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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-26

Bessemer, September 25.-(Spe-
 cial)-In the presence of hundreds
 of people adhered together from all
 parts of the county and district, as
 the crowning event Of d day of cele-
 bration in the vicinity, the corner stone of the new Pleasant Ridge Bap-
 tist church at Hueytown was laid Sunday afternoon.
 The ceremonies of the day. which were most significant, marking as they did the progress of one of the 1 oldest churches of the Baptist de-
 nomination in the state, began at II o'clock in the morning with sermon
 by pr. F. H. Harrington, whose ef- forts have been of wide influence in
 building the church.
 The history of the church, which l dates back to 1875, was given by Rev. M M. Wood, secretary of the Baptist association, and of the Baptist state convention, and showed interesting
 data connected with the people oi the vicinity who had become noted
 men in the state.
 Dr. Hobbs of the First Baptist church of Birmingham, preached a
 sermon at 3 o'clock on Christ the
 Cornerstone" after which the cere- iiiOhAto attNIddHt upOH tuc Id HIS VI the cornerstone were held.
 Among the memorials placed in the cornerstone. which was not perma-
 nently closed, were copies of the Alabama Baptist, copies of the min- utes of the Southern Baptist conven-
 tion and of the convention of the Baptist association and other data will be placed in the stone as soon
 as it may be procured, and then thu stone will be cemented.
 An elaborate basket dinner was served on the church ground at noon ] and among those assembled were
 many old residents of the vicinity who had been identified with the
 church for years, among whom were Mir S H. Huey, who is the only mem
 Der who was connected with it at the | time it was organized.
 | The pastor of the church, Rev. J. A. | Hendricks, is a young man, who is at
 present studying at the University Of Chicago. and in his absence Dr. F. H. Harrington of Birmingham has
 held a number of services in the church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-26

MACLIN F. SMITH, Trust Officer EXAM ELLIOTT, Asst. Trust Officer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
MARINE SHOT HIM
Devil Dog on Mail Car. Took
No Chance with Hobo.
Fired, WOunding One-ThOught
Afterwards His Report.

Pittsburgh, Nov. 23.-One man is
believed to have been mortally
wounded on the outskirts of Wash
ington, D. c., and another Is in custody
of government authorities here this
afternoon following the boarding. Of
Baltimore & Ohio fast mail train Ne.
9 last night by two men in the Wash
ington yards.
, Tho men were seen to board the
train. A few minutes later a mail
clerk opened the mail car door and a
marine with his gun all ready for ac-
ton, blazed away at one Of the men
on the car platform as soon as the
door was opened.
The wounded man fell off the train
and has not been heard of since. The
second man tried to jump off also but
the train was moving too. swiftly and
later he surrendered to an armed mail
clerk and was brought here to-day,
federal prisoner. At postoffice head
quarters it was stated that the shoot
ing was done by Private Wasserman
of Brooklyn.
Immediately after the prisoner was
brought here he was taken to the Of
flee of Postoffice Inspector George
Craighead, where he is now undergo
ing a thoro grilling.
According to the prisoners state
ment, he and his companion boarded
the train in washington with the idea
of beating their way to Detroit, where
hoboes convention is to be held the
last of the month. The prisoner,
whose name is not revealed, denies
that he or his buddy were bandits.
This view is also said to be taken by
government officials here.
An officer of the marine corps here
explained that privates are under the
most strict orders in cases of finding
unauthorized men on mail trains. The
men were presumed to be bandits by
their unlawful presence, it was ex-
planned, and the marine shot at the
supposed bandits first and then
thought afterward.
There was no foo1ing. The marine
shot quick and straight. The prisoner
says but two men boarded the mail
car. It was at first believed that a
third man was on top of the car but
there is no proof, there was.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
FOR COURT
Pastor, Father of Accused,
Prays at Trial Start.
Seven Women Jurors Tempo
rariIy Seated in Burch Case.

