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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15

meeting the railroads will grant reduction of one-half In the rate for the return trip. making a round trip cost one and one-half the one-way rate. Ticket agents win handle cer- tificates which will be furnished when tickets are purchased to Mobile. Those who benefit by the reduction on the return trip must present the certificates at Mobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
KILL TWO RATTLEsNAKEs

Foam Franklin and James Mock killed two rattlesnakes measuring five and six feet in length, on the Harris place, near here, Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
SPARKMAN CHOSEN
Hartselle Student Is Secretary Of
 University '. M. C. A.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. April It, John Sparkman of Hartselle, grad uate student of the University of Alabama, has been elected general secretary of the University Y. M. C. A. for the coming year by the advis ory committee of the organization. Mir. Sparkman will succeed Carl Foss in this office. Lelias Kirby was elected president of the Y. NJ. C. A. and Dr. George Lang chairman Of the advisory committed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
HARTsELLE CLEANS UP

HARTSELLE, Ala, April 14.-(Spe- cial) ginning Tuesday, Hartselle will have a cleanup week. J. M. Holey, inspector, had<given instruc- tions as to how the city may be made more beautiful and sanitary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
STUDENT RECOVERING

John Fraser of Greenville. a stu dent in the university, who was in jured badly last Saturday by a driverless automobile, was reported to be getting along as well as could be expected today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15

residence on Tenth Street. F. R. Per due and pr. W. O. Lawrence have just completed several bungalows in South Leeds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
woMEN's AUXILIARY MEETS

The Selma convocation of the Woman's auxiliary met in St. Pauls church Friday in Greensboro. There was a celebration of the holy com munion at II o'clock by Dr. F. w. Gamble of Selma, and a short ser mon. Luncheon was served at the home of Mrs. Seed at 1 o'clock, after which the conference was resumed. Greetings were spoken by Mrs. Overstreet and responded to by Mrs. George of Demopols. Miss Mary Thomas of New York, secre- tary of the church Periodical club, outlined the wonderful work done by this organization. Mrs. Cruik- shank, president of Columbia insti- ute. also spoke. About 50 delegates were in attendance from the various parishes throughout this branch of the auxiliary. MT. Bratton, rector at Demopolis. and Mir. Geiger, rector at Marion, were in attendance.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
Mobile Prepares 70 Extend Warm Welcome To Members O Bar As
GREENSBORO READY TO FLOAT BONDS FOR NEW $15,O00 SCHOOL
Present High School Is Inade- quate To Meet Needs Of
 Community

GREENSBORO, Ala, April 15- Special al)-At recent meeting of the school board 1t was declared ad- visable to float bonds to the amount of s10,0o0 for the purpose of put ting up suitable high school build ing. This matter was brought be- fore the city council, and they unanimously agreed, and ordered an election held by the citizens of Greensboro to decide the matter. This fund will be used to supple ment the three-mill tax recently passed and it Is proposed to erect a s15,000 building. The present house used for the high school Is wretched- ly inadeQuate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
Population Of 5000 By Next Census Is Slogan At Leeds

LEEDS, Ala, April 14.-(Special.) At present Leeds Is enjoying the biggest building boom in her history. The slogan of the Commercial club Is Five Thousand .Populantion by the next Census" The way the town is growing now 1t will go beyond this figure by the time the next census is taken.
 Numerous residences are being built In all parts of the town. Several sub divisions have been open ed up recently. C. R. Rev has just had his 10 acre sub division laid out in streets and most of the lots have already been sold to parties who will build nice homes imm ediately. A. P. Fuquary, c. R. Rev, pr. Powers, Dwight Blair and others have begun the construction of homes in this part of town. These are not the ordi- nary cottage, but expensive types of homes, most of them being of brick. W. L. Wycoff, agent for the Southern Railway company, will commence at once the building of his new brick White are Duke Merritt, Ben Green and Dwight Wilhelm and those out for business manager of it are Roy Hicks, Robinson Brown and Benton Brindley. Candidates for editorship of the Corolla are Ray Stone, Miles Ventress and Judson Busbee. Those out for business manager are Homer Day, Eugene Foster. Julian Pinkston, Bill McKissack and Dewey Nabers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-16
POST WAR CRIME IN
GERMANY SHOWN IN
TRIALS OF 3 WOMEN
Two Had Plotted to Get
Rid of Husbands by
Feeding Them Poison.
By GEORGE NYITTE.

