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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
LEADING MEMBER R
 OF OPERA TROUPE .|S q. LOUIS GIRL

The brilliant personnel of the San Carlo Grand Opera company, whose forces will visit here Thursday. Fri day and Saturday, would scarce ap- pear complete without the name of Stella DeMette, the rich voiced sing ng actress. This talented girl, now 'erving her fourth consecutive sea-
 on with the organization, Is purely tn American product, being native of St Louis, where she received her early training. A lengthy period or study with leading Italian and French masters was followed i'm mediately upon her return to this country, by extensive engagements with the Metropolitan of New York, and the Montreal opera.
 Then the San Carlo secured Miss DeMette who, distinguished for her beauty and vivaciousness no less than for her histrionic skill, has re- ceived an abundance of discriminat- ing praise and today occupies place of deep affection in the hearts of the country's operagoers. As lead ing contralto with the San Carlo she has gathered laurels In nearly every state in the Union and the Dominion. Her voice is rich and opulent In quality, even throughout the reigis- ter and possesses dramatic ring that conforms finely to her rare his trionic abilities.
 Miss DeMette will appear in both Aida" and "Trovatore," with Mime. I know I'm got d. sort of revival Love and Rod La Roque. The others Marie Rappold Her roles are "Amneris" and "Azucena"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
KILLS EDITOR

PARIS, Jan. 22.-Germaine Ser thon, 20year- woman anarchist. entered the offices of the royalist newspaper, L'Action Francais, today and fired two revolver shots, killing Marius Plateau, one of the officers of the paper. She then turned the weapon on herself and was taken to the hospital with a wound in the breast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23

catarrh special- ist.
 Dr. Blosser s Remedy is com posed of medici. nal herbs, flow CTS anl berries, w h 1 c h y 0 u smoke i n a dainty pipe or cigarette. The smoke vapor is inh led into all
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
.rATTy,s. PICTURES BARRED

ATLANTA, Ga. Jan. 22.---Moving pictures in which Roscoe ("Fatty') ) Arbuckle appears will not be exhibit ed by theatres in the southern states under the supervision of the Southern Enterprises, Inc, according to a statement Issued here tonight by that cc ncern. This decision was reached, the statement declared, on the advice of better film committees and other organizations representing the public throughout the south.
 The Southern Enterprises Inc, supervise the operation of theatres through subsidiary companies in Georgia, Florida. Alabama. North Carolina Tennessee, Texas and Ar kansas.
 REBELS CAPTURED
 DUBLIN, Jan. 22.-The staff of the first southern division of the irregu- lar military forces, together with all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
EARTHQUAKE FELT IN FAR WESTERN STATES
By Associated Pres.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.-An earthquake estimated by observers at the University of Nevada to have centered so miles north of Reno, Nev, was felt in many sections of the northern Pacific coast region early today. No serious damage was reported. although a landslide which delayed traffic on railroad in Ne- as was a leak which developed in a large gas tank at Willows, Cal
 Clocks were stopped in Reno, Sac ramento and numerous other towns Dishes and windows were rattled and the needles of seismographs at the University of Nevada and University of California were thrown off the recording drums.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
MARY PICkFORD AS "TESS- IS WONDERFUL CHARACTERIZATI

No greater proof of the advance made in the art of motion picture production could be obtained than the revival of Tess of the Storm Coun- try" with Mary Pickford at the Strand this week
 There are just two things in this picture in common with the produc- tion of eight years ago-the story and Mary. It is elaborate, authentic and human.
 Mary Pickford appears as young as ever and her performance is one of the best which she has ever given The supporting cast is excellent, but no one in any way approaches the homely sincerity of Mary as Tess"
 The reviewer went to see this pro- duction, expecting you know me l know I'm good" sort of revivals and was delightfully."- surprised to find new and human drama which brings tears and laughter at the same time.
 It is the best picture to be shown locally since New Years week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
PYORRHEA

It's beginning is simple. but the finish is fatal. Use RIGGS'-O-DEAN, a massage. the formula of dentist and praised and prescribed by the best dentists. At drug qist or direct $l.0o. RIGGS -O-DEAN CO, ING, HIS Fullerton Ave. Chicago. III. Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
branch of the Reichbank Is regarded

branch of the Reichbank Is regarded with great satisfaction by the French, as 1t will ward off for the present the crisis in paper marks and postpone the necessity of the French issuing new Ruhr currency. Despite Berlin's announcement that the government would no longer send marks to the occupied area, funds have been coming in regularly in a semi clandestine manner and the French have been taking the great est care not to interfere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
No ACREEMENT sEEN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Diplo- matic treatment of differences be- tween Great Britain and the United States. arising from the closing of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
HOW ID GET RID
 OF CATARRH
A Simple, Safe, Inexpen- sive Method that Clears Out the Head, Nose and Throat.

