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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02

bama Red Cross officer will reach home.
 As soon as Captain Fitzpatrick reaches this country he will start for Mobile, according to his present plans. In his letters to pr. Fitzpatrick, he has especially asked that neither of his two brothers pr. Fitzpatrick and R. H. Fitzpatrick of Hattiesourg, meet him In New York. but that he be al- lowed to make the trip to Mobile alone. On account of his request the brothers will make the arrival of Captain Fitzpatrick In Mobile his real home coming. The relatives and friends of the officer will come here to meet him and celebrate his return after long Imprisonment in Russia.
 To Visit Hughes
 Captain Fitzpatrick will stop at Washington for a few days to pay his respects to Secretary of State Hughes and Senator Underwood, the two men whom he credits for his re- lease. He will then come to Mobile. The plans of the officers relatives are vague, pending his arrival and knowl- edge of the exact condition of hts health. The last letter received by Dr. Fitzpatrick says that the officer has gained 20 pounds since his re- lease and has gone a long way to- ward recovery Mobile will entertain Captain Fitzpatrick only a few days on the first trip.
 He will visit his home Uniontown, for few days, and If his health makes it necessary, he will go west for recuperation.
 The officer Is now engaged in writ ing a book of his experiences in Rus sia, In which he will give every detail of his life in several prison camps. and his treatment St the hands of the soviet troops. He will tell of condi- tons as he observed them in Russia, and will bring in the intimate story of his release. The book will be first published in syndicate form through the Chicago Tribune Syndicate. A series of lecture tours Is also con- templated by Captain Fitzpatrick. He has written his brother here of an offer he has received to speak from a Chautauqua platform and says he has practically decided to accept when his health Is sufficiently recovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
JOHN B. WEAKLEY
 ROBBED OF $500

y3sln B. Weakley, attorney, was robbed of $500 yesterday noon after cashing checks Aggregating S55O in the American Trust and Savings bank.
 Mir. weakiey reported to police headquarters that he had gone from his office in the American Trust building to the bank to cash the checks. After obtaining the money he said that he placed 1t in a pocket book in his inside coat pocket. From the bank he went across the street to fruit stand to make a purchase for which he changed s5 bill. Upon reaching his office he found that the pecketbook containing the money was missing. He stated to the po- lice that the denominations of the bills were 20 s10 bills, 10 s20 and 30 s5 bills. amounting to s55o in all and about $50 more in bills already in the purse before he had gone to the bank.
 The case was turned over to the detective department for inyestiga- ton, but no clues as to the identity of the thief could be found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
DANGER 0F WAR IN JAP-RUSS-GERMAN
 ALLIANCE IS SEEN
By Associated Press

Budapest, October 1.-The future of the world Is decidedly dark for the eastern hemisphere, says Prof Henry Marczali, the famous Hungarian his- torian and philosopher. He told the correspondent that the balance of H. nancial, economic and labor superior ity had shifted to America for years to come.
 "A few years and Russia will be as powerful as 1t was before the war. he asserted. The fate of Russia will decide the fate of Europe ana perhaps that of the whole world as well. The Germans. hated by the. French and mistrusted by the other big powers, will find their natural ally in Russia. And if the difference between America and Japan becomes aggravated. formidable alliance or Japan, Russia and Germany will soon make the world realize, that lasting peace never was farther off the hori- zon of humanity than in our days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
PLANS COMPLETE
 FOR NIGHT SCHOOL
'. N. C. A. Night School to Open Six-Month SeS-
 sion October 10

