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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
WOMEN OF ETOWAH
 CONTROL COUNTY

Gaes6en, Februsry '-(speciaI.D The SvetinG strcnGth If Etowsh eeunty n new n the hands of the women. for win the final psIl tax nere sve1nen tkan nep. wko pald theip tnx th1n year.
 AtUtal ef 4,5oo poll taxea have been collected hy. Nr. Crunap ana 2.446 ef theae nre weaen and x8Si are men. IL ls estimated that abesst O.eoO m<n aa1 Wesaen sheuJa pay . poll tax here, - that over 2JoOO have disfvanehfaea 1hesnselves by net making payneat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
THOUSAND LOSE VOTE
St. Clair County Women Fail to Pay
 Taxes

Ashville. February B. (Special.)-- Twenty-three hundred have paid poll tax in St Clair county. About 2.40o women registered, and it Is estimated that between 1000 and 1,500 have been disfranchised on account of failing to pay the poll tax.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
Ragland Entertains

Ashvilie, February S.-(Special.) )--The St. Clair Masonic conference convened at Ragland yesterday with large number of delegates present. They were royalty entertained by the citizens of the busy little town of Ragland. The state lec- lturer assisted in the work. A number of delegates representing Ashville lodge. No. 186, attended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
THREE

have been spending several months in Birmingham with their daughter. Mrs. Watt Brown, have returned home. The judges friends, who are legion, re- joice with him in the fact that he is still in good health. although having passed the four scorer mile post. He has held many prominent positions in the county and state and Is the last surviving member of the secession convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
THE ANNISTON PLANT


 we are promoting industries within our territory; one particularly at An niston, where Theodore Swan is pro- ducing 1000 pounds of phosphoric acid daily for use largely as fertilizer. There is wide field of opportunity offering in the field of electro-chemistr and electro -metallurgy. No young man equipped with knowledge secured in a course of this kind will ever want for lucra tive employment"
 "The Alabama Power company al- ready employs 30 or more Auburn men in it's various departments, and with the new development at Mitcheirs dam will employ much large number. The list hastily prepared just before leav- ing Birmingham includes A. NJ Ken nedy, assistant to chief engineer; Tom Bragg, manager investment depart ment; R. M. Vest, shop foreman; R. l.. Woods, turbine engineer; B. R. Powell, manager land department; J. E. Thig- pen, commercial department; George Foss Dixie Construction company: G. W. Papot substation superintendent. Huntsville; W. P. Lay, combustion engineer, Gorgas; o. k. Seyforth su- perintendent western division; o. w. TideweI civil engineer w. s. Comp ton. general foreman equipment and maintenance; c. c. Walker, transitman, i1iAiC SOho uCllOu COInpdny, ~. W. Finley, levelman Dixie Construction company; A. P. Turner, casualty de- partment; H. H. Turner. Anniston Steel company, Anniston; L. r. Smith, office engineer Huntsville; H. l.. Evans, of flee engineer; c. E. McManus electri- cal engineer, operating department: c. B. Hawkins. electrical engineer. operat- ing department l.. P. Sweatt, manager western division; P. A. Terrell, assist { , rs~ T
 W. A. Levie, 1evelman. Dixie Construc- tion company; T. T. McLemore, office engineer; J. W. Spencer. assistant su- perintendent western division; H. B. 1ardwick accounting department; Dick Johnson, stock salesman investment de- partment; Erskine Vandegrift, office engineer; M. o. Howle. cadet engineer; R. o. Conwell, operating department.'
 The entire senior class and members Of the faculty were invited by Colonel Mitchell to be the guests of the com pany upon visit this spring to Lock 12
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
On Hunting Trip

Andalusia, February s.-(SpeciaI )-W. l. Mapother of Louisville, first vice president of the Louisville and Nash Vile, IS the guest of Covington county capitalists on hunt in Geneva county this week. He is being entertained by Col. c. A. O'Neal and E L More.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
Meeting Ia Success

Reform, February 3.-(Special )-Tne district Odd Fellows' conference, which convened with the Reform lodge yester- day. was largely attended, and a most enjoyable time reported. Besides the presence of a number of district officers, Grand Master L. N. Edell of Cu.lman
 was present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
Ford Car. Stolen

Greenville, February a-(0pecial )- The nedy. who represents the D. D. Metcalf wholesale company of this city at sones mill. has not yet been recovered. The officials and D. D. Metcalf. the owner Of the machine, were immediately no- tified
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
Cotton Ginnings

