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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
10TH STREETERS
 ENTER PROTEST
 VIADUCT PLAN
Property Owners There Refuse To Be Left
 Out

Refusing to be left "out in the cola without q fight, Twentieth street prop erty owners Thursdag plunged into Birminghan's grade crossing war with demand for relief simultaneously with the illumination of the grades At Eigh- teenth and Twenty fourth streets.
 If adjoining streets were given relief while Twentieth street vent u1lprotect- eds these owners protesteas their hold- itEs would foEa in ille and lBus7n1 odld be yzeG t9 ee siderable degree. TheEr case was pre-. sentAd to A. !. Hawkins city ensi- neer, and Commissioners ". U. Harri- son
 Twentieth street is the city's princi- pal thorOnghfare, 'sthe backbone of Bir- minkhani," 1" and should receive preferred Attention, some of the compliments declared. They described the Twentieth street crossing as the most dangerous in the city and expressed belief that it would always be left open" unless it is eliminated in the plans now near ing completion.
 To Protest Formally
 City officials were given to under stand that an organization would be formed to fight for the interests of Twentieth street and that formal pro- test would follow shortly.
 Meanwhile, R. I. Ingalls,, president of the Chamber of Commerce. and chair man of its special grade crossing com mittee, had the wires hot with tele- grams to executives of the railroads, seeking to postpone for two weeks the final conference scheduled for Satur- N.s f IT ESss city hall officials, who informed him that only three Commission members would be in the city Saturday.
 Ingalls, expected to receive favorable replies Friday from the railroad execu- tiyes, who are R. B. Ingram, South ern railway; w. l.. Mapother, Louis vilie and Nashville railroad, and w. l.. Stanley, Seaboard Air Line railway.
 'sThis is such a vital matter that we felt all members of the commission should be present at the final confer ence," said Commissioners Dickson and Harrison.
 It appeared Thursday that Mrs. Mary Echols, commissioner of health and education, win be called on to cast the deciding vote when the. commission acts on the crossing question. Com
 
 underpasses. Commissioners Dickson and McLendon also are inclined to favor underpasses, but will vote for the viaduct plan, calling for spans at Eighteenth and Twenty-fonFth streets to avoid litigation, provided the rail- | roads agree to bear Q per cent of the COT $ fuction costs. Mrs. Echols will have to break this tie.
 No one knows how she stands, as she has been out of the city during all of the recent discussion. It is likely that she will ask for several days to study the situation before voting. Mrs. Echols will return early next week from Canada,
 Another development in the ssitua- ton Thursday was meeting of Eigh- teenth street property owners at the Chamber of Commerce. They named Samuel Earle as chairman and author ized the appointment of a committee to work with the city commission in find ing an early solution of the crossing tangle. A majority of those at the meeting favored underpasses as against Viaducts |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
ETHER BRINGS !. STRANGE SOUND TO HUMAN EAR British Columbia Station Gets New Set Of
 Dashes EFFORT TO SOLVE MYSTERY IS MADE Neither Spark Or COntin- uOus Wave System
 Is Used
fBy Associated Press)

VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. .21.-Mysterious signals picked up by Point Gray wireless sta- ton i1ere during the last week culminated today in a strange group of sounds, causing wire less experts here to wonder if the planet Mars is trying to establish communication with the earth.
 Four distinct groups of four dashes each came through the ether today, the operators stated. The signals, they said, were in no known code, start ing on a low note and ending with a "zipp," and that neither 8 spark nor a continuous wave was responsible for the sounds.
 0. W. Msllish and W. T. Buford, op- orators of long experience, state they have never previously encountered such messages. The puzzlink signals cut in on their regular messages and every known method of getting rid of the disturbance was tried without success
 "The fact that I distinctly got four groups of four dashes convinced ma that some inteligible communicatior force was at work, Mir. Bnrford said at d l a <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
SHIP LOAD OF LIQUOR
 IS SEIZED $500 Quarts Contained In Cargo Held At
 Savannah VESSEL CLAIMS
 BRITISH REGISTRY Custom Officials Believe It Was Flying False C0lOrs STOCK INCLUDES
 REAL CHAMPAGNE Officials Had Schooner Under Suspicion For Some
 Time
VESSEL CLAIMS
 BRITISH REGISTRY
STOCK INCLUDES
 REAL CHAMPAGNE
Officials Had Schooner Under Suspicion For Some
 Time
fBy As.ociaeea pfeas. !

