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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-11
POWER VAlyATION "DASTARDLY OUTRAGE" --KIL BY
D. S. Withdralus Troops as Rebuke to French Advarce
Weeks Asks Fair Play For Warrior RiUer Barge System

the purpose of urging the secre- tary to recommend an appropria- tion sufficient to substitute mod ern steel barges for the antiquated craft now in service on the War rior. The secretary informed the senator that he would not recom- mend appropriations for further simplifying the service until the in terstate commerce commission had ruled on the Warriors application for an equitable division of rates.
 Senator Underwood quoted the secretary as having said that not even the most perfect craft could make the Warrior enterprise an un- equivocal success unless the com mission made it possible for the Warrior enterprise to receive it's just share of revenue resulting from joint hauls.
 Senator Underwood declared that he adhered to the opinion that If the commissions ruling was favor able to the Warriors suit, Secretary Weeks would immediately move so to equip the Warrior that its per manence would be guaranteed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-11
ALABAMA POWER BUYS. UTILITIES IN CAPITAL. NOW IN BANKRUPTCY.

Purchase by the Alabama Power company of the Montgomery Light and Water company and the Mont gomery Light and Traction company. both in the hands of the receivers and operated jointly, from Henry l.. Doherty & Co.,. of New York. was am nounced late Wednesday by Thomas w. Martin. pesident of the power company.
 Additional power lines will be ,ex- tended to Montgomery at once. MT. Martin said. making available a very much larger power supply un- der the more favorable rates of our company to enable development to the fullest extent of the industrial possibilities of Montgomery"
 P. P. Cummings, commercial man ager of the power company. and w. Logan Martin, counsel for the com pany were in conference Wednesday with representatives of the Doherty interests at Montgomery.
 In a statement issued late We'd nesday, President Martin said: We have agreed with Messrs. Doherty & Co. upon the purchase of the cleo trie, railway and gas properties owned Dy DOnefly & tO Tn the MOnl- gomery district. Two of the compa nies are in the hands of receiver to the United States court at Mont gomery and certain proceedings will be necessary in that court before the properties are conveyed to our com pany Steps will be taken promptly to work out legal orders and the proposed purchase by our company will be presented to the city author ities of Montgomery and the public service commission as soon as prac- ticable for their approval"
 Negotiations for transfer of the properties was begun some weeks uD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-11
STORE AND
 DAUGHTER VICTIMS .0f AN AK ASSAULT I
Klien Dies From His Injuries, Girl Struck and Choked; No Clue to Their
 ASSaiIant

Assaulted with an ax by an un- identified robber who attacked them in the store at 1fO6 Eighth avenue, north. at : o'clock Wednesday night. Joseph Klien died at South High lands infirmary and his daughter. Ethel. age IA is in the same insti- tuition, unconscious, from single blow of the weapon used by their assailant. Attending physicians said that in addition to the wound in her head, the girl was ehoked into a semi conscious state to prevent re- sistance or calling for help by the robber. She will recover.
 Klien sustained three blows from the attack, two on his forehead and the other in the center of his head. He died at 12s30 o'clock Thursday morn ing. Klein was found by Dr. P L. flag Ter, druggist, l404 Eighth avenue, north, who was summoned to the scene by the little girl, who managed to run out of the store after reviv- ing to some extent from the effects of her wound. Dr. Hagier notified police and summoned the ambulances of Lige Loy and Ridout.
 Girl Gives Alarm
 Chief of Police Fred H. McDuff with Detectives T. N. Williamson, 0. D. Brown, G. M. Bragan and R. J. Wal ton were on the scene five minutes later. All lights in the store had been cut out by the robber assail- ant. who had by that time escaped. Kiien was found laying about four feet from the doorway fully dressed but with all the pockets of his cloth ing turned out and their entire con tents gone. Relatives said that he generally had from $50 to $100 on his person at all hours during the time the store was open. The desk in the place had also undergone a thorough search
 Evidences of a struggle prior to the time Klien was struck were plain ly visible in the store, from upturned chairs and signs of scrimmage on the floor beside the body. Belief was expressed by the officers that Klien was first thrown to the floor weapon.
 Sign of Struggle
 A further search of the store gave ground for the belief that the lit tie girl had run to the back of the store on the first sign of the strug gle and was run down and then struck.
 Both the adjoining stores to the Klien establishment were open at the time the assault and robbery was perpetrated.
 Investigating officers expressed the opinion that the crime was accom- plished and the robber was gone within five minutes. They will make their first move by obtaining a statement al as early date as possI ble from the girl. It was thought probable that she would be inter- viewed Thursday afternoon.
 I<len has been resident of Bir- mingham for the past eight years, having formerly been engaged in the junk business. He is a native of Russia. He has a wife, Mrs. Ma homa Klien, 902 Thirteenth street, north. and five daughters Miss Ethel Klien and Miss Silver Klien of Bir- mingham; Mrs. Rosa Goodman of Pennsylvania and Mrs. Sarah Harris of Cuthbert. Ga, and one brother. Aaron klien, of Pennsylvania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-11
J. {. UNOFF |C|AL OBSERVER SCORED BY SENATOR REED
Recall of Boyden Demand by Foe of Versailles Treaty. Charges British
 Propaganda

