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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11
SPECIAL SERVICE AT TRINITY

Special services will be held dur ing Lent at Trinity Episcopal church. Ash Wednesday will occur this week, and from this day on special services will be held each day with the exception of Satur- days. On Wednesdays and Fridays services will be held at 1O:30 o'clock in the morning. other days services are to be held at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
 The Sunday services at Trinity Episcopal church will be especially interesting. At the morning servica brass altar desk will be placed which is the gift of Mrs. Cbarles Ray This gift will be officially ac- knowledged on March II, when Risb- op W. G. Mcdowell will accent if for the church. u RUSH WATER RATE REDUCTroN
 Much interest has been aroused over the probability of inauguratine a movement to secure a reduction in water rates for the city of Bessemer following the story carried in this column Mo nday. City officials and leaders of many organizations have expressed themselves as favoring an appeal to the public service commis- slon for a reduction of rates at tbe earliest opportunity.
 It is understood that city officials Will have an appeal prepared in the next few weeks, which is to he nre- sehted to the public service commits. slon Tn the near future. The citv has been waiting until the new hoard should be installed before asking a reduction in rates, because of the 1act that many appeals for reductions had been denied by the old public -eiA,, officials. Now that the newly elected board has been installed, it is felt that no further time should be lost In asking for readjustment of rates
 BESSEMER BUREAU
 Persons desiring to get, in touch With the Bessemer bureau of The Age-Herald circulation department will please phone Bessemer 1OS1-W Ihose desiring to call Howe Price Bessemcr correspondent, will please phone Ressemer 2761.
 ANNOUNCEMENTS
 All bands of the Woman's Mission ary society Of the First Baptist church will meet in the parlors of the church Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
 Circle meetings of the Missionary society Of the First Methodist church will meet in the parlors of the church Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
 Circle meetings of the Missionary society of the First Methodist church will take place with the fol- lowing members as hostess Monday afternoon at o'clock: Circle No. l will meet with Mrs. H. l.. Rains on Fifth avenue; circle No. 2 will meet at the home of Mrs. R. B. Ragsdale on Exeter avenue, when she and Mrs. Sheridan will be joint hostesses; cir cle No. 3. Mrs. A. J. Bowen; circle No. 4, Mrs. J. M Scott.
 The retail division of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Grand hotel Tuesday at o'clock when plans will be discussed for many in- teresting matters now being worked out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11
ERECTING NEW DAIRY

M. T. Higganbotham has let con-
 tracts for the erection of new dairy
 buildings at his place at Flint Hill,
 and has ordered extensive and elab- crate equipment. Construction of large milking barn has been start ed and in connection with it will be
 erected a sanitary storage and ster- ilization house. When completed this will be the first dairy in the Bessemer district to be constructed under the supervision of county and government experts.
 Higganbotham at present sells his entire output to the corporations of the district, milking 40 cows. When
 the new dairy buildings are com pleted he will greatly enlarge his business, putting on several wagons
 to sell milk and butter to the retail
 trade of Bessemer. It will require about 60 days to complete the build ings, which have been contracted for, and install the equipment, but when this is finished, Higganbotham plans to hold an elaborate reception, entertaining his Bessemer friends,
 officials of the county health depart
 ment and city officials.
 The new dairy barn and milk house are located on a well-drained hill- side, both having concrete floors so
 constructed that they may be
 washed daily. Part of the equip
 ment to be installed is a 1,200-watt electric plant, which will be used also to operate a large water sys-
 tenn. Most of the work will be done electrically, the cans and bottles be- ing handled in the most approved way
 Higganbotham has for several
 months voluntarily carried out the provisions of the county health law,
 and he is now being assisted by sug-
 gestions from the medical depart
 ments of various corporations he serves. His new dairy venture Is at
 tracting wide attention in Bessemer, where he is being commended for his | progressive spirit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11
Bewitched Lamp

everybody else wanted to go in. But now they want to stay out, I favor going ln.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11

Persons desiring to get, in touch With the Bessemer bureau of The Age-Herald circulation department Will please phone Bessemer 1OS1-W. Ihose desiring to call Howe Price, bessemer correspondent, will please phone Ressemer 2761.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
OVERTURE IN FOSDICK
 CASE IS TO BE MADE
Philadelphia Presbytery Asks That
 Doctrine Be Upheld

