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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
NOTED SPRINTER MAY LOSE SPEED
Charlie Paddock In Hospital With Sprained Ankle
 From Basketball

BURLINGTON. Iowa, Dec. G. Charlie Paddock worlds fastest sprinter, may never again equal his worlds record in the 1O0-yard dash.
 sprained ankle. sustained in bas ketball practice at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, Wednesday night. may cause a slight stiffness in Paddock's left leg which will slow up his time one-fifth of d second in the century. This is the worst result that can come from the injury, however, Dr. j. T. Hanna, who made an X-ray of the wound said Thursday night.
 You or l would pay no attention to sprSin like that, but would go about our business as usual" Dr. Hanna said. But it is more serious to man like Paddock. for the slight stiffness that could easily result from this injury might slow him up as much as q fifth of a second in run ming the 100 yards.'
 Dr. Hanna characterized the injury as "ligament fracture and sprain."
 Paddock who is confined to his bed in a hotel here. should have com plete rest for month in order to be absolutely safe from worse effects, the doctor stated. The speedy star
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
FRED WHITE HEADS. HIGHWAY OFFICIALS
Keller Is Again Chosen To Serve
 On Committee


 NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 6.-(By As sociated Press )-Fred R. White Of Iowa was elected president of the American Association of State High way Officials at the closing session today of it's ninth annual conven tion.
 man of the executive committee of the association. 0
 F. F. Rogers, state highway com missioner of Michigan, was elected vice president; Frank T. Sheets, H. linois, treasJ Ter, re-elected, and Charles M. Upham, North Carolina, secretary, reelected.
 j. M. Mccall chairman and chief engineer of the Maryland highway commission, was elected to succeed Mir. Rogers as member of the eX- ecutive committee, and W. M Toy, chairman of the California highway commission, was elected to fill va cancy on the same committee. Other members of the committee re- elected were w s. Keller. Alabama; ; C.. M. Babeoek, Minnesota; l.. D. Blauvelt, Colorado; ]. D. Fauntleroy, Texas, Thomas H. Macdonald; chief of the federal bureau of public roads, Paul D. Sergeant, Maine and z. E.. Sevison, Wyoming. 7f -ihs next convention cltS VIII pe selected by the executive commute
 The convention went on record as opposing the agitation said to have existed for several years for the re organization of the federal bureaus in such a way that the bureau ot pNblic roads would be put under the direction of a commission of pubic works. Stch step, officials of the the construction of national high the construction of nationay high ways. At meeting of the executive committee after the convention end ed, Mr White outlined the work for highway construction next year and pledged hls administration to work for the passage by Congress of s100,00O.000 highway fund bill for three years following 1923, an in crease of s25,O00,000 over the pres eth appropriation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
SOUTHERN GIRL .WNSI PRIZE AT EXPOSITION
Declared Healthiest At Live Stock
 Show In Chicago

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-Amer1cas s healthiest boy and girl were chosen at the International Live Stock expo sition here today. the selection being made from prize winning nomina tions'f from nearly every state in the union here attending the boys and girls club congress.
 Gladys Hughes. t5 years old, Au- burn haired and freckled whose home is at Moorhead, Sunflower county, Mississippi, was pronounced the healthiest as well as one of the prettiest girls attending the con- gross.
 Albert Haskett, aged 16 years and 10 months. who halls from Grand Junction, Colorado, was declared the finest all-round specimen of Amer ican boyhood attending the club meetings.
 Miss Hughes, , feet, 3.7 inches tall and weighing 121 E pounds, scored s9 in physical perfection, defective tooth being the only, flaw sound. She presdes oyer poultry farm that has annexed many championships and at tributes her perfect health to plenty of outdoor exercise. Tennis and Yol- lev ball are her favorite sports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
TOOK ONLY WAY, SAILSTAD ASSERTS.
Tells How He Procured Body
 That He Burned In Cottage


