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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-18
4OPEN SHOP" WILL BE QUESTION FOR
 STUDENT DEBATES
Up- Now Subject Selected for Annual High School Ora toricaI Battle at Auburn
 College April 1-2

Auburn. March 17.--(Special.) )-Defi- mite plans are rapidly being whipped into form for the next annual contest of the high school debating union of Alabama, which will be held at Auburn April 1-2, according to an announce ment from Professors Rutland and Tay- Tor of the English department
 Each high school in the state has been invited to join this union and take part in this contest which is expected to eclipse those of former years because of the accumulative interest from year to year. The question selected for dis cussion this year is: Resolved. That the open shop policy, advocated by big business. is detrimental to the best in terests of labor and capital"
 This year, as in former years, high schools have been encouraged to group themselves for triangular contests at which time the winner would be deter mined and in turn duly qualified to en- ter the state contest at Auburn. But where these triangular contests have not been held any high school may send an affirmative and negative team con sisting of two members each and t>-> final contesting team will be selected after the arrival at Auburn.
 According to past plans, commit tee of judges will take all negative teams after they reach Auburn on April 1 and after hearing the arguments by each team they will select the winner. Another committee of judges will carry the affirmative teams through simi- lar process and on the night of April ? this affirmative and negative team will come together for the final clash. at which time the champion high school debating team for 1921 will come forth victors.
 A large number of schools have been heard from on this proposition and a great many teams are expected to take part in the contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-18
JURY CONNECTS NEGRO
Federal Court Sentences Several
 MOonshiners to Prison

Meridian, Miss, March 17.--(Special) The first conviction of moonshine ent session of the federal court re- suited in the trial of Hamp Moore. a negro. He was sentenced to a term Of one year and a day in the Atlanta prison. A number of persons have en- tered pleas of guilty to manufactur- ing white lightning" These have been fined $100 and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail. The court term is ex- pected to be adjourned by Judge Holmes tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-18
NEW PAPER APPEARS
Montevallo Reporter Makes Its h.
 itial Appearance

Montevallo, March Special )-The Montevallo Reporter, one of the chain of weekly newspapers established by Luth sr Fowler, editor and proprietor of the Tal- ladega Reporter has made it's appear ance in Montevallo. It is four-page, six-column newspaper. full of interesting news items from the town. college
 county and state. There are also sew eral vigorous editorials on current topics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-18
Minstrel Announced

Greenville. March tspecial)--
 The annual High School minstrel of the Greenville High school will be
 held at the Greenville opera house about two weeks from today, the. exact date to be announced later. Mrs. J. c. Richardson and Miss Mary Lawson will have charge of the performance, and Miss Annie Traweek will have charge of the music. Pupils from the high school will participate in the perfor- nance. x
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-18
GARDENS ARE SAFE
Heavy Rains Fail to Damage Ever.
 green Produce

Evergreen. March T.-(Special)-No material damage was done to the local truck crop from the heavy rains of the first of the week. it is believed. and the shipment of radishes and other farm and garden truck continues un- abated Eight cars of radishes have all ready been loaded out with predictions being made that from 15 to % will be the total seasons output.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-18
Hog Sales Are Success

Greenville. March 17.-(specia1.)- The Butler County Swine Growers as sociation held two successful hog sales at Greenville and Geoergiana this week. The large number of hogs were bought at an attractive figure by A. B. Boutwell, of this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-18

land Heights two. The Meridian dele gation has been honored by two mem bers being asked to propose toasts at the banquet which will be one of the social features of the convention The delegation from here will be accom- panied by Mrs J. r. Bailey, Miss Sue Eamm and Miss Esther Skaters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-18

the Hobbies and committee rooms of the Fcapitol'
 It is apparently a case of the pot call ing the kettle black. In the meantime. attention is again called to the bill of Senator Kenyon which would require all lobbyists to register flor the protection of the public"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-18
Sells Shoe Store

Z Troy, March 17--tSpecial) Robin son Shoe store on Elm street has been bought by Abe Cohen. Mir. Cohen will continue his shoe shop on North Three Notch street and will also operate the shoe etore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-18
400 Hogs Sold

