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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
RECL A " A ITO N POLICY ASSAILED
Undue Prominence Given New Construction Held Basic
 Weakness

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. - Undue prominence given new construction was declared to be the basic weak ness of the governments reclama- tion policy today by Miles Cannon, field commissioner of the interior department, appearing as Il witness before the special advisory commit tee.
 MT. Cannon submitted an exhaus- tive report of a study he had just completed which resulted in uis con- clusion that continuation of the pres ent policy eventually will lead to general curtailment, if not the de- truction." of the nation program
 Estimating that 2S per cent of the farm units embraced in federal pro1- ects were being operated by ten ants, Mir Cannon declared these and mon resident speculators" were among the chief obstacles now met by the bureau.
 Many units have changed hands five times, and one is reported to have changed hands II times" he said Tn some cases the govern ments charges have been disregarded and transfers made without payment of past due accruals, and in most cases the present user is holding his land at the maximum of inflated value.
 "The necessity of the department approving all future transfers is ap- parent"
 Holds Estimate Too Low
 The witness declared the depart ment's estimate of $2,922 as the av- craze indebtedness of the individual water user was too low, adding that personal examination led to his be- lief that it was nearer. s4,000 per user
 But figuring the average at s3.O0O." he continued. "it will be shown that the burden of debt, ex- elusive of governmental charges, is $114,255, ,000, or approximately the same as they owe the government Tn other words. commercial and loan organizations are contributing as much to the support of reclamation as the federal government"
 The annual increase of national wealth, represented in the product of the reclamation projects, the witness said, probably "eluals the total cost of construction" and warranted the assumption that the pub.ic interest in the settlers welfare went bryond the mounting aggregate of payments overdue.
 The witness urged the committee to recommend strong, practical ahd capable business organization in Washington, with field force trained in organization, production and business principles 70 GIide the farmer. Lack of co-operation be- tween government agencies was in dicated, he said, by the recent sus- pension of federal and ba2k aid to reclamation farmers In the St. Paul, Omaha and Spokane divisions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
STATES HOW
 HE STANDS ON GREAT ISSUES
Sorry To Feel Compelled Not To Yield To Many Letters, Messages and Interviews Urging Him To Run For Place STATEMENT ADDRESSED TO PEOPLE OF ALABAMA John H. Bankhead Expected To Announce Against Heflln Which Will Define Clearly And Sharply Issues