There is no disease more offensive O. disagreeable or no disease that will lead to as p lch serious trouble as catarrh. You can now get rid of it by simple. safe, pleasant home remedy discovered b,- pr. Blosser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
Flashes Off Wire
rATHER TAKEs nLAMn

MEMPHIS, Jan. s2. = A jury in criminal court here which Is to de- eide the fate of John w. Hudson, Jr., Whitehaven, Tenn, dRiryman on trial for murder. had before 1t to- night the task of deciding whether Hudson, who denies having commit ted the crime or his aged father, who declares he was holding the pistol at the time the fatal shot was fired, was responsible for the staying of Mrs. Hattie B. Ferguson with whom the young man Is al- legged to have been infatuated.
 SOUGHT TO ESCAPE DEATH
 LITTLE ROCK. Jan. 22.-Declara- tions of two witnesses, Red" Orr and Luther Wise. that they pleaded guilty to charge of arson of which they were innocent, because of fear that they would be iynehed if they went to trial and assertions that high officials of the Brotherhood of Rail- road Trainmen were forced to leave Harrison, Ark, by a mob" werc made before a committe of the Ar kansas legislature at the end of the opening session today of an inquiry ordered in connection with recent disorders incident to the strike of railroad workers along the line of the Missouri and North Arkansas rail- way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
Make Good Shoals Promise A11non Demands Of c O. D.

its records for the last six months has been captured by column of national troops operating from Mac room, County Cork.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
Work Done Fly Company

V18tOn9 con LAlueQ III lAS OAAS- by Mir. Ford
 Work Done Fly Company
 '-The only effect the acceptance of the Ford offer would have upon the construction work on this day would be, instead of the actual work being done by the government 1t would be done by the Ford company under the direction of the chief of engineers. In either case the money would De furnished by the government.
 Don't let any one deceive himself or claim that Muscle Shoals Is being taken care of by the continuation or the work upon and the completion of dam No. 2. If Congress does not consider and accept the Ford offer now because this dam Is not com pleted, then the same reason could be assigned for the next three years until the dam Is completed.
 ''When the Secretary of War in vited MT. Ford to make his offer he did not prescribe as condition that the question of acceptance would be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23

 profitably. MT Ford in his offer binds himself. his estate and his company to make at least 40. 900 tons of fixed nitrate annually al Muscle Shoals. whether it be profitable or unprofitable to him. This is the equivalent of 100000 tons of ordi- nary mixed fertilizer. The price of fertilizer is dependent upon the price of Chilean nitrate, commonly known as nitrate of soda. The price of Chilean nitrate has advanced more than s5 per ton since last October, and the indications are that it will advance another $5 per ton within the next 30 days. The farmers in this country ordinarily use at least 250,000 tons of Chilean nitrate, so an advance of s5 per ton is the equiv alent of S3,000,000 to be paid by the American farmers. MT Ford and his representatives claim that he will be able to make fertilizer at Muscle Shoals at about half the present price and f so it would amount to a saving of many million dollars to the United States. They have confidence in him and demand of Congress that they give him an opportunity to do for them what he claims and what they believe can be done for them by him at Muscle Shoals.
 Ask Quick Relief
 The farmers are now asking Con- gress as temporary relief to ap- propriate s10,000,000 to purchase Chilean nitrate and sell it direct to them, also calcium and arsenate with which to fight the cotton boil weevil. I am in favor of the passage of this resolution as quickly as possible. The passage of such a resolution gave the farmers some relief in 1917 and 1918. This only goes to show that the Chilean nitrate trust continues to op- press the American farmer. The only relief our farmers see from this op- pression is for Congress to accept the offer of Henry Ford.
 T now ask in all seriousness, and insist. that the republican members of this House who are members of the rules committee and the repuh- | lican steering committee and who 1 have it in their power to bring the Ford bill before the House for con sideration and vote or to keep 1t from being done. to have reported at once to the House rule making provision for the consideration and vote upon the Ford bill Whether l they are in favor of or opposed to the Ford offer they should certainly De WlilIHB to give the representatives of the people an opportunity to vote upon the question. Ford was invited by the republican, administration to make the offer. It was referred to a committee of Is republicans and 6 democrats, and this committee re- ported upon it months ago. and it's acting chairman has requested that rule be reported in order that it be taken up.
 Now l submit. in all fairness to the committee. to MT. Ford, to the farmers. and to every one else in- terested in this great question. that we are entitled to hearing and a right to vote upon it. I cannot be- lieve that the leaders whom l have referred to and upon whom the re- sponsibility rests can or will refuse to let this question come before the House."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
''WHAT's WRONG WITH WOMEN.
 AT TIANON IS ENTERTAINING

