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great blocks of stone used in the
ancient structure.
Almost Inaccessible.
The great city lies miles inland,
and is almost inaccessible, Col. Whit
man said. The district, covered with
wild tropical jungle, is unheaIthful
and quite uninhabited by man. In
reaching the ruins, according to the
word received from the explorers il
was necessary to cut their way
through miles of tangled underbrush
and forests. Their supplies were
transported on the backs of pack
animals.
In his letter Col. Whitman said his
son predicted that further develop
ments were to be expected soon.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
March Circulation
Daily - 1O1,766
Sunday 1O5,659
District OF Columbia, IS. 4:

FLEMING NEwBoLD. Business Manager Of
THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR, does SOL
emnly swear that the actual number of conies
OF the paper named, sold and distributed dur
ing the month of March, AID. 1924 was as
follows;
Evening star., 1924-04-06
TAX UPON RADIO SETS
is EMBODIED IN BILL
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taxpayers whose returns were in
spected-
Secretary MELONS proposal to cut
out the House amendment increasing
the estate tax in favor of the pres
ent rates was agreed to definitely
yesterday. The committee had plan
ned to keep the present rates but
apply them to different brackets, so
that $12.000.0O0 additional revenue
would be raised, the same as would
have been gained under the House
amendment
JeweIry Limit FIXED.
1t also was decided to limit ar
ticles exempt from the per cent
jewelry tax to those selling for less
than S25 rather than those selling
for $40 or less, as voted by the House
Musical instruments, eyeglasses and
the House from any tax under this
section, were again made subject to
the levy, and articles used in relie-
ious services were exempted en-
tirefy.
Changes made in the bill will not
alter materially the estimate that 1t
will fail by about $4,000, 900 o;
raising sufficient revenue to meet
estimated expenditures of the gov
crnment next year, Chairman Smoot
said. He has predicted, however,
such a deficit would be wiped out
by an increase in revenue over that
estimated by the Treasury.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
RUINS OF GREAT MAYkN
CITY, 5000 YEARS
OLD, DISCOVERED

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80 ARE TAKEN IN DRIVE
UPON D. C. BOOTLEGGERS,
USING BUTLER METHOD

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
MAKES THE DEAF X HEAR Remarkable Invention En- abIes The Deaf To Hear All
 Sounds Clearly r

Everyone who is troubled with deafness in any form will be inter- ested in the announcement of the, Dictograph Products Corporation. Suite 1300-J. No. 220 West 42nd St., New York, that they have at last perfected a device which will enable everyone whose auditory nerve is not entirely destroyed to hear as per- fectly as one whose hearing is nor nal. NTo test it thoroughly they sent 1t to a number of people who had been deaf for years and they report most gratifying results. Many state that they hear.~the slightest sound with perfect ease and that their nat ural hearing has been greatly inn proved. The manufacturers are so proud of their achievement and so confident that every deaf person will be amazed and delighted with it, that they offer to send it to any one by prepaid parcel post on ten days free trial. They do, not ship c. o. D., nor do they require any de- posit, but send it entirely at their own risk and expense. allowing the user ten full days to try it and de- eide whether they want to keep 1t or not. As there is no obligation what eVef. everyone who is troubled with deafness in any form should take ad- vantage of this liberal free trial of- fer, Just send them your name and address for descriptive literature and free trial request blank.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
FEW FOLKS HAVE
 GRAY HAIR NOW
Druggist Says Ladies are Us- ing Recipe of Sage Tea
 and Sulphur.

Hair that loses its color and lus- tre. or when 1t fades, turns gray, dull and lifeless is caused by a lack of sulphur in the hair. Our grand mother made up a mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur to keep her locks dark and beautiful and thousands of women and men who value that even color. that beautiful dark shade of hair which is so attractive, use only this old-time recipe.
 Nowadays we get this famous mixture improved by the addition of other ingredients by asking at any drug store for bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com pound" which darkens the hair so naturally, so evenly, that nobody can possibly tell it has been applied. You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair. taking one small strand at time. By morning the gray hair disappears: but what delights the ladies with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is that, besides beautifully darkening the hair after few applications. it also brings back the gloss and lustre and gives it an appearance of abundauce.-- Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
SOVIET [ DlT R RAILS AT A|NER|GA.
Says Russia Received Illll No Value For Debts Claimed
 By United States

