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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
SAUNDERS CLAIMS HE WAS COMP AGENT
Former Piggly WiggIy Head Testi-
 fies At Memphis Hearing

MEMPHIS, Tenn, August 24.- Clarence Saunders, former Piggly Wiggly executive, testified today in the hearing of the suit asking the court for an accounting of transac- tions in stock of Piggly Wiggly ing place within a period of five months or more, said that in the pur- chase and sale of the stock he had acted as the agent of the Piggly Wiggly corporation, parent concern of the stores company with the full Knowledge and consent of the corpo- ration directors and that he had used his name as a safeguard" to the cor poration
 The suits, a combination of sepa- rate suits filed by Saunders and di- rectors of the corporation, both seek ing an audit of the former executive ing heard before c. L. Marsilliott, master in chancery, to whom Federal Judge J. w. Ross had referred the issue for determination. The ques- tion of the solvency of the corpora ton, presented in Saunders bill filed last week asking for a receiver will be determined by Judge Ross on the basis of Master Marsilliotts find ings.
 Saunders was placed on the witness stand late today, the first to testify before the master Earlier in the day Judge Ross had oVer-ruled a motion that the receiver suit be dismissed. Soon afterward the court issued temporary injunction restraining the corporation officials from modifying any contracts between the parent concern and the stores company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
[ R J 5 B STUDYING Il I'M INA I ION OF
 PARKING CL X J SE
Commission Willing To Modify Agreement, Citizens Com
 .mittee Is Told

Recommendation of East Lake and Woodlawn citizens committees that the clause providing for parking of First avenue be stricken out of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company's agreement with the city commission embodied in the settlement ordinance now in the supreme court, Friday was taken under advisement by Judge William I. Grubb, under whose jurisdiction the utility now comes. Judge Grubb said his iIaructi&ns to trs CO., receivers of the company would be given In the next few days.
 Members of the city commission announced their willingness to per init the change, provided the utility and the county agree to changes and certain substitute improvements. They said they were willing to mod fly the contract to call for solid paving from Forty-first street to Fifty sixth street and no parking or paving from that point out.
 The citizens committee, composed of Won L. Thompson, Chappel Cory, Mrs J. M. Hankins and Mrs. R. A. Clayton, will call on the board of revenue Saturday morning. Thomas E. Huey, a member of the commiSrsO, is also a member of the board OY revenue. As the board recently voted against parking, it is anticipated that the new plan. suggested in a joint communication to the commis- sion, the board and the utility Frl- day, would be approved
 Members of the committee were pleased with the results of their con- ference with the city commission Friday and J. s. Pevear, co-receiver of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. Thursday.
 All litigation will be ended if Judge Grubb makes a favorable de- cision," Won L. Thompson, chairman of the committee, declared Friday afternoon.
 The committees petition talks paw ing of the avenue from Forty-first to Firty-seventh streets and from Fifty-second to Fifty-slxth street. from curb to curb. Other sections Of the avenue are to be left as at present. with paving ultimately hoped for.
 Under the settlement ordinance, First avenue Is to be paved from Forty first to Forty eighth street, from Fifty-thi to Fifty-seventh street, portions abutting on East Lake park, with remaining stretches to be parked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
PRESIDENTS INVITED
Coolidge Asked To Meet Obregon In
 Texas City

DALLAS, Tex, August 24.-A meeting between President Coolidge and President ObregLn of Mexico, In case the latter country Is extended recognition, is planned for Dallas during the state fair, Col. W. D. Tal- bot, director of organization for the republican party in Texas, said Fri day.
 R. B. Creager, Texan, who has been mentioned as the probable ap- pointee to the post of ambassador tC ton, will urge President Coolidge to visit Dallas to meet the Mexican President. Talbot said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
France To Ask Partial Relief From WarDebt
By CARL VICToR LTTTLE

