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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
SOUTHERN BELL IMPROVEMENTS
 COST 255,ODO
Underground Cable And Expansion Of Ex-
 changes Announced

Rapid ipcrease in the business of the Southern Bell Telephone company has caused an, expansion in the ex- change facilities, it was announced by ". E. Bare. general manager of the company here, Tuesday
 Six positions will shortly be added to the switchboard of the Hemlock ex- change at q cost of $44.O00 and four to the West End branch, to cost $20, 900, Colonel Bare said.
 In makins flsis announcement he also nude public some figures on cable extknsi6n or improvement now under way by the company. Among tk2ee are
 Laying of 0D0-pair cable underground in Norwood district, to cost $21 300, and to be in use the first of next year.
 Underground 900-pair cable, feeding southeast section. to cost $40,00O, and be ready for use December l.
 Aerial cable in Ensley Highlands to cost. $23, GOO and be complete latter part of year.
 Underground cable in Wylam and Fairfield section, which is now par tially completed, to cost $58;O0O.
 Officials of the company announce they will begin work of laying an un- derground cable between Forty-first and Fifty-fifth street on First avenue Tuesday as a means of beating the city paving program.
 If we waited for the. paving to be- gin" T. Barton Baird, district man. ager of the company, said Monday, it would cost several thousand dollars more than 1t will now. For that reason we have rushed through an emergency measure covering the expenditure and making it possible to complete the work before construction of the pavement be- gins"
 The company's plan for underground cable is to cost in the neighborhood of $47,000, about $31 900 of this to be paid for conduit. Nine thousand, four hundred feet of 000-pair cable is called f0r ,ys {s S-lN4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
GARY HAS VIEW
 OF CLEAR SKIES
 DESPITE PROBES
U. s. Steel Chairman Pre- diets Continued
 Prosperity

< HOB0KEN, N. J., April 21.-FOre- casting continued prosperity, Ebert H. Gary. chairman of the United States Corporation, nevertheless cautioned stockholders at their annual meeting today that they need not be surprised at further recession in business as a natural consequence. of this. years presidential campaign. Mir. Gary se- yerely criticized Congress and it's policy of investigation while he praised the administration of President Coolidge.
 AThe unfavOrable construction placed by Wall street upon the steel mag mates remarks, always accepted as an indication of the current business trend, was reflected in a sharp break in stock prices. United States Steel com mon dropped nearly three points and 66 separate stocks established new low prices for the year. 1T. Fl, e Is Optimistic.
 Mir. Gary told stockholders that he pleaded guilty to the charge of being an Optimist, but that he would not re- fuse to consider adverse influences.
 The worst thing confronting the country, he declared, was the American Congress, with selfish and inexperienced men bringing harm to the country by their actions and moving against it's best interests.
 Many congressional investiga tions, he asserted, were unwarranted and even where justified, had proceeded be- yond thebaunds of reason.
 Offsetting the unravOrable influence of Congress. Mir. Gary declared, was the White House, occupied by man who is "strong and solid and everlast- ing as the Rock of Gibraltar"
 Decline Natural
 Admitting that steel orders had de- clined slightly in the last month. the head of the steel corporation said it was only natural that the rapid ex- pansion earlier in the year should be followed by a substantial recession, if only temporary. Only poor business man, however, would fail to see the sun of prosperity shining ahead, he stated.
 Mir. Gary's statement that the policy of the corporation regarding dividends was to be prudent, careful and pre- pared for all eventualities, was inter- preted by Wall street to mean that no change would be made in the extra dividend which. at the present rate. puts the stock on per cent annual basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
MRS. COOPER FINED
 FOR KIDNAPTNG
Salem, Va, Court Also Bans
 Woman From State

