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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
LATADY-HAMMET
 WEDDING IN MOBILE

The wedding of Miss Elizabeth J. Hammet of Charlevoix. Mich, and Mir. K. Dineen Latady of Birmingham, Ala, which was solemnized Sunday morning, April 6, at Daphne, Ala, is of interest both in Mobile and on the Eastern Shore. This marriage is the culmination of a romance dating from last winter, the Richard Hammets hay ing spent the last two winters at the Shonts estate on Mobile bay. The home was bright and spring-like in it's decorations of wisteria and bridal wreath and immediately following the ceremony a six-course luncheon was served, this courtesy including the rela- tives only. The bride, of exceptional beauty and charm, is the youngest daughter of MT. and Mrs. Richard Hammet of Charlevoix| Mich. MT. Latady is the only son of Mir. and Mrs Eugene Latady. prominent property owners of Mobile.
 Mr. and Mrs. Latady left Mobile on the Pan-American for Birmingham, their future home. MT. Latady being connected with the First National Bank of that city.
 Scores of good wishes follow this young couple.-Mobile Register.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
SOCIAL NOTES OF BIRMINGHAM M.SOUTHERN

first anniversary last Thursday evening with a reception given at the home of it's faculty member, Dr. William A. Whiting, on Eighth avenue.
 Besides members of the fraternity and Dr. and Mrs. Whiting, President and Mrs. Guy E. Snavely were present by special invitation. The reception was a brilliant social affair of the sea son in fraternal circles of Birmingham Southern.
 Zeta Tau Alpha fraternity enter tained at a tea at the home of Miss Corinne Travis at 152O South Sixteenth street Saturday afternoon in honor of the 1924 pledges.
 Faculty members and their wives were special guests at this brilliant so- ! cial event. The fraternity colors which were used in the decorations added much to the beauty of the reception rooms.
 The Zeta Tau Alpha pledges are Misses Mary Elkin Dunlap. Mildred Adams. Carmelite Jackson and Alice Christian. These four co-eds are popu- lar in both social and fraternal circles at Birmins sham-Southern.
 The annual home concerts of the glee club were given at the Tutwiler hotel ball room Friday and Saturday evenings. with large number of town people. as well as students from Bir- mingham- Southern. in attendance. Nothing was left undone by the club management in making these concerts the best of the season, and reports are to the effect that they were really pro- grams of excellence.
 Thirty-six members of the glee club and II members of the college orches- tra comprised the entertaining group on these two occasions.
 Of the many new features of the club this year, none surpass the Pale face Mnstres' and The Barney Goo gle Chorus" These were declared to be the latest in musical circles.
 Soloists of the glee club this year are Verman Marlborough. baritone; Thad- deus Ferrel, tenor, and Howard Filing ton. These men add much to the glee concerts and are said to rival soloists of any club of this type in the entire south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13

Another attractive young matron from the Orient, wearing a gown much the same model, but in dark blue, is Mrs Emmet Gudger, who has joined her father, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana, for the summer. Mrs. Gud- ger at one of the recent luncheons to greet her homecoming topped this gown with a very smart little hat of straw in the latest taupe shade with a cluster of cocque feathers of a slightly lighter tone falling not over but from under the narrow brim to the shoulder This latest departure in trimming lehyef the outside of the hat unadorned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
Coolidge Does Not Preside
 At White House Breakfasts
President Plays Role Of Listener At This Nev
 Sort Of Washington Conference

side" at these breakfasts. He does not lead the conversation, or break in with Ia series of funny stories, as was the way of other chief executives on such occasions. Mostly, he sits quietly and listens, as is hB way, occasionally put ting in few words giving his views on the subject under discussion.
 If he has anything particular to say to any one senator present, he states it concisely as he is bidding that guest goodbye.
 These recent conferences have dealt with taxation, the immigration bill, the Bursuim pension bill. The President lets his views be known, in n few words. For the most part he lets the others talk, and listens At breakfast Thursday morning, for instance, he made it clear in reference to taxation that he could not compromise against the United States treasury" coining a line that may be heard later, from some of his Senate leaders
 Coolidge IS more the background in these gatherings than the commandine force. He never pins his followers down to a definitel ives. or mo" on any question, and shows mo apparent resentment at the actions of republicans in the Senate which are contrary to his views.
 Wien the breakfast is over, the guests rise. The President shakes hands around, smiles, and the affair IS over. aSiI t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
BISHOP DENIES EFFORT TO FREE
 VIM. ANDERSON
Nicholson Joins In Pro-
 test Against Liberaliz- ing Beer Law

