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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
SOLUTION OF AK MURDER BECOMES
 MORE DIFFICULT
Negro Says He Was at Friends Home Near Loreno Store on the Night
 of Attack

Solving of Birmingham's recent ax murders became more complicated yesterday.
 Dan Peniek, one of the negroes held in connection with the recent assault on Tony Loreno and his wife, admitted he was in the neighborhood of the Loreno store and home on the night of the attack, but says he was at the house of friend, according to the police. On investigation the police department reports that the friend does not exist.
 Eight negroes have been arrested on suspicion in connection with the assault. All have been released but three. They are Dan Penick, Tom Gardner and Newt Avery. Gardner and Avery are in the county jail and Penick is in the city jail.
 When taken before him Saturday, Loreno said he. believed Gardner is the negro who struck him. Loreno is still in a serious condition, and 1t was decided to hold .Penick and await the recovery of the injured man be- fore taking Peniek before him.
 The negroes closely resemble each other and both have scars about the face or head. Loreno Is positive that the negro who assaulted him bore scar on the side of his face or lower part of his head.
 Says Gardner Is Negro
 When the police arrested Robert Moore one of the eight negroes shortly after the assault the police thought Moore was the one wanted but Loreno said positively he was not the negro who assaulted him.
 Gardner was then arrested by Thomas E. Street. Penick was later arrested by City Detectives Moser and Brown.
 "Penick sems to be unable to give 8 comprehensive account of his aetiv- ites since the night of the assault" said w L. Brannon, superintendent of the identification bureau. and has continually made conflicting state ments az to his stopping places slncs that time. Investigation into the sew eral stories told by the negro as to his whereabouts during the epast 10 days, particularly the time immedi- ately following the crime, has so far resulted in evidence directly conflict ing with his statements"
 Continue Investigation
 Penick has never been steady
 zaf nf1 more than one occasion when he has held a job he has been discharged for making threats against his em- ployers.
 The police continue checking up the evidence against Penick, and state that he will not be taken be- fore Loreno for the final identifica- tion until a statement is issued by the hospital authorities that the in jured man is practically in normal condition mentally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
CALLING FARLEY
 WASASTROKE OF
 GENIUS, S,KATOSAYS
Results of Conference Will Live in History as Long as History Lives, Ad-
 miraI Says
By Associated prsss

Washington, February 4.-The pro- posal of the United States govern ment for the convening of the Wash ington arms conference was "a stroke of genius" which has resulted in a service to the world which twill live in history as long as history lives" Baron Kato. head of the Japanese delegation said tonight in state ment commenting on the meeting. The agreements signed here, he added, contain nothing that Is ealcu- lated to impair the security of any nation, but on the contrary. have given such reassurance as few but visionary dreamers had contemplated up to three months ago"
 With America's wealth and re- sources.' Baron Kato said, she could have dominated the seas. She chose. however, the wiser course, the way of truer greatness, which has com manded the admiration, the respect and love of the whole world. At the same time every nation represented here has benefited immensely as a result of the earnest discussion and the notable series of understandings that have been reached
 'Tn Japan we realized that. new spirit of moral consciousness has come over the world, but we could not bring ourselves truly to believe that 1t had struck so deeply into the souls of men, until we came to Washington. We came and we have learned; and in turn we have. think, given evidence, such as no man can mistake, that Japan is ready for the new order of thought-the spirit Of international friendship and coop eration for the greater good of hu- manity-which the conference has bro ught about"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
Decrease is Shown
 In Unemployment
 During Past Month
By As.ocIated Prese

Washington, February 5.-Unem- ployment decreased sharply in the United States during January, the de- partment of labor reported today, and 40 out of 65 cities and industrial centers had 4.2 per cent more workers on pay rolls January al, than they had on December S1 The calculation was made from the actual reports of 1.42S concerns normally employing more than 500 people each.
 Nearly all industries, outside of steel, textiles and railroads. increased their labor forces. In Detroit, center of the automobile industry. the in- crease was s99 per cent. in Sioux City, la, 21 per cent, and in san Francisco, 14.S per cent. Chicago was listed with a four per cent improve ment among forty cities reporting in- creases.
 Denver. Colo, showed the largest decrease in employment, with a drop in the number of employed of 43.7 per cent during the month while ChattahooRa. Tenn-. lost { per cent, Johnstown, Pa t4.f and Philadelphia Is. In New York, the reported de- crease in employment was l.S per cent.
 While the results "fail to give any indication of the substantial improve ment in business activities predicted for January" Director Jones of the federal employment service said in a report, increasing in employment in metal products other than iron and steel and miscellaneous industries is thu encouraging feature"
 "The feeling that there will be a decided change for the better by early spring is manifested everywhere" he added, and seems to be based on real evidence of prosperity and not mere nntir1fqna
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
MEXICAN TROOPS
 UNABLE TOLOCATE
 REVOLUT|ONAR|ES
Band Lead by General Ale man Has Declined Com bat With the Feder-
 al Forces
Rx Asaociated Preaa

