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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
DEMOCRATS MOVE
 TOWARDS PARTY'S
 REORGANIZATION
Have Only Received Tempo rary Setback, Says Harri- son In Urging That Dif-
 ferences Be Buried
By .Associated Presx

Washington, Novemhe 6.--An other move toward reorganization of the democratic party was made here today when Senator Harrison of Mississippi chairman of the Speakers bureau dur ing the campaign, issued a statement calling on his fellow democrats to /'bury all past differences and forget about the recent campaign
 The democratic party IS not dead,- he said. "it has only received -em- porary setback and will make itself felt every day of every session of Con gress until the next election rolls around.
 Governor Cox made gallant fight lie impressed the country as measur- ing up in the fullest degree to -he important role to which he had been assigned. A grateful party will hold him in highest esteem for the splendid light he has made and will contin le to look upon him as the real leader"
 As to party reorganization, Mir. liar rison said:
 believe that there should be a change in the permanent organization of the democratic party. don't mean by that that Chairman George White riiouiu not De retained as chairman of the national committee. He sho yed marked ability in the managem .nt of the recent campaign which was waged against overwhelming odds. No ore could have done better than he did un- der the circumstances
 He has very keen insight touch Ing future plans and I am sure that when they are put in force every el- ement within the democratic party will approve of them.
 want 70 see every democrat in the country, no matter what his views in the past have been or what is course in the recent campaign. brought into line and a militant organization main tained to fight unitedly the reaction ary policies the republican party will assuredly attempt to inaugurate.
 The results of the recent election, while of course discouraging to the democrats of the nation, should i'm fiuence democrats to stand united as never before and work together a spirit of complete cooperation and ac, cora. l have no criticism to make of those democrats who failed to aid the party when the going was hard I want to see complete harmony within our rs nks.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
N|NBERLY ORDERED HANGED ON DEC. 31
Supreme Court Fixes Execu. tor Date of Man Charged
 With Jackson Killing
By FRED H. GORMLEY Montsomcry Bureau The Are-Heral S2l-Z First National Bank RuiItl

e2I-2 First National Bank BuiItliux.
 Montgomery, November s.-(Special.) Charles Wimberly. who killed Jehn Jackson in Jefferson county, will be put to death December s1 under an order of the supreme court issued Satur- day in connection with ruling deny ing Wimberly's application for rehear- ing. The case had been affirmed but attorneys for the condemned man had asked for another hearing, contendlng that the trial court had not certified to the supreme court all charges which had been refused the defendant
 The supreme court held that the cnarges not certified were either not admissible or had been covered by otber charges and that no error had been committed by the trial court in refusing to submit them to the jury The supreme court also sustained the attorney general, J. O. Smith, in his effort to prevent the release on bond soi Charlie Namie, indicted in Morgan county on a. charge of murdering Ed Clark at Decatur. This has been a hard fought case. Mamie was tried and the jury disagreed, nine voting for acquittal and three for conviction for rssnslaughter Mamie then applied for bail and the probate judge fixed it
 
 peal, but the probate judge declined to permit m appeal. Attorney General Smith, through Lamar Field assistant attorney general, then applied for writ of fnandamus requiring the pro- bate judge to permit the appeal
 The supreme court denied this writ, but held that the probate judge had acted without authority. This kept Mamie in jail pending an application for rehearing on the part of Namies attorneys. In the meantime. Mamie has been given another trial, which also resulted in a mistrial. He is still in jail according to last reports from Decatur.
 Rulings on application for rehearing announced by the supreme court Satur- day follow
 Ex parte Walker D. Hines director general of railroads Ire Hines as D. G. vs McMillan), petition for certiorari to court of appeals; application for re. hearing overruled.
 Fl. T. Hopkins vs. R. H. Duggan, appea, from Marengo circuit court; application overrued.
 Montgomery Light and Water Power company vs Jessie Boggs Thombs. ad- ministratrix. appeal from Montgomery circuit court: application granted and Judgment of affirmance set aside and re- versed and remanded conditionally.
 Frances l. Irwin vs. J. M. Shoemaker, ct al, apepal from Conecuh circuit court Gin equtyl; application oyerruled and opinion modified
 J. s. Arnold ct al. vs Dora D. Black, appeal from Jefferson circuit court Qn' eouity) application overruIed and opinion modified.
 Charles Wimberly vs. state, appeal from Jefferson circuit court; application for reliearinS overruled and opinion extended. Date of execution set for December s1.
 Ex parte state of Alabama, ex rel J. Q. Smith. attorney general Gre state, es rel, etc., vs. L. F. Troup. judge of pro- bate. etco Petition of mandamus: ap- plication for rehearing overruled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
PRESIDENT ELECT IS ! SPEEDING ID TEXAS
Huge Crowds Turn His vaca- ton Into a TriumphaI
 Tour
By Assesa.ss4 Frs.
HardiI,g.s

