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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
} KNOWN DEAD AND ] MISSING
 AS BOAT BURNS
4 atiOn Threatens Scores On Ches apealse
 Bay Steamer

BALTIMORE, Md, July 6.--(By Associated Press. )--Two negroes and a negress are known to have lost their lives, and a fourth negro, a deck hand, Is thought to have perished in fire which destroyed the steamer Three Rivers, while bound from Crisfield, Md, for Baltimore, off Cove Point, Chesa. peake Bay, early today. Five youths, members of the Baltimore Evening Sun Newsboys band, arc missing, and it is believed they were lost. They are Mel. son A. Miles, Lester s. Eligman, Ashby Pitcher, Vernon Jefferson and Walter Mulliken. Their ages range from IA to 17 years.
 The known dead Gall nagroes) are James Mack and Evelyn Parker, pas sengers, of Baltimore, and Elijah Brog- den, pantryman on the steamer. Brog. den was alive when taken from the water, but died soon afterward.
 Body Is Recovered
 The body of Evelyn Parker was re- covered. All the survivors, approxi- mately 90, of whom 54 were the re- maining members of the newsboys' band, were brought to Baltimore by the steam CT Middlesex, which had gone to the assistance of the burning steamer, to- gether with several other craft, attract ed to the scene by the bla1e.
 Scenes of teror which began as soon as the alarm was given continued more than half an hour, or until all the sur vivors had been picked up by the res cuing vessels.
 Almost from the beginning of the con- flagration, dense smoke filled the vessel and poured along the decks, threaten. ing death from asphyxiation.
 Captain Spencer D. Hall said the first alarm of fire was brought by a pas senger to the pilot house. He and his first officer went around. with axes smashing windows and getting people out on deck, as it was impossible to pass through the saloons.
 Life Boat Burns
 One of the unlaunched lift boats be- gan to burn and access to the other was impossible because of the pillows of fire near 1t. Then it was that Cap tain Hall commanded the people to go to the lower deck, which was nearly free from fire. Here he sent man to work ripping off slats which held life preserverss There probably were 40 or 50 persons in this group. Others had gone off in the two boats or al- ready had secured life preservers and jumped into the. water.
 A few hung back, hesitating for a minute, but a glance at the roaring furnace above and behind them decided them. All jumped and then swam or padded to get some distance from the burning vessel. There were soLle yells from the water, but most of the fugi- tives struggled silently. Six miles away, the steamer Middlesex had sight ed the fire and rushed to the rescue. Other steamers had seen the flames and alsc were hurrying to the scene, put the Middlesex got there first and began dropping her boats. Within half an hour from the time the fire broke out, the work of rescue was completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
LOWERED
 !. AS DEATH COMES TO ALVEY ADEE
N Oted Diploma tis Had
 Served 64 Years In State Department

WASHINGTON, July 6.--'@rAs gov ernment never had-a more faithful and competent servant"
 0dering the flags of the department of state to half-niast, Secretary Charles D. Hughes paid hiG tribute to Alvey A. Adee, noted diplomatist who died Saturday at the age of S1 after serving the last 3B years of his 64 years with the department as second assistant secretary of state.
 Adee died of complication of infirm- ities brought about by old age. As late as Thursday he had visited his office. ; Began Service In 1870
 Adee was present at the signing of the as private secretary to Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, minister to Spain, in 1870. When John Hay, then seefetary of lesa' tion at Madrid, resigned, Adee was ap. the post until 1877, he was brought back to the United States to take charge of the diplomatic bureau. Four years later, he was appointed third assistant secretary of state, and again four years later he was Appointed second assistant secretary, q post he held until his death,
 AuoC WAb VEGaCuI dt uo cA8huAS OA tue peace between the United States and Spain in 1898 and for a period in that year acted as secretary of state, ad in- terim. On many other occasions he was acting secretary of state and was so temporarily in charge during the eriti- cal Chinese Boxer outbreak in 1900, and again during periods in 1904 and 1905, at the time of the RusSo-Japanese peace negotiations.
 Shakespeare Authority
 Aside from being perhaps the great est authority on American foreign af- fairs, because of his long service with the department, Adee was also an ac- knowledged authority on Shakespeare. He had large and rare working eol- lection of Shakespeareana.
 r Secretary Hughes made the following statement following his death
 "The death of Alvey A. Adee brings to an end a service which is unparal- lelled for its length and efficiency in the history of the department of state. He was a man of broad scholarship, rare diplomatic insight, and for inti- mate knowledge of our foreign relations easily held first place.
 During a long period, and until his health failed, he was the constant and the most trusted adviser of secretaries of state. It is not too much to say that the government has never had a more faithful and competent servant"
 Adee was unmarried. He is survived only by a niece and nephew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
SON OPERATED UPON
 TO SAVE LIFE
Attempt Made To Arrest Course Of Septic Poison
llRp Asanclnl .preaa. ]