Whats Wrong With the Women,'' the Trianon offering for this week will please many for it's moral. It is triangle" play, and a little above the average.
 The story is of a misunderstood wife who in seeking pleasure finds her dream of happiness an empty shell. Later, when her child is near death she realizes her thoughtless- ness, tries to atone for her folly and due to the friendly interest of neigh bors. once more finds love and hap piness.
 Excellent characterizations are given by Hedda Hopper, Montague Love and Red La Roque. The others of the cast are effective and pleasant Photography is excellent and direc- ton fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
Southern Railway System

Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL STATION Central Time. Effective Jan. 1. 1923
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
PADEREWsKI IN MONTGOMERY
 NEXT MONDAY EVENING.

On next Monday evening, January 28. at s:15 o'clock in the municipal auditorium of Montgomery Ignace Jan Paderewski, "the greatest pianist of all times" will give his only concert in Alabama this season--and one of only two given in the entire so1!h. the other being New Orleans.
 This gala musical event Is to be presented by tho Birmingham All- Star concerts (Mrs. Richard F. John ston and Mrs. Oriine A. 6hipman) who secured tho engagement and not having an auditorium large enough to accommodate the crowds hero. in conjunction with the Montgomery concert course (KAte Booth, Mrs, Besaie MiienherE and Lily Byron Giil) will present this great artist in Montgomery.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
BOTH SIDES CLAIM TO HAVE ADVANTAGE
 By Associnfed press

DUSSELDORF, Jan. 22. The Germans and French are both claim ing the advantage In today's move ments In the economic battle which has been in progress here for the past 10 days. The Germans hold that the strike of the miners is suc- cess, but the French declare that the order for a general strike has not been followed by the miners, many of whom, although they did not report for work in the morning, went down into the pits later in the day.
 The Associated Press correspondent visited the mines at Altenessen. which is the junction for Essen, and found practically the entire force at work. Coal was coming to the sur face in quantities averaging between 30 and 40 per cent of the regular output.
 The railways are running on de- creased schedule, about 40 per cent of the trains having been cancelled. The tramway service is normal both In Essen and Dusseldorf, while the steel and iron trades are as yet un- disturbed.
 Telegraph and postal rates have been tripled and the railway fares doubled. It now costs 1,550 marks a word to telegraph to London and 300 to Paris, while the postal rate on letter from Dusseldorf to Paris is 150 marks.
 The reopening of the Dusseldorf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-23
FARMERS ARE
 PLANNING ABOUT DELAY
Alabama Member Warns House People in Districts Cannot Understand Lack of Action on PropoSi-
 ton They Favor

Continued From Page one) visions contained in the offer made by Mir. Ford.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05
NOMINATE CANDIDATES
Pharmacists To Select New Officers
 This Week
ASHEVILLE. A

