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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
FIRST REACTION FELT
 FROM ANNOUNCEME

PALM BEACH, Fla, March 1S-(By Associated Press. )-The prediction made by Attorney General Daugherty yesterday in Miami that President Harding would be a candidate for re- nomination and reelection received it's first public reaction at West Palm eBach tonight, when MT. Harding. with other members of his vacation party. boarded the houseboat Pioneer for the cruise northward to St Au- gustine.
 Several hundred residents of West Palm Beach, which incidentally went republican in 1920 were crowded on the pier awaiting the Presidents ar rival. When the automobile bearing him and Mrs. Harding drew up there of "Hurrah for Harding in 1924" The shouting continued as the President and Mrs Harding walked toward the boat and became so noticeable above the general applause and cheers that the President just before stepping upon the gangplank, turned toward the crowd and made his first speech, if it might be called that, which he has made during his vacation trip.
 O O O
 Thanks Friends.
 He thanked those on the pier for their welcome. said he was glad that they had come down to bid Mrs. Harding and him farewell and that both of them had warm spot in their hearts for West Palm Beach. Then plainly referring to the mention of 1924, he said:
 T want you to know that l have two more years ahead of me. More over. l have two hard years ahead"
 Further than that he did not go. but in his attitude and manner of speech there was evident no endeavor to minimize the statement made by Mr. Daugherty. his chief political ad wiser. Also during the day nothing came from the Presidents party which would lead anyone to believe other than the Daugherty statement was made with the consent cf Hard ing.
 The President saw the newspapers containing MT. Daugherty's statement early today as he arose before his usual time in order to take a dip in the surf just across a driveway from Oceanview, the Mclean cottage, in which the chief executive and Mrs. Harding spent last night and today. After breakfast and before church hour he spent some time in looking over the papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19

sugar cane, plantains. squash and ngon.
 Ngon. Mr. Hope explained. is a na- tive gourdlike food which, by cross pollenation. has been developed into a fruit with seeds that are tasty to both native and civilized palates. It is believed by officers of the school that 1t can be introduced into Amer ica and Europe and sold on a large scale.
 The natives. MT. Hopes report as- serted. are making rapid strides in agricultural skill and in the devel- opment of industrial craftsmanship so that large amount of the nat ural resources of the Camerouns, hitherto wasted, is being utilized.
 Flax is being grown and linen woveIR vanilla extract. brooms. fur niture. shoes and diversity of orher objects manufactured by the natives, who have become highly competent carpenters. black ksmiths. mechanics. shoemakers and tailors, whose services are in demand among the whites.
 The schools experimental farm and gardens have benefited the whole people, not only by raising important products, but by waging successful war against the cassava leaf disease, which previously ruined nearly all Bulu gardens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
-
 ACCLAIMED HERO

LONDON, March 1S.--For a thrill- ing rescue from drowning. Peter C. Hutton, a midshipman, was acclaimed by the Royal Humane Society to be the bfavcst man Of the year. Ills feat, for which he was awarded gold medal, was performed when the ll-fated British cruiser Raleigh met with disaster on the coast of Lab rador last August. Hutton saved a mate from drowning when boat capsized, throwing eleven men into d heavy sea. He had gained place of safety when he saw a> companion being rapidly carried away by the surf. Regardless of his own safety, and after heroic struggle. he res- clled the man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
HELD FOR TAXI BILL
Tuscaloosa Men Claim Driver Robbed
 Them Of AlOO

W. c. Foster, l9l1 queen avenue, Tuscaloosa; A. l.. RaSford. o007 Sixth street, Tuscaloosa. and Horace o. Smith, Southern hotel. were arrested by Sergt. A. NJ. Ellis. Call Officer F. J. smith, and Officer nabel at II: 50 o'clock Sunday night for refusing to pay taxi bill.
 According to the officers the men engaged INkins cab at the Ter minal station at 5:53 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and returned it at 11:2o o'clock Sunday night. Frank Duke, American hotel, the taxi driver. was not in the car when 1t was returned. Officers say the men claim Duke stole $160 from them. Duke has not been located.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
MANY SENSATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN ARKANSAS PROBE
Startling Charges Made by Labor Organizations in Connection With Har-
 rison Case

