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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
BANS CAMPAIGN GIFTS BY UTILITY
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cent and at rate of discount, which will bring in at least 90 per cent Of par. the commission said this rate '1s considerably in excess of the cost of money to other utilities In this state who are more conservatively financed" and Improper financing brought over from the period when this commission did not have con trol over the issue of stocks and bonds resulted in this case in over capitalization and compels the com pany to sell it's securities at dis advantage"
 To Benefit Rate Payers.
 The s5oo.oo0 in preferred stock vii! be issued to the Metropolitan Gas and Electric company, which will cover the same amount of floating debt which is due the Metropolitan company. The commission said the retirement of the floating debt with the preferred stock issue would benefit the rate payers in Mobile be- cause the preferred stock could not draw dividends until they have been earned while the interest charge on the floating debt is placed against operating expenses.
 In discussing the refinancing proj- ect of the Mobile Gas company in the opinion, the commission made the following statement regarding cam paign contributions.
 Nothing perhaps so much as the situation presented in refinancing brings home to the utility and to the commission the necessity of a strict observance of the law requir- ing at all times honest, efficient and economical management of its op- eratioLs and affairs. The commits sion el.joins such management not only upon the petitioner but upon all other public utilities the regulation and control of which we are charged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
KIan Officials Return
 To Atlanta Thursday

Col. W. J. Simmons, emperor of the Ku Klux Klan. and Dr. Fred E. John ston of San Antonio, Texas. chief of staff of the Simmons faction. accom- panied by an escort of friends. left Birmingham for Atlanta early Thurs day morning, 1t was learned later during the day. Fear for the life of Colonel Simmons is said to have caused their precipitSte departure.
 Colonel Simmons has been attend ing the bedside of his aged mother, Mrs l.. E. Simmons, who has been undergoing treatment of & fractured left arm at the T. c. l. infirmary in Fairfield. She is now at the home of relatives in Ensley.
 pr. Johnston came to Birmingham Wednesday to inform Colonel Sim mons of developments following the shooting and killing of W. S. Coburn, Atlanta attorney, by Phillip Fox, klan publicity man. Dr. Johnston said Fox had threatened to kill him and Colonel Simmons also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
MT. Cuyler Rem
4 SENTENCED IN MOREHOUSE CASE
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odom said the mitigating circum- stances prevented him from pro- nouncing the maximum penalty of $10 fine and ten days in jail. The sheriff had given permission for the raid but even with this permission the law had been violated, the court declared.
 was not armed when he entered the Braddock home. When the defend ants marched up before the judge with Skipwith at the head of the pro- cession Judge Odom asked If they had anything to say before he pro- nounced sentence.
 well, Judge" Captain skipwith said, "If I'd say anything 1t wouldn't go any good. you wouldn't believe
 ''That goes for me, too." Mcintosh
 Attorneys for T. Jeff Burnett, who was convicted yesterday of assault with a dangerous weapon in connec- ton with the hold up of Harry Neel- is, near Bastrop last year, argued up on & motion for a new trial. The court took the motion under advise Went.
 skipwith, Mcintosh. Pickett and Pratt also were charged with "con~ spiracy to compel a nan to leave home" relating to the Braddock raid. Both sides rested testimony offered on the firearms case but the defense attacked the meaning of the word conspiracy" in relation to the spe- cific charge. This also was taken under advisement.
 The court reversed decision in the case of Harley Rogers, identified by Neelis as the companion of Burnett on the day be was. held up. Neelis said Rogers was unarmed but the state made the point he was equally culpable.
 The cases grew out of operations of bands of masked and unmasked men in Warehouse parish last year, which reached a climax with the kid naping of Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard. Two u-utilated bodies found in Lake Lafourche. four months later were identified as those of the miss in gmen. Governor Parker attrib- uted the crimes to the Ku Klux klan and great importance is at tached to the misdemeanor trials for the state expects to develop leads which 1t hopes will result in the fix ing of the responsibility of the Dan iei-R Richard tragedy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
SEES PROFIT ID U. $. IN PROPOSAL
Alabama Senator ReiterateS His Stand In Favor Of
 Detroit Man

