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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
COLUMBIA COMPANY DECLARED BANKRUPT
Liabilities Of Graphophone Concern
 Given At S20,O00,O0O

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.--An involun- tary petition In bankruptcy was to- day filed in supreme court against the Columbia Graphophone company. Liabilities were estimated at s20,- 000.000. No mention was mace of as- sets.
 Judge Learned Hand appointed H.. l.. Wilson, president and general manager of the company, and James +. Sheffield as receivers under joint Eond of $100,000. The petition against the company was filed by Allen R.. Memphard, attorney for the creditors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
SPEEDERS PAY PENALTY
Police Forced To Give Chase For II
 Blocks Before Overhauling Pair

Joe Milner. Route ?, Bessemer, and Henry Stedman, negro, drew heavy fines in police court Monday morn ing, when Officers Jordan and Propst testified they overlook the pair, af- ter a chase of II blocks on Tusca loosa avenue at 3 o'clock Monday morning.
 Milner was fined $25 and 30 days for diving a car while intoxicated; s25 for speeding and S53 for violation of the prohibition law. while the ne- gro received $50 fine for carrying concealed weapons.
 The officers testified they gave chase to Milner, after he had speeded past them. and arrested him near Burney station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
SUNDAY VIOLATORS FINED

Fines ranging from $5 to $75 Mon day night were imposed on yiolators of the Sunday blue laws by Harris Burns, recorder of the night court. Horace Afford, local attorney, ap- peared in court as special prosecu- tor. representing the Birmingham Re- tail GrGcers' and Butchers associa- ton. Approximately 40 cases of this character were tried, according to the docket,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
TO TALK OF INDIA

Aspects of Indian life will be des- cribed by W. NICK. Knight. principal of Ensley school in an address at the weekly luncheon of the kiwanis club Tuesday fin the Tutwiler hotel ball. room There will also be several songs by J. P. Mcclure. director of the Independent Presbyterian church choir, and instrumental music by Miss Sarah Mckenzie and J. J. Hasselman, violinists. They will be accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Frances Hunt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
ENSLEY K|WANIANS ID BE HOSTS TO SOCIAL WORkER ERS
Tennessee Company En- pIoyes Invited To Attend
 Brazil Night"
ENSLEY BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD Ensley. Ala. Oct. lH

Members of the social science de- partment of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, stationed in Birmingham, Edgewater, Dona, Fair field, Bayview and Ensley. will be guests of the Kiwanis club of Ems ley Tuesday night, October 23, when Jules Brazil appears before thel ocal club.
 The members of the department who are in charge of the education of the children of employees of the Tennessee company, have been invited to the Kiwanis function through the offices of Miss Winifred Collins, su- perintendent of that department. Offi cials of the Kiwanis club, interested as they are in all educational mat ters, wanted to indicate to the at taches of that departm that their work was not unappreciated by the residents of this district, and that the greatest value is attached to the positions they occupy. As is gener- ally known, the men and women In charge of the social science affairs of the Tennessee company, are mould ing the minds and hearts of an army of children, and they are turning out 8 splendid piece of work. The members of the Kiwanis club felt 1t would be appropriate to ask the teachers to the Brazil affair on &C., count of the certainty that 1t will surpass any similar event in local Kiwanis circles and for the other reason that they want to know the educators and want them to know some of the neutrals observing their work.
 The members of the department that have been invited to the Brazil night through the offices of Miss Col lins follows:
 Birmingham-Mis winifred Col Hns, superintendent; J. C. Blackwell superintendent division of education; Miss Mabel Vogleson, superintendent superintendent division of physical division of welfare; A. S. Hotchkiss, education; Miss May McClevey, super Brooks, supervisor of gardening; Miss visor of cooking and sewing; M. T. Elsie Peters supervisor of physical education; Miss Mabel Simpson, su- pervisor of Kindergarten; Miss Annie Lynch, chief clerk.
 Bayview via Ensley-Flora Orr, Sarah Jerene Neal, Ruth Vivian, Mill dred Potter Blanche Avery, Frances Sturgis, Jewel Norwood.
 Ensley-Jane Green, Olga Law renz, Agnes Caughlin, Carrie Casa nova, Armella Drott, Elizabeth John- son, Lucille Patton, Hilda Rudd, Ada Mlligan.
 Docena via R. F. D. No. 2, Adams vile, Ala.-Grace Lusk, Mary Kate Gully, Frances Hughes, Anna Lem kuil, Florine Pennsbaker. Ethel Van
 Edgewater via Ensfey-Julia E. Sullivan, Katie Belle Harrison, Doro- thy Slaughter, Auto Lyman, Cora Frogner, Sarah Glider, Nora Stevens, Daphne Cunningham, Ann McLarty, Evelyn Lacey, Nita M. Lind.
 Fairfeld-Mrs. Hester Kirchner, Eugenia White, Carrie Belle Robert son, Ruth Kirk q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
IRENE CASTLE, IN
 ARRAY OF GOWNS STIRS ECSTAC|ES
Great Audience Delighted With Revue Offered In
 Temple Auditorium

