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could get on the ferry going out. Com. ing back he was in line for four hours That may be an ordlnary experience but it is certainly not extraordinary.
 It costs forty-five dollars month to garage a touring car in the city and from sixty dollars up for closed car. Yet there are not enough garages. Be- cause more room is needed the house fronts that encrouch on public proper ty are being looped off. The Plaza has just peeled off it's Fifty-eighth street entrance. The great iron fence which surrounded the Commodore Vanderbilt chateau at the Fifth avenue corner has been moved back four feet. Six feet has been whacked off the foreground of the Morgan home on Madison avenue. Worth hundreds of thousands.
 The elevated roads are under the ban. Yet some provision must be made for moving the millions that use them daily. Fifty odd million people were carried lest year on the ten cent buses, and the nickel buses are filled to capacity. Twice as much subway capacity will be unequal to the demands of ten years from now. Big buildings are spread ing into t1. dead blocks of dirty brick houses that have been a sort of No man's-Land on either side of Broadway, just as a drop of ink spreads in water. Five theaters are to rise near Colum- bus Circle.
 Yet some Ohio educator said not long ago that railroaf usefulnes has been exhausted. Tomorrow's millions are to be carried in airships.
 That may be true in Ohio. There would not be parking space in New York.
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~ o WI 0V All IAlC 0kll
 Seven days work a week is the rue in some parts. Apartment houses spring up as though some Titan child were playing with his blocks. Up- town spaces that were vacant, four months ago are now covered ten stories high. Forty thousand new flats will be opened to tenants this fall and the demand will not be met.
 We must continue building at this rate for the next twenty-five years," announces an authority, Ito care for the annual increase"
 One continually discovers new sky scrapers on a familiar street. Some times you are caught in a traffic jam and get chance to look up. There's the skyscraper.
 Wonder what would happen if de- vastating epidemic were to break out :? Or if the next wars Zeppelins were to drop bombs?- How rapidly could New Workers get out of town?
 On the Friday before Labor Day every possible avenue of escape from the city was jammed. Tickets were sold from temporary booths in the rail road stations. The number of trains was limited only by the rail capacity. Each engine dragged the last possible coach. Urgent holiday seekers stood in every car aisle. The steamers were loaded to the final inch of deck. On the roads the automobiles ran in a dusty, gaseous procession, nose to tail light. Perhaps two million people managed to get away for the holiday. Then imagine a panic!
 A friend decided to spend Sunday in Perth Amboy, which is in Jersey. His car stood in line two hours before Ie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
GIBSON RENOMINATED

Leads John w. Gordon By $500 Votes
 MONTPELIER, Vt, Sept. 9.2Ernest W. Gibson of Brattleboro, representa-
 tive in Congress for the second Yer mont district, was renominated by the republicans today He led his Oppon- ent, John W. Gordon, by $500 on the face of returns from 503 of the 1,O33 cities and towns in the district. There had been some opposition to Congress man Gibson because of his vote in favor of the soldiers bonus bill after it had been vetoed by President Coolidge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
MUNGER ESTATE
 IS PROBATED
fContinued from Page One

(Continued from Page One) directs that it shall not be sold by the executors.
 Her executors will invest for each of her cousins, Bertha England and Mag gie England of Summeryille, Ala, the sum of $5,0OO each, and to pay them out of that $25 monthly as long as they live, the residue at their deaths to, go to her children. share and share alike.
 The sum of $1,000 will be set aside and held as trustees for her uncle, w. R. Davis, of Fairfield, Texas, the sum of .$1,O0O to be invested.
 Mrs. Munger's sons, Robert 0. Mun- ger and Eugene Munger, and her son in-law, Paul H. Earle were named as executors and were appointed and qualified as such in probate court i'm mediately after probating of the will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
GILLETT FAR AHEAD
Piles Up Heavy Majority Over Loui Nnnlfdna

