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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
DRAW FINAL PAPERS
 FOR METHODIST HOME

Final papers were drawn by the Jemi-
 son Real Estate and Insurance Com
 pany last week for the purchase of the
 Walker place Eighth avenue, north
 and Eighteenth street, by the city mls- sion board of the Methodist Church, Bir-
 mingham. The building on the lot ana
 the apartment in the rear will be opened
 as a home for employed girls in Bir-
 mingham.
 Though the final papers have just been drawn. work on the house, remodehng and preparing for it's future tenants had been begun The home will care for lV' girls who work for their living. It VIII be opened this fall, if the present work is maintained
 In a campaign recently held among the Methodists of the city, E5,oo0 was. raised to buy this home and start it. The or ganization is not a charity institution. and the founders hope to make 1t seir- supporting. Though built and maih- tained by Methodists, no girl VIII De barred by creed or religion. A matron has been secured Tor ths home. She has chosen competent starr | of assistants to work with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
Prominent Arkansans or
 Fertilizer Study I
Governor Trough, Accompanied by Farmers, Agr tural Experts, Business Men, Bankers and Others
 Will Be in Birmingham Monday Afternoon

Headed by Gov. C. H. Brough, a party or loo farmers, bankers, editors, heads of chambers of commerce. county dem ohstrauon agents and other prominent citizens of Arkansas will arrive in Bir- mingham at l o'clock tomorrow after noon and spend until oclock in the evening here.
 Their headquarters will be .ne Tutwiler hotel, and there between : and S:30 III the evening they will be glad to meet citizens of Birmingham.
 Also in the party is H. NJ. Cottrell head of the Arkansas profitable farm ing bureau, who is conducting the ex- eursion. A distinguished member of the party is Bradford Knapp, head of the state agricultural college of Arkansas D. c. Welter commercial agent of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the office of the pro- bate judge:
 Arthur Sorenson and Miss Enza Black. R. J. Curry and Miss Celia Webster. C. WhitlocK and Miss Nettie Lee Am bier.
 James Thomas and Miss Agnes Howell. Emmett Byars and Miss Hattie Stone. G. c. Wharton and Miss Dora c. Dabbs James Peyton Moore and Miss Minnie Compton.
 Frank II. Slaven and Miss Flossie Wick.
 D. H. Brasher and Miss Corrie Ste phens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
City News In Brief

Lodge No. S6s, Independent Order of B'Nai BRith, will meet at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at Temple Emanu Fl Business of importance will be trans acted and full attendance is requested. R. E. Mitchell educational secretary of the Young Mems Christian Associa- ton, will return Monday from his vaca- tion to conduct an extensive campaign in behalf of the night school. MT Mitchell has worked out an educational programme and on his return he eX- poets to push every branch of it.
 CORRECTION
 Through an error in the mechanical department, the advertisement which appeared Saturday morning under the heading of "Over the Top" carried the signature of the Galloway Coal Com pany.
 The proper and designated signature should have been that of the Yolandt Coal and Coke Company, by J. B. Me- Clary, president.
 Judge E. H. Dryer of the bankruptcy court, accompanied by Sid W. Lee, R. H. Eggleston and Herman Beck, left Bir- mingham yesterday for fishing trip OH Lake Calcius The party will be gone for few days.
 Postmaster R. B. Smyer was back or the job yesterday, having returned from a fishing trip to Coden. Accom- panying MT. Smyer were Judge w w. Brandon, Tuscaloosa; Forney Bran don, Birmingham; Ed Brandon, Bir ringham, and John Brandon, Mont eomery; w. F. Smyer and W. A. Smyei Of Cherokee county. The trip last week was the repetition of many ones or boy hood Wonderful luck attended the party of fishernen. MT Smyer says that dur ing the three days they were on the coast they succeeded in landing more than 1000 fish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
TRACING COST

