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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-13
EVELYN NESBIT
TURNS TO COURT
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tooth, so, she related in a series of con-
fessions more than a year ago. 1t en-
shaved her and for years she suffered
the horrors that only drug addicts can
know. Once, in New York, gang of
men drove up to her apartment, broke
into the place, and ravaged her home.
1t was a mysterious affair.
"Dopies," was Broadway's succinct
comment. Poor Evelyn's on the hop"
Cured By Will Power
Evelyn admitted afterward that she
had been addicted to 1.-THE stuff" but
said she had cured herself by will pow
er. And those few of her friends who
had remained steadfast. knowing of her
devotion to Russell through all that
time, believed her. They believed Eve
lyn had the will to do anything, -
Harry is not fit to be at, large
Evelyn said at her cabaret today. Il
will fight this thing all the way. Pri-
marily. am doing this for Russell
and his interests. come second;
don't matter, Russell must be pro-
tected. If Thaw gets out he is likely
to squander everything he has and ev-
erything that is coming to his son. 1t
is not unlikely that six months after
Harry's release there will be, another
shooting. His general mental condition
is such that these things would surely
happen. bear him no ill-will. don't
believe in holding ill-will. But nobody
knows Harry better than 1 do"
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WASHINGTON 1
SIDELIGHTS

\ few short months ago, Sam Gold
was employed to kill the rats which at
that time infested the basement of the
capitolS
Sam conscientiously set about to
carry out his contract. The rats were
numerous, innumerable, and ranged
from the smallest to the largest variety.
1t was necessary that Sam stay on
the job continuously He had little
time to eat and practically none to
sleep.
Last Wednesday, Sam had the Sit
uation we'll in hand. He beat about
the bushes and flushed no rat He was
proud Of having done his work well.
He rejoiced that he could 20 to lunch
without the necessity of running back
before the meal was finished. He de-
lighted in the fine repose he was able
to take at night.
He became filled with desire to show
the effectiveness of his anti-rat cru
sadie to his employers. the. SENATOR, of
the United States. He invited down
a committee, the chairman of which
was Senator Hale of Maine.
The committee was delighted. The
committee cOmplimented Sam and gave
him its thanks.
And then the committee realized
that Sam had done his work so well that
there was no other work for Sam 10 do.
The committee realized that it owed it
to Uncle Sam to cut off the payro
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Mother OF Is Children Held
For Bigar1y And Fraud
Mrs Anna Beswich Preferred Charges of Black
mail, Caused Own Arrest In Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA. April 12.-Mrs.
Anna Beswick. alleged bigamist, was
held in $4,000 bail today on charges of
defrauding two men of $1,000. Three
men, whom she accused of blackmailing
her through threats to reveal her dual
existence, also were held. +-+
Detectives were investigating the
various operations of Mrs. Beswick. 1t
is alleged that seven years ago she
served term for forgery. and that on
another occasion she was jailed for
defrauding friends and merchants.
Confronted with the three men-she
accused of extortion before her hear.
ing, Mrs. Beswick engaged in a verbal
battle with them, declaring they were
framing her." while they in turn said
she was framing" them.
Makes Confession
In confession to detectives, Mrs.
Beswick is said to have admitted mar
rying William c. Martin, So. a bank
official and president of cold storage
plant, although her first husband.
Samuel e. Beswick, So. is still alive,
and she is not divorced from him. She
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-13
TO HEAR COLLEGE DEAN

