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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28

ute responses will be heard. Duff c.
Lewis, field secretary will speak on,
THE Spirit of the American Business
Club" The afternoon session has as a
feature, an address by w. l.. White,
THE American Business Club" to be
broadcasted over WSY at p. M An
automobile tour is on the program
Monday afternoon. This trip will start
at 430 o'clock and will end with
view of the city at dusk from the top
of Red Mountain. AS a closing Mon
day feature an informal social frolic
Is planned in the Tutwiler hotel ball
room.
On Tuesday, two addresses will be
heard. Paul A. Marker. of the Chatta-
nooga club will speak on, Play
grounds"-and Clyde Watkins of the
Knoxville club on How the Ameri-
can Business Club Can Best Exempli-
fly the Spirit of the Service" Discus
sion of Fairgrounds as national eff
fort will follow the addresses under
the lead of Paul Marker. Nomination
of national officers will be made
Tuesday morning.
VIII Elect Officers.
The afternoon session will be called
to order at o'clock when national
officers will be elected and the 1924
convention city will be selected. A
meeting of the board of governors
has been called for 4:30 o'clock. An
informal banquet will be held in the
Tutwiler hotel ball room at o'clock
Tuesday night when the new officer
will be installed. closing the conven-
ton.
A theatre party for the women at
tending the convention Will be held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, to be
followed by the social frolic. re-
ception will be held at o'clock Tues
day afternoon. This will be followed
by the banquet. w. L. White will pre-
side as master of ceremonies, with
Duff c. Lewis as postmaster.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
MAY TEMPER DRY
LAW RULING TO
PLEASE Ell ROPE
America Unwilling To Appear
Dogmatic In The Re-
StriCtiOnS

WASHINGTON. May 27.-Efforts
will be inaugurated tomorrow by
treasury officials 10 reconcile the
proposed prohibition regulations
with the position taken by the five
foreign powers which have express
ed their views to the state depart
ment in connection with the recent
supreme court decision barring liquor
from American territorial waters.
Every evidence was given today OF
a desire on the part of this govern
ment to temper the rightly of the
dry laws new construction In the IN
terest of the comfy Of nations and
that there may be no unwarranted IN
reference with international inter
course. Treasury spokesman declared
they were willing to construe the
court decision as literally as may be
legally and safely done in meeting
the stand of England. Spain, Italy
France and The Netherlands.
1t was stated clearly that there
is no intention to rush a decision
through concerning this governments
policy.
The new regulations are to become
operative June 10, but slight hope
is entertained that definite and per-
manent policy may be worked out by
that date.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
HOLLYWOOD, Cal. May .

HOLLYWOOD. Cal. May 27.-Thex
want 'em thin in Hollywood.
Now that the summer rush of
movie struck girls from all parts If
the country is on, movie producers
have laid down new SPECIFICATIONS
which the extra" girl of 1928 must
meet.
She must be curveless If she ex-
poets to get by the gle eye of the
casting director.
She must have large features-they
photograph best.
She must have brown or hazel eyes
MT narrow.
She must know how to look both
beautiful and ladylike.
And. she must be able to wear
clothes.
This last does not apply to ap-
plicants for bathing beauty Jobs.
incidentally, Mack Sennett. the
Ziegfield of the movies, who created
the bathing girl, is the only leading
against the rounded form.
o O O
What He Wants
What he wants Is:
Height 5 feet to feet 2.
Weight 1872 pounds.
Body small and not angular.
Eyes dark blue or brown.
Hair either light or dark.
However, while the field Is always
overcrowded, the chances for the
newcomers to the movies Will be
slightly better this year. Hollywood
Wiseacres say.
The business is booming as never
before, established actresses and ac
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
MONTGOMERY MAN SHOT
SLAYER Surrenders, But Refuses To
Make A Statement

MONTGOMERY. Ala, May III
Especial Leased Wire.)-James 3.
Smith. 80, taxicab operator, was shot
four times and fatally wounded here
this afternoon by ]. l.. Copley. aged
so. who is in the county Jail, having
given himself up to county authori-
ties Immediately after the difficulty.
smith was shot four times with buck
shot, and died at local infirmary
two hours after. the shooting.
Details of the trouble are not avail
able at the sheriff's office. Copley,
it is said walked into the Jail and
told the officers he had shot a man.
He has refused to make a statement.
The shooting occurred at the resi-
dence of Copley in North Montgom
cry. Smith. it is claimed, was shot
while sitting in his automobile. The
buckshot entered his stomach and
chest.
According to police, Smith served
on the police force for a number OF
years. Later he went into the taxi
cab business and Is said to have accu-
mulated considerable money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
RUSSIAN CONFESSES
32BRUTAL MURDERS
Corpses Found Along Riverfront
Tell Story Of Crimes

