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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
DIAMOND DEALERS COMING NEXT WEEK Alabama's Jewellers, 200 Strong, Convene Here
 June 15 and 16

More than 200 Alabama jewellers vii! assemble in Birmingham next Tuesday
 They are the members of the Alabama State Jewellers Association, who will hold their second annual meeting at the Tutwiler hotel July 15 and 16.
 F. M. Lynch, who was elected presi- dent of the association last year, will preside over the meeting. An election oe officers will be held, and many im- portant matters of interest to every jeweler in the state will be discussed
 The second day of the meeting will be featured by a banquet in the ball. room of the Tutwiler hotel. A theatre party, and an automobile ride through the manufacturing and the business districts of the city are among the in- cidents planned for the visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
LAN|ER PRESIDENT
 OF SEED CRUSHERS
Association Worried Over Prospective Short Cotton
 Crop in Alabama

Following two day convention in Birmingham. at which the question of Inew conditions in the cotton industry
 Cotton Seed Crushers Association re-
 turned to their homes yesterday.
 The crushers were disturbed over the probable shortage in the cotton crop thit year and evidenced much interest in the
 proposition of the substitution of peanut
 oil for cottonseed oil.
 The convention was largely attended
 by cottonseed men from al parts of the state. The financial aspect of their
 business was discussed by J. Kirkland Jackson of the American Trust and Saw ings Bank The value of cooperation and organization was the subject of a talk by Phares Coleman, an attorney of
 Birmingham The economic side was l taken up by pr. George Lang of the University of Alabama.
 At a business session yesterday, c. N. Lanier of Talladega, former vice pres ident, was elected president for the com ing year. F. s. Hunt of Albany was given the position of vice president. c. E. McCord of Prattville was reelected
 secretary and T. J. Kidd of Birmingham, | c. A. Covey of Montgomery and w. A. Stanley of Huntsville were named as
 members of the executive committee. | It was planned to bring the members closer together so that they could work
 in concert for their betterment. To !
 requested to appoint an executive secre- ! tary to take charge of an office and
 attend the details of the association. The executive committee will also make such changes in the constitution of the or | ganization as they see fit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
MANDYS LEAVE ON
 THEIR HONEYMOON

Friends are congratulating w. Harold Mandy on the occasion of his marriage yesterday to Miss Agnes Busby of En- sley.
 Mir. Mandy is the shipping clerk of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Com pany. He was a member of the Third division. serving in France for some time He was one of the last men to return home from overseas service.
 Following the marriage ceremony yes- terday MT and Mrs. Mandy left for a honeymoon in New Orleans. On return ing. they will make their home in Ensley, where Judge Charles Fl. Mandy father of the groom. has given the young peo- ple a cottage for a wedding present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
AUBURN ALUMNI
 MEETING TODAY
Will Take Up Plans for Gen. eral Alumni Organization
 With Paid Secretary

For the purpose of perfecting a state organization. members of the Auburn alumni will gather in Birmingham today and meet in the cafe of the Civic Asso- ciation for luncheon this afternoon at l o'clock.
 The call has been given out over the state to attend the meeting today. Plans for the establishing of state office in the charge of an executive secretary were begun at the recent reunion at Auburn and will be finished at this meeting. The meeting is held in the middle of the day so that many of the attending members can come over in the morning and return in the evening"
 Those who can are asked to remain over the evening meeting of the Jefferson county branch. which will meet in the rooms of the Civic Association at this evening. At this time the action taken by the meeting of the state body will be taken up and furthered in any way pos sible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
Port Of Birmingham Fund
 Grows as Men Take Hold

