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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
PADDOCK LAW is
FEDERAL WEAPON
IN BOOZE BATTLE
Agents Work Out Plan For
Keeping New York Lid

NEW YORK, June 5.-Federal pro-
hibition forces today disclosed part
of their future policy OF controlling
Illicit liquor traffic without the aid
of the Mullan Gage state enforce
ment act. when they closed, by court
order. popular Broadway cafe. the
Knickerbockcr grill, for six months
under the paddock section of the
Volstead act.
At the same time police commits
sioners. sheriffs and state troopers
Palmer Garfield. state prohibition di-
rector, that they still We're respon-
sible for the enforcement of the fed
eral laws in regard to prohibition.
Announcement of surprise raid
by federal prohibition agents on the
Hotel Pontchartrain last night was
coupled today with the statement
that the raid was only the forerun-
ner of others.
Federal Judge Hough. after hear
ing the governments evidence
against the knickcrbocker grill de-
clared it to be a public nuisance be
cause of repeated violations of the
prohibition laws.
The grill's proprietor claimed that
the liquor had been brought by pa
irons despite warnings.
Discussing the effect of the de-
c,sion, United States Attorney Hay
ward said that the paddock pro-
visions of the Volstead act appeared
to be the most effective remedy the
government has against public
drinking places. He asserted that
charges now pending against other
places would be proceeded with as
promptly as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
MEDICAL SOCIETY
PROFESSIONALS
COURT DISORDERS
Scenes During Jacks Trial
Condemned In Resolution
Of Meeting

Court room disorders during the
trial of Ernest G. Jacks. one of nine
men indicted as alleged members of
the party who abducted and flogged
DR.. ]. D. Downing. city and county
health officer, May II, 1922, were
condemned in resolutions adopted by
the Jefferson County Medical society
Monday night and made public Tues
day.
Newman Trial Monday.
The resolution was prompted by
the demonstration in favor of the de-
PENDANT last Thursday when the
jury's verdict of mot guilty" was
read. Judge O. A. Steele severely
reprimanded the crowd and asked
those with a spark of manhood to
stand before the bar and confess
their part in the demonstration.
Porter N. Newman, one of the de-
PENDANTS in this case, will be ar
raigned in criminal division of circuit
were continued Monday by Judge
Steele and will come up next fall.
Resolution In Full. o
The resolution of the medical So
ciety follows:
Whereas, during the recent tria
of one of the men indicted for a cow
health officer, demonstrations were
made. in the court of SO unseemly a
nature as to be insulting to the dig
nifty of justice and to the solemn ty
of the occasion and,
Whereas, the Jefferson County
Medical society has always stood for
good citizenship and has always ad-
vocated measures favoring healthier
minds as we'll as healthier bodies in
the citizenry,
Therefore. be it resolved that we
as body Indignantly deplore and
condemn such exhibitions and such
actions as so properly merited the
rebuke by the presiding judge and
which would, as the latter so clearly
pointed out, have tendency to OBJ
struct fair and just verdict in other
cases of a similar nature, and;
BE 1t further resolved, that copy
Of these resolutions be spread on the
minutes of the society, and that a
copy be placed in the hands of the
sheriff of Jefferson county, and that
a copy be given the daily press"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
Brandon Leads Alaban1ians
In Big Shrine Celebration
WASHINGTON BUREAU
THE AGE-HERALD
VraahJ-r<or n e .Vupa n

