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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20

and his Identification by the Light
ner negro, DR.. Bowling stated that
Newman's voice sounded similar to
that of the man who asked for him
on the night of the flogging. Police
contend that Newman was the ring
leader of the party that administered
the beating to DR.. Bowling.
The attempted flogging of Daniels,
Which led to the reopening of the
bowling episode. occurred last Mon
day night. Four men appeared at
Daniels house in North Birmingham
an represented themselves to be Of
ficers. Daniels accompanied them to
their car when told they wanted him
f'r alleged violations of the liquor
law. He was blindfoded and placed
In the bottom of the car with pistol
held against each side of his head.
lie seized one of the pistols, leaped
from the car and made his escape
when it went over a rough place on
the Lewisburs road.
gun battle ensued between him
and his captors. Police, working on
the theory that VERIFY, who was
taken to the South Highlands in
Urinary suffering from pistol wounds
coincident with the KIDNAPPING, had
been wounded in the battle, began
the investigation which bids fair to
clear up q number of floggings
which have cccuri ed In Birmingham
DUN the last two years. Their
first intiration that Newman was
connected with lie case came when
ii was learned that he was the man
who had taken VERIFY TO the hospital.
From these facts they have worked
out a chain OF evidence. not being
presented before the grand jury, that
is expected to entanEle at least five
men in the DowlIng flogKlng.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
THE AGE-HERALD
Montgomery. Ala, Feb. I9

NUHIgOUItFyt hId,f Teb. TO
Bids were opened by the state
highway commission Monday for the
construction of federal and state,
aid roads in Crenshaw and Bibbl
counties. The Crenshaw road will
start near Fullers' cross roads and
will run to Brantley via Luverne
distance of 20 miles.
Stanley and Singer of Lafayette
were low bidders for this contract,
their bid being $4,000 for road
work and $4,000 for bridge work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
sPINIsTERs SPARKLE

The Spinisters conventions held in
Mignon this week proved the most
enjoyable local talent affairs that the
people have enjoyed for quite while.
Every character seemed to like their
part, and the house responded time
after time in echoes of laughter. The
place was packed and the money
realized by the Methodist church was
p very nice little sum.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
BIRMINGHAM PASTOR SPEAKS

Rev. j. NJ. Thompson of Birming-
ham is conducting a series of meet
ings at the Wesleyan Methodist.
church here and is being greeted
with large crowds, Miss Ruby Lever.
of Bessemer sings solo at this
church each evening. The members
Of the church are putting on a cam
raign to raise s1.S00 to pay off an
indebtedness on the parsonage and
remodel and paint the church.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
TO HONOR wAsHINGToN

The Get-together club will cele-
brate George Washington's birthday
with a special Washington program.
The evening will be divided in three
events. the local talent minstrel show,
the George Washington pantomine
and the Washington party and dance.
whole place.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
MIssIoNARY MEET OPENS

The North Alabama Woman's Mis-
sionary Conference will open here
tomorrow night at 1880 o'clock at the
First Methodist church. DR.. Claude
O'Rear, pastor of the church, WILL
have charge of the devotional SER
vices. Delegates will begin arriving
tomorrow morning and a large at
tendance is expected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
ATTEND LAYMEN,s MEETING

Delegates from the Broad Street
Presbyterian church to the confer
ence of laymen to be held at Jack
sonville, Fla, as one of great Sc
ries of conferences in the Southern
Presbyterian church. will leave Tues
day afternoon in company with p.
r. ShanlSs, one of six speakers Sc
lected from the foremost men OF the
Presbyterian church.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20

NesIected coughs and colds lead 70
influenza. la grippe, asthma and
bronchitis, and the old method of
letting 1t run Its course" is rapidly
giving way to preventive treatment.
Three generations of users have tes-
titled to the quick relief given by
Foley's Honey and Tar from coughs.
colds, Group. throat. chest and bron-
chial trouble. Contains no oplates-
ingredients printed on the wrapper.
Refuse limitations and substitutss.-
Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
FIRE ALARMS HOTEL GUESTS

Guests in the Southern hotel were
aroused at 4:30 o'clock this morn
ing by smoke in the building and
many of them made hasty toilets,
ready to descend to the street, be-
fore it was discovered that the blaze
was of little consequence. Flooring
in a lowe rhall way was found burn
ing by Night Clerk Holley. 1t was
quickly extinguished without doing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
ATTEND MEEyIL CONFERENCE

w. 3. Christenberry, John Blake.
county farm agent. and John Duna-
way have been appointed by Presi-
rent Morris Hohenberg of the Cham
Der of Commerce to represent that
body al the national boil weevil con-
ference to be held in Atlanta Febru-
ary 90-21
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
DOINGS OF DAY
IN WASHINGTON

