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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
SISTER AND BROTHER
 UNKNOWNGLY MARRY
Pair Separated In Infancyfi Wed
 In Later Life

ROLLA Mo-, Sept. 15.-After llv- ing happily together for a year in the bonds of matrlmony, a brother and sister. who had met, fallen des- perately In love, and married, all un- aware of their relationship, were di- vorced Friday in one Cf the strangest cases in the history of Missouri courts.
 The couple appeared before the court as MT. and Mrs. A. H. Kattler. They had just learned that they were brother and sister.
 Originally, the name of both was De Longton. At an early age, how ever. each was adopted and given the respective names of the families which took them.
 The brother, at the age cf II, was father, named Kattler. A year later the sister was born and fate sent her also to Nebraska with family named Hopkins.
 As Bessie Hopkins, the girl met her brother. Under the same name, she was wooed and won by him. Last year they were married and moved to Rolla.
 Then recently Kattler met his father after a separation of many years.
 They discussed the family history.
 Suddenly Kattler was astounded to have the fact bro ught home to nm that he had married his own sister.
 The pair separated immediately.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
MADDEN RECOVERING
Illinois Representative Passes Crisis
 After Attack

WASHINGTON, Sept 15.-Repre- sentative Martin B. Madden of Illi- nois, is believed by his physicians to be on the road to recovery, from the serious heart attack from which he is suffering.
 It was said today at Mir. Madden's residence that he was maintaining the improvement shown since the crisis of the attack was passed and that his ultimate return to health seemed assured.
 So far no indication has reached MT. Maddens friends that he expects to retire as chairman of the commit tee on appropriations but there has been much discussion among mem bers as to the situation which might develop should he decide to do SO. It Is conceded generally that a spirit ed fight for the place might ensue. There is some doubt whether Repre- sentative Davis of Minnesota, rank ing member of the committee, would receive the support of the repub- lican organization for chairman. In tn event of a vacancy. the real fight for the chairmanship would develop, 1t is believed, between Representa- tvs Anthony, Kansas, and Ander- son, of Minnesota, next on the senior ity list.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
DEFER TRIALS IF
 ALLEGED MEMBERS IF HOODED BANDS
Only MiSdemeanor Cases To Be Taken Up At BaStrop,
 Coco Announces

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 15.-Per- sons charged with criminal offenses in connection with activities of hooded bands in Morehouse parish last year. will not face prosecution at the fall term if district court open ing in Bastrop October 1, Attorney General A. V. Coco and his staff de- termined at & conference here. Only misdemeanor cases will be tried at that time, MT. Coco announced.
 The attorney general said the de- fendants charged with misdemeanors would be arraigned October 1 and the cases set for trial November 1. Un- der the Louisiana court procedure these cases will be tried before the district judge without a jury.
 Operations of masked men In More house parish which Governor John M. Parker and MT. Coco attribute to the Ku Klux Klan, reached the pinnacle August 24, 1922. with the Kidnapping of Watt Daniel and T. F. Richard, of Mere Rouge on a highway short distance from Bastrop. Two mutt lated bodies discovered in Lake La fourche on December 22 were identi- fled as those of Richard and Daniel. An open hearing at Bastrop In Jan- uary at which scores of persons testi- fled concerning floggings, depOrta- tions abductions and other alleged activities of masked bands, was fol- lowed by a grand jury investigation In March. The jury reported 1t had found no evidence to warrant indict- ments an the attorney general then filed bills of information against IS citizens of the parish. including Capt. J. K. Skipwith, exalted cyclops of the Warehouse Ku Klux Klan, and Dr. B. NJ. McKoin, former mayor of Mere Rouge. Captain Skipwith was charged with conspiracy to commit murder while the offenses charged to the others run down the scale to conspiring to assault person.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
GETTING MORE SERIOUS
Ruhr Problem Is ExhaustinE Ger
 many, cUuO Says


