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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17
SERGEANT YORK
 HAS FIRE LOSS
World War Hero's Granary And
 Barn Burned

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 16.--A message from Jamestown says that the barn and granary of Alvin c. York, worlds war hero, located at pallmall, Fentress county, burned last night with farm~ machinery, 200 bushels of corn, his supply of feed and several head of cattle and hogs. The loss is estimated at $10,000 to $l2,000; insurance about one-fourth. The residence was saved by hard fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17
LAND VALUATION
 LAW STANDS UP
Mississippi House Refuses To Listen To Preachers Warning

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 16.-(Spe- eial. 1.-The house of representatives has killed all hope of the passage of tie bill repeating the law prohibiting manufacturing corporations from hold ing more than. ,$2,000, 900 In land ynlua- tion in Mississippi.
 The bill had previously passed in the Senate and 1t was making good progress in the House until Represen- tatiye Lemuel Walter Evans, of I.eake county, 9 minister of the gospel, began to quote Holy writs, assuring the House that if it did not kill the bill, it would be visited by the wrath of God"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17
THE WEAi HER

Aiabsms; Showers late tonight and Sunday: mild teinperature.
 Georgia: Cloudy and somewhat colder tonight; probably rain in north ern portion tonight; Sunday rain.
 Mississjpps: Rain tonight and Sun day; cooler Sunday in northwest DOT. tion. rf
 TenneHsee: Rain tonight and sun day; warmer in northeast and colder h southwest portion Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17
CANCELS CONTRACT Canadian Minister Says They Will Not Buy U. S. Hydroplanes

TORONTO, Ont, Feb. 16.--"T The hydro airplanes are not for us our con tract was cancelled last Monday" said James Lyons, minister of lands and forests for Ontario when informed to- day that the United States district at torney at Norfolk, Va, had obtained on injupuction restraining the sale Of former American navy planes to several men, one of whom, Jack Elliott, is al- legged to have agreed to sell to this province.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17
NOTED ARCHITECT DIES.

Henry Bacon Succumbs At Age Of 5S.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 18,--Henry Ba- con. 5S, noted architect died in the Post Graduate hospital here today. Bacon designed the $2,500,000 Lincoln memoraI in Washington. He was born in Watseka, Illinois and was graduate ot the University of Illinois.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17
Alice RooseUelt Stood On Her
 Head And
"Boudior Mirrors of Va WashimgtoM" Starts Today

Did she care what they saidi And what did they say? And why did she do it?
 Alice Roosevelt had a mind of her own.
 And the dowager had a con- firmed pleasure in her own poor health. So
 But read it all. "The Bou- doir Mirrors of Washington" an amazingly frank picture of social, political and diplomatic conditions at Washington begins today on Page 4 of The Age Herald. 4sssF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17
SURVEY 0F
 PROPERTY NEXT MOVE Potential Holdings Of People May Yet Be @
 Saved To Nation OIL LEASE BRINGS
 ABOUT NEW MOVE Acquiring Of valuabls Elsss II Wealth And Catpotstioas Fl
 Lii6ely To n Checked ALABAMA,s REoIJlsf
 MAY BE FAR.REACHIrvC ], Congrsss Delibsrating On Stock Takins Of An PublIc Hold.
 ings 10 Conserye Them
OIL LEASE BRINGS
 ABOUT NEW MOVE
NABAlhk,s REQ(JEsf
 MAY BE FAR-REACHIN
fWA6HYlgGT(J1 BTJRNAU)

