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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
AGAIN DO CREEKS
 PAY TRIBUTE TO ROMAN SQUADRON
Greek Navy, Once Ruler Of The World, SaIutes Allied
 Fleet

ATHENS. Sept. 19.--tn the blue bay of Phalaron, whence the ships of proud Greece once sailed forth to rule the ancient world, the Greek navy--a handful of obsolete, dis carded American dreadnaughts-paid deep apology to the allied squadron that had gathered to accept the salute demanded by Premier Mus solini.
 As in the days of old, Athens bowed before Rome.
 The Greek navy, in apology for ths Janina murders. of which Greece as- serts her innocence, tasted the com plete humiliation of a 21-gun salute under duress, to a foreign flag
 In Athens, two miles northeast from Phalaron along the route where once the long walls ran to the port of Pireas, little group of foreigners climbed to the high white summit of the acTopolis to witness the cere- mony.
 Among them were the ruins of the glory that was Greece. They stood among the fallen marble pillars of the pathenon, beside the ravished temples whose marble gods had been stolen, in earlier attacks by the men of the Italian peninsula, to deck the gardens of ancient Rome.
 Looking out upon the sweep of desert country to the sea, the pano- rama of the war demonstration spread before them, map-like, on the bay of Phalaron and the far gulf of Corinth. framed by the dim gray mountains of the Pe1enoneseus. Seemed Like Toy skipx.
 From here the ships were toys; the flash and roar of saIgting guns diminished by distance. Here other watchers had stood, scanning the eastern trail for runners from mara thon: here stood the priests of old, watching the crawling Roman gal leys that brought the desecrators of their temples.
 Below in the white glare of the city there was a faint babb1e of sound where crowds were assem- murdered Italians, held in the ca thedral. A white roof, rising high against the eastern suburbs, marked the royal palace where young King George waited while his nation paid tribute to Rome.
 Lean Creek soldiers, clad in agged Am erican army uniforms and with the Inevitable cigarette dang ling from loose lips, watched the scene. Refugees of Asia Minor wandered idly up from their hivouacs in the ruined city of Nadrian, star ing ana whispering in soft Armen- ian voices. Members of the foreign colony, Americans. Fnglfshmen and Frenchnen, were there, curious to record the memory of Greece's sub mission.
 The apology is completed. The question of the 5o,00o,0o0 lire in demnity hangs on the decision of the commission of the investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
FORESEES STERILIZATION
Sinclair Declares Crude oil Prices
 Are At Bottom

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-H. F. Sim clair, chairman If the Sinclair Con- solidated Oil corporation, in a for mai statement today expressed the belief that with today's adjustment, crude oil prices in the midcontental field are at the bottom and should result in early stabilization of the in- dustry."
 "Pessimism in the petroleum in- dustry." he said, Thas been carried to ridiculous extremes. Conditions in recent months have been bad. but they certainly have not been as bad as the public has been led to believe.
 ''The prices we are now paying for crude oil do not cover the cost of pro- duotion, except from perhaps 5000 out of 2S5,0oO producing wells Of the United States.
 "Obviously, such condition can not last and the sooner 1t is corrected the better. If the decline in Call fornia's production as now expected, there will be a shortage of crude oil which must necessarily mean higher prices"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
NEGROES AT WHITE HOUSE
President Receives Delegation And
 Delivers "Pleasing', Talk

WASHINGTON. Sept 19.-President Coolidge received today a delega tion from the Negro National Educational congress, which presented a petition asking for the right to franchise in every state. for the upholding of the law and for, the suppression of "all oath bound organizations whose aim it is to murder, terrorize and destroy the peace and happiness of any par ticular group of our citizens"
 The eXecutiveN iuude brief talk to the delegates, which was described as pleasing" by his visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
PAUL RAINEY, WELL KNOWN EXPLORER,
 DIES ABOARD SHIP
Veteran Big Game Hunter Adyentured From North
 Pole To The Equator

