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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
DOiNGS OF DAY
 IN WASHINGTON

The Senate failed to reach vote on the British debt funding bill but considerable progress was made in negotiations looking to final vots Friday.
 Protest of Major General Adelbert Cronkhite and his friends to his re- cent retirement by war department order, it was understood. may lead to a public investigation.
 President Harding through execu- tive order restored the civil service rights of l7 employees dismissed near ly year ago from the bureau of engraving and printing.
 The census bureau reported that cotton manufacturing showed great CT activity during January than at any previous time, the number Of active spindles exceeding 35.o0O 900 for the first time.
 Senator Borah, republican. Idaho. introduced resolution declaring it to be the sense of the Senate that war should be "outlawed" and pro- posing creation of code of inter- national law and an international court.
 Chairman Lasker announced that the shipping board would recom- mend to President Harding that he issue a proclamation placing the Philippines under the American coastwise navigation law, provided the board would guarantee an ade- quate service between the islands and American ports on all coasts,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15

reports were false came when At torney Smith questioned him about report sent from Milwaukee de- tailing an alleged meeting with one "Lechovetsky," supposed to be a dangerous representative of the soviet government. He admitted on cross-examination that the de- tails were figment of his own imagination.
 The examination developed he had furnished the report to John J. Garrity, then chief of police of Chicago, and the Thiel Agency, and collected salary and expenses from both, and MT. Smith also at tempted to show that the same re- port was sold to the Burns Agency and expenses collected again, but this the witness denied, although MT. Smith produced copy of the statement said to come from the Burns files.
 Balanow, waving his arms, halted the hearing while he delivered a long speech in which he declared Allen o. Meyers of the Burns Agency and T. J. Cooney of the Thiel organization had threatened to expose him to radical organiza- tions as a paid informer unless he followed orders. "If you don't do what they tell you," he shouted, "they ruin you, destroy you, de- port you, send you to prison."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
WARRIOR WINS GREAT VICTORY OVER RAI. RATES
Dickson 4Iay Quit and Take Up School Book Jo1
Former Radical" Detectiue Admits Falsifying Reports

CHICAGO, H., Feb. 14.-(By Associated Press. )-Elbert Bailin, alias Albert Balanow, confessed spy and agent provacateur, admitted today under cross-examination' by O. L. Smith, assistant attorney gen. eral of Michigan, that many of his reports while an agent of the Burns and Thiel Detective Agen- cies were untrue.
 Balanow, in a deposition being taken by Frank P. Walsh, attorney for 22 alleged communists facing trial in Michigan, had pictured the communist and communist labor parties and the I. W. w. organiza- tion as being virtually controlled by the detective agencies and op- erated as side lines for extorting money from banking and business agencies.
 He charged that he and other agents of the two agencies organ ized labor unions and radical or ganizations and directed their ac- tivity in order that the detectives might arrest deluded radical, who followed their lead.
 As he painted the picture of de- tective activities today. radical meetings consisted largely of pri- vate detectives, who at times were so thick, he said, that they reported on each other.
 His admission tha: many of his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
r NAL VOTE UPON DEBT SETTLEMENT
 WILL COME FRIDAY
Both Underwood and Lodge Join in Support of Plan. Borah Leads Critics of
 Proposition

