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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
IRISH FREE STATE TO HAVE ENVOY
 AT WASHINGTON
Correspondence Between Hughes And Howard
 Reveals Plan

WASHINGTON, July g. - The Irish Free State is to have a full fledged diplomatic representative here in the person of a minister plenipoten- tiary. He will have charge of all af- fairs which concern the United States and the Free State government alone.
 The official announcement was made here with the publication of q note oi acceptance from Secretary of State Hughes to Sir EsmsN Howard, British ambassador, who made the proposal in behalf of Great Britain.
 Hughes Accepts
 "I have the honor and the pleasure to inform you that the President, al ways happy to meet the wish of his maiesty's government in every proper way, will be pleased to receive duly accredited minister plenipotentiary of the Irish Free State, on the footing you indicate" Hughes said in his note of acceptance, dated June 2S.
 Prof. Timothy A. Smiddy, who has been here for several weks in an unof- ficial capacity for the Irish Free State, is expected to be named to the post. He has recently opened new headquarters here, in preparation for the establish ment of a ministry.
 The minister will have charge only of affairs relating to the Irish Free State. The note from Ambassador Howard indicates that this step does not open the way of representation here of any of the British dominions, stating that ''the arrangements proposed by his ma 'jestys government would not denote any departure from the principle of the diplomatic unity of the empire"
 Deemed Desirable
 Under instructions from his ma iesty's principal Secretary of State for foreign affairs, l have tEe honor to in- form you that his majesty's government have come to the conclusion that it is deg.rable that the handling of matters at Washington exclusively relating to the Irish Free State should be con- fided to a minister of plenipotentiaFy accredited to the United States govern ment," the British ambassador said in his note to Hughes.
 'Such a minister would be accredited by his majesty the King to the Presi. dent of the United States and hA would be furnished with credentials which would enable him to take charge of all affairs relating only to the Irish Free State. He would be the ordinary chan mel of communication with the United States government on these matters Matters which are of imperial concern or which infect other dominions in the commonwealth with the Irish Free State will continue to be handled as heretofore by this embassy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
KLANSMAN IS FREED .OF PERJURY CHARGE
Court Holds Denial Of Member
 ship Is Not Crime

ROCKINGHAM. N. C., July 23.- Holding that an admitted member of the Ku Klux Klan does not commit perjury in swearing that he is not a knight of the Ku Klux Klan," a superior court jury acquitted J. l.. Hawley, well-known local railroad man, on a charge of perjury here tonight.
 The case grew out of the trial in 1922 of a man who was indicted by a grand jury on which Hawley sat. The defendant filed an affidavit charging that Hawley was Knight in the Ku Klux Klan; and a denial was made by Hawley in a counter affidavit.
 Later. Hawley introduced a speaker at on open meeting here in the interest of the klan and a member of the state senate who was in the audience in. quired if he was a member of the or. ganization. ,Havley replied that he was. He was indicted shortly after ward for perjury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
WRIT IS ISSUED
 FOR EDITOR MAGEE
Supreme Court Of New Mexico
 To Test Validity Of Pardon

SANTE FEE, N. NJ, July 23.-A writ of habeas corpus requiring the appear ance of Carl Magee, Albuquerque pub fisher, before the state supreme court here Thursday afternoon, was issued late Wednesday.
 The court refused to allow a bond for AIagee's release from jail at Las Vegas, where he has been held on charge of contempt of court, the result of editorial utterances in the New Mex ico State Tribune, q Scripps-H Howard publication. The court ordered that Sheriff Loren Delgado of San Miguel county produce Magee for hearing by 2 p. m. Thursday.
 Delgado refused to recognize a par don for Magee issued by Gov. James Hinkle. The supreme court is expected to net on the validity of the governors pardon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
$7OO, ,OOO DAMAGE
 M STOCK YARD FIRE
Flames Spread To Exposition
 Building At Portland

