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RANGING
FROM Sc TOS3.45
ARE AGREED UPON
Will Charge No More For In
terState Shipments Than
For DomeStic-WeSt Vir-
GINA Owners Agree

Washington, October IS.---AIa-
bamR coal mine operators, Fed
craI Fuel Distributor Spens an
nOunced today, have agreed TO
limit the prices on that part of
their output destined for dome~-
tic use to "A scale ranging from
3.45 10 80 per ton, according to
quality, and 10 cease charging
0n Interstate shipments prices
which have ranged from 81 TO 81.
They have further agreed 10
charge no higher prices on that
portion or their product shipped
in Interstate commerce than they
are charging ON the production
consumed within the state of
Alabama.
This IL the second coal mining
district In which the fuel dfH-
trihutOr has negotiated maxi
mum price agreement ON dOmes-
lie coal. the first having been
the "smokeiesS' fields of West
Virginia, where SIS maximum
WAS agreed upon. It IL the de-
sire of the office to arrange
maximum prices In all of the 10
principal bituminous areas east
of the mississippi river and con-
ferences are being arranged with
the mine operators for that pur-
pose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-19

them. Al least she appeared To
nurse them
Chief OF Police Buude testified
that after licNally came to
him and wanted him To arrest
his wife for murder. he aues-
toned the wife. she decinring. he
said. TINT she Ind bought the
dolls 10 make II appear that she
had children. Relief that the
twins had been horn was eN-
pressed by Mrs. .Ieona McNaIly,
daughter-in-inw Of McNslIy. She
testified of shopping trip tn
Chicago with the accused woman.
who, she said, showed much in-
terest In dolls and doll clothing.
The witness declared that slue
knew last year that Mrs. Me-
Naliy was TO become ~ mother
and that the latter resented the
fact that "a child was 90 he born.
Mrs. McNaiiy In statement
yesterday declared that nm oper-
alton previous To her marriage To
McNsily had made II impossible
To give birth to child. and that
she had arranged the doll hoax In
mn effort to nppeasc the paternad
desires of her husband.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-19
AGREEMENT SIGNED
Louisville and Nashville Makes Peace
With New Shop Organization

Louisville, October 1S.--Approxl-
mately $4,000 members of the Assoc
citation of Maintenance and Equip
ment Employees of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, an organization
formed to replace that of shopmen
who left the employ of the Louis
vile and Nashville on strike. to-
night were committed to an agree
ment on wages and working condi-
lions submitted by road officials and
accepted by representatives of the
association. Announcement that the
agreement has been o. KID by the
shop workers representatives, was
made by c. +. Giles, superintendent
Of machinery for the Louisville and
Nashville. who has been represent
ing the road officials in the negoti-
ations here.
Rates of pay fixed by the United
States railway labor board were ac-
cepted as the basis for the wages Of
the shopmen under the terms of the
agreement. Seniority was fixed from
the date of last employment. re-
deeming the promise of While L. Ma
pother. president of the road. that
men who replaced striking shopmcn
would be protected in their seniority
rights.
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anyone handle the babies.
The fnct that the twins were
always kept in a dnrkened room
aroused suspicious of neighbors,
Mrs. Spinner testified. when
she spoke to NcNaily about IL.
she continued, he gave her per-
rai>sion 10 visit the home in the
absence of the wife. The wit
ness said that when she entered
the room the cOVeriet on the he'd
occupied by the twins was part
ly drawn back and she could
see face. but that the form>
were motionless AS though dead.
Upon drawing back the coNerIet.
she said. she saw two large dolls.
The nurse said that she was
called to the McSaIIy home two
days after the twins were said
TO have been born. She decIa red
that she never had touched them
and admitted that she could not
say they were actually babies.
although mt one time she say,
what she Thought was spot of
blood on the cheek OF one.
"Mrs. Me>nIIy would not let
me tend 10 the babies" the nurse
testified.
~ frequently saw her nurse
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My Favorite
Stories
BY IRWIN S. COBB
The Kink in MIR. Jones

inclined
afflicted him with maladies which
continued
his ehensions each fresh alarm.
he e the
He
into a f-mo dropped into
he cts last I'll well
again.
Henry, has happened?"
he OF sudden, awhile
found couldn't straighen can't lift head feel all drawn
pain?" she asked futtering her distress
NO. he said there's panthas what makes think must
be paralysis Run for the DOCTOR
She She returned few minutes bringing with her the family
waited the wringng her hands and dreag the worst
Immediately the He had his
uncont
him.
"Wel madam" he said, It'll he'll unhh
third button of his
by the Nsuzht Syndicate Incl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-19
MADE TO
STOP INDIVIDUAL
USE OF WIRELESS
Omaha Man Claims Giant
Corporations Are Crowding
Out the Small Broad
casting Stations

