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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03

Bcssemer February 2.-(special.)--- The city council created the office of plumbing inspector for the city Tuesday evening at the regular meet ing of the council, upon the recom- rnenda tion of the building commit ee. The position was given to J. A. Wise nant.
 The report of the fire department recommending the purchase of new gasoline tank of $50 gallon capacity vas unanimously adopted.
 An adjustment of assessments for storm sewer construction on Twenty fourth street was made satisfactory to property owners by the city assum- ing half the cost of construction. l MOTOR SPEED An ordinance to regulate the speed of motor vehicles was passed which allows motorists to operate their cars at the rate of 12 miles an hour in the fire limits, IS miles an hour in the city limits, 20 miles an hour within the police Jurisdiction of the city. Alderman Jap Bryant of the ceme- | tery committee was granted the power 1 by the council to purchase seats for the cemetery.
 | An ordinance calling for the issu- ance of bonds not to exceed the amount of $36,000 for street improves ments was passed, and other matters 1 in regard to license complaints and complaints on assessments for street improvements were brought up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
POLAND TO GET WOOL. Contract With British Calls for 35,0O0
 Bales
By Associated Press

Paris, January t'.-Poland is to get more than $5.oOo bales of Australian and signed with the British director general of raw materials. Poland is to give bonds for E1 1900 as payment to the inter- national committee for relief credits. which will finance the affair. The Polish government has agreed not to reQuisition the manufactured goods and plans to have most of the cloth held for export trade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03

quarters to bring about the discontin> uance of any service over the line. l The road has been operating at an enormous loss ever since the govern ment withdrew it's guarantee, 1t is said, and the only way to enable this line to continue operations. 1t is stated, Is to bring about a reduction of wages of railroad operatives. The business men of Bessemer are very much opposed to the discontinu- ance of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic road, as it opens to the :ner> chants of Bessemer field of busi> ness which it would be impossible for them to reach otherwise.
 BARACA CLASS l The Baraca class of the First Dap- tist chufch will hold social meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, in the basement of the church. over 100 guests are expected. Among them will be Lieut.. G. W. Bailes of Birmingham, who will make the principal address | of the evening. NJ. o. Crane, Besses mer's cartoonist, will be present, and will give chalk talk" Musical numbers will follow, after which re- treatments vii be served.
 There will be meeting of the i4n> nie Mae Lipscomb chapter, NO. 2oS, Order of Eastern Star, Thursday eve ming at o'clock, at the Masonic hall The Christian Endeavor of the First ! Presbyterian church will meet Thurs day evening at@7:3o in the parlors or the church.
 SOCIETY
 l The Tuesday Morning Bridge eluo was delightful1y entertained Wednes- | day morning by Mrs. w. E.. McWil- lliams IT, at her home on sixteenth street. Flowers. ferns, hearts ana valentines were artistically used in the decoration of the home for the cc- casion. The club prize, cut-glass bon bon piece, was awarded to Mrs Joe Little, the consolation. a box Of stationery, fell to Mrs. De Sablo. 1 After the games of bridge, hoy Luncheon was served the gues<s, who were Mrs. Charles Long, Mrs. Bruce snider Mrs. A. H. Rickert, Mrs. Ar thur Reynolds. Mrs. Francis Patton, I Mrs. Sterling Floyd. Mrs Joe Lit.ie' Mrs, DeSablo. Mrs. W. E. McWilliams' Sr. and Miss Ethel Gillen and Miss Mildred Watson.
 i Mrs Thomas Johnston returned to- day from Ironton, Ohio, where she has been the guest of relatives fer some | time.
 MT. and Mrs N. J. stuart left Wednesday for three weeks tour CT Florida.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
PERMIT IS DELAYED
Local Company, However, May Sell
 $35, ,OOO Stock

Montgomery. February 2.-tSpecial.) )- Announcement was made wednesday that the securities division of the Ala bama public service commission has act ed favorably upon the application of the Shelby Cahaba Coal company of Br- mingham for permission to sell $35 900 worth of per cent cumulative. preferred stock in this state It was stated that issuance of a formal permit, however, will be delayed until the company hss filed the necessary bond with the public service commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
C.rd ef Thanks

