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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-06-15
IRBANA AUTOIST
SOUNDS kLAXON
COUNCIL RENIGS

The wheel tax in Urbana received
II. death blow at a recent meeting
d the city council in that city. Here
,tsr the hard pressed Union work
man will be relieved of the necessity
oi paving a double tax on ms auto
mobiIe. unless he happens to live on
the west side of Wright street.
Sentiment appears to have been
overwhelmingly against the tax, and
he Urbana council incurred great
difficulty In making the lawful col
leetions. Many motorists refused to
nav the assessment, and in few
instances resofted to the courts.
The levy, however, appears to have
been legal, and only lacked sutfi-
GENTLY strong public sentiment to en-
force the ordinance. The recognition
Of the right of public opinion to de-
eide the merits of a tax is a thing for
which the council is to be commended
according to a view generally eX-
pressed,
In some cities, however, and in this
Champaign is notable Illustration
the disposition Of the city council has
been to demand the tax, in view OF
the fact that the fund is needed foi
repairs, and theIe appears no better
way 10 obtain If, but even in Cham.
paign the opposition to such a tax
has been vide spread.
Motorists generally feel that they
have enough expense in maintaining
the state tax as well as the general
ap.keep Of their cars without the adj
ditonal expense of city license.
The average Union automobile own
er has hard time maintaining his
car, and feels the necessity of econo-
mlzng Whenever possible, yet the
real opposition has come from other
classes who in many instances are
well able to pay the tax without
grumbling.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-06-15
PH0NEY TEXTILE
4 UNION JOINS
WITH EMPLOYERS

New York. Officers OF the United
Textile~Workers, affiliated with the A.
Il. Of H., protest against the eolnbna
ton Of southern mill owners and the
seeding AmalRamaied testile union
60 destroy bona iide trade nnioniam
IN the southern textile industry,
The secodets are touring the Caro-
linas on an alleged investigating trip
and have been wined and dued by
business men who discharge employ
ees II they join the United Textile
Workers.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-06-15
u. s, HlGH.PAID LABOR
LEADS WORLD OUTPUT

!. Baltimore, June ld.--Ameri- :
+ can wage workers are not paid :
!. high wages, when the productiy- ;
!. ity is considered, said Julius :
+ Klein of the United States de- :
!. paftment of commerce, speak :
! ing to the merchants and .
I. manufacturers association. Mr.. :
!. Klein is connected with the for :
= eign and domestic bureau of the ;
!. department.
I. The speaker declared that ;
\. with an equal number of em- :
!. ployes, an American plant can =
!. turn out at least four times the :
I. output of a like establishment :
!. in Europe, so that the higher :
!. pay here is more than absorbed. :
!. American coal mines, he said, :
!. are about seven to two in eff :
!. cheney as compared with the :
!. mines Of Europe.
!. Due to improved machinery :
!. and increased efficiency, Ameri- :
= can labor has a lower net cost :
!. than labor on the other side Of :
= the Atlantic, he said. :
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-06-15
PETITION TO
LIFT TRACKS
ON w. CHURCH

A petition Is being circulated by
representatives of property owners
on West Church street asking the
city council TO permit the City Rail
way Company to lift its tracks and
intsall a notorious line. So far the
petition has not, been widely circulat-
ed, but many residents of the street
are known to favor the project.
Representative Of the railway com
pany are said to look with favor upot
the plan aud may be expected e LEM
their influence to make IL succeed
The city council Is In an attitude o
watchful waiting.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-06-15
Kansas Coun Has Failed.

Topeka, Kan.-The "'can't stfike"
law and the industrial court Of this
state have failed. declared Governor
Davis in an address to church men In
this city.
''The industrial court can not fune-
ton as a court and il is too expensive
as a board Of investigation the gov
ernor said. 1T has created friction
and has been made football Of poll
tics"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-06-15
TERRIBLE SWEDE HAS
CHALLENGED PREHN
FOR BOUT-ACCEPTS

Charley Peterson, who is the center
of attraction at the Carnival Athletic
Show and VINO claims the Swedish
middleweight championship, h a S
rendered a challenge to Paul Prehn'
wrestling coach at the L. Cf L., 10
meet him July 4th at the Far
Grounds. Prehn has accepted the
challenge.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-06-15
BASEBALL
FANS NEED
WAKING UP

