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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-09
BESSEA1ER

Bessemer, October S.-( (SpeciaL)--At a meeting Of democrats held Thursday eve ring in the circuit court room a Cox Roosevelt Club was organized with Gard ner F. Goodwin as chairman and Joe Pickens secretary. The object of the club, the chairman stated, was to raise funds to aid in the national campaign.
 Committees were appointed to solicit funds from the democrats of the city, and they will make report of their success at the next meeting, which will be held Monday evening in the circuit court room.
 The chairman appointed the following committees: general committee, T. T. Huev. chairman; Charles Cross, Lacey Ednundson, Eugene Huey George Ross, Joe Pickens Ewing Hines; furnace and rolling mill committee, Dan Saunders, chairman; H. w. Glasgow, Mike Sulli- van. J. E. Golden, Bob Ragsdale; labor committee, L. E. Ling, chairman; Benah Tillman, Ben Cason, Charles Briggs John Donaldson, Laurence Hood; wom- ans committed, Mrs. Myrtle Bains, Mrs. w. P. Price, Mrs. Horace Van dervoort, Mrs Fred stoVer, Mrs; F; l.. Huev. Mrs. Jim Wright Mrs. Gardner F. Goodwin and Mrs. l.. D. McCollum; railroad, committed J. F. Wright, chair man; E. B. Markum and c. J. Thomas.
 Four cases of typhoid fever in the city have been reported to the local health office These cases are all located fin the fourth ward, and as every pre- caution is being taken by the health of- ficers and physicians, there is no need for alarm However, a large number of residents in that section are being vaccnated with the typhoid vaccine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-09

desira ble candidates for city comrnis- sioner to assume the obligation, iras- much as their efforts to bring about a coalition between republicans ana democrats to defeat socialist eaudi- dates had delayed plans so long that the democratic organization hsi not time to collect sufficient campaign funds. Talbot said he agreed with Governor Cox, and consequently as- Esumed the obligation.
 PAID MONEY TO COX Concerning the delivery of the pro ceeds of the Governor Cox note. low ever, Marvyn Scudder, New York ac- countant, testified that during the Hughes aircraft investigation he had talked with Keller concerning the pay ment of the note and that Keller mad told him T paid the money to Governor Cox and he put it in bag and took it away with him.
 This testimony of Scudder's was Istrentously objected to by Senator romerene.
 After the hearing was concluded. Seiatot Pomerene issued a statement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-09
CIVIC CLUB

The Civic Club met Friday afternoon at the library when number of mat ters came up for consideration Mrs. w.
 ". Hollingsworth, president of the club and state chairman of the Motion Pie ture committee of the Alabama Fede- ration of Wemens Clubs, announced that the week beginning October II would be Film Survey week, and leaflets were distributed among the members outlining the standards by which mo- ton pictures should be judged, accord- ing to the standards adopted by the Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs, and it was decided that one day in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-09
FOrGOod of the
 Community

TN the village days of Birmingham, be- A fore that greater mindedneSs which comes of bigger things had created broad and synchronous mass thought, there might have been here and there ex- pressions that discounted the importance of the Jefferson County Bank building deal.
 Nothing of that sort now On the con- trary, at least two coteries of men backed by ample capital have rather sought to kick in'' with the eastern purchasers of the building in some form of connection with the planned financial institution.
 One of these coteries is composed of strictly local men. They are men of means in their own right and they repre- sent several times their own means in their association with other financiers and financial concerns.
 Another coterie is from without. There, too, ample means are known to be pos sessed. Both these coteries were aiming at acquisition of the building and found ing new and large financial concern. Beat to the purchase of the building, they did not whimper and knock the Seaman crowd but, on the contrary, have extend ed a cordial welcome to the customers and seek rather to cooperate than an- tagonize.
 w. N. Malone regards the Jefferson County building deal as transaction of first magnitude and the coming of large trust company as fraught with marked benefit to the district and it's environs by establishing closer connection between the money of the east and the solvent bor- rover of the south.
 H. Key Miner thinks large mortgage and trust company one of Birmingham's greatest needs. Atlanta, New Orleans and Memphis have concerns that can han dle the building needs of those cities Why not Birmingham?
 Atlanta knows a good thing. The Gate City did it's best to sidetrack MT. Seaman when on his way to Birmingham to look into the Jefferson County Bank proposi-I tion Not altogether routed by the pur- chase of the building and the plans for founding large financial institution here, Atlanta has followed Mr. Seaman home and is busy with his associates in a last effort to sidetrack the project.
 That Atlanta crowd may go so far as to offer to absorb the payment made on the purchase of the building in case that would enable it to obtain the trust and mortgage company
 But Birmingham is Wide-awake It also has it's representatives in the east to buck the line of the Gate City team and see that they do not mar the plan.
 The psychological strength of this city's position lies in the unanimity of thought with regard to the planned insti- tuition. There are no knockers If there be stray one who would knock he has not the temerity to do so.
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The Age-Herald maintains special representatives in Bessemer. Mrs. l.. D. McCollum is correspondent, to whom news items should be given. Phone Bessemer 1o72.
 /. E. Moore. Phone Bessemer 697.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
THE LORD MAYORS
HUNGER STRIKE
HIS ONLY sUsTENANCE is A THIN
CRACKER AT MORNING COM
MUNION.