Ardalusia, February 3.-tSpecial 1.-The total number of bales ginned in Coving- tor county up to January 16 was II .5zS bales, as compared with 10.636 for the same period last year. according to w. A. Moore. statistician for the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
STATEMENTS READY

ScNcTdl StdleIHculS WILL De presented to the board when the fifth week of hear irgs convenes Monday morning. B. M Jewell, representing railroad employees of the American Federation of Labor who will make the principal reply, Has been in conference with labor leaders all week preparing his ansker.
 E. T. Winter chairman of the carriers- committee, read supplementary state ment from General Atterbury in the na- ture of reply to charges made by Mr Jewell in a telegram to the President that the roads could not support the.r claims of threatened financial disaster.
 The statement quotes T. Dewitt Cuyler chairman of the executives association, as authority for the assertion that in January railroads failed to earn operat- ing expenses. Twenty eight roads, he said, did not earn their taxes and fixed charges above operating expenses. Two groups of roads, he said, constituted 40 per cent of the railroads of the country.
 The condition obtained. he said despite the fact forces had been reduced by 200 600.
 The fight which the railroads are making the statement said, lis not only their fight, but the fight of the farmer and of the consumer and of the working man and the efnpioye in every industry of the country Cut 4ppAcatsou -o tern0- nate iIiiIeuld tFiS ttr Wstt-ttsfAc WNtFAtir arrangements tthe national Agreenlentsl s simply tho aeteniEt to secslfe varn~ ment sanction for the tecessaty pfccess whereby thes- railroads can A~ain meet their expenses"
 No decision on Atterbury's reqeust for immediate abrogation of the agreements will be rendered by the board until after the employees make their reply next Mon day. A speedy ruling on the matter is expected after the employees appearance, however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
JUDGE INFER RETURNS
Veteran Had Been Visiting Birmin-
 ham Relatives

Ashville. February 3. (Special) Judge and Mrs. John w. Inzer., who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04
HEATED WEEK OF
 HEARINGS CLOSES
Row Between Railways and Employes Is In Abeyance
 Until Monday
By Associated Pres.

Chicago February s-The controversy between American railroads and their employees over abrogation of the national agreements on working conditions. was ir abeyance tonight with. the adjourn nient until Monday of the hearings be- fore the United States railway labor board.
 Todays session brought to a close the most heated week of the hearing, a week filled with charges and counter charges, in direct appeal by both em- pioyes and carriets to President Wilson md statement to the board from the railroad executives that unless relief in he way of reduced operating expenses were granted at once tn nations trans aortation system would be thrown into chaos and possible bankruptcy
 The session today was expected to rear the unions reply to the request of W. w. Atterbury, vice president of the 'ennsylvana lines, who appeared before he board on Monday on behalf of the American Associations Railway execu- iIves urging the abrogation of the agree ments.
 The labor board chamber was filled with spectators to hear the employees re- ply to the Atterbury request but labor representatives failed to appear at the ast minute and upon their request the board granted them until Monday to pre- sent their side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-04

serve the coal now being used for power purposes. You conserve coal kS not using it; you conserve water powef by using it. One of the first hydro electric plants in Alabama was the Lit tie River Power company, a property developed by my brother and myself. It was an ideal dam site, 13S feet deep, from one-fourth to four miles wide. 10 miles long. and developed 60.000 horse power. We sold this property 10 the Alabama Power company. and I was thrown into the bargain as la-gniappe, and have been with the company ever since-for the past eight years
 EATS UP MONEY
 "A development of a water power is an easy place to lose money. As one
 noted investor has well said. when de- termining to enter upon construction: estimate that you will develop one-half
 as much power as your engineers fig , ure-that it will cost twice as much as they estimate, and that you will sell 1t for one-half of what you think you can. If it stands this test, go ahead. Tn attempting to interest capital in water powers in Alabama- there is much
 to be furnished in the way of informa | tion to the men who have the mo tey. The first thing they want to know is
 about your titles; then the site for the dam; then the lands to be covered by | the back water; then the laws of the state-particularly as to taxes; then the markets in which it is expected to | sell; possibilities of future develop- l ment and above all, report from a geological expert. Then you have to /, get a permit from the federal power commission, also one from the state We have secured six or eight millions recently for development of the power at sDuncan's Riffle on the Coosa, where Mitchells dam will be con- structed, but it will probably be after March 4, now, before arrangements can ! be perfected with the federal govern ment.
 When we first talked development | of our water powers the coal com panies thought their business would be | ruined Now, instead of making their own power from slack coal right at the
 mines where everything is handy and convenient, they prefer to secure ex tensions of our electric lines to their
 mines and secure a better service for l. a chaa
, 1921-09-29