QPELiKA, Ala, April TT Special
Leased Wire. "A special series of.nre-
Easter sermons will be delivered by DIR.
Franklin n. Parker. dean of the Theo-
logical School of Emory university, at
Trinity Methodist church in this city,
beginning Sunday morning and con-
unuingr every night throughout the
week. These sermons will be on the
fundamentals of the Christian faith.
Watson Re.eleeted-At the meeting
Of the city board of education Friday
j. w. Watson was reelected superin-
tendent of the city schools for next
Year Mr.. Watson is now serving his
fourth successive year as superin-
teudenta The schools have steadily in
creased in enrolment under his adj
ministratiOn, the number now being
1, 400.
Secretary Named--I4. T. Wells.
county demonstration agent, has been
elected secretary of the Kiwanis club
to fill the vacancy caused by the re-
moyal from Opelika of H. A. Carr.
Banks To CloSe-AlI banks of the
city will be closed Monday, a legal
holiday. in honor of Thomas LETTER
sons birthday. which falls on Sunday.
Court To COnvene-An adjourned
session of the county court will be held
Tuesday, April Is, to dispose of some
cases carried over from the first MonL
day.
Comedy Put On-A musical comedy
put on by the Auburn high school stu
dents at Palmer hall Friday night made
a big hit with the large audience.
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IOWA PHYSICIAN MAKES
STARTLING OFFER TO
CATARRH SUFFERERS
Found Treatment Which Healed
His Own Catarrh and Now
Offers to Send Il
Free TO Sufferers
So Anywhere

Davenport. Iowa.-Dr. w. o. Cot
fee, Suite 11S6, st. James Hotel BIdgA
this city, one OF the most widely knoW4
physicians and surgeons In the central
west, announces that he found treat
ment which completely healed him Of
catarrh in the head and, nose, deafness
and head noises after many years of
suffering. He then gave the treat
ment to q number Of other sufferers
and they state that. they also were
completely healed. The Doctor, Is so
proud of his achievement and 40 con-
fident that bis treatment VIII bring
other sufferers the same freedom It
gave him. that he is offering to send q
10 days supply absolutely free to any
reader Of this paper who writes him.
DR.. Coffee has specialized ON eye, ear,
nose and throat diseases for more than
thirty five years and Is honored and
respected by countless thousands. II
you suffer from nose; head or throat
eatarrh, catarrhal deafness or head
noises, send him your name and ad.
dress today.-Adv.
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r.
the old parties are not endowed with q
man power to re-establish the integrlfy
Of government and restore public con-
fidence in the character in public OF
ficers then "A new party equal to the
task will have. birth.
| 1.-THE conditions which have been -
vealed in the national capital are not
to be corrected by the removal from
office Of one, or two, or a dozen In.
dividuals. Corruption is at the seat Of
public affairs so long as political par.
ties. must eat their daily bread from
the tables of the mighty in business
Defending the dogged persistence OF
the investigators-hef forecast at least
six weeks more of the Daugherty ses-
sions--Senatof Wheeler declared that
they do not constitute trials" but
merely judicial inquiry into the cons
ddct. of public business. 81
As Evidence of the lack of political
motive, he pointed that the investiga-
tons were authorized by republicans
and republicans are In majorities on the
committees and republican lnajorities
ordered the inquiries.
sThe cry is raised that it is, bad
for business. Our answer Is that good
or bad, they must 90 on until
honesty is again a rule OF conduct N
every branch Of the government" t.5s
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HOUSE CLEANING
IS DEM ANDED
BY GOV. RTTCHIE
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NOUHtAHUOu lEUsI II age OACJ
ences to the recent disclosures at Wash
ington, Governor Silzer of New Jersey
called the G. Q. p. the party of Graft,
Oil and Politics"
He said the thinking citizens of the
nation had their minds fixed on two
things-tax reduction and a house clean
ing-and that they were ready to dis
card a government by best minds" for
a government by honest minds" -
Democracy, he asserted, must dedi-
cate itself to ''the task of restoring gov
eminent to the hands of the honest
people of this country, for it is clear
that those who are profiting at the
expense of others, who are enjoying
special privileges, who are being over
protected, who are grating upon the
country, are perfectly content with the
present administration"
mo one objects to big business and
lots of it." said Governor Silzer. I'VE
do, however, object to crooked business
which reaches its crooked hands into
almost every department of the national
government" ,','
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GOVERNOR MORAY
FREE FOR TIME,
FACES I'd TRIAL
Federal Case Pending For
Alleged Misuse OF
Mails

