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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
NEGRO CONVICTED
Black Given Thirty Years For Part
 In Killing White Man

MOUNT PLEASANT, Tex. Oct. 25. Burrell Kemp, negro, was found guilty of a charge of accomplice to the murder of Otis Ballard by jury here today and sentenced to 30 years in the penitentiary.
 MLtion for new trial for Glenn Gray, white, who was given the death penalty recently for the slay- ing of Ballard, will be submitted next Friday, 1t was announced today. The cases of Paul Keith and George Mckinley, on charges in connection with Ballard's death, have been passed to the January term of dis trict court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
HUSBAND SLAYS SOLDIER

BROWNSVILLE, Tex. Oct. 25.-A. B. Tayltr, private in Headquarters troop, Twelfth United States cavalry, and whose home is staid to be Waco, Tex. was shot and instantly killed today by John c. Harrell at the, Har- ren home in West BrownsVilles Har- rell immediately telephoned the sher- iff's office requesting that an officer be sent to arrest him. He said he killed Taylor because the latter had broken up his home, according to officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
TOWN HIRES MAIL CARRIER

For 30 years Middletown, Mo-, has hired and paid it's own postman
 When Postmaster General Wana- maker was in office he tried an ex- pertinent called village delivery Congress failed to authorize part ot the extra program and it was dis continued at Mddletown, where Charles T. Boist had the job of de- livering the mail. The people liked the door-to- door service so well thai they clipped in and paid $250 a year to the private postman, who is now 72 and still at it.-Wall Street Jour nal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
FROM KEY TO PULPIT.
Associated Press Operator To Preach
 In Columbus, Ga.

MACON, Ga, Oct. 25.-J. R. Potts for years an Associated Press tele- graph operator, has abandoned the key for the pulpit, according to infor- nation brought back today by dele gates to the meeting of the Macon Presbytery, which has just concluded it's annual session at Preston, Ga.
 MT. Potts, a member of the Colum- bus, Ga, Evangelist club, was granted a license to preach and was assigned to the East Highlands Pres byterian church in Columbus, Ga. He also become press representative of the Macon Presbytery.
 The new minister entered the As- sociated Press service on October 1, 1917, resigning October 16, 1923. He was stationed at Knoxville, Tenn, Columbus and Savannah, Ga, while in the service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
THE DOCTOR WAS, our

She was a maid who had been with the doctor for years. and the habitual expressions of those years could not easily be laid aside.
 When the doctor died she remained at the house. An old friend of the doctor, who had been abroad and had not heard of his death, called. and was admitted.
 q would like to see Doctor B." he said.
 I'm sorry" said the maid, but the doctor Is dead.'
 Stricken by the ~ intelligence, the visitor sat silent for a minute, when the maid said: eWill you-will-you- wait t?"-Boston Transcript
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
GERMAN POLICE HALT RADICALS
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ment's refusal to lift the ban on the radical newspaper "Rote Fahne" or Red Flag" Marks now stand at 100 00o. 100000 to the dollar, In- describable confusion would follow the strike, as ever increasing sums of money are needed. as exchange goes down and prices go up.
 Ex-Crown Prince Wilhelm had again requested the governrn ent' s permission to return to Germany. The request has been placed before the cabinet. but no decision has been taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
LAST MINUTE
 WIRE BRIEFS
CONDEMN GIRLS SMOKING

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct 25.-- Condemnation of the growing habit of cigarette smoking among girls and women and urging that proper steps be taken to prohibit sale of obscene and objectionable literature to high school students were incor- porated in resolutions adopted by the Tennessee Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers' associations, ad- 1ourning here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
At Any Portion Of 7he Law Says UnderlOood In Speec
TWO YEARS MORl ON. WILSON DAM
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 the most desirable method of usin the plant in the interest of the ped pie" fr
 MT. McKellar expressed 1t as hi opinion that the most practical wa of utilizing 1t so as to give tn greatest value to all the people vii be to sell it to Henry Ford"
 "He has demonstrated his econom ic, industrial and financial genius, the Tennessee senator said. He ha agreed to produce nitrates in a wa that will give them to the farmer the cheapest. He has ample finance to make good, and he has the spiri to do the American farmers, espe cially, service.
 Sees Four Results.
 Tn dealing with the project W must deal with it in a big way. look ing especially to four results" Sen ator Mcclellan said. First, that tn farmers be given cheaper fertilizers second. that power and light be fur nished to all nearby users nor cheaply; third, that industries ma be induced to come into this part Q the country where raw materi abound, and, fourth, that the plt be kept at all times ready for for war purposes in the event M should be unfortunate enough at aIl time to have to go to war;
 Senator Smith W. Brookhart q Iowa, who has favored government ownership, and Senator Edwin M Broussard of Louisiana were othel members of the committee who mad' the trip to Muscle Shoals. Senatol Medill Mccormick of Illinois, chair man of the committee, was unable tt accompany the party further thai Memphis, where hearings were helS yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
Board Ignorant Of Changes

