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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-01
By RICHARD F. JOHNSTON

of hAthahD
 Greater demand, greater production and higher prices featured the past week in iron. steel and cast iron pipe.
 Week closed with pig iron at a minimum base of SIT and S17.50 on verge of being the standard, Two makers made sales at $175O, one vooking lots of as much as 800 tons for middle western consumption at that base, third quarter delivery.
 Following blowing in of Wander bilt stack by Woodward Iron com pany yesterday, it is announced that the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron will blow in second stack at North Birmingham by middle of the month.
 Present Alabama producing capac- ity is IS stacks, nine on basic and nine on foundry.
 Yard stocks are a ciper. Iron is going to consumers from the daily make.
 Market Br0adens
 Middle west has been an enormous buyer and Virginia pipe makers have taken 15.0o0 tons New Jersey pipe makers have bought heavily. Bir- mingham iron has entered the east again. Sloss- Sheffield is shipping 5000 tons a month up the Tennessee river from Sheffield for St. Louis Chicago and northwestern delivery.
 Coke market is exceedingly strong. Standard foundry is selling at $5.50 to newcomers in the market and Bir- mingham coke is going further afield in the far west owing to shutting down of the coke ovens in the Con- nellsville, Pa, field.
 Reduced Coal Demand
 Coal production has fallen to 275,- 900 tons per week following lack Of demand from consumers issuing out of their stocking up heavily during the period before the strike in order to protect themselves. Operations by furnace companies have increased.
 T. C. I. Schedule
 The schedule of the Tennesse com pany remains at the 100 per cent of steel production at Ensley that has been in vogue for several weeks. Rail mill is on turn of 5000 tons this week. Structural and tie-plate mill at Fairfield are in operation. There is double turn at guide, bar plate mills at Bessemer and car works al Fairfield is preparing for big and steady run following assemblage Of materials.
 
 American Steel and Wire and Gulf States Steel enjoy excellent business and demand is steady at advancing prices. Deliveries are two to three weeks after order received because there are no plant stocks and deliv- cries must be from make. Wire fencing is active where none was be- ing ordered at this time last year.
 Corners Steel is operating hoop and band mills at Woodlawn.
 Shelby Iron company will resume making charcoal iron at Shelby fol- lowing repairs to furnace.
 Pipe Very Active
 Cast iron pipe is very active and new base holds. The new base is s35.5O for 100 tons and under and S35 for larger tonnages of pressure pipe and s45 for sanitary pipe. At lanta received bids this week on 5000 tons. Jacksonville, Fla, wants 1900 tons.
 United States Pipe company is re- ported on good authority to have per fected arrangements to make soil pipe by the DeLavaud process at the abandoned pressure pipe shops al Louisville and Columbus, possibly also at Anniston.
 On the other hand the Standard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-01
SHIPBUILDING COMPANY
 BECOMES INCORPORATED

Montgomery, April 30.-(Special.)-- The Todd Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, Inc, of Mobile, which has taken over a large shipbuilding plant at Mobile and will carry on an ex- tensive ship repair business, noti- fled the secretary of state today that it had incorporated at Mobile with an authorized capital of $750.0o0 and paid in capital of s200.000.
 Incorporators are William H. Todd. Arthur S Goddard. John D. Reilly and l.. H. Landham of Brooklyn August Marshall. H. T. Hartwell and Joseph H. Lyfss of Mobile.
 The Natioy Bottle Drink Cooler company of thbile also was incor- porated wiy q authorized capital sso' s5 saso- sosa 900 'f paid in capital 'f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-01
COTTON nEING CHOPPED

Geiger. April so.-(Special) )--The had an ideal spring thus far for pre- pairing and planting their crops. Most of the cotton has been chopped. while fsl some places the corn is over ar foot h'ssh. Although cotton is the chief crop most of the farmers are prac- tieing diversification
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-01
|Scotti's Grand Opera
 Company Giuen Warm Reception on ArriuaZ
Large Delegation Greets Opera Stars-Opera "La Bo- heme" Will Be Presented at Today's Matinee. "Tosca" Will Be the Offering at To-
 nights Performance

aMarie Sundelius. Owing to the ill., ness of Miss Sundelius, the part will
 be sung by Queena Mario. Marie
 Sundelius did not accompany the , company to Birmingham. but was left in Atlanta to reeuperate from an attack of tonsilitis, and will not join the company for a few days.
 This will also necessitate change in the cast of 'Carmen,". which is to be presented on Tuesday afternoon. Miss Mario. who was scheduled to sing the part of
 Michaelo, will be replaced by ma
 Roselle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-01
Illinois Central System Clears Up Point
About Railway Net Income

