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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
VETS TO ANNOUNCE 5 SIMPLE PLATFORM To Draft Statement Of Princi-
 pie Free From Technical Jargon

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-(By As sociated Press. )-Decision to call upon "the best minds in the liberal organ ixations" to collaborate in the draft ing of "short statement of principles as representing the position of the wet" forces of the nation was an nouiced after the concluding sessions here today of the "face-the-facts" con ference of the association against the prohibition amendment.
 It was the purpose, 1t was said, to draft statement free from technical jargon" 50 that it ''can be understood by any one who reads it.
 A statement of conference conclu- sions issued by the committee on reso- lutiOns declared the Eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act con- stitute an attack upon the consistency and the integrity of the constitution"
 They discriminate, the conference as serted, between rich and poor, and be- tween seller and purchaser and in- stead of being good for the wage earner they deprive him "of his right to de- termine for himself that course of conduct which will help his happiness and welfare"
 The existing laws, 1t was hled, call on the s.powef of self and the use of force, as against the intelligence and conscience of the people"
 The statement appealed to "citizens both in and out of office to consider in the light of experience whether it is not better to confide in the common sense and conscience of the individ- ual, < ' instead of threatening with the heavy hand of a federal enforce ment official, prompted mad brow beaten by an irresponsible social group like the AntiSaloon League and it's af- filiated bodies."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
MILK THIEF { CURED BY KICK
 OF sOLD MAUD

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Jan. 22.-A
 The guilty flee when no man pur- sueth," declared Lige Dodd, farmer of sOchata township here today. Dodd's COW had been off in her milk ing, and investigation revealed fresh footprints in the vicinity of the COW barn each morning. Dodd switched particularly disagreeble mule to the stall, transferring the COW to the mules stable in the barn. The COW milked we'll the next morning, and Dodd reported to the officers that he found battered tin pail and a torn hat recovered from the stall occupied by the mule, which they might use to connect with the visitor who had been milking his COW.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
CRITICAL PREACHER
 SCORED BY JUDGE
Told That He Must Be Able To Prove Statements He Makes

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Jan. 22.-A minister ought to be careful what he says from the pulpit unless he has the low-down on the situation and is ready to prove his statements. This, only in slightly emphatic manner and in fewer words, is what Circuit Judge Thad B. Landon, told Budd Park Christian church after he carpet" Tuesday'to explain his sermon of Sunday.
 Rev. Waters admitted he had made statement to the effect that the jur- ies were packed" and of launching a general scathing attack upon the courts, blaming their apparent lack of interest for the crime wave sweeping over the city.
 He said in answer to one of Judge Landons questions that he had formed his opinion from observation on gen eral crime conditions. When the court demanded that he produce evidence of jury packing the clergyman pointed to the fact that II bootleggers were re. gently freed in justice court. Looking sharply at the minister Judge Landon said:
 If you have evidence of crooked work on the part of judges or attor. neys it is your duty to bring it be- fore the grand jury. In the meantime | I. want you to know that 1 am just as honest as you are.
 "If you would go among your church members and question them carefully you would find that majority of them have liquor in their homes. It is that disregard of law that breeds crime"
 Rev. Waters said be would make his visit to court the subject of his sermon Sunday. Judge Landon refused to ad init he planned to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
DEFENSE FLAYS WITNESS IN DRY
 LEADERS TRIAL
C. B. Phillips Accused Of Trying To Sell Out Anti
 Saloon League