SAVANNAH, Ga, Aug. 21. Loaded with 1,600 bags of fine liquors each containing six quarts and including many of the best brands and a good supply of real champagne the two-rnasted and turbine driven schooner Charles H. Hyde was towed up the Savannah river this morning by the cut ter Yamacraw and anchored at the municipal wharf.
 The Charles H. Hyde also had aboard a good supply of one of the rapidly disappear ing brands of cordials, ab- synthe, and some German beer.
 Inc Charies n. Hyde was overhanled oH sha eonaf at Fernandiaa taet ont. siae tAs tnternational limit it va
 RegisteTy ponbtsd
 Captain LaurGAt, Of the Yamacfaw, said tho weasel was seized upon ilffof- nation that her alleged rAtiBtry ' at Nassau Aa British vessel was of doubtful legality. This was the only question involved b9 the custom au- fh0rities today and for this pufpoAe they are in communication with the British officials in Washington.
 As the vessel was beyond the limits of the jurisdiction of the United States government when seized by the Yama- craw she via be released apd escorted back to the high seas by the cutter if 1t is found that she is protected by duly authorized British registry.
 It is claimed though that the schoon- CT is a unit of the Bahama Fisheries company's fleet and the vessel is said to have been under the surveillance of the revenue officials for some time.
 g Former American Ship
 Captain LauriGt stated that govern ment records show that the CAafle4 n. Hyde was formerly the American schooner, "Harbingef,e and operated under American registry undeR that name until 1921, when the questioned transfer to British registry was made at Nassau.
 Captain Meanings of the detained schooner took the matter very good naturediy and apparently as matter of couEse. He made no statement as to. the destination of his vessel when
 lContinued on Page Tw0.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
AMERICANS SEEM SURE OF SUCCESS 825 Miles Negotiated Be- tween Greenland And
 Iceland NOTHING HEARD
 FROM ITALIAN Birdmen Are Now Only One Hop Away From
 Continent
SUCCESSFUL JUMP
 PLEASES OFFICIALS
Italian Flier Had Three Men Aboard Beside Him.
 self
FREDERIKSDAL,

FREDERIKSDAL, Green land, Aug. 21.-Lieutenants Smith and Nelson are just one hop away from the mainland of North America. The two airmen, who took off from Reykjavik, Iceland, at 2 a. m., Greenwich mean time, Thurs day morning completed the 825-mile flight to this village on the southwest tip of Green land in II hours and 10 min utes. Their successful flight around the world now ap- pears a certainty.
 Smith settled on the water at 6:10, Greenwich mean time, and a few minutes later Nell son followed his chief to the water. Their next objective is Indian Harbor, Labrador. pro- tvfded the present plan for emitting the stop at Ivigtut is carried out.
 Italian Missing
 Lieutenant Locatelli, the Italian air- man who took the air with the Ameri- dRns at Reykjavik, was not in sight when the others swooped out of the sky here.
 Eight hours should have been suffi- cient time for the flight between here and Iceland, but soon after passing the crusier Richmond, 70 miles west of Iceland, the hiers ran into rough weather. What had begun as a stiff north wind developed into gale which made the going hard.
 Two hundred and forty miles west of Iceland the destroyer Reid sighted the f1iers high in the air but appar- ently having no difficulty with the wind, which was whizzing through the super structure of the war vessel and piling up huge waves. Locatelli was still with the American airmep when the Reid was passed and continued bit in the lead.
 Clouds gathering in the north, the direction from which the gale was blow ing, when the Reid sighted the air men.
 With but 300 miles to go the three QlAuSB Bdlleu hDOV0 destroyer baEEge standing-by 500 miles west of Iceland. That was the last report of the fliers until the two American circled above this village and glided to the water.
 Lieutenant LocatellIs plane was de- scribed in dispatches from Reykjavik as but slightly larger than the two American ships, but he was carrying three men in addition to himself along with an extra cargo of fuel to carry him through a flight nearly twice as long as any of the airmen had ex- pected when they arrived in Iceland. Locatelli was reported to have had no trouble in arising from the surface of the sea at Reykjavik and, although he was the last to take off, he had the lead by an appreciable margin when the airmen passed over naval vessels midway in the flight. Dispatches have not indicated that his ship was over weighted or too slow for the Americans.
 A great ridge of mountains rears up between Frederiksdal and the route followed by the airmen across the sea- It is possible that Locatelli may be screened from view by this barrier or the Americans and the Italian may have separated when they reached the Green land coast, as it had not been decided when they took off whether Smith
 (Continued on Page TwO.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
GADSDEN WOMAN DIES IN WRECK
 OF AUTOMOBILE
Three Daug ughteFs Of Mrs. Guy WOOdliff Are In-
 jured Severely
(Gadsden Bureau.) ]

