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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19

"Too bad" said the trouble clerk, before I could get really started on my oration. "Well exchange it, certainly. When did you buy it?'
 -Four months ago. But this is honest-the first time I've used it." That made no difference to the trou- ble clerk. He gave me new one. The lady at my left was exchanging a dozen plates she had bought year before. The clerk said it was quite all right. No trouble at all. Can you beat it?
 "It pays" he said.
 The Fifth avenue buses are no longer specializing on Irish conductors. Time was when man without North of Ireland brouge hadn't Chinaman's s chance of getting on the line. Then the South of Ireland was admitted. Now Palestine, Armenia, and points east are accepted.
 "Why always Irish?" I asked a bus man once.
 "They're polite" he said. Anyhow, they can be made to be polite. And they have streak of humor in 'em, and can jolly when needed. And if they have to, they'll fight"
 Exclusiveness isn't possible now. Too many conductors are needed.
 Sorry to see Sir Tom Lipton leave us. The old gentleman is favorite here because he always says he likes us. Good salesmanship, no doubt, but prob ably true. He always leaves new story, too.
 "A Scotchman was dying" he said the day lie sailed. He calle his four sons to the bedside:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19
LAPS DECLINE OFFER
Refuses To Permit U. s. Fleet To Visit
 Y0kOilama Says Premier

TOKYO, Dec. 19.-(By Associated Press)-In order to remove misgivings entertained by a certain section of the Japanese people, the United States gov ernment intimated it's intention of send ing the American fleet to Yokohama after the maneuvers in Hawiian waters in 1925, but ''the Japanese government declined the offer with thanks" said Premer Tak-I-Akira Kato, speaking at dinner of the Seiyukai party last eve ming.
 'The American government at the same time has been kind enough to of fer due explanations of the motives of the proposed maneuvers in the hope of securing a proper understanding by the Japanese people," the premier added.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19

"'Donald?' he called. Angus? Jamie? ? Dam
 "All answered here.'
 "'An if ye're all here,' he groaned, 'wha's mindin' the shopT"
 I dropped into a musical agents of flee this morning, as he was looking over a herd of applicants for jobs with jazz orchestras. They were as alike as peas. All young, slick haired. slender, snappy. They might be, but were not, sOphomores at some poppy school.
 Aren't there any gray-haired mu- sicians at all nowadays?" I asked.
 "Not in this game" said the agent "They gotta be young. An old man in a desert.'
 Great chance for another Ward Me Allister right now. Society is pining away for lack of him. It you don't believe it, look at the desperte efforts being made by the Monday Opera club to make society exclusive once more. A heavy tonnage of grand duchesses, princesses, marquises and the like is to be imported on the hoof.
 What we need is well-born head waiter," said one of the ladies who took such pleasure in kissing the hand of Europe's near royalty at the first ses- sion of the M. o. c. Fact. Some one who can bully us"
 That was Ward McAllister to the life, say those who knew him. Only his father didn't think so. The elder McAllster said his famous son should have been a cook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19
SAYS MEN REACH
 PRIME AT 7 YEARS
Professor Karl Pearson Makes
 Statement In London

LONDON, Dec 1S.-Dr. Osler, the American physician who spent most of the later part of his life denying that he had said that men and women ought to be chloroformed at 40, should have met Professor Karl Pearson.
 "A man reaches the prime of life at 27,' Professor Pearson told group of teachers at London university, but even then his hearing is on the down grade, as that sense is most acute at or s years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19
WALKER WARS
 ON MASKED MEN
(Continued From Page One.)