Omaha.4 Neb., October 1s.--A
charge that the Rtadio corpo-
ration of America, the General
Electric company and Others have
entered conspiracy TO obtain n
monopoly of wireless service and
prevent Individual use of the
radio, Is made in a suit filed In
United states district court today
for John D. Yefser. Jr., Of Omaha,
who asks an Injunction to entotn
the defen dnnts from interesting
with his right TO broadcast.
Yeiser alleges that there are 25.-
zoe wave lengths that may be used In
transmitting distinct mountaineering
radio service and yet the said de-
PENDANTS, by conspiring with un-
known underlings in the department
of the government, assuming to ex-
ercise authority over the RADIO ser
vice. have crowded all broadcasting
sending music, lectures and educa-
tional matters to waves of 800 meters.
The Radio corporation, General
General Electric company, the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph compa-
ny, the Northwestern Bell Telephone
company, and the Westinhouse
Electric Manufacturing company and
ether persons and corporations un-
known to Yeiser, he AYERS, intend
to erect distinct sending stations and
commercialize the same by charges
for broadcasting.
station Closed
He alleges his own radio station
was closed recently because he was
operating slightly above $50 meters
wave length. and that the first
amendment TO the constitution which
says Congress shall make no law
abridging the freedom of speech or OF
the press. is being violated. A jury
10 determine damages, which he al
1eees to be $4,000 is requested. WITH
treble damages under the sherman
anti trust law, and of attorneys fee
Of s25o0o.
Yeiser.s action cites that "interfer-
ence was undertaken with power
full and clear station in Atlanta, Ga,
which had been giving wonderful
concerts nightly, enjoyed by people
in every state in the union and TO
avoid conflict was a shade above 36O
meters, and in pursuance of said con-
spiracy a radio inspector connected
with the Western Electric company
compelled said station to get back
exactly at $50 meters, where its ef-
f,cency is but a. small part of what
it would be IL given an honest free
dom of the air under rules that
would be in no way Interference with
others"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-19

Mother Goes on Trial
For Alleged Death of
Her Two 6 1aU Babies
Nurse Testifies She Founo Dolls in Bed Supposed
Have Been Occupied by Infants Woman Says
She Sought to Appease Husband
BY Associated Press

Hammond Ind, October sTestmoy that doll. the bed
thought to
born to his wife, ho he charges murdered them given by
neishbor Mrs Agne. Sphme the preliminary hearing municipal
today of McNa1ly
nsighbor who cared for Mrs MNy said that
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DEsERTION CHARGED

Huntsville. October Especial -
James NJ. Pope of Lowe village is IN
Jail on charge of wife desertion.
His wife swore out a warrant for him
charging that he deserted her and
their children for another woman.
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Washington October 1s.-The
Emitted States coal commission ere-
ated by Congress to Investigate AID
report the facts on all phases of the
coal industry with recommendation
sfor possible legislation or govern
nent regulation, Mt its first meeting
Il day, org uized ~ selecting John
Eays Hammond as chairman and laid
cut a program for its future opera
ton
As a preliminary step the commits
son teIegraphcd John L. Lewis. pres
.ident OF the United Mine Workers Of
America; A NJ Ogle. president of the
National Coal association. represent
ing bitumlRous operators. and S. p.
Warmer who has served as chair
man of the policy committee Of an
thraclte mine operators. asking all
three to attend informal conferences
with the commission next week for
The purpose Of suggesting methods
Of procedure.
CAN Ipon Harding
In addition, those invited were
asked TO suggest the names Of rep-
resentauves Of their own associs-
items who mi ght serve on consalf4us
committees TO assist and GO operate
with the association in its work
After the meeting. Mr. Hammond.
with his associates. George OTIS
Smith, director OF the geological sur
vey; Clark Howell editor OF the At
lanta Constitutions Federal Judge
Alschuler of Chicago. Charles ?. Neil
and former Vice President Marshall
made u formal call on President
Harding DR.. Edward Devine of New
York, the seventh member Of the
commission. did not attend the Ses
sion.
Tit commission is required by law
to render preliminary report on
It's work next January, bur is author
lied to continue inyestigat ton there
~fter.
1.-THE sole object of the conmi y
sion" said statement issued by its
members. as declared at the meet
ing today lis to endeavor to get all
the essential facts touching the Goa
industry to the end that practical
measures may be found to insure
constant supply of this most neces
sary commodity at as reasonable
prices as are consistent with fair
wages and profits to those engaged
in the industry.
welcome suggestions
THE policy of the ommission III
be to invite and welcome every suE-
gestion and offer OF assistance from
the mine workers, operators, dealers
and consumers of coal. The commits
sion will from time to time make
public it's findings OF fact with the
view Of informing the public. as well
as eleciting additional information
before it's formal reports are submit
tod IN the President and Congress-
At the outset it is recognized that
only with the cooperation Of both the
industry and the public can the worN
of President Harding's coal commis-
sion be made effective in bringing
about the industrial security and
peace so sorely needed"
WARRANTS WARNING
Huntsville October 1S-(Special -
- !.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-19

