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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
SHIELDS DECLINES
 DEBATE CHALLENGE
Needed In Washington, He Re-
 plies To Opponent

NASHVILLE, March IA special from Washington says that Senator John K. Shields, candidate for renomi- nation, has telegraphed Judge N. l.. Bachman, one of his opponents, declin- ing the latter's challenge to joint discussion.
 There are several reasons" says Senator Shields, why 1 can not ac- cept your offer and I would do vio- lence to your great intelligence and un- usual political sagacity if I did not un- derstand they were known to you when you made the offer. You know that matters of vital importance to the peo- pie of the United States and to the democratic party are DOW pending in the United States Senate and that l can not, in the performance of my high duties, leave Washington at this time and that if did you and General Ty- son would attack me for so doing.
 General Tyson, whom you seem to ignore, and you are. both candidates against me, and as there is evidently a movement on hand to have one of you withdraw before the primary, which one do not know, can not under take a joint discussion with either now. will only discuss the issues with a candidate who will not quit the contest. If you both remain in the contest, the discussion should be with you both."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
CROSSING BLOCK
 CAUSES GUESSING
Freight Trains Delaying Street Cars With Men And Women
 Going To Work

Diplomatic relations between the Bir- mingham Railway, Light and Power company and the Illinois Central rail roads are strained. The B. R., L.. & P Co. says it can't run it's business with the interference ofthe I. c. The I. c. says it can't run it's business without interfering with the B. R.. L. & F. Co There matters stand-deadlocked.
 But the B. R.. l.. & F. Co. is not going to stand for it.. Friday they asked police to help them. In letter to Chief McDuff they request "steps to prevent" the I. c. and the Frisco from blocking their crossings along Twelfth street, between five and seven o'clock in the morning.
 Illinois Central switch engines push from 10 to 75 freight cars along the track and hold up street cars for from 5 to 15 minutes, the letter reads, and adds: tour service is disarranged and demoralized."
 Most of the passengers on these cars punch the clock" T. c. Brabston, super intendent of the B. R.. l.. .,& P. Go. traffic, supplemented this information Friday evening. ''When they are slightly late due to the fault of being held up at the railway crossing we get the bump. Lately there has been an awful lot of complaint made at our office about these Twelfth street intersections.
 What we suggest doing is that they move this heavy freight traffic earlier in the day, but it is not up tt us to advance how the I. c. should run its business. They should work out a feasible plan themselves. The law reads that train cannot block a crossing more than five minutes"
 G. R. Carson, superintendent of the railroad terminal lines, when asked over the phone if he had received any complaint from the street car company regarding this, replied:
 Sure, we get one every day.
 T am not saying they have no req son to kick" he added to this. l'But we have lot of high class shipments that must be pushed into the Illinois Central freight house at that time. Our business is increasing and, at times, pretty heavy in the morning We get these cars in and out a. quickly as possible, which is the best we can do, now isn't it?"
 The question is passed on to Chief McDuff as mediator. On receipt of the letter Friday he notified his police captains to ''scout around" and find out the situation to determine if some solution could be worked out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
NEGRO EXECUTED AT COLUMBIANA
Keep Guns Out Of Youl Pockets Is His Parting
 Advice

COLUAIBIANA, Ala, March 7.-- Especial. )-George Robinson, a negro, recently convicted in the circuit court of Shelby county for the murder of William Murphy, white man, near Columbiana on July 14, 1923, was hung in the county jail this morning. The execution took place at o'clock. On the eve of his hanging the negro gave to a negro minister the following statement: .5
 T have got to say I am going, and I am going satisfied. I have nothing against no one at all; I want each and everybody to meet me in heaven. l don't dread this, because Jesus Christ died to save the world, and am going to die as warning to the young race as we'll as the old. My body may culver at the strike of the rope, but I breathe my life out sweetly then.
 Goodbye to you all. l am going to glory; here stand to pay debt owe. I want all of you young relations ! to keep out of bad company. Do not gamble, and keep guns out of your pockets, because they will bring you l trouble.
 ''This is all have to say. Good bye to all"
 The condemned man called an attor- ney in to see him Thursday afternoon in the hope of receiving stay of execu- tion, and seemed to believe that some thing would still occur to prevent his hanging, and he seemed stunned when informed by the attorney that he had nothing to hope for along this line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
THE WEAIHER

