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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-12
GLEE CLUB TOUR
ALMOST CERTAIN
Birmingham SOuther n
Boys Plan Trip
Through West

That the 40 members of the Bir-
mingham- SOUTHERN Glee club and Or
chestra will make a 6,000-mile tour of
the west during the latter part of June
was practically a certainty Saturday
as a result of the success of their con-
cert Friday evening at the Tutwiler
ballroom and the large advance ticket
sale for the Saturday evening concert
at the same place.
A capacity crowd greeted the glee
club Mt Friday evenings recital, and
practically all the seats for the Satur-
day performance have been sold, ac-
cording to business officials of the club.
Under the direction of .. Gordon
Erickson, members of the club pre-
sented one of the best programs Biz
mingham has heard for some time. Clas-
steal music, humorous songs and novel
ties all were included in good measure.
Nerman Kimbrough, baritone Thad
Terrell, tenor; Howard Ellington, vio-
linist, and Henry Richard, accompa-
mist, all of whom have distinguished
themselves in some manner in amateur
musical circles, appear with the glee
club. Ellington, who was awarded
first prize in n violin students con
test at the annual convention of State
Music clubs. played two numbers. Fer
rell and Kimbrough each appeared in
solo numbers and Porter f. Florence
was featured in two popular songs.
The Glee club and orchestra are ex-
pected to leave June 10 on circle tour
of the west. Programs will be present
ell in New Orleans. Dallas, San An
tonic. Tucson. Los Angeles, San Diego,
San Francisco, Reno, Salt Lake City,
Denver and St. IA6uis.
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Rail PAYMASTER
GONE one MONTH,
is FOUND DEAD
j. J. Bisham, Jonesboro,
Ark, Believed To Have
Killed Himself

JONESB0RO, Ark, April IL
Search forN J. ]. Bisham, paymaster
for the Jonesboro, Lake City and East
ern railway, which extended to num-
Der of southern cities, ended today with
the finding of his body near railroad
right of way. about 10 miles east of
Jonesboro. Bisham had been shot
through the heart A corners jury
declared the wound apparently self-in-
flicted.
Bisham, who was 80 years old, dis
appeared here March IL, and the po-
lice of Memphis, Atlanta and other
southern cities were asked to search
for him in the belief that he might
visit those cities. No trace of the miss
ing man was found, however, until
an itinerant mechanic found his body
near the RAILROAD tracks short dis
tant from Nettleton, a. village near
Jonesboro.
Thus far no motive has been estab-
lished which might have prompted
Bisham to kill himself. His body was
brought to Jonesboro and will be sent
to his former home in Pocahontas for
burial.
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QUIZ IS BALKED
BY CIVIL ACTION
CONTINUED From Page Onel

tOUn0huuCu CEUku ASO OhCI
through the books and papers and &C
of its depositors and borrowers.
The action, Chairman Brookhart and
Senator Wheeler, and Joseph Hidy,. a
local attorney, who came to their as
sistance, all agreed, was "extraor-
binary" The only recourse, it was
said, if the committee desired to know
more of the financial affairs it has
sought, to examine, will be to apply "the
paints and penalties" which Senate
subpoena threatens to any who refuses
to answer its call.
Three other members of the ~full
Daugherty committee, Senators Moses,
republican, New Hampshire; Jones, re-
publican. Washington, and Ashurst,
democrat, New Mexico, would have to
be consulted before the appeal to the
Senate itself was ordered.
Abandon Effort %
Chairman Brookhart left later for
Washington, d. c., to which city the
investigation was again recessed and
Senator Wheeler went to Chicago to
meet speaking engagement Saturday.
Two officials of the Commercial
Bank of Morris, Sharp and company,
of which NJ. S. Daugherty is also presi-
dent, were examined. g. p. Ballard,
cashier of the second institution, also
said he would refuse to open its records
for commis.ee examination. They con.
tain no matters Of interest to the in
fduiry, he declared, neither n. NJ.
IDaNgheEty nor JeSse Smith ever had ac-
counts there, and to reveal its records
would be to violate the confidence of its
clients.
He did tell the committee that he
knew nothing of a person named u. A.
or j. =. Gray" and that certificates of
deposits for $4,000 or $4,000 would
be very unusual in Washington
Courthouse banking. Senator Wheeler
told him he had been Every fair" and
he left the stand, and there appeared to
be less Of a committee desire to get
facts as to this investigation than as to
the Midland bank.
Still seeking the Gray named by
Phelon as the heavy deposition associated
with HI. NJ. Daugherty, Senator Wheeler
called Rel G. Allen, mayor of the
town. He had never heard the name.
the mayor said. At random, in the
waits for subpoena service, Senator
Wheeler called out ,of the audience e..
L. Bush, another citizen of the town,
who refused to be sworn or to testify
until he might consider what questions
would be asked him. 40
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JURY STILL OUT
ON SLYA'S CASE
Failure To Reach Verdict
Expected TO Result
In Mistrial

