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were true that he had pleaded
guilty of bucketing stock orders. He
also refused to sign transcript of
testimony given at an earlier hear
ing Before the hearing closed,
however. Fuller promised to confer
with his counsel and decide whether
he would swerve from his determi-
nation to keep silent. The next hear
Ing was set for Monday.
Fuller and his partner. William
F. MCGEE, are scheduled to be sem
fenced tomorrow on their plea of
buck citing. 1t was reported, how
ever, that imposition of sentence
would be postponed to give Fuller
one more chance to seek leniency by
making a clean breast of his knowl-
edge of the bucket shop ring.
Wall street. with one eye on the
Fuller hearing and the other sharply
on the lookout for addition to the
string of recent brokerage failures
was decidedly nervous all day. More
than 40 representative stocks listed
by the big board made new low rec
ords for the year. falling off from
to points and closing with losses
of to points.
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PREUS, HALLAM
LEAD MINNESOTA
REPUBLICAN RACE

ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 1S.-(By
Associated Press.)-Gov. ]. A. O
Preus and Oscar Hallam, former
state supreme court justice, had
forged ahead at II p. m. tonight and
were fighting it out for the repub-
lican senatorial nomination when re-
turns from today's primary had been
received from 800 of Minnesota
$500 precincts.
Magnus Johnson had taken the
lead in the farmer-labor contest over
DR.. l.. A. Fritzche. with former Con-
gresham c. A. Lindberg trailing.
State Senator James A. Carley won
the democratic nomination by an
overwhelming margin over Francis
c. Cary in Minneapolis.
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JOHN benson TO
SUCCEED GREENE
ON CIRCUIT BENCH
Gov. Brandon Announces APP
pointment Of Prominent
Birmingham Attorney

MONTGOMERY, Ala, June 1S.--
John benson, Birmingham attorney
will succeed Judge Dan A. Greene as
judge Of the circuit court of Jeffer-
son county. Governor Brandon an
nounced the appointment of Mr. Den
son late Monday afternoon. He will
take the oath of office at once and
will serve until the general election
in November, 1924, when his success
sor will be elected by the people.
Governor Brandon took action with
out awaiting the receipt of any APP
plications for the position which was
vacated by the death of Judge
Greene last week. The appointment
was announced a few minutes after
Governor Brandon and Judge N. D.
benson of Opelika and Judge Will
liam H. Sanford, members of the
court of appeals.
Mr.. benson has been an active at
torney of jefferson county for sew
eral years. being now member OF
the firm of benson & Ivey. He en-
tered the race for membership on
the court of appeals last year. being
a candidate with the three members
of the court, Judge Charles X. Brick
en-. William II. Sanford and Henry
p. Merritt. Mr.. benson retired from
the race shortly before the primary
and the nominations went to Judges
Bricken. Sanford and Merritt with
out contest. Judge Merritt died
shortly afterward and was succeeded
by Judge Henry B. Foster of Tusca-
loosa.
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j. S LIVING
UPON INCOME,
HAS SURPLUS
Harding Points To Sweeping
Savings In Operation Costs
Of Government - Urges
More Reductions In Future
MORE Than $20O,OOO,OOO
is NOW IN TREASURY
Budget Director Lord Warns
Employees They Will Lose
Their Positions If Extrava-
giant Expenditures Made

