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Evening star., 1920-12-10
SHIPPING PRoBE REPORTS.

The Shipping Board committee in
ing Board vessels has received reports
from eleven Of the operating com
panies, Chairman Benson said last
night, and three Of the reports are
unfavorabIe. An Investigation is
being conducted to determine whether
|eign or American; vhether the Jones
Evening star., 1920-12-10

Stonevaal jackson. died u . local
hotel last night, He served on the
staffs of several nosnd Confederate
ehieftains>
Mr.. Stafford was born In Tuscaloosa,
Ala. January "a, 1S42. and received
his military training In Virginia Mill
tary Institute.
Evening star., 1920-12-10

merchant marine net IL being COM
Piled with. and to ascert1in thetf Een-
erd efficiency. 4hose not coming np
Ito standard viii be dropped. the chair
man said,
Evening star., 1920-12-10

Every year = rig race IL held ID
Cronesall 1Ea<ftss iH thd haftA 81
France, = Deixe tf 2;qe0 ff1Aes being
awarded tho 3aeky rider az the Win
ming Big:
Evening star., 1920-12-10

The ruby, weight for weight; is
more valuable than tho diamond:
Evening journal., 1920-07-30

francs Of France, Belgium and Italy
are equal ST.
Under the old conversion rates a
little more than five francs, three
lronen and 72 ores. or Two ilorIns and
AZ centsl Netherlands) were equal 20
a dollar. pOnzi Is also said 20 nave
bought stamps abroad and sold them
here 40 great profit. Post office oiii-
cials said that an order had been m
effect for some time limiting me
number OF foreign stamps that could
he cashed here by one person at one
time
The American government % was
made plain. has not lost any money
through operations OF Punli ana
others but has been The gamer. Iiese
gains. through money order eN.
changes, probably totals millions OF
dollars officials said This was one
reason The new conversion fales were
ordered
Tho Federal tax collectors are also
looking into p0nzis huge profits.
ponzi. IL was unonlcially estimated
here today. must pay an income YAK
OF approximately S5i3iA9O ON hl,
operations from December 10 July, Il
he makes a personal return.
IL corporation return Is man'
ponzis tax would ho affected DN eN'
cmptOns not possible in personlie,
return The return must be MED WIN
lho internal revenue collector Delur'
March 70. 1921 ..,.
on a personai return p0nzi woult
nav me government 80 i2i 600 on tni
1rsi nf his reported $1,000 600. Ills
remaining tax would total si5o0O.
Evening journal., 1920-07-30

WASHINGTON. July 30 UNITED
Press The Post once Department
hsstaken steps 70 end the possibility
OF Formulating huge profits by trad
ingein international money orders and
stamps
phc slep was the establishment OF
new rates FOR the conversion OF for
eirp money when International money
orders are paid or issued by United
Slaifs post Offices. The new convcr-
.Hlon. rates more nearly approximate
fh0~preyaillng rate OF exchange. The
0licOnvcrsi0n rates were based on
the rate OF exchange prevailing before
iho.War.
Ts3dng advantage on the difference
In postal rates and real exchange
raies, Charles p0nzl Of Boston made
more than s8Qo0.O00 IN a few months
trading IN international money orders
! and stamps others have also made
huae profits. inyestieatlon here show
ed Under The new conversion rates
effective August 10 an international
monfy order for one pound sterling
wiz be- worth So In American money.
Under the old rate 10 was worth si.Sl
The rates also apply To moneys
other countries mako.
One form or The Netherlands equal
ol 36 cents; one krona OF Sweden Is
"a CENTS, one gr0na OF Denmark or
Norway Is equal 10 20 cents. and 1880
Evening journal., 1920-07-30

ing by the wind which is blowing in
for most other people in Japan.
"Never before have we had 80
many women applicants" said one OF
the most prominent marriage agents.
LAS a rule, our customers are men
looking for wives. but lately the old
order has been reversed. There may
be other reasons, but we who are IN
the business think that the Lard times
are causing women ic seek safety Dy
finding husbands 10 project them.
There are number OF women OF
the better classes among the clients. !.
The Bureau OF Statistics tells a
similar tale. His records show mat
tremendous increase is taking place
I'm the number OF marriages recorded
during the past two months. A rather
novel example Of the steps taken Dy
young women 10 find helpmeets Is
/ found in the following advertisement
i'm which a Japanese maiden seeks 70
/ land a foreign husband. IL reads
japanese young lady, aged 20, OF Desl
Samural family, wishes TO break WIN
old customs and 30 marry a ioreig
er. Wiling TO learn English ana 10
wear western clothes
Evening journal., 1920-07-30
Inlaid LinOleunnS
''the pattern goes tn rough to the back"
Special August Sale Price,
$50 and SI.75 square yard

