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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
SITUATION BETTER
 INV ALABAMA FIELD

The coal situation in the Alabama field has shown decided improvement this month, according to an announce ment from the Alabama Mine institute offices Thursday. An executive commit tee meeting was held, at which several matters of routine interest to the opera tors in Alabama were discussed. Fig ures presented at the meeting indicated that not only had the output shown an increase, but sales also had been much better than in July or the previous month.
 James L. Davidson, secretary, said that the figures gathered by the offices of the Alabama Mine institute indicated that more tons were being mined, more men were being employed and general operating conditions were better. He said there seemed to be more sanEuine feeling on the part of the producers fol- lowing the revival.
 In connection with the coal situa- tion, it was also stated Tuesday that large number of railroad contracts are still to be let. Although some have teen given, it was stated that many vet remained open. The fact was also dis closed that local bidders lost a few rail. road contracts during the season.
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HARRY CREE
 READY FOR GO

FREMONT, O., Aug. 19.-Harry Greb completed training today for his middleweight championship fight here. Thursday night with Tiger" Flowers, Atlanta negro flash.
 Greb was on the road at 80 this morning and had about six miles of running. He appeared in the best of condition.
 Greb is a slight favorite to win newspaper decision over the fast Flow CTS, although there are a few ready to offer even money on the southern fighter.
 Greb will have to lose by a knock out to have his title taken away from him, as decisions are not allowed here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
By WEsTBROOK PBaLER
By Leased Wire to The Age.Herald.

(By Leased Wire to The Ago-Herald. )
 NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Stili won- derink what it was all about and how much 1t was going to cost him, Luis Firpo, the wild bull of the Pampas. returned to his corral on the shores of Saratoga Lake Tuesday night under bond of $2,00O to answer a charge of perjury in the United States district court. The charge was derived from Firpo's statement to the immigration inspectors at Ellis Island last month that Senorita Blanca Lourdes, the buxom young Spanish woman who came to New York with him, was only a casual acquaintance, such as any gen. tleman is likely to make at sea when the moon is bright and the passengers gather closely at the rail to watch the equator slide by. Canon William Sheafe Chase, a Brooklyn clergyman who has been taking them on the chin for more than 20 years in his life work of destroying the prizt-fight business, thinks Firpo spoke less than the whole truth in this declaration about the brevity of his acquaintance with SenO- rita Lourdes. In fact, the Canon, whom the late Mayor Gaynor once bluntly called pop-gun, not canon, went 50 far as to claim that Luis Angelo told no part of the truth in his statements. Therefore he obtained warrant for Firpo's arrest and sent his lawyer, Barney Sander, to Saratoga to see that it was served.
 Right there the Reverend Canon, Or pop-gun, according to whether one ac- cepts his own estimate of himself or the late Mayor Gaynor's, made his lat est mistake in the long war against pugilism For Firpo, always impe- tuous, did not wait for Barney Sander to feint him [It, but came roaring down from Saratoga, accommodating an expen- sive lawyer on the way, and went galumphing into the commissioners of- flee hours earlier than Canon Chase expected him. ,5i.s
 My counsel, Mir. Sander is in Saratoga to serve tke warrant on the defendant" he said, land I therefore request delay until Wednesday,"
 Nothing doing" said Firpo's very expensive lawyer, Hyman- Bushel. I'm busy tomorrow. I'll be busy until Sep tember 20. Move weA adjourn it to September 20"
 But" the Reverend Canon started to demur. It was his object to have Firpo deported and well on his way toward Buenos Aires long before Sep tember il, which is she date of the Firpo-Wills fight. In fact, it is sus-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
BUSHELS CHECKNATE
 MAKES GO POSSIBLE
Firpo's Lawyer Outguesses Sandler In Deporta-
 ton Controversy