SPARTANBURG, S. C., Nov. g. United States Senator oscar w. Un- derwood declared In statement given out this morning that he was heartily in favor of leasing the Mus cie Shoals nitrate and power plant to Henry Ford for period Of lOO years. He briefly outlined the Ford offer. quoting figures purportlng to show how the government would profit by it, and said:
 Ford proposes to take over Mus cle Shoals for period of 100 years. He guarantees to manufacture 4O'- 900 tons of concentrated nitrate every year. This Is equal to the amount of Chilean nitrate that we import every year. He proposes further to make 1t available to the farmer in fer tilizer form far cheaper than the man of the soil can buy it now. Says Demands Simple.
 His demands are simple and will be of profit to the government. He wants the two dams completed. For this he will pay the government four per cent on the cost of completion; will set aside an amortization fund that will pay the government the en- tire cost of completing the dams and at the end of the 100 years he will turn the dams back to the govern ment.
 Therefore, the government will get the dams. the principal and the four per cent. Is that not profitable? :? In addition MT. Ford will pay the government eight per cent turn over in times of peace and will re- turn the plant to the government in time of war.
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 Sees Three Benefits.
 We must remember that MT. Ford or the corporation that will run the plant after his death must rebuild the entire plant at least three times dur ing those 100 years. To guarantee this corporation he will put 10000 GOO into it. The entire offer is of benefit in three ways: To the gov- ernment; to the people and to MT. Ford"
 Senator Underwood touching on the rum running issue said that if the law enforcing officers were more Jealous in their work the rum fleets along the coast would not be so prevalent.
 If the proper attention was given to the work these piratical high sea bootleggers could be driven from the coasts" he said
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WALTON IS FACING CHARGE OF GRAFT
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tCOM F hUHn o6C o'~s aered any service to the guard, She sdiutant general replied that he had not served the guard directly" He said that upon request of the gov ernor, Edwards had been assigned to the executive offices. He declared that neither Edwards, who was com niissioned a major, nor Martin, who was made a lieutenant, had taken the examination or been sworn in regu- larly.
 Martin testified that he had guard ed the governors residence and that he held a commission in the Okla homa national guard.
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 "Just Stick Around"
 He. replied with brief negatives to questions as to whether he had taken the guard examination, been issued . uniform or had previous military experience. He testified that the only orders he received were from the governor. who told him to just stick around"
 Governor Walton entered the sem ate chamber promptly at the opening o1 the trial with Mrs. Walton on his arm. They took their places at the defense counsel table. and after a few minutes the executive lighted his cob pipe. He smoked throughout the afternoon, with little apparent con- cern over the proceedings.
 The senate galleries were packed and nearby corridors were filled with persons unable to gain admittance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
Says South To Blame

GREENVILLE, S. C., Nov. s.-De- claring that the south has only her self to blame for failure to receive proper recognition from the govern ment in various ways, attacking the interstate commerce commission be- cause, he said, discriminatory freight rates exist, and asserting that he ex- poets the movement southward of textile manufacturers to continue in the United States. Senator Oscar w. Underwood of Alabama, candidate for the democratic presidential nomina- tion, today delivered two luncheon addresses here.
 Tonight he spoke before the am nual banquet of the Greenvflle Cham Der of Commerce and more than 1,2O0 persons had reserved seats to hear him.
 Not through any fault but our own has the south lost the golden op- portlnities that have presented them selves in years past Senator Under wood told the Kiwanis club.
 The reason is merely our fear of g shadow that does not exist" he continued. 'The war between the states today is no more a fact than the war of the roses because the two sides have long co-mingled. The whole fault lies with us because we have surrendered to a shadow and we have surrendered material in terests of our business and conse- Quently of our communities and our firesides."
 Senator Underwood discussed the interstate commerce commission, de- claring that the south is virtually without representation thereon, even though members are named from geographical districts.
 Balancing of railroads budgets rest, in the end, with this commis sion," he said. Railroad rates flard- ly can be lower because of increased expenses the roads face. but the com mission can see to it that discrimina- tory rates do not exist. As a single example such inequalities now ex- clude from the eastern markets, the iron and steel of portions of the south, which enjoyed before the war, good business in the east"
 The senator said the south should have three members on this commits sion of eleven.
 What I have said about the inter- state commerce commission" he de- clared, lis true practically of all gov- ernment commissions"
 T am glad to see tho cotton mills coming south, and to Greenvtlle, said Senator Underwood, before the Lions club.
 T recall very well how Greenville and the other towns along this route appeared to me years ago when l made my first trips to Washington I was glad to see the move ment of northern cotton mills to the south, for that is where they be- long"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
BUSINESS MAN IS DEAD OF INJURIES
James s. DoWdelI Of Mont gomery Expires After Be-
 ing Hit By Taxicab
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU 1
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 James S. Dowdell, well known business man of Montgomery, died late Thursday afternoon from in juries received when he was struck by an automobile when crossing a street in the city a few days ago. MT Dowden was one of the first real estate and insurance men in the state, being a member of the Capital City Real Estate and Insurance com pany, later forming the company known as Dowdell-Josep Real Es- tate company.
 MT. Dowdell was 67 years old and had been an official member of Court Street church for 25 years. He IS survived by his widow, one son, T. Joseph Dowdell, an attorney of Mont gomery, and two daughters, Mrs Armstead Brown and Mrs. H. A Washington, both of Miami Fla. Flu neral services will be conducted Fri daV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
High Court Decisions
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
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MontgOmery. Ala. Nov. 8