designs added stock from which select
handsome wood eeea looking tile patterns and small aov designs AH
prices today generally higher than this
10 at this special
81. a
Printed Lnoeums 10 yard pieces These
yard but the limited and these will be
in he
of Printed Lnoms for yard but these
to yards to the piece
Third Floor Elevator
Evening journal., 1920-07-30
HARD TINES
FORCE MARRIAGE
Jap Matchmakers Profit by
Rush of MaidenS TO Seek
Husbands
MANY WOMEN APPLY
1T is DECLARED

TOKYO, Junc 20 ,By Mail The
hard times which struck Japan with
great suddenness recently have had
many strange effects, among them
being that Of sending many a fair
Japanese damsel out into the mairi-
monial market TO look for a husband
who can support her. In Japan mar
rages are contracted through pro-
fessiOnal matchmakers 10 a far great
err extent than is the ease in other
countries, and these are now profit
Evening journal., 1920-07-30
NO PIGGERY
NEAR DWELLING

City Solicitor John w. Huxley, pr.
who has been looking into The law
relating 10 piggories said today lhat
while no records OF any Injunction
proceedings against such establish.
menis have been found. il Is evident
that such places have been undeslr-
able I'm the past.
The law Of the. city, Mr.. Huxley said.
prohibiis piggerics which arc not kept
In a sanitary condition.
In addition 30 this 10 prohibits any
one from building piggery or keep
ing pigs within nifty feet OF a dwell
ing.
Mr.. Huxley declared 81 am not able
TO find anything that would stop a
person from building a piggcry. pro-
vlding they live up 10 'thc law with
regard 10 erecting lt nfty fcd from
the nearest dwelling house. But J
am quito sure the city Board Of
Health would soon flnd reason TO
have The owners fined for the odor
which necessarily would come from
10. Anyone knows a place where pigs
are kept has a disagrceable odor.
II the broad is mixed IN The morn
ing. Il may be watched during the
day.
Evening journal., 1920-07-30

erto scientists may have doubted the
ability Of cockatOos to acquire a re-
cognizable accent. but wO OF these
birds fresh from the New York zoo
speak unmistakable American.
Ihey ask repeatedly for "clam Oys-
ters on a half-shell" and beg their
amused visitors for hominy or Cali
fornian peanuts. Sometimes In an
oulDurst Of patriotism they repeat
Laliiornia,' until 10 would appear
that IS The only word in their vocabu-
Evening journal., 1920-07-30
new RATE ON
NONEYEXCHANGE
Government Acts to Stop
Ponzi's Money Making
m Game
ONLY 81 FOR
POUND STERLING

Operations by which profits
purc made In trading IN inicrna-
ti0nal money orders and state
mcnts is explained as follows;
A-mOncy order Tor pound
strfiinn could be bought in Lon
don for q little less than $500
American money. IN this cOun-
try The order brought Si.S7.
Great Britain stood The loss until
ipe government hit upon the
plan OF stopping practice by tax
aiiOn. Not al countries have
done this. however.
.jn the same way an Italian five
cnt stamp could be bought for
about one cent American money.
Il could be cashed here for FIVE
cents or sold TO stamp broker
for something over four cents.
Evening journal., 1920-07-30
pArnInTIC pARnnTS.

