davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
, ARRESTS BARE
 CAR LOOT GANG
Atlanta Detectives Said To Have Confessions
 Of Four

ATLANTA, Ga, April 6.-with the arrest of W, NJ. Kimbrell, former Southern railway employe; George Campbell, Atlanta, Birmingham & At !antic railroad employe; J. c. Roberts. former assistant city probation off cer; Will Bagman. negro drayman. and Lon Allen, railroad and city de- tectives declared that one of the bold est gangs of car robbers that ever operated here has been broken up.
 The prisoners, it is said, specialized in the theft of cigarettes many of the railroad companies suffering heavy loss es through their operations, which it Is charged extended over period of at least two years.
 When confronted with the evidence gathered by the investigators, four of the suspects made confessions in which they named the fifth man, officers stated.
 Railroad detectives declare that they have traced practically the entire lot Of stolen cigarettes which is valued at around SS,0O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
ESSAY CONTEST
 RULES GIVEA OUT
Two $50 Prizes To Be Given By Officers Re-
 serve Association

Two prizes, each of $50, are being offered by the Birmingham chapter of the Officers Reserve association for the best essays on "The Need of 8 Trained Citizen Army iu Our Plan of National Defense" IT. essays are to be of not more than 1000 words in length and must be submitted before May 1. The contest will be divided into two groups, one of which com prises all high school students in lief ferson county, and the other all stu dents of colleges and universities in Alabama.
 W. H. Roberts of The Age Herald; A. B. Beall of the News, and F. l.. Leech of the Post have been asked to act, with Col. Champion Harris and Mrs. Peyton Eubank, as judges of the essays.
 Open To Students
 The contest is open to any student in any high school in Jefferson county. and to any student in any college or university in the state, regardless of age or sex. The papers submitted must be the original work of the students submitting them. The object of the reserve corps is to stimulate interest in | national defense and the need of a trained citizen army. Contest Rules The following rules have been an. nounced for governing the contest:
 Subject. "The Need of Trained Citizen Army in Our Plan of National Defense"
 Length; Not over 1000 words.
 Eligibility: Class 1. Any pupil in any high school in Jefferson county. Alabama. This includes towns and cities in the county. Glass 2. Any stu dent in any college or university in the state of Alabama
 Closing date: Postmarked not later than midnight May 1, 1924.
 To whom to send Maj. NJ. NJ. Ull- man, Steiner building, Birmingham, Ala. \
 Form of Manuscript: Must be type written or written with ink on one side of paper only. The name of the contestant must not appear on any page of the manuscript itself. but a separate sheet must be placed at the front of the manuscript containing this information: Name, address, age and high school, college or university at- tended.
 No Return For MS
 AsctuiH OI mdHuSCTlpIS NO manu- script will be returned unless it is ac- companied by stamped, self-addressed envelope.
 Miscellaneous: This organization re- serves the right to select, with the ap- proval of the judges announced, others who will assist in the preliminary reading of manuscripts.
 The submission of papers in this con- test is an agreement that the decision of the judges shall be final, and that contestant will make no appeal from such decision.
 This organization reserves the right to publish any or all papers submitted in the contest.
 Certificate: Each manuscript submit ted must have appended thereto cer. tificate signed by the author, on Il sep arate piece of paper. stating in sub stance that the contestant understands the rules governing the contest and assents thereto.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
IN ST. SOPHIA: A CONTRAST How Foreigners Act At Sacred MosIem
 Service