The Rev. Mr Hall Of New Jersey
called his choir leader Dear GYPSY"
and she called him Dear Babykins,"
in their excited correspondence. Re-
Gently they were fobnd together, in
the tall goldenrod, ne with a bullet
in his head. she with TWO bullets and
her throat cut, both dead
Five thousand years ago, on the
hanks OF the Nile, ladies and gentle
men were found killed. in the manner
OF the period. for calling each other
Babykins" in Egyptian. But men
and women never learn TO keep away
from such little names, and from
each other.
Nobody knows who killed Gypsy"
and 9Babykins" but everybody
suesses. If the law proves it, no one
probably will be convicted. One force
drives ."Babykins" TO Gypsy" an
other drives the unnamed person TO
The killing The jury knows that
the whole thing is beyond control of
the triangle.
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WARRANTS WARNING

WARRANTS WARNING
Huntsville. october 1S.-(Special.)-
Migrants who refuse to go TO work
stand a good chance of being picked
up by the police her and put to work
on the streets since Mayor Adams
address to the police yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-19

B. c. Forbes tells YOU something
new and important about California
and that golden southwest" Nine
Years ago California produced only
10000 bales of cotton and Arizona
less In 1920 California. Arizona and
The Imperial valley in Mexico pro-
duced 100000 bales. Los Angeles
harbor shipped $4,000 bales in 1920
shipped 1o4,0SS in 1921. and will ship
10000 bales this year; $4,000 bales
went to Japan
The long, dry growing reason
makes the boil weevil harmless in
these regions. And of 12,5oO,ooo
acres good for cotton. only $4,000
Iacres have been used SO far What
will that crop be in years to come?
And where can you set a limit to
wealth possibilities Of that part Of
America2
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-19

A gentleman 20 years old threw a
stone at hen in his front yard ard
dropped dead. We know that the
trouble was with his heart and that
old gentleman should neither get
angry nor strain themselves throw
ing stones. Once it would have been
thought that a just but angry des-
Tiny had punished him for trying
10 kill the harmless chicken We
are learning, slowly.
Billy Miske, who made good liv-
Ing as prize fighter, but has now
entered the sere and yellow of prize
Fighting, which comes in the late
twenties, wants to come back" He
saws he is determined to fight Jack
Dempsey and prove that he is as good
as he ever was. But he wont do It.
Can't do it. Fighting depends on
the speed with which nerves run
ming from brain TO fists and feet
carry their orders. Nerves nee in
jured are injured forever, no re-
,rewal of nerve tissue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-19

They Are Warlike
Animals.
Cut Rate Campaigning.
Beware of "Babykins."
Unlimited California.
Rv ARTHIIP BRISBANE
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BUY IN BIRMINGHAM

Goods advertised in The Age
Herald by Birmingham merchants
are guaranteed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-19
By ARTHUR BRISBANE

Lloyd George called the Turks
''warlike animals and they dislike
it. Renal Pasha got the speech by
wire and his friends suggest that. he
viii start more fighting, presumably
TO prove that Turks are not fighting
snimais Lloyd George also told his
crowd that the Turks are men that
cannot be bluffed: Brave men" he
called them. That ought to offset
the Fighting animals" insult, espe-
ciaily as they are fighting animals.
If they could think as well as they
can fight, they'd brighten Europe.
Better thinking is Europe's safety
Ford cuts the price of his cars $50
on all models, making the lowest
price for any car at any time.
If that is Henry Ford's way of run
Ging for the presidency it will prove
popular way. The people would
like to see coal men. packers and
landlords running for office on, the
same basis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-19

