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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29
AUTO TAG SALES
 BEGIN WEDNESDAY,
November 14 Is Last Day To
 Procure License Plates

In preparation for the rush of auto mobile owners who will storm the pro- bate court Wednesday for new auto mobile licenses, Probate Judge J. P. Stiles has issued a number of instruc- tions to tag purchasers, which will lessen the time and inconvenience. The tags this year will be maroon and white.
 The new tags will be placed on sale Wednesday and will continue to be sold until November 14. Last year, Judge Stiles said, nearly 10000 tags were sold in Jefferson county, and this year the number is expected to be in creased greatly.
 Tag purchasers should go first to the tax assessors office, Judge Stiles said, where application blanks should be filled out in triplicate and sworn to. The tax assessor will keep one copy and the two remaining copies should be taken to the tax collector, where the tax is paid. After the tax collector has stamped both copies of the appli- cation paid" he will retain one copy and the autoist then takes the remain ing copy to the probate judges office.
 The autoist also should bring the certificate of title issued year ago and on presentation of both the cer- tificate and the remaining applica- tion, the tag will be issued.
 In case the motorist has no certif- cate of title, there is space on the bottom of the blank, which must bc filled out, according to Judge Stiles. An affidavit to that effect will be made in thel probate office and certificate issued.
 Tag purchasers should know the number of the certificate and the motor number of the automobile, and should have all facts pertaining to the cars horsepower, the date of purchase anl other data easily available.
 Great care has been taken this year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29

leather industry was 115; the lowest recent figure was 72. In the textile industry. the decline was from an in- deX figure of 130 to a figure of TO-. The tire industry slackeneng was fram an index figure of 221 to 125. Auto mobile output high and low figures were 239 and 149.
 It is also interesting to note that, ex- cepting the metal group alone of the nine industries mentioned in the chart, the 1923 high index numbers are the highest for any time since 1920. while the low marks of this year in no case approach the minimum output for the period of 1920 to date.
 The slump in every instance as shown above, however, have been of sufficient severity to permit of strong improvement during the coming months. In several industries this inn provement has already begun. As stocks of goods on the shelves of stores and in factory warehouses are depleted and demand strengthens, other indus tries, too, will feel quickening pulse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29

A PPRoxIMATE estimates or the A low estate to which productive in A dustry fell during recent months as compared with the lofty and, in many cases, unprecedented levels at- tained in 1923 are made in the accom- panying chart.
 Based upon the Federal Reserve in- dex numbers which consider 1919 pro- ductive activity as equal to 100, the bars in the chart show that in nine of the nations more important indus tries, production fell off heavily this year. To take the most pronounced case, production in the iron and steel industry in 1923 reached high point 47 per cent above the 1919 average, rep resented by 100. In July of this year, the output was only 67 per cent of the 1918 level, drop from the 1923 high mark of more than 50 per cent.
 The productive slump in other in- dustries, while not so great propor- tionately, was, nevertheless, striking. To quote few examples: Tho high 1923 production index number in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29
HUBBARD EROS. &.m.

Members New York CeEt0n Exehanxe. New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Osdsrs solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil fes future delivery. Special eonsignmentS a9 aDoe ea&ton EoR deliVaxxs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29
NEW STEEL PLAN
 UPSETS MARKET
MOmentary Reticence Holds Buying Below
 September Record
lBy Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-A measure of business recovery was provided last week by the report on car loadings for the week ended September 13I the total of 1,161, ,00O cars setting new high record for the year and coming within 35,000 cars of the best weeh in history. Heavy grain shipments, combined with increased consignments of general merchandise and less than carload freight swelled the volume of traffic.
 Further encouragement regarding the railroads position was derived from the first report on August earnings. Though gross revenue was slightly smaller than in the corresponding month of last year, consistent with the carloadings statis- tics, net income was slightly larger. As the roads earned 49i per cent on the interstate, commerce commission valua- tion in August, 1923, and as the move ment in the present month is heavier
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29

in organizing the tag selling force in the probate judges office and, accord ing to Judge Stiles, if motorists will cooperate. there will be little time lost in waiting to be served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29
COUNTESS SALW
 BECOMES MOTHER