New York. Oct. 15.-The United
Press assigned Webb Miller,. of its
London staff to make a personal in
vestigation of the circumstances un-
der which Lord Mayor MacSwiney
Is conducting his hunger strike, lin
view of the fact that 20 man has
even before gone sixty,four days
without food. Miller's report fol-
lows:
London, Oct. 15.-Death only can
or will prove definitely whether Ter
ence MacSwiney is fasting his life
away or whether he is taking nour-
ishment in the hope that some turn
of fate will release him from prison
without making him laughing
stock. A personal investigation at
Brixton prison where the lord mayor
of Cork today began his 64th day of
fasting yielded this Information: !:
Friends and relatives veremently de-
clared that the oply sustenance given
MacSwiney has been thin cracker
each morning in communion. Prison
officials and attaches refused to talk,
declaring it is the policy of the gov
ernment to maintain silence.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
NO RUSH FOR
WAR MEDALS
ONLY TEN PER CENT OF VETER-
ANS HAVE APPLIED.

Washington, d. c., Oct. 15.-For-
mer service men living in Iowa who
have not yet received their victory
medals are urged by Adjt Gen. Peter
c. Harris to Immediately apply for
the mementoes, either through appli-
cation to the war department or by
communicating with the officers in
the state who have charge of the dis
tribution of the emblem.
1t Is estimated that 3,757,624 men
who served in the army are entitled
to the medal, but to date only 379,-
214, or about 10 per cent of the num-
ber, have applied. Applications are
coming in at the rate of $500 a day,
which is far below the capacity for
issue Of the working force in the
Philadelphia general supply depot,
which forwards the medals to those
entitled to them.
1T is no more difficult to make
out form for the victory medal" /"
Gen. Harris said, than it is to fill
out money order blank. This form
verifies the recipients service and
his present whereabouts. The
governments gift is work of
art, not bauble, and has in
work of art, not bauble, and has in
trinsic as well as sentimental value.
1t cannot be sent out to unverified
addresses, any more than Liberty
bonds or war insurance checks. many
of which have been lost before reach
ing the addressee, in spite of all pos
sible care.
''The former service man has only
to apply at the nearest army post or
recruiting officer in his home town,
or through any patriotic society. such
as the American legion or the veter-
ans of Foreign Wars. Here he will
be shown how to fill out his blank,
and II his discharge papers are cor
rect, the application will be forward
ed direct to Philadelphia, and the
medal mailed within a week"
For service in the United States,
117,194 medals have been issued to
date, and 1902 for services in for
eign countries. There have been 56,-
OO5 medals with three battle clasps
issued, and $3.50 with two battle
clasps. These are the largest num-
bers of all with battle clasps, which
range from one to eleven. There
have been fifty-two medals issued
with nine battle clasps, nine with ten
clasps, and two with eleven clasps.
The American legion makes no dis
tinction between members and nom
members in the victory medal dis
tribution. There are also special
blanks for the next of kin, in order
that the relatives may obtain the dec
orations for those who were killed In
action, or who died in line Of duty.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
M|LL|Q|VDOLuAR
BOOZE RING
TWO BANDS OPERATING In DE-
FTANCE OF vOIsTEAD LAW IN
NEW YORK.

