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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
THREAT MADE
 AGAINST LIFE
 OF ROYAL GUEST
Letter, Almost Illegible, Is Believed Work Of
 Crank
I WILL KILL HIM,
 WRITER ASSERTS
Prince Of Wales Advised Not To Visit New York
 Without Escort

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-A threat to kill the Prince of Wales, received in a letter by the French consul general, has been turned over to Scotland Yard and secret service men guarding the Prince by the bomb squad of the New York detective bureau.
 The letter was written in an almost illegible hand, but one sentence stood out clearly.
 q will kill him." 1t said. referring to the prince.
 Receipt of the threat became known when Detective Louis Herman brought the missive to the Burden estate near Syosset, l.. l., where H. K. H. is q guest.
 Take Precautions
 At police headquarters it was said the letter probably was the handiwork of a crank, but that 1t was being turned over to the royal bodyguard as a matter of precautionary routine. IL was learned that Herman had advised the Scotland Yard men to increase their precautions for the pr1nce's safety and not to allow Edward to visit New York without first notifying police.
 The letter was signed Marcus Gel roy" and pOstmarked at Wilhamstown, N. '.
 The words were awkward1y scrawled on four sheets of cheap paper. All of the jumbled message could not be read but as nearly as could be discerned the letter was as follows:
 September l, 1924.
 Dear Sir:
 q note by newspapers that H. R. H., Prince of Wales, is in the United States New York city polo meet Long Island--just kill him that grandpa but and he H. k. H. is only his one and but in America to see If he or royal family of Great Britain was over. F"'.'
 T want to kill him-liis family is no good"
 The signature was Marcus Geroy,' or Marcus Geroy."
 Without punctuation tile message seemed to have no sequence or mean. ing but the warning of Sergeant Her. man of the bomb squad who took the letter to Syosset, l.. l., was not to ig' nore it, and state troopers and others responsible for the safety of the royal guest have begun carefully to scrutinize every vehicle or person approaching the Burden estate.
 There were entire lines of the letter  some grude against the royal family Two shades of ink were used by the writer which caused Herman and oth. CTS to believe that the letter had been written in twn SittinRs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
FOREMAN SHOT
 BY CRAZED NEGRO
Government Employe Sought To Quell Quarrelling Gamesters

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 4.-Isaac Ernest, 57, foreman of a government fleet moored at Whitehall landing, 65 miles south of this city, was fatally wounded and B. L. Babb, an employe of the fleet was slightly wounded dur ing gun battle with a drink-crazed negro on one of the boats of the fleet late last night, according to informa- ton received here tonight.
 The negro, Henry Pittman in turn was shot to death by c. NJ. Luke who rushed to the aid of Ernest and Babb.
 Reports of the shooting received here were to the effect that Pittman and several other negros engaged in q row over a crap game. Ernest and Babb went to the boat where the negroes were qaurtered to settle the quarrel, it was said, when Pittman drew his bis, tol Babb grabbed the weapon and was shot through the hand. Pittman then fired upon Ernest, the bullet plerc. ing the latter's stomach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
TROOPS HALT REBEL ADVANCE
 ON SH AN GH Al
Engagement Is Fought Along Entire Battle
 Front

SHANGHAI, Sept. 4.-After an en- gagement which was fought along the entire battle line near here, the ad- vance upon Shanghai by the forces of General Chi Hsieh Yuan has been checked and there is hope that the city of Shanghai may be saved from dangerous encroachmehts of the civil war. .,
 At 10 o'clock Thursday night rein forcements went to the aid of General Lu Yung Hsiang. commander of the Kiangsu provincial troops, and enabled him to halt the retreat which was throwing him back on Shanghai under the attacks of General Chi. Fifteen thousand troops fought ia the battle which had menaced the city during the late afternoon and night.
 Inflict Heavy Casualties.
 Early in the engagement General Chi's forces, who are fighting to ex- tend their control over the entire province of Kiangsu, had inflicted heavy casualties on Lu Yung Hsiang's army, bombing them from eeroplanes.
 The fighting continued Thursday night, but Shanghai did not appear to be threatened.
 The battle line e.: tends from the Shanghai -Nanking railroad to the coast. At times the opposing forces clashed within twelve miles of Shanghai and there was apprehension lest the ad- vancing troops of General Chi fight their way into the city.
 Refugees Pour In.
 A steady stream of refugees are pouring into Shanghai, seeking protec- tion in the foreign settlement. Old men, and women carrying babies, are choking the streets, sleeping in the highways and alleys, and filling the boats in the canals and the Yangtze river. Admiral Anderson, in command of the international protective forces, declares that the refugees, because they are infected with disease, constitute a greater menace to the foreigners than the warriors.
 The Americans, British and other foreigners, are not greatly worried by the "war danger" and Thursday night the colony gayly attended the motion picture houses, number of dances, and a prize fight, without regard for the firing which can be heard in the cen ter of town,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
$IOO, 100000 SOUGHT
 BY GERMAN FIRMS
Negotiations Carried On In New Y0rk-zSOme Requests Granted

