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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
FIRM IN OPPOSITION
 TO COMMISSION
Accepts Altman's Post Continues Fight For
 AIdeFzaanic Rule

Judge Horace c. Wilkinson, widely known attorney, nnsunced Tuesday afternoon he would accept the post on the civil service board to which the city commission had elected him earlier in the day to succeed John w.. Itman, res signed.
 Judge Wilkinso1's s appointment came as q distinct surprise. As he has long been a consistent O spOnent of the pres ent ennialssion. kt tliis Hnle he is m sVe leaifar h nn nov t0 Abolish the eomn1i ssi8n form oe government and substitute 2 modified nayor-aldermanie system.
 Hunter Armstrong, register in chan cery, and other aldermanic leaders open V charged that the appointment was a political play, calculated to halt his activity in the anti-commission fight" !" but Judge Wilkinson made it plain that he would continue to take part in the campaign.
 T am going to speak in every pre- cinet against the present form of g0v- ernment,y he declared. "I believe the public welfare demands a change. My only motive in accepting this place is in the hope of doing something for the police department It is shot to pieces and it's morale is at the lowest ebb since its organization. The other mem bers of the board are my friends and I believe we can work in harmony.
 Has Definite Plan
 T have some very definite ideas as to what changes should be made in the department. For one thing, believe it should be conducted after the man. ner of military organization, I will elaborate on my views. after consult the other board members"
 When notified of his election, Judge Wilkinson was in a conference with leaders of the aldermanic drive. He hung up the telephone and continued his deliberations with the committee. MT. Armstrong, one of those attending the conference, issued this statement:
 Horace Wilkinson is my close friend and want to say that the city com mission could have searched the coun- try over without finding a better quail flied man for this position. But it is clear that the commission has attempt- ed to make political play that would remove Judge Wilkinson from the pend- ing fight. However, he cannot be won over by such tactics. He has deep con-
 
 will remain in this fight to the finish.''
 Judge Wilkinson revealed that a committee of policemen called on him several days ago and asked if he would accept a place on the service board if elected. He expressed a willingness to serve, but at the same time ridiculed the suggestion that he would be named.
 Move Not New
 ''I don't think there's any Likelihood of. that city hall crowd voting for me-" he told the committee of bluecOats. A few days later, Commissioner. W. L.. Harrison discussed the matter with him and indicated that a move was afoot to elect him. Commissioner w. B. Cloe also talked oyer the appoint ment with him. Those on the inside had known for some time that MT. Altman, who had been chairman of the Nseryice board since it's creation. was preparing to tesign.
 Altman,s resignation was read to the l commission just as that body was wind ing up it's regular weekly meeting.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
GULF RAIL MERGER
 GETS RIGHT OF WAT
Baton Rouge Withdraws Obiec-
 tions To Consolidation

NEW ORLEANS, La, July 29.- Opposition by the Louisiana Public Service commission and Baton Rouge business interests to the purchase by the Missouri Pacific railroad of the Gulf Coast Lines having been with drawn the interstate commerce commits sion hearing begun yesterday into the proposed merger concluded its session here today.
 Assurances by l.. W. Baldwin, presi- dent of the Missouri Pacific, that the Baton Rouge gateway would be kept open and a reasonable efforts made to maintain present Gulf Coast schedules and service, including passenger service from the Louisiana capital to New Or leans, led to the withdrawal of obiec- tions to the consolidation on the part of the service commission and the Baton Rouge interests. It was said that a few individuals were still on record as pro testing against the merger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
By CHARLES M. NfCANN

