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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
BLAIR SUSPENDS
 REVOCATION YEAST
 ALCOHOL PERMITS
Action Taken With Mellon's Approval on Request of Counsel for FIeiSch-
 mann Company
SBy A.se. rared rress

Washington March 4.-Orders by Prohibition Commissioner Haynes re- voking the industrial alcohol permits of the Fleischmann company, Inc, of New York, and II of it's agencies, were suspended until Tuesday, to- night by Internal Revenue Commis- sioner Blair.
 The orders were suspended, Mir Blair said, pending rehesring of the case on Tuesday. He added he himself would hear the case.
 Mir. Blair's action was taken with the approval of Secretary Mellon upon the request of counsel for the Fleischmann company for an appeal from the hearings on the case held in Philadelphia before S. F. Rutter, former associate federal prohibition director for Pennsylvania, upon whose recommendation MT. Haynes issued the revocation orders.
 A final decision will be reached Tuesday, MT. Blair said, at the con- clusion of the hearing which he will conduct himself but meanwhile the whole matter. Is to be held in abey- ance, orders for the seizure of alcohol in Fleischmann agencies being held Ip. but the company agreeing not to dispose of any alcohol pending the determination of the proceedings.
 Case Left to Blair
 Decision to grant the Fleischmann company an appeal from the orders revoking its alcohol permits was reached at a conference late today between setssf .<y. Mellon, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Dover, Commissioner Blair. Prohibition Com missioner Haynes, and Solicitor of Internal Revenue Mapes, It was de- cIded to leave disposal of the case in the hands of Mir. Blair.
 Secretary Mellon was understood to take the position that In view of tho importance of the case the com pany was entitled to an appeal. as the original hearing had not been conducted before Commissions CT Haynes or an actual deputy High of- ficiais stated that Mr. Haynes was in complete accord with the decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
BACK ID NORMAL
 GOVERNMENT HELD
 B|G ACHIEVEMENT
President Makes Declaration in Speech at Celebration of First Official"
 Birthday
By Associated Press

Washington, March IA return to normal ways of government, Presi- dent Harding declared in an address before members of the National Press club tonight, he considers an achieve ment of his first year in the White House.
 If nothing else had been accomp- lished, the president said. the Tong step toward getting back to normal ways of government would seem to me to have been the achievement of the year"
 The address was delivered at an entertainment given in honor of his first "officiar' birthday and to mark the occasion, a birthday cake sur mounted by one candle was presented to him.
 q am not unmindful of the fact President Harding said, that my predecessor was i'll and that the gov ernment was in the drift of the re- action from the war" But. he con- tinued. problems of readjustment are infinitely more difficult than any of you can imagine"
 MT. Harding said he liked to throw aside the cares of official life and mingle with gatherings like his au- dience. eff there IS one trouble with this White House job." he said. 'it is in being a human being"
 A president, he said, cannot hold himself aloof and cannot find time to get all the things done he would like to do.
 T never find myself done" he said. ''I never find myself with my work completed. I don't believe there is human being who can do all tho work there is to be done in the pres idents office"
 Viewpoint Entirely Changed
 Tt seems as though I had been president for twenty years" he con- tinued, adding that life has been so fun' in the past year Chat there's scarcely any impression of life out standing before I came to Washing ton, except one, my viewpoint of the senate compared with what it is to- day" He emphasized that he did not mean this in any unkind spirit.
 There have been some plano which have not been worked out, Mir. Hard ing said, in discussing his first year in the White House, and some dreams which have not come true.
 Maybe some fault lies with the executive" he said, but it can't be all, for it's a divided authority"
 The president said there were com pensations for all the exactions of his office, however, in contributing to restored order" and in making better the civilization we have in- herited.'
 He asked the support of the news paper crafts as holders of public opinion in his task of making this republic of ours the best government in the world and the sheet anchor of democracy"
 If we can make 1t the sheet an ohor of democracy" he added, -then we have contributed to the current which keeps alive the great stream of civilization."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
Muscle Shoals Commission / To Adjust Difficulties tn
 Disposal Of Project Urged
Chairman Kahn, in Announc- ing Proposal, Makes It Clear That He Is Speaking Only for Himself
By Associated Press