NEW YORK, Sept. 4-Loans and credits for upwards of $100,0O0, ,OO0 are being sought by German industries from American banks and active negotiations which will result in the extension of a large number of these credits are now in progress, it was learned today.
 One of the latest inquiries has been received from the Badische Anilin and Sodafabrik company, q German chem ical and dye concern which is seeking $6,000, 900 in New York Hundreds of letters asking for commercial loans ranging from small amounts to mil lions of dollars hG been received in the last fortnight by banking firms which have taken an active part in German financing, including the Equit- able Trust company, Hallgarten com pany and 5simmerr an and Forshay.
 German potash and sugar industries recently were granted credits aggregat- ing about $10,000,O00 in addition to the $25, 100000 made available to German trade through the gold discount bank organized by Dr. Hjalmar Schact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
NEWS FROM TODAYS
 WANT ADS

Four-room Acipo cottage for only $250 down. Ford cut down with starter, etc. $O5.
 Twenty acres. seven miles from Court House. $3,000. Want to borrow $1.5oo on good security. Want to buy cheap lot. Office man wants work after P. NJ.
 Twenty-fourth Street investment for $32.500. Cleveland ,t9 touring car with lots of Woodlawn bungalow, fer only x25O down.
 Milner Heights home worth s1s,0OO will take S12,OO0. Foreman wanted for concrete work. Downtown property wanted. Buick six in fine condition, S45O. Bookkeeper-g grocer wants position. Win sell, piano. law books and rifle.
 Middle-age lady wanted for lunch room,
 Central Park bungalow. $3.5OO on terms
 Dairy milker with large family wanted. South Side corner. S15,0OO. Fifteen married men wanted. Poultry farm at Anniston, Ala. for sale.
 Upstairs room in Fairfield wanted. Nut and fruit trees for sale. The best buy in town in a willys- Knight touring car. Turn to pages 1s and IT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
SAUNDERS FILES BILL OF PROTEST
 AGAINST REFEREE
Master In Chancery Dis regarded Facts, Says
 Petition
(By Associated Press.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 4.-1n a joint bill of exceptions filed in United States district court late today, Clar- ence Saunders, former president of the Piggly Wiggly corporation, and Charles W. Thompson, trustee in bankruptcy of Saunders estate, attacked the report Eof c. IL. Marsiiliott, federal master in chancery, in Saunders receivership suit against the corporation, as prejudicial to his interest and the interest of his creditors and unwarranted either by fact or law.
 The bill asserts that the master omitted from his report to the district judge, many statements of fact de- veloped at hearings on Saunders peti- tion and that he erred in his interpre- tation of the corporation's charter and in certain conclusions of law. A gen. eral exception to his finding and recom- mendations also was made.
 Filed. August 15.
 The report of the master, a volum- inous document of several hundred typewritten pages, was filed August 15. Among other things, Mir. Marsilliott recommended that the application for a receiver for the Piggly Wiggly cor poration be dismissed; found that Saunders was indebted to the corpora tion in excess of half a million dollars that he acted without authority of the corporation in marginal stock opera tions on the New York and Chicago exchanges in 1922; that the corpora tion was entitled to a lien upon his personal estate, and that the charter of the corporation failed to give the con cern authority to deal in stocks on margin.
 Yesterday, Saunders attorneys filed an affidavit of personal bias and preju- dice against Judge J. w. Ross of the district court, charging that alleged business associations and financial ob- legations rendered him incompetent to act on the masters report. The peti- tion asked that another judge be de- signated to sit in the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
ANNUAL BUDGET IS NEXT WORRY
 FOR COMMISSION
Expect Approval Of 24th St. Viaduct Proposal
 On September 10

