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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
STEEL CAR PLANT
 READY BY MAY l
ChickasaW Company Will Turn Out Twenty-Five Complete
 Cars a Day

Birmingham is soon to have a pressed stee. car plant The Louisville and Nash vile railroad has ordered 300 gondolas and 300 coke cars of the Chickasaw Ship building and Car company. This is part of the road s recent order for 2700 cars.
 The pressed steel car plant is nearing completion. May 1 is understood to be the outside date expected for it's full op- era ton. Cars have already been made there for the Steel Corporation. It turns out the finished product.
 Taking orders for cars for trunk lines is notice that the Chickasaw company IS in the car making business at large and expects to be turning them out in the very near future.
 The plant is to have a maximum ca- oacity of 25 ears, complete per day The works are so synchronized with the fap- ricating and structural steel shops as to be a portion of them.
 The same machinery will turn out shapes for cars, or shapes for ships and other structural lines. The car works will serve to keep the plant busy when demand for other steel shapes may not be active.
 Tae Louisville and Nashville railroad is ordering another complement of coke cars. These cars are used exclusively Tn the district and keep coke moving from ovens to the industrial plants in shuttle like fashion. They saved the day for many coke users during the coal car priority regime.
 first new and big completed industry of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
FIVE MEMBERS ATLANTA
 PRESSMEN'S UNION JAILED
Ry Associated Press

.
 Atlanta, February S.-Five local printing pressmen went to jail today rather than pay fines~assessedl for com tempt of court in their alleged viola Ition of an injunction against inter- fering with nonunion employees during Ia recent strike.
 q have the money in my pocket to pay our fines" said O. L. McMichacl, president of Atlanta local, No. &, In ternational Printing Pressmen anl As sistants' Union of North America. McMichael and Joe E. White were sem fenced to pay a fine of $500 or serve 30 days, and the three others were given the alternative of $50 or 10 days. They are Will Walton, Lonnie Hearn and A. S. Woodson.
 We did nothing we did not have a right to do, and we came to jail to awaken organized labor to the danger which threatens it through govern ment by injunction" said McMichael.
 Ten men were held in contempt of court, but two of them, Herman Rausschenberg and l.. A. Lohez, paid fines of $50 each. The other three are out of the city all having been out on bond pending final action by Judge w. D. Ellis in superior court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
HARDING IS FORCED TO
 ABANDON VACATION SHIP
By Associated Press

Daytona, Fla. February S.-After a days outing in Senbreeze and Daytona' President -elect Harding returned to his stranded M houseboat.g Victoria II. Mosquito lag oon tonight to paek his baggage and to finally bid farewell 10 the vacation ship.
 All efforts to pull the Victoria out of the mud failed today and MT Hard ing decided not to wait longer for her to resume her northward cruise. He expects to come ashore tomorrow morning and complete his trip up the coast to St Augustine by train. The Presdent-elect's return to the house. boat involved many difficulties, the party threading a narrow jungle trail f ,nd p', a ire a' q along rickety pier to board the launch that took them out to the Victoria. The trip furnished fl v oinpan o, piece to Mir. Harding's experience last November when he attempted to leave Point Isabel, Texas, after similar bad luck had broken up ds vacaliol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
NEWS OF DEATH
 SHOCKS ANNISTON
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Camp Mcclellan at Anniston, and Tn many ways had performed good service for the whole of the Fourth district,
 The body will reach Anniston We'd nesday morning on the Atlanta train due at $50 and will await the arrival of the congressional delegation to come from Washington. Pending definite hour ot arrival, no funeral arrangements have been made, but the burial will probably occur Friday afternoon. Dr. Hughes and Master Fred L. Blackmon, Jr., --vho ac- companied his father on his Florida trip, will Accompany the body to Anniston, the party to be joined at several places en route by relatives and friends.
 MT. Blackmon is survived by his wife and two children, one brother. Ross Blackmon of this city. and five sisters, Mrs Len F. Greer of Annston, Mrs. James $. Morris of Florida Mrs. Walter Heifner of Oxford, Mrs. Ola Hogg of Cedartown, Ga and Mrs.s Jessie May Scott of Decatur. Ga.
 State Senator W. F. Acker of Anniston and a former law partner of the deceased statesman, and Lamar Jeffers, who op~ posed the congressman in the 1920 prI- mary, are being prominently mentioned among the Anniston men as the probable successor to Mir. Blackmon's seat in Con- gross, the vacancy caused by his death to be filled by appointment of Gov. Thomas E. Kilby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
CONDITION OF 16 JAILS GENERALLY SATISFACTORY

