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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
VERDICT ACCIDENTAL | DEATH IS RETURNED
 IN FABIAN KILLING
Coroner Holds Officers Not BIameabIe in Accidental
 Death

A verdict of accidental death with out criminality was rendered by Coroner J. D. Russum, Thursday fol- lowing the investigation into the death of Davis Fabian, 63, who was struck by an automobile. driven by A. J. Coggins, city patrolman, We'd nesday night about 11:40 o'clock.
 According to the testimony pre- sented at the investigation, the ac- cident occurred at the corner of Thirty-third avenue and Twenty seventh street. when MT. Fabian, ac- companied by his wife, had just alighted from the North Birmingham street car.
 Those who testified at the coron- CTS investigation were Mrs. Rachael Fabian, widow of the deceased; D. w. Montgomery, Birmingham police officer who was ling In the car at the time of the accident and J. A. Coggins, driver of the car.
 Funeral services will be held from the residence of his son, l. l.. Fabian. 1000 Twenty eighth, street, south, at o'clock Friday afternoon. Burial will be from Knesset,- Israel syEarouge, Ridout in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
SARTA|M DEFENDS HIS ASSISTANT IN
 REPORT T0 HAYNES
Ford Declared vindicated. Director Says State Pro-
 hibition Situation Good

W. B. Ford. assistant prohibition director for Alabama, against whom charges arc said to have been filed with Prohibition Commissioner Roy Haynes by J. Bibb Mills, superinten- dent of the Alabama Anti-Saloon league, was vindicated by Charles M Sartain, prohibition director for Ala bama, in a special report Thursday to Mir. Haynes. MT. Sartain confirmed dispatch from The Age -Herald's Washington bureau saying he had made this report.
 The situation in Alabama respect ing prohibition and it's enforcement MT. Haynes, who was said to be pleased obviously when the state ment from Sartain was made public
 MT. Mills said Thursday night he had nothing to say about the Sartain report. Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the league. who was in BirmingIam list week, refused to make public MT. Mills complaint, but said an explanatory statement" may be issued later.
 MT. Sartain said Thursds- that he believed the two agents suspended from the state prohibition enforce ment services because of alleged bribe-taking at Mobile, were also not guilty of charges preferred
  w. Cox and John Thompson It is believed complaints against them were made by the Anti-Saloon league also. although this could not be con- firmed. When MT. Wheeler was in Birmingham, he said the organiza- tion was determined to tighten the bolts If machinery used in enforce ment of the Eighteenth amendment.
 T could not hope to nave any closer degree of cooperation with the various state agents reports NJ Sartain. Courts the past month were favorable. Tho campaign for building up sentiment in favor of treating the prohibition act the same as all other laws in regard to en- forcement is gradually bearing fruit In the action of juries. Untiring ef- forts of the United States attorney have done much towards arousing the citizens to demand a more rigor- ous enforcement or the law.
 "Witho'.t exception. the sheriffs in the state have responded readily when requested for assistance in raiIiuC."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
After 31 Hours DeIiberatlon Jury Is Discharged-Vote
 Was Six to Six From Start, Members DecIare-No Hope For Verdict, Leader States
WOMAN UPON BODY VOTED
 TO ACQUIT DEFENDANT
Alleged Radical Claims He Won Victory in Case-0th-
 CTS Who Attended Meeting On Sand Dunes Will Go On Trial Within Two Weeks