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April H.
Gov. Warren T. McCray, out of court
for the first time in a month, labored
on into the night, at desk piled high
with official work accumulated. during
the time he was on trial on charges. Of
embezzling $1s5,0oo from the state
board of agriculture. - NJ
He will soon 60 to trial again, this
time for, alleged fraudulent use of the
mails. Already the United States dis
trict attorney here is rounding up this
case and the trial is scheduled to begin
in federal court April 81. ~
Deliberate IS Hours q.
The jury in the first trial deliberated
% hours and at that time stood nine
to three for conviction The outcome
was bitter disappointment for Nc
Cray, who had confidently declared
throughout the long legal battle that the
jury's finding would vindicate him in
the eyes Of the people of Indiana who
had called him to the goyernorship.
Republican leaders who unsuccess-
fully tried to Dust McCray from the
governorship after his Indictment last
fall have decided to continue policy
of marketing time pending the outcome
of the federol trial.
Their attitude since McCray defied
them in their attempts to get him out
of office has been one of leave it to
the courts" "a
Faces Third Ordeal
Ii McCray comes clear in federal
court Of the Indictment charging fraud
ulent use of the mails. he will face a
second trial in criminal court. Clarence
". Nichols, special prosecutor, direct
ing the McCray. litigation, announced
today. go - 49,
There are, still ID indictments pend
ing against him in criminal court. They
charge him with forging notes, issuing
fraudulent checks and fraudulent financial
statements and other Irregularities III
connection with his financial transac-
tions.
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COOLDGEIJNFFT,
WHEELER AYERS
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uted more in valuable service to. both
the oil and Daugherty investigations
than any other single agency in the
capital. They brought in tips from
day to day as. the inquiries proceeded.
They furnished leads and in many other
ways became an important factor in
the effort to clean house."
In stating the case against the
former Attorney General, Senator
Wheeler told his democratic audience
of ,''the improper use of high office, inn
proper indictments, obstrucfionist
tactics when the powers of the prosecu-
tor should have been invoked, protec-
ton Of bootleggers and the fragrant be-
trayal of public trust in deliberate fall
ure to prosecute those connected with
an effortst foment revolution in Mexi-
CO. For attempting to reveal this record
many have suffered attacks on char
acter, public ridicule and official
scorn," he continued. Everything and
everybody is attacked in a wholesale
endeavor to divert public attention
from the conditions which have been
revealed in Washington-but nothing
will suffice. It is demonstrated that if
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Radio And Nah Jong Tax
Labeled Greatest Blunder'
MINERS BAND
TO PLAY DIRGE !
AT FUNERAL

+ Id 8
MULHEIM ON RUHR, Ger
many, April 12.-Essen's famous
coal miners, band will travel to Ber-5
lin Monday to play dirges and West
phalian folk songs at the funeral of
Hugo Stinnes. No sooner had word
of his death reached the masnate's
home town than the leader of the
quaint musical organization asked
the familyss permission to honor its
dead chief by blowing taps" at the
funeral ceremony.
= Some of the musicians worked
with SHINES during his apprentice.
ship in his fathers mines and alt
learned to respect him as an EN-
ployer. SHINES was q generous
patron of the band and was espe-
cially fond of its rendition of his
favorite native tunes.
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Alabama Girls Showing
Great Ability In Big
( Age-Herald Event

The representative of Alabama will
be the fourth speaker on the program at
the southern finale of The AgeHerald' s
National Oratorical Contest, to be held
in Birmingham May 16.
The drawings to determine the order
Of speakers for the various zone con-
tests were made recently in Washing
ton by Mr.. Frank B. Noyes, president
of the Associated Press and publisher
of the Washington Star.
The Washington Star is trustee for
the $1,000 in prize money which has
been provided by the newspapers con-
Quoting the contest, and for which the
winers in the zone contests will COM
pete before President Coolidge in Wash
ington June 6.
The order in which the representa-
tives of the contest centers in the
southern zone will speak is as follows !:
South Caroline.
North Carolina.
Georgia.
Alabama.
Tennessee.
Virginia.
Florida.
The order of the speakers in the grand
final contest in Washington June 6, is
as follows:
Pacific coast representative.
Eastern representative.
Southern representative.
Washington representative.
Mid Western representative.
Central States representative.
Northeastern representative.
Girls Show Ability
Girls throughout Alabama are show
ing surprising ability in The Age
Herald's quest for the champion ora
tor of the United States.
In the county contests held during
the past week. a number of girls have
emerged victorious, and they are taking
an interest in it that is very gratifying
to the management.
County contests were conducted
throughout the entire state during the
past week. and the winners are grad
ually coming through.
Each county of the state will be rep
resented in the congressional district
meet of Friday, April IS. and each will
furnish one orator. In this meet The
Age Herald offers a prize of gold
medal. and winners will be brought to
Birmingham as the guests of The Age
Herald on April %, at which time they
will compete for the championship of
Alabama, and The Age-Herald grand
prize Of three scholarships to any col
lege in the state. e
As the public contests continue, adj
ditional enthusiasm is expressed from
every side. The management is con-
stantly in receipt of wires. telephone
messages and letters commencing The
Age-Eerald, and the contest. Men and
women in every walk of life are taking
an active part in furthering a movement
TO Raise the Standard of American
Citizenship by creating greater IN
terest in. increased knowledge of and
respect for the Constitution and the
management greatly appreciates such a
cooperative spirit. With such cooper
alton as is manifested. it is believed
that the Alabama representative will
successfully vanquish southern oppon-
ents on May 10 and go through the
grand finale national meeting a winner,
and uphold all traditions of southern
OratOrN
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Woman Describes Showers
OF Pat Mari Literature
Other Witnesses Tell Of 400 Per Cent Expecta-
tons With Minus Return -

