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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
AN AMERICAN GIRL :. AT THE MAJESTIC.
Maddocks . Park Players Given Enthusiastic Recep-
 ton at Theatre Opening

large audience of enthusias admirers of the popular Maddocks- Park players defied the rising ther- mometer yesterday afternoon to greet the return of their favorites. Familiar and poular members of the company were given mplimentary applause as they made their first appearances on the stage after an absence of sew eral months.
 An American Girl" comedy tional, was the play used by the com pany for their first appearance. The play, which has enjoyed long popu- larity. is one that is calculated to please many different tastes. It is the real heart story of an American girl who married an English young CT son" of a noble family. The mar riage was kept secret for good req sons, but the husband was true and everything would have been we'll but for entrance of deep dyed villainy and misunderstanding. In series of incidents that transpire in London things are right in most unexpected way with a climax that is stirringly dramatic.
 Miss Mae Park, pretty and earnest in her performances, is her more humorous self in this, where she leaves the leading love role to enact comical little maid who becomes a famous dancer. Miss Myrtle Rigden is the romantic lead as the American girl who marries the Britisher. She is beautiful and talented addition to the company
 Philip Devon. playing the English man, is another addition since last year. He is slender, looking and good actor of artistic and romantic appeal. Miss Marie Davidson is good again as a feminine heavy" Jack Motte is in one of his most wicked and becoming roles as the villain of the story. Sam Park manufactures numerous laughs in a comedy part in which he is ably assisted by Miss Park. James Stone is a stumbling butler and six-year- girl, virgie, made one of the hits of the perform ance.
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condemnation upon it and exhaust every legal means in your hands 10 find out the perpetrators of this out rageous offense, and then indict them and bring them before the courts of your county and try them. and. if found guilty. convict them and give them a touch of what they are trying 10 administerAgive them a touch legally of what they deserve. and what they are trying to do as self-appointed administrators of jus tice in your county.
 Call on Governor
 You take this case, gentlemen, and, if necessary, call on the governor to furnish money to ferret out this thing, The principle is the same as if they had gone out and murdered these folks. Some of you gentlemen, I can see from the looks of your eyes, would just as soon be killed as to be taken from your home and car ried out and flogged, humiliated and degraded. What kind of self respect could you have for yourselves if you stood for it, if you knew who it was that perpetrated 1t If you didn't re- sent 1t, you wouldn't have any more respect for yourselves, and the laws of your country are not any account, and your state laws are worthless if you must sit supinely by and let law brea kers in your county treat any one of your inhabitants, any one of your citizens in such an outrageous manner The poorer the citizen and the number the citizen. the more that citizen needs protection.
 Not Allowed Defense
 If Is true no decent people would have any respect for these parties if they are guilty of such conduct. How do you know they are guilty? No trial was given them; they never had a chance to defend in court They had to submit to this humiiiating treatment of being whipped py masked mon, unknown men, without an opportunity to defend, themselves, and show that they were innocent, II they were innocent, and, as stated at the outset. if they are guilty the courts are open, and these wouidroe correctors of the morals of you' com munity would have an opporu lils in inc daylight, with unmaskeo fae"s, to appear in court as witnehsss they knew any facts against the VIC tir,s of their assault. or to huNf u9 witnesses and bring them into eouft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
BI1BE DANIELS AT STRAND IN wTHE MARCH HARE.o

Bebe Daniels in another mischievous role is the Strand feature attraction. The production "The March Hare" Is based on the story of the adven- lures of little, mad-cap in New York.
 The idea of the pretty girl who wagered that she could live in New Y ork for a week on 75 cents is possi- ble but hardly probable. However, 1t furnishes the opportunity for some real adventure and for numerous guesses as to just what will come next, which is quality about Bebe that makes her so fascinating. She certainly enters into the spirit of ad- venture herself and makes the rather far fetched incidents Interesting and exciting.
 Contrary to other Bebe Daniels ap- pearances the entire interest of the story is nof centered about her. Har- ry Myers has very attractive part IS the fresh and wholesome young westerner in New York. and Helen Jerome Eddy is real scream as the girl who impersonates Lisbeth (Bebe Daniels) in her own aunts home.
 As surface story of unexpected turns and twists ''The March Hare makes fine entertainment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
WHY MAKE GOATS
 OUT OF PLAYERS?
 FRUMBERG ASKS
Big Guns" Allowed to ES- cape, State Picking on
 Penny Ante Gamblers" if Asserts Defense
py Assocfated Press

