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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
CIJRTISD. WILBUR ACCEPTS POST
 LEFT BY DENBY
Was Chief Justice Of The California Supreme
 Court

SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.-Cur- tis D. Wilbur. chief justice of the Cal ifornia supreme court announced to- night that he had received telegram from President Coolidge rendering him the office of Secretary of the Navy, made vacant by the resignation of Ed win Denby and that he had accepted.
 Justice Wilbur said he telegraphed President Coolidge that he would ar range to come to Washington as soon as his appointment was confirmed by the Senate.
 WASHINGTON, March 13-Accept- ance of the naval secretaryship by Cur tis D. Wilbur, chief justice of the Cal ifornia supreme court, reported in press advices, follows the refusal today by former Senator Kenyon, now a federal circuit judge, to take the same post.
 Judge Kenyon is understood to have informed the President that he felt his natural inclination did not lie toward that he preferred consequently to re- lowing statement:
 Al HI pOoAtAVh at quires the habit of looking at all sides of a question before arriving at con- clusion. I am appreciative of the honor conferred and confidence shown in ten dering me the position of Secretary of the Navy.
 T have not considered my personal preferences in the matter, as would bc willing to make any sacrifice for real public service. l cannot, however, es- cape the conclusion that do not possess the qualifications or training for the office.
 Hence, it seems very clear that l should go no further in it's considera- tion. It would have been a pleasure and privilege to serve with President Cool idge, whom esteem as one of the finest representatives of our real American life and one imbued in public life with the same high ideals of honesty and clean government as was Abraham Lin coln,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
TAX ON BETTING
 HAS LONDON FAVOR
House Of Lords Adopts Nation
 Of Approval

LONDON, March 13.-The House of Lords today adopted a motion to the effect that taxes on betting were desir- able and practicable.
 Lord Newton, who moved the reso- lution, said there was no harm in bet ting in moderation and that system of licensing coupled with taxation would not increase but diminish betting.
 Lord Arnold, under-secretary for the speaking on behalf of the government, agreed that betting had become a great evil. He disagreed with the idea that taxation would diminish it. because, he said, it would provide greater facilities fur hetting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
BLACK CREPE
 BRIDAL VEIL
 HAD PURPOSE

JERSEY CITY, N. J., March 13. "I wore a bridal veil of black crepe to show how I felt when we were married. My life was just a promise broken"
 So Mrs. Grace Clark testified in her suit for absolute divorce from Frank Clark whom she married in 1909.
 AS we were walking down the steps of the city hall," declared Mrs. Clark, he turned to me and said, we are not really mated if that's the way you feel, must say good bye, l replied and left him. Soon afterward we were reconciled and went to live in Paterson.
 Clark claimed that his wife had fallen ill love with John Ward, a Paterson lawyer, and also with Nor ris, Joelson, a Paterson physician. The case was continued until Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
s. s. ORDUNA HELD
 N $I,OOO,OOO BOND
COnfiscatiOn Proceedings To Be Brought On Smuggling Charge

NEW YORK, March 13.-With the s. s. Orduna of the Royal Mail Steam Packet company charged with snug gling liquor and drugs into this country ever since the Volstead act came into effect, a bond of $1,O00.O00 has been fixed by United States District Judge Hand to guarantee the appearance of the ship at this port for trial of pro ceedings brought by the government to confisticate her.
 Papers filed with the court by Colo mel William Hayward, United States district attorney, contain the snug gling charges land says that under the law he might have called for $G.O00, 900 band. The value of the ship is fixed at $3,0OO,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
BRITISH RUM PACT RATIFIED BY SENATE
Treaty Yet To Be Accepted By
 English Parliament

