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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-26
ANTHONY HEADS
Plan FLORIDA
LECTURES
Mrs. HendIey and Mrs. Paul
Are Leaving for Tour
on March 4.
By SYLVIA SEDGWICK.

Mrs. Anna q. Hendley, presi.
dent, and Mrs. Nannette b. Paul,
vice president Of the Anthony
League, are leaving March / for an
extended lecture tour in Florida. a
special meeting Of the league was
held this afternoon at the Portner
apartments.
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The Abb
Artists
A Skeleton Record Of
Cases Tried BY
Judge Mcmahon.
r, nnnnl1l ARnnnrrrnL-
BY Donald Med Ougdl-
Survival 81 the Quickest.

SURVIVAL OF tine QulCKOS6s
Tim not what you'd call ner-
vOtls, your honor, but when saw
this elderly lady stepping off the
rear platform of q street car at
Ninth and D, and the defendant
headed for her in Ford ROADSTER
at about 10 milea an hour, ! let
out yell.
"The defendants car was max.
ing quite a racket and the elderly
lady was q little hard Of hearing,
but she got what yelled all right,
and looked up. The Ford was
about three feet away then and
the lady had taken q step or two
toward the curb.
Unusual Feat.
eff she was as nimble ordinarily
as she was then she can get a job
as premiere danseuse in any bal
let on the stage. She reached the
curb in two jumps, and / don't
think her feet touched the ground
at all on the second Jump. 4,
The Thinker.
'The defendant turned toward
tho curb. too, thinking the lady
was going to step back on the car.
His right wheel scraped the curb
at the point where the lady land
ed. She was pretty scared, and I
grabbed her just in time to keep
her from lying down in the gutter.
Then I grabbed the defendant
just in time to keep him from run
ming across the Avenue. He said
he thought the car had started up
again." l.
We've All Been There.
Boob: "I'd been following that
car all the way from New York
avenue trying to get ahead of it.
Every time l tried to pass some-
thing always happened. A ma
chine would back out from the
curb, or jay-walker got in the
way, or a stop point would develop
just in time to get me in Dutch"
Takes q Chance.
"At D street the car stopped
for q minute or so, but no one
got off. Then 1t looked to me
as though 1t had started UP again,
and l thought Here's my chance
and I went ahead. That's when
the door opened and the lady got
out. / never was 90 surprised in
my life."
Or Get . Chauffeur.
''You must look for these little
surprises when you're driving on
q street where there's car lines.
$25."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-07
EIGHT CRUSHED
BY FAST TRAIN
attn. CROSSING
Century Limited Hats
Long Enough To Take
Bodies From Engine

AMSTERDAM. N. Y, May O.
Fight persons were killed, six of them
outright. when the first section of the
twentieth Century Limited, westbound
ON the New York Central tracks, struck
an automobile on DeGraff's crossing, q
mile east of this city, tonight. The
dead are.
John M. s. Acee, As, Amsterdam,
clothing merchant.
His wife, Emerline. 40.
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OIL CAUSES CITY HALL FIST FIGHT;
222 NAMES ON MOBILE SLUSH LIST
FORD DEFINITELY REFUSES
TO APPEAR BEFORE NORRIS;
OFFER is CLEAR, HE SAYS
Detroit Manufacturer Deplores Effort To Reflect
Upon Integrity OF Coolidge, In Letter To Com
mittee Waldo Denies Connection With Bid
der rust Hearing Is Set For May Is

