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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
STATE TO HAVE REPRESENTATION
 AT EXPOSITION
Practically All Of Ala bama's Allotment Is
 Thought Assured


 Jesse D. Nearin, Montgomery, sec retary of the state committee promot- ing the Southern Exposition, is ex- pected t0 be in Birmingham within the next two weeks to confer with O. l.. Bum, chairman, on the progress made to date and future plans. At the meet ing the final drive to line up organiza- tions for display at the show will be launched.
 According to Mir. Bum the space all lotted to Alabama at the exposition is gradually being taken up. During the past week Tuskegee institute signified it's intentions of having an exhibit at the show which, with the space already sold, guarantees about 5000 of the 1000 square feet of area.
 The exposition, a new idea, is calcu- lated to display resources of the south before the northern industrial inter- ests. Each state will be given sec tion of the fair to be held January 19 to 31 at the Grand Central Palace in New York, with several prize awards posted for comprehensive exhibits.
 One of these prizes, a $5O,OO0 adver- tising contract in the Manufacturers Record, is considered particularly at tractive to the entrants and a great deal of competition is expected to re- suit from it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
PIPE TO BE SHIPPED IN FAIRFIELD CARS
Motion Pictures May Be Made
 Of Unique Consignment

speciaI train of cast iron pipe, ot 1 2OO tons. destined for Porto Rico, loaded in railroad cars made at the Fairfield car shops, will be operated from the Central Foundry company s plant at Bessemer to Jacksonville with in few days.
 The pipe is to fill an order received by the foundry company from Porto Rico after lively competition, and rep resents a signal victory for this district over the activities of the Belgian and German agents in that island country.
 When it came time to load the ship ment. the Southern Railway company assigned fifty cars to the plant, and it was accidently discovered that the cars were a part of the recent order executed at Fairfield by the Fairfield Steel works for the Southern. The in- teresting coincident that the actual wheels, frames and cars were manufac- tured here and were being used in the export shipment, attracted attention of the officials. There followed plans to secure a motion picture of the tran with photographs of the railroad crew, its arrival in Jacksonville and other in- teresting details of the shipment.
 It was understood in industrial cir cles Saturday that the Southern Rail way may have photographs of the train and data in connection with the ship ment, printed into an attractive brOch- ure and distributed all over the system. If this is done this district will receive il valuable amount of advertising by this unique meahs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
CLOE HAS NOTHING
 WHATEVER TO SAY
Gets Peeved Because Reporter
 Asks Him Question

Police Commissioner Cloe Saturday warned an Age-Herald reporter to "stop following me around like an ant, ' when the reporter sought to question him about Judge Roger Snyder charge to the grand jury, which as sailed the police for 'laxity in enforc- ing the traffic code"
 Mir. Cloe was asked if he intended to discuss the situation with Judge Shy. der.
 q have nothing to say, buddy" he replied, as he walked away. He started to the third floor and the re, porter followed.
 Tt is reported that you will write the judge q letter. pressed the re- porter.
 Eve told you had nothing to say,' Cloe replied indignantly. When l have any news I'll give it to you. I'm running my business"
 The reported next suggested that the public might be interested in the traf- fife situation.
 Go ahead now and stop following me around the city hall like an ant Cloe replied. T try te treat you fel, lows courteOusly, but when 1 say l have nothing to say, I mean it."
 Despite the safety commissioners flat refusal to say anything but q have nothing to say" the belief pre- vailed at city hall that Judge Snyder shortly will receive a letter asking definite information concerning his complaints of laxity, in order that any shortcomings in traffic enforcement may be remedied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
CONTRACTS LET FOR NEW OVENS AT LOCAL PLANT Alabama By-PrOducts Ad- ditions To Cost More
 Than $1, 1000, ,OOO TO BE COMPLETED
 BY EARLY SPRING Will Give Alabama Total
 Of 2,765 By-Prod-
 uct Ovens

