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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
STUDENTS GO HOME
Final Get-TOgether Meeting Held At
 Auburn Before Holidays

AUBURN, Ala, Dec: 20.-(Special) Christmas tree with a real live Santa Claus, hot refreshments, dancing ana n final "spend- the night party for young women students featured the final, get-together meeting of stu dents prior to the Christmas holi- days. Regular work was continued by upper classmen until Tuesday afternoon while freshmen finshed their work Wednesday afternoon.
 : Wednesday night this town was in every sense of the word "The De serted Village.' All but handful of the 1,5o0 students enrolled here had entrained for their homes in a half dozen states. The holidays Will continue through Christmas and New Years. all students being required to return for duty at s o'clock on the morning of Thursday, January 3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
INJURED APPEAR BETTER
PLAN CHRISTMAS TREE

GREENvILLE, Ala, Dec. so.- Especial. )-The Greenville Klwanis club will erect a Community christ mas tree on the campus or tne Greenville grammar school that VIII be lighted and decorated ana arounu which will be sung Christmas carols Sunday afternoon and the aiterhoon of Christmas Eve at the same hour.
 The Greenville Chorus club Will render the songs at the sunday period while the children of the varl- 'ous Sunday schools and of the Green vile grammar school will give the songs at the Christmas Eve period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
ANNISTONTS SCHOOLS,
 COLLEGES SHUT DOWN
Christmas Spirit Pervades Many College Students Coming Home
 ANNISTON BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD

The Alabama Military institute closed Thursday afternoon for the holiday season and the high and city school institutions will adjourn Fri day afternoon for the Christmas holiday season. A general exodus of pupils and teachers at the military school followed the holiday adjourn ment Thursday afternoon and the same thing will be true of the city schools Friday. The majority of the teachers, who. live at other points, will spend the holiday season with relatives and friends and there will be a general influx of teachers and pupils, who will come to their homes here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
ROTARIANS FEAST

ANDALUSIA. Ala, Dec. 1S.-(Spe- cial.)-With the Rotary Anns as guests of honor, and the Canning club girls of Covington county, un- der the leadership of Mrs. Mary Shook. serving the lunch, the Anda- lusia Rotary club held 100 per cent meeting this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
.UJROR ARRESTED

As soon as he completed his serv- ice as iuryman in the criminal di- vision of the circuit court J. R. Gar ner went to his home on Lookout Mountain. Federal and state officers followed him and report they found in his house and on his premises a complete distilling outfit three gallons of whisky and 67 bottles Of home brew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
ANNIsToN MAN HONORED

Friends of III. H. Witt, who has been elected as Sahib, Aladdin Tenn pie Dramatic Order of the Khorassan, are congratulating him. Official an nouncement of the election to the post was made here Thursday. MT. Wits election to the fraternal place of the order means that he is in line for the post of grand vicier of the Alabama branch of this order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
NEGROES IN FIGHT

Susie Jennings, negro, is suffering from a broken skull while Willie Jennings, husband, Is in jail With a battered head and face as the re- suit of a fight Wednesday night Ine woman claims she was struck with an ax by her husband while the latter claims he was beaten with hammer by his wife's admirer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
CONCERT CANCELLED

Postponement of the Alabama Glee club, scheduled for an evening per formance here on December 2S, was announced Thursday afternoon. A message from Director Tom Garner stated that all the holiday engage ments had been cancelled. It Is ex- pected that the artists from the uni versity will come to Anniston during the latter part of January or the first part of February to give their program.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
GApsDEN HOME BURNS

The house of Mrs. James Afford in East Gadsden was destroyed by fire early Thursday morning, the loss being estimated at $4,0Oo. Will Afford. a son, was the only person at home and managed to save two trunks, oil stove and photographlc outfit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
CHILDREN PLAY SANTA

Anniston school children on Thurs day afternoon assembled a large as- sortment of offerings for the poor of the city. At each of the schools in Anniston large boxes have been placed in the railways and each pupil had been requested to place potatoes, canned goods and other articles dur ing the afternoon. Liberal response is being reported from all schools of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
rn REPAIR. STREET

Repairs on North Fourth street were begun Thursday and Will De continued. it is announced, until the ,people on the north side of town and in the eastern end of the county can get to Gadsden. Ewing avenue, how ever, can neither be rebuilt nor re- raired until people living on 1t make sewer connections, Mayor Christo- nher announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
HEARING IS POSTPONED