 NAPA, Cal, Dec. CT only saw one way. out and l took it.'' r
 That was the explanation which Edward J. Salistad of Eau Claire, Wis, gave today for his mysterious "disappearance" in 1920 when. with his business affairs badly tangled, he dropped out of sight with his sec retary zafter attempting to make it appear that he had been burned to death. Sailstad was arrested at St. Helena, near here, yesterday, to- gether with the girl who first said she was Mary Brown and later was declared to be Dorothy Anderson of Eau Claire also.
 Since 1920 Sailstad has been sup posed to be dead. Charred bones Identified as his were found in a burned cabin in summer resort in Wisconsin,
 Saiistad,f according tof Thomas Anglin, district attorrfey, confessed last night that the bones were those of a man whom he knew. That the man had died and that he. in the dead of night, had gone to the cene- tery, dug up the remains, placed them in the cabin and set fire to the place.
 Saiistad declared that he "got away" from his wife and that his business affairs became involved.
 q owed a lot of money" he said, land I thought It over and the idea came to me that there was no use to die before collecting my life in surance.
 q didn't want torkill anyone, yet I needed a corpse.
 "So I kept a lookout for people that looked like me who were about to die and pretty soon I learned that Allen McFee, whom knew, had died up at Lake Nebogammon. Wis.
 ''I went there and rented q cottage at the resort and one night l drove out to the Presbyterian cemetery, dug up McFee's body, put it in a piece of canvas, carried it to the cot tage l had rented and put my ring on the finger.
 q set fire to the cottage and caught an auto ride into Superior"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
ENGLISH ELECTION
 RETURNS LOSE
Lady Astor Defeats Brennan, While Protectionists Seem
 To Have Been Beaten


 LONDON, Dec. 6.-(By Associated Press. Protection met it's Waterloo in the British elections today, if the returns from 15S constituencies, in- cluding 50 where the candidates were unopposed. prove true portent of the final result.
 The labor and liberal parties are running neck and neck. In the ear Her reports the liberal gains figured notably, but later in the evening labor began to pull ahead.
 Competent political authorities as- sert that the conservatives can hope for nothing better than a three cornered house. which would be equivalent to defeat.
 The minister of labor, Sir Mon tague Barlow, was defeated by the labor candidate, and Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, chief organizer of the conservative party, also will haul down his flag.
 On the other side, Winston<Church i'll, powerful influence in the liberal party. lost his game fight at Leices- ter to a laborite.
 Lady Astor will again represent the Sutton division of Plymouth in Parliament. She defeated her old op- ponent, Captain Brennan, by nearly 5000 votes.a Several of the other women candidates, however, were de- feated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
ESCAPED CONNECTS
 AGAIN IN CUSTODY
Three Of Quartet Nabbed Trying
 To Catch Train

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. G. Three of the four men who early yes terday sawed the bars of the Amite. La, jail. and escaped, were captured today at Jackson, Miss, as they were preparing to board an Illinois Central train for Chicago, the home of Mat thew Breen and J. T. Netto.
 The fourth man. Edward Burns, also of Chicago, has not been appre- hended. Burt Hughes, a prisoner, serving five years for stealing an au- tomobile, was also captured. The men were returned here for safe Keeping. The Chicago men, who were taxi chauffeurs, were arrested Tor cutting Samuel Miller of Chicago. as the train on which they were riding approached Amite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
VIE WS IF LEAD[R [RS FOLLOW MESSAGE
Critics Of President Coolidge Lose No Time In Express
 ing Opinion of Policies

W NASH1NGTON, Dec. 6.--Critics of President Coolidge lost no time in raising their voices in denunciation ot his policies, as outlined in his message. Confidential copies of the Presidents address had been eircu- lated among most senators and con- eressmen beforehand. Most of them had copies of typewritten statements Tn their pockets ready to be given out after the message was read.
 Administration leaders approved it In general terms, yet many took ex- ception to the indorsement of the world court, and some criticized the rejection of the bonus. Many others took refuge in silence on this issue.
 Progressives denounced the mes- sage as reactionary document which would meet the approval of Wall street.
 Democrats, of course, had few Kind expected; Following is a synopsis of opinion in Congress-:
 o o o
 Republican Leaders.
 Senator Lodge, Senate majority leader: Tt seems to me most ex- cellent message. He states his po- sition on all important questions. with utmost direction
 Speaker Gillett: q naturally think
 