(Continued From Page One.) Der of additional judges had been placed pending in the city of Chicago.
 "The fact, however, does not minimize the shame upon our state. Its fair name challenges every good citizen to make every possible contribution to the moulding of public sentiment for respect. for law
 In this spirit, the governor said, he decided to call the conference, which will be composed of sheriffs and other law enforcement officers and all civic and social organizations interested in the welfare of the state."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19
MANN IS IGNORED
 M $75O,OOO WILL
New Orleans Man Not Remem-
 bered By Adopted Mother
(By Associated Press. ]

ELIZABETH. x. J., Dec. 1S.-Wil- liam G. Mann, II, of New Orleans has been cut off from an estimated $750,000 estate by the will of his mother by adoption, Mrs. Emma Mann-Vine, of Summit, daughter of the late Colonel William D. Mann, publisher of Town Topics of New York '"h" will filed for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19
MORTIMER STORY IS C0NTRADICTED
 AT FORBES TRIAL
Defense Scores When Many Witnesses Refute
 Prosecution Testimony
(By Associated PreSS)

CHICAGO. Dec. 1S.-Elins II. Morti- mers twice told tale of d $5.000 cash payment to Charles Forbes, director N the veterans bureau. in the Drake hotel Chicago, on June 20, 1922. was contro- verted in every detail today by Miss Edna Breese, stenographer in the vet erans' bureau office at New York, called as a witness for the defense in the Forbes Thompson conspiracy trial.
 The alleged payment was the key stone of the government case against Forbes and J. w. Thompson, wealthy Chicago and St. Louis contractor, on trial for conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment hospital contracts.
 Mortimer testified for the prosecution last week that he gave the amount to Forbes in the Drake suite about 30 o'clock in the afternoon of June 20, half an hour after he had received S10,000 from Thompson in the same room.
 Refutes Testimony
 Miss Breese, who was assigned to Forbes work at the hotel. testified she was in the suite all day but had not ecen Mortimer or Thompson. Forbes. she asserted, was last seen in the suite between and 3 o'clock. He had not
 
 hotel about 6 o'clock.
 The witness testified she was in Mrs. Mortimer's room, adjoining her work space in the reception room. about 4 30 or , o'clock but did not see any signs of dice game, which Mortimer had sworn he found going on between Forbes and Mrs. Mortimer when he entered the room about that time with Thompson.
 Four other witnesses for the defense today refuted other portions of Morti mer's testimony, and three of them tes- tfied that Mortimer's reputation for truth and veracity was bad.
 Editor Testifies
 Sidney Huston, editor of the Stars and Stripes, a veterans weekly news paper in Washington and former state commander of the Missouri department of the American Legion, testified that hospital sites approved by President Harding on May II, 1922, were publicly announced through the veterans bureau publicity office within the next few days. The list published by the bureau contained the names of the three sites which Mortimer testified had been named by Forbes in confidential mem orandum handed to him on June 4.
 Fred E. Hamilton, former executive officer in the Chicago headquarters of the veterans bureau, told of Forbes movements in Chicago on June 19, 20 and 21, 1922, when according to Morti- mer much of the directors time was given to gay parties in the hotel suite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19

today was controlled by the General Electric corporation, and that corpora tion, through subsidiaries, was endeav- bring now to secure the right to develop an additional 100000 horsepower and asked that the subcommittee demand of congress thorough investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19
WEBER AND FIELDS IN MOVIES
Comedian Team Arrive In Hollywood
 For New Venture

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1S.-Joe Weber and Lew Fields, comedians, whose carefully broken English has tickled the ribs of two generations of theater -goers, arrived in Los Angeles last to begin translating their humor into motion pictures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19
R. ID. REEn MISSING

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1S.-Police have been asked to search for k. D. Reed, engineer for the Southern Clay Products company of Chattanooga, Tenn, who disappeared from hotel here on December $.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19
Manhattan Days And Nights
By Herbert Corey

NTEW YORK, 18-This morning Wherupon picked twvedoar birthday umbrella the
 raised it rib broke dashed into the partment where it had been bought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19

probate here, creates a fund for the Arthur Home for blind babies at Sum- init and $500 is left to each of the servants in the home of Mrs. Mann
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-19
To Cure a Cold in One Dav

