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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
M0NTEVALLO COLLEGE

Montevallo, June 1s.-(Specisl.)-- Dr. E. w. Cheney, director of the state laboratory, state department of health, Montgomery, Is in Monte yallo, giving a series of lectures in the health classes at Alabama Tech rical Institute and College for Women, taught by Miss Marion IL. hcuelas, Red Cross nurse, working in connection with the state health department on the summer school faculty at the college.
 Dr. Cheney told the classes what use people throughout the state may n Ike of the state laboratory, and in what ways the laboratory is trying to benefit the people.
 students of the summer school at Alabama Technical Institute and Col lege for Women and residents in and around Montevallo have the opportu- nity of seeing collection of Medici prints this week and next at the art department of the college.
 This collection is loaned from the feadQuarters of the American Art league in Washington. It contains copies from some of the earliest mas tcrs to reproductions of great mod ern paintings. In the collection are works of Jiotto. from the thirteenth century and earlier. Leonardo da Vlnci, fifteenth century: Reynolds, eighteenth century: Maddox Brown, nineteenth century. and a few of this century, including The Maker of Dreams" which is probably at tributed to Canziani
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20

] in 1920. This was to be expected IT | view of the barriers to internationa intercourse that we ourselves are erecting. Bank clearings for the week ore 205 per cent under last year. They indicate an undiminshed ed volume of trade, as do the other sta tistics recently published. Railway earnings and car loadings are grad ually increasing. The steel industry which Is either a prince or pauper, seems to be cast in the latter role at present.
 At the Auctions
 Another rug and carpet auction held in New York last week was a success. Woolens are in good demand and cotton goods are moving in fair volume. There Is an extraordinary demand for ginghams, which some think means that women are dressing less expensively.
 In the Boston Herald E. W. McNeel says that New England industries are doing better than those in the rest of the country" Philadelphia seems to think itself similarly fla vored. So do Cincinnati Cleveland and the Pacific coast cities all the way from Los Angeles to Portland. Therefore. I conclude that business conditions in the United States are regionally diversified, that they are improving from the ground, or the farm, upward. and that where they are depressed the depression Is chief ly due to the losses of the past or the lessened demand for superfluous Inxurieq
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
DYING, DENIES PLOT
State Contends Mans Life Insured
 and He Is Then Slais
By Associated Press

Soperton, Ga, June 19.-Roy Dur den, a known farmer held in the Treutlan county Jail, died here today after major operation. His dying statement, issued few mo- ments before he passed away, stated there existed no plot to kill William H. Hall. a white cropper, for which he and three others, Dan Davis. F. A. Coleman and Wiley J. Smith, are now being held on a charge of murder.
 Burden, in his statement, said that Hall was alive when Wiley Smiths autom obile crashed into the bridge over a small creek, resulting in Hall being pinned underneath the car on the bottom of the creek.
 The contention of the state is that Dan Davis insured the life of Will liam H. Hall. who was his employe. and then poisoned him in order to collect the insurance. An autopsy performed by an Atlanta chemist re- suited in traces of poison being found in the vital organs.
 Dan Davis has already been con- victed and given life sentence, but he has been granted new trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
By THEODORE II. PRICE (Editor Commerce and Finance,


 Copyright. Theodore H. Price Pub fishing Corporation, 16 Exchange Place, New York.)
 New York, June s-(Special.)- The week has been one in which rumors have competed with admitted facts for the attention of the finan- cial world. l am not a purveyor of gossip and always try to avoid any reference to what they say" until I can vertify it, but the safest way to grasp a snake is by the neck, and the talk about some New York banking institutions and personages has of late been so persistent that it ts no longer wise to ignore it.
 It is therefore in order to state that as far as l am able to ascertain there is no reason to doubt the soI- vency or liquidity of any important New York bank or trust company, and as regards the Guaranty Trust company in particular, Charles H. Sabin. it's president, is to be congrat- ulated upon his boldness in making personal statement which effectual- ly checkmates the anonymous rumor- mongers who with masks over their faces have been whispering that he would have to resign because his in- stitution had made some losses.
 AS MT. Sabin's statement has a na- tionsl if not an international inter- est, we quote it as follows, from the Philadelphia North American, in which it was first published as an in- q l. l. I. | 4l.. 4 II. itor of that paper, Samuel II. Barker:
 Sabin Gives Interview
 "As a direct statement from me in reply to all such talk and reports,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
BIC RALLY PLANNED

