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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
EFFORT.
 MADE ID SELL J. 6 VESSELS
Shipping Board Determined Federal Trade Routes To Be Continued As Boats Go Into Hands Of
 Private Firms

WASHINGTON. April 27.-The ad- ministration final effort to convey the governmen fleet to private own ership and operation was taken to- day when the shipping board invited bids on all the passenger and cargo ships on its register
 A basic condition was that each of- fer must carry with 1t a guarantee to maintain one of the present gov ernment routes or some new route acceptable to the board.
 Announcement also was made that the existing routes had been consol- dated so as to reduce them to IS, which would be given first consider ation in any plan touching on the operation of an American merchant marine. The re- grouping decided on both IS measure of economy and to give operators a wide latitude in accepting freight will cut the govern ment routes to the following: Routes Proposed.
 Route North Atlantic, United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland) .
 Route 2-Gulf and south Atlantic, United Kingdom tGreat Britain and Ireland).
 Route 3-North Atlantic. continen- tai Europe north of Bordeaux.
 Route 4-Gulf and south Atlantic, continental Europe north of Bordeau.
 Route 5-North Atlantic, continen- tai Europe south of Bordeaux, in- cluding all Mediterranean and Black sea.
 Route 6-Gulf and south Atlanti, continental Europe south of Bor- deaux. including all Mediterranean and Black sea.
 Route 1-Atlantic coast and gulf, east coast South America.
 Route S-Atlantic coast and gulf, orient and Philippines.
 Route 9-Atlantic coast and gulf, India and Dutch East Indies.
 Route 10-Atlantic coast and gulf, Australia.
 Route 11-Atlantic coast and gulf, south and east Africa.
 Route 12-Atlantic coast and gulf, west Africa.
 And six on the Pacific coast.
 The boards announcement set no minimum below which an offer would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
CARNEGIE HEAD HERE Wigh0m Visits T. c. I. Plants While
 On Way To New Orleans

William WIgbam, vice president of the Carnegie Steel company, auxil- iary of the Steel corporation. spent Friday in the district as the guest of officials of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. In the course of the day he visited the steel works at Fairfield and the million dollar company hospital. Mir Wigham is on his way to New Or leans, where the convention of the National Foreign Trade Council is to be held next week, terminating on Saturday with the opening of the $20,000,00o industrial canal just com pleted.
 James Farrell. president of the Steel corporation, is also to attend the New Orleans meeting and will probably return east by way of Bir- mingham.
 Numbers of Birmingham manufac- tGrers and exporters will be in New Orleans next week. H. K. Miner, president of the state harbor board, will attend the foreign trade council a.a witness the dedication of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
STREET LIGHT
 FOR CITY DRAWN
'lap.x $ Nearly 700 Lamps 2 wed In Agreement As Worked Out Friday
 Morning By Harrison
 And J. s. Pevear

Draft of street lighting contract between the City of Birmingham and the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company was worked out Fri day morning in the city hall at a joint conference of J. S. Pevear, president and /co-receiver of the company, and City Commissioner w. L. Harrison. C. M: Baker, chief electrician of the city, and M. L. McAllister, director of the meter de- partment. took part in the discus sion.
 All details of the contract, which will be the first the city has had in years. were pronounced satisfactory 10 boch parties interested and will be passed on to the city commi ssion as settled item of the general ne- gotiations of the city and street car company to be presented before the city commission next Tuesday Covers Placing 700 Lamps.
 The importance of the conference is seen from the simple statement of MT. Harrison that it covers the plac- ing of nearly 700 street lamps in Birmingham, some of which were or t zens have been petitioning for many years.
 Three grades of street lamp are provided for in the contract, grad ing downward from the largest arc lights. Sizes will be governed by where each light Is placed. Hun dreds of the little bulbs and reflec- tors that merely star" many of the darker streets will disappear and be replaced by real metropolitan illu- imitation.
 We went over all phases of the street lighting matter" said Mir. Harrison, and have 1t in good shape for submission to the board. l. not only opens the way for nearly TOO additional street lamps, but will in- sure considerable saving to the city financially"
 It has actually been seven or eight years since the city has had a con- tract for lighting. the previous con- tract having expired in 1915
 Municipal authorities in Birming- ham and elsewhere regard the pres ence of an arc light tlmose ..- equal of a policeman for preserving ord fer a considerable, diminishing of nuis- ances as soon 'as the additional and larger lights are installed.
 No Changes Expected.
 As MT. Harrison and MT. Pevear were given full authority for draw ing up the contract, by the interests they represent, each having direct responsibility for it's provisions as utilizer and supplier, it is expected that it will be accepted without modification at the Tuesday meet ing.
 Until the approval of the papers, Mir. Harrison said, it is better not to recount the subject of costs and items. As soon as approval is given these details will be announced.
 The draft of the lighting contract is the first of the completed steps In the present negotiations between the city and the B. R., L. & P. Co.,. and those who took part in the ne- gotiation appeared to believe that this first important step so satis- factorily taken, to both parties con cerned, augurs we'll for the general conclusions of all the matters which are now up for final settlement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
SPIRITS ARE TALKING
Sir Arthur Gets "Message" From
 His Mother

