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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
ALBANY

Albany, June 5-(Special)-A display of products manufactured in Alabama will be shown at the Albany Chamber Of Commerce, according to an announce ment made today by Secretary-Manager Mcdaniel Among the articles to be shown will be samples of silk manufac- tured at the local silk mill the only silk mill in the south.
 A. G. Patterson, Albany business man, recently elected president of the Ala bama Public Service Commission, led the ticket in the democratic primary, May Il, receiving the largest majority given any candidate for state office. MT. Pat terson's majority over his two opponents was more than 15,00O votes.
 The local delegation which went to Birmingham Thursday to urge Albany s claims for the new Baptist hospital, re- turned early Friday very much en- couraged over the city's chances of ob- taining the hospital No decision was announced by the committee which has the location of the hospital in charge. but it was announced members of the committee will visit the sites offered and make public their decision later.
 w. H. Templeton, principal of the All bany High School and coach of the dllieliC tcaHio, h'o DcCi nPPOAiiNSo " aid in taking the industrial census of North Alabama. Questionnaires have been sent to practically all of the plants in this section and it will be one of the duties of MT. Templeton to see that the questionnaires are properly filled out and returned to the government.
 The kiwanis Club and American Legion met here recently in baseball game for the benefit of the Alabama children's welfare movement. The weather man tried to spoil the game but couldn't entirely.
 The legionnaires, more familiar with water and mud, copped the contest. The Indians said the ex-gobs and ex-soldiers ordered the rain for their direct benefit The latter deny the allegation. A re- turn engagement has been arranged for Monday afternoon. The proceeds vii go to the same cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
ANOTHER LARGE BET

have made another large bet with | myself-which I confidently expect to win-that throughout the week. start | ing Monday. Chicago. restaurant prices will reach a pinnacle hitherto unap-
 preached in the annals of civilized
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

lfminarieS had brought forth. They all gave the same answer. It was;
 SOMETHING GOING ON "There are some thmss gong on un- der the surface, but they haven't been disclosed as yet"
 And according to the best indca- tions, what has been going on, has been an attempt to get all elements to- gether on harmonious platform and at the same time estimate the real strength and staying qualities of the various forces so that plans might be made accordingly.
 Monday and Tuesday and probably Wednesday will be exhibition days at convention hall Organization will have to be perfected as a matter of course, and while the delegates are being en- tertained by the big brass band up in the balcony. and by keynote speeches, and the best orators and entertainers the party has, the resolutions commit tee, working night and day at one of the hotels, will be striving to bring out the basis of an acceptable agree ment and the various whips will have their scouts out recording the pref erences and leanings of the uninstruct- ed delegates. They will also be keep ing a close eye on the instructed dele gates to make sure that they do not DTedh away III SOIHe CdScS dlitduy LHt Johnson, Wood and Lowden forces among themselves are claiming the same delegations. The adjournm ent that follows the second or third ballot probably will find the convention ready to go over the top and noon of the next day will be the zero hour. That will be the time to be prepared for surprises.
 By that time it is expected the large delegations from the most populous states will have assessed the strength of the candidates, the sticking quail ties of their delegations, and be ready to come in with an agreement among themselves on some one of the candi- dates, or possibly a dark horse. who can be put over.
 Tonight while the boards of strategy are boring over their plans and the fighting forces are undergoing a last minute inspection, the conven- tion swirl around the hotels and on the streets is gathering momentum. The delegates and visitors are pouring in on every train. Equipped with cheer leaders, song leaders aud almost every other contrivance, human and other wise that is likely to appeal to the emotions of assembly of ten thou sand persons, they all hope that at the psychological moment they will be the center of a winning wave.
 d-time conventions habitues wag their heads at the modern ideas that go now "a days with a boosting presi- dential boom There used to be spell binders, flag wavers and torch flight paraders. Now there are brigades of ballad singers, piano players, thymes- ters, glad handlers, social service work CTS and any number of persons who f,rl,t Ia Ia NTao !, Webster's definition of factotum ex- traordinary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
Situation at Chicago Is
 Like Southern Battle Royal
Montague Says May Take Week for the Delegates Decide Who Has Most Staying Power.-Not
 Like Days of 1912
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE

Knute Nelson, who is barred because he wasn't born in the United States.
 It's not going to be a bossed conven' tion, either. Penrose, one of the bosses who helped run the last two affairs, is sick and isn't coming. Barnes. the New York boss, has long since despaired of the constitution, of which he was the sole guardian, and will sing very low.
 Elihu Root, after learning how mat
 ters would be, hurriedly bought a steamer ticket and sailed for the other side. MT. Root is getting along in years and his endurance isn't what it used to be.
 In 1912 the situation wasn't at all like this. It was just a knockdown and drag out between Roosevelt and the big
 bosses. with the big bosses in full con- trol, and perfectly willing to fight till the last armed foe expired. Roosevelt did most of the knocking down, but at the finish the bosses did the dragging out.
 In 1916 the party was hungry and
 wa nted to win It thought Hughes could
 win, and there wasn't any real idea from the start of nominating anybody else.
 Rut here we have Johnson. as militant as Roosevelt and just as versed in po- Iitical strategy; Wood. with big crowd off delegates behind him, and as ener- getic and excited a field as ever ver- balIv bit and scratched and gouged and fought for it's life. it's liberty and its sacred honor.
 The trouble may last more than week. though it is my guess that 1t will be over by Saturday Rates for meals and hotel rooms in Chicago In conven- tion time don't encourage delegates 10 daily. even if they are terribly in ear- nest.
 As to telling you what is going to happen. I simply can't do it. I may he able to after I get there, but al- though there are upward of thousand delegates on this train, there isn't i ouija board among the lot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
CITY IS TO OPPOSE
 POSSIBLE PRECEDENT

Preparations for actively contesting the petition of the Birmin gham Rail- way, Light and Power Company for tha discrimination of their freight service between Birmingham, Bessemer and Ensley were made by the city attorney yesterday, to be presentd before the public service commission at Montgom- cry Monday.
 The city is taking as a basis of its claim for the denial of the petition of the company, the state law governing the public service corporations. This law says that the public service cor Porations are entitled to reasonable return on their entire investment, but not necessarily on each branch of tha service. The city attorney says that if the petition be granted. the car com pany can, at any time, discontinue any of their passenger lines in the city of Birmin aham on the grounds that they are being operated al a loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

En Route to Chicago, June 5.-(Spe- ciaL)-In a battle royal six or elght gentlemen, usually blanieless Philippians are set at large in ring, equipped with boxing gloves, and urged to fight until the best man wins.
 Sometimes there is a general scrim- mage. Sometimes all the little fellows pick on the big one-as long as he lasts. Anyway, there are side wallops, and waIlops on the bias, and punches on the jaw, and belts on the back of the heao' and even the foul line is seldom scrupu- lously respected.
 You may have seen battle royal IT you have, you will have a fairly good idea of what is about to happen in Chi- cago. If you haven't seen one, the fore going two paragraphs will to some ex- tent confer upon you the gift or prophecy.
 Tn Chicago there are two big ones Wood and Johnson-and lot Of little ones. including Lowden, Sproul. Coolidge, Kenyon. Beveridge, Allen. Borah, Hughes and all the members of the United States senater, saving and excepting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
Contest Ouer Platform
 Ouershadows Fights of
 Candidates Then1selves
On League and Industrial Relations Planks Hinges Big Kow-One Loaded With Dynamite and Other Sur
 rounded With Claims and Counter-Claims

Chicago, June 5The contest between the various as- pran for the republican presidential nomination momen tay obscured by preliminary contest the platform One the League of Nations plank and the other the indus
 trial relations plank The latter acknowledged to be loaded
 with dynamite and the former surrounded by counter claims that been arranged and that has not been that the real truth of the situation not apparent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
Iruin Cobb Submits His
 First Contention Forecast
Great Dixie Humorist is Train Enroute to Chicago to Give Age-Herald Readers Some New Angles of
 Republican Politics
By IRWIN S. COBB

En Route, Mich June 5-SpeciaD Jon board this train is of those who believes that six days the Lord created Heaven and earth and spent the seventh framing Garden of Eden displayed sign This person is typ cal example of large and prominent class country
 think the only and suitable argument to bet right and the other fellow wrong He would bet anythngon blood presure your grand
 mothers maiden name whether Cleopatra goodook- ing as Lillian Russell He would just you thou sand dollars as ten dollars He told himself only minutes ago. shortly before parted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
Cuban Schooner Seized