Pleasing and necessary as are the large subscriptions to the Port of Birmingham Corporation, greatest satisfaction perhaps
 is that arising from the popularity of the
 investment, say those directing the move ment
 The $100 per men that have fallen in
 line represent almost every line of en-
 deavor in the district.
 The total is well above $200, GOO, and it
 is assured that it will be well on the way to the $250,000 goal before the week is out. The Community Club has been especially efficient in reporting variety of avoca- tions.
 Following are among the new investors; Moss & Mccormack, $500; Robertson Supply Company, $1o0 Mcclure Motor Company. $l00; Birmingham Leather Com pany $100; Guarantee Leather Company, $100; Ward x McGowan, $100; Drennen Company. $l00 additional; A. J. Arant, $100, Ed s. Moore and Lee McGriff, $20o; FoWlkeS Real Estate and Insurance Com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
Joint Meeting WiN Hear
 Report on By-Product Gas
City Commissioners and B. R., L. & P. Officials Believe Available Fuel Will Be Substituted for Present
 Sort of Domestic Fuel

Holding that developments have reached point where some action can be taken on the by-product gas question in the city, J. Ellis Brown, commissioner of pubic utilities, has called a conference or the city com mission and the officers of the Bir- mingham Railway. Light and Power Company for today
 The conference has been called to hear the report of the consulting en- gineer, l. W. Ross, who investigated the situation for the city and reported favorably on the proposition of using by-product gas for domestic consump- tion.
 It is the opinion of the members of the commission that action should be rushed in order to have the by product gas ready for use as soon as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
.UNTAGGED DOGS ARE
 BEING ELECTROCUTED
Stray Canines Killed at Rate of
 Twenty Five a Day

Birminghan's dog catcher is on the job. it is indicated by the number of dog H. censes that are being issued by the city
 An average of twelve people ask for licenses for their dogs daily, the city comptroller says. These people appear to be disturbed over the fact that the dog catcher is on his rounds and rush home to place the little tag that spells safety for their pet around his neck be- fore he runs across the path of the dog wagon.
 Out at the city pound the employees are busy executing between twenty-five and fifty dogs a day. This is the average daily catch of the wagon. Every effort is taken to spare the dogs as much pain as possible, death being brought about by electrocution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10

possible. The present contract of the gas company for gas oils. necessary ingredient in the manufacture of do- mestic gas, will expire August 1, and unless the by-product gas is substi- tuted and is ready for use by that time the city will be without gaseous fuel and light.
 Use of by-product gas will almost certainly be permitted, according to Mr. Brown. The only question is the establishing of the change without i'm convenience to the consumer and the fixing of price. if possiblei cheaper than the present one. These matters will be discussed at the meeting to- day
 The meeting has been scheduled for the first thing this morning as soon as all the commissioners are at their offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
D|PHTHER|A FOUND
 AT M|LKMAN' HOWE
City Health Officer Urges Suspension of Injunction
 Restraining Ordinance

Following the discovery of diphtheria in the family of a local dairyman, the city asked in the chancery court yes- terday that the injunction against them be modified so that they can deal with the situation.
 Judge Hugh A. Locke set the hear ing of the petition for 9:S0 this morn- ing.
 The health department learned yes- terday morning that a member of the adiryman,s family had diphtheria, ac- cording to pr. J. D. Bowling, city health officer. Immediate investiga- tion and the examination of cultures taken from the throat of the man and others of the family revealed tho fact that all of them were Carriers or the disease All are immediately con nected in the handling of the milk.
 At the request of Dr. Bowling, a petition was prepared by the city at torney and presented to Judge Locke asking that immediate steps be taken by the chancery court to remove the restrictions of the injunction which was granted the local dairymen when the city attempted to enforce the pas teurization ordinance. The petition was filed in the chancery court and the time for the hearing set.
 The dairy is about the average size, Dr. Bowling said, selling about forty gallons of milk to its customers daily If the petition is granted to the city steps will be taken to pasteurize tho milk, or the dairy must be closed down until the elimination of the disease.
 This is a sample of what we are up against" said Dr. Bowling. w are absolutely without laws on the subject of protecting the public health by forcing impure milk to be pas tuerlxed, or even to prohibit it's sale. The hearing of the ordinance has been passed time and again, giving further or portunities for disease to develop in milk and be transmitted to the people. This diphtheria might just as well have been typhus germs and deadly cpl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
REED NOW CLERK OF
 BOARD OF REVENUE

