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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17

ENTIRE FAMILY
 OF FIVE KILLED;
 CASE IS MYSTERY
By !Associe XII

Pamlico, $. c ,sN ypiscovery today of the b sc ,<s~ , other mem, bers of t,.>ooca family revealed that ts..epx ee mily of five, living abo X ies from Pamlieo, was 70 time Saturday afternoon.
 :. s. Bigham, 60 years Of age. wax shot through the head and her body was found in the yard of the Bigham home. near a we'll; her daugh- ter. Mrs. Marjorie Black, 35, was found lying in pool of blood in her room on the second floor of the home with a bullet hole in her head; Mrs. Blacks adopted son, years of age. was found near the back of the house. his fore- head having been pierced by a bullet at close range; Mrs. Blacks other adopted son, years of age. evidently tried to escape from his assailant, for he was found near a fence in the back yard with bullet wound in his head. Iie died about five o'clock this morn ing. The body of the other member of the family, l.. s. Bigham, 40 years of age, son of Mrs L. S. Bigham, was found today about Ii o'clock in the woods about one-half mile from the A'oHHC, iyiHS III dn ODScureu spot sur rounded by bushes, with a wound in his right temple. His hand was hold ing revolver in which there were two bullets.
 An inquest is being held, but the report of it has not been received
 The family has long been prominent In this section of the state the father having been a member of both branches of South Carolina general assembly, and at one time was can didate for Congress
 E. D. Bigham, brother of the dead man, and his family, consisting of his wife and two children, had recently moved to South Carolina from Georgia or Alabama and were occupying rooms Tn the home. They were out driving and no one seems to have witnessed the shooting. l.. D. Bigham, returning about o'clock in the afternoon, was the first on the scene
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
BRAND SUCCEEDS IN FORMING NEW
 FRENCH CABINET
Official List of Ministers Is Presented to President MlI- lerand By New Premier
 Last Night
By Associated Press

Paris, January 16-Arstide Briand, for merly French prime minister. succeeded today in the task undertaken by him Ito the ministry of Premier Leygues. which resigned last Wednesday. Besides the premiership. NJ BriaHd takes the ministry of foreign affairs. Louis Barthou becomes minister of war and Paul Doumer minister of finance
 Shortly before 6:30 o'clock tonight NJ Briand presented the official cabinet list to President Millerand. The ministry is made up as follows:
 Premier and minister or foreign af- fairs, Arstide Briandi minister of jus- tiee. M Bonnevay; interior, Pierre Mar raud; war Louis Barthou; marine. Ga briel Guisthau; finance. Paul Doumer public instruction, Victor Barard; agri- culture, Edmond LeFevre DuPrey; com merce, Lucien Dior; labor, Daniel Vii cent; pensions. Andre Maginot; public works, Yves I.e Troquer; liberated re- gions, Louis Loneheur
 A GREAT CABINET
 'It is not the great cabinet but it is great cabinet have formed said Premier Briand this evening. My min isters and myself will be busy men look ing after Frances internal affairs. We have confidence that the American ad- ministration will look after it's own af- fairs. It may be republican it may be demoeratic--it matters little; it is always French, I am sure. Please tell them that in America
 Those who have been in France for many years understand that we are not ia military. We have the warmest de- sire to be on a friendly footing with the British and American nations, but there Is a pact, signed at Versailles, which must be fulfilled. l trust that in the fuifillnent of that pact we come not ir contest with our friends
 My ministry will make it's bow in the chamber Tuesday. It may be that a representative of France will meet the British and Italian delegates the next day; have asked for no postponemeut France will meet the foreign delegates and discuss questions of international interest as if there were no crisis in France"
 The general impression in political cir cles is that the cabinet as constituted by M. Briand is a very powerful element although many are deploring the absence of NJ. Poincaire and Viviani from the combination.
 M 3rIand has succeeded in forming his seventh cabinet, which. as he says himself. embodies national unity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
ARRESTS FAIL ID
 ASTON|SH JASPER
 Walker County Continues Calm In Baird Lynching Case Awaiting Inquiry

