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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
RESPONSES MADE
To PUBLICITY CALL
Representative Gathering Ex-
pected At State Advertis-
ing Meeting June 9

Statewide response Is being made
to the invitation sent by Alabama
Chamber of Commerce secretaries for
meeting in Birmingham June to
set in motion a nation wide cam
paign of advertising and publicity
about Alabama.
One of the most representative
gatherings which has ever met in
Alabama's history Is expected to as
semble If replies received to date are
indicative of the statewide interest
in the proposed campaign, according
to Q. L. Bum. general chairman.
Those invited include editors of all
Alabama newspapers, county COM
missioners, state and county officials.
executives of railroads and public
utilities. civic organizations and rep
resentative citizens in many coun-
expected to deliver the address of
welcome.
The executive committee directing
the organization work consists of O.
l.. Bum, secretary Birmingham
Chamber of Commerce, chairman; w.
+. Black, secretary Mobile Chamber
of Commerce; ]. B. Brosius, secre-
tary Tuscaloosa Chamber of Com
MERGE; ]. G. Scherf, secretary Anda-
lusia Chamber of Commerce; ]. E..
Addick, secretary Mobile Chamber of
Commerce; l.. c. Watson, secretary
Admission Chamber OF Commerce; r..
NJ. Jones, secretary Florence Cham
Der of Commerce.
The proposed campaign will deal
with the agricultural advantages,
industrial assets, manufacturing in
ducements, developed and undevel-
oped resources. raw materials and
civic progress of the state, and will
be designed to interest manufacture
ers and farmers in coming to Ala
bama. 1t will be conducted on a
comprehensive scale, according to
present plans. Cooperation of all
forces, many of which it is pointed
out are already working independ-
emily of one another to the same end.
will be sought,
Contact Between Counties.
Establishment of close contact be-
tween counties, the formation of a
strong central organization and ma
chinery for the collection and dis
semination of data about the state,
are the primary detectives of the
June general meeting.
The executive committee will sug-
gest to the general meeting that the
state be organized on a county unit
plan, with an chairman in each coun-
ty, through whom will clear to the
central organization all data and in
formation relative to the induce
ments and opportunities which that
county has to offer. 1t Is proposed
to turn certain part of the publicity
and advertising on the respective ad-
vantages of counties holding MEM
bership in the organization, and to
use in experimenting this presenta-
ton general data on the state of
Alabama whole.
A citizens advisory committee. con-
sisting of the 81 county chairmen
and 3S citizens selected from the
state as a whole, will probably be
Field organizers Will be employed to
establish the contact which is re-
garded as essential to the success Of
the enterprise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
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HIS SONS HERO COMES
THROUGH

THROUGH
The score was two to one.
With Giants and Yanl<s at play.
The man they said was done,
Was on the mound that day.
Old Jack had done his part,
And held the foe at bay;
Was pitching out his heart.
And coming back that day.
The crowd was raving mad.
Was thrilled unto its core.
Three on-'twas looking bad,
it seemed the foe must score.
Old Jack began to look
To Muggsy for relief.
His nerve within him shook,
His stay must sure be brief.
The dreaded Babe at bat
Though two had been put
Jacks heart had left him flat,
He wished to leave the mound.
one strike was put across
The Babe had let it be.
And stay! Not yet a loss
The count reached two and
three.
And then the time had come,
The game to win or lose.
Jacks heart within was numb.
He shock within his shoes.
But then a voice was heard,
That shrill.d from out the
stand:
Gee. Dad, don't walk that bird,
Just pitch to beat the band"
One moment did he stand,
His mind had lost its daze
Though sweat dripped down his
hand,
His eyes had lost their glaze
Old Jack began to move,
And whirled the ball about.
He shot it down the groove.
And mighty Babe struck out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
YELLOW JACKETS
OF GEORGIA TECH
COP S. A. A. u. TITLE

