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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
MANY REGISTERED TO ATTEND c. E. MEETING

More than 150 delegates have reg istered to attend the thirty second annual convention of the Alabama Christian Endeavor union to convene in Gadsden April 12, 13, 14 and Is, at the First Presbyterian church.
 Francis E. Clarke of Boston, the founder of the organization, has been extended an invitation to be present at this convention, and it was stated if his physicians will permit he will attend.
 A number of prominent speakers, including E. F. Gates of Boston, gen. eral secretary Of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, and Charles F. Evans of Chattanooga, the south- ern secretary, will appear on the program. MT. and Mrs. Harry P. Armstrong will be in charge of the musical program.
 A special train has been chartered to leave Birmingham on the evening of April l2, and 1t is believed that more than 300 delegates will be present. According to officers wht' have charge of the program the thirty third annual convention will be the greatest in its history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06

SPIDER" FALLS TEN STORIES TO DIE ON STREET
Scaling Broadway Hotel, Ely" Loses His Footing
 and Slips

NEW YORK, March 5.-With a broadway crowd standing agape and movie marhines clicking out their yards of eelluloid ribbon, Harry F. Young, self-styled spider" plunged 10 stories to his death today while attempting to scale the side of the Hotel Martinique
 Women tainted and disorder en- sued. Police reserves had to be called before the body could be re- moved and traffic restored.
 Among those who crowded Greedy square, watching the performer at his stunt, was his wife. She swooned and was removed to hospital.
 The square was packed when Young appeared. Clinging to points of vantage on the Thirty-third street elevated station were dozens of cam eramen. Skyscraper windows were filled with men and women as Young began his climb The police esti- mated the crowd at 10000.
 Young wore white shirt, duck trousers and white shoes which served to outline his figure against the drab wall. On his bag hung a sign reading Safety Last" = for Young was an incorporation Of the Safety Last Society,"" formed last week by human flies. parachute jumpers and folk of adventurous llk- ing whose occupations caused them to be listed by insurance companies as bad risks"
 The spider" began his ascent at the north end of the hotel Appar- ently he felt he was to meet death
 lGnmfinued on IDnua E,onrfeenl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
RAILROADS ANNOUNCE
 CUT IN. ROOFING RATES

While 8 complaint of Birmingham roofing material jobbers Is pending before the interstate commerce con- mission, asking a reduction in rates and reparation for alleged excessive rates, rail carriers have made vol untary reduction of from to 6h cents per hundred pounds in rates be- tween points in Ohio and Illinois and Birmingham. This information has just reached c. E. Jones, secretary of the Birmingham Traffic association The effective date has not been an- nounced.
 Mir. Jones said these tates are not as extensive as asked for and that a more favorable decision was hoped for from the interstate commerce body.
 Rates from cincinnati, now 391s cents, will be cut to 34 cents; rates from Louisville, Evansville and Cairo, H.. will be reduced from 34 to 2sh cents; from St. Louis, East St. Louis and Madison. H., will go to 361x cents from 42 cents, and from Chicago Chi cago Heights and Joliet, Ill, will be reduced from 54 cents to 4Sh cents per hundred pounds, according to Mir. Jones' information,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
MAY TAKE PAYMENTS FROM HUNS IN GOODS

PARIS. March 5.--(By Associated Press, )-There Is considerable inter- est here in the reported proposal by Eliot Nadsworth. American assist ant secretary of the treasury who is conferring with allied financial rep- resentatives, that the United States take payment for her Rhine army costs in certain goods, If she cannot get cash from Germany.
 Germany now Is paying in kind ap- proximately two million gold marks monthly to Great Britain, Rumania Jugo Slavia and Italy. The goods being delivered to these countries, however. would for the major part. it is believed be unacceptable to the United States. There is a possibility that these countries will receive the suggestion that they make cash or other payment to the United States in proportion to the values received.
 Germany apparently is trying to continue deliveries of goods, except to France and Belgium as far as possible under the handicap present ed by the Ruhr occupation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
BOWLING AND LLG00D HATFIELD DECLARES UPON NAVAL JUNkET TEDDY CLAIM FALSE

