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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
ONE DEAD IN KANSAS CITY SPECIAL WRECK
GRAIN GROWERS AGAIN GET ASSOCIATION TO FUNCTION

handled by the grain growers on the market here, probably Friday.
 The United States grain growers are organized through efforts of the American Farm Bureau federation after national grain conference in July, 1920. Sixty three thousand farmers in Iowa, Wisconsin, Minne- sota, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio. Ne braska, Missouri, Kansas and the Dakotas backed the enterprise In ternal disorders broke out soon aft erward, due to individual malice. however, and the farm bureau sev- cred it's connection with the organi- zation. Complete breakdown. with indebtedness of $300.000, followed in July 1922, before the organization had started to function. Reconstruc- tion has just been. completed by the midwest state farm bureaus, to whom most of the $300.O00 was owed, eration. All but $50,o00 of the in debtedness has been underwritten, and a million dollar line of credit has been established.
 All grains may be shipped the or ganization now for immediate mar keting or for storage until sold at a later date. Shipments will be ac- cepted to be cleaned, put into condi- ton and pooled. Such sales would be distributed over a long period of time, giving producers advantage of a long time price average
 Producers may draw from 75 to so per cent of the value of their grain upon shipment, collecting the re mainder after sale and payment by purchaser If grain is to be stored for a later sale, however, only 60 per cent of it's value can be drawn.
 Charges for marketing will be the same as established by the Chicago Board of Trade. and any profits are to be divided as a patronage dividend at the end of each year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
CRA|G'S CASE NOW MINNESOTA SOLON UP TO PRESIDENT HITS HIS KEYNOTE
Addresses Washington Ad Club And Invites Them To
 Look For His Horns

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S.-Faeing an audience of business men. mem bers of Congress and advertising representatives. Magnus Johnson, farmer-labor Senator from Minne- sota today invited his hearers to take a close look" at him to make sure he "had no horns"
 The address was delivered before the Washington club and was the first he has made since coming to Washington. He said. he was not going to "turh things ftopsy-turvy@ but that he was going to use every influence to bring up to the table with big business the classes 1t is feeding crumbs in the chimney cor ner."
 Shaking finger in the face os q prominent manufacturer. the senator said:
 MT. Business Man. the farmers are coming up to the table and sit beside you We. the farmers, the workers, are going to stand for things that will be best for all. but we are going to sit at the same table with you.
 "When Congress opens. I am not going to be radical. l am going to feel my way. But big business is sit ting pretty today right at the head or the table, tossing crumbs to those Of us who must sit in the chimney cor ner God helping me. intend to use my voice and every influence in my power to bring up to the table with big business all classes
 Senator Johnson said he was not for the League Of. Nations nor the world court, but in few days you will see what l am for in that di- rection."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
New York Official Advised By Gompers To Serve
 Term For Contempt

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-AttorneY General Daugherty, returning to Washington today, found opinion al most equally divided among lis ad- visers at the department of justice as to what a presidential pardon could legally be granted Charles l.. Craig, comptroller of New York city, who is under sentence of 50 days in Jail for civil contempt.
 This division of opinion will ma c necessary a thorough study or the question by Mir. Daugherty, as well as an examination of the records in the case, and tend to delay submission oi recommendation to President Cool idge. Mir. Daugherty after confer enee with the President tonight said that action might be expected, how ever, within two or three days
 While studying this question, MT; Daugherty sent request to Federal Judge May, who passed sentence on CraiG, and to District Attorney Hay ward of New York, for their views on the case in order that if declslon favorable to legality of pardon were reached he could proceed to consluer ation of the merits of the case. MT Daugherty, however made u as ptaii' after his conference. with the Presi- dent that he did not intend to lay aside all the work of his office to consider the case of one man who, II, any event, would have to go to Jali for at least two weeks.
 Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, today telegraphed Comptroller Craig urg- ing him to pua stop to efforts to op- tain pardon. MT. Gompers tele- gram made public at the federation of labor said:
 "Circumstances have made you the national outstanding figure for a principle for which the people Tor generations have contended. If you maintain your pisition without flinch . ing, you will perform greater pub lie service than has been given any man in many 8 year. Why not ap- peal to your real friends and re- pudiate your pretended friends and stop their efforts to secure pardon for you? With others. l met similar situation and followed that ,o,rea raSultinpr in some relief
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
$11,OO0,O0O MORE NEEDED FUR DAM
Alabama Power Company To AmpIify Work At Chero-
 kee Bluffs

