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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
CENTRE MADE THE
 BEST RECORD OF ALL DIXIE TEAMS
Prayong Colonels and Com modoreS Finish Season
 Without a Defeat
By Associated Press

Atlanta, November 27.-Compari- son of records of the leaders among the many well drilled football teams that represented the south this year shows that the Centre college devel- oped the most effective machine of the season, if the average of ability to win, scoring strength and defen- sive power is to be taken as a stand ard, The little Kentucky institution that conquered Harvard is the only Dixie eleven to win all of it's con tests on the gridiron, and 1t led in defensive power and came in second in scoring ability. One or two post season games to follow Thanksgiv- ing week will not change the rank ing
 Centre, Georgia, Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt were the only southern teams that met no defeat from an other southern rival, but the two Georgia institutions were downed in intersectional contests. Tech lost 2S to ' to Penn tSats and Georgia lost 10 to ' to Harvard and to to Dartmouth Vanderbilt's only inter- sectional game was the Texas uni versity and the Commodores won, 20 to o. Centres only intersectional match was to o triumph over Harvard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
FEWER PEOPLE NOW
 OUT OF WORK HERE

General improvement in the em- ployment situation in Birmingham is officially reported in the bulletin of the industrial survey of the depart ment of labor. just issued.
 The bulletin credits Birmingham with 23,49T workers in active employ ment on October 31 and 22.344 on September 30. The increase for the month Is 5.2 per cent
 Of conditions in Birmingham the report says:
 Reports indicate very general inn provement in employment conditions. New furnaces have been blown in. and some of the pipe shops have increased working forces. Building and con- struction projects have taken up al- most all of the labor employed in ttis line of work There Is still a surplus of semi-skilled and common labor, but less than on this date las' month Much common labor has been employed in the building of Mitchell dam and locks on the Coosa river. The building inspectors reports show an increase in building permits dur ing September over the preceding month"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
Junior PantherS To Begin Basketball
 Work This Morning
By HORACE RENEGAR

The Simpson High school junior Partners will begin basketball prac- tive Monday morning when Coach George Reynolds meets his cage as- pirants in the Panther gymnasium for a one-hour workout. The junior Panther prospects this year are brighter than even that of last sea- son.
 Several games of minor importance will probably be played before Christ mas, and 1t is probable that the opening game of the season will come In Pel1 City against Coach ves- ter Garretts High scnoo1 quine~t. This game may prove to be a fast little matinee with Garrett's quint reported to be light but fast.
 Several good trips are being planned for the team by Coach Rey- holds. and his team will be entered in the B. A c. tournament as well as the Auburn prep tournament.
 Several fast teams will also be brought here.
 Two letter men are back to use as nucleus to build around. Yancey Senn and Ray Wheeler are the old men back to win a place on the reg ular five.
 The new material looks promising also, with such men as "Skinney" Edmondson out for a forward posi- tion. Charlie Vincent, who formerly played with the Boys club, is out for the team also. and should make somebody hustle to keep him off, while Carl Tate, Malloy brothers. Sid Godbee and Caldwell are all good men. Crack" Hanna seems to be in good shape to contest the guard place before giving 1t up, and Hanna stands good chance to make good. Charlie Hartsfeld and Wesley are counted on to fill In at one of the guard posi- tions, while Wright may make some of the most mentioned men move to keep him from being one of the reg ular goal tossers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
INNOCENT EVE" IS
 LOEW'S T0PL|NER
High Class Vaudeville and Buck Jones in Feature
 Picture is Offering

