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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
CYST OF THE NEWS
GENERAL

GENERAL Dope upset over appointment of Barrett as judge.
 In spite of labor trouble, industry maintains gains. M North central states west of Mls- sIssippi lead United ststes in produce ton of crops.
 Reaction seen in closing session of cotton market. Lassker presents boards attitude on subsidy bill. STATE Market report indicates slump In potato prices. Quinn announces meeting of state spcrtsmen in Montgomery.
 LOCAL Would be mIstnke to change route, states Darker.
 Young woman. despondent. mt tempts suicide.
 Jefferson county building 50 miir. of highway.
 Two important highway problems face com mmissf0n-
 Airplsae ana maehlne guns received here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
Old Age Telling
 on Mother Earth,
 Scientists Declare
By Associated Press

Wayeross. Ca, June 25.-Old age Is telling on Mother Earth and she is losing some of her attractiveness. ac. cording to discovery made here during the last few days by scientists from Carnegie Institute.
 J. r. W. Green and ". A. Love of the department of terrestrial mag netism of the Washington fnstitu- tion, making obser lions at the local station in an effort to determine the circular or annual variations of the globe, developed that. the magnetic power of the earth is decreasing. This the scientists stated, may be due in part to the earth getting older. No one knows the exact cause, how ever, they said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
Four Escape From New State Prison;
 All Are White Men

Montgomery, June 25.-Four con- victs. all white men. escaped from Kilby prison. new state penitentiary. near Montgomery. tonight. The es- cape was discovered when prepara- tions were being made to lock the prisoners in individual cells for the night.
 The names of the fugitives were announced as Dempsey Reach. con victed in Mobile county of attempt to rob and sentenced to three to four years; Joe Corey. sentenced from Es- cambia county to five years and one day for robbery: Howell Jones, sen tenced from Cleburne county to two to three years for burglary; Fred Hood. serving a sentence of 10 years from Etowah county for robbery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
ATTACK ON EDITOR SIGN OF RED BLOOD,
 MANOR DECLARES
Request For Retraction of SIanderous Statement About Wife as Candidate De-
 nied, Causing Attack

Montgomery, June 25.--(SpeciaL)- 70. c. Manor, husband of Mrs. o. [. Manor, president of the Montgomery League of Women Voters, arrived In Montgomery this morning following a fistic encounter with c. R. Walker, editor of the Carbon Hill Journal. yes terday afternoon following dismissal of criminal libel proceedings before Judge Curtiss at Jasper Friday. ! Mir. Manor declared to an Age-Her- ald representative here today that he did not intend permanently injuring the editor, and only attacked him after he steadfastly refused to reyract certain editorial criticism directed the Carbon Hill Journal April $. The trial which culminated in the severe chastisement of the editor ended ab- ruptly yesterday, having its origin at Montgomery in common pleas court. Imm ediately after the appearance of the alleged libelous statement in Montgomery, Mir. Manor directed the following telegram to the editos:
 demand immediate retrac- tion of and apology for the in- famous. eewnrdIy, crInifnnl libel published i'm Carbon Hill Journal nnd circulated in Montgomery to- day, headed, The Woman in PoII- tics,' i'm and by which you insaIt and defame my wife.-O. c. Manor.v
 Walker Replies
 This telegram produced a reply in which the editor, in part. said:
 "As the article published in the Journal was merely recital of facts. the truth of which there is abundant evidence, fail to see that there fn anything to retract or for which should apologize. The course pursued by Mrs. Manor at GorSas was . topic of common conversation, and the comment on all sides in eonnec- tion herewith was anything but of . favorable nature.
 @The object in publishing the article in question was not to in any wise fn5ure Mrs. Manor, hut to point out the pitfalls women must avoid if they are to achieve success poIitically.r
 The communication further states
 (continued on page two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
LEWIS ID OCONFER WITH HARDING ON
 MINE SITUATION
Conference May Be Prelude to General Meeting Between Operators and Union
 Officials
nr AssocIated Prssr

