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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
 ALLIANCE BETWEEN MINE AND RAILWAY UNIONS PROBABLE Brotherhood Chief Says an Agreement Will Likely Be Formed at Conference
 in Chicago
By Associated Press

slndianapois. February l2.--That some form of an alliance between the union coal miners and railroad workers of the country will be formed by officers of the various unions at their Chicago conference February 21 was predicted here to- night by F. F. Grable of Detroit, president of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers.
 With other officers of his union. Mir. Grable arrived here today for a conference tomorrow with Pres ident John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America, the leader in proposing the alliance as "de- fensive movement" against wage re- auctions. Mir. Grable said he per sonally favored an alliance. and added that other rail union chiefs, with whom he said he had talked, were of similar opinion. He declined to say with whom he had conferred on the proposed alliance
 In addition to MT. Grable's confer ence with MT. Lewis, the wage scale committee of the miners will hold final conferences tomorrow on de- mands of soft coal miners that will convention. which begins here Tues day, with indications that 1t will de- clare against accepting any wage re- auctions and possibly ask for in creased wages when present agree ments with operators expire on March S1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
Memory of Lincoln Is Honored by Pershing
 And Caluin Coolidge

"Indeed," he added, "the fun damentai truths that fell from Lincoln's lips have become the living hope of oppressed human ity in every cline.
 General Pershing lauded in particular, Lincoln's persever- ance in securing an education in his youth.
 'It Is not to the city of Wash ingfon men must turn if they would understand Abraham Lin coIn," said Vice President Cool idre. "The beginning and the end of his nature are here. Here Was the life which he carried with him. Too often the world turns it's eyes to the high places. thinki that from them will come it's revelations and it's great events. forgetful that greater wisdom is in those who mind not higher things but condescend to men cf low estate The greatest epoch in all human history began in manager. This great American, the foremost
 isrure in the nineteenth century, came out of a frontier
 ..s ssnd spent his early manhood in village of few hundred souls"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
Industries Oppose Cash Soldiers Bonus,
 Edgerton Declares
By Associated Press

Washington, February 12.-lndus- tries of the country oppose cash ap- propriations for soldiers bonus "as being socially unwise. an economic
 absurdlty and politically prepos- terous." according to a statement is- sued tonight by John E. Edgerton,
 president of the National Association of Manufacturers That millions of former soldiers. he declared, "ean have their votes at the November election bought by paltry dole of $500 or $500. payable $50 a quarter. beginning at some time in 1923. is such an insult. to their in
 telligenee and an outrage to their sense of decency that. in my opinion, it will defeat for reelection every member of Congress, House or Sen ate, who supports this iniquitous
 measure.
 He added, however, that the indus tries of the sQuntry were not oppos ing "the most generous and liberal care" for the disabled veterans of the World war or the dependents of those killed in 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
Canadian Decision
 Makes Business of
 Booze Runner Easier
By Assoelated Press

Buffalo,. N. Y., February 12.-The recent Canadian court decision that it was legal to transport liquor to the border for export purposes has changed the whole business of rum running across the Niagara river. The night dangers are all elimated The smugglers now load their fast motor boats on the Canadian shore under the supervision of Canadian customs officials and dart off to the American side where they land long before warning can be telephoned ths American customs officers.
 The Americans have redoubled their vigilance but the river bank presents a long stretch of possible landings and so far there has not been enough men here 10 check the rush of liquor. Vigilance has been redoubled, how ever, on the ferry and on the bric.ses and automobiles are being thoroughly ua rrh a1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
Three Hundred Students
 Of Columbus School Suffer From Pton1aine Poisoning
Eating Chicken Salad at Noon Meal Causes Sickness Among Students of Mississippi State College
 for Women-Few Serious Cases sass2