 <. WASHINGTON, July 5.A n operation, described as successful, was performed upon Calvin Cool idge, Jr., 16-year-old son of Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge, at Walter Reed hospital tonight in an attempt to arrest the course of an attack of septic poisoning.
 The President and Mrs. Coolidge were at the hospital during the op- eration, Mir. Coolidge going there when the operation was decided upon and the latter accompanying her son when he was removed this afternoon from the White House.
 They remained across the hall from the operating room during the ordeal, but as soon as it was over Mrs. Coolidge went to the bedside and few minutes later the President joined her and stood by the bed for few minutes.
 The physicians remained in confer ence for some time after the operation, those in attendance including pr. John B.. Deaver, Philadelphia surgeon, and Dr. John A. Kolmer, blood specialist, also of Philadelphia Major James F. COupal and Lieutenant Commander Joel T. Boone, White House physicians l; Dr. Charles W. Richardson of Wash ington and Colonel W. L. Keller, com. mandant of the hospital.
 Poison Centralized
 The operation was decided upon at consultation of physicians early this evening, the third of the day. It was their belief, it was said, that the poison in the system had centralized suffi- ciently to warrant an effort at draining it from the body before the youth B strength was further wasted in fight ing the infection.
 The physicians came out of confer ence without issuing any formal state ment and an hour after the operation most of them left The President and Mrs. Coolidge, however, decided to re- main at the hospital throughout the night. They desired to remain at the hospital, it was understood, because the condition of their son still was critical.
 Bone Marrow Infected
 The operation was said to have re- vealed osteOmyelitis, or an infected in flammatiOn of the bone marrow of the lower left leg. Blood poisoning set in from a broken blister on the right foot during tennis match last Monday.
 The infection is understood to have localized in part there and notwith- standing the serious condition of the pa tient he was said to be resting as we'll os could be expected after the opera tiOn. It is believed that a blood trans fusion scarcely will be necessary.
 Another physicians consultation will be held at s o'clock tomorrow morning and pending it no further statement was expected. President and Mrs. Cool idge had a room near the sick chamber and were in constant touch with the patient during the night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
GEORGIANS URGED
 TO AID DELEGATES
Atlanta Paper Asks That $2,OOO Fund Be Raised

ATLANTA, Ga, July 5.-The At lanta Journal, in a front page story to- night, calls upon Georgia democrats to raise fund of 5000 for the financial aid of those members of the, Georgia delegation "who have been faced with unexpected financial burdens in the matter of large hotel bills and other ex- penses through the prolonged session of the democratic convention in New York city"
 The story says that q majority of the delegates from Georgia "Are men and and women of limited means, salaried men and women, farmers and farmers wives and men and women engaged in small businesses. To these the financial strain of the long stay in New York is more than their resources can stand"
 The delegation is composed of 56 members, with 0ne-half vote each. They are instructed as unit for McAdOo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
NEW PARTY TO INVADE ALL :. STATES Will Aid Candidates For
 High And Low
 Offices FAVOR LA TOILETTE
 FOR PRESIDENCY . Wisconsin Given Formal Endorsement, Of Pro-
 gressive Convention WISCONSIN PLANKS USED IN PLATFORM Definite Plans For Cam paign To Be Made
 :. July IS
FAVOR LA TOILETTE
 FOR PRESIDENCY
WISCONSIN PLANKS
 USED IN PLATFORM
tBy Associated Press. )

