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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
JURY OF PEERS FOR EPISCOPAL
 CLERGY TRIALS
New Law Adopted, Guid- ing. Architectural Work
 Of Edifices

The closing session of the ninety third annual council of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Alabama, held in St. Mary's church Friday, brought two further important additions to tht church canons.
 One of these creates an architectural board. which will pass on church con struction and various ornaments whicf are to be adopted. The edict of this board is optional in acceptance If tht church is self-supporting, the canor reads. but where it is supported by the diocese their opinion must be con the standard of church beauty, the dele gates felt.
 Debate Arises
 Second to the canons,. and one which stirred considerable debate, governs ths selection of jury to try pastors ac cused of crimes of immortality or oi teaching doctrines contrary to those o1 the church. Under the new provision the jury will be selected from tht names of ten clergymen drawn iron the venire box.
 Of these ten men the defense anf those bringing the charges are allowed to challenge three each. The remain ing four, together with the chancellor act as judges at the trial Previously the Bishop appointed juries to try tht cases.
 The question of a new school foi negro boys to be established in tht rural districts was referred to tht executive committee after Dr. Robert W. Patton, field secretary of the American Institute of Negroes, had made an earnest plea in it's behalf. Ia was thought improbable that St. Mark. school, a similar institution located m Birmingham, would be effected by this the object being rather to establish q separate institution where negroes might be encouraged in agricultural pursuits.
 Meet In January
 Next years council, scheduled fol the third Wednesday of January, 1923 will be held in Grace chnrlh at Annis ton, 1t was practically decided at th. meeting.
 The council just closed was said ts have been one of the most Important and the best attended ever held in tht diocese 'Over 150 delegates were iI session at the three-day gathering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26

Justice Tompkins ruled that last part out of the records.
 Even more surprising, in the opin- ion of Pecora, was the fact that Ander- son appeared to know as little about Mann" as he did about King"
 Anderson said Mann had been recom- mended as good publicity man, and that he supposed he was such. He didn't know Mann's address, hadn't ever seen his office, or seen any evi- dence of the S25,000 worth of publicity and had written him a total of 25 let ters. Anderson had thrown these let ters away, however.
 T just took chance,' Anderson said, when asked whether he had ex- pected to be reimbursed when he sunk the $25,000 loan in "publicity."
 In subsequent cross-examination it developed that Anderson had taken one lone director into his confidence about the King income and the Mann outgo. This director, he said, was Dr. True man II. Baldwin, to whom he told the whole story"
 Hes dead now isn't he?" asked Pe- cora
 "Yes,' Anderson replied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
CROSSING SMASH BRINGS BUZZ OF
 ANGRY PROTEST
General Indignation Is Heard Over Intermin-
 able Viaduct Delay
OFFICIALS PROMISE
 IMMEDIATE ACTION
Declare RLe.\., Is Have Been .caus.t.s/utting Off
 ZS>%r So Long

Zp Ahissioners spent most of
 "A A1ing each other of their plans . Ekly establish viaducts and un- " Fasses at unprotected grade cross ings in downtown Birmingham.
 The collision between a street car and switch engine on Twentieth street which came near costing number of lives late Thursday. appeared to have thoroughly aroused the commission to action.
 Interviews declaring the projects would be pushed with all possible speed and that there would be no more dilly- dallying with the railroads, were freely issued by commission members.
 A. J. Hawkins, city engineer, said the city's plans are practically com plete and that it now is up to the rail- roads to move. The plans he has pre- pared call for viaducts at crossings east of Twenty-first street and under passes at crossings from Twentieth street west.
 Railroads Delay
 
 of the railroads by MT. Hawkins. They are having some trouble solving the track problem, he said.
 Quick, action and an actual start on construction work in a short time was promised by President D. E. McLendon. ''We will have the railroads in con- ference with us at once," he said, land the people may rest assured that defi- mite steps to build these viaducts and will be taken. I'm not willing to let up for a day from now on until we get somewhere. The city is ready to do business and the railroads must get ready in short order"
 Commissioner W. E. Dickson, who is head of the department of public i'm provements, asserted with emphasis that viaducts and underpasses will be started quickly.
 Must Act Now
 T feel just like President McLendon does about it." he said. "We can't leave these crossings unprotected any longer. I'm ready to go, to the bat. We will get in touch with railroad off Qials at once and proceed with final plans.'
 Commissioner w. l.. Harrison said President McLendon and Commissioner Dickinson had been in charge of the via duct plans and that They had been nov ing as rapidly as possible, in view of the many obstacles.
 "They will have my full support in the plans they draw up,' he said. I'm mediate relief is needed and we must act to prevent further accidents. The next one may take many lives"
 It was stated at the city, hall that officials of the affected railroads would meet with the commission early next week. The impression prevailed that the accident of Thursday had spurred railroad officials to action that will bring immediate results
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
TOLL GATES TO PAY
 S42,25O JUDGMENT,
Public Must Pay To Settle
 Claims Against Viaduct