.
w. w. Brandon, governor Oh
Alabama, trod the hot sands to
Mecca in the most colorful
parade Washington ever wit
messed today. The executive or
the state was the central 1Sure
in the Alabama contingent OF
Shriners, consisting of represen-
tatives of the temples at Biz
mingham. Mobile. Montgomery,
Selma and other cities.
Promises Good Roads.
j. NJ. Moore. secretary of agri-
culture, and w. S. Keller. state
highway commissioner, were IN
terested spectators. After the
parade, Mr. Keller interviewed
Chief Mcdonald of the good roads
bureau of the United States de-
partment of agriculture. He de-
clared that Alabama was snow
ing more enthusiasm in the con-
struction of highways than any
other state. and predicted that IN
a few years Alabama roads would
be as good as those of any other
state.
Mr.. Moore conferred this aft
ernoon with the federal secre-
tary, Mr. Wallace, as to means TO
be employed in Alabama to secure
full cooperation between the
state and the federal government.
Mr.. Moore reported the former
friction between officials of the
Alabama branch of the American
Farm Bureau federation com
pletely healed, with prospects
splendid for hearty cooperation
in all farm enterprises.
o o o
Biggest Shriner Contest.
Alabama Shriners VINO came 20
Warrington with the biggest
Shriner. Bascom Russell Poole OF
west Rlocton. were disappointed
70 find their boast contested.
.'Tiny" Richard Standish of Mont
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pressions about fraternal organiza-
tons No man ever took the oaths
and subscribed to the obligations
with greater watchfulness and care
than I exercised in receiving the
various rites of Masonry. and | say 1t
with due elaboration and without
fear of breaking faith. 1 have never
encountered a lesson, never witnessed
an example, never heard an obligation
uttered which could not be openly
proclaimed to the world. More, II
the lessons taught were needed, the
obligations read were assumed, II
the relationships urged were adopted
men would be infinitely better in
their human relationships.
"Fraternities must be just If they
are to survive. And they must be
Just to appeal to men in their fell
low relationships. Secret fraterni-
ty is one thing, secret conspiracy
is quite another. This meeting to-
day is in ennobled fraternity.
Deals with Realities.
"One must recognize that fratern-
ity has Its abuses. Abused fra
ternity is no more avoidable than
the hypocriey which teaches how
beautifully worth while Is honest re-
ligion. But fraternity deals with
realities and cures it's own abuses
"A President would not be ethi-
cal if he related fraternal appeals
to which he must turn deaf ear
l Will have said enough If I sug
gest that men lose their right of
fraternal hearing when they trans
gress the law of the land.
THE abuse l had In mind is the
imposition upon fraternal relation
ship to promote selfish ends. Per-
haps a recital of a home town ex-
perience will illustrate my point
I. l..
to engage in a mercantile enterprise
One Joined the Methodist church and
the other the Presbyterian. Still
business failed to move with a whirl
Then one Joined the Masons and the
other the knights of Pythias They
picked out the churches with the
CONTINUED On Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
MILLIONAIRES ARE OIL PROMOTERS
GROWING THINNER GET LONG IERM
TAX FIGURES SHOW IN PENlIENlIAKf
Government Wins First Vic
tory In Drive Against Frad-
uIent Stocks

FORT WORTH, Tex, June 1.-The
government won It's first victory in
it's drive against alleged fraudulent
Sherwin and II. II. Schwarz were
federal penitentiary and pay fines OF
$4,000 each, and General Robert A.
Lee was sentenced to serve two
years in the penitentiary and pay a
fine of $4,000. The sentences and
fines were imposed on the defendants
by Federal Judge Benjamin Biedsoe
after the jury had returned verdict
of guilty against all three defend
ants shortly after 8 o'clock tonight.
Sherwin and Schwarz were given
the maximum sentence on the first
five counts of the indictments of five
years and a $1,000 fine, but Judge
Bledsoe specified that only the first
two should run consecuttvely ana
that the other three should run con
currently with the first two. He also
gave them the maximum sentence of
two years Imprisonment and SlO,-
900 fine on the sixth count of the in
dictment, but specified that the
prison term should run concurrently
with the first two. 1t was later ex-
planned by government attorneys that
the defendants would only have to
serve ~. years ana pay Alo,uoo iile.
They were charged with using the
malls to defraud and conspiring to
defraud in connection with the Cen
eral Lee Oil companies.
o O O
Two Get Limit.
To Sherwin and Schwarz. Judge
Bledsoe gave the limit allowed under
the laws governing the counts of
the indictment, which he read before
he passed sentence.
The judge asked Sherwin, Schwarz
and Lee to stand
The offense wit (which you are
charged and which is proven is very
aggravating and scorns not only the
laws of decency and morality but of
government" he said.
O O o
Lee Used Az Tool.
Il am convinced that Sherwin and
Schwarz were the brains of the
undertaking and that they used this
old gentleman as willing tool
Judge Bledsoe then pronounced
sentence on Sherwin, Schwarz and
Lee in the order named. He specified
that they be remanded to Jail until
the fines are paid.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06

BRYAN TO FIGHT
FOR DRY PARTY IN
1924 CONVENTION
Commoner May Be Able To
Throw Majority To
MCAdoo
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
Special Dispatch to The Age-HcrnId

