The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-07

| mum wages for women. was called to-
 day for January 22 at Newark by the
 National Consumers league.
 Pittsburg, January 6.-scores of
 persons traversing downtown Fifth
 avenue tonight witnessed the killing 1 of Albert Loving, negro, who was | shot to death by E. M. Price. a former
 captain in the regular army Price | came to Pittsburg four months ago
 from Salt Lake City Utah. 1 Wilmington, Del, January 6-The | stockholders of the General Motors cor
 poration, at 8 special meeting here today
 ratified a resolution of the directors au-
 thorizing 6,io0, coo shares of capital stock,
 preferred and debenture, at s100 a share, l and 5o,t0o,eoo shares of common stock of { nominal par value.
 1 Cincinnati, January 6-Bv a vote of 95
 to 1. city council today defeated the reso- 1 fution of Councilman Edward Kellogg to
 appoint q committee of citizens to discuss i the adyisability of selling the Cincinnati 1 Southern railway, the only municipality
 owned trunk line railway in the United | States.
 Cincinnati, January e-The funeral
 thief has resumed operations, his second attempt having netted a diamond pin and
 a gold watct. The fellow mingles with
 the mourners and manages to secret him. 1 self during the funeral services. When the mourners leave for the cemetery he l loots the place.
 l Washington, January 6.-The British | pound will be computed at $3.S5 in Ameri- can money by the war department in making January disbursements, it was an- | nounced today. The franc will be sta
 bilizsd' for this month at 1 to the dollar and the Italian lire at 19.
 l New York. January 3.--Material in- creases in teachers salaries were urged | today in programme formulated by pub l lie education officials from nine eastern 1 states as a means of relieving critical ! shortage of teachers which has closed hundreds of public schools and threatens 1 to close more.
 I Cork, January 6-Forty Sim Fein pris- oners in the Cork jail began hunger strike today as protest against the dis crimination shown by the authorities in the ameliorative treatment promised them. Some of the prisoners have already been tried while others are awaiting trial. Cincinnati, January 6-George F. Deiterle, Cincinnati distiller, has been au- thorzed to appoint committee to so to Washington and discuss with the fed eral officials the problem of disposinS of the bonded whisky in the United States. This was announced at the close 1 of meeting of 100 dstillers from all sec l tions Of the country here today.
 | Miami. Fla. January 6.--John Cooper Thomas, aged 2i, multi-millionaire coal operator and manufacturer of Dranwell, | w. Va, died today at his winter resi- dence of Belle Isle, this city, of diabetes. He was reputed to be worth $50 OOo, 900, the greatetr part of this sum having been left to him by his father, William Thompson, when the latter died two years ago.
 New York, January e.-"Americanism'' was the keynote of speeches delivered here tonight by two republican cand- dates for the presidency, who addressed g. large gathering of men and women prominent in the public and business af- fairs of the nation at the annual banquet of the Ohio society of New York. The
 two candidates for the nations highest office were Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler,
 president of Columbia university. The same patriotic note was struck by third candidate, Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, in a letter in which he expressed his regret that military duty kept him from being present.
 k Grand Rapids. January 6-Federal Judge Clarence w. Sessions tonight had not completed consideration of argu- ments on the general demurrer asking dis missalyo Of the indictments agalnst Senator Truman H. Newberry and 134 others charged with violation of the election laws It was understood that the deci- sion would not be rendered until Friday
 Montgomery, January 6.-Three corpo-- rations engaged in selling. stock certifi- cates in Alabama have been cited to show whether they are conforming to the provisions of the "blue sky" laws of the state by the state securities commission, which meets tomorrow.
 Atlantic City, January 6.-Plans for the greatest world evangelist campaign ever attempted were agreed upon al pre- liminary meeting of the first post bellum conference of the Inter Church World movement here today. Representatives
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