Service
 I was in St. Sophia on the night of Al Kadr, the ceremony in commemora- tion of the revelation of the Koran to Mahomet, writes Nathaniel Peffer in Asia Magazine. That night the caliph Cup to a year and half ago the sul- tan) comes to St. Sophia as the spir- itual head of Islam. He comes at- tended by his retinue, but he worships only as one of the people, seated like them on the matted floor. Row on row, they stretch, back through the vast pillared hall, almost bare in its simplicity and perhaps therefore the more impressive. There are thousands, a memorable picture in mass alone. And as the muezzins, grouped on daises in various parts of the mosque, chant the service i'll the high, carrying quaver peculiar to the muezzin, the mass on the floor bends, touches head to the ground, rises and bends again with what has in it something of an elemental sweep as one looks down on it from above. The effect is that of an enormous field of corn yielding to gusts of wind, but the setting and the atmosphere give it a solemnity above the natural and material.
 Despite the setting in St. Sophia, the sacredness of the ceremony and the presence of the caliph, foreigners are admitted on cards from their embassies and given places in the balcony just under the high mosque dome. On this occasion, I was one of those foreigners. And while the rites were in progress, I saw foreigners clambering up and down over the balcony railing, chattering in loud voices, promenading back and forth and hailing each other across intervals of three or four yards. Electric lights just under the balcony rail impeded their vision. They leaned over and turned the lights out. How much longer do we have to listen to this yowilng 7! exclaimed very English young English officer to a group around
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
THREE HURT IN RRAMI.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, April G. Three men were wounded, one probably fatally, early today when half dozen young men, organized in two rival groups, engaged in a battle with bis. tols, knives and stones, on a highway six miles south of this city.
 Clifford Arnold's skull was crushed with heavy instrument and he was stabbed twice in the back. He has little chance of recovery, physicians said.
 George Jackson's arm was splintered by a pistol bullet. Earl Harrell was severely beaten.
 Archer and John Cooper surrendered to county officers and made bond. They made no statement regarding the fight. Dick Sheffield, another alleged partici- pant, was being sought by officers to- night.
 According to officers who inyesti- gated the affair, one faction learned that the other intended to pass the scene early today and blocked the high way with automobiles. When the rival group appeared, the fight ensued,
 Many shots were fired, according to the officers. Knives were brought into play and the fighters finally resorted to stones as weapons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07

NEW ORLEANS, April 6.--(By As- sociated Press. )-The passing of fla nous southern banking institution, through consolidation, has drawn at tention again to the origin of the term Dixie" as applied to the southland. The claim that the word came from the name of man who once lived in New York seems to be set at rest by the records of this institution, the Citizens Bank and Trust company, which has been merged, after 91 years of continuous operation, with the Canal Commercial Trust and Savings bank.
 Some authorities have attributed Dixie" to the name of one Dixie, large landholder and kind-hearted slaveowner who resided on Manhattan Island during the latter part of the eighteenth century, but in New Or leans they take no stock in such story and point to old chronicles, of the Mis- sissippi valley, and to the records of the bank, to disprove it.
 Had Firm Rating
 In the thirties America was flooded with wildcat" money; and counter feiting was so common that suspicion became fixed on almost all paper money. Through it all, however, the bank notes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
POTENCY OF SECRET RAY Scientists Perfecting A Wireless Weapon To ReVOIutimize Warfare

The British governments decision to proceed with the constrution of five new cruisers and two destroyers gives emphasis to the activity in perfecting new methods of attack, says Continental Edition of the London Mail.
 With wireless telegraphy as a start ing point, radiology has been developed to such perfection that it is having a revolutionary effect upon warfare at sea. Every country is busy investigat- ing the possibilities of the science and some astonishing discoveries have been made.
 Germany recently gave evidence of the success obtained by her experimenters in the use of rays" to bring down air planes But wizard-like though this achievement seemed it was a mere crudity as compared with some of the feats that secret rays" can accomplish
 Probably in no field of pathological experiment has greater advance been made than in the use of these rays under water. In certain directions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
Only Gorilla In Captiuity
 Trauels In De Luxe Style

Miss Cunningham says John behaved admirably on the voyage and rocked himself to sleep every night in his hammock.
 ' Hes just like aiechild when women are around him, and he loves to be petted." Miss Gun ningham said, but he's afraid of men,"
 John is about 3 years old and weighs 80 pounds. He was cap tured in the Congo. He is known as a Hand gorilla" in contrast to gorillas who frequent trees.
 Carl W. Akeley, sculptor, nat uralist and gorilla expert, and Dr.. William T. Hornaday, direc- tor of the Bronx zoo, will study John before he joins a circus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
KEPT WEALTH A SECRET Death Reveals Supposedly Poor Eng lishmen Were Worth Millions

