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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
Indians Aid 0bregon

MEXICO CITY (via Laredo). Jan. 4. (By Associated Press.)-Indian tribes men sfn the states of PuebIa and Oaxaca afe supporting Obregon in his flght against the rebels. Ten thou sands Zacapoaxtla Indians in North Prebla, fully armed, will cooperate with Eugenio Martinez at the eastern fron,t according to Luis Cabanas, who has arrived in Mexico City after a trip through the region.
 E The Zacapoaxtlas revolted during 1910 and 1914 under the leadership of Juan Francisco Lucas, the Patriarchs Of the tribe retaining their arms
 Strong Indian detachments have been placed at entrances of the noun tain region to fight the rebels In case they attempt to escape from the federals by fleeing into the noun : tains.
 The Zacapeaxtlas are friendly to Obregon because of the liberal dis tributions of lands and are willing to aid in the fight against the San chistas. -.
 Another mountain tribe, the Mix tecos, in Oaxaca, have started a counter revolution against Gov. Gar cia Vigil, headed by Generals Onofre Jimenes. Raefael Melgarano and Teodamiro Ramirez.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
NOTHE:R Vl|L|,L N|0T , ND THAW IN FIGHT
Her Counsel Says Asylum Is
 Best Place For Harry #

-PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. 4.-"The best place for Harry K. Thaw is where he is... Setf f
 Howard I. Irish. trustee for Thaw's estate and spokesman for Harry's mother.s Mrs. Mary Copley. Thaw, made this statement to the United Press today in making plain his in- tentions to fight any move to have the slayer of Stanford White declared sane and freed from the Penhsyl- vania Hospital for the InsaneS
 Mrs. Thaw knows her son and his ways better than any other person on earth, and she believes. and liar ry's friends believe, that the best place for Harry is where he is how. He is happy there, and we do not un- derstand why somebody should try to get him released without full knowl- edge and consent of his mother" Irish said in his statement tor the United Press.
 Irish declared Bartholomew Coyne, New York attorney. who has an- estate ins'any way. Irish said Mrs. nounced he will seek to free Thaw, does not represent his mother or his Thaw was Ill.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
EGRQ ! CQlvICTE0|'I
 IN MURDER CASE
Was Charged With Another. Of Attacking And Kill
 ina Woman

VAN BUREN, Ark. Jan. .4.-Spur- geon Ruck. one of two negroes charged with the murder and crim- inal assault in connection with the staying last week of Mrs. Effse Mitchell Latimer in her home in the Catcher farming settlement, was con victed of murder in the first degree by jury here late today. ,gy
 The two negroes narrowly escaped iynch1hg when. they were returned to Van Buren, after their arrest and were taken to Little Rock for safe keeping, last Sunday after mob dem onstrations before the jail here and in Fort Smith.
 Y Eleven other negroes arrested t.n charges of "night-riding" last Sunday afternoon when race; clash seemed threatened in the Catcher settlement, wheret Mrs. Latimer lived, will be placed on trial tomorrow. Charles Ruck, father of Sturgeon Buck, was fatally wounded in an encounter with crowd of men who marched about the settlement prior to the arrival of troops sent from Ozark to quiet the situation. s
 Extra guards were placed about the court house today as "a precaltion against a demonstration during the trials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
BUCKETINC PROBE FOR FIRM
Failure Of Scott Norris And Company Precipitates
 Inquiry

NEW YORK. Jan. 4.--(By sAssol ctAted Press.)-Affairs. of the Ma ttional Cotton and Grain Exchange are to be investigated by bankruptcy officials, who are inquiring into the failure of the cotton brokerage house of Scott Norris and Company.
 This became known at .. today,s Bankruptcy hearing when Referee Coffin gave United States Marshal Hecht a subpoena for J. c. Cooper, who is head of Cooper Brothers and Company. and various other cotton brokerage houses, and who also is president of the National exchange. Court officials had made a futile search for Cooper for several weeks, Referee Coffin was told.
 O O O Exchange Members. Involved. a@
 Earlier Percy Rothschild of Morris Rothschild and Company, member of both the New York stock and cot ton quotations furnished by his firm to Carlisle Rowntree, head of Scott Norris and Company, eventually had found their way to the floor of. the National Exchange. Rountree main tained a personal account with the Rothschild house. he said. and in that manner obtained the cotton quotations. Cooper had introduced Rowntree to the firm. he added.
 Benjamin Spicker, margin clerk of Scott Norris and Company, testi- fled that the National Exchange had never functioned as