WASHINGTON, May 8. Evils which they believe would attend the legislation of 2,75 per cent beer, as proposed in number of pending bills were described today by dry leaders before the House judiciary committee.
 A committee of five from the gen eral conference of the Methodist Episs copal church, Wayne B. Wheeler, genr eral counsel of the Anti-Saloon League. and Mrs. Ella A. Boole, representing the Women's Christian Temperance union, joined in an attack on the pro- posed bills to iberalize prohibition laws.
 While. Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Chicago, president of the Anti-Saloon league, was on the stand Representa- tive Perlman, republican, New York, asked whether "the league is if nancing the fight now being made to release William H. Anderson (former New York state superintendent of the league) from prison" <
 'sSo far as I know, none is being made" the bishop replied.
 Representative Perlman next asked what MT. Wheeler's salary was, the lat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
SHIPPING BOARD
 REVERSES ACTION
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preference for American flag ships could be applied without any disturbance to the flow of import and export com merce. It was not adopted by the board, although voted for by Admiral Benson, Commissioner Haney and my self.
 There can be no dispute but that Section 2S is a wise and beneficial act of Congress and would be vitally eff fective element in the building of an American merchant marine and destroy existing preferential agreements be- tween certain American railroads and foreign shipping lines which greatly harm American flag ships operation.
 My modified resolution fully met the complaint of American exporters, both by exclusion of certain commodi- ties and by restriction of the foreign territory to which it would apply, thus resulting in protection to the American exporter and also keeping in vital form the sole remaining clause of our mer- chant marine law establishing the prin- ciple of preference for ships under the American flag. Withdrawal of the ap- plication by 8 majority of the board may estop forever the establishment of American flag preference and for that reason is to be regretted deeply"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
By THOMAS I,. STOKES

(Copyrighf, 1924, for The Age -Herald) WASHINGTON, May S.-Long be- fore there. are signs of activity in the capital, while the morning hush has hardly recovered it's equilibrium from the chatter of the milk wagon and has not given way to the hurried tramp of the government workers, a hustle may be noticed any time nowadays about the White House.
 Automobiles drive up the shaded avenue to the front porch. Their oc- cupants get out and enter the mansion. The President is having one of his breakfast conferences,'
 < Sleepy-eyed citizens who are not gov ernment employees and therefore have to go to work early like people In other cities-stare in wonder through tho bars of the tall iron fence about the White House grounds. kg
 Not Like Old Days
 It's not like the old days. Dinners mansion--but breakfasts! We'll, it does look queer. but it's been a long time since there was a New England man telling what these New Englanders will do.
 Anybody who knows Coolidge, though, will not wonder. It is an expression of his character. He gets up early. Why, not save time by having con gressional leaders down during break fast? It saves his time and theirs, and is congenial way of getting to- gether.
 The guests are ushered into the little breakfast room to the right of the large reception hall. It is light and airy. with cream-colored walls, and over looks Pennsylvania avenue--a congenial place. friendly room, contrasting with the dark. baronial state dining room just to it's rear.
 When the guests have assembled Coolidge enters, dignified, but smiling in his peculiar way. He shakes hands all around and they sit down to break fast.
 A Normal Mans Breakfast
 The menu does not stick strictly to the New England breakfast. There are pancakes and mdple syrup, it is true. But the traditional pie is miss ing, perhaps as a compromise to those from other sections who attend, as one senator suggested. And there are eggs and coffee and toast. A normal mans breakfast.
 President Coolidge does not "pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
MORGAN SILENT
 ON REICH LOAN
Banker, Back From Abroad, NOncOmmittaI
 On Street RunOrs

