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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
CUT-OVER | \ N ] 5 USE |S PROBLEM
Array Of Experts To- Seek Solution For Use Of Ma
 tion's Idle Tracts

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 1o.-A large throng of experts and persons inter- ested in the utilization and settle ment of the nations idle lands will assemble in New Orleans the week beginning November 19 to particI pa te in the forestry. reclamation and home making conference to be held here under auspices of the Southern Pine association, Mississippi and Florida Development boards and New Orleans Association of Commerce, with cooperation of various state and federal agencies.
 The conference will start on Mon day afternoon, November 19 with registration Of the delegates and or ganization of committees and the sessions will occupy Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, November 20 to 22, inclusive, with considera- tion of important problems connected with idle land reclamation and set clement
 Word has been received by the executive committee in charge of the conference from United States sem ators, congressman, several gover- nors, high government officials, members of state legislatures, repre- sentatives of chambers Cf com merce and members of numerous land holding and settlement organi- zations In all parts of the country, of their intention to attend the com ference and participate in it's dis cussions and actions.
 Director On Scene.
 pr. F. H. Newell of Washington, D. C., consulting engineer of the United States reclamation service and the first director of that branch of the federal service, arrived in New nrI hof lot fay o-t .Of l. and will direct the conference Dr.. Newell stated that enthusiastic and widespread interest has been mani fest in the coming conference and that prominent persons from all sections of the United States have expressed to him their intention to attend and take part In the gather ing.
 Among the purposes of the con- ference are to effect coordination of all interests striving for construc- tive development of the nations idle lands, to provide opportunities for more self-supporting farm homes, to the country's idle areas for the pur- pose for which they are best suited -reforestration, grazing or agricul- ture-and to secure expansion of the federal reclamation policy into na- tional scope so that every section may receive it's share of federal as- sistance in reclamation work.
 O o Q
 Purpose Of Conference.
 Promoters of the conference state that this movement will not afford opportunity for the unloading of large blocks of cut-over or wet" lands upon the state or federal gov ernments or the public and that no large or direct appropriations are in- volved It is contemplated that among the results Of the New Or leans conference will be the organi- gation of a vigorous movement look ing toward proper utilization of idle areas, and especially those of the south, for some useful purpose. It is also proposed to devise means fo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
BIRTH OF CHILD MAY AFFECT TURK DESTINY
War Or Peace May Hinge On Sex
 Of Expected Arrival

LONDON, Nov. 10.-Turkey's fu- ture destiny may hang on the birth of a child.
 Reports from Constantinople say that the beautiful young wife of Mus tapha Renal, president of Turkey, Is expected shortly to give birth to a child. If the child should be a girl the situation in Turkey will not be affected. If a boy. however. accord ing to speculation in diplomatic cir cles here, Renal may decide to found a dynasty to which his son would fall heir.
 Turkey is now a republic. But it is declared that both Renal and his wife are ambitious, and that it would cause no surprise if Renal tried to make his present leadership perma- nent.
 In this event. two questions arise. KemaPs position in Turkey is said not to be absolutely secure, and an attempt to make himself life ten- ant of the Turkish equivalent of the White Houhe would split the Turkish people. If he succeeded, there would arise the question of Turkeys rela- tions with her neighbors in the Bal kans. They would expect the new Turkey to be as ambitious as her ruler; which would mean a strong Balkan alliance or war; or both.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
FOX TRIAL IS SET
 FOR DECEMBER 12
Former Governor Dorsey Will Defend Coburn'S
 Slayer

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 10.-Pros- outing officials at 6 conference t. day set December 12 as the date 1r the trial of Phillip F. Fox, Ku XIX Klan publicity chief. who shot nd killed w. S. Coburn, attorney for he Simmons faction, in the latter's office last Monday afternoon. Fox wa in- dicted the following day for aur- der and will face trial for his lie on December 12.
 The law firm of Branch G Hward has been retained by relative and friends of Capt. w. S. Coburn 70 as- sist in the prosecution, 1t ws an- nounced today. This develpnent came B few hours after 1t vas an nounced that former Governc Hugh Dorsey and Frank Hooper, IT,, had been engaged to defend Fox who Is charged with the murder ofthe at torney for the Simmons faeion..
 Fox was declared "too negous' to undergo an examination whn pr. N. N. Owensby, alienist, was csled in to- day to examine the slaye Of Co., burn. Fox was returned [ his cell, physicians announcing he fas in too bad a physical condition tesubmtt to the mental examination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
CONF FIRMAT|ON IF CHARGES CLA|MED }
Teapot oil Lease And Forbes Case Said To Reveal
 Startling Conditions
WASHINGTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD

