davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
MEXICO HEARS TALK
OF NEW REVOLUTION

VERA CRUZ, May 1O-A message
from Mexico City contains informa-
ton received by the federal govern
ment. that the adherents of the rer
volt leader De. In Huerta now are
developing activities in the United
States organizing "A new revolutionary
movement which is scheduled to take
place in June in order to prevent the
Mexican presidential elections.
From the same source it is learned
that the rebel agents. have bought large
quantities of arms. and ammunitioRs
consigned them, as merchandise 70
storekepers in the frontier towns. Ia
movement, according to the govezt
ment advices, had its origin along the
northern frontier Of Mexico and is spon-
sored largely by enemies who pretend
to be friends of President Oregon.
Data to prove these reports are be-
ing collected for the purpose Of de-
nouncing the De La Huertistas to the
American government as violators Of
the American neutrality laws.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11

ference gave out statement declar-
ing Mr.. Smith would run one-two-three
in Tuesdays primary. The statement
continued
''Mr. Smiths lead in offering to give
his full time to the office, coupled with
his successful business experience. has
been factor in his favor. all over the
county. Scores Of citizens are active
in his behalf in every precinct. His
success in private life, his popularity
throughout the county, and the fact
that be has fought a clean fight. with
out knocking any Of his opponents, win
combine to sweep him into office by
a large majority"
Mr.. Smith, after the session, issued
a short statement, thanking his friends
for their loyal support and .reiterating
that he. would stand, if elected, for a
progressive business administration of
the county's affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
French Tidal WdDe UncoDers Village
OF Bretons Who Liued 1000 Years Ago

little village was originally built upon
soil, but the sea arose and swallowed
it up. 1t probably was a considerable
distance inland. for nearby, off the
present Shore. is q series of reefs and
little islands that indicate that all the
present gulf Of Morbihan was once dry
land.
when the sea receded it left the be-
ginnings Of that stratum of sand which
Is about. the hearths of those abandoned
homes. For centuries the sea added
TO that sand. Then there was another
oceanic CONFUSION, perhaps like the
recent tidal wave. At any rate ii left
the village high and dry. vegetat ton be-
gan ITO grow about its stone walls.
And in that layer of vegetation i
have found remains of the Gallo era
in France just preceding the invasion
of the Romans. There is pottery there,
broken bits, but large enough to show
when patched together that they were
still made By hand, but with shapes Of
vegetation, which my tidal wave ripped
far more advanced stage in history
than the one in which the village was
founded, and which left its flint tools
as relics. 500
The layer of sand again. and moth
ing to be discovered in it. The sea
had given to the land, and now it had
taken away. ~
The topmost layer, sand mixed with
vegetation, which, my, tidal wave ripped
apart, tossed up, and rolled back It
contains Roman brick, and pottery
made with tools. S
Sermons In Stones &
Three stages of civilization. separ-
ated by more than thousand years
each, leaving their vestiges for the In
quirer to study. The layers are not dis
tinct, one from. the other, in much of
the locality I have found relies of all
three ages grouped closely together in
2 mixture of sand and soil. But delving
down through the walls of my little
village, newly discovered. have found
layers distinct, and their Language
readable.
One interesting thing about these peo-
pie who lived on the western coast of
Europe four thousand years ago, lis
that they were intensely religious, and
that their religion is similar to that
of the Egyptians and Incas Of South
America, rather than to that of the
northern Europeans.
L -
I believe that they came originally
from northern Africa, or Egypt. up
through Spain. rather than down from
the north or from the east of Europe.
Front rude earrings on stone which /
have found in the dolmens / know
they worsliipped the Sun, as the Fnther
of Life;t and ,the aErth as the Mother.
They scrawled the same signs on rock
which are found in Egyptian temples.
the waving wheat. the plow cutting a
furrow, drawn by an animal and guided
by man. They were not merely hunt
ers. and fishermen. They had the rusli-
ments of agriculture. 49,.
1t appears. not from my village but
from other relics in the neighborhood
that religion was the dominating in
fluence in their life. Perhaps / can
learn more about them now. But thus
far, the chief monuments they left in
Brittany are their religious temples,
avenues ofaupright stones called Men.
HRS" arranged in great circles called
-'cremlechs." There is the fragment Of
one ofsthese in Carnac more than two
miles long.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
LOCAL DATA