Alabama. extreme northwest Florida and Mississippi: Fair Saturday; Sunday rain and cooler. tE
 Virginia: Fair Saturday. colder in southeast portion; Sunday cloudy, followed by rain or snow in west portion.
 North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia: Fair and somewhat colder Sat prday; Sunday cloudy, followed by rain.
 Florida Fafr Saturday; Sunday cloudy not much change in temperature.
 Tennessee: Fair Saturday; Sunday rain and colder. F-. s-:
 Kentucky: Fair Saturday; Sunday rain or snow; no change fin temperature.
 Louisiana; Saturday and Sunday partly cloudy to cloudy, showers Saturday night and probably Sunday; colder in north DOT tion Saturday. ,.T N
 Arkansas: Saturday and Sunday partly cloudy to cloudy: rain Saturday night and Sunday; colder Saturday night. =; .
 Oklahoma: Saturday rain or snow, colder; Sunday partly, cloudy.
 East Texas: Saturday cloudy. local rain colder in northwest portion Sunday partly cloudy rain in east portion. colder.
 West Texas Saturday probably rain in south and rain or snow in north portion colder; Sunday generally fair. e
 Summary of observations made at sta tions of the United States weather bureau during the 24 hours ending at [ D. m, 90th meridian time. March C. 1924:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
CURB MARKET
 IS REACTIONARY
Most Active Issues More Within Narrow Area In Days
 Dealings

NEW YORK, March 7.-Reactionary price tendencies prevailed in today's curb market with most of the active is- sues moving within rather narrow limits.
 Testimony before the Senate oil lease investigating committee continued to re- strict the trading in oil shares, the fea- ture of which was a 29-point jump in Chesbrough Manufactured 424. Borne and Scyrmser climbed 2 points to 235 and Cities Service and Standard Oil of Kentucky each moved up a point.
 1ndustrials were mixed. Durant Motors fell 1 point to 26 and then re- covered half its loss. United States Distributing Corporation moved up more than a point on the announce ment of it's acquisition of Independent Warehouse, Inc, making it the largest corporation of its kind in the world. KEesge new stock failed to improve in sympathy with the rapid rise in the old issue on the "big board"
 Chief interest in the mining group centered in the activity of Hawthorne mines, which touched 55, a new top since trading was resumed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
|GREAT QUANTITY
 OF MASH IS FOUND
Officers Find Two Outfits In
 Town And Some Liquor

One of the largest liquor raids, from point of results, ever staged in Bir- mingham occurred Friday morning when three deputy sheriffs, working on tip, swooped down on two negro houses on Thirteenth avenue between Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh streets and confiscated around $500 gallons of mash.
 Three stills were found in the two houses, the deputies say, one in the home of Katy Ward where about $50 gallons of mash was discovered, and two in the home of Lula Pitts with about 2,S00 gallons of mash there, it was stated. The Pitts home also con- tained 10 gallons of liquor, officers de- clared. Both women were arrested.
 The locating of the two larger stilla came as matter of luck. w. A. Disheroon, who with Sam Williams and '. V. Walker took part in the rad, is said to have asked the Ward woman if there were not some more stills in tl, neighborhood. She shook her head, bu. unconsciously rolled her eyes in tine di-, ction of her ncignbcr's home
 Disheroon dashed over to the Pitts place and there found the largest cache of all, it was said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
Boudoir Mirrors of Washington WOMEN OFTEN BITTER WHEN
 HUSBANDS ARE DEFEATED