The democratic national commit tee, in a statement released today, promises to bring against the re- ing actual scandals.
 Tte committee has In mind the secret leases of the governments oil reserves In California and Wyoming to subsidiaries of the Standard oil company, and the conduct of the United States veterans bureau un- der Col. Charles R. Forbes.
 In the mind of the committee these are scandals more open and direct than the retention of Senator New berry in purchased seat, or the passage of the Fordney- -McCumber "profiteers' tariff.
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 Forbes Case.
 'The investigation into these scan dals," says the committee, revealed conditions more startling even than were charged or suspected. It Is not necessary to review the evidence which brought shocking indict- ment against tho Harding Coolidge administration. The testimony against Forbes, former director of the veterans bureau, was of the most damaging character given against 8 public official in many years. The testimony in the Teapot Dome naval oil reserves secret lease confirmed practically everything that had been charged"
 Evidence against Forbes was that he had borrowed large sums of money from agents of would-be con tractors for prospective veterans hospitals, had furnished plans of pros- pective hospitals to would-be con- tractors, and had not repaid borrowed money.
 Teapot Dome Boomerang.
 The committee statement con- tinues: Although former Secretary of the Interior Fall, who made the secret lease, and Harry s. Sinclair of the Mammoth Oil company a subsidiary of the Standard oil com pany, the beneficiary, were permit ted to testify, neither was able to give satisfactory explanation of why these oil reserves, factor in the Roosevelt conservation policy, and protected against would-be ex- ploiters during the administration of President Wilson, were turned over to private interests for exploita- tion.
 The sum and substance of the oil Investigation is that prior to the Harding Coolidge administration the government had three large naval oil reserves for the use of the oil- burning navy in great emergencies, and that all three of these have now passed into the hands of private in- terests. The only explanation offered was the possibility of the reserves depletion by drainage, an eXplana- tion resting on theory rather than on fact, and one which all scientists, testifying, failed to sustain"
 The committee connects not only former Secretary Fall and Secretary Denby of the navy, and other mem- bers of the cabinet who are alleged to have been aware of the scheme, with the secret lease, but Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
PHONE OPERATOR HEROINE OF FIRE
ArouseS Guests While Louis jana Summer Hotel Is
 Burning

CONVICTION, La, Nov. 1o.-Mrs. J. c. Terrence, telephone operator, re- mained at her post when the Ozonia. a summer hotel here, was destroyed by fire last night She aroused guests. who fled in their night cloth ing, gave the alarm and telephoned citizens in all parts of town to come to the rescue. All guests escaped without injury. Mrs. A. B. Morgan pl oprietor and manager of the place, sped through the halls assisting in the work of awakening guests and fought her way through wall of smoke and flames to arouse her deaf housekeeper, Miss Tillie Scheck. She is credited with having saved the housekeeper's life. c. s. Freder- ick, & citizen of the town, took out the last person to leave the building, guest who was too Ill to move. The loss was placed at $5o,o00, partly cov- cred by insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
SALMON PACK HEAVY
Alaska Puts Up Over Five Milliorz
 

CORDovA, Alaska, Nov 1o.-(By Associated Press 1.-The total sal- mon pack in Alaska this year will exceed 5,0OO.oOO cases, 1t was estimated by E. M. Ball, assistant fisheries agent for Southeastern Alaska. Only two seasons produced an output larger than that of 129S he said A total of 1922, ,330 cases were packed in 1917 and 6,677569 in 1913:
 This years large pack, MT. Ball said, was due to increased produc- ton by canneries in southeastern Alaska. In the Bristol Bay district, southwestern Alaska, the pack this year was approximately 100000 cases. compared to 1,474,221 last year. and in Central Alaska the pack for 1923 was 914 900, compared with 1922 3 total of 1032,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
ANTON LANG WILL SHEAR LONG LOCKS
This Step Taken Before Com ing To New York For
 Exposition

