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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
Accident Occurs Seven Miles East From Chat
 tanOOga CAR SMASHED
 INTO SPLINTERS Father, Mother And Three Children Succumb
 Instantly
ANOTHER CHILD
 EXPECTED TO DIE
Second Tragedy In Week Is Charged To Tennessee Grade
 Crossing

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 21.-R. H. Webb, 45, his wife, 36, and 3 children, Dollie, aged IA; Arnold, ) and Ruth, 3, were killed when the Dixie Flyer, on the Western and Atlantic railroad struck an automobile, near McCar- thy, Tenn, seven miles east of Chattanooga at 12:21 this afternoon. Alma Webb, aged 7, is expected to die from in- juries.
 Brakes Fail
 According to, statements furnished the undertakers and ambulance men who brought the bodies to local morgue, the elder Webb was driving the automobile and as he approached the railroad crossing, discovered the train laundering down from the east. The brakes of the automobile failing to function, Webb, with the evident hope of getting across, turned his machine down the track and was sideswiped by the locomotive.
 The automobile was smashed into bits and the occupants hurled to the four winds. Not one bone of any of the victims was broken, death being due to injuries about the head and body. The train was stopped as quick ly as possible and the bodies gathered up and brought to the city.
 Webb was a night watchman at the Chattanooga Implement company at East Chattanooga and was en route with his family to visit relatives in the country.
 Second Tragedy
 This tragedy makes the second horror on the railroads in this section within week, three persons having been killed at a crossing at Dayton, Tenn, last Sunday when a train struck an au- tomobile containing five occupants.
 Officers reported that the engineer, who continued his trip to Nashville, stated at the station here that he had sounded his whistle for the crossing and saw the approaching automobile, but had no reason to believe that 1t would not stop, hence he failed to slacken speed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
FIVE OF FAMILY CRUSHED BY DIXIE FLYER
Wisconsin Tornado Tnkes 29 Liues Heauy Property T0l
Hill To Force Roy 4nes
 To estify F. ,3Y.I5 Beer

? .ses. Normal cider has about sssr cent of alcoholic content. Not R Ag able to obtain a definition of notwithstanding from Roy Haynes, I turned my backyard into a farm and made cider, stopping fermenta- ton by pasteurizing 1t when it reached 2.75 per cent.
 'T notified Haynes had done so, and invited him to a party at my home. where I would give away the cider.
 Must Testify.
 "I said that if he did not arrest mo | should compel him to testify before the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives that bev. craze with 2.75 per cent of alcohol is non-int0xicating in fact, and that the bills for 2.75 per cent beer which have been, introduced by 60 congress- men should be passed by the next session of Congress"
 Hill made 1t clear that he intends to carry on the fight, and that the cider party was only prelude to bigger things.
 "If 2.75 cider Is legal and non. intoxicating, then 2.75 beer is n0n- intoxicating and should be made le. gal" he said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
200 HOMELESS IN TEXAS.

BRECKENRIDGE, Texas, Sept. 21. More than POO citizens at Breckenridge are homeless tonight as result of a virtual cloudburst during the day which caused Gonzales creek to go over it's banks, becoming more than half mile wide in some places.
 More than a hundred homes were surrounded with water when the ris- ing water of the creek inundated sev- eral sections of the city. No one has been drowned, according to early re- ports.
 Rescue parties, hastily organized and working rapidly, took scores from their homes as the waters rose. More than four and a half inches of rain fell in two hours but later in the day the skies began to clear and the creek wa ters began slowly to recede'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
NEGRO PRISONER
 SAVED FROM MOB
Deputies Take Young Girls As.
 sailant To AnnistOn Jail

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Sept. 21.- After d chase of about p miles through swamps and woods by bloodhounds and d clever ruse by deputies that outwit- ted an armed mob of about 400 citizens of Piedmont, Ala, Fred Higgins, 21, negro, self-confessed assailant of 12- year-old girl, residing at Bowden Wheeler Springs, Ala. was rushed to the Piedmont jail yesterday afternoon and later spirited to Anniston for safe keeping, it was reported here tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
PARIS IS UNEASY
German Interest In League Laid to
 British Pressure

PARIS, Sept. 21.-French official dom is uneasy regarding the reported intention of Germany to apply for ad- mittance to the League of Nations.
 The Temps" attributes Germany's interest in the league to British pres sure. It is emphasized that Germany's present inclination to enter the league contrasts with her attitude that it might be better to delay the question until more opportune moment.
 Tt is only when the German, are seated at Geneva that the British will realize that Germanys too rapid polit- ical recuperation can carry inconven- fences to England" the Temps de- clares.
 The newspaper asks what has been promised Germany to induce her to en- ter the league, and says that the first duty of all who respect the Versailles treaty is to ask that guarantees Ger many is ready to give that she will carry out articles one and two of the league covenant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
CAR PLUNGEs INTO CHANNEL
Five Or Six Believed Drowned In BOs.
 ton Accident.

