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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
DRINKING OF HIGH SOCIETY IS HIT BY U. 5. DRY CHIEF
Haynes Declares; It Is Main Difficulty In Way Of En-
 forcement

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-Drinking in high society is the chief diff culty in the way of making prohibit tion effective, n the opinion of Pro- hibition Commissioner Haynes
 Plaising the work of the citizen ship conference, Haynes said it would help to stir local officials in assisting in enforcement, particular ly in watching petty bootleggers and blind tigers.
 "A close analysis of the proceed ings reveals absolute unanfnf1ty- Of opinion that the most outstanding difficulty in the way of enforcement today is the observance of the law among a small minority. but nevertheless a very influential group of citizens at the very apex of the social scale." Haynes said.
 "The bitter condemnation of such leaders in social, professional, com mercial and industrial phases of our busy American life, who by their example have retarded a more gem eral observance in other groups, and the strong appeal made to them by the conference in the name of good citizenship and obedience to law ana constitution will, without question, result in the awakening of, new cur rents of thought and higher Amer ican idealism to the end that the constitution will be revered."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
WO EX-PREMIER RS IF OL ] w ] RL )
 MEET IN CHICAGO
Apponyi Of Hungary Goes Uninvited To Luncheon
 Given Lloyd George
By RODNEY F. BUTCHER (By Leased Wire To The Age-Herald)

CHICAGO, Oct. 16.- Lloyd George, dean of all visiting British celebrities, came to Chicago Tuesday with an ap- peal to the middlewest for the prese-- vation of democracy.
 He was given what Chicagos chief of police declared was the greatest demonstration of it's kind in 80 years"
 Accompanied by Dame Lloyd George and his pretty daughter Megan, the smiling, shaggy y-haired British war premier acknowledged constant howl of ovation, accompanied by showers of confeti from offices high up on the city's "cannons,' until he reached the hotel, where, to a ban quet hal packed with 1,200 of the fore most men and women in the second that the democracy fought for in the European battlefield and at Versailles not be allowed to tumble from its throne"
 This speech, the only public utter aIlce of Lloyd George during the day was held somewhat significant in that it contained the first reference of his tour to France as one of the nations standing together up uphold demo- cracy, world peace and freedom. The United States, Great Britain and France, he pleaded, should lead a world union of democratic people to see that these ideals were kept :.loft. Sees Peace In Future.
 Some day, he predicted, Europe will live with peace and friendship be- tween her natie IS just as the many races in the American melting pot"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
Accused By AIabamian Of Deceiving President And At- torney General In Connec- ton With Contract
 PROBE OF SALE BY NEXT CONGRESS IS NOW SOUGHT War Department Secretary Expected To Support Such A Move As Means Of Sub- hitting his defense
WASHINGTON BUREAT r
 THE AGE-HERALD ! MashingtOn. D. C.. Oct. lh

WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 16.- John W. Weeks, Secretary of War, will not answer the critism of Rep resentative w. B. Oliver of Alabama. regarding the sale of Gorgas to the Alabama Power company, 1t was in- timated today.
 While MT. Weeks has made no pub lie statement, it is said that 'he will ignore,"' the charge that regard ing particulars of the contract in- yolying GorgaS he deceived the President and the Attorney General.
 Tt was likewise intimated that MT. Weeks, in accordance with his decla- ration following the statement of Henry Ford, would not indulge in & newspaper controversy, but would bs willing to submit all data to Con- gress.
 It is made apparent that the issue will be sharply drawn as soon as Congress reconvenes a movement will be launched to bring about an inves- tigation of the sale of Gorgas with the purpose having the sale set aside for future condemnation proceedings. Mir. Weeks. it is indicated, will sup port such a movement on the part of Ford adherents.
 It is understood that he holds that in this way his defense will be sub mitted to the public. It is learned that the Secretary has read the state ment prepared by the Alabama rep resentative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
I PROHIBITION LAW LAW MOST SUCCESSF u, SAYS DRY LEADER
Five Thousand Visitors Ex- pected To Come To Bir-
 mingham In December
LOUIS PIzITIZ