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-President Harding action in orderingSA Ameri- can troops home from theB Rhine should be followed by the recall of Roland W. Boyden. unofficial observ- CT for the Unlted States on the repa- rations commission, Senator Reed, democrat. Missouri, declared today in the Senate. An unofficial represen- tative, he asserted. is "an unofficial meddler"
 Senator Reed. who was the au- thor Of the resolution adopted last Saturday by the Senate urging with drawal of Major General Aliens com mand from Germany, discussed the administration action and the ac- tivities of MT Boyden abroad, dur ing a speech on his resolution look ing to the purchase by the United States of British and French pos sessions in the West Indies.
 While the advisabillty of continu- ing to have MT. Boyden on hand at deliberations of the separations com mission was being discussed in the Senate, the text of his remarks yes terday before the commission in which he expressed disapproval of the French intentions of holding Ger many in defualt on coal deliveries. were received at the state depart ment, which declined, however, to make it public
 Senators Approve
 In tha Senate howaVer pOlipV of the French government was not criticized. Senator Reed declaring he did not wish to do so because he was not informed as to details and because British propaganda is being spread in American newspapers.
 Senators generally expressed ap- proval of the adminlstrat tion's deei- sion to withdraw all American troops from the occupied zone in Germany.
 What effect the recall of the American contingent would have upon the proposal before the Senate foreign relations committee for American official representation on the reparations comission was not indicated by leaders. Advocates of the resolution of Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, urged that there should be official representation If the American troops were held abroad to help enforce decrees of the reparations body.
 Senator Robinson made no com ment on the situation. He is await ing the memorandum being prepared by the state department for the Tor elgn relations committee here re- iatng to the activities of the unoffi- cial Boyden commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-11
DOINGS OF DAY
 IN WASHINGTON

President Harding ordered the inn mediate withdrawal of all American troops from the Rhine.
 Senator McCumber, republican, North Dakota, declared in the Senate that farmers need cooperative or ganization, not more credits.
 Recall of Roland W. BoydenS unof- ficial American representative on the separations commission. was de- handed by Senator Reed, democrat, of Missouri.
 Submission 10 states of a child labor constitutional amendment was urged at a Senate hearing by a dele gation of women representing dozen or more organizations.
 Secretary Mellon notified the Sen ate he was opposed To increasing the personnel of the American debt commission to permit the naming Of three democrats as members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-11
SMITH ASKS FEDERAL
 GOVERNMENT TO HELP PLANTERS OF SOUTH
WASHINGTON BUREAU |
 THE AGE-HERALD Washington. D. C., Jan. 10

Senator E. D. smith of South Caro- lima introduced q resolution today au- tn orizing the President to expend s10,000. 900 in buying and importing Chilean nitrate to be sold to south ern farmers at cost.
 A similar resolution hy Senator Smith was adopted in 1917 and south ern farmers are said to have greatly Irofited as a result. Behind the sem ator at present are the Secretaries of War and Agriculture. inasmuch as the $10,00600O to be expended will not be an appropriation, but re- volving func to be restored by the purchasers. Senator Smith is confi- dent that his resolution win be adopted il -time to be of service in planting the cotton crop of 1925 On account of the boil weevil, Senator Smith said. ( fertilizer calculated to :sS-oduce quick development h essea1 tiAl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-11
$300,C00 IS LOST IN. ENID, OKLAHOMA. FIRE.