Columbus, Miss, February H. Between 300 and 400 students of the Mississippi State College for Women are sufferinG with pto- maine poisoning as the result of eating chicken salad. which was served at noon meal of the cOI- leEe today. The students became i'll late this afternoon, and every physician in Columbus wms surn- moned to the institution. Late tonight ft was stated that all of them were out of danger, though about dozen were very Ill.
 Dr. J. C. Fant, president of the institution, stated that the pois- 0ninE was undoubtedly caused by the salad, as those who did act ent tt were not affected. Dr. Irene FRtheree, the college phy- SicIan, made the snme statement. thorough investigation will be made hy the college authorities tomorrow, 1t was announced.
 The students were taken i'll just before the supper hour to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
LITTLE PROGRESS IN INVESTIGATION
 OF TAYLOR MURDER
Police Check Up "Remote Possibilities eS"-Detective
 Chief Says Sands Is V Man Wanted
By AssociAted Press

Los Angeles, February 1.-The in- vestigation of the staying of William Desmond Taylor, motion picture d. rector. proceeded today with what chiefs, of the inquiry described as q checking up of remote possibilities [" Detectives of the police department, district attorneys and sheriffs cf- fees were dispatched upon unlikely missions. and most of them reported before nishtfall that they had reached the same blank wall encoun- tered in previous investigation.
 Thomas Lee Woolwine, district at torney, said he felt that little prog ress had been made.
 We have several lines of investi- Sation upon which a check will be made. probably tonight, but it Is i'm possible to state whether they arc vital to the case" the district Rttor- ney said.
 Both the district attorney and Capt. David L. Adams. head of the detec- tive bureau, said the man they were most anxious to locate was Edward F. Sands, former secretary and but Ser of Taylor, who has been missing since last August.
 Sands Hiding
 Captain Adams said he thought there could be no dgubt now that Sands is "hidinK for some good req son of his own."
 T cannot for the life of me see why he should remain in seclusion if he has nothing to relate about the Taylor case" the captain continued.
 Tt Is true he was accused of grand larceny by Taylor and that we still have such a charge on file against him here, but he is an intelligent mate result Is upon the death of the complaining witness to a charge ot such a character. While the police cannot offer immunity upon an un- dismissed charge, Sands cannot but realize that he stands in no danger of conviction upon the charge made by Taylor.
 'I believed in the beginning that Sands was the man we wanted. and l have no reason now to change my belief"
 Neva Gerber, film actress. who has previously stated she once was en- gagged to marry Taylor. discussed to- das, in an interview with the Los Angeles Examiner "The checks which she said, "Mr. Taylor gave me from time to time.a
 During our engagement" she con tinued. 'Mr Taylor gave me an au- tomobile as Christmas present; Whst is, it was understood between
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
HOPE FOR FEDERAL
 DFOR MINERS IS ABOUT ABANDONED
Thomas Bill Not Seriously Considered by House Com mittee-Bankhead Says
 Children Will Die
By HUGH W. ROBERTS Washington Bureau. The Age Herald, hlN DarifIann RidIdln

Washington. February t2.-tSpe- cisI)-Hope that Congress would do something substantial tor the miners of the country, whose families be- cause of unemployment, are repre- sented as suffering from want and destitution, is about abandoned.
 The committee on miners and min ing refused to seriously take up the bill of Representative Thomas of Kentucky, sppropriating $500. GOO for the distressed in Tennessee. Ken lucky. Alabama, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Politics played it's hand. Thomas is demoerat and the majority of the neniTers of the com mittee are republicans.
 Another Kentnckiau, RepresentR- tive Robsion, has Introduced a bill authorizing the committee to inquire into the alleged destitute situation, As Robsion is republican, his bill will probably be adopted. But an in- quiry requires much time and the suffering Is said to be acute.
 Representative Thomas says today that many children will have died before aid as result of the Robsion bill Is forthcoming, Representative Bankhead of Alabama agrees witt: that sentiment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
FORD ENGINEER IS ID APPEAR BEFORE
 COMMITTEE TODAY
Fertilizer Clause in Contract to Be Explained-Report Will Be Made in Two
 Weeks
By Associated Pres.

