davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-01-15

neuraahemkov6 uctfvajl Afro
ditu.
Jak Sc nyni tancf? Tanet-
mix a tanecnice divaji sc So
be zblizka do ocf pohled6in,
ktery ma fascinovat, tvari Sc
smrtelne vazne, ba skoro zou-
,fale. Tanec vyjadfuje milost-
ne okouzleni q v&Sen. Tanet-
nice z povolani to nejsou ze-
ny, to jsou jacisi bezpohlavni
tvorove, spise t6la, hadi nezli
zenska. - Takovy ,je ideal
Itvaru zenskeho t9las v dobe,
kdy prelidnena Europa nevi,
jak uzivit sve obyvatelstyo, a
kdy tedy zena.matka nebyVa
zadouci. A tanecnici q profe-
Sc? l to jsou bledi, velmi ble-
df muzi, hubeni ma kost, smut
nj jake, kandidati- sebevrazdy.
A. tax sc ty parly spolu to6i a
prohybaji bez dsmevu, !. s. tvA-
remi ztrnulymi, jake; by tam
cily re zoufalstvi q obecenstvo
je napodobuje; napapani sy-
naekove a. napapane dcerusky,
jimz mic ma sv3te rechybi, a
kteri 81 mohou zoufat leda- je-
nom nekdy mad utrzeHym Sna
rovadlem. u. bot, toei, Sc S IT,
miz zoufalymi, stlnulymi tva-
remi, jako by uz We ctyfi' ho-
, diny rano, chteli Sc bezet uto-
pit. 4
Ale to je prave to move ume
nj, to je novy tanec, kultus,
modlosluzba. IA k tomu tAneC-
nj bar, tonouci v polosvetie
hedvabim zastrenych zarOvek,
hudba sladka, teskne jasava a
jasave zalostna, expticke hui
debnf nastroje - v6iu to. sko-
ro pfipomina nejaky oriental
nj chram, v nemzt sc provozu-
je ma pocest- neznamehol boz
stva tanec vazny, mlcenlivy,
eXaltovany a tesklivy az k
smrti.
! Ma to svuj puvab, svoji kra-
su - proc ne. Ale vesele to
neni, 0 ne, lidicky, vesele to
neni! II
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-01-15
Olga Fastrova:
TANEC LETA- PANE 1874.

Kdo pax ma svete by rad ne
tancil? Vsecky DOLBY a vsich-
nj narodove, CO jich, kdy ma
svete bylo, tancovali. Tanec
mel kdysi velmi vazny W.
znam. Provadeli jej i knezi a
knezky ma pocest bohu; tanci-
10 Sc V chramech egyptskych,
indickych, reckych a jinych, a
dosud tvori nabozenske tance
soucastku bohosluzby nekte-
lrych narodI ma zemekouli, ma
pr. Singalcu' ma Ceylone, nebo
cernochu nitru Afriky. Take
urcity mnissky rad mohame-
dansky, tax Nv. dervisi tanci-
CT, dosud privadeji sc nekoli.
kahodinnym rychlym otace.
MIN v kruhu do stavu .jakeho.
81 nabozenskeho blouzneni. G
neblahem "zlem duchu" rus
ke carske rodiny, povestnen
Rasputinovi, vypravuje Sc, ze
pred svym prichodem ke dvo.
ru petrohradskemu zalozil na
,Sibifi sektu, ktera podobnymi
tanci, "a noci provadenymi,
pfivadela sc do exaltace. A to
bylo uz We 20. stoleti!
Ale davne easy neznaly jen
tancu nabozensky; take lid O.
slayoval jiz cd seroveku ruz.
ne svetske udalosti rodinne
verejne tancem. Tanec je cosi
cloveku vrozeneho. Zaslechne
Ii clovek hudbu, nutka no CO.
81, aby rytmicky pohyboval
nohama, rukama, hlavou, ce-
lynn telem. S podobnym pu-
dem shledavame sc take u ne
kterych zvirat. Je znamo, ze
ma nektere tropicke hady ma
hudba temer magicky vliv.
