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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
$10,000 TAKEN BY N0RTHR0P FOUND
 IN W0MAN'S HOME
Mrs. Jeffries Knew Nothing Of Money, Atmore Cash
 fer Declares
(specinl to The Age-Hernid3

MOBILE, Ala, June o.-Federal au- | thorities today took hand in the case against J. NJ. Northrop, cashier of the First National bank at At more, when warrant signed by II. r. ] Patterson. director in the banking i istitution, charging a shortage in the funds of the bank. was issued. This action was taken from the fact that the Atmore institution is a national bank and subject to the federal banking laws. Northrop will not be taken over by the federal au- thorities. it was stated. until the state charge of embezzlemeut oa which he was arrested yesterday, at the Louisville and Nashville depot here, has been disposed of, or he has made bond.
 Northrop is in jail here in default of bail.
 $10.OOO Recovered.
 The $10.000 in cash was found last night at the horne of Mrs. G. W. Jeffries at Irvington. Ala. After Northrop got the money from the bank here yesterday. at q time when officials of the Atmore institution were debating whether or not they would prosecute him for the alleged shortage. Solicitor Bart |. Chamber | lain. Assistant Solicitor Jack Court ney and Sheriff Paul Cazalas began questioning the prisoner as to where he had put the si0.j00, as it was not found on him when taken into GUS tody at the l.. &s N. station.
 Northrop steadfastly refused to teli where he had hidden the money. Finally it was learned that Northr op had accompanied Mrs. Jeffries to her home at Irvinglon.
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 Mrs. Jeffries was summoned and told officers that she knew nothing of the money. in fact didn't know that Northrop had cashed a s10,000 check. Officers pressed Northrop closely and fearing that Mrs Jef- fries might become involved in the case he finally told the officials that he would lead them to the place where he stored the money away.
 The party entered automobiles. Deputies Charles Smith and Will Ernst in charge of the prisoner. They drove to Irvington and to the home of Mrs Jeffries There North rop went into a room of the home and pulled forth the money in 20 and 10 dollar bills hidden beneath piece of furniture. Northrop declared that Mrs. Jeffries knew nothing of the money; that he awaited an oppor- tuntty and when she was absent from (Continued On Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
INSPECTORS STAR I CHECK OF UNSCREENED
 STANDS AND MARKETS
Mrs. EchoIs Pushing Ahead With Fly Control Cam
 paign For City

Workers of the city sanitary de- partment began taking notes Friday of shops and markets, fruit stands and street vendors who are selling fruit, bread. candy, vegetables, fresh meat and other foods from shelves floors and sidewalks where the edible merchandise is unscreened.
 Commissioner Mary Echols of the city department of health and edu- cation, is going forward with her campaign for fly control, despite the lack of official workers. the delay of state officials in returning Birming- hams sanitary ordinance. and the lack of proper facilities for disposlng of municipal garbage.
 Mrs. Echols has announced her be- lief that the women of the city and the men think enough of their own and the welfare of their families to direct their purchasing to those shops that pay attention to the screening law and expects, through such stores in line. for self-preserva- tion of the businesses. if no other reason.
 Mrs. Echols is a member of many women's organizations. a high off, cial in some Of them. At meetings she will attend in the immediate fu- ture she expects to discuss the screen ordinance before the memberships.
 Already officials of several civic organizations have sent her word they are back of her campaign and will get official action from their organizations at their next meetings. Mrs. Echols hopes all civic and other organizations will bring the subject up for discussion at once and take steps to interest the members in the work for better health that is now under way
 Mrs. Echols stated Friday morning that she was going to do all in her power to have the foods offered for sale in Birmingham protected from flies. dust and other menaces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
NEGRO ON DEATH TRAP WARNS RACE CRIME D0ESN' PAY
GoIson Says He "Got What Was Coming"-Ben Moore
 Hanged At La Fayette

