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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
REPUBLICANS SMALL
 SENATE MARGIN CUT DEATH OF NELSON
Race For Senator's Seat Will Show Way Wind Is
 BlOWinu

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-Ths death of Senator Nelson, Minnesota. has reduced by one more the silm margin the administration can count on in the next Senate.
 Even should Nelson be succeeded by a regular or conservative re- publican, the newcomer will not be as valuable to administration lead CTS as Nelson, for the late senator wielded much influence. If the last election iss to be taken as an sindi . cation, Neison's successor Is likely to be less of an administration sup porter, and more of help to the progressive element which threatens to control the new Senate.
 Nelson's death will promote Sem ator Dillingham;. Vermont, to the chairmanship of the powerful judi c:ary committee. Dillingham IS q New Englander of the same type po- litically as Nelson. He. too, Is a veteran of many years service and within a comparatively short time must give way to some other. =,
 The contest for Nelson's seat will be watched with keen interest, by politicians, who will hope to read by means of it the latest indications "f the restless vests" political ten, dencies. With the disturbing results of the last congressional elections fresh in their minds, the conserva- lives in the republican party would be glad to get assurance that the wave of protest against the regular party organization is subsidins somewhat.
 If they can do anything. to dem onstrate that their control Of the western situation has not been en- tirely lost. they will not overlook the opportunity afforded by the I'm bending contest for Senator Nuson's mace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
FORMER D. A. R. HEAD
 EXPIRES IN ILLINOIS
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott Ws so Years
 Old And Native Of Kentucky

BLOOMINGTON. III, April 29.-- Mrs. Julia Green Scott, widow of Matthew T. Scott and former presi- dent of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, died at her home in this city this afternoon. She suffered a stroke af paralysis Friday and never recover ed consciousness Mrs. Scott was so years old. She was a native of Kenr lucky. being born at Danville. Her ancestry records traceds her lineage through both her fathers and moths CTS lines to relationship with the Washington family.
 For two terms. 1909 till 1911, she served as president general of the D. A. R. During her term of office, the Memorial Continental hall in Washington was completed and she presided at it's dedication. Du ing the World war Mrs. Scott was active in war relief work. and after the close of the war Ambassador Jus serand presented her decoration from the French government in rec ognition of her work in secu ing through the D. A. R. the addition of over 4,000 French war orphans into American homes, and for the work of the society in the restoration of the village of Talloloy. France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
GOOSE WASN'T COOKED l
 THOUGH GOBBLER WAS. PRESIDENT RELATES
Harding Solves Mystery Of The Flying Stone And The
 Death Sentence

WASHINGTON, April 29.--A new story about President Harding went the rounds in Washington today. and it was true story because the President told 1t himself during his informal address last night before the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
 The story was related by the Pres ident as one of the motivating in ,fluences which in his later life as editor of the Marion Star led to the adoption of a code of ethics for his newspaper. In the language of the President. the story follows:
 When I was a boy about eight years old. 1t was my fortune every sumner to go to the home of my grandfather on the farm. One of my chores was to bring in the cows at milking time, and one evening I got my orders to go for the cows and was unwillingly complying. but as I skipped along. boylike, 1 picked up a stone that we called 'sailor'-3 thin stone, you will remember. that you throw and 1t sails in the air and I let |. go. without any respon- sihility or design, at a flock of geese.
 And, by some misfortune of fate, the sharp edge of this stone struck fine big gander right in the side of the head and he whirled half dozen times and fell dead.
 Tn my excess of sorrow that l had killed the gander and my sense of injury to my grandfather. I rushed after the cows without mak- ing word of explanation. And when I came back I found my grand mother plucking the gander to save the feathers, and grandfather was orating. He had examined the dead bird and had concluded that it had been killed by a very ill-behaved turkey gobbler. and he had reasoned out that the gobbler had struck him in the side of the head and had killed him, and, thereupon decreed the gobbler should die.
 And there I stood. boyish cul- prit and liar through omission, say ing nothing in the gobbler's defense, and ne went to the block. anu l helped to eat him, and more inno cent gobbler had never lived and died
 Tt may seem strange, but that in- cident has recurred to me thousand times in my life. and is ever impell- ing fair statement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
SEVEN PERISH AS SHIP G0ES DOWN.; .F|F TEEN ESC AP [
One Woman Among Those Who Succeeded In Reach
 ing Lightship