Washington, March 4.-Proposal that Congress create a Muscle Shoals commission" to adjust legal difficulties involved in disposition of the governments war-built proper ties In Alabama, and to direct sale or lease of the projects to private interests was made today by Chair man Kahn of the House military affairs committee, but failed to re- eeive the support of military mem bers of the committee, which has pending before it the three offers for the properties received by the government.
 Representative Fields of Kentucky. ranking committeeman, declared with respect to the Kahn proposal that Congress itself would have to assume responsibility of deciding upon a plan for the development of Muscle Shoals and 1t was not a question to be solved by any group ef cabinet officers as representatives
  of tho executive branch of the gov egnment.
 spemsxx Only For Self.
 In announcing his proposal for the commission in the form of a state nnent, Chairman Kahn took pains to have it understood that he spoke only for himself, acting as an individual, rather than in the capacity of a committee chairman. He said it was his firm belief. based on a three weeks careful investigation of the offers made by Henry Ford, the Alabama Power Company and Fred erick E. Engstrum, of Wilmington. N. C., for the completion, operation. lease and purchase of the shoals pro jects. that the commission suggested offered the logical and probably the only practical way of reaching a proper decision on the question.
 Representative Fields explained also that he had expressed his atti- tude on the commission suggestion in a personal way and not as a member of the military body.
 T would be unwilling" he said, 'to delegate that power to any group of cabinet officers. The farm CTS of the country have long been
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
DR. WORK TAXES
 OATHAS HEAD0F P. O. DEPARTMENT
Praises Record of Hays in Setting Up New Ideals" for the PostoffiCe
 Department
By Associated Pres

Washington, March 4-Dr. Hubert Work tok the oath of office to- day as postmaster general succeed ing William H. Hays. who has been a member tt the cabinet for one year to the day.
 pr. Work, whose home state is Colorado, has been first assistant postmaster general under Mir. Hays In statement addressed to the personnel of the postal service the new cabinet official said Mir Hays had "set up new ideals for a postal service" Adding that such ideals had been approved by the American people. Dr. Work said it was his pur- pose to give substance to his wis., ion"
 The oath Of office was admfnis- tered by Rush Holland. of Colorado, assistant attorney general in the presence of a group of friends of both Mir. Hays and Dr. Work and a number of senators. representa- tives and postal employees Secre- tary Wallace, George B. Christian, secretary to the President and Brig adler General Sawyer. President Harding's physician, also attended the ceremony
 After pr. Work had been sworn in Mir. Hays told him that "al the regret over leaving the cabinet is completely and absolutely antidoted by the happiness in turning the postoffice department over to you the individual" Replying, Dr. Work informed the retiring postmaster general that it was mot possible to assuage the regret fr this depart ment over your departure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
BUS CRASH DEATH LIST REACHES 15;;
 ONE MORE ID DIE
Crossing Waterman Declares Bus Went Onto Tracks in Front of Flyer Despite
 Warning Light
By Associated Press

Cleveland. O.. March 1.-The death list In the crash at Painesville. O., last night between a New York Central express train and an automobile bus, mounted to Is late today when Mrs Martin Steinbeck of Fairport, who sustained fractured skull in the collision, died in the Gainesville hos pitai.
 Of the four remaining injured, one is expected to die. Mack Memo of Fairport. sustaining fractured skull.
 George E. McGhee of Medina. O.. who died at the Gainesville hospital today from a fractured skull, was the fourteenth victim.
 At the inquest this afternoon, A w. Barnes, New York Central railroad watchman at the crossing, testified that the motor bus whJ~l was struck by flier went onto the tracks de- spite a white lantern warning swung directly in it's path for a minute He said he saw the trains headli ght when 1t was four miles away and that he saw the bus coming about two minutes before the crash.
 In his opinion, he testified, the train was running almost 40 mil es an hour.
 Three other railroad men were on the stand, They were Engineer F. s. Fernandez and Fireman Milo Cornell of the express trains, and W. H. Gray. watchman at the street gate crossing a block away from the scene of the accident.
 Prosecution May Follow
 Criminal prosecutions may result from the inquest, County Prosecutor Ostrander declared late today when the inquest adjourned until Tuesday to await the testimony from two survivors of the crash now in the hospital. Andrew Adams, driver of the bus. and Charles F. Sullivan.
 The Ohio public utilities commis- sion also will investigate the coll lision, meeting in Gainesville Mon day, railroad officials announced.
 As soon as the investigations end. City Manager Wyman of Gainesville announced he would propose a. coun- cil resolution and special election to complete seven subway tunnels under grade crossings in what are known in Lake county as death traps"
 New York Central officials placed the blame for the collision on the driver of the bus.
 Andrew Adams, the driver, will probably recover, hospital physicians said His head was badly hurt but a supposed fracture of the skull did not develop, they said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
HUGH A. LOCKE, FRAZIER BANKS, THOS. BOWRON.
LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS IN THE SWORD" CONTEST

LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS IN THE SWORD" CONTEST
 S1 LOO C M Airs Mir. w Powel Florence; third ( M R.rr;.r a. box No Jackson CeeW Trust Katherine Holt 1929 Ave, s. Merit D. Anniston; Mr.. J.me. M Hutehins, Huntsville; eighth Mira R Moon Owen Ave-, L. P tenth R A Kneaid Route No l. Ga; Harold Godfrey. G. w. Mr., H. Drurv. Boz JP N. 32d St,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
SPECULATION BENEFIT
 TO GAIN MARKETING X
 DECISION AT DEBATE

Lexington, Neb., March 4-J. Ralph Pickell, Chicago, economist and finan- cial writer, tonight defeated George J. Jewett, of Portland. Oregon, presi- dent of the Northwest Wheat Crow CTS association, in their debate on Whether Speculation is a menace to the Marketing of Grain"
 MT. Pickell contended speculation was a distinct benefit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
BERT WILLIAMS DIES
 VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
By Associated Prr.x

New York, March 4.-Bert Will Hams, negro comedian. died at his home here tonight from pneumonia. He collapsed on a Detroit stage last Monday and was brought to his home Thursday and suffered a relapse this morning after blood transfusion last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
GENERAL FARLEY
 ISONLY HOPE OF :.
 AVERT|NG STRIKE
Union Officials Think Men Will Vote for Strike Unless New Wage Agreement Is
 Entered Into
Ky Associated Press

Indianapolis. March 4-Opposftion ot the United Mine Workers of Amer ica to the negotiations of single state wage agreements between union min- CTS and coal operators, which was announced last night by President John l.. Lewis, was regarded by union officials here today as leaving only conference between the union and the operators of the entire cen- tral competitive field as a possibility for averting the threatened striks April 1.
 outcome of the referendum now be- ing taken among the miners, officials here indicated they believed the miners would favor a suspension if TO new wage agreement is made by April 1. Meanwhile. officials said they were marking time since most of the central competition field oper- ators had twice declined to meet with union officials. However. the inter national executive board of the c general discussion of problems con- fronting the union, and 1t is prob- able that the policy committee. which would direct union activities in event of strike, may meet before April l. The committee is now being formed by district selection of mem bers International officers also are members of the committee, the crea- tion of which was authorized by the recent convention.
 No official Information
 President Lewis said he had not been officially informed of efforts being made by Secretary of Labor Davis to get the operators of the cen- tral competitive field, which com- prises Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and western Pennsylvania, to meet with the miners. A decision to hold a con- ference rested with the operators, he said. indicating that the union was ready to enter into negotiations.
 The international aspects of pos- sible strike also were emphasized to- day by the receipt of a message from Robert Livett of Calgary, Alberta. ho reported that the operators of Canada refused to negotiate new agreements except on their own de- msnds. Preliminary meetings to fix dates for negotiating new agree ments. he said, had broken up, and the strike referendum was being taken among the Canadian miners These preliminary meetings, it was said by officials here. were in line with provisions of existing wage con tracts and it was added that the unions general policy applied to Ca nadian districts as well as to those { in the United States No report, IL was said, had been received as to the situation in the Nova Scotia dis- trtet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
DAVIS MAY REPORT
 ON PROGRESS MADE.

