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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
TO MEET IN THEATRE

The Spencer Bible class of the Cen tral Methodist church, which formerly held its meetings in the dining room Of the Tavern hotel. burned several weeks ago, will meet in the Delight theatre, Second avenue, in the future. it has been announced,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
SURPRISE WEDDING

Friends of Cleveland Scarborough and Miss Emma Lee Matheny were interested Wednesday, by the ans nouncement that they had motored to Rome and were married the after noon before, having been accom- panied to the Georgia city by a party of their friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
MUSIC CONCERT HEARD

Quite large and very appre- cfative audience greeted the faculty of the Andalusia Summer School of Music Monday evening when they all appeared in the benefit recital for the purpose of raising funds for the upkeep of Andalusia's public square
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
uNN AISIT HILOA

A motor party of 9f Tuscaloosa citizens. headed by William r. Engle- bert. will leave Sunday afternoon for A 10-day trip to Biloxi.
 Greatest iron deposits of the world are in Brazil
 There are S0.600 automobiles in the streets of Parish
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
HOWARD TO SPEAK

Former Congressman w. NJ, How ard, who recently returned to Ala bama from California, where he has been engaged in producing moving pictures of his own literary efforts. will speak at picnic at Fyffe
 July 2S and it is said he will outline the proposed plan for boys and girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
MRS. MAYBEN EXPIRES

Mrs. Catherine Mayben, wife of J. Y. Mayhem, died Wednesday morn irg at her home in North Gadsden as the result of a long illness. The fu- neral will be conducted Thursday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
CHURCH FUND RAISED

Committees of the First Baptist church Wednesday completed the rcampaign for a fund of $10.000 for the purchase of a site for a proposed new $100.O00 church. It was an nounced that the money had been raised and the deal for the lot had been closed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
SIT. CLAIR WOMAN DIES

Mrs. Thelmas Odell Partlow, wife of J. E. Partlow, prominent farmer of St. Clair county, died at a local hospital at 8:30 Wednesday morning, following an operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19

Camp Garrott of the United Con- federate Veterans at Marion indorses Fighting Joe Wheeler" for the va cant place in the national statuary hall assigned to Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19

The daily vacation Bible school of Siloam Baptist church, which has been conducted by Mrs. J. NJ Bates and Mrs. J. B. Hatchette, gave a pub lie demonstration of Its methods last Friday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
DOG CATCHERs BUSY

Police of Alabama City Wednesday began to impound all dogs not wear ing license tags. They will be killed # not called for in a few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
MRS. SMITH DIES

Funeral services for Mrs. Matlie Smith will be held Thursday at inc Iamliy residence, near Elkmont. Mrs. smith died this morning at the Be- neyolent hospital here, about 5 o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
RONDs ARE READY

The $35.000 paving bonds recently sold by Alabama City to Birming ham firm are ready for delivery, 1t was stated Wednesday. The money will be used for paving Kyle avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19

Misses Mary Brannon and Minnie Brown Hurt, Marion girls, who have been taking summer work at the Alabama State college for women at Montevallo. returned to their homes yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
CJJyp m HnUn pVCNIC

The American Business club will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, July 23, at Schencks Springs, in Cal houn county, the occasion of its first annual picnic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
FERTILIZER IsE GEnW <

Farmers in Tuscaloosa county have bought on the cooperation plan sci tons of fertilizer during the year, ac- cording to an announcement from the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19

The cases which were continued in the county court held last week to a special sitting today were called be fore Judge w. T. Harris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
MOBILE PASTOR HEARD
Conducts Teacher Training Class At
 GrcenVilIe

GREENVILLE. Ala July IS Special. )-Dr. J. D. Hunter, pastor of one of the leading Methodist churches of Mobile, is conducting a teacher training class at First Methodist church here.
 local farm bureau office. The CO., operative purchase of fertilizer started here only a few years ago and each year has shown a consider able increase.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
ANNUAL BARBECUE OF MERCHANT NTSAND BUTCHERS |S PLAN.
Congressman Jeffers To Ad- dress AnniSton Business
 Men At Outing
ANNISTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD : AnnistOn, Ala, July IS

