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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
Refuses To Move Station.


 now, however.
 Refuses To Move Station.
 Proposal by Mir McLendon that.the present Twentieth street station be moved to Thirteenth or Fourteenth street or that trains of the Louisville and Nashville railroad enter the Ter minal station was met with flat refusal by MT. Mapother. He sa1e the location was ideal and that the Terminal was unable to handle more traffic than at present. Equipment expenditures by the road were also cited MT. Mapother pointing out that s79 9,O00,O00 has been appropriated 10 increase and rehabilitate equipment.
 Transportation needs of the coun- try are great at present" said MT. Mapother. "The Louisville and Nash ville railroad is doMg everything Tn it's power to assist in solving these needs. Practically all of the money We are spending is to go for equip ment and trackage. We reel Una. through this additional equipment the road will be serving best the interests of the people, rather than to build stations and other buildings to conform with civic pride.
 "The city of Louisville is now en- gagged in mapping out program 70 eliminate grade crossings and has
  survey of conditions. The first unit will be erected where the demand IS greatest. The road is operating iii IS states. To eliminate all grade crossings would cost more than $3o0,- 900, ,000. Although We would rather take up the matter later, we are now ready to cooperate with the city Tn it's plans for viaducts."
 Advisability of constructing via duct at Twenty-third street. rather than at Twenty-fourth, was ques- toned by MT. Mapother He said ne was not in favor of the Twenty-third street crossing unless the grade crossing at Twenty fourth was eliml- nated Most of the traffic would be diverted to Twenty-third' street, MT. McLendon stated.
 The program discussed Monday calls for underpasses west of Twcnti- eth street and viaducts east of Twen- tieth. The southside phase only was considered.
 w. E. Smith. superintendent Of the road in Birmingham; w. J. Wynn, city attorney; A. J. Hawkins, cuy engineer, and members of the com mission attended the conference. called by Mir. McLendon to obtain the L.: .& N:'s promise of cooperation.
 Mir. Mapother left for Louisville Monday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
CHARGES CHURCH. HEAD SOUGHT T0 COACH WITNESSES
"House of David" Suit En. livened by Clash Between
 Lawyers

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March 26.- Charges by counsel for the plaintiffs that an effort was being made by leaders of the Israelite House of Da- vid to coach witnesses in the SSo.00o suit of John Hansell and wife against Benjamin Purpell. head of the Benton Harbor cult, enlivened this after noon's session of the case before Federal Judge John l.. Satel.
 Following accusations by Attorney Walter M. Nelson, representing the Hansells that a representative of the cult was signaling to witness on the stand, Judge Sater announced of tho charges he would conduct con- tempt proceedings against the ac- cused.
 The charges wero made during the cross examination of Carl Turk, Of South Bend, 8 defense witness. At torney Nelson charged Ada Ross, a girl from the Benton Harbor colony, sitting with attorneys for the de- fense, was signalling to the witness. The witness, the girl and the attor- neys for Purnell denied the accusa- ton. Nelson declared he could prove his assertions if permitted to call spectators as witnesses, and the judge announced his willingness to, consti- tute contempt proceedings if -reas- enable proof was offered that coach ing had been resorted to.
 O o O
 Were Third Charges. A.
 The charges of Attorney Nelson were the third similar accusations he had made during the day. Previously he had called attention of the court that Mrs. Amanda Keenan, another defense witness, had in her purse several slips of paper to which she referred occasionally
 The papers, submitted to the court bore the words "A wise guy" and "ask Esther what she knows about It."
 No effort was made in court to learn the meaning of the writing, but Esther Hansel, daughterin-law of the plaintiffs and their chief witt ness, and also a sister of Mrs. Kee- nan told newspapermen the sentences were part of House of David code.
 Previous to. this incident Attorney Nelson had called the attention of the judge to the fact that Mary Pur- nell, wife of the cult leader, was leaving the court room frequently He charged she was talking outside the room with witnesses about to oe called.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
DEATH STILLS GOLDEN VOICE OF BERNHARDT
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secretary, Madame Normand, with a farewell message to her admirers in America.
 To the people of Amt ..ca she ad- dressed these words:
 T am deeply touched with the sympathy and Interest of my beloved Am erican public in my hour of pain
 A cry for air five hours before Bernhardt died and a sinking spell brought to her physicians and friends the realization that she could not live through the night.
 O O O Struggles to Arise.
 Her last hours were fitful as she fought, with her indominable will, the inevitable.
 Bernhardt would whisper faintly the lines of Camille" and words of other of her famous roles. She inn agned, perhaps. that sne was dy- ing as she wished--cn the stage. Again she would struggle to arise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
LOU TELLEGEN MOURNS
 DEATH OF BERNHARDT.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 26.-"The world has lost it's greatest trage- dienne. l have lest a mother" Lou Tellegen said when he learned of the death of Mime. Bernhardt. "She often called me her son-to her l owe ev- erything that I am as an actor"
 "Bernhardt may be dead, but her memory on the stages of the world will be immortal. Despite her recent illness and the statements of her physicians that she could not live, I did not believe that she would die. The news is as much of a shock to me as if she had been stricken sud- denly"
 Tellegren was leading man with Mime. Bernhardt in her theatre in Paris for four years and made two tours of the United States with her. He was going through his part in Bling Youth" in Memphis when Mme Bernhardt died. News of her death was broken to him as he took his final bow before the curtain,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27