Mexico City, February 5.-Federal troops under General Guadalup San chez have been unable to locate the band led by General Miguel Aleman, who a week ago revolted in the state of Vera Cruz, according to a state ment by the war office.
 Aleman who Is said to have gained some adherents since he started the rebellion, has declined combat with the federal forces and Is in apparent safety in the mountains near Santi- ago Tuxtla.
 The war office reports that revo- lutionists to the number of 200. under Colonel Francisco Cardenas. in the state of Michoacan, have been dis persed.
 Notwith sta noinE a statement by United States department of justice agents at San Antonio, that the whereabouts of General Francisco Murguia, the rebel leader, was known last Thursday, the Mexican war of flee has issued no statement deal ing with the progress of efforts be- ing made to secure his apprehension.
 Official statements, however, indi- cate that Murguia, a former Car ranza general, crossed the interna- state of Tamaulipas.
 It Is believed here that General Murguia, who has a small band of 14 men, has no serious intention of revoiting at this time, but is mere ly on scouting expedition and probably will cross to the United States side before federal forces can reach him.
 There are reports of activities by Esteban Cantu. former governor Of Lower California, who is said to have crossed the California boundary None of these revolutionary rumors has caused excitement in the cap ital and the officials decline to take them seriously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
CYST OF THE NEWS
GENERAL

GENERAL Michael Collins confers wit- Churchill in London. Strikers at Newport Rolling Mill clash with guardsmen. MarEot Asquith shocks American women by her views. General DeWet dies in south Africa.
 STATE Seven enter race for county offices in Calhoun.
 Rivers will go on trial for murder of deputy at Mobile Wednesday. Post office at Cjanton burns. Twenty-seven state convists are recommended to Kilby for pardon.
 LOCAL Coal operators do not approve the Mortevallo plan. Negro woman jumps from street car and is fatally injured. Port Improvement and larger fleet for river asked. Rededication services of the First Presbyterian church. Great Battle on says pr. Stuart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06

HARDING WILL CLOSE FARLEY TODAY WITH FAREWELL SPEECH
Families Flee as Greeks OuerfIow
 Banks ot Meridian

Meridiar o,sN bruary De- tspect~ a hundred pe .SS eshegrOes. were " v ,,-se their homes be- ~s .fght today to escape sfn9 in the flood waters of .owashee creek, following . D. inch rainfall Saturday and Sstur- day night.
 The large creek, which skirts the southern corporate limits Of the city, was already bankfuu from the rains of the past 10 days and with the heavy precip- itatton added, the waters spread over IowIands where many ne- gro homes are located. In some places a depth of foot was rcnched before the sleeping oecu- pants were aware of their danger, but SO far as heard there has been no loss of life. Some stock, cows. hogs and chickens, are re- ported to have been lost. The larger streams south of Meridian, Chicknsnhay river, Chunky and Okitibbeha creeks, are reported to be rising rapidly and a high flood stage is predicted.
 Railroad schedules have not as yet been interrupted but there is some apprehension that the waters may Overspread the tracks in places, causing delays, while bad washouts are not improbable, especially on the New Orleans and NOrtheastern and the Mobile and ohio roads, where the tracks parallel the flooded streams south in a number of places for miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06

were unable to buy tickets on the railways, unable to get permits to ride on trains burdened with the red army and food for Moscow and Petro- grad. When their animals dropped dead the families walked on, always hoping that food lay over the next knoll.
 Have No Grain
 But the country districts have no grain, or if peasant families have a small supply they conceal it in the effort to prolong their own lives un- til another crop is harvested. In the larger towns there Is food for sale at fabulous prices, but the starving refugees have neither money nor goods to exchange and can only sit down and await death or trudge on until they sink of exhaustion.
 The bodies that lie along the rail- roads are collected on cars and hauled to centers where they are piled in frozen. snowcovered heaps to await burial. Freezing refugees remove all garments from the dead. so the frozen bodies are nude when the scavengers collect them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
-----1l1-7-777l7l7-7-oF-7 - FIRE IN THEATRE
Explosion Causes Panic in Moving
 Picture Theatre
By Ass0ciafed Press