Another bill where an act to gain headline honors must be extraordi nary is to be offered at Loews Bijou today, Tuesday and Wednesday. In nocent Eve" is said to be justo that kind of act. and 1t is the headliner on the programme which opens this afternoon. It is a tabloid musical farce with three well-known artists in the principal roles. They are Dorothy Davis, Max Mann and George Giraffe, who sing and dance. Harry Bentell, the' dancing xlyophonist Blanche Boyd and Freddy King in "The Chameleon Girl" a novelty dancing act; Harry Holden and Lucy Harron in "The Bill Poster" a com edy skit with songs. and Strassles Seals. wonderfully educated animals, are the other acts on the bill. Buck Jones is the screen star in Bar Nothing!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
A ReUiUaL of Optimism Is Shown All OUer Country During the Past Week Cotton Prices Are Hgher-Security Mark Is Good and Export Business Is the Mend-Great
 Influx of Gold

and reviving inquiry in our export markets.
 Building Materials
 Reports from the automobile, pe- troleum, rubber, iron and steel and hide and leather centers all show in creasing cheerfulness and steady maf kets, Building and building ma terials continue active, and cement production during October was the largest ever recorded in single month. The boom in the fur trade IS almost phenomenal. l have been as- sured by three different manufac- turers that they have seldom known better business. There are, however, a few clouds. One of them is a de- cline in wool at auctions abroad which probably will have to be re- flected here, and the quietness and labor troubles of the wooden goods trade. The sugar market is some what easier and cattle anG hog prices have declined further despite the steadily increasing assistance given by the war finance corporation to live stock raisers.
 Another cloud is the ever present financial predicament of Germany Not only do her printing presses turn out their weekly increment of marks, but her exports trade is steadily de- clning and her capacity to pay for her exports, let alone her reparations irdehtedness is even more uncertain than it was at Versailles. It is gem erally admitted that it Is futile to expect her to .pay 50O,000,00O gold marks on January 15
 Fears, however, that this failure will involve French finance in seri- ous difficulties seem not well found- ed, for remarkable progress has been made in repaying debts due by the state to the Bank of France, hence reducing imitation. The British em- pirei barring ever present Irish and Indian threats, sends cheerful news, and London expects sterling to con- tinue to advance. Russia's trade Is increasing and the establishment of state bank with all the functions and liberties of private banks Is one of the most important steps yet taken Tn restoring a capitalistic system.
 On the whole the sunshine lights by far the largest area, and In our country particularly the shadows are so nearly gone that we have every reason to be profoundly thankful and rationally confident of the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
COTTON ADVANCES
 DURING THE WEEK
Reaction Is Seen at CIoSinq Sessions of Market;
 Income Smaller
By Associated Press


 New Orleans, November 27.-whfle the cotton market stood at an ad- vance over the close of the preced ing week throughout the week just ended there were reactions during the last two sessions which wiped a good part of the gains established in the earlier sessions. At the highest of the week prices were 147 to 161 points up while the close showed gains of only 39 to 60 points. De. eember traded up to 1782c and closed at 16 roc. First December notices caused considerable liquida- ton of the interest at the end of the week, and liquidation, more than anything else, was responsible for the reactions. In the spot depart ment middling gained 75 points in the net results, closing at 17.25c, against l 5c year ago.
 Buying of the early part of the week was done on improvement in the spot situation, apparently due to demand consequent upon the filling Of December commitments, and on the favorable construction placed on the ginning figures from the census pui cdut WHICH Hndue the output to November IA. 7,270,575 bales. indicat- ing production during the fifth gin- ming period of only 619,785 bales, against 1 1,406.009 the same period last year and 1,145,549 during the fourth period this year. While the figures were quite generally accepted as con frming crop ideas of around 5000. 900. such yield no longer Is looked upon as bear argument
 Some of the improvement in the spot demand was said to be due to purchases by Liverpool, supposed to be the result of improvement in Manchester owing to the breaking up of the Ghandi boycott in India. Pri- vate cablegrams claimed that huge orders were piling up In Manchester for India account and Lancashire spinners turned down the proposition to go on organized half time, 63 per cent of the spinners voting against 1t, according to dispatches reaching this market.
 Pink bollworm news caused more or less of the buying in the contract market private telegrams from points in Texas stating that the worm had appeared in five counties and claiming that extensive quaran- tine measures would probably be found necessary to keep the pest within bounds. The fear in the mar ket was that further restrictions in important Texas counties because of the pest would result in a decrease in the acreage next spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
CITY MAY NOT ACT
 IN PENDING CASES
 OF POWER COMPANY

