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The Washington times., 1924-10-11

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[E1ch.sips 81 Way Tar.
Yesterdays FIGURES.
Paid attendnmce SI.6ss
Receipts .........S1 2l -
Adyls0ry b01Ed $50. I0,l1o3O /
Clubs share ....... los, 00o 80 /
TOTAL SEVEN CANES.
Paid httsndancs 2Ss, SOS
tsecelIl8 y sO9S .IOli 100
Advisory bonx .. 1853, 80
Clubs 1llleB 80. Bo0 80
Players sllnFe first
Tour galne 33I ,09151
Elle pneepls break an records
Tor = ueEI SERIES.
LAST YEARS FIGURES.
SIX GAMES.
Rnia attendance SOL $50
l.eeeIls !. -. i. B $500
Advisory board l5D, So. 81
AAANAlAA3 i-NAl-A 4Nl1taaIlI0a9A
Players share Thirst
four games. 81, 7Ss.O4
LllD fourth game. played
Tuesday, Mas the List Il which
/ the players share. Twenty-Five
per cent u their slnnre 81 1855
l59.lo win 80 . tlle climbs that
finished second aala third IN
Tie tIp0 Ina50r leagues This
hsapos tie Senators aIla Giants
sees $40 @ divide. 80 - cent
going - tho winners q the
WOrld series m - per cent to
tie losers.
EiguFane Tint 6nch Clnb VIII
divide its portion into twenty.
live shares, The members % the
winning team WIN draw 6Ogn
6,soo eacII, ana the M ibcrs Of
tho losing team "a 80
The Washington times., 1924-10-11

The winning run On second base
and facing him d FasHIiIklb Efisell.
the Dangerous Giant Ibatt6r VINO
had banged out b tlaplo "a The
ntllth. But agal IL johnson 81
other days. flushed aenD1s the dins
MOnd ana lhe figIltiIg CD tn u
the Chants gDeg cut on STRIKES.
Young . pasSed agnln dellber.
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nearly every available player II
his squad II HIS last. desperate ef.
tort Is win the championship 81
The world, hut the Giants open the
eleventh inning with Heinie Groh
1T bat, the elrgt time In the series.
Heinie's funny style and fat Iittlb
Int looked strange - Walter and
Heinie worked him 6or d good hail
which he eQched ~ deep rigllt Held
and LindstrUM hunte him down a
second. Nov polE what Walter VA
up against.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11

Peckinpaugh was one OF the
main cogs ii the washington ma.
chine throughout the American
League pennant season. When Peek
was injured ana was out OF the
third. fourth and fifth games, /
feared the Senator'S would 80 down
to defeat. Peck came back 70 help
win Thursdays game, but when he
was assisted from the Klcld IN the
ninth inning ana Il became apparent
Harris would have - Cenfyango his
The Washington times., 1924-10-11

Buclky Harris must b. rated 3
hero ID the series Of 1894. / know
what lt means 20 direct The plny
Of bah club and take Dnrt IN tIle
games. Harris kept his players on
their toes, used good managerial
judgment and delivered 1t least
three Or the most important hits 81
the series, the single That won
Thursdays gafMe and tire homer
and single that drove IN three 81
WaslingkOm runs yesterday.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11

The strain u pitching Inning
after inning was too much for
their hero pitcher and 80 IN that
. first wonderful game hast Sat.
Hrday afternoon, he pitched RIOr.
lously. but was beaten.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11

~ want 70 cav that the washing
ton team earned itH first world
fnpionship by clean. hard fight
ing throughout the SERIES. It 81
unusual for D ban club 10 come
through with 4 win n u seven.
game series after the opponents
have won three ont Of tive, with
only two tp gosN
The Washington times., 1924-10-11