Merchants and butchers of the city with a large number of their friends will enjoy an annual barbecue and picnic at Peaceburg Thursday after room. An address by Congressman Lamar Jeffers will be one of the outstanding parts of the program for the afternoon. The crowds have been requested to assemble at l o'clock at Fourteenth and Noble streets, and the trip will be made to the scene in cars and trucks. The program will be started with 15-minute talk by s. J. Frank Moore. A musical pro- gram will be given and E. D. Banks, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, will deliver an address. M. B. Trammell and w. M. Howe of Birmingham will also make short talks. The address by Mayor Jeffers will follow that of Mir. Howe follow ing the business session. The mer- chants supper will be served at , o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
PREPARE FOR PERsHING

for the Am erfcan Legion barbecue to be given by the American Legion luncheon clubs and civic organiza- tions in compliment to Gen. John J. Pershing on the occasion of his visit to Anniston on July 25. The Legion aires and other organizations of the city expects to keep the commander of the army busy during his two days stay in Anniston at Camp Mcclellan. The barbecue will be given at the Country club and an address will be expected from General Pershing at that time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
PASTOR ON VACATION
Rev. Kelly White Of Marian Ieax

Hev. Kelly White Of Marion Leaves
 For Conway, N. C.
 MARION, Ala, July 1S.-(Special.) ) Rev. R. Kelly White, pastor of Siloam Baptist church, leaves today for Con- way, N. C., to spend his vacation Durings the time that he is away Dr. White will conduct revival services at Conway, N. C.. and Rannahannock Va. He will return to Marion the last week in August. Dr. Bomar will supply his pulpit during part of his absence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
St. John BM Proposes State Commission For Control Of Leg
RALLY SESSION HELD

gave accounts of their trip, which was an interesting feature of that meeting
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
SIX THOUSAND KILLED
BY QUAKE IN PERSIA
Messina Disaster Repeated on
Smaller Scale as Five Villages
Are Buried.

Moscow, June 16.-Thousands have
persisted in repeated earthquake shocks
IN the mountainous district of north
west Persia, according to information
received by the Persian embassy here
The dead are already known to exceed
5000, and many thousands more were
injured. The whole population is fly
Ing in panic to open country further
south, destitute and homeless.
Details received show picture like
that of Messina on a small scale. Five
prosperous villages were perched on
the hillside overlooking a fertile val
ley north of the town of Torbat Short
~ after midnight, while the population
was sleeping in rough cottages of I'M
mortared stones, the first shock sud-
denly brought roofs down on their
heads.
The second shock, severer than the
first, hurled the whole plateau, on
which the village rested, off the noun
tainside down with an appalling crash.
OF 5000 persons peacefully sleeping
ten minutes before, not one survived,
and their remains are buried under
millions of tons of rocks. The Per-
sian embassy has issued an appeal
for relief funds.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
PRESIDENT FREES
Il WAR PR|SONE RS
Pardons Ia Convicts While Act
ing Upon 1853 Applicants.
u CHICAGO |. w WIS FREE
Harding Acts on Record Number of
Cases of Persons Convicted of
Various Crimes, Including
BootIegging.

Washington, June 81. = President
Harding granted executive clemency
to seventy-four persons, including
twenty-seven World war prisoners.
The President, before starting on
his Alaskan trip, acted on 15S pardons
and Communication cases. a record
breaking number in the opinion of
Department of Justice officials.
He granted thirty conditional and
fourteen unconditional combinations
one full pardon, restored civil rights
to twenty-seven former prisoners and
denied eighty-four applications for par
dOns or communications.
Forty-eight Applications.
He also ordered remission of fines
in two cases.
Interest centers in the cases of
those convicted of violating the es-
pionage, draft and other war laws
These numbered forty-eight, and
the President granted combinations
to twenty-seven, but denied applica-
lions in twenty-one cases, including a
group of twenty alleged members of
the Industrial Workers of the World
convicted at Sacramento, Cal.
Two convicted there, however, had
their sentences committed conditional
on their deportation.
Chicago l. w. WIS Freed
Sentence of twenty-five alleged L.
w. W. members convicted in the Chi
cago trials and sent to the Leaven-
worth penitentiary were committed to
expire at once.
In addition to the cases growing
out Of war law violations, the Presi-
dents orders included clemency for
many other prisoners convicted of Of
lenses ranging from bigamy to boot
Logging and including violations of the
mail fraud, Mann white slave, bribery
and other statutes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
REDS IN GERMANY CALL
A NATIONWIDE WALKOUT
Strike of All Trades in Every City la
Latest Plan of Communist
Chiefs.