ST JOSEPH, Mich, April 5.-tBy Associated Press.) .)-ffopeIessly dead locked after 3fA hours deliberation, the jury trying William z. Foster of Michigan law against criminal syn dicalism, was discharged by Judge Charles White this evening.
 The jurors stood to from the start, taking sS ballots without changing a vote.
 Five men and one woman voted for Fosters acquittal and six men for his conviction.
 Foster was the first to face trial of the 32 men and women arrested as a result of the raid on the convention of the communist party of America, held in the lonely dune country near here last August. Charles F. Ruthen- burg. one of his co-defendants, will be placed on trial week from next Monday
 Only Foster and his wife and at- torneys were in the Berrien county circuit court room when Judge White called the jury in and asked the fore man, Calvin Bachman, if there was any chance of reaching a verdict.
 T am afraid not Bachman said. We have not changed since the first ballot"
 After the court discharged the jurors some of those who voted for acauittal explained the reason for the hopeless deadlock.
 We six were convinced from the start that the state had failed to make a case against Foster" Russell Durm, grocery clerk. explained. "We did not feel that the evidence showed Foster had committed any crime in attending the covent!on and we so voted.'
 Mrs. Minerva Olsen. only woman on the jury and one of the leaders in the group favoring acquittal, declined to comment on the 5ury's delbera- tions.
 Foster accepted the ,ury's failure to agree as victory. l Whether the case will be retried probably will not be decided until after the Rnthernburg trial which ! Frank P. walsh of New York and Washington. chief of counsel for Foster and the defendants waiting trial. issued statement tonight White.
 "Of course we are somewhat dis appointed" MT. Walsh said. We had expected an acquittal."
 The case against Foster grew out of his attendance at the communist convention. The state maintained that he was there as member and a paid official of the communist party. The defense, however contended that Foster was not member and went to the convention at it's invitation to deliver a speech on industrial con- ditions.
 The trial was the first test of the Michigan law against criminal syn dicalism, passed during the war. The act makes 1t q felony punishable by 10 years imprisonment and s5.00o fine to advocate sabotage, crime, terror ism or other means of force and vio- lence as method of accomplishing political or industrial reform.
 The sole question before the jury. Judge White said in his instructions. was whether the communist party had advocated crime and whether Foster had voluntarily attended the conven- tion. knowing that 1t did advocate such forbidden doctrines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06

THE FORECAST FOR ALABAmA IS FAIR FRIDAY AND SATUR-
 DAY, WITH NO CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE EXPECTED.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
EXPANSION OF EXPERIMENT I.
 WORK URGED
Branch Stations for Farm Re- search Studies In Various Sections of State Favor- ed by Committe, Dun-
 can Says

Expansion of the experiment sta- tion at Auburn and establis rt of branch experiment stationa f $ sari- ous sections of Alabama ESs rec commended py the joint Slativc recess committee on ass>N Sure in the report to be made t legisla- ture this summer. acco to Sem ator George Duncan 0Simestone the com@i,tss' aatssF who Sh bif%ins ham Thursday. NJ As of the Sa~mftse SsT aftss retu1nsa sHo or sgrGultnra sa,ont ira seho9 experiment sepas
 The outstanding fact impressed upon members of the committee, ac- cording to Senator Duncan, was that wherever real progress in agricui- ture has been made, in every case 1t has been initiated, inspired and di- rected by the experiment stations and extension service of the agricultural colleges.
 Research Work Complete.
 The completeness with which re- search work is done in every Instance struck Senator Duncan. At one school visited. students were judging hogs when the committee went in. After grading the animals, the work was carried through the slaughter, dress ing and curing processes. At an- other one. the Kansas Agricultural school at Manhattan, the Alabamians were told of the manner in which the best type of wheat for Kansas was selected after many tests. After this type was found several hundred acres of land were planted in this wheat. the seed produced being dis f r thrOn2hOIlt state. The result of this research was that the added production ot wheat represents more than the cost of maintaining the institution annu- ally.
 Mississippi leads Alabama In pro- vision for agricultural work and fla cilites for research, according to Senator Duncan, who praised the az college at Starkville highly. He said an outstanding feature of the school was the new cafeteria, which takes care of the students at meal hours without disorder or con fusion Although the Kansas instl- tuition had just opened a cafeteria, 1t did not rank with that at Stark vile, he declared.
 The branch state experiment sta tion at Jackson, Tenn, showed pos abilities of the branch plan. Farm CTS from west Tennessee are able to visit the station, learn practical ways in which to improve their farming
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
RUSH RELIEF. ID SUFFERERS.
 IN LOUISIANA.
Thirteen Dead and Sixty h. jured is Toll in Terrific Tornado-142 BuiId- ingS Wrecked By
 Winds