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rFCIN HERE TODAY.

tragedy, which staiked on the trail
tfqo,inc Jewel since it had first
ornn from the royal jewel
= the Countess of Esthoula
a., great International thief,
:,,,na. now appeared ia a Iawiess
.-.,rr camp in the Adirondaeks.
f.. lived rough and "hard-boiled'
ln cfuch, who had stolen the
.,,l from Quiutaua in Paris and
.,riol it for the cducats of his
,,n.;fpl stcpdaughter, Eve Strayer,
=, mon wanted to secure the jewel
w, CIinch. One was James Oar
IN who had sworn to restore the
,m m the Lcggared countess; the
.srrca, The ruthless Quintana. Both
,r,rc al CIluch's disrcputablc "ho-
Il" Darragh under the name of Hal
m+r Eve escapes from Qulntana,
A, ranpurcs her and threatens her
M torture. On her return to The
.np she drops the packet and it is
Irad by two of Clinch's men who
ave zone over to Quintana. These
:. lake Kloon and Earl Leverctc.
rtrcb starts out to wipe out Quin-
ma gane and with them, kloon and
everett.
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grasps the handles of a wkeelbar-
row to draw it after him.
Dragging, rolling, humping over
roots, Jake Kloon took his last trail
Through the wilderness, leaving a
reddcr path than was left by the
setting sun through fern and moss
and wastes of pitcher-plants,
Always, as Levcrett crcpt on, pull
ing the dead behind him the floor
Ct the woods trembled slightly, and
a black ooza wet the crust of with
cred leaves.
At the quaking edge of a little
pool Of water, Levcrctte halted, The
water was dark but scarcely an inch
deep over its black bed Of silt.
Beside this sink hole the trap-thief
dropped Kioon. Then he drew his
hunting knife and cut a tall, slim
swamp maple. The sapling was
about twenty feet in height. Lev
crott thrust the butt Of it into the
pool. without any effort he pushed
the entire sapling out Of sight in the
depthlcss silt,
He had to maneuycr very ginger
ly to dump Kloon into the pool and
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R flaming g
q JEWEL!;;;SzsE
WI 1 ROBERT W CHAh1BEpS
sEsFS$ST~ g 1000 GropGE H DoPAl COMPANY
1000 GropGE H DoRAtI COMPANY

