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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29
FRECLKE-FACE, Sun ard Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots-How to Remove
 Easily

Here's a chance, Miss rreckle-face, to try a remedy for freckles with the guarantee of a reliable concern that 1t will not cost you a penny unless it removes the fre0kles: while if 1t does give you a clear complexion the expense Is triflinK.
 Simply get an ounce of Othine- double strength-from any druggist and few applications should show you how easy it is to rid yourself of the homely freckles and get beauti- ful complexion. Rarely Is more than one ounce needed for the worst case.
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength Othine as this strength is sold under guarantee of money back if it fails to remove freckles.-Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29

New Zealand eXperimenters have succeeded in having bees accept ar tificial combs made of aluminium coated with wax.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29

For writers a desk clip has been | invented that holds loose sheets of paper together at a convenient angle
 | for use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Frances Willard union of the W. C. T. U., will meet Wednesday aft ernoon at o'clock in the Blue Tri- angle club rooms. Every member is urged to be present, as important business will come before the meet ing.
 The Board of Managers of the State Training School for Girls will hold their regular monthly, meeting at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Hillman hotel.
 A concert will be given Wednesday night at Ensley park at o'clock by the T. C. l. band. During the concert, refreshments will be sold to help buy equipment for the Children's Playground in the park.
 Ocobock chapter No 232 O. E. S. Bradford will have a chicken supper Monday night, July 30. Public is invited.
 A meeting of the Jefferson Davis chapter U. D. C., is called by the president, Mrs. Charles Donoho for Wednesday, August l, at 10 a. m, at the Blue Triangle Tea room. Twenty first street, north, for the purpose of deciding the names of the famous Alabama heroes to be carved on the largest monument in the world. Stone Mountain near Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29

Resembling a tire, is a new rubber cover that can, be sliped over an automobile steering wheel to afford a firm grip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29

Mrs F. J. Knecht and children have returned from Monteagle, Tenn, after a months absence. It will be interesting to friends to know that Mrs. Knecht and Miss Evelyn knecht appeared on the programs at Mont eagle during their stay, Mrs. Knecht being accompanist at the Aesthetic dancing exhibition, and both Mrs. Inecht and Miss Evelyn knecht talk ing part in the program at the Wom- ans club
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29

Mir. w. A. Berry of Shawnee, Okla. arrived Thursday, after a visit in Richmond, to be the guest of MT. and Mrs R. W. Draper at their home in Fulton Springs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29

Mir and Mrs. W. Sep Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Matt C. Smith and Miss Eula " Smith will return Sunday from an extended motor trip in Geor eia and Florida. including Atlanta 1ybee, Pablo Beach, St. Augustine Jacksonville and other points of in tereSt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29

Mrs. C. w Quinn and two children. Patsy and C. w, Jr have returned home, after visiting Mrs. Quinn S parents in Robins, Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
MISSISSIPPI TOWN .Is SWEPT BY FIRE
 WITH HEAVY LOSS
Moss Point SustainS $30, ,0O0 Damage When Eleven
 Buildings Ruined

MOSS POINT, Miss, Oct. 9.-(Spe- cial Leased Wire.) by 20- mile wind, a disastrous fire swept through the Riverside section of Moss Point today, leaving in Its wake the ruins of n buildings. The loss is estimated at sS0,00o. c. ". Bar nett, volunteer fireman, was over come by heat.
 ~rhe fire began in deserted build ing known as the old Blumer build ing and rapidly spread to frame dwellings on either side. A strong northeast wind swept the blaze south as far as the Colmer buildings and changing direction rushed the fire north to Stewards drug store, a brick building.
 Eight of the eleven buildings de- stroyed were unoccupied. Two were house. unoccupied and owned by Mrs Ella Passo.
 The fire was discovered at 4:3o o'clock this afternoon, when it had gained such headway that the Moss Point fire equipment was unable to patched to all nearby towns and within a few minutes aid was on it's way. The Pascagoula truck, four miles away, broke all records for the distance, making the trip in 4 min utes and 80 seconds, in charge of As- sistant Chief Carlos Frederioks.
 The section burned Tits along the Escatawpa river and is practically uninhabited. Fronting immediately on the river the tug Lee Kimball was able to get out hose and went down adjoining houses, confining the damage to the block in the wind swept area. Principal losers in the fire were F. Colmer, whose s4,000 dwelling was destroyed, though fully covered by insurance. The home of F. S. Mc1nnis. valued at $4,000 with
 $2,500 insurance, and that of Mrs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
HUSBAND OF MRS
 WEBB TO TESTIFY IN POISON PROBE
Webb Will Testify Without Claiming Immunity, His
 Attorneys Say