Washington. June 25.-A conference with President Harding on the na- tional coal strike was understood to be the purpose of presence here .o- day of. John L. Lewis. president of the United Mine Workers of America. Mir. Lewis refused to discuss hts visit but the impression was gaiaed that he had come In response to q re- quest from Secretary Davis of tho tabor department
 Neither President Harding nor Secretary Davis was in town when the miners leader arrived and so far as could be learned no arrange ment was made for MT Lewis to go to the White House.. Mir. Harding was not to return from, his week end visit until tomorrow morning.
 Although Mir Lewis would not dis cnss his expeetedi meeting with the President 1t was believed that the conference might be the prelude to a general meeting between the miners leaders and the operators under White House auspices.
 Unions Wish Settlement
 Officials of the miners union and some operators are understood to be- Heve the time is ripe for some at tempt at a rapprochment. On the other hand the sentiment in the op- orators organizations is said to be against any attempt at settlement except through district and local agreements.
 The miners, it was declared today, would welcome now-as they assert that they have from the first--a gem eral conference with the operators, and would participate In one If called by the President They have not re- coded 1t was said. from the program adopted at thelr convention last February. and are ready to present It at such conference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
ONLY ONE CHARGE ] RETURNED AFTER
 PROBE OF DEATHS
"I Don't Know Anything About It," Is Substance of Tes- timony by Witnesses
 Coming Before Body
nx As.ocinted Press

Herrin, H., June 25.-C. K. Mc- Dowell, the one-legged superinten- dent of the Southern Illinois Coal company's strip mine, half way be- tween Herrin and Marion, H., was the only man charged with murder by the coroner's jury, which con- cluded it's investigations tonight.
 The non-union men. the corr
 oner's jury decided, came to their
 death "by gunshOt wounds at the
 hands of parties to this jury un-
 known,v ns the result of sctiv-
 tiles on the part of officials of
 the wrecked Lester mine.
 The remaining verdlcts, 20 In all, stated that each individual came to his death by gunshot wounds at ths hands of persons unknown"
 No More Informatfon
 No additional information concern ing tho identity of the 1s unknown was unearthed during the course of the inquiry.
 Allen Flndley. wounded timekeeper for the Southern Illinois Coal com pany, now In the Herrin hospital, gave the jury the information on which 1t based tho verdict of murder returned against McDoweif. tho mine superintendent McDowell and I were standing on tho edge of the pit when he asked mo, as he pointed to a dark object in the nearby woods. "Js that a man." quoted Findlay.
 "'No,' I replied" he continued. "but he fired and the man threw his hands in the air and fell McDowell was good shot"
 Attend Funeral
 The coroner's investigation got un- der way this afternoon and adjourned long enough to permit the jurors to attend funeral services for Joe Pich- vich, 22-year-old Lithuanian miner, slain in the skirmish Wednesday,. which preceded the massacre of non- union men Thursday morning. June 22.
 Members of the jury were: Robert Glenn. superintendent of Herrin wa ter workers Louis Gibbons, Carters- ville, H., union miner: John Arms. Johnson City, Ills, merchant: Phil Tom Thornton. Herrin. H., elec- erician.
 q don't know anything about it.. was the substance Of the testimony of most of those who were ques- toned by the coroner's jury. The verdict of the jury, according to the coroner. "Bilr McGowan. and the foreman of the coroner's Jury, Joe Barringer, represents the united sentiment of Williamson county on the massacre of Thursday and the events leading up to It."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26

he learned Mrs. Hirsh had gone 10 bed When she joined him he said she had large cut over her eye, and that it was bleeding profusely.
 She told me-" Mir. Edwards said, that it was all a dream-I do not know how 1t happened"
 A charge of assault with intent to kill was lodged against her. After spending the day in the countysjai1 at Mineola, L. |. Mrs. Hirsh was re- leased on $2.5oo ball. Magistrate Douras, in sworn statement to the authorities later. told of a converse ton he had had with the accused woman. af
 It was reported that Mrs. Hirsh did not want to accompany her husband to the party at the Davies home. but that she did 10 on his insistence.
 The Hirshes recently returned from Europe.
 Marion Davies. in whoss honor the lawn party was said to have been given. tonight denied that she was present at her sisters home last night Miss Davies. who also has Just returned from Europe, denied all Knowledge of the shooting.
 George M. Levy. who has been re- tafned as Mrs. Hirsh's counsel laie tonight, following a visit to the bed eide of Hirsh. said the wounded man had declared that the shooting wus accidental
 MT. Hirsh told me-" the lawyer said. that he had been collecting rents and had much money with him last night. For that reason, he said, he had taken pistol with him. He left the party to rest in secluded spot in the garden, he told me, when his wife found him. I had been drinking MT, Hirsh said to me, and my wife frightened me as she ap- preached. I pulled my gun out of my pocket and she struggled with me In the struggle the gun vas accidentally discharged and I vas shot.'"
 Mrs. Hirsh accompanied the law yer to the hospital and it was said 3 reconciliation had been effected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
VETERANS TO PROFIT
 FROM GEORGIA OIL TAX
By Associated Press