Variety lovers of Birmingham were treated to a splendid entertainment Monday night when Irene Castle pre- sented her fashion revue at the Ma sonic temple, under the auspices of the All-Star concerts from the first opening note of the Duke" Yellman and his orchestra, until Mrs Castle with William Reardon, danced the famous Castle one-step as the clos ing number, never did the interest lag.
 Presenting a dazzling array of gowns and cloaks, Mrs. Castle took the audience by storm, and was forced after each of her offerings to respond to encore after encore. Her Mystery of Egypt" were perhaps her most stunning attempts. But those captioned. Dresden Sheperd- ess" and Star Dust" received a gen erous share of the applause from the spectators.
 When the curtain rose on Duke" Yellman and his orchestra, the audi ence then realized they had treat in store, and after several selections, including the Rosary" by Yellman, himself at the piano, the audience was so vociferous in their apprecia tion they were forced to continue their program. Yellman's interpre- QI lHc lOSdTy was OIlS OL masterfuI ability and technique.
 This 0rchestra's ability at render ing the jazz was enough to keep the large audience constantly keeping time, and their comic numbers of "Gallagher and Sheehan" were really amusing and provoked much laugh ter. There was not the kind of jazz that is heard so much today, but there was something about it that raised 1t above the plane of jazz. Conjurer Opens Program.
 Wallace Calvin. the "eggspert" conjurer, opened the program with several sleight of-hand tricks with cards that were bewildering. His trick which he did with a small boy. This illusion was funny and the boy, who he picked up from nowhere as his accomplice, was even funnier.
 Miss Mary Howard, prlma donna mezzo soprano, filled in for the Cp- cratic end of the entertainment. Her voice was of pleasing qualities and showed her ability. She sang several operatic selections and some of lighter qualities. Lee Beers, the dis tinguished pianologist, was also one of the features of the bill. His char acter songs at the piano, with rip bling humGr, were highly appreci- ated.
 But to get back to Mrs. Castle; her grace and personality were pre- dominating in each of her dances. The "Valse Illusion" and Kiss in tile Dark" were demonstrative of her ability. as well as that of Mir. Rear don. The swing along foxtrot, and the filtration walk, of which she ap- peared the master, were generously received.
 It was a well balanced evening. The music. the dances. the humor and the orchestra all lent their graces to thu entertainment. Seldom dc Bir- mingham's lovers of such amusement have the pleasure of gazing upon such an outlay of real artists as were brought here Monday night by the All-Star concerts. Long before the curtain arose. hundreds had taken their seats, and when the program started the large auditorium was crowded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
MIGHT SCHOOL OpENs

The night school at the Ensley High opened Monday evening with a satisfactory attendance for the first night. The school is being offered to those who cannot for various reasons attend school in the day time The classes will be organized within a short time and when strengthened out vii immediately get down to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Henry HavrOn In Serious Condition
 At Local Hospital