The night school of the local Y NJ C. A. will open the is21-92 session on Monday evening, October 10. at o'clock. and will continue in ses- sion until, April 90, 1922. The law course will continue until June 10. 1922
 Among the courses to be offered by the eschool will be mechanical
 If the solution is efficient and India is pacified, Ireland reconciled, ,England's hegemony is secure for tho next century; if not, the hegemony passes to the younger branch of tho Anglo-Saxons; the United States" drawing, machine design and strength of materials, blue print reading. shop arithmetic. practical electricity, higher accounting. stenog- raphy and twpewriting. business English, commercial. arithmetic. pub lic speaking, salesmanship, credit management, and law. A special course has been arranged for older boys.
 The list of instructors includes B. s. Gatchell of Moore & Handley Hardware company: R. J. Wilson Of the Chickasaw Shipbuildins com pany; H. c. Cox of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company; rk- Ms W dTnt oI tAt oCOutcH hOhVf company; Eugene Knight of War ren, Knight and Davis, architects; R. E. Alverson of Massey Business col lege; c. C. Greer of Central High school George L. Bailes, assistant city attorney: W. I. Pittmsn. south ern manager of the Volunteer State Life Insurance company and II. A. Porter of the Tyler Grocery company The law faculty includes. Judge Ed gar Allen, J. II. Willis. Frank Domi- nick, Henry II. Howze, and Judge Hugh L. Black.
 The school Is open to any man or older boy. Membership in the Y. M. c. A. Is not required, though those having membership cards will be given a small discount in tuition fees. Through the cooperation of the trustees of the war fund the school will be able to make a reduo- ton of 50 per cent to limited num- Der of ex-service men. The school will be under the direction of H. l.. Howell educational director.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
BURRUSS SPEAKS AT CAPITOL PARK
Half a Dozen Candidates Ad- dress Small Crowd on
 Political Issues

IT. F. Burruss addressed a smah crowd in the interest of his candi- dacy for president of the city conn mission at Woodrow Wilson park last night. Five other candidates, running for associate commissioner, spoke briefly through the courtesy of MT. Burruss. They were Mrs. Myr- tie W. Shell, w. R. Mabry, W. B. Cloe. w. E. Dickson and M. A. Dins- more
 MT. Burruss reviewed his activities during the administration about to close, declaring he never had a chance to handle his department as 1t should have been handled. He came out strong against secret trans action of public business
 It was announced that William l. Harrison would hold a rally at Wood row Wilson park tomorrow night, preparatory to leaving for the legis- lature at Montgomery Tuesday morning. Matt Murphy and John ". Altman will speak in his behalf also at this meeting. All other candl- dates are invited to the meeting.
 W. L. White spoke at the Elyton school and at a barbecue in North Birmingham Mir. White and W. Q. Broyles, candidate for president, will hold a joint rally tomorrow night at odd Fellows hall, West End. ..s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
By Associated Press

Elizabethtown, H.. October l. Hidden here in Hardin county. off
 the beaten path of transportation. the
 oldest sluorspar mine In America. and l likewise the largest in the world, was recently discovered" by the rest of l the country when strike disorders brought newspaper men to this south
 eastern corner of Illinois.
 Not since the James boys rode | through Kentucky and crossed the Ohio river near here has this quaint | little county seat village--the second oldest settlement in Illinois--experi- | enced so much excitement unless fl
 was during the hectic days of recon struction. when night riders. the Ku Kux Klan and border whitecapp6rs kept southern Illinois and northern Kentucky in a ferment.
 l The Hardin county fluorspar veins are the largest in the United States | The main vein. running northeast and 1 southwest across a portion of ths county, ranges from 6 to 30 feet wide | is being worked on the 600-foot level and diamond drills which have pene- | trated 1900 feet have failed to find l the bottom Rosiclare kmine, in oper- ation more than 40 years, holds g 1 worlds record for tonnage produced | Unlike coal veins in the neighborine counties, which lie flat in bed" or "blanket" formation, the main fluor- | spar vein stands on edge, and is mined | under the same conditions as it's sis | ter hard rock minerals in Colorado and the west. In the eastern part oi l Tyr |. | Cave-in Rock. there is a blanket vein 1 of spar which is mined much like coal.
 Has Many Uses
 Fiuorspar is used in industry for
 wide range of purposes The finest grade found, optical spar, goes into the making of optical instruments
 The opalescent glass industry and the enamelng works making kitchen utensils and bath room fixtures use coarser grade, only 9s per cent
 pure. Other grades go into the mak- ing of hydrochloric acid. aluminium
 and steel Ten pounds of spar are
 used as Aux in the making of each ton of steel, and 85 per cent of all spar mined goes into the steel in- dustry. Optical spar sold during the war at $30 an ounce and the grade uotu III Slccl ludhlHR al FoV d toH'
 While Elizabethtown has been the center of the strike trouble. there are no mines here, the center of the in- dustry being at Rosiclare, five miles away, where the strike was called on September Il, 1920. Union headquar- ters were established here, however, and various picnics. conventions and mass meetings held. until citizens took a hand September of this year and drove 150 union men from the town.
 Why Men Driven Out
 James A. Watson. Hardin county representative. Mayor George Wall Sheriff D. N Cox and States Attor- ney Clarence Seward. say the union mon were driven out because they patrolled the streets at night with armed guards, stopping citizens under the guise of protecting the life of Ed
 Carbine, union organizer
 The present strike is the second in the history of the fluorspar field the first having occurred in 1916. when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
Strike Disorders Bring the Largest
 Fluorspar Mine in World to Notice

