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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
For Good of the
 Community

community TT is comforting during the temporary gray days of domestic dealings in iron and steel products to know that mil lions of dollars worth of these products have been leaving Birmingham for other peoples.
 Goods going out of this to other coun- tries bring in absolutely new money and are forever out of competition with sim liar products here Rails laid in Costa Rica do not eventually revert to the old material yard, thence to the same mills for reconversion. Once gone, they are gone for good.
 Following exports out of Mobile in Oc- tober came from Birmingham district:
 Wire nails, S11, ,369; other nails, S1,- 015; barbed wire, S27, ,629; other wire, $210,544.
 Railroad spikes, S1,562; steel rails, S23, ,722; switches, $1,721.
 Cast iron pipe, $85,253.
 Structural iron and steel, S56,559.
 Steel plates, $428,744; steel sheets S15,659; ship and tank plates, $36,014.
 Woven wire fencing, S375; other man. ufactures of iron and steel, S65, ,764
 Bituminous coal, S123, ,746; coal tar S10,224.
 Hydraulic cement, S3, 133.
 Pig iron $24 ,472; bar iron, S22,059; other bars of steel S94, ,340; bilets, etc., of steel, S52, 1000; bolts, S2, 168.
 Car wheels, S1O,8O9; castings, $15,- 683.
 Sugar mill machinery, S10,615.
 Gasoline engines, S10,483.
 This is partial catalogue of the export shipments from the mines, mills and ma chine shops of the Birmingham district from one port in one month
 Other Alabama items are these:
 Upland cotton, $594, ,000; yellow pine lumber, $151 ,000; slaves, S81 00O; pitch yellow pine, S909,000 rosn, S190,000; cotton mill products, S250,O0O
 The items listed in the export column include every imaginable article from DCIIuIIlCS u UOOCS dIlC 0llOGS Ul d0o OcIlO, pianos, piano-players, shovels, hoes rakes, soap, grindstones doors, sash, win doWs beans, onions tomatoes.
 The exports show that the world wants everything that Alabama produces on farm and in factory and digs out of the ground. The greatest variety of goods leaving port of Mobile for export is for the people of Cuba the other West Indies and Central and South America, especially the latter.
 Birmingham builds Cuba's sugar house plants in entirety, furnishing the struct- ural steel, the vats and the grinding mills. She then sends over coal and coke with which to operate the plants after they are built. From her large pipe shops go the 9 cast iron pipe that is laid in mains to bring water to the engine room and the gas pipe that goes into the sewerage system of the factories and the homes of the owners and their workers.
 Alabama sends the lumber for the beams and the flooring in these sugar houses and Alabama cotton mills the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30

The American Study club will meet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30

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The Arizona copper camp., 1920-07-31

brim, grinned at the others as though
at a good joke.
No, nuthin' particular as yet" he
answered; "but you hev', an reckon
thets just about as good. Tryin' ter
keep it dark, wasn't yer? Never even
thought we'd caught on"
"Oh, yes, I did; you flatter your
selves. I caught one of your stool
pigeons up the gulch yesterday, and
more than ten days ago Moore and
Edison made trip into my tunnel
while happened to be away; they
forgot to hide their trail. I knew
what you were up to, and you can all
of you look for fight"
when your partner gets out here,
1 suppose" sneered Lacy.
Hell be here"
"Oh, will he? Well, he's a h of
a while coming. You wired him a
month ago, and yer've written him
twice since. oh, I've got the cases on
you all right, Westcott. 1 know you
haven't got cent left to go on with,
and nowhere to get any except
through him." He laughed. "Aint
that right? Well, then, yer chances
look mighty slim ter me just at pres
ent, or-timer. However, there's no
fight on yet; will yer behave yerself,
an let this man Beaton alone IF /
hand yer back yer gum"
"There is no choice left me''
"Sure; that's sensible enough; give
it to him, Moore"
He broke the chamber, shaking the
cartridges out into his palm; then
handed the emptied weapon over to
Westcott. His manner was purposely
insulting, but the latter stood with lips
firmly set, realizing his position.
"Now, then. go on over thar an sit
down." continued Lacy. Maybe, if
yer wait long enough, that partner O.
yours might blow in. Come on, boys,
let's liquor. Big Jim Westcott has his
claws cut, and it's Beaton's turn to
spend a little"
Westcott sat quietly in the chair as
they filed out; then took the pipe from
his pocket and filed it slowly. He
realized his defeat, his helplessness,
but his mind was already busy with
the future.
The Arizona copper camp., 1920-07-31


