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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
THREE HIGHWAYS
 LEAD OVER DAM
Work On Approaches For Highways Now Be-
 ing Done
Muscle Shoals Bureau)

FLORENCE, Ala, Dec. 3.-Work has been started on the necessary ex- cavation for the approach to Wilson Dam over which three highways will be brought together across the Tennes- see river. Steam shovels and other necessary equipment are busily en- will connect the giant dam with the Shoals. It is expected the work of connecting the dam with the roadways which are near the banks of the river, will begin at an early date. Work on the 58-foot gates which will regulate the flow of the river, above the spill way sections of the dam has been going forward at rapid rate and the super structure is rapidly taking shape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
T. J. DAVIS DIES

Thomas Jefferson Davisy age 56 years died at his home on Franklin street Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
TO OPEN CHARITY DRIVE

The annual campaign for the asso- ciated charities of Florence will open next Sunday under the direction of the Florence Exchange club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-04
MORE POLICE CASES
25S Cases Docketed At AnnistOn In
 Month

Month
 According to the monthly report to the Anniston police department issued by City Warden Gus Waters, 25S cases were docketed during November. Out of this number 136 were white people, seven white women, 91 negro men and "A negro women. This total shows an increase over the past few months, it is pointed out.
Evening star., 1924-08-29
Rudolph Felicitates
Harris on Pe,,nu1,t
Pace of Nationals

Confident that Washington will
win the American League pennant
Commissioner Cuno Fl. Rudolph.
president of the Board of Dis
trict Commissioners. today sent
the following telegram to Bucky
Harris. manager of the Washing
ton base ball team, congratulating
him and his players in the name
of the city on their victory over
the Yankees yesterday:
'Bucky Harris,
Yankee Stadium, New York City:
Congratulations on yesterdays
game. The never-say-die spirit of
your team brought you victory.
That spirit has made Washington
a pennant- winning team. Good
luck for the rest of the series. All
Washington is confident of the ul-
innate success of the race.
George Washington was first in
war, first in peace. first in the
hearts of his countrymen. The
City of Washington. named after
him. is first in the American
league. Hurrah,
"CUNO H. RUDOLPH,
president, District Board
of Commissioners"
Evening star., 1924-08-29
Coolidge Back, Greatly Improved,
From, Vacation in Vermont Hills

President Coolidge returned to
Washington this morning from the
brief vacation at the home of his
father in the Vermont hills, and
after a hurried breakfast at the
White House, was at his desk in
the executive Office at $40 o'clock.
He had been given some idea Of
the mass of papers and business
which has accumulated during his
absence, and he was eager to get
at them, as he expressed it, and
dispose of them as quickly as
possible.
The President showed benefits
of the change and rest and the
nearly two weeks Of simple life in
the village Of his boyhood. His
vacation worked wonders in the
physical appearance of the Execu-
tive. His face looked fuller. his
color was much better and his
eyes have assumed a new bright
ness.
The President said to those who
greeted him upon his arrival that
he felt fine, and he looked 1t.
There also was no Inistahng the
Presidents anxiety about his job
Evening star., 1924-08-29
TAXI RATE SLASH
PROSPECT FOR D. C.
New Regulation, Submitted by
Utilities Traffic Engineer,
Asks Reductions.

Taxicab and public touring car
rates in Washington are due for a
slaShing if the Commissioners ap-
prove the new hacking regulation
submitted to them today by Capt R.
q. klotz, traffic engineer of the Public
Utilities Commission. The regulation
was drafted by Capt. Klotz after sew
eral months of study and will be act
ed on by the Commissioners when
Commissioner Oyster returns to
Washington from a 15-day vacation.
The present maximum mileage rates
for one to five passengers are 70 cents
for the first mile and 40 cents for
each additional mile.
Capt. klotZ recommended that they
be changed to so cents for the t1rst
mile for one and two passengers and
40 cents for each succeeding mile
For more than two passengers the
new rate is set at 20 cents for the
first mile and so cents for each ad-
ditional mile.
Reductions Proposed.
The hourly rates, which also are
recommended for a reduction, are
at present 81 an hour for four pas
sengers, with so cents extra for each
additional passenger. The new rates
recommended are $3.50 an hour for
two passengers or less and 81 an
hour for more than two passengers.
The additional charge OF 20 cents a
mile now allowed for empty mileage
outside of certain zones is abolished
in the new regulation.
a surety bond of S2,500 is recon-
mended for all drivers of public We
hicles. The bond, which would be
kept by the major and Superintend-
ent OF police, according to the new
regulations shall contain. provision
for . continuing liability notwith-
standing any recovery thereon,
Evening star., 1924-08-29