PORTLAND. Ore, July 2S.-The Portland Union Stock Yards, owned by Swift & Co.,. caught on fire here this afternoon. The flames spread to the Pacific International Livestock expo sitiOn building,
 All available city fire apparatus was sent to the district in which the stock yards are located. The fire fighters were hampeFed in reaching the fire by wall of flame across the only avail able road to the stock yards.
 The loss on the pavilion was esti- mated at $5S0O0O, and it was stated that the total loss at the stock yards would probably amount to S7O0 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24

dox legal proceedings which is to de- termine the fate of the confessed slay- CTS.
 Facing the states attorney, Robert F. Grove, with fixed eyes as he styled their crime the most cruel, cowardly and dastardly murder ever committed in the history of American Jurisprudence, ' the 19-year-old defendants apparently found mental stimulus in the oratorical effort of the prosecutor.
 Really Funny"
 Tn brief pause which followed this climax in Mir. Crowe's opening state. ment, the defendants whispered to each other words afterwards described by Leob as really funny" After hearing
 (Continued on Page TwO.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
10 INJURED AT GRADE IN OHIO Driver Failed To Observe Second Express, Off,
 cials Say BODIES HURLED
 NEARLY 100 FEET Group Was On Way Home From Outing At
 Lake INVESTIGATION
 STARTS AT ONCE Accident Occurs 20 Miles East Of Toledo On New York
 Central Line
INVESTIGATION
 STARTS AT ONCE
(By Associated Press.)

OAK HARBOR, Ohio, July B. Ten persons were killed and ten others were injured, some serious ly, early tonight, when a New York Central passenger train crashed in- to an automobile truck at a grade crossing outside this village, which is 20 miles east of Toledo.
 There were 2 persons in the truck. They had been on a days outing al Sand Beach, on Lake Erie, and were returning to their homes when the accident happened.
 THE DEAD
 Mrs. Bern Cook. 40; Mrs. Mabel WoId, 3S; Forest Croninger, 14; Viola Croninger, 10; Olga Pratt, IT; Milan Schaff. 12; Holdon Huffman, IA; Elda Olds. II, and Geraldine Schimf, Ii, all of Attica, O., and George Spangler, 30, Willard, O., driver of the truck. Eye witnesses of the acciden. de- clared that the driEer of the car had stopped the machine at the railroad crossing, gone ahead to scan the tracks and apparently had failed to see the approaching train. He is said to have gotten back into the truck and driven on to the tracks directly ahead of the train, which was bound for Toledo from Cleveland.
 The train struck the truck squareIy in the middle and hurled the occupants more than 100 feet. it was said here. Some of the bodies are said to have been mangled almost beyond recogni. tion.
 The force of the collision carried the wreckage of the truck 300 feet down the railroad tracks, hurling bodies in every direction and scattering splin- teed wood and shattered metal for many feet.
 Some Escape By Jumping
 The fact that some of the 26 oecu- pants of the truck jumped at the moment of the. collision and that others were hurled free of the wreckage by the rushing train probably accounts for the fact that no more lives were lost.
 Occupants of the truck were all from Attica, and the youngsters were mem- bers of a boys and girls club on their annual outing. The two women in the party, Mrs. Bern Cook and Mrs. Mabel Wolf, were leaders in the club.
 Ottawa county officials immediately began an investigation in an effort to attach blame for the accident. They learned. it was snid, that the truck had been brought to stop at the Lo- cust street crossing to permit a slow moving freight train to pass. When the freight train had cleared the cross ing, it was said, the truck driver drove on to the tracks and into the path of the oncoming passenger train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
SOUTH OF FRANCE
 HIT BY STORM
Number Of Fishing Craft Are Missing After Heavy Gales

PARIS, July 23.-Heavy storms have ragged on the west and south coast of France, seas running exceptionally high and a number of fishing craft are missing. Lightning wrought havoc in the Montpelier region and several houses at Laure were struck by light ming and burned. A number of olive groves were destroyed by hail. Serious damage was inflicted to the farming regions of Lyon and the vineyards bor- dering Switzerland. The vicinity of Geneva also suffered
 At RoyFan the waves swept a girl of seven off her feet and she was rapidly being carried out to sea when Pierre Taittinger, deputy of the Parisiene constituency, leaped in and rescued her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
4 ARE KILLED
 ASSTAM FALLS
 IN CITY STREET
Detroit Auto Party Is Crushed As Debris
 Falls II Stories

