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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
ACQUITTED ON HER OF INSANITY Judge Clayton Prevents Any Demonstration
 In Courtroom VERDICT REACHED IN FIFTY MINUTES Jury Goes To Lunch Be- fore Beginning Con-
 sideratiOn Of Case MRS. RICKNER
 CRIES FOR JOY Happy For Marylin's
 Sake," She Tells
 Newspapermen
Admission Bureau

ANNISTON, Ala, May 23.-Mrs. Evelyn Sue Rickner, pretty widow of Lieut.. James c. Rickner, was found not guilty of the murder of her husband by a jury in the United States district court here Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock after ap- proximately 50 minutes delibera- tion.
 Judge Henry D Clayton, who pre- sided over the cert, had issued stern warning against any demon stration and the verdict was ac- cepted without any unusual be- havior on the part of the large audience that had thronged the court room when the whisper went around that the jury was ready to make it's report.
 Mrs. Rickner would not make statement to newspapermen imme- diately after the reading of the yer dict because her physical condition made it impossible for her to carry on a conversation. She whispered, however, that she was "happy be- cause of Marylyn's sake" Mary lyn is the name of her little dapgh- ter.
 Cries For Joy
 When the jury filed slowly into the courtroom, all eyes gazed upon Mrs. Rickner, who seemed to be on the verge of a nervous collapse. When the clerk read the verdict, she broke down with hysterical cry for joy.
 F. R. Valentine, foreman of the TIEr.y hA ak tA Eko v.lne, J. Allison, clerk of the court, who read it as follows: "We, the jury, find the defendant not guilty by reason of in- sanity existing at the time the act was committed.
 The jury began deliberation at 2 80 o'clock and at 8 3:20 o'clock announced that it was ready to make it's report. Mrs. Rickner was not present at the time and attorneys for the defense sent for her. When she arrived, Judge Clay ton interrupted a prohibition case that was being tried in the court and or dered the jury to come in.
 Mrs. Rickner was not accompanied by her mother, Mrs. J. A. Elder, who remained constantly at her side during the trying three days that the trial has been in progress.
 Clayton Charges Jury
 Judge Clayton began his charge to the jury at 12 40 o'clock and continued uDtH 80 o'clock when court recessed for lunch. Judge Clayton defined vari- ous degrees of murder that Mrs. Rick ner might be guilty of, if the evidence was sufficient to convince the jury. He also instructed them as to what verdict they might render in case of an acquit- tai or conviction and presented them with such forms. The jury began it's deliberatiOn immediately after lunch.
 The crowd this morning reached it's peak in attendance, standing room around the doors of the court room be. ing at premium. The halls of the building were crowded with spectators unable to get nearer the scene of the trial.
 Many of the people had attended the trial since it began Wednesday morn. ing before II o'clock and brought
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
Hor71-Rirnmed Glasses Main Clue In Killing
 Of Millionaire's So,
Gray Automobile Also Sought In Search For Slayers Of Robert Franks Of Chicago, Cause Of Whose Death Is Undetermined After 24- Hour Investigation

CHICAGO, May 23.-F9imsy clues, including a grey autoinobile and n pair of spectacles of peculiar make, and theories of kidnapping and ransom were all police had to guide them tonight m their search for the sfayers of Robert Franks, 13-year-old son of q Chicago millionaire, whose body was found in q wamp yesterday while the father waited to pay a S10,000 ransom.
 Even the cause of death was not de termined definitely tonight and after A hours of investigation police ad- mitted the crime to be one of the most baffling in the city's history, Detec- tives were hunting the answers to a score of questions and a corners in- quest opened today, was continued in- definitely because of lack of informa- tion.
 Belieye Poison Caused Death
 The place where the youth died had not been found, but police believe it was far from the swamp on the South side, where his body was stuffed into a culvert. One of the lads stockings was lying near his body, but none of his other clothing has been found. Cor oner's assistants believed poison was the actual cause of death and awaited the results of chemical analysis tonight. They said the blows on the head which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
KILLED BY TRAIN
 RETURNING HOME
Theodore Acker, IS, Victim Of
 Collision Near Ragland

