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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
MRS. HURD WINS
 INV GOLF MEET

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct, 13;- Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd or the Merion Cricket club, former Amerl- can, British and Canadian cnamplon' won the Berthellyn cup for the sec ond successive year today when she defeated Miss Louise Fordyee or Youngstown, the Ohio title holder, 2 and 1, in the final round Of the tournament for the trophy here. Mrs Hurd won the qualifying medal Tues day with an 80, which broke the course record for women.
 Miss Fordyce missed short butts on the first two greens ana 1eii penrhu to trail throughout the match. Be- ing invariably behind Mrs. Hurd with her drives and fairway shots, she had to fight uphill to the end.
 The cards: Miss Fordyce, out. 556 743 444-42 Mrs. Hurt, in ........6 646 435 65
 Miss Fordyce, in. .... .655 4S5 56
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Mortimer Jordan Ties

Mortimer Jordan battled Minor to 0-0 tie Friday afternoon. The Mortimer Jordan team was out weighed in line and backfield, but held their huskier opponents. Minor was able to make only one first down.
 Long passes from Cowart to Sud- duth and O'Barr and Little's line plunging were the features of the game. Harris and Rogers played good games in the line
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
FALL KILLS AVIATOR

LYMPNE, England. Oct. 13.-The French aviator, Maneyrol, competing in the motor glider contests here. was killed today when the wings of his plane gave yyay under pressure of the wind. Hf was attempting at the time to better an altitude record of 10000 feet established earlier in the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
HOWARD BULLDOGS BEATEN IN TOUCH SCRAP BY AUBURN PLAINSMEN, SCORE 30 TO 0
Columbia Wins, I2-6, Ouer Wesleyan Team

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-Percy Haughton's Columbia eleven, greatly strengthened by the presence of Cap
 tain Koppisch in the lineup today smashed to victory over Wesleyan, 12 to 6. The game was loosely played The team showed a com- plete reversal from its form last week against Amherst. Captain Koppisch put over both touchdowns. Penalties and failure of their aerial game spoiled the visitors chances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
Washington Jefferson
 Defeats Brown Eleuen

WASHINGTON. Pa, Oct. 13.-
 Washington and Jefferson scored their most impressive victory of the 1923 campaign today when they de- feated Brown university. 12 to z. The Presidents registered 23 first downs. as against three for Brown, using crushing line attack, wide end runs and occasional forward passes. w. and J. scored two touchdowns and Brown one in the third quarter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
Hueytown Defeated

FAYETTE, Ala. Oct. 13.-(Special.) The Fayette High team won the game from Hueytown High school Friday afternoon on Kenney Field tere, in a score of 95 to .7 The teams were pretty well matched in weight, but Fayette showed better coaching and speed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
LEG SORES.

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left guard; Majors, left tackle; Ollin- ger left end; Peterson, quarterback; Williams. right half; Harrison, left half; Howe, fullback.
 Substitutes: Howard, Norris for Williams, Scokel for Mccarthy, Shep- ard for Shelton, Lasseter for Dendy. Auburn: Harkins for Majors, Green for Howe, Crane for Peterson, Sheri- dan for Pruitt, Huckabe for Brice, Allen for Williams. Yates for Howe, MeFadden for Ollinger. Score by quarters:
 Auburn ............ 6 IA 10 6-3O Howard ............. 0 0 0 O. 0 Y Referee:i Lekey (Tech); Umpire. Pew (Ga.); Headlinesman, Miles (Da- vidson); Time of quarter 12-15-12-15.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
ADDED TO "Y0 STAFF
H. c. Raiford Comes From Nashville
 To Handle "Hy-Y" Work Here