Atlanta. June 25.-Approximately s3s5. 900. representing oil inspection fees, which have been held by a court custodian pending final outcome If the fight on the validity of the states oil Inspection laws. will be Turned over to the state treasurer tomorrow, and will be applied. it is said. to payment of arrearages in Confederate veterans pensions and other state expenses. This action fol- lows the issuance of a final decree yesterday by Federal Judge sibley terminating the litigation instituted by the Texas Oil company attacking the states right to charge fees in excess of the actual cost of inspect ing oil
 The supreme court of the United States in May upheld the states con tention that such authority was vested in Georgia lawn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
SmalIs's Wife Taken III Just After Her
 Husbands Acquital
Rx Asscciated Presa


 Knnknkee, Ill.,, June 25.--At 10 o'clock tonight Dr, F. G. Wilson and pr. W. A. stokes, attending Mrs. Len Small, wife of Cover nor Small, issued the following bulletin.
 "AbsoIuteIy no hope. Fatal case. Sinking rapidIy.s
 Doubt was expressed by those at the Small home whether Mra. Small would survive the nigkt.
 Mrs. Small was stricken with apoplexy shortly before mid- night last night while chatting with friends, who had gathered to welcome the governor and his family home from Waukegon. where the governor yesterday was acquitted of charges of esn- bezzIing interest on state funds.
 The governors party had nr- rived home after 10 o'clock last night, accompanied by a deIeRa- ton of friends who had motored out the Dixie highway to meet them. The governor and Mrs. Small were standing at the door of their home when Mrs. Small complained of not feeling well. She went into the house. where she lepsed into unconsciousness She had not reEained conscious ness late tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
HAROLD ATTENDS
 STEEL HEARINGS
By Asaoelatsdl press

Chattanooga. June 25.-Hearinss before the federal trade commission of the Pittsburg plus case will open here tomorrow before Special Exam fner J. W. Bennett, and is expected to continue for three weeks. All wit- nesses for the southern territory. iu- cluding about 30 leading manufae - lures. will be heard.
 The Southern Association of Rolled Steel Consumers, one of the com plaintants, will be represented by Attorney Elliott Cheatham of Att lanta and Charles l.. Harold of Bir- bingham, the latter also repre- senting the Birmingham Civic Association. another party to the complaint.
 The United States Steel Corpora ton. the respondent in the case. will be represented by either R. V. Linda berry, general counsel. or W. T. Cor lette, solicitor for the concern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
TEXAS TOWN BEING
 COVERED BY RIVER
By Associated Press

Brownsville. Tex. June 25.-Rio Grande flood waters from two to three feet deep tonight covered most of the town of Mercedes. 50 miles upstream. No loss of life has been reported. "
 Water poured out early today and covered a large residential section of Mercedes. Other levees soon over flowed and the area was extended to the business section. Merchandise, however, had previously been moved. The 1000 inhabitants remained in. the town Electric light and telephone service Is still intact and no serious damage is expected
 Volunteer workers tonight s-e working to keep ahead of rising waters at a levee north of Harlsr- gen, where from 15,o00 to 20.000 acres Of irrigated cotton are ready to pick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26

The shooting occurred in front of the home of Miss Davies. Rene Davies is the former wife of George Lederer. theatre manager.
 The cause of the quarrel which
 led up to the shooting is not
 known. Hirsh. who was shot
 through the cheek, the bullet
 rangfnx downward and apparent ly lodging near his heart, said the shoctfng had followed threats of
 violence by Mrs. Hirsh, according
 to Bernard ,. Dcuras. . New York
 city naasistrate and father of the
 Mtnees Davies.
 Magistrate Douras. who ran to Hirsh's side Immediately after the schooling. told Assistant District At torney Edwards the wounded man had gasped:
 she did 1t. She shot me. She said she would get me, and now she has done It."
 "sAot My Daddy"
 Mrs Hirsh. running from the scene of the shooting. was heard to say. ac- cording to witnesses. "oh. shot my daddy"
 Later. at the police station. Miss Rene Davies told the authorities that the accused woman declared that her husband kept her a prisoner in their home here for four days. with little food and drink, and when he picked on mo I didn't know what did'
 The Hirshek. who had been guests at the party, left shortly after, mid night. A short time later the guests. including several well known men eand women of the stage and screen. and Magistrate Douras. heard Ia shot In front of Miss DavieE home. MaEis- trate Douras and George vancieve. . writer, ran to the place where IHirsh had fallen, and say they saw Mrs. Hirah running down the street.
 tsWas All Dream"
 Nagistrate Douras notified the au- therities and Mfr. Edwards hurried e the Hirsh home, where. he declared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
M'CORM|CK SETS FORTH CLAIMS OF
 REPUBLICAN PARTY
Argues That Harding Admin istration Has Greatly Re- duced Taxes and Saved in
 Cost of Government
Hr Aaaoclatad Press