Prosecutors want TO jail publish
or sor publishing the "Satyricon" of
Petroatas and they probably ought
10 sdeeeed. rs the work an accepted
classic Of literary and historical val
ue2s is not the real question. why
does the publisher put out the book?''
is the question. is the book pub
lshed because Of its value, or be-
cause of its indecencies? Rabelais
IS u writer among the dozen greatest
OF all; vet publishing his works in
discriminatory, not expurgated, would
be criminal. All that is great in any
book can be preserved with elimina
tion of parts unfit for modern gem
eral distribution, and courts should
SO decide.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-19

California goes at things in the
right, modern way. While growers
produce the cotton, Los Angeles pro-
vides 4 high density cotton COM
pressor working at the rate of bale
3 minute. That is the way to meet
foreign competition with greater ef-
liciency better machinery. Dear
brains can beat cheap labor.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-04-25
SHOTS FLY IN RUM DASH
OVER CANADIAN BORDER
State Troopers Of New York
Chase. and Retake Suspects
Who Escape Custom
Officers

Schenectady, \. B.. April ST. Car
ture OF two alleged rum runners ar
ter an exciting dash across the bosde.
into Canada in which about flfty shots
were fired. the arrest OF ten other
men and seizure OF 5.6SS bottles o,
whisky at Rouses Point and Malone.
\. ". we're among Gle days border
activities reported by Collector o.
Customs Henry Holland here Sunday
night The liquor seized was said 10
be valued a, $4,000 at bootleggcrs'
prices.
Dick Warner and Tommy 0'Connor,
said by officers to hare heen con-
yicted previously OF smuggling. were
stepped at Rouses Point by customs
cfi'cccs w.so cla.m So hare found
found liquor IN their automobile.
While the officers were sea- ching the
car. the two men sprang into anothsr
automobile and sped across the bo--
der. followed by volley Of shots and
a few seconds later. by State troopers
in an automobile.
The chase continued for four miles
during which many shots were ex-
changed Finally. bullet from a
State troopers gun punctared a rear
tire OF the pursued machine ani the
men surrendered Taken immediate
ly before Canadian officials. they
were ordered de7orted and were
brought back to Rsnses Point and
held under bail.
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wholly disapprcvs o. what you
say and will defend to the death your
right to cay it.--voltsire to Helvetsus.


Editor Forum:-Thinss are kooksng
UP for the roet. and instead OF hejag
regarded as loashaired inhahitant
ci q garnet who has no possibilities
as member OF normal society. he is
now not only becoming versatile
person. but uses have been found for
him other than writing sonnets.
Poets have become so numerous Of
late that some rrofitable occupation
just had to be found for them II they
we're to i've at all. As an example
of the poet who can turn his head to
most anything from leading an army
to designing gowns for women. the
famous Italian. Gabrielle d'Annunzio.
is the most consricions. for his hav-
ing Just rublished new book and
settled down to enjoy Me simple
life at his country home says he is
prepared to furnish the world with
many things, including fat stock,
wine. speeches, woven linen. political
advice, hay, novels. scents. vegetables
and Latin notices all in addition to
writing articles fer magazines.
In this country still another occu-
PATTON has been opened to poets that
OF official resident roet at colleges
and universities to serve as an obiec:
lesson Of what poet really is. In
creating this lucrative and easy job for
the poet the University Of 1ichiEzn
is the 5ioneer, having engaged tne
New England poet. Robert Frost. II
- salary Of 5000 year All the
poet had to do was to live at the uni
versity and watch the interest Of the
studenss IN poetry and literature =
general grow because Of his presence
rsolx. these are ssorioqs times fos
the poet-U. 8.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-04-25
WOMAN FINDS HusBAND
DIVORCED AND REWEO
Former Husbands Bride Greets
Her When She Returns To
Her Home From
Work

st. Louis, April 2s.-sIox she re-
Turned from work one evening to find
that her husband. John Ba osffe, =.
had divorced her that afternoon and
married another women. is related in
a motion Tor a new trial in the Court
Of Domestic Relations yesterday b.
airs. Frieda Hoeffelfr, Yeas. Cd
OF eS.o Pennsylvania Avenue.
The end OF an UNPLEASANT cay. =,
tod in the petition. was that 1irs.
Hocffeler reached home one evening
from her work in a shoe facto-y -
find the door shut in her face b. :
woman. who said she bad married
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-04-25

