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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
OLD GUARD WEEPS OVER NE VI IF RYAN MILITARY l |ST $
Famous Prussian Forces Cut Down To A Scant
 100000 Men

BERLIN, July 7.-(By Associated Press.)-Germany's first army list since 1914 has just been issued, and it's diminutive proportions bear striking contrast to the fat volumes of pre-war days. It is the first time that one book has included the mili- tary forces of all Germany.
 The shades of Bluecher, of the older Won Moltke, and of other illus trious leaders. who made the name Of German militarism thing of awe must shudder at the decapitations that have occurred since their day.
 Up to 1914, the peace time regular army Of the Fatherland embraced some 600,0O0 men and officers, be- sides host of reserves During the late hostilities, this strength swelled at one time to more than 5000. OO0 Then came the treaty of Versailles. and at one swoop clipped the Ger man army to 100000. Ten thousand of this dwarfed array were permitted to be officers and members of the administrative personnel.
 Gone are the general staff and all the high training institutions so long the pride of Prussia. Four small service schools are permitted, and lneSe TOT OlllCer candidates only. Gone, too, are whole branches of the service. The foot-artillery, aviatiC n and the aircraft construction. the railway troops, and the great tech- nical organization which attended to the soldiers welfare and looked after the men on leave.
 Princes and others of the higher nobility have completely disappeared from the officers corps, and there are not as many barons. counts, and so on as in the days of yore. A muster roll-call would sound strangely different from those of a decade ago
 Many of the "old guard" are read ing the new list with tears in their eyes. Many socialist and republi- can is reading it with a smile. as he recalls the hardships Of the mailed fist" militarism in the old days when an emperor tenanted the great palace looking down Inter den Linden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
QUICK VERDICT IS'
 FOUND BY JURY M FLOGGING CASE.
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and six for the defendant. Charges were made by defense counsel that one of the states witnesses had been offered bribe to testify. This caused States Attorney James H. Kelley to declare he had been insulted and later provoked near-fight between Leonidas E. Wade, chief counsel for the defense, and Himself.
 The defense further charged a "slush fund" had been raised in North Dakota to aid in the prosecu- tion and pamphlets distributed among witnesses to prejudice them.
 Tabert was whipped while serving as a convict in the lumber company s camp, January 27, 1922. The defense claimed he died on February 2. G. Crimson, assistant attorney general of North Dakota, investigated the Florida. On his return to North Dakota, he submitted his findings to the North Dakota legislature then In session, and which approved a re- solution calling upon the state of Florida to investigate the arrest, con- vinction and death of Tabert.
 Dust Two officials.
 The Florida legislature abided by the request, appointed. joint commit tee and through investigation fol- lowed. Testimony adduced from scores VI NlAHGSStS lcSullct III ulSIlllSSdl rom office of Sheiff J. R. Jones and County Judge B. r. Willis of Leon county, who arrested and sentenced Tabert. Tabert was arrested for rid ing freight train through Tallahas- see and sentenced to three months.
 Sheriff Jones admitted he had en- tered into personal agreement with the Putnam Lumber company to supply prisoners to the company at $20 each after the company had con- tracted with Leon county to lease its prisoners Many witnesses attacke ed the sobriety of Judge Willis.
 G. Crimson, assistant attorney gen. eral of North Dakota and Otto Ia bert, brother tof Martin Tabert, left here tonight for their homes in North Dakota.
 Mir. Crimson was silent as to when the suit against the Putnam Lumber company would be filed. He declared it was the intention of the Taberts to file suit for from s50,000 to 100000, and that it would be filed in a Wis consin court. The Putnam Lumb CT company is chartered under the laws of Wisconsin,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
HOPE ABANDONED FOR AIR MEN N
 BIG BALLOON RACE
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hydroplane, Nina" and started for Port Stanley, Ont, at 4:40 D. m., with three newspaper men and Pilot Shil- Ter at the wheel. They sighted the Canadian shore at 5:20 D. m. They followed the shore 10 miles out and at 5:55 landed alongside the tug Stanley. 22 miles southwest of Port Stanley. The Stanley had the United States naval balloon A-669S in tow, over the stern. Bruno and the crew of the flying boat helped pull the balloon on board the Stan ley. The tug already had the uni forms of Roth and Null on board. The Nina" then cruised around in searching for trace of the missing officers, but without avail. The hy- droplane then left for Cleveland, sar- irving here shortly before dark, bringing an envelope of the Ma tional Aeronautic association of U. $. A, Washington, containing the official log of the naval balloon trip, badly water soaked and almost unde- cipherable, personal papers addressed lets, one leather coat and an Amer jean flag.
 Ropes Were Cut.
 MT. Bruno said the ropes which held the wicker basket to the bal loon had been cut. No trace of the basket was found.
 Both men apparently had stripped to their underclothing," MT. Bruno said. 'It looked as though they had discarded their clothing and the bas- ket in a desperate effort to tighten the balloon sufficiently to get blown ashore. They probably cut away the basket, discarded their clothing and threw away all the weight they could when the basket first hit the water, clinging to the mesh about the lower part of the bag in the hope 1t would carry them to safety"
 Glenn l.. Martin, airplane manu- facturer, expressed a similar view.
 A slight chance remains that the airmen may be alive, it was said by air men here tonight. Life preservers were said to be in the balloon when it left on the trip and it is conceded the two lieutenants might have been picked up in Lake Erie by some freighter which had no wireless ap- paratus and could not inform shore stations of the rescue. Local air plane pilots said the two naval Cf- ficers might have worn life preserv- CTS or a rubber suit containing air next to their underclothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
OFFICIALS CONFER ON SOUTH ALABAMA PROBE
Details Of Plans To Investigate
 C.octaw Murder Not Revealed