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-O. Berstall Phillips. chief prosecution witness in the forgery trial of William H. Ander- son. state superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of New York, today was characterized by former Governor Charles s. Whitman, principal de- fense counsel as traitor to his coun- try, a blackmailer and an extor- donist. ncsss
 The attack delivered in a barrage of alternate questions and accusations caused a sensation in the court room. In the course of his denunciation, the former governor accused the star wit ness of having attempted to "sell out" the league head to half score inter- ests identified with the forces opposed to prohibition. Phillips left the stand facing another, ordeal, as, court was adjourned until tomorrow with Whitman in the midst of his examina- tion.
 Rockefellers Mentioned
 Consmcious among those mentioned as having been approached by Phillips for money in return for his promise to deliver Anderson were the Rocke- fellers, father and son; Henry J. Kal- tenbach, an official of the Fleisch- mann Brewing interests .and of the National Brewers association; num- Der of New York newspapers; Col. Jacob Ruppert, brewer and owner of the New York Yankees, and Ramson H. Gillett, chief counsel for the New York division of the association against the prohibition amendment. It was to the latter, Whitman charged, that Phillips, who said he now was a fund solicitor for the Young Mems Chris tian association, offered to deliver Anderson for $25,000.
 The name of J. P. Morgan and com pany was mentioned by Whitman in in connection with his accusation that Phillips had,. in 1916, been as- sociated with several men who had purchased from an employe in the Morgan offices information relative to munition purchases by the allies and American munition interests.
 Did you not in addition to aban- doning your wife and six children at tempt to sell out your country" the former governor thundered.
 The witness stammered, hesitated, { then replied in the negative. Pressed by the attorney, he admitted having had business relations with some of the men later identified in the sale of munition secrets, but pleaded that he knew nothing of their activities.
 Phillips, the days third witness, told under questioning, of Assistant District Attorney Pecora of his em. ployment by Anderson as a league fund solicitor in May, 1917.
 Employed On Commission
 "I told Anderson I would work on q 10 per cent commission basis," Phil lips testified. but he said he would have me sign a contract giving Gle a salary of 20 per cent of the first $25,- GOO collected.',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
JEWELL ATTACKS ROAD Says NJ, c. & St. l.. Railroad Circum. scribes Empl0yes' Freedom

CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-Whether a railroad management has the right to forbid its employees to belong to a par ticular labor organization was argued before the United States railroad labor board today.
 B. NJ. Jewell, president of the Rail- way Employees department, American Federation of Labor, said that the management of the Nashville, Chatta- nooga and St. Louis was circumscrib- ing the freedom of it's employees guaran- teed by the transportation act to be- long to organizations of their choice
 Fitzgerald Hall, general counsel for the company, termed the Federated Shoperafts, branch of the employees department, .'an outlawed organization seeking to regain power.
 The technical basis for the dispute was the admittde dismissal by the man. agement of three shopmen because of their membership in the Federated Shopcrafts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
MISSIONARY CAPTURED

SHANGHAI, Jan. 22.-(By Asso- ciated Press. .)-The Belgian mission here received today a message report lng that bandits had captured Father Frederick Vanpraet at Telezou, in Shansi province, near the Mongolian border. The captive was taken bv di- rection of the bandits demanding en- eollment in the army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
WAGE INCREASE
Five Per Cent Raise Given Enginemel On New York Central

On New York Central
 NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-A wage in- crease of approximately 5 per cent has been agreed upon for 15,0O0 engineers and firemen' of the New York Central lines.
 Firemen, hostlers and hostler helpers receive the following increases:
 Passenger service, A cents per 100 miles; freight service, 36 cents per 100 miles; yard and hostler service. 32 cents a day. The roads affected are the four branches of the New York, Central and it's various subsidiary lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
TO KEEP LAND OFFICES
Section Providing For Abolishment
 Fails In ApprOpriatiOn Bill

~~N~~Nse
 Fails In Appropriation Bill
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The House today eliminated from the de- pertinent appropriation bin section providing for abolishment of 21 land offices on July July l.
 Another amendment was adopted which would postpone from July 1 until June l, 1925, consolidation of the offices of register and receiver at the following land offices:
 Little Rock, Ark. Eureka and Sac ranlento, Cal, Denver, Colo.; Hailey and Blackfoot, Idaho; Bozeman, Mont, Las Cruces, Boswell and Fort Sumner, New Mexico; Burns, LaGrange and Oregon, and Rapid City, S. D.
 The land offices specified in the sec tion stricken out are those at Mont gomery, Ala; Harrison, Ark; Lamar and Sterling, Colo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
PROGRAM INDORSED
Farm Bureau Federation Approves
 Secretary Wallace's Plans

CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-The agricul- tural export program of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace was indorsed Tuesday by the executive committee of the American Farm Bureau federation.
 Amendment of the McMary- -Haugan bill, which embodies this program, to make it more useful to the farmers" and Ito prevent losses to the farmers was recommended. The bill is now be- fore the house of Congress.
 Secretary Wallaces plan provides for the creation of an export corporation to market abroad all surplus farm crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
COUNTERFEITER TAKEN Three Ex-Convicts Arrested In Ne
 York