Los Angeles, Nov 23.-From the
anguished heart of the Rev. w. A.
Burch, Methodist minister, there came
today an impressive prayer for divine
guidance of. the judge, lawyers and
jurors in the trial of his only son, Ar
thur c. Burch, charged with the muir
der of J. Bolton Kennedy.
Doctor Burch's prayer pleaded that
only justice prevail in the case. In
written form, it was released for pub
-lication by Paul W. Schenck, chief Of
defense counsel.
"Give me and her, whose faith and
love are like twin stars of hope,
strength to bear, and to our loved boy
give Thy supporting grace" a portion
OF Doctors Burch's prayer said.
Doctor Burch's prayer was issued by
Schenck a few minutes before the trial
was resumed today in Superior Judge
Reeves court. Doctor Burch sat in
the court room at his sons side.
Eight prospective jurors. seven
women and one man, had been tenn
porarily accepted by both the prosecu-
ton and defense when the trial began
today. Indications were that the jury
may be completed by night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
One Topekan Drowned in Acct
dent Near Perry.
Negro Victim Was With j.
Nefswender, SS3 Arter Ave.
CRAWLED FROM UNDER WATER
Opened Side Curtains and
FIOated Up to Safety.
Second Time Neiswender Has
Driven Into River.

Ten feet under water in an auto
mobile with the side curtains on. Jess
Neiswender, 333 Arter avenue, opened
the door, rose to the surface and
waded out after his Studebaker Six
had plunged over a twenty-five foot
bank into the Kaw river near Perry,
at 10 o'clock Tuesday night.
Harry Kennedy, negro. S26 Clay
street, who was riding in the car with
Neiswender, was drowned. His body
was not recovered until about noon
today. The car plunged into the river
at the north end Of the Perry bridge.
after travelling about 100 yards out OF
the road it was said. Neiswender was
unconscious part of the time today
but it is believed he will recover.
It was reported that Neiswender and
Kennedy were coming to Topeka from
Kansas City. After leaving Perry the
road winds around thru the woods.
turning north again with a straight
shoot onto the bridge. The tracks in
dicated that the car left the road
where it turned north, continuing on
westward for about 100 yards, where
it went over the twenty-five foot en-
bankment. turned over onto its side
and sank. The water at this point
was about ten feet deep.
CrawIed From Submerged Car.
How Neiswender got out of the car
is mystery. even to himself, accord
ing to persons in Perry who investl-
gated the accident. After crawling
from the car while under water. he
is said to have taken off his overcoat.
climbed the hank and walked into
town. Altho his clothes were wet
thru, he apparently was not seriously
injured.
The steep bank and the depth OF
the water made it difficult for work.
ers to get Kennedy's body from the
car The Studebaker was still in the
river late this afternoon and a gang
of men were having considerable trou-
BILE in getting it out of the water, it
was stated.
Second Accident of Kind.
Neiswender had a narrow escape
from accident or serious injury about
two years ago when a car he was driv-
ing plunged over the river bank near
the Santa Fe shops. On this occa-
sion Neiswender and another man who
with him jumped as the car went
over the bank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
TALKED in SLEEP
Lieutenant of Eddie Adams
Held by Police.
Caught Asleep in r. r. Station
Near Winfield.
MASTER MIND" SHOT DOWN
Kansas Bankers and Police Now
Breath Easier.
Adams and Gang Are Accused
of Twenty Grimes.

Wichita, Nov. %. - George J.
(Chubb) Mcfarland, charged with as
sisting Eddie Adams in the murder
of Motorcycle Officer Robert Fitz-
patrick here early Monday morning,
was arrested in Augusta, at midnight
last night and is now in the city jail
here.
Three men are now under arrest
suspected of having been members of
the gang of which Edward c. Adams.
killed yesterday in a right with de-
tectives, was a leader. Mcfarland,
one of the three held, was arrested
last night at a lonely railroad station
near Winfield. The man was sleeping
in the station when he began to talk
in his sleep.
Talked in His Sleep.
According to the station agent the
man said Il wish I'd never Joined that
gang, 1 wish 1 was out of it." The
agent telephoned to the Winfield
police who arrested him.
Mcfarland is said to have been
identified as one of the three who
were in n car Sunday when Robert
Fitzpatrick, Wichita policeman, was
killed in a gun fight.
Adams Was Shot Down.
Police and bank officials of Kansas
towns breathed a sigh of relief today,
for with the death of Eddie Adams,
notorious criminal, it was believed a
long series of bank rObberies and
holdups was at an end.
Adams was shot to death in gar
age here late yesterday in a gun bat
tie with three detectives, two of
whom were wounded, one probably
fatally. He was killed only after he
had emptied his six shooter at the of
ficers and had fallen wounded with
the body of one of the men he had
shot living across his own
Charged With Twenty Crimes.
Over twenty bank robberies and
holdups in small Kansas. towns have
been charged to Adams since he
escaped last August from the state
prison at Lansing. Several weeks ago
he was alleged to have taken part in
the murder of two Iowa officers tWeD-
ty miles south of Des Moines and
later was alleged to have killed a
farmer while making his escape.
Monday. he was one of a band who
shot and killed a policeman here who
attempted to halt the automobile in
which they were riding.
In January, 1920, while being taken
to the Missouri state penitentiary at
jefferson City, Mo-, to serve a life
sentence for a murder committed in
Kansas City, he escaped by diving thru
the window of a train speeding at SO
miles an hour.
Dynamite Found in Car.
The police hold in custody besides
Mcfarland, alleged lieutenant" Of
the Adams band, Billy Finttleman. al
legged to be one of Adams followers;
J. c. Burns, who introduced Adams
in a deal for an automobile, and fif-
teen other men and women.
In the car Adams had hired were
several sticks of dynamite and dyna-
mite caps. In the room in which he
had been staying were a high pow
cred rifle, a sawed off shotgun and
several revolvers, with road maps of
CONTINUED ON Pnpe Six
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
Lions Club Would Provide Gen.
eraI Municipal Plant.
Adopt Public Health Program
As Clubs Major Activity.
ORGANIZE A REAL CIVIC EFFORT
May Back Campaign of Public
Education in Topeka.
Plan May Stretch Over Two Or
Three Years.

