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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

If you have no cake rack use the wire broiler to cool the cake. Open the broiler and turn cake out of pan. If you want to frost top of cake just close the broiler. and turn it so cake will be top side up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
POST OFF |CE READY FUR HOLIDAY RUSH
New Automatic Device Ar- riVeS-StiCkers Will Be
 Given Away

Facing what he believes vii; be the busiest holiday season yet expert enced by the Birmingham post office. Postmaster R. E. Smyer announced Saturday that new automatic equip ment is being installed and that 12j extra employees will be pressed into service to insure prompt and proper handling of Christmas mail.
 A "mail carly campaign will be lnaugurated Nov. l, the postmaster said, and holiday packages should be mailed as soon after that. d3,e as pos sible. Placards warning addresses Not to Open Till Christmas" will be furnished by postal authorities.
 Assistance of the city commission- CTS, the count. beard of revenue, and the Chambe1 of Commerce and other civic bodies will b. asked by thu postmaster in the campaign for early mailing. The business district will be flooded with literature and pos ters drawing attention to tre need for starting Christmas man on it's way ahead of time in order to avoid the inevitable mad rush of the last few days before Cl ristmas.
 X new automatic device capable of handling 5000 pieces of mail per hour reached the local office Saur- day hrl wilI be placed m use as soon as it can be installed MT. Smycr am nounced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25

Extra Vote Offer
 All subscriptions turned in from No vember s26 to December will count in the 50,000 Extra Vote Offer and the Nash Special Merit Offer" The boIuA and regular votes. will count
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
HULA GIRL
IS MERELY
AMYTH

ST. PAUL, MINI, July 90
Should the flapper of the South Sea
Islands appear as she really Is there
would be few sheiks Of this country
who would throw down" their
sweethearts for her. The fairy maid
of olive skin and slim body, CARRIED
in hula costume, is a myth.
Prof. F. L. Washburn, of the
zoology department of the University
Of Minnesota, is the authority for
the foregoing. He has returned
from an extended visit to the South
Sea Islands. where he studied bugs"
and also noticed the girls.
Following is part of the descrip.
ton Of the hula maid of song, as
brought back by Professor Wash
burn:
She Is rather fleshy, her skin is
ieathery. and, above all, her figure
is unsightIy."
The hula costumes worn by them
in their dances, Professor Washburn
informed his hearers, are worn with
more good intention than grace"
Further, he said, should an Ameri-
can youth elect to choose one of
these maidens of the tropics as his
"Sheba" he would perhaps find it
embarrassing to go strolling with
her, as the hula girl Is addicted" to
youthful pigs. A young pig to her
is az lovable q pet as is the poodle
dog 10 the American girl.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20

STOCKS ON CURB MOVE
TO NEW HIGH LEVELS
By HI. j. DUIZEND,
COsnnOpOlltaA News Service.

NEW YORK. July 20.-Under
fairly active trading stocks on the
curb exchange moved to higher
levels today, practically the whole
list pushed forward on combined
professional buying and short COW
ering, although a policy Of caution
was still generally adhered to,
there were indications OF broaden
ing speculative activity in some
issues.
Coal stocks again stood out pronli-
nently in today's transactions, Glen
Alden Coal was heavily bought, ad-
vancing more than points on the
expectation that the dividend will
be increased at the next meeting.
Strength developed in Reading Coal
issues, the rights rising above 10
and the stock jumping 2h points to
AZ. The per cent and 41a per
cent bonds were in constant de-
mand, scoring substantial advances.
Increased interest was noted in
the balance of the industrial group,
motor stocks ruled firm with Cleve-
land motors making an overnight
gain of Pa points at 80. Radio
stocks enjoyed q better demand at
higher prices and National Supply
rose a point to IS on limited buy
ing.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
ELECTRICITY To
AID VOTING|S
LATEST
New Invention Designed to
Aid Congressman May AboI-
- ish Long Roll Calls.

