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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
ILLINOIS SECTION
 STRUCK BY FLOOD
Bridges And Farm Houses Are
 Destroyed

PEORIA, H.. Aug. 22.-The great est flood in the history of Spoon river valley, is tearing its way through Full ton county today wrecking nearly ev- -ery wagon and railroad bridge in it's way, destroying farm buildings, drown ing live stock and completely devastat- ing thousands of Hcres of crops.
 Hundreds ,of farmers, fOfewarnned of the wall of water sweeping down the valley are fleeing to the hills with their household seffeets, mSpy of them in rowboats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
FANCHER KILLING
 HELD UNJUSTIFIED
Negro Claims BOndsman Threat
 ened Him

Killing of ]. B. Fancher, a local pro fessionai bOndsman, who was shot last week a few miles from Oxmoor by Louis Govan, negro, with whom Fanch- CT was searching for another negro said to have broken bond, was held as m unjustifiable homicide by Coroner J. D. Russum Friday.
 Govan claimed that Fancher threat ened him. Testimony also showed that Govan volunteered to accompany Fanch- CT in the search for the negro who broke his bond. Govan is lodged in the county jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
MARS BODY FOUND
 SEALED IN BOX
Suspicion Directed Toward Miss
 ing Carpenter

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-The par- tially dismeEnbered body of Aaron A. Graf, 73, a radio cabinet manufae- turer, who disappeared on August l, vas found by police today in a shellac sealed corrugated tin box in the cellar of a Greenwich Village dwelling.
 Before leaving. his home August Graf told his wife he intended to call on John Logasy, carpenter, and pay him $200. The body was found in Logasy's cellar. The police said LOgasy Acd been missing from his home since August 9.
 The legs had been chopped and sa5Red off at tie hips to get the body
 to the four-fooeS box. A tightly knot lsd rope was abont the neck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23

into the arms of the Prince of Wales for dance, all with the vague wrath of hope that the prince might possibly fall in love. Princess Patricia married commoner so did Princess Mary, the sister of the Prince of Wales. Therefore there is a gaunt, hope-fed possibility that young Edward the Prince, himself, might spurn royal tra- dition and murmur a lovesick twill youT to the daughter of a Jones or a Jenkins or a ith-Brown-Smith.
 Certainly the. chance is worth the in- vestment of few thousand pounds in dancing frocks, sport costumes, tea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
THE WEATHER

Q Alabama: Partly cloudy satal day and Sunday, probably scattered thgnderyhOwers.
 Georgia: Partly cloudy.
 Mississippi: Partly cloudy.
 Tennessee: Partly cloudy,
 tCompIete weather data will be found on Page 1e.D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
no BURY FOIT,TFs GTRL

NBWs YORK, Aug. 22.-T The body of Mrs. Mary Warnock Libefmann, Fol lies girl, today was aboard train for her old home town, independence, Mis- souri, which she left few years ago for stage career in New York.
 Authorities first thought the girl, known on the stage as Mary War mock ''the model chorus girl" had died of heart disease while bathing. But they said an autopsy revealed that she had used a narcotic drug and that her death occurred when she was over come by the drug, fell into the half filled bath tub and was drowned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
GIVEN I65 YEARS
 IN PENITENTIARY
Convicted Of Attacks On Two
 Girls

NORFOLK, Va, Aug 22.-E. E. Clark, typewriter repair man, was given prison sentences aggregating 1e5 years in court at Elizabeth City, x. C., today on charges of committing crimes against two girls each of whom is 13 years old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
A Blazed Trail
 Down Main Street

THE WOMANS REALM is a page at the beginning of L the Want Ads in The Sunday Age-Herald It is con- ducted by>a for the benefit of the shoppers who read the ONLY morning paper the entire Birmingham district She goes practically every worthwhile shop or and selects the latest best and interesting things for and writes them into short crisp. newsy that worth their weight in gold the busy housewife who take advantage of every possible economy and who is interested in better buying.
 Each Sunday this feature grows better and of value ready reference index things of every kind that interest women And the fall season is beginning to open up and shops and being represented and and are coming depend this page for the buying hints and shopping theyswent. ; Whatever you do wherever you go, be SURE to
 Read The WOman's Realm
 Next Sunday
 You'll find it where the Want Ads begin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
DARR0W ASKS MERCY FOR FRANKS SLAYERS
DdUis Denounces Ku Klux Klan II, New Jersey Addres
PASTOR TO LET
 MONKEY SHARE PART OF PULPIT