WASHINGTON, June William
j. Bryan will lead the fight for Il
dry democratic party in the 1924
convention. supported in the final
showdown. by the forces behind Will
liam G. McAdoo. one Of the leading
contenders for the democratic nom
nation. The situation may turn out
to be particularly similar to that in
1912 when Bryan forced the nomina-
tion of McAdoos father-in-law,
Woodrow Wilson. Wilson was OPP
posed by the same tri-state machine
headed by Tammany Hall that will
try to prevent the nomination of
McAdoo. Bryans battle cry in 1912
was against Tammany and Wall
street. This time it will be against
Tammany and booze-directed at
Murphy of New York-Brennan of
Illinois and Tasgart of Indiana.
AS preliminary vancouver,
friends of the Commoner expect him
to declare his own candidacy, Bryan
is said to feel that he could line
up more dry delegates in the party
primaries in this way, retiring in
favor of dry candidate at the
proper moment in the convention. If
the McAdoo forces support him in
the platform fight for bone dry
plank, Bryan would be expected to
return the favor by throwing his
delegates to McAdoo.
O o O
Here Henry Ford enters into the
situation. AIcAdoo has hopes of
becoming the residuary legatee OF
Ford at the convention. The De
troll. automobile manufacturer, un-
less he ventures out on an independ-
ent third party ticket. Will enter the
convention with a sizeable block of
delegates but with little chance OF
being nominated. McAdoo is the
candidate who stands nearest Ford
in economic and political views
though of course there is great dis
similarity. But delegates who sup
port Ford's principles can. in the
min. indorse the views of McAdoC
conscientiously.
just as the dry strength natural!
Will gravitate to McAdoo as the con
vention gets under way, so the wet
strength will rally around Senate
oscar Underwood, as Al Smiths nom
nation is shown to be impossible.
Democratic leaders generally favoi
making strong commitment to la"
enforcement. leaving a large meas
ure of local autonomy in the appli'
cation of this principle to the pro
libition question.
For the democrats are facing ;
two-fold proposition. Naturally they
cannot affront the great sections
But locally many senatorial, congress
sinai and state candidates will insis
upon campaigning against the Vol
stead act.
o o o
| VIII he Given Latitude.
This will be true in New York
| Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ne,
| Jersey, Chicago and northern Illinois
| wisconsin, many sections of Missouri
| and some parts of California an
| southern Louisiana.
| Local democratic candidates Il
| these sections will be given ampl
latitude, though their views will no
be sponsored by the national part.
organization. This Is the prospec
on the democratic side as indicated
by canvass of party leaders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
FRATERNITY is ONE
THING; CONSPIRACY
ANOTHER" HARDING
Attacking Menacing Secret Orders-Future Secure
As Long AS Loyalty To Flag Is Taught Executive
Declares

WASHINGTON, June 5.-Justice
alone entities fraternal organiza-
ton to survive. and secret fraternity
is one thing: secret conspiracy is
another" President Harding declared
today In an address at the Imperial
council session of the Mystic Shrine.
Il like the highly purposed frater-
nifty because 1t is an assurance
against menacing organization" the
President said. In the very natur-
alness of association, men band to-
gether for mischief. to exert mis-
guided zeal, to vent unreasonable
malice. to undermine our institutions.
This isn't fraternity, this is con-
spiracy. This isn't associated uplift,
it Is organized destruction. This is
not brotherhood. 1t is the discord of
disloyalty and danger to the re-
public.
But so long as 20. 100000 of Amer
leans are teaching loyalty to the flag,
the cherishment of our inherited in
situations and due regard for consti-
tutional authority and the love of
liberty under the law, we may be
assured the future is secure"
o O o
Speaks As shriner.
Mr. Harding addressed the council
as brother Shriner after he had
reviewed the annual Shrine parade
from a stand in front of the White
House.
His address follows in full:
1T is a great pleasure to partici-
pate Is this opening session of the
council. 1t need not be said that l
cordially join in the words of well
come and hearty greetings already
uttered.
II like the atmosphere of frater-
nifty. I rejoice In the knowledge that
l am addressing body where every
heartbeat is Loyalty American; where
every impulse is American, where
every commitment and conservation
are to the public and It's free instl-
tutIons.
O o o
Refers To Masonic Oath.
Some times there are false i'm
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
AIRMAN KILLED; a. HURT
Plane Wrecked As Men Were Taking
Off For Flight
BALTIMORE Lur