| that Mir. Goltra had violated the con tract and conditions laid down by the war department for the opera : tion of the line.
 There are requirements for use of the barges on the Mississippi" the secretary said. MT. .Goltra has not operated them under the terms of the contract and he has not operated them as l have authorized him to do. The department of justice informed me that he has violated his contract. As the barges can be made useful !
 directed before I left Washington that they be taken away from him.. They will be used wherever they will give the best river service"
 Secretary Weeks declined to comment on the action taken by Federal Judge Farris~ in issuance of temporary restraining order against the seizure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27

T. wherein shc is best known to Amer ica. Mention of her success in the great Shakespearean roles, as well, is inevitable. Not content with sev- eral representations at home and abroad of "Portia" in the Merchant of Venice" she accomplished, short ly before the outbreak of the World of playing Shyiock. That remarkabl performance came at about the time when, after intense suffering over d long period, she was forced to sub init to the amputation of leg. Since that time the great actress had contented herself with more or less sedentary roles, as in La Gloire."
 Despite her advanced age, the 1914 outbreak found Bernhardt as ardent patriot, as devoted a worker for the cause of the wounded and or phans, as she had been when she or ganized her hospital relief work in 1870. During the thrilling years that followed she gave lavishly of her time and strength in organizing benefit performances for various war funds. Struggling all the time against i'll health. she managed to keep up her foreign travels even in spite of war restrictions. The entry of the United States into the war in April. 1917. found her stretched upon bed of pain, in Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, where Rene Viviani and Marshal Joffre went to salute her and to celebrate with her their trium- phal welcome. Runs Through Fortune.
 Just how many fortunes Bernhards ran through in the course of her re- markable career probably will nev~r be known. Lavish to fault in car s..rr c., -I.@ l. h.. was always short of money. The year 1922 found her still touring the provinces of France and the smaller European countries. She had con templated a trip to the United States in the fall of 1922, but was forced to take long rest at her property of Bellespsle. near St. Malo, on the Brittany coast. It is there that sine constructed her own tomb, fine mausoleum looking out on the sea.
 Besides being at the head of her own profession. Bernhardt was an amateur sculptress and painter, eX- hibiting her works in several salons. She. received honorable mention for sculpture as far back as 1876, ana was elected an officer of the Acad- emy" of Public Instruction and the fine arts. Later she received the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor ana in 1921 became an officer of that dis tinguished order, a distinction eX- tremely rare for a woman.
 Bernhardt. too, often tried her hand at writing, with marked success. Tn 1878 she published an account of a ballon. ascension she had made III those early and perilous days Of aerial travel. Ten years later she wrote one-act play, "The avowal." which is still playe din the state sub sidized theatres. In addition she had novel or two and number Of short stories to her credit. Oof late years she had been an occasional contribu- tor to many American magazines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
ALABAMA LINE JAN
 NOW CARE FUR NIL IMPROVEMENTS
GoItra Defies Government and Court Issues Order Re-
 straining Weeks Action
WASHINGTON BUREAU I
 THE ERALD Washington. D. C.. March 26

