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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
House Man of Slain Director Taken to District Attorney by Deputies, Where Long Con- ference Held Between the Police, Sheriff and District Attorney
By Associated Pre..

Los Angeles, February 11.-Henry Peavey, who was the house man for William Desmond Taylor, murdered film director. was escorted late today to the office of District Attorney Thomas L. woolwine by two deputy sheriffs.
 At the office deputies. Peavey. Mir. woolwine, W. c. .Doran. his chief deputy, and a court reporter were all scheduled for several hours in Mir woolwine,s private office.
 A half hour after the conference began Capt. David L. Adams of the Los Angeles police department. who has been in charge of the police in- vestigation, joined the other officials and Peavey.
 This was the first time that rep- resentatives of the three principal officers working on the csse-that is. the police. the sheriff and the dis trict attorney-had met in g joint conference.
 Peavey has given several state- ments, including a very extended one taken by the police. All of his sto- ries have had to do with the life of Taylor in the months that Peavey was employed by him and with oc- currences surrounding the finding of MT. Taylor's body. bearing a revolver bullet wound. in the directors home here last week.
 The taking of a new statement un- der the circumstances existing today was demed to mean further infor- nation of the sheriff's theory of jeal- ousy was the motive for the crime, was to be made by all the officers employed on the case.
 Other than the examination of Peavey apparently little of import ance happened today in the murder inquiry.
 Peavey left the office after having been closeted with the officials about an hour He went alone. the off cials continuing, their conference as he departed
 T have nothing to say" Peavey told reporters, I've just told my story over again to Mir. Woolwine.
 Under Sheriff Biscailluse and Cap tain Adams came out little later.
 T cannot say that anything new has developed from the questioning of Peavey" Biscailluse said How ever, that does not mean that an an- gle of investigation has been discov- cred"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
RA|LMEN ID JOIN |ND|SCUSS|ON OF
 LABOR ALLIANCE
Leaders Will Confer With Miners on Proposal to Line Up Against Any Wage
 Reductions
By Associated Press

Indianapolis, February i1.-Ac- .ceptance by the railroad union chiefs of an invitation for meeting with sofficers of the United Mine Workers pf America to discuss a proposed al- Aiiance of 2,oo0, 900 workers to fight Sagairst any wage reduction was an nounced here today by President John L. Lewis of the Miners union, who set the meeting for February zi at Chicago.
 The meeting will follow closely on the heels of the miners special con- vention here next week, which is ex- pected to declare against taking any cut In wages when present agree ments with operators expire on March 51 and possibly ask for an increase.
 Mir. Lewis announcement of th1 Chicago meeting to discuss the pro- posed defensive alliance" said tha. 1b of the Is major rail unions in- ciuding all the big brotherhoods, has for the meeting. The one not an- swering the invitation but apparent ly regarded among the lesser rail or- ganizations, but MT. Lewis said he had reason to believe that 1t would yet appSove the proposal and be represented at the meeting.
 The letter, sent to the rail chiefs announcing the meeting date, re- ferred to the Chicago gathering as the initial meeting" indicating that several gatherings were possible be- fore a final decision Is reported A formal statement by MT. Lewis. how ever, said 1t was his firm convic- ton that the Chicago meeting will be fruitful of results"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
WOMAN KILLED AND TWO MEN HURT IN
 HALEYVILLE FIGHT
Encounter Between Heptin- stall and Huffman Result of Old Quarrel Over
 Real Estate