On Board President-elect Harding s Special Train, November 6-Crowds ri valling those of campaign days turned into triumphal tour today as he trav- eled southwestward for an outing on the Texas coast
 At more than a dozen cities along the way in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, his private car was pesieged by cheering men, women ana children, clamoring for q speech or a chance to shake his hand In some cases there were thousands in the crowd and even at the smaller towns where no stops were made the people turned out in force to waive him thc:- regards.
 in several places he spoke briefly from the rear platform. expressing gratitude fer the welcome and declaring that he meant to be the peoples President, for getful of the partisanship of the cam paign, and devoted always to the inter- ests of the nation as a whole. AS in his campaign speeches he preached a doc- Urine of common understanding and of faithfulness to American institutions and ideals.
 Mrs. Harding also waved greeting to every crowd and at every stop there were cheers for the next first lady of handed up to her at several stops as she leaned out the windows shaking hands with all of those within reach.
 The number who gathered along the path of the special train was a surprise to those on board MT. Hardings ad- visor having declined to make public his itinerary. in order to give him thor ough rest. The news travelled ahead. ar~ever anti as soon as he 1a Srst wayside gathering the President-elect himself in;is e., that 1t would be unfair
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
SAFELY DEMOCRATIC

Huntsville, November 6.-Madison coun- |ty is still safely democratic, according to the official canvass of the vote cast in the election of Tuesday The demo- cratic electors received 2,S22 votes and the republican electors iS9. The socialist electors got A votes and the prohibition candidates 5.
 Tabulation of the vote was finished late Friday night. All of the three proposed amendments to the state constitution re- ceived majorities Amendment No. re- ceived an affirmative vote of 1,5os, While there were sss against No. amendment got ,463 votes with Ss5 against, and No B carried by vote of 1,2I7 against l,o69
 The remainder of the ballot was as fol- lows:
 For the United States Senate, Long Term Underwood 2.s4S. Reynolds AIS, Forsnan F.
 For Congressman Eighth District: AL mon 2,S5S, Hotchkiss 412. Genaty II.
 For Justices Supreme Court Miller 2,sso, Thomas 2,s45. Alexander i'll. Sloan 40.
 For Judge Court Of Appeals: Merritt 2,84, Hoffman 49.
 For President Public Service Corntnis- sion: Patterson 2,S4S, Roland 4o9.
 For Commiss toner of Conservation: :: Wallace 2,s4s, Cathey 4cS.
 Joseph McCown was elected coroner of
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
Niche Ln Hall Of Fame For Mark TtDain, but A drnittance
 OF Noah Webster Is Denied
Great Humorst Has Waover in Race for Seat Receiving 72 Votes of Electors With Only 5l Necessary
 to Elect