Carrollton, June 19.-(Special)-- The chamber of commerce at Reform is preparing for great rally in that tt wn on Saturday, June 25. when w s. Keller. chief state highway engi- neer, will address the gathering, out lining in detail every phase of tho building of roads. its purposes and other matters that will be of interest to those standing behind the bond is- sue to be voted on June 27. The peo- ple of Reform and surrounding terri tory are preparing for a barbecut and basket dinner and hundreds are ex- pected to be on hand and hear the is- sues regarding the bond issue dis cussed. Pickens county is going to vote for the bond issue on the 27th, and notwithstanding the fact that a few opponents of the issue have been actively campaigning. they have aroused very little opposition. and that In communities that failed to se- cure the highway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
BROAD DECLINES FEATURE WEEK IN
 COTTON MARKET
Prices Go to New Low Levels for Season on All Months In the Contract
 Market
By As.ocinted Press

New Orleans. June 19.--Wide de-
 clines were made by cotton this las
 week. and prices went to new low
 levels for the season on all months ir
 the contract market, and to the low.
 est of the season for middling in tho
 contracts was the main factor back
 of the declines, and much of this
 liquidation was prompted by the
 first notice day for July and the feal that 1t will bring large tenders. Some selling was due to the continued un- settled labor conditions in Great Brit ain and to the uncertainty attending the voting on the proposition to end the coal strike. Lowest levels came on Friday. when the trading months were 131 to 13S points under the close of the preceding week, with July off to 10.51c and October off to 11.2Sc From the highest to the lowest levels there was a drop of 139 to 149 points and the close showed net losses of 10S to II points with July at 10.77c. In the net results In the spot market, mddling lost 63 points, closing a { 1O.75c. the lowest price of the week and the season.
 Prices reached in the future mar ket were. the lowest since the early stages of the World war. The clean ing out of the long interest in con- tracts was precipitated by the con stant increase in the certificated stock In this market, which gave rise to talk that July tenders would be very heavy. At the end of the week the certificated stock here amounted to 74.SS5 bales the largest certificated stock in years. The total stock held here on the week end was 455,211 bales. of which it was estimated that about 75 per cent was tenderable cot ton. Some traders traced the slumps that carried the market off to new low levels back to the report on Wednesday from the census bureau that out of stocks of 3,914,- 974 bales of cotton held in public in this country, only 970,- 230 bales. or "A per cent, were un- tenderable It was generally sup posed that stocks of tenderable cot ton were much smaller.
 The weather of the week was called highly favorable west of the Missis- sippi river. rains being followed by dry and warm weather. but the con- tinued drouth east Of the river caused uneasiness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
TO HOI.D ANNUAL MEETINC

Carrollton, June 19.-(SpeciaI.J- The annual meeting of the Carroll ton lodge. A. F. & A. NJ, will be held in their hall tomorrow. A number of important matters will come up at this time for disposition. among them being the election of officers for the ensuing year and voting on amend ments to the constitution. This meet ing will be an all-day affair and lunch will be served In the hall at the noon hour. Notices have been mailed to every member residing in the jur- sdiction of the lodge. and it prom ises to be attended by every member Of the local Masonic order
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
COMBINATION RATES

Mobile, June 19.-(Special )-Evi- dence is to be submitted in the hear ing on combination rates between Mobile and points on the Gulf. Flor ida and Alabama railroad. which will be held before the Alabama public service commission on July 5, Is be- ing prepared by traffic officials of the chamber of commerce. It Is claimed by Mobile shippers in whose interest the traffic bureau is bring ing the case that rates from Gulf. Florida and Alabama territory are much higher than from that section to Pensacola. It is asked that the al- legged discrimination be removed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
Daily Financial Gossip