DETROIT, Mich, May 6.-In a
letter to Senator George w. Norris,
chairman of the agricultural COMMITTEES
Henry Ford today refused to appear
personally before the committee in con-
nection, with his Muscle Shoals offer.
The letter was mailed from Ford's Of
fices in Dearborn.
The letter was in reply to re-
quest from Senator Norris that the mo.
tor manufacturer appear personally to
explain his offer. Ford asserted that all
Of the facts already are In the com.
mittee's possession, that they have been
inquired into and that there is no neces-
sity for further explanation.
Resents Reflection
Mr.. Ford's letter also says '.the re.
cent effort of Chairman Norris of the
Senate committee on agriculture to re.
fleet on the integrity of the presi
dent of the United States in connec
ton with our offer for Muscle Shoals
strengthened his decision not to ap'
pear.
The letter, addressed to the chair.
man of the Senate committee follows
In reply to letter from your chair.
man, advising that you desire me or my
representative to appear before your
committee and further explain our Of
fer made three years ago for Muscle
Shoals, we beg to advise on January
%, 1924, we sent to the honorable Ju.
Illus Kahn, chairman of the House com.
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mittee ON military affairs telegram
from which we quote as follows:
Invitations for bids for Muscle
Shoals were asked for by the Secre-
tary Of War in April 1921 and trans
mitted to Congress by him in February
1922. Your committee has therefore had
our proposals before you for practical
ly two years. Mr.. Mayo (Chief engi-
neer for the Ford Motor company
our representative, has appeared be-
fore you on numerous occasions and
every phase of our offer has been fully
inquired into and explained. 1 know OF
nothing that we can add that would
be helpful to you. Further hearing
would only serve to delay action and
unnecessarily consume the time of a
busy and important committee of Con.
gress already in possession of the facts.
Terms Are Clear
After a careful consideration of the
whole situation we see no reason for
taking different attitude toward your
request, for our representative to ap-
pear before the Senate committee on
agriculture. Our proposal is' in writing,
Its terms are clear, definite and easily
understood. 1t has been under considera.
tion by your committee for more than
two years.
I'VE are further inclined to this
course by the recent effort of Chair.
man Norris of the Senate committee
on agriculture to reflect upon the in.
CONTINUED on Page TwOl
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TARIFF rs RAISED
ON SODIUM NITRATE
Coolidge Acts Under Provision
OF Fordney- Nc Cumber Bill

WASHINGTON, May. 6.--An in
crease in the tariff rate on sodium nj
trate from 3 cents a pound to Az
by President Coolidge acting under the
cents pound was proclaimed tonight
flexible provision Of the Fordney- Me-
Cumber tariff act.
The increase, amounting to so per
cent, was the maximum permitted I'M
der the law and had been unanimously
recommended by the tariff commission
after an investigation resulting from an
application filed by the American Nj
trogen Products company of Seattle,
Washington.
Sodium Nitrate is used chiefly In the
manufacture Of class of coal tar dyes
known as '.azo" dyes. Production in the
United States has grown so that il
amounted in 1920 to 2,S49.000 pounds
as against an annual consumption in
the United States of about 5000. O0O
pounds, The principal competing coun
try is Norway.
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MORRIS AVENUE
PROPOSES JOINT
|. WAREHOUSE Unit
Refrigerating Plant And
Terminal Facilities
Under Discussion

At least four Of the largest produce
merchants along Morris svsnus have
project calling Tor she cree.
tion et new combined headquarters on
South Twentieth street. it was learned
Tuesday.
The exact location on Twentieth
street has not yet been determinll,
although it Is stated that the building
will be situated IN close proximity Of
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
tracks. Proposals call for large two
story structure to be equipped with a
modern refrigeratlng plant. This win
cost several hundred thovsand dollars,
it is estimated.
Reason for this move, as outlined by
the merchants lie that Norris avenue
has cramped the ever-expanding buei-
nesses of produce row." An added
advantage TO the new building would
be an arrangement for terminal facili-
ties. Under present methods ship
nlents and receipts must be transferred
through freight houses.
Firms pushing the project are Ham
ilton and Robinson, r., T.. Norton and
Sons, Marshall-Jor and Keith, and
the Bell-Rogers Produce company. 1t
is stated that this list will be increased
by other houses as the building plans
progress.
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ARGENTINE STRIKE
TO BE CONTINUED
Explosion OF Bomb In Subway
Throws Hundreds Into Panic

BUENoS AIRES. May 6.-Despite
President Alvear's offer to compromise
on the pensions law, labor unions here
have decided to continue the general
strike throughout the republic.
Most of the business houses here re-
opened Tuesday, following the agree
ment made between industrialists and
President Alvear, but business is at a
standstill. A number of slight disor-
ders occurred here during the day, most
of the trouble arising when wOrkmen
attempted to force street car and sub
way lines to cease operating.
During the morning bomb exploded
in the subway, throwing hundreds into
panic.
Dispatches from interior cities state
that the strike is still fully effective.
A number of disorders were reported
from the provinces during the day,
especially at Tucuman, where a mob
stoned business houses which had not
closed.
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METHODTSTS OPPOSE
NEW SCARRITT SITE
Say Vanderbilt Would Influence
School In Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 6.--At to-
days meeting of the Southern Method
let Board of Missions, resolution from
the Alabama conference were read pro-
testing against the location in Nash
vile of the Scarritt school for Chris
tan Workers and requesting recon
sideration of the location question.
The resolutions stated that the ac-
ton was taken at meeting other than
a regular annual session of the mission
board without the full membership
present and that the location here would
bring the school under the influence
Of Vanderbilt university, also located
here.
The resolution was referred to com
mittee composed of Bishop w. F. Nc
Murray, r. d. Maddin, Nashville apd
AIRS. s. II. Bowman Of West Virginia.
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SWAMPED IN INDIANA
Coolidge Gets Runaway Start Ii
H0OSier State