artist class, which also included actors,
 James A McNeill Whistler received sl
 votes and Joseph Jefferson Is.
 SUSAN IS DEFEATED Susan B. Anthony. the suffrage leader;
 Martha Washington and Pocahontas Rolfe were unsuccessful candidates in their respective fields of eminence. Besides bridging the Miss :ss:ppi with
 structure. which bears his name James Buchanan Eads constructed within 100 days" eight iron-clad steamers for use on the river, planned the deepening of the stream as far south as the mouth of the Ohio jetties, and improved the south pass of the Mississippi delta. He was born in Lawrenceburg, Ind, in 1924, and died In 1SSl at Nassau, the Bahamas. Patrick Henry, who represented vir- ginia in the first Colonial Congress. and IS known to every school pupil for his defiant conviction, If this be treason,
 make the most of it, and his immortal , conviction, Give me liberty or give mo death" He was born in Hanover county Virginia, in t73S and died in 17s9 in Char | iotte county, Virginia
 Dr. Morton, discoverer of the ether
 anaestnesia, practiced dentistry in Bos- ton during the middle of the nineteenth century. The French Academy of Sct- ences gave him \ prize of 2,50o francs for the application of his discovery to
 surgical operations. He was born in Charlton, Mass. in 1878, and died in New ork City in 1888.
 Saint-Gaudens is best known for his
 statue of President Lincoln in Lincoln
 Park, Chicago; the bas relief Elaboration of the Cross by the Angel the Shaw
 monument in Boston. and the Diana, at
 the top of Madison Square Garden tower here. He was born in Dublin. Ireland.
 in 18ks and died in Cornish, N. H., Au-
 gust 3. 1907.
 Roger Williams left England after trou-
 ble with church and civil authorities and in 1856 he left Salem. Mass, for the same reason. He founded Providence, R. l., obtaining from the Indians the land which constitutes that state. Mrs Palmer was president of Weiies-
 ley College from 1882 to 1887, raising the standard of scholarship and supervising
 the construction of several buildings to meet the increase in students during her
 administration. She was born in Coles
 vile. N. r.. in 1855 and died in Paris
 France in December, 1902,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
WOMAN's PARTY TO MEET
Will Decide Whether to Take Up New
 Work or Discontinue Party
Bx Associated Press

Washington, November 6.--Whether the national woman's party is to be dis continued or take up new work will be decided by a convention to meet in Wash ington February 15-19. the call for which was made public today. Each state branch is entitled to one delegate for every 50 members
 Efforts are being made to raise $50 00o for a national memorial to three suf- frage pioneers, Lucretia Mott. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. A statue is being completed in Italy which it is proposed to place in the capitol Feb iruary l5 the 1Olst anniversary of the birth of Susan E. Anthony. A commit tee led by Mrs. Blatch, daughter of Eliz- abeth Cady stanton, will make the pre- sentation and Speaker Gillette will receive the memorial on behalf of Congresa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
IA INDICTMENTS
 IN ARSON CASES Montgomery County Grand Jury Returns Bills Against Alleged Property Burners
By FRED H. GoRMLU


 221-z First National Bank BziIl1inE. Montgomery. November S.--<SpecaalS Within four hours after the Mont gcmery county grand jury began an Investigation of tho destruction sf property In tho interior Of the county last weekend, it reported dictments against five negroes Saturday aftsr- noon. Fourteen indictments wers rs- turned but the names of those not ar rested will not be. made public until all are behind the bars.
 Those indicted and held in }ais Hse Roosevelt Ellsberry. Will Taylor. Jiu McDuffie, Henry Vinson and Winston Johnson Officers are now looking for the other negroes.
 Judge Leon McCord will can . spe- cial term of the circuit court for the trial Of the alleged conspirators as soon as other arrests are made or of- ficers have reported that the persons cannot be found at this time. Some of the indictments charge arson. while others charge arson and assault with intent to murder. The latter charge resulted from the firing at the auto rlobile containing officers who were searching for members of the banA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
By Associated Press


 New York, November 6.-Followfng a custom less formally observed througA all the centuries since the works oi Anaxagoras were relegated to the tor shelf to make room for those of Aesop the electors of the New York University Hall of Fame yesterday announced the deoieation Of niche to Mark Twain not admitted.
 Along with the great humorist, whose t-Huckieberry Finn" .'Innocense Abroad and hundred ether Lght-hcarted tales have endeared themselves to the Ameri- car reader, five other famous men and one woman were accorded places in the coAonade surmounting University Heights and overlooking the Hudson river. They were James Buchanan Eads engineer; Patrick Henry, patriot and statesman; William Thomas Green Nor ton, physician; August Saint-Gaudsns sculptor; Roger Williams, preacher and founder of the state of Rhode Island. And Alice Froman Palmer. teacher. Mark Twain. who was voted on by sne l6l electors under his true narna, Samuel Ianghorne Clemens, and Nor ton, received more votes than any of the others. each being named by 2 electors. In the case Of each of the seven, al votes were necessary to elect
 The names submitted to the electors in this, the fifth QuiQuennial election were divided into 15 classes, according to the profession of the candidates. The | electors are selected from college presi- dents, historians, scientists, authors and |, editors. public officials men and women of affairs and jurists. In the first class, that of authors, six names were voted on besides those of the humorist and the dictionary maker. Among the others who, with Webster, were unsuccessful. were Thomas Paine, Joel Chandler Harris and Walt Whit man.
 John Brown, the abolitionist received I votes in the reformers, Walter Red 14 among the physicians. John Paul Jones A among the soldiers and sailors. ; Sasauel Adams, father of the American revolution, got 42 votes, and William Penn Ii among the statesmen. In the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
HACKER RELEASED ON S15,OO0 BOND Untermeyer Threatens to Sum- mon Hylan to Explain Why the Contracts Were
 