Take Laxative PROMO QUININE Tab lets. CThe First and Original Cold and Grip Tablet.) A Safe and Proven Remedy. The box bears signature of E. w. Grove. 30c.-Ady.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-23

have come to stand at its center,
 facing the two great oceans. The
 Panama Canal has become the Fifth
 avenue and 42nd Street of world commerce. Steam transportation has
 brought Europe within five days of
 us. The cable and wireless have given us instantaneous communira-
 ton. The world Is not only smaller, it is more closely integrated Our daily food comes from the four quar-
 ters Of the earth, our goods travel to the most remote corners. We have
 become dependent upon worldwide peace, for the price of wheat for the whole world is fixed in Liverpool, the
 price Of copper in Boston, tthe price
 of money in New York and London. The financial crisis in Japan was re- flected in the cost of neckties in the stores of New Britain within three weeks. These are not the artificial" ties Of which Washington spoke. They are the natural and inevitable ties Of an integrated world. Our economic destiny is already inter- woven and entangled with that Of Europe; we no longer occupy a de tached and distant" situation.
 George Washington was above everything else practical. He was not doctriHuire. He was not a man Of great imagination. but of pro- found common sense. He built his policy and shaped his explanation in accordance with facts Of his day. He broke with tradition that was over worn. He would be the first to recognize the logic of tho new situa- ton and the force Of the factors which have shaped it. He would be the first to insist that we face the facts as they are today rather than as they were century and q quarter ago. The isolationist may be able to make out a case for himself but when 1 he turns 10 Washington with Hail, 1 it is the kiss Of Judas.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-23
g MOS. IN DEATH CELL,
 GREASY NOW IS FREED
CContiuued from First Page)

prosecution sprang from her seat and flung herself at the bcwildered Greasy. She placed q resounding kiss on his check.
 That kiss gave me greater shock" the acquitted man said later, than the announce ment or that first verdict against me two years ago.
 Creasy's family crowded about him, offering their congratulations; James Greasy or Believillc, Ky. his father and his sister Mrs. Dorothy Payne and Mrs. Hortense warriner Of Rich mond. Va. and Mir. and Mrs. Charles Lavoy Of Tupper Lake, \. Y., the dead girls parents. tried 10 force d smile but with little success.
 '1 am the happiest man in the United States" Greasy announced to the more than 100 persons who had waited in the courtroom throughout the night. and who rushed forward when the verdict was announced to shake his hand.
 At the first trial in September. 1s22 Greasy was convicted Of murderfue Miss I.avoy. whose body vas found on couch in her boarding hOusa room after he had spent the evening with her. After months in the death house he was released when tn. court Of appeals granted q new trial on the ground illegal evidence had been admitted. In it's opinion the court held that Greasy had been sent 10 the death house on the strength Df forged letter. known to be false by the prosecutor.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-23
MANY MEzzoTINTs SOLD

London. Jan. 23.--Bufing a recent fWU-dyy sale of English mezzotints ssb.DgG vas realized. The event ot tho sale was the proof by James Ward Of Mrs. Michcl AnstIo Taylor as Miranda" after HOppner. which brought s7.s5u. < first state of aThe Standard Bearer.' after Giorgionc, lJy Prince Ruprrt. the aflercI inventor Of ntezzotints. sold for sSs5.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-23

tachments' and permanent alliances. He sought an. independent policy and expected to achieve that when the United States was stronger. It was this which led him to say, With me q predominant motive has been tQ en- deavor to give tome to our country to settle and mature its yet recent in stitutions and to progress to that de- gree of strength which is necessary to give it command of its own for tune The policy was 10 gain time for the development of strength. 1so- lation was not to be permanent pol icy but q policy in effect during what Washington called our period of con N-~
New Britain herald., 1924-01-23
INVITING YOU TO JOIN OUR FAMILY OF
 l2,000 SAVERS