BOSTON, Sept. 21.-Four or five persons, including a child, were drowned tonight, it is believed, when a closed automobile crashed through a railing of bridge into Fort Point channel. Witnesses told the police that they saw sedan travelling at high speed crash through the railing.
 They said that the machine appeared to be filled with passengers and that cnly one window was open. A child's hat floated to the surface of the water,
 The body of five-year-old girl was found by the police, who dragged the channel, about 100 feet from the spot where the car rested on the bottom of the channel. After the discovery of the body, the police at midnight sus pended operations pending the arrival of d navy lighter and divers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
FARMER ENDS LIFE
 IN SECOND EFFORT
South CarOlinian Uses Gun
 When He Fails To Drown

ORANGEBURG, S. C., Sept. 21.- While on his way to the cemetery here Sunday afternoon, D. B. Stroman, prominent farmer of this section, com mitted suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun.
 Stroman had earlier in the day at tempted to take his own life by jnmp- ing into a pond, but was unsuccessful. III health was given as the reason for the acts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22

BALTIMORE, Sept. 2f. "Roy Haynes did not arrest me, and there- fore he must testify for 2.75 per cent beer."
 That is the jubiIant shout of Con- sressman John Phillip Hill, cider maker do luxe, following the gorgeous cider party, with, cider with g 2.75 per cent kick, in which Hill and his guests consumed four 55-gallon bar rels of cider, nursed into a state of authority by. the loving hands of Congressman H'a himself.
 Hill had chi s.enged Haynes to raid the works. There were moments when 1t seemed that titanic strug. gle would ensue. Nothing happened. Hill thinks silence gives consent,
 Section 20 of the Volstead act" tho congressman chortled Sunday, permits the use, exclusive in the home, of non-intoxicating cider and fruit juices.
 Beer Prohibited.
 Section one prohibits, in the home or anywhere else, the making of beer at one-half of one per cent or more.
 'The federal prohibition cemmis- sioner has repeatedly stated that Congress intended to exempt the farmer from the yolstead act for the making of beverages which he, habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
100 PERSONS DIE
 IN SMYRNA FIRE

LONDON, Sept. 21.-More than 1Ou persons were burned to death in a mo tion picture theater fire in Smyrns Sunday, according to an exchange tele. graph from Constantinople.
 The fire was caused by ignition oi the motion picture film. Among the dead is a sister-in-law of Mustapha Kemal Pascha, president of Turkey, according to the dispatch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
TRAPPED IN TUNNEL
Girl Killed. Father Near Death At
 TYnchhurg Va

LYNCHBURG, Va, Sept. 21,-Miss May Madren, 15, is dead and her father, J. F. Madren, 50. is probably fatally injured as result of being trapped in Southern railway tunnel here today, when they stopped to rest on sight seeing tour and decided to walk through the tunnel. Both are of Elon, N. c. Three others of the party escaped in. Jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
BIRMINGHAM MAN
 KILLED IN FIGHT AT LOWNDESBORO
l.. R. Patton Held Follow ing Death Of A. w.
 Bauman
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LOWNDESBORO, Ala, Sept. 21.- A. W. Bauman, construction foreman for the Newell Contracting company of Birmingham, was shot and killed here this afternoon. l.. R. Patton, lumber man of Tuscaloosa, was arrested on a charge of murder in connection with the killing Bauman died about an hour after he was shot,
 Officers said the shooting resulted from argument over an account. Pat ton is said to have shot in self-defenSe, according to Sheriff Meadows.
 Patton will face preliminary hearing tomorrow morning on charge of mur- der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
FIVE ENTOMBED
 M UTAH MINE
Blast Occurs In Rains Shaft
 Near Castle Gate

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept 2l.- Five men are reported to be entombed in the Rains mine of the Carbon Fuel company at Rains, near Castle Gate, about 1O0 miles south of here, as the result of an explosion at 6 o'clock to- night.
 Although more than 200 men are employed in the mine, only five drill men. who were cutting out work for Monday, were on shift when the eX- plosion occurred, according to meager reports from the mine. ,A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
PARENT.TEACHERS ELECT