Henry Havron, 1910 Avenue P. is in a serious condition at St. Vincents hospital. where he was carried about 6 o'clock Monday afternoon follow ing an attempted suicide in his rooms
 Havron was recently employed by the Birmingham Paper company, and stated he is 8 native of Chicago, III. Hospital authorities stated Monday night his condition is serious, but probably will not prove fatal. Havron refused to divulge his motive for the attempted suicide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16

Ensley in order to provide the best available entertainment for the chill dren and adults of this city. Other features on the program. are good and will be brought to Ensley during the winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
VISIT NEW YORK

William c. Maxwell, assistant cashier of the Bank of Ensley and w. Herman Smith, teller, left Sunday for a two weeks vacation in New York. They being winners in the recent Chadwick testimonial contest and are being given the trip as a re- : ward for the extraordinary work they performed in that contest. Through arrangements by the Mechanics and Metals Bank and the Chemical Bank, the Ensley bankers will be taken in- to the two large institutions in New York and given every opportunity of observing the system used there and the results obtained. They will al- so be entertained by officials of the banks and shown many courtesies while in New Yorl1scity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
MARRIAGE LICENSES

William E. Busby, 2s. to Norah Lee Wood. 26.
 Bety Vanderer. 21, to Aiins Cash. IT.. Jonathan Williams shepherd, 22. to Jessie Edna Turner, 20.
 Leroy Burke. 27. to Lillian Hontz. 19.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
FIRST LYCEUM NUMBER

The first number of the Lyceum
 course contracted for by the Womens'
 Missionary society of the Methodist church was given at the Ensley High
 school Monday night. The entertain
 nlent of MT. and Mrs Barnes, the magicians, was received with much
 interest. It was stated that the pa tronage was good and that as the numbers continue to be scheduled here interest and attendance will in- crease. The course was secured for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
MERCHANTS TO MEET

The Ensley Merchants and Asso- ciated Business Men will meet in the inferior court room Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The parks and playground committee will make 8 report, it is stated, and other mat ters of importance will be trans acted. The association has several matters pending that will be dis cussed and every member of the or ganization is urged to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
GRAYMoNT CIVIC RESIGNATION

Secretary Walter McNeill of the Graymont Civic association aA nounces that the regular meeting V the association will be held at the Graymont school building Tuesday night at o'clock. A full attendance of the membership is requested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16

VISITING IN GEORGIA-Davs Prentice Knapp, IT,. and Margaret Knapp, the vvacious children of Mr. and Mrs F.
 Knapp. 340l Norvood boulevard who with their mother visiting relatives n Georgia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
RECEPTION TO TEACHERS

The reception to De given Friday night by the Ensley Professional and Business Womens club will be held not at the city school as erroneously announced last week. It was stated Monday that the association would defer the meeting of Tuesday night until Friday night and hold the nec- essary business session before the reception to the teachers. Invita- tions have been issued to the teach CTS of Ensley to get them in touch with the members of the club and to indicate to them the appreciation of the local women of the work in which they are engaged. A large number will attend the reception.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
NEGROES ARRESTED
Alleged Robbers Of Parcel Post Car
 Lodged In City Jail

Ben Walker, 1124 Fifth avenue, north, and John Pitts. 1139 Third alley, are lodge in the city jail charged with burglary and grand larceny by City Detectives Poveler and Moser. with goods alleged to have been stolen from the parcel post post car of the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company.
 Arrest of these negroes is said by city detectives to bring the total to nine apprehended within the past 50 days, resulting In the recovery of stolen property to the value of S1.5OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
ADJUSTMENTS
AT LoEw.s BIJOU