The national prohibition law is the most successful law ever written on the criminal statute books of this country and as such has done more to minimize crime than any other agency in existence" pr. E. J. Moore of Nashville, Tenn, assistant general superintendent of the National Anti Saloon league, Tuesday afternoon told an Age-Herald representative.
 pr. Moore Is in Birmingham to con fer with J. Bibb Mills on the coming national convention, December IS to 20, which he predicted would bring over 5000 visitors and delegates to Birmingham for the week. When asked as to efficiency of enforce ment of the prohibition laws, pr. Moore declared the results obtained are nothing short of marvellous.
 "Conditions vary in different sec tions," he stated, but on the whole I am convinced there Is a conscien- tious effort on the part of officials to obtain strict enforcement of these laws. In the central states. violation of the prohibition laws is no more general than were viola tions of the state option laws. I find the gravest conditions exist in the border states, because officials there have the most serious situation to face. Progress being obtained in the enforcement of the prohibition laws
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
CHILD DIES AFTER.
 BEING STRUCK BY CAR ON SOUTHSIDE.
Coroner S Investigation Shows Girl Was Driving
 Slowly Along Avenue

Bessie Haynes. age ', daughter ot Mir. and Mrs. L. D. Haynes. 9OS Twenty first street. south, was fla tally injured at 5:15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Tenth avenue between tally injured st 5:15 o'clock Tuesday streets, south. when she was struck by an automobile driven by Miss Emily Smith, daughter of Sid w. Smith, 1514 Miner Crescent. She died in Miss Smiths car on the way to St. Vincents hospital
 According to a statement of a wit ness to Coroner J. D. Russum, who immediately began an investigation, Miss smith was driving abort 10 or 12 miles an hour on Tenth avenue, when the child suddenly darted in front of the automobile. Miss Smith was allowed to go to her home.
 The remains were turned over to Johns, who will announce funeral arrangements later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
2 KNOWN DEAD. IN 2ySAH0MA, .C''. .f i ISOLATED.
Two Thousand Of 15,000 Who Fled Are Homeless; Being Chartered In Halls
 And Churches Of Capital
RESCUE SQUADS HUNT
 OTHER FLOOD VICTIMS
Damage To Property And Livestock Is Estimated At Hundreds Of Thousands By One Official

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Oct. 1s.- (By Associated Press.)-Staggered by the greatest flood in the history of the state and virtually isolated by rail and highway, Oklahoma City to- night sheltered her little army of refugees and waited. for the muddy, turbulent expanse of the North Cana dian river to recede and reveal the damage it has wrought.
 Although the river had fallen ap- proximately two feet from the 25- foot crest that swept down on the city at 5 o'clock this morning, the swift rush of the waters was still swirling through streets heretofore considered immune from the ravages of the fitful stream.
 More than 1000 of the 15,000 per sons who fled before the onrush of the water stiii were homeless to- night. They are quartered in halls and churches throughout the city. The remainder of the host had re- turned to their homes by means of vehicles that passed, often hub deep through streets still filled with back water. Known Dead Two.
 The known dead list stood at two. but city officials and members of rescue crews declared it probably would be greater when the receding waters make possible a thorough search of the flooded areas.
 The dead thus far known are Mrs. R. H. Loose and her daughter, Clara, years old. who were drowned when boat in whichathey had attempted to gain land after tarrying in an eff fort to save their personal effects was caught in the millrace and cap sized. MT. Loose and a daughter aged 10 were rescued from the top of a tree. They had been there two hours when skiff finally nosed it's way among the trees in the park and brought them to safety. Loose was taken to a hospital. where his con dition was pronounced serious as a result of exposure.
 Rescue squads were still working at top speed tonight. A negro fam fly, brought to land over more than a mile of racing waters, told their rescuers that at least 75 other ne- groes were marooned on the brow of a hill, the only unsubmerged spot on what had been a negro settlement. They were reported without food or water, and efforts were being con- tinued to bring them to safety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
'YOK0" APPEARS TO
 BE CITY OF PAST; FEW W ,JAPS THERE
Doubtful If Once Great Sea- port Ever Will Be
 Rebuilt
By CLARENCE DUBOSE (By Leased Wire To The AGe-HeraId