N6y LeASe0 wire to Age-deratuJ
 LONDON, July 29.--A first class parliamentary row may follow the un. yelling in the storied corridors of the House of Commons of a picture of Lady Nancy Astor, the American wom- an who became an English subject and was the first of her sex to sit in Che British parliament.
 Without ceremony the painting was unveiled Tuesday. It depicts the his toric scene of Lady Astor's introduction to the house as it's first wonian member and shows her marching proudly from the bar of the house toward the speak CT, escorted by Lord Balfour and the then premier, David Lloyd George. Protests followed rapidly. A round robin, already signed by more than 100 members of parliament, is being circulated in the common, urging that the. government refuse to permit DOT traits of living persons to be hung in the parliament building. This peti- ti0n, of course, is aimed directly at the picture of Lady Astor. 1. No sooner had the veilings fluttered from about the frame of the picture than Thomas Johnston, a member of parliament, announced that he intended formally to query Premier Macdonald about the hanging of the picture. John stOn wants to know who authorized the placing of it in a corridor of the house. Elsewhere the more public corridors are hung with portraits of scenes dur ing the assumption of Oliver Cromwell to power and similar highlights of English history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
SO NATIVES DIE
 IN FILIPINO WRECK

MANILA, July S0.-Sixty natives are believed to have perished when the fnotOrship Agusan burned off the coast of Camiguin Island in the sea of Mind- anao, said telegram received today from the commander of the eonstabu- lary in Misamis.
 The telegram stated that the inter- island steamer Antonio Cossim rescued about 60 persons from the burning ves- sel, The Augusan was a wooden steam CT of 195 tons built in Port Ludlow, in 1879, and owned by the Augsan Coeoanut company. She piled between southern islands of the Philippines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
Lady Astor's Portrait In House OfCor1i11ons
 May Precipitate Row
Picture Commenorating The introduction Of A Yankee Heiress As The First Woman Member
 Is Unveiled Without Ceremony Macdonald
 Queried As To Authority For Its Hanging

The houses, with Lady Astor occupy ing her accustomed conspicuous. seat. will be urged by Johnston to express its opinion of the matter. If a fight ensues and Lady Astor comes to the defense of her own portrait she will bring to the parliamentary fray plen- titude of assurance and a long experi- ence in such sQuabbles.
 Since 1919 when she became an ill., ternational figure overnight with her election to parliament as a representa- tive of the Sutton division of Ply mouth, Lady Astor has distinguished herself by curt disregard of the GUS tomary, and penchant for doing things she thought needed doing, regardless of tradition.
 She was an innovation herself as a woman member of parliament and since she has done things that no other member of the English peerage would have dared to do..
 The picture is more than a mere re- production of an incident. It is a symbol of the equalization of the old est parliamentary body in the world to the emancipat0ry struggles of women. Not so many years ago suffragisrs chained themselves to railings outside the House of Commons seeking merely the right to vote. Now one of their sex is commemorated in oil in the in- terior of the building as the first wom- an member of parliament. It is d tre- mendous honor to Lady Astor and the fact that her political opponents have described her during campaigns as
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
.15 ARE INJURED
 AS TRAINS CRASH
Mistaken Orders Blamed For Wreck of Passenger And Freight

CHARLOTTE, N. O., July 29.-(By Associated Press eA-Confessio of or ders by trainmen was attributed tonight as the cause of collision between a passenger car and freight train on the Piedmont and Northern railroad near here today which resulted in injuries to 15 persons. Three of the injured are thought to have been fatally hurt.
 The passenger car, bound from Char lotte to Gastonia, crashed head-en into the electric locomotive on the freight train while the trains were rounding q curve. The passenger ear was demol- ished.
 While placing responsibility for the wreck on mistaken order, officials Of the road asserted tonight that their in- vestigation would not be complete until the trainmen who were injured could be questioned. Most of the injured, who live near here in North Carolina and South Carolina, were at local hospitals tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
STATE COMPLETES ITS EVIDENCE AGAINST YOUTHS Grove Moves To Bar
 Alienists From Trial SANITY QUESTION
 REQUIRES JURY Law SIs Conclusive On
 That Point, Says
 Prosecutor
tBy the Associated Pressl ]

