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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
MERIDIAN THEATRE
 HAS $lO,OOO FIRE
Origin Of Early Morning Blaze
 Undetermined

MERIDIAN, Miss, June l6.-Dam- age estimated at approximately $75,- GOO resulted from a fire >in the Princess building early today. The structure wal occupied by the Princess theatre, offices and stores. The theatre, owned by the Saenger Amusement company, wa. the heaviest loser, early estimates placing it att $40,000. Origin of the fire has not q. en determined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
CANDIDATESfON HAND Dark Horse Rumors Being Circulated
 At Convention Scene
(By Leased Wire to Age. .Herald.) )

(by Leased WlFe to AGo.heraid.)
 NEW YORK, June 16.-Candidate are arriving to take personal charge of their ambition to land in the White House, claims and counter-claims com pete for publicity with New York's lat est vanguards-and out of it all emerge only two impressions of the democratic convention that can be recorded with any assurance:
 1. In its groping for the winning candidate, the democratic meeting will provide one of the most uncertain po- litical conventions in the history of the party.
 2. From the present outlook, it will be compromise" convention, the nomination going to someone whose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
THE WEATHER

Alabama, generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday, except for widely scattered thundershOwers. Georgia, generally fair,
 Tennessee, partly cloudy.
 Mississippi, generally fair.
 Complete weather data will be found on page 12.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
GEORGIA STRUCK

ATHENS, Ga, June 16.-Hart county today was recovering from one of the most damaging storms ever to visit the section, according to word reaching here today. No lives were lost nor were any persons injured in the windstorm that struck a swarth three miles wide, leaving demoralized resi- dences, school houses and ruined crops in it's wake. Damage over an area from north of Bowersville to below Wanna was estimated at between $200,000 and $350, 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
INGALLS, CHOSEN

TOPEKA. Kas.. June 16.-Sheffield Ingalls, of Atchison, son of the late United States Senator John c. Ingalls,. of Kansas, was the unanimous choice for the republican nomination for United States senator at a statewide meeting of republicans here Saturday. The meeting was called to select an op- ponent of Arthur Capper at the pri- mary election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
LOW PRICED CAR
 CAUSES SUICIDE
Lad, fingered With Parents,
 Takes Poison

GREENE. Iowa, June 16.-Angered because his parents offered to give him low priced car instead of a high priced machine, he had chosen, Carl Earth last night swallowed poison and died about an hour later His relatives believed he was attempting to frighten them with a bluff at suicide and remedial measures were delayed until too late to save the lads life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
AMERICA ANSWERS
 JAPANESE PROTEST
Note To Be Made Public Thurs
 day Morning

WASHINGTON, June 16.-The re- ply of the United States to the Jap anese protest against the immigration exclusion law has finally been placed in the hands of Ambassador Hanihara, after days spent in its careful prepara- tion.
 Hanihara will transmit the note to his government, and it will be pub lished simultaneously at Tokyo and here Thursday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
BODIES RECOVERED

BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., June 16.-Six bodies of the F victims of storms and flood, which laid waste to certain sec tions of Carter county, Tennessee, have been recovered, it was announced by searching parties tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
FERNALD LEADS

PORTLAND, Maine. June 1G,-Re- turns from 125 election precincts out of 633 in the state in the republican primary give: For senator, Fernald, 4,6SO; Guernsey, 4,247 Jack, 1,773.
 For governor Brewster, 5,646; Far rington, 6,108.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
PEARLS ARE SOLD
 FOR II,28O, 900 FRANCS
Were Bequeathed to the Louvre
 By Mime, TkiAr.

PARIS, June 16.-The pearls of Mime. Thiers, bequeathed to the Louvre museum nearly 50 years ago, today were sold at auction for the sum of H. 2SO. .OOO francs. Mime. ThieFs, whose husband, Louis Adolphe Thiers was a great statesman and former premier of France, originally purchased the pearls, one by one, at the same jewelry shop whose books still sho..' they cost her 26O0O francs. ..-.-.-.. .-...-..-...
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
MOTHER ARRESTED
Charged With Murder Of Newborn
 Infant=DraWninR Alleged

DRESDEN, Tenn, June 1G.-AIrs. Bettie Belew, 35, of Greenville, Tenn, was arrested today on a charge of murder in connection with the death of her infant alleged to have been drowned in a pond shortly after it was born. The order for the arrest of Mrs. Belew was issued after the body of the child, which had been buried, was disinterred and an inquest held. ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
THREE KILLED IN IOWA