Approximately s11.00o,ooo more will be expended by the Alabama Power company on it's Cherokee Bluffs project on the Tallapoosa river than at first contemplated, if petition presented to the Alabama public service commission at it's hearing in Birmingham Wednesday afternoon is approved.
 The power company asked for per mission to increase the height of the dam at Cherokee Bluffs from 100 feet construction of six dams on this stretch of the river, instead of four, as originally contemplated in the project. The development will cost s39 9,000,000, instead of $2S,344,000. as originally estimated, spokesmen of the power company told the commits sion, and the storage power available from this development will be in- creased from 147,o00, 900 kilowatt hours to 271,0oo,000 kilowatt hours.
 There were no objectors or inter- venors, and the commission took the petition under advisement.
 E. A. Yates, vice president and general manager of the Ala bama Power company was the witness ex- amined before the commission. Others present for the company were Lamar Aldridge, secretary, and Perry Fur ner, counsel.
 The dams of the Tallapoosa river project are designed for storage to supplement the Coosa river develop ments of the company. At times, the low river stage, it will be possible to regulate the flow of water into the Coosa river, making the genera tion of power possible at the Coosa developments at all times without recourse to auxiliary steam plants.
 Work on the dam project at Chero- kee Bluffs has been in progress for several weeks, and the construction camp of the power company there will develop Into town of consid- erable size when the undertaking reaches its peak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
FINDS TOMB WHICH DATES TO CHRIST ERA
Dr. w. F. Albright Of School Of Oriental Research Reports

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 2S.-An un- disturbed tomb dating from the time of Christ has been discovered In the Valley of Kedron, near Jerusalem, according to word received from pr. w. F. Albright, director of the Ameri- can School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem. pr. James Alan Mont gomery. president of the school an= nounced today.
 "The tomb contained more than a score of ossuaries," Dr. Albright wrote "A dozen of these bore the names and geneologies of the oc- cupants All the dead apparently be- longed to one family, which flour ished about the time of Christ, The slowly increasing number of such in scription groups is already beginning to provide me with valuable material for the nomenclature and eventually for the history of the Testament period"
 pr. Albright also reported the find ing of sarcophagus said to be the finest yet unearthed in Palestine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
NEW RULE SOUGHT
 BY AUTO DEALERS
Object To Expense And Red Tape Of Car Ownership
 Certificates

Changes In the presen. automobile laws were urged by members of the Birmingham Motor Trades associa- tion at meeting Wednesday morn ing with members of the state tax commission. It was intimated that unless some changes are brought about in these laws, the matter would be taken to court Nothing definite was accomplished at Wednes- days meeting, but another meeting was called for Friday morning. when representative of Attorney General Harwen G. Davis will be present.
 The tax commission stated that it had no authority to modify the law and would be required to enforce 1t until changed by the legislature or through a new interpretation by the attorney general. It was then de- cided to take up the matter with Attorney General Davis. An official of the Motor Trades association said Wednesday night that Judge A. A.. Evans probably. would be sent from Montgomery to discuss possible re- vision with the automobile dealers.
 The section of the law requiring that a certificate of title be op- tained before a license can be issued was most severely criticised. It pro vides that automobile dealers must obtain a separate certificate for every car received from the manu- facturer at cost of s1 and that an other one must be obtained by the final purchaser of the car. It was estimated that the total cost of these certificates amounted to approXi- mately $30,000 a year. In the case of secondhand cars, 1t is necessary for every person or firm handling them to obtain a separate certificate While most of the criticism was di- rected at the expense involved in ob- taining these certificates, the red tape and confusion resulting were also criticised. A
 It was pointed out that all service ears maintained by automobile deal CTS would require truck tags, which are more expensive than those for ordinary passenger cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
THANKSGIVING BIRD
 TUMBLES IN PRICE
New-Grown And Cold Storage Tur-
 keys Flood The Market