Berlin, June 1S.-A general strike
of all workmen in Germany is being
urged by the radical unionists follow
ing the mob demonstrations in Branden-
burg Saturday, and extra police pre-
cautions are being taken in all indus
trial centers.
Radical leaders are sending out
propaganda and agents to eleven work
centers in Germany in an effort to
spread the strike.
This action is not considered as a
protest against the Ruhr occupation
so much as a demonstration against
capital
In Mulheim the miners went out on
strike and the homes of several mine
directors were looted by the mObs.
Some of the men went back to their
jobs when their demands were met
by the industrial chiefs.
At Brandenburg there was much
firing, but no casualties were reported.
An attack on the United States is
printed in Chancellor Cuno's official
organ, Die Zeit
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
TWO IN GEORGIA
MOB SHOT, 1 DEAD
Water Breaks Up Rush on Jail
in Savannah.
SHERIFF DEFENDS BUILDING
Attempt to Lynch Young Negro Re-
suits in Faiure-Miitia Detach-
ments With Machine Guns
Placed on Guard.

Savannah, Ca, June 20.-Police,
troops, and firemen repealed a mob Of
1000 persons bent on lynching Walter
Lee, young negro, in a pitched battle
about the county Jail early in the
morning.
One man, o. Claude Parker, Jr., was
shot in the stomach and died few
minutes later in a hospital.
George Bart, bakers son, was Sc
riously wounded.
Lee, negro about eighteen years
old, was captured by county police
after a twenty-four-hour man hunt. He
is charged with attacking white wom-
an living in West Savannah and beat
ing her into insensibility with a sad
iron. Lee was rushed to the county
Jail, where he was identified by his
victim. He denies his guilt.
Spirit of Mob Broken.
AT o'clock with $50 military men
supporting the full city and county
police forces and with firemen on every
street to deluge any approaching the
Jail, there was every indication that
the spirit of the mob has been broken.
The mob, estimated at more than
1000 persons, formed shortly before
midnight and increased in number.
The military was called to preserve
order. Sheriff Merit Dixon told the
mob that the Jail would be defended
against any attempt at stOrming it.
Firemen DELUXE Mob
Following the sheriff's announce
, ment, when it seemed the crowd had
no intention of dispensing, the sheriff
ordered half dozen streams of water
poured into the crowd. The mob then
threw stones at the firemen.
At - 30, when two shots had been
heard within a block of the Jail, call
was sent out for military aid, and at
II 80 a detachment Of machine gun
men under Maj. A. Russell Moore
reached the Jail and took position.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
New Drive for Wage Boosts
Affects 10000 Rail Clerks

Chicago, June 16.-A drive which
will break all records thus far es-
tablished for wage increases of work
ers in the field of railway labor is
about to be precipitated by 10000
clerks and similar employee classifi-
cations upon the adjudication docket
of the United States railroad labor
board. These demands for advances,
which would require an additional ex-
penditure by the railroads of more
than $40OOO,0OO a year, are now I'M
der negotiation between the workers
and the arrangements of seventeen
major class American carriers, it was
disclosed here.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
American Women SCantily
Clad at Paris Art Orgy

Paris, June 20.-Hundreds of Amer
leans, many well known on the stage
and in society, frantically endeavored
to prevent their presence at the
Quat'z Arts ball from becoming
known. Limousines filled with beau
tiful women whose apparel in many
cases was confined to masks and capes,
the former worn to conceal their iden-
tity, drove up at Luna Park, where
the annual students orgy of pleasure
was being held. Police kept thou
sands Of scantily clad jewellers in line
as their credentials were being exam
ined at the door, Many American
women said that nothing in QUO
Vadis" was half as bad as this affair.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27