: PTiplazi Sc, slysi-h il, vztyci
hlavu do vyse a kolebaji Sc.
Ma tohle vsak nemyslil svet
jv druhe polovine devatenacte.
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"Ovsen1,, pane? vewodc, a pro
vedl jsema patranf to- co nejpo-
drobneji. a, nejdakladneji..'
|: "a zved9l. jste?"
"ZvedA jsem, ano nabyl
isean pine. jistoty, vzdor opac-
nemu mineni, para vevody,. ze
6atlna zena, jezto by sc jmeno-
vala Vlaidie Vei1i0va, nebydii
" tomto okamziku " PafiAi.,"
ia ale prave il podezffval,
ze' mdi dklady, proti mne ma
mifene," mumlal vevoda.,
"Nemame pffciny souditi
taxi"
"Nebydlf snad v Anglii?'
"Podlc zpraw, ktere jsem OBJ
drzel, usidlila sc v Londyne ash
|pfed' osmnacti roxy; odr te do
by, ztraceji Sc. ale, iplne stopy
'jeji".
"Avsak u vsech vSudy," -
zvolal MEemny senator skoro
hneviv6,, eco jest to tedy "a
list, o Ikteremz Rene Moulin
mluvil? - Odkud pochazi list
lten?' ;, Kdo, no psal?"
"Je'n trpelivost! Zvime to!'
"Jak?"
"Strojnik> onen, jenz do Lon.
d5na pribyl,. nemdze jiz dlou.
ho odpirati adresu sveho bytu
|yySetfujicimu soudci,. ac-h ne.
chce veznenf sve: prodlouziti
dc nekone6na :. Jakmile a.
dresa Ia bude- i mne znama
budeme- jedaati, i zalutuji Sc,
pc. Sc nam podaii vniknouti dc
bytu drive nezli soudr tam pro-
hlidku'da vykonati.. ..Nyni ale
dovoli mi snad pan vevoda, a
bvch mu uctivG prcdnesl jednu
radu? )"
"Ucinte talk, jen!"
"Zda Sc mi, ze by pan vevo-
da- jednal opatrn6, kdyby sc
ma nejaky cas- vztlalil.'
"Co pravite? - Opustiti bo.
jist6- v rozhodne chvili!" zvolal
Jill z La Tour-Vaudien.
"Nikoli, nybrz jen provost
strategicky manevr, tosjest vse
Jsou-li nepfatel6, jichzs vyhle.
davame v Paffzi, mohouJse po-
kusiti o akandal n6jaky, ktery
ale nepritomnosti pane vevodo.
YOU ucinen bude nemoznym
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Ostatne neprftomnost ztisuje
mnohy zamer, zmirnuie mno.
i1cuEast 4"
"Cvidfm I. buhe tom pre-
mitati," odvetil proste jen Sc
nator. Jest ale predevsim nu-
tho, abych'sam prohltdl 81 byt
Rene-a Moulina "
"Pan vevoda. nehodla mi NJ
dati zainych novych pokynd?'
taxa! Sc jeste policista.
"Nikoli, ale prosim, abyste
prijal toto co uznani sluzeb va
sich :"
A vevoda podaval policejni-
mu inspektorovi dive move ban
kovky po' tisici frncich.
'Thefer zdrahl sc chvilku, ale
jen chvilku, jakoby iich ne.
4
chtel pfijti, nacez vstrciv ban.
kovky do kapsy, odchazel o.
petnvmi poklonami, sam zarc
radosti, senaSora vsak zane.
chal We veli'kem nepokoii.
z rozmluvy pfedchozi vysvi
ta .jasne, ze vevodA z La Tour
Vaudien nepozapomnel n;
.Claudii Vernierovou, ano, Z,
ted veskere myslenky jeho ob
rally Sc pratve il.
Pouhy jiz pud jeho pravi
mu, re ona. at jiz o sve vuli {
nikoli, zapletena Jest vtajupl
ne predivo piklu, jez neprate
le jeho proti nemu osnuji.
Naiisto, nedala-li slamal pod
net k pikl6m temto, dopustil:
Sc neiake neopatrnosti a vtisk
la snad nevedomky zbran Re
ne-ovi do ruky.