as he so frequently refers to the
4 business of being President. He
intimated today that he will give
practically his undivided attention
to the business of running the
Government. The only Interrupt
tions to this plan will be discus
sions from time to time regarding
political matters and the conduct
Of the national campaign.
When asked whether he would
go to Plymouth again next Sum-
mer, he replied he undoubtedly
would, or at least hoped so.
Besides the routine business
awaiting his attention, there were
numerous callers at the White
House. but few of these were
given audiences, inasmuch as the
President had q cabinet meeting
scheduled for 10 o'clock.
The train carrying the presiden-
tial party arrived at Union Station
this morning at o'clock. Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge, accom-
panied by their son John and C.
Bascom Slemp, the Presidents Sec
retary, motored at once to the
White House, where breakfast was
ready.
Evening star., 1924-08-29
STORMY WEATHER
DETA|NS FLYERS
Hop From Greenland to Con-
tinent Still Awaits Abatinq
of Tempests.
BY FREDERICK II. NEELY.
Stan Correspondent Of The Star.


ON BOARD U. S. S. RICHMOND. IN
DIAN HARBOR, Labrador, August 20
(via wireless). Stormy weather
again forced Lieut.. Lowell Smith and
his companions on the world flight to
postpone their hop from Greenland to
this forlorn little fishing village on
the jumping off place of North Amer
lea.
Lieut.. Smith sent a wireless mes
sage to Rear Admiral Magruder, COM
mander of the light cruiser squadron,
today, saying the new Liberty engines
had been installed in the American
planes and everything made ready to
start the last water hop of the round
the-world journey on a minutes no.
tice.
The storm that has been lashing
its way toward Labrador for several
days, however, was spending its force
down this bleak coast today, and any
thought of the aviators landing here
now is out of the question. Clear
weather is following in the wake of
the blow, however, and it is thought
the Americans can take off tomorrow
without undue danger.
DesOlate Terrain.
Not since the flyers crossed the de-
populated and desolate Aleutian
Islands in the North Pacific have they
seen such barren waste as will greet
them at Hamlet Inlet, the terminus
of their passage to Labrador. Three
miles north of Indian Harbor, its
very name is melancholy to the men,
ory and the tiny islands that feck
the water there are woeful in appear
ance.
To make the picture Of the Ameri-
cans first reception back on the North
American continent even more drear,
the globe girdlers will land between
two islets known as Ice Tickle Island
and Cut Throat Island.
But no matter how unhappy the geo.
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column s.
Evening star., 1924-08-29
MACMILLAN, HOMEWARD BOUND,
MAY SEE u. S. FLYERS ON HOP
Explorer and Party Bo,UdOin Due September Is
After Fourteen Months Near North Pole-Placed
Geographic Societys Greedy Memorial.

