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New Britain herald., 1924-06-07

If is estimated that S7 per cent of tho divorces are obtained by women who have no greater responsibility than the gold fish.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-07

A mysterious drop of 10 points yes- terday in Twin City Rapid Transit stock, its first appearance on inc ticker in two months preceded the declaration of a semi-fnal dividend Of per cent on the common. Two pre- vious payments on the common stock having been at the rate of 3 per cent semi-annually.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-07

There is profit in diversity and prohibition has taught medical men a lot about antidotss.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-07

The Chicago, St. Paul, Aiinnea polls F& Omaha railway earned net income of s624.17S in 1923, equal to s5,54 a share on s11,25a,S5s preferred stock, against s1,177,s2s in 1922 or $40 a share on $ls.55s,os7 common stock after preferred dividends, Profit and loss surplus fell to s5,60s,- 344 from s6,696,03l. Current assets totalled s5,S31,6S7 and current liabil- ities $3.9S6,2lS.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-07

Record breaking contsumption Of oil this year was forecast today by Ed ward l.. Doneny, head of the Pan- American Petroleum & Transport Co.,, who said an increasingly vast quantity of gasoline would be needed. He hased his optimism on the available crude oil supplies and the growing de- mand. Instead Of a large supply Of ell being a detriment, such a condi- ton, he stated. was the base on which expansion of the industry was founded and the factor which always led 10 successful operations.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-07

William H. Woodin, president of the American Car & Foundry com pany, has resigned as a director of the Westinghouse Electric & Manu- featuring company and the American Beet Sugar Co. The financial dis trict hears he may retire from nine other companies when he returns from Europe shortly.
 The Standard Oil Co. of New Jer- sey is reported to have completed an- other well in the Psnuco district of Mexico with initial production of ie,- 900 barrels.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-07

Cuba's improved financial condition was emphasized in an announcement that the island republic had called for refinement on June SO. its entire issue of sls,S52,4oo, six per cent treasury loan of 1917 an obligation assumed during the war with Germany. Charles F. Mitchell, president of the National City bank, a close observer of Cuban financial affairs, said quiet and steady progress was being made and that the government had been liv- ing within It's income and amortizing it's debts out of each years surplus.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
DTRTGIBLE LANDS
 AFTER FORGED TRIP
Shenandoah Is Kept AlOft "A
 Hours By High Wind

LAKEHURST FIELD, N. J., July 25.---.fter floating in the air for more than 24 hours, unable to make land ing, the giant navy dirigible Shenan- doah, was landed here at 5 80 o'clock. The brisk wind which prevented ground attendants from nosing the blimp into the hangars had subsided and field com handlers decided the big bag could be safely put in the hangar.
 The Shenandoah set sail Thursday for a trip over part of New York state and Pennsylvania, returning to the field here shortly before s 80 Thurs day night. The dirigible was brought to the ground, but immediately sent up again.
 Attendants on the landing field were afraid a sudden gust of wind would smash the bag against the steel doors of the hangar. After remaining aloft until morning, another attempt was made to land the Shenandoah. When this failed the blimp was refueled and set sail.
 Heading on a cruise towards Cape May, the crew ran-into a storm and i'm mediately turned about and headed for the home field. Upon arriving here it was found the wind had subsided suffi- ciently to allow the landing. Arrange ments had been made to keep the Shenandoah aloft all night in case the wind did not subside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
FEDERAL AGENT
 PROBES PARDON
Former Mississippi Governors
 Act Subject Of Investigation

JACKSON, Miss, July 25.-Federal investigation was begun here t day by a postoffice inspector of the procedure followed by Former Governor Lee NJ. Russell, in issuing a pardon to James NJ. Williams, bank robber, with a string of aliases, just before the executive re- tired from office last January.
 Williams was sentenced to five years May 12, 1922, from Hernando county following conviction on charges of hay ing robbed bank at Nesbitt, Miss He began sentence December 21. 1922, and was pardoned January 21, 1924.
 Williams was given his freedom on a petition bearing the signatures of nine men, one of whom was Walter A. Kelly, St. Louis lawyer, who is said to have figured in previous pardons granted Williams under different names.
 Prior to his conviction in Mississippi, according to federal officials, Williams was wanted for series of bank rob berries in other states in which he was believed to have figured. He had served time at LeaYenworth, Kansas, federal officers said, and was pardoned through efforts alleged to have been made by Kelly. Williams whereabouts at pres ent are unkno%n,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
MANY ADDRESS
 DEAF GATHERING
Second Session Is Most Interest
 ing In BOdy's History