QUITE, Mont, Aug. 22.-The D Rev. 2. Ocallan Farrell will
 share his pulpit with monkey when he delivers n sermon on evolution at the First Baptist church here Sunday night, he an- nounced tonight.
 The minister said his theme would be that if man was evolved from lower animal, hs came from the ass, rather than from the monkey family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
HEAR SIGNALS AGAIN
Mars Trying To "Tune In," Is The
 Belief

VANCOUVER. E. D., Aug. 22.-The regular signals plotting out other mes sages which had led radio experts seriously to consider the theory that Mars is trying to tune in were re- ceived at the Point Grey wireless sta ton again today and were also heard by the wireless expert at the Merchants Exchange here.
 "The signal has been noticed at the same hour practically every day for four weeks or mOre," declared c. w.. Mellish, wireless operator at the gov ernment station at Point Grey today. "It is absolutely distinctive and can not be attributed to any known instru- ment or to static or to leaking trans formers in Vancouver"
 This morning the signal which dom mated the air lines, was heard at 6 20 and at :12 o'clock; at the same time to the minute that they came in on the previous days. It again came in four groups of four dashes-Or rather four
 (COntinued on Page TwO)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
POsTMAsTERs NAMED
Brantley And Whitfield Posts Go T,
 McDOugald And Mcdonald

WARRINGTON, D. O., Aug. 22.- Especial. )-Quitman AicDougald and James Mcdonald were, appointed sacting postmaster for Brantley and Winfield, Ala, today. R. J. Delpit was ap- pointed acting postmaster for Pass Christian, Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
Prince or Wales Off For America On Ship
 Full Of Debutantes
American And English Mothers Take Daughters Abroad With Hope That They Will Prove Hit" With His Royal Highness Prince s Suite Large Enough For Country Estate

(Leased Wire To The ,Age-HeraId.)
 LONDON, Aug. 22.-The most de- termined prospecting expedition that ever sailed blue water toward a land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
SNOW IN DAKOTA

LEAD, s. Dak., Aug. 22.-There was a light snowfall here yesterday. The flakes melted as quickly as they
The Washington times., 1924-04-30

kDKA'S regular barn dance from
the Stockman and Farmer studio
was a stomping, roaring success.
Charlie Ray found a lot Of new
notes on his harmonica.
The Washington times., 1924-04-30

WAR followed up the Serenaders
with a big Brown University dinner
with college yells between every
course. A new athletic stadium was
the occasion for the frolic.s
The Washington times., 1924-04-30
COOLIDGE 7 AK
MADE RADIO
RECORD
Eleven Stations Carried His
Words Simultaneously to
Millions

Radio listeners throughout the
Eastern part of the United States,
who had the opportunity to hear the
address Of the President of the
United States on April %, through
the numerous broadcasting stations
connected by wire telephone lines,
may be interested to know that this
occasion established a worlds record
in the number of broadcasting sta
lions which handled the same pro-
gram simultaneously through the
aid of telephone lines.
Eleven stations including WEAF,
New York; WCAP, Washington;
WAR, Providence: WIFI, Phila.
delphia; WNAC, Boston; WCAE,
Pittsburgh; WMAQ, Chicago: WWJ,
Detroit; KSD, st. Louis; WDAF,
Kansas City; WBAP, Dallas, formed
the links Of the great broalcast:ng
chain which made the remarks Of
the President audible to a huge
audience which probably numbered
far into the millions. Six thousand
miles Of telephone lines were used,
all of which were carefully balanced
and equalized SO that true natural
ness of speech would be successfully
transmitted to the huge radio audi
ence. Forty-two repeaters and
special amplifiers were in operation
at twenty-one repeater points scat
tered from Massachusetts, to Vir,
ginia and from Texas to Missouri
Fifty-five engineers We're detailed
to the work of handling these re-
peaters and amplifiers during actual
operation.
On both the transcontinental
demonstration and the broadcastine
Of the Presidents speech alterna.
tive circuits were provided so should
any emergency arise the speech
could be routed through another set
Of lines without interruption of the
broadcasting.
1t Is interesting to note that be-
cause electric currents travel 1886, 900
miles per sSeOr&, the remarks OF
the President were availabl to Ere
radio audience in Texas sooner than
to the listeners in the ball hall OF
the ballroom at which the President
spoke in New York. Sound waves
travel at approximately 1,l40 feet
per second. While the sound wave
which President set up Travelled 200
feet to the back of the hotel a radio
wave travels with sufficient speed
to cover a distance of 81 900 miles.
The Washington times., 1924-04-30
ANTENNA GAN
NOW SERVE
SEVERAL
"coupIing-Tube Unit" Allows
Several Stations to Get serV-
Ice From One Aerial

