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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
DON'T COUNT ON U. S.,
 HOUSE TELLS FRENCH
Work Out Own Problems, Is Ad-
 vice Of Colonel

PARIS, August 11-"France must not count upon America for a min ute." This is the statement of Col. F. NJ House, one of the powers be- hind the Wilson administration, who now is in Paris.
 Colonel House advised the Fr2nch statesmen to work out their own problems and to discount any eN- Dected aid from the United States
 If the hopes based upon the Yer sailIes treaty have not ben realized: if is the fault of ', Americans.' said House. ''We did not ratify and did sign the pact of guarantee when we promised France
 Many expect a dramatic interview when ColoHel House calls opon Georges Clemenceau at the latter's home at Nenee.
 In viev of the fact that the Colonel holds the above opinions about the international policies the United states, it is believed certain that, being a candid man, House will have to inform Clemenceau tA.t the lat ter's trip to the United states, dur ing which he pleaded with America to re-enter European affair, was in vain.
 This will be particularly hard for House to do because the Colonel was, in q measure, one of Clenenceau's s sponsors in the United States.
 House had much to do with rout- ing the trip and dispatched one Of his friends, Colonel Bonsal, to make the journey with the "TiGer."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
THREE ARE KILLED, TRAFFIC CRIPPLED BY CH|CAGO ST0RM
Plane Brought Down And Houses Toppled Over
 By Winds

CHICAGO, August 11.-Three per sons were. l5illeds the current in the Chicago river was reversed, an air plane brought down, a dam in the Des Plaines river was burst, two houses were toppled over and rele- phone and electric light wires and elevated and street car traffic were crippled as a result of q terrific cleo trical storm which visited Chicago early today.
 The rainfall was G?SS inches and 1.25 inches of this amount fell in 20 minutes, a record in the history of the local weather bureau.
 The airplane was bringing pictures of the funeral of President Harding to Marion and was forced to earth by the storm.
 The current in the Chicago river was turned around when the river rose higher than the lake level. Nor mally, under the feat of engineering performed by the sanitary district, the lake empties into the river and the river runs backward. Today for a time it turned and started the way nature intended it to go. Then, as the excess water emptied into the lake, it started to flow in the opposite direction again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
RAIL WAY MERGER BILL PASSES CUBAN HOUSE
Measure Provides For Consolidatior
 Of All Of Islands Roads

HAVANA, Cuba. August l1-rh a; Iarata bill passed by the lowe '. house Of the Cuban Congress afte . an aii-nleht seSsion yesterday pro , ,s Tlaes TOT the consolidation of all the railroads in the island. It . specified that all new railroad con . struction must join the consolidation unless the new lines make net ' work Joining at least four province s together.
 The chief opposition to the bill, from the sugar industry rests on article of the bill, which provides m its first section that anyone usin r private docks which have been! n erected without the material for their construction having been con .. NeNed over public utility lines shail pay cents for every hundred pounds of sugar shipped, 10 per cenS adNalorem on molasses and per- cent on minerals, tobacco and other products.
 Section ? provides that any futurs Industry using private shippin e points where the railroads are not available shall pay , cents per hur dred pounis on sugar shipments, but there Will be no advance in the rates mentioned in section l for other ex : ports. Section 3 specifics that in - dustrics that have at any time used the public railroad utilities and have abandoned them for private shippin es points shall pay 20 cents per hun ' dred pounds for the privilege otl using a private port.
 In case the price of sugar falls be- law 2l- cents a pound the imports will be reduced 2j per cent. A fine of $1,GoO IS specified for any owner or manager using private railroads or otherwise infringing the law.
 hTe biu Will be taken up as ths first of business in the Senate on Monday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
GE0RG|A GOYE RNOR
 THREATENS STERN ACTION UPON MOBS
First Arrest Made In ConneC- ton With Riot At
 School

ATLANTA, August 1.-The 'Tull power of the executive department will be used" to stop the series of floggings in Macon, Bigg county and other mob outrages in the state, V Governor Walker stated tonight, in announcing rewards for the arrest, with evidence to convict the persons connected with the recent whippings in Macon and an invasion of the state reformatory at MilledgeVille.
 The governor offered a reward of $500 for the leader of the Macon logging party and $100 for each member. He offered similar rewards for the leader and members of the mob that invaded the state reform atory.
 q am going to the limit of my authority to put a stop to these whippings in Bibb county" the governor stated. The mob outrages in other parts of the state also must come to and end. The law of the state will be upheld"
 The1 governors action came after he had investigated both the Bihb county floggings and the occurrence at Milledgeville. In his proclamation
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
HARDING HURT BY
 UNJUST CRITICISM
Suffered Attacks In Silence, How
 ever, Herrick Declares