CHICAGO, July 29.-The states "mountain of evidence" which Robert E. Grove, states attorney, expects to send Nathan Leopold, IT,, and Richard Loeb, kidnapers and slayers of Robert Franks, to the gallows, is complete, the prose- cutor announced tonight. He will close his case as soon as court con- venes tomorrow, he said.
 If the defense attempts to introA duce the testimony of any alien ists as to the mental condition of the two millionaires' sons who have pleaded guilty, MT. Grove said he will immediately demand that a jury be called to determine wheth- CT the slayers are mentally espon- sible.
 When court adjourned, the states att torney had announced that he had only one more witness, and would take but five minutes. This witness was to have been an assistant states attorney who vas to have testified that Loeb was crying short time before he con- fessed.
 Might Give Chance
 The evidence, intended to show that at least one of the youths upon oc- easion was not the emotionIess being that each of the accused has appeared throughout much of the trial will not he placed n .the stand beeauAe the
 ate Et6 fears he nrav. thassliy < glv the defense afi opening Co in. I7trodlee testimony regarding the mental condition of the mufdereFs.
 Under n ruling of the supreme court, Mr. Grove said, if the question of the mental responsibility of a defend. ant is raised the court must anfon,,,. tically call jury to determine whether or not the defendant is sane or insane and whether he is responsible for the crime. As
 Defense attorneys who have an- nounced their intention of placing Dr. William A. White, celebrated alienist, or Washington, ID. O., on the stand as their first witness tomorrow, will en- counter immediate opposition, Mir. Grove said. The state will object to alieniSts giving any testimony having to do with the mental condition of IAo S5NteEb Ul tO any ueBFee or re- sponsibility for them, he said.
 Would Change Plea
 If the question of sanity or mental capacity is raised, the states attorney said, it would be the duty of the court automatically to set aside the pleas of guilty entered by the two youths, still in their teens and call a jury inte the box to determine the issue.
 'SThe law is conclusive, on the point that, an insane man cannot enter a plea of guilty,H Mir. Grove said in re- ferring to the pleas of guilty already entered and to the quick shift in plans made by the state. "If there is any attempt to raise the issue of insanity Twill insist that jury be called at once.
 There is no such thing in the law as distinguishing whether the mansis p per cent or 30 per cent normal. He is either sane and responsible under the law or he is insane.
 The only provision in the law is
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
BRYAN'S VIEWS I 0A DEFENSE DAY DRAW REJONDER Governor Had Promised
 Co., Operation, Says
 War Department
BrGsdOV AppreCeS
 COOLidgea Plans
 For Defense Day

REoNTGOMERY, Ala, July %. lV --(Special.) = Governor w.
 w. Brandon today stated that he approves the Idea and plan for national defense day, September F, and will co-POerate in plans for ob- servance of the day, which is planned as a general mobilization of military forces throughout the United States, and a patriotic dem onstration.
 Governor Brandon, in voicing his approval of the program for national defense day, stated that he fayOrs the general idea of upbuilding of the national guard and for volunteer army, and that Alabama will join in the military and patriotic demonstra- tion to be staged on the date set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
PEGGY JOYCE FACES
 ANNULMENT SUIT
County Starts ActiOn-Count.
 ess Monier RetaIiates

NEW YORK, July 29.-The Coun. tess Morner, formerly Peggy Hopkins Joyce of musical comedy fame, who has already divorced two millionaire husbands, today was served with papers in suit instigated by the coun- ty for annulant of her most recent mar riage.
 The former Peggy Joyce immediately countered this action with a suit against Count Morner for $1O,000, which she alleges she has spent on be- half of her husband since she married him last June.
 There have been rumors for some weeks past that that all was not we'll with Miss JOyce's most recent romance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
CONFESSION BARES
 AUTO THEFT RING
Memphis Police Attribute Dis-
 closure To w. B. Barnett

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 29.-A gi- gantic automobile theft ring operating in number of the Mississippi valley states was exposed tonight in an al- leged confession police said they had procured from William B. Barnett who was arrested in Centralia, H., several days ago and who is being held here on charge with conspiracy to violate the Dyer act.
 Barnett was alleged to have admitted numerous thefts involving more than 75 automobiles and covering a period of approximately eight months. The po- lice said Barnett had admitted direct connection with 16 thefts, duplicating IS other persons who, he said, acted ae his paid thieves" and selling agents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
50 ARE INJURED :.
 IN KHAN RIOT IN NEW ENGLAND State Police Rushed To
 Massachusetts Towns 700 In Battle
(By Associated Press)


