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Evening star., 1923-02-15
ICE OFF NOVA SCOTIA.
Two Steamers Reported Held Fast
in Big Packs.

BY the Associated Press.
HALIFAX. y. S. February Is
Great fields of Ice are reported on the
dispatching the Ice breaker Stanley
messages received by the Canadian
marine department here.
The steamer Waac IL held fast
forty miles south OF Whitehead and
the steamer Sbeba is jammed in the
Ice off Lisccmb. The government Is
Gispa tching the ice-breaker Stanley
to free the ships
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-24

view below it. No drift showed there either; the creek for space flowed clear of rubbish.
 Evidently objects caught in that small whirlpool above were carried in and under lodge tC' be held fast by some submerged trapwork of soaked and sunken limbs.
 Probably they would stay there for months-perhaps stay there always.
 Turning the matter of the phe- nomenon over in his mind he flung away his bait can. spun his fishing cane so that the line wrapped around it, and made eff through the woods for his home.
 The two dogs racked along at his heels. Coming out of the woods one of them made the mistake of nudging him. Having disciplined the scrooE- ing dog with his boot tee he slouched out in the the six acre "dead'nin' "
 His puny patch of corn, for lack of the hoe, was smothering in weeds. In bare spots where the thin soil was washed so close down to the un derlying clay-pan that here not even woods would sprout. the crawfish had pushed up their conical watch towers of dried mud Tall ash holes, girdled and dead, three foreshortened
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saw him and looked about for some thing to throw at him. In a section where gravel is rare and all rock formations are buried hundred feet down under the silt, the verb ito stone" is neither used nor known. Your weapon invariably is q chunk" and with it-a hard clod or lump of wood CT whatever it is-you chunk" away at your target.
 The man found d sizable missile, q heavy. half routed sycamore bough, and he snapped off to suitable length and flung it, twirling, at the motionless mark. His aim was good.
 The striken snake Tapped out of coil and dragged it's broken loops from sight into an interlacing of naked limbs on the farther side of the log.
 The stick bounced hard and splashed in the pool. Japhet saw how then it swirled around and around and then, briskly, was sucked beneath the jam. With a quickened curiosity he moved downstream a rod or two and waited.
 Although the jam was now, so to speak. a suspension bridge, and in places stood inches clear out of the water, the stick did not emerge into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-24

| shadows across the clearing-shad- ows such as gallows trees might cast His house. of two rooms and built of unpainted up-and down planking, squatted in the inadequate shade of stunted chinaberry tree. A well was at one corner. There was no flower bed, no truck patch, no fenc ing.
 Across the open space. with the heat waves dancing before him. the outlines of the house seemed to waver and twist like an object seen through smoke. It stood a fCot from the earth on log props. Because of the seepage there were no cellars in this neighborhood.
 The inevitable dogs lived under the houses and bred their fleas there, and the hogs, too. if so be house owner had any hogs,
 It was nearly noon now. His wife, in a skinny blue frocll open at the throat, was cooking the midday meal, the principal meal of the three.
 He came up to the door and she, lt oking up from the cook stove where she was turning the strips of sizzling fat meat in the skillet, saw the look on his face. Her mouth
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the creek widened to thrice its usual breadth.
 Here tight wedge of drift wood blacked the waters. Each sue cessive freshet added flotsam to the rude dam--lost cross-ties, uprooted trees, corn stalks, chips, dead weeds, sticks.
 Ordinarily this lesser riffle would cover the pool so thickly that, with the tCp dressing of cream colored foam, there was created the simula- tion of solid footing; a stranger may have been pardoned fer believing he could walk across and keep dry shod. But now all here was clear of gently eddyng derbis. The con- sumed stream. instead of shaping against the spanning driftage, ran under 1t with an oozy,- gauzzling sound. Directly In the middle there was busy little whirlpool, funnel Ing downward.
 On one of the lowermost of the pared logs, cottonmouth was twisted up, taking his ease in the congenial fever warmth. He was a big fat one-fully two feet long and as thick through his girth as a boys arm.
 From the bank edge above, Japhet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-24
THE YEARS BEST STORY