The preliminary trial of Joe Lanza of Sheffield, which was set for hear ing in Florence today, was postponed until January 20. Young Lanza be came involved in a difficulty with Hershel Tendon sometime ago in East Florence, in which he is alleged to have struck the Tendon boy with his fist and knocked him down. Hen don died a short time later. Lanza
 was released on bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
SCHOOLS CLOSE FRIDAY

Rural schools of Covington county will close Friday afternoon for the Christmas holidays, and will re- sume their activities Monday, De- cember 31. Only seven teachers are standing the state examinations at this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
TUSCUMBIA MAN WINS
 HONORS IN THE NAVY
MUSCLE SHOALS BUREAU 1
 THE ACE-HERALD } Tuscumbia. Ala. Dec. %

Robert Grissom, a Tuscumbia boy, who enlisted in the navy last october, has been selected as the honor man of his company, which means that he was adjudged the best in drilling, signaling, swimming, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
BUILDING BEING RUSHED

Work on the First National bank building, which is being erected at d. cost of $60,000, is being pushed to completion and witt. a few more working days the front will be com pleted and the building will be under roof
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21

Leaves of the Hex yomitoria. spe- cies of holly. are used for tea and furnished the "black drink" of the North Carolina Indians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21

Wood of the common holly, the only European species, Is white as ivory and is used in making cabinets and muical intrument.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
DIAN wHITE CHRIsTMAs

MT. and Mrs. E. l.. Rivers and Miss Eva Powers are in the midst of re- hearsals and other plans for the white Christmas ceremony, which is an annual event at the First Metho- dist church of this city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
pIsCussEs CHRTsTMAs TREE

"The Christmas Spirit was the subject of Rev. w. W. Scott's ad- dress before the Rotary club Thurs day afternoon while Col. O. R. Hood read a paper on the Mellon tax re7 auction plan. The club agreed to furnish 60 baskets for the commu- nifty Christmas tree Tuesday ana number of baskets for distribution on Christmas Eve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
APOPLEXY FATAL TO HEN RSO W
Private Secretary To Former Governor Henderson Dies
 Suddenly At AndaluSla

ANDALUSIA, Ala. Dec. 20.-(Spe- cial Leased Wire.)-W. F.. Henderson, prominent citizen of Andalusia ana well known over Alabama, suffered stroke of apoplexy shortly after noon today while on East Three Notch street He went into the Ben son Undertaking establishment where he was found few minutes later in a dying condition. Physicians were immediately summoned put ne was beyond the reach of medical ald and expired within 20 or 30 minutes after he was stricken. MT. Tender son served as private secretary 10 Governor Charles Henderson and Tn that capacity came into close contact with the leading citizens of the state. MT. Henderson came to Anddlusid five years ago and embarked in the real estate business and until the business depression checked real es- tate movements in this section was instrumental in bringing many ne" citizens to this section.
 He was member of the Andalusia Baptist church and man whose every impulse was to improve a,,o build up the community in which he lived The deceased is survived by his widow and one son, Joseph, ana his mother, Mrs. Belle of Brantley' also one brother, Henry Henderson, of Jacksonville and two sisters, Mrs' Will McSwain of Brantley anu MIS- Russell of Decatur MT. Henderson has at various times connected in business and made his home at En- terprise, Huntsville and Birmingham' where he was in the automobile ousl- ness before coming to Montgomery to become the governors secretary.
 INJURED APPEAR BETTER
 {. Hospital authorities today ex- pressed a feeling of encouragement over the hopeful condition of Hur- bert Dorsey, Opp officer, who was sent here yesterday morning early al the point of death, following the at lack made mon him by Doc" Bur gess. ODD jeweler, on the streets of Opp at an early hour in the morning Burgess was confined to jail, where he will remain until physicians can arrive at a definite conclusion re- arding the condition of his victim'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
TO INSPECT DAIRIEs ,

c. A. Abele and J. A. Frank, rep of the state health de- partment, were in Gadsden Thurs day inspecting number of dairies. They came here to assist local au- thorities to enforce the milk ordi- nance which was put through at the request of the health authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-21
GAS RATES REMAIN SAME AT GADSDEN
Utility Company WithdraWS Petition When Board Ob-
 jects-MiII Owner Dead
GADSDEN BUREAU l THE AGE-HERALD Gadsden, Ala, Dec. 20