Members of the farm bloc in the
House launched drive for action on
rural credits legislation.
Another resolution proposing an
economic conference
was introduced by Senator owen.
democrat, of Oklahoma.
On the reconvening of the supreme
court, after three-weeks recess, Ed
ward 7. Sanford OF Tennessee was
sworn In as an associate justice.
Shipping legislation received a set
back. the Senate voting ~ to 40 not
to table a motion to lay 1t aside and
take UP the filled milk bill.
The House rules committee, by a
e-to-s vote, refused to report a reso-
luton giving Henry Ford's offer for
Muscle Shoals right of way in the
House.
A unanimous decision was reached
by the House ways and means COM
mittee to recommend that the House
accept Senate changes in the British
debt funding bill.
Favorable report OF a resolution
providing for submission to the states
of a child labor constitutional amend
ment was ordered by the Senate ju-
dietary committee.
enable them to cooperate in running
the railroads.
1T was to reach a fair compromise
between the parties" the court con-
tinued, with regard to the legal
rights upon which each side might
insist in a court of law. It is to
give expression to its Views of the
moral obligation of each side as
members of society to agree on a
basis of running. in the public in
terest.
THE only limitation upon the
boards decision Is that they should
establish a standard of conditions,
which. in its opinion, Is just and rea-
sonable. The jurisdiction of the
board to direct the parties to do
what it deems they should do is not
to be limited by their constitutional
ity beyond its Jurisdiction could be
enjoined.''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
srIGNoN on TOR AGAIN

Last night a big crowd of people
witnessed two lively basketball
games when the Mignon bunch
cleaned up the Camp Mcclellan team
by score of "a to %.
The Mignon school team also de-
feated the Walco school team by a
score of 81 to 1s. This is one of
the little teams in the state ana
they have never seen a defeat. w
Johnson never knows when to stop
making points.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20

Many anxious Inquiries were heard
about the streets today as to the
condition of j. ID. Allison one of the
leading men in Dallas county and a
power in the Richmond neighbor-
hood. who is seriously i'll at his home
at Richmond.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20

FUNDS AT HAND TO SURVEY
M0BILE-BALDWIN BRIDGE

MOBILE. Ala, Feb. 19.-(Special)
complete survey of the Mobile
Baldwin bridge project by engineers
of the state highway commission will
be started within a short time, fol-
lowing action of the county board of
revenue today in increasing it's APP
preparation for the survey from $500
to sl,259, and the promise by members
OF the city commission that 1t would
increase its appropriation by SINH
lar amount.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
ERIGID IN SELMA.

Selma has experienced The coIdest
weather of the past two years since
Saturday night, when the thermome-
ter dropped below freezing and ny
drants and many water pipes were
found frozen stiff on Sunday morn
ing, when the thermometer stood at
% at a. m.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
WILL REBUILD SCHOOL

Men and women of Casey neigh
borhood, meeting separately Friday
afternoon and evening, raised si,foO
toward the building OF a new school
house to replace the one burned last
week. The community plans to raise
$4,000 in order to claim the state
money available, one dollar from the
state for every two raised by the
community. County funds viii also
be used in rebuilding, and it is prob
able that $4,000 win be expended.
Plans for a new school contemplated
by the Casey consolidated schooi
board had just arrived before the
old building burned, a survey for
the purpose OF drawing the plans
having been made recently by r. Il.
Ledbetter, rural school supervisor,
who visited Carlowville. Casey and
Tyler. where extensive Improvements
will be made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
W|NTRY WEATHER
HITS SELMA WITH
COAL PILE CONE
Temporary Famine Due to
Transportation Troubles.
viii Rebuild School, Fire
Ar0useS Hotel Guests

