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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
ANNOUNCE DRASTIC
 CUT IN CRUDE OIL
Radical Change In Grades Made By
 Prairie Company

TULSA, Okla, Sept. 19,-(By As- sociated Press. "A drastic cut in the price of midcontinent crude oil prices and a radical change in the classification of the grades hereto fore used was announced today by the Prairie oil and Gas company, which posted a new schedule, reduc- ing former prices frim 15 to 70 cents @ barrel and cutting the number of grades from 8 to 3.
 The new quotations are:
 Below 33 degrees 90 cents, 33 to 399 degrees $1.30, 40 degrees and above $1.75.
 While a cut in crude by the Prairie has been expected In oil circles, due to the recent reductions by the Magnolia and other purchasers, the reduction was not expecte to be sd large and the change in grades was not looked for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
REPUBLICAN, BOAT. SAILING SMOOTHLY
 M PENNSYLVANIA
Virtual Clean Sweep Of All Major Events Recorded
 At Primaries


 HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. 19.-Once more the great Pennsylvania repub- lican machine is running as in the days when Boies Penrose was at the wheel.
 Subjected to a complete overhaul ing, after Clifford Pinchot shook it from 'fore-bumper to aft in the gu- bernatorial primaries last year, It appeared for the first time :n the statewide primaries Tuesday, it's engines working perfectly, and made virtually a clean sweep of all the major events.
 With independent candidates still wiping the dust of the machine" from their eyes, politicians are won dering whether the independent movement to led 10 victory by Pin chot has definitely collapsed and taken with it any hopes he may have had for control of the state delega- tion to the next national republican convention.
 Control of that. delegation in the past has swept many a presidential candidate into the party nomination. has dashed the hopes of many other and always has been dominating factor in determining the identity of
 Pthe White House tenant.
 Pinchot, however. mas remained aloof from the primary fights be- cause he did not wish them to be recognized as q test of party leader ship. Nevertheless, he is understood to have counted on some major in- dependent victories to strengthen his hand in the future campaign to deter mine the control of delegations to the national conventionl
 But the Philadelphia machine recorded an overwhelming victory. swamping the indepe endent mayoraltY candidate under a deluge of 100000 votes. Equally imposing victories of the old organization in what were regarded as Pinchot Baillwicks, in- dicated that Pennsylvania's honey moon of independence is nearly over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
GOV. WALTON
 IS ASSA|LED BY. STATE EDITORS
Constitutional Government Or DeSpotism, Is The Question Oklahoma Publishers Ask In Address To The Public CLAIM STATE EXECUTIVE HAS TRIED TO KILL RIGHTS Second Declaration Calls On Legislators To Meet To Consider Charges Against Governor Walton

TULSA, Okla, Sept. 19.-(By Asso- ciated Press.)-An address Ito the people of the United States" declar- ing that the supreme issue in Okla homa today, is constitutional govern ment or despotism, was made public tonight by group of Oklahoma Daily newspapers published follow ing an all day meeting called by a local editor with view of placing the true situation before the coun- try
 Publishers of several of the largest dailies in the state signed the state ment.
 Governor Walton, by his own acts, has attempted to nullify rights guar anteed under constitution and to halt the lawful process of republican gov ernment" the publishers declare.
 A second declaration addressed to "members of the legislature" said:
 The editors of Oklahoma urge that the legislators meet imme ediate- ly."
 Referring to recent events in con- nection with the declaration of state- wide martial law, which were termed instances indicative of Governor J. c. Walton's despotic conception of his executive powers the public ad- dress said that these acts create an intolerable situation in Oklahoma --one which the people cannot en- dure and the press cannot condone.
 O O o
 Editors Who Sign
 The following personally signed the address:
 E. K. Gaylord, the Daily okloha- man and the Oklahoma City Times; F. $. Bronson, Fl Reno AmCNican; Richard Lloyd Jones, the Tulsa Tri- buhe E. K Bixby, the Muskogee Phoenix; c. s. Kennedy, the Miami district Daily News; John w. Young, the Sapulpa Herald; Leon R. Calon- kep: the McAlester News-Ca pital; A. Cross, the Sapulpa Sun.
 was received from the following who could not be present:
 Ned Shepler, the Lawton Consti- tuition; Leslie G. Niblack. the Guth- rie Leader.
 The newspapers of the state up- hold rigid adherece to all the laws. and they are united in demanding that constitutional rights of assem- : ply, free press, civil courts, grand 1uries and jury trial by law be pre- served inviolate," the statement dressed to the editors pledged legal assistance to those editors who may have censorship imposed upon them because of their efforts to fairly represent the best interest of the state"
 The legislators were urged by the journalists to convene in special session as soon as possible "to ascer- tain the truth or falsity" of charges made frequently in the past few
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
FIVE MEN ARRESTED
 ON WHIPPING CHARGE
Claim They Flogged Man Because
 Of Insulting Letter