LONDON, lBy MaiD.-The Ameri-
can accent has invaded even the par
rot house at the Geological paruehs
here
A large consignment Of birds has
arrived from America Many nave
names that suggest cocktails. HIN
Evening journal., 1920-07-30

larry. And now a very small green
parrot in the cage next door is trying
TO say California too.
A disguised keeper stands outside
his cage saying London London,
London" but the small green parrot
does not seem TO admire his accent
so much as that Of his feathered
Transatlantic friends.
Evening journal., 1920-07-30

It pays to keep in close touch with
the Wants.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1920-07-30
Rugs Particularly
Desirable For
Summer Use

in cottage, home and porch, Pretty
patterns of fine quality 'Waite' Grass
Rugs. Stencilled in waterproof eolorS
of variety and attractiveneSs.
9x12 II. size $16.65. in the August
Sale.
sx1O #. size SASS in the August
Sale.
6x9 #. size $1,000 in the August
Sale.
This goods by the yard and SO
inches wide, only $1.OO and $1.35 a
yard.
Evening journal., 1920-07-30
Carpets in Our
August Sale

Carpets by the yard have been hard
to get. Here you'll find good as
sortment for stairway or hall or for
runners in
Tapestry Carpets at $1.50 yard.
Velvet Carpets at $1.SO and $2.75
a yard.
Ingram Stair Carpets at $1.5O and
$1.25 a yard.
10-wire Brussels Carpets in pretty
patterns for the whole room at only
$3.50 a yard.
China Mattings of the best quality
now in the August Sale for only Csc
yard
Third Floor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10
BOLD ATTEMPT AT
 HOUSE ROBBERY

Another daring robbery was attempt ed about dark last night, when two unidentified negro men made a told attempt to enter the residence of Vic tor H. Hanson, 1920 Iroquois street. They walked boldly up the front steps and rang the door bell The ne- gro cook, thinking that some member of the family was returning home, opened the front door. One of the men struck her on the head and she fell to the floor in an unconscious condition.
 The men walked to the back of the house and began plundering the rooms. The cook regained consciousness In few moments. and ran to the kitcaen and secured a pistol. The burglars hearing the woman movip about in the kitchen, ran in on her. She began screaming, and the burglars became alarmed and ran out the front 1oor, taking the woman's pistol with them. >
 Considerable excitement was caused lin the neighborhood by the woman's screams Mr. and Mrs. Hanson all other members of the family were away at the time. and knew nothing about the occurrence until they came home half an hour later and saw many of the neighbors collected around their house.
 MT. Hanson stated last night that with the exception of the pistol that had been taken from the cook nothing else was missing. At a late hour last night no trace of the two negros bad been found by the investigating eff cers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10
CREDIT MEN HERE
 FOR CONFERENCE Senator Underwood to Address Meeting of Tri-State
 Credit Men

Local members of the Birmingham Credit Mems association are making final arrangements for the conference here Thursday when members of the Nz tional Association of Credit Men representing three states, Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama, will gather at the Chamber of Commerce buil1- Ing for meeting of the association thursday morning and afternoon. The meeting will come to a close Thurs clay night with banquet a the Tut wiler hotel. when several prominent business men of the south will ad- cress the body.
 This meeting of the tri-state organi- zation of the National association ls expected to be of greatest importance tc members. composed of wholesale merchants of the three states. and it is believed the number of out-of town delegates to attend will be more than 260. J, Harry Tregoe. national secretary treasurer will attend, re- presenting the National Association at the conference.
 Senator oscar W. Underwood Oscar Wells and James Bowron, of Brming- ham; George Grundman and Charles II. Hammer of New Orleans. and L. N Hooper of Selma. will be among the guests at the meeting and will deliver addresses.
 The meeting will be under the aus p'ces. of the Birmingham Credit Men' 5 association,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10
DR. DOZENS WILL B INSTALLED T0N|G
Service Will Be Held In the South Highlands Presby
 terian Church

A cordial invitation Is extended nlen- bers of the various churches of Birming- ham to attend the service this evening at 90 o'clock at the South Highlands Pres byterian church
 At this hour the Presbytery of North Alabama. by the following commission, will install pr. William Ray Dobyns pas tor of the church.
 The Rev. John A. MacSporran, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church; the Rev J. W, Hickman, pastor of the Vine Street church. the Rev J. H. Bryan. b. D., pastor Of the Third church: Judge A. C. Howze. elder in the First church.
 Dr. MacSporran will preside, preach and propound the constitutional questions constituting the relation.
 Mir Hickman will deliver the charge to the pastor. and Dr. Bryan will deliver the charge to the people.
 Following the installation service, a re- ception will be rendered in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Dobyns by the Mems Fellow ship club. and the woman's auxiliary of the church.
 The pastors of the city, with their wives, will be in attendance, and all friends of other denominations are in- v;ted to be present who wish to join with the membership of South Highlands church in extending warm welcome to the minister and his family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10
SCHEDULE CHANGES
 AND MORE STREET. CARS ARE ORDERED.
Lines at Bessemer ConSoli. dated-TWo More Big Cars Coming-Company Buys
 More Safety Cars