 Decisions announced by the supreme court Thursday follow:
 ANDERSON, c. J.:
 Jefferson Island Salt company vs E. J. Longyear Co.,, Jefferson circuit court: affirmed. J. E. Kumpe, Lawrence circuit court (eQ); reversed and remanded.
 SOMERVILLE, J.:
 A. c. L. R. R. Go. vs. J. g. Carroll Mercantile company, Pike circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 Willis Dabbs vs. Arthur Letson Jefferson circuit court; affirmed. W. P. Brewer vs. E. P. Ewart, Jef- ferson circuit court; reversed, rem dered and remanded. Robert Bickerstaff, administrator, vs. I. c. R. R. Co.,, Marion circuit court; affirmed.
 Alabama Fuel and Iron company vs. Cora Minyard, ct al. administrative, St. Clair circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 North Alabama Railroad company vs. J. L. Henson. Franklin circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 THOMAS, J.: Ex parte Mrs. J. R. Ballard (W. o. W. vs Ballard). petition for certiorari to court of appeals; writ denied,
 R. w. BucKner vs. w. F. Graves ct al. Blount circuit court; affirmed. Barbara ROCKS Vs. SWHt N So', Etowah circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 New Morgan County Building and Loan association vs. Lillian M. Plem mons, Morgan circuit court; reversed and remanded.
 BOULDIN, J.:
 Florina Pearson vs. City of Bir- mingham, Jefferson circuit court; af- firmed.
 Stella Dersis. at al. ys. John Dersis, ct al, Jefferson circuit court (eQ); affirmed.
 Southern Railway company vs. A. c. Chestnut, Jefferson circuit court; affirmed.
 Clair circuit court affirmed.
 Charlie Williams vs. James E. Will son, ct al, Franklin court; (eq af- firmed.
 Southern Railway company vs. Thomas Can't, administrator. Morgan circuit court. affirmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
RAILROADS EXPECT
 RECORD BUS|NES ESS
Plan Expansion For Even More Freight Hauling
 In Year Of 1924