HARRISON, Ark. March 1s.--An- other sensational chapter in the his- tory cf American industrial warfare is about to be written in this little mountain town.
 The committee of the Arkansas legislature, which shas been investi- gating strike and anti-strike disor- ders in northwestern Arkansas cul- mnatng in the lynching of z. c. Gregor. striking shopman. last January. resumes it's hearings Tues day at Harrison. near where Gregor was hanged from railroad trestle by alleged members of "citizens committed" which was in control of the town.
 Representatives of organized la bor, backed by the full force of the American Federatin of Labor. have been at work in northwestern Ar .kansas for several weeks and are prepared to present startling charges and evidence to the committee when the hearing reopens here, labor spokesmen said Sunday night
 Labor's Charges.
 In countering the charge that Gregor's lynching and other acts of intimidation against striking shop men were made by citizens commit tees of Harrison and other towns along the railroad to stop cam paign of sabotage which threatened to put the line out Cf business, la bor representatives said they will | charge:
 l. That E. c. Gregor. striking shopman. innocent of sabotage, was lynched by a citizens committee.
 2 That a "citizen's court acted in collision with the regularly consti l tuted authorities.
 3. That numerous Bridge burnings and other acts of sabotage. se-callcd on the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad were committed by employees of the railroad.
 Charge Road Responsible.
 4. That the resulting anti-strike disorders were instigated by the rail road and were not a spontaneous ac' tion Cf the citizens of Harrison.
 ,. That all these acts were planned by officials of the railroad to se- cure a s3,000,000 loan from the fed eral government after the road hac been wrecked"
 At the time of Gregor's lynchlng members of the citizens committed charged striking shopmen with car rying on deliberate campaign oi destruction tC force a settlement o1 the strike on favorable terms alter native to the destruction of the road
 Gregor was hung from a trestle oi the NJ. & N. A. as warning to other strikers, it was explained. I Other strikers were flogged and in timidated during the time the citi zens committee was in control O. Harrison, it was charged.
 The legislative investigation wa: ordered by the governor after 2 storm of labor protest against thu rule of the committee had made itsel felt in Little Rock, where the frs part of the probe was conducted during the session of the legislature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
PLANS TExTuE STRIkE

BOSTON, March 1S.-Thomas F. McMahon. international president of the United Textile Workers of Ameri- ca left for Fall River tonight, after informing a meeting of the New Eng land conference board of that organ ization here today that plans had been perfected for strike of opera : tives in the cotton mills in the Fall River district
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
INCOME IS s14,5s4,sso

NEW YORK, March ,S.-Net in- come Of the Norfolk and Western Railroad company in 1922 totaled s14.554.sS9. an increase of s4,511, 1908, or 44s2 per cent over 1921, 1t was revealed in the twenty y-seventh an nual report, made public tonight Dividends on the common and ad- justment preferred stocks totaled ss.sSO,990. The surplus at the end of the year was s37.276,019, as com pared with s35.524,370 in 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
DAUGHERTY SENDS. HARDING ENEMIES INTO OPEN FIELD
Announcement That Presi- dent Will Seek New Term
 Heads Off Progressives