lZ,OUO OAvER This advertisement is a direct invitation to join our family of l2,oOO Savings Depositors. Here you will find genuine welcomes and with your account, which you can open for as little as one dollar, you will enjoy the fol- lowing definite advantages:
 1. You will know that your savings are safe. The great financial strength of this bank assures maximum of safety to every customer.
 2. You will have the prestige which al- ways comes from banking with large, we'll established institution.
 3. You will find it very convenient to bank here We are located at 274 Main Street in the heart of New Britain. You can always transact your banking business with us by mail.
 You can do your banking anytime dur ing the week between the hours of nine to three. If this is not convenient you can do your banking Saturday evenings.
 g. You will receive friendly service Our officers are always glad to tell you about our various savings plans and to help you with your financial problems-nom matter how small your account
 G. You will receive interest from the first of February on any deposits you may make on or before Monday, February 4th.
The Nome nugget., 1924-08-09

is ms. high, 30 ms. base around
same, scribed 1896 J c from
whence U, s. L. NJ No. 1 bears
S. 70 deg. SO min. 40 sec. w.
2S23.49 IT. Thence s "a deg
"a min. f. 1928 it. to cor.
No. 2, a fir post TT. long
ms. So. set 2 TT. in ground
with earth mound Is ms. high
and 80 ms base around same.
scribed 2-496 &c, thence S. 81
deg. "a min. E. 1913 TT. to
cor. No. 3. fir post IT. long
4 ms. So, set 2 it. in ground,
80 ms. base around same, scrib-
ed 3-496 &c; thence N. II deg.
46 min. E. 1885 it. to cor. No.
4. fir post it. long, 4 ms.
So. set 2 it. in ground. with
earth mound Is ms. high. 80
ms. base around same scribed
4-4960 &c; thence N. 81 deg. %
min. w. $685. it. to cor. No,
5, fir post It. long 4 ms.
So, set 2 IT, in ground with
earth mound IS ms. high 80
. DaSC dIouhu oStAoOo
5-496 &c; thence N. AZ deg. %
min. w. 1891 TT. to cor. No.
6. fir post 4 TT. long. 4 ms.
So. set 2 IT. in ground. with
earth mound is ms. high, 80
ms. base around same. scribed
6-496 &c: thence N. 81 deg. AZ
min. w. 102O.S IT. to cor. No.
Z, fir post #. long 4 ins.
ST., set 2. TT. in ground with
earth mound IS ms. high 80
ar basa AROUND same. scribed
7-496 &c: thence s. IT deg. OIL
min. w. 1896 IT. to cor. No.
/. and place of beginning. con-
tanning an area Of 1887 acres.
ANDERSON CLAIM
Beginning at cor. No. l, a fir
post IT. long, 4 ms. So. set
The Nome nugget., 1924-08-09

same. scribed 2-496 Be; thence
S. is deg. AZ min. W 224.3
TT. to cor. No. 3, fir post
TT. long. 4 ms. So, set #
in ground with earth mound IS
ms. high, 80 ms. base around
same, scribed 3-496 Be: thence
S. "A deg. SO min. F. 1851 #.
to cor No. A, quartz stone
24x1Sx12 ms. set II ms. in
ground, with earth mound is
ms. high and 80 ms. base along
side, chiseled 4-496 Be; thence
S. 50 deg. Al min. F. 1906 it.
to cor. No. 5. a fir post #.
long, 4 ms. So. set it. in
ground with earth mound. Is
ms. high. 30 ms. base around
same, scribed 5-496 Be; thence
N. is deg. 06 min. F.. opal
it. to cor No. 6, fir post 4
IT. long ms. So, set TT.
in ground, with earth mound s
ms. high and 80 ms base around
same, scribed 6-496 Be: thence
N. 10 deg. O5 min. E. 1851
IT. to cor. No. 7, fir post 4
IL. ioHS HIS. ST., SET It.
in ground with earth mound is
ms. high and 80 ms. base
around same scribed 7-496 BE;
thence n. s deg. Oh min. f
S19.5 IT. to cor. No. s. fir
post 4 it. long, ms. So, set
2 it. in ground with earth
mound IS ms. high and 80 ms.
base around same, scribed S496
Be; thence N. 70 deg. 06 min.
w. 607.S TT. to cor No. 9. a
fir post A It. long Aims. 50. set
2 IT. in ground, with earth
mound IS ms. high and 80 ms.
base around same, scribed 9-496
BIC; thence N. "a deg. "A min.
W. S72.4 1T. to cor. No. 10. a
fir post 4 It long 4 ms. So, set
2 #. in ground, with earth
The Nome nugget., 1924-08-09