Chicago, August 1.-Defense coun- sel in the baseball trial today placed the major part of it's closing argu- ments before the jury in a series of pleas brought to climax by dra- matic address by A. Morgan Frum- berg of St Louis, attorney for Carl Fork, in which he charged that the state, having let the instigators of the baseball scandal go free, was trying 10 make goats Of under paid ball players and penny-ante gam blers." Mir. Frumberg repeatedly asked the jury, in reaching It's yer dict, to consider why Arnold Roth stein of New York had never even been indicted, when the states wit nesses in the trial named him as the finanacier of the alleged conspiracy, and why J. J. Sullivan of Boston Rachael Brown of New York, Hal Chase and Abe Attell, others who have been termed leaders in the case, were never brought to trial.
 Rothstein Gets off
 Arnold Rothstein came here to Chicago during the grand jury in vestigation and immediately went to Alfred Austrian, the White Sox at- torney," said MT, Frumberg. What lowing and scraping must have taken place when Arnold the guest the millionaire gambler, entered the sarctum of Alfred the Great" By his own testimony, MT Austrian admits conducting this Finaneier to the jury and of bringingShim back unindicted.
 Why was this man never indicted? Why were Brown, Sullivan, AttelI and Chase allowed to escape? Why
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
cLARKsvILLE LOSES IsIGI|
DISEASE GERMS I IN WAIT FOR YO
 EVERYWHERE

No matter how strong our corI tutions. every one of us are consta open to the dangers of the mill of deadly germs in the air.
 There is only one real protectl That is daily use of a thoroughly tiseptic mouth wash such as St| line. As we know, most germs e1| through the mouth. Thus, if we k| our mouths in antiseptic condtt germs are allowed to gain no footh Besides being the approved mo wash, Steroline is also highly rect nended as a dentifrice. Being a
 uid Steroline gets between the te' the most out-of-the csa ices, which most tooth pas ne sr reach Steroline keeps y mouta cool, sweet and fresh. Quic haala raw and bleeding gums aw wse tcns the breath. Get a bo troaa your druggist today.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02

