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We have to use the proper
bait in fishin' for a whale, and
unless we fish in earnest, we are
mighty apt to fail. Unless a
Teller prides hisself in KNOWN
more'n the fish, he may seat his
self at supper-time, beside an
empty dish. While some may
laze along the crick, and
land a thing, there1l be others
waddle by 'em, with a dozen on
their string!
There's only one condition that
compels the perch to bite, and
they'll yank the bobber under,
if yer hook is baited right.
There's tragedy in fshin' same
as any other art,-due to igno-
rance and slothfulness. which
can't be told apartl But-the
chap will face a platter full Of
savory beauties, fried, if his
heart is in the bait-can that
nestles by his side.
And that's the solemn prin-
ciple that underlies the sport,
which is jest as true in enter
prise of any other sort!
, 1924-10-01

CALVES WANTED-want to buy As
head white faced weaver steer calves,
If priced right. j. F. Kelly, Cody.
, 1924-10-01

A1RDALE pups and matured dogs
for sale. Excellent brood bitches.
Registered and eligible to registry.
Phone or call. A. G. Lucier, Pow
ell, Wye. 6-4tp
, 1924-10-01

Ranch To Lease-10Ob acres cash or
crop basis. Address Care Of
Enterprise.
, 1924-10-01
Think of It

Dignifed Gent: 1.-THE age of chiv-
airy is past"
Rough Neck: "At's right. l got
on a street a yesterday and not a
oma got up to give me 'er seat"
, 1924-10-01

FOUND-Gold circle pin, four blue
sets. Owner may have same by
paying for this ad.
, 1924-10-01

HAVE buyer for town lot on easy|
payments. See E. R. s ley. I'll
, 1924-10-01
Purdy's Philos

"Lotta these people who put off
things until the last moment are 60
ing to be mighty busy on their death
beds"
, 1924-10-01

FOR SALE-Cadillac car in good
condition. Will sell at a bargain
May be seen at Cody Garage
, 1924-10-01

FOR SALE-Eating and cooking apl
pies, Sc; crabs Sc. Mrs. G~reenwaldI
, 1924-10-01

M~eeteetSe, Myo.
Dear Editor:
No doubt people wonder why Nee
teetse hasn't a railroad. Well, l
think we will have one if the citizens
here who have confidence in the flu
ture of our town will put their
shoulders to the wheel and some
money into the venture.
At present some of our people are
considering a Basin and Meeteetse
Traction line with electrical power
derived from the Greybull river. This
may sound impractical but think
what it would near to those living
in this section. It would mean a big
boost for the dairy business, a steady
market for all products, including
the hog business.
Let us build up our home town.
-Meeteetse Booster.
, 1924-10-01
MEETEETSE NEWS


Mrs. Fred Whitney and Miss Sal
lie have gone to Idaho to spend the
winter. Fred Schaub has come to
help Mr.. Whitney keep house in
their absence.
Threshing has started at Adam
Drummond's ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josh Deane are still
away. They have ~outstayed their
time limit and everyone is wondering
where they are and when they will
be back.
Carl Madison left in his car this
week from California. -
Graham Morton is making some
extensive improvements on his pro-
perty neal the postoffice as well as
on the historic old Meeteetse hotel
which he is converting into a room
ing house.
A. J. Walsh has just completed
some good walks around his new
house on Park avenue.
Joe Dynes is in town after several
months in the hills.
, 1924-10-01

WOMAN wants position as cook.
Inquire at this office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
EXPOSE
 WHOLESALE FRAUD
Senator Heflin Will Ask Probe
 Of Land Sellers
(wAsHINGroN BUREAU,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Senator J. Thomas Hefiin of Alabama will on Monday introduce a resolution calling for the investigation of various real es- tate corporations which, in selling land in the lower Rio NGrande area, have, he charges, defrauded the people of many states, including Alabama, of $6S, 100000.
 That the United States is concerned is based on the senator's statement that the mails were used in the Alleged fraudulent scheme. Advertisements in the press of Alabama have appeared during the last ten days, according to the senator, endeavoring to induce prospective buyers to visit the area in question:
 'aThe people of fifteen states" he declares, were delnded into visiting what are known as show farms,' that is, farms properly irrigated, used for demonstration purposes.
 ''The land sold, however, was not ir- rigated and buyers were soon sufferers of drouths, in one season, and Overfows in another"
 The senator declares that since he began his inquiry into the project the corporations or their agents have se- cured injunctions denying complain ants the right to communicate with authorities in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
GOV. COMER H
 TO BE MARRIED
Bride, Miss Mary Carr Gibson, Of Distinguished South
 ern Family