Indications late Friday night wers
that a mistrial would result from 4
failure Of the jury to reach verdict
in the trial Of Iyanhoe Silva, charged
with participation in the robbery Of. the
Hill Grocery company warehouse about
a year ago.
Judge William =. Fort completed his
charge late Thursday afternoon, and
the jury retired almost Immediately.
After failure to arrive at a verdict
By Friday morning, the jurors returned
ITO the box, and requested that the court
stenograpber read excerpts from the
evidence to clear up points in which
they were In doubt.
Cannon Ball. Wells was convicted
Of participation in the same robbery
with which Silva IL charged and SEN
fenced to 20 years in the state peni-
Tertiary. He ID now in county jail
awaiting the outcome Of an appeal u
the supreme court.
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WHITNEY FACES
sl,0Oo,OOO SUIT
FOR AFFECTIONS
Evan Fontaine, New. York
Dancer, Alleges Breach
OF Promise

. SAN FRANCISCO, April 11.--Eyan
Burroughs Fontaine, New York dancer,
filed suit in superior court here today
against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
for $1,000,000 damages for alleged
breach of promise to marry.
A previous suit filed by Miss Fon-
tame against Whitney in New York
was dismissed January 8, 1928, by JUS
tice Dorst Of the New York supreme
court. Following the dismissal Miss
Fontaine and her mother were indicted
for perjury.
whitney, son Of Henry Paine Whit.
ney, resides in Birmingham, n suburb Of
San FRANCISCO, and engaged in business
here. He has been here since Noyem-
Der !, 1923. He was married to Miss
Marie Norton of New York in Paris
several months ago.
Miss Fontaine was in San Francisco
recently, according to her attorneys. but
now is in New Jersey.
1T was necessary to file the suit
here in order to obtain judgment and
execution. Mr.. Whitney is now resi-.
dent OF San Francisco and within the
jurisdiction of its courts, said Leo Nc
Emery, one of the attorneys represent
ing Miss Fontaine.
The complaint asserts that from
April 1, S1919, to October %, 1929,
whitney made almost daily promises
Of marriage to Miss Fontaine. On Jan,
uaryg10, 1920, in New Haven, Conn.,, he
set the date of the wedding for Octo.
Der 81, of that year, but when that
date arrived he refused to wed, causing
the complainant great humiliation and
suffering" the complainant alleges.
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SLAYER OF FLORIDA
WOMAN IS SOUGHT
killing Occurs Over In Alabama
Territory

GENEVA, Ala, April 11.-Officers
still ar securing the surrounding coun-
try for j. A. Fatt of Pensacola, Fla,
wanted in connection with the Staying,
near Black, Ala, late Sunday evening,
of Mrs. Erie Hatcher of Bombay, Fla.
Fatt is alleged to have met Mr.. and
Mrs. Hatcher Sunday afternoon with
n motor car, driven by another man,
and to have taken the couple into a
thinly settled district near Black, there
forcing the two men out of the auto
mobile, and then shooting Mrs. Hatcher
four times with a pistol. Holding the
men back with his gun, Fatt made his
escape into nearby woods, officers
claim.
Fatt was acquainted with the slain
woman before she was married to Ham
ner Hatcher, and despite the fact he is
said to hav ca wife and two children in
Pensacola, paid some attentions to Mrs.
Hatcher previous to her marriage, au-
thorities claim.
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Throws Knife Ouer Head
Before Making Investment
Buvs Stock When Blade Sticks Witness Testi-