SELMA, Ala, Feb. 19.-(Special.)-
Not a pound of coal could be had
early this morning in Selma. De-
liveries were suspended at the yards,
owing to the shortage, and long lines
of wagons and carts, trucks and
horse-drawn vehicles were constantly
on hand Monday morning, attempt
ing TO secure coal.
Coal dealers We're harassed all day
with numbers of imperative demands
which it was impossible to fill. and
orders were taken and filed for de-
livery later in the week, when cars
roll into Selma. The situation in
Selma is said to be acute, but it is
believed that no real suffering will
result. Many persons burned wood
today from necessity, but supplies
of wood are not large and will soon
be exhausted.
Efforts to have the ruling changed
under which one big coal mining
company is able to secure from the
railroads approximately 10 of the 20
cars available on the division daily
leaving approximately five cars to be
divided between other mines, will be
made. it is believed, in order to re-
move the discrimination from local
coal dealers, two of whom represent
the mines unable to get enough cars
to send out their coal.
A telegram from the Chamber or
Commerce was sent this morning to
Lamar letters, representative of this
district in Congress, in reply to
telegram of inquiry from Mr.. JET
farc
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
FREMEN KEPT on RUN

An epidemic of small fires that
started in Mobile last Friday con-
tinued today with a total OF 10 calls
answered by firemen before the noon
hours. The department Sunday an
swered "a calls and at one time every
truck in the city was busy extin-
gushing fires. The department for
the month has up to date answered
Us calls for fires, the total loss not
reaching over $4,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-20
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You can be sure Of this, nature has ne
substitute for red blood-cells. Pimple-
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The Washington times., 1923-05-25
FIRE HERO AND HEROINE
MARRY AFTER is YEARS

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 25.-A
romance begun fifteen years ago.
when both were in danger of death
~ they battled a great fire, has re-
suited in the marriage of Miss Jose
phine kasselman, modiste, and John
A. Cameron, mounted policeman.
At the time of the Neave building
fire in 1908, one of the biggest fires
in this city, they were outstanding
figures in the work of rescuing
dozens Of girls employed in the build,
ing. Cameron won a Carnegie medal
and 81 900 and the modiste was listed
at fire department headquarters as a
heroine.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
THINK WOMAN CONCERNED
IN Ex.SENATOR'S DEFAULT

= TRENTON, n. j., May 25.-The
woman theory in the flight and en-
bezzlement of former State Senator
James Fl. Hammond was taken up
by authorities here on finding in
Hammond's office a card bearing
woman's name and address in West
Medford, Mass. A fur piece from
a New York furrier was also found
among Hammond's effects.
The statement of Samuel H. Bull
lock, trust officer of the Trenton
Banking Company, who visited
Hammond in New York last Sun
day. took new significance. Bull
lock said that when he tried TO per-
suade Hammond to return, the lat
ter replied: Sam, you don't know
all"
The Washington times., 1923-05-25

Secretary, U. 8. Department of Labor
and Member Advisory COuncH
Better Homes In America
(written expressly for and copyrighted
1928, by Cosmopolitan News SerVlCe)
Many people seem to believe that
Better Homes" week, which Will
be observed from June to III, all
over the United States, consists OF
a. demonstration of electric flatirons.
electric washing machines, gas not
water heaters, fireless cookers, new
tangled carpet sweepers, electric
pumps, radio equipment ana Things
Of that general nature.
OF course, these are all right, sna
we need them in the home, and 1t
IN right that we should have them,
for they save much hard work Tor
the women of the household.
Now, if the people will add TO
these new things some of the old
fashioned real home building prln'
cinles. which were more in effect
when I was a youngster than they
are today. l believe the Better
Homes" idea will be fulfilled In
wonderful way by the combination.
| am old-fashioned enough to be-
ueVe In the nome III Which, IAAOA y 80
more respect shown by children to
their parents than is shown in
many of the present-day homes;
where kindly discipline is the rule
rather than the exception, for a
home without discipline is no real
American home.
Parents are guilty of contributory
negligence when children do not
honor them, and there is a double
responsibility in this, for If you
win show me boy or girl who Wiii
not obey his or her parents, VIII
show you a boy or girl headed Tor
failure in life.
/ believe that every boy and girl
has the God.given heritage OF lie,
liberty and opportunity to fill their
chosen place in the nation, ana
parents are not without great per"
eonal obligations to see their chill
dren over the rough places of child
hood.
To me. then. Better Homes in
America means homes of better
household conVeniences and greater
spiritual life dwelling together:
thrifty homes filled with love for
one another in the family and in
the neigl1borhood; better homes that
are filled with God, which means
music, laughter. study, work. DIS
cipline and love-the latter of which
IL the greatest of all these.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
RAMS HEAD PLAYERS TO
APPEAR FOR SUFFRAGISTS