the unopened mfssive into her hand
bag, she retraced her steps to her
room.
There she ventured a startled gasp.
The suitcase which she had left closed
upon the floor was open-wide open
it's contents disarranged. Some one
had rummaged it thoroughly. And Miss
Donovan knew that she was under
suspicion.
The knowledge gave the girl sud-
|, den thrill, but not of fear. Instead it
served to strengthen her resolve.
There had been nothing in her valise
to show who she really was or why
she was in Haskell, and consequently,
if any vague suspicion had been
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Women Ticket Choppers
May Regain Positions
Amendment to the Lockwood
transportation Bill Will Be
Introduced Soon

Women ticket choppers may be per-
mitted to regain their positions under
an amendment to the Lockwood trans
portation bill, passed last year. which is
about to be introduced into the State
Leg gislature.
The Women's Joint Legislative Con-
ference, which was instrumental in Sc
curing the passage of the bill last year.
announced last night that it would not
oppose an amendment "eXempting
women who accept tickets on stations
of surface, electric, subway and ele-
waited trains"
THE conference. in accordance with
It's policy Of backing legislation whisA
the workers themselves are in favor
of, will not oppose the amendment pro-
vlded that the sanitary provisions and
other features of the bill are pre-
served according to the official state
ment.
The transportation bill has been Wig
orously attacked by the Women's s
League for Equal Opportunity ever
since several hundred women conduc-
torettes lost their positions last spring
on account of it. A hearing was held
before Governor Smith at the City Hall,
in which the women told him they pre-
ferred to work at night because they
could thus earn more money. The Gov
ernor at that time refused to inte erfere
in their behalf
The conference said that it had not
changed its policy in regard to the
eight-hour day and minimum wage for
women.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Politics to Figure in
Suffrage Convention
Women of Both Parties Inter-
ested in New League of
Women Voters

Women prominent in both the Re-
publican and Democratic parties will
attend the tifty-tirst annual convention
of the National American Woman Suf-
fragc convention, which opens in Chi
cago on February 12
Mrs John Glover South, chairman of
the National Republican Women's Com
mttce and for several years chairman
Of the Kentucky Equal Suffrage Asso-
citation; Mrs. George Bass, chairman of
the Womens National Democratic Com
mttee, and Mrs. Medill Mccormick, re-
tlring leader of the National Republi-
can Women's Committee, will all be
present as guests. Miss Mary Garrett
Hay, chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the National Women's Re
publican Committee, is one of the of
hclals of the national suif ifrage asso-
ciatioN
All these women will use their in
hueNcc to mold the policies of the in
FAINT League Of Women Voters, with an
eye to next falls campaign. The con-
ventlon program includes conferences
on American citizenship. protection or
women in industry, child welfare, the
civil status of women and social hy-
giene and food supply.
There Will also be memorial serv-
ice in honor of Susan B. Anthony, on
the Tooth anniversary Of her birth,
February Is.
The convention of the League of
Women Voters, which will follow the
with the discussion of this question:
what shall we ask of political parties
and what shall we do for political
parties -
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
f01Ue'' TO Talk With Dead
born in Some, Says Lodge
acceptance OF Fact of Communication, He Declares.
VIVA turn People to New Religion That Does
>ot freach Heaven or He'll; Urges Simple Life