he looked like Bobby Burns, and ever since he has worn his little curl right in the middle of his forehead. It's not a curl, really, but good, old-time fore lock.
 Some other flatterer or job seeker told him that he looks like George Ar liss' impersonation of Disraeli. He al. ways looks convinced that the ladies find him irresistible--a pleasant .deiu- sion in many male minds. And he al. ways wears stock, even in summer and it makes him as conspicuous as the pillory did our undesirable ancestors He speaks well, whether he has any thing to say or not.
 Pitt Campbell has delightful family of wife and three daughters, and they all burn incense before the head of the house. e
 Long years ago when they came to Washington Mrs. Campbell wanted a permanent home, so they bought a ram- shackle old house in Virginia, which they got cheap, and renovated into a charming residence This ancestral home counted against them last election Kansas didn't want congressman who had beer, converted into one of the Last Families of Virginia. Kansas found that the, old song had been reversed The Campbells weren't comin' so long as there was anywhere else to go. So the Campbell constituents rose up and declared that the town wasn't named for him and they proceeded to take the Pitt out of Pittsburg, Kan. Mrs. Campbell may have dropped a tear or two in the Potomac, but no one was drowned in the flood.
 , The Eilises
 Then there, are tine Ellises of Kansas City, Mo. They were not mad about going back to the home town. Not that they were so deeply rooted in Washing ton, either. heard a man say one day: ITO hear Ellis talk, you'd think he had been on the Lafayette reception committee and laid the cornerstone of the Washington monument"
 He has had sort of off again, on again, gone again experience. He was in with Roosevelt, then out, sand back on the Harding landslide, and now he is out again.
 Mrs. Ellis made all the calls that anybody ever made and some that no. body who knew the ropes ever thinks of making. She went everywhere, did everything, and was interested in all that was going on. If you like people you say that that is merely doing the right thing. Like so many others, the Ellises went home via the Panama ca nal at official rates. Tomorrow: The Diplomatic Set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
VXTHEN about third of the House " of Representatives is defeated,
 it means a lot of new faces in

XXYHEN about third of the House " of Representatives is defeated,
 it means lot of new faces in Washington. But that is all, so far as the public is concerned. It is very different proposition, however, with the men themselves, and there are a lot of weeping willows among the wives.
 You can take it from me that the English language doesn't hold words superlative enough to describe the feel ings with which Mrs. Mondell went back to Newcastle, Wyo. Nor Mrs. Pitt Campbell to Pittsburg, Kan, and the Copleys settling down to the social amenities of Aurora, III. s
 The Mondells, Frank and Mrs. Frank, came to Washington nearly quarter of a century ago and that is a long time to be away from Wyoming. I've serious doubts whether he could rope a steer, and I ami certain she has forgot ten how to make prairie butter.
 Newcastle is little coal town in eastern Wyoming, and for the first two or three terms of office Mrs. Mondell kept thinking it was still home. After that, it began to seep into her. active mind that her real home should be Washington. So she came right on.
 Soon Newcastle began to recede into the background, and Mrs. Mondell paid the proper calls and accepted invita- tions, and entertaining on gradually increasing scale followed. The Mondells played the game according to the con gressional Hoyle and were popular ac- cordingly.
 Every year the eastern manner grew little more noticeable, and the pretty daughter is wholly an eastern product. At the annual meeting of the Native Daughters of Wyoming, Miss Mondell simply doesn't belong.
 A Descendant Of Pitt
 But more fatal is the lorgnette habit when constituents come to town.
 Some constituents, of course, like to see their representatives grazing in the best pastures and take it as matter of pride that they are among the socially elect. It does the state proud and re- fleets glory on the electors. But a lot of people don't like that kind of re- flected glory.
 The defeat of Phillip Pitt Campbell, chairman of the rules committee, whose pocket vetoes put the finish on his po- litical career-at least for the time removed a picturesque figure. He was born in Nova Scotia and claims descent from the great Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and Colin of the Campbell clan.
 In his early youth some one told him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
OHIO BLUE LAWS TO
 BE INVOKED SUNDAY
Arrest Threatens Youngstown Steel And Newspaper Chiefs

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 7.-If steel mills and newspapers operate here next Sunday, warrants will be sworn out for their executives under a man. damus writ granted by common pleas court here ordering the city to enforce the Ohio blue law, said a statement is- sued today by Attorney Nathan Kauf- man of the law firm which obtained the mandamus for the independent gas oline dealers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
HERE INSPECTING MARKET
Minneapolis Officials Spend Day II
 Birmingham