Theodore AckeN IS, of Ragland, Ala, was instantly killed at 4 80 o'clock Friday afternoon when the automobile in which he was returning from work at a cement plant. was struck by Sea board Air Line freight train at Mar tins Crossing, three miles from his home.
 There was no witness to the accident, it is said. and members of the family who accompanied the body to under taking parlors in Birmingham Friday night could give no details of the col lision. The body was picked up by members of the train crew, they said, anu brought to Ragland.
 Aeker is survived by his mother, a sister and other relatives in Ragland. The body will be sent home Saturday for burial by Ridout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
MANY FUNCTIONS
 TO HONOR WOODS
TOkiO Official And Social Cal
 endar Crowded With Events

TOXIC, May 23.-(By Associated Press. )-Tokio's social and official cal endar for the next fortnight is cram med with functions in honor of the re- tiring American ambassador, Cyrus E. Woods. The ambassadors popularity among the Japanese and the general regret at his resignation have become an evident factor in the Japanese American situation. Those best in- formed believe that had Woods not reigned, the coming fortnight, which it is generally agreed will precede change of ministry, would have been marked by political activity, which would have included anti-American demonstrations, because of the action of the American Congress in passing Japanese exclusion legislation. The impending departure of Woods, how ever, is at present coming larger in the public eye than the situation created by the passage of the immigration bill, and is focusing attention on the ambassa- dor, beneficially affecting Japanese sentiment towards the United States.
 The laudatory expressions of officials public and the press regarding Woods are helping. at least >momentarily, to offset the hostility that exclusion has generated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
ENGLAND PLANS
 TO, TALK BACK

LONDON. May 23.z-The post office department has announced that a new experimental wireless station is to be erected at Rugby from which wireless telephone conversations can be held with America.
 Experiments in wireless telephony have been conducted between the United States and England during the past year, and have proven successful. The conversations have been all one-sided, however, as there was no sending sta tiOn here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24

the boy suffered had not fractured the skull
 Kidnapping for ransom or some unex- plained motive alternated in the minds of police, who were disinclined to be- lieve the boy had been abducted for ransom alone after doctors expressed the belief he had been killed within four hours after he disappeared Wednes- day afternoon while en his way from private school to his home, three blocks distant. One instructor of the fashionable private school attended by the youth was under surveillance to- night and two others and the principal were questioned during the day.
 Grey Automobile Sought
 A grey automobile which loitered near the school the day the boy disappeared and in which he is believed to have been carried away has not been found and automobile tracks near the culvert where the body was found are unde- veloped clues. The pair of Ispectacles found near the body and at first be- lieved to be the property of the boy, presented peculiar angle. They are horn-rimmed; narrow of width, made for person of narrow head but large nose, and for person who is near-sighted, police deduced. Finding of the owner
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
EXTRACT POISON FROM POLITICS
 IS CARTS PLEA
Steel Corporation Head Dechies Efforts To Take
 Money From Banners

NEW YORK. May @. Asserting that the poison should be extracted from American politics Elbert H Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corpora ton, told members of the American Iron and Steel institute to- day that politics had influenced recent legislation to aa degree neither justi- fled by good reason nor good, morals.
 Implying his disaproval of heavy tax burdens, he warned that if efforts were continued to take money from the man, who had earned and saved, the point would be reached where for all, including persons of small means, prosperity would cease to exist and the country would drift into a condition of industrial decay.
 President Coolidge, however, had shown his willingness to sacrifice his own chances for the good of the coun- try, Mfr. Gary said. He urged mem bers of the steel industry to do what they could to uphold the President and Ito continue prosperity.
 Steel production at the present time is about three fifths of what it was when operations in the. industry were at their height, Mir. Gary explained. There has been price reductions, he said. but he urged producers Ito assert their rights to maintain fair and req sonable prices" Wages in the steel industry should be maintained at cur rent levels, Mir. Gary declared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
IN THE AIR GETS UNDER WAY THIS AFTERNOON Thousands Are Expected
 To Witness Events
 At Re oe-.ts Field MANY NOTED FLYERS TO OFFER THRILLS Hundred Mile Derby And
 Parachute Drop Some
 Of The Features
AUiati0n HighIights About Big EUents At
 Roberts Field Today

DOBERTS field is on the Tide water car line just beyond
 Owenton. It also can be reach ed by the Owenton-Ensley line.
 Autoists should go out the Eighth avenue road and turn off beyond Owenton as indicated by markers.
 All streets leading to the field will be closed to general traffic. Purchase of tickets in the city will enable holders to reach parking space at the field without delay.
 The admission is $1, with a spe- cial price of 50 cents for boys in knee pants and girls under 15 years of age. Tickets are on sale at Parker's, Chenoweth's and Key holds.
 The opening event--a formation of all ships in the meet, will start promptly at 12:30 o'clock Saturday afternono.
 Parking space is free and ac- comodations have been prepared for 5000 automobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
JAIL DOORS CLOSE
 ON ONLY 2 FRIDAY
Low Record For Many Years,
 Wardens Declare

