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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-16
TRAFFIC BODY FIGHTSI
MOVE TO ELIMINATE
MILLING In TRANSIT
Birmingham Business Threat
ened By Proposal OF Three
Carriers

Birmingham Traffic association
for the protection of milling in tran
sit rates of Birmingham grain mills,
has filed petition protesting against
the proposal of the Louisville and
Nashville, Mobile and Ohio and
Southern railroads to withdraw from
the handling of grain from Ohio and
Mississippi river points to New Or
leans, Pensacola and other lower
Mississippi valley points through
Birmingham.
All roads have been ordered to re-
align rates in the south according to
the long and short haul clause. This
would mean a reduction in the rate
to Birmingham. Other routes to New
Orleans west of Birmingham would
not call for reductions, it is under
stood. Hence the proposal of the
carriers, it is claimed, to omit Bir-
mingham from the grain route to
the lower Mississippi river points.
This would affect Birmingham S
milling in transit business and the
Traffic association seeks to have the
railroads maintain through rates via
Birmingham under the rate realign-
ment.
The association has also filed petit
ton for suspension of the proposal
of the carriers to cancel less than
carload commodity rates out of Biz
mingham July l in the name of the
Thomas Crate Bar company, Ameri-
can Casting company, Crane com :
pany, N. o. Nelson company, and
other makers and handlers of CRATE
bars and pipe fittings.
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circumstances where he must COM
NIT himself.
Daugherty demonstrated the
soundness Ct this strategy. in man
aging Harding In 1920. Johnson,
Wood and Lowden were receiving all
of the attention after Hoover's pre-
mature boom exploded a few months
ahead Of the convention.
Every word these three candidates
uttered was displayed prominently
across the country. They were in
most Of the primary contests their
friends were quilting up delegates.
Harding started out in the same
way, but after messing reverses in
the primaries of his own state and
Indiana. the plan Of battle was
changed. Harding was ready to quit,
believing he had no chance to get
the nomination. But Daugherty took
matters into his own hands and be-
gan quiet canvass. He foresaw
that Wood. Lowden and Johnson
would kill each other off and dead
lock the convention. Therefore,
weeks in advance, he interviewed in
fluential republicans who controlled
various delegations.
They were asked to turn to Hard
ing If their own candidates met in
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and it is expected that 1t will mako
a decided change in appearance of
the interior of the building.
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Summary of observations made at sta
tons of the Emitted States Weather Bureau
during the "a hours ending at D. m.
90th meridian time, June Is, 1923:
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TWO STILLS DESTROYED
Federal And State Agents Active Near
Grants Mill In jefferson County

Federal prohibition agents, BUCK
ner and Powell, assisted by j. P.
Clements. state law enforcement Of
ficer. captured and destroyed two il
lict stills Friday afternoon near
Grants Mill in the lower end of JEFF
ferson county.
The stills were of 15o-gallon and
1o0-gallon capacity built within a
few feet of each other. Two hundred
gallons of beer mash were destroyed.
Several days ago prohibition Of
ficers captured a still in this vicinity
while it was in operation. Twelve
gallons of distilled whisky were
captured. No arrests were made in
either raid.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-16
EAST LAKE WILL GET
MOVIE THEATRE SOON
covered Wagon" Will Be Shown
To School Children At Low Price

sort, is to have a moving picture
theatre in the very near future.
Frank Merritt, brother of John Mer-
rift, who has a motion picture thea
tire in Woodlawn, is at the head OF
the new enterprise.
Mrs. Myrtle w. Smell, city amuse
ment inspector, announced the new
theatre at the city hall Friday morn
ing. 1t will be at College station and
is expected to open by July /.
Mrs Smell, who has inspected the
building. says it is being comfortably
and modernly equipped. with good
ventilation and attractive decora-
lions. Its capacity is sufficient to
accommodate the prospective bust
ness of the vicinity.
Mrs. Smell also announced that the
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surmountable obstacles in the con
vention. He had worked the ground
so patiently and thoroughly that
Harding was accepted as the logi-
cal compromise candidate when the
inevitable deadlock came.
O O O
UunderwOod-McAd
The situation in the democratic
party favors the same strategy
McAdoo and Underwood are eX-
pected to have the largest delega-
lions at the convention. Smith may
start with New York. expecting to-
throw his delegates to some other
candidate after early ballots. This
will preclude any candidate from
winning az two-thirds majority at at
the outset. The various leaders Will
be obliged to compromise.
Here Taggart, Charlie Murphy OF
Tammy Hall and George Brennan OF
Illinois will be all powerful. IL
present plans do, not go awry. Rails
ton will be the candidate agreed
upon when the big three ana other
convention leaders conclude their
backroom conferences.
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I. -: TODAYS
'.; ;;. !: ICAL1OAR }!
Aes--AA z, = Il

