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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28
Convention Once-Overs
By 1T. '. Philips


 oILsIDE, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN June 27.--Whsn the aft. ernoon session of the democfatic nA- tional convention closed late today all the candidates anybody could think of had been presented, seconded and in some cases fifthed and sixthed.
 The fact that the immediate supply had been finally exhausted did not ap- pear to discourage the orators.
 They were seriously considering send ing out for more.
 If there is any man in, the country who hasn't yet been placed in nonAina- tion will he kindly send his name to this convention at once.
 The democratic old guard of nOminat. ing orators may die but it will never be brief. s
 There are now so many names before the convention it will take an, expert cataloguer to handle them. .s..
 One man, David Y, Gninan of a town called MahAndy in Pennsylvania actu- ally placed in nomination the entire Angl6-Saxon Face. It now has as good a chance of Being the .party's choice for President as any previously named candidate in the field.
 Mir. .Guinan man whOlned' the dele gates for what seemed a weekend with out mentioning any names.
 For time it seemed that not only might the democratic party fail to men tion the Ku Klux Klan by name but that some of the orators might fail to mention their candidates by name.
 Name your man,, yelled te dele gates as MR. 4GuinAn HambIed on. "I am going to second the nOmination of a man of whom it." he continued.
 "Name your man." they cried.
 Cannot be said,'' he continued No body seemed to recognize KannOt B. Said.
 Name your man." they yelled.
 "A. Beacon Light" were the next words audible for Guinan. Nobody DEeAuGu IV EN|VBMS1c LuS 11OuOEAUeC &As Beacon Light either.
 Name your man." they cried again. '"The Apglo-Saxon race" ba&led MT. Guinan.
 That ditched him. He, got no fur ther. He had gone far enough.
 It is now a question whether the del. ekaAes have assembled here to hold | convention or demonetratA the efteetG of chlorine gas on seated multitude.
 This convention today accomplished one thing. anyway. It aBalikikd { tAahA for the voice hurling contests at the Olympic games.
 Every grand old denaoerat," ," match. less leader" peerless son." and "Roblt statesmen" around the works was nom mated except William Jennings Bfyan. Charles W. Bryan. his brother, was Nominated by NebFakka. The BEyaAa want to keep some member of the fam iIy in all presidential races.
 Eebraska, Florida, Georgia, Oregon and Montana standards were in the paradA for Charles. but Brcthet VII liam .. .aS not in line. Ex-SeG retary of War Newton D. Ba- ker was A ne of the early speaksfS. He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28
NEGRO MURDERERS
 GIVEN SENTENCES
Pearl And Odell Jackson To
 Hang On August 8

Judge H. r. Heflin Friday sentenced Pearl and Odell Jackson, negroes, members of an alleged ax gang, to hang in the Jefferson county jail on Au- gust 8.
 Both the Jackson negroes, man and wife, were implicated in one of the most notorious ax murders in the his tory of Birmingham's long list of such crimes and were sentenced at the same time that Frank Owens, another alleged ax man, was attempting sensational escape from the county jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28
ANDREWS BURIAL
 TO BE IN KENTUCKY
Clerk Of Jury Commission Died
 At Age 73

The body of Harry Anderws. age 73. 1406 Twenty-first street, north, clerk of the jury commission and for IS years resident of Birmingham, who died late Thursday night at the residence from stroke of paralysis, was sent to Flemingsberg, Ky, at : 80 o'clock Fri day afternoon by Johns for burial.
 Funeral services were held at ! o'clock Friday afternoon at the resi- dence.
 Mir. Andrews was the father of the late Steele Andrews, for many years prominent in the Birmingham district. He is survived by his widow and a son, Watson Andrews, manager of the Su- perior Pipe and Foundry company of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28
PEABODY GETS GIFT

Coffee Importer Gives SEQ, 1000 Life In.
 surance Policy To College
 NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 27-Joel Cheek, local coffee importer, today an. nounced the gift of a $20,000 life in- surance policy to George Peabody Col lege for Teachers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28
RINGWORN ON BABES FACE
Red PlmpIss BAokS 0ut. Could Not Sleep. Cu6curA Healed.

