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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
NEW sl50,000. PROJECT FOR. BIRMINGHAM
Warehouse Ordered Erected By Standard Sanitary Man.
 ufacturing Company Of Troy, N. Y.-LoWer Prices
HARDENBERGH'S EFFOR7 .>
 RESPONSIBLE FOR PLY 4:
Fixture Distribution Pa, s.~'
 Health Departments 2S/
 Against Communic9 $s kl Found In Jefferson = %

Plans for erection of 10000 warehouse in Birmingham to serve as southeastern headquarters of the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing company of Troy, N. Y., were filed with City Building Inspector J. E. Spencer Monday.
 Permit for the warehouse will be issued before the end of the week, the inspector said. Miller &, Martin are the architects and the building con tract has been awarded to the South- ern Ferro- Concrete Construction com pany. ; Construction work will begin with in the next few weeks, under present plans of the company. The ware house will be at South Twenty-sec- ond street and Avenue b ana VIII contain four stories. Dimensions of the building will be 6ox177 feet.
 Outdoor sanitary supplies and other equipment calculated to improve health conditions is manufactured by the Standard company. Occasion to establish southeastern headquarters here came largely as the result Of efforts on the part of city ana county health officials. who have been Tn touch with officials of the company for months.
 Health Department Work.
 w. A. Rardenbergh. sanitary engi- neer for Jefferson county, went to Troy several months ago and took up the matter of Birmingham warehouse with the company heads. They gave assurance that if their ,olume of business continued to fn- crease in southern territory, they would establish hsadquarters branch here and ship sup plies in car load. let's Ssnirupips haJpsfcr storage ane enaineas e,aistlaeaiS2i SSs ipcnea assa and the company now 3s forging ahead with plans for it's warehouse. If will mean cheaper supplies for customers in Birmingham, Alabama and surround ing territory, according to MT. Har- denbergh, and will place sanitary equipment within reach of everybody, thus ai fng in the efforts of city and county health officials to bring ty- phoid fever under complete control.
 Officials of the company will reach Birmingham within the next few days and issue formal announce ment of their building plans, Inspec- tor Spencer was informed by the architects who filed the plans with him. .lt -..
 This permit. together with permits for 10 new residences, to cost an av- craze of $4 900 each, will insure a high mark for the second building sistant, Claude Kendrick, declared.
 "I look for a $350,O00 week." Ken drick said,
 Permits for the first week of the new year almost reached the S300.00o mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
TILE COMPANY IS TOTAL FIRE LOSS
Fire Fighters Face lmpossi. bIe Task In Midnight
 Blaze In EnSley

Fire of undetermined origin prac- tically wiped out the plant of the Birmingham Hollow Tile company, Avenue c and Twenty-fourth street. Ensley. Monday night. When first discovered the fire had gained con- siderable headway and efforts of the departmentt save the building were of no avail.
 Kilns at one end of the plant run ming during the night gave off a constant glow which was thought to have been responsible for the delay in discovery of the fire. The shed housing the plant, a large barn like structure covering an area about 25o feet square was practically com p1ete loss. Machinery house in one end of the shed was considerably damaged.
 A huge pile of coal near the boiler house became ignited but efforts of the .firemen were more successful and the flames were extinguished. Three loaded cars of coal on the trestle adjoining the boiler shed were lowed to safety before the fire could reach them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
MILITARY SCHOOL
 STRIKE FLIVVERS
Sophomores Walked Out In Sympathy With ClasSmate
 Punished For Hazing

LEXINGTON. Va. Jan. 7.--The sophomore class of the Virginia Mili- tary institute, which left the institu- tion shortly after I o'clock this morn ing in protest against punishment imposed by the vigilance committee upon one of their classmates, re- turned late today following q confer encc between Gen. E. w. Nichols, Su- perintendent of the institute, and class officers.
 The vigilance committee had en- forced a penalty against Thomas Crowder of Texas, sophomore charged with hazing. The sopho- mores declared that Crowder's alleged offense was insufficient grounds for the punishment inflicted, and left the campus, spending the day in Lexing- ton.
 General Nichols, in talking with the protesting classmen, is said to have insisted that the affair was properly within the Jurisdiction of the vigil lance committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
UPSHAW TAKES LIQUOR PLEDGE ON CONGRESS FLOOR
Following HiII's Attack On Prohibition In Georgia, Dry Champion Makes Spectacu- lar Gesture.