INDIANAPOLIS, May 12.--What is known in Presbyterian circles as the Fosdick case will come before the Presbyterian general assembly hera next week in the form of an over ture from the Philadelphia Presby- tery, according to an announcement made here today.
 While the overture does not mem tion the name of Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick at any place. yet it quotes from a sermon delivered by him in the First Presbyterian church at New York May 21. 1922. The sermon dis cussed the virgin birth of Christ.
 The preamble of the overture re- cites that in the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church of New York City there has been a public procla- nation of the word which appears to be in open denial of the essential doctrines of the Presbyterian church and adversaries of the truht of Chris tianity as received, confessed, held and defended by the Christian church in all ages"
 The resolution of the overture therefore asks the general assembly to direct the Presbytery of New York to take such action as shall require the preaching and teaching in the First Presbyterian church of New York City to conform to the system of doctrine taught in the Presbyte- rian confession of faith.
 Dr. Fosdick is a Baptist and was special preacher In the First Pres byterian church of New York. The Presbyterian church government has no jurisdiction over him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
FLORIDA BANS LASH IN PRISON CAM
Mn kA0nc IIIRn RUSSIAN HELD VlJ ss1 rs'S n.s'ns q s..a.:p WALL SI. BOMB OUTRAGE
Laborer Openly Boasted He Drove Death Wagon,
 Is Charge

NEW YORK, May 12.-The Wall street bomb explosion was recalled again tonight when police arrested Noah Larner, 23 an electrician, on a charge of homicide In connection with the disaster which killed more than 30 persons on September 16. 1920.
 Lerner is charged with having hired the wagon that carried the ex- plosives to Wall street, the police announced.
 The information that brought his arrest was said to have been given to the district attorney by Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Doyle of Baton Rouge. La. They returned recently from a Kuzbas colony in Russia, where they charged they had found conditions entirely different from what had been represented to them by it's New York agents. Several officers of the Kuzbas were indicted on the strength of their accusations.
 Learner was resident of the Kuzbas colony in Russia to which the Doyles and their two children were sent from New York, 1t was said, and they were reported to have told the district attorney that he boasted openly of his part in the Wall street tragedy
 Learner, it was said slipped into the United States on the Homeric. which arrived on May 3 last, despite the vigilance of detectives both here and In various European ports, neither his sailing nor his arrival having been discovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
M US|C MERCHANTS CONVENE IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, May 12.-(By Associated Press. )-Musical instrument makers. from oboe manufacturers to bass drum creators, will invade this city June for what promises to be the largest conclave ever held under the auspices of the Music Industries s Chamber of Commerce.
 Organ builders, band men, piano manufacturers. harmonica makers, talking machine jobbers, piano tuners, music roll manufacturers and music merchandisers, men who make everything in instruments. will at tend the convention.
 The National Association of Music Merchants, the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Music Roll Manufac- turers, National Piano Manufacturers associate n. Music Merchandise asso- citation. National Piano Travellers as- sociation, Bureau for the Advance ment of Music, National Piano Tuners association, Musica! Supply Association of America. National Band Instrument Manufacturers as- socation and the National AssCcia- tion of Talking Machine Jobbers will be among the organizations repre- sented,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
NATIVES OF AFRICA WRECK NEW MACHINE
Farm Equipment Must Be Made Like
 Battleship

CHICAGO, May 12.-tBy Associated Press 1.-The introduction of modern farming methods and implements into South Africa has done great deal to advance agriculture, according to the National Institute of Progressive Farming. but American farm ma chinery for use on the African con tinent needs to be built like bat tleship" to withstand the rigors of South African life and the tempera . ment of the native laborer.
 Oxen also are an enemy. It Is the habit sometimes to yoke 16 head to two furrow gang blows. and the ani- mals are untrained and unsteady in working together.
 "The native labortrs are dangerous to machinery" an official of the in- stitute says, for however good na : tured and willing these boys may appear. one never can tell when they suddenly may decide to take vaca . ton or determine upon some childish prank The boys Ln certain farm may take a dislike to a certain im- plement If they make up their minds not to work with it. the farmer is obliged to change either his imple- ment or his help."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
PIGGLY WGGLY WAITS' FOR RETURN OF HEAD FROM SCOUTING TRIP|
Where Saunders Is And Sig nificance Of Journey
 Closely Guarded