Commissioner J. H .Scruggs in Bir- mingham Thursday night had little to add to the statement given out in struction work on the Birmingham Montg highway through Shelby county. Asked about the report
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
SHE NEVER TOOK A BATH
He Gets Divorce From Woman Who
 Disregarded 572 Saturday Nights

Disregarded 572 Saturday Nights
 CHICAGO. Oct. 25.-There were 572 Saturday nights in her period of married life, but not a blamed one of the mmeant anything to Mrs. Nellie Arnold.
 'We were married Christmas Day. 1S9S," her husband, George, told Judge Sabath in divorce court Thursday. "We lived together until 1909. During her entire life she never took bath, and I couldn't make her."
 That's plenty of testimony" de- cided the court. You get your di- yOrce"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
PATRAs RLOCKAnEn

ATHENS, Oct. 25.-Government warships have blockaded Patras. The battleship Kallxis bGmbarded revolu- tionary forces at the mouth of the Corinth canal. The rebels still main- tain a hold on the north shore of the canal, and clashes have occurred be- tween government advance guarfls and the rebel pickets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
FAMILY FOUND DEAD

CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 25.-John c Hersh, 47. musician, his wife and 13-year- son were found shot tc death in downtown apartmen1 house today Police said they be- lieved Hersh shot his wife and ther took his own life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26

NEW YORK, oct. 25.-Because he would not deny that he Is a member of the Ku Klux Klan, Alex M. Staff ford, assistant to the vice president of the Sinclair Oil Co.,, was chal- lenged Thursday and prevented from serving on the jury trying Jacob Horodner for the murder of Joseph Cohen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
WOMAN GETS LIFE
Mrs. ollie Combs Justiss Sentenced
 For Staying Man She Loved

ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. 25.-Mrs. Ollie Combs Justiss tonight was found guilty of murder in the first degree with a recommendation for mercy by jury here in connection with her trial for the murder of l.. w. Tur- her, whom she shot and killed in an automobile, giving as reasons be cause I loved him" She was sen tenced to life Imprisonment.
 The jury before beginning it's short deliberation knelt in prayer. Shortly before the jurors received the case they heard the state make a plea that the defendant be hanged. Mrs. Justiss received the verdict in a calm manner. She silently faced the court as the sentence was being pro- nounced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
THROWS UP JOB
VanderbiIt's Cousin Quits As Taxi
 Driver After Five Days

Driver Aftcr F1Ve DayH
 NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Francis or mand French, cousin of William H. Vanderbilt, who caused a stir among the socially mighty by accepting a position as a taxicab chauffeur, kept his job five days, worked three of them, earned $17 in wages and Something less in tips and then failed to report again, an official of the taxi-cab company announced today.
 He tried to make arrangements with the company to ''do stunts" for publicity purposes, the official said, but it was insisted that he stick straight to driving and French walked out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
CHURCH TO EXTEND ACTIVITIES

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct. 25.- Extension of various activities. of the Episcopal church was announced at the closing session of the Synod of Sewanee here tonight, the program including more work in the moun- tains, among the deaf, evangelism and missions. It was also decided to finance welfare activities in the province of Sewanee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
ADMITS DEFEAT AS FINANCIER

CHICAGO, oct. 25.-CharIes E. Chick" Evans, for 15 years known internatiC nally as champion golfer, and eight times western amateur champion, admitted defeat in the stock and grain markets Thursday when he filed petition in bank ruptcy, admitting that he owned S262,3S0 and had but S50.719 in assets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26