MOBILE, Ala, July 7.-Preliminary to resumption of the probe into the two ChoctaW murders, the shock ing memory of which was recently resurrected after a lapse of more than a year, Solicitor Bart B. Cham berlain and k. E. Hunt, special in-- vestigator of the attorney generals department, held a three hour con ference here today. Details of the conversation were not revealed. but it was rumored that further develop ments may result in the next several days.
 Mir. Hunt and w. J. Nesmith, fed eral prohibition officer, returned to Mobile Saturday morning and it is understood additional information will be sought in connection wite the killings, both of which occurred in 1921, William Drue Connor and a horse trader were the men who lost their lives. The killings are believed by the investigators to have been an outgrowth of moonshine operations in Choctaw county. The men, ac- cording to officers, met death in the Souwilpa -Silas section of the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
Washington Pleased By Frances Action

WASHINGTON, July 7.-France' by moving at last for ratification or the Washington naval treaty, may hdN e saved herself from an aW WkWafd III = ternational position. W nile lhe Washington government has lons been concerned at the delay III French action, Secretary Hughes mas been loath to make any formal sug- gestions in the matter. Recent!y' however, events were shaping them selves to render a protest likely.
 Japan had suggested that since President Harding called the orlSlnai conference, it might be adVisaple TOT him to protest against the French de- lay in ratifying the fruits or that conference. It is known also that III : formal exchanges on the subject haa been held between the United states and Great Britain from time to tune during recent months.
 It is now believed that approval or the pact will be given by the French senate without delay and there IS a relief in official quarters here.
 Following final action by France the great task of gradual destruction and dismantling of many war cralt or the leading naval powers will begin. This government, as well as Great Britain, has destroyed some vessels and is scrapping others; Japan has reduced her naval personnel some what and all three of these powers, soon after the treaty was signed at Washington, halted construction work on vessels planned or being built.
 As soon as notifications are eX- changed among the nations, however, the major work will begin in earnest.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
SMYRNA EMERGES r R OM ] A M A GE
 CAUSED BY FLAMES
Americans Surprised At the Rapid Progress Made By
 Doomed City