! Mrs. ". J. Evans and children of yS15 Seventeenth avenue. Ensley, Mrs xover Tatum and Mrs. J. w. 1cGee thank their neighbors and many friends for the many kindnesses shown fhem during the illness and at the death of husband and father and for the beautiful floral offerings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
Dyspepsia
 Spo|ls Beauty
A Coed. Sharp Appetite and Perfect Disgstion Are the Sursst Wave
 to Attain and Keep Beauty

Nothing will spoil the complexion. dim the eyes, and cave in the cheeks quicker than dyspepsia allowed to go on without proper relief
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
RELIEF FUND

The receipts for the European drive in Bessemer have reached $2.300. and as yet a large territory has not been canvassed The honor roll, which contains the names of those who have saved one child's life by contribu ting s10, is posted outside the Grand thea- tre, and the list was increased today by about 80 names. It is planned to continue the drive through Saturday, and while almost everyone who has contributed has given $10, any amount will be gladly received
 The woman's committee in Jones' boro. with Mrs. F l.. Huey chairman, will start the drive in that section Thursday and. according to Mrs. D. w. Owen, who is chairman of Weno- nah. success in the drive has been met in that vicinity up to this time.
 The Kiwanis club had as it's guests today representatives from the Allan, ta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad who represented to the club .ery serious effort is being made in certain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
For Good of
 the Community

the AOmmunlIy A TEMPLE is supported by it's pillars; the pillars in turn, by the hidden foundations on which they rest. When Samson tore the pillars apart the temple fell. He had broken the connection be- tween the superstructure and it's hidden base
 The skyscraper's majestic beauty of height and form is preceded by boring ugly holes in mother earth and digging until solid rock is reached.
 Birmingham's underpinning is ore and coal and limestone lying in their parallel strata in Jones Valley But, on top of this foundation something almost as basic has evolved. It is development, indeed, but it is such development that it has like wise become outstanding and underlying.
 It is Birmingham's position as dis tributing center coupled with it's excep- tional facilities for moving out it's prod ucts. That is why the Lehigh Portland Cement company is going to build its mill at Tarrant City. That is why the Ameri- can Cement Tile company is building a factory here. That is why the Detroit Steel Products located warehouses here. That is why the Truscon Steel has branch offices and warehouses here They are here because Birmingham is the natural distribution point for the south and south west.
 When the pressed steel car works are in operation in May and 25 complete freight cars are turned out daily, this district will have that per diem increment in it's ship ping facilities. Distribution is as much problem as is manufacture. In days of high freight rates it is the biggest problem in number of lines. Manufacturers all over the country are planning expansion where exit for goods is widest and smoothest.
 The Mountain Grove Creamery, Ice and Electric company, of Mountain Grove and Carthage, Mo-, has practically determined to come to Birmingham and make this the major scene of operations The agents of this concern are not jump Ing at COncluSlOnS. AQVdnC0 men nave < been here several days and they have been busy as bees looking over all manner of sites and informing themselves of every feature of Birmingham business life..
 This company sold 85,000 pounds of Jersey Gold butter in this city last year It costs a lot of money to ship that much butter such distance. It costs lot to ship 1t to other portions of Alabama and adjacent states. Hence the eye to dis 5 triblting point like Birmingham.
 The matter of cream is not local one. It is proposed to get that from all over Alabama and from across the line in Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee A matter of 300 miles is understood not to be too far away.
 From Birmingham as center manu- facturer of creamery products has plenty of territory in which to exploit his busi- ness. Nowhere in the south is there bet ter train service north, south, east and west It is not case of getting ones stuff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The monthly meeting of the Woman s Ensley commandery, No. 36. Knights Tcmplars, will be held in the parlors of the Masonic temple this afternoon at 2.3O o'clock.
 This will be the first regular meeting of the organization. and an invitation is extended to the wives of all members of the Ensley commandery of Knights Templars to join the womans auxiliary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03

The Woman's Missionary society of the Sbadyside Methodist church will meet in the church basement this morning for an all-day quilting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
PRATT CITY BEGINS WORK

S. T. Key, chairman for Pratt City, as- sembled his workers Tuesday morning, and although no personal canvass will
 be made until Friday or Saturday. MT.
 Key stated yesterday that he had over
 $10O in hand.
 Mrs. J. J. Nickels is organizing the women of Pratt City into save life clubs, each woman to be responsible for the raising of $10. The fraternal orders and churches are considering the matter seriously. and will make fine showing before the week is ended
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03

sMy Dsauty Secfetf Juat Uae stu- erth Dysoeyuea TAblsts fer 0eoA Di- ssstsens Lst NatNrs Ds tAe Aest.~
 The poisonous. by-products of fer- mentation may be absorbed Into tho blood and simply ruin the good ioolxa A bad complexion. haEgard appearance and emaciation may result from neg- lected indigestion. By taking 8tuartN menace to rood looks and good digse- tfon 10 rom0Nod.
 Get sec paeIage of etuoSt's Dyp- pepsia rebIsta at my dsug stcst.- w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
MRS. WILLIAM GRIFFITH

