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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-09
C0R0NER'S JURY FREES
 DAY OF KILLING BECK
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 she asked with a gesture of hope lessness. Doris, the 21-year- old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Day, a stu dent, was at tLe University of Ok lahoma the night of the tragedy.
 When he was struggling with you and he asked you to come to his room, you didn't think he was try ing to do anything wrong then?" asked County Attorney Hughes. ex- plaining that he wanted to bring out the intent in Beck's mind.
 T didn't think; I didn't know" Mrs. Day replied.
 What would you think D she questioned.
 Mrs. Day testified Beck had been a trusted friend. He was the idol of her daughter, who regarded him as her big brother. she said. She said Beck was not under the influence of liquor the night of the tragedy. Never before' she said. had he given any indication, that he was other than perfect gentleman"
 Mrs. Day walked to the stand, lift ed a thin veil and after slipping some water began her story
 Mrs Days story
 She told how Colonel Beck flew from Post Field in company with Maj. R. R. Haddock and came to her home last Monday She and her hus- band dined with Beck at a hotel and Day left them while she and Beck att tended theatre in company with friends. From the theatre. she testi- fled. the party went to the home of L. H. Prlchard. They danced. she said. and later Day arrived and the party went to the Day home where there was dancing and singing.
 She said the party ended early Tueday and Day drove the last of the departing guests home. leaving her alone with Beck.
 T said. If you will pardon me I will slip off my shoes; my feet hurt And so when they got ready, I said No, I won't go.' They could not have been gone long"
 q didn't think of the windows and he grabbed me in his arms and said: Girl, girl, you have swept me off my feet. You must come to my room.
 Three times I said Oh, Colonel
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was the victim of a bolshevist plot and asked that he be heard. He was ordered to be quiet as he was present only by courtesy.
 Kroupsky finally left, still mutter- ing something about the plot"
 General Semenoff was asked If charges against him which had ap- peared in the Congressional Record were true, replied heatedly through an interpreter that they were abso- lute lies.
 He then propounded question which was translated as follows:
 Ask the allies if they supported me because 1 was fighting the Ger mans or whether they supported me because l was helping to rob, pillage and murder peaceful citizens"
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CASE MOL PR0SSED

Charge sof delamation of character against Thomas w. Wright. of 3120 Hattie avenue. were mel pressed yes- terday before Judge H. P Heflin in criminal court at the request of As sistant Solicitor John B. Mccoy Lacey Emundson and Rad Batson whom he Is said to have accused of bribery were disinclined to press the case.
 He was indicted by the grand jury in June, 1921, for falsely and ma liciously speaking of and concerning the character of Lacey Edmundson In the presence of D. C. Bell, w. B. Copeland, Thomas E Huey and w. 5. Cloe
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NO U. S. TROOPS IN COAL STRIKE,
 GOVERNMENT SAYS
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(COntlnued From Page One) ether members of the committee, he would tell them privately some req sons why the operators did not in- tend to go into interstate conference. though he could not make them public"
 'I am not anticipating a long strike" he declared. Time will soon come when the mine workers officers will have to take a vote on the one question at issue, which is: will you take a wage reductionT This is an officers strike, pure and simple. The men, in my opinion. would announce a willingness to take a cut"
 Failing another interstate confer ence over wages. he said, the next best thing would be drop back to state conferences" or individual contracts between individual opera tors and their employees" might be made.
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that nearby was glass which con- tained some corn whisky mixed with fruit juice.
 piece of leaden bullet was re- moved from BeclS's brain, Wilmington said. The missile was exhibited as evidence.
 In reply to a question he said that Day was absolutely sober" when he talked to him Tuesday. X-ray photo graphs of the head of Lieutenant Colonel Beck were introduced as evil dence and the progress of the bullet was explained to the jury by w. S. McAtee. undertaken, and Dr. J. E. Heatley, X-ray specialist.
 Cause of Shooting
 R. J. Lanyan, deputy sheriff, tes- tified that Day told him of the cause of the shooting. Mrs. Day, he said. told officers that Beck had her by tho hands and was attempting to draw her to him.
 l.. H. Prichard, oil man, did not meet Mrs. Day until the night of the party, although he had known Day six or seven years, he testified He said he and his wife met Lieutenant Colonel Beck with Mrs. Day as they were leaving theatre. They accept ed his invitation to go to her home. Prtchard said. and Day joined the party there later
 MT. and Mrs. P. H. Anderson and Mai. w. c. Paddock of Fort Sill were other members of the party, the wit ness asserted. Later they all went to Days home. Prichard said.
 While there Prichard said he had some beverage that looked like beer" although he said he did not know what he drank. There was also some white liquor which he said he did not touch.
 Beck and Day appeared to be the best of friends during the party the witness continued, and Beck was a perfect gentleman toward Mrs Day."
 Day took them all home In his au- tomobile at 230 a. m.. he said.
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AGREEMENT ON PRATT TAX ASSESSMENT FAILS BEFORE COUNTY BOARD