NEW YORK, Nov. S.-(By Asso- ciated Press )-The Association of Railway executives and the American Railway association. in joint session at the Yale club today, laid down a program for expansion based upon predictions that 1924 would equal, if not surpass, the record breaking freight hauling business of 1923.
 Both associations adopted a report drawn by the A. R. A. board of di- rectors announcing that 244 million dollars remained to be spent by roads of the nation in distribution their 1923 appropriations for new locomo- itves, cars, equipments and repairs.
 They also outlined a plan for fur ther stimulation of efficiency along all lines, and for continued mutual cooperation between rail executives and the public to the end that this years record for high tonnage rapidly transported-witho the usual car shortages, congestion and embargoes might be equalled under continued industrial prosperity in 1924.
 Holden Reelected.
 Hale Holden, president of tho Chi cago, Burlington and Quincy, was re- elected chairman of the A. R. E. ex- ton, head of the Canadian National railways was elected to the commit tee, bringing the membership to 36, and J. J. Bernet, president of the Nickel Plate, was chosen to succeed W. L. Ross, former vice president and receiver of the Clover Leaf line.
 The A. R. A. will elect officers at the April meeting when the associa- tion will outline a financial program for the guidance of it's 240 member roads for 1924, at the expiration of the s1,5o0. .000, 900 budget for 1928, upon which the roads now are work ing.
 At the close of the business season, the A. R. A. voted to establish at Yale university an association of rail- way executives chair of transporta- tion in honor of the late Thomas De- Witt Cuyler, the chairman to be main tained by voluntary subscriptions by individual roads.
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 MT. Cuyler Remembered.
 Approval of the memorial was ac- companied by a resolution of appreci- ation to the memory of Mir. Cuyler who as chairman of the association, rendered for more than four years service of exceptional value, declining any compensation whatever therefor. MT. Cuyler died last year, after a long career in the high places of railroad business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
Pd 70 Muscle Shoals 70 Ford For 100 Years

than 10 per cent in year, was re- ported at meeting of the executive committee of the general assembly stewardship committee held here on Thursday.
 ance of the Presbyterian progressive program, which calls for the rais- ing of $4,750,00o next March as the yearly contribution to benevolences. The next meeting will be held in Att lanta, December 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
OpERATIC DIRECTOR DIES

NEW YORK, Nov. S.-Concluding the final chords of "The Miserere,7 on a piano in his studio, Richard Nicosia. widely known as an operatic coach and director, was seized with apoplexy tonight and died soon afterward. MT. Nicosia once was director of the English Aborn Opera company. Many singers who have appeared in both the Metropolitan and Chicago Opera companies have been uttered by him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
JOHN DOE OUTDONE
Three HIea Rise When Frsnk Shit
 Is Called In Court

Three 1Ien Rise When Frwnk Smith
 Is Called In Court
 SAN DIEGO, Cal, Nov. 8.-"John Doe'' was outdone in San Diego police court yesterday.
 "The people vs. Frank Smith," an- nounced the bailiff Three men arose and came to his desk.
 (Which of you is Frank Smith?' the bailiff asked.
 II am," chorused the three men. They were sorted according to weight, age, etc, and Identified as: Frank Smith, No. 1--fned s5 for improper parking.
 Frank Smith No. 2--assessed SIC for indscret operation of his auto mobile in public street.
 Frank Smith No 3-held in default of $500 bail on a vagrancy charge. ''All other Frank Smiths dismissed,' said the judge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
RAILROADS SUED

FORT SMITH, Ark, Nov. S.-Forty- two railroads have been made de- fendants to complaint filed with the interstate commerce commission by the Harding Glass company of this city. The peution seeks adjustment of freight rates on window glass from Fort Smith to Texas points. The present rates are alleged to be un- just and unreasonable and unduly preferential to Shreveport shippers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
MAYOR IS REELECTED

MEMPHIS, Tenns Nov. s.-Unof- ficiaI returns from 61 of 73 precincts of the vote cast Tn today's municipal election, tabulated by the Commercial Appeal at midnight, gave Mayor Rowlett Paine, candidate for re- election on a platform which included an anti-klan plank, 9,772 votes; W. Joe Wood, who was indorsed by the klan, 6.063, and Lewis T. Fitzhugh, also an anti-klan candidate, 2,447.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
BIG SEW ORLEANs RoBpERY

NEW ORLEANS, La, Nov S.-Dia- monds and Jewelry valued at approx imately $17,0O0 and $1,0O0 in bank notes were stolen from safe in the home of Mrs. Boyland s. Leathers, widow of steamboat captain, some time during last Sunday. Mrs, Leathers reported to the police today. The robbery occurred while Mrs. Leathsrs was visiting her husband's s grave at a local cemetery, she told The DOlice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
MOTHER AND CHILD BURNED

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. S.-Dash- flames which had enveloped her 7-year- old son, Mrs. Ida B. Petty was severely burned here tonight and her home destroyed. The child Is in a hospital in serious condition. The flames were started by the child when he attempted to start fire by uSing coal oil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
LAST MINUTE
 WIRE BRIEFS
COL. TROY INDORsED

