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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
Air11ar, Joins Crowd Waiting To Take Body
 From Planning Plane
Macready Jumps 5000 Feet To Safety When
 Engine Stalls

DAYTON, O., June 19.-Lieut. John A. Macready, veteran army flier, added the most thrilling chapter last night to the story of his exploits in the air.
 He has flown across the continent in day. He has ascended to a height of more than 24,O00 feet, and come down stiff as an automaton from the intense cold.
 Last night he crawled out on the wing of his airplane, the motor of which had gone dead, jumped and pulled the rip cord of his parachute and started down through 1900 feet of absolute blackness. He landed without a scratch.
 Surprise Crowd
 One of the strangest features came after he landed. His plane had fallen to the earth with a crash and was i'm. mediately enveloped in flames. Crowds congregated around it and stood in hor- rified anxiety, helpless to make move to extricate the aviator whom they felt sure was trapped.
 Macready suddenly walked into their midst. He had landed short distance away and had seen the plane crash as he glided through the air.
 Macready was returning from night airplane flight from Columbus when the motor stopped. He said his first thought was to land where no lives would be endangered.
 So he headed for the outskirts of Dayton. Shortly the plane reached strange territory with absolute dark ness below.
 "Then I. prepared to jump," he said "My altometre showed me that I was between 5000 and 3,400 feet from the ground. I loosened my safety belt and threw one leg over the side of the ship, keeping one hand on the control stick.
 Finally I crawled out on the wing of the plane and attempted to nose the ship up so I could leave without any danger of having the parachute catch. had to work fast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
SHIPPING BOARD
 GIVES APPROVAL TO GULF MERGER
Page And Jones Of Mo- ' bile Among Operators
 To Be Eliminated

WASHINGTON, June 19.-The shipping board today partially approved the original recommendation of Presi- dent Palmer of the Fleet Corporation for consolidating the government-op- erated gulf trade routes.
 The recommendation will be brought about by the elimination of Page and Jones of Mobile, Ala, and the combina- tion of Trosdal, Plant and Lafonta of New Orleans and Schicovitch & O., of Galveston.
 The merger, although a trial one for six-months period, will take effect immediately, the nine operators being reduced to seven. There will be no re- duction in tonnage, now comprising 1Ol vessels. MT. Palmer had recommended a cut to 95.
 In accordance with the stipulations of the merger agreement, all of the op- orators have sign1fied their willingness to serve any foreign connections that are in direct competition with ship ping board vessels.
 The board at first rejected the Pal mer proposals because it thought further economies could be effected through the dropping and consolidating of a greater number of operators. Further consld- eration, however, was given the recom- mendations at a meeting of the board with MT. Palmer today and later the board announced it had approved Ill part the fleet corporation presidents original plan. Should trial of the Palmer merger indicate during the six months period, the necessity of further combinations, the board announced, ac- tion will be taken to bring them about. Under Operative Managers Under the merger, the retained oper- ators will conduct their routes, which run to various parts of the world, un- der the new form of managing Operat- ors' agreement recently placed in oper- ation in the north Atlantic and Scan- dinavian consolidation, which provides a commission of not more than 712 per cent on outward or 8 per cent on in- ward gross cargoes. Lump sum allow ances for husbanding, deck and engine room supplies and subsistence are elimi- mated in the new operating agreement, the charges to be confined within ~lim- it's to be fixed by the board.
 The fleet corporation will be required to submit monthly reports to the board concerning the operations of the re- spectiye agents under the new arrange ments and make further recommends tions based on developments as shown by these reports. Although at this time Mir. Palmer made his original pro- posal for merging the gulf routes the number of vessels operated was 115, this number, through seasonal with drawals, has since been reduced to 101. This number is not to be reduced, &C., | cOrdinR tO the hoard
 Besides the combined service the re- tained operators in the consolidation are the Mississippi Shipping company, Inc, New Orleans; Munson Steam, ship Line, New York; Daniel Ripley & O., Inc, Houston; Tampa Inter Ocean Steamship Co.,, New Orleans |; Waterman Steamship Corporation, Mo bile, and Lykes Brothers Steamship company, New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
CHRISTIAN SAYS HE IS INNOCENT
 OF FAVORITISM'
Invites Sweeping Investi- gation by Civil Serv-
 ice Board

