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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
WANT WATER RATE.
 IRON ID MISSOURI
Manufacturers and Traffic Bureau Are Seeking a
 Reduction

Birmingham iron makers in con- Junction with the traffic bureau and in their own behalf, are not only seeking the same differentials to eastern interior points via the War rior and Mallory line as maintain on goods coming from the east to Bir- minghams by that route, but they also wish to get to the St. Louis iron mar rior and the Mississippi barge lines on all-water routes
 Sheffield and Florence pig iron have been successfully, economically and quickly moved up the Tennessee river to Ohio river junction points The haul to St. Louis via the War rior and Mississippi barge lines would be longer. but much iron is ordered for delivery months ahead in normal times and such iron could move that way.
 Active effort is under way for se- curing the rates to the eastern sea board, and the good offices of Fred erick l. Thompson. member of the shipping board, have already been enlisted. Work is being done also in the other direction.
 It would be matter of about $2 per ton both east and west, and iron makers agree that amounts to . great deal in competitive market.
 By early fall the entire Warrior and Mississippi fleets, built especial ly for those waters. will be in ser vice, which will enable much faster and more adequate transportation service than in the old days of ill., adapted craft, or even at this time with only half of the new craft on the waters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
SAME AS EVER

More teasing weather occurred in Birmingham yesterday after noon when the downtown busi- ness district boasted a couple of good showers and the suburbs went without single drop of rain.
 The mercury also took another leap upward yesterday, register ing, at. the hottest period, slightly above the 90-degree mark, mak- ing record of 24 days on which the mercury has not failed to register at least 90 degrees in the shade.
 "No rain in sight and but little change in temperature" is MT. Horton's complete forecast for today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17

ceive emergency rations, the families having absolutely nothing to eat fol the day.
 Where reports show that the
 families have no food, emergency
 relief is provided by the commit
 tee to tide them over until the
 funds can be raised next week.
 In the meantime plans are being
 worked out looking toward se-
 curing some kind of employment
 for nt least one two days each
 week sO that the families may
 earn enough to secure food.
 Many of those in distress ha, saved a considers ble sum of money but after being out of employmen for several months. this was entirell consumed and now they are depen sustenance Many others had pro vided for rainy day" but Hines, or other misfortune wiped out tn, money and inability to secure em ployment caused them to be in SC rious want.
 The investigation has revealed tha the suffering among clerks, stor, and office employees in Birmingham who have been laid off from time tt time during the last six months, il very acute. Many of them too prou, to ask for aid, have suffered req privation and in some cases hay, become i'll from lack of food Wher, the husband is unable to get work the mothers have sometimes taken il washing to earn enough to get som, food. The depression has even cui down this kind of work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
NEGRO WOMAN ROBBED

Lula Anderson, a negro woman. was knocked in the head with Q hammer an- robbed of her pocket book containing s540 while she wss asleep in he'd at her house at l0.l Britton street. about l0:30 o'clock last night.
 The negro woman was carried to the ilillman hospital where it was reported that she is in serious con- dition. IL is believed, according to the police. that her assailants were hiding in her room when she went in and went 10 bed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
POSTPONE HEARING
 IN CRENSHAW CASE

Preliminary hearing for Edward Crenshaw. charged with the killing Ensley several days go, was indefi- nitely passed yesterday afternoon by Judge H. B. Abernethy in the Jeff ferson county court of misdemeanors
 Crenshaw was indicted by the Jeff ferson county grand jury on charge of murder in the first degree In two cases. He will probably be tried in the criminal division of the circuit court in September or October
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
HORTON TO TELL WHY
 IT DOES NOT RAIN

Excuses for Jupiter Pluvius will be offered this afternoon at the Civitan luncheon at 1 o'clock at the Southern club, for Edgar c. Horton, observer of the local weather bureau. will talk on 'Why Doesn't It Rain?"
 Scientific reasons for the arid con dition of things. guaranteed not to be based on the Volstead act, will be ad- vanced by Mir. Horton, according to aovance rumblings from weather hill.
 It is hardly likely that the Civilians will take any action on his speech. for as Mark Twain says. The weath- CT Is discussed every day by millions of men-but nobody ever does any thing about it.'
 Reports from official delegates to the recent Civitan convention will be made. Music and stunts will round out the programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17