Tampa, Fla, June 5.-With HOO quarts of cognac concealed in the cabin and elsewhere, the Cuban schooner Ysabel was captured Friday off Santibel Island, 100 miles south of here by the coast guard sub chaser Vaughan, lowed into Tampa today and turned over to customs of- ficers. Two of the crew were arrested on a charge of smuggling, but the captain and the other four men of the crew were ashore and escaped when the schooner was captured,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
HEFLIN

Heflin, June 5.--(Special)- )-The five new steel bridges which are to be built by Cleburne county will be under con- struction beginning Monday. The con- tract for these bridges was let to F. M. Dobson of Montgomery, whose offices are in Birmingham. The price calls for approximately s30,000. Four of the bridges are to be built over the Talla- poosa river, one near the Alabama -Geor- gia line, two Tn the center of the county and the fourth near the boundry line be- tween Clepurne and Randolph counties in the southwestern part of this county, while the fifth bridge will be built over the Big Terrapin creek, in the northern part of the| county, on the road from Borden springs to Piedmont. The mod ern steel structures will replace wooden bridges washed away during the heavy rains of the past winter and spring.
 been a very unfavorable year for the farmers, it is said that the crops of Gle
 burne county will be almost on a par with other years. The late seasons have materially cut the cotton acreage, and there has been more foodstuffs planted It is reported that several farmers who were never known to plant cane for syrup are planting quite bit this year 
 | Brazilian cocoanut palms live from
 500 to 700 years, and the date palm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
Card of Thanks

Mrs. John Hollis Powers and family wish to express their sincere apprecia- ton for the many kindnesses and beau tiful floral offerings received during theillness and death of husband and father, Mr. John Hollis Powers.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28
father HANGS
S0NIS GUILTY
Parent Pays Penalty Oh
Murder Boy Now
COnfesses

Flesherton, Ontario-"Arise and
confess your SINS, shouted Rev. G. N.
Shrape, evangelist in appealing to a
revival meeting at Salem, Grey county.
Arnold Love, 81, an industrious and
respected farmer, arose and confessed
to numbering his mother seven years
ago, a crime for which his father was
hanged on circumstantial evidence.
Love, in a slow and hesitating voice,
told the story of his struggle of seven
years to still the voice of a guilty
conscience. The murder of Mrs. Henry
Love was of most brutal character,
her body was found in the cellar of
their farm, her head battered and her
throat cut.
Arnold, fourteen years of age at the
time, was eve suspected. II was just
eating my breakfast" Love said, in
describing the murder, "when my
mother warned me to avoid keeping
bad company"
81 grabbed a stick of wood and hit
her over the head. l dropped the
body to the cellar and covered it with
earth and then went to school,"
Love was held by authorities of
Owen Sound, Ontario.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28
RAIL MEN TO
ACCEPT WAGES
Union Heads Urge Men
To Abide My Ruling
OF Board

Chicago ILL., Recommendations
that the award of the U. S. Rail-
road Labor Board handed down Tues
day be accepted by all railroad unions
were in the mails today.
Union leaders in conferences here
prepared final instructions to the rank
and file, recommending favorable ac-
ton, in an immediate ballot on the
award. The orders tone was against
strike action.
Leaders of the outlaw organization
of switehmen, which called a national
strike last April, voted last night to
reject the award. They objected be-
cause no provision was made for Sc
niority rights of men who struck at
that time. John Grunau, president,
was instructed to dicker for settle
ment without yielding this point.
Federal action against the outlaw
organization was seen today in the is
suance Of sixty subpoenaes for rail-
road officials and union men to appear
before the federal grand jury here
Wednesday,. The jury will consider
the outlaw strike situation and the
arrest of Grunau and other traders for
alleged violation of the Lever Law.
The railroad wage board today con-
tinued hearing demands of railroad ex-
pressmen for increased wages. The
company has indicated it favors an in
craaso Tho hoard exnacted IN oom-
plete hearings early next week.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28

