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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
Despite Lower Rate, Uncle
 Sans Revenue Is Greatly
 Increased, Early Reports h.
 dicate-TotaI Receipts to
 Reach Four Hundred Million MANY CITIZENS PAY TAX FOR 12-MONTH PERIOD Few Districts Not to Show Greater Amount of Income, Officials Predict, Declaring Their Figures Are Concrete Evidence of Better Times

WASHINGTON, March 16.-(By As sociated Press. )-Evidence of pros perity almost nationwide was given in the last income and profits tax payments to the government, treas ury officials declared tonight. basing their statement on figures which. although incomplete, support their earlier estimates of receipts of four hundred million dollars between March l and 15.
 One of the reasons given for the view that business conditions inn proved throughout last year and are continuing on upgrade was that ai- though the mean level of federal tax has been lowered as compared with the rates of last years payments were based. the figures indicate an aggregate amount of taxes collected during the first half of March this year will far exceed the collections for the same period last year, when they totaled about s336, ,000 900. Re ports to the treasury tonight showed that this amount had been exceeded probably by fifty million dollars.
 O
 Pay For Entire Year.
 Officials also declared there had been an unusual number of payments for the full year, although the law permits payment in four install- ments. This, 1t was asserted, showed that taxpayers with small incomes had ready money and disposed of their obligations promptly. Most ot this class of taxpayers, it was fig ured paid their taxes, which were on last years incomes. out of earn ings of the current year. It is yet too early, officials explained, to fore cast what percentage of the larger taxpayers had paid their taxes ln one installment.
 Income and profit taxes paid in March, 1922, amounted to SS95,00O,0 0Ud and that figure probably accepted as properly representing the quarterly tax payment since only small per ceatage of the payments are made it advfnce. For the present months taere is every indication that the atal you'd be, greater. although none
 'tlhd hAza~d guess as to the eX- eeg-
 sAc.'f the ot,l for the month only svJsl t4e p.noNa received in March las year, offlci at the treasury u2sln} }Sined hs@ remained con
 rete proof v fe5,- ss. Revert l.. 10 the di4ferea ate5 they insis 'Cd there could ) rnisinter- pretal. n If ths harou5 ric readings. ently will no ss7W esip.H as great . as last year, SC, 1t wsss-sa- at7 will be few al. il not affect the general storv tol. oy the records for the GA collections districts when viewed together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
GOVERNMENT PROBING BOIL WEEVIL RAVAGES
Records Of Experiment Stations To
 Be Studied Carefully

WASHINGTON, March 16.-The in fluence of various factors in the con- trol of the cotton boil weevil is being made the subject of new and elab- crate statistical study by the depart ment of agriculture Mobilization of the department statisticians and en- tomologists is taking place. an ad- vance guard of statisticians from the bureau Of agricultural economics having already moved to the Tallulah, La, experiment station of the bureau of entomology to confer with ento- mologists there.
 The next move will be an analysis of the thousands of records and ob- servations at the Tallulah station made by cntomologsts covering the entire cotton belt over a number of years. Statistical methods of exam ming the comparative effect of vari- GUS control methods will then be work q out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
SAYS WOMEN SHOULD SHOOT WITH CHANGES,
 NOT WITH FIREARMS
eminine Charms More adIy Than Masculine
 Imitation

CHICAGO, March 16.-Women are weakening and cheapening them selves by indulging in masculine pur- suits. pr. Arthur Holmes, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania saiG Tn speech here today. He expressed himself today as absoluetely opposed as an edu- cator to anything in which woman appeared as an imitator of man. in- cluding such things as rifle range practice, boxing and basketball.
 You hear a great deal about the said Dr. Holmes. T, for one. am for it. Indeed l wish she would emancipate herself from a lot of her foolish notions. Particularly do 1 long for the day when she will be free from her present obsession to initiate man in everything, and re- turn 10 her occupation of being femi- nine, the sphere where she belongs and where she can have all the liberty she pleases.
 However, if women must fight, let them use the original weapons which were the birthright of Mother Eve, instead Of longing to practice with mems firearms and boxing gloves. They are dangerous enough and can do great deal more damage by shooting glances out of their eyes than playing with long range rifles. Women want to be original, and by all means let them be so. They are not original in making absurd at tempts to do the things that men do.
 'As an educator had psychologist. I seriously affirm that if women con- tinue in their present endeavors to initiate men, wearing mems clothes. training in mems military camps playing mems games, and parting their short hair on the left side, they will ultimately weaken and cheaper themselves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
COMMITTEE HANDS OFF
Democratic Body Not Working For
 Any Particular Candidate

