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PRICES OF FOOD
'AND CLOTHING
SHOW DECREASE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Retail
prices of food, clothing' and other
principal commodities dropped an
average of six per cent during the
thlrty-day period ended August 15,
the labor department announced to
day.
During the month of August, the
same department announced, whole
sale food prices dropped 12 per cent,
wholesale prices of clothing 5 3-*
per cent and there was an average
drop in all commodities of 4 1-2 per
cent,
According to the department, or
agriculture, prices paid to fanners
for their principal crops declined 10
per cent.
On basis of these figures, officials
here today said that the price break
Long predicted is actually under way
■nd that all signs pointed to its con
in uance.
People Stop Buying
One Indication is the report from
.vholesale and retailers throughout
ihe country that the pdbple have
.■topped buying. These Reports are
borne out by returns of federal lux
ury taxes Which shows that articles
taxed as luxuries, such as dia
monds, jewelry; perfumes, automo
biles and expensive clothing, are not
linding as ready a as several
months ago.
Another indication of the reluc
tance to buy\is the repeated plea
reaching the federal reserve board
from producers and others who want
extensions of credit so that they
can hold their commodities while
lowered prices prevail. Cotton men
who mQde such a plea to Governor
Hardin/: of the federal reserve
board this week, were turned down.
There have been other refusals.
Secretary of the Treasury Houston
is known’ to heartily indorse these
refusals of credit to enable holding
of goods. Houston takes the posi
t tion that the government by extend
ing credit for such purposes would
be aiding hoarding and high prices.
No Slump in Bates
Rents and houses seem to/be ex
empted from the general price
slump and officials believe they may
stay up until the world wide short
age of building is relieved. This re
lief mav start next spring when offi
cials nope that increased rail
road efficiency will allow the trans
portation of building. material
which was partly shut off for some
months. i
The department’s report stated
that the average family expenditure
for 22, articles of food decreased
from July 15 to August 15 in each
of the 51 cities from which figures
are obtained.
Decreases as reported by cities
include:'
Minneapolis. 11 per cent; St. Paul,
10; Detroit, 9; Chicago. Cleveland,
Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwau
kee, Omaha, Peoria, and Springfield.
111., 8; Denver and Memphis, 7;
Butte, Cincinnati, Columbus, New
ark, New York, Philadelphia, Pitts
burg, St. Louis, Salt Lake City and
Seattle, 6; Baltimore, Birmingham,
Bridgeport, Buffalo, Dallas, Fall
River, Louisville, Manchester, N. H.,
Rochester, and Washington. D. C-,
5; Atlanta, Boston, Houston; Los
Angeles, Mobile, New Haven, Port
land, Me.; Portland, Ore.. Providence.
San Francisco, Savannah and Scran
ton. 4; Little Rock, New Orleans and
Norfolk, 3; Jacksonville and Rich
mond, 2; Charleston, 1.
‘‘J. L” Metal Airplanes
Appear to Be Defective,
Acting Director Says
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS.—The J.
L., all metal monoplane used by the
air mail service, appears to be de
cctive in its gasoline feed machin
e-y, acting Director White, of the
air mail service, said today.
J. L. planes were recently in two
■ccidents in which four flyers were
i’led. The second accident occur
■d Monday near Toledo, Ohio, and
>e first at Morristown, N. J., Mr.
hite made his statement concern
g the J. L. on the basis of ad
nce reports from the committee
:vestigating the Toledo accident.
“The accident was caused when
gasoline leak developed," Mr.
T hita said. “Presumably the gaso
ne was exploded by a spark from
he exhaust. The same thing evi
’ ntly happened in the Morristown
evident.
“This defect can easily be reme
’ied, we believe. Then the J. L. will
e as safe as any other plane. If
,-e fall to remedy the defect, we
hall of course, stop using the J. L.”
The J. L , a German-made plane, Is
'avored by postal and air mail sefrv
? e officials because of Its high
need. The air mail service is now
-ing it in the trans-continental
. ?rvlce.
9,000 Workmen
Ocupy Factories
In Southern z Italy
ROME, Sept. 18.—Thirty thousand
urkmen have occupied the factories
at Ternl, in southern Italy. This is
one of the most Important industrla
towns of the south. The only excep
tion to the factories taken over is
the Idros plant, where synthetic
ammonia is manufactured and which
is controlled by American interests.