SALEM. Va, April 21.-Mrs. D. B. Cooper of Birmingham. also known as Mrs. Jack Lane of Atlanta, entered a plea of guilty here today to charges of kidna pping her 3-year-old daughteE from her estranged husband, the Rev. D. B. Cooper of Salem. and was fined $25O and required to furnish bond not to en- ter this state again for a year.
 F. H. Robinson and l.. G. Hammond, two of her five male accomplices, in the abduction, which followed an attack on the minister in his home here during which he was Severely beaten, were given like sentences. and Walter Ramey, said to have been the driver of the kidnappers automobile, was fined $25.
 The cases of two other men, all of Roanoke, were dismissed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
TENNESSEETOWN IS THREATENED
 BY FOREST FIRE
Blount County Woodlands Suffer Great
 damage

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. April 21.- Forest fire. said to have started in the mountains Os Blount county near Cade;s Cove. Saturday night. was .fapped into raging flames yesterday by n 12-mile April wind and st midnight had swept over thousands of acres of timberland and envelOped the little re- sort of Sunshne, threatenng with total destructOn.
 A force of over 200 men, including many Knoxville people who own cot tages at Sunshine, worked until late at night trying to protect the buildings. At an early hour this morning the course of the wind had changed, and it was said that danger of the village being wiped out had possibly passed
 The flames were not checked. how ever, untl they ha dswept within 15 feet of the large hotel at Knsel Sprngs and even closer to several cottages in the vicinity of Sunshine. From Town send, it was reported. that the fire was under control at midnight and that no buildings in that vicinity had been reached.
 In the early part of the night the mountains for miles around were in flames. Several groups of Knoxville citizens. including Col. Clau dReeder, mayor of Sunshine. Judge George Nj. TrOtter and others drove to the scene and assisted in affording protection to the buildings.
 With the fire still raging. ito was impossible to even estimate the dam age. but it is certain that it will run into many thousands of dollars. The flames were sweeping through vast tracts of virgin timber, doing tremend- ous damage. Not only are young trees killed, but old trees are ruined for lumber purposes by the fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
TRIAL IS DELAYED;
 SON IS AVENGED
Jack Rose Shot As He Leaves
 Chicago Court

CHICAGO, April 21.-A 55-year-old father who believed the law faltered today and shot and killed a man who was stepping from the criminal court room in the county building after again securing delay of his trial for the murder of the avengers son nearly a year ago.
 Patrick Sexton, the father. had been to court three times to determine trial of Jack Rose, taxicab driver, during a quarrel between two factions of the taxicab company. Each time the case had been continued.
 Today the father again went to court with his wife and widowed daughter in-law. When he heard the case again was to be continued he rushed from the court room and as Rose emerged into the corridor, fired twice, his vic tim falling dead to the floor.
 Two court rooms were thrown into an uproad. Sexton said he thought Rose made threatening move toward his hip pocket as the latter approached and added ''That was all I wanted. He is held pending the inquest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
NEW RECEPTIONS
 ARE SILENT AFFAIRS
Coolidge Sits At, Work While Crowds Pass By

WASHINGTON, April 21.-"Hand- shakeless" receptions by President Cool idge, tried at the White House as an experiment several days ago in the case of high school tourists, were made to appy to everybody today when more than 1,20O persons gathered at the executive offices with the purpose of shaking hands with the President.
 The plan probably will be continued through the spring tourist season al though complaints were numerous to- day from those who had to content themselves with a hurried look at the executive as he sat at his desk sign ing correspondence.
 Referring to the Presidents aban- donment of the hand-shaking practice, Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabama, asked the Senate today: What are we coming to?" There was no re- sponse.
 It was a duty of the Chief Execu- tive, the senator contended. to greet personally the future fathers and mothers of the country" and to in spire each and every one of them with a hearty hand grip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
DENVER THRONGS
 HONOR CONVICT
Lou Btonger, Confidence Man
 And PhilanthrOpist, Dies

DENVER, Colo, April 21.-Lou BIonger, convicted leader of an in- ternational gang of confidence men, who died as he feared, within the state penitentiary,- at Canon City, will be laid to rest on Wednesday morning. The funeral services were arranged to- day by his widow. Today Lou, who died a convict, but who perhaps. was known to more of Denver's poor than any other man because of his charities, was generally mourned.
 A large group of friends who had known him for years-persons who had been helped financially by Lou, during his reign here as political power, were on hand when his body arrived from Canon City. Throughout the fore noon, according to attaches at the mortuary where his body lies, an end less stream of persons called to pay their last respects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
ALLEGED YEGGMAN
 ARRESTED AT WORK
Negro At Work On Safe Of
 Standard BOttling Co.,