The second session of the sixth bien- nial convention of the Alabama As soeiation of the Deaf, converting at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium, Fri day, proved to be one of the most inter esting sessions in the history of the as- sociation. Many interesting speakers from Birmingham and other parts of Alabama made addresses.
 Among the speakers Thursday were Commissioner Mrs. Mary Echols, H. F i. Manning, principal of fhe Alabama School for the Deaf at Talladega; Osee Roberts of Birmingham, Miss AIaumee Roberts, Mir. and Mrs. J. H. McFar- lane, Mrs. J. r, Keys and Ross John son. Miss Roberts acted as interpreter between speakers and audience.
 The principal subject touched upon by the speakers and discussed con versationally among the members of the convention was the advancement of the education of the deaf, with the conse- quent advancement of culture and in telligence among the deaf Accom- plishments of deaf people in public and private life were mentioned as examples.
 Saturday the delegates to the con. Vention' will be entertained at a picnic at West Lake park. The management has promised that the park will be thrown wide open for the. entertainment of the visitors, and every effort will be made to insure that the guests enjoy t. outing. VA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
FEDERAL AGENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE CHARGES Gang Thought Responsi- ble For Capitals
 Chief Supply ARRESTS ORDERED
 MADE AT ONCE Shipments Protected By Railroad Officials,
 Says Writ
(By Associated Press.)

2 TAMPA, Fla, July 25.-A fed eral grand jury, in session here to- day, returned an indictment involv- ing 36 persons, from Jacksonville to Washington in connection with an alleged liquor ring which was al- legged to include railroad officials, police officers and government off, ficials at the capital. Capias for the arrest of each of the 36 named in the indictments has been issued and arrests are to follow irnmedi- ately.
 Gang Broken
 According to United States District Attorney Geober, the indictment breaks up well-organized gang that had '.carried" on for many months and had been responsible for large portion of Washington's liquor supply.
 The liquor, it is said, was landed on the east coast of Florida and taken to Jacksonville, whence it was shipped into Washington in small case lots. It is alleged in the indictment that the transportation was perfected by rail road, police and government officials, until arrival in the capital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
BROWN TO- SERVE
 ADVISORY BOARD
 OF WATER LINES
Receives Appointment Friday To Inland Water
 ways Corporation

Announcement of the appointment of Robert A. Brown of Birmingham as . member of the advisory board of the h. land Waterways corporation, an organ ization which will have. charge of op- erating the Warrior river barge service and the Mississippi river service, was received in Birmingham Friday and confirmed by Mir. Brown. He will an pear at a conferenee on August 6, at tue office pf RaeTekAfy of Var Weeks,
 BkpNaass tINties on the huard are ex eted fo deai principally with the operation Of the Warrior river service which recently was separated, as far as operation is concerned, from the Mis- siksippi service, with manager in charge at Mobile. The advisory hoard, however, has charge of the destinies of both routes.
 The board is composed. of six mem bers who will serve for different num- bers of years according to their appoint ment. Mir. Brown has been selected by Secretary Weeks to serve three years. The committee represents sections of the country where water service forms an important part in economic devel- opment.
 The complete advisory board includes M, J. Sinders, New Orleans, to serve one year; Milton Hunt, Memphis, one year; Halleck W. Seaman, Clinton, Iowa, two years :; R. A. Brown, Bir- minghan, three years William Jacoby, Pittsburg, four years, and James E. Smith, St. Louis, five years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
DEEP SHAFT IFS WRECKED BY BLAST Relief Crews Fight Vain ly To Reach The
 Victims PRESENCE OF GAS
 HALTS RESCUE Physicians From Nearby Towns Rushed To
 Scene
 - - WHOLE TOWN
 AWAITS NEWS Gates, A Small Village, Has Chief Interest Centered
 In Mines
WHOLE TOWN
 AWAITS NEWS
fBy Associated Press.)