g E. F. Goltra of St. Louis has sus- rendered to the government 19 barges lr and four tow boats. This equipment
 will be pro-rated between the Missis- S sippi and the Warrior enterprises in 2. respect to the requirements of each. ,-r Representative William B. Oliver of ss the Sixth Alabama district. made
 aware today by James Smith, presi- g !. dent of the Mississippi River I'm IT, provement association, of the action 2 by Mir. Goltia, declared confidence -',s that the Warrior would receive of the Goltra equipment practically all that - it requires to make it an efficient en- I. terprise for the peculiar require-
 ments of Alabama ana contig ious 1T. Warrior to Receive Share.
 q7 Col. T. Q. Ashpurn. in charge of in- land waterways navigation under the r war department, is today in New Or ' leans. An interview with him re- [ specting the Goltra surrender was im- su possible. But Mir Oliver expressed
 the opinion that of the 2a boats sur s&rendered by Goltra. the Warrior Hxfident that Ashburn will award to stthe Warrior all that the Warrior re- ~Iquires.
 Mir. Goltra, near the conclusion of CT the Wilson administration. entered er into a contract to take over num- E Der of boats owned by the govern and establish a regular service 7sfin the upper Mississippi He never q established such service, but declared t1dhat because of the condition of the is nppar Mississippi it was impossi ble for him to carry out his contract. " A gainst government insistence, he
 was obdurate.
 1s Colonel Ashburn threatened to sue. snMr Goltra was still defiant, and then - again today Mir. Goltra surrendered. asl The Warrior lOng has been in need
 uf equipment possessed by Goltra
 The Warrior will now acquire such
 equipment. MT. Oliver said today that
 the Warrior would be greatly bene-
 fitted and would be able to serve all .ex patrons, whatever their requirements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27

done for several years, and can walk long distances without those dragging pains and weak feelings. The Vegeta- ble Compound is fine, and l never forget to say . good word for it to other womes when they say they need something. Mrs. G. w. HALL. 639 Hazel Avenue, Lima, Ohio.
 There are many women who find their household duties almost unbear- able owing. to some weakness or de- rangement. Thetxopble may be slight, yet cause such annoying symptoms as dragging pains, weakness and . rundown feeling.
 Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is splendid medicine for such conditions. It has in many cases relieved those symptoms by removing the cause of them. Mrs. Halls ex- psrience is but one of many.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
Digestive Disorder. Overcome

Had stomach trouble three years and finally was in bed eight weeks with terrible cramps. Tho doctors did not help me and l could hold nothing on my stomach. Tried Foley Cathartic Tablets and now am a well man. Can eat anything" writes A. l.. Lyons, Dayton, 0. Sour stomach, bad breath, headache, biliousness. and other digestive disorders { quickly overcome with Foley Cathartic Tab lets. Insist upon Foley's. Sold ev- ery-rhere.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
sAo.ooo LOSS BY FIRE

PONCA CITY, Okla, March 26.- Fire which began early Saturday in the Tonkawa oil fields and destroyed IT small storage tanks and 5000 barrels of crude oil of the Comar oil company caused loss of approxi- l. mately s40.O00. company officials es- timated. The blaze virtually was e. tinguished today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
puouE M,TOvTE, OFrICE.

NEW YORK, March 26.-The dis- tfict attorneys office has begun an investigation into promises to pros rective students alleged to have been made by "Al" Gilbert, legless man who heads the Rising Sun Pro : ductions, Inc, and who was said to have advertised $50 course in movie acting. Gilbert appeared in a wheel chair at the hearing. which was adjourned until Thursday in order that he might produce incor- poration papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
N. P. CANNON
Casket Company Heed Loses Ftgh'
 For Life


 For Life
 Funeral services for N. P. Cannon, 67 years old. president of the Bir. mingham Casket and Metallic Caske: companies, who died in Atlanta Sun day night. will be held at Mt. Holly N. C.. his birthplace, Wednesday. Mir. Cannon was well-known throughou; the south, having travelled for more than 20 years in the casket business. He became connected with the manu- facture of caskets in 1890 at Char lotte, N. C., later expanding his busi- ness to take in plants at Atlanta and Birmingham.
 Three cousins survive Mfr. Cannon in Birmingham, John W. Cannon manager of the Birmingham Casket company, and R. T. Cannon and Paul Derr, employees of the company. Ten thousand American soldier. lost one or both legs in the World war.
 Alaska has 25,000 Indians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
MAKE RACING NEWS ILLEGAL.

