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Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30
Lloyd George Elected

CARNARVoN. Wales, Oct. 80. (By
The Associated Press). - Former
Premier David Lloyd George. Lib
eral. was reelected to the House of
Commons. polling 16.05S votes to
9,401 for his Labor opponent. Pro-
fessor Zimmern.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30
ATTENTION AvENEL

Big Republican Mass Meeting at Avenel
School House Tonight, October 30th. ] {.
S. Morse, prominent New York Lawyer
will speak on National Issues. Local
and County Candidates will also speak .
tPaid for by Woodbridge Republican
Ciub). 10705-10-30-1ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30
To Try Election Officer

NEW BRUNSWICK. OCT. s0.-
The County Board of Election will
hear this afternoon the complaint
made by Joseph Massopust, of Perth
Amboy that James O'Mara. election
officer of the fifth ward, of Perth
Amboy was under the influence of
liquor. The date was presumably
Primary Day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30
Small Robberies

Cigars, cigarettes and some change
were taken in visits made by thieves
to the business places of A. Plewa
and d. Fass at SO and 26 Smith
street, respectively, last night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30
NOTICE

Owing to the death Of Brother
Otto w. Will, P. =. R. Treasu-
rer of B. P. O. E. No. 7S4 dance
will not be held Friday evening.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30

! Many exceptional bargains in Used Cars
Dorsey Motors, Inc. open until 100 p.
NJ. 10550-10-2 -6ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30

Pull Down Curtains for the Ford Car,
s5S 90 Installed. Dorsey Motors.
10646-10-29-4ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30

Own n Chevrolet-the new way buy
20 Purchase Certificate at Jefferson Mo-
tors, Inc. Tel. Il 10649-10-29-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30

For WirIys Knights. overland Cars and
1884. 100zs-i0-11-1sts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30

Storage Batteries for the Ford and
many other makes, $16.5O at Dorsey Mo-
tors. 10640-10-29-4ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30

Ford FAN show ENDS Nov. 1s.. panx
miss It. Dorsey Motors Inc. open aas
I'll 1000 P NJ.
ID65o-ln-27-sts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-10-30

WEATHER


Fair tonight and
Friday, slightly
warmer Friday:
fresh northeast
shifting to east
and s o u t h e q st
w | n d 8 on the
coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
MAN IS INJURED AS FREIGHT TRAIN .SMASHES AUTO
Pillman DeasOn In Wreck At Twentieth Street
 Crossing

Pillman Deason of 902 Fifteenth street, south, was slightly injured when the automobile which he was driving was struck by a freight engine at the Twentieth street railroad crossing early Sunday morning.
 Deason received severe cuts about the head and was carried to the St. Vincent hospital, but was released a short time later.
 The. accident occurred when Dea- son was crossing the tracks after a switch engine, which had blocked the passage, had moved off. The freight engine, however, struck his automo- bile, as he was about to cross the tracks and dragged it about 100 feet down the rails.
 The machine was almost completely demolished, the rear wheels and other parts being smashed beyond repair. Witnesses declared the escape of Dea- son was virtually a miracle.
 c. A. Kessler. engineer of the freight train, of 1753 Pearson avenue, West End, declared he saw the pilot strike the automobile, and, thinking there were several people in 1t and that it might mean death to them, became almost unnerved.
 City Detectives Virgil Sandifer and w. B. Helton investigated the case, but no arrests were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
ACCUSATIONS LEAD
 FINZE TO WITHDRAW
Italian Secretary Denies Com
 plicity In Disappearance

ROME, June 1.-The disappearance of Giagacome Matteotti, known as the millionaire socialist" member of the Chamber of Deputies, today, brought about the resignation of Undersecretary of State Finsi. He explained that he was resigning in order to defend him self against the hbelous accusa tions spread against him by the opposition in their allusions to him when they speak of the investigators of. the Matteotti case" The police have denied report printed in the Messenger that the body of Matteotti was found last Thursday in forest near Vice. A similar re- port of the finding of the missing dep uty's body, published in a Milan news paper was also denied.
 The Giornale D,Italia announced that well-known fascisti named Dumini, who was arrested in connection with the Matteotti disappearance and an- other suspect of putato, who was also taken into custody, have also established alibis.
 Several sections of the fascist na- tional militia have been mobilized. Con- tingents of Caribineers have been cen tered in Rome to preserve order.
 The police have arrested Albino VOlpi in connection with the alleged Matteotti kidnapping. Volpi was tried and ac- quilted several years ago for the mur- der of socialist at Milan. During the last general election he participated in a movement against Deputy Forni.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
GASOLINE FIRMS
 PRICE WAR IN NEW ORLEANS
Initial Cut Approximates
 Three Cents On A Gallon

