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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-05
BY RAymonp cLAppeR

WASHINGTON. Aprii 1.-THE
question of large campaign contri.
buttons bobbed up in both the Teapot
Dome and Daugherty hearings yester.
day, indicating the growing attention
that is being given to this question at
the NATIONAL capital.
Before the Teapot Dome committee
George White, who was chairman OF
the 1920 campaign, testified that e. L.
Doheny had contributed $34, 900 to
the democratic chest. Doheny recently
told the committee that he gave the
democrats SIS, 900 and the republicans
SIS, 600, but White said Doheny would
have to explain the difference in the
figures. He said he recalled no con.
tributions from Harry f. Sinclair, al
though the latter recently told the COM
mitted he contributed to both party
funds.
Senators interested in legislation to
control and make public all campaign
contributions said the difficulty in
determining just how much the two
chief beneficiaries of the oil leases gave
to the party campaign funds only illus
trated the need of closer supervision.
Meanwhile the Daugherty investigat-
ing committee got into the same ques-
ton when Capt. H. l.. Seattle, testify.
ing regarding the alleged aircraft
scandal, declared that Thomas L. Chad
bourne, counsel for the Wright Martin
Aircraft company, was large contrib
utor to the democratic party.
Government Suffers
Il have found that when men made
large campaign contributions the gov
eminent usually suffered, Seattle OBJ
served.
That is a system that has grown
up and it should be eradicated," Sem
ator Jones, Washington, regular repub-
lican, declared.
Campaign expenses have grown
steadily in recent years. The listed ex.
penses of the 1920 election campaign.
for both parties is $7,000,00O, and this
figure does not include many items such
ms money spent by quasi-political or.
carnations in behalf of various candi-
dates, and sums spent by individual
candidates before the national conyen-
tons.
\ Some 100000 more was spent bv
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|DAUGHERTY QUIZ
TAKES new LIFE
CONTINUED from Page One

continuing the drug ring investigation
by VOtaw, Burns said:
well, this is the situation. The in
vestigation was started down there by
Mr.. Votaw and he was the man re-
sponsible for it. When he ordered it
stopped didn't go to him again."
Don't you think if you were given a
free hand" Wheeler asked, that you
could have gotten the men in that ring
who were supplying the narcotics?"
II think So" Burns answered.
Since Been Inactive
Burns said that "since then" the de-
partment of justice was not, to his
knowledge, doing anything" to stop
the drug traffic in federal prisons.
Wheeler then shifted to Mexican
border matters. After denying he had
ever heard that American oil men fl
nanced Mexican revolutions, Burns ad,
mitted there had been seizure of a
truck load of arms from a Los An.
geles concern. These later were turned
loose" after Daugherty conferred with
the President.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-05
sl6,OO0,OOO CANAL
URGED BY BEACH
Army Engineer Would
Link New Orleans And
Corpus Christi, Texas