BY CAPT. DONALD u. MACMILLAN.
ON BOARD S. S. BOWDOIN. Godt-
haab, Greenland. August % ODE
layed) by Radio to Amateur Station 9
CDN, East Grand Forks. Minn.--We
are safe. homeward bound. with all
on board well. Our little SS-foot
schooner. which has been frozen in
the ice for 320 days, II degrees from
the North Pole. has poked her way
down the coast of Greenland almost
on schedule. We should reach Lab
rador in d few days and Wiscasset,
Me. by September 15
Our radio seems to be raising anna
tours in various parts of the United
States and Canada. now that We are
getting longer periods of darkness
We are now at the end of the long
light period and are beginning to see
Evening star., 1924-08-29
NationaIists Favor Action on
Railway Bill, Adopted 314
to 127-0ppose Banking
Measure. But Il Passes.
6ALL0TING ON LATTER
PROPOSAL IS 295 TO 172
Marx Threat to Dissolve Body and
Go to People Overcomes Bloc's
Antagonism-Execution of Plan
Now Assured After Violent Par
liamentary Wrangles.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BERLIN, August 2o-The German
Re1chstag today accepted the Dawes
rcparation plan agreement concluded
at the recent London conference. by
adopting by vote OF 5l+ to l27, the
necessary two-thirdS majority, the
railway bill 10 put into effect the
provisions OF the London agreement
The German NationalistS, whose
open opposition 10 the agreement
and whose attacks on it during the
debate yesterday and today had
made the results OF the voting prob
iematIcal, voted i'll favor OF the rail
way bill, but they voted against the
banking bill, another of the Dawes
measures. which. nevertheless. was
adopted by a vote OF POS to l72, a
twothirds vote being unnecessary
on this bill.
Debenture Bill Passes
The industrial debenture bill. the
third of those provided under the
Dawes plan. also was adopted by the
necessary majority. The vote on the
railway measure provided 30 votes in
favor Of the bill in excess of the. two
thirds majority which was required
more than two-thirdS of the National
lists favoriug its acceptance
The price which the government
naId for the support of the Nation
aiiStS, which UP until midnight last
night had Still been in doubt. is
reported to be d promise that the
present cabinet will be reconstructed
tn Nd
nationalistS
The governments approval of a
tariff on grain is also reported to be
part OF the bargain made by DR..
StreSemann. who acted go-be-
tween for the present ministry.
Up until 10 minutes before the vote
was taken on the all-important rail-
way bill, the outcome of today'S vot-
ing on the London agreement had
been wholly conjectural. although per-
sons in well informed circles had
learned early in the day of peace
pact which was said to have been
concluded between Foreign Minister
Stresemann and the Nationalists.
Agreement Saves Day.
1t was this eleventh. hour agree
ment between the government and
the Nationalists which resulted in
the detection of 81 votes from the
ranks of this opposition party and
which enabled the government to OBJ
tain constitutional majority in sup
port of its work at London.
The Reichstag this morning con-
tinued the debate which had gone on
In lengthy and acrimonious fashion
for seven hours yesterday. The dis
solution decree which had been sign
ed by the chancellor for use in the
event that the house withheld its
approval of the pact was held in re-
serve, but was not needed.
When the vote on the railway bill
was announced today there was a
deafening roar of howls and jeers from
the Communists and the members of
the extreme right. Admiral Won
Tirpirtz. Prince Birmarck and other
Nationalist leaders and the partys
agrarian wing voted in favor of the
agreement, while the Communists. Won
Ludendorffs party and about 80 Ma
tionalists comprised the opposition.
Evening star., 1924-08-29
Flyers Here SuUe
Liues by Jumping
With Puruchutes

Quick thinking on the part of
Lieut.. Leonidas Kuontz. United
States Air Service. and Pvt. Cog
gin. both attached to Boiling Field,
undoubtedly saved their lives to-
day when VET Army plane got
beyond control and the two flyers
jumped out in parachuteS. They
escaped with virtually no injuries
save q few abrasions
Lieut.. koontz was the pilot.
They were up about 5000 feet.
The machine went into a tailSpin,
from which he was unable to right
it. Finally he succeeded III going
into nose dive, but was unable to
bring his machine around TO the
wind.
Seeing that it was hopeless. the
pilot and his companion hastily
released two parachutes and lcaped
for safety. reaching the ground at
one end of the flying field several
seconds after the machine struck.
The plane was demolished.
Evening star., 1924-08-29
ASSERTS DRY CHIEF
PAID RAID EXPENSE
Agent Says Haynes Financed
Parties at Hotel to Trap
Alleged Rum Ring.