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Jan. 25-Ve- hicles. passengers and pedestrians to- day began paying for the privilege of passing over the viaduct approach to the Harahan bridge in Arkansas with the installation of toll gates, in &C., cordance with a federal court ruling. to provide funds to meet a judgment of $42, ,250.50 awarded the firm of w. l.. Slayton and company of To- ledo. O.. against Crittenden county, Arkansas,
 Authorization for the establishment of toll gates was granted recently by Judge Jacob Trieber in United States district court at Little Rock, after the award of judgment, based on notes held to be overdue, to the Toledo firm. holders of bonds issued to supply funds for the building of the viaduct.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
TAX ON THEATRE ADMISSIONS TO BE REPEALED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Re- moval of the federal tax on all theatre admissions up to 90 cents were agreed upon today by ahe House ways and means committee.
 The Mellon bill, now under con sideration by the committee. pro- posed repeal of all theatre admis- sion taxes at an estimated loss to the government of $70.G00. GOO. Removal of the tax on tickets of 50 cents and under, it was esti mated, would mean a loss in revenue of $33 900, 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
NO SIGN OF LETUP
 IN ENGLISH STRIKE
Government Seems Time For In-
 terventiOn Has Not Come

LONDON. Jan. 25.-(By Associated Press. )-There was not the slightest sign tonight of any cessation of the strike of the members of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Bremen.
 The government appears to consider that the time has not yet arrived when it can usefully intervene and it is de- clared the reports that some move on the part of the labor ministry was an ticipated. were premature. Premier Macdonald will remain in London over the weekend, however, to be on hand if any special emergency arises.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
RESENTS PROSECUTION
r. J. Hogan, Acquitted In War Fraud
 Case, Attacks Daugherty

" OBSERVATIONS. Jan, 2J.-Attornev General Daughcrty iS called to task for q series of utterly unfounded political indictments in connection with war fraud prosecutions, by Frank J. Hogan. local attorney. who acted as counsel for the United States Harness com pany. just acquitted of defrauding the government on war contracts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
CRIPPLE HONORED
Artist Who Held Brush In Mouth Has
 Picture Accented

LUNENBURG. N. s., Jan. 25.-
 Earle Bailey, young Lunenburg artist. Nho because of an attack of spinal meningitis, has been unable to use his hands and who has achieved much sue cess by holding the brush in his mouth, won another honor today when his pie ture, ''The Spirit of the Sea-" was ac. eepted by the Toronto art galleries. ]
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
Is Convinced That Crimi- nal Action Has Been Committed In Oil
 Land Leases
SAYS THOSE GUILTY
 WILL BE PUNISHED
Loath To Believe Any Wrong Intent, But Wants
 Explanation
ZEvELY REVEALS MORE
 LOANS 10 EX-SENATOR
Says Two Advances Of $2S, 900 And $10y000 Were Made
 By H. F. Sinclair
sy RAYnomD CHAPTER