naiaassed ~ ths stats b1nk besId. /
n aetion+asswla NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
voluntary closing 81 tie dcorx II tho |.
bank because 81 lack Of funds to con-
$tiinue the business. III u estimated
that there viii ddes.dcftaao :
$15, r. 20,000s which win IS paid,
out q ths states fullds Rdsuaranteeing
bnk deposits. Sss aa$
4. a Diekerson, named Temporary
receiver,;swtiill cloise up aalhairss II the
institution. Ii ss s..ss 4 i. sS
Bad management was the caused
the banks failure according tod
Lofthus, state bank examiner. Con.
siderable poor paper was Found 81
the hank.
The bank was organized in 1911, be-
ing chartered on April s of that year
It's capital stock was $4,000. When.
the bank failed its deposits amounted;
to $92, 900. ss'
Three weeks ago the cashier clos
ed the bank and asked for an exam
inaticn. The examination resulted III
the re~ceivership.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28
WITH THE
Y.M.C.A. BOYS

Donald Barr and Alden Mann and
Secretary Conrad have returned from
the summer school at Lake Geneva,
Wisconsin. Mr.. Barr and Mr.. Mann
persued a course of study in the Chris
ton Citizen training program, the pop
ular National boys work program pre-
pared by the National Young Mems
Christian association, and taught in
al the "Y" schools and colleges. This
program is especially prepared for
boys work in developing a fourfold
life, and should be used by teachers
of boys classes in Sunday schools to-
gether in other group work among
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28

boys. Mr.. Barr and Mr.. Mann are
now qualified to develop this work
with boys classes and groups.
Plans will soon be started towards
charting the boys in their respective
groups, getting ready for fall work
when school opens. This program
develops the boy in his social life,
physical life, devotional life, and in
tellectual power and attainment. Mr..
Leader of boys, you should get in
touch with Mr.. Barr and Mr.. Mann,
as they are rel ready to help you
out with your problems in leading
groups or classes of boys.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28

A Quaker colony. is q possibility
in Ramsey county III the near future,
il plans now contemplated by thxt
religious sect, as represented by 8.
Donald Rogers, here last week, ma
terialize. MI. Rogers was in Devils
Lake for several days, looking over
agricultural prospects Of the COM
munity, and making . study Of gem
eral conditions with definite thot Of
bringing q complete colony Of Quakers
to settle lee here. No definite an
nouncement will be made, however,
for several wekes, Mi. Rogers said
at least until he makes a report 70
others interested in the projec. with
him.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28
Wang Man Suicides

Langdon, N. D.-John Knudson,
well known farmer of the Wang COM
munity, was found dead in a field near
Wang, a % ,calibre rifle close
by his side. The rifle, evidently used
by Knudson to end his own life, had
apparently been held close to the
mans head. Burns in the flesh from
powder showed when the body was
found by neighbors. Dependency is
believed to have been the cause of the
suicide. Eight children, sons and
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28

Did you know that you could buy
from your banker a United States.
Treasury certificate at the rate Of So:
down and 81 a week? The total oost
in August IS $3.50 and Uncle Sam
redeems the certificate on Jan. /; 1925
at an even 800.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28
A Ward County Fair

Minot, N. D.-Ward county wants
an annual agricultural fair and live
stock exhibit. To meet this desire,
expressed by hundreds Of farmers and
business men alike, a petition is be-
ing circulated over the county and thru
the business district of Minot and the
smaller towns and villages to ascer-
tain to just what extent public feel
ing has reached in the matter. D. A.
Dinnie is prominent in directing ac-
tivities. Some talk is heard Of carry
ing the proposal to a elimination
under any circumstances and putting
or the first fair in 1921.
= = sgs#
FARMERS BANK CLOSES
Bismarck, N. D., July 21.-A re-
ceiver for the Farmers State Bank,
Of Marmarth, Slope county, has been
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28
Commencement Ceremony

Dickinson, N. D.-The first COM
mencement for the Dickinson State
Normal school will take place next
week at the close of the second sum-
mer term. Twenty students will re-
ceive diplomas showing satisfactory
completion Of the various courses of
study.
Hail At AmidOp
Amidon, N. D.-Losses from rs to
rs per cent are reported from the re-
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28

quarters at Williston. Other promot-
ers of the organization are all North
Oak. men with some stock men from
eastern Montana. Plans are already
under wy to hold the first exposition
and sale, October 9Th.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28
Eddy County Halls