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Construc-
ton at an estimated cost of 10000
600 of an intracoastal canal between
the Mississippi river at or near New
Orleans and Corpus Christi, Texas, was
recommended to Congress today by Ma
jor General Beach, chief of army engi-
neers. ss@
In communication sent to Speaker
Gillett, General Beach said channel
8 feet deep and 100 feet wide should
be provided. He suggested an initial
appropriation of $4,000,000 with $780,
600 available annually for mainten-
ance. 49,
The route recommended by General
Beach is from a point on the Missis-
sippi opposite New Orleans TO the At
chafalaya river at Morgan City, thence
north of West Cote Blanche and Yer
million. bay to the yermiliion river,
thence north of White and Grand lakes
to Mermentau river, thence to Calca-
sieu river following Lake Misere canal,
thence to the Sabine river. at Orange,
via the 30-foot Lake Charles waterway,
thence to Port Arthur, by the Sabine
Meches canal, thence southwest to Port
Bolivar, thence across Galveston bay
to Gulf, Texas, and on to Arkansas
Pass and Corpus Christi.
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These weapons can be used in the
German election campaign. MacDon-
aid, desiring peace, would then be con-
fronted by two nationalist parliaments,
two splitting tiger-cats of legislatures,
watching the entrance to the peace
temple into which the British premier
hopes to lead humanity.
Would Heed Sentiment.
1t is to be hoped that the experts
committee, in their report. will not
take the attitude that they deal only in
figures and are not concerned with
thing vital if one forgets the heart.
When the experts were in Berlin OPP
timistic expectations were awakened
here. In Paris they again fell under
the spell of Poincare, of the repara-
lions commission, and of the daily at
tempts to influence them. Even if they
closed their ears they would, neverthe-
less, as a result of the wish to produce
unified and unanimous program, be
pressed down to that slippery path on
which one slides from one compromise
to another.
But whoever wishes to prevent a sue
cess of nationalism here must guard
against every new infringement of Ger
man independence, and remember that
politics cannot be successful without
an understanding of national psy-
chology. Only fools will be surprised il
the loud-mouthed elements in the ma
tionalist and folkish groups here vaunt
themselves as the saviors of Germany.
Without the help of Poincare and his
comrades these groups would appear
less significant.
April Is Test
On April 6 landtag elections will
occur in Bavaria. It will be interest
ing to see the effects of nationalist
propaganda and recent developments
there. We shall see whether the spirit
of the Ludendorffs, the quarrels of the
patriots, the appearance of the noble
figures who light their cigarettes on
the torch of nationalism, has repealed
or attracted the people.
We do not underestimate the power
of stupidity and base instincts, but it
is not entirely improbable that the vic
tory eagles of these gentlemen-to use
the word of one of the Munich group
will be changed into bankruptcy vul-
lures,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-05
FORD BID WINNER,
HELM ASSERTS
Prospects For Senate Ac-
ceptance Bright, Says
Albanian

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Senatcr
Heflin, Democrat. Alabama, champion
Of Henry Ford.s offer for Muscle
Shoals bid in the Senate agricultural
committee, today. declared that pros
poets for acceptance of Ford's offer by
the Senate are better now than they
ever were.
western Is enators are being
swamped. with letters from their farm
err constituents, demanding they vote
for the Ford Offer" Helm said. 'If
they obey the dictates Of their farm
voters and join the solid contingent of
southern cotton senators, there is no
doubt we will put the measure across"
Heflin said be noted a steadily grow
ing favorable sentiment among sena-
tors for the Ford offer in recent weeks
since the House passed it.
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France, England Blamed
For. Nationalist Flare-Up
German Editor Deplores Anti-Democratic Move
But Pleads 1t Is In Self-Defense

Editors Note: In sudden. almost
amazing fashion, monarchist flare
ups have swept Germany again A
dom plank sie into pi its platform Mte Laden-
dorff is acquitted as hero; the
funeral OF a saboteur is made the We
hicle for a monarchist demonstration
in Berlin. and the reactionary mon
archical group confidently expects
victory in the spring elections. In
the following article Theodore Wolff,
editor in chief of the Berliner Tage-
blatt. analyses the monarchist spirit
in Germany, and presents a German
viewpoint as to its causes.
BY THEODORE WOLFF
Copyright, 1924, for The Age HeraId)
(Pubiished by Advancement with the Der.
liner TagebiatD
BERLIN, April 4.-The English
press does not exaggerate in declaring
that ain election victory for the Ger
man nationalists would be misfortune
for Germany and would wreck hopes oil
reconstruction. I
But the foreigners who see that a
victory of anti-democratic elements
would ruin Germany have themselves
for more than five years, driven their
arrows into the German democracy as
the arrows were driven into the flesh
VI Tie I1Oly SeDdSIldu. lHey nave
made Germany's life hideous thing.
The most that they have done to help
us was to lisp timid warnings as the
Napoleon actor built his fabric OF
tyranny on German soil, and aroused
our nationalist feelings in order to be
able to demand the Rhine as a pro-
tective wall against this same nation.
alism.
France Blamed
All must understand what must be
done if German democracy, swept
through five years from one danger to
another, is to assert itself and crush
the forces of reaction that, in Germany
are supported by France.
Premier Macdonald of Britain, desir.
ing to lead Premier Poincare into sensi.
BILE ways, seems willing to sacrifice
German sovereignty in order to please
France. If the French nation sees that
Poincare can get the labor prime minis
ter on his side, the "bloc national will
probably be returned in the French
elections. If this, results in a continued
loss to German sovereignty it will
merely mean that effective weapons
are being given the nationalist here.
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IN THE AIR TODAY