pected that the Reverend Canon was more interested in obviating this traf- fife in knuckles than he was in reprov ing Firpo for tfifling with the truth. Before he could formulate a competent objection, however, Commission Hitch. cock adopted Bushels suggestion and virtually guaranteed Firpo a guest ticket to the United States until the fight has been decided and the profits assimilated.
 Canon Chase had lost another fight It was over as quickly as his fight be- fore a Jersey grand jury to prevent the Dempsey Carpenter bout three years ago. His record, like John Me Graw's, is absolutely consistent. He always loses.
 Firpo sat in the court room not speak ing but uttering heavy rumbles which only his trainers could understand. It appears from their interpretation that Luis Angelo was not much worried about the gravity of the charges as he has encountered many liars and many nationalities in New York and does not believe they could all be deported fer fibbing. But Luis Angelo did seem to be troubled about the responsiveness of the expensive lawyer, MT. Bushel. As a rule his major expenses are de- frayed by Tex Rickard but of course it would be bit thick to ask that Mr. Rickard pay the up-keep costs of his soft, not to say his romantic moods. Prizefighters who go in for love must assume the expense themselves. Firpo did not appear to be dreaming of love and kisses either. It is understood that the movie firms are bidding millions for few feet of closeup showing the face of the wild bull in the raptures of this soft sentiment and he may have been masking his feelings to prevent them from stealing the masterpiece.
 Mir. Bushel, the, expensive lawyer, was very rude to the Reverend Canon, or pop-gun, as the case may be. He mentioned blackmail by name and he demanded a list of the names of the ''old men and old women" who, he said, were the contributors to the anti-wild bull crusade. Ea
 "We want to see this sucker list" he exclaimed.
 Firpo got back to Saratoga at 0 :45 Tuesday evening and Bill Tate, the large colored sparring partner, took another hitch in his belt. Large Bfll' dimes at Luis Firpo's training table and he realizes, more keenly than any enc else, that Luis Angelo is going to reeoup the wages of the very expensive Mir. Bushel some way, perhaps in the grocery bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
CALIFORNIANS
 CHECK FRENCH Los Angeles Youngsters Whip Borotra And
 LaCOste

BROOKLTNE, Mass, Aug. 10.4-Wfl- liam T. Tilden II, co-holder of the 1923 national doubles tennis champion ship with Brian I. c. Norton, South Africa, now of St. Louis, passed out of the 1924 competition for the doubles title here Tuesday when he and A. Weiner, the youthful Philadelphia star, wsre defeated in straight sets, 6-Ss To, 6-4, by Watson Washburn and R. Nor ris Williams, in last years runner-up.
 Tilden's acknowledged supremacy, coupled with the playing of his young protege, was not enough to turn back the playing of two such veterans as Washburn and Williams.
 Tn the most sensational match that the gallery has seen in the present tournament, Harvey Snodgrags and Walter Westbrook, Los Angeles, com pletely upset the dope by defeating the French Davis cup team, Lacoste and Borotra, in five sets, 12-10, GA, 4-6, 3-6, S-6.
 William M. Little Bil1'' Johnston of San Francisco and his fellow towns man, Clarence J. Griffin, played a mas terful game and easily disposed of NJ. Llano, Mexico City, and J. W. Foster, Boston, 6-2, 6-0. 6-3.
 Another feature third round match was that between Gerald Patterson and Pat O'Hara Wood, Australian Davis cup team, against Wallace Johnson, Philadelphia. and A. H. Chapin, Jr., Springfield, Mass. The Anzaes dropped the first set, 6-3, due to preliminary ,,yiId,,a1o nNt,nN crnV, Sfoadfad ,1nvvYS aV4I ran out the match by a score of S-6, 6-S, 60, 6-3.
 Richards, Hunter Win
 Vincent Richards and Francis T. Hunter experienced no difficulty with F. 0. Baggs and L. B. Daley, IT,, New York, winning in straight sets, 6-6, 6-4, 6-4.
 The summary:
 Third Round
 Hunter and Richards defeated Bags and l.. Daley, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Patterson and Pat O'Hara Wood defeated Wal lace Johnson and Chapin, 3-6, 6-2s 60, 6-3.
 Fourth Round
 Williams and Washburn defeated Til den and Weiner, 6-3, o-7, 6-4; White and Thaleheimer defeated Weinstein and H. c. Johnson, S-6, S-6, 6-3, 6-4 Snodgrass and Westbrook defeated La- coste and Borotra, 1910, 6-4, 4-6, S-6; i; Patterson and Wood defeated Guild and Gardner, 6-1, 6-3; Richards and Hunter defeated Harte and Gamer, 6-1, S-6, 6-3; Kinsey and Kinsey defeated Hennessey and Hardy, 0-4. 4-6, 2-6, 6-2, GA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
TRIAL SET

