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, 1923-05-19

WASHINGTON. May Ig.-Rail.
road rates on forest products from
North Pacific coast producing
points TO tho southwest. including
parts Of Nebraska, Colorado and
New Mexico and all OF Kansas.
Oklahoma and Texas. were found
unreasonable today by the inter
state commerce commission In com.
parisOn with rates on similar com.
moditles from California and from
tho producing territory grouped
with Spokane I'm northern Idaho
and western Montana. A complete
readiustment was ordered effective
August II.
, 1923-05-19
STEPPING FAST
HOLDS ACTION

Tom MIX and his famous horse
Tony are only together for a short
time in their latest William Fox pic.
turc stepping Fast" which will be
shown today and Sunday at the
America theater. This story calls
for worldwide action and carries Tom
10 China where he engages In a
series Of thrilling fights. and back
again to tho ruins of the clin.dwellers
In the Arizona desert
, 1923-05-19
Potatoes

CHICAGO, May 19.-Potatoes weak
receipts IS cars. Total United States
shipments 603; Wisconsin sacked
round whites mostly 100 cwt; ditto
bulk mostly s1.o5 cwt: fancy si.lo
cwt; new stock steady; FLORIDA barrel
'spaulding Rose No. 1. $500; No. 2.
$3.50; Alabama sacked Triumphs
100 pound sacks Nc. l.. $500; No. 2.
$3.50
, 1923-05-19
PHYsIAN FOUND z

ANTON, S. D.. May 1e.-Dr.
James Roane, So. city health officer
and former state grandmother of the
Masonic order was found dead In his
office. Death was due to heart dis.
ease.
, 1923-05-19
Butter and Eggs

CHICAGO. May 1s.-Butter un.
changed; eggs higher: receipts 1854
cases; firsts, 24@24iA; ordinary firsts
22@22h; miscellaneous. a3n 924;
storage pack extras, 27o; storage pack
firsts 26c.
, 1923-05-19

Mabel Harnden TO Edward c. Merrill
OF Rock River, wyo. The states con,
sent was necessary because the bride
has been "a ware OF tho State Child
and Animal Protection department.
The wedding ceremony was perform.
ed by Justice Frank Houseman.
, 1923-05-19
Cheyenne High To
Graduate II, Report

CHEYENNE. wyo.. May 1s.-rhe
1898 graduating class OF the Choy-
enne high school will consist Of II
students. II Is the largest senior
class In the schools history.
, 1923-05-19

LONDON, May 10. National
troops who encountered n young
woman near Ballyhaunis yesterday,
says n Dublin dispatch TO the Cen.
trial News, searched her handbag
for irregular papers, and then ro
moved her TO Clhremorris. There
sho was Identified as Count Plum
kett's daughter.
, 1923-05-19
LATE FLASHES

MONTGOMERY. Ala, May a.
The DK4 airplane, plloted by Lieu
tenant Il. p. Gaines, enroute from
Fort Bragg. n. O.. to San Diego.
Calf. left here this morning for
New Orleans.
, 1923-05-19

FRENCH FORCES
IN RUHR To BE
INCREASED, SAID
Addition Of 10000 Men
To Occupation Army
Now Proposed.

PARIS. May 1s.-The army Of &C.
cupation in the Ruhr is to be rein
forced by another 1900 or 10000
men. says LIE Matin. 1t has been de
cided. the newspaper asserts to pro
coed to a stin more complete ex-
ploitation OF the occupied territory.
, 1923-05-19

ESSEN. May 1s.-By The Asso.
ciated Pressl-French troops have
begun the seizure of household goods
belonging to Germans who refuse to
pay fines levied against them by the
occupation authorities. The German
newspapers say that seizures are to
be made at the homes of Fritz
Thyssen and DR., Krupp Won Bohien.
, 1923-05-19

OHIO'S NO. "A
MAKES 500
Well Recently Completed in Lance Creek Is Turned
Into Storage Tanks for First Time During
Last Week and Makes Gusher Flow

Ohio Oil company's new No. a Lamb we'll in the lance
Creek field is a 500-barrel producer, as indicated whetl the
oil was turned into storage tanks for the first time durinT the
last week and allowed to flow at full capacity of the WELL.
The location is on section 5-s6-66, and the well is down $50
Enn
, 1923-05-19

ROCK ISLAND, H.. May 10
When Miss Bertha Van Dveide. IL.
found her pet canary dead In its
cage, she addressed n note TO her
father saying that the loss Of the
bird was more than she could en-
durc. Her body was found in an
abandoned well on her fathers
farm.
, 1923-05-19
srATE MANN WFns-