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-Countess Ludwig Salm Won Hoogstraten, former ly Miss Millicent Rogers, gave birth to son at Mrs. Lippincot's Sanitari. um here yesterday afternoon. Millicent Rogers is the heiress and granddaugh- ter of the late H. H. Rogers, oil mag. nate. She was married to Count Salm Von Hoogstraten, head of the Austrian house bearing his name, January 9, last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29
STATISTICS

INDUSTRIAL FIGURES FOR ALABAMA Compiled by The Dixie Manufacturer, Birmingham.
 Pig iron. Mo- 2 foundry. IFS to 2.ss sii- icon, $17.50 to $1S.5O.
 Number of active stacks: Foundry. 12 basic. g. Total q Con coke iron). High-grade beehive foundry coke. spot. $500 to $5.50.
 High-grade oy-product foundry coke $4.50 to $500. Active by-product ovens. approximately 1,166
 Active beehive ovens Gn merchant coke. 264.
 Active beehive ovens for requirements of producer, 100. Active ovens on pitch coke (the Bar. rett company. 100.
 Total beehive ovens. ASA.
 Blast Furnaces ' Furnace operations in Alabama are as follows: Coke:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29
MInTYTyMln lnnnnIHTyn
 MAkkEI GkUUlEU FOR FLOTATION. OF REICH LOAN.
Investment Bankers, How ever, Depfore Lack
 Of Details
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, Sept. 28.-A progress i've forward movement last week car ried bond prices back to within striking distance of the years high levels att tained at the end of July. The steady advance, accentuated by easy money conditions and favorable trade news, was accepted in investment circles as an indication that the market was be- ing prepared for the reception of the German loan and other foreign financ- ing.
 New 1924 high records were, estab- lished by variety of foreign, United States government railroad, public utility and industrial obligations. Net
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29
Our olicy In Filling Your Orders

We Alabama which thousands Sometimes than anticipate notwithstanding find imph1 rder goods fast enough repnsh keep up stock
  1 osible back-opler it as fa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-29
INTERPRETERs

Its good thing we have poets. Ne can read about the glories of sum mer .'--Klode Hans, Copenhagen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
DOG LEADS TO RESCUE Three Hurt While Returning From
 Hunting Trip

The resonant cry of a frightened hound which attracted the attention of chance motorist on the Spring vile road near Olfyer's lake early Thursday morning led to the rescue of three hunters who were pinned beneath their machine that had capsized after running over steep embankment.
 Those injured were: RI. J. Clark, 7816 Sloss avenue, who is at Birming- ham General hospital suffering from concussion of the brain, but whom, it is believed, will live; J. ID. Ramsey, 7504 First avenue, at Woodlawn In- firmary with internal injuries, and c, W. DickersOn, also at Woodlawn, with severe ,lacerations about the head and legs.
 According to details of the accident supplied by the injured men, they were returning from hunting trip at Clay, Ala, about o'clock Thursday morn ing when the steering gear of their machine broke. The speed with which they were travelling sent them careen- ing in to a ditch at the side of the road after which all three lost consciousness From the story related by the motor ist who carried the men to the East Lake car barns an hour later, he had heard for a considerable distance the laying of a dog, and arriving at the place of the accident he got out to investigate. Here, he found the capsized car and a hunting dog which had freed itself from the wreckage, but clung close to it's imprisoned master.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
FIVE HURT WHEN Al]TOTU|RNSOVER
 ON HIGHLANDS
w. F.. .Childs Not Expected To Live Following Ac-
 cident At Iroquois