GATES, Pa., July 2o.-Nineteen men are reported entombed in the Gates mine of the H. c. Prick Coke company here as result ot an ex- plosion that occurred shortly after ' o'clock tonight. Rescue crews working in three shifts are attempt ing to reach the men, but officials doubt whether their efforts will be successful before morning.
 There were 120 men at work in the mine at the time, but only the one section was affected by the explosion.
 E. G. Girod, mine inspector, sta- toned at Masontown, three miles from here, was the first state off cial to arrive at the scene of the disaster and took charge of the res- cue work. He organized three shifts of rescue workers, who immediately started digging their way to the en- tombed,. Taa6n. They encountered eonsiderabIe difficulty. however, as result of numerous cave-izls that blocked their path. It is also feared that the rescue workers will en- counter poisonous gas and have been equipped with masks. The Prick company has summoned its rescue cars from the entire district, but the Pittsburg bureau of mines has not as yet been called upon for aid.
 Physicians and ambulances from nearby towns were called and were on the scene awaiting the bringing of the men to the surface. The mine is of the shaft type and the chamber in which the entombed men were working is located from mile and a half to two miles back of the entrance.
 Gates is little mining village To- cated about 22 miles south of Brownsville in Fayette county. The whole village activity centers in mining interests. The same mine was the scene of an explosion in February, 1922, when 25 men were killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
ACTS
 TO RID $40 PAILO
 OF ALL CIVILIANS
Many Americans Involved In Order-ActiOn Un-
 determined
(By Leased Wire to Age.HeraId)

WASHINGTON, July 25.--An ap- peal, calling upon the inhabitants at Sac Paulo, Brazil, to leave the city, in view of military operations planned by the government forces against the rebels, has been broadcasted by air. planes and by radio by order of the minister of war, Marshal Setembrino De Carno, the state department, was advised Friday night.
 There are many Amreicans in Sac Paulo, and this new turn of affairs ma.' bring a protest from this govern ment No indications as to whether the United States will take measures to protect it's citizens there was given at the state department when the message was made public. It came from Shel- don L. Crosby, charge d'affaires at Rio De Janerio, and was dated Fri day.
 The government troops must act with freedom against the rebels who insist upon fighting under the moral protection of the civil population, the sacrifice of which we must avoid. '" The proclamation stated.
 Appeals To People
 'I appeal to the noble and indus trious people of Sac Paulo to abandon the city, leaving the rebels to their fate. This is a cruel necessity which must be accepted as imperious and is destined to put an end at once to the state of things created by this uprising which debases our credit as cultured people.
 'I hope that all will respond to this appeal so as to prevent suffering caused by the military operations which shall be carried on within a few days"
 An earlier message to the state department said that the departure of Americans wishing to leave Sac Paulc be facilitated. It stated that Amer ican lives were in no greater danger than before and the revolutionary situation has not appreciably changed
 Calm prevailed throughout Thursday night on all fronts, according to a cOmmunique made public by the Bra gillian embassy here Friday.
 Claim Victories
 "Our aViators have just completed reconnaissance of the new position of under the action of the government troops" it said.
 A communique of midnight, Thurs day, said that government troops had, local fights with the rebells which resulted in q great advance on our front, principally on our left wing where we captured numerous machine guns and made more than q hundred prisoners, most of whom are foreigners. The rebels are constantly yielding more Rronnd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
DRUGS AND ALIENS
 SOUGHT IN FLEET
Rum Row Believed To Be Ha-
 ven Of Smugglers

NEW YORK, July Permission to board vessels in rum row to search for narcotics and aliens to be smuggled into the country will be sought by agents. of the treasury department, it was announced today, following seizure of a letter indicating their presence on vessels anchored off shore.
 The letter, writlSn by man on one of the boats to Robert Wylie, Glasgow, Scotland, stated that Chinese and other foreigners were aboard the boats and tIso that an airplane has been making six trips daily fro mthe fleet with illicit cargoes of liquor. The letter bearing this information fell into the hands of officials through the capture of power boat carrying 200 cases of liquor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
ACTION CONFIRMED
Warrants Returned Wednesday But Kept Secret