ATLANTA. Ca, May 26.-Georgia
Tech repeated her performance of
last year by winning the second an
nual Southeastern track meet here
today, finishing with Al points. eleven
points ahead of the Atlanta Athletic
club, which captured the runner-up
position with sc points. University
OF Georgia finished third, with "a
points.
Two Southeastern A. A. L. records
were broken, Odell, representing the
Atlanta Athletic club, smashed the
pole vault record when he cleared the
bar at IL feet 4 inches, while CHS
holm and Cook of the Birmingham
Athletic club, cleared the high jump
at feet IL inches, setting up new
figures for that event Odell is an
Atlanta prep school student.
Other entrants in the meet finished
as follows:
Georgia Tech freshmen, IA points;
Oglethorpe university, 10; Vanderbilt,
8; Jenkins, unattached, s. Tech High
school, Atlanta, A; Georgia university
freshmen, 3.
A drizzling rain fell during the
meet and held the runners to slow
time in the track events. Summaries;
10o-yard dash-Cleckley. Georgia, first
Barron Georgia Tech. second; Anderson,
Tech. third Murray, Tech freshman,
fourth. Time. 1ols seconds
Mitchell Georgia Tech. second; Howard,
Georgia. third; May, Atlanta Tech High
school. fourth. Time, minutes AZ $40
shot-p ut-Roberts olyglethorpe. first;
Wycoff; Tech freshman second GRANGE
Distance. Al feet Sh7 Inches.
44O-yard dash-Nabelle, Georgia Tech,
first; Ellis Georgia: second; Bird - a; A.
Time. 81 seconds.
High hurdles-sens. A. A. G., and Cook
Georgia, third; MARQUIS B. "A. q, fourth.
| Time, l6 40 seconds.
22oyard dash-Cleckley. Georgia. first;
anderson Georgia Tech, second; Murray.
freshman. fourth. Time. 23 ITO seconds.
we dSs Teeh fucker 81 frss
third; Williams, Tech, fourth. Height, Il
feet inches.
Roberts, oelethorpe, second; Hankins.
Tech freshman. third: lvey, Tech fresh
man fourth Distance, 100 feet INCHES.
Griffin, Georgia freshman, second; NJ. c..
Giffin, Georgia third; Wayne, Tech,
fourth. Time minutes 6-1o seconds.
22o-yard low hurdes-Rather. Georgia
Tech, first; Sens, A. c. c. second Mabry,
Georgia. third; Hull, Tech fourth. Time,
Two-mils runacPowell, Vanderbilt first :
Ri b. A. C., second; Barrett Tech
freshman tnlr0s ROBERTS, IeCh, fourth.
Time. 10 minutes 9 $40 seconds.
Javelin throw-Whelchel, Tech, first /:
Tucker. oslethorpe. second Reeves, Tech
third; Granger. A. A. c., fourth. Distance
ia feet 101a inches
High jumpe-chisholm, A. c. c., first;
third; Mason, A. A. c., fourth. Height,
feet IL inches.
Broad jump-Williams, Tech, first;
Brewster. Tech, second; Curran Tech
High. fourth. Distance, 90 feet sh inches.
Relay race-Tech. first; Georgia. sec
ond; Tech Freshmen, third; A. A. c.,
fourth. Time. minutes IS 40 seconds.
Winning team composed OF Nabele, Ander-
son, Davis and Rather.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
RED RIOT DEATHS
IN RUHR VALLEY
HAVE REACHED, Is
Strike Reported To Be
Spreading Rapidly
Throughout Area

BERLIN, May 26.-The death toll
of red terrorism" in the Ruhr
steadily mounts.
The number of killings in commun-
list riots was increased to Is Saturday
when strikers at Bochum attacked a
group of laborers who insisted on
working. One man was slain and
Is wounded Earlier in the day three
deaths had been reported in scat
tered clashes.
Government advices Saturday night
were that the strike was spreading
rapidly through the occupied area.
Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Dortmund
and Essen are all affected. Many
mines are being closed down. If the
workers won't quit voluntarily, ter
rorist bands drive them away. The
cities where there have been riots
bear many evidences OF the unset
tied conditions-shops boarded up,
restaurants wrecked and yawning
open to the street, pavements Uttered
with broken glass.
Can't Live On wages.
Workmen in all mines, gas and
waterworks in Bochum were on
strike by Saturday night. New wage
negotiations at the end of the month
were called for by the government to
meet the situation.
Wages have been increased about
40 per cent during the Ruhr occupa-
ton, while the mark has dropped i'll
value 100 per cent. Consequently, the
cost of living is far ahead of wages.
The communists are threatening to
seize hostages from among the citi-
zens who oppose them, and man
Il 81 ,ai, tA1i M
captured reds. They are ready also
to wreck power and water plants and
inflict darkness and thirst on certain
towns. This threat is directed eSpe-
cial1y against BoChum, as the police
there are accused of having mis-
handled captives.
In Gelsenkirchen. the volunteer po-
lice, composed of communists and
representatives of the trades unions,
issued regulations for sharp repres-
sive measures against looting. Sale
of alcohol was prohibited, and traf-
fic barred from the streets between
10 p. M and A. a. m. The communists
practically control Gelsenkirchen.
Cities without Police.
The total absence of any police in
some cities makes the situation more
dangerous. The French troops, while
keeping hands off" and maintaining
between bands Of Germans, have OF
permitted police reinforcements to
eter the strike area. In some dis
tricts it is evident that there Is
generous sprinkling of ordinary
thieves and rowdies among the con-
munists, who have joined them just
for the sport of looting and shooting.
In some German quarters 1t is claim
ed that French agents provocateurs
are responsible for the riots, while IN
others it is asserted that bolshevik
agents from Moscow are at the bot
tom of it.
One immediate result of the raids
on food shops has been marked re-
duction in prices. In Essen, when
news of the riots arrived, and women
began showing a hostile demeanor,
the butchers put the price of meat
down below wholesale.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
Great Gymnist Hurt

