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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
THEATRES SOLD
 UNDER HAMMER
Southern Enterprises Bought By ROsenbaum
 And Crescent Interests
Muscle Shoals Bureau)

FLORENCE, Ala, Sept. 22.-The properties and leases of the Southern Enterprises, Inc, were sold at public auction in Florence today by c. w. Young, registrar in chancery, for $116,- 64020. The purchasers were Louis Rosenbaum and the Crescent Amuse- ment company. The sale was made by order of court to wind up the partner ship existing between MT. Rosenbaum and Isaac Kreisman on a court petition filed several months ago by Mir. Kreis- man asking that an accounting be made by MT. Rosenbaum and the affairs of the corporation be wound up. The bid ders today were MT. Rosenbaum and the Crescent Amusement company act
 ing together, and MT. Kreisman, said to be acting for himself and brother, Phillip Kreisman; MT. Kreisman's bid for the properties and leases was $500 below the successful bid. The proper ties included in the sale are the Prin- cess theater, Florence, and its equip ment, the equipment and lease on the Majestic theater in Florence, the equip ment and leases on the Palace and Ly- ric theaters in Sheffield and the Strand theater in Tuscumbia. There was an indebtedness of $71, ,040.20 against the properties in the form of mortgages, etc. The sale price registered $45, 600 in excess of this amount and was paid in cash. Mir. Rosenbaum was in ac- tive managementsof the. theater proper ties for some time before half interest was sold by him Ttfiree years ago to Mr. Kreisman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

by the Florence Chamber of Commerce against the Central of Georgia railroad ct al, involving rates on coal from Gen. tral of Georgia stations to Florence. The Alabama commission will be rep resented at the hearing.
 Many Stills Seized-Capture of 400-gallon still in Lee county, with 800 gallons of beer, 12 gallons of whisky and the arrest of one man, Grover Shadwick, was reported to Chief Walter K. McAdory of the state law enforcement department Monday.
 Capture of seven stills, one 50, two of 15O, two of POO and two of $50 gallons capacity. in Jefferson county, with HOO gallons of beer, was also reported. Five men. Will Dukes, Joe Craddock, Clayton Kimble, Oscar Hol- lingsworth and Clayton Stone, were arrested.
 In Shelby county, two 75-gallon stills and one of 300 with 2,90O gallons of beer and 15 gallons of whisky, were seized. Capture of two 500-gallon stills with 780 gallons of beer was reported from Pike county. In Barbour county, a 10-gallon still. constructed from Cracker" can, another still of 36 gal Ions and one of 150 gallons, with 40 gallons of beer and one half gallon of whisky were seized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
Alabama News In Brief Items From The AgeHeraIds 1000 es Of Leased Wires

quantity of beer. A raid earlier in the week netted the officers two men and 25 gallons of whisky.
 SELMA bottle was found float ing in the Alabama river at Mill creek landing below Orrville with note in- side with the date January 15, 1903. J. Fl. Gamble, a negro, found the bottle while fishing at the landing and report ed the matter.
 CULLMAN.-Sheriff J. W. Lam bert left today for Knoxville, Tenn, to bring back Gus Turkett, who is wanted here on charge of burglary, in connection with the robbery of the store of Ponder and Kelly, in February, 1921. He made his escape and had not been located until last week when he was arrested in Knoxville.
 TUsKEGEE.-The Mitchell Lumr Der company has begun the construc- tion of homes for employees of the firm at the plant located near the Kings plant will be about three miles north business to the town. It is expected that a hundred homes will be built at an early date.
 HAMILTON.-Studen entering colleges from Hamilton recently are as follows: Auburn, Roscoe Armstrong, Alton Bottoms, Charlie Stokes, Vaul- ton Anthony, Jimpaie Hall, Walter Pur- ser, Max Ford and Grady Hills; Uni versity of Mlabama, Burrell Wigin- ton, Grady and Stanley Dunn; Uni versity of Chicago, Clarence Burnett.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
SELMA PLANTS
 ON FULL TIME
Extra Crews And Over time Work Necessary
 In Some Cases
U.eased Wire to The Age-Herald.)