Contracts for the construction of coke oven additiontions involving ap- proximately $1,OO0,OOO has been given to the Hopper company by the Ala bama By-P Products corporation, accord ing to announcement Saturday by Morris W. Bush, president of the com pany. The construction company of Pittsburg was engaged to build the orig inal 75 ovens now being operated by the company and when the additions were authorized it was believed the Hopper company would also obtain that contract. The work is expected to be ready by April 1.
 Mir. Bush has been engaged for the past two weeks in a conference with the Hopper agents and makers of other types. He said it was believed the work would be handled promptly and operations ready by early spring.
 Construction of the additional ovens will give Alabama 2,785 by-product ovens, adding materially to the gross output of the by-product development. The owners of the Alabama By-Prod- ucts corporation will be in commando ing position with the construction of the additional ovens at Tarrant City, The output of coke will be materialiy increased but that of the derivitives will be even greater and more valuable. it is said. Mir, Bush and Mir. Ham. mond, directing heads of the company. constructed the plant during the war and since that time have deyeloped the plant into one of the most success full by-product operations in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
CONTEMPT CHARGES
 MAY ARISE AGAIN
Three Men Released But Are
 Served With Jury SubpOenas

The 24-hour sentences for contempt of court against John shannon, Young Deese, and George Sellers expired at II o'clock Saturday morning with their release from the county jail. However they were summoned before Judge Roger Snyder, who imposed the sen tence Friday, and were issued sub poenas for re-appearance before the grand jury when it's re-cOnvenes Sep tember g. ...-.-.--.-. .-
 The youths were found guilty of con tempt Friday morning, whenrt they re- fused to answer questions before the grand jury. They had been caught by Deputy Sheriff J. W. Alexander Thurs day night gathered around a jug 9f liquor with fourth man, who made his escape. The young men would not reveal the name of the escaped man.
 If the men refuse to answer ques. tions when they are again called be fore the grand jury, they may be given another contempt sentence, it is said. As~-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31

ALABAMA HAS
 2II PERSONS
 INV WHO'S WHO

1.-TWO hundred and eleven of the
 persons, given space in "Who's
 Who in America" Volume 13, for 1924-25, are residents of Ala bama, according to interesting statis- tics compiled and published by the Journal of Education, for August 21.t
 An interesting fact revealed was that of all the women who were mentioned, B per cent were married and SS per cent had had higher training than that which the high school gives. Of the women men, tioned, 45 per cent were writers, 16 per cent educators, per cent social workers, z per cent artists, 4 per cent actresses, 3 per cent singers, 2 per cent editors and 2 per. cent physicians. Thirty-three per cent of all the women mentioned were born in the middle Atlantic states and 6 per cent were born in the southern states, which figure the Journal of Education considers good in proportion of population. M
 Nowhere else is there such an effort made to exclude persons whose life record is not of general interest and to include those who are. Money gets no one in nor does the lack of 1t keep one out. While absolute in- justice is impossible, there is no longer any question but that it is the first approach to justice that has ever been attempted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
SHOALS FUTURE BRIGHT
 COL. MAY STATES
Believes Great Trunk Line May Soon Span
 District