! I WASHINGTON, D. O., Ieb. 16s-- Tho request of the public utilities com ,pission of AlAbar6a that the federal fpysrument survSy the potential water power in that state will result, ;jt is 1sgarded as highly probable, in action by the federal government looking t0 the survey not only in Alabama but In every state of the union.
 In tho beginnnig, the idea prevailed that the Congress would not appro- priate in accordanee with the request from Alabama. But since the Teapot Dome development, in which it was made knovn that individuals and cor ppratiops of great wealth were permit ted to exploit property of the govern msnt which Is the property of Ah the ment rsepsc ing Alaskan coal hnds, in that an attempt was made likewise to convey property of the people to pri- yafe interest, Congress apparently has concluded .to take stock of everything for which it is guardian in the intere4t of the people, and to hold 1t against all who eoyet.
 HH To,Be Amended
 The biIl which would give expresgion tO tlAra 4AEMUc0ts OL Juc <A1aDHluHe pUDAlC utilities @ mmission will be amended, vey may be taken of all potential water power throughout the country, It is recognized finally by Congress that water power is source of great wealth, and that corporations are quietly but rapidly acquiring possession of all avail. able sites. 1t is pointed out tbat these corporations, with engineers always in the, field, locate site before the gov- ernment dreams of it, and acquire it for a small fraction of. it's value, and then make the people. in rates, repay them many fold.
 The old idea that such development greatly rebounds to the benefit of the people is. slowly passing, and GonRress today, 1t is apparent, rllI be more hesis tant hereafter in qi1pps{pg 6f my pr0ps erty which is fIsaE 6f tIis public.
 Survey Tn Every State
 If the amended bill is enacted and that eventually it will be appears cer- tain--the engineers will survey every state and thus Congress will become aware of what 1t actually possesses, and just how valuable is each site corpora tons desire permission to develop for their own fortunes.
 The Alabama public utilities com mission sent the request for a survey of potential water power in Alabama, which was in fact n resolution of the legislature, to Representative John Me- Duffie of the first district, the only Alabama member of the rivers and harbors committee The bill is being studied for amendment for accordance with the determination to make it gem eral rather than local in effect, and within the next 10 days will be intro duced.
 Already water power corporations are preparing to kill it. The indica- tious, however, are that they have lost their power to prevent legislation in the pubIic's interest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09

which can be used for this pur-
pose. 1t is planned to have July
18th a general Tag Day. on which
a campaign will be carried on to
raise money for this fund. This
tag day will be held in all parts
of the county. No definite amount
is asked from any one person, but
we hope that every one will give
according to his means. Your
hearty support is asked to help
make this work a decided success
The physicians of Villas county
have endorsed this piece of work
and have expressed their willing
ness to cooperate in making it a
success.
Ann Christman,
County Nurse.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Visiting in Scotland.

Judge and Mrs. A. H. Reid of
Wausau left last week for New
York where they sailed on Satur-
day for Scotland. At Glasgow
they will meet their daughter Mrs.
Janet Reid Thompson and will
spend the time with her and other
relatives until July Goth. That
date is the opening of the Inter
national Bar Association meeting
in London, and the Judge will
attend as a United States repre-
sentative. Following the close of
the convention Mr.. and Mrs. Reid
will tour Europe for another
month, expecting to arrive back
in the States some time in Septem-
Der.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Was Not the Man.

The arrest of the alleged wife
murderer here has attracted con-
siderable attention to Amigo. But
the affair has developed into some
thing of a joke even though it is
a very serious matter. A man is
arrested under circumstances and
surroundings that, circumstantial-
ly at least, connect him up quite
definitely with the murder. The
man who pulled the murderer's car
out of the ditch and several others
who saw him say the man in cap
tivity looks like the man, but they
aren't sure about it. Another man
comes along and says he isn't the
same man. Then couple of wom-
en- come from Grand Rapids, Mich,
who are supposed to know this
man, and they say he is the same
Cummings who married the wom-
an in that city. The prisoner says
he can prove an alibi if taken to
Rice Lake, where he roomed and
was working at the time of the
murder. He is taken to Rice Lake
and people there say he was in
Rice Lake at the time the murder
was committed. Now the man is
back in the Langlade county jail
still serving time on a drunk
charge. 1t is to be hoped that
some definite information might
be secured before his time expires.
Amigo Journal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
TAG DAY FOR CHILDREN
July 18th Set Aside for Rails
ing Hospital Funds for OPP
erations.