Day by day, in every way, cleo.
tricity is certainly proving 1t.
self more and more wonder.
full but more and more useful and
more an absolutely integral part
Of mans daily life and needs.
Now it seems that a youth of
twenty-five has invented an cleo.
trical voting machine which will
save the nation thousands Of dol.
lars over the former methods of
voting by calling the roll, as prac-
ticed at the National Capitol.
This new electrical invention pro.
Vtdes for four switch buttons ut
the seat of each member of the
House of Representatives. The de-
vice is SO constructed that only
one person at a time can use IT
and each Congressman will have a
key to unlock the apparatus at his
seat.
If he wishes to vote Eyes" on a
measure, he presses one button;
for may" he presses a second but
ton; third, registers him as pres
ent and a fourth button permits
him to correct q mistake on his
vote. should he wish to change.
This ingenious new continuance
is operated somewhat like an add
ing machine. but all operations are,
of course, automatic. Moreover, It
is supplied with a mechanical re-
corder cabinet giving an infallible
and detailed report on each meas
ure-how many members voted
how many absentees there were
and the number Of ayes and noes.
Future legislation, both national
and civic, will undoubtedly be
greatly influenced by this inver.
ton Of Mr.. Marshall F. Thompson
Influenced to an extent which
will mean a quicker and less costly
passing of laws and will thus tend
towards a more efficient and finer
government.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
BEER HOAX
DECE|vES
HU WI
THIRSTY
Master Minds" Spread News
About Mild Drink Places
All Over City,.

Thousands of thirsty Washington
ians have Deen harmlessly victim
lied in the greatest prohibition hoax
ever attempted in Washington, IT
was learned today.
by enveloping their activities in
q cloud Of theatricalisnn, the ope1d-
tors OF the boob play" have sue
ceeded in convincing innumerable
OF the city's thirsty that they have
successfully defeated the dry law.
They're selling real beer down
a. the corner--the real stuff.
They've got protection.
This is the word spread through
the city by paid agents of the many
master minds" who are making
money out of the Volsteadian ar1dity,
and whose operations are entirely
within the law.
Agents of the ringleaders, it was
learned, have stated sections of the
city to patrol. They covertly inform
everybody who looks dusty-throated
that 1.-THE real stuff" is being sold
at the corner store.
Samples Prove Weak.
Prohibition officials are aware of
the game, Acting Divisional Chief
1A0A M' AuChCJL1 III Charge VI
local. agents, said today. In fact,
the dry bureau had planned raids
on certain grocery stores and soft
drink parlors, and to make sure Of
their ground took to the depart
mental chemist samples of the real
stuff" on sale in the establishments.
The sample. according to Luckert,
were found to contain one-fourth of
per cent alcohol-just half the
alcoholic content of honest" near
beeri
The prohibition unit is, Of course,
unable to act against the perpetra-
tors Of the jest. Dry officials say
that perhaps the men who pay
others to tell the public where j.
can get real beer suffer twinges of
conscience, and that Is the only
punishment possible.
In practically all sections Of
Washington last night, men in
shirt sleeves hurried, with anticipa.
tory light in their eyes, to the
places where "the real stuff" was
being sold over the bar or the meat
counter. Wherever one of these
wet centers appeared the streets eor
wide radius were choked with
automobiles.
While great numbers drank in
the stores, others departed with
paper-covered bottles to their auto.
mobiles, with worried looks to right
and left for revenue agents, posi-
lively certain thai they were taking
home anything but kickless beer.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
COPPER ISSUES GAIN;
OTHER BONDS ARE FIRM
nv MuNROE ROBERTs