 SELMA. Ala. Sept. 22--All of Selma's mills and factories are now running full time. and in some cases ad- ditional crews are necessary and over time work is being done. The Dallas Compress company is rushed with work. cotton from seven counties being ginned here. Cotton men predict that Selma will receive 50,O00 bales this season.
 The Selma Manufacturing company, one of Selma's new industries, IS em- ploying 100 people and makes one ana one-half million bags per month. Inls plant consumes the cloth from 4o,Uoo splndiers or three cotton mills the size of the old Selma Manufacturing com pany which has been enlarged and operates under the name of Alabama Cotton mills.
 The bagging mill is running on full time and employing negro labor.
 The Sunset mill employees 15O la borers. More skilled workmen could be used in the Sunset mill. The Union Iron Works is running overtime to supply the demand from practically all the gulf states.
 The extensive paving operations of Selma employ 300 men who are on the payroll of the Alabama Concrete com pany. Besides these the barge used to transfer gravel and sand and the fleet of trucks to move this material give employment to a large number of others.
 The Southern railroad is employing many men laid off during the early summer. It employs 1900 men.
 Products from the Buckeye Oil mill which was said during the war to be the third largest in the south, ships cot ton seed oil and products all over Amer ica and exports a large quantity. It's daily payroll comprises 100 men,. E
 Peoples Oil company works day and all nights and employs 75 men. All of these have plenty of labor.
 Buy Hardwood Tract-A tract of l. 0SO acres of hardwood timber at Maplesville has been bought by Class and Daniels from John Traylor. Class and Daniels will erect lumber mill at Maplesville to cut the track of timber. The mill will be kept busy for some time, it is said.
 Trackloss Cars Running new trackless street cars are now running on schedule time and are proving a great convenience to the people. The third car MaS-pnf in service Friday. The schools, hospitals, outlying resi- dence sections, Habell Village, Sunshine place and Highland park are all being served by the trackless car with a reg ular schedule. #f To Teach JuniOrsEIn the training school at Bessemer, beginning ; this week. at the Baptistachurch, Miss Bessie Welch of Selma, prominent in church work, will have a part in the program, teaching the junior teachers and work CTS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
SILHOUETTES OF STATE: CAPITOL
(State Capital Bureau)

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. 22.- General R. F. Ligon, clerk of the su- preme court, returned today from a va cation spent at Tate Springs, Tenn, and on visit to relatives in New York. General Ligon met the Prince of Wales on his holiday, and witnessed the land-' ing of the 'round-the-world flyers at Mitchell Field.
 Miss Virginia B. Handley. director of the state child welfare department, left today for Birmingham to address district meeting of the Federation of Women's Clubs. From there she was to go to Morgan county to take steps looking to the organization of a county child welfare unit with full-time pro- bation officer. fi-
 Figures received by Major F. 0. Phelps regular army instructor of the thirty-first division, have swelled the total number participating in National Defense Day in Alabama. Total num- Der of participants in the demonstra- tions as shown by the latest reports, was 74,035, including 11,O04 one-day volunteers. The day was observed with demonstrations in S2 counties. Russell county headed the list in number of demonstrations with five. E
 An interesting feature of the data as- sembled by Major Phelps is the influ- ence exerted by the national guard in the observance of the day. Of 25 cOun- ties with national guard units, 24 have reported the holding of defense test day demonstrations, while of 42 counties with no national guard units only eight reported such demonstrations.
 
 Calling of a conference of commits sioners of agriculture of southern states is being considered, in view of the de- cline in the price of cotton, according to information received by Commission CT of Agriculture J. M. Moore.
 Commissioner Moore has received a letter from Harry D. Wilson, commis- eioner of agriculture of Louisiana, ask ing whether he would attend a confer ence of southern commissioners of az
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

HAMILTON.-The citizens of Bexar are planning to build consolidated school building there in the near fu- ture. sr
 BOLIGEE.-Thec cotton crop for 1924 is being handled with less confusion by the Southern railroad, as they have increased their storage capacity each day to four. or five cars. Already Bo- ligee has ginned 5000 bales this season against 2,900 bales of the entire crop of last year, 1923.
 ROANOKE.-County Demonstration plans for see Randolph county tour to be put on by the agricultural and educational forces and by the board of county commissioners.
 MONTGOMERY.-An election con- test from Coffee county, between Mace Kyser and J. T. 'Eagerton, involving the democratic nomination for county commissioner, was heard by a subcom- mittee of the state democratic executive committee. The Coffee county execu- tive committee had decided the case in favor of Eagerton, from which decision Kyser appealed. The matter was de- cided by the two interested parties agreeting to run it off in the gen. eral election.
 HEFLIN.-Sheriff H. A. Jackson, ac- companied by state and federal prohi- bitiOn officers, made a second raid in the Arbacoochee section of Cleburne county and destroyed two stills and a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
CAMPAIGN BODY OF 7THDISTRICT
 TO MEET SEPT. 9
Organization Session Of Committee Called By
 Chairman Inzer
(Gadsden Bureau)