On Sunday November 14, the Jones' boro Pipe Works car line line at Bes- semer will be consolidated with the two Bessemer lines, the North and the South.
 The North Bessemer cars will operate through Bessemer to Jonesboro as their terminus, and the South Bessemer cars will operate through Bessemer to the pipe works as their terminus.
 Passengers bound through from the pipe works to Jonesboro or from Jones' boro to the pipe works will transfer at First avenue and Nineteenth street, Bcs- Semer.
 There will be no change in the head way either on the North or the South Bessemer line, except after p, m., when cars leaving Birmingham on the South Bessemer line will run at intervals of 45 minutes instead of an hour, as here tofore.
 The new arrangement will result very advantageously to Bessemer it is said, and is attributed to the new loop be- tween First and Fifth avenues, Besse' mer, which is said to be having an en- hancing effect on the values of real es- tate on both Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. The new arrangement will also mean improved service for JoneseborS and pipe works patrons.
 Improved service will also begin on the North and South Highlands line in B'r- mingham Saturday, when two moro cars of the large and popular '260' type Will be put in commission on that line.
 The first of a consignment of l5 safety cars left Cincinnati Friday, and daily shipments will be made until the order is completed. These cars will probably be placed on the Twentieth street anu Avenue B loop lines, giving the patrons of those lines practically the same sched- ules as now enjoyed by the patrons or the Lakeview and Highland avenue lines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10
.LAURENS BLOCK IS
 CLAIMED BY DEATH
Succumbs to Heart Trouble Following 0peration-Fune-
 ral This Afternoon

Laurens Block, one of Birmingham s nent in many activities of the com munity, died at o'clock yesterday morning in local hospital. following an operation for appendicitis last Fri day. He at first seemed to stand the operation very well, but the heart be- came involved and the complications were fatal.
 The funeral service will take place this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the family residence, 291S Rhodes circle, in torment in Emanu-El cemetery to fol low. Rabbi Newfield will conduct the funeral exercises.
 MT. Block was 42 years of age. He was born in Natchez, Miss, and moved 10 Birmingham 12 years ago. He was associated with Louis Pizitz for about a year and then he and his brother, D. Block, of Memphis organized the Partisan company,sthe exclusive own ership finally passing to Mir Block. z
 MT. Block married Miss Elsie Bloom daughter of MT. and Mrs. Jacob Bloom, of Memphis. She and son, Samuel Block, aged If years, survive. Other near relatives surviving are his mother Mrs Matilda Block, of Natchez; two sisters, Mrs. Leon Geisenberger, ot Natchez, and Mrs. Emil Well, of Mont gomery, and two brothers, Maurice Block, of Natchez, and I. D. Block, of Memphis.
 The active pallbearers will be Robert A. Brown, w. J. Adams A. w. B. John : son, Victor H. Hanson, Major M. M Ullman, Eugene Fies, Joseph Thomp- son, Max Fies, R. T. Blake, M l.. Illus. sey, Charles Halter, Robert E. Murphy, J. H. Settle and A. Leo Oberdorfer The board of directors of the state fair as- sociation will be the honorary pail bearers.
 Numbers of department stores and others will close doors from 2:30 to 8 o'clock this afternoon in honor of the deceased.
 MT. Block was closely identified with many civic movements and with the cultivation of the arts and amenities He was charitable and benevolent. He was a man of much cultivation and elevation of thought. He was highly regarded both as business man and as a citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10
BELIEVE BURGLAR ESCAPED MURDERER Charges Pile Up Against Me- gro Prisoner as Finger
 Prints Are Identified