GREENWICH. Conn. May 20
William Gazing, New York, who
came here with the worlds cham
pionship gymnastic team to partici-
pate in the "gymnite" at the Y. NJ.
Z. A. here. broke leg while per-
forming an aerial feat Saturday. AS
Gaeing crashed to the floor many
of the women in the audience faint
ed while others ran, screaming and
hysterical. from the scene.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
BOYD DUNCAN IS
HIGH SCORER IN
GUN CLUB SHOOT


large bunch of shooters took
part in the weekly shoot of the Bir-
mlngham Gun club Saturday after
noon. Boyd Duncan, a professional
OF Lucy. Tenn, broke 40 out of his
hrst 80, tying with DR.. E. NJ. Prince
with the same score in the 50-bird
match. Second place was also a tie
between Prince, Jr., and l. NJ. Crum,
who broke Al each. Third tie in this
race fell to H. C. Ryring and Mrs.
Carl, with 46 each. The 100 target
race resulted in a win for Boyd Dun
can. who, after dropping only one
target in his first so, ran the rest of
the 100 straight. thus going out with
80 out of his 100, and high gun for
the afternoon. Second place in this
race went to DR.. Prince, who went
out with 90 breaks, while B. E. Stra-
der came next with so. Boyd Dun
can was high professional, while B.
E. Strader came in for second high
professional for the day.
Scores made in the 50-target race:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
GEORGIA TECH is
S. A. A. u. TITLE

ATLANTA, Ga. May 26.-Georgia
Tech won the southeastern Amateur
Athletic track meet here today. with
Il total of As points. The Atlanta
Athletic club finished second. with
SO points; Georgia trailed third. with
"a; Georgia Tech freshmen scored
fourth, with 16 points; birmingham
Athletic club came next, with IA
points; OglcthCrpe. IS; Vanderbilt, s.;
Jenkins. running unattached. s.;
rech High school, Atlanta, 4; Geor-
-ia freshmen, 3.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
Vital Statistics

BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs Wallace c. Stinson. 1919
Allen street. May 3, boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Zeener, Birmingham,
May 20. girl.
DEATHS
Centha 3. Armstrong 307 Thirty
street, north, May %, age months.
Mrs. Alice l.. Richardson, Birmingham.
Baptist hospital, May IS, age As years.
Mrs. r. G. Harris. St Vincents hospital,
May rs. age 10 years.
Rumby Myrtle Harper. 1920 Sixth ave-
nue. north May %. age 10 years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
KlWANIANS ENTERTAINED
Many En- Route To Contention In
Atlanta Next Week

Atlanta Next Week
CHICAGO. May 26.-Three hundred
members of various Kiwanis clubs
who are en- route to Atlanta, Ga, to
attend the National Kiwanis conven-
ton were guests of the Chicago
Kiwanis club at luncheon today. The
delegates were from the western part
Of Canada and the United States and
are travelling by special train. They
planned to continue their journey this
afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
AMERICAN WEEVIL
NOW THREATENING
COTTON OF INDIA
Southern Pest May Become
Serious Menace To
ASiatiC People

BOMBAY. May 26-(By Associated
Press.)-The American boil weevil,
introduced into India by the importa-
ton of American cotton, now threat
ems to become an active menace to
growers of Indian cotton
In past years the Importation of
American cotton has been as high as
100000 bales year, although the
normal amount was less than one
tenth of this. Fortunately there are
practically no imports of American
cotton at present, nor are any ex-
pected during the coming few months.
The total prohibition of the impor-
tation of American cotton is barred
by the fact that in certain years
Indian mills need this cotton.
The Indian central cotton commit
tee members point out that once in
PRODUCED the boil weevil will be as
deadly in India as it has been in
America. 1t has been ascertained
that fumigation with hyprocyanic
gas will kill the weevil. and that a
simple and safe fumigation plant can
be erected at no great cost. On the
other hand, spondence with
commercial bodies, including the Mill
owners association and the Chamber
of Commerce, have shown that. for
the present at any rate, it is quite
feasible to restrict the importation of
cotton from the United States to Il
single Indian port. and thus simplify
the fumigation arrangements.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
BALK BREAKS UP.
SHUTOUT RECORD.
OF BLACK BARONS.

