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Putnam patriot., 1924-01-11
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Miss Anna Nj Esston Entertains al
 Her Home on Pleasant Street

Miss Anna M Easton. daughter of Nr. and Mrs. William East0n. Pleas ant street, gave a party Monday eve niag in honor of her eighteenth birth daY The rooms were decorated. Games and music were enjoyed. Al T 3g ref ire hments were served. ne center of the table was adorned with huge birthday cake. The fayors were white doves. one to each guest. Those present were. Misses Doris Card Hazel Clifford. Jessie Maeden- ad Hprtna Neville Christine Mur- ray. Janet and Anna Eastoa George Iaicuneaa, Jack King, Albert bevo and Thomas Hannifan The party broke up at a late hour, each saying they had a great time.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-11
EtKs co TO DANIEEseN
Annual Charity Bali Wifi Attract
 Hunderds of Local People

There will bg a general exodus from Putnam to Danieisan af Elks. their Riaaa and their friends next week Than aag evening. when the annual charity concert and ball is t0 be held IH fbe sfate armary4 Putnam will be heavily represented in the crowd that WiIi attend
 The program will open with cons cert bg fetfine'a orchestra. and then HiH follow the grand march, which Is ta be led bg Exalted Ruler and Mrs. Archibald Macdonald. Jr Dancing 4iii commence afterward and will eons Huae uutii l q oelack Past Exalted Ruler Edward M MullaH will give the faazf to absent brother Eiks at II o. clock.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-11
ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING
Methodists Hear Reports and Elect Officers District Supt Presidca

Annual reports from officers and societies 0f the Putnam Methodist Episcopal church were given at the fourth quarterly conference held at Che church on Monday evening Rev. William II Bath. district superinten- dent, was present and presided The reports gave satisfaction for they proved the roed work Chat has been accomplished during the past year and they also served to give cncour uwement for the accomplishment of greater thinRs duriur Che New Near now opening
 The pastor Rev NatbaH B Burton E. as accorded an increase ln salary of nn per year
 Church oHasef aHd committee eteelaa as fsllan
 The fHI'aaln aHafH and commit fre Wrre aHnd.ntet
 Stewards t. f h4TteH. , II Marsh. | Tnpn. D B Gilbert, Mr John
 nninwham. Mrs Mary Clark Mf- iaaheih Ehase. Mrs William HaiE Ar and Mrs Stanley Shaw. Byruu iicax. Thamas EeH. Thomas Rich and. Mr and Mrs X. B Saunders. Wrs. L. E Richardson. Dora Swift Ruth Pratt. Grace Bennett. Evelyn Shaw. Mr. and Mra William Taylor Nrs. Ellsworth Wilcox. Mir and Mrs ] mes Mccormick. Mrs Fred Willis eieste Reeves
 Recording. D B. Gilbert.
 District Steward. A. R Saunders Reserve District Steward. Miss Do n Swift
 Communion Steward, Mrs N. B Burton.
 Church Treasurer. 4 K. Saunders Treasurer of nenevaleuees. Mia Dora Swift.
 Trier of Appeals, D B Gilbert.
 ushers. n. F. Gilbert. Stanle, Shaw, Ellsworth Wilcox. Thomas Bell
 Committees
 Church Records ard Auditing. Els
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-11
At the Theatres

Victory
 Tonight and Saturday. William Farnnm in "The Guuarhter" Sunday night, Jack Hoxie in Where Is This West
 Monday and Tuesday. Marguerite Courtot la "steadfast Hearts" Wednesday and Thursday. Charles Ray in "fhe Girl l Loved"
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-11
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fenlea. and Saturday, Elaine hammerstein in Broadway Gold"
 Sunday night. William Russell in Times Have Changed.
 Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, Richard Rarthtlmess in "The Bright Shawl
 Thursday only. Vaudeville. srhe Last Heur." with an all-star east.
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-11
ST. PHILIPS GUILD ELECTS

At the annual meeting of St. Philips Guild held Tuesday night the following officers were elected President, Mrs. Joseph shepard vice president, Mrs William II Richardson. secretary, Miss Emma Merriam; treasurer, Miss Grace West
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-11