New York, Oct. 15.-Two bands of
bootleggers believed to be operating
here in open defiance of the Volstead
act are objects of search instituted
today by federal agents. One is the
million dollar booze ring" activ-
tiles of which were revealed by HI. A.
Sadler. former New York stock brok-
er, the other a liquor curb market
made up supposedly Of Italians deal
ing In liquor certificates in the vicin-
ity of police headquarters. "A
The police are working on the the
ory that a number of murders and
shooting cases which occurred in the
vicinity of the market" resulted
from competition among the "brok-
ers." They said that in some in
stances men had been called out of
saloons and "speakeasies" and at
tackled, and that most Of the victims
were residents of tenement houses
who showed unusual marks of pros
perity.
although there was noticeable
absence Of activity tonight on the
four corners where the leaders of
the bootleggers' ring operated the
contraband market. the automobile
truck lines were as long as ever.
All of the vehicles were occupied
by young men. for the most part Ital-
ians. They showed every evidence
OF prosperity, diamonds sparkling on
xha;~ f;r Ooru- oy,d IN then fsrayata.
They carried ON whispered conversa-
tions in Italian with acquaintance in
the street.
Persons claiming to be familiar
with the operations Of the "curb mar
ket" declared it's exposure would not
cause leaders to terminate their ac-
tivitieS-
The market. however, was not in
session at its old location.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
BANDIT STAGES
BOLD ROBBERY
ENTERS WATERTOWN BUSINESS
PLACE, LINES UP MEN. TAKES
MONEY FROM CASH REG
lister.

Watertown, Oct. 15. Under
bright lights and in plain view Of pas
serby on the street few feet away,
a bold sholdup man lined up a pro-
prietor and two customers behind the
bar, keeping them there at the point
Of a gun while he opened the cash
register and escaped with $68 In
cash from the Farl & Company soft
drink parlor on Broadway. The
holdup was committed just before 10
o'clock.
Two other holdup attempts were
made little before the Farl place
was entered, when a man, described
as heavyset, stopped two women near
the library and at the Baptist church.
The man was frightened away In both
cases.
Choosing a time when only two
men besides AL Farl, the proprietor.
were In the place, the holdup man
entered from the rear door. He had
a handkerchief over his face and em-
phasized his remarks with business
like appearing gun.
Lining up Mr.. Fari and the two
customers behind the counter. he or
dered them to stand with their
hands up in such position that they
were between him and the front OF
the room.
He then cody opened the cash reg
lister. took all the money In sight.
pocketed it, and walked out the way
he had come in.
Passing the Farl store, Wright
Tarbell saw the holdup. He was led
to look in by noticing the three men
lined up with their hands over their
heads. AS Mr.. Tarbell looked into
the store, the holdup man turned his
gun at him and ordered him to move
on. Mr.. Tarbell did.
He pumped on the running board
of passing car and in two minutes
was back with Police Chief Opheim
and B. s. Craig, who entered the
front door just as the holdup man
went out of the back entrance.
There trace Of him ends. Just
afterwards man entered the rear
door Of the Nissen Sparling garage on
Second street, coming from the alley.
hastened through the building ana
left by the front door, going on east.
Police believe 1t was the holdup man.
That he had woman accomplice
seems clear to Police Chief Opheim
from the actions Of woman seen
standing in the alley back to the
Earl place just after the holdup. AZ
the men who saw her started to ap-
proach she ran and could not be
found.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
Dress Reform
Among Women

Sioux Falls, Oct. 15.In an adj
dress here before che annual conven-
tfon OF the South Dakota Manufac-
turers and Employers association.
Mrs. #. A. Languein, of Salem, the
only woman delegate to the conven-
ton. who with her husband conducts
4 store and bakery In Salem, express-
ed the opinion that employers should
not hold back, but should take noid
and bring about q dress reform
among the woman workers OF South
Dakota. She added that It was high
time that employers insisted on sensi-
ble clothing, and that employers ana
employees woul benefit thereby. Girls
she stated, should not wear expensive
clothes to work unless they wish 70
keep up the high cost Of living
Another speaker was Earl Constan-
tine, Of New York city. who assured
the delegates there was no danger o.
. panic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
Pinned Under Car
For Half Hour