WASHINGTON. March 5.-Secre- tary Denby. Admiral Coontz, chief of naval operations and a party of sem ators and representative sailed from Washington tonight for Panama Bay, where they are to witness joint ma neuvers of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and battle prateiee with the radio controlled Battleship Iowa as the objective,
 The party is on the naval trans port Henderson, which will reach Colon March 13, after making brief stop at Port Au Prince. Haiti On the return trip stops will be made at Kingston, Jamaica, Santiago Cuba; Guantanamo Bay. for inspection of the naval station there, Port Au Prince. Santo Domingo. and Samana Bay, and St Thomas. Virgin Islands. The transport Is due back in Wash ington April IA.
 Representatives Lazaro, Louis iana; Lowry. Mississippi, Kincheloe, Kentucky and Bowling ano Allgood, Alabama, were among the senators and representatives who had made arrangements to make the trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
25 ARE INJURED IN GEORGIA RAIL WRECK

COLUMBUS, Ga, March 5.-Twen- ty-five persons, the majority of whom are from Columbus and Fort Benning, were injured, none serious ly, when Central of Georgia passen- ger train No. was wrecked near Mizell Station at 4:45 oclocl- this morning.
 A broken rail caused the lerail- ment, it was stated at Columbus di- vision headquarters after an investi- gation had been made. Only two cars of the train left the track--a first class day coach and |. Pullman
 According to the reports the en- zine. tender and all other cars of the train safely got over the bad part of the rail.
 The remainder of the train brought the injured to Columbus. where they were rushed to the city hospital.
 Wreckers were rushed to the scene from Macon and Columbus with Central of Georgia surgeons aboard The main line was cleared shortly after. and other trains using the track were delayed only a short tune.
 Those taken to the hospital were:
 F. E. Coventry, Fort Benning: H. c. Johnson, Miner, Ga. John A. Young, Fort Benning; N. F. Stam- tasvagh, Columbus; Mrs. Ben Will son, Columbus; W. L. Sutton, Milner, Ga, F. D. Watson, Columbus; J. l.. Robinson. Fort Benning; D. F. Shell, Columbus; G. M. Doster, Shiloh, Ga; Ernest G. Bradley, Fort Benning; C. B. Anderson, Columbus; T. F. Seders, Macon; J. McChil. Columbus; A. Roberts, Savannah; J. T. McGhee, Columbus; D.. C. McGahee, Ameri- GUS; U. l.. Taylor, Fort Benning: c. w. Speer, Fort Valley; ". A. Calla- wat. Dothan, Ala. Lieut.. W. G. Burt, Fort Benning; Conductor W. A. Lit tie, Macon. A. J. Passen, Chicago; H. Noblin, flagman. Macon; Ar thur Barron. negro porter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
BIRTH RATE DECLINES AS DEATHS INCREASE

WASHINGTON. March 5.-A de cline in the birth rate and an in- crease in the death rate during the first nine months of 1922 were shown in provisional census bureau figures made public today by the de- partment of commerce.
 The mortality rate averaged IT. in the states from which statistics were taken for each 1000 of popula- tion in the period as compared with an 1f,6 average in the first nine months of 1921 Births averaged 22 s in the first nine months of 1922 as compared with an average of 25 in the same period in '"o'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Senator- elect Earl B. Mayfield of Texas gave out a statement today declaring in famous anc absolutely false" the election contest charges filed recent ly with the Senate by George E. B. Teddy, the inedpendent- democratic candidate for Senator defeated by Mir Mayfield last No- Nembtr.
 Mir. Teddy had charged that Sen ator-elect Mayfield belonged to the Ku KluX Kan and had entered q conspiracy with it's members by which his election was fraudulent The statement today of Mir Mayfie,d declared MT. Peddy's election con- test "a continuation of a campaig of misrepresentation and abuse"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
$ [, | 00, | 00. FOR PHON ES' l N ALABAMA
More Than 2,000 New Instru- ments to Be Added to Bir- mingham's Total of 23,000 During the
 Coming Year

