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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
LONG STRIDE MADE
 TOWARD SOLUTION
 UNREST, SAYS ALLEN
Workings of Kansas Court of Indus trial Relations Outlined By Gov ernor In Address to
 Chicago Bar
By Associated Press

Chlcago. February 12.-Declaring the recently formed Kansas court of indus- trial relations to be long stride towari 1 solution of the country's industrial un rest problems, Governor Henry J. Allen Association tonight. said he believed "the thing done in Kansas could be done in the nation al large"
 ''The Kansas court" said the governor. lis founded upon the principle that gov ernment should have the same power to protect society against the ruthless offenses of an industrial strife that it has always had to protect against recognized crime"
 Governor Allen outlined the workings of the tribunal which he said was vest ed with power to determine all industrial controversies which might "threaten to hinder, delay or suspend the operation of such industries as those affecting food. fuel, clothing and transportation. The legislation establishing the tribunal. the [speaker saids should make strikes. lock outs. boycotts and blaclSlists Unnecessary and impossible
 Radical union leaders. realizing that the success of the court would reduce the
 importance of their jobs. denounced the law and declared It should be ignored, the governor said. but he believed if would be welcomed by all honest-thinkins people.
 AS believers in Anglo-Saxon institu- tions. the governor continued. I've must allsrealize tha. the only sure source from which justice may emanate is orderly and impartial government At an hour when radical labor leaders are seeking to create proscriptive political organ ization which shah threaten public of- fcials it is time for patriotic Americans to insist that there shall be one standard of justice for all men The induStrial tribunal the speaker said. had authority to meet industrial discontent Jbefore 1t crystalized ''by a careful ovfrsight and regulation of the conditionsj of labor before any injus- tices are allowed to foster and breed class hatred"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
CYST OF THE NEWS.
ERAL

y of nan of Genera French
 Turk a s . ! Daniel and
  Wardey betweenM Pamer in New York all day yon Ne racing self esssason of 1920 o1 the plant aks onb nd issue eeing Ca rtage Is production. in Birmng ham ar Leaders in schoolrw yesterday checked
 
 in Montgomery February T. and coun are building aequreqen of electricity aad water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
TREASURY POSITION NOW VERY BRIGHT,
 STATES SECRETARY
Confidence That Europe's Financial Problems Will Be Settled Amicably Ex-
 pressed By Houston
By A...sist.i rra

Washington, February 12.-Confidence that. Europe's. monetary problems will be settled satisfactorily was expressed to- day by Secretary Houston in review Of the international financial situation.
 This country is constantly furnishing Europe with capital with which to re- construct the economic life of nations there, said Mir. Houston, explaining that advances are being made in the same way that Europe aided this country in time of depression in the past. not by government loans so much as by indirect methods such as private loans, sale of surplus army equipment and the absorp- ton of higA grade investment securities offered in markets here by European holders. The secretary estimated that Europe had received approximately s4,000,- 000.000 from this country since the armis- tice was signed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
JAIL UNLESS HE AIDED NEWbERR\
Witness Makes Sensational Statement at Conspiracy
 Trial of Senator
By Associated Press