WASHINGTON, March 13.--The treaty between the United States and Great Britain authorizing search and seizure of suspected liquor craft be- yOnd the three-mile limit was ratified today by the Senate.
 The vote, which came after more than two hours of an executive session, was stated unofficially to be 6 to [.
 The treaty has yet to be ratified by the British Parliament, but action there is expected shortly.
 Under it's provisions craft suspected of carrying liquor may be pursued from the shore for the purpose of search or seizure one hours steaming distance of the suspected craft. In return British steamers entering American waters may carry intoxicating liquor under seal for nse on outward voyages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
NASHVILLE HOTEL BURNS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 13.-A total of $30,O00 damage resulted when fire swept the Stag hotel on the pub lie square late today. The third and fourth floors of the hotel building were partially destroyed and stores on the first floor suffered damage from smoke and water. A small number of guests in the hotel at the time of the fire es- caped. The cause of the blaze is un- known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
CHILDREN INJURED
 M TRUCK PLUNGE

MACON. Ga. March 13.-A school truck carrying 20 children home from school this afternoon plunged into a small lake near Byron. in Houston county. carrying a number of the chil- dren into the water.
 Several children were injured and one little girl is reported to be in a dying condition.
 A fill in the road gave way al- lowing the truck to slide from the high way, according to reports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
FALL SOUGHT MARINES Asked For Expedition To Teapot
 Dome, Says Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, March 13.-Turn- ing its attention to the use of marines to clear Teapot Dome of tresspassers after it had been leased to Harry F Sinclair, the oil committee was told today that the order for the marine ex- petition had been issued at the request of Albert B. Fall.
 Theodore Roosevelt, who. as acting secretary of the navy. signed the order. said Fall had told him President Hard ing desired that course pursued.
 Later letter on the subject from Mir. Harding to Fall, dated June 24, 1922, was put into the record. In it the President said unless James G. Darden of the Mutual Oil company withdrew from Teapot, he should be ejected.
 1.-The thing in my mind then was the protection of naval property" Secretary Roosevelt said in explaining why he ordered the marine detachment under Captain George K. Shuler to Wyoming. He confirmed this by reference to an entry in his diary made on the day the order was issued, July 20. 1922.
 Senator Walsh in q special statement to ''the gentlemen of the committee" declared the property had passed out of the possession of the navy department to Sinclair, and that in any event re- sort should have been had to the courts from which he said speedy relief could have been had.
 Senator Bursum, republican, New Mexico, sought to develop whether there had been precedent for such use of the marines, but Secretary Roosevelt said officials of the department had been unable to find one in the navy records.
 Appointment of Senator Ladd of North Dakota, member of the La Toilette group, as chairman of the oil committee to succeed Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin. resigned, was confirmed today by the Senate without discussion or a record vote.
 The republican committee on commit tees did not fill the vacancy on the committee caused by retirement of Senator Lenroot as a member.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
BIG WHISKY THEFT
 REPORTED SOLVED
Federal Agents To Ask Indict-
 ments Against IA Persons

CHICAGO, March 13.-The $1,OO0,- GOO theft of pre-war whisky from the government concentration depot at the SIbley Warehouse and Storage company here, has been solved, according to federal authorities, who plan to ask in dictments of II persons, including three former revenue agents.
 Evidence unearthed by the special in telligence unit of the internal revenue bureau, will he submitted to the grand jury.
 More than 5000 eases of liquor were successfully smuggled out of the ware house with forged and raised permits Operatives assert there was collusiOn among employees of the concentration depot and persons familiar with the per init section of the Chicago federal pro- hibition offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
SALESMEN INJURED
 AS TRAIN HITS CAR
Both In Hospital Following Ac-
 cident Near Tuscaloosa

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, March 13.- Peyton Taylor, travelling salesman for the Ward Drug company here, and Morris Myer, who travels for candy company, were injured Thursday morn ing near Searles, the car i'll which they were driving being struck by pas senger train on the l.. & N. The cross ing is near cut and the approaching train was not seen i'll time to avoid the accident. They were brought to Tus- caloosa and taken to the Druid City hospital, where it was found Taylor was the most seriously injured.
 The exact nature of their injuries has not yet been determined. The au- tOm0bile was wrecked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
FELIX M. DRENNEN
 IS LAID TO REST
Hundreds Attend Last Rites For
 Prominent Birmingham Man