HATTIESBURG, Miss, Sept 19-- Five white men of the city have been arrested, charged with assault and Battery as the outgrowth of a whip ping that was administered to Robert Bullock, another young man of Hat tiesburg, last night.
 Upon Bullock's complaint that he had been assaulted and severely beaten, four young men, Ira Davis, J. O. Bruce, Jesse Carraway and Ernest Molder and J. E. Ward. an older man, was arrested by the city authorities and later turned over tn the county authorities. All have been released on bond with the exception of Molder. According to the young men the whipping was given Bullock for writing an insulting letter to a young woman. They stated that they took Bullock to the young woman's home last night before whipping him and that he acknowledged doing wrong"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
CANDIDATES LO0M FOR JUDGESH|P AS BILL |S APPROVED
City Appeal Cases Almost Certain To Be Handled In
 New Manner

"who Is going to be the new judge?" was the paramount ques- tion in legal circles of Birmingham Wednesday.
 Just how the lawyers found out about the certainty of the now judgeship so soon Is not known, but just about the time the senate com mittee on revision of Jaws decided favorably on the creation of the ad- ditional seat on the Jefferson county circuit bench, already approved by the house, someone in Montgomery seemed to have a telegram written and ready, sent 1t, and Birmingham legaldom was Uniformed.
 Being a bill of purely local na ture, affecting Birmingham only. and the salary of the jurist to be paid by the city. the matteF is considered settled. Farershly reported by the committee and passed by the house, 1t is understood will make the senate approval of the bill perfunctory action.
 The question now up is who will get the job. Four or five names were already being discussed Wed nesday morning. Assistant City At torney ". Marvin Woodall was said by some to be the man for the job because of his handling of many ap- pealed cases from the recorders to the circuit court and his prestige as a former president of the bar asso- citation.
 Others said Edgar Allen had the backing of These who had handled the Brandon campaign in and abont Birmingham and was 6n the inside track.
 w. J. Wheeler, also a lawyer who has handled many of the city's ap- pealed cases, was prominently men toned and said to have very strong support from quarters which the sup port is of a most excellent quality.
 No few there were on whom the handling of the jitney situation by Assistant City Attorney W. A. Jenk- ins has made a deep impression and his name fisured much In the dis cussions.
 Others claim dark horse will cross the wire first, but horse of Bir- mingham origin. All agreed that Governor Brandon has a way of re- membering friends and those who aided him and said. with this phase considered, there was no telling where the lightning would strike.
 Interest in the new judgeship wss based to a large extent on curl osity, for in May the judge will be elected, and though incumbency Is considered a greatleverage, there are eases on record where incumben;s have been defeated. The battle for the new judgeship in May is ex- pected to be warm campaign for 1t was not denied in official circles the emolument that goes with the robe will be between six and seven thousand dollars a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERAID AkonfRuu1ery. Ala. sepf 10

The BirniHghan Age Herald is persona non grata to l.. A. Boyd, chairman of the state board of com vict supervisors. MT. Boyd informed representative of the Age Herald two times Wednesday that for the present all information regarding state af- fairs which is available in his of- flee will be withheld from the Age Herald
 MT Boyd made the statement when the Age-Herald requested the names of the convicts at Banner mines, who were whipped under rules adopted by the board of convict supervisors with the approval of Governor Brandon MT. Boyd declined to make public the names and announced at the same time that no other information will be given to The Age Herald. He even declined to give information for the Montgomery Journal, saying that it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
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 vative models , 'dels, English lou
Dn- Dn-or,.lars sA' M HARMONY WITH. LIQUOR PROPOSAL
Reply To Hughes Suggestion Received By The State
 Department