 Not VOided
Rx Aseuclated Press

1 New York, November 6.--Arraignment I of George Backer, millionaire building
 contractor, on an indictment charging
 perjury in testimony before the joint 1 legislative committee Investigating the al- legged building trust'' here, and threat | of Samuel untermyer, counsel for the committee, to summon Mayor Hylan to explain failure to cancel contracts for new city buildings were outstanding de- ] velopments in the inquiry today.
 l Backer was released under s15.0o0 bail and directed to appear again Monday in the court of general sessions to plead. The indictment charges him with per jury in first testifying that he gambleo away s15,OO0 given him by Ephriam Levy. another builder, and later admitting he had paid the money to two strangers who looked like working men" Backsr
 was said to have acted as go-between be- 1 tween contractors and labor.
 The counsel for the committee declared he understands work is proceeding upon contracts that are based collusive bids'' and that it is time steps were taken "to prevent the further muicting of the city" He proposed permanent non-partisan vigilance committee, re- nov ed from politics. with staff of ac- countants and experts ito check the city officials on the vast business that is be- l ing transacted for the city,
 MT. Untermyer declared that "up- wards of two weeks ago." he wrote the mayor and urged particularly "imme- diate cancellation of contracts that had ibeen made or were then under way for the construction of schoolhouses on the ground that there was sufficient Justification for that course as to -aany %N xrf dnv ho txxyn al- ready have Tn hand" No reply vas received, the letter said, until Novam- Der B. land then only belated fer. nal perfunctory acknowledgment which reached me eleven days after my letter l to him."
 Yesterday MT. Untermyer declared, he warned Commissioner of Acco ints IHirchfield. that If the mayor persists in delaying action, I shall feel that my duty as counsel to the committee will require me to call him to the witness lstand to explain his reasons
 One of the peculiar features, which I have not yet been able to comore- hend about a solitary bid for the lime stone work on the courthouse, MT. th- |termyer's letter added. lis found in the
 fact that although the insulting etter of John T. Hettrick (counsei for the
 Master Plumbers association). to the mayor. in which Hettrick undertook to pledge to the mayor the political votes land support of the labor unions, IT. tually as bribe if the mayor would approve the contract, was received by
 the mayor almost two months ago, 1t
 was not made public and no mention CT
 intimation was given of its receipt un- til after Hettrick's office had been raided under search warrant issued
 on the complaint of the attorney gen
 oral at the request of the committed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
DIET ENDS IN UPROAR/
Wild Scenes Created By Socialists
 Seeking to Obstruct Vote
By Associated Press

up in an uproar tonight after two hours of wild scenes created by socialists, who were seking to obstruct vote on articles Of the constitution creating senate
 The socialists and radicals blew trum- pets. sounded sirens and employed other noise-rnakers. The speaker, nevertheless. ordered ballot, but the socialists and radicals rushed on the telers, scattered the ballot cards. tossed the baskets into the crowd and hung others on the walls and chandeliers.
 The meeting finally was adjourned, while Premier Witos. Foreign Minister Sapieha and other government officials watched sifAntly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
Gist Of the Netus
GENERAL