SMYRNA, July 7--(By Associated Press.)-After ten months of death like stiffness which followed the de- vastating fire, smyrna has taken on a new lease of life. Quay street, which skirts the waterfront, has been cleared of debris and the fla miliar one-horse tram-cars again are running. Two moving picture con cerns. which feature American films. are operating conveniently near the spot where passenger ships tie up. Turkish newsboys cry out two- page edition of daily French propa ganda paper. and the cafes are running full blast. The American flag Is still flying from the quay, but Is in a new place. It was re- moved from the burning consulate at the height of the fire in Septem- ber, 1922, and again when the tenn porary consulate was destroyed by a blaze several months agGs
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 Americans Surprised.
 American tobacco men, who have struggled back to Smyrna, have been surprised at the commercial activity of the city. Expectations of figs, rafsins and tobacco have revived in a small degree, and some steel rails and building materials are being imported. The Turks, the Americans say, are making big effort to give the lie to those who prophesied Smyrna would remain dead city under their rule. In this the Turks are being assisted by generous sprinkling of Dutch, the oldest of the western colonies in Smyrna before the fire. and Italians, new importa . tion, who are jealous of French eff forts to capture the trade of the once prosperous community and principal outlet for the riches of Asia Minor. Ten months ago there were 200. 900 Greeks in smyrna and another 150,- 900 in the flourishing hinterland. To- day the only Greeks in smyrna are prisoners of war working under the lash of the dark skinned Turkish non- commissioned officers. and guarded by Turkish privates with long bay oneted rifles. Carrying steel rails with their bare hands from ships in the harbor. and clearing debris from the narrow, winding streets emerg- Ing from the waterfront are their chief labors. They look cowed and tired. They work from daybreak until darkness and get small ra tion of bread, olives and Turkish coffee. France. Italy, Czechoslo- vakia and Bolshevist Russia main tain energetic consulates and trade representatives. The entire British colony has deserted the city.
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 L. S. Capturing Trade.
 American destroyers and United States shipping board steamers call here regularly. Uncle Sam's freight CTS are capturing most of the cargo business in the Mediterranean from the British, French and Italians Passengers and crews on all boats entering smyrna bay are required to wear life belts because Of the men acing mine fields laid by the Turks Turkish tugboat leads the Ameri- can destroyers through the lane of mines.
 Antipathy toward foreigners has not been wholly removed, and pas sengers are not permitted to land, American bluejackets. however, are always welcome. because the Turks have not forgotten how splendidly they behaved when the city was in flames.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
CROSSES ATLANTIC TO PAY 30-SEC0ND VISIT
Ship Steward Holds Record For
 Short Stay Ing America

NEW YORK, July 7.-The title of worlds champion brief visitor to America was claimed today by Pieter Soberling, a chief steward employed by the Holland America Steamship company
 Radio instructions in one hand and his baggage in the other, Soberling stepped from the incoming liner Veendam at Hoboken today, bounded across the pier to the Nieuw Amster- dam and boarded her for the trip back. Deducting the time when both his feet were in the air as he sped across the pier, steamship officials estimated his stay on American soil at 30 seconds flat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
ORPHAN PLANNING
 AIR SERVICE TO ALL POSSESSIONS
England Has So Far Shown Great Enthusiasm For
 Aviation

LONDON. July 7.-(By Associated s.)-The latest plan for com mercial aviation in England is the establishment of a British imperial airship service which will connect England with all the British posses sions by regular air routes. The first part Cf the scheme, which was orig mated by Commander c. D. Burney, R. A. F., provides for the establish ment of a service of super-Zeppelns to Australia. This has been placed before the air ministry, and there is every, prospect of it's adoption. The Burney scheme would immediately make England the foremost country il, commercial aviation, and add con siderably to the strength Cf the air forces.
 Enthusiasm shown.
 The fact that England has not all ready a gigantic fleet of commercial planes is not due to lack of enthu- siasm on the part of the commercial aviation companies. The English companies now operating air lines to Paris and Holland. with the aid Cf subsidies from the government, are making a success of their projects.
 The government has previously been reticent in accepting these plans because Of the huge sums in volved and the small chance Of such lines ever paying, but 1t is now expected that the air ministry will push the establishment of new air routes.
 Service To India.
 Briefly the scheme provides for the establishment at once of a super Zeppelin service between London. India and Australia. The Zeppelins will carry 200 passengers, goods and mail, and make the trip to India in three and a half days and to Aus tralia in a week. Such airslips will have a speed of so miles an hour and will be capable Cf nonstop flight of 12,000 miles. about half way around the earth. This would cut the travelling time between these places to less than one-fourth the resent time.
 If the scheme is approved the serv- ice will start in about eleven months with a biweekly service of pas senger ships from London to Bom- bay and little time later to Perth, Australia. The ships will not use gasolene as fuel. They will be the first tC use a n-inflammable mix ture of kerosene and hydrogen, which has just been perfected by ex- periments under the direction of the air ministry.
 The second stages of the Empire service will be the establishment of a route to Canada, which will be followed by services to South Africa Hong Kong and Singapore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
B|G BRITISH NE Wa
 AGENCY |S MOVE II ID ANOTHER SITE
Historic Old Reuters Building Will Soon Pass Into
 Discard