H. c. Raiford, graduate of Guilford college, North Carolina; Vanderbilt university and the Southern Y NJ c. A. college at Nashville. has been. added to the staff of the Central Young Mems Christian association in the boys department, President W. M. Cosby announced Saturday. MT Raiford specialized in Hy-Y work at Nashville and will give special at tention to that phase of the local work, 1t is announced.
 MT. Raiford will work with Mir Ingram, boys work director, who has under way one of the most unique programs eyer contemplated in that department of the "Y," consisting of four-square contest dealing with the boys along physical mental, moral and social lines. The boy mak- ing the largest number of points during the season will be declared the winner of the contest.
 The boys department has under way II Bible classes, 24 gymnasium classes week, and number of One of these is the employed boys club, which is attracting a large number of boys who work during the day. Educational outings, hikes, week end parties to the camp, bas- ketball tournaments and other fea- lures are enjoyed by this boys club.
 The board of directors are pushing the program vigorously and expect to add to the staff of men in the boys section work just as fast as tho enrolment requires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
L|SH WOMAN |S QUICK ID ENJOY
 DIAMOND BATTLE
Member Of Express Staff Is Quick To Get Thrills Fur
 nished By Worlds Series

A baseball worlds series sets 62,0o0 people wild atithe Yankee Stadium. Many may wonder what people from other shores untouched by the baseball mania prevalent in America, see in the game.
 The United News asked Miss Kathleen Courlander, member of the staff of the London Daily Express now on trip to the United States. to attend the game Friday and report the things that inter ested her. Miss Courlander herewith pre- sents her observations of what she calls her first baseball match"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
SEIZED CRAFT
 REACHES NOME
Trading Schooner Blue Sea Released by Siberians-
 Belinda Is Gunboat.

NOME, Aug. 16--Thc Olaf Sven son companies trading schooner Blue Sea. which has been under seizure in Siberia, has arrived here and re- ports that Theodore Karieff. until recently governor of the Anadyr Dis trict, has been arrosted and a man by the name of Burke placed in charge as a result
 Captain Anderson, master of the Blue Sea, believes the traders prob lens will probably be solved eventu. ally. However, he says, the natives are facing starvation because of the restrictions placed upon traders.
 The trading schooner Belinda, of Nome, has been confiscated by the Siberian government and converted into Red gunboat.
 Anderson says his entire cargo was seized and he was arrested. After an interview with Inspector Koslof. from Vladivostok, he was released however but he did not recover damages for the goods seized at East Cape.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16

PLYMOUTH. Vt, Aug 16-An aged New England farmer in blue shirt and trousers, short and patched, is puttering around the house of his old Green Mountain farm here, while down in Washington his son sits in the chair of the President of the United States.
 Old John Coolidge--he's IS now is getting things strengthened out to go back to his home in Massa- chusetts.
 "Or course. I'm glad Cal has met success.r he said. but I'm sorry that the death of MT. Harding had to be.
 Gal always has been a good boy and he deserves credit"
 MT Coolidge, senior. was the first one down the steps when w A. Per kins, the telephone man from Bridge water. pounded on the door at mid night and informed him President Harding had died. He was in his night shirt and barefooted, but after he had told "Cal and Grace" about it he went back and put on his shirt and pants. He was the first to greet his son as President,
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years after he had retired from the presidency. She now lives at 15S E. 18th Street, New York City
 Grover Cleveland's widow, now Mrs. Frances Preston, was born in 1864. Her father, Oscar Folsom. was a law partner of Grover Cleveland before the latter attained the presi- dency. It was as her fathers as- sociate in the law practice that she met MT. Cleveland. They were mar ried while he was President in the White House on June 2, 1S86. the wedding being historic social event.
 MT. Cleveland died June 2f, 1908. His widow on February 10, 1913 was married to Thomas J. Preston, Jr., a manufacturer and professor of arch geology of Princeton, N. J., and her home is now in Princeton
 Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt was the second wife of the man of "the strenuous life" Roosevelt was first married to Alice Hathaway Lee, daughter of George Cabot Lee of New York. October 27. 1SS0 His first wife died February IA. 1884. A little more than two years later, De cember 2, 1886, Mr. Roosevelt married Edith Kermit Carew Mrs. Roosevelt now lives on the Roosevelt estate at Oyster Bay.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
BIG BOOTLEG GANG ROUNDED UP
Appointment of Slemp Said
 to be Jobbery Endorsement