ENID okla. Jan. lO-Fire orig 1T ating Tn the plant of the Long Bell Lumber company here tonight caused damage estimated at more than $30o,ooo and endangered mum Der of buildings in the wholesale dis trict before it was brought under control.
 The biggest loss was suffered by the Long Bell company. it's two story building, heavily stocked with II mber, being destroyed. The com pany's loss was estimated at s25O,- 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-11
 LIEUTENANT IS KILLED AS PLANES COLLIDE

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. l0.- Lieutenant Fanda B. Johnson, 31, was instantly killed near Kelly Field late this afternoon when the plane in which he was leading a squadron of ships collided with another piloted by Sergeant D. C.. Warner. Both ships were wrecked but Warner was uninjured despite the fact that he dropped nearly 2,000 feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-11
fA5T ICE

The full text of Governor Kill by's message to the legislature de- nouncing the valuation placed on the Alabama Power company's properties in Alabama will be found on page two of this issue .f The Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-11
BUY IN BIRMINGHAM

Goods advertised in The Age Herald by Birmingham merchants are guaranteed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-11
WEATHER FORECAST

Alabama and Mississippi-Fair and warmer Thursday; Friday fair and cooler,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-08-10

was somewhat short the amount OF
logs allotted. The camp closed down
and the crew, thinking that their Doss-
es would be equal in sportsmanS5mIIlp
made ready for the holiday imp Inc Inc
company officials, however, toresIali.eu
them, and instead of the trip ana ui III
ner, the Genoa Bay Logging 20. IA IIs
munlhclence presented each luIiloe e
jack with a 25-cent bottle Oh peer lor
a months sweating at top speed
The cost to the company Tor speed
ing up these workers for 70 WorKllg
days was $40, which averaged ABOUT
three-ffths of a cent per man Tor each
working day.
So enticing has been the square
feed" in speeding up tagging lumber
Jacks that another company with a
vision" the Chekamus Lumber Co,
near Squamish, recently gave a feed
to its workers in recognition OF a Two
million board feet output for monCf
Of June. There was the usual pala.vvel
about the necessity OF a cooperative
spirit between capital and labor.
A few months hence and the scene
will change-the same bosses wh'
spoke platitudes about the identity O
| interests will be motoring and lOung
ing on California beaches while thel
workers will be found in cheap room
ing houses and eating at lucent res
taurants in Vancover-brOke, hanclal
ly and physically.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-08-10
SNIFF AT DOCTORS
ORDERS WILL NEVER
CURE ANY PATIENT
FOLLOWING PRESCRIPTION

HOLLON lINNI hCOORlI llON
The doctor ordered the patient to go
to the mountains and breathe the in
vigorating air for a while.
The patient made a weekend trip,
took sniff and returned home, say
ing the whole thing was failure.
Many advertisers selling a line adj
vertised by others regularly, put in
two or three ads and quit in disgust. +?
If a merchant selling just one line
could secure a rush of business with
one or two ads, where would we get
the police to handle the crowds at the
store selling a thousand lines and adj
vertising every day?
The effect of advertising is not mir
aculous; it is a constant, consistent,
sure upbuilding process.
Institutions in Plentywood who adj
vertise regularly in The Producers
News are building for themselves a
permanent and enduring place in the
esteem of the papers readers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-08-10
$500 @il--.ll = = -.
TO ORGANIZE
BANK CLERKS