e. LOCAL DATA
!. Birmingham. Ala.-.For the "a hours
ending at Up, m. May 10:
Highest temperature ..:............. SO
Lowest temperature ............-.... 53
Mean Temperature ............,..... 81
Normal Temperature .............. So
Deficiency in temperature since Jam
. uary Observation-Disclosures. ..... l47
Rainfall :. -. ..............:.. IA
Total rainfall since January 1....2f.73
EXCESS in rainfall since January l.. Las
Relative humidity. a. M. .......&.. -
noon ...,.,... 81
81 p. m. ................. rs
Dry Thermometer. a. M. ......... 50
IL noon ................ 65
y. m ...... $500. .......... 66
Wet Thermometer, a. M. 50
IL noon ,................ Sc
q. D. m. ........... ........ 81
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
THE WEATHER
WEATHER FORECAST


Virginia: Cloudy with occasional show
ers Sunday and Monday; CONTINUED cool
North and South Carolina, Georgia
Local showers Sunday Monday cloudy,
little change in Temperature. 800
Florida. Cloudy with local showers sun
day; Monday cloudy; little change N
temperatures.
+ Extreme northwest Florida. sAlabana
and mississippi; Cloudy. Sunday and Mon
day; no change in Temperature.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Cloudy and
unsettled Sunday; Monday part CLOUDY
no change in temperature.
louisiana: Sunday and Monday sun.
settled: probably occasiopal showers,
Arkaneas: Sunday unsettledj Monday
generally fair, warmer. fI3.
. .OkIahoma: Sunday and. Monday un.
settled; warmer Sunday. .
East and West Texas: Sunday and Mon
day unsettled.
Summary of observations made At sta
lions of the United States. Weather Blu
reau. during the "a hours ending AZ
p, M, soth meridian time. May 70. 1924
4-TEMER ES-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11

Those four strata constitute a cryp-
tic book Of history and gecgraphy, Ny
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
CLOSING RALLY
Held FOR SMITH
Friends OF Mr.. Pinson Candi.
date Are Confident

Supporters Of r. e. Smith, Mt Pin.
son candidate for the board OF reveaue,
assembled Saturday for al final. canvass
Of the situation with citizens from ev-
cry precinct in the county present.
After going over detailed reports, from
all sections, those attending the con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
Reveals Stone Hnts Built
Long Before. The
Bronze Age


director Of Cafnac Museum, Gulf Of
Morbihan, Brittany, France:)
For four thousand years there has
existed within few miles Of ~ home
on the Brittany coast the remains of a
tiny village, built by my Breton fore
bears two thousand years before the
dawn Of history in Europe.
Nobody ever saw it, because it was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11

Illinois: Mostly fair Sunday: continued
cool !; Monday fair with rising temperature:
Missouri: Generally fair Sunday, rising
temperature In west portion, Monday fair
and warmer. ~
WINDS:
East Gulf: Gentle to moderate variable
and cloudy. showery weather Sunday.
West Gulf: Moderate xaria Bile cloudy,
showery weather Sunday.
Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate east
and southeast and overcast weather and
OCCASIONAL showers Sunday.
Hatterass TO Florida Straits: Moderate
southeast and south, and cloudy showery
weather Sunday. at ."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
LEGCETT ANSWERS

!, j. w. LEGGETT. candidate for MEMBER
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Jefferson
County. do on my oath swear that one w. r. Copeland
President Teachers Council of Jefferson County, did
approach me and ask to make the race for member
of the Jefferson County Board of Education and
among other Inducements did state that had the en-
dorsement of the Teachers of Jefferson County, and
further. did suggest and propose to me that then had
and would continue to have the support of the Teach
of Jefferson County in this | further
that the said W. r. Copeland did make repeated visits
me. suggesting that he hadcom from the teachers
Of Jefferson County at the request to prevail upon
me to make the race for member of the JEFFERSON
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. and on each of
these visits the said Copeland did suggest and state that
had and would continue to have the endorsement and
support Of the Teachers7of Jefferson County.
!. (Signed) J.W LEGGETT
Subscribed before this 10th day Of May
a lE J.J.HARDEN,
ss.a57s gIs.s4 Seer Notary Public
political Campaign Committee
Alabama. = AZ. r. - y.e ~.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11
OPEN NEGOTIATIONS