 Continuous hearings for three days before the board of revenue of county tax adjustors and representatives of the Pratt Consolidated Coal and Iron company failed to materialize in any definite agreement as to the as- sessment of the property of the in- dustrial corporation.
 The corporation, which Is one of the largest taxpayers in the state. digagrees with county tax adjusters upon the levy of $S0o,000 valuation assessed by the state tax commission as satisfactory, contending that the assessment is excessive by -$100, 900.
 Both parties will meet April IT when plans and suggestions will be considered in an effort to settle the assessment amicably without court action.
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had reference to 2s destroyers, which It was sought to have kept in half commission.
 But provision has been made" he said. flor all the patrol services re- quested by the navy in Mediterranean waters, In the Far East and in South American waters. Every submarine requested by the navy has been pro- vided for on the basis of being kept in full commission"
 The navy, under the bill, MT. Mad den asserted. will be strictly 5-5-3 navy"
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the scout movement when there has been so much pressure for organiza- ton. We have more requests for organizing scout work than we have ever had before. It shows that peo- pie are realizing what the scout pro- gram means to boys. We only wish it were possible that every boy could have scout training"
 MT. Hunter, who is from Chatta- nooga. said practically the same things and was delighted that scout ing is taking such fine hold in the country districts"
 It was splendid bunch of rep resentative Birminghamers who sat with MT West and his associates at the luncheon.
 Dan Dimick, president of the scout council. introduced MT. West. The latter paid high tribute to the Bir- minsham scout council, which he em- phasized was "sold heart and soul to scouting, and to them is due the great work which has been accom- plished here"
 Those at the luncheon were:
 Coleman Blach. k. Landgrebe. Jnllan P. Smith, E. J. Rowe, Claude II. Estes, all of the executive com mittee. Mir Dimick. president of the Scout Council; E. H. Andrews, Scout Commissioner; G. L Mcdonald, pres ident of the Southmasters' associa- tion; Trenton K. Fisk. president of the Court of Honor; D. A. Piatt and Lloyd w. Josselyn, members of the Court of Honor; Fraser Banks, chair man of the Scoutmasters' Training commission; Roland l., Shine. local Scourt executivei William L. White, secretary of, the Soutmasters' asso- ciation; M. II. Gellert of Philadelphia, member of the council here; c. S Moffat and Dr. M. Y. Dabney, also of the Court of Honor; LeGrande .. Wilson of the executive committee
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these considerations is the youth of your town. On these you have not figures. Think what great good you could accomplish, how you would be in position to proceed toward the development of your boys if you did know" MT West asked that the work in Birmingham be pushed as hard as possble-stakes being set toward l30 troops instead of GO as new exist
 The official program of the day included:
 Luncheon at the Southern club.
 Trip to Camp Andrews in the after noon.
 Address by Mir. West last night at the First Methodist church annex.
 Other Visitors
 MT. West, who lives in New York city, was accompanied here by two other big scout officials, Stanley A.. Harris, national field executive, and Ii. 0. Hunter, regional field execu- tive.
 They came in from Jacksonville. Fla, over the Seminole Limited, and present to meet them were not only the 15O scouts, but committees rep resenting the local council. Court of Honor and local Scoutmasters' as- sociation.
 How the visitors were enthused over and ushered down Fifth avenue in the Presidents beautiful white Premo carl
 MT. West, expressing himself as being sorry that he could not see more scouts while here, even grouped the chaps about him in the street so that he might speak to them word before they dispersed.
 Yesterday afternooh following the luncheon, the distinguished visitors were taken to Camp Andrews to look over that log city which was built by the boys of Birmingham.
 Mir. Harris, who has been with Mr West on this official trip, which he is making to observe the scout work all over the country, said
 Great Pressure
 There has never been a time in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-09