an attempt to unionize the mines failed. The spar mines have been worked for more than 40 years. and prioir to that time the diggings yield ed lead and zinc, while the spar was thrown aside as worthless. During Civil war days q furnace was erected on the Ohio river bank to make bull lets from the lead found fin the Auor- spar veins. The ruined foundations of the old furnace still stand.
 Lead and zinc are now by-products of the spar mines, along with calcite. a rock crystal and limestone. The calcite is crushed for road building purposes or ground fine and sack ed as chicken grit, while the limestone Is ground up and sold to farmers for agriculture use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
HOME BUILDING
 AT ENSLEY ACTIVE

survey of the building situation in Ensley will reveal that there are more dwelling houses under constrpc- ton at the present time than in some time past With building material selling at a minimum price the own CTS of lots in that section are taking advantage of it, and are construct ing modern, substantial dwelling houses. mostly on the bungalow style. Besides the dwellings there are at present two large store build ings under construction.
 W. H. Waters of the Ensley Trans fer and Supply company, one of the largest dealers in building materials in that section, when discussing the building revival, said: Some things are off at present, but not the sale of building materials. There are. l should say, approximately 100 dwelling houses now under construc- ton, and as these houses are scat tered over the entire city you may knew that there Is no 'boomI in any one section. Plans are drawn for new houses daily which points to q coptinuance of the building revival"
 Following is a partial list of those having houses built J. M. Young, Thirtieth street at Nineteenth ave- nue; l.. E. King. 1912 North street; W. A. Poindexter, Central Park; Tony Garboni. roc Balsam avenue; Wiley Propst. Avenue and ThIr- tieth street; Ford-M Hyatt Realty com pany, College street: z. Resha, Ave nue H and Eighteenth street; c. Ii. Stamps. Ridgeway avenue; Earl Fan cher, Pike avenue; Fl. M. Murphy. Thirtieth street, on Ensley High lands; J. K. Cook, Terrell boulevard; F. J. Webb. Ridgeway avenue; T. J. Thornberry, 1117 Montgomery street; C. IT. Wood. Twenty eighth street and Teague avenue; B. II. Griffith. Pite avenue.
 J. c. Barrett is having erected a large brick structure at 2012 Ave- nue F. Ensley, which will house motorcycle repair shop. an auto ac- cessory supply store and machine shop. Work began last Monday and the erection of the building will be rushed, and according to plans the building will be ready for occupancy by November 15
 Miss Battle Chapman who is teaching school this year at Johns, is spending the weekend with her sis ter, Miss Edna Chapman.
 Miss Monterea Trucks left yester- day for Spartanburg. S. C., where she will be a student in Converse col lege this year.
 Miss Mary van de voort will leave Ensley Monday for Fort Worth, Tex, where she will spend her vacation visiting relatives.
 The Sesame Literary club will meet next Friday afternoon at 2'3O at the home of Mrs. J. J. Walker on Pike avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02