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-The ap- pointment of c. Bascom Slemp, of Virginia, former U. s. Representative, as Executive Secretary, by President Coolidge. has been the occasion of the Democratic National Committees fl st attack on the new prfsfti ent.
 The Democratic National Commit. tee, in a statement. says that the se- lection of Slemp was "tantamount to official announcement that Coolidge is candidate for the Presidential nomination in 1924 and that the ap- pointment is the first step to round up the delegations of the southern states
 The statement further declares that Slemp was exposed on the floor of the House on December 15, last year, in connection with the alleged traffcking in offices by Republi- cans in the southern states
 The statement continues that "the appointment of Slemp came as sur prise and a shock to the whole coun- try because it carries with it the necessary indorsement of office job bery in the south"
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
SCOTCHMEN LIKE TO BET.

LONDON, Aug. .16 Betting among the thrifty Scotchmen is done on scale that has shocked members of the House of Commons, men who are accustomed to deal with millions of pounds of the gov ernments money every year.
 A Glasglow bookmaker admitted to the House Committee on Betting, appointed to investigate the possi- bilities of the Government placing a tax on horse race betting, that he took in an average of $25,000 a day. or more than $S,000,000 a year in bets. This particular bookmaker operates credit account system in established offices, and his business comes within the law.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
MRS. HARDING IS FOURTH OF.
 LIVING WIDOWS OF AMERICAN
 PRESIDENTS; FACTS ARE GIVEN

CHICAGO, Aug. 16-Mrs. Florence Harding. widow of Warren c. Hard ing, joined the ranks of presidents widows, is the fourth of those women who have been the First Lady of the Land" who are still among the living.
 President and Mrs. Harding cele- brated their thirty-second anniversary during the recent westward trip. Mrs. Harding was Miss Florence Kling of Marion. She was married to the President when he was prac- tically unknown, on July 8, 1891.
 Other former First Ladies of the Land" still living are the widows of Grover Cleveland (now Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston), Benja- min Harrison and Theodore Roose- welt.
 Mary Scott Lord Harrison, widow of Benjamin Harrison, is the oldest of the presidents widows. She was born in 185s She was married twice. Her first husband was Walter Err skine Dimmick. the son of Samuel E. Dimmick, the then attorney-gen- eral of Pennsylvania. She married MT. Dimmick in 1881. He died in January. 1882.
 She was not married to President Harrison until April 6, 1898, three
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
MARY'S AGE IS
 NOW QUESTIONED
Father of Movie Actress Says She is 30- Sister Says
 She Is 21.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16. - The statement purported to have been made last night at Dallas by Homer O'Roilly, father of Mary Miles Min ter, that Mary was 30 years old instead of 21, was fatly contradicted today by Margaret Shelby, Mary's sister. Miss Shelby said the movie actress was born in 1902.
 sO'Reilly's statement was in. con noction with Mary's threatened mil lion dollar suit against her mother
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
U. 5. Won't Tell
 Husbands Income

CHICAGO, Aug. 16. Alimony seekers endeavoring to get the How down" on their former husbands income, will get no help from the 1t was announced by Mrs. Mabel G. Reinecke, Collector of Internal Revenue. today. She de- clared that the statement was made necessary on account of the activi- tics of a woman's "alimony club, ' who have been haunting the Collec- tors office with view to finding out the figures filed by their di- vorced husbands on their income tax returns.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Ku Klux Klan To Purchase University

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 16-Milton Elrod. editor of the Fiery Cross, the official organ of the ku Klux Klan, announces that negotiations have been completed for the pur- chase of the Valparaiso University at Valparaiso, Ind. for $350,000, the amount of that institutions debts.
 EIrod said the name of the Uni versity will be changed to the Ma tional University and will be open to students of all races and creeds.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
DEAD FACE ON
 CHURCH WALL
Profile of Famous Oxford Dean Appears Under His
 Memorial Window.

