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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
XMAS AT COURT HOUSE
WoO1sey Morrow Handsomely Rt
 membered By Office Clerks

WOOIsey Morrow Handsomely Re-
 membered By Office Clerks
 A silver cigarette case and match holder was presented to Woolsey Morrow, clerk of the civil division of circuit court, at the Christmas tree, held in the office Saturday after noon. The present to MT. Morrow was given by all the clerks in his department and was presented by J. R. Foster, who spoke in praise of the spirit of > cooperation existing De. tween Mir. Morrow and his clerks.
 Names had been drawn, and every one was expected to give a present to the person whose name he drew. About forty clerks and other em- ployes were present and received gifts.
 A similar tree was erected In the sheriff's office and presents were distributed by Deputy Sheriff Homer Badger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
NO MORE ADVICE HERE

CHICAGO, Dec. 2a.-Walter Mum sell, an apartnent house owner. today shelled out $25 and costs just be- cause he gave Mrs. Mary McMahon, a tenant, some advice on how to keep warm.
 "Go to bed If you want to keep warm" he told her when she com plained that there was no heat in her apartment.
 Judge Adams fined Munsell $25 and costs for violating the city heat ordi- nance which requires minimum temperature of 6S degrees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
CONSCIENCE CLEAR
Man Betrayed By Wife To Officers
 Happy Over Pre-arrest

DENVER, Col, Dec. 22.-"Every thing works out for the best,n echoed John Keller, who was be- trayed to police as an escaped con- vict. by h1s wife in a fit of anger.
 Keller was home with his wife and family today preparing for a happy Christmas-his first in 10 years without the threat of being momentarily snatched from his fam fly and forced to return to Joliet prison to finish his sentence.
 Keller was pardoned by Illinois authorities as result of the 10 years Of good behavior since he elud- ed guards at Joliet.
 For the first time in a decade, l have & clear conscience, and am free from the constant fear of detection. . Keller said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

Cream may be whipped by putting 1t in fruit jar and shaking 1t up and down for about five minutes
 Coal was first used in England in the reign of Edward 1.
 Cricket Is the national game of EuR1and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

Forests tend to prevent extreme es of temperature either hot or cold. and thus produce moderate climate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

eighteenth century play, completed a run of three years and seven months with performance No. 1,46S last Tues day This places 1t third on the list of stage triumphs in En gland. It gives precedence only to Gnu Chin Chow and "Charley's Aunt"
 Music critics say there Is mys- tery about the success of Gays mas terpiece, asserting that 1t does not contain the charms or spirit of the Gilbert and Sullivan works. It is also inferior artistlcally and unsteady, they contend, to scores of other light operas; but 1t nevertheless succeeded in outplaying them all and 1t has been a much greater financial sue cess.
 The opera has appealed mostly to the gallery and the pit, which were filled at every performance. There are two enthusiasts who say they have seen the opera 300 times, five lay claim to having purchased 100 tickets, while there are many who admit their attendance on DO or 60 occasions.
 Some of the applications for tickets for the final night were made more than a year ago. Long lines stood in waiting for hours to get into the gallery and pit.
 Frederick Ranalow was oreatedtai
 Frederick Ranalow, who created the part of Macheath on the first night, June 5, 1920, was the only member of the cast who saw the last curtain, He did so with considerable relief, ex- pressing himself as glad it's over"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
COMBINED MUSIC

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Evening star., 1923-12-10
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associate Press.
CHICAGO, December 10.-A story
of a gray-haired engineer who stood
with tears streaming down his CRIME
smeared face and amid the hiss of
escaping steam a few minutes after
the wreck admitted that he ignored
stop signals as he rushed through
the night was told here last night by
John Lysle, publisher of the New
Bedford, Mass, Daily Sun, and pas
senger on the first section of the
Twentieth Century on which nine
persons died in wreck near For
sythe, N. Y. yesterday.
The engineer was Charles Patterson
of Cleveland, for twenty-six years
pilot, and the man who held the
throttle of the third section locomo-
tive as 1t crashed into the first sec
tion.
Says Blame Admitted.
Lysle declared that Patterson, a
few minutes after the accident, ad-
mitted to him that he had been to
blame
when 1 first questioned the en-
gineer. Patterson" Lysle was quoted
as saying, "he told me he had left
Wcstfield, five miles from Dead. Mans
crossing, where six people were killed
only last week, fifteen minutes late
and was speeding to make up time.
Three miles out from Westfield, he
said, he saw yellow caution light,
and slowed down from fifty
five to fifty miles an hour. 1t
was foggy and raining. A second
Evening star., 1923-12-10

