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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
TO PHOTOGRAPH ECLIPSE
Special Motion Pictures Will Be
 Taken In Mexico

CHICAGO, August 16.-(By Asso- ciated Press .)-MotiCn pictures will be taken of the tctal eclipse of the sun on September 10, which will be observed from Santa Catalina Is- land, off southern California, by Di- rector Edwin B. Frost, and . party of scientists from Yerkes opserva- tory, 1t became known today. While the eclipse will comprise abort two hours and fifty-five minutes the pe- riod of total obscuration wil be about three minutes.
 Captain Barnett Harris of Chic lgo will be the official cinema director with Dr. Frost's party and has per- fected the motion picture sppartus which will be used. Through the cooperation of the war department Captain Harris was provided with special lenses and other apparatus from the signal corps and air serv- ice. The degree of success which he hopes to attain has not been forecast for Captain Harris, Dr. Frost provided the necessary calcu- lation for Captain Harris in con structing his special equatorial mounts. Four cameras in batteries of twos, will be placed fifteen miles apart. the captain explained today, to minimize cloud interference. Two of the cameras will work automatic ally during the eclipse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
FTTE'S SALARY BILL CREATES A
 STIR IN SENATE
Senator Randall Says Jet- ferSon County Getting
 Too Much
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD 1H

Bills for Jefferson county created quite stir in the senate today when Senator Randall protested against one of Mir. Flte's bills providing for an increase in salary of circuit court judges. Senator Randall said 1t ap- peared as if Jefferson county was getting everything while the getting was good, and intimated that Jeffer- son county had been subjected to so much taxation by the state that they ought to keep their money there. The senate remained In an uproar for several moments al the remarks of Senator Randall who had several questions fired at him by Senator Brewer, Five bills of Mir. Flte passed the senate.
 Bills passed were IS follows;
 By MT. Fite, providing for the em- ployment of shorthand reporters by circuit solicitors; increasing the sal ary of deputy county solicitors in- creasing the salary of deputy solic- itor for the judicial court; increas- ing the salary of circuit judges and regulating the pay of public stenographers in court woTk.
 By Senator Hildreth, providing for the fulfi3lment of contracts by heirs of deceased persons.
 By Senator Adams, closing certain streets in Clanton, Ala.
 By MT. Long, prohibiting county commi ssioners of Butler county from issuing bonds as authorized by the elections July 2, 1910, and May 10, 1918
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
CLOUDBURST BRINGS FLOOD IN COLORADO
Residents Warned To Leave Low
 Lands Of Platte River

DENVER, Colo. August 16.-Flood waters are sweeping down the Platte canyon toward Denver, following a terrific cloud burst early today, ac- cording to information received shortly after o'clock.
 Every available policeman has been rushed to the low lands border ing the Platte river outside of Den yer, and residents are being warned to move to higher ground. The flood waters are expected to reach here In a half hour.
 Water is spreading over the low lands in the vicinity of Littleton, ten miles above here, and near Engle- wood, a suburb of Denver. Telephone operators at summer resorts in the Platte canyon where the water is rising notified the Denver police de- partment.
 No loss of life has been reported thus far.
 At S:30 o'clock this evening all telephone connehtions with Little ton were reported out of order and 1t was impossible for officers here to get into communication with that place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
BOY OF Z KILLS
 YOUNG BROTHER ACCIDENTALLY
The Fatal Shot Was Aimed To Kill A Stray
 Cat
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD {


 Tn the home of Mir. and Mrs Luther smith, near here, Wednesday the eldest child, a boy of seven years of age. accidentally killed his little brother, Maynard, aged five years. It is said the older child had been play ing with shotgun in the afternoon and after his mother had told him to put 1t away and had gone about her household duties, the boy found the gun again and attempted to kill a stray cat that was under the porch The smaller child was on the porch when the gun was discharged, The load entered his right side and death resulted in a few minutes.
 Burial took place at the family burying ground near Hatton. Mir. and Mrs. Smith belong to leading fam flies of the Mt. Moriah district. Mrs. Smith Is a daughter of MT. and Mrs Henry Terry of Huntsville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
Woe I0 Wipes Who Can WeId Wicked Weapon
STATE CAPITAL SEbEAG
 THE AGE-HEN Ahn Montgomery. Ala, Aus td