 WORCESTER, Mass, July 30.-The smouldering feeling between members of the Ku Klux Klan and anti-Klan followers famed into bitter and unex- pected hostility late last night in Lan- caster and Spencer, leaving in its wake injury and destruction of property.
 Four Arc Arrested
 While scores of police officers were rushing to the scene of two pitched bat ties between the opposing forces, at the two towns, more than 50 persons were injured and property damage, which police and town officials believe will run into thousands of dollars, had been caused. Five arrests have been made.
 Early this morning the fighting had not entirely ceased and police officials of Spencer and Lancaster, bewildered by the sudden outbreak, the seriousness of which will not be known until there is a complete tally of casualties today, were appealing for aid to surround ing towns and cities. Every available trooper of the state police patrol in Worcester county, and vicinity had been sent to the scenes of hostilities. But their efforts alone were not suffi- cient and police departments in the surrounding towns and cities were hast ening what endorsements they could spare to the scene.
 One Critically Hurt ~ The Lancaster battle was the more serious for there the fight was waged between POO members of the Ku Klux Klan and more than 500 anti-Klan followers. Edward +. Bird, Leomin- ster, said by police to be q spectator while the forces were fighting with sticks, stones, and other missiles, was shot. A charge of buckshot entered the upper part of his cha 'd arms. He was taken to Leominsp> spital where his condition was terA-ed crit. ica1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
LODGE IMPROVES

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, July 29- On the second following an operation for bidder ailment, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was reported day tonight to. have progressed favorably. The pat ient, at hospital here, was decidedly brighter all day, being hearty at his meals, eating what he chose and hay ing the privilege of smoking cigar. Senator Lodges pulse and respiration were normal in the morning and con tinued normal thrceghout the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
ATLANTA KIDNAPPING
 WEARS SOLUTION
Police Claim Clue To Abduc-
 -tiOn Of DuttOn

ATLANTA, Ga, July 29.-A mo- tive for the abduction of Oscar k. Dut- ton, 37, who was taken from his home Sunday night by two white men who posed as officers of the law and claimed to have a warrant for his arrest on q charge of vagrancy, has been uncovered by county police, they declared tonight, refusing, however, to disclose the na- ture of their evidence.
 Lieutenant Oliver in charge of the in vestigation, said that 'the entire af- fair likely will be, cleared up tomOr- row."
 Dutton was called from his bedroom and forced to accompany the two men, who handcuffed him and placed him in an automobile, which was left in front of the house where Dutton and his IT, year-old daughter reside. Dutton has from both wives. His first wife is said to live in Carrollton, Ga, and the sec been married twice and IS divorced ond near where DuttOn and his daugh-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
8 MEN, 5 AUTOS
 TAKEN ON ROAD

One white man, seven negroes, four automobiles, and 45 gallons of whisky were captured late Tuesday night by Deputy Sheriffs Badger and Lamb on the Short Creek road few miles be- yond Ensley. The white man is l.. B. Bromlett The negroes are Ike Hayes, Robert Williams, Joe Ayers, Ezekiel Lawary, B. L. Williams, H. Williams and Eddie York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
CALLED A PACIFIsT
Indiana Executive Issues Statement Of
 Explanation

ENpIanNGlOn
 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 29.- Terming Governor Charles w. Bryan, demOcratic candidate for vice president, a. pacifist because of his announced stand on the observance os national de- fense day, September F. Governor Emmett ,F. Branch, of Indiana, today issued statement, declaring T deem it my duty to inform the people of In- diana as to my understanding of this celebration"
 Governor Branch said there will be no attempt in Indiana to take civilians from their usual employment unless they voluntarily desire to meet and as- serted that Governor Bryan lis under misapprehensiOn in insisting that the federal government has asked all men of army age to cease employment on that day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
HIIRT IN FAII.