TExARKANA, Ark. April IL
Letters, kilograms and advertisements
from Pat Mari came so 'thick and
fast to Mrs. Dorothy Gum of Denver,
COL, after she had bought stock in his
companies that she could not remember
which ones she answered, Mrs. Gum
testified today in the trial of Mari and
his codefendants for alleged misuse of
the mails i'll connection with his oil
companies. Mrs. Gum previously had
declared she invested a total of 81 900
in the Pat Mari company and received
nothing in return. That was in Jan
qary, 1928, she said.
Mrs. Gum was only one of the Wit
nesses testifying today that they in
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stated she was the mother of IS chill
dren, although Beswick said there were
only 10.
Her apprehension was brought about
by Ralph Hawthorne, a chauffeur. and
William Schuman, who claimed Mrs.
Beswick owed them $1,000 which she
had borrowed after representing her
self to be. heiress to large estate.
Husband Is Passive
Despite her confession of dual mar
riage, no charges were preferred against
the woman by her first husband, or
Martin.
The three men held she accused of
Matchmaking her, when they discovered
she had two husbands through her con-
tinual use of their taxicabs to journey
between her home and the residence of
Martin in Fox Chase, a suburb.
To detectives she stated the men had
extorted money from her which she in
turn obtained from Martin. She placed
the amount at $4,000. although this
was, subsequently denied by the as
sistant district attorney, who said Mar
tin had told him the amount was
$4,000.
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Editor Deplores Levy
ing On Things Because
They re Popular

-
NEW YORK, April 12.-Because
someone needs to raise about four hum
dred million dollars to pay for the
bonus and various other measures.
some of our Representatives in the ma
tional capital have decided to raise the
necessary money by placing a 10 per
cent tax on, all radio equipment used in
the home s
When one Of the senator's IN. whose
charge such measures are left was
asked at a luncheon in the lunchroom
Of the Senate office building. why they
had picked on radio and Nah Jong, he
replied
1--WE must raise the money-radio
and the Chinese game are very popu-
lar; we could tax them most readily
=. Taxing one of the greatest blessings
electrical science has brought to man,
and taxing mere pastime the same
amount, just because they are popular !
Compar isons are odious but what sane
person would class radio and Nah
Jong together?s3 The game is an in
teresting and pleasant one. and there
is no need for my defending it-there
are many others who. will. -
Blu. radio-that, is different. I've
stood many a night watch on vessels
pounding their way. through the brine,
when the wind swhistled after the ghosts
in. graveyard, and when the only
company had was an occasional dot
and dash from some other. ship or a
shore station, and / can appreciate
how, with the improvements made in
broadcasting, the life of the farmers
wife or the. explorer in the ice fields,
or the tubercular patient lying on his
back just waiting and waiting and
waiting, win find some recreation. The
deafened can now hear lectures and
music formerly unknown to them.
We could go on Indefinitely, but
there is no need. Radio, the greatest
educational force ever Introduced to
this or any other country, il. to be
taxed 10 per cent while we are paying
other taxes for: the upkeep of other
educational institutions. A tax on radio
broadcast receiving equipment seems
to me to be the greatest bluhder sug-
gested in government circles in many
rp00na
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-13
INCREASE IN CANDLE POWER