Assistant Police Chief Tom Chris tian vigorously denied Thursday that he had showed favoritism toward any members of the police department and invited a sweeping investigation of his official conduct by the civil service board.
 Chairman John W. Altman an. nounced that the service board would keep hands off nless formal charges were perferred.
 Many little matters of internal dis sention arise," Altman said, most of which, I believe, are due to Commis- sioner Cloe's mismanagement. The boards policy is to decline to take cognizance of such matters unless writ ten charges are presented"
 Commissioner Cloe, Police Chief Fred McDuff and Assistant Chief Christian held conference Thursday, after which Cloe and McDuff gave out state. ments defending Christian and denying the charges against him.
 Cloe said if he found out who was responsible for the effort to create dissention in his department, he would take drastic action.
 Assistant Chief Christian offered an explanation of the Hubbard Riley af. fair and strongly resentel the insinua. tion that his past action had been the cause of comment among members oi the department
 No Discrimination
 Detectives Hubbard and Riley vert sent for to testify in case in. Georgia paid for the trip, and they were to bs thA q from work here. They came to me and asked that they be allowed one day off and I consented. MT. Riley suggested that, inasmuch as he had up to that time taken no vacation, this day off be allowed as one of the days of his vacation, which would mean that he be paid for the time.
 Hubbard, on the other hand, had received his vacation period-with pay --and the day off without pay was satisfactory to him. After they re. turned they went to Chief McDuft and told him that the trip had taken two nights, and that they had been paid for only one. He then authorized full pay for both of them.
 "In doing this he did not in any way condemn my action, but merely made q later arrangement, that was made necessary by an unexpected absence
 'As to the matter of my being brought before the civil service board on this or any past case, merely wish to state that am perfectly will ing to explain any of my actions since have been in office. During the entire time I have acted as I thought best for all concerned, and have never, know ingly, committed any act of favoritism nor showed any discrimination between members of the department"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20

NEW YORK, June 19.-BeverIy D. Harris, former banker, today was awarded an interlocutory decree of an- nullment from Elaine Lee Harris by Supreme Court Justice Wagner, who sustained the findings of jury, which recommended the annulment after a public trial.
 The legal battle started by Mir. Harris September 9, 1922, is not yet over for Mrs. Harris, who must face the grand jury to answer a charge of forgery, preferred by her husband five weeks ago,
 The first suit in which AIr. Harris alleged that his wife had misrepresented herself and family before their mar riage in 1916, was won by Mrs. Harris by default in December 1923. Harris almost immediately opened the suit and on March 5 of this year supreme court jury decided that his wife had misrepresented her social position and moral character. ..-.
 While motion to grant an annull- ment was before, the supreme court, Mrs. Harris made application for a new trial, which resulted in the forgery charge,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
CHTVALRY WINS,
 GREER IS FREED
Los Angeles Jury Acquits Ma
 bel's Chauffeur Of Murder

LOS ANGELES, Cal. June 19.- No plumed knight on prancing charger ever received a more graceful tribute for chivalry than did Horace A. Greer. former chauffeur of Mabel Normand, Thursday.
 The modern crusader, who was pie tured before jury of ten middle-aged women and two men as a conscientious youth who saw his fair employer in danger, and rescued her, was found mot guilty" of charges of shooting Courtland S. G. Dimes. wealthy Denver club man, during lively New Years Eve party nearly six months ago, after two hours sdeliberation Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
STATE COPS GUARD
 MINING VILLAGE
Pitched Battle Staged At Ken
 lucky Workings

MORGANTOWN, W. Va, June 19. Fifteen members of the West Virginia state police. in charge of Lieutenant Hobart A, Brown, have been placed in charge of the situation at Brady, a mining village near here, where a pitch ed battle occurred early today between mine guards and force of unidentified men in which one man was wounded and the union hall burned. The detach- ment of state police was assigned to Brady tonight after an appeal had been made by Prosecutor R. P. Posten to Jackson Arnold, superintendent of the state department of public welfare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
CUMMINS EXPULSION
 HELD Obregon Cancels Order As British Agent Is
 Recalled ACTION IS GESTURE
 OF SATISFACTION Macdonald Defends En- voy In Statement To House Of Commons MEXICO BEHAVIOUR HELD INEXCUSABLE Letters Regarding Treat ment Of EnglishwO-
 man Read
ACTION IS GESTURE
 OF SATISFACTION
MEXICO BEHAVIOUR
 HELD INEXCUSABLE