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-The arrest of three ex-convicts and confession by one of them which clears up sevent inn portant counterfeiting cases was an- nounced today by Joseph A. Palma, head of the secret service in this dis trict
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
QUICK TRIAL
Slayer Sentenced to Death Within 40
 Hours After Killing

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Jan. %. Forty hours after he had slain Jack King, lunch stand proprietor, Hoyt April in the electric chair. Howington confessed to the murder, claiming to have been intoxicated. He waived preliminary hearing and was sentenced Tuesday afternoon.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
ARNSTEIN AND C0HN
BONDS ARE forfeited.
Two Fail to Surrender to Court and
Bondsman Loses $4,000
Posted.

Justice Hitz Of the District Supreme
Court today forfeited bonds of $1O,-
600 each furnished by George w. Ray
of this city for the appearance of
Jules, alias Nicky, Arnstefn and Isa-
dore, alias Nick, Cohn, both of New
York, when they failed to appear to-
day in Criminal Division 1 to begin
the service of sentences of two
years each in the penitentiary. The
men are also ordered to pay fines of
$4,000 each for bringing into Wash
ington stolen securities from Wall
street for hypothecation with local
banks. Bench warrants for the arrest
of Arnstein and Cohn were issued.
Norman S. Bowles, Washington law
yer, and David w. Sullivan, former
local saloonkeeper and later a stock
broker in New York, convicted with
Arnstein, surrendered today and were
committed to Jail to await transfer
to the penitentiary. Bowles object
ed to being held in jail and the court
directed that arrangements be made
for an early transfer.
Wilen w. Easterday of Washington
and New York is already in custody,
being under sentence of three years
on a forgery charge. Easterday was
convicted with She other four men
in 1921.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
COOLIDGE ALONE In
MARYLAND PRIMARY
President Without Opposition in
Voting Today-Contests for
Representatives.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Nd, May 5.-Presi-
dent Coolidge is the only presiden-
tial candidate in the Maryland pri-
mary today, but a vote is being
taken in every precinct to comply
with the election law. Republicans
may vote for him or they may mark
their ballots for an uninstructed
delegation to the national conven-
tion at Cleveland.
There are contests for representa-
tive in the second, fifth and sixth
congressional districts, the most i'm
portant being in the sixth, where
Frederick N. Zihlman. Republican
incumbent, is seeking renomination
with two Republicans in the field
against him.
Four candidates are striving for
the Democratic nomination in this
normally Republican district. All of
the other Maryland members of the
House are seeking denomination.
President Coolidge is backed by
the Republican state organization,
and panty leaders regard his victory
IN the primaries as a foregone con-
olusion. A light vote Is expected.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
BAY SEARCH FUTILE.
Advance Officer Recommends Haida
Leave With Flyers.

Lieut.. Clayton L. Bissell, advance
officer of the Army's around the world
flight squadron, advised the War De-
partment today that every bay on
south side of peninsula has been
searched and no word of Maj. L. l..
Martin, the flight commander who has
been missing since April %, had been
found"
Dog teams are proceeding to Black
Lake from Unalaska and from there to
Ugashik, while other searching parties
are proceeding directly across noun
tains from Chignik to Portage, the
message said. The coast guard cutter
Haida has been ordered to Dutch Har-
Dor to continue westward with the
three airplanes which are continuing
the flight under command of Lieut..
Lowell H. Smith.
The cutter Algonquin will remain in
the vicinity of Unalaska, from which
the search for Maj Martin will be
directed.
Lieut.. Bissell recommended that the
cutter Haida be authorized to continue
with the flyers as far as Toxic. The
presence of the Hafda, the message
said, would greatly help chances of
success and safeguard lives of per-
sonnet"
Evening star., 1924-05-05
Senators Adopt Phipps
Measure With Little Debate.
Called Act of Justice.
D. C. ALSO GIVEN CREDIT
FOR 1922 ACCUMULATION
Big Sum in Treasury to Be Used
in Future Appropriations for
Capital Expenses.