It Is probable that nothing definite will be done in regard to the adjust ment of differences between the city and the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company this year, accord ing to William L. Harrison, commis- soner of public utilities, who has started an investigation of all city litigation connected with his depart ment.
 Conferences have been held by MT Harrison with J. Ellis Brown. former commissioner of public utilities, In regard to the status of the city and the action that has already been out lined in the pending litigation. Ac- cording to a resolution adopted in the council chamber a thorough investi- gation of all differences between the city and the public utilities will be made by the legal counsel of the city under the supervision Of W. J. Wynn, city attorney.
 It was thought probable that in the event that a rumor current during the past week to the effect that a jor corporation was Investigating the status of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company with the .rumored expectation of a possible purchase. 1t would alter to some ex- tent the aspect of the differeces be- tween the city and the public ser vice company, but to what extent it was Impossible to say.
 However, as there seemed to be nothing of official nature to the ru nor, 1t was stated that no attention would be paid to 1t at this time and the legal department would continue as heretofore planned.
 The relations thus far have been entirely amicable between the city and the railway company and there is no indication of them being otherwise. This. according to MT. Harrison. indi- cates the fact that the city may view with optimism the results of the conferences.
 These conferences will involve the commissioner of public utilities, the legal departments of both $he city and the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company and the various heads of departments in that com pany, also members of the former city counsel who had the pending litigation in hand at the time of their resignation from the city affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
CITY LEAGUE CUNPS
 ARE NOW ON DISPLAY

The cups won by the Alabama Power company, Drive It Yourself and Preston Motors company base ball teams. champions of the three divisions of the City league for the 1921 season, are on display at the Birmingham Arms company. These cups are presented each year by the league to the winners in the various divisions.
 The second Tuesday in December has been set aside by the directors of the league for the time of formally presenting the cups to the three win ners At this meeting, plans for next year will be discussed. and plans will be made for the spreading of interest in the league.
 The meeting will be held at the Y. M. c. A. and if all of the plans come out as they are expected to, next year should be better than the past one, which was a banner year from every angle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
4CHU CHIN CHOW"
 OPENS TONIGHT.
Spectacular Extravaganza Here For Weeks Engage
 ment at Jefferson

Gnu Chin Chow" an extravaganza on the thousand tales of "The Arabian Nights" opens weeks engagement at the Jefferson today. There will be a performance each night with two matiness. Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
 Don W. Fernandon, who appears in the comedy role of Ali Baba in "Chu Chin Chow" is an actor and singer of great versatility and wide experience, both in straight comedy productions and in musical shows. He sings the big musical hit of the piece, entitled, Any Time Is Kissing Time"
 Wade Boothe, the youthful tenor of Gnu Chin Chow" is entirely new to the stage, although as a church singer he has been very prominent in New York owing to the fact that he has been the tenor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. MT. Boothe served overseas as a captain in the American expeditionary force. When he adopted the stage as career after the armistice, there was much com ment. He was also the tenor of the New South church in Boston.
 Another singer whose voice has been praised In a superiative manner is Edward Kiefer. a high baritone, who has won much success in pre- vious operatic productions.
 Louis Le Vie, one of the cleverest young character actors on the stage, appears as the miser, Kasim Baba. MT. Le Vie has played many notable engagements, but his finest achieve ment is in his present role. His char acterization of the miser, Kasim, is a gem which many have compared with Mansfield's famous Baron Chevrial.
 Miss Adelaide Mesmer, who appears as the fat wife. Alcolm. in this musi- cal extravaganza of ancient Bagdad, is a wellknown English actress, who came to America with "A Pair of Silk Stnckinp n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
MRS. CHAMRLIss DEAn

