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ATTEMPT TO PROVE
SABOTAGE WEAPON
SOCIALISTS USED
Proclamation and War Pro
gramme Adopted at Con
vention Read Into Rec
ord Yesterday
By At&eciated Press
Albany, N. Y., January 29.—An attempt
to show that sabotage in munition fac
tories was a weapon which socialists were
virtually invited by their party to em
ploy in its programme of “continuous,
active and public opposition to the war,”
was made today by the prosecution at
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the trial of the five unseated socialist
assemblymen charged with disloyalty.
Counsel for the assembly judiciary
committee conducting the investigation
read into the record the proclamation
and war programme adopted at the St.
Louis convention of the socialist party
on April 7, 1917, one day after the United
States entered the world conflict, in
which workers were urged to oppose the
war ”through demonstrations, mass pe
titions and all other means within our
power.”
The prosecution also read into the rec
ord denunciation of the war in the proc
lamation as one “caused by the treach
ery and trickery of the capitalistic class
through their representatives in Con
gress.”
Finally committee counsel brought out
that the “anti-sabotage clause” in the
party’s constitution, of which the prose
cution asserted socialists formerly had
“boasted,” had been stricken out at the
same convention.
When reference was first made to the
“anti-sabotage clause” Seymour Sted
man of Chicago, defense counsel, read
from the socialistic campaign book of
1914 1o show that the party at that time
bitterly opposed sabotage and no one
practicing it was allowed to become a
member. He also explained that the
clause had been stricken out three years
later because the I. W. W. element was
no longer enrolled in the party and sabo
tage was “rt dead issue.”
Algernon I^ee of New York, treasurer
of the socialist state committee, another
I witness, also asserted the clause had
I been dropped, “not because it had become
la dead letter, but because the issue which
j had led up to its inclusion was no longer
| an issue.”
Frank Wasserman, a New York lawyer,
j testified that in public debate with him
! Assemblyman August Olaessens, a de
fendant. had termed the federal consti
tution “a scrap of paper” and had as
serted when socialism came 1t 'would
take instruments of production by force.”
Wasserrnan also testified Assemblyman
Charles Solomon, another defendant, had
admitted in “private discussions” that he
was a bolshevist, believed in bolshevist
tactics and had asserted Sunday school
classes were being conducted in the
Brownsville section of Brooklyn to make
children ‘ ready for the revolution.”
MANY STUDENTS
VIEW PICTURES
Students of the Birmingham Central
High School, Ensley High School and
other public schools of the city are espe
cially invited to the Southern Club today
to see the paintings of Frederick J.
Waugh, famous American artist, which
are on exhibit there.
Scores of pupils of the county schools
visited the exhibit yesterday, and today
has been set apart for the city schools.
The exhibit will be continued through
next Tuesday. On Saturday all citizens
interested in art are invited to the club
to see the paintings.
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• • • •
What’s YOUR
Answer?
Have you been enumerated?
Have your employes been enumerated?
Have your servants been enumerated?
Do you know of a friend, temporarily
out of town, who has not been enu
merated?
There is urgent necessity for speed and thorough
ness in completing Birmingham’s census enumera
tion.
Indications now are that the city’s population fig
ures for the 1920 count will fall far behind expecta
tions.
If you have a complaint, go to the telephone and
Call “Census’"
No number in necessary. Two telephones have
been installed in the office of Census Supervisor G.
M. Cruikshank, and by simply saying “Census” to
the operator you will secure connection.
The Need Is Urgent
Do your part now
before it is too late
(Thi» advertisement paid for by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce).
FUNERAL TODAY OF
Body to Reach Birmingham
Early This Morning From
Cincinnati
The funeral of the late Emory M.
Nowell will be held from the homo of
his mother-in-law, Mrs. S. L*. Wade, 2725
Hanover circle, this afternoon at 3
o’clock, the services being conducted by
Rev. P. D. Wells, pastor of the High
land Avenue Methodist church. The in
terment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
The body was sent from Cincinnati
yesterday to reach Birmingham on the
9:26 o’clock train this morning.
The following will act as pallbearers:
Or. A. P. McFerring, C. F. Torbert, Dr.
J. E. Frazier, A. W. Brazelton. Dr. Far
tar McCrummer and Dr. V. V. Florence.
Mr. Nowell lived in Birmingham for
the greater part of his early life and
his business career. Some four years
ago he became interested in Kentucky
oil development work and there made
a fortune, said to amount to several
million dollars.
