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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-14
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-14

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
U. s. INSPECTOR HELD AS BRAINS 'OF MAIL ROBBERY
William F. Fahy Con nected Up With $2,-
 100000 HOldup

CHICAGO, August 26.-GOvernment agents have arrested William F. Fahy, postal inspector, one of the best known men in the service, as the "brains" of the S2,OOO,O00 mail train robbery at Roundout, Ill., June 12.
 Fahy, long regarded by high. govern ment officials as one of the most ex- pert investigators in the postal de- partment, a man who had years of ex- perience, was arrested in his office late Tuesday. He was astOnished and at once vigorously protested his inno- cence.
 In the robbery, which Fahy was charged with having planned, bandit gang stopped and boarded a mail~train, threw tear gas bombs into one of the mail cars, engaged in a pistol battle with members of the crew and clerks, and finally escaped with the loot, con sisting of currency and securities, in waiting trucks and automobiles.
 Placed In Jail.
 Charles H. Clarahan of the postal in spector's office in New York, city, ob- tained the evidence on which Fahy' s arrest was made. Fahy was taken into custody by Chief Deputy United States Marshal Samuel Howard and he later was sent to the county jail at Geneva, III. The purpose of this move was not explained by government agents.
 According to officials who caused his arrest, Fahy obtained and hid a part of the loot and had been in daily touch with members of the gang that committed the actual robbery. He was not present during the robbery detec- tives said, but he met members of the gang soon afterwards. United States Commissioner Bettler fixed his bond at $5O,OO0, which he said he was unable to furnish.
 q know what is back of all this and it will come out before long," Fahy said, soon after his arrest It is a frame-up, one that 1 have seen coming for a long time."
 ''We can show that Fahy planned this whole thing from beginning to end," Inspector Clarahan said. "He knew the movements of the trains and what they carried"
 The warrant on which Fahy was ar rested charged that he conspired with Sam Grant, Max Greenburg and others, to rob the mails.
 Others Arrested
 Other members of the gang with acting were arrested some time ago. They are Carlos FOntan0, Ernest Fon- tana, Walter McComb, James Mur- ray, Herbert Halliday, Jeff Newton and Willie Newton. All these men are said by the government agents to have long criminal records.
 Fahy, originally United States secret service agent, with Philadelphia as his headquarters, came to Chicago four years ago and was assigned to the local postoffice. One of the most not able achievements of his career was when he solved the $500,000 mail rob bery in the Dearborn street station here. As a result of his work in this case Big Tim" Murphy, Chicago poli- tician and labor leader, was sent to the Leavenworth penitentiary. Fahy also had much to do with the solution of mail robbery in the Union sta ton,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
COLE |. BLEASE
 AHEAD IN RACE
 FOR US. SENATOR
N. B. Dial Runs Third In South Carolina Demo-
 cratic Primary

COLUMBIA, S. C., August 26.- With 610 boxes of a total of 1,345 in the state reported in the South Caro- lima democratic primary today. Cole l.. Rlease. was leading for the nomination for the United States Senate with 26,- 019 votes. James F. Brynes was sec ond with 20,1S7. Senator N. B. Dial was running third with 15,139 and John J. McMahan was fourth with 1,S44.
 A majority being necessary to win the nomination indications are that q second race will' be necessary two weeks hence between former Cover nor Blease and Representative Byrnes.
 Tn the race for the nomination for governor, the incumbent, Thomas C. Mcleod, has been renominated over his opponent, John T. Duncan, of Colum, bia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
BICYCLE COMING BACK, FIGURES SHOW
Output Has Doubled In Last
 Two Years

WASHINGTON, August 26.-well, well, the old bicycle is coming back with rush. The bike output has doubled in the last two years. In 1921, the department of commerce re- ports, 216,000 bicycles were manufac- tured. Last year the output was 490.- 900, an increase of 121 per cent in two years. A return of the good old days now waits only upon a boom in the side-saddle and surrey industries.
 But photographs continue to multi ply, 9S1 900 being produced in 1923 against 592, ,000 in 1921. The number of records made declined by 100000 in the two-year period. Last year only 9S, 100000 were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
NEWS FROM TODAYs
 WANT ADS