Col. L. A. May, president of the Mo bile and West Alabama Railroad com pany, appears decidedly optimistic as to the future of the great Muscle Shoals district, juding from an interview re- gently printed in the Muscle Shoals Sunday News in which he states fl probable that great trans-continental railroad from Detroit through Ironton. Ohio, southwest through Kentucky with Muscle Shoals as one of it's i'm portant points, may not be far in the distant future.
 Quoting from the story appearing in the building of the Panama Canal, the Muscle Shoals paper: < aK.
 Colonel May states that possible plan. also. include an outlet from Muscle Shoals to Birmingham and thence to an Atlantic seaport, which wot9d place the Shoals territory upon another oi the greatest railroad systems of the country.
 The Mobile and West Alabama rail. roda, extending from Muscle Shoals to Mobile, has already been chartered by the state of Alabama, surveyed and plans are we'll under way for its fur. ther development. This road gives Muscle Shoals a down hill pull through the great coal and iron district of Ala. bama, opening up the vast mineral re- sources of the territory and E giving products of the Muscle Shoals district a direct outlet to fOregn points through the Gulf of Mexico.
 Existing railroads skirt this vast mineral district, having been built be. fore the mineral development period with a view of touching agricultural towns in the state, but at the time of the building of the Panama Canal the Mobile and West Alabama railroad was conceived, surveyed and started though the time to build has. not ar rived until the present.
 In the near future, Colonel May states, great developments may be ex- pected to take place, involving the con solidation of at least two of the enor. nous coal and iro4 interests, with out let from Muscle Shoals to Birmingham to the gulf and to the Atlantic.
 Colonel May, who is at, the Sheffield hotel, in company with party of Chi cago capitalists and railroad magnates looking over the possibilities of the Shoals district, says: T have just returned from a trip to Detroit and Cleveland, where talked with the Ford people. They tell me they are satisfied with the condition and status of the Ford-Muscle Shoals matter as 1t stands today, and expect Congress in December to decide matters favorable to Ford. I have conferred with capi- talists and industrialists in all parts of the country, and they all promise an influx of capital as well as man. power into Muscle Shoals the minute the Ford bid is accepted.
 With the proposed railroad in opera ton, this district will have an outlet opening up and developing great min eral and manufacturing possibilities that will place Muscle Shoals among the great industrial centers of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
DRY WEATHER HURTS
 CROPS IN THE SOUTH
Much Attention Is Centering On
 Corn Output

Regarding crop conditions, the Amer. ican Steel and Wire company for the week ending August 30 will say:
 Dry weather continues in the south accompanied by unseasonably high tenn. peratures in most sections. This caused most crops to suffer somewhat. Rains and generally warm weather from the middle Atlantic states westward and from the Ohio river northward caused crops to make good progress. liar. vesting of small grains was much in. terrupted by severe storms and rains in many parts of the central states There is considerable complaint of oats and other small grain sprouting in the shock.
 Practically all of the attention is centering on the corn crop, While this crop has been growing favorably the last few weeks, it has got succeeded ill overcoming its handicap of from two to four weeks, due to an unfavOr- able spring. In most instances it will require from five to six weeks for any corn to ripen, provided the weather is extremely favorable.
 Cotton in the more southerly states is doing fairly we'll, and while there is some loss from shedding, there is eorrespondingly small loss due to insect damage, and the outlook now is for fair to good cotton crop, pro- vided the drouth conditions do not be- come too much intensified.
 Potatoes appear to be very good crop in most of the producing sections, with some rot reported from diStrictE that have had too much water. Sugar beets in the far west are looking very good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
IRON PRODUCTION
 SET MONTHS RECORD
T. c. I. Furnace Output Is Set
 At S4,OOO Tons

The six blast furnaces of the Ten. nesgee Coal Iron and, Railroad com pany at EnsIey will produce s4 GOO tons for the month of August, breaking ore vious records for that month by ap- proximately 7,OO0 tons, according to in. formation received in Ensley Saturday It. is stated that despite the humidity of the month, which invariably inter feres with furnace operations, the rec ord has been secured and the, empIoyes attached to the furnace division are said to be very much pleased over the ton- mage. The furnaces have been on- erated during the past few months by Roy Ledbetter, who came to Ensley as a successor of Wade Oldham, who went to the Fairfield Steel works. This is the first record under the regime of the rev superintendent, it is stated.
 The prevailing practice of rewarding the furnace employees with cigars will prevail Monday, it is believed, in cele- bration of the tonnage produced for August.
 The operations at Ensley have been exceptionally pleasing, it is stated, for while many furnaces are down, the en- tire series at Ensley have been operated at full capacity. This is also true of all operations of the Tennessee com pany, it is stated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
HEALTH OFFICE TO GIVE SCORES
 OF LKDEALERS
Officials Deny Raw Per-
 mits Have Been Re F voked Without Cause