Eufaula, November 27.-(Special) Mrs. Annie McCurdy Chambliss. aged 66, died at her home here this after noon after lingering illness. Mrs. McCurdy is survived by her husband. A. J. McCurdy; four daughters, Mrs. T. U. Martin, Mrs. Thomas Wood. and Misses Annie and Berna Chambliss; two sons, Dr. w. F. McCurdy and c. E. McCurdy. and two sisters, Mrs o, c. Thigpen of Columbus, Ga, and Mrs. c. W. Therick of Hurtsboro. The funeral services will be held here tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
TENNESSEE VALLEY FARMERS MAKING
 BIG IMPROVEMENTS

Conditions in the agricultural sec tions of the Tennessee Valley and the Wiregrass as well as the methods of farming are showing big improve ment, according to Robert Jemison, Jr.. who has just returned from a business trip through those sections of the state.
 MT. Jemison declares that good cot ton and corn crops are very general in the Tennessee valley and that the the people who live on them in the wiregrass are producing good crops of diversified products.
 Agricultural conditions in the Ten nessee valley and In the wiregrass are good. comparatively speaking, said MT. Jemison. There has been a great improvement over last year both In the crops and in the methods of farming. Some of the finest farmA in the south are located in the Ten nessee valley and many improvements are being made all over that section on almost every farm.
 "Diversification has reached a high
  pie own and operate small farms prin- cipally with a high class white pop ulation. who are enjoying their full share of success The wiregrass is d fine example of the advantages oi having the farms owned and operated by the people who live on them and where the farmers keep abreast of the times and raise the crops which will net them the most money.
 Improvements Made
 T was visiting these sections for the purpose of lookins after num- Der of loans we have made for an eastern insurance company on farm lands, apd I was agreeably surprised at the changes which these loans have made possible. General improvements of the land and buildings were made many have stocked their farms with high grade live stock, and have paid their debts. thus helping the mer- chants. banks and others who desired and needed accommodations from the banks.
 Bankers told me that this new money had been great boom to the people in their county. It enabled the borrowers to pay their merchants, who In turn paid ithe banks. who paid the IeueTdl reserve Ddirks ana WnO then felt able to make additional loans to other customers who desired and needed credit He told me that some of this new money liquidated debts sometimes for 10 to 20 times the original amount. due to passing through SO m..ny hands.
 "The development of the agrice.- tural interests of the state Is the best way to build up our cities. and after this trip am greatly encouraged over conditions. Alabama is on a sounder economic basis now than she has been since before the war, and Is making rapid progress on the road to normal conditions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
JAPAN TO PRESS CLAIM FOR LARGER
 NAVAL PROPORTION
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 Japanese naval officials will submit differing conclusions.
 Submarine Plan British opposition to the submarine element of Mir. Hughes limitation plan was revived during the week, it being declared for the British that this was certain to be one of the chief points to be discussed by the committee and the conference. To what extent the naval experts have dealt with it Is not known. It is known, however, that no proposal abolishing submarines has been put forward
 The British delegates are prepared to press their view that not only should Mir. Hughes replacement all lowance of 90,000 tons in submarines for the British and American fleets and 54.000 for the Japanese be re- duced, perhaps cut in half, but that the size of future submarines should be limited to confine them largely to i defensive operations.
 The matter hardly is one for the experts to determine, as it involves policy rather than technical ques- tions of fact which alone were turned !, over to the admiral committee for examination. There is also the proba- . bility made almost certainty by discussion of submarines programs in the French Chamber of Deputies. that France and Italy will figure largely in whatever the conference may decide as to undersea craft limitations of tonnage or size. France and Italy This Is said to foreshadow an early attack by the conference on the problem of bringing the French and Italian naval programs into harmony with a general scheme of naval limi- tations.
 If agreement by the three major naval powers on the holiday decade the fleet ratio and the retained capi- tai ships features of MT. Hughes the time would appear to be at hand to widen the field of discussion to include all five powers.
 Japan's contention for . high CT prOpOrtionnte strength in air plane carriers than Mir. Hughes proposed also lead toward a five
 power debate. Both France and ftnly, without question, will i prove to he more deeply inter- 1 ested in this new naval element l thnn In the capital ship ratios of | the three mnjOr navies. Both are ! far advanced in aviation and 1t | $eems likely that both will de- sire to be Eiven such tonnage al- l lowance in airplane carriers as l will make them important in the
 scale of navies of the air. | Judging by procedure of the far
 eastern conference 1t appears likely that subcommittees of the arms con- ference will be named to deal with | such questions as submarines, air | plane carriers. French Italian fleet ratios and other matters subsidiary
 to the main point of the whole naval
 limitation program. the Japanese | fleet ratio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
Borah Says Harding's Plan Is the Wilson League of
 Nations Under New Name
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nations WltuOut any cOhStitutAo8.
 Ut is also urged that the interna- tional debt could be more successfully manipulated through the association. All of which things simply disclose that the Association of Nations is an- other name for the League with some additional and more extensive powers annexed.
 'It does not appear as yet whether we are to have two leagues or one league and one association and whether it is to be a league organ ized by MT. Wilson will be merged into the organization by MT. Harding. It will be difficult to get rid of the present league unless the Versailles treaty Is radically modified. But l presume we will know more when the matter is reduced to such concrete form as will enable us to grasp it or at least to try to do so.
 Italian View
 Senator Schanzer, head of the 1tal- ian delegation, speaking tonight of the Association of Nations sug- gested by President Harding as a possible development of the arma- ment conference, said
 "We cannot but greet with greatest satisfaction the announcement given by President Harding to representa- tives of the press that 1t would be his intention to promote yearly con ferences for the purpose of discussing together questions of universal inter est. In the modern world, the inter- ests of the various nations are so in- timately intermingled as to render a common discussion necessary and such a discussion cannot be effica- cious without participation of the great republic of the United States.
 "The organization of the League of Nations cannot be an obstacle to the realization of the Presidents idea. Any plan aiming to bring the peo- ples nearer together, to create solid bases for the maintenance of peace, to tighten the ties of economic sol idarity among the na lions and to fa- cilitate the peaceful solution of con- troversies which may arise among nations, must be greeted with joy and the strong hope of a better future for humanity.
 "We, therefore, wait with the greatest interest for complete details of President Hardings plan and we express the conviction that the adop- tion of such a plan will represent the greatest and most beneficial result of the Washington conference"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-11-28
CHRISTIAN WORKERS AND JAIL OFFICIALS THANKED