NEW YORK, Sept. 1e.-(By Asso- ciated Press. )-Pau1 J. Rainey, noted explorer and big game hunter, died aboard tho British ship Saxon en route from Southampton to Cape town. his business associates were informed today in radio dispatches from his sister, Mrs. Grace Rainey Rogers. lie was bound for the ranch he had carved out of the heart of the jungle near Nairobi, British East Af- rica, when he was stricken by stroke of paralysis. His body was buried at sea, the messages from Mrs. Rogers said. 1sne Saxon left Southampton September IT,
 Although he made extensive explo- rations and valuable scientific dis coveries in the Arctfcs, bringing back many of the first captive specimen of animal life in Polar regions, Rainey probably will be best remembered as the first big game hunter of the tropics whose exploits were preserv- ed in motion pictures.
 He got his first taste of adventure near the North Pole. Then he turned to the tropics, and after the British government felt called upon to re- strict his killings of lions and tigers, accepted & commission with the Brit ish forces, later becoming official photographer for the Red Cross in France during the World war.
 Rainey was born at Cleveland on September IS, 46 years ago.
 Death On The Lions
 In 1910 he went into the Arctic with Harry Whitney on the Boethic on an expedition which netted vaiu- able trophies and was termed highly successful. A year later he sailed into deepest Africa. Soon reports trickled from his camp to be corrob- orated by moving pictures of Il.,9tI hunting forays in in which I Rainey sh1 days. He killed 27 lions from a sim gle near Kapiti. preserving the skins to be mounted for museums here and in England
 From then until 1916 his career was a successive round of hunting and exploration tours through British Africa. and mostly in India. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford joined one such expedition he head ed. Finally the British government decreed he must not kill more than six lions in one district of East Africa.
 After the war Rainey established ranch where he intended making his future home in the heart of what had been his most happy hunting grounds, the Tropical zoo near Nail robi. which still is looked upon as rocious jungle beasts of any re- zion in the world He was bound for this ranch when he died. He was unmarried.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20

meet, and we believe it Is. we urge that special session be convened as quickly as possible.
 ''The charge has been made ire quently in the few months that the chief executive of the state has been guilty of specific violations of the laws and constitution of the state.
 Neither the governor nor the state should be compelled to rest long un- der these asperslons. The editors of Oklahoma urge that the legislators meet immediately, ascertain the truth or falsity of these charges and take the proper action thereon.
 We have the utmost confidence in the members of the Oklahoma legisla- ture as true and loyal defenders of the good name and integrity of our state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
ARGUMENTS HEARD
Florida Supreme Court Takes Up
 Case Of ChiId's Custody

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Sept. 19--Di- vision A of the supreme court today heard oral arguments in the case of is seeking to obtain custody of his four year old daughter from the child's grandparents, Mir. and Mrs. Samuel W. Ballenger. of Miami The child was turned over by it's father to the grandparents upon the death of it's mother when it was about three weeks old. according to the records in the case, The child was brought to the supreme court from the circuit court which ruled against Airstone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
GOV. WALTON SILENT

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept 19.-- Gov ernor Walton would make no com ment tonight when shown copy of a statement drafted by certain newspaper editors of the state, at tacking him for declaring martial law in Oklahoma. The executive said he wished to examine the pro- nouncement closely before replying publicly to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
MAKES SUGGESTION
Advises Anti-SaloOn League To Conn
 plain To Department Of Justice

BOSTON, Sept. 19-Senator Lodge in a letter to the Massachusetts Anti Saloon league. made public today, re- plying to a request from the leagues officers that he exercise his lntlu
 ence toward bringing about better enforcement of the prohibition law in this state. suggests they address their complaints to the department of justice. He writes that he be- lieves In enforcement of prohibition
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
HARVEY AGAIN INDICTED
Former Governor Charged With Re- ceivinx Deposits In InSOlTent Bank

CHARLESTON, s. C., Sept. 19.-The grand jury of Charleston county to- day brought in two more true bills in the Enterprise bank case, a second indictment having been made against former Governor Wilson c. Harvey, as president of this defunct bank. in which it is alleged that the defendant as president, director and officer, re- ceived deposits after he had become aware of the banks insolvency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
REVOLT IS REPORTED
Agrarians and Communists In Bul .
 garia Said Unruly

PARIS, Sept. 19.-An unconfirms ed dispatch to. the Natin from Tzraibrod (Bulgar-Serb frontier) reports that Agrarian and Communists have re- volted in northern Bulgaria.
 Martial law has been declared in Sofia and troops dispatched to Tirno- vo and Sloven, the message stated.
 Recent dispatches indicated that a Communist coup was contemplated, however. Wholesale arrests of Com munists were recently made in Bull garia, and it was declared at the time that the movement had been frustrated,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
MANY HURT IN WRECK

SHEBOYGAN, Wis, Sept. 19.- James Gallagher 90, engineer, was killed and a score of passengers in north western road train No. Ill were reported injured when the engine of the train left the track near Weedens, eight miles south of here tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
MILITARY NOW FUNCTIoNING.