WASHINGTON, June 1s.-The
government has accomplished the
task of living within its income in
the past ~ months and has accumu-
lated surplus of two hundred mil
lion dollars in addition, President
Harding said today In speech at
a meeting of department heads and
bureau and division chiefs constitut-
Ing the governments business or
ganization." Further reductions. he
said, would be made in expenditures
in the coming year.
The record. the President said. is
the more important since the fiscal
year was inaugurated last July L
with a deficit confronting the treas
ury of $S23,000,000. To this Signal
achievement" Mr.. Harding declared,
should be added the fact that in
and accommodating a surplus the CAM
paign for efficiency and economy
had resulted in actual expenditures
of the government being out $780,
100000 In the last II months below
the ordinary expenditures for the
year ending last June 80.
Mentions First Meeting.
Mr.. Harding called attention to
conditions when the first meeting of
the business organization" was held
two years ago this month and de-
CldTeQ LndL ne reSdTueu tHdI HleelliS
as an epoch in the administration
of government business" What had
been done since in the way of econ
omy and efficiency, the President
said, was commendable, but he
warned the assembled executives that
they faced another year when tasks
as difficult and problems as acute
awaited solution If the government s
policy of conducting it's affairs
economically and efficiently, was to
be realized.
I'm few days" the President
said, I'VE commence another fiscal
year and 1 feel confident that at it's
close we will be able to point to
even greater achievements In our
campaign for retrenchment. economy
and efficiency than have been ac-
complished this current year. The
appropriations for the coming fiscal
year amount In round figures to $3,-
706,000,000 which Is 1924, 100000 less
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Fly screens, milk and ice for suf-
fering little children!
That Is the plea of the city depart
ment of public welfare.
1.-THE parents of these babies do not
come to us for help" said f. A. Gully,
superintendent of the department;
our inspectors go out and find them.
Monday we found a girl; we would
rather not give names, their neigh
bors remember for so long that they
got help, and sometimes throw 1t up
to them; we found a girl that was II
pounds under weight, and she was a
little girl to begin with. Lack OF
milk. just that and nothing else.
Those in charge of the summer camp
of the Independent Presbyterian
church offered to take care of her.
but her mother was working and
there was no one else to look after
the smaller children. With her 1t Is
a matter Of the first virulent illness.
and she won't have anything else to
worry about.
"Oh. yes, our department has a
budget, but it is not as large as we
need, in fact, 1t is already $500 over
drawn this month. Knowing that,
we continue to find little children, i'll,
fevered, in this kind of weather,
swarms of flies over them. no ice and
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Panic Prevails In Depart
ment OF Justice Following
Leading Officials Criticism
Of The Present System
"DAUGHERTYISM" TO BE
MADE CAMPAIGN ISSUE
professional" Politicians
Blamed For Lax Enforce
ment of National LaWS-No
Progress In Fraud Trials
WASHINGTON BUREAU
THE AGE-IERALD
Washington. ID. C.. June Is

Panic prevails in the department OF
justice.
Before the Alumni association of
william and Mary college. the Assist
ant Attorney General, John w. H.
Grim, of large experience and appar-
emily great holiness, delivered what
is regarded by his associates as di-
rect attack against them. The At
torney General Harry NJ. Daugh-
erty. is very angry. it is said, and the
probability Is great that Judge Grim,
in the near future, will retire.
The name of the Attorney General
was not mentioned by the orator. His
structures were entirely general. But
his criticism may be so aptly applied
to the Attorney General and existing
conditions, that the conclusion is un-
escapable that he had the Talleyrand
Of the Harding administration In
mind.
Mr.. Grim declared that he could
count on his fingers the professional
politicians who at any time had rem
dered substantial aid in law enforce
ment. The crooked politician. with
his machine" he said. is always on
the other side. The various processes
in the department have peculiar at
traction for them. and their numb er
increases In direct ratio with the in
crease of its work"
Continuing, he asserted that the de-
partment of justice should be re-
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Closing Doors To
Callers, Harding
Prepares Speeches

WASHINGTON, June 1S.-Clos-
ing the door of his office against
all callers. President Harding
spent today a. work on addresses
to be made on his western trip
and in an cndeavor to clear his
desk of all official matters prior
to his departure.
Final arrangements for the trip
that will take the executive to
the Pacific coast. Alaska, the
Panama Canal zone and Porto
Rico have been completed. and
with the exception of a few de-
tails. all is in readiness for the
departure after noon Wednesday.
The presidential party will ira
vel on special train of 10 cars
and will comprise about 20 per-
sons.
Arriving at st. Louis Thursday
afternoon, the President will make
his first formal address there that
night and shortly before midnight
will leave for Kansas City.
The President. it has been In
dicated, will make an appeal in
behalf of the administration pro-
posal for American membership in
the would court in his st. Louis
speech. -
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MAYOR Is CHALLENGED
Fistic Duel Demanded by New YorI
Official