The three outstanding features of
the wreck. according to President
Heydler, who was in the first Sec
tion, which was rammed by the third,
twere the GOODNESS and bravery of
passengers and train crew. the life-
saving property of steel cars and
She tragic picture of one of the dead
women who lay by the side Of the
track
1--WE saw the little lady sitting on
the platform of the observation car
az we took our train In New York..
Ae said. "a few hours later we saw
.aS.. .he1 car and laid tcpdsxly by the
Evening star., 1923-12-10
Engineer Confesses Ignoring
Signals, Newspaper Man Says

yellow signal cautioning him to slow
down flashed past. the engineer said.
Too Late to Stop.
Then l saw the flares and the
brakeman running toward me, wav-
ing lantern Lysle quoted the
engineer as having said. az sanded
the tracks and applied the brakes, but
1t was too late. / was going only
twenty miles an hour by the time
hit section No. L.
Lysle said he was not satisfied with
the engineers story and sought Ack
erman. the brakeman from the first
section, who was supposed to have
ffagged the third section.
PatterSonS damned liar" Lysle
quoted Ackerman as having declared
angrfly. when our train stopped"
Lysle said the brakeman told him. II
ran back the length of our, train, ac-
cording to the law. and set the flares.
Then l ran toward the oncoming
train, waving my lantern. 1t flashed
past me going at least forty-five or
lhfty miles an hour. A minute later
II smashed into the rear of our train.
sobs Out ConfessiOn.
1t was then. Lysle said. that the old
engineer broke down. Confronted by
Ackerman. Lysle said, the pilot bab-
bled for a time ineoherently, then
disconnectedly admitted that he
ignored the danger signals. Then,
Lysle said. he started sobbing and
murmuring his prayer:
why didn't l stop? I thought I'd
have time to slow down If anything
came up. But l didn't"
Passengers struggled about in the
darkness Immediately after the crash,
LySle said, until some one thought to
fire a bundle of blankets.
Evening star., 1923-12-10
CHURCH TO PRESENT
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT
Composition of Rev. DR.. Pierce to
Be Staged at First
Congregational.

The First Congregational Church
is to teach the story of Christs hirth
by means of a Christmas pageant
with music. arranged from the Bible
by the minister. Rev. DR.. Jason NOBLE
Pierce.
The Christmas pageant Is entitled
when Christ Was Born" and is COM
posed of seven episodes, or separate
acts. A cast of forty-two characters
will be seen on the stage. while the
music will be rendered by an invisible
chorus. The costuming will be his
torically exact. and the lighting ef-
fects will be elaborate.
Estelle Wentworth, as the Virgin
Mary, and Albert Parr. as the Angel
Gabriel, will again direct the presen-
tations and will be supported by
strong company of talented artists.
The first presentation will be next
Sunday night. and the entire pageant
will be repeated every night OF the
week. excepting Saturday. concluding
on Sunday night, December 23
In making the announcement at
Sunday services yesterday DR.. Pierce
said: ut Is unusual for this church
to give pageant on Sunday. We
have spared no expense Of time or
money to make this pageant a great
success. The world needs to know the
story of the birth OF Christ. When
Christ Was Born Is Bible pageant
which will tell the story with fine
dramatic effect. We anticipate that 1t
will be given to crowded audiences and
will do great good. This justifies the
cost which makes 1T possible"
Evening star., 1923-12-10
is ADMITTED TO BAR.

William C. De Lacy, son of Will
liam H. De Lacy, former judge of the
Juvenile Court. and James j. Man
ogue, son of William H. Manogue of
the local bar, were admitted to
practice before the Supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia today on
motion of John Paul Earnest, chair
man of the examining committee.
The young men passed successfully
the examinations last June. but were
travelling in the orient when the Oc-
tober admissions were held. Both
are graduates of Georgetown Univer-
Sity.
Others admitted to practice were
George NJ Stackhouse of South Caro-
lima, Gerald E. Duffy of Illinois.
Kingman Brewster of Massachusetts
NJ. Randolph Calhoun. w. julie Day,
George E. Holmes, New York; Adrian
c: Humphreys. Kentucky; Munson
H. Lane. Virginia; Leo w. Morrissey,
New York: Elwell E. Murphy. Texas;
John E. Quintrell, Tennessee: ]. Earl
Pratt. Kentucky; Carl Frederick Won
dem Bussche of Montana and Dennis
Wheelock of Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1923-12-10
TWO PRIESTS HURT
IN AUTO COLLISION
Rev. Robert Froehlich Ex-
pected to Recover-Rev.
Peter GuiIday Only Bruised.