MADRID, Sept. 19.-(By Associated Press. )-The military directorate of Spain began functioning this after noon the council held in the royal palace. The council was presided over by King Alphonso and was at- tended by General Primo Rivera, president of the directorate. aud his generals. Those participating in the council declined to give any details of the meeting. The new govern ment has begun campaign against profiteering in prime necessities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
DIsORDERs AT NEW ORLEANS.

NEW URLEANSt La, 6ept, Iy.--Ihe first disorder reported to the police since the inception of the strike of longshoremen and screwmen last week occurred tonight when two negro Ashoremen who had re- mained at work were attacked and beaten by several white men at Tx change alley and Canal street. No ar rests were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
GIRL STABBED TO DEATH.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Sept. 19.- Ethel Williams, a cabaret singer, 25 years old was found stabbed to death in her room in a lodging house here late today. Her nude body lay on the floor. The police said she had been stabbed repeatedly in the mouth, perhaps by a pair of scissors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
GLORIA ALOOSE AGAIN
second Divorce Of Movie Star Is
 Granted

LOS ANGELES. Sept. 19.--The sec ond divorce of Gloria Swanson, mo ton picture actress was granted In the superior court today, when Her bert k. Somborn, film promoter was awarded a decree in a suit charging Gesertion.
 Several years SEQ Wallace Beery' actor obtained a divorce from Gloria Swanson on similar grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
BLAzEs ARE RENEWED.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.-Strong winds famed the flames of the Marin county forest fire into renewed fury late Wednesday,, and the blaze is re- ported sweeping down upon Lark spur. Fairfax, Kentfield, Ross and Baltimore Manor, picturesque com muters' towns, with populations of about 5000. Every man or boy more than 14 years old has been impressed into service to fight the fire: all schools have been closed and thou sands are battling the onrushing flames
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
MISS FLAGLER ENGAGED
Granddaughter Of Henry M. Flagler
 To Med Clnneciicuf Man

NEW YORK. Sept. 1O.-The en- gagement of Miss Mary Hardness Flagler' to NJ. B. Cary. Jr., of Ridge field, Conn, was announced today by her parents, MT. and Mrs. Harry Hardness Flagler. Miss Flagler is the granddaughter of Henry M Flagler. a founder of the Standard Oil company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
WILLIAM P. TAYLOR DEAD

NASHVILLE. Sept. William p Taylor, A. who witnessed the execa- ticn of sam Davis. Confederate hero on November 27. 1883 at Pulaski, Tenn, following conviction by a federal army courtmartial..is dead here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
s1Oo,O 900 FIRE AT vICKsBURG.

V1CKSBURG, Mss, Sept 19-Flre damaged two three story buildings Wednesday, causing damages est imated to be in excess of $10o,000. The fire is believed to have started in the storeroom of a printing com pany The two upper floors of the building virtually were destroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
DIES AFTER GLASS FIGHT

HONOLULU, Sept. 19.-George Paul, a freshman at the University of Hawaii, died this afternoon as the result of a broken neck received yes- terday in an interclass fight. The university authorities are expected to issue orders barring all interclass fights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
KILLED IN AUTO WRECK

PONTOTOC, Miss. Sept. 19.-W. H. Donaldson, aged man, was killed, Otis Caldwell was seriously injured and Clarence Gray was hurt in an auto mobile wreck near here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
LAST MINUTE
 NEWS BRIEFS
 OFF THE WIRE
JUGO-sT,AyTA WILLING