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 DETROIT, Mich, July 23 -Four persons5 were killed, three instantIy, and one seriously injured late today when smokestack, said to have been weakened by the action of the wind and weather, fell from the roof of the Charlevoix building, II stories into an automobile on the street below.
 The dead mad injured were in the automobile. They are: Ernest Lin wood Mercy, driver; his wife, Mrs. Louise Mercy and Mrs. Minnie Lehigh, were killed instantly. George Lehigh, husband of Mrs. Lehigh, died at a hospital a fe wminutes after the acci- dent.
 The injured: Mrs. Genevieve Lehigh, Wesley M6rey, fl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
BLACK HAND WAR
 AGAIN UNDER WAY
Chief Witness Against 4 West
 Virginians Is Found Dead

CLARKsBURG, W. Va, July 23.- Renewal of the black hand war for which four men paid with their lives at the state penitentiaFy at Mounds vile several months ago, was seen by authorities tonight when the hacked body of Rocci Fiorelli, wrapped in a gaudy colOred quilt was found in a se- cluded spot several miles from Clarks- burg.
 Fiotelli chief witness for the state in the trial of the four men who were executed for series of murders in West Virginia, was victim of revenge by surviving members of the black hand society, authorities said Three men and a woman are held as suspects in connection with the disappearance Mon day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
20 CHILDREN DIE IN THEATER RIOT
 AT VERA CRUZ
Flaming Film Starts Stampede-17 Are
 Injured
(By Associated Press.)

VERA CRUZ, Mexico; July B. Twenty children were trampled to death and r persons were injured in the Eslava theatre tonight when the film of a moving picture caught fire and threw the spectators into panic.
 Those who were viewing the pie ture that was being thrown on the screen believed when the film exploded that the house had caught fire. A mad rush. especially from the galleries, which were filled with little children, resulted and many of them were tram pied to death. The exact number of victims is. still unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
THREE BADLY HURT
 IN FAMILY ROW
Missouri Man Held After Wife
 And Children Are Hurt

HOUSTON, Mo-. July g. Mrs. Fred Funkey is near death from shot wound, her son, Fred Funkey, Jr., 22, is in a critical condition from knife wounds, and her husband, aged 65, is badly cut over the face and hands and is under arrest here as the result of a free-for-all family fight today at their home near Arroll, in which q daugh- ter, Lola, 17, was engaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
FLAMES ATTACK
 GIANT GAS WELL
25, 100000 Cubic Foot Flow Only
 Partially Cut Off

FORT COLLINS, Colo. July 23.-- The Mitchell gas well, which came in last Saturday night, caught fire late today. The well has been flowing be- tween 2O,OO0.OOO and 25,000,OO0 cubic feet of gas a day. It is located thir' teen miles north of here.
 The cause of the fire is unknown. Other details of the fire have not reached here. The well came in with an estimated flow of S0,OO0,OO0 cubic feet, but had been partially turned off and the flow reduced. The well Is owned by the Union Oil company of California
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Fair Thursday except thundershOwers along the coast; Friday unsettled, probably local thundershOwerS.
 Mississippi: Fair.
 Georgia: Unsettled.
 Tennessee: Unsettled.
 (COmplete weather data will be found on Page 14.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
10 DIE WHEN P}eNIC TRUCK IS HIT BY TRAIN
Chicago Youths Face Victims Parents Without Emotion
FISH EATING CONTEST LOST
 BY SHERIFF

HEFLIN, Ala.,. July 2S.--(Spe- cial. )-An outing was held
 Tuesday afternoon on the banks of the Tallapoosa river near the Evans Bridge, fish eating con- test between Sheriff H. A. Jackson and Jim Ivey, local railroad man, furnishing ample amusement for the large number of people who drove out the for the afternoon.
 Mir. Ivey was awarded the decis- ion in the contest over the sheriff, the latter winding up weighing four or five pounds more than he did when he started into the game against the sheriff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
4 SISTERS DROWN
 M LOUISIANA
Three Girls Go To Death Res.
 cuing Another