NEWPORT, R. l.. April 29.-The steamer Seaconnet sank early today in Vineyard Sound with a loss of probably seven lives. Of the 21 men and one woman aboard, the woman and 14 men succeeded in reaching the Vineyard Sound lightship, ac- cording to word reaching here.
 The steamer, engaged in the coast wise trade between Boston and Nor folk. sent out calls for assistance at about o'clock this morning. report ing that she was listing badly to starboard and giving her position as one mile south, one-half west of the Vineyard Sound lightship. It was believed that she sank soon after the last call, which was intercepted here at 6:S0 o'clock, was broadcast.
 It was believed that the survivors made their way in small boats to the 
 The Seaconnet was a freighter of 33E tons and was built in 1918 at Camden, N. J. She was originally known as the steamer Tuckahoe. The vessel was SIS feet long. q feet wide and had depth of 14 feet. Her home port was Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
CHAMPIONS GALORE
Piano Playing And Roller Skating In
 For Marathon Contests

HOUSTON, Tex, April 29,-(United News. .)--A whole bevy of new champions" was given to the world at 7:05 p.fm., here Sunday when six pianists--three men and three women playing "Dixie." passed the 29-hour continuous playing record set re- gently by.Howard Roth of Cleveland. The piano marathon was started at 2:05 D. m.r Saturday.
 Meanwhile. in a rink not far dis tant, Lee Harmond 23. was rolling his way to the long distance roller skating championship. Hammond had been in motion since $40 Friday night.
 Miss Inez McLain of the piano players tainted late Sunday afternoon at the keys. Her mother, standing behind her. slapped wet towel on her head and administered smelling salts The girl revived and swept past the 29-hour mark at 1905, going strong.
 Miss Margaret Reichardt. one of tn, woman players. stopped ex- hausted at 1906, just past the former record.
 Among the marathon roller skaters four had passed the old record of 24 hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
FIRST IDENTIFICATION CELEBRATED BY POPE.
Gorgeous Ceremony Carried Out In Prnmouncinr SanctitS Degree

ROME, April 29.-NBy 4Assoclatesi rress. )-Pope Plus today celebrated for the f.st time the gorgeous cer"- n,ony of Justification. pronouncing the first degree of sancity on Sister Th9fese, nun of the barefooted order of CArmelites. who died at. I.isieux. France only 24 years ago. IT is exceptional for the Catholic church to beatify so soon after death. such ceremony being generally de- ferred for many years sometimes Tor
 sister Therese was 8 beautiful cnet. writer and artist of high gifts; she entered the convent when only I5 and spent the remainder or her iifa in holy works. This was the nrst Justification since the war cele6ratec win elaborate pomp, as Pope Bene- dict xV, reduced the splendor of the Aceremony of Qualification, even the Hanonization of Joan of Arc. because
 { the conflict going on.
 SToday, St. Peters was decorateo with ancient crimson damask hang |
 ites with gold fringes. scintlllating
 With lixht from thousands Of chan-
 differs. A statue of St. Therese , which occur.eh the center of the bas- ilica, .See, illuminated by thousands of invisible lights surrounding col ossal picture of Sister iTherese re- ouesting the father to permit her to tenter the order of the Carmelites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
CONFERENCE. .0N v|AOUCTS MONDAY
Recommendations Expected From Engineers For Meet ing Of Executives Wed- I<day = Kirkpat-
 sck's Arguments
ty officials and railway construc-

