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Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04
SUDDEN STORM IS
CAUSE OF MUCH
DAMAGE, MISERY
Telegraph and Railroad
Service In General
DemOraliZed

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. a.
The worst blizzard of the winter
ragged over the middle west today.
Sweeping eastward from the Rocky
Mountains the storms demoralized
rail and wire communications and
caused heavy loss to livestock
Following spring-like day the
mercury took Il sudden tumble Sum
day night. Heavy wet snow start
ed falling, accompanied by n gale.
Trains were running hours be-
hind time, having great difficulty
i'll fighting their way against the
drifting snow and heavy wind.
Heavy demands for relief were
made upon all charitable agencies
by the Door. Food and fuel We're
needed for relief.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04
Ford Has Peace
Plan All His
Very Own


by United Press Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Kenry
Ford meant to enter his plan in
the Box contest for promotion
of International peace but he
overlooked it.
According to the Dow-J Tones
Financial News Bureau, how
ovar, Ford revealed his plan to
a representative of that agency:
Make everybody speak Eng
lish.'
This plan, Ford is reported to
have explained, sis very simple
and would, if put into effect,
absolutely insure international
peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04
HEARINGS ON
BILL ST ART
FERRUARY

In a telegram received today
by Secretary f. Fl. McIver, of
the Imperial Irrigation District,
from S. o. Buck, now at Wash
ington, the latter advises that
the Los Angeles and Riverside
county delegations have arriv-
cd in Washington and are meet
ing in conference with the val
ley delegation.
Daily hearings on the Swing
Johnson bill are to begin Feb
ruary G, the telegram states,
and complete harmony exists
between all those attending as
Representatives of Los Angeles,
Riverside and Imperial counties.
Prospects for the success OF
the bill are very bright, Bucks
telegram conciuGes.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04

ed by nation that always had
the highest respect for his deep
learning diligent search after
truth ard answering devotion
to what he believed were the
worlds ideals and which he
adopted as his own.
In measure, Wilson was
self-made man.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born
December 28, 1856, in Staunton,
Va. Two years later the family
moved to Augusta, Ga, where Viii
son spent most of his childhood.
At seventeen Wilson began his
scholastic career at Davidson Col
lege, and in 1875 entered Princeton
University.
Wilson s urge to self-expression
first took literary bent. Perhaps
the best known of his more mature
works is 'sHistory of the Ameri-
can People," and 1.-THE New Free,
dof. - The latter book is regarded
by critics as a mastery presenta-
ton of liberal theories of govern
ment and economics.
Wilson hung out his shing!e IN
Atlanta, Ga, but in 1883 he took up
a course at Johns Hopkins Univers-
ity. Here he met James Bryce, then
Ambassador from Great Britain, and
collaborated with Bryce on his great
work on the "Amcrican Common
wealth."
In 1885 he married Helen Louise
Axsen of Savannah, Ga, the mother
of his three daughters, Margaret,
Jessie and Eleanor.
Went to Princeton
Wilson began his teaching career
at Bryn Mawr, which chair he fill
Continued on mace 1
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04
HISTORY OF FORMER PRESIDENT
WOODROW WILSON REVEALS HIS
STEADY DEVOTION TO IDEALS

The death oh Woodrow Wilson re-
moves the dominant world figure of
the decade from 1910 to 1920. Wilson
and Theodore Roosevelt will prob
ably go into history as the leading
actnrs on hlStory's stage during the
generation in which they were the
elimination.
Only the mature judgment of his
tory can assign Wilson his certain
place. lie lived and worked and
ruled in the years that produced
Kaiser Wilhelm, Lloyd George,
Clemenceau, Kitchener and other
men who occupied whole chapters
III world history. He reached the
world S summit of applause during
the Paris peace conference and his
ebb, as broken in body and fame,
but not in spirit, he rode down
Pennsylvania avenue through the
sunshine of March 4, 1921, away
from the white house, forever.
Born of stern, unbending Scotch
Presbyterian stock, to him there
were only two classes of men-those
for him and those against hIm. He
saw no middle ground. Few outside
OF his immediate circle loved him,
and he loved few. Millions admir-
cd him for his admitted strength of
vision, idealism and indomitablc
courage. Millions hated him for. his
intolerance to views other than his
own and for the ruthessncss with
which he swept aside opposition. His
was a lonely, self-controlled person
ality,
Self-Madc Man
Wilson'S political death soft
ened the animosities of ruth
less politics aud the passing Of
the ey- DYE Sident is today mourn
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04
PLAN EVOLVED
FOR RELIEF OF
THE NORTHWEST
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA
fourfold plan for relieving the
banking and agricultural distress in
the northwest, based on mutual CO.
operation between the federal gov
enment and business interests in
that region, was outlined by Presi-
dent Coolidge in an address before
the president s conference on north
western agriculture and finance
here today.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04
5DEAD, 5 KILLED
FROM POISONED
CANNED FOOD

