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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
LEGION PREPARES
 FOR WAR VETERANS
Florence Post Will Entertain State Ex-Service Men at
 June Convention

Florence, April 2-(Special )--The Florence Post of the American Legion
 is gathering interesting data to be in corporated in the handsome souvenir programme, to be distributed during the forthcoming legion convention in this city in June. It will contain war pic- lures, pictures of World war heroes, and development along the Tennessee river. The reading matter will include the most interesting things of historic interest to this section.
 The Florence post has leased big chautauqua tent with all equipment seating arrangements, elaborate cos tunes, etc. and have contracted with Harry Duval, a professional director, to plan and direct home talent min strel show. This is one method the boys expenses of the state convention. The boys hope to have completed their train ing for the minstrel by April 22 and they will perform that night and again on April 23 In order to boost the sale of tickets, they expect to give a $30o savings account in the Alabama Trust and Savings bank on the last night to the person holding the ticket bearing number that shall be drawn.
 The woman's auxiliary has promised to assist the legionnaires in the sale of tickets for the forthcoming home ta- ent minstrel, and the boys say they will be there with the talent" when the pecDle come
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03

not unconnected with the so-caled "open shop movement. Since these attacks are made both upon the political and the economic field, the strength of the oppog sition is shown to be great; and 1t is probably a fact that to date the sue cess of the opponents of organized labor has been considerable. though there are no really outstanding victories.
 The result is that labor is apparently solidifying; it is coming more and more to depend upon it's own resources and to extend it's activities into competition with the activities of the employers, in so far as the interests of union mem- bers are concerned Labor's entry into banking. cooperative store chains, and other projects are examples. new de- velopment is the policy of the lnterna- tional Association of Machinists, which organization is being followed by the fire fighters, the electricians and the bakers
 ri providing group insurance for it's mem bers, just as certain employers insure their worl1men in the mass. Although for the present this insurance feature IS being handled through established com panies, it would not be surprising if,
 in comparatively short time, the ma chinists built up their own insurance or ganization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
Just the extent that he him.elf Is


 curtnfled in his living standards.
 The cost of living. Secretary Wal lace estimates, at the present time is Here, is what the farmer is getting war standard:
 THE PRICE LIST
 For his cattle the farmer is getting 1S2 per cent of pre-war prices for his hogs, from 1l2 per cent to I47 per cent sheep, 120 per cent; wool. so per cent corn, S4 per cent oats, 7S per cent: wheat delivered at Chicago and including the much higher freight rates). l4S to 155 per cent; butter. f12 per cent; cotton, SS per cent.
 For his labor the farmer is paying. say, in Iowa, an average of $66 a month and board as compared with $50 and board in 1914-200 per cent of pre-war prices. The prices of other things he has to buy likewise are up to from l60 to 220 per cent of pre- war standards
 This situation cannot continue and with it bring prosperity for the rest of the country. The first thing that must be done, if it can be done. Sec. retary Wallace believes, is to make the farmer prosperous. And apparently the only way to make him prosperous is to pay him more for what he has to sell
 Following the reasoning one step further that process means additional millions-maybe lillions--in the an- nual cost of all that goes upon the nations dinner table
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
FARMERS ARE URGED TO
 HANDLE MORE CHICKENS

Troy. April 2.-(Special.)-R w. Trotter who has just returned from a business trip to Birmingham, is much pleased with the showing he has made in his egg and produce business here since beginning five weeks ago.
 MT Trotter sold to a large Birming- nam firm in this time over 5,l0j cozen eggs, which he had hclght from the Pike county farmers, and for wnich ne paid them over $1,172, or over s20o per week. He says he could have sold twice that much if he could have gotten the eggs.
 He is urging the farmers to put in a good breed of poultry that produces large eggs. One breed is better. he says, for fhen the eggs are of uniform size.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
CHARITY AID PROGRESSES
Mobile Business Assist In Organizing
 Teams