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Negoti- ations providing for final vote Fri day on the British debt. funding bill made material headway today in the Senate, which failed to reach a vote on the bill, as had been hoped by administration leaders. The Senate also called off the proposed night session.
 Formal proposals for a vote Friday were made late in the day but de- cision went over until tomorrow. Democratic opposition compelled the republican leaders to cancel today's proposed session but Senator Robin son. democrat, Arkansas, told the Senate that tomorrow there was every prospect for an agreement to vote Friday.
 Acceptance today by republican leaders of the Robinson amendment to limit the debt funding legislation to the agreement with Great Britain and provide for acceptance of fund ings with the other debtor nations by Congress instead of the President, as provided in the House measure. smoothed the way for the scheduled rassage of the bill Friday.
 Will Not Delay Vote
 After private conferences, Senator Shoot, republican, Utah, in charge of the bill, proposed an agreement to limit speeches to five minutes after ? o'clock tomorrow. This was ob- jected to by Senator Robinson, who said that while there was no dis position so far as he knew to delay action, several senators had planned to speak at length. He said there was not the slightest Justification for a night session and after considerable e sparing the counter proposition for a votv Friday developed and went over for acucn until tomorrow
 Senator Walsh, democrat, Massa- chhsetts. said the minority would agree to vote Friday but this met with objection from Senator Jones. republican. Washington, in charge of the side tracked shipping bill, who said hefrealized that every days de- lay made defeat of the measure easier.
 Underwood Favors Bill
 In today's debate, speeches were made by both party leaders, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and Under wood of Alabama. strongly urging adoption of the British debt agree ment. Senator Underwood, however, made his support of the bill contin- gent upon adoption of the Robinson amendment. Both leaders emphasized the effect upon world stablization the agreement would have. Senator Ransdell, democrat, Louisiana, also urged passage of the bill
 ri ri ha ment were made by Senators Borah. republican, Idaho; Reed, democrat. Missouri, and Ladd, non- partisan re- publican, North Dakota. Senator Borah, however, indicated he would vote for the bill and Senator Ladd was non-commital. while a character istic attack on the plan was made by Senator Reed, who will resume his address tomorrow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
BIRMINGHAM MOVING
 TO RAISE ITS POULT TRY

Birmingham spends more than $3,000,000 annually for poultry and poultry products, according to mem bers of the. Jefferson County Poultry association, which is preparing tc stage an egg show and poultry short course next month It is stated by well-informed poultry men in Bir- mingham that the city spends $l,T50,- 900 a year for live and dressed poultry and $1.250,000 for eggs. Most of this goes to Tennessee ard other states.
 Members of the poultry associa- tion will meet Thursday night in Judge Dan A. Greene's. room at the court house to perfect plans for the egg show and short course. Miles Bradford. president. announced We'd nesday. MT. Bradford believes this show will be one of the greatest boosts to poultry raising in Jeffer- son county ever staged in Birming- ham.
 Poultry raisers ssof the county are determined to make it one of the leading poultry centers in the south. They contend that sufficient poultr, to supply all of Birmingham's needs can be raised in the county Ii con sistent effort is put forth. Citizens of Birmingham are backing the movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
MORE HOME FINANCING PERMITTED BY LIFTING LIMIT ON STOCK ISSUE
W. B. DICKSON

Passage of the bill withdrawing the statutory limitation of s100O0,- 900 of stock to be issued by build ing and loan associations has paved the way for such growing demands for home financing as will arise from time to time" said o. G. Gresh- am, vice president of the Alabama Home Building and Loan associa- ton.
 The new statute withdraws the stautory limitation and Alabama building and loan associations may now develop according to the needs of their communities for home build ing and financing.
 The Alabama Home has issueL s1o.000,o00 of capital stock and this money has been placed from time to time in home building. The growth of Birmingham necessitated an increase of $3,000,000 of capital stock in 1921 and 1922 the com pany issued another s1,ooo,o00 of stock, thus reaching the limit. But for the new Legislation capacity to care for new home financing would have been seriously handicapped. Under the new statute building and loan associations may expand at will.
 We did our record years busi- ness in 1922 and our January rec ord is the best for any month in our history" said MT. Gresham. "Of the January business placed by us 90 per cent was in the financing of new homes and purchase of homes already built. It looks as if it will be another record home acquiring wear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
DERAILMENT OF CAR
 BLAMED FOR DISASTER
 AT NEW MEXICO MINE.

DAWSON, N. M., Feb 14.-Derail- knocking down timbers to which the trolley feed line was attached, rais- ing a quantity of dust. which was ignited by an electric arc. caused the disastrous explosion in Mine No. 1 here Thursday last. which cost the lives of 120 men, according to the jury here this afternoon.
 The arc which set off the coal dust was caused when the feed wire came in contact with one of the iron pit cars, the jury declared.
 Three more bodies were recovered from the demolished interior of the mine today, still leaving Il not yet found amid the debris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
RIGHTS RESTORED TO| EMPLOYES FIRED
 FROM FEDERAL 0FFICE|