 view of my agreement with nearly every detail.'
 Representative Longworth, Ohio, majority House leader Tt presented a constructive legislative program to which Congress must give immediate attcntion.'
 Senator Shoot, Utah., chairman finance committees; Ut rings true. l have found nothing but approba tion and admiration for the clearcut message"
 Democratic Lenders.
 Senator Robinson. Arkansas, demo- cratic Senate leader: The Pres ident's message is regarded as not only expressing his recommendations for legislation. but also his first speech in his campaign for the pres idential nomination. His opposition to adjusted compensation is frankly expressed and this subject will pro- woke a decisive contest"
 Representative oldfield, Arkansas, democratic House whip: When he indorses the Mellon tax plan and de- clares against the bonus, he takes the side of big business and Wall street." sss Senator Pat Harrison, Mississippi Senate minority whip: This mes sage will receive such condemnation from the progressive west and coun- 4try generally that my sympathies are beginning to be aroused for the welfare of Calvin Coolidge"
 o o O Insurgents.
 q consider the message a com plete surrender to Wall street, and the big interests Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. democrat, said "The republican national com mittee should have no trouble in raising 0,O00, 900 to s20,00o,000 for their 1924 campaign."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
Accidentally In School
Shot While
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU I
 THE .aGE-HERAd.D ID ! nno q [

Wilfred Van Valkenburgh, 15- year-old student of the Hunts vile college, is at the city hos pital suffering from a severe bull let wound sustained this afternoon in the accidental discharge of an automatic pistol in the hands of Lester Fannis, a 17-yearold feI- low student, who was toying with the weapon in the study chapel.
 Fannis surrendered to the po- lice and was admitted to bail on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. The bullet struck Van Valkenburgh in the right side near the hip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
TRAIN DISPATCHERS'
 WAGES DISCUSSED
Matter Before Association And
 Railroad Companies

CHICAGO, Dec. GA dispute be- tween the American Train Dispatchers association and 2G railway com panies including the Louisville and Nashville and Nashville and Southern Pacific. concerning what constitute just and reasonable wages, is today again before the association and the respective companies for negotia- tfons, the United States labor board having declined to prescribe rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
WHITEHURsT DROWNED

MOBILE, Ala, Dec. 6.-Coroner Hale issued certificate of drowning. following the finding of the body of George Whitehurst, bridge tender at Bayou Sara, late yesterday. The body was found several miles below where the skiff in which he went fishing on November 25. was found after relatives became alarmed at his pro- longed absence. Hale declared there was no evidence of foul play on the body
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
PLAN FOR EXHIBITS
Governor Russell Prepares Farewell
 Address, To Legislature

JACKSON, Miss, Dec. 6.-(special) Exhibits of the, department of archives and history will be dis played to better advantage when H. F. Collins, assistant director, completes encouragement in the cor rid6rs of the state house. Exhibit cases are being lined with white pa par causing more light to he re- flected ana the exhibits to show up better. The number of articles in each case is also being reduced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
BIG GAS TAX

November was a good month for gasoline' dealers throughout the en- tire state, according to the figures obtained from the office of the state auditor. During the month the sum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
RUSSELL PREPARES FAREWELL

Governor Lee NJ. Russell is prepar- ing his farewell address to the Mis- sissippi legislature to be delivered before a joint session some time early in January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
NOTICE

All members Of Birmingham Lodge TJT, \, F. and A. M.. arc requested fo meet mt the Masonic Temple 1t 12 o'clock Friday noon to attend the funeral of their deceased brother. Guy Thomas Walker.
 M. F. REEVES, ". M. II. Y. FISCHER, Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
DIES IN PLANE CRASH

CLEVELAND, O., Dec. S.-Howard e. Brown, pilot of the United States mail airplane, which crashed near Castalia, Ohio. today, died in a San : duslky hospital late today, according to information received by H. B. Shaver, manager of the local air mail service field Browns home was in Haywood, III.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTIVE

Attorney General Clayton D. Pot ter is in Bogalusa, La. Thursday winding up the details of the estate of his brother, George Potter. who died last week of blood poisoning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
PHARMACY EXAM ON