 2 WASHINGTON, July 25.-Official dispatches received today at the office of Elmer l.. Trey, chief of the special intelligence unit of the Treasury, con- firmed the wholesale liquor indictments rsturnAd by a federal grand jury at Ea1npn q Tlie ind nleilta were retaFus ed Wednesday but were kept secret for fear that tiioEe involved might evade service of warrants for their arres. Deputy United States inarshals, pullman conductors and porters, police and liquor dealers in several cities were said to be among those banned in the indictment which charge conspiracy to violate section 37 of the criminal code. The cases, 1t was said, will be tried in Ll6vida before United States District Judge Jones, sitting either ia Jackson vile, Tampa or Miami, with United States District Attorney Geber in charge of the prosecution.
 The conspiracy charges resulted, it was said. at the Treasury, from a some what similar case here against some of thOss indicted at Tampa. The cases when tried here were quashed on mo- tion of the government in order, it was said, at that time fo chtain more com plete evidence t. bc laid before the Florida courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26

Plans for the enlargement and im- provement of the propertJ of the Ala bama State Fair corporation, to include the most modern amusement park in the south, with a new dirt track and a concrete grandstand, were announced Friday following the meeting of the board of dire ctors of the corporation and selection of an executive committee by R. A. Brown, president, to be con- firmed by the directors.
 The meeting of the board of direc- tors featured the transfer of the prop critics to the new State Fair corpora tion which will construct the new fair grounds expected to take care of Bir- mingham when it will have .popula- ton of 500,O00.
 The up-to-date amusement park, in which nothing will be spared to make it the most attractive amusement park anywhere in the United States, was an- nounced by R. A. Brown According to Mir. Brown 1t will contain a mammoth roller coaster, an old mill, Aln ultra modern swimming pool, an up-to-date dining room and dance pavilion. In addition to all these amusement conces- sions there will be the usual merry-go- round and thrill rides that will make the park popular.
 Big Concrete G:--.ndstanG
 In connection with state fair pro- grams there is to be built large con- crete grandstand which will seat from 10000 to 12,000 people and on demand will seat many more. According to Mir. Brown the grandstand will be elaborate and permanent.
 We expect to make this amusement park the most upvto-date in the United States" said Mir. Brown, land it will be operated in a high-class manner, where women and children can come without escorts and enjoy an outing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
MOURNING VEIL TORN FROM FACE
 OF MRS. MBRIE
Wife Of MObbed Consul Attacked By Teheran
 Youth
(By Leased Wire to Age.Herald)

LONDON, July 26.-Mrs, Robert Imbrie. wife of the American vice-con- sul, who was beaten to death by a Persian mob, has also been attacked and insulted in Persia, according to a dis patch from Teheran to the London Times.
 While Persian police stood by and made no attempt to interfere, Mrs. Inn brie is declared to have been attacked by a young man, who then spat upon her and tore the veil of mourning from her face as she rode in an automobile with a physician attached to the American mission.
 The brutal youth then threw hand fuls of gravel at the occupants of the car.
 This incident, within week of Ma jor lmbrie's murder, on the eve of the religious festival of Moharram, has reused the foreign colony, who fear a general outbreak of violence against all foreigners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
Greet Amusement Park
 Will Be Built On Site Of Old State Fair Grounds
Directors Transfer Property To New State Fair Corporation New Concrete Grandstand Will Seat Between 10000 And l2,000. Other Improvements On Similar Scale

The property is the most useful and attractive that can be found in Bir- mingham for a state fair. The location is central and compares favorably in layout with other fair grounds in this country.
 Tt is the purposC O. the association to perpetuate this property as a play ground for the future generations of Birmingham. It is not the desire of the ass .clation to subCivide or sell this location at Fairview, but to allow the public to use it as q pleasure resort"
 Hold Fair Every Year
 According to Mir. Brown the plan of the association will be to hold a state fair each year which will be added to the permanent rides and amusement concessions and make an ideal resort, where the citizens fo Alabama can come once year and receive the benefits of an up-to-date exhibit as well as enjoy the parks facilities for pleasure.
 When completed it will be the show place of Birmingham" said Mir. Brown, "and will be useful as a field for ath- letic events and circuses and for the re. ception of any great convention which cannot be housed in the auditorium
 The fair grounds has a good location on one steam railroad and street car line and a paved boulevard. It also has city water and adequate sewerage. The one mile race. track will be reduced to a half-mile track which Is being done by nearly all fair grounds in the United States.
 Members of the executive committed appointed at the recent meeting which are to be confirmed by the board of di- rectors were, R. A. Brown, W. J. Adams, Victor H. Hanson, George Cor don Crawford, J. w. Donnelly, B. B, Burton, Colman Blach, Robert Jemison Jr., and J. H. Loveman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
NOT TO OPPOSE
 DIVORCE ACTION
Mrs. Candler, Sr, Said To Have
 Settled Claim