Al
Capitol-Agnes Ayres and Jack
Holt In Bought And Paid For"
Galax-All-star cast in 1.-THE
Greatest Menace"
Odeon-"The oregon Trail"
Princess-Luis Firpo in "Will He
Conquer Dempsey"
Rialto-Mae Murray in Peacock
Alley"
Royal-Tom Mix in 1.-THE Adven-
lures of Tom Mix"
Strand-Douglas Fairbanks in
robin Hood"
Trianon-Miriam Cooper in kin
dred of the Dust"
AT THE THEATRES
Lyric-Keith's vaudeville, feature
pictures.
Loew's Bijou-Loew's vaudeville,
feature pictures.
CURRENT EVENTS
Travellers club luncheon at the
Morris hotel at l o'clock.
Baseball at Fleetwood park at 8
o'clock. Birmingham-Little Rock.
No WSY program.
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cinema drama of THE Covered Wag-
on" Emerson Hough's great story of
the opening up of the west by way
of the oregon trail, will be shown
to school children during one day of
it's stay, for a ten-cent admission.
Magazines and papers have spoken
of THE Covered Wagon" as being
easily one of the greatest pictures
of the last ten years. 1t will be seen
at the jefferson theatre this fall. {
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HUGH ELLIS HONORED

Hugh Ellis. member of the First
Methodist church, birmingham, Ala,
a student at the Moody Bible insti-
tute, Chicago, has been appointed
leader of a group of students who
hold services at the Bible Rescue
Mission every Wednesday evening
This kind of work constitutes an i'm
portant part of the training given at
the institute.
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In ancient Morse mythology Hell
was the repulsive goddess of the
sunless region to which the souls of
those unworthy of Varhalla were
sent.
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That humming and singing Will
make it possible for partially deaf
persons to regain their hearing is
commended by a Brooklyn, N. Y, ply
sician.
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Bids for the painting OF the inside
of the court house and the county
jail will be received at the meeting
of the board of revenue next Tues
day, following action taken by tho
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05
ELY-TONOPAH is
BEST HIGHWAY
SAYS RENO MAN

'The best road across the state.
and an exceptionally good road, at
that, is the Reno-Tonopah-El
highway, said NJ A. Fairchild,
Durant and Jordan automobile and
Federal truck dealer, in the Reno
Journal, who returned from Il four
teen-day circuit Of Nevada the lat
ter part of the week.
Driving Federal speed truck,
we came from Ely to Reno in nine
teen hours, Mr.. Fairchild declared.
IA touring car should have no
trouble in covering the distance in
fourteen hours or less
Mr.. Fairchild was accompanied
by r. H. Ribble of the Federal
factory and the trip was made to
place dealers in the various towns
along the route
Concerning the conditions of the
Victory highway, the men reported
rough spots between Battle Moun-
tain and Carlin, but the road from
Elko to Wells was in excellen! con-
dition, they said. From Wells to
Ely they found the road fair but
difficult to follow, because it was
not well signed
ely il the busiest town in the
state Mr.. Fairchild claimed.
Work on the new mill at McGill
is progressing rapidly and officials
there told US that they will! be able
to treat $4,000 tons of ore daily
when the plant is completed
On the Ely-Tonopah road the Sill
verton cutoff was taken and Mr..
Fairchild advises tourists contem-
plating the trip TO turn into the
cutoff at Clifford and so avoid sew
eral miles of rough going. He
said that the Lucky Boy grade out
Of Hawthorne was in fine shape and
he recommends that route rather
than the Walker lake highway.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05
NEWS REACHES ELY BY RADIO;
NEWSPAPER EXTRA SOON OUT