 NEW YORK, Sept 15.-Conditions in Germany are growing more seri- ous every day IS the settlement of separations and the Ruhr are de- layed, Dr. Wilhelm Cuno, former chancellor, declared on his arrival here Friday.
 Cuno denied that he seeks a loan in America. He also said he had no intention of accepting appointment as ambassador to Washington. His mission to the United States, he said Is the renewal of personal and busi- ness friendships."
 In a prepared statement, the ex- chancellor said that unless the reparations and Ruhr problems were settled soon conditions will reach a crisis which will seriously affect the neighboring countries as well as Ger many He maintained that 30 billion gold marks represented the proper reparations figure.
 The question could not be settled he added, if looked at purely from the political point of view.
 The delay in settlement, he said had already disrupted world markets. He added:
 Germany. as one of the greatest inustrial nations, the consumer of enormous quantities of raw materials, by being thrown out of the economic life of the world, Is affecting not only such countries as the United umes of cotton, wheat, grain, copper, etc, but also every other country. This delay is forcing more and more of our factories to close, further cur tailing the amount of raw material we can purchase"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
OFFICER BREAKS LEG IN CHASE AFTER CAR
Motorcycle Scout Has Marrow Es-
 cape On Lewisburg Road

Chasing a high powered automo- bile on the Lewisburg road, near Lewisburg. Earl Cole, county motor cycle scout, was seriously Injured, when his machine crashed over an embankment. Cole was going about eighty-two miles an hour, when he struck hole in the road, and was rushed to Norwood hospital by a passing motorist, where physicians stated his leg was broken In two places, besides numerous cuts and bruises on the body.
 The accident occurred about II o'clock. Harry Lamb, another motor cycle scout, who happened to be near Lewisburg declared Cole passed him at terrific rate of speed The off, cers failed to oyertake the speeder, but Chief Deputy Sheriff. IT. s. Hill asserted he believed sufficient in- formation could be gathered to affect his arrest. Chief Hill said the speed CT was probably a whiskey-runner, because of his desperate attempt to escape.
 Chief Hill commended his young lieutenant for making such a good attempt to apprehend the law vio- lator. The two scouts Saturday hand ed summons to a large number of motorists for their appearance Mon day in Judge H. B. Abernathy's court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
ENGINEERS BACK PLAN TO SIMPLIFY SPELLING
Boston Technical Men Favor Stand
 ardiZation Of System

BOSTON, Sept 15.-(By Associated Press. "A movement to have the spelling of the English language simplified and standardized by engi- has been started. A resolution fa- voring systematic standardization has been approved by the Boston chapter, Society of Industrial Engi- neers and the recommendation is now on it's way around the country to be submitted to other chapters of the association for indorsement.
 Dr. Frank E. Gilbreth, consult ing engineer of Montclair, N. J., Is urging the indorsement of the plan here asserted that the present mode of spelling is productive of enormous preventable economic waste. With an improved efilclent system " standardized spelling, 200,000,00O pupil-years would be saved every generation, he estimated. The saw ing in time to students, however, would be only one of the benefits, he said declaring that the increased speed and fluency which would fol- low the elimination of uncertainty and hesitation would result in much time saving In business.
 Additional benefits would immedi- ately follow, Dr. Gilbreth said. Start with standardized spelling and the standardizing of other things will come naturally In sequence. The relation of the engineer to the problem is obvious, he said.
 Should Reform Spelling.
 Standardization is naturally the work of the engineer and he should assist the philogists to reform spell ing standards because he has new units, methods and devices for meas uring that are particularly important in evaluating present and proposed spellings for standardization. Be- cause spelling will be used by count less generations, the present absurd standards of spelling should be re- formed once and for all by measure ment, Spelling should be super standardized. It behooves the engi- neering profession to lead the way, show the method and go to the limit to find the one best way to do work and to standardize the elements of things and methods that will permit the greater savings of time and the acquiring of the greatest quantities of the durable satisfactions of life." Dr. Gilbreth said.
 Some engineers are already mem bers of the Simplified Spelling board Dr. Gilbreth pointed out. He as- serted that modern scientific meth- ods, if applied to the question, would detect all forms of mental hesita- ton and waste motion in writing and in typewriter operation. This step, he believes, will be the real beginning of a standardization of eve erything else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
NO|CE HOLDS 0UT ND HOPE FUR MEN
 LOST IN SIBERIA
Arctic ResCuer Says That He Would Have Gone Himself
 Had There Been Chance