PdtrOnS or LOeW blJOu uuIiHS this week will be treated with good bill of vaudeville acts and an extra good feature film featuring "The Eternal Struggle"
 James c. Morton and family were picked to head the bill with their Battles of 1924" an original little comedy skits full of humor and fun. The act was spiced with some new and novelty dance steps,
 Following close behind the Morton family as real entertainers came Bernard and Townes, keeping the au- dience in an uproar with selection of comical and popular songs. They closed their act with burlesque on the mind reading acts of artists who have previously visited the theatre. It was original and good and left the audience wondering whether the first acts were genuine.
 The Broadway Barlows opened the bill with an exhibition of balance ladder act which starts with hum and ends with crash. The perform CTS put a touch of humor in the act and have it well stocked with thrills.
 Phil Davis. flackface comedian, en- tertained with a selection of good songs and jokes, sung and told as he saw them.
 The Homer girls added a musical comedy touch to the bill with se- ries of dancing, a good scenic effect and well selected costumes added a great deal to the act. The accom- panying musician proved himself an able partner at the piano and an ar tist with the cornet.
 With an all-star cast, including Earle Williams and Barbara LaMar, "The Eternal Struggle proved itself to be strong love story. It is full of wonderful snow and mountain scenes of the great northwest. Love, duty, treachery and thrills abound and hold you spellbound throughout the showing.-J. NJ. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16

train. The collar was fringed with sable, as were the sleeves. This cape was lined with gold embroidered cloth and rich embroidery covered the whole garment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
AIT THE LYRIC

This half-week program at the Lyric is unusually good. even for the Lyric. There is no mediocre act among the five, plus Pathe News, FCX comedy and Aesops Fables.
 Frank Shields gives an entertain ing rope act that makes a great hit with the audience. He is followed by Lowe and Stella in a song act called Don't Do Zat," which has the virtue of being novel. A pleasant satire on the quarrels of married life is a play let, "Who Is She?" with MT. Bernard and Leona Beutelle. Dave Ferguson. as the rounder of old Broadway, In sketch of that name, was quite funny. Fad Tieman's Six Happy En- te-tainers closed the program with several snappy pieces played in real jazz band fashion.-J. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-16
CHURCH PLANS COMPLETED

's Announcement was made Monday that plans for the new building of the First Baptist church of Ensley were about completed providing for one of the most attractive and com modious church buildings in the state. It is stated that the depart ment will have it's own assembly rooms. library, secretary's room and department can take care of it's own social activities apart from the others. The plans are being drawn by well-known Birmingham archi- tects and will be approved soon. In , this connection every department is putting on campaign to visit every Baptist in the district during the week. The church has also elected sthe following delegates to the Bap- tist Sunday school convention in Bir- mingham: s. c. Sloan, Mrs. w. J. Whurtele. Mrs. Motlet. Mrs. D. J. Duffee, Mrs. c. G. Goodwin. Mrs. G. S Sherman ana Mrs. l.. R. Vines.
 PLAN FOR VISITORS MEALS s The women of the First Methodist church are facing one of the largest tasks ever given to the women of any local church when they will be called upon to serve 5000 meals during the Methodist conference, which opens here October 31 and lasts until No- rvember 5. The committee chairmen held a meeting Monday afternoon when the work was sketched over and 4it was indicated that over 6,000 meals would have to be prepared. It is un- Z derstood that the delegates will De given both luncheon and dinner at the church the delegates only being required to obtain one meal from their entertaining hosts, which is break fast. In order to prepare for such an extraordinary call upon their re- hA T. working groups and there is no appre- hension felt but what the work will be done with the greatest efficiency.
 At the meeting Monday afternoon all of the menus were planned and details gotten into shape for the man. moth task.
 The conference will attract to ..Ensley the largest number of visitors ever entertained here at any single time and other methods of entertain ing will be heavily taxed to measure up to the affair.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-12

word borne by n Kit Carson scou,
that gold particles had been found il
panning the streams of central Cali
fornia. Half the expedition fell away
and bore due west. lured by the bright
hope of gold despite Captain Win
gates urgings not TO abandon pillow
and furrow aim wherewith they had
started out to create golden wheat
fields in the northwest.
Arrived i'm the Snow.
The faithful half of the pioneer
prairie schooner families trekked
through Idaho, taking a line consider
ably to the south of Boise and crossing
over into Oregon close to the boundary
between that territory and the future
state of Washington. They arrived in
driving snow and blizzard. Neverthe-
less brave old Jesse Wingate stuck the
plow through the snow into the soil
and turned the first sod of Oregon
earth. which was eagerly divided up
among the covered wagon families as
souvenirs of the reaching >of their
quest.
Followed the rapid filing of free
lands, the building of shacks. the get
ting ready for spring and the plant.
ing IF the seed that the settlers haC
brought with them. Within compare
lively short time Oregon was admitted
to the Union as free soil state
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-12