By CARL VICTOR LITTLE Oeased Wire to The Age-HeraId)
 PARIS, August 24.-Partial or c m ? te cancellation of Frances war debt by the United States and England Is urged in an extraordinary ar ticle in the temps" that has all earmarks of being directly inspired by Premier Poincare.
 The gist of the article is that France will not repudiate her debt, but that she does not in- tend to pay it as if it were an ordinary commercial debt, and will contest having it placed on such a footing.
 The latest effort to muddle the debt issue met swift re- sponse from American congress- men here.
 Any impression that America proposes to permit amounts due from Europe to be complicated with the question of reparations is erroneous" Senator Claude A. Swanson of Virginia, ranking democrat in the senate foreign relations committee, declared in discussing the plan. when the debts were incurred there was no question of separations, and 1t is improper to inject them now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
LEVIATHAN WINNER
Beats Olympic Across By At Least IF
 Hours, Officials Estimate

SOUTHAMPTON, August 24,-lBy Associated Press) )-Tha giant Amerl- can steamship, Levithan, arrived here from New York at 12:55 p. m. today, Greenwich time.
 At that hour the White Star liner, Olympic, which left New York about the same time as the Leyiathan last Saturday, had not reached Cherbourg, her first port of call on this side, at which the big American passenger ship arrived at o'clock this morn ing. It was estimated by officials of the United States lines that the Le- viathan had beaten the Olympic in by at least 12 hours as the reports in- dicated the British liner was not likely to reach Chergourg until around 6 o'clock this evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
COAL STRIKE. .SE TTLEMEN I
 UP ID PINCHOT
Coolidge Places Problem In
 Hands Of PennSyIvak Gov
 ernor, Who Will Az ied-
 itator Between artieS COMMISSION .LY TO FIX BLAME MINERS State Hea< $ Not Seek Ar bitration Winch Has Already Been Refused - Definite
 Policies Not Yet Formed
By THOMAS L. STOKES

Oeased Wire to The Age-HeraId)
 WASHINGTON, August 24.-Presi- dent Coolidge has placed the coal problem in the hands of Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania, who has accepted the task of bringing peace between the anthraite miners and operators of his state.
 Pinchot was called here by Presi- dent Coolidge, and the two, with John Hays Hammond, chairman of the coal commission, had @ lengthy conference today at the White House.
 Pinchot announced afterward that he would get in touch with the miners and operators upon his re- turn to Harrisburg Friday night, and lay plans for working out basis of settlement.
 Shortly after his visit, 1t was an- nounced from the White House that President Coolidge feels that a solu- tion will be reached, and that a strike will be averted. This feeling is not based on anything specific, it was said, but on the general beliet that the parties at issue would finally come to settlement in the public interest.
 Would Blame Miners.
 Earlier In the day, Chairman Hammond intimated that if a strike actually occurred, the commission in fixing the blame would lay the onus upon the miners. This intimation was not connected with the Pinchot plan, which had not then been made public.
 "Co-operation" is the key word of the new step, it was emphasized at the White House Friday. The gov ernment will give Governor Pinchot all the help possible and all the fa- cilities of the United States coal commission. including the mass of data it has gathered will be at his disposal.
 Pinchot has formulated no definite plan when he left here for Harris burg, axcs that he would ger In touch immediately with the dis putants. Whether conference would be held at Harrisburg or what measures would be taken, he frank ly stated he had not determined. win Not Be &rbitrStor. q E E
 Pinchot will not act strictly in the role of arbitrator. Both sides are opposed to that. By round table discussion, an effort will be made to arrive at some basis of agreement on a new wage scale Tor the coming year, by working out compromises.
 President Coolidge feels that Pin chot has 6 jurisdiction more intimate and complete by the nature of the position than has the federal ,1;' goVo v :. ernnrent, it was said at the White House, in explaining why an out side agency was called to aid.
 In event of a strike, the problem of supplying substitute fuel to the consumer will be a matter of co-op- eration between the federal govern
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
KATO'S DEATH CHANGE JAP POLICIES
WlIltariStiC Group VIII Now Seek To Force Return Of
 "MaiIed First" Reign-Late
 Premier Advocate Of Peace WASHINGTON ARMS PACT WAS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
Minister Of Foreign Affairs
 UChida Takes Control Of Government Until New Min
 iStry Can Be Organized