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BID ON AIRPLANE
MAIL ATLANTA TO
N. Y. APPROVED
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The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Kiggs Building,
BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—The
postoffice department will sign with
in a few days the formal contract
for the carrying of mail from New
York to Atlanta by airplane, as an
nounced in previous dispatches to
The Journal. Tme department found
satisfactory the bid of the Lawson
Airplane company, of Milwaukee, to
carry mail by airplane to and from
Atlanta, 306 days a year, the ex
cepted days being Mondays and
following holidays.
It was said at the department to
day that the bid of the Lawson com
pany had been formally approved
by the department and only the ac
tual contract remains to be signed.
This contract will call for the in
auguration of the service by Jan
uary 15, 1921.
According to his original state
ment to The Journal, Mr. Lawson
plans to carry both mail and pas
sengers between Gotham and the
Gate City. He promises to make the
trip in twelve hours and will oper
ate all metal limousine 'planes with
a carrying capacity of 1,500 pounds
of mail and ten passengers. These
planes are now being constructed for
use on the three routes which will
be ' awarded the Lawson concern.
New York to Atlanta, Pittsburg to
St. Louis, and New York to Chicago.
The department will agree to pay
the Lawson comirany $300,000 per
year for the aerial service between
New York and Atlanta, via Wash
ington, Raleigh and Columbia. This
is the substantial cost of transpor
tation of this quantity of mail mat
ter by train, the stipulation of the
postofflce appropriation bill being
that additional aerial routes cannot
be established if at a greater cost
than train routes.
‘Wildcat’ Division to
Hold Annual Reunion
In Columbia, S. C.
'‘Wildcats’’ in and around Atlanta
will be interested in this. The first
annual reunion of the Eighty-first
(Wildcat) division of the late Amer
ican expeditionary forces will be held
in Columbia, S. C., Monday and Tues
day, September 20 and 21. Every
former member of the division,
whether they went overseas or not,
is invited to be present and fight
the war all over again with their for
mer comrades. All who are expected
to attend are requested to inform
C. R. Elkins, secretary of the Wild
cat Veterans' association, Columbia,
South Carolina.
The association has made all the
plans, and from the announcement
they have issued to most of the for
mer Wildcats, the city of Columbia
has prepared a most memorable en
tertainment for the boys who wore
the khaki with the kitten on their
sleeves. It says that expenses will
cease when the ex-soldiers get off
the train, and that there will be
“beaucoup eats,” dances, automobile
rides and everything else that goes
to make up a regular party.
Business at Commerce
Suspends for Funeral
Os Victim of Otranto
COMMERCE, Ga., Sept. 18.—The
bbdy of Mr. Raymond Ellis Luthl
arrived In Commerce last night from
Hoboken, being shipped from Ireland.
He was a victim on the steamship
Otranto, which rammed another boat
off the shores of Scotland in Octo
ber, 1918. Mr. Luthl was a navy
lieutenant. Mayor Stark Issued a
proclamation ordering business houses
to Gelose to attend the funeral at
Grey Hill cemetery, heer this after
noon.
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BEDFORD HILLS, N. Y.—The
young ladles are not studying Greek
dancing.
?<or are they taking the barefoot
cure.
They ares tudying voice culture!
Learning to sjng!
They are students at the Bedford
Hills voice culture school, studio
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New Questions
1. —How soon will the 1920 census
be completed?
2. —Are the quarters without three
stars under the eagle genuine?
3-—What shall I use to kill insects
on plants?
4. —Let me know if post cards and
stamped envelopes which have been
addressed or printed but not mailed
are redeemable?
5. —What does the word, “Chautau
qua,” mean?
6. —Are there any wild tribes of
Indians in the United States?
7. —Do humming birds go south
in winter? What do they feed on?
8. —Was Vermont one of the thir
teen original states?
9. —What will remove stains from
gravestone? The stains were made
by decaying vines.
10. —Why is there' such a drive for
extermination of rata when the gov
ernment states that bubonic plague is
under control?
Questions Answered
1. Q. —When did Peary discover
the north pole?