A general municipal hospital for
Topeka, with adequate isolation wards
for conta gious cases, has long been a
dream of civic-minded Topekans It
has now become the specific goal of a
live civic organization, with the means
and the intention of putting the prof.
ect across.
The Lions club of Topeka, member
of the national organization, has been
seeking for some definite program of
work, to which they might commit
themselves as an organization, and to-
ward with they might concentrate
their efforts. The public health pro-
gram of the city was fixed upon as
their major activity, with a general
hospital as a definite goal.
The program of activity for the
Lions may run two or three years.
The details have not as yet been COM
pletely worked out But as a civic
activity, they are going to specialize
in public health welfare.
Dcvote Programs TO Project.
A director of activity is to be Sc
lected by the Lions, who will have
charge of the activity along the lines
laid down in consultation with the
board of governors and sometimes by
the vote of the club. In addition there
will be a committee whose task will
be the direction of the clubs special
lied work.
A porion of the meetings, Thurs
days, at noon, will be turned over to
the activity committee, and the rest
of the meetings will be for general
entertainment.
The Lions have not decided how
they are going about the securing of
the hospital. They mean to work
thru other civic organizations, and
some organizations not civic in pur-
pose. Public education thru the eff
forts of the members of the club, will
play a great part in the program. If
it is decided that a bond issue for the
building of the hospital is the most
advisable means of securing the funds,
the club will bend its effort toward
turning public sentiment into the
proper channel for voting the bond
issue.
while the efforts of the club will
be concentrated toward securing the
general hospital. the general aspects
TGoDfiuued on Page EiN1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
Congress Finishes Extra Con-
clave Called by Harding.
Regular Session Will Begin on
December 5.
WERE 1856 BILLS CONSIDERED
Many of Harding's Measures
Are Left UncOmpIeted.
FOrd-Newberry Contest To Be
Finally Decided in January.