6City officials and railway construc- 5tion engineers are to hold confer ence Monday to discuss construction Of a viaduct for Twenty-t third or Twenty fourth street. south, and track elevation for the Southside. The meeting Is to be attended by A. J. Hawkins, city engineer, and L. L. Morton of Louisville, Ky, spe- cial engineer of the Louisville and Nashville railroad; R. D. Tobien, Bir- mlngham, engineer of the Southern district engineer of the Seaboard Air Line railway.
 It is expected that recommenda- tiGns will be made at the meeting. which will be presented at meeting Wednesday between the city com mission and presidents of three rail- roads for definite decision as to executive action.
 kirkpatrick Taiks.
 In communication to The Age Herald. Walter G. Kirkpatrick, for mer city engineer. now in Miami, Fla, discusses the issues, and says that track elevation is the main part or the project TOT STdUe SepdTdllOu in the downtL district.
 Ut will include elevation of all tracks over Twentieth, Eighteenth and Fourteenth streets, and as many streets to the west as will be found practicable, eventually all from Gate City westward. except Twenty first to Twenty-sixth, the purpose being to have the streets cross under the tracks," Mr. Kirkpatrick said in his communication Continuing. he saws: "This would mean elevation above the streets of all tracks in the South side yards, and the reception and dis charge of passengers at the Louis ville and Nashville passenger station at second-story elevation, as well as all freights in that locality.
 All these tracks need not be raised a once, nor the streets be closed dur ing construction, especially if the plan be carried out with only small depression of the streets. The streets co uld first be given this small de- pression, and the tracks temporarily lowered thereto. and then one or more tracks at a time could be raised over the streets until the whole sepa- ration be accomplished. The Louis vile and Nashville platforms could be reached by stairs from the present waiting rooms. and freight could be delivered into the second stories of warehouses.
 open Nineteenth Street..
 with the tracks thus elevated, the railroads could no longer object to the opening of Nineteenth street un- derneath the elevation, thus connect ing this important street directly with the SCuthside. A number of other streets west of Nineteenth now
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
MORE THAN 5000 AT FUNEPH.- OF BAKER
-Mtain Youth, Hanged For Mur- der, Is Buried In Tennessee

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April g. More than 5000 uersons today at tended the funeral of George Baker, 22-year-old mountaineer hanged at LaFayette, Ga. Friday, for partici- patton in the killing of Deputy Sher if J. W. Morton, of DurhaSa. year ago. The services were held at a little ,hurch at Morris Hill. ten miles east of Chattanooga, and 1t is esti- mated that between fifteen and six teen hundred automobiles were park ed arouni the graveyard. Two thousand curious persons visited the morgue here today before the2 body was removed, while the funeral services at the church were delayed while crowd of 5000 viewed the body Of young Baker.
 Following announcement of one of the participating ministers. a sum of about $500 was donated to the fam fly Iof Baker.
 Mrs. Mae Webb Light of St. Elmo, whb took prominent part in the ef- fort to save Bakers life, tonight wied the following message to Gov. Thomas F. Hardwick of Georgia;
 Ten thousand sympathetic people marched ten miles today to attend the funeral of George Baker and vol uniarily contributed hundreds of dol lars to his heart-broken family.
 MRS MAE WEBB LIGHT"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
HEALTH BODY ASKS CONF FERENCE WITH CITY COMMISSION
Mrs. EchoIs Besought To Ar range Discussion Of Auto
 Situation

Mrs Mary Echols, commissioner of health and education, has been asked by the Jefferson county board of health to arrange a conference for this week to discuss automobile pro- vision for inspectors of the health department. pr. J. D. Bowling, city and county health officer, stated Sun day night.
 In letter to Mrs. Echols Satur- day, the board of health urged that the city commission should either re- scind it's order requiring that all au- tomobiles useA by city employees and night in the municipal garage. inter fering with milk control work. or employees should be offered a fair basis of compensation for personal cars used in city work. z
 The letter to Mrs. Echols and the conference requested will be the lat est developments in the situation which arose in March when D. E. Me- Lendon, president of the city com mission, ordered all health and san itary inspectors to place city au- mobiles used by them in the city garage at night. Strong protests were immediately made by the health department, which claims the effec- tiveness of milk control work in Bir- mingham has been greatly weakened because the milk inspectors cannot visit dairies early in the morning.
 Following lengthy correspondence and exchanges of statements, the city commission last Tuesday adopted a resolution providing that city em- ployes who needed cars in city bus mess would be enabled to buy cars on easy payments and would be compen- sated at the rate of $50 per month for depreciation and upkeep. This figure is too low, according to health de- partment officials. who point to a monthly average of s73.59 as the cost of upkeep of an average of 1Ois cars in 1922.
 Loss of Birmingham's "certified" milk supply, used chiefly by invalids and infants, removal of protection against disease. carried in milk. es- pecially vital as summer approaches. an injustice which will be done em- ployes who will be, in effect, forced to either buy cars on the commis- sion's terms or quit the city service, are points emphasized by the board of health in it's argumentSfor an inn mediate adjustment of|the situation.
 Meanwhile. milk scores, regarded as important in the safeguarding of the supply, are not available because cars are tied up in the early morn ing hours,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
Governor Tells 5000 Persons In Speech That State Will Use Every Cent In Treasury and Force Too If It Is Nec-
 eSsary To Enforce The Laws
MERGER OF GERARD AND PHOENIX CITY PROPOSED
Address Made In Tent Where Revival Had Been Held For Two Weeks-Attorney Gen. eral Davis Also Delivers Law Enforcement Speech