Washington, June 25.--Reductions in appropriations, federal taxes and freight rates since the republican ad- ministration came into power were detailed in a statement issued tonigh: by Senator Mccormick of Illinois chairman of the republican senatorial campaign committee.
 That the republican Congress had saved tax payers seven billions of dol- lars compared with ''the sums spent under the Wilson administration dur ing three years" was asserted by Sem ator Mccormick, who added:
 since Warren Harding took office we have paid off nearly a billion dol lars of the national debt. We have cut the annual expenditure of the federal government by billion dol lars, or about 25 per cent per annum.
 No other government in the world has done anything like 1t.
 Reduced Taxation
 Since Warren Harding took office the present Congress has reduced the annual taxation by about a billion dollars--by some eight hundred mill Hon dollars for the current calendar year, and by a billion dollars the year thereafter. We. have wiped off the statute books score or two of nui- sance taxes which fell on everything used by father, mother sister and sonny. We have been able to reduce all income taxes so that for everyone they are less, for example, than those y-sk ks.k TaI1 Il tional income tax exemptions have reduced by about one third the tax of the family whose income Is $5,o00 or less. We not only have re- duced the total sum of federal taxa tion by about a billion dollars a year. but we have reduced 1t to such point that the government of the United States collects from it's citizens per capita about one-third as much as does the government of Great Brit ain.
 Liberty Bonds Increase
 Since Warren Harding became President, the increase In the value of Liberty bonds, which have gone to par, amounts to about three billion dollars.
 America will appreciate what he has done, and what he has sought to do. to relieve the shipper and the con- sumer of the tremendous burden placed upon both by the Wilson ad- minstration through the increase in the railroad rates and the imposition of transportation taxes. The in- crease in freight charges under the democratic administration, effected by the interstate commerce commis- sioa by taxes or by deerce.a aof~ pr. Wilson. amounted to ss,oe0,o0o.0de a year, We have made good begin ming to lift this burden from the peo- ole. II is estimated that already 1t has been frightened by over half a billion dollars year.
 Senator Mccormick said the Amer ican people were req alizing the great meausre in which Congress and the administration have contributed to the recovery of business and agriculture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
APPEALS TO MINERS TO UPHOLD THE LAW
 Nv Associafed Praax

Springfield, Ill, June 25.-An ap- peal to Illinois coal miners to re- frain from all violence and disorder Ifs made in telegram sent out here today by Frank Burlington. president of the United Mine Workers of Ill., nois Copies of tho telegram were sent. to every local union in tho state, MT. Harrington said.
 Already we are in disrepute in the public mind" the telegram concluded. "and threatened with litigation that. to say the least, will cripple our union for years to come. If. indeed, the weight of 1t does not sink the United Mine Workers of America. Therefore, l appeal to you to enlist the help of the sober. thinking mem hers in your local union and have them join you in maintaining order and obedience to the laws of our union and the land'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
GOVERNOR ON COAST

Jackson, Miss. June -(special.) ) Gov. and Mrs. Lee M. Russell and all their household. including Miss Yell verton, stenographer,s left today for the governors home on the gulf coast, and for the next two months Missis- sippfs capital will be at Gulfport. The office here will be in charge of Macey Dinkins. private secretary, after July l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
TWO KILLED AND FIVE
 INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Rx Associated press

Manchester. Tenn. June 25--Two persons were killed and five severe ly injured when a passenger traln struck, an automobile at grade crossing here today. The dead are:
 c. k. Jackson, 55, and Mrs. Na- than Thomas, S6.
 The injured are: Nathan Thomas and his four sons. All are in a seri- ous condition. All of the dead and injured were occupants of the de- molished automobile. Their homes were in Manchester.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
Rich Theatrical Man
 Is Shot By His Wife
Hirsh, Shot at Home of Rene Davis Says Affair Was Accidental-Woman Says She Had Been
 Imprisoned by Her Husband
By AssocI a.ed Pres.