BERLIN. Nov. 1O.-(By Associated Press)-Anton Lang, who has three times been the "Christus' of the .Oberammergau Passion play. will have his long locks shorn before go- ing to New York to attend the ex- position which the Oberammergau villagers will open there in the middle of December. Lang will do this to alter his appearance and prevent criticism that he is continuing out side of Oberammergau the persona tion which has made him famous. to- gether with other devoted natives of the Bavarian village where the passion r,lav has been enacted every decade in expression of the thank fitness of the villagers for their be- ing delivered from the plague nearly three centuries ago.
 With the understanding that the Oberammergan peasants will permit no performances of any sort Of the play abroad, which might be regarded as proclamation of their historic production, Cardinal Faulhaber has given his approval of the exposition In New York and other American cities, Lang was recently honored by Pope Plus with the Order of St. Gregory.
 The New York exposition will em- brace wood carving, ceramics, paint
  of the Oberamm ergau villagers, two of whom have already left for New York. Twelve more of the peasants, including Lang and several others famous in the play, will leave on the steamer Muenchen late in November to assist In staging the Oberam- mergau panorama, in which will be included a reproduction of the village as a background for the exhibits.
 
 NO, THANKS, SAY BANDITS
 Holdup men in Berlin now disdain to take paper marks from their vic- tims. Max Weisse. who was recently was robbed of theSmoney he carried in dollars and pounds sterling, but the holdup man gave the victim back his marks with a Thank you, we don't bother with those anymore" A German who entered street car carrying large suitcase was asked for two fares by the conductor on the ground that he must pay for the case. But I can't carry enough paper money for one fare without It." the passenger protested, as he pro- duced several bundles of paper marks in small denominations from the case.
 The conductor did not insist upon the extra fare.
 "sOME" COOK, EHf
 KIara Wilde was an humble cook in a small Berlin restaurant a fort night ago. Today she is the most talked of woman in central Germany. She has had proposals from scores of men and many offers of positions as night watchman and special detec- tive.
 Klara's fame came about through her defiance of six daylight thieves
 
 looking toward the prevention of war.
 Congratulations whose membership totals between 40.000,ooo and 50o00,- 900 people have already definitely agreed to participate in the refer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11

assisting and protecting settlers on new lands and to eliminate specula- tion and exploitation from land set- clement for the future.
 The program includes addresses by the leading senators, members of Congress, governors, noted experts in forestry. reclamation and land set- clement and high officials of state and federal governments. Reduced fare has been granted by the rail- roads of the country from all points in the United States to New Orleans for the conference and present indi- cations are that at least 1000 per- sons will be registered for the ses- sions, which will be held in the con lvention hall of the Roosevelt hotel, formerly the Grunewald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
BOND FORFEITURE DENIED
Memphis Man Under Idictment In
 Texas


 HOUSTON, Tex, Nov1o.-A tenn porary injunction, seekig to restrain United States AttorneyH. M. Hold en from declaring a orfeit in the SIo. 900 bond of pr. Jutin D. Town CT of Memphis, Tenn was denied today by Federal Judge J. C.; Hutcheson. Dr. Towrsr was named in one of the receni indictments, charging mail fraud, growing out of the Investigation by the federal grand jury of operations Of oi! stock promoters In the outhern district of Texas.
 The petition for the injunction was filed by Samvl D. England, a Memphis banker, urety for pr. Towner, who soug!t to prevent the forfeiture on the grounds that the bond has been incomplete and, there fore, invalid.
 In denying tho injunction, Judge Hutcheson declard that there would be no forfeiture of pr. Towner's bond until the srety had been noti- fled of the acton of the court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
"soNEv COOK, EHr

looking toward the prevention of war.
 Congratulations whose membership totals between 40,000,00o and 50000, 900 people have already definitely agreed to participate in the refer endnm."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
NEW TRIAL DENIED
satterfieId's Appeal Is Denied By
 Atlnufa Court

