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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
NEGRO SING AT THE CHAMPION THEATRE
 ATTRACTS BIG CROWD

Standing room was at a premium at yesterdays negro community sing at the Champion theatre and hundreds were turned away. The new song fea- ture, with colored slides on the screen, was Lullaby Land" A feature was the singing of 'Steal Away" from the operators booth by a male quartet. Brown, Ray, JonAN and Foster.
 Other features were as follows. Soprano solo. "Havana," c. Mae Frier- son (banjo obligato by w. IL Brooks) duet. There Let Me Rest" the Jor- dan sisters; tenor solo. When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget" Harry Worthington; "Ain't Coin to Study War No More" W. c. c. a mixed octetne.
 The sing is attracting colored peo- pie from all parts of the city and it will soon be necessary to find larger quarters. It is hoped to make the sing a permanent feature of the col ored community life by those in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
CAPITAL STOCK INCREASES

Montgomery, January 11.-(specis1.) ) oIIiciais of the Pike county hospital at Troy have planned to enlarge the
 institution and have increased the cap ltal stock from s40.000 to ss5,000 Pa : pers showing the increase were filed saturday with the secretary of state. The original incorporators are L. E. Gellerstedt and others. Another concern to increase stock was the southern Tile company of Mo bile, from $5O0O to 1000. Mobile concerns filing papers satur day follow:
 Agee's Cash Store. No. 2, with au- thorized and paid-in stock of s1O,0oO Turner Young Grain company, author ized stock of s5o,o0o, of which s4o,o0o isc paid in; Kirk Brick and Lime com pany, authorized and paid-in stock of s10, 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
Chance For Girls to Win / Prizes By Telling HoW
 They Would Make Money
Prizes Offered for Best 200 Word Letters Telling How Girl Might Make $1O,OOO in Month if Thrown
 Her Own Resources

more. True, she was to use the money 1 ing returned soldiers find jobs-but she earned it by means of an honest-to- goodness business deal that surprised all her friends by it's success To tell how Miss Janis earned her slo.00o would be telling tales out of school. Miss Janis figured out the scheme herself. and she wants to get ideas from every regular girl in Bir- mingham on how they would go about 1t.
 The conditions of the contest are as simple as can be. When you read this put on your thinking cap and devise a way of making $10,000 in 30 days of your own resources.
 Then write your plan to Miss Janis. care of The Age Herald. Assmany O, the letters as possible will be published. The time limit for the letters to ars rive at the office of The Age-Herald is Wednesday, January 21, which IS during the week of the showing of Miss Janis new picture, "A Regular Girl" at the Alcazar theatre
 The prizes will be divided among the regular girls" as follows: First prize, $25; second prize, sf5; third prize, $1o. To the writers of all letters deserving of honorable mention. two tickets to the Alcazar theatre will be given.
 In these days whe nthe high cost of living makes money making neces- sity, such contest may develop an idea worth a million dollars. Fortunes have been made by girls in the space of one month,
 Would you invent a substitute for oil and put John D. out of business? Or maybe you'd have patented process for knitting silk hose so they would not rip or develop runners? Maybe you know of lease on an foffice building that expires next month and see a chance to clean up s1o,oGo on I business deal on paper.
 Miss Janis had a plan and built a corking good motion picture around it.
 The judges will be announced in to. inorrow's paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12

Girls, how would you earn s1oooo in 30 days?
 Suppose your father offered you $10,- 900 if you could earn an equal amount in one month?
 Would you accept? And how would you go about it?
 For the three best answers to this question. The Age-Herald and Miss El- sic Janis, Selnick screen star, will give prizes totalling $50 and for all letters worthy of honorable mention two tick : cts to the Alcazar theatre will be given.
 Now. there you are. There is an as. signment that any girl will have to think over long time. It is difficult thing for any girl to do; but regular girl" could do it. Miss Janis believes that girls are just as capable of hand ling big business deals as their fathers and brothers, and in her new screen success, "A Regular Girl" she does that very thing. She earns s10,000 in 90 days and her father gives her $1o,000 more. True, sch was to use the money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
MEETs IN RIRMINCHAM

