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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
AD MEN TALK MANY ANGLES .OF BUSINESS
Monday Night Session Devo-
 ted To Nominations For Off,
 ficers and Addresses by HoI-
 land And Wilson-LaWrenc BIRMINGHAM MEN ASSIST IN PROGRAM FOR MONDAY One Speaker Urges More At-
 tention Be Given Merchants
 And Papers In Small Towns To Secure Scientific Results

Either w W. Wood of Birmingham or Herbert Porter of Atlanta will be the next president of the Southeast ern District, Associated Advertising Clubs of the World.
 These two nominees were selected by the executive committee of the con- vention Monday night at dinner, and the election will take place in ex- ecutive session Tuesday afternoon.
 Eric Tatum of Nashville will be elected vice president without op- position, since he was the only nomi- nee chosen for that office. Thad Holt of Birmingham and A. s. Perry of Cuthbert, Ga, were nominated for secretary treasurer.
 Announcement of the selection of these men was made in the course of one of the 'peppiest" sessions yet held by the convention, if a superla- tive may be applied, despite the warning against such parts of speech. voiced against the general manager of the A. A. c. of w. Monday night Holland Praises Southeast.
 Lou E. Holland. president of the as- sociated clubs, told the assembled delegates and their friends that he had visited all sections of the coun- try in the course of his work for the organization, but he has yet to find any part of the land that held greater promise of development than the southeast. He pointed to Cali fornia.
 Those people built their country on advertising" he asserted, and you in the southeast can do what they did"
 Mir. Hollands subject was World Wide Advertising" but he dwelt more fully Cn his analogy of this sec- ton and the Pacific coast, than on any other angle.
 T am glad to see this rivalry be- tween the cities of the southeast between Atlanta and Birmingham and Chattanooga" he said. Tt re- minded me of what I met on the Pa cific coast" Then he told how Port land had thrown off" San Francisco, how San Francisco had discouraged him from enthusing over Los An geles, and both the latter had warned him against Fresno. But his visit to Fresno was indelibly recorded in his memory, he said, because Fresno had sent an armless aviator to pilot
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
SILENT ON PLANS FOR WAL T0N TRIAL
Preparations To Push lm- peachment Proceedings Are
 Made Behind Closed Doors

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Oct. 29.- Plans for the impeachment trial Thursday of Gov. J. c. Walton moved forward today. although outwardly the proceedings were marked by a Hull strange in contrast to the spec tacular developments of last week which brought 22 charges of official misconduct against the executive and his subsequent suspension from of flee.
 As district court grand jury re- sumed examination of evidence which formed the basis for the inn peachment charges with a view to- ward possible criminal action in the courts, forces of both sides in the impeachment case were completing all pre-trial arrangements behind closed doors.
 The board of managers from the lower house of the state legislature, which will prosecute Governor Wal ton before the senate sitting as a court of Impeachment, was believed to have outlined it's plans today to contest general demurrer to the en- tire impeachment bill which counsel for the executive are expected to file at the opening of the trial. There has been no official indication as to the governors defense, but in politi- cal circles it is believed it will be centered largely on the Ku Klux Klan issue.
 While the probable course of pro- cedure is not known, it Is considered certain that at least three weeks will be required for the hearing.
 Both sides in the proceedings main tained silence today, and the legisla- neither house, adjourned to meet again tomorrow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
EX-PREMIER PAYS TRIBUTE TO SOUTH
Lloyd George Places Wreaths On Monuments Of Lee
 And Jackson

