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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
MERCHANTS SECURE 200 NEW MEMBERS
 AS RESULT OF DRIV E

More than 200 new members nave heen secured for the Retail Merchants Association in the membership driVe now on. according to reports or com mittees at the luncheon yesterday at the Hillman hotel.
 The reports indicate that all commit tees are active, and steps towaros q county organization will be made at meeting to be held July 2o
 Several of the committees were not rep resented at the luncheon yesterday ana if is thought that a great many more than 200 new members have been re- ceiyed. The Ensley committee, uhuer George Byrum made an especially good repoSt. ad
 nominating committee was named yesterday to select officers for the county organization to be pertecteo Iulv 20. Members of this committee are E. B Irwin, chairman, Joseph II. Love man. Reid Lawson, Sam Blach' C. M Cannon and George Byrum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
NO QUARANTINE TO BE ESTABLISHED, IS
 DECISION OF WEIGH

Montgomery, July 9-(Special)- Alabama will not establish quaran tine against Pensacola Dr. s. w. Welch, state health officer, Friday af: ernoon announced that he had received information from Pensacola that the city commission had enacted an antt- rat ordinance and had taken other means of preventing the spread of bubonic plague. The state health ot- ficer informed Dr. Ralph Green, health officer of Florida, by wire Thurs day that a quarantine would be es- tablished unless Pensacola did it's part toward the extermination of rats Dr Green wired Dr. Welch Friday that the Pensacola authorities had held a special meeting and had gone into the fight. If the quarantine had been es- tablished no persons would have been permitted to come into the state from Pensacola, nor would any shipments of freight from Pensacola have been un- loaded in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
NEW PIPE WORKS
 STARTS BUSINESS Kilby Plant Now Contribut- ing to States Output and
 Increasing Prestige

The Birmingham districts quota Of new sanitary pipe works is almost com plete.
 The new plant of tLe Kifby Pipe and Fittings Company. which is contiguous to the property of the K!lby Frog and Switch Company in North Birmingham, has commence making pipe.
 The plant has been making casting for the frcg and switch plant since May Il, and has also tten manufacturing fittings, but has just gone into the beginnings of the manufacture of pipe. All the pipe floors have not yet been laid and full operations in the manufacture of pipe will not ensue until this work is com pleted. However, that will be at an early date.
 This new Birmingham industry is Tn operation and has been added to the long list of pig iron melters in the Birmlng-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
SEARCH ON FOR 17-YEAR-OLD
 CHATTANOOGA GIRL

Chattanooga. July 9.-Polce officials of the country have been asked to be on the lookout for Juniata Allen, sew enteen-year- old school girl orator, who disappeared from her home here June %. dressed in the garb of a Boy Scout, and whose trail has been lost at At lanta. where she was traced.
 Before leaving Chattanooga Miss Al len delivered a brilliant address on the League of Nations.
 She had her dark brown hair shin gled and donned the garb of a Boy Scout. Her parents, Mir. and Mrs. James M. Allen, who are assisting in the search for the missing girl, believe that she is en route to a western mo- tion picture studio. Miss Allen weighs 10S pounds, is slightly stopped, with dark brown hair and eyes and few freckles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
SUPPORT OF LABOR PARTY AND SINGLE
 TAKERS IS SOUGHT
LaFOllette to Decide Satur- day Whether to Accept Nomination If Offered
 By Committee of AS
By Associated Press