INDIANAPOLIS, May 6.-Presi-
dent Coolidge apparently cinched an
overwhelming victory over his only OPP
pOnent Senator Hiram Johnson in the
Republican primary while returns to-
night indicated the selection of both
Republican and Democratic nominees
for Indiana governor may be left to
the party conventions for decision.
Ed Jackson, secretary of state was
only 200 votes short in the incomplete
returns of majority vote that would
make his nomination certain, but the
leading democratic candidate, DR.. Carl.
ton B. Mccullough was so far short a
majority that the democratic nOmina.
tion seemed certain to rest with the
convention.
President Coolidge got a runaway
start and continued to hlod an edge OF
better than six to one as returns piled
up from out-state.
Of 515 precincts the president &c.
TAT against 5,943 for johnson. BY hsi
victory the president gains SO more
votes in the national convention.
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COUNSEL ENTERS
RACE WITH Time
TOSAVETALIANS
Writ Denied And Further
Appeal Is Carried
To Washington

NEW ORLEANS. La, May 6.
Federal District Judge Foster, to-.
night 0veFrnIed . motion for an
appeal to the supreme court Of the
United States fro minis refusal to.
day TO order the release on q writ
OF habeas corpus Of five OF the
six men sentenced to hang Friday
at Amite.
Counsel for the defendants will leave
tonight for Washington to appeal di.
rectly to the high tribunal in an eff.
fort to delay the executions.
Judge Fosters decision was rendered
at his home at s 10 p. m.
Gerault Farrar, of counsel repre-
senting the condemned men left at 8 :O5
tonight for Washington and should ar
rive there Thursday morning.
The men are sentenced to hang be-
tween noon and 3 p. m. Friday and
because of the number to be executed
Sheriff Bowden has planned to spring
the double trap for the first pair at
time in which to act, but has the adj
noon. Mr.. Farrar will have only short
vantage of the time zones. With Wash
ington in eastern and Amite in the
central time zone he has an additional
hour.
Plans tonight were to remove the
prisoners to Amite from New Orleans
on an early train tomorrow. They will
be accompanied by company OF the
Louisiana national guard which will be
stationed at the Jail.
In the lengthy decision denying the
writ, Judge Foster declared the only
question the court could consider was
whether or not the petitioners were
denied due process of law in their trial
and conviction, and this point seemingly
hinged upon the time at which the Pc
titiOners were sentenced.
No Violation OF Process
ut appears" said the court, that
the sentences were imposed shortly be-
fore the usual hour of opening court,
say 8 o'clock in the morning. All the
petitioners were present and with their
counsel. Courts are not lAund to sit
at any particular hour, provided the
time be reasonable and certainly there
would be no denial of due process Of
law because the court convened a few
minutes earlier than usual"
by appeal to the supreme court Of
Louisiana petitioners were given an
opportunity to correct any errors of
the trial court and also to have to the
questions of prejudice if the judge and
the COT Seion of the jury reviewed. In
this they were afforded due process
of law.
at is not the prerogative of the law
in the courts of the state of Louisiana.
No case is made warranting the exer-
else of the extraordinary jurisdiction
of this court on habeas corpus. The
writ will be denied and the petition
dismissed"
Hope Lost For LeOna
Roy Leona, who confessed recently
that he fired the shots which killed
Dallas Gaines Of Independence three
years ago when Gaines interrupted an
attempt to rob the bank at that place,
was not affected by the decision. All
hope for saving keona has been aban-
doned. The other defendants are Nat
ale Deamore, Andrea Lemantia, Joseph
RIM, Joseph BOcchio and Joseph Gig
lilo. Three of the men are citizens OF
Italy, two are naturalized natives of
Italy and the sixth was born in Chi
cago of Italian parents.
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SECTION 28 ACTION
DELAYED BY BOARD
Modification Resolution To Be
Taken Up Thursday