A committee of prisoners from tho county has written letter to the jail officials and associate Christian workers thanking them for the splen- did treatment given them while in- mates. The letter Is signed by Tom Lambert, Kenneth Benton and T. Y. Hendrix. It Is as follows;
 ITO the Jail Officials and Associate
 Christian Workers:
 Today Is day set apart to give thanks to God and also to those who help us. and therefore we feel that We are due you as officials of this jail, and the associated Christian workers, of whom we feel are trying to make our prison life as comfortable as pos sible.
 Therefore, we have taken this method of expressing our gratitude for all of your kipdnesses shown us. We are more than thankful for the goodness and kindness and courtesy shown us. and we feel and know that you have rendered us every privilege possible, and that we could ask for. And as a whole, each and every in- mate desires to express his many thanks. And again, we are very thankful for such good Christian men who have charge of us. and we will try and show thanks and apprecia- tions by conducting ourselves as gen. tlemen In the future. and we stand ready as a whole to cooperate with the officials at all times.
 Thanking you all again for the many favors of the past. and for those for which we hope to merit. in the future"
 In referring to this letter, c. H. Hamilton and F., L. Erwin of the jail relief committee stated that services were held for the prisoners every Sum day and that funds are needed for this work. They are appealing to the pub lie to contribute to this cause In or- der that little brightness might be brought into the lives of these less fortunate people.