Formal announcement was made Saturday of the engagement and ap- preaching marriage of Gov. Braxton Bragg Conner of Birmingham and Miss Mary Carr Gibson of .Verbena, Ala. The ceremony is to take place at noon Thursday, February z, at the home of Miss Gibson's brother and sister, Mir. and Mrs. Sidney Lanier Gibson Oak dale" Verbena, Ala.
 News of the approaching event will be read with interest all over Alabama not only on account of Governor Corners prominence for many years in the states life but also on account of the prominence of the brides family in southern history. Miss Gibson is a daughter of the late Maj. Joe Carr Gib- son, who served as major through the war in Ashby's Virginia cavalry. Soon after the war he moved to Montgom- cry, Ala, where for a time he was owner of the Montgomery Daily Mail. He was also former owner of the old Battle House in Mobile. He married Gertrude Lanier of Macon, Ga, sister of the famous southern poet, Sidney Lanier, and for approximately 90 years made his home at Verbena. His daugh- ter, Miss Mary Carr Gibson, attended school at Wesleyan Female college at Macon, where she was a schoolmate of Mrs. Frank H. Lathrop, daughter of Governor Conner, and the two families have been friends for many years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
BOUANCHAUD WILL
 CONTEST PRIMARY
Victor In Louisiana Governors
 Race To Run Again

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2G.-Hewitt Bouanchaud will enter the second dem- ocratic primary for governor February 19, it was announced today following meeting of Bouanchaud supporters. Mir. Bouanchaud led the field in the first primary, but pressure had been put upon him by the New Orleans press and various political factions to with draw in favor of Henry E. Fuqua. second man.
 Mir. Bouanchaud's withdrawal was urged by many of his supporters be- cause it was considered he would not have a chance of being nominated, in- asmuch as it was argued the bulk of the 76,000 votes boiled by Huey P. Long, the third candidate, would drift to Mir. Fuqua. Mir. Long carried twenty-seven parishes, almost the entire northern half of the state. where it was stated the Ku Klux Klan is unusually strong and where the population is al most solidly Protestant.
 sMr. Bouanchaud, Catholic, made his campaign on an anti-klan ticket and said he did not want the vote of klansmen and would not appoint a klansman to office if elected. He car ried the French Catholic parishes by heavy majorities.
 MT. Fuqua, Protestant, while deny ing any klaD affiliations is considered by many as the second choice for the bulk of the Long supporters.
 In the run-off lieutenantgovernor attorney general, auditor and treasurer will also be selected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
'1:' .'1:'tN HlTSAUTO 4" dlJURIlG MAN IN
 CROSSING SMASH
Twice In 3 Days Engine Wrecks Vehicle Where
 Rails Cross Streets
HUMAN BONES SNAP
 IN AWFUL IMPACT
Hogan Did Not Hear Locom0- tive As It Rolled Across
 Grade And Struck

Another accident at an unprotected grade crossing in Birmingham resulted late Saturday afternoon in the serious injury of George Hogan, ?, of R. F. ID. No. 7.
 Hogan was crossing the railroad tracks at Ninth avenue and Thirtieth street in his automobile, when Frisco switch engine ploughed into the car Physicians at St. Vincents hospital say he has a compound fracture of the left leg and other injuries.
 >"I didn't see or hear the engine com ing" Hogan told investigators. ''It was not making any noise as it neared the crossing"
 Railroad officials said the engine crew had reported that it was impos- sible to stop in time to avoid striking Hogan. His automobile was com plete wreck.
 An investigation to determine the cause of the accident and fix the re- sponsibility was under way. Railroad officials would make no statement for publication in advance of it's compile ton.
 Hogan will be in the hospital sev- eral weeks. He is clerk for Reed Brothers and was going home from his work when the accident occurred.
 Their attention called to the latest crossing accident, city officials said they had completed plans to insure addi- ti0nal viaducts and underpasses and that definite action would result this week
 The grade crossing accident is the second that has occurred in Birming- ham within the last three days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
MINERS FOUGHT
 VAIN STRUGGLE Traces Of Frantic Efforts Of Men Trapped In Mine
 Revealed