WASHINGTON, Jan. "A liquor abstinence card was signed on the floor of the House today. Repre- sentative Upshaw, democrat. Georgia, affixed his signature to the pledge in the midst of a spirited exchange between the Georgia prohibition leader and Representative Hill, re- publican. Maryland.
 Mir. Upshaw took the floor after Mir. Hill had denounced prohibition conditions in Georgia and asked the Georgia representative and his col- leagues to take the pledge, never again to touch the flowing bowl legal or illegal"
 If I had a pledge card I would do it now" Mir. Upshaw declared.
 Just then a page boy brought for ward q card. It was a Lincoln-Lee Legion card calling for pledge to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors and for the enforcement of all laws.
 "All right. Mir. Hill, call your hand right now, whatever that means" Representative Upshaw said as he flourished his pen and signed the card"
 Will the gentleman yield for a question:" Mir. Hill queried.
 No, sir; I yield for your signature; l; come and sign" the Georgia repre- sentative retorted.
 Il Sald l WOulu SlSn 1T you per- suaded the whole Georgia delegation to sign," Mr. Hill replied.
 "I am not responsible for my col leagues" Mir. Upshaw declared.
 MT Upshaw and his fellow Anti Saloon leaguers," Representative Hill declared. "cannot enlist public senti- ment in Georgia to enforce the Vol stead act"
 Mir. Hill asserted that the Georgia representative was not qualified to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
To Go Before Body
WASHINGTON BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HER.ALD !
Washington. ID. C.. J

Washington. ID. C., Jan.
 The Alabama delegation, aug mented by other friends of the Henry Ford offer for Muscle Shoals will appear before the House committee on military affairs Tuesday. It IS indicated that two speeches will be made. one by Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois, republican, chairman of the appropriations com mittec, and the other by Represen- tativ Finis Garrett of Tennessee. leader of the democratic minority.
 These spokesmen will attempt to convince the committee that the dis position of Muscle Shoals is not 2 partisan matter. They will argue that as the committee last session held extensive hearings, it should dispose Of hearings this session, ana permit the House to vote as quickly as possible. Representative John C. Mckenzie of Illinois, assistant chair man of the military committee, de- clared this afternoon a belief that elaborate" hearings would not be in order, but indica.e that if another offer for Muscle Shoals is sent to Congress it might be necessary to give the advocates of that offer an opportunity to explain and defend 1t. He stated that he expected the offer probat by water power and asso- ciated companies, to reach the Sec retary of War this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
EVERY 7.2 PERSONS M U. 5. HAVE AUTO
15,281 ,295 Motor Driven Vehicles Registered By
 Dec. 31, 1923.

NEW YORK. Jan. 7.-There now is one motor driven vehicle to every 7.2 persons in the United States. accord ing to Automotive Industries, which today announced that the nations motor car and truck registration had reached a total of 15,2S1,2 ,295 on De- cember S1, 1923. The gain over 1922 was 2.916,91S, or 23.6 per cent, the largest actual increase ever record ed and the largest percentage gain since 1919.
 Car and truck owners paid approx imately $190,000,000 into state treas uries in motor fees and taxes in 1923. Trucks comprise about Il per cent of the total.
 New York still leads in registra- tion with 1,214,090 cars and trucks.
 Large percentage gains were made in the southern states. while the az ricultural areas went ahead at a rel atively slower rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
WOODROWWUSON READY TO FIGHT FOR PARTY
UnhurtIn Wild Ride On Loose Battleship

NORFOLK, Va, Jan. 7.-Seven men aboard the old battleship Louisiana are safe. but suffering intensely from the cold. accord ing to message Received at coast guard headquarters from the cutter Manning today. The Louisiana, after drifting help lessly at sea since Saturday night, was being lowed to Hampton Roads tonight by the cutters Manning and Mascoutin.
 The Manning, because of high seas, did not undertake to trans fer the men aboard the Lou 'siana to the cutter today, but
 fobably will do SO tomorrow. fhe cutters and their tow were making less than two knots an hour, according to reports from the Manning, and are not ex- pected to reach port until late tomorrow or early Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
A AGGRESSIVE ACTION ASKED |BY EX.LEAOER
Former Presient TeIegraphs Democratic Gathering Upon Occasion Of Jackson Dinner To Strive For Principles
 EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN LAUDABLE CAMPAIGN Characterizes Task As One Of Distinguished Service" /" Joseph TumuIty Promises A More Equitable Taxation