Three bungalows and 21s lots in TrOtwood Park at auction Thurs day. New bungalow in Forest Park. s11,- 500.
 Nine-room house renting $50 per month for S4.25o. M Young lady roommate wanted. 1928 Ford with bunch of extras S3o0 -saspiehdid Woodlawn bungalow for S5,7s0' on terms, High-class negro property from
 S3,500 to eI,500.
 bungalow. $i0,500. Ford touring car with starter, ts5. Brand new portable typewriter for sale.
 English bull pups for sale. wilI trade 1924 Special Six stude- baker. fully equipped for what have you. Middle-aged lady with bakery ex- perience wanted. seven-room cottage near Glen Iris school only ss50 down. Soda fountain for sale. Barbecue and confectionery for sale.
 Ten electric weiders wanted. Men experienced in selling tailor made clothes wanted. Store. dwelling, stock and fixtures for $9,500. Building lots in University Heights from $500 to S1,500. Collector wanted. NorwoOd bungalow for only s7sO down.
 Turp to Pages i4 ana 15.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
PREMIER HEREOF
 WINS APPROVAL OF EXPERTS PLAN
Given Confidence Vote In French Senate By
 2O4 To 40
tLsased Wire to The Are.Heraldl

PARIS, Aug. 26.-Overcoming the strenuous opposition of his predeces- sor, M Poincare, Premier Edouard Herriot won vote Of confidence in
 French sauate Tuesday hight ail5 received that body's approval Of tht Dawes settlement as embodied in the London protocols.
 The senate supported Herriot by . vote of 204 to 40, The chamber oi deputies having already approved the London pact, it's ratification by the French parliament is assured.
 Poineare, in q six-hour speech, which at times developed into an acrid, wordy duel with Herriot, defended "militaris- tic methods of dealing with Germany against his successors attempt to set tie the reparations problem by an agreement based on the Dawes plan. The keynote of Poincare's oratory was dstrust of Germany and the admoni- tion that French should trust only in force.
 Poincare Argues
 Summing up his arguments in sup port of the Ruhr occupation, Poineare declared:
 France never should have aban- doned the Ruhr unless assured of Ger many's good faith. The policy of good will is justified only if Germany replies in like manner, The only pacts guar anteeing France against fresh aggres- sion am defensive alliances based on military agreements. England refuses this. Therefore, France must refuse to disarm. France is not guaranteed by sea, therefore, she must watch her se- curity on the land"
 The London pact, POincare empha- sized, was based lon the shifting sands of Germany's good faith.
 Dealing in detail with the mOdifica- tions of the Dawes plan made by the London conference, Poincare especially criticized the presence of an American delegate on the separations commission, which he pointed out would prevent France from having a majority on that body. He charged that the international financiers had dictated the delibera- tions of the London conference, adding that Herriot should have granted noth- inE until the financiers guaranteed they would place Germany's railroad and industrial bonds on the world market instead of merely a $20O,OOO,O0o loan'
 AssaiHs Arbitration
 Assailing the principle of arbitration by neutral powers in the event of Ger many's default, Poincare said:
 .sGermany easily. can find neutrals who will defend her against the meas ures she will assert impoverish her"
 He pleaded for a continuation of the military occupation of the Ruhr, urging France must not evaeuate an inch until the bonds provided for in the Dawes plan are taken up.
 Herriot, replying to PoIncare, as. serted it was impossible to use war methods in peace time, and concluded The senate is free to choose between a policy of isolated action and inter sIIiad collaboration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
Kl< l<ehANTS MEET OFFICIALLY OPEN WITH MANY HERE Registration Indicates Best Convention In
 History Of Body BARBECUE FEATURE FOR GUESTS TODAY Many Events Scheduled For Closing Day Of
 Convention