The United States burns as many in
candescent lamps as all the other cOun
tries of the world combined II is es-
timated we use $50 million bulbs annu
ally and that the rate of consumption
increases 10 per cent every year The
yearly production Of lamps - mautai1
the supply amounts to approximately
200 million. The average candle power
lamp has grown from 16. IN 1905. to
more than 60 at the present time. while
the average number of watts consumed
has remained about 10 that is. prac-
tically Air
Magazine.
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! No HEARING MONDAY
Daugherty Committee To Confer VITA
- New Attorney General

Daugherty Committee To Confer W1fta
- New Attorney General
!: WASHINGTON, April 12.-An Ia.
Permission Monday in its open hear
ings was arranged today by the senate
Daughefty committee, for double pur.
pose. 8 800. s. So
"a The committee first wishes TO decide
on action it may take against N. s.
Daugherty, brother of the former At.
torney General, for blocking its search
into bank records at Washington Court
House, o., and IL wants also to- confer
with Attorney General Stone, that the
future treatment OF charges which It's
testimony has raised mag be considered.
A faint prospect that the investisa-
ton itself may be curtailed by the SEN
ate was held out in connection with
the tentative arrangement. to discuss
matters with the new department. Of
justice head. Chairman Brookhart, re-
turning during the day from the expe-
dition into Ohio, where access to rec.
ords was refused by the Washington
Court House bank, planned to go over
the situation with his colleagues, and
to wait for the return of kSeuatos
Wheeler, democrat, Montana, Mrom d
speaking trip to Chicago before an
nouncing the new. program. No hear.
ing was held today. ,.Nf.
Members of the subcommittee which
went to Ohio were anxious, upon re-
turning, to force contempt proceedings
against NJ. S. Daugherty, to cite him
before the bar of the Senate, and posi-.
bly, also to ask the district attorney in
Washington to indict him, as Harry
z. Sinclair was indicted, in the Teapot
n = - (
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vested in Mars companies because of
the guarantees and promises made in
literature sent through the mails.
Fred -Laney, banker of Camden, Ark.
testified that he sold an SO.acre lease 10
Mari for $4,000, and that Mari
brought in the biggest well in Section
81, in which the lease was located.
Il. 4. Fridge of Magnolia, Miss. and
q. u. Crawley of Danville, Ind, tes-
titled they invested in Marr's companies
because of promises made in his adj
vertisements of 400 per cent dividends.
Crawley invested $1,000, and received
in. return only $500, he said. Fridge
invested 500 and received a 100 per
cent dividend but no more, adding that
he expected a 400 per cent dividend.
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NEW CLUB FORMED
Mrs. Gilbert Heads Phenix City Tenn.
49, perance Union

PHENIX CITY, Ala, April IL
Especial -Followlng an address by
Miss Roene +. Shaner, chapter of
Woman.s Christian Temperance union
of Phenix City was organized today.
A permanent organization was per-
fected with ~ members. Mrs. G. l..
Gilbert was elected president. Mrs.
Gilbert is prominent in civic work in
the community, having for some time
been secretary of the family welfare
bureau. Other officers elected were
Mrs. j. f. Martin, vice president at
large; Mrs. Frank Snellings, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. Charlie King,
recording secretary, and Mrs. l.. G.
Rlan. tfaasnrer.
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THE UNCOVERED. MAG0N

Oklahoma motor car agent latter
lengthy explanations to Usage chief
Now I've gone over this car thoroughly
with you; I've shown you every cam
and shaft, and I'd like to have your or
der. But is there. still anything YOU
don't, understand any questions YOU
would like to ask?
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ENGAGEMENT AINOUNCED

ATHENS, Ala" April r. Special.)
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel ]. McElwee of
Athens. Aal., announce the engagement
and approaching marriage of their
daughter. Marie Elizabeth, to Mr..
Lummie d. White of Athens. Ala, The
wedding will take place the latter part
of AuriI q