Copyright, 1928. by Cosmopolitan News
Service.)
NEW YORK, July ,20.-Trading in
the bond market continued restrict
ed today, but increasing firmress
was noted in various directions.
Copper bonds enjoyed good buy
Ing at higher levels, especially Cerro
de Pasco convertible SIS, which rose
2 points to 1875, Anaconda issues
moved fractiohaly higher, fair de-
mand developed in sugar issues.
Cuban Cane convertible IS advancing
about point to SO.
Railroad bonds displayed firTnness,
but transactions were in light
volume. st. Louis and San Fran
cisco incomes Sc improved a half
point at 81. Missouri, Kansas and
Texas adjustment 5s were active and
fractionaliy higher. Reading general
AZ were higher in sympathy with
the strength in both issues of Read
ing coal bonds, traded in. on the
curb.
Foreign government bonds ruled
steady Czechoslovakia IS were eag-
erly bought, rising a point to "a.
United States Government bonds
were steady. Liberty avs sold at
$1OO.lO, unchanged, the second Az
at $9313, up 1872, the fourth ANS
at $3.50, unchanged, and the Trea.
sury Ans at $99.26, up 2-32.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
VALUE IS SHOWN
Of ELECTRIC
SEWER
Knowing How to Use Attach
ments Gives Work Tailored
Appearance.

The woman who does not Under
stand and use the attachments ID
not getting full worth from her
sewing machine. In other words
if you are using your machine for
plain stitching alone, you are get
aing out OF it only about thirty
per cent of It's efficiency.
BY the proper use OF the va
rious attachments that tailored
look is impaired to the garments
which so quickly distinguishes them
from the homemade brand"
These same attachments are used
by all large garment manufactur
ers. If they had to do without
them altogether or depend Juror
hand work, they would very quickly
go out Of business.
Providing you know how to op
crate 1t properly your sewing ma
chine should enable you to have not
only the clothes you need but the
clothes you want.
So true IL this that one manu-
facturer Of electric sewing machines
is wise enough to teach, through
his retail dealers, every woman
who buys one Of his machines thu
use OF all the appliances that &
with it. When she buys this rar
ticular brand she il given four
lessons which completely instruct
her as to the correct use Of hel
attachments.
She thus learns to cross tuck ant
ruffle without basting. She lie ablt
to make q ruff1e, sew IL on the gar
ment and sew on the facing all iT
one operation. She is likewist
taught to let her machine braid fol
her. She. learns how to shir. how
to make different widths of bindinG
and French folds. When the las
lesson Is over she IL as conversant
with her sewing machine, inside
and out, as Is an enthusiastic motor
list with the parts OF his car
To such q woman, sewing cleo
trically cannot help but be the
biggest sort Of economy because shG
Is wise enough to get maximum
service from the appliance she
buys And 1t IL only by knowing
an electric appliance thoroughly
that you can hope 70 benefit to thC
full by its unusual merits.
Not only can possessors OF cleo
trio sewing machines have more
clothes than their less fortunate
Ileirhbors but q knowledge Of the
different attachments enables then
to have smarter clothes.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
EX-EMBASSY DOORMAN
AND $1OO,o 900 VANISH

NEW YORK, July 2O.-Arthur
Brooke, ticket agent known as
"the man with the rose," has disap-
peared with moro than 800, 900 be-
longing to steamship companies.
He had offices in two hotels. adver-
tised largely abroad and advised his
customers when they arrived i'll
New York to look for two things:
THE Statue Of Liberty and the man
with the rose, on the pier"
He was formerly q doorman at
the British embassy and regarded
this service as sufficient to entttle
him to have his cards engraved
"Mr. Arthur Brooke, formerly with
the British mission to the United
States"
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
WOMEN SEEK EQUAL
RIGHTS IN BANK ING

CLEVELAND, July 21.-Equal
rights with men in the banking
world is to be the objective of the
more than $500 members of the
women's committee of the American
Institution of Banking.
This assertion was made today
by Miss Margaret Coons, of st.
Louis, elected chairman of the COM
mittee. 1t was declared women
were merely temporary employees in
banks and other business houses. D."
and that ''it would be a long time
before any woman would become
president of the institute"
THE women resent the idea of be
ing excluded from executive posi-
tons which they could fill to adj
vantage, merely because they are
women" Miss Coons said. Further
she insisted that men have no place
nthe women's department of a
bank. This. it was said by other
women, expressed their sentiments.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
cotton SUPPLY
IS LOWER BUT
H|GH-PRECED
Less Visible Corn on Hand
Than Year Ago, But More
and Cheaper Wheat.
By TOM EvERRITT
Cosmopolitan News Service.