TOXIC, August 24.-viscount Ya- suja Uchida, minister of foreign af- fairs, has been appointed premier ad interim and will serve until new cabinet Is formed.
 TOXIC, August 24.-Far reaching effects on Japans foreign policy may follow the death of Premier Tomasburo Kato
 Already the fight for the premier ship is on.
 It is a battle to determine whether Japan's future policy shall be of the mailed fist type that attempted to force the 21 demands upon China, and tried to grab Siberia by military strength, or whether it shall be a continuance of the peace and good will policy, inaugurated at the Washington conference and demon- strated in Japan's voluntary evacua- tion of Siberia and her return of ShantLng to China.
 KatO Favored Peace.
 Premier Kato was Japan's strong est advocate of the latter course Taka-Arika Kato, was his fiercest opponent, head of the military group.
 Bitter criticism of the Kato csbi- net, of Foreign Minister Uchida and of what the opposition calls Japans weak policy in China continued in the diet through the last days ot Premier Kato's regime.
 The withdrawal from Shantung and Japans relinquishing of post of- fices in China were two strong points of opposition attack.
 A great part of public opinion stood behind the premier's policy of abandoning Japan's old swashbuck ling attitude His death, however, gives the militarist group e new op- portunity to attempt to gain con- trol of the nation
 Author Of 21 Demands.
 Vjseount kRta, whF leads tue Ken saikat opposition, pal 7, was s-u- thor of the famous 21 demands upon China. He himself is now candi- date for the premiership.
 Opposing him is the Seiyukai party, now in the majority. prominently for the premiership are Viscount Uchida, now foreign min ister; Baron Goto, former mayor of Tokio; Baron Den, governor general of Formosa Admiral Saito, governor general of Korea, and Viscount Ia lIahashi, leader of the Seiyukai party.
 Several members of the Kato cab inet have also been mentioned, and it is quite possible that the big in- dustrialist groups may work in some dark horse candidate.
 The choice of premier rests with the privy council, of which Viscount Kiyouri Is president. After the privy councils approval the mikado ap- points the new premier, but under
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
CALLS LEGISLATORS
Tax Measures To Be Considered By
 Georgia SOlOns

ATLANTA, Ga, August 24-Gover- nor Clifford Walker today called the Georgia general assembly into an ex- traordinary session. November ', 1923 for the purpose of considering tax reform measures.
 Tax reform and tax enforcement and free text books were the three subjects named in the call for the legislators to consider. The governor cannot fix the limit of the session but he estimated he expected the legislators to complete their work by NoNemher PA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
SEE F0RD'S HOLDINGS
Edison, Recovering From Cold, Great
 Iy Interested In Plants

IIANSE, Mich, August 24-Ths Ford vacation party, including Henry Ford Thomas A. Edison and Harvey g. Firestone, spent Friday inspecting Ford's saw mill near here, his new railroad into the lumber forest, the lumber camps and a proposed dock site. In the afternoon they drove 50 miles to Calumet for visit to the copper mines.
 Ford's yacht, the Sialia, is ready to sail on a moments notice. The party plans to leave Saturday for trip down the lakes to Detroit via Sault Ste Marie.
 Edison has apparently almost re- covered from his cold The inventor is taking a great interest in visiting the Ford holdings and historic Indian sites near LAnse.
 The weather has been so chilly that the party has been forced to spend the nights aboard the yacht instead of camping out as planned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
NOTED AUTHOR IS DEAD
Kate Dnurlns WiGgin succuulbz In
 England Following Operation