The tendency of the unshack iaa womanhood of today to resort ' pearl handled revolvers instead tears in settling domestic difficultlt was recognized by the house of rep resentatives today in the passage of bill giving the husband, as well as the wife, a right to secure di- vorce for cruelty. The bill, intro duced by Representative Charles Tanning of Walker, passed by @ vote of 54 to 33.
 Advocate of the measure stated that under the present law a wife can shoot at her husband with deadly intent, and If she accidentally misses him, he must remain lhar lawfully welded husband and check writer with no ground for divorce and no relief from being a target.
 Representative Daniel Cook of Will cox, in speaking for the measure, voiced what seemed to be the ma jority sentiment when he declared that women now have the same rights as men, and that some con sideration should begin to be shown the male sex.
 Considerable levity was injected in discussion of the bill. Its author was asked If 1t was "a general bill with local application" An amend ment was offered to include the abo- lition of rolling pins among it's pro- visions, and Representative c. s. Gull yer of Etowah offered an amendment to provide that the act shall not ap- ply to Etowah count/ Representa- tive W. o. Walton of Chambers, in speaking against the bill, declared that a man valves immunity upon entering the state, and that woman must be cruel at times to keep their husbands properly in leash.
 Representative John T. Bealle of Tuscaloosa, opposing the bill in se- rious vein, stated that it is objec- tionable as opening another avenue to divorce. The opposition held that 1t will also encourage marriages.
 The bill, IS passed, does not really place husband and wife on absolute equality In the matter of divorces For cruelty, as 1t provides that in order for husband to obtain a di- vorce on this ground. the act of the wife must be so violent or menacipg as actually to endanger. lt5 life. Wives may now obtain divorces for less drastic forms of cruelty from husbands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
UNION HEAD QUESTIONS FAITH 0F MINE OWNERS
Coolidge Administration Had Hoped It Had Solved First Great Issue Presented Since
 New President Took Office
By HARLIN $. MILLER

(LeTsed Wire To The Age-HeraId.)
 NEW YORK, August 16.-For F hours, it apeared that President Cool idge's regime was about to begin with brilliant solution of the an thracite problem. On the very first day of the special conference he had directed to find peace in the hard coal fields, that most troublesome oi issues, the 'check-off" had seemed happily settled.
 Thursday night an anthracite strike by September l. threatened once more, as it had after the dis ruption of the Atlantic City sessions
 Prospects of immediate peace van ished late Thursday when John L Lewis, leader of the miners, discov- cred what he termed five separate and diverse Triggers" in the opera tors acceptance of his proposal tc eliminate the check off" both for union dues and employers bills. Questions Good Faith.
 At the identical hour the President was expressing to callers at the White House his pleasure at the rapid progress of the conference con ducted the federal coal commis- sion, Lewis abruptly rejected the op- orators acceptance of his offer ques- toned it's good faith, and informed John Hays Hammond. chairman of the commission, that he would await bona fide assent to the miners proposition.
 And then, to make the split more complete. Warriner issued state ment, challenging the motives of the mine workers and suggesting to the coal commission that it submit the issues in controversy to the pub lie.
 He declared the operators were anxious to have negotiations or ar bitration the means toward peace rather than force and declared that the miners held out for acceptance Of all their contentious as the only basis for negotiation or arbitra- tion.
 After two days of conferences be- tween the commission and the miners alternating with meetings between the commission and the operators, the peace conference was back to the status of it's inception, with Lewis demanding acceptance of his ultimatum before further negotia- tions This ultimatum includes con cession of the eight-hour day, the check-off, and a wage increase of approximately 20 per cent
 Not Abandoned Demand.
 We do not believe that the com munioation constitutes 8 good faith acceptance of the proposal made by the mins workers yesterday" Lewis wrote MT Hammond. flor the aban- donment of the present check-o system by the anthracite operators and the waving of the check-off de- mand byNthe United Mine Workers.
 "The first paragraph ot MT. War riner's letter expresses qualification
 (COntinued on Page TwO)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
BERLIN IS QUIET AFTER DISORDERS
 IN BIG INDUSTRIES.
Serious Food Rioting Con- tinueS In Occupied Area
 Of Germany