NATcHtTocHEs, La, July 2s.- Four daughters of J. K. Chestnut of this city, ranging in age from 10 to 17 years, were drowned while bathing in Cain Lake, near here, early tonight. Three of the victims lost their lives while attempting to rescue a younger sister.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
Ss7 ROBBERY

Burglars entering through down. stairs window Tuesday night robbed the home of C. l.. Band 15031a Tenth avenue. south of cash and checks total ing approximately $S7. according to police reports. Sixty dollars in money and three checks tOtaling $27 were taken, according to reports,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
EARTH SHOCKS RECORDED

seismographs at the observatory of Raphael Bandandi, the earthquake ex- pert here, recorded to day violent earth shock continuing two hours. The disturbance was estimated to be at a distance of about 6,0o0 miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
HITS es DEGREES

NEW ORLEANS, July 23.--All rec ords for continuity of heat have been broken here with the thermometer reg istering as high as 9S degrees on three successive days with ind cations 1t will touch that point today and tomorrow, it was announced by the weather bu, reau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
AUTOMORILE RURNs

TUSCUMBlA, Aa., July 23,-(Spe- cial.) IA touring car owned by liar vey Robinson of Tuscumbia was de stroyed by fire Tuesday evening be- tween Tuseumbia and Pride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
Who's Got the Button?

Remember the paror game used to play Button button. who's got the button2 Little you may think about it, that old game pretty portrayal of modern life. There many things that ob
 sed to have and many different shops handling each article and different prices and varying qualities that to find the best and useful for the least money and in the shortest time become verable Button, button who's got the button And just to help you find the this perplexing question have established the beginning of the Want Ads every Sunday an tire page of things that interest women-who after a
 do most of the shopping This is feature conducted by woman for and is replete with the best and latest the progressive shops and every section of Birming ghanl-anythng from a wedding ring fresh steak and from health hint a beauty ex- pert the best drug stores furniture dealers groceries amusements etc., regularly represented in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-24
The WOmran's Realm

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 l saw It Tn Inc woman Kealm-the big new feature Age-Herald."
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The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17

Burns Extraordinary Daugherty head of the justice resigned under fire his chief did that while Daughy requested by the president the hasn't been informed whether the general asked Burns thou and do likewise No how he he and the eved of that dsgraced public office
 Organized Labor has long been showing Burns and his prjued before the world through the Burns served these turnd udaoy of his and the of Labor fell stuffed
 But the country knows Burns the witness stand in Wash convicted himself of being a and everything else Labor charged and Congress demanded he be fired Burns hung until apparently hot for him and then gracefully but the thinks digraceul during the when Walsh asking Mclean his $1 year who he had said he coud and his paper when wanted to find something.'
 revealed liar Is that the kind of have asked Senator Walsh
 "O !! replied Burns don't rely these dollar year fellows. 1 speaking of my real
 Burns admitted he had relied testimony he relied perured absolutely manufactured evidence his called investigations Organized Labor Many evidence Labor tried tell then permitted to do
 Labor won't tell in the future The knows Burns methods His usefulness Ant1Labor ended He and his will not be believed again by fair minded Thank God fearless Washington who exposed him and his But perhaps he has need to Like the with whom associated he probably raked pile sufficient keep him luxury the rest Of his days
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
WE'LL ROB OR sTARVE YOU

"BIG BUSINESS WARNS COOLIDGE OF TAX BILL" headline appearing Republican Times Leader of New Haven Monday detailed that delivered president that unless the pending bill regulated according BUSINESS might expect of the disastrous unemployment of 1921 The Chamber of following meeting of that organization Cleveland the before with the president under BUSINESS way the curame upon corporations the might look for the 
 of a a threat throttle unless Big allowed has in the by throwing the workers employment actually demanding that all be taken off business that they might have work Yet this be free where
 
 anarchy then threat of Big Business made by Barnes of the United States Chamber such All rantngs of the Reds the w. w. and their like could not stir one-hunde much in will this threat of BUSINESS the workers of the 
 years BUSINESS pratng about the unions limiting right work and enforcing limit strikes BUSINESS threatening the most gigantic strike attempted effects the country and little babies alike The depression of three years ago the workers hnness of belt line whereby they wiling work old The workers did their loved death by starvation and smashed snhereen Now BIG BUSINESS isn't satisfied It usual and demands that be relieved It has already made few of the workers be liable tax-especy pockeng profits gain ed from that objects gouged from the workers and threatens the workers unless these profits go untaxed.
 Coolidge upine appealed to Congress to re- back the Mellon has turned deaf May that This dental stands by the demands Big Business makes upon will caod by they They where and what going and who's doing They November following the week this time They'll be in fighting mood and the will be lucky indeed farther than the polls
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
ROCHDALE COOP. PLAN
 FAVORED BY UNIONISTS