New Rockford, N.aD.-Damage in
this vicinity from hail in the recent
storm ranges from 10 per cent to q to-
tai loss. The storm extended over a
strip about two miles wide and passed
from Eddy county down through a
portion Of Foster county.
Losses in Eddy county are reported
by Will Frazer, Peter Hammer, John
Dodds, Fred Alderman, John Daley,
Hugh Sullivan, G. T. Lindsey and Mi
10 Terry. The majority Of the farm
ers had their crops covered by hail
insurance.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28
NEWS OF NORTH DAKOTA
|. ppIrE ITEMS 0E IN1rERESr ER0Ax All pAprS

cent hail storm in this section. For
the most part Of the crops were COW
cred by insurance. The most serious
damage was done in the neighborhood
around Amidon. The storm passed
south from the Bangor country into
Sheets township.
U. C.. Burdick Named
Minot, N. D.-U. L. Burdick has
been elected to the board Of directors
of the Middle-West International Live
Stock Exposition company, with head
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28
dsuehters, survive the dead man. Ma
Kniudsonf died ! year ago.
Heat Kills Hogs

Valley City, N. d., July 8.-Will
Davis Sc Nelson township lost g hogs
from the intense hest last week, which
caused %suffocation when the animals
punched up ii an endeavor TO escape
the heat from the bright sun The
hogs averaged better than 200 pounds,
and II is estimated MI. Davis loss will
exceed 500. u ! 4 s,s8
Lusitania XS
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-07-28
K. C's, Initiate Class

Langdon, NJ D.-The. Knights Of
Columbus held q regular initiation
service here Sunday, attended by many
visiting Knights from various sections
of the Lake Region.
Prominent among the out Of town
members participating in the cere-
monies, were: Martin p. Kelly, and
Rev. A. Mcdonald Of Park River, Johr
Nevin of Park River, John O'Connol
Of Winnipeg and others.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-20
VERMONT GIRL AMONG
REFUGEES IN TURKEY
M abel n. Power of South Hero Among
2ooo Reported to Have
Escaped

Con4tantinople, Feb. l6.--The Amer
lean committee for relief in the Near
East today received a message dated
February IS, from ii offices at Adana,
Asiatc Turkey. which was construed
to mean that all the Americans have
ESCAPED from Marash northeast or
A1ana ara north Of Aleppol south
ward to isiahie, which is on the rail-
road. Tho MESSAGE says:
oInformat'on this morning Is that
Tho personnel Of 20e0 refugees retired
to lslahie with Colonel Normand
There was extreme restitution and
many were sick or wounded. There
is no information from A'ntab or Had
jim. The situate on Is serious
Major David G. Arnold of Providence
r. T., managing director of the Amer
can commission for relief in the Near
East says that there were ten Aineri-
can relief workers and SIX American
missionaries at the headquarters OF
the American boar dcollege at Mar
ash. Among them is Mabel II. Power,
OF North Hero, VT.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-20
ULTIMAFuM BY LEGION
Gives Congress Sixty Days to Aid Elk.
Soldiers

Washington, Feb. Island settle
ment In all states for former service
men, Federal aid to encourage their
purchase Of e Their rural or city homes,
vocational education and adjustment OF
compensation based on length of ser
V ce were recommended today by the
legislation committee of the Amer can
Leg on, which has been in session here
three days. Each vete an would get
an option of one of the four plans
The program will be theoretically
urged upon Congress, it was announc-
ed, and the American Leg on does not
hesitate to state that it expects de-
finite acton within tine next sixty
days"
The American Legion" the state
ment said. has waited in vain for
Congress TO relieve the financial dis
advantages of ex-serv ce men and wo-
men incidental to their military set-
vice, and is quite evident that, al
though Congress has had its attention
called to this matter, it does not APP
prec ate the urgency for immediate
legis which VI II show that this
Government actually Is playing fair
with ex-seryice men and women as
they always have and will play far
with the government.