, that GO acres have been set apart 1 for the exhibit. So, also, demonstra- ' tion will be made of apparatus avail
 able for the construction of improved
 highways.
 Horses and oxen are not to be
 neglected because it is recognized
 that there still remains important work to be done by animal power. In
 fact, prizes running as high as S40O
 are to be awarded to the best horses,
 and the owner of the most qualified
 pair of oxen will receive a prize of S200.
 4 Farming Demonstration 1 Howard Elliott, chairman of the board of directors of the Northern
 Pacic railroad made a prolonged eX- cursion last autumn throughout tue northwest, or that part of it which
 the Northern Pacic railroad bisects. ! The investigation taught him that
 there remain many thousands acres
 of virgin soil admirably adapted to
 the cultivation of food grains. James J. Hill a year of two before his death spoke of the rich lands in the Da-
 kotas and further west, saying that 1 it was his belief that if modern in-
 tensive farming be adopted, and if 1 the best farming machinery be util- lized. the production of wheat ana
 other grains in the far northwest could be increased by 100 per cent.
 The presence of some 50,000 farmers
 at the demonstration of tractor farm- ing and of other machinery used m the cultivation of the soil and the
 harvesting of the crops makes iI clear that there is to be no slacklhS of interest in American agriculture
 but instead an increase.
 Farmers have said that the market price for farm implements increased SO greatly during war days that II was impracticable to purchase any of them, but they now hear that ma Ghinery of this kind is acting in sym
 pathy with almost all manufactureu products so that the prices will come within the reach of every intelligent and successful farmer Fargo IS to be a great market place for three
 days in June for American tractors and other farming implements, but u
 would be no market place if Amer ican farmers were not greatly inter- ested in the development of farm ma chinery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
wEEvTL DAmACE HEAVY

Huntsville. June I9.-(Special) Farmers from several localities Madison county reported Saturd that cotton boil weevils have a peared in larger numbers than ev known before in this section. and a doing q great deal of damage. T insects have been expected for sor time and steps are being taken combat and control them. C. Striplin, farm demonstration agent Madison county. has arranged f meetings in the heavily infest areas and the cotton planters will shown the latest government netho of bringing the weevils under co trol.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
MANY VIOLATE LAW
Majority of Dealers Complying With
 Bad Egg Ruling, However

Montgomery, June 20.-(Special., Investigation made by the bureau of food, feed and drugs during the week show that a great majority of the produce dealers of the state are com plying with the law prohibiting the handling of bad eggs, but many vio- lations have been reported. according to J. M. Moore, supervisor of the bureau today.
 MT. Moore said tests have been made in Montgomery of 36o dozen eggs and it was necessary to con- demn only two cases. Many dealers are installing candling devices and are refusing to purchase eggs until they have ben carried through the process of candling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
II. s. SROVT 2,IM,O DOCTORS
 n

Washington. June l9.-The United States is short 25.000 physici ms. pr, Roy Upham. Brooklyn, declared to- day at the opening session of the annual convention of the institute O. homeopathy. Long and arduous study. required of medical students and inability to speedily build up a profitable practice tends to discour- age prospective doctors. he said In an effort to assist medical students through college. wives of membe.'s of the institute have formed the Wom- ans National Home opathic league, pr. Upham said, adding that it was koped that activities of the league would help to relieve shortage of physicians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
SIGNS DRY ORDER

Ottawa Ont. June 1S.--fhe Duke of Devonshire. retiring governor gem eral of Canada. in his last official act in Ottawa. signed the order in council which will result in dry ontario on July IS. The order was signed late Saturday prior to his de. rarture for Quebec. Sir George Eos ter, acting prime minister. announced tonight that importations O. liquor into Ontario would be illegal after midnight July IT..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
AEv,lcR THE TICK

Mobile. June. 19.--Dr. c. J.'Becke- of Birmingham. head of the cattle tick eradication work in Alabama. discussed plans for the eradication work in Washington. Clarke and Mo- hiie counties with county inspectors today and will depart for his home Monday The chief inspectors re- ported that cattle owners are lending their assistance with the eradication work, as never before known anl that encouraging reports were re- ccived from all over south Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
-----se - --------- FARM BUREAU MEETS