George B. Ward, former mayor of Birmingham, yes terday made the following statement regarding the ctys finances:
 behalf faithful commissioners of the pre- to besmrch their fouear record Commissioner Horndy be Barrett did not fall heir bankrupt goFernment did he He has not pulled the city of debt but has deeper debt-both bond issues and floating debt
 INCREASED TAXES All this in face of increase the from ss0 hundred increase of than as Today ssso See the tax coector notices noS gons In four years produced admin the preceding administration. Current revenue, Barrett $11 2000 Current revenue, years preceding 76960o0
 8,85sooo
 ALLEGED DEFICIT.
 Even there has beeen deficit of the sum too small to base campaign when compared with Dr. Barretts swollen the desire to dscrdt must be the alternate Dr. Barrett fairness should have informed the public of the hps n the T &eDenad asan the city entry decreased the fund saioooo and the sinking fund similar amount.
 fund if the breeding the entry Barrett administration must have made it in 1918
 SINKING FUND Notwithstanding it's small the preceding administration four placed the sinking fund than the Bar rett administration has in four years Deposited preceding administration .$752eo1 deposited by $226,O71
 EDUCATIONAL APPROPRIATION Dr. Barrett that he increased the educational appopria ton from $53oooo to s1,4ooooo.
 performance taxpayer puts up money through mill county na SC school tax and mill city school M tax it The money however only ss sod luck t Having the burden the lifted from the city treasury has saved his administration from During the Barrett administration has received ing admnsaon This than the whole school sys tenn cost during the preceding four years.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
COTTON sEDD OIL

New York, october i.-Whiie quiet cotton seed oil was firm through covering by timid shorts in antici' patton of a bullish government re- port Monday. Closing bids were g to 13 points net higher. Sales, 5000 barrels. Prime crude, 7.75@Sc; prime summer yellow spot. nominal October. s.65c; December, 9.57c; March, 9.7sc, all bid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02

group which sold the tickets for the benefit of Camp Wilcox. No, t7s2, stayed all day in order that rep resentative gathering from their or ganization might go to the Tennes- seq city. The reunion Is to be held October 25 26 and 27, and 3l of the Camp Wilcox Confederates have ex- pressed desire and the physical ability to make the trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
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 Geo. B. Ward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
Of Course You
 Admire Beauty
And If Your Face 1s Spotted With Pimples and Such Blemi.hss Get . Box of Stuart's Cal
 cium Wafers Today

All girls realize that today they are living in an age of beauty. A clean. velvety skin is . sure stepping stone to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
BAR SILVER

By Associated Press New York, October 1.--Foreign bar silver. 701sc: Mexican dollars, s$he.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02

In their uniforms they gave a sug- gestion Of long ago war, war that seems much more in the old past since the WorId conflict swept over the country and gave it thousands more of ex-soldiers. who one day will be old veterans" themselves.
 The headquarters of Camp Wilcox is maintained in the Young Mems Christian association building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
CAPT. K|LPATR|CK ID REACH MOBILE
 DURING OCTOBER
Alabama Red Cross Officer, Long In Soviet Prison, Is
 Writing a Book on His Experiences

Mobile. October 1-(Special.)--- Capt. Emmet Fitzpatrick Is coming come to Mobile on October 20. Pas sage has been secured on the Kroon- lands sailing from Liverpool October ', and the Alabama officer will reach New York on october IS. according to word recseived by his brother, Dr. c. c. Fitzpatrick. Little more than month after being released from a prison camp in soviet Russia the Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
Ward Makes Analysis of City's Finances

Former Mayor Defends Preceding Administration Says Dr. Barrett Has Not Pulled City Out of Debt, But Has Put It Deeper in Debt, Both
 in Bond Issues and Floating Debt
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-07
CHEVROLET OFFER APPEALS TC
PURCHASERS