In his hotel in Cincinnati Tuesday,
just after having closed a deal wrhich
is said to have netted him more than
$1,000,000 he was stricken by apoplexy
and died almost immediately.
Messages were received from Cincin
nati yesterday to the effect that the
death may not have been caused by
apoplxy, and It was at first advised that
an investigation .including an autopsy,
be carried out, but later, after the coro
ner had looked into the case, death was
pronounced as due to natural causes.
Other messages from Cincinnati men
tioned the existence of a wife of the
Oil magnate living in the Ohio city. His
relatives here say that he had not mar
ried again. His first wife died in Louis
ville, Ky., several years ago.
While a resident of Birmingham,
about 1904, Mr. Nowell married Miss
Minna Wade, daughter of Mrs. S. L
Wade. Of this union four children sur
vive. Mrs. Wade and other relatives
and business friends of the dead man
positively affirm that he did not marry
again.
A. C. Wade, brother-in-law of P3mory
Nowell, Mrs. S. L. Wade and Mrs. Jack
Stallings are bringing home the body,
having gone to Cincinnati as soon as
the news of the death reached them.
No word has been received from them
concerning Mr. Nowell having a second
wife living In Cincinnati.
Over Private Wires
}•'. It. Stuart & Co.’s Letter
Renewed demand for spots in River
poo! today sent prices up there, the ad
vance being equivalent to. 110 American
points, while futures were about 35 up
on the close. Sterling exchange rates
opened about 2 points up and our market
opened unchanged to 5 off and lost 10 to
20 points additional in the early trading.
Weather reports were favorable froTO
nearly all parts of the cotton belt, and
support was backward, resulting in a
w-aiting market around 35.30c for May in
New Orleans. Which was about the low
point of the day. Foreign political news
was not encouraging and further devel
opments in the peace conference are in
abeyance for the present; conferees ad
jcurnd until tomorrow. The marffet
ranged within a limU of only 22 to 30
points and closed about 5 points higher
than Wednesday’s finals.
Interior spot markets arc steady, with
some better business done at unchanged
quotations. New Orleans spots are un
changed with middling 39.RBc. The mar
ket has furnished a fair supply of con
tracts to shorts within the last two days
within a small range, and still looks to
be trading affair at present levels.—S. R.
Stewart & Co.
Hubbard Bros. & Co.’s Letter
New York, January 29.—(Special.)—
While Liverpool cables were better thaj*
expected, still the local market paid lit
tle attention to them, the advance abroad
being due to the rapid decline of exchange
rates. Opening prices were unchanged
and the movements during the day were
within a narrow range. A prominent local
operator covered some of his recent sales.
We anticipate scalping markets for the
time being, and favor the buying *t*e
on good recessions.-J. W. Jay & Co.
J. W. Jay & Co.’s Letter
New York, January 29.—(Special.)—Liv
erpool was again sharply higher than due
this morning as a result of a further
break in foreign exchange late yester
It was felt that an Improvident in
exchange could be expected today. The
market fluctuated back and forth during
the greater part of the day until the earty
afternoon when further covering of a
large short account took place, causing
a fair advance in a narrow market. How
ever. it was cited ,vith considerable com
ment that this covering was accompti.-w*
without as much ol an advance as might
have been expe< in fact, with call
money at 18 per cent, there was little
inclination to mal e »esh purchases. The
dry goods mat get. while firm, shows some
signs of liquidating, as goods held in
second hands are more freely offered.—
Hubbard Bros. & f o.
Thompson, Parker & Co.'s Letter
There were small declines in the early
trading in cotton today and small ad
vances in the afternoon. On the opening
the pood Liverpool fell flat as a bullish
influence here and offerings were en
couraged by better weather over the belt
and by the increasing tightness of
mcitey. The decline continued until it
amounted to 12 to 16 points. Reports of
good sales of spots, including both high
and low grades, and the upward reac
tion in foreign exchange coaxed in tne
buyers, and enough demand was created
to recover the losse and put prices to
levels 4 to 13 points over yesterday’ s
close.
Liverpool seemed to be advancing on
the recent declines in sterling exchange
and the general acceptance of this theory
prevented buying in response to the good
cables. Liverpool was due 2 to 4 points
upon New Orleans and stood 28 to 29 up
just before our opening.
The weather map was dry. but rather
cold, and the outlook was for continued
dry and somewhat warmer weather ex
cept for rains in the southern portions of
the eastern belt.
A day or two of good weather, how
ever, will not cure the situation in ffcr
belt. The market acts very healthy,
technically speaking.—Shepard & Gluck.
