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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
LANSING SCOUTS
 JAP WAR SCARE
Stronger Navy Advocated By
 Wilson's State Secretary
lRY Associated Press. ]

WATERTOWN, N. T., Dec. N.- Japan never will make war upon the United States, in the opinion of Robert Lansing, former secretary of state, ex- pressed here today. s,
 Japan cannot afford to make war upon this country" he said. "She has no money and no one is going to lend her any. Furthermore she has no iron and other raw materials necessary for a conflict"
 The former member of the Wilson cabinet declared Japan may take the Philippines from the United States some time, but that if she does she cannot hold them. He advocated 8 stronger navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
US. LABOR BOARD RULES RAIL MEN MUST TESTIFY
Workers Cannot Default Public In Dodging
 ,. Hearings, Says Brief
(By Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-The power of railroad employe to default themselves out of court may be granted, but they can not default the public, the other party in interest in wage and working conditions disputes, 1t is argued by the railroad labor board in brief sub mitted today in the United States dis trict court here.
 The brief is in connection with suit of the board against J. McGuire, who refused to appear before the board and to testify in wage dispute be- tween the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Tirmeman and the con- ference committee of managers of west ern railways.
 Public Has Interest The public, the brief states, has an interest because an increase in rates of pay may be reflected in demand for increased rates for carriage which 1t would pay. It also has an interest in the rules governing working conditions and hours of labor, aside, from their social aspect, since the rules may be un- necessarily burdensome, causing unnec- essary expenses and 50 sustaining rates of carriage at an unnecessarily high level, the brief argues.
 In the brief of the respondent, Me Guire, which the labor boards brief is designed to rebut, Chairman Ben W. Hooper, member of the public group of the board, was charged with ex- pressed bias and partiality.
 The labor board argues that the charge of bias Ifs merely one of those false issues which are sometimes in- jected into legal proceedings for their scenic effects"
 Remarks Arc Outlined
 In the charge against Chairman Hooper, the respondents brief outlined certain remarks attributed to him in public addresses, which it said dis quaify Chairman Hooper from acting as an arbitrator between these railway employees and carriers and makes the board incompetent to render a valid award"
 The labor board replies that no com piaint is made of Chairman Hooper's record as a member of the board ex- cept as to 49 specific decisions out of several thousand. It also relates that after making the statements complained of, Mir. Hooper was reelected chair man, there being but one dissenting vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

ONLY ONE SALE DAILY means $20O per monthl Five sales, $1,000 monthly !! Main or sideline; marvellous new g. pound adding machine; retails $15; work equals $500 machine. Adds, sub tracts, multiplies, divides, automatically. Speedy, accurate, durable, handsome. Five-year guarantee. Tremendous de- mand. Amazing profits. Write quick for liberal trial offer and protected ter- ritory. Lightning Calculator Co.,. Dept. 157, Grand Rapids, Mich.
 DISTRICT MANAGER wanted in this territory to sell Cole gasoline gauge di- rect to Ford and Chevrolet owners. Fits on dash; always in sight; eliminates danger of running out of gas; prevents short measure. Sells like wildfire. Price only S4.50 delivered. Big commits sions. Our men are making s10 to $20 daily. Write quick. Stemco Engineer ing Co.,, PA Webb St., Dayton. Ohio.
 WANTED by large wholesale dry goods and clothing house, travelling represen- tative for North Alabama and North Georgia. Applicant must have had pre- vious experience in wholesale lines and in similar territory. In making applica- tion state present position, amount of net sales for each of past two years; splendid proposition to the right man. Apply Box 694, Nashville. Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
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STYLE ONE--An advertisement on this page in this type will be printed under any classification at . rate of B cents a word for one insertion, 2 1cents a word for three insertions, IA cents a word for seven insertions, 50 cents a word for 30 insertions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
4nd Employer Meet I The AgeHe,uld Employment Colns