Washington, Nov. 23.-The end of
the extraordinary session of congress.
which President Harding called eight
months ago. will leave to the regular
session, beginning December 5. a num-
Der of important measures whose
prompt enactment the president re-
peatedly but vainly urged.
They include: % the foreign debt
refunding bill; CD the railroad debt
refunding bill and. CD the permanent
tariff bill.
Final disposition of the Ford-New-
berry election contest will also go over
until the regular session-probably un-
til January.
Rush Revision Bill
Under an unanimous consent agree
ment, the senate met at 10 o'clock this
morning to conclude final considera-
ton of the much disputed revenue re-
vision bill which must be voted not
later than 5 O'Clock this afternoon
The executive system which per-
mitted the rewriting of the tax bill in
secret conference was denounced to-
day by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of
Massachusetts,, as "damnable and con-
temptible," and "ruinous and destruc-
tive of representative government"
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, de-
clared he would offer a motion to re-
commit the conference report on the
bill with instructions to the senate
conferees to insist upon adoption of
the senate amendments eliminated.
Were 136 Bills Considered.
During the extra session 1876 bills
and resolutions have been considered
by both houses and enacted into law.
Among the more important and out
standing measures which have become
law during the extra ordinary session
are:
Revenue act of 1921, budget act,
emergency tariff act, resolution of
peace with central powers, veterans
bureau act, immigration restriction
act, Volstead anti-beer act, the $685.
100000 farm loan, 1922 naval appro-
priation act, 1922 army appropriation
act, grain futures act, packer control
act, war finance agricultural loan act.
federal highway act, maternity act.
legislation and appropriations for the
shipping board, Edge export act, cable
control act.
The Fordney tariff bill has passed
the house and is pending in the senate,
1t viii go over until the next regular
session.
President Ready to Sign.
President Harding will sign the tax
revision bill now pending in congress,
it was stated authoritatively today.
The president will ask the next con-
gress for further tax revision, however,
particularly a reduction of high sur
taxes on incomes.
The senate is agreed TO dispose of
the Ford-Newberry senatorial election
contest early in January. The agree
ment which was by unanimous consent,
provides that the election case shall
be considered to the exclusion of all
else on the fourth calendar day on
which the senate is in session after
January 1. and to limit debate after
two days of general discussion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
NO THANKSGIVING PAROLES
Clemency VIII Not Be Given to Prison
Inmates.


Inmates.
There will be no Thanksgiving pa
roles for inmates of state penal in
stitutions After a conference today
with Judge c. w. Smith. executive
clerk, Governor Allen stated that
clemency would not be given prison
inmates as Thanksgiving remem-
brances.
Rarely has the state granted
Thanksgiving paroles to inmates of
the penitentiary and reformatory. It
is likely that a number of Christmas
paroles will be granted, but an extra
good dinner and half holiday will be
the only features of the Thanksgiving
celebration at Lansing and Hutchfn-
son. Inmates of the institutions who
have credit marks will be permitted
to attend athletic events on the prison
grounds Thursday afternoon.
At both the penitentiary and re-
formatory a special Thanksgiving din
ner will be served. Prisoners expect
ing clemency, tho. must wait until the
Christmas holidays before action will
be taken in their cases The parole
list will be prepared in the next few
weeks by Judge Smith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
DEATH TOLL BIG
Thirteen Persons Killed in
RiOting at Belfast.
Police Unable to QueH MObs-
Sixty in Hospitals.

Belfast, Nov. 23.-Rioting was re-
sumed here this afternoon after a
brief period of quiet. Two street cars
were riddled with bullets by mobs.
One woman was killed. Troops at
tackled the rioters, dispensing them.
Street car service was suspended
At noon the authorities had the sit
uation under control and the city was
quiet. Fifty-two persons were in hos
pitaIs suffering from wounds received
in the fighting yesterday and last
night.
Armed groups of fighters entered
numerous public houses owned by
proprietors. One bartender was shot
dead and two were seriously wounded.
Cannot Place Blame.
London. Nov. 23.-The rioting be-
gan Sunday and had its climax yes
terday in a state of shooting, bombing
and turmoil approaching civil war 1t
is declared the disorders were planned
to coincide with the assumption yes
terday of the government of Ulster by
the Northern parliament.
Dispatches to the London press
from Belfast place the blame, accord
ing to the sympathy of the respective
newspapers. However, while it seems
established that the Sim Feiners were
responsible for the bombing of a tram
car full of shipyard workers late in
the afternoon and the consequent
death of three persons and injury to
thirty, the various accounts of the
days disorders suggest that the ag-
gression on the whole was reciprocal
and due to the ever existing rancor
between the Nationalists and Orange
men.
The total casualties in the series Of
outbreaks up to midnight last night
stood at thirteen persons dead with
more than sixty seriously wounded IN
the hospitals. Scores of other persons
less seriously injured were taken to
their homes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
Topeka or Wichita VIII Get Important
1922 Convention.

Kansas today won the next annual
convention of the National Grange as
sociatiOn. The convention will be held
in November, 1922, in either Topeka
or Wichita. Several thousand dele
gates are expected to attend the big
national meeting.
Announcement of the dicision of the
Grange to come to Kansas next wear
was made in a telegram received today
by ]. c. Mohler, secretary of the state
board of agriculture. The grange con-
vention voted unanimously to hold
their next meeting in this state. Both
Topeka and Wichita are candidates
for the convention.
Further honor came to Kansas in
the convention which has been in ses-
sion in Portland. Oregon. In the cleo
ton of officers B. Needham of Lane.
Franklin county, was elected national
lecturer for the organization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
WHATS HE THANKFUL FOR?
ArbuckIe Plans Big Turkey DIM
ncr. Cook 1t Himself. Rcla-
tives To Bsc Trial Jury OF His
Kitchen Ability.