WHITE PLAINS. N. ;. T., Oct. B. Charles Webb will be glad to testify tomorrow or morning before the grand jury which Is Investigating the death of his wife at the fashionable Westchester Biltmore Country club two weeks ago, his attorney, Col. Howard Thayer Kingsbury. informed Mr Rowland this afternoon. Colonel Kingsbury added his client would have no hesitancy In waivlng im- munity from prosecution.
 The grand jury had decided to con- tinue hearing evidence after listen ing to the report yesterday of D1. Alexander c. Goettler. who examined vital organs from Mrs. Webb's body. The report was understood to have stated less than one-twentieth of enough poison to have caused death, was found in the dead woman's or gans.
 Westchester county officials had stated frequently that if the toxi- cologists' report failed to show fatal amount of poison the case would be dropped and the inference was all lowed to remain today that the grand jury in continuing to take evidence and asking to hear MT. Webb, desired to learn if Mir. Webb had any counter 6GS tO iAdhS anu dl IIfe SdLle .tlillG leave no possible ground for future criticism should the case be dropped.
 Returning to New York on the train, MT. Webb denied flatly state ments attributed yesterday to rela- tives of Mrs. Webb to the effect that his refusal to tell Mrs. Webb the name of 8 blonde woman he addressed at social function as Louise" had precipitated a quarrel with his wife early in their marriage. MT. Webb asserted he could not recall any such incident. He added he had never had reason to believe he was being shadowed by detectives of the dis trict attorneys office as was stated In several published reports.
 Only two witnesses were heard to- day-Margarete Dayton. nurse who attended Mrs. Webb, and George A. Taylor, who talke.. with Mrs. Webb after her death and again at her funeral. He was business agent for the Webbs. The grand jury decided to adjourn until tomorrow, when it will pass full day of hearing testi- mony in the case and recess until Monday,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
Five Breaks Reported And
 Water lnundates County

ORLANDO. Fla. Oct. s.--A. special dispatch to the Repor' er-St&r from Mooresaven at 4:45 D. m.. said 1t the 1evee had broken in at least five places and that water Is from one to six feet in ntry. AL most all two-story buildings are filled with erson. coming In from the farms In boats and many are .eav- inE town, the dispatch stated.
 Clewiston Road Is under water, all crops are damaged seriously and bridges are washed oTt, according to the dispatch which ad s that the water in tho streets of Moore Haven is three feet deep and Is in almost . cry business house. The flood re- suited from the overflowing of Lake o eechohee.
 The water was still rising when the dispatch was filed, the corre- spondent said.
 Because of the strong wind it is impossible to move the dredges from their position, the dispatch stated.
 The correspondent said 1t was be- ieved the greatest loss yould be to lovestock. All negroes have been driven from their nomes by the high water, but there is no loss of life. so far as is known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
SLAYER OF PRIEST SAYS SHE HAS NO. FEAR OF GALLONS.
Husband Believes She Is Not In Right Frame Of
 Mind

CHICAGO, Oct. 9.--Rev. Nicholas stnutyensky of Ramey, Pa, whose wife on Sunday shot and killed his successor. Rev. Basil Stetsuk, in St. Michael the Archangel church. ar- rived In Chicago today and immedi- ately asked to see his wife,
 In her cell the woman. who coroner's jury recommended yester- day should be held for murder, con- tinued to say that she killed Father Stetsuk flor the masses" and "when am excuted the people will under stand"
 She has no fear of the gallows she says.
 q can't believe she was in her right mind when she killed Father Stetsuk." said her husband. She has always been so gentle. She felt if 1t had not been for him, ] still would be pastor of St. Nicholas church here"
 Rev. strutvensky built the s3oo.- GOO church of St. Nicholas of the Ukrainian branch of the Greek church. He also was secretary of he Dnipero Building and Loan assocla- tion. A year ago he and Nicholas Morence were indicted on a charge of emblezzing $12,000 of the fun Is of the association. which the min ister is now repaying at the rate oH S100 a month The indictment finally was stricken from the court docket with what in legal parlance Is known as with leave ito reinState." essf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
UNPOPULARITY OF RESERVE SYSTEM BLAMED ON WAR
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 the joint congressional Investigating committee here today methods for improving and enlarging the federal reserve system.
 Waldo Newcomer of Baltimore, speaking for committee of the American Bankers association, gave lis reasons for failure of state banks and trust companies to enter tho or ganization. They were, he said. in- adequate returns on stock which member banks were required to take in the federal reserve system, loss of interest on reserve balances, lack of eligible paper. the requirements for statements and other formalities; the sufficiency of accommodations ob- tained by non-member banks from their correspondents to force them into tho system.
 oscar Wells, president of the First National bank of Birmingham, Ala |. and vice president of the American Bankers association. told the com mitteo that some country banks were opposed to the federal reserve sys- tenn because they believed it em- bodied the objections they had against branch banking. The system, he said, was being held responsible for 'its acts dvring the war" He added, how ever, that in his judgment, 1t was performing valuable work, although 1t would be unwise to continue any attempt to force par collection of checks.
 A presentation to the public and to the state banks of the work Of the reserve system was urged by l., F. Me ''ally, vice president of the National Bank of Commerce of St, Louis, who represented the Associa- tion of Reserve City bankers. Coun- try banks. he said. resented anything that approached coercion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
LARGEST CROP IF
 CORN IN YEARS IS REDUCTION MADE
Indications Are That Corn Yield Will Be Fourth
 Largest In History