A blade protruding from an oak tree growing on the grounds of the colonial home of the Greene family recalls time romance. The tree and the home are pictured above. The blade is shown in the small cut to the right.
 AS long as this blade remains in the tree I'll be true to you"
 More than fifty years ago Robert Earle made this promise to his sweetheart, and through all the suc- ceeding years the pledge of his faith has remained in the hearty young oak ir which he placed it. Today it can still be seen in the yard of the old colonial home of the Greene family, 103 Third avenue north on the South Ensley car line.
 It was back in those troublesome days when the two sections of the country no longer able to settle their4
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were these under paid bali players. these penny-ante gamblers from Des Moines and St. Louis who bet a few nickels, perhaps, on the worlds series. brought here to be the goats in this case?
 Ask the powers of baseball Ask Ban Johnson. who pulled the strings in this case. Ask him who saved Arnold Rothstein"
 Charged to Ban Johnson
 Previous to Mir Frumberg's ad- dress, Henry Berger had told the Jury that Ban Johnson, American league president had furthered this case in an effort to injure his enemy, Charles A. Comisky, owner of the Chicago American league club, and presented a series of court rul- ings which, he held, proved there was no violation of law even if the players did throw the 1919 world series games.
 Michael Ahern also delved into the conspiracy laws, and Max Luster emphasized the alibi presented for his client. David Zeeler of Des proved false the testimony of Bill Burns that zeelzer was a lieutenant of Rothstein.
 Burns was attacked by all of the allies, Mir. Berger terming him and Billy Maharg, the states ace of clubs and ace of spades.
 ''They are the two black aces" said Mir. Berger. Burns, the club who knocks, and Maharg the spade who dug up Burns"
 A three-hour night session was held. with Thomas Nash represent ing Happy Felch, Buck Weaver and Swede Risberg, taking up most of the time. Tomorrow the defense will finish it's pleas. the state will pre- sent it's final rebuttal and the case is expected to go to the jury before night
 MT. Nash asked the jury if it dld not believe Rothstein was left out of the case at Ban Johnson's instigation because Johnson wanted only to get Comiskey by wrecking the White Sox team and did not want to h. volve Rothstein.
 Blame Johnson
 Ban Johnson controlled this case, and if Rothstein got out it was be cause one man was willing to let him out" said MT Nash
 Johnson. with more power in baseball than the Russian czar had over his subjects. sneaked to the grand jury room and gave his testl- mony in the dark, which he thought would ruin the players and Comis- key, but he was not man enough to come here in the daylight and tos tify. He hasn't enough red blood under his skin to do that
 Johnson was not man enough. after tho state had announced that Joe Gedeon would prove Risberg guilty to let Gedeon testify He was afraid that Gedeon, whom he barred from baseball, would turn and tell the truth
 Kept Pcsch Quiet, Claim
 Johnson brought Joe Pesch from St. Louis here and kept him from tt witness stand by sending him back home because he feared Pesch would tell how this case really started.
 Johnson did not care whom he ruined if he could get Comiskey We'll, he has got him, don't let him make you a party to the running Of these innocent men upon trial"
 MT. Nash detailed certain points in Burns testimony which he claimed 10 have proved false and pleaded for a straight verdict of not guilty "so as to let the world know that Ban John- son might run baseball but that he could not run this jury"
 Ben Short will conclude the defense arguments tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
YOUNG MAN SHOT BY
 HIS FATHER, BUT NOT
 SERIOUSLY INJURED

W, D. Warren, a young man living at 423 Twenty-sevent street, south. was in the Hillman hospital last night as the result of pistol shot said to have been fired by his father, which entered his right leg just be- low the thigh
 Police officers who investigated the shooting say that MT. Warren admitted that he shot his son, and no arrest was made It was not stated whether the shot was acci- dental or not.
 Authorities of the hospital said last night that young Warren's con dition is not. serious, and that he should be all right again in short time. He would not tell them how the shooting occurred. Thorough will be made today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
4GODLEsS MEN,- AT ALCAZAR,
 STRONG SEA DRAMA

Goddess Men," the Alcazar feature picture this week, has the strength of action and mental punch sto live up to it's title. IL is the virile kind of picture thas the title would be taken to infer, and of the highest type of it's kind.
 A wicked and Goddess sea captain. his son and his daughter, are the central characters of interest. It IS a stirring tale of the sea, how the blasphemous sea captain strives to be the object of every mans fear. He feared no man-"or woman. Many were tho men he crushed un- der his foot, but in the recoil Of fate that makes the story the one woman he tries to crush through hatred of her very goodness brings home to him in tragic climax al- most unbearable.
 Storms at sea and the fights Of strong men against the elements
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
FAVERSHAM AT RIALTO IN
 "THE SIN THAT WAS HIS.

William Faversham, renowned ac- tor of the stage. brings all of his im- pressive dignity and grace of bearing to the screen in "The Sin That Was His" at the Rialto. Many stories have been described as throbbing. The Sin That Was His" is indeed Il throbbing story produced with re- markedly fine effect.
 A professional gambler traveiing near a French Canadian village Is on the scene of a murder and sees that circunstantial evidence would convict him. A man wounded in the murder. and whom he thinks dead is priest Just coming to the village to officiate. The gambler sees the chance to escape by impersonating the priest and does it. Then follows thrilling conflict between good ann evil. His ministrations to the syil- lagers awaken part of tlfe gamble, that he never knew existed.
 The story brings out the idea that the line between good and evil is not nearly so strong and pronounced as predJudiced has taught The stronr nature of the gambler was also firm in his new life. A striking tbing about the production is that there ara very few titles yet the story is -at all times easy to understand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
NEGRO WOMAN SH0T IN
 BACK-ASSAlLANT FLEES