Copyright for The Age-Herald)
WOR, NEWARK-(4O5m eters), 10
p. M, f. S. r., Rossini's oratorio, sta
bat Mater" by choir of st. Josephs
church, Newark, with symphony orches-
ira.
KDKA, PITTSBURG-(423 meters) q.
s 80, E. S. r., Chamber of Commerce
dinner in honor of Andrew W. Mellon
BIZ, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
1887 meters), p. M, E. s. H., Get
together dinner of the National League
! of Masonic clubs, with addresses by
Gov Claiming Cox, General SmedIey
Butler, Mayor Curley and others.
SAL. CINCINNATI-(3O9 meters),
midnight G. S. T., SAL midnight enter
tainers.
KOO, OAKLAND, CAL.-(312 met
ers), s p. m. r.. c. T., 1T Pays to
Advertise" three-act comedy by the
KOO players.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-05
DRY AGENT CALLED
ChicagOan To Tell Investigators How
Rum Ring Wrecked Home

CHICAGO, April 4.-Brice F. Arm
strong, general prohibition agent, has
been ordered to Washington to tell the
the Chicago rum ring wrecked his home
with bomb and why they did it. Sen
ator Brookhart's committee investigat-
ing the department of justice subpoe-
naed Armstrong.
Charges made by the prohibition
agent have involved several high re-
publican officials. One of these, Arm
strong charges, tried to have him dis
missed because he refused to drop cases
against certain influential viOlators.
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MRS. CUMMINS DIES

RICHMOND, Va, April Airs.
lula Cummins died late tonight, the
results of a bullet wound which she
had told the authorities was inflicted
in carrying out suicide pact with her
husband, Holmes Cummins, insurance
broker and clubman. Holmes was
found dead and his wife seriously
wounded in their apartment here
Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-05
CIRCUS ATTENDANCE
SETS A NEW RECORD
Closing Show Friday Marked By
Capacity Crowds

The closing performances of the
Shrine circus, staged under the auspices
of Zamora temple, were marked by the
breaking of all attendance records dur
ing the ten days engagement. Shortly
after the doors opened Friday night,
the crowds began to gather and soon
the spacious tent and show grounds
were filed to capacity. During the
evening hundreds were unable to gain
admittance. At late hour the circus
came to a close, with the free distri-
button of three automobiles.
Ernest Matthews, director general.
stated Friday night that the circus had
been pronounced success, and that on
behalf of Zamora temple he desired to
thank the committees in charge, the
uniformed bodies and all those who help
ed to make the affair a success. He
also expressed his sincere thanks to the
public for the generous patronage ex-
tended.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-05
LIGHTED PIPE
FIRES CLOTHES,
CAUSING BURNS

G. b. Ragsdale, superinten-
dent of the city pound, Friday
was reported recovering at his
, residence from the effects of
several severe burns on his arms
and hands, sustained Thursday
afternoon when his clothes ignited
from his pipe in his pocket. while,
: he was driving in a buggy along
Sixth avenue, south, at Twelfth
: street. Z.
Ragsdale was unaware that he :
was afire. A passer told him of
his danger and assisted him in
putting it out.
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e.. j. REED RACK