Athens. June 19.-(Special. )-An enthusiastic meeting of the members of the Limestone County Farm bu- reau was held in the courthouse here yesterday. when there was innienre gathering of the farmers of the coun- ty Speaker of the meeting was Mir. Bishop. who has been during the past several weeks doing much instructive work along this lise in the county. After the meeting yesterday. the members met In front of the court house and had a photograph made of thstr membership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
VISITS AFTER 2S YEARS

Decatur. June 20.--( -(Special.) )-W. R. Jones of Texas. after an absence from the Twin Cities of 2S years. Is the guest of his sisters, Miss Matte Jones and Mrs. w. W. Callahan
 "I believe l would get lost here now" he said after an automobile trip over the Twin Cities. They certainly have made progress since I was here last"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20

Huntsville, June 9-(Special.) ) Creditors of Bates Brothers. gener merchants of Toney, have filed a D tition in the federal court here as ing that they be adjudged bankrul The firm is composed of Shelby al Hammond Bates and their store al nearly all their assets burned in Jai uary. The firm had not gone ba, in business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
ASHCRAET IS SPEAKER

Albany, June .)-C. v. Ashcraft, one of the best posted authorities on Muscle Shoals, deli Y- cred three addresses here last week, telling of the progress being made in the fight for completion of the project. He spoke to the Kiwanis club, at the Albany chamber of coni- merce and at the Decatur city hall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-20
Hubbard Bros. & Go.

Members New York Cotton Exchange, Ne
 Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Pri duce Exchange. Associated Membei Liverpool Cotton Association. Orders S. licited for sA. purchase and sale of Cotto
 aud Cotton Seed Oil for future deliver, Special attention and liberal terms give for consignment of spot cotton for deliver
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-24
Notes of the Game

& Burke brought the fans to their
feet in the nth with a perfect peg
70 second to double Bullock after
making a pretty catch Of Bashang's
liner. The bali was tagged for safe
territory and Bullock was pretty
far of the bag. The ball beat him
70 the base by q step.
Burke's base running brought ex-
1eessions Of approval. as well. His
4keal Of home In the eighth was a
meat piece Of work. He had to
bump some going from first to third
On Benson's single to center in the
seventh. He got there by means of
me Of his well known hurdle slides.
q, Connolly's arm was again very
3Anch In evidence The Islanders
ady catcher threw two Evas out
second. A third vas safe be-
alse the jumps held Benson failed
9psouch him with the ball.
Ii Connolly caught MAnn's foul of
he stands In the fourth. getting
hinged against the stand and dug
pllt In performing the act.
Might record also thst Connolly
1As the distinction Of being the first
elanaeS 70 ct hit ~ pitched ban
~ AAA g6pes played at home. Il
shAopsaed- H. Tie fourth
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-24
SPEED Devils
PAY COURT TO
dame CHANCE
Auto Rracing Nothing But Chance,
pldfield Says, Speaking Of
Sweepstakes.
By BARNEY OLDFIELD.
Written for the United Press.

Indianapolis, Ind, May 2@Senor
Chris Columbus, who took the big
gest chance recorded in history.
would have been an auto racer II
he lived in the age Of chuggmg en-
gin.s instead Of the days Of flap
ping calls.
For auto racing Is chance, and
nothing else. The winner Of the
ninth annual 500-mile international
sweepstakes, which will be held
here Memorial day, will have elu-
sive Dame Chance who changes
her mind more than any other OF
the sex, to thank for success.
Every indication points to all
previous records being broken, but
indications have pointed this way
several times before.
When "Howdy" Wilcox won the
race in 1919, he was stepping along
at a SO miles per hour average.
Last year Ralph DePalma was
way beyond this record. But both
had to stop at the pits and the rec.
ord again vithstood the onslaughts
of the speed demons.
As betting proposition It Is q
Zip Of the coin. II l was wager.
ing and anyone bet me 2 to l the
record would be broken I would
take the short end. l would also
take the short end If they bet me
the record would not be broken.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-24