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 0.-- After indorsing Robert M. LaFol- lette as presidential candidate and providing for the organization of a new political party next January the conference for progressive po- litical action wound up it's session early tonight. The conference eIn- powered it's national committee to select a vice presidential candidate after conference with the LaFol- iette-for-president committee, 3 gLaFoIlette was indorsed as q candidate on his own platform. The convention then adopted for it. : self platform ennbo bodying the ideas contained in the Wisconsin docu- rlient and in the statement of prin- ciples issued at the St, Louis ses- sion of the conference last Fehru- ary.
 The fnal day of tn ( gathering worked out strictly according to plans of the leaders, and without appfeclabie 0pposifi0ns But just before adjourn nlenk. some of the delegates, dazed by tho fapidity of events, had to be. assur- sed bg the chair that IaFollette had ] been noshihated, and that definite 1, provision had been made for the new party.
 The confusion arose from the fact that the report of the convention re- commended this action and that no separate motion of indofsement was offered. The report itself was adopt ed without a dissenting vote, but the significance of this action did not dawn on either delegates Or galleries, { and these was a total absence of dem- onstrati6n.
 Repeatedly the name 'LaFollette'' was the signal for cheering and ap- plause. Yet the culmination of the conyentiofl's work, coming in the form of q committee recommendation, did not draw even a pattering of hand claps. All elements in the convention were intent on showing they were back of LaFollette's, candidacy. After losing a fight before the organization committee for immediate formation of a new party, the socialists, led by Nor ros Hilquitt of New York, were the first to second the indorsement report.
 The Farmer-Labor party elements who backed Farley Christiansen in the 1920 campaign and who also had also urged the "third party idea, ? then rallied to the support of LaFol- lette as an independent, Abraham Lefkowitz, New York being their spokesman.
 Speaking for the women of the con vention, Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, pre-civil war suffrage advocate, urged all members of her sex to work for the election of the Wisconsin senator. \ other trades union delegates spoke through the chairman of the committee, B. J. Manion, president of the Order of Railway Photographers, and rein forced his word with a mighty 'aye'' when the report was adopted.
 No sooner was the convention ended than the national committee and the state delegation groups gathered to plan a campaign. Ths convention de- cided to rely upon popular subscrip-
 (COntinusd on Page Three.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
CAR WITH THREE IS HIT BY TRAIN
 IN PRATT CITY
Gilbert Landis, 28, Of Me- Donald Chapel, Fatal
 ly Injured
COMRADE IS HURT;
 ONE IS INJURED
Men Were Evidently Rac- ing With Engine Of
 T. c. I. Company

Gilbert R. Ladis, age -2e, of Me Donalds chapel was fatally injured and Robert Dudley of Wylam, slightly injured when the automobile in which they and another semi-professional baseball player were returning from a game in which they had played in East Thomas was struck by a Tennes- see Coal, Iron and Railroad company engine at Church street and High land avenue, Pratt City, at 3 :25 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
 Ladis died 20 minutes later at the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company hospital in Ensley, where the men were rushed after the accident Dudley was found to be suffering only from minor injuries about the head and shoulders, sustained when he and Ladis were hurled from the automobile. Grady Blackwell, of McDonald's chapel, the other occupant of the car, was mol injured.
 The automobile in which the young men were riding was going at. fairly high rate of speed and the men were evidently racing with the engine to make the crossing, according to records at Ensley police headquarters. The rear end of the car was struck just as the machine was about to clear the tracks, and the automobile completely demolished. Polished investigation wat made by Officer R. BaIlantine, of Ems ley headquarters.
 Coroner J. D. Russum went to ths scene of the accident immediately, ant wes completing his p1eIimiAArx isaresti ga ion Satufda2 night.
 The body Of Ladls was taken n clit rge by Echols & Angwin funera, parIors in Ensley, and announcemeni of burial services will be announced by them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
RALSTON AGAIN BROUGHT FORWARD
 AS 4 POSSIBLE COALITION LEADER
Days Balloting Does Little Except To Amass Smiths Strength To The Veto Point, Ohio Joining The New Workers Ranks With Twenty Votes With None For His Rival
(Ry The Associated Pressl