GADSDEN, Ala, Aug. 21.-Mrs Guy Woodliff, member of a prominent family, was instantly killed, and her three daughters, Mary, Vavian and Mil dred, were severely injured when their automobile ran into a ditch and turned over near Fairhaven park, three miles east of Gadsden, at 8 o'clock tonight Tom McCaulsy, the driver, was slightly cut.
 Mrs. WoOdliff's skull was crushed When they attempted to pass car ahead McCauley was blinded by lights of several approaching automobiles, causing him to leave the road. His rar turned over three times. Miss Viv- ian Woodliff has 6. broken arm and is thought to be hurt internally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
U. s. WORLD PLIERS ARREyE IN GREEN AND
Mysterious Radio Signals Muy be Message From Mar,
CANARY BIRDS MASTER NOTES OF NIGHTINGALE

DREMEHHAvEN, Germany, Aug. 21.-3y use of the phono- { graph records canary birds have been taught to sing like nightingales, August Mumms of Bramerhaveri, who raises canaries as pAstime, be- gins to drum the song of the night ingale into the ears of the little birds almost the minute they are matched by keeping the record run ming all day long and often half the night.
 When the little singers are six to eight weeks old Mumrne places them in a cage near real nightingales and they are not permitted to hear the singing of an. other birds. Eventugl- ly when the canaries begin to sing they quite naturally follow the notes they have always heard and as Mumme says feel as if they sure enough nishtingales themselves"
 A canary nightingale singer is worth about five times that of an. ordinary singer among bird fancieEs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
BASS TAKES CHARGE

Smyer Is Presented With Watch By
 Empl0yes.
 Rufus B. Smyer, retiring postmaster of Birmingham, formally passed out of cffice Thursday morning, relinquishing the office to John G. Bass, appointee, who took reins at once in business like fashion.
 Two ceremonies marked the occasion Thursday. Mir. Smyer was presented at noon with a handsome gold watch by his former employees, ''as testimony" (COntinued on Page TWO.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
GIANT DIRTGIBLE
 TO CROSS ATLANTIC
Now Being Built For U. s. In
 Germany
tBy Associated Press.)

RRIEDRICHSHAFAN, Germany, A ug.21.-The ZR-3, giant dirigible which is being built here for the United States, probably will start her long flight to Lakehurst, N. J., about the middle of September, 1t was announced today at the first public inspection of the dirigible. The motors now are being installed.
 Imitation with hydrogen gas of the IA compartments is progressing favor ably. ..,........
 The first trial flight will be of sev- eral hours and will take place early in September in the vicinity of Fried richshafen. There will be several other trial flights of from 12 to 30 hours each prior to the departure on the transatlantic journey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
SECOND BOY BORN
 TO PRINCESS MARY
Child And Mother Both Doing
 We'll

YORKSHIRE, England, Aug. 21.- A buxom boy her second-was born today to Princess Mary, daughter of King George and Queen Mary of Eng land and wife of Viscount Lascelles.
 Goldsborough Hall, home of the Las celleS, was a scene of great activity during the early morning hours and at 10 20 a. m., the youngster arrived. Both the child and Princess Mary, ac- cording to attending physicians, "are doing well''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
STEAMER ASSIGNED
 TO NEW GULF LINE
Will Ply Between Antwerp And
 New Orleans

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-The steam ship Poland. S,262 tons has been as signed to the newly established Red Star Line service between Antwerp and New Orleans via Spanish ports, Havana and Vera Cruz, the Interna- tional Mercantile Marine company an- nounced today. The Poland will ply with the Gothland 7,660 tons which has been engaged in third class traffic be- tween Spanish ports and Havana.
 Both ships will be engaged in third class traffic. The service will De in- augurated by the sailing of the Goth land from Antwerp September 17. Calls will be made at Corunna, Vigo. Havana and Vera Cruz,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
NEWS FROM TODAY'S
 WANT ADS