NEW YORK.-A quiet, persistent,
and already promising campaign is
under way to organize the 10000 bank
clerks of New York City. The I'M
ionizing effort is being conducted by
Bookkeepers, StenOgraphers and Ac-
countants' union 12646, with the back
ing of the A. F. of L.
Most of the officials of the larger
local banks deny any knowledge of
the campaign; a few admit that they
have heard rumOrs of it; but practical
ly all give evidence of being worried
about it.
The union already has a nucleus of
bank clerks around which to build, the
employees of the Amalgamated bank
and Federation bank, New York's two
labor banks, having joined the union
with the approval of the bank officials.
Abolition of the usual Christmas
bonuses to bank employees, and an
nouncement that the city's banks were
about to institute REIMBURSEMENT" of
employees salaries, was made recently
but not until after the organizing
campaign had gotten under way, ac-
cOrding to Ernest Bohm, secretary OF
the local union.
A previous attempt to unionize bank
clerks here failed. The union, which
was organized at that time, was called
the Bank Employees union. 1t did mo-
have the necessary staying power be-
cause its membership was confined tx
bank workers. Officials of the Book
keepers, Stenographers and Account
ants union are confident that thu
present move will succeed because tht
union already is an established, going
organization which can function sue
cessfully without the bank clerks.
Thousands of the bank clerks il
New York, married and with families
work so. hours a week or more for S3t
to $35. They frequently have to worl
several hours overtime for which the!
receive only supper money"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-08-10
DINNER PAIL EPICS
By BILL LLOYD

o, me! o, my! Alack! Alasi The
men who run the Peoples Gas and give
Chicago gas to cook has wrote new
rule in its book, to give the girls who
work for 1t chance to hold their jobs
a bit.
They must not wear a sleeveless
gown, and when they walk out in the
town their head must be topped with
a hat, or they'll be told where they is
at, Rouge must be spread on very
light. The lip stick, in which girls
delight, must now be held to be taboo
or they can hunt a job that's new.
The powder, from the brow to chin,
must be laid on in coat that's thin.
In short they must go slow on make
up, or there will be an Office shakeup.
Between appearance and their Jobs the
girls can choose with tears and sobs.
They can't doll up to catch a beau, OF
off the payroll they will 60 All PIN
pies now they must expose and sQuint
down on shiny nose.
We have a bunch of grave suspic-
ions that men who hold the high DO
sitions think girls who make them
selves up some will put mems morals
on the bum, and they can figure prof
its better if they are free Of anv fet-
ter to the smooth skin of sleeveless
arm and other undenatured charm.
But what becomes of human rights
when office girls look like frights =?
Why let the boss play duck and drake
with beauty for its beauty's sake +?
The Woman's party should come out
and swing sleeveless arm in bout to
stay this direful prostitution of WON
ems unwrit constitution, which saws
that every modern Eve can wear face
powder and no sleeve, and shan't con-
ceal her beauteous charm to save bank
balances from harm.
With my mug, Pm no ladies man,
but for them I'll do what l can. And
though it may not win me love, IN
cash IN when / get above. l thank
you.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-08-10
SMALL RAISE FOR
CHICAGOL MEN

CHICAGO.-Seventy-fve cents an
hour is the new rate for motormen on
Chicago elevated lines fixed by arbi-
tration. Next year it is to be TIC.
The old rate was 72c and the new rate
follow custom in keeping their hourly
wage &c above that of motormen and
conductors on the surface lines. Ele-
waited conductors, who do not have to
collect fares or issue transfers, will
get zoe this year and TIC next, a sim
liar &c and &c increase over the old
rates. Elevated guards get CSC and
extra guards &c an hour.
The decision proves again that en-
ployers are using arbitration to keep
wages down. The present rates bare
ly enable the men to preserve the Low
prewar standard of living.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-08-10
EXPLOIT CANADIAN
LUMBERJACKS
By SYDNEY WARREN
Federated Press Staff Correspondent