Special Gable to the San Antonio LII
and the Chicago Daily News.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-16

The clairvoyant, woman 75 years
of age, was brought into court on a
stretcher. She swore that her "magic
powders" had consisted merely of
flour and chalk and were quite harm
less.
Both the young women pleaded
guilty, but the mother said she had
nothing to do with the plot. Accord
ing to German law the women have
to be tried before jury despite
their pleas of guilty and on account
of the sensation which the case has
caused it is not likely that they will
escape as easily as the husband
slayers in SO many American and
French cases. Like their French and
American sisters these women pleaded
extreme cruelty on the part of their
husbands in extenuation of the crime.
German juries however, are less i'm
questionable than are those in the
countries named.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-16
Will Journey Across Con-
tinent and "Swing
Around the Circle"
PREPARES FOR JAUNT
Will Leave in June or July;
Harding in Good Shape
Physically.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Copyright, by me san NA'uH'" A-'s"''
Miami Beach, Fla. March 10
President Harding will go out TO meet
the people of the United States with
in a month or two after he returns
to Washington from his vacation trip
in Florida.
The President is not merel y recup-
Grating from the effects of his winter
battles with Congress. but he Is
building up reserve strength for one
of the most strenuous tours he ever
has taken. Mr.. Harding will journey
across the continent. not alone TO
emphasize and reiterate the funda-
mentals of administration policy and
answer the critics OF his first two
years of effort in the White House.
but TO get the views of the people
to ascertain their wishes. The Presi-
dent believes in the idea OF confer
ence. As he travels across the coun-
try he will use the opportunity to
interview representative of agricul-
tural, manufacturing and laboring in
terests, TO get at first hand their
viewpoints on public questions.
II is true that the 1924 campaign
is already on the horizon, but MIR.
Harding shares the views of his pre-
decessors that the Chief Executive
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-16


and the Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1923.
Berlin, March 16.-Post war degen-
cracy in Germany is being shown up
in all its details in a trial which is
taking place in one of the criminal
courts in Berlin. The defendants are
three women, two wives and the
mother of one Of them who had plotted
TO get rid of their husbands by Civ
ing them arsenic and rat poison in
small quantities in their food. One
of the husbands died, but the other
survived after the dead mans mother
had persuaded the authorities to hold
"A post norton examination.
Poison was found in the body and
the wife was arrested. Her friend
was also taken into custody after 600
discriminating letters which the two
women had exchanged, We're discover
ed. In these letters the two wives
discussed all the details of how the
poison was to be given to their hus-
bands. One Of the women event went
to a clairvoyant who told her that
she would soon wear a widows swell"
and gave her some magic powder"
which she should give her husband.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-16
HEADED WORLDS FAIR
David X. Frances of Missouri Talk,
To City Club.

David r. Frances, ex-governor OF
Missouri. was a guest of the City
Club Thursday at the Gunter Hotel.
He praised the climate of San An
tonic.
Mr.. Frances enjoys the distinction
of having held public office since the
age of 33. Just a few years after
finishing college. he was elected
mayor of st. Louis. holding office for
four years He held the post of
Secretary of the Interior in the second
Cleveland cabinet. At another period
in his life he was ambassador to Rus
STA. Mr.. Frances perhaps is equally
well known for his services in con-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-16

nection with the Worlds Fair at st.
Louis. He served the fair association
for five years as president.
Mr.. Frances said that he had come
to San Antonio for a vacation.
Members of the City Club were
urged by II. f. Dickinson to take
more interest in city government.
DIR. Earl Brady announced that DR..
Robert Vinson, president of the Uni
versity of Texas, will deliver an adj
dress before the City Club next
Thursday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-16

shouldn't go on stumping tour in
his own behalf against the candidate
Of the rival party. To go during
1923. however, overcomes that objec-
ton because other presidents have
similarly made "swing around the
circle" at the end of the second or
third year of their respective admin
istrations.
Harding Has Been Busy.
Mr. Harding has been keDr con-
startly at his desk in Washington
ever since lie was inaugurated. Again
and again he has accepted invitations
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-16
Wreck Injuries Fatal to Girl.

