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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
$1,OOO, ,OOO Asphalt Company Formed
 At Russellville
New Concern Will Soon Begin Erection of Plant to Employ 900 Men-Material
 Abundant

Russellvile, March s.--(Special.)- With a capital stock of s1,Ooo. 600. the Muscle Shoals Rock Asphalt con- pany has been incorporated under the laws of the state of Alabama, and within 90 days will begin the cree cording to an announcement made here today by officials of the new company.
 The plant which will be con- structed four miles northeast of this tons a day, and will employ between 800 and 900 men. The company has secured control of approximately 5000 acres of asphalt lands in this section.
 Officers of the new company are as follows: c. E. Dexter, Louisville, president w. J. Berries, Louisville, chief engineer; and c. J. Stillers, Louisville. construction engineer $. M Hills. of Indiana, will have charge Of the active operations of the quarry. and w. s. Douglas of Rus sellville, the promoter of the com pany. will have charge of all pre- lminary work. Mir Hills for the copper mining work in British Co., lumbia MT. Douglas has recently been in Kentucky where he has oil interests.
 The asphalt fields in this section have been attracting attention for some time, and the material is very abundant Tests were recently made by the state geologists, and favor able reports made of the rock found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
INCREASING BUSINESS PREDICTED FOR SOUTH
 BY FEDERAL OFFICIAL

Washington, March S.-(Special)- Angus Mclean, director of the war finance corporation, has returned to Washington with the statement that the South looks up.'
 While south he conferred with the members of war finance corporation agencies at New Orleans, Jackson, Miss, Montgomery and Atlanta
 'The agencies at these points. as well as a practically all other points south" said Mir. Mclean, "are func- tioning actively and a large volume of business is being handled. Es- pecially is this true of Atlanta
 There are indications that there will be an increasing of volume of business at all southern points as the time approaches for planting the new crop. There will be increasing de- mands on thek part of farmers for funds with which to produce the new crop, and in order to market the por- tion of the old which has not as yet been disposed of"
 MT. Mclean is especially interested in southern conditions. At one time he represented a North Carolina dis trict in Congress-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
Hardwood Institute to Soon Be Ready
 for Incorporation
By Associated Press

Louisville, Ky, March S--The American Hardwood institute, pro posed successor to American Hard wood Manufacturers association as the trade organization Of the hard wood lumber industry will be ready for incorporation within two weeks. James E. Stark Memphis. chairman of the organization committee. said tonight.
 Following this formality, he added. the proposed plan will be submitted to Attorney General Dougherty and the department of commerce for an opinion as to it's legality Not until after the government has approved the plan will members be admitted, Mir Stark said.
 Adoption of the report of the board of directors which presented the new plan, election of c. H. kel- logg. Memphis. treasurer and elec- tion of W. B. Chapman. Memphis; J. G. Brown. Louisville and E. K, Ma han, Huntington, w Va. directors concluded the business of the associa- ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
Spook Hunter Is Without Clue to
 Its Whereabouts
By Associated Pronn

Caledonia Mills. N. S., March B. Antagonish today had two mysteries the famous ghost whose uncanny pranks drove Alex Macdonald and his family from their comfortable farm house into a Nova Scotian blizzard and Dr. Walter Franklin Prince, American scientist who came here to bait the eerie one In his lair.
 The difference between the two was one of degree only. The ghost kept out of sight entirely, and the physician though visible as he scur- ried here and there, proved almost as of the party of spook stalkers.
 By way of beginning the day right, Dr. Prince announced this morning that his first night in the "haunted' house had passed uneventfully. But. working on the logician's axiom thnt no amount of negative observations prove the nonexistence of the object of scientific study, he refused to take this to mean that there was no ghost.
 His first care of the day was for the strange contrivance of string and little bells, constituting the ghost trap with which he surrounded him self last night. This he carefully wound up, examined and tucked away into case with thoughtful air
 But if his magic bells tell him he was disinclined to make confidants of the newspaper men and others who make up his entosr- age. All day he remained inscrut- a ble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR WEEKS REST
 AT ST. AUGUSTINE
Will Cast Aside Official Cares and Get All Rest Possible During Weeks Vacation
 in Florida
By Associated Press