MOSCOW, dan. 5l-lgy Associated lPress.) Commenting on bublished extracts from. Senatorial reportb 6n Russia's debt to America. M StekIoft, editor of Ixvsstia, writes: Is5;s,s Is;Es 2 Secretary Hughes nadghty re- fusai of M Tchitcherin's offer to negotiate son a.mutla1 basis now fs explained as behind =his melodramatic pose Mir. Hughes hides hrs hopeless- ness to mako ou4sa case against Rus sia's counter claims. MT. Hughes 1an- tends to demand payments from the Russian people for value which Rus sia has not received from America but which the American rulers waste- fully suandered of their owH9 free will on Russla's account" ~
 NJ. Stekloff further asserts that the American governments action in sup porting Prof. Boris Bakhemeteff. for mer Russian ambassador in Washing ton, was absolutely void of legal basis the United States that 1t did not recognize Prof. Rakhemeteff and warned that American banks all pay ments of his checks were illegal. A
 The editor. continues: Secretary Hughes goes further than any of the ultra reactionary European gov ernments. These are willing to- annui the war debts and do not even dare to demand that Russia compensate them for the costs of their inter vention and their support of the White Guards. while MT. Hughes wishes us to compensate America for the cost of its support of Kolchak and the others.
 Sooner or later MT. Hughes will have to agree to negotiate on mu- tual basis and will seriously have tC take into consideration our counter claims for Americas intervening in our internal affairs" <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
LIFE STORY TOLD, BY CONGRESSMAN
Representative Hill Consumes Eleven Lines And AIIgood
 s. Only Seven
WASHINGTON BUREAUl
 THE AGE-HERALD |. Washington, D. C., Jan. ,

Representative Lister Hill of Mont gomery tells the story of his life for the Congressional Directory, just is- sued, in II lines. Aiabama's other new member. Representative Miles c. Allgood, consumed only seven.
 The members of the entire delega- tion are apparently modest. Senator Underwood, by virtue of his achieve ments. is perhaps the most modest, for he uses. only seven lines. Repre- sentative Huddleston, howeveh takes only four. to tell that he was born in Tennessee, studied law at Cumber- land college. practiced in Birmfng- ham, and served as a private sol dier in the Spanish war" 5'4 -i5A i
 In telling his story. Senator Heflin consumes "A lines, and Representative Jeffers of the Fourth district, 22. | Theirs are the only long autobiogra- phies.
 Here is what Representative ,Hill writes of himself: Lister Hill. dem- ocrat. of Montgomery; was born in Dr. L. l. and Lily 1. fill; graduated Starke university school, Montgom- cry; A. B. Q914) and LL.B. C1915), University of Alabama; LL.B. t1916), Colun.b bia university; took special course, University of Michigan; en- tered practice of law at Montgomery in october, 1916; continued practice there until elected to Congress-. with the exception of the time of the World war; elected president of a school board in the country; served in the army during the World war from August, 1917. to January. 1919; mem Der of the American Legion; elected without opposition to Congress on August fl. 1928. to fill out the unex- l pired term of Judge John R. Tyson deceased; unmarried"
 Representative Allgood tells his story. in the following style: Miles Clayton Allgood. was born at Chapul- tepec, Ala, February 22, 1878: grad uate State Normal college. Florence 1 Ala; devoted life to education, farm l ing and politics.; served as school 1 teacher county tax assessor, farm ex- 1 tension worker, state auditor of Ala bama, and commissioner of agricul- i ture and industries of Alabama; mar ried in 1917; nominated for Congress
 In the democratic primary August s
 1922, and elected to the Sixty-eightl Congress by majority of 7,467 vote: over the republican candidate"
 MT. Allgood is the only member
 who confesses that he devoted part of his life to politics. The autobi' ographies of the other members of the l delegation are practically repetitions
 of what appeared in previous vol
 tunes of the directory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
TEXAS FINANCIER DIES AT AGE OF 60
Col. N. A. Shaw Was Long Active In States
 Politics x
TEXARKANA,-