The PhippS bill making available
for the use Of the District surplus
revenues of the District now in the
federal Treasury and aggregatng
approximat tely s4,50O,O0O was passed
by the Senate today. practically
without debate. Senator Phipps had
discussed the bill on several occa
sions, however in the Senate.
The bill now goes to the House
for consideration and action.
The Phipps bill carries into effect
the recommendation of the joint con-
grcssional committee which in the
last Congress made an exhaustive in
vestigation of the fiscal relations be
tween the federal government and
the District of Columbia
This committee found that the sur
plus revenues of the District, accru-
ing over number of years and now
in the federal Treasury, to which the
District was entitled after all deduc-
tions had been made. was S4,43S,-
1892. The committee held this sum
should be made available for the use
of the District in appropriations to
be made by Congress.
Guards 1922 Accumulation.
Before passing the bill today the
Senate agreed to an amendment rec
commended by the Senate District
committee at the suggestion of Sem
ator Phipps providing that nothing
contained in the bill shall be con-
strued to deprive the District, in ad-
dition to the sum named, of credit
for the surplus revenues collected
and deposited in the Treasury during
the fiscal year 1922, or of credit for
unexpended balances of District ap-
preparations covered into the surplus
funds. or of credit for the proportion
the District may be entitled to of
miscellaneous receipts paid directly
into the Treasury during the fiscal
year 1922, or of credit for the amount
enormously charged against the
revenues of the District for the fiscal
year 1929 on account of appropria-
tions made by the third deficiency act
of 1922, totaling the sum of SS19,373.SS.
Further Inquiry Ordered.
The controller general of the
United States is directed to determine
whether the items mentioned in this
amendment were improperly taken
into account in arriving at the net
balance of s4,438,154.92. The con-
troller general is directed to submit
to Congress at its next regular ses-
sion a detailed report of his deter
mination and action as authorized.
The passage of the Phipps bill was
hailed today as an act of justice to
people of the District of Columbia by
the senators who have been support
ing the measure.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
BELGIANS SATISFIED.
Optimistic as Result of Macdonald
Theunis Farley.

BY the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, May 5.-Optimism pre-
walls in the Belgian foregn office as
the result of the week end confer
ences between Premier Theunin and
Foreign Minister Hymans of Belgium
and Prime Minister Macdonald OF
Great Britain NJ. Theunin and NJ.
Hymans are expected to be received
by the king shortly to report on their
visit to CheQuerS court. which was
the principal subject before the cabl-
net at this afternoons meeting.
ViComte D'Avignon, secretary TO NJ
Hymans, who accompanied the mini
sters, declares that the visit to Lon
don, like the recent one to Paris, al
lows the expectation of an early ar
rangement for putting into practice
the reparation experts conclusions
Existing differences are not funda-
mental, he declared, and the inter
views at Chequers Court and in Paris
and the projected meeting at Milan
with Premier Mussolini of Italy were
designed to smooth away the sec
ondary difficulties which application
of the Dawes report has been meet
ing and will prepare the way for an
interallied conference at which
general agreement will be reached.
Etoile Beige gives the end of May
for this conference. but the second
fortnight in June is believed to be
the more probable date.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
CLASH MARKS FARE
HEARING AT CAPITOL
Capital Traction Head Denies Nc
Kellar Charges of Watering
Stock in Company.
HITS FARE REDUCTION
Hamilton Fights Cut-W. r. & E.
Heads to Be Called.