Mrs. Harding had said when he was
nominated for president that it was
against her wish, she only desiring
that he remain in the senate and
that in the white house she could
only read the word tragedy
Or the same special train that
bore the presidential party across
the continent on the fateful trip, and
in the same private car, the body of
the late president left San Francisco
for the national capital Friday night
and crossed Nevada yesterday. On
the train were the same persons who
accompanied the president west and
to Alaska. There were Mrs. Hard
ing, Secretaries Hoover, Wallace and
Work, Admiral Rodman, General
Sawyer, Presidential Secretary Chris
tian, DR.. Boone and the wives of the
members of the party Mr.. and Mrs.
E. E. Remsburg of Los Angeles, the
latter a sister of Mrs Harding, and
Genera! Pershing are in the party.
Reaching Washington the body at
first will lie in the east room cf tho
white house and later will be remov-
ed to the rotunda of the capitol,
where it will lie in state. After the
ceremonial in Washington it will be
removed by special train to Marion
and may lie in state for several
hours in the CAPITOL at Columbus.
Interment will be made at the fam
lily plot in the Marion cemetery.
DR.. George T. Harding, the presi-
dents father, who is past so, shed
tears with others but talked calmly
of his sons death, saying among
other things that nc president since
Lincoln had striven more honestly
to serve the people and alleviate
their wrongs than his sno Warren.
Preceding the stroke of apoplexy
the president had suffered for seven
days from an attack of ptomaine
poisoning, resulting from having
eaten some canned crabs on SHIP
board. This was followed by pneu-
monia, which affected one lung, but
relief from this was secured There
had been crisis during the pneu
monia period, from which the doc
tors felt justified in announcing that
danger had passed They were
wholly unprepared for such result.
not in :he least suspectinp tiat Il
might end as it did.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05
ELY DOCTOR SAYS
APOPLEXY VAS NOT
CAUSE OF DEATH

1t could not have been apopleXy
that caused the instant deatk of
President Harding, in tn opinion of u
prominent physician interviewed last
evening by the White Pine News.
"Of coure those doctors were there
and ought to know" he observed,
but / would be willing to wage q
months earnings that if an autopsy
specialist were to determine the
cause, he would say il was a pull
monary embolism,
You see, it was bronchial rneu
lung was affeced. 1t is but nat
IL. al that clot of blood there would
break loose and start down the pull
monary artery for the heart. The
distance is not over eight inches.
The instant 1t reaches the heallt
if the clot were large enough to
pass through the heart it might reach
the intestinal region end be jisolv
ed.
"lf it we're cerebral hemor-
rage death would not ensue SO quick
ly and there would be greater strug-
giles l have known none whatever
to die of such cause without great
er struggles than Harding had, but
have known others dying of plu
monaIy embolism. who died with
hardly struggle as he did. One
case occurred quite recently"
This Ely doctor says there would
never be such a thing of an autopsy
or post mortem to determine the
cause of death of president, were
he seen TO die and the cause natural.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05
HARDING'S INSTANT DEATH
CALVIN COOLIDGE SWORN IN AS
PRESIDENT BY HIS FATHER

