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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
SAUNDERS CANCELS NEW ORLEANS TRIP

NEW ORLEANS, May 12.-Clarence Saunders president of the Piggly Wiggly company. late today wired to local members of the company can ceiling an engagement he had with them here tomorrow. AS result, a delegation of local men will leave here tonight for Memphis where they W i'll meet MT Saunders on Monday to discuss the affairs of the company MT. Saunders stated in his wire that he would spend tomorrow with his family at Clarksville, Tenn.
 Lynn H. Dinkins a stocIh older in the company, stated an audit of the company's affairs is now in prog ress He said finance committee, of which he is member. has been named at the request of Mr. Saun- ders to make the audit as well as to act in an advisory capacity to MT. Saunders. Mir. Dinkins declared the expansion in the company's business had made it impossible for one man to handle it alone and MT. Saunders has recognized this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
LABOR CONDITIONS IF ENTIRE WORLD ARE NOW BETTER.
International Review Shows Striking Improvement In
 All Nations

LONDON, May I2.-The unemploy- ment situation throughout the world Is favorable compared with that of year ago, says the current issue of the International Labor Review, the monthly publication of the interna tional labor office of the League of Nations at Geneva. The periodical has just finished world wide sur vey on unemployment.
 In France and Belgium unemploy ment Is almost non-eXistent. In North America employment was ex- ceedingly good toward the close of 1922 as compared with 1921, though in Canada figures for October and November show contraction as compared with previous years.
 In the United States employment has been steadily increasing during the past year and business condi- tions continue to improve. Produc tion was very good during January 1923, and apparently no one year ago expected such rapid recovery:
 In the United Kingdom the general unemployment index numbers show little change at the end of January, 1923 as compared with December, 1922. The activity in coal mining, in steel-sheet manufacture, and in tory. but most of the other principal industries are still under the spell of depression.
 Shows Improvement.
 In the Scandinavian countries and in the Netherlands the situation shows improvement.
 In Italy the great increase of the numbers unemployed recorded the end of the year was due to unem- ployment in the mining and out door industries as well as in agriculture
 Polish industries were compara- lively active during the last three months of 1922. and a comparison with the corresponding month of last year shows that unemployment has greatly diminished. In Switzerland unemployment is still declining
 Austria and Germany are the only two countries for which unemploy ment figures show substantial in- crease at the end of 1922 as com pared with 1921. It has been esti- mated that Austrian industries were working at 40 per cent of their ca pacfty at the end of 1922. In Ger many seasonable unemployment in the building industry is especially acute this year. Employment in the metal, electrical and chemical in dustries is still good. the decline being chiefly in the printing. food and building trades.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13

hence, electricity, my experiments show, having force, Is substance.
 The odic ray can overcome the force of gravity, which causes what we know as weight, in the same manner that cyclone hits solid ob- jects from the ground by counter force to gravitation, so that they fly through the air and in so doing do not have what we know as weight
 The odic ray can be controlled and can be made to pierce solid ob- jects, and eventually to destroy them. l have taken photographs through 1 F inches of solid lead and 3 ta inches of solid steel with five seconds exposure"
 Hollingshead has kept his process of developing the ray a secret thus far and has not subjected 1t to rep- utable scientific tests, according to other scientists.
 "A group of scientists, including myself, investigated Hollingshead's so-called odic ray theory sometime ago." declared Dr. S. H. Anderson chemist and astronomer, who is head of Mt. Wilson observatory.
 I've were not able to find substan- tiation of his claims in any of the tests offered. He may have per fected his machine since then, but doubt it very much"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
COUPLE WERE MARRIED FOR NEARLY "A YEARS
Pension Bureau DiscIoses Longest Matrimonial Record In History
 WASHINGTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD ! Washington, D. C., May 12

The longest distant matrimonial record in the history of the pension office of the interior department was revealed today in the examination of a claim for a pension by Catherine A. Wheeler of Union, Okla.
 It showed that Mrs. Wheeler had lived with her husband. Civil war veteran, for a period of f3 years, 8 months and days She was mar ried to him December 9. 1S49 in Edgar county, H., and he died in Union. Okla, March IS, 1923.
 Mrs. Wheeler at the present time is 91 years of age and her husband, Andrew Y. Wheeler, was 98 years old at the time of his death. During the Civil war he served in the 2Sth Illinois infantry and was on the pension rolls for many years.
 After his death in March. Mrs Wheelyer filed a claim with the pen sion bureau and the unprecedented length of her married life was brought out when the bureau began an examination of her right to a widows pension.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
BUILDERS STRIKING
 AGAINST HIGH PRICES TIEUPCONSTRUCTION