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a broader light and framing a new pollcy
with a view to aVertlng a heavy dram on
the national resources for helping the
voorhees, in the event Of trade and INDUS
trial operations not immediately reVlV'
ing. 1t is stated that the plan will take
the form of actual sinanc.al asslstal ce TO
promote such trade revi val. The scheme
is:nOt yet complete, but the Premier pro-
poses TO interview leading commercial
and financial interests on his return to
London, with the idea of producing a
cooperative scheme. 1t isEnOt unlikely
that bankers will be asked to give more
generous support to industry by means
Of treasury guarantees against, or partl-
c~iyation in losses. In some quarters IT IS
stated that the policy Of the Big fIVe"
banking amalgamations in Great Britain
has been under review at Gairloch,
where the Cabinet has been holding
sessions, Some CT the Ministers Of the
Lloyd George administration severely
criticized that policy as over cautious, IT
is said.
Gairloch Scotland, Sept. Oath Wis
count FitzaLan, Mr.. Winston churchill,
and Mr.. Edwin Montagu, who have been
hare with Mr.. Lloyd George, left mere
today. Mr.. Churchill proceeding to
Dundee, where he is expected t. make
an important speech on Saturday. The
departure of Viscount Firzaian is taken
here to indicate that the British reply
to the latest telegram from Mr.. De
Valera may have been decided upOr and
one report says it is to be dispatched
tonight.
London, Sept, 25th. Professor Henry
Jackson, one of the best known educa
tors in the British Isles, died today at
Bournemouth. He was we'll known as
a writer on ancient Greece.
Mayence, Sept, 24th.-More than five
hundred dead have been recovered from
the vast ruins of the Badische plant at
Oppau, and it is considered certain that
300 persons still are missing. 1000
wounded, 400 of them seriously. are
scattered in temporary ht spitals for
miles around the scene Of the explosion
which on Wednesday made waste Of the
big plant. All the s~entries of the French
military post in the plant are missing,
and it is believed that the entire post
was obliterated by the explosion. Rough
ly estimated, the material damage ex-
ceeds 1000, 900, 900 marks. Store fronts
collapsed at Worms, about II mlles dis
tant, windows were smashed at Frank
fort. while from Heidelberg damage
estimated at $50, 900 marks is reported.
Dundee, Sept. 24th Mr.. Churchill in
his speech here today also said the Govt.
is profoundly disappointed by Mr.. De
Uol,,,1, voIook;0o Of +ho O9ou 81 DOpoipi
, 1921-09-29
LOCAL.

The Creole arrived here this morning
with St. Thomas and Porto Rico mails.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
LIMBERS Up YOUR
SORE STIFF JOINTS

A/EAIHER exposure and hard
w work bring pains and aches in
muscles and joints. Have a
bottle Of Sloan's Liniment handy and
apply freely wiihoa rubbing, jos i
penetydLes.
You will find at once a comforting
sense OF warmth which will be followed
by relief from soreness and stiffness.
Wonderful to relieve all sorts OF
external aches and pains--rheumatism.
neuralgia, sciatica, lame backs, sprains
and strains, over-exerted muscles.
For 40 years Sloan's Liniment has
helped thousands the world over.
You aren't likely to be an exception.
It certainly does produce results.
Ask your neighbor.
AT all druggists-3sc, 7Oc, $40.
S!1!Oa1!lS
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Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
Heroic Homer Hello Girl
To Be Decorated Sunday
Governor and Telephone President to Be Present
When Citizens Meet for Award of Medal to
Operator Who Warned of Flood

