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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
ALABAMA COP. FACE RACE FIGHT
 AT STATE MEET
King Sends a Protest Against Recognition
 Of Negro Body
(state Capital Bureau

MONTGOMERY, Ala, May 1S.-- George N. King, former chairman of the republican executive committee of Mont gomery county, has made bitter pro- test to J. M. Atkins, chairman of the state republican executive committee, against the recognition of the organ izntlon of negro republicans, which came into control of party affairs in Montgomery county after a county con- vention last Tuesday.
 } Mr, King.. in. letter. to Ehairnaan Atkins, which was made public today, announced that the white republicans of Montgomery county intended to car ry their tight to the white republicans of other counties, He said the white republicans were humiliated by the as- tendency of the negroes in the affairs of the party in this county.
 The negroes were far in the ma jor- ity in the county convention. George Newstall, negro undertaken, was named chairman of the republican county ex- ecutive committee. He in turn named negroes to a majority of the positions in the committee. This is what the white republicans will have to face when met on the streets and talked to about the republican party of this nation when the election approaches this fall," said Mir, Kings letter.
 The republican state convention will be held in Birmingham Tuesday. At that convention delegates will be named to the national convention. Mir. King and associates did not indicate what part they will attempt to take in the state convention, though they in- tend to go to Birmingham and bring their protest against conditions in Montgomery protest against conditions the delegates to the convention.
 Mr. King was eleced chairman of the county committee two years ago. About that time the fight for the control of the state organizatio developed. George Newstall was made the leader of the negro organization, The state conven- tion declined to recognize either MT. Kings organization or the Newstall or ganization. In his letter to Chairman Atkins, Mir. King charged that Mir. Atkins. wrote Newstall a letter sey- eral months ago in which .Newstall was recognized as the chairman of the re- publican organization in Montgomery county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
TRAVIS BROTHER
 DIES IN PASADENA.

PASADENA, Cal. May 1s.-Edward 1T. Thaw, 53, brother of Harry K. Thaw, died here yesterday, from an unknown illness, believed to be some maiarial malady. Thaw is survived by q wife and 14-year-old Sson, who were with him when he died, his brother, Harry, and his mother.
 The family had been here for the past three months, coming from their home at Milton. Mass, near Boston, on account of Mir. Thaw's poor health. The body will be returned to Pittsburg for burial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
YOUNG MAN KILLED;
 CRUSHED BY PLANE
J. N. Padgett, 24, Dead, And
 Wife Injured In Galveston

GALVESTON, Texas, May 1S-J. N. Padgett, 24, of Fort Worth, Texas, was killed, and his young wife in- jured, when an aeroplane in taking off, crashed into the automobile here Sunday,
 The plane, piloted by Bert Pedcocke, was about to clear the ground when Padgett drove his car directly in front of it. Padgett was crushed by the aeroplane's, motor.
 Pedcocke was arraigned on a charge of manslaughter before Judge R. M Kupsa and released on n $25 bond The collision was witnessed by hun dreds of spectators who were watching the annual bathing girl revue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
IS HIT HEAD-ON ATAPEX,N.G. Bodies Remain For Four Hours In DemOl-
 ished Car MISTAKEN ORDERS BLAMED FOR CRASH Four Negro Trainmen Among Those Taken
 From Debris WOODEN COACHES
 ADD TO DANGER Engineer Fatally Hurt In Leap As Onrushing Engine
 Rounds Curve
WOODEN COACHES
 ADD TO DANGER