Two of five executions scheduled for Friday, were carried out. Three others under death sentence were granted reprieves or awaited hear ings. Tom Wilson, Limestone county youth. was granted an eleventh hour reprieve both of Governor Brandon. now in Washington, and the legisla- tive department. His execution was postponed three weeks, Winston given weeks respite. Nellie Bes- tor, Cenreville negro. convicted for the murder of her husband, was granted a rehearing.
 Ben Moore and Willie Golson paid the penalty on the gallows Friday
 Calmly, quietly and with lips nov ing in muttered prayers, Willie Col son, negro. went to his death on the gallows in, the jailyard of the Jeff ferson county jail at 40 o'clock Friday morning, ten and one half minute later he was pronounced dead. No martyr ever met death more re- signedly or with firmer belief in his salvation than Golson.
 Early in the morning services Tor the condemned negro were held in the prison basement. Following talks by Rev. Jim Pearson, negro prison work CT, Rev. J, P. Booth, Golson'es grand father, and an old deacon in Golson's S mothers church, Golson arose and made his confessions before the as sembly of negro prisoners. The con demned man spoke a warning to all negroes and cautioned them to fol- low the straight and narrow path" Golson Warns Negroes.
 q just want to tell you not to go the way I did. I've been going a long time, but I got caught and ought to. l attacked a white woman and a. 'cullud woman and l don't know how many more. I did it in New York and in Mississippi. ago, up in New York one night. I saw myself going through this gal lows and now I'm going"
 Golson's actions were heavily cen sured by his grandfather, who eau toned other negroes to take the hanging as a warning not to follow the ways of evil.
 With the ending Of services, Golson was conducted to the scaffold. The time of the hanging had been ad vanced because of the immense crowds gathering in the court yard opposite the jail. Before approxi- mately 200 county officials, newspa- per men and three women, Golson mounted the platform of the gallows. Chief Deputy Sheriff Henry Hill and three negro preachers stood beside
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
iWINkLEMAN BIGGEST CURB
 FIRM SURVIVING CLOSES
Crash Is Latest Of Series Which Preceded Probes And Qulzzes By Authorities. Crowds Drawn To Office
20 Brokerage F Failures
 In Less Than Two Years

NEW YORK, June 8.-The s4,o00,000 collapse of L. L. Winkle- man & Co.,, Friday cIimaxes series of 20 brokerage fail ures which, in less than two years, have cost the country's investors, Venturesome and otherwise. well above s1o0.000,00o. according to well-informed' and avowedly con- servative estimates.
 Most of the bankrupt firms have been members of the Consolidated Stock exchange, and not the New York Stock exchange. while some, like the Winkleman firm, belonged to the Curb Market association.
 Noteworthy recent failures have been those of Jones & Baker, $1O,- 000.000; Fuller and company, s6,000,000; S. s. Ruskay and com pany. sS.000.000, and Kardos & Burke, $2.500,000.
 The Winkleman house special ized in Standard and other oil stocks, serving thousands of mid dle western clients through score of branch offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
WOODLAWN " A " CHOSEN HEAD OF EPWORTH LEAGUE
Other Officers Elected And Committee Report At
 Athens Session
TENNESSEE VALLEY BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD :

At the election of officers here this morning Anon N. Kirby of Woodlawn, Birmingham. was elected president of the North Alabama Con- ference Epworth league. Other of- ficers chosen were Eroy Corley of Pratt City. vice president; Hugo Hughes of Birmingham Southern col lege, treasurer. and Miss Bernice Bonham of Tuscaloosa. recording secretary. The executive secretary Is chosen by the church conference.
 The retiring president is r. c. Wigley of Anniston, who was com plimented on the efficient way in which he has served. The league observes the custom of not re- elect. ing its officers.
 Condemn Dancing.
 Several committees reported Fri day morning. Among these was the temperance and morality committee which uttered a strong condemnation of modern dancing and profanity The committee also urged respect in all regards for the prohibition laws. The report was made by Miss Belle Canterbury, chairman.
 The annual banquet of the dele gates and visitors scheduled for Thursday night was cancelled and instead 'five-reel motion picture was exhibited in the assembly hall. The change in the program was made necessary because of the in ability of Governor Brandon to ap- pear. He was to be the principal speaker at the banquet
 The motion picture show was pre- ceded by an excellent musical pro gram under the direction of E. L. Muchmore, and an inspiring talk by Dr. " G. Henry. Dr. Henry spoke cn Progress" pointing out that 1t was the great duty of Christians to develop the spiritual life of the world to keep pace with develop ments along other lines.
 To Publish "NaceI."
 The conference Friday morning voted to resume publication of The Nacel," the conference Epworth league monthly publication The first issue of the paper was pub lished last year. After three numbers had gone out, the paper was sus- pended through lack of regular means of support.
 At the meeting Friday. the chap- ters pledged themselves to sustain the publication of the paper, which. by action of the Epworth league board. must pay for itself Accord ing to the plan considered, the chap ters will bear any expenses not coy cred by advertising
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
H. E. WISDOM DEAD IN WOODLAND, VICTIM OF
 UNKNOWN MOTORIST
Driver Stops And Places Mangled Body On Street Cal Platform At Thirty Seventh Street and Drives Away Police Unable To Confirm Reports Second Autois Secured License Number