Washington, February 12.-W.
 B. Mayo, chief engineer officer
 of Henry Ford. and HI. W. Worth
 inxtoB, the man who fs under
 stood to have conceived the pos
 abilities of developing the gov.
 ernment's s10s,OoO,ooO properties
 at Muscle shoals, Ala, were pre-
 pared tonight to appear ms tho
 personally authorised representa-
 tives of the Detroit manufactures
 before the House military conn
 mtttee tomorrow.
 Chairman Kahn, who Is directing the committees investigation into the Ford offer before it is reported to the House for acceptance of rejee- tion by that body, indicated that ths committee would seek information from them on several important questions of the offer respecting which conflicting opinions prevailed
 Other committeeman made 1t plain that they intended through MT. Ford $ spokesmen to establish beyond doubt the much disputed point regarding the obligations said to be imposed under the contract, and the intentions of the Detroit manufacturer with re- gard to the manufacture of fertilizer
 Important Question
 Witnesses already heard have stated that Mir. Ford would not manu- facture that commodity at a loss would not bind himself to produce i, over given number of years anc that the pending offer contained nr provision to guarantee delivery O: the product to the farmers at g cheaper price than is paid at the present time. 1t was the opinion ol the majority committee mem bershir that the answers of Mir. Mayo and Mir. Worthington to questions on that phase of the offer would greatly in. fluence the report they will make tc the House when the open hearings are concluded and the question taker up in executive sessions of the com. mittee.
 The committees docket now in. cludes requests from delegations anC other interested agencies, including the governor of Tennessee; Gray Sil. yer. Washington representative sf the American farm bureau; officials oi the Alabama Power company and tho Air Nitrates corporation to be heard before the open sessions were ended Chairman Kahn said he was hopeful however. that the hearings would b, concluded within a week and the committee would he able at that time to begin study of the testimony col, lected and prepare the report for the House. That would be done in closed sessionss it was esplained. and prob -sA d a i. another week. making it about tw, weeks time before the House coulC begin debate on what disposition should be made of the offer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
By Associated Press

Springfield. ILL, February 12. Vice President Calvin Coolidge and Gen. John J. Pershing, in behalf of the American nation, honored the memory of Abraham Lincoln here today.
 Through crowds which lined the streets they passed to visit the old homestead where Lincoln lived. Later they placed a sim pie wreath upon the tomb, where the body of the martyrd Pres ident lies in Oak Ridge cemetery.
 Arriving early this mofning General ,Pershing, with a military escort, journeyed the 40 miles out to the site of New Salem, Lin coln's one time home, wherd the state of Illinois has started t@ re- construct the vanished village,
 Vice President Coolidge arrived in a special car this afternopn.
 The principles of right and justice proclaimed by Abraham Lincoln and for which he died. were the inspiration of the Amer icnn armies that fought if4 the World war" General Perfhing said tonight in his addrehs of tribute to the great emanci1pator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
Russia Need Not Fear Any Political Re ults From
 U. 5. Relief, HooUer Says
Secretary Says Activities Will Be in Hands of Unarmed Americans on Administra- ton Staff
By Associated Press