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. 19.4- Trial of Jack Steele, former Southern association baseball player, under in- dictments charging murder and assault with intent to kill as the result of the staying of Dr. B. F. Marberry and the serious wOunding of his son, Frank, at the Marberry home here last May 31, was set today in the circuit court for September 25.
 Steele is alleged to have killed Dr.. Marberry when he intervened in an ar gument between Steele and Frank Mar berry.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19-Tom Gib- bons' trip to Europe was a financial failure, his manager, Eddie Kane, said tonight when he and the fighter re- turned aboard the White Star liner, Olympic.
 Gibbons. who recently refeated Jack Bloomfield, light heavyweight cham pion of England, in the third round of a scheduled 12-round bout, received only $12,000 for his share of the proceeds of the boat, Kane said. He had been guaranteed $50, 900, according to Kane, who charged poor management on the part of the British promoter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
STARS DEFEAT
 YANKEE SQUAD

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. 19.-The Syracuse Stars defeated the New York Yankees in an exhibition game here to- day, II to 8. Babe Ruth failed to make home run, although seven were made in the course of the game.
 Score: R. H. E.. Syracuse .... 231 100 Skill IS o New York e. 302 900 03O-S 9 o
 Batteries: Reinhart, Farmhouse, GrabowsE and Mitzi; Pipgras, Gard ner, Meusel and Bengough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
LEFTY GROVES
 uCKS' CHICAGO

BALTIMORE, Aug. 19.-Fourteen. members of the Chicago White Sox were struck out here today by Robert (Lefty) Groves as the Orioles easily defeated the big leaguers, to 3. HOmers by Kamm and Fish and a wild pitch accounted for the visitors runs. The International leaguers had no trouble with the delivery of Mangum.
 Score: .sa s.S R. H. E. Chicago ...... 11O 100 O0O-3 8 4 Baltimore .... O02 001 42x-9 14 0
 BatteFies Mangum, Lyons and Grabowski; Groves and Cobb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
GREB FOXES TUNNEY

CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 19.-Gene Tunney, American light heavyweight champion and Harry Greb, middle weight champion. will be matched to meet in ten round bout at the Olym- pic arena here early in September if Greb's suspension in Boston can be lifted, nM. J. Hinkel, promoter, an- nounced today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
WEINER CAUSED DEATH

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 19.-Edwin Dyal, nearly three years of age, died at Grady hospital here Tuesday from ptomaine poisoning thought to have been caused by eating a weiner.
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Jack Dillon when the two clash in e local ring next Monday night.
 Birmingham supporters of McGinty --and they are legion--are counting on him to crash through with wicked wallop Monday night and floor Dillon. If Johnny is able to put this over he will have accomplished more than Red Herring did in two trials and more than Jimmy Finley did in one trial. Each of these men got draws with Dillon.
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ing whether Firpo and Miss Picsrt en- tered the United States together through another port previous to their last ar rival at New York. Bureau officials pointed out today that Miss Picart had not been excluded from the United States, since she never applied for ad- naission,L but merely stopped off here to board a4iother vessel to take her to Cuba.
 Miss Picart is said to have told au- thorities that she was being supported by her sister in Cuba who married g wealthy count there. She said she worked as manicurist merely to purchase her clothing and that she paid for her passage from South America to Cuba with money she had previously deposited in Q South American bank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
WIIIs ON ROAD

SOUTHAMPTON, N. r., Aug. 19.-z Nearing a fighting edge for his battle with Luis Firpo, Harry Wills, negro heayyWeight, today confined his train ing to road work and will not work out with sparTing partners until Thurs day.
 Postponement of the battle from it's original date to, September II, found Wills too far advanced and caused the limitation of his preparation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
WINS
 FROM VALLEYS

TOwNnEY, Ala, Aug ls.-The locals hit hard and took fidweek game from Coal Valley Co l.
 The game was rather unintefesting. as GeofRS Johnston blanked the visitors until the ninth when Odum'B homer kept him from a ahulOut, Whilo the lossiS. led by Baaerott and Byrd. piled up Dig
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
BOB WEINACKER
 REFUSES OFFER