Rev. Robert Froehlich. assistant pas
tor of st. Augustine's Catholic Church,
who served as chaplain overseas dur
ing the world war, was seriously in
jured in an automobile accident in
front of 624 l. street northwest about
1918 O'Clock this morning. Rev. Peter
Guilday. professor of history at Catho-
lie University. who was driving the car
in which Rev. Froehlich was a pas
senger. was slightly injured.
Father Guilday administered the rites
for the dying while awaiting for an
ambulance to convey his injured broth
er priest 10 Emergency Hospital. The
latter regafned consciousness after
reaching the hospital.
Recovery Is Expected.
The assistant pastor had been on a
visit to a brother of the Catholic Uni
versity professor and was being driven
home when the accident happened.
Rain and fog contributed to the acci-
dent, it is stated, and police were told
that there was no parking light on a
machine that Father Guildays car
struck.
The seriously injured man spent a
the hospital this morning that his
condition was much improved and
that his recovery is expected.
Noble Godfrey, fourteen years old,
and his twelve-year- old brother, Jack
Godfrey. rtsiding at Pennsylvania.
were injured last night about 10
o'clock as result OF a collision
between their bicycle and the auto
mobile of Lester f. Pierce. 1O9 Ala
banla avenue southeast.
Wheels of the automobile passed
over the younger boys legs, frac-
turing one ankle and otherwise in
juring him, while Noble sustained
injuries to his head and legs. They
were taken to Emergency Hospital.
where it was said they probably will
recover.
Charles Berry, colored, thirty five
years old. $3.50 Sheridan road south
cat. was knocked down yesterday
automobile driven by Ollie kerrick.
neighhor, anu painfully injured. He
was given first aid at Emergency
hospital.
While running to board a street
car at Pennsylvania avenue and 26th
Sergt. Z. F. Allen of the eighth
police precinct, residing at 1922 26th
street, tripped over free air" rub
ber hose, fell and sustained painful
injuries to his knees. He was able
to resume his journey to the station.
northwest. was knocked down last
night about 1890 O'Clock by an auto
mobile at 18th and U streets north
west Jones, who escaped injury.
reported the failure Of the driver Of
the machine to stop and make known
his identity.
R v. Sinclair, police chauffeur.
sprained his back while trying to
start the first precinct patrol wagon
in the garage in rear of the station
early this morning. He received
treatment at Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1923-12-10
WOMAN WOUNDED;
MAN UNDER ARREST
Mrs. Bessie Denny Likely to
Die After Fight in
Apartment.

Suffering from bullet wounds In
her abdomen. Mrs. Bessie Denny.
twenty-four years old. liz Grant
place northwest, Is a patient in Emer-
gency Hospital Her condition is
critical and surgeons fear she cannot
recover.
Charles Shore. forty years old. ELL
7th street northwest. Is under ar
rest. charged with having shot her.
Z. Shore was arrested by Detectives
Flaherty and Fowler two hours after
the shooting. which is said to have
taken place about 4:30 Sunday morn
ing. He was found In a Pennsylvania
avenue hotel. where he had Registered ed
without any attempt to conceal his
identity. He is said to have admitted
the shooting. and claimed to have
acted in self defense. although he de-
clared he did not intend that the bull
let should take effect.
Admission Claimed.
THE woman was attacking me with
carving knife and frying pam
Shore declared. "and l fired the shot
to frighten her, never intending the
bullet should strike her"
Police said that Edward Shore.
nephew of the defendant. and Henry
Lewis Reichert, "a companion, both
residing in the apartment of Charles
Shore. met Mrs. Denny and Florence
Tyler. a companion, roomer in a house
on Grant place. in Chinese restau-
rant early yesterday morning and in
vited them to the Shore apartment.
Charles Shore, today told a Star
reporter he knew nothing of their
presence in his apartment until he
was aroused by one of the young men
who said they were having trouble
with the women.
Shore said he intervened and Mrs.
Denny started after him with sharp
carving knife and frying pan. He
said he warned her that he would
shoot if she did not desist, and fired
the shot TO frighten her.
Evening star., 1923-12-10
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Proves His
Metal.