Mobile, April 2.-(Special.) )--"Ar- rangements for the united appeal in Mobile for the Alabama ChilrGen's Aid society and the Florence Crittenden home are progressing rapidly" says Horace Turner. joint chairman. H. D. Cullen of Birmingham. extension sec retary has been placed in charge of the campaign aeadquarte:s c3ered yester- day at the Battle House. l.. D. Dix. vice chairman in charge of teams, is rapidly bounding the soliciting organization into shape. and is optimistic as to results The sum of $7,500 is asked for the Crit tenton home and $2.500 for the Chill dren's aid, Many leading business men and club women are offering their serv ices as team workers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03

More than 50 per cent of England 5 600,000 bakery workers are members of trade unions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
SECRETARY WEEKS
 MAY VISIT WILSON
 DAM AT FLORENCE
James B. Duke and Other We'll I-KnoWn MiIIionaires Are Expected to Give
 Plants "0nCe Over"

Florence, April -(Special) Press reports coming from Washington in- dicate that Secretary of War Weeks will come here to inspect Wilson dam and the nitrate plants within the next few days.
 The Secretary of War let it be known in formal announcement from Washington, that he would recommend an appropriation of $30,000 900 to complete the dam. provided private corporations would undertake the COW in India, the cat in Egypt, or the squirrel in American towns
 Foxes are being shot in Pembrokeshire, Merioneth and other counties, and even in Kent. The fox is sacred to the hunt ing caste of England, and the caste laws prohibit any attack on the animal ex- cept with the specially bred horses and dogs of the order. Poultrykeepers, how over, suffering from a great increase in the numbers of the sacred animal. ow- ing to the diversion of hunting caste en- ergies to more dangerous game during five years Of war. have taken up blas- phemous arms against St. Renard
 A national effort is being made to oblige these commoners to accept protec- ton of their unholy hens by the game keepers, servants of the hunting caste.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
TENANT IS DEAD:
 FARMER IN PRISON

Centre. April (special.)-S D. shearer, a piano agent and farmer of this county, was jaised today md Houston Weaver is dead as the result of a quarrel and shooting that took place late Thursday afternoon.
 Weaver was tenant of Shearer and resided near pasture where Shearer kept some stock, and it is claimed by SEearer that he went there to see aiout his stock when Weaver appeared and abused him, struck him with a brick and was advancing on him with knife when he was shot. Weaver managed to walk to his house nearby where he fell at his porch and lied
 There was only one eyewitness to the shooting. Members of the dead mans family say that Shearer came to the house and called Weaver out and that shortly afterwards the shooting occurred.
 Weaver was about s5 years of age and is survived by his wife and sev- eral children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
THREE

operation of the projects here and guar rantee the government satisfac- tory return on it's money. Friends of Muscle Shoals are comforted n the thought that although the appropria- ton failed at the last session of Con- gress, the administration now in power is giving it some consideration
 Williams s. Lee vice president and chief engineer of the southern Power company of Charlotte. N C., in com pany with two other engineers of the company, paid a visit to Florence and Muscle Shoals a few days ago. James B. Duke, the tobacco king" is said to be the controlling factor in the south ern Power company. and Mir. Lee, who came here. is said to be closely as sociated with Mir. Duke. MT. Duke and MT Lee also are said to be directors O. the huge American Cyanamid com pany whose process was borrowed by the government to manufacture air nitrates at Plant No. during the war
 While the representatives who came here only indicated interest in the transmission of power from the dam, in view of the Secretary of Wars re- cent statement their visit has added significance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
CASTE OPINION IN STATE OF HYSTERIA,
 HOLY BEASTS SLAIN

London. April 2.-Reciprocal News Service. .)-Caste opinion is outraged by outbreaks of impious attacks by common people on the sacred beast of England. the fox. The sacrilege is comparable with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
ACTION CONCERTED

All these various projects-attempts to force wage reductions, attempts to ob- tain at least the tacit indorsement of the government to wage reductions, attempts to deprive the deparment of labor of it's important functions-are looked upon by labor men as having a common origin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
PRESENT CALM IN INDUSTRIAL WORLD
 BUT ARMED TRUCE
Controversy Between Capital and Labor May Reopen With Violent CIash-Wage
 Reduction Has Sus-
 plciouS Spontanciety
By HARDEN COLFAX Special Correspondent of The Age Herald Copyright 1921. by The Age -HeraId)