New York. February 5.-An ex ploson. followed by fire, spread panic among 500 patrons of the Lyric motion picture theatre on West Twenty third street this afternoon, but all reached the street safely. The blaze was put out by firemen after it had destroyed several thousand feet of film and damaged the operat- ing room.
 The playhouse, one of small seat ing capacity, was crowded when a loud report was heard. Tongues of flames reached toward the ceiling and in an instant the place was in an uproar.
 Several persons were slightly in jured in the crush at the exits. Mrs. Grace Holly. the pianist, continued playing in an attempt to restore calm. She was the last to leave the building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06

the shooting he ran toward the car which was parked in front of the resi- dence. There was a lapse of two or three minutes, he says, between the first and third shots and nearing the direct spot of the shooting. he was met by a woman. who he thought was being pursued and who 1t was later found to be Mrs, Brown.
 Investigation showed, however. that Mrs. Brown was uninjured, she hav- nS escaped in an automobile but later returned home where she was interrosated by police. She gave no hint at reason for the shooting ex- cept to say that she and Brown had been divorced and that at the time of the shooting her divorced husband seemed under the influence of liquor. To other questions propounded her, she remained -committal-
 Brown. who police hold for the as- sault on Eberling, is a government vocational man and is said to be a student at a local business college, however, further information con corning him could not be ascertained'
 Eberling, who is practically un- known in Birmingham, is young man of about 30 years of age and has wife in New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
 ALLEGED CONFIDENCE MEN ARE IDENTIFIED

Fort Lauderdale Fla, February 5. Two of the ? alleged confidence men held in Jail here as 3 result of Fri- days raid on their establishment, were today identified by MT and Mrs. NJ H. Blumenthal of Cincinnati. O., as having fleeced them of $f9,500 at St. Augustine early in January.
 Mir and Mrs. Blumenthal. who came here from St Augustine when they heard of the round-up of the band, announced they would remain here and further the prosecution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
KING INTERVIEWS
 FORMER PREMIERS
By Associated Press

Rome, February 5.-This was for mer Premiers day at the quirenal. King Victor Emmanuel receiving in turn Salandra, Orlando, Nitti and Giolitti, but no official announcement was made as to the Kings probable choice for the premiership.
 The majority groups favor the se- lection of Enrico De Nicola as head of a new cabinet replacing the min istry of Signor Bonomi. which re- signed last week. If Signor De Ni- cola Is disposed to resign the presi- dency of the chamber political cir cles believe 1t is practically certain he will be called to the premiership.
 The King concluded his confer ences today with prominent political leaders and parliamentarians who acted in advisory roles. Tomorrow it is expected hes will officially offer the task of forming a cabinet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06

According to witnesses who reached the scene of the shooting affray, three shots were fired by Brown. one taking effect in Eberling's right arm, another in his right chest, while the third failed to find a mark.
 Brown was spprehended by Detec- tives Eddie A. Lyons, Glass and Smith at Rosewald apartments at an early hour this morning.
 According to Mrs. H. He Brown, di vorced wife of the alleged assailant of Eberling, a party Of friends drove up in front of the residence on Ash street and as the passengers allghted, Harry H. Brown approached the car and aecosting her in a loud voice, be- gan to fire.
 Three shqts were fired, two of which struck Eberling, who was taken to the South Highland infirm- ary, where the bullets were extracted. In the party, Mrs. Brown states. were also Eberling. J. P Brand. Miss Eloise Farmer and herself. neither of whom would make a statement.
 Judson Armstead, who resides at Fairmont apartments and who reach ed the scene Of the shooting after the firing Of the first shot. states that after his attention was attracted by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
CONGRESS TO CLOSE
Germans Unable to Attend Paris
 Socialist Congress
By Associated Press


 Paris. February 5.--On account of the absence of the German delegates prevented from coming to Paris by the railroad strike in Germany, the socialist congress, which opened here yesterday, has decided to adjourn tomorrow. The sessions will be continued at later date, probably at Frankfort.
 Representatives of the five coun- tries affected most by the treaty of Versailles were invited to the con sress. but only the Belgian, French and British delegates were present when it opened. The Italians re- mained away on account of the min isterial crisis in their. country.
 Secret sessions were held yester- day and today to discuss the German reparations question and the recon stitution of devasted regions in Eu- fcpe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06

But among the skeletons of cat tie and camels there will he the bones of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children who feli exhausted in their quest for bread; who lived the simple lives their peas ant ancestors lived for centuries and had little conception of the political upheaval which made this famine more terrible than that of 1891.
 Millions Wandering
 They wandered, and millions or them are still wandering. There was nothing to eat in their homes. so, they started on the trek for bread. some drifted westward to the Volga and found death in the typhus-ridden railway centers, or among the hor- TOTS of refugee camps along the volga; others started for Turkestan: still others moved eastward toward Siberia, the land of gold and wheat which has always been so alluring to the Russian moujik, who heard little of it's vastness. It's hardships and its heartlessness. The peasants knew nothing of modern ways. They
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
RIVERS CONFERENCE TO
 DISCUSS MUSCLE SHOALS
By Associated Press