Among the passengers on one of
the sections in the collision of sec
tions of the twentieth century limited
yesterday was Douglas Fairbanks.
jr., son of the motion picture actor.
DR.. Q. c. Thoren, a woman physician,
described his help. Il noticed one
young man who worked like fury"
she said. He was everywhere. He
helped with dressings. He helped
carry the injured back to the other
cars. He found husbands for hyster-
zeal wives. This morning I learned
that he was Douglas Fairbanks. jr.
Last night he was no mere screen
hero"
Another woman besides the wo-
man doctor proved herself a heroine
as a result of the wreck, according
10 passengers arriving here She was
Emma Washington, a negro maid of
one ofthe passengers. She wieldedan a X
and ministered to the injured with
equal energy and skill Just after
the wreck she was observed smash
ing windows of the observation car
with an ak. Then when the injured
were being taken from the car. she
was again found tearing up sheets
and providing the injured with emer-
gency blankets and pillows foraged
from sleeping cars.
START WRECK PRORE
Evening star., 1923-12-10
9K|LLED IN CRASH
Of TRAIN SECTIONS
Signals ignored in Fog Cause
Tragic Collision of TWen-
tieth Century.
By the Associated Press.


FORSYTH, N. Y, December 10
Four investigat tfons were launched to-
day into the wreck of the New York
Central l\"Twentieth Century Limited
near here yesterday. when nine per-
sons were killed and a number of
passengers injured. five seriously.
The inquiries were instituted by the
authorities of Chautauqua county,
New York, and Representatives of the
New York public service commission.
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the railroad company.
Physicians attending the five per-
sons who were seriously hurt, and
who were taken to hospital at Erie.
Pa, said that there was no change In
their condition. The bodies of the
victims also were taken to Erie.
Speeding on past ca ition signals in
an attempt to gain fifteen minutes
lost time the last section of the train
crashed through sleeping car at the
end Of the preceding section. early
Sunday morning.
Among the dead was William +.
tWild Bid Donovan, veteran base
ball player, manager Of the New
number of other base ball notables,
including President John A. Heydler
of the National League, was en- route
to Chicago to attend the base ball
conferences opening there today.
Evening star., 1923-12-10
START WRECK PROBE.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sends Investigators.

Immediate steps were taken yester-
day by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to investigate the fatal wreck
Central train in New York yesterday
Within two hours after the accident
had occurred experts of the bureau
Of safety of the commission were at
the scene, according to w. P. Borland.
chief of the bureau. Railroads are
required to report all accidents as
soon as they occur to the commission,
but in addition the commission under
takes Its own investigation of the
causes of the accident and publishes
them. Commission officials would not
comment on the cause of the accident
prior to a report from investigat tors
for the federal regulatory body.
Evening star., 1923-12-10

side of the track. She was dead and
mangled. / covered her with
Drown blanket and placed a lantern
by her side.
"A heavy fog settled down on the
wreck. 1t began to rain. l could
see that pitiful blonde head in the
lanterns gleam. 1t was terrible.
HEROES OF WRECK.
Evening star., 1923-12-10

Florence Tyler hurried to police
headquarters and told Detective En-
brey, night cheif of detectives, Of the
affair The wounded woman had been
taken from the scene of the shooting
before the arrival of the detectives.
the report of the pistol shot having
attracted attention of persons on the
street.
Police say they learned that Mrs.
Denny's maiden name was Luckett
and that her first husband was named
Cooksey She is said to have rela-
tiyeS in MARYLAND
Evening star., 1923-12-10
GIRL SHOT WITH OWN GUN

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, December
16.-While attending a motion pic
ture show here Saturday night Miss
Marie Snoddy. eighteenyear-o -old high
school girl. was shot and almost in
stantly killed by revolver she had
in her pocket. The shooting is be-
lieved to have been accidental. but
No reason for the girl carrying the
weapon has been learned by the
police.
The theater was thronged with a
Saturday night crowd. which was
thrown into uprOaH
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-12

The gaKsFReF has called . assting
fer the purpose n forming : hehEal
Olympic committee in connection
With IAaia's proposed representation
Governors ~ several ether provinces
are acting similarly
Every care Is being taken," says
nr. A q keehFen, phFsicsl director
Ter India. Burma ana GsFlon. 10 OF
gsnizs lnals's participation IN the
games an a representative basis. 90
that the chosen Indian team sill cen
provinces can produce. have cen
hishse that, although Ihdis has no.
the sporting tFsdi,ians Of such eeun-
tries as England or Frame, she will
give a coed account Of herself There
Is unaaahtedlV coed athletic talent
amehg her vast population, and s'he
knows but that q potential seEla
champion may not be hidden away N
some obscure village
III has been decided" Dr. NeshFsn
continued, ITO limit competition to
the better knesn track and fsld
events With regard 70 the marsthen
race lei II not be forgotten that the
runner after whom the race was
named dropped dead IN the streets OF
Athens Al Delhi We think II wiser
10 substitute a modihed Marathon OF
10 miles and, II competitors for this
event she" special promise, the win,
ner after physical examination could
be carefully trained for the longer
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-12
ELECTRIC CAMERA TO
SNAP THE WINNERS.
Probably VIII Be Used At French
Olympics In 1924