OTTAWA, Ont, March 26.-Sir Gouin, minister of justice, has in troduced in the House of Commons a government bill which would make illegal the publication of racing tips, selections, odds, winning money prices. pari-mutuel payments or sim far intelligence. except on the prem ises of racing association while a race meeting is in progress The bill applies to races held within and without Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
EIGHT ARE sENTENCED

SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 2b' = Sentences of from one to 14 years each in the penitentiary were i;... posed on eight alleged members or the Industrial Workers of tho World. convicted last week of criminal syn dicalism. Some of the men created a minor disturbance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27

vGGC ttOUOlSS SQSu as women often have, and could do no heavy work. l was sick for sev- eral years, and from reading your ads. l finally de- cided totakeLydia E. Pinkham's etable Compound.
 l am now doing my own washing,
 which l haven't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
WEEKS DECLARES HIS
 A(,TION l,O HE IECAI.

Y WASHINGTON, March 26. - Secre- Atary Weeks said today he had author
 ,ized the seizure of the Goltra Barge : line on the Mississippi river after the
 | department of justice informed him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
MILL DISPOSE OF SHIP

MELBOURNE, Australia. March 26 Twenty -four units of the Australian navy are to be disposed of, accord ing to announcement by the director of naval intelligence. The vessels in- dude the battle cruiser Australia light cruiser Sydney, number of destroyers and sloops and six sub- marines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
SAMSON FARMER SHOT
Trouble Aroused over Placing Of .
 Gate

SAMSON, Ala, March 26.--G. D. Mosely. farmer, of the Samson com munity, was this morning shot down and probably fatally wounded by 0. c, Farmer, lumber man, as the result of a quarrel, it is said.
 The quarrel which is said to have led to the shooting arose over the ordering of gates put in fences on Mosely's place, so as to enable lumber to be hauled out. Farmer is said to have shot Mosely once. the bullet penetrating his body. Little hope is held for Mosely's recovery. it Is stated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
MRS. G. W. HALL SICK FOR YEARS
Wants Women to Know How She Was Made We'll by Lydia E.Pink-
 ham's Vegetable Compound

Lima, Ohio. Indeed, your medi- cine is all you say it is l had very se-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
,i Barges Means More Equipment Ft
Flashes Of Wire
LADY CARNAvON ARRIVES

CAIRO, Egypt, March 26.-(by As sociated Press.)-Lady Carnavon has arrived here, ending her hurried trip from England. which she made partly by airplane, to be with her husband, who is i'll with bloodpoisoning from an Insect bite. Lord Carnavon is much improved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
L. & N. IS READY ON vIADUCTS, CITY IS TOLD
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was the first concrete development in the program. Opening of Twen- tieth street. north, is expected to fol- low the removal of the switch yards and roundhouse to Thomas this year and transfer of the freight house tG Powell avenue in 1924.
 Plans of the city call for a survey of the situation by engineers of rail roads concerned before definite pro- posals are submitted as to viaducts and underpasses. One viaduct on either side of the business district has already been agreed upon. how ever. as the initial step. MT. Mapother Monday told the commis- sion that the Louisville and Nashville engineers would be available upon their call. He also suggested confer ences with representatives of the other roads concerned.
 Because of the program of eXpan- sion and equipment construction all ready entered upon by the Louisville and Nashville, MT. Mapother said he preferred postponement of the via duct program until a later time. when the road might be able to enter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
Theatrical World Saddened Ouer Bernhardt's Passing

might live would not justify . recon ciliation.
 Joseph Beynhardt was once an &C., tor and a playwright. He lives alone now in quarters connected with his furniture repair and awning making shop. His wife is dead,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
BROTHER OF BERNHARDT
 BITTER AGAINST ACTRESS