BALTIMORE, June 5-Lieut. Wen
dell X. Phillips was killed: Capt.
F. j. Wilder was seriously injured.
and Sergt. c. ]. Lunt. Sergt. Carl
johnson, Private c. L. Helton and
private w. Heidi. less badly hurt,
when their airplane was wrecked at
Aberdeen, Md. today. as they were
taking off for a flight.
Lieutenant Phillips was one OF the
aviators who took part in the de-
livery TO President Harding of con-
signment OF peaches and green corn.
rift OF the city Of Augusta Ga.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
SHOW OWNER DIES
Mrs. Colbert Holloway Dies OF Pto-
maine Poisoning

HARTSELL, Ala. June . tSpe-
cial)-The MIlt Colbert shows. sched-
uled to play In Hartselle for week
are closed on account of the death at
2 o'clock Tuesday morning of Mrs.
Colbert Holloway, wife OF the mana :
ger OF the shows. The woman's death
is said by physicians to have been due
to acute ind gestion or to ptomaine
poisoning. At the time OF her death
Mrs. Holloway was staying at the
residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Bean,
being an old acquaintance of Mrs
Bean. The remains were prepared
for shipment to Greenville, Tex. Mrs.
Holloway was the owner of the show,
having been left the attraction by
her late husband. Mtlt Colbert. 1t Is
not known what the plans of Mr.
holloway are.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
BECOMES CITIZEN AGAIN
Daughter OF Mrs. Howe Again Has
American Rights

Maud Howe Elliott, daughter OF
Julia Ward Howe, author of the
Battle Hymn of the Republic" is
once more an American citizen. She
was naturalized yesterday in the SUI
perior court, having applied under
the act of Congress permitting Amer
lean born women who had married
foreign subjects to regain citizen
ship.
Mrs. Elliott married John Elliott, a
British subject. in Rome % years
ago. She is living with her husband
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
WHERE CAN THEY WED?
Earl And Chorus Girl Finance Are
Worried

NEW YORK, June 5.--The Earl Of
Northesk and Jessica Brown, former
chorus girl. who yesterday We're
denied I. marriage license here. spent
today rushing from the office of
one legal authority to another. try
ing to discover where was the best
place to get married. They reached
no decision. The earl. who seemed
quite cheerful, announced they would
get married somewhere, somehow"
Jessica, who was reported TO be an
noyed over the delay, denied her
self to reporters. Friends indicated
they might seek license in New
Jersey or Connecticut. The license
was denied on the ground that Jess;-
cas- divorce from ner first husband
in Chicago was not recognized in
this state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
FIVE LOSE LIVESlN
MICHIGAN RAIL WRECK
Special Knights Templar Train Is
Derailed-Forty Injured

DURAND, Mich. June b.-Five per-
sons were killed and about 40 others
members of various Knights Templar
Communicates of western Michigan
were injured when a special train on
the Grand Trunk railroad was de-
rallied two miles west of here this
morning. The train was made up at
Grand Rapids and was carrying
knights Templar to their state con
vention in Flint.
The dead: Frank Pearsoll, so. Du-
rand engineer
Joseph Parker, So. Durand. fireman
John Erickson, Ionia. member of
Ionia Commandery, died on way to
hospital.
Heber ID. Waldron, Ionia.
- Tanning of Grand Rapids. a
newsboy.
The bodies of Pearsoll and Waldron
are hemmed in the Mreckare.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
STRAIGHTEN OUT TANGLE
Minnesota Election Decision Will he
Rendered Today

ST. PAUL, Mimi. June 5.-Minne-
sofas senatorial election tangle
probably will be Strengthened out to-
morrow when the state supreme
court will file its order in the
case.
After hearing arguments on the
motion to dismiss the writ of pro-
hibition directed at Ramsey county,
district judges. the supreme court
recessed late today until $50 a. m.
tomorrow.
Frank e. McAlister, st. Paul at
torney, who brought the proceedings
originally in the Ramsey district
court before Judge r. D. O'Brien.
argued for dismissal of the writ of
prohibition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
RockETELLER,s GLASSES SOLD