.ASHEVILLE, N. C., Sept. 4.-Re- ports, including those of nominating committees suggesting new officers for the coming year, featured this mornings session of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Facili- ties and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy,
 The nominating committee of the pharmaceutical faculties reported the nomination of Charles w. Johnson of Washington State university as pres- ident of the ensuing year, to succeed Charles H. La Wall of Philadelphia, retiring executive. The other nom nations made for the organization were Edward A. Hill Cf Chapel Hill, N. C., vice president; Miss Zada M. Cooper, Ohio State university, secre- tary treasurer, and members of the executive committee as follows:
 Charles B Jordan, Purdue univer- sity, Indiana, chairman; Edward II. Kraus, University of Michigan, and Henry M. Frazer, University of Mis- sississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05
FATEOF AMERICAN
 VISITORS IN JAPAN IS STILL UNKNOWN
List Of Dead And Missing Foreigners Said To
 Be Great
By RAY G. MARSHALL ~~.1 Vxs~m xo rr1N,A NN.Hars


 PEKIN, seut. Mystery veils the the fate of the thousand or more Americans in Japan.
 In the welter. of messages picked out of the ether here,s there is scant mention of American eaSSalties in the general sweep of disaster. It is reported that the list of dead and missing foreigners is so iarge that officials hesitate to release 1t until it has been thoroughly checked
 The Imperial hotel in Toleio is re- ported safe however. Tllis was center of American social life and many Americansg lived there.
 Osaka 1ispatclles state that 40 for eigpers are dead in the HSkone dis trict, and thatsat Tokio and Yoko- hama destitute Americans and Eu- ropeans are standing in the rice ra- ton lines with natives.
 It is reported that the American consul at Yokohama was killed with his wife in the collapse of the con sulate. The British consul at Yoko- hama is also reported dead.
 The American legation here IS making efforts to communicate with the American ambassador in Tokio, but thus far the efforts have been fruitless.
 The Rockefeller hospital has dis patched a messenger from Osaka to search for five missing American members of it's staff. including pr. and Mrs. Mccullough and Miss E. B.. MacMillan. They were last seen Tn Yokohama
 The last issue Of the Japanese Ad- vertiser before the earthquake has just been received here. It men lions the following Am orleans as having returned to Tokio from the mountains:
 The American Ambassador and Mrs. Woods, Dr. and Mrs. De Yarnell, MT. and Mrs. E. Criened and Mrs. K. 10. Thompson, all of Chicago; ". w. Campbell Mrs. H. F. Root, James Taggart. Mark Cotton, Ferdinand Sauer. Sophie Hart. ID, 5. Eaton, Jackson Sasse, R. r. Heckman and F. c, Taylor.
 Among those the newspapers re- sports as having left the cities for points now known to be in the safety zone are s. A. Simpson, B. w. tIel- sher and family, A. w Anderson, MT and Mrs. Harrison King. Davis Hood and Major and Mrs. Began.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05
STARVING LIVING SEARCH IN RUINS FOR DEAD, AND MOURN BESIDE THEIR FLAMING PYRES
Japanese, Believing Forsaken Gods Of Their Fathers Have Become fingered, And Brought Destruction On Their Homes As Punishment Prostrate Themselves Before Their Images

OSAKA, Japan. Sept. 4-T The mightiest cities of Japan are Sepul- chers.
 Beside charred ashes of their
 that hold their dead, the starving living raise their cry of mourning.
 Husbands and fathers, mothers. wives and the little slant eyed chill dren are gone.
 With humbled hearts, steeled, | brave and sternly fatalistic before the doom of destiny, the Japanese nation turns back from the vanity of western civilization, back to the shrines of the ancient gods.
 The stricken nation has grimly be- gn the task of reconstruction. There is no way to obtain a definite figure of the dead. Estimates range from 200.000 to a half million. It is esti- mated that 350,000 homes have been destroyed, and Japans authorities rule a devastated land of famine, menaced by pestilence. General Fukuda, one of the most brilliant of the younger Japanese of relief measures. He is the com mander of the martial law ruling throughout the stricken area. Armed troops patrol the ruined streets of Tokio, shooting ghou1s and looters on sight.
 Crush orgy Of Terror. A campaign of terror, inaugurated by Koreans in Tokia has been crushed.
 On the wide plain of Okubo, north west of Tokio army tents have been erected to house refugees camping by thousands in t2e parks and open spaces about the ci.y.
 Fifty thousand homeless are being cared for on the imperial palace estate.
 Troops are dragging the Sumida river, taking out the bodies of those drowned when they dashed into the stream--about half as wide as the Hudson--in an effort to escape the fire.
 E In addition to mounting guard over the wreckage of public buildings, troops are gathering corpses which arc being burned in accordance with the ancient Shinto funeral rites on 1 public pyres Attempts at identifi- cation are impossible. It is equally 1 impossible to facilitate the search of
 grief stricken relatives, as the bodies must sbe removed before pestilence | spreads.
 The city's water system has been
 disrupted by the shock, and imperial
 guards are using bombs to stop the spread of the isolated fires still burn l ing. Wide sections are being blown
 up, and back fires started. o O
 Good Water Is scarce
 Good water is practically unob-
 tafnable. Thousands are drinking 1 pollutel water from the river and the park lakes, despite the efforts
 of officials who have distributed
 handbills warning them of pestilence dangers.
 i ToIto the sadest are those that tell 1 of the search for the dead. Literally l tens of thousands are scramblng
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05
Liner Discharges Many Americans In JonkoW