Montgomery. February S.-tSpeciai.)- Reports submitted to Gov. Thomas E.. Kilby upon the condition of 16 county jails and various almahouses show these Institutions to be generally well Kept, The state prison inspector reporting on the Bibb county jail said that at the time of inspection the roof leaked, the steam heating plant was not heating the building properly, panes of glass were m ssing from the windows and the plumbing was practically all to pieces. Conditions at the almshouse, the inspec- tor says, were also unsatisfactory. Pris- oners in the Franklin county jail com plained of the food. the inspector states. and he recommends the cleaning, paint ing and ridding of vernin of the apart ment occupied by white men. In the other counties visited conditions in jalls and almshouses were found to be good as a rule
 Conditions of county jails in the fol- lowing counties were reported on: Bibo. Franklin, Lee. Macon, Cullman, Chiffon, Walker Lamar, Fayette, Blount, Lau- derdale, Colbert, Marion. Pickens and Bullock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
NOT PLEASED WITH SCHOOL LOCATION
Girls Industrial School Com mittee Would Exchange Site
 for AImshouse Land

At meeting of the board of revenue of Jefferson county yesterday, Mrs Bos- ! tick and committee representing the Girls Industrial school located at Mat suynna, appeared before the board and s stated they were desirous of selling the property on which this institution was located or to exchange it for the land on which the a1mshouse is located.
 It was pointed out that on account of the distance being so great to Brming- ham the expense bringing the girls to town for medical treatment was so great that those in charge thoughs it best to dispose of the property or secure a place closer to town.
 The committee stated it would either exchange the property for that on which the almshouse is located or to either consider a price submitted by the board for the said almshouse property No ac- tion was taken on this matter.
 Dr. J, A. Ramsey, secretary of the Dairymen's Association of Jefferson cbunty appeared before the board in the interest of the elimination of tubercular infected cows He stated that he has conferred with Dr. Becker of the United States bureau of animal industry who had informed him that he would furnish two veterinarians for the purpose of inspecting the different herds of cattle throughout the county provided the board of revenue would likewise furnish two veterinarians for this work for d period of six months. This matter was referred to the health committee for the purpose of holding conference with the city and county health departments so as to see what cooperation the county could get in this work.
 Several other matters were passed on ard a number of bills ordered paid. The board authorized Judge Dan eGrcene, presiding judge of the circuit court. to occupy the courtroom formerly occupied by the late Judge John c. Pugh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
 NEW ELEVATOR FOR CITY HALL SERVICE

Visitors to the city hall soon will be carried to the upper regions of that edi- flee in the new elevator now being in stalled, according to City Purchasing Agent D. E. Mckinley, who stated yes- terday that the work of installing the new elevator and new, front on the old one would be completed in about 10 days. The work, when finished, will represent an outlay of about $8,0O0
 The new elevator is being put in pri- marily to take care of the large crowds of people who visit the library on the fourth floor after school hours. As mat ters now stand, it is nothing to wait on the first floor until four and five loads are carried up before latecomers can De accommodated" MT. Mckinley said.
 The new type 2f front, which is being adapted to both elevators Will enapie them to carry more loads during the day, as entering and leaving are eXpe- dited under this system, according to MT Mckinley. Under the new type or construction, the elevator front opens from both sides at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
COURT OF APPEALS
 REMANDS BROGDEN
 CASE FOR RETRAL
By FRED H. GORMLEY Montgomery, BurcatI, The Age Herald 221-2 First National Bank Building

Montgomery, February S.-(Special.)- The fact that Ed Brogden of St. Clair county made no statement, but main taned a strict silence when placed under arrest by officers of the law for alleged moonshining, should not be regarded as an indication of his guilt of the same, constituted the ground upon which the Alabama court of appeals Tuesday re- versed the judgment of the lower court which convicted Brogdon, and remandsd the case for a new trial.
 The higher court ruled that the trial court was in error in stating in it's charge to the jury that along with other evi- dence they might take into account Brogdon's silence when he was arrested in determining his guilt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
FATTY ARBUCKLE IN
 "BREWSTER'S MILLIONS"