Troy. March IT. - (special)-Four hundred hogs were sold here wednes- day at the cooperative hog sale. They were auctioned by w. Fl. Allison and bought by Wilbon Boswell of Troy. The price paid was s7s0 per hundred weight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-18

The sugar industry of Bulgaria is lim- tied to the production of beet sugar.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06

would be taken involving the discharge of the committee. But later it was said that that would not be resorted to.
 After several efforts to adjourn had been made last night, the president presented a list of the bills in the hands of the committee on style, revision and compilation, among them senate bill 125. The others had been returned, and he asked that that now be returned. The matter was laid before the senate and a vote ordered the return of the bill which Senator Schleimer produced from his desk.
 Two hours of the night session were spent in the reading of the uniform ve- hicle law which had been recommended by the committee of the whole, and at the end of it, the bill was defeated by a vote of 9 to s. But the friends of it are not hopeless, for there was a lack 'of malice in the voting, leaving the hope that a reconsideration might be secured.
 Passes Pure Seed Bill
 The senate passed the pure seed bill which it had once defeated, and re- turned to the house. Substitute senate bill 95, amending the inheritance tas law, was reported, as was the bill for registering and licensing engineers, as- savers and land surveyors, but it is by no means the bill which passed the
 
 stitute, a measure prepared by the American Association of Engineers ant is free from the objections that hae developed against the house bill.
 The style, revision and compilation committee reported out the bill prohib. iting the smoking of tobacco in public places and not only the public use O tobacco, but the chewing of gum, tn, assault upon peanuts, the Swilling O tp c m nj n of other injurious edibles and beverag es, including tea and coffee. One of the measures passed by tn senate late in the afternoon was the bil tregulating the business of real estat' brokers and salesmcn.
 At half past r10 o'clock one motion after another for adjournment wa voted down and members of the min ority were taking their hats from peg and gathering up their papers, threat ening to leave, but they invariably re stunned their seats and one or another o 1 them offered futile motion to qui l for the night and call it week. Remodels Educational Law l Third reading and committee of tn whole work engrossed the attention 0 both houses of the legislature yesterda 1 in two long sessions and occupied tn i attention of the senate in another nigh session. A large number of bills wer passed and another large numbe agreed upon in the whole committed but only one of them, Senate Join Resolution No. 2, proposing an amend Jment to the constitution for the re modelling of the structure of the edu cational system of the state, was c prime importance.
 That proposessa reconstruction of tn board of education and gives it contre over all educational facilities in tn state. The board is to consist of seve members. lone to retire each year s
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06

that the members of the first board shall be appointed for terms ranging from one to seven years. The board IS given more sweeping powers than the present one and the resolution has the endorsement of the best thought in educational matters.
 A similar resolution bearing the same number was introduced into the house early in the session, but the senate res olution, once it was started, advanced more rapidly and the house resolution was laid aside for it.
 There was a Democratic caucus on Friday night and another yesterday morning in which it was discovered that Democratic mistake had been made in the passage, almost unani- mously, of the senate bill authorizing the governor to appoint the water com- missioner as the representative of the state in negotiating a compact with other states affected, and the federal government, concerning the disposition of the waters of the Colorado. The discovery was that this was an admin | istrative measure and was therefore l subject to obstruction.
 Bill Already Was Law
 Accordingly, as soon as the house convened yesterday morning MT Cobbe under preconcerted arrangement 1 moved to reconsider the vote by which l the house had passed the bill. The re- consideration was effected and re- quest was made upon the senate for its return to the house. But it transpirec 1 that a fleet-footed messenger, whos' l trail was yet smoking, had conveyed l the the bill to the governor whose sig nature had already been affixed, so tha l the bill was already a law.
 l The omnibus All had a narrow es cape and perhaps it was only granted { ! rnS a I upon course of action with respect t' it. The course was to amend it anC return it to the senate where deatl l would be quick and certain. Not onl, I were the amendments described by Tn Republican as coming from the ma 1 jority of the approximations committe proposed, but Speaker Keefe offere 1 another to strike out of the bill tn clause which gives elasticity to tn | funds at the disposal of the state en I gineer by temporarily using the fund named for one project, for another fo which federal aid might be available
 After all of the amendments ha
 been read MT. Remington moved tha
 the bill be allowed to retain it's plac
 on the calendar until Monday morning
 when State Engineer Maddock migh lappear before the committee for te
 minutes. The motion was defeated an
 Mr. BarkeIl moved the first amend
 ment to appropriate $100,000 for tw
 Cochise county projects. Before vot
 could be taken on that, MT. Milner c
 northern Cochise offered an amend
 ment to this amendment dividing tn
 proposed appropriation so that $40.00
 of it might be applied to the construc
 ton of road from Bowie to the Ora ham county line. That was accommo datingly accepted. It made no differ
 ence what kind of an amendmen , might be offered; any amendment tha
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
ijN|F0RM MOTOR
 VEHICLE LAW IS LOST IN SENATE
Iblll For Remodeling Of Ed ucational System Agreed Upon In Senate Commit tee-Night Session Fire works