Il. ]. Reed, clerk of the board Of
revenue and a candidate for member.
ship, was back at the court house Fri.
day after several weeks absence dine
to serious injuries received in an auto.
mobile accident.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-05
SHIPPING BOARD
HOLDSS SECTION q
VITAL TO FLEET
Members Hold Opposite
View Of Shippers, Who
Ask Delay

WASHINGTON, April ENACT
ment of the Newton resolution which
would defer for IA months enforce
ment of section % of the merchant ma
rine act, requiring through railroad
water rates for commodities carried in
American ships was urged today be-
fore the House merchant marine COM
mittee by representatives of American
shipping and industrial interests.
Making the section effective May 20,
as ordered by the interstate commerce
commission, the shipping and indus
trial. representatives declared, would
work an incalucuable harm to the
American merchant marine bl divert
ing a large per cent of the country g
exports to Canadian ports.
Postponing enforcement as provided
by the resolution proposed by Repre-
sentative Newton, republican, Mime
sofa, would afford time for a full in
, vestigation into the effects of its opera
ton, it was commended, and enable a
better adjustment.
AN opposite view was presented by
; Chairman O'Connor and Commissioners
Thompson and Plummer of the shipping
oOdEus WIZ UeCldFeu enforcement Oh
the section was necessary to provide
more consignments for the boards YES
sells and thus prevent curtailment of
present service.
Numerous shipping and industriay
representatives said they were not OPP
posed to the principles embodied in the
section, but believed an investigation
before application essential.
James Clark Jeffry of Chicago,
spokesman for the Millers National
Federation, supported the Newton reso-
luton and declared immediate enforce
ment of the section would be destruc-
tive to American importers and export
ers alike and will not build up a mer-
chant marine" 81
The flour milling business. Mr.. JEFF
fiery predicted, would be diverted to
Canada and this is going to hurt not
only the American millers who last
year ground $1,00O,O0O,OOO worth of
wheat into flour, but also American
farmers and wage, earners."
r. F. Bausman of New York, export
manager of the Washburn Crosby COM
pany, declared the section would raise
the price of export flour by an increase
IN freight rates and that European mer-
chants, instead of paying the advanced
price, would purchase in Canada.
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LIQUOR SEIZED

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April A.
Especial. )-Seizure of 20 gallons of
liquor in Russell county and the arrest
of two men for violating the prohibit
ton law was reported Friday after
noon. -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-05
PACIFIC SHIPPERS OBJECT
Port Organizations Demand Repeal or
Section %

TACOMA, Wash, April 4.-The Pa
cific conference of port and commercial
organizations adjourned here today aft
er adopting resolutions demanding that
Congress repeal section % of the mer-
chant marine act and the further sus-
pension of its enforcement pending such
action.
The conference also denounced the
Gooding bill which has been recon-
mended to the Senate and which would
take from the interstate commerce COM
mission the right to make rates for rail-
ways so they may compete with water
TRANSFORMATIONS
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tin. 919 Fourth avenue, north, near her
home.
Martin picked up the injured girl
and carried her to the Birmingham
Baptist hospital, where an examina-
ton revealed a fractured skull. Her
condition is considered serious by her
attendants.
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SATURDAY, APRIL s, 1924
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Huge Campaign Gifts Seen
As Severe Test OF Integrity
Too Severe In Some Cases, Official Washington
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NEGRO GIRL INJURED
Hit By Auto, Doctors Fear Fractures
elrull =. ! =

vincey Ford, S-year-old negro, of SAG
Fifth street, north, was probably ia
tally injured late Friday afternoon
when she was struck by an automobile
said to have been driven, by ]. w. Mar
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POLITICAL STRAWS