Washington, February 2l.--Reiter- atins the recommendation, recently submitted to President Harding, that American relief work in Russia be controlled entirely by Americans. Secretary Hoover, in s formal state ment tonight assured friends of soviet Russia in the United States that they need not be worried over the possible political consequences of the expenditure by the American people of s5o.OOo.ooo for Russian re- lief"
 The report to President Harding last Friday in which more than 200
 Russian relief organizations were de-
 seribed as afrankly communists" seems to have started something, the secretary said, naming Walter Lig-
 Rett of Chicago as having tele-
 graphed demand that President
 Harding or Congress do things to
 me" for mentioning his activities among the soviet group of commit tees Mir. Hoover added that Mir. Lig-
 gett had made certain threats several
 weeks ago of dire happenings in case the secretary failed to indorse those activities.
 q then honestly recommended to
 him." Mir. Hoover said. ''that he either
 send to all his committee members
 copies of his financial undertakings
 with pr. Dubrowsky, the soviet agent in New York, as l had the feeling
 that most of them had not seen 1t; or
 that he cancel it and arrange for the friends service committee to ab- sorb his funds, his publicity and his committee l repeat these recommen- dations They are sound
 "Friends of Russia" pr. Jacob Hartman, Dr. David
 Dubrowsky. Mir. Loeb and others of
 the Friends of Soviet Russia," Mir Hoover asserted. appeared greatly
 worried over "the possible political consequences" of the American peo- pie spending s50,000,000 on Russian relief.
 Let me take this opportunity he | said, ito assure them that the 100
 unarmed Americans on the Amer / ican relief administration staff are
 too busy trying to save those dying i countrymen to undertake to upset | the soviet army of 1,6o0.0o0. I again i earnestly advise them that they may dismiss their fears; these Americans will never attempt It.
 Moreover, I can assure the gem 1, tlemen of all these radical commit { tees that their earnest efforts to re-
 duce this country to the highly un- comfortable standards of living and conditions of labor now so success ! fullv established in Russia Is waste of time. The s500.000 they have raised for Russia probably does not compensate the losses of other com mittees through disgust at their con- ! stant maligning of American ef- { forts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
Burglars Secure $I,OOO Tn Goods at
 Dadeuille Store

DadevfIie. February 12.-(spe- cisl.}--The boldest robbery ever committed In this section was discovered this morning after daylight by citizen who spied cigars scattered on the ground nt sn alley crossing.
 Berkstresser Brothers drug store had been entered after 12 o'clock last night through a rear window and a door opening on n dark alley prized open. On one or more waiting automobiles the burglars piled every auto tire found in the rear of the store, riflcd display showcases of ci- Rars, cigarettes, tobacco, toilet waters and articles. box candies. chinaware. cut glass. box station cry and fIashlights. The cnrh register containing small amount of money was stolen. Tue total loss Is estimated at about s1 ,OO0.
 Officers were enabled to trace the fIeeting burglars some dis- tance by articles which fell from the speeding automobiles, but no news has been received from the pursuing posse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
RAMON DEVALERA OPENS ATTACK ON
 IRISH GOVERNMENT
Republicans Declare New Government Is Unconstitu- tional-Say British
 Crown Is Alien
By Associated Press

publln, February 12.-Eamon DeValera today opened the campaign against the provisional government with a great demonstration held in O'Connell street. He was accorded a great reception.
 Count Plunkett, who presided, in. troduced Mir. DevalerA as .'Presiden. of the republic" Six resolutions were proposed during the meeting, outlin- ing the attitude of the republicans.
 The resolution affirmed that the irish nation was one and indivisible; i; that all state authority in Ireland is derived solely from the Irish peo- pie; that the British crown is an alien crown, and that Ireland is no part of the British empire.
 The resolution further declared that the articles of the London agreement failed to represent true desires of the Irish people; that the treaty was obtained under duress, and that the Dali Eirean is not com- potent to give it legal sanction, and therefore it isl null and void
 Election Unconstitutional
 They added that to force upon Ire land an election involving recogni- ton of partition before the Dali Eireann has expressed it's sanction is unconstitutional. An additional resolution called upon the people for support of the prisoners.
 Mir. DeValera in his speech said that 1t was lie that the Irish people would as a majority accept the treaty. He added that although the meeting has been advertised for only three days, thousands of persons had assembled in support of the republic proclaimed during Easter week." and which was ratified at the Irish elections. The London agreement was not treaty, but an instrument which in every line denied Irish SOW ereignty.
 was no more binding than the infa- nous act of union.
 MT. DeValera said the articles of the agreement bound the Irish people to exchange their republic for a monarchy. He asked if the people wanted as their monorch King George of England" to which there were replies of No, mo-" The King would be embodied in the Irish con stitution and be really the authority of Premier Lloyd George and his cab inet. The foreign monarch's forces could hold the principal forts and have air facilities; and when Great Britain was at war: which was prac- tically always, the British govern ment could take over the harbors and Ireland would be made belierent, liable to attack by Great Brltain's enemies.
 Devalera's Appeal Ireland the speaker continued, was to be saddled with tribute to war
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13