MOSCOW, May 27.-Cynically un-
moved, Ivan Komarov. 40 years old
confessed Sunday to chain of 30
brutal murders that have baffled the
police during the past two years.
Horribly mutilated corpses. found
along the river front here. have told
the story of the crimes. Komarov's
arrest and the discovery of his guilt
came only through accidental proof
found during q moonshine raid.
The man Kamarov had made a
practice of Turing horse-dealers to
his home on the pretense of buying a
horse at the weekly fairs. Offering
them tea, he waited until they bent
over the cup, smashing their skulls
with a sledge hammer. Bodies were
always placed in sack. and car
ried two miles to one spot on the
river front where frequency of these
similarly murdered men puzzled offi-
GERS.
Kamarovs wife had instructions to
leave with the children the moment
that visitors arrived. Then police. on
q moonshine raid. entered his home
and found him with the dead body
Of a victim.
His eight year old son, questioned,
told how, when he had asked MS
father the cause of blood stained
hands, the man had carried him to
a shed, and had figured to hang
him there. Rescue by the mother pre-
vented the lads death.
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Officer Takes Alleged Ham
mer Slayer And Puts Her On
Ship For America Although
Court Ordered Her Freedom
STEAMER ARRIVES IN
NEW ORLEANS MONDAY
Mrs. Phillips, Wanted In CAL
ifornia Murder, At Last Be-
ing Sent Back After Her Sen-
sationaI Escape From State
Prison At St. Quentin

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras. May 26.
(By Associated Press )-Notwith-
standing decree issued by the SUI
preme court ordering that Clara
Phillips be set free, she was turned
over to the American deputy sher-
ifs from California and embarked
last night at Puerto Cortez for New
Orleans, where the steamer is ex-
pected to arrive on Monday.
Attacked Procedure.
The petition for the release of
Mrs Phillips was placed before the
supreme court by her attorney, Sal
vador Zelaya. 1t contended that
Mrs. Phillips, who was being held
where she is under sentence for
murder, and her sister, Mrs. Eta
May Jackson, were illegally detained
because legal procedure had not been
followed in accordance with the
treaty by Franklin e. Morales, the
American minister, when the two
women were taken into custody. The
court conceded with the view of Sc
nor Zelaya and ordered the release
Of Mrs. Phillips.
Disregard Court Decision.
Extradition papers were delivered
to the foreign office yesterday by
Mr. Morales, and Mrs. Phillips was
held in the Puerto Cortez jail, on
the Atlantic seaboard, notwithstand-
ing the decision of the court. APP
parently no one here opposed the
cross-examination of the woman, but
the newspapers and the public ex-
pressed opinion that legal procedure
should be correctly followed in the
case
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
TWO STRUCK BY AUTOS
Fhysictau and Youth Injured In
Traffic Accidents sunday

Dr. r. T. Brown, Jr, 4O2le Six
teenth street, north, was seriously
injured at o'clock Sunday night
when hit by an automobile driven by
an unidentified person at Fourth
avenue and Sixteenth street. north.
The automobile sped away int the
darkness. Or. Brown was carried to
the Birminsham General hospital IN
Johns ambulance, where his coudi-
ton later Was reported improved.
Willie Mitchell, eight wears old
l426 Thirty sixth street uor'th. was
knocked down when attempting to
cross Thirty sixth street near Eff
teenth avenue carly Sunday morning
The youth was uninlured, but the
automobile, swerVne t. the side
walk, was wrecked. W. II. Teer, 1928
Eleventh avenue, north, is believed
to have been the driver. Police are
investigating.
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Hawkins Estimates Damage
At Approximately $4,000
After Survey - Mountain
Terrace And Country Club
District Chief Suffers
TOTAL RAINFALL SUNDAY
is IRREGULARITIES INCH
High Water At Tuxedo Station
Maroons Negro Families.
Cars On South EnsIey Line
Delayed Two Hours And De-
tour Is Made