Snake Cobb adjudged the O. Henry Memorial Committees composed of distinguished literary authorities be published n 1922
 Cobb the who made the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-24
Irwin s. CObb'S Best Story of 1922

twitched apprehenslvely. By the signs she knew when he was in one of his tantrums,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
BANKING BILLS FAVORED

Banking and insurance bills ocCu- pied members of the senate banking and insurance committee Wednesday. Eight of the bills being reported fla vCrably and four of them receiving an adverse report.
 Senator Duncan's bill doing away with the % per cent penalty for ln- surance companies who do not make a settlement for fire losses within a certain time and which allows them longer to investigate the cause of the fire was one of the bills reported faVorabiY.
 Another bill favorably reported was Senator Inzer's bill which pro hibits banks from making loan to any one person or firm of an amount greater than 20 per cent of the banks capital.
 Other bills reported favorably are as follows:
 By Senator Duncan: Providing that all insurance agents shall be li- censed and giving the insurance com missioner power to revoke such li- cenSc.
 By Senator Hutson: Allowing na- tional banks to become state banks.
 By Senator Hutson: Providing that banks shall not be responsible Tor forged checks returned later than 6o days to the bank with claim.
 By Senator HutsCn: Providing that the report of bank examiner can be used as evidence in court.
 Bv Senator Hutson: Providing that a check of an insane or deceased ls- sued in good faith shall be charged to the depositor.
 By Senator Hutson: Providing for penalties for any false statements against banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
FOUR SHIPS LEAVE
 MOBILE, 3 FOR TROPICS
Steel Products And Lumber Among
 CargoeS Shipped

MOBILE. Ala. July 25,-(Special Leased Wire. men at the port of Mobile spent another day in unceasing toll when four ships lett port and two others arrived while still another cleared port to sal Thursdav. All the ships, with the ex- ception of one, the Manta, whlch ar rived light from Havana to the Munscn Line, had cargoes on board All of the ships leaving with the eN ception of one made for ports in the tropics, the exception going to the Pacific coast.
 The Aluminium Liner SanGstad which cleared pert Tuesday al1er . noon. set a course for Georgetown, puerro colombia, San Fernando and Curacao. with a large cargo. over l. co tons of her cargo consisted ol steel products, while over 900 tons Cf lumber was also carried.
 Brincing 5000 punches of bananas the fluitcr Gaston, to Thomas M' Ross, brought the weeks total for banana receipts up to 4T0O0 buncnes' She came from Puerto CorteA' heI cargo numbers zoo tons. She Will probably sail for return c"rS within rne next few days
 Jage & Jones steamer Ozama cleared port and departed yesterday for the Porto Rican ports Of Ponee' Mayague. and San Juan l,f4o tons If cargo. the greater part of which was destined for San Juan. Yellow pine lumber, both rough and dressed filled the greater part Of her mani fest. ,..
 The Norwegian steamer hnu IIanIsul. Munson Line, departed for Nuevitas, Puerto Tarafa and Antllla with one of the usual varied carGoes that are carried to the Cuban Isle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
|NOS DEMAND
 NAT|VE GOVE RNOR
Bending Complete Indepen- dence, Island Asks For
 Withdrawal Of Wood

WASHINGTON. July 25.-Filipinos have followed their demand for Gen eral Woods recall with the proposal that pending complete independ a native governor general be ap- pointed. Meanwhile appointive mem bors of the Philippine house and sen ate. who represent the Christian islands. have declined to resign and the National League of Filipino Women has adopted resolutions ap- proving the resignation of the native cabinet.
 Demand for native governor gen eral was made by the commission on independence which is composed of all members of the two houses of the legislature. The text of the dec laration. received here by the Philip pine Press bureau, reads in part:
 Tt is with the utmost confidepce that we await vindiation from the people and the government of the United States. In the meantime pru- dence counsels that precautions be taken to re-establish the harmony in our government that has been de- stroyed by the conduct of the goNer. nor general"
 After reiterating the demand for Woods recall, the resolution con- tinues:
 The commission prefers that pend ing the concession of our immediate independence. the position of gOVer- nor general of the Philippine Islands he given to a Filipino, not as new test of Filipino political capacity, which has already been sufficiently demonstrated, but solely t0 assure in meantime the success of Ndminis- ration in these islands,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
TWO DETECTIVES DEAD
Second Little Rock officer Dies As
 Result Of Wounds