Freeport N Y June 25Oscar A. Hh wealthy producer of New York; County hospital and his wife, Hazel shot him. following quarrel at the party Rene Davies, actress early this morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
BUY IN BIRMINGHAM

Goods advertised in The Age Herald by Birmingham merchants ars guaranteed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-26
WEATHER FORECAST

Alabama, Generally fair today and Tuesday; continued warm; gentle variable winds.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-02-03

cat, Tip" will continue to be at
home at both houses.
Sugar cane has changed it's mind
it won't go to the state fair. There
are reasons, namely: it's afraid it
won't get back on Solana soil. Be
inS, as the photograph shows, purely
decorative (and loafer) its competi-
tors which are useful, may be in
volved in propaganda, and refuse in
future to help make Florida famous
in sunshine and syrup
The Solana Improvement Club has
twenty members and is adding new
ones from time to time. Monday
February thirteenth, is the day set
for the clubs Boca Grande excursion.
Everybody in the community is ex-
pected to join the party. Remember
the date, February thirteenth.
Joe Dewitt has made improve
ments in and about his grove.
Cabbage Palm looking down on
Early Cuke says: How much fertili-
ger do you reckon it'd take to make
you as big as me-? Early Cuke re-
plies: "Oh, go'n: | don't see your
name quoted at high prices per crate.
And anyway you're only a big cab
ba%inos palmeteros while I'm a gem
uine earliumtus cukitinus."
James A. Kellogg thinks it's all in
the way of planting the seed. You
have got to make 'em think you don't
care whether they come up" or not.
slip I'm in the ground while they are
'aleep, and when they wake up"
me next morning they'll be expecting
breakfast of corn flakes and soft
'oiio3 eggs. They won't get it, so
MISTER seed will start a rough house
light off. In a day or so they'll
want to see the daily papers and the
unshine and then they'll all come
'ut and give praise unto the morning
iew-and the seed catalogue.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-02-03
SOLANA NEWS

The Bible says: and all other
things shall be added unto you-but
the truckers will have it granted
without rain and dampness, if you
please.
Miles R. Hoover aud William G.
Girty, of Hot Springs. South Dakota,
have purchased property here and are
now at home on Palm Avenue the
house being one formerly owned and
occupied by Ernest Halroyd. We'll
come to our beautiful city.
Albert Simmons. of Broadacre O.,
a retired coal operator, is here for
the winter. Mr.. Simmons is accom-
panied by Mrs. Simmons, and are
guests of Mr. and Mrs Kleinfelter,
Dixie Highway.
Solana is grieved over the death of
Dr.. r. F. Fellows. Sunday. Those
who knaw him and his fine qualities
are shocked. Dear old Doc. as
we think of him, was one of those
good, amiable men who made the
world happier and better. He radiat-
ed gentle kindness that made him
9ndeared to all. Doc" Fellows will |
De missed by many. He had lots of !
'riends- friends once; friends al |
ways.
DR.. and Mrs. A. G. Grunwell drove
tut from town Tuesday, making calls
nd admiring their beautiful bay
ront grounds.
Ernest Halroyd has moved into ~
east house." the west hou-l" r..
ng taken on new occupants. IT,
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-02-03

The Sarasota Times last week had
a large and excellent picture showing
the West coasts newest hotel, the
.Pollyanna Inn, at Nokomis. The
hotel was completed recently and
opened about a week ago. The hotel
is one of the most attractive in that
section of the state, the architecture
being a combination of Spanish and
Italian, the finish admirably meeting
the semi-tropic surroundings.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-02-03
Free Concert

The Boys Drum and Cornet Corps
of the Georgia Industrial Home, Ma
con, Georgia, will give a concert in
the local school auditorium next We'd
nesday, February eighth, beginning
at 1880 p. IN. These boys have been
coming to Punta Gorda for a number
OF years and have always given a
pleasing entertainment. They are
said to be "better than ever this
year, There will be no charge for
admission, but a collection will be
tl'-en.