Grand Rapids, Mich, February l2.- William Mekeighan, former alderman and mayor of Flint, Mich, who, in Au- gust, 1918. was under sentence 10 the penitentiary for assault and robbery. tes-' tified in the Newberry elections con spiracy trial today that he was told hv Richard l.. Fletcher, a defendant, that if he supported Truman H. Newberry in the primary his ease would be reversed by the state supreme court but other- wise he would be left to go to jail
 Fletcher is state labor commissioned. with offices at Lansing.
 The witness said the remark was made in the presence of Paul King, Newberrv campaign manager; Fred Castater. a De- troit alderman, and Fred Henry of Flint, a deputy under Fletcher. All three are also defendants. The incident, said Me- Keighan, occurred behind the prescription case in his drug store.
 Under cross-examination Mckeighan said he knew nothing against the iu- tegrity of the Michigan supreme court or any member of it. and when asked # he believed Fietcher's statement. replied:
 Politics is funny. 1 was taking no chances
 The testimony came at the end Of a draggy day m the triaL Tn when cop- paratively few witnesses were heard. w. J. Crotty. former employe of the New. berry estate. testified that contributions to the senatorial campaign fund by John Newberry, brother of the senator. amounted to between sl5.oo0 and s2o.oS by June i5. leIs
 Francis O. Linquist former congress- man of the Eleventh Michigan district. testified 10 receiving si557 for circulars he had printed and distributed about tho state He said he kept s5ao as pay for his own efforts.
 BANKER "F0UND" $50 Marcus Hanson. a banker from Cray ling, Mich said he found a fifty-dollar bill in a magazine which B. Frank Em-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
|@pAYNE SUCCEEDS
 FRANKLIN K. LANE
Former Senator ShafrOth Said to Have Been Of
 fered Place on Board
ax A,see,assa rrsss

Washington, February 12--John Barton Payne, chairman of the ship ping board. and formerly general coun- 1 sel of the railroad administration. win become Secretary of the Interior March | l, succeeding Franklin K. Lane, whose resignation becoAes effective on that date.
 While White House officials declined confirmation it was understood that former Senator John Franklin Shafroth of Colorado had been offered the place to be vacated by MT Payne Chairman Payne said tonight he would accept the appointment to the cabinet because it was the wish of the President. but my heart is in the ship ping board"
 Mir Payne said he would ask the President that he be permitted to stay on at the board for few weeks to en- able him to leave a comparatively clean slate for his successor by disposing of the immediate business before the oard including the sale of the former German passenger ships and the re- organization policy now being effected.
 Representatives of the National Council or shlpyafd ana Navy Yard Workers of the United States called upon Chairman Payne today. asking that the board discontinue the cancella- ton of ship building contracts in order to encourage shipbuilding in n-America.
 In reply the chairman stated that the board would complete it's programme of contracts let before the armistice with such cancellations as it considered necessary and would grant allowances which would enable the shipbuilders to complete the vessels for their own accounts.
 Contracts for the construction of three ships by the Toledo Shipbuild- ing Company were cancelled today. but the company was allowed the materials on hand. payment alreadys made and
 s200. 900 in cash which made the to- tai allowance equivalent to s600,000-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
 RECOMM [ NDAT|ONS AT FARM E R-LAbOR MEETING NUMEROUS Cooperative Banking One of Necessities Stressed By Many Speakers at
 Conference
By Associated rrs,,


 Chicago. February 12.-Co-operativc banking to keep the money of farmers and working men within their own rank was one of the wants which most of the speakers voiced today before the amer ican Farmer-Labor Congress. Glen E. Plumb, author of the Plumb plan for tripartite control of railroads, discusSed the sinister concentration in the control of the country's business
 Chains of cooperative stores with a highly systematized method of operSxfon were advocated by Duncan Mcdonald president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor.
 O. c. Trask said the maintenance ot way employees and railroad shop workers have five factories turning out products Tor them at less than present wholesale prices. Cooperative buying gave mem. bers of this union 90 to 40 per cent re- duction, he said. They turned out good socks for 25 cents pair in their hosiery factory. Gloves, underwear and clothes were among the products.
 The people of the country must make farming worth the farmers while if they wat food Herbert F. Baker of Lansing, Mich, president of the Farmers Ma tional Council. said.
 American people collectively must un- lderwrte the inherent risks of agricul- tural production he said. "The farmer who invests his small capital and long hours cannot be expected to carry out the programme of production unless a means be found to relieve the individual farmer from carrying the hazards which nature imposes on his calling
 Sidney Hillman, general president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, said that co-operative banking would put the wand of money power into the hand of the workingman, and make it possible for him to deal to ad- vantage in the world of business
 Isaac sherman. representing the Mos COW Municipal Co-Operative Bank, said in Russia every industry had it's organ ization of workers which took an impor. tant part in community life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
ID ASK DEFINITE PROMISE OF QUICK
 PRICE REDUCTION
President Must Give Assur- ance or Railmen Will Press Demands for In-
 crease In Wages
By Associated Pres.