Roy Mansfield has q new fighter
under his wing. That is. he is new
10 these parts but no novice in the
squared circle.
He is Johnny Wolgast Of Ian
caster. Mich, brother of the Just
ly renowned Ad, one time king Of
the lightweights.
Wolgast is a welter and already
we'll on the road that leads to the
crown He has met and defeated
some Of the best ring men Of his
weight today. He scales the beam
at lat but has whipped boys that
have tipped the scales around ITO.
E. W. Dickerson. leading sports
writer of Grand Rapids. Mich. pre-
diets the title for Wolgast within
three years. He says Wolgast is
the best prospect in any weight
he has seen in Michigan since the
days when Ad. Wolgast and Stanley
ketchel first started in the ring.
Johnny recently determined to
undertake tour of the middle
west. Casting about for q mana
ger in these parts, he selected Mans
field after carefully weighing the
qualifications Of others. He ex-
poets to arrive in Rock Island soon
from which city he will work.
Roy is busy lining up battles and
informs he already has severai
matches for his new performer. 9
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-24
"PRO" GOLFERS
SAIL TODAY TO
MEET BRITISH
French. Barnes. Ha-
gen and Others Are
Entered.
By HENRY L. FARRELL.

UNITED Press Correspondent
New York. May 24.-The second
force professional section Of Uncle
Sans golf army sailed today on
the Celtic for England to take up
the battle where the amateurs left
of.
The second army Of invaders con-
sisted Of Captain Emmett French,
Jim Barnes, Walter Hagen, Tommy
Nerrigan, Fred Dice, Clarence
hackney, Wilfred Reid, George Nc
Lean William Melhorn and Charles
Hoffner.
Harry Hampton. Eddie Loos,
Mike Brady and Leo Diegel found
at the last minute they could not
go.
Without the above quartet the
pro" regiment will not be as
strong. but it Is a likely looking
outfit and should make q creditahle
showing.
Jim Barnes, while he decided to
make the trip. may not be able to
take part in the drive. He is in
roor condition. Walter Hagen
hasn't been doing much playing
and he will need q lot Of practice
to get into form. Between now and
June 20 the selection committee
viii name another player to take
no9aAee OF Harry Hampton.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-24
PEORIICWINDS
! up Islanders
! STAY AT HONE
Conlag Series Gives Rock Ish,,
Chance to Ascend TO the
Leadership.

4 Bill Jackson and his Peoria Trael
tors will be the attraction at Doue.
las park for the ensuing three dav,
Coming to Rock Island in posses
eioh of the league leadership, In
.Jack5onians can be counted upos
to extend themselves to take u.
series.
Manager JGeorge McQuillan h
getting his machine in smooth run.
ming order and every game win
the Tractors should be hard fought
The boss himself will be availsbl.
for slab work in one Of the Con-
tests. The other members of q,
pitching staff are in fine trim Z
subdue the invaders. r
Rock Island has an excelln,
chance to displace the Peoria n.
gregatjon from the top rung. II,
Gumps have today a two game ad.
vantage over the Islanders. Shoujd
Rock island take two of the game,
and Moline and Evansville lose 40
cordingly, the locals can leave FIJI
day night for Rockford on theh
second road trip in possession d
the coveted position. All Of thi,
depends on today's results.
The attendance is still far be
low what is needed to keep Ii,
club going financially. Certainly
the class that is being displaysl
by the McQuillans is good and sut.
Fficient reason for better turnout
Here's hoping the last series o.
the home games will bring them on
in droves.
Remember, the contests start 4
$3.50 o'clock.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-24
WOMAN TAKES
LEADERSHIP OF
AVENGING BAND

Toh.-According to a dfspatch
from Vladivostok a japanese wo-
man living there who is a leader Of
q notorious band Of mounted ban
dts Of Nikolaevsk left Vladivostok
a few days ago to take up active
command of the bandits and avenge
the death Of 124 japanese residents
in Siberia who were murdered by
Bolshevists bans near Nfkolsysk in
June last year. The mounted ban
dts under the direction Of their
leader are said to have given much
assistance to the Japanese expedi-
uonary forces and their leader was
twice decorated by the Japanese
commander for her brave action in
giving them aid. She Is supported
by the other japanese residents of
Vladfvostok.