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-This is turkey gobbler Thanksgiving for any one wiling to pay flank-steak price.
 The arrival of thousands Of gob- blers at the metropolitan markets during the past "A hours sent the price of the traditional Thanksgiving fowl plunging down to 30 and 35 cents a pound Wednesday.
 This represents a drop of 15 cents a pound in six days, and is half the 1929 price. Turkey meat has not been cheaper for years.
 There are now so many more tur- keys than customers here that 500,000 pounds are going into cold storage.
 Arthur E. Albrecht, local director of the state department of farms and markets, announced that the average turkey should sell for 55 cents a pound.
 Nevertheless, the influx from the storage plants and the western farms was so great that many dealers, anN- ious to set rid of their surplus, were selling at 25 to 30 cents in some dis tricts. Last year they sold at 70 75 cents.
 Dealers declare that high prices a year ago convinced many that other meats are as good as turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
FAST FLORIDA EXPRESS |S IN BAD COLLISION
Reported That Locomotive, Baggage, Express And Mail
 Cars Are Overturned In DiS-
 aStrouS Railroad Wreck ENGINEER EVANS, MACON, DEAD; PASSENGERS HURT Accident Occurs Near Folks
 ton, Ga, Just North Of The
 Florida State Line. On A. C. L., Which Southern Used

COLUMBIA, s. C.. Nov, 2S.-Accord- ing to unofficial information received here at 2.45 o'clock this morning, by the dispatcher's office of the South ern railway, engine No. 1907 of the Southern train No. S, the Kansas City Florida Special, plowed through the three rear sleepers of Atlantic Coast Line train the Southland.
 The dispatcher's office stated that it would be impossible to ascertain the number of dead and wounded un- til the wrecking train reached the scene of the accident and cleared away the debris. The railroad off cials here, however, judging from their official report. estimate that the loss either in dead or injured must necessarily be heavy.
 The report did not give the reason for the rear-end collision.
 MACON. Ga, Nov. 2s.-The Kansas City Special northbound, leaving Jacksonville, Fla, at S;25 o'clock to- night, was derailed near Folkston. Ga. about II o'clock, according to reports reaching here,
 The locomotive, baggage, express and mail cars left the rails and turned over.
 Engineer John Il. Evans or Macon is reported Killed. None of the pas sengers was injured.
 The derailed train is operated by the Southern railway, but was run ming on the tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad from Jack sonville to Jesup at the time of the accident,
 It is reported here that the de- railed train was sideswiped by an- other train
 Late reports from Nahunta Ga, the scene of the derailment of the Kan sas City Speeiai indicate that q num- Der of passengers have been injured. These are being taken to Waycross in a special train.
 MACON Ga. Nov 2S.-Reports here were to the effect that the Southland train of the Central of Georgia collided head-on with an other train while making a detour around the derailment of the Kansas City Special
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
PROGRESS SHOWN IN CABINET JOB
Adam StegerWaId Seems To Have Secured Aid Of
 Four-Party Influences

BERLIN. Nov. 2S.-While Adam Stegerwald has not yet formed a cabinet to succeed the Stresemann regime, he is apparently meeting with better success than did Heinrich Albert.
 It is understood that the nation alists,- the peoples party, the cen trists and the Bavarian people S party, all of which recently com bined in a bourgeoise bloc are sup porting Stegerwald's efforts.
 The democrats probably will join the group, thereby completing a powerful bourgeoise bloc to which the socialists would be opposed
 Chancellor Stresemann, accord ing to reliable reports, is willing to accept the post of foreign minister in a cabinet with this support, pro- yided he receives unanimous invi- tation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
First Lady Is Learning To
 Ride A Horse