Washington. February 12.-President Wilson will be asked tomorrow by Fpokesmen for the more than 2,ooo. 900 Failroad employees that definite assur- hnces be given of an immediate reduc- ion in the cost of living, leaders in he wage negotiations declared to- night.
 As nm alternative, the union rep resentatives will claim increased
 wages, demands for which were not pressed at Mir. Wilson's request
 last summer.
 Representatives of the workers, it was intimated tonight. base their hope tor higher wages largely on the in- crease in the cost of living since the last general wage increase in 1918.
 The cost of living question, while
 slvsays to the fore in the negotia-
 tions which the union men have Mad with Director General Hines,
 will be employed to the full extent
 of the unions power in the con- ference with the President, it was
 indfCat~d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
MOVING NORTHWESTWARD
 Hv Associated Press

Washington, February l2.-A fairly strong cyclone is centered over north west Florida coast, moving northwest, the weather bureau announced tonight
 storm warnings are displayed on the Atlantic coast from Jacksonville to New York
 There is d well marked depression over Southern Alabama, the report tonight stated and general winds with thunder storms have occurred in the gulf ana South Atlantic states.
 Rain is indicated for the next 24 to fo hours in Atlantic coast states north oi Florida.
 Mild temperatures are forecast in At- lantic coast districts and the gulf states Friday and probably Saturday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
ARIZONA IS 31ST
 STATE TO RATIFY
 WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
By AmocIatsd Pres

Phoenix. Arix. February l2.- Ratified ton of the woman suf- frage amendment to the federal consfitution hy special session of the Arizona legislature was com plet~d tonight when the senate adopted the rafifying resolution following similar action by the house this afternoon. Both branches made It unanimous.
 Arizona k the fhirty-fifth state to ratIfy the amendment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
SINISTER MOTIVE BACK OF PLAN OF
 LABOR IS CHARGE
Hope to Set Up Government Within a Government, Is Declaration of Poin-
 dexter
By Asseeiated Press

Utica, N, Y, February 12.-CharEes that behind the announced plan of the Amer ican Federation of Labor to obtain the election of a congress and president favorable to it's policies existed a sinis- ter movement of a small coterie of labor leaders who have grown powerful by the contributions they have levied upon Ia bor, to set up government within government" were made here tonight tS United States Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington in an address before the Utica Republican Club.
 The farmers and laboring men ot America ne asserted, have in every crisis been the great bulwark of our free institutlons, and they will not follow the mistaken leadership which would place the government under the despotic controi of government within the government, . This government within the gov ernment' is not. ruled by labor. but is an autocracy of a few leaders who would not only impose their will upon labor itself, but would extend it. not only by the ballot but by strikes and starvation of the entire people of the United States. II is as obnoxious as the invisible gov ernmentF against which the people pro tested in 1912
 MUST FACE PERIL
 There is no question of the right of the American Federation of Labor to se- cure control of Congress and of the pres idency by way of the ballot box if it can do so in accordance with the proclana- tion it has just issued. It would be ai evil day for the United States, and, most of all. for labor itself, if any class in this nation, whether employers or employes in industry, capital or labor. should sue ceed in any such programme; but that Is one of the peris which the nation must face as the price of free government
 MT. Gompers curses Congress, he con tinued, but is not specific in his copa- plaints. On the contrary. the announce ment states that all of the essential leg islation in labor's bill of grievances st 1906 was enacted, This proclamation that the free institutions of the country are menaced is the only specific reference to the proposed anti-strike Legislation. The right to throttle the transportation of the nation on which the lives of the people depend is not one of our free in stitutionsf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
NEGRO GIRL. KILLED
 h., Asxnetafed press

Camilla. February l2-Several houses were demolished by tornado near here today and one person ten-year- 'ld negro girl. was known to have been killed while several members of her fam ily were injured
 Tnconfirmed reports here tonight were that several other persons had been Killed in the northeastern part of Mitchell eounty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
HENRY B. ENDICOTT, SHOE MANUFACTURERS,
 DIES OF MENINGITIS
ax As.aciaisd Pres.