TEXARKANA,- Tex, Jan. o.-- Colonel N. A. Shaw. {inancier and for a number of years active in political affairs in Texas. died at his home here today. He was 60 years old.
 Mir. Shaw.s death was due to blood poisoning caused by an infection of one of his fingers. Funeral services will be held at Clarksdale, his former home, Monday.
 MT. Shaw was born in Chickasaw county, Miss, but in his youth hts parents moved to Texas and located at Bonham, where Mir. Shaw prac- ticed law for some years. He later devoted himself to planting and moved to Texarkana in 1904. He was elected president of the City National bank soon after his removal to this fcity, and in 1916 became president of the Guaranty State bank.
 He was recognized as an authority on agricultural matters and was en- do1sed last year by southern farmers as prospective "dirt-farmer" mem- Der of the federal reserve board. Nl
 He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Corinne Lee, of Red River county, and nephew, Dr. Thad Shaw of San Antonio, Tex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
RADIO WILL CARRY CONVENTION ACTIVITY
Offer Of $25,000 For The Rights
 Has Been Made

CLEVELAND. Ohio, Jan. 5.-The privilege of sending out proceedings of the republican national conven- ton here in June by radio will be one of the concessions to be allotted to the members of the national com mittes. a member of the committee announced, today. Announcement was made than the committee had received an offer of s25,000 for the radio rights. Restaurant rights also will be considered at the next meet ing of the committed. Proceeds from both these concessions would go into the party treasury.
 Today's meeting was attended by John T. Adams, Iowa national com mittee chairman; Brig. Gen. T. Cole man Dupont. Delaware; Charles D. Hilles. New York; Fred Upham, Illinois: Claudius Huston, Tennessee: Andrew Baumert, Jr.. Arizona; James D. Preston. head of the Senate press gallery: James E. Wright, Arthur Sears Manning, newspaper men, Washington. D. C., and Joseph J. Jones. the Associated Press. Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
CORSICA SENATOR BANDITS PERFORM CAN'T RUN ISLAND +DAR|NG ROBBERY
Bandit Decides Perfume King Is Honest Man And
 Lets Him Alone

AJACCIO. Corsica, Jan. 6.-Fran- cois Coty, who halls from this Island, which also honors itself as the birth place of Napoleon Bonaparte made so much money selling perfumes in New York that he was able to come back and be elected senator for Cor sica in the French Parliament, be- sides purchasing the Figaio to ex- pound his political ideas. But he doesn't run the island. That's job that Romanetti, "the Corsicao --- dit" has reserved for himsn'f M Coty became aware of the fact at the time of the election to fill the vacant senatorial seat.
 . Romanetti had some little trouble with the authorities about 10 or T. years ago as a result of a vendetta in the carrying out of which couple of gendarmes were killed. Roman etti took up his abode in the "maquis, in other words, he took to the woods and has remained there business as a senatorial election in- duces him to come to town. On such occasions the entire gendar- merle of the island is modified to seize him but against the constituted authorities is the entire population hero. So he Is. immune.
 senatorial contest he found arrayed against himSM. Landry, already dep uty for the island. The perfume king" had leathed that some body, authorized or not, had gone to the bandit and had offered him 50,00O francs to prevent Cotys swing around the island" in his senatorial campaign. Knowing Romanettfs principles and the "honor of the ban ditry," Coty boldly demanded an in- terview with the King of the MaQuis."
 q met him and found him an hon. est man." said Romanetti.. "There- fore decided not to take an open part in the election. I prefer to live with the wolves, not with the ser pents.'
 That meant the election of Fran cois Coty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
STAY HOME, KIDS,
 BOY HOBO ADVISES
Answered Call Of Adventure At 13 But Regrets It After
 Being Shot Down