NEW YORK, August 1.-The late President Harding was greatly hurt by adverse and unjust criticism heaped upon him as the nations chief executive, Myron T. Herrick, Amer ican ambassador to France, declared today upon his arrival here on the Paris for months vacation.
 The presidency" he said, has be- come an impossible position. Not even a strong man physically can stay on the job to the finish The strain of the office Gnd the terrible criticisms which are heaped ppon d president will break down the of ficial and this undoubtedly happened in the case of MT. Harding.
 T could see very clearly that he was greatly hurt by these adverse and unjust criticisms. l know his nature and I know how silently he endured these things"
 Mir. Herrick, who was governor of Ohio 20 years ago. when the late President was lieutenant governor declared he had, in common with other American diplomatic represen- tatives, tendered. his resignation to President Coolidge. It was clearly intimated in his conversation, how ever, that he expected to retl<n to his post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
RESCUES CRIPPLE CHILD BUT LOSES
 THREE IN STREAM
Ohio Mother In Water Battle Wins After Heavy
 Sacrifice

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, August IT, A dramatic story of how d mother through frantic efforts, saved the lie of a crippled child while she was forced to watch three other of her children drown in flood waters Of a swollen creek h miles here in the hills of Kentucky reached this city today.
 MT. and Mrs. Wales Greathous and four children and Mrs. Albert Greenhouse and one child, were drIV- ing in an automobile near Grcenup, Ky, when they attempted to ford a swollen creek, where the machine stalled M. Greenhouse went for help.
 While he was gone, the stream rose higher and hiaAer. His wife at tempted to save all of the children, but three We. swept out of the car and to their death downstream. Tho mother held tight to the fourth child, a cripple, while Mrs Albert Greenhouse managed to save her one child.
 Both women, still clutching their children, were swept 90 feet down stream before the returning hus- band, with the aid of nearby farm CT, rescued th m.
 The dead children are Ida, aged 1 Milford, aged ? and William, aged l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
SAUNDERS RE TIRES AS P|CCLY N|GCLy r | R M PRESIDENT
Man Who Lead Wall Street Fight Will Resign His
 Position

MEMPHIS, Tenn, August H. Clarence Saunders, founder of Piggly Wiggly and president of Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc, tonight announc- ed that he was ready to step down from his position as directing head of the Piggly Wiggly stores and per init control to pass into the hands of the managements of the pool with whom he was associated in Piggly Wiggly's recent venture into Wall street.
 This announcement was made at a meeting of Memphis business asso- ciates who conferred with MT. Saun- ders preliminary to a meeting Mon- day of representatives of various pool" interests in New Orleans. St. Louis, Nashville and other cities at which MT. Saunders previously an- nounced the question as to whether he would retain or rellnquish control of the stores organization would be determined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
STA I [ HE AD
 FORCES DROP IN GAS0L IN [
South Dakota Governor Tells
 Big Corporations He Will
 Dump Half Million Gallons
 Of Fuel Upon The Market STANDARD OIL COMPANY MEETS OFFICIAL DEMAND Other Western States Said To Be Investigating Situa-
 ton With View To Forcing Reduction To AutomobiIistS

PIERRE, S. D., August 11.-When word went out today that governor w. H. McMaster had licked" the standard and other oil companies in South Dakota, officials of other Wes- tern States began a study of his plan to see if they can stage a similar gasoline price insurrection.'
 Governor McMastcr, through the simple expedient of selling gasoline through the Mitchell, S. D., State supply depot at 16 cents gallon and announcing that he would dump half million gallons on the market if necessary, has forced companies throughout the state to meet the price.
 The Standard oil Company of Indiana was the first to capitulate. It cut prices to l6 cents early today. Tonight gasoline was selling gen. erally in South Dakota for 16 cents, dropping in most instances from 21 cents and in some cases from as high as 45 cents in communities where tthere were only one or two filling statioas without competition.
 o o O
 Demand Reduction.
 NIcMasters met representatives Of the Standard, the domina ting com pany in South Dakota, last Thurs day He demanded a 5-cent reduc- tion.
 Imposible,' he was told. That's below cost and we can prove it."
 "Then South Dakota will show you the way" McMaster replied in eff feet.
 The governor wired the Mitchell, S. D.. depot to start selling at IS cents. Then his office refused to deny care fully fostered reports that the state would dump a half-million gallons on the market.
 The Standards board of directors, stood pat over Friday and then is- sued a statement today announcing it's price cut to meet competition. In reply to rumors that the state will shoot up" the prices again, the gov ernor's office declared that the half millions gallons is no joke and Mc- Master fully intends to obtain and sell it to keep prices down. Entire State Riding.
 In the meanwhile the entire state Is on riding jag" Autoists by the hundreds rushed their cars to filling stations when the cut became known today. Tourists loaded extra tanks and containers to carry them through surrounding states where gasoline still sells from 21 cents to 24 cents.
 Full effect of the reduction Is ex- pected to be felt tomorrow, when the Sunday tourists begin to fill up tanks. Many dealers said 1t looked like
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
RECLUSE LEFT S1O,O00
Missouri Hermit Had Lived With
 SnnIkcs As Compnni0ns