Montgomery January 11.-tSpecial.)- )-- Before closing a two-day conference at the state house Saturday vocational educational workers of North Alabama will discuss general subjects relating to the work in Alabama. The conference in Montgomery was held Friday and Satur- day at the office of Spright Dowell. state superintendent of Education Only sub jects relating to agriculture were dis cussed in Montgomery
 The principal talk was made Saturday by Prof. H. O. Sargent. general federal agent for vocational education work in Alabama. The educators left Saturday afternoon for their homes in Central and South Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
CONDITIONS oF CONTEST

Here are the conditions of The Age-HernId-Eisie Janis Big Busi- ness Contest for Regular Girls;
 THE QUESTION: .How could n girl earn $1O.O0O in one month if thrown upon her own resourcesfr
 THE ANSWER: A 20O-word Iet- ter addressed to Miss Elsie Janis, care of The Age-Herald. Must be written on one side only of the pa- per and must bear your full name and address.
 THE TIME LIMIT, Wednesday,, January 21.
 THE PRIZES: s25 for the best letter; S15 for the second best let- ter, %lO for the third best. For all deserving honorable mention. The Age-HernId will give two tickets each to the Alcaxar theatre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
MOVIES ID AID IN SOLVING PROBLEM Screen to Be Used in Teach ing Patriotism and
 Americanism
By Associated Pres,

New York, January 11.-A government campaign to combat the national unrest through the movies" was launched here today at a meeting of prominent motion picture producers who were addressed by Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the in- terior. Mir. Lane who will direct the campaign, explained that it's purpose was to aid in solving government problems ny inspiring the American people with for titude and patriotism.
 The campaign comes as a result of a request of the joint committees of Che House and Senate made last December at Washington urging the motion picture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
To Confer on Railways

London, January 11.-Premier Lloy6 George has summoned Sir Robert Steven son Horne, minister of labor, and Sir Eric Geddes, minister of transportation to Parts for a consultation on the rail way dispute
 The ministers started for the French capital today and are expected to return today when the cabinet will discuss the matter further and met the railwaymen s committee.
 A long statement issued today, purport- ing to reflect the governments view in the mater. says that the railwaymen re- iected the governments proposals with out maturely considering them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
No More Liberty Loans Needed to Meet Obliga-
 tiOns of Government,
 Says Secretary Glass
tContinued from Page one,

s4, ooo, ,ooo 900, we may look forward confidently to the retirement Of the floating debt out of the taxes pro- vided by existing law and miscel- laneous receipts coming within the general head of war salvage talthough further issues of tax certificates in diminishing amounts will be neces- sary from time to time in the inter- vals between income and profits tax installments payments) and to the gradual rteuction of the funded war debt through the operations of the Liberty Loan Bond purchase fund and sinking fund already created by law. On the other hand. should Congress embark upon new fields of large ex- penditure or further reduce taxes, 1t will, as I have already indicated, be clearly necessary to revise the treas ury's plans and call upon the country to finance the resulting deficit by the issue of new Liberty Loan"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
SECURITIES SALES DENIED

Montgomery January n.A(SpeciaLl- Acting under authority given by the 1919 Ies esislature the Alabama securities com biss;on Saturday refused to permit the Fairfield Oil and Gas company of Fair field, Ala, to engage in a stock selling campaign in Alabama. The commission is composed of the attorney general, in- surance commissioner and supeinten- dent of state banks.
 This was the first petition to be re- fused by the securities commission, which is operating under the Shaw blue sky law, enacted as protection against frauds, etc. The company is said to have oil lands in Oklahoma, several miles from the proven field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
RECORDS BROKEN
 AT THE LOCAL NAVY
 RECRUITING STATION
Thirty Three Men Accepted for Navy Service Last Week at the
 Local Office

All previous records in the number of men enlisting in week at the local navy recruiting station since it was opened in Birmingham, more than a year ago, were broken last week, when 32 men were accepted for service in the navy. The largest number received heretofore was 27.
 Lieut.. Commander George Emerson, recruiting officer for Alabama. has re- turned from Florence. where he went to inspect the sub station located there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
Montgomery Bureau Tho Ags- Herald
 lz24 Ffrgt National Ruitdfnq