A smaller visible supply Of Aneri-
can cotton on June 80, 1923, COM
pared with June 80, 1922, with
higher price; a smaller visible sup
ply of corn, also with higher
price. and a larger visible supply
OF wheat, using the same compare
tive dates, with q lower price, are
shown in a statement by the De-
partment of Commerce covering the
industrial and commercial move
n1ents In June.
Regarding these commodities, the
statements says. THE world visi-
bic supply of American cotton at
the end of June amounted to 1.10S.-
900 bales, as against 1,432, 900 bales
on May 81 and 2,s40.O00 bales AT
the end of June, 1922. The aver
age price Of raw cotton at New
York at 2S.4 cents may be COM
pared with 27.7 cents in May and
22.1 cents in June, 1922"
THE visible supply of wheat at
52,912 900 bushels at the end of
June compares with 4S,Sl6,000 at
the end of June, 1922. Prices of
wheat and wheat flour declined in
June, while the average price of
corn at 8.9 cents for June COM
pafes with 500 cents for May and
so for June, 1922, for the No. 2
contract grades at Chicago. The
visible supply OF corn, at 4,269 900
bushels on June 80, compares with
33,066,000 bushels at the end Of
June a year ago."
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
CAVE HER
500 FUR
COAT
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drawn from the Dillon firm Went
Broadway girls, many of whom still
ride around in their high powered
automobiles while their "daddies'
and their heavy sugar papas" are
doing the lockstep in prison.
Like Bucketeers Fuller and Nc
Gee, the two wise guys of Wall
Street." Kastel, said to have grab
bed $3.50, 900 from the alleged buck.
etshop of Dillon & Co., spent the
huge sum on Broadway girls.
Within half a year Kastel and
his gang squandered more than half
a million dollars on the gold-diggers
Of Broadway, according to a. re-
markable document submitted by
Keyes Winter. trustee i'll the Dill
lion bankruptcy, to Referee Olney.
Following is an excerpt from Mr.
Winters report to the referee:
Was Victim of Vamps.
greater part of the monies and the
proceeds of the securities collected
from the creditors, amounting in
all to over $574,S61.35. has heen
dissipated and squandered in tn.
profligacy Of upper Broadway, in
cabarets, restaurants, and road.
houses, and upon racetrAck touts,
moving picture actresses and gam.
blers, for alimony, Housekeeping
apartments, fur coats, haberdashery
monogrammed cigarettes. auto
mobiles and various other similar
expenses"
And of this enormous sum the
trustee pointed out, Dandy Phil"
kastel, guardian angel of tie
alleged bucketshop concern, twas
actually the beneficiary to the ex-
tent of over $3.50, 000."
The alleged sharper, who found
it SO easy to ply his confidence and
badger games on the hinterland
Reubens and country boobs who
drifted into New York, just as
easily succumbed to the artificial
smiles and glycerine tears of baby
vamp gold-diggers.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
j. s. To OPPOSE
NEWFL|GHT
To. COAST
General Patrick Postpones
Third Attempt by Vaughan
For at Least a Year.
Continued from First page)