Withstanding the pressure of many letters, messages and personal so- !icitations from friends and ad- mirers in all parts of Alabama, for mer Gov. B. B. Conner Saturday an- nounced his decision not to offer for :he office of United States Senator from Alabama. His announcement was given in the form of state ment addressed to the people of Ala bama, Tn which he comments on pub lie questions and tells some or the things he would have tried to ac- complish had he felt himself in posi- ton to offer for the senate ana hao the voters commissioned him to rep resent them in Washington. His statement reads as follows:
 Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 20, 1923
 "To the Citizens of Alabama: The News and The Age-Herald on last Sunday published that possibly I would be candidate for the United States Senate. These notices attracted the attention of number of my friends and I have had inter esting conversations and letters in connection herewith the past week. The News mentioned that would be S2 at the expiration of the term, in the event l was elected. I would suggest to the News that many very distinguished men have been even older while in full service and that < am contemplating hunting big game above timber line in the Rocky Mountains next year, that l am in i creasing my farming interests and expect to catch many big fish next spring.
 Important Services.
 T really seriously considered the matter of candidacy and there are some important services l would have tried to render, but I am sorry l cannot make the race. At least, as heretofore. in my private and public service l would have given the very best in me to the peoples interest and am confident there are many things that a southern sena- tor, deeply in earnest, could do other than be spectacular.
 The Dial bill, limiting the gam blers' advantage in the cotton ex- changes, and which the legislature of Alabama unanimously endorsed, would have joined in trying to pass. The exchange law as now enforced gives the Wall street great advan- tage and there is no interest in the south in which this advantage is used more than on the cotton crop and the south yearly pays to the cotton exchange part of Wall street tremendous taxes or tolls and it can be and should be stopped. The propaganda that the Dial bill was a spinner's bill and would hurt low grade cotton was put out by the
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
FORCE UNLAMF u. CHARGES R I: ? AID.
Utilities Of Alabama Cannot Exact Unjust Pay, Rules
 Attorney
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
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 The Alabama public service com mission has the power. to require a utility to make reimbursement to a costumer for unlawful charges ac- cording to an opinion furnished to- day by Hugh White, special assist ant attorney general to l.. F. McDon- nell, chief engineer of the commis- sion. MT. White held that the pro- vision of the public utility act of 1920 which give the public service commission the right to rectify vio- lations of the act or of order of the commission carries with 1t the right to order reimbursement to a costumer, and that the utility will be liable for the penalty pro- vided in the act for failure to com ply with an order making reimburse ment for overcharges.
 Mir. Whites opinion was furnished in response to a request which origi- mated, 1t Is stated, In charges by the Alabama Power company to the Haraden Dramatic company at Car bon Hill, which charges were regard ed as excessive.
 The opinion gives a detailed inter- pretation of features of the utility act of 1920, with regard to what are the act, and the power of the com mission to grant relief from unlaw- ful charges. "In my opinion no rate of a public utility can be a lawful rate unless it becomes such by vir- tue of some provision or require ment of this act or an order of the commission made under authority of the act" MT. White stated.
 O O O
 Whites Opinion.
 MT. Whites opinion on the subject, addressed to MT. Mcdonnell as chief engineer of the commission, follows:
 "The question raised by yoI, as l understand your inquiry is:
 If any public utility in this state charges an unlawful rate, what jur- isdiction has this commission over the matter, if any, what would be the proper procedure for the, com
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
KHAN SIGNS USED BY SOLONS, CHARGE
Resolution To Block "Ex- change Of Signals" Intro
 duced In House

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Oct. 19.- Charges that the Ku Klu Klan mem bers of the legislature are using the signs of the hooded order to solidify their vote on all measures introduced were made on the floor of the house, Friday, in a resolution submitted by Representative E. T. White demand ing that the exchange of signals be stopped. -as,.ss.s-.-- s,-r--
 The resolution was immediately placed on the house calendar for later discussion.
 A move which has long been ex- pected came Friday Just before the weekend, when Attorney General George Short was empowered to star. prosecution of county officials and peace officers who interfered or at tempted to interfere with the ballot ing in the special election on Octo- Der 2.
 There were only two dissenting votes to the resolution calling for this action.
 Impeachment Up Monday.
 Observers, Friday, saw in the senate's announcement that telegrams had been sent to all members urging they attend Mondays sesslon' an III = dication that the house would proceed immediately with its avowed inten- ton of impeaching Governor walton.
 The DisneyTolbert investigation committee, it was learned, has com pleted it's probe of the governors of flee and will submit 1t when the lower body convenes on Monday.
 The arrest of Fred Dennis, former state bank commissioner, wanted for questioning before the investigating committed was ordered late Friday afternoon.
 Dennis was scheduled to appear be- fore the committee Thursday, but he could not be found.
 Subpoenaes have been issued for many prominent oil men in the state for appearance before the legislative hodv probing the chief executives office. Among those subpoenaed Fri day are E. w. Marland of Ponca City. Charles Pagem of Sand Springs, Waite Phillips and c. J. Wrightmap of Tulsa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
SEEK "SPLIT" DRILL FOR NATIONAL GUARD
Military Bureau Officials To Ask
 Congress Sanction

