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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
CARSON TO SPEAK
 AT HEALTH MEET
Noted Sanitary Engineer Will
 Address County Workers

H. Y. Carson, noted sanitary engi- neer, who was in charge of sanitary work in Palestine during the World war, will be the principal speaker Tuesday evening at the monthly meet ing of the Jefferson County Health Workers association.
 Carson is now research engineer for the American Cast Iron Pipe company. His. subject Tuesday evening will be, Sanitary Conditions and Experiences in Palestine Under General Allenby." !" He is said to have a number of stereop- tican views which he plans to show in connection with his talk.
 The health workers association is composed of employees of the city and county health departments, and holds monthly meetings in the assembly room at board of health headquarters in the city hall. W. A. Hardenbergh is president of the association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
TRAFFIC BUREAU
 SHORT OF SPACE
Additional Reason For Cham bers Moving To New Quarters

Another condition has arisen at the Chamber of Commerce that makes 1t pressing that the organization find new quarters.
 : c. E. Jones, secretary of the Bir- mingham Traffic bureau, reported to directors Saturday that the bureau IS cfanped for room and unless more space is given it before October |. 1t will be necessary that they take outside offices for their files.
 A committee consisting of Jones, Q: l.. Bum, and Paul Earl was appointed to cooperate with the chamber in find ing new quarters. A meeting will be held next week, at which time the chambers housing committee, headed by W. T. Warren, will likely report the results of it's investigation to date.
 The Chamber of Commerce, which has been seeking a new location for some time, is expected to act before another month. Lease on the present offices in the Lincoln Life building expires October 1 and some arrange ments must be made before the middle of August,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
Kelley Writes Bit
 On T eapot Dome Scrap
Birmingham Woman Gives Inside Of Giant
 Fraud-Pays Tribute To Woodrow Wilson

Rather than ceasing immediately after the Senate investigation and subsequent spicy report, comment on the Teapot Done oil leases steadily has been in- creasing during the past week. It was given fresh impetus by the scorching denunciations delivered at the demo- cratic national convention.
 Probably no one person in Birming- ham is better informed regarding the circumstances surrounding .the leases than Miss Maude Mcclure Kelley, at present director of educational and so- cial services work at the Temple thea tre. Coming to Birmingham in April direct from the land office of the United States department of the inter- for, through which the leases were handled. Miss K elley is exceptionally well informed regarding the oil and mineral lands of the country.
 Miss Kelley was born and received her preliminary education in Birming- ham. She has risen high in law circles, being the only woman ever to practice before the United States supreme court. She spent six years in the law division of the department of the interior land office.
 During her work there she was in di- rect touch with the secretaries of the interior, particularly Albert Fall, who has been the center of the Teapot Dome scandal. In an interview with The Age Herald Miss Kelley describes the per sonality of Secretary Fall and other high officials and relates the history of the federal laud policies since hte time when the mineral lands were handled under the general mining laws.
 She details the various bills and acts passed by Congress in an effort to get the disposition of these lands on a sound basis.
 In her discussion regarding the per- sonality of the various men with whom she came in contact, Miss Kelley pays high tribute to Woodrow Wilson. She describes in a striking fashion the es- teem in which he was held by all Washington, and the ovations accorded him on public appearance.
 Interesting Experiences
 "Of all the experiences I had in Washington" she says, probably my work in connection with the oil and gas leasing was the most interesting. was on that work from the organization of the force that handled 1t until my resignation, in April, 1924.
 Prior to the passage of the act of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
VOTERS LEAGUE WILL CONDUCT
 PEACE CONTEST
Free Scholarship To How ard College Is First
 Prize For Essay