 Copyright. 1921, by The Age-HeraId)
 Washington, April 2.-With the at tainment of the armed truce between the packing houses and their em- ployes and the lull in the railroad sit uation, the conflict between labor and capital is not so much in evidence as before, but under the surface both camps are marshaling their resources for the most serious clash of inter- ests between wage earners and em- ployers that the country has seen in at least decade.
 Labor is somewhat disillusioned, d week after the settlement of packing house controversy. Although 1t is the opinion of the department of labor that in preserving all wartime gains in hours end working conditions at the cost of a 1211 per cent wage reduction, the em- ployes have not done badly, officials of the American Federation of Labor are coming to the conclusion that it will be a general policy of employers to make large demands affecting wages and hours in order to put over their real de sire, a wage reduction.
 WAGE REDUCTIONS
 III tHe packlnB controversy, settled through the efforts of the conciliation service of the department of labor, a government agency has practically in- dorsed the idea of wage reductions, and to many union men this is unwelcome. Some suspicion as to the attitude of the republican regime toward labor has been aroused by the reported desire of the present Congress to transfer cer- tain bureaus of labor to department of welfare-a procedure that would prac- tically eliminate the department of labor as a department. A new attempt to wreck the department is now seen by labor men in the proposal to mass all statistical bureaus in the government un- der the department of commerce, which would mean that the bureau of labor sta tistics would be transferred. The at tempt to carry on a department of com merce and labor during the Taft admin istration, was highly unsatisfactory to working men, for the reason that they felt that business interests rather than tf emselyes received first considera tion Labor would undoubtedly look upon d removal of the bureau of labor statistics to the commerce department as against it's interests
 ACTION CONCERTED
 All these various projects-attempts to force wage reductions attempts to ob- tain at least the tacit indorsement of the government to wage reductions attempts to deprive the deparment of labor of it's important functions-are looked upon by labor men as having common origin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03

An authority on the subject says the sound of f<cannonading can be heard much rather than that of thunder The limit of the carrying power of thun- der is about Is miles. while twice that rumber of miles is not regarded as any great distance for the sounds of battle to travel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03
' CUTCURA HEALS ECZEMA ON FACE And Arms. In Watery Bis
 ters. Itched and Burned.

Eczema broke out on my face and arms in watery blisters which itched and burned soseverelythat scratched and irritatcd them and lost much sleep at night. had to keep my arms wrapped with cloth.
 The trouble lasted for about six weeks. I was treated but it did not help me. began using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and after using three cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment I was healed" Signed Mrs. M. H. Ferguson, 53o East G St., Louis- vile, Ky. July 13. 1920.
 Prevent skin troubles by using Cuticura for all toilet uses.
 Sample Eaeh Yrss V MaN. Adaress "cxtlsszA Lab- sKAteriss, Dspt ', MAl1sA a, kAss." Sold every- vhers. Soapz5s. 0ntnsnt2s and Zoe. Talcum Be U2t Cutfrura Soap shsves wisAout mus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-03

More than l75.00O women workers are registered at unemployment ex- changes in Great Britain.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
BRITISH MAYOR
Goes TO JAIL
London County Council ImprisOns
Borough Councilman for Refus-
al to Levy Taxes.

London, Sept. 3.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press unem-
ployed today were continuing to
hold their own as the news feature
of the day, following the develop
ments of last night, involving the
arrest and Imprisonment of several
members of the. Poplar Borough
council and the more or less peace
able but determined all-night siege
of the guardians at Woolwich by
those demanding heavy unemploy-
ment maintenance.
Nine members of the Poplar
council, including the mayor, spent
last night behind bars for refusing
to comply with the London county
councils demands for levying taxes
on the town, it being maintained by
the Poplar council that the unem-
ployment situation made further
assessment impossible.
They accepted the situation COM
placently as martyrs to their be-
lief, and today were expecting the
arrival of more of their colleagues
whom the sheriff was rounding up.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
WHEAT PRICES
START WITHIN
ONE CENT RANGE

