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New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

City received to-day by Mexican
newspaper published here.
The Mexican government, the dis
patch says, has assured Baron otori
tnat Japanese immigrants will be given
adequate protection from bandits.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Denyinr
that Baron Otori, Japanese Minister to
Mexico, had arranged for COLOMBIA.
tien of Japanese in western Mexico, AZ
reported in Mexico City press dis
patches published in San Antonio. the
Japanese. Embassy here said TODAY the
baron had not been in Mexico for a
long time.
Attention was called by the embassy
to the announced policy of the Jap
anese government to withhold passports
from Japanese seeking to enter Mex
,co. 1t ia the unde erstanding here that
tho Japanese government does not de-
sire to take any action that can cause
suspiclon in America regarding acqui-
sition of territory or other rights in
Mexico that are not common TO all ma
tions.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Prison Soviet Scrutinized
Alleged Abuses in Leavenwortll
Subiecs 0f Inquiry

LEANENWORTH, Kan, Jan. 3l.-In-
vestigation of conditions in the United
States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort
LeAvenworth was begun day with the
arrival here of Oscar Schmitz, repre-
senting Fred Robertson, United States
District Attorney for Kansas.
The inquiry is the outgrowth of q
trial in Federal Court in Kansas City,
Kan, recently at which evidence was
offered that for several months in 1919
the barracks. with the approval of mill
tary authorities, was governed by a
prisoners committee. The testimony
alleged that vice hourished during the
time the committee governed.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Secret Arsenal
Sought in Berlin

BERLIN, Jan. 31.-During dis
cussion yesterday in the National
Assembly of proposal Of the
Independents that the state of
siege (ma,tiai law be abolished,
DR.. iIeine. Prussian Minister of
the Interior, declared:
"Thcrc is ;s secret arsenal some
where in Berlin, blr@ so far we
have been unable to discover its
whereabouts.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
5000 Steel Men Get Raise

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio Jan. 3l-The
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company,
the largest independent steel company
IN this distract. employing nearly
7.,0Np r.en, viii grant wage increase
oi J. er cent to its employees, etfec
tive February l., it was announced to-
day by President James Campbell.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

news from New York that Miss
Knowles and her baby haM been ad-
mitted on probation
Mrs. Spikcr, looking very attractive,
remarked that she mad SAID in her aifi-
davit about al that it was necessary
TO say, adding:
81 believe in justice. There is no rea-
son why ! should permit q petty mar
rowness OF mind to bring Disgrace upon
4 girl whose life might otherwise be
happy. The wrong mas been dome. The
Wrongdocrs were largely rictams Of
destiny. They sinned under exaenuut-
!ng circumstances.
Forgiveness To Be Pract:ics,d
"My refusal to forgive would not re-
lievo the situaeion. On the contrary,
it would bring an element Of tragedy
into the case. We are taught to for
give. This teaching is not merel. :
meant for book reading. We s1nst put
it into practice. have forgi ven, ana
that Is all. Having forgiven. / can
only follow the forgiveness by lending
q helping hand. sympathy must 90
with true forgiveness, and NAT poor
girl has my sympathy. 1"lere IS road
20 happiness Tor her and know she
VIII fad it now. And IN her happiness
shall be happy, and so shall my hus-
band"
The Spikcrs apparently arc in good
circumstances Tho sband makes
800 a week. Mrs. Perley IS a delicate
featured woman OF medium build and
the brother is slight-fgured young
man in his early twenties. Tie wife
is possibly a little older.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
New Has Air Service Bill
Sent Back to Committee

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.~At the re-
quest of its author. Senator New. Re
publican, of Indiana, the bill providing
for unified Federal air service was
sent back to the Military Committee to-
day by the Senate.
Senator New said much of the oppo-
sition to the bill was based on mis-
conception. and that if it were sent
back to committee an opportunity would
be given those opposed to it to become
more familiar with its provisions.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
FRENCH Add TO Was Council

PARIS. Jan. 31-In addition to
Marshals Ioifre. Foch and rctain. the
French Su preme War Council for the
coming year viii be composed of the
following generals: Humbert, .Maistre
Berthelot. Guillaumat Neville. Mangin,
Debeney. Beucheron. Dogoutte and
Buat. General Franchet d'Esperey.
commandcr;n -chiet of Allied armies
in the Near East. VIII be retained in
tnat capacity for the present, at least
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Merchants Say Foof!all
Slows British industry
Time lest Watching Soccer
Games Declared Serious Eco
nosnic Loss 10 Country