LONDON, Sept. 19.--According to a Belgrade dispatch to the Daily EN- press, Jugo-Slavia is reported as willing to approve Italian occupa- tion of Plume, allowing the Serbs to use the port, provided the Serbs are ceded the port of Porto Baros on the Plume Delta. This is received as a plausible solution of the present Italo-Jugo Slavian stringency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
BONDS GET sso.ooo

CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-Three bandits held up and lotted Chicago Jewelry store of $SO,000 in jewels and cash late Wednesday.
 The bulk of the loot consisted of unset diamonds valued at $75,00O which were taken from Abraham Sterburg, a New York salesman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
TARAFA IS ELECTED
Named Director Of Cubs Company
 and Cuba Railway Company

NEW YORK, Sept 1s.-At the an nual meeting of the Cuba company and the Cuba Railway company to- day Col. J.. M Tarafa was elected as director in both companies to fill vacancies. Other directors were re- elected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-20
pRTyCEss Ts GAINTNC

TURIN. Italy, Sept. 19.-The im- provement in the condition of Prin- cess Mafalda, who is ill at Facconigi continues, according to dispatches received here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-29
HOME OWNING IS
URGED BY
HOOVER
Commerce Secretary Calls
This Searching Test"
Facing Country. y
BY HARRY WARD.
InternatlonaI News service.

The maintenance Of q high per
centage of Individual home own
ers Is "one Of the searching tests
that now challenge the people o.
the United States Secretary %
Commerce Herbert Hoover declared
today in issuing Government
manual In connection with tbs
"own your home" campaign of thu
Department Of Comerce.
The present large proportion Of
families that own their homes II
both the foundation OF q sound eco
nomic and social system and guar
antee that our society will continue
to develop nationally as changing
conditions demand" Hoover said
pointing out that the automobile has
given great impulse to suburban
life and an increasing possibility OF
home ownership"
Secretary Hoover expressed the be.
lief that business groups are looking
at homecoming in e new and more
favorable light.
Square Deal Urged"
They see that taking a neighbor-
ly interest in developing sound Il.
nancing and other machinery for
the use OF home seekers, and in
sisting on the observance Of hon.
est, /straight forward methods by
those who deal with home seekers
Is not paternalism, but good bust
ness and good citizenship" he said
1T is the square deal'-and 1t is
not only right hut essential that the
cards should not be stacksd against
the home seekers.
Buying or building home re-
quires the use of sound judgment
in seeing that the personal needs
Of the family are best met with
the : funds available. It involves
not only the carrying on of trans.
actions of financing and buying
or building, but it involves the
proper determination Of location.
with respect to school to work,
and to neighborhood.
"A family that owns its own home
takes in It, maintains 1t better, gets
more pleasure out of it and has q
more wholesome. healthful and hap.
by atmosphere in which to bring up
children.
Has Constructive Aim.
THE home owner has a construc-
tive aim in life. He works harder
outside his home, spends his leisure
hours more profitably, and he and
his family live finer life and enjoy
more Of the comforts and cultivating
influences of our modern civilization.
"A husband and wife who own
their own home are. more apt to
save. They have an interest in
the betferment OF social system
that permits the individual to store
llp the fruits OF his labor.
AS direct taxpayers, they take q
more active part In local govern.
ment. Above all, the love. of home
Is one OF the finest instincts and
the greatest Of aspirations Of our
people.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-29
Festivities Arranged
For Popular Bride.

Miss Elizabeth Evans, daughter
OF Mrs. w. p. Evans, whose mar
rage to Ralph A.. Graves will take
place next Thursday evening, will
have her sisterin.law, Mrs. Vernon
Evans, as matron Of honor, and
the maid Of honor will be Miss Mar
garet Mum. The wedding party
VIII include four ushers, Capt. Yer
non Evans. Frank Morse. Sidney
Dean and Oliver Fleming, of Balm
2r1dge, Ga, with Ernest Graves, of
PhiIadelphia, brother of the bride
groom, as best man.
The ceremony in st. Andrews
church will be followed by an in
FORMAL reception at Mrs. Evans
apartment in the Cordova, with
only relatives Sand friends from out.
oI-toWn as guests,
Mr.. Graves and his mother. Mrs.
Agnes Donaldson Graves, are en-
pertaining q house party for the
wedding, having as guests, Mr.. and
MRS. Ernest Graves, who are ar
irving today from Philadelphia;
Mrs. John e. Donaldson, Mrs. Frank
.: Jones, p. T. Hines and Mr..
Fleming, all of cambridge. Ga,
the Old home of the Graves family.
A number OF festivities have been
arranged to precede the wedding.
Miss Mum entertained at lunch
con today for the bride and to-
night Miss Evans ana Mr.. Graves
Will be the guests Of honor at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-29