P1TTSBURG, Jan. 7.-Democratic leaders of western Pennsylyania at their annual Jackson Day dinner here tonight, received message from former President Wilson offer Ing his services in 8 fight by the democratic party for what he termed "The establishment of high prin- ciples and just action" in the nation. and heard the tax problem discussed by Senator Harrison of Mississippi and Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to MT. Wilson while he was president.
 Senator Harrison, in his address attacked the Mellon tax reduction plan as "big business" bill de signed to aid the wealthy and de- clared the democratic party would seek revisions to relieve the poorer taxpayers.
 MT. Tumulty declared that demo- cratic leadership will make the tax operating for some enactment that will bring reduced taxation. Wilson's Telegram.
 Saluting those assembled at the dinner, Mir. Wilson said in his tele- gram: N~-
 "They are to be congratulas cd on representing the party to which must be entrusted the redemption Of tho
 
 pose into which it has in receslt day. been drawn. An aggressive fight for the establishment of the high princi- pies and just action will restore the prestige of our nation as nothing else could and l shall be glad to tako part in so distinguished a ssrvice.'
 Joseph P. Tumulty, former secre- tary, to Mir. Wilson In a discussion of the tax problem declared that demo- cratic leadership will move forward to help in the enactment of some rev enue law that. shall more 4equitably distribute the burdens of government
 We shall make this tax question less an issue by cooperating in some enactment that will bring reduced taxation," he declared, and nSt vital ize and galvanize 1t into the leading issue of 1924 by obstructing it's pas sage. We shall show ourselves by our action real believers in tax reform by co cooperating and not obstructing, in tersering or trying to make political capital where none can be fairly made"
 Attacks Mellon Plan.
 Here in the home city of Secre- tary Mellon of the treasury de- partment. Senator Harrison of Mis- sissippi, in an address tonight at q Jackson Day dinner, attacked the Mellon tax reduction plan as
 tContinued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
JAPAN ALARMED AT KOREAN PLOTS
Saturdays Attack Was Sec ond Move Against Royalty
 Within A Few Days

TOKYO, Jan. 1.-The Japanese gov ernment is evincing anxiety over widespread anti-Japanese plots among Koreans here
 Extreme police measures are be- nig taken to avoid future trouble following the arrest of 23-year- old Korean who threw three bombs al the main entrance of the palace grounds Saturday,
 The incident marks the second at tack on royalty within a few days
 The attack will not delay the wed ding of Prince Regent Hirohito and Princess Kuni. but it may result cin the wedding being celebrated with less public display than was con templated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
COOLIDGE'S MANAGER
 NAMES HIS ASSISTANT
Colonel C. A. Thompson Will Aid
 Butler In Campaign

CLEN BLAND, O,, Jan. l-Col Carmie A. Thompson, chairman of the local committee arranging for the republican national convention here in June, today was named by William NJ. Butler of Massachusetts as his personal assistant in the gen oral management of President Cool idge's pre- convention campaign.
 Col. Thompson declared tonight that he had the matter under cOnsid- eration and will announce his deci- sion in a few days.
 No campaign speech engagements have been made by President Cool idge and none might be made, MT. Butler asserted. He would make no prediction as to whether the chief executive would take the stump in the event of his nomination.
 State Senator George II. Bender. Ohio manager for Hiram JohnsonSs pre-primary campaign, said today he expected to open state headquarters tomorrow and begin the formulation of plans for a statewide canvass In behalf of the presidential candidacy of the California senator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
TANKER AGROUND
Texas Oil COmpany's Steamer Georgia
 CauRht eRtNeen T4NO ReefA

Texas Oil COmpany's Steamer Georgia
 Caught eBtween Two Reefs
 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Jan. 7.-The Texas oil company's tank steamer Georgia. which Is aground between two reefs inside the Matilla reef, op- posite St. Augustine inlet, was resting easily when the last message from her was received by the government wireless station at St. Augustine to- day, advices from there stated to- night. No word from the eGorgia was received at the wireless station after 9:26 a. m., but 1t was believed the tanker was in no danger. It is not known where the vessel is bound, but it was thought she was on her way south from New York for an oil cargo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
PLAN QUICK TRIAL.
 .F0R hX W|ELDERs.
Officials Vigorously Deny That Injections Of "Truth
 Serum"Were Given