MONTGOMERY Ala, Nov. S.-(Spe- cial.)-Col. Alex Troy, secretary Of the court of appeals and secretary of the Alabama State Bar associa- tion since it was organized many years ago, was indorsed for the latter position under the reorganization plan by the Montgomery Bar association today.
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turn it must meet such just condi- tions of the law. This commission owes it to the rate payers, to the purchasers of utility securities and to the utilities themselves to keep this requirement. of law before them at all times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
APPEAL TO COOLIDGE
President Asked To Stop Bootleggtng
 Near Veteryns' Hospitals

WASHINGTON, Nov 8,-President Coolidge was appealed to today to stop bootlegg ging in the vicinity of veterans hospitals.
 Mccarthy Chapter No. 8, Disabled American Veterans, all the members of which are patients at hospital No. 37 at Waukesha, Wis, in a resolution forwarded here protested to MT. Cool idge, as well as all others having to do with law enforcement, against conditions in the vicinity of that in stitution, which were described as "unbearable and deplorable."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09

early ITlal anu Wllu NlTS. FOX CaITy- ing on the work of shaping the de- fense.
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 No Counsel Employed.
 No counsel has been announced yet for Fox, although it is reported at torneys are coming here from Dallas, Texas, Foxs former home, with a party of relatives and friends.
 Colonel Simmons declared today that he could not yet say whether he would aid in the prosecution of Fox,
 Commenting on the reported plot to assassinate officials of the klan, the emperor said:
 If l should be one of those, who- ever commits the deed will kill 6 friend and not foe, for l hold no hatred or ill-will toward any man, woman or child"
 The emperor and MT. Clarke ex- changed affectionate greetings when they met at the colonefs home. With them were pr. Johnston and John A, Coyle They discussed klan affairs at length. It was later said that Clarke, known as one of the prime movers in organization of the klan, told newspaper men that he will hereafter have no part in klan activi- ties, except as advisor to the em- perOr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
PRESBYTERIAN INCREASE

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov. B. An increase in membership of the Presbyterian church, totaling n.ore
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under the law. The utilities must practice the strictest economy con- sistent with maintenance of efficien- cy and good service.
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 "Opposed To Public Policy"
 "Contributions to political cam paigns not only will not be allowed to be charged to cost of operation, but will always be condemned by this commission as improper and op- posed to public policy, even though they may be treated lightly by some other tribunals. Donations to public benevolences by utilities must not be charged to operations.
 "The utility has no right either in law or morals to make gifts out of the pockets of the rate payers. The promise of our statute to the utility of a fair net return on the reasonable value of its property de- voted to the public service is pre- dicted upon honest, efficient and economical management Before the utility can justly demand such re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-09
Dr. Evans Is Found

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. s.-Dr H. ". Evans, imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, will arrive here to- morrow to confer with Indiana klans- men and to address a meeting at Fort Wayne Saturday, according to an an- nouncement tonight by Milton Elrod, editor of the Fiery Cross, klan publi- cation.
 MT. Elrod's statement, which he said, was in answer to dispatches from Atlanta, Ga, in which William Joseph Simmons, emperor of the klan, issued a challenge to Dr. Evans ito come out in the open and give the public the facts" in connection with the shooting of William S. Coburn by Phillip E. Fox, publicity agent of the klan, followed announcement by the editor that national propagation headquarters of the organization had been moved to Indianapolis from Att lanta.
 No Attempt To Hide.
 According to Mir. Elrod, there has been no attempt of pr. Evans to hide, as the Simmons statement accuses him of doing. MT. Elrod declared pr. Evans was in conference with klan officials in the east two days ago and is coming, to Indiana to be the chief speaker at a meeting of klans- men at Fort Wayne Saturday. At that time, 1t was asserted, he will make public a statement regarding the shooting.
 MT. Elrod said it was decided at the conference in the east that Evans owed no statement to the public and an explanation would be given to klansmen themselves. pr, Evans was not in Atlanta at the time of the shooting, it was declared by Eirod.
 Details regarding Evans stay In Indianapolis between the time of ar rival and his departure for Fort Wayne are being closely guarded by officials, who would not make public where he will stay while in the city, what time he will arrive or when he will leave for Fort Wayne.