NEW YORK, June 1S.--Comptroller
Craig today challenged Mayor Hylan
to fistic duel but failed to get an
acceptance. The challenge was hurled
at the weekly meeting of the COM
mittee of the whole of the board of
estimate. which almost Invariably is
the scene of caustic debates between
the two officials. Todays clash
however, was e,en more heated than
usual. The mayor and the comptroller
calling each other liars.
The .rouble started during a dis
cussion OF sewer aSSesxmAnta.
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NEW CIRCUIT JUDGE
IS AN ALABAMA PRODUCT

John benson, Birmingham new
circuit judge. who was appointed
late Monday afternoon by Gov. W. w.
Brandon to fill the uneXpired term
of Judge Dan A. Greene, is an Ala
bama product.
Mr.. benson was born in Gadsden.
Ala. January 5. 1879. the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. IT. benson, and re-
ceived his early education IN the
public schools there. Later he at
tended school in washington, j.. G.,
but returned to Alabama in 1898,
when he entered the University of
Alabama. He graduated from that
institution with the degree of A. b.,
in 1902. and secured LII. B., degree
from the same institution in 1904
Since his graduation from the law
department of the university Mr.
benson has been practicing attor-
ney in Birmingham and is prom-
nent in legal circles here. He is a
member of the law firm of Densy
&. Ivey with offices in the Title
Guarantee building. Mr.. benson is
unmarried.
He has brother, w. A. benson
who is also an attorney in Bir-
mingham.
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u. S. WILL ADMIT
MEDICINAL BOOZE
FOR SHIP CREWS

WASHINGTON, June 1s.-Secre-
tary Mellon issued instructions late
today to public health service Off
Gals to comply fully with the laws
of foreign nations compelling ships
of their nationals to carry adequate
supplies of medicinal liquor"
Treasury officials declined to dis
cuss details of the instructions and
DIR. NJ. ]. White, acting surgeon gem
eral of the public health service,
discounted reports that the new or
ders We're intended to relax the rig
idity of the regulations recently pro-
mulgated barring all except "medici-
nal" liquors from American terri
tcrial waters.
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FORD IS g!s0UT
D[SIRF%5EC0ME
WHITE HOUSE HEAD
Auto Manufacturer Is "Too
Much Occupied With
Own Affairs"
by RAYMOND CLAPPER
Geased Wire to The AEc-Hern1d.)

WASHINGTON, June 1S.-At the
moment when his name is leading
at least one national straw vote,
Henry Ford runs true to his habit
of doing the unexpected an dturns
his back on the White House with
the declaration that he does not in
tend to run for the presidency.
Every presidential candidate Is ex-
pected, at some time or other during
the progress Of his boom, to deny
that he seeks the nomination. the
effect of which is to convince every
one that he is a candidate. Such
statements are considered part or
the game. But Ford's statement at
Springfield, Mass, has an unusual
ring OF sincerity.
81 am too much occupied with my
own affairs to become the next
President, and / do not intend to
rum" he said. Ford headquarters at
Chicago were closed some time ago.
The managers have disappeared and
reports that the offices will be re-
opened cannot be confirmed. Ford is
said to have refused financial assist
ance to those sticking to advance his
candidacy.
Straw votes now being taken show
a tremendous popularity for the De-
troit automobile manufacturer. But
polls of political leaders show an
equal degree of unpopularity and
that usually is fatal.
FOrd's Disadvantages.
If Ford should run. he would have
to build his own organization and
stand "a third party candidate.
of doing the unexpected and turns
following as great as Ford's and with
a political machine far superior to
anything Ford over could hope to
build in the coming year, realized al
most from the start that he mad no
chance in 1912. Aside from the ham
dicap that Ford would suffer by hav-
ing no political organization to carry
on his national campaign, he would
tages, among them:
l. His great wealth. American
Presidents have, with the exception
of George Washington and one or two
others, been comparatively poor men.
Mckinley had almost nothing. Roose-
welt, though of rich family. had
only a modest fortune. Wilson was
a poor college professor when he
came into the White House. Harding
is a small town business man. Ford
world. He has $2O0.000.000 cash in
the bank and an income of $4,000,
900 a year.
2. His views on economics and
public problems. Ford started out
as mechanic to make automobiles
and has stayed at that. His testi-
mony in the Chicago Tribune libel
suit when he declared that his
tory is bunk and his peace ship
failure would be trumpeted about to
his disadvantage. More serious is the
opposition Of bankers to his cheap
money views.
3. His bitter campaign against the
Jews. This has already set a large
and influential group at work against
him.
FOrd's Popularity.
Yet Ford's popularity seems to ride
over these disadvantages so far as
labor and the farmers are concerned.
Ford has not been supported by mas
ter politicians In either party. Fur
thermore he probably would refuse to
be taken under anybody's wing and
submit to dictation as the price of the
nomination. Hence his announcement
that he will NOT RIM.
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ANOTHER SHEFFIELD
FURNACE TO BEGIN
OPERATION TUESDAY
Fire Placed Under Furnace
Acquired BY SIoss-Shef-
field Company
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU !
THE AGE-HERALD I
Sheffield Ala June 18 |