" HAY00WU CLApPkN
 WASHINGTON. Jan. 25-President Coolidge is strongly of the opinion that criminal action has been committed somewhere in connection with the oil leases consummated while Albert B. Fall was Secretary of Interior. Those who are guilty Of criminal acts must and will be punished, it was stated on behalf of the President at the White House Friday.
 This emphatic abatement was made after the President had read the amaz- ing testimony of Edward. l.. Doheny who confessed to advancing 5000 to Fall while the latter was a member of the cabinet, and prior to receiving the California oil lease out of which . profit of $100. 100000 was antici- pated.
 The President realizes that a man cannot be convicted on rumor and he , is loath to believe there has been any criminal intent, but nevertheless the evidence adduced thus far requires an explanation and an investigation and it strongly points toward criminal action somewhere.
 Federal Action -
 Furthermore, if the government is found to have suffered by any of the leases. steps to annual them will be in- stituted. Despite the departure of At torney General Daugherty for Florida Friday. the Department of Justice, at the insistent instruction of the White House. will press its own investigation and prosecute if grand jury indict- ment can be obtained. This development came just after smother falsehood had been nailed on ex-Secretary Fall by the sworn state ment of Colonel James W. Zeyely, per sonal attorney for Harry F. Sinclair, that he advanced Fall $35.OO0 on be- , half of Sinclair. Doheny had already testified under oath that he advanced Fall $100O00. So that 1t appears I'11l koil magnates who obtained the richest leases during his incumbency.
 Amazing Disclosures
 These disclosures are all the more amaking in the light of Falls state ment to the Senate committee-in writ iBg1-one month ago: sit should be needless for me to say that in the pur- chase of the, Harris ranch or in any other purchase or expenditure I have never approached E. L. Doheny or any one connected with. him or any of his corporations, nor have I ever received from either of said parties, enc cent on account of any oil lease or upon any other account whatsoever"
 Fall at first said he borrowed the S1OO,OOO from K. B. Mclean, Washing ton publisher. who corroborated the statement until the Senate committee put him under oath. Then when Mclean changed his story and denied giving Fall the cash, Fall admitted the truth of this and said he got the money elsewhere.
 May Force Denby to Resign.
 In addition to all of this is the ig- norance revealed by Secretary of the Navy Denby, who testified before the Senate committee recently that he didn't know that the Elk Hills lease
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
ENGLANDS ACTION
 NOT TO AFFECT q. 5.
Soviet Rec0gnitiOa By Britain
 To Be Disxegarded

WASHINGTON. Jam @4::1.-R @:1 Res1ump- ti0n ty Gz'aau RrIHaan ed diuD dapB9natle relations with RnSsia- nm ulia aplnGqn of President CoIliase, waIm hnwe Iass bear- ing upon the aHHltnle @d ube R.lue,I States howard RIsslla uhHn wGlH the investigation of s@v1tt rN,cpcrEHuHoH n0w being cenducTed by <IIjb-t,SGHHTnHuus,s pf the SeRale TereIgm EelRr6oIts evHnMIuuee. headed by Senai0r Eolah
 Mr- Coohage hel6eIe1 Hbt $anHHs In- quiry IS in cemR@asnu hRurdEs. and iu WAS intEiuatBd to-day uhAn he will nSw close his eyes tD anguhdug that may be developed. N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
SAYS RATES ARE
 UNFAIR TO TEXAS
Dallas Traffic Expert Testifies
 At Committee Hearing

DALLAS. Tex. Jan. 25.-(By As sociated Press. )-The session today of the hearing before Examiner William A. Disque of the Oklahoma-Texas rate case was consumed entirely with the testimony of Albert l.. Reed. traffic manager of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce. Mir. Reed in his testimony fired broadsides at the present rates in Texas in supporting his charge that the rates are prejudicial to Texas and favorable to other states of the south west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
INVESTIGATE RAILWAYS
Experts Committee Examining Gel
 man Lines

PARIS. Jan. 25.-The first commit tee of reparatiOn experts began today an investigation of the condition of Germany's railway system. The mem bers heard William NJ. Acworth, the British railway authority, and NJ. Lefevre. general secretary of the Union of European Railways. Both testified as to traffic conditions in the Peich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED
Former Councillor SchIicht Of Barar
 Killed Near Adanaux

MAYENCE. Germany, Jan. 25.- The separafist former councillor Schiieht was aSsassinated this morning on the road from Bell, near Adenaux to Neidemendig, by two men. Eight shots were fired into his body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
TRAIN WRECK
Several Passengers Injured On B. SO.
 Train At New Vienna. o.