TOKYO, Oct 16.-Thousands of American tourists have entered the land of the cherry blossom through the teeming, crowded, busy port of Yokohama, gateway of Japan.
 They saw it as symbolic of the esat Noisesome, populous, colorful. Above all was the picture of its pour ing packed humanity.
 Today there is nothing left at Yokohama, except ruins. Yokohama is just name, memory. Moss gathers on the tumbled rafters of the houses. Another spring and grass and vines will tangle the deserted thoroughfares.
 Yokohama cannot come back until Tokio Is reconstructed. There are no funds to devote to the seaport city. Rebuilding Tokio will be a matter of years; Yokohama will have to wait.
 At present it seems probable that old "Yoko"-as the foreigners call it. will never be more than faint, sickly ghost of what it used to be.
 O O O
 Few Japanese Remain.
 There is now no food nor water in the city. All foreigners left long ago. few Japanese remain in the out lying suburbs. The piles of dead that were heaped in the streets after the quake have been burned, but hun dreds of dead still lie beneath ruined houses.
 None of the docks. piers or ware houses on the waterfront remained undamaged. Even the big concrete piers are split and shivered, or have sunk into the sea. There is no place where a big liner can tie up. Many of the trans Pacific boats are elimi- oh a1fn%nfhar port of call, putting into Kobe in- stead.
 The ships that do stop anchor out in the harbor, far from shore. The entire bottom of the bay has buckled or sunk and channels that were safe before are treacherous now Piers To Re Built.
 The authorities probably will try to build two or thee piers at Yoko- hama and resurvey the harbor to des termine safe channels as soon as pos sible. This, and the repairing of the railroad between Yokohama and Tokio, will give some life to the town.
 But for some time to come Yoko- hama must consist of few water front piers and sheds and just enough houses to give homes to the. men who work the shipping.
 Yokohama was the great silk mar ket center of Japan. The market has already shifted to Kobe. Foreign business firms have gone to Kobe. to Osaka and Tokio. Few foreigners will return for the memory of the high foreign casualties in the quake will not soon be affected from the American and European colonies of the orient.
 There is some talk of rebuilding Yokohama, but it is talk with little backing. The government, tie en- tire will and power of Japan, is be- hind the rebuilding of Tokio. There will be something at Yokohama of course-for Tokio must have port but the new Yokohama will be but pale reflection of the great city that once flourished there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
NIGHT SCHOOLS OPEN
 TO BIG ENROLLMENTS
Officials State Sessions Will Be
 Largest In History

Opening sessions of free night schools for men and women over IS years of age were held Monday even ing at the Phillips, Woodlamn and Ensley High school. It IS believed by officials of the board of educa- tion that enrolment for the session will be one of the largest in the his- tory of the schools. Classes are held each Monday. Wednesday and Friday nights at 7:30 o'clock.
 The schools are teaching many sub iects. including academic and voca-. tional studies. Classes for any par ticuiar subject may be arranged for with a guarantee of 10 students or more. it was announced. Special classes on citizenship are being given for foreign born. Information re- garding the night schools may be had from L. Frazier Banks, assist ant superintendent of schools, in charge of the night work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
Puccini BaIks At Opera Notes Put In Fox rot