WASHlNGTON, March 1S.-An- nouncement that President Harding will seek renomination was male at this time to head off the progressive republicans who have begun to wor- ry administration leaders consider ably.
 The effect of the announcement will be to force the enemies of the administration out ot the brush into the open. Stronger progressives like Borah and \LaFollette will be will continue their fight against Harding. Weaker ones, however. those who have sought to serve two masters or straddle both horses, will be shaken down on one side or the other. The declaration unquestion- ably adds grave difficulties to the work of the progressives who have been profiting by Harding's refusal to say definitely whether or not he would run again. They have beef able to work up strength col the reason that republican mas until now been able to trail with tue pre- greSsives without appearing to be disloyal to Harding.
 Daugherty's Shrcwd Stroke.
 Daugherty announced Harding's candidacy at this particular time to dull the effect of the state wide rally which Ohio progressives will hold at Akron on Wednesday Senator Borah has been engaged as the prin- cipal speaker at that meeting and it has been expected that progressives would use this occasion to open their fight on the conservative control of the republican party. Daugherty's $ sudden and dramatic announcement at Miami Saturday night, timed to was another of those shrewd strokes which have given him the reputation of being a master politician.
 Opposition to Harding has been growing up because an impression had become current that the Pre.i- dent was unhappy in the Whitc House and longing for the ease ul private life again.
 Announcement Authoritative.
 Senator James E. Watson of In diana, a close friend of Harding's, at tempted to dispel this impression in a Senate speech recently, but the be- refuse to permit his name to go be- fore the 1924 convention. Therefore, Attorney General Daugherty made his definite, positive announcement It could hardly be more auth orita- tive, coming from the President him self, for the two have been insepara- ble since Harding first entered poli- tics. It is inconceivable that Daugh- erty would have made such a vital announcement without first talking it over with the President. Progressives have expected all along that they would have to fight Hard ing and their plans have been laid with that in mind. They were not, however, prepared for direct an- nouncement at this time and this event changes materially the politi- cal situation they must deal with. For instance, Senator Hiram Johnson is recently said to have declared that he would not be d candidate If President Harding sought renomi nation. But Harding having given no indication of his intention, John | son has been free to act as if the President were planning to quit att CT one term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
NASHVILLE UPIN ARMS.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. March 1S- Nashville. home of Andrew Jackson, is up in arms over the movement in Washington to remove the Rocking Horse" statue of "Old Hickory" from its place of honor in Lafayette Square and replace it with one of George Washington. The Andrew Jackson society of Nashville today issued call for all historical so- cieties in the city to meet tomorrow morning to issue joint protest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
coco TO MEET PARKER,

NEW ORLEANS, March 1S.-At- torney General A. V. Coco will go to Baton Rouge tomorrow to discuss with Governor Parker the failure of the Morehouse parish grand jury to return indictments in connection with masked band operations in that parish last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
HOLD SERVICES FOR MODEL.

NEW YUKk, March 1S.-FuneraI services for Dorothy Keenan, artists model who was chloroformed in her apartment early last Thursday were held today at the home of her mother
 It had been announced that the fu- neral would not be held until tomor- row, but the date was advanced to outwit an anticipated morbid throng.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19

rings are being worn by the screen stars in current productions.
 Indeed. King Tutankhamen would enjoy a hearty laugh could he but see the modern flapper. afraid to wear a 1922 hat in 1923. avidly turn ing back the pages of time and seiz- ing upon the styles of $500 B. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
Flashes Of Wire
REFUEs TO RESIGN

JOHNSON. CITY, Tenn. March 1s
 Sidney l.. Gilbreath. president of the East Tennessee State Normal school of this place, today refused to resign his position, as Suggested" in a let ter from F. l.. Harmed, state commits sioner of education and president of the state board of education. The letter from Harmed expressed the be- lief that the house of representati atives' special investagation com .ttee would recommend demand for his resignation as a result of charges of immoral conditions at the school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
GOMPERs IMPROVED.

NEW YORK, March 1S.--Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. who has been seriously ill with influenza at the lenox Hill hospital, had recovered sufficiently today to leave his bed and take short walk about the building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
FILMS ITS NOVELS

STOCKHOLM. March 1S.-A popular publishing house that films it's own books is novelty in Sweden, if not in the world. and IS the beginning of a system whereby imaginative writers may see more faithful adap- tation of their works to the screen. The firm in question announces the establishment of it's own film studio and scenario department. The ven ture has resulted from the fact that Swedish authors have frequently called upon the publishers to help them in disposing of the film rights to their own works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
Crsnge Pointing Nations Thruing Business

mitted sine had fired the shot into her husbands head and explained II by saying he had come home crazed by moonShine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
GOBIN DIES,