RALEIGH, N. C., May 1S.-Six per- sons were killed, one probably fatally in iured and five others less seriously hurt when Seaboard passenger train No. GA. Hamlet to Raleigh, crashed into an express train standing i'll the yards at Apex, 16 miles south of here late today.
 The baggage ear of +lle local was driven through the forward passenger coach by the impact.
 The dead:
 Henry Jones, s5, Raleigh, news butcher.
 George Meador, 46, Raleigh, negro brakeman.
 Joe Cotton. 40. Raleigh, negro brake man riding as passenger.
 Mary Matthews, 45, negress, Merry Oaks, N. C.
 Two unidentified negroes.
 The injured: Raleigh, skull crashed and internal itl- juries. Not expected to live.
 Ike Staten, Raleigh, negro brakeman, arm broken and chest crushed.
 George Cross, Raleigh, engineer OH No 4 locomotive, bruised.
 Ed Porter, baggage master on No. fl, bruised.
 Celia. Williams, Raleigh, bruised. $
 George Napier. Raleigh brniset anf minor hurts.
 George B. Fell. Raleigh. negro fire. man of No. A, minor hurts.
 D. F. Shell, Raleigh, negro fireman on No. A, minor hurts.
 So badly crushed was the forward passenger coach in which all the fla Al Al .E dead were not removed until four hours after the smash. The iniureds were rushed to Raleigh hospitals.
 Responsibility for the wreck has not been fixed tonight. Officials of the road have started an investigation.
 The southbound express and the northbound passenger train were or dered to meet at Apex. r
 It was said that there was confusion in the orders as to the point in the yards the meeting was to take place The passenger train was running few minutes late aud the express was standing on the main line at the far end of the yard below the station wait ing for the arrival of No. A.
 Running about 25 miles an hour, it was said, the passenger train swung around curve in the road and smashed into the other. 0'Daniel, seeing that crash was unavoidable, jumped, striking his head against cross tie. He was picked up a few feet behind the train after the wreck.
 The baggage coach went through the first passenger car like battering ram, splintering it and bringing in- stant death to six of the eight per- sons riding in the forward end.
 The locomotives of the two trains were not badly battered The express train suffered but little save for the fifth car, q wooden coach which was crushed between two steel car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
DR. SUN WELCOMES
 FRENCH AVIATOR
D'Oisy Ready For Hop To
 Shanghai Today

CANTON, May 1s.- (By Associated Press. )-The French aviator, d'Oisy, on a flight around the world, arrived here today from Hanoi, in the Province of Tongking, French Indo-C China, dis tant approximately 800 miles.
 He experienced bad weather en route and flew at height of 5000 metres. He will hop off for Shanghai at 6 p. m. tomorrow if the weather is favorable. He was welcomed here by A large crowd. Sun Yat Sen, the South China leader, whose death recently was reported and denied, held reception at tho aviation field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
UNCOVER SECRETS.
 OF STRADIVl4RILIS
Shape And yarnish Created
 Tones Of Violin, Says German

BERLIN, May 1S.-Manufacturers of musical instruments may soon be turning out Stradivarius violins by the dozen at no increase in cost, ac- cording to Max Moeckel, famous Bers lin violin maker.
 He claims that German instrument makers have discovered the secret processes of the old Italian master, all records of which he ordered burned at his death. Moeckel declares that the secret of the shape of the old models has been rediscpVered. Both shape and yarnish created the superior tones of the Italian masters instruments, he says The secret of the yarnish was discovered twenty years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
INVITE. ROAD MEET
 HERE DURING 1925
Chamber Authorizes Request,
 Going Goes To Albuquerque

The convention of the United States Good Roads association, which draws between 5000 and 5000 delegates from all over the country, will be in- Vited to meet in Birmingham in 1925, according to Job Going, active in good Sunday that he would leave during this week. for Albuquerque, N. Mex, where the convention is in session this year, and would present an invitation authorized by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce for the next meeting. MT. Going said he did not know what the chances for Birmingham securing the convention would be, but expected that there would be strong claims made from many other cities Mir. Going is on the program of the Albuquerkue conven. tiOn for several talks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
OVER 300 EXHIBITS
 INV FLOWER SHOW
Prize List At Laurel Distributed
 To 29 Persons

LAUREL, Miss, May 1s-(Special. } The flower show, fostered by the First National bank, surpassed all expecta- tions More than 300 exhibits of flow. CTS were placed and were viewed by several thousand persons Thursday and Friday. The prize list was advanced so that it totalled $5S and was dis tributed between 20 persons.
 Burglary Charged--Homer "Dutch" Mcbride is in the county jail and Talley Crosby and Roy Devine are out on bond following their arrests here on charges of burglary, breaking and entering the store of k. B. Gum at Estabuchie last Tuesday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
CARGO OF B.AUXITE
 EXPECTED MAY 2I
Arrival To Mark First Shipment
 In Over a Year