Five people were injured, one prob ably fatally, and the other four more or less seriously, at 6 30 o'clock Fri day afternoon when they lost control of their. automobile coming down the Iroquois hill and turned over at the Highland avenue intersection. 5rs5. .4
 The injured were W. F. Childs, PHI Sixth avenue, north, fractured skull and possibly internal injuries; F. H. Sharp, 232 Fifty-third street, north, broken left arm and severe bruises and lacera- tions about the head and body; Miss Pearl Speed, 232 Fifty-third street, north, bruises and decorations. ! Mrs. F. H. Sharp and small baby, who were occupants of the car, escaped with a bad shaking up and minor bruises. According to Officers Reed and Names, who investigated the ac- cident, Miss Speed and Childs were on the front seat and Sharp and his wife on the rear seat. Coming down the hill the car got out from under control and when they reached the curve at Highland avenue the speed of, the auto mobile caused it to turn over. { q Mics Speed was thrown from the car sharp was crushed under it, while Child.s is thought to have shielded his wife and baby with his own body. ss
 Ghilds is employed at the Tefminai 1tatlop ss a postal clerk coming to sHirfafsfgham sertrat months as6 from Troy sharp is also . postal employe. Miss Speed kept house for the Sharps.
 Efforts were being made Friday night to reach EhiIds' relatives at Troy, as hospital authorities did not believe that he could live through the night.
 The three most seriously injured wafe removed to St. Vincent's hospital. Mrs. Sharp and her baby were carried home gs e 4 s .s9, gs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
POSTPONES DECISION IN ANDERSON CASE
Supreme Court To Decide On
 Appeal Wednesday

NEW YORK. Feb. 15.--(By the As sodiated Press. )-The application of Charles $. Whitman counsel for Vii. liam H. Anderson. fssrnaer state t.sper; Iintendeft of the And Saloon league. fof a certificate of reasonable doubt in the recent conviction of Anderson on forg- cry charge. was argued today before the Supreme Court Justice Wagner, who will hand down his decision next Wednesday.
 Anderson was sentenced last Friday by Supreme Court Justice Tompkins to serve from one to two years in Sing Sing prison.
 Mir. Whitman asserting that he in tended to push an appeal contended that the district attorney failed to show that the Anti-Saloon league itself had been injured by any false entry. Anderson may have made in book of accounts
 Justice Tompkins. Mir. Whitman de- clared, refused to charge the jury to this effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
CONVICT PRISON
 AT FLAT TOP IS BURNED DOWN Five Hundred Prisoners Herded Into Mouth
 Of Mine NO THEORY IS ADVANCED
 AS TO CAUSE OF BLAZE Convict Board Member States Prisoners Must Be Moved To
 Other Camps At Once

Flat Top prison, convict camp To- cated at the western edge of Jefferson county and owned by the Sloss- Shelf field Steel & Iron company. was com pletely destroyed by fire Friday night, according to reports reaching Tue Age Herald, though officials in charge were loath to discuss the matter
 The prison building was three-story structure built of wood and the fire which began about 9 o'clock is said to have first been discovered on the roof. The hospital building nearby was saved as were the walls of the stockade.
 Approximately 600 convicts are worked at Flat Top and when the fire began these were i1erded into the mouth of the mine and it was stated that there were no escapes and no injuries among them. Officials declined Friday night to advance any theory as to the origin of the blaze.
 H. J, Thomas, general superintendent of mines of the Sloss company, went to the scene as soon as the fire was to him at his home in Bir- mingham. ..3
 Reported To Montgomery
 The mine warden also made immedi- ate reports of the affair to the convict  of the state at Montgomery and Roy l.. Nolan. associate member of the board of administration, was quoted in Montgomery as saying that it will be impossible to provide temporary quar- ters for the 800 convicts at Flat Top and while few would be kept there most of them will be removed immedi- ately to other prisons and camps until new quarters can be built
 According to an Associated Press dis patch from Montgomery, l.. A. Boyd. president of the state board, said in that the prison building, including the prison barracks, had been destroyed. He said he was informed that the fire had started on the roof of the mess hall and had made headway before it was dis covered. He was unable to give even an approximate estimate of the loss un- til further reports had been made to- him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
COOLIDGE HALTS
 POLAR FLIGHT OF SHENANDOAH
Congressional Opposition To $35O,O00 Appropria-
 tiOn Causes Action