ALEXANDRIA. La, April 5.-The dead and injured having been ac- counted for. Alexandria and Pineville ] today began to take stock of the
 damage caused by the tornado late Wedne sday which swept this city and Pineville across the Red river from here. taking a toll of 13 lives and injuring more than 60 persons. Mean | time relief fund for the homeless was launched here and the author l ities were advised that the Red Cross had forwarded from its depot in
 Memphis supply of tents. cots and blankets for the destitute in Pine vile.
 l Pineville and the section across the river were hit hardest. all of the dead and injured being found there X check of the damage showed that 142 buildings in this vicinity were struck. 20 in Alexandria, 46 in Pineville, 2i l in the Rugby addition, 50 in Milltown and the gymnasium and power plant at Louisiana college.
 Relief Fund Raised.
 The relief fund launched this fore noon had passed S12.ooO within a few hours one of the largest sub scriptions having been S1,000 from
 the Alexandria ku Klux klan. Red Cross headquarters in Atlanta. in ad- dition to ordering material, sent here telegraphed $500 Dr. Marvin Cappef parish coroner, stated that three Red Cross emergency stations had been opened in Pinevile. He estimated the homeless at almost l000." Reports were received here late to-
 day of the destruction of 10 houses at Libuse, 13 miles east of Alexan- dria, with the injury of four persons.
 A half-dozen families there were re-
 ported in need of assistance.
 Most Severe In History.
 | Persons familiar with the destruc-
 tion wrought by tornadoes expressed surprise that the casualties in Pine ville were not greater. the disturb ance having been one of the most se- we're in the history of the state. It's course was zigzag for more than
 two miles and it swept virtually ev- erNthing from its path. An automo- 1 bile was found in a tree near Pine vile today, while two others were discovered under the debris in Main street
 Thirty-two of the injured were taken to the United States Veterans hospital near Pineville, but physi- clans pronounced all but four only
 slightly hurt The Salvation Army.
 Red Cross and nurses and physicians fat the hospital worked all night with
 the injured and only gave up their task when relieved or when there was no need for their services
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
LEAGUE GETS APPEALS TO STOP TWO WARS.
Council Will Take Up Cases At April
 16 Meeting

GENEVA, April 1.-Two appeals have been received by the League of Nations to prevent possible wars. which, it Is declared. are imminent unless there is immediate interven- tion.
 Hungary notified the secretariat of the league Thursday that the Rumanians were appropriating the property of Hungarians in Kew Ru- mania and that the acts constituted a serious war menace.
 The secretariat was also informed by Bulgaria that the oppression of Bulgarians by the Greeks in Western Thrace may lead to war unless the league offers it's good offices
 The appeals are to be taken mp by the council of the league on April Is. Officers of the league are confident that the Hungarian con flict will be settled by the Hague tribunal of international justice and that the allies will intervene to thresh out the Bulgar-Greek contro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
HENRY , FORD INVITED
 I 0 MUSCLE SHOALS
 BEFORE GOING HOME.
Detroit Manufacturer is Now Spending Few Days In
 Georgia

ALBANY. Ga, April 5.- Henry Ford. of Detroit. arrived here late today from Valdosta, Ga. register ing at local hotel as "A. Henry" He said he would remain here for two or three days. but declined to say the purpose of his visit or what place he would visit next.
 FLORENCE, Ala. April 5. - The Florence Chamber of Commerce, the city government of Florence, the presidents of the four civic clubs Of the city and various other organiza- tions this afternoon joined in a tele- gram addressed to Henry Ford at Albany. Ga, urging him to come to Muscle Shoals If his automobile trip contemplated bringing him anywhere in this neighborhood. MT. Ford has not been at Muscle Shoals since De- cember ,, 1921. and great progress toward the completion of Wilson dam has been made since that time. II MT, Ford can arrange to come here one of the largest popular demon strations in the history of this sec tion will be staged for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
DEFENSE CLOSES CASE
Final Argument Upon Herrin Case
 VIII Begin Today

MARION, H., April 5.-fBy As sociated Press.)-The defense In the second Herrn riots trial rested it's case today after having called nearly a hundred witnesses to testify to alibis for the six defendants charged with the murder of Antonio Mulka- vich. one of the 22 non-union men slain during the outbreak. Final ar Euments were expected to begin to- morrow.
 The defense directed all of it's ef- forts toward establishing a complete alibi for Hugh Willis. state executive board member of the United Mine Workers. and one of the defendants. Testimony also was introduced to show that Robert Tracy and Otis Lawrence, witnesses for the prosecu- tion. were in the Herrin jail at the time when they claimed they had witnessed the tragedy.
 Tracey and Lawrence testified that they were working at the mine of the Southern Illinois Coal company and described how the AS workers and guards in the mine were marched out by an armed crowd after they had surrendered They said they had es- caped when the prisoners were lined up before a barbed wire fence and 14 of them shot down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
LEVINE MUST DIE
Physicians Assert Illness or Soviet
 Premier In lncurabIe