DIXONS MILLS, Ala, Sept. 21.- Especial Leased Wire. e.)-PatrOns of Dixons Mills schools met in the audi torium of the administration building yesterday afternoon and elected officers for the Parent-Teacher Association for the ensuing year. The officers elected are: President, Mrs. Nat Grady; vice president, Mrs. T. N. Dunning. secretary and treasurer, Mrs. w. T. lowers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
J. W. BARKDULL DIES

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21.-J
 William Barkdull, 60 years old, sen for member of the firm of H. and B. Beer, cotton brokers, a recognized au- thority on cotton futures, and director of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, died here today after weeks illness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22

FL PASO, Texas, Sept. 21.-The three American round-the- world fliers left for Tucson, Ariz., at g :55 a. m., Sunday, a hop of about 250 miles.
 A huge crowd cheered the airmen as their three Douglas cruisers scared to the northwest, battling strong head-wind. Two army planes from the Fort Bliss field accompanied the trio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
M e ans Repudiates
 Daugherty Testimony,
 Says Letter To Dauis
Former Attorney General Forwards Star Witness
 Signed Statement

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-Gas. ton B. Means denies having made the affidavit attached to the open letter to John w. Davis by former At torney General Daugherty. He said he hoped the Brookhart committee would meet soon so that the whole matter could be aired and further testimony taken.
 Asked about the alleged affidavit, Means said:
 "I positively never made any such affidavit. I understand that Sena- tor Wheeler has issued brief state ment in advance of the publication of the Daugilerty charges. prefer first to read his statement before making any comment myself, since the charges are made against Senator Wheeler, myself and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
KlI.hRp IN slLwAHKEE
Property Loss There Reported Com
 paratipely Light.

Property Loss There Reported Com
 paratively Light.
 MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 21.- death and minor property damage was caused by the storm that hit Milwaukee Sunday afternoon.
 Rudolph Obermeier was killed when he was struck by a high tension wire that blew down on the green bay road about three miles north of the city. Down town. the wind broke a depart ment store window and tore down a few signs.
 Captain William Kincaide and his crew of the coast guard assisted two boats off Milwaukee harbor.
 Heaviest part of the storm through out the state seems to struck between St. Paul and Duluth, and thence east ward across Wisconsin, north of Eau Claire, few electric lights are on in either St. Paul or Minneapolis and gangs of linemen are out trying to ef- feet temporary repairs. The heavy wind came on the heels of a rainfall that started early Sunday and continu- ed until afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
WORLD FLIGHT TRIO
 CRUISE TO TUCSON
25O-Mile Jump From Fl PasO
 Ends At 1:15 P. M.
lRy Associated Press. ]

TUSCON, Ariz., Sept. 21.-The army slobe-circlins fliers arrived here day mountain time. Officers and planes were in good condition. The flight morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Fair and slightly cooler.
 Mississippi: Fair. Tennessee: Thundershowors In extreme east portion.
 (Complete weather data Is on page f2)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
(By Associated Press)

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 21.-Re- pudiation as a tissue of lies' of all that he told the Senate committee in it's investigations of the administration of Harry NJ. Daugherty as attorney general, has been made in a signed statement by Gaston B. Mean, former witness for the Daugherty investiga- tions, according to a copy of state ment made public at his home here to- day by Mir. Daugherty.
 The Means statement was incor- porated in letter sent by Mir Daugh- erty to John w. Davis, the democratic nominee for president, in which the former attorney general takes the can-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
LARGE CITIES ARE LEFT DARK IN STORMS WAKE Heavy Rainfall Precedes Sweep Of Devastat-
 ing Wind TEXAS CLOUDBURST INUNDATES TOWN Speedy Rescues Prevent
 Loss Of Life At
 Breckenridge
fhx Associated Press )

ST. PAUL, Sept. 22.-Twenty- two persons were reported killed in the vicinity of Thorp as the result of Sundays tornado, according to re- port from a staff correspondent of the St. Paul Pioneer Express who reached the scene early today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22
LOCAL POLICE NOTIFIED

Bauman Said To Live At 6615 Hill
 man Avenue.
 The Birmingham police department was notified of Baumans death Sun day night bq Lpwndesboro officials, and was asked to inform his wife of the tragedy. Bauman is said to live at 6615 Hillman avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-22

THORP, Wis, Sept. 21.-- Five known dead, two others reported killed and between 12 and IA injured, besides a heavy monetary loss, is the toll of a tornado which struck this section of the state this afternoon.
 Near Sanborn, a village 12 miles south of Ashland six persons were killed and seven were reported injured in a tornado which cut a narrow path through Marengo Valley from Lake Nemakagon north ward to a point near Ashland.
 A heavy rain and hailstorm with a high wind, preceded the tornado, which lasted only few minutes. At Thorp the twister covered an area of between ten and twelve miles, according to resi- dents of the vicinity, causing the most serious losses in the territory about three and One-half miles southeast of here.
Evening star., 1924-05-31
DROP IN LUMBER TRADE.
New Business Declines 26, 600, 900
Feet for 37e Larger Mills.