NEW ORLEANS, June 14.--A re- tail gasoline price war has broken out among the oil companies operating in New Orleans; with an initial cut equiv alent to approximately 8 cents q gal lon.
 Whether the battle will be confined to New Orleans or will spread Is not known, as no one in authority will dis, eusa the situetion What cansed that trouble iA not elSars but the Mexican Petroleum Gssk ef. 'Louisiana, one Of the ? an.American interests, ast short time ago "tippedg it's regular custoniers and began to issue to them books con tainifg $10 worth of coupons for $s.3I cash. The Standard Oil Company of LouialanA followed suit. The books were not advertised nor were efforts made to sell them to the general public, but the dropping in the business of other concerns soon showed something was on, for the regular consumers had told their friends about them and con cerns selling the books were flooded with requests for them. The first pub lie mention of the books came today in the form of an advertisement by the Liberty Oil company announcing 1t was placing them. on sale not only at it's own stations but at independent sta- tions handling it's products.
 Gas is retailing here at 201a cents a gallon, but the coupon book holders with the discount derived from their purchase are getting 1t at fraction over 17 cents. They pay on the basis of 2095 cents in coupons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15

Come on in here," he invited the patrolman, and led the way into a meat market. Give me ten hams. Give my friend, the policeman, ten hams, too"
 Mike was going on like that in such an extravagant way that the policeman took him to the station, where the sergeant named him as Mikes personal guardian for the afternoon. Mike seemed to be well upholstered with money for he bought ten of everything that Yonkers has for sale, and would have bought the city hall ten times if the patrolman had not intervened.
 What you need" said the guardian as he eased Mike up the gangplank, lis q good, reliable sense of propor- tion."
 Mike was rather drowsy by now, but he reached his hand in his pocket and pulled out tine roll.
 ''Get me ten of 'em," he mumbled as the whistle blew ''all ashore" and the policeman scampered down the runway, leaving Mike at the mercy of the sail ors who would try to sell him at least six of the seven seas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
NEW MINISTRY IS PRESENTED
 TO DOUMERGUE HerriOt Accepts French Premiership And Forms
 Cabinet

PARIS, June 14.-(By the Associ- ated Press.)-Edouard Herriot, leader of the radical party and head of the left bloc, which was victorious in the recent parliamentary elections, today accepted the invitation of President Doumergue to form a ministry.
 The usual conferences between Pres ident Doumergue and the heads of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies were followed immediately by the summoning of NJ. Herriot, who accepted the invi- tation he refused at the hands of for mer President Millerand. He has been working on the ministry during the presidential fight.
 Confidence Expressed.
 Confidence in Nj. Doumergue was the keynote of the morning press com ment, even in those newspapers which opposed his election.
 The new ministry, made up to carry out the repeatedly expressed determina- tion to exclude the minority from par ticipation in public affairs, comprises representatives of his own radical party and groups associated with it in the successful electoral campaign.
 The only non-partisan member is General Maurice Nollet, minister of war, whose selection is rather puzzling to political critics who remark that. while the policy of the new cabinet is supposed to be one of conciliation to- ward Germany, the war department
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
M CONGRESS
 GOAL AT AGE OF 69
Aged Democrat Seeks Re-EIec-
 ton For Tenth Time

TOLEDO, Ohio, June 14.-ConEress- man Isaac R. Sherwood. S9 years old, who filed petitions here today for re- election to congress said that he in. tends to stage an aggressive campaign which will not terminate until the votes are counted in November. He has served nine terms in congress as a democrat, and is the worlds oldest legislator.
 T will shake off some of my e0- year-old modesty and give the people of this district some up.to-date poll. tics this time" said General Sherwood. And if any man says I am not 100 per cent American I shall challenge him on the spot"
 Sherwood, who was elected to con. gress in 1922, after having been de- feated by W. W. Chalmers in the 1920 republican landslide, said he has been more active and done more in the past congress than ever before. He ex- poets to be reelected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
SYRACUSE TO HAVE
 SCHOOL OF AFFAIRS
New Endowment Provides For
 Instruction In Citizenship