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 29.-(By As sociated Press.)-David Lloyd George, wartime premier of Great Britain, paid tribute to the south today when he laid wreaths on the monuments here of Jackson and Lee during the course of a visit which took him over fields where were fought during the war between the states the seven days battle for the possession oi the Confederate capital.
 Accompanied by Dame Margaret Lloyd George, his daughter, Meegan, and many nobles of Great Britain and America, Lloyd George went over the historic ground from Seven Pines to Malvern Hill, where in the spring of 1862 the Federal forces under Gen eral Mcclellan were forced to retreat to the protection of the Union fleet in the James river. ef
 At several points he alighted from his automobile to get a better view of the historic ground and at one point walked at least two miles in order to obtain the fullest perspec- tive of the spot.
 Commenting upon press dispatches from Paris setting forth Premier Poincare's views on the adjustment of the German separations, David Lloyd George, former premier of Great Britain declared nere, topdy that if the French prime minister meant that there was to be no re- duction under any circumstances in the London total of "132,000,0 1000, 00o,- 900 marks then there wouldn't be any indtcement for Germany to do any thing"
 If there were a proper adjustment, he added, Germany probably would do her best to pay up.
 "Otherwise," he said, "she would lie down in the ring; lie down like tadpole in the mud"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
slOO,0O0 LOVE SUIT BOUGHT. IN FRAME-UP
Court Action Of Mrs. Helen Steele Said To Have Been Filed As Part Of Conspiracy To Break Clarke'S Power
 MISUSE OF KLUXERS' FUNDS AMONG CHARGES AffidavitS Assert Fake Threats Of Bloodshed Prevented Simmons From Seeking Re- Election As Imperial Wizard

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. Exchanges of misuse of funds of the Knights of he Ku KluX Klan, fee-splitting and efforts to secure the filing of breach of promise suit against l.. Y. Clarke, former head of the propagation de- partment of the klan, featured the reading in Fulton county court here today of a series of affidavits in ended to be used by the plaintiffs n the suit of David M. Rittenhouse and others for a receiver for the Knights of the Kl' KluX Klan.
 Only portion of the affidavits gathered by the plaintiffs were read today, Judge John D. Humphries ad- 1ourning court until tomorrow morn ing when the reading will be re- sumed.
 Two affidavits. made by Mrs. Helen for $100,000 against MT. Clarke, charging him with breach of prom ise, were read before Judge Humph- ries today. The affidavits made prior to the time of the filing of the suit tell of numerous meetings with Tom Akers, formerly employed in the publicity department of the kiaE, in which he endeavored to in duce her to file suit against MT. Clarke.
 Tells Of Phone Call.
 inc nrSt atflQaV1t tells or an al- eged telephone call from the im- 1erial palace of the Knights of the <u Klux Klan here during which she vas asked to call Dr. H. w. Evans, imperial wizard. She said she called he palace and was told to call an- rthar telephone number at s o'clock
 night of June 3, 1923. She call
 his number and a man represent
 himself as Dr. Evans answered 4s asked her to call at his office in he imperial palace, she said, but she was afraid and he then suggested she talk to a man named Campbell, but she also refused to do ihis. She was then asked to talk to Tom Akers, the man telling her to call Akers at the imperial palace. She related how she asked Wilbur Gordon, who she thought was a friend of b. Y. Clarke, about talking to Akers and was advised to find out what he wanted.
 She said that Akers made an ap- pointment with her the next morning and that he met her with an automo- bile. They went for ride and Ak CTS, she said, told her he sympathized with her in her trouble (she had been fll), saying a woman had called him and told him about her. Akers told ler, she said, that he knew she had been mistreated and asked if she :ould prove that, Clarke had been In
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
Grand Opera And Jazz Mix In London Cafe

LONDON, Oct. 2s.-Grand opera has taken off it's boiled shirt and begun to mix with jazz in London cabarets for the catch-weight musical champion ship.
 Deciding that if the public wouldn's go to grand opera, grand opera must be taken tt the public, the Carl Rosa conn pany, the leading British grand opera organization, arranged to present scenes from operas at a huge Picadilly circus restaurant.
 All the company's stars will participate and the regular cos tunes will be used.
 There is a catch in it, how ever, as only single scenes or acts will be presented; both be- cause a full performance would be too long fer diners and be- cause 1t is hoped that those who see a good scene will go to the theatre to hear the rest of the opera.
 The restaurant will be the scene of three performances a day, of half an hour each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
Attacks Evans For Attempt To Class Catholics And
 Jews With Negroes