HAieyviile, February fi-Cspeciai.) Mrs. Josuah HeptinstAll is dead, her husband lies at the point of death at hospital in Sheffield and Grady Huffman Is confined in the county jail here, charged with murder in the first degree as result of an en- counter near the Heptinstall home five miles north of Haieyville late yesterday afternoon.
 From details reaching here it ap- pears that there had been trouble of long standing between the two fam flies as result of a law suit be- tween the two men over land sold to Huffman by Heptinstali. Huff man was the winner of the law suit and bad feeling resulted. 1t Is said.
 According to a statement made by Huffman, when he started to the Heptinstall home yesterday after noon on his way home he was ac- costed by Heptinstall. Heptinstalps wife and Mrs. Burns Sherriil, a daughter of Mrs. Heptinstall by a former marriage. Huffman claims that the women were armed with axes and that Heptinstall was armed with revolver and that they ac- costed him and tiT>t when he Jumped or fell from his wagon Tn an effort to escape they threw him to the ground, and he was forced to shoot
 Both of tho revolvers and one of the axes used are in the possession of the Solicitor here. A preliminary trial will probably be had next week.
 Z Relatives of Mrs. Hepinstali will arrive here tonight from Georgia to take charge of her remains She will be buried Sunday afternoon at Bethel. near her home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
TO PURGE FILMS OF WASTRELS AND
 ALL UNDESIRABLES
Hundred Million Dollars In- vested in Industry Endan- gered by Few Degenerates Who Will be Topped Off Like Rotten Branches, Declares LaemmIe
By Associated Press

Chicago. February 1l.-''Undesir- ables In the moving picture world will be topped off like rotten branches" Carl L. Iaemmls. pro duoer. said today in statement dis cussing the Taylor murder.
 One hundred million dollars in- vested in moving pictures is en- dAngered by the acts of a dozen or so wastrels and degenerates." he said. Ninety nina per cent Of the film personnel is clean and sound. We do not intend to allow tho in finitesimal minority to wreck the business No producer wants to em- ploy people like that. They will bs lopped off like rotten branches.
 There Is nothing wrong with Hollywood-the trouble lies with only very few degenerates. think so much of Hollywood that am go- ing to build a homo there and have a z0-year-old daughter. l have no fear that anything in Hollywood will influence her wrongly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
PLAN TO TEACH TRADES
 TO NEW GUINEA NATIVES
By Associated Press

Sydney, N. s. W, February H. The New Guinea central labor ad- ministration has evolved an elabor- atea plan of technical education with the idea of equipping the islands with skilled native labor, according to announcement by organization of ficers.
 A site for a new school building has been selected at Rabaul and .n- structors will be sought throughout Australia They will receive annual salaries of about 500 pounds.
 The education scheme will be en- tirely for the natives, said Captain Cardew, who Is in charge of native affairs. We will teach them engI- neering and carpentry first, but eventually hope to train them in every trade. We will also conduct an elementary school for natives from the missions. The scheme will be aided by the missions.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
FINE JOB OFFERED
 MAN WITHOUT COUNTRY

Now York. February 11.-American motion picture producers announced here today that, if the man without a country" will consent to play the international william they will make him the highest salaried person in the movies.
 The announcement was prompted. 1t was said. by recent threats of foreign governments to ban the films of producers who use one of their nationals as the villain in a picture.
 It has come to point where Uncle Sam is the universal goat" they said, as the United States is almost 4he only nation to refrain from offi- cial action against the casting of one of it's citizens in an unpopular role in the cinema.
 The consul general of China re- gently asked for seats at a private showing before censors for several states of a super picture" now showing on Broadway He explained that his government probably would wish to protest the use of Chinese characters as villains of the play
 In another picture recently filmed. the unpopular roles were assigned to natives of Abyssinia. The Abys- sinian government promptly lodged protest, threatening to- bar all pie lures of the producers from that country and from other countries where 1t had influence.
 Mexico was the latest to put it's foot on the display of "propaganda" n3etnEAs nrhan q, senguin, consul general of the Obregon goverunnent, informed American producers that the government will find 1t necessary to stop the importation to Mexico of all films produced by companies which may continue to manufacture films derogatory to Mexico, even though the latter may be destined to other countries.
 It was intimated that ill-feeiing toward Mexico had been inflamed in Central and South American coun- tries by pictures in which the MexI- can was portrayed as the villain.
 The trouble rests largely in ths fact that pictures do not reach those countries until several years after they are made,' one producer ex- plained. When the United States and Mexico were at odds. In the years following 1916. the Mexican was a favorite character for the vil- lain role. Now. although the two countries are friendly again, these ancient pictures are being dumped on tho Central and South American market and Mexico objects.
 "A similar situation exists in China, in fact in all foreign coun- tries which depend upon the United States for their movies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12