sHo"- oNa's tattH io-Allss anna
Lcleu. 1S-year-old grocery store cash
Ter. died in y hospital here late yes
tcrday OF injuries sustained when Il
motor ear in which she was riding.
jumped n curve and crashed into n
tar furnace on the jerks road, seven
miles south of Tulsa. Lucille Foulk
received painful injuries The car
was driven bv George Hanna, en-
ploye Of an oil company.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-16

is believed he may have persisted in
the fire which Quilted downtown bust
ness block and caused damage of APP
proximately 100000.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-16

May Have Died in 100000 Fire.
Ogden. Utah. March 16.--William
Cunningham, c2, retired railroad man.
could not be found yesterday aid it
Evening star., 1923-02-14

other Amerfcans) among the states
and territories and ignored entirely
the national District. These donations
include 1S8,524.723 acres OF public
lands and more than $1OO,OOO, 900.
Evening star., 1923-02-14
Floating Weather
Bureau to Warn
OF Storms at Sea

Through cooperation between
the United States and France. a
floating weather bureau left New
Orleans Sunday to assist in pro-
tecting the lives of the thousands
of persons and millions of dollars
of property at sea, according to
the Associated Press.
Edward H Bowie, chief fore
caster of the weather bureau here,
sailed aboard the French merchant
marine training ship Jacques Car
tier, bound for Antwerp, in COM
pany with Profs. Coyecque and
Adeline. experienced in weather
forecasts.
During the voyage. which will
take about twenty days, the vessel
us acting as the floating weather
bureau of the United States and
French governments. and is send
ing weather forecast by radio twice
daily for the benefit of vessels
within reach.
Observations are received by
radio from other vessels, and from
the Arlington station here and the
Eiffel tower station at Paris. The
same methods are being used
aboard the Jacques Cartier as are
used at the weather bureau here
and at the French central office at
Paris.
1t is hoped by officials Of the
weather bureau that the expert
ment will develop into a permanent
institution. Maj. Bowie will visit
headquarters of the meteorological
services at London and Paris be-
fore returning to the United States.
Evening star., 1923-02-14
Actress, in Suit,
Says Attorneys
Manner WonHer

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Calf. February
14.-George Edwin Joseph, New
York attorney, plaintiff in an ac-
ton to obtain $4,000 for profess
sional services from Pauline Fred
erick, actress. had a way about
him." according to deposition
from Miss Frederick, which, with
other papers, were before the
court today, the case having been
taken under advisement yester-
day.
II met him at a hotel" Miss
Frederick's deposition read, land
found he had a most pleasing man
ner. He seemed to have way
about him that at once won my
confidence L told him all my
troubles and he promised to be a
great big friend to me. He was
going to help me out of everything,
and when he asked me to sign a
peper l did it without thinking"
The paper" was a short state
ment giving Joseph 10 per cent
of all her salary on contracts for
motion picture work he might OBJ
tain for her, and he obtained one
calling for $500 a week.
Miss Frederick's counter suit
against Joseph for S46,467, which
she alleged he owed her on sew
eral counts, as well as his action
against her, was taken under ad-
visement, each side being allowed
twenty days to file briefs.
Evening star., 1923-02-14
M|D-LENTEN SERVICES
TO BEGIN At KE|TH'S
Layman's Association Program Will
Be Broadcast by Radio for the
First Time.

The Layman's Service Association
will commence it's fourth annual mid
lenten services at Keith's Theater
Monday afternoon at 1880 o'clock.
The services will be held each sue
ceeding day during Lent, except Sat
urday and Sunday. For the first
time these services will be broad
cast by wireless, which will give
thousands moro the opportunity Of
hearing them. Arrangements for the
| theater were made through the man
ager, Roland S. Robbins.
A distinguished list OF speakers
will address these mid-lenten au-
diences. AS in the past, the services
are nom n-sectarian in character. The
Episcopal Diocese of Washington Is
acting in cooperation with the
Washington Federation of Churches
and plans to make this series of
helpful and as spiritually restruI and
inspiring as those in the past have
been.
The average attendance of nearly
a thousand daily of last year is ex-
pected to be exceeded this year.
Special attention is to be paid to the
! musical Offering and many church
choirs have promised their co-opera-
tion.
The committees are: DR.. L. w.
Glazebrook, chairman; speakers and
| services, DR.. w. Sinclair Bowen, Earl
Goodwin. w. l.. BeaIe, DR.. Benjamin
r. Logic and F. c. Wallace; public
ity, Byron S. Adams; finance, Mer-
| rit o. Chance; music, w. Arthur
Storm; ushers, Charles H. Ouray.
| The committee of the Washington
Federation of Churches, cooperating,
| is composed of Andrew Wilson. chair
| man; w. K. Cooper. John Poole, Will
liam T. Galliher, J. l.. Wilmeth, w.
j. Showalter, Holcomb Johnson
| Percy Foster, James T. Lloyd and
| Ray L. Smith.
Evening star., 1923-02-14
Districts Obligation Fully Met.