The annual argument over the city budget. which will govern municipal expenditures for the coming fiscal year, will start at the city hall Friday. D. E. McLendon, commission presl- dent, has asked the commission to meet for conference to go into the finan- cial situation and take preliminary steps towards agreeing on the finance sheet which will go into effect October 1. The commissioners are known to hold widely divergent views as to how next years revenue shall be expended. The commission also will confer Fri day on the grade crossing separation program. and on the question of operat' ing the new auditorium. which will be dedicated October 19. The grade cross ing-auditorium conference was origin. ally set for Thursday but was delayed when Commissioner w. E. Dickson skipped out for a brief fishing trip.
 Meeting September 10 Another conference with the railroads on the crossing problem will be held September 10. The commission will formally shape it's attitude Friday aIl6 take a firm stand for underpasses. in stead of viaducts, as recommended by Gen. W. l.. Sibert, the railroads and tho special Chamber of Commerce commit | tee.
 Thus, it is certain that court action will result before the crossings at Four teenth, Eighteenth and Twentieth streets are eliminated. As all parties agree that a xiaduct should be placed at Twenty-fourth street, this project ii expected to be approved on September 10 and plans laid for a speedy start Oi | the work.
 | Auditorium Issue
 The auditorium situation will be set tied without fight, according to indi cations The commission is expected to register it's disapproval of any plar that would remove the building iron it's Jurisdiction, and to go on recort as opposed to granting a permit to ( group of musical organizations to stage a series of winter concerts on Sunday afternoons. These concerts, it is indi cated, will be given by the city under direction of o. Gordon Erickson, musi cal director and manager of the audito rum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
YOUNG TEACHER SHOT DOWN BY SNEE T|IEAR7
TWO DEFY LINK, LAND IN JAIL
 AFTER KILLING

nETROIT, Sept. 4.-Thirteen D mirrors were broken the aft
 ernnoon of Friday, June 13. last, at the marriage of Thomas Boyce, 30, to Miss Louise Quinn, 29, in cell No. 13, of the gloomy hold of the Australian convict ship, then anchored in the Detroit river.
 In further defiance of supersti- ton, the ceremony was witnessed by 13 persons.
 Boyce today is held by police in connection with the death Sunday night of Clyde Keller, who was found with his head crushed in moving van at the rear of an apart ment house in which. lived Mrs. Irene Bellanger, 30-year-old di- vorcee, who is also in custody. Mrs. Frances Rices, a friend of Mrs. Bellanger, also has been arrested for questioning.
 Boyce, Mrs. Bellanger and Mrs. Rice told police that Keller was with them in the Bellanger apart ment Sunday night, that there had been some drinking and that Keller fell. He was last seen, they say, iimping toward the moving van. They said they knew nothing about the hammer found beside Keller's body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05

Col. James Bowron of Birmingham, chairman of the board for the Gulf States Steel company, is now the eldest member of thu American Iron and Steel institute due to the recent death in Atlantic City of Col. James Campbell Maben, ST. T venerable Colonel Mabeh held this distinction for many years and it is singular coincidence that both he and the pres ent holder of that honor are among the industrial leaders of Birmingham.
 The fact that Colo -el Bowron sue ceeds to the deanship of tho cele- brated steel and iron institute was known in Birmingham with unusual interest Thursday.
 It was stated that at the last din- ner of the American Iron and Steel institute Judge E1bert H, Gary, presi- dent, referred to the fact that Mir. Bowron was among the eldest of the members, which announcement, coup ling other members with that distinc- tion, was followed by q marked trib- ute to the vete: by the members attending the banquet.
 Colonel Bowron, in attending the meetings of the i stitute. is usually the exposure. His commanding and arresting presence invariably attracts the attention of persons attending the gatherings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05

uOOrSCep ana threatens your very destiny and the future hap piness of your families" he said. "I come from a state where men and women shudder at night when a knock comes at the door, where men do not dare assert freedom of thought, because an invisible hand may fall. The south and the west have felt it's blight. Free gov- ernment is at stake. The gov- ernment of the invisible empire is taking its place. Justice has miscarried in the courts that prejudice may pass judgment on the destinies of men.
 "Women have been dragged from their homes and whipped, mems lives have been sacrificed, and little children have been or empire might have it's Way."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
MISS PAGE NEEDS

SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., Sept. 1. Miss Kate Raboteau Page, daughter of former Congressman Robert w. New ton Page, and niece of the late Ambas- sador Walter Hines Page, was married at 4 80 o'clock today at the Page home in Weymouth Heights, Southern Pines, to Livingston Ludlow Riddle II, the son of Anthony Drexel Riddle of Phila- delphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
HEREIN CORONER
 ORDERS ARREST
 OF ONE SUSPECT
Sheriff, Barred From The City, Unable To Fol-
 low Orders

HERRIN, H., Sept. 4.-Smoulder- ing coals in Bloody Williamson" coun- ty are banked, under the watchful eyes of national guardsmen, while citizens nervously await further developments in the chain of events that have fol- lowed the riot Saturday in which six men were killed.
 The Ku Klux Klan faction in Herrin received a setback Thursday as the jury of Coroner McGowan returned yer dict, after a two-day inquest, finding John Smith, owner of the garage in which the trouble started, responsible for the staying of Chester Reid. Smith, who had been held under heavy bond, was ordered re-arrested and held for grand jury action on charge of mur- tfef.e..s ss-sssa ;.Js-. Deputy Sheriff Bud Allison and Green (..Tex") Dunning, killed each other during the battle, the jury re- i ported. Otto Roland, a bystancer. and Dewey Newbolt and Charles Wollard, klansmen, "came to their deaths a. the hands of persons unknown"
 As on Wednesday, armea guardsmen stood on either side of the bench and in were posed in the halls and in the streets surrounding the court house. Orders had been given to "be ready to fight if necessary" Captain Bigelow, in charge of the troops, commanded each faction to stay in its own territory. None of the men of Sheriff George W. Galligan, anti-klan leader, was in town.
 Testimony favorable to the sheriff's men, was given, however, by the wit nesses called. Men who had been in the group about the Smith garage when the shooting began had testified previously that Galligan started the battle. Thursday, other men who had been in or near the garage corroborated the sheriff's story that when he, Ali son, and another deputy, Ora Thomas, went to the garage to confiscate an automobile under court orders, they were ambushed by klansmen and fought their way out.
 Just how the arrest of Smith was to be carried out had not been determined Thursday night. With Galligan and his deputies ordered to stay out of town and city officials all belonging to the klan faction, immediate arrest of Smith did not seem probable. Fears were expressed that any attempt by the sheriff to put Smith under arest might result in another orxy of murder.
 DANVILLE, Ill.,, Sept. 4.-S. Glenn Young, former Williamson coun- ty raider, has been indicted in United States district court on five indictments charging impersonation of a government officer. The bills were returned by the federal grand jury which made it's report today to Judge Walter C.. Lindley. Nine Herrin men were also indicted by the grand jury for imper- sonating government officers, seven in- dictments in all having been returned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
CORE IS SLATED.
Cincinnati Justice Ready To Heed
 Saunders Plea,

CINCINNATI, Sept. 4.-Judge Ar thur c. Dennison of the Jnited States circuit court of appeals probably will designate Judge John J. Gore of the United States district court of Nash vile, Tenn, to sit in federal court dur ing the trial of the suit of the Piggly Wiggly corporation against Clarence Saunders, former president of the cor poration when the suit is heard at Memphis.
 In petition filed at Memphis, Tenn, Wednesday Saunders asked. for the re- moval of Judge J. w. Rose of Mem phis before whom the receivership suit against the firm was to be heard, charg- ing personal bias and prejudice. The petition charges Judge Ross is obligated to certain parties opposed to Saunders interest" Should Judgn Dennison grant the request for Judge Ross va- cancy from the bench, Judge Gore will hear the suit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
BUILDING RECORD
 OYER 3 BILLIONS

CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-Building con- struction for the first eight months of this year has reached the enormous to- tal of s, 3,429, 100000. according to a review made public today by the In, diana Limestone Quarry Mems asso- ciation, based on reports from a thou sand cities and towns.
 :
 "This heavy volume,." says the re- port by President Thomas J. Vernia, Virtually confirms predictions that 1924 will be the greatest building year in the history of the nation. The 10 per cent increase of last year, shown at the end of the first six months, has been maintained during the last 60 days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
SEAPLANE RECORD
 OF I97 MILES. SET
Lieutensnt George Cuddihy
 Eclipses Ofstie's Achievement