MOBILE, Ala, May 1s.-(Special Leased Wire. .)--What is believed to be the- first cargo of bauxite ore to move through Mobile for more than year And q half, is expected May 21 with the arrival of the American schooner Isabelia Parmenter with 1l200 gross tons from Paramaribo. The schooner win be in to the Aluminium Line, op- erating mines and steamers, factories and plants in thes United States and South America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
OPERATION ORDERED
Marshall Neilan, Movie Actor, To G
 Tn London HOsnital

shall NeiIan, motion picture director, has been ordered to London by his phy- sician to undergod an operation on his stomach.
 The director will be accompanied by his wife, Blanche Sweet. After the op- eration they will go to southern Europe where Neilan hopes to recover his health. They will sail in about two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
g CHILDREN ILL
 FROM PICNIC FOOD
Twelve Still In Serious COndi-
 ton At Fl PasO Hospital

FL PASO, Tex, May 1S.-POisoned by contaminated strawberry ice cream which they ate at picnic here, 12 of 22 children who became ill, were still in a serious condition Sunday. The others have recovered
 The children were stricken shortly after they had eaten the ice cream at the picnic Saturday. Most of them were rushed to hospitals, where Dr.. T. J. McAmant, in charge of physicians treating the little ones, said he believed all would recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
GENERAL TOWNSEND
 EXPIRES N LONDON
Achieved Fame In World War In
 MesOpOtamian Drive

LONDON, May 1S.-Maior General Charles Townsend. who achieved dis tinction ill the Mesopotamian campaign in the World war as the defender of hut-Al-Mara," died suddenly at the home of his mother-in-law here Sunday. General Townshend commanded the Sixth division in the battles of Kurna, kut-Al-Mara and Ctesiphon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
INJURED FLAGMAN
 HAS BROKEN HIP
w. F. Daugherty Suffers No In-
 ternal Trouble, Physicians Say

X-ray photographs at St. Vincent's hospital Sunday showed that W. F. Daugherty, 44l6 Third avenue, north, flagman for the Southern railway, who was injured Saturday when he fell from box ear at Seventh avenue and Twenty-sevepth street, was suffering with broken hip. It was at first be- Iieved that Daugherty had sustained in- ternaI injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
COLONEL HARVEY
 TO GO WITH POST
Engaged By Washington Pub
 fisher As Editorial Director

WASHINGTON, May IS. Col. George Harvey, former ambassador to Great Britain, will become editorial director of the Washington Post on June 1, Edward B. Mclean, editor and publisher of the paper announced Sum day night.
 Harvey resigned his position at the court of St. James several months ago and returned to the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
TWO KILLED IN CRASH
New Orleans Young People Die In
 Motor Accident

NEW ORLEANS, La, May 1S.-- Russell B. Moss, A years old, and Miss May Williams were killed today when the automobile in which they were passengers crashed into a heavy truck while running at a high rate of speed. Both were thrown from the car, Miss Williams neck being broken and Moss skull crushed. Two other occupants of the car were injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
THE WEATHER

Alabama -L Fair Monday aAd Tuesday; no change in temperature, Georgia--Fair.
 MIsslssippi-Falr.
 (Complete weather data will De found on Page a.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
NnOnIAWN P..T. A

The. WoOdlawn Parent-Teacher asso- citation will hold a meeting at 2 80 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at fine Wood lawn High school, Every member of the association is urgently requested to attend. This is the last meeting of tue year, Miss Pogue will speak on Play grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
WOODS WOULD QUIT
 JAPANESE POST
Ambassador Asks Relieved
 Of Duties

WASHINGTON, May 1S.--Cyrus E. Woods, ambassador to Japan, has asked to be relieved of his duties there, it was learned here tonight, but it was not known when he would retire or whether hia resignation had been acted upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
STRUCK BY AUTO