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19,-The Brit ish reply to Secretary Hughes pro- posal for a reciprocal agreement on ship liquor and liquor smuggling was received at the state department today, and was described by off cials "as in general not sympathetic to the proposals" The British gov ernment plans, however, to present the question to the British imperial conference. which meets in London next month.
 State department officials view the British commGnicauon as leaY- ing open the possibility of negotiat-- ing a double barrelled treaty to curb rum running and also to facilitate legitimate liquor shipments in for eign bottoms. There was no at tempt however, to disguise the fact tl.at the British government had in- dicated general disapproval of the plan and raised opJections against it.
 In his proposals made to several powers including France and Great Britain. Secretary Hughes pointed out that the draft treaty he sub mtted was designed to make spe- cial arrangement extending the right of search and seizure up to 1 2 miles off shore for the particular purpose of preventing liquor snug glng. It was emphasized no project was being put forward TOT any e. ange in the general rule that fixes the limit of territorial waters at three miles.
 O c o
 Can't Make Exceptions.
 Secretary Hughes also pointed out that under it's laws the government was powerless to permit stores 9t liquor on foreign ships to enter American waters even when it was clear the liquor was not to be used or delivered within American juris- diction. By an exercise of the treaty making power MT. Hughes proposed to overcome this obstacle in a way that would have the effect of an amendment to the law.
 The state department does not plan to make public the British communl- cation nor would officials disclose the specific grounds upon Whrch British objections were based Ap- parently there is some hope in Wash lngton that reference of the ques- tion to the Imperial conference leaves door open to ultimate negotiation of a treaty along the lines of that proposed by Secretary Hughes.
 Since ships chiefly concerned both
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
JOINS CUBAN EMBASSY
Luis Marine Perez Gets Commercial
 Post In U. s.

HAVANA, Sept 19-Luis Marine Perez, ST aduate of Alma College. Mich, and member of several Cuban commissions in Washington, has been appointed commercial attache of the Cuban embassy in Washing ton, 1t was announced here today. He succeeds Porfirio A. Bonet, who becomes consul general at Halifax. MT, Perez Is fl years old and was employed at one time in the con gressional library In Washington and is said to be an authority on busi- ness and commercial statistics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
FORD BUYS TRACT

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 19.-Con- firmation of reports that negotiations had virtually been completed for the sale of 40 acres of land on the river- front here to the Ford Motor company was made today by Charles Boyle, a member of a real estate firm, part owner of the tract. It was stated that plans had been made for the erection of an extensive assembling plant on the tract The purchase price agreed upon was said to have been ap- S120,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
PLAN S2,O0O,0O PLANT
To Let Contract For Huge Develop
 ment At Dalton, Ca.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 19.- A cotton mill development involving an initial expenditure of $2.0O0.0 .000 will be located In Dalton, Ga. when the American Thread company lets contract for it's newest and mos modern mill, which it has decided to erect. It is announced that the of ficers of the company in recent meeting authorized the incorporation of the American Thread Company ot Georgia and the building of this large plant. The local officers at Dalton state the erection of the mill will be begun at once and that the first unit will have a 30,000 or 10000 spindle mill and a complete village layout. The company has purchased for this development 526 acres of land, including large spring and lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
STEAMER SENDS S. 0. S.
Etaccddent Not Listed In Available
 Shipping Records

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-An S. o. S. call from the steamship, Etaceddent. in distress ten miles east of New Haven, Conn. was picked up by naval communications tonight The ship is not listed in available shipping records.
 Reports from New Haven. Conn, stating that radio operator had picked up garbled S. o. s. message from a steamship "Oecident" led to the belief that the vessel in distress might be the American tanker Occi- dental which left Port Arthur Texas, for Boston, September II, and should have been somewhere near the local ity indicated by wireless.
 Efforts were being made by the naval communication radio station to reach steamer plying through Long island sound to send them to the aid of the vessel in distress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
RAMMED BY ARKANSAS