laIted III ms tracks ana seated NM
self on a narrow ridge of hard
ground. And Leyerctt came lightly
IN and aftor nosing ttac whole vi
cjnily sat down cautiously vbero
Kloon would have to turn nartlv
around to look at him
"Wbera tho hell do vc moot nm
with Ouinfana9,, crowded KIoon
tearing a mouthful from = gnawcJ
tobacco plug and showing the re-
maindea doep into his trousors
pockct
owe gotta travel niece wet
Say, Jake, be you a man or ne
YOU a poor dumb critter what amt
got no spunk?o
Kloon, chewing ON his cud, turned
and glanced at him. Then he snat
as answer.
'If you got the spunk of a chin
munk YOU and neil take a neck #
that there nacket. bet ON it,s
thousand dollar bilIs-morcn = hill
lion million dollars Iike1vo
Kloon's logged silence continued
Lcverett licked his d,v Inns His
rifle Law on his knees Almost inn
perceptibIy he moved it moved il
again, frozc stiff as Kloon spat then
by infnitcsimaI degrees, continued 10
edge the muzzIc toward Kloon.
"Jake?"
cav. shut vour hcad - g,u,,bIod
Kloon digdainfrIIv "Yon aIlus w,s
dirty rat-vou sneakjn' iran ro5
Der. Enough's enough. ain't got
no use for no bilIio. million dollar
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Merely another stream of tobacco
soiling the crimson pitcher.
"Im-I'm desprit. l gotta take a
peck. ! gotta-gotta-
Something in Lcvcrett's unsteady
voice made kloon turn his head.
You gol rammed fool" he said,
what you dom with your"
The loud detonation of the rifle
punctuated Kloon's inquiry with a
final period The big, soft-nosed
bullet struck him full in the face,
spilling his brains and part Of his
skull down his back, and knocking
him flat as thought he had been
dubbed.
Levcrctt, stunned, sat staring, mo-
tlonless, clutching the rifle from the
muzzle of which a delicate stain of
vapor fIoated and, disappeared
through rosy bar of sunshine.
In the intense stiffness of the
place, suddenly the dead man made
sound; and the trap-robber nearly
tainted
But it was only air escaping from
the slowly coIlapsing lungs; and
Leveretb ashy pale, shaking, got to
his feet and leaned heavily against
an oak tree, his eyes never stirring
from the sprawling thing on the
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their humming. And still Leverett
dared not bulge, dared not search
the dead and take from it that for
which the dead had died
A little breeze came by and stirred
the bushy hair on Kloon's head and
fluttered the ferns around him where
he lay. . tagM q
Then, near in the ferns, the WITH
cring fronds twitched, and a rcd
squirrel sprung his startling alarm,
sQueaking, squealing, chattering his
opinion of murder; and Levcrctt,
shaking with the shock, wiped icy
sweat from his face, laid aside his
rifle, and took his first step to-
ward the dead man,
But as he bent over he changed
this mind, turned, rccIing a little,
then crept slowly out among the
pitcher-plants, searching about him
as though shifting.
In few minutes he discovered
what he was looking for; took his
bearings; carefully picked his way
back over a leafy crust that trembIcd
under his cautious tread,
He bent over Kloon and, from the
left inside coat pocket, he drew the
packet and placed it inside his own
flannel shirt
Then. TURNING his hack fo the dnad
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keep out of it himseif. Finally he
managed it.
To his alarm, Keen did not sink
far. He cut another sapIing and
pushed the body until only the shoes
were visible above the silt.
These, however, were very slowly
sinking, now. Bubbles rose, duly
iridescent, floated, broke. Strings
of blood hung suspended III the
clouding water,
Lcvcrett went back to the little
ridge and covcre! with dead leaves
the spot where kipon had lain. There
were broken ferns, but he could not
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straighten them. And there lay
Kloon's rifle
For a while he hesitated, his habits
of economy being ingrained; but he
remembered the packet in his shirss,
and he carried the rifle to the little
pool and showed it, muzzle first.
driving it downward, out If sight.
As ne rose from the pools edge,
somebody laid hand on his Shout
der.
That was the mos. real deatn that
Leverett ever had died
Continued in our next issue)
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RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Central Time.)
Fif'sl s~l Departure of PassenKe,
g., Americas, Ga.
Inc following schedule figures
||u'lshed as information and not
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-11
BROWN To BOX
BENNY HERTZ
In Six Round Bout on Police
Card to be Exhibited
October 10

Preston Brown, a local colored
boxer, will box Benny Hertz of Car
teret in the six round bout on the
card of the Perth Amboy Police
Mutual Air Society to be exhibit, d
in the local auditorium on Thursday
night, October 10.
Matchmaker Jack Durham of the
police organization in search of a
opponent for Hertz, a popular boy in
this vicinity, had Brown referred to
him by DIR. ]. v. Smith, a leading
local fight fan and one of the pro-
moters of the Centre Athletic Club
which will stage a show in this city
the first Thursday in November.
Doc" Smith refers to Brown as
a good opponent for the fast rising
borough battler and he is of the
opinion that this contest will be one
of the most interesting on the pro-
gram. .
In the eight round main contest
on this card. Joe Colletti and Ray
Belmont of Philadelphia will battle,
and Johnny Mcfarland of Elizabeth
and Mickey Devers of Allentown will
GO on in the eight round semi-1nal
contest.
There will also be three four
round bouts, featuring leading BIO. 5
in this vicinity. Tickets for tbs
show are rapidly being disposed of
and a record crowd is expected out
for this event.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-11
POST
TEAMS AT HOME
Basketball and Football Rep
resentative Teams to
Open at Home