The announcement made by the
Chevrolet Motor Company that it will
make a cash refund to all purchaser
Of model "Four-Ninety' automobile
is proving very popular with those
who are in the market for cars. The
commanding position of the company
in the automobile world naturally in
spires confidence in the plan and
more than usual interest in the buy
ing public. The logic and fairness Of
the announcement makes a peculiar
appeal to the business m sense
of the discriminating buyers.
In the light of the Chevrolet sales
record, it is regarded as certain that
$4,000 Chevrolet -Four Ninety" cars
will be sold by August LIST, in which
event the refunds of $1,000 on open
cars and light delivery wagons. and
$4,000 on closed cars will reach the
total of about $ $4,000, 100000.
The large production capacity and
up-to-date equipment of Chevrolet
"Four-Ninety" factories are well
known, and the ability of the %energet-
ic manufacturing organization to utiI-
ize the best quantity production meth
DDS is recognized as responsible for
the low price at which Chevrolet
"Four-Ninety" cars can be sold.
Under its new plan, the purchaser
is assured of this particular model at
the lowest possible price, and he par
ticipates in the effort of the company
to stimulate production and encOu",
age prosperity. He directly benefits
by the refund to himself of actual
cash.
That the announcement proved II
great interest to purchasers all over
the country is evidenced by the heavy
increases in sales reported by Chez
rolet dealers and retail stores. dur
ing the past week. H. F. Wiley Auto
Co., local dealers.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-07
HOG U DRAMA

April Fool yellow edition of The
C~olelgian says: "A clever talent farce
wa staged at Pierre a few weeks ago
in which many prominent men OF
South Dakota played a title role. The
play was given il two acts, one an
interior Gene in the state capital at
Pierre, the final act and tragic eli
max. at the official chamber Of the
governor of the state.
The curtain rises in the first act on
the legislative assembly at Pierre.
The bill, raising their salaries 800
each, has just been declared unconsti-
tutional by an inConSiderate Attorney
general and the atmosphere is gloomy,
A bill appropriating 10000 for build
ing a hog house at State college is
brought up for passage. Not being in
sympathy with the hogs Just then, the
bill is rejected.
The dramatic scene of the first act,
however, comes in the declining mo-
ments of the session. In despair the
prominent actors on this historic stage
are seeking some way out Of the diff
ficulty imposed upon their purses by
the attorney general. Then the lead
ing character Of the drama rose, and
in a sepulchral voice, moved that the
beneficiaries of the hog house bill be
changed and the benefits therefrom
be removed from the hogs of State
college and be conferred upon other
equally deserving recipients, to-wit:
the legislators of the state Of South
Dakota. In a chorus Of rejoicing
yeas the curtain fell on the first
act and the famous hog house drama
went down in the history of the benef-
cent Legislature of 1921.
A note OF tragedy in the second act
dampened the humOr of the first, and
somewhat cooled the ardor of the
prominent actors in tn @ legislative
scene. The last thrilling episode shows
Governor McMaster soiling the manu-
script Of the famous bill with guber-
Material ink which spelled the tragic
word veto" The curtain goes down
with slow music from the legislative
body and squeals Of delight from the
hog house at State college.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-07

state bearing his name, the Huronue
does not believe the state should
abandon its old name. The land of
the Dakotas is older than the nation,
and the name given the territory
from which the two states were made
is the name they were born to. 1t
would he different if South Dakota
were named after some n~ow-forgot-
en- early day hero merely. 1t was not
so named-it was. and is Dakota.
Undoubtedly, many South Dako-
tans have been embarrassed within
the past year or two over the confu-
sion that sometimes arises in the east
over the TWO states. especially on ac-
count of North Dakota's remarkable
political performances, and now be
cause of her financial condition. Viz
Sinia and West Virginia seemed 10
weather a somewhat similar situation.
There has been a great difference in
them. and yet whatever confusion
arises appears 10 injure neither. More
over. North Dakota already is coming
to its senses and the mere fact that
recent conditions there have been
what they were will in the end re
fleet credit on South Dakota. SO there
is really nothing to worry about On
thai score.
The IIuronite does not believe there
is any general sentiment in the state
in favor of changing the name of
South Dakota or that there ever VIII
be.