One of the produce dealers, tracing the fruit from the hands of the grower to the wholesale merchant showed how the products pass from the grower to the commission merchants of the west; re- assigned to commission merchants oi other sections of the country and tlhaly reocbins the hands of the wholesaler There is A. boost of price in every trans action.
 i Some of the merchants are required to keep expensive refrigeration plants III treir buildings to keep fruits from spoil, 1 ing Edible fruits, necessarily soft ana l juicy, spoil quickly from neat anu bruises. Careful handling and protee- ton in warm weather causes iui'"e raises in the final price.
 i Produce merchants pay A25 for crate of canteloupes containing torty- ] two pieces of fruit. Retailers secure tle crate for s. It retails for S6'%. III restaurants the total receipts run rom SIP. .fo to s16S0.
 Restaurants cafes and hotels, now ever, face big expense in service. ice and spoilage also, local restauranteurs say. amount to a large sum daily. A crate of oranges containing from los to 200 pieces of fruit is sold to the | nroduce merchant for S6. Oranges are quickly disposed of, require small stor- age space, and little extra expense TOT keeping. The price to the retailer ls s7 50 a crate. Retailers charge a price averaging 30 cents a dozen. The tota realized is between So and $lo crate depending on the nruher.
 APPLES
 | Annles are the most easily Kept oi l frnits on the market at this season Early apples are hardy. They are SC cured in some quantity in Alabama, re ducing the cost both by low frelgh
 charges and by the fact that there Is
 slight demand at this season
 bushel of spring apples costs en'
 produce merchant g. He obtains sz.S
 for them. The retail merchant secures
 20 cents a dozen A bushel contains ap uroximately 25c apples.
 The retail averages $ bushel ron the sale of apples. He faces long stor age and jess from spoiage. One dealel
 says:
 q never buy a bushel of apples that can sell for the same price throughout
 They first command a good price whicf gives a reasonable price. People nat urally pick the best. When the bushe is half gone, the price must be lowered for my customers would not pay tho same price for smaller apples they gave for the larger ones. Then the last few must be practically given away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
CIVIC CLUB WILL
 HEAR DIR. JACOBS

pr. William States Jacobs of Hous- ton. Texas, will address the members forum of the Civic Association Tues, dav evening, August 3. His topic will he Benefits of the Waterways to Houston"
 pr. Jacobs is In Birmingham, oc- cupying the pulpit of the Independent Presbytegian Church during the ab, sence of Dr. Henry M. Edmonds. whc is on his vacation
 Following the talk, in which the sneaker will bring in Birmingham port on the Warrior river and tell oi ifs potential advantages, discussior will be allowed from the floor.
 The meeting will be followed by watermelon cutting on the roof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01

Missouri Pacific railroad, is a the party.
 The visitors will be informal tained here by the staff of Il ressive Farmer. John $. Pear retary and treasurer, and Jaines ford, circulation manager. wi charge of the details of the ( ment.
 On arrival the Arkanaans Twill vided with special trolley cA be taken on a sight-seeing will visit the steel works at will be carried through the residence sections. They wil the Tutw!ler at ' o'clock is ming and remain there untila
 The Arkansans are traveling cial train and have their own Birmingham was on the routl trip to Georgia and the CaroliI they are headed, to make spe of the use of fertilizers which made in recent years in thosei
 The westerners will visit Ams Athens in Georgia, Greenvillel burg and other points in Sc lima, and Bennettsville and Wi Everywhere they stop theI the methods that haye- beer fertilizing the soil of ghese s a view to a better Hse of fl their own state. Attention h tracted to the Georgia ans
 choice and mepods of using on account oH the remarkab | achieved in those states.
 The party is going to those sections of the three states I expert use has been made c with the result that extraordi, and large profits have been lands that twenty-five years l considered worn out. The Arkansas profitable ia reau is backed by the Little R Der of Commerce and the leat CTS, farmers and business mt state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01

The July clearings were under those of June. The low mark of the year is always reached in June and July. The tide then turns ms crops are marketed and money begins to come back to the banks. The high mark is reached in November anu December when merchants reap the benefit of the big purchasing that goes on at that time.
 The monthly increase over l9l9 has averaged about the same all during the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
FRUIT RUNS CLOSE |. ID CHICKENS IN ITS
 RAPID PRICE RAISE
CantalOupes Start at $4.25 a Crate and Are Swal- lowed Around $14-A
 Risk at That

Fruit prices quoted by retail dealers in small stands are at a sharp variance with those quoted by wholesale mer- chants of Morris avenue.
 Each merchant tells of more than c dozen outside influences which go to boost the prices. They all say they have to add in few cents to protect themselves and-the consumer pays.
 Fruit is received by the wholesale pro- duce merchant after being handled sew eral times since leaving the hands or the grower. A large part of the frult consumed in this city, especially at thls season of the year, is raised on the Pacific coast Some comes from Florida. Costs are the same, however since the cost of long freight haul from the west is more than offset by the labor cost Tn the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
City Bank Clearings
 Are Unprecede
For Seven Months of 1920 the Sum Is $581 79s 242-The Increase Over Last Year Is $123935,0O6,
 or 35 Per Cent