J. r. Calhoun of Victor, Col. ties.
titled he adopted unique way to de
eide whether or not he should buy Mari
stock when he received letters and ad
vertisements from him.
II pitched my knife over my head
and if it stuck up bought stock, and
if it fell down, laid off of it," he said
Calhoun said he bought $1,150 worth
of Mars stock. his purchases being
made in blocks of $500, $3.50 and 800
Each time he said his knife ''stuck up
While Calhoun was on, the stand
Sylvester Rush, special prosecuting at
torney, asked him in detail about his
knife pitching plan of buying stock.
do you always determine on the
things you do by throwing your knife
over your head?" the attorney asked.
mo. use my pick most of the time,
he said.
Calhoun is a miner.
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DAWES REPORT
Is APPROVED
tContinued from PAGE Onel

sensation in Paris than the actual is
suai1ce of the report. The members
OF the repaFations commission had con-
vened for an unofficial meeting at
which a preliminary exchange of views
was contemplated. When it was found
that all members enthusiastically
favored the plan, and had instructions
from their governments to accent it, an
official session was called Immediately.
After the session, the members of the
commission made no attempt to, conceal
their joy and qualification.
'The outlook is very good indeed"
one member declared
\ A lengthy discussion had been ex-
pected and all thought that the others
would advance varying opinions on in
terpreta tons of certain sections of the
plan. But all shades of interpreta-
ton were swept aside in order to hasten
operations and reach the desired goal.
Unanimous Action
I'VE are all sincerely anxious for a
settlement on the basis of this PLAN"
another member said. There may be
certain aspects of it that do not please
everybody, but it has sound founda-
ton and is the best ever offered"
1t is admitted that certain phases
Of the report are beyond. the jurisdic-
ton of the commission, but the govern
ments involved will decide on these
points. 1t is stated that if Germany
accepts the plan, the Allies cannot af-
ford to turn it down, as the offer was
made in the name of the Allied nations.
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STAYING OF NEGRO
HELD UNSUITABLE
Lewis Flemming Alleged To
Have Entered Home

Verdict of justifiable homicide Fri
day was returned by Coroner Russum
in the case of Lewis F1emming alias
Charlie Glasco, alleged negro burglar,
who was shot and fatally wounded by
Nathan Rotenstreich as he was at
tempting to enter the Rotensteich
home at 1908 Phelan street Thursday
night. Felmming died an hour later
at the Hillman hospital.
Before his presence was discovered.
the negro had succeeded in removing a
screen from the bedroom window. Mrs.
ROtensteich heard the noise and called
to her son, who was reading in the
next room.
Peering around the corner of the
porch, Nathan Rotenstreich saw the
negro standing by the mutilated win
dow facing the front of the house, and
emptied two revolvers at him as he
fled. Thinking he had registered a
miss, the boy, with the aid of neigh
bors, beganNa search and were at
tracted by groans to a hedge at the
street intersection where the dying me-
gro was found. His pistol lay few
feet away.
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IN THE AIR TO-DAY

wCAE, Pittsburgh. 482 meters,
0 80 p. m. eastern standard time
Testimonial dinner rendered Andrew
Mellon, secretary of the treasury,
from William Penn hotel.
WOR, New York, 405 meters,
0 80 p. m.-Elly Ney, noted plan
iste.
W0Aw,, Omaha, 526 meters o
p. mProgram by colored artists,
courtesy Colored Commercial club.
wRC, Washington, 469 meters,
$50 p. m.--Dance music by the
United States army band.
KYW, Chicago, 536 meters, s
p. m.-Concert program.
Copyright 1924 for the Age
Hera1d)
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TEXARKANA, Ark, April 11.-A-
though he did not lose any money on
his investment in Pat Marr's oil COM
panies, he expected to make 400 per
cent on the investment, Charles Meyer
Of Shawnee, Okla, testified today in
the trial of Mari for alleged misuse Of
the mails. Meyer said that he invested
500 with Mari and received one 100
per cent dividend.
That's all 1 ever got back" he said.
II do not believe received square
deal, as the advertisements which in,
duced me OF invest this money guar
anteed 400 per cent dividend and !
thought I would get it.
The witness admitted on cross ex-
animation, however, that he had $50
worth of stock in the Mari oil corpor-
alton, which the defense claims is now
a going concern, worth over S4,OO0,OO0.
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WILL HOLD
BIRTHDAY BANQUET

The birmingham Sabers will cele-
brate the third anniversary of their
birthday at o'clock Saturday night
in the private dining room of Green
wood cafe.
Invitations have been extended to
Gov. w. W. Brandon, Col. Hartley A..
Moon and Col. William b. Screws, be-
sides representatives of practically ev-
cry military organization in the state.
Col. Walter f. Bare will represent
the 18th infantry at the dinner and
Col. T. S. Norman the reserve Off
GERS.
Ten men who were enlisted at the
beginning of the troop will be given
their honorable discharges and war
rants will he given to non-commis-
stoned officers.
The Birmingham Sabers were mus
tered in on April II, 1921. with 5S
men. They now number IS men, fully
equipped and ready for service at
moments notice.
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DELAY OPPOSED
BY WI CLARK
Declares Enforcement Of
Section 2S Will Bene-
fit All Interests