GADSDEN, Ala, Sep. 22.-Chair- man J. c. Inzer has called the newly appointed democratic campai. com mittee of the Seventh congressional dis trict to meet here Thursday for the pur- pose of organizing. It is expected that plans will be laid for vigorous cam paign from now on until November 4. The members of the committee are J. c. Inzer. Gadsden, chairman; Judge Robert Williams, Marshall; Judge Sam High, St. Clair; Judge Jack. Griffin, Cullman; Judge H. R. Gilliland, Eto- wah; Judge B. J. Chestnut. Cherokee i; q. A. Hearn, Blount, and Charles Scott, DeKalb. lefis
 Mrs. Wallace To Speak-Announce- ment was made Monday that Mrs. Mel R. Wallace of Birmingham will be the principal speaker of the Citizenship school to be held here September 30, un- der the auspices of the Etowah county league of women voters. The discus sion will lay special emphasis on the importance and the duty of every citi- zen to vote. There will also be num- Der of short talks on government. na- tional, city and state, according to the program.
 Faces Liquor Charge-G. NJ. Peek of Sand valley is in the county jail on the charge of possessing a still. County and federal officers claim to have found near his home 40 gallon still, set up and ready for operation. They also claim to have found five gallons of whisky in his smokehouse
 Tickets Announced-The business and Professional Women's club Monday an- nounced its ticket in the boy scout elec- ton of September 26,, for mayor and aldermen of Gadsden. The candidate for mayor is Sam Brooks; for president of the council, Billie Wilson, and for < chief. of police, s. B. Small, Jr.
 Killed By Snicker-Sue May Taylor, angered because sofzebody laughed. at her. fire five shots at tMinnie Reed Mon- day morning, two of them scorching the latter's hand and upper lip. It is said the Taylor woman was looking for a man, intending to shoot him. She was arrested. All parties are negroes.
 Hold Candidates Night-The Mayors elect of Gadsden and Attalla and the mayor and aldermen of the latter city attended a candidates night'' meeting at the Methodist chafch in Attalla, Sun day night. They occupied reserved seats lon the stage. T. S. Williams, mayor elect of Attalla, was the chief speaker and he pleaded for the cooperation of church people in the solution of civic problems.
 J. E. Forman Buried-Jerome B. Forman, 46, who died at Bethany late Sunday afternoon was buried here Monday. He was formerly an alderman of this city and born and reared here.
 Henry Black Dies-Henry Black, 27, died at his home in Alabama City Sum- day night, the victim of bright's dis. ease. The funeral and burill took 'place Monday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

the money out of local banks and was preparing to deposit it in Athens banks.
 Hosiery Advertised-Hosiery made here has lately been advertised by the Cooper Wells company of St. Joseph, Mich, which has hosiery mill here, in three full page advertisements ap- bearing in a nationally read magazine. The third of the series of advertisements appeared Saturday. The advertisement aroused considerable interest among the people of Albany and Decature.
 Returns CanvassedAThee election re- turns in Decatur. have been canvassed by the board of aldermen and found to be correct. On the first Monday in Oc- tober the new board of aldermen and Mayor James A. Nelson will take office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
PHILADELPHIAN
 ACCEPTS CALL
Dr. Wallace Thorpe To Become Pastor Of Tus-
 calOOsa Church
Tuscaloosa Bureau)

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Sept. 22.--Dr. Wallace Tharp, pastor of the Flrst Christian church of the Northside at Philadelphia, has accepted call as pastor of the First Christian church at Tuscaloosa. He is the father-in-law of Dr. Clyde Brooks, dean of the Un1ver- sity Medical college, and father of Phil Tharp, attorney of Birmingham. Dr. Tharp has been in the ministery for 42 years and is well known here.
 Fair List Issued-The premium list for the county fair to be held in Tus- caloosa the last four days in October is just out and many attractive prizes are offered. Several large tents have been ordered in which exhibits will be placd and much space has been taken by merchants and others
 Coker Woman Dies-ATrs. Mary s. Patton, 77 years old, died suddenly of heart failure Saturday at her home near Coker. She is survived by her husband and several children. The funeral and interment was held Sunday at Big Creek church. Mrs. Patton was prom inently connected and was we'll known in this section.
 Object To Sirens-A petition signed by several hundred persons will be presented to the city commission Tues day asking 7 that the sirens be dis continued The claim is set forth in the petition <+that the sirens are. g nAisdnces and is not in, keeping with the city the size fo Tuscaloosa. The suggestion is made that a bell be used to indicate the location of fire and that a number be tolled for each dis trict,.- the city to be divided into four districts.
 Chancefy Docket Cleared-The chan cery docket of the circuit court was heard. Monday and several cases was disposed of. Judge Fleetwood Rice presided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
DOG MOTHER
 ADOPTS TWO
 ORPHAN PIGS