Chicago, Sept. 3.-Wheat opened
somewhat unsettled with prices
holding within range of about
one cent A small. break early was
followed by sharp rally on buy
ing by strong commission houses
while the selling vas scattered in
the main floor. Wheat opened at
S1.23A to s124, for September.
$1.24& to s1.25 for December, and
$1.29 for May, which was 1ac lower
to 12c higher than yesterdays fin
ish.
The end of the first hour, how
ever. found wheat lie to 1sc bigk-
er with the market taking on a
slightly firmer tone.
Wheat showed more activity and
there was some increase in out
side interest and the market adj
yanced sharply with eastern con-
nections free buyers. The local
element also took the buying side
and there was sufficient news of a
bullish character to prevent any
great amount of pressure. The
market closed strong. 212c to 2Ac
above the opening with September
at $1.26lA, Demember at $l-2SQ
1857 and May at s1.3212-
Corn opened rather dull and a
trifle easier. Country offerings
were light, due to some extent to
the recent break in prices. Sep
TENDER opened shade to &c off,
with September DIT 5512c. Decem-
Der at 533sc to 531ac, and May at
573sc, but a slight rally during the
initial hour carried the market
slik htly above last nights, finish.
Corn was under pressure early, but
when wheat started upward coarse
grains followed. Trade was not
large and mainly of a local char
acter the prospects of very large
arrivals of corn over the holiday
being a factor. The close found
corn sc to 1850 above the opening
with September, 5412c, December,
542s to 541ac, and May at 81 &c, to
59c.
Oats opened dull, unchanged to
&c higher, with September al
34%c, Demember at 3Sc and May al
4134c. Oats also made a slight
gain early and at the end of the
first hour found prices a shade to
| Nc higher than the opening.
Provisions were steady A Fri-
vate report stated that recent pur-
chases of lard were almest phe-
nomenal.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
WEEKLY GRAIN AND
PROVISION REVIEW

Chicago. Sept. s.-The prices for
wheat have advanced IA to
points during the week; corn lost
s. to u cents. while the figures on
oats show exactly the same that
was shown a week ago. Provisions
gained 35 to 20 cents.
Reports of laRgen sales for ex-
port early in the week started the
market on the upward trend. This
was followed in mid-week by pri-.
vate crop report showing 17,00O,-
600 bushels of wheat less than the
government August report for all
wheat This served as a stimulant
to the market and a gain OF
cents was noted then. This gain
was generally maintained until
yesterday when a closing or
spreads between here and Winni-
peg weakened the market and it
slumped off between l and points.
The market bToadened until SIPS
for December was reached when
food of selling took place and the
hing mark was not sustained.
Export demand for corn served
as a sustaining influence during
the majority of the week. the mar
ket displaying a slight weakness
/ toward the end.
Oats followed corn throughout.
Provisions displayed a firm. tone
mainly owing to the strength in
grains.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
SAMUELS HEADS DRIVE.

John H. SamuelS OF Moline was
named chairman of the committee
to conduct the local drive for funds
for the new University of Illinois
stadium at the meeting of alumni
and ex-students held last night in
the Moline Commercial club. The
campaign is TO be conducted il
November and is for the purpose
of raising the alumni share of the
$4,000, 900 expense for the new ath-
letic building. Mr.. Samuels, as
chairman, was given the power to
choose the members of his commit
tee and will have full charge Of
the drive in the tri-cities. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Zuppke were the honor
guests of the evening. This was
the last stop on the nationwide
tour made by Zuppke for the pur-
pose of arousing interest among
old students and alumni in the
stadium project.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03

Chicago Livestock.

Chicago, Sept. 3.-Cattle receipts.
500. Compared with week ago;
Better grades beef steers, 25c to
40c higher; Others steady to 15c
lower; common grades off most;
she-stock, steady to Csc higher;
choice cows and heifers up most;
bulls. Csc to 40c lower; veal calves,
$500 to $3.50 higher; heavy calves
most s100; stockers and feeders
steady.
Hog receipts, 5000; active; large
ly 10c to 25c higher than yester-
days average; mixed and packing
grades up most: good clearance
top, $50; bulk light and light
butchers. 9.25Q9.60; pigs, nominal
ly steady.
Sheep receipts. 5000; three
decks native lambs, 7.50GC7.75, and
fat ends OFF 10 cars Washington at
7.75@S0O: four cars range wethers
400; all steady; market for week
on fat lambs, and yearlings around
81 lower; feeder and tat sheep
about Csc lower.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
new MARKSBY
AQUA SPEEDERS
AREExPECTED