Extent Of Injuries Of Unidentified
 White Man Unidentified
 An unidentified white man was brought to the Hillman hospital by police officers Sunday morning suffer ing from injuries sustained at 12:40 o'clock when he was struck by an au- tomobile at Second avenue and Nine teenth street. He was unconscious and the extent of his injuries had not been determined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-19
CAPT. w. Fl. H. PHELPS DIES

F AhIA, H PSsIns s' Canysdsrs,s ns o@pt Hsts,, " and prominent local business man, died here today at the old soldiers home of Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
FRENCH REJECT COCKTAIL"

A little news item tucked away near the bottom of an inside page recently attracted no little attention and consld- erable comment because of the mystery involved. It said that the solons Of the French Academy, after solemnl y consld- erfng the question, turned down the American word "cocktail' on the ground that it cannot be Gallicized, as giving word French form is called. In other words, it is difficult to give it a Galllc twist. as is done with many other words or terms.
 It appears that the French jealously guard their language, and undertake to keep out words and terms that are not susceptible. of this Gallic twist. That is part of the French patriotism. Your loyal Frenchman will endure the murder of his language by foreigner and stand on his head to figure out his meaning before he abandons the case, to force the foreigner to speak French, even though he be perfectly familiar with the for eigner's tongue. The Frenchman IS no less loyal to his language than to his country. He brides himself on the clar- ity of his native tongue. Even when pop ularity and convenience demand the ab- sorption of a foreign expression, he in sists on giving it the French form.
 Of course, the French are familiar with the American cocktail. It is on every menu in Paris and other French cities Indeed, the French know more about il than do the Americans, for reasons that need not be discussed here. Moreover, il is known the world over, though it has become obsolescent in the land of its ori gin. Even the Sultan of Zulu, who was introduced to this insidious form of re freshment by some American naval off cers many years ago and sampled four teen rounds of the same at one sitting is reported to have been so inspired b! its ingredients that he solemnly declared that the "Constitution and the cocktail follow the flag"
 Unlike the French, the Americans ar' free to admit alien terms as soon as the! demonstrate their value in convenience, or otherwise. For example, the Frencl chauffeur" and the English "flapper' were readily received and given conspic uous places in the language.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
Who Brought on the War:

Chancellor Marx having returned to Der lin writes a letter to Premier Poincare in which he repudiates Germany's war guilt. He is answered from Quai dOrsay that the publication of a manifesto to this effect would seriously interfere with the execution of the London agreement and the chancellor agrees to suppress the manifesto for the good of the fatherland. Some day the Ger mans are going to publish this manifesto, supported by important and hitherto unpub- lished documents. It will be remembered that von Brockdorff- -Rentzau refused to sign the Versailles treaty and that Hugo Mueller did so only while protesting against the in- clusion of a clause which fastens the re- sponsibility for the outbreak of the war on Germany. Did Belgium perhaps invade Germany" asks some French writer in deri- sion, while discussing the Marx letter. No, Belgium did not. But when Belgium was invaded, Ramsay Macdonald said, "Not Germany, but four or five men have plunged Europe in this conflict" He was practically chased out of the country for this statement From time to time others have repeated it The London Herald now accuses Sir Edward Grey with direct responsibility. It's only fair to Germany to have the question settled though it may spoil some mighty political regulations in Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
Rest For The Weary.

Emma Goldman. follower of Kropotkin and Bakhunin, banned from the United States, exiled to Russia. but again turned out by the Russians, will find home in England. After her disillusionment in the land of soviets. Emma went to Berlin. She suddenly appeared at a communist mass meeting in Tiergarten and vehemently de- nounced the dictatorship of the proletariat as practiced in Russia. The German reds hoot- ed her from the speakers tribune. The gov ernment asked her to leave the country and she went to Holland. There she told a mass meeting of the World Pacifist organization that the Hollanders enjoyed the nearest ap- proach to real liberty of any nation in the world, though of course they were still un- der ''the capitalist yoke." Under the recent treaty between Britain and Russia. Emma Goldman will be able to live peacefully in Britain She may write all she wants and speak all she wants in Hyde park. Nobody will interfere with her and nobody will pay any serious attention. That's the way they deal with extreme radicals, anarchists, cranks and lunatics in England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
PRISON. FARMS COTTON YIELD

Excellent administration of the state prison farms of Alabama is indicated by the estimated yield of more than six hundred bales from the total of 1,175 acres planted on the three farms at Kilby, Speigner and Wetumpka. This is a return of more than half bale to the acre, considerably above the state aver age. In view of the large tract devoted to this crop by the prison administration, the yield is commendable. Undoubtedly next year it can be increased, for the intelligence that produces one-half a bale to the acre will not be content with the same result the next year. The cot ton crop on the prison farms should be proof to the farmers of the state who produce less than half bale to the acre
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
RecatiOns' Strong Weapon.