More than s5,O0o,0o0 will be spent by the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company in expansion in Alabama during the next five years, of which approximately s1,o00,ooo will be expended during 1923, T. B. Baird, district manager of the com pany, announced Monday, in connec- tion with the report of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, of which the Southern Bell is a part. A large part of this amount will be spent in Birmingham.
 The company's program for the next five years calls for net in- crease of 17,150 telephones in the state. More than 5000 of this num- Der will be installed this year. Ac- cording to the officials of the con- pany, 11,50S phones will be installed during the year while 7,349 will be discontinued, making net gain of 3,125. Over the five-year period 55,501 phones will be installed and 33,351 discontinued.
 In Birmingham for 1923.
 It is estimated by MT. Baird that 2,000 new phones will be installed in Birmingham in 1923. Last year the company installed 4s6l phones and removed 3.215 in Birming ham, making net gain of 1.646. App proximately 23,000 telephones are now in use in Birmingham.
 According to MT. Baird, there are now 76 Southern Bell exchanges in Alabama, with 59,113 telephones. Other companies maintaining con- nections with the Southern Bell bring the number of stations up to S0,000. To maintain these phones the company has 1,191 employees in the state, of which 526 are in Bir- mingham.
 In Birmingham the company has POOH poles, carrying PA miles of aerial cable and SSla miles of under ground cable, varying from 25 pair to 300 pair. There are 175 duet miles of conduit in Birmingham.
 The company has 102,391 poles in the state. carrying 173,449 miles of wire. of which 1S,759 miles are used for long distance calls.
 In the nation the American Tele- phone and Telegraph company and its associated companies have 14,05O,- 565 telephones in service.
 O C. O
 Daily Calls Made.
 More than 500000 calls are made daily in Alabama over the Southern Bell lines, of which 222000 are made in Birmingham. The Magic City av- erages 1909 long distance calls daily, while more than 2,000.0 .000 are made in the state each year.
 According to the annual report of the American Telephone and Tele- graph company. it has spent more for additions in the three and one half years since the government sur rendered the telephones than in the 10 years before the war. Last year 670.000 phones were added to the ser- vice.
 MT. Baird stated Monday night that approximately 50 per cent of the company's employees in Birming- ham had subscribed for stock in the company under the sales plan of the organization. The widespread dis tribution of stock among employees was emphasized in the report of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. According to the report, 46,7OO employees of the company own stock in it. There are 24S,925 stock holders in the company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
OFFICIALS VACATION
 TRIP IS THREATENED

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Sub- poenas requiring the appearance in court here on Wednesday of Attor- ney General Daugherty, Chairman Lasker of the shipping board and John Barton Payne, a former board chairman, all of whom had planned to leave Washington today with President Harding for Florida, were issued by the United States marshal this morning at the request of Charles W. Morse, the shipbuilder
 The subpoenas were issued in connection with the governments $ case against MT. More and his for mer associates. charging fraud in connection with wartime shipping contracts. Trial of the case is set for W Nednesday and Mir. Morse's counsel asked that the three men named, among others, be brought into cour. as witnesses for the defense.
 First efforts to serve the sub pcenas failed. Attorney General Daugherty has been i'll for several weeks at his home but on inquiry there it was said he already had left to board the Presidents train. At Chairman Lasker's office it was said the understanding was that MT. Lasker had left Washington yesterday.
 While the endeavor to locate the three men was in progress there was a hurried consultation between the Morse lawyers anV United States Attorney Gordon which resulted in an agreement not to proceed with the attempt to serve the subpoenas.
 The compromise, reached by the prosecution and the defense in the case, was understood to have pro- vided for postponement of the trial date until March 19. It already las been twice postponed and 1t was indicated that neither side was inclined to permit of further delay after the new date fixed even if some of the Presidents guests hal tu be summoned home from Florida before the vacation trip was over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
GLASS MAY ASK PROBE
 OF CRONkH|TE CASE