Just ~ expected, he pens m
eaGy foul but every body gasps ~
old reliable Hank GOWIly lets g
tumble out ~ his glove. Thai was
tho mast tllat tpTgled out to Il lie
most expensive error % the entire
aeri1 ecalRSD MUDDY follows up
with his int real blow 81 the
series nu1 pulls up nt second bnhe.
with Waller himssl9 - H. bak
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hut Manager Harris sent him
8 Gle mound and for fonr nerve
FaBlxlng innings Tint ulnd0 baso.
ban history He OutpitcIaed Giant
Stitching, Oukguessed Glant hat.
slng aN1 OusWittea the New
York board % strategy IN tllo
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He goeB Down 81 tlO records q
baseball ~ the eighteen year
veteran who calne Il win Ere
score lied ln tho ninth inning 81
the series, struck ont live Giant
battors and held 3 team 81 Dbil.
fident, experienced sIuReOts q
three hits a feur flsrcs lnninss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-04
WOULD REMOVE CITY CONTROL
 OF AUDITORIUM
Proposal For Independent
 Board To Be Re- z jected

A plan to remove the new auditorium from Jurisdiction of the city commission s3and place it in charge of an independ= ent board of five members is about to be proposed, commission members were informed Wednesday,.
 O. Gordon Erickson, auditorium di- rector, admitted he had full details of the proposal but said he could not talk for publication. During the day he conferred with President D. B. McIen- don, Commissioner William l.. Harrison and other members of the commission.
 McLendon called for conference of the commission at 10 o'clock Thursday morning when it is expected that unan- .imous disapproval of such a plan will be voiced. At the same time, the con- mission will act definitely on other phases touching the operation of the auditorium, including the suggestion to ba- dancing, the removal of the conven- .tion bureau to the auditorium, and the request of several musical organizations for permission to stage a series of Sun day concerts this winter.
 It appeared certain that, except for possible objection from Commissioner w. B. Cloe, the commission will ,:dopt a policy under which conventions and other organizations leasing the audito rum may have the right to stage dances under proper regulations.
 It also seemed assured that the pro- posal of musical organizations would be rejected and that Director Erickson would be authorized to proceed with plans for numerous Sunday concerts by the municipal band. The series of Sunday concerts staged under Erickson's direction last summer at the Lyric thea ter drew an average of 2,S00 persons each performance.
 In official city hall circles it was said the commission might pry into the Sunday concert request and ascertain whether or not those sponsoring the plan to take this activity out of Di- rector Erickson's hands were antago- nistic towards him. The indications were that MT. Erickson would be called before the conference and questioned.'
 AS to moving convention bureau head quarters to the auditorium, the com mission has several questions to decide. Among these are: What will be done with T. l.. Cannon, who now is in charge of the bureau? Can Erickson
 
 tions in addition to his other duties? Will the Chamber of Commerce con vention department drop it's recent sug- gestion that the city bureau be abol- ished?
 President McLendon was told We'd nesday that the city could count on full cooperation from the chamber. He said he would present several others matters to the commission bearing on the op- eration of the auditorium.
 Several weeks ago when a delegation headed by Mrs. w. J. Adams went be- fore the commission and asked for per mission to give the series of Sunday concerts, Mrs. Adams and others raised the question of Jurisdiction of the audi torium and expressed belief the park board was legally entitled to assume its control. City Attorney w. J. Wynn promptly ruled that the Jurisdiction lay in the commissions hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-04
POP GEERSDES
 AS HORSE FALLS
lContinued from page Onel