A crowd of about 5000 state merchants, Birmingham manufacturers and whole salers, were attracted to the opening of the eighth annual convention of the Alabama Merchants association at the Phillips High school audito- rium Tuesday evening.
 The meeting was attended by fitting ceremonies. Com missioner wv. L. Harrison of ficially welcomed the visitors and presented a mythological key to the city to J. L. Hicks, president of the organization
 '.There are no guests more worthy of the hospitality we can offer" Harrison said.
 Interest of the /. ogram largely cen tered upon two feature addresses de- livered by Dr. c. ". Dyer, sociology professor at Vanderbilt university, and Dr. Henry Payne, consulting engineer of the American Mining congress. Dur ing their brief talks both gave vent to fiery utterances against socialistic tendencies and radicalism, which, they declared, was threatening the future of the government by boring from with in"
 'sThe structure of wages built on the basis of Flying wage is clinging to Q false standard" Dr. Dyer, the first of the two lecturers stated The prob Ian ia truly an esoIsonaie one and tlse wage should De set upon the worth pa the occupation and it's importance. The living wage fosteFed by immense or ganizations has caused general infla- tion because of the dependency of one upon another. And it has left those not supported by some organization out in the cold"
 Farmer Bankrupt
 Such was the case of the farmer, he said, and continued There are few farmers today who, if they balanced their assets and liabilities, would find they are anything short of bankrupt. The same people who howl the loudest for a living wage are the first to take advantage of the .predicament of the farmer.
 Deviating somewhat from his theme in the later moments of his address, Dr. Dyer declared the first duty of every ir dustry was to turn out. men, which has recently been neglected in the scram after money. "When we get back to the old standards, civilization will become much better off" the speak CT said.
 Substantially Dr. Payne's talk was the same as the one he delivered before the Kiwanis club earlier in the day. He did, however, comment upon, the
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
REPORTED LOSS IN NIGHT BLAZE SET AT S75O,OOO Entire Block Threatened Before Flames Are
 Controlled SPARKS AND WIRES ENDANGER CROWDS Two Bremen Slightly 1n- jured Fighting Con-
 flagratiOn

Fire originating from an ex- pIosion of the middle boiler in the machine shop of the Hardie Tynes Manufacturing company, at Eighth avenue and Twenty-eighth street, at 8 80 o'clock Tuesday night, destroyed the machine shop and burned other parts of the plant, causing an approximate damage of $750,000.
 Following the explosion, the flames spread with such rapidity that the night crew employed at the plant were forced to flee for their lives. Some attempted to reach fire extinguishers hung about the shop, but were unable to reach them on account of the sweep ing flames.
 Firemen, who received the alarm at 8 :34 and who arrived on the scene a few minutes later, were unable to cope with the flames which had entirely covered the machine shop. They sue ceeded in cutting 1t off from the foun. dry and office and it is believed that only slight damage was caused to the pattern shop.
 Police Control Crowds
 Police were called to hold back the large crowd which quickly gathered, as spectators endangering themselves and the fire fighters by crowding under the live wires which dropped from the burning building. Practically every member of the evening shift had to be placed on duty, to hold back the crowd z Aa unid denfifiad firenlan from Ma 4 station was struck on the knee by flying bricks, when the southern wal of the machine shop fell shortly before 8 o'clock. Two other men from the same station narrowly escaped being caught under the wall.
 A second fireman was overcome by the burning gas of his pump engine, but both he and the man injured by the falling wall came back into the fight before names could be secured.
 Refuses to Estimate Loss.
 W. D.. Tynes, president and princi- pal owner of the plant, arrived at his office at 8 :45, and remained until the fire was under control at 10 o'clock. He refused to give an estimate of his loss, stating that if he could not give accurate figures he would not give an approximate loss. He told a reporter that he was reaching too high when he asked if q million would cover his losses, but he refused to talk as the figures were lowered.
 Friends of the owner who rushed to his aid estimated the plant and tools to ha vvorfh ahout R45O 0O0 ar %500 0O0 Employees, however, stated that the shop was over-flOwing with work and
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
DAVIS PROMISES GOVERNMENT OF HONESTY
Boiler Blast Sta, Costly Fire At Harie- Tynes Plant
LAKE REGION
 HIT BY SWARM OF MOSQUITOES