JOHNSTON CITY, H., Jan. 26.-A picture of frantic fighting vainly against deadly lethal gases that pene- trated improvised masks and brought death by suffocation, was revealed here today as Red Cross and other relief agencies worked to relieve the distress caused by the McClintock coal mine tragedy.
 Thirty miners are known to have been killed in the gas explosion Fri day, according to the latest check. Eight miners, some of whom may die, are in the hospital suffering from injuries. Two more are missing and may still be entolnbed in the death pit where their fellow workers succumbed.
 Victims Suffocated
 Most of the victims were suffocated- only few were burned to death. The men had fought desperately to escape the gases, or to minimize their effect by tearing bits of clothing from their bodies, soaking them in water and wrapping them about their faces Their efforts were futile, however, for the gases seeped through the masks and into the throats and lungs of the strug- gling miners.
 Three galleries, all of them on the lower level, were struck by the ex- plosion. The miners had practically no chance to escape.
 In the upper galleries where nearly 300 men were delayed by dense gas clouds and the lack of gas masks More than 100 miners volunteered to help work. Mine rescue workers from Her rin and Brenton were notified and on arrival of equipment the rescue work began. The injured were brought out first. By morning the 30 bodies had been carried to the surface.
 Mine Manager Identified
 The bodies of Herbert Mccullough, mine manager, and Jesse Ford, "face boss" were the first to be identified Several of the bodies were so badly mutilated that they defied identifica- tion.
 All through the night the wives, ,ehil- dren and other relatives of the victims kept watch at the mine mouth. Zero weather and bitterly cold wind could not drive them away. Many of the women became hysterical and were carried away.
 All the members of three families were wiped out. Peter Neck and his son, Governor Smith and sis son and Marion Bryant and his boy, were suf- located.
 Mrs. Jessie Caplinger. who lost her husband in mine explosion 12 years ago, lost two sons, Wilson, 19, and Clyde. 17, in Fridays disaster. Philip
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
CLEVELANDS LOSE
 INV FIGHT FOR BOND
Judge Rules That Court Has No
 Authority To Grant Petition

MOBILE, Ala. Jan. 26.-(By Asso- ciated Press )-The second attempt of attorneys for Jack Clexeland, member of the county board of revenue, and $. J. (SOn) Cleveland to get bail for their clients, held in jail here on charges of murder in connection with the killing of Stephen Tossing, aged county resi- dent, failed today when Judge SaffOld Berney ruled that the court had no au- thOrity to grant the petition for bond.
 fine two Geveiands seeking bail. and Thomas Cleveland, son of Jack Cleve- land, are scheduled to go to trial in February in connection with the death of the. aged man, which occurred at his home near West Fowl River last Au gust. The Clevelands hold that Tossing was killed in a scuffle with Tom Cleve- land over a gun.
 Tom Cleveland has already had two trials, hut the juries were unable to agree.
 Judge Berney, who heard the habeas corpus proceedings with regard to Jach and $. J. Cleveland granted them bail. but an appeal was taken by the county solicitor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
49 MINERS ARE ENT0MBED BY
 EXPLOSION No Answer From Trapped Victims When Rescuers
 Signal ENTRY TO SHAFT IS BLOCKED BY BLAST Families Of Trapped Men Surge About Entrance, Fearing
 For The Worst