Birmingham bank cearngs for seven months of 1920 to $581 798, PAP.
 This compares with s357 236 in the period of 1919 Tha for this year OO6 or @ per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
PERSONAL

Mrs. Joseph F. Johnson and children are visiting her parents in Florence lot
 several weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01

The cIearinGs for the first seven months of 1919 and 1920 compared were as follows:
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
Land Interests Urge Passage
Of Bill Gioing Soldiers Farms

this land wasn't bought and re-
claimed. He said IL didn't make
any. difference what the soldiers
preferred, this land ought to be
bought and made into farm colo
nies.
Then you are not asking for the
passage of this bill in the interest
of the soldiers? Representative
Treadway asked.
NO; not primarily" replied Max
well.
Chairman Fordney reminded the
witness that there are 100000 sol
diers for whom the country should
do something.
Walter A. Burns, of Washington
former captain in the National
Guard, protested against any bonus
to service men. He declared that
he did not need II. and did not think
anyone else did. He said those VINO
might need 1t would waste 1t II
given them, and declared mar
ought to have more pride than to
take a bonus in the present condi-
tien of the Treasury.
]. N. Halper, of Washington, con-
nected with the Veterans of the
World War. who furnished the COM
'edy Wednesday, appeared as the
committee was adjourning and de-
manded to be allowed to deny state
ments made against him the day
before.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05

A delegation representing landed
Interests in the South and West APP
peared before the House Ways and
Means Committee yesterday In the
interest of the Smith bill to donate
reclaimed swamp and arid lands to
ex-service men in lieu of a bonus.
The delegates were introduced by
Representative Addison T. Smith, OF
Idaho. author of the bill. Clarence
j. Owen. of Washington. secretary
of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress. extolled the swamp lands in
the South which could be reclaimed.
Former Governor William Spry,
of Utah, representing the Western
States Reclamation Association,
urged the purchase and irrigation
of lands in the far West.
George r. Maxwell, reclamation
engineer and the last OF the delega-
ton to be heard, admitted in reply
to a question that the Smith bill had
been eight months in the framing
and that the interests of the SOL
diers were secondary.
Maxwell advocated spending
$3.50. 900. 900. or more for land
to be reclaimed. opening 1t up
to everyone and giving SOL
diers the jobs which farm
ers would leave in the factories to
go to these farm colonies on re-
claimed lands. He predicted an era
Of unemployment in two years II
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
JAPAN FAVORS
PEACE POLICY
New Ambassador Reports
Military. Rule Has Be-
come Unpopular.
(By Herald Leased WireD

New York. March 4.-Japan has
ceased being a militaristic nation.
and all parties would rise up against
the placing of undue Importance
on military necessity. according TO
the new Japanese Ambassador, X.
Shidehara. Speaking here today. he
said that while Japan has stressed
military training and military
equipment in the past. it was only
because Of the imperialistic ambi-
tions of some nations of Europe.
japan. he said, was grateful to
the United States for having led
her into the family of nations. He
added that he believed there would
be an increasing friendship between
the two nations.
He denied that Japan had any
intention of assailing China's SOW
ereignty, saying that his country
realizes that any attempt at ter
ritorial aggrandizement is doomed
to fail.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
Conboy Terms Socialists
Perpetual Traitors to u. S
ny Herald Leased wire)

Albany. N. Y. March 4.-""The So
cialist party OF America is not a
loyal organization. disgraced occa-
sionally by the traitorous act of a
member. but a disloyal organization
composed of perpetual traitors" de-
clared Martin Conboy, chief coun-
sci for the State, summing up the
case against the five suspended So
cialist> assemblymen before the as
sombly judiciary committee today.
I'VE are therefore confronted at
this day" he continued, with the
necessity OF determining how we
shall treat this group of persons
who are in the United States, but
not of it,
August Claussens, Charles Solo
mon and Louis Waldman should be
expelled from the assembly, Con-
boy said. not only because of their
membership in the party, but be-
cause OF their public utterances as
reported by Lusk committee stenog-
raphers. Samuel A. Dewitt and
Samuel Orr also should be expelled
he said, because of their connec-
tion with the Socialist party.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
General Vanderbilt
Reported Seriously Ill
CBy Herald Leased wire.) }