Beck, you don't know what you are saying to me-
 And l don't know whether I beat his chest, l don't know whether 1 beat his face-but in the struggle had kicked off my shoes-he had his right arm around me and the other hand was about my knees.
 T was struggling with this arm, and then when-I don't know he must have released me. l didn't hear Mir Day.
 Didn't See Car
 Why l didn't see the lights of the car come up the driveway I don't know. l didn't hear Mir Day until was released and I got up. confused, and l looked and saw MT. Day on the landing there with a gun in his hand, but it was not pointed, and his face was pale and haggard and distressed
 T said; oh dady, don't' Then don't know in the confusion-then the next I remember Colonel Beck was on his back at my feet and l stopped down and his lips moved and | l lifted his head up.
 T don't know whether I said any thing. I don't know whether 1 drop ped his head and MT. Day said; My God, I didn't mean to kill him. The only thing to do is to call the police
 And l looked back and saw the blood on my hands and don't know whether 1 fell in faint I don't remember whether l let the officers into the house.
 The next thing she recalled. she said. was about two hours later when friends were administering to her.
 Next Move Undecided County Attorney Hughes made no announcement of what course he would take when the jury returned its verdict absolving Day. He had previously stated he would be guided by the evidence adduced at the in quest, but would not be bound by the decision of the jurors.
 Lieu. Paul w. Beck. son of the slain officer, who attended the in- quest, said that Day had not told the whole truth. Many of the points brought out seemed plausible" he de- fclared but in my belief the true story of the tragedy has not been told"
 Members of the military board or inquiry, who attended the inquest, would not say what further action, If any, they would take.
 Day in describing his acquaintance with Lieutenant Colonel Beck. said he had known the officer since last fall. He met him through Lieut.. Ken meth Walker of Fort Sirl, who, he said. had long been a friend of the family.
 "One day last fall" Day said. "Walker came to Oklahoma City with Colonel Beck. Walker had known my daughter Doris for some time, and he called at my home to see if she could get another girl for Beck to ac- company them on motor trip to Norman.
 Loved Him as Brother
 "They arranged the party. and Mrs. Day accompanied them as chaperon- Since that time he has had the free run of the home. I had always con sidered him a gentleman beyond re- proach and loved him like a brother. told him numbers of times My home is yours.
 w. R. Wilmington. county distri,t attorney. testified that Day showed him how he struck Beck with re- volver. He said 1t appeared from Days demonstration that Dav had his finger on the trigger. although he added that Day told him the dis charge of the weapon was accidental, and that he did not intend to kill Beck. Wilmington testified that sew erai empty: bottles were found on tho mantelpiece in the dra wing room. and
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Here they are-some of Birming- hams big scouts who welcomed their chief executive, James E. West, with the glasses, to Birmingham yes- terday. eading from left to right. the group includes:
 Roland L. Shine, local scout execu- tive; Dan Dimick, president of Scotu council; G. I. Mcdonald, president of the Scoutmasters' association: MT. West. H. o. Hunter, regional field executive. E. H. Andrews, scout national field executive.-Photo by Baird, Age-Herald Staff Photogra- pher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-09
BAR ASSOCIATION
 SUFFICIENTLY CALLED
 FOR NEXT WED DNESDAY

President w NJ woodall has called an executive meeting of the Birmingham Bar association for 10 o'clock Wednesday in Jpdge Dan A. Greene's room at the courthouse A definite program for promoting the welfare of the association will be adopted. Each member of the as- sociation Is urgently requested and expected to be present.
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DEATHS

Robert Rothermal SiIver-The B. year-old son of MT. and Mrs. Ralph R. Silver. died last night at the family residence. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2:3O o'clock from the residence. Inter- ment Elmwood cemetery. Members of Troop 33, Boy Scouts, will act as pallbearers.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Bedman-Funera services will be conducted this aft ernoon at S:30 for Mrs. Elizabeth Bedman with Woodin in charge lnterment East Lake cemetery. Mrs. Bedman died at the late resi- dence. S11 Forty-third street, after short illness. oie IS survived by her husband, J. T. Bedman, and three sons. w. T., H. D. and J. D. Bedman of Birmingham one sister, one brother and other relatives B. s. McAlpin--Age 45. died at local infirmary at 1880 o'clock last night His body will be sent this morning by Lige Loy to the late home at Boligee. for interment He leaves widow and four children.
 Jeff C. Dnvis-Funeral services for Jeff c. Davis. who was killed Fri day in a railroad wreck, will be held today at o'clock from the residence, 4310 Avenue D, south, Avondale, with burial in Elmwood cemetery, Johns m charge Mir. Davis is survived by his widow and one son. J. Wych Davis of Bir- mngham.
The Washington times., 1922-05-12