SANDWICH, Maine, Sept. 19.-The United States destroyer Mcfarland was rammed In the bow by the hat tleship Arkansas in paneuvers near the entrance of the Cape Cod canal here today,
 The Mcfarland was engaged In maneuvers with other destroyers, the battleships Florida and Arkansas and the training ship Antares.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
MEXICANS AROUSED
Embassy Says Peaceful Residents
 Can't Be Expelled

WASHINGTON Sept. 1s.-The state department was asked bya the Mexican embassy in a note today for information concerning reports that Mayor Cauffiel of Johnstown, Pa, had directed both negroes and Mexi- cans who have not been residents of the city for at least seven years to leave at once.
 At the same time the embassy stated that 1t had instructed the Mexican consulate at Philadelphia to proceed to Johnstown and report on the situations The embassy contend ed the mayor has no legal authority to expel peaceful Mexican residents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
LIGHT KEEPER LOST
Five Vessels Fail To Find Trace Of
 John Anderson

KEY WEST, Fla. Sept. 1O.-No trace has been found of John Ander- son, second keeper of Sombrero searched among the keys all day after his boat was found off Span ish harbor yesterday morning. The searching vessels returned here last n4ght.
 Anderson was here Monday to get provisions. These were found aboard his motO-bDat. Conditions aboard the boat indicated the engine had been left running when Anderson p1 esumably fell overheard. His freshly loaded pipe and a box of matches were found. Anderson was 5S and had been in government ser vice 25 years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
SEEK THREE BODIES
 IN BERKELEY RUINS
S75,O00 Needed At Once To Care
 For Victims

BERKELEY. Cal, Sept. 19.-Bodies of three dead are being sought In the ruins of the Berkely fire, it was an nounced today by the coroner's of flee. Eye witnesses report to police officers tell of men buried in the flaming ruins of homes that were wrecked in Mondays conflagration.
 It was also announced that $75,- 900 was needed immediately to care for the victims of the fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
NIGHT MANEUyERING

WASHINGTON, Sept 1s.-Collision between the battleship Arkansas and the destroyer Mcfarland off Newport early today was reported in a dis patch received by the navy depart meEt. The destroyer, struck on the port side forward of her bridge, was said to have been seriously dam- aged and to "be proceeding under es- cort" to Boston The two ships were engaged in night maneuvers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
HE WANTED HAMBURGER
Of Sandwich Order
 Ends In Killing

KANSAS, CITY. Mo, Sept 19.- "Pimmy' Lane, police character, stopped at a sandwich wagon and ordered hamburger sam Yum proprietor, made up a ham sandwich Lane refused to accept the substi- ute or pay for it and in the argu- ment which followed Lane was shot and killed. Police are looking for Yum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
FISH HANG ON TREES
Salmon Left High In Air When
 swollen River Recedes

SEATTLE,s Wash, Sept. 19.-Hal Gramm a mining man of this city, who has just returned from visiting gold properties at the foot of salmon glacier in British Columbia, 20 miles north of Hyder locks, relates that he saw fish hanging on strees. The river has been swollen and when it re- ceded many salmon four to six feet long were left suspended from limbs he says.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
SCHOONER STILL HELD
Vessel Awaits Cubans' Disposition
 Of Case Against MnSter

Vessel Awaits Cubans' Disposition
 Of Case Against Master
 HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 19.-With clearance papers for Miami the American auxiliary schooner Mo- Hawk of New York lay at the police deck here today awaiting final word from Cuban port authorities as to the status of her master, Capt. II. O. Forbes, who is under S200 bond on charges of having come ashore in a small boat while the schooner lay off Morro Light last week. This was expected to be given late to- day or tomorrow.
 Captain Forbes claimed he intend . ed to sell the II ton schooner here, but admitted, police said, that he did not have clearance papers to enter this port
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
DIES OF INJURIES
David (. Heine Was Last Survivor
 Of First CaddO Rifles