Hans Ioedder, 53O6 First nve- nue, north, n chirOpractOr. and m auto mechanic was arrested at 2 o'clock Saturday morning by Officers w. Y. Watson, W. w. Alexander and N. C. PrObst aft- CT license number taken at the time of the accident by N. C. Mckenzie, 1143 Twelfth street. north, had been traced. IOedder is being held at the city jnil on n charge of mnnslaughter. He de- nied he was guilty and declared a mistake had been made as to the number of the car.
 H. B. Wisdom, 65 years of age, 3S3 Fifty-fourth street; north, Woodlawn, is dead from inju' rs received when an automos x driver unknown, ran ever hi S& First avenue and Thirtyse
 street, about o'clock night
 Wisdom was riding SA :le down First avenue whe a slck by the automobile. ,feE sses stated that when thefS was stfuck the driver osS car stopped, picked up tb z k-m and laid him on the pls S of the street car station 6 rty -sev- enth street and spe~S>.way. It was at first reported that a woman who was in a car behind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09

the one causing the accident se- cured the license number. Po- lice, however, were unable to get any trace of this Friday night Officer l.. J. Nix took charge of the body.
 Wisdom was rushed to Wood lawn hospital. where it was found that he had suffered a fractured skull. a broken leg, the leg being almost severed from the body and possible internal injuries. He died at the hospital at 9:15 o'clock Friday night and the re- mains were removed to the Vice undertaking parlors. Coroner Russum was notified and went to the undertaking establishment to begin his investigation.
 At midnight he had been un- able to get any further facts than were already in the hands of the police.
 Real Estate Collector
 MT. Wisdom, though 65 years old, appeared much younger. For the past two years he had been collector for the Macke Real Es- tate company. His wife has been dead for two years. Three daughters survive.
 Funeral arrangements will be announced later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
FINAL APPROVAL
 GIVEN $7,OOO,OOO TALLAPOOSA DAM
New Power Project Calls For Production Of 105,000
 Horse Power

WASHINGTON, June S.-Final ap- proval has been given by the federal power commission to the project of the Alabama Interstate Power com pany tt, be located on the Tallapoosa river at Cherokee Bluffs. A per- manent license was issued today and work will be started about June 15.
 The project, calling for production of 105,000 horse power. is one of the largest now before the commission. The principal plant will be 10 miles north of Tallassee. Ala. The company he ltfng the license is a subsidiary of the Alabama Power company, chief competitor of Henry Ford in the bid ding for Muscle Shoals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
MERCURY SNATCHES
 AT CLOUDS FRIDAY; 90 DEGREES HIGHEST
Apollo certainly meandered a hAlIt 2 it.toa i'm. l,., xle.

Apollo certainly meandered about Birmingham Friday.
 Statistical information Friday night disclosed the fact that the city wasn't more than 15 or 20 feet away from the fiery abysm. as the mercury tipped the notched tube to the tune of 90 degrees just shortly before noon.
 According to E. c. Horton, United States weather bureau forecaster, Birmingham swelter- ed in the grip of the hottest day the city has experienced for many months. At 11:45 o'clock in the morning the thermometer registered 90, the highest point. The coolest temperature was Il degrees, while the mean temper ature figured out at 80 degrees, just three degrees higher than the average temperature for this time of the year.
 Saturday Fair and Hot.
 MT. Horton declared that 1t was impossible to predict wealth CT more than about 24 to 36 hours ahead of time, but that the forecast for Saturday was gem erally fair. He said it was inn possible to tell whether Satur- day would be as warm as Fri day.
 While the weather was at its hottest Friday just before noon. a lowering of the clouds intro- duced dampness into the atmos- phere which tended to keep the thermometer down. By 6 o'clock in the evening the humidity had reached high point of .s2 per cent, as compared with the mark of .52 per cent prevailing at noon. The average humidity for this time of year Is around TO per cent.
 O O O
 Little Below Normal.
 MT. Horton said that the tenn perature thus far in the year was a little below normal, there be- ing a deficiency of 62 degrees for the year, This, however, figures up to only the very small fraction of a degree each day. Rainfall has been 6.17 inches above normal for the year thus far
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09

expressed great interest in the pro posal and intention to cooperate to utmost ability.
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 Conference Saturday.
 The conference Saturday follows q meeting of ths managers of Ala bana chambers { of commerce held some time ago. at whfcn 1t was de- termined to make an effort to have ell Alabama forces unite in a cam laign to advertise the resources of the state in national channels of largest circulation and through the most accurate and best prepared data. Cooperation of the utilities. the railroads, city, state and county officials and industrial corporations is to be sought.
 O. L. Bunn, chairman of the com mittee calling the conference. was enthusiastic Friday. The numerous and cordial replies to the invitation to attend the conference" he said. convince me that the time is ripe for state advertising campaign and that great results may be attained
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
CAR OvERTURNS, 25 HURT