Only two county prisoners were placed in the county jail Friday.
 This number, according to wardens at the jail, is the smallest in years. Both prisoners were negro men. The bonds for one was set at S100 and for the other at $500.
 Four United States government pris- oners were placed in the county jail to await transfer. Five persons were re- leased from custody. Two of these were sent to serve sentence, third was dis charged and the others were released to appear in court later, one on bond and the other on his personal recOg- nizance,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
FIREMAN KILLED
 AS TRAIN TOPPLES.
N. o. & G. N. Passenger Engine
 Leaves Rails Near SIidelI

SLIDELL, La, May 23.-Frank Greaves, fireman of BOgalusa, was killed and Engineer George Fischer was seri- ously injured late today when New Orleans and Great Northern passenger train No. 101, from Jackson, Miss, to New Orleans struck an obstruction 25 miles north of here and was wrecked. None of the passengers was seriously injured.
 The locomotive, express and baggage cars left the rails and turned over. Fischer was caught under the engine and badly scalded. He was taken to a hospital at Bogalusa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
BANK IS LOOTED
 TWICE M 3 DAYS
Bambaugh, Okla., Institution Cleaned Out'' In Second Try

BURBANK, olka., May 23.-Three bandits today held up the Burbank State Bank for the second time in three days and the fourth in its history. They footed the tilIs, vaults and safe, held five employees at bay and escaped in an automobile. No estimate of the Nloss was given, although officials asserted the institution had been ,''cleaned out"
 Two masked bandits entered the bank Wednesday, locked four employees and customer in the vault and escaped with $2,OOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
MRS ENFIELD WINS
 RIGHT TO APPEAL
Million Dollar Berengaria Suit
 To Go To Supreme Court

ATLANTA, May 23.-An appeal to the supreme court of Georgia In her granted Mrs. c. K. Byfield in the De
 The sgit ia tbe rssuIt nf tbe now fa- nous Candler-B -Byfield episode on the liner Berengaria, when Mrs. Byfield and her husband, guests in the same party with Candler, charged him with attacking her in her stateroom. She recently lost her suit for damages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
MANHATTAN DAYS AND NIGHTS

HERBERT COREY is the best anecdote man in this cpun- try. He has the gift of making his adventures and observations
 lng to readers everywhere. Every part of the largest city in than does the scrubwoman-the the world is his field--the multi millionaire interests him no more story is the thing. And Corey writes always with q gentle humor anG a wise philosophy. He may elevate the humble citi- zen at times, but he always de- Hates the pompous sham, the hypocritc and the cheat.
 HERBERT COREY is an agreeable tonic which guaran- tees a return to sane thinking. His articles appear daily in The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
THE WEATHER

Alabama = Increasing clOudineSs Saturday, probably thundershOwers and local windstorms in north portion Saturday afternoon; Sunday cloudy and cooler; showers and thunder storms in south portion.
 Georsia-Inereasin clOudiness.
 Mississlppi--Cl Cloudy.
 Tennessee e-ThunderstOrms
 (Co .pleto weather data will be found on Page 14.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
Herbert Corey's NelO Feature hl The Age-HeraId

HERBERT COREY has re- turned to his former great sue cess, New York Day by Day" Corey invented this title but while he was away making another name as a great war cor respondent, other writers adopt ed the New York title. Corey will now write his daily story about people and things in New York under the title
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
HnTEI. IG SIiEn

Suits for damages totaling $2O0,000 were filed Friday against the Hillman Hotel corporation by Mir. and Mrs. John R. Troutman for physical injuries and personal insults alleged to have been received while guests there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
SHOES TAKEN

Show Window Glass Of SOuthside Store
 Broken And Goods Stolen
 Two pairs of shoes were removed from the show window of A. Flasher's clothing and furnishings store at i'll Eighteenth street, south, shortly be- fore midnight Friday by an unidentified person who broke hole in the glass about two feet in diameter. The shoe hended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
REBEL PRODUCERS GET INJUNCTION
New York Stage Row Still In
 Turbulent State