LONDON, Jan. 3l-British mer-
chants and business men are taking
steps to prevent mid week matches Of
soccer football, England's national
game. They insist that the economic
loss to the country is serious ani
production is being hamDered by loss
Of time from work.
Fifty thousand persons saw the
Sheffield Darlington match Wednesday.
when a tie gamc was played off Il is
estimated that the loss to the nation
~ WAGES alone for that afternoon
to $l25,O00, and that the
total loss was moro than 100000.
The business men are urging that the
country cannot afford such loss when
economists and the government arc qp-
pealing for increased production as tho
only means OF relieving the nations
financial Distress
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Wedding May
Lift L. 9. Ban
On w ar Baby >
Continued from page |

husband as long as live, for I know
that her moral character is good
Since the case went to Washington
for review the Spikers have continued
to do everything in their power to
prove that their purpose in having the
girl and her baby admitted to the
United States is only an honest effort
to smooth love knot tangled in the
social fabric by the war But for more
than two weeks solemn dignitares of
the Department Of Labor have fingered
the dust from many lnolAv votulne
in search Of something called prece-
dent.
Order fer Release Returned
Evidently they found it, for yestcr-
day there came from Washington an
order under which Acting Commits
sioner Of Immigration Uhl is instruct
ed to release Miss Knowles and the
child in care Of Mr. and Mrs. William
Battersby, of Fail River, Mass, for
period of ninety days. providing q bond
Of $1,000 is posted as a guarantee that
neither Immigrant" shall become an
object OF charity during the period Of
this temporary admission" The Bat
tersby family and the Knowles family
were Intimate friends for many years
before the Battershys came to the
United States and rcnounced anegi-
ance TO King George.
SomcWhere in The 1aNglc Of red tape
that hampers immigration otticialdom
there is a provision that i woman who
marries a citizen of The United States,
whether she be n blind Fiji cannibal. q
deaf mute EsqimauX or personable,
warm hearted, attractive Eng ish girl,
becomes by such marriage also a citi-
zen The United States. II Miss
Knowles become Mrs. Guy Spikcr and
sister~in-law OF the father Of her
child during her ninety day "visit,"
neither She nor her baby can be de-
ported.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Jan 3l-Mrs
Kate Battersby said tonight that she
bad received word that Miss Emma
Knowles and her baby would leave New
Acrk for this city next Monday night.
She said that Miss Knowles, 2 native
Of Stalybridge, England, was Ter
cousin.
a few weeks ago Mrs. Battersby
AID. she received a letter from N Miss
Knowles saying that she was coming
10 this country with her baby and
wanted TO make her home with her
cousin and hcr husband, William Bat
tersby. They replied that they were
glad 10 have her come, Mrs. Battersby
said Miss Knowles had given her no
information as TO her relations with
Spiker.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Comfort and L}ea
Style Versus
Fussy F'ads

There's little pleasure to be
had in life if your feet hurt
Punched toes and abused arche
mean cranky dispositions and
tired. lined faces-neither OF
which have any noticeable
charm.
But foot-conlfort makes .
woman feel happy ali over.
And when she's comfortable
and pleased, her magnetism i.
enhanced.
In the CantiIever Shoe you
will find a delightful combina-
tlon OF style and comfort. In
style, not the freaky, fussy.
fancy fads that mislead the inex
perlenced for brief moments. as
they come and go, but an air of re-
fnement that real people recognize
as better than extreme style.
Correct shaping to the lines of
the foot is the basis of Canti]ever
Shoe comfort. The flexible arch
conforms to the natural curve of
the under foot, whether you walk
or stand. Your foot muscles pet
the exercise that causes needed cir
culation of the blood. The Can.
tilever Shoe will help you walk
toward priceless health.
Soft kidskins, in popular colors,
IN black, and in likable combino.
tlons. Priced from $1220 to $3.50.
including tax.
You are invited to try on the
Cantilever Shoe and see how well it
looks and how nice it feels. AAAAA
to T.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
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Goats and Wraps

s25ooo Russian Sable Wrap sl25oo
$4,000 Chinchilla Cape s7soo
S4soo Broadtail Wrap s2soo
(chinchila trimming
$4,000 Short Broadtail Cape sl475
tkoIinsky trimmed
$500 Short BroadtaiI Coat $3.50
s65o0 Choice Mink Wrap $3.50
$3.50 Alaska Seal Wrap s115o
$1,000 Mole Coat 90 sqa5
$3.50 Hudson Seal Wrap $3.50
$145o Hudson Seal Blouse Coat $3.50
$3.50 Hudson Seal Wrap s595
4o-in. length
$3.50 Nutria & Seal Wrap s7s5
$3.50 Taupc Nutria Wrap sses
$3.50 Short Nutria Coats $3.50
$3.50 Natural Nutria Coat S375
Sport style
$525 Natural Raccoon Coat $3.50
S295 Black Pony Coat S19s
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