SHREVEPORT La, Sept. 19.-Da- vid C. Heine, 70, last survivor of the First Caddo Rifles. a noted unit ot the Army of the Confectionery, and a member of the Shreveport Typo graphical Union No. 1855, is dead at his home from injuries received when he was run down Monday by an au- tomobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
FEAR THE KHAN
Negro Knights Ask Protection From
 Police

TRENTON. N. J., Sept. 1s.--De- claring they had been warned that the Ku kluN Klan intended to route their parades in Princeton tomorrow and Thursday, the negro Knights of Pythias of New Jersey, appealed Co the state police today to protect 1,500 members expected for tho twenty sixth annual convention Of tt order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
Important Nelvs Of The Day

 official PAGE ONE assaled Oklahoma bringing PAGE ONE United States Navy Opponents of convict leasing system Alabama before grand jury hearing Thursday PAGE ONE L. A. Boyd chairman of the board
  
 
 
 conference White of also
  eliminated from amateur Chicago PAGE TWELVE
  only another chance to lift by Dempsey PAGE THIRTEEN established the New To
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20

Baron Ijuin was born in 1867 in Kagoshima. He graduated in law from the imperial university in 1890. He has served as an attache of Japanese embassies in London and Vienna He was also in the diplomatic service in China. He was ambassador to Rome from 1916 to 1920. He also attended the Paris peace conference after the World war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
ME ERCHANTS RACE WITH EDITORS TO FILL STRIKE SPACE
Second Day Of New York's Newspaper Strike Produces
 Several Demonstrations

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-The second day of New York's newspaper drought found merchants testing their ingenuity alongside the pub fishers on how to supply the public with the news in the limited space available.
 While publishers met with repre- sentatives of the pressmens union to talk peace, and the afternoon papers were publishing an eight page "eombined newspaper" each, in. turn, using its own makeup style. merchants began clam3r for space that core sponded to that of editors who were trying to jam all the news into eight pages.
 Merchants. believing that the carry-over from the Sunday adver- Using had now passed its peak, were anxious lest failure to get the usual quota of buying news" and advertising into print would cause slump in trade, beginning Thursday.
 Only one of the afternoon and none of the Wednesday morning com bined newspapers" carried depart nient store advertising. One morn ing and one afternoon issue appeared with classified ads. these being papers that specialize In thls class ot advertisements.
 All other papers concentrated all most entirely upon amusements ads theatrical, excursion and steam ship.
 A few scattered brokerage house and bank advertisements crept in. Two papers bore the frightened lines with a funeral directors ad and one gave tiny space to cranberry merchant That was all, with single exception
 LABOR PAPEP ANNOUNCES
 One unique advertisement in view of the strike situation was full lad" in one paper, announcing that new newspaper. bespeaking the cause of labor, would soon be published In New York.
 Uniformed policemen are guarding the New York World building, that historic structure on Park row, where o. Henry scrawIed his classic glimpses of metropolitan life before the typewriter had come into general use Plain clothes men turk behind the pillars in the lobby, apparently mindful of the Los Angeles Times ex- plosion, and scrutinize all persons carrying bundles. All the plants are under more or less vigilant guard, and the delivery trucks are protected.
 One truck was held up early Wednesday morning and many papers were burned in the street, other bum dles of papers being carried off. A party of men were arrested as they were about to dump the bundles into the East river. They are said to be pressmen or other press room em- ployes.
 The first wagon to leave the plant of the Daily News was held up and l the papers seized before it had gone a block Thereafter policemen rode all trucks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
LAPS NEW MINISTER
Baron Ijuin Has Accepted FOreiGl
 Post.

! TOKYO. Sept. 19.--Baron I1ikokichl l1juin. governor general of Kwagtung. Manchuria, has accepted the post
 of foreign minister in Premier Yamamoto's cabinet. it was announced today. His installation followed fortb- with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20

s32,OoO BALES OF COTTON, 47,34o,000 BUSHELS OF CORN, CYST 1923 FORECAST FOR THE STATE OF ALABAMA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20

FORECAST FOR ALABAMA; LOCAL THUNDERSHOWERS FOR THURSDAY. FAIR AND
 COOLER WEATHER FRIDAY.