Norfolk-Havana Service
Will Be Resumed Feb. 10
By Atftociated Press
Roanoke, Va., January 3—Norfolk to
Havana steamship service, wtilch was sus
pended here several weeks ago because
of the stevedores' strike in the Cuban
port, will be resumed February* 10, ac
cording to official information received
today at the headquarters of the Norfolk
and Western railway.
A communication from the Merchants
and Miners’ Transportation Company
states that the steamer Grecian will leave
Norfolk for Havana February* 1°. fol
lowed by the steamer Ontario February
20. Sailings then will be conducted every
ten days, the communication says.
Ladies Keep Your Sun
Clear, Sweet, Healthy
With Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Talcum
DIVISION EXCESS
EARNINGS NEEDED,
DECLARES HINES
Return of Roads Will Be Wholly Dis
appointing Unless Problem Is
Dealt With in Bold, Ef
fective Way
By Associated Press
Louisville, Ky., January 29.—Walker D.
Hines, director general of railroads, in
an address before the Transportation
Club here tonight, urged the necessity
of a division of excess earnings of rail
road corporations above a reasonable re
turn in order to protect the public against
excess earnings of very prosperous rail
roads and in order to insure a fair re
tun to all railroads.
“Those who oppose this plan seem to
assume that it will operate as a discour
agement upon private capital," said -Mr.
Hines. “They seem to assume that if
this plan Is not adopted there will be no
discouragement on private capital, but
they should remember the discourflge
ments which have existed heretofore. The
real question Is whether a plan shall be
adopted which will both protect the pub
lic interest and reasonably protect pri
vate capital or whether on the other
hand a plan shall be adopted which will
fail to do either with any degree of sat
isfaction.”
Mr. Hines declared his belief that un
less the railroad problem at the present
time is dealt with “in a bold and ef
fective war" the return to private man
agement after federal control “will be
wholly disappointing."
i The director general also urged Jthe
j compulsory consolilat kin of the railroad
systems of the country into a few large
systems and suggested, the participation
of the public and labor in the msnage
ment of t*he railroads.
Maj. Gen. T^eonard Wood, who is visit
ing Louisville on an inspection trip, was
another speaker at the banquet.
Form Country Club
Under Auspices of the
Chamber of Commerce
Hale, Marengo and Perry Represent
ed In Organization—Former Res
idents of All Counties to Be
Included
At a conference held at the Southern
Club at 1 o'elbck yesterday afternoon pre
liminary steps were taken toward the for
mation of a country club to be operated
under the auspices of the Chamber of
Commerce. The counties represented at
the conference were Hale. Marengo and
Perry, and the representatives present
were: J. M. P. Otts, Phares Coleman,
Frank B. Fowlkes, Joseph T. Collins, Jr.,
William Miller, T. A. Hanna and Judge
B. M. Allen. General Manager C. E. Jenks
of the Chamber of Commerce attended
the conference in atf advisory capacity.
The purpose of the meeting was to or
ganize the former residents of the coun
ties named into a club or association and
through this means cultivate a closer
friendship between Birmingham and the
people of the balance of the state.
Every former resident of either of these
counties, whether he is a member of the
Chamber of Commerce or not, is eligible
to membership in the country club, and
is invited to attend the next meeting,
which will be held on Thursday, Febru
ary 26.
Phares Coleman is chairman of the pre
liminary organization and will issue the
call for the next meeting.
PACKING REGULATION
IS DENOUNCED BY
CATTLEMEN’S BODY
Montgomery, Ala., January 29.—1The
Southern Cattlemen’s Association, at the
c-osing session of the eighth annual con
vention here tonight, adopted resolutions
condemning the Kendrick-Kenyon bill
regulating the packing industry. Copies
of the resolution urging defeat of the bill
will be sent to the senators and repre
sentatives of each state represented in
the association.
The cattlemen defeated a resolution
which, if adopted, would have approved
the regulating of interstate cattle ship
ments in the south from territory which
Is not cleared of the tick. The resolution
called on Congress to pass laws govern
any interstate shipments. It was defeated
b> a vote of 24 to 23.
J. M. Cockerham of Luella. Iva., was
elected president. A vice president was
elected from each of the following states:
Alabama, Arkansas. Mississippi. Georgia,
Florida. North Carolina, Oklahoma,
Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas. Virginia and Kentucky.
Columbia, S. C., secured the 1921 con
vention, winning over Savannah by a
vote of 39 to 27. The delegates will re
turn to their homes tomorrow* after a
visit to the United States aviation repair
depot.