4 Zpravy totiz, kterez mu po
dial Th6fer, ac obsah, jejich by
sam sebou celke'm pfiznivy, We
Vodu nijak neuapokujily.
Vevoda' zabyval sc tedy my
Slenkach stale Claudii, Vernio
Nou, ale take onal merou ne
mensi myslila' stale ma muze
jehoz byla kdysi milenkou
spoluvinnici.
Ctela znati podrobnejsich
ur:itejsich zprav o jeho II
vote soukromem rodinnem.
jeho okoli a zvlaSte O jeho sy
nu. n
| PokraGovani
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no stoleti asi tax srovna do
roku 1900. Tehdy se tancilol
jen pro zabavu. Nebyly to ami
mysticke tance vychodni a bar
barske, ami dekoratwni spole-
censke balety francouzskeho ho
krale Ludvika XIV, ami dvor-
ne menuetty quadrilly z dob
copu. Mic takoveho! Byly to
jen docela. obycejne valciky,
polky a mazurky, pfi kterych
d&de6kove a babieky, otcove a
matky nynejsi mlade. genera
ce' Sc to6ili jen z pouhe bujno-
stiI a radosti, nemyslice ami
chvili ma mystieky vyznam
tance,p nebo jeho dekorativ-
most. Tancovalo Sc jednoduse
jen proto, ably sc tancovalo.
Bylo to- velmi proste, velmi pri
ale velmi vesele. Stej-
ne tehdejsi divadelni ballet me-
byl nicim vice a nicim meme
nczh baletem; byly to uncle
kroky a pohyby, jimiz tanec-
nice ci tanecnik zdanlive hra-
We pfekonavah zemskou TIL a
t6Sili oko svoji obratnosti a
lahodnymi postoji.
Kdo by 81 byl tehdy pomys-
Ill, ze generace nasledujicf sc
vratf k onomu pojmu O tanci,
jaky o mem davny serovek a
tajemny Orient? ze vytvori z
tance znova cely kult?
A pfece Sc to stale. Co sc
deje s tancem nyni, to je uz
bezmala skutecna modlosluz.
ba. Zacalo to v Rusku uz pred
valkou. Najednou byla ruska
intelligence a zejmena mlade7
baletem primo ocarovana. Pre-
kunana byla poesie, prekona.
ma byla hudba, prekonano ma
lirstvi a socharstvi. To vsecke
nebylo nic,; to bylo passe. Ns
misto techto umeni vstoupi
ballet, jenz je vsecky " sobt
siucoval. Chcete-i vedeti, jail
lsirilo ruske studentstvo oboji
no pohlavi rusky' ballet ma po
catku 20. veku, prectete 81 no
man Verbicke "Klice ku Ste
sti". Tam to mate vyliceno We
mi syte. Mic neillustruje tax
ljako toto modlosluzebne silen
stvi, ktere v nj rozplameni
novy rusky ballet. Bylo to ne
CO podobneho tomu, CO sc. ns
zapade Evropy tropilo sc sla'
nymi pevkynemi a pevci v do
bach, kdy vysoke C tenorovt
nadchlo obecenstvo k silenstv
a kdy Sc vyprahovali primado
nam kone 2 kocari. Bylo tt
rozhodne pouhe silenstvi a nit
jineho; v tom majf pravdu Al
glicane, kteri takovych hlou
posti nikdy nedelali, zachova
vajice 81 mnohem strizlivejsi ;
zdravejsi MAJOR ma umeni.
Ruske silenstvi pro tanec nj
zdstalo omezeno jenom ma RI
sko; sifilo Sc ma zapad, a
jevist' preslo i do tanecnicl
SIM. w Sc tam netocily a ne
poskakovaly parky jako ztre.
tene;, zacalo S tancem jinak
! tanec zmenil Sc opet v kultus
v modlosluzbu, kterou bled'
hystericke danny a vyzabl
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Jill a Cladie
Mezitim, CO Rene Moulin zu
i'll takTka We vezeni Sainte Pc
lagie a netrpeliovsti staval Sc
nervosnfm, jina osoba v posta-
venf velice rozdilnem trayila1
dny We vetsich jeste uzkostech
a We vetsich mukach duseb-
Mich.