TOXIC, May 10.-Franco-Japaneee
negotiations lookin gtoward an eco-
nomic understanding between Japan and
Indo-China opened today. Vice Min
lister of Foreign Affairs Matsudaira is
representing Japan. France is repre-
sented by two members of the staff Of
M Merlin, governor general Of French
Indo- China. "a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
E. R. W4ITCOMBE AND
 J. Fl. TAYLOR LEAD
Only Two Americans Among Leaders In Big
 Golf Tournament

after lunch, but Smith was resting then:
 The winds sprang up again, stronger than ever again when Smith set out on his second tramp around the long. long trail, that goes a winding almost 5000 yards along the River Dee. Half way home he found himself in a rain storm. drops being blown in his face in peppery volleys by the sudden gusts of wind off the sea. Yet the Ameri- can player came home with string of eight As and one ,, some of these fig ures being birdies and two of them over bogey on short holes.
 Hagen Worries British
 It is not Smith, however. who is wor- rying the British most. The man they dread is Hagen; and they keep their eyes and their minds on him constantly as an extreme menace to their title.
 Both Hagen's rounds today were stu dies in sure, sound golf. He did noth- ing brilliant, but then he tried for nothing brilliant, being satisfied to plug along after par and not gunning for birdies. In consequence he was far short of par golf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
GOLF AND OTHER TROUBLES
By BARRIE PAYNE

i ing wrong kind of ball. We used to make fun of 'Fraid-Cat Fink" and say, "He shoots a floater every time some body spits on the course" but he was right. A floater is larger and easier to get up. Tried floaters for whole game today. Gut ten strokes off my score.
 May g. Floaters worked fine-for Uncle Duffley. Would like to get a shot at the iaekass who invented floaters. e
 May 24. Congratulate me! I've found out what's the matter with my swingi The real trouble was with my head-not keeping it still, mean. Tried a new trick today, Balanced cap lightly on back of my head. Thus can tell whether am keeping head still. If head moves, cap falls off. This aids me in keeping old bean stationary.
 May 27. Kept head still, but dubbed 'em worse than ever. Must be making some other mistake.
 June 1. I've found out what's the ] matter with my swing. Today toppel ten shots in succession. Oscar Ogg growled, "Aw, frevvensake, take yer tried 1t and 1t worked! It brought boots, of" He meant it as a joke, but l me lower on the ground and get un- der the ball better. Bought some h. dian moceasins, with no heels, this after noon. Guess bunch win be calling me Chief Sit-and-BulI, or something, but I don't care.
 June 5. Moccasin stuntworked fine for two days, then I started topping them again. Evidently real source of my trouble lies elsewhere.
 June z. Eureka, as Euclid or some body used to stay! I've found out what's the matter with my swing I've been bending my left arm. Sounds silly, but went to a doctor yesterday and had him put my left arm in splints. Only way to insure against bending. Tried it today and played. no worse than usual. With little praetice--
 (The other 999 pages of the Diary are practically the same.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
HELD-MANION
 GO FEATURES
Watts And Wetherby Other Semi-Finalists
 At St. Joseph
AS STARS PLAY lT

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, June 26.-Three golf stars from St. Louis and a sturdy representative of Minneapolis are left tonight in the hunt for the 1924 trans Mississippi golf title. The fight for the semi-finals today developed hum-drum matches with one exception-that be- tween James Nugent of Kansas City and Lawson Watts of St. Louis going 39 holes before Watts birdie four set tied it in his favor. Even that match was in no sense sensational. Both are players of the bulldog type and they fought it out with little margin either way all day.
 Eddie Held of St. Louis, last year S champion, was never down to Robert Mckee of Des Moines after the second hole, although Mckee picked up three holes on Held in third nine. It ended and 3.
 Jimmie Manion of St. Louis had a hard fight against Sam Reynolds of Omaha all morning and they went to lunch with Manion only two up, but in the afternoon Manion had an easy time and won and s.
 J. K. Wetherby of Minneapolis de- feated Arthur Bartlett of Ottumwa, Iowa, 5 and 3. Wetherby was in the lead from the start of the match and neither had very good medal score.
 The feature match tomorrow is ex. pected to be that between Held and Manion and the winner of that match will be the favorite to win the cham pionship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