New York. N. Y. March At was
reported tonight that Gen. Cornelius
Vanderbilt is seriously i'll with ty-
phoid fever at his home. $40 Fifth
avenue. 1t was said his condition
was believed to be so grave that
specialists were called in consulta-
tion.
DIR. Samuel A. Brown, 165 West
Fifty-eighth street, the family ply
sician, denied that Gen. Vahderbilt's
condition was alarming.
He said the patient was suffering
from infisenza, with which he was
stricken Wednesday morning. He
has been confined to his bed, DR..
Brown said, but there were no ap-
parent alarming symptoms.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
Storm Sweeping West
Moving Toward Capital

With billiards and storms of in
tense severity sweeping the Middle
West from Colorado to Indiana, the
Gulf to Minnesota, it appears that
Washington is to suffer from the
topsy turvey weather conditions.
The weather bureaus prediction
last night was for rain today with
a cold snap coming tomorrow.
Reports from the West last night
told of towns cut off from COM
munication; trains stalled in snow
drifts: snow slides in the Rockies
that tore up sections of railroad
track and of other damage done by
storms increasing in severity.
Snow shoe runners from Durango,
Col, carried food to passengers OF
a train stalled near Cambres Pass
said one report. No train has
reached Durango in thirteen days
Chicago, it was said. and North
ern Illinois escaped with driving
rains. Kansas and other wheat
States are blanketed.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
FATAL
ASSERTS
Warns Good Looking Girls
Against Charm Which
Kills Happiness.

New York, March 4.-Good look
ing girls were warned to be careful
in a letter introduced today as evil
dencein the divorce suit brought
in Paterson, N. j., by Sergeant
James d. McGlade. The letter was
written by McGlade's wife. Anita,
who did not contest the suit. Francis
Scott. special master in chancery,
recommended that the decree be
granted.
The letter, which admitted that
the writer had left her husband to
become the ''pampered doll" of a
millionaire oil speculator. added:
MY beauty was fatal. my good
looks a detriment to my being a
good WIFE," She ended with the
hope that her case would be an ex-
ample to other girls with good
looks.
Custody of the 6-year-old child
was given 20 the father.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
Industrial Report to Be
Ready This Week End

President Wilson's second Indus
trial Conference will be ready to
place its report in his hands
probably the end of the week,
according to Martin Glyn. former
governor of New York, and a men,
ber of the conference, who called
at the White House yesterday.
The report. 1t was learned. will
be an amplificationN of the prelim-
mary one sent to the President
some time ago. In this report. the
conference outlined a system for
settling industrial disputes, consist
ing of central tribunal, with sub
sidiary courts.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
SUFFS BLAME
REPUBLICANS
Leading G. O. P. States
Hold the Fate of
Suffrage.
. CONFIDENT IN FAR WEST
w. Va. Legislature Fails to
Ratify Amendment Civ
g :, ing Vote.
= CONFIDENT IN FAR WEST
~ women are denied the right to

=, "k women are denied the right to
s vote for the next President and Con-
,cgress the Republican party must
+ bear the full responsibility"
a. This new burden was placed up
Z on the shoulders OF the Republicans
q IN a statement issued last night by
. the National woman's Party.
The statement was based not
merely on the fact that the legisla-
ture of West Virginia which yes
terday for the second time refused
to ratify the suffrage amendment
a. overwhelmingly Republican, but
because the three States which hold
the fate OF suffrage in their hands
are strongly Republican, both as to
governors and legislatures.
- The governors of these three
States, Delaware, Vermont and Con-
have so far refused to call
an extra session of the Legislature
! 90 vote on the nineteenth amend
\ inent.
|, The governor of Washington has
/. called a special session for March
!, s3. but the women are so confident
\ Of success in that State that they
4 have already cIassed it as the
I thirty fourth State to ratify."
. Despite the fact that the West
4 Virginia senate has by a tie vote
Y twice refused to ratify the suffrage
y amendment. the National Woman's
Party has not given up hope. How
4 ever. they have already placed the
!, blame II failure results. as wItnCs5-
!, ed by the following paragraph in
!, their statement:
> 'If the West Virginia Legislature
;. fails to ratify the suffrage amend
Z inent. the Republican party will be
y responsible, since the majority OF
!. that legislature is Republican"
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
Mary Pickford Leaves
Nevada for California

San Jose. Calf. March 4.-Mary
PickfOrd. who won a divorce from
her husband. owen Moore, in Nevada,
Tuesday. passed through here today
en- route to Los Angeles. She was
accompanied by her mother and an
other woman.
The. party reached the railroad
station here in closed automobile
and dashed for the train as it was
ready to pull out. evading inter-
viewers. Miss Pickford and her
mother are believed to have left
Reno, New. last night.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
|RUMORS CREDIT
HUNS WITH PLOT
Would Overthrow Present
Government and Declare
Treaty Null, Reports Say.