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July 25.- (By Associated Press. Little Rock tomorrow will bury Detective Ser geants George Moore and Luther Hay, the latest two of it's police officers fatally wounded while on duty. Public funeral services for the two men who received their death wounds early yesterday in a desperate pistol battle in which their assailants caught them unpre- pared will be held at the city hall at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with various officials and representatives of civic bodies and fraternal orders participating.
 Moore died yesterday morning shortly after he was wounded when the two answered call to investi gate a supposed dice game at the home of negro. Hay dide at noon today while on the operating table in hospital where surgeons were preparing to remove a leg. He had lived for more than 2+ hours with six bullet wounds in his body one completely through the lungs.
 The three alleged slayers of the officers are held at the state prison here, awaiting their trial, which will begin next Monday morning in Pu- laski circuit court. They are "Dia- mond Joe" Shaw, Arthur Lange and A. G. Wadden. the latter negro. Lange is in the prison hospital with a bullet wound in the leg. The ne gro was arrested at the scene of the shooting, where he lived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
MINE OWNERS REJECT DEMAND OF UNION MEN
Refuse Complete Recognition" Of Bodies As Illegal Monopoly"

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 25-- (By Associated ss.)-The anthra- cite miners demand for complete recognition of their union, including establishment of the closed shop and the check off system. was rejected today by operator members of the joint committee which is trying to enact wage agreement and fore- stall a threatened strike on Septem- Ter 1.
 The operators said they rejected the demand chiefly because. in the words of an adviser. they refused 70 become party to an illegal mo- noroly of the anthracite industry. The rejection was not considered final. nor indicative that the wage negotiations would fail, although the demand for the check-o and the c,csed shop. with that for wage in- creascs, are the three most impor' tant on the miners list.
 Today marked the opening of &C., tual bargaining. The miners dele- gates finished explaining in detail the alleged grievances which several demands were designed to correct. The operators agreed "in principle" to those requesting that the wage schedule be brought up to date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
SEEKS TO RAISE OUAL|F |CA I u N {
 IF SCHOOL HEADS
Culver Says Qualifications Set In Some Local Bills
 Too Low
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 THE AGE-HFRAID ! Mont rOmPry Ala Iuly oS

Representative c. S. Culver of Etovah, chairman of the house com mittee on education. stated today that he will introduce into the house Thursday a bill to provide uniform qualfiCato for all county super intendents of education, no matter who may be selected. These qualifi- cations will be substantially the same as present requirements of the state department of education.
 It Is stated that locaI 3IIis provid- ing for election of county superin- tendents, who have been introduced into the house and some of which have passed provide qualifications for superintendent far below those prescribed and in force under the present system. In the case of those bills where a first grade teachers license is the minimum requirement, the qualifications are five years edu- cat ,nally, beneath the present state re .uirements, it Is stated. MT. Gull ver's bill would make uniform quail fications on the present high stand ard
 The house committee on education today adopted a favorable report on the bill of Representative Travis Williams of Franklin providing for election of a county superintendent of education for that county.
 The committee also reported fa- vorably the bill of Representative Paul Luck of Shelby, to change the name of the college for women at Montevallo to Alabama College"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
DAUGHERTY WILL TEST ATTACK UPON LABOR
Attorney General Declares Boycott
 By Trade Associations Illegal

CHICAGO, July Zo.-(by assO- ciated Press. )-Attorney General H. NJ. Daugherty will be prepared on his arrival from the Pacific coast to join the presidential tour to appear per sonally in criminal actions against the San Francisco building materials dealers and trade associations charged with conspiracy to boycott union la hor by refusal to furnish certain con tractors employing organized work CTS. Announcement that he would take over direction of the federal governments case was made by the Attorney General just before his de- Darture for the west.
 While declining to reveal names Of individuals or officials against whom court action might be taken, the At torney General let it be known that the facts in the case had been be- fore department of justice officials for some months. and that legal pro ceedingS to protect the right of building workers to organize were in view.
 Recalling that he once had ad- vised certain trade associations rep resentatives and civic body delegates from San Francisco that "a boycott against labor is as indefenSible as boycott against industry" the de- partment of justice chief declared that he now stood ready to test that position in legal proceedings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
FORMER PAYMASTER HELD
Texas Oil Man Said To Be EX-Officcr
 In Army