Funeral services for Felix NJ. Dren- nen, age 54, prominent Birmingham merchant, who died Tuesday at the residence. 1920 Waucoma street, south, were held at 10 80 o'clock ThuEsday morning from the residence with Rev. Middleton $. Barnwell assisted by Rev. James $. Morris officiating. Inter ment followed in Elmwood cemetery, with Johns in charge.
 The large Southside home could not Hold the crowds, who came to pay their last homage. These were met at Elm wood by other friends who waited at the grave.
 Five automobiles were required to carry the floral offering from the home t1 the last resting place. A procession a mile long followed the body to the cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
MILLS OF SOUTH
 EN COTTON LEAD
Using 64 Per Cent Of Staple
 Output These Days

LOUISVILLE, March 13.-CBy The Associated Press )-COtton mills of sou thern state consumed 4,279,231 bales of cotton during 1923. or 64 per cent of the total cotton mill consumption of the United States, according to R. l.. McKellar, foreign freight manager of the Southern Railway system.
 This was an increase of 296,693 bales over last year and was due, Mir. McKellar declared, to larger number of mills in the south and the expansion of the sales of cotton piece goods in foreign countries, particular in Latin America and the Far East.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
HERRIN GRAND JURY FINDS 99 TRUE BILLS
Makes Recommendations To
 Avoid New Riots

HEREIN, H., March 13.-Ninety- nine indictments were returned today by grand jury which has been in- vestigating conditions in Herrin. The jury's report made q number of recom- mendations to bring about conditions that would avoid occurrences of riots in Williamson county.
 The return of indictments today fol lows a nine-day session of the special grand jury investigating the killing of Constable Cesaer Cagle and the shoot ing of Deputy Sheriff John Layman the night of EebrnarY s. last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
FULL TAX RETURN
 DUE ON MARCH I5
Later Refund Possible When
 Revenue Bill Passes i'

WASHINGTON, March 13.-Ful, payments must be made on income tas stallments due Saturday, the House fail ing today to take any action on tho proposed resolution to make effectivp immediately the proposed 25 per cent cut of income taxes payable this year
 The provision for the g per cent cut is in the revenue bill. already passed by the House and if enacted into law the reduction can be made on later installments. Refunds will be then given for excess amounts paid on this installment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
LODGE MEETINGS
 HELD N DAYTIME Members Refuse To Walk Un- stable FOotbridge At Night

COOKSON, Okla, March 13.-The Cookson Odd Fellows lodge claims to he the only secret order in Oklahoma that holds it's regular meetings in the daytime.
 The reason is that a number of members live across the Illinois river from the town and owing to the dan ger involved in crossing the narrow and unstable footbridge which spans the stream, they prefer to meet in the afternoon and make the return trip over the bridge in daylight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Cloudy Friday; Sat. urday fair;, somewhat warmer. Georgia: Snow or rain and colder.
 Mississippi: Cloudy Friday.
 (COmplete weather data will be found on. Page 1S.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
JOY RIDER EXPELLED
University Student Out
 For "ReckleSS Driving"

CHICAGO, March 13-Phillip c. May, who drove the automobile in which Miss ElOise Lomas was danger ously injured Sunday morning, was ex- pelled yesterday from Northwestern university on the charge of reckless driving"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-14
STINNES TO REST