AUTOMOBILES { ATT0M0BILES FOR BALE USED CAR BARGAINS 1924 OVERLAND, TOURING,
 $40 CASH and ten notes at $2S.30 each. This car has only been driven c short while. Good as new. 1923 HUPMoBrLE, TOURING, 3275 CASH and 12 notes at s43.76 each. Has late model motor and carries new car guarantee.
 1923 FORD TOURING
 $75 CASH and notes at $18.75 each. This Ford Is in excellent condition. You will have to sse to appre- ciats it. st. 1924 FORD TOURING,
 $90 CASH and 10 notes 1t $1S.60 each. If you see this Ford you will buy 1t. q CADILLAC. TOURING.
 $75o CASH and F notes at $1oo each. This car has five new Tirestone cords, new paint job and is mechanically right.
 6s CADILLAC PHAEToN
 $425 CASH 's and F notes at $70 each. Here is a chance to buy . fine car low priced. This the popular E. passenger sport model. 1s22 CHANDLER TOURING,
 s2s5 CASH and F notes at $45 each. This z car has been thoroughly recon ditioned, has new paint and practically new tires.
 1922 HUPP TOURING.
 $20s CASH and 10 notes at $4O.00 each. Just been oyerhauled in our shops. WE WILL ALSO ACCEPT TRADES ON ANY OF THE
 ABOVE CARS
 HUPMoBILE DIVISION PACKARD MOTORS co. OF ALA. 321 10TH ST. MAIN 2150
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL ] BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 5
FILLING STATION

FILLING STATION One of the best locations in city, selling about 10000 gallons of gas, 500 to 600 gallons of motor oil, wash pit, altimite system. Price $1,250. Owner selling on account of wife's health.
 TEA ROOM Well located, owner selling on account of partner disagreement; monthly sales about $1,000 to $1,20O. See us for price and terms.
 MILK DEPOT AND LUNCH
 STAND Doing about $1,2o0 per month. Owner unable to attend to busi- ness. Price, stock and fixtures, SLIGO.
 RESTAURANT, CIGAR AND SOFT DRINK BUSINESS Owner leaving city, monthly sales about $1.750. This place can be bought at right price. See us for price and terms. SOUTHERN R. E. & BUSINESS
 EXCHANGE
 J. J. STANLEY, Mgr. so1 AMERICAN TRUST BLDG.
 PHONE MAIN sese
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
CLOTHING SALESMAN

A manufacturer selling na- tionally known line of mems clothing to retail stores will have an opening in Alabama terri tory in the near future. This manufacturer wishes to establish cohtact with a real salesman who Is capable of 8 net earning of $5,000.
 The man wanted is probably now employed and before mak- ing a change will want to be as- sured of bettering his condition. Preliminary to a personal inter view, he should write, giving his age education, past experience, and earnings in complete detail. The entire matter will be held in strictest confidence. Address M. w., Room sO5, 345 Madison Ave-, New York City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
AUTOMOBILES B

AUxOMOOALE E zUT6M6bILEs FOR SALE
 BROWNELL'S
 DEPENDABLE
 VALUES
 THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN IN THE AUTOMOBILE BUsI- NESS IN BIRMINGHAM FOR 14 YEARs-AND OUR REPU- EATON cAREFuLLY BUILT UP THROUGH 14 YEARS IS BACK OF EVERY CAR WE OFFER FOR SALE.
 Dodge sedan, 1924; like new, brand-nsw tires; an extra value .................... ,225 Dodge sedan, 1sz5. fine shape; Tepaintsd ..................Sss podse business coupe, 1923 .$s5o Dodge, 1924 special touring; like new ........'...;.s..''...''s 'sssS Dodge, 1924 touring; excellent shape ..................... .$S50 Dodge, 1923 touring; fine value .$575 Dodge, 1928 roadster; . pickup at .................s.. .A75 Buick Six touring, 1924; fine shape .................... .$90O Ford tourings-splendid selec- tfon, all with starters-$195 up one new one at ......,......425 Ford coupe; starter, etc.; fine shape ................... .$z50 Ford coupe, 1924; like new ..$40o LIBERAL TERMS
 USED CAR DEPT. OF BRowNELL AUTO CO, INC.
 2o15 AVE. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
Mail Your Ads

to The kge-Herald. They will be given prompt, careful attention and proof of the first insertion will bs mailed you free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

SALESMEN, with regular trade, we pay
 $120 weekly on only $40O business; ex-
 elusive artistic new line glass calendars.
 mirrors, specialties; all7year sellers. Write quick, Stone Co.,, 2O24 N. Major Ave- Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

LIGHTNING strange battery compound; charges discharged batteries instantly; eliminates old method entirely; gallon
 free to agents. Lightning Co.,, st. Paul, Minn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

SALESMEN-$150 month and expense selling cigars; experience not necessary. Send self-addressed, stamped envelope for information. National Cigar Co.,, High Point, N. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

ISALESMEN WANTED-Several high class salesmen wanted. For full par
 ticulars see Mir. Finley, Room 346, Hill man Hotel Tuesday,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
AN AID LIKE THIS