Lennon. Oct. 15.-J. w. Moore
and his wife and other members Of
his family had narrow escapes from
death when their automobile over
turned while they were returning to
their home near Whitney. Mr.. and
Mrs. Moore were both badly hurt.
One Of their daughters escaped with
out injury.
They were travelling at night and
upon reaching q steep grade the
lights Of the car went out. Before
Moore could apply the brakes and
stop the auto It plunged off the road
down an embankment and turned
completely over, pinning the occu-
pants beneath It.
They were under the car for about
half an hour before being rescued By
q farmer who chanced to be passing
along the road.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
WO0LEY TRIAL :
CLOSED TO-DAY
AFTER CONSIDERING EVIDENCE
FOR TWO HOURS JURY BRINGS
In VERDICT OF GUILTY.

On account of the fact that the
counsel for the defense in the Wooley
trial was called out of town yester-
day all testimony in that case was
not given to the jury until eleyen
o'clock today.
In his fiery pleading Joe Kirby,
who is known all over the state, as
an astute and alert criminal lawyer.
set the case of his client Mrs. Aman-
da Wooley who was charged with
murder in convincing form before the
twelve men called to sift truth from
mass of sworn statements. Never
did an attorney try harder to secure
an acQuittal. On the other hand At
torney Ira F. Blewitt who has been
assisting the prosecution brought the
matter of the death of Caroline Van
denberger before the attention of the
jury men in such an appealing fash
ion that those men in considering all
the facts and circumstances brought
out, returned a verdict of Guilty as
charged in the complaint" after a
two hours session in the jury room.
At IL o'clock Mr.. Blewitt finished
his plea before a crowded court, and
those who heard him are unanimous
in the opinion that his pleading was
a most earnest effort on behalf of the
safety and character of unprotected
young girls and the safeguarding of
the sanctity of homes. His speech
was impassioned, earnest and con-
vincing.
Thus comes to conclusion a trial
that savored of the sensational and
involved the destinies of at least two
persons in this city, for Claire Rich
ardson who turned states evidence
is also to be tried in connection with
the death of the unfortunate and
now deceased Caroline Vandember-
ger whose virtue he filched and then
left her to die stranger am
strangers. Today she sleeps under a
little mound in one of the local ceme-
teries, her shame buried with her.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
JOHNSON APPROVES
HAMD|NG'S POSITION
CALIFORNIA SENATOR INSISTS g.
o. r. NOMINEE HAS PUT
WORLD PACT BEHIND HIM.

Toledo, O.. Oct. 15.-Speaking at
q political rally here tonight under
the auspices Of the republican nation
al committee Senator Hiram w.
johnson, of California. gave unQuali-
fled approval to the position Of Sem
ator Harding, the republican NOM
inee. on the Issue Of the league Of ma
tiOns.
Senator johnson said In part:
There II no question Of Senator
Harding's position. For reasons OF
their own. certain interested individ-
uals and newspapers may misrepre-
sent and misintsrpret his words. ] re-
sent these imputations upon the sin
cerity Of the uttsrances Of the can
didate and the manifest endeavor n
some quarters to distort his plain
Language.
I'm some Instances the comment
has ben .mere rank miar6presenta-
tion: 81 0t6ofB di6ingsnuous Inter
protation.- ~ not ob5tot to s0nns
men Il this campaign saying their
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
All Campaign Gifts
Are TO,Be Taken

Washington, d. c., Oct. 15.-In-
ternal Revenue Commissioner Will
liam M. williams, has issued this
friendly and timely warning to per-
sons who may think they can escape
paying tax ON that part of their In
come which they give for political
purposes.
Members Of all parties are advis-
ed that in making returns of 1920 in
come they will not be allowed to de-
duct campaign contributions. Income
tax regulations on this point are
brief, but explicit. They provide that
contributions for campaign expens-
es are not deductible from gross In
come"
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faces SO long as they do not save
their league; but will not permit
to go unchallenged from other
sources the Justification of the posi-
tion of the republican party and
Senator Harding's stand.
There is nothing ambiguous or
uncertain in our candidates declar-
alton. He has courageously taken
his stand. He has put behind him,
to use his own language, this. menac-
ing pact. He seeks, as he says,
neither interpretations nor reserva-
tions, but rejection.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
WHEAT GAMBLERS
ATTACKED BY CAPPER
KANSAS SENATOR DECLARES HE
WILL PRESS A BILL TO PUT
"DEN" OF THIEVES OUT OF
BUSINESS"