HHICAGO, August 26.-Efforts
 to combat the mosquitoes
 swarming throughout the west ern Great Lakes region were under way today as the winged pests in- vaded offices and homes, drove golf CTS from courses, forced closing of suburban camps and resorts and brought discomfort to numerous out door functions.
 The insects forced high school football team to abandon it's sum- mer training camp at Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, the players being com pelled to don their heaviest togs for protection. Farmers in the vicinity of Brainard, Minn., were reported driven indoos by the swarms, those remaining in the fields wearing heavy gloves and screening about their faces.
 Only few anophelene or ma laria-carrying mosquitoes are among the millions in the vicinity of Chi cago, according to Dr. w. 0. Al len, associate professor of zoology at the University of Chicago.
 Marsh lands near Chicago are being sprayed with oil and health authorities have issued directions for treating "bites:"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
La Toilette Is Unable
 To Suing Labor Vote
 Says Judge E.H.Gary
Says Working People Are Strongly Divided In
 Political Leanings

NEW YORK, August 26.-Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette cannot swing any large part of the vote of the working people to his support in the presidential election this fall, in the belief of Judge Ebert Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation.
 The steel chieftain, in statement Tuesday, quoted figures he had com piled purporting to show that of the 2,925, ,000 members of the American Fed eration of Labor, 90 per cent are in- eligible to vote and that the rest are strongly divided politically.
 'I have nothing to say against Sem ator La Toilette or anybody else," Gary said, "except that the working people who go to the polls next fall are not going to vote for him because they be- lieve as the majority does that the election of the independent ticket un- doubtedly would be very injurious to the prospects of prosperity and the gen. eral progress of this country"
 Uncertain As To Name
 Gary wasn't certain of the name of La Follette's party. Newspapermen told him it was called the conference for progressive political action.
 "I believe prosperity depends upon different and better management than can be expected from that ticket" Gary commented.
 However good, we'll intentioned and deserving the people believe the lead CTS are, the working people, which in- cludes you and me and those who labor with their hands, men and women, are entitled to and demand thnt this conn., try shall take advantage of its oppOr- tunities to progress and prosper.
 'The large majority of the people" he continued, "right-thinking and clear thinking, are not going to be deceived
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
ANOTHER SMITH
 IS NAME SOUGHT
Californian Tired Of Being One
 Of The H. M. Smiths

SAN FRANCISCO, August 26.- Henry Monroe Smith of this city, for most of his 45 years, has found himself referred to as ."one of the Fl. M Smiths" Yesterday he petitioned the superior court to make his first name Another" instead of Henry.
 His petition written in the third per. son, after the fashion of legal docu. ments, set forth that he is prefectly satisfied to be Smith, ]" but that there remains only the alternative of altering his Christian, or given name, in the giving of which he had no voice whatever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
GROVE VTTRIOLIC
 AS HE DEMANDS
 DEATH PENALTY
Calls Franks Slayers Mad Dogs And Spoiled
 Sons Of Rich
Leased Wire to Tho Ags.Herald)