Boston. February 12.-Iienry B. Endfc0tt. wealthy shoe mnnufac- turer and state food administrator and executive manager of the Mas sachusetfsg committee of public snfety during the war. who was widely known as an arbitrator of labor disputes. died nt hospital in BrookIIne tonight. He returned from the south few days aGo, when an illness developed requir- ing m operation. Death was di- rectIy due to meningitis. Mir. Endi- colt was 60 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
Thefts Cause Suspension Of Silk Transportation
By As.seiasss rrss.s

Washington. February 12.-Losses through theft of silk from railroad cars have forced amendments to the consolidated rate classification which prohibit the transportation of that commodity by freight ip less than car load lots after February 2s, the rail- road administration announced to night. While the reduction in freight revenue as a result of the order will (. great, the losses sustained by the railroad through payment of claims have exceeded the freight charges sew era1 times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
NO EFFECTIVE CONTROL

'.So long as the treasury had <certifi- cates of indebtedness maturing in very large amounts and on dates when it could only provide the funds to meet tEenl by fresh borrowings, it's position night under certain circumstances have did) and it was consequently impossible for the federal reserve board to exert any effective control over credit
 The position of the treasury today and the future of the market for the outstanding issues of liberty bonds and victory notes is very bright The whole color of the picture would, of course, be changed if Congress should embark upon new expenditures on a large scale. The whole problem today is that of giving the people time and will to save capital sufficient to enable them to absorb that part of the war issues which is still owned or loaned upon by banks and as we'll the flood of securities which are being pressed upon our markets from foreign sources in consequence of the extreme depression in European exchanges
 RESULT OF HEAVY SELLING
 Tn that connection it is interesting to observe that the depression in high grade investment securities in this country at the present time is to a very important extent the result of heavy selling of such. securities in our markets from foreign sources This. ass Secretary Glass said in his annual report. is one of the processes which is stimulated by the very position of the exchanges which it tends to cor rect By absorbing these high grade investment securities the American people are furnishing capital to Europe at a time of Europe's need and are giv-- ing their help in just the way that Europe helped America in the period of Americas growth and of her own monetary troubles.
 EUROPE CAME TO AID
 N"In the days of the infancy of the republic. in the days of our civil war and of the period of re obstruction after the civil war. of tie monetary panics which we suffered at frequent intervals until the establishment of our federal reserve system, America suffered greatly for lack Of capital and credit and because of her depreciated currency and later her inelastic cur rency. In those days Europe came to Americas aid. not by government loans, not with any comprehensive plan. but by the investment of private capital upon attractive terms in Amer ican enterprises and in the purchase of American securities at bargain prices. Europe profited enormously by these investments and America profited, too because she obtained the capital she needed at the price that the capital was worth to her. Honest and ener. getic business men in both countries solved the problem on business terms Yet in those days Europe was far bet
 tContinuea on Page Twop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
MIR. HoUsToN's STATEMENT

secretary 4ffOuSlon $ statement IOlioHS in part
 The rapid reduction of government expenditure and realization of the sur plus stocks accumulated for war purposes have been important factors in making possible the reduction of the floating debt and the gross debt of the govern- ment in the past five months. The re- suit of the elimination of loan certifi- cates and the great reduction in the float ing debt and gross debt have both been contributed to by the application to the
 rayment of loan certificates of an inl- portant part of the balance in the gen eral fund, which it had been necessary to retain at high figure as long as the loan certificates were outstanding in order to provide for these frequent ma turtles and for which it is possible to reduce greatly in connection with their retirement.
 Although the treasury will of course be obliged to borrow from time to time to meet the current deficit (which in Jan uary amounted to less than s93, 0.0oo) in the intervals between income and profits tax instalment payments and the cur. rent requirements of the war finance poration, the fact that the treasury has no uncovered maturities Is of immense importance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
WILL SEE PRESIDENT