"Aay baby had q TiAgwHrm @ his SAeS, then Ais AIsskh beeeA getting red and aeAly sad rea PsaA- ples beoke 6AE which tuyAa4 e iasGss sore srupeitns. He e4asla nOe slssp aA aighs bsearAp e ths itching and burning and va ulo @y. Ths trouble lAsssd 0i1 ssansArs- "H began uAiag cutlsaFGN AoAP and Ointment and aAes UslmS eve cakes of cutieuFa Soap and two boxes of cutleufa CiatnaaISe he A as completely heaieA." (siSAed) MA {. John KoATads. Head Rivert toeSsRiGA
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28
Natural Linen Suits at
 $17.50 and $20

Fine fabrics that have been cod-ater shr1nk Work.
 anshp that style and smarness the last wear ing Values that leave for dispute as to where your money goes the farthest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28
Washable suits that hold their shape
 $10 to $25

careessy tailored wash suit is expensive any price Buy Summer clothes just critically you do wool suit They can be just stylish, you'll see when you try cool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28

Time savers--the railroads. the tele, graph, the telephone. the wireless--and Ase-Herald Want Ads. ..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28

Charles W. Bryan. his brother, was Nominated by Nebraska. The BEyAlls want to keep some member of the fam fIy in all presidential races.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28

Yesterday it was a favorite sons. Today it will De favoFite wizards.
 It is guaranteed both sides in the klan fight will be given very disturb ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28

Eebraska, Florida, Georgia, Oregon and Montana standards were in the parah for Charles, but Brothef VII liam was not in, line. -t4
 Ex-SeG retaFy of War Newton D. Ba- kAr Nan A ne of the early EpeakAfk. Hk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28

Every grand old denAoerat," match. less leader" peerless son" and "nohle statesmen" around the works was nom mated except William Jennings Bryan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28
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Evening star., 1924-05-04

Ihe sigma Beta Sorority held its
first ante-Lenten dance at the garden
house of the Grace Dodge Hotel Fri
day evening. Among those present
We're: Misses Gladys Kropke, Alta
Bodenhamer, Aida Hartranft. Mil,
dred Huth, Helen Ross, Harriet
Ross, Mary McDermott, Mary Graham
Hattie Bodenhamer. Grace Gibbs, Ann
Appel, Edna Ford. Alta Chaffee.
Margaret Sullivan, Ella Lloyd. Anna
belle Mattingly, Erdine Timberlake
Madeline Vaughn, Elizabeth WEIGH
Elizabeth Wines, Gladys Rollins, Mrs.
Walter l.. Ball and Mrs willard
Nails.
Evening star., 1924-05-04

OF smart roshanara silk. radiantly lovci!
in color. silver, powder blue. tan. beige. rub
ber. artichoke, Mexico. cocoa-navy blu
and black. too A wonderful advance op
portunity to secure summer skirt at les
than opening summer prices.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-19

No comparative prices will be
quoted. You will be able to see
their values at glance.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13