tinent in a single day with his
high speed army aeroplane, Lieut..
Russell Vaughan today declared
he Is convinced he can succeed ard
will start the trip just as soon as
possible II officials at Washington
would permit. He made this state
ment here today as he prepared to
return east.
The daring flyer was forced down
here late yesterday almost within
reach Of his gcal-the flying field
at San Francisco, when a leaking
oil line endangered his motor. A
hurried examination by experts at
the local flying field made it Ger
tain the trip could not be continued.
There were rumors Of sabotage
to the plane used by Lieutenant
Vaughan, but these were not gen.
orally credited, although it was
known a code telegram Of warn
ing had been dispatched to all land
ing fields on Maughan's route.
Scouts Tampering Suspicion.
When asked whether he thought
his plane had been tempered with
somewhere along the route, Lieu
tenant Vaughan replied:
THAT il absurd. The leak &C.
CuTF0u dI d pace where II WOuE1
have been necessary to remove part
Of the engine in order to get at 1t.
1T was merely a case of the
solder becoming loose as a result
OF vibration"
After leaving Cheyenne, Lieutenant
Vaughan, in an effort to reach
Solduiro, Utah, his next scheduled
stopping place, where possible per-
manent repairs could be made.
speeded his plane up to 10 miles
an hour for 245 miles. Near Rock
Springs the leak became so bad
that it dropped from the cooler in
bucketfuls.
Fumes from the burning Oil made
Vaughan very i'll, and, realizing his
mount would be unable to negotiate
the distance, circled over the almost
deserted landing field and brought
his plane to the ground.
Lieutenant Vaughan said this
morning he would probably fly 10
Logan, Utah, to see his mother,
wife, and children. after which he
would return to Mitchell field by
airplane.
Lieutenant Vaughan covered in
all a distance Of 1850 miles at an
average speed Of 1855 miles on
hour. This distance is nearly two.
thirds of the continent. He was in
the air total Of IS hours and .
minutes.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
CLARK'S SON
LOSES $11oTo ROBBERS

ST. LOUIS, July 2O.-Bennett c..
Clark, son of the late Champ Clark,
was held up and robbed at the
mouth OF an alley near his home
by a highwayman, who took $40
in cash and a gold watch.
Clark had just left his home to
mail a letter to his wife, who ia
out of the city, when the highway
man stepped out from the shadows
in the alley and covered him with
a revolver, with the command
"Stick 'em up!' After relieving
Clark of his vaIuables the highway.
man ordered him to walk toward
his home. Clark is an attorney
with the firm Of Fordyce, HALL.
dav and White.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
RECEIVERS NAMED FOR
TWO OHIO COMPANIES

COLUMBUS, O., July 2O.-Three
receivers for the r. L. Dollings Com
pany, fiscal brokers, and the Inter
national Note & Mortgage Company.
both Ohio corporations, were named
by Judge Duncan in Common Pleas
Court today.
They are William C. Willard, vice
president of the Huntington Ma
tional Bank Of Columbus, represent
ing the court; Paul D. Long. of Col.
umbus, for the stockholders, and
Samuel A. Kinnear, of Columbus,
for the company.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
GRATEFUL PROPRIETOR
REWARDS FlREMEN

DEFIANCE, Ohio, July 21.-Hop,
ping out Of bed in the wee small
hours and fightin gfire until day
break is generally thought routine
for firemen.
But w. G. Jarvis evidently thinks
differently, for he awarded each or
the Defiance firemne with a SIS bill
following a blaze at the Tivon The
ater. which he owns.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
RICKETTS,
DECLARES SHE
WASFOOL|SH
Girl in Kepner Case Admits
Folly Of Her Friendship
With Architect.
Continued from First Page