The Jefferson County League of Women Voters has announced an es- say contest on NWorld Peace," first p11ze for which will De a free scholar ship to the fall terms at Howard col lege.
 The contest will be open to all stu dents of the Howard summer session who attend the specified preparatory lectures and read the required books and articles, as outlined in the rules prescribed by the league.
 The contest is being staged in an ef- fort to bring the subject of universal peace into the limelight, league officials declare. It is hoped largely to increase the number of Jefferson county citi- zens who are well informed on all phases of the world peace controversy and to bring the matter before the at tention of the summer school students in particular.
 Series Of Lectures
 The entire competition will be based on a series of lectures and on collateral reading, it is announced. The lectures, which will be given at Howard college, follow: July 9, World Friendship" Dy UT. I1CuEy Ms GuLuOuuS July 1O, '"The Contribution to World Peace of NewfieId; July 23, Christianity and World Peace" by Dr. J. NJ. billiard {; July 30, "The World Court at Work, 9 by George Lewis Bailes. A fifth lec- ture will be delivered August 1, but the subject and speaker have not been an- nounced.
 At least three of eight books named must be read by entrants, or six maga- zine articles from a wide selection. The eight books offered are: Mobilization for Peace" Lynde; Ways to Peace" edited by Tate; ''The Next War;" Will Irwin; Christ or Mars" Will Irwin i; ''that the War Has Taught us," Jeffer- son; World Peace" Biglow; Only Possible Peace" Howe; Ways to Lasting Peace" David Starr Jordan.
 All these books may be found in the Central Public library, it is said.
 Rules Announced
 Other rules for the contest provide that:
 Essays must range in length from 500 to 750 words.
 They must be written on one side of the paper only.
 The pages must be numbered and the number of words must be written in the upper right corner of the first page.
 The writer's name and address must be contained in a sealed envelope att tached to the essay.
 The three books or six magazine ar ticles on which the essay is based must be listed at the top of the first page.
 All essays must be sent before Sep tember 1 to the league headquarters in the Hillman hotel.
 Judges for the contest are: Mrs J. H. Minter, chairman; Mrs. L. +. Harris, Mrs. Dora c. Fell, Dr. w. H. Hendrix and Judge Hugh A. Locke.
 Mrs. l.. F. Harris is chairman of the league committee which is in charge of the contest. Other members are Mrs. J. NJ. Hankins, Mrs. R. A. Clayton, Mrs. J. NJ. Minter, Dr. George Eaves, Mrs. S. F. Moore, Mrs. Dora C. Fell, Mrs. F. NJ. Jackson and Mrs. Charles A. Fiske.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
ACIPCO Y. M. (. A. TO FOSTER CAMP
 FOR YOUNG BOYS
Events At Camp Cosby To Start On August 10
 For Week

The camp to be conducted this sum- mer at Camp Cosby under the auspices of the Acipco Y. M. c. A. for. younger boys will be strictly an Acipco propo- sition. That is,, the only boys eligible are boys of the Acipco community and sons of Acipco employees living in other parts of Birmingham. By this method, every camper will be directly connected with Acipco and a spirit of fellowship and common interest will rule.
 This camp, for boys from 10 to 15, inclusive, begins Sunday, August a0ss and lasts through August 1T. This will be week of pleasure spent close to na- ture with a definite program of Bible study, hut inspection, swimming, boat ing, fishing, woodcraft, athletics and at the close of each evening a roaring campfire with stunts and fun galore.
 From reville at 6 80 a. m. to taps at g p. m. something is going on every minute. Leighton Trent of the Acipco '. M. 0. A. and conductor of last years camp will be in direct charge, assisted again by H. G. Dyer as camp chief. The hut leaders are L. D. Price, H. M. Brock and Brown Johnson. MT. Price and MT. Brock are students at Birmingh college and both have had much experience as leader of boys. Mir. Johnson is well known in Acipco, being an active worker and teacher in the local Sunday school. The above leaders realize fully their great responsibility and personal supervision is the watchword. Including visitors there will be from five to eight adults always with the boys.
 The cost for each boy will be $5 for the week. Registrations will be ac- cepted beginning Monday at the Acip- co '. Nj. c. A. with either MT. Trent or Mir. Keistner. Parents interested and desiring information need only in- quire and it will be cheerfully given.
 The older boys camp will be con- ducted the same as last year during the first two weeks in September. This camp is composed mainly of boys who have been working during the summer and wish a short vacation immediately precedin gschool. Full details will be announced at an early date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
BUSINESS FUTURE
 APPEARS CERTAIN
Speeding Up Process In Evidence At Larger
 Local Plants