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, March 1s.- Dr. II. A. Gobin Sl years old, vice president emeritus of Depauw uni versity and nationally known educa- tor, died today at a local hospital of an illness due principally to ad- Nanced age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-19
Let the American Help You Get Ready for Easter
 Dry Wash All the Clothes
 -FLotUork Ironed
 -Euerything Laundered o''y7cfst; esssna

" OU certainly don't want to be
 ! put out" with late washing right before EASTER-and you know the washerwoman is just as apt as not to disappoint you.
 So let the American Dry Wash" all the clothes. Everything is in- cluded in this service and all your flatwork is beautifully ironed, ready to use. Other things are not starched but promptly returned so soft and dry ironing is not neces- sary-many of our Dry Wash" GUS toners tell us they never iron.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15

this week. left Washington last
night for Mooseheart, I'LL, to
spend the rest of the summer. She
was accompanied by her small son.
Jimmie, who went abroad with his
parents. and they win join the
two little Davis girls, who have
been at Mooseheart with their
grandmother. Secretary Davis ex-
poets to be in Washington for the
rest of the summer save for occa-
sional weekend visits to his family.
Senator and Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry, who have but recently re-
turned from Europe, are now in
Washington and are in their house
on Massachusetts, avenue.
Don Carlos Aldunate Solar, for
nner minister Of foreign affairs Of
Chile, who IL delegate to the
Tacna-Arica conference. has re-
turned to Washington after an ex-
tended absence, and is at Ward
man Park Hotel. He is accom-
panied by his daughters, Senorita
Josephine Aldunate and Senorita
Christina Aldunate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15
WORK ANSWERS
RECLAMATION
CRITICS
j. 0"
Secretary Says Business
Man. Must Head Bureau to
Assure Efficiency"
By international News Service.


To silence some of the agitation
that has been aroused by the re-
cent reorganization of the Bureau
of Reclamation, Secretary of the
interior Work today made public
q letter in which he declared that
the changes, including the dismis-
cal of Director A. P. Davis, were
made to assure the greatest pos
.sible efficiency" in the operation
OF the bureau. The letter was writ
ten to James II. Dunlap of New
York. secretary Of the American
Society of Civil Engineers.
After pointing out that the recla-
nation law, providing for the con-
struction and operation of irrigation
projects, mentioned no official, but
placed the entire burden OF admin
1stration on the Secretary OF the
Interior, Work said that in the be-
ginning the services Of skilled engi-
neers were required. but that the
problems now confronting the de-
partment could best be solved by
practical business men,"
'@Tf1is does not mean a diminished
construction program" Secretary
Work declared, "but rather an in
creased and. accelerated construc-
ton, because with the money re-
turned to the Government under
efficient business management there
will be freed a fund to continue
construction that otherwise will be
retarded.
There is no thought Of minimiz-
Ing the importance Of reclamation
engineering. It was my purpose
to retain Director A. p. Davis in
the Reclamation Service as consult
ing engineer, he at first consenting,
but subsequently declining the ap-
pointment.
."The Secretary of the Interior,
who alone Is charged with the ex-
ecution Of the Reclamation Act, de-
sires the greatest possible, efficiency
mot alone efficiency in one phase
OF the work, but efficiency in every
phase and aspect of reclamation.
He believes that the change to
which you refer is made necessary
by existing conditions, for unless
Improvement can be, brought about,
many projects will be abandoned
entirely by settlers. Some have
already gone, and the Government
not only will lose millions of dol
lars invested, but the settlers them
selves will lose time. labor and
money already placed by them on
their farms"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15
GLAND SURGEON
IS COMING To
AMERICA
Or. Eugene Steinach, Whose
Knife Is Said to Halt Age,
Will Arrive in January.