1. A.— The north pole was reached
by Admiral Peary on April 7, 1909.
2. Q. —How large a stream is the
gulf stream?
2. A.—Years of observations have
established the fact that all the great
rivers of the world turned into one
channel would not equal the tremen
dous flow of the gulf stream. Its
breadth In its narrowest portion is
about fifty miles and its depth about
2,000 feet.
3. Q. —What colors would be most
appropriate for decorations for a
second wedding anniversary?
3. A.—The second wedding anni
versary is the cotton wedding, so
should be white, com
bined perhaps with green. If you
wish to take the colors of the cot
ton blossom, which is pink in the
morning and a deep lavender by late
afternoon, they would be attractive
with white. Possibly you can obtain
stalks of the cotton plant with the
cotton attached.
4. Q. —Where is the Easter is
land?
4. A. —Easter island Is in Polynesia,
and was so named because it was
discovered on Easter day, April 6,
1722, by a man named Roggeveen.
The Inhabitants have no name for it.
It has been an unorganized depend
ency of Chile since 1888.
$900,000,000 in Gold
Transferred in New York
Under Heavy Guard
NEW YORK.—Nearly $900,000,000
in gold—said to be • the greatest
amount of the precious metal stored
in any one place in the world today
transferred during the early
hours of these autumn evenings
from the United States sub-treasury
at Broad and Wall streets to the
United States assay office, the new
whl’e building next door east, re
cently.
The mental picture called up by
such a statement might be one of
innumerable guards, rifles, bayonets,
even machine guns; of hawk-eyed
secret service men scanning every
passerby.
But nothing of the sort is happen
ing. Broad and Wall streets are
empty of humanity while the trans
fer is being made. There are no
soldiers,, no extra police, no excite
ment.
There is a wooden chute, about
eighteen inches square, extending
downward from the sub-treasury to
the lower floor of the assay office,
and through this, in small wooden
boxes, the gold, in bar shape, is
slid.
The task has been going on for
days and probably will go on
i->t several months, for there is a
tremendous amount of tallying to be
dor.e in connection with It.
B*>,f?r* it was melted the metal
was tr- the form of English sover
eigns and French 20-franc pieces
was sent here during the war and
afterward, in payment of debts.
Morgan & Co. received most of it.
As the eoiia vzere melted and val
ued. Morgan and other houses were
paid the equivalent in gold certifi
cates.
During the war the assay office
did not have vault-room enough, and
so several of the big sub-treasury
vaults were lent to it. The new
assay building has the largest and
most modern vaults in the world,
and therefore the gold is being
taken.
The gold coins were melted into
oblong bars, about 6 inches long and
2 inches wide. These bars are test-
camp, conducted by Madame Scherer,
famous French instructor.
The unique feature of the school
is that new students are not request
ed to use theii* voices for a month
or more after they arrive, but are
giving dancing, jumping and other
exercises as a preliminary. Above,
Miss Dorothy Hall, who is also seen
jumping in the lower picture. The
school is for girls only.
5. Q. —Who is the author of the
quotation, “Pymgies are pygmies still
though perched on Alps?”
5. A.—This quotation is found in
Edward Young’s “Night Thoughts,”
part 6.
6. Q. —Have stenciledxarms taken
the place of painted lips as the new
est fashion?
6. A.—Miss Tasha Monque, a prom
inent Philadelphia society girl, has
made a set of stencils by means of
which designs suggesting embroidery
can be painted on the arms when
ope wears a sleeveless gown. The
effect is shown in an accompanying
photograph of Miss Monque. The
stenciled arm is becoming one of
the new fashions, though there is
no indication of the painted lip grow
ing obsolete.
7. Q. —How many chemical ele
ments are represented in the human
body?
7. A.— Sixteen. They are carbon,
hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur,
phosphorus, chlorine, fluorine, silcon,
sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium,
magnesium, iron and manganese.
8. Q. —What is the meaning of
the word “incorporated” when used
in the titl* of a firm? Does it carry
some modification of the word "lim
ited?”
8. A.—“lncorporated” means that
the firm has been granted a charter
by a state, and that it is operating
as a corporation. “Limited” means
that the liability of the stockholders
is limited to the. number of shares
held by each, and may apply either
to a corporation or to a partnership.