The County Nurse has visited
practically every school in Villas
County for the second time and
has inspected all the school child
rem in regard to their physical
condition. She finds that very few
corrections have been made; either
for the removal of diseased tonsils
or fitting with glasses for defec-
tive vision. The causes for this
is not that the parents do not
wish to have these corrections
made, but that they have not the
means to do it. In order to have
the necessary corrections made at
a hospital, or in nearby city, it
not only takes time but also a
considerable expenditure of money.
A small operation, such as having
diseased tonsils removed, will cost
about $500 and where there are
two or three children in one fam
lily who need this attention, it re-
quires more money than many
parents are able to expend.
Miss Christman, County Nurse,
has secured an eye, ear, nose and
throat specialist, to come to Villas
county and do this work at very
reasonable charge. Miss Christ
man plans to raise a Relief Fund
to take care of cases where par
ents are too poor to have the work
done or are able to pay only a
very small part of the expense.
DR.. Doty of Gary, Indiana, has
agreed to come here to take
charge of the work, which will be
begun July 21st, and will extend
over period of about three weeks.
School houses in various parts of
the county will be used as tenn
porary hospitals, so that the work
of removing tonsils and adenoids
can be carried on. DIR. Doty will
also, at this same time, examine
eyes and fit glasses for all those
who need attention.
1t was planned to hold a Dental
Clinic at this same time, but we
cannot undertake this until later
date.
1t is our plan to have a perman-
emit County Relief Fund through
which we can take care of cases
which come up from time to time
We have a certain amount of
money in the Red Cross fund
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Congregational Church.

Services will be held in the Con-
gregational church at 1000 a. M,
and HOO a. M, Sunday, July 18th.
The church school convenes at
1000; any visiting children will
be welcome.
Rev. Edward Ralph of Columbus,
Ohio, will hold morning worship
at 11:00.
There will be special music by
the choir, and a violin solo by Miss
Lorena Manley.
Strangers will be heartily vel
coined.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Vacation at Ballard Hon

The Charles Markle famil,
arrived from Chicago and
spend the summer vacation
at their cottage on Ballart
over near Star Lake. Thev
visiting in Eagle River M
arriving in the North We,
week or so ago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Daughter Had Operation.

Mamie Skinner, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Skinner, returned
to her home on Chain lake Sun
day, having fully recovered follow
ing an operation for appendicitis
several weeks ago at St. Mary's
hospital in Rhinelander.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Land o. Lakes Bulletin"

Stories and pictures of the
North Woods.
Hundreds of Illustrations.
Bob Becker.
Wisconsin CAL"
Ames Castle.
Single copies 25c; $100 per year.
Address
Land O Lakes Bulletin,
9-3t. Amigo. Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Moved to Washington.

The j. H. Dawson family who
for the past four years have re-
sided on their farm near Rice lake
northwest of town, left Monday
morning for Ely, Washington,
where they will locate permanent
ly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Plan for Large Resort.

1t is reported that Chicago cap
italists are contemplating the con-
struction of large summer resort
hotel and private cottages on
Stone lake somewhere in the
neighborhood of Manitowish vii
lage. This also includes the build
ing of golf course and the en-
tire proposition will entail over a
hundred thousand dollars.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Your Choice

Your Choice.
Your choice of beautiful Silk
Blouses at Renk's store; on sale
while they last only $4.98. Git.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09

Help the Children.
July 18th will be Tag Day in
county for needy children. See
article Tag Day for Children"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-09
Phelps State Bank
Phelps, Villas County, Wis!

Report of the Condition the Phelps located
at Phelps State OF Wisconsin, at the close of business
Both day of June 1924 by Commissioner
of Banking
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-11
or
CELEBRATION
IN COURT
Judge Lenient y Those Who
lmblbsd Too Freely II
Toasting orIffs

" enjoyed me Rnlr;a II much Is
anybody but I didn't 70 out and gek
drunk 20 celebrate the victory" sAi0
Judge Mnttingly Go the over-enthnn
lantlc fkns who were brought betOro
him % Police Court today.
An attempt to kiss q passing
young lady and his subsequent Ian.
guagN In failing to accomplish the
eareSs brought Jack Rich, twenty,
in court for disorderly conduct.
Everybody else was doing Il,
your honor he said, land I didn't
mean TO ~ profaAs." he was fined
Is.
Other celebrants, watN Eari d.
Griffith, eFnplOye al 4 filling station
at Twelfth and p streets; Paul De
Witt, who thought the officer was
playing with him ana stole his
hlacl1 Jack when placed under ar.
rest, and Franklin BickneH. charged
with being drunk and hfsorderiy.
Judge MAttlnglys took their per-
aOnal bonds III viBW of exkenuating
circumstances.
Il an disabled war veteran.
your honor Ayerrod William q.
1ea5srt, charged with being drunk
ANU onsUtueiy LILO DEehAiHe Biess n
the street, ana l am taking home
treatment.
NV Va , e tas l home ,. treatment s. a:
q day. I have been taxing y for
three years ana have never heen
drunk before had two ptnts last
night ana Il taxed my capacity. .
"WNll anyone who Rets S7S :
g month rom ne 0c y. 9 tor 90
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-11
JOIN
TDR|ESTOF|GHT
LABOR
London Foes Of Macdonald
Hope to Reach Agreement
Against Foe
BY DAVID N. CHURCH.
FnternatlonAl News Service otnef
CnrRonnaI 1870.