WASHINGTON, Oct 2O.-Officials of the military bureau are prepar- ing to ask congress to legalize the split drill" custom in the national guard so that attendance for armory drill by the guardsmen will be com puted for pay purposes on the basis of the number attending various company classes arranged by com manders.
 A change in law will be necessary to sanction the practice, it has been found. since Comptroller General Me Carl has declined to approve a regu- general holds, 60 per cent of the membership of any national guard unit must be present for drill on the fixed drill night each week or the unit cannot receive pay from the fed eral government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
zEv VICTORY TRIUMPH FOR .UN|TEDSTATES
More Than 10000 Persons
 Witness Defeat Of The
 British Entry Papyrus Over Slow And Muddy Course MUCH CREDIT IS GIVEN TO THE AMERICAN JOCKEY Victory Is Triumph For Earle Sande Who Displayed Re-
 markable Skill In Handling
 Rancocas Stables Horse

BELMONT PARK, L. l., Oct. 20.- Zev, the crack American 3-year-old, won an easy victory from Papyrus, the Epson derby winner. in the in The Sinclair colt flew around the heavy track in 2:35 2-5, leading Papyrus almost from the post
 More than 10000 people saw the race.
 zev won sS0,oOO and Papyrus the remaining $2O,O00 of the s100,O00 purse, as provided in the rules gov erning the contest.
 The time was slow because of the muddy track. It was far behind the mark established by Man O War.
 The victory was a triumph for Earl Sande, American jockey, whose mast erful handling of the Rancocas stables horse was credited as having much to do with Zev's showing.
 Papyrus broke the barrier slightly in the lead, but Sande gave Zev his head and the Sinclair colt flashed to the front in an instant.
 The American colt led the way all around the track. At no point did Papyrus look as though he could have taken the lead.
 SHOWED M1cH SPIRIT
 Zev showed there was no founda- tion to the rumors about his bad I1t SHOW cu spirit as Sande rode him up to the barrier. Papyrus stood quiet under the masterful touch of the great Donoghue.
 The crowds at the race was a melt ing pot of humanity.
 Bulging through the guarded lanes leading to the $1.50 section in tne infield. filed shopworn teamsters whose love for horses comes with constant association. In the paddock were dyed-in-the wool racing en- thusiasts, glimpsing the runners just before they took the track. Their advice, whispered from the corner of their mouth, seemed final.
 In the stands were thousands, in- frequent race attendants, gabbering an afternoon of thrill. The porch lounge of the club house was the van tage point for the most exclusive and noted of New York's society set.
 On the lawn before the grand stand paraded mixed array of ex- perts-many of them women. With racing forms held naturally, they discussed the runners in the inter- estinf jargan of the track.
 Crowds Gathers Early.
 The crowds began to gather early The first arrivals trooped across the muddy track to the infield. Then they entrenched themselves directly on line with the barrier-the start
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
37 GOVERNORS BACK ENFORCEMENT
gOH COER DECLINES TO ENTER UNITED STATES SENATE RACE
Storm Bakers When Loaues Are Reduced

BERLIN, Oct. 20.-Mistake in- formation printed in a bakers journal that four pound loaves would be reduced to three pounds with the price unchanged re- suited in a tremendous protest by the populace and wholesale plundering of bakers shops Sat- urday.
 Bakeries, in view of the infor- nation printed In the journal, immediately reduced the size of their loaves and 1t was only after storm of complaint had arisen and the newspapers had cor rected the error, that orders were issued by the bakeries to reduce the cost of the loaf In accord ance with the reduced size.
 Meantime there is a danger of a complete shutdown of bakeries because of the plundering. and because the fall of the mark Is making 1t impossible to buy flour and other supplies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
DEBT COMNISs!ON PPROvES REPORT
Hope For Further Adjustments With Debtor Governments
 Is Expressed