Mf, Rohef, Roae va. in Worcester last Saturday
Putnam patriot., 1924-01-11

worth Wilcox. E J friup
 prauaTC and Furniture, otlicen of fHr iade And
 CHuHeh music Mrs Ellsworth Wii e=s eme Bennett E i fuun. ] Ii Marsh Dorothy Nichols Marion Vii tax
 Religious Edueatioa. D B Gilbert. H Marsh, i. F hattey l. j. rripp. Etta Whiting lames Mccormick
 Tracts Bliss Whitman Miss Whit ng
 Temperance. D. E Gilbert
 Camp Ground Delegate. Mrs Elmira Perry.
 Education. Mrs. Stanley Shaw Ce- leste Reeves. Mrs Carrie 6ascoigne
 Education for Negroes. Mrs Els worth Morse. Hazel Perry
 Hospitals, Mrs Elmira Perry. Miss Hattie Fox. Mrs. f. B. Gaseolsne, Mrs Chafiss Alams
 Christian Stewardship. Apportional BreYaleueps. Home and Foreign Mis- sinus Sunday School Superintendent EHwarth League president ohurth frra surer treHsuFUr of Beucvalcuces, Ladies Aid president
 Finance Committee. D B Gilbert t R Saunders. nesa Ssifts Ars FInH Perfg. J u Marsh
 tmatnt cammtteo board af SteWards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
Democrats Giuen Chance
 To Tell of Expenditures
Committee To Make Further Inquiry Wednes-
 day Into Republican "Slush" Fund

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O-Demo- crats will be called to give an account ing of their campaign expenditures here Tuesday when the Borah committee re- sumes at the capitol the investigation begun in Chicago.
 Both Clem l.. Shaver, chairman, and James W. Gerard, treasurer, of the democratic national committee, are scheduled to appear on the first day of the efinvestigation here. No other wit nesses are scheduled to testify Tuesday. Shaver and Gerard will be asked for a detailed report of all campaign ex- penses.
 The committee will then turn Wednesday to further inquiry into the 'Slush" fund charge made against the republicans by Senator ia Toilette of Wisconsin, which was begun at Chi cago. Several witnesses from Pennsyl- vania have been summoned to appear, including Joseph R. Grundy, Edward T. Statesbury, Samuel Vauclain, presi- dent of the Baldwin Locomotive Works; Nathan T. Folwell, treasurer of the Manufacturers club; W. w.. Atterbury, vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad; Chester w. Hill, and John T. King, all of Phila- delphia.
 Several Washingtno witnesses are also to appear, including W. T. Gal liner, chairman of the District of Co., lumbia republican ways and means committee; T. V. O'Connor, a member
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
PLAN SUGGESTED
 INCREASE PAY
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extra S5 if we didn't have to have it in order to make ends meet, Wilkinson pleaded. "Your policemen and firemen are not paid living wage. Yet, they must buy their own uniforms and dress neatly, and if one of them gets be- hind with his creditors, he is yanked up before the civil service board and fired or penalized for not paying his debts, The whole situation is one sided and unfair, and the people of Bir- mingham want the men who protect their lives and property to have this extra $5 per month. A referendum on the question would leave no doubt as to how-the public feels."
 Cloe Wants Bonds
 Safety Commissioner Cloe said Judge Wilkinson had painted true picture of the situation. He indicated he would favor bond issue if other eff forts to raise the necessary money failed. But Wilkinson insisted that the commission should go ahead and act on as the policemen and firemen did not meeting, which may be held behind closed doors, probably will result in the reaching of decision.
 Wilkinson said no definite steps to- wards a referendum had been, taken, as the policemen and firemne did not believe this would be necessary. More over, he said referendum would be their last resort, since it would auto matically amend the budget and throw the municipal finances into an unpre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
WEEKS TO SELL
 SHOALS POWER
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it will be due to some unexpected balk- ing on the part of the house. 1nas- much as it is generally know that dem ocrats will have reached some agreement as to a course to be pursued before con gress reassembles, it is not regarded as possible tha tthe house would hesitate, especially as it is practically certain that unless action is completed, the Muscle Shoals power, at least tempor- ary, will be controlled by the so-called power monopoly.
 Senator J. Thomas Heflin of Alabama returning to Washington today from a campaign touring the west, declared that he was surprised when Henry Ford withdrew his offer. He is hopeful that developments will make it probable that Ford will again display interest in the project, and willingness to take it over under the terms which the government might promulgate.
 In the event that TCrd eliminates himself, entirely Senator Heflin has nothing to say ;,t the present time. He will go to Alabama after the completion of several speeches il Maryland, and there will confer with Senator Under wood his colleague, th2 members of the Alabama house delegation, and the peO- pie most directely interested.
 Senator Heflin in.'mated that he would be governed by what the people of the state desired. He is convinced, he said. that the people desire just what he desires, Muscle Shoals developed to its fullest capacity and operated primarily to the end that farmers might have an abundance of cheap fertilizer, Llu the government fortified by an adequate re- serve of nitrate for explosives, in the event of war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
DECLARES CAVEMAN
 POOR BUM BEAST
Let Wife Do Thinking For Him,
 Says Explorer