emergency relief committee and
 recommend to the member clubs
 their fnII co-operatiOn and sup
 porti that the indiy idual mem
 bers of the Intcr-club council
 pledge their support and uetive
 participation, and that all cit-
 fSens of Birmingham be urged to
 support whole heartcdIy the
 work of the relief committee
 which k one of immediate ne-
 cessity."
 Charles c. Davis. president of the Automobile club. presented the mat ter of Don't Jay Walk Campaign and received promises of indorse- ment and an opportunity to present the matter to the several clubs for their consideration as soon as tho was ready
 Favorable Action
 Claud Estes and Miss C. $. Pear son presented the work of the Near East relief and promises were se cured that the claims for this work should be presented to the elu@s which had not vet heard them. The favorable action of the council was had as to the merits of this cant paiSn. especial emphasis being laid on the fact that the Armenians had suffered death and destruction rathet. than give up the Christian rcli gfo or betray the allies, who were pledged to protect them from the Turks.
 It being reported that the United Confederate veterans had not re- ceived an invitation from any city to hold their reunion this fall, a resolution was adopted by the coui.- cil calling the attention of the Cham Der of Commerce, the Junior Cham Der of Commerce and the Civic As- sociation to the matter. requesting that they make an investigation and take the necessary steps to insure al invitation being extended the vet erans either by Birmingham or some other city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
NEAR EAST CAMPAIGN
 TO START NEXT WEEK

Final plans for conducting the Near East Relief campaign in Bir- mingham were completed yesterday afternoon at meeting of represen- tatives of the various civic clubs and organizations of the city in the rooms of the Old Colony club. It will start Monday.
 Books containing SO certificates or coupons will be sold. Each coupon is valued at one dollar the cost of maintaining human life in Armenia for one week. The entire hook, when sold, will feed. clothe and help edu- cate the orphan children of Armenia for one year.
 Jay Smith, vice chairman of the Near East relief, presided at yester- days meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
ATTEMPT TO ROB
 ARMS COMPANY STORE

An attempt was made about 11:3Q o'clock last night to rob the Birm- ingham Arms and Cycle company at 20l7 Third avenue, north. but the burglars are believed to have been frightened away before gaining en- trance to the store.
 A skylight on the top floor hac been broken and a rope was found on the roof which. 1t is believed, the burglars intended letting themselves down into the store. There were no burglars around when the police ar rived and nothing was reported mis- sing by the manager of the store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
NfAE.I.1uE LICENSES

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the office of the probate judge:
 William Sell and Miss Nellie May Burney.
 George B. Morgan and Miss Wilsis Morris.
 o. c. Quinn and Miss Ethel Parker. Edward Strickland and Miss Bes- sic Mae Perry
 Monroe z. Steebles and Mrx Ad- dena SteeAt--
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
SLOSS- SHEFFIELD BAND

First public appearance of ths sloss Sheffield By Product plant band will be made Monday night on the lawn in the center of the plant site. when a lawn party will he given the employees of the company.
 The band is in charge of O. Cor don Erickson. municipal music dt- dector and has shown remarkable results for the time spent in prac- |tice. according to MT. Erickson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
HOTEL SLED FOR s1o.ooO

Suit for $l0.000 was filed In the federal court yesterday by Fred w. Roth against the Hotel Tutwiler company. He alleges that on the night Of August 20. 1920, while . guest of the hotel. he was awaken ed by an officer to whom the officials of the hotel had given a pass Key entered his room an dsought to arrest him. Later was found that he was not the man wanted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
BEVO MARKED "GLASS,
 HANDLE WITH CARE"

Three barrels. containing approxi- mately fifteen dozen bottles of Bevo, near beer, were confiscated by Roach and Lee, police officers. at the Ter minal station early yesterday morn ing.
 The beer had been shipped into Birmingham by express and was consigned to local people who. how ever, have failed to call at the ex- press office for it so far. The ship ments of beer were from Atlanta and the side of the barrels were marked Glass, handle with care."g
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
TO INSPECT SCHOOLS

County Super4a snpvnt Head, O. tie E,ouri counly schooi sysism. waJ in Birmingham yesterday with members oi tne board Of edhdaiinn and orn sr citizens of oneonta. They ca mi to make an inspection of some of lef- terson countys schools to biAin ideas for the new school whlch IS to be built In Oneonta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
Distres sing Conditions
 Of Unemployed ReUealed
 at Meeting Of Inter- Clubs
Colonel Smith Presents Claims of Committee in Charge of Emergency Relief Campaign-City Should Rise to Meet Emergency, States Council-Support
 of Committee Pledged

The the of 
 similar by the Club meeting held at the Southern tended by the representatives member hub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-17
Col. Smith Issues q
 Call for Conference
 OnReHef Campaigr,
Members of All Organizations of City Urged to Attend Conference-Will Outline Plan of Campaign.
 Many Cases of Distress in City Proper Reported

Definite plans for launching the necessary in be outlined held at
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-04-08
JUNCTION SHAFT OF. c. 6 A.
 DEEPEST IN WARREN DISTRICT