James Robertson, 1S-year-old negro, was arrested shortly after midnight Mon day by squadron of police while at tempting to ehisel the bottom of the Standard BOttling company's safe at 130S-1O First avenue.
 The negro was discovered by J. D. Hide, an employee of the company who sleeps in the office. Thinking there was more than one he called the police, who surrounded the house. An attempt at freedom by the negro was halted by Call Officer F, J. Smith, who discharged a shotgun at him. The load grazed the negro's head, but did not inflict serious injury.
 The boy had knocked the combination off of the isafe and was attempting to chisel the bolton out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
ONE MAN KILLED
 AND HORSES BURN
150 Animals Perish In Virginia
 Stock Yards Fire

RICHMOND, Va, April 21.-At least one person was killed and more than 150 horses and mules were burned to death in. a fire that destroyed the Southern Stock Yards here early today. The loss is estimated at more than $500, 900.
 Charles Bernicchi, 30, lost his life.
 Three negroes were saved by jump ing from a secOnd-story window. Der nicchi, stable hand, 1t is thought was killed by falling timber while asleep. His body was found on his cot after the flames had been extinguished. Origin of the blaze has not been de termined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
GIRL BANDIT AND HUSBAND VIE IN HOLD-UP CONFESSION;
 BABES DEATH BRINGS COPS
Jacksonville, Fla Officials Listen To Conflicting Tales Of Seventeen Robberies To Which MT. And Mrs. Cooney Of New York Now Lay Claim-Both Waive Extradition

stoutly protested that he was the master mind of the bandit syndicate and the one responsible.
 My wife didn't do that shooting" " he insisted, in discussing the only case of attempted murder against the couple. II shot the cashier \
 If it hadn't been for me, Edward would have gone straight broke in Celia. Il was the cause of all the trouble. He never did any of the shoot ing"
 The Cooneys waived extradition and declared they were anxious to return to New York and have it all over with.
 The couple were arrested on tip from New York got from Edward's 8 request to his mother for money with which to defray costs of bringing the child into the world.
 In cheap upstairs rooms, where the 20-year-old girl and her husband mourned the death of their baby, born just 10 days ago, the daring girl-bandit who had defied New York police met with leveled pistol the police who crashed in the door.
 Declines Fight
 Beside her stood her husband, a pistol in his hand also. But they didn't use them. Borrowed by the death of her babe, the one ray of sunlight in her life, the famous bob-haired bandit declined to fight for her freedom and with smile on those same lips that had pronounced many awing and covering words to intended victims, handed over her arms
 Edward wanted to shoot me and then commit suicide" declared the girl wife, after being lodged in cell. He didn't want us to be taken by the police, but the death of our baby. which we had loved and had so tender ly place in her little grave, somehow softened my heart. I didn't want to fight. It all looks different now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
(By Leased Wire to Ags.HeraId)

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, April 21.-- The heart of Celia Cooney. the daring New York bob-haired bandit whose ready automatic and cool nerve has stricken a score of'victims with terror, has softened with motherhood.
 <. Celia, who returned from the funeral of her newborn babe to be confronted 8 few hours later by accusing detec- lives surrendered without a fight here, clima king career, of crime which has baffled police of New York for months
 "All Different Now
 .srhe death of the baby. which we had loved and had so tenderly placed in her little grave. somehow softened my heart" said the 2O- year-old bandit mother in her prison ceii here. Il didn't want to fight. It all looks different now"
 The bandit queen, object of a nation-wide police hunt as the after. math of the serious wounding of 6 cashier in a recent Brooklyn hold-up- the seventeenth since the bob-haired terror first turned to making her liv. ing by her handy utomatic-looking at the world through the eyes of mother hood made a complete confession oi her sensational life in the underworld arresting officers declared.
 Il fired the shots,r she said un. flinchingly in discussing the robbery of a branch of the National Biscuit com pany in Brooklyn. in which cashier was seriously wounded. The girl bandit detailed other of the series of 17 rob. berries which have caused New York storekeepers to shrink with fear at mention of her name. Claims Master Mind
 But Edward Cooney. 25-year-o old hus- band of the bob-haired bandit. who has been with his wife in her daring es. capades, stood beside her again and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
COTTON TRADE BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE
Senator Caraway Successful Tn
 Move To Discharge Group