NEW YORK, Oct. 2O.-"The cave man was a poor bum beast who let his mate-his wife-do his thinking for him."
 This was the conviction expressed today by Mrs. George c. McCurdy, an thropologist and explorer, as she and her husband, professor of of prehistoric research, Peabody Museum Yale uni versity returned on the steamship Or bita after a summers work abroad.
 From my investigations in IA Eu- rOpean museums and in many excava- tions, doubt very much that the cave man was the boss after all" Mrs. Me Curdy declared "Women evidently dis played the earliest signs of intelligence. It was natural that they should for theirs was the drudgery of the camp and they had more time to think.
 Men and research workers hold that the brief prehistoric paintings and drawings were the work of cavemen. I'm convinced that the best of them were done by cave women."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
FRISCO PASSED BY SHENANDOAH
 ON WAY SOUTH
Dirigible Bucks Winds Off Golden Gate, But
 FOrges Ahead
(By Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.-The navy dirigible Shenandoah looped over San Francisco on her way from the north today, mosquito fleet of air planes from Crissy field and a flock of inspiring seagulls following in her airy wake. As far as the city was concerned she was seen first six miles off Point Bonita, at 40 p. m. For an hour or more her great envelope, steel grey against the western sky, could be seen by the thousands of eager watchers on the roofs of buildings and on the streets.
 Off the Golden Gate she bent inland and maneuvered for altitude. Over the city proper she flew at height of 1000 feet or more, described wide semi-circle and then dipped into the gathering clouds again to be quickly lost to view. She seemed to be mak- ing slow progress, particularly when she was in the offshore winds that thrust straight at her.
 She left radio greetings for. Mayor Rolph, while flying over the city, but gave no indication as to the exact route she would follow out of San Francisco. It was believed she would continue along the coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
SENATOR STANDS
 PAT ON SPEECH
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But did not mention Jefferson coun a. Alahn .,n :, Al,n snnn fo r.a sn id

But I did not mention Jefferson county or Alabama" the senator said.
 In explaining the circumstances which led to the questioned speech, Senator Underwood stated that he had been urged to go to Maine by the democratic headquarters and had had a personal appeal from Governor Pattengall. who supported Senator Underwood during the presidential primary.
 '"The republican candidate for goyer- nor had been nominated by the repub- lican primaries in Maine for the pur. pose of beating the anti-klan forces" he continued. '"The democratic plat form, however, in Maine was anti-klan. So that the issue in Maine between the two parties was klan and anti-klan and all speeches, both by local candidates and visiting speakers, were confined practically to that issue so far as the Democratic party was concerned. l made six or seven speeches in Maine, devoted almost entirely to the subject of the klan and klan domination Tn the politics of the country"
 q have nothing whatever to with draw as to what I have said on the subject"
 Senator Underwood did not appear to regard very seriously the incident at Redwood field, when his efflgy. was buried durint the recent klan, celebra- tion. Tt must take a good man to get such a public funeral" he said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21

