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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
CURTAILMENT OF
 INDUSTRY SHOWN
Lower Demand, Cancellation Of Orders Reported by
 Federal Reserve Board

WASHINGTON, Aug 5.-Curtail- ment of industrial activity due to lower demands, cancellation of or ders and general readjustment were the outstanding developments in the business of the country during July, the Federal Reserve Board declared ill it's monthly review just issued.
 'In some districts. prediction con- tinues upon old orders still on the books. despite the fact that new business has fallen off," the review declared 'In the agricultural re- gions, improved crop conditions and development of a more confident tons in business are reported to have brought about a turn for the better.
 "Speculation in commodities in many sections is reported to have been greatly reduced and in some practically eliminated. There is d general feeling the extravagant buy ing is at least, less extreme and dangerous than it was some time ago"
 Transportation Unsolved
 The transportation problem con tinued unsolyed during the month, the review reported, and while some local improvements were noted, there remained great freight con eestion, provoking ~'an undue and increasingly severe strain upon cred it."
 The steel and iron industry. lis now placed in a serious condition, according to the review, which adds that two million tons of products arc tied mp in the hands of the pro ducers throughout the country by lack of transportation. Likewise the grain movement has been re- tarded by ear shortage.
 The board declared that an in- crease fin the efficiency of labor
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
Germany Trying to Export
 100000 Rifles to Mexico

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 5.-German is trying to export by way of Sweden 200 .000 rifles and the Swedish gov ernment has been asked to consent to their importation on the under standing they are intended for re- 10 Mexico. Application 10 this end has been made to the foreign office.
 Stockholm newspapers declare that this looks like d suspicious action.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
irish Police ResIgning
 At Beck of Sim Feiners

DUBLIN, Aug. 5.-The resignations of Irish police are increasing and ex- ceed an average of five daily. Pre- sumably with view to encouraging the breaking up of the police force Sim Fein headquarters has issued to the Sim Fein clubs an urgent recommendation that police reslg' nations would be welcome.
 Recruiting for the police greatly exceeds the resignations. however but the recruits are not from the old class of nlshmen but are obtained by advertisement from England
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
U. s. Demands Equal Rights
 With Britons in Oil Fields

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Repre- sentations have been made to Great Britain regarding equal opportunity for American citizens in the develop ment of oil fields in countries over which mandates are to be exercised under the League of Nations, it was said today at the State Department Included in these fields are the rich oil deposits in Mesopotamia.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
Arkansas Farmer Drowns
 Four Children. Suicides

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Aug. B. William Crutcher, farmer of De sarc, Arkansas, threw his four child ren into a bayou, where they drown ed, and then drowned himself, ac cording to word received here to day.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
Prison Commander Acquitted
 Of Grover BergdolPs Escape

NEW YORK. Aug. 5.-Col. John F., Hunt, former commandant at Fort Jay military prison was acquitted yesterday on charge of neglect of duty in connection with the escape of Grover c. Bergdoll. noted draft evader who was serving five year term.
 Bergdoll was taken to Philadelphia 10 sign legal papers and escaped from an atorney's office while under guard. He is supposed to have fled the city in his motor car but a nationwide search for him so far has been unavailing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
Reconsideration of Dry
 Act Decision is Asked

WASHINGTON. Aug 5. Peti- tions asking reconsideration of the United States Supreme Courts de- cision of June ' upholding the con stitutionality of the Prohibition Am endment were filed in the Supreme Court today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
Release of Conscientious
 Objectors, Others Asked

NEW YORK. Aug. 5-Parley P. Christensen. Farmer Labor Party for President yesterday telegraphed Secretary of War New ton D. Baker. asking that Benjamin Salmon. conscientious objector to war. and "all such men enduring imprisonment for loyalty to religious or political ideas" be given their i'm mediate freedom. T"n
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
Oil Men Pay 5000, ,000 Pesos To Mexico During May, June

MEXICO CITY. Aug. 5.-Petroleum companies paid into the treasury 3.00O.OOO pesos as export taxes for May and June. says the Excelsior. Provisional President Adolfo De La Huerta agreed to accept a price basis fixed by New York quotations.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05