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-The Amer ican debt funding commission met to- day and approved the form of it's an- nual report to congress which con tained the significant statement that the commission hopes to obtain further adjustments with the various debtor governments at the earliest possible date"
 While there was no elaboration on the expression from any member of the commission, the statement was |regarded in many quarters as the first hlnt from official circles that another commission may be sent to debtor na- tions advising that the government await the funding proposals. The re- port recites the negotiations and settlements with Great Britain and Finland and the full liquidation ol Cuba's debt, but as for the others, little progress is reported.
 The commission now has to deal with debts of foreign countries amounting to $5,970,1l7427. on which interest amounting to $1,1SS,45f,4 ATS has accured. The combined total of interest and principal owed by the several governments is given at:
 Armenia $14,263,196 Austria, $27,- 664,065; Belgium. $445,T ,TS2, ,734; Czecho- Slovakia S109. .423,344; Esthonia, $l6,- 7SS.72S; France, $3,9l7. ,974; Greece Slb, 1Z0,UUOi Hungary, |l,SoS,Eooi ltdiy [ S1,973,S79,133; Lativa, $6,032,47S; Lt- beria, $30,16S; Lithuania $5,977977i Poland, $1S0,S39,315; Roumania, $43,- 21S,S7s; Russia. $637,242,O54, and Serbia, $60, ,999592.
 It was disclosed by the report that the commission has not been in touch ''in any way" with the governments of Armenia Austria, Greece, Liberia. or Russia.
 The original loan to Russia was $192,601 ,297, made during the war, but nothing has been heard from that government since. As for Austria, Secretary Mellon has granted con sent for a 20year postponement under authority of a senate resolu- tion and therefore no principal or in- terest will come from that source for some IS years more.
 Geing into detail of the status of the debts with the other governments,
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
GOVERNOR ADMITS HE BORROWED $l50,000
McCray Seeks Advantage Of Fed
 eral Exemption Statue

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 20.-Ad- vantage of the federal statute ex- empting farmers from voluntary bankruptcy proceedings is sought by Gov Warren T. McCray in an answer filed in federal court today to the bankruptcy action brought against him by three Fort Wayne banking institutions.
 In his answer the governor also acknowledges for the first time that he borrowed $150,000 from the state board of agriculture, but denies the commission of acts of bankruptcy as charged by the First National bank, the Citizens Trust company and the Farmers Trust company.
 The governors answer was brought here this afternoon and filed with United States Commissioner T. J. Lo- gan. MT. Logan stated the answer will be sent to the federal court at Indianapolis on Monday or Tuesday and that arrangements then will be made for the appointment of a mas ter in chancery in charge of the case
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
1. w. w. ASK PROBE

CHICAGO. Oct. 20-In reply to charges made before the American Federation of Labor convention at Portland, Ore, recently that the 1. w. w. was subsidized by business in-
 erests to the detrment of organized abor, Harry G. Clark, general sec treasurer of the Industrial Workers of the World. announced .cGay he had telegraphed Samuel president of the labor fed sration. an invitation to investigate he finances of the l. w. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
MARY GARDEN MAY WED
singer confesses She Probably vii

Singer COnfesses She Probably Will
 Bc Married During Next Year
 PORTLAND. Ore, Oct 20-Mary Garden confessed to the Portland Press club .ast righ- that she may be married Eext year.
 "The newspapermen have been asking me year after year if I am to be married" said the singer. Next year is the thirteenth-my lucky number The fortune tellers have predicted that I am to be married in 1924, and now every man I meet I wonder if he is tc be the man." She left for San Francisco after attend ing the Press club party,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
FOR HARDING MEMORIAL

WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.--Offices will be established in Washington and the campaign opened next week by the Harding Memorial association to raise a fund to erect a memorial to the late President in his home town of Marion, Ohio. George B. Christian, Jr., who served as secre- tary to Mir Harding and who is ex- ecutive secretary of the association. will be in charge Of the offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
KHAN AND KAMEL|A .HURL GUN CHARGES
Each Accuses Other Of Employing
 Armed Men

CHICAGO, Oct. 20-Spok esmen of the ku klux klan and of the Knights of Kamelia today exchanged charges that the other organization was em- playing armed mel to oppose it.
 The charge against the Ku Klux Klan was made by w. C. Brown, a former klansman. and present Kame- Han. He said gunmen had been hired to harnss the Knights of Kamelia.
 The charge against the kamelia was made by G. c. Palmer of the Klan who said the Knights had re- cruited armed men to prevent the holding of klan meetings in Chicago MT Palmer ridiculed MT. Browns charges The Knights Kamelia are a seeding faction of the klan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
HEADS ENGINEERS