TOLEDO. Ohio. April 27.-A scrib- bled note purporting to be a message from his dead mother. was received by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle last night during a seance with Miss Ada Bes- sinet. medium. The letter beginning My dear Son." informed Sir Arthur that his mother had tried to come to him in spirit. but failing apprised him of her presence by means of the note. The English novelist also re- ceived what he said was a whispered message from his nephew. Oscar. killed in the World war. Several spirit faces appeared before him and before other members of the party evening" J. Malcolm Bird, associate editor of the Scientific American, came to Toledo with Sir Arthur and attended the seance as his guest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
WRITE CODE OF ETHICS
Newspaper Editors Holding Meeting
 At NntiOn'S Cnpital

of ethics for newspaper workers was considered at the opening session today of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, but after the dis cussion of certain points, it was re- devised it, for further study to re- port tomorrow. The stumbling block for immediate action proved to be inadequate explanation of a clause of unfair partisanship." and a state ment that a newspaper has no right to publish a statement without per mission of it's author. Among gem eral faults found was proper em- phasis on crime. scandal and such "stories" and failure to employe thor oughly trained and experienced men for many important assignments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
QUEER THINGS HAPPENING
New City Officials Of Chicago Are
 Making Unusual Finds

CHICAGO, April 27.-All sorts of queer things are happening in the city hall since the new regime has taken over the direction of the city.
 Corporation Attorney Busch today earned his name had been forged to a precaepe filed in circuit court against tunnel company here, which would have cheated the city out of s25o,000 if the forgery had not been detected.
 When cleaning up the comptrol- ler's office today one of the clerks found surface lines checks valued at s400,000 in a pigeonhole in the of flee The checks were made out to the city in payment for cleaning of the traction companies rights Of way by the city at the taxpayers expense.
 The checks had been held up, It was learned, pending decision to see fl it was perfectly legal to accept the money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
REPORTS ON CoNvENTl0N

American Business ftID Sosamitreer Making Coca sroer'ss
 Reports of committee cl s-men for the first an1ual coRNenttf| of sto American Business c,ao in EtFnins ham May 2s and % wsre heard the clubs weekly luncheon Friday at tue Yutwler hotel. All reported their parts in the convention and only minor details now have to be worked out.
 H. E. Cox. in charge of the souve- mir edition of the A. B. c. Magazine. said his committee had most of their work completed.
 R. c. Norris of the United Auto Supply company gave a short talk on the accessory business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
LASKER's AID SOUGHT
Difficulties Of Intcr-COastal Traffic
 Referred To Shipping Board

WASHINGTON, April 27-Difficul- ties met by the shipping companies engaged in inter-coastal traffic in their effort to restore the inter- coastal conference agreements have been referred to Chairman Laske CT with a request that the shipping board assist in reaching a solution. Refusal of one. of the lines to re- enter the conference has held up the entire agreement, Chairman Lasker was informed in communication from the meeting which has been in progress in New York for two weeks
 Restoration of the conference was declared officially today to be con sidered by the board of vital impor- tance to American commerce. The board was said to hold the power to apply pressure through either of two methods. Section 19 of the shipping act of 1916 prohibits company. which reduces rates to stiffle com petition from raising it's rates again when the competition has been re- moved, and the board also might as- sign ships to the contested routes which could under-bid the recaltri- cant cOmDany,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
COUNTY BUYS$l06,877
 WORTH OF NEW TRUCKS
Twenty Old Autos Turned In On
 Deal Made Friday