Rumblings continue in the Balkans Bull garia reports bolshevik agitation, but it ap- pears there is also a government reign of terror. Emile Kahn, in the Ere Nouvelle says that Czar Boris counts his victims by the thousands. The premier of Bulgaria. M. Zandoff, admits that of school teachers alone hundreds have been killed. "Stambouliski. the former premier, was shot down like a dog and without trial, and so have fared ministers deputies, journalists, village priests, engineers, doctors, mayors of towns, but above all peasants" It is quite natural that the peasants should look for some protection under such circumstances. The protection and help come in the form of rifles, machine guns and ammunition from soviet Russia. But politically, the peasants seek free and independent development, unhampered by a merciless ruling class of iunkers and militar- ists. Of course the government sets its troops on the peasants. shouting extermina- tion to the bolsheviks. But as the Christian Science Monitor observes: Sometimes the cry of 'bolshevism' on the part of those in power is not wholly sincere" That is true. That cry is often the most convenient weap- on of suppression and oppression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
The Right Word
THE TEST
By W. CURTIS NICHOLSON

There may or may not be an error in each of the following sentences. Find the errors and then write the sentences correctly. Mail your answers to "The Right Word, care of this paper.
 If you wish your answers marked and re- turned, enclose stamped envelope. Are you going to be in the 100 per cent class?
 THE SENTENCES
 1. One of those who was successful at frs failed in the end.
 ?. None were very pleased with the out come.
 8. More than one was real glad to see me f. None but me knew that the committee was invilved in a hopeless discussion. ,. Frank as we'll as Charles were asking who I should like to be.
 6. Neither of the girls says she would like to go on the trip.
 q Whom did they say won the race? s. He said he only wanted to know whc he expected would be there.
 10. The money lay on my desk. Il. To enjoy walking, ones, shoes should be comfortable. 12. He declared that a patriots life is always the property of his country.
 13. Ask whenever you think will be { help to us.
 14 He knew it to be me.
 15 Will we be able to hear well? 16 The delegate with two alternates i' coming into the hall. 1 IT. The road was so bad we couldn hardly get through.
 IS. Every boy in the class had their les son.
 19. The hen is setting on the eggs
 20. The audience were enpoying the en tertainment.
 Yesterdays Error l Wrong: However, as a rule try anI eliminate all unnecessary punctuation.
 Right: However, as a rule try to elimin ate all unnecessary punctuation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
A Swimming Episode

(By Dr. Walter E. Traprock)
 Water sports," said Dr. Traprock, Ire mind me of one of the most exciting incl dents of my life. have always been some thing of a water-sport niyself-there are my swimming medals, yondef.
 Tn 1901 I was on the southern edge of Lake Wyganza, in the Sudan. The Boer War was in it's most critical stage; it was imperative that dispatch should be delivered to General Dullard, who was at the upper end of the Lake.
 '"The Dutch snipers were deadly, but I volunteered to swim the length of the lake with the message.
 Lake Wyganza, twelve miles long, is the only sheet of water in the world that runs uphill. My task, therefore, was to swim twelve miles, uphill and under fire! My commander, General Thick, forbade the at tempt. decided to try it anyway.
 T knew that if I tried swimming on the surface the snipers would eventually get me. Therefore, swimming as far as I could un- der-water, came to the surface only at long intervals. While the height of the water sur face varied, my actual swimming was on the level.
 In six hours the message was in Dullard's hands and the fall of Ladysmith followed The British Government struck that special medal for the best bit of uphill work in the war-and there was a lot of it, as you doubtless remember"