GERARD, Ala, April 29.-Gov. will liam w. Brandon told more than six thousand citizens of Grard, Phoenix City and Columbus, Ga, in an address Sunday afternoon that the state of Alabama Intended to clean up Girard and keep 1t clean, if 1t takes every penny in the state treasury.
 The address was made Tn a ten. wherein a revival meeting has been Eeld for four weeks. All classes of citizens sat before the governor as he warned alleged law violators that the government did not intend to stand for violations moment longer and that agents of the state law en- forcement department were en- camped within Girard and vicinity until all persons recognized that the laws of the state are intended to be obeyed and not violated.
 Harwell G. Davis, attorney general, who accompanied Governor Brandon to Girard, also made an address. in which he declared that the law en- forcemept machinery would be with Governor Brandon and those who de- sired the laws enforced until the blind tigers were driven from Girard.
 
 General Davis were invited to Girard by a delegation of about 30 citizens of Girard and Phoenix City who went to Montgomery early in the week and requested him to deliver his warning in person to the people and to urge the support of all law abidnig citizens in the states cam paign.
 carried from opelfBa to Columbu5 Ga., by automobiles Nt was met by < delegation of citizens from Colun- bus, Ga, which is just across the river from Girard, and which is con- nected with the Alabama towns by two bridges. This delegation had ap- pointed Dr. James A. Davidson, pas ter of the First Baptist church and former pastor of the Baptist church at Selma, as its spokesman. Dr. pa- vidson told the governor that the law abiding citizens of Columbus were with the authorities of Alaba ma in their determination to drive law violators from the town across the river. He commended the governor for his decision.
 I've did not know the good people of Phoenix City and Girard had de- cided to tender this invitation to you until we read that 1t had been ten
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
CAUTION
 AGAINST OVER BANK CREDITS
Reserve Board Calls Attention To Rapid Credit Expansion And Quotes From Hoover Committee On Busi-
 ness Cycles

WASHINGTON, April 29.--The fed eral reserve board. in a formal stale ment tonight again calls attention to the rapid expansion of credit dema nd and industrial production and warns that "a continuance of this creit /e- mand must soon result in increased borrowings by banks which are mem- bers of the federal reserve system of the federal reserve banks" While tine statement was issued as a sum- mary of April business, it deals ex- clusively with the credit and produc- ton situation and threads through 1t comparison with conditions in 1920.
 In its discussion of the expanding production, the board declared sub stantiap' increase in the demand for currency is In prospect if the rapid growth of pay roll amounts continues as 1t has since the middle of 1922 Should more currency be needed, the board adds, the banks will seek greater accommodation from the re- serve banks to secure the additional currency issues.
 The present lending capacity of the countrys banking system, in view of the great growth of the reserves at the reserve banks" the statement says, lis not far in excess of the credit needs of the country's produc- tiNe capacity. LII SuCn situation IL is the available supplies of labor and equipment and not the potential sup ply of credit that in the end must fix the limit which may be attained by aggregate national reduction. As these limits are approached, credit policy must be increasingly influ- enced by careful consideration of the continued effectiveness of further ad- ditions to the total volume Of credit in contributing to increased produc- tivity."
 Production Greater.
 The board, however, directs atten- tion to the difference in the increases in commercial loans by commercial banking houses and the earning as sets of the federal reserve banks as suggesting that the overflow of credit demand, frequently predicted in recent weeks. has not yet started and the situation shows, therefore the statement adds, that the increased credit demand has been largely In response to the increased volue of production. At the same time, the board quotes from tho report of the Hoover committee of unemployment and business cycles to the effect that the rapid expansion of bank credit often lifts the buying power of busi- buying power of the community.
 While In no way connecting the action with the situation as regards present credit demands, the board makes public for the first time a new policy adopted by it and the governors of the federal reserve banks who re- gently held their annual spring con- ference here. The boards new prin-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
SEVENTEEN HURT IN. UPRISING AT DUBLIN
Explosion Of Bomb In Station Cause
 Of Most Of Casualties