Among British officials and diplo- mate of other nations undlsguised anxiety is felt over the Polish situ- ation. One prominent official de- clared "the situation is as grave as that of August, 1914 at the outbreak of the world war"
 In military quarters, however, the view is taken that the Allies p,'inci- pal weapon against the Bolsht iki would be an economic blockade and that Poland must be gwen war spu- plies at once if possible.
 A Berlin dispatch today said the Reds arc within 30 miles of Warsaw and advancing rapidly.
 A Warsaw dispatch, however states that the Soviet forces ere being held at Brest Litovsk and that they have lost more than 500 men killed and drowned in vain eff forts to cross the Bug river.
 PARIS. Aug. 5.-Great Britain has taken steps to mobilize two divisions for service against the Russian Bol sheviki in Poland, according to the Matin.
 WARSAW, Aug. 5.-Provsional headquarters of the American Red Cross have been established at Ora COW in the event that it becomes necessary to abandon the Warsaw headquarters as now seems probable.
 Doctors and nurses are dropping at the operating tables as the result of long vigils with the thousands of wounded Polish soldiers whose number is taxing the hospital facili- ties of the city to the utmost.
 The American Red Cross has opened a short course nurses school with 300 women attending.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
National Debt Reduced
 $76,4l4,453 During July

WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. The gross National debt of the United States was reduced $76.414,453 dur- ing July, bringing it down to s24.- 222.917013. the Treasury Department announced today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
Ty Cobb to Speak For
 Democrats in Campaign

NEW YORK. Aug 5.-Ty Cobb famous baseball star of the Detroit American League Club. probably will appear as Democratic speaker during the Presidential campaign, ac' cording to announcement here today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
Cyclone Rages in Canada;
 Many Buildings Blown Down

REGINA, Sask., Aug. ,. - The second cyclone within the last few days swept the Estevan district or Saskatchewan today. Buildings were blown down and communica- tion interrupted, but no loss of life so far has been reported
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
Ohio Railroad Center Wiped
 Out by Fire; Million Loss

DAYTON. Aug. 5.-Bradford. Ohio. railroad center northwest of here. was virtually wiped out by fire yes terday. The loss is estimated at more than s1,000,000
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
Health Officers in Drive
 Against Bubonic Plague

GALVESTON. Tex. Aug 5.-Health officers from twenty five states are studying methods of combating the bubonic plague, which has obtained q foothold here and in several other Gulf port cities. It is urged that precautionary health measures be taken in all sections of the country.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL
 CESSATION OF POSSIBILITIES IS Y DEMANDED OF RUSSIAN SOVIET
Lloyd George Orders Reds to Halt March on Poland Face Alternative of Declaration of War by Eng land and Allies. Anxiety Over Situation Un- 1
 disguised in European Capitals ,

LONDON Aug 5Pemier David Lloyd George has presented utimatum representatives of the Russian Soviet Government de- manng unconditional cessation the Russian under threat of declaration by Great Britain utimatum accepted according the Herald today.
 Russia threatening the of utimatum is reported by the Daily Mail
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05
KANSAS MINERS
 DEFY ORDER TO RETURN TO WORK President Howat of Kansas Union Tells Lewis Men
 To Continue Strike NEW SCALE ACCEPTED
NEW SCALE ACCEPTED
Washington Miners Conven- ton Approves Award of
 20 Per Cent. Increase

PITTSBURG, Kans, Aug. D. = President Howat, of the Kansas Coal Miners Union, today tele- grapher John Lewis, National Pres ident of the Mine Workers of Amer ica, refusing compliance with the latter's order to coal strikers be- longing to thirty local unions to return to work
 SEATTLE, Aug. 5.-The miners convention here today accepted a wage increase of approximately twenty per cent. over the scale which terminated last Fall when a strike was called. The new scale becomes effective immediately and continues for two years,
 DENVER, Aug. o-Heavily guard cd street cars, manned by, strike breakers, today carried passengers for the first time since Sunday when the street railway workers strike here became effective. No disor- ders were reported.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-05