Claiming that it's petition to change it's rates was misunderstood and msinterpr eted by the Alabama public service commission the Fri City Gas company announced Thurs day that 1t has decided to withdraw the same. The management claimed that it intended to reduce the price of gas. The commission refused to grant the change on the alleged ground that it would raise rates.
 MILL OWNER KILLS HIMSELF
 John M. Mitchell, 57, mill owner. shot and killed himself at his home near Hokes Bluff Wednesday night as the result of breeding over a mental and physical breakdown. A small boy says he saw him place a pistol to his right temple and ire a bullet through his brain. lie pitched head long into an open fire and his face and head were badly burned. MT. Mitchell was widely known in the district. The funeral and burial will take place Friday
 SCHOOLS TO CLOSE
 All of the public schools of Gads- den, Attalla, Alabama City and Al toona will close Friday for the Christmas holidays. The rural schools will stop Friday and reopen Monday, December 31. The Gadsden schools will not open until Jan uary 2.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-09-27
Portugal to Inaugurate
New President October 5

London.-When Senior T~eizeira-Go-
mez was elected president Of Portugal
on August 6 he was still the Porta-
guese minister at London. He will not
be inaugurated until October 5. He
has represented his country at the
Court Of st. James since 1911 and con-
sequently took part in the negotiations
that brought Portugal Into the World
war. In an interview he said:
"One would think to read the news
from Lisbon that they had a revolution
there every eighth day. This is not 50.
There are. to he sure. discussions and
uncertainties. My policy will be, in the
main, ore of uni6cation-an attempt
to bring the conflicting parties togeth-
er on the common basis of the welfare
Of the republic"
The newspresidant has written books
and collected curfos. Until the reyolu-
ton of 1910, which turned the monar-
chy into a republic, he lived on his pa
rents estates in the country. His
grandfather had cherished liberal SEN
timents and had suffered for them. His
father was educated In France. and
from him the future president got his
republication. Senior Gomez was dl-
yiding his time among farming, writ
ing and collecting when the republic
sent him to london as its first ninig-
ter.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-09-27
RATS STAGE DOPE ORGY;
U. S. AGENTS GET BUSY
Rodents Eat Narcotics Stored in
Building at New Orleans.

New Orleans.-Slenths of the mar
cotic enforcement division, whose
duties, among other things, include
the running down Of dope peddlers,
have directed their attention to oms
thing new-the rodent dope" fend.
Until a few months ago, 1t seems,
the rats which infest the federal
building were nice, gentle, homs-loving
rodents, but recently something hap
pened. Slowly a wave of destruction
swept through the building. Offices
We're found in turmoil. Records were
gnawed to scraps. Crowded desks
were swept clean of papers and books.
Shiny desk surfaces revealed countless
rat tracks, mute testimony Of mid
night orgies.
w. F. Ferguson. assistant custodian,
urged to action by scores Of cen-
plants, purchased $50 traps and bait
ed them with the smelliest cheese
obtainable, crisp bacon and ever
chunks of porterhouse steak. Only
n young and inexperienced rat was
caught. Regular rat food had lost its
lure.
Narcotic Sleuths recalled that 1t was
about the time they had first stored
marituns, commonly known as mug
gles," in their offices, that the rat
destructiyeness began. Also they re-
called that a large Quantity Of mug
gles' had disappeared.
The agents examined their stores of
~eonfscated cocaine and morphine.
Packages had been gnawed open and
the imprint Of rat noses found In the
open boxes. dope worth thousands
of dollars was gone. The rats, they
suggested, apparently had first be-
come eRmeshed In the fentacles Of the
dope" monster when they chewed on
the "muggles," shattered nerves forced
them to the cocaine and Their to the
morphine.
Large steel boxes were purchased to
hold the stores of the narcotics.
Special traps were ordered built, and
when these are ready they will be
baited with morphine and cocaine, Mr..
Ferguson said,
The possibility of rats spreading the
dope habit is to be investigated by
'oficers of the United States public
health service, it was said.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-09-27
Youngest Auto Thief
Captured in 'Kenosha