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Activi- ties of the democratic national com mittee are to be conducted strictly aloof from clements. groups, factions and individual contests for party de- nominations" Representative Cordeli Hull of Tennessee. committee chair man, declared in a letter made public to the speaker of the Tennessee sen ate.
 Without referring specifically to the presidential booms already in evidence for several democratic lead CTS. Chairman Hull said the demo- cratict committee intended to work for the party's welfare. and would not De used in behalf of any par ticul$r candidate.
 "The democratic national head quarters,' said the chairman, must not elwen be suspected, though it be from (the expressions of homefolk in termf of personal compliment. of the Flightest participation in indi- vidu3l rivalries for such an impor- tant (nominaton as that refer ed to lrf tfle resolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
POLITICS IS ESCHEWED
 BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT FLORIDA RESORT
Leaders Find President Intent Upon Rest and
 Recreation

MIAMI, Fla, March 16.-tBy As- sociated Press)-Presi9en Harding, will conclude his stay at Miami Beach tomorrow without haVlhs taken part in any conferences, trans acted any important official business and without having deviated in any way from the three "R's3 of ms Florida vacation program--rest, re- taxation and recreation.
 Prior to his arrival at Miami Beach Wednesday it had been thought that his vacation might be broken In upon during the visit because of the num- Der of political leaders and public men living or spending vacation in this vicinity. Several of those who indicated they would like to confer with the President were seen by Secretary christian, while others in- cluding William Jennings Bryan, hao learned tt.at the great desire or President Harding is to obtain needed rest.
 Mir. Bryan, who is now full Hedge citizen or Miami called late today at the FlAmingo cottage where the President had joined Mrs. Harding after returning from his overnight fishing trip.
 The former Secretary merely left his card saying that he had no desire to break in on the Presidents rest Mr. Harding was lying down at the time, and MT. Bryan had driven away before he knew of the call. Mr. Bryan previously had left his card at the hotel apartments Of Attorney General Daugherty and told news papermen there was nothing he could say that would be news "s.s it is too early yet to talk politics."
 Another who called to leave his card during the afternoon was for mer Senator T. Coleman Dupont of Delaware. The President thus re- ceived several callers, including a delegation from the Harvey Seeds Posts. American Legion of Miami, all of the visits being merely to pay re- snectsn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
FRIDAY "THIRTEENTH," ]"
 HIS NATAL DAY, WILL SURELY BE UNLUCKIEST
Slayer of "Handsome Joe'' Had Believed 0ther-
 WiSe

CHICAGO, March 16.-Every now and then the 18th of the month falls on Friday, whereat we are warned to 1 be particularl- -areful about walking under lsdde, eeiating with black cats and
 Thsrs ',#s 70 be an un- luci.ie t6au vriday the 18th. se ni hers oi. finds a person fas al fla hjs Ipcky day and F ass agh T with go fear or trem vh"sover William Gran. 1sd a9sns ssc1 idea. His birthd. siAt oa April IS. and for all he ka. os cared ts natal event had occur. pn f'fi=i Whenever there was a bis i0u' ts 1t pulled and it happened to egme Friday the 18th, tha. date Wa a4ea st for Cramer.
 Now. April Is, his birthday. W. st falls this year on Friday. looms u9 before Cramer as the day of the laws retribution. On that date Cramer is to be hanged.
 That's h--l of day to be hanged on. April 13." exclaimed Cramer as he was sentenced by Judge John R. Caverly. What. that's my hirthday.'
 And. as the deputy sheriff led him out, he looked at a calendar then muttered, "d-m If it don't come on Friday
 Larry Heffernan goes to the gal lows on April 13. too. The pair were convicted of the murder of Hand some Joe" Lanus, wealthy automo- bile dealer. A third man in the at tempted robbery which resulted in the death of Lanus is under sentence of life imprisonme nt.
 Heffernan had a sweetheart known as Julia Hartnett, the Bandit Queen" of the gang that killed Lanus. Julia "squealed," turning states evidence. Otherwise Cramer and Heffernan probably would be celebrating the latter's birthday this year with few drinks. a big haul, or--perhaps an other murder.
 Back in the county jail where the two men. barring an executive pardon or a supreme court decision, have less than month to live. Hefferna n, ac- cordng to his jailers. enjoyed him self Friday night Tn kidding the dis gusted Cramer on the ''h--l of a birth day present you got"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
IN MARCH LEAD 1922 F||e..:SS:;5j' e.
Fifteen Days Totals Indicate New AII-Time Record for Birmingham Banks as Easter Trade Hits Its
 Full Stride