NEW ORLEANS, Oct 29.-The declaration of H. w. Evans, imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, in an address at Dallas, Texas, last week that the Catholic, Jew and negro are three elements that cannot become good American citizens. brought a reply tonight from Gov. John M. Parker of Louisiana, in an address here on the Louisiana political sit uation in which he declared the issue in the present campaign Is klan and anti klan.
 The governor, who rented out of his own funds the largest auditorium in the city for the purpose of de- livering his address, devoted his re- marks largely to Louisiana politics, but much of his speech was about the klan as an organization in general.
 ''The important point about the imperial wizards speech" he said, is that 1t voiced the attitude of the Ku Klux I<lan as an organization towards these three clements. It places the Catholic and the Jew on the same scale as the negro as an Hundesirable.' :"
 "AppenI To Race Hatreds."
 "The policy of the imperial wizard IS the policy of the Louisiana klan, and that policy is to class Catholics and Jews with negroes as elements that defy assimilation" he continued after quoting excerpts from MT. Evans address. Tt is appealing to the bitter racial, religious hatreds and prejudices of the people who vote for its choice.
 q have pronounced the klan an infamous organization, the tenets of which violate the principles laid down in the Declaration of Inde- pendence' and desecrate the consti- tuition of the United States. Its inn perial wizard declares it to be a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
TERROR REIGN IS BROKEN IN
 'RED' SAXONY,
Cabinet And Ministers Quit Posts On Demand Of Dr. Heinze, Newly Appointed As Reich Commissioner V0N MUELLER PROHIBITS MEETING OF THE DIET 2
 German Central Government Apparently Holds Whip Hand Over Dr. Zeigner And His Radical Aides

BERLIN, Oct. 29.-(By Associated Press.) - Chancellor Stresemann's punitive expedition into red" Sax ony is still in the initial stages and it will be several days before it's further program reveals whether it is intended as something transcend ing the mere limits of a controversy
 With a federated state over the ques- tion of constitutional prerogatives.
 The chancellor of the reich has ap- pointed Dr. Carl Heinzs as commits sioner representing the reich in Sax ony. Dr. Heinze immediately de- manded the resignation of the Saxon cabinet and the ministers compiled with this demand, withdrawing from office at the time set by the com missioner. 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
 General Won Mueller, who com mands the reiehswehr in Saxony, pro- hibited the diet from meeting. What further steps are to be taken by the central government has not devel- .oped. The central government obvi- ously holds the whip hand over Dr. Zeigner and his radical administra- ton in that it has literally honey combed Saxony with reichswehr de- tachments, thus precluding the pos- sibility of physical outbreaks.
 Saw Need To Exert Power
 So far as competent political opin- ion in reichstag circles is concerned even down to the moderate socialists, it may be said the government s drastic procedure is being viewed as highly preferably to an attitude of waiting on the pleasure of the Saxon communists, who despite their minor ity in the zeigner ministry were rapidly becoming menace not only to Saxony, but to the other prole- tarian sections of Germany.
 Both the political and social situa- tion in Saxony had reached such a became convinced that it called for central government as Saxony was rapidly developing into an incubator for German bolshevism. The Berlin authorities were also impressed with the urgent need of giving the Saxon industrialists very necessary protec- tion against communist terrorizing in order to halt the economic col lapse with which the nations most prolific industrial and commercial sector was being threatened.
 Favor Zeigner's Removal
 While the socialist party and the labor federation are outwardly view ing President Ebert's armed invasion of Saxony with a show of impatience it is believed that both champions of (Continued on Page Fourteen)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
TWO INJURED AS AUTO HITS POLE
Nathan Pitts Probably Fatally Hurt And Brother, Ronda,
 Suffers LacerationS

Nathan Pitts. Chesterfield apart ments. was probably fatally injured and his brother, Ronda Pitts, Chester field apartments. was seriously in- jured at 12 o'clock Monday night al Fifth street and Third avenue when they were blinded by the lights of an automobile and drove their car into a telephone post and turned over.
 They were rushed to the Birming- ham Baptist hospital In passing au- tomohile, where Nathan Pitts is thought to be suffering from serious internal injuries. and Ronda Pitts with several scalp wounds and lacera- tions about the face and body.
 It was stated that two other pas sengers who were in the car at the time of the accident escaped without injury, and left the scene before their names could be learned by po- lice who investigated the accident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
WEED OUT'-COOLIDGE MESSAGE TO BANKERS
Declares Country Looks To Them
 To Clean Ranks