A. Coolidge
 BOSTON, Sept. 9.-Indorsed for the job by William M. Butler, chairman of the republican national committee, Speaker Frederick H. Gillett at mid night had piled up big lead over Louis A. Coolidge and Congressman Frederick W. Dallinger in their con- test for the republican nomination for United States senator in the state pri- mafies Tuesday.
 Returns from IFS voting precincts out of 1,432 in. the state, including 92 out of 355 cities and towns, gave Gil lett a lead of 1884 over Coolidge and margin of 6,822 over Dallinger.
 The vote stood:
 Gillett 1882.
 Coolidge 7,24S.
 Dallinger 5,060.
 In the contest for the republican nomination for governor of Lieutenant Governor Alvin T. Fuller was leading State Treasurer James Jackson 14,725 to 10.7S0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10

matters of interest to his district and state, was the chief speaker tonight be- fore the Davis-Bryan Progressive Democratic club of the District of Co lumbia. His audience was composed of residents of the District, Maryland and Virginia.
 He expounded old-fashion Jefferson ian principles, though he did not forget to drive home thrusts against the re- publicans based on the graft and cor ruption which have featured the Hard ing Coolidge regime. /
 MT. Oliver is preparing a speech to be delivered in BirninSha:n on Defense , Bay, Friday, and will depart for tha
 city tomorrow night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
KHAN CANDIDATE AHEAD
Rice w. Means of Dallas Ahead Il
 Colorado

Colorado
 DENVER. Sept. 9.-With 124 pre- cincts of the states 1,492 reported up to II :15 o'clock tonight, Rice w.. Means of Denver, supported by the Ku Klux Klan, was leading in the repub- lican primary race for the short term in the Unitedo States Senate.
 For the democratic nomination for United States senator, Morrison Shaf- roth was making a run away race with Benjamin J. Hilliard of Denver, on the face of returns from 69 precincts. Shafroth had 1,239 votes while Hilliard had but 425.
 Judge Clarence J. Morley of Denver, the Ku Klux Klan candidate for gov ernor, was leading Robert F. Rockwell of Paonia on the face of returns from 131 precincts. Morley had 6,2S2 votes to 5,231 for Rockwell Earl Cooley of Trinidad, who made a fight on the klan had only 372 votes and was run ming a poor third.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
CHILD IS KILLED
 BY AUTOMOBILE
Driver Did Not See NBo, Until
 Too Late

z ASHLAND, Ala, Sept. p.- tspe- cial. )-Luther, S-year-old son pf W. J. Williams, who resides hile and a half west of Ashland, was killed bs an automobile yesterday. The driver. Clarence Haynes, did not see the boy until it was too late,} and the car knocke him down and saparently ras directly over him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
GOVERNOR HUNT LEADS
Shows Majority Over His Two Oppon
 ents

PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 9.-Gov. George W. P. Hunt was leading his two opponents by margin of more than two to one in the race for the democratic4nomina for governor in returns compiled here tonight from, 96 of the states 479 precincts.
 The governor, an enemy of the Colo rado liver compact, one of the 'eading campaign issues, received from these precincts a,total7 of 2,74S votes, while Sidney Osborn, anti-klan candidate, polled b139, and E. W. Samaell. en- dorsee of the klan, had 1,102:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
CALL KHAN VICTORY
Rule of Order Not to Endure, Declares
 Defeated Candidate Y.

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 9.-The victory of the republican forces in yes terday's gubernatorial election in tl.is state was distinctly triumph for the Ku Klux Klan, William R. Pattangall, the defeated democratic candidate, de clared in statement at his home here today. s
 We are temporarily defeated by a combination of religious intolerance and blind partisanship, but Maine will not long endure the rule of the klan, and tl-e republican organization will find it difficult partner with which to do business" Mir. Pattangall said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
RANSDELL AHEAD
Senator Easily Defeats Opponent In
 Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS. La, Sept. O. Senator Joseph B. Ransdeli was run. ming away from Lee Thomas, mayor of Shreveport in their contest for the senatorial nomination in todays pri. mary on the face of early returns to- night Of the 1.310 precincts in the state, 279 of which had reported at g 80 p. m., gave Ransdell 25,S59 Thomas 13,457.
 In the sixth congressional district where the only contest for a seat in the lower house of Congress was on, George K. Favrot had a total of 1922 to 3,2OS for Bolivar Kemk, his opponent for re. nomination on returns from S5 of the 177 precincts in the district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
ALABAME REPRESENTED
Oliver And Jeffers Greet Pliers On B,
 half Of State

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-(Spe- cial l)--Alabama' welcome 10 the round-the-world fliers, who reached Washington this afternoon, was ex- tended on Boiling field by Representa- tiveS W. B. Oliver and Lamar Jeffers. The congressman were presented imme- diately after the President and his party.
 MT. Oliver, who is spending son days here attca to departmental
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
DUCHESS de MOUCHY DIES