WASHINGTON, March 5.--If the war department fails to act in the case of Major General Cronkhite, re- tired, Senator Glass, democrat, sVir- ginia. according to plans outlined to- day by him, will introduce reso- lution when Congress reconvenes for a thorough inquiry by the Senate military committee.
 A resolution of investigation was drafted last week by Senator Glass, but he was informed that it would meet with objection and he withheld 1t. convinced that the short time be- fore adjournment made adoption inn possible. The senator said he pre- pared his resolution when informed that the war department did not re- gard evidence of alleged tampering with official files bearing on the death at Camp Lewis. in 1918. of Maj. A. F. Cronkhite, the generals s son, as sufficient to warrant action by a board of inquiry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
GIANT NAVAL STORES COMPANY IS FORMED
WASHINGTON BUREAU l THE AGE-HEkALD /. WaslIngtOn. ID. C March i i,


 The naval stores export corporation, with headquarters in New Orleans fil- ed papers with the federal trade com- mission today under the export trade act to export rosins and turpentine of all kinds from the United States. It will be the biggest concern of it's kind in America. The United States produces about 75 per cent of the world supply of naval stores.
 The component companies do busi- ness at present in Alabama. Missis- sippi, Florida and Louisiana AAla- bama companies are the Kaul Lum- Der company of Birmingham and Tuscaloosa and the Jackson Lumber company of Lockhart Other com panies are the Lake Wales Naval stores Company of Jacksonville and the Gay Hamill company of Biloxi. W. H. Sullivan of Bogalusa, La. will be president of the corporation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
NEW APPOINTMENT IS REFUSED BY M'NARY

WASHINGTON. March 5.-James G. McNary of New Mexico. whose nomination for comptroller of the currency failed of confirmation by the Senate. was offered recess ap- pointment to the place today by President Harding, but replied that he could not accept.
 Regret over Mir. McNary's refusal to take recess appointment was expressed by White House officials who said that for long time the President had sought southern man for comptroller and that the selection finally had been made without any solicitation on the part of MT. McNary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
MINE CASES DROPPED AND l26 MEN FREED

WELLSBURG, w. Va. March 5.- Indictments charging 126 men with conspiracy to attack and destroy Mine property at Cliftonville, w. Va, last summer, were nolled in circuit court here today. The defendants had been at liberty under bond for several months. The charges grew cut of the Clifton mine battle in which Sheriff II. II. Duval and six others were killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
SEEKING TO RECOVER SUM FOR GOVERNMENT

WASHINGTON, March 5.--Attor- ney General Daugherty today filed bill in equity in the District of Co., lumbia supreme court to recover ap- proximately s1,50O.00O involved in the sale of surplus lumber by promi- nent lumber interests after the war.
 Criminal indictments already have been returted against the officials of some of the companies concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
U. s. STEEL OFFICIAL
 TALKS TO CRAWFORD

John Hughes of New York, assist the United States Steel corporation, conferred Monday with George Cor don Crawford, president of the Ten nessee Coal. Iron and Railroad com pany. Mr Hughes will spend several days in Birmingham, it is understood, making a casual inspection of the works. The nature of his business here was not made public. He is ac- companied by his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
SHOWERS DUE TODAY WITH MILD WEATHER

Birmingham is scheduled for local showers Tuesday, but unaccompanied by cold weather, according to E. c. change in temperature from Monday, when the highest reading was GS, and the lowest Il. A slight drop in temperature Is probable Tuesday. but ]. Lrt nises to be (! short du .a.loa a:,l a continuation C. the spring li.e weather of Monday is believed 10 be in store for Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
OVERPECK DIRECTING ENFORCEMENT OF. LAW

NEW ORLEANS, March 5.-Mack Overpeck, new divisional prohibition director for Louisiana, Missis ssippi and Alabama, today entered upon his duties at headquarters here. He said that '.prosecution without persecu- uOu'' would be his policy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
HARDING GIVES RECESS APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD

WASHINGTON. March 5-Presi- dent Harding today gave recess sp- pointments to Elmer s. Landes of Ohio, republican, and Merton l., Cs- rey of Nebraska. democrat. as Girec-
 tors of the federal farm loan boald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06

A TIER having been stricken A suddenly at the Tutwiler ho-
 tel several days ago, Mir. AL drich, prominent in Alabama indus trial circles, is now convalescing at his home in Glen Iris avenue. He was in critical condition for several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06
THE FORECAST