DIES MONIES, Ia., June 16.-Three persons were injured in a tornado which swept northwestern Iowa Sunday. Con siderable damage was done to property and crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
VIVALDI ARRIVES

New Italian Minister Takes Post In
 Havana HAVANA, June 16.-Cuglielmo Vivaldi, newly accredited Italian min ister to Cuba, arrived today on the steamer President Garfield to take up his post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
NEW DIRECTORY
 INDICATES GAIN
 IN POPULATION
Total Of 224,s3O Inhabi- tants For Greater Bir-
 mingham District

BirminShem's population showed q gain of 2,095 during 1923, bringing the total figure to 22f,sS0, according to an estimate in the R. L. Polk city direc- tory for 1924, which made its initial appearance Monday.
 This gainsof approximately two new famili4s..a. day during the year is scon- sieeFsd good and iA said; to place the city wei up fn tiie running with other southern localities.
 Figures for the last two years issued with the new directories annually, show: E
 Year Pop, Gain
 1923 222,735 3,595
 1929 219,140 3,23O
 The population estimate, arrived at by the multiplication of 235 by the number of names in the directory (S0 ,923) to account for women and chill lren not in the alphabetical list, com pares fayorably with the last federal estimate as of January 1 for Greater Birmingham, 223, ,507, and is accepted as approximately correct. It does not embrace q large population just outside the corporate limits in. the Fairfield Westfield section, Boyles, Inglenook, Tarrant City, and Bessemer, which in- clude about 55,OO0 people
 t-a a AaristOn Leads =.
 To William B. Aariston, secretary and treasurer of the Sunny South Grain company, who lives at 1881 Twenty fourth street, north, goes the honor of prying off the lid in the di- reetory. Aariston, -displaces Luther Aaron, a presser at the Globe Dry Cleaning company, as head of the list. Aaron slumped badly in position, be- ing passed by three others bearing the same name.
 Joseph Zyne, grocer of 5S0 Six teenth street, north, who has also fin ished last in recent publications of the telephone directory, brings up the rear. Martin Zynz, 2054a Twentieth street. south, who held the last position pre- viously, is not listed. George E. Lun. 1923 Sixteenth avenue, south, finds himself directly in the center ot the big book. -..
 As had been expected from previous issues the Smith family covers the greatest amount of acreage. In the 1924 book it is represented by 1,0SO names, having safe lead over the Jones, runncrs-up. The Jones total 1,1T0, with the Johnson's at 945 and the Browns scoring S1O.
 The directory this year contains 1928 pages and besides the names of citizens contains also list of business firms and q, street and avenue guide. As usual it includes valuable concise data of the districts resources ore. pared by O.; Il. BunR, secretary-man- ager of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-17
"Re11en1ber Lots
 Wife,

For 4,000 years or more the woman who wac turned into a pillar of salt has been a proveFb. Now, through the latest archaeo- logical developments, Acience has verified the old tale.
 SODOM, GOMORRAH, T H E LOST WICKED CITIES. FOUND AT LAST.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11
Pig Nut Weed Is
Considered, He's
Monthly Meeting

Having returned last night from
Santa Paula where he attended the
monthly conference Of horticultural
commissioners of Southern Califer-
mia, b. A. Harrigan, Imperial coum-
tvs commissioner today stated that
many items of interest to this part
of tne state was discussed.
1t was decided by the commits
sioners that request should be
made to State Director of Agricul-
ture George H. Hecke, asking that
the weed commonly known as "pig
NUT be added to the list of noxious
weeds.
This weed, which grows in consid-
cradle quantities in Imperial, Los
Angeles and Ventura counties, could
be more effectively controlled, and
steps taken toward its eradication,
the commissioners believe, if it is
considered as noxious weed.
\ full report of the conference
viii be ready for publication tomor-
row, Horticultural Commissioner
Harrigan states, the agreement hav-
inc been made at the meeting to re-
lease all reports simultaneously
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11
WELI.-KNOWN Ell CENTRIC WOMAN
IS DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
WIFE OF W.P. HAMILTON. GROCER

The wide circle of friends of
Mrs. w. p. Hamilton who have
anxiouslv been hoping that some
favorable news might be received
regarding her critical illness, will
be filled with sorrow to know that
death claimed this pioneer woman
who died at Jacumba last evening
Mrs. Hamilton has not been well
for several years, and during She
last month has been in such Il Sc.
rious condition that her recovery
was believed impossible. Since Sat
urday morning her life has been
hanging in the balance, and her
brave struggle was terminated after
hard fight. The body was brought
to FL Centre last night by y. f.
Lemons.
Mrs. Hamilton, the wife Of w. r.
Hamilton of this city, came TO I'm
pcrial Valley with her husband 10
years ago. A native of Tennessee,
she was born in Huntington March
%, 1881, her parents being Mr.. aud
Mrs. Tompy Moore. On January z
1900 she was married TO W. p.
Hamilton, and together they ccle'
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11