OXFORD, England, Aug. 16-The face of Dean Liddell, who died more than twenty-five years ago, is gradu- ally appearing on the east wall of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
 The mortar and cement in the wall are drying up with age in such way as to leave white patch of cement, the size of mans head, standing out from the darker color of the wall.
 Exact Features Show
 This patch has now assumed the exact face and features of the famous dean. The face appears in profile. The chin, nose and head of the dean, with the bald crown on the head and the curly white hair below 1t, are clearly formed on the wall. It is expected that as the mortar and cement continue to dry up the face will disappear.
 The phenomenon appears all the
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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
PRESIDENTS FATHER IN PATCHED
 PANTS BUFFERS AROUND HIS FARM

It was in this regalia with the ad- dition of coat, that he administered the oath of office nearly three hours later over the family Bible.
 The Presidents father doesn't care much about clothes and does not be- lieve a man should shave every day to keep up his reputation. He Is quiet. like his son, and talks little. He is not used to all the huriy burly activity which has been going on the last few days He was glad to get the telephone out of the house be- cause it always was bothering some body. They put it in the night the oath was administered.
 He speaks in words of one sylla- ble with that peculiar New England falsetto that all the theatrical farm CTS have been trying to initiate for years. His sentences usually are from one to five words in length and are noneommittal The father of a President cannot be too careful with reporters.
 q guess maybe some day I'll ga down to see Cal" he said. Yes. in Washington. Yes, I'd like to see all the White House. Yes, l guess may be I'll go down some day" Ii, 9
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
12-HOUR DAY
 NEARING END
Many Steel Mills in Pitts burgh District Start on
 Three Shifts.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 16.-The 12- hour day in the blast furnaces. open hearth and Bessemer converter de- partments of many steel mills in the Pittsburgh district saw the begin ming of the end today.
 The inauguration of the three shift plan started in such plants as are able to recruit the required number Of workers.
 For the present some of the men in the rolling mills and other de- partments must work 10 hours but those will only work eight hours when additional men are found
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Former Alaskan Is Buried In Furs

TEXARKANA, Aug. 16-In ac- cordance with a request made prior to his death. on Tuesday. the body of Dr. Fred M. Spiers, re- ported formerly to have served as United States Commissioner in Alaska, was wrapped in great coat of Russian sable with fur lined boots and fur cape. These. burial robes are valued at S35,000.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Requests Safety For American Under Arrest

WASHINGTON Aug. 16-National Commander Mcfarland, of the Dis abled American War Veterans. has sent a request to Secretary of State Hughes that "every precaution be taken for the safety of our fellow member, Hoover, Griffiths, who is under arrest at Eberbach, Germany, for an alleged attempt to kidnap Grover Bergdoll."
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Elks Endorse Scheme for
 Harding Monument, Seattle

EVERETT, Wash, Aug. 16-The State Elks' Association has indorsed the project to erect a monument to the late President Harding in Wood land Park, Seattle, where he spoke to 10000 boys. Each lodge of Elks in the state will help raise portion of the $25,000, the projected cost of the monument.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Urges U. s. to Elect
 Ford as Experiment

WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass, Aug 16. - A recommendation that the country elect Henry Ford as Presi- dent as "an experiment" was made by Charles F. Steinmetz, Chief Con- sulting Engineer of the General Electric Company, in answering questions put to him at tho Babson Business Conference here.
 "The United States badly needs a business man for President" said the electrical wizard, and the most successful man in the world today Is Henry Ford
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
S4 IMPORTANT ARRESTS MADE
 IN CONSPIRACY
Department of Justice Rounds Up What Is Said to Be
 Large Bootleg Gang.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. - With 84 persons already arrested at Sa- vsnnah under the conspiracy section of the prohibition enforcement act, the Department of Justice officials raid they believed they had finally rounded up enc of the largest, if nct the largest, bootleg forces in the United States.
 Other important arrests are fore cast.
 It is stated indictments will be cought under the Volstead act and slco under customs laws.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Is Arrested on
 Charges of Having Died 20 Years Ago

PARIS, Aug. 16-A man has been arrested at Limoges on the unusual charge of having died twenty years ago.
 The man has traded in the name of Vesian. but the police assert that vesian died in 1903, and was duly buried. The ac- cused man, when confronted with these alleged facts. calmly pro- duced papers of Identification.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
RECOGNITION OF
 MEXICO IS NEAR