Washington. March 4--1ntimations were given today at the labor de- pertinent that Secretary Davis might make public Monday reports of such progress as has been made in the at tempt authorized by President Hard ing 5to opJain a national conference between employers ana employees iu the bitumnous minins industry b. tContinued on Psxe Eightl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
STRONG EARTH SHOCK FELT
 AaE iaA

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, March 4.--An earth shock lasting about 40 seconds was felt here at 1850 o'clock, New York time. this morning, the culmination of slight tremors which began at midnight. Tha shocks are attributed. as have been others felt within the last month or ,o, to the activity of the volcano )metepe, near Lake Nicaragua.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
Winners Announced in Aqe-Hera1d S. w ord" Contest
ANNOUNCE LIST OF
 FIFTEEN PRIZE WINNERS
JUDGES STATEMENT

judges the Word after hereby the Is cash prize to the contestants listed below.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
The Correct "S- Word" List

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
MEET OLD FRIENDS

"Tbe Gumps" in colors every Sun day in The Age-Herald. Others are Gasoline Alley, Mir and Mrs" and s'Tom Sawyer"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-04
NENRECORDS set
ONMARKET TODAY.
Dealings During First Two
Hours Greater Than in
Several Years

NEW YORK. April 4,-Tradlng
in stocks today was IN the largest
volume for more than a year but
profit taking and heaviness among
speculative issues caused much
confusion. Sales Appropriated
1,350,000 sharse.
Dealings during the morning
were in excess of 100000 shares,
the largest total for the first two
hours in several years. Selling for
profit caused reactions Of 1 to 2
points in Studebaker, vanadium
Gulf States Steel, Famous Players,
American Car and Canadian Pa,
clfic. United States Steel reacted
almost a point from its new high
OF the week. Dawson chemical led
the speoialties, rising 3h points.
Rails were the only important
group in which speculative interest
showed lacking. Call money OPEN
ed at Az per cent. Liberty firsts
AIS made a rapid rise touching
100.
Surface conditions became more
mixed later, motors. oils and steels
again wnvering, while shippings,
coppers and sugars strengthened
The closing was irregular.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-04
REAL EsrArE rRAMsEERs.


The following real estate trans
fers were AIedEsef recording IN the.
office bt COUNTY Clerk Leo q Sa'.
terrified today.
Eleon " Watson and charies "
Watson to Hlprs Masteil. 2 piroel
OF land Id the Patrick Ceilings Al
ditionj tolthA eitY Of Eairment. Con
~sideration sep9
Harry Th6mpscn and VIE to
Martin Mily&uit 4 parcel Of land
in Winfield nitfict Considera.
ton $500
Ettore Tesla and wife 10 Ross a..
Watts, trnstee d parcel Of land IN
the Afnett Addition TO the city or
Fatrmont, Consideration. 81 and
other considerations
Newton Gfthh unmarried. ip
Howard Canoe parcel III land n
BellHaw Heights, elty Of Fat
mont Consideration 1850.
NJ. A. JOHN and wife 20 W. =.
'Harrls d parcel OF land in the
village Of Catawba in Winfield
district Consideration $3.50. 4
Oh. Fleming 20 Thomas Ever
cit a parcel OF land hi the Edge
way addition 10 the city Of Fnir-
mont. Consideration 500
o. W. Hallsand wife To- q y
Preston O parcel of land In SAe'
Industrial Terrace addition to The
city of Fairniont. Consideration
$500.
John Alleyato and wtfo to p, A..
Sacci b parcel of land in the
Barnes addition 10 tho city OF
Faitnonts Consideration $4,000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-04
CONTRACTORS THREATEN
TO DECLARE OPEN SHOE

CHARLESTON, April 4. - The
Building Contractors Association
served notice today on the Building
Trades Council that unless an
agreement were reached by April
10, including a 1877 per cent wage
reduction In all crafts and other
specified terms, the contractors on
that date would declare for an
open shop"
Tern.s named beside the wage
cut were a fortyeight hour week,
time and q half over time, right to
employ any number Of helpers or
apprentices the contractors conSid.
er necessary, and reinstatement OF
A. c. Roush, a former member OF
the Electrical Union, whose expul.
sion from that union had resulted
in a strike in the shop where he
was employed and discharged OF
union men from the shops OF all
other members OF the electrical
league. The contractors want the
new contract to date from February
/, but agreed to continue presen.
wages TO the end OF April, when
the present contract will expire.N
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-04
speciaI Notices
NorlcEsoE IUnLclAL sALE,