Emma Hinter, negro, la4i Fourth alley north, was shot in the back last night by pistol shot said to have been fired by Ludie Daniels, negro Police officers said last night that Daniels escaped from the Ensley Jail a short time ago.
 The shooting is said to have oc cured at Third avenue and Four teenth street north. about g o'clock last night. The woman was taken to the Hillman hospital by unknown persons, and after having her wounds dressed left. Daniels is said to have escaped. and police officers were searching for him early this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
MONDELL WILL RUN
 FOR SENATE IN 1922
By Associated Press

Washington, August 1,-Repre- sentative Frank ". Mondell, Wyom- ing, the republican leader. announced today he would be a candidate for the Senate in 1929. He made known his plans in letters to Patrick Suih- van, republican national committee man for Wyoming, and T. Blake Ken nedy, chairman of the Wyoming state republican central committee
 MT Mondell is serving his thir- teenth term in the House and his sec- .ond term as floor leader. He Is Wyom- .ings only representative, As sena- torial candidate, he will seek the seat held by Seator Kendrick, demo- crat, whose term will expire March 2 1923
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02

differences by compromise or agree ment were striving to settle them with the sword, that Robert Earle was called to defend the land of his birth. There was no Birmingham then, and where the city now stands were farms and woodlands.
 The girl to whom the promise was made is said to have been Miss Mollie Mudd4 She was also of the old south. and like the women of her day, she bravely allowed her lover to leave. her only request being some token hy which she could know he would be true. The blade was offered as pledge. and with the words quoted above Robert Earle rode away to the war.
 During the trying days which fol- lowed the blade remained in the tree. $ time went on the tree began to Il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02

grow around it, and it seemed part of the oak itself All the while Miss Mudd at home knew that Earle was true to her.
 It was toward the close of the long struggle that message came rom the battle field announcing Earle's release from his promise. He had been killed in an engagement that cost many other lives.
 Time passed, but the blade re- mained in the tree. Miss Mudd felt the promise made by her lover bind ing upon her also. Through all her life she remained true to him.
 Even after her death the blade re- mains testimonial of lasting love. The oak has grown into a large tree. It can be seen plainly from the gar line with the blade about half way D it's trunk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02

country as one of the most com polling love stories ever related on the screen. It has to do with the love of one Sergeant William Me Weigh for the beautiful and faithful wife of the man McVeigh has been assigned to take dead or alive-Mc- . Weigh being of the Royal Northwest Mounted police. In spite of this ap- parent fatal triangle, the two men and the woman are fast friends, and their thrilling adventures in the frozen wastes north of sixty com- pose masterful chronicle of adven- ture and love-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
PRIZE DANCE AT
 WEST LAKE PARK

Those who fox trot will have ar. opportunity tonight to show how well they do it. And the best fox trotter out at West Lake park is going to he rewarded The prize waltz last Fri day night was such success. ths management was persuaded to put on prize fox trot tonight. The music will be by Nixon's Melody Six. ana the snappiest fox trot written will be the one used for the priya event
 The spring-fed pool with it's con crete bottom is always open, and the crowds are filling it's 1,00O dressin.r rooms. Chicken and barbecue din- ners have been suspended owing tS the closing of the restaurant for res pairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
OLIVER CURWOOD'S "IsOBEI- SHOWING AT THE TRIANON

Few screen productions have of fered photoplay lovers the remark : able northland scenes which are the settings for the story related in James Oliver Ctrwood's "lsobel; ar. The Trails End" which is tne Trianon feature this week
 This production, adapted from Cur woods greatest novel, 'Isobei.' has been hcralded in all sections of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
ADJUSTMENTS
EXCELLENT BILL
 AT, LOEW,S RIJOIT
By EsTELLE DETHEA HALE