ALKUTAN, Alaska. Sept. 15.-
 Harold Noice, leader of the relief
 party which recently rescued Ada Blackjack, the eskimo seamstress,
 who was the sole survivor of the ill., fated Stefansson Wrangel Island party. holds out no hope for the three members of the expedition who started over the ice for Siberia last January. In answer to a query of the Toronto Star, as to the adVisability of sending a relief expedition to Siberia, Noice replied:
 " No matter how much I would like for the sake of the many mourning friends and relatives of the boys to hold out some ray of hope, neverthe- less after having considered the mat ter from every possible angle and taken into account all the unfortu- nate circumstances attending their departure from Wrangel, I am com pelled to the inevitable conclusion that there is no hope and that any attempt to search for their bodies in the shifting masses of the Arctic ice packs could be but abortive. As for their having reached the coast ot Siberia I can only say that l would not now be returning to civilization had there been any chance of my securing any additional information there.
 "The entire northeast of Siberia is inhabited by Russians and others who have since 1921 known that the party was on Wrangel and who have been on the watch for anyone returning from the island. Capt. P. J. Palsson, master of the schooner Belinda which wintered at the Kloyma river in 1921, and about 120 miles west of Cape North in 1922, and who in May, 1923, four months after the boys left Wrangel, travelled in company with Castell, a former member of the Canadian Arctic expedition and per sonal friend of Knight, travelled with sled and dogs all along the North siberian coast down to East Cape without seeing any trace of the boys Many Inquiries Made.
 Captain Palsson, who is now a passenger aboard the Victoria, says that he and Castell had intended making a trip to Wrangel with sleds in May, 1923, but because of open water off shore they had given up the attempt and had continued ther jo ~rney along the coast expecting to find that someone had already ar rived In Siberia from Wrangei farther on As they travelled they kept a sharp lookout for any small tracks leading from the ice, ana whenever they met peopAe' usuaaiy J once a day, they made inquiries for the missing.
 Lastly, in July, 1923, Silver Wave and Blue Sea, two trading vessels
 which wintered 5S miles west vl North Cape, returned one after the other to East Cape without any news, although they, too, made inquiries at all the stations on the way l have requested the United States Coast Guard Bear now on her way to Siberia. to make additional inquiries as well as the H. 5. company | steamer Baychimo. As to the utility | of sending searching party to Siberia, I do not think anything could
 be gained by 1t; otherwise l would have gone myself"
 The missing men are Frederlck Maurer of New Philadelphia, Ohio; l Milton Galle of New Braunsfels, Texas; and Allan Crawford of Tor onto, Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
CLAIMS S3s, ,239 DUE
BY FORMER OFFICIAL

MEMPHIS, Tenn Sept. 15.-The Plggly wlggly corporation was made defendant for s3s,239 in a suit filed in Federal court today by attorneys for Fletcher Scott, former assistant to the president of that concern, the bll alleging that the sum sought was balance due him on ] BOO shares Of class "A" stock of the Piggly Wiggly Stores Inc.
 The petition sets forth that the plaintiff agreed with Clarence Saun- ders then President of the corpora ton, for the transfer of the stock at s70 a share, s66,760 having been made in part payment at the time of the sale. in which Scott asserts Saunders was acting for and In the interest of the corporation. The balance, $3s,239 according to the bill, has never been paid.
 The defendant who retired as the Presidents assistant when Saunders resigned from the executive office of the corporation, also asks that the company be required to pay interest on the principal sought since March 20. 1923, the date of the alleged de- livery of the stock.
 Hearing of receivership proceed ings instituted by Saunders against the Piggly Wiggly corporation will be resumed Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
STRANGE COURSES TAKEN BY FLORIDA RIVERS PUzZL. |NC
Streams Dive Into Earth Upon Slightest Provoca-
 ton, Then Reappear