The Beauvais Post American Le-
gion football and basketball repre-
sentative teams will go into action
this weekend in their initial NJ ic
games of the present season.
The Tottenville representative
basketball team which bowed to the
Speedways on st. Stephens court in
this city last Saturday night, will
perform against a suitable opponent
at Amicitia hall in Pleasant Plains
this Saturday night.
On Sunday afternoon at Aquehon-
ga field. the Beauvais Post football
team will stack forces against the
Aaueducts, one of the strongest trav-
cling gridiron teams in New York
state. The Beauvais Post team was
defeated last Sunday afternoon by
the Indians at Sisco field.
Both court and gridiron teams
have held practice sessions since
their opening Tits or foreign fields
and the respective managers arc
confident that they will turn in a
victory in their opening game on
home court and field.
Manager Walters of the basketball
team will announce his opponent
for the opening game in a day or
two.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-11
PerthAmbOySLayCIaim
to MiddIeseX Diamond
Championship HOnOrS

As a result of a conference be-
tween Messrs. Ed Spille and James
Hefferman of the Landing baseball
team of New Brunswick and Messrs.
Harry Applegate and Ed Poulsen of
the Perth Amboy Athletic Associa-
ton in this city last night, Middle
sex county baseball honors once
again belong to the local representa-
tive nine.
Several weeks ago a county cham
pionship series was arranged by the
representatives of the Amboy and
New Brunswick teams, and accord
ing to the plans, the first game was
to be played in this city, the second
in New Brunswick and the playing
field for the third to be decided by
the toss of a coin
The local nine won the first con-
test by a decisive margin, 1913 tc
be exact and last Sunday the two
teams engaged in n tie game, A, a
New Brunswick. The latter contest
was called at the end of the ninth
inning on account of darkness.
At the meeting last night the Am
boy representatives were in favor OF
tossing a coin in accordance with the
original agreement, as they claim
last Sundays meeting should right
fully be considered a game. The
Landing representatives wanted the
next game TO be played on thel
grounds and mentioned two neutral
fields, the Michelin grounds in Mill
town and the Bound Brook field,
For reasons affecting the future sue
cess of the club, however, they wlnt-
ed the game to be played on the
Buccleuch Park grounds.
Amboy spoke in favor of the Tot
tenville field or Elizabeth ball
grounds, as neutral playing grounds,
but for the benefit of local and New
Brunswick fans would like to have
the game played here or in New
Brunswick. The local magnates sug-
gested extension of the series to five
games, which would guarantee at
least more game in this city and
New Brunswick.
Unable to reach an agreement tor
the playing of another contest, and
as Amboy defeated the Landings in
enc game, the local magnates laid
claim to county diamond honors.
The New Brunswick representatives
did not object TO the claim of the
locals.
Big Attraction
Following this conference the To-
cal magnates made known that they
have in mind the booking of a big
attraction for the local field on Sun
day afternoon. Just what combin :
ton will be booked has not been
made known. but the local baseball
leaders indicated that it would be a
big league organization. This con-
test will be finally arranged tonight.
Last Sunday afternoon the Am
boys travelled to New Brunswick to
play a county series game and had
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-11

FIVE TOO OPEN
With Woodbridge Five at VIC
torian Hall on Friday
Night

The basketball season in Sayre-
vile will be opened on Friday night
and Victorian hall viii be the home
court for the representative team OF
the borough, the Knights of Column
bus quintet. The crack Woodbridge
Five which performed in a sea-
tional n against the Roosevelt.
Separates last Sunday night, will
furnish the opposition in the opening.
contest.
. John F. Baumann, whit has been
connected with various athletic ac-
tivities in S~ayreville during the past
several years, is manager of the Say
reville Casey team. The lineup of
the Casey team as previously
nounced will stand, with the excep-
ton that Johnny Lansing, a popular
Trenton basketeer, will be added to
the roster of the team.
Ray Handerhan and Paul Sutton
of the Speedways. Freddy Glochau
of the Roosevelt Separates, Charley
Eppinger of South Amboy and Pete
Rhatican of Sayreville comprised the
original roster of the quintet. Han
derhan and Glochau hail from this
city and Sutton from New Bruins
wick.
A big crowd is expected out es-
pecially inasmuch as it is the Open
ing game of the season in the bor-
ough. Rev. F. A. McCloskey II
be the eleventh man on the floor
and there will be dancing as usual
the game is scheduled to be started
promptly at 9:15 o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-11
ST. Stephens Quintet
OrganiZedtOO m Here
This Sunday Evening