peath means nothing to Sir Oliver
Iooge. with the weight of years upon
him' he calmly made this statement
Yesterday when interviewed at the
kltz- Carlton Hotel He wants to util-
lze the time that is left him. he saws.
and to "do his job" to the very end.
But passing through the veil which he
peileves is gradually becoming trans
parent means merely the continuance
OF MS scientific work on a larger scale.
Il am firmly convinced that I shall
continue my scientific work when I
ieave the carth," Sir Oliver said. "That
Is why do not worry about death. 1t
IS one OF the laws of nature that moth
ing is wasted, and the years of study I
nave put in will be crowned, ! hope,
with the results that have sought for
put not always attained. My scientific
discoveries have meant more TO me
than my communication with the dead.
Inc latter was more or less involun-
tarX; the former was the sum and sub
stance of a lifetimes work"
Simpler the Life, Stronger the Tie
There was an enveloping geniality
about Sir Oliver as he talked. Gltnts
OF dry humor lit up his conversation.
lie met each question with q wrinkling
of his farseeing eyes and a slight smile
that illuminated an unfurrowed face.
From time to time he unwound his
great length from the depths of COM
Portable chair as the telephone bell
rang necessarily and he COPIED with the
invitations showered upon him. There
was nothing either dreamy or detached
about his demeanor as he deplored the
terrible rush of American life.
Three things he expressed as his
beliefs in the course Of the interview:
CD That the power to communicate
with the dead is born in some and is
subject to CIVILIZATIONS; CD That the
simpler the life one leads here the
stronger the tie with those who have
gone before, and (3) That the scientific
acceptance of the fact Of communica-
ton will revolutionize the world and
turn people toward religion-a new re-
llglon that does not preach the gospel
Of heaven and hell. Sir Oliver admitted
that his convictions about communica-
tion with the dead were growing from
day to day.
Wants to Comfort Bereaved
eve are working toward the peak
from which we can see beyond" de-
clared Sir Oliver. II do not say that
we have reached it, but when we get
there | am sure we shall find that the
great prophets and saints have preceded d
us. They have not had the painful
climbing that has retarded our foot
steps. for they rose by intuition, in
spiratlon or whatever you like to call it.
II am not out for missionary work
and do not care whether people accept
my theories OF not, but do want to give
have been bereaved. The volume of
skepticism IN Britain scarcely can be
said to have decreased with the war.
IN fact. it has been more pronounced
than ever before, because of the recent
discoveries that have invited concen-
trated attack. I do not care to make
predictions. | am no apostle. Most of
my attention has been given to things
that | could verify.
I think that the faculty to COM
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Too Many Boards i'll
State, Says Gov. Smith
Two-Year Term Not Long
Enough for Executive, He
Tells BROOKLYN Merchants

Governor Smith, in an address yes
terday before the Brooklyn Chamber
of Commerce, pointed out flaws in the
state government and criticized the
Legislature for devoting too much of
its time to insignificant questions. He
said the real purpose of the state gov
crnment is to see that the people Of
the state are not hoodwinked"
The other speaker was Henry L..
Stimson, formerly Secretary of War.
Governor Smith deplored the exist
encc of large number of boards and
agencies, confessing that there were
many in the state Of which he had no
knowledge.
81 have great faith in the Legislature
Of New York State" the speaker con-
tlnued, "but under our present system
of government the Legislature spends
too much of its time fooling with little
things. 1t will get the respect of the
people If it will pay attention to the
big questions affecting the welfare of
the people of this state" The uues-
tons of real Importance just now, de
clared Governor Smith, are those Of
water power, roads, canals and rail
roads.
The Governor contended that a two
year term in Office for the Governor of
New York is not long enough and de
clared that it was a temptation when
man was elected to spend most Of his
two years on the roof of the Capitol
in an effort to see the dome of the Cap
ltol at Washington.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Suffrage Battle Pending
In Jersey Legislature
Effort Will Be Made to Resc;nd
Resolution Blocking Vote
on Amendment

TRENTON. y. J.. Jan. o. Suffrage
- expected ~ sGpplant prohibition rs
me chief topic ~ discussion when the
legislature assemblies MONDAY evening
Fabrication by the Legislature Of the
outrage ameadment VIII be sought IA
,p',e " = resolut.on adopted by ,hat
eody 1hursdey by winch it approved
ne policy u submitting all proposed
<msndnen.s % popular vote.
:. ouHfag.sts assert that this rcsolu-
,,'on Was framed and rushed through
~ o'snrt.saa alliance opposed TO SUI
iass They will sndeaYor 20 haze II
's.endsd nexs week.
geek from Monday Senator Mackay
)" berger County. intends 10 introduce
q s-oiatlon for the ratification 81 the
xrrHfage amendment by the Leg laturc.
is &sserts that ne has more than
..thobsn votes IN both houses 70 insure
.as siop,'on u tse rezoiution. ANTI
@earaye leaders declare that he il over
Optimistic.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Children Enjoy Movies
And Songs at Matinee
Crowd Plaza Ballroom for Kin
dergarten Association En-
tcrtalnlnent