 Fame of Birmingham's municipal market as the latest and most modern in the country, Friday brought dele gation of Minneapolis, Minn., citizens to study it before building t $soO,OoO market house in their home city.
 The party was composed of Aldermen G. T. Lindsten and Peter Pryts and Assistant City Engineer J. c. Vincent. They spent the day inspecting the mar ket at Third avenue and Twenty-third street and visiting all points of interest in the city. They left late in the day for Memphis.
 The visitors said the market was the best they had seen and were high in their praise of it. They said Minneapo- lis was planning $3O0.000 market on the type of large shed or open-air place for truck farmers and were con- templating including a close building, such as the Birmingham market, in their plans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
HONDURAN REVOLT
 REPORTED ENDED
Agent Here Called To Help
 Form New Government

WASHINGTON, March 7.-Fausto Davila, representative here of the Hon duran nationalist party, whose military forces are led by General ,Tiburcio Carias, announced late today that the Fdefacto government cause in that coun- try had collapsed and that heehad. been summoned to conference at Tigue- calpa where, he said. arrangements are to be made to establish a new govern ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
WALL STREET K | LANGIID FRIDAY
Stock Exchange Experiences
 Dullest Of Dull Sessions Of The Year
By wItL JOHNSON . Il eassd Ntrs 4s Ths Aas. us srsiSl

II
 NEW YORK, March 7.-It was the Fullest of the dull sessions of the year lon the stock exchange Friday. Total turnover Of stocks was only 535,900 fhares. a figure better representative of half Saturday session than a full hay in March. J
 But, as if to offset tine cus7ness, Wall Street brought into unusual prominence Fcme of its highest priced industrials, end moved them into the highest price levels yet attained since the scurrent re- action occurred. As whole, the list Iof. securities presented an irregular ar- ray in which the strength of the lead with the few stocks which dropped to new low price levels for a variety of Feasons.
 Big Short Interest
 It Is admitted, however, that a short fnterest of large proportions still exists, land Tor this reason a waiting market For the next six weeks, at least, was the opinion ventured by some observ- Iers. The short interest is said sto be honly 10 per cent less than the record figures of October, 1923, prior to the llong advance enjoyed by the market. Perhaps the most interesting feature Iof the present short interest is the fact fhat 1t is widespread compared with q fmuch closer position in October when the individual short positions were fewer and larger.
 Bearish operations from the south d Jew weeks ago accelerated a public isnort interest which Is more or less spread through the west and south. Francs Find New Low
 French francs found another low level for themselves again today, but the flop occurred early and there was slight rally later. The new. low was |S.7SA and the slump was regarded by some as the big event of.gthe day. The decline again started in the foreign markets. In fact, on this side of the water, comparatively little business was done on the reaction. Belgian francs dropped to a new low in sympathy. Punctuation in French francs during the past two days, figured on a per- centage basis, has been one of the wid- est on record. |. Offerings have been on a huge scale m all financial markets. It is the con- sensus among local exchange operators that sales in this market have been mostly of foreign origin, as there is rarely much public speculation in francs, and the banks have been care fui about contracting short commit ments, owing to the extremely uncer- tain position Of the market.
 Continued selling by spot houses land prominent professional operators brought about a decline of approxi- lmately $4.50 a bale on the local cotton lexchange in the late trading today. The ldecline was believed to have been a re- Election Of the unfavorable situation in the cotton goods trade. Final prices lsold around the lowest levels of the lday.
 News from the steel centers continues Favorable. Tin plate mills are opera ting at 98 per cent. with a general av- ierage of 95 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08

been bothered with my back for over a year. and it would hurt me until I could not do my work, which is keep ing house for three and cooking and washing dishes. tell all my friends if they have any kind of female trou- bles to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound trial. You may use this testimonial if it will help any one. Mrs. c. R. MILLER, R. F. D. No. l, Box 76, Rotan, Texas.
 Ina recent country wide canvass of purchasers of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over 121, ,0OO re- plies were received, and 98 out of every 100 reported they were bene- fitedIby it's use. For sale by druggists everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
GIRL KILLS HERSELF

BKISTUL, Tenn, March 7.-Miss Grace Harr, 24. daughter of c. A. Harr, a prominent farmer living near here, died in local hospital from a self-inflicted wound last night. The young woman had shot herself Wed. nesday with .22 calibre rifle, the bull let entering her abdomen. She made no statement for the cause of her act.
 We began 1924 with q food cost ap. proximately 49 per cent above that ot 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
DRY GOons