LONDON. Oct. liza Sunday
conference was arranged this after
noon by Tory and Liberal leaders to
discuss plans for 3 common tight
against the Lsaboritea In the general
election on October -.
An attempt win Be made 70 ar
range q pact whereby only one
party viii put up Q parliamentary
candidate to fight the LahOrito can.
didAte In constituencies where It
might BE- possible to defcat the
Laborite In a two-slded fight, but
would be impossible in . three-ccr-
nered battle.
Flood gates Of political orntory
were opened wide as the clectioneArs
made ready.
Former Premier Asduith issued
an appeal to Liberals to rally 70 the
support OF the party, charging that
Premier MacD called the ear.
lest election possible under the lava
with the hope Of destroying the
Liberals.
The opposition press, and the list
includes every London newspaper
except the Daily Herald. ii raising
the slogan. An unwanted electionp'
With but one newspaper support
ing its campaign tor q return 70
power, the Labor party b placing
strong reliance on speech-malsing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-11
I. 5 EMPLOYEES
DEPL0RE PAY
RULINGS
Situation viii Remain Hope
less Unless Congress
Amends Present Laws

The existing reclnzglfi cnAtnn law
win 10 absolutely destructive 70 al
the hopes 81 the Federal workers.
to obtain increases of salary unless
1t ii amended by the next Con-
gress, officials in touch with person
mel conditions said today.
Transfer Of the powers of the
Personnel Classification Board to
the Civil Service Commission, as
contemplated in the pending Lehl-
bach bill, viii not improve salary
conditions. according TO these Of
ticinls.
The NV itself contains j 'si0lksEs'
Of the highest magnitude n. the
so-cAiied average llary' provision,
which Comptroller General McCarl
has interpreted rlgidly and literally.
There II no way suf nullitylng the
effect Of it'll psrovieion save by
eliminating # from the statute
books.
Average SALARY RuIe.
Unde "a. ssAyeraga salary pro.
vision, n effect 4 1900 nnnansr
of employees cannot receive sala.
number receiving b below average
salary. This rule stands regard
less OF efficiency, seniority, or OF
the desire OF executive officials %
make deserved proEnOtions. Under
it's workings the federal employees
"a the lower Grades are kent - 8
tread.mill from which there Is no
escape.
The real menace of the provislon
has not Rot been Ernsped ~ kha
Federal workers, & = SAID. ana WIN
not b until attempts ARE made to
pronOte employees IN Sthe lOWor
grades resolving the minimum ~.
aries. When this u done the clause
In the law win automatically e.
strict promotions. There win ID
no way of circumVenting the s'aVors
age limitation even though an
the workers In d given gradA ar =
bureau should Ill be entitled On
EFFICIENCY and seniority grounds to
receive the maximum.
This warning oe the eeDoct Oe the
law comes from those who are
charged with administering &. and
not from outside sources which
might BE- charged with propaaandlR-
img against the existing reclnBsiflcns
ton act.
Sevore Bl0W d Employes.
I'VE regard the oct a. the worst
blow to the Federal workers thar
has ever been passed, said an sc.
ticial today. It automatically re-.
Btricts salaries. There d no way
of getting GROUND Il and the idea
that conditions win Be improved By
the passage of the I.ehlbach bin q
9 delusion and = snare. The INV
VIII have to BE- amended, ana Il
win have 10 be amended, ana a
win be ~ soon 40 Congress realizes
the real significance oe the Joker
Ii It.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-11

outs open and engines back.firing,
the parade continued for hours.
Vendors OF confetti and horns
appeared and sold out their stocks;
went back for more and sold them.
It was az though the Capital
would make its cheers heard in
New York.
Harris FOR President \ s'The Ola
Master II Master Still" Lets Give
Walter the Capitol read some az
the signs that were held from the
riotous machines.
"Debe and ''sub.debe" were there
dizzy and daring; statesmen were il
the mob along the sidewalks: GOV.
eminent clerks and shop-sirls Joined
the carnival.
Mothers brought their children
70 see the fun and joined In the
enthusiasm Of the youngsters.
Policemen smiled and traffic OF
ficers grinned. t
AL midnight the carnival paused
for funeral procession.
Along the avenue came the mourn.
ers. Covered with d sheet was u
figure that reseinhled a corpse. An
inscription said II was John Nc.
Graw.
Then once again a cheer.
The Msnsger IL dead. Long
live the Manager"
E
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-11
KNIGHTS OF COL OMBUs
WILL HONOR HOLIDAY