COSTS 13 CENTS PER AGATE LINE, MEASURED ACCORD ING TO NEWSPAPER STAND ARD, 14 LINES TO THE INCH. THREE OR MORE CONSECUTIVE INSERTIONS, 12 GENTS PER LINE; 30 CON- sECUTTvE INSERTIONS, n CENTS PER LINE. CON- TRACT. RATES ON REQUEST. WHITE SPACE AND LIGHT FACE CUTS ARE ACCEPTED.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
SALESMAN WANTED

SALESMAN WANTED To handle as a sideline a reputable line of dress trimmings; only those with es- tablished trade and kindred line need apply.
 HIRscHBERG, SCHULTZ 6 co. 2ss 4TH AVE-, NEW YORK CITY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
RESTAURANT

We have a barbecue and res- taurant combined, in a good To- cation, with a $50 month lease for 33 months. Let us show you then make us an offer. B. F. Short.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
EMPLOYMENT
HELP WANTND-MALE

GET U. S. GOVERNMENT jobs, steady work; men-women, IS up; $95 to $192 month; experience unnecessary; con- mon education sufficient; candidates coached; full particulars free. Apply today sure. R-A, Age-Herald. PHOTOPLAY--Story ideas wanted, $25- $500 paid; experience unnecessary; out line free. Write Producers League, 151 St. Louis.
 BE A DETECTIvE-$50- -$10O weekly; travel over world; experience unneces- sary. American Detective Agency, GOA Columbia, St. Louis.
 MEN-18 to 50, for U. s. mall service, $116 to $190; experience or correspond ence course unnecessary. Write E. s. Bishop, Drawer 579, Joplin, Mo. EARN $25 weekly, spare time, writing for newspapers. magazines; experience unnecessary; copyright book free. Press Syndicate, 363, St. Louis, Mo. BE A DETECTIVE-Exceli oppor- tunity; good pay; travel. Write c. T. Ludwig. s55 Westover Bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
 WANTED AT ONCE-Two first-class white barbers; no boozer or beginner need apply Wire or write Collins Barber Shop, 102 N. Fist St. WANTED AT ONCE-A barber. 0. K. Barber Shop, Bessemer; $20 a week guaranteed.
 WANTED-Drug clerk for 1925. Apply in writing. o. s. Landham, Box 400, Anniston, Ala.
 FOR COMPETENT HELP-CaIl Main 1194.
 HELP WAN-ED-FEMAL 50
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

LIGHTNING strange battery com pound; Charges discharged batteries in-
 stantly; eliminates old method entirely. Gallon free to agents. Lightning Go. St. Paul. Minn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
MAIN 4oOO

lvx1AAN /OO Main 3441 calls the Want Ad Depart ment. We take over the telephone and collect for them the following day. You are welcome to make use of this service.
 There is always someone ct the phone desk of The Age-Herald clas- sified department from 6 .. m. till s:30 ?. m. Sundays from 6 to ?. fn.)
 Courteous, competent clerks will be glad to help you over the phone or at the counter to word your ads 90 as to be most effective. Want ads that are rightly written always get results in The Age-Herald. If you do not have . phone or live out of the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

1 ALESMAN-Opening now; perma- nent; wholesale house; long estab-
 lished; selling retail trade in general i lines; liberal contract to producer. The
 Miles F. Bixler Co.,, Dept. r, Cleveland. l Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

WANTED-Cigar salesmen for 1925; regular or side line; salary or commis- sion; experience unnecessary; send
 addressed stamped envelope. Gulf Coast Cigar Co.,, Tampa, Fla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

ALESMEN-Inexperie or experi- enced, city or travelling. Write for free book, Modern Salesmanship." Big de- mand for men; earn $3,500 to $10,oOO yearly. Address National Salesmen's IT, Assn, Dept. sol, Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

W A N T ED An experienced hosiery salesman for Birmingham and sur rounding territory. Commission basis. All details first letter. Ben F. Jones, Commission Co.,, Nashville, Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

ISALESMEN-Sell full line crockery. glass, aluminum; also cash and job lots white and decorated crockery and enamelware. Big commission. Baker Crockery Co.,, Hebring, Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

BUTLER R. D. & INS. co.
 SIS N. FIST ST. MAIN 3O54 or S19
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28
MORTGAGE LOANS

MORTGAGE LOANS NEGOTIATED Purchase money paper bought. Bank CTS Mortgage Bond Co. Resources over S500,o0o. Suite 1402-3 American Trust Bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