Streets and pavements, straw hats
and telephone service, apparently,
were among the victims of a steady
week END rain, E. C. Horton, Biz
mingham weather prophet. reported
three-quarters of an inch rainfall
Sunday, with further thunder show
ers for Monday.
Paving Severely Damaged.
Streets and pavements were dam
aged approximately $4,000, accord
ing to A. ]. Hawkins, city engineer.
Mr. Hawkins made a survey of the
entire city and stated damage was
heaviest along the Mountain Terrace
and Country Club sections, where
the water, entering between the
pavement and ground. caused much
warping to the pavement. In one
spot, MIR. Hawkins said, a slab of
pavement, weighing 1000 pounds,
was carried several blocks. Crews
Will be kept busy Monday repairing
damag es.
Water reached level of one foot
over pavement at First avenue and
Thirty-ninth street, hating traffic
TO East Lake for several hours Five
Points, along Twentieth street and
Eleventh avenue, ran rivers of water
at noon Sunday. holding the congre-
cation of the Highlands Methodist
church indoors until 1870 O'Clock. A
minor MlSSlSSippl ClFCleu the CHuTCn,
and owners of automobiles parked
along the curbs were unable to
reach them.
o O O
Negro Families Marooned.
High water at Tuxedo Station ma
rooned negro families and tempo
rarily halted traffic on the Tidewater
lire. Fairfield was flooded and
street cars were compelled to stop
at the Gary theatre, instead of con-
tinuing to the terminal. Several
inches of water flooded the Odum
drug store in Fairfield.
South Ensley street cars were de-
layed by high water more than two
hours, but regular schedules were
resumed when they were rerouted
through Nineteenth street. Ensley
jitneys were also reported out of
cor, m Gaion
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
EUROPEAN CROOKS
BAIT TR APPS F 0R
YANKEE TOURISTS
ShreWd Americans Fall For
"Con" Games AS Old As
The Hills
by RALPH II. TURNER
(By Leasen Wire to Age-Heraid)

LONDON,' May 27.-With the OPEN
ing of the tourist season that is ex-
pected to bring 100000 Americans to
Europe's shores this summer. the In
ternational crooks and swindlers of
European capitals are already active
in confidence games on unwily Wis
itors.
1t is strange psychological fact
that the shrewdest American, re-
moved far from familiar haunts and
surrounded by glamours of foreign
capitals. falls for con" games old as
the hills. He hands out hard-earned
dollars on bunco games he would
jeer at when home.
A popular method of parting the
tourist from his, coin Is the million
atre phi1anthropist trick. The Amer
lean meets. in bar or cafe, a we'll
dressed, smooth spoken stranger wn.,
introduces himself a s brother Yam
kee.
Rich Phi1anthrOpist Game.
Highballs and cocktails flow, and
soon they are friends. Then the new
found friend tells a sad story. His
is a hard lot. He is the agent of a
rich English philanthropist. Said
philanthropist is aged. without heirs,
and DESTROYS of paving his declining
years with good deeds. He is giving
away his entire fortune in order that
he may die poor.
The stranger is his agent, busy on
the pleasurable task of giving away
funds to worthy charities. But, alas.
he needs an American representa-
tive; someone in the L. S. y. who
will open an office. distribute money
to charities, and receive a salary of
800 week for his toll. More cock
tails-and the stranger asks wheth
err the visitor would like the job.
You bet he would.
O O O
One Little Formally.
There is one formality. however.
Before he can be trusted with
$500. 900 or so to distribute, the
American must prove that he is n
trustworthy person. Anxious to
prove his financial strength. the
come-on willingly agrees to place
$500 Cor whatever money he may
have saved for his tour in the
strangers hands-"only for "a hours
merely to prove that you have the
cash"
1t is unbelievable, incredible-but
If works
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CHINESE BANDIT
GANG READY TO
FREE AMERICANS
Negotiations For Release Of
Captives To Begin I'm
mediately
by RAY G. MARSHALL
Ry Leased Wire to The Age-Herald)