The Rams Head Players, headed
by Robert Bell, will make their
final bow for the season at the
gardens of the National Women $
party tonight. First and A streets
northeast.
Capitol Hill residents are being
entertained with THE Dark Lady
of the Sonnets,' by Bernard Shay
and THE Jewel Merchant by
James Branch Cabell Jean Void,
of Portland. Ore, who has been
cited for her pantominic ability,
will entertain. Portia Wager will
accompany Miss Void in her
dances
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
TWO WIVES OF INDIANA
MAN ATTEND His FUNERAL

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May ,25.---
A policeman stood guard today DUR
ing the funeral service and burial
of Joseph T. Davis, a contractor,
while his two wives, Mrs. Dorothy
Davis, aged forty-seven, and Mrs.
Mabel Davis, aged twcty-six. each
with a son, attended, but did not
speak. Davis died suddenly, and
the coroner announced he wound
hold an inquest tomorrow, but
would make no attempt to straight
en- out the domestic tangle.
The first wife, Mrs. Dorothy
Davis, said she knew of her hus.
bands second marriage, but did not
report it to authorities because she
did not what to make any trouble
for him."
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
WOMAN WINS DIVORCE
AFTER 80 YEARS FIGHT

NEW YORK, May 25.-Not con.
tent with divorce after thirty
years of litigation, Mrs. Anna G..
Meeker, of Riverdale, n. J., was
given permission to assume her
maiden name at Newark. She will
now be known as Miss Anna C
Lines.
Miss Lines married Jonathan
Meeker in 1880. Thirteen years
later the martial skiff sank and
Mrs. Meeker sued for divorce.
Though she kept after it intermit.
tently during three decades, she
secured the divorce only two days
ago.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
SOFT HEADS,
ROOSEVELT DECLARES

CHESTER, Pa, May s25.-Char.
acterizing the arms conference at
washington AZ "the greatest &C.
compIishment Of the Government
in two years." Theodore Roosevelt,
ir., Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, incidentally took a slap at
those whom he termed soft headed
pacifiers."
He appeared at q testimonial ban.
quet in the Masonic Temple ar
ranged by the Chester Kiwanis
Club.
ANY one who says there will be
no more wars Is either fool or a
knave," declared Colonel Roosevelt.
"Soft headed pacifists want us to
scrap the entire navy, but we hard.
headed peace lovers want sufficient
protection without aggression.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
LABOR SHORTAGE CAUSES
PUPILS TO QUIT SCHOOL

HARTFORD, CONN, May 90
Due to the shortage of labor in
Connecticut resulting from the re-
striction of immigration, 1888 more
children were legally taken out Of
school to go to work in the last
eight months than were removed
thus in the entire last fiscal year,
according to figures isused by the
State Board Of Education. Employ
ment certificates have been issued
to 1920 pupils between IA and IS
years old since last August as
against 1852 in the whole 1921 1922
fiscal year and $3.50 in the previous
fiscal year.
The majority of minors legally EN-.
ployed in Connecticut are in fac
tories. only small percentage,
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
BILL UNMASKIN0 KHAN
SIGNED BY GOV. SMITH

NEW YORK, May Ex-Governor
Smith yesterday signed the bill
unmasking the Ku Klux Khan.
Within ten days every Khan in
New York state must file with the
secretary of State the names and
addresses of all it's members, as we'll
as copies Of the laws and rules Of
the organization.
Secrecy Of membership in the
Khan was the main point it strove
to maintain, and it appears likely
that the revealing Of the members
will be demanded soon in other
States. The full story of the I'm.
masking OF the Khan will be found
on another page.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
GAP cHEWED BY CHILD
EXPLopES IN Her MOUTH

NEW YORK. May 1s.--RatA Tns,
five years old. picked up In the street
near her home what looked like .
small disk OF chewing gum. The
child put the disk into her mouth.
closed her jaws on It and was knock
ed to the pavement 40 IL exploded in
her mouth.
Her find, doctors discovered. was
a gray percussion cap, such a. 10
used in cartridges. Who discarded It
the police were unable to learn. Kate
was carried to her home ana thence
was taken to Bellevue. It was found
that her injuries were more painful
than serious. Their exact extent will
not be known until an xfay is
taken.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
GOVERNOR HELPS SEARCH
FOR DOG THAT VANISHED