NEW YORK, May 12.-A buy CTS strike"-of builders-against the high price of material and labor has caused a tie-up of be- tween s50,O00,0O0 and $1,0OO,0OO,- poo worth of construction in Greater New York.
 The New York Telephone com pany, which was to erect a S11,- 00O0 building, is the latest to Join the strike. Officials declare that they are not In the position to build until the cost of material and labor comes down.
 Some of the other concerns which have resolved not to build until prices slump are Columbia university, which was to, erect a s10,000.000 building; the Hebrew Orphan Asylum. which has plan- ned to spend s4,O00,000 in con struction and the 35 Side Y. NJ. c. A, the officials of which hao decided to build a new building at the cost of S2,000,0Oo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
MANILA,s AMERICAN TRADE

MANILA, P. l., May 12.-(By Asso- ciated Press. s.)-Sixty-thre per cent of the total trade of the Philippine Islands during the year 1922 was with the United States, compared to s7 per cent for all other countries doing business with the islands. ac- cCrding to the annual report of the collector of customs The imports into the Philippines from the United States during 1922 amounted to S47,- 7SS, ,000. and the exports to the United States were valued at s64.111,G G00. Imports from countries other than the United States for 1922 were val ued at S32.559. .3l9, and the exports amounted to $31,471.697.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13

town section, the new public hall is a part of Cleveland's famous Mall plan of buildings. It occupies an entire block. The main floor, on the street level, unobstructed by a single col umn, is 300 feet long and 215 feet wide. The glass ceiling is 90 feet from the flC or. Comfortable seating facilities can be arranged for 13,0O0 persons when main floor. stage and expansive balconies are used.
 The stage measures 60x104 feet has an opening 73 feet wide and is surmounted by an arch 42 feet high The acoustics of the main room tested repeatedly, have been declared perfect. Every person in the hall is able to hear every word of speech whether 1t be made from the stage or the floor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
ASTHMA AND HAY
 FEVER CURED BE-
 FORE YOU PAY

S03 Lane Bldg, St. Marys, Kans., has discovered g simple home remedy for Asthma and Hay Fever. MT. Lane has so much confidence in his ability to cure that he will send regular s1.25 bottle free, postpaid. to any sufferer who will write him. His offer is that he is to be paid for it is it cures. If not. your report cancels the charge. If you suffer from Asthma or Hay Fever write him today. Send no money-just your name and address will do.-Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
L.ASKER WILL LEAD
 HARDING CAMPAIGN IN |. |. ?. RANKS
Harvey To Give His Advice To President While In The
 United States

WASHINGTON, May 11.-Retire- ment of Albert D. Lasker as chair man of the United States shipping board next month will give him the necessary freedom to begin quiet pre- paratory work looking to President Hardings renomination. Lask CT nominally will return to his ad- Vertising business in Chicago, but he will devote much or his time to organizing the vast political ma chinery incident to national cam paign. In this work he will co-op- crate with the regular party organi- zation, serving In unofficial capacity as a personal friend of the President.
 Ambassador George Harvey's re- turn has revived rumors that he Is to become the directing genius of the Presidents campaign for reelection. But if this comes to pass 1t will be many months hence. An official White House spokesman said that the retirement of Harvey as ambassador is not contemplated. He has not been mated that he desires to. His return at this time due in the main to per sonal matters. 1t was said.
 Joins Best Minds.
 But while Harvey is here. he will join the best group of minds now advising the President regarding the approaching western trip.
 The President regards this trip as one of the most important events of his administration since he Is under taking 1t to gather facts on which his Alaskan development program is to be built. Party leaders who have been in conference with the President here have decided that this program is to be one of the foremost domestic issues of the next campaign. They will correct the mistaken policy" which has discouraged de- velopment of the north country, 1t was said at the White House.
 An official White House spokes, man confirmed the recent dispatch regarding the conference between the President. several members of his cabinet, Chairman John T. Adams of the republican national committee, and others.
 Fred w Upham, republican na- tionaI treasurer has arrived and George Harvey, ambassador to Great Britian, who landed at New York Friday, will be in Washington be- fore the President starts west. These discussions all have to do with the speeches the President is to deliver in the cities to be visited, and the new policies to be developed out of the tour.
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 Harding Determined.
 President Harding Is observing a policy of studied silence regarding the world court not because he is the less fervent in his desire for American membership, but because he has decided that conciliation of the hostile senators rather than use of the presidential club, Is better strategy. It is seven months until Congress meets and by then the President hopes the stable opinion of the country will have exerted it's ef- feet in a natural way without added pressure from the White House.
 Senator George Moses. who has just returned from Europe, is equal- ly confident that the normal public opinion will prove to be just the opposite of what Harding expects. As unofficial manager of Hiram Johnson's presidential activities, Moses expects to use the court issue to advance the fortunes of his candi- dates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
BEACHES STIPULATION POINT

WASHINGTON, May ll'-W ash ington's building has just about reached the saturation point in the opinion of leading contractors and builders and while building costs are not retarding construction work, the fact that the capital has reached q point where it can supply resi- dential and business demands has retarded it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
COSTS TO REMAIN