Chicago, July 9.-Efforts to align sup port of single taxers and labor party ad- herents behind national third party organization on the plan of the commit tee of forty-eight marked the preliui' nary gatherings of delegates arriving in Chicago tonight to attend the three coh- ventions. Success in the attempts wnieh involved particularly the lapor par -' leaders and the forty-eight commlttee members. was not claimed by any of the participants in prolonged conferences while spokesmen for the single tax group took the opportunity to announce tnefr definite opposition to Senator R- M' La Toilette of Wiscontin as fusion pr5Si d.ntial candidate. Other differences re yolyed around platform questions.
 Amos l.. Pinchot and George l.. Recoro' who spent two days with Senator Lar o, lette in behalf of the committee or loi'y eight, reported to that body tooay ,n@s the Wisconsin man had not decideo U accept a nomination II lehueieu iiiiAA'
 would decide Saturday.
 Deliberations involving all the deie- gates assembled under the general cai,' will commence tomorrow. Slngle tax au- herents after a preliminary gatherlns' announced they would all attend the com raittee of forty-eight cohVehtioil,
 will be called to order by J. A. Ii. aof Lins at 10 o'clock. Allen McCfdy or New York, slated for temporary char man, will deliver the keynote speech srd inc convention will elect platform, 1T, committee on political procedure. It wh' then recess to allow the committee tune for their Work s b,,
 Open hearings have been arranged uS the convention managers TOT tue form committee, at which trank walsh. representing the Friends or lrlsh Freedom, will be given. an opportunity to present a plank favoring American rec ar,,;t;on of the De Valera government
 The labor party convention is scheu- uled to begin Sunday at different t.,,'alS na1,, Y though it's partisans have been acel.er' ..r, associated with the committee or Iorty eight procedure. Differences oeVelop,is is in the dual conferences today included one arising out of the railroad situation .,. at which some of the conferees were dls, nosed to consider it hostile, vital anu irreconcilable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
Freight Agents BelieUe
 Delay Due to Terminals

country. md when. due to inc creased efficiency. mile per day is ndded to the average chr, this is equivalent to m increase of 4Oos- coo new chrs.
 Delays mt freight depots are due to the fact that most terminals were built in the days when horses were the means of trnnsportntion, and while the cities have expnnd- ed, the old methods of distribution of freight still remain.
 Therefore, to re-seve the freight congestion, work at freight ter minaIs must be speeded up, and to do this motor trucks should be adopted for distribution. These vehicles will keep the freight out of the way. make quicker hauis, and allow greater speed in loading and unloading the cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10

At an unofficial discussion by several local freight agents of railroads in Birmingham recently brought out the belief thnt freight congestion Nas in Il large part due to delays in terminals and not en route.
 Plans looking to the hetterment of terminal service md moro speedy unloading were discussed and the motor truck us dfstrfb- uting factor was tnken up.
 The statement was brought out during the discussion that the av- craze journey of q freight car was only six miles per day. large part of the time a freight car is waiting in terminals for unload- ing or to he loaded.
 Another feature brought out was that there are 2,4OO,OOO ears in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
CONFISCATED MULES
 SOLD AT AUCTION

The treasury of the internal revenue department was enriched $So7 yester- dav as a result of the sale of mules, 1 horse, 2 wagons and sets or harness and 300 pounds of sugar. This property was seized by N l.. Pierce, federal pro hibition agent in charge or Alapaina and his assistants when ralds Were nada ar persons arrested for transport ing 1iouor. Approximately s4,N worth of confiscated property has been sold by the government this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
FATTEST WOMAN IN
 VIRGINIA IS DEAD

Richmond, Va, July 9.-The fattest woman in Virginia, Roberta Lester colored died here today. She tipped the beam at over 800 pounds. She was re- markedly active, her great weight in terfering little with her ability to work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
New Incorporation

papers of Incorporation were IlIeu in the probate court yesterday by the Kay and Jay Manufacturing Company with an authorized capital stock o1 s5.0O0 The firm will begin business with $2,000 paid in. The officers are Karl Kern, president; A. J. Jacobson, vice president; H. Jacobson. secretary and treasurer. In addition to the offi- cers Mrs. Beatrice Kern is director.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10
Mrs. Godbee Paroled

Atlanta, July 9-Mrs. Edna P. God bee, sentenced to life imprisonment seven years ago. after killing her di vorced husband and his second wife at Millen, Ga, has been paroled, it was learned today,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-10