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE IN
terstate commerce commission was as
sailed today in hearings before the
House merchant marine committe for
calling a meeting to consider the adj
visibility of postponing enforcement of
section % of the merchant marine act,
which declares preferential railroad
freight rates to shippers using Amer
lean vessels.
w. L. Clark of Seattle, who said
he had much to do with writing the
section, contended the commission by
calling the meeting makes it appear
that there may be Matching a con-
spiracy to defeat the will of Congress
in establishing an American marine.
Hostility of the commission to an
American marine, Mr.. Clark said, be-
gan with the marine act of 1920 and
continued through the morning ses-
sion of the committee" when Chairman
Hall of the commission said he person
ally favored deferring enforcement of
the section as at present ordered by
the commission.
Mr.. Clark declared enforcement of
bAAC cCCEAQA WOutu UcHCIiI
shipping interests, railroads, shippers
and farmers.
q. ". Hodges of Detroit, traffic man.
ager of Hupp Motor Car corporation,
testified enforcement of the section UNI
der the construction applied by the
shipping board would tend to develop
factories in Canada rather than the
United States.
Mr.. Hall explained the commission s
views in regard to deferring the date
set for enforcement. He said the com
mission only had power to postpone en-
forcement long enough to make possi-
BILE IAN orderly adjustment" of rail-
road rate schedules. He indorsed a
resolution proposed by Representative
Newton, republican, Minnesota, to de-
fer enforcement to July /, 1925.
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SCHOOLS CLOSE
NIGHT SESSIONS
Faculty And Pupils Take
Part In Exercises
Friday Night

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gress for the mast six months. Eyer.
c;ses were held at Phillins Woodlawn.
EnsIev and Industrial high schools and
nj Counc;l school for negroes
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]. M. ALEXANDER
DIES FOR KILLING
LOUISIANA MAN
Escaped Mob, Fled To
Australia, But Was !
Seized On Return

HOMER. La. April Thames
Marshall Alexander was hanged in the
Claiborne parish Jail here shortly after
noon today for the murder of w. +
Rogers, crime that developed all the
features of blood-curdling fiction. He
tortured his victim before killing him
forced other persons at the point of q
pistol to bury the body, escaped lynch
ing after his arrest because the mob
which stormed the Jail could not find
him, later broke Jail and fled to Aus
tralia, only to be arrested when he re-
turned to Oakland, Cal. and mailed
a letter to the woman in the case
Rogers wife, which fell into the hands
of authorities. Then when the death
party moved to the scaffold today and
. Alexander passed the cell in which Mrs
Rogers is confined she turned her face
to the wall, so she would not have to
look upon him.
Tainted His Victim
The killing occurred two years ago.
j. A. Blount and Rogers had gone to
Alexanders store in the oil field to in
quire as to the whereabouts of Mrs.
Blount. Alexander attacked Blount,
and when Rogers rushed to the rescue,
beat the latter into semi-consciousness
with the butt of n pistol. Alexander
forced Joe Sharonn to assist him to
place Rogers in wagon and they set
out into the woods. At the trial 1T
was testified that during the journey
Alexander continuously tainted and
beat the stricken man, and he finally
ended Rogers misery by shooting him
TO death, as he lay in the bottom Of the
wagon. Sharonn and several other
men they encountered on the highway
were forced to bury the body.
Makes His Escape
Alexander and Sharonn were arrest
ed and escaped lynching because the
sheriff had moved them to a safe place
shortly before the Jail was stormed.
Later Alexander ESCAPED. Sharonn was
tried and acquitted of completely in
the murder, while Mrs. Rogers was
sentenced to a long term for perjury.
Alexander collapsed short time be-
fore the hour set. for his execution, and
in semi-conscious condition was car
ried from his cell to the scaffold. A
cousin and six boyhood friends from
Emory, Texas, arrived several hours
earlier with a casket, which they had
brought from Emory on a motor truck,
and after the execution they set out
for home toedeliver the body to Alex
ander's aged mother.
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FOUR ARE INJURED
\ IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Red Top Cab And Coupe In
Collision Friday Night