Eugene J. Reed has accepted the post tion of assistant chief clerk to the boar6 of revenue to succeed A. NJ. Reeves, who resigned to accept a position with Dren- nen Co.
 MT. Reed has been connected with the tax collectors office for several years and is well known and very popular with officials at the courthouse. He en.ereS upon his new duties yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
Marriage Llcenseg

The following marriage license were is- sued at the office of the probate judge
 yesterday: Charles DeLenaTdo and Miss Josephine
 Rietta.
 Joseph M. Holdman and Miss Frances
 Lischkoff.
 E Ingram and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith. L. A. Whitstone and Miss Kathleen Meadow. Emmett D. Hunnicutt and Miss Grace Elizabeth Evans.
 Jones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
MCLEAN ENGAGED TO
 SING AT WEST LAKE

Jack McClain, a singer. will appear at West Lake today, tomorrow and Satnr- day, singing all the popular songs of the season.
 This feature is an added attraction at the resort secured by the management for three days only.
 Dancing. boating, bathing, bowling and skating are daily attractions at West Lake and large crowds are attending.
 The matinee dances Saturday after moons are proving quite popular They begin at 2 o'clock and end at o'clock Music is furnished by special orehes- tra. West Lake is pronounced an ideal place for a picnic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
REPRODUCE GAS
 UNDER DISCUSSION

At luncheon of a section of the mem bership of the Civic Association yester- day in the cafe of the organization the use of by-product gas in Birmingham was discussed.
 the Civic Association which will be held until the entire membership can be ac- quainted with the questions which the association has before it.
 It was said that by-product gas could be substituted easily for domestic use in Birmingham. The waste gas can be utilized at a very small expense, it was stated, the only addition needed to the present system being the erection of a small purifying house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
MINERS OF DISTRICT
 TO ELECT OFFICERS
Convention to Be Held Monday
 Several Candidates

Much interest is reported In the forth' coming district convention Of Alabama coal miners to be held here Monday
 There will be a large attendance Spe- cial interest exists in the election or or ficers.
 J. R. Kennamer and J. l.. Clemo have been president and secretary respectively for a number of years. It is understood that there will be other candidates.
 Only the opening session of the conven- tion will be public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10

pany, $10O; Office Outftters Company, $10O; Knight Hardware and Electric Com- pany, $100; Ned Payson Quigley. $50; Bril- liant Coal Company, slO0; Caldwell Real Estate and Improvement Company, $500: Zac Smith Stationery Company, $l00; Ebert <. Jemison. Slo0; Hagan- Dunlap Drug Company, S100; oster Bros. Dry Goods Company. $100; Alex Kontos, Sl0o; Monro-Warrior Coal and Coke Company. $l0O c. G. Kershaw. $500; Adamson Motor Company, $i0o; Reid Lawson, $l00; Dono- van Produce Company. $100 additional; II. c. Goodman, $200; Estes Lumber Com pany, $1O0 J. H. Lehman Company, $lO0; R. H. Trick, $l00; D. O. Whillden, Sl00; overland Motors Company, $10O addi- tional; Consolidated Motor Company, S1O0; Drive-It- Yourself Company, $l00; w. c. Wilson, $loo; T. s. Neville, $10o; Five Points Garage, Sl00; Crawford-V Vaughan Boiler Works, s100; Jemison-Seibels h. surance Agency, $2O0 additional; E. w. Averyett, $100, and Leroy P. Percy, $500
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
CREDIT MEN HOLD
 ANNUAL ELECTION

Choice of officers for the forthcoming year will be made tonight when the am nual meeting of the Associated Ketai' Credit Men of Birmingham will be held at 8 o'clock at the Civic Association. Members of the organization will dis cuss other important matters aside from the election of officers. Secre- tary w " Trammell has issued an urgent appeal to all members to be present
 Officers for the past year are w. E.. Hooper, president; E. B. Irwin. vica
 president. and ". V. Trammel. secre-
 tary treasurer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
LOGICAL PLACE