Business conditions in the pipe man. ufacturing and kindred industries in the BirminEham district as a whole are considered satisfactory, and promising of even a greater volume than is now being turned out, an interview publiAhed fin the Acipco News by Paul A, Ivy of the American Cast Iron Pipe com pany would indicate.
 While there Is a slight decrease in orders and an extra effort necessary to keep abreast of the 1928 record, Mfr. Ivy says: 3
 "As compared with other industries, however, and other manufacturers in our own industry, we, fortunately, seem to be in an advantageous position. We have already completed six months of year of good business, and wA have on our books and in proapect Bukfi- cient orders to insure continuous of- eration of our plant during the third quarter. There remains, therefore, only the task of securing sufficient orders for operations during the fourth quar- ter in order to make our tonnage for 1924 as good or better than 1923. Of course, our profits in dollars and cents will depend on how high or low our production costs run; our average sell 4uk pElCC TUT L01E REOUuQAy- WAA Op as good or better than 1923.
 "In the sales department, we be- lieve, so far as we are able to deter mine, no fundamental weaknesses exist in business conditions. The present de- precision seems to De due mostly to a lack of confidence generated by an ex- cess of politics and theR popular con- ception that has spread through the country that a business depression is due because we have enjoyed a year of prosperity. On the other hand, credit conditions are extremely favor. able to good business, there is no gen. eral overproduction of commodities and in those industries such as pig iron and automobiles where theee may have been some overproduction, most drastic cur tailment is taking place. There could be no healthier sign.
 "In the sales department, we believe there will be a marked improvement in business this fall, which will not only permit us to wind up 1924 in good shape, but should give us a favorable start for 1925. It should be under stood, however, that we can make no promises for next year. Every resource of the sales department is now being used in an attempt to keep orders com ing sufficient to insure 6 good business for 1924. What may, or may not, hap pen in 1925 is another matter and a bridge which we shall attempt to cross when we get nearer to Il"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
HALF YEARS REALTY SALES BRING $45, 900, GOO;
 CITY FAST GETTING RID OF tBOO7IEG' MILK
WET GOODS HIGH \AND SCARCE TOO TN BIRMINGHAM

A steadily increasing price for all kinds of intoxicating drinks has marked the activities of law enforce ment officers in Jefferson county
 Gradually Increasing in propor- tion to the number of bootiegEers whose work has been hampered by the constant vigilance of the officers, the price of white corn whisky alone has risen from an average price of about $5 per gallon to present quotation of between $2 and $4 per pint.
 Bonded Scotch whisky in this sec ton of the country is virtually uI,- obtainable. Such as is placed on the market, even with a genuine" guar antee, sells for around SIS per quart.
 Red corn whisky, from north Alabama, can be had in small quan- titles at price of about $3.50 per pint, it is learned, and beer remains steady at approximately % cents per bottle.
 Prices would soar even higher than these levels, prohibition .of- ficers state, if bootleggers had greater market. With the present supply, with the producer and whole saIer, at least, greatly exceeding the demand, there is no opportunity for a higher price.
 Individuals fear to make pronis. cuous inquiries regarding liquor sources, and bootleggers no longer ply their trade openly--a lesson they have learned from repeated ar. rests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
BOARD TO REVIVE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR CITY'S COPS Public Sentiment Declared To Be In Favor Of The Project
 -------- MAJORITY OF FORGE IN FAVOR OF MOVE To Conduct Informal Can vass To Ascertain
 Wishes Of Men