PEKING. May Ell. B. Powell,
turned to Tsao-Chuan. accompanied
by two bandit ENJOYS. who are au-
thorized to negotiate for the release
of prisoners.
Negotiations are expected to open
Monday morning.
Faced by aggressive attack by
government troops. and knowing that
death or starvation lay before them
if they did not capitulate. the bandits
have decided to come to terms.
Out Of Bandit Zone.
Powell. who Friday night came
out of the bandit zone bringing the
rebel chiefs ultimatum. returned to
Imprisonment Saturday morning.
He carried the terms of settle
ment offered by officials. who stated
that they were willing to allow the
bandits to reihlist In the Chinese
army and to pay them arrears of
salary. but would not consent to
Withdrawing the troops or the sign
ing of an agreement before prisoners
were released.
RObber ENJOYS Hopeful.
The two bandits who, with Powell.
appeared at Tsao-Cuan for negotia-
lions. said that they believed the
terms would be acceptable, providing
Chinese chambers of commerce and
representatives of foreign legations
Joined in signing the agreement. Dis
trust of the government overture
dominates their policy.
Negotiations with provincial au-
thorlties begin Monday, provided the
bandits are convinced that thF for
eigners viii guarantee a square deal.
So confused is the entire government
policy that it is unlikely that for
eigners Will sign anything. They will
promise, however, to use their good
offices on behalf of the bandits.
POWELL believes that possibilities of
the release of all captives are more
their captlIre
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
SAYS KHAN WILL NEVER
TELL MEMBERS NAMES
5000 Klansmen Initiated In New
York Meeting

EASTPORT, n. Y, May 27.-The
Ku I<lux Khan will never reveal the
names of its members. the king klea
gle of the order for the state de-
clared tt 5000 klansmen at an initia-
ton of 1887 "aliens" near here early
today. His remarks were directed
at measure signed last week by
Governor Smith, requiring all secret
orders to file with the secretary of
state the names of members.
The king kleagle unmasked and
without robe. attacked the law as
unconstitutional. declaring 1t was
..aimed at one organization
He described himself as Major
johnson, U. S. A., retired"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
BY FERDINAND JAIN
CRY Leased Wire to The Are-HeraJde

BERLIN, May 27.-German cavalry
and machine gun units are en- route
to the Rhur, assumedly for the sup
preston of labor disorders, according
to the Rotefahne, Berlin commune
list newspaper.
Communist railway workers have
Informed the Rotefahne that troop
movements have continued since FRI
day, and that eight cavalry trans
ports with machine gun sections
passed Hankow station near Berlin,
coming from Stolp Be1gard, Stettin,
Schwedt, kolberg and Neuruppin, and
destined for Allenqjabow, near
Madgeburg5
1t is said that the troops we're
claimed to be for division practice,
but the newspaper charges that other
engines have been ordered for the
transport of troops.
Naturally, the Berlin government
denies that it is sending any troops
TO the Ruhr. but speculation is rife
here over the report.
Disorder continues in the Rhine
land Three to four hundred thousand
arc now on strike, according to con-
servative estimates Some reports
give the fantastic figure of 1000, 900.
Red Riots Brenk Out.
Bochum was the center Of week
end fighting which flared UP in
many parts of the Ruhr Bochun
firemen, who had replaced the Police
as guardians of law and order. re-
fused to disarm in accordance with
communist orders
In the black streets Of the lightless
industrial city reds storned the fire.
mems quarters. Armed with clubs,
bricks, stones, and with some of the
attackers using rifles and revolvers.
they constructed street barricades for
the bomhardment of firemen's build
inEs.
The firemen. armed only with
bricks torn from the walls OF the
buildings. lit fires under their boilers.
and threw high powered streams Of
water AGAINST the attackers.
Plundering continued throughout
the darkned city as two reds were
killed and a woman slain by a stray
bullet.
Persistent attacks are still being
made on the flremen. and have re-
suited In the mysterious disappear
anCe OF workman named Stahl.
Reading between the lines, commun-
lists believe that he is the victim of
an old trick-the shot in flight pre-
text which has covered many execu-
tons.
Several Wounded.
Several were wounded az Wanne
and Rotthausen in rioting. Dortmund
dispatches report that central
strike bureau has been formed there.
composed of representatives OF the
communists syndicalists and the
metal workers league.
This strike bureau has been or
Ganized with the greatest precision,
Attempting to tie up one mine and
one smeltcr. one after the other.
thereby gradually achieving a gen.
eral strike.
Plehiscttes among the workers IN
several sections indicate that the ma
jority are willing to work, but are
hindercd by rabid radicals.
The government Sunday afternoon
had no fresh advices on troubles tn
the Ruhr, although belated messages
indicated that Sunday afternoon had
seen much forcing down Of prices
by the reds threats to close shops and
markets unless proprietors needed
their warming to reduce.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
ONE KILLED AND EIGHT
HURT IN RAIL WRECK
Timber Placed Across Tracks BY
Boys Cause OF Accident