Name ma mysli, jak ctenaf
ash uhodl, vevodu z La Tour
Vaudien.
Zpraven byl policejnim agen
tenn Theferem Q tom, ze Rene
Moulin zdraha Sc udati adre--
trpce neopatrnost svou, kterez
to Sc dopustil, kdyz nedovo-
iii agentum policejnim. ably
sledovali strojnika az do je-.
no bytu a aby no zatkli teprve
az by byl jeho byt uz znam.
"Jednoho dine ovsem tresta-
nee pferusi asi sve mlGeni, v
nemz 81 ,nyni libuje,' pravil 81
senator v ducnu. 'Budu ale po
tom zpraven v cas- o tom? -.
Budu moci potom vniknouti do
bytu jehc jeste pred osobami
soudnimi budu Sc mocit po-
tom zmocniti kleteho tohos do
.kladu, jehoz pouha existence
kali muj kid a rusi muj spa
mex"
A Jiri zachvacen jsa opet di-
vo iizkosti pocal sc chveti ma
cclem t6le.
Dal tedy rozkaz inspektoro-
vi, ably bdel mad bytem pani
Leroyerove.
Policejni agent tento vedei,
ze vdova ona bydli v ulici No
tre-Dame des Champs, prove
dl presna, avsak bez jakeho-
koliv vvsledku rozkazy moe
neho a velkomyslneho prizniv
ce sveho.
Mimo mladeho lekare Ste
pana Loriota nikdo jiny vdo-
wy nikdy nenavstevoval.
Titul inspektora dodaval ale
Theferoyi velike pravomoci, a.
no jiste ddlezitost; vazno-
sti jak ma policejnim' fiditel-
stvi tax j v palaci soudnim
dovoloval mu, ably die libosti
dotazoval sc a vyzvidal we vse
likych kancelarich phi rdznych
odborech sluzby.
l hledeT vyzvedeti kazdeho
rama, mali Rene byti povolan
b6hem dne pred vysetrujiclho
soudce, jemuz zalezitost tato
byla sverena, k vyslechu,. OBJ
drzel ale vzdy odpoved' zapcr
nou.
PrGtahy tyto, kterychz O.
statne liz drive jsme sc zmini-
ly, zdaly Sc byt ted jiz poma-
iii jemu nevysvetlitelnymi, q
no pocaly no znenokojdvati.
Byl by dial mnoho "a to,
kdyby byl mohl poradne elsie
ma aktecn, Rene-a Sc tykaji-
cich, zmeniti, ably vec Ia. do.
stAla sc drive Ma Tadu.
Konecna v sobotu zved6l re
Rene Moulin ma byti v pond6li
predvolan pred soudce.
Odebral Sc tudiz neprodlene
do vevodskeho palace ul,ci ev
D6minika.
Snad zdalo by sc ctenafum,
ze tento Inspector policejni Wy
konaval slepe jen rozkazy We
vody z La Tour Vaudien, ne
MAZE vlastne tuseni, o6 jde.:
nebylo tomu ale tax.
Zminili jsme Sc jiz neoby
Cejnem jeho bystrozraku Ob
zvlaStnich schopnostech. poE-
cejnich.
Vevoda. nesv6iils mu-sice' sse
Ubavy ami svea zAmefy, ale The
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|IfvI1Vt HliaOl' mel SCaEy teU We
Yoda a, jalsy' Mvct, plny nere-
sti. vedl,, policista pochopil, ze
zMe$itoat tate jest nepochyb-
ne odkaz bour1iwe a. povestne
minulosti. Jifiho.
Vevodas Jifi dlel prave donna
kdyz policejni inspektor.dal Sc
k menu ohlasiti.
| dial rozkaz. komolnikovi
svemu ably policistu okamzite
k n6mu uvedl.
"Nuze pane Thefer,' tazal
Sc ho senator zive, ''mdzete
|, mi tedy sdeliti nsco noveho?''