Smith Centre, Kan, Oct 15.-One
ounce more of bread in the loaf at
the old price is what the consumer
is now offered for the 1909 800. 900
loss the Chicago wheat gamblers
have caused the American wheat rails
er in the last two months "by gambl-
ing in futures" United States Sena-
tor Arthur Capper declared In an ad-
dress tonight.
years ago." he said. ''the people
demanded the suspension OF the
louisiana lottery, but today under
the cloak Of business respectability
we are permitting the biggest gambl-
ing hell in the world to be operated
on the Chicago board OF trade. BY
comparison Europe's suicide club at
Monte Carlo Ii as innocent and inno-
,cuous as . church bazaar.
Several weeks ago ! began work
on q measure to abolish this injur-
ious form Of robbery and shall shoot
this bill in on the first day Of the
next congress and will undertake to
put this den Of thieves out Of BUSH
ness"
Since July Is. when trading In fu-
lures was resumed, the Kansas sem
ator declared that grain SPECTATORS
have sold or oversold this years crop
five or six times. Only per cent
Of the trading In futures d bona
fide transaction for actual delivery,
he asserted
Because the SPECTATORS are fore
ing down the price Of wheat, the sem
ator asserted, tho farmer who sold
his hogs and cattle at<a heavy loes.
while meat still sells for war prices,
y again MADE the goat and 10 wheat
raiser. whose crop this year costs
him more for WAGES ana equipment
than any other ~ eyer produced.
sees tho farm price q his crop cut
virtually II two With no real b1neali
q anybody except the brokra&e
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firms who collect the commissions.
These losses" he said, amount
ing to nearly dollar bushel in the
farm price. are being augmented and
the spectators aided by the unre-
stricted influx of duty free Canadian
wehat and abetted by the difference
in exchange value, amounting to
about 80 cents a bushel in favor Of
the importer"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
Insane Marine
Killed Haitians

Washington, Oct. 15.--An insane
marine was responsible for some OF
the indiscriminate killing Of natives
during the American occupation OF
Haiti. Secretary Daniels said today.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
Presidential
Candidates

Somerset, KY, Oct. 15-All the re-
publican party would ask OF Mexico
is protection to American lives and
property there, Senator Harding de-
clared here today.
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Columbus. Ohio. Oct. 15.-GOver-
nor James M. Cox was on his way
today to pay stump visit to SeAa-
tor Harding's home town of Marion.
Enroute to Detroit where he will
speak tonight. Governor Cox was
schedule to stop at Marion. He will
probably speak from rear platform Of
special train. Harding was CAM
paigning in Indiana today
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-10-15
FEAR It WILL
BOOST COAL PRICE
STRIKE OF BRITISH MINERS
WILL SURE OF AN EN-
CUSE.

Washington. Oct. 15-Attenlptssto
boost declining American coal prices
are expected by government officials
in case British miners carry out their
threat to strike. Excuse for boost
would be the cry of world coal
shortage. George H. Cushing, direc-
tor of the American Wholesale Coal
association, today declared such an
excuse should not affect American
prices. he United States now is ex-
porting every bi. of coal the Atlantic
ports can handle, he said. The Brit
ish strike therefore can have abso-
lutely no effect on prices in the Unit
ed States.
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Hanged In
Chicago Today

Chicago, Oct. 15.-Frank Zagard,
convicted Of numbering holdup vic
tim, was hanged this morning at the
county Jail.
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Marion. Oct. 15.- Senator Hard
ing's home town will not 60 unani-
mously for the front porch candidate
1t was Indicated here today when
Governor James n. Cox addressed .
crowd Of 5000 within nix blocks Of
Harding'S home. Cox pleaded for
progressive government.
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London. Oct. 15.-British coal
miners will strike tomorrow. Exec
utives of the Miners federation Of
ficially announced today and work
will cease Saturday in accordance
with the strike notice originally vot-
ed for September 9th and twice
postponed to permit negotiations.