Montgomery. January 11.-(Special) )- Felix Burge. convicted in the Hale coun- ty circuit court in 1915 of charge of second degree murder, was relieved of the life sentence Saturday when Gov ernor Kilby granted him a parole. Clem- ency was recommended by the board Of pardons andother persons of the state.
 Revocation of the parole granted on June il, 1919. to Henry Henderson, alias Jim Henderson, was ordered by the chief executive.
 Robert Craft, convicted in Clay county and sentenced to serve four years on a charge of grand larceny was paroled. He was convicted in 1918.
 Henderson was convicted in the munich pal court of Jefferson county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
Premiers Fail to Meet
By Associated Press

Paris. January 1.-Premers Clemen- ceau Lloyd George and Ntti did not meet this morning to continue their examination into the Adriatic question MT Lloyd George, it was announced. would visit Premier C1emenceau during the evening at the French ministry of war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
Called to Macon Church
 0x AssaeI>saA Ressa

Macon, Ca. January 11.-Rev. Will liam Russell Owens of Philadelphia was called to the pastorate of the First Baptist church here today. He was formerly located in Atlanta and later in New York and recently re- turned from overseas work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELEc-roR

Montgomery, January 1I.-(Special. Frank O. Deese of Ozark. a banker Saturday qualified as a candidate for presidential elector from the Third congressional district MT. Deese is the
 first to qualify as candidate for cleo tor in Alabama Notice of intention tc run is required by state law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
EVENTS OF THE DAY
 FROM STATE CAPITAL
By FRED H. coRMLEY.

was received by John H. Wallace. IT., commissioner of conservation, Satur day. This is the second concern to start in that business in Mobile county. and Commissioner Wallace is highly pleased with the manner in which the industry is growing. He is of the opin- ion that the industry will within the next few years be one of the states leaders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
SYLACAUGA

Syiacauga. January n---(Special. )-The main office building at the Moretti Hara Marble company. near Sylacauga, was burned last night about o'clock. Owing to the direction of the wind at the time of the fire no other buildings were caught.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
DEATHS


 \. P. Thomas-Funeral services for A. Thomas. aged 63, who died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. H. M Bagley. s22 Cotton avenue West End, Saturday night at 8 o'clock will be conducted from Johns chapel this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock Rev. Mir. Stevens. pastor of the West End Methodist church. will offici- ate. The body will be sent to Co., lumbus, Ga. Tuesday morning by Johns for interment. Surviving him are his widow. four daughters, Mrs. Bagley. Mrs. J. L. Drake. Miss Lou isc Thomas of Birmingham, and Mrs. j. Walters Webb of Mobile. and four sons. ]. A., R. J., F, P. and H. B. Thomas.
 Mrs. Stella Dowell Massey--Died [ her home in Richmond. Va. Friday afternoon. Funeral services were conducted from the home of her parents. MT. and 1rs. w. B. Dowell, yesterday afternoon Interment was at the Woodlawn cemetery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
OYSTER PACKING COMPANY

Montgomery. January 11.-(Speciai.)
 News of the organization of the Gulf Packing and Preserving company of Bayou LaBatre. Mobile county. for the purpose of engaging in the business of packing oysters and other sea food,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
PERSONAL

John R. Copeland, who was operated on Wednesday at the South Highlands fn- firmary, is resting well and on the road to recovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-12
THE WEATHER
The Weather Bx Axsonlasrd Hrass

Washington, January 111.-Weather fore- east for Alabama and Mississippi Rain Monday and probably Tuesday.
 GsoTgisN Cloudy Monday, rain by night and probably on Tuesday.
 Tennessee: Cloudy Monday, probably local rains west portion; Tuesday partly cloudy and warmer. For the 24 hours ending at p. m. Ian uary II. 1920:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
MINERS
To HAVE
I! N! INCREASE !!!:!' !:
8 JEt Britain Shakes Off
V,trike Nightmare Today
VI With Agreement Elk
IN pected Soon.
SPEEDY SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT
SPEEDY
Conference at Home Of Premier Lloyd
George Expected to Bring
About End Of
Strike.
[By Charles M McCann, United
Ctaff ospanda1rt