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-According to officials of the Pacific Mali ;. ;. company, the $. S. President Lincoln, arrived in Yokohama on August 2S, and the following passengers, dis- embarked there, were in the quake zone at the time the earthquake oc- cured:
 B. G. Babbitt, American trade commissioner and assistant commer- cial attache of the American em- bassy at Tokio, and family.
 Mrs. F. D. Pagan and daughters, Larna and Kathleen. Mrs. Pagan IS the wife of the representative or the International General Electric company in Yokohama and was re- turning to her home.
 MT. George H. Gillett, agriculturist of New York city on pleasure trip to the orient.
 MT. Oscar H. Fairchild, construc- tion engineer, Universal Oil Products company, Chicago, and Mrs. Fair
 Mir. John s. Winch, accountant. Standard oil company. en route to Yokohama, on a business trip.
 Mir. I. T. Flatto, prominent New York lawyer, and party.
 The President Lincoln was due In Kobe on September l, and was. some where between Yokohoma and Kobe at the time of the earthquake.
 Of the passengers then on board the following were among the most prominent:
 Gen. Frank R. Mccoy and Col, George T. Langhorne, aides to Gov ernor General Wood of the Philippine islands, returning to Manila.
 Mrs. Rupert Hughes, accompanied by Miss Ruth Renwick, on extended visit to Picking,
 MT Harry Yagle of the Yellow Taxi Cab company of Chicago on a busi- ness trip.
 Prof. c. B. Williams. dean of Kala. mazoo college, Michigan, and Mrs. Williams.
 son. Robert. Mrs. Mcintyre is the wife of the late R. r. Mcintyre of the Mcintyre Packing company Of San Francisco.
 Mir and Mrs I, Ios1off Mir Knu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05
Red Cross Head
 Will Direct Work

CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-John Barton Payne, national director of the Red Cross, will leave for Washington Thursday to remain until the organ ization- completes it's plans for Jap anese relief.
 "We have sent our offer to Japan" Payne said, "and are now ready to heed whatever call may come with action characteristic of America and the American Red Cross. We do not. of course, want to force ourselves upon any country, and in nation so well organized as Japan 1t may not be necessary to send other aid than a nursing force.
 Information is inadequate and we cannot estimate the cost or even the beginning of the cost as yet.
 The Am erican Red Cross has about $500 organized chapters throughout the country, in addition to its various state and national channels Of organization. We will operate through these chapters and the regular channels in handling our requests for funds. Only definite in- formation can make an estimate of the total cost possible, but we will do all we cam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05
Louisiana Rice Mills
 To Rush Food Stocks


 BATON ROUGE, La, Sept. 4.-In response to an appeal from Michio Kaku, Japanese consul in New Or leans, Governor Parker today tele- graphed all leading rice mills and factories in Louisiana, asking for a report of stocks on hand or avail able for early shipment to Japan to relieve the famine which the con sul believes IS certain as a result of the earthquake.
 MT. Kaku, who came to Baton Rouge to confer with the governor, returned immediately to New Or leans and will leave that city to- night for Washington to complete de- tails of shipments.
 Governor Parker proposes to work through the Red Cross and the na- tional government and hopes to get the first ship load. of rice under way from New Orleans at an early date. The governor declared there must be no profitering as & result of the dis aster and added that rice to be pur- chased for relief work must be ten dered at the lowest possible price.
 The new crop of Gulf coast rice has just begun to come in and 1t was reported to the governor that ships are now available at New Orleans to transport any quantity to Japan.