SHANKTOWN, Pa., Jan 26.-An explosion ill the Lancashire mine of the Barnes and Tucker coal company here late today entombed party of miners. As it was Saturday, the num- Der of men at work when the explo- sion occurred had not been determined at , o'clock but the figure put by men on the ground was forty. Super intendent Hamilton summoned a res cue crew from the Bethlehem Steel company's mine at Heilwood.
 Shortly after 5 o'clock a rescue party made its way along the main entry and at the sixth heading came upon half dozen men, some of whom were unconscious from the force of the explosion. They were brought to the open air and given first aid treat ment. It was said that they were only slightly hurt.
 49 Are Missing
 Members of the rescue party re- ported that just beyond the point where they found the injured, the main en- try was blocked by heavy fall from the roof and digging would be neces- sary to reach the imprisoned men.
 Meantime all families in the village were being counted and it was at the mine that 49 miners were missing. Whether all of them were in the mine could not be determined.
 Soon after it became evident that every possible assistance would be necessary to reach the entOmbed men. telephone message was sent to the pittsburg station of the United States bureau of mines and the management informed n T leave Pittsburg at o'clock, moving as a special train.
 The crowd at the mine continued to grow in spite of a heavy snowfall. which was being driven by high wind, scores of miners and their families hastening from surrounding villages. The number of volunteer workmen also increased and they were organized in working sections so that each section might work at high speed for brief periods.
 No sound came from the mine to show that any of the entombed men were alive
 Fail To Answer Signals
 When first aid workers reported that the six rescued miners were suffering from the effects of poison gas, the men were placed in automobiles and rushed to the Dixonville hospital, nine miles from the mine.
 A member of one of the rescue crews reported to mine officials that effort to signal to the .entembed miners by way of an air pipe was useless. The pipa runs into the heading where the men were believed to have been work ing when the blast came. The rescuers used hammers to signal but there was no response.
 News Spreads
 Word of the disaster spread rapidly, and within few hours the rescue power of the entire western Pennsyl- vania bituminous coal field was rush ing to the aid of the stricken com munity. Special trains from Pittsburg, Johnstown and Altoona were carrying trained rescue crews of the United States bureau of mines. the Cambria Steel company and the Bethlehem Steel
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
GEDDES SAYS ADIEU:
 WILL SAIL SUNDAY
Declares Memory Of Friendship
 Can Never Be Effaced

NEW YORK, Jan. 26-Sir AUck- land Geddes, retiring British amhasSa- dor to the United States, who sails for home tomorrow, said goodbye as an and au revcir as a private citizen tonight at a farewell dinner rendered him by the English-SpeakiRg union of the United States.
 His memory of the extraordinary friendship, sympathy ana help" he re ceived here, Sir Auckland said. was the sort that can never ben effacesl and I carry back with me great treas use which time cannot diminish or cor rupt, for I have learned here among you what sympathy can mean what un- effects and how it sweetenS not only relations of man to man. but also international relations.
 He expressed the hope that some day opportunity would be given him to stand before his cOnntryReu as mes senger to explain the real spirit, the true feelings and the countless vir- tues of the American people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
COLD SPELL IS ON WAIVE, SAYS
 WEATHER MAN

Somewhat more encouraging is the forecast given out by E. c. Horton, weather bureau head, Saturday.
 The report includes the prediction that the most recent cold wave has practically abated and unless some new storm shows, up on the map more moderate temperatures may be expected to ushef in the new week.
 Saturday saw the thermometer above freezing mark for short period during the afternoon, though 1t had touched as low as 9 degrees at s o'clock in the morning.
 The range Saturday night would be similar to this, Mir. Horton said, with gradually rising temperatures Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
FAMILY TAX NOT
 TO BE COMBINED
Mellon Prohibition Of Dividing Husband And Wife's h.
 comes Defeated

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-fBy As sociated Press. )-The House ways and means committee advanced a step nearer the income tax rate< of the revenue bill today with disposition in part of the community property tax section of the pending measure, but two groups of republicans failed at meetings to unite their force for the impending income rates fight.
 Secretary Mellon's recommendation to prohibit husbands and wives dividing family incomes for purposes of filing separate tax returns, as allowed in eight states, was rejected in committee on bipartisan vote. .
 s Another vote, however. will be taken pMonday on proposal of Chairman Green to prohibit such divisions of in comes when received alone from wages and salaries. Secretary Mellon esti- mated adoption of this section would net SS,000,000 additional revenue.
 Whether the republicans will unite on a party bill in committee or make new overtures to the democrats for a compromise on the Mellon bill was the subject of disgussions at meeting of the republican steering committee and at conference of republican members of the ways and means committee. No acton, however, was taken.
 Democrats Still Resisting
 Meanwhile democratic members of the committee maintained their attitude of passive resistance to lthe Mellon bill, awaiting move by the republicans to support or compromise on the treasury recommendations.
 UpoA completion of consideration of the community property taxes Monday, the committee will proceed for addi- tion reduction in taxes on earned in- come. Two days probably will be given to this subject and then income rates will be taken up. The bill must be re- ported to the House by February II.
 During consideration of the com property section today, Repre- sentative Young, republican, North Dakota, submitted motion to compel the husband or wife in charge of a family income. to file a joint return for the entire income. This would pro- hibit, he contended, evasion of high surtax rates by the splitting of incomes between a husband and wife.
 Representative CrOwther, republican, New York, who supported the motion, said Joseph Mccoy, treasury actuary, had estimated such q provision would yield $220,000000 additional revenue. The committee deferred action on the motion.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
FIRE TRUCK RAMS
 AUTO; FOUR HURT
Passenger Car Demolished In
 South Sixth Avenue Accident