The ballroom Of the Hotel Plaza
was jammed to the doors yesterday for
the children's Saturday matinee given
under the auspices of the National
kindergarten Association. Poems, bal
lads and motion pictures entertained
the Juvenile audience for two hours.
One of the pleasing features Of the
program was the screen showing Of
that perennial favorite, "The Three
Bears English nursery rhymes and
folk songs were recited by Miss Lorraine
Wyman, with Miss Ruth Emerson at
the piano.
The youngsters found rich enjoyment
in Miss Wyman's rendition of The
Frog and the Mouse" "Thc Crabfish"
aud "Thc Tree in the Wood.' Lii
Boy" was popular Southern folk song.
Yesterdays matinee was given by
the kindergarten Association, with the
cooperation of the National Motion
Picture League. Plans now are being
made for similar matinees to be given
at the Plaza in the future.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25

munlcate with the dead is born in one.
IL Is ike talent for music or art. It
can be cultivated. 1t is futile for ner-
sons who have not this gift to spend
tnelr time trying to acquire it, But if
tney nave the germ, or whatever it is.
tney can strengthen it with practice.
AZ Hrst the communication will be
monotonous and painful, as .one prac-
tees scales in learning music. Later
harmony will come"
Gift Discovered by Accident
but now IS one aware of having this
you discover it by accident at pres
ent, just as you discover that YOU are
an artist. replied Sir Oliver. 81 ex-
pect the time will come however, when
tnis gft Will be scientifically recog-
nized. In this era, if a child were to
develop clairvoyant powers. it either
would be whipped or given medicine"
Asked II ones MODE of living had
any erect on ones power to communi-
cate, Sir Oliver said he believed that q
calm and placid way of living helped
matters. Personally. he believed in
the quiet, simple life, where one had
time for thought and study, he said
In his opinion, it was pity to see men
and women chasing madly after tenn
poral things to the exclusion Of spir-
ltual affairs.
Il would not. say that life was en-
tlrely simple. beyond the VEIL" the
scientist continued. "There are many
different grades of life, just as there
are here-some Of them are complex,
others distinctly simple. We all get
what we deserve. Do not think for q
moment that my theory has anything
to do with the transmi grafton Of souls.
But ] think if we are only fit to live
like devils, why, that is how we shall
live.
ON the other hand, if we have led
useful, decent, simple lives here. we
are likely to continue in the same way
at Pays to Go Straight
"You know, think the great mistake
the Church has been making all these
years has been its inslstcnce on top
place and bottom place. 1t is my con
vlction that there are hundreds and
thousands of grades on the other side
And there will be many forms Of med
cine! Oh, yes: it pays to go straight t
while VIC are here. None of our study
or effort is ever wasted All we can
do to develop our character and men,
tallty now will have an appreciable
effect on our future existence
"When it is scientifically discovered
that we continue our existence after
this life, people will be up against the
greatest fact of existence. 1t inevitably
will bring people back to religion-no
to old-fashjoncd religion of Heaven and
hell. but broader conception of the
universe and divine purposes. People
live by their instincts. not by their
knowledge. This is why am 80 certain
of the ultimate understanding that is
coming"
When reminded of the work Of James
Moore Hickson and asked what he
thought about faith healing, Sir Oliver
said:
~ think the influence Of the mind
on the body is greater than any one
suspects or knows, and that there arc
many remote diseases which can be in
t1nenced by suggestion and the action
Of the subconscious mind. But prefer
to see this work done by scientific
means-by psycho-therapy, for in
stance"
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
4 900 College Graduates
TO Study Civic Problems
George ". Perkins Jr. Is Form.
ing Committee to Investigate
Needs of the Masses

George W Perkins jr. is looking for
1900 college graduates to serve with
him on graduate committee Of the
lntercoileg late branch Of the New Yorl
City Y. II. c. A. which has it's head
quarters in 2929 Broadway.
1t will be the duty of the committee
to take a deep and active interest in
social, civic and religious work. There
will be work for chem in the Bowery
missions and in highly organized set
Elements. from teaching Sunday
school class to leading dance, or
''I". Discussing the plans of tsis commit
tee. Mr.. Perkins said: "When came
from France it struck me that the edu-
Gated class should take greater per-
sonal interest in the problems of gov
crnment and conditions of city life.
We need great many college men
and, frankly, q lot of them need the
very thing We offer--contact with the
big problems of life. If they are to be
the leaders of tomorrow they need to
know the thought of the people to-day.
since that is to eventuate into the ac-
tion Of Tomorrow"
The Princeton group, affiliated With
the Princeton Club, is devoting it's en-
crgios to the Christadore House, Union
Settlement and Jan Hus Memorial
House, all on the East Side. Columbia
men have chosen Greenwich House for
their field Of endeavor.
The Yale Civic Service League will
take up general line Of work covering
the fic.d broadly. Cornell, Michigan,
Harvard, Williams and some others
nave not selected fields.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
platform, do business in this league of
nations where all nationalities are to
be di 8 q oluoI ~