'brated their twenty fourth anniver-
sary this year.
childhood. She is survived by her
husband and five children, Mrs. A.
4. Nogel of Hcbcr. and Mrs. G. f.
Potts and Bessie, Alma and Virgil
Ilamilton all of this city. Three
brothers and one sister living at
Huntington, Tennessee. and sis
ter in Oklahoma and one in Missis
sippi also survive her
Before i'll health prevented, Mrs
Hamilton was an active member OF
the o. y. $, and the Pythian Sis,
tiers, as well rs a devoted church
worker. Her many friends extend
their sympathy 10 her husband and
children in their hour of sadness.
Funeral services win be hcld from
the First Baptist church in this
city tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
with Rev. e. T.. Flanagan in charge,
The Eastern S.ar viii be in charge
Of the service at Evergreen Gene
terry, where iuterment will be made.
Mrs. Hamilton was woman of
sterling character. a splendid wife
and mCther, and a prominent mem'
her of the Baptist church since her
coming to the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11
RECOVERED REACH
TOTAL 81 BODIES
IN UTAH DISASTER

CASTLE, GATE, Utah, March IL.
AT 1910 a. m. today the number
of bodies removed from No. 9 mine
had reached 81. Rescue work was
then progressing very rapidly.
Workers report air in the mine now
fresh and free from gas.
In final recheck by company
officials several names were added
10 those who were in the mine when
the tragedy occurred These two
men h&d entered No. . mine from
No. ! without obtaining identifi
cation checks. There were a few
eliminations, however, and now the
total number involved in the disas-
ter stands at 175.
Funeral arrangements are being
made by the company for the min
ers who have been removed Death
certificates are being made by ply
siclans as soon as positive identifi-
cation has been made on each body.
Miners whose homes and families
are in Castle Gate will be buried
in the local cemetery where more
than 100 graves have already been
prepared. The local cemetery will
be divided into plots for the various
nationalities.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11
DAIRY COLONISTS
CAMPAIGN BYI. Y.
IS BEING PUSHED

A campaign OF pu1iicity which
will be worth thousands of dollars
to all Imperial Valley and will
probably result in bringing to this
county many dairy farmers from
various sections of the United
States has been announced by G.
+. Paris, followed an importan:
committee meeting yesterday.
Adopting plan presented by \.
w. Swanson the group of FL Centre
business men who will get behind
this proposition, have completed ar
rangements for far-reaching pub
licity campaign. The Farm and
Tractor edition OF :he Los Angeles
Times has been secured for this
medium, and in two or three weeks
this Sunday publication will bring
out an elm perial Valley Edition.
In addition TO pictures of luXu-
RANT alfalfa fields in mid-wintcr
and confer ii ner;-s graising there
in articles will describe the success
of various dairy farmers in this
section, and full page advertise
ment Will SCI 1pttu thc uuNNHtdES'
of Imperial Valley as dairy dis
triet.
Financing of this special issue,
for which the Times has volunteered
the free service of camera man,
will be handled under the direction
of A. II. Keller and G, +. Paris,
with the assistance of the banks
and creameries of the county.
The Imperial County Farm Bu-
reau, which is strongly behind this
plan, viii cooperate through its dai-
rv department by answering all let
ters of inquiry which result from
this publicity. Vern DcTar will be
in charge of this work.
lit is anticipated that between
5000 and 5000 copies of this spe-
cial issue will be purchased by the
various Chambers of Commerce crea-
meries banks and other business
firms OF the valley for circulation
throughout the country.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11
Counterfeit ting
Pair Arrest ed
Held for Ashe