Calvin Coolidge became president
of the United States Friday morning
at IA. O'Clock after bcing advised OF
Mr. Harding's death and driving a
distance of thirty miles from Ply
mouth to Rutland, where he was on
vacation. The oath was adminis-
tered by his father, who is a notary
public.
He started soon afterward on a
special train for Washington, arriv-
ing about Z o'clock Friday evening.
The run from New York was made
in four hours and thirty-four min
utes.
He was met at the Union station
by Secretary of State Charles E.
Hughes and Postmaster General
Harry s. New, the only cabinet Of
fcers in the city, and by thousands
of people of the capital No cheer
ing was done, the men in the throng
lifting their hats on sight of the
new president He was escorted to
the New Willard hotel, where he has
resided since he became vice-pres-
1dent and where the family resi-
dence will continue out of Difference
to Mrs. Harding until at her con-
venience she has time to effect her
removal from the white house
Press reports do not tell of Mr..
Coolidge having again taken the
oath after reaching Washington. The
oath was administered twice to
President Arthur, first in his rooms
at New York and again in the vice
presidents Offices in the capitol
after reaching Washington.
The president has an accomplished
wife and two sons, John and Calvin
Jr., aged 16 and 5 respectively. The
boys are pupils at a school at Mer-
cerburg, Pa, where they will return
this fall. They bear striking facial
resemblance to their father.
Mr., Coolidge is but Al years of
age, being one of the two youngest
presidents holding the office, Roose-
welt was about the same age when
in 1901 he succeeded Mckinley
President Coolidge has designated
August 10 as national day OF
mourning
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05
RIGHT OF WAY FIXED
UP FOR ELY PAVING

Resolutions formally taking the
responsibility for damage suits in
right Of way matters were adopted
this week by the city council and
county commissioners thus indem-
nifying tho fedral government in the
work about to be inaugurated in the
paving of Aultman street and grad
ing new roadway across several
mining claims in Robinson canyon
on the Lincoln highway between
Keystone and Ely.
To settle this matter Road Engi-
neers s. c. Durkeet of Elko and H.
B. Mills Of Carson were here for two
days this week. Special meetings
of both bodies were held Wednesday
and the resolution promptly passed.
The paving work is to be started
by September 1, the keystone road
about the same time and both should
be completed before winter, accord
ing to the engineers.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05
GASOLINE DROPS
TO THIRTY-FIUE
CENTS GALLON

Gasoline has dropped tc 30 cents
in Ely, the same price it was before
the 2-cent tax was placed upon it
by the legislature 1t sold at 81
cents after the tax was put on.
The cause OF the decline as eX-
planned by he Standard Oil agency.
is the condition of the market at
Les Angeles, where there has been
a lively price war between ref1ners
for few weeks. The price was 10
and soon was shaded to IT. One
outfit has been selling 1t recently at
II cents. The output there is so
enormous that it is believed that
it is in excess of the home demand
which probably has something to
do with the declining tendency.
Coast and eastern prices are
wholly Independent of each other,
according to reliable information
there being no reflection of coast
conditions in the latter market.
For the past month it has sold at
McGill at 35 sents.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05
HOAG DENIES CHANGE
OF HIGHWAY ROUTE

Gael S. Hoag. field secretary OF
the Lincoln Highway Association,
accompanied by party OF Utah
friends of the highway. stopped over
in Ely for two days and a night this
week. In the party were E. s.
Woodruff and r. d. r. Gay OF the
Deseret News, H. T. Young of the
Salt Lake Ford agency, c. B. Haw-
ley of the Intermountain Electric
Company, A. II. Stevenson Of the
Fisk Tire Company and f. S. Hinck-
icy, secretary of the Provo Chamber
Of Commerce
Mr.. Hoag advised the White Pine
News that the association had not
abandoned the Ely-Salt Lake section
of the highway. as frequently re-
ported in north Nevada papers, and
If necessary would build it Mt its
own expense.
c. c. Boak and H. p. Campbell
OF Tonopah came over to meet the
visitors here and accompanied them
on sightseeing tour of the district.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05
HAGS IN ELY At
HALFMAST HONOR
DEAD PRESIDENT

Most Of the flags in Ely and other
towns in the district were hoisted
to half mast Friday morning follow
ing news of President Harding's
death The rope of the staff ut the
city hall proved to be rotten and
there was considerable delay in get
ting a man 20 climb the pole and at
tach new rope at the top. The
staff on the mountain top above
town was omitted, as were some OF
those on the schoolhouses. The
postoffice and Northern hotel were
among the first to give attention to
the matter, lowering and halfmast-
ing their flags promptly.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05

FOR SALE-Canaries; singers.
Mrs ]. D. Ray. 1115 Mill street
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05