"Ano, pane vevodo."
"a co to?"
''Rene Moulin bude v ponde.
III vyslychan."
ITO trvalo dlouho a bude. to
jest6 dlouho trvati."'
"Zajiste3 pane vevcdo, avsak
nemGli' jsrne' nez' jedinv pro.
stTedek, jimz bychorn mohli
lzkratiti tyto prItahy: To, jest
|doznati primo za|jem,. jaKyz
pan vevoda' ma teto afere - a
Ito istes nechtel.
Jill prisvsdcil, ale dodal i
hned:
"Thefere, obavam Sc jedne
veci."
| "Jake?"
"Ze RenG-u Moulinovi podafi-
10 Sc snad prece jiz potaji. po-
slati list one zene."
"Necht' se pan vevoda upo-
ci ucenec, vev eku IS let.
kojf. Dal jsem ma jeho urani
a rozkaz stfeziti dotycny dun
| j jsem 81 jist, ze po tuto chvili
nikdo pani Lee Monesterovou
nenavstfyil."
"Pod timto, jmenem Jest O.
!, ma vdbVa znan1a, ppane vevo
odveti1 Thefer' j dodal potion
"Nikdo, jak' pravim, il nena.
/ vstwil mimo mladeho lekafe,
kteryz' jil osetfoval syna jeji-
no a. ktery nynf' take matku
losetriljes."
J Jest churaxa?"
Y "Nejen churava, ale skorem
.iiz umira. Sousede tvrdi;. ze
co nevid6t' zivott jeji zhasne do
celia"
"Kez by pravdu deli" zvo.
lal bidny senator, il po chvili
tazal Sc opet: "Myslite ze ami
matka ami dcera nepokusily Sc
], spatfiti trestance ves vezeni' v
Ssinte- -Pelaige?"
"Mohu dokonce tvrditi, re
nevedi ami, kde Sc naleza Re
! ivdbec nikdo 'nezadal ma policej
nj prefekture, ably smell byti k
|vezni' pfipustem. Kdyby Sc ia
! kovy krok pozdeji stal, byl
|bych, O. tom lined zpraven, j
ineopomenul' bych pa'ha vevo.
du okamzite o. tom zpravit."
|, "Vyborne, pane Thefere! =
Vidim, ze jste. viice bystry a
oddany, dekujif vam."
Policista pohladl dlverne ma
lsena+ora' i. .d0dal pax, hlasem
zdlouhavym' a. odmefenyrn:
| "Cinim jen, co mohu, pane
4 Jri az La Tour Vandien. Vim,
tie panu vev0dovi hrozi nebez-
!peci. vaznes nebezpeei.- a
myslenka ia povzbuzuje mne
/ ku bdelosti a k horlivosti."
! Vevoda, sweden timto duver
inym tonem, Sam byl ted' X vetl
Isl ddvernosti nachylen.
i "Ano, mate pravdu,az pri.
lis," odvetil, "nebezpeci jest
lYazne, velmi vazne- - draze
mohl bych tu zaplatitf posetily
'ljeden kousek svlj v mladL :,
mann mocne nepfatele, kteri
! odhodlani jsou zneuzfti dive
Try, kter0uz met jsem k n!an."
! "Budeme bojoyati proti MIN
1 pane vevodo, a zmarime iejich
Inastrahy.'
Proved jsAe 'taky druhe je
~
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IA tEsT eTceVU.
--R o M An .---
Napsal Xavier de Mantepin.
irene Mouiiln.!"
- r O Ne a N

Rene Mouiinl!"
Strojnik pokrocil ku pfedu
j obdrzel kos, obsahujici rIzn6
potraviny, kterez pred tim O.
vsem, byly dIkladne prohled.
nutN Ealainikem.
Jan Ctvrtek, kdyz potravi.
ny ty 'uzfel, byl by nejradeji
jiz obenla rukama pc Mich sa-
hi.