Washington, March s. - Accom- panied by Mrs. Harding and a small party of friends in official life. Pres- dent Harding left Washington early this evening to spend week in Flor ida in rest and recreation.
 The President left the capitol at } o'clock on a special section of a regu- lar Atlantic Coast Line train and will arrive in St. Augustine. where .ie plans 10 spend most of the weeks vacation, at o'clock tomorrow night. The presidential party. in addition to President and Mrs. Harding. includes Attorney General Daugherty, Speaker Gil,ett of the House, Under Secre- tary Fletcher of the State Depart ment, Brigadier General Sawyer, his personal physician, and George B. Christian. Jr., his secretary.
 During the stay in Florida the President, it was said at the White House before his departure, will at tempt so far as possible to cast aside official cares and get as much rest and recreation as possible, the trip being the only vacation of any kind that he has taken since last summer and the longest period of rest he has enjoyed since his inauguration, a lt- tie more than a year ago. He plans to spend much of the time playing golf over courses near St. Augustine and may visit other courses in that section of Florida.
 Although it had been known for several days that the executive was considering trip to some winter re- sort in the south. definite announce ment of the Presidents intentions was not made until an hour before his departure.
 Before leaving he cleaned up a number of matters. holding confer ences with Secretaries Hughes and Mellon on the question of participa- ton by the United States in the Genoa Economic conferences, trans- hitting to the Senate information re- quested in the treaty ratification fight, and receiving from Attorney General Daugherty an opinion as to the eligibility of Senator Shoot of Utah and Representative Burton of Ohio, to membership on the Allied Debt Refunding commission.
 About the last thing he did was to make out his income tax return.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
Fifth of Government Employees Barred From
 Retirement Benefits
By Associated Press

Washington March S.-Approxi- . mately 20 per cent of the government employees in the classified civil serv- ice are barred from pension benefits of the retirement act under an opin- ion by Attorney General Dougherty transmitted to Secretary of the Inte- rior Fall, who administers the act. Secretary Fall estimated today that s0.Ooo were affected and that out of the 5000 who had retired under the act 4,500 employees have been draw ing pay illegally.
 The Attorney General ruled accord ing to a review of the opinion sub mitted to Secretary Fall by the solicit tor of the interior department that only those employees who held their positions as the result of competitive examinations were entitled to the benefit of the retirement act. Thus Secretary Fall said, all those em- ployes who entered the classified service as the result of presidential order without such examination to the number of SO,000 were excluded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
SHOALS HEARINGS TOCONTINUEFOR
 INDEFINITE TIME
New Witnesses to Be Called and All Possible Data on Power Company Con-
 tract Sought
Ry AnssesAAssa Esr~ss

Washington. March k--Heax4ngG by tho House military enzn1nAtte'e ca the various proposals & has rse@fv~4 fs% private development of the g0verr- mentS properties at Mrnrie Shoals will be continued indefinitely. ChaaR- man Kahn announced today that new witnesses woulG be called and aIl available information woald ha sought which would throw light upon the puzzling legal phases which have grown out of the Investigations Of tho wa departm ent- Alabama Power com pany contract and option claimed by the power company for exclusive rights to purchase the Warrior steam plant.
 Opinions of department ee justice attorneys as to the validity of tho power companys claim have been asked by Chairman Kahn. and off cers of the war department who ne- gotiated the agreement with the power companys representatives will be interrogated by tho committee be- fore the hearings arc ended. Col John ". Joyce of the ordnance bureau has been summoned to appear Friday morning.
 other witnesses to be examined. Mir. Kal said would probably include Secretar' Mellon of the treasury de- partment and possibly some persons identified with the Wilson adminis- traitor during the war. While arr engagements were being made to call them, it was planned to discontinus the daily sessions and meet only at such times as persons who might pos sess information which the committee is seeking can be examined.
 Today's session was given over to members of Coz ress from Alabama and Tennessee who denounced the Alabama Power company and appeal ed for pr mpt acceptance of the offer for purchase and lease of tn shoals propect made by Henry Ford. Mir. Ford was eulogized by Representa- tives oliver, Bankhea and Almon of Alabama, and Representative Byrns of Tennessee. who declared he lould de- velop the power and industrial possi- bilities at Muscle Shoals for national good and In better way than was offered by the power company or the other bidders who had been examined by the committee. N.<-+-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
CYST OF THE NEWS
GEN ERAIs

 Cox thought to be making new of- fer for presidency.
 Americans great beef and pork caters. report shows.
 Basic industrials show Improved tone in market.
 Cotton advances on reports of iEi- proved British trade. Local delegation to appear before pardons board in Lamberts behnff. Brown announces for statc treas- urer.
 Sf,0OO,OOO asphalt company is formed at RusseIIviIie.
 LOCAL Stage is set for Junior Chamber debate tonight.
 Hopeful tone in business circles, states Markham.
 Report on dancing bars jazx-Other regulations.
 Grand jury says federal building needs second story.
 City and county road agreement on highway work.
 First big rnIly of Auburn alumni of Jefferson county tonight. Tidmore cnse defendant defaults and $1O.OOO bond forfeited. Mrs. Lambert making effort to save son sentenced to hang.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
My FaUorite Stories
 By IRWIN 5. COBB
A Start From Humble Beginnings
By IRWIN $. COBB