To the ordinary man it would appear that the mollionaire must necessarily be a conspicuous figure. But the case of the late J.. T. Mills of Leighto Buzzard, Bedfordshire, whose will revealed the fact that he owned more than $20,- 100000 shows once more that the eight figure man may be quite unknown to the public, says the Continental Edition of the London Mail.
 Who, for instance, suspected that Maurice Marcus, a lonely, shabbily dressed bachelor, who could be seen on fine days working with has gardener in the grounds of his house at Re6hill, Surrey, and on duh or wet days spent his time indoors making the mats on which his specimens of rare china were displayed, possessed more than $15,- 100000? For after making a fortune in the diamond trade in South Africa in the sos and increasing it as a stock broker, he had ceased for some years to figure in the city and by the time of his death last year had been practically forgotten.
 The bachelor millionaire seems to find it easy to keep his secret. There was for instance, Alexander E. Thistle. wayte, lord of the manor of Southwick and Porchester, who left $7,000,0O0 in 1915. Little was seen of him outside his estate near Fareham. except when he drove every night into the village to get newspaper.
 The biggest surprise the city of Lon don has had was given by another bachelor, Charles Morrison, a haber- dasher of Coleman street. He left more than $50,000. .O00--the biggest fortune of which anyone in Great Britain has had absolute disposal.
 A bachelor also was Lord Clanri- carde. who died in 1916. disposing in 200-word will of more than$1000O.- GOO. the bulk of which went to his great-nephew, Lord Lascelles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07

NEW YORK, April 6.-John Daniel, 2nd, heralded as the only gorilla in captivity, and the namesake of Simian who dieS recently from grief upop being separated from Miss Alyce Gun , ningham of London, arrived to- day on the new Hamburg liner Deutschland, where he occupied de luxe stateroom. The ami nal was in charge of Miss Gun ningham, who specializes in rear ing gorillas; Mrs. Kathleen Baines and a man attendant.
 Ships news reporters and cam era men ran for cabins when John was brought out to be pho- tographed, but they returned when assured the gorilla was really a 'mollycodle."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
THE WEATHER

Alabama, extreme northwest Florida. Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair Monday and Tuesday; mild temperature.
 Florida: Fair Monday and Tuesday
 North and South Carolina and Geor- gia: Fair Monday and Tuesday: not much change in temperature.
 Virginia; Fair in south: cloudy, proba . bly followed by clearing In north portion Monday: Tuesday generally fair.
 Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma Monday and Tuesday fair; little change In temperature.
 East Texas: Monday and Tuesday fair In north partly cloudy in south; little change in temperature.
 West Texas: Monday and Tuesday gem erally fair; little change in temperature.
 Summary of observations made at sta during the 24 hours ending at p. m., a0th meridian time. April 6. 1924:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
MARINE DRIVE STARTED
Sergeant Hill Wants Men For Gov
 ernment Service

Sergt. L. F. Hill, chief of the Bir- mingham marine recruiting station, Sat urday commenced a drive for additional men to that branch of the government service. Hill declared that the marine corps offers the best opportunity for those who are desirous of learning me- chanical or other technical trades.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
PRESIDENT ON CRUISE
First MayfIOwer Irlp Of Spring Taken
 Sunday

WASHINGTON, April 6.-Despite the vagaries of an April day, President and Mrs. Coolidge took acruise today on the Mayflower, the first such trip of the spring.
 The party consisted officially of Mir. and Mrs. Coolidge and their house guests, MT. and Mrs. Frank W. StearnS and the Misses Prescott of Boston, granddaughters of Mir. and Mrs. Stearns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
LOCAL DATA
WINna

East Gulf: Gentle to- moderate north west and north; fair Monday.
 West Gulf Gentle to moderate north east and east; overcast Monday.
 Caribbean Sea and Windwafd Passage: Moderate to fresh north and northeast; generally fair Monday.
 Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Strong north west diminishing; overcast, probably showers Monday morning.
 Hatteras to Florida Straits: Fresh northwest; fair Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07

often he has circumambulated the holy temple.
 Circumambulation is considered one of the most meritorious and indispen- sable duties in the Lamaistic religion and is performed sometime, somewhere by everybody in the Forbidden Land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07

there is now more of this kind of radio work done beneath the surface of the sea than above it. Employed below" the rays" bring sure defeat to the submarine.
 Yet another application of the discov- cry has made mines and torpedoes far. more formidable weapons than they used to be.
 The Italian navy, for example, has just adopted new torpedo that is en- dowed by its equipment with appalling powers of destruction. This weapon has great speed, long range and a won derful system of control
 Considered generally, the latest mines and "mouldies' have uncanny qualities as result of the magnetic and cleo trlcal secrets" embodied in their de- sign. No longer is it necessary for e ship to strike a mine before she can be damaged by it, or for torpedo to be so aimed that it hits a ship. Both weapons will seek out ship and Ego for it" of their own accord. as it were. This means that no vessel could escape them
 There is, however, one mysterious ob- stacle to the absolute success of the "se- cret ray" as the most destructive agent in maritime warfare, though how much longer that obstacle will resist the per- slstency of the investigators who are seeking to overcome it none can say, "Blind patches" that are impervious to any form of wireless" occur here and there in the sea, and within them "se- cret rays" cannot be operated. But these impossible bits are not so ire quent as to constitute a limiting factor of very serious account.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
PRINTERS ACCEPT TERMS
New York Union Agrees Upon S a
 Week IncreasA