Washington is covered with a net
work Of covered wires hanging over
the roofs Of apartments, all because
each receiving set requires an indi"
vidual antenna. This great copper
web may soon disappear, as naval
radio experts hive developed a
"coupling-tube unit" which allows
one antenna to serve several receav-
ing sets. 1t is reported that this
device will be available to the public
shortly after June 1.
Inventors Of the device are DR.. A.
H. Taylor and L. c. Young OF the
Naval Laboratory at Bellevue, Nd
After the apparatus was perfected
it was tested on board the u. s. s.
Colorado. A coupling-tube unit, con-
nected between each receiving set
and a single antenna, enabled opera
tors to copy simultaneously incoIn-
ing messages from stations using diff
ferent wave lengths and at the same
time the battleship's transmeter was
in action.
Patents Pending.
Patents on the new device are
pending, and it is understood that
exact hook-upsa and details of con-
oil uCl4OAA VIII NC S1N GAAAGNS@N ~S~ ~NS-S -
patents are granted.
In general, it is said to include
coupling resistance, so high that the
strength Of the incoming signals are
reduced considerably, requiring at
least a three or four tube set. A ra'
dio frequency step in the form OF a
radio frequency trap, which elimi-
mates any regeneration, is required
and receiving set with a detector
tube. Louder signals are obtained
with two tubes of audio frequency
amplification.
The military value of the coupling
unit to the navy is very high, since
it enables a vessel'or station to carry
on several times as much business
OF traffic as has heretofore been pos
sible without interference. The navy
holds the rights for military use.
1t has become a part of battleship
standard equipment.
To the general public its chief
interest will be that it will permit
the use of single antenna on an
apartment house or hotel, wherein
each tenant wants to operate his
own set independently of others. A
1ead-in can be run into each apart
ment or suite, the owner specifying
that each tenant must use coupler
unit.
The Washington times., 1924-04-30

DISTANT STATIONS
Eastern Standard Time.

Thts program Is sent By NAL and corrected by
telegraph, but subject to lGst-mipMte changes.
The Washington times., 1924-04-30
GIRLS WITH BANJO AND
PIANO TO BE FEATURES

Miss May Singh Breen, famous
banjoist, and Peg Wanamaker, well.
known jazz pianist, will be heard
from station WY on Thursday at
$3.50. Miss Breen and Miss Wanna.
maker have done considerable broad.
casting throughout the east, and
their radio technic" is developed to
high degree OF perfection. The
combination of banjo and piano Is
a most happy one for the rendition
OF popular songs, according to the
amount Of written applause which
every broadcast performance brings
them.
Miss Breen is a well-lknown IN.
structress of the ukelele. Miss
Wanamaker is one of the cleverest
jazz pianists on Broadway and has
an enormous following among radio
fans.
The Washington times., 1924-04-30

Once we dwelt in this column on
the unknown musicians-the boys
that beat the drums and play the
saxophoneS and comets. We sug'
gested that perhaps some day some
one might erect a monument to
THE Unknown Musician"
No one knows the names of these
boys or gives them, as individuals
thought, we said
In that statement we were wrong
WAR, Providence, in announcing
the Manhattan Serenaders last night
told the radio audience the names
OF all the musicians from that OF
the leader down to that of the boz
who carries the drum.
The Washington times., 1924-04-30

Our sympathy is herewith ex-
tended to Frederick William Vile
and we trust his indisposition will
be Short-lived.
The Washington times., 1924-04-30