secret societies, with their parades
and dances, deriving the same satis-
faction from them and feeling OF ex-
clusiveness, that Is found In like or
ganizations among civilized men.
And. these societies are not con
fined to the men. While those OF
the Indians had no side degrees, the
women we're permitted to have Sc
cret organizations of their own.
stated there were no side degrees
while not functioning under that
name. the women, as we'll as the men,
could belong to the second order OF
Medicine Society. This order, while
not protesting to be skilled in magic
as the higher order of medicine men,
we are assured, on good authority,
| that its members we're more practi-
cal in their ministrations. They
we're acquainted with sweating, poul-
ticing, the moxa, scarification, veg
II tal remedies, various manipulations,
which may have foreshadowed the
coming osteopath and chiropractor---
they understood the use OF purgatives
and frequently acted as midwives.
1t was undoubtedly woman OF this
order who was so violently elected
by Father Point, when she was at
tempting to cure Major Culbertson's
child of the Group.
II Dreams played a large part in the
| formation of these societies.
| dream was regarded with awe by the
| Indian. He believed it was Of sup.
eruatural origin, and he strove to in
terpret its meaning. 1t Is needless
i to say this Interpretation was mo-
II along the lines laid down by Freud
II Like Pharaoh, the repetition OF {
II dream held special significance; blu
Il unlike the Egyptian kings, four wa
/ the mystic number Of the Piegan.
II The society OF the Braves started
II from the strong dream" Of a Pie
II gan, "who saw band of dogs ant
| the way they acted" The duty o
II this organization was to serve as
II police force in the camp. When tn
II time came to break camp, the Braves
II to the beating of drums, MARCHES
II singing into the middle OF the camp
II each man carrying knife, bow an
II culver full OF arrows. There the
III curled up on the ground like dogs
III and spent the night. When IN
/ camp broke up. the society followe
II the others, and ate all the food tina
Il was left.
Hi The chief Brave wore coyote-ski
II headdresss with the tail hangin
Il down behind, and carried a feather
II decorated lance. The next In ran
| bore a willow branch, and had owe
his shoulders buffalo robe vii
II the hoofs attached, that ratified whe
he danced. On the left OF the nea
II brave sat the white Braves" wit
II their white lances stuck In tn
II ground before them. The bodies
H these men were painted white, an
II across their noses and eyes wei
/ yellow stripes. There we're ali
II Water Braves" who carried bia'
| ders on their backs for water pal
u and bags for food. There were
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13

Two braves had their bodies paint
ed red, and on their faces was the
Bear Sign, black streaks down
over the eyes, and at each corner OF
the mouth. They carried bows and
arrows. These enacted the part OF
bears, and did not dance with the
others unless they chose.
The leader began the dance, and
blew his bone whistle for the rest
to follow. This they did, dropping
their roles, blowing whistles, and
carrying their lances. They danced
slowly in a circle, leaning forward
and holding their lances near the
ground like dogs looking for places
to lie down" Such was part OF
their public ceremony, which did not
lack impressiveness, and must have
rendered the children pop-eyed with
awe and admiration.
When the leader of the Braves
said the buffalo were not to be
chased, II anyone attempted to
break this game law, the Braves
caught. stripped and whipped him
in true MODERN fashion. II a woman
contrary to the leaders command
picked berries. her lodge was tori
to pieces. From this 1t will be seer
that human nature is the same yes
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13

was decorated with swans down, and
white eagle feathers. The third In
degree also had lance with hook.
Its decoration consisted of otter
skin. and black and red feathers. The
ether members bore feathered lances
and small red pipes. Their faces
were painted and they wore eagle
feathers in their back hair. and strips
of otter skin hung with bells about
their ankles.
They danced in pairs, giving short
Jumps to initiate the movement of a
fox. Like fox they barked first on
one side, then on the other. They
never moved In a straight line, "be-
cause a fox never goes straight; his
tail always seems to guide him. :
When ordered to stop they rested
for a while, then began again.
All OF these societies belonged Ia
the Piegans, but other tribes had
their own. Macmillan mentions
those of the Mandans. calling them
classes or companies, and gives de-
scription of their manner Of dress
and their dances. He says they were
organized according to age; ths
youngest being that of "the foolisf
dogs" its members were from ter
to fifteen years of age. The second
composed of young men OF twenty o.
twenty-five years, was known as thu
crows or ravens. The third consist
ed of soldiers. The fourth was tina
of the dogs. The fifth was the buf
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13

faloes; and the sixth that of the
black-tailed deer.
The Mandan women had their own
societies, known as ''the band of the
gum" "the river class" the women
OF the hay" and ''the band of the
white COW" This last was composed
OF old women, who added to their
natural unattractiveness by paint
ing one eye-generally blue-and
tattooing themselves in black lines.
From this II may be seen that Sc
cret societies are not the result OF
civilization, but a survival of the
primitive customs. The white man
has no organization of Dogs, Kit
Foxes, or Ravens, but among his so
cieties are those OF the Elks, the
Moose, and the Eagles. In nomen-
clature, at least, he harks back to the
childhood of the race.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13