Converting one dollar bills into
fivcs by the simple method pasting
the corners of five dollar bills owe,
the numbers, was the scheme OF
Ferris Y. Gillespie, 10, ex-acrobat
and Raymond Carl Miller, &c, ma
chinist helper, both of whom were
arrested by Officer Applegate yes
terday. They are being held here
for the arrival of William NJ. Ashe
agent in charge L. s. Secret Service
Treasury department.
She youthful pair had managed
to get rid of several bills before
they were reported. Their method
was to pass the mutilated five dol
lar bills for face value and the new
" made "five' dollar bills for
that amount, netting four dolla'
profit on each of the patched bills
They had given one of these bills
to japanese and one at r. Okido s
barber shop on Broadway.
Miller gave his home address as
IIillsboro, Ill. He worked at the
Nile restaurant here at one time
Gillespie gave his address as Tawe'
City, Mich. The federal officer is
expected to arrive this evening from
San Diego to take charge of the
two prisoners.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11
Forgetters Block Tea Pot Investigation in Congress
Daugherty Probe
Reveals Stories
Of Gun Runninq
by United Press Lensed Wire

WASHINGTON, MAJ 11.-Talcs
of gun running and recruiting for
an embryoE:c revolution in Lowcr
California in 1927 were told the
Daugherty investigating committee
by men Of the southwest today.
Senators Brookhart and Wheeler,
who will conduct the probe into the
attorney general administration of
the department of justice talked
witnesses from California and Texas
and outlined the cases they hoped to
have ready for presentation at an
opening hearing tomorrow or Thurs
day.
Men with the black slouch hats
and flowing ties that bespoke the
southwest were among the early
callers at the office of Senator
Wheeler, where the investigationg
committee was putting the finishing
touches on alignment of its case
against Daugherty.
The Daugherty committee has
definitely decided to train its open
ing guns on the department al
legged completely in the Cantu revo-
luton of l921-a revolution which
came to naught but in which Senator
Wheeler and his colleagues will try
TO show, the rebels weHe aided by
American department of justice
agents acting under orders from
Washington.
The trial may lead up to the most
recent revolution in Mexico-that
of Adolpho de la Huerta-but at
the start the committee efforts
will be confined to showing the part
they will allege Doughtery played
in assisting Cantu.
What the committee will seek to
prove is that wealthy oil men, who
hoped to secure favor and conces-
sions if the former governor of
Lower California was successful
"pulled wires' in the department
of Justice with the result that Unit
ed States agents were ordered to vio-
late the law against gun running
and recruiting and thus assist the
Cantu faction.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11
HARD PATH AHEAD
FOR FORD MUSCLE,
SHOALS BILL NOW
By FRASER EDWARDS
CUnitcd Press Staff Correspondent)

WASHINGTON, -Iar. l1.-Gov-
ernmcnt ownership advocates today
raised Il barrier across the path the
Muscle Shoals bill must travel in
the senate before Henry Ford gets
control of the great nitrate and
power project.
The bill presented yesterday by
Senator Norris, providing super
power system to develop and OPP
crate al natural resources, is the
answer Of the public ownership
group to the Ford program for Mus
Gle Shoals.
Norris, author OF the new bill,
already has been an avowed oppo-
nent of turning Muscle Shoals over
to Ford. He introduced his public
ownership bill a few hours before
the house by decisive vote passed
the Mckenzie bill to give Ford q
100 year lease on the Shoals.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11
Jury Says Mans
Alibi Not Very
Good, Took Auto

Harry D. smith. alias Harry vii.
son, was convicted of auto theft by
jury decision yesterday after
noon in superior court. Sentence
will he given at 10 O'Clock Friday
morning.
Smith was charged with stealing
an auto belonging to Mr.. Oliver of
H0ltville, while she ear was in
Calexieo on February 8. lie pied
not guilty 10 the charge testifying
that he Was a prisoner in the Jail
a. CaleXico at the time, serving un-
the the name ot Harry Wilson. He
failed 20 convince the jury by his
alibi.
The dit,riet attorney = office was
In possession of letter from the
state peuitcntiary Authorities at
San Quentin in which they asked
for infotmat ton as to the length of
sentence 20 be given Smith and
stating that he is wanted by them
for breaking parole.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11
ICE INDUSTRY LEADERS IN SESSI0
Annual Meetinq
Brings Splendid
Group Men Here