Lemuel Price, alias Richard Harris, early Monday morning at Fifth avenue and Twenty-frst street and charged with having broken into the Winter Clothing company store, has, according to officers. admitted being Lemuel Price. wanted at Wilmington, Del, for murder.
 Price is alleged to have shot to death a police officer last year when the of ficers were raiding dice game in that city in which Price was playing. He ad- mits having been convicted of the crime and sentenced to death, after which he was sent to the New Castle county work house. where he was waiting the date of execution. December @ he escaped from that institution and was later arrested in the state of Virginia on the charge of stealing an automobile, for which he was sentenced to six months at hard labor While serving this sentence he escaped. The Virginia officials did not know who their prisoner really was.
 When Price escaped from the Delaware workhouse. George Black, chief of police of Wilmington, sent out circulars with finger prints, pictures and measurements oe the fugitive. Reference to these Mon- day quickly identified the negro whom the officers had picked up here for bur glary as being the negro wanted at Will mngton. He is said to have made full confession after the detectives. H. E. Brown and II. II. Sullivan, presented tEeir evidence.
 MT. Black, who was notified of Prices identification and confession, left immedi- stey for Birmingham to get his prisoner. He is expected to arrive here today. 1t is understood that Price will not ask ex- tradition papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
Two Negroes Are Arrested By Deputy
 Sheriffs Here

Two negroes charged with robbery were arrested early yesterday morning at 1721 Fifth alley by Lee White. w. '. Morris and Marshall Smith, deputies. These men. Will Jemison. alias Red Shirt" and Fred Weston were placed ir the county jail, where they are being held without bond. The arrests were made at S:30 o'clock yesterday morning.
 Although the officers declined to say in which robbery the men are alleged to have been implica ted. they declared they believed they were men who had played a part in many robberies that have occurred in and around Birming- nam during the past few/weeks
 The arrest of the two negroes yes terday makes a total of II men charged with highway robbery to be arrested by members of the sheriffs force. Some of these men have been identified, and some have confessed according to the officers. Those now iii the custody of the officers are Ed Duncan. Cornelius Darby, Charlie Waley, Fred Robinson. will Mort 5n John Henry. Charlie Lawson. Tom Toles. Joe Ham. Will Jemison and Fred Weston
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10
ST0vAROS CHRISTOS
Grocery Clerk Shot By Robber Dies at
 Local Infirmary

stavaros Christos, clerk at the Kris takes grocery store. Tenth avenue and Ihfrty-fourth street. north, who was shot twice last Saturday morning by a negro bandit, died at local hospital at o'clock yesterday afternoon. The body is being held at Johns Undertak- ing company pending the arrival of rel atives
 According to police information, the negro entered the store and ask ed Christos if he could change q dollar pil. When he opened the cash regis ter the negro made a grab for the money Seeing that Christos was about 10 interfere, the negro drew a gun and fired twice, both shots taking effect. The negro then snatched the money from the register. which amounted to $500. and ran out of the door. The po- lice have been unable to locate him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-10
NEED FOR HOUSES
 GROWING AS MORE
 PEOPLE COME HERE
Real Estate Men Say Demand Is Continuous for Homes. Postoffice Lists 5000 In
 General Delivery

Just how rapidly Birming- ham is growing is proven by the records of the postoffice department. More than 5000 persons are receiving their mail in care of the general delivery department at present while making arrange ents for permanent homes here.
 More thain 2,o0o people call at the general delivery window at the post office each day for their mail. Three extra clerks have been added to the forces in this department to take care of the increasing amount of mail that has been coming in for the past six months.
 BUILDING ACTIVE
 Never was the building business realty affairs and the general realty situation of the city more happily alive than at the present time. This is re- ported by nearly every local real estate concern in town.
 The simplicity house and the emerg- ency home has been factor toward solving the housing problem in Bir- mingham. Reports from New Orleans and other large cities in the south are to the effect that they have adopted both of these plans to help meet the increases in population.
 Birmingham Realty company officials who originated the idea of the simpli- city house, and who have erected more wood during the past few months, say five more of them at an early date and that many more will be built durins g the winter months.
 TO BUILD MORE
 Claude Estes of the Estes Real Estate and Insurance company, who originated the emergency home, and who has erected more than 30 of them at Beverly place, near the end of the West End car line, says that work will be started immediately upon 12 more oi them. MT. Estes has the land at West End on which to build at least 200 more of these houses and he says that he expects to do so during the coming months.
 Every report that is made indicates that the realty market is as good as ii ever was. There is plenty of work fo1 carpenters and others engaged in house building and the reports from the building inspectors office show con stant stream of permits being issued for the erection of additional houses throughout the city