 MILAN, Oct. 16.-Giacomo Puc- cini, the composer, has brought action against the Ricordi Music Publishing company, complain ing that his dignity and artists personality have been injured through the publication of a fox trot containing an excerpt from 'Madama Butterfly"
 The Ricordi company. admit ting that the dance had it's origin in 'Madama Butterfly" says the work of publication was done by an American branch for the actions of which they are not responsible. They also affirm that 1t is the custom in the United States to base dance music on celebrated operas, pointing to a recent popular suc- cess by another company writ ten on a theme from 'Tosca" also composed by Puccini.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
COOLIDGE RESENTS P|NCHOT PLAN FOR DRY ENF FORCEMENT
Opposes Attempt To Place Responsibility On ShouI-
 derS Of White House
By RAYMOND CHAPTER Geased Wire To The Age-HeraId.)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-President Coolidge is hostile to Governor Pin chots plan for placing dry enforce ment responsibility directly on the White House by removing Prohibition Commissioner Haynes from the juris- diction of the Secretary of the Treas .ury and the commissioner of internal revenue. There are three reasons for this:
 l. Coolidge considers the presi- dency as already over burdened, to require the President to give his pei sonal attention to dry enforcement would force him to ignore other equally present duties.
 2. Coolidge regards Pinchot's sug- gestion as a direct attack on the integrity of Secfetary of the Treas ury Mellon and Commissioner of In ternal Revenue Blair. He will defend them.
 3. Congress has determined the line of responsibility and placed Haynes under the two superior officers of the treasury. The President could not order otherwise without congressional authority.
 Coolidge is arranging to meet the challenge of Governor Pinchot with his usual yankee caution. He invited Fred B. Smith, one of the directors of the dry conference, to dine at the White House Monday night, there to discuss plans for the governors con- ference Saturday.
 Formal Answer Unlikely.
 The President is unlikely to make a formal answer to Pinchot, but he will give his side of the situation at the governors meeting and point out why the suggestion of the Pennsyl- vania executive is regarded as inn practical. Coolidge is in full sym pathy with prohibition, but he is not inclined to yield to the views of the governor and repudiate his own cabinet officer.
 The drys gave the President their endorsement in resolutions adopted at the closing session of the citizen ship conference Monday.
 One official of the prohibition con ference here told the writer that the President was offended at Ptnchots attacks on weakness on federal en- forcement. Pinchot did Lot attend the reception for the dry delegates at the White House Monkay.
 One sight of administration hos> tility was the fact that the conference in it's resolutions omitted all mention of Pinchots recommendations. This news silence regarding the outstand- ing event of the meeting gained significance after it was learned that Prohibition Commissioner Haynes was consulted by members of the resolu- tions committee when they drew up their suggestions.
 Asked regarding the Pinchot plans Commissioners Haynes said: Tt would not be proper for me to dis cuss them. They would require legis- lation and the whole question is one for Cohgress to deal with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
COOLIDGE TALKS OF DRY PROBLEMS WITH HIS AIDES
Mellon, Moss And Blair Called Into Conference On Eve
 Of Governors Meet

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-Prepara- tory to the governors law enforce ment conference, to be held Saturday at the White House, President Cool idge called into conference today Sec retary Mellon and Assistant Secretary Moss of the treasury, and Commits sioner Blair of the internal revenue bureau, and spent more than half an hour with them in discussion of prohibition enforcement problems.
 Beyond the statement that the pro- grom for the conference was dis cussed, none of those who saw, the President would comment on the meeting and it was not disclosed whether one of the subjects con sidered was the declaration made by Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania al the recent citizenship conference fsere that prohibition enforcement should be personally directed bv the Pres ident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
IDENTIFIED BY ACTRESS

CHICAGO, Ill.,. Oct. 16.-Da- vid Jones, business manager of janitors' union, was, arraigned in court Tuesday and identified by Ethel Davis, comedienne of the Greenwich Village Follies," as one of the men who robbed her of $5,400 in jewels following a wild party" Saturday night.
 Victor Weinshanker, an alleged bootlegger was booked as an ac- cessory
 That is one of the men who robbed me-" the actress said, point ing across the court room at Jones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
APPROVE PEACE PACT