HOYLAKE, June 26.-(By the As sociated Press. )-Half way through the 72-hole struggle for the British open golf championship two American play ers-Walter Hagen of New York and Macdonald Smith of CalifOgnia-are tied for third place tonight with cards of 150 for the 36 holes played, today.
 Three strokes ahead of them is B. R. Whitcombe, member of British golfing family with three brothers in the ranks of the professionals. Between Whit combe and the two Americans is J. H. Taylor, the noted old-timer, with 149.
 Hagen And Smith Right
 The beautiful work with the clubs which Hagen and Smith did both this morning and this afternoon has brought to the minds of many of the British players troublesome visions of their most cherished golf trophy once again be- ing carried across seas to the United States where Jock Hutchinson in 1921 and Hagen in 1922 took it.
 The other three Americans entered in the championship round still are in the running, but not so strongly or so dangerously as are Hagen and Smith NChC AooA obCh As AdLlhNI DCuAhu IhC SCOl ' of Whitcombe tonight than any of his compatriots. For the first 27 holes of today's strenuous effort with his woods and irons, Sarazen simply could not make his butter behave.
 His card for the 36 holes at the end of the day read 83-75-1S5, which is II strokes behind Whitecombe.
 Britishers Come Next
 Scattered in between Whitcombe and Sarazen on the scoreboard tonight are the names of several natives, an alien or two from the continent and four ti- tle-hunting professionals from the Unit ed States-Hagen and Smith with their promising cards with 150 each; Gil Nichols with 153, and Jim Barnes with 155.
 E Nichols began exceedingly well to- day. He got 75 for his forenoon ef- forts but after lunch there were dis appointing patches to mar his play on the way out to the turn. These caused his figures to soar to 78 for the round. Barnes when he was good was very good, but somehow he seemed incapa- ble of being good for more than a few minutes at time. Bunkers, high grass and other hazards lured his shots on a sufficient number of occasions to make his rounds read 78-77, for a total of two above the play of George Duncan, who was his partner for the day. Smith A Contender
 It was in spite of the worst of the day's curious melange of weather that Smith turned in a score that makes him one of those to be reckoned with com ing down the winning stretch tomorrow. In the morning, after many of the play CTS had enjoyed a period of calm weath- CT, Smith went out at the tail end of the profession with gusty winds blow ing. It was calm again for a period
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS GA page from The Buffers Diary. ]
 May 4. Think I've found out what's the matter with my swing. Stance has been too wide. Tried brassie shot to- day with feet closer together. Worked liked 8-cyl. charm. 250 yards right down the alley. Next shot with new stance didn't work so well, but it's located trouble at last, Allah, be praised.
 May 6. Mistaken. New stance not so good after all. Everything jake first time I tried it, but later attempts went p-f-ss-t and blooeyi
 May 8. Three cheers for myself what's the matter with my swing. IL Rah, Rah, Rah,-me Have found out was my grip. Jim Folly noticed my fingers and said, "Whatcha call that a half -Nelson?" So I made some ex- periments. Tried shot with left hand more on top of shaft. Old pellet went away from there and went straight. Howdy do, Colonel Bogey? Won't you sit down?
 May II. My new grip-blah! Not so effective as 1 first hoped. Seemed great stuff at first, but a little later my game began to deteriorate, disin- tegrate, decompose and d-everything else.
 May 15. I have found out what's the matter with my swing. Clubs were too long. Borrowed Joe Dilly's short driver today and smote a couple be. yond the distant horizon. With short club can use more upright swing and control shot better,s Bought set of shorter woods today.
 May 16. Short driver worked fairly well today, but not 50 well as I eK- pected. tt
 May 1S. Short clubs are no good any more. Source of my trouble must lie elsewhere-not in the clubs.
 May 22.-Think I've diagnosed my trouble correctly this time. Was us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
EAST LAKERS
 MEET CHAMPS Races Tighten As Season Approaches Midway
 Mark