ATLANTA, Nov. 10.-J. B. Satter- field, convicted of the murder of his brother-in-law, R. H. Hart, and sen- fenced to hang, was denied new trial today by Judge John D. Humph- reys. His counsel at once announced they would take the case to the state supreme court on bill of exceptions
 Satterfield, convicted on September IA. was to have been hanged No- vember 6, but the new trial motion stayed the execution date. Hart was killed in December, 1921, and Satter- field was arrested in Los Angeles last August.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
FOUR DEAD IN EXPLOSION

IRoNTON, Mo-, Nov. 10.-Four men were killed today in an explo- sion of a 50-pound box of dynamite at the Shehan Quarry company 8 plant at Graniteville, five miles from here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11
JURISPRUDENCE

LAUSANE, Ritzerland, Nov. 1o,-- The hearing oi evidence in the case of Maurice Onradi, charged with the assassinaton of the soviet en- voy, Vorovsky was concluded today. The attorney; will begin their sum ming up Midday and a verdict IS expected by Wednesday.
 one time dirctor in the Sinclair com< pany, who's brother Is now vice president c one of the subsidiary companies. he committee. In formal statement jy Chairman Hull, has previously denied the statement of Sinclair tat In addition to the re- publican @ contributed money to the demooratc campaign of 1920.
 Democatic members of the House and Serte will thoroughly air the two scs1dals during the forthcom- ing sesion of Congress. It cannot be leaned whether republicans will reply c not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11

who held up the restaurant. They had taken the contents of the cash register and were about to escape when Klara appeared with revolver and forced the robbers to return the money. After obtaining the cash and putting all the bandits to flight she finished cooking the luncheon as if nothing had happened.
 PRINCE WINS SUIT
 Crown Prince Ruppr cent of Bavaria has won bis suit against the govern ment of Czechoslovakia over the es- tates in that country, which he in- herited from his mother, who was the Archduchess Maria Theresa of Aus tria before she married his father, the then Crown Prince Ludwig Of Bavaria. The Czechoslovak govern ment claimed it had the right to con- fiscate Rupprecht's property inas- much as his mother was an Austrian but the court held that by her mar riage to Ludwig the archduchess had had lost her Austrian citizenship and that the property had became that of the Bavarian family, wholly detached from the Austrian royal family.
 Thus Rupprecht Is not only con firmed In his title but will not be required to pay any claims brought forward by Czechoslovakia.
 All tho precedents concerning the properties of former royal families are being watched with great interest and the courts of the democratic regimes are apparently dealing very kindly with the property interests of the ex-kings. The Hohenzollern prop critics arc still in litigation-even the estate at Oels, where former Crown Prince Frederick William desires to settle, in upper Silesia.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-11

The mangosteen Is one of the most luscious of tropical fruits, but is very difficult 10 cultivate under the most favorable conditions.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-02
Advertising Lower Prices.

Henry Ford and his dealers invest
millions in advertising. The Ford ac-
count tops the list of automobile adj
vertisers. Therefore. if the theorists
were right in their contention that
the expense of advertising" is al
ways paid by the customer, this tre-
mendous volume of advertising should
have made the Ford the highest
priced car of its class. Yet the Ford
is not the highest priced but the low
est. 1t is recognized everywhere as
the marvel of economy Without ad-
vertising, without quantity production
Ford prices would certainly be higher
Advertising does not increase prices
1t lowers prices. every time. Adver-
The Delta independent., 1923-11-02
MASONS AND STARS HOLD
GALA HALLOWEEN PARTY

1t was the event of the season Mon
day evening when Masons and East
ern Stars with their grown children
enjoyed a Halloween party in the
lodge and club rooms, the assemblage
numbering about ESQ.
The members had quite outdone
themselves in their efforts to provide
costumes for the occasion, some being
very fancy while others we're the
most grotesque imaginable. While no
vote was taken it was generally con-
ceded that Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Bren-
ton had the most attractive suits, and
the Dam family, being a number of
young folks from the neighborhood of
9Th and Grand, had the most comical
make-ups. Mrs. Carey Adams, Mrs. w.
S. Cleland and Mrs T. H. Dunbar
were the head liners for grotesque
make ups. There were many other in
teresting make ups of which time and
space prevent full report.
The music for the dancing was
furnished by an allMasonic orches-
ira, being Messrs. Jeffers, Parker,
Brown, Wright, and Allen Soon
after unmasking splendid cafe
terra lunch was served, after which
the guests played cards or danced ac-
cording to their inclination until after
midnight.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-02
GETTING At The Real Facts.