Funeral services for Mrs. William Grif- filth, aged 55, well-known citizen of Pratt City, will be held from the family resi- dence, 200 Fourth street. this afternoon at 2:30 Mrs. Griffith passed away at an Ersley infirmary early yesterday morn ing following an operation. She is sur vived by three daughters, Mrs. J. H.. Humphreys Mrs. Archie. Barr and Mss Annie Bell Griffith. and five sons, AL fred, Charles, Lester, Kenneth and Jus tin Griffith.
 The pallbeare-s will be six nephews oi the deceased, Lennet, Harry, William, Walker and Earl Dill and Harry Barneli. Irterrnent will be at Fraternal cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03

The Missionary society of the Fairview Methodist church gave $l0.
 The names of Mrs. ]. c, Barrett, Mrs. ]. M. Donaldson. Mrs. N. H. Hawkins and Mrs. D. A. Echols were added to the women who are giving $10 to the Save 9 ifa cluh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03

The Cosmos club will meet Friday aft erroon with Mrs. Fl. J. Kribs on Ensley avenue.
 Meeting of the Woman s Christian Tenn perance union of Fairview, which was to have been held today, has been post bored until February 17.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-03

H B. wAiks~. Rally Building. Besseuer, Manager sf Cresia- tins..
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
YIN. C. A. LOBBY CONCERT
OFFERS FINE PROGRAM

The lobby concert at the Y. NJ. C. A.,
to which the public is invited, to-
morrow night. will consist of a pro-
gram of piano solos, readings. in
strumental music, and songs. Those
who will take part are: Miss Porthea
Bohmanson, pianist; Miss Virginia Rob-
inson. soprano; Miss Ethel Louise
Quinland. accompanist: Miss Ruth
Thomas. pianist; Miss Jessie Patter-
son, reader: Prof. SALESMAN. accom-
panist; Miss Aline Kronheim, coprano; !;
and John Monroe, accompanist
other events Of the week will be
an illustrated lecture on Wednesday
night, in the assembly hall. the SUBJ
ject: "The Romance OF the Tele-
phone" J. NJ. Waters will be the
speaker.
Friday night, In the auditorium.
will be given a recital by the
Finckel family, those taking part to
be: Miss Constance Finckel. Miss
Rosemary Finckel, Miss Francis
Finckel, George FinckeL They will
be assisted by Louis Thompson, tenor.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
BALL TO S|FT
MERGER PLANS
Calls Informal Conference at
Which All Persons interested
Will Be Heard.

Amalgamation q the street rail-
ways systems of Washington Will bs
discussed informally tomorrow morn
ing at the office Of Senator Ball OF
Delaware. Senator Ball, who has
taken an active interest in the street
railway situation in Washington,
hopes to put through some sort OF
merger legislation at the next ses-
sion of Congress.
MANY PLANS ADVANCED.
Seantor Ball has invited officials
of the District government. the
street railway companies and mem
bers of the Senate and House com
mittees on the District of Columbia.
The discussion will cover as wide
a range of merger plans as II VIII be
possible to present by those who at
tend the meeting. and probably VIII
furnish the basis Of some sort OF
legislation during the coming session.
Senator Ball said that everyone ne
had approached on the subject was In
favor of a merger, from the street car
riders to the officials of the compa-
nies, but that no two persons had the
same plan for a merger that would
prove equitable to each company ana
the public.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
BUSINESS women
TO MEET AT y.W.C.A.
Their Problems to Be Discussed
BY Or. Ada R. Thomas and
Other Speakers.