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.--A three million bushel crop of corn this year was forecast today by the depart ment of agriculture. Indications are this years crop will be the fourth largest corn production in history. It is the fourth time a crop of three millions bushels or more has been grown.
 The wheat crop was placed at 7Sl.- 737, ,000 bushels in a preliminary esti- mate. That Is 7,490,o00 bushels less than forecast a month ago.
 The preliminary estimate of the wheat crop included 56s.3S6,00 bush els of winter wheat, compared with 5S6,204,000 bushels last year, and 213,351, ,o00 bushels of spring wheat, compared with a forecast of 221, ,00o,- 900 bushels a month SEQ. and crop of 275,SS7,000 bushels last year. Dur um wheat production included In spring wheat, Is estimated at 45,779,- 900 bushels.~
 The preliminary estimates and forecasts based on the condition of the crops on October 1, or at the time of harvest, include:
 Oats. 1,3o2.453.000 bushels: barley. 19sA.25l,o0 bushels. rye. e4,774,ooo bushels; buckwheat, 1S,927.0oo bush Ct6r POlalOGSp 1V1bHA1pOOV OoohSAS' sweet potatoes, 96.35G,OO0 bushels; flax seed, 19,623,00o bushel; rice, 3D. 737,Ooo bushels; tobacco, 1,461.771,- 900 pounds; peaches. 45,555,000 bush- els; applies, 19o,727,oOo bushels; hay ttame), s6,59s,0oO tons; hay (wIld), 16,S76,00o tons; sugar beets, 6,623,- 900 tons; grain sorghum, 1o5,s77, 900 bushels; peanuts 695,771.000 pounds.
 The condition of the crops on Oc- tober 1. or at time of harvest, was: Corn $40 per cent of a normal; buck wheat. TIC: potatoes. 7S.2; sweet po- tatoes, S0.2; flax seed, s0.4; rice, sS.o; tobacco, s4.6; sugar beets, s21; grair sorghums, 675.
 Forecasts of production for south ern states, included:
 Tobacco, Virginia, 127,755.0o0 pound; North Carolina. S47,0o4 ,000 pounds; South Carolina. 69,lS4,000; Florida, 4,294,o00; Kentl cky. SOL 125,000; Tennessee, 113,042,o00.
 Corn, Virginia, 52,695,000; North Carolina, 54,4o5,000 bushels; Georgia, 9,267 ,000 bushels; Tennessee, 7S,5S9,- 900, buhels; Alabama, 4S.S30,000 bush els; Mississippi, Ss,Ss6,oOo bushels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
GERMANY WANTS CONFERENCE ON
 RUHR SITUATION
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(Continued From Page One) licenses under the system in force since the occupation regime was in- forced.
 These developed are accepted as evidence as a spirit among the in dustrial leaders in the Ruhr, and as justifying hope of an early settle. ment of the question of coal de- liveries on the reparation account
 Premier Poincare. who Is resting at Sampigny, has not yet seen the accords signed with the two compa- nies and will examine them immedi ately on his return to Paris. aft si which they will be communicated to the reparation commission for ap- proval of the clauses relating to the coal deliveries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
BRITAIN YIELDS POINT TO HER COMMONS
Will Admit Dried, Preserved And
 Canned Fruits Free Of Duty