- #-ZTENh NMrL nIHn
PURSUANT toga decree ot the Cir
cult Court OF Marion County. weSt
Virginia, made and entered on the
.26th day Of March, 1852. IN the
chancery cause of A.. L.. 3 Dudley,
B. T. Dudley Dora II. Kuhn and,
ota B. }GastonS piaintifis, against
Cora a. Moore defendant. the uu-
derslgned Speoiat Commissioner
will, on Saturday The 10Th day OF
April, 1922. atsthe front door OF the
court house OF said Marion County,
at two O'clock u M of that day Of
fer for sale TO the highest and hes.
bidder, tho following describo,.
real estate, lbeatedfi In Lowell street
In the City ok Eairmont. state o.
West Virginia, consisting Of q
dwelling house No 1I0s % seiu
street and d city lot which f moro
particularly desctibed as follows
AllAthat certain lot or pagccl o.
land situate IN Eaif1nont District Of
the County tof Marion and Slate Of:
West Virginia designeted as 10:
No. IS on a plan OF building lois
surveyed by u M Pdckett for
William Ridgely aud bounded as
follows, viz: beginning At q stake
~ tne Westssn q q street 80
Iees woe WhnenehaA gen dedicated
= SET apsrs w ne pse q me pun
corner OF Lott No IA and fnnniuc
thence With the said line OF said
street 2slg feet TO a
staEe, cotneE q Lot No ~
tnence WIN southern inc ot
sag Lot Va y I93a' w. u.
|Ieet 70 9 stakes thence y Il.
9S S,ly teetsto8 stake ana thenco
WIN tnes nortasiine o. aaid Lpt No
" " feet to the b..
ginning saylpg IND excepting and
atWays sreserying the Nine Foot or
Plttspursn stfata or VEN on coal
underlying tte surtace Of said lot
OF parcel q land with the RICH;
anq prlYnese q mining ana re-
moving the same ana being the
same rea1Sestate which was con
yeyed unto Sarah A. Dudley by
william ktngely and Mary A
Ridgely MS WIG, BY deed bearing
dateihe 2eth day q July, 1892. ap6
fecorded IN the aoiiice OF the Cl4t
otSthe County Court OF MaFiDnI
County, Hest virginia in qfSdl
BOOK no g q page 3Sf; and BE-
ing the same zeal estate OF which
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-04
BRACKET BEFORE
tcOatinued tron p.re oa.l

ed in the national coal strike,
were described by John L. Lewis,
president OF the nine workers. III
continuing his testimony today as
a move to force regularity Of EN-.
ployment.
"Mem employed by the day" he
said, would receIva the same
wages they arc now getting, and
put in less time, but the miners
who dig coal would be paid a.
they are now for the number or
tons Of coal they produce"
Representative Black, Democrat,
rexas. calculated that Il the five
day sIx.hour demand Was granted,
the public would pay $944, 0O0, 0UU
additional for the same amount OF
coal they are now getting each
year."
"Who will that come out ot?''
Mir. Black demanded after figuring
W his total.
Nobody" Mr. lewis retorted,
because your figures are absurd.
/ can't follow your mental gyra-
tIons on this subject in the field
OF mathematics"
Mr.. Black pressed his calculR-
tons.
Congressman, when the twelve
hour dag was changed to the ten
hour day" Mr.. Lewis interrupted,
the efficiency was increased and
the production per man per day
Increased. The same effect con-
tinued when the ten.hour day was
cut to eight hours. Tie, efficiency
increased more than sufficient TO
make up the loss. The fact has
Deen authOritatively recognized
Il cant figure out how you can
expect the production to increase"
Mr.. Black said, latter YOU have,
reduced the hours OF work below
4 reasonable basis"
I'D like to point out that We
are willing to discuss all these de-
mands around a council table with
OPERATORS Mr.. Lewis ~retorted,
Auu LuSu ~ We GaAApL pupW luS4tA
Ia be reasonable We will not press
them"
Mr.. Black declared that while
wages Of anthracite miners nov
can purchase s per cent more than
they could in 1920, the purchasing
power Of the farmer In my terri
tory has been cut 50 per cent
since 1920" and asked Mr.. Lewis:
DO you think that individual
and transportation workers ca"
long Withstand the pressure to
have them take some OF the loss,
too?"
ut Is well to remember that
during the war farmers got the
advantage OF great initiation in
their prices and profita." Mr..
Lewis replied, while We contend
that mine workers were never able
to get the full ~increases in living
cost represented in Their wage ad-
vances."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-04
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