see what his animals could do he got up little race in Lebanon. It was no such grand occasion as some of Pops" great races of. the future were to be. Still it was something to him for his horse, Little Dave," hauled the creaking four-wheeler around the mile track in 8 :04 and won the purse. In 1874 Pop" had developed his stable somewhat and he took to touring the country tracks of Tennessee. He had served an apprenticeship under Uncle George Fuller, then the greatest trainer in the land, who taught him to balance the gait of trotter and this knowledge gave him a great advantage in his cam paigning all the rest of his life.
 Makes First Champion
 Pop" shipped his first string of horses north in 1877 and showed the Yankees 2 80 trotter, Alice West. The next season he made a champion of Hattie Hunter and sold her for a huge price for those times because of her record, :1G1a.
 Pop" brought out Annie W. e POI in 1880 and in 1888 he amazed his pro- fession with the immortal Hal Pointer, whom Geers himself called affection ately "The Pi'nter Hoss." Hal Pointer with Geers behind him in the sulky di- recting the strategy of the race, made a Grand Circuit record of 2 :0415.
 In his middle years, Pop" was a taciturn, suspicious man toward stran- gers, for those were the times when fix ing and foul practices were rife and gamblers were resorting to bold schemes in order to put over their coups. Later on, however, he mellowed somewhat and became loveable character. But whether one liked or disliked him, he was held in respect by all as the master of his profession and also as a game horseman.
 Had Many Accidents
 Pop" had had many accidents but they never shook his nerve. In some of his spills he was badly hurt and had to be carried off the track, smashed up, to spend weeks recuperating. But his nerve never failed. Perhaps as he aged along toward his seventies, Pop Geers had secEet wish to die in a smash-up on the track with the thump of hoofs the last sound in his ears.
 Even a limited record of Pops notable races would fill small book. He thought his greatest was the time he drove Single c. to victory in Toledo only six years ago. This probably was the only race in history in which all the three heats were done in less than two minutes. Miss Harris NJ. took the first in :58A. Single c. took the next two in :59a and 1 :59%.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-04
.5O COMMITTEES
 FIND NO GRAFT,
 DIXON ASSERTS
Democratic ChairmanAsks Why c. O. P. Didn't
 Bare Scandals

CHICAGO, Sept. 3-Fifty or more republican congressional committees, which investigated the Wilson war ad- ministration, failed to uncover any of the alleged corruption of which the republicans now complain, because no corruption existed, Lincoln Dixon, chairman of the western headquarters of the democratic national committee, declared in a statement tonight.
 Mir. Dixon's statement was ill reply to charge made yesterday by Will Wood of Indiana, chairman of the re- publican. congressional campaign com mittee, that millions" had been taken from the government treasury under a democratic administration during the war. MT. Dixon's statement follows:
 s'The chairman of the republican cam paign committee, with usual republican inconsistency, broadcasts a statement in which he declares that the Davis honesty chickens come home to roost. In amusing generalities Chairman Will Wood of Indiana declares there were millions taken from the treasury by illicit contracts and transactions that not only cheated the taxpayers, but also the boys in France.'
 Why did not the fifty or more re- publican congressional Investigating committees who delved into the Wilson war administration, uncover any of this alleged corruption? Obviously, because it did not exist and is merely the usual political propaganda that can be ex- pected from the Republican party, which is the father of the oil scandal, the bribery of the secretary of the interior, the astounding corruDtiou of Colonel Forbes in the veterans bureau ar l the insidiously invisible influences that were at work in the department of jus tice under the regime of the republican attorney general, MT. Daugherty, who we all know was forced to resign.
 "Mr. Chairman Wood in the state ment says it was the duty of John W. Davis, as solicitor general of the de- partment of justice, to prosecute crim- inal acts of high and low degree. Mir. Wood apparently is as ignorant of the duties of solicitor general as he is of the facts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-04
MUSEUM NAMED
 AS BENEFICIARY
 IN LEOPOLD WILL
Slayer \ Completes Plans For Attempt To Pierce
 Veil Of Death

CHICAGO, Sept: 3.-The last VIII and testament of Nathan E. Leopoi4 Jr., joint confessof with Richard Aoebl of the Kidnapping and murder of Bobbiel Franks, has become public,X -,
 That Leopold contemplates the pos sibility of receiving death sentence at the hands of Judge Caverly, who now has the murder. case under con sideration, is evinced by letter he has mailed to Clarence s. Darrow, counsel for the Leopold defense. Ns
 The letter, which is seven pages long, beaueaths to the field museum first choice of any five objects in Leopelds pathological collection. Next choice is given to a cousin of Leopold, who may choose any threeearticles after the field museum has made it's selection.
 Third, the museum is given it's choice of any birds, minerals or transcripts in the possession of Peopold or his fam fly belonging to the confessed slayer.
 Hopes To Live.
 1. In the letter Leopold asks Darrow to notify the beneficiaries as soon as pos sible-and before his execution. The letter also thanks Darrow for his clos ing arguments. Leopold wrote that he had been content to die before he heard that argument, but after hearing it he wanted to live.
 The last will was scratched out un- der a county jail arc light on paper supplied by the jailer.
 Leopold also has completed his plans for attempts to pierce the veil shroud- ing death if he is hanged. Although he is an admitted atheist, he says he will not cast out any suggestion of the pos sibility of an after life until he has had an opportunity to demonstrate its invalidity. 6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-04
GILBERT RULES
 PREPARATIONS
(Continued From Page One)