A training school for Birmingham po- liceuasn is far from dead issue, mem- bers of the civil service board said Sat. urday.
 They indicated they would let the matter simmer for month or more, thus giving an opportunity to ascertain definitely the sentiment among members of the department.
 Public sentiment, they assert, is over whelmingIy in favor of the early estab- lishment of the ''cop" college.
 The chief opponent of the move in the police department is Safety Comnlis- sioner W. B. Cloe. He has fought the school at every turn, and has succeeded in giving 1t two reverses in the city commission.
 The service board, however, is inter- ested mainly in what the members of the department think of the plan.
 "1f the men look at the matter from the right angle and understand that the school is proposed to help them in their work, we believe they will be over whelmingly for It," said John w. Alt man, chairman of the board.
 Ready With Funds
 Mir. Altman indicated that the board is ready to finance the school, if 1t de. cides to establish it.
 George Ragsdale, head of the police school in Louisville, Ky, was here last week, conferring with members of the board and looking over the local situa- tion. He ia willing to return and launch the school, provided the mem- bers of the department favor it. q.
 Sentiment in the department has been divided for several weeks, but there. were signs Saturday tha4--a vast majority of the men were inclined to l0ok At the service boards proposal hs move to Aids rather than hamper them.
 Later in the month, civil service of. fiCaals may conduct an informal canvas of the department to obtain first-hand information As to the wishes of the men.
 "tJnless we can make this school a biK go and obtain real results, of course we don't want it." said Chairman Alt. man. "But we feeel it would greatly increase efficiency of the department in every way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
FIGHT TO CHANGE CITY GOVERNMENT IS TAKING SHAPE
Advocates Of Aldermanic Rule Prepare To Call
 For Referendum
TO OPEN CAMPAIGN
 WITH MASS MEETING
Committee Of Attorneys
 Clear Way Of All Legal Details

The fight to change Birmingham 8 form of government is on.
 Hunter Armstrong, leader of the movement, announced Saturday com mittee of leading attorneys had cleared up all legal details and that petitions for an initiative election on August 15 would be in circulation within a week.
 A big mass meeting will formally launch the campaign for votes about July 15, he said.
 A committee of citizens is working with MT. Armstrong and is now en- grossed in making preliminary survey to sound out sentiment.
 "The response thus far has been highly encouraging" Armstrong de- clared.
 Announcement that forces opposed to the governmental change and organ ized for a militant campaign drew from MT. Armstrong the following comment 1:
 "Of course, we expected that the city hall would be the center of the op- positions activity. We never antici- pated that sentiment would be unani- nous. Many of those who now hold city positions fear that change would displace them, and naturally they are going to fight.
 Opposition Named
 Most of the opposition to this move ment, however, will come from people now on the city's payrolls. A tour of the whole city and interviews with representative citizens in every section have firmly convinced me that Birming- ham is tired of commission government and is anxious for the chance to vote it out of existence"
 Mir. Armstrong smiled at the city hall claim that the fight would last only a few weeks.
 'SThis is going to be a finish fight, he asserted with emphasis. We will ask no quarter and will give none After firmly convincing ourselves that the present form of government is ut. terly unsatisfactory, we carefully laid our plans to change it, and there will be no surrender until the people have voted. Then, the commission advocates will have to turn back the reins of gov. ernment and allow this city to be g0vl erned in democratic fashion"
 Numerous conferences between Mir. Armstrong and citizens committees were held last week, and it was de- cided to defer the. opening of the drive until the democratic convention in New York adjourns.
 To Recruit Speakers
 Attention now is focused largely on that gathering" Armstrong said, land we figure we can make greater progress after it adjourns. The fight will be saL s.,AA oAr,no,NnikrT fVa AhA city and a notable array of speakers is being recruited for the campaign"
 It is Armstrong's plan to have a cam paign committee in each community center, and also a central committee selected from the city at large.
 Date on governments throughout the country is in Armstrong's possession. It shows clearly, he says, that com mission government is proving a fail ure and a bitter disappointment in many cities.
 And not the least of these cities," he asserts, lis Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
EDGEWOOD EXPECTS
 BIG ATTENDANCE
Unusual Talent Obtained For
 Week At Resort

With Sid Jacobs, newly-acQuired en- tertainer, hard at work and now ac- customed to his surroundings, with what they claim to be one of the finest swimming pools in this section of the country open for business, and with the Dreamland Ramblers pre- pared with a set of new and catchy dance numbers, officials of Edgewood park are making preparations for one of the biggest weeks of the summer.
 Jacobs work is somewhat out of the ordinary, and entirely new to Bir- mingham. His character entertain ments and song novelties have scored a hit with all dancers at Edgewood since he made his first appearance. The Dreamland Ramblers, the orches- tra that has been given the summer engagement contract at Edgewood, fast is proving its worth. It is becoming ona of the most popular bands around Birmingham, and dancers are flocking to the park nightly to hear the Ram blers' music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
RADIO IS STUDIED
 BY FARM EDITORS
Considered As DisseminatOr Of
 News And Advice