BERLIN, August l6.-CBy Asso- ciated Press. )--Greater Bsrlin is nor nal again, police headquarters re- port work at all the big plants hav- ln& been resumed with full shifts. There have been no further disorders within the city limits or at suburban points since the communists called off their strikes Serious food riot- Ing. however, Is continuing through out the occupied zone, where the footing of shops and pillaging of ad- jacent farms have become daily oc- currences. Ruhr points are the wordL sufferers, as the shutting down of tho city shops has brought about rush of men and women to the &ec- tions where potatoes are dug up and hauled away despite protests of Ahe farmers.
 In Berlin, according to the police, the gradual improvement in the fooG situation Is contributing to the calm ing of the people
 Meat market operators are import ing large quantities of frozen beef from Argentina. This beef, although considerably cheaper than the fresh product, is not finding ready buyers, owing to the consumers prejudice against the iced commodity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
WARN BERLIN SHE MUST FIRST PAY WAR PREPARATIONS
Allied Commission Says Loan Hinges On Germans Mak-
 ing Good Their Pledges
By CARL VICTOR LITTLE Lensed Wire to The Ane-HernI


 PARIS. August 1e.-The repara- tions commissions win formally warn Germany that reparations payments must have first place in her financial plans. and that this fact must be considered if Germany floats an in- ternal gold loan.
 The commission Thursday decided tG notify Germany that the commis- sion reserved priority rights to the payment of interest or payment of the capital of the loan, particularly If the receipts of the loan were not applied to the discharge of repara- tions.
 The British member of the repara- tions commission absented himself from the meeting at which the de- cisiCn was made
 Poincare Writing Reply.
 The Stresemann government had planned a loan of 200,000,000 gold marks for the purpose of balancing the budget, hoping thus to stabilize paper currency.
 Meanwhile, Premier Poincare is en- gagged in writing his reply to Eng land. which is understood to be a careful and lengthy refutation of the British note and a restatement of the French attitude.
 The note will justify the legality of the Ruhr occupation. Contending that 1t in no way violates the spirit or letter of the treaty of Versailles but is. in fact in absolute accord with 1t.
 O O O EmphnsizeA Danger.
 It is understood that the note is to emphasize the danger confronting Europe if England and France break. It will point cut that such a break would leave Germany virtually in the position of having won the war, her Industrial machine intact, her territory only slightly decreased, her man power increasing and her for mer enemies now split among them selves.
 France marks time awaiting the note's completion. the French franc continues it's disastrous slump, new low of 1890 francs tC the dollar being registered Thursday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
SAVANNAH LIQUOR RING LARGEST IN AME RICA, IS CLAIM
Federal Official Says Foun- tain Head Of Traffic Is
 Closed

WASHINGTON, August 16.-De- partment of justice officials declared today that the leaders in the largest and most powerful bootleg" ring in the United States had been taken into cagta6w in the wholesale ar rests made at Savannah Ga, under direction of federal agents. Addi- tionaf arrests are anticipated. and 1t was stated that the case might lead to some state and federal officers.
 William Haar. one-time grocery clerk, is described as the principal leader of ring which, officials as sert, operated a flOtiila of craft, had it's own cement-ltned store houses in the swamps along the Georgia and Florida coasts and supplied enor- nous quantities of liquor on the At lantic seaboard as far north as New Jersey, over the south and as far west as St. Louis, Chicago and Cleve- land.
 Heading forces of less wealth and strength, according to justice oft- cers, were c. Graham Baughn, Rich ard Bailey and Sam Goldberg. These three, with Haar, are referred to as tie biz four" and 1t was said they over the country.
 Ring Far Reaching.
 Haar is alleged to own number of craft of British registry which were used In importing intOxicants from Cuba the Bahamas and other points In the West Indies. But the ring, the story goes, reached out even to Great Britain, France and Canada for its supplies. The craft bringing stocks from vessels an chored outside the three mile 'H.I. ba plo ia and fast mo made the transfer to s.r nous ashore. Distribut on the H+e by automobile and
 It was two yeara ago tnat Hta tion came to tns dena w"r "t laf tiee that Say anah ws hs port
 the receipt anc J.str ht -oh of the liquor reg @Jutner rH and eastern DsI. -Irs. Mabel Walker Willebrauot, an assistant to the Attorney General, who is charged with the enforcement of the prohlDl- tion law, ordered prohibition enforce ment agents to that city in an effort to break up the illicit trade.
 Powerful Organization.
 By this time, however, the ring rose from a beginning on small scale according to officials, to a large and cient "intelligence" department The result was that the agents sent in quickly were uncovered" making it necessary to replace them several times.
 Tho task Of collecting evidence upon which to undertake prosecutions proved so difficult thnt an invcStiga tton of the federal t2E returns ot a number of the suspected "boot!eg- gers' w&s undertaken in the hope of developing leads that might lead to arrests under the prohibition law, As a result the "bjg four and four or five others were indicted for violation of the revenue act through failure to make proper returns. It was charged that IIaar had failed to make a re- turn on income in exc ss of 100000.
 A week ago those in charge of the boottpg investigation G,c.deG there wes sufficient evidence upon which to haSa action. AcclrH.4ly indict- Iaents for the "bie four and others Hare drawn in the department of justiac and 48. additiousi agents of ! tbe bursau of investigat4on were dis- patched to Savannah tu assist in the final r0und-up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
CONVENTION ON SNAG
Open Fight Waged Between Factions
 at Printers Convention