PITTSBURG. May 11.-Contractors here figure that construction costs will remain at their present levels or higher for several years and hence there has been no let-up in pro- iected buildings. Two months ago the building trades signed new agreements for wage increases, aver aging 25 per cent and since then building work has gone forward steadily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
UNPRECEDENTED ACTIVITY

RTYFFAIO, May IT. - IUHlteu News.)-While there has been some delay In major construction work here owing to the attitude of labor and to high construction costs gen erally, this city Is enjoying unprece- dented building activity-particu- . larly in residential structures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13

movable dressing rooms alone. They are small bandbox affairs that look like little houses. Miss Talmadge's is lined with violet silk, contains wide dressing table, a large mirror. real kleig lights, three chairs and small divan.
 I'm just finishing my work with Miss Talmadge," Lloyd said. First ttere was The Eternal Flame then came The Voice From the Minaret; weeks more will see the completion Of Ashes of Vengeance After that I start as an independent producer for First National release.
 Writers Have Not Developed.
 But what to produce? l have not even a story In prospect. The time has come when 1t will not suffice to produce any old thing. Acting, great stars, fine settings and costly pro duction will no longer carry medl- ocre plot. One must first have story worth telling, then compe- tent cast with which to tell 1t. After that 1t is up to the director to make something out of his material.
 I asked if he thought the much talk ed-of screen writers would ever be developed or If filmland will have to continue grabbing plots here ana there, from fiction or from stage plays.
 We have all been hopeful that the art of writing for the screen would keep pace with other developments but it has not done so." he said. Time may bring that about, but we still founder and search for gooa material.
 There are practically only few emotions and only few situations are intrinsically dramatic. New com binations of these emotions and situ- ations are what we must have. It IS discouraging sometimes to think or the piles of manuscripts which are gone over yearly in Hollywood Tn which not even one good central idea can be found, much less one we'll developed and moving plot contain ing daughters and tears, suspense and movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
MRS. FOREMAN TO ACT AGAIN

Mrs. Tom Forman announces that following a separation of year from her husband. the director on the Schulberg lot, she will sue for divorce and then resume her screen career. Mrs. Forman was formerly a star, played leads for William Far nun on the Fox lot, and had large following. AS Mary Mersch she was considered one of the rising young women of the screen five years ago.
 T gave up my career as an ac- tress for the human part of wife and mother" she says. T ask noth- ing from MT. Forman except set clement which will assure the finan- cial future of our three-year- old son Tommy. When that is arranged l can earn my own living again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
----------s0e- MRS. CHAMBERS WINS

DURHAM, England. May 12.-Mrs. Chambers today beat Miss Macbeth up in the finals of the ladies' golf championships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
FLORIDA BANS LASH IN STATE PRISONS CAMPS
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1T there Is an international break England is responsible.
 Russia, he said, proposes that there be negotiations on all the ob . Jections raised in the British nCte. Most of the charges, he added, were based on 'faked" or wrongly deci- phered telegrams.
 A break in relations between Rus sia and England, he continued, may be a cause for war and result in a blockade against Russia. We are pre- pared, Chicherin said, to meet the enemy.
 MOscow's Streets Black.
 Moscow's streets are black tonight with vast crowds demonstrating against Great Britain,
 Ugly images and effigies of Lord Curzon, British foreign minister, were displayed.
 Militia, drawn up before the build ing housing the British trade dele- gation, kept the crowd back. Many placards were carried by the singing, shouting throngs, bearing such inscriptions as:
 English workers, who are your lords?"
 Unite against the war lords" "Eown with war and the fascisti.' n Down with imperialistic England.
 Long live soviet England" Men, women and children were in- cluded in the crowds O O O
 Red Army Paradcs. Detaehments of the Red army pa- raded through narrow lanes, walled in by masses of cheering humanity. | Army nurses, with their white caps and uniforms, were conspicuous in the demonstration.
 Bands blared revolutionary songs | the crowds joining in roaring the | words.
 Many streets and squares were completely filled with people. The space in front of the opera house was choked with the crowd. Red square was jammed
 All factories closed at noon, and thousands of workers poured out to join in the excitement. There were tremendous cheers when an automobile pushed slowly through the crowd in front of the British trade delegation building. In the car were effigies of Curzon and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
VIENNA BECOMING HAVEN

VIENNA, May 12.-(By Associated Press.)--According to figures just published, Vienna was visited alto gether by 97,OO0 foreigners last year. Of these about 11.000 were Ameri- cans and 11,600 Britishers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
INCREASE SHOWN

BOSTON, Mass, May 11.-Increase in construction costs of approxima- tely 30 per cent since the first of the wear has resulted in building opera tions in this territory being retarded materially.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
NEW ORLEANS BOOMING