More than 40 delegates to the an
nual meeting Of the Southern Cali
fornia Association of Tee Industries
which opened at the Barbara Worth
hotel here today, were present for
roll call this morning. President j..
G. Drake, presided.
Mayor William Fawcett gave the
address of welcome, being introduc-
ed to the delegates by Director R.
p. Moore, FL Centre. Mayor Fawcett
expressed his pleasure at the oppor-
tunity of welcoming members OF
the association "'to the valley which
Harold Bell Wright has written
about as .'The Hollow Of God s
Hand, and to FL Centre, the best
city in the valley"
In d review of the development
of the valley and the progress in
agricultural lines, Mayor Fawcett
declared, "The sunshine is always
here, but the land never had any
cash value until the water was ap-
piled. Dairying, and the growing
of early fruits and winter vege-
tables are the industries that have
put the final touch on the present
values of farm lands in the Imperial
Valley, and these industries cannot
be carried on without the use of
ice
s'Ice then is one of the principle
factors to which we owe our deve-
lopment, and so, my friends, mem
bers of the Southern California As
sociation of Ice Industries. I want
YOU to know that many of us rca-
lie that our prosperity, and many
of our daily comforts and pleasures.
are due largely to the fact that
someone is manufacturing ice for
our use.
Elect Officers
In closing, Mayor Fawcctt sum-
med up the uses of ice in dairy in
Iustry in the valley. "Without ice
the dairy industry in the Imperial
Valley would be an impossibility.
Without ice we could not send our
lettuce, Strawberries, asparagus,
cantaloupes, grapes and other per-
1SlaDle producls even 10 LOS AhSe-
les and have them arrive in an
edible condition; but with the use
of ice we are putting them into
. every known market of the United
States in such condition that the
people ali over the country are sing
ing the praises of the Imperial Val
ley and the wonderful products we
ar Supplying them
Continued on page six
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11
MARK ROSE BACK,
SAYS FUTURE OF
DAM BILL BRIGHT
LeatherwO cd Opposes,
Has Not Been Over
the Ground

That the Swing Johnson bill for
an All-American canal and the build
ing Of Boulder Canyon dam will be
acted upon by congress before the
close of this session, was the opin-
ion expressed by Mark Rose, who re
turned from Washington yesterday
afternoon.
"If the bill once reaches the
floor of either house in congress |
am confident that it will pass speed
lily Dy more than two-thirds ma
iorltv,' Mr.. Rose declared this
morning.
.'Things were looking more fav-
orable for. the bill than ever, last
week when l left for FL Centre, and
although the power interests are OPP
posing it in the committee and are
testifying this week, / don't be-
lievc the committe will allow the
matter to be dragged out unduly
long.
There has been a lot of under
handed propaganda going the rounds
of course, and unsigned circular let
ters advancing all sorts of arguments
against passage of the bip, but the
committee with the exception of
Congressman Leatherwood of Utah
is favorable to the bill. Congress
man Leatherwood is the only mem
Der of the committe who has not
been over the ground of the propos-
ed project. -
As far as the report provided by
grand jury is concerned, Mr.. Rose
said that its effect was being rapidly
erased by the exposures of its or
roneous statements. "As fast as
we can lay the facts of the stu
alton before congressman and prove
how unfounded most of the declara-
tions in the report of the grand jury
are, we are able to convince them
that the project is worthy of their
support he said.
Mr.. Rose said that Messrs. Ballard
and HOxey, representing the South
crn California Edison company were
10 testify before the committee, but
he felt that engineers reports of
the various power companies oppos-
ing the bill would have to show that
the project would be feasible from
the standpoint of construction.
Rev. George \. Hartman, FL Cen
tro, who has been in Washington fol
some time lobbying for the bill, is
remaining there in the interests of
the project.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-11
THURMAN CASE IS
REOPENED BEFORE
SUP. COURT JUDGE

The ease of Roscoe Thurman,
convicted to serve term Of from
LII years in prison for destruc-
tion of property in connection w.,h
the l. w. W., was appealed and n
new trial begun before Judge Cole
in- superior court yesterday.
Testimony today related to a re-
view of alleged /. w. W. depreda-
tons on property in this section.
Instances of the planting of so
called "kitties - made up of phos-
phorous cubes wrapped in wet
cloths, in buildings and hay stack
so that some time would elapse be-
fore they would burn; placing of
quick lye in the shoes Of men who
refused to join the ranks of |. w.
w. similar deeds were related by
witnesses who claimed to have Been
former members.
Thurman who had already served
more than Il year Of his term when
his appeal for new trial was grant
cd, was placed on the sand this
morning for short examination.
The ease ia expected to continue
until sometime tomorrow.
The jury selected to sit at this
trial is as follows: Fred l.. Palmer,
Brawley; William l.. Poole, I'll Cen
tro; j. l.. FORESTER, Calexico
George w. Culver. Calcxico; G. NJ,
Bradley. IIoltvillc; G.. \. Bishop, I'm
perial; Boyd Furry. Brawley; Sam
u. Clevenger. Ilcbor; Frank Magcc
Calipatria: James Cook. III Centre;
Del willingham. Calexieo; II. H.
Mctealf, Holtville.