The seasonal expansion of the ma
tional lumber movement that nor
mally occurs in May was not in evil
dence for the week ending May "a,
says the National Lumber Manufac-
turers' Association, as new business
declined 26,000,O00 feet for the 379
larger commercial mills, making
comparable weekly reports, as against
369 the previous week. Shipments
were about the same and there was
a small increase in production. Com
pared with the corresponding week of
last year, production, shipments and
orders all declined.
The untitled oraers of 259 southern
pine and west coast mills Were 49,
650,1S7 feet, as against 520,975,219 for
257 mills the week before. Separately,
1875 identical southern pine mills had
untitled orders of 15,S6S.2SS feet for
ceding week. Similarly 124 west
coast mills had untitled orders of 2Sl,-
7S1,S9 feet, as against 93,656,Sl9 for
122 mills q week earlier.
Altogether the 379 comparably re-
porting mills had shipments of 81 per
cent and orders of 76 per cent of
actual production. For the southern
pine mills these percentages were re-
spectively 106 and 81, and for the
west coast mills 81 and 30. or the
comparably reporting mills, 354 thav-
ing a normal production for the week
of 223,23S,024 feeD reported produc-
ton 102 per cent of normal. ship
ments 81 per cent and orders 19 per
cent thereof.
Evening star., 1924-05-31
$2,0OO,0OO BUILDING
PERMITS FOR WEEK
Apartment Hotel to Be Erected on
North Side of H Between
18th and 18th.
NEW PAROCHIAL SCI
Many Dwellings in List From Dis
trict Building.

Building permits issued by the
District government this week passed
the two million dollar mark in the es-
timated cost of the proposed con-
Struction. The largest permit was
that to the Wardman Construction
Company, to build the Annapolis
building. an apartment hotel on the
north side of II street. between 11th
and 18th streets northwest The old
buildings on this half block have
been razed and the foundations al
ready are in.
Another large permit was that to
Rev. F.. X. Bischoff to erect a Cath
olic parochial school at 6OO2 Georgia
avenue northwest, at a cost of $685.
OoO
List OF Other Permits.
Other permits follow:
r. H. Sanford, to build dwellings
1905 to 1920 Illinois avenue, $4,000.
II. f. Howenstein, to build 1887 Z
street southeast. $4,000.
Z. NJ DulIn. to build 941 New York
avenue, $4,000.
c. L. Fowler, to build 3119 and 1921
9TH street northeast, $4,000.
Leventhal & Oxenburg. to build
loof-lofU Ioln SO,UUU.
s. V. Gussack, to repair GOA Penn
sylvania avenue. $4,000.
The Washington Corporation, to
build 1920 Butterworth place, $4,000.
The Washington Corporation, to
build 4612-4616 4Sth street, $4,000.
The Washington Corporation, 10
build 4416-4420-4424 49th street
$4,000
The Washington Corporation. to
build 1890. 1904, 4SOS. 1872, 1926 Bran
>dywine street and 4527 49th street,
s36.0O0
The Washington Corporation. to
build 1927 1851 49th street and 1900
460S and 1912 Asbury place, 100000.
X. +. Larmon. to erect garage, 2132
+ street. $1,000.
S Kann & Sons Company, to repair
18th and r streets, $4,000.
J. p. F. White. to build 239 57th
street northeast. $4,000.
Mrs. Ellen K. Allen. to build o246
Jay street northeast. $4,000.
q. l.. Boul, to build POPS Monroe
street northeast. $4,000.
II. r. Howenstein, to build five
dwellings,, 1927 to 1885 + street
southeast $4,000.
c. F. Norment. to build 2401 to 2443
37th street, $SS,000.
Kuldell Bros, to build 2S1S 36th
street, $4,000.
y. Zarln, to build 1907 Kenilworth
avenue. $4,000
House & Hermann, to build ware
Evening star., 1924-05-31
STAR, WASHINGTON, d. c., SATURDAY
treet building" is four-story struc-