MEXICO CITY. Aug. 16-Records of a conference between American and Mexican commissions cmbody- ing an agreement designed to make make it possible for resumption of two nations was signed at 2.15 o'clock this morning.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
GASOLINE WAR
 HITS ATLANTIC

NEW YORK, Aug. 16-The gaso- line price cutting war has spread to the entire Atlantic seaboard. Four large companies announce cuts of one to two cents a gallon. Further cuts are expected if the price of crude oil drops which is believed inevitable f#
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Trade Balance of U. s.
 Shows Splendid Amount

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-An of ficial report on July exports and imports has been issued by the Department of Commerce and the figures show a favorable trade bal ance of $26,000, 900.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
AID IS PROMISED

CINCINNATI. Aug. 16-The Ameri- can government will not only do everything in it's power to secure the lease of Hoover Griffith from prison in Germany where he Is held in con nection with the attempt to kidnap Bergdoll, but will exert all means to secure the extradition of Berg doll This is according to a wire from Secretary Hughes to National Adjntant Lasance. of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Urge Establishment of
 Finger Print Bureau

DIES MONIES. Aug. 16-Speakers at the annual convention of the In ternational Association for Identi- fication, urged the establishment Of Federal Bureau where finger prints of every man. woman and child In the United States will be filed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Fire Bug Confesses to
 Crime; 10 Lives Lost

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 16-Oficers announced today that F Padilla, al Mexican, has confessed he set fire to the Japanese Mission here last April resulting in the death of 10 children.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Germany Given Warning
 Concerning Resources

PARIS. Aug. 16-The Interallied commission has formally notified Germany that separations constitute a prior claim on resources which Germany is expected to utilize to guarantee the new gold loan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16

RIGA, Aug 16.--After a fruit less courtship lasting twenty-five years, John Meklis. aged s6, shot and killed Anna Demut, 50, and then committed suicide.
 He wrote an apology to the woman's relatives, saying that as he was finally convinced that he could not win her in this world he wanted to see if he could in the next
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
RuHR MINERS GET INCREASE

DUSSELDORF, Aug. 16-Wages of miners in the Ruhr pits are to be in- creased 245 per cent. The increase is effective immediately and is to be re- troactiye from August 6.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
U. 5. Senator Walsh Out
 For McAdoo, President

HELENA, Mont, Aug. 16.--- United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh, speaking at a banquet here last night, endorsed McAdoo for the Democratic nomination for Presi- dent.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Jail Is Stormed by Mob;
 Common Criminals Freed

BERLIN, Aug. 16-A dispatch to the Allegemeine Zeitung from Halle says mob stormed the jail at Jeitz. smashed the doors and opened the cell door liberating all prisoners. most of whom were ordinary criml- nals.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
COMMUNISTS IN GERMANY START
 MORE TROUBLE
Strikes Are Ended Tn Berlin
 but Situation Elswhere Is Precarious.

BERLIN, Aug. i6-Although the Communist strikes here are ended, the situation elsewhere is precarious according to reports received.
 The Communists control the town of Hclmstedt, having disarmed the police.
 Many persons are reported to have been injured during the clash be- tween tho Nationalists and Commun- ists at Arnstadt.
 Strikes at other points are crip- bling public utilities.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Seattle Council Ignores
 Request for Wage Advance

SEATTLE, Aug. l6-The Seattle City Council last night ignored the request of the city employees for universal wage increases in pay.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
Appropriate $l0,000
 To Kemmerer Sufferers

NEW YORK. Aug. 16-The United Mine Workers have appropriated S1OO0O for relief of sufferers in. the Kemmerer disaster in Wyoming.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
LOAN EoR ARGENTINA

LONDON, Aug. 16-The Daily Mail asserts the belief that an attempt is being made in London to raise new loan for Argentina. The amount is reported to be G20.000.000.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-16
COMMUNISTS STORM JAIL

NOWWON'S S'On" sN-
 BERLIN. Aug. 16-Communists to- day stormed the jail at Dattelin, dis armed the police and have taken pos session of the town. The militia has been summoned from nearby towns.
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The Penn's Grove record., 1923-01-12

81 was in Washington last week
and made a call on my old friend,
the president" "What office was he
sorry he couldn't give you ?"-Life.