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.--Con- gressional opposition to the expense, in volved, has halted the North Pole flight of the Shenandoah. Sensing this feeling at the capitol, President Cool idge has ordered halt on all prepara- tory work and these orders have been passed on to those in command of the airship. W
 ., The appropriation of $3J0, 900 in the navy's budget was objected to by con gressional leaders, who reporttd their objections to the President. An off cial spokesman tt the White House an nounced Friday that Mfr. Coolidge had been told of this opposition and the opinion of republican leaders, that the appropriation would not pass. It was then decided not to waste any more money in preliminaries and to. call the flight off. for the present at least.
 A large amount of work already has been done toward the successful &C., complishment of the flight. The ad- vance guard of the crew left here Feb ruary 9 to establish a weather station in Alaska and make other preparations for :he flight. Orders for equipping a ship with a mooring mast also had been issued.
 DenDy issues Orders.
 Orders to cease preparations for the Polar expedition were issued today by Secretary of the Navy Denby,' an of- ficial statement from the navy depart ment declared. 'The President, hay ing been informed that considerable opposition existed to the required $35O,- 900 expenditure, instructed the depart ment not to proceed with plans for the expedition until naval bills have been considered and Congress has been given an opportunity to express itself in the natter" #
 sPostponement of the flight comes just after thorough shake-up of the l6henandoah.s coiumand, in which Com Iinander Frank R. McCrary and all his subordinate commissioned officers were transfsrred to other duty, McCrary being sent back to q sea command and Lieut.. Com. Zarchary Lansdowne, re, gently connected with the bureau of aeronautics here, was placed in com mand of the ship. The only officer to maintain his position was Captain An ton Heinen, civil pilot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
ATTACHE PLEADS GUILTY
 IN LIQUOR CASE
c. F. Howell, Formerly Clerk To Mobile Chief,
 Admits Conspiracy

MOBILE, Ala, Feb. 15-Charles F. Howell for more than three years clerk of the chief of police and who at times was acting chief of police, and who resigned when arrested for dis charging a weapon in pleasure park. is reported to have made sensational confession to the assistant United States district attorney, here. telling what he knows. about violations of the .Iiqaor law Howell, today, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the prohibition law on two cases in which former Chief of Police P. J. OShaugh- messy, Mrs. Tom Brennan and John H. McEvoy are named as co-defendants.
 Lloyd Dillard, negro, indicted at the same time with Howell also pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. Sentences in both cases were deferred to June 2.
 These are the first pleas of guilty entered in connection with the recent sensational disclosures and shake-up in official circles, following the arrest and indictment of several local, state and city officials on charges of conspiring to violate the national prohibition law.
 Other Pleas Predicted
 Acting District Attorney Joseph John, in statement following the pleas of these two today. declared these pleas of guilty are the first of a series"
 Howell was arrested at Columbus, Ohio, several weeks ago, where he went following his dismissal from the local police force last June on a charge of pistol in crowded dance hall at Monroe Park. He returned to Mobile, shortly after his arrest on the federal charge and has been here ever since.
 Several we'll known persons are
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
ALASKAN CONTRACTOR INVOLVES DENBY AND
 FALL INV NEW CHARGE
Senate Inquiries Into Sensational Allegations In Long Fought Coal ontroversy-Records
 OfTransfers To Be Examined

WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-(By the Associated Press) ).-Initial steps to- ward possible senate inquiry into the long-fought Alaskan coal controversy. were begun today after John E. Bal laine, of Seattle, an Alaskan railroad constructor, had presented to Presi- dent Coolidge charges respecting the transfer of the Matanuska Coal reserve from the navy to the department of the interior.
 Mfr. Baillaine. in a lengthy letter to the President, declared examination of official files would show that former Secretary Fall and Secretary Denby in July, 1921. four months after they had taken office, began negotiations for the transfer of the Alaskan Coal reserve from the navy to the interior depart ment, and for the leasing of that re- serve for a period of fifty years. The negotiations and the terms agreed upon, Mir. Baillaine asserted. iran along lines exactly parallel with the negotiations and the terms of the lease of the Teapot Dome oil reserve
 Refused Better Coal
 He explained that the lease was never consummated, but declared that the department of the interior upon taking >over mining operations in the Matanuska field suspended mining operations. and that the navy depart ment had refused to utilize Alaskan coal on the Pacific coast afthough it had been shown to be cheaper and bet ter, he said. Charts showing that Alaskan coal. according to navy tests. was better and cheaper than Pocahon- tas coal such as used by the navy, were included by Mr. BaiIlaine in his letter.
 Submission by Mir Baillaine of his charges to the President was followed by preparation by Senator LaFollette.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
JOHNSON ATTACKS
 ADMINISTRATION
Says Successful Dishonesty Is
 Enthr0ned at Capital