Political writer's, whose obserVa-
tons usually yield precedence, in
the newspapers to the raging story
of crime, jazz and graft are dis
covering that the mIcrophone guar
antees them front page every time
with an eight column head.
Although we have no proof, we
believe that Frederick William
Wile's radio audience is more than
double the number of persons who
read his daily products in the
papers.
And Frank Kent has added
thousands of listeners to the pub
lie that follows his observations
of political affairs
Last night we were permitted to
hear the debut of a third one OF
the leading political writers of the
day.
William Hard, who has just re-
turned from a tour of the hotbeds
of political life in the West and
middle West, brought a fresh and
interesting account of what the
Presidential race looks like from
We, here in the grandstand of
the East, are apt to be misled in
the view we obtain of the Candi'
dates on the back turn and it was
therefore, Of especial interest to
hear Hard's comments.
Mr.. Hard's voice comes across
the air unusually well and his
presentation of his subject last
night had plenty of kick for the
occupants of the easy chairs.
Our sympathy is herewith ex
tended to Frederick William VILE
and we trust his indisposition will
be short-lived.
One Program SOOtheS.
One of the most soothing pro
grams we have heard in some time
was that of the Columbian artists
which preceded Mr.. Hard's politica
talk from WRC.
The readings of Marjorie Web
ster, with musical compartments
fell softly on the night air anC
softly entered our headphones.
The quartet numbers alsn were
distinctly easy to listen to.
All IN all, it was hundred pei
cent entertainment program that
the Park road station provided fol
the night.
We stumbled through the rifle
fire of static up to Schenectady just
in time to hear the overture to the
PIRATES of Henzance." 1t was bad
last night, that static. And so w
| pootnonod OJr attendance at the
Gilbert and Sullivan opera until
Sunday night when we can hear
the music with more ease and com
fort from Roxy and his Gang.
First Radio Wedding.
The first radio wedding that we
The Washington times., 1924-04-30
ROMPING AROUND
RADIO ) DIAL
IIliEsasTAFE1PHoTo
BY Listener-In-

have picked up rolled in early last
night from Boston, where Robert
and Harriet" were married at the
Better Homes Exhibit. The cere-
mony was complete in every detail
except the scent of orange bios.
SONS.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-16
WE DON'T PATRONIZE

S the
has e the a 6 o the D oeI or seven md by ngm
5ueers News of business the in self
Why do they want, wreck the farmers paper m t.
the truth about what going because exposes fars and gaS
beth in h and low P2ees De1ag it. ds thieves and @ and
That is the WbSs Of the boycott ' " ~ '
Some Of these who are boy9g this pretend to be de-
cent and honest and 6epo0e e and ng to S HOm fns{
and distinguished crooks and then they put their hyPootica
face and denunce Taylor because he st strife and knocks the town
o, the contemplate hypoGrtes! ,.+ :.
sympathy &' 5P sS graft and ' sdns sse f s s s g
A the fes News ems before there S .
done Who you defraud What have ton? That question settles
du News " t5F he has Something TO conceal or that som acvt
Birds Of a feather, you know, flock together.
penoo or amy institution Penood that is xRy It has never
attacked the decent business The state
exposed it has
Nobody is boIerng Win haveb been exposed
win continue expose eookedn will continue the mask off
Producers Se1s wiz let the people know the truth and has and
producing Sheridan countymen who believe honesty and
That Why there is boycott the Producers News-hat is why
These men say Producers News attacks hospital
they Producers News did They know
destroy fellow doctor Who best doctor this
that thy might have m2aopoy on the practice in Sheridan county They
t. close hospital built by the s OF the pfpe of GuE b h
which 5e Iuesfs News prevented the doctors fq Ru OF N &
public by exposing DOCTORS showing up
uugge and fake operations and general fraud upon the
public this
i these facts
thing the To-
hospital has only exposed couple Of doctors who have built their
public feather that nest
And the Producers News and its friends bocong those who
the finish
Producers News will be closed those fighting the Producers News will
be osedu they
defending that
making against i
rs will be that the Producers News will have the right
punishment
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-16
Economic News Service
Federated Press industrial Editor)