Formerly Selling to $3.50 OF velvet la;, or
metallic tissues and effects in brocade and e,t
with trimmings of desirable furs; only one or two Of kind
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

oAS 1SAsAAS sv p~oJAn collection of
effects in street. afternoon dinner, evening STYLES in
tricone plain ebrodered velvet SATIN chiffon lace le
and brocaded fabrics, including
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
SHIPPING BOARD IS
 SOUFALING IN ANGUISH

Washington. December 26.-(Special f-- The determination of the recently ap- pointed United States shipping board to give the country business administra- tion has already so deeply cut into the profits of companies engaged in re- pairing ships that they are squealing in anguish.
 The change in system was not an in- trtcate changa but one of exceeding simplicity. Instead of permitting these companies to repair ships on the word of an officer in charge. the board dis patches an expert to each ship to note its condition and make rreport. And thus lit happens that instead of every ship Undergoing extensive repairs as soon as it Is in port, it is found that in many instances no repairing s necessary.
 And again, contracts for repairs are awarded after competitive bidding. Under the old arrangement, the "cost plus system prevailed. The saving. according to Commander Richard D. 9atewood. director of the division of construction and repairs,s is s2.0000o0 per month, Still he Is not satisfied, He contends that the cost can be reduced another s1,5o00o0 per month. He insists on a 100 per cent American merchant marine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
CONGRESS- BEGINS
 ID THINK ABOUT
 ORGY OF CRIMES
Liquor Enforcement Has Gre ated New Problem Which Gives Promise of SeCur-
 ing Quick Attention
By HUGH W. ROBERTS Washington Bureau The Age Herald,
 800 Davidson Building.

Washington, December 26.-(Special) With every man in tre United states who desires it in possession of liquor, and with soldiers of the United Sta,os army patroling the streets of large centers in an effort to check-not ter minate--the unprecedented orgy of crime, Congress is awakening to the necessity that something very quickly must be done.
 The Anti Saloon eaglue, because ;uch admission would tentatively prove that the people of the United States are up- posed 10 prohibition at least to the ex- tent of conniving at more or less open infractions of solemn statutes. refuse to take aggressive action against con dtons. But the National Reform league. expressing it's sentiment through Rep resentative Tinkham of Massachusetts, declares that conditions as they are. to- day make prohibition obnoxious not only to it's enemies, but to it's friends as we'll Mir. Tinkham prefers serious, sensational indictments against the of ficers charged with the enforcement of the law.
 According to the Massachusetts solon, it is folly to maintain a force for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
BOY IS KILLED AND
 TWO OTHERS INJURED
 BY LOADED GAS PIPE
By As.ociated Press

New York, December 26-One boy was killed and two wounded by the explosion of piece of loaded gas pipe and three boxes of cartridges in the Brooklyn home of Herbert Brann. l6 years old. who said. they found the pipe while on aAhunting trip near Bergen Beach week ago.
 John McKenney, Jr., 1d years old, a Wall street bank messenger, was killed instantly when a piece of steel went through his mouth into his brain, and Brann. who was trying to open the pipe lost his left Land and was cut by flyins steel. Paul Clandow.-~17, who was cut by the steel, and Brann were removed to hospital.
 The cartridges were on table in the room when the inprovised bomb ex- nloded, and the force of the explosion wrecked the room and knocked people from chairs in other parts of the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
FLYNN WILL JOIN
 JERSEY MAN HUNT
Relative of Humility Was Slain and Body Thrown Into Bay.
 Suicide Secuted
By Associated Press