RIGA, April 5. - tBy Associated Press)-Two of the physicians who have been in attendance on Nikolai Lenine, the Russian soviet premier, Dr. Won Struempell of Leipsic and pr. Nome of Hamburg, are return ing home by way of Riga They spent 10 days In Moscow. While reti- cent concerning NJ. Lenine's condi- ton, they nevertheless clearly inti- mated that the premier might die at any moment or finger inde finitely, and that the paralysis from which he is suffering is incurablc and must inevitably cause death. Lenine is being carefully guarded, and even the attending physicians must have special permit for each visit. even If visitsa are made several times daily. The Baltic Press states that each of the specialists received 5000 every time he is stmmoned to Moscow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
CONAN DOYLE THINKS
 SPIRITS RESPONSIBLE

NEW YORK, April 5-Did aveng- ing spirits cause the death of Lord Carnarvon for disturbing the tomb of Tutankhamcn,
 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, exponent of spiritualism. asserted today that this was by no means an untena b e theory--a theory which dispatches S from Cairo assert is held by native Egyptians.
 Jonng hands with Marie Corelli. the English novelist, Sir Arthur said that the priests of old Egypt knew much more of the occult than we, and that they might have placed a spir- itual elemental" in the tomb to strike down the man who disturbed the bones of their pharaoh.
 But Psychologists and scientists read insect bite" and nothing more. They scoffed at the idea of an aveng- ing spirit remaining faithful full 5000 years, and Sir Arthur himself was forced to admit that by now "old King Tuts spirit may be far enough f (COntluned nm poUa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
COMMERCE DEPEND ON WORLD PEACE-CECIL
Business Should Aid League, Noted
 English Exponent Says

NEW YORK, April 5.--1.ord Robert Cecil, speaking before the New York state Chamber of Commerce today praised the work of the Chambers of Commerce of the United States and kindred organizations in Great Britain. saving that their practice of cooperation and consultation had formed the basis of commercial pro- gross in all civilized countries
 The same principles utilized by commercial bodies to bring about commercial peace, he said could be used to bring about peaceful reia- tions between nations, and an avoid ance of war.
 "The oft-repeated statement that men of commerce are advocates or war for the mere profit it might bring is slander," he asserted. Tt is not only wicked slander, but an exceedingly foolish statement as we'll, for peace is essential and vital to commerce. It is the very founda- tion of commerce.
 War not only destroys the re- sources of the nations at war. but 1t also destroys the resources of na- tions not engaged in it. There IS, for instance, the dislocation of ~redit, upon which the whole economic sys- tenn of the world is built. Every operation of war destroys the trust of people and nations in each other and thereby destroys the means or commerce. International co-opera- tion can do much to do away with these misunderstanding and awaken a realization of the right under standing"
 The League of Nations, Lord Rob ert said, was trying to promote un- derstanding between the nations and prevent misunderstandings. The league was concerned. he stated, in mary matters not political and was endeavoring to promote international commercial arbitration, the securing of uniform bills of exchange and the standardization of international statistics for the use of commerce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
Alabama Educators Go Defi- niteIy on Record in 0pposi-
 ton to Suggestion That County Superintendents Be PopuIarIy Elected to Office
J. w. ABERCROMBIE SAYS STEP WOULD BE SUICIDE
Masonic Temple Crowded With Visiting Teachers For Opening Session-Brandon
 To Be Leading Figure At The Friday Sessions of Body