Publication of the milk scores of Bir. mingham dairymen, intended to distin- guish between the standard operators and the so-called bootleg element, was delayed Saturday for week on ac- count of illness in the family of Dr. ]. D. Bowling, health officer. and the absence from the city of D. c. Bulmer, chief of the food and dairy division of the health department.
 Immediately upon their return to the health offices, these officials will pre- pare the list and make it public, it was said by attaches of the. department. Their report also will cite figures for August, showing a still further decline in the number of cases of typhoid fever tributed by health authorities to the fact that more than 75 per cent of the city's milk supply is pasteurized.
 Plans of the health department to join with physicians and citizens in opposing the movement of q group of raw milk dealers to have passed an or dinance changing the regulations for dealers who sell milk in its raw state, will be completed after this proposed ordinance is presented to the city com mission. Attorneys Rodderick Beddow and Hugh Locks represent the raw deal CTS and their ordinance may be sub mittted this week.
 Raw Dealers Complain
 The Raw Milkmen's association, in lengthy statement sent to the news ofv members were seeking to avoid com pliance with the milk code.
 The statement said practically alI of the members of the raw mllkmen body now hold permits. They denied they were attacking the high stand ards of milk and said the campaign they are now making was not started until attorneys for the pasteurization plants went before the city commission and denounced "boOtleg milk ..
 ''The ualrymen making this fight 7 the statement continued "are as much against bootleg competition as the health department can possibly be-"
 The raw dealers insisted that they are fighting to prevent their extermina- ton. They said their ranks had been reduced to 30 or 40 dealers and sharply criticised Dr. J. D. Bowling, health officer, saying he has Tong held our business in the hollow of his hand" = Permits Revoked
 "There is no way for the raw milk men to construe the health depart ment's action in responding to the call of pasteurizatiOn plants and revoking 20 of their permits except to say, that it was the beginning of a fight for their extermination. There is no way to in- terpret the repeated articles in the pa pers from the health department con demning raw milk in all forms except that this is a fight for their extermina- tion. If pasteurization is necessary for the health of Birmingham, the health department should come out and ask for it. Why should it continue to dis rupt our business by repeatedly sus- bending permits and requiring us tC pasteurize until our routes are disor- eanized?" the statement declared.
 In reply, health authorities declared that no permit had been revoked un- less dairymen had been found to be op- erating 'outside the regulations of the milk code" They said the pure milk drive would be continued.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
MINE MEET PROGRAM SENT FOR APPROVAL
British And Canadian Experts
 To Visit Birmingham

The official program for the enter tainment of the American Institute of Mining and MetaiurgicaI Engineers was completed Saturday, and was sent to James Bowron, chairman of the Gulf States Steel company, for approval prior to being released to newspapers and the members of the association. The program has been given approval by the local committee, and will, it is believed, merit the approval of Mir. Bowron.
 The program not only includes visit to Birmingham of the head of the British institute, but also the minister of mines for the Dominion of Canada, who will make one. of the principal ad- dresses of the meeting.
 The meeting will be attended by about three hundred of the most dis tinguished steel and iron experts in America and the discussions are ex- pected to prove unusually interesting.
 The meeting will include entertain ment features which is expected to surpass any program devised in this district for distinguished visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
SCHOOL FOR BLIND
 STRESSEDsAS NEED
Recent Statistics Said To Have
 Disclosed Startling Facts