POPLAR BLUFFS, Mo-. August lI. Carman Magill, recluse who lived with reptiles in a log house north of here, was discovered Saturday tu have left $10,000 in property.
 MagIlIs body was found beside his bed q week ago by relatives, He re- garded the snakes that occupied his hut as friends and denied other visi- tors entry.
 His wife and two children died 90 years ago, and he had since refused to eat woman's cooking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
VATICAN DESCRIBES, WOMAN'S IDEAL DRESS
Should Aim To Conceal Largest
 Part Of Anatomy, Is Hint

ROME, August 11.-"Woman's ideal dress should aim to conceal the largest part of woman's anatomy" was the hint passed out at the va tican Saturday to ladies desirous Of securing an audience with the pope.
 Monsignor Francesca Marmaggi, of the papal ante chamber, whose rul- ings excluded 200 women and girls from an audience because he did not consider them properly attired,"s de- clfned, however, to go beyond his re- cent regulations in outlining a garb that would be deemed proper and as sure a woman of admittance. One of his colleagues, however, was more communicative.
 "The best pattern to follow" sug- gested this authority, would be the attire of nuns, which covers the neck, arms and legs.
 still, the church does not hold the laity quite so strictly to severe raj ment. A skirt reaching the ankle, sleeves to the elbow. and waist leaving just the collar bone exposed would not be deemed immodest"
 It was pointed out that bishops have recently refused communion to women immodestly dressed, and that their exclusion from the vatican, at the instance of Pope Plus himself should have occasoned no astonish- ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
NOT TO RELEASE REBELS
Irish Home Secretary will keep Re-
 publicans In Prison

DUBLIN, August 1'.-tBN '-o- ciated Press.)-- l was otllcl |. ah- no need toaY that thCr- will no immediate release of political prison CTS kevine O'Niggins, ninist home affairs, so informed deleGa- tion of transport workers who called for release of the prisoners and de- manded freedom of spe sh and of the press for the coming election. The minister said the government has evidence that the republicans are preparing to renew their onslaught on the ecoomic life of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
PAPER C0FFINS APPEAR
Cheap Cardboard Burial Baskets of~
 fcred By German Indertnkern

BERLIN, August 11.-Paper cots fins this is the newest undertake inS of German undertakers.
 Since the cost of burial has mount. ed to such high levels in the mark. :. devaluated country, undertakers ars offering collins for sale made of paper, cardboard, plaster of paris and similar cheap but passable ma terials.
 Undertakers point out that as long as their collins are at least tenn porary guards against rain and odor though not of the strongest and most expensive wood-they suffice and that when the body is laid to rest in the sod il matters little-ss least after a time-whether 1t Is en- cased in steel, wood, cardboard OF even cloth.
 However, bodies of persons who die of infectious diseases, according to law, must be properly buried in regu" Iauon caskets and at a regulation depth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
MINORITY PARTY
 WILL NOT UNITE. WITH LAFOLLETTE|
Democrats Do Not Want To Organize Congress, Gar
 rett Says

WASHINGTON. August 11.-A pre- diction that there will be no co-opera- tion between. House democrats and the republicans belonging to the La Toilette wing of the party in or ganizi? the next House was made today by Representative Garrett of Tennessee. democratic floor leader in the last Congress.
 While in legislative matters the democrats may "cO-operate' with the LaFollette republicans, he said, they will not in his judgment permit any factional division in the republican party to place them in control of the House and make them responsible for it's legislative action.
 The death of President Harding did not change the general politica sit nation Representative Garrett de- clarcd, because president Coolidge has announced his intention of carry ing out the policy of his predecessor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
RECEIVER NAMED

COLUMBUS, O., August U.-Free- man T. Eagleson of Columbus, 1or- mer assistant attorney general of the state, was appointed receiver for the Phoenix Portland Cement company or Ohio, a subsidiary of the k. l" Doll inSs company of Ohio, in common pleas court here today.
 During the hearing on application for q receiver it was brought out that the Phoenix company of ono had, under a final contract, discon- tinued payments on the NaHaretn plant of the Phoenix company or Pennsylvania which it had agreed to purchase under a prior contract. The Phoenix company is subsidiary ot the R. L. Dollings company of Penn sylyania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
Iv nEETURTED
 KILLED DURING
 FOOD R|OT|NG
Fall Of Cuno Ministry Mo.
 mentariIy Expected, While Socialists Indicate They
 Would Support Stresemann COMM UNISTlC AGITATION BRINGS ON NEW CRISIS Industrial Berlin In State 0t
 FeveriSh Turmoil, FoStered
 By Inability Of Employers
 To Meet Pay Rolls