(COntinued From Page OneD the war loan staff as counsel, and rose step by step.
 Because of his brilliant work, he was named assistant secretary by former Secretary David F. Houston, and Mel lon raised him to the highest post be- low himself making him under-secre- tary. He left the treasury in July, last year, and went back with his old firm, finding it hard to live here on the slim salary which the government paid
 The young man Is a fiend for work. That is the outstanding impression he left with his associates at the treasury. He has a passion for finance. It is
 Gilbert worked STflay and night while at the treasury. W The light in his of flee on the second floor of the gloomy building just below the White House often was seen burning far after mid night.
 A Late Hour Man
 'He was a late-hour man." one of his associates said, in recalling Gill bert's period at the treasury. He en- ioyed working in the early morning hours. Time and*again he used to re- turn to his office here after he had been to the theater or dinner. and plunge into his work wearing dress suit. staying untiL two or three o'clock would be down bright and early with the rest of us.''''.$
 "Gilbert was oily 9 when he came here. but he had ithe grasp of man of 5O,n this friend said. "He has a long head on him, and sage's ex- periehce. He thinks deeply, and acts quickly. And he was great on details. He never forgot a one"
 He was a tireless worker. That al- ways came first with him, in fact it was his life"
 Gilbert while abroad as czar of the reparations settlement probably will sneak away to some cool stream when he desires a little rest and recreation from his work. Fishing is his hobby, about the only one he has, unless it is the circus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-04

Owen and Houston Murphy also were in the garage. It was about IF 50, he said, John Smith, the proprietor of the garage, having left luncheon.
 Sheriff Galligan, Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas and the Shelton boys, Earl and Carl, came in. Galligan asked for the car belonging to John Swelcher which was said to have been used by the as- sailants of s. Glenn Young, near Okawville, Ill.," Sisk said.
 While I was removing a car from the garage entrance l was struck on the head with a gun by Ora Thomas. At this moment Reid entered, waving white handkerchief and seeing the gun shouted don't do that boys"
 Charles Denham in whose car three of the slain men, Charles Willard, Dewey Newbold and Green Dunning, were riding, testified that Galligan, Thomas, the three Shelton boys, Deputy Sheriff J. H. Bud" Allison rushed his car, surrounded it, and sent hail of bull lets into it.
 Points To Woman
 "Just before I turned down West Monroe street (the Smith garage is located on this street) I noticed States Attorney Delos Duty and Judge Bowen sitting in au automobile. This wO- man here (pointing to Miss. Jane Las sitter, Judge Bowen's secretary and of ficial stenographer at the inquest) was sitting in the back seat. When they saw me, they started laughing. As we got near the Smith garage 1 saw eight or ten men standing in front. George Galligan and Ora Thomas ap- peared in the door.
 "Ora shouted: There's Charlie Dem ham," and Galligan replied: Kill him and the rest of the dirty Ku Klux Klan.'
 ''The three Shelton boys and Bud Allison rushed toward the car shooting all of the time. Just then Duty, Bowen and this girl (pointing at Miss Lassi- ter) came by in the car and started shooting at us.
 "No shots were fired at our car. I had a gun in the door pocket but had no chance to get it."
 A dozen soldiers wearing steel hel- nets and heavily armed were placed all about the room and outside of the door of the courtroom where the in- quest is in progress. Every person en- tering the courtroom was searched for arms. Inside the soldiers stood with rifles and bayonets fixed. At the head of the table where the coroner and his assistants sat and just back of the wit. ness stand one sentry with an auto matic rifle held at port arms sat al rigid attention. To the rear of the judges bench another soldier had al his fingertips a half dozen hand gren ades.
 Three of the witnesses testified that the states attorney, Duty and Herrin'f city judge, NJ. N. Bowen, drove by the scene of the shooting and fired into the crowd of klansmen gathered there.
 Testimony also was given that Dr. T. J. Black, owner of Herrin hospital drove past the Smith garage and fired into the crowd. Dr. Black was arrested Saturday charged with murder. He maintains he was at his home eating lunch when the trouble occurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-04
TEXANS ADOPT ANTI-KLAN PLANK IN PARTY POLICY.
Ferguson Platform Is Ac- cepted By Convention
 By Rising Vote
lBy Associated Press.l