PARIS. Sept 9.-The Duchess de Mouchy, intimate friend of Empress Eugenie and one, of the last survivors of the famous Tuileries court. is dead She was a granddaughter of Napoleon's S marshal. Mnrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
Manhattan Days And Nights
By Herbert Corey

NEW YORK, Sept. 9-Its about time that New York got
 frontspiece Whenever the artists called on to
 decorate civic occasion they ring poor old Father Knckerbocker Make his look like cough drop pedder He's out of date If he visited the city would killed by taxcab within twenty-four hours.
 An iron worker hammering home red hot rve head with pneumatic would look better New Yorks seal And on the reverse steam crane lifting bundle of Ibeams twenty stories in aE The building activity here is incredible asterson compared the cs constantly tornuup streets those of mining Wel therre still torn up. But
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
lfiFl AND SUFFERS FLOOD.

Hh' InS UT DOlIarS Damage Reported
 In Donegal And Tyrone.
 LONDON, Sept. 9.-Floods in Done gal and Tyrone in Ireland have caused tremeldous damage, according to dis patches to the Central news. The loss is estimated at several million dollars. Thousands of acres of crops have been inundated and many highways and rail- roads in Donegal are submerged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
BLEAM K AHEAD
 FOR U s. SENATOR

(COntinued from Page One) in favor of Judge Futile, had total of 3,421,
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HAS 30,OOO ,PBRALITY
Maine Returns Gives Brewster 136, 6,84O
 And PattangalI 1O3,2

PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 9-RaIph
 o. Brewster of Portland, republican, a member of the state senate, was elect ed governor of Maine yesterday by a plurality of more than 30,000 over William R. Pattangall of t-susta,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
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 woe, Davenport, 4S4 meters, 5 p. m., eastern standard time. Organ recital.
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district 1; w. c. Lankford, eleventh dis trict, nd W. W. Laren, twelfth dis trick, is .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
MAN. STABBED

Former Legislator Injured In Louisiana
 Election Row
 SHREVEPORT, La, Sept. g. Former State Representative Seliars of NatC toches parish, today was stabbed eight times by l.. Fuller in an election row at Robeline, La. Mr. Sellars was reported tonight to be in a serious con dition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-10
TUNNELL NOMINATED

Bancroft Is Delaware DemOcrats'
 Choice for Governor . DONvER, Del, Sept. y.--The demo- cratic state convention today nominated James M. Tunnell for United States senator : Joseph Bancroft for governor and William H. Boyce as representative in congress. ,$
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
CONTRIB LIMIT IS
SCAT CITY HALL
No EmpIoye Should Give
More, Says Shank

Contributions from city employees
to Republican or Democratic cam
paign funds viii pc limited TO s. and
under, Mayor Shank announced to-
day when it became known that the
hat would be soon passed among
police and firemcn.
Il don't care whether its Repub-
licans or Democrats. no one should
give more than $5. said the mayor.
He suggested 81 for the men in the
ranks and IS for superior officers.
The mayor said no pressure would
be brought on any cmploye TO
come through" and ever yman was
at liberty to give to any party Of
his choeci.
The mayor will start his speaking
campaign in behalf of the Repub-
lican ticket at Hammond Monday
night. under direction OF the ma.
tional committee or Chicago
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
Postmaster General Harry S,
New Says Upward Re-
vision viii Be Necessary
if Work of Department Is
Increased Materially,
NATI0N'SLETER MEN
MEET IN CONVENTION
Mail Branch About Breaking
Even on Present Charges
Mo Intent to Make
Money for Government
Cabinet Member Says,