When Simeon baked and sent a
man home from third base the Black
Barons failed to score their eighth
consecutive shut-out game. The run
was the lone tally the Black Crack
ers of Atlanta obtained in their con-
test with the Black Barons Satur-
day afternoon at Fleetwood. The
score was IL to ].
A double-header was on schedule
for Saturday afternoon but just as
Atlanta had finished the ninth in
ming OF the first game a deluge of
rain fell and drowned out the sec
ond game.
Wing did most of the hitting for
Atlanta However the extent of At
lantas hitting was confined to three
safeties by Simeon. Kemp and Wes-
ley hit best for the Barons.
The Black Barons meet the Camp
Benning team at Fleetwood park on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week.
Score: r. Fl. L.
Atlanta ...... 900 DOL 900 1 /
Birmingham .120 900 71x-11 /
Batteries: Maddox and Murden,
Simeon and PoindeXter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
Harvard Wins 18th

PRINCETON, n. j.. May 20
Princetons apparently invincible
baseball team chalked UP its nne-
teenth victory in a row here today by
defeating Harvard in smuggling
match, by score of 10 to IL.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27

At 3:15 by a fast watch. Mr.. Con-
nelly sauntered along the second
press row with a bucket of water
on whose untidy surface there float
ed a wax lemon such as one sees in
phoney fruit clusters on a summer
porch table. He was dipping there
from cups of lemonade as he made
bold to call it, at the small price
of so cents, or what have you"
But-the artist in one Eye cropped
out here-that very nigh he had
the effrontery. the pitiess enterprise
to humiliate Mr.. Young by crashing
the gate at Tammany Young's show
on Broadway.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27

At the big fights. snipers Turk near
to shoot unauthorized movies. At
Jersey City Tex Richard screened off
the view from veterans hospital
because SniperS were shooting the
show with a telescope lens from the
roof People who didn't understand
panned Richard for thus callously
excluding the veterans view. Another
sniper in the factory abutting the
fight plant eased the nossle of his
camera through the screen and
through the crook of an accomplices
elbow in the last row of seats and
got fair film free. Shippers flew
overhead. too, and an instant's en-
CINE trouble might have annihilated
hundreds of people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27

And the movies are always with US.
A twelfth round knockout by Demp-
sey would gross more than the actual
gate receipts In the Argentine alone.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27

The longer the bout, II 1T goes to
Knockout, the better the films. Thus
there is a strong temptation for a
champion to carry" his man. They
will be shooting films at all the
big fight shows this summer. Watch.
whether the winners win as soon as
possible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
DEMAND HOLIDAY

Faced with the prospect of long
summer without a single official
holiday, English workers are turning
their attention to what they be-
lieved to be much needed reform
in the red letter days on the calen-
dar.
To Americans here It seems as
though the English year was already
generously sprinkled with periods Of
respite from labor. Only month
ago everybody took nearly a week
off for Easter. Now that the Whit
suntde season of last week is in
the ebb, the long spell of work from
Whitmonday in May to Bank Holiday
in August is said to be too much and
the workers plan to see what they
can do about it.
During the holidays London is a,
deserted village, but the small army
of American correspondents must
continue to sit on the lid of the
worlds biggest news kettle, for al
though nearly everybody of impor-
lance leaves town on these holidays
there seems to be no way of guaran-
teeing that the most important
events will not take place on one of
the days when no one 10 supposed to
do any work.
Only last week Andrew Bonar Law
slipped into a deserted capital and
resigned the premiership, while ev-
erybody from the King to the char
women were ION leave" Likewise, 1t
Is recalled that President Harding's
invitation to the Washington arms
conference arrived in London on
holiday. Ambassador Harvey was
obliged to jump into his automobile
find Mr.. Lloyd George and deliver the
note.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
RADIO WILL LINK
SWEDEN AND u. S.
Direct Service Between Two
Nations Is Now Being
Planned
GOTHENRTPC NJ