DUBLIN, April 29.-Fifteen women and two soldiers were injured short ly after midnight in a battle precipi- tated by an insursent uprising in Amiens street.
 Explosion of bomb which had been planted by rebels in the Amiens Street station caused most of the casualties. When the Free State troops rushed to the scene they were met with a volley of rifle shots by the irregulars, who had barricaded themselves on house tops.
 The shots and explosion were heard all over the city and hundreds rushed to the scene of the fighting.
 Several persons were wounded when flying masonry crashed into a train, breaking many windows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
JAIL DOOR MOVES MUCH
Constant Stream or LOd3ers Checked
 In Sunday Night

Clang. Clang! Clang!
 No, 1t wasn't street car or the ice wagon. It was the iron grated door of the city jail closing on anoth- CT inmate. The familiar sound kept Up regularly and continuously from 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon until g o'clock Sunday night-then not quite so frequently on through the night.
 During those six hours Warden Reynolds was overworked in receiv- ing guests" Forty-five violators of the liquor law were locked up. be- sides the usual Sunday night defend- ants on. other charges In passing the jail during those hours one would have thought there was carnival or circus-and a circus it was-to see those who had imbibed too freely make their way through the portals of their haven for the night.
 Admission-none was charged for entrance beyond the "clang" How ever. Monday when recorders court convenes is another story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
MAN THROWN 40 FEET WHEN CAR HITS CURB
Odeth Brown Carried To Hospital
 After Crash On NOrthside
 Qdath Brown 2n2l TWentY-SAY.

enth street. north, was injured. and two other occupants of an automobile were thrown to the ground when the car crashed to the curb at Eff teenth avenue and Twenty-fifth street at 3:30 o'clock Sunday after noon after the driver had escaped collision with another automobile. Russell Luquire,. 1914 Twenty-slxth street, north, was the driver of the automobile and Frank Adams. 1909 Twenty-fifth street. north, was the third occupant.
 When taken to the Norwood hos pital physicians were unable inn mediately to ascertain the extent of Browns injuries. He was uncon- scious when picked up from the street about 30 or 40 feet away from the car where he had been hurled as a result of the accident, but re- covered shortly after being taken to the hospital. Adams was slightly injured, suffering slight decorations about the knee and other bruises Luquire was only bruised.
 The accident occurred when Lu- quire. driving his automobile north on Twenty-fifth street endeavored to avoid colliding with Chevrolet. driven by a woman whose name was not reported, going east on Eff teenth avenue. Two wheels were torn off Luquire's car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-30
DIES OF FRIGHT Suicide Hoax On Part of Wife Is Fatal To Husband

Buhl, Minn.. April 29.--The most singular case in medical history was recorded here when Carl Nelson, be- lieving that his wife had poisoned herself after quarrel. died of fright.
 Nelson and his wife left their four children ai.i went to a dance. They quarreled, according to Mrs. Nelson, on their wa.' home.
 Nelson emptied a bottl. of poison in the sink. after which, in the presence of her husband, she placnd the bot tie to her lips. giving him the im- pression she had drained the vial.
 Mrs. Nelson tainted when the few drops of the poison burned her lips. Nelson died while attempting to re- viye her.