WASHINGTON, May 6.--The Ship
ming BOARD today postponed until
THURSDAY action on a resolution to
modify its original certificate to the
interstate commerce commission on Sec
tion 2S of the merchant marine act.
The board considered for more than
two hours a proposal by Commissioner
Thompson restricting the territorial
and commodity ranges to which the
preferential rail rates under the sec
ton would be applied, but reached no
decision,
A memorandum submitted by the
Presidents rail-water co-ordinating COM
mittee providing for withdrawal for six
months of its certificate declaring ade-
auate facilities available to enforce the
section, was not brought before the
meeting.
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FORD MINES CLOSE
TILL UNIONS LEAVE
Kentucky Operations Reported
Halted In Fight On Organizers

LOUISVILLE. KY. May 6.-Spe-
cial kilograms from Williamson, w.
Va, printed here today, say that eK-
tensive mining Opera tons in the Pond
Greek district of Kentucky. owned by
Henry Ford, have been shut down and
will remain inactive until organizers
of the United Mine Workers leave the
district.
The property has been operated on a
non-union basis since Mr.. Ford has
owned it, although, it is stated, the
scale of wages is as high as that paid
to union miners.
Union organizers. the telegram said,
have been prosecuting a campaign for
members in the district for several
weeks.
DETROIT, May 6.-Henry Ford
knows nothing of any of the reported
labor disturbances at coal mines owned
by him in the Pond Greek district Of
Kentucky, it was said at his office to-
day.
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MADOO WINS
Has 6SS Pledged Delegates To State
tt Meet

DALLAS. May. civilian G. Nc
Adoo, candidate for the Democratic
nomination for president, was victorious
in the county conventions held in Texas
today. Late tonight returns from ZIG
counties showed that he had received q
total Of $50 pledged delegates to the
state convention at Waco on May 81
The total number of votes to be east
at the state convention is 1857. Thus
McAdoo had a majority of 81 votes
from the 10 counties of the 252 in
Texas.
Senator Oscar w. Underwood had
received only SO pledged delegates in
the returns from the 116 counties,
while 178 delegates from these counties
will 20 to the state convention unin-
structed.
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DOZEN DEMANDS
MADE BY LABOR
IN 1924 CHALLENGE
Exclusion OF Immigrants,
2.75 Per Cent Beer And
Bonus Asked

d. = =
5 WASHINGTON, May 6.--Iab0r has
made twelve demands as it. opening
chailsfge-in the 1924 election campaign.
Labor asks exclusion Of Immigrants,
2.75 beer, adjusted compensation, and
measures designed to protect its legal
rights.
by these demands, platforms, men
and parties will be measured in the
impending struggle" said Samuel Comp
ers, president Of the American Feder-
alton Of Labor, which issued the labor
platform Tuesday night.
eve are on the threshold of a great
campaign in which it is our purpose
to carry forward the great victories of
two years ago. We have witnessed rev.
Citations that stagger the imagination
and we have seen tht representatives
Of reaction and special privilege fight
ing to protect the enemies Of the public
welfare"
Labor's demands are set forth as
follows:
Schedule OF Demands
1. Immigration. Strict exclusion is
imperative for many years TO come.
2. Child labor. Labor will insist upon
adoption Of the child labor amendment
to the Constitution.
3. Adjusted compensation. Labor in
sists upon adjusted compensation for
all Americans who served in the World
war as a matter Of simple justice.
4. Protection Of rights. Labor de-
mands affirmatively absolute recogni-
ton Of the right to organize, to bar
gain collectively, and to work or cease
work collectively. and to collectively
bestow or withhold patronage.
5. Labor injunctions. Labor demands
final and complete abolition of the
power Of courts to issue injunctions
in labor disputes, under circumstances
where no injunctions would life if no
labor disputes were in existence.
8. Railroads. The Railroad Labor
board is a failure" and must be re-
placed by voluntary arbitration and
Cancellation, Gas in pending Barkley
billy. &
Would Repeal Sherman Act
Z. Antitrust laws. Labor demands
repeal of the Sherman antitrust law
which 'has been perverted to deprive
wage earners of their rights" New
legislation to make more effective labor
sections of Clayton act is necessary.
o. fOWerS OF supreme SVuEt' ina
authority in making of laws must be
restored to Congress by constitutional
amendment empowering Congress to
override decisions of Supreme Court
Involving constitutionality Of public pol
icy by two-thirds vote.
0. Aid fog agriculture. Labor will
support every constructive measure Of
fered by agriculture.
10. Taxation. Labor favors sharply
graduated income and inheritance taxes,
favors reductions mainly for those Of
small income, opposes sales tax.
IL. Volstead act. Volstead act is SIM
proper Interpretation" Of eighteenth
amendment. Favors 2.76 beer.
~. international relations. FayOrs
entrance into League of Nations and
World Court.
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TOWNLEY. Ala, May 6.--(Special. }
Funeral services for DIR. A. J.. Hendon,
age IA years, who died Tuesday night
were near Townley Wednesday after
noon held at his residence at Holly
Grove. The interment was in the Easley
cemetery in Holly Grove.
He is survived by his wife, two sons,
Edgar and Oscar and two daughters,
Misses Mary and Perine Hendon, all
of Holly Grove and one brother, I. S.
Hendon, of Townley.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-07
WEEKS WOULD GIVE
MINORS DISCHARGE
Secretary Asks Law For Those
Who Misrepresented Ages