A two-day conference will be held
in the Y. w. c. A. building. 1888 II
street. Tuesday and wednesday. un-
der the auspices of the Business
Women's Department OF the Young
Women's Christian Association. Prob
lens affecting business and profess
sional women will be discussed.
On Tuesday the speakers will be
DR.. Ada r. Thomas. who will talk on
the topic, Health and the Business
Woman" and Miss Gertrude MacAr-
thur, who will discuss Seeking a Full
ler Life"
At the night session. Miss Gertrude
Van Hoesen will speak on Qualities
that Make for Success in Business.
and Miss Theodore Butcher on "Vo-
cations Open to Women"
Mrs. Robert Lansing will preside at
the Wednesday night session. Judge
Kathryn Sellers, of the Juvenile
Court. will discuss "Civic Responsible
tiles" Some Federal Laws that In
terest Women" will be the title OF a
paper read by Mrs. Annette Abbott
Adams, assistant to the Attorney Gen.
eral
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
GAVE BAD CHECK WHEN
HE WED: BACK IN Pen

CLARKSBURG, w. Va. April a.
Ralph b. Rule, a matrimonial speed
ster. who wed two girls in as many
months while out on parole from the
Atlanta Penitentiary is now back in
that institution.
In the garb of an American soldier.
Rule came to this city a few months
ago, met Miss Ina T. Boone, of Bessie,
w. Va, and in a few days the couple
were married, the ceremony being
performed in this city by the Rev.
J. w. Graves, of the Clarksburg
Baptist Church. He gave the pastor
check for S35 for a fee and got
some money back. The pastor after
ward learned the signature was a
forgery.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
SEPARATE PEACE
PLAN NOW READY

Plans for terminating the technical
state Of war between Germany and
the United States in q manner en-
tirely in keeping with the Harding
Administrations recently ANNOUNCED
policy OF holding the Germans to
"strict accountability" for the war
have been completed for action at the
opening of Congress.
This became known following
President Harding's two-hour confer
ence yesterday with Senator Knox
author Of the original so-calIed sepa
rate peace resolution, who was called
here from Valley Forge. Pa, when IT
became obvious that a separate peace
In some forms would be out of har-
mony with the Harding policy toward
German reparations.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL
One OF FAKER'S PLANS

CHICAGO, April 3.-Everett Hard
| ings attempt to climb the family
tree Of President Harding ended dis
astrously and brought him to a cell.
where he is held today on a charge of
| impersonating a Government officer.
Harding, who is twenty-six years
old, claims to be cousin of the
President.
Besides the formal charge of i'm
personating a Government officer, for
which United States Commissioners
Mason held him in bond OF $4,000. the
matter of a check for 81 ,9oS25. which
he is alleged to have given the Penn
sylvania railroad in payment for u
private car to Washington at the time
OF the Harding inaugural and which
a bank branded worthless, hangs
over the head OF Harding.
BABY FALLS WITH HIM.
The tumble of Harding from the
heights OF popularity gained on the
strength of his claimed relationship
to the President, carried with II
Pearl Harding, his youthful sister
who has been widely heralded as
the new white House baby" Gov
ernment agents here today declared
that President Harding never had
seen Everett Harding nor Pearl
and that the girl never had been
invited to come and live at the
white House.
Harding's arrest came as a shock.
II is said, to several Chicagoans for
whom he had promised to obtain
Federal appointments.
On his trip to the inaugural cere-
monies at Washington Harding took a
photographer from a fashiona BILE Chi
caeo studio Photo1raphs Of his ma rt "
| in various inaugural activities were
sent broadcast, 1t is alleged, and pub
lished in many newspapers, together
with stories OF how Pearl Harding
was to be the White House baby"
PLANNED $1,000, 900 HOTEL.
Among activities attributed to
Harding Is a projected million dollar
Harding hotel" here, in which sew
eral Chicagoans are said to have in
vested. He is said also TO have
| planned the establishment Of a maga-
| zine to which the President was to
have been an editorial contributor.
His lavish entertaining on the trip
! to Washington and after his return
won for Harding a membership in one
Of the leading clubs Of Chicaso.
when arrested Harding was selling
candy at a country fair" being held
In the arena here. A 1ambuoyant
sign above the booth proclaimed that
"Harding's chocolates" were the best
in the world"
Harding admitted, Government Of
fcials said, his impersonation of a
Government officer. but stoutly main
tanned his relationship to the Presi-
dent. Cousin Warren" he said, told
me himself we were related. / never
would have known of IL otherwise"
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
BOARD TO INSPECT
ANNAPOLIS IN MAY
Three Day Routine of Drills and
Exercises Arranged
for Visitors.