Fatty Arbuckle as Brewster in Brew ster's Millions, at the Strand all this week. is one of the best comedy-dramas that has ever featured him. The rolick ing Brewster, who has to spend mil lion dollars in a year or lose large fortune, thinks up every imaginable plan for spending money, and still there re- mains the better part of the original mil- lion.
 One of the many comcal scenes in the picture is when Brewster conceivcs the idea that it would be almost expensive to pay for the handsome clothes of his guests at a dance if something would just happen to ruin them. Something does happen, for Brewster sees to that with the aid of some smoke to start a fire scare and some large hose to put it out Incidentally he washes a number of guests from their feet and annoys them in other small ways. Other comedy scenes are as good as this, for the entire pr oduction abounds in swift, moving, snappy fun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
BOTH AMENDMENTS APPEAR DEFEATED

Montgomery, February S.-Meager un- official returns from 25 counties received here tonight indicate the defeat of the proposal to amend the constitution to increase the interest rate to be paid on S,00G,@0 good roads bonds authorized under an amendment ratified last Fep- ruary, and since held unconstitutional. with a fair opportunity for ratification of the second proposal which is designed to strengthen the laws protecting the suffrage of the state.
 Figures compiled by the Montgomery Advertiser at midnight gave the bond amendment proposal y552 votes to l,oe against, while the suffrage proposal had received 2,950 votes to 1,03l against. The lightest vote over cast in an amendment election was revealed in specials received by that newspaper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
TWO NEGRO HOUSES ARE
 WRECKED BY DYNAMITE FOLLOWING WARNINGS

Jacksonville, Fla, teDruary 9.-TwO negro hot ses were partially wrecked m south Jacksonville at an early hour this morning by an explosion of dynamite placed under one of the structures. There was no loss of life. Bill Bell, ne- gro. however, had a miraculous escape from death as the whole rear end of his house was demolished. Apparently two sticks of dynamite were placed under the house as there were two separate ex- plosions. The force of the charge blew off corner of an adjoining house which was unoccupied.
 Bell was aione in the house at the time of the explosion. Recently all negro houses located in that section of south Jacksonville were playcarded with anonymous warning occupants to yacate the property at once. Practically all negroes needed the warning and it was stated this morning that Bell recently moved into the house as a daretalxer.
 Police are endeavoring to run down those SuIty Oe 1ile crtine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
ADJUSTMENTS BY EsTELLE BETHEA HALE
GOOD COMEDIANS IN NEIL
 O'BRIEN'S MINISTRIES

Sugar Foot Gaffeny is pronounced ''r.ght there" on minstrel entertainment; by those who have seen the Neil Q Brien minstfels at the Jefferson thea tre. Sugar Foot" does all one man can to make merry and is ably assisted by some other good minstrel men. Among them is the popular Danny Duncan, Lew Wilson, who sang Chilly Bean" with 80 and jazz, and some other who alsu sang and danced in support. Lew Will son was noticeably good in his yodlins songs and in pleasing speciality that IS something different in the minstrel
 The show has an elaborate stage set ting and a very well-proportioned mix ture of song, dance and comedy. The first part this year has particularly pretty and costly setting and is said to be a decided novelty in minstrel first parts and extremely effective. The min strel will be at the Jefferson for per formances through tonight and the spe- cial matinee this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
DRY ACT PROHIBITS
 LIQUOR TRANSPORT
 THROUGH AMERICA
Continued From Page one.)

they added, have failed to reach the ports or trace has been lost of shipments to Mexico.
 Shipping board officials expressed con- siderable interest in the effect of the acr- ing Attorney Generals opinion upon the risht of American ships plying between foreign ports with cargoes of liquor.
 Discussing the question of whether pos session would be in the owner or in the carrier, MT Nebeker declared that both transportation and possession are within i. the territory of the United States" Such a construction, it was said. might mean the extension of the Attorney General S recent ruling that the flag follows the ships in the matter of the sale of liquor to the question of transportation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
Library Committee Won't
 2 Accept Suffrage Statue
By Associated Press