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-The mod
ern Ponce de Leon who once more
has fired the Imagination of millions
with a dream-and in part in a
scientific demonstration-of the
Fountain of Youth, Is coming to
America.
DR.. Eugene Stomach, originator of
the theory that age can be retarded
by surgical operation, will visit this
country in January, it was learned
today. DIR. Stomach, who is profess
sor of biology at the University or
Vienna, will himself explain the
theory he and others have for some
time been putting into practice. DIR.
Harry Benjamin announced.
With him will come his associate,
DIR. Paul Kammerer, who, according
to some reports, proved by expert.
ments wit hsalamanders, frogs and
other animals that the acquired
characteristics OF the parent may be
inherited by the offspring.
The work OF DR.. Stomach and OF
his colleague, DIR. Kammerer, has
been under fire by scientists in this
country and England.
The Stomach operation has moth
ing to do with gland transplanta-
ton. All there is to it is the sew
ering and tieing Of a tiny duct.
| This reduces or stops the activity
Of one gland, but 1t is believed to
promote the growth and action of
another set Of gland cells, the So
called interstitial glands or Leydig
cells. The Leydig cells make
chemicals called hermones, which
are poured into the blood stream
and are supposed to have a power
ful effect in speeding up numerous
glands which control many vital
| processes.
DIR. Benjamin reported that the
operation in many cases failed to
have any good effect, and was gen.
orally not so valuable as q treat.
ment for diseased conditions, but
was valuable for men in good gen.
eral health but beginning to feel
the effects of age.
He reported that 1t strengthened
the memory, increased weight and
| developed muscular strength, the
capacity for work, ambition and in
terest in life, when 1t was used on
a number of men past middle age.
It is reported to have been used
with good effect on a patient
/ y
conditions it has been used on
patients as young as thirty-four
years.
The most interesting experiment
OF DR.. Kammerer. the colleague Of
Stomach, was performed on several
generations Of orange and black
salamanders, a lizard-iike animal,
which apparently have something
OF the chameleon's power of adapt
ing themselves to a background.
Kammerer kpet salamanders in an
orange-colored cage and kept others
| in darkness. Those kept in orange
turned increasingly orange, and
those kept in darkness turned in
creasingly black.
The orange parents had young
with strong orange tints, while the
| offspring Of the artificially black
ened salamanders were abnormally
black.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15
ASKS TO BE ARRESTED;
CONFESSES TO ROBBERY

WILMINGTON, Del. Aug. 15.-
Kenneth Frazier, of this city. is in
the New Castle county workhouse
unable to produce $4,000 bail named
by Magistrate Thompson at New
ark. Frazier stopped Constable Eli.
son in Newark and after saying it
was a somnolent town requested to
be locked up. He handed a re-
volver to the constable and re-
marked, II do not suppose you
know that I broke into and robbed
McCormick's pool room last night. "
The constable found brick had
been hurled through a window and
the place ransa @;ed. Frazier asked
that he be given three years.
He is charged with breaking and
entering, burglary and carrying con-
cealed deadly weapons, and the
magistrate said his wish would
probably be granted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15
Miss Mellon TO PrOlong
STAY in Europe.

Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughter Of
Andrew w. Mellon, Secretary of
the Treasury, will remain in Eu-
rope several weeks after the re-
turn Of her father, who is now
on the way home. Miss Alice Syl-
vester is with her. Secretary Mel
lon and Miss Mellon went abroad
late in June for a holiday.
3
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
Harry New returned yesterday to
their apartment in Wyoming avenue
after spending several weeks at
Friendship, the suburban home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mclean are leaving
for Bar Harbor within a few days,
having placed Friendship at the dis.
posal of Mrs. Harding for as long as
she proposes to remain in Washing
ton.
Mrs. Davis, wife Of the Secre-
tary of Labor, who accompanied
her husband on his European trip
and returned with him the first of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15
Dr.. Hubrecht Expected
In Washington Monday.

The charge d'affaires Of the Meth
erlands legation, DR.. J. B. Hubrecht
who Is with Nine. Hubrecht and
their children on Long Island. will
return to Washington Monday.
-
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy, left
yesterday to Join Mrs. Roosevelt III
Vermont. He will return the first
Of the week and Mrs. Roosevelt
may accompany him.
-
Harold Sims of the British EN-
bassy has returned to Washington
from Montreal.
Dmitr1 Dem Dimancesco Of the
Runanian legation returned to
Washington yesterday from Can
ada.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cary r
Grayson are the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Archibald Barkle at Saratoga
and will remain with them through
the racing season.