NEW YORK, May ia heavy
timber placed across railroad track
supposedly by boys, caused one
death and the injury Of eight per-
sons tonight when it derailed the To-
connective and two coaches of a pas
senger train of the Putnam division
of the New York Central railroad in
Bronx. The locomotive overturned.
killing the engineer, Hugh Kirk, who
was pinned beneath it. Charles Ser
pey, fireman, and Alexander Rawiski.
a passenger, both of New York, were
seriously injured
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
PREMIER OF POLAND
RESIGNS AFTER VOTE
Jews Declare Defeat Due To His
Treatment Of Refugees

NEW YORK. May 27.-Prime Min
ister Sikorski of Poland and his cabi-
net resigned Saturday night after an
adverse vote in the Diet on the pre-
mier's move for a vote of confidence.
according to Jewish Telegraph
agency report to the Polish bureau
of information.
The Christian socialists, peasant
party members and representatives
Of all the minority nationals Joined
in the vote against the government,
the report said. adding that Deputy
Reich, on behalf of the Jewish mem
bers, declared the premier's defeat
was due to his treatment of the
homeless refugees of the Ukraine,
whose expulsion from Poland he di-
-rected- in an order issued April Is,
last
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
FOLLIES GIRL FIGHTS
Wins In Battle Against San Fran.
cisco Washer

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 27.-
Pretty Muriel Stryker of Ziegfeld
Follies battle with masher Satur-
day night in front of theatre
The battle was all fer the fair, Miss
Stryk er's swagger stick maging the
masher flee. She pursued. hitting him
as she went. A crowd Joined her
and finally caught the man who
gave the name of Jack Rice. He is
In the city Jail, charged with assault.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
FRENCH AUTHORITIES
RAID GERMAN RANK

ESSEN, May 27-tBy Associ-
ated Press. 1.-The French authori-
ties have seized 10000 600 900
marks from the Reichs bank here.
They took this action because they
needed money to pay certain bills.
and the Germans refused to fur
nish it, declaring there was not
so much money on hand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
FIGHTING RENEWED
Paraguayan Government Forces Are
Battling RcvOlutiOnists

BNtVIIuK INCVOIUtIOuISVS
BUENOS AIRES, May 27.-A dis
patch to La Nacion from ASCENSION,
Paraguay. reports a renewal of the
fighting between Paraguayan revo-
lutionists and government forces in
different parts of Paraguay. The dis
patch adds that it is understood the
Paraguayan government is entering
upon an energetic campaign to round
up the rebel groups operating in the
interior.
Advices received here from Paso
de la Patria say that five rebels have
been killed and many wounded or
made prisoner while attempting to
enter Paraguay territory after hav-
ing crossed the Parana river from the
Argentine side.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
C.. A. GALBRAITH DIES

OKLAHOMA CITY. May 27.-Clin-
ton A. Galbraith. assistant attorney
general of Oklahoma and former as
sociate justice of the supreme court
of the territory of Hawaii, died sud
denly al a local hotel today. He was
60 years old,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28

RADIO WILL WIRELESS WORLD OF CALL OF SOUTH
DELEGATES HERE
FOR CONVENTION
OF BUSINESS CLUB
Mel endon Will Welcome Wis
itors To Birmingham At
MONDAYS Session

Delegate from practical ~
southern state will De Pr TX .en
the opening session fis-Y. ~ .mer-
lean Business club i ~eC~e 20 order
at $3.50 o'clock N <Aorning in
the Tutwiler hot - - represented
are; Ashyille, ~ knoxville, Nash
Vile. Atlanta Crias, Shreveport.
Knoxville, Mon~H,mery, New orleans.
and Charlotte, n. c.
William L. White, director general
of the national organization and
president of the birmingham club.
will preside. D. e. McLendon. presi /
dent of the city commission, will de-
liver the address of welcome. The
response will be given by DIR. c. c.
Aven, president of the Atlanta club.
o o O
Spirit OF America.
During the morning session dele
gates will be presented and one min
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
FREE INSURANCE
Italian Veterans Are Offered PrOtec-
tiOm

ROME May 27.-Continuing the
program of aid for war veterans. the
government announced Sunday that
veterans could continue applications
for free life insurance to Decem-
Der 81.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-28
NEW CLUE DISCOVERED
Case OF Dynamite ExpIOdes In On
tariO Mines

Timmins. Ont, May 1.-TWO MIN
ers We're blown to bits when case
of dynamite exploded at the $50
foot level in the Hollinger min today.
The level was wrecked.