Space in department store In Flor ence. Ala, for rent. Small apartment wanted by young business couple. Large Louisiana farm for sale. Essex roadster. $sso. Tailoring salesmen wanted. Airsdale puppies for sale. Nash six touring ear, 3tS0. shade and draper hanger wanted. Frame carpenters wanted. Five-room home in walnut Hills for SB,o0o. Second avenue property, block of Pizitz, s4S,oo0. Ford coupe with extrae for s1s5. Dictaphone operator wanted. win sacrifice vacant lot on South
 Highlands. Lineman wanted. West End home for ts.oo0. Electrician wanted. East Lake home for only $500 down.
 College graduate engineer wanted. Firht avenue corner for S75,00O. Late studehakef light six with ex-
 tFas. $500.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
COOLIDGE TO TALK
 TO REINSTATEMENT
Will Give Reception To Towns
 folk Saturday

PLYMOUTH, Vt, Aug. 21.-Nearing the end of his first week of vacation, President Coolidge was ready tonight to turn his attention from his program of seclusion and rest, and take up some of the special business of his of flee. In this connection he consented today to hold a conference tomorrow with newspapermen and expects to meet on Saturday the townsfolk at an in- formal reception.
 During his visit to date. Mir. Coolidge has received but a few visitors and has confined himself almost entirely to seek ing rest and recreation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
PLAYGROUND MEET TO BE HELD TO-DAY

The annual band concert and folk dancing program, which is held under the supervision of the Birmingham Playground association, will be pre- ented at Munger Bowl Friday after noon at { o'clock.
 Several hundred children, represent ing the various piaygrounds of the city, will participate, the group doing the most artistic work receiving hand some loving cup.
 With each season this feature of the playground work has grown in favor Ond It is expected tha tseveFal thou. sand people will attend Friday after. noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
TT TOOK 70 YEARS
 FOR ISRAELITES
But Flivver Crossed Desert In
 Four Hours

JERUSALEM, Aug. 21.-A small American automobile today in four hours did what it required the Israel ites 40 years to accomplish in the ex- odus from Egypt to Palestine. This was crossing the Siam desert, the wild and barren region between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Akabah, a dis tance of about 130 miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
ASTRONOMER DOUBTS
But Is willing To Study Signals
 Received

VICTORIA. B. O., Aug. 21.-As- tronomers of the Dom .nion otselvatory, near here, Thursday night joined with wireless operators in seeking to de- termine whether mysterious code sig .nals picked up by the powerful Point Grey marine radio station might be long -looked-for signals from Mars.
 Dr. J. S. Plaskett, of the Dominion Astrophysical observatory at Little Saanich Mountain, was frankly dubious over the possibility because of the enormous distance between the two nlanets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
TMO HuRT IN nEAar.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-TTwo men were dangerously injured and large experimental building was wrecked when an explosion occurred in the navy yard here during secret experi, ments with a new kind of powder fol use in submarine mines. 4 third work. man escapeds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
FOUR MEN KILLED
 AT GRADE CROSSING
Passenger Train Strikes Motor
 Truck

CRAWFORD. N. J., Aug. 21.-Four men were killed and ten passengers slightly injured when a Philadelphia of New Jersey struck motor truck loaded with crushed stone at a grade crossing here today.
 The fireman and one passenger of the train and two men riding on the truck were killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
BAVARIA IN LEAD
 AS BEER DRINKERS
French Are Champion Wine
 Consumers

MUNICH, Aug. 21.-Bavaria holds the world record for beer drinking with 67 gallons per person a year, ac- cording to a German statistican. Hol- land is next with 5415 gallons per capita. Ten years ago the average in England was 3115 gallons but now it amounts to 89 gallons.
 The French are the champion wine dEtnkecs with 2a2 eallonA per capita,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Generally fair Fridaya Saturday, partly cloudy, possibly scattered thundershOwers.
 Georgia: Generally fair Friday. Tennessee: Fair, continued warm Friday.
 Mlssissippi: Generally fair Fri. day.
 (CompIete weather data will be. found on Page 1s.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
The ''Open Sesame To A Verita- bIe Treasure-House For Women.