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-An execu- tive order restoring the civil service rights to IT of the employees of the bureau of engraving and printing. who were removed nearly year ago. after an investigation, was issued to- day from the White House.
 The order set forth that the IF in- dividuals who were separated from the bureau of engraving and print ing" would be eligible to re-enter part of the governments classified service in appropriate position for a period of five years from March 3l 1922, on certificate of the civil ser vice commission"
 Six additional former employees were declared by the order to be not eligible for re-entrance since they had been retired upon annuity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
BOYCOTT BATTLE ON

ESSEN, Feb. 1.-The boycott bat tie between the Franco Belgian occu- pational forces and the Germans is daily becoming more acute in the Ruhr particularly in Essen. Thc most noticeable features are the fail ure of cooperation by the German police and the refusal of hotels and merchants to serve the French and Belgians.
 In retaliation the allies seized two of the largest hotels in Essen, but this was met by further active oppo- sition by the Germans. Yesterday the Germans severed the electric current supplying the Kaiserhof hotel, where the allied engineering commits sion was quartered.
 The French countered with an ulti = matum that unless the light were re- stored by o'clock last evening the lighting system of the city lights would be shut off. At that hour the Kaiserhof was still without electric ity, but the city lights continued to blaze forth. The Germans said that troops were sent to cut the power. but failed because the doors to the plant were barred.
 Vice Burgomaster Arrested
 Vice Burgomaster- Schooner was arrested this morning Tn connection with this incident.
 Figures on the child population and milk supply of Essen are announced in German quarters in substantiation of the claim that the occupation is causing acute distress. The city, ac- cording to these figures, has 22,000 children under two years of age, ap- proximately 45.000 under six years and S2,000 children of school age. The daily milk supply thus far this month has been $500 to 1000 liters, as compared with 35,010 liters for the same period in January and in Feb ruary ef last year. It Is pointed out, however, that these months ordi- narily are bad for providing milk.
 The present supply permits of about one-quarter of a liter for each child under two years, and 1t is as- serted that many of the children are being given sugar and water instead of milk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
COLD WAVE CONTINUES WITH MERCURY DOWN

Birmingham cold wave, which arrived on schedule time, will con- tinue through Thursday accompanied by cloudiness. according to Forecast CT E. c. Horton. Wednesday nights lowest temperature was expected to register at % to 30, Thursdays of fering. however, will be somewhat colder than that of Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
PAYS FAREWELL VISIT

Dusseldorf, Feb, 1i.H(By Asso ciated Press Mai. Gen. Henry T. Allen, who was in command of the American forces in the Rhineland, and who will leave coblenz next Monday for the United States, paid a farewell visit today to General De- goutte, the French commander. Gen eral Allen returned to Coblenz this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
COAL MOVES

PARIS, Feb. 14.-(By Associated Press .)-More than a dozen trains with coal from the Ruhr left yester- day for various destinations, it was stated in advices reaching here to- day. Five trains of coal and one of coke were destined for France and Belgium, two coal trains for Italy, two for Switzerland and five for Po- land.
 Thirty-two arrests were made in Gelsenkirchen in connection with the wounding of two French gendarmes there Monday, the reports show. The prisoners were mostly members of the German security police in civilian at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
DECLINE TO PAY
COMPLETE ADJUSTMENT

LONDON, Feb. 14.--It is under stood from a reliable authority, says a dispatch to Reuters from Cologne, that the interallied railway sub-com mission has practically completed an important adjustment of the pres ent railway difficulties. These de- tails are secret, but the dispatch says it Is safe to assume that the adjust ment concerns the French request for the section of the railway in the British zone of occupation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
DEMANDS REJECTED

LONDON, Feb. 14.-(By Associated Press.)-The wording of the joint note' the allied high commissioners In Ctnstantinople were to have handed yesterday to Adnan Bey, Tur- Kish nationalist representative, in re- ply to the demand for the withdrawal or Warships from smyrna harbor was left to the discretion of the allied representatives on the scene, but it is understood in official circles. the note declares, the Turkish demands are unacceptable. The general line taken by the note, it is believed, that the armistice of Mudros, signed when Turkey capitulated at the close of the great war, is held by the allies to be still in fierce, and that they are en- titled to maintain their warships at smyrna.
 ULTIMATUM UNDELIVERED
 PARIS, Feb. 14.-(By Associated Press )-The. representative of the Angora government at Smyrna has not yet delivered the reported ulti- matum for the withdrawal of the warships there to the allied chiefs.
 In French diplomatic sercles the opinion is expressed that the Turks have reached the end of their string of bluffs" and are now anxious to
 