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES
Scientists Puzzled By Frequent Dis,
 turbances in South America
nr Associnted Press


 Washington, October s.-Frequent earthquakes in North and South Amer ica and Europe during the last few months have puzzled government scien- lists. They regard the disturbances as a geological anomaly. for they say that the greatest seismic disturbance is known definitely to be in February, March and April. Their opinion coin cides with that of Father Tondorf, d- rector of the Georgetown University seismic observatory.
 The government scientists have no particular scientific reason to suggest for the frequency of the recent earth distur bances. They are making no spe cial study of the earthquakes and their opinion is that geology is too young a science and too little is known of it for anyone to attempt an explanation of the cause of the anomaly.
 Biologists recognize that the earth's surface is in state of continual un- rest, and they explain that whenever the accumulated force passes the breaking point" earthquakes follow. The disturbances which recently have occurred in three continents are re- garded by scientists as movements ol the earth's crust and yet they say that some of the shocks may have extended to a depth of 200 miles.
 Fault lines or weak places in the earth are well known to the geologists, according to c. P. Merrill, curator of 1.-the National Museum. who explains that because of this knowledge q general prediction regarding the area of dis turbance can be made by the scientists. But he adds mo sane man would at tempt to say exactly where or when for a fault may extend for several hun. dred miles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
FUEL FROM MINE WASTE
Prospects of Trouble With Striking Miners Spurs Etiquette Company

London. September -(Reciprocai News Service.) The chance that the British coal miners, drunk with their power. will go on striking and caus- ing national distress has turned the at tention of experts to the great heaps of small coal and coal dust on every pit head.
 Prices for coal have become so high that it is now found that these pit head tips may be converted into briquettas economically made and saleable for household and industrial purposes. A large company has just been formed to acquire the altitudinous cones of mine refuse to be found all over the coal fields of England. Scotland and Wales
 Factories are to be erected to ..re- tlne' this material and mould it into briquettes
 The economical use of coal is a prob- lem which concerns engineers in all parts of the world. 1t is espe cially iu :. teresttng in connection with the ''car- honization" of coal at tempera lures in order to obtain smoketess fuel. gas. oil and numerous valuable by-products This problem involves a close scientific study of exactly what happens to diff terent kinds of coal at various tem- peratures. Mir. Slnkinson of the I'm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10

match miladies jewels Amethyst. gar net sapphire are the colors and tops are made to harmonize with the body finish.
 The queerest graveyard" in the United States is one in a small town
 named Vintage, in Pennsylvania. Many
 useful parts are obtained from the
 remains of more than fifty different
 makes of automobiles.
 The word chauffeur originated in
 France, and applied to member or a
 band of travellers who roamed over the northeastern part of that country under
 the command of John the Skinner. or
 Schinderhanes.~
 The first tramp tour on record for a motor vehicle is a motor truck now run ning from Green Bay, Wis, to the Pa cific coast, earning all travelling ex- penses by picking up a load whenever possible and hauling en route. In Massachusetts all motor vehicle li- cense plates for 1921 will be sent out at the expense of the state registry of motor vehicles. in place of the usual 6 cents furnished by the applicant to cover mailing charges,
 1 As a plan to erect worthy memorial to Gen. Robert F. Lee, the promotion of great national highway to extend from New York to New Orleans. and thence to San Francisco, to be known as 1 the Lee highway. has been inaugurated. What is believed to be the largest ring of motor thieves since the passage of the Dyer act was. recently arrested in Detroit Mich. The trust operated internationally. most of the automobiles stolen in the United States being sold in foreign countries
 Mayor Charles F.. Rhodes of Altoona. Pa, started a crusade against the prac- tiee of motorists parking their cars on the city streets without the proper lights. The mayors car was one of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10