9. Q. —Who was the infant prodigy
who entered Harvard university sev
eral years ago?
9. A.—The boy who entered Har
vard university at the age of eleven
was William James Sidis, the son
of Dr. Boris Sidis, the well-known
psychologist.
10. Q. —Is the breeding of rein
deer established on a commercial ba
ste in the United States?
fO. A.— The North American Rein
deer company, capitalized at $750,000,
has been granted a concession of 70,-
850 square miles of land north of
the Churchill river, upon which to
graze caribou and reindeer. The
government charges the nominal sum
of four cents an acre per year for
the use of the land.
ed for weight and for fineness and
an exact valuation placed upon each.
A mark is then placed upon the bar,
identifying it as one coming from a
certain “melt.” Then there is an
other mark, identifying the bar in
dividuality.
A bar of gold of that size is w’orth
about $6,500 if of the average coin
fineness, but some, coins of especial
ly high grade will melt into bars
worth $7,500 or $7,700.
A representative of the treasury
department supervises the marking
of the gold and notes the numbers
upon each bar. Then the bars are
put in small boxes, each containing
three bars, and about half a dozen
of the boxes in a larger box are slid
down the chute about twenty feet
long which crosses the alleyway
that separates the two buildings.
In the assay office the poxes are
wheeled upon trucks Into an eleva
tor and taken to the great vaults,
five floors below the surface of Wall
street.
The tally man from Washington
goes along with each load to watch
the placing away of the bars and to
mark down exactly in what vault
and on what shelf each individual
bar is stored.
Changing Old Stumps
Into Handy Dollars
NEW YORK.—A Wilmington.
Del., powder company has bought all
the pine stumps now on about 75,-
000 acres of land in Mississippi.
It will use the stumps, millions in
number, in a good reduction plant
to extract turpentine and their re
moval will make it possible to put
the land immediately into cultiva
tion. _ __
The idea reported in the foregoing
dispatch is not new to Georgia. A
Brunswick f concern for Some time
has been carrying on a mutually
profitable arrangement with farmers
by which their useless tree-stumps
have been removed without cost, re
leasing hundreds of acres for cul
tivation. •
COX SPEAKS TO
WOMEN VOTERS;
MEN ARE GUESTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. -18.—
Mere man, unless accompanied by a
woman “escort,” was refused admit
tance today- to hear the address of
Governor Jam,es M. Cox, Democratic
presidential nominee, before the San
Francisco center of the California
Civic League, a woman’s organiza
tion.
The speech, at a luncheon, was the
principal feature of Governor Cox’s
last active campaign day in the San
Francisco Bay region. Tickets were
restricted to women voters, unless
a member of the organization re
quested the privilege of bringing a
man “guest.”
Folowing this talk, Governor Cox’s
itinerary called for an address to
the commercial club a public recep
tion at the Palace hotel and a speech
at the Oakland auditorium, across
the bay, under the auspices of the
state Democratic committee. The
nominee will leave tomorrow for Los
Angeles, traveling south by day
light.
Governor Cox was expected to de
vote further attention in today’s ad
dress to the Japanese immigration
question, a burning issue in Califor
nia. His audience also anticipated
an elaboration of his statement that
“racial fee,mg was being inspired
by opponents of the League of Na
tions and that it looks to me like
a German-American alliance with
the reactionary candidate.”
He has promised such elaboration
here.
Governor Cox after charging here
that the Republican “senatorial oli
garchy” protected “the most shame
less profiteers in history,” today out
lined fifive “practical, concrete and
definite measures” which he said
would reduce the cost, of living and
eliminate'- the profiteer. They were:
Congress should grant the presi
dent a permanent revolving fund to
purchase as much of the sugar crop
as is necessary to prevent profiteer
ing.
A law limiting the period during
which goods may be kept in cold
storage.
A law requiring that the price at
which goods were placed in storage
be marked upon them.
A statute requiring all goods
' destined for Interstate commerce be
marked with the price at which they
left the hands of the producer.
A law licensing and regulating
those engaged in interstate com
merce to prevent unconscienable
profits.