MATTOON, H.. Feb. 15.-After bid for farmer support, with promises of assistance to agriculturists, Senator Hiram Johnson resumed his direct as sault on President Coolidge, using Denby, Daugherty and the Dome as ammunition.
 Successful dishonesty is enthroned in the affairs of the American govern ment." accused Johnson. 'and call on the republican party to clean house. What an lanOmaly. what a paradox, that in a crisis such as confronts us. the United States must look for outside legal help because they do not trust the attorney generals department"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
ARREST CYCLOPSOF i
 KHAN FOR LARCENY
Carl Nelson Faces Ten Charges In Dry Raids At Herrin, III.

MARION, H.. Feb. 15.-Carl Neil son, exalted cyclops of, the Ku Klux Klan at Herrin, was under arrest to- day on 10 charges of larceny growing out of the wholesale dry raids con ducted in this (Williamson) county re- gently. The klan has been backing the raids, which resulted in last Friday nights disorders which caused troops to be sent, to the county.
 It was learned today that Constable Caesar Cable, who was shot and killed in the disorders, had been indicted on the same counts. Cagle had issued the warrants on which the raids were made.
 John Arms anl Arthur Barnwell of City also were arrested, but they furnished bond. They are charged with the theft of $200 from a home being raided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
CONFEDERATE VETS
 HAVE FATAL FIGHT
G. N. Hamby, 97, Dead As Re
 suit Of Battle At Home

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Feb. 15.-G. W. Hamby, aged 97. of Petersburg, Tenn, an inmate of the Tennessee Con federate Soldiers home, is dead and his roommate, Dr. c. T. Cracking. aged 91, is confined to the hospital ward in the home suffering from se- were injuries as the result of fight at the home. about 15 miles from Nashl vile, on the Lebanon pike. this after noon- The fight; according to off cials. who made m investigation of the affair. arose over an argument as to whether the window in the room occu- pied by the two aged men should be opened or left closed. Hamby was stabbed during the battle, Cracking using c pocket knife
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
ENGLISH DOCK
 WORKERS TO GO
 0NSTRIKETODAY
Walkout Threatens To Tie Up Food Supplies
 In England

LONDON. Feb. 15.-A strike affect ing approximately million British workers is scheduled for noon, Satur- day, when 120, dock workers plan to quit work in ports throughout the country, tying up all exports and i'm. ports.
 However. after a fruitless day oi separate conferences between worker, and employers, Minister of Labol >s,ba V. .s Ffiday night ,obtained +aii agreement that representatives of boti sides would meet separately at tho labor ministry at n 80 am. Saturday
 The lockers. who are demanding wage increases and guarantee of steady work, have issued a statement saying that they cannot accept any thing under a two shilling increase in wages. The employers have offered a one shilling increase immediately, and will submit the question of a two shilling raise to arbitration.
 Many members of the National Un- ion of Railwaymen care scheduled to join the strike, while other workers will refuse to handle goods from the docks.
 Friday night many lockers who plan
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
BRITAIN OFFERED
 HUGE OIL PROFITS
15,000,O0O Pounds In Excess Of
 Cost Rendered For Shares

LONDON, Feb. 15.-The British government would have made profit of E15,0O0.Q00. on it's original invest ment had it sold it's five million shares in the Angio-Persian Oil company to tiie Burma OH company, it was stated by Phillip Snowden, the chancellor of the exehequer, in written reply to q parliamentary question regarding the terms of the offer. Mir. Snowden says the price offered was approximately f20,00O, 900, representing a profit of peafly f3 per share on the current market price. The chancellor added the government was satisfied on full examination that it would not have been in the national interest to part with the shares and that it had no in- tention whatever of reconsidering its decision.