Jasper, January S-(SpeciaL) Miners in the strike zone and citizens generally of Jasper and Walker county did not receive the news of the arrest in connec- ton with the lynching of William Baird, young miner, Of seven officers and pri- yates of the national guard today at Birmingham with any display of excite ment
 tion that the sensational developments in Birmingham had been expected, and an air of I-told-you-so pervaded this community and the more directly ineoE ested sections about Nauvoo, Towo and other areas of the mining region. lt is a weil-known fact that suspicion Tn this section had centralized for the last several days in the direction where the tension snapped.
 This county continues in a quiet dan gerous calm. calm that gives cause for alarm and compels silence lest a word or an act become match that might start violent upheaval Every man, apparently, has double leash upon his conversation and a steady. si- lent wait for further developments is studiously on.
 Today as yesterday and last night, the report of the coroners jury which re- sumes it's session at 10 o'clock Monday morning, is being awaited with a sup pressed impatience. It is understod that Judge Horace c. wilkinson, special in- vestigator, will arrive here tonight or tomorrow to conduct the examination or the % or more witnesses. He will be ass sisted by County Solicitor J. M, Pen nington The public have an entire cor fidence that the examinations will b* thorough as the jurors selected by Cor oner A. B. Legg include men prcminenr in the affairs of the city and county, and R. N Ellis. we'll known merchant. has been chosen as foreman. Wlth this organization, and with Judge sWjksnss;' and Solicitor Pennington directing the inquiry there is feeling that respcn- sibiity will be placed.
 Sheriff Claude Cutlery. who returned from Birmingham today; Col. Dallas Smith and other authorities continue their policy of unqualified silence. No |intimations of probable developments are being given out,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
MARKET WELL SUPPLIED
Upward Tendency Prevails In Dan
 vile Tobacco Prices
By Associated Press

Danville. Va. Jan. io- Notwith- standing the deplorable condition of the roads leading into Danville and the unreasonable weather for selling. the market was well supplied with tobacco last week.
 decidedly upward tendency in prices prevailed throughout the entire week, and while the general average Is not so large as was shown on several reports earlier in the season prsces are probabiy quite as high as they have been in the crop, the decrease being occasioned by the large percent age of common tobacco showing up in the offerings
 It is generally believed that the farmers will market the remainder of the crop as rapidly as it can be pus into condition.
 Sales for the week amounted 10 1,62+2o9 pounds. average. s25.S9; amount paid out. $420,617.94
 Sales for the preceding week amounted to 495,s1O pounds. average. s1S.20; amount paid out $93S86.5s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17

Cross and served with il until his cap~ yure.s He is native 5ef' Wilcox county Alabama Colonel Graves, in making public the resolution, declared there was not a more loyal soldier of America in the war than Captain Kilpatrick. His comrades know his worth and are tor tured by the thought that he is confined in prison in an alien land and withe charge against him save that he was engaged in an act of mercy" s~ i'd Colonel Graves. His comrades have ap- pealed to President Wilson. and if needs be are ready to go to Russia to aid in bringing him back to his home and to the fireside of his relatives" The reso- lutions adopted by the Alabama division of the American Legion follows:
 THE RESOLUTION
 Whereas, Capt, Emmett Fitzpatrick, an American citizen and native of Ala bama, is a member of the American Legion, was formerly a member of the A. F. F., later was a member of the American commission to negotiate peace. and was thereafter and on or about October %, last, in charge of a unit ot the American Red Cross. serving with the army of General WraHgel: and,
 Whereas, we are informed and be- lieve that Captain Fitzpatrick was on or about the said October g, while in said American Red Cross service captured by military forces of the Russian soviet regime, under the command of one Gem eral Budenny, and was by said soviet soldiers inhumanly tortured flogged and beaten and is now being held prisoner in Moscow by said soviet forces and.
 Whereas, the indignities inflicted upon this American citizen are in violation of recognized laws of war, are an outrage upon humanity and are a deliberate in- suit to American citizenship and nation ality; therefore, be it
 Resolved. By the Alabama division or the Americans Legion, acting through it's state executive committee, that his ex- cellency. the Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, be and is hereby respectfully requested and urged to procure the immediate release and re- turn of Captain Fitzpatrick and to- cause to be taken therefor such steps as r,le premises riecessitate."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
3,2OO-M|LE AERIAL VOYAGE COMP TED Naval Officers Elated Over Successful Flight to Panama
 Canal Zone
By Associated Press