Kenosha, visit Eau Claire has
the youngest horse thief in the state.
and Green Bay tAe youngest drunken
auto driver. Kenosha claims the doubt
ful honor ofshaying the youngest auto
mobile thief. BE is twelye-year-old
Sam SaIerne, whose career came to
a speedy end here when he fortunate
~, or unfortunately, mel with disaster
rs he launched 1t by stealing an auto
mobile.
The lad on circus day here jumped
into a touring ear Of Toerkel Peder-
sen, a farmer, and drove it pell nell
from the circus. In his haste to put
distance between him and the owner
Of the car he forgot all about speed
laws aud crashed into another auto
mobile. The other caEATas badly dam
aged and young Sam was slightly in
aured.
What hurt him most, however, was
shat he was unable to get away with
sae stolen car and will be sent to the
industrial school at Waukesha. He adj
Eaitted 20 the judge of the Juvenile
court that he had graduated from the
Glass OF bicycle stealing.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-09-27
WILL USE GAS
IN FUTURE WARS
Entire Armies win Be Put T.
Sleep and Made Prisoner,
Says U. S. Chemist.
oil SerYiee

New York.-Whole armies put to
sleep and taken prisoner in gas war
fare is by no means an impossibiIity
25 years hence, Col. Raymond Il.
Bacon chief of the technical division
Of the chemical warfare service, A. e.
f. says in a description Of the pos
sibilities Of the future art of war
made public by the American Chem
ical society.
The 100000 spent on the research
organization did more toward winning
the war, Colonel Bacon asserts, than
any 5000, 100000 spent in other ways.
Great Lesson Of Inc War.
One Of tire greatest lessons of the
war has so far gone almost UNDECIDED,
according to Colonel Bacon, who con
tinues:
ITO say the use Of gas In warfare
must be abolished IS almost the same
as saying tlat 40 progress must be
made In the art Of warfare toward
making it more efficient or more hu-
name.
eff one reads Of the great battles Of
history, one will find that the vic
torious general conquered his enemy
usually because of the fact that he so
chose his position as to have his flank
protected by river, mountain range or
some naturally strong barrier.
"AIuch Of the strategy Of these bat.
ties consisted in maneuvering SO as
to obtain the advantage Of position.
With the use Of gas it is possible to
~saturate a piece of ground so that ne
troops can cross ii, and thus make an
artificial barrier for the flank or pro.
tect the lines Of communication. More
over, these artificial barriers can be
kept barriers for just as short a time
as the strategy Of the particular bat
tie demands.
"Jhese are but HATS, but show the
tremendous uBeSploitad possibilities
of ga in warfare
imagine 4ana-to.Hand Battles.
"cne can easily inlag1e The situa-
Jon al the sine the Sighting was hand
70 hand with the spear or the sword,
and glnp0Hder was first introduced,
Uhich ia those day, perhaps, permitted
he antagonists to light at 3 range Of
100 or 24o yards. There uuet have
1een q eet cutlery az to prohibiting
the horrible new mode Of warfare, and
it must nave been felt that it was very
unfair 70 stand of 200 yards rather
than TO peet in combat man to man.
But no enc looking back on that
period would atternpt TO say it was
possible to have stayed the hand Of
progress and to have prevented by
any Legislation or agreement the use
Of gunpowder in warfare.
Moreover. the consensus Of opinion
today would be that the hand-to-hand
fighting with spear and sword was
more cruel and inhumane than the
lighting With the gun and the bullet.
Similarly. at the present time we can
not efectually stay the progress of
science, and 70 attempt to do so is
not only unwtse but is also prevent
ing the possibilities of a really more
humane type of war"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-09-27
Germany Gives Pensions
70 1897 600 War Veterans

0essera.-The international labor Of
Ace at Geneva has just given out sta
tistica showing the number Of soldiers
disabled in the World war who are
new receiving pensions from the prin-
cipal governments. Germany leads,
with France and Great Britain second
and third. italy stands fourth and
Russia fifth, and the number receiving
pensions in the United States was
held at 157,OOO:
Germany, $4,000; Australia, 49,
600: Austria, 10000; Belgium no.,
600; Canada 1900; United states
$4,000; Finland, 10000; France, L.
10000; Great Britain, 1,170O00; Italy,
10000; Poland, $4,000; Rumania,
10000; J~ugoslavia. $4,000; Russia,
7T5.OO0; Czechosleyakia. $4,000; New
Zealand, 10000.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-09-27
MILLIONS IN COCO TAKEN
FROM TGRFHR0El STEAMER
Divers Recover Nearly $4,000,
900 From the Laurentic.