In granting the temporary injune- ton Judge Smith held that the act of the legislature, approved April 22. 1911, placing the police departments of all cities of over 25,o0O population under civil service and preventing the discharge of such police except in the manner and for the causes prescribed by such act is still in ef- feet, and has not been repealed as contended by the city.
 The act provided that before any officer or member of the police force of such cities can be discharged or removed from office. charges in writ ing, duly signed, must be filed with the board of commissioners charging such officer with misconduct, inca pacity, inefficiency, insubordination or disobedience of just and reason able rules and regulations prescribed for the management of such police department.
 It is also provided that due notice of the filing of such charges must be given the officer or empioye af- fected and a hearing held, at which the affected employe may have op- portunity to make a defense.
 Appeal Likely
 It is considered likely that an Ap- peal will be taken to the supreme court by the city from the ruling of Judge Smith. The ruling made yes- terday, it Is believed, will affect the recent discharge of 20 other police. who were discharged several weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
KIDNAPINGs CHARGED
 TO MICHAEL COLLINS

Belfast. February 11.-The Belfast Telegraph. in an editorial this after noon, regarding this weeks kidnap- ing episode. says:
 We charge that these abductions wore made with the complaining and authoritl of Michael Collins We charge that they were done by men wearing the uniform Of the provis- ional government We charge that the victims were carried off, in the main, in motor cars recently hand d over by the British government to the provisional government. We charge that the provisional govern ment is well aware where the ab- ducted men are at this moment,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
HARRISON CHARGES HARDING VIOLATES CIVIL SERVICE ACT
Misslssippian Plays President for Appointment of Post master in Home Town
 of Marion
By Associated Press

Washington, February 11-Charges of violating the civil service laws were made against President Hard ing today in the Senate by Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, in an attack upon republican manage ment of government affairs.
 In appointing French Crow as postmaster of Marion. O., his home city, by executive order, Senator Harrison said MT. Harding had "stamped' the law under foot. The appointment, which Senator Harri- son announced he would oppose and urge be dismissed on the floor of the Senate, was, he declared, the most glaring incident in the history of civil service in the United States"
 How can followers of civil serv- ice have any faith or confidence" he asked. This is the beginning of Destruction of the civil service sys- tenn"
 Senator Harrison also attacked Chairman Lasker of the shipping board, declaring he made statements regarding its alleged economy of ad- ministration which had not been borne out and also criticised an ap propriation bill, of $25,000 travelling allowance fund for use of entertain ment purposes.
 Chairman Warren defended the avel-entertainmen fund and called attention to the expenditures abroad of Former President Wilson. Sem ator Warren said that some millions of dollars" had been spent by Mir. Wilson" and no accounting made for it yet"
 That Senator Harrison was seek ing to inject partisan politics into the discussion was charged by Sem ator Warren, while MT. Harrison countered with the statement that Senator Warren had raised the Ques- ton of partisanship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12

ago by Commissioner C1oe without observing the formalities of tho civii service law, and it is probable that ultimate reinstatement of all of these officers vii result from the de- osion
 Opinion of Judge Smith granting the injunction followed an extensive hearing on the proceedings which included fun days argument by opposing attorneys on the law in- volved. It was contended by att torneys for the city that the law under which the petition for injunc- ton was filed had been repealer by subsequent laws in conflict with it. and that therefore it no longer ap- piled.
 In her petition. Mrs Newsome al- leged that W. B. Cloe as head of the department of public safety. with out formally removing or undertak- ing to remove her. had appointed Mrs. Barter in her place, and had threatened to have her formally dis charged at the next meeting of the commission In violation and disre- gard of tho requirements of the said act of tho legislature.
 The only pleadings filed in answer to the petition by the city was an af- fdavit from the clerk of the city commission to the effect that the city had never formally by resolu- ton or otherwise adopted the civil service act as a part of the city ordinances. The court held that adoption of the law into the city code was unnecessary to give 1t effect as it's operation was provided by the law itself in the cities covered by it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
CYST OF THE NEWS
GENERAL