Columbus Day wfll Be celAhFAted
BY the Knights Of Columbus at 3
o'clock tomorrow night in their
han at s1s Tenth street northwest.
The address win Be delivered 81
John r, McCarron. Leo A. Rover,
past state deputy viii preside.
He win be INTRODUCED BY state Dep
uty James A. sullivan. the pro-
gram win include vocal solos by
Hazel Arth. Mrs. Edna Howard
Hillyard Howard, Willlam Cross
and Earl Grimes.
The committee IN charge Is com.
posed Of James A. Sullivan. Paul
Isatcliffe, I. ]. Fit1gerald, John b.
Burns. James b. Flynn, 4. !. Trod.
den and Hamilton y. clipper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-11
MAN IS "oAN LoTHARlo, !"
WIFE SAYS m sun

Claude Blaine, according - his
wife, Mrs. Ruth e. Blaine, rAust "a
some sort Of gay Lothario. she u
ieges that he has developed one
love affair AFTER anothee with yAfi-
Gus women, and told her that she
was going to live with the woman
Of his choice"
This statement Il made BY Mrs.
Blaine In q suit filed IN the District
supreme Court today Tor an abJ
soiute divorce and aliTnony alleging
misconduct ana naming a CORES.
pondept. The wife, represented BY
Attorney Raymond NendeckAr.' 81.
leges that carly in the morning Of
September 50 the vice SQUAD rSiaed
premises al 1903 Chaban street..
where the defendant lived with the
alleged correspondent, ana arrested
both. The woman forfeited q col.
lateral Of $25 in the Police Court
and defendant was flned $50 81
thirty days In jan. Mrs. Blaine
asks that her maiden name Ruth
p. Schofield be restored. they were
married in this city December Is,
lsiS, ana have nc cAfldrNn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-11
$23, ooo, 900 10 BE SPENT
by U. S. ON AIRCRAFT

The War Department plans an
expenditure Of $2S 200, 900 on the
air service next year, Secretary
OF War Weeks announced today.
This would be an increase OF Sl0,.
100000 over the amount spent this
year.
OF the total contemplated expendl-
ture, Weeks said at least $4,000, 900
would be used for Improvement oe
types and for construction Of new
airplanes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-11

(OOMLlnuSQ from F1rSL HaBSJ
team ana their families to be the
guests, Of the club today and to-
night. s
!. Invitation Accepted.
To man, the gracious proffer
was accepted and, with the excep.
ton OF one or two Of the players
who had engagements to begin
transforming today In other cities,
they win be enjoying 4 baseball
open house" at Congressional
Country Club today.
In order to attend the party stan
lev Harris, who had made rAserva-
.tions to leave at noon today on the
Federal Express for New Haven,
changed his plans and will not 20
unttl the midnight train. Similar
changes III their plans were made
by Goslin and Zachary, ii order
that they might attend the club
fete.
Mrs. waiter Johnson and wal.
ter's mother, Mrs. Frank johnson.
were highly delighted at another
opportunity to visit the Congress.
ei0nAl Club, particularly under
such suspicious circumstan
Roger Pecldnpaugh and Muddy
Ruel said that d round OF golf to.
day was exactly what they needed
to rest their nerves after the or.
deal Of winning d world champion.
ship on top of the American League
championship. Miss Helen, Ruel.
Washingtons premier catcher's
charming sister, Will accompany
Muddy.
Directors TO Attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Griffith, Mr..
and Mrs. Eddie Eynon and other
officers and directors OF the bali.
club, including Bill Richardson,
were equally pleased with the hos.
and players BY ting Congressional
Country Club and promised 10 be
happy members of tie thrung which
win mingle at the knfor1nal dinner
dance this evening.