It's not a little like the ships
that pass in the night the way that
autos slip by each other in broad
daylight and maybe the drivers
own kin or kin-to-be is in the pass
ing car an dthe driver too much
of safety-first person to rnbber
out and see who's in the other car
anyhow. That's the way it was Fri
day when Axel Bellander was tear
ing off his thirty an hour, more or
less, in fastening toward town, not
with any notion of exceeding the
speed limit, but to reach the den-
fists before his tooth quit aching.
Out in the Connor's pass country
h. met an outbound car and after
passing he said to Albert. his
Toung son, That's Glen, amt it?"
But it was too late to stop and talk
il over like they used to in the old
teaming days when he horses need
cd a rest. Glen is his full-grown
nephew, Alfred'c son, and is a papa
himself.
And so it goes the country over
Passing cars may contain a sweet
heart of thirty-seyen years ago, the
boy who was going to lick you when
he got big because you whaled hin
when you were his school teacher
or the man who lost saddle horse
when you had the long rope. The
Only safety play in these circum-
stances is to keep going.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05
JURICH'S REPLY
CLAIMS PLTTIMAN
VAS OVERP4D
Ely, Nevada.


August /, 1923-Mr. Vail NJ
Pittman, City: Dear Sir-RepIying
to that portion of your letter Of
July l 4 last, concerning the sum of
$36.S0 which you claim | owe you,
desire to call your attention to the
following:
During the last campaign you re-
ceived 4 check from Reno for $500
to be expended in the interest OF
the campaign Of your brother. Hon
Key Pittman, and other demo
cratic candidates. Fo" obvious rea-
sons you returned this check and
received in lieu thereof $500 in
currency. During the campaign
personally advanced 800 of my
own money for the same purposes.
All Of the $500 was not expended
by you and at the close of the cam
paign there remained a balance in
your hands. 1t was agreed between
you and I that the balance you had
at the close of the campaign would
be applied on a bill which you had
against the committee for political
advertisements and upon the $10l
which l advanced, after deducting
the amount Of my bill due you.
You paid yourself out of the bal
ance. but up to this day you have
never paid me, Notwithstanding
your promise to that effect.
II the above is not clear to you.
will be glad to furnish names,
dates, places, amounts and pur-
poses Yours truly,
A. ZURICH.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05
DECLINE
IN SUGAR AFTER
ARRIVAL OF CAR

Sugar declined rs cents q hun
dredweight during the week, being
lower than at any time since the
alleged shortage last winter start
ed it on its upward career. 1t
stands today at $10.54 wholesale
in Ely.
The carload tha. arrived last
Saturday night was unloaded the
first of the week and deliveries
made to all the stores in the dis
trict, relieving famine that had
existed here for week previous
to that time
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05

1'he News delivered by mail or car
ricf at 25 cents per month.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05

Receivers From Dynamite Injury
Gerrellemo Ferzigarrio, the Basque
who several weeks ago had his hp
iascerated by a discharge of dyna-
mite in his POCKET, returned this
week 10 Curry He is able to walk
as well as ever, not being perman-
emily injured. He is in the sheep
business as a partner of Jose Alzu-
goray.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05

Mrs. Flora Stevens was granted Il
divorce this week from Antoine Ste
vens and given the right to resume
her maiden name of Flora Tucker
G. E. Handwrigbt acted as her at
t0rneY
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05
BY J. L. MARTIN


You can laugh about the natives
that live down sin the sticks" all you
want to, but I'll be doggoned IL Il fell
low won't find more genuine hospital
ity to the square inch among item
than you will find to the square mile
in city.
man who was here when you came.
and who will still be here when yor
leave. Bill Sans Dictionary, page
844
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-08-05

Mr. Jurich was questioned about
what he meant by the word "pur-
poses" in his Letter to Editor Pitt
man, his reply being that the
money was not spent for hall rent,
band music, torch light process
sions and parades, orators, hired
applauders, printing, advertising
distributing printed matter, fire
crackers, automobiles or cam
paign of education Of any sort.
Nor was it spent according to Mr.
Zurich, for popcorn, peanuts, waf-
files, cigars. cigarettes, tobacco. ice
cream, soda water, lemonade. root
beer, grape Juice or cider. The
money simply was spent and can
be accounted for, as 1t was 1T the
time to the satisfaction of the local
and state managements.