many notables of Homer and viciu-
ity. Besides the outside talent" al
ready mentioned. II. G. Taylor,
chairman OF the state railway com-
mission, will be there, with speech
on The Humane Element in Public
Utility Service"
Governor McKelvie will speak on
"Nebraskas Heroic Citizenship and
Guy II. Pratt, vice president Of the
Northwestern Bell company, is she'd
uled to speak. Mayor ashford is
slated to make an address OF wei
come; there will be decorations, music
by the Brown Family orchestra OF
Homer, and perhaps band.
Will Share Honors.
The medal which Mrs. Lothrop is
TO receive is known as the Theodore
N. Vail medal, and is given only in
case of an exceptionally noteworthy
act OF public service. The idea orig
mated and was carried out by the
widow OF the late Theodore N. Vail.
Mrs. Lothrop, who is chief operator
at Homer, was chosen from among
100000 telephone workers through
out the country as being the most
worthy Of the honor, telephone Off
cials here say. 1t is the first time
the medal and the cash award have
been given, they declare.
Frank H. Forrest, area manager
at Dakota City, Neb., who also dis
tinguished himself during the flood,
also will come in for his share Of
Aonors. He and Mrs. Lothrop will
be presented with Theodore N. Vail
bronz medals by Vice President
Arthur A. Lowman OF the North
western Bell Telephone company.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
Tacks Strewn in
Main Streets of
Zone of Strike
Scores Of Motorists Report
Punctures-l2 Men Ar.
rested for Waylaying
Street Car.

Practice ot sabotage began yester-
day in the strike OF packing house
workers.
Hundreds of pounds OF roofing
taeks were strewn on the streets long
before daylight yesterday.
Police reported that scores OF
automobile tires were punetured.
The tacks have large heads and
arc from half an inch TO ali inch and
. half long. They are OF such shape
that they always fall with the point
up il thrown in the street.
Squads OF police were sent out as
soon as the word came, to sweep up
the tacks from the streets and to
warn motorists on the tack-strewn
streets.
Twelve Men Arrested.
Police say they already have clues
10 the men who are responsible and
that arrests will soon be made.
Several crosstown street cars were
stopped by a gang of 40 men at
Twcnty-fourth and CASTELAR, streets
early yesterday.
( Men going to work in the packing
houses were warned to stay away
and several were pulled from the
cars.
Police rushed to the scene and lay
in wait until another car came along
and then arrested II men who had
stopped the car. Most OF them are
negroes. They were charged with
Arv ds,rk
This is the zero hour of the
strike" union officials declared yes.
!tcrday, Everything is bright in spite
OF statements by the packers. We
have Information that the Morris
plant killed not more than one-third
of its normal kill yesterday, that
| Dold's and Cudahy's are doing moth
ling worth mentioning and that
Swift's is doing only little killing.
Besides, they are saving none of the
by-products and, operating as they
are, with few skilled workmen, they
are operating at a loss"
Robert X. Hunter, chairman of
the strikers publicity committee, de-
clared the packers are losing 50 per
cent on every animal killed.
] What Packers Say.
/ The packers asserted the strike is
practically over.
"The strike is all done for, as fat
as we are concerned" said M. R.
Murphy, manager OF the Cudahy
plant. "Outside of a little disturbance
on the streets, we wouldn't know
there was a strike on. Our old men
are coming back right along"
Operations about the same as
Thursday were reported by the Nor
ris plant, all departments running
and all orders being filled with the
situation improving daily.
Swift's reported plenty Of meat on
hand and production proceeding fast
enough to keep up a good supply. &
John Blaha, district president of
the butcher workmen's union at Buff
falo, N. Y, addressed several hun
dred strikers in union hall, South
Side, this morning, Urging them not
to hang around headquarters but to
remain on the picket lines and keep
in touch with what is going on. He
warned them not to congregate in
groups.
If you stick now" he said. "the
strike will soon be over"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
Union Pacific Reduces
Fares for the HOLIDAYS

Round trip holiday excursion
tickets between all points on the
Union Pacific System where the one
way fare is not over $500 will be
sold December p. 23 and "a at one
and cne-half of the regular one-way
fare. Minimum round trip fare for
adults, $3.50: for children of half
fare age, Si.2s. Good TO return until
January 4, 1922. From Omaha the
round trip fares will be: To Colpm-
bus, S4.44; Grand Island, $50;
kearney, slQ0z; North Platte.
$3.50; Cheyenne. s27.s4;i Denver.
S2o.03; Fremont, $3.50 War tax s
per cent additional. For fares TO
other points and full particulars ask
the Consolidated Ticket Office, Fif-
teenth and Dodge streets, or Ticket
Agent, Union Staten, Omaha
Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17