dinner to be given at the Chevy
Chase Club with George Williams
and Sidney Dean as hosts. Miss
NUNS guests were Miss Evans.
Mrs. Vernon Evans, Miss Eloise
Brown. Miss Kathleen Evans, Miss
Emily Willard, Mrs. william REED,
Miss Ruth osgood. Mrs. Robert
,Wayland and Mrs. Edward Cump-
ston.
j On Sunday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Dudley Harmon will give d dinner
for Miss Evans and Mr.. Graves,
entertaining at their new home IN
Wisconsin avenue: on Monday Capt.
and Mrs. Vernon Evans viii give
9 bridge party for them and on
Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore TilIer viii entertain. the
bridal party and out of town guests
att a buffet supper party. That
afternoon the Misses Elofse and
Mildred Brown and Miss Kathleen
Evans viii give a tea for the
bridal party and visitors from
other cities at the White Peacock
Tea House. And, on Wednesday
evening following the rehearsal the
party will be GUESTS OF Mrs. John
p. Corrigan at a buffet supper.
Miss Elizabeth lobe gave 4 bridge
party last, evening for twenfv
guests who were Invited to meet
Miss Evans and Mr.. Graves. ana
earlier in the week they were
guests at dinner OF Mai. Gen. and
Mrs John =. Hines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-29
President Receives
N MS ter of
Switzerland
BY JEAN ELIOT.

DRESIDENT COOLIDGE today
received call from Mark
Peter, minister of Switzer-
land, who has but recently re-
turned to Washington. Mr.. Peter
was abroad at the time of the
death of President Harding and
consequently did not come to
washington when the members
OF the diplomatic corps assembled
to pay their respects to the new
President and this was the first
time they have met since Mr..
Coolidge became Chief Executive.
They. are, however, old acquaint-
ances and Mrs. Coolidge has per-
! haps been on terms of closer
intimacy with Nine. Peter than
with any woman in the diplomatic
contingent. .
Nine. Peter, by the way, did
not return from Switzerland with
her husband but viii rejoin him
here In a few weeks. Meanwhile
the minister has leased the res
idence In Sixteenth street which
was once~ occupied by Mai Gen.
II. Keppel Bethel, then military
attache Of the British embassy
and which was the home of the
Swedish legation while the late
Mr.. Ekengren was Minister. Last
year the Peters lived at 2622 six
! teenth street, house next to
the Spanish embassy which be-
longs to Mrs. John B. Hender-
son, but they gave It up when
they went abroad in the summer.
president COOLIDGE win
receive the members OF the
Oxford debating team and the,
George Washington team on next
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Britishers, who will be In
Washington but one day, and
their American opponents will
lunch at the University Club,
and In the afternoon the mem
bers OF the Oxford team will be
the guests Of the British embas-
sy at tea.
The debate between the two
teams will take place at s o'clock
that evening at Memorial Con.
tinental, and will be on the
French occupation OF the Ruhr.
MISS LAURA HARLAN, White
House social secretary, VINO
has been taking q belated holiday
and resting after the ordeal she
went through with Mrs. Harding,
will return to Washington tomor-
row. She viii resume her duties
at the White House on Monday,
z relieving Miss Polly Randolph,
a friend OF Mrs. Coolidge, who
had previously served her in the
capacity of secretary, and who
has been with her since Mrs.
Coolidge first became Mistress of
the White House.
Miss Harlan had just started for
Murray Bay, Canada. where she
has spent her vacations for many
years, when news came Of Presi-
dent Harding's illness and then of
his death, and she was summoned
back to Washington and to 3.
period or extremely hard work.
After Mrs. Harding left Washing
ton she slipped away again and for
the last two or three weeks she
has been at Murray Bay resting
and getting ready for the activi-
ties OF the winter. Miss Randolph
makes her home In Washington