Paris, March 4.-Persistent, though
unconfirmed reports. here state that
the German militarists are hatch
ing a coup d'etat involving a change
of government. The alleged coup,
1t Is understood, will be sprung
about the beginning of April. Coin
cident with ii, the reports say, Ger
many would declare herself, bank
rupt, thus rendering the treaty of
Versailles null and void"
Financial circles here are appre-
hensive on account of the tremendous
repercussion such an event would
have upon the franc as well as on
the Dutch form. Holland Is known
to possess an immense amount OF
German currency.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
Alabama Society Meets
At Wilson Normal School

That the denial of enfranchise-
ment to the people of Washington
is one of the unfortunate tragedies
OF modern times was the assertion
made by Representative William D.
Upshaw at a meeting of the Ala
bama Society in Wilson Normal
School last night.
Representative Upshaw denounc-
ed the foreign element that Is
seeking to overthrow the Ameri-
can government. He also spoke OF
the bond OF friendship that united
Alabama and Georgia.
Mrs. T.. V. O'Brien, of the Daught-
ers of Confederate Veterans, and E.
H. Laller, of the Sons of Confede-
rate Veterans, urged the members
of the society, eligible for either OF
the organizations, to join one or the
other.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
N. Y. Republican Delegates
Selected for Conference

New York, March 4.-Republican
leaders in conferences held today in
all parts of the State. except New
York City, selected candidates for
Congress district delegates to the
Republican convention at Chicago
on June s. The candidates COM
prise more than half the entire pro-
posed delegation from this State
All will enter the April primary.
While a majority will follow the
example of the Big Four" a large
minority, 1t is said. favor the nomi-
nation of Gen. Wood. Two or three
prefer Gov. Lowden. About as many
favor Senator Johnson and Senator
Harding. One is for Nicholas Muir
ray Butler.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
Mrs. Hartman Sells Yacht
To Millionaire LAWYER
(By Herald Leased wire.)

New York, March 4.-Mrs. E. H.
Hartman has sold her famous
steam yacht Sultana, to Paul LIE
Fsre, millionaire lawyer, for an
amount said to be $4,000.
The yacht since its return from
patrol service in foreign waters has
been in a Brooklyn dry dock.
The yacht Is being overhauled and
refitted from keel to truck. The
luxurious furnishing and draperies
that were taken out and stored
while the vessel was in war service
will be put back and the Sultana
finished as becomes the floating
palace of a millionaire.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
Finger Print Experts
Will Speak at Banquet

Identification by finger prints. in
its relation to criminoloGy And war
work in that line. will be discussed
at a banquet of the Washington
members of the Society for Per
sonal Identification in the New Eb-
bitt Hotel. March 20.
DIR. Henry z. DeForest. of New
York. and Patrick Ryan, finger
print expert of the Civil Service
commission of New York. will
speak. An entertainment program
will be given.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
o. Rienworth Wins
Medal In Debate

Means of arbitration to adjust
differences between labor and capital
were discussed in the annual debate
of the two societies of Maryland
State College last night.
The, debate was decided in favor
of the affirmative team. composed of
T. bowman and Z. w. Cole. o.
Rienmouth. of the negative, was
awarded a gold medal for individual
excellence in the debate. O. s.
Crossley was the other member of
the negative side.
Prof. Il. B. Cross, OF the Depart
nsent of Agriculture, and George X.
Morris, OF Hyattsville, Nd. were the
judges.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-05
President S Own Garrison
Demands Suffrage Rights

! and residents OF Washington, to
J, vote for President and to have rep
!, Presentation in Congress were ue-
manded in a resolution adopted by
the Presidents Own Garrison, Grand
Army of the Republic, as the G. A.
eR. Hall last night.
The meeting was memorial
gathering in honor of the memory
of Raymond w. Pullman. Taps
were sounded. with lights out, for
the deceased police chief.
Capt Charles Dale and First
Sergt. Robert Latham were muster
ed into the garrison.