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Sept. 15.- tBy Associated Press.)-The traveller in West Florida, unfamiliar with the the scenery of that section, should prepare himself for some curious freaks of nature. Otherwise he may waste unnecessary time groping for an explanation of the strange be- havior of three of the states rivers The old pea and shell game expres- don't" applies to parts of all of them.
 A description of these streams has been written by w. A. McRae, com missioner of agriculture, who quotes young man who has spent his life on the banks of the waterways. The substance of ,. follows:
 The Wacissa rises in "Beautiful Springs" near Thomas City, on the Tallahassee-S e-Southeastern railroad not far from the state capital, and flows due south to within three miles of the Aucilla sriver, where it disap- pears underground and then reap pears in the Auc1lia. Logmen have cut a small canal from the point of disappearance to the Aucilla.
 sinks Into The Ground.
 The Aucilla rises in Georgia and flows in a southwesterly direction forming the eastern boundary of Jefferson county, Florida. About three miles south of where the Tal- lahassee- Southeastern forms a june tion with this river, the Aucilla sinks and runs underground in a winding way for possibly 12 miles, rising about three miles north of where the Wacissa comes into it from below the earth.
 The course of the river is traced by sink holes, and 1t can be seen plainly As proof of this. an object dropped into the stream where 1t first sinks is seen to rise and pass through the various sinks to the point 12 miles below where 1t finally comes to the surafce.
 The St. Marks. the third of the "sunken rivers" is few miles to the west of the Wacissa and Aucilla. It also sinks and rises again short distance away, making Florida's Nat ural Bridge" At this point one of the states hardest battles were fought in the Civil war. mostly by old men and cadets from the West Florida seminary at Tallahassee. on the Con- federate side. A monument was erected there in 1922 by funds ap- propriated by the legislature, and was dedicated Memorial Day, 1922. to the memory of the Confederate sol diers who lost their lives In the fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
500 PUPILS ENROLL
Work To Begin On New High School
 Building In Eufauia

EUFAULA, Ala, Sept. Io.-Spe- cial Leased Wire)-The Eufaula High school opened Thursday With an enroliment of over 500 pupils. The annual opening address was made by =. perintendent Thomas G. Wilkin- son. Four truck loads of children from the county enrolled as pupils of the school Work on the new high school building will begin in about 30 days. When the new building IS comnleted the building now used will be repaired and used for the gram mar grades.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
BOND SET AT S2,OoO
Eclectic Man Held On Charge Of As-
 sauIt To Murder

WETUMPKA. Ala. Sept. 15.-(Spe- cial Leased Wire )-The preliminary trial of MT. McInvaie was held at the courthouse here this week on the charge of assault with intent to mur- der, resulting front a difficulty be- tween MT. McInvale and Frank M. Norris, on the streets of Electric Au- gust 3. In the fight Norris was seri- ously cut and was in a Montgomery hospital for some time.
 The trial was before Judge G. Fl. Howard as committing magistrate and drew a large crowd. McInvale was bound over to the grand jury and placed under a $2.00O bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16

automatically. and by damaged ap- paratus of various kinds in causing an accident are subjects upon which the opinion of the court has been sought. In other instances atten- ton must be given to such questions as whether a carpenter repairing q bridge over which interstate trains would run, or a railroad employe murdered by fellow workman or a laborer injured while woking upon a turntable in an engine house. were engaged In interstate commerce..
 An appeal Is refused In most such cases, but only after the court has given to each of them as much time as would be required to decide a pro- found question of constitutional law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16

Easing its finding on the books of the coal companies, the coal commis- sion appointed by President Harding reports that only 29 cent out of ev- cry dollar paid by the consumer went to labor. This does not mean that the miner who dug the coal got the 29 cents. It means that the total la bor cost of mining and handling coal was 29 cents. The mine owners the retail dealers, and the railroads took the remaining Il cents as their share.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
MAKING MORE BUTTER

Dairy Products Show Marked, In-
 crease In Canada
 OTTAWA, Sept. 15.-(By Associated Press.) made 147, ,760.000 pounds of creamery butter in 1922, valued at $51.55o, 900. This is an in crease of 19.000,000 pounds over 1921. The production of cheese in 1922 reached 136,500,000 pounds, worth $22, 100000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
DECIDE ON MASTERPIECE E
Art Commissioners Decide Between
 Identical Portraits