Panama, January 16-Naval officers here are encouraged over the succ sss- full completion of the flight from san Diego, California. to the Canal Zone by 12 of the navy F-5-L seaplanes, which arrived here Saturday evening. The two remaining machines of the squadron are expected to arrive here today. The flight, which covered 3.200 miles and was completed in 17 flying days, was marred by one fatality. Chief Radio Electrician Cain having been killed at Fonseca bay on the western coast of Central America when he was struck by propeller of one of the machines. The flyers en- countered squalls in crossing the Gulf of Tehauntepec, and were given se- were shaking up.
 The flight which ranks we'll up among the longest on record, was ever a course never before traversed by air craft. and the aviators arrived here with a record of only one forced 'and- ing. The journey was completed .Sith only three main supply bases.
 MAKE NINE STOPS
 Starting from San Diego on Decem~ Der 50, the seaplanes made nine stops
 Bartolome bay, Magdalena bay, Ban deras bay, Acapulco. Sal.na, Crua. Fonseca bay. Punta Arenas, Bahia Honda and Panama. Captain Henry c. Muslin, commanding the squadron, stated upon his arrival here that the flight was unique, since only two days were taken up with the preparatory work.
 We had good weather through put the trip, except over the Gulf of Te- huntapec,' he continued Squalls there made me seasick, and I nave been flying all sorts of machines for nine years without a similar cxps.f- ence. The only forced landing was in Fonseca bay, when q piece of waste paper caused the burning out of a motor.''
 Commander John H Towers, a na val aviator who became famous When American seaplanes succeeded in .ross ing the Atlantic, became ill with ap- pendicitis on board supply shin which did not carry a doctor, and re, ceived medical attention when sea- plane called by wireless brought a physician from another vessel
 The jump between Salina Cruz and Fonseca bay, nearly 500 miles. was and was declared here today to Le one of the noteworthy features of the ex. petition The delay of the ewo ma, chimes which did not arrive sxish &hs main squadron was due, according fe Captain Muslin, to underpower, iheyt planes having only three Liberty m Q. tors each, while the others carsief four
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17

AsCSOtd~totta dhtpttl DN Lne tAcChhiVC v committee If the legion aid made public today by Col. Bibb Graves command ing officer of the unit with which Cap tain Kilpatricls served charged that Cap tain Fitzpatrick had been inhumanly tor tured, flogged and beaten since he was captured by the bolsheviki while com inanding Red Cross unit with the forces of General Wrangel.
 Colonel Graves announced that the res- olutions had been sent to President Will son with his own personal appeal for immediate action Send 10,000,0O0 of us over there if necessary to obtain the lip- erty of this American soldier who is be- ing unlawfully detained, " appealer Colonel Graves.
 The resolutions were adopted by the legion after the receipt of report on Captain Kilpatrick's condition from a nurse who served in Russia. This infor- nation charged that Captain Fitzpatrick has received treatment which no human can long stand. that he was unmercifuIy fiogged one time when he stopped to lace his boot in the snow, that many in dignities have been heaped upon him and that he is now a prisoner of the bol- sheviki at Moscow.
 PRISONERS FOR MONTHS
 Captain Fitzpatrick has been prisoner since October 29. when the forces of General Wrangel were captured At rne time he was garbed in the uniform of the Red Cross, which was distingushabe from the uniform of the forces of Wran- gel His capture was obtained by forces operating under the command of bol- shevist general called Budenny, accord ing to the resolutions, Various reports have come out of Russia since the cap ture indicating that Captain Kilpatrick would be released. but the latest infor- nation received by the legion was that he is still confined in Moscow prison.
 After the war ended Captain Kill pa trick was attached to the American peace mission at Paris, serving as n- terpreter He speaks several languages and his qualifications kept him attached to the peace mission until it returned to America He then went to Russia as a representative of the American Red
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17