MEMPHIS, July 29.-Edward Swift, 17, a student in the Gulf Coast Milf tary Academy at GulfpOrt, Miss, fell from freight train and dropped through trestle across Noconnah creek, south of the city tonight. The youths back was broken and the lower portion of his body was paralyzed. His home was said to be in Bonsecour. Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
HARDEE APPROVES

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, July 29.- Governor Hardee today voiced approval of President Coolidge's stand on na- tional defense day in a telegram to a New York newspaper answering an in- quiry from the paper as to his stand on the question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
U. s. MARS|iAL AND AIDE SHOT IN RUM BATTLE
United States Steel Declares Third Ertra Diuidend
VIPER POISONS
 KEG OF BEER,
 KILLING TWO

ID UDAPEST, July 29.--Martin ID Romler, a barkeeper ip a local
 cafe and one of his customers drank a glass of beer each from : freshly tapped keg today, and a few seconds later both dropped to the floor dead. When the keg was broken open the body of a viper was revealed. The snake is assumed to have crawled through the bung- hole before the keg was filled at the brewery, the viper discharging its poisonous fluid into the beer dur ting it's struggle against drowning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
SHOT IN QUARREL
Arkansas Farmer Held After Land
 To,,d'e naath

ARKADELPHIA, Arks July 29.- Ray Edwards, 35, was shot and in stantly killed during an argument with Charles Abbott, B, on a farm near Gurdon today. Abbott surrendered to a constable. The two men are said to have quarreled over the farming operations of Abbott, who is q tenant on farm leased by Edwards. 4 coroner's jury or dered Abbott held on charge of mur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Generally fair Wed. nesday; slightly cooler Thursday in north portion.
 Mississippis Generally fair. Georgia: Generally fair. Tennessee: Unsettled
 (Complete weather data will be lfOund on page 16.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-30

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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-22
RIGHT ARM SHATTERED
BY RIFLE BULLET
Thomas Leavitt, Saxon Farmer,
Struck by Bullet From IN
known Hunters Rifle.

Chris Lyman. logger of Saxon,
escaped by inches from being shot
through the head by a rifle bullet
while Thomas Leavitt, Saxon farm
err, suffered a shattered right arm
and a bullet burn on one leg while
they were in the woods yesterday.
The bullet was fired by an I'M
known hunter. The men were out
walking when they heard a shot.
simultaneously Leavitt's arm fell
to his side, limp and bleeding, and
Lyman blanched white as a bullet
whistled so close to his face it ruff
fled his hair.
Leavitt walked mile to a logging
camp and was brought to ST.
Joseph's hospital. The bullet, after
breaking the bone in his arm, was
DETECTED to his leg, where it caused
q bullet burn.
Lyman secured the woods to find
the hunter, but according to Leavitt
was unable to find him-Ashland
Press.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-22
HIGHWAY SNOW REMOVAL
HARD PROBLEM
Usual kicks" About Roads Being
Blocked VIII Soon Be Heard;
Drifts Cause the Most
Trouble.

Madison--Unless county boards
now in session provide funds for
keeping the roads of the state open
this winter the ususal situation Of
tied up traffic will be here with the
heavy snow falls of winter, Frank
Cannon, secretary of the Wisconsin
Good Roads association, declared in a
statement here today.
with the approach of winter, the
season of snowfall, we will soon be-
gin to hear the usual kicks about
the blocking of the highways by snow
in winter" Mr.. Cannon said. This
means the locking of the stable after
the horse is stolen.
1.-THE demand for snow removal
from the highways in Wisconsin
is localized and a survey will show
that the number of motor vehicle
owners demanding it are relatively
few. 1t is usually demanded by those
using motor vehicles for business or
professional purpose, adjacent to
cities and villages.
"The problem is not an easy one
to meet. Snow prevention as it
might be called is big outstanding
factor. Drifts cause the most
trouble and survey should be made
to determine where drifts accumulate
and snow fences erected The
counties must organize their snow
removal gangs so they can get on the
job as soon as the snow falls and
keep at it continuously. This is
the secret of success.
about financing, inasmuch as the
number of people demand that the
highways be kept clear in the winter
is relatively small its seems to me
that individual assistance in financ-
ing by interested groups should take
the initiative. We are at the same
point in the matter of snow removal
as we were years ago in the matter
Of highway improvement, when local
individual initiative was q big
factor"