of the United States shipping board and Carl W. Riddick, national organ izer of the national republican league.
 O'Conner will be quizzed concerning the charge that the republican organiza- tion paid the expenses of the laboring men who attended President Coolidge's reception at the White House on La bor Day.
 The appearance of Samuel Gompers, president, and Frank w. Morrison, secretary, of the American Federation of Labor, to testify regarding labOr's contributions to the La Toilette Wheeler campaign fund will be de- layed until after the witnesses sum moned in connection with the "slush" fund charge have been heard, Senator Borah said Monday.
 Senator Borah was at his office at the capitol Monday preparing for re- sumption of the investigation. He said no further witnesses had been sum- moned during the day, but expected others to be called later. The investiga- tion. He said no further witnesses had been summoned during the day, but expected others to be called later. The investigation will last until after cleo tion, in his opinion.
 Senator Borah said he would wire Governor Blain, of Wisconsin, for facts regarding a charge made by Chair man Butler, of the republican national committee, that the La Toilette forces were attempting to raise a campaign chest of $500, 0,000 in Wisconsin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY GIVEN
 RAIL STRIKERS
Clayton Act Applying To ! Contempt Cases Held
 Constitutional

WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.-Railroad employes who were enjOined during the sshopmen's strike of 1922 were entitled to jury trial when charged with con tempt of court, it was held today by the supreme court.
 That part of the Clayton act which provided that employees may demand a trial by jury was declared by the court to be constitutional and valid. The re- lationship of employer and employe do not cease, the court held, when a work man goes on strike and the provisions of the employe therefore apply under such circumstances.
 The question had been brought before the court by Sam Michaelson and others who had been employed by the Chicago, St. Palu and Omaha Railway company and who claimed that under the Clayton act he was entitled to a trial by jury.
 The federal district court for western Wisconsin held and the seventh circuit court of appeals declared that part of the Clayton act which provided for trial by jury unconstitutional and found that the men had loct their standing as em- ployes of the railroad when they went on strike and therefore were not within the provisions of the Clayton act which applied only to employees.
 During the strike the federal district court for western Wisconsin. issued a temporary injunction restricting picket ing upon the Chicago, St. Paul and Omaha railway to one representative of the strikers at each point of ingress $nd egress. Shortly thereafter the rail road complained that the terms of the injunction were not being observed by the strikers and sought to have them punished for coptempt.
 Michaelson and his associates were brought into court, denied jury trial and sentenced for contempt.
 Another case of workman arrested for contempt in connection with strike was disposed of by the court.
 S. c. Sandefeur was convicted of contempt in a federal district court in Kentucky on the charge that he had violated it's order with respect to the use and threats of violence in connec- tion with strike against the Canoe Creek Coal company. He demanded a trial by jury, but it was refused him.
 The Sixth circuit court of appeals asked instructions of the supreme court as to whether the Clayton act providing for jury trials in contempt cases i'm posed a valid restriction upon the in herent judicial power of federal courts to punish for contempt. That question the supreme court today answered in the affirmative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
DAVIS UNAFRAD
 OF RADICALISM
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red with a bomb in one hand and a dagger in the other, and unless he and his colleagues are permitted to protect you, you map be exploded any unfor- tunate evening of your life.
 ''There is radicalism in the United States. There is unrest in the United States. There are men who are pro- posing for the United States policies that are not only novel but dangerous, any many of which are q mere return to experiements long since tried and rejected by common experience, either of ourselves or our ancestors. And there are other men in this country who are so fearful of change, so inherently conservative in their character; so con tent, if you please, with the position they have found for themselves in the world, that they want no change made, and shudder at the though of any pro- gress or alteration. And if there be a day when radicalism shall rise in this country, if some day it shall sweep us like torrent to ports and destinies we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21

for "disparaging the purpose and re- suits of the. Washington conference. "He read from President Coolidge's let ter regarding navy day and declared that the chief executive had in that communication been mare disparaging of the conference than anything l would have dared to say"
 q have been much criticised by some of my republican friends because it is asserted I have been disparaging the purpose and the results of the Wash ington conference on disarmament" Mir. Davis said. Nothing could be further from the fact than that. I have been, I am now, ready and willing to give .hat conference credit for every thing that it accomplished. I am ready to approve the fact that it was call and, in the main, with some minor reservations to approve it's result; but I am equally determined that the Ameri- con people shall be misled as to its scope and it's importance. that they shall not be persuaded that it is the final answer to this great question, or, in the language of the President him self, that it stands ''among the revolu- tionary and sublime achievements of the human race."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
RAIL SERVICE HALTs
7O.MiIe Wind Is Reported At Punta
 GOrda