HARROW, England, August 24- (By Associated Press (--Kate Doug las Wiggln, the American author. died lG5. niEi-t
 Th9 naz aiiet was taken seriously III O. F9- voyage 70 EaSlaad last June and west 10 9 hnsp.tal ie Li or- pool for tg5e .7e1tt. Her condition l-oWcyer, Wa5 2t rcFce,-a aa cr.-ltal until few days aGp.
 Mrs. Niggia W&S said to have failed to fully recover from the effects Of an operation which she underwent shortly after her arrival.
 Her husband, George c. Riggs, Is understood To be on the way here from the Un,ted States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
FITZPATRICK NAMED
West Virginian Chosen Vice Presi-
 dent or Chesnneake And Ohio

CLEVELAND, O., August 24.-IIer- bert Fitzpatrick, Huntington, " Va, was named vice president and gener- al counsel of the Chesapeake and Ohio late Friday, it was announced by the Van SWergcu interests, fol- lowing a meeting of the board of directors of the road. Fitzpatrick will be stationed at the general Headquarters of tho ChesapeaAo au~ Ohio at Richmond, Va.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
Important News Of The Day

Senate committee averses viaduc b will
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  Stock market reactionary trend result of heavy selling oil PAGE SIXTEEN Early
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
MRS. COOLIDGE LOSES
Wins Honorable Mention Tn Knitting
 Contest

Wins Honorable Mention In Knitting
 Contest
 NEW YORK. August 24-Mrs. Cal win Coolidge, wife of the president was not among the winners in the knitting contest she entered sever al months ago while summering in New England, but she at least has the satisfaction of knowing that a New Englander won the capital prize, And incidentally she won honorable mention.
 The winner of the first prize, s2,OOO, was Mrs. Elizabeth c. Wy man, of Jamestown, R. I.
 Mrs. Coolidge has announced that the baby carriage robe she knitted with all its fussy trimmings, will be used to tuck around her first grand child, when he, or she, Is born.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
SAYS COOLIDGE IS WINNER
Success In 1924 Is Assured, Declares
 Senator Reed SmOOt

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, August 24.-If President Coolidge decides to become candidate for nomination of president in 1924. he will be sue cessful and certainly will be elected, in the opinion of United States Sena- tor Reed Smoot, republican of Utah, who returned home today after tour of Europe.
 Senator Shoot asserted that unless there Is a readjustment of economic conditions in Europe, 1t will not be many years before the nations of Europe are in war again. Ger many" he said, "cannot go on much longer under existing conditions. Unless there is a change, revolution seems certain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
GOMPERS' SOLUTION
Asks Mine Operators To Recognize
 National Unions

MILWAUKEE, Wis. August 24.- Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. has offered his solution of the oountry'S current coal troubles.
 The easiest and most permanent solution for the continually recurring trouble in the coal industry" Com pers declared Friday, 'is for the mine operators to recognize organized la bor and agree to advances in condi- tions and wages that will enable the miners to live in accordance with American ideals and standards"
 Operators profits are 267 per cent higher than during war days and anthracite coal costs four times it's labor cost, according to Gompers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
AW, JUDGE, HAVE A HEART
His Honor Holds Haste To Take Cat
 To Doctor No Excmse 10 Speed

LOS ANGELES, Cal. August 24.- nary is no excuse for breaking the speed laws Police Judge George S. Richardson informed Mrs. Frances Howe when she was taken before him for speeding. He sentenced her to 90 days in jail and suspended sentence for two years on condition she does not again violate the traffic laws
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
M'KELLAR IN MOSCOW

Tennessee Senator To Discuss Inter-
 nal Situation With Soviet
 MOSCOW August 24.--U. s. Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, ar rived in Moscow this morning. He said he came to spend a week of his vacation here, see all the important officials and discuss the internal sit- nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
 GOVERNOR H0NORED
Mcleod Receives silver Pitcher And
 Gnhlet LErnmI Chn-.ln.tmu M AnLnnl,

bohlet from ' hhftHNtuH W omen
 COLUMBIA, $. c. August 24.-A silver pitcher and goblet bearing the inscription, "Presented to His Excel icncy, the Ion. r. G. Mcleod Cover nor of South Carolina, by the Women of Charleston" was on display today at the governors offlee. They were received by express last night al Charleston.
 Accompanying the two pieces of silver was a note saying they were sent to the governor in appreciation of his determined stand" in connec- tion with the recent municipal pri- mary in Charleston for which the governor ordered out four companies of state troops as a precaution against possible violenee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
GRANT WAGE INCREASES
Two Eastern Railroads Amour,
 ILirhnr Dn. Enr 1nnInxes