MT Campbell who lawyer felt somewhat irrated on reach the find the fire the and the generally of dis nearly o'clock before Ike his black office servant appeared - you?"
 Campbell" apologzed Ike, please scuse dis I of of kept de best of de night n a culid lodge "I surely didn't take you all night join lodge did t" not perzac'y De evenn' wuz ncan into de membership an de rest of de time dy onduc into office"
  y fter taking him in?"
 standn rule lodge-jes you gifts a office" office did they confer you?" Imperial king" "What?"
 Oats whut dey calls impers king of de universe" Isn't that rather high office brand suh Mist Campbell lodge Wen Is been spell longer give omehka really wuth while"
 (Copyrght 1922 by the Central Press Assocaton)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
British Political
 Situation Unchanged
By Associated Press

London, March s.-The political situation has undergone no change today. The prime minister was well enough to preside over the cabinet council, but not sufficiently recover ed to start for Wales tomorrow; his departure has been deferred until Friday
 That strong party feeling still ex- ists was shown today by two lnei- dents, the first a fierce encounter be- tween Lord Carson, the former Ul- ster unionist leader and Lord High Chancellor Birkenhead, in the House of Lords. Lord Carson taunted the government with having left it's former faithful servants, the Irish constabulary, to the tender mercies of those who had been formerly treat ed as rebels and murderers, which he characterized as the most abject humiliation for any country that had ever been witnessed" His speech was ful, of bitter reproaches of the gov ernments Irish policy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
Wireless Operator Flashes JeStS Into Ether As His Vessel WallouUs
 And Goes DoWn During Hurricane
Each Detail of Ships Plight and Each Call for Aid Fol- lowed by JeS ng Comment of Radio Man, Who
 s,sSssN >ably Died With Rest

And say" he continued. "the old man thinks this calm will be over by night fall. We sure need some breeze"
 An hour later an urgent call for aid was sent out by the Grontoft and her operator tested again.
 Well. the steward is making sandwiches for the life boats. Looks like we're going on a pie nic.'
 Again a half hour later he sent.
 "The old wagon has list like a rundown heel. This is no wealth CT for a fellow to be out in with out an umbrella"
 Hold on." returned the Esto- nia's wireless we'll be alongside soon."
 The Grontoft did not reply until forty minutes later. Then;
 We are sinking stern first The boats are smashed. Cant hold out any longer"
 The skipper dictated that--he ought to know-where did 1 put my hat-sorry we can't wait for you, pressing business else where
 "S-"
 The Estonia's operator quoted in reply these lines: What dam of lances brought the
 forth.
 ITO jest at dawn with deathT
 But there was no answer.
 Six hours after picking up the first call from the Grontoft the Estonia reached her reported posi- ton and though she cruised about for four hours, failed to find even a trace of wreckage.
 The Grontoft, from Galveston, New Orleans and Norfolk, was en route for Esbjorg. She had crew of thirty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
"Revenuer Blues"
 Take Cabaret Man
 Wholly by Surprise
By Associated Press

New York. March S.-Izzy Einstein, New Yorkis most versatile rum hunter announced today he had added an- other to the current series of blues songs. It is called Those Revenuer Blues" and according to Einstein 1t Brooklyn cabaret where he first pro- duced it. Izzy, the best hated of all the city's force of bootlegger chas- CTS. has been trying to think out scheme for getting the goods on" that particular cabaret for several weeks when a violin case, seized as a liquor transporter, gave him the in- spiration.
 Tousling his hair and thinking himself into a musical frame of mind, he strode into the cabaret set his violin case tenderly on chair be- side him and ordered dinner-"with."
 cautious waiter communicated the illicit part of his desire to the proprietor.
 "Sure-that's Jake the fiddler. He plays in the orchestra down at that vaudeville house on Flatbush avenue. Give him anything he wants" said the proprietor.
 Then he hurried to Izzy's table to make him welcome and bespeak for his guests one selection from Jake the fiddlers" famous fiddle.
 Sure, I'll play" said Jake" temp orizing until he got his evidence. What kind of music do you like"
 "Oh. any kind" said the proprietor.
 Well" said lazy, reaching for his violin case as the waiter hustled in with the merry merry" I'll play
 Adroitly he extracted large mouthed bottle from the violin case. poured in the evidence, and con cluded:
 Those Revenuer Blues
 You could have knocked him over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
DR. WYETH URGES
 THAT STATE OWN
 ALL WATER POWER
Famous Alabamian Says Muscle Shoals Is Greatest Source of Wealth in
 the State