cept for May Tucker, who Is con.
stantly with her. Her mother dead.
she has had no word from her
father, a storekeeper at Pork Mills,
Nd, since the trouble began. AL
though she admits that there were
other men in the furtive, hidden
might life" OF the little town.
these have taken no part in the
present trouble.
Even during the coroner's in.
quest Lulu Ricketts, worked every
day as cashier, bookkeeper, and
clerk in the Barbara Fritchie
Chocolate Shop. Customers who
come in for lunch linger to catch
a glimpse Of her and hold whispered
conversations. When she walks
along the street, eyes follow her
and one pedestrian tells another
that that Is 1.-The Ricketts, girl"
Head held high, a scornful look in
her eyes, she is apparently uncon.
scious Of all this prying interest.
ScOrns Talk of Innocence.
The girl now scorns protestations
Of her innocence, made in an earlier
statement.
II received gifts and money from
Mr.. Kepner and went on parties
with him. AS for my relations with
him, I don't care to discuss that"
us it true that you met Mr..
Kepner by accident at a lonely spot
near his wife's grave after the
MURDER" she was asked.
"By accident? No." was the
answer.
Lulu Ricketts, is of medium build.
with dark, well-coiffed hair and
black eyes. Her skin is smooth and
fair, her lips heavily rouged. Her
voice is harsh and low and her
language saturated with current
slang. She dresses in vivid sports
clothes, a sweater of flimsy silk, a
skirt of the newest style. and
elaborate hose and shoes. She
wears gaudy jewelry; a pair of
dangling earrings of heavy metal
and red, blue, and green stones,
diamond rings, and a ruby one, a
string of imitation pearls, the dainty
wrist watch that was one of Ker-
ner's gifts to her.
Despite her expressed determine
ton to fight the thing out" Ter
talk is full Of New York, Phila'
delphia, Washington and Baltimore.
She confesses to a yearning for a
larger field, where these Main
street gOSsips don't exist"
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
|.W.W. CALLS OFF
INVASION" Of
PORT ARTHUR
Leader Says Strike on Gulf
Ports Will Be Begun
Instead.
International News Service.

PORT ARTHUR, Texas, July 20.
The reported invasion" of this
city by a horde of /. w. w. MEM
bers will not take place according to
Sidney Terry, general organizer.
Port Arthur was ready for the
invaders, however. In a secret ses-
sion Of the police force yesterday, it
developed that w. w. Covington,
chief Of police, was planning to build
a huge bull pen," accommodating
several hundred and probably
more" I. w. w. workers just outside
the city.
The cases Of three alleged I. w. w.
arrested on vagrancy charges will
be tried today.
''The invasion" was to have been
a means of avenging alleged mis-
treatment of three members Of the
organization.
Instead a general strike at gulf
ports will be called, according to
officials of the 1. w. w.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
N. Y. COTTON EXCHANGE
TO HAVE NEW QUARTERS
By COsmouolitan News Gervice,

By Cosmopolitan news Service.
NEW YORK, July 20.--The New
York Cotton Exchange was to move
into it's new home, the Hottest trad
ing floor in the world, this after
noon. The exchange will operate on
the nineteenth floor Of building in
the financial district owned by the
members of the exchange. 1t is the
third and largest home to be oc-
cupied by the Cotton Exchange
since it's formation fifty-three years
ago.
A museum covering the growth of
the cotton industry from early times
until today is a feature of the new
home
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
BRITISH YACHT WITH. RUM
SEEN OFF DELAWARE BAY

ATLANTIC CITY, July 2o.-Boat-
swain Richard Sutton, commandant
Of United States Coast Guard Sta
ton 1913, Ocean City, has been mott
fled by Capt. r. c. Weightman,
commander of the coast guard cut
ter Kickapoo, that the British yacht
Scimitar is lying twenty miles east
Of Five-Fathom Bank Lightship
with a cargo of 1000 cases Of Scotch
whiskey.
1t is thought the skipper Of the
Scimitar will try to get inside the
Delaware Capes, where it is said
more than 81 100000 worth of whis-
key has been landed in a few weeks.
The Washington times., 1923-07-20
ENGLISH REFUSE CONSENT
TO 12-MILE LIMIT PLAN

LONDON, July 20-The parlia.
mnetary commission headed by I'm
der Foreign Secretary Ronald Mac.
Neill. which has just made a secret
report to the government on alleged
whiskey smuggling to the United
States, has DRAFTED q set of concrete
proposals. but refuses to consent to
twelve-rnile territorial limit off the
American coast.