HAVE A BUSINESS netting $40 to $50 per week; will sell at a bargain; have other business and cannot give this proper attentiofn. Call me before Jan. l. Main 1884.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

Sl00- -S2OO WEEKLY. Men with slight knowledge of motors who can reach car owners can earn $2o0 weekly without making 8 single sale. If they can also make sales, profits may reach $15.000 yearly. o. E. Phillips, 2S5 W. 27th St., New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

WANTED-Live travelling salesmen to carry chinaware as a sideline, to be sold as a trade increaser for retail mer- chants; easy sellers; frequent repeaters; few samples; good commissions; prompt settlements. The Saxon China Co.,, Seb- | Ohio
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

ALESMAN-Calling on furniture, hardware, toy variety and department stores, straight or sideline; to sell our Nursie Kars, etc. State experience, age and references; also if have a machine. The Monarch Carriage Goods Co.,, Cin- cinnati Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

PAINT and lubricating oil salesman. Full or part time; real proposition for reliable man. Howard Paint Ss oil Co.,, 6332 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

AGENTS-Men, women, boys, girls, everywhere. The whole world wants this. A chewing gum that positively relieves and prevents pyorrhea. Gold Plus, the gum for gums, relieves sore, tender gums at once. The formula of two pyorrhea specialists. Superior gum, delicious chew; your profit over 100 per cent; retails at 20 5c packages, $1. Territory protected. Gold Plus Gum Corp, Gotham Bank Bldg, New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

NEWS AGENTS on railroad trains. Union News Co.,. Terminal Station,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

| WANTED-An associate as partner, si- line or active; to invest $25,000 in a real money-making concern; invest ment secured. For quick interview ad- dress C-63, care of Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

MEN-Neat appearing, over 21-To take orders in residence section, working with local manager; previous selling eX- perience not necessary, but desirable; position permanent; will pay liberal commission and $15 salary to those who qualify. Apply Butterick Co.,, room 211 Federated Bank Bldg. 110h N. 21st St. Second floor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

MONEY IN GRAIN-$12.50 buys guar antees 10000 bushel wheat; no further risk; movement 5c opportunity $500; 4c $4OO. Particulars. Market letter free. Investors Guide, 306 A. 6 R. Bldg, Kansas City, Mo.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-12-05

papers, farm journals and magazines
published by fraternal organizations.
But never word do you read in these
publications about the origin of these
garments and about prison brutalities
and political corruption in these pris-
ons where the convict labor contract
system is in force.
Convicts pay no taxes and they buy
no goods, yet to some it may not
seem so great crime to deliberately
take the jobs of 10000 garment work
ers from them and lose their earn
ing and buying capacity to the state
and the nation and to the merchants
of this country, because of such firms
as the Reliance Mfg. Co. and many
others.
Free Carmen workers are an asset
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-12-05

and source of wealth to society, but
convict garment workers in prison
sweat shops serve but one purpose.
They fatten the human leeches that
make these prison contracts.
Those 100000 of convict-made
shirts that the Reliance Mfg. Co. sold
last year not only robbed 10000 law
abiding, self-respecting garment
workers of their jobs and their oppor-
tunity to live, but they cut the ground
from under the feet of legitimate
manufacturers and subjected them to
competition that no law-abiding busi-
ness man can meet.
Before buying shirts, overalls and
other ready made garments, ask your
dealer where they are made and under
what conditions; better still if you
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-12-05
Prison-Made Goods Handled
By Diseased Workers, Says
Trades Council Secretary

Editor Butler County Press, Hamil-
ton, Ohio.
Dear Sir and Brother:
I note with much satisfaction that
your Butler County Press is carrying
on the good work of informing the
public of the dangers of buying
PRISON MADE GOODS.
Your editorial in the November %
issue of the Press concerning that
creepy feeling that must come from
wearing prison-made goods must
start some of the citizens of Hamil-
ton thinking and also scratching.
On my last trip around the business
district of our city find that there
is gradual disappearance of this
kind of goods; however, still found
some BIG YANK SHIRTS and some
Country Gentlemen garments.
1t started me to thinking as to
whether the workingmen, farmers and
others who may have bought any of
these garments, really know or have
taken the time to ask of the merchant
from whom they buy under what con-
ditions these shirts and overalls are
made.
We are reliably informed that in
Jefferson City, Missouri, in the state
penitentiary, a negro woman bends
over power machine stitching count
less boys coveralls The other prison
ers call her Black Babe She has
only few more months to live Her
body is rotten with disease and tuber-
culosis. As she drops this pair of
baby coveralls on the pile of finished
garments beside her, she wipes the
loathsome pus and froth from her
mouth upon them. Did your dealer
tell you this !? No, he did not know it
The great wholesale dry goods firm
from which he buys these garments
did not tell him that it was purchased
from prison contractor.
Many little boys never reach man.
hood. A scratch, blister, an in
fected garment, doctors and nurses
may work feverishly but uselessly
stunned and grief-stricken parents
and many times the little white
hearse
The makers of prison contracts are
many in our country but outstanding
among the many is the Reliance Man
ufacturing Co., IL West Monro
street, Chicago, H., Milton F. Good
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-12-05