mild burst of fireworks occurred m the night session of the senate last nasnt tns after 10 o'clock while several of the senators were trying to secure an aojournment The outbreak was not unexpected. though in the evening it "as Rported that the display had been aVerted. There is history behind the pyrotechnics.
 The civil administration bill, which had been reported fayorably by the ssonimittet ss of the whole the night be- lore' was turned over yesterday to the committee on style, revision and com piiatlon- But just before that, de- mand had been made by the house for the return of the bill authorizing the appointment by the governor of the water commissioner as representative or the state in the Colorado river ne- gotiations- But the bill had passed out of the possession of the senate had been signed by the governor and had been deposited with the secretary oi state and, so, was already law.
 The demand for the bill was parti- san, and when the Democrats learned of the precipitateness with which it had been passed along, they were disposed to resentment which was not lessened in the senate by the unconcea1ed jubi- lation of Senator Stoddard.
 It was Senator Stoddard who turned the civil administration bill over te Chairman Schleimer of the committee on style, revision and compilation, sug- gesting his immediate signature as . matter of form only.
 Bill 5s Locked Up
 The chairman said that he had ob- served a comma or a period that needed rcadjustment. and when a little later he was pressed for action he informed Senator Stoddard that the bill had beer locked up in the vault of the state cor poration commission, one of the few Democratic strongholds about the cap itol building, and would be reported ou at o'clock on Monday afternoon.
 The chairman was as firm againS the protest of President Wilkinson fol the return of the bill and it was report ed in the afternoon that drastic steps
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06

ernor, there will be no illegitimate chil- dren in Arizona. It orders that every child born of natural parents shall be declared legitimate entitled to all the rights and privileges of children born in wedlock, the heirs of the natural father, once paternity has been estab- liShed, and it prescribes the procedure by which it is to be established. But if the father should be a married man, he shall not be required to take the natural child into his household. But it shall be an equal heir with his chill dren born in wedlock.
 House bill 2S, amending the law con- corning school districts, the principal change being in the date of holding school elections.
 Senate bill 37, providing for the burial of deceased soldiers, sailors and marines and their widows, and women ] enlisted in the personnel of the army and navy. MT. Curlee alone voted against the bill and he told why. He was not only a retired soldier and en- titled to the benefits of the bill. but he was also an undertaken therefore doubly interested in it. | Senate bill 19 amending civil pro- cedure by limiting the Humber of in terrogatories to be submitted by th' court.
 1 Senate bill 90, the soldier settlement act.
 senate bill 1Ds. providing for sgri cultural extension work and giving of ficial standing and aid to the farm | bureau.
 House bill 15S, the motor vehicle law This bill was intended at first only t' change the law for the distribution O licenses and license plates for tn greater convenience of the public. Blu l later. as a precaution against the fail ure of motor vehicle regulation, tw' lnew paragraphs were added. one fo the protection of the highways and tn other prohibiting glaring headlights. House bill IFS, appropriating S12,50 to settle the judgment in favor of tn Aubrey Investment company in tn suit to enforce it's contract with tn state for the sale of a lot of mules am iequipment
 Omnibus Bill Gets Respite It was at the close of this order tha the omnibus roads bill was taken IT and at the close of the wrangle whel it was decided to let the bill lie ovel
 Mr Jones of Maricopa uttered feel ing prayer that when the subjec
 should again be resumed the member
 should keep their head.
 The rest of the house session wa
 spent in the committee of the who'll
 in which the following measures wer
 disposed of:
 Senate bill s6. amending the la
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06