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. NEW YORK; July 5.-The conference of candidates seeking devise some of ending the deadlock the democratic national venton worked far into the night without arriving clusions. the rock whether the authorized purpose of the conference devise of procedure in the convention which would permit nomination. The McAdoo representatives conended that The ani- McAdoo coalition contended that but that the authorized devise of ending the dead lock, agreeing recommendations for nominee Pass Up Controverted Point
 Passing around that conoverted point the discussion sked the subject of possible compromises without anybody giving ground
 The burden of the argument advanced by the peo
 
 Why should the leading addate wthdsaw Let t1 N minority candidate get out
 The substance of the reply of the anMcAdoo coalition
 We have demonstrated that you get two-thrds majority necessary nominate Withdraw will unite ticket which will stampede tired and weary delegates from their pledges The retort of the McAdoo managers in substance, Try it. The talk among the forces in the anMcAdoo coalition cen- tered again about Senator Robinson of Arkansas and Senator Ralston. Thomas Taggart's candidate.
 Has Few Enemies
 They described Senator Robinson having few Senator Raston being capable of drawing strength from the McAoo forces stampede should be attempted In consdea of Senator Glass of Virginia developed that William en- nngs Bryan did look favorab him and that there doubt of his acceptabiity the McAdoo people
 The supporters of John w. Davis claimed special consideration for the ground that they had evidence that he the second choice of than tods of the delegates the The McAdoo people and Bryan however indicated that they preferred to discuss others than MT. Davis
 It became known that recently the McAdoo people, through intermediates sought the differences with the Smith people by sounding them vice presidential
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
BROTHERS SLAYER
 FACES LIFE TERM
Each Anniversary Of Killing To Be Solitary Confinement Day

SEWARD, Neb., July 5.-George l.. Balster today confessed the murder of his brother, Edward, March 1, last, and was sentenced to life imprisonment ill the state penitentiary.
 Included in the sentence are two stip- ulations imposed by Judge CorcOran. One is that Balster be placed in soi- tary confinement every five years on March 1, the anniversary of the crime. Another is that he be not allowed to ap- ply for clemency within a period of 30 years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

candidate. The name proposed was not satisfactory to the Smith people and the effort ended there.
 As midnight approached the state of the proceedings was described by some of those who knew what was going on as having assumed the characteristics of "a debating so- ciety."
 Some of those behind the scenes, most interested in the oucome went to bed, believing that nothing tangible would be arrived at to- night, and that the wrangle would be resumed tomorrow.
 That the conference had accomplished little in the way of smoothing ruffled feelings was indicated by the sugges-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
MORE QUARTERS
 SEIZED INV RUHR
Germans Protest Acquisitions
 By OccupatiOnal Forces

DUSSELDORF, Germany, July 5.- Protests that the occupation authorities are reQuisitiOning more quarters are published by the German newspapers, which interpret the requisitioning to mean that the French do not intend to evacuate Dusseldorf, RuhrOrt and Duis- burg bridgeheads when they leave the Ruhr. City authorities and the Cham bers of Commerce have appealed to Foreign Minister Stressemann to see that the bridgeheads are treated like the Ruhr itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Partly cloudy with lO- cal thunderstOrms Sunday and prob ably Monday.
 Mississippi: Partly cloudy.
 Tennessee: Partly cloudy. Georgia: Partly cloudy.
 Complete weather data will be found on Page 15.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
CHINA PROTESTS
Action Of British Commander Subject Of NOte