MOBILE, Ala, Aug. 19.-An offer of the Atlanta Baseball association to transfer the Labor Day seEies of ball games from this city to Atlanta has been turned down by President Vein acker of the local club, according to announcement made here today. The offer of the Atlanta fmoguls was very lucrative but the local management said, that no matter how low down in the percentage column the Mobile team went and whether ten or ten thousand attend the games here, the home sehed- ule will be played out.
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Score by Innings:
 Coal Nsiisy .oog 0o9 goi-l ToNnloy ..+s.sssss.sssss.sss..su suVO 1aO e0O-B
 Summary: TWo-bass hits Praytor. Three-bass hit, Bancroft. Home run, Odum. stolen bases, Carter. Bancroft and FsFris. Double play, Odum to PaEolio to Walker. Hits, off JohnBon in in- nings. Brown in {. Cole { in S. Left on bases Coal Valley O. ToWnIey g. Winning pitcher, Johnston Losing pitcher. Brown. Umplres Park and Chap pell. Time Of game, 800.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-20
TRIP FAUURE

UrdDOWbhA ana MlCzl Hlpgra ner, Meusel and BengouEh.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-18
CHAPTER Xx-Continued

Mot so." Levasseur contained himself with difficulty before that irony. 'They were in the Dutch brig.
 "I don't remember that you men. tioned them before.'
 T did not. They are prisoners oi my own--a personal matter. They are French"
 French r Captain Blood's light eyes stabbed at Levesseur, then at the prisoners. He drowned drought. fully upon Levasseur.
 Yesterday you surprised me by making war upon the friendly Dutch But now it seems that not even your own countrymen are. safe from you
 Have I not said this is a matter personal to mel"
 At! And their names?"
 The prisoner answered for him..
 q am Henri d'Ogernon, and this is my sister,"
 'D'Ogernon Captain Blood star. ed. Are you related by chance tc my good friend the governor of TortugaT
 He is my father"
 t"The saints perserve us now! Are you quite mad, Levasseur?"
 Captain Blood sat down on the cask that Levasseur, had lately occupied and looked up blandiy. T may in. form you, to save time, that I heard the entire proposal that you made to this young lady and this gentleman and I'll also remind you that we sail under articles that admit no ambi- guities. You have fixed their ransom at twenty thousand pieces of eight That sum then belongs to your crews and mine in the proportions by the articles established. But what is far more. grave is that you have concealed from me this part of the prizes taken on your last cruise, and for such an offense as that the articles provide certain penalties that are something severe in character
 "Ho, ho!' laughed Levasseur un- pleasantly. Then added: "If you dis like my conduct we can dissolve the association"
 'That is my intention. But we'll dissolve it when and in the manner that l choose, and that will be as soon as you have satisfied the articles un- der which we sailed upon this cruise. "
 What do you mean?
 I'll accept the situation as I find it. Yourself you've fixed the ran som of this couple at twenty thou sand pieces, and, as gather, the lady is to be your perquisite. But why should she be your perquisite more than another's, seeing that sshe. be. by the articles to all of us, as a prize of war? However, I'll not dispute her
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Cast Of First Play Of Little
 lheater