SYRACUSE, N. r., June 14.- Chancellor Charles Wesley Flint of Syracuse university today announced establishment of school of citizenship and public affairs as an integral part of the College of Liberal Arts, Syra- cuse university. Endowment as we'll as current support of the school is provided by the gift of a benefactor, whose identity is not disclosed at this time. The school will enlarge greatly the curriculum of the university in po- litical science and allied subjects, it was said, and will add several profes- sors who are authorities in the fields covered by the foundation to the Syra- euse faculty.
 Tn addition to the main gift" Dr. Flint said, "the Carnegie corporation has made an appropriation toward the expense of organizing the work.
 'arhe new school will not seek to in- culcate any particular theories of isms' Chancellor Flint said. Tt will not be the organ of any particular eco homie sect"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
REALTY CHANGES MADE SATURDAY
 TOTAL S2O,OO)
Two Agencies Report Large Dealings In
 Downtown Property

That the Birmingham real estate market may continue its activity re- gArdless of the usual pail of summer dullness is attested in an announcement Saturday of the closing of deals in- volying $200,0o0 by the NJ. F. Berry, IT,, Real Estate agency and the Shep- herd -Sioss Real Eatate company.
 Transactions by the BETTY company, engineered by |. Sutherlin. sales man. .agcr of. the organization, total S141,- 900 and include q number of strategic downtown sites. Two of the deals are recorded in western Eighth avenue property, where there has been an ex- ceptional amount of trading lately,
 Other Deals.
 The Shepherd-Sloss company, reports the sale of the northeast alley corner of Twenty-third street between Second and Third avenue, from F. D. Nabers to Hattie Shepherd, at an approximate figure of $35,000. This property, 40 by 100 feet deep, is improved with one-story brick building and is ad- jacent to the projected new Athletic club and other proposed new buildings.
 Property, now vacant, on the north side of Third avenue between Twenty fourth and Twenty-fifth streets was also sold by the company to c. B. Brown. Sale price was set at $17 800.
 Largest of the Berry company deals was transaction for property at 2217 Fifth avenue at reported figure of S45,000. This piece was formerly owned by C. W. Duffee. The buyers name was not made public.
 Other deals by Sutherlin include the southwest corner of Seventh avenue and Twenty-fourth street at approxi- mately $30,000. The new owners name was not given out. It was owned by Mrs. Harriet Shepherd. G. B. Brown sold the southwest corner of Fifth avenue and Fifteenth street to Anna Bordenca for $16,000. Property at 1616 Eighth avenue was purchased by the Universal Realty company from H. S. Steele for approximately $15,- GOO.
 The southwest corner of Avenue F and Twenty-ffth street was sold by Frank P. Collier and P. NJ. Smith to sam Tillman at a price reported to be around $10,500. Property at 1904 Eighth avenue changed hands at $12,- 900, being sold by N. c. Glass to Frank F. Collier. Kathleen Shloss trans ferred property at 1417 Fourth avenue at a price near $12,500. The new owner was not made public by the Berry company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
DAUGHTER ADMITS
 ALTERING WILL
Mrs. Mabel Reid Offers Family
 Need As Excuse

CHICAGO, June 14.-Mrs. Mabel Rend, daughter-in-law of the late Will liam P. Rend, wealthy head of Chi cago Coal company, testified here to- day that she and her husband had modified the elder Rend's will because the family was in need. Mir and Mrs. Rend are joint defendants in a suit brought by their son, James, 9, to gain control of stock in the coal com pany worth $350,00O.
 Under the terms of the will the stock was left to the father of the young man with the provision that he was to derive no income from that source until he became 50 years old. Upon violation of this provision the stock was to pass on the grandson. The grandson's suit charges that the provis- ion was violated and he now seeks full control of the stock
 An ncle of the youth, Joseph Rend. who Is president of the coal company has filed 'Suit asking that the original provisions of the will be restored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
GOING OVER STATE LIST WITH MOORE Names Will Then Be Sent
 To Evins And Made Public APPROVAL OF BOTH
 GROUPS EXPECTED Tunstall Says Few De. clined To Commit On Anti-Klan Plank ALL 48 PLANNING
 FOR EASTERN TRIP Great Majority Of Re-
 plies Favorable Says
 Chairman
APPROVAL OF BOTH
 GROUPS EXPECTED
ALL AS PLANNING
 FOR EASTERN TRIP