ham district. besides taking it's part In doubling the manufacture of sanitary pipe in this state.
 Alabama was already the largest manu- faeturer of east iron pipe of any state in the union. The new plants have but aecentuhted that lead.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-09
TRINIDADOIL
FIELDS DOOMED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Considerable
attention has recently been drawn to
Trinidad. British West Indies, in con-
nection with the boom of OIL through
nu+ the world. Spectacular advances have
marked the shares Of companies hsteu
IN London interested in oil developments
in Trinidad. and there seems now rapid
movement to organize new companies
IN drill for petroleum on this Island, ac-
cording TO reports received by the de-
Dartnen+ of commerce from the American
consul there.
The leading companies have deter
mined on a policy Of further expansion,
and in their keen competition for the
purchase Of lands thought to be on-bear-
ing the price for such lands has been
MS high as $500 per acre when indications
for finding oil seemed especially favor
able. This applies only to private lands
as all drown or government lands In the
mineral oil districts have been covered
long since by concessions to British
companies to explore, prospect and mine
for petroleum.
The island Of Trinidad has an area of
1 500 square miles, being almost the size
of the state of Delaware. The petroleum
indications are confined to the southern
part OF the island, ana particularly alohB
several more or less clearly defined anti
clines which follow an approximately
east to west course.
The Trinidad government receives roy
alties Of 10 per cent on the value of oil
obtained from the crown lands, as we'll
as an excise duty of s cents per gallon
on the oil produced In the colony or
removed from public warehouse. The
local oil companies receive a fair meas
ure of protection from outside competi-
ton, since, in addition to the excise tax,
a duty Of Il cents per gallon is imposed
on kerosene and other refined petroleum
burning oils, and cents per gallon on
motor spirits, including benzine, gaso-
line. naphtha and petrol spirits generally.
In 1918 the imports of kerosene oil from
the United States amounted to SIPS, TIA,
and Of other kinds of mineral oils,
$108,864.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-09
ASKS TO FACE
LODGES GHOST
Gotham Produce Man Says He
Will Give $4,000 for Proof.

NEW YORK. Feb. 9,-Joe Rim, who
when not devoting his attention to his
produce brokerage business in the car
rot and turnip belt in Washington street,
is camping on the trail of ghosts, spirits
spooks, mediums, psychica1 researchers
in general and Sir Oliver Lodge and
Prof. James H. Hyslop in particular, Is
out with a fresh challenge to the British
scientist. But the latter. by coldness and
neglect, threatens to spoil Mr.. RIMS
iconoclastic pastime.
When Mr.. Rim a few days ago offere&
to forfeit $1,000 real money IL SIR Oliver
or any one else would produce medium
who, under scientific analysis, could show
the slightest Manifestation OF communi-
cation with the spirit world, Sir Oliver,
from the smoky purlieus Of Pittsburg.
replied: "Rubbish-it is all rubbish"
OFFERS $1,000 FOR
PROOF OF GHOST.
But Mr.. Rim is hopeful and perssver-
ing. Challenging Sir Oliver anew, be
says:
"In view of the fact that you are r..
garded by a vast number of people ass
an authority on psychicaI phenomena.
because Of your reputation in natural
sciences, I hereby make you this offer, TO
prove to the world that you have but the
most elementary knowledge Of psychicall
phenomena. that you do not and can not
know how to protect yourself from fraud
and that you can not tell real medium
from a fraud.
Il hereby agree that I shall have the
newspapers of New York appoint a com
mittee; that I shall deposit with that
committee, if you accept my offer, a.
certified check for S., 900, and that I will
go with you before a large audience ina
the largest public hall to be had in
New York and produce both mental and
mediumistic phenomena, and that If you
can explain how I produce the phenoma
the committee shall hand you the IS 600
IF money offers no inducement to
you to prove your position as an author
fty on psychical research, challenges
you to accept my test in the interest Of
truth and science"
CHALLENGER SAYS
HE'S NOT SCOOTER.
81 am now one of the oldest living
psychical researchers he's continues, "a
former member for many years of both
the British and American Societies for
Psychical Research. Since 1905 I have
been president Of the Metropolitan
Psychical Research society in New York.
with my reputation, you can hardly
afford to ignore my criticism at the pres
ent time, when you are going about our
country Iecturing.
Il challenge you to prove that you are
an expert in psychical phenomena and
I offer to show, in a public test, that your
knowledge OF the subject is as simple and
unknowing as that of a young theological
student or a Schoolboy in a poker game
with card sharrs."
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-09
YANKEE DEBTS
BURDEN ALLIES
British Expert Says Financial
Crisis Faces Europeans.