2 it. in ground with earth
mound is ms. high, 80 ms. base
around same. scribed 1-496 &C
from whence U. S. L. NJ. No /,
bears N. 70 deg. IS min. %
S. 81 deg oS min. f. COL
it. to cor. No. 2, fir post i
it. long 4 ms. So. set 2 it. in
ground. with earth mound is
ms. high. 80 ms. base around
same, scribed 2-496 AC; thence
N II deg. so min. E. 33S.f #.
to cor. No. 3, fir post it. long
4 ms. So, set TT. in ground
with earth mound Is ms high
and 80 ms. base around same,
scribed 1896 AC; thence n. Il
deg. 46 min. E. SITS it. to
cor No. a, identical with cor.
No. 3, Jewel Claim. this survey
previously described, a fir post
previously described, scribed A.
496 AC; thence N. 81 deg. "a
min. w. 1913 IT. to cor. No.
5, identical with cor. No. 2.
Jewel Claim. this survey prev
iously described, fir post prev
iously described. scribed 5-496
AC; thence S. II deg. 81 min.
w. 149O.4 TT. to cor. No. 1.
and place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 1887 acres.
ASSOCIATION CLAIM
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, iden-
tical with cor. No. 2, Anderson
Claim, this survey, previously
described, fir post previously
described, scribed 1896 Be;
from whence U. S. l.. NJ. No.
1. bears N. 70 deg. 10 min. u
sec. w. 416I.62 IT. Thence
s. so deg. SO min. E. 625. 90
IT. to cor. No. 2, fir post 4
1T. long 4 ms. So, set 2 1T. in
ground, with earth mound 1S
ms. high, 80 ms. base around
The Nome nugget., 1924-08-09
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR PATENT

IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE AT NOME. ALASKA
August 9, 1924.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that F. S. POWELL>and GEORGE
w. BUTTON, Trustees of the
NOME DREDGING TRUST, com
mon law trust. created in the State
of Washington, the residence and
post office address of each of
whom is Seattle, Washington, have
through E. j. German the duly
authorized agent and attorney in
fact of said trustees of said Nome
Dredging Trust, and of said Nome
Dredging Trust, made application
before the United States Land Of.
fee at Nome, Alaska, for United
States Patent for those certain
placer mining claims known and
described as the JEWEL CLAIM.
ANDERSON CLAIM and the BON
ANA ASSOCIATION CLAIM. stu
ated on the east end of
Nome Townsite and about $50
fl north of Boring Sea in
the Cape Nome Mining and Re-
cording District and Precinct, Ter
ritory Of Alaska, end designated
by the United States Surveyor
General for the Territory of Alas
ka as Mineral Survey No. 400.
Said mining claims being more par
ticularly described in the plat and
field notes of the official Survey
thereof now on file in the United
States Land Office at Nome, Alas
ka. with magnetic variations of
from Is deg. 81 min. E., to 10
deg. 81 min. E., as follows:
JEWEL CLAIM
Beginning at cor. No. 1, a fir
post It. long 4 ms. So. set ?
TT. in ground, with earth mound
The Nome nugget., 1924-08-09