ATLANTA, Ga, July 25.--Mrs. May Little Ragin Candler will not oppose the divorce suit filed by her husband Asa c. Candler, Sr., Atlanta million aire, Because of cash payment to her of S6U,O00 made prior to the filing of the suit, the Atlanta Journal says to- day.
 Reports in court house circles were to the effect that Mir. Candler had set tied $1 900 on his wife, but fit was un- derstood the actual figures were $6O, 900 and that she had waived all claims against him in the way of alimony or participation in his estate" the story says
 The suit for divorce came some months ago following the arrest of Mrs. Candler, ". J. Stoddard and c. w. Keeling, prominent business men, in "a fashionable apartment house here, the police claiming they were sitting around q table on which stood partly filled bottle of liquor. The charges against Mrs. Candler and MT. Keeling were dis missed after a hearing before the city recorder, but Mir. Stoddard was bound over to the state courts on a charge of violating the prohibition law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
4 WOm0n's Page h
 The Sunday Age-HeraId---

A PAGE of offerings and shopping suggestions of "A every kind imaginable conducted by a woman for < 'A the women of Birmingham. This is the mopoan and unique page published in the state of Ala bama On it you find anything from health sugges-
 ton to grocery store-markets jewelry stores, drug beauty parors, drugess physicians florists dress makers bakeries-anytking that could interest is represented in way every Sunday is snaPpy, fresh and interesting Every ad is conveniently classified cordng sections of the city and you always find the best and progressive stores in community in ffy.
 This feature being made possible for you by the spen did cooperation the part of shops and ndi- vduals in almost every conceivable line of business and part the city Paronize this page regularly and always say, "I your ad in The Woman's Realm--the big feature page that appears in The Ageerad every week. Watch for The Womans Realm tomorrow (Sunday).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
19 ARE ENT0MBED IN PENNSY WANNA MINE
Thi1tySr I1dictee1n Florida- To- Washington Rum Plo
COURT HALTED AS BALL HITS
 yUDGE'S DESK

M Ew YORK, July 25:-Su- preme court dignity in Brook
 lyn was tossed aside by a dirty, bat-torn baseball.
 Justice Cropsey was listening to the monotonous proceedings, looking abstractedly out of the window, when with crash baseball landed on the judges bench.
 Gee, duck fellers, that's Justice Cropsey's court room!" came g yell from outside, and this was followed by clattering feet.
 The justice examined the ball in rather a reminiscent fashion, then calling to one of the dignified att tendants, ordered
 Toss the ball back"
 One lad had remained behind-he owned the ball. He received it and the sand lot game went on again simultaneously with the court proceedings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
RAILROAD VALUED
 AT $I84,I3I,934
Other Lines Given Tentative
 Ratings By Commission

WASHINGTON. June 25.-The ten tative value of the Pittsburg, Cincin- natl, Chicago and St. Louis railroad and it's subsidiaries, as of June 30, 1916, was fixed today by the interstate com merce commission at $TS4, ,131 ,934. ther tentative valuations were announced as follows: Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio railway, $36.595,514, June 30, 1917 1; Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
 railway, $60, ,262, ,1S3, June 30, 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-26
PANAMA LIMITED
 LEAVES THE RAILS
All But Two Escape Injury In
 Tennessee Wreck

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 25.-The Panama Limited" crack passenger train of the Illinois Central railroad, was derailed near Obion, Tenn, late to- night.
 Although the entire train, with the exception of the locomotive, left the rails, none of the passengers was se- reiously injured, the train dispatcher at Fulton, Ky, told the Associated Press over the telephone.
 One man and one woman, whose names could not be learned, were slight ly injured, the dispatcher said. They were taken to Obion for treatment.