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-To the dismay of the dowager partisars of the side saddle for women, Mrs. Coolidge took her first riding lesson at Fort Myer Wednesday, riding astride and veal ing brooches.
 The last "firs tlady' to ride horseback was Mrs. Roosevelt. That was in the day when the side saddle was beginning to go out of vogue, but Mrs. Roose- welt adhered to the custom of her generation. sf-
 Mrs. Coolidge was accom- panied by Assistant Secretary of War Davis, donor of the Davis tennis cup. Mounted on horse belonging to an officer at the post, MT. Coolidge res around the tan-bark riding hall for half an hour. Secretary Davis pre- dicted she would become aa ex- pert horsewoman aftc- fe lessons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
Tremendous Vote Drive On

Cities and towns in the territory surrounding Birmns ham are wing with each other for the honor of claiming a winner in The Age-Herad's great $2460000 Help Yourself Club prize offer. The spirit of enthusiasm ot candidates has spread to friends and acquantances.
 Daily the pace by the ambitious prize seekers is be- coming hotter and they swinging along their grand pursuit of subscriptions with and zeal without parallel Each anxious do their best during the few r,ainng days of the final vote offer.
 Friends wishing to give their subscriptions should do NOW before this offer expires Subscriptions turned in this week worth in than later If while it counts BIG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
Western Farmers Reorganize The United States Grain
 Growers, Inc., And Will Market With Chicago Body
By JAMES MCLEAN eased Wire. to The AEe-Hc


 CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.-The United Grain Growers Qnc), the largest po- tential cooperative farm marketing organization in the country. will start in handling grain on the Chi cago market this week, following a complete reorganization after three years of sensational internal disor- ders and a complete breakdown IS months ago.
 seat on the Chicago Board of Trade has been petitioned for, but should the cooperative association be refused this privilege, which is not considered unlikely, it will do business on the Board of Trade through a broker agent.
 The organization has also con- tracted with the Eastern States Farmers exchange, an association of New England dairy concerns, to fur nish all the grain feed required by that group. Similar negotiations with other eastern and southern as sociations are under way, and ar engagements to sell wheat direct to the Cooperative Wholesale society of Manchester, Eng, are being com r. pleted through the British society s New York office.
 Several Carloads Shipped.
 Several carloads of corn, one car of oats and another of wheat have already been shipped by farmers, and these will be the first consignments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
GAMMA WALSKA AGAIN .POSTPONES HER DEBUT
Has Declined Role In The Minstrel
 BOy,' A Musical Comedy

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S-Ganna Walska McCormict's heralded ap- pearance in musical comedy, in which she recently announced she hoped to become ''hardboiled" senoughi to not mind what the pub Ellie or critics had to say about her svoice. nas been indefinitely delayed.
 She has informed the management of The Minstrel Boy" in which she was to make her bow as a musical comedy star, that she is unable to accept the role, it was announced today. She probably will have a part in the play when it is filmed next summer, it was said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
$l,OOO,OOO IS LOST IN COTTON TRADES
New York Firm Tried To Recoup Losses Before
 It's Failure

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.--Speculating under fictitious names with members of the New York Cotton exchange cost Scott. Norris & Co. s1.ooo,oOO in the two weeks before they failed last November Is, Carlisle Rountree, man ager of the firm, today testified be- fore referee in bankruptcy.
 The defunct firm. said Rountree, was on the short side of the market during the time cotton advanced S25 a bale. He testified that in order to keep other speculators from learning of the firms precarious position and to avoid exchange rulings forbidding hedging with odd-lot brokers, the bankrupts traded under names of non-existant persons. keeping 8 pri- vats record of suehs transactions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
Birmingham Is Shocked

Hundreds of Birmingham friends and acquaintances will be shocked to hear of the sudden death of B. M Starlls in Louisville. MT. Starks lived in Birmingham for many years as superintendent of the Birmingham division of the Louisville and Nash vile railroad and it was from this that he was first promoted to the position of assistant general manager of the system, with head quarters in Louisville. Mrs. Starks also had many friends in Birming- ham. While in Birmingham, Mir. Starks was regarded as one of the ablest railroad operatives that had ever lived here and his attainment of the position of the general man ager or the entire system vas no with his ability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
CHRISTIAN WORLD
 TO ACCEPT DEC. 25
Russian Orthodox Church Has Recently Adopted Gre
 dorian Calendar