SAN ANTONIO Tex. July 25.- Charged with abscondinS with S75.000 and desertion from the navy, Carroll r. Bennett, who has been living here under the name of D. II. Lane, was arrested this afternoon by agents of the department of justice. officers state that he took the money while a lieutenant and paYmaster in the naval department at Washington. b. c.
 In a statement tonight Bennett ad- mitted his identity and said he left Washington shortly after the alleged shortage, coming to San Antonio. The money Is said to have been taken in December, 1919.
 While here he has been interested in oil promotions. being associated with army officers in field at Laredo and also having operations in the Breckenridge field. He told the agents of the department of justice that he had lost the $15,000 in his oil investments and that he is now broke"
 Soon after arriving in San An tonic, early in 1920, Bennett married San Antonio woman, under his as stunned name. They have been promi- nent socially.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
M | l SE INITIATE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Brandon To Accompany Per- shing To Birmingham
 From AnniSton

| The impressive Moose initiation Wednesday night was conferred upon Gov. w. w Brandon and Alabama s chief executive, along with a large class of candidates, became a full fledged Moose, a member of Bir- mingham lodge No. AT, Loyal Order of Moose. The occasion was Brandon night" for the success of which blr- mingham lodge had made extensive preparations.
 Carrying out the regular order of work under direction of Dictator Dr. H. A. Elkourie, one of the largest classes ever initiaed Wednesday night became affiliated with Birming-
 ham lodge. Never was a Moose initi- ated under more suspicious circum- stances than were the class of Wednesday night, led by Governor
 Brandon.
 Following the regular initiation
 services an open program was held. Included were several selections by the male chorus of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company; an address by the governor, in which he expressed satisfaction at becoming d
 member of the Moose; an address on Applied Fraternity" by William Trickett Giles of Baltimore, supreme lecturer, and other entertainment
 features.
 Governor Brandon was to leave Bir-
 mingham early Thursday morning, where he goes with General Pershing
 on an inspection trip to Camp Me Clellan. He will return to Birming- ham Thursday afternoon with General
 Pershing, reaching the city at 6;30
 o'clock over the Louisville and Nash vile railroad, when the general will be honored guest of the city, under auspices of Birmingham post No. ], American Legion.
 One of the most interesting fea- lures of Brandon night" was the lecture and accompanying picture slides dealing in detail with "AIoose- heart" near Chicago, the home for children of Moose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
WELL KNOWN DALLAS
 COUNTY MAN EXPIRES
Sam J. Hunter Had Been Active In
 Party Politics

SELMA, Ala, July 25.-(Special Leased Wire)-Sam J. Hunter, planter and merchant of Berlin, eight miles south of Selma, and prominent citizen of Dallas county, died Monday morning at the Baptist hospital in Selma, where he had been confined three weeks. Since attain ing his majority in 1877, MT Hunter has been active in party politics. He served a four-year term Is member of the board of revenue. The Hunter family is one of the most prominent in the state and the deceased was a democrat of pronounced type. Flu neral services will be conducted by Rev. F. w. Gamble. rector of St. Pauls Episcopal church, from the home of II. l. Shelley, cashier of City National bank, his kinsman. Inter ment will be at 10 o'clock Tuesday in LiVeoak cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
TWELVE ARE ENDOWED FROM USE OF PLACES FOR LAW VIOLATION
Court Advises Property 0Wn- CTS To See That Tenants
 Do Not PeddIe Booze
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD Montgomery, Ala. July % l