ANNAPOLIS, April st was an
nounced today that the board OF visi-
tors, appointed by the President and
Congress to inspect the Naval Acad-
emy and report upon it's needs. would
spend the period, May al, at Annapolis
A routine of drills and practical ex-
ercises will be inaugurated on the
morning OF Tuesday, May 3. by an Of
ficial reception by Rear Admiral A. II.
Scales, superintendent of the Acad-
omy. and the officers OF the Academic
staff. and the members OF the board
will visit and inspect every depart
ment of the institution.
The inspection will include, in ad-
dition to that of the Naval Academy
proper, these departments: Engineer
ing experimental station, rifle range.
postgraduate department, and naval
hospital
These are the members OF the
board appointed by the President: DIR.
Albert r. Hill. University OF Missouri;
DR.. Kenneth c. NJ. Stills, Bowdoin Col
lege: DR.. Arthur N. Talbot, University
of Illinois; DR.. william G. Riddick,
North Carolina State College; DR..
Henry L. Smith, Lexington, Va; DR..
Benjamin /. Wheeler, University OF
California;; DIR. Irving Fisher, Yale
University.
Appointed by the Vice President
United States Senators Carroll S. Page
Vermont: l.. Heisler Ball, Delaware;
Henry w. Keys, New Hampshire;
Thomas j. Walsh, Montana; Park
Trammell. Florida.
Appointed by the Speaker OF the
House of Representatives: Congress
men Clifton N. Macarthur, oregon; Ed
ward f. Denison, Illinois: Frank d.
Scott. Michigan: William p. oliver,
Alabama; Benjamin G. Humphreys,
Mississippi.
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
DENIES DRIVE
ON TOBACCO

Reports that the Womans Chris
tian Temperance Union Is about to
launch a campaign against tobacco
and Sunday laxness were today
branded as false by Mrs. Emma San
ford Shelton, president Of the Dis
trict branch of the organization.
REPORTS FALSE.
The reports, she declares. which are
false in spirit and letter. were based
on the union call for It's annual DAY
Of Prayer for the better observance
OF the Lords day, custom OF many
years standing.
"It is well known that since its in
ceptiop the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union has been teaching the
young the effects OF tobacco on the
human system and trying. in common
with educators and physicians, 20
stop its use by the immature" stated
Mrs. Shelton.
I'VE have also deeply deplored the
use Of cigarettes by our girls, but
that we are entering a campaign on
either of these subjects Is absolutely
false.
SEEKS MORE MEMBERS.
I'VE are in q membership cam
paign, since our program of work in
Americanization, child welfare. social
morality. Christian citizenship and
kindred subjects. as well AZ our inter-
est In the enforcement of the Law Of
prohibition, calls for more workers.
'It may be OF interest to the pubic
to know that for over forty years the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
has been working for Americaniza-
tion and child welfare under less
high-sounding names, so that we have
adapted the new names to an old, old
work.
'Tn closing, let me again deny most
emphatically that the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union is seeking
either to take tobacco from its adult
users or foist any blue laws upon the
public"
The Washington times., 1921-04-03
HARDING KIN
WORKED FAST
Chartered Pullman to "Cousin
Warren's Inaugurap'-SOld
Stock in Hotel.

Everett A. Harding, held in Chi
cago on a charge of impersonating
Federal officer, is not related to the
President, as he claims, 1t has been
learned.
While the White House would have
nothing to say regarding the matter
and is taking no hand in the case, it
is known that the Chicago man also
has been representing himself as an
assistant secretary to the President,
the position held by Rudolph Foster.
Letters SO addressed have been
reaching the White House.
ARREST NOT ASKED.
Jimmy" Sloan, former secret serv-
ice man. who acted as President Hard
ings bodyguard during the campaign
and now is attached to the White
House executive staff. went to Chi
cago to make an investigation. He
was told that Everett A. Harding Is
The brother of the young girl who
has been widely reported as having
been invited by the President and
Mrs Harding to come to the White
House to live with them. No such in
vitation ever was issued or thought
Of
1t was understood that Mr.. Sloan's
object in going to Chicago was not
t" cause an arrest. but to end the
annoyance and embarrassment that
has been caused the President. Ap-
parently this effort failed and the
arrest followed.
Besides the reported invitation to
his sister to become a member of the
White House family. the Chicago
Harding chartered special Pullman
car in which he brought a party of
friends to Washington for the in
augurstion and is said to have done
numerous other things on the claim
of relationship with the President.