Train At New Vienna, o.
 COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 25.-Several passengers were injured at 9 :15 o'clock tonight when Baltimore and Ohio pas senger train No. 47. en route from Gin cinnati to Rarkersburg, W. Va, struck a defective switch at New Vienna, O., derailing the engine and three cars, ac- cording to information received at local Baltimore and Ohio offices tonight. No one was killed, according to the reports received here. 4
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-09
Old Days In Americas

Eleventh Infantry, now at his home
here upon a short leave of absence
called upon The Times Recorder
yesterday to renew his subscription
During his six years ofsarmy life
The 7. R. has followed MIN half
round the world; from Cuba, Porto
Rico. The Pacific coast, and through
the islands of the Sulu Archipelago
for three years, and without ever
having missed q copy.
Colonel Fred B. Arthur is gong
to Join the march upon the great me
tropolis, and viii 90 with the Amari-
Gus party to New York Thursday
A farmer within ten miles Of
Americas sold a wagon load Of APP
pies here yesterday, and says he has
fully 500 bushels left in his orchard.
Mr.. w. D. Smith and family who
some time since removed to Cordele.
bre coming back to Americas, the
best town in Georgia after all.
Up to yesterday Georgias ship
ment of peaches alone amounted to
$500 cars. The Georgia peach is a
"peach" of a crop, financially.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-09
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. Angus

(From The Times Recorder. August
8, 1914.)
The cotton situation was discuss
ed by joint meeting Of the ware
bousemen and bankers Of Americas
at the Chamber Of Commerce Satur-
day morning and the general feeling
was far from pessimistic. The
bankers are confident that there VIII
be no difficulty in securing money
to handle the crop without any se1''
GUS loss. The plan has not been
definitely worked out, but Mr.. L. G..
Council, is taking advantage of that
influence and is in correspondence
with the leading members of the
Georgia Bankers Association.
What ever is the final outcome Of
the European war, even il a general
engagement of all Of the leading ia
lions here can be averted it will take
several months for normal trade con
ditions to readjust themselves.
With the exchange sill closed
there is no market upon which
values may be predicatLd. Good
cotton, however should bring 10
to 10 and one half cents without
difficulty.
Messrs. John H. Dolecaster, Roy
Christie, Lawrence Ansley and J. D.
Bellows, of Columbus, came over
yesterday to be the guests of Miss
CIebe Kemph and her house guests,
Misses Esther Wash of Fort Gaines,
and Misses Mary and Evelyn Bick-
erstaff, of Smith Station, Ala.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-09
THE STANDARD
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
BARGAINS
By .Ahern

Merchandise That We Bought Right
and We Are Going TO Share Our
Good fortune With Tou. Be
On Hand Monday or Tuesday,
This is a Real Dollsr Sale.
81 viii buy Z yards Imported
Swiss; many pieces formerly 81
yard.
81 will buy 4 yards of any piece
of Wolfe i'll our house; formerly up
to 81 yard.
ST will get your pick CT rack of
Misses and Ghildren's Bingham
Dresses.
ST. VIII buy 4 yards Brown Linen,
sc inches wide; actual value SOC
yard
81 viii buy yards Gold Seal
Percale, light OF dark shades, IS
inches wide.
81 viii buy one E. & W. Shirt,
collarlces or collar attached.
81 will buy 5 pairs Mems Black
Socks, double heels and toes, all
sizes
81 viii buy yards highly mer-
cerized Table Damasll, GA inches
wide.
ST will buy one Bleached Sheet,
size 72x90 inches with wide hems
81 will buy 4 Turkish Towels,
bleached snow-white, size 22X44
inches.
ST will buy yard Tissue Cling
hams, SO inches wide; value -:
yard.
81 will buy 5 yards SO inch Gre
tonne, great variety of pretty pat
terms.
81 will buy 4 yards Underwear
Crepe, all colors, 80 inches wide.
81 will buy 2 mems Union Suits
Of excellent pajama checks, all
sizes.
81 will buy yards good quality
Dress Bingham, fast colors. Il
inches wide.
81 will buy 8 yards standard
Apron Bingham, colors guaran-
teed.
81 will buy 2 Window Shades
mounted on Hartshorn guaranteed
rollers, Gx3 feet.
9I Will Duy ~ cans Lighthouse
Cleanser. You know the grade,
81 will buy 10 yards Curtain
Scrim, IS inches wide, white and
ccru.
81 viii get your choice of big
Lot of Ladies' Waists and Blousc5;
$3.50 to $500 grades.
81 will buy Union Suits for
boys, made Of good pajama checks,
all sizes.
81 will buy yards goo Pajama
Checks, Sc inches wlc.e. actual value
25c yard.
81 viii buy 2 Tress Patterns Of
good quality Wolfe, % inches wide.
81 will buy 8 pairs Roys' Over
ais, made Of good quality denim
81 viii buy 8 pairs ladies Silk
Hose, black and brown, quality per-
feet.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-09
VENOM I'M THE BEER