Maybe you wud rather tell him.
sed Pa.
I will tell him u have the
extreem pleshur for onst In my
life. sed Ma, of heering you admit
that YOU doant know everything.
sed Ma.
You tell him, sed Pa.
No, sed Ma, l will not tell him
until I find out II you know your
self.
Vary well, sed Pa, will ex-
plain II TO Bobbie. Bobbie, sed
Pa. sumtimes thay brake upen
a big rock in a stone quarry &
find inside OF the rock a littel
tode. sed Pa, which has been
alive in that rock for maybe
hunders OF yeers. sed Pa. That
is Sus. pended Animashun.
A other case of II. sed Pa, is a
married woman's face wen she is
smiling & laffing with sum of her
friends & her husband Gums
hoam to dinner & all the ladies
shut up, that is Suspended
Animashun too. sed Pa.
guess Pa is a wise old Geezer
after all.
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STORIES OF
FAMOUS
THE story of the London Phil

IN HE story Of the London Phil
harmonic Society's generos-
- ity to Beethoven in his .ast
years always warns the heart OF
an English reader. 1t Is re-
lated in Thayer's Life" OF the
great composer. which has just
been published by the New York
Beethoven Association. II ap-
pears that a musical Englishwom-
an, Mrs. Bowater, fled from Bonn
late in 1898, when the French were
invading the Rhine pro Jinces. She
was escorted home via Hamburg
by a priest, Able Lobeler, like
wise a musician, who managed TO
pack some music in his ftddle-case
and get II away. At the ladys
home in Leicestershire friends as
sembled to make music, and one
of the pieces (MS) in the Abbies
case, a string trio in L nat, by
the Abbe's young Bonn friend
Beethoven. made a great impress
sion. SO was the trio, Op. 3, known
in England three or four years
before II was published AZ Vienna.
He left home in rags and joincd
the army. During a critical en-
gagement. and while severely
wounded, he was called upon to
command 5000 men. Unframed
and ridiculed by them, he forced
those men forward by sheer grit,
and succeeded in defeating 5000
men at Plassey, thereby laying the
foundation OF the British Empire
in India. England erected a statue
to his memory in London.
Another celebrated born Ounce"
was Carollus Linnaeus, the Swed-
ish naturalist. Born in Rashult in
Smaland, Sweden. what little
chance he had in life rs a BOY he
threw away. "Unhandy IT every
thing; even unfit for the pulpit"
later wrote his critics. Yet in the
fields alone where he was COM
manded to work he studied botany
in a crude way. and seven years
later was joyfully hailed rs the
greatest botanist OF his age.
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General Fear of Lightning
TO DO IF CAUGHT IN A STORM IN THE OPEN

streams. Very likely underground
deposits OF iron ore may draw
lightning to certain spots.
In the house during a severe
thunderstorm IL Is we'll TO cloSe
the doors and windows and to keep
away from them and from fire
places, iron pipes. etc. Persons
who are extremely fearful OF
lightning would do we'll to close
the blinds. as the sudden glare Is
very trying to the nerves. Per
haps stopping UP the ears with
cotton would be good measure to
take in some cases, because II Is
useless to argue with terrified
people while the source OF terror
Is at hand and in full activity.
Stopping the. ears would dimish
the shock OF the thunder. Such
persons may also find a sense OF
greater security-and II may be
there Is really an increase OF Sc
curity-in lying down in the mid
die OF q bed placed near the centre
Of the room. But the best Of all
nerve-quieting influences IL the
knowledge that the mortality rate
due to lightning Is extremely small.
and the chance Of being struck
Is so slight that II may be regraded
with perfect equanimity. You have
a much better chance OF drawing
the chief prize in a big lottery.
Lightning is due to the accumu-
lation OF atmospheric electricity on
clouds until the potential becomes
so great that a gigantic spark"
leaps most frequently from cloud
to cloud, but often from cloud to
earth. The accumulation OF po-
tential is explained by the coa!es.
cence OF charged particles OF
moisture into rain drops. the pro-
cess going on until. on the reld-
lively dimished surface. the charge
has been piled up to the bursting
point, when a flash occurs.
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BOBBIE AND HIS PA
BY William F. Kirk