Bayonne, N. J., December 26.-Federal agents dispatched from Washington ar rived here today for an investigation of the death of John F. MeGuinness, pro- hibition enforcement agent whose body was found in Newark bay on Friday with bullet hole through the head. The in vestigation was started at the instance of Joseph P. Humility, secretary to the President, who is a relative of the widow of the dead prohibition official.
 The federal officials, headed by Will liam J. Flynn of the department of jus tice, working in cooperation with pro hibition agents sent from New York, ex- amined the scene of McGuinness. death and the revolver found in his hand The New York agents expressed the opinion that if BIeGuinness had shot himself as the Bayonne police believe, the revolver would not have been ound in his hand, as his, fingers would have relaxed arter the discharge of the gun, which would have fallen into the water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
CONGRESS PASSES
 ONE RESOLUTION WILSON ID VETO
What House and Senate Ac- Complished Last Week Will Be NulIified By White
 House, It Is Expected
By HUGH ". ROBERTS Washington Bureau The Age-HeraId.
 BOO Davidson Bv;Iding.

Washington December 26.-(Special) The President at any moment may de-
 stroy the only legislation completed by session early in December. Last week
 was featured in great part by the sue
 cessful passage of the joint resolution
 directing the department of the treas
 ury to revive the war finance corpora
 tion for the benefit of the stricken farmers of the country.
 It is generally believed that the Pres ident will veto the resolution on plea of D. F. Houston. Secretary of the Treas ury Congress in that event, would l proceed to do two thngs-first, to ex- press additional criticism of MT. Hous ton, and attempt to pass the resolution despite the veto of the President. It is claimed that the farmers have this Con- 1 gress in at least two-thirds ma jority.
 The real live feature of the preceding week was the discussion of the emer- gency tariff bill, and it's passage by the House. This bill would protect az ricu1tural products wheat and live stock for the farmer of the west, and peanuts and Egyptian cotton for the l farmers of the south. The duties pro- vded are so high that they constitute
 an embargo, and as such will raise no 1 revenue.
 1 This bill is before the Senate. Sem ate democrats are inclined to oppose it. 1 Some of them-among the number be- | ing Senator Pat Harrison of Mississip- pi-have already declared their opposi-
 tion have already affirmed that demo-
 crats who support it stultify them selves; that it is sop handed to farm CTS by manufacturers of the east who
 would lay predicate for an embargo , protecting their own interests, and have | threatened to filibuster if there be dan ger of it's passage by the Senate. The bill greatly distressed southern democrats in the House. who were com pelled to take either one horn or the other of the dilemma, They were con- fronted by the necessity of denying the petition of the farmers of their states.
 or renopncing the democratic policy of a tariff for revenue only. The sessions 1 last week. other than their involvement | of the foregoing, were unproductive | and uninteresting. Congress was too | full of Christmas'Nto to labor unceas- ingly for the public veal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
Boy Admits to String of Incendiary Fires
 Totaling $l ,OOO, 900 Loss---May Be Insane

mediately after his trip to the various places where school buildings and dwellings had been burned. he was hurried to Greensboro, where his finger prints and Bertillion measure ments were taken and recorded.
 Smith was arrested Friday after having previously been taken into cus- tody, but released after Burgess Harry Steinman of Fayette City had organized a posse in response to ap- peals for aid following the discovery of several fires almost simultaneously. These seven buildings were three res- idences, two school buildings, one church and barn. They were To- cated in Brownsville, Albany Hill and Braznell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
INDUSTRIAL BOARD {. SUGGESTS RADICAL REDUCTION IN TAX
Committee Forms Plan, Which, It Asserts, Would Lessen the
 Burdens of Taxpayers a
 Billion Dollars Annually
By Associated Press

New York, December e6.-Recommen- dation for radical revision of the fed eral tax laws, calling for curtalment of more than billion dollars a year, were made public today by the commit tee of the national industrial conference board.
 The report. expressing the opinion of only the committeeman themselves. W1s submitted as basis for the third na- tional commission. The report of the committee presents the following recoin- mendations which would reduce federal revenue:
 Repeal of he excess profits tax which would diminish the federal taxes to me extent of $9O0, GOO, ,000 per annum Reduction of surtax rates which would
 entail loss of s200,00O annually. A provision that business losses for any year should be deductitle from the income derived during the succeeding year or the preceding year, if the income of the succeeding year is sufficient,
 which would curtal taxes Soo,ooooO yearly.
 The committee opposed a sale or turn over tax in the recommendations for re- medial changes. These changes, the re- port stated, would have but little effect on the gross revenue derived from taxa tion The committee declared in it's re- port that the proposal for an excise tax on the privilege of holding land and nat ural resources is unsound. Sincere and vigorous retrenchment ln ;; public expenditures must stand behind any tax system aimed to work perma- nent public improvement the report says. The re@ort calls on the business men to act together to remedy stua- tton that the committee believes to be working private injustice and public harm
 ''Business agreement will accomplish public benefit" the report states, but business disagreement on this important subject will merely intensity and multi ply the injurious factors of bad situa- tion.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
Value of Farms
SOUTHERN SHEEP
 RAISING SLUMPS