 matic quarters there prevails the feeling that the Lausanne terms will be accepted without impo rtant modi- fications.
 The Angora authorities are dis playing signs of impatience over the non arrival from Lausanne of Ismet Pasha, the foreign minister, who ac- cording to official information re- ceived by the French foreign office was still at Bucharest, Rumania. this morning. The Angora assembly is anxious tC begin discussion of the Lausanne peace treaty draft as soon as Mustapha Renal Pasha returns from Smyrna, where he went to open officially the Turkish economic con- gress, but according to several mem bers of the national assembly, Renal is too busy with domestic affairs. Some mild criticism of him on this score has been voiced.
 The assembly appears to be de- sirous of discussing the treaty along broad lines, the French advices indi- = cate. the tendency being to ignore the details upon which the Turkish delegat ton at Lausanne laid so much stress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
HARBOR MINED

MARSEILLES, Feb. 14.-smyrna narbor Is thoroughly laid with mines wnich extended out to sea for con- siueraoIe distance, according to the captain of the steamer Pierre I.oti winch arrived here this morning.
 The captain said that when he at tempted to enter the harbor the forts signalled that if he did so. it would De on his own responsibility. He said he then requested Turkish pilot. and after waiting in vain for A hours put the ship on her course for Marseilles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
ASKS AMERICA.
 TO CONDEMN. FRENCHPOL|CY.
Wisconsin Congressman Calls Upon House to Attack 0ecu- patton of Ruhr-German Village Refuses to Pay
 Large Fine

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-A resolution protesting against the French occupation of the Ruhr, re- questing the President to call a world economic conference and setting forth the view of Congress that France should arrange to pay its war debt to the United States, was introduced today by Repre- sentative Voight, republican, Wis consin.
 The resolution characterizes the Versailles treaty as a "perversion of the terms of the armistice," 1" and terms the invasion of the Ruhr as an "act of war against a starv- ing and defenseless people, making it still more impossible for them to comply with the treaty."
 Asserting that Germany, before the war, was Americas second best customer, the resolution says the occupation seriously has disturbed commerce with Germany, and that it is the duty of the American gov ernment to protect that trade Cir respectively of the moral questions involved in such in7asion."
 
 DECLINE TO PAY
 BERLIN, Feb. 14.-(By Associated Press.)-The municipality of Gelsen- kirchen, according to advices re. eeiyed 'fiere,Fiaas declined to pay the fine of 1oO,0oo,oOo marks demanded by the French as penalty for the clash between German police anc French gendarmeS on Monday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
ALLIED SHIPS. MUST LEAVE PORTS ORDER
London Knows Nothing of Re- ported Sinking of French DeStroyer-Women and Children Told to Leave
 Adrianople

CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. h. (By Associated Press. IA tele- gram from Angora to the Exchange Telegraph says the decision of the Turks to close the ports of Smyrna and Ismid to the allies is irrevoca- ble, and that their warships must leave the harbors. The entry of Greek merchant vessels into Turk ish ports have been forbidden, the telegram adds.
 LONDON, Feb. 14.-(By Asso- ciated Press.)-Nothing is known here regarding the report circu- lated in America that French de- stroyer had been sunk by the Turks. According to an Exchange Telegraph message from Paris such rumor is current there, but the French government has no con firmation of it.
 PARIS, Feb. 14.-Neither the foreign office nor the ministry of marine has received any advices concerning the reported sinking of a French torpedo boat destroyer by the Turks.
 ORDER TO VACATE TOWN
 coNSTANTINoPLE, Feb. 14.-(By associated ess.)-Reuters under stands that the Turkish authorities de Adrianople have ordered all the oiu men, women and children to va sase .ne town as precautionary measure, because "in the event of trouble. 1t would naturally be focused on Adrianople.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
THE FORECAST

Alabama: Cloudiness and colder Thursday; Friday un- settled, probably rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-15
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