VIZ e had a awful hard lesson
w today, twas about Sus.
pended Animashun. I
thought first the teacher sed sus.
psnder. but she dident, she sed
Suspended.
l asked Pa about II wen / calm
hoam q Pa sed Yes, Bobbie. sed
Pa, thare Is such a thing as that.
Well, l sed, what is 1t then7
II is kind OF hard to ex-plane to
a kid, sed Pa. 1t seems to me
thay are pushing you ahed kind
OF fast in yure skool. Bobbie, sed
Pa.
Are you quite sure you know
what It is? said Ma to Pa.
Why, certingly. sed Pa.
Then tell Bobbie, sed Ma.
Well, Bobbie, sed Pa I will tell
you here & now. sed Pa. Sus.
pended animashun is sumthing
like a Transt, sed Pa.
What is a Transt, sed me to
Ma.
A Transit is a short naim for
Suspended Animashun, sed Pa.
Is that cleer, Bobbie? Sed Ma
to me. Ma was kind OF laffing,
l doant know was she laffing at,
Pa or at me.
That is clear as tar, I sed
You are vary dense II you do
not grasp my meening, sed Pa.
Meening what? sed Ma. You
haven't toald the child yet what
Suspended AniInashun IL, sed
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ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax

what the trouble was and re.
ceived no answer.
What can the trouble be7
Don't you think he is unfair?
Could he forget in so short q
time? Can It really be he does
not love me any more?
HEARTBRoKEN.
nID you show this man any
kindness or consideration dur
ing his sickness? Maybe your
neglect caused him to think OF you
as a fair-weather friend. Love
doesn't stop without cause-and
It even conquers real causes for
annoyance. Suppose you write and
tell the man how you miss him
and that you hope you haven't
hurt him. Pride is a selfish thing
and not the noble quality we like
to imagine.
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A Sparkling Tale of Two Countries, in
!. Which the Versatile Hero Wins a
n Bride Instead of a Fortune.

and wreaths and festoons--anyone
would think there was going to be
a funeral no es verdad7"
There is; yes. there is." she
sighed again as she looked at him,
What a quaint idea" laughed
the doctor. "whoseH"
"Ah that remains to be seen
we are not quite sure yet, but well
know soon after undown-that's
when the big duel takes place"
How interesting; I wonder II
could get a ticket. I'd go without
supper to see a duel"
You will need no ticket-and
you need not hurry-eat a good
supper. for the duel will not
begin until after you arrive"
How polite you Spaniards
are" murmured the doctor: will
you excuse me while I call my
manager? He dotes on duels."
But Briggs had already heard
the news from sobini with whom
he now appeared. Hey. there.
Briggs, old top; there's to be q
sausage sliced after g." cried the
Doctor.
And Sobini." he added. ct
want to thank you for bringing
me here"
"Do not thank me. Excel
lency." said the gloomy sobini.
after you get yours I'll get
mine: business is business"
do get crowned?" aueried
the doctor. lis that part Of my
welcome?"
An ecstatic grin spread over
the face OF Sobini as he replied:
"Exceliency they will crown you
good"
Briggs broke in: Say, doctor.
I've been nosing around and I
don't quite get the idea OF this
welcome. ! think there's an Arab
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destruction is produced through it's
power Of setting fire. The energy
Of a flash OF lightning, Prof. Nc
Adie says. may be assumed to be.
and not In extreme cases, ten
thousand million kilogrammeters."
That would be equivalent to about
one hundred and thirty three mil.
lion horsepower acting for one
second.
Only a portion. and that the
smaller portion, Of this tremen-
dous energy Is used in rending and
tearing apart the object struck.
Much more 10 employed in giving
voice to the thunder, and in de-
veloping intense heat and binding
and lightning Is prepared to pay
1t out Of stuffedfull pocket in
many forms Of change. Often
lightning hurls down a chimney or
part Of a wall, splits q tree trunk,
or splinters a mast at sea. It
has been known to blow solid OBJ
tects to atoms.
Often, however. Il leaves only a
slightly scored streak to show
where II has passed. Then again
II plunges its fiery spears yards
deep into the ground and instan-
taneously melts the minerals Of
the soil to form strange tubes. like
giant pipe-stems.
II caught out in a thunderstorm
in an open district. one should
find shelter as soon as possible,
but not under a solitary tree, es-
pecially II II Is a tall pointed one.
Poplars. oaks and conifers are said
to be the most dangerous. Taking
refuge in the midst Of a thicket
Of comparatively low trees and
bushes would appear to be a slfe
step, unless there is a stream OF
water or a lake or pond near. 1t
has been long observed that light
ming is more apt to strike near