An officer of the company says We came to Birmingham because 1t was the sensible thing to do. You have tie steel here and Birmingham is fine distributing point for the south, south west and Pacific coast. That is why We did it."
 The Truscon company furnishes all kinds of steel building parts and man building. One of these buildings is to be built for the A. & J. Manufacturing Company at Gadsden, to house their new stove works. The Preston Motors Company buildings were also furnished by the Truscon Steel Company. There are several examples of it's steel struc- lures in Mobile.
 Laths, windows reinforced concrete and other steel building parts are en- tering into many Birmingham concrete
 ard steel structures.
 Other steel fabricating plants follow 1 ing the increased supply of Birming | ham steel obtaining in the past two
 years have been the Concrete Steel, the
 Birmingham Steel Corporation, the
 | Welded Products Company, and the Ma , tional Steel Products Company. The R. L Ingalls, Iron Works has be- come an extensive fabricator of large
 steel products the steel containers for
 1 the Warrior being one of its outputs.
 It is also making structural steel for
 sugar houses in Cuba.
 Steel fabricating in Birmingham has altogether assumed proportions that
 are beginning to become formidable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
Will Auction Auto

H. A. Skeggs, United States marshal. will sell at auction one 7-passenger Stude- baker automobile today at noon in front of the postoffce. This automobile was confiscated by the government and will be sold at this time to the highest bid- der
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
BIRMINGHAM THE !. LOGICAL POINT ID FABR|CATE STEEL
Truscon Steel Go. Finds Plant Here We'll Situated to Satisfactorily Cover
 Wide Territory

About year ago the Truscon Steel company of Youngstown. O., Inanufac- turers of steel building products, de- ciced to locate a large distributing warehouse in Birmingham and to make of this district the distributing point that its strategic position, geographi-
 caliy, with regard to the supply of
 steel, called for.
 The company located warehouse at Thirty-second street and Avenue D and
 has constantly expanded the distribut- ing territory of the Birmingham branch. Nearest branches to Birmingham are in Norfolk, Va. and in Fl Paso and Dallas, Tex.
 The company has installed machin- i, cry in the local warehouse for manu- featuring it's reinforced steel. In timo it will add other equipment, such as that for making steel laths and the like
 The capacity of the local warehouse is 2,000 tons. The company secures the steel that is fabricated here from the mills of the Tennessee company. Latterly shipments have been made from the Birmingham warehouse into strictly northern territory on account of the congested transportation condi- tions at northern manufacturing and distributing centers. The general run of shipments from the Birmingham plant cover the entire south, the Pa cific coast and as far north as the Ohio
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-17
SERVICES AT
 ST. JOHNS IN
 LENTEN PERIOD

Lenten observance will begin at St. Jehn's Episcopal church, Park and Fairfield avenues, with the Ash
 Wednesday services These will be four in number as follows: 7:s0 a. m, celebration of the Holy Com munion; 10:30 a. m., Morning Pray ers Litany Penitentia1 Office and Sermon, (choir in attendance); 5 b. rn., Evening Prayer; 8 D. n., Even ing Service and Sermon, (choir in at tendance).
 During the period of the war the
 Lenten weekday services at St.
 Johns were curtailed to some extent
 to make way for Red Cross work. Ih9se services will be resumed this
 year. There will be daily service
 in the chapel at o'clock. On Thursday mornings there will be a l celebration at 10;SO o'clock. On Wednesday evenings there will be a service with sermon by a visiting preacher at s o'clock. From Feb I ruaT-y 22 to February 29 inclusive
 the Rev, Dr. P. Gavan Duffy, of New York city, will conduct a Mission ot Reconstruction. Dr. Duffy will l preach both Sunday evenings and 1 every weekday night. The Sunday evening services will be at 7:3O o'clock; the week-night services at 8 o'clock. Dr. Duffy will also preach Sunday mornings, Feb. 22 and 29. l Alvin BreuPs organ recftals will be l g1ven on Thursday evenings, with 1 the exception of Feb. 26, when Dr. 1 Duffy will preach. MT. Breul will be assisted by special soloists.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-17
AUTHORIZED
 PAY INCREASES
 OF 20 PER GENT.