FORMER SERVICE MEN
MAY REINSTATE THEIR
WAR RISK INSURANCE
By Associated Pres*
Washington. January 29.—Former serv
ice men may reinstate the war risk term
insurance at any time before July 1, 1920,
under a new* ruling of the bureau of war
risk insurance announced today by Di- 1
rector Cholmeley-Jones.
Applicants will be reinstated regardless I
of how* long their policies have lapsed or
how long the former service men have
been discharged provided twn monthly
premiums accompany the application an<i
the applicant is in as good health a? *ie
was when his policy was issued.
New Ice and Creamery
Plant In Selma, Plan
Selma. January 29.—(Special.!—Selma
will have another ice and creamery busi
ness when the Purity Ice and Creamery
Company, recently incorporated here,
with S. F. Hobbs as president, begins op
erations early in the summer. Other
officers of the new* concern are: J. E.
Dunawav. vior* prudent. and* \V
Jones, general manager and secretary -
treasurer. The company has a paicf»tn
capital of $165,000. The manufacture of
ice, ice cream and butter will be under
taken for domestic trade and export.
The company will take over the property
of the Purity Creamery at Alabama and j
Franklin streets. The lot adjoining on,
the has been Mired and new
buildings and renovations will be made
to take care of the enlarged business of
the company.
Demand Immediate Ratification
By Associated Prsss
Sookane. W ash., January 29.—Immediate,
ratification of the peace treaty with res
ervations deemed necessary “to safeguard
American interests” was demanded in a
resolution adopted today by the American
National Livestock Association’s conven
tion here.
New Incorporation
The Bee Line Bus Company died incor
poration papers in the probate court yes
terday. The company will operate a line
from Warrior to Birmingham, making
stops at intermediate points.
The new company w*as capitalized at
$2000, with a paid-in stock of $1000. The
following were the incorporators: W. T.
Launius, P. E. Launius and R. S. Terry.
To Sign Treaty
By Associated Prosit
Copenhagen, January 29.—A peace treaty
between Esthonia and soviet Russia wiil
be signed today, according ».o a Reval dis
patch to the Polittiken. The Berlingske
Tidende’s Helsingfors correspondent savs
the signing of peace between .Letvia and
soviet Russia is ea^wari to a few days.
Chorus Choir to Rehearse
Tonight Under Loren
Jones’ Direction
Tonight at the Highlands Methodist
Church the great chorus choir which has
been organized for the Bob Jones revival,
which begins at that church SunSoft will
meet and Loren Jones, the celebrated
song leader, and his wife. Mrs. Jones,
who is the pianist, will drill the choir.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones arrived in Birming
ham Wednesday in tirm to attend prayer
n.eeting at the Highlands Methodist
Church Wednesday night, when each
made an interesting talk and gave out
some of the plans for the music for the
revival.
Mr. Jones will also train the ushers for
the great revival, and he requests that
the thirty members of Highlands Meth
odist Church who have been asked to
serve\ in this capacity for the revival
will bo present this evening in addition
to the singvrs.
Dr. C. B. Glenn, charman of the mu
sic committee, and Mrs. James M. Ma
son, vice chairman, have effected a fine
organization, and F. D. McCarthy, chair
man of the ushers’ committee, with J.
W. Braz&ek first vice chairman, and J.
L Drennen. second vice chairman, have
also done effective organization work for
the meeting.
A long-distance message from the Rev.
Bob Jones from Montgomery to Dr. Pres
ton B. Wells, pastor of the Highlands
Methodist Church, Thursday said:
“I am all ready and waiting for our
initial meeting next Sunday. I am glad
I am going to have a revival in Birming
ham, for I have always liked the place
and the people, and I believe that we are
going to have a great meeting.”
BETTER THAN
New Elixir, Called Aspiron
al, Medicated With Latest
Scientific Remedies, Used
and Indorsed by Euro
pean and American Army
Surgeons to Cut Short a
Cold and Prevent Compli
cations.
Every Druggist in U. S. In
structed to Refund Price
While You Wait a*
Counter If Relief Does
Not Come Within Two
Minutes.
Delightful Taste, Immediate
Relief, Quick Warm-Up.
The sensation of the year in the
drug trade is Aspironal, the two-min
ute cold and cough reliever, authorita
tively guaranteed by the laborator.es;
tested, approved and most enthusias
ticall) endorsed by the highest au
thorities, And proclaimed by the com
mon people as 10 times as quick and
effective as whiskey, rock and rye, or
any other cold and cough remedy they
have ever tried.