EET5TTVT T ny TUT LIHTIUyVs
 CHICAGO, August 24.-Voluntary wage increases on two eastern rail- roads were announced today by ths United States railroad labor board. The Boston and Maine has raised the pay of $500 emplyes in mechanical departments cents an hour or S441,000 a year, and an increase of S160,0O0 year, effective July l has been awarded 2,100 mechanics, f1re- men and oilers by the Buffalo, Ro , chester and Pittsburg railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
DIVORCED AT LAST
Pastor Is Granted Decree After Try
 ing In Many States

SEATTLE, Wash, August 24-The Rev. Walter Rainsford- Boag, of Chi cago. was granted a divorce in the superior court here yesterday from Helen Groom Boag, daughter of a British army officer. Dr. Boag had made unsuccessful efforts to obtain a divorce in the Dakotas and in Georgia Arizona, New York and Nevada. The court held that the long separation of the couple indicated such incompatability as warranted a divorce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
LIMIT WINE SHOPS
aiIan Government Declares COun-
 try HnN Too MnnN nnacs

try Has Too Many oases
 ROME, August 24-The Italian government has appointed a com mittee of experts to report on a plan curtailing the number of bars and wine shops in Italy. There is now one bar or wine shop for every 67 Italians, It is proposed to limit available oases to one every 1000 in- habitants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25

HIS SOMBRERO IN RING-Gen. Antonio Vllarreal. with and who may be the coalition tickets candidate for Pesi dent of Mexico oppose Gen. Paultarce Elias Gales The Wauea family here in front of their Mexico City home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
POSSIBILITIES IF COMP PROMISE SEEN
 IN GE RAAN 1T FFE ER
StTeSemann Proposes Share In His Nations Economy
 To Allies
Rv TERnINAND JAIN
Dy Leased Wire to The Age-IIera

(By Leased V ire 10 The Age-Her:lld)
 BERLIN August Possibilities of compromise between Germany and France have been offered by Chancel- Tor Stresemann in his declaration that Germany is ready to give the entente "a share in Germany's economy"
 The significant statement was made in a speech before an industrial ban quet here when the chancellor further declared;
 For the freedom of German terri tory, for saving our sovereignty and stabilizing our situation, the govern ment would not regard as too high sacrifice the offering of a part of the German economy as productive pledge for carrying out German repa- rations obligations"
 Chancellor Cunos last note of repa- rations had included an offer from in- duStrialists in Germany to underWrfte part of the obligations of the govern ment It had also offered railroad profits and funds from other sources as separations security.
 O . Q
 Mortgage On Assets.
 This was at the time. considered as practically l3ntamOunt 10 a mortgage on Germany's tangible assets.
 The extent of the new offer Is not known. IL could be construed as meaning that Germany is willing to give France actual shares in German industries, banks and business houses. But it is obviously & feeler toward opening new avenues of discussion with the French
 Stresemann stated that. as to gold payments, he could do no more than renew Cuno's offer of 20,000.00O, 900 gold marks. Cuno's offer was re- jected, unseen, by France, who still insists upon the 50,000,000i0 GOO gold mark figure.
 O O O
 Proposals Rejected. The French suggestion that rail- ways on the left bank of the Rhine might be turned over to tue allies as further guarantees was also flatly re- Jected by the chancellor, who cmpha- sized that the territory in question is "inseparable from the German state"
 He again urged a moritorium, and denied that Germany had been re- sponsible for the depreciation of the mark.
 Any government purposely plung- ing the mark in chaos would be the greatest criminal in the world" he Fsaid.