WASHINGTON. May 6.-Secretary
Weeks today asked Congress to enact
legislation authorizing honorable dis
charge certificates for minors who en-
listed for World war service and were
later dismissed when it was found they
had misrepresented their ages.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 6.-Re
turns, complete and incomplete, from
675 of CALIFORNIA; 6,974 precincts re
ceived here at 8 o'clock tonight gave
President Coolidge lead of 1923 votes
over Senator Hiram johnson, his op-
ponent for the Republican presidential
nomination.
The first reports received from San
Francisco showed Senator johnson in
the lead. The first report from Los
Angeles was favorable to President
Coolidge. The presidents lead has kept
up continuously in Los Angeles and
Senator johnson has maintained his
lead in San Francisco.
Over the state the advantage fluc-
tuated according to whether the pre-
cincts were in the southern or the
northern sections of the state.
On the Democratic ticket McAdoo
has maintained a good lead over the no
preference ticket of delegates from the
start in both the north and the south.
At $50 o'clock returns from 675
precincts gave McAdoo 1867 no prefer
ence 1928.
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ZIHLMAN RENOMINATED
Maryland Also Endorses Coolidge BY
Solid Vote

BALTIMORE, May 6.-Represent-
ative Frederick n. Zihlman. Republic
an, of the siTth Maryland district, was
renominated in yesterdays primary, re.
turns compiled today indicate David G.
Winebrenner Bird, won the Democratic
nomination. The sixth congressional dis
trict saw the only spirited contest of
the primary.
President Coolidge was overwhelm-
ingly endorsed over his phantom op-
ponent IAN uninstructed delegation"
for the Republican presidential prefer
ence and will have the solid vote of the
Maryland delegation at the Republican
convention.
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THE WEATHER

Alabama: Scattered thunder
showers Wednesday; Thursday
cloudy; no change in Temperature.
Tennessee: Local thundershOwers.
Georgia: Partly cloudy.
Complete weather data viii be
found on Page IS.
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4 MADRID, May 6.-The political
storm raging around the military d.
reetorate has abated without having
done any visible damage to the dicta-
torship of General Primo de Rivera,
president of the directorate.
Melquiades Alvarez, leader of the re.
formists, and Count Romanones, former
premier and liberal chieftain, recently
came outtwith appeals to their respec-
tive followers, to resume political OPP
eratsons, apparently with the intention
of causing the fall Of the present gov.
eminent.
The military directorate declared Il
considered revival of the old political
parties as detrimental to the policy of
progress already started, and denied
permits for reformist and liberal con-
ventions.
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HEFLIN Is IL


WASHINGTON, May 6.--The ILL.,
ness of Senator Helm, democrat, ala,
bama, caused postponement of today's
session of the special Senate committee
investigating alleged land frauds in
Texas. The senator IS confined to his
bed with q severe cold.
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$4,000 TO PREACHERS
Publishing RecsfpGs Go To Sups
nnaaA1 NIiniEE.rs nnH Enn.iIia.

Dnato1 Ministers and FamI1es
NASHVILLE, Tenn May 6--As q
result Of the work of the Publishing
houses of the SORthern MethOdixe
church, SEC, 600 VIII be turned over
to the superannuate MethodiSt Pueneh-
ers, widows and orphans Of preachers
during 1924. according TO the aetio1 a
the book committe Of the 6eno@Inat7ca
in its closing session here to-day The
net profits Of the Plblfshing houses
are devoted to this Work-