WASHINGTON, April 21.-A mo tion in the. Senate today by Senator Caraway, democrat; Arkansas, for dis charge of the Senate. agriculture com mittee from further consideration of his bill to prevent trading in cotton and grain futures on exchanges went over without prejudice
 When 1fthe motion was made Senator Robinson, democratic leader, explained that Senator Ransdell, democrat, Louis jana, a member of the committe, asked that the motion be held over until he returned to the city,.
 Senator Caraway said he understood every member of the: committee, except Senator Ransdell, was willing to have the committee discharged, but "Sena. tor Ransdell is opposed to the bill on account of the New Orleans cotton ex. change"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
MORE GIRLS THAN BOYS
 TWO TO ONE

Opponents of the mode: business woman may become less rabid and an argument in favor O; their en- trance into the affairs of men may result from the recent information that future generations, at least in Birmingham, will te composed of nearly two-to-one majority of women.
 Female children have far surpass- ed the male in birth reports recent ly. In the. vital statistics record issued by the Birmingham health de- pertinent Monday, 24 births were recorded. Of this number 15 were girls, while only nine boys. 7
 If the stronger six is to be so far outnumbered in days to come, some women necessarily will have to en- ter business, and advocates of the business women declare it far bet ter that they be guided by the ex- perineced females who today ar in- vading mans field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
MARIE CORELLI DIES, HOME WAS SHRIN E
Many Tourists Visited NOveIist's
 StraffOrd Residence

LONDON, April 21.-Marie Corelli, probably the best loved woman au- thoress, died at her home at StratfOrd- on-Avon Monday.
 So great was the popularity of the novelist that of recent years, her home has been a secondary literary shrine for the thousands of tourists who visit Stratford-on-Avon to see the birthplace of ShakesDeare
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
DROWNS IN EFFORT
 TO SWIM RIVER
Two 'Chums Unable To Rescue
 Youth

ANDALUSIA, Ala, April 21.-Cycro Stewart, Jr., 19, was drowned in the Conecuh river near here yesterday aft ernoon while attempting to swim across the stream.
 Efforts to save the boy by two chums, Harry Barron and John Cross were futile because of the swift curreptand young Stewards struggles, it was said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
STRIKING STUDENTS
 RETURN TO CAMPUS

ATLANTA, Ga, April 21.-Eighteen Oglethorpe university athletes who left school late today in protest against the suspension of a fellow student for al- legged infraction of university regula- tions, returned to the campus with their baggage tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Partly cloudy, probably scattered thundersh0Wers Tuesday or Tuesday night; cooler Tuesday night; Mednesday probably fair and cooler. Afissiasippi: Partly cloudy,
 fieorgis: Increasing cloudiness.
 Conplets weather data Wil be found en Nase A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
posTNTAsTERs NANFED

a WASHINGTON. April N;GThs ing Alabama postmasters Griffin c. Gust, Fort Payne; Annie L. Pittman, Shawmut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
LEEDS PROMISED AID
Highway Commission Indicates Quick
 Action On Stretch

Citizens of Leeds finally have smoked out'' the state highway com mission and obtained definite assurance that the rough and rocky" road to Birmingham will be put in top-notch condition promptly.
 The commission has ordered its maintenance forces to immediately make the 1S-mile stretch fit for tenn porary use, and will shortly let a con tract for it's resurfaeing. State engi-
 (COntinued on Page TwO.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
CREW MUTINIEs IN GALE
English Steamer Asks Aid With Meu
 All In Irons -