GOTHENBURG, May 26.-For the
first time in history America and
Sweden will be linked by direct radio
connection on June 30, at the begin
ming of the so-called America week.
of the Jubilee Exposition in Gothen-
burg. when direct RADIO news SER
vice from America is to be main
tanned, according to an announce
ment just made here
This notable feature of America
week" has become possible through
the kindness of the United States
naval communications bureau. which
has agreed to allow the use of the
government station at Annapolis. The
Swedish department of telegraphs
has undertaken to erect a temporary
receiving station at Kungsbacks
near Gothenburg and to install for
this service one of the new sets of
instruments, manufactured in Amer
lea. already delivered and intended
for the highpowered RADIO station
now being constructed at Grimeton
on the west coast of Sweden.
thousand words a day of up-to-
he-mnute American news will be
flashed across the ocean and featured
in the contents of daily Ameri-
can news bulletin which will be pub
lished by the America -Sw eden News
Exchange, under the auspices of the
Sweden-Americ Foundation, which
has taken the initiative in establish
ing the radio station now being COM
pleted at Grimeton.
The demand for the latest Ameri-
can news published in English at the
Gothenburg fair is expected to be
very great, judging from the thou
sands of accommodations that are
being booked by American travellers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27

"All right now" Shelly said after
the third round. Go out and cb>-
him on that right uppercut. TIL -
It when he comes In with his head
down,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27

Twenty years ago strolling show
man set down his satchel in the
Sampson house up in Excelsior.
Mimi. which offered special rates to
extry' for fruit taken away from
the table. Then he saw Mayor Samp-
son and arranged to rent the town
hall to show the first "moveen
pitchers ever taken of a prizefight
That afternoon on Main street all
the boys peddled throw-away dodg
crs. hurriedly kicked off the Excel
sior Records job press, describing
the new and amazing movies, which
were positively not a magic lantern
performance"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
SOUTHERN HOUSES
AGAIN CONSIDER
LIQUOR MEASURES
John BarIeycorn More Com
pIeteIy Barred BY Two
Legislatures

ATLANAT, May 26.-(By Associated
Press)-John Barleycorn found hiC1-
self more co npletey barn ed from
two southern states, permitte1 re.
stl icted lal tCLe in one, not live
topic in a fourth and sdbJe ar or
humorous discussion in fifth st
tho conclusion of sessionse Of state
legislatures in five southern statcS.
In North Carolina and Ternnsaee
prohibition laws were tigntenea. IN
North Carolina by making The state
laws conform with the Volstead act.
and In Tennessee by revisins old
statutes previous law il North
Carolina permitted a citizen to receive
one quart of liquor every two weeks.
and although that statute IS SUPER
seeded by the conformity act. courts
NAV vet convict under the previous
law, the state supreme court has held.
Tennessee Tishtens Law.
Tennessee's legislature passed bill
to make 1t felony to transport into
the state liquor in quantities of zone
gallon or more" or move 1t from
place to place within the state. An
other act prohibi any person from
giving away, selling or furnishing
for beverage purposes Intoxicating
liquor, the drinking of which shall
result in the impairment of health or
body or death of any other person."
A third measure pans possession OF
still apparatus. while fourth
amends a previous prohibition law SO
pose of sale" of liquor, and to pro-
nose of sale" o fliquor. and to pro-
hibit the manufacture of whisky.
Measure. voted Down.
Alchol, as contained in patent
medicines and flavoring extracts.
failed to find majority OF enemies
in the South Carolina assembly. Ono
bill to restrict the sale Of flavoring
extracts to female heads of house,
holds, and another restricting tho
sale OF patent medicines containing
alcohol, were voted down.
Here also was lost a bill to make
the buyer of whisky a lawbreaker
as well as the seller. as suggested to
Congress by Representative Upshaw
of Georgia.
Prohibition failed to find a place
on the agenda of the Alabama legis-
lature. In the Virginia assembly the
subject was discussed only during
the closing session. and then In
humorous manner. according to the
records.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27

Mr.. Young, being now sort of an
actor In Broadway show had a
matinee and so was unable to impart
his presence to the otherwise re-
plete occasion of the heavyweight
fights recently. Mr.. Connolly on the
other hand had a bundle of news
papers and made his labor serve his
art by horning into the yard as a
newsboy on active service whereupon
he turned the sheets over to the real
owner and devoted himself to his
greatest pleasure which is to be
prominently among those present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27

Rugby football dates back to 1928.
Oriental emerald is green corun-
dunn.