Four persons were injured. all slight.
ly. at IL 80 o'clock Friday night when
an automobile in which they were rid
ipg collided with Red Top cab at,
Fifth avenue and Twenty third street.
Allen Shaddix, 2513 Fifth avenue, Bes-
semer, iMin the city jait-sn charge of
reckless driving, ~
Other occupants of the car were
Roy Stewart, 1916 Sixth avenue; Thel-
ma Joyce, 2211 Twelfth avenue; Willie
J. Hitler, 2513 Fifth avenue. all of
Bessemer, and Willie Sniph of Jones'
boro. Both cars were badly damaged.
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JAPAN WARNS
AGAINST STIGMA
CONTINUED from Page Ons)

proposed restriction would exclude only
146 Japanese immigrants year.
The provision in question would ex'
clude from the United States all aliens
incapable of becoming citizens. japan
is the only country that would be af
fected by such provision, although she
is not mentioned by name in the bill.
''The manifest object Of the section,
the japanese ambassador said, lis to
single out Japan as a nation, stigma
tizing Japanese as unworthy and un.
desirable in the eyes of the American
people.
1T is difficult to believe that it can
be the intention of the people of your
great country, who always stand for
high principles of justice and fair play
in the intercourse of nations, to resort
in order to secure the annual exclu-
sion of 146 Japanese-to measure
which would not only seriously offend
the just pride of friendly nation, that
has been always earnest and diligent
in its efforts to preserve the friendship
of your people, but would seem also
to involve the question of the good faith
and therefore the honor of their govern
ment, or at least of its executive
Then came the pointed paragraph.
"Relying upon the confidence you
(Hughes) have been good enough to
show me at all times, l have stated, or
Father repeated, all this to you very
candidly, and in a most friendly spirit,
for l realize, as l believe you do, the
grave consequences which the enact
ment would bring"
Hanihara offered to discuss the ques-
ton of modifying the gentlemen's agree
ment if the United States desired to
change its provisions.
ITO Japan the question is not one of
expediency, but of principle" he con-
tinued. ITO her the mere fact that a
few hundreds or thousands of her ma
tionals will or will not be admitted
into the domains of other countries is
immaterial. The important question
is whether Japan as a nation is or is
not entitled to the proper respect and
consideration of other nations.
IF / may speak frankly, at the risk
| of repeating what, under instructions
from my government have represent
ed to you on other occasions, the mer,
fact that a certain clause, obviously
aimed at Japan as a nation, is intro
duced in the proposed immigration bill
in apparent disregard of the most sin
cere and>friendly endeavors on the part
of the japanese government to meet the
needs and the wishes of the American
government and people, is mortifyine
enough to the government and people
of Japan"
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WIFE sLAYs HUSBAND

MEMPHIS. Tenn, April 11.-W. w.
Wood. a dealer in electrical supplies,
is dead and his wife is being held BY
the police, the result of a shooting
which occurred shortly after noon to-
day in Woods store in the downtown
business district. According to infor-
nation obtained by the police, quar-.
rel between Wood and his wife had
been in progress for nearly an hour
when the woman is alleged to have
drawn a pistol and opened fire. One
of the bullets struck. Wood in the left
side, inflicting fatal wound. -
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BATTLE rs OPENED
! OYER $500, 900 ESTATE
Late Capitalists Sister-In-Law
Attacks Request To Teller 4

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April liza y.
gal battle over the fortune of the late
George c. Bennett, widely known sports
man, and his wife estimated at be-
tween $4,000 and 81, 900, 900 opened
in chancery court here today with the
filing of a petition alleging that, al
the time Mrs. Bennett, the last to die
added codicil to her will bequeath.
ing $1O0, 900 to r. s. Schrivener, for
mer bank teller, she was under the
domination and control of Schrivener
The petition, replete with Sensational
allegations, was filed BY attorneys fol
Mrs. Ella B. Smith, sister Of Mrs
Bennett.
Schrivcner recently resigned as tel
Ter from the Union and Planters Bank
and Trust company of Memphis after
an alleged shortage had been reported
by bank examiAefs Ia His cage. Schri'
vener denied responsibility for the al
legged shortage and asserted that inNva
rious Transactions he acted apder in:
tructions of r. s. Polk, vice president
OF the bank, who later shot and killed
himself at his home here.
aii
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The patterns are. exceptionally pref
~ and there are plenty of good dark
. colors for boys who want their
Spring suit to serve again next Fall.