Street building is four-story struc-
ture.
A modern seven-room home, 1841 Kill
bourne street, was purchased by Clara
III. Gonter from William B. and Marie
King.
B. Frank Gebest sold to a local in
vestor the two three-story brick dwell
ings, 212224 M street. These proper
ties are located in the first commercial
zone and have a wide frontage on M
street.
A large plot of ground fronting on
10th street, Evarts street and Franklin
street northeast, was sold for John A.
Baker and John Mcguire to Thomas A.
Jameson, a local builder.
Evening star., 1924-05-31
FIRM REPORTS SALES
TOTALING $664,85O
Residential, Business, Apartment
and UnimproveI Properties in
Deals by Hedges & Middleton.

steady demand for all classes of
property is indicated in the report
made today by the office of Hedges &
Middleton, Inc, of recent transfers of
residential, investment, business and
unimproved properties, aggregatng in
value $664,S50. Several apartment
buildings are included.
The Willsonia Apartments 1880 K
street was sold for Harry b. Wilson
to c. ID. Weidenhamer. II is eight
stories high and of modern fireproof
construction.
A detached brick home 31G6 34th
Evening star., 1924-05-31

street, Cleveland Park, was purchased
by N. II. Mcintyre from John H. Har-
wood. 1t is of brick construction and
contains nine rooms.
A two-story fireproof. business build
ing, 1926 1 street, was sold for c. ID.
Weidenhamer. This building will be
held as an investment.
John f. Trahy purchased from
George A. Harris, 1909 Var1um street
This house has eight rooms.
The Livingston Apartments, 1741 It
street, was acquired by Mary Bricker
from c. d. Weidenhamer, who acquired
the properties 19O7-09 14th street. The
Livingston is a comparatively new
four-story building, the Fourteenth
Evening star., 1924-05-31

semi-detaehed, colonial type. having
six rooms.
A building lot on Crittenden street.
west of 18th, was sold to f. Taylor
Chewing for Mary Greshen Machen.
Two two-family apartments, 46-4S
Hanover street, were sold for Laura b.
Haring to a local investor Each of
Evening star., 1924-05-31

modern three-story, nine-room res
idence, 1903 Hobart street, was sold
for N. H. Mcintyre.
One Of the new homes. sos Quacken-
bos street. recently completed by Wal
lingsford & Connor. was purchased by
Adam and Elizabeth Ehlshlager. It is
Evening star., 1924-05-31
Columbia Heights
$12,5OO

L, This modern three-story brick
dwelling is located on one of
) the very finest streets of Co
lumbia Heights. within square
of 14th Street, and is very rea-
sonably priced. 1t has 9 rooms
/ and two baths, first floor kitchen;
electric light and gas and
s many other attractive features.
The location of this house is
especially good, and the price is
= certainly reasonable. The owner
I, will sell on cash payment of
I $4,000. and give immediate pos
session.
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Near the Conn. Avenue Bridge
$4,000

This thoroughly modern home
is one of the few houses in this
ieXcellent location that can be,
purchased. 1t is situated in one
of the prettiest spots in the city,
where the environment is of the
very best, and is practically new.
1t has rooms and bath. h.-w.h.,
electric lights. glassed-in sleep
, ing porch, built-in garage, and
many other attractive features.
1t is now vacant and can be
purchased on cash payment of
only 81 n0n
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A Bargain in Petworth
S1O,5OO

The owner of this property,
desiring a larger home. is Of
fering it at less than cost for a
quick sale. This is a modern
tapestry brick, two s tory
colonial type, with six rooms and
bath, h.-w.h., electric lights, a
glassed-in breakfast porch,
screened sleeping porch; hard
wood floors throughout and an
is one Of the best in Petworth
and the price is certainly rea-
sonable. Possession when sold.
Moderate terms.
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Bloomingdale
$4,000

This is an exceptionally we'll
built. three-story brick dwelling,
20 feet wide, and is located on
the best block of 1st Street, on
high elevation, not far from
the Soldiers Home Grounds.
This dwelling contains 8 rooms
and tile bath, hardwood floors;
all modern conveniences and a
Gear garage. Owner leaving
city will give possession at.
once and make exceptionally
easy terms.
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Chevy Chase
$15,5OO

a remarkably low priced
home situated on one of the
prominent streets of c evy
Chase. within " square of Conn.
sAvenue. and possessing many
feature that are impossible to
duplicate elsewhere in Chevy
.Chase at this price. This is a
detached. new brick dwelling
with a fine lot. The house is
admirably arranged, having d
large living room with brick
fireplace, a very bright dining
room, breakfast room, pantry
asnd kitchen on the first floor;
4 bedrooms and tiled bath on the
End floor; hard w ood floors
throughout; h.-w.h., ctrlc
flights and other modern con-
'yeniences. Possession in a few
weeks and reasonable terms.
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these buildings have two apartments
of four rooms and bath.