With the completion of the sinking of the Junction shaft the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company can now boast possession of the deepest hole in the Warren district, 2385 feet be- low the collar of the shaft
 The nearest competitor of the Juno tion shaft is the Dallas shaft of the Copper Queen, which is now about 2100 feet deep and will be 2200 feet when completed. The c. and O. shaft of the copper Queen is 1870 feet deep and the Sacramento shaft 1S41 feet. The Denn shaft is something more than 1900 feet deep.
 The collar of the Junction shaft is 5100 feet above sea level, which makes the bottom of the shaft 2742 feet above sea level. A person standing in the bottom of the Junction shaft is about 1900 feet lower than Douglas which is at 3S73 feet above sea level
 Although the Junction shaft has been sunk to it's. final depth for the present it must still be raised to full size. There is also much work to be done with cutting stations and ore pockets
 Sinking operations at the. shaft have caused an increase in the water flow amounting to only about 40 gallons per minute. It is difficult to estimate the increase accurately as most of the water comes from seepage in the upper levels.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-04-08
COPPER PRODUCERS PLAYED PART IN
 WORLD WAR

In reviewing the control over the iron and steel industry, B. NJ. Baruch of the War Industries board, has this to say regarding the copper produc- CTS:
 America controls the bulk of the worlds copper. The price of 16,6739 cents pound for copper fixed by the Government represented the actual average selling price of the United Metals Selling Company over a period from 1907 to 1916, while the market quotation was 35 and 37 cents. '4The copper industry was the first one to come forward with it's offer in the industrial preparedness campaign" says Mir. Baruch. This early offer of fhe copper trade to sell to the Govern ment it's war needs at pre-war prices had an important psychological effect upon prices generally" He says there are few raw materials of which so large a percentage of the cost of production goes to pay wages as is copper. Referring to the adjustment of the price to 231k cents at later period, MT. Baruch says this was the first regulated price fixing arrange ment ever established by the Govern Hent and that no consumer, public or private, or official of this or other governments, objected to the price as being too high, He says the fixed price of copper represented a smaller advance over 'pre-war 14 normal than
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-04-08
MIAMI WOMAN IN AUTO
 ACCIDENT. THREE AIIRT

MESA, Ariz.. April, 5-Mrs. Mary V. Wheland. of Miami was killed and three other persons were injured when the automobile in which they were riding turned over on the Phoenix. Superior road % miles east of here
 H. E. Cation, of Miami, who was driving, said he was travelling about 40 miles an hour when he lost control of the car, the right front wheel broke and the machine went into ditch and overturned. All the passengers in the car except MT. Cations 15-year- old son were pinned beneath the ma chine. The boy was the only one not hurt in the accident, but two other women in the car and MT. Galton suf- fered only bruises and cuts
 The party was on it's way to Phoe- nix to attend the annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal church of Arizona
 Dr. R. ]. Stroud of Douglas who also was on his way to Phoenix to attend the convention. brought the two in- jured women to Phoenix hospital.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-04-08
WESTERN CLAY IS FOUND
 VALUABLE IN PAPER MAKING

Clay that is highly colloidal has been found bv the Forest Products Laborat- ory of the United States Department of Agriculture to be very valuable as loading material for, giving finish and printing qualities to paper.
 Previous to the discovery made by the laboratory at Madison, Wis, this whitish clay, found in large deposits in the Rocky Mountain region, has had little, known use except as an eX- cellent, substitute for soap. In the past all the best clay used for loading paper has been imported. Experiments with the American clay from the West show that when this clay is added to the English china clay generally used the paper produced has a superior finish and appearance and a more velvety feel than where the English clay only IS used.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-04-08

that of perhaps any other commodity. The price was later increased 26 cents due to advances in freight rates and labor costs. MT. Baruch says control over the distribution of copper was far less difficult than that of steel, adding, while civilian uses of cop per are very numerous and very i'm portant, they are not nearly so indis- pensable, particularly for short pc riod, as those of iron and steel. The war required over 90@o of the copper which we could produce. This simply meant that civilian use had to be practically suspended, and this was accomplished not so. much by priority control in the sense in which that process was used on steel; it was accomplished through the purcahse by the War Department of a high per centage of the copper and its distri- button to the manufacturers of arm aments as they needed it. Despite many hardships and obstacles, the American copper producers played their part and contributed to the successful prosecution of the war in a way second to no other industry. There are ample grounds for the be- lief that the prices fixed by the Gov ernment worked hardship on many operators: and to add to the distress, the signing of the armistice on Nov. Il left them, like producers of other raw materials, with very large stocks on hand. produced at the highest costs in the history of the trade, and with no large orders booked"
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-04-08
THE PRICE OF SILVER