United States Senator Oscar Un. derwood will pass on the 4s Ala banAa delegates to the democratic national convention at a. conference in Washington Sunday with Wal. ter Moore, democratic national com nnitteeHan from this state and one of bis warmest supporters in his campaign for the presidency, it was learned Saturday.
 According to Washington dis patches, the senator will transmit the names to R. B. Evins, chairman of the state democratic executive committee, with instructions to de- liver credentials to the delegates and make their names public. Meanwhile, the senator will issue no statement. these dispatches said.
 The impression prevailed both in Washingt0n and Alabama, that the senator would confirm the deiegates .nenatnated ahx klf 1si3sfskaII, cIsaffhaan b of the Underwood campaign cOnnnaittee, and former Gov B. B. Conner. Each named 24 candidates, the former gov ernor's list having been selected under the tarnhs, of an Agreement reached dur ing the senator's race against l.. B. Muserove in the preference primary last March.
 Tunstan Gets Replies
 Over long distance phone from his home in Greensboro, Mir. Tunstall told The Age-Herald he had received replies to all the questionnaires recently sent out, asking the Conner and Tunstall ap- pointees if they would back Senator Underwood's fight for an anti.Ku Klux Klan plank in the democratic platform, as we'll as vote for the senator as long as his name is before the convention.
 Tunstall said the delegates, without exception, pledged themselves to vote for Underwood to the finish and to oppose any move to tamper with the Volktead prohibition amendment, but that "a few of the delegates decliped to commit themselves to the support of the senator's anti-klan fight.
 "The vast majority of the replies were favorable in every detail" Tuns- tall said, land I promptly forwarded all the answers to Senator Underwood A number of the Conner delegates re- piled through former Gov. Thomas E. Kilby. do not feel at liberty to di- vulge the contents of any of the an swers."
 Tunstall said he had no idea what ac- tio would be taken by the senator in the case of delegates who declined to sustain his anti-klan position.
 Governor Kilby's Comments
 Former Governor Kilby, when called
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
P FAMILIES NUMBERED WITH DEAD Others Reported Missing
 In Johnson City
 Area DETAILS LACKING FROM MANY TOWNS Roads Made Impossible Through Mountains.
 Rescue Slow
CREEKS BECOME -.
 RAGING TORRENTS
Railroads Washed Out Devastated Zone Isola-
 ted When Wires Quit
(By Associated PresS.) )

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn, June IA. The list of the dead in the eastern Tennessee cloudburst mounted to 12 this afternoon. There is an ad- ditional report of eight missing. The fatalities were said to have occurred chiefly between Hunter and Garden where the force of the cloudburst was greatest. Two en. tire families were numbered among the dead.
 The list of dead:
 Mrs. Cecil c. Lewis and five chil- dren of Stoney Creek section.
 B. A. Smith, wife and son of Stoney Creek section.
 A. B. Trick of Fish Springs. Six-year-old daughter of N. G. Ellis of Stoney Creek section.
 An unidentified sawniill worker, A dozen towns and villages lie in district believed to have been struck s the storm and which is now cut of from communication with the outsid% world due to severence of telephone and telegraph wires and washed out high-. ways and railroads.
 Telephone communication with ti district ends at Elizabethton which M on the edge of the stricken district Hunter is six miles from ElizabethtonN Other places from which communica; tion has been severed include Siam Gardens Bluff, Googe, Fish Springs Butler, Shoun and Mountain CityI Mountain City sits on high ground and is not believed to have been damaged.
 River At Danger Stage f<'
 The Wautauga river which arises near the North Carolina border in the Appalachian mountains, last night had risen to a dangerous stage. Fed by the Doe and Little Doe rivers it be- came a mountain torrent the full force of the water being centered on towns, villages and farm houses in the valley. according to reports reaching here.
 Neal G. Ellis, a farmer living on Little Stoney creek, brought two of his sons to Elizabethton today. All were suffering from slight injuries. Ellis said that the creek, ordinarily mere rivulet, was swollen to the pro- portions of a river seemingly in moment. He and his wife attempted to save his family. They had sue ceeded in getting his little daughter out or the mousse ana returned TOT the other children. On returning the daughter had been washed away. She was found later hanging by her dress to barbed wire fence.
 A Baptist church in the Blue Springs section near Siam, the home of Ali Bowers. with barn, storehouse and an automobile were washed away. Sev. eral head of mules were drowned.
 In the Siam section. according to reports reaching Elizabethton the home of Andy Lewis and the mill, barn and home of Mack Elliott were washed away.
 The stricken area is partly traversed by two branch line railways, both of which are badly damaged and by high ways which were not the best in dry weather and now no longer exist. Re. lief parties are unable to penetrate fur ther than the edge of the storm area, except on foot.
 Roads Impossible.
 Aside from the impassable condition of roads, the section is very mountaina ous, cut by precipitous bluffs. coves
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
Buffers Dictatorship
 Threatens Open Row In Republican Ranks
Slernp Hurries To Wash ington To Explain
 To Coolidge
By RAYMOND CHAPTER, (By Leased Wire to Age.Herald.) )