Prohibition Commissioner Roy A.
Haynes paid the expenses OF the
mysterious Capt. Charles c. Bakcsy
under whose direction parties are
alleged to have been staged at Ward
man Park Hotel with women en-
disha billie" to trap men in running
down a liquor ring. according to tes-
timony of George +. Golding, special
intelligence agent of the Internal
Revenue Bureau. today at the hear
ing before United States Commits
sioner Turnage in the effort to ex-
tradite Is Washingtonians cited by
Florida grand jury for conspiracy
against the prohibition law.
1t is charged that Capt. Bakcsy
otherwise known as Capt. "" took
pictures of these parties with a
camera concealed behind the curtains
of a Wardman Park Hotel apartmen
According to further testimony. these
pictures later were used to intimidate
certain parties concerned.
Domination Is Charged.
Witnesses for the defendants,
among whom are Lieut.. J. II. Sprin
kle of the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment. three former deputy United
made strenuous effort this morning
to show that Capt. Bakcsy had held
John j. Hickey, former Government
"informer" and self-styled liquor
salesman, under his domination.
While this effort was fruitless. it
aired details of wild parties" held
at Wardman Park Hotel staged to
gather desired information to COM
plete the case against a rum ring"
Responding to question. Golding
made this answer just before he
stepped off the stand:
Prior to this inquiry. Bakcsy re-
ceived a sum for his expenses from
Commissioner Haynes. and l suppose
that this might be called Indirectly
through Commissioner Blair"
The Government rested its case
with Goldings testimony. Defense
attorneys Immediately began a Wig
orous attack to strike from the rec
ord copies of the indictments which
Notions Are Overruled.
Motions by Attorneys James A.
O'Shea and William l.. Leahy to
strike the copies of the indictments
from the records were overruled and
exceptions were noted. Then Leahy
moved to dismiss the proceedings
Commissioner Turnage announced he
would listen to argument.
During the time he was on the
stand, Golding was Queried regard
ing the parties in Bakcsy's apartment
at Wardman Park Hotel relative to
conference with Mrs Willebrandt, as
sistant United States Attorney General,
in this case; about Brown, the Gun
man." the alias of another special
agent, who posed as a ruffian in the
Bakscy clique, and he declared that
Hickey, the star witness. was en-
ployed by the special intelligence
unit, simply as an "informer."
The hearing has now occupied
three days. The object is to remove
the Is Washingtonians arrested here
on indictments from a Florida grand
jury, charging conspiracy of the pro-
laws, from this jurisdiction
to the jurisdiction of southern Flor
ida. The routine of the case is the
of these defendants to the
United States attorney to await war
rants of removal from the courts,
or the dismissal of these proceed
ings, and, in event of the former.
motions for habeas corpus writs.
wherein the Government will be
Evening star., 1924-08-29
c. A. R. CHIEF FLAYS
SOUTHERN WOMEN
Not Preaching Patriotism,
Says Arenberg at Defense
Day Gathering.

Addressing representative of pa
triotic societies assembled in Conti-
mental Memorial Hall today to plan
for National Defense day. Gen. l.. f..
Arenberg, commander-in in chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
launched a violent attack on the
ing that they were not preaching
patriotism. were not forgetting the
sores of the sixties, but were doing
any manner of things to keep then,
open.
Other speakers, including Army of
ficers, and f. F. Colladay, president
Of the Washington Board of Trade,
who outlined the purposes of the De-
fense day test, told of plans made and
working in certain communities. Gen.
Arensberg was not on the program,
but was called upon by the chairman
of the meeting. Brig. Gen. Henry j.
Reilly, Officers Reserve Corps.
&. A. r. Behind Defence Test.
After reading resolutions passed at
the recent encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic, placing the
c. A. r. intellectually behind such
a defense test, he went directly to
the attack on the Daughters of the
Confederacy, and confined the re-
mainder of his brief remarks to it.
Sees Patriotism Prevented.
While the defense test plans are
going on, he said, there is a force
in the country which is not patriotic
and is doing things to prevent the
spread of patriotism. This organi-
zation, he said, is the Daughters of
the Confederacy, and he said that
he had examined the list of patriotic
organizations which were to par
ticipate in the meeting and he failed
to find the name of this organiza-
ton.
1.-The Daughters of the Confederacy
does not preach patriotism" he
charged. "It is even engaged in
placing on the face of Stone Noun
tain statues of men who sought to
rend the Nation in twain. If defense
means anything. it is time to forget
the mishap of years ago.
Il honor the men of the Confed
crate Army. 1t is all right for them
to get together in their meetings
and preserve the comradeships of
the days of the Civil War 1 be-
lieve they are right in holding such
meetings.
L
Daughters of the Confederacy has
any right to attempt to get the effigies
of it's commanders on the coins of
the United States. for those who
fought against the Nation have no
right to have their faces on any
coins of the country. We are doing
our level best to defeat such thing
as this.
Time to Forget, He Says.
"Some people are not able to for
get and forgive for the things that
happened years ago. But it is high
time now for them to forget that
there is but one flag and that is the
flag of the United States. Are we
goin to permit these people to carry
on as they have, or to forget on Ma
tional Defense test dayT'
Addresses were delivered at the
meeting by Brig. Gen Hugh A Drum,
Continued on Page Z. Column e.
Evening star., 1924-08-29
NCoHtIIIueu OH age ., OoIunlH o.I
GLASS OUT OF CAMPAIGN
UNTIL HEALTH IMPROVES
Virginia Senator Coming to Wash
ington to Consult Dentist as
to Cause of Erysipelas.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, Va, August %
United States Senator Carter Glass
Virginia, will not be able to take
an active part in the Democratic
national campaign until he has re-
covered his normal good health"
after the source of infection respon-
sible for erysipelas, with which he is
now suffering, has been definitely
ascertained and removed" his physi-
clan stated today.
The senator, who has been con-
fined to his bed since Tuesday, was
reported better today. He expects
to keep an appointment with a dent
ist in Washington next week. A
diseased tooth Is thought to be re-
sponsible for his present condition.
Evening star., 1924-08-29