CHEYENNE. wyo, May ie-The
State OF Wyoming Wednesday gave
its consent to the marriage OF Miss
, 1923-05-19

English has supplanted French and
taught in the schools OF Japan.
, 1923-05-19
Silver

NEW YORK. May 1a.-Forsign
bar silver, e6Ae; Mexican dollars.
sic
, 1923-05-19

LUDwIGSHAFEN. May 10
Three directors of the Baden Aniiine
and Soda works have been arrested
by the French. The Germans under,
stand they r being held as hostages
but say they do not know the reason.
, 1923-05-19

80 ~
murderesa back to California
WASHINGTON - Henry Bacon
designer and creator OF the Lincoln
Memorial was presented with the
American Institute of Architects
gold medal by president Harding.
NEW YORK; Marine Transport
workers. seamen's ]. w. w, or
ganization. called off strike started
last month
LONDON - Associates a Bonar
Law fear his growing III health
will force him to relinquish the pre-
miership.
WASHINGTON - Presidential
spokesman d~iscredited rumors that
Ambassador Harvey. is to resign
as envoy to Great Britain.
WASHINGTON - William G.
McAdoo. former secretary of tho
treasury and mentioned as a pos
sible candidate for tho Democratic
presidential nomination and pollti.
cal friends conferred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
MEASURING SKEW-ARCH

There has always been considerab ble uncertainty as to the distribution of stresses, and especially as to the thrust at the abutments insa skew arch bridge; that is to say. an arch which crosses a roadway diagonally, and thus has it's abutments not direct ly opposite each other.
 In order tc determine the nature and the amount of these stresses pos- itively the bureau of public roads, at it's Arlington experiment station, near Washington, has under way a series of experimental tests to be made upon q model of skew arch bridge, onequarter the size of an ac- tual structure, and having an arch feet in span, 41a feet in width from face to face, with a height of 4 feet above the base of the abutments, says an article with illustration in the Popular Mechanics Magazine. The crown of the arch is two inches in thickness, and the arch barrel is re- inforced with 1-4-inch bars. At the springing line of the arch, the abut- ments are tied together with a num- Der of parallel rods, and two diagon- al ones that resist distortion of the arch in any direction.
 For determining the effects upon the arch of known dead load AZ spiral springs are uniformly distrib- uted over the top of the arch, each capable of carrying a load of 1,500 pounds. resting upon flat concrete base and carrying above it verticle 2-inch pipe that bears against a solid overhead one-beam structure. By means of an adjusting screw at the end of the pipe the load applied to any one spring can be adjusted as desired The strains and the distribu- IL. t,. gradual increase of the loading. will be measured with great precision by an instrument known as a strain gauge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21

Howard college marked completion of the first semester of the schoe l year 1922-1923 by sending out two graduates with A. B. degrees, Miss Mildred Smith of Montgomery (top) and Miss Jessie Freeman of Bir- mingham (bottom). Miss Freeman is the daughter of Mir. and Mrs. James w. Freeman, 1904 Fourth avenue, west.
 Both young women have made en- viable records. Miss Freeman entered Howard in 1919, after graduating from Central high. She has made the honor roll every semester, held class honors every year and taken part in dramatics. She is prophet of the sem for class and a member of the Grim son staff.
 Miss smith came to Howard as a graduate of Sidney Lanier high school of Montgomery and of the State Normal school at Jacksonville, where she was an honor student and voted the best all around girl in the school. She has made the honor roll every semester since entering Howard in January, 1922. She earned q iC4loW Sit1p III iIHSIlSH ana mas been student assistant in the department this year. She is preparing for news paper work and is senior class re- porter and member of the Crimson staff. She will leach science at Wocd- lawn high school this semester, al- though continuing connection with Howard until May. Incidentally, Miss Smith has made practically all her expenses during her college course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
ENGLAND'S MINES ARE OVERWHELMED
 WITH BIG ORDERS
Operators Receive Heavy De- mand From AmeriCa-Con- tinental Europe Is Also
 Seeking Fuel Supply
By Associated Press