WASHINGTON, June 14.-William Nj, Butler, the Coolidge campaign mana ger and new chairman of the national republican committee, suddenly has be- come an acute issue within the republic an organiza tion because of his bungling and tactless handling of affairs at Cleveland.
 The dictatorial methods employed, coupled with a somewhat unfortunate personality, have creat ted a surprising amount of criticism which extends into high circles The President himself is reserving judgment until he hears But ler's side of it here next week.
 Runs Away Twice
 Coolidge has been told already that the trouble with Cleveland was due to Butler. That Butler let the con- vention run away from him twice is all the more amazing in view of the fact that Coolidge had all but a pitiful handful of the delegates. The refusal to accept either Kenyon or Hoover was no reflection on the President, OF upon the abilities of the two suggested candidates. It was an outburst of resentment at the arrogant tactics of Butler.
 This already has been made clear to Coolidge through Secretary Slemp, who cancelled plans for a fence-building trip through the south in order to rush back here and try to straighten mat ters out.
 One of the first steps in this direc- tion was the Presidents invitation to Senator Shoot of Utah, and Frank W. Mondell, who was permanent chair man of the convention, to accompany him on weekend Mayflower cruise. From them the President will hear more of the inside convention story, and it is probable that he will discuss with them plans for patching up some sort of unity in the organization.
 While 1t is hardly likely that Cool sidge will seriously consider busting Butler, it Is probable that he will in- sist that Butler change his attitude and act as a leader rather than q dictator. Coolidge would suffer great embarrass- Inent by, removing Butler. He has known and worked with Butler for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
ROGERS TO HEAD
 OPTIMIST GROUPS
Houston Chosen As Next Years
 Convention City

MILWAUKEE. Wis, June IA Sherman Rogers of New York city was elected president of the International optimists association this afternoon and Houston, Texas, was selected for the 1925 convention, winning over Lexing- ton, Ky.
 St. Louis was selected as next years headquarters for the Optimist interna- tional. Other officers elected are First vice president, Leo F. Nohl, Milwaukee l; second vice president, Charles B. Kern, Lafayette, Ind; third vice president, H. 0. Henderson. Long Beach, Cal. ; fourth vice president; Roland A. Me Cready, Pittsburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-15
TREASURY ISSUE
 MUCH W DEMAND
$6OS, ,1S2,5OOO In Offers Receiv-
 ed For $15O,OOO,O0 Loan

WASHINGTON, June If, = The treasury received offers for $609, ,192,. 500 on its last issue of certificates of indebtedness, which was announced as for about $l50000,0O0 with an inter est rate of two and three-quarters per cent. Announcement of the total sub seriptions, made tonight by Secretary Mellon, said also that the treasury had accepted $l93, 3,O65, 800 of the offering.
 Allotment of the amount accepted on the new issue marked the second phase of the June operations which include payment of more than $500,- 100000 in maturing certificates and three-year notes, collection of the June l5 installment of income taxes, and payment by the British government of approximately $69,00O, 900 as an in- stallment on its debt to the United States.
 With proceeds from the sale of cer- tificates and the tax receipts, the treas ury expects to run without further fi- uancing until Septeber IS.