[By Charles M. McCann, United
Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, Oct. 25.-Great Britain
shook off the strike nightmare today
Every indication was the British
coal miners and the government will
reach an agreement soon that will
give miners an increase in wages and
insure great output of coal in re-
turn.
AT Premier LloydlGeorge' home
in Downing street, representatives OF
the miners and the government con.
tinued today to discuss the situation
William Brace, member Of par.
lament and representative of the
miners, emerged from Lloyd-George's
home in a gleeful mood.
We've done a little anyhow, he
said. Il may say the situation Is nc
worse
That was as far as any miner OF
government representative would
commit himself.
Announcement that the railway
strike. ordered for Saturday night
but countermanded later. was called
off at the instance of the miners, led
the London press to congratulate
both parties.
1t appeared there would be no re
sumption of mining this week. but
hope for speedy settlement was seen
everywhere Meantime with railroads
and other industries
operating as well as possible under
shortage of coal, " the country had
been relieved of great anxiety.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
SETTLEMENT OF
.JAPAN'S PROTEST
Awaits Decision of California Voters
Who are to Pass on Prohibiting
Measure at Election
Nov. 2.
[By A. l. Bradford, United Press Staff
Correspondent

Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Settle-
ment of Japan's protest against the
proposed California law prohibiting
land holding by Japane probably
will await decision OF California vot-
ers who are to pass on the measure
November 3
The parley with japanese %diplo-
mats has proceeded far enough to de-
fine the issue between the two coun-
tries, this government having demand
ed that all japanese labor immigra-
ton be stopped and Japan having
asked that all American laws consider
ed discriminative to her people be
wiped out.
After hearing Japan's protests, the
United States took the initiative in
the negotiations, it is understood, and
brought up the "gentlemen's agree
ment' for revision. Under this agree
ment Japan voluntarily undertakes to
restrict her imnigrations and the
United States is now working to make
the restrictions in the understanding
absolute
The California question probaibly
will be taken up as soon as a tentative
agreement is reached on The imri
grafton problem. japan is understood
to be willing to bow to this country s
immigration demands only as a con
cession of abolition of anti-Japanese
laws. The only way observers here
see The United States can meet this
stand OF Japan is to negotiate a treaty
which would wipe out discriminatory
laws
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
REOPENING OF
MURDER PROBE
Predictions That Grand Jury Will
Vote at Least One Indictment
in Denton Case in Day
or Two.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
LOS ANGELES, Calf, Oct. 25.-
Reopening of the Denton murder
probe by the county grand jury today
was expected to bring the long
drawn out investigation 10 a climax.
Predictions were freely made that at
least one indictment would be voted
within twenty-four or forty-efght
hours.
Mrs. Richard c. Peete, central
figure in the case, spent Sunday In
seclusion at the La Crescenta hotel.
Mrs. Peete will testify before the
grand jury either today or tomorrow.
A complete statement of her
meagre knowledge of the disappear
ance of the wealthy mining man,
made by Mrs. Ida L. Gregory, Den
yer, was said today to be in the
hands of the district attorneys office.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
fLehraska's Corn Crop.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 25.-With the
bulk Of Nebraska's. corn crop ready
to husk. and yields coed, many very
high, the demand for buskers is
greater than the supply. according to
the weekly federal crop bulletin
issued today.
Winter wheat has made improve
ment since recent rains. Several re
ports of Hessian fly infestation have
been recorded, says the statement.
. The harvest of the potato crop
continues. but few are being market
ed. Offerings as low as sixty cents
per bushel have been made,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
1By Raymond clapper, United Press