ATLANTA, Ga. August 16.-After having gotten off to a day of com paretive progress. the fourth days session O. the sixty-eighth annual convention of the International Typographical union ran hard on a snag late today, and for nearly two hours an open fight waged between two factions which hitherto had con fined their conflicting voices to re- spending to the roll call
 The fight, which was centered around the alignment known in the convention as the "progressives," or present administration forces, and the delegates representing the Mail CTS Trade District union, an affili- ated organization, was precipitated upon the reading of the favorable report of the laws committee of the proposition providing for the cred tion of an additional president of the executive committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
ad.ChG.& LATE HOUR CASE U TO END
Prom Hent 5ocie3u Peo Fail To
 Appa5r Tn Court

CHICAGO. Au~ 16-The case against Chits .ge-ety goodlY part of whicr accused of dis orderly condret -aus1 ] was danc- ing in an e7s place known as "the Tent" lha tune of "ThFeR O'Clock in th, Morning hen it wa@ really 4:S0, ( apsad lally wheA it came up final a position in Judge La B court Thursday
 The sessior oas UNa a wedding without a bl degrooT rv sling shot of hash witE1Gt tne meat. for of all the 100 er s5 rt snts of the Chicago gold cHast tu5 cints more or less remote diace . who were nabhed in ths nous aid last month, not one -ed ear what was to be do aHHst A few were. represent gle law yer. but when utH looked around for surHI found that the city wa afss-a F ). L.
 So the hearinb lt Eas se rep- resentinE the first case on record where 30 or 60 of the four hundred had ever been taken en masse to the hoosegow, found only court officials. a few news gatherers. a couple of cops and a lonesome lawyer on deck to dispose of the remains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
Bower Agrees To Change His
 Ell To Make 1t Similar To
 Law Enacted In 19O7-City Could Force Roads To Build M'LEND0N AND WYNN ARE BIRMINGHAM SP0KESMEN Railroad Attorneys Make
 Vigorous Attack Upon Pro-
 posed MeaSure-Jefferson
 Senator Answers Arguments
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU II
 THE AGE-HERALD
 MoutgOmerv. Ala Aug I6 Pt

Birmingham will be given the right to require railroads operatinge through the city to construct via ducts at important street crossings under a substitute for Senator Brow CTS bill. which has been prepared by Senator Brewer and will be sub mitted at another meeting of the sem ate committee on revision of laws next week
 This decision was reached late to- night at the conclusion of th~ hear ing of the appeal of the ci te & law which would require the san- struction of viaducts and the oecast- tion of representatives of tho rs raods to the original bill of Brewer. which they termed u
 Senator Brower, stating ta wanted to do the fair thing aE the same time obtain law oh will provide for the construt f viaducts, agreed to return
 law as contained in the code
 The law of 1911 so changed t. section that doubt has ariseI
 the right of the city to requ us construction of viaducts.
 Code Of 1907.
 Section 1296 of the code o1 which will he re-enecated if s rna Brewers substitute is accepta els sa the legislature, reads as follow;
 "The city council or other gov ing body of each city in the Of Alabama having, according ta tHs last preceding federal census n1Ha= lation of more than 35. coo, shall full power and authority to reqU railroad companies to coustruct maintain within the city limits ducts, bridges and tunnels, or parts viaducts. bridges and tunnels, their approaches over, along or l der their tracks. at their own pense; such bridges and theIr breaches. tunnels or other conv Hl- ences at public crossings, and viaducts and their approaches their tracks where the same eros ar extend along public highways 'e streets"
 About 100 citizens of Birminet u, led by n, F. McLendon, president af the city commission. and w. J. Wy m city attorney, came before the cor mttee in the interest of the Bro ar bill The delegation wore badges 7a which were printed the words, T mingham Wants Viaducts-"
 SIr. McLendon and the other speak CTS declared Birmingham is being held be ck by the inability of the city to .~0e the construction of via ducts tt.t orc perty values Will be greatly ircreaaed by the construc- tion of the rssses-
 Mr. McLe11on sz5d that between Sixth stree- and For y-secoud street there Wera ~.ne Rracs crossings and two viao I-t aHresiu# over tc at distance @, Live al three artar miles. pleaded lt { ths cross rEs interfere T'th pre fire
 tion. He tho sta r4f losing ma taxes E~ ar fe Tvsct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
TO "DOPE" RATS
Seized Narcotics to Be Used as Bait
 to Trap Rodents