Speedy trials for the four negroes held in the county jail in connection with Birmingham.ss long, list of ax at. tacks were promised Monday by Solicitor Jim Daviss f ~ '.T ~-
 He revealed that the prisoners were secretly indicted by the grand jury 10 s<sssys ago. and that Ahe 4indict tments char sse Ynurder,{ Partial confessions have been obtained from the negroes, and inveati8ators, after hours of ErfIfing, have been given information that is expected to orlead quickly to additional arrests g f-x y- ~ ,.- .,
 The. negroes in custody, in. the opinion of Sheriff Thomas J. Shirley and Solicitor Davis, are leaders of an organized fax syndicate" that oper- ated here for more than three years. attacking A persons and killing 24 of them F-- 'r 5 Details of the arrest of the ne- groes and of methods used In obtain ing statements from them were dis closed Sunday night by Sheriff Shir- ley. He declared that. no physical measures were employed to make them talk, but that. Considerable mental pressure" was brought.
 Rumors Monday that injections of a so-called truth serum" were given the negroes to make them "open up." drew emphatic denials from Sheriff Shirley, Solicitor Davis and city of- ficers. It was the view of most of the officials that confessions obtained in this manner would be worthless, in view of the state law which pro- vides that confessions shall be vol untary and free of any attempt at duress." Y,
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 Held Secret Meetings.
 According to Solicitor Davis, the ax gang held secret meetings and planned attacks. Ill some instances straws were drawn to decide which of the negroes would actually wield the instrument, he added.
 The negroes are Peyton Johnson, Pearl and Odell Jackson and Fred Glover. Solicitor Davis said reports that a fifth negro had been indicted in connection with ax attacks was erroneous. In the opinion of Sheriff Shirley. all negroes who belonged to the syn dicate" will be behind bars before the end of the week. City and county officers are working together and a large number of men are working daily on new leads given by the four negroes already indicted.
 News that the activities of the ax gang had been uncovered. which was first carried in The Age-Herald Mon day morning. was followed by state ments from city and county officials to the effect that written confessions signed by the four jailed negroes had been turned over to oSlicitor Davis and that indictments had already been turned@ over to Solicitor Davis these confessions and strong cor rbborative evidence,
 Tt is our plan to place the pris- oners on trial within two or three weeks" Solicitor Davis said,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
WANTS TEAPOT DEAL CANCELLED
Caraway Of Arkansas Says Sinclair Concession Was
 Obtained Corruptly

WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-Resolu- tions to cancel the lease of Teapot Dome. Wyo., naval oil reserve to the Sinclair interests and that of Cali fornia Reserve No. to the Pan- American oil company were intro duced today by Senator Caraway. democrat, Arkansas. Immediate con slderation was blocked by Senator Street, republican, Utah.
 Senator Caraway's resolutions charged that the Teapot Dome lease was obtained "corruptly" by private negotiations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
2O BROUGHT BEFORE COURT IN Fl. WORTH
Ring Leaders Fined As High
 As $5, 900 And Given Terms
 Of Year In. Federal Peniten- tiary For Using U. s. Mails MAJORITY DEFENDANTS RESIDENTS OF CHICAGO
Men Representing Buchner- Smackover Oil Company In Most Cases Ones Who Must
 Pay Penalties For Frauds

s. FORT WORTH, Tex, Jan. 7.-- Twenty oil promoters pleaded guilty today in federal court to using the malls to defraud. ,- < They were sentenced to various prison terms and fines. ranging from tine year to one day and from $10.QG0 to s100 by Judge James c. Wilson. The majority of the defendants were members of the Bucher-Smack- over Oil company. ;,
 The fines and prison sentences were as follows: H. s. Bucher, one year and one day and s5,Oo0: E. J. Dailey, one year and one day and s5,0o0; W. P. Ellwell, $1o,0o0: Rach- ael A. Shipp, indicted as Rachael A. Gosssge; $S.ooe; Walter .ss0o. x. 19i;,fl Marks, S Perry, s1 ,o00; A. Leroy Cribben, $500; William Muchnic. sf.000; J. Samuel son, $5,0o0; H. Spiro. $260; Jack 1Adair, $1,o00; J. Freidman, s10o; Al Marcusson, $250: L. Freidman, $500; S. M. Livingston, $25o; H. R. Kops. $500; J. A, Kroll. $ioo; z. A. .ano Woods
 Walter Marks had previously been fined s15,o0o in the. General Robert E. Lee" case, tried several months ego.
 H. I. Messe and N. Sang were dis missed
 The following defendants in the case. either have not been arrested, are in jail, or are now on trial .sat some place in jthe United States: Al Meudell., Joe Feldman, l.. N. Cohen, ]. IT. Harris, S. Madison. Sam Prt- peck. J. Golden, A. J. Sugar, L. Cohn, George McFadden, Morris Lieber and A. Bernberg. t s
 The case grew out of the opera tions of the Butcher -Smackover Oil company and their fiscal gents, El- we'll, Bailey and Mrs. Gossage. It is clained the latter sold more, than -iS756,O00 in stock on a coiimissf0n of l5 per cent Later Leslie Vincent company of Chicago. owned by Marks and o, Dowd. disposed of aliothet S15O,0o0 in stocks on the "unloading plan.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
VENIZELOS DECLINES
 GREEK PREMIERSHIP
From Sick Bed He Threatens to Re-
 sign Assembly Presidency