ALBANY, Ore, Feb. 4.-Five
persons were dead and four others
are near death following Satur-
day night dinner at which canned
food supposed to have been tainted
with ptomainc poison was served
The dead:
Gotfried Ruhling.
Mrs. Ruhling,
Mrs, Paul Gerbig.
Marie Gerbig, Z.
Hilda Gerbig, 10,
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04
NO CONSPIRACY FOUND
TO RAISE COAL PRICE

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-Declar.
ing it had found no evidence to
sustain complaint that they were
engaged In a conspiracy to enhance
the price of coal, the federal trade
commission today dismissed an az
tion against the Madeira, Hill and
Company, coal operators, Philadel.
phia, and a large number of whole.
salers of New York and New Eng
land.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04
Now 4 Wi d OW S
of Former us.
Presidents

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4
Death of Woodrow Wilson finds
the nation with four widows of
former presidents. Widows of
these chief executives still
mourn their passing:
Grover Cleveland, Theodore
Roosevelt Warren Harding,
Woodrow Wilson.
Those who contend the duties
Of the presidency are killing,
hold that number of widows is
best proof of thcir contention
one reason for q tightening Of
those burdens.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04
ARRESTED I'M OAKLAND
FOR MURDER IN L.

OAKLAND, Feb. 4.-Lawrenec
McMullin was held by police here
today suspected Of the murder OF
Charles Wcingarten in Los Ange'
les year ago.
McMullin denies he was iMplicat-
ed in the murder.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-04
CONDEMNED MAN
DECLARES SCHICK
MADE CONFESSION
Schick Vigorously Denies
Accusation of Cell
Mate
by United Press Leased Wire

ny IVSS DN'-N"
san DIEGO, Feb. 1.-Two pris-
oners who heard Clark and Hen
dricks talking in the county Jail
the night of January % when Clark
is said by Hendricks to have con
fessed the murder of Schick arc
ready to swear that no such con
fcsSlon was mace According TO
counsel for Cl:r..
The two attorneys left after con
ference with District Attorney
Kempiey and Ass-a;ant District At
torney Selleck this morning defy
ing them to convict their client on
the moonshine murderer testi-
mony.
san DIEGO, Feb. 4.-From a
cell row of Sad Quentin prison,
John Y. Hendricks is in San Die
go today prepared to repeat the
story of the murder of George =.
Schick, Bellaire, Ohio, which he saYa
was told to him by Everett Drew
Clark
Hendricks recently brought here
to hear repeated the sentence that
he must hang for the murder of a
bootlegger, told District Attorney
Chester kempley that while he was
IN dark cell with Clark on Jan
nary % the prisoner told him he
had murdered the wealthy Ohio"n.
"When came bac>> or sentence
last month Clark talked % me q
little Hendricks said. ~ first
he made statements that y didn I
seem to mean Anything but on the
night Of January % he Ct He'd me
to come over 20 where he was ly.
ing in his bunk.
:. He said he had to tell somebody
he had killed Schick. After he Kill
ed him he said he stripped the body
and buried the clothing.
''Then he said he cut off both
legs at the thighs, Then cut them
at the knees and cut off the head
He said he took the head and put
it III !; kettle over fire IN the
back yard to try to take the flesf
from the skull. He said ne had
trouble in trying to boil the body
and put it in box.
''When | asked him what he die
with the box he replied that i 4
tell You before anyone else IN th'
world but | won t tell You that. ,
Hendricks, who was returned
last night, was placed in the eel
with Clark for whatever else Clark
might tell him. Both men will bt
questioned by She district attorney
today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
LABOR STIRRED
Threatened Strike In London Comes
 InOppOrtuneiy