LEAVES PRISON
TO FIND HIMSELF
A MILLIONAIRE
“Uncle” Bill Edwards, who was
sentenced to the penitentiary from
Castland, Tex., about ten years ago
for the murder of a neighbor, G. A.
Rogers, entered upon his term of
thirty-six years’ imprisonment a
poor farmer. He was released a few
weeks ago upon pardon of Governor
W. P. Hobby; and finds himself a
millionaire, due to the discovery of
oil upon,- his 320-acre hill-land farm.
On July 19 “Uncle” Bill Edwards
was seventy years old. He received
a fulUpardon on that anniversary
as a birthday present. He had serv
ed a few months short of ten years
in prison. It is stated that there
were extenuating circumstances con
nected with his killing of Rogers.
At any rate, he was offered a par
don by Governor O. B. Colquitt sev
eral years ago, and again by Gov
ernor James E. Ferguson, upon pe
tition of his relatives. In both
these instances Edwards refused
the pardon on the ground that he
had not yet suffered enough for the
crime he had committed. It was
only a few days ago th-it he arriv
ed at the conclusion that he had
atoned for the deed. He wrote Gov
ernor Hobby:
“I feel in my mind, conscience
and heart that I have paid the pen
alty of my crime.”
Curing his time Edwards was in
prison his farm and other business
affairs were looked after by rela
tives. When oil was discovered in
the Eastland region the 320-acre
tract of land was leased for a big
price. Then oil wells were brought
in, and the fortune of the aged man
began piling up at an enormous rate.
It was all held for him, pending
his release from prison.—Kansas
City Star.
Fourth of Population
Lives in 68 Cities,
According to Census
WASHINGTON. —About one-tenth
of the people of the United States
live in the cities of New York Chi
cago and Philadelphia, while more
than one-quarter live ir. 68 cities,
having a population of 100,000 or
more, final statistics of the four
teenth census are expected to show.
The three cities with populations
of 1,000,000 or more—-New York,
Chicago and Philadelphia—have a
combined population cf 10,145,521,
showing an increase of 1,614,347, or
about 19.5 per cent in the ten years
since 1910.
Cities having 500,000 to 1,000,000
have increased from five in 1910 to
nine this year, Detroit, Los An
geles, San Francisco and Buffalo
hav’ng advanced into this class.
There was a net ’nerease of two
in the cities of the 259 000 to 500.-
000 class, with a total of thirteen,
although six cities advanced into
this classification. They are Kan
sas City, Mo.; Seattle, Indianapolis,
Rochester, Portland, Ore., and Den
ver. \ \
There are forty-three cities of
from. 100,000 to 250,000 this year, a
net increase of eleven, although
seventeen have shown increases
bringing them into this class.
Prince of Wales Has
Big Time in S. Wales
MIOWERA. New South Wales. —
The Prince of Wales had the time
of his life here among the hard-rid
ing, straight-shooting, outspoken
ranchers, and by his adaptability
and good fellowship macje himselt
extremely poular. He won their re
spect when he entered five races
against these premier horsemen and
won all the events.
The ranchers are having a quiet
smile over an amusing but some
what embarrassing incident in
which the prince was involved
With his usual ‘hail-fellow-well
met” bearing, the prince on one oc
casion asked every one in the house
to have a drink with him.
After the drinks had been served
the heir to the richest throne in the
world discovered he had no money.
He called on Admiral Halsey, who
is touring with him, for funds, but
the only reply was: “I haven’t a
shilling on me, sir.”
Finally another member of the
royal party came to the rescue, and
the drinks were handed around.
Nation Puffing Up;
Smoking Increases
WASHINGTON. Figures made
public here indicate that the growth
and consumption of tobacco in the
United States are on the increase.
The production from the 1918 crop
was 1,439,071.000 pounds. There
were imported in 1919 leaf tobacco
and tobacco products to the value of
$86,485,035, while the exports of
leaf tobacco were more than $250,-
000.000.
The combined production of cigars
7,629.000; of cigarettes approximate
ly 55.000,000,000, and of chewing and
smoking tobacco and snuff 427,000,-
000 pounds.
There were 16.211,769,000 cigar
ettes exported during the year, leav
ing 39,000,000.000 factory made cig
arottes for home consumption.