 New export plan is urged by Ash craft. Soft coal prices dropping, associa- ton claims. Steamship passenger fares may be increased. Will not permit Bryan's donina tiou Of pnrty's future. Princeton holds Harvard to n tie. k Weekend session was lively on the stock exchange. Further severe decline in cotton on bear reports. Barnes statement affects grain in the Chicago pit Republican victory in three more congressional districts assured. Governor Cox to be A1abama's guest next week. "Tusealoosa City" is launched al Mobile. Democrats doing some serious think Ing following defeat. Republicans make n clean sweep in De1alb county.
 Governor kilby fs silent resardin. . special session.
 Probate judges fail to cooperate, says tax communication.
 LOCAL City to have 20 playEroundx by next spring.
 Official count gives Gwin 7,s24 majority.
 Judge Clayton is likely choice .. University trustee.
 BirminEham ready ts back farmer.. movement.
 Judge WiIkinson seeks to enforce payment ip full.
 County collects si57,zs5 in taxes dur ing October.
 Real estate active siI through city despite election.
 Retail merchants of state to hold conference here.
 Alabama wins close victory from vandy.
 ArAistiee Day parade to rival that of 1918. seuthera railway backing district with ee-spernt5en
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
 IN MARION COUNTY

Hamilton, November A-<SUe-
 cial. )-Cleve Lewis and Harvey CUz,
 his cousin. are dead. and Teea 0sA-
 sey, officer, is in n BfrninghAn
 hospital In a serious condition as
 the result of a dispute between
 Lewis and Cox over some Aog..
 The killing of Cox occurred rhurs- day night according to officer3 when the two men got Into row ever the hogs, which belonged to Lewis and had been taken up by Cor. When Sheriff Couch, Godsey and other eff cers went to the home of Lewis today to arrest him for the killing of Cox, Lewis is said to have opened fire on the officers. badly wounding GoIsey. and then reloaded his gun and shot himself through the heart, dying in. stantly.
 A son of Lewis. charged with being implicated in the killing of Cox, was Lewis occurred six miles from HamiI- ton. The killing of Cox and suicide ef Lewis occurre dsix miles from Han;l-. ton. Both Lewis and Cox were nom bers of prominent families
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
-he Daragraph m question roet3S:
 MAY VIOLATE PRINCIPLE

hN61 FANi4fAi
 ''The contracting powers undertake not to apply, nor to make or support appii- cations on behalf of their citizens, for industrial or commercial concessions in an area in which the special interests of one said powers are recognized, except Tn cases where such power declines or is un- able to take advantage of its special po- sition"
 Although the cabled summary showed Article of the agreement to provide against any prejudice to the rights cf nationals of non signatory states to free access for commercial and economic pur- poses the full text of the article, ac- cording to some officials. may ne con- strued likewise It reads.
 Nothing in this agreement shall prejudice the right of citizens of third states to free gccess for commercial and economic purposes to any of the areas defined in Article v, subject to the reservations contained In the treaty of peace with Turkey, or which have been voluntarily accepted for themselves in the present agreement by the contracting powers"
 This latter clause, 1t was stated today, was capable of being construed as in of feet nuflffying the previous declaration of equal opportunity to all nationa
 Acting upon the. principle of equal com mercial opportunity for all nations ill Turkey. hs laid down in tho American note, the United States already sought to apply that precept in MesopotamA- In quiry was made several months ago of Great Britain concerning the reported French-British agreement over the ex- ploitation of oil in the Mesopotamian area. This corresp ondenco has not been made public
 Western Anatofia m tho sphere of Italian special interests under the tri- partite agreement, produced 2 per cent of the worlds supply of chrome bcfore the war, of which the United States i'm. ported in 1913 1S.200 tons besides a quan- tity of emery. It is also practically tho worlds sole source of meerschaun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
Crimeless Day In Mexico City -- RY Asaociafad R.aa~

Washington. November 6-An an- nouncelnent issued today by the Mexican embassy said that the A-hour period of October 2e-3o was 'crimeless day" in the Mexican capital. Although Mexico City has more than 900 inhabitants, the statement said. mot a crime was committed nor single arrest made fer an infr>ction of the law"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-07
REPUBLICAN WOMAN
 WINNER IN WALKER

Jasper, November 6.-Mrs Lillian Dav- idson. republican. the first woman to win political office in Alabama, was elected auditor of Walker county Tuesday She is q widow with two children.