The lineup of the newly organ
lied combination has not been an
nounced, but it is understood that
the positions on this team will be
taken care Of by some of the lead
ing ~basketeers in Middlesex county,
The opening game on the schedule
of this quintet will be played next
Sunday night and a strong opponent
from this section will be booked for
the opening engagement.
At the st. Stephens court the
speedways perform every Saturday
night, st. Stephens will play or
Sunday nights and the reorganlZed
Ferth Amboy Dry Dock quintet will
play on the State street court on
Tuesday or Wednesday nights.
The lineup of st. Stephens team
and the opposition for the opening
engagement will be announced in a
day or two. 1t has been decided 10
have Chuck" Solador. one If the
leading basketball officials in this
state, as the eleventh man on the
fool in all home games. Solador
also referees for the Speedways on
Saturday nights.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-11
SPORTS To- GET
GREAT BOOST
"Rufie" Allen in Charge of
Field Meet to be Held
Tomorrow

"Rufie' Allen, who has done SO
much to promote sports among the
grown element by his participation
in the various phases of sport, has
now accomplished a great feat in
staging one of the best scholastic
field meets which has ever been
held in this section of the state.
lie has how c. mpleted in true "Ru-
fie" Allen style the elimination OF
over 500 contestants to a field
where every race will be close and
clean competition. All races r to
be run on a tin. q schedule which
as prepared ty him ara all in all,
over 1900 persons who signifed
their intention of being present by
their purchasing of tickets.
"Rufe" Allen deserves the great
est of praise from the
young school boys and girls, as we'll
as from all the elder citizens for his
untiring efforts in trying to establish
this city on a firm athletic and
sporting basis. Such spirit and such
demonstrations for civic good, can
only command the greatest amount
of respect for a great sport.
"Rufie" Allen will be in complete
charge OF the field meet tomorrow
ut the Copper Works and the pub
lie will be given a chance to watch
of his activities put over"
Reports from the Grammar School
are to the effect that the track and
field meet will be one of the most
elaborate ever staged on a local field.
The meet is the only sporting
event scheduled in this city for Co
lumbus Day and a large turnout is
expected. Nearly two thousand tick
cts have been disposed of and are
still being sold. The field is sure to
be taxed to capacity and police pro-
lection is being arranged.
The main purpose of the event is
to provide the Grammar School
Athletic Association with funds to
finance the teams in its endeavors
on the field of sport. A secondary
motive is to create school spirit and
to bring the students in contact with
one another. Meets of this kind
have been successfully run of in New
Brunswick, East Orange, Newark
and other large cities.
A large clock has been construc-
ted and will be placed on the Cop
per works field. The first heat will
be run off at 2 o'clock and an event
will follow every five minutes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-11
Crack BayVieW Quintet
VS.. Speedway Combine
on ST. Stephens Court

every game. yet their team work
would continue TO play an impor-
tant part in their winning. This was
plainly visible throughout last sea-
son and in the game on Saturday
night. The members Of the Speed
way squad have made their reputa-
ton through their constant efforts
to feature team work.
Lehr, according to fans who wit
messed the game last Saturday
night. will be an important factor
in the efforts of the Speedway team
to hold on to their three Champions
ship titles throughout this eason
The Speedways will hold a practice
session on St. Stephens court in
State street. ear Buckingham W.
nue., tonight starting at 1880 o'clock.
Chuck" Solador. a referee with
a reputation in this section. and
who ~of1ciated in the Staten Island
league and in the New York state
league last season, will do the ofi-
ciating for the Speedways in this
contest and in every game for the
remainder of the season. SoIador
as a referee is a special attraction
in himself.
Joe Collettl. fiyweight boxer. and
Eddie Lynch Of New York City will
go on IN a D0Xlng exh1bl-
ton as a special feature for this
Saturday night. Colletti is well
liked here and the fans viii be given
a chance to see him perform before!
his big contest In Philadelphia
scheduled for Monday night.
Buses have been secured by Man
ager Ed Mooney Poulsen to make
trips from Smith street. State street
and New Brunswick avenue to st.
Stephens hall from 1870 o'clock
starting on Saturday night. There
will be no fare charged for the bus
trip to the hall.