NEW YORK, June 5.--Cut glass
goblets with which John d. Rookie
Teller invariably was served in the
years when he dined almost daily
at Delmonico's. did not pass into his
hands today when they were sold
by an auctioneer among other relics
Of the famous hosiery. The absence
at luncheon of two men, said to have
been agents of Mr.. Rockefeller, re-
suited in the glasses being sold to
Mrs. c. G.. Bourne, sister of Federal
Judge Mayer for S26.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
EMBAL MERS VERSATILE
Make Liquor When Not Otherwise
EmRRRcd

NEW YORK. June 5.-Embalming
fluid and freshly distilled liquor
were found side by side by prohibi :
ton agents today when they raided
an uptown undertaking establish
ment. The agents gained entry by
claiming they wished to arrange for
the burial OF a friend. Four large
stills VOC Naid 30 axe Aco nfennd
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06
JAPANESE ARE READY
TO TALK RECOGNITION
WITH RUSSIAN SOVlETS

TOXIC, June 5.-(By Associated
Press. 1.-The cabinet, mt seS-
sion this afternoon. decided to
submit to A. A. JOffe, the envoy
of Russia, who is now in Japan,
conditions under which the impe-
rial government is willing to re-
sumo negotiations with the soviet.
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Only Fl Firms Reported In
comes Of Over Million

WASHINGTON. June 5.-The ranks
of Americas millionaire taxpayers
continue to grow thinner, according
to statements for income for l92l
made public today by the internal
revenue bureau, which show that OF
the 6.662,176 firms and individuals
filing returns for 1921 only FL had
incomes exceeding s1,000,000. This
represents a decrease of II from the
number receiving million dollar IN
comes in 1920, and compares with 90
IN 1919, CT in 1918, 141 in 1914 and
with 2O6 in 1916. the highest since
the income tax laws became opera
tive.
Big Decrease shown.
Taxes aggregating $719,3S1lo1
were collected on the more than the
six and a half million returns. an
average of 1913 per return. The in
come from which the taxes were
drawn aggregated $19,577. 212,52S, the
average net income per return
amounting to s2.s3S.56.
Q o O
New York Leads.
New YORK pore the largest toiai
income tax burden of any state. its
1.066,637 taxpayers RENTING $2l0.-
76S379, 29.3 per cent of the govern
ment income tax revenue. Pennsyl-
vania, with I21.103 returns was sec
ond, paying an aggregate of sS4.660,-
22O, while Illinois was third. its re-
turns totaling 611,558, from which
s6s,574,351 in taxes were collected.
ALABAMA PAYS LESS
WASHINGTON, June ESPECIALLY
Forty three thousand and nine Ala
bamians paid the federal government
in the form of income taxes for 1921.
s2.713,S26, 1t is officially announced
today. The total income Of those
who paid was s117.10s,S06, as against
s156,604,933 in 1920. The percentage
of the population paying income
taxes in 1921 was only 1.S3. The av-
erage net income was S2,722S9. and
the average tax $63.10.
Alabama cities making more than
1000 returns were: Birmingham
14.scA- Mobile. $500; Montgomery,
~ Selma, 1890, and Bessemer,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-06

THE ALABAMA FORECAST:
LOCAL THUNDERSHOWERS
WEDNESDAY AND THURS
DAY.
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BANK CLEARINGS FOR FIRST
FIVE MONTHS OF 1922 SHOW
AN INCREASE OF SO PER
CENT.
Evening star., 1923-07-23
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia and Mary
land-Fair tonight and tomorrow.
probably becoming unsettled tomor-
row in western Maryland; rising
temperature tomorrow; light to gentle
northeast to southeast winds
Nlrg1nia-Generally fair tonight
and tomorrow: rising temperature
tomorroW and in extreme west por-
tion tonight; light to gentle north
east winds, shifting TO east and
southeast tomorrow.
West Virginia-Increas sing cIoudi-
moss, probably followed by showers
late tonight or tomorrow: warmer
tonight.
Records for THenty-Four Hours.
Ihermometer--4D pm, ~; pm. ~:
II midnight. 67: 4 am. Ga; am.
81: noon, IS.
Barometer pm. $3.50; pm.
2S.S7; IL midnight 1891: am, 2s.97;
am. 3O.O5: noon, 30.05.
Highest temperature, sc, occurred
at pm. yesterday; lowest tempera-
ture, 62.1, occurred at $50 a. m. TO-DAY.
Temperature same date last year
Highest. SO; lowest IL.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of the
water at am: Great Falls-Tem-
perature, so; condition, clear.
Weather In Various Cities.