terady, TO-DAY and forever, with no
racial distinctions.
II was the Braves who decided
when a camp should be moved.
The Society OF Mosquitoes was the
outcome, not of q dream, but of an
experience. One day an Indian was
hunting where the mosquitoes were
unusually thick, and they bit him un-
til he became unconscious to all else
but what they sang. It was this:
Mosquitoes, mosquitoes, get to-
gether, get together,
Mosquitoes get together,
Our friend is nearly dead"
Then they began to dance. Some
being red. and others yellow. They
had claws on their wrists and plumes
in their hair. ''They sat In a circle
and sang; they jumped up and down
springing this way and that. always
dancing in the direction Of the sun. y
The man heard on say:
Brother, because you were gen.
erous and let us drink freely from
your body, we give you our society OF
mosquitoes; we make you the
leader"
Such was the origin of the IAN
cient Order of Mosquitoes. TT
members wore buffalo robes, thu
hair side out, and painted them
selves, some red; the others yellow
and they had stripes across the nos'
and eyes. Plumes were worn In tn,
hair, and eagle claws hung from thu
wrists to represent the bills of tn
mosquitoes. After every song the.
gave. 1t was obligatory to lower thei
heads and initiate the buzz of mos
quito. When they had sung fou
times, they went through the cam
scratching any they met with tn
claws that hung from their wrists
If their victim resisted, har
scratch was given. but those who In
vited them to take all the bloc
they wished, we're not hurt; for
was well known that barring yelloy
fever, malaria, and the like, "if
mosquito lis left alone, its bite doe
not harm"
One of the most ancient of the Pie
gan societies, was that of the Ki
Foxes. It was formed by an In
dian with the suggestive name c
Elk Tongue. He dreamed of bein
in the den of the fox chief, wher
many other foxes were congregatet
The chief commanded him to form
Fox Society Of young men, who wer
never to kill foxes, or they woul
have bad luck.
This Indian complied with the o.
der of the chief fox, and became th
head of the organization. On h
death bed he taught his son th
secrets, dances, etc, of the societ.
and for long time the office {
leader was hereditary.
When the Kit Foxes were to Civ
a ceremony, they spent four days an
nights In preparation for the gres
event. painting and dressing then
selves, and never going out of the
society lodge except at night. @
the fifth day they marched throug
the camp, the leader wearing
foxskin with Its head in front, ar
the tail, with little bells attache
hanging down his back. His boo
was painted red, his face green, ar
he carried green bow and arrow
The second In rank carried
lance with the end like a hook.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13

greater Obligation than that OF the
brotherhood of man.
These societies have always sought
to impress the public by parades III
the regalia, or peculiar costume OF
their order; by dances; or In some
other manner. In this respect the IN
dian was like other men; he had MS
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13
SECRET SOCIETIES AMONG THE INDIANS wi
NORTHWEST; THEIR ORIGIN AMID S1GNlF NCAMGES
PECULIAR CUSTOMS, REGAllA AND gAMCES

addition BLACK Braves" and RED
Braves" The former carrying black
lances and havirg their bodies
painted black, and black stripes
across their nose and eyes; the lat
ter whose lances we're red, had red
painted bodies and quite likely red
striped nose and eyes.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13
Former Montanans Are Returning.

That the Milestone section OF Mon
tana Is coming back to previous lew
eIes ia indicated by the fact that many
former settlers are returning 10 the
state. attracted by the good crops
which have been harvested this year
Musselshell porperty owners also say
that there are no vacant houses In
Musselshell. This is taken as an in
dication of the trend OF events, and
an unprecedented growth OF that
part Of the state Ia predicted.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13
pr MARrnA E. PLAssMANN

BY MARTHA T.. PLASsMANN
TROM time immemorial II mas
II been customary among most II
l. not all peoples, for men to form
societies in which the initiation cere-
monies and most of the meetings are
Of a secret character. Generally
among primitive races, these cere-
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13

monies were OF religious nature.
1t was desirable to belong to these
organizations for many reasons.
First of all, membership in them diff
ferentiated on from the commonaltiy,
and carried with 1t feeling OF SUI
periority. Then 1t was bond of UNI
ion between the elect, mourning
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13
NEW OIL LAMP Fl E E