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Jan. 5. - Jimmy Rhodes. 14-year-old soldier of fortune, from a hospital cot where he lies with his small body swathed in bandages, has a message for boys who want to leave the family fire side in search of the golden pot at the end of the rainbow.
 It is:
 Stay homo, kids. this hobo life isn't what 1t seems to be. Maybe and see lots of pretty places but don't go until your mama or papa say you can."
 And Jimmy knows whereof he speaks. A year ago he answered the call of adventure Which he first heard while sitting on the back door step of his home in Reno, Nev. One day when a freight train rumbled through the town, Jimmy, taking his first ride on the rods. went with it.
 From that time on his experiences read strangely like the life of Oliver Twist, Dickens famous brain child. After sleeping in haystacks and drumming" auto rides, Jimmy de- cided he should have a pal. The eth ics of hobodom called for it, he pom dered and chose a fellow he calls Jake, red-haired and past 40 years Of age.
 From Jake, the trousled-haired boy told police, he learned that it was easier to rob grocery stores than to work for living. Of course, one couldn't be crude about it even though the marked stores were in nick. towns, so Jake would teach his new pal ,gall about the. game.
 He did. It was while Jimmy and Jake were attempting to rob a store in Grandview, Mo, that the modern Oliver Twist was shot down. A night watchman had heard noises and upon Investigating caught them in the art of stealing clothes,
 The officer. fired; Jimmy screamed and Jake picked him up and started to run. When another shot was sent after them the >man dropped his bleeding and screaming bundle and made his escape.
 "Jake wasn't a very good pal, was he?" the boy asked police who ques- toned him . at the hospital here where he was brought. But il it hadn't been for him. wouldn't have had any clothes-he showed me how to rob these stores"
 Police have no hopes Of ever find ing Jake. Jimmy will racover
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
FVIANT|'s| s|''|E|':|P'lsG0PAl
 IC''R|E|.E|.D } ] P|'E'IRM|!lss|lyE
Theological School Faculty Opposes Obligatory Regu-
 Iations In Church

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Jan. 5.--A suggestion that the Protestant Epis- .copal church make the use cf its creeds permissive instead of obttga- tory, and that 1t develop alternatiye forms ito be tested by patient ex- perience" isfmade in a letter made public today. addressed byAthe faculty of the Episcopal Theological school of this city to the alumni. The letter Is signed by Dean Henry Bradford
 washburn and all the members of tba- a-faeulty, except one. who at pres- .ant.is teaching in Shanghai.
 v Such action. the letter says, might brfnE about. greater .'constitutional liberty and more adeqhate Sterfns in
 which tos test sAAd express disciple
 Discussing enc recent. pastorai let- ter of t the house of bishops, thI let- ter of the faculty expresses confi- Fdenee that the bishops "have Aearn- Fest1y, tried to allay the fears of many. who believe that the faith Of the church is in danger" but voices regret that some, .menberse of the church Ershould have any suspicion cast upon fheff full membershi ip.s-si.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
'HoId-up Factory 'In Name Of RevoIution'-Get Large
 Sum In Loot
By FERDINAND JAIN (Leased Wire to The Age-Heral


 BERLIN. Jan. 5.-Masked bandits, nades, have staged one of the most spectacular factory hold-ups in Ger many in years.
 The bandits entered large mar garine factory at Pichelsdorf, near Berlin. Friday and lined office em- guard the prisoners displayed hand grenades. threatening to blow to pieces anyone who offered resist ence.
 We come in the name of the revo- lution," the robbers declared.
 Members-of the band robbed tills of several thousand dollars, and the men fled before hastily summones police reserves could arrive on the scene.
 The affair is typical of crimes of violence which have been increasing with the growth of unemployment. The most severe months-~ of winter are at hand, and continued laY-offs in industry are driving men of the working classes, to desperation.
 Efforts have again been resumed to settle the metal workers lockout. by which 150,000 of the 1S0,000 metal workers in Berlin -are idle. Previous accusing the industrialists of playing for time. hoping that the moneyless employees would give in.
 The industrialists, on the other hand. charge that sArbitrators Wis hel, former minister of economies, was prejudiced, they sought, to in- troduce direct negotiations with la bor. Labor refused, and the arbi- trator Is again trying to settle the situation.
 Laborites assert that the indus trialists are making a test case of their dispute, cutting the wages as an opening wedge to wage reduc- tions in all trades. Under the pres ent pay scale women, after paying their wage-tax, receive slightly over S2 a week in the metal trades, while a married man receives about $5 a week. These are literally \ "starva- ton wages."e =. stl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
FRENCH ELECTIONS T0 ALTER SENATE
One third Of Body Will Be Renewed In Indirect
 Suffrage