Not alone the Nebraskans living in
the irrigated sections, but Nebrask-
ans in general, will be interested in
the results of the investigations of
the fact-finding committee appointed
by Secretary of the Interior Work i'm
mediately upon his assuming the du-
ties of that office. At the initial sest
sion of this fact-finding committee
Secretary Work truthfully and en-
phatically asserted that the entire
scheme Of the government reclama-
tion service was endangered by the
present situation of the more impor-
tant projects. He added with equal
truth that radical reforms and i'm
provements must be effected if the
settlers upon these reclamation pro-
jects are to be protected from loss
and the governments interests safe
guarded.
Among complaints filed with the
fact-finding commission were charges
that the original estimates of costs
of projects were too low, and that
settlers who accepted these estimates
as approximately correct now find
that the estimates are from so to 100
per cent too low. That this charge
is we'll founded is known to be true
by hundreds of Nebraskans in West
ern Nebraska. Another charge is that
engineering mistakes had been made,
adding materially to the cost of prof
ects constructed. And again many
Nebraskans realize by experience the
truth of the charge. And still an
other charge is that the overhead
costs OF the service and of many of
the individual projects, all borne by
the water users, are excessive and
burdensome. That this latter COM
plant is well founded, especially that
part relating to individual projects,
will be affirmed by many hundreds
of farmers in Western Nebraska
If Secretary Work snail succeed in
his efforts to reform the abuses that
have crept into the reclamation SER
vice, then he may rest secure in the
knowledge that he has performed a
service that will never be forgotten.
The government is notoriously dila-
tory in every work of peace it un-
dertakes, but never more SO than in
the construction of reclamation prof.
ects.
If Secretary Work will speed up
construction, cut down overhead
costs, prevent engineering mistakes,
and put a large share of tthe money
into actual construction, the West
will arise and call him blessed. Ne.
braska will watch the sessions Of the
fact-finding committee with more
than unusual interest, because every
Nebraskan is vitally interested in
the work Of the reclamation service
Omaha Bee.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-02
AMERICAN LEGION NOTES ,
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Boxes containing fifty, or more
wooden caps, have been sent to the
government hospitals at F'itzsimmons,
Colorado, and FIT. Bayard, New Mex
leo, by the ladies' of the Legion Auxil-
iary. If all communities could only
do likewise. the suffering buddies at
these institutions would be well taken
care of. This is a good showing for
the Delta Auxiliary, and the Post is ex-
ceeding proud of their work. Still
more caps are needed. The patients
have to sleep in the open air and are
more or less exposed. These caps
are designed to afford them a head
covering for better protection. Ladies
of Delta county willing to help by knit
ting few caps, or getting others to
do it, are requested to communicate
with Isis B. Charlesworth, chairman
of the committee in charge.
o @ o
Attention is again invited to the
proposition being submitted to popu-
lar vote at the ensuing municipal
election, to donate the plot of ground
at Garnet Mesa grade, to the local
Post, to be used as home site, and
Harry A. White Post, respectfully
asks favorable consideration at the
hands OF the voter OF Delta. II you
are in favor Of the Post obtaining the
title to this land, place tx" mark op.
posite the word Yes" to Question No
on the ballot. Many communities
have given their local Legion Post
not only the ground, but have also
built them home and furnished it
The Post does not ask this much. All
it asks that they be granted this piece
of land by the people of Delta, and I,
will arrange to build a home and
beautify the lot so as to make it worth
while.
Monday, November 5th, is the last
regular meeting night of both Post
and Auxiliary prior to Armistice Day
A good attendance is not only desired
but confidently expected, to the enc
that the cooperation of all members
may be in the preliminary work Of pre-
pairing for the celebration.