and Steel institute on the fact that the 12-hour day has been abolished in the industry. He quoted, MT Smith, an intelligent, fair minded workman connected with American Sheet and Tin Plate company at the annual meeting of the United States Steel corporation in 1914" to prove that not the employers but the workers themselves had established the 12-hour day in the first place. Now, however. the employers have abolished it, he said.
 The steel manufacturers, he said, were in favor of its abolition and never endeavored to retain it.
 He gave the late President Har- ding much credit for the part he played in eliminating the eight-hour day. When MT. Harding first heard of the contemplated change, Gary said, he wrote rendering his assis- tance. Later he had 40 members of the industry at dinner at the White House at which he told the steel men there was a growing sentiment throughout the country in favor of abolishing the 12-hour shift.
 we pledged our cooperation with the President in the effort to elim- mate the 12-hour day in our country as soon as 1t should be practicable, " said Gary. Gentlemen, that pledge has never been violated nor it's full fillment unnecessarily postponed. Ev- eryone familiar with all the facts will testify to the good faith and earnest endeavor of the industry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
WILL NOT GIVE UP

MACON, Ga, Oct. 25.-Solicitor Roy W. MoNre of city court, stated to- night ttat he would not give up the fight to rid Macon and Bibb county of floggers even though there has been an acquittal verdict and two mistrials in the case of pr. c. A. Marlborough, the second mistrial re- sulting today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
GoMPERs AT BORDER

FL PASO. Texas, Oct 25.-Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, accompanied by other nationally prominent labor leaders, arrived here Thursday for an international conference with labor leaders from Mexico and South Amer lea,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
GIGANTIC TOBACCO MERcER

NEW YORK, oct. 25.-The absorp- tion of the Tobacco Products corpora tion by the American Tobacco com pany, plans for which were an- nounced Thursday, will consummate one of the largest industrial mergers in years. More than s250,000,o00 Is in- volved in the deal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
RurH HAS CLOSE CALL

SCRANTON, Pa. Oct. 25.-Babe Ruth narrowly escaped injury in Brooks athletic field here this after noon. when more than 5000 cheering youngsters brushed aside a squad of city and county police and bore down upon the bambino to shake his hand or get a closeup view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
KILLED SAVING PAL
Railroad Emp1oye Tells Of Heroism
 Of Train Victim

Railroad Emp1oye Tells Of Heroism
 Of Train Victim
 ST. JOHN, Kas., Oct. 25-George Roberts, a Santa Fe railroad em- ploye, Thursday recounted a story of the heroism of his pal, George Clowers, 28, who died Wednesday night before a switch engine.
 We were standing on the tracks talking" Roberts said. Suddenly George grabbed me and threw me off the tracks. As I turned I saw a switch engine bearing down upon us. He leaped, but the pilot hit him."
 Roberts escaped injury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
THOMAS DEMANDS ADOPTION OF POLICY ON SHOALS BID

Congress should adopt a policy of the retention, development and op- eration of the property along the following lines:
 T. Complete the construction of Wilson Dam No. 2.
 "2. Use the power generated at Wilson-Dam to operate Nitrate Plant No, 3 in the making of such nitrates as the government may need in mak ing its own explosives for experi- mental and educational purposes, and in tEe making of commercial fertiliz- CTS for sale to the American farmers at cost.
 "3. The construction of dam No. 3.
 a. The construction of dam No. 1. together with canal and locks at Dams No. 9 and No. 3, so as to make the Tennessee river navigable over Muscle Shoals.
 "5. Either establish some govern mental institution at Nitrate Plant No. l, or sell said plant with a guar antee of cheap power for its opera ton.
 would sell At Cost.
 "6. All excess, power developed at Muscle Shoals to be sold locally to cities and institutions on the basis of cost of production. the cost of pro- duction to be based upon a reason able return upon g proper division of the investment in necessary land, construction of dams, installation of machinery and the operation and maintenance of the property.
 "7. Excess machinery, equipment and supplies to be sent to other pub lie works or sold to the best ad- vantage.
 "S. Improved real estate owned by the government to be subdivided to the end that employees may acquire their own homes on long time and on reasonable terms"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26

YOU KNOW A TONIC IS GOOD when 1t makes you eat like a hungry boy and brings back the color to your cheeks. You can soon feel the Strengthening, Invigorating Effect of GROVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. 60c.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26

Raincoats of long grasses are worn in damp parts of Mexico to keep off insects as we'll as rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26

from Montgomery that the change in specifications was made only after consent had been obtained of state and federal engineers he said: T am not familiar with that. The highway commission knew nothing about the change or at least l did not an1 as- sume that the others did not because it is a matter coming directly under my Jurisdiction"
 The work in question is being done by the w 1T. Taylar canstruction company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-26
CAN'T INCLUDE LEASES

FORT SMITH, Ark, Oct. 25. = Leases on coal lands valued at $500.- 900 and lost by the Bache- Denman syndicate as a result of the Hartford Valley mine war of 1914, cannot be considered a part of the damages Judge John c. Pollock held today in the retrial of the s2,222,O00 suit of the Coronado Coal company and asso- ciated operators. against the United Mine Worker of America.
 Mine workers of America. The court ruled that the proper measures of damages was the value of the prop erty destroyed during the riots.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-22
100 PHYSICIANS
PLAN WAR ON
DISEASE
Dr.. Garden r. Warner to Pre-
side at Southern homeopath
Meeting Here.