An expenditure oi $106.S77.15 for the purchase of 21 heavy duty trucks was authorized at a meeting Friday afternoon of the Jefferson county board of revenue. The orders were aportioned out as follows: Seven Federals, seven Whites and seven Mecks. All are four-ton trucks, fully equipped with hydraulic verticals hoists and dump bodies.
 Twenty old trucks were traded in on the deal with an allowance of $27,- $50. to be deducted from the list price, making a total expense of $79,337.15 to the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
IMPORTS INCREASE
February Figures Greatest In History
 With One Exception

WASHINGTON. April 27.-Imports into the United States during Feb ruary amounted to s296. 900, ,0o0 com- pared to S329.S43,0o0 in January, last, and s215,743,0oO in February, 1922
 The total for February this year was greater than for the same months in any previous year. except 1920. when February imports totalled S467.402,00, In February, 1914. the normal pre- war month, the total was sl4s, ,00o. During the current fis- cal year imports have shown an al- most constant rising tendency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
BECK IS IGNORED
American wil Plead Case In English
 court

WASHINttTf,N. April 27.-What is said to be an unprecedented compli- ment has been paid to Solicitor Gem eral Beck by the bar of England in giving him permission to argue a case before the privy council of Eng land next July. No foreign barrister.
 it was said today at the department of justice, has. ever been permitted to present case before the privy coun- cil where litigants are represented only by British barristers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
SPILLWAY PROPOSED
President Receives Flood Contro
 PI, .s From Louisiani;i

Fre810ent hece1Veo FIOOO Control
 PI, .s From Louisiani;i
 WASHING TON, 4Apr' 27.-Plans for the const. .uctlon of a pillway from the Mississippi river into the Gulf, about 10 miles below New Or leans. with view to eliminating the flood menace on the lower Missis- sippi, were outlined to President Harding today by a committee of Louisiana citizens.
 The committee, presented to the President by Senator Broussard of Louisiana, was headed by James M. Thompson, publisher of the New Or leans Item.
 The proposed spillway, which gem erally has been disfavored by army engineers. would allow the waters of the Mississippi, in time of flood, to escape into the Gulf about 90 miles above the present mouth of the river. It could be constructed, engineers accompanying the ( legation said, for a maximum f $5,000.000 and would be effective in removing the flood menace on the Mississippi be- low the mouth of the Red river,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
EXPENDITURE PLAYED
Commons Member AssalIs Lavishness
 Of Duke Of YOrk's Wedding

LONDON, April 27.-John Newbold. communist member of the House Of Commons, in wild outburst of ora tory today, declared that the lavish ness of the wedding of the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes- Lyons was provocation for revolu- tion in England.
 Newbold declared that the Kings advisers. whom he held responsible for the wedding plans. should be i'm peached. The communist declared that mothers who were living with heir families in barns should be provided for before an extra 15.000 pounds was ad,lsd to the annuity of fEa Duke of York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
GILLETT BACKS PLAN
Speaker Of House Joins Harding II
 Sunnart Of Worlds Caurf

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. April 27.-- Algning with the President in sup port of a permanent court of inter- national justice, Frederick H. Gill lett, speaker of the National House of Representatives. addressing re- gional conference of republican women here today, declared such "a court is in advance and natural se- quence to the practice of arbitration between nations which we have all can policy"
 Meeting the objection that such a course would make the United States a participant in the League of Nations, MT. Gillett said that this objection is imaginary for the na- tion would not be compelled in any way to be even a partial member of the league
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
AMERICANS PROTEST
Refuse To Pay Duty On Goods Sent
 To Sufferers