NEW YORK, March 7.--Primary wool markets were strong and buying was more general by dealers operating abroad and in the west. Manufactur- CTS here are buying moderately. Cotton goods held fairly steady. Fair business in gray cloths has been done quietly between the mills and their regular customers. Yarns sold more freely, but at low prices. silk schappe Is demor- alized by the drop in the French franc. Burlaps continue active in Cal cutta. Linens were firm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
SHERIFF INDICTED
Williamson County Official Accused (
 COnspiracy By Jury

DANvILLE, H., March Tt was learned today that the federal grand jury here yesterday indicted Sheriff Galligan of Williamson county, and his former chief deputy, John Layman, for conspiracy to violate the national pro- hibition act. I.ayman is believed to be in hiding in New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
wINDs.

East Gulf: Moderate north and north west and weather fair Saturday.
 West Gulf: Fresh east and southeast and. cloudy showery weather Saturday.
 Caribbean Sea and Windward Passage: Moderate east and northeast and general ly fair weather Saturday
 Sandy Hook Fresh west and northeast and fair weather Saturday.
 Hatteras to Florida Straits: Moderate northwest and fair weather Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
SUES FOR DAMAGES

J. c. Roth filed suit in circuit court Friday for $50,000 against J. H, Scruggs, as owner of the building at 24O5 First avenue, where he claims he was injured in an elevator accident last October.
 Plaintiff claims the elevator car fell from the top to the bottom floor of the building, due to carelessness or neglect on the part of the owner of the build. ing in using an old cable to suspend It. He is represented by Parrish and Patrick, attorneys, and demands trial by jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08

by taking your medicine. After
 my second baby
 was born my back
 wasweak andhurt
 me continually, so l thought I'd try Lydia B. Pink hams Vegetable Compound as I had read so much about where ithad helped so many women. I had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
TREATED FOR RABIES
Two Children Bitten By Collie In
 Bessemer

DVSSOAAOA
 Two children, each 10 years old, will begin the Pasteur treatment as the re- suit of being bitten by mad collie dog. They are Sarah Couch and another child, a playmate. They were bitten by the animal near the Couch home, 319 Fairfax avenue, Bessemera B. D. Couch brought the dogs head to the board of health laboratory after it had died, and examination gave evidence of rahies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
BUILD SUN COMPASS
Amundsen To Use Instrument On Polar
 Flight

CHRISTIANIA, Norway, March r. pass" has been constructed to the de- sign of Captain Roald Amundsen for use on his trans Polar flight. It will supplant the ordinary compass, which is unreliable in the region of the pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
VISIT POLICE STATION

Will Sykes, negro, 143y Avenue F, a mule and load of junk became visitors at the city jail Friday afternoon when D. L. Hollums and W. K. McAdory ar rested Sykes, for alleged misappropria- tion of the last named.
 Sykes, because he is alleged to have been. found loading his wagon at the deserted Central of Georgia railway foundry on Sixteenth street will be held for the grand jury. The mule will be held for the city pond, and the junk wiu we'll, just be held.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
AFTER BABY
 WAS BORN
Back Weak and Painful. Mrs. Miller Benefited by Taking Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable Compound

Rotan, Tex.-''I am writing to let you know how I have been benefited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08

The value of the 1922 crop of apples, pears and prunes in California was $26, 440.000, while no less a sum than $4,30O,0O0 was spent in an effort to control the insects on these trees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08

The number of beggafs in Austria has assumed the proportions of q plague, it is said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-08
INDIAN TOWN BURNED

ABINGDON, Burma, March 7.-The town of Myanauig, on the Iawandi river, near Prone, was almost entire ly burned on Tuesday, say reports just received here. Thousands of homeless persons are camping on the river bank ability of the English mill lockout. Seven days of grace are reported from the masters and hope is held out for settlement. and the trade is nervous over the outcome.
 Mill news was a shade better, with more mills expected to open at Fall River Monday. ..-
 Worth Street trade was reported only fair, with prices st;il sagging. The de- mand for the actual goods is not such as to warrant higher prices. Until these factors again assert themselves 1t will be increasingly difficult to maintain advances.-Levy & Aronson to s. R. Stewart. L