LONDON, Oct. 9.-fBy Associated Press. .)-Imperial prefer ,nce took a great step forward today, when, yielding to the request oF Australia and other dominions, the ritish gov ernment announced to the imperial conference it's new offer to admit from the Empire dried. pre- ~erved and canned fruits duty free. while main taining considerable duties against similar foreign products.
 The government offers lso either to increase the Empire preference on unmanufactured tobacco or stabilize the existing preference decade and to guarantee that there shall be no dlmunition in the preference aranted 70 empire sugar for a decade.
 This concession followed upon frank advice given by the government the pre-. vus day by the Australian premier, Stanley NJ. Bruce, to place a protective tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
1ITA|N'S FAMOUS MAR LEADER IS GUEST OF CANADA
Declares Hughes Plan For International Board For
 Germany Is Best

OTTAWA. Ont, Get. 9.--(By --sso- ciated Press.)-David Lloyd George, Great Britain's wartime pren fer. be- came the guest of Che Canadian gov ernment today when he arrived in Ottawa from Montreal. On board his special train en route to the dominion capital. MT. Lloyd George reiterated to newspaper correspondents his declarations that secretary of State Hughes proposal ade aearly year ago, for an international commission to determine Germany's ability to pay reparations was the most practi- cal method of solution of the prob len he had seen.
 The important point in the pro- posal is that 1t still stands. he de- clared. He declared President Cool idges assertion in Washington today that it was up to any foreign na- tions interested in the Hughes pro- posal to communicate indications of its interest to the United States was in effect a new offer of the propo- sal. It is not toe late, he asserted.
 MT. Lloyd George learned of Presi- dent Coolidge's statement through Associated Press dispatches which were read to him over the wireless telephone attached to his private car as the LTdjn SptQ lFOll NouLicdI to Ottawa. All important foreign dis patches also were read and the for iner premier said he felt as much at home as Though he were sitting among old friends in London.
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 Urges Action At Once.
 Commenting on the Hughes pro- posal. he said:
 "Action should be taken upon the proposal at once. It should have been acted upon when first made They nN1st do something like that or chaos will follow.''
 Whether France would act favor ably upon the suggestion, he ad- mitted he could not predict, but he added, it was "a capital blunder" that the proposal was not accepted when first madea
 The Hughes proposal, Mir. Lloyd George recalled, was made upon the eve of q premiers' conference on the reparation question and was "obvi- ously made" with the conference in mind.
 Mir. Lloyd Georges arrival in Ot- tawa tonight was tho signal for many demonstrations Of friendship and loyalty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
Endorses Secretary Hughes Proposal For Repraions
ARE YOU READY?

BERLIN, Oct. 9,--(By Associated Press. )-The German government has instructed its representative ar Paris and Brussels officially to ask the French and Belgians whether they are ready to enter into nego- tiation with the German government for the resumption of work in the occupied territories. It is stated only when replies are received will the government define it's attitude to- ward the German industrialists' de- mands.
 Passo, s4,000 with $1.00o insurance, were all destroyed with little house. hold effects saved.
 A building occupied by Company L. Mississippi national guard, as an armory was destroyed with most of the personal belongings along with it. Government property was saved.
 This is third destructive fire to visit this section of Moss Point in the past ten years. Owners of prop erty and their dwellings, besides Messrs Colmer and McInnis and Mrs Paso, wre: A. M. Cowan, two houses; J. r. Krebs, two houses; Colmer es- tate. two buildings; A. Ziegenfielder and John Hill, one building each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
Dykes Built To Protect
 City From Lake Waters

MOORE HAVEN. Fla. Oct. 9.-The dyke in front of the city of Moore Haven broke at o'clock this morn- ing. due to heavy pressure of northeast wind. The break is re- ported under control, Tut water is rapidly rising over the city. Flood waters have entered sev ral stores and merchants are removing their stocks.
 The dyke was built to protect this city from overflow waters from Lake Okeechobee, upon whose edge the city lies. State and local officials have been watching the water level of the lake for some weeks, anticipating a rise. Numbers of othe little towns ring the lakes edge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
SAYS SHERIFF TURNED
 HIM OVER TO MOB
Was Then Lashed By Robed Men,
 Texas Man Testifies