Westport Landing (now Kansa;
City,. made its way to the site of the
present Leayenworth, and proceeded
across the beautifully fertile valleys
and timber ranges of eastern Kansas
anC southeastern Nebraska to the COM
mon valley in point.
The chief dangers of the plains were
Indian attack or the Indian setting o.
prairie fires, menacing the whole cara
van and its possessions. These were
safely avoided or conquered. and the
swollen rivers were crossed withou
loss Of life.
Across the Desert.
Farther on, as the trail proceeded
into the more desert regions and into
the sterile Rockies, intolerablc climatic
conditions, privations and suffering
especially starvation and thirst, Of
fered terrible obstacles. rIany lost
heart and turned back, only to be
scalped by Indians hanging on the
flanks for stragglers. Death, marriage
and birth proceeded apace in the
itinerant city. A welcome station stop
was Fort Bridger in Wyoming, wherr
the gallant scout. Jim Bridger, vel
coined the travelling parties in a buf
falo hunt. with the double aim of sport
and replenishing the larder.
The trail looped along and into the
northern edge of Utah. Here came
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-12

Though all the pioneers had been sure
that railroads would never penetrate
the wilds they had traversed, soon aft
err the Civil war the bright lines OF
steel grew and grew and extended
apace until they stretched from the
Missouri river TO San Francisco and
from Ogden, Utah. up to Portland.
Ore, following roughly the California
Oregon pioneer trails.
This brief sketch would convey mis-
understanding if the reader gathered
that The Covered Wagon" production
were an historical chronicle. 1t is reai-
ly a love and adventure story, but il
follows the Oregon Trail most faith
fully.
A Great Picture.
In addition to an absorbing ro-
nance. Emerson Hough has woven
into the story intimate details of life
in the great caravans which crossed
thu plains. He has delineated the
characters of some of the best known
pioneers, the traders and the scouts
who prepared the way for the trains
of covered wagons which traversed
that great unsettled region.
The motion picture of the story has
been superbly done. Some of the
scenes are thrilling in the extreme.
such as the buffalo hunt, the Indian
attack, the crossing Of a great river.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-12

Idaho, the southeast corner of Wash
ington and Oregon. Twas little more
than the nearly obliterated trackage
and debris of two score seasons Of oc.
casional hardy explorers, trappers,
traders and scouts. Two prior covered
wagon expeditions had tried it, but
had come to untimely deaths.
Dating back to early in the last
century when the government officers,
Lewis and Clark, first pushed across
the prairies and over the Rockies, il
was made a bit more definite by the
celebrated journey of the Congregation
alist missionary Whitman, who
reached Walla Walla 100 years ago
last summer and founded there a
Christian settlement and college among
the barbarous Indians. This, and the
Astoria settlement on the Oregon
coast, definitely located the Pacific
Northwest as initially occupied BY
citizens of the United States. gave
ltihb W NtUSAN-
arguments with Lord Ashburton. and
finally won from Great Britain recos
milton of American political rights in
that quarter of the world.
Had TO Be Possessed.
But as is well known, possession be-
ing nine points of the law. Oregon
and Washington had to be possessed
as well. as ruled. The political title
alone would not have amounted to-
much more practically than few
centuries before the celebrated division
Of eastern and western hemispheres OF
the world by Spain and Portugal-eS
cellent theory but vague practice.
"The Covered Wagon" book and
play deal with the real conquest of
the trail by the great prairie schooner
Trek of American history, an incur
sion into unknown lands fully com
parable to the Aryan migrations into |
Europe or the Goth and Saxon con-
quests of the western half of the wide
Roman realm.
1t was the custom TO start at |
number Of Missouri river points and
at Grand Island. where after
the Platte. the united caravan
ourneyed northwestward.S Some started
rom Council Bluffs. other from st.
il seph, but the particular band with
which the story deals Quilted at