NEW YORK, May S.-Wall street reports that J. P. Morgan was re- turing from Europe with the S1OO,- coco German reparations loan con tract was neither confirmed nor denied by the financier when he arrived to- day.
 Accompanying Mrs. Morgan home after two months sojourn abroad, the financier declined point blank to cor roborate the. Wall street rumor. He would not discuss the possibility of raising the $75,OO0,000' share of the loan the Dawes committee allotted to England and the $25,0O0,0O0 it was proposed to raise among continental European nations.
 Mir. Morgan appeared struck with the stage fright in the presence of too many interyiewers and dismissed the subject with a sweeping gesture, a laugh and -''I have nothing whatever to say. My usefulness hinges upon silence at this time"
 A much smaller group of reporters later overcame his reticence.
 He was asked first to corroborate a statement of Owen D. Young of the Dawes committee that America readily would absorb half of the proposed $100, 100000 loan to Germany.
 "That was very nice of Mir. Young" he said, ''but I hesitate to talk about it because there are so many issues involved and SO many governmental phases to be considered before we bank CTS can even move to take up the sub ject."
 He hastened to point out, however, that the American government was neither officially nor in any way di- rectly connected with the German loan proposal, but there were others besides associates of J. P. Morgan and com pany who wouldShave to be considered in the matter.
 Mir. Morgan corroborated reports from Paris that the $1OO,OO0, 900 his firm advanced that country recently to halt the plunge of the franc on the exchange was loaned on condition that the French would undertake to float no more government bond issues than were already outstanding, &
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
COMMERCE BODY ELECTS BARNES
 FOR THIRD TIME
National Chamber In dorses Dawes Report
 And World Court

CLEVELAND, May S.-(By Asso- ciated Press )-The Chamber of Com merce of the United States, in the final session of it's twelfth annual conven- ton here today, pledged the whole hearted support of organized business to the efforts to bring about through friendly negotiations "the most ami cable understanding with Japan on the question of immigration.
 President Julius H. Barnes, Duluth, Minn., grain merchant. and wartime director of the United States Grain corporation, was selected for the third time to head, the chamber.
 Approves Dawes Plan
 The convention expressed accord with the underlying sentiments and es- sential principles" of the experts re- port on reparations; urged American support of the International Court of Justice through senatorial consent ''to the proposal which has been made by the executive" and prompt ratification by the United States of the treaty of Laussane.
 Endorsement was given a constitu- tional amendment to permit federal ulSuWdy dppEOpEIdbAOuS tUE uCW COu- struction on trans-continental routes through semi-desert regions of the pub lie domain in the western states !; economy in government; enactment of legislation for the encouragement of aeronautics; peace time industrial mobilization for war, and the principle of workmen's compensation insurance. The proposal to alter the power of the federal supreme court to declare legis- lation unconstitutional Wgas condemned.
 Other officers
 Lewis E. Pierson. New York, and John W. O'Leary, Chicago, were newly elected vice presidents. Thomas E. Wilson, Chicago packer, was named with Charles F. Weed of Boston, an honorary vice president All other of- ficers were reelected.
 Seventeen directors nominated by bal lot Monday, were elected today, with the exception of Frederick J. Haynes, Detroit, whose name was withdrawn in favor of R. T. Moore of Shreveport, a senior member of the chamber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
RUM RING BRIBES
 BARED BY AGENT
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 torney, also under indictment, paid him $500 on July 21, 1923, in the Cawthon hotel. He said French had introduced him to Kearns that day. He said Kearns gave him $500 in one hundred dollar bills and said he got the money from Jemison, Perez, Chtisman, Cody, | FO'Connor and Dawes. He said that on August 20, Kearns saw him again and gave him $600, and he gave that to Agent Butler also. =.
 For "Big Six Protection
 He said Kearns said that the money was for protection of the ''big six !" named before. He said that on Septem- Der IA, he conversed with Kearns and that he said that French had told him 1 (Kearns) that Butler had asked French to. steal certain papers pertaining to R. l.. Holcombe. Gonzaullas said that Kearns told him he had told French he was disgusted with the whole busi- ness and was going to quit being a ''go-between." He said, however, ac- cording to the witness, that he was say ing that to ''staH' French. Kearns also said, according to the witness, that he had found that 'I, (Gonzaullas) had never double crossed any one." He said he saw Kearns again on September 21 and that he gave him $500 more from the "big six
 He said that on one occasion he ask ed Kearns if Bob Holcombe was not the leader of the ring and Kearns an- swered ives" and that he was the agent.
 The illness of Richard Chrisman, one of the defendants, threatened today to cause delay in the completion of the trial, but after considerable discussion of the matter it was decided that mis- trial would be entered in Chrisinan's case and severance granted to him. Trial of the others will proceed.
 Offers To Wave Right
 Chrisman, who was taken ill last night, will probably be unable to attend court for a week, according to re- port made to Judge Robert T. Erwin, by a special physician sent by the court to make an examination. of the defend ant. The defendant, it was. said, was willing to waive his right of being present. in the court and several of the defense attorneys stated they had look ed into the question of this right to waive and that the court could proceed when the absence of "a defendant was | voluntary.
 | The court, however, was of the Opin- ion that some other method of handling the matter should be adopted and at the suggestion of the government attor- neys he entered an order for a mistrial for Chrisman and severed his case from tle general indictment. W
 Harry Smith, attorney for Frank Boykin, business man, told Judge Err vin this morning iii court that lot of propaganda was Icing circulated In tEe city about his client to the effect tEat Boykin was fined for being late and was disres9eltful to the court aI.d had Lis fine doubled. He said he want ed .h's set right. Judge Erwin statsd to Mr., Smith that a rtLresentati5. of the Pc. ister had tesA in communication with him WAd'esday niglt asking wacther or not tie rpmor was true and that he had aG 'Iscd that no su:. occur renee happefel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09