MEMPHIS. Tenn. May 12.-(By As sociated Press s.)-Piggly Wiggly sat tight tonight in it's Memphis home waiting the return of Clarence Saun- ders, it's founder and directing head, from weekend scouting" expedi tion, and whatever the fates have in store in the selection of a future ''home place" which will carry with it an adjustment of problems" which came in the wake of it's recent fight in Wall street. In the absence of Saunders no intimation of what was happening came from the Memphis headquarters. Nor would those in charge say where their chief had gone or the significance and possibili- ties of his trip.
 T am going to talk Turkey to q group of business men," Saunders said last night S he left confer ence of members of the pool" who cast their lot with him in the Wall street fight which resulted in the driving of short sellers" In Piggly Wiggly stock to cover, but culmi- mated in the ruling of the stock off the New York Stock exchange. Saunders would not say where he was going. 'I expect to be back in the morning." he said. Today. however. word came from his office that he possibly would not be back until to- morrow or Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
$lOO, ,OOO DAMAGE, THREE HURT, M
 TENNESSEE STORM
Terrific Cyclone WreCkS Gov- ernment Powder Plant
 Near Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 12.- Privately owned and United States government property suffered dam age of probably s1OO.ooo, one man may die. two are less seriously in jured. and score of persons are homeless as the result of cyclone which struck Edenwold. a small town, five miles from here at 2:3o o'clock this afternoon and swept with full force to the former Old Hickory Powder plant, two miles ahead.
 The injured are: Cecil Nevins. un- conscious from interCranial trouble, in local hospital; Ike Smith and Mrs. John Gray. all of Edenwold who were struck by flying timber
 Greatest damage was done at Old Hicko formerly the largest powder plant in the world, where % sections of powder storage build ings were destroyed, and 5000, 000 pounds of powder exposed. possibly beyond recovery Estimates tonight placed the damage there at S50.000,
 At Edenwold, six homes two stores, a school house and the post office were destroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
SAYS STANDARD OIL
 RULING WASHINGTON
Brooklyn Representative Plays Ship
 Repair Award

NEW YORK. May 12.-Representa- tive Loring M. Black. Jr.. of Brook lyn. issued statement today fin re- gard to the award of the work on the steamship President Buchanan to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, In which he charged the government was completely under the control of Standard Oil influences. He also said that the ex parte in vestigation" by President Harding in the matter was Absolutely unsatis- factory"
 The Brooklyn navy yard made a bid for the work considerably under the bid of the Newport News concern.
 "The best proof of the domination of the standard Oil crowd in Wash ington," he declared. "is the fact that during the investigation of the Presi- dent into the Buchanan matter, the President was in consultation with Mir. Lasker and MT. Teagle of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey concerning the successor to Chairman Lasker, and on the recommendation of these two gentlemen it was agreed that MT. Farley would become the head of the shipping board at a great personal sacrifice to himself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
WOMEN WILL TACKLE
 TWO GREAT PROBLEMS
Leaders Will Attempt To Prevet Wholesale Reduction Of Wages

WASHINGTON, May 12.-women from every part of the country will tackle two big problems here next week.
 In two-day conference. the wom- ien will first seek means of prevent Ing wholesale reductions in the pay Of women workers as a resuit of the supreme courts recent invalida, ion Of the District of Columbia minimum wage law, and will then discuss the broader problem of limiting the su = preme courts power to annul such laws.
 The conference will open Tuesday It has been calld by the National Woman's Trade Union league and will be opened by Mrs. Maud Swartz New York. president of the league. Delegates from twelve national or ganizations of women. the American Federation of Labor and church and civic bodies will attend.
 Miss Mary Anderson, head of the women's bureau of the department of labor, will open the discussion of Wcmen's wages.
 Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, will talk on plans for restricting the su premc courts power to declare un- constitutional such social laws as the minimum wage and child labor acts Matthew Woll. vice president of the American Federation of Labor. and Rev. Jchn A. Ryan, of the social ac- tion department of the National Catholic Welfare league, will also discuss this question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
CANADA WOULD STOP NEW FUEL SHORTAGE
Government Takes Step To Prevent
 Lack During Winter