Inc steady migration of Negro la
Dor from the south appears IN the
TACT that south Atlantic states re-
port the greatest shortage Of farm la
Dor with supply equal to only "a per
cent CT the demand. In the west,
northwest and Pacific states the sup
ply exceeds the demand by from 2
per cent to 10 per cent.
Farmers were forced to pay higher
wages for farm labor in 1928 than
IN 1922 but at that the wages were
only 81 per cent above the 1914 av-
erage. The average rate with board
for male farm labor in 1928, accord
ing to- the department Of agriculture,
was S33.18 a month compared with
S29.17 in 1922 and $21.05 in 1914 Day
wages for harvest labor with board
averaged S2.45 in 1928, 1920 in 1922
and S1.55 in 1914. The increases
from 1922 to 1923 are attributed to
the Industrial competition for labor
especially in the northern states.
The average value of pillow land
decreased from 500 an acre in 1920
to 500 in 1928, according to the
Sears, Roebuck Agricultural founda-
ton. Crop values an acre fell from
$50 in 1919 to SIS in 1921. Farm
bankruptcy proceedings in the feder-
al courts jumped from 1000 in 1920
to 5000 in 1928. The foundation ex-
poets farm values to continue down
ward for about ten years. Then
when the demand for farm produc-
ton exceeds the supply, prices will
rise and with them the price of farm
land.
This is beautiful prospect for the
farmer who borrowed money to put
, land under cultivation when the
world needed more food, only to lose
both land and investment when farm
values collapsed. He will live to see
a new farm boom, but not as an in
dependent farmer He will be a ten
ant or wage Garner without interest
in the land. His farm along with
others will have been consolidated into
some great capitalist enterprise farm
ed by an expert manager and the
profits Of the recovery will go to the
capitalist lending institutiOns which
secured the land cheap under fore
] closure proceedings.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-16
FARM NOTES
BY LELAND OLDS

FARM NOl EC
Danger that the sacrifice of the
American farmer to commercial pro-
fit will go too far is seen in the an
ncuncement of the department of ag
Giculture that the net loss of farm
population to the cities since 1920 has
amounted to between 1 100000 and q
100000. Experts fear that the agri-
cultural system will be unduly run
down and that land will go out of
cultivation which will later have to
be reclaimed at heavy expense.
The drift to- the cities since 1920,
the department says, has been at the
annual rate of about 100000, partly
offset by the movement the other
way and by the excess of human
births over deaths on the farm From
1900 to 1910 this excess was 1896
for rural territory compared with 8.8
fer the cities.
Sooner or later this drift will re-
duce the per capita production of
food below the danger line or to a
point where a bad season would re-
suit in serious food shortage ap-
preaching famine conditions.
The opening of the century marked
a turning point at which population
in this country began to, increase
more rapidly than farm production.
Since that time the exportable sur
plus of grain and meat products has
steadily declined Crop area per per-
son in the United States dropped in
the first two decades of the goth
century from $50 acres to 3.18 acres,
more than 8 per cent. 1t is dropping
now at a more rapid rate.
This tendency will eventually force
a backward flow to the farms which
can hardly be accomplished without
some violent social CONFUSION at
! great economic waste.
The supply of farm labor on April
L, according to- the department of
agri culture, was estimated at 90 per
cent of the demand. The shortage
was less than a year ago when the
supply was So per cent Of the de
mand. The improvement this year is
probably due in part to the economic
pressure forcing farmers to reduce
their demand and in part to increased
unemployment in the industrial cen
ters.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-05-16
BEVERINCS BACK
FROM CALIFORNIA
CAME OVERLAND IN AUTO-RE-
PORT THAT HOOP PLAGU E
CAUSE OF DISCOMFORT FOX
EASTBOUND TOURISTS.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Beverings and
children has returned to Plentywood
after spending a couple of years IN
California arriving here last Friday.
They came overland from San Fran
sisco in an auto taking six days Tor
the trip. Mr.. Bevering says that he
is glad to be back in PlentywOod and
Montana and cut of California. He
will make his future home here. Mr..
Bevering used to be interested in the
Plentywood Machine Shop. He re-
ports that people are leaving CalifOr-
MIA by the thousands because OF the
terrible financial panic that has set
in that country and that thousands
of workers are actually starving. In
speaking of the hOOf and mouth di-
sease that has broken cut among the
cattle in California Mr.. Bevering gave
the following story to the Great Falls
Tribune which we reproduce here
with
Great inconvenience on Border
Great Falls, May 8.-An interest
ing tale of discomfort and a dis
coCraging forecast for California was
told by Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Bevering,
who stopped in the Great Falls tour
list park en- route to their home near
PlentywOOd. from California.
Mr. and Mrs Bevering had been
visiting friends in San Francisco and
their recital of conditions contingent
upon the ravages OF the foot and
mouth disease was of considerable in
terest. According to Mr.. Bevering
about 1000 people, many of them fer
mer residents of this state, are wait
ing until the roads open up to get out
of the land eff honey.
Mr. and Mrs Bevering described
graphically their passage through the
Arizona border quarantine station
and the inconvenience linked witt
this procedure. What food they car
ried was confscated in order that the
disease might not be carried into the
other states, they said. Several roads
cut Of California and now closed alb
solutely to tourists they said, and {
rigid quarantine which prevents the
emigration of anyone from that statt
is in force in some districts.