MEXICO CITY, June 19. H. A. C. Cummins, British representative here will leave for Laredo, Texas, on tho . D. m. train Friday.
 The Mexican foreign office denies that the order expelling him has been with drawn, but says that he was given ad ditional time to leave of his own voli' tiOn, having been withdrawn by the British government.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1s. President Obrcgon of Mexico, has cancelled the order of expulsion against H. A. c. Cummins, British agent, since he has been recalled by his government, the Mexican en- bassy here has been informed.
 Learning hat Cunmins had been recalled and that he was scheduled to leave Mexico City Thursday night at ' o'clock, Abregon "ordered that the measures taken to carry into effect his expulsion from Mexi- co be suspended, "a statement from the embassy declared.
 This action is regarded as a ges- ture to show the satisfaction of Mexico with the recall of Cummins. The Mexican government had re- fused repeatedly to cancel the order of expulsion before Cuninlins was recalled.
 AGENT IS DEPENDED
 Premier Reads Letters which Brought
 r.,r~, 1ADous asOw [, Press. )-Prime Minister Mcdonald in statement to the House of Commons today, said the United States had made arrangements by which the withdrawal of Herbert c. Cummins, the British charge des arehieves in Mexico City, from Mexico, would be effected.
 Mir. Macdonald defended the action of Agent Cummins in connection with the safety and well being of a British subject, Mrs. Evans, and read the letters regarding which the Mexican government had complained. The prem fer declared the behavior of the Mex ican government. however regarded had been inexcusable. This evoked cheers from the house.
 Mir. Macdonald indicated there would be a cancellation of the British mis- SlOu 4AOHidb AAOnlCIs MnACli was about to proceed to Mexico to make inquiries with a view to Great Britain's formal recognition of the Mex. ican government.
 In the letters of MT. Cummins to the Mexican government in behalf of Mrs Evans, which the premier read, the British agent in Mexico called atten. tion to the fact that Mrs. Evans had received news of attacks being made on her farm. In view of the fact that she was leaving Mexico City to go to her property, one letter stated, he urged that steps be taken to afford her pro- tection. In another letter Mir. Cummins said II wuold by these informal lines make last appeal to you and General 0bregon in behalf of Mrs. Evans. Ii is the desire of the British foreign secretary that the Mexican government should be made fully aware of the seriousness and danger of the posi-
 Continue on rage TwO.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
M'AD00 WIEN ABANDON MAJORITY FIGHT
MUNICH OPERA
 IS BROADCAST
 BY TELEPHONE

M UNICH, June 19.-Telephone W subscribers of Munich will be
 able to hear opera preform- ances of the Munich National thea tre in their homes as the result of an invention by the federal ministry of posts, telegraphs ar.i telephones, which can be attach9i to a tele- phone receiver at small cost.
 Contact with the opera is broken when an outside party calls listen ing subscriber.
 The fact that the complicated Wagnerian Opera "Walkyrie" was successfully transmitted, is consid- cred proof that this system can com pete with the radio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
C. w. MORRELL DIES
Macon Man Was Department Head of
 Grand Army Of Republic

MACON, Ga, June 19.-Charles Wesley Morrell, s3, department com Grand Army of the Republic, died here weeks. Mir. Morrell had been a resi- dent of Macon for 47 years. He was a nephew of the late Senator Justin smith MorreH of Vermont. F
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
RACES. APPROYED

NEN YORK, June l9.-Ihe titth Der ?, 3 and 4 at Dayton, Ohio, was sanctioned today by the Aeronautical race, which carries 5000 prizes in liberty bonds, will be augmented by more than a dozen speed events, open to prizes of $50,000, the chamber an nOunced,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Partly cloudy, with scattered thundershOwers Friday and Saturday.
 MIississippi: Partly cloudy. Georgia: Partly cloudy.
 Complete weather data will be found on Page IA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
SOUTHERN TO BUILD SHOPS
1,SOO Men To Be Employed At New
 Spartanburg Plant