Increased postal rates were fore
cast by Harry S New. postmaster
general Of the United States. in his
address before the annual conven-
tion OF the National Association of
Postmasters this afternoon at the
Claypool.
After predicting that for 1926
postal receipts practically will equal
expenditures unless new obligations
are placed upon the service. he said;
II new obligations Of major i'm
portance are created, considerations
OF just ordinary prudence suggest
an upward readjustment Of certain
rates to at least approximately meet
them The present administration
OF the department has not insisted
that the service be made absolutely
- slf-sustaining. The Government Of
every other one of the great ma
tons. so far as I have knowledge.
seeks 10 make its pOstOffiCe a reve
nue. producer. There IS none other
conducted with the liberaHty shown
by the department Of the United
states. II is only fair that rates
charged should fairly approximate
the expense incurred for service rem
dered.
Growth OF cities over wide areas
because Of the increased use of the
automobile has put additional tasks
upon the pcstoffice department. he
said.
THE mail carrier must go where
the people are" he said.
During the last three years postal
receipts have increased S12S.000.00O
and last year aggregated S572,000,-
O0O he said.
New told interesting stories OF the
old days in Indianapolis when there
was no mail delivery and every one
called at the postoffce in person for
the mail. Delivery service was
established in 1859. Indianapolis be
ing the twenty-second city Of the
United States to have it established,
he said.
President Frank J. Book, Newark.
y. J., cdlieu tle cOIlNueIioH 10 hIutI-
The Rev. Allan B. Philputt. Genital
Christian Church. gave the inVoc3-
tion. Governor Emmett F. Branch.
Mayor Shank and Frank c. Riley #
the Chamber of Commerce were IN
the program for welcome 1dlressss.
Committees were to be appointed
late in the afternoon.
An informal reception will be reid
ar the ClaypOOl from S to 10 tonight.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
OBJECTIONS TO
TAX RATE FILED
ZOerCher and BraCken'S s
Statements Part of Record,

Objections Of Phillip Zoercher.
member of the State tax board and
Robert Bracken. auditor of State. to
the State tax levy of % cents which
was fixed Monday on their approval.
were made a part Of the boards rec
ord today.
Bracken sent in short statement,
predicting that the State would be
in debt over $2,OO0.000 Dec. 81, 1925.
Zoercher included statement in Ge-
fense Of the boards action and in
support of it's contention that it
could made no levy for any amount
other than what the Legislature
specifically appropriated Zoercher
wanted a 27-cent levy. He admitted
that the State was without working
capital, but said that it was the duty
f the Legislature to provide it.
Bracken's objections were based
CHIEFLY on the fact that the State has
10 money on which to operate be-
tween Sept 80 and Dec. 81 of each
year.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
LOUers' Meet

BIZ THitcd Press
MOUNT VERNON. H.. Sept.
ga meeting with the Rev.
Lawrence Hight. who a few
hours before had charged her
with poisoning her husband as
part of a murder compact"
to set their loves free. failed to
shake Mrs. Elsie Sweetin.
At a. m. today the pastof
was brought into the room in
which she had all night turned
deaf ear to the entreaties to
confess.
Hello" she said cordially.
Hello. We're in sad
plight" Hight remarked.
Yes, we are"
Then the pastor was taken
back to the cell in which he
is held for poisoning his wife.
1t was not until an hour
later that Elsie Sweetin con-
fessed she poisoned her hus-
band with arsenic given her by
Hight.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23

Mayor Shank today would not dis
cuss a report that he is engaged to
Mrs. James H. Ffndley, Kendall
Vile, Ind. further than to say Il
guess it's about right"
1t was said that the marriage
would not be set before Jan. l.
Mrs. Findley. a widow, is the
daughter Of DR.. J. l.. Gilbert, Ken
dallvine physician. It IS understood
she met the mayor during his cam
paign for Republican nomination for
Governor last spring.
The report follows purchase by
the mayor Of new $4,000 house in
Golden Hill
Later in the day Shank said
Mrs. Findley said she always
wanted to live in Ft Wayne or In.
dianapols. 1t begins to look as if
she would live in Indianapolis"
Then Mrs Finley verified the re
port saying the marriage probably
would not occur before spring.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
Star Witness Of Senate De-
partment Of Justice De-
cIares Evidence Before
Committee True - Re-
pudiation' Was Trap,
PROMISES TO MAKE
STARTLING DISCLOSURES
Prominent Washington Man,
Who Figured in Teapot
Dome, Wrote Document
Which Harry Daugherty
Made Public, SIeuth Ayers,