One hundred ,homeopaths con-
tinued discussion of divers vital
phases OF homeopathic treatment at
the second session of the thirty
ninth annual convention Of the
Southern Homeopathic Medical AS
ISOLATION here today.
After devoting more than a half.
hour to clinical medicine, the homeo.
paths took up the subjects of heart
affections and diabetes. Numerous
new methods of treatment were de.
tailed by Drs. G. H. Wells and L.
Savage.
The pediatrics division of the as
ISOLATION was in charge of the dis
cussions during the afternoon
Members of this department ex
planned the diseases Of childhood.
DR.. Garden f.. Warner of this
city, will preside at the meeting ef
the division of opthalmology
otology, rhinology and laryngology
this afternoon.
The entire medical group will ban.
quet tonight at the Washington
Hotel. Brig. Gen. Charles e. Saw.
yer will be the chief speaker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-22
HOFFMAN GIVES
INCLUSIVE
PROGRAM
Pianist Ranges From Chopin
and Beethoven to Liadow
and PoIdini.
By WILLIAM MOORE.

. A program ranging from Beeth-
oven and. Chopin to the novelties Of
Poldini and Liadow, was given by
Josef Hoffman, the pianist, yester-
day AFTERNOON at Polls Theater
It is one Of the most difficult
tasks in the world to attempt to
analyze Josef Hoffman. He is a
man of moods each mood changing
with new composition. His read-
ings always show technical brilli-
ance, poetic feeling and an almost
passionate regard for rich tone
colors.
His masterful fortes and. flake
like pianissimos, his roulades. trills
and presto passages all excite the
awed wonderment Of the AUDIENCE.
The Beethoven Al flat sonata,
Opus 10, with It's racing fugues, its
rendendo and adagiO, was executed
with the. utmost technical perfec-
tion.s Then followed the ''VecchI0
Minuetto,' Of Sgambati His sPer-
petuurn Mobile of Weber, was
played with rare briIliance.
The "Taurterelle'' and "Chauve-
souris," by Poldini, and ''Valse
Phantastique," by Edna Woods,
were examples of the impression
istic school.
Hoffman played his own "Nenien"
and Kaleidoscope followed by a
Chopin group. Of which the F.
minor nocturne was by far the out
standing feature, being played with
true poetic feeling.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-22
JAZZ HOME LIFE.
DEPLORED BY
SIMON
Rabbi Tells MayfIoWer Society
Education Can Halt
Radicalism.

The future stability Of the United
States is assured by the fact that
Americans are essentially a home.
loving people, Rabbi Abram Simon
told members of the Society of
Mayflower Descendants at their
annual meeting last night in the
Ebbitt Hotel. .
He depIored the too evident
symptoms of jazz home life," and
declared that they are resulting in
laxity Of morals.
Rabbi Simon assailed the prin-
ciples Of Henry Ford, especially his
viewpoint regarding the sacred ira
ditions of American history. EIe
made a strong appeal for rigid en-
forcement OF the prohibition laws
and advocated d broad educational
program as the remedy for radi-
calism and law defying.
Carter b. Keelle was reelected
governor of the society. Other of
ficers are Frank H. Briggs, deputy
governor; Howard W. Blanchard
captain; the Rev. John T.. Huddle,
elder; John B. Blood, secretary;
Thomas F. Whittlesey, treasurer;
Mrs. Bertha M. Robbins, historSSn,
and Loren B. r. johnson, surgeon.
The board of assistants chosen
were JaSon Waterman, Mrs. Henry
B. Patten, William C. Dennis, Miss
Garlic E. Marsh, Henry c. Crocker,
Mrs. Louis A. Abbot and Kenneth
). Wales.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-22
POWDER PLANT
BLAST KILLS
ONE MAN
Another Perhaps Fatally Hurt
in Explosion That
Shakes Valley.