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 CHICAGO, Aug. 28.-In yitrolic death penalty demand, the intensity of which made Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb cringe and cover, States Attorney Robert D. Grove Tuesday insisted that the slayers of Robert Franks go to the gallOws.
 "Mad dogs,s smart alecks, the spoiled sons of the rich" ''cold-blooded and vicious kilIers;'' these were some of tie terms plied to the two young ! infe ifeotnaia by . relentless prusecutot who had worked himself into q frenzy Of 0ratory and denunciation.
 "In this case, with the mass of evi- dence presented by the state if a jury were sitting in that box and they re- turned a verdict and did not fix the penalty of death, every person in this community, including your honor and myself, would feel that the verdict was founded in corruption" Grove shouted.
 Dramatic Moment Comes
 Perhaps the most dramatic moment of Crowe's plea for the death penalty came when he turned and addressed Loeb and Leopold. Characterizing the three defense alienists as three wise men from the east" the states attor- ney said:
 "The three wise men from the east who came to tell your honor about these little babies, and being three wise uien from the east they wanted to make the picture more perfect, and one of them was sacriligous enough to say this pervent, this murderer, this kidnaper (Leopold) thought that he was the Christ child and that he thought that his mother was the Madonna, without q syllable of evidence any place to sup port the blasphemous and sacriligous statement.
 "Who said that this young pervent ever thought he was Christ? He has proclaimed since he was Il years old that there was no God" Then Grove addressed himself directly to Leopold.
 Addresses Leopold
 q wonder now whether you think there is a God or not?" he asked. T wonder whether you think it is pure accident that this disciple of Meitzs- chian philosophy dropped his glasses, or whether it was an act of divine provi- dence to visit upon your miserable ear casses the wrath of God in the enforce ment of the laws of the state of Hi noisT'
 Then Grove turned away from the defendants and faced Darrow and the Bachrach brothers, his assistants.
 "Why, your honor, after the Bach rachs had completed my education in the psychOpathic laboratories, then Clarence Darrow took me on a chau- tauqua trip with him, and visiting vari- ous towns, we would go to social settle ments, such as Hull House, and Clar- ence Darrow would expound his pecu- liar philosophy of the law, which means there ought not to be any law and that there ought not to be any enforcement of the law.
 "Yes, and he even on this tour critized severely the states attorney and his
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
o. c. SPARKS DIES
 OF SHORT ILLNESS
Was Prominent Birmingham
 Tailor For Many Years

o. c. Sparks, for many years a well-known tailor of Birmingham, with offices at 119 Twentieth street, north, died at 10:16 Tuesday night, at the Fraternal hospital, following brief illness. Mir. Sparks became suddenly i'll Monday night, and Tuesday morn ing was removed to the Fraternal hes pital.,
 Mir. Sparks had no relatives in Bir- mingham, although he has two brothers in Ohio, one at West Union and anoth- CT at Cincinnati Lige Loy is holding the body, pending advices from rela- tives, and will announce funeral ar. rangements later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
HONORS PLANNED
 FOR TRUCK DEAD
Indiana Guardsmen To Be Given
 Military Escort

LOUISVILLE, Ky, August 26.- Bodies of three soldiers of Company L, 151st infantry, Indiana, national guard, killed at Camp Henry Knox last night when an army motor truck, upon which they were riding, overturned, will be sent to their homes under military escort and will be buried with military honors, it was announced today. Nine teen other Indiana gaurdsmen were in jured in the crash, none seriously, how ever, reports from the camp said.
 Maj. Gen. Robert H. TyndalI, com manding the Thirty-eighth division, made a personal examination immedi- ately after the tragedy and said he would appoint board of officers to conduct a full investigation of the ac- cident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
LOUISIANA KLANS
 TO BE UNOFFICIAL
Anti-Secrecy Law Causes Change
 In Status Of Order

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26.-Thurs-. day will be the last time in which the 'Klans" of Louisiana will meet of ficially as the Ku KIux Klan, the Times Picayune will say tomorrow. After that date there will be no off cial organization of the Klan in the state, the membership being directly under the national headquarters at At lanta.
 Continuing, the article says: ''The anti-secrecy laws passed by the recent legislature requiring all organizations to file a list of their members with the secretary of state in December each year, and which this year must show the membership from Sept. 1, is the cause of the Klan deciding upon this course. The law requires the officials of an organization to file the list. There are now no state officials, these having been removed recently by Im- perial Wizard Evans"