NEW YORK, April 6.--New York Typographical union, No. 6, today ac- cepted the offer of the New York Pub. fishers association providing an ulti. mate total wage increase of $5 a week under contract extending to July 1, 1928.
 The ultimate wages will be S6O a week for day shifts, $63 for night shifts and S66 for ',third' shifts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
THESE TWINS NEVER PARTED

IHESE TWINS NEVER PARTED
 LONDON.-A curious record of CO., incidence is reported from Devonshire concerning twin brothers, born in 1851, near Bornstaple, in that county. When they were F years old the twins were apprenticed to a miller. They are still millers and are still working side by side. says Le Petit Parisien.
 The brothers married on the same day and lived ill adjoining houses. Each had 10 children; one, three bows and seven girls; the other three girls and seven boys. For 57 years both twins have attended the same Sunday school l and neither has ever missed Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
DEATHS

Mack RodgeFs--Niack Rodgers, Go years old, crossing flagman for the Louis vile and Nashville, died o'clock Sun day afternoon at local infirmary. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Lige Loy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
LOTHIAN SOCIETY

LOTHIAN, Ala, April 6.--(Special) Mrs. Angus Folkes was hostess to the Mothers Round Table Tuesday after noon when a splendid program was given on citizenship. Mrs. Joe Harri- son was elected to represent the club at the State Federation of Women's clubs at Montevallo April to II.
 After responding to rall call with something about citizenship" ths fol. lowing program, with Mrs. R. K. Coun- cil. leader. was rendered:
 Talk, Humane Treatment of Incor. rigibles," Mrs. O. N. Bird.
 Paper, What Is the Juvenile Court" Mrs. Herbert Hicks.
 Readings, Mrs. E. D. Wright.
 MT. o. L. Tompk;ns, of the law firm of Lee and Tomkins, was a guest of the club and gave a most interesting and instructive talk on "The Juvenile Court
 Calire Folkes and Mary Helen liar. rison and Master Harry Council as- sisted in serving delicious refresh ments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-07
2 KILL THEMSELVES
 IN CHATTANOOGA

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April G. George W. Burgess, 56, prominent in political and fraternal order circles, killed himself at his home in East Chat tanooga, standing in front of a mirror and sending a bullet crashing through his brain. Ill health is the reason given.
 Early tonight Lewis Gillespie, q, employed at a local furniture plant. swallowed 8 quantity of poison at his boarding house, walked across the room. started Victrola, then proceeded to a nearby drug store where he fell dead at the door. He had been in i'll health.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
FOR sALE-M0TOR CYCLES.

DAVIDSON MOTOR, with side car
with independent generator. new
battery. SIS. 213 John Marshall pi. James X
Toward. IL
Evening star., 1924-07-15
RENT RooMs-FUR. Or UNFUR.

2415 18th N.W.-Entire floor Of two rooms
furnish for housekeeping If desired; continu-
GUS hot water; large closets and windows:
awnings. screens. On 18th ST. car line and
u square from Mt. Pleasant car line.
81 9Th ST. N.E.-Four rooms and bath, newly
papered and painted: all modern improve
ments; no children. Phone Line. 1925. 16s
1412 Sth ST. N.W.--IArge room. privileges;
exceptional opportunity for lady alone; house.
keeping; $15
exposure: elec. lights, hot-water heat; laun-
dry privileges 1Ts
$40 MORTON ST. N.W,-Colored-Furnishe
or unfurnished room for rent
25S 9th ST. E.E.-2 rooms, gas, electricity,
heat; adults; reasonable.
So1 zth ST. S.W-a rooms and oGtA
Evening star., 1924-07-15

i;, n2io COLUMBIA R0AD-Niceiy furnished
wa,a. .ui room electricity. instantaneous no
Evening star., 1924-07-15
DEPENDABLE
USED CARS.