ter. volunteered from his place in the committee room that he received $660 a month.
 Before the dry advocates opened their attack Francis c. Harley, chairman of the National Liberal Alliance, con- cluded the argument for modification. He told the committe he spoke for 7,- 900 1000 people who had voted through referendum of his organization.
 Mir. Harley, who is former mayor of Astoria, Ore, later was the target of an attack by Dr. Clarence True Will son of the Methodist delegation, who characterized Harley's regime at As toria as "a combination of Sodom, Go- marrah and perdition." Mir. Harley
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09

The growing industrial importance of the south is evidenced by an increas. ing number of names of its manufactur- CTS among the officers of the great na- tional industrial associations. The lat est honor of this sort to come to the south is the unanimous election of Frank c. Wisner of Eastman, Gardi- ner and Company, Laurel, Miss, as president of the National Lumber Man. ufacturers' association.
 This association is federation of fourteen regional lumber and timber as- sociations, and, as the national spokes- man of what is altogether the leading manufacturing industry of the United States occupies high place in the American industrial world. It is a very active association and the presi- dents job is no sinecure.
 One of the big tasks before Mir. Wis .ner is that of directing the inauguration of national lumber standardization, which becomes effective July 1. It was the cordial decision to take up national standardization and it's implications of guaranteed quality, dimensions, and quality of lumber shipments that caused Secretary of Commerce Hoover recently to declare that the lumber industry now leads all others in its efforts to estab- fish fair dealing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
TO BROADCAST REWARD Washington To Aid In Spreading News
 Of Alliances Offer

WASHINGTON, D. O., May s. Arrangements were made here today by the War Department, the Navy and Coast Guard service to broadcast the North American Newspaper Alliances offer of reward of $1,000 for definite information as to the fate of the world flyers, Major Frederick l.. Martin and Sergeant Alva Harvey.
 Secretary of War Weeks expressed his appreciation of the Alliances offer and directed that full facilities of the Alaskan cable be utilized to broadcast news of the reward.
 He also requested the Navy Depart ment to use their more effective radio facilities for the same purpose. Secre- tary of the Navy Curtis ID. Wilbur has stated his willingness to cooperate in every, way possible.
 The search for the missing aviators has narrowed down to the snow encum- bered wilderness between Chignik Lake and Port Heiden. This territory is al. most impossible for white men and un- |explored, except by the Indians and few native trappers. It is hoped that the Alliance reward will spur on these men, who know the waste, to thorough and diligent search.
 Admiral F. c. Billiard, commandant of the coast guard at Washington, has instructed the commander of the Boring sea patrol force to make the reward known to the Aleutian natives, can nery employees and all coast guard units along the northern coast of the Alaskan peninsula
 Orders were also issued here today from coast guard headquarters order ing the division commander at Seattle to dispatch the Cutter Bear. to Chig- mix, Alaska, with an army airplane and air service aviators to join in the search. A plane and equipment have been shipped to. Seattle. The army flyers will operate from Chignik and assist the coast guard cutters in Alas kan waters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
M THE AIR TODAY
(COpyright, 1924, for The Age HeraId.)