So far the interest at League Park
has not reached the fever heat OF
previous years, yet the games more
nearly approach professional bali
than in any season of the Leagues
history,
Weather conditions have been un-
favorable, and this the management
thinks will account for the diminished
attendance.
Four teams constitute the League
this year, Chanute Field. The Amefi-
can Legion, The Illinois Central and
the urbana. Champaign CO. Rail
way Company.
Games are scheduled fof the ensu-
ing week az follows.
June ID Legion ". chanule,
June l6- u. G. vs.. |. G.
June iS~ L. {. -. Chanu'e.
June 20 Legion vs. / c.
June 2i--l0gon Ys. L. {.
June 23-I G. ys. Chanute.
June 26 Legion vs.. Chanute.
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Safe blowers wrecked the safe OF
the Indian Oil Refining company early
Thursday morning and secured sl.6b.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-06-15

Don't fail to attend the Carnival,
North Neil Street. Two big nlghts
left.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-01
Vital Statistics


BIRTHS
Mr.. and Hrs. Luther Snyder, Camp No.
4. i'essemer. Ala. April II. girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. stephen Luther Smith, Jr,
Fraterna1 Hospital. April rs, boy.
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Cammaro, 1929 Thir-
tieth avenue. no.th, April 20. girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Ferguson, Say
reton Ala, April 2e, boy.
Mr.. and Mrs Waiter E. Barnes 44Is
Avenue d, April %. boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frank Sufferer,
e901 Avenue g, south. April %. girl
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Stockdae McDon-
alds Station. Bessemer. March 20. boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Payne. Bessemer.
Route No. 2, March II.
Mr.. and Mrs. James William Fuoua
"a. boy
Mr.. and Mrs. Brady Humphrey, Adger.
Ala April -, boy.
Mrs. Laurie c. Adair. r. F. d. No. ..
April &c. Al years.
Thon- as Henry Wright, Route @ Pratt
City. April 26. "A years.
r. W. Howell sos Fifth avenue, north,
April rs, 40 years.
william James Allen, st. Vincent hos
20, years. "
Mrs E. T. Drake. Birmingham Bapti,t
hospital. April 20. 81 years.
Lewis Adler, South Highland infirmary,
April rs. 80 years
Fannie Athos Fraternal bospital Anr;l
81 10 years. Ti -
stephen A. WooIbert South Highlands
inflrmsry, April 26. 40 years.
=. Roert j. Miller 2105 Oak avenue, April
Henry Faith, Aims house, April 81. So
Eliza A. Wilmington, 52o5 Tenth ave-
nue., north April 20 90 years
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-01
HEAVINESS SHOWN
IN COPPER LIENS,
SUGAR AND OILS

NEW YORK, April 3O.-Marked
heaViness in the sugar. old and cop
per company liens featured today's
relatively dull trading in bonds on
the New York exchange The ten
dency toward lower prices extended
also to the railroad group but losses
in that division were generally small.
Active United States government
bonds, after opening heavy. steadied
somewhat and closed either UNI
CT anged or off 1872 to 5-32 of a
point. There was a slackening of
the demand for foreign issues and
some of the French bonds closed
fractionally lower. The Mexican As
and Brazil SIS, however. advanced a
point each.
Pric movmnts in tn industrial
group FOLLOWED in general the down
ward trend displayed in the stocks,
losses of to points being recorded
by Marland Oil 712s and SIS with war
rants. Punta Allegro Sugar &c, Eas-
tern Cuba sugar 7l2s. Cerro de Pasco
copper SIS, Chile Copper IS and Wick
wire Spencer Steel Is.
Railroad mortgages were offered
freely but losses generally were con-
fined to fractions
Total sales (par value) Si0,0T4.00
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-01
f|STLESS TRADING
BRINGS DECLINES
IN STOCK PRICES
Southern And |. & N. Rail-
roads Show Increases In
Earnings
BY WALTER Fl. BROWN,
Editor New York Commercial.
Special Dispatch To Age-Herald.