Washington, February S.--The sui fragists have suffrage statue that they want to present to the capltoi February 15 but so far they have been unable to get the joint library commit tee of Congress to accept 1t because, the national woman's party charges in d statement tonight, of strong anti suffrage feeling in the committee.
 "lnnumerable excuses are being or fered" the party statement declared,
 such as that there are now enough statues in the capitol, a fact not pre- viously discovered or there should be no statues or that all statues before going into the capitol should reside for three years in museum. Since none of these theories was ever produced before, the deduction seems obvious.
 Thef statue, which was made for the womans party, includes portrait busts of three suffrage pioneers, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady stanton and Lucretia Mott.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
BELIEVES BUILDING
 MOVEMENT STARTING

The American Lumberman believes the building programme, so long held back, will soon be getting into full sway. inci- dent to efforts or financial. commercial and industrial interests to bring it about. It looks for easier money
 Demand for lumber has picked up but production is still low. The magazine says
 Tn the lumber industry production con- tinues at low ebb though some mills that have ~been idle since the Christmas holidays are beginning to resume opera tions. Demand has increased materially, but business placed has carried a very low price. There have been some price advances noted in southern pine, and there is a stronger tendency apparent in all the woods.
 Reports from hardwood producing cen ters indicate for the first time in several months 8 feeling of optimism. The grad ual resumption of operations by the wood-using factories is opening up an avenue for the distribution of hardwood that practically has been closed for some time.
 West coast woods continue to move slowly. In fact, the rail movement now is lower than it has been tor years, ana the only bright spot in connection with business on the coast is the large amount of lumber that is moving by water for both the domestic and foreign trade''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
SNAPPY COMEDY
 HEADS BILL AT LOEW'S

Let's Co., the snappy musical com edy that is headlining the weeks opening bill at Loews Bijou theatre, will appear for the last time at, this afternoons and evenings performances This sketch, which features Billy Batchelor. Hazel Vert and Bob Brown. is chock full of laughs. songs and dances and has proved more than pleasing to Loews patrons.
 Craig and Catto are an eccentric couple featuring comedy chatter and songs; Fred Grey and Nellie Graham are offering their musical sketch, The New Musical Bell Boy. Bert Brennan and Josephine Marley are appearing in song revue, and Bert Weston and Billie Ma .rion have a jazzy dance cycle that is full of pep.
 Olive Thomas in "Evervbody's Sweet heaft." is the film attraction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
MOBILE. MARDI GRAS ENDS
1921 Season Comes to Successful
 Close Last Night
Ry Assoclated Press

Mobile. February s.--The mardi gras season of 1921 came to a successful close tonight when the magnificent street pa geant of the Order of Myths whose his tory dates back to 1888 without missing a single parade. The subject chosen by the myths was "Rubiayat of Omar Khay Yam depicted in eight beautiful floats The ball of the society followed at the Battle House attended by sey- eral thousand persons.
 The day was q legal holiday and hun dreds of maskers were on the streets both day and at night. in fact. larger in numbers than in years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
JUDGE. .ABERNETHY TRIES 5000 CASES
 IN COURSE OF YEAR

Fines and costs amounting to s54,l02
 were collected in Judge H. B. Aber-
 nethy's division of the Jefferson county
 court of misdemeanors during the year of 1920 James C. Williams. clerk of the
 court, has just completed his annual
 report and submitted it to the judge.
 During that period 6.G00 cases were
 tried. Of this number 3.c9l were on mis- den eanor docket A." 1,T5 on misde meanor docket B. and 1134 on felony docket co
 According to the report S41 527 was paid
 to the county and s12575 to the sheriff Fines collected amounted to Sl3.5Iy, clerks cost, A312l solicitors fee. sl0,s1i; policemen. $3,9-0; law enforcement ot- fee. sSS; sheriffs offce.~ $l2, l25 75, and O.. S. Finch, license inspector, $265. This is considered a splendid report for this division of the court, according to officials and much credit is due to the officers in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
Hotel Clerk Dies

Julius K. sams. age $, clerk of tn Exchange hotel. died> of heart failur while attending to his duties at tn hotel shortly after 9 o'clock yesterda morning. Mir. Sams was talking to visitor at the hotel when he suffered tn attack. He died before physical could be summoned.
 The deceased lived at 1102 Thirteent street. south. and is survived by widow and one son. The body will b sent by Johns early this morning t Columbus, Ga. for burial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
ACCUSED OF lNFANTICIDE