Martin Romler, barkeeper in
a local cafe, and one OF his Gus
toners drank a glass of beer
each from freshly tapped keg
today and a few seconds later
both dropped to the floor dead.
When the key was broken open
the body Of a viper was revealed.
The snake is assumed to have
crawled through the bunghoIe be-
fore the key was filled at the
brewery and to have discharged
its venom into the beer during
its struggle against drowning
Budapest Dispatch in the New
York Times
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-09
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PRECEDENT

Conversation of natural re-
sources was tried and failed ia 1901
saws Professor Graham of Wiscon-
sin State School of Mines He re-
fers TO a law passed that year re.
serving for the public all mineral
rights Of Wisconsin, Illinois and
Iowa. These rights were to be held
forever by Uncle Sam ard to be eX-
plotted only by shorttime leases at
highly royalties. This leasing sys-
tenn was abolished in 1916, and
private initiative and enterprise
took charge.
What if such policy did fail iH
1907? That doesn't mean it'd be
sure to fail today. In 1921 a sub
marine was tried out, designed to
rescue Napoleon-and failed the
very day of his death. Precedent of
the past is not always infalIible, by
any means.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-09
he .EXPERTo NUISANCE

The expert testimony farce
is now on in FIJI force in the not
ed murder trial in progress in
Chicago.
that the two defendants lived
and still live in a world of shad-
ows, populated with phantoms,
developed by a combination of
precocity and over-ego, etc.
Whereupon the states attorney
asked him how much a day he
was receiving for his service, to
which he replied:
1.-TWO hundred and fifty dol
lars"
There you are!
And other so-called experts
will hold the center of the stage
for awhile at so much per day.
1t is a travesty upon iusticei
So-called experts" can be pro-
vided at any time, anywhere 10
prove insanity or anything else.
The testimony of the so-called
experts" usually framed around
Hypothetical questions that only
an expert can understand, is too
often used to defeat the ends Of
justice, and this case seems to be
no exception.
1t is time for the expert to
go!-Atlanta Constitution.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-09
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. August
9. 1S94.)


A number of prominent citizens
of Americas are interested to a
movement to have Sam Jones, the
great evangelist come to Americas
at an early date, and remain TWO
weeks. Mr.. Jones has already been
conferred with and has agreed to
come when the time is fixed by the
local committee.
Phil Catchings viii be ''at home
to his friends tomorrow IN his new
place of business on Cotton avenue,
Scarboroughs old stand. He will
tell you of a few specialties through
the Times Recorder in a few days.
MIR. Thad P. Bell who has been in
Philadelphia for the past two years
arrived in the city yesterday, and
will be with the S. A. & NJ. in. the
general freight office in the capacity
of stenographer.
Mrs. w. P. Wallis left yesterday
for BlakeIy where she will spend two
or three weeks with relatives and
friends.
Miss May Davis has returned
home from a pleasant VISIT of sew
eval days to relatives in Ellaville.
Capt. W. W. Hubert, who re-
Gently succeeded the late Col. J. G.
Mays as division superintendent of
the Southern Express Company, is
in the city today This is Capt. HUI
burts first official visit to Americas
and it is needless to state that he
will find the affairs of tae local Of
flee up to high water mark.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-09
BE Square

William Byron Forbush has
recently published a new book.
1t is little, 68-cent affair, but it
is one of the most significant and
pregnant publications of this
modern moment.
The theme and plot of the
book is dishonesty and its price.
Its moral is its title, BE Square.
Stock frauds, land frauds and
confidence games cost us, each
year, Mr.. Forbush shows, ST.
000,000,000, burglary and theft
$525.000,000, embezzlement
and defalcations $I25,000,000,
graft and footing of public do
main $200,000.000, fraudulent
Bankruptcy and credit swndles
500 100000, bad checks
I25,000,000, piracy and sea-
port robbery $75,OO0.0OO - a
grand gloomy total of $780,
100000.
Add to this the SIS, 100000
900 we pay for police, courts,
jails, prisons, etc, and we know
that dishonesty costs us So, $780,
goo, 900 a year, sum sufficient
to pay the current expenses of
any three goverments-enough
to thoroughly educate every
child in the country.
Appalling figures, but they do
not tell the whole story even at