c ELMA, Ala, Sept. 22.-A story comes from Camden to the ef-
 feet that a dog owned by the Albritten Lumber camp, near He lena, not only takes care and feeds her own eight little puppies, but has taken as her own two orphaned pigs. All are nourished from the same source and Belle doesn't seem to know any difference in her treat ment of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

riculture at New Orleans September %. if such a conference should be called by the Louisiana commissioner. MT. Moore signified his willingness to at tend the proposed conference. Commits sioner Wilson in his letter suggested that the decline in the price of cotton is out of line with the present crop and needs of the cotton consuming world and that the price of cotton seed alo is too low. Commissioner Moore express ed the belief that the general adoption of proper system of orderly market ing would be good policy on the part of cotton growers.
 In connection with the situation caused by decline in cotton prices, Com missioner Moore has received a letter from George B. Terrell, commissioner of agriculture of Texas, giving figures on cost of production of cotton in that state. According to Terrell, reports from 103 counties indicated a cost of production of 25 2-3 cents per pound, which figure was stated to be con servative estimate and probably below the actual cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
LIGHTS INSTALLED
BOligee Firms To Operate Own Electric PIaute

.BOligee Firms To Operate Own Electric
 Plants
 BOLIGEE, Ala, Sept. 9. Special ! Lighting systems have been installed in stores of the Boligee Mercantile com pany and Bouchelle Bros. .s.s Henry T. Kirkland, IT,. is operating "a garage recently leased from c. H. Johnston, who has made modern inn provements on the building.
 The Jefferson County Dairymen's as ssociation has sent field representatives to investigate the community around Boligee for establishing branch dairies and they are we'll pleased with the sit uation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
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the direction Of Dr. Charles A. Sheldon of Atlanta, member of the American guild of organists.
 Schools Open-The public schools of Meridian were opened today for the 1924-25 term, Dr. H. NJ. Ivey. super intendent, stating that prospects were for successful session and an unusual ly large attendance. All school build ings have been practically made over during the vacation days and several oi them enlarged, the work having been done at a cost of about $250,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
MERIDIAN PLANS
 ORGAN RECITAL
Public Schools Open With
 Promising Prospects