LAKELAND, Fla, Oct. 20.-At 2 80 this afternoon the tropical storm, which has been ''in sight" since Wednesday of last week, had appar- ently passed inland from the Gulf of Mexico with terrific winds accompanied by a deluge of rain. There was no serious damage so far as known here in Lakeland. The rains caused a temp orary cessation of rail service. Wires were down below Ogen but before the wire service ceased reports from Fort Myers indicated that thati city had sus- tained no great damage. It was believed that the course of the storm tonight would lie along the Atlantic coast somewhere between Fort Pierce and Melbourne or Titusville.
 Meagre reports from the Bradentown to St. Petersburg district indicated high northeast winds and heavy rain. At 2: 45 p. m. the cast line operator at Punta Gorda reported a wind of 70 miles an hour. The wire went out short ly after.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
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but not critically. Eight of the in jured were transferred from the cruiser to q navy tug and sent to the naval hospital at Portsmouth, the others be- ing treated aboard ship.
 Some of the victims were so terribly burned and blackened that identificG- ton was we'll night impossible.
 Seaman Walker, one of the men killed, went overheard and was drowned.
 The cause of the explosion, according to a radio message tonight from the Trenton. had not been determined
 ''The forward twin mount was trained to the beam with guns at an ex- treme elevation" said the message. No shot had been fired. Powder and shell were being hoisted into the turret, and all safety precautions had been ob- served.
 Unusual and exaciing care had been taken at every step and at present it is believed the accident cannot be attrib- ilted to electrical trouble. Immediately after the explosion the access door in the rear of the turret was opened and four men fell overheard. Three were rescued. One apparently was badly burned and drowned, but body was not recovered. The scout cruiser Raleigh was searching for the body tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21

know not of. while we flow on it's cur rent as helpless as the ship upon the stream-if that day ever comes, It VIII he because the dykes of conservatism have been so stoutly built that they gave to the rising of the waters no outlet whatever. but held against them until the flood was immediate and destruc- tive.
 Should Shun Reaction
 of your are afraid of radicalism in this country if you want to prevent radicalism in this county, you will not do it by throwing yourselves into the arms of reaction. There is no relief there.
 "It was the great Italian statesman, Thabour, one of the wisest men of the last half century, who said, Do you want to prevent revolution? Do you want to do away with radicalism? will tell you how to do it. It is by affording remedy in quiet times in- stead of waiting for times when you have no longer power to guide the remedy
 And that is sound wisdom and sound statesmanship, and what l firm ly believe what this country needs to- day, not only for it's present happi- ness and it's prosperity-but for its future greatness and welfare is sane, sound, progressive liberalism that ex- poets the best and not the worst in hu- man nature to prevail, that believes the future can be made brighter than the past, that does not treat every com plaint as necessarily unfounded, but is willing to investigate and apply a remedy if remedy there may be.
 "In short, I think we want in this country a government through and by a party that is willing in the language of the Great Apostle to try all things, but hold fast to that which is good"
 Cites Coolidge Letter
 The democratic nominee led into the subject of the arms conference with the statement that he had been criticised
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
HURRICANE HITS
 FLORIDA COAST
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of the storm battered steamship James Timpson of New York had been taken from the vessel in the Caribbean sea ofe the coast of Belize.
 The Atlantida, the message stated. after having encountered 60-mile gale in the Caribbean sea, sighted the limp son being tossed about helplessly in the storm. Captain Laird said his ves- sel stood by for sometime and then lowered boats and picked up the crew of the New York steamer.
 The message did not state how many members of the crew were taken aboard the Atlantida or what was the fate of the Timpson. James Timpson was bound from belize to New York laden with mahogany. She is of 2,000 tons and is owned by the Williams Mahogany company of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
MAIL SERVICE HALTED
25O Passengers For Key West Are
 Held At Havana

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct. 20.-Mail service between Cuba and the United States suspended since last Thursday by the tropical storm, could not be resumed today as both steamers of the Peninsular and Occidental Steamship company were still held at Key West. About 250 passengers for Key West are held here. Among them is H. D. Brown, head of the Oriental Park Track syndi- cate who are due in Cincinnati Wednes- day night for a conference with race horse owners. The United Fruit liner Pastores sailed today for Cristobal and the Ward liner Bsperanza put in from New York. The latter vessel reported some heavy seas but no damage.