Birmingham bank clearings for March are running 54 per cent ahead of the same month in 1922
 For the first half of the month the clearings were s69,oso.44I compared with s44,S07,334 for the same period in 1922. The increase for this year is s24,223, ,0O0, which is fractionally over 54 per cent.
 Clearings for March are running at the rate of those of January, which made new all-time record for any month besides going 60 per cent over January. 1922. March clearings are at the rate cf s13s,O6O,ooo for the entire month compared with total of $139,000,00O in January.
 New Record FOreshadOwed.
 Maximum payrolls to be distrib- uted during the latter part of the month will probably cause March to make a new all-time high record. It is certain that March will show more than 50 per cent better than March of last year.
 Mercantile business Is beginning tG swell bank clearings as Easter buy ing and other forms of spring in- vestment are taking place.
 Bank clearings being computed under the same system and with the same banks as reported last year the increase is accepted in business circles as reliable reflex of general conditions, especially as the increase corresponds with increase in other lines. Pig iron production, for ex- ample, is at 100 per cent over last year and coal Is mere than 50 per cent over last year. Steel production has been making new all-time high records since the beginning of the year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
CHARGES FRENCH PLOT
Paris Seeks To Form Continental
 League. Germany Claims

VI NULL bdNdTld. MaTcn lb.-tby Associated Press. 1.-The occupation of the Ruhr and an uprising in Ba varia have been part of French plan for establishing a Continental League of Nations under the domina tion of France, according to the Muenchner Neueste Nachrichten. which makes the charge in connec- tion with the arrest here March [ of Professor Fuch, a dramatic critic. and Merr MacIause, a music con ductor, on suspicion of treason.
 The newspaper claims it has in- formation that the prospectus for the contemplated league provides for the inclusion of France. Italy. the Little Entente, Bavaria and several parts of Austria. The project was mentioned by a French lieutenant colonel, Richert. during secret trea sonable negotiations sometime ago with Fuch and MacHause, the news paper asserts.
 Richert is alleged to have got in touch with these men when the French met with the first stiff re- sstence in the Ruhr to break the front of the resistance in the Ruhr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
POLICE WILL PROTECT "WEARIN OF GREEN"
New York Irishmen Afraid Of
 Trouble From Brothers

NEW YORK. March 16.-"The wearin' of the green" needs protec- ton.
 Mayor Hylan Friday night called out $50 reserves to guard the par ticipants in the St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday. This was after a delegation of Irishmen had informed him that the parade should not go on because untoward events might happen.
 Its Free State parade" the delegation tcld Mayor Hylan. and New York is in favor of the repub- lie. Tnere's sure to be trouble along the line of march,"
 The republicans then went to Police Commissioner Enright, who refused to stop the parade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
CLOUDS HANGING OVER
 ALL EUROPE
Casualties Increase and Dis. orders Spread as Coal War Enters Into Third Month. Few Signs of Optimism
 Cheering Observers
LONDON. March 16.-casualtie.