AMARILLO. Tex, Oct. e.-sheriff Les Whitaker of Potter county took D. T. Mcdonald to a lonely spot Tn the country and then turned him over to a band of masked and robed men. Mcdonald. recent victim of a flashing, testified this evening in the trial of T W. Stanford, charged by indictment with white capping.
 The trial was called today in the Potter county district court The indictment against Stanford, in con- nection with the alleged abduction and whipping of Mcdonald, a mem Der of a Fort Worth and Denver rail- road bridge crew in July. IS the first of several against different men m the same matter to go to trial.
 Mcdonald received a coat of tar and feathers when he was taken off the downtown streets here, rushed north Tn an automobile. He finally found his way to a hospital where he remained under treatment for two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
THREE VESSELS GO
 ASHORE DURING FOG
Ships Find Unfavorable Weather On
 Pacific Coast

SEATTLE. Wash, Oct. 9.-A list of vessels reported ashore here today grew to three when it was learned that the steamship Bearport, loaded with lumber for Japan went aground yesterday while trying to back out Of motor ship Kennecott struck on the rocks late night south of Dixon en- trance, and the British steamship Sunland got fast in the sand near Seattle today. The mishaps were at- tributed to fog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
MORE LIBERALITY IS. SEEN TOWARD DANCING
Methodist Conference Approves Of
 Change In Church Discipline

CHICAGO. Oct. 9.--The Rock River Methodist conference Tuesday ap- proved changes in church discipline involving a more liberal attitude to- ward dancing, playing at games of chance, attending theatres, horse races. circuses, dancing parties or patronizing dancing schools"
 The conference passe1 resolution to this effect which will be presented to the general conference of the church at Springfield, Mass, in May It recommended that in place of clauses roasting dancing and theatres, there be substituted 8 condemnation of neglect of duties of any kind, IT imprudent conduct, indulging in amusements such as ara of a mis- leading or questionable character"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
so. s. CALLS ORDER
 OF DAY ON PACIFIC
Seven Ships Are Reported In Dis
 tress Or Wrecked

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. s.-Seven ships had been reported in distress or wrecked, in the Pacific, at an early hour Tuesday night.
 S. O. $. calls were the order of the day.
 The two most serious mishaps re- ported are the wreck of the motor ship Kennecott, bound from Kobe to Seattle, which is high and dry on the rocks near Dixon Entrance. and the British steamer Sunland, also bound from Kobe to Seattle, which is ashore near the latter port.
 The Kennecott's crew is reported out of danger, while the Sunland is not leaking and is expected to be floated at high tide,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
OPERA UNAPPREClATED
Buenos Aires Fails To Support Fine
 Institution There

,BUENOS, AIRES, Oct. l3.-(By As- sociated Press .)--This city possesses one of the finest opera houses in the world, the Colon. Of recent years the attendance has decreased steadily un- til today the management is con- fronted with serious financial diff culties.
 Various arguments have been ad- vanced to account for this condition --the local business depression and a change in the public taste since the war--but the most popular answer is that the United States is making opera too expensive for the rest or the world.
 ?. America attracts the best artists with high salaries, and even in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
OPEN WAR IN CHINA
 LOOMS AS CERTAINTY
South China Leader Issues Procla-
 mation Against Tsao Kun

SHANGHAI. Oct. 9.-(By Associated ress. )-Sun Yat Sen, south China leader, has issued an open declaration of var against Tsao Kun, pres lent elect of China, according to d tele- gran. received from Sun hers today by Wang Chang Wei, his personal rept esentative. Coincident with the announcement of Suns declarat,on, "A members of the Chinese parlia- ment met here today and repudiated the recent election of Tsao Kun vn the ground 1t was the result of Lril cry
 Sun Vat Sen issued circulars de- nouncing the election immediately after 1t was held last Friday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
FOREST FIRE EATS
 WAY TOWARD CITY
Recalls Destruction Of Lumber
 TwOn In 1886

DULUTH, Minfl.. Oct. J.--Mhnaced by a forest fire. Ontonagon, Mich. on the south shore of Lake Superior 150 miles from here, is threatened with distraction, according to q tclc- phone message to the Associated Press from c. D. Riley, editor of the Ontonason Herald. Ontonagon, a Iumbering center of 1,500- popula- ton was destroyed by forest fire in 1896.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-10
WANT PRISONERS pARDoNED

PARIS, oct. 9.-A request from the vatican that the French pardon cer- tain Germans sentenced for political offenses in the Ruhr was presented today to General Degoutte at his headquarters in Dusseldorf by Mon signor Testa the papal representa- tive, according to a Havas dispatch. General Degoutte is said to have promised sympathetic consideration of the request.