GENEhAL Harding has not saved U. 2. money Byrnes declares.
 Democrats to be with Underwood England pleased with result of arms conference.
 Army and navy are facing fight for existence.
 Genoa barley to fall unless U. 5. attends, says Harden.
 Frence to decide between big army and good will of world.
 Tendencies uncertain on Wall street yesterday.
 short covering is feature in cotton market.
 Commerce board will await action of the railroads. St. Clair county has hot political fight in prospect.
 Robbie invites farmers to take ad- vantage of war finance corporation lonas.
 Interest fin state politics expected to become keen.
 LOCAL ding gay affair.
 Judge Ab moved by plea of old south Alabama negro.
 South Americans to visit Alabama in interest of Gorgas memorial. Rules prescribed for candidates for county officer.
 Special program to feature music week.
 Convict. seeks to vacate Monte vallo Mining compnny's bankruptcy proceedings.
 Evans grants bond in habeas cor pus case.
 Collector held up and robbed by negroes.
 Woman injured when freight engine hits car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
Government VIII Sell 800 Military Buildings at
 Camp Mcclellan, Mar. 9

barn buildings and other pur- poses. e
 Included in the sale at Camp Mcclellan are millions of feet of lumber, thousands of feet of wiring and piping. hundreds of doors and windows and . vast amount of material for which there is a ready market. Some of the 800 buildings to be sold contain as high as 10000 feet of lumber and a great quantity of articles adapted for commer- cial and private use. As in other sales held for the government by Mir. Gerth. successful bidders will enjoy the privilege of taking as many buildings or articles of the same type as desired in con- tfnuation at the "knock-downs price.
 Thomas A. Shields, engineer for Gerth's. realty experts, left tonight for Camp Mcclellan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
Body of Infant Is
 Found in Deserted
 Mill at Sylacaugo

sylacauEa, February 1I.--(spe- cfal.)-The body of an unidenti- lied white baby boy, apparently about three days old was found under the floor of mn abandoned cotton mill here this afternoon. The bRby's body was wrapped in a sheet and an old blue skirt. Judging from appearance the body had lain there for two days.
 The discovery of the body was made by little children playing hide and seek, one of them hav- ing crnwled under the floor of the building while playing the game and made the gruesome find.
 The children notified men working fin the vicinity of the abandoned mill who in turn noS a ned police. J. c. COrnett. =
 of Tal1adega county, wal notified and investigated the W der of the baby. A formal tny -- gatfon will be held by ConoreF R. Hiens the first part of the coming week. The body was in- tered in a local cemetery by city officials The body was well formed and appeared to have weighed about IA pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
FIGHT FOR NAVY YARDS
 VICTORIOUS IN SENATE
Bv AasocIated Pre..

Washington, February 11.-Sup- porters of the move to obtain for the Boston navy yard the job of con ditioning the giant liner Leviathan won out in the Senate today, but statements made afterward by ship ping board officials indicated that the victory might be of no avail.
 The Senate adopted an amendment, sponsored by Senator Lodge, repub- Hcan, Massachusetts, to the inde- pendent offices appropriation bill. providing that unless the President should direct otherwise no money appropriated by the bill for the ship ping board should be used for re- conditioning any government vessels until available navy yards had been given an opportunity to present an estimate as to the cost of such work within the limit of the time in which the work is to be done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
1 DEAD, Z HURT
 |NS100,OOOF| FIRE.
 AT NEW ORLEANS
Only Herculean Efforts of the Fire Fighters Keeps Blaze From Destroying Huge
 Creosoting Plant
By Associated Pres.