PARIS, Sept. 15.-Labelle Fer roniere. of Kansas City and New York, and her namesake of Versailles and Paris, both claiming Leonardo Da Vinci as father, met for the first time today in the Louvre Museum, and after a two hour session a jury composed of nine prominent Ameri- cans and European Art connissuers decided against the American Belle. The painting owned by Mrs Andre Hahn of Kansas City, they held, was merely a copy of the famous master piece in the Louvre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
----.-----.e---- STILL UNIDENTIFIED

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 15.--The identity of the young woman found dead beside the Murfreesboro road, just outside the city limits of Nash vile Thursday night, is still mys- tery. The Identification of the body Friday as that of Mrs. Pearl Baskins, of Wilson county, today was proved to be erroneous. J. F. Hobbs, citizen of Lebanon and a cousin of Mrs. Bas- kins. on hearing of Friday nights Identification of the body. drove this morning to the home of his kins- woman and found her at home and alive and well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
PLUME QUESTION
 MAY BE REFERRED TO LEAGUE NATIONS
Italy And Jugo- -SIavia Agree To Register Treaty With
 The Assembly

GENEVA. Sept. 15.--Prospects of settling the dispute between Italy and Jugo- -Slavla over Plume br'Chtened today when both nations agreed to register the treaty of Santa Mar = gherita with the League of Nations.
 The treaty embodies the settlement of the Fiume question, Its terms have not yet led to adjustment of the controversy, but the fact that Italy and Jugo-5lavia agreed to it's regis tration with the League indicates that their negotiations are proceed ing favorably. and that the discus sions will be continued.
 Registration of the document will place it's terms on interna tiona1 rec ord, so in case of dispute on the Plume issue, either party can appeal to The Hague court. The Serbs main tain this represents a victory for them, as they would not have been able to appeal to the international | tribunal so long as the treaty re- mained unregistered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16
TO CONsIDER sITUATIoN

GENEVA. Sept. t5.-Whether the President of Switzerland should con sent to act as arbitrator of the dis pute over Fiume and Porto Barrfos. if called upon to do so by Italy and Jugo-SlaVia, under the treaty of Ra- pallo, will be considered a special session of the federal council next Monday.
 There Is a feeling among the mem bers of the council that Switzerland ought to remain aloof from the con- flict and that the President of tho Confederation should not act as ar bitrator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-16

(Semi official advices from Rome have stated that Italy would not ac- cept arbitration of the Fiume ques- ton by the Swiss President)
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-07-26
HAS FAITH IN BOYS

A group Of scouts unsolicited, recent
~ took the responsibility Of guarding
a certain dangerous crossing. Of get
ting little children over in safety
These boys didn't tell anybody Of what
they were doing. They weren't look
ing for credit-they were just doing.
Last winter scout stood guard over
live wire for several hours on a
freezing night. In passing, he had
seen the danger, and on his own in
itiative guarded passersby until the re-
palrmen came. He froze his ear, but
he did his duty as q scout
And when the boy scout organixa-
tion through its chief scout executive,
said: I'VE claim there are no natural
~ bad boys though there are idle, mis-
directed or undirected, mischievous
needless or mistaken boys" 1t based
that assertion, and the following one
on Just such facts a. these quoted:
I'VE claim that II you give a boy
plenty Of interesting. worthwhile
things to do In his out-of-school or az
ter-work hours, that the chances are
he will have little inclination to ma
licious mischief or vicious amusement"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-07-26
ROCKFORD

Received July 23

Claud Hall left Monday for
Oregon, where he expects to stay for
some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Price OF
Blackfoot visited Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Spencer Sunday. Mrs. Price is
Mrs. Spencer's sister.
The Seagull girls met at the home
of Mrs. Charles Baker Wednesday.
After the usual meeting Mrs. Baker
took the girls swimming, after which
they were served a delicious lunch
at Mrs. Bakers home.
Mrs. Abram Scott has returned
from her visit to Salt Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Shaver and
family of Mackay spent few days in
these parts.
Little Reva Williams is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Charles Baker while
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Williams are at Beaver county, Utah
attending the reunion Of the Will
Jams family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Scott spent
Sunday at Springfield
Messrs. Leland and Ernest Merrell
have returned from Garfield and Po-
catello, where they have been work
ing for some time.