Featured in nearly every division by evenly matched teams, the Birmingham City league is approaching the midway mark with one of the hottest races in it's history in progress. This weeks contests are, all of the type called crucial, with two battles in the tightly punched Central division standing out.
 East Lakes, rising clan of youthful wonders will do battle on it's home grounds with the championship Ala bama Power aggregation: This should be one of the most interesting battles of the year. Provided rYancey Senn is at top speed, the Lakers have just about an even chance with their veteran antagonists. The slim little sonthpaw has proven the ace of strong staff this year, despite his occasional tendency toward erraticness, and if he is in form, is fully capable of handling the slug ging Powermen. ,...s,
 Thompson Reliable
 Thompson, who has done practically all the tossing for the 1925 champs, will very likely be his opponent. Thomp- son is a big right-hander, who has been highly dependable. He is no sen sation, but every time out he has turned in well-balanced. performance. His fine backing has aided his style of hurling, as he depends to a, great extent on his fielders, rather than aims at strikeout records. .-
 Southern Bell will, continue their desperate battle for the lead in what should be a spectacular contest with Sayreton. The Telephoners have been going well during the last month and are serious factors for anyone's con sideration.
 Waine and Dunbar, two stocky right siders, are the, likely hurling nominees and it's an odds on bet that hls manufac- turing will be much on the blink with these men in the box. Both are vets of the local amateur wheel and have steadily improved through the past seasons. The result is pretty mucn of toss-up, with the odds very probably favoring Southern Bell slightly.
 SIoss Gets Competition
 Sloss' undefeated league toppers run into rough weather in the person of East Birmingham. The latter won as tough q tossing proposition as any team in the wheel, and his name IS Harry Williams. The little southpaw has had a very successful year and can be depended upon to give a good ac- count of himself. Boston is verly like ly the starter for the Slossmen, on his great game in last weeks contest of the double bill.
 Stockham and Doster- Northington will commingle in another heated af- fair, despite the fact that the rag is not at stake in the game. RoebucK is about due for a good game, as he was hammered last Saturday. Louis Sellers will probably take the mound for the Pipe Filters. He had hard luck on his only start, being beaten by Roebuck in 3-1 duel, and is aching for revenge.
 Thomas and Boys club furnish the thrills i'll the Western division. The two are going pretty we'll just now and are very evenly matched. Another good game is in prospect in the McDonald's Chapel Woodward melee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

ingtOn Senators to the top of the
 American league at this stage of
 the season proved to be 8 tremen-
 d0us aid in swelling the thin-lined
 c0fferS of the clubs owner.
 Fully 10000 revived baseball enthu. siasts, including the Coolidge family, clicked through the turnstiles of the Washington ballyard to see the new leaders perform in a double header with the Athletics Thursday. This is said to be the largest crowd ever to attend a baseball performance in the capital city. = The first game went to the Sen.
 atOrs with Walter Johnson on the
 mound. The score was 5 to 0 and
 it marked Walters 1O5th Shutout
 victory of his IS years in the Ma
 jOrs. It was the tenth consecutive
 win for Washington.
 The Athletics came back in the sec ond game, however. and returned the shutout by the smaller score of 1 to O Eddie RommeIl allowed only two hits to the Senators.
 Detroit, in second place, was to
 have played with the Browns in St. Louis, but rain interfered.
 The third-place tie between the Yan kees and Red Sox broke up in favor of the Boston club when the Tanks lost their sixth straight game, in Boston by score of 8 to 5.
 Iris Speakers Indians rose from
 seventh place to sixth in a 7-tO-A
 triumph over the White Sox> in
 Chicago.
 In the National league the Giants increased their comfortable lead over the rest of the field, by winning from the Braves in New York, 8 to l.. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27

3 Is professional tennis the near future reality merely idle dream bouts by Rad and other vie with the boxing baseball
  for promoters and contestants? There have been professionals in the four big 
 made plenty of money but oonism practd to extent coach swimming tennis and ackent the and they include frst-cas performers 45e5 The national the the why   tennis "USITA" stands ~ Shall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
ELEVEN YELL WAY
 INTO HOSPITAL
Nine Persons Faint During
 Smith Demonstration

NEW YORK, June 26.-Seven men and four women whooped and hollered themselves into the emergency hospital at Madison Square Garden during the demonstration for Gov. Al Smith.
 Nine persons. including the four women, tainted during the Smith hula balloo and were carried out on stretch CTS. One man pounded a wooden railing so hard that he broke a bone in his hand. Another was cut when he em- phasized his loyalty by showing a fist through a window pane. s
 All n, returned to the convention Moor as soon as they had been treated.