LONDON, March 16.-Casualties in crease, disorders spread and become more serious and business IS com pletels paralyzed as the coal war of the Ruhr enters into the third month
 Even the most optimistic observ- CTS can gather nothing but gloom from the dispatches reaching here from the continent Friday.
 Despite the fact that the French government has stated that it is will ing to consider any peace offer made by the Germans and despite the reports of mediation by Italy and Britain, which are making the rounds of Europe's chancelleries. dip iomats see no early let-up in the se- rious situation involving the Ger mans and French in the Ruhr,
 Cntoward events in the industrial area have opened the mouths of many publicists Who hitherto have been silent concerning thc Nranco- Herman embroSlio. Many sect ons of the press are hammering away daily attempting to force Premier Bonar Law to intervene, or at least to state his objections in formal note of protest to France.
 o 0 Q
 Declare War Exists.
 Many declare that virtual state of war exists between the French and Germans.
 Word comes from Essen that two German officials, Doctors Wirtz and kaditz, have beAn takt,i by the French as hostages and 3are breed to ride in locomotives running be- tween Essen and Steele as a guar antee against acts of axbotage.
 From Buer, the storm center of the Ruhr strife, comes the news, from German sources, that 10 Ger mans ar mysteriously missing from their homes. presumably kidnapped by the French This number does not include the dozen. more ar less, who were recently slain in riots.
 The bridge across the Stawarzvach river, near Wedau. was bombed Fri day. At Trier a defective switch said to have been damaged by sa- botagers, caused a collision of troop and supply trains in which one French soldier was killed and sev- erdl members of the crews seriously wounded.
 o O O
 Germans Expelled.
 The inter-allied high commission sitting at Coblenz. decided that any person caught committing acts of sa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
Seven Delta Counties Are Swept by Winds, While Sav-
 age, Miss, Is Demolished. Property Damage About $300,000, Early Estimates
MANY HOUSES ARE SWEPT OFF THEIR FOUNDATIONS
Three Alabama Cities Are Hard Hit by Winds, While
 Marion County Suffers Loss of $60,000-ReIief Being Rushed to Sufferers in Gale

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 16.-(Bv Associated Press. .)-Eighteen dead approximately 100 injured and prop erty damage estimated at between s3o0,oO0 and s4Oo,0OO made up the known toll tonight of tornado which swept seven delta counties in northern Mississippi last night, de- molished one village--Savage-a left trail of property damage and towns and farming settlements.
 Several hundred are homeless.
 Of the known dead. nine lost theli lives when the storm battered the remnants of the town of Savage badly damaged two months ago by d tornado-lnto debris and carried half dozen dwellings into the Coldwater river.
 Mrs. c. w. Mabry. A. c. Mabry, hls wife, and John C. Kerr, a merchant. are among those killed at Savage. Five negroes also were killed at Savage, six others lost their lives when their cabins were wrecked near Lambert. and one negro child and negro woman were killed at Walnut Lake.
 William Pruett, farmer, was found dead in bed at Walnut Lake, his death being attributed to heart failure incident to the excitement ot the storm.
 List of Injured.
 Of the injured. about l5 were re- ported seriously hurt.
 The list of the injured include
 Mrs. Nelma Rich, savage, condition critical.
 Mrs. .Addie May Roland. Wa,nu, Lake, arm crushed.
 6Chagies Kidd and Wife, Mrs. Lois { hamh-rs, Robert E. Mabry and Ii L. Cochran, all of Savage.
 Ten of the negroes injured were seriously hurt
 The storm, a whirling wind which swept in from the southwest. and in it's rusn northeastwcrd tore paths through the towns of Olive Branch. Holly Springs. Sardis, Hernando and Phillip, after leveling the village of Savage and wrecking dozen or more farming settlements and ham lets.
 Savage Splintered Nreckagc.
 Savage was tonight Il mass of splintered wreckage; at .ardis q dozen buildings were wrecked and the front of hotel was smashed 1; at Holly Springs the McDermott ho- tel and the Frisco railroad station were damaged; half q dozen build
 Continued on page thirteen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
MOB CASE NOT OVER
Louisiana Legal Authorities To Dc-
 eide Upon New Action

NEW ORLEANS, March 16.-A con ference of state legal authorities will be held here early next week to de- eide upon the next step in the More house hooded band prosecutions, At torney General A. V. Coco announced today upon his return from Rastrop.
 "The report of the grand jury Of Morehouse, which failed to find in- dictments yesterday, was a very 8reat i disappointment to me-. he declared Their findings. however. by no means settle the matter from the states standpoint By Monday or Tuesday I shall hold a conference with my assistants on further proce- dure. We will consider the question of filing the bills of information in all cases where the evidence justifies such action
 The state had sought from 30 to 90 indictments against Warehouse citi- zens. all sal to be members of tEe ku EluX klan. in connection with a series of floggings, abductions, de- portations, sending of threatening letters and the murder of two men. After sitting evidence about two weeks the grand jury yesterday re ported the evidence was insufficient upon which to indict. Similar action had been taken by the previous grand iuries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
OWSLEY VISITS MOBILE
over 1000 Persons Hear Him\ Speak
 In The Cuff City