CONSTANTINoPLE, April 27.-Ad- miral Mark l.. Bristol, American representative in the Near East, has Nehemently protested. against the ac- ton of the Turks in charging GUS toms on supplies brought into the country by the Near Eastern Relief to aid sufferers. The conflict be- tween the Near Eastern Relief and the Turkish officials is assuming se rious proportions. The relief offi- cials state they are refusing to pay duties on their supplies on orders from headquarters in New York and that the American people will not tolerate it if the Turks insist on taxing their gifts to the stricken peoples of Asia Minor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
INJURED BY TRAIN
Taylor Treece Was HoboiEg His Way
 To ChattamOOga

Taylor Treece, 42 years old, 1900 Louisiana avenue. New Orleans, was badly injured when boarding a freight train near Attalla, Ala, Fri day afternoon, and was brought to Birmingham and taken to the St. Vincent hospital by Eidout
 Treece was hoboing to Chatta- nooga. Tenn, it was said. and got as far as Attalla when he fell off the bumpers. He was trying to get back on again. when some object sticking out from under the car struck him in the back and knocked him unconscious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
ADMITS DROWNING WIFE
Husband h Held Without Bond Fol-
 lowing Alleged COnfessiOn

IOWInx AHeBed COmIeNh10M
 NEW BRITAIN. Conn, April 27.- Having confessed that he sat on his wife in a shallow pond so that she was drowned, John A. Carlson, a plumbing contractor. was held with out bonds today.
 He said he deliberately drove his automobile oyer an embankment. The machine overturned and both were thrown into the pond. Then, Carlson said, he placed a cushion on his wife's head and chest and sat on it. holding her beneath the surface. He sat there until her struggles ceased, according to his statement. and then went to the highway anu obtained Assistance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
NEWLYWEDS AT PEACE
Duke And Duchess Are Resting UT
 After StrenuOuS Ceremony

After StrenWOuS CcremOMy
 LONDON, April 27.-Rangers and police are seeing to it that the new iyweds. the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth. are passing their honey moon in peace.
 heavy guard has been thrown about Polesden Alley where the two are passing few days resting up from the strenuous ceremony con- ducted in Westminster Abbey Thurs day.
 Although it has become necessary for some to be chased away, most of the villagers are respecting the wish of the couple to be allowed the ut most privacy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28
APPOINTMENT GETS 0. K.

Former COngresSwoman Approved As Veterans Bureau Worker
 WASHINGTON, April 27.-Appoint- ment of Miss Alice Robertson, former member of Congress from Oklahoma as welfare worker in the Neter- ans Bureau hospital at Muskogee. was approved today by Director Hines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-28

BIRMINGHAM REALTY CO.'S 1922 LAND SALES WERE LAR CYST IN AMOUNT AND NUM- BER PURCHASERS IN HISTORY
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-03

Cream wanted at The Purity
Creamery. Highest prices promptly
paid. 131
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-03
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS.
Says Backache Often Means You
Have Not Been Drinking
Enough Water.

| When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region
| it may mean you have been eating
foods which create acids, says a we'll
known authority. An excess OF such
acids overworks the kidneys IN their
effort to filter it from the blood and
they become sort of paralyzed end
loggy When your kidneys get slug
gish and clog you must relieve them,
like you relieve your bowels, remov-
ing all the body's urinous waste, else
you have backache, sick headache,
dizzy spells; your stomach sours,
tongue is coated, and when the wea-
Their is bad you have rheumatic
twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of
sediment channels often get sore,
water scalds and you are obliged to
seek relief two or three times during
the night.
Either consult a good, reliable
physician at once or get from your
pharmacist about four ounces of Jad
Salts; take a tablespoonful in glass
of water before breakfast for few
days and your kidneys may then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with 1ithia, and has been
used for years to help clean and
stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to
neutralize acids in the system, so they
no longer irritate, thus often relieving
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure and makes a delightful, efferves-
cent Iithia-water drink. Drink lots OF
soft water. By all means have your
physician examine your kidneys at
least twice a year To be Obtained
from Corner Srug and Jewelry Store
Adv.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-03
GREAT SWEDISH PLAY
MADE INTO AMERICAN FILM.