POTTSTOWN, Pa, May 25.--Gov-
ernor Pinchot was appealed to last
night to try and locate a $1,000
Mexican dog named Pinto, the prop
erty of Frank Van Derstucken, a
Pottstown civil engineer, son of
Frank Van Derstucken, conductor
of the Cincinnati Symphony Orches-
ira. The valuable canine was picked
up, it is supposed, by State dog
catchers, who visited this section
Unexpectedly yesterday. An effort
was made by Van Derstucken to
locate the State agents, but in vain,
and finally he called up Governor
Pinchot, who is a great lover of
dogs, and the latter promised to do
all in his power to locate his pet.
The Washington times., 1923-05-25
BETTER HOMES
AS SEEN BY
DAVIS
Secretary of Labor Tells OF
Spiritual Detectives to Be
Sought in Them.
BY JAMES J. DAVIS,

BY JAMES, d. DAVA5'
Secretary, U. 8. Department. OF LABOR
and Member Advisory COuncl
Better Homes In America.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1923-03-30
KTO JE MA PRfCINE !.
KRiZY v MADARsKU
Radiopis CSTK.

Praha, II. marca. - Prayer
Presse" V dnesnom elsie dokazuje,
ze mad 'arska hospodarska politi-
ka umelym budovanfm narodnej
industrie a devizovou politikou jc
pricinou dnesnej t'azkej hospo-
darskej krizy Mad arska. Prohibi-
tivnou protekcionarskou colnou
tarifou chcej1 zarucit' vzrast prie
myslu Mad 'arska. Devlzova L.
stredna nema dostatok cudzozem-
skych deviz, lebo al vyvoz zne-
moznovany je vysokymi poplatka-
mi obchodnici neodvadzajn de-
Why preto, lebo i'm devizova L.
stredna disparitne uctuje.
Mad 'arskf veritelia svoje dlhy
neplatia "a dodavky tovarov, pre-
to zahranicne dodavky dostat
mozu len vtedy, ked' vopred slo-
zia zalohu. Mad 'arsko ma nedo-
statok tovarov, surovin a poloto-
varov. Mad 'arsko takouto neroz-
umnou hospodarskou politikou je
prlcinou t t'azkostf v strednej Eu-
rope, svoju izolovanost' tymto sa-
mo provokuje a st 'azuje jakykol
.vek styk ostatnvmi statmi.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1923-03-30

zani, "a ktory cas- viaceri sloyen-
ski majneri zomreli od utrpenia.
vlada zamysl'a poslat' d'alsie
transporty Franchzom ma pomoc
a sice pod strazou francnzskych
vojakov cez Rakiisko.
Cigan hudobnym slladate-
l'om. Bratislavsky cigansky pri-
mas Jozko Pink slozil peknn Sc
renadu, vydal ju tlaeou a. venoval
byv. ministrovi dru Micurovi.
IS 8 miliard vkladov v Is. ban
kach. Uspory, ulozene bankach
v CSR., dosiahly poslednych
easoch vysku 9 miliard koriin.
Ma "zachranu' CSR. Narod-
ne Shromazdenie vynieslo minute
zakon "na zachranu' republiky.
Ak to republikou rz TAX vyzera.
ze iu musia mrtve zakony chra.
nit a nie povedome obeanstvo, je
to smutny dkaz!
- Nezamestnanost' v Kosiciach
rastie. Podl'a zprav kosickej spro.
stredkovatel'ne prace 20 dna %
febr. hi ada V Kosiciach pracu
1908 osob. z toho zamestnane mo-
hlo byt' meste len 81 ma okoli
10 l'udi. Nezamestnanost' ma celom
Slovensku iizasne rastie. Pc me.
stach sriad 'ujn l'udove kuchyne
kde chudaci dostavain zdarma pc
Iievku, ably nezhynuli.
- Slovencia sa MAD 'ari'. Mi
mister pre- Slovensko dr. Kallay po
volil nasledovnym zmenit mad "a!
ske mena ma otcovske slovenske
Jozefovi Lonyemu ma Gabko, Voi
techovi Csorgo ma Cibul 'ka, Oto
karovi Wertilek ma Vrtilek.
- Preco ceskych ucitel'ov po
sielaju ma Slovensko i vzdor do
statku a ma ukor slovenskych sill
V Prahe minute vypisany boil sii
beh na "a uprazdnenych ucitel'
skych miest. Ma tieto miesta pri
slo 1855 ziadosti. Je pravda, q
vacsina z mich maju stanice dakde
ma "vesnicich', ale je to predsa
d6kaz, re Cesi maj1 nadbytok a
prebytok intelligence, ktorou ne
vedia kan.