Governor AD Militia
HElD oppose KIN
In General Order Issued State
Soldiers Warned Not 70 Join
Secret Order Of Naked
Hen

Oklahoma City. April ga zen
cal order dirscfed specifically aga-
inst the Ku Kiux Khan and de.larins
that there is no room In the Okla
homa national guard for any officer
or man who oses an allegiance 70
any power. secret orsznixation or
society that nigh; become arrayed
against the United States or the
state OF Oklahoma and its laws. was
issued here yesterday By Cosernoy
~. b. 4. Robertson and made public
today.
The order sets ont that what Pur-
ports Z, be proof has been furnished
the governor ans adjutant general
that number Of officers OF the
guard hold membership in the Ku
Klux' Khan and declares that no
member OF the National Guard ~can
efford to stultny himself or bring
the service under suspicion BY
swearing allegiance to an organiza-
ton that any tine may come
under the ban or the Law and require
the services q the guard 10 sup-
press" T44H
''In such a case. Il continues. -the
guardamen would lie crEified be-
tween the two allegiances. for he
cannot be true TO both the state and
those. who. for the time being are
its enemies. al
Can Be No compormise :.
There can be no compromise In
the matter. and II there are either
officers or men in the Oklahoma Ma
tional guard who have become In
yolyea by membership in any organ
ization whose purpose and principles
might conflict with their duty TO the
state and nation. then he must i'm
foreswear the organization
CT get out of the suard.'
The order is characterized by Rob-
crtson as warning for officers
and enlisted men rather than an
Outsrowih Of ANY particular condi-
ton" y.
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|m|MTEh's ''DEVA' msEs
TO nllu0Al|RE CLASS


Tulsa. April es-Tksry Nccey
rs. at various times a sofa clerk,
office boy and a devil in a print
ins office here. has risen 20 The
mi;lionaire clsss overnight Tharry
Quit being = printers devil yes
teriay when he was informed that
he and his mother had inherited an
estate Of se.ooo.coo.
| A telegram announcing Tharry's
transition 10 the millionaire class
care from his mother at Greenwood.
Is. c. The fortune was left az tie
death OF Tharry's father. He wes
advised that his mother rs-msrrloa,
tha, his fathsr's win had been taken
into court by relatives in 's<fcrt 10
break II. and that they we're nnsuc-
cessful in the attempf. NoN the
estate goes 10 Tharry and his mo-
ther
According to the information con-
tainei in the Telegram. the estate
somprlses s75o.cco in cash sies.eoo
In bonds Of tobacco comrany. AMI
the remainder in real estate which
u located in North Carolina.
Il don't think I'll work any more.
Tharry informed reporter.
~y0u see quit my job at the
printing plant when got lhat tele-
gran. told my boss ! guessed /
wouldns be hack
The boy said he vas -going back
to high school next year and set
good ezncafions
you bet I'm going to get an auto
mobile, too" he declared.
Tharry came to Tulsa last July
and worked in drug store. bank.
and In the printing office.
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COURT HOUSE NOTES
Oil end Gas

|. +. Kenworthy ct ux to X. C. y
Development Co, Lease - $ A.,
Ma sw Ia Nwsi Sw Il Sw H.
OF Sec. i0-l5-1E
Annie Hill. ct mar to X. c. b. De-
velopment Co. Lease z3 2g r II
NE 26-l5-iE.
oklu Natl Gas Go to Annie Pick
ard Release Z q g sw 95-lS-Sw.
wm. r. Blake TO Helen l. wolflng-
ton.Marginal Release 4 - % Lots
and : and Z IL NV 22-i7-1w.
conveyanees
A. T. Lewis ct ux to John w Mari
W. ID. - - $40. S so # Lots and
. Blk 81 EG
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Hoeilelcr that a.tosnoon. Hoeffeicr
himself c0rvoborated his new wife's
statements. The divorce proceedings
sfainst the wife hadn't been dropped.
as she had imagined. but divorce
had been granted aEoeffeler that day
BY default. Il was explained
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-04-25

David Thompson. i35 Morris Ct.
Scranton. Pa. writes: Il had the grip
! took Foiey's Honey and Tar Cor :
pound and IL made me we'll" Drag
gists' sales reports show more hotties
OF Foley's Honey and Tar sold than .,
any cough medicine. Chlldrcn ilxe
H. Quickly relieves colds. coughs
Group. Sold Everywhere