NEW YORK, May 2S.-As last effort to prevent the unionization of the American stage, the rebel produc- CTS of New York obtained a temporary injunction Fridag which would restrain the Managers Protective association from operating under it's recently negotiated contract with the Actors Equity association.
 sam H. Harris, leader of the rebels i; Augustus Thomas, playwright and so- called czar of the old Producing Man agers association, and David BelascO, another opponent of the union, pre- sented affidavdits upon the strength of which the supreme court issued the temporary order. It is directed against the Managers Protective association and would compel it to dissolve it's contract with the equity or union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
COItzENs RACK M WORK

WASHINGTON, May 23.--Senat0r James Couzens of Michigan has re- turned to his seat in the Senate today, after nearly a months illness.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-04
NOTICE

OF Closing of Registration Books for
the Preferential Primary Nominating
Election of Candidates for President
and Vice-President of the United
States for the Nomination of Presi-
Dental Electors and the Election of
Delegates to Presidential COnven-
tiOns. 10 Be Held in the County of
Sheridan, State of Montana on Tues
day, the 9th day of May, A. d. 1924.
State of Montana, County of Sheri-
dan, SIS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, ac-
cording to law, that I, the under
signed, B. K. O'GEady, County Clerk
and Recorder, and as such ex-oficio
| County Registrar in and for Sheridan
County, Montana, will close the reg
istration books for the registration of
electors residing in Sheridan County,
Montana. on Friday, tO-wit: the 18th
day of April, A. d. 1924, at The hour
of five o'clock P. NJ
That said registration books will
be closed as aforesaid on account of
the Preferential Primary Nominating
Election of Candidates for President
and Vice President of The United
States, for the Nomination of Presi-
Dental Electors and the Election of
Delegates to Presidential COnVen-
lions, to be held in and for the COun-
ty Of Sheridan, Montana, on Tuesday,
to-wit: the 9th day of May, A. d.
1924, between the hours of II o'clock
noon and 700 o'clock p NJ
That all electors desiring to vote
at said election must register by APP
. pearing before a Deputy Registrar OF
. before any Notary Public or Justice
of the Peace, but preferably before
the County Clerk & Recorder at her
office in the court house in the Town
of Plentywood, Montana, as and in
the manner required by law, prior to
the day, date and hour for the clos
ing of the registration books afore-
said. Electors who failed to vote al
the last general election must regis.
ter to vote at this election; electors
who have moved from the precinc-
last voted in to a different precinct
must have the change noted on thu
registration books.
f IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED
/, YOU CANNOT VOTE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hav,
hereutnO set my official signature a
!. my Office in the Court House, in tn
Town of Plentywood, Montana, thi
3rd day of March, A. d. 1924.
4 B. X. O'GRADY,
County Clerk and Recorder, and a
such ex-officio County Registra
z in and for Sheridan County, Mon
tana. 48-t
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-04

der for cash, on the 10Th day of
April, A. d. 1924, at the hour of 200
o'clock in the afternoon of said day,
at the front door eff the Court House,
in the town of Plentywood, Sheridan
County, Montana, the following de-
scribed real estate, to-wit:
The Northeast Quarter (NEA)
of Section Twenty-Five (Sec. 22)
and the Southeast Quarter eff the
Southeast Quarter .(SEA SEQ
of Section Fifteen (15) in Town
ship Thirty-fve (Twp. 35) North
of Range Fifty-five (Rge. 555)
East of the Montana Meridian,
together with all and singular the
tenements, Entertainments and appur-
tenances thereunto belonging, or in
anywise appertaining.
Dated this 28th day of March,
A. D. 1924.
RODNEY SALISBURY,
Sheriff of Sheridan County, Mont.
By A. E. ALDRICH,
Under-Sheriff
ONSTAD & GREER,
Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
PlentywoOd. Montana 51-t4
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-04
TANA, a corporation; HARRY d.
LOUCKS; BEN A. JOHNSON;

LOUChS; BEN A. JOHNSON;
GEORGE SVORCAN, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be sold at Sheriff's Sale on the
10Th day Of April, 1924, at the hour
of two o'clock P. NJ, on said day, at
the front door eff the Court House,
in the Town of Plentywood, Montana,
in the said County of Sheridan, the
following described real property, sit
uated, lying and being in the County
of Sheridan. State of Montana, to-
wit:
The West Half Northeast
Quarter (W1a NEA), East Half
Northwest Quarter (E1a NWH),
Sec Twenty-Six (26), Southwest
Quarter (SWH), Sec. Twenty
three (23), Twp. Thirty-six 1867
north Of Range Fifty-two (52)
East Montana Meridian, contain
ing 800 acres, more or less, to-
gether with the tenements, here
ditaments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in any
wise appertaihing.
Dated this 9th day fo March, A
d. 1924.
RODNEY SALISBURY,
Sheriff
H. L. WOLFE, JR.
Attorney for the plaintiff,
Malta. Montana. Sit
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-04
THE FORLORN HOPE
(Contributed)