NEW ORLEANS, May 11.-Resi- dential building continues here with out interference from higher con- struction costs. This class of build ing shows a considerable increase over the program of the last two years, but the construction of of flee and other business structures shows a slight falling off from last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
CONTRACTION AT COLUMBUS

COLUMBUS, May 11.-A building boom is on here and it is estimated that the years construction bills will total s25, 5,00oO 900. There has been no curtailment through increased costs of labor and material.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
CONSTRUCTION HELD UP

ALBANY, N. Y. May 11.-Contrac- tors here estimate that S2,OOO, OO0 in building projects are being held up on account of increased construc- ton costs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
CLEVELAND w ILL SEEK CONVENTIONS
 IF GREAT PARTIES
City Plans To Issue Invitations To Both National
 Bodies

CLEVELAND, May 12.-Prominsnt Ohio members cf both the republican and democratic parties are working act.Aely to bring one of the big po- liticaS national conventions to Cleve- land S1 1924, confident that the new municipal auditorium of the city and it's general facilities are. entirely adequate for handling a convention tial nominees.
 Cleveland, in It's first bid fer one of these meetings, finds itself with an auditorium that 1t considers big enough, and with sufficient hotel space to handle such a gathering. It's new public hall has been declared one of the finest and best equipped auditoriums in the country. Mayor Fred Kohler has offered the use of the auditorium to both parties free of all cost.
 Baker Writes Hull.
 Newton D. Baker, Secretary Of War during the Wilson administration and president of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, has written Cordell Hull, chairman of the democratic na- tional committee. that as soon as the committee is ready to consider the city in which the nominating conven- tion is to be held, he will send fer maj invitation from Cleveland | Situated in the heart of the down those of the Parisians who had risen l to defend their rights. and still lie of one of the musiest squares in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
FRENCHMAN ARRESTED

BERLIN. May 12.-M. Dupont, a French communist, was placed under arrest by the German government today He was scheduled to speak at meeting of communists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
gagged to play the part of Capt. Jack

Irene Rich, last seen in Brass" will play the part of the Queen of Spain in Mary Pickford's "Rosita." Claire Flames had been engaged for the part, but illness forced her to relinquish the engagement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
LOWER PRICES PREDICTED

R. P. Schulberg, back from trip to New York, foresees reduction in film rentals to the theatres. He thinks this season may witness a slight oVerproduction with result ant cutting of prices by the pro- ducers, but believes this will be good thing.
 Tt will weed out the incompe tents," he says. "A poor picture hasn't chance this year. It will never be seen. Producers of poor nictures will never market their wares. This will mean good p-~~res at fair prices instead of goou pic lures at high prices"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13

Thomas H. Ince has paid $l0o,000 for the screen rights to Ann Chrls- tie" the Eugene O'Neill stage suc- cess.
 Mildred June, after brief retire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13

ment from the screen, has returned to the studios under the Mack Sem nett banner.
 Somerset Vaughan, famous Brit ish novelist, landed at San Francisco fl cm the South Seas few days ago, bound for Hollywood to oversee the screening of several of his own books and plays.
 Allen Holubar has bought the screen rights for the Lloyd Sheldron stage success. Fast of Suez,' and will use that play for his first Metro Holubar production.
 Alma Bonnet, only IS years old, has been given a five-year contract by Famous Players Lasky and will eventually be starred, She began her screen work here two years ago playing extra bits.
 Virginia Pearson, champion vamp of the Fox lot four years ago, has returned to Hollywood and an nounces that she will return to screen work.
 Meanwhile Theda Bara. resting at Beverly Hills after her trip from New York, is considering three diff ferent contracts and will soon re- sume screen vamping after a three year absence from studio work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-13
HIGH PRICES FAIL ID STOP AC T|V|T TIES
New York Alone Checked In Its Construction Program By increase In WageS-Per- mits Enormous in Southern Cities

NEW YORK, May 11.-Increasing labor and material costs, coupled with some uncertainty as to the flu ture have combined to hold up ap- proximately $100, 900. .o00 In construc- tion work here-but the rest of the nation Is building merrily on
 Responses to inquiries made in many cities. representing every part of the country, revealed, generally that building is pushing forward Some cities are enjoying actual booms and higher labor and other costs appear to be exerting little in fluence.
 Columbus reports S25,00O,0OO business boom year, Buffalo predicts the biggest building year in its his tory. Albany estimates that about $2,000,000 in projects are being held up, Atlanta forecasts a $30,00O,000 construction year, while many cities report no effect of higher cost on building activities.
 ATLANTA'S PROJECTS
 ATLANTA, May 1l.-Building projects are going ahead here, with somewhat increased costs no detri- ment whatever, April building per mits totaled approximately S5,0o0,0Oo and thus far this year have ap- proximated s15,000,000.