Dr. John A. wyeth, one of Ala bama's famous sons, believes the state should hold. develop and own forever the energy producing water power of Alabama"
 Dr. wyeth was born in Marshall county and served in the Confederate army from Alabama. He was the founder of the first postgraduate medical school in the United States, and is now president of the New York PolSoiinic Medical School and Hos- pital in New York. Ho writes as fol- lows;
 To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 No more businesslike, far-sighted proposition has been placed before the people of Alabama within my memory than Governor Kilby's recom- mendation that the state should hold, develop and own forever the energy producing water power of the Muscle Shoals falls of the Tennessee and or other streams within our boundaries.
 I cannot understand how any Ala bamian whose mental vision extends beyond the limits of his or her front gate, can fail to appreciate the in estimable value of this opportunity for investment. The mines of Ophir, all the mines within the dominion of the United States, and all the coal mines of Alabama, do not possess the value of the electrical energy which awaits development in the 30 miles in which the Tennessee, the firth great river of the United States, falls approximately 128 feet.
 We are scarcely in the dawn or electrical development. Year by year of al trical energy increases in distance from the seat of power. Properly de- veloped and economically distributed, the Muscle Shoals plants could fur nish motor power to every railroad in the state, every factory within radius of 400 miles, light and power for home necessities, do away with the ever increasing and objectionable products of coal combustion and make it practically unnecessary for human beings to dig coal from the deep un- wholesome recesses of the earth.
 In the files of the Guntersvilie Democrat of some 25 or 30 years ago, may be found a plea for this great project by this writer in which 1t was asserted that within few years of ownership by the state it could pay for itself and Alabama would stand out in relief as the one state of the Union whose people paid no taxes.
 The mineral riches of the earth are rapidly being exhausted, but so long as the attraction of the sun lifts the yapor from the oceans and lakes, gathers 1t in clouds which the winds carry to the attitudes of condensa- ton and precipitation as rain or snow, just so long will the water power of our wonderful Alabama en- dure.
 If men like Edison and Ford and others. far-sighted in the vision of enterprise, are ready to pay millions for this unequalled privilege, can any one capable of common sense reason ing fail to see that our people by prompt and united action have within their reach an opportunity for for tune which may not come again?
 JOHN ALLAN WYETH, M. D.
 New York City, March 5, 1922
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
NO SPLIT EXPECTED
 BY UNION OFFICIALS

Indianapolis, Ind, March s.-No split of union forces over the pros pective coal strike April 1, was ex- pected tonight by officials of the United Mine Workers of America to result from any negotiations that may be held in Illinois towards effectine a wage agreement for that state alone.
 A message from Frank Farrington Illinois district president and leader of the anti administration faction within the union was declared by the officials here to mean that Mir. Far rington would be governed by the de clslon on single state agreements that VIII be made by the unions policv committee on which the administra tion will have majority following
 This announcement was regarded as increasing the likelihood of a walkout of miners April 1. and also as removing possible entering wedge in the nation wide strike threat by single state agreements keep some miners at work. The Harrington ,mes- sa,ge, sent from St. Louis where Uli- nois officials met to consider the sin gle state agreement proposal assert cd that negotiations would be entered Into by the miners unless an inter- state conference wore arranged but 1t was regarded that Illinois would in the end be governed by the noliov committee decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-09
NEGRO KILLED IN DESPERATE FIGHT
 WITH WHITE MAN
Meridian Farmer Shoots Me- gro Who Assaults Him With Rifle Is Acquitted at Pre-
 liminary Hearing

Meridian. Miss, March S.-(Special.) F. I. Long. we'll known planter re- siding about four miles northwest of Meridian, after desperate hand-to- hand fight this afternoon with an un- identified negro, who attempted to strike him with a repeating rifle, wrested the weapon from the negro and shot and instantly killed him, the body falling into stream in ten feet of water from which it was later recovered
 The negro was fishing. his rifle on the ground beside him, when Mir. Long came along through the swamp, stop ped and talked with him a moment, turned his back and was In the act of passing on, when the negro grab bed up the rifle ran up behind. raised the weapon but before the intended blow could fall, the white man wheel ed, caught the rifle and fight for it's possession ragged for several min utes.
 During the struggle the negro suc- ceeded in getting MT. Long down, when he arose with his foot on tho formers throat, cooked the rifle, placed the muzzie to MT. Longs head. but the latter succeeded in knocking the weapon aside just ss the black pulled the trigger
 The struggle continuing until final ly the white man bested the negro and wrenched the rifle from his grasp, when the latter ran short distance and got behind a tree close to the bank of the creek. Mir. Long followed. demanding that the negro surrender to him, at this moment the negro produced pistol, but before he could fire, a bullet from his own rifle fired by the white man, entered his brain at the top of the head and his body toppled over in the stream.
 MT. Long promptly notified the authorities, was given a preliminary hearing before Justice Raymond Clay and acquitted in less than three hours after the killing. The dead body of the negro was brought to Meridian late tonight had not been identified. The story Of the battle between Mr. Long and the negro as told above by Mir. Long was vorroborated by his young son and others who testified at the preliminary hearing, the son and another being eyewitnesses while others were near at the time and as sisted the officers in fishing the me- Sros body from the water.