New Orleans, February l1.-Fire caused the death of one man, se- riously injured two and destroyed the docks of the American creosote Works on Protection levee. Jefferson parish, late today. Damage will be more than s1oo,ooo. officials of the company say.
 John Gillen, carpenter foreman on a pile driver, working at the docks. died as he tried to save fellow work men and the pile driver from the flames.
 The two others. badly burned, were rescued by fellow workmen after they had leaped into the Mississippi river. their clothing aflame.
 The injured are:
 Arthur Ruise, 5s years old. a car- penter. living in Gretna, seriously burned on the head, body, arms and legs.
 Samuel Hill. living in Shrewsbury, painfully burned about the body and face.
 Both men are expected to recover. Giliens son, Girard, 12 years old, who was spending happy day on the pile driver, discovered the fire and shouted to his father. Gerard said Gillen rushed out on deck, hacked at the hawsers that held the barge to the burning docks, and dropped, en- veloped by the. black smoke screen caused by boiling creosoted timbers. When workmen braved the thick smoke to rescue the man, they found him dead.
 It is believed the fire was started when a wind that came whistling down the river caught sparks from the boilers of a small donkey engine" and carried them to the newly con- structed docks.
 Due to Herculean efforts of New Orleans firemen. the creosote plants workmen and five river tugs. the fire was confined to the docks, and was kept away from the plant. which is one of the largest creosoting works in the south. The wharves, lately built, were valued at s75,ooo. The pile driver, owned by the Key holds Pile Driver company, was de- stroyed partially. Two railroad flat cars being unloaded on the docks were sunk in the river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
Traps Deserters
 And Also Himself
By Associated Press

Buffalo. February 11.-John R, Morgan's plan for trapping deserters from the United States army worked well, but 1t involved him in an all legged unlawful use of the United States mails. and today he was held by a federal commissioner for the grand jury.
 Morgan. 1t Is charged, secured a list of deserters and on the pretense that a legacy" awaited them at Buffalo, induced relatives to learn their whereabouts and send them here.
 Once in Buffalo, witnesses said to- day. Morgan notified army officers at Fort Porter and collected $50 for each man delivered into their hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
Edison to Haue Is More Birthdays, He Declares, Celebrating His 18th;
 Also Has Some Hot Irons in Fire

for Ford if there were an election for the position of director of manufacturers" He said he would give Ford his full support If the automobile manufacturer obtained Muscle Shoals from the govern ment
 T do not think he should go Into it." he added He is too ambitious. and wants to help the farmer"
 But he declared he did not think Ford would fail in his undertak- ing if he obtained the plant.
 Favors Naval Development
 The Washington conference on armament impressed MT. Edison as "good-better than nothing at all" but he declared in favor of continuing naval preparations "experimentally.'
 We should experiment with the most deadly gases and the biggest guns" he said Not that we will ever make use of them, but so that we may he prepared in case some other nation through rascality. should attack us. l want all nations to be pre- pared so that it will be so terrible that the game is up."
 The radio phone, he said. was the greatest electrical develop ment of the past year. with the amplifier, demonstrated at the burial of America's unknown soldier at Arlington National cemetery, as a close second.
 Receipts of congratulations from his family, reading of a sheaf of telegrams of felicitations from President Harding. Sir Thomas Lipton, Charles M. Schwab. and many others on the passing of his seventy fifth mile stone. and the interview with newspaper men about ended the days celebration for MT. Edi- son.
 As the newspape, men left he plunged In tc his laboratory to work on his red hot irons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
TENNEssEEANs TO APPEAR
 BEFORE COMMITTEE

Nashville. Tenn February 11.-- Names of the 13 men who will ao- company Gov. Alfred A. Taylor to Washington for the hearing before the House military affairs committees regarding the Ford Muscle Shoals of fer were announced today by the state chief executive.
 Those who were selected to make the trip are:
 Dr. II. A. Morgan, president of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Capt Thomas F. Peck, Tennessee commissioner of agriculture. C. r, J. Mooney Memphis; Paul kreusi, Chat tanooga; Whiteford R. Cole, Nash vile; E B. Stahlman. Nashville; Col U. b Torrey. Nashville; Col. Harry $. Berry, Hendesonville; 1se Moore, Chattanooga, and o. F. Lashlee, Cam den, presidents of the states three farmers institutes; Col. Luke Lea, Nashville; l. B. Tigrett. Jackson, and James Mainerd. Knoxville.