With the coming of fall the activi ties of the Little theater are begun ir earnest and the first play of the sea son is eagerly anticipated by the en tire membership of the Little theater
 MT. Bernard Szold has recently re turned from a summer spent in study ing and also as instructor in dramatic art at Estes Park, Col, and is full of new ideas and plans and enthu siastic over the first presentation he is directing, rehearsals are progressing with marked improvement and "Rol los Wild Oats" will be given in tho near future.
 The play is a comedy filled witt enough pathos to be interesting. MT John Higgins, who played with sucf pleasing success last season, has thu title roll and with the exception of { few new talent composes the rest o1 the cast, which is as follows:
 Hewstoe, c. l.. Brewer; Lydia, Mis-! Florence Jordan; Rollo Webster John Higgins; Mir. Stein, Rober Ware; Goldie MacDuff, Miss Yanke, Sibley; George Lucas, c. Lurton Ba lasingame; Mrs. Park Gales, Juli' Walton; Thomas Skitterling, Frank J. White; Whortley Camperdown, R E. Murphy, Jr.; Aunt Lane, Mar! Hard Urltes; Horatio Webster, Jan Hard Bell. Clara Coplin; book holder Mrs. Clifton Brewer.
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her"
 l Buy herr"
 "At the price you have set upon her.
 That is the ransom of the man It is to be paid for him by the gover. nor of Tortuga."
 | "No. no. We've set their value al twenty thousand pieces, and for that sum you may have them, since you de sirs it; but you'll pay for them the | twenty thousand pieces that are ulti mately to come to you as the ransom of one and the dowry of the other, and that sum shall be divided among oul crews"
 That Captain Blood should dare op pose him with but a dozen followers whilst he had a hundred at his beck and call never entered the ruffian's mind. But he did not reckon on the cupidity of his own men. They saw | twenty thousand pieces within their reach. Levasseur demanded time un. | til he had captured sufficient booty But Blood would not have none of that. Death lurked always in this desperate business, and he added:
 Then let some one buy the prison. CTS who has,"
 And who do you suppose has it if have not?"
 "I haver Levasseur's mouth fell open. You you want the girl?"
 Captain Blood drew forth a small bag, twenty pearls poured into his hand, and Cahusac appraised them as worth the ransom. Levasseur in hi sanger sprang at Cahusac, and a blow scattred the pearls in the sand The men dived for them. Levesseur, his hand on his sword his face a white mask of rage, con. fronted Captain Blood.
 You do not take her while I live '! he cried.
 "Then I'll take her when you're dead," said Captain Blood, and his own blade flashed in the sunlight. It was soon over. When, with both lungs transfixed, he lay prone on the white sand, coughing out his rascally | life, Captain Blood liked calmly at Cahusac across the body. ] Il think that cancels the articles between us," he said. With soulless, cynical eyes Cahusac and his mates considered the twitch- ing body of their recent leader. Captain Blood had brought them to find Levasseur guilty of the one of fense they deemed unpardonable, the crime of appropriating to himself something which might be converted into gold and shared amongst them all. Whilst they hesitated, Blood added something to quicken their decision.
 "If you will come to our anchor age, you shall receive at once your share of the booty of the Santiago, that you may dispose of it as you please"
 They crossed the island. the two prisoners accompanying them, and la- ter that day, the division made, they would have parted company but that Cahusac, at the instances of the men who had elected him Levasseur's sue cessor, offered Captain Blood anew the services of that French contin- gent.
 "If you will sail with me again, {" the Captain answered him, you may do so on the condition that you make your peace with the Dutch, and re- store the brig and her cargo" ] The condition was accepted, and Captain Blood went off to find his
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guests, the children of the governor of Tortuga.
 Mademoiselle d'Ogeron and her brother-the latter now relieved of his bonds-sat in the great cabin of 1 the Arabella, whither they had been conducted. He doffed his feather hat and came forward to the table.
 "Mademoiselle," said he in his vile but fluent French, Il beg you to dis. miss your fears. Aboard this ship you shall be treated with all honor So soon as we are in case to put to sea again, we steer a course for Tor. tnga to take you home to your father And pray do not consider that I have bought you. Count it, if you please friendly loan to be repaid entirely al your convenience"
 Mademoiselle stared at him in un. belief.
 "Oh, you are nobler'
 Captain Blood sighed. For the whole truth, which he withheld from Mademoiselle d'Ogeron, was that in venturing his life to save her, he hat been driven by the thought that tn, deed must be pleasing in the eyes oi Miss Bishop, could she but witness it.
 (Continued tomorrow).
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leaned back, her eyes closed as if from weariness. The man sat gazing into the glowing coals. At last he touched his companions hand.
 T have been selfish in talking of my own affairs" he said contritely. "Yet-Lois means so much to me and you love her so dearly-that per haps you will forgive me for speaking of her and of myself.
 Marian opened her eyes and forced a smile to her lips.
 "You talked and let me talk of the subject that was uppermost in my own mind," she declared. You see I must go back to New York soon to work. You may be interested, by the way, in knowing of the kind of work I have chosen. IL is teaching little children in