The Pioneer Home houses many Of the oldest inhabitants of the state, Mir. Shea declared. Some of them have been here more than half a century.
 William Simms, 79 years old, is one of the oldest Arizona residents. He came to Arizona when Is years old and has been continuous citizen of this territory and state ever since-for D. period of 61 years. lie first located atz Tucson.
 Another veteran of many years is John R. Lyons. Mr. Shea declared. He was an officer in the Confederate army and was one of four men who carried Stonewall Jackson from the battlefield at Chancellorsville when the famous. southern general was mortally wound-s ed. MT Lyons has been a continuous resident of Arizona for A years
 There are now 66 inmates of the: Pioneers Home. Of this number, 5s. are men.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Keen Gladney is the. oldest woman at the institution She has passed her ninety first birthday-1 The exact date of her arrival in Ari- zona is not known to MT. Shea, but she. is one of the early settlers, he declared. Another widely known pioneer at the. home is Mrs. Mary Gilson, from Mari copa county.
 J. H. Nash is the oldest resident at the home, Superintendent Shea said. MT. Nash is now in his ninety-fourth. year. He came to Arizona in 1872 and has been continuous resident of the state for the past 4S years. Other old timerA now residing at the nome arc
 Johnny Branen. S5 years old and a
 resident of Arizona since 1s64-57 years. and A. F. Banta. who came here in 1863, resident for 5S years.
 Pioneers at the home are the finest | set of men that could be found any
 where" Superintendent Shea declared. l Their reminiscencesf of pioneer days are intensely interesting and well ! worth publishing"
 1 The old pioneers are much interested 1 in the big reunion of pioneers of Ari- zona which is to be held il Phoenix fApril F and 13 under the auspices of 1 The Arizona Republican. All who poss- | ibly can make the trip will be here at 1 that time. it is stated
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06

were living here, she threatened him with bodily harm. He also alleged she went to places of amusement with other men, He said she left him last September and went te Sacramento to live
 Mrs. ] r. Goddard, 1217 West Adams, where the Hamons lived while in Phoenix, told of taking a revolver away from Mrs. Hamon after she had attempted to use it on Hamon. Mrs. Mamon did not appear, and the de- cree was granted by default.
 Hamon while in Phoenix was em- ployed by the Mountain States Tele- phone and Telegraph company as an operator.
 Jake L. Hamon, died November 26 from the effects of gupshot wound received the night before. The wound was first reported to have been re- ceived accidently while he was clean ing a gun, but after his death search began for Clara Barton Smith in con- nection with the shooting. After sev- eral days she gave herself up after hiding in Mexico near Fl Paso, Texas where she fled following the shoot ing.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06

