIZED VIOLENCE

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 I wish to thank yOu for yoMr ringing editorial in your issue of today. It is fearless to the last de- gree, and places the responsibility for the fearful tragedy which has so shocked this community square ly where 1t belongs. I think your attitude toward the labor unions has ever been one of fairness, and this very fact does hut strengthen your condemnation of them when they seek their ends through Or- ganized violence.
 If you start a crusade through your columns against this fragrant IatiOn of the decencies of life you will be comforting favor upon this community, and you will find every loyal American squarely behind you. Sincerely yours,
 MIDDLETON BARNWELL.
 Birmingham. September 17. 1920.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-11-25
MORE CARE TAKEN
At RY. CROSSINGS
Railway Commission Will Ask Con-
gress to Pass Laws to Protect
Lives of the People
Associated Press)

Washington, Nov. 25.-A campaign
for the passage of laws in all states
requiring better protection of railroad
grade crossings is to be carried on by
members of the Association of State
Railway Utility Commissions, which
recently held its annual convention
here.
A special committee appointed t.
investigate the whole subject said the
elimination of all grade crossings in
the United States would probably
cost as much as all the railroads are
worth" 1t recommended laws requir-
ing that every grade crossing be pro-
tected by an approach warning sign,
placed in the highway at distance
not less than 300 feet on each side of
the railroad tracks. The sign should
De circular disk not less than "a in
ches in diameter, and properly lighted
at night if deemed necessary.
Railroad companies would be re-
quired to maintain within the limits of
of rights of way proper cautionary
signs, to be equipped with red light
a. night where necessary.
Other provisions of the proposed
law include:
Crossing fagmen to use during the
day a uniform disk Is inches in di-
ameter painted white with a black
border and the word "Stop'' paitned
thereon in black letters about five in
ehes high.
Crossing gates to be painted with
alternate diagonal stripes of black and
white.
Railroad property at grade cross
ings to be maintained free from OBJ
structions to vision, and highway ap-
proaches to be graded so as to permit
flee passage of vehicles.
Automobile drivers to come to a full
stop at crossings not protected by
gates or fiagman.
Between four thousand and five
thousand persons are killed each year
from trespassing upon railroad prop
erty and as many more injured, the
committee said in urging passage OF
laws making such trespassing a mis-
demeanor punishable by fine or i'm
pIisonment.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-11-25
MANY EMIGRANTS
FLOCKING TO CANADA

Ottawa. Ont, Nov 15.-It is esti-
mated that the immigration movement
into Canada for the present fiscal year
will approximate 10000, the newcom-
ers being largely from Great Britain
and the United States.
The high water mark in Canadian
immigration was reached in 1913,
when 403,436 persons entered the
dominion.
For the first six months of the pres
.ent fiscal year Canada's immigrants
numbered 95,O05, an increase of SO
per cent over the movement for the
corresponding period last, year. In
the matter of origin they were divid-
ed as follows: British 52.768; United
States 30,763; others 11,474.
At presetn the dominion is receiv-
ing a considerable influx of Polish
Jews. These are being examined and
must comply absolutely with the reg
ulations before being permitted to
ccme in. Many are being sent back.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-11-25
MILK IS STACKING
UP TOO MUCH
Farmers Can't Dispose of their Large
Supply and viii Can 1t for
Future Demand

Chicago, Nov. 25.-There is a big
surplus of milk in the country and
milk prices generally should be lower
than they are, J. W. Coverdale, Sec
retary of the American Farm Bureau
Federation, said here in explanation
Of the federation's call for a national
conference of milk producers. The
conference, he said, aims to work out
some better method of marketing
milk and will consider the possibilities
of cooperation.
"a number of condensaries abso-
lutely refuse to buy milk and many
producers don't know what to do with
a large part of their supply" Mr.
Coverdale said "In New York state
producers have put up several of their
own condenseries and have bought
several more than had closed. They
propose to can their milk and Law it
away on the shelves until the time
when the public will want it.
There is so much milk without a
demand for it that think milk could
be sold for less and still pay out. Peo-
pie would use more of it. Some of
the people are not using as much milk
as they should.
"The present difficulty dates back, 1
think, to the high price of sugar.
Sugar is used in condensing milk and
the condenseries filled their shelves
with milk put up at a high price.
There is no export sale and the con-
denceries are trying to force the con-
sumner to buy this milk. The people
are not doing 1T, and the result is
there is too much condensed milk in
the country"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-11-25
MORE BUILDINGS FOR THE
SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR

Tampa. Nov. 25.-To meet the de-
mand for increased exhibit space from
county and individual exhibitors of
all sections of the state, directors of
the South Florida Fair, to be held in
Tampa from February to II, this
week began the erection of new build
iEgs and additions to those that have
been in use heretofore. Increased
space is demanded in every depart
ment, and particularly in buildings
devoted to the displays of livestock
and poultry. One successful poultry
breeder will exhibit 40 varieties alone,
while national and international cham
pion cattle and swine, bred in Florida,
will be presented
The directors have contracted for
the most novel free amusement acts
yet shown IN Florida and the Johnny
Jones Exposition Shows, which are
featured at American and Canadian
fairs and expositions, will again be
brought down from their home quar-
ters, Orlando. In every feature the
fair promises to surpass those of for
nler years.