WARSAW, Oct 16.--The Polish cabinet today approved perpetual treaty of peace with Turkey The term perpetual treaty" is not re- garded as a mere phrase in Polish official quarters, where 1t is recalled that the Turkish government for a century after the last partition of Poland in 1915 continued to recog- niza the government of Poland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
THEY LEAVE RUM

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-Two quarts of pre-war whisky and quantity of valuable old jewelry were overlooked by robbers who footed renters boxes in storage company's vault of ap- proximately s100,000 in valuables and cash sometime during the week end, a careful ckeck revealed Tues day. Eight s1,000 bills were also found lying safe on the floor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
39 TO BE ARRAIGNED

SHREVEPORT. La, Oct. 16.- Thirty nine men charged with viola ton of the National Motor vehicle act, in which it is charged 200 automobiles were stolen in Arkansas and North Louisiana during the fall of 1922 and the early months of 1923 will be ar raigned here Friday in federal court and new. bonds fixed for their apear- ance in a special term of federal court at Monroe on November 12, 1t was an- nounced in federal court here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
VERDICT IN LIBEL
 SUIT HITS HEFLIN
Senator Held To Be Plaintiff Agent In Haan Case
 WASHINGTON BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERAID
THE AGE-HERALD WnshInnton ID C Oot IA l

hhSHingtOn, ID. S., Oct. 10
 libel suit indirectly involving Senator J. Thomas Heflin of Ala bama, was decided in favor of the defendant today by Chief Justice Me Coy of the district supreme court.
 Chief Justice Mccoy directed a verdict in favor of Capt. Albert E. Haan, district manager of the Veter- ans bureau. who was sued for S25,- 00G damages by the National Dis abled Soldiers league for alleged libel.
 The plaintiff corporation claimed that Captain Haan had sent a copy of a letter written by him to the di- rector of the bureau to Senator Hef+ ling of Alabama, in which statements derogatory to the plaintiff were contained. The defendant pleaded privilege and justification.
 The verdict was rendered by jury, the court holding the senator was the agent of the plaintiff and there was no publication in law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
H. H. K. JEFFERSON AND K. B. WATTS GET 33D DEGREE
Supreme Council ElevateS Two Birmingham Masons
 HonorS Two In Mobile

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-The SUI preme council. thirty third degree, of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, elevated to the thirty-third de- gree today the following Alabamians: E. L. B. Eastburn and A. L. Nor Guist, Mobile, and H. H. K. Jefferson and Reuben B. Watts, Birmingham.
 The following knights commander of the court of honor, who will be eligible four years hence for the thir- ty-third degree, were designated as follows:
 c. B. Glenn, Birmingham; J. G. Vance, Birmingham; Frank T. Com mack, Mobile; John W. McCondy, iCtronelle. and Henry E. Shreves, York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
ACCEPTANCES IN HAND FROM NEW p A K K MEMBERS

Formal acceptances from members of the new park board, M. P. Phil lips, R. H. Wharton and Mrs. Charles J. Sharp, were rendered to the city commission Tuesday morning by William l.. Harrison, commissioner of public utilities, and ex-officio member of the new board. Lewis l.. Bowen, fourth member of the board. who is in Portland, Ore, at tending a convention, wired his ac- ceptance which was read to the commis isSion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-17
GULF REFINING CUTS GAS PRICE TWO CENTS
Fuel Will Sell At Stations In Bir- mingham At IS Gents A Gallon

GasOIIne VIII sen at seTVIce scd- tions of the Gulf Refining company Wednesday at IS cents per gallon, including the two-cent state tax, T. F Acosta, Birmingham agent stated Tuesday, after receiving a telegram from headquarters of the company in New Orleans
 This is cut of two cents in the price, MT. Acosta said, and goes into effect in the "A states Tn which the Cult Refining company operates.