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-The adop- ton of the Gregorian calendar by the Russian Orthodox church through a recent proclamation by Archbishop Tikhon means that the entire Christian world will celebrate Christmas this year on the same date for the first time since l5Sf, tbe International Fixed Calendar league announced today.
 The Russian and Greek churches for centuries followed the Julian calendar, which caused them to eel ebrate Christmas from 10 to 13 days after the rest of the Christian churches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
1 Rain Is Expected
 For Thanksgiving | By Weather Man

Birmingham's Thanksgiving will not be al. sunshine, according to a forecast by E. c. Horton. the weather bureau forecaster, Wednesday night, snd it is hardly likely that the sun v,ill be much in evidence. Showers are looked for in the morning, and. although it is hardly likely that there will be storm or even heavy rain. 1t will probably be-enough to dampen the ardor of those who venture out of doors.
 This prediction was primarily Tor Thursday morning, and iti may not hold good for the football game in the afternoon. A constant tempera- ture of about 50 degrees was pre- licted,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
RUM RUNNERS SCAN
 DAILY NEWS CLOSELY
Watch For Outcome Of English And United States Negotiations

HlGHLANDS. \. J.. Nov. 2S- Seizure by coast guards more than six miles off shore of the British rum schooner Tomoka, whose case now is being studied in Londan ana Washington apparently has caused cousternation along Rum Row, which today was badly shattered
 The largest steamer has moved to a point seven miles southeast of Am brose lightship, while another steam- CT and schooner have taken stand 14 miles east of Seabright. Two Ves- sells still remain in the old place, SIX miles off the lightship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
MATTHES ADMITS HIS STATE HAS FALLEN
Says Government Of Rhineland Is No More, But Republic Stands

DUESSELDORF, Nov. 2S.-(By As- sociated Press. )-'The Rhineland re- public stands, but the government has fallen" E
 Thus Joseph Matthes. one of the chiefs in the separatist movement, announced today his dissolution of the provisional government. which followed quickly upon an internal military coup at Coblenz. Matthes fled when the military dictatorship was set up. The other members of his cabinet were placed under arrest, but later some of them were released and the others joined the new dicta- torship.
 Regarding his future plans, Herr Matthes was n-committtal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-29
BIRMINGHAM GIVES UP TO. THANKSGIVING.
Football, Farrar And Turkey, Prosperity And Good Times
 Marking Day With Hundreds Of Baskets For The Poor
FACTORIES ARE HUMING, CASH DRAWERS RINGING
Suitable Services Will Be Held
 In The Churches And In
 Schools Special Exercises. Extra Programs In Theatres

Turkeys and touchdowns, showers and shows, Farrar and football, pumpkin pies and parallel parking, holiday and homecomings, parties and prohibition, dances and dinners, gen. eral gayety and gratitude, will be on the boards in Birmingham. Thursday.
 It's Thanksgiving, and with thou sands of visitors here for one of the outstanding gridiron classics of the year, Alabama vs. Florida. the Magic City's observance of the day will be made more notable than usual.
 The weather man may not let the sun shine, but that matters little to the confident, cheering college men and the flashing young debutantes who are all set to do their stuff from early morning till midnight, maybe later.
 Neither will it deter the great rank and file of the city's population from their determination to worship at the church services which will be held in practically all the churches during the morning.
 Offices Close.
 Over at the federal building and at at police headquarters, too, arrange ments have been completed for details of officers to keep on the alert, the general idea being to insure a dry Thanksgiving, in spite of the threat ened rain.
 There's another angle of Thanks giving that may escape the notice of some of the merrymakers. With in the city's limits are numbers of unfortunates to whom Thanksgiving might have meant just another dreary day-if the welfare organizations hadn't, taken steps to brighten the season for them.
 Before noon these welfare workers will have distributed Thanksgiving baskets in the homes of many who otherwise might have been denied participation in the spirit of the sea son.
 Therell be cranberries 'nevery- thing in these baskets, and the needy will have their spirits bolstered and their hopes renewed in the knowledge that, after all, somebody cares.
 Be it said to the everlasting credit of Birmingham that no family in this municipality will be left out in the cold today, if they will let their need be known, and that's the true spirit of Thanksgiving after all.