San Francisco. Nov. 23.-Whatever
else happens, Fatty" Arbuckle IS GO
ing 10 have his Thanksgiving turkey
dinner in great style.
With this big idea in mind. the
comedian has today completed final
arra ngements.
To insure the success of the occa-
sion, he is going to cook the bird
himself Early next Thursday. Ros-
coe viii trot himself. family ana
frier to the home of his brother. Ar
thur Arbuckle on Arguella boulevard
There will be a trial jury OF wife.
mother-in-Iaw. brother and sister-in-
law. 1t is expected they viii pass"
favorably.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
NO C. EST. MARY'S GAME
Negotiations Under Way for Contest
With York College.

ST. Mary's college will not play the
College of Emporia tomorrow, accord
ing to Coach Walter j. Conway of st.
Mary's.
I'VE had already entered into ne
gotiations with York college of Ne
braska for a game" Conway said.
Otherwise we would take c. of f.
The York game is as yet undecided"
Coach Gwin c. Henry OF Empoda
has not yet succeeded in getting
game at Emporia.
Reports from Manhattan today
were to the effect that the K. S. A. c.
team would not play Emporia tomor-
row
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
HE SLEW TWO FOR $50
Chicago Man Killed Sister-in-I4aw and
Unborn Babe He Confcsses.

Chicago, Nov. 23.-Thomas Gather
wood confessed today, according to
police of the Fillmore street station,
that he murdered his sister in-law.
Mrs. Betty Sharples. p. and her un-
born babe, for $50-the small sum
she had boarded to buy baby clothes
and Christmas gifts.
Mrs. Sharples was strangIed to
death in her home yesterday after she
had prepared breakfast for Gather
wood and while she was sewing tiny
garments for the baby expected soon.
Her body was found last night when
her husband. Charles Sharples. re-
turned from work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
Legal Words Can't
Describe Shimn1y,
Attorney Discovers

Chicago. Nov. 23.@The abundance
of phrases and words in legal phrase
ology are inadequate to describe the
''shimmy". This admission was made
by Assistant States Attorney Frank
Souhrada, charged with preparing a
case against thirty nine persons
charged with immoral conduct in
dancing the '-shimmy''
Attorneys for the defense obtained
a continuance of the trial because the
dance was not accurately described in
the charges
II suppose a 'shimmy' is just a
'shimmy.'" stated Mr.. Souhrada-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
MANY CHILDREN ARE MISSING.
Average of Dozen Youngsters Vanish
Each Day in Windy City.

Chicago, Nov. 23.-Vigilante COM
mittees for the protection of children
are being organized in many of the
Chicago suburbs, it was announced to-
day following reports that an average
of twelve children a day have been
missing in and around Chicago
This action was the result of the
kidnapping Sunday of 5-year-old Helen
K.rwan. Her screams frightened
away her assailant and she wandered
about tn streets for nearly twenty
four hours before she was found un-
harmed.
The Juvenile court is cooperating
with the vigilantes to protect the chill
dren
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23
TRUST HEADS ARE JAILED.
Fines Also Imposed on New Workers
Pleading Guilty to Law Violation.

members of the Tile. Crate & Mantle
Manufacturers and Dealers associa-
ton who were among those who
pleaded guilty last week to violating
the Sherman antitrust law. today
were given jail sentences by Fed
eral Judge Van Fleet.
F. H. Noble, Arthur Shilstone and
Albert Schaile were sentenced to four
months in the Essex county New
Jersey Jail and fined $4,000 each.
Herna n Petri was sentenced to two
months in the same jail and fined
SS,50O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-11-23

Several stretches of the Victory.
Highway between Topeka and Law
renee have been opened today for the
benefit of the Topekans who will
motor to Kansas university Thursday.
to see the K. U.-Missouri game.
Following the concrete pavement on
the East Sixth avenue stretch out of
Topeka, there are but two detours on
the new route, and the motorist has
either concrete pavement or grade for
the remainder of the trip.
The accompanying illustration shows
the road between Topeka and Law
renee, as 1t has been mapped in the
office of the stata engineer: The first