Sylacauga, February s.-Charged with the murder of an infant whose body was found floating in an old we'll lseveral days ago, Charles Wallace, lwell known Talladega county man. was arrested this afternoon at odena,
 and will be given preliminary trial
 Thursday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
MOBILE COUNTY

Mobie February s.-(Special, Jon ac- count of Mardi Gras, only two-thirds of the voting pieces of Mobile were open, and it is not believed 400 votes were cast. At 9 o'clock only few boxes had been return to the office of.She sheriff which totaled 400 and according to the election officers, the swo amendments received a majority. but nothing official on this will be known until the official count is made On account of the redistrictins Of the city there we've numerous mix-ups in the election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
Motor Scout Injured

B. J. Sellers. police motorcycle scou was seriously injured about [ o'eioc last night when the motorcycle whle he was riding collided with an automt bile at the corner of Sixteenth stree and Third avenue, north
 He was removed to the Birninghal infinlarv immediately and at lat hour last night it was reported that I was resting comfortably but had sui taired several dangerous cuts about th shoulders and head
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
THE NORTH WINDS
 MALICE" AT ALCAZAR

Tn "The North Winds Malice" which opens at the Alcazar today to show through Saturday, Rex Beach has writ ter & stirring drama of the frozen north around a novel set of characters The drama is said to afford unusual oppor- tunities for acting. He also employs an ale gorical figure callsd ''The Spirit of Malice.' which is very effective.
 The two outstanding figures among the rren are played by Joe King and Tom Santschi. Both are in love with Lois Folsom, played by Jane Thomas. When
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
TROPICAL DANCER
 FEATURE AT LYRIC

Dore, the tropical dancer with George
 kalaluhis Hawaiians, is proving the
 brightest spot on the Lyric bill. The
 whole number is considered thoroughly delightful and entertaininf. The remainder of the programme is made up of Francis and Kennedy, pre- senting an unusual offering of laughs, sons and dances; Landora and Beckman iE a novelty comedy act; Bert Wheeler ano company, in an automobile comed' paptomime, and Manning and Hall in v Got Lot"
 The screen attraction is Chamber of Mystery"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
RAIDS GET RESULTS
Coost County Officers Find Stills
 Liquor and Men

Clanton, February S.-Three illicit distilleries. one having a capacity of 20 gallons and the others 100 gallons each, were raided in Coosa county to- day by Federal Agent Borden. Sheriff Gore and deputies of Chiffon county, 2200 gallons of beer being destroy d and two men, William Minor and Andy cleckley. being arrested at the larger still
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
WILLIAM FARNUM IN .IF | WERE KING"

Imaginative to the last degree and pur- posely overdrawn for effect If We're King" with William Farnum, at ths Rialto, makes picturesque screen at traction. The action of the picture takes place in a court of the olden days and is largely composed of court doings in. trisues. plots. subplots, treachery and true love of the kind found when knight hood was in flower.
 The star, William Farnum, is really su- rerb as the vagabond, who becomes grand constable and almost king. Mos fans who know the actor would be able
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
Stolen Stocks Recovered
Ky Associated Press

By AssOClateu PrcSS
 Boston. February S.-Stocks and bonds worth s52,oo0, part of lot stolen from Mcclure Read X Jones, New York brokers. last September. have been Se- covered here, but the man who offered them for sale has not appeared to claim the proceeds. The police. in announcing the recovery of the securities today, said man who registered at a hotel as Will liam R. Washburn sent the securities to brokers here by messenger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-09
BIJTLER COUNTY

Greenv1lle, February S.-(Special)--Ths Greenville precincts gave the following vote in today's election Amendment No II, AS for and S6 against; amendment No |s, IF for and 27 against. The vote in the county was very light and the ndica- tions are that all precincts will vote overwhelmingly in favor of amendment No. 2 and will vote amendment No 1 down by a big majority. Official count in 19 out of the 23 voting precincts ef Butler county give the following re suits: Amendment No. l. l04 for and llo against; amendment No. ?, 456 for and eS gainst.