LONDON, Feb. 9.-"The financial
structure Of tbs whole world. we are as
sured, is to be forthwith considered at
Paris,' says Sir Leo Chrozzo Money,
financial expert and former undersecre-
tary in the British cabinet. "What is
there for consideration? When America
came into the war Europe had already
reduced itself to financial impotence.
American Intervention came not a mo-
ment too soon; it came almost too late.
The United Kigdom had mortgaged It's
resources and staked its most precious
asset, it's mercantile marine to keep its
allies in the war. After the American
Intervention we borrowed from America
TO lend to our allies, so that our debt
to America is really the indirect debt of
our allies TO America.
"The allies now find themselves in a
desperate economic plight, with their
transport systems out of gear, their In
dustries disorganized, and their terri
tories SCARED by the invader. Germany
has been placed in economic bondage,
and what were her main assets are brok-
en- and dispersed. The distributed Ger
man assets are placed in the hands Of
new and old states who, in the nature Of
the case, can not yet make good use OF
them.
FEARS EVEN
GENERAL REVOLT.
"Such is the Europe which, day by
day, is increasing its indebtedness to
America What Paris must consider is
this: SO grave are the economic diff
culties that if the various governments OF
Europe, good, bad and Indifferent, old
and new, stable and unstable, find them
selves made the instruments of unbeara-
BILE taxation and the responsible admin
lstrators Of cruel, economic hardships, 1t
will be difficult to save Europe as
whole from revolution and catastrophe
disaster.
although our own position is so ia
vorabte as compared with that Of any Eu-
ropean country, we are suffering from
many shortages which will not, and can
not be repaired until Europe is at work
again and which viii be grayely accen-
tuated If the European economy suffers
further deterioration.
1.-THE production Of the world is the
worlds wage The European contribu-
ton to the worlds wage has been enorm-
ously reduced. Europe now feeds at the
American table This process, repre-
sentlng the piling OF debt upon debt,
cripples those who are compelled to re-
sort to it.
zone nation holds the key TO the in
stitution, and has the power TO redress
the economic disabilities of Europe.
America came late into the war, and
fortunately saw its termination before
she had been called upon to make any
considerable sacrifice. This is not
uttered by way of reproach. The spend
Ing OF our substance to sustain our
allies, like the proceeds Of the sale of
our dollar securities, went to America to
enrich her before she came into the
war; and the economic upshot OF the
whole matter is that today America is
In the position Of a rich nation, which
has invested $4,000. 100000 in Europe
the impoverished and bleeding Europe
which, so far from being able to pay
interest on the $4,000 100000 is, as the
above figures show, not even able to pay
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-09
LEGAL NOTICES,


School Commissioners of the City of In
dianapolis" and must be certified good
by a responsible bank or trust company
of indianapolis
In case a bidder, whose bid shall be &C
cepted, shall not within five days after
notice of sHch acceptance perform his bid
by entering into written contract with
the board, in the form made part of the
specifications, to execute the work and
construct and complete the building and
within that time secure the performance
of his building contract by bond, In the
form made part of the specifications, with
surety or sureties to the approval OF the
board his certified check and the pro-
ceeds thereof shall be and remain the abb
solute property of the board as ltqutdated
damages for such failure 1t being irn-
possible to estimate the amount of dam
ages such failure would occasion to the
board. ~
The contractor shall in his bid offer 70
execute contract and give a bond forms
Of which contract and bond are made a
part OF the specifications so on ME with
the architects Or engineers. Each CON
tractor receiving from the architects or
engineers copies of the plans ana specln-
cations will be required to deposit as Sc
curity for their return in good oroer the
sum of s25. 80 -
The right ais reserved by the board TO
reject any or all bids.
GEORGE C. HIT, Business Director
Indianapolis, Jan. 81, 1920
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-09
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids will be received by the
board OF school commissioners of the city
of indianapolis, at the office OF the busi-
ness director in the Administration build
ing, southwest corner of Meridian and
Ohio streets, Indianapolis, Ind. until s
o'clock p. m, Tuesday, Feb. "a, 1890, and
then opened, for the general contract on
the building of the shop building units Of
the Arsenal Technical schools in INDIAN
apolis, Indiana, in accordance with the
plans and specifications on file in the
office of D. A. Bohlen & Son. architects.
1901 Majestic building, Indianapolis. In
At the same time and place bids will
be received for the heating and ventilat-
ing, plumbing and gas fitting, electric
wiring and elevator equipment and install
lation, for the same shop building unfrs
according to plans and specifications there
for, on file in the office Of the engineers,
Snider & Rotz. 703 Merchants Bank build
ing. Indianapolis. Indiana.
All the bids must be made on blanks
prepared by the board. which blanks will
be supplied by the architects, engineers or
business director, upon application. These
proposals must be accompanied by a
check for three 49, per cent of the maxi
mum bid. The checks must be drawn
payable to the order of the Board Of
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-09
Cor las current snbsistence.