BERLIN, March 13.-Doctors have ordered a complete rest for Hugo Stinnes, the nidustrialist who has been ill for some days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-23
Girl Realizes Ambition;
 Passes A Week As Boy

by the time she was deposited Tn the police station, she was gigglimg.4 z
 q always wanted to be a boy be- cause it was so much fun,3 she told the coppers as she crossed her brown- / trousered legs reflectively. She wore E-shaped gray-necked sweater, 8. white silk shirt and soft collar, boys tan shoes and gray soft hat with a telescped crown.
 She had bought the masculine out fit, with the exception of tie, shirt and collar, which she borrowed" from her brother and stored it in
 the cellar. The night of October F, she clipped her hair, sneaked down stairs and parked her own clothes while she donned those in the bin.. She had just hidden her own clothes |. when her sister came down the stairs. q Even the sister failed to recognize Julia as she sped out the cellar door and she reported to police that she had chased a young man out of the ,. cellar This led to further grave fears about what had become of Julia. .. Then Julia heard about the digging for her supposed corpse in the Han nigan cellar. Like a good girl, she de cided to telephone her mother and relieve her of worry. The first thing Mrs. Hannignn wanted to know was :, whether Julia was wearing any clothes. Julia treasured her, but didn't tell her what kind of clothes. When the mother asked where she was, Julia hung up the receiver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-23

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-While de- tectives were digging frantically in the basement of her home, expecting to find her body any moment, fifteen year-oid Julia Flanagan was watch ing other men muss up the earth of a public golf course, while she stood by and held their clubs.
 None of the golfers ever suspected it was Julia, for she had rigged her self up in a cap, a sweater and a pair of pants that made her look just like r0sey checked boy. Julia was having the time Of her. life, because boy was what she had always want ed to be.
 Meanwhile the detectives, believ- ing they had come upon, new Ruth sCruger case, were digging away, They stopped late at night after penetrat- ing far beneath the surface of the Hannigan cellar and began to look for Julia elsewhere. When Julia ; changed her clothes and ran away from home, she had, hidden her girls togs in the basement and it was the discovery of these that started all the hectic digging. ~
 Julia is back now, however, after living for $1.50 a week, for the full week, at n linen only" ,rooming house. Her first night out, she had spent at the Y. M. c. A..
 Wednesday Detective 0'Connor of the missing persons bureau picked her up. Julia was scared at, first, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-23
(. Q. p. CAUSED
 THIRD PARTY, DAVIS ASSER TS
Democratic Candidate Promises Sane, Lib
 eraI' Government
fRy Associated Pressl

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. 22.-Com' pleting his third and final campaign tour of Indiana with addresses tonight at Evansville and in the late afternoon at historic Vincennes, John w. Davis democratic candidate for president charged that the last three and one-halt years of republican administration had produced the third party" and offered with the help of a democratic congress to remedy "the disease which had brough it about.
 Mir. Davis also pledged in the name of democracy to give relief to the farm CTS of the country; to bring about a thorough house cleaning of the Wash ington government; to put an end to bureaucracies and install a government based on a sane, forward-looking and progressive liberalism. In addition, MT. Davis said he would cause the tax and tariff laws to be rewritten along the lines that knew no class or section, privilege or favor.
 r MT. Daivs said: '"Three and one half years of power by the Harding Coolidge administration has produced this radical third party which our republican friends complain split the republican party. They reused the American people and have given the opportunity for men to offer new doc trines and urge them on the people as the cure for all their ills. Will you seek to cure the patient by giving him an injection of the same virus that produced his disease?
 Offers Liberalism
 'In the name of democracy l offer you a sane, forward-looking and pro- gressive liberalism that knows no class or section, no petted favorite that be- lieves it not the business those in of flee either to give favors to their friends or to official power to punish their per sonal enemies; but to so administer the affairs of this government that every man, whether he be laborer, farmer business men or what not, may fec that he is an equal citizen resting under equal laws and with the equal care anG consideration of his government ad dressed towards his needs.
 You ask me what the democracy would do if you trusted it with power Well, I will tell you where it would begin. It would begin just where believe the American people wants it process to begin with thorough house cleaning in Washington. Equal right! to all men and special privilege tC none"
 A storm of applause greeted this ut terance.
 Tt would rewrite the taxing and tht ] tariff laws of this country that no le l gitimate industry could be injured; so 1 that no working man could be deprived of the opportunity for honest toll but ol the other hand so that no consumer il the United States would be unduly bur dened to pile up profits for those wht have written the law in their own in terests.
 '"This cuntry has been controlled fo years by an industrial bloc. We pro pose to put an end to the building al of great bureaucracies in this countr! that, sooner or later, will take ava! from the supervision and the energy O the people that interest in their gov ernment to find themselves governed by horde of agents located in Wash ington of whose personalities and pres ence they are not aware"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-23
Men Convicted Of $142,OOO Payroll Murder To Hang
 For Crime
neased Wire to. Age.Heraldl