Of the 19 applicants for places on the state board of pharmacy, 12 of the applicants arc graduates of the University of Mississippi pharmacy school. All are successful druggists of the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
.RIDGLEY PHARMACY 1
 LOSES ON FAKE ORDER
Negro Entices Porter Ipto Alley
 With Change For 1S20

The Ridgely pharmacy is short, s19.75 and another holdup has been chalked against Birmin gham's law less element as the result of tele- phone order being honored by the drug store about 8 o'clock Thursday evening.
 A eaIl was made at that time fos,a 25-cent purchase. of drugs to be de- livered at S16 North Eighteenth street, and the clerk was requested to send change for a $20 bill. The de- livery boy was given the change with the order and was met at the end of Eighth alley by negro who asked him for the order. The boy stated tho negro told him he had made mistake in the number, tell ing him that the package was to be delivered to a house, on the alley, and entered the alley with him.
 As son as they were away from the street the negro seized the boy and forced him to give him the change. He was described as about six feet tall, gingercake in color, with scar on the left side of his face. Detec- tives Elledge and Williamson were detailed on the case following the re- port to the police.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07

of s53,0O0 in gasoline taxes was col lected, half of which is returned to the county making the collection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07
PUBLIC PAYROLL HAS a.4oo. 900

On the nations public payroll are 3,400.600 persons whose wages and salaries amount to about S3,S00. 000,- 900 year. This means, if averaged, an assessment in taxes of s91 against every person over 10 years of age who is gainfully employed. Exclu- sive of pensioners there are 2,700,- 900 public servants on the payrool of national, state and municipal gov garments who receive approximately $3,500, 100000 in pay. The 67,0o0 pen sioners draw about s320,00o,UoU an nually,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07

Dried shrimp from the rivers of Manchuria are served at American tables.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07

was brought here by automobile for medical attention early Thursday.
 The remainder of Paddock's middle western lecture tour has been can celed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07

them of vital
 byar personally whether If he cines, then concusions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-07

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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-04-16

1914 In the value OF the alcoholic
content manufactured because the
drinkers are drinking a much smaller
volume, but with a much greater al
coholic content since violent white
mule" has taken the place OF harmless
beer,
In 1914 there were 434 cstablish-
ments In the United States producing
alcohol, whiskey, rum, brandy and
other potable liquors valued at $780,
10000. In 1919. when the figures
were taken few months after the
eighteenth amendment went into ef-
feet on July /, 1919. the industry had
been cut to "a establishments with
products valued at s3i,s45,00O. The
reduction between 1919 and 1921 was
not material. the establishments OPP
Grating being reduced only from 81 TO
S3 and the value OF products from
$3l.s54,0O0 to $28.7S9,o0O.
The profits OF the trade in lawful
alcohol, whiskey, rum and brandy.
however, was almost completely de-
The value added by manu-
facture. being the value Of the pro-
ducts less the cost of materials. was
S165.7S2. 900 In 1914; reduced TO w.
$4,000 In 1919 and only $6.52o,oOo
in 1921.
The number OF establishments pro-
ducing vinous liquors was reduced
from 200 in 1914 TO 202 in 1919 and
~ in 1921. The value Of the wines
was s16,61S.0o0 In 1914; s17,454,000
In 1919 and dropped TO only $4.757.-
900 il 1921. The profits Of this trade
dropped from s7.129,ooo in 1914 to
$3,064,00o in 1921.
The plants producing malt liquors
valued at over 5000 year dropped
from 1904 in 1914 to 5S1 in 1921. and
the value of the products was cut
from 442.149.000 in 1914 to SIZE
$1,000 in 1921, or a decrease of ~
per cent in the seven year period.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-04-16
HAMMER MURDERESS
REPORTED LOCATED
Mrs. Phillips Said to Be in San
SalVadOr--Arrest Expected