The exports of leaf tobacco In
1919 amounted to 765,913.164 pounds,
greatly exceeding any prior year.'
The revenue collected during 4he
yealr amounted to $205.000_0c.a
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, l»20.
RUFUS KIGHT, who, with
C. C. Monroe, a railway mail
clerk, confessed to postoffice
inspectors Thursday they had
participated in the mail rob
bery on a Southern railway
train near Toccoa last Monday.
—Staff photo by Winn.
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Stolen Bonds Given
Back to Banks and
Sent to Nev/ York
Approximately $300,000 in securi
ties recovered from Rufus Kight,
who is being held in connection with
the robbery of a pouch of registered
mail from a Southern railway train
near Cornelia, Ga., ten days ago.
were restored to Atlanta banks and
business houses Friday by federal
officials.
These valuables were again being
forwarded to New ork Saturday un
der registered cover, after having
been delayed for ten days due to the
rifling of the pouch in which they
were originally started on their way
to the north.
Postoffice inspectors said prac
tically every bank in Atlanta partici
pated in Friday’s restoration of se
curities recovered from young
Kight. A careful check of the bonds
and other valuables found in Kight's
suit case revealed the fact that a
relatively small amount of the origi
nal contents of the registered pouch
of mail are missing.
W. D. Franklin, implicated by C.
C. Monroe, young mail clerk, and
Kight in their confessions as the
man who planned the robbery, was
still at large Saturday afternoon.
Inspectors expressed the opinion
that he has made his way beyond the
limits of the state, but were hopeful
that his arrest would be effected
shortly.
“Phantom Burglars”
Chloroform Victims
And Leave No Clues
NEW YORK.—The "Phantom
Burglars,” who several years ago
were the tenor of Harlem and
VVahsington Heights, apparently re
sumed operations last week at the
home of Abraham Altman, a grocer
living at No. 101 West 130 street.
Jewelry valued at $3,000 and some
cash in Altman’s clothes were taken.
The gang or individual thief gain
ed a reputation some years ago by
the ease with which they or he en
tered apartments without leaving a
trace and without apparently using
jimmies or other burglars’ tools.
Drugs were administered to the
sleeping occupants of the homes en
tered.
The same procedure was used in
Altman’s case. When he awoke
Thursday morning his head ached
and he had difficulty in getting up.
His clothing had been tossed about
the room and the place ransacked.
The Altman apartment is on the
fourth floor and he had locked the
door, turned the safety lock and
fastened all the windows through
which entrance could be gained, the
night before. The door had seeming
ly not been tampered with and the
windows were all as he had left
them. Mrs. Altman also had been
drugged.
Two Thousand ‘Marys’
Attend Convention
NOBLESVILLE, Ind.—The sixth
annual reunion of the Marys of the
United States was held here recent
ly with an attendance of 2,300. Most
of the central states were represent
ed. Some came from as far as
Pennsylvania. •
Everyone present answered to the
name of Mary.
Prizes were awarded to the oldest
Mary, the youngest Mary, the pret
tiest Mary and the tallest Mary and
the shortest Mary and to the' Mary
who came the longest distance.
Dinner was served after a literary/
and musical program.
Committees were appointed to
decorate the graves of the twelve
Marys, members of the association
who have died in different parts of
the country during the last year.
The next meeting will be held In
Indianapolis.
Officers were elected as follo-ws:
President, Miss Mary Kummer, and
secretary. Mrs. Mary Harrell.
Americans Are Imperiled
By Arab Insurrection
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—The Arab
insurrection in Mesopotamia has im
periled the work of the Bagdad
branch of the American commission
for relief in the Near East, according
to a cable message to the headquar
ters of the relief organi'ation re
ceived here today from Dr. Phillip
McDowell, of Wooster. 0., in charge
of the American relief activities in
northern Mesopotamia.
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TROUBLE FEARED
IN MINE SECTION
OF TUSCALOOSA
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. , 18.—
Impending trouble in the Brook
wood-Kellerman mine . section" of
Tuscaloo .a county, involving an al
leged plot of striking miners to blow
up collieries, was reported tonight.
A request that the governor be askedi
for troops was declined by the
sheriff, pending personal investiga
tion and he left immediately for the
troubled district, according to word
here.