LONDON, Jan. 14.-(By Associated Press. )-The crisis which has arisen through the threatened strike of the locomotive engineers and firemen just as the laborites may be as- sunning the reins of government, has stirred the labor movement from end to end
 A meeting of the central council of the Trades Union Congress called today to consider the situation ad- iourned pending developments and appointed an emergency committee to act when 1t Is considered desirable. The public gleaned some hope from the fact that Margaret Bonfield. wly elected member of Parliament, ia presiding over the general coun- ell. She yields great influence In labor circles and hitherto has al ways taken the side of moderation and reason. It was she who, a few months ago. gave the lead which re- suited in settlement of the protract- ed boilermakers' strike. after the re- sources of male mediators were eX-
 No one denies that a labor gov- ernment's position would be extreme ly difficult should the strike occur
 Reports that the liberals might re- fuse to help labor turn Premier Bald- win out of office as result or the threatened strike brought denials from authoritative liberal quarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
GOVERNORS MESSAGE RESENTED BY SOLONS
Not Fit To Co Into Records, Ae-
 cording To Senator Marshall

JACKSON. Miss, Jan. 1.-Two definitely directed attacks on Gov ernor Lee M. RusselPs message, de- lvered by the executive to a joint session of the house and senate on last Wednesday, were launched in the senate Monday morning, one seeks to expunge that portion of the message that deals with the supreme court. the other seeks to have the message returned to the governor for recasting. Senator Carl Marshall is the leader of the last named move and introduced senate concurrent resolution No. IA to that effect in the closing minutes of the Monday morn ing session, saying that matters governor could not properly and legitimately be incorporated therein as they are of such tone. character and type and Is couched In such terms that the legislature conceives 1t to be a duty to prevent said ob- jectional part of said message from entering the archives and records of the legislature of the state"
 The governors attack on the su- preme court, the Hinds county grand jury newspapers of the state and the election of Rush Knox are the high spots in Marshalls resolution and seeks to have these portions recast.
 The resolution was referred to the committee on rules as was the reso- lution offered by Senator Harden Brooks seeking to have that portion of the message dealing with the su- preme court expunged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
FRIGHTENED NEGROES LEAVE BY WHOLESALE
Warnings Posted In Catcher. Ark,
 Settlement Cause Exodus

FORT SMITH. Ark, Jan. 14.-A wholesale exodus of negroes from the Catcher farming settlement, near Van Buren, Ark, was reported to- day as q result of the posting of signs, which mysteriously appeared near the homes of negroes. warning them to leave the community within five days.
 George Cant. a deputy sheriff. re- ported today that with two or three exceptions all of the negro families had left the community and those still there were making preparations to leave. Officers were sent to Catcher to endeavor to Identify and arrest those responsible for the post ing of the signs. Conditions there were reported quiet this afternoon.
 Today's developments came as an aftermath to the recent staying of Mrs. Fife Latimer and subsequently, threatened disorder which resulted In the sending of a detachment of state troops to the scene. Two negroes were convicted of murder and sem fenced to death in connection with the death of Mrs. Latimer and Il others were arrested on charges ~t murder.
 They are now in jail at Van Buren awaiting trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
|GUARD LINCOLN ID
 PREVENT SUICIDE
Confessed Wife Murderer Found Beating His Head
 Against Cell Bars
!" By JAMES MCLAIN
 United News Staff COrrespOndentD

AURORA, Ill.,, Jan. 14-Charges of double murder in the first degree face Warren G. Lincoln. lawyer and horticulturist. who confessed the murder of his wife and the cremation of her body together with that of her brother. Byron Shoup, in his hot house furnace here year ago, If . the plans formulated tonight by States Attorney Charles Abbott of Elgin, are successful.
 The evidence in this gruesome case will be placed before the grand jury at Geneva on February A." the prose- cutor announced after questioning g Lincoln for four hours this after noon.
 Lincoln's story of how he killed his wife with a single stroke on the head with stove poker after ne had slain her brother with pistol and then hacked the two bodies to pieces, burned them and distributed the ashes over the flower beds of his garden, remained unchanged by his cross-examination today, accord ing to Chief of Detectives Otto Wirz. who assisted the prosecutor in his examination of the slayer.
 One more detail was added to the confession when Lincoln told of mov- ing Shoup's dismembered body to the furnace room, some one hundred feet iron, the house, in wheelbarrow because 1t was too heavy for him to carry.
 Rut Body In Furnace.
 His Wife's body, 'e said, he carried to the furnace in his arms, wrapped fin newspaper. Despite Lincolns unwavering adherence to his state ment that Shoup met his death at the hands of Mrs. Lincoln, the au- thorities admitted they are working on the theory that Lincoln is the slayer of both his wife and her brother and are preparing to place evidence supporting their theory be- fore the grand jury next month.
 Lincoln, who is reported by City Jaiier Peter Fallon to have slept soundIy last night, after his sensa- tional confession and narrative of his attempt to throw the police off his trail, appeared before his ex- sminera this afternoon in apparent good spirits and refused for the sec ond time to engage counsel for his defense.
 Questioned concerning his actions after he had disposed of the bodies on January 10, 1923. Lincoln told the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15