LEI EN DAbLE
USED CARS.
1919 Dodge Brothers
Touring ....... $500
1920 Dodge Brothers
Touring ........... 800
1922 Dodge Brothers
Touring ......... 500
1923 Dodge Brothers
Touring ........... $50
1919 Dodge Brothers
Sedan ............. 400
1921 Dodge Brothers
Sedan ............ 600
1922 Dodge Brothers
Sedan ............. 700
1928 Dodge Brothers
Sedan ............. 900
1921 Dodge Brothers
Coupe ........... 500
1922 Dodge Brothers
Coupe ............ ). $50
1922 Dodge Brothers
Business Coupe. -. $50
1923 Dodge Brothers
Business Coupe. 800
1922 Ford Touring ..-..-. 200
1921 Ford Touring ....-.. $50
1922 Ford Sedan ....---.. 800
1923 Ford Coupe ...-.... 325
1922 Buick Touring -. 500
1921 Cole ''S" Touring. -. $50
Several Ford Trucks.
SEMMES MOTOR CO..
615 G St. NV. M. 666O.
Open Evenings and Sundays.
Evening star., 1924-07-15

Open Evenings and Sundays.
II. B. LEARY, JR.,
Distributors Maxwell. Chrysier and Chalmers
Automobiles.
1921 18th St. NV. North 1926.
Evening star., 1924-07-15

Easy terms.
Lambert-Hudson Motors Co.,
LIZ L St. At Conn. Ave.
Evening star., 1924-07-15

OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS.
We have the best values in the city. See
IN before buying elsewhere.
MUTUAL TIRE CO.,
COS Pa. Ave. NV. Fr. S746.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
WANTED-aARAGES.

WAKTED-GA1AG1 on SPACE FOB CAB
neer 7th md K s3, NV. Addresy BOX 215A.
ssar ofaeA He
Evening star., 1924-07-15

A GENTLEMAN CAN Sc
CURE A LARGE, COOL
ROOM WITH BATH IN PRI-
VATE RESIDENCE ON 10th
ST. NEAR K. ADDRESS
BOX 21O-H, STAR OFFICE. Il
Evening star., 1924-07-15
FOR SALE-AUTOMOBILEc.

MAXWELL
USED CAR DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU
Are really in the
market for a used
car | think you
are unwise not to
look over these wonderful
reconditioned used cars.
BECAUSE
They are
EXCEPTIONAL VALUES
AT so
LOW PRICES.
Evening star., 1924-07-15
FORDS.

IoNDS.
1921 Ford Tourings
60 $500 to $235
1921 Ford Sedans
(2). $3.50 to $500
1922 Ford Roadster. .$225
1921 Ford Open
Delivery ~. $500
1920 Ford Tourings
(0. .$185 to $500
1921 Ford Coupes (2).. .$275
1921 Ford Sedan. .$225
Sedan and Touring Bodies,
Used and New.
E Non-Starter Type Cars,
$500 to $1,000.
R. L. TAYLOR MOTOR CO.,
1910 18th St. NV.
North $500.
Open Evenings Until 9 PM.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-04

private attorneys Rowland and Chamberlain who have
been employed by Attorney General Daugherty writ
special committee appointed by the Senate
to investigate Department Justice among other things the
letters say
cit pleasure advise you in the conduct of
vesgation Department of Justice every agency and ia
city of that department is your disposal"
fair, but it again calls attention the almost
serious situation.
The bureau of investigation, under William J. Burns
powerful Government agency that of the Department of
Justice
committee had the unimpeded of the bureau
investigation all its detectives and it could
down asy of the of that fills the air
1t absurd believe that with Burns, next to Daugherty
chief object of investigation the bureau function aid
of the committee and without fear or favor.
Operatives going reports adverse to the
of their chiefs.
Mr. Daughery has removed himself from the Department of
Justice has left Assistant Attorney General Seymour
charge Mr. Burns should follow suit Failing that he should
be suspended until the investigation is concluded.
While the Public Lands Committee has been investigating
Fall Mclean and company the bureau of investigation of the
Department active McLeans
when of Attorney General himself of
Burns directly at issue7
this time for of the powerful agencies of the
be the camp of the accused its action
by officials by their private
tOrneys7
The indianapolis Times has heretofore suggested President
Coolidge exercise his power free this agency function
freely 1t respectfully that suggestion.