~rhc confession has been made in full and formally signed and Is now in my possessions. said Judge Wilkinson. "in his confession. West states :h=t they started just after midnight in two auto mobiles, Buick and n Ford. There were nine or ten in the party. In the confession this man names those who were in the party. He says that they went fo the jail and got Baird, that he was fin his night clothes and that they put n towel around his neck.
 "They then took him from the jail and put the prisoner in the Ford ear. This car took the lead. followed by the Buick containing the other members of the party. They went 10 the outskirts of the city T piece and both enrs stopped and there was some discussion as tJ whether they had gone fur enough. It was decided, however, that they were too close to town and the cars proceeded. Arriving Ut a point something like two
 
 from the car and shot.
 "Ihe confession then says tint the party went back to camp at Towniey and got there Just fin time in the morning to be checked up. He says that the members ar the party had on civilian clothes, sew eral wearing overaIIs.
 1'Tha confession. of course, Is 0, the highest importance in clearing up the matter. We suspect that the OveraIls and civilian clothes were secured in various garages and other places around TownIey. and we have already located where some of the clothes were burned after the party returned to Town ley.
 "As result of the confession secured tonight sent af once to the terminal station where other members of Company VI were about to leave for Tuscaroosa and had three more members or the company brought 10 jail and held here. This makes total of 10 members of the company we now have in jail in addition to the ssaauffcur West. These men fwiiI bc Kept here and win not he taken to Jasper to give .urther testi- m0ny. although I will leave for Jasper at o'clock Monday morn ing.
 "sitoeethcr have examined something like 36 men today. prac- ticnliy all of whom were members of Company M."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
COTTON IS OFFERED
Growers Would Give $250. .0O0. Worth
 for Relief Purposes
By Associated Press

New York, January l6-South caroiira cotton growers have offered to contrib ute s25oeoo worth of cotton to the Ameri- can Jewish relief committee and tie Near Fast relief and have called upon western graip growers to contribute a like amount If their products This an- nouncement was made here today by Henry H. Rosenfelt, national director of the Jewish relief committee, who ex- plained that the southern growers had adopted resolutions expressing their de- sire to help the poverty stricken people in the Near East. setting forth their inability to make cash dorations, and of- fering the product insteaA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
UNION CHIEFS CALLED
To Consider Attacks Being Made on
 Trade Union Movement
By Associated Press

Washington January 6.-Represensa- tives of the 109 national and international unions affiliated with the American Fed eration of Labor have been called to meet if. Washington, February 2s, for the purpose Of considering attacks now being made cn the trade union move ment, according to announcement today by Frank Morrison, secretary of the fed- eration. The call for the meeting was sent out by samuel Gompers, president.
 Secretary Morrison, who embodied lls announcement in a formal statement, said that the forthcoming conference lis one of several similar gatherings that have been salied by the American Fed- eration of Labor during it's history to consider unusual conditions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
Attempt to Kill Sheriff

Williamson. W. Va, January 16.--An unsuccessful attempt 70 murder T. F.. Elankenship, former sheriff or Mingo. was made at Bluefield today at noon when d man rushed his way to the fore ,ner sheriffs side and leveled his pistol at him. Blankenship struck his assail- ants arm just as the gun fired. The attack occurred at the Norfolk and Western railway station. ana Tn the son- fusion which followed, the as~aiiant es- caped. BIankenship said lie could ascribs no motive for the attack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
7 MExICANS ARRIVE
Delegation Comes to Attend Inau-
 guration of Texas Governor
By Associated Press

Laredo, Texas. January l6.--Traveling
 in palatial presidential train sbuilt, for
 Porfirio Diaz General Trevino, repre- |senting President Obregon of Mexico, and several officers of the presidential staff, with the 'Charro'' band of Is mem bersl from Mexico City, arrived at La redo today.
 The visitors are en route to Austin Tn attend the inauguration of Governor. ielect Pat Neff. next Tuesday as guests of the state of Texas
 The party, which includes B Mexican officers and civilians is accompanied D,
 delegates from other parts of Mexico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
Preparing to Release Roads

MEXICO City, January I6.--A Step t47I ward the contemplated return Of h5,e' Mexican railways to private oxnersllils haS been taken by the cabinef. Al j conference cf the cabinet with ErssA dent Dbresoa it was ordered that ecfq ( a4isaton be appointed to investieate SNs'sF phAse Of the railway problem. r wsS said kcday all the members Of *'ae n ktr8 ntf as we'll as President Obfck ats were Aksoed that the railways should bt re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
Others Are Named h Signed Statement By
 Jasper Taxicab Man
West Tells How Baird Was Taken From Jasper Jail by Party in Two Automobiles Driven Two Miles Into
 Country Thrown From Car and Shot