NEW CASTLE, Pa, Nov. a.
One man was blown to atoms and
another was injured, perhaps IA
tally this morning when the Corn
ing Unit of the Graseli Company
powder plant at Quaker, near here
blew up.
The shock of the explosion was
felt throughout the Mahoning VAL
ley. Windows miles from the
plant were broken. Hundreds o.
persons in the immediate vicinity
narrowly escaped injury.
The dead main was Asakasa Bur.
ton, OF Lowellville, Ohio. The in
jured man is James Norris, of
Quaker Falls.
The cause OF the explosion has
not been determined.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-22
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hope they'll be better stewards
Of prosperity than their parents.
Endless SUGGESTIONS of charred
and devastated woodlands !!
That's why your doors and trim
and tWo-by-fours are more ex-
pensive each season.
The Schwartzwald has fur
nished South Germany with
structural stuff for centuries un-
counted and continues to provide
its usual quota Of building ma
terials. Europe protects precious
assets and constantly pops an
acorn into the ground" for every.
oak that's felled. We don't un-
derstand the meaning of con-
servation.
Chehalis and The NY. Depar-
ment Store. One story high but
with a heavy concrete foundation
ready for the skyscraper that's
later to occupy the site.
h Cities must spread wherever
factories arise for basic needs.
Balance sheets'H finally locate
the factories there, too. Mount
ing transportation costs will see
to that.
Our Most Prolific Ancestor.
HALF a dozen boys are fold
II ing local papers for route
delivery. That's how Adolph
Ochs, of the New York Times,
started. He got his experience
in the little town that offered
a chance to learn what makes
the big wheels of journalism go.
Who knows but what Chehalis
may in turn provide a publisher
for Manhattan? Most of the
men dominating metropolitan
affairs started for Wall Street
and Broadway from the cross
roads.
Marshall Field, Henry Ford,
Charley Schwab and Calvin
Coolidge were once "hay-seeds."
Jacob Epstein, Baltimore's pre-
mier merchant, carried a. pack
of Maryland pixies.
But men of their stripe didn't
patronize "diners" on first SELL
ing trips, as for instance the
novice in the pinchback coat,
travelling in shirt waists"
The thirty-cent lunch boxes,
offered on the station platform,
aren't for him. Instead, he or
ders a 1925 meal.
Later when he's ready for in
dependence and can't. scrape to-
gether the means to establish his
own concern, calculation of the
difference between hotel and
dairy-lunch charges, dining car
prices and lunch-box costs will
prove that he slew opportunity
with false pride and a table knife.
Pottage is still the great ma
tional dish. The prodigal son
was the most prolific of all an
cestors.
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Syndicate. Inc. and Herbert Kaufman)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-22
AMERICANS ARE
INTERESTED IN
IRISH BONDS
Free State Consulate in N. Y.
to Take Applications for
Proposed Loan.
By DANIEL O'CONNELL.
International News Service.

DUBLIN, Nov. Retrospective
American investors are making nu-
Iaerous inquiries regarding the forth
coming national bond issue Of the
Irish free state government. the
treasury department announced to-
day.
The Irish consulate in New York
has been authorized to accept APP
plications for the loan.
The amount Of the bond issue has
not yet been determined. but it
probably will be nearly 100000 900.
The bonds will be issued in null
tiples Of ten pounds sterling. They
will be sold at IS $3.50 for a 81 900
bon6, and will bear per cent in
terest.
It is planned to retire the issue
in 1915. The loan will be secured
by the governments central fund.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-22
WESTINGHOUSE TO OPEN
WESTERN RADIO STATION

Hastings. Neb., has been selected
by the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company for the
location of it's new station to relav
programs from the Eastern ste.
tons. This will allow Western re-.
ceivers to pick up the same service
rs is received by Eastern peonIe
with small apparatus. The same
apparatus used on the Pacific coast
to pick up local broadcasting also
can pick up the Eastern broadca ats
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-22
TURKEY Is HEAVEN
TO DIVERSIFIED WOMEN

NEW YORK, Nov 22.-Lonelv
rat women of America who are will.
ing to accept the Moslem faith
VIII find prestige in Constantinople
This is the opinion of Nathan
Mandegblatt, veteran of tha
world war, who arrived from tho
old Turkish capital on the French
liner Rochambeau.
Mandegblatt said The Turks do
not think that a woman has fully
matured until she is forty. and
stout women are held most at.
tractiVe.