MERIDIAN, Miss. Sept 22.-(Spe- cial. .)-The opening recital of the new pipe organ of Central Methodist church will take place Tuesday evening under
Evening star., 1924-03-10
Three WOMEN KILLED
WHEN AUTO HITS POLE
Two Men Probably Fatally Hurt
and Another Couple Less
Seriously Injured.
By the Associa ted Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 10.-Three
women were killed outright, two men
probably were fatally injured and
two others, a man. and a woman,
were less seriously injured yesterday
when the automobile in which they
were returning from a wedding cele-
bration swerved from the road and
crashed into a telegraph pole in the
Bronx.
Those killed were: Miss Grace Car
ney, twenty-six, a music teacher iiv-
ing in the Bronx; Mrs. Jos. Curry,
wife of the owner and driver of the
car, and an unidentified woman about
thirty-five.
Joseph Curry, owner of the car,
suffered a fracture of the skull. He
was held at the hospital on a tech
nical charge of homicide. The other
man probably fatally injured was
Carnae Egan, thirty eight. His left
leg was amputated.
Evening star., 1924-03-10
CONVICT RED LEADER
OF MISUSE OF FUNDS
Soviet Judges Order Six Years Sol.
itary Confinement for
Krasnotchekoff.
FORMER CHICAGO LAWYER
Charged With Showing Favors to
Brothers Firm.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, March 10.-Alexander
Krasnotchekoff, one time Chicago
lawyer and former premier of the far
eastern republic, and four other per-
sons, charged with improper use OF
the funds of the Commercial and In
dustrial Bank, were found guilty by
the five judges who presided at the
trial.
Krasnotchekoff was sentenced tc
six years solitary confinement, his
brother Jacob to three years i'm
prisonment, and the other defendants
to one and two years imprisonment.
There was no recommendation for
clemency, and unless the central exec
rtive committee pardons the men the
sentences will be carried out.
The defendants waited all last
night for the verdict. Alexander
krasnotchekoff smiled as the verdict
was read. The other defendants were
calm.
Work in Revolution.
The verdict apparently was based
on the plea of NJ Krylenko, the
prosecutor, that the bankers nepot-
ism in lending his brother funds Of
the DdHk dS IL tney were MS own,
together with loose personal con-
duct, was of more importance to the
state than krasnotchekoffs previous
services to the revolution in Siberia
and elsewhere.
Many times NJ. krasnotcheKoft
risked his life to save the revolu-
tion," NJ Krylenko said. Therefore
we say honor to krasnotchekoff. But
in the bank he created about himself
an atmosphere of robbery and en-
Grim
is not in the amount of the bank 8
losses. We. unlike bourgeois states.
cannot distinguish between questions
OF actual law and ethics. This is par
of workmen are flocklng to join the
communist party. They have faith
in the holiness and principle Of COM
munism.
1t is important to show them how
the party reacts to crimes, particu-
larly those of high-placed commun-
lists"
The courtroom was crowded when
the verdict was announced.
Loans to Brother.
The indictment against Krasnotch-
ekoff, who was known in Chicago as
Alexander Tobelson. charged that he
loaned funds to his. brother, or his
low rate of from l to IL per cent
monthly, instead OF at from to az
per cent monthly, as charged by
other banks. The prosecution con-
tended that the Commercial and In
dustrial Bank lost more than $4,000
gold rubles through the transaction.
1t was asserted further that the
Russian-American Industrial Corpo-
ration still owes the bank $244,000
through Krasnotcheffon's liberality
in financing it.
On trial with Krasnotchekoff was
his brother Jacob, Vilensky. private
secretary to Jacob, and three mem-
bers of the administrative depart
ment of the bank. named Berkovitch,
Volinski and Soloveychik.
In addition to the charge Of misuse
Of funds. Krasnotchekoh was accused
Of conduct unbecoming a communist.
Evening star., 1924-03-10
GERMAN RIOT PUT DOWN.
French Troops Quell Trouble at
Ludvigshafen.

COLOGNE. Germany. March 10
Rioting which stared Friday at the
plant of the Badische Anilin and Soda
F>ahrik Company at Ludvigshafen was
suppressed by French troops after the
rioters had indulged in a frenzy of
pillaging.
The disturbances followed the evic-
tlon from the plant Of officials and
woman workers who were threatened
with physical injury If they disobeyed.
Evening star., 1924-03-10
TAVERN OWNER A SUICIDE.
Kept Inn Where Washington Bade
Goodbye to Generals.

NEW YORK, March 10.-Emil
Westburg. owner Of Fraunce's Tav-
ern, a historic inn on Pearl street,
where Washington said farewell to
the generals OF his army after the
revolutionary war, committed sui
eide yesterday in his suite in the
Sherman Square Hotel. He shot
himself with a pistol. Ill health was
given as the reason.
Mr.. Westburg was probably the
best known restaurateur in down.
town New York, as tourists from all
parts of the country visited the
Evening star., 1924-03-10
TO STUDY CUBAN TRADE.
q. s. Commission, Headed by G. J
Owens, Making Inspection.

HAVANA, March 10-A trade COM
mission representing the Southern
Commercial Congress, and headed by
DR.. Clarence J. Owens Of Washing
ton, president of the congress, ar
rived here yesterday from Key West,
to study trade and business condi-
tions in Cuba. DR.. Owens and some
other members of the commission
are expected to spend two or three
weeks in Cuba.
Evening star., 1924-03-10
PREPARE LIST OF 1900
BLUE LAW VIOLATORS
Jersey City Police to Send Names
to Grand Jury To-
morrow.
By the Associated Press.

JERSEY CITY, N. j.. March 10
More than $4,000 movie theaters, play
houses and business houses which oper-
county were listed by the police of the
various municipalities as violators of
the states Sunday blue laws" accord
ing to reports to police chiefs who
ordered the action.
and fruit stores, saloons, barber shops.
delicatessens and restaurants.
The cases will be sent to the Hudson
grand jury when it sits here tomorrow.
The grand jury recently has held hear
lngs In. the alleged Sunday law VIOLA
tionS.
Evening star., 1924-03-10
RETIRED r. R. OFFICIAL DIES

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 10
John P. Green, eighty-five, retired
vice president Of the Pennsylvania
his home of heart failure. He re-
tired from active service under the
company's pension regulation in 1909.
Evening star., 1924-03-10

He entered service of the railroad
in 1869 as secretary to the first vice
president. He was a captain in the