It is not often that a clever black face act is seen in vaudeville than that put over by Fagg and White at Loew's Bijou last night The act is entitled Bit of Africanology," and it easily lives up to its name. Clever lines added to clever comedians make good combination, and this act had both,
 Zelda Brothers led the bill with sensational gymnastics. Their aerial tricks were especially good, and the act as whole won its share of ap plause from the audience.
 Keefe and Little in "Pianologue and Songs" rendered some of the latest popular songs and were par ticularly successful in the way they put over several of the "blues."
 Palmer and Houston starred in an act which portrayed the usual park Irritation scene. The skit has many clever lines and was well acted by the two artists
 The Elwyn Trio complete the vaudeville bill with 6 pleasing mu- sical act.
 Louise Glaum is starred in Love Madness" Il the feature picture which accompanies the vaudeville bill.
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make this a picturesque production. An interesting story that IS full of incident of a red-blooded kind and final scene of lndescribable heart ap- peal between the hard captain and his son make Goddess Men" unique.
 Those featured in the cast are Russell Simpson as Black" Pawl, James Mason as Red" Paw1, Helene Chadwick as Ruth and Irene Rich as the mother
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
MARY MILES MINTER IN
 HER HEST PICTIRE-GALA

Never has Mary Miles Minter had a story that suited her better than Don't Call Me Little Girl. Here she has her usual very young gfrlish appeal but she has pep. and thcre are life and action and very charm- Ing idea in the story.
 A wedding is about to take place. The bridegroom arrives but far from eager to claim the lady to whom he has rashly proposed so long before, having fallen temporarily in love with pretty costume she wore to masquerade party!
 As guests to the wedding come the sister of the bride -to-be. with her lS- year-old daughter Jerry. Jerry meets Monty Wade. the prospective bridegroom, on her way from the railroad station, falls in love with him. as he does with her, and then faces consternation when she learns that he is her aunt's fiance. It is then she puts her plan to work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02
PREPAY PUBLIC TELE- PHONES ARE NOW IN USE

 telephone the downtown section the reguauons governing telephones public places become e fective.
 The private telephones of merchants and others wnlen used without limit by the puDc are longer available for by except the mercnant and his agents
 It has been the practice of merchants permit the free and ndscrminate of their telephones by the general public grew such extent that in order to secure themselves business houses were expense of installing additional telephones
 The traffic telephones used without limit by the public heavy that nterfered with the general service Most of this character frivolous and utilized and equipment needed for import ant business calls
 Under the present regulations telephones business places longer allowed where they easily accessible to the public.
 the public telephone bear in mind that this is order time and to enable us to handle the growing telephone traffic efficiently
 making calls the prepay telephone to deposit the coin order to signal the You should the directions the telephone carefully and bear mind that the operator does not receive signal until drop in the coin
 line called busy answer the operator returns the coin to the called number the coin is retained
 service and to relieve the business houses of the city of the burden of furnishing free the general public Operators handle calls the prepay ele- phones in onehaf the time required the popay tele phones and thus render more efficient service.
 Public telephones conveniently located throughout city and telephone urged to patronize them whs they have occasion to the telephone downtown This is in the interest of conservation and of It will nonesenal calls that operators equipment may utilized in handling the important calls of the community efficiently
 Your cooperation is requested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-02

and convict them legally.
 No man. under our law. has q to be condemned until he has fair trial. So you take thls ca investigate it, and rememberI paths as jurors. You are the oh quisitors of this county whilI are here, and if you, as brave. less men, having the custody, keeping of the county her lawI her citizens in your hands, let tl| cident go by. 1t will encourage law breakers. it will encourage mobbists 10 take matters m own hands.
 That is all l have to say to gentlemen.
 CLARK sVILLE LOSES FIGi
 CIarksville, Tenn, August Clarksville lost it's fight to pr the removal of the Southwe Pr esbyterian university from city to Memphis today, when ( celior J. w. Stout decided the brought by the Presbyterian s, of Tennessee. Alabama, Loui and Mississippi for permissio move the university.