Alabama: Showers and pos sibly thunderstorms Tuesday. Wednesday fair and cooler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06

Standard Off1cio@sDenounces O1 Rep0rt As "Un3ust
ADDITIONAL INFORM A TON FOR THE RE AIDING PU BL IC

On yesterday the evening News ADMITTED that the Sunday edition of that paper COULD NOT PRINT the report of the Associated Press although the News had published in its Sunday edition that Full 24 hour leased service of the Associated Press leased wire service of the International News and Consolidated Press in the News daily"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-06

Goods advertised in The Age Herald py Birmingham mer- chants are guaranteed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16

Laurits Nielsen and Johan Sor.
ensen who are doing brick laying
in St. Paul, spent Sunday in
Askov.
N. c. Laursen who is employed
in Minneapolis, came up this
morning to spend the day with
his family.
Miss Agnes Jacobsen who has
been teaching Danish vacation
school at Minneapolis, has re.
turned home.
N. S. Petersen who has been
working on the Pokegama SAM
forum addition the last few
weeks spent Sunday at home and
then went to Dubuque, Iowa, to
continue on their construction
work there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chr. Frederiksen
and little son, Gunnar, Mrs.
Jacob Christensen and Mr.. and
Mrs. II. Petersen drove to the
Twin Cities Saturday on a COM
bined business and pleasure trip,
returning home Tuesday. Mrs.
Christensen spent Sunday at the
home of a childhood friend near
Cedar.
Mr. and Mrs. j. X. Larsen had
a narrow escape from what might
have been a serious accident
Friday. When returning home
from Sturgeon lake on highway
No. / a % caliber bullet came
through the windshield and
passed between them. Where
it came from and where it went
to is unknown, but j. r." heard
it go by and has the hole in the
windshield as proof.
ID. j. Flynn of Superior, assist
ant division superintendent of
the Great Northern Ry. Co, was
here yesterday comforting about
the proposed crossing south of
the depot. Mr.. Flynn said that
the railroads in general as well
as the Railroad and Warehouse
Commission are discouraging the
construction of new crossings
and are even trying to get some
of the old crossings laid down
on account of the many accidents
at those points.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16
SUCK
COWS FARMER SAYS

A strange story about how
dairy cattle were sucked dry by
fish while wading in a lake, is
related in a South Dakota news
paper in the following words:
Perhaps some readers may
brand this story as a nature fake,
but Martin Van Zant, who owns
the cows and lives on the banks
of Red Lake declares it is the
gospel truth. Van Zant declares
that bullheads like cows milk
and will even suck the udders of
cows standing in the water to
get the milk. For some time
Mr.. Van Zant has kept his cows
from the lake, but the last two
or three weeks the weather was
so oppressive that he took down
the bars and allowed the animals
to go into the water.
AT night some of the cows
were sucked dry. One little hei-
fer, real tame, had been giving
a good quality of milk until she
got to standing in the water.
Several nights when brought in
she was dry. Mr.. Van Zant's
boys rugged up a blanket out of
gunny sacks and tied it around
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16

Albert johnson was a business
caller in the Twin Ports and
Eveleth, Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Jensen
drove over to Cass county Sun
day with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. N. Show. They were
also accompanied on the trip by
Mrs. George c. Jensen. The
Shows have stayed here at the
A. p. Jensen home since last
Christmas and will now visit
about two months at the homes
of their children in Cass county
where they have three perman-
emily located, before returning
to their old home near Spring
field. Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Jensen
and Mrs. George c. Jensen re-
turned from Cass county Monday.
Ludwig Jensen, his two boys,
Hans and William, and Niels Jen-
sen of Tyler, arrived here in au-
to Saturday and visited until this
morning at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Frokjer. They came
through in one day from Tyler
a distance Of about 800 miles-in
a 1913 Ford touring car.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16
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the cows body, figuring they
could keep out the bullheads.
That night when the heifer came
in from the lake there were a
dozen big bullheads inside of the
blanket. They had squeezed past
the edges of the gunny sack to
get their customary feed of. new
milk and couldn't get out again.
Van Zant came to town and said
he was looking for the game war
den to see if it was illegal to fish
that way"