LONDON, July 7.-The announce ment that Reuters had acquired al great~modern office building on the Elm bankment, and soon would trans fer there the main network of their worldwide news activities now radl ating from the group of quaint old buildings Nos. 23, "A, 25 Old Jewry. in the city, tolls another change in London's famous old newspaper landmarks.
 Old Jewry, described by historians as the center of medieval London. at one time contained the palace oc- cupied by King Richard III, and the building at 24 Old Jewry, advertised more than one hundred years ago as a "comfortable and desirable dwell- lng-house with garden" has been the very heart of Reuters for many years stately Rooms Used.
 From the ancient mansion, with it's w-pitched ceilings, steep staircases, and thick outer walls, a constant stream of news, gathered from the remotest corners Of the earth, Is sent flowing back to the outside world. The stately bedrooms are now oc- cupied by editors busy with type writers and tape machines: the ceil- ings are marked with network of black wires; and in the garden is housed the traffic department of the agency.
 Under the reorganization complet- ed by Sir Rodericlk Jones, the present chairman and managing director of the agency, Reuters head office has been expanded to IA departments and branches, requiring greatly enlarged facilities for the agency's work. Buchan Joins Organization.
 At the invitation of Sir Roderick Jones, MT. John Buchan, partner in the great publishing house of Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd, has Joined the active management of Reuters, as deputy managing direc- tor. Mir Buchan, who had a brilliant career at Oxford, was the principal correspondent of the London Times in France during the World war.
 It is announced also that Sir Ed ward Grigg, who has had distn- guished career In diplomacy and journalism, having been private sec retary to former Primo Minister Lloyd George, has joined the board of directors of Reuters. MT. s. Cary Clements, for many years manager of the agency, also has been added to the board of directors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
DETECTIVES TO MEET
Finger Print Experts Will Hold An-
 nuRI Convention In Des MOineS


 nual Convention In Des MOines
 DIES MONIES. July 7.-(By As sociated Press. )-Expert criminolo- gists from all parts of the United States will gather here August 15 to IS for the convention Of the h. ternational Association for Identifi- cation, which includes in it's mem bership finger print and Bertillon . specialists from virtually all the po- lice departments and penitentiaries in the country. The organization Is international in scope, having on its membership list members from Scot land Yard and operatives from some of the largest detective agencies in Europe.
 Among the notables who will be present at the meeting will be W. J. Burns, w. A. Pinkerton and A. J. Renee, government Identification ex- pert in charge of that department at Fort Leavenworth.
 Problems of identification and a discussion Of the various improve ments which have been made in the sciences of crime detection and pre- vention in the last year will consume much of the time of the convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
TEACHERS SELECTED

SAMSON, Ala, July 7.-(Special Leased Wire.)-The Samson city school has selected It's teachers com plete for the coming year of 1s23-24. The grammar teachers are: First grade, Mrs. J. J. Holiday, Miss Sul- livan. of Florala; second grade, Miss Harriet Davis of Clanton; third grade, Miss Irene Chance. F1orala; fourth grade, Miss Hattie Watson, Samson; fifth grade, Mrs. J. C. Breckenridge; sixth grade. Miss Irene Johnston, Samson. The high school teachers are Miss Esther Me- Cartney, Samson; Miss Merle Sel- lers, Samson; Miss Myrtline Kirk patrick, Selma; Prof. J. J. Holiday, principal. Professor Holiday comes to Samson from Geneva, where he has had a successful school for the past four years. +-e as
 About 1,500 miles could be cut from the journey across the Pacific ocean from San Francisco to Cairo, Egypt, by an airplane crossing the arctic regions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
WILL MOVIE MILL.