night, and first ss.S ,ea at was given t'.ss until PhysicianS A -ght from town. IT -R students acted as @se es under pr. Fatheree's <ctiOn. Many of the cases were so serious that it was necessary to nse a stomach pump to relieve their suffering. Dr. Fant states that a number of the Hnilder cases have fully recow- cred and are nssiHfinE in caring for those more seriously Ill.
 Much excitement here was caused by the report of the wholesale poisoning and many exaggerated reports of the affair were circulated. Physicinns at work at the Hospital say that all the patients are ont of danger and all will have recovered by to- morrow.
 The school has about poo stu- Gents and fully one-thira of this number were affected by the poison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
-----------s.--- CYST OF THE NEWS
GENERAL

GENERAL Alliance between mine and railway unions probable. New England cotton mill employees will go on strike today. Ford hid ,nny go to senate finance committee.
 Senator Harrison indorses results of arms barley.
 STATE
 State conference on social work Is to he held here. Contract Is awarded for Lauderdaie county highway. Auburn alumni will celebrate got- den jubilee. John.ton dead as result of moon- shiners' fight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
CRAIG ISSUES STATEMENT
 CONCERNING DISORDERS

Belfast, February 12.-Sir James Craig. the Ulster premier, this eve ming issued the following statement:
 The government of northern Ire land has been In constant communi- cation with Downing street (the or cial residence of Premier Lloyd GeorEe) during the weekend. ana has received Information that Ar thur Griffith has dispatched ennis saries to County Monaghan with in structions to arrange for the re- lease of the Kidnapped loyalists.
 The northern government has proposed, the following plan in case the present negotiations of the Brit ish government are ineffective:
 ""They telegraphed Saturday night to the British cabinet urging that Monaghan and other danger points beyond the boundary of northern Ireland should be occupied by British <oops with authority to take whatever steps they considered necessary to secure tho release of the loyalists and to prevent further incursions across the border. Such
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
Jury Is Unable to Agree in I rial of
 Mobile County Man

Mobile, February l2s--iSpe- ciai.)--After being out for 51 hours the jury in the case of Dossy Rivers, "a. charged with shooting Deputy Sheriff Carl A. Brill to death on January 4. came Into court tonight md announced that it was impossible to ngrec.
 They were discharged and mfstrisI entered. Rivers con- fessed he Iny In ambush and shot Brill and was glad of it. The Jury would Kill him again. The Jury differed as to the mode of pun fshment, nine wanting capital punishment and three peniteD- tiary for life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
BODY IDENTIFIED
By Associaie.I Press

Richmond. February 12.-One Of the bodies taken from the Lexington hotel fire ruins Thursday afternoon badly burned was tonight identified as that of Felix II. Poirier of Yonk- CTS, N. Y. Identification was made by pr. J. l.. Poirier and Charles ]. Poirier, sons of the dead man. The body was shipped to Yonkers to night. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, with interment at Niagara Falls, Canada, Wednesday morning,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
Will Store Liquor
 in Buildings Owned
 by the Gouernment
By Associated Press

Washington, Febrary 12.-vacant government owned buildings through out the country will become monster cellarettes under plans being worked out by the budget bureau.
 According to a report from Direc- tor of the Budget Dawes to Pres ident Harding arrangements have been practically completed that in toxicating liquors seized under the national prohibition act will be stored in vacant army and shipping board buildings at an estimated am nual saving in rentals of about $170.0o0.