THE Woman's Realm in next Sundays Age-Herald will bring to your lap all the latest and best at almost every worthwhile store in greater Birmingham. In this unique and fascinating feature is comprehended
 cosmopolitan catalog of things that interest women the big department stores, the electrical speciality houses the beauty shops the decatessens, the bakers markets, modistes, aundrymen, ice men, community drugless practitioners, corsetieres everything is regularly represented in The Woman's Realm.
 There is no feature like this in Alabama-an entire page conducted by a woman for women and it is read by more than any single page of any other newspaper in the state Whatever you do where ever you go, be SURE to
 Read The WOman's Realm Sunday You'll find it where The Want Ads begtn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
Nor TRgsEislrsTEi1
Astron0mer Leaves Matter no Electrg. cal Engineers

cai EnGlneerS
 PASADENA, Cal, Aug. 21.---Asaist- ants of Dr. Walter F. Adams, director of the Mount Wilson observatory de clared if probable that "astronomers would not take much stock" in the theory that mysterious messages picked up at the Point Grey wireless station might be from Mas.
 .''It is more q matter for electrical engineers than for astronomers" they said. Factors of energy, distance and direction enter into the problem of com munication with a planet that we do not attempt. to settle"
 The scientist said that at a time like this, when there is so much discussion concerning the nearness of Mars, an occurance which ordinarily would pass unnoticed might be thought unduly significant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

MATTOON, III, Aug. 21.-William Jennings Bryan left at 80 o'clock a. m., for his home in Miami, Fla, his address at the Mattoon Chautauqua be- ing the last of his engagements. He said that he was not injured in the automobile accident Wednesday eve ming. He delivered, his evening lecture sitting down the same as he did at Lin coin, Ill.. in the afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
HEAR NOTHING
Los Angeles Stations Do Not Get
 signal

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21.-Power- full wireless stations here have heard nothing lon the air" which would cor respond with the mysterious messages received at the Point Grey wireless station at Victoria, they reported Thursday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
BRYAN IS BRUISED
 AS CAR TURNS OYER
However He Leaves For Florida
 As Planned

MATT0oN, H., Aug. 21.-William J. Bryan was bruised and cut about the head and face when the auto in which he was travelling from Tuscola, H., to this city, overturned.
 In spite of his injuries, the commoner proceeded with a lecture for which he was scheduled on his arrival here.
 News of the accident was withheld, it was said, because of Bryan's wish to avoid alarming his wife. Their home is in Florida.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-03

of Marx who are too mentally lazy
to familiarize themselves with the
profound works of the greatest think
er of the past century.
Where is the Communist tyro who
is not familiar with the famous quo
tation from Marks Eighteenth Brum-
aire of Louis Bonaparte":
Man makes his own history, but
he does not make it out of whole
cloth; he does not make it out of
conditions chosen by himself, but
out of such as he finds close at
hand"
Surely there is no justification in
this quotation for the notion express
ed by Professor Beard and the vul-
CARRIERS of Marx. But one swallow
does not make summer and one quo
tation is not sufficient to refute
misconception so widespread as this
one.
Again and again, turnout all the
writings of both Marx and Engels, we
find Illuminating passages that dis
prove the idea tnat men are automat-
ons and that history is the result of
blind, unconscious forces. In his
famous Introduction to "a Contrib
ton to the Critique of Political Eco
nomy," Marx sets forth in brilliant
strokes the fundamentals of his his.
torical method. Briefly this method
declares:
1. In carrying on production in a
given stage Of society men enter in
to certain social relations that are
independent Of their will.
2. These relations correspond to
definite stage OF the development
Of these powers of production-in
the ancient world slave owner and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-03

slave master; during the middle
ages feudal baron and feudal serf
with the gradual development of the
early capitalist class; today the
working class and the capitalist
class with its varied divisions based
upon the present technique of pro-
duction.
8. The sum of these relations of
production constitutes the economic
structure of society-the real foun-
dation-on which rise legal and DO
litical superstructures and to which
correspond definite forms Of social
consciousness.
4. The mode of production in ma
terial life determines the general
character of the social, political and
spiritual processes of life.
5. It is not the consciousness Of
men that determines their exist
ence, but, on the contrary, their So
cial existence determines their con-
seriousness.
6. At certain stage of their de-
velopment the productive forces of
society come into conflict with the
legal and political forces. These
political forces then act as a fetter
upon further development OF produc-
tive forces. Then ensues a period
OF revolution when the superstruc-
ture gives way to new institutions
that correspond to the newly de-
veloped economic forces.
z. In considering such transform
alton Of the economic conditions of
production, which can be determin-
ed with the precision of natural
science, and the legal, political, re-
ligious, aesthetic or philosophic--in
short theological forms in which