NEW YORK, April S0.-In trading
that appeared listless throughout the
day but which, nevertheless man
aged to incur a turnover of a million
shares, the days stock market devel-
oped heavier tone. 1t maintained
it's former characteristics wherein at
lacks by the bears failed to dislodge
the holdings of investors, but it did
not develop any nspicuously ag-
sressive tactics on the part of the
bulls There is nothing in the mar
ket situation at present to call for
a reaction in prices even If there is
some hesitancy in following the ad-
vance any further at this time.
Nevertheless, there is a feeling that
with due discrimination it is wise to
buy stocks on any declines. Today
decline was a little more than has
taken place al recent session, the
averages showing a loss of LA for
the rails, and 2.25 for the industrial
stocks
The Penns ania railroad report
of net earning for March showed a
loss of almost $4,000, 900 compared
with last year. The gross earnings
for the first quarter of the current
year showed great improvement but
expenses and taxes increased to such
an extent that net operating income
for three months also reflected loss
of 100000 The Big -Four, the Can
adan Pacific and Rock Island
also showed deficits The Southern
Showed an increase as did the Louis
willie and Nashville and Great North
ern. Factors that had some influ-
ence with the Industrial list were a
decline of $3.50 a bale in cotton, and
also a decline in refined sugar prices.
Sugar Situation.
The argument in the governments
application for ar injunction against
the sugar exchange, was begun IN
the federal court today. 1t was evil
dent that the judges took the view
that speculation was not prohibited
under the interstate commerce laws
and the outlook therefore was not
altogether favorable for the govern
ment There was no Intimatlon, how
ever. as to what the decision would
be. 1t is just as well to note IN
passing that there has been no hys-
terra over the advances In wheat ana
cotton, which have taken place IN
recent weeks, nor has there been any
call upon the public by the governors
of the various states for the people
to eat less bread or deny themselves
the purchase of new clothes. me
reason for this, of course. is that
sugar and cotton are raised by Amer
lean farmers and not by Cuban farm
ers. Nevertheless, the point is well
taken, that those who complain OF
the high price of sugar use less of II.
1t will bring the demand into closer
relationship to supply and force the
price down. During 1922 there was
more sugar consumed in this country
than ever before. While there is
general agreement that the CUBAN
sugar crop is a short one, the way
to get the sugar price down is to
stop using so much sugar
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-01
STAGE
MAY DAY TOURNEY

The annual May Day field and
track meet at Birmingham Southern
college will be staged Tuesday aft
ernoon at o'clock in Munger Bowl
Athletes from every class have been
working for the meet for over a
week and will go out Tuesday aft
ernoon and attempt to win the cup
given each year to the class that
wins on points. The Freshman class
of last year won the cup and have
1t in their possession now and will
make a strong bid to retain it. The
present Freshman class will put
large number of track men onto the
field to compete for the cup. The
juniors and Seniors also will be
represented by strong delegation.
In addition to the regular field and
track events there will be staged a
class relay race. team from each
class will enter this race and COM
pete for honors.
A large number of prizes have been
donated by various firms downtown
and will be awarded the winners in
the events. The limit of events that
. one athlete can compete in is four
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-01
SMALL SUMS ADD
GREATLY To TOTAL
F D R SANAT 0R|UM'
Chairman Brown Highly Graf
flied BY Volunteed Re-
SponSeS Being Made

Gratifying results in the number
of small subscriptions voluntarily
made by persons who dropped into
the 100000 tuberculosis sanatorium
campaign headquarters were reported
Monday night by General Chairman
X. A. Brown, who told The Age-Her-
aid that subscriptions and cash ac-
tually received by the workers to-
tailed slightly over $4,000, and that
close to $4,000 more was in sight
for tabulation in the next two days
Mr.. Brown declared that he expected
to announce the donation of three
individual gifts sometime Tuesday
which would total $4,000, while in
dustrial contributions and suburban
donations are expected to feature the
campaign in the next few days.
The feature of the campaign for
Monday, Mr.. Brown said, was the
enormous number of small subscrip-
tons which were made by persons
who just voluntarily dropped in at
campaign headquarters and gave
their checks in amounts which aver
aged around $50. One woman OF
rather limited means was said to
have contributed $50, having. she said
young child with tuberculosis, and
thinking it worth while to do what
she could in the interest of other I'M
fortunates.
We are certainly gra:iHed by the
results we have received in the cam
paign," Mr. Brown said Monday night,
and wish for the people of the city
a sanatorium here which will be a
credit to Birmingham. We expect
eventually to have an Investment
not of one or two hundred thousand
dollars but anywhere from a half OF
a million to perhaps as high as two
million dollars. 1t is also gratifying
to note the large amount of cash sub
scriptions which have been made"
Chairman Brown concluded.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-01
LOUIS SE|BOLD IN
BIRMINGHAM FOR
SERIES Of STORIES
Political Correspondent Gath
ering Data For General
Articles On South