OTTAWA. Ont, May 12.--CBy Asso- ciated Press. )-Federal and prcvin- cal governments of Canada are try ing to find a way to meet next win ters fuel demands without leaving the country wholly dependent upon the United States, having in mind the threat of embargo last fall when American communities were suffer- ing from a shortage.
 Canada has vast stores of both soft and hard coal, but transportation dif- faculties will prevent their develop ment so long as the Pennsylvania West Virginia hard coal field con tinues to produce and there is no check on exports. Testimony before Senate committee indicates that Nova Scotia can meet all dema nds for soft coal. The search for substi- tute for Pennsylvania anthracite has not been successful,
 The richest hard coal field known in Canada is in Alberta. It is far re moved from transportation lines, and. as one expert said, "it might as well be in China About 200,000. 900 tons Of fair quality anthracite could be produced there by strip mining, and subsurface mining, 1t was said, would bring out billions of tons. The de- posit Is in the Hay and Smoky val leys of Alberta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
LABOR NOW H0[ [DS
 WINNING HAND IN
 INDUSTRIAL WORLD.
Close Bidding For Services Gives Working Man Unique
 Position

CHICAGO, May 12.-The laborer today holds the balance of power in American industry.
 For the first time in peace the great basic ndustries-railroad packers. steel plants and manufac- tories-are openly bidding against each other for men who work with their muscle. Following wage in creases by the steel and packing in terests, the railroads are increasing daily and hourly pay to workers in maintenance, shop and other depart ments.
 This bidding will be costing the railroads between s10o,0o0,000 and s125, 100000 annually within few weeks, according to estimates in rail- way and labor circles. Common labor" in all industries will profit to the extent of nearly a billion dollars yearly.
 Railways arc granting wage in- creases to track workers, laboring men in the shops-the men who go to work with dinner pails-at the rate of one major system day. Such increases already total $30,000,- 900 or more while the total involved in direct negotiations between roads and employees and in petitions be- fore the United States railroad labor board is about $50,000,000 yearly. Negotiations planned involve total of more than s25,00O.0O0.
 Skilled Labor Advances.
 Although some skilled mechanics and workers are included in raises already granted by rail lines, the number of this class is only very small percentage of the total. The skilled shopmen have wage advances under demand and negotiations totaling millions.
 As the result of the successful de- mand by the laborers unions, the wages of skilled men are expected to go up as a matter of economic bal ance, labor experts declared. This advance will also effect the so-called white collar" workers. The group members of the United States rail- road labor board. prepared to hear dispute not settled by direct negotia- tions, declare they expect nation wide movement for increase in wages among all classes of employees to be at it's peak in few months.
 Transcontinental and other major lines which have granted increases to employees, mostly laborers, recently include the Santa Fe, Pennsylvania, Chicago and Alton, New York Gen. -tral and Great Northern.
 Among other development indicat- ing an era of wage advancement in all trades-minor as well as major is the 10 to 16 per cent pay in- crease to 35,000 workers in the Chi cago clothing market.
 Small employers are immediately raising pay in order to hold their workers away from the bigger cor porations who initiated the Tabor war;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
Soviet Forces Better Equip ped Than Ever To Meet Oth-
 CT Nations Upon Battlefield, Trotzky Declares In Making Challenge To Allied Powers
UlTlMATUM OF ENGLAND BRINGS STIR IN MOSCOW
"DoWn With Britain" Is SIo-
 gan Of Russian Workers In Big Celebration - Break With London Is Feared. Criticize Fascist" Nations