states attorney today that he imme- diately began work on a petition for divorce, which he filed two months later at Geneva. the county seat, charging his wife with cruelty. de- sertion and infidelity. In the peti- tion, according to his story, he re- cited that his wife had disappeared with her brother. Byron Shoup. on January Il, 1923, the same day, ac- cording to his confession. on which he burned the bodies. A few days after the divorce action was insti- tuted at Geneva, Lincoln filed a s1O.000 damage suit against Byron Shoup at Lincoln, Ill. charging that Shoup had alienated his wife's affec- tions. These carefully executed plans to avoid suspicion in connection with the disappearance of Mrs. Lincoln and her brother, convince the au- thorities. they say, that Lincoln Is of sound mentality and will not be suc- cessful in an attempt to win his free dom on plea of insanity.
 Notwithstanding his fathers re- fusal to change his story. John Lin cold, 20-year-old son of the slayer by former marriage, declared the confession is untrue.
 They have bounded my father until his mind Is like a babys. and he thinks this Is the only way out the son. g taxi driver in Chicago, said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
Foley Pills Brought Relief

"My kidneys bothered me terribly, and as a result I felt. very miserable and nervous. At times I couldn't do anything at all. Since taking FOLEY PILLS I am entirely relieved of the nervousness" writes Cora Jernigan, Potts Camp, Miss. FOLEY PILLS are a diuretic stimulant for the kid neys, assist in flushing them, and cause them to become more active. Try a bottle today. Sold everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
TRIAL OF OYSTER KING POSTPONED
Exact Date For Trying w. Lee Popham And Others To
 Be Decided Later

TALLAHASSEE. Fla. Jan. It, Trial of William Lee Popham and associates oI indictments in connec- ton with the culture of oysters and sale of oyster bottoms in Franklin county, Florida, was postponed late today until some time in February The exact date will be fixed later. it was announced.
 The postponement followed an all. day legal skirmish between counsel for the defense and prosecution on indictment returned against Popham and three of his associates by grand pury empaneled here last Mon- day, which was quashed because of the alleged illegality of that body. and another indictment returned here on January 1s, 1928, was dismissed be- cause of the governments failure to prosecute.
 Another indictment against. Pop ham, returned at Pensacola in 1928 still stands and the government an nounced 1t was not ready at this time to proceed with the trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
SUPREME COURT HAS
 WALTON APPLICATION
Former Governor Seeks To Get Re-
 view Of Case

WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.-The ap- plication of John c. Walton, former governor of Oklahoms. for a review of the proceedings which resulted in his Impeachment by the Oklahoma legislature, was formally submitted to the supreme court. A brief in op- position was filed by the attorney general of Oklahoma and the man agers of the assembly In charge of tha imnaachment proceedings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
STRIKE LOOMS
Coal Miners In England Terminate
 Wage Agreement

LONDON, Jan. 14.--Coal miners of Lancashire and Cheshire voted over whelmingly today in favor of term ination of the existing wage agree ment, The count was 55,S75 for termination. 3,S46 against.
 Unless immediate concessions on the mart of employees are forthcom- ing important strikes in the coal in- dustry, as well as on the country's railroads, will confront a labor gov ernment when it takes office. 1t Is predicted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
FoSDICK EXONERATED
Baptist Minister Charged With Here
 sy Acquitted By Committee

NEW YORK. Jan. 1.-The Baptist minister, Rev. pr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, whose alleged heretic ut terances from his pulpit In the First Presbyterian church have been the subject of investigation by special committee of the New York Presby- terv was exonerated of the charges today, 1t holding that Rev. Dr. Eos dicks preachings had conformed tp the doctrines of the church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
FREIGHT RATES LEAP
Heavy Increase Made From Gulf
 pOpxN Tn Mexico

Heavy Increase mA0e FfOm GuA1
 Ports To Mexico
 BEAUMONT, Tex. Jan. 14.-In- creases of 25 per cent in freight rates from American gulf ports to Mexico, effective at once. were announced by local shipping agents here today fol- lowing receipt of advices from con- ference of companies belonging to the Mexican-Gulf coast conference of shippers.
 Companies belonging to this con- ference are the Ward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-15
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