CROWLEY, La, July 7.-The Lou- isiana State Rice Milling company declared to be the largest rice mill ing concern in America will move it's main offices from New Orleans to Crowley about August 1, it was announced today by Robert E. Put nam, president. The company, which was formed in 1910 through the mer- ger of various rice interests, con- trolls If mills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
SAYS USE LESS FOOD
Denver Doctor Gives Advice To Mid
 dle-AEed Men

SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.-(By As sociated Press 1.-Two meals day as a regular diet for men over middle age, especially those whose occupa- tiLns do not require great physical exertion, would avoid disorders of the stomach, kidneys and heart, pr. c. D. Spivak, of Denver, told the American Medical association here.
 pr. Spivak stated that study of the diets of large number of fami- lies indicated that the caloric value of the daily meals increased break fast having the smallest value, lunch con the next and dinner the largest.
 "As, persons grow older, the appe- tite grows feebler for the first meal of the day, and yet the quantity of food consumed as result of habit remains the same" added pr, SpiVak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
NO PEACE AT LAUSANNE
Allied Chiefs And Ismet Unable To
 Reach Agreement

LAUSANNE, July 7.-(By Asso- ciated Press .)-After an uninterrupt- el six-hour struggle, the allied chiefs and Ismet Pasha separated tonight to meet again tomorrow for discussion of the unsettled problems of the Near East peace conference. Tho only an- nouncement made was that nothing definite was concluded at today's de- bate which will Sc hopefully resumed Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
AIR FILLED WITH RADIO

NAUEN, Germany, July 7.-(By As- sCcIated Press )-German wireless telegraphy flashed 51,139 words abroad in one day recently, surpass- ing all previous records. Thirty five thousand words went to the United States alone, while most of the remainder was sent to Spain Italy. Russia and Egypt. The bulk of the traffic was handled here and at the Eilwesen station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
BOY GUARD TO PROTECT FOREST

OTTAWA, Ont, July t-Nby AS sociated Press.)-One hundred and forty thousand Canadian schoolboys have been banded into an army of guards to watch for and prevent forest fires in the Dominion this wear, acct rding~ to an announcement made by the Canadian Forestry as sociation.
 The new organization, which IS known as the Young Cahaulans Enrast I.eague. will, it Is expected sa,,e several million dollars worth of timber from fire ravages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
MENNnN1TEs PLAN CoNFERENCE

FREEMAN, s. D., JuIy I.-Vby As- sociated Press)-Preliminar ar rangements have been perfected for the national meeting of the Mennon- ite general conference to be held here next month This little town of scarcely thousand persons is pre- pairing to entertain between four and five thousand visitors who will at tend the conference. The meetings will last a week and will be held on
 the campus of Freeman college Mennonite school Freeman was cbfsen as a meeting place because tbara is a Mennonite colony, Wolf Creek. near here This is the third snch meeting to be held in the United States, members of the sect declare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
WARSAW TO HAVE sI<YsCRAPEH

WARSAW, July 7.-lBy AssocIateu Press.)-This will be the first city in Europe to have a skyscraper of 92 stories, which will be completed next year. It is being built in ter races. becoming narrower every four stories. The building VIII have 1000 office rooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-08
BEGIN NEW YEAR
Huntsville Civitan Club Installs New
 nffinrrs

HUNTSVILLE, AlaY July 7-(Spe- cial Leased Wire.)--The Civitan club of Huntsville began another wear of activities with it's weekly meeting Friday night. when new of ficers were installed as follows: J. E. Pierce, president; R. c. Galloway and w. T. Galloway, vice presidents; James R. Mason, treasurer and Pr. W. M. Blackwelder, chaplain The Civitans have several ambitious plans afoot, among them being the eeta ablishment of a large park in Huntsville. By unamious vote token of esteem in which he is held by the club members will be pre- sented retiring President w. L. Wall, who has served two terms.