PARIS, Jan. 5.-One-thfrd of the French senate will be renewed tomor- row by indirect suffrage. the voters being deputies, m. mbers of the de- partmental and ward councils and delegates elected by the municipal councils in numbers proportionate to the population of the communes. Senators in France are elected for nine years. one-third ending thei, terms every three years. They nun bered 300 until the return to France of Alsace and Lorraine increased the number to 314. They are divided into three series, "A," numbering s6 sen ators; "B." III, and e." 107. It is the turn of series "B' for elections, other series happen to be vacant. the totd number to be elected is ll6.
 From the viewpoint of party line, up, 55 or these senators belong to the radical and social radical group. 34 to republican union group. which is further to the left than the gov enrment: 15 to the republican left, bloc in the chamber of deputies; g 70 the right and not connected with any group.
 With tho exceptions of Premier Poincare, who Is seeking reelection from the Mouse, and Leon Bourgeois In the Marne, there are not many well known men among the candi- dates. stephen Pichon has withdrawn his candidature.
 Three ballots are possible, @ bare plurality sufficing for election on the third ballot.
 The parties comprising the left that is the moderate radicals, the socialists and the extremists and communicative ended a spirited campaign to capture the majority of the 416 seats in the Senate which are to be contested in elections to- morrow. They have nominated can didates in B out of 37 departments, where these elections are scheduled.
 An eleventh hour nominee is Deputy Marcel Cachin, leader of the com munist party in France. He caused less prominent communist candi- date to withdraw from the Nord de- partment,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
RESCUE WORKERS .HINDERED bY C0LD.
With About Twenty five Missing, Only Two Bodies
 Are Recovered X

PEKIN. H., Jan. s6.-Disaster did not come unanounced upon the workmen in the Inflated buildings of the Corn Products plant. which were torn by fearful dust explo- sion early Thursday, but took It's victims as they sat with dinner buck cts before them and with the excla- mation: What's that?' on their lips. This was the newest-san developed today as the federal investigation was delayed until Monday.
 Working through cold which reg istered 23 and >26 below zero, search. CTS 1abored fruitleSsly all last night and only two bodies have been taken from the ruins since the search started Twenty-four or 2b others are lstfll missing.
 Identified dead increased in num- Der to eight with the deaths of Eari Griffin and Theodore Pickerel.
 Walter Stewart, who is suffering from burns, was one of those who related the story of the brief but un- intelligible warning. eve were all sitting together eating lunch" he said "It was about 3:30. We wefe talking and joking as usual when What's that and looked at each other without moving. Then the ex- piosion came. How got out is more than I know"
 Stewart's version of the explosion was borne out by the fact that sew eral dinner buckets have been found at the edge and beyond the wreck age.
 Supt. B. H. Lawton announced to- night that he had received tele- gram that D. J. Price. dust~<explo- sion expert, who is coming iron inyehtigate the explosion. would ar rive sunday. Until he comes Mf I.awton said there would be no at tempt to prepare an. official state ment in explanation of the explosion or estimate the extent of property 5 yo Oo |.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
BANDITS GET $l0,000 FIN IEXAS BANK HAUL
,ut Telephone Connections An
 Dynamite Vault

HOUSTON, Tex. Jan. 5.--The State Bank and Trust company of San Mar cos was robbed this morning at 4 o'clock by four unidentified bandits after they had entered the telephone exchange, cut all local connections and held the employees as bay with pistols. An unconfirmed report says S1O,000 was taken from the, bank.
 Reports. in Houston were to the ef- feet that, the. telephone lines were cut at 2:45 o'clock and that the bank vault was dynamitei.. four separate explosions being heard. the first at 2:58 and the last at o'clock.
 Posses of officers and San Marcos citizens are hot on the trail of the bandits, who are said to have gone in the direction of Martindale, lit- tie town near San Marcos.