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4.-shat- tering the American seaplane record of 19O miles an hour made yesterday by Lieut.. Ralph A. Ofstie, U. s. N, over the Delaware river course, Lieut.. George Cuddihy today drove his plane 1876 miles an hour in further tests preliminary to the navy defense of the Schneider International Seaplane trophy at Baltimore next month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
BEGGAR ARRESTED
 AS COUNTERFEITER
Chattanooga Authorities ThinA
 They Have Gang Leader

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. A. In the arrest of Adam Seakle, legless beggar, city detectives and United States secret service men think they have captured the leader of a gang of counterfeiters who have been operating here several days.
 In addition to the arrest of Seakle, who is being held for investigation, the officers previously had arrested Greedy Bennett, Leila Dozier and Lucy Mulkey, the last two negroes, on the charge of passing $1 bills raised to $5 and $10, and they were bound over to the fed era1 court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
NAVY TO TEST
 PAPER AIRPLANE
Composition Fuselage Is New
 Idea In Construction

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 4.-Lieut, John Knieb, head of the navy office at McCOok field, will leave Dayton for Washington tomorrow. returning in a paper airiIane," The ship has been given to him by navy officials to be used in the test flights over. the cOun- try. N <%
 Made from a paper composition, the fuselage of the ship is unique in air plane construction The ships are be- ing tried out by tAe navy fliers and if satisfactory in their tests, will be or dered in quantity for naval air sta tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
MISS PHILADELPHIA
 IS PARADE CHOICE
Southern Float Takcc First
 HOnors At Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. A. Miss Ruth Malcomson, entered in At lantic City's beauty pageant as Miss Philadelphia" today was adjudged win. ner lin the inter-city division of the Rolling Chair Parade held in the board walk. Miss Chicago" was second and "Miss West Palm Beach" third.
 Tho float carrying Miss Philadel- phia"i was the largest in the procession and depicted an old southern colonial homeA Miss Chicago" rode in a repro ductioh of the Broadway Limited Loco motive. while Miss West Palm Beach sat in a rolling chair elaborately dec orated with palm leaves and oranges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
PEKIN POWERLESS
Cabinet To Take No Hand in Suppress.
 ing Warfare

PEKING Sept. 5.-The Peking cabinet can neither stop nor encourage the conflict raging near Shanghai be- tween the forces of the Tuchuns of Chekiang and Kiangsu and will devote itself to the maintenance of peace and order within the metropolitan area, ac- cording to the Asiatic News, pretend ing to reflect the attitude O. the cen tral government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
Klan Terrorizes Alabama,
 Underwood Tells Maine
fRy Associafed Press |

ROCKLAND, Maine Sept. 4-Senator Oscar w. Un- derwood of Alabama speaking here today in the interest of William R. Pattangall, democratic nominee for gov assaed the Ku Kux Klan, declaring the issue in voved of the gravet that has confronted free people.
 Tt walks the streets with you confronts you your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Fair Friday and Sat. urday.
 Mississippi: Fair.
 Georgia: Unsettled. Tennessee: Fair. Complete weather data will Do found on Page IS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
ZION SEAL PRESENTED
Goes To Dr. stephen s. Wise For Jew.
 iSh Museum

WASHINGTON, Sept. IA Zion ist's seal used on Palestine passports during the World war was presented today by the state department to Dr. Stephen S. Wise of the Jewish Insti- ute of Religion of New York for it's Jewish museum. Dr. Wise, who was chairman of the political committee of the Zionist organization, was instru- mental in having the seal adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
pROVAN ELECTED

CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-David B. Proven of Philadelphia was elected president of the Hotelmen's Mutual Benefit association at the conclusion of the forty-fifth annual convention today. Atlanta and San Diego both invited the association for the 1925 con, ention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
PAYS PH0NEY FINE

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Louis Bean gave a $1O bill to the clerk in Brook lyn traffic court to pay $2 fine, but instead of getting hil- out 1t kept him in, He was arrested immediately, charged with attempting to pass coun- terfeit money, and turned over to the federal authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-05
A. w. WAGNALLs DIES
Was Ono Of Founders Of New Tor
 Publishing House

UUIISHIIIB AIUUB0
 NEW YORK, Sept. 4.--Arrange- ments are being made today for burial at Lithopolis, Ohio, of Adam Willis Wagnalls, one of the founders and presi- dent of the publishing firm of Funk and Wagnalls, who died last night at the Northport, N. r., home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Mabel Wagnalls Jones. A surviving brother. David. lives at Ter ", Miss,