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cago. Ill. the inventor OF a wonderful new
oil lamp that burns a. "a. air and beats
gas or electricity. is offering to give one
Will help Introduce 1t. Write him for par
ticulars Agents wanted
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13
Brought Up Wrong

Teacher: why. Willie!" Such
dirty hands! Who brought you upY"
Willie: "De coal man, In his wag-
on, ma am"
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-13
One OF AMERICAS
OLDEST POLITICAL
CHARACTERS DIES
DEATH OF FORMER sENA1oi'
COLE AT f02 YEARS, tLOSbo
MOST NOTED CAREER

WAS ON Most Cordial Terms WIN
president Lincoln; Made hich
cold Strike in California in '4s'
WAS senator Frsm California.
Evening star., 1924-07-03
Rev. A. W. Crawford Dies.

GREENSBORO, N. c., July 3.-Rev
A. w. Crawford. for ten years super.
intendent of home missions of the
synod of North Carolina, and one OF
the best known Presbyterian minis
ters in the south, died at a local hos
pical last night after a long attack
of heart trouble.
Evening star., 1924-07-03
WITNESSES ARREST
IN DRY RAID BANNED
u. S. Commissioner Declares Seiz'
ure of Patrons by Vel
lowly Illegal.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 3.-The synthetic
4aw, blend of state and federal
statutes under which Prohibition Di-
rector Yellowly raided a cafe and
arrested four patrons as material
witnesses Tuesday night, was called
illegal and unheard-of'' by Federal
Commissioner Boyle when the prison.
ers were arra;gned before him yes
terday.
The commissioner warned Prohlbl
tion Commissioner Haynes and Di-
rector Yellowly that the agents who
conducted the raids were subject &c
charges of false arrests The four
witnesses were dismissed, Is were
two walters of the raided cabaret
who were charged with illegally pos
sessing liquor.
The arrests were made after Di-
rector Yellowly issued public warn
ing, since the Democratic nationa
convention opened. that all patrons
of iquor-dispensing places were sub
ject to arrest in the course of raids.
Commissioner Boyle declared to the
prohibition officials that "even in
Evening star., 1924-07-03

NJ Bellegarde from speaking anew,
and declared he felt called upon TO
protest against the Haitian's accusa-
tionS.
ed how the United States had freed
millions of the black race, and gave
summary of Americas humanitarial
acts in the achievement of liberty and
happiness for other peoples. He wish
ed to protest in the name OF the
American people that there was not
the slightest unjust pressure on sho
Haitian population, or any desire to
deny them liberty. He characterized
the American occupation rs really de-
signed to secure real justice and lib
erty for Haiti. This had proved true
troops to restore law and order and
then withdrew them.
Are Serving Haiti.
''Santo Domingo is Free" he went
on, and Haiti will be free when she
has satisfied the conditions and shows
that she is capable of self-goyern-
ment. Our attitude isNone of benevo.
lent serving, not our own cause, but
Haiti"
A violent discussion marked the
consideration Of resolutions relative
to Armenia. The assembly voted that
the Armenian question was still fal
from settled. and to keep the Ques-
ton on the federated agenda until
Justice and the tights of man had
been secured for the Armenian people
The federation urged the world to
continue indispensable relief meas
ures for the refugees and the hun
dreds of thousands of orphans in the
near east. When a Greek delegate
had urged Turkey to show fnodera-
ton toward the Armenians and a
Turkish delegate had replied, cries
of "and Smyrna" arose from several
parts of the auditorium. The Turk
thereupon demanded the appointment
of a special commission from neutral
states to investigate the entire
Turco-Greek, and Armenian ques-
tions, including the Smyrna affair
No action was taken on this.
China won a signal victory at the
Congress by obtaining the passage OF
resolution faxoring the ALLEGATION
to China of a regular seat in the
council of the league of nations
though as a permanent mem
ber This was voted as being ir
consonance with the league of ma
tions resolution to recognize al
clinical groups and various civiliza
tions in the distribution of seats or
the council.
The meeting place of the next Con-
gress has not been fixed, but the Ger.
man delegation wants Berlin to be
selected
Evening star., 1924-07-03

London is considering standardiz.
ing motor horns.