llBy Raymond Clapper, United Press
Staff Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, Oct 25.-The final
week of the 1920 presidential cam
paign opens today with the opposing
lines drawn for finish fight in Ohio.
Senator Warren G.. Harding makes a
final whirlwind tour of the state this
week, winding up at Columbus Satur
day night. Governor Cox will be back
/ in the state also to lead his forces
Iagainst the Harding drive.
Backing Harding in this last battle
Of the campaign in Ohio soil will be
an array of nationally prominent re-
publican speakers who will cover
every locality of Importance in the
lstate. They include: Senator Hiram
Johnson, California; Senator Medill
Mccormick, Illinois: Governor Low
den, Illinois; Senator Townsend,
| Michigan; Governor W. L. Harding.
Iowa; ex-senator Theodore Burton,
iOhio; Congressman Fess, Ohio: Ray
mond Robins, Chicago; Frank B.
Willis, Ohio, republican senatorial
publican candidate for governor Of
Ohio. Numerous women speakers
have also been scheduled.
Harding opens his Ohio drive Wed
Inesday in Cleveland, the home of
Harry l. Davis, republican guberna
torial candidate. The presidential
nominee probably will do consider
able work in behalf Of Davis this
week. Confident predictions that
both Harding and Frank B. Willis,
senatorial candidate, VIII carry the
state are made by Harding head
rquarters here.
| In a statement opening the final
weeks campaign Senator Harding
today, accused the democrats Of
evading the paramount issues and
again outlining his own stand on
major questions. He called upon the
democrats to answer the following
charges which he said they had de
clined to reply to thus far in the
campaign:
| The democratic mismanagement
brought us TO the brink of an indus
trial crisis in 1914 and Is now lead
ing US toward another precipice. That
unpreparedness for war persisted in
for political expediency cost us untold
billions of dollars and many precious
lives
! That the democratic administration
was equally unprepared for peace
and reconstruction.
; That 1t created a fearful financial
burden which this and the future
generation will have to pay through
( its experiments with the railways,
its industrial policy, and the reten-
ton of hundreds Of thousands of IN
necessary government employees.
" That the democratic administration
has been one of grotesque inefIiciency.
That it has perverted the form of
government and over ridden the con-
stitution by maintaining extreme and
undemocratic Capitalization of power.
/ Footing up those indictments. Far-
ding said he purposed to lead the
American people out of this "junsle oil
mismanagement and into the light of
stable good fortune
I He enumerated briefly the policies
he has espoused during the campaign
as follows:
! Restoration of constitutional gov
eminent and representative democ-
racy.
More business in government and
less government in business.
! Reorganization of the administrative
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
PREACHER TRIES
HUNGER STRIKE
After Twenty-Five Days Of il
Without Results, He De-
cides to Eat
Again.
DAUGHTER Is STUBBOR7
Issue Was for Her to Profess
ion, But She Refused and Le
Town During
DAUGHTER Is STUBBO1

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
COLUMBIA, KY, Oct. 25.-After a
hunger strike of twenty-five days, de.
signed to force his daughter, a school
teacher to profess religion Rev. Joel
Woodbridge, minister Of Denmark, to-
day broke his fast. The daughter.
Della, refused to profess religion on
the grounds she would not "espouse
any cause she did not believe in"
In the closing days of the fast,
Rev. Woodbridge became SO weak he
had cot brought into the church
where he was conducting revival
and preached his sermons propped up
with pillows. Miss Woodbridge left
town to escape the notoriety.
Rev. Woodbridge said he received
message from Christ to break his
fast He seemed to be suffering no
permanent i'll effects from his hunger
strike
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
EXPLOSION
UNDER CHURCH
EVANGELIST Had Just Requested
People to Come Forward and
be Saved When Easement
Blew Up.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
+ ROANOKE, Indiana, Oct 20
County officials today investigated
an explosion which shook the Sfmons
United Brethren church here last
night and injured twenty members
of the congregation, one seriously.
Rev. J. H. Barker, an evangelist,
had just finished his sermon and IN
vited the congregation TO come to the
front and be saved, when the blast
came.
Earl Rupert, janitor, was badly
burned. Rev. D. ". Seartman, pas
tor. was iniuredf
The explosion was believed to
have been caused by escaping gas in
the basement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
REORGANIZATION
OF NATIONAL GUARD

cording to the reorganization act is
two hundred men for each senator
and representative in congress with a
proportionate annual increase until
eight hundred men per senator and
representative have been enrolled by
1924. This program Will bring the
total enlisted strength of the national
guard to $4,000.
The tentative national guard allot-
ments made by the war department
comprise for each corps area one or
more technical divisions with approp-
rate percentages of troops required
for the organization or army CORPS,
field army and general headquarters
reserve uoops-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25

TUnfted Press Leased Wire Service.l
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-Cap-
tain Of Detectives Duncan Matheson
admitted today that he believed the
murderer of Mrs. Ruby Allen, of Mo-
bile. had eluded the police and prob
ably fled to Mexico or Canada
Mrs. Allen was found strangled to
death in a room in the Knickerbocker
hotel here last Wednesday.
Matheson said he believed the
mans true name was "Dougal' and
that he was a discharged Canadian
soldiet-