PEKING, July 5.-(By Associated Press. )-The foreign office today lodged protest < with the British litigation against the recent action of the com mander of the British gun boat Cock chafer in exacting c penalty for slay- ing Edwin 0. Hawley, an American at Wanhsien, Szchwan province. Flaw. ley, who was employed by a British concern was killed by junkmen several weeks ago. The commander forced Chin weeks ago. The commander forced Chi to execute two of the junkmen's lead CTS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
LAUNDRYMAN HURT
Struck By Speeding Auto, Which Go
 tinues On Route After Accident

Struck By Speeding Auto, Which Com
 tlnues On Route After Accident
 A. R. Goodgame, of Poplar street, West End, was injured early Satur- day night when the laundry wagon which he was driving was struck by an automobile, at First avenue and Fiftieth stree, Woodlawn. Goodgame was thrown to the pavement, and the automobile, which, according to wit nesses, was going at a high rate of speed, continued on, not stopping after the accident. Goodgame was carried to the WoodIawn infirmary, where it was found that his injuries were ex- ceedingly painful. but not serious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

tion by one of the irate departing members that "an indefinite adjourn7 ment of the convention without presidential nominee was a possibility facing the national assembly.
 Chairman Hull announced shoJ after l a. m. when the conferencf nally adjourned that it would recou at 4 p. m. Sunday. The interval be spent by the representatives various candidates in discussions "t~..-n their own ranks "in the light of what transpired here and what they already know" Mir. Hull said.
 No Conclusions
 MT. Hull said there had been mo conclusions" at tonight's meeting and that there had been no suggestion OF (COntinued on Page TwO)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
Treasure Island

could scarcely be more interest ing than the Want Ad Section of your Age-HeraId today. AL most every classification con- tains things of interest to you something is represented from almost everywhere:
 Automobiles, Resorts, Employ ment, Business Opportunities, Rooms, Apartments and Houses for Rent, Real Estate and In- vestments, For Sale or Ex- change, Plants, Seeds, Poultry, Pets-almost anything from al most anywhere is advertised in the Want Ads today.
 Many of these ads will not ap- pear agains |. some of them have come to tns from thousands of miles, and yet each one repre- sents an individual just like yourself who has something for sale or swap or who wants to buy. There's a heap O human interest in almost every Want Ad, and a lot of times a grip ping story is buried between the lines-read the Want Ads in your Age-Herald today.
 Main 40OO
 calls the Want Ad Department of "the south's 'pullingest' paper"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
OIL FIRM DEMOLISHED

Mexico Denies Plan To Occupy Com.
 pany's Property Y(wrirb HteehafrniiQ6 Q6ithe. ..... b m MEXICO CITY, July 5.-War Secretary SerranO today denied the re- port from Tampico that the war depart ment had ordered occupation of the Mexican Eagle Oil company property there by federal froces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
SECOND SESSION CALLED FOR THIS. AFTERNOON: M ADOO STANDS ALOOF

Rockwell Leaves Farley To Reissue Statement That Californian Will Not Withdraw-Hull
 Calls Meeting A eliminary-Separate Ses- sions Planned By All Contenders During Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
PELT SMITH EFFIGY
 AT KHAN CONCLAVE
Man, Tarred And Feathered, Is
 Parade Feature

LONG BRANCH, N. J., July D. Although the few newspapermen who succeeded in entering the tightly fenced Elkwood park where Ku Klux Klan celebration was held yesterday, de- clared they had seen an effigy of Gov ernor Smith used as a baseball target, King Kleagle Bell of the New Jersey klan today denied the story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

BINGHAMPToN, N. Y, July B. In a Ku Klux Klan parade here yes terday a man blackened to represent a negro and dripping with tar and feath- CTS was carried on a truck with klans- men holding him.