Distribution of companies of state
troops continued today and while
there were no outbreaks, reports in
dicated the situation in the Alabama
coal fields remains tense.
The Opelika company, Alabama
National Guard, was sent out in
units to I’inckney City, Sayre and
Bessie mines. Troops were to be
s ioned a' a gate across a road ut
Sayre, where union miners had ue
clared they would march during the
afternoon. The mine company
claims the road is private, while the
miners say it is public. Troops al
ready have been to Majestic
and Br dford mines. All companies
that have reached Birmingham have
gone into active service. Two more
■companies were scheduled to reach
Birmingham tonight, one from Mont
gomery and one from Gadsden. One
of these will be assigned to duty im
medi-' und the other held in re
serve. •
Mobilization of three or four addi
tional companies of guardsmen and
the commandce. _ of a portion of
Rickwoo* ball park as a camp for
reserve forces of the National Guard
was announced ly General R. E.
Steiner Saturday. Other companies,
the mobilization of which was an
nounced, will be held subject to im
mediate call.
Quiet prevailed throughout the en
t i area taken 'over by the troops,
according to reports made to Gen
eral Steiner’s headquarters.
Company A of Montgomery, Com
pany C of Selma and Company L of
Alabama City i ere ordered to hold
themselves ih readiness for active
duty.
•Colonel Dallas Smith, of the Rain
bow division, is in command of
troops in the Jasper district under
orders from General Steiner. Head
quarters will be maintained by Gen
eral Steiner in Birmingham and
vesper.
Five companies of militiamen
were placed on guard duty in Walt
er and Jefferson counties Friday
afternoo’ and night A sixth com
pany is being held in jeserve in Bir
mingham, ready to be rushed at a
moment’s notice to any point where
it may be needed.
Parts of Jefferson. Walker, Shel
by, Bib v and .Tuscaloosa cduntes
now are patrolled by troops, accord
ing to the declaration of General
Steiner. lie gives assurances that
there are sufficient troops in the
state to meet any situation, and, if
for any cause the number should
prove too small, he calls attention to
the fact ■ that the governor hfa.s the
right to call e’bry man in the state
from the ages of 18 to 45 to arms
to suppress disorder.
Mother and Daughters
In Triple Wedding
VALPARAISO, Ind.—A triple wed
ding, in which a motherland her
twin daughters took part, was sol
emnized here one' night recently.
Mrs. Lillian Zane was married to
John Hively, while her children.
Cora and Nora, becaipe brides of
William Baker and Harry Erler.
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4 FARMERS ARE
HELD FOR DEATH
OF TREUTLEN MAN
DUBLIN, Ga.. Sept. 18.—Four
prominent farmers of the Gillis
Spring section of Treutlen county,
north of Soperton, have just been
arrested in connection with the death
of Bill Hart, well-known citizen,
which occurred last Monday night.
At the time of Hart’s gdeath, he
was riding in an automobile with
four neighbors, Wiley Smith, Dan
Davis. Lige Coleman and Rs£T
den, the four men who have since
been arrested. These men 4splained
Gnat the car jumped from a bridge
spanning a small creek and that Hart
fell into the water and drowned be
fore assistance could reach him. An
autopsy revealed that there was no
water in Hart’s lungs and caused
the arrest of the four men.
Hero Rescues Girl
From Certain Death
In Niagara Falls
BUFFALO. —Miss Matilda Schoe
nert, of Philadelphia, was snatched
from certain death in the Whirlpool
Rapids at Niagara Falls recently by
Gordon IV. Dunn, of Montreal, who
was severly cut in the rescue.
They were among the passenger#
on a gorge route trolley that was
blocked at the edge of the Whirl
pool Rapids by a fallen rock. Tho
nassengers got out of the car and i
r were walking on the brink of the
river. The girl fell over the slight
embankment some fifteen feet into
the river, but caught and clung to
a projecting rock. Dunn saw her
danger and vaulted the embankment.
He landed on a slight beach of rocks
and cut himself severely on hands *
and Head. Getting to his feet ho
seized the girl before she was swept
away.
Help was quickly at hand, and the
pair were taken back to Niagara
Falls. Dunn, after his cuts were
dressed, left the hospital. The girl
is still suffering from shock.
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