There's large party to be staged
in Homer, Neb., Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Mildred Lo,hrop, telephone
operator at Homer, is to be pre-.
sen,ed with a gold medal and cash
award of $1,000 for having per.
formed the most noteworthy act oi
public service during the year ol
1920.
Mrs. Homer distinguished herself
by remaining at her post in the ex-
change Office during the food at
Homer on the night OF May 81. 1920
She is credited with having saved
the lives OF at least 100 persons by
awakening them over the telephone
and warning them of the impending
flood.
Debt Of Gratitude.
"Hurry to the hills. the waters
coming" was the warning which her
clear voice carried over the wires.
The warning still rings in the ears
of many residents OF Homer. And
Sunday they are going to turn out
to pay their debt OF gratitude to the
brave operator.
Governor Mckclvie and w. B. I.
Belt, president Of the Northwestern
Bell Telephone company, will be
among those present.
Thomas Ashford. mayor of
Homer, was in Omaha yesterday to
aid in completing arrangements for
the event. He, too, most decidedly
will be among those present, he
stated.
On the program FOR Sunday are
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
State Employe Resigns
To Take Federal Position

Lincoln, Dec, lb,-tSpeeilI.l- .l-An-
nouncement was made today OF she
resignation oiM. ). frisbie, chief OF
the state bureau Of foods, drugs and
oil in the agriculture department. 10
take position in the office OF CO.
operation in the federal bureau OF
chemistry ab Washington, ID. L,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
Bapi;sts Recall Mission.

The first Protestant church in Ne.
braska was Baptist mission started
at the Bellevue Indian agency in
1908. according TO proofs offered by
III. ID. Rhodes at a meeting OF 200
members Of II local Baptist churches
in the Y. w. {. A. Thursday night
The First Baptist church in Omaha
was established in 1855. he said
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
Annual Poultry Show to Be
Held at Geneva This Month

Geneva, Neb., Dee. l6.--(Special.) }
Annual exhibition of the Fillmore
County Cooperative Poultry associa-
tion will be held in Geneva, Decem-
Der 1928. Inquiries concerning
space indicate that the show this year
will be large. On "Wednesday eve
ming +. {. Olds of the state COL
lcge of agriculture will speak on
Matching and incubation problems.
Erie Smiley OF Seward, official Of
the American Poultry association,
will act as judge Of poultry at the
annual show. 1.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
Theodore Gallagher, 90,
Is Dying Of Pneumonia

Theodore Gallagher, 81, pioneer
/ Omaha resident and I. formerly a
wealthy real estate owner, is dying
of pneumonia in rooming house al
1909 Douglas street.
His physician, DIR. Raymond Rice,
said there was nos hope for his re-
covery. Gallagher has no relatives
according to DR.. Rice. He was di-
vorced from his second wife, whom
he married about two years ago. DR.
Rice says. Gallagher at one time
owned the site Of the present suburb
Benson.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
Opposes Anti.Cambling Bill,

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec.' i6.-Thom.
as r. Williams, president of the
American Newspaper Publishers
association, today called upon al
members of the organization, as well
as publishers generally. TO use. their
efforts to defeat house bill No. 650S
on the ground that no such mis-.
ebicvous interference with pres.
freedom has ever before been seri.
ously proposed in this country"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
Fremont c. of G. Seeks to
Have Train Time Changed

Lincoln, Dec. l6.--(Special y
The Fremont Commercial club filed
! a protest today with the state rail-
way commission, asking that train
on the Albion branch of the North
western railroad be scheduled to ar
rive at Fremont two hours later than
at present The present schedule
. keeps trade away from Fremont, the
. club claims.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
Food Prices Show
Marked Decline
Three Months Contract by
State Board of Control Is
Below 1921 Prices.

Lincoln, Dee. lo.-fSpeeial)-
Contracts entered into by the board
of control for supplies for state in
stitutions for the first three months
of 1922 show a big decrease in
price over contracts for the same ar
ticles for the three months Begin
ming in October. 1921. A table
showing the differences follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
Keen Lights at NIGHT

Friend. Neh.,. Dec l6.-lSpecial)
The city council has ordered that
all street lights be left on all night
for the benefit and the assistance OF
the night watchman.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-17
Nebraska Engineers Urge
Omahan Rail Commissioner

Lincoln, Dec. l6.-(Special.) =
Waldo NJ. Poor, president of the
University Nebraska Chapter of the
American Association OF Engineers,
has wired to President Harding sug-
gesting that w. R. McKeen OF Onla-
ha be appointed on the Interstate
Commerce commission.