Sheffield will have another furnace
in full blast by Tuesday. The old
furnace recently purchased from the
Sheffield Iron corporation by the
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron COM
pany has been overhauled by the
new owners. Fire was placed In
tho furnace Sunday night and the
first run is expected to be made
Tuesday.
About $50 men are employed at
this furnace. r. B. Lemay of Shelf
field now is superintendent Of three
furnaces, the Hattie and Cole fur
naces at Sheffield and the Philadei-
phia at Florence.
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NEW SEIZURES MADE
BY FRENCH UPON RUHR
Food Situation Grows More Serious
AS Equipment Is Taken

ESSEN, June 1S.-(By Associated
Press.)-The French today seized 10
locomotives and 1000 freight cars on
branch lines between Dortmund and
Essen, thus virtually completing
French control of the Ruhr trans
portation lines.
The food situation at Dortmund.
Bochum and other points is growing
more serious daily as the result of the
French seizure.
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JUDGES DIVIDE WORK


Set Before Judge Green
Circuit judges met in Judge Roger
w. Snyder's court room on the third
floor of the court house Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock and divided
the docket of Judge Dan A. Greene's
division of the court, among the
other members Of the court, in order
that all the hearings may be con-
tinued this week.
The docket of Judge Greene, who
died last Saturday evening as re-
suit of a heart attack, will be fully
taken care of and all the cases will
be heard that were originally set
in his division, 1t was stated after
the meeting.
1t was also decided at the meeting
that no new senior presiding judge
would be elected among the circuit
judges until Judge Greene's success
sor had been appointed.
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ROTARY CLUBS OPEN
INTERNATIONAL MEET
Obedience Foundation Of Patriot
ism. Delegates Are Told

ST. LOUIS, June 1S.-(By Associated
Press.)-Obedience is the foundation
of patriotism, Walter w. Head OF
Omaha, Nebraska. vice president OF
the American Bankers association,
declared in the principal address de-
liyered at the formal opening of the
fourteenth annual convention of In
ternational Rotary here tonight.
ITO De truly patriotic" he added.
zone must be obedient to the laws
which the nation makes for the guild
ance and safeguarding of the inter-
ests OF its people"
He asserted that citizens to be pa
triotic must have an interest in their
country, ATTEND to politics." be in
terested and participate in govern
ment and vote intelligently.
Business session will begin tomor-
row.
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STRANGE DISEASE RACES
People, Live Stock And Fowls Fal
Victims To Malndy

DENVER, Col, June 1S.-People,
live stock and fowls have succumb ed
in Longmont, Col, to a strange and
battling disease and are continuing
to fall victims of the malady in
alarming numbers. according to DR.,
Tracy Love, head of the state bureau
of health. and DIR. Ayres Stradley.
Longmont city physician.
The disease is said to resemble
"botulism." and effects the tissues of
the human body much the same as
ptomaine poison. No cause for the
affliction has been determined yet.
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7-YEAR-OLD BOY HERO
Child Braves Flames To Save HI
sister

ORLANDO, Fla. June 1S.--Frans
Eaton. a 7-year-old lad of this city,
yesterday proved himself hero
when he saved his --year-old sister
from their homo which was In
flames.
Franks parents. who were attend
ing their dairy trade at the time,
saw their home in flames and rushed
to the scene. only to find entrance
impossible. AS they returned to the
front of the house they met the boy
coming out, his baby sister in his
arms, Inc tloor ABOVE crdSheo
through just as the children emerged
safely.
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INVITES PARTY MEET
Memphis Issues Invitation To Demo
cratic National Convention

MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 1S.-John
T.. Walsh, Memphis banker. announced
today that a campaign would be in
augurated at once to bring the 1922
democratic national convention to
Memphis. Mr.. Walsh has notified
Cordell Hull, democratic national
chairman. that Memphis expected to
bid for the 1924 convention. A meet
ing of representatives OF civil and
commercial organizations will he held
shortly to perfect plan of cam
paign. Mr.. Walsh said.
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CHICAGO HEAT WAVE
TAKES THREE LIVES
No Relief In Sight For Swelterine
Midwest

CHICAGO, June 1S.-With the mer-
curry lowering around 81. and three
men dead of heart attacks brought
on by the intensive humidity, Henry
j. Cox, head of the Chicago weather
bureau. Monday declared there was
no relief in sight.
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MARK TAKES NEW DROP

BERLIN, June 1S.-(By Asso-
ciaited Press. Berlin was buzzing
tonight with talk of impending out
law strikes after the mark had suf-
fered a collapse which, once during
the day, saw it selling at 10000 to
the dollar among unofficial dealers.
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COMBAT OIL FIRE
$4,000 Gallons OF Gasoline Destroyed
by Flames

CINCINNATI. June 1S.-Ten tanks.
containing $4,000 gallons of gasoline,
were destroyed by fire at the plant
of the Ohio Refining company. in
Bond Hill. today. Firemen. despite
being subjected to intense heat. sta
toned themselves on Il reserve tanks
and successfully fought the flames.
The loss is placed at between 100000
and $4,000
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POWER PETITION IS REJECTED

OUTGOING AND INCOMING-Charman A. D. Lasker
of the United States shipping board left greets his sue
cessor, Edward P. Farley of Chicago, who formerly
vice president of the emergency fleet corporation
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MERGERS HELD VALID

RAILWAY Cancellations Given Sup
port OF Federal Circuit Court
ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 1S.-Rail-
way consolidation and control by
stock ownership and lease as author
lied by the transportation act of 1920
are held valid in a decree of the cir
cult court of appeals, decided On here
today in the Southern Pacific-Central
Pacific case.
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RHEUMATISM IS CURED

University Announces Serum For
Combating Cause OF Disease
NEW YORK, June 1s.-Discovery
of a serum that accomplished nearly
positive cure of rheumatism, as has
been proved from five thousand &C
tual tests, was announced tonight
by New York University Medical col
lege.
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FLOOD WATERS RECEDE


Continued Decline In Arkansas River
predicted BY Observer.
FORT SMITH, Ark, June 1S.-The
Arkansas river. which yesterday
reached a maximum stage Of no feet
for the present flood today dropped
to 26.4, and weather bureau officials
predicted that the stream viii con-
tinue to fall slowly but steadily.
There are now 90 refugees being
cared for here by the county and the
Red Cross. Officials are of the opinion
that those who have homes in the
lowlands will be unable to return for
at least two weeks.
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BUSINESS is BETTER
Federal Farm Bank Heads See I'm
prOYememt In Condition.

WASHINGTON, June 1S.-Business
conditions generally better than a
year ago" were reported to the fed
eral farm loan board by the pres
idents of ~ land banks who have
just closed a conference here.
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BROKER IS EXPELLED

"ObviOus Fraud And False Pretenses"
Charged Against Boston Firm
NEW YORK, June 1S.-James NJ.
Glassman, head of J. NJ. Glassman &
company of Boston. was expelled
from the Consolidated Stock En-
change today for Obvious fraud and
false pretenses."
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STRUCTURAL CONTRACTS
AWARDED IN BIRMINGHAM
IN MAY CALLED FOR $2,225,-
900 WORTH OF WORK.
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Yet Fords popularity seems to ride
over these disadvantages SO far as
labor and the farmers are concerned.
Ford has not been supported by mas
ter politicians In either party. Fur
thermore he probably would refuse to
be taken under anybody's wing and
submit to dictaticn as the price of the
nomination. Hence his announcement
that he will not run.
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THE ALABAMA FORECAST:
PARTLY CLOUDY TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY; STABLE
TEMPERATURE PROBABLE.
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