man, president. This firm controls |
the contracts of the inmates in fifteen |
state prisons and reformatories, and
such brands of shirts and other gar
ments as Big Yank, Black Beauty, |
Milyton F. Goodman, Honor Bright,
and Kaptian Khaki, are made in these
prisons, in some places for as low
a price as AZ to 45 cents a dozen gar
mentS
In 1923 this same Reliance Manu-
featuring Co. and it's subsidiaries
manufactured in II factories and
sweatshops 100000 work shirts.
More than 100000 of these were
Big Yanks" and the rest comprised
the other three brands bearing the
Reliance trade name.
We are told of one case of woman
who was admitted to the Missouri
state prison from Kansas City on a
minor charge. She was tubercular
and a little demented, and she could
not make the task that was set for
her (this task is always set at the
very limit of the strongest and most
skilled workers productive ability.
In spite of all that this woman "by
name Minnie Eddy" could do the task
would not come from her weakened
fingers and clouded brain. So Minnie
Eddy was sent to the black hole again
and again, always coming out less
able to do her work Finally she was
sent to the hole" for thirty days.
1t was cold weather, and she was too
weak and feeble minded to keep her
self awake. She lay on the ice-cold
concrete floor without blankets or
other coverings and was fed on bread
and water. At the end of thirty days
she was dragged out of the ''hole" and
the next day she died. a victim of the
task, victim of the contract system
of convict labor.
! All of these prison-made garments
! are sold in direct competition with the
products of free labor, are purchased
/ by workmen, farmers and the wives
of both, who would revolt at the
/ thought of wearing the products of
sweated convict labor. Cleverly-
worded advertising conceals the fact
that these are prison-made goods.
This advertising of the vicious prison
factory trust comes into the millions
of American homes, on the pages of
respectable publications, daily news
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-12-05
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS

are in doubt, call the secretary of the
Coo Operative Trades and Labor Coun-
cil-he will be glad to tell you as to
whether an article is prison made or
not. But the surest guarantee that
a garment is not prison made is to
demand the label of the United Gar
ment Makers of America.
STANLEY OGG,
Secretary.
COOPERATIVE Trades and Labor
Council
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-12-05

Butcher Workmen increased more
than $500 in the last six months,
according to Dennis Lane, secretary
treasurer of the union, who stopped
in Dallas enroute to the A. F. of l..
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-12-05

convention Mr. Lane said that the
membership has more than doubled
in the last three years. Within re-
cent weeks "a new locals have been
established.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-12-05
MEAT CUTTERS AD-
VANCE

Dallas, Texas.-M Membership of the
Meat Cutters and
The Washington times., 1924-08-04
$500 Bonds OF
DEAD RECLUSE
MISSING
Youth confesses Taking
Cents From Pockets
Securities Overlooked

CUMBERLAND, Nd. Aug. A.
Although william Grimm, twenty,
got only three cents from the
pocket Of John T. Wilson, aged re-
cluse. native of this county, who
lived on the West Virginia side OF
the river, opposite Wilson Station,
according to his alleged confession
to the authorities, Robert Homan,
administrator Of the estate, said to-
day that complete search Of VIII
sons shack failed to reveal Liberty
bonds to the value of $500 which
It. is known Wilson possessed.
Wilson was shot as he was re.
turning from a field and the house
was ransacked. Grimm overlooked
nine $25 Government certificates.
found in an envelope in an old
trunk, So in war savings stamps
and one 500 Government bond.
This was probably due to his ina
bility to read or write.
Wilson'S cancelled checks showed
he, had purchased the Liberty
bonds. Other bonds belonging to
him were located In a Keyser bank.
In a pocketbook In the trunk were
also found Confederate money of
various denominations. and a num-
Der Of Chesapeake and Ohio cancel
certificates.