Rene pokynul mu a oba u
chylili Sc do jednoho koutku
aby pojedli.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
COUNTERFEITERS FOUND ON SCOW IN NEW YORK BAY
Craft Had Lain Near Lib erty For Two
 Years.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-A raid to- night on a scow which for two years has lain at anchor in the shadow of the statue of liberty disclosed a cOun- terfeiting plant which government agents said they believed was operated by an international ring which has been flooding the country with bogus nick els, dimes and quarters for seven years.
 Three counterfeit treasury depart ment moulds were found on the scow, 1.-The Sparklight," one of five craft raided during the day. The coins found were said by secret service Op- eratives to be perfect in detail, but lack ing in weight of good coin. A quantity of metal alloy, the raw material of was also confiscated.
 Angelo Nese was arrested charged with counterfeiting and violating the Volstead law, the latter charge being based on discovery of a large still on the scow. The raiding party boarded another scow anchored nearby in the hone of capturing other members of the alleged ring but only found an other still which they cOnfiscated. They Jay in waiting abroad the "Sparklight' until after o'clock on the belief that other counterfeiters might put off from shore but to no avail. Early today three other hoats were raided, one of them the Sachema, being boarded only after a dozen rounds had been fired over it's how
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
HEFLIN INDORSED
 BY LABOR GROUP
IS Democratic Nominees For
 Senate On Favored List

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18-The American Federation of Labor indosed eighteen democrats, five republicans and one farmer-Iaborite for reelection to the senate this year, and POI demo- crats, 42 republicans, ten farmer-la- borites, nine independents and five socialists for reelection to the house.
 Democratic senatorial candidates in- dorsed were: Heflin, Alabama |: Rob inson, Arkansas; Adams and Shafroth, Colorado; Tunnell, Delaware; Harris, Georgia; Stanley, Kentucky; Walsh, Massachusetts; Harrison, Mississippi; i; Walsh, Montana; Barton, New Mex leo; Simmons, North Carolina; Walton, Oklahoma; Flynn, Rhode Island {; Blease. South Carolina; Sheppard, Texas; Chiffon, West Virginia; and Rose, Wyoming.
 Republican candidates indosed were {: Borah, Idaho; Brookhart, Iowa Clap per, Kansas; and Gouzens, Michigan. Magnus Johnson, Minnesota, farmer hborite, was also indorsed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
Power Trust Behind The Move, Says De
 troiter
lBy Aasiociated Pressl

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 1S.-Henry Ford considers the Muscle Shoals con- troyersy closed. In a statement today he declared that under no circumstances would the Ford company reopen nego- tiations for the property, despite the hope expressed in various quarters that future proposals would be considered. He blamed Wall Street for the Opposi- tion which resulted in the withdrawal of the offer for the property.
 Wall Street." Mir. Ford said, "does not care to have the power trusts strangle hold broken. If we had ob- tained Muscle Shoals we quickly would have exposed the present profiteering and greatly reduced the-cost of power" !"
 Mir. Ford continued that no big busi- ness could afford the delay necessary in dealing withSthe government and that Tit is too hard to find the government and you can't do business with people you do not know and can't find.
 "Wall Street." Mir. Ford continued, lis progressive and possibly indispen- sable. It disposses of the anticipated and obsolete. It will kill the railroads and in killing off the antiquated and obsolete it does a service, for an in- dustry that cannot. withstand such squeezing as Wall Street may give 1t had better die. If it can tear down a thing, the thing is better torn down." "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
SUPREME COURT !. RULES IN FAVOR
 OF MA FERGUSON
Right Of Texas Woman To Become Governor
 Is Upheld
tBy Associated Press)

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 18.-The last yestige of the ancient ban to women in office was swept away by the su- preme court today in holding Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson of Temple and all other women in the state eligible to elective positions.
 Attempts to bring out of the dim past and establish as present day law the fiements of an old order were cast out by the highest court of the state which pronounced women as independ- ent entities on an equality with men.
 While holding that Mrs. Ferguson is qualified to vote, the court also hold that part of the statute which seeks to confer on a private citi- zen the right to bring suit testing the qualifications of a candidate for gov ernor. This right belongs to the legis- lature, the court said.