CAPITOL, AUSTIN, Texas, Sept 3.-The platform drawn by former Gov. James D. Ferguson was adopted by the democratic state convention here today, with slight changes, by a rising vote which was unanimous. The platform as submitted to the platform committee yesterday, denounced the Ku Klux Klan by name and demanded low CT taxes and more economy in state government.
 The platform committee eliminated the word treason" as applied to the activities of the Ku Klux Klan, gave a stronger indorsement to the admins tration of Governor Neff than was contained in the original draft and in- serted a plank providing for expedition of court procedure. It demands publi- cation of memberships of secret or ganzation and another against wear ing masks.
 The platform contains dozen blanks. The plank on the klan reads as follows:
 Test Of KIan Plan.i
 "The Democratic party emphatically condemns and denounces what is known as the Invisible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan as an un-democratic, un-Christian and un-American organization. We brand its activities in politics and else where as against the fundamental prin- ciples upon which the government was founded We call upon all these who have joined this dangerous order. through mistake as to it's real purposes, to withdraw from the same and lend their aid and influence to free the
 ho cfrifa and frnnhla which this insidious clique has aroused among the people. We demand the passage of law requiring the public registration of membership of all se- cret organizations and likewise a law against wearing masks and disguises in public or private places.
 The platform indorses the adminis- tration of Governor Neff without quali- fication and supports his endeavor to suppress lawlessness.
 The plank on prohibition is particul- arly vigorous, demanding. publication of druggists reports showing amount of prescription liquor sold, the name of the physician prescribing and the gross monthly profit on such business.
 Resignation Demanded
 "A resolution demanding that Mrs. T. J. Bloodworth of Fort Worth re- sign as democratic national committee woman, was adopted by the conven- ton before it adjourned here today.
 Mrs. Cecil Smith of sherman was recommended by the convention to the state executive committee to succeed Mrs. Bloodworth. The question of re- moving Mrs. Bloodworth is now in the hands of the executive committee.
 The resolution against Mrs. Blood worth was introduced by c. E. Farmer of Fort Worth, who said that since the klan had been repudiated by the vote of the people, she was out of harmony with the principles of the party.
 A. V. Dalyrmple of Fort Worth, supporting the resolution, said it was a serious thing to place the seal of dis approval on Mrs. Bloodworth, but that she had so allied herself with the klan and the Kamelia. that she ssssswas unfit to represent the democracy of this state."
 Mrs. H. B. Broaddus of Colorado, Texas, demanded passage of the reso- lution. The convention adopted the resolution with a whoop, but one wom- an said 'No."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-04
WEAK LUNGS
 HELPED BY
 NEW METHOD
Says We'll Known Physician
 of Denver, Colorado

If you suffer from terrible choking and coughing spells accompanied by blood in sputum, or if you have sharp shooting pains in chest, feverishness, cold hands and feet, blue lips and a pale, sallow skin, you ought to try the new Heilol home treatment right away It helped terrible case of bad lungs in two months according to statement of user. Of this simple, easy and pleasant home method, well-known Colorado physician says, Relief has been reported ed-even during early stages of treatment"
 Anyone wishing to test Heilol at home without risking any money may now do so by sending name and ad- cress 10 the General Remedies Co. 284& Ioo9 8b5g Denver, Colo. W rite thcm .odssasnnd take advantage of their generous offer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-04
DENY CHARGES

MARION, H., Sept. 3.-State's At torney DeLos Duty when informed that q number of witnesses testified before coroner's jury at Herrin today that he, Judge Bowen and Miss Jane Las sitter, drove past the Smith garage, and participated in the shooting Saturday in which six men were l,''ed @a'd ''I.iAs all lies, utterly ridiculca, Miss las- sitter also denied that they were near the garage or took ary part iu the
 trouble.