Contrary to erroneous reports that have been circulatd, the Pittman act under which the government is buy- ing silver from American mines at 100 an ounce, is not a measure to give the silver mines a bonus. Dur ing the war when silver rose above $1 30 and ounce, our government melt ed down several hundred million of our silver dollars and sold the metal to England at S1.30 an ounce The act provided that later the IT. s. govern ment should use the money thus re ceived to buy back from American miners, who had been deprived of this high market, silver at the same price of a dollar an ounce. It is this act and the buying under it that is pre- venting a shutdown of American silv- CT mines today and II is not costing the taxpayers of the government one cent as the money England paid is being turned back into American silv- CT at an equal price.
 It doesn't pay to worry, but it wor- ries to pay.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-04-08
MOTOR VEHICLES SHOW
 TREMENDOUS INCREASE

A total of 9,211, ,195 motor cars, in- cluding commercial vehicles, were re- gistered last. year in the AS States and District of Columbia, according to figures compiled by the Bureau of Public Roads of the United States De partment of Agriculture in a study of revenue available for road-building purposes. There were also registered a total of 23S, 146 motorcycles. The registration and license fees, includ- ing those for chauffeurs, operators, and dealers, amounted to $102, ,034, ,106.- 26. As compared with 1919, the data for 1920 represent an increase of 22 percent, or 1,645,849 motor cars. This increase alone lacks but percent of being equal to the total registrations of the United States six years ago.
 Great Change in a Decade
 In 1920 in the State of New York alone, the number of motor cars regis tered including commercial vehicles exceeded the total cars registered in the whole of the United States in 1910. Furthermore, the revenues derived from registration in the State of New York in 1920 were about equal to the entire registration revenues of the United States for 1913.
 The use made of the revenues has changed with the passing of years. In 1906 the total registrations were ap- proximately AS, 900 cars, paying gross revenue of about $193 900. (Arizona in 1920 paid approximately this amount.) In 1906 the gross registration reve- nues were equal to less than three tenths of i per cent of the total rural road and bridge expenditures for that year.
 The registration revenues in 1920 were equal to about 25 per cent of the total rural road and bridge eXpen- ditures for the calendar year 1919. In 1906, practically none of the motor vehicle revenues was applied to road maintenance Or. construction, while in 1920, 96 per cent, or a total of $97,- ' 997, ,160.60, was used for this purpose. r The remaining 4 per cent not applied to road work was expended very large Fly for number plates and in carrying out the provisions of the motor vehi- cle registration laws in the several States Of the total amount applied to road work 79 per cent, or S77,- 531, ,5S2.57,r was expended under the control or supervision oT the several State highway departments.
 Increasing Amount Spent for Road
 Work
 For number of years the general tendency toward devoting an ever-in- creasing portion of the motor-vehicle revenues to road work under the con trol and direct supervision of the State highway department has been very noticeable. Prior to 1912 only a very small portion of the motor-vehicle registration was devoted to this pur- pose In 1920, 76 per cent of the re venue, Or s77,531. .5S2.57, was applied to road work under the direct super vision of the State highway depart ments. and in addition $20, ,465,57 .04 was applied to road work by counties CT other local supervision, but with little or no di1 ect supervision from the State highway departments.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-04-08
COM MUNICATlONS
To Editor Copper Era" Clifton, Arizona.

l Q tEulIOI SOpp0i Clifton, Arizona.
 Dear Sir
 On behalf of the Salvation Army, will you kindly extend to the many friends of the organization, hearty thanks for their kind gifts and assist ance rendered during the recent cam paign for funds, of which Campaign, MT. A. l.. Terry was the Treasurer In view of the depressing times, the Clifton contribution was worthy ol it's splendid traditions, and the prayer of the organization is that an early return to normalcy and prosperity may be enjoyed by Greenlee County. It will be some satisfaction to know that no organization has the reputa- tion the Salvation Army enjoys for using it's money to economical as well as profitable advantage.
 The public of clifton is urged to look up the Salvation Army institu. tions when visiting any large city; the result will be a revelation bring ing gladness of heart to the inspectors that they ever showed generosity to such a great humanitarian work.
 Sincerely yours,
 FRED GILES Salvation Army Representative Home Service.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-04-08
They Speak Well of It

T frdquently hear Chamberlain Cough Remedy praised by friends and acquaintances which only tends to strengthen my good opinion of. it. writes Mrs. Fred Arter, zanesvilie, Ohio. Try it when you have a cough or cold and see for yourself what an excellent medicine it is.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-04-08

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