Ordinances were enacted at last nights meeting of the City Council authorizing increases in pay for members of the Police and Fire De- partments averaging about 20 per cent. Last nights action by the council was the final step in giving public servants their long promised ! advance in wages, following the rec ! concentrations of department heads and the approval Of the Board of | Apportionment.
 i The following schedule of salaries was adopted;
 1 Police Department: Superfnten- | dent $5,oo0 a year; assistant super clerk, with rank of captain, sS,Oo0; ieutenants, s2,7oo; sergeants, g ,25o; detectives, grade A, $2,25o; doormen, l $2,0o0; patroImen, grade A, $2,o00; patrolmen, grade B, $1,9o0: patrol men, grade c, s1,se0 telephone eper- ators, S1,O0o; stenographers, $1,50o; matron, $1,ooo.
 1 Fire department: Chief engineer, $5,ooO; assistant chief. $S,o0os clerk. with rank of assistant chief, SS,o0o; superintendent of machinery, $s,25e; superintendent of fire alarm tele- graph, $3,250; captains, 2,7oo; assist ant superintendent of machinery, 3D. 700; assistant superintendent of fire alarm telegraph, g, 700; department carpenter, g, 2,7Oos department mason, $2, 700; department painter, S2,700; heutenants, s2,250; engineers, $2,250;
 ,hfef's drivers, $2,z50; grade A men s, 900; grade B men, $1,9oos grade C men, s, 800
 Two new ordinances were asked fol by the police commissioners and were turned over to the ordinance com mittee The first would require pa trolmen assigned to the detective de- lpartment to serve for one year in tho grade of patro1man before being ad' vanced to detective sergeant. If the patrolman's work is satisfactory il the detective department for tht years trial he will be eligible to be advanced to a sergeancy,
 The other ordinance proposes tha Ia new patI o1nan shall serve one year in grade C before being promoted t grade B and another year in grade I
 before being advanced to grade A The ordinance would become effec live April 1, 1920, and all patrolme1 lwho have been in service for two years would be made grade A meI
 with corresponding salary
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-17
GET-TOGETHER FOR Y. w. c. A.
 CAMPAIGN

The opening Get-Togefher of the Y. W. c. A. Campaign Workers will be held tonight at the Industrial Ser vice Center, 1146 Barnum avenue. A special supper will be served in the cafeteria at o'clock and at o'clock the clans will gather in the audi torium upstairs for instructions and inspiration. In the interval between supper and the opening of the pro- gram Miss Alice Perinchief, physical director at the Service Center, will lead in community singing. The meeting will be opened with a devo- tiona1 service led by Rev Alexander Alison. Mrs. Andrew M Cooper, Field Marshal of the Campaign will be master of ceremonies and will out line the plans for the campaign, the needs of the Association, and the de- tails of the budget to be raised. Miss Pauline Schaedler. campaign direc- tor, will then given in her character 1 istic, snappy way the rules of the game" as she expresses it, and will | launch in perfectly business-lize style l the business of the week ahead of the | workers.
 | The evening will not be devoted en. 1 tirely to business, however for Mis-, l Florence Denison has been secured l from national Y- W. c. A. headquar
 ters to speak to the workers. Mis- Denison has been in this country tn, 1 past two years, but spent the fiv years previous to that in India. Sh
 was there during three years of tn,
 war and saw the wonderful develop i ment of the Indian women under tn
 war appeal. Miss Denison, as sh
 says herself, "grew up in the Y. W
 c. A" and is a charming speaker
 with a keen sense of huanor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-17
ANNUAL BALL OF
 SCHWABEN SICK
 BENEFIT SOCIETY

The Bridgeport schwaben Sick Benefit Society, Inc, will hold their 94th annual prize masquerade ball at Eagles hall Friday. Feb, 20.
 This ball has been known through out the state as the biggest affair ot the season for the past B years. The committee in charge, are completing arrangements to guarantee everyone a splendid evening.
 Six cash prizes for the best masqueA will be awarded by three impartial judges selected from the audience. These prizes have always created 8 jolly competition and some who car ried away prizes in the past years are now preparing to capture some this year.
 All those wishing to enjoy a good old fashioned ball with no limit to the fun should go to Eagles hall on Fri day, Feb 20.