Washington, February 5.-The seventeenth convention of the Ma t;onal Rivers and Harbors congress will be held here March 1 and 2, Tt was announced The program of the meeting has not been definitely for mulated, but the official call stated that perhaps the livest of the topics 10 be discussed will be the proposed St. Lawrence River Ship canal" Other topics to be included are the Muscle shoals project, Panama canal tolls and government barge lines on the Mississippi.
 Secretaries Hoover and Denby have accepted invitations to address the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
Negro Killed and Seuerai Injured by
 Alabama Storm

Enterprise, February B.-sam several white persons and five negroes injured In . storm which destroyed or damaged forty-one houses here early Sunday morn ing. The storm resembling . tornado came from the southwest and swept a suburb of this town damaging everything in its wifth of 300 feet. The loss was s50.0OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
TOMBIGBEE TO REACH
 FLOOD STAGE TODAY

Mobile, February b.--Tombig- bee river in Alabama will rench the flood stage tomerrOw morn ing. according to R bulletin is- sued by the local weather bureau. Two inches of rain Tt Demopoiis. on the river, and three inches above that place, were recorded today officially.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06

Making his first appearance in the welcomed the delegates to washing ton on November 12, the President plans to voice briefly his qualification over the results accomplished and his justified full faith in the practice of settling troublesome questions in an international meeting of minds"
 MT. Harding's belief in his confer ence plan of conducting international negotiations has been so streng thened by the developments here. his friends say, that he regards the intangible re- lationships resulting from the Wash inGton meeting as of even greater significance than the formal agree ments that are to be brought to con summation tomorrow. He is to make only short speech, but it is expected 10 contain important utterances on the general subject of international fellowship.
 Small Amount of Work
 Despite the small amount of work left to it. however, Iomorrow's ses- sion may cover several hours. Four treaties and a supplement to a fifth are to be signed by the delegates at the biz green table in Continental hall, around which all the public meetings of the conference have been held, the affixing o1 wax seals and au the, exacting work of inspecting the treaty texts before signature are tasks of such importance that con ference officials say there will be no disposition to hurry.
 Two of the treaties, that relating to the Root -four points" and the open door and that dealing with Chinese tariff problems, must pc signed by the full delegations of the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France, Italy, China, Belgium, Portu gal and The Netherlands, while the other two, limiting capital ship strength and regulating Subn1srine and poison gas wsrfare are to be given approval by the plenipotentiar- ies of the United States, Great Brit air, Japan. France and Italy. All these except Italy are to sign also the supplemental agreement defining the scope of the four-power Pacific treaty.
 No other Speeches
 It is the plan to complete the sign Ing Oe1ore the 1reSlQenL speaks 50 that as he delivers his appraisement the significance of the conference he will have its final record of accomp- lshment on the table before him. There will be no other speech -mak- ing and as soon as MT. Harding has concluded the conference will ad- journ sine die.
 Most of the foreign delegates plan to leave Washington tomorrow night or Tuesday, and they spent today making a series of farewell calls or at work in their offices, winding up finally the details of the tasks which have kept them here for more than 12 weeks Several issued statements praising the achievements of the com ference and the hospitality of the American people.
 Before the end of the week the com ference treaties probably will be in tho hands of the senate. The Amer ican delegation already has about completed the report that is to accom- pany the treaties when they are turn cd over to President Harding, and he has indicated that he will submit them for ratification within a day or two after they come into his posses sion. All five are expected to go to tn. capitol at one time but whether the President will deliver them in person remains to be decided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
President Will Express
 Qualification at Results
 or Washington Meeting
Faith in Conference Plan Said to Be Strengthened. Four Treaties Are to Be Signed to Todays
 Plenary Session
By Associated Press

Washington 5The Washington problems plenary given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
TraUeling Salesman Is
 Wounded in Shooting
 Affray; Likely to RecoUer
Quick Work of Local Detectives Results in Apprehen- sion of AssaiIant at Early Hour This Morning. Shooting Shrouded in Mystery
 Reason for Assault

H. painfully though seriously wounded Ebeg travelling salesman of New Orleans last night about o'clock aghted from automobile South
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-06
Thousands of Russians
 Are Staruing on Steppes
By Aexociated Press

Ufa Volga Region Russia February When the nows melt next the Russian steppes will be with skeletons They will re- praes the the big cattle outfits had insufficient their stock through hard