49,, 800, % to-.
mound 10 ms "'Sh anu ~ ~
nase around sd me- sGr'ptu ne
49o ~ thehce ~ OK 70
MN W - ~ IT. 10 cor ~
H. Hi pos : H., IoIE; + IN
sq, SIT |, =" siou,tu VIZ
earth noun" - ms mig" anu
81 ms, Daae dIoiuu 9dH't. So. w
ed ll-+'o ~ lhtnce : oeN'
40 MN w. if'o'4 u TO COZ
no. - i''eh ltal Win cor NJ
D. ANDERSON 'la.ll, thiS survey
previously uescFlpeu' mr. post
previously descf'ppa' scrIped
$50 BY: tnence II Deg ."
MN. w $3.50 H. TO cor NO
l. and place OF oeginnlng' con-
tanning an area OF 1886 acres
The above claims are contlsu-
The Nome nugget., 1924-08-09

NOTI f
FOR SAIlE-Quantity Of heavy
wrapping paper suitable for laying
under rugs and carpets, also old
newspapers. For sale at Nugget
Office.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-01
DENVER THE CENTER OF
COMMERCIAL FILM INDUSTRY

Denver.-Having doubled its busi-
ness in the last two years, the Alexan-
der Film Company of Denver is proba-
bly, now the leading commercial film
company in the United States.
Three and II half acres of land re-
Gently purchased adjoining the studio
grounds in Englewood Increases the
company's real estate holdings to sew
en- and Il half acres. This additional
ground is to be used for expansion
purposes.
The Alexander Film Company now
has customers in forty-six states and
holds screening rights in approximate
ly 1000 theaterS. Present plans call
for increasing the number of theaters
controlled to 1000 the additional l.
900 being needed TO take care ade-
Guately of the new business being con-
tracted for.
This company was started in Spo-
kane, Wash, six years ago. But the
business outgrew its Spokane location,
and in March. 1928 the entire company
with its personnel moved by special
train to its newly-purchased home in
Denver. When this move was made
the organization consisted of fifty peo-
pie as against 200 at the present time.
In deciding upon the Denver location
the company executives were influ-
enced chiefly by the fact that Colorado
atmosphere and scenery are most ex-
cellent for motion picture production.
In coming to Denver the company al
so had the advantage of securing II spa
cious and well equipped studio ut an
attractive figure. Among the various
improvements made in the studio
building since it was purchased by the
Alexander Film Company are new
auditorium, ventilating system and
an up-to-date title-board room and til
tle-board equipment.
1t is part of the company's policy
to encourage recreational sports among
all members of the organization. Ten
mis-, hand-ball and boxing are very pop
ular.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-01
Robert Stead
copra'esr er ROBERT STEAD
"A NOVEL or TIE FOoru,,,c
AvrHoa or THE COW puNchfo~ ruc
uOmesTGAOERS" NgiouBopc- cTc

nad ridden down the foothIll trails to
the thunder of many accompanying
hoof-beats, the old ranch became sud
denly place very quiet and still and
alone. Y.D. sat down In the corner of
the big room by the fire, and saw
strange pictures In its dying embers,
Zen. Zenl Transley
was good fellow. but how much
man will take with scarce a thank.
youl Presently Y.D. became
aware OF a hand resting upon his
shoulder, and tinglIng from Its finger
tips came something akin to the al
most forgotten rapture of day long
gone. He raised his great palm and
took that slowly ageing hand. once
round and fresh like Zen's, In his. To-
gether they watched the fire die out in
the silence Of their empty house. +.
The Dolores star., 1924-08-01
Quick Wieted, but

Afraid to breathe, almost, the re
turned reveller crept quietly into his
bedchnmber as the gray dawn was
breaking. Sitting on the edge of the
bed, he cautiously undid his boots
But, with all his care. his wife stirred
in bed. and he presently was all too
well aware Of pair Of sleepy eyes re
garding him over the edge Of the sheet
"Why, Tom," yawned the little
woman, show early you are this morn
ingi"
"Yes. my dear" replied Tom. sitting
a grsan. 1--WE got to 60 to Montreal
for the firm today"
And replacing his footgear the
wretched man dragged his aching
limbs out again Into the cold ant
hsartlsss strestA