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 3.-After a
lull of two days, racing Sp the Gold
Cup Harmsworth speed boat re-
gatta here was resumed today, with
the first heat of the British In
ternational (Harmsworth) Trophy
contest as the outstanding event.
Four of the speediest water craft
in the world were entered in the In
ternational classic, Maple Leaf VII,
the 1900 horsepower British chal-
lenger. facing a trio of American
defenders. The defenders are Miss
America II, built by Garfield A.
Wood of Detroit, to develop a speed
OF more than so miles a hour; Miss
America l, holding the world s
speedboat record of 1866 miles
an hour, and Miss Chicago, of the
Chicago Yacht club, the fastest
single-engined hydroplane in the
world.
That a new worlds record would
be established in today's heat seem
ed a foregone conclusion among
racing officials. Both Miss Amer
lea II and Maple Leaf VII, have
shown terrific speed in trials over
the course.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
Moline and East Moline
Moline Obituary
Mrs. Emma Olive Matsouka.

Word has reached Moline of the
death of Mrs. Olive Matsouka, wife
OF George Matsouka, which oc-
CURED Thursday evening in Chi
cago, where she had ben residing
for the last year. Mr.. Matsouka
was formerly manager of the Mo-
line Y. NJ G. A. cafeteria and has
many friends in this city, who ex-
tend symathy.
Remains will be brought to Mo-
line for funeral services, which
are to be held at 2:30 Sunday aft
ernoon in the Esterdahl chapel.
Burial will be in Riverside ceme-
terry.
Emma Olive Landstrom was the
daughter of Mrs. Carolina Land
strom of Moline. She was born
Oct. 5, 1882, in Moline, and receiv-
ed her education in the local pub
lie school, She was married to
George Matsouka in 1920, in Rock
Island. They left for Chicago about
a year ago.
Surviving her, besides the wild
over, are one daughter, Olive, OF
Moline, her mother of Moline, two
brothers, Charles and John Land
strom, of Davis Junction, ILL.,, and
two sisters, Hilda Rose Landstrom
of Everett, Wash, and Mrs. Gust
Gunnerson of East Moline.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
HOLD hired MAN
IN MURDER CASE
Story of Bandits Shooting Mrs. Nor
itz HOyer, WOunding Husband
and Daughter, is Doubted.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept 3.-Berg-
ard Koopman, hired man at the
Moritz Hoyer farm, where Hoyer,
his wife and daughter were shot
Thursday night, the wife dying, is
being held today for further ques-
tioning after hours of grilling by
the Ozakee county prosecutor and
sheriff last night. Koopman was
the only witness to the shooting
aside from the victims. He claimed
that he had been fired at a dozen
times, but had escaped injury
The story, as told by Koopman,
was that four bandits. gaining en-
trance to the house on the pretext
of using the telephone, had killed
Mrs. Hoyer and wounded the father
and daughter when the woman fail
ed to hold up her hands.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
DINNER LAW
is ENDORSED
BY De JAEGER
u,;nois Ordinances are Not As
Practical As in Iowa Says
Chief of Police.

Tho new Iowa law which requires
,a,orists to equip their automo-
LII with lenses which prevent
, v from rising AZ feet above the
Hssa,,nd at a distance of IS feet is
eenSorsed by Chief Ben DeJaeger of
the Moline police department.
At the same time the Moline chief
declared the Illinois law on bright
Behts is impractical because it is
TOO difficult to enforce.
Motorists in Illinois are required
IN aim bright lights when their ma
nine Is within $50 feet of an APP
nroaching car. This rule, however,
does not apply to cars equipped
With special DINNER lenses.
The Illinois law, according to
chief DeJaeger, is too genera
snd vague. ave hare tried to en-
force the law but found it almost
imnossible to obtain convictions,
he said Instead OF convictions
YOU get only argument. The de-
fendant will tell you that he was
more than $50 feet from the other
car or that his lights weren't
bright. And then it is question
of one mans word against an
others, and usually. it's d police
mans word against the driver and
several of his friends"
The Iowa law became effective
Sent. |. 1t requires motorists to
equip their bright lights with spec
ial lenses. A list of approved
lenses may be obtained from DAY.
export authorities.