By nitcd Press
CONCORD. n. c. Sept 2S-"1
opened the door and the whole
crowd fell in"
CASTOR B. Means, international
sleuth and star witness Of the
Senate investigation of the Depart
ment Of Justice thus described today
his latest sensation-the "repudia-
ton" Of his testimony before the
committee.
Il stand on every word l uttered
before the committee" said Means,
and if given the opportunity,
I will make through documentary
evidence startling revelations con
nected with this reputation state
ment.
Approached by Man
"On July g a man approached me
Means gave the mans namel and
said that if I would keep quiet and
come through with a statement that
my committee testimony was false
would come out all light and the real
people would look after me.
II baited the crowd along for
some time and then finally signed
the statement in New York hotel.
Harry Daugherty was registered at
the Waldorf Astoria the day
signed it.
Il didn't read il before I signed it.
7 understand it was prepared by Il
prominent Washingtonian whose
name figured in the Teapot Dome
investigation At any rate defy
any one TO produce 1t now. II is a
physical impossibility.
Offered Everything
Means said in tho interval between
the time he was first approached and
the time he signed the statement
many officials and friends Of the Ad-
ministration saw him and offered
me everything if 7 would retraCt my
testimony"
on one occasion. he said, he talked
with the man who drew up the re-
pudiation statement in the street in
front Of the II St house where Jess
Smith once lived.
During the conversation two high
officials Of the present Adminstra-
ton were supposed to be inside the
house waiting to hear about the
meeting.
Means said he had st rtling evi-
dence to submit to the committee
and wanted a meeting called i'm
mediately.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23

and could not be found to appear
as defendant.
Il have been a bona fide resident
Of Indianapolis all my life, and
never left the city. but once, when
I went to Lafayette for a funeral"
she said.
According to the original di-
vorce complaint filed by the vet
eran, the couple was married in
1900, and lived together three
months. The aged plaintiff stated
in his charges. which the widow
declared to Judge Miller were
false, tEsNt she rendered their
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23
WEAVER AND SON
SAY NOT GUILTY
Are Arraigned Before Judge
Collins,

George a. Weaver and son. indict-
ed by the county grand jury for pre-
senting false claims and perjury in
connection with the construction of
the Julietta insane asylum, today
pleaded not guilty when arraigned
before Judge James A. Collins in
Criminal Court, through their attor-
ney. Merle n. A. Walker
Collins asked if they wanted a
Judge or jury trial. Walker was
given several days in which to make
a decision. No date for the trial has
yet been set.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23

FORPROTECT|ON
Fight Over Pension in Car
penter'S Convention,

\ group OF delegates to the con.
vention OF the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners OF Ameri-
ca. meeting at the Athenaeum this
week, today asked police for protec-
ton
The delegates said they favored an
old age pension instead of establish
ment Of home for aged out Of
union members. They said they had
not been given opportunity to say
their say in the convention because
the administration favored the home
c. j. Malcahy, Providence, r. l.,
who said he was the leader of the
pension faction. said he was beaten
up in Monument Pl. about midnight
Monday night,
Several delegates are wearing but.
tons inside their coats marked Il
am for a pension only"
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23

home a striking reality of the pic
tured inferno of Dante, unbear-
able and unlvable," to quote the
old complaint
The divorce was granted by the
then judge, John ]. Rockford. as
no one appeared to defend the wife.
1t remained on the order book
unchallenged and Uncle Sam him.
self knew nothing of the divorce,
granting Mrs. Hart a pension as
the lawful widow of Civil War
veteran On Aug. 10, 1923, how
ever Federal pension examiner
broke the news.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-09-23

band. which she administered in re-
peated doses until he died July 2S
Then Mrs. Anna Hight. wife of the
circuit pastor for twenty-six years.
fell sick, and the minister, keeping
what he said was his end of the muir
der compact. gave her poison in her
food until she died. Sept -,
The woman's confession in full:
II, Elsie Sweetin of my own free
will and without compulsion and aft
er having been fully advised as to
my rights and that what | may say
may be used against me. and for the
sole purpose Of clearing my con-
science, do make the following state
ment:
That the first time | noticed that
Lawrence M. Hight had any feeling
Of affection for me was in April
1924; that my husband had for some
time treated me without affection;
that Rev. Hight continued his ad-
vances and l finally discovered that
| returned his affection.
THAT about three months ago
Mr.. Hight suggested he give me some
poison to give to my husband and
he would do the same to his wife.
''At first ! was Mortified. but he
talked so plausibly and I had such
confidence in him that it seemed to
me to be right to do it,
I'VE then finally agreed I was to
administer the poison to my hus-
band. Wilford Sweetin, and he was
to administer poison to his wife,
Anna Hight.
And then, week or two before
my husband. Wilford Sweetin. was
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