lsway right-of-way of tive states4Texas and Kansas.
 !. The daily consumption of gasoline for | all motor vehicles in the United States
 is reported between 1S,oOo,oOO and 100000 gallons. 1 passenger cars and lSO0o trucks were fproduced in motor factories in the terri | tory of Detroit. Michigan. ] The average cost of automobiles in- creased twelve per cent this year, while prices of commodities during the same time rose 165 per cent
 Through the experiments of distilling motor spirits from wheat straw, it is stated that ton of straw will produce forty gallons of gasoline Western cities in the United States strongly enforce laws against jay- walking''-crossing of streets by pedes- trians in the middle Of the block. ! Every state automobile in Massachu sets is required by law to have the name | Of the department or institution painte ! on the side of the vehicle. As a result of the difficulties of hell nj France. motor tanks are becoming 9 desirable substitute for human labor which is so costly and hard to obtain in France. motor tanks are becoming a thirty-three feet wide are required tc have Q single line of trees ons each side at distances apart varying from sixteen to thirty-two feet
 1 Because a motor ear driver in Rio de Janeiro served ten years as a chauffeur l without an accident the occasionI was recently celebrated bv offering a spe- l cial thanksgiving mass.
 {. Police records show that S.369 auto mobiles. valued a s4,00o,000. have been stolen in Chicago in the first eight months of the year. Of this number only 93S have been recovered. l Among the latest modes of the 1921
 passenger automobiles are cars to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
ALMANACE POPULAR
Stamp Duty on Them Yields Consid-
 erable Sum for University

London September 5.-Reciprocal News Service. l-The almanac and call endar stam pduty, which yearly pro vides handsome revenue for the Uni versity of Copenhagen is being main tained by the Danish government
 Domestic as well as imported alma macs and calendars are taxed and as no Danish household is considered com plete without almanacs the returns are considerable.
 A calendar is called a date alma aac" and is taxed ore. If the alma nac shows the phases of the moon the stamp duty is doubled but if it shows the dates of fairs and the signs of Inc zodiac, too, the duty is increased to Is ore. rebate of 20 per cent is al-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10

Freight transportation by airplane is being arranged in the Congo by Belgian aviators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
AUTOMOTIVE ACTIVITIES
 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

British Columbia has 25,0Oo automo- piles in use
 < Governor Cox and Senator Harding are expert motorists. ' Pennsylvania has a registration of more than 0226 motor trucks. 5 Cost of tire mileage is from one-auar- ter 10 one-half cent per mile per tire.
 More than LOCO motor vehicle licenses last year "-N sss v
 England has ao0,oo0 motorists in a 2 comparatively small area less in Size than the state of Michigan. 7 It is estimated that fully 10000 Amer ican-made automobiles will be marketed this year in the Argentine !
 Motorists in. New York city. are asking for more traffic policemen for the safety : of both pedestrians and automobiles.
 The American public is expendfng se.- @o,ooo,o00 year, or s2SO per famfty for operating and riding in motor ve- hicles.
 Nearly the entire railroad mileage of the country could be laid on the high-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10

From the Popular Mechanics Magazine.
 The prejudice held by certain builders against the use of lumber from fire or in- sect-killed trees has been proved ground less by recent experiments of the for- est products laboratory. Here it has been found that lumber cut from sound dead trees is in no way dstinguishable from any other, except that it may be partly seasoned. If the wood has not been iit- iured subsequently by decay or further insect attack, this dead lumber is the equal of live of the same grade for all structural purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10

hit upon most ingenious method of discovering at what temperature coal begins to turn into coke. He makes use of the fact that coke conducts elec- tricity. while coal does not. By meas uring the electrical resistance of d sample of coal as it is gradually heated. he has fixed the temperatures at which various coals enter into the critical stage at which they give off their valu- able products.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
siLsst Prices of the New Nineteen Twenty One Buick Series

Twenty One-Forty Four $17ss Model Five, car Forty four passe Model One-Forty Seven five Model Twenty OneForty Eight four 29s5 One-F Forty passenger
 
 F. O. B. Factory, Flint Michigan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
 PEACE TYPE AiRPACKET
New British Design Put on the Daily
 Passenger and Freight Service