ATHENS, Jan. 7.-(By Associated Press. I-Liberals meeting here yes terday for the purpose of re-electins Nenizelos as the party's leader re- ceived Il letter from the former pre- n.ier, written in bed, urging his par tlsans to choose another chieftatn. He threatened to resign the presi
 dency of the assembly to which he was chosen last Saturday and return into exile" unless his wishes in this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
New Offer Expected

WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-Secretary Weeks let it be known today that he expects soon to receive an offer for the purchase of the nitrate properties and for the lease of the power projects located at Muscle Shoals Alabama, from the Alabama Power company. acting for itself and in the name of other southern power in- tereStS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
DOINGS OF DAY M WASHINGTON

An embargo was declared by Presi- dent Coolidge on arms for the MeXi- can revoluIioniSts.
 The supreme court held to be valid the recapture of excess earnings clause of the transportation act.
 Secretary Weeks let it be known that he expects an offer for the Mus cle Shoals properties from southern power interests
 The Ku Klux Klan lost in the su- preme court in it's effort to restraIn publication of certain papers 1t al legged were stolen.
 Final arguments on the question of railroad consolidation were begun before the interstate commerce com mission.
 Representative Hill. republican, Maryland, replied in the House to the dry enforcement speech made last week by Representative Upshaw. democrat, Georgia.
 Representative Frear. insurgent republican, Wisconsin, urged enact ment of excess profits, increased in- heritance end gift taxes and pre- dicted pai sage or bonus plil'
 Thc administrators Russian pol icyi was debated in the Senate with Senator Lodge, the republican lead CT. and Senator Borah, repl blican, Idaho taking opposite stands.
 Farm organization representatives began a series of conferences with Senate and House leaders to explain the needs of farmers for legislation.
 Secretaries Denby and Weeks ap- peared before a joint committe Of Congress to oppose the proposed con- so4dation of the navy and war de- pattments.
 John F. ORyan, counsel for the Senate veterans, committee, charged In his report that Charles R. Forbes. fotner director of the veteans' bu- re8u, was leading actor in a con- spFacy to defraud the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
SEVEN DEATHS DUE TO
 BURNS OF CAP PISTOLS
Total Toll To Date In Henderson.
 Keutucky

HENDEt SON, Ky, Jan. 7.-Death today of GGsie Folden, negro woman, brought to Sieven the toll taken here by tetanus from wounds resulting from cap pistols during the Christ mas holidays, The death list includes four white boys and a girl and woman negroes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
OPPOSE ROBBED HAIR

MIssisalppi Normal Students To
 Grow MOustanees As Protest
 HATTIESBURG, Miss, Jan. 7.- Forty young men, students at Missis- sIppi Normal college here. a co-edu- cationaf institution, announced to- day they had agreed to grow mous- taches to offset the epidemic of hair bobbing among the girl students.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08

speak for the majesty of the law" because "he sits in the House in di- rect violation of the Fourteenth amendment to the constitution"
 Tn making this charge" MT. Hill said. T am not making an attack against the suffrage laws of the south, which are acquiesced in by a majority of the nation, but I am charging that those who sit as a re- suit of acquiescent nullification should not improperly charge law violation to those who by entirely legal means seek to remedy the in- toIerable conditions of Volsteadism."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08
SC0RCHED BY STEAM
J. c. Clark Hurt Fly Boiler ExplO
 sion. Brought To BirmfnGhAm

U, c. CIark Hurt Fly BOIIeF IIXpIO-
 sion, Brought To Birmingham
 J., Ce Clark of Eureka, who was se- riously burned at 2:30 o'clock Fri day morning whom the boiler of a plant he was tending at Calera. Ala, exploded. was brought to the Fraternal hospital at noon Monday suffering with severe burns on the hands and face.
 He was removed from the train in Browns ambulance to the Fraternal hospital, where he was reported showing some improvement late Mon- day night. Little information in re- gards to theS exnlosion could be ob- tained.