Chicago, May 17-The bureau of cooperative societies of the Illinois State Federation of Labor has issued an appeal for workers to acquaint themselves with the Rochdale co-oper- atlve system.
 It IS proposed to work with the edu- catlonal department of the Central States Co-Operative Wholesale So- clety. The society serves a large num- Der Of retail cooperative stores in thsi and adjoining states. The trade unionists declare a bet ter understanding of the Rochda1e system of cooperation is necessary. This knowledge will aid genuine CO., operation and prevent confusion, de- ception and division within the work CTS ranks
 As the sentiment for cooperation grows, the trade unionists show efforts will be made by self-seekers to capitalize this sentiment by setting up various schemes on promises of wonderful returns
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
CHARLEY MURPHY WAS LABOR'S FRIEND

"Char1ey Murphb player, saoonkeeper ward boss, dictator of Tammany Hal-is dead.
 When Murphy took hold of Tammany for everything that vile in American politics The public utility dominated the to class affiliations felt duty bound fight Ta1any
 Murphy did make Tamany exactly Sunday school nzaon but he wrought great change He yielded public opinion He candidates appealed He many of the old ward leaders The when had Ii Wgwam
 John F. Hyan municipal ownership platform became with Murphys Al" Smith made Tanmany defed Wall and defended the peoples They opposed the Cummns c bill the ship subsidy the Mellon plan They could be relied back legislation proposed by organized labor They did these things with the approval of the boss
 Politicians pnched themselves What did mean Was Murphy becoming "boshevist?'
 Probably Murphy did know much about the principles of cal he knew people New York and he knew how to keep the majority on his side
 LaGuard Republican, expressed the idea when Murphy He great leader because he kept his hand the pulse of the people.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
WORKERS LIVES LOST
 THROUGH ACCIDENTS

Harrisburg, Pa, May H.-The state compensation board presents a grue- some record of lives lost i'll industry and permanent disabilities of workers since January 1, 1o16, when the workmen's compensation act went into effect.
 During the eight-year period the board granted weekly sums to 532, ,4er persons for temporary disability, Ill., 4o8 for permanent interpretation and 16,756 for the death of relatives. The employers of the state have paid $1 ,o8o,871 to recompense 81o persons for the loss of legs, $1,31o,4S7 to 626 persons for amputated arms, $3,o36,- 320 to 2,088 persons who lost their hands, $1,738,059 to 1,109 individuals who lost their legs. A total of So,- 596Oo4 was paid to 4.e44 persons who lost their eyes.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
Sense From Congress

Tt should be the desire of this great Christian nation to exemplify in its international relations as we'll as Ill it's national dealings and domestic problems the spirit of Christianity, the spirit of peace and fellowship; it should lead the world out of the hor- TOTS of war, away from the hatreds and anirnosities that provoke strife and prevent progress" s."-Senator Will fam H. King of Utah in speaking on Naval Appropriations Bill.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-05-17
AMERICAN BANKERS FOR OLD TIME
 HONESTY

Congressional of official with the orderly notwithstanding
 That the verdict of the American Bankers just completed of conditions throughout
 Walter w. Head of Omaha, nent to the
 Ihe investigations Washington have had i'll on business conditions throughout the country.
 HONEST BUSINESS AND HONORABLE BUSINESS MEN-AND THIS INCLUDES THE GREAT MAJORITY-HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR FROM SUCH INVESTIGATIONS.
 "On the there vdual who connpates guilty of improper has additional fear the righteous indignation of his fellow
 1he investigations did not contemplate the establishment of principle of attitude They whether individuals standards tegrity."