LONDON. Jan. 20.-British coal op- orators are being overwhelmed with orders from America and Europe as a result of the stoppage of the Ruhr valley supply and the reported pos sibility of another coal strike in America, according to w F. Fuller, secretary of the Coal Owners al- liance.
 The problem confronting the op- orators is whether they will be able to fill these orders, inasmuch as they already have an outlet for more than the present supply. which can only be increased by about 15 per cent, In the event that the supply is in sufficient the oldest customers will receive preference; thus most of the American and Canadian orders will be filled while those of France, Ger many and other countries will prob ably be only partially taken care of.
 According to the operators, the American orders are the largest ever received at this time of year. and steamers have already been chartered to carry 250,000 tons to the United States this month. It is said that the following months will see an in- crease in these shipments.
 France Places Order
 The railroads of France have placed an order for 10000 tons. im- mediate delivery, and German indus tries have ordered 100000 tons dur ing the next two months, which will probably be increased if the Ruhr output is stopped.
 Much of England's export business,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD, SUNDAY JANUARY 21, 1928
SHIPPING FIRM PAYS
 BIG DIVIDEND CHECKS.

TOKYO Jan. 20.-The Nippon Yusen Kaisha, operating large fleet of steamships despite complaints of de- pression in the shipping trade, was able to announce at today's meet ing of it's shareholders a dividend for the past half year at the rate of Is per cent. The report of the directors said that in general the cargo and passenger business on all of the company's lines has declined during the last six months, but by strict economy and adjustment of the service the dividend was made possible.
 The company now has 1O9 vessels in operation, in addition to 30 ships which have been chartered for spe- cial services. The cargo carried during the period amounted to 2,215,- GOO tons, and 1t9,oO0 passengers were carried over total of 2,626.00O miles.
 The Tsingtao and Bombay services were stated to be the most active at present, large eargoes being carried on the inward trips and light ship ments on the outward voyages on these services. On the coastwise ser vices the shipments of cargo were reported to be fairly active and there has been small increase in the num- Der of boats operated.
 On the European service the cargo movement has been dull during the six months, but the number of pas sengers carried showed a distinct in- crease. On the American service the passenger traffic has been small, but the shipments of cargo from the United States to Japan nave been brisk. Timber, flour and wheat com posed the bulk of the cargo handled.
 On the South American services, business in all respects was reported to be extremely dull.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
,vppoVED noOK TRIMMER

An improved continuous DOCK ana magazine trimmer, described and il- lustrated in the Popular Mechanics Magazine, has new method or Jog- ging piles of books and chucking them true with their bound edges for accurate and uniform trimming. This is done in trough feed, the sides of which are tapered so that the piles of books are automatically strengthened as they are passed along from the wider to the narrow CT part of the trough, where it grips them The pattern block that applies pressure to the pile of books, to hold it securely for cutting, is shaped to conform with the whole top surface of the pile, and Is swiveled so that it applies a uniform pressure. The machine delivers the piles of trim med books by belt conveyor, and all chips are removed by air suction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
DEATHS
Statement December 29, 1

J. w. Jeter--The body of J. w. Jeter, age Il, who died at his residence, 5004 Morris avenue, Saturday morning, will be sent to Waco, Ga, Sunday afternoon for funeral serv- ices and burial by Vice. MT. Jeter Is survived by six sons, l.. A. Jeter K. G. Jeter, R. c. Jeter, H. w. Jeter and H. G. Jeter of Birmingham and w. s. Jeter of Jasper; two daugh- ters, Miss Sallie Jeter and Miss Myrtle Jeter, both of Birmingham. Raymond Barnes-The body of Ray mond Barnes, age 10, who died at the residence of his parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. B. Barnes of Ragland, Friday morning, was sent to Chat tanooga for funeral services and burial Saturday morning by Vice. Sam GiacOmano-Funera services for Sam Giacomano, age 30, who died at his residence, 106 Sloss quarters, Friday, will be held at the East Thomas Catholic church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be in the Catholic ceme tery, Brown in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
LOCOMOTIVE BODY
 BECOME ER IN r FINANCIAL NORLD|
Brotherhood Increases Re- sources to S19,000, ,000. Is Interested in Local
 Bank

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 2o.-Ten CO., operative banks in operation, half dozen more in process of organiza- tion, including one to be opened im- mediately in Spokane and another in New York, establishment of two branches in Cleveland of the parent institution and an increase in re- sources from $65S,OOO to $t9,OOo,0o0 are the results of the entrance 26 months ago of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers int the bank ing field.
 In addition to it's anking business the brotherhood has extensive coal properties, a mail order dry goods house. doing a department store busi- ness and number of other cooper ative businesses in the hands of the engineers brotherhood and it's mem bers.
 The growth has made the Locomo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
MORE EFFICIENT USE 0F COAL BE |NC
 URGED IN CHICAGO
Faulty Construction of Homes Is Blamed for Huge Part s of Nations Fuel
 Costs

CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-Pointing out that Chicago homes need heat 5,S0S hours out of S,76O in a year, Thomas J.. Beyenka, formerly Chicago building contractor. is attempting to interest civic organizations in a campaign for better construction of houses and for more efficient use of coal, to conserve fuel and to cut heating bills.
 Millions of tons of coal are wasted annually because of faulty construc- tion of homes and inefficient meth ods of firing, according to MT. Bey- enka, who believes that with the depletion of fuel stores due to the coal strike, it is essential that citl- zens of the country be educated in fuel economy.
 Mir Beyenka has complied tables showing temperatures throughout the year, and the unit cost of heat ing moderately sized home, com ing to the conclusion that coal bills generally are too large Faulty con struction of homes he holds to be one of the greatest evils.
 Mr. Beyenka's figures show some interesting conclusions concerning heat requirements of Chicago. lie found that in only two months oA the year, July and August, was no heat necessary to bring house to normal temperature of 6S degrees Fahrenheit. To keep house heated at 6S degrees with the least expen- allure of fuel Is the aim of the scheme he Is sponsoring.
 If a house is heated at one cent an hour, MT. Beyenka found, the yearly cost for fuel will be s5S.OS, equivalent to per cent on $5c~. IT the cost runs. to cents an hour, the cost would be s29O.4o equal to inter- est on $4,S40.
 without regard for the coal strike, coal saving is a subject that should be brought forcibly to the attention of the American people" MT. Beyenka said. Tt should be taught in the schools"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
B'NA| BIRTH ID ERECT HUME FUR
 INDECENT ] [ w $
Grand Lodge Has Matter in Charge Birmingham Mem berS Are Planning Cam
 paign For Funds

Following the announcement that the District Grand Lodge, No. ', B'Nai B'Rith, is to construct build ing for the members of their faith in Memphis, by subscription, the Jews of Birmingham are organizing to do their share in this cause. and while the Alabama campaign is in charge of Charles F. Moritz of Mont gomery, the Birmingham committees will be named shortly
 The order has made provision to take care of the destitute and feeble of the Hebrew religion, and the date for the beginning of the campaign has been announced from February Il to 25. Fifty or sixty influential leaders have volunteered to lay aside their affairs and take the field. They will visit the various lodges and communities and an organized cam paign for funds will follow, the sub scribers having the option to pay one-fourth of their pledge at sign ing, the remainder in six, twelve and eighteen months.
 Site for Building
 The site for the building has been secured and is located in one of the most attractive residential sections of Memphis, Tenn. overlooking Over ton park, It is planned to erect a model building with 50 rooms. with more units to be added as the need arises. As many of the passing gen eration adhere strictly to the Mosaic code, Kosher kitchen will be con ducted.
 Charles J. Haase of Memphis is chairman; Hirsch Morris, Memphi S., treasurer, and Myron M. Goldman of New Orleans secretary of the gener- al committee. There is also a chair man for each state, with a large com mittee to aid each chairman in ob- taining the quota desired. Lee j.. Loventhal of Nashville heads the Tennessee committee; A. D. Engles- man. Oklahoma City, Okla; Harry Lasker, Little Rock, Ark; J. K. Hex Montgomery. Ala; Rabbi Sol Kovy, Vicksburg, Miss; Archibald A. Marx, New Orleans, La, and Morris Bear, Pensacola, Fla, for that portion of Florida included in District T.
 The drive to raise the necessary funds is to begin at once and the Jews of Birmingham are organizing to do their share in this most noble and worthy cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
Wheat Goes Up and Down During Week on Foreign Outlook News
By Associated Press

CHICAGO. Jan. 2O.-Although wheat made a decided upturn in price at one time this week when reports were current that German troops were being mobllized. the majority of traders appeared to be acting later on the view that 1t was an open question whether warlike de- grain values. Compared with week ago, wheat prices this morning ranged from esc decline to %a advance; corn showed x @ %c to I Ac gain, with oats up t @& c and provisions unvhanged to 42@45c higher.
 Reports touching chances of peace or war attracted much more notice than any other subject discussed among wheat traders, but the most prevalent opinion was that European countries were in no financial position for military clashes on a large scale. and that armed hostilities of a subordinate character would chiefly result in further curtailing power to buy On the other hand, dry weather adversely affecting great areas of the domestic win CTS more cautious than would otherwise be the case at this season. .
 With export business only fitful at best and with competition from the southern higher prices for wheat had to contend with such factors a hitch in British debt funding arrangements and con- tinuance of liberal receipts at the prin- cipal western market cenfers. The paa- sage of the Capper rural credit legis- iation bill in the Senate, however, helped somewhat as stimulus to the buying side as the week drew to close.
 Drouth in Argentina together with dwindling of domestic receipts put firm ness into prices of corn and oats.
 Gooa sized export clearances strength ened the provision market.
 Hydrogen is lighter and cheaper htna coal gas.
 Peat contains less carbon than
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
ORGANIZED D. A. R. TO PREVENT BITTERNESS

CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-It was a de- sire to help allay the bitterness left by the Civil war that led Mrs. Will liam D. Cabell, now living in retire. ment here, to participate on October l, 1890, in the founding of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion. Mrs. Cabell was the first wom- an to preside over the organization, which later, in recognition of her services, conferred upon her a title held by no other member, honorary president presiding"
 Although less active than formerly in the councils of the organization, owing to advanced years, she retains glowing enthusiasm for its aims and warm memories of it's early strug- gles.
 In organizing the society Mrs. Ca bell was a co-worker of Mrs Mary Smith Lock wood, who died Novem- Der, last, in Plymouth, Mass. Mrs. Lockwood and were always friends" said Mrs. Cabell. T believe an article she wrote entitled The Faith of Hannah Arnett' had much to uo With inspiring the OrSanlza- tion of the D. A. R."
 Mrs. Cabell was born in Lynch burg, Va. Her mother was of a dis tinguished Virginia family. and her father, Charles Ellet, Jr., colonel of engineers. organized the United States steam ram fleet in the Civil war. Her associations made her see the need. she said, of renewing pa triotic unity among the women Of north and south.
 The wife of President Benjamin Harrison was the first president of the organiza ton. but owing to her in health. Mrs. Cabell as vice pres1- dent presiding was in the chair much of the time during Mrs. Harrison's life and became acting president fol- lowing her death Five years ago she was invited to hold the gaveI again at a national meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
INSANE MAN SHOOTS THREE BEFORE BEING| KILLED BY 0FFICERS|
By Associated Press

FL PASO, Tex, Jan. 2o.-A man believed to be W. M. Sprague of Paris, Mo, who escaped from a Southern Pacific train, near Lanark, N. M., early today, after shooting Harry Turner, Fl Paso, and Herbert F. Brown, Indianola, Okla, to death and fatally wounding P. c. Coch- ran, Branson, Mo-, was killed late today near LaMesa, N. NJ, by posse headed by Sheriff Doniciano Rod riguez of Las Cruces.
 He was practically without clothes when killed, having discarded all of his outer garments and shoes in his flight. Officers expressed the belief that he was demented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-21
POLYNESIAN RACE. CAME OUT IF ASIA,
 SCIENTIST THINKS.
Food Plants From America Also Seen on Pacific Islands. Were Driven From
 Mainland

HONOLULU, T. H., Jan. 20.-The conclusive proof that the Polynesian race came out of southeastern Asia to their present habitations in the islands of the Pacific, in the opinion of Forrest Brown, Bishop museum botanist, who has just returned from m months of investigation in the Marquesas in connection with the museums effort to establish the origin of the Polynesians.
 Professor Brown expressed the be- lief that a few food plants now found in the Marquesas had been ob- tained from the American continent during some pre- European period when that branch of the Polynesians which settled in the Marquesas journeyed back and forth between their island homes and America.
 The presence in the Marquesas of the sweet potato and the papaia led Professor Brown to the theory that the Marquesans visited America, as these plants probably had been ob- tained in semi-tropical central Amer ica, he said.
 Came From Asia
 The food plants most common to the Marquesas came, however, from southeastern Asia, probably by way of Malay, Java and India. These are the taro and the breadfruit.
 He said that the original Polyne- sians probably had inhabited the coasts of southeastern Asia and had been forced to seek new homes in the Pacific by the pressure of tribes and clans from the interior, which drove them literally into the ocean. They took their food plants with them when they migrated, he said.
 Professor Brown said that the na- tives of the Marque sas, who are gov erned by the French, are very civil and exhibit the same generosity and hospitality that prevails among other Polynesians.
 He is not ready to express an opin- ion as to the route or routes taken by the Polynesians during their mi grations which finally landed them in Hawaii The solution of this problem will require additional data and fur ther study of the specimens which he brought back.