All drug stores are now supplied
with the wonderful new elixir, so all
you have to do to get rid of that cold
is to step into the nearest drug store,
hand the clerk half a dollar for a bot
tle of Aspironal and tell him to serve
you two teaspponfuls with four tea
spoonfuls of water in a glass. With
your watch ir vour hand, take the
drink at one swallow, and call for
your money back in two minutes if
you cannot feel your cold fading away
like a dream within the time limit.
Don’t be bashful, for all druggists in
vite you and expect you to try !t.
Everybody’s doing it.
When your cold or cough is relieved,
take the remainder of the bottle home
to your wife and babies, for Aspironal
is by far the safest and most effective,
the easiest to take and the most agree
able cold and cough remedy for infants
a.id children.—Adv.
J. R. Hawkins, Spanish
American War Veteran, |
Says Plant Juice Re- !
stored His Health
Wishing to give others who are suf
fering the benefit of his experience was
what prompted Mr. J. R. Hawkins of i
No. 1313 Nineteenth street, north, a pop- |
ular conductor in the employ of the Bir
J. R. HAW KIMS AND SO A
mingham Street Railway Company, to.
make the following statement. Mr.1
Hawkins served in the United States
army for four years, taking part in !
the Spanish-American war. He stated:
"For the past year I have suffered a
great deal with my stomach: 1 had no
appetite, and what little 1 could eat did
not do me any good. I was bloated with
gas and in constant pain; had headaches
and dizzy spells, was nervous and could ,
not sleep and got very weak and all run j
down; my tongue was coated and my i
complexion got very sallow; I was con
stipated all the time and could not get
any medicine to give me any relief until
I started to take your Plant Juice. I
have taken Plant Juice for the past
three weeks and now I am feeling fine i
I enjoy all of my meals now and have j
no more aches or pains. My old-time
‘pep* has come back to me again and 1 •
can honestly say that Plant Juice is the
best medicine I have ever taken. I am
glad to recommend it.’ ,
Plant Juice is sold in Birmingham at
Norton’s Drug Store, corner of Fourth
avenue and Twentieth street.—Adv.
[
For the Good of
the Community
TN an article' contributed to the Ala
A bama Handbook for 1919 Mr. James
Bowron, president of the Gulf States
Steel Company, recognized as one of the
foremost and best informed iron and steel
men not only in the South, but in the
United States, reviews briefly the prog
ress of the iron, steel, coal and coke indus
try in the Birmingham district.
His review covers a period of twenty
years ending with 1917, and in that brief
time the advance made both in quantity
/
production and in methods of production,
reads more like a romance than a simple
narrative of business or industrial activ
ities.
Production of iron more than doubled
and the steel industry was entirely devel
oped in that 20-year period. The coal by
product, started in 1897 with the building
of a battery of ovens by the Semet-Solvay
Company, has grown into one of the lead
ing industries of the district.
Mr. Bowron states that in 1888 the
South consumed only about 13 £ per cent
of the pig iron it produced, which had in
creased to about-22 per cent in 1898, and
since the latter year the consumption has
increased to a much higher per cent
The year 1897 marked the beginning of
steel making here, the production that
year being 2819 tons, which grew to 1,
183,357 in 1917, with still another in
crease in 1918 and 1919.
“The quality of the steel produced in
Alabama has been demonstrated in the
markets of this country and the world, as
entirely satisfactory,” Mr. Bowron states.
“The English engineers have always been
prejudiced against basic steel and have
specified acid steel where possible to ob
tain it, but large quantities of Alabama
basic soft billets have been shipped to
Gadsden to England and to France, both
before and during the war, also wire rods
from Gadsden and Fairfield to France
and England, which have proved in every
respect satisfactory. While market spec
ifications usually allow from .05 to .06 per
cent of phosphorus, the Gadsden steel pro
duced by the straight pig and scrap pro
cess and so shipped, averages not exceed
ing .02 per cent.”
Mr. Bowron quotes J. D. Isaacs, chief
engineer of the Harriman Lines, as stating
that in November, 1911, after a teat cov
ering a period of six hundred days, Ala
bama steel rails had been lifted from the
bottom to next to the head of the list as to
quality of rails.
Development of hydro-electric power
and its use in the manufacture of steel,
Mr. Bowron states, marks the beginning
of the movement of electric furnaces
away from the existing center around Ni
agara Falls.
Equally as important is the coal by
product industry which yields a greater
per cent of coke per coal ton and saves
coal tar and other substances that former
ly went to waste.1
Yours for upbuilding,
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