< Immediately after the announcement From the White House that the Presi- N9ept would see a union committee of HhTee personally, meeting of all E.nion heads interested in the contro- Hversy was called and preparations were kbegun for possible presentation of Eerbal claims in amplification of the written statements submitted through kDirector General Hines. The employees Twill be represented by B. NJ. Jewell, Acting president of the railway em- bloyes' department, American Fedora kion of Labor; F. J. ,Manion, president hpf the Order of Railroad Photographers, land Timothy Shea, acting president of khe Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire Twill be held on the south lawn of the Swhite House. where Mir. Wilson spends 5a portion of his mornings.
 FEAR WILSON'S REFUSAL There was unmistakable evidence tonight among the union officials of n fear that the President would refuse to grant theif wage de- mands. A few said frankly they could see no hope of n settlement favorable to them. This view seemed to have been based on the arguments offered in rebuttal by Mir. Hines as the union leaders pre- scented new claims or proposals. l ADirector General Hires, in transmit Ming data on the controversy to Presi- laent Wilson today, was understood to 'have made suggestion relative to a |final diposition of the problems. These, However. did not take. the form of def lbnite Recommendations, 1t was said. \ Union leaders had knowledge of what AIr. Hines stand was and they were understood to fear the Presidents de-
 cision would follow closely along the same lines.
 H The director general. in his confer Iences with the union heads, told them hhat he could not grant their demands because of the early termination of
 federal control and explained that pending legislation, passage of which lv as expected would set up machinery Tv hich would provide Impartial and handling of the wage claims.
 The union argument to this was that they were thus compelled to face an
 ether delay with no assurances of re-
 lief.
 HOLD CONFERENCE
 While the controversies with the other unions were quiescent because of Ia switch in the center of interest from lthe railroad administration to the lWhite House. MT Hines conferred with of Maintenance of Way femployes and shop laborers, who have lcalled a strike of their 300,000 members Tuesday, officials of the Brotherhood |of Railroad Station Employees and schiefs of the longshoremen's union. The conferences with the mainten- tContinued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
To REDEEM LAST ISSUE

The position of the United States treas ury was said by the secretary to be very strong and on Monday the last issue of loans" certificates of indebtedness, about s6o,000O00, will be redeemed, leav- ing no outstanding floating loan in the sense of short term certificates requiring to be refunded at maturity. Tax cer- tificates outstanding amount to s2,9S5,- 949.5oo, all of which will be paid by forth coming income and profit taxes.
 Altogether Secretary Houston declined to agree with the pessimistic view of some public men, who forecast finan- cial crash, and asserted that while there were many difficulties still to be over come, there was nothing in the situation to be regarded as extremely grave.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-11-04
HOUSEHOLD" OF FUTURE

Will men do the housework in the future, while the women go into business, vote and amuse themselves at outdoor sports? Perhaps such a picture is a bit too daring, but daily the newspapers of the land carry stories of a swing toward men do- mestics and now comes an incident right in Kansas to bear out the fact that it's no longer case of "let the women do the work"
 The following advertisement ap- peared in the student newspaper at the University of Kansas the other day:
 '.Student Wanted-To help with housework for room and board; good home near university for right per son"
 This was inserted by a professor, and the following day his wife was prepared to meet and look over a string of women applicants for the place. Fourteen students answered the ad, but not one of them was fem mine, or effeminate, either for that matter. Husky male students were offering themselves for the position and anxious to get the work.
 Explain it as you will. Charge it up to the new women; believe the girls don't happen to need employ ment to get through school, while the men do; put it down that women just have an aversion to homework, while the army training of the men as room orderlies and K. P's has put them in a mood for domestic service. Anyway, a man is on this particular job for the professors wife and has proved himself able to do everything satisfactorily except sweep. But the professors wife says the new do- mestic is fast learning to get the dust uate into the jewel" class.-Kan- sas City Times.