Among the interesting facts revealed in the deaf, dumb, blind and crippled statistics of both children and adults in Birmingham is that the need of a school for crippled and blind children, agitated for many months, is said to really exist. ,
 Deaf, dumb and blind statistics, sup plementary to the. school census, taken during July, under the supervision of the board of education, but not drawn . up with a view of showing the distri- button of the children of Birmingham unable to attend normal school, until Wednesday afternoon, showed that there were 2O5 black and white under twenty years unable to go to regular school.
 Another striking fact discovered in the census is that of all, the 299 people reported in the above class, 2O5 were under twenty. The census showed that q big majority of these were even un- der fifteen, 9S white children were in this class and B negroes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
PLANS BEING MADE
 FOR FALL FESTIVAL
Chamber To Duplicate Event Of
 Last Year-5,OOO Expected


 With the Alabama Merchants asso- citation convention passed plans are about to be made for the Fall Festival, an affair staged annually by the Retail Merchants association of the Chamber of Commerce. Directors of the body are to meet September 10 to appoint committees and discuss plans for the event.
 Although nothing definitely has been determined, it is stated that the pro- gram will follow the lines of last year when the festival was held early in November. High-iights of the day at East Lake, fashion show, and thea trical entertainment, are expected to be incorporated in the meet.
 The festival this year will draw around 5000 people, it is anticipated, and serve as another means of placing Birmingham before the south as a trad ing center, Special sales by various stores will be introduced to make the week an exceptionally attractive one for visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-31
LONG COURT FIGHT
 THOUGHT IN STORE
Roads Expected To 0ffen Bitter Opposition 70
 New Plan
PROPERTY OWNERS
 STAND WITH (ITI'
Little Hope Seen Of Persuadhg Carriers To Approve
 Underpasses

The city commission will reject ths viaduct plan of the railroads and de- mand underpasses at downtow4 grade crossings when it meets railroadk kexecu- tives and chamber of commerce fielals for final conference within tf next few days. it became definitely known Saturday.
 This probably means a long fiAht in the courts, as the railroads have tead. fastly refused to agree to underp% sses.
 At the city hall Saturday, no Secret was made of the fact that enough missioners were definitely committed underpasses to block the plan wlie calls for viaducts at Eighteenth Twenty-fourth strets. CommlSeaz Harrison and Cloe were openly underpasses and at least one member stood ready to join them < forthcoming conference.
 Conference This Wesk
 The commission will hold cod ence of its own this week. It 70 pected to result in a unanimoU cision to support the underpass calling for underpasses at Fourkes Eighteenth, Twentieth and Twe fourth streets.
 Commissioner Dickson, although sonally inclined towards underpa feels he is bound to vote for kias under a tentative agreement, pro the railroads agreefto bear 70 per of the construction cost. However, colleagues override him and de underpasses, he probably will with his objection and made the decisi animous.
 Commission members see littlt of persuading the railroads to the plan for underpasses. The for court fight, but believe th ts legal department, headed by City {A tOrney w. J. Wynn, can obtain earlS hearings in the various courts and win the case in few months.- Thia they contend, will be better than to agree to a viaduct plan that would OnigI meet the city's needs for D few years
 Thinks Plan Better ..S
 Commissioner Harrison expre confidence Saturday that the ande passes would be under actual constr tion before many months. Other c0a missioners shared this view.
 City Engineer A. J. Hawkins said he felt now, as he has always feit that the city's underpass plan is fae superior to the railroads viaduet pianl which was also advocated by Gen. w. l.. Sibert of Mobile.
 Since the series of conferences be- gan," Hawkins said, T have tried not to press my views because did not want to stand in the way of speedy action towards relieving the open crossr ings in the downtown section"
 Property owners on Eighteenth aud Twentieth streets are rapidly forming an organization to assist the commis4 sion in it's fight for underpasses af these streest. Sam Earle is tons q the leaders of the movement.
 There is wide speculation as to what the railroads will do when the commie sion finally rejects the viaduct plan. The idea prevails that they will re fuse to come to terms and begin in- junction proceedings as the first stepl in their court fight. :