 Action PrecIuded
 The plaintiff, Charles M. Dickson of San Antonio has fifteen days in which to file a motion for rehearing and 1t was stated the case will not be sent back to the court of civil appeals for issuance of the decree, until expiration of that time. It would then be too late for any action as all ballots would have been printed.
 In a thirty-three page opinion writ ten by Associate Justice Thomas B. Greenwood and concurred in by Chief Justice Cureton and Associated Jus tice Pierson, the court held that
 ''Charles NJ. Dickson, plaintiff, had no legal authority to bring the suit since the law under which the ease was brought is clearly unconstitutional.
 "That the fifty-third district court, Judge George c. Calhoun, did not have jurisdiction to hear the case, thus over ruling Judge Calhoun on the jurisdic- tional points.
 That Mrs. Ferguson is not disquali- fled either by her sex, by her married status or by the fact that she IS the
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
TWO KILLED.
 WHEN AUTO. LEAPS SPAN.
Arkansas Car Plunges Thirty Feet Into
 River
FIVE ARE INJURED
 IN WRECKS HERE
Collisions Occur In Traf- fic. Crowds During
 Game

MEMPHIS, Oct. 1S.-Two persons were killed and four injured, one perhaps fatally today when the automobile in which they were riding plung- ed from the St. Francis river bridge at Marked Tree, Ark, falling 30 feet.
 The dead are: Harvey T. Wood small. 52, of Monette, Ark, and Sher- man E. odell, 12, of Tyrona, Ark; Monette, mother of sherman Odell, and Those injured: Mrs. J. S. Odell, of three Odell children, Raymond, five; Edna, z, and Albert.
 The accident occurred when Albert Odell. driver of the automobile, at tempted to pass a wagon on the bridge and the machine struck the railing and went over the side. Mrs. Odell was brought to a Memphis hospital. She was injured about the head and body. The other three children were only slightly hurt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
Ford Plays Wall Street For Shoals Bid Halt;
 Coolidge Is Optimistic
President Still Plans For Appointment Of Spec
 iaI Commission
tBy Assoclnted Press

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1s.--Ackp6wl- edging today the formal withdrawal Dy Henry Ford of his offer for the govern ment nroperties at Muscle Shoals, Ala, President Coolidge wrote Mir. Ford that he "trusted" the matter would renew his interest in the property should con gress decide to dispose of it to private interests. E
 MI. Ford's withdrawal, made in q letter tos the President, again throws open in congress the entire problem or disposal of the property. In the aD- serice of congressional leaders from the city, however, the next step which VIII be attempted there in this connection remains problematical.
 Mir. Ford, in his letter of with drawal, said that ''inasmuch as so much time has already elapsed we are unable to wait and delay what plans we have any longer for action by congress"
 In reply, the Presirent wrote that Hon account of the delay and probable shifting in conditions, I can under stand how you may feel justified in not keeping your offer open for longer period"
 Mir. Coolidge made it known recent ly that he still considered, as he sug- gested in his message to congress a year ago, that n commission or sub- committee to be composed of members of the senate and house should be chosen to work out the best feasible proposition for disposal of the prop erty. The recommendation or the commission, according to the Presidents plan then would be acted upon by con- gress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-19
SHENANDOAH HOVERS IN AIR ...' TILL SUN SINKS
LRx Associated Press. ]

A BOARD U. $. $. SHENAN- "A DOAH, Nov. 1S.-The dirigible Shenandoah, which arrived over Camp Lewis today from California a round trip from New Jersey to the Pacific coast, is to make fast this evening after lowering throughout the day between Camp Lewis and Tacoma. Wash, ten miles away. If WIG had arrived at 5 o'clock this morning instead of z we could have easily mOored," said Commander Lapsdowne, t'but the heat of day warmed our helium too much for ps to do so, as our load had been lightened by heavy consumption of gasoline in bucking hendwinds.
 'Qur supply of helium gas is small and we cannot afford to valve any so as to descend because there is very little fthis gas on the Camp Lewis station
 Q Commander Lansdowne predicted that his gas would cool enough by 5 o'clock to make the ship two tons heavier" than in the middle of the day.