BERLIN, August 11.-(By the Asso- ciated Press .)-The strike wave caused by the currency scarcity and the food shortage and accentuated by communist agitation spread rapidly in Germany today It was accom- panied by numerous demonstrations and disorders leading to a number of fatalities in clashes with the police.
 Meanwhile the Cuno government seems tottering to its fall.
 The united socialists withdrew their support in formal resolutions and the retirement of the Cuno government is momentarily expected.
 Stresemann May Get Office.
 The formation of coalition gov- ernment by Dr. GustaVe Stresemanu of the peoples party with the social ists, peoples party, democrats and centrists party representatives ap- peared 10 be probability.
 Industrial Berlin is in a state of feverish turmoil, fostered largely by because of their inability to obtain currency and the demands of the workers for wage increases
 A general strike has been ordered by the communistic elements but the labor federations, so far, have not ap- proved of the move.
 similar conditions of unrest pres vail ln other parts of Germany.
 O o O -,A Fifteen Persons killed.
 The disorders in Berlin have been unaccompanied up to the present bv fatalities, but in Crefeld four per- sons were killed and 30 wounded in clash with the police during food demonstration. Textile plants there have been seized by demonstrators among whose ranks the red flag waved.
 In the vicinity of Aix-La-Chapell II persons are reported to have been, killed in fighting between peasants and workers from the city who were sel%ing crops and food supplies.
 Hamburg's shlpyard workers strik d Is spreading and demonstrators marching in the citys streets clashed with the police, with the result tha E several casualties occurred The pilots strike there has tied up North sea shipping.
 In Berlin communistic demonstrst. ors lnterferred by heckling and shoot : ing with the fourth anniversary of the adoption of the Weimar constitu- tIon, held in front of the Reichstaa 2. building. An effort to charge the Brandeburg gate near by was frus- tTated by the guards without a direct clash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
BALLOT ROOM KEYS
 ARE HELD BY LOGAN
Congressman Keeps Sheriff Out Pending Committee Conference

CHARLESTON, s. C., August IT, (By Associated Press. .)-Congress man W. Turner Logan, chairman of the city executive committee has re fused to turn over to Sheriff J. M. Poulnot keys to .he room in the Hibernian hall where the ballots cast in Tuesdays municipal primary are locked up, until he confers with other members of the committee who did not attend the meeting of the Stoney faction which last night formally de- clared Thomas r. Stoney nomlnated for mayor over John r. Grace, Sheriff Poulnot stated today, adding that he could not request removal of the na- tional guarGsmen on duty at the nall until he obtains the key.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
Widow Is Busy Moving Effects At Old Home

WASHINGTON, August H. Mrs. Harding, who returned to Washington this morning from Marion, spent the entire after noon supervising the clearing out of the effects of the late president from his office in the executive building. Secretary Christian, Rudolph Forster, exc cutive clerk, and others of the White House staff were called in to assist and a mass of ma terial consisting chiefly of cor respondence and memoranda, was taken away.
 It is Mrs, Harding's present purpose to remain in the White House at least until Monday, after which time she may take up temporary residence here either at the home of MT. Chris tian or of other friends. Mrs. Coolidge, wife of the President, greeted her at the White House on her arrival from Marion, and remained with her for a brief time.
 Miss Ruth Powderly, one of the nurses who attended President Harding during his fatal illness, is at the White House with Mrs. Harding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
New Orleans Bankers
 Announce Resignation

NEW ORLEANS. August 11.--Clar- ence Saunders, president of the Piggly Wiggly stores, Inc, will resign a S the head of the corporation at meeting of the board of directors in Memphis next Monday morning, according tC an announcement late today of a committee representing New Orleans members of the bakers pool which assisted in financing the Wall street operations of Piggly Wiggly last Spring.
 In a statement issued late today by Alfred Sheldon, l.. A. Wall and Sid ney w. Souers, composing the cCm- mittee, it was said that MT. Saunders had notified local directors by tele- graph to attend the Memphis meet ing and in another telegram to each local member of the board had re- signed effective next Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12
"WALLINGFORD" ABROAD
English Mails Flooded With "Get-
 Rich-Quick" Literature

LONDON, August II.-Ihe 'get- rich quick" oil man has struck Eng land.
 Doctors, lawyers, school teachers and clereymen are being flooded with attractive offerings of oil stock com ing from American concerns which offer them fabulous wealth in eX- change for a few shillings or ponnds.
 The letters, familiar enough to Americans read strangely in an Eng fish environment.
 Bill Jenkins of Texas invested five pounds. ten shillings. in a lease. He is now worth 100000 pounds ster- ling one letter announced. All point to the fact that John D. Rock efeller made money out of oil, and suggest that by shrewd investment in the wildcat properties all good Brtishers may do likewise