for its current subsistence.
"Tt was a great American who first
suggested that, as 1t had not been the
privilege of America to sacrifice much
In human life, ~the least she could do
was to cancel the European Indebtedness
as contribution to justice.
'oThe cancellation OF Europe's debt to
America would enable US in our turn
to cancel the debts Of the allies TO our
selves This Is the first necessary step
In the rehabilitation of Europe. That
step taken, it would then be reasonable
to talk Of a big peace loan to finance Eu-
rope in her present difficulties and to
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-09

enable her to resume her old part as
the worlds greatest producer of wealth.
Nor is this merely a European interest.
1T is being borne in upon thoughtful
americans that the trade OF the United
States can not indefinitely consist of
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-09
By ALTMAN

the expectation of loaned products. If
world commerce in its real sense is to be
resumed, there must be a reasonable
basis of exchange, and that can not again
exist until Europe is economically con-
valscent"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-09

Total balances and OutstanuInB
warrants, Dec. 81, 1919. .S1S,272.66
Cash in depository Dec. 81, 1919. IS. 272.66
A w. VORHIS,
Trustee.
Subscribed and sworn Cor affirmed) to
before Ae, the chairman of the Advisory
Board of this township. this 9Th day OF
January, 1920.
JOHN N. GULLIFER,
Chairman of Advisory Board Of Pike
Township.
This report was received. accepted and
approved by the Advisory Board of this
township at it's annual meeting, this, the
eth day Of January, 1920.
J. d. BUTCHER,
r. c. AVERY, Sec.
Advisory Board. Pike Township.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-09
LEGAL. NOTICES.


EzrO KOlp. driS schl wagon. s2s.OO
Total expenditures ......s 27, 414.12
Balance on hand ........s......$ 1,160.9S
Receipts during year ...s......s. 1,664.s2
Total of balances and receipts.s 2.s25.25
Disbursements during year. 1875
MAJ ':''@AT Road FUND. '''s -''o''"
Balance on hand ..............s 5.Ss3.o2
Receipts during year ........... 2,24osss
Total of balances and reOeipts.s $ s.1ss.o1
Disbursements during year. 6f77S.S4
''''-' sPEcfAL School FuNiD.
Balance on hand ...............$ 6.7dg.1I
Receipts during year ........... 14,3s7s1
Total Of balances and receipts sao.11s.41
Disbursements during year. l0,171bS
maj O'@4 TEUJIITioN FUND. - 80
Balance on hand ...........:....$ S,l1a.a5
Receipts during year. S'e6sS4
Total ef balances and receipts. s12.1745e
Disbursements during year. ~ S'2l1SA
Final balances ...":........s 2,sss.26
Balance on hand .............s $3.50
Receipts during year .........., $500
Total of balances and receipts.$ 1880
A. W. Vorhis, tr., bal. sal exp 177.76
Final balances ..:..........s 6O7.5O
FUND.
Receipts during year ..........s 1851
Final balances ..........S 1851
TOTALS OF ALL FUNDS.
Balance on hand ...,........s.S15.s77 SI
Receipts during, year .......... 2s.ss6.22
Total of balances and receipts. $45.57S.b8
Disbursements during year. 27,41412
Final balances ............. SIS. 1874
Total balance as shown by this
report |Aos AoS-TA
Warrant checks outstanding Dec.
81, 1919 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1lS-Zo
Total balances and outstanding
warrants Dec. 81, 1919...... .s1s,272.66
Cash in depository Dec. 81, 1919. IS, 272.6s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-01

newspapers correspondents are vir-
tually interned on the premises oc
cupied by the delegation.
The delegates are prohibited to
read the numerous Soviet placards at
the street corners, by which the Boil
sheviki constantly endeavor to ex'
cite the population against members
of the Polish paryt. The only news
papers allowed the delegates are So,
Wet communist organs.
The message states there has beer
no messenger from Warsaw and tell:
of damage done to the Poles wireless
plant, which, at the time this com
munication was sent by way of Mos
cow, has not been repaired.
1t is physically impossible for the
delegates to continue their work ow
ing to the conditions, according tt
the message.