Mount Etna is in eruption and the
towns of Linguaglossa, Piceiolo, Pal
lamellata and Ferro are reported to
have been destroyed. Thirty thou
sand people are homeless. Castiglione
was partly wrecked. Mount Etna is a
volcano of the periodically erupting
type. 1t has been active since prehis-
toric times and in that time has built
a high mountain of Stag and ashes.
This mountain is now reported to
have been partly blown to pieces, with
fire issuing from numerous vents in its
sides.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
WISCONSI
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

Acknowledged and diplomas of
graduation were granted to 1921 stu
dents at the University of Wisconsin
at commencement exercises at Madi-
son. President E. A. Birge delivered
the address, college in Retrospect"
in observance of the fiftieth anniver-
sary of his own graduation, and told
OF his own views in forecasting what
the 1923 class would think in 1878.
"You see the open door through which
you pass in few minutes, as | did
q half century ago." he said. college
will stand out in your after life more
and more as a peculiar experience.
You will come to know college for
what it is-the only medievally organ
lied society which still preserves its
daily life in form even remotely
recognizable"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Storm and Heat Kills Five
in Minnesota; Great Damage

st. Paul, Mimi, June 21.-Storms,
heat and fires took a heavy toll in
property damage and life in Minnesota
and northern Wisconsin, according to
reports received. Five known deaths
three attributed to the heat and two
to storms-were reported in Mime
sofa. No estimate of the property
available, but it was believed it will
reach several hundred thousand dol
lars
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Wichita (Kan.) Bank Clerk
ConfeSses $1,5OO.OOO Theft

Wichita, Kan, June 20.-Faced with
an alleged defalcation of approx
mately S1,500,000 by Philip A. Drumm,
cashier. the American State bank here
closed its doors. The Wichita Clear
ing House association announced that
Drumm had confessed the defalcation
when shown statement covering his
operations and had said that all per-
sonal properties would be turned over
to the bank.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Join Court or Invite Sword,
Warns Secretary Hughes

Hanover, N. H., June 20.-In a Wig
Orous defense of the world court be-
fore the annual alumni luncheon of
Dartmouth college here, Secretary Of
State Charles E. Hughes warned that
there is no path to the millennium
other than the path of justice" and
that "if we discard the best attain
able instrumentalities of justice, to
that extent we invite the decision of
the sword"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
U. S. Refunds to Taxpayers
$116,0O0,00O in II Months

washington, June 19.-Progress by
the internal revenue bureau in audit
ing and settling back taxes has run
the item of refunds to taxpayers to
SIG, 900 for the first eleven months
of the present fiscal year. AS against
this item, however, the government has
collected in delinquent taxes and on
false returns nearly $400,000,OOO.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Sale of Illinois Railroad
Is Ordered by Court

Springfield, Ill.,, June 21.-Sale of
the Chicago, Peoria and st. Louis
railroad, running from Peoria to East
St. Louis, was ordered by Judge E. S.
Smith in the Sangamon Circuit court
to satisfy prior lien bond holders of
the road The decree of the court
orders that the road shall be offered
for sale both in its entirety and in
parcels and the plan which brings the
most money will be the plan adopted.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Two Negro "Bad Men" Killed
by Policemen in CHICAGO

Chicago, June 18.-Two negro bad
men" were shot and killed, one by a
colored policeman and another by an
investigator for the Committee of Fl
teen, as a climax to an afternoon of
feverish excitement in the "black belt"
during which police raiding squads,
armed with axes and sledge hammers,
had battered down the doors of bar
ricaded gambling dens and vice re-
sorts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Two Nations Pay United
States First Cash on Loans

Washington, June 16.-The treasury
has received the first semiannual pay
ments to be made by any foreign GOV
ernments on principal and interest on
loans made by the United States dur
ing the war from Great Britain and
Finland. Great Britain's remittance,
made in Liberty bonds, purchased in
the open market, amounted to $50, co.,
600. The Finnish payment, in cash,
was $135,0O0.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
President Sells Controlling
Interest in Marion Star