It was in the year of "a
When the old gang it gathered once
more
To put to fight the farmers bold
Who were in charge of the cOunty's
gold.
The gang was led by a doctor quack
Who wanted another chance to crack
The safe wide open with padded
claims
For Salvarsen dope and other names.
This doc he had an awful bunch,
That he could lead the fOrlorn bunch
Of pie-eating birds back to- the trough
Where they would eat and eat and
laugh.
The boys were rounded up one night
And the medic said: we go to fight.
A paper we need to vent our spleen
Wen name the sheet the Farmerine.
You fellows will have to raise the
dough
This is no time for going slow.
Wen raise a long howl and a shout
That will sure knock Charles E. Tay-
Tor out.
An editor Wen surely get
That'l make fat Charlie step, you bet
He will turn him up side down so
quick,
That he and his pals will seek the
creek.
This bright scribe will work fer pay,
He will write what we tell him to
say.
The editor will shout about graft
galore;
If he lies well, We'll pay him more.
So the paper was bought from little
Joe
Who got the jack and let 'er go.
And then from the Farmerine arose
Shrieks that made men rise on theil
toes.
They conjured lies that sounded GOOD
To those whose heads are made OF
wood.
But fakum stories can't stand the
test,
And the Farmerine is now a jest.
, Tho the gang worked like a drunken
sailor
Trying to get the goods on Tay.
z Tor.
, They hunted and searched and die
their best,
But Charles E's record stood tn
, test.
/ In six long years they could find n
a guilt,
y Since Taylor his home in Plentywoo
S built
a That man had stood like solid wal
y Never in one instance did he fall.
e They bribed his friends to give 'er
n dope
It And a couple Of traitors gave thel
Y hope
r But, alas, they had nothing to tell
n But what Taylor answered, and ans
h wered we'll
e The Farmerine now is on its last leg
IS 1t has drank its cup of bitterest dreg
s. The venom it spit out has injured I
II one,
d But the Plentywood gang which
ie now done.
s Truth, as always, shall win in the Ell
" Against all the lies the old gang ca
send
,r Though the path may be rocky, lOr
~ and rough,
7 Right will triumph in the end owe
I bluff.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-04
DREAMS

gIes! Anglesl Rhomboids!
al cone floating, dancing, hop
skipping to me. even in my
Why my dear, let me de
one Of my dreams to you. Oh,
sue you It isn't gruesome. You'll
Gle TO continue your repast, be-
gu don't know what geometry
-aIetore YOU won't be terrified,
o fact, think you'll really like
q mght as I lay on my pillow,
2E waking thought was of the
when a geometry test would
ny arrival at school. Being a
go-iucky creature, l promptly
over and went to sleep. As
-el into dreamland, / saw 4 a
Of fairies working as swiftly
Io.e and they seemed to be
Tor a party. My surmise
iect for in a little while in
he dearest little couple but
-ey came up closer I saw they
-y pair of decentralization
ol for a good time. Soon
-e plot of green was filled with
--e hgures performing the
antics; but to my surprise
y Turned out to be triangles
parallelOgrams, composs-
sc,ers and a thousand other
nov gracefully they danced
el. ! was astonished at the
,l,a which they moved fol
e4ys thought of them as
awkward things, and they
"ae4 l handled them.
Y Them We're brothers after
oaacing and so they
Town m a little circle. AS
zee them very distinctly.
I my courage and crep-
iE % they were actually talk
listing intently for a few
gathered that thew wer,
-yol' our geometry class
surprise, one dear littl,
a m sorowful tones. @
mad those horrid pupil
% as often as they d,
they're always handling
and I'm en- bent an,
y figure is ruined. am.
able 10 charm ! com
o'laccor again. I'm ius
ana worked, until Pm Q
s'er and then I'm be- cas-
70 shift for myself
pad some complaint +
2 the midst Of It an III
E sun cast its ROSY glo,
group and thew 7ed
to their resnectiy
geometry class ROOM