MOSCOW. May 12,-Russia cries, "No more wari'
 Workers In Moscow. Petrograd and all over Russia today held demon strations against "the instigatcrs of new war"
 These were the reasons.
 1. The murder of M. vorovsky, one of the Russian delegates to the near eastern peace conference which, in the opinion of officials. Is the signal for white" attack against She com munist government.
 2. The British ultimatum which threatens that England will use force, if necessary, to protect fishing vessels within the Russian 12-mile limit.
 Prepares For War.
 But, acct rding to statement of Leon Trotzky, the war minister, the red army is prepared for war in ca SC the imperialistic governments of Flu rope force the issue.
 The Russian army, according to Trotzky, is better organized than ever.
 There is no government in Europe he stated, that knows where it is leading it's people. For this reason, he pointed out it is difficult to' make any forecast concerning the termi nation of a wild campaign organized by the bourgeois governing classes of several states against the soviet union."
 Nevertheless. the war minister con- tinued, the fascist or semi -fascisti governments of Europe. in his opin- ion, dc not care to plunge the world into a new war at this time.
 O O O Supplying Ammunition.
 The imperialistic nations, Trotzky said. are supplying the enemies of Russia with arms and ammunition.
 But" he warned. war against the soviets will be a war to death," add ing that there is complete unanimity among the Russian workers and the majority of the peasants.
 Georges Chcherin, Russian foreign minister. in a speech in the Moscow opera house, defied the "insClent inn periaP governments of the world Saturday..
 The proud banners of soviet Russia, he said. will never bend. The whole world, he continued, must realize that
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
Investigation Of Northwestern
 University Boys Death Far From Over, States Attorney
 Declares-Young Men Left Soon After The Class Rush
PHYSICIANS UNABLE TO
 FIND CAUSE OF DEATH
Wealthy Evanstan Lumber
 man Fails To Shed Light Up-
 on Case, But Attacks PoW- CTS Of College Official Says Affair Being "Covered Up"

CHICAGO, May 12.-(By Associ- ated Press s)-Investigation of the disappearance of Leighton Mount, freshman student at Northwestern university, in the 1921 class rush, turned today to a hunt for Al former within four months after Mount van ished.
 the present sophomore class were found and questioned today.
 With the grand jury in recess un- til Monday. the chief development to- day was statement by States At torney Grove that someone is "coV- ering up" and that the inquiry is far from over.
 While Mir. Grove was organizing his forces for fresh start next weeks ago. and which has been iden- pointed to examine the skeleton found hidden under an Evanston pier two weks ago. and which has been iden- tified as that of Mount, reported in- ability to determine the cause of the death.
 No Signs of Fractures.
 There were no signs Of fractures the doctors said. and white sub stance at first believed to have been lime used in destroying the flesh turned out to be natural product of decomposition. The physicians fixed the age of the skeleton at about IS years. Mount was more than IS. : Belief that Axel Lonquist. wealthy Evanston lumberman, whose daugh- ter eloped some months ago witt Fred Scott, nephew of Walter Dill Scott, president of Northwestern uni versity, might shed some light on the events connected with Mounts death was shattered today when he was questioned.
 Longquist, who brought his daugh- ter back from Detroit and is now suing to annul her marriage, was re- ported to have said that if he told all he knew it would rock Evanston.
 That is not just what l said. Longquist told the states attorney, What I did say was that If l told what I knew it'd rock the thrones of the kings of Evanston. l mean the Scotts and others
 What do you mean by that! ne
 "I mean liquor parties, joy rides and decollete parties" Mir Longquist replied.
 Scott In Glass Rush.
 He said that Audry Lonquist Scott, his daughter, had told him John D; Scott. son of President Scott. and cousin of her husband, suffered black eye in the class rush. John Scott testified last week that he mad not participated in the scrap.
 Mir. Longauist promised to se3d his daughter to the states attorney S office Monday to tell about tele- phone conversation with Fred scott a week ago.
 pr. Clarence Neynann. former head of the psychopathic hospital was al l. rected by MT. Grove to examine the skull of the skeleton found at Evans ton to determine whether the boy was psychopathic case. MT. crow had received reports that MoNnt mental condition might have caused him to commit suicide.
 "The investigation is far from over" Mir. Grove said, and if the guilty parties believe they are sale' they have only been fooling them selves. The reportS I have from my assistants have convinced me that some one Is covering up and all the facts have not been shown