BROOKINGS, S. D., July 5.-Radio as a disseminator of agricultural news and advice will be thoroughly consid- cred by teachers, agricultural editors and their co-wOrkers, the college editors, at the three-day convention of the Amer ican Association of Agricultural Col lege Editors which opens here July s.
 Cooperation of agricultural editors in federal and state agriculture de- partment work, the county agent, the community farmers organization and all phases of handling news and pie lures will be discussed.
 < Dr. A. B. Bryan, president of Clem- son college, South Carolina, president of the association Dr. c. W. Pugsley, president of South Dakota Agricultural college; Prof. F. W. Beckman, Iowa State college, and Paul W. Keiser of the Junior Achievement Bureau, Spring field, Mass, will be among the speakers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
LONE SCOUTS HOLD
 PICNIC ON FOURTH
Leaders Address Boys At East
 Lake Park

Athletic events, picnic lunch, and addresses by four prominent scout work CTS comprised the program of the Fourth of July rally of Lone Scouts at East Lake park. About 30 Lone Scouts and 20 Boy Scouts attended the rally. The speakers were Bernard Guthrie, Porter Stone, Edward A. Hall, and Hillory Milton.
 The Lone Scouts was founded several years ago for boys living in sparsely populated sections of the country where scout troop could not be maintained. Although the organization was based on Boy Scout principles, it was independ- ent of the Boy Scouts until last March, when the Lone Scouts were merged with the Boy Scouts. The Lone Scouts, however, did not lose their identity in the merger, and still is the boys clut in the country districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
LIBRARIANS END
 SARATOGA MEETING
Mrs. Caroline P. Engstfeld, Of
 Birmingham, President

A dinner attended by about 70 mem- bers concluded the program of the con vention of the Southeastern Library association, held at Saratoga Springs, N. Y, this week.
 Mrs. Caroline P. Engstfeld of Bir- mingham, vice chairman of the asso- citation, presided at the meeting. Ala bamas official representative was l.. W. JosseIyn of Birmingham.
 A short meeting of the executive committee called to decide where the convention will be held next year fol lowed the dinner. The invitation of Asheville, N. C., was accepted after two ballots were taken. Other places which extended invitations for the meet were Biloxi, Miss, Louisville. Ky. and Signal Mountain, Tenn. Adult Education" was the subject chosen for discussion at the Asheville conference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

February 25, 1920, commonly known as the Mineral Leasing act, the min eral lands belonging to the United States were disposed of under the gen. eral mining laws. In other words, one who discovered valuable mineral deposits could buy the land for $5 an acre. Most of the richest of the mineral lands belonging to the United States were disposed of in this way. When Woodrow Wilson became Presi- dent, there was a change in policy. The lands belonging to the government were to be treated as public trust for the public benefit, to be handled for the public good, not for the en- richment of a favored few
 Among the laws enacted to carry out this policy were the act of July IT, 1914, which provided for the home stealing of the surface only of lands valuable for oil, gas, sodium and phosp- hate, the deposits of these substances being reserved to the government, and later the stockraising act, of December 29, 1916, which provided for the homesteading of the surface of $40 acres, with all minerals reserved to the government. Both of these acts dis posed of surface rights only and were quite a forward step, as the surface was not withheld from appropriation, but the title to the minerals remained in the government, as specified in the act.
 Impound Proceeds
 Another law which has meant quite a good deal to the country was enacted early in President Wilson's first ad- ministration, which gave the President the authority to impound the proceeds of oil wells, where hte right to patent was in dispute, until the question was settled. A deed from the United States is called patent. Under the previous administrations, while application for patent was pending, the applicant could operate the wells without depositing the proceeds to await the outcome of the application for patent.
 Many never received patent, but the government lost the proceeds just the same. After the passage of this act, however, the applicants operated only under such restrictions as properly protected the government, and if they did not prove their right to receive patent, the entire proceeds above op- erating expenses, which were limited in the restrictions imposed were con verted into the United States treasury.
 (COntinued on Page Three.)