MALlSTER, Okla., March 26.-(By Associated Press. )-While the world mourned the passing of the Divine Sarah" tonight an aged Frenchman sat in a little furniture repair shop in McAlister. his heart still filled with bitterness. He was Joseph Bernhardt, 75 years old, who claims that Mime. Bernhardt was his half sister,
 Only solitary tear fell from the eyes of the bent old man when he was informed of the death of the famous actress.
 T have no pity, no sorrow" he said. "No friendship has existed be- tween us for many years. When Sarah could have done much for me she did nothing"
 Joseph Bernhardt's claim to being a half brother of Mime. Bernhardt has never been disproved here where Bernhardt has made his home for 25 years.
 It is said that Sarah Bernhardt once while touring America, sent an emissary here to interview him but Bernhardt spurned the advances. saying that the few years each
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
MOBILE MAN HELD

Mobile as his home, was bound over to the grand jury under $500 bond by the recorders court late today to answer charge of breaking into the home of l. N. Litchenstein, 120 Church street. Brewster did not make bond and was transferred to the county jail.
 It is alleged that Litchenstein dis covered Brewster with articles taken from his home and had him arrested. The articles were valued at $112.50. Brewster denied that he broke into the building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
NEW YORK PAYS TRIBUTE
 TO DEPARTED ACTRESS

NEW YORK, March 26.-The pass ing of Sarah Bernhardt was no less a blow to those interested in the serious side of the theatre in New York than to her own Paris where death at last conquered her indom- itable vitality. The public had known her as great actress and an in ternational figure but the studious element of the dramatic profession had an appreciation of her which those who sit on the dark side of the footlights could not share.
 David Belasco. the famous pro- ducer, was one of the first of the New Workers kho knew Mime. Bern hardt to hear of her death.
 My dear great friend Is not gone. ' he wrote in public statement of appreciation and regret. She will go down the ages, blazing a trail of glory far into the future. No one has equaled her in spirit, save only Joan d'Arc. No one has ever equaled her in talent. An amazing woman.'
 The Theatre Guild. Americas s greatest repertory theatre. also is- tion.
 "In the death of Sarah Bernhardt the theatre has lost It's most be- loved and most distinguished repre- sentative" said this statement. Not only her art. but her courage. over coming almost insurmountable ob- stacles. has been an example which the world will not soon forget"
 Augustus Thomas, famous play wright. and controller" of the New York theatre as head of the Produc- ing Managers association, was told ever the phone of Mme. Bernhardt's s death.
 She was a most dominant figure in two generations in the theatre" Thomas said. "as well as the great est artist. She was an example of art overcoming a hostile environ ment and the greatest example of personal courage sustaining high ambition to the last degree"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27

Nicotine in Chinese tobaceo is about 2.50 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27

into the plan more fully. He said that the road was ready to cooperate now, however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
SELMA FAMILY HAS CLOSE CALL WHEN STORE IS DESTROYED John Lewis, Wife and Child, Trapped, Forced to
 Jump

SELMA, Ala. March 26.--(Special Leased Wire.)-The family of John Lewis barely escaped being burned to death here late Sunday night when the grocery store of John Langham caught fire and was all most consumed before the alarm was given. The Lewis family resided in the second story of the building and were asleep at the time and knew nothing of the fire until the build ing was in flames. Their only means of escape was by jumping from the window of the burning building. Mrs. Lewis jumped first and Mir. Lewis threw their infant child to her and all escaped uninjured.
 MT. Langham, who occupied an ad- joining room, came near suffocatins before he was rescued. He has been prominent merchant in Selma for the past 30 years. The building was completely destroyed and was only partially insured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
NEGRO HOY FATALLY STABBED

Eddie Washington, negro. aged 10. instantly killed by Leroy Jones. aged 13. negro, Sunday. five miles west of Selma. Deputies Caddy and Berry went to the scene of the killing and brought the negro boy to the county fail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27
STORE CHANGES HANDS

Johnson Brothers, well-known and progressive business men of Selma purchased Stroud Brothers army and navy store here Monday. Stroud Brothers have only been in Selma for a short time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27

Alaska has 25.00O Indians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-27

IL Aivlon,' which she created in 1900. and "Chanticlssr." 10 year.