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-President Coolidge told group of investment bankers today that the country looked to them to weed out" those engaged in the banking business who do not maintain "a high standard of bality and honesty"
 Addressing the bankers who are here to attend the annual convention of the Investment Bankers Associa- lion of America, the President said 1t was almost impossible to weed out every undesirable elemnt, but the country has come to know that it can rely, upon the representations made by it's investment bankers
 Speakers at the first days sessions Of the convention declared that busi- hess conditions were good, were on a stable basis and gave every indica- tion of leading to a still better situ- : Iation. Among them was Secretary Wallace of the agricultural depart ment, who outlined the federal gov ,ernment's program of aiding the states in constructing and maintain Ing good roads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
iUNCONTESTED DIVORCE
 ACTIONS CLOG COURTS
New York Judges Figure On Decid-
 ing 60 a Day

Z NEW YORK, Oct 29.-The au- tumn divorce season is on. The free matinee attractions of the divorce
 ourts drew thousands of spectators
 Ionday, as 300 undefended actions pr separation were placed at the
 cad of the supreme court calendar.
 Three other judges in the building Shere the sensational w. E. D. Stokes case is on trial are nearing divorce cases, and the over- flow of spectators disappointed at )elng unable to crowd into the Stokes trial are finding solace in he testimony elsewhere.
 So jammed is the calendar with nncontested cases tha., in an effort Ffo clear them, the judges have set Themselves goal of 60 day for the Elext five days. From three to five Nyitl.esses are heard in each of the Masses, where either the wife or hus- Moand had decided not to oppose the Faction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30

GRAFT BRzBEs WoMN FTGURE ~ czSE 70 0UST KL4N H4 bs
PARKER BRANDS KHAN AN
 INSULT TO PROTESTANTISM

great Protestant organizations dedi- cated to 100 per cent Americanism l am a Protestant and the son of a long line of Protestants. 1 am a Mason and I say to him that when ever he proclaims Ku KluXism as a Protestant organization that he de- flames the memory of those holy men who bled and died in the fight against religious intolerance an in suits every intelligent Protestant in this land.
 And whenever he or his cohorts seek to hold the Protestant church of America up to the world as the oppressor of mankind, and the spon- sor of his kind of Americanism, then l for one Protestant shall declare that he lies"
 The governor reviewed the history of the klan in Louisiana through it's organization stage, then referred to the incident in Morehouso parish, where in August 1922, Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard of Mer Rogue were kidnapped by hooded men. Two Lafourche last December 9, were Identified as those of the two men.
 You are familiar with the out rage of Mer Rouge" he continued. "So long as the present generation lives, the horrible deaths of Daniels, the gallant soldier. and Richard, the mechanic, denied even the dogs right of defense will cause a shudder. You have read what followed. How the effort Of the state was baked at every turn by the klan when the at tempt was made to bring the perpe- trators of the outrage to justice. You heard the governor of Louisiana denounced for attempting to uphold the constitution and the law. You read the testimony of witnesses who swore that the oath of allegiance to the klan superseded their oath to the constitution"
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 Charges Ring Attempts "Comeback." :"
 Discussion of the political activi- ties of the llan was followed by ref erence to the present campaign.
 Stripped of all its niceties," lie said, this campaign is after all
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
GO TO ALABAMA, LATHROP ADVISES
Tells Washington Birming- ham Will Make All
 HuSt|erS Rich
WASHINGTON BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD Washington D C Oct 2Q

The fastest growing city of the south is Birmingham. That was the story brought to Washington today by Frank H. Lathrop, prominent citizen of the Magic City.
 MT. Lathrop has business here with the departments. He advised the young men to go to Alabama rather than the west, and predicted that Birmingham would make all hustlers rich in the future.
 Walter Moore. chairman of the state democratic executive commit tee and Birmingham coal operator is another visitor today. Mir Moore has business with the departments and while here will consult Cordell Hull, chairman of the national com mlttee.
 Other Alabamians registered to- night are John D. McNeel, Gunter O'Rear and Charles E. Rice, all of Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
COURTHOUSE NOW
 FLOATS NEW FLAG.
Provision Made When Atten- ton Is Called By Legion To
 Absence Of C0IorS