1t Is not intended in presenting
these figures to suggest that the states
or citizens contributing the most per
capita to the internal revenue tax or
other national taxes should on that
account have any weightier voting
power in respect to the disposition OF
the national revenues than those
states and those citizens whose con-
tributions to the national taxes are.
comparatively speaking, small, ana IL
is not intended to discredit In any
way the small contributors to the ma
tional taxes or even to argue In de-
nial of the latters claim that 1t Is
more virtuous not to contribute tnan
to contribute to internal revenue
taxes derived until recently so largely
from whisky. beer and tobacco. The
sole purpose is to convince the rep
resentativeS of small contributing
constituencies in the states that they
should not berate their National Capl-
tai constituents (whose legislative In
terests are intrusted to their care by
the Constitution) on the ground that
the latter are untaxed mendicants
supported by the tax money un1ustiy
drawn from their local constituents,
first, because in so many cases these
contributions by their constituents to
the national taxes are small far less
than those made by the DiStrict IL
self; second. because the District, in
stead of being untaXed, Is reasonably
u,
ditions, even heavily taxed both In
municipal and in national taxations.
In developing the nations city the
WashingtOninns are by far the largest
contributors among Americans. They
contribute on both local and national
sides of the account. They pay one
half (nOv 80 per cent? of the expense
as local taxpayers, they are heavy
contributors to the customs duties
md internal revenue taxes from
which the national funds are derived
that meet the other half. They. are
the only Americans who have absO-
lutely nothing to say authOritatively
concerning the disposition of funds to
which they are such large contr1bu-
tors.
On the other hand, In the expendi-
ture of the national money to which
the District contributes ON equal
terms the United States has IN many
respects failed to be equitable toward
the capital. 1t has for national pur-
pOkeH distributed money and land
(which were as much tho property OF
the people Of the capital as of any
Evening star., 1923-02-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.

I WILL NOT Re RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
debts contracte! by any one hut myself. AID.
OLSON CRAWFORD. 1873 7 st. NV.
Mr.. II. HARRIS ANNOCNCES HIS RESIG-
nation from the Maryland Hardware & Paint
Co.. 1lo9 II st. ne. and Mr.. J. A. thinner.
man has taken over the entire business 16'
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.-THE AN
nual meeting of the Stockholders Of the Mary.
land Battery Service. Incorporated, will he
held at the office of the company. 1918 18th st
NV. washington, d. G., at pm. Monday,
retary.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT A SPE.
cal meeting of tine stockholders Of The Home
Pats Class Insurance ,iI nc Company of the city q
company. No. 91S F street. in the city of
Washington, d. c.. on Friday. February 90.
slider and act upon the recommendation of the
board OF trustees OF said company TO in
o the he eantnl stock Of said company to
the surplus funds Of the corpora ton Ry or
der Of the board Of trustees. JoHS r.
SPRANSY, RYR0N s. ADAMS. PHILIP F.
LARSER. CHAS. X. BROWN. CHARLES Z.
HOOD. Trustees.
win not be responsible for debts contracted by
NAN. 1906 Park I'd. 14s
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MEMBERS
Orange Institution. L. X. BEE. l4O1 sc. Ire
THE TI1RTY-EIGIITH SEII-ANNUAT. DIvI-
d,end of two and one-half per cent (2Iaqs) has
been declared on the preferred stock of the
Washington Railway & Electric Company,
payable June l. 1928 All holders of certif.
Gates of said preferred stock Of record on the
18th day of February, 1923. hearing n stamp
changing the time and manner Of payment OF
dividends thereon from semi-annually to quar-
terly shall receive half of said semi-annual
dividend on March l. 1923. Books for the
transfer of the preferred stock will he closed
from the close Of business on February II
1873 to the opening Of business on February
%. 1922. II NJ kEYSER. Secretary
WANTED-To BRING A LOAD OF FUR
niture to Washington from Baltimore. VIII
mington and Philadelphia. SMITHS TRANS
FIVE PER CENT INTEREST TO DATE OF
withdrawal with safety to your principal is
what the Home building Association offers to
its members. Payments. 81 month a share
Start an account ut the treasurer's office to-
day: VIM. T. Galliher. president: Geo w
Linkins and VIM. X. Reeve. vice presidents;
James NJ Woodward, secretary; r. Z. Claugh-
ton, treasurer
Evening star., 1923-02-14