Washington, June 21.-Control of
the stock of the Harding Publishing
company, publishers of the Marion
Star, was disposed of by President
Harding to Louis H. Bush and Roy D.
Moore. The sale does not completely
separate Mr.. Harding from The news
paper, whose editor he has Deen for
years. He will continue |" be asso-
ciated with the Star in a. editorial
capacity.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Daugherty's Son Escapes
ASYLUM for Booze Cure

Stamford, Conn, June 1S.-Major
Draper NJ. Daugherty, only son of
United States Acknowledgement Harry
M. Daugherty, who obtained much
publicity during the airing of Dottie
Kings murder here last March and
who later, at his family's request, :
committed to sanitarium here as a
habitual drunkard escaped from the
institution and fled in a fast roadster.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Three Killed as Train
Hits Auto at Crossinu

Henry, Ill, June 1S.-Three persons
we're killed here at Meridan's crossing
when the automobile in which they
were riding was struck by a Rock
Island train. The dead are Henry
Reeves, forty-five, and wife, fifty-five,
and Charles B. Rey. Mrs. Reeves
brother and Robert Reeves, a grand
son, were seriously injured
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Three Thousand Perish in
Persia Quake: 100000 Flee

Paris, June IS. New earthquake
shocks in Persia have wiped out 5000
more persons and destroyed eight vii
lagos in the last week, according to
meager reports. The shocks continue
as 100000 persons, their homes de-
stroyed by earthquakes throughout the
last months, are fleeing in terror from
the Khamseh region.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Three Yankee Ships Seized
bv Siberia Soviet Government

Nome, Alaska, June 19.-The Amer;-
can trading schooners Silver Wave
Iskum and Belinda are detained at
East Cape, Siberia, and their crews
are under arrest on charges of violat-
ing trading laws of the soviet govern
ment of Russia, It was learned here.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
CIeveIand's Son WEEDS
a Bishops DAUGHTER

Memphis, Tenn, June 21.-Richard
Folsom Cleveland, son of the late
President Grover Cleveland, and Miss
Ellen Douglass Gailor, daughter of
Bishop and Mrs. Thomas F. Gailor.
were married Wednesday night at st.
Mary's Episcopal church. Bishop Cal
lor executive head of the Episcopal
church in America, performed the
ceremony.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
G. 0. P. Carries Michigan
Stronghold by 1926 Votes

Detroit, Mich, June 20.-A. B. VIII
liams, Battle Creek manufactures, run
ming on the Republican ticket, was
elected to congress from the third
Michigan district in a special election.
defeating Claude s. Carney, Kalama-
zoo attorney, Democrat, by 325 votes
in a district normally overwhelmingly
Republican.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Kidnap Mail Messenger
and Steal $4,000 Paw Roll

Pocahontas, ILL.,, June 16.-postofice
inspectors of the southern district of
Illinois are searching for four thieves
who kidnapped mail messenger here,
taking a $4,000 pay roll of local coal
company. The robbers fed in the di-
rection of st. Louis after throwing
John Green, the 50-year-old messen-
ger, out of their automobile near Col.
linSVille
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Thousands of Immigrants
Hammer at Americas Gates

New York, June 19.-With 1000 i'm
migrants already waiting at Ellis
island to gain admittance under new
quotas available July l, word was
brought here on the Anchor liner Cam
eronia that Glasgow is crowded with
passengers, disappointed in June, and
waiting almost at the limit of their
funds to take the July ships.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
Thieves Snare $4,000
Diamonds in Los ANGELES

Los Angeles, June 16-Two thieves
entered the downtown office of Max
Light, a diamond merchant, stunned
him with a blackjack, and then
locked him and patron in a closet
and escaped with diamonds valued at
approximately $4,000, according 70
reports to the police.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-27
President Harding Is Off
on Two Months lapnt

Washington, June 20. - President
Harding left the capital Wednesday
on a transcontinental trip which win
be extended to Alaska, the Panama
canal and Porte Rico. The trip will
keep him away from Washington for
mole than two months.