The American flag was floating from the highest pinnacle of the court house dome Monday for the first received from the Birmingham post of the Amerioan Legion a few weeks ago reminding the county officials that, as public building. sthe court house was expected to display the national colors from time to time and especially on national holidays In commenting on this letter county officials said that no lack of respect was intended by failure to display the flag on such occasions. but the one formerly used had been lost and through an oversightla a new one had not been provided. The court house custodian was immediately instructed to see that the need was supplied.
 Formerly the only flag to be ob- served in that part of the city was the British Jack, flying over the Brit ish vice consulate just across the street from the court house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
DYNAMITE CARS CRASH
Run Wild Into Passenger Train, But
 Don't Explode

JOPLIN, Mo, Oct 29-Three freight cars loaded with dynamite and running wild crashed into the front end of St. Louis 6 San Fran cisco passenger train near Carl Juno tton, Mo, northwest of here late to- day without exploding.
 The cars containing the exposives sent the engine of the passenger train into the ditch and piled over on it. Fire from the locomotive iGnited two of the cars, endangering the lives of passengers. The passenger train was not derailed, however, and it was pulled out of danger. No injuries were reported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
VALUE HUSBAND AT S235
Court Makes Low Award To Frances
 Most Unlucky Widow

PARIS, Oct. 29--A French court has valued husband at $235 in the case of Mime. Dubois, probably the unluckiest widow in France.
 Her first husband was killed in an automobile accident, in which herself was badly injured, At the age of 53, she remarried; her second husband, who was 62. was killed a few min utes altar the wedding ceremony when the motor car in which the couple were starting on their honey moon was struck by a street car.
 Mime. Dubois sued the company on the grounds of mental anguish caused by lcsing her second husband. She was awarded S235. 4.s A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
3 HURT IN S50O,O0O FIRE

men were seriously burned and prop erty loss estimated at S500.000 was caused by fire which swept Plant No. 8 of the Chestnut & Smith corpora = tion. eight miles northwest of here, late Monday. The men burned were Sid Williams, chief engiueef G. Aa Seibert engineer, ana Harper j. Haney. helper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
EXPLAIN U. s. PAY PLAN
America To Be Reimbursed Fol
 Rhine Expense In IF Years

HHEhe FINpthSe Tn IF Years
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-Under an agreement with the British foreign office, the state department made public tonight correspondence sup plemental to the agreement with the allied powers covering method by which the United States will be re- imbursed ill IF years for the costs of the American army of occupation on the Rhine.
 The text of the agreement itself was given to the press on May 25 last, but the correspondence given out tonight discloses the wording of paragraph in the original draft agreement which was stricken out of the final document.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
BACK COOP MARKETING

OMAHA. Neb.. Oct 29.-(By Asso- ciated s,)-The agricultural com mission of the American Bankers association, after two hours of spir- ited debate, rassed by an unani- nous vote this afternoon a resolution affirming it's faith in orderly mar keting of crops and in the efficiency of the cooperative marketing idea. with the provision that organizations employing this idea be conducted on sound economic principles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
BOUGHT OUT OIL PAPER

FORT WORTH. Tex, Oct. 2s.-- Frank disclosure by H. E. Robinson. defendant, of how Fort Worth oil promoters raised R purse of s15,000 last winter to buy out a weekly local paper, the Independent Oil and Eli nancial Reporter, which had been printing purported exposes of the pro- motion game, featured the trial of Dr. Frederick A. Cook on fraud charges here Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
FULL-FLEDGED REPUBLIC
Turkish Proclamation Issued As Matt
 ter of FOrm

LONDON. Oct 29.--A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Constantinople says the Angora assembly proclaimed Turkey re- public Monday. Mustapha Kemal was elected President.
 Provisions for a republic was em- bodied in the new Turkish constitu- tion. The proclamation Mo nday was said here to be matter of form.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-30
STEINMETZ BURIED
Simple Funeral For Great Genius Of
 Electrical World

SCHENECTADY, N Y, Oct. 2s.- The simplicity which characterized the daily life of pr. Charles P. Stein- metz, genius of the electrical world, who died in his home here Friday morning, surrounded his burial this afternoon.
 His half-sister, Miss Clara Stein- metz of New York city, and his adopted son, Leroy Hayden, and fam fly, with a few intimate friends, alone attended the half-hour service in the Steinmetz home, although outside the house 300 gathered to pay last reverence. Rev. Ernest Caldecott, pastor of AlhSaints Unitarian church, offciatcd, assisted by Rev. A. w. Clark, former pastor.