Four persons, one of them a city fireman. were injured in a collision be- tween a city fire truck and a touring car at Sixth avenue and Twenty fourth street Saturday evening at 5 80 o'clock.
 Those injured:
 James McLaurin. 1884 Fourteenth street. city fireman. badly bruised.
 J. W. Haney, 1731A Twenty-fourth street, bruised.
 Carolyn Brooke, 91S Sixteenth street, south, ribs broken.
 Mrs. H. B. Hayes, Macon, Ga, frac- tured hip.
 According to witnesses of the acci- dent, the truck, answering an alarm in Norwoed, was coming along Sixth ave nue at high speed. Apparently Miss Brooke, driver of the touring car. in which Mrs. Hayes Was a passenger, either did not hear the fire gong or became confused when she saw the fast approaching machine.
 Hit AmidshipS
 The truck hit the Brooke car squarely in the center and drove it over the curb. where it struck Haney, who happened to be passing at 'the time. Haney was thrown several feet.
 McLaurin, who was riding outside the truck. was hurled to the pave ment in the crash. He immediately be- came unconscious
 That neither Miss Brooke nor her guest were killed is considered mirac- ulOus by those who saw the accident Their machine, a seven-passenger Win ton. of recent model, was demolished. , That deaths did not result is said to be due to the excellent handling of the truck by D. W. McAIillan. Con- sidering the speed with which the truck was travelling, McMillan brought it to q halt in comparatively short dis tance without any of it's crew of six men, excepting McLaurin; being even slightly bruised.
 Taken to Hospital
 McLaurin was rushed to the Bir- mingham General hospital and Haney taken to the Hinman hospital. Later, both men were transferred to Nor wood by Rideut's ambulance.
 Miss Brooke and Mrs. Hayes were taken to the formers home.
 Miss Brooke is the daughter of James s. Brooke.
 Fire Chief Brown said Saturday night, that although the accident had not been fully investigated, he did not believe McMillan would be in any way held responsible. The truck, a hook and ladder machine, operated out of No. l, located on Sixth avenue between and Twentieth streets.
 McLaurin had been connected with the fire department for nine years. He is married and has one child.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
CANDLER FACES
 $5OQ,OOO ACTION
Suit Of Former Fiancee. New Orleans Society Leader, Set
 For Wednesday

ATLANTA. Ga, Jan. 26.-Attor- neys for both sides said today they were ready for trial here of the $JOO.O0 suit brought by Mrs. Onezima Ge Bouchel. New Orleans society leader, against Asa G. Cahdler, Sr., Atlanta capitalist. alleging breach of promise. The case is set for Wednesday, January 20, in the United States district court for the northern district of Georgia.
 Mrs. De Bouchel expects to leave New Orleans tomorrow night for At lanta-- It was said here this afternoon that Mir. Candler returned yesterday from Florida, where he had spent . week. The naiae of Mir. Candler was in cluded in the list of jurymen drawn fo, the approaching term of the federal court. He was excused on the ground of age. The limit for compulsory jury service is 60 years and Mir Candler is 72
 The suit was filed on February 17. last year. In it Mrs. De Bouchel al- leged that Mr. Candler broke their en- gagement to marry after refusing to furnish her with the names of persons whom she said he told her had given him information reflecting on her repu- tation
 Says She Was Engaged
 Since the petition was filed Mir. Candler married Mrs. Mae RaEan. young Atlanta business woman. The wedding took place in June.
 Mrs. De Bouchel in her petition. de clared that she and MT Candler became engaged in 1922. She said she made the acquaintance of MT. Candler while attending a reunion of Confederate s0l- diers in Atlanta l.. 1919, when she was chaperon general She asserted that the Atlanta capitalist showed her much attention during the reunion and later in 1920 when she had occasion to 20 abroad to attend a convention in
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