WASHINGTON, June 19.-Con- struction of new shops for the Southern railway at Spartanburg, S. C., is to be started soon by the Dwight P. Robinson company of New York, which has just been awarded the contract for the work. About 1,5O0 men will be employed at tue new plant ,e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20


 "I let go of the plane and let the wind blow me free.
 II don't know in what position I was in when I left the ship, whether I was upside down or not. But l heard the parachute open with a snap and knew would land safely some place"
 Edward A. Weichet of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, walking down below in the summer darkness, was startled to hear a voice from the sky say:
 Hello below. Hey down there." Macready had decided to call out as he fell to preclude, if possible, injury in landing.
 II kept carrying on a conversation with those below until felt a slight bump. They told me later had landed on the edge of 100-foot cliff. Not a scratch or even a good bump"
 Air officials here believe Macready is the first person to ever make night parachute leap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
The
 Call  Gypsy CLan.-.

Somewhere from our distant tribal ancestors most of us in- herit a gypsy instinct to wan der, carefree, over the sunny face of mother earth.
 The early settlers of this great wonderland of ours, before civil iZation became so complex. took long journeys through the will derness in search of food and trading posts, but today we pen ourselves up in stifling houses and live in the noise and con- gestion of great cities-forget- ting the god-given call of the gypsy clan.
 An automobile would change all of this and afford you your out ings, fresh air and dreamy soli- tude close to the pulsing heart of nature. You owe a car to yourself and your family, if you want to live your best and get the most this modern age has to offer. The want ads of your Age-Herald this morning con tains scores of splendid used cars that can be bought on easy terms and are backed by deal CTS with an established reputa- tion for square dealing. If you do not find the car you would like today, ask us at Want Ad Corner" and we'll find it for you.
 Main 49OO
 calls the Want Ad Department of "the South's 'pullingest' paper"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
NORTH SWELTERS
 M FIRST WAVE
Two Die In Cleveland As Mer' N curry Leaps

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 19.-Two persons were dead and another in a serious condition tonight as a result of the heat wave here. Louis Gedeon, 32, collapsed while at work. Kenneth Swearingen, 32, was drowned in Lake Erie, where he sought relief
 The mercury rose from 5S this mOrn- ing to SC degrees late today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
CHICAGO, June 19.-Summer, lonI

CHICAGO, June 19.-Summer, long awaited by Chicagoans, who had expe- rienced scarcely any warm spring wealth CT, came into town today on a tidal wave of heat which brought the mercury from GA degrees at 4 a. m. to 93 de- grees at f p. m. The weather was the warmest of the year, the previous high mark being S4 on May 5.
 Two prostrations were reported dur ing the day which was the hottest June 1o in II years.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19
WE HAVE THEM ON THE LIST

There are men in every lodge, and it
really is pity,
We have them in the country as we'll
as in the city.
They seldom come to meetings, anG
they hate to pay their dues,
And at every call Of charity they
grumble and refuse;
Yet we have them on the list.
But they never would be missed.
They cannot give the password, it is
never on their lip;
They cannot give the sign, they do
not know the grip;
In fact, in the lodge room they so sell
dom can be found,
That we scarce know they are broth
ers till we plant them in the
ground.
So we get them off the list,
And they never more are missed.
Exchange.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19
A TALE OF TEN YEARS TOLL