EErRN
Lcndnn-M except a few bars Of
the .S00oo,o0O worth Of gold bullion
which dropped to- The ocean bed when
s German submarine sank the Lauren
tic on Donegal, Ireland, have been re
coyered by divers who since 1918 have
hOan carrying On their labors 80 feet
below the surface Of the sea. The 80
bars remaining in the wreck. it Is sx.
peoepd, VIII be brought up within q
fortnight
In addition to the gold which was
consigned to American bankers, the
Laurentic was laden with almost So
100000 In silver specie, mostly in 2
shilling pieces, all of which has been
salvaged by the divers. The men have
been using a divining spear with q dial
attached that shows whether the spear
point is touching gold or a base metal
ouch as iron.
The clocklike dial is kept aboard the
n~alvaging ship and IS teonnected with q
Q which Is in the hands Of a diver
working 90 feet below the surface
The hand moves TO the left of TIE zero
mark when the spear Is prodded
against a piece Of iron, copper or other
such metal but when It TOUCHES gold
the dial swings to the right. i veered
further when It came in contact with
an 1e-carat bar than when it touched
one Of nine earats.
The apparatus was brought to the
attention OF the admiralty in 1920 by
a college professor. Previous TO that
time the divers Ia three years Of labor
had recovered 60s bars. but since the
galvanemeter was brought. into use
more than 2.100 have been brought to
the top. each bar being worth from
5000 to $1,000, depending upon the
standard Of the gold and the size of
the bar.
In the first years Of the operation
the divers sent up the treasures in the
boxes in which they found them, but
later these wooden chests rotted and
the bars have since been salyaged Sep
srately.
The work Of the divers. never very
easy or safe, has been made harder
by The activities Of the hungry dog
fsh which seem to think that they are
wRtehdogs Of the wreck.
Each diver carries with him when
he goes below a large knife as q pro
lection against any fish that gets too
bold Each man receives a thirty-see-
ond part Of the treasure he RECEIVERS.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-09-27
U. s. Has 17s Women Pastors.

OAIcago.-There are 178 women
ministers IN the United States, accord
Ing to figures from the International
Association Of Women Preachers.
Illinois leads all other states with SO
women pastors. Of whom IL r In
Chicago. There r six womea
pTsscasy IA fogeign lan9s,
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-09-27
H~umpbacked Salmon
Run Breaks Records

.Bellingham, ~Wash.-Humpback
salmon have become so album
dant here that the Gamers are
refusing to buy them of indie
pendent seiners. The price has
decHned to 10 cents apiece, from
"A cents, Not anticipating such
a large run as has appeared,
most Of the canneries did not
put all of their machinery into
working order, and did not pro
vide nearly so many cans as
would be required to take care
Of the fish offered.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-09-27
German Pilot Makes
Record Trip in Day

Berlin.-Berlin to London and
back In one day was the record
trip made recently by the Ger
man pilot, Pieper, engaged in
the regular aerial service. for
mall and passengers.
Pieper arrived at Bremen. via
Hamburg on the outward flight
at IL o'clock in the morning, and
an hour and a half latsr re-
sun7ed the journey to Amster-
dam and the English capital.
By 6:20 in the afternoon, he
wss back In Brernen by the Same
route, and ten minutes later set
est for Berlin.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-09-27
Represent % NatIonalItles.

Vancouver. Twenty-Five different
nattonaiities are represented among
the pupils attending n public school
In Vancouver. British Columbia.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-09-27
-EnaHsh Travel in security.

Londonderry five passengers Of
the L,1s6, $4,000 carried on English
railways during 1922 were killed In
accidents. This is one passenger In
every 287OD0,o0o.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-16
MAN FINED AS WOLATOR
OF COLD STORAGE LAW
Avram Lascu Admits Selling Sock
Eggs as Fresh.

Avram, Lascu, former owner Of a
meat market at 245 L. Washington
St. was fined S25 and costs for violat-
ing the State cold storage law, in
the court Of Magistrate Conrad KEEL
Ter. He admitted misrepresenting
cold storage eggs as fresh. according
10 r. c. Wacker. who was buying
the store from Lascu. Wacker sold a
dozen eggs to Inspectors Stuckey and
Law of the State board of health,
which. # Is alleged, were represented
as fresh. Wacker told the court the
eggs were part Of the stock taken
over from Lascu.
Wacker was absolved by the court
and the health department. Accord,
ing to Stuckey. scores Of men are
selling cold storage eggs In baskets
from house to house as fresh eggs.
A drive is being conducted by the
health department.