Crowded Trolley Was Carrying Elm
 plOyes Home From Work
 TOLEDO. O., June S.-More than 25 persons were injured, number of them perhaps seriously, shortly after o'clock tonight when a street car overturned at Ashland and Col lingwood avenues and caught fire. causing a panic. The car, which wa special run to accommodate em- ployes of the Willys-Overland com pany. was crowded to capacity, many passengers standing in the aisles and on the platform. All the injured were Toledo residents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
SEEKS TO SAVE CHILD; OFFICER LOSES LIFE
Two Persons Drown In Gulf At
 Pensacola

PENSACOLA. Fla. June S.-Chief Petty Officer Earl Brooks was drowned late Friday opposite Fort Barrancas, Fla. when he attempted to rescue little Ruth.s Goodwin. who had fallen into the water. The bod ies are believed to have been washed out to sea, as efforts of both army and navy searching parties to find them were unavailing,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
WILL RELEASE CAPTIVES
Bandits Promise To Give Up For.
 eigners Within Four Days

TIENTSIN, June 8.-(By Asso- ciated Press.)-The chief of the Shantung train bandits now holding eight foreign captives in the Paotzu- ku mountain stronghold has promised within four days, according to a let. ter received today by the French con sul here from Emile Gensburger, a Shanghai broker. who is among those held.
 The general health of the prisoners was said to be satisfactory, all those who were Ill having virtually recov- cred. The intense heat of the past few days is causing some discomfort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
SPEEDS ON AFTER KILLING AGED MAN

HE'S AIDE TO HOOVER--J. Walter Drake seen here, just been appointed assistant secretary of commerce. position which has been vacant for several months Mr. Drake who began his member of the bar later became chairman of the board of the Hupp Motor Car pany, Detroit During the Spanish American war he served in the navy enlisted man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
PAWN'S WIPES TEETH

PORTLAND. Ore, June s.-L. B. Stewart, who, according to testimony, took his wife's gold teeth and pawned them. now has no wife. Mrs. Stew art was granted a divorce Friday. Stewart was loaned s450 on the gleaming molars, she said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
TWO DIE IN AIR CRASH
Aviator And Student Filler Killed In Illinois

Illinois
 PEORIA, Ill.,, June S.-An aviator and a student fller were instantly killed tonight when their plane went into a tail spin 2,000 feet in the air and crashed to the ground on the farm of H. G. Perkins near Keller field, where the fliers aimed to land. The dead are Clarence Brown, pilot. 22 years old, Loxa. H., and Emery Gibson. student flier, 23 years old, Atlanta. III.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09
What IS it?

Something interesting to every person re- siding. in Birmingham and the territory embracing Greater Birmingham. Full de- tails will be found in Sundays Age-Her- aid, and all wide-awake persons will do we'll to read of it.
 See Double Page Announcement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09

FURNACE SLAG GOING OUT OF BIRMINGHAM AT RATE OF 100000 TONS A YEAR A NEW HIGH RECORD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09

THE ALABAMA FORECAST: CLOUDY ON SATURDAY; LO- c A L THUNDERSHOWERS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-09

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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-09