House rent over the United States
has increased IS per cent since 1914.
During the year ending in March rent
went up 9 per cent. The largest in
creases during the past ten years
have been in the industrial cities and
towns of the East and Middle West.
In five cities house rents are $50 per
cent higher than in 1914, and in forty
one cities between 100 per cent and
$50 per cent higher.
These figures were secured by the
National Industrial Conference Board
in a nationwide investigation. The
cost of living is now about 70 per
cent above the 1913 level. 1t stands
at the time of the Armistive But
house rents are very much higher
than they were when the war ended.
The United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics gives figures for the year
by year increase in the various items
that make up the cost of living.
Rents in December, 1918, were only
10 per cent above the 1913 price. In
March, 1924, they were, according to
this bureau, 81 per cent higher. 1t
is the cost of food, and to a less de-
gree the cost of clothing, that brings
down the cost of living to the Armis-
tice figure. If it were not for rent
the cost of living would be several
per cent lower.
A family which paid 500 for rent
in 1913 paid S22 in December, 1918,
and $33 in 1924. These are Bureau
Of Labor Statistics figures. Accord
ing to the more extensive National
Conference Board figures, the family
paid $37 in 1924. In about forty
five cities it paid from $40 to $50 for
the house it rented at $50 month
before the war.
The result is that families have
crowded themselves into smaller and
smaller quarters, or have eaten less
and gone without the clothing they
were accustomed to. This has had a
bad effect on health. The most seri-
Gus result has been that crowded
homes in poor and congested sections
of cities have harmed family life and
hampered the growth of a generation
of better man and women.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19
MAKING CHRISTMAS
REAL CELEBRATION

As r. AND MRS. BROWN agreed
Mil not to have any Christmas Gel
ebration. They would just be
sensible, and have q restful holiday
without any Of the worry of trying
to outdo each other and their friends
in the exchange Of gifts.
Their friends had consented not to
give them any presents, and as they
had no children, 1t would be easy to
carry out their intention Of having
just an ordinary holiday.
Christmas morning arrived and Mr.
Brown looked at Mrs. Brown through
blinking eyes.
Merry Christmas" he said; Merry
Christmas" echoed his wife.
They were. both startled. That was
not the way to begin an ordinary holi-
day. They had begun it just as they
had begun every other Christmas.
But then," Mrs. Brown explained,
1T wouldn't be right not to say it,
would it, dearf"
Mr.. Brown quite agreed with her,
and they went down to breakfast.
At Mr.. Browns place were some
packages.
what are theseT' he asked, with
pretended harshness.
"Oh, dearie," said his wife, you
won't be angry, will you? l just
couldn't help giving you something. 1t
wouldn't be Christmas without some
surprises. And as we weren't giving
any presents, thought it was a good
opportunity to get you some things
you have needed a long time
Mr.. Brown tore open the packages,
which to his great delight contained
a velvet lounging robe, some Russian
leather slippers and a box Of his
favortte cigars.
you dearl" he cried, and kissed
his wife ardently.
Then he drew from his pocket a
small box which he handed her. Her
eyes sparkled.
For mer she exclaimed
For you," he said, and added, as
she lifted from the box beautiful
necklace Of pearls, 81 thought since
we weren't giving any presents this
year, it was a good opportunity to buy
you these pearls you have wanted 80
long,"
"You dear" said his wife, and
kissed him joyously.
Just then the doorbell rang A mes
senger with flowers and candy was at
the door. II thought 1t wouldn't be
Christmas without these" said Mr.
Brown.
"And you were right" agreed his
wife. 'You can't have Christmas
without candy and flowers, and pres
ents and surprises, which show how
people really love you."-H. Lucius
Cook.
90. 1924. Western Newspaper Uni0n)
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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19
A New Kind of Pincushion
s6sFGSZ

\ A pincushion is always useful and
appropriate gift, and here is one that
is most satisfactory. Fill a small
wooden, pasteboard or metal box not
over an inch deep, as full of steel wool
as possible. Cover the top neatly with
bit of ribbon or any pretty goods at
hand Pins and needles stuck onto
the cushion are kept bright and free
from rust by the steel wool, and the
bottom of the box keeps them frem
working downward
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19

October, 1923, trade union member
ships had increased to 5,541 900. The
increase during the year 1923 is di-
vided among all occupations and
unions, but the greatest increase is
reflected in industrial trade unions,
approximately 100000. Agricultural
trade unions increased their member
ship by $4,000; transport and COM
merce unions by 10000; Soviet en-
ployes and professional unions in
creased by approximately 100000,
and a scattered increase in miscellan-
eous unions was also reflected.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-12-19
TRADE UNIONISM IN RUSSIA

The change in trade union member
ship in Soviet Russia is worthy of
consideration. According to statistics
recently published by the information
al labor office, the memberships in
trade unions were 7,938,600. In April,
1922, this number had decreased to
5,846,8 800, and in October, 1922, to A.
$4,000. During the year 1923, bow
ever, a reversal of this movement set
in and according to- the census of