Louis Seibold. one of the best
known political correspondents in
America. spent Sunday and Monday
in birmingham gathering data for a
series OF articles lie is writing for
ire New York Herald. His present
. fp has covered practically the en-
re country as he started west from
New York going to the Pacific coast
then coming back through the south
ern tier of western states and he is
now spending considerable time in
various states of the south.
on his present journey he is not
combining his attention to politics but
is also discussing general business
and economic conditions. He is max
ing inquiries about industry. and
about labor and kindred subjects
sections of the country. Prior to
the present trip Mr.. Seiboad spent
several months in South America and
he says the experience was one of
the most interesting of his life,
"A story which l wrote from Bra
iii probably caused more comment
than anything | ever wrote" said
peculiar race and chronological con-
ditions which | found there It
brought out the fact that in Brazil
there is one of the most unique ex-
ptTlHltulS III the WfTlu IN progress.
\ new race of people is being pro-
duced out of many races. Intermar-
riage of blacks and whites for in
stance is encouraged. Whites are
united with the Indians. There are
no restrictions of any kind and the
result is something that in future
Years Will be studied with the great
est interest.
Brazil's attitude too is peculiar. In
the neighboring country just across
the border-t'ruguay- will not
even allow negro es and Asiatics to
come in. / believe the country must
be 80 per cent white. In Montevidco
you can go block after block and
never meet anybody but whites. Rru-
quay is a thrifty and substantial
country too. SO we'll governed and
we'll managed in fact is the country
that their gold dollar is worth LOB
of American money. In the years to
come South America is going to open
the worlds eyes. Its wealth is sim
ply fabulous. The average man has
no conception of it's greatness. Bra
zil is larger than the United States
and in first class steamer you sail
eight days along Brazil's coast to get
from the mouth of the Amazon river
to La Plata"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-01
FINANCIAL STATUS OF
SLOSS-SHEFFIELD co.
is MUCH IMPROVED
Net For Stock in First Quar-
ter Is $8O0,000-GuIf
States Showing

Striking improvement in the financial
status of the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and
Iron company, due to better industrial
conditions this year and continued good
reports from the Gulf States Steel, mark
publication of balance sheets in eastern
financial journals.
The Sloss- Sheffield is credited with a
net for stock for the first quarter Of the
year of something over $500, 900 which is
at the annual rate of SIS a. share on
credited with net operating income OF
s705,0oO in the first quarter of the year.
The sioss Sheffield is the largest mer-
chant iron producer In the south, and the
Gulf States Steel operates compact and
modern steel plant at Gadsden.
The Wall Street Journal gives the fol-
atoms of these two Alabama corporations;
sIos.- Sheffield Co.
"sloss- sheffieId Steel and Iron com
pany's net for stock for the first quarter
was something over 100000. Preferred
dividend takes si17.250. SO that net for
common was approximately $500. 900, or
at the annual rate of s2s share.
Since the first of the year sloss has
January l stood at s2.631,0Oo, and Is
months ago at 50, 900, is less than
altogether in the near future.
Reduction IN the floating debt makes
resumption OF dividends on sloss- Sheffield
at the beginning OF the year. Present in
dications are that the junior stock will
earn fully $40 a share in 1929, and some
payment to holders in the not too distant
future seems probable. II should be re-
membered. however. that the management
is conservative and Will probably make
its first consideration the terrifying of
liquid assets, so that. on the next down
ward swing of business it will not be
necessary to borrow again.
O o o
Gulf States Steel.
Gulf States Steel company for the
quarter ended March 81. 1923. reports net
operating income of s705.764. as compared
with s166.9e6 in the corresponding period
1922
After providing for taxes, depreciation
etc, net income was s533,97S, against $50. :
3l6 for the first quarter of 1922, and
sS3s,ssl IN last quarter OF 1879
Earnings of Gulf States Steel com
pany for first quarter are equivalent.
after preferred dividends, to s4.44 a share
on the 1920 shares of common, or at
the annual rate of S17.75."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-01