AH Nh ErnnR BOSTON, April 21.-Because of mutiny aboard the British steamer Newton Bay, loaded with alcohol has sent wireless message asking for aid, when the message was sent the steamer was in a gale 65 miles off the coast. The crew was in irons below decks. having mutinied when demands for pay increase of $10 a month were re- fused.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-22
Everything In
 E1sIey

is at your finger tips if you read the Want Ads in The Age.Her- aid. Rooms, homes and a host of other things are nearly always represented. In this manner you can select the best offerings of thoroughly reputable dealers. If for any reason you fail to find just what you want, or if you desire any information, call at Want Ad Corner" and tell us your needs. We'll put you in immediate touch with some repu- table Ensley person who can supply the service or information that you want.
 Main 49OO
 calls the Want Ad Department of ethe south's 'pullingest' paper.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-07
Better Meals Result of
New Range in the Galley

When the syacht puts out to sea or
the dining. car starts on its run, 1t Is
nowadays able to cook more and bet
ter food in less space than formerly
because Of the ingenious alcohol range
in the galley. The range has verti-
cal broiler which heats to a tempera-
ture of $50 degrees and which will
broil thick steak in ten minutes. A
thermometer on the outside tells when
the temperature Is high enough to do
the required work.
Each unit of the stove can be used
separately, so that the camper or the
automobiles can take as large stove
as he desires, and the yacht can be
equipped with one that will just fill
the space devoted to it in the galley.
The Pullman stove, as adopted by one
road, has five compartments, including
a plate warmer, and occupies space
in the galley Is by 81 inches.
The burners make the alcohol into
gas before it is lighted and the fuel
consumption is reduced from 20 to 40
per cent below that of ordinary alco-
hol stoves. Heretofore practically the
only way steaks could be cooked In
such limited quarters as those of a
dining-car galley was with hot plate
over an alcohol flame, and THAI was
never satisfactory.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-07
Use Proper Tube in
Right Place in Set

It has often been said that no two
watches run alike. This can be ex-
tended to take in vacuum tubes even
to a greater degree. There are hun
dreds of things that may make one
tube function differently from another.
True as II may be that soft" or
"gassy" tube will make a better de-
tector, it has been proved that some
''hard" tubes are unexcelled for de-
lection even where soft" tube was
recommended In the original hookup.
1t is quite probable that some Of the
simplifying tubes in your set are better
suited for detectors. 1t is also prob
able that your results might be bet
tered by placing the tube now in the
second stage Of audio in the first stage
and vice versa.
Like many other things in radio, this
Is best determined by actual test. The
problem that arises during these tests
is: 1t may be easy enough to deter.
mine which tube works best here and
which one works best there, but how
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-07

is q fan to know one tube from another
If the tubes happen to be removed
from their sockets at any time?
The answer to this Is quite simple.
Before going about the test, set up a
list Of symbols as follows: Radio Ere
quency Amplification-R, DetectOr-D,
Audio Frequency Amplffication-A.
Then add numbers where more than
one tube is acting in the same capac-
ity. Thus, if you have a fve-tube set
using two stages of radio frequency
application, detector and two stages
of audio frequency amplification the
symbols will read as follows: RI, RI,
D, AL, Az.
Set up these symbols, go about the
test and after you have found the best
combination for the tubes start from
left to right In your set and remove
one tube at a time. With a pointed in
strument scrape the symbol on the
bottom of each tube
AS far as the test itself is. concerned,
don't think you can complete 1T I'm fif-
teen minutes.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-05-07
A FEELING OF SECURITY
WHEN YOU USE
SWAMP-ROOT

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit-producing drugs.
Such medicine is DR.. Kilmers Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder medicine.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp Root.
It is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
1t is not stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
It is not recommended for everything.
It is natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and bladder
troubles.
A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle of DR.. Kilmers Swamp
Root.
If you need medicine, you should have
the best. On sale at all drug stores. in
bottles of two sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation, send ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing, be sure
and mention this observation-disclosures.