London September 15.-(Reciprocal News Service. .)--Until now the airplanes on daily service between London, Paris and Amsterdam have been converted war machines. Passengers and parcels have been carried instead of bombs. and changes made in the finished machine for it's new work.
 Now appears the first of the peace type of British air packet. It has been designed afresh. from the lading wheels up and has little in common with its military predecessors.
 This new machine carries eight pas sengers, in addition to the pilot, and up to 500 pounds of baggage. Used solely as a freight packet. it's capacity is 2.2to pounds. The speed at 5,Oo0 feet altl- tude is l21 miles an hour.
 Calculations show that this airplane can convey a load almost as cheaply as the average cost of transportation py road The seats are comfortably up- hoIstered and large windows are pro- vided to give the passengers a good view of the country over which they are trayeIing.
 Freight transportation by airplane
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10

those tagged" by the police in the in itial enforcement of the new order.
 Owing to inability to obtain satisfac- tory railroad rates. Mormon Church au- thorities of ogden. Utah. are discussing the advisabiIity of using hundreds of automobiles to transport members of the church to the general conference in Salt Lake City this month.
 At the University of Piittsburg. testing laboratory has been completed on a permanent site on the college campus It is designed and especially equipped to conduct experiments for the Improvement of road beds, motor ve- hicles, and to train engineering stu dents as specialists in transport work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
Timber From Dead Trees

lowed on importations of fifty or mors almanaes at one time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
Q, g, B U 1 OK 9 @.
WILL NOT REDUCE PRICES

There will be no reduction in Buick motor before May l, 1921 and not then unless the materials from which they made and the labor '. 4lch produces them is reduced In this event the Buick Motor Co., will refund to every purchaser during that period the amount of such reduction
 The present reduction in prices by number of manu- facturers not caused by any actual reduction in ma tera and labor but the result of overproducton No such condition exists in the Buick factory There motor whose price at the beginning of the $500 less than the Buick and today their price is than the Buick This is positive guarantee against decline in price before May 1, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-10
LAPS GIVE SUBSIDY
Practically All Lines in Pacific Bene-
 fit by Government Aid
By Associated Press

Tokio. September 5.--The govern ment bill for the granting of a state subsidy on steamer lines. introduced in tEe recent session of the Diet, has been approved. The lines to receive a sub sidy include the new line 10 the east ern coast of South America, the new line to Java and Bangkok. with Sigma pore as the center of the route the new lines between Shanghai and South China and the extension line of the South American western coast service.
 The steamer service to the eastern coast of South America. which is at present maintained by both the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Osaka Shosen Kali sha, is to be extended after next Oc- tober under the subsidiary aid of the state, the service to be increased 10 ten voyages a year. This will be maiu- tained with six steamers, each of about 6,000 tons capacity
 The steamship service on the west ern coast of South America, run by the Toyo Risen kaisha. is at present bi-monthly, with threes steamers each Of 5000 tons capacity. The service is to be enlarged and made a monthly service with six steamers of the same capacity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-07-29

-Wu. Harris, wife and two children
are on visit with relatives at Beloit
and Dixon, ILL.,
Miss Florence EngeIs is enjoying a
two weeks vacation in Milwaukee.
Chris Rasmussen and wife of Be-
lott spent last week with relatives in
this vicinity.
Mrs. T. l.. Pagel was a guest at
the Jolley home at Darlington on Sat
urday.
After an enjoyable stay at the John
Dunn home, Leo Monroe and family
took their leave on Thursday for their
home in Milwaukee
John Sullivan and j. J. Mauger and
wives ane Mrs. Richard Siebert were
callers at Madison on Tuesday.
"A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Kieffer. July 2lst.
"A motor party from Dubuque of
over dozen people was delightfully."-
entertained at the home of Mrs. John
Spensley one day of the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hammill
went to Scales Mounds last Friday
for a visit with their daughter, Mrs.
JosceIyn, who, with her daughter, Miss
Priscilla, accompanied them on their
return to this city on Tuesday.
House for rent Inquire of Adam
b. Dresden.
Go to j. j. Mauger for watch and
jewelry repairing.
The Wisconsin Automobile Mutual
Insurance Co, the largest of it's kind in
the state, insures automobile owners
against loss through accidents, theft,
fire, collision, property damage and tor
nado. Rates about one-third to one
fourth what you have paid in stock
companies. See local aRt.. A.V. Jacobs.