MOBILE, Ala. March 16.-Setting forth the aims of the American Le- zion, Alvin NJ. Owsley. national/ com : mander of the legion today talked to over 1000 Mobilians and yisi- tors The address was delivered at the noon joint luncheon and md ark ed the climax of his -hours \visit to Mobile.
 Commander Owsley was pre- h ed a Mobile war veteran medal and Tas He is the first nonresident to l be so honored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
Cotton Plant Employees Demand ln-
 crease In Wages

BOSTON, March 16.-The movement t for a. wage advance to textile oper- atives in New England of whom there are ,300.000, gathered strength today with formal demand by the Fall River textile council, for an increase of , per cent.
 Although indications have been that other mill centers would allow the issue of more pay to be fought out through strike in Fall River for both textile council and United Textile Workers leaders have au- thority, word came from Lawrence that the United Textile Workers membership there was reatg to line up with Fall River for an altimatum of wage advance or strike. Law renee employees some S2,0Q0 persons on eottons, woolens and wor5teds. Demands for higher wages also will he made in Fitchburg, a Woolen and worsted center. ii was understood Lowell and Manchester. x. H., were among the centers which Indicated they would hold their hands until events shaped themselves in Fall River
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
WOMEN RESPONSIBLE
New Law Would Prohibit Hiding Be.
 hind Their Husbands.

LONDON. March t6.-English wori- en are going to be made responsible for their own misdemeanors, Under the provisions of bill which has just been introduced in Parliament, it will be impossible for them to hide behind their husbands and plead "co- ercion" The presumption that wife who commits an offence in the pres ence of her husband acts under his coercion is an archaic bit of English code dating back to the edict of ap old Saxon King, issued some few eeu- turies before Columbus started his American tour.
 Vscount Cave, in moving the sec ond reading of the bill. declared:
 "Thc presumption that every wife lives in terror of her husband and will commit any crime under his in- fluencc, if it was ever true. is not true today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17

BIRMINGHAM BANK CLEAR 1NGS ARE RUNNING AT RATE OF 54 PER CENT AHEAD OF
 THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
VERDICT FOR DAVIDSON
Jury Declines To Allow Claim For Large Board Bill.

Efforts of Mrs. Rosa l.. Jemison to collect a sloo0o board bill from pr. James F. Davidson failed Friday when s jury in Judge C. B. Smiths division of circuit court returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. Mrs. Jemison sought to prove that pr. Davidson had agreed to pay her S25 a month for caring for her mother, Mrs. Belle Humphrey, who claimed to be Dr. Davidson's common law wife. Mrs. Pumphrey's claim was not substantiated to the court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
SINGER WANTS $250,000
Claims New York Critic Injured Her
 Reputation

NEW YORK, March 16.-Johanna Gadski Tauscher, prima dona, has filed suit for libel in the supreme court against the New York Tribune and it's musical critic, Henry F.. Krehbiel for s250o00 damages each alleging that an article printed in the newspaper last January greatly in- juIed her in her reputation and pro- feSsIon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
STRONG F0H1 HIM
ItRIinn Women Strike When Ameri-
 can Dismissed.

MILAN, March l6.--The popularity of an American among the women workers of the Ita American Eiec- tric Light company has caused the first strike in Italy since Benito Mussoln. leader of the Fascist, be- came premier of the country
 one thousand women decided they didn't love their work and quit Fri day after the American. a man ed Grant who was a director of the company. was given his walking papers The company retahated by declaring lockout The govern ment is inyestigating
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-17
FIRM BANKRUPT, CLAIM
Involuntary Petition Filed Against
 Preston Motors Corporation

An involuntary petition in bank ruptcy was filed against the Preston Motor company Friday morning in United States district court by three creditors claiming an indebtedness to them amounting to $7.67S.s6. Judge w. l. Grubb. took under ad- visement the appointment of a re- ceiver.~
 The petition was filed by the Hil- dreth Varnish company, n which claimed an indebtedness of .$1573. IS; the $. F. Hendricks company, claim : ing SS7, and the Export American Industries, the largest creditor, claiming S6.01S.64. No receiver had been appointed Friday night.