relative to divorce proceedings, pro- hibiting the trial of a suit until the lapse of six months after the comple- ton of service, favorably reported
 House bill 176. directing county as sessors to collect data regarding crop acreages, favorably reported.
 Senate bill so, amending the water code.
 Senate bill 65, making much more rigid the law against selling tobacco to minors.
 Senate bill 43, providing for the pro- tection of possessory rights. that is. ex- tending police protection to squatters who/ have compiled with the federal
 law regarding entry.
 Senate biu ST. amending the pro- lceedings for foreclosure by trustee. and senate bill S6, concerning the forfeiture of contracts of sale.
 Announcement was made to the house of the death of former Repre- sentative Kerr of Yuma. and house joint resolution, a tribute to him, was introduced and adopted. The university fund bill was taken up in the senate in the morning. As passed by the house it proposes levy of .0013 against .0016 asked for. The senate seemed disposed to the millage plan. but majority believed that the levy was still a little too high, and ar agreement was apparently. reached or 1 a levy of 001 for the first year and 1 0013 for the second year. There was Iyet some misunderstanding among ths members as to that
 The senate passed on third reading senate bill 26. providing a training ol colony school for the feeble minded This subject has been before Successiv, 1 legislatures, but never before did it SC cure the endorsement of either house
 The workmen's compensation bill substitute for senate bill S5. Senate Curtin's measure, was passed So wa
 house bill s5. providing for the invest
 ment of state, county and munidpa
 sinking funds in unquestionable SC
 cttrities Senate bill 2s. the motor we ihicle bill .was passed. Late in tn Iafternoon the senate took a recess un ItiI o'clock last night.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
K HUSBAND IF CLARA SMITH GETS DIVORCE FROM SECOND WIFE

Frank L. Hamon, nephew of Jake L. Hamon, Oklahoma oil millionaire and republican national committeeman, and former husband of Clara Barton Smith, who pleaded not guilty Febru-
 ary 26 to a charge of murder in con- nection with the elder Hamonts death, yesterday was granted divorce from Gertie Ruth Walker Hamon, whom he
 married in Tucson August II. 1918, by Judge Lyman of the superior court here. Hamon charged cruelty in the complaint, which he filed December 20 He-left for Kansas City last night. and from there probably will go to Ardmore.
 1 terday afternoon, declared that his
 wife nagged and abused him, and that
 during the summer of 1920. when they
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06

The Delaware state senate has passed
 a bill making the penalty for highway robbery while armed 20 years impri- sonment and fine of $500 and 4D lashes on the bare back. fa
Arizona republican., 1921-03-06
Superintendent Of Pioneer Home
 Approves Plan For Big Reunion

The average age of inmates or the Arizona Pioneer Home at Prescott is over IS years, George A. Shea, superin- tendent of the institution, said yester- day. MT Shea came to Phoenix on an official visit and while here expressed his hearty approval of the Pioneer re- union planned by the Arizona Republi- can for April 12 and 13.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-24
men IN IRONS LEAR
OFF TRAIN; UNHURT'
Two Prisoners Handouffed To.
gether, Who Jumped From
caboose, Reoaptured
ARE HELD FOR ROBBERY

Two mon. hnndcufred together -,
leaned from the oaboose of n ReodM,nno dMno
Railway freight train proceeding fo.,s
miles an hour. soutl, Of Royersso.a
week ago. escaped uninjurcd.
The daring leap and escnpe bso.u
known today when Patrolinan Milo. y,
the Manayunk station, recon,r,.g "
Joseph Lentz. seventeen ycors n,S
Du Pont street, and Charles yio,s
eighteen years old. Crrsson s,.o.s
Manayunk, in Wissahickon.
Lentz and Viola were arrested Ia.
Tuesday at Royersford by Detec,,r.. .
Mcrvine. Of the Reading Ro,,w,ue
charged with riding freight trains nv;
robbing boxcars. ""a
He handcuffed the, men together Nv,
was bringing them to Philadelnb;s' anu ~
the caboose OF n preference frs,,hM, ~
trnin. Because of the speed NJ e.. 81.
train the detective did not roto,n "e
hold on the men. They watched tho;.
chance. and as they were possins =
cinder cmbankmcnt. they ran out a. -
the platform Of the caboose and lean.a1
The train wns stopped and tho A..
tective and members Of the crew >. !.
back along the tracks, believing th.s
would find the men seriously in,ursJ
Instead the handcuffed prisoners hsS
disappeared. '
They said today they had smashed
the chain Of the handouts with =
coupling pin and had later reacb.S
Manayunk and filed the broken cSH,
from their wrists.
Magistrate Price turned the recan.
tured men over to the Norristown an.
thorities as the robberies chnrvsa
against them were committed in Mont.
gomery County.