VANCOUVER, B. C.-The super-pa-
triotic British Columbia lumber own
ers are thrilled with the new prospect
of being able to stand by the British
Empire. 1t is announced that the
British government, alarmed at the
extent Of Frances aircraft power, is
negotiating for supplies of aeroplane
spruce from the Queen Charlotte Is
lands of this province at fancy prices.
The prospective boom calls attention
again to the slave conditions under
which the lumberjacks do the work
while the employers rake IN the profits
Last year B. G.. lumberacks cut one
billion, eight hundred and nine million
board feet of lumber, of which amount
two hundred and seventy-three mil
lion feet We're exported. The logger's
share of the total cut was 275 feet, or
enough to provide him with a bunk in
"double-decker' clubhouse.
Insanitary sleeping quarters are
common throughout the logging camps
of the province. In some places the
sleeping quarters meat and cook hous-
es and toilets are built close together,
with consequent reeking conditions of
filth and disease. In camps where
piecework is the rule, the tools sup
piled are often antiquated and of little
use. Camps having shower baths are
frequently without hot water and
sometimes without any kind Of water.
The food is of low quality, the meat
frequently spoiled
Complaints against camp conditions
brand the offender as a labor agitator.
He is discharged and hi shame placed
on blacklist for the reference of the
logging bosses of the province. If
workers are known to belong to a I'M
ion or receive mail from union head
quarters, letters are intercepted in
many camps and the person to whom
they are addressed is minus his Job.
This system of thigh ball" logging
reached a climax recently in the case
of the Genoa Bay Logging Co. at Co
witchan Lake. Early in June it prom
ised the workers a free trip to Victoria
and a supper at leading hotel if the
crew put 1880 logs in the water be-
tween June 1st and the 28th. The
men exerted themselves to do this, the
natural craftsmanship of the lumber
jack to perform such a feat being en-
couraged by the prospect of holiday
/ trip. Several obstacles were met with
which caused an unavoidable DELAY
and when June 28th came the crew
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-08-10
N. E. MONT. LABOR
OFFICE BAINVILIE
MEN BROUGHT FROM EAST FOR
FIVE COUNTIES APPLY no
COUNTY AGENT.

Federal-state Harvest Labor offices
for the recruitment and distribution Of
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-08-10
Anthracite Operators Look
ing for Higher Prices

ATLANTIC CITY, N. Refusal
by the operators to recognize the
closed union shop and to institute
checking-off of union dues on the pay
roll is the cause of the breakup of the
anthracite conference here, called to
draw up contract in place of the one
expiring Sept. 1. No immediate anx-
iety is felt since the motion to adjourn
provided for reconvening the confer
ence by secretary at any Opportune
time, which gives all of August to
continue negotiations. Dealers in
anthracite figure on reserve equal to
a month and half's supply by Sept.
l.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-08-10

the help that will be needed IN the
nrincipal grain producing districts OF
fbe state are to be opened at once at
RainviIle and Great Falls by the U. 5.
Farm Labor Bureau in cooperation
with the Montana Department of Ag-
ric11It11re. In 1922 the Montana De-
partnent of Agriculture established a
temporary harvest labor office at BAN
Vile for the distribution Of harvest
labor recruited by the U. S. Farm La
bor Bureau. This season trained men
of the u. S. Farm Labor Bureau will
be in charge of the Bainville Office
and also the one at Great Falls.
Serves Five Counties
The Bainville office will serve the
needs of northeastern Montana-Phill-
lbs. Valley, Roosevelt, Daniels, Sheri-
dan and Richland counties; the Great
Falls office will be in clearing point
for Judith Basin, Fergus, Cascade,
Teton, Chouteau, Pondera, Lewis and
Clark, Gallatin and other accessible
counties.
Farmers will list their labor needs
with the county agents, who will not
ify the distributing offices of the num-
Der of men needed and the wages Of
fered. The distributing office will
send the men direct to the county
agents for clearance to the farmers.
Recruit From East
Labor for northeastern Montana will
be recruited from the east, and it is
likely a special harvest fare will be
put into effect. Because of the long
round about distances involved it is
not practical to secure labor from the
east for central Montana, so efforts
will be made to recruit men from the
west, as well as from those districts
in Montana where crops are light be-
cause of drouth or grasshopper dam
age.
While these two districts are in
greatest need of the greatest amount
of labor, there are other districts that
can also use men from the outside
The Bitter Root valley, south of Mis-.
soula, needs a considerable number OF
men for haying, harvesting and fruit
picking. The region around Dillon, il
southern Montana, needs men for hay.
ing, according to reports. The dis.
tricts around BOzeman and Helena
! also need men.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-08-10
Printers Rap Rookie
Teller Foundation


BUFFALO, N. Y.-The convention
of the New York State Council of the
Allied Printing Trades, in session here
has adopted a resolution demanding
the cancellation Of the charter of the
Rockefeller foundation, which it char
acterizes as an "effort to control free
education in the public schools Of the
state"
Another resolution adopted by the
convention urges wider support of the
labor press. "The public press" it de-
clares, "does not give sufficient space
to matters affecting organized labor.
In another resolution, E. H. Gary is
condemned as being instrumental in
perpetuating the 12-hour day in the
United States steel industry.