WLAG, Minneapolis, AT meters, S:15 p: m., central standard time, broadcasting the Mankato May Festival, including performance of Goundods Opero Faust" -~
 WBZ, Springfield, Mass, S37 meters, z p. m., eastern standard time, Jazz Symposium illustrated by -Reisman's orchestra with discussion by Leo Reisman, Henry Giddeon, Professor Hill of Harvard and Pro- lessor Marshall of Boston univer- sity.
 WGY, Schenectady, SSO meters, 10 80 p. m., eastern standard time, late concert by WGY quintet and assisting soloists.
 WIZ, New York, 455 meters, :15 p. m, eastern standard time, concert of Fordham University Glee club. WBAP, Fort Worth, 476 meters, 9 80 p. m., central standard time, monthly program by the College of Industrial Arts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
MEN ARE JAILED
 ON LIQUOR CHARGE
Roy Bradford And A. M. Wood Charged With Operating Still

Believed to have been caught just as they were completing a run of g. 700 gallons of mash, Roy Bradford and A. NJ. Wood, were placed in the county jail Thursday night under $1,000 bonds on charges of distilling.
 Their arrest was made by J. F. Dowie, state agent, and Deputy Sheriffs E. G. Smith, Sam Arnett and Phil Rob erts.
 Nine 3O0-gallon vats, huge boiler, 1O0-gallon still, one 100-gallon fer menter barrel. two S0-gallon fermenter barrels and 20 gallons of distilled whis- ky were cOnfiscated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
MRS. MARY TABB LEE BURIED M VIRGINIA
Laid To Rest Near Body Of Her
 Father-In-Law, Robert E. Lee

LEXINGTON, Va, May S.-The body of Mrs. Mary Tabb Boiling Lee was laid to rest in the mausoleum today beside that of her husband, Maj. Gen. w. H. F. ('sRoonie') Lee, and near that of her father-in-law, Gen. Robert E. Lee, after brief commitment services in Lee chapel at Washington and Lee university. All activities at the uni versity were suspended during the hour of the funeral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
ALASkAV INDIAN
 DESCRIBES FLIGHT

Continued From Page One) Sachenroder, who was supposed to have seen the plane, but we were blocked by the ice jam in the stream. We found no traces of the sled of the two Indians, dispatched from Chignik on Saturday to search for the. .aviators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09

You Know A Tonic fs Good when 1t makes you eat like hungry boy and brings bnck the color to your cheeks. You can soon feel the Strength ening, Invigorating Effect of GROVES |TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. COG. --Afly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09

WASHINGTON, May S.-Jules h(Nicky) Arnstein and Isador Cohen. lsurrendered themselves in District of Columbia Supreme court today. and were committed to federal prison for two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
ARNsTETN SURRENDERs

had left the room before pr. Wilson took the stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09
HAS CAMPAIGN DEFICIT

COOIluge 9I6.1O Tn COLectlOns Tn
 Ohio
 MARION, Ohio, May S.-Deficit of $16.70 is revealed in President Cool idge's pre-jrimary campaign in Ohio, according to a statement mailed to Secretary of State Thad H. Brown today by Hoke Donithen. the Presi- dents Ohio manager. Expenditures were S9,613.70 with receipts $9,597.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-09

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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19

AUBURN.-Begin in Escam-
bia county series of community and
county poultry meetings are being
held over Alabama, under auspices
OF Alabama Farm Bureau Poultry
association.
ANDALUSIA. - Mercury here
reaches new high level for June,
standing in shade a 101 degrees.
MONTGOMERY.-State law en-
forcement officers under Chiee Wal
ter X. McAdory, destroy seventeen
stills in fourteen Alabama counties,
in few days.
UNIVERSIT E. Bell, head
gardener of Alabama university,
finds rare horned toad, known as
phrynosoma cornutum, member of
iguanidae family.
GADSDEN.-City water depart
ment completes laying 10000 feet
water mains in Gadsden and in Ala
. bama City.
GADSDEN.-Tho test of
Alabama's ancient blue laws will be
made in the higher courts by sew
eral Gadsden merchants.
LAFAYETTE.-L strikes
and kills three fine mules belonging
to Charles Schuessler & Sons, on
their farm near here.