bers of other denominations unless
they are baptized again in our rite,
is out OF harmony with the spirit
that is growing in the churches DR..
Woelfkin said I'VE have already
opened our communion table to other
Christians and this proposed step fol-
lows that logically.
Need Greater Tolerance.
DO you suppose that in Heaven,
when communion is celebrated,
John Calvin, John Knox, John and
Charles Wesley and other great lead
ers in the nom Baptist world, will
be denied the privilege of sitting
with the Baptists?
I'VE need greater tolerance for
the various sects. isms and fads that
are springing about the fringes of
the older churches. | do not regard
them as heretical. They are the re-
suit of spiritual urge on the part
of the people, who are seeking what
they think the church cannot fur
nish them.
Sir oliver Lodge is one of the
outstanding physicists of his genera
ton. and he Is trying sincerely and
earnestly to lift the veil. So also
is Conan Doyle, eminent and high
man. The healing movements.
Christian Science and others, are
practicing lost function of the
church which the church should re-
gain"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-01
A MAN OF INTEGRITY

A physician who reaches out to
benefit humanity leaves record
behind him that is worth while.
Such man was DR.. R. V. Pierce,
founder of the Invalids Hotel in
Buffalo, N. Y. He was an eminent
physician, a leading and honored
citizen, known for his honesty and
executive ability. His study along
medical lines, and his knowledge
of the remedial qualities of herbs
and plants led to the discovery of
his wonderful herbal remedy, Doc
tor Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
the woman's tonic which has had
the greatest number of supporters
for the past fifty years. 1t is just
the herbal tonic required if wom-
an is borne down by pain and suf-
ferings at regular or irregular in
tervals, by nervousness or dizzy
spells, headache or backache. Favo-
rite Prescription can now be had
in tablet form as well as liquid at
most drug stores.
Send 10c for trial sample to DR..
Pierce's Invalids Hotel in Buffalo,
N. Y.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-01
SL0SS SHEFFIELD
BUYS PROPERTIES
Of SHEFFIELD IRON
One Of Newly Acquired Fur
naces Expected In Shape
BY June

The Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron
company, already the largest pro-
Queer of merchant iron in the south,
added substantially to its raw ma
terial and iron making resources
Monday by purchase of the entire
properties of the Sheffield Iron cor
poration The properties were sold
under order of federal court of the
southern district of New York.
j. w Mcqueen. president of the
Sloss- Sheffield company, says he
hopes to have one of the purchased
blast furnaces in shape for resump
ton by middle of June.
The price paid was s265,000. The
purchaser also assumes a bonded
debt of s5S5,000 evidenced by 6 per
cent 15-year bonds to that amount
issued in 1917
The properties consist of the three
Cole blast furnaces at Sheffield and
mineral properties in Walker, Frank
lin, Cherokee and Colbert counties in
Alabama and in Lawrence county,
Tennessee. Included in the proper
ties are ore mines and coking plant
at Russellville, Ala.
One of the furnaces at Sheffield is
in modern condition with the eXcep-
ton of repairs that can be speedily
made This furnace was successfully
onerated during the World war, but
has not since been operated.
o o O
Iron For River Movement.
The Sloss Ssh effield company al
ready had at Muscle Shoals the Phil
adelphia furnace at Florence and the
Hattie Ensiey a Sheffield, both of
which have direct river connection
and have been steadily shipping pig
iron via the Tennessee river to the
4 OF % oh
siderably under the all-rail rate.
The acquisition of the third furnace
at Sheffield will give the Sloss-
Sheffield a capacity there of $4,000
tons of iron monthly for this excep-
tionaiIy advantageous method OF
meeting northern and western iron
in competitive fields.
The Sloss Sheffield has large raw
material holdings of it's own at Rus
sellville. and with those acquired by
Mondays purchase will be still bet
ter situated for economic production
races.
On Firm Basis.
The river business in Muscle
Shoals iron has been on a firm and
regular base for two years through
arrangements by which the Arrow
Transportation company carries the
iron from furnaces to Metropolis and
the Burlington Route takes it thence
to St Louis and Chicago, the com
bined rail and water rate being APP
probably under the all-rail rate.
The Sloss- Sheffield now has seven
modern blast furnaces of an average
monthly capacity of approximately
65, 600 tons. Five are now producing
and sixth, one at North BirmlnS-
ham. is scheduled to resume in the
next ten days to two weeks, to be
followed by the seventh at Sheffield.