The Alabama Educational associa- of the present method of selecting county superintendents of education Thursday afternoon when delegates who packed the big auditorium of the Masonic temple staged a demonstra- tion following statement by Dr.. John W. Abercrombie. state superin- tendent If education, that "to revert to the old method of selecting county superintendents as has been proposed would be suicidal to education in Alabama Dr. Aborcrombie's state ment which occasioned the outbreak of applause was made in the course of his address on "The Outlook for Education in Alabama" before the opening session of the Forty second annual convention of the association which began it's first general session at the Masonic temple at 230 o'clock.
 I've have a methe d for the selec- tion of county superintendents which is regarded by educational experts as being the equal in efficiency of any in the United States" pr. Abercrom- bic declared. This system has been in operation about six years and the result is a marvelously improved su- perintendency. It guarantees effi- cient supervision to every school"
 O O o
 Progress Despite Obstacles.
 Mir. Abercrombie related the prog ress made by education in Alabama and the obstacles to be overcome if the state is tC' keep pace with it's neighbors or to progress. He began by asserting that Alabama had started the work of public education more than 50 years after eastern and northern states because of slavery.
 Provisions for public schools in the state were made a few years prior to the Civil war, he said but little work was done before the war and
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
CARNARV0N'S SON TO- WITHDRAW SUPPORT OF
 EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION
Does Explorers Heir Believe Ancient Curse Has Fallen
 Upon Family?

LONDON, April 5.-Lord Torches and heir of his fathers title. will withdraw from further research work al the tomb of Tutankhamen.
 Whether or not the curse of the Pharaos contributed to the death of Carnarvon. it is stated confidently by friends here that the son will not submit his family further to the evil cally associating with his father S passing.
 Furthermore, it was stated the new Earl of Carnarvon is not interest ed in archaeology and this fact, added to the unhappy incidents connected with his fathers work, would lead him to drop pursuit of Tutankh- amen.
 Carnarvon's body will be embalmed d in Egypt and returned to England the last act in the tragedy, full force of which is realized in that, after expenditures of years of work and a fortune, the noted Egyptologist never saw the mummy of the Pharaoh he discovered because he decided 10 walt year before actually opening the dead rulers casket.
 With the likelihood of Lord Por- chester withdrawing his family's $~- tive interest and financial support from further pursuit of Tutankh- : amen, the question of how the work will be carried on is creating wide discussion. The Cairo museum, which controls Egyptian antiquities, proba- by will appoint a man, possibly Howard Carter. who was associated with Carnarvon, to go ahead with the research work The Egyptian government, however. is without funds for this pdrpose. It has been suggested, therefore, that If the Met- ropolitan museum in New York, whose entire staff is now engaged in digging up Egypt, would finance the exploration work, it might be turned over 10 American control.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
MUST GO TO JAIL
Alleged Profitcers sArc Convicted n
 Court At Rnsfon

BOSTON, April 5.-Scntences of 10 months each in the House of Correc- tion and fines of sl,000 each were lm- posed today upon F. Monroe Dyer. a New York banker. and five other officials of the Bay State Fishing company. and sentences of five months each and fines of $500 were given nine dealers indicted with them in the so-called fish trust" cases. They were found guilty of conspiring to increase the price of fish in war time and to effect a monopoly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
CALM UNDER FIRE
Widow or Roosevelt Helps Protect
 Paintings In Restaurant

NEW YORK. April Mrs. Theo- dore Roosevelt, widow of the late ex-President Roosevelt. braved a fire in the ''Rouble R" coffee house in West Forty-fourth street today to aid restaurant attaches in rescuing two oil paintings of her husband
 Mrs. Roosevelt was the only one of 50 patrons in the place who did not flee when fire broke out in a coffee roaster under the kitchen. fill ing the restaurant with smoke.
 Calmly holding her place. she d. rected the manager, Frank Sardi and other employees to bring canvases to place over the pictures, which wera featured in the restaurant, so that the firemen would not injure them when they turned their hose lines on the fire,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-06
RAILROADS COMBINE
Five Companies Enter Into New
 NNNN Mcsicrn System

IND ANAPOLIS. April 5-Notice was filed with the seccrtary of state today or cemrletion tile merger Of five railroads with property valued al sl03. .500.0oo. The new company which will he known as the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Rail- lines: ...,-.... -...
 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railway company; Chicago State Line Railway company; Lake Erie & Western Railway company.
 Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louis- ville Railway company.
 The Toledo, St. Louis and West ern Railroad company.