Shortly before midnight last night Judge Horace C. Win special assistant attorney general appointed by Governor Kby, that Leslie Vest taxicab driver had made complete confession of the he took the ynchg of Will Baird and also named the others who had taken part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
WILSON S|GNER OF PROTEST AGAINST
 ANTI-JEW EFFORTS
Many Widely Known Men and Women Join In DenunCia- ton of Wide spread Prop
 uganda Against Jews
By Asso.iated Press

Bennington Vermont, Jan. 16.-A test against anti-Semitic propa- gssida in the United States bearing tt names of President Wilson. Will i&ja Howard Taft. Cardinal O'Connell asa l16 other widely known men and wamen of Christian faith was made TVNi lie here tonight by John Spargo, sA alist writer It exhorts particu- lstiy those who are "molders Of public sN lion--the clergy and ministers of a3s Christian churches, publcists, teashers, editors and statesmen-to strike at this un-American and un- Christian agitation"
 We regret exceedingly" the protest ssi4, s.the publication of number of 3o@ks, pamphlets and newspaper articles designed to foster distrust and suspicion of our fellow-citizens of Jewish ancestry and faith-distrust apassuspicion of their loyalty and their pai riotsm-'
 A new and dangerous spirit, 1t as- seFted, is being introduced into the national political life by these publi- cans. challenging American institu Ii9ns and democracy
 Men and women of Jewish faith, 1t aeSiared. should not be required alone 10 fight this evil, but that Tt is in I very special sense the duty of citl- eens who are not Jews by ancestry ana faith.''
 PRESIDENT IN LINE
 o MT. Spargo's request for his D. prgFal to the protest, President Will son wrote
 have your letter of December P and am heartily in sympathy with the protest against..the anti Semitic movement. l beg that you will adj my name to the signatures.p
 President elect Harding, in letter made public by MT Spargo declared his approval of anti-Semitism, put ex- pressed desire to avoid creating a precedent by signing the protest. He wrote:
 T am sure you can understand why at the present time I am seeking the avoidance of undue publicity and re- luctant to make public statements re- lating to any of our pending problems am no less sure that you already know and that the American people already believe that I am giving no sanction to anything so narrow. so Fntolerant so un-Ameriean as the anti semitic movement. I have been preach- ing the gospel of understand and good will and no one believes in these things and hopes TOT the. concord Of America can be interested in another movement aimed against any portion of our American citizenship, Bishop D. !. OConnen of Richmond was among those who signed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
IALaban1a Legion Volunteers To LnUade Red Russia And Compel Americans Release
By FRED II. G0RMLEY Montgomery. Bureau, The Age Herald 221-2 First National Bank Building

Montgomery January l6.-(Special) )Presdent Wilson
 has called upon the Alabama division
 tive of Alabama and veteran, prisoner ho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
Missing Vessel Found

Tokio January 14-AirpIanss sent in search of the icebreaker BaikaL whica was blown out of the harbor Of Alexan- drovsk during a storm on December 3. and which has since been imprisoned in . great ice fioe. have found the mlss- ing vessel Preparations to rescue the people on board tho shiE are belng made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-17
Former Empets KeeoyeTing

Ky Ass0ct&ted FFcNA D. 7s777 75,N Nf Geneva, January 16.--E'oryner En1perAt charlcs of Austria Hungary. who has been il, with Influenza. is recoYerlng sAt- isfactosily from the attack. t va m nounced today.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-03-11
STARTING AT THE OREGON sUNDAD

But the British prime minister
faced more than forty newspaper
men at the Hotel Crillon when he
arrived from late sitting of the
council at 10 p. M, took his seat
in the center of the speakers ta-
BILE and ordered a cigar and glass
Of brandy. Every one of them
had a pet question
"Mr. Prime Minister" said the
first questioner, after toasts had
been drank to the king of England,
the president OF France and the
president of the United States,
how do you get along with Pre-
n'ier BRAND? Does he talk En-
glish?"
H." replied Lloyd George,
"he knows a few words of English
AM We picked up little French.
Then, too, / understand a little
French and he understands Eng
lish. That is. when he talks French
l understand just as much as I
want to, and I guess when I talk
English he understands just as
much as he wants to-"
There followed a volley of ques-
tions on reparations, Germany's
ability to pay, etc.
Explains Germany's Position.
TITS like this" said Lloyd
George, taking a long puff at