MONTREAL, Oct. 22-The ominous hammering of carpenter crew en- gagged in erecting scaffolds on which Canada will hang five men Friday has almost caused the collapse of the con victed quintet, lodged in the death house adjoining the scene of construction. The five slayers, who, until recently, main tained an attitude of stolid indifference toward their fates, cringed in their cells as they listened to the monotonous staccato which spelled the nearing of their doom.
 The condemned men were sentenced to the gallows for the murder of pay car chauffeur on April 1 last. It was one of the most cold-blooded and revolt ing murders in the annals of Mon treaPs criminal element and one which will live with startling vividness in the minds of citizens here for years to come.
 The bandits escaped with S142, 600, which was later recovered by police in the Serafini home. Cieroux, driving the Bank of Hochelaga pay car, was shot dead when the bandits loosened a murderous volley of shots from a stalled sedan blockading deserted road. One of the bandits, Harry Stone, notorious smuggler and holdup man, was killed when the bandits auto crashed into a telephone pole during their mad dash to escape the police. In his pocket were found telephone numbers which led to the apprehension of the other members of the gang.
 Additional guards and mounted po- lice are patrOlling the walls of the jail to forestall expected attempts on the part of Montreals underworld to free the prisoners. Huge sums of money were raised by the underworld to gain lighter sentence for the bandits during their trial. -.
 Leo Davis, who also was arrested and convicted of participating in the murder, was granted a suspension of sentence when Morel testified that he had had nothing to do with the crime. His case will be heard in the supreme court November 6. Adam Parillo, the seventh man arrested for the murder, will be placed on trial next month.
 Morel is said to have been leader of the gang and one of the most prominent of Montrears underworld satellites. Gambino, Valentino, Serafini and Frank all have had eheckered careers with police of two continents. Mrs. Serafini was counting the loot when police sur prised her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-23
LUNACY TRIAL
 GRANTED HIGHT
Poisoning Pastor Wins Step In
 His Fight To Avoid GallOws

MOUNT VERNON, III, Oct. 22.- Fighting to beat the gallows, Lawrence M. Flight, ''poisoning pastor" of Ina, H., has won his request for a sanity trial before he is allowed to plead to the murder indictment charging that he poisoned his wife, Anna, and alsO planned the death of Milford Sweetin. husband of his affinity. Judge J. O.. Kern entered an order Wednesday that the sanity trial be opend here October %.
 Flight, who had paid close attention throughout the day in the crowded ht- tie court room in the courthouse on the square here, was elated over the vic tory of his attorney, A. B. Layman.
 Layman and States Attorney Frank Thompson will argue Thursday morning the question of whether the sanity hear ing is to be entered as civil or a criminal case. Layman wants 1t en- tered as a criminal case so he can sub. poena witnesses from outside of JefT ferson county. A
 R. c. Smith, attorney for Elsie Sweetin, who has confessed she poisoned her husband under persuasion of the pastor, said she is ready to go on trial at once, but that he had no desire to rush the prosecution. Mrs. Sweetin has pleaded not guilty. The pastor, who also confessed, will not plead un- til the sanity hearing is held.
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-23
BEWARE THE 1 COUCH OR COLD
 THAT HANGS ON

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