platform, do business in this league of
nations where all nationalities are to
be dissolved
1T IS said that Mr.. Hoover made
$4,000, ,000-I saw the statement in
paper, do not know whether it is true
Q: not-before he was thirty years old
and that now is the reason why a man
IN these modern days is to be elected
president of the United States. If We
democrats nominate Mr.. Hoover, then
say to the distinguished Senator from
Massechusetts the only thing that can
save MS party from defeat is to nomi-
nate j: Rufus Wallingford Then we
would have a race Of horses bred alike:
trained alike and neither of them ought
10 be Handicapped pound.
HoOyer's Food Policies Assailed
Senator Reed then attacked Mr..
Hoovers policy when as Food Admin
lsSrator, he fixed the price OF grain.
and thereby prevented the farmers from
getting the price the world was willing
to pay for their wheat. He attacked d
Mr.. Hoover at some length on the svs
tenn employed by the food administra-
ton. Talk about electing a man of
that kind for President" said Mr.. Reed.
w hat would man of that kind do
with the great powers of the Presi-
dentlal otfice-a man who thinks that
the right TO make a man sell grain
gives hlm the right to close the mark ct
TO the American farmer? A man who
would give that sort of construction to
the laws of this country if he were the
commander in chief Of the army and
navy or the United States would feel
perfectly justified as the commander of
the army of the United States in using
all It's coercive force in accomplishing
any end he might have in view
Resuming his speech late in the day
Senator Reed suggested that George
Creel would make a fitting running
mate tor Hoover. LET us complete
the ticket he said. "Why not Hoover
and Creel?' He said Mr.. Creel could
manage the publicity end of the cam
naign, and that both of them are "for-
ward locking gentlemen. He said Mr.
Hoover could apply his theories OF
business regulation to the nation and
the world and Mr.. Creel could teach
the American people what to think and
how to conduct themselves"
"W hat glorious country this would
be then!" he concluded. "How proudly
the men who fought at Lexington and
Concord would feel to see i'll"
Just before the Senate adjourned Mr.
Reed put in the record an article pub
llshed in n New York newspaper this
morning showing photographs Of men
1t SAID were present at lunch there
where the boom for Mr.. Hoover was
launched. Among the guests was Wis
count Grey, then British Ambassador to
the United States
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Moiseiwitsch Gives Recital
Brilliancy Marks Program at
Carnegie Hall

Bcnno Moiseiwitsch gave yesterday
afternoon at Carnegie Hall his third
piano recital in this city, and again re-
vealed himself the possessor of light
brilliant style and master of intri-
caces and Diceties rather than player
of broad sweep or emotional fervor.
His program was for the most part one
of small things beautifully wrought-a
group Of short pieces by Scarlatti, Mo
zart, Bach and Rameau, prelude by
Rachmaninoff. pieces by Debussy, the
"Jeux d'Eau" of Ravel, three List
mum bers, with one work Of larger form.
the Chopin sonata in B fiat minor. It's
first movement was as if painted in fire.
His playing was incisive and full of
dynamic contrast, but something of the
mood of the funeral march seemed to
elude him. He fell short of making it
deeply stirring. In the things, how
ever, in which his brilliant style, fleet
ness and resilient touch counted most
he gave pleasure of high order.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-25
Quakes Felt in Washington
And British Columbia Towns

SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. pa Three
earthquake shocks we're felt here at
11:08 o'clock last night The tremors
extended through Washington and Brit
ish Columbia.
At Bcllingham, Wash, windows were
broken and brick walls cracked. A.
Vancouver people rushed from build
ings in alarm, but the only damage re
ported was to telephone lines. Vic
toria, B. c., and numerous towns in
northwest Washington felt the quake
No damage was reported in Seattle