tfrom argument of Theodore w. Noyes be-
1915
The facts and figures which 1 have
UP to this time submitted relate solely
TO the committees task of measuring
the obligation of the local commu-
nifty toward the capital. Let us turn for
rev minutes to measurement of the
corresponding obligation of the ma
tiOn.
The report of Mr.. John Barrett
tdirector of the Pan-American Union,
concerning South American capitals)
and that of Mr.. George +. Bowerman
librarian of the Washington Public
Library. concerning European capi-
tals), disclosing what other nations
do for their capitals, carry a pointed
suggestion to us of what the nation
should do for Washington,
A nation builds up its capital Q) by
large national expenditures for ma
tional purposes and objects and t2)
by cooperating with the local COM
munity for municipal development
eitheE ta) by contributing fixed
percentage OF municipal expenses or
nlciDal expenses or (c) by syStemati-
caiiy fostering and strengthening the
municipal taxable resources, with the
result of making the capital perfectly
capable OF meeting all municipal eX-
penseS unaided.
A nation exercises control over it's
capital in varying degrees: % 1t
dominates the capital exclusively,
giving 1t no representation in either
local or general government such as
a / x,.s l.,
nation. or CD it exercises no special
control over the capital other than
that exercised over all other cities
or the nation, leaving to the capital
community full representation in the
national government and an autOno-
nous municipal government, or CD il
exercises greater control over the
capital than over the other cities OF
the nation. 1t participates in the
municipal government to the extent
only that is necessary to protect the
national interests, which naturally
are greatest in the capital. 1t does
not deprive the capital of local con-
troll over local taxation or of full
ment.
The third classification is a COM
promise between the two other eX-
tremeS-between complete domina-
ton of the capital by the nation and
no participation at all by the nation
In local government.
National Obligation Queries.
Combining the financial and politi-
cal relations of nation to capital, as
above outlined, we may classify the
capitals of the world into groups in
accordance with the answers made
by the reports to the following ques-
tionS:
L. Does the capital pay national
taxes like other cities and does the
nation spend literally national money
on national objects Mt the rapitaIt
Evening star., 1923-02-14
TO SELL ART TREASURES

NEW YORK, February IA ia
nous collection of art treasures, in
cluding paintings by Rembrandt, Ru-
bens, Halls, Van Dyck and Veronese.
belonging to Carl Robert Lamm of
Nasbury Castle, Stockholm, Sweden,
soon is to be sold at public auction
in New York. The collection is con-
sidered one Of the most valuable in
Sweden and it's owner tried unsuc-
cessfully to keep it in that country,
but could find no purchaser with
ready funds.
1t contains paintings. sculpture
furniture, tapestries and other art
objects.
Evening star., 1923-02-14
PLAN DRIVE FOR $4,000
Final Arrangements for Gospel
Mission to Be Made Tomorrow.

Final organization of the Gospel
Missions drive for 100000 will be
made tomorrow at a luncheon at 1
o'clock at Mission headquarters. As
sisting Superintendent G. w. Cory
in the conduct of the campaign, will
be the Rev. David c. Bayless Of the
Humphreys foundation fund. whose
headquarters is in Denver, Col. Mr..
Bayless will speak tomorrow night
at the Mission and each night there
after for one week at least. Mr.. Bay
less remarks will be supplemented
by program of entertainment.
Mr.. Bayless served as executive Off
Ger of the national war workers coun-
Gil Of the Y. NJ. C.. A. during the
war and for four years held the
pastorate of the North Ministerial
Presbyterian Church. Baltimore. The
Humphreys foundation fund. of which
he is field agent, was fonded by Col.
A. f. Humphreys, discoverer of the
Mexfa oil fields in Texas.
Dust from volcanic eruption has
been known to travel 500 miles
through the air,