NEW ORLEANS, August 16.-Fed- eral building employees tonight will try a new novel bait for their 100 rat traps, purchased after the rodents al most took possession of the building.
 The rodents, having ignored every known rat delicacy placed on the traps as a lure, officials started an investigation to determine something of the rats menu. The investigation revealed vast stores of confiscated dope" having been eaten by the rats.
 Tonight the rodents will be given a chance to partake of their favor ite food, and, incidentally, an oppor- tunity to get permanently cured of the drug habit by way of the death trap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
SEND ME TO JAIL, PLEA.
But Judge Makes It the Poor House
 Instead

MILwAUKEE, August 16-"Jail IS the only home I know; please send me back" Ned Hogan. perpetual prisoner" at the House of Correc- ton here. told a judge Thursday. For change, he was sent to the poor house. Hogan finished his 18th term in prison Wednesday. and, un- able to find job, hunted up his fla vorite policeman and asked to be ar rested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-17
BUSINESS ONLY Is C00LIGE'S SLOGAN
 AS TERM BEGINS
New President Holds Few Hand Shaking" Confer
 enceS With Citizens
wOoLsEY MoRRf
By RAYMOND CHAPTER Geased Wire to The Age-HernIf

WASHINGTON, August 16-sum- mer calm has settled down over the national capital again after two weeks of intense activity occasioned by the death of President Harding and the inauguration of his suc- cessor.
 Just two short weeks ago Calvin Coolidge was called out of bed on a remote farm in Vermont, and, under the dim light of an oil lamp, was sworn In as President of the United States. Now he is firmly settled m his saddle and the routine machin- cry of the government is running so smoothly that he has cancelled There is nothing to be taken up, and the President feels that a session or lis official family would be only q waste of time.
 Recalls Wilson's Practice.
 This recalls the practice of Wood row Wilson. who allowed weeks to go by without calling his cabinet together Harding announced at the beginning of his term that the cabi- net would meet twice a week, and he adhered to this even when only Often there was no business before the cabinet. and the members either drifted back to their offices or re- mained to swap stories.
 Coolidge is starting out on a strictly business basis, not onIy in the matter of cabinet meetings, but in receiving callers. Few are al- lowed over five minutes.
 Handshakers are noticeably ab- sent. In the opening days of the Harding administration visitors lined up by the hundreds at noon every day to file through and shake the Presidents hand. Coolidge received 13 handshakers Wednesday and none on Thursday.
 Appointment Cancelled.
 A convention of stamp collectors obtained an appointment but later decided that 1t would be an imposi- ton for the entire body of 250 to call, so the appointment was cancelled voluntarily.
 Coolidge is spending his entire time familiarizing himself with his routine and checking up on unfin- ished business left over by his pred ecessor. Ills official secretary c. Bascom Slemp, will not assume his duties until September 4, and the in- terim is expected to be unusually quiet.
 The White House offices were al- most deserted Thursday. In the early days of the Harding administration there were always a score or more of callers waiting in Christians off, flee. An equal number of casual Vis- itors were parked on the divans in the corridors. But now the corri dors are deserted. save for secret sevice men, newspaper correspond- ents and photographers. Coolidge had six appointments Thursday. There were no other callers.