| Los Angeles, April 16.--Mrs. Clara
Phillips convicted hammer murder
ess'' who escaped from the Los An
geles county Jail December has been
located in San Salvador. according to
copyrighted story in the Los An
gees Examiner, today. Her appre-
hension is momentarily expected.
Mrs. Phillips escaped by saving the
bars to the window of her CELL. No
definite clew to her whereabouts ever
has been reported. Her husband and
several other persons were questioned
after Mrs. Phillips broke Jail but
their examinations developed nothing
to add to police theory that her
break for liberty was task too great
for an unaided woman.
Miss Peggy Caffee, former chorus
girl chum of Mrs. Phillips and her
companion on the day she lured Mrs.
Meadows, a 20-year-old widow, to a
spot on a lonely mountain road on the
outskirts of Los Angeles and killed
her, expressed fear that one Of the
motives which had impeled Mrs. Phil
lips to break Jail was a desire to be
revenged for discriminating testimony
Miss Caffee gave at the trial.
Police protection temporarily was
given Miss Caffee but Mrs. Phillips
apparently lost no time in leaving Los
Angeles.
She has been reported several
times to be in Mexico. One report
had it that she was in Chihuahua City
where Clara Smith Hamon was found
after she fed from Ardmore, Okla
after she shot and killed Jake He
republican national commit
from Oklahoma
Mrs. Phillips was said
killed Mrs. Meadows becau
lieved the young woman Ia
sociating with Phillips. a.
Phillips fed from Los Ange.
lips reported the killing to the :. 4,
Mrs. Phillips was caught in Arizona
and returned to Los Angeles for trial.
Police here early today said they
knew nothing of the finding of Mrs.
Phillips although she might have been
retaken at some point from which no
official report had been filed.
Late last week cablegram was re-
ceived from Guatemala City, Guate-
mala asking for description of Mrs
Phillips. Nothing apparently devel-
oped from that query however.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-04-16
BONAR Law HACKERS
Charge CONSPIRACY
Claim Ministry Is Trying to Make
Ministry Resign

London. April 10. tBy Associated
Press). THE staunch supporters Of
Premier Bonar Law among the morn
ing newspapers are indignant al
what they call the conspiracy to
weaken the ministry" launched in
the Sunday press which reported that
the premier was about to resign be-
cause OF III health.
| The Morning Post leading con-
sentative paper, asserts with the
greatest emphasis that there Is no
truth whatever In Sundays stories
and that there Is nothing In the con-
ditlon of Bonar Laws health to
compel ibis retirement.
The Post and the other papers
which share its views attribute the
conspiracy" to Lord Birkenhead and
other conservatives who refused to
participate in the government, they
also implicate David Lloyd George
and his supporters whom they say
desire the restoration of the coali-
tion.
The conspiracy idea is supported to
a certain extent by the moderate lib
eral Westminster Gazette whose po-
litical experts write of "a certain club
which seems to stamp Sundays re-
ports as calculated to be in anticipa-
ton of future events designed to
further definite party arrangement
and to bring back the unemployed
unionist ex-minister."
Elsewhere there is equally firm
support for Sundays rumors. One
writer referring to last evenings Of
fetal denial OF the report says:
Insists on Resignation.
1T may be true that Bonar Law
has no intention OF resigning but it
must be equally true that he has no
intention of not resigning."
Most noteworthy among the news
papers confirming Sundays reports is
the Daily Telegraph which usually ex-
presses moderate. conservative views
although 1t was strong supporter
Of Lloyd George. This newspapers
expert says there are
solid grounds for the rumor and as
serts that Bonar Law had thought
free to do SO he would have retired
before now. The premier. the writer
adds, has now come to the conclu-
sion with profound regret, that he
hope to prolong indefinitely
his incumbency in his present post.
The Telegraph, however, in COM
pany with some other newspapers
'ays the premier's high sense of duty
will induce 'him to continue in office
until plans for the future can be
made. He is represented as being
anxious to relinquish the burden of
office but will be guided by circum-
stances in choosing the moment for
retirement.
Editorially, the Telegraph says that,
common sense urgently demands
composition of the differences in the
'ank and file as well as in the leader
hip of the conservative party, and a
reorganization of the government with
/ view to strengthening it.
THE governments trouble are con-
iderable," says the Daily News but
he prenier's health is only one of
hem and not the most serious. The
cal menace is in the health Of the
ory party"