Low of New York, editor of Power, has been elected president of the American Society of Mechanical En- gineers, in mail ballot just con cluded. it was announced today Vice
 presidents elected were George l. Redwood, Worcester, Mass. H. Birchard Taylor, Philadelphia. and w. J. Sando, Milwaukee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
WOODS COMING BACK

TOKYO, Oct. 20.-Cyrus E. Woods. United States ambassador to Japan, is leaving for America the first of next month with his wife and ner mother. The trip has been mad. necessary because of injury to Mrs. Woods mother, who was hurt in the Japanese earthquake in September. The ambassador and his family will be absent about 60 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
2 DRY AGENTS SUSPENDED
One Of Men Was Arrested In Recent
 Beer Bribe Plot

NEW YORK. Oct 2O.-NationaI prohibition headquarters at Wash ington today instructed R. Q. Mer- rick, New York and northern New Jersey division prohibition chief, to suspend Federal Agents Henry Greenfield and Charles Wollowitz, local Headquarters announced.
 Greenfield was one of the II men arrested In the Hotel Pennsylvania last Thursday as an alleged partici- pant in an $S0,000 plot to bribe pro- hibition officials to permit the re- lease of flood of New Jersey beer in New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
ORDERED BACK TO WORK

HOUSTON, Tex.,l Oct. 2O.-An order for cotton screwmen and longshoremen here to return to work has been issued, their busi- ness agent told representatives of the master stevedores this after noon. The men did not show up for work at the usual time this morn ing. At 8 o'clock, the hour set for resuming work, the men had not returned. but this was due, 1t was said, to their usual Saturday aft ernoon holiday ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
MISSIONS CAN STAY

WARSAW, oct. 20.-The pressure of public opinion and the intercess- sion of the British and American ministers has induced the minister of the interior to withdraw his an- nouncement requesting all American welfare missions working in Poland to leave the country before Jan uary l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
Believed Clue In Disappearance 0
 Wealthy ReaItOr

remnants of what is believed will prove to be the finger joints from a human hand were unearthed today in San Diego in search by the authori- ties for some clue to George E. Sct ick wealthy San Diego realtor, who disappeared last February.
 The bones were found in the ashes of bonfire that neighbors of the man declared burned for three days shortly after Schicks dis appearance a the rear of the home in Normal Heights, this city. A few coat buttons and a metal clasp, such as found at the back of a mans vest alst were found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
HAMBURG IS TERMINUS
Transatlantic Service Of American
 Line Quits Bremen

HAMBURG, Germany, Oct. 20.- Hamburg is to replace Bremen as the eastern terminus of the transatlantic service of the American Line, it was announced here today.
 The rebuilt former Hamburg American liner Cleveland will sail for New York Sunday. The vessel. which is operated by the United American. Lines, flies the Panama flag
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
THREE DEAD IN CAVE-IN

SIOUX CITY, la, Oct. 20.-Three men are dead and one is seriously injured as a result of cave-in in the Perry creek conduit excavation work this afternoon. The men were buried under four feet of earth and brick when the east wall of the ex- cavation collapsed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
ARRIVE IN BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS, Oct. 20,--President Ma saryk of Czechoslovakia and his suite arrived by special train from Paris today and were received at the station by King Albert and Prince Leopold. The visitors will leave for London tomorrow,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
SALESMAN STRIKE ENDS

WARSAW. Oct. 20.-The strike of the Upper Silesian miners who de- manded a 200 per cent increase in pay, while the government offered 130 per cent, has been settled. The communist leaders of the movement have been arrested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21

FORECAST FOR ALABAMA: FAIR SUNDAY AND MON- DAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21

CITY WILL BEGIN AT ONCE WORK OF WIDENING FIRST AVENUE THROUGH EAST ERN SECTION OF CITY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-21
FIND BONES IN ASHES

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