Paris oe. 1.-The Fssneh Olivia,
pie committee il experimenting with
q meehsnleal photographic device 10
seeeFs the finishes OF the running
efents during the 1884 Olympic
games, Thus. far the experiments
have been successful, and there is
every likeliheea that camera Hill be
on hand al the Hnish lire OF all races
70 eenhsm or iairm the Fulins Of the
Judges
The arrangement Is practically the
same as that IN use for snme years
IN Belgium 10 photograph the hnishes
OF herss races and which Is likely 20
he adopted AZ French race tracks neat
season,
A camera Is ser iust over the nnish
line about three feet from the ground,
and string Is stretched aut across
the track about the same height, ana
three feet from the actual fnish. The
string, upon being broken by the
chest Of the arriving winner. auto.
masieally releases the kodak. which
snaps the runners lust rs they cross
the lire The negatives are de-
Nsioped in two minutes.
The photograph also will record the
time OF the race 70 one twentieth Of
a second. A huge clock nine feet in
dwiameter will be installed right OPP
posite the finish line inside the track
IN direct line with the camera,
Through an electrical arrangement ~
VIII be released by the hrine OF the
starting pistol and stopped by the
breaking OF the string at the hnish
line. The second hand. making
complete revolution splits the seconds
In twenty fractions. while smaller
hand records the seconds and an.
other the minutes.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-12
asFssrpsa hFezn llnins Ter chairs

meFesnEsa hFesn timing Ter ehsiFs
ssGlsaeFf
Ahsn ana where he did the PsiRs-
taking work nsessssFY the PFisen
asieials DO net knoN
They say Il n'ss the slessfsst effort
IN the history ef the prison in the
say Of attempted escapes Evidently
the msn had prepared the costume
weeks IN advance, and selected this
data because during state fair week
hundreds 81 oanntFY people take the
opportunity 70 visit the state nenl-
Tertiary. These are conducted through
IN groups Of a hundred by detseh-
ments 81 guards Cole, dressed in a
secluded corner, and ss the procession
passed him. ieinsd 4
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-12

a. ems Of . sFean 81 e0ansFs people
She hal iesi haishsa touring she h.,
siitatien
tie Aaa arsszs aAimsslf ap IN wems
sn's Costume he had designed ana
made htmsslf In odd momenis eur 81
hits ef material ne had sielsn fFsm
the upholstery snd chair shep IN
prison, where he H'eFkea.
Caught
esls, ID this disguise. had allowed
himself 10 he escorted Nath the crowd
through the larger part Of the prison
BY a besY ef "haTdrhoiledA guards
who never notices he vas net : Wem,
an he hsd the ili-insk, as the
crowd VAS being uttered cut, te eome
under the eagle eve Of Deputy Warden
Ksvanaush, srhe recognized him even
under his paint and powder sna IN his
feminine rig
Prison affieiali save him eredi, for
tremendous eleverasss IN the prepare
ton OF his womsn's disguise. II was
perfect In eveFy detail, and in nine
eases out OF ten would have wen him
his way out
He had perfected goed5lsekihg
nat of cardboard. sire and chair
Innings; made a slg out Of the fns
black hair used In the better uphel-
stsring Jobs, sNined from the store
room Of the prison thsster pair OF
women's black ogterds and tinted
them brown 10 go with the eolor
scheme he had worked out. fashioned
pair Of wemen's stockings out Of
the sleeves OF discarded brown silk
Jersey, made a corset OF blue satin
chair backing and fitted with dozens
OF eyslets taken from army shoes on
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-12
HAFNEssIyc DOG A CRIME

Though dogs are used for. drawing
small vehicles in many parts Of the
Continent II is an offepse In England.
At Collompton( Devon. summons
was heard against an elderly man who
had harnessed dog to four wheeled
invalid carriage. A fine OF i've shil-
lings was imposed.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-10-12
INDIA TO COMPETE IN
PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES
Governor NJ nsassi Proposes On Form,
Bengal Olympic Committee
IN Connection,

Calcutta, Oct is-India will be
enc OF the competitors in the Olympic
games TO take place IN Paris in 1894
II plans inangurated by Lord Lytten,
governor Of Bengal, are carried out