Business trained mon cam $4,000
to 5000; unframed men 5000 {
1920. Business education Iusl
promotion. Get it at Nevtie.-I M
mercial College, Siou& i'a.-. tataia.
free.
VIM. Frcdrickson LETT Ia t y"
for Bercsford, S. D., and he
might go to Illinois to spend ... 1914.
ter, but that if all went Wei ac ".a
return to Mellctte county D
spring and turn over GU. e q
new sod on his farm uoI.... Z y.
town and pat out au.tICr blg ~
next year.
The Wood high school B and
Urls basket ball teams went L, #I..,
River last Friday night to play
White River high school boys a.
girls basket ball teams. Both OF oIu.
teams were dcfeaed in these, thc.r
first games Of the season. The scores
we're as follows: Boys game, Whit
River. 20, Wood ?; Girls game: Whit.
River, Al, Wood, l.. The White River
boys and girls will come TO Wood 80
play a return game Friday, Doco..
Der Z.
Sunday we drove to White R.-o
and made a personal inspection q. ~.
new power dam site on the l4t,.
White River, which is being construct
ed by the town Of Waite hIgcr L
supply the county scat with h..r
,~lectric power. Considerable dirt ha
lrcady been moved and work ca tl
dam is apparently being pushed r
apidly as possible. This new pawc
liant, when completed, should ~.
,ide the county seat with q 10. O.
cheap power and it will no doubt con.
tribute much to the future growth ano
prosperity Of the county seat OF Mel
lette county. This is the first hydro
! electric plant to be built in Me, t't
county and it is merely au.thcl IA i
cation &C how RAPIDLY this count, lh'
nrvest N the cnt.le state, is dc. clol
nc.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-09

Pete Bachman and wife were at
Winner the first of the week
M. ID. Payne came over from Platte
Saturday, to spend Sunday III Wood
looking after his interests here. lie
returned to Platte Monday.
l.. G.. Brennan, of Chamberlain.
deputy internal revenue collector for
this district, was a Wood visitor,
Tuesday. He was on his way to Ben,
nett county.
Clerk Of Courts VI. |. STRAIN on last
Saturday, November 3, ISSUED "A mar,
riage license to Robert l.. Petersen
Of Belvidere, and Miss Carol Dean.
Of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Raw Rankin of Butte Valley reports
that he has corn that is making bet
ter than sixty bushels to the acre.
The corr crop is certainly immense
in Mellette county this year.
George Nelson drove to Pierre, Sun
day, returning Monday evening. Mrs
+. 5. Clcayer and little daughter ac-
comparied him to visit with her hns.
band, Hr, is i'm q hospital there.
Tom Proctor, who lives at the SIX
Hi ranch west Of town, reports that
he has Il fine crop of corn this year
and he is now gathering his crop
which is yielding right at fifty bush.
els to the acre.
The c. Z. b. j. lodge, a Bohemian
beneficiary organization, is adVertls
;np A bic barn dance at Frank Bar
Gals new brick barn in the Cody neigh
borhood for tomorrow evening, No
venbcr 10. A brass band will fur
nish the music for the occasion.
The Mellette county circuit cour'
has been in session at White Rive.
this week with Judge j. G. Bartine OF
the bench. The court calendar TIN
ltIIl t;lIllNN StN III NllHllIldl NhoNp1 -
teen civil jury cases and II clvl
court case. There were three appli
cations for citizenship on the dockc
also.
Ben Breier, our stage driver, ere
ated quite a little excitement among
some of our local sports when on FRI
day he reported having seen a dee
in the Little Bad Lands west of town
Deer are by no means a common
sight in Mellette county, and this on
perhaps strayed from the Black Hills
The Boy Scouts have about com
pleted the dam in the Memorial Tour
list park on Butte Greek and the par
should now have a nice body of waite
next summer which will afford goo'
bathing facilities for the weary trav
eler and also the home people VIII
enjoy n plunge during the hot summe
months. The scouts should be encouI
aged in every way possible by on
people il. their work at the Tours
Park. STE
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-09
YES WE HAVE NO BANNAS-.

Sheba Please BE Mine-TLree O'Clock In The
Morning-There'S A Rainbow In The Sky
Barney Google Honey bunch ou Tell her
/ Stutter-CaroIina In The Morning-Aggra-
waiting Papa-Yes Sir That's Lazy Bones
Swinging Down The I.ane-Down Among The
Sleepy Hills OF Tennessee. Twelve late snap
nv Fox Trots and Waltzs on brand new ten
irch records at this astonishing Introductory
price S2,as parcel post prepaid TO your door.
Send Money Order or your Personal Check
money back II you are not delighted, Write
for complete list OF music. HART MUSIC co
7i6 So. Edmonds ST.. Mitchell. south Dakota.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-11-09
u. s. WEATHER BUREAU REPOR
For Week Ending November 7

u tai precipitation from january
1909 toadate 2052
Precipitation, previous years:
l~9l3-17.96. 19l4-19.57. l9l5-32.4l.
l9l6--lS.S2. l9l7-1S.21. 19lS-19,5S.
l9l9--2O.32. l920--29.l5. 192l-1S.20.
l922--24.53.
Fred G.. Kirch, Observer.