President George E Hamilton of the
Capital Traction Company and Sen
ator McKellar of Tennessee. author of
the 5-cent street car fare bill for the
District, clashed today at the hearing
on the fare bill. over the original
financing of the company and the
right of Congress to disregard arbi-
trarily the findings of the Public
Utilities Commission and provide a
scent fare.
Senator Mckellar renewed his charge
that the bonds of the old Washington
and Georgetown Railway Company
had been "watered" to the extent of
double their face value in the sale of
that company to the Rock Creek Rail-
way Company, and the ultimate crea-
tion of the Capital Traction Com
pany. He insisted that the bonds of
the Washington and Georgetown Com
pany, whose face value was S4.000.0e0.
had been reckoned at $S.000,000 in
making the transfer of the property.
Hamilton Denies Charge.
Mr.. Hamilton denied there had been
any watering of the value of the
bonds. He said that the Rock Creek
Railway Company had purchased
the Washington and Georgetown
company for what it was worth. that
it had not purchased stocks and
bonds, that the transaction had been
Congress. He said that the owners
of the Washington and Georgetown
company in making the sale of
their property, had measured its
value on the value of it's securities
and the earning capacity of the road
wanted know
If il was a mere accident" that the
sale of the Washington and George
town company to the Rock Creek
company, was made for S10,I50,00O.
which was twice the face value of the
bonds of the company plus 10000
shares of stock valued at s27o a
share.
Mr. Hamilton replied that it was
not an accident and then proceeded
to explain that the securities of the
Washington and Georgetown Com
pany were highly regarded in Wash
ington; that the assessed value OF
the stock was $275 a share and that
there was the expectation that the
bonds would be exchanged Tor the
stock.
Senator McKellar pointed out that
within two or three years from the
date of the sale the bonds could
have been redeemed by the Wash
fngton and Georgetown Company for
their par value.
MI. Hamilton finally insisted that
the sale price of the Washington
and Georgetown Company was not
considered by the Public Utilities
Commission in fixing the fair valua-
ton of the Capital Traction Com
pany, and, therefore, had no con-
nection with the present rate of fare
in the District.
At the opening of the hearing to-
day, it was determined to hear the
officials of the Washington Railway
= .ad Cnlilrrnr,
Evening star., 1924-05-05
TRAPPER GIVES CLUE
IN MARTIN SEARCH
Saw Plane Over Lake Chignik.
Rescue Party on Behring Coast
Not Yet Heard From.
OTHERS TO RESUME FLIGHT
War Department Advised Hunt
Futile to Date.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associate ted Press.
CORDOVA, Alaska, May 5.-A trap
per living on an island in the middle
Of Lake Chignik saw an airplane be-
lieved to be that of Maj. Frederick
American world flight squadron,
passing over the lake about 400 feet
up toward the Bering Sea last week,
according to advices from the coast
guard cutter Algonquin at Chignik
\ second party of two natives left
Chignik for Bering Sea Saturday
noon, and have not been heard from.
the message also states.
The Algonquin will remain at
Chignik until Wednesday night
awaiting the return of the natives.
Other Flyers to Hop OF.
Lake Chignik is about sixty miles
almost directly west of Chignik, and
the territory over which the natives
will search is on the Alaska Penin-
sula northwest of Chignik and in the
direction in which the trapper's re-
port indicates the plane he saw was
travelling.
cago, New Orleans and Boston at
Atka Island were preparing to hop
off today for Chicagoff, Attu Island.
distance of $50 miles. Upon reach
ing Attu Island, final preparations
will be made for the longest flight
of the entire 27,000 miles trip.
jump of SIS miles to Shamushu
Japan.
Evening star., 1924-05-05
TAX BILL DISPUTANTS
SEEK INSURGENT AID
Democrats Hope for Support,
While G. O. P. Leaders Work
for Compromise.

The lines in the income tax re-
duction fight became more clearly
defined in the Senate today as the
second day of debate on the provi-
sion in the revenue bill got under
way, with leaders of both parties
still negotiating for support of Re-
publican insurgents, who hold the
balance of power.
Some of the insurgents have de-
present maximum surtax rate Of SO
per cent. AS a result, Democrats
have anticipated receiving their sup
port for the Simmons plan, which
calls for a maximum surtax of 40
per cent as against 25 per cent
recommended by Secretary Mellon
and approved by finance committee Re
publicanS.
with the issue developing prac-
tion, however, Republican organiza-
tion leaders have expressed hope of
working out an agreement similar to
the schedule adopted by the House.
Trading Is Attempted.
This placed the maximum surtax
at 37k per cent, and was supported
by Republican insurgents of that
CnamD per Wnen the normal rates were
cut below those provided in the
Mellon plan. Some of this bargaining
has been made on the basis of Re-
publican organization support for the
McNary- -Haugen farm bill in return
for insurgent and farm bloc votes for
a Republican income tax schedule.
Leaders of both parties are striving
to dispose Of the entire measure this
week, but the probable loss of full
day tomorrow in consideration of
resolutions dealing with the internal
revenue bureau investigation has some
what dampened their hopes
Senator Watson, Republican, Indi-
ana, submitted to the Senate today
a list of 1855 bankers who had filed
Endorsements of the Mellon surtax
rates with the finance committee,