Washington. December 26.-(Special ,- Sheep raising in certain southern states slumps according to preliminary figures, of the census, bureau. published today.
 In Alabama in i9l0. there were lHil2 sheep; now there are only Sl,S6S- Ficrida. 10 years ago possessed 951l5. Now it has only 61,7S9 Ten years ago there were t26251 sheep in Maryland: now there ara only 10S.021. Tennessee 10 years ago had 410,337 now it has only S6t,196
 Figures for no other southern state are announced as yet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
HURLEY TOBACCO
 COST S3O9 ACRE
University of Kentucky Agri- cultural Report Shows h.
 tereSting Crop Totals
By Associated Press

Lexington, Ky, December 26.-The 1920 crop of hurley tobacco in Kentucky cost approximately $SO9 per acre to grow, ac- cording to an estimate made public here tonight by the college of agriculture or the University of Kentucky. The esti- mate was based on investigations of fieldmen of the university and the Unit ed States department of agriculture, who for the last two years have been mak- ing a study of the cost of producing to- bacco in Kentucky.
 The estimate covers only what is Known as the white burIey district of central Kentucky No estimate was made for the dark tobacco area of western Kentucky The final average cost ot producing and marketing the 1919 crop was fixed at s2s9.1 per acre for the bur ley district and s14l.76 for the dark to- bacco area. Eighty-one farms in the burley district and 70 in the dark dis trict were studied. The 1920 report is not yet complete.
 It is estimated that nearly f50,000 teachers in this country dropped out of ..ol,r <x-1- Ia-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
By Associated iress

'Uniontown, Pa. December 26.-Albert Smith, aged 19 years of Fairhope, son of a real estate operator under ar rest here in connection with many mysterious fires during the past sev- eral months, in which more than $1,000,000 worth of property was de- stroYed, today accompanied state troopers in an automobile to the scenes of 13 of the fires. Fayette county authorities say he admitted having Knowledge of all of them.
 Tomorrow, say the authorities, an examination into Smiths mental con- dition will be begun. He was locked in the Fayette county jail, and inn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
Aged Man Dies

Greenyille, December a6-(Special.)-- Uriah Grant died at his home near here yesterday. after short illness. He was 70 years old and was one of the most highly respected men in the county. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. c. A. Burlington and interment was made at Bethel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY WILL MEET

Washington. December 26.-tSpecTaI,J-- The national woman's party, preliminary to it's convention here in February, has
 called meeting of the executive com naittee for January 13. Alabama's mem Der of the executive committee is Mss | Sara Haardt of Montgomery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
Local Data
Important Announcement

Effective Sunday, December G. Southern Railway midnight train (No. 12) to Atlanta will leave Birmingham a 12:01 o'clock a. m. instead of 12:4s o'clock a. m, and reach Atlanta at 6:3S o'clock a. m. Passengers will be all lowed to remain in the local sleeping cars until 7:30- o'clock a. m.
 For further information telephone City Ticket Office. Main gro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27
CALVIN, JUNIOR, INSISTS
 MEN DON'T WASH DISHES
n. Associsted Press

Springfield, Mass, December 26. Calvin Coolidge. Jr., in an inter view tbis afternoon, denied thas he and his brother, and Governor Coolidge dornrd aprons and wnsh- ed the dishes nfter the Christi snaS dinner at their Northampton horne. Hc said that the amcn" of the family washed ne dishes that dny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-27


 Reporting on the operation or the Webb-Pomerene act, permitting torma- tions of associations for export trade' the commission informs Congress that this act has served as "a decided fac- tor" in promoting the progress or American manufacturers in foreign markets The commission says that during the year, 4S associations com prising approximately ,32 concerns whose offices and plants are distribu- ted over 43 states reported to 1t as oper- ating under the export act.
 The commission also says that the law, instead of increasing the strength of the already great American indus trial establishments. has enabled the smaller concerns to band together in a fashion to push fully organized export trade in & keen competitive manner, which they are not able to do at home. To this extent, the commission believes, the law has worked to the great ad- vantage of the small firms.