Henning Berger, one of the greatest
modern Swedish dramatists, is the au-
author of So The Sin Flood" the new
Goldwyn photoplay coming to the
Kenworthy theatre for two days, be-
ginning Sunday. The picture was
adapted from the original Swedish
play by J. G. Hawks, the Goldwyn
continuity writer.
:" The Sin Flood is the type of
play that lends itself readily to pic
turization. The various scenes spoken
about by the characters in the play
are shown pictorially on the SCREEN
and a more graphic representation of
the authors ideas are thus made pos
sible. The material of the play It
self is perfectly translated to the
screen, so that the picture as q whole
is one Of the closest photoplay adap-
tations of play ever made.
The direction of The Sin Flood "
by Frank Lloyd, one of the masters
Of screen craft, has developed every
dramatic possibility Of the story and
the human weaknesses of the char
acters. The result of Mr.. Lloyd's
work is a beautifully produced photo
play.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-03
cZECHS CONSOLIDATE BANKS
Waste and Duplication Lessened by
Merger Of Institutions.

Merger of Institutions.
The year 1922 was notable in the
development of banking in CZechO-
sfovakia. Effoks have been made
and successfully, to consolidate the
banks under a system of joint con-
troll, by which it will be possible. by
mutual agreement, to limit the field
of activities, thus cutting out waste
and duplication of efforts and bring
ing about greater business prosperity
for all the institutions concerned
One of the most far-reaching
changes is the abolition of local
branches of the larger banks. The
business of these branches, such as
the collection of deposits, is being
taken over by the savings banks,
which already cover the country.
For the last four years there has
been progress toward consolidation of
the financial system of the new repub-
tic, aimed particularly at financing
the country's import and export trade,
and the accomplishments of 1922
round out this program.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-03-03

widowed mothers nor other womel
with disrupted marital relations wht
were winning bread apparently Mt thu
| expense of the care of young children
but the married i omen living with
! bread-winnng husbands" The revela
ton, the report says, makes a strong
urge for further information.
| Question Not Answered.
| The bureau report says further: I'll
| is of manifest Importance to know
why SO large a group of women with
home responsibilities should be al
work when the usual family pro-
viders are in evidence. Rarely are
the wages OF fathers sufficient to keep
grown unmarried daughters from go
Ing into industry as breadwinners, but
that the wife and mother should go
out to work while the husband and
father is breadwinner challenges
attention. Is it because she must
or because she wants TOP"
But after raising this interesting
question the bureau report calmly
concludes that without information
on family income, which is not pos
sible to secure from census sched-
ules, definite answer to this ques-
ton cannot be given"
The work done by the women
would indicate that necessity rather
than a desire for career guides the
woman workers of Passaic. 1t is a
manufacturing town and the major
ity Of the women are employed at
spinning and weaving in the textile
mills, at running machines in hand
kerchief factories or at productive
work in other manufacturing plants.
Women do not ordinarily leave ba-
bes under five years for such work
unless under financial stress.
How the mothers dispose of their
children is not, of course, shown by
the census records, but the woman's
bureau made a survey of 522 repre-
sentative homes containing working
mothers with small children to find
out how they provide for their babies
during working hours. OF these
mothers, lO7 burn the candle at both
ends, working in factories or other
places at night in order to be at |
home in the day to care for their |
children In 11S families the chill
dren, all under fourteen years, look |
out for one another, while % moth |
ers keep store with babies tagging at |
their heels
Except for a few families where
a daughter mother or neighbor helps
with the homework, all of the en-
ployed mothers cook, clean and wash
for the families after working
hours"
While the woman's bureau does not
1raw any general conclusions, the
married woman who works for lux
lries does not seem to be in exist
,nce In Passaic Out of some 10000
working women only LOO hold cler-
cal positions, and less than 500 are
n professional or managerial service.
So far as unmarried working wom- J
"A are concerned, the woman's bureau
ound that "15 per cent were either |
Iole breadwinners, or one of two, or
me of three or more breadwinners In
antilles having no male breadwinners
living in the family. More than 80
er cent of the single breadwinners
n Passaic were boarding or lodging,
wing with employers or with rela-
ives, or were domiciled in institu !
Ions. In other words, nearly half Of
he single women breadwinners ap
arently had sharply defined RESPONSE )
ilfties for personal or family sup
ort." I