stars al night. Donald Mix, our ra-
dio operator. is operating nightly
from midnight to 3 am, Eastern
standard time. on lis meters. So you
may expect full details of our trip
soon by radio
In our II months absence from civ
i1ization We have seen many strange
things and gone through much. We
crossed the sound to Cape Sabine. Ell
leSmereland. with a dog team three
times. There We landed the National
Geographic Society's memorial tablet
in commemoration of Starvation
Camp, the site of the disaster of the
Inflated Greenly Arctic expedition of
1882. All in all we covered 1000
miles with dog team. kindest re-
CARDS to all friends of the expedition
The foregoing message from DON
CONTINUED on Page g. Column 4
Evening star., 1924-08-29
100 KILLED IN PASSENGER
TRAIN CRASH IN INDIA
Scores Also Injured in Wreck,
Report to London

LONDON, August 29.-More than
100 persons were killed or injured in
collision Of two passenger trains
near Lahore, British India, according
to an agency dispatch quoting in
complete reports received in Lahore.
Sixty-seven bodies were discovered in
the wreckage. and it was believed more
than 20 bodies remained among the
debris. Fifty-three persons were seri-
ously injured and 49 slightly injured.
Evening star., 1924-08-29
PRINCE REACHES
NEW YORK HARBOR
Launch to Take Prince From
Liner Direct to Long
Island Residence.
COMES HERE TOMORROW
Songs of Actress, After Midnight,
Captivate Royal Passenger.
Greets Masonic Friends.
By tho Associate Press.
NEW YORK, August 29.-The
Prince OF Wales arrived on the
liner BerenEnria ut Quarantine,
lower New York HnrbOr. Mt 3.I.
o'clock this afternoon.

:. :. BERENGARIA. August 90
Due to arrive at New York this after
noon on his second visit to the United
states. en- route to his ranch in
Canada. the Prince of Wales spent
the morning in final preparations for
debarking.
Last night he took little time off
and danced to phonograph music in
a quiet corner outside the royal suite
with Lady Mountbatten and Mrs.
Richard Norton of his party. There
were several distant spectators. but
no one ventured near.
Despite his private little dancing
party with various women OF his
party. the prince could not resist the
temptation of making his appearance
on the polished floor of the ballroom.
The heat, however. was so oppressive
that he did not remain there long
but went on deck with Lord and Lady
Mountbatten, walking along and
singing to them softly humorous
songs for the amusement of his kim
folk.
Likes Actress Singing.
Then he disappeared and did not
turn up until 2:l5 o'clock this morn
ing when he appeared in the lounge
where Grace La Rue. an actress, was
singing to d few persons who had
gathered there. The prince. capti-
waited by her voice. sat down with
Gen. Trotter and listened to five
songs, showing his appreciation by
applauding heartily.
1t has been remarked throughout
the voyage that the prince is great
lover of music and that he is partial
to American jazz. Several times he
has expressed his appreciation OF the
playing of an American jazz orches-
ira on board.
Receives Group of MaxOns
Earlier in the evening the prince
took time to receive a deputation of
brother Masons. representing all the
members of the order aboard ship.
The deputation, which included two
Americans. greeted Wales as past Sc
nior grand warden of the United
Grand Lodge and as provincial grand
master of Surrey.
His royal highness responded cor
daily and delighted two of the men,
bers by autographing their Masonic
travelling certificates.
Wales also had a chat with Mr..
Councihan. owner of the winner of
the Melbourne Grand National Stee-
plechase in 1928. He recounted some
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