CHICAGO, April 4.-The American
people remain undecided by the COM
pick situation at Washington, Sena-
tor Hiram johnson declared in an ad-
dress here Friday.
The meeting which Senator johnson
addressed, marked the opening of his
final tour of Illinois in his effort to
carry the state at the presidential pri-
maries next Tuesday.
johnson is flashing Coolidge mana
gers for what he characterized as IAN
attempt to minimize the oil quiz
MILWAUKEE, Wis, April A.
Hope of President Calvin Coolidge to
salvage at least, two Wisconsin dele
gated pledged to him at the Republican
national convention appeared shattered
late today by the victory of Congress
man H. A. Cooper, LaFollette delegate
in the First district, who defeated the
Coolidge district delegate, ]. A. Craig,
as shown by complete official returns,
Earlier returns had shown Craig lead
ing.
The sole Coolidge Wisconsin dele
gate, as shown by official returns, is
Thomas Scott, First district, who
polled the second largest vote.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-05

DIES MONIES, Iowa, April 4
lowa's delegates to the democratic na-
tional convention, though uninstructed.
will vote for William G. McAdoo as
long. as there is any possibility of nom
mating him, according to a statement
tonight by e. Il. Meredith, chairman
of the Iowa delegation, chosen at the
state convention at Davenport yester.
doy
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land Ointment and in a short time
she was completely healed, after
using one cake OF Cutieura Soap and
one box Of Cuticura Ointment.
tSigned) Mrs. w J. johnson,
Weathers, Arkansas.
Use Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Talcum regularly for everyday
toilet purposes.
Ba@plss PTss BY NAL Address: ''cutisurA Labor
Atortss, Dept. 4. NAldSD 80, Mass" Sold every
where Soap2Se. Ointment Is and Zoe .Talcum Ne
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NEW YORK, April 4.-ReportinS
all preliminary plans for the national
Democratic convention at Madison
Square Garden worked out in detail.
officials in charge announced TODAY
that the Democratic national commit
tee had been summoned here April 2 to
give the plans final approval
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Will INVESTIGATE DEATH.

Investigation into the death Thurs
day of Mrs. Verna Murphy, $40 Pearl
street, who died of a pistol wound,
was postponed Friday by ]. D. Rus
sum, coroner The investigation prob
ably will be made Saturday or Mon
day, he said.
Funeral services were held at 3 80
o'clock Friday afternoon from Johns
chapel, with DBL. A. Bryan officiat-
ing. Burial followed in Elmwood ceme-
terry.
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q rash and itched badly
making her cross and
fretful. The irritation
caused her to lie awake
nights and keep me
awake. ! used other REM
edies to no avail. l be.
ran using Cuticura Soan
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BARREL OF BOOZE
rs FOUND BURIED
Man Arrested AS Result Of
Discovery

TUSCUMBIA, Ala, April 4.-Sher-
ia Cobb and Deputies Hollingsworth,
South and Lively located a 5O-gallon
barrel of whisky eight miles from Tus.
cumbia on the Leighton road buried
within so yards of family cemetery
The pump with which the liquor was
drawn from the barrel was found near
the harm of Colbert Cards and Cards
and the liquor were brought to the Col
bert county Jail. Returning to the bur.
ial place of the whisky the officers
tracked a wagon drawn by two mules
to the site of. a still five miles south Of
Leighton.
Mrs. CreeI Speaks-The Tuscumbia
Parent Teacher association held a meet
ing yesterday at which Mrs. L. e. Cree
of the faculty of the Sheffield High
school was the principal speaker.
Inter-Club Meeting-The inter-club
meeting last night of the Kiwanis and
Rotary clubs of Tuscumbia was largely
attended, 100 men being present. e.
j. Henninger of the Tuscumbia Rotary
club presided,
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pointed to as significant because that
state lis in the section where the So
called progressive strength is great.
est"
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|CUT|CURA HEALS|
SEVERE RASH
ION Baby's Face. Itched
Badly. Would Lie Awake.

my baby had q severe breaking
out on her face. 1t was in the form Of
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