InjunCtions prohibiting r persons from using specified places in Mont gOmery and Girard for viotr lions of the Nolstead act were grsrild by Judge Henry b. Clayton in federal court Wednesday afternoon. In issu- ing the injunctiOns Judge Clayton warned Violators of the prohibition laws that he would continue to issue the restraining orders when adequate proof was submitted to him and that violations of his orders would bring severe penalties.
 Judge Clayton also advised prop erty owners to make proper investi- gations and determine whether or not their tenants were using the estab- lishments In carrying on the illegal liquor traffic.
 Those restrained from using the buildings for violations of the Vol stead act were A. NJ. Fullerton, Jesse R. Ford and E. M. Newsome, Girard i; Mrs. R. l.. Rigsby 110h Monroe street, Montgomery; J. E. Mcdonald, Ben Safford, J. l.. Taylor and Sam Robertson, 900 Jefferson street, Montgomery; sidney Galatas, R. NJ. Shivers. R. l.. Hawkins and George Walker, Montgomery.
 Judge Clayton also imposed a fine of $100 on the American Railway Ex- press company on charge of tranS- porting a COW from Marbury to q Florida town without obtaining a health certificate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
CRAFT BILL ADVERsED

Senator John Crafts bill giving circuit court judges in Mobile county a salary of S7,000 a year was re- ported adversely by the senate ju- dietary committee at it's meeting Wednesday.
 Six bills were reported favorably; they were:
 By Senator Hildreth: A bill provid- ing that contracts of deceased can be carried out by heirs.
 By Senator Ellis: Providing for the establishment Of an inferior court to be known as the court of common pleas of Selma, in Dallas county.
 By Representative Goodwyn Pro- viding that circuit courts of coun- ties with two judges can hire court reporter at a salary of $2,400 a year.
 By Senator Waddell: Three bills concerning the annexation of Thenix City and Girard, Ala; pro viding for the form of government to he had and regulation of appeals from the recorders court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
RECKLESS DRIVING CHARGED

In the recorders court WedneSda y the case of Monroe Johnson, negro, charged with recklcssly driving an automobile truck when serious in jury was done ten days ago to Ser hard Topper on Broad street, was set for trial Friday. The injured man is at a local hospital with hip broken and other injuries as the result of the alleged reCklessness, while the negro is still in jail. having been unable to give the required $500 bond.
 Another speeder, Andrew IVeY negro taxi driver, was convicted of reckless driving and speeding anl given fine of s12.50 with additional sentence of 30 days hard labor on the streets. which he may not pay in money but must pay in brawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
UNION BATTLE RACES
LopEshOrcmen'S Union And I. W. w.
 Organization In Clash

NEW YORK, July 2o.-The battle of labor which the International Longshoremen's association and the Marine Transport Workers division of the Industrial Workers of the World have been waging in Hohoken since yesterday continued today with both sides claiming a victory.
 John A. Ryan, vice president of the international gaNe out a state, ment today saying the strike had been settled with the promised re. turn of members of his organization. Officials of the l. w. W. came back with an answer in which they denied the strike was off and settlement had been reached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
TWIN CITIES TO SEE UNDERWOOD ON AUGUST 3
STATE CAPITAL, BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD

Oscar w. Underwood, senior senator from Alabama and poten- tial candidate for president, will address the citizens of North Alabama here on August 8, it was announced today by officials of the Albany-Decatur Chamber of Commerce, under whose auspices he will speak.
 Invitations ' i'll be sent out i'm mediately to all other Tennessee valley communities, inviting their residents to hear the distinguished Alabamian in what is expected to be his last address before he re- turns to Washington. Officials Wednesday were seeking an audi torium large enough to hold the enormous crowd expected to hear the address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
METHODIST UNION NEAR
Northern and Southern Branches
 Favor UnificatiOn

CLEVELAND, O., July 25.--A plan for the reunion of the northern and southern division of the Methodist Episcopal church was taken under consideration by the joint commission on uuihcation last night after hay ing been approved by members rep resenting both branches at separate meetings.
 The plan, drafted by joint com mittee of 16. was adopted unanimous ly by the northern members at a meeting this afternoon. At it's meet ing tonight the southern members made few changes in the wording of the plan- when then was submit ted to the joint commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-26
GETS WHAT HE SOUGHT
Attempted Suicide-WilI Wake IT
 In NOrguc

LIMA, O., July 25-Charles Vor- hees, co., father of six children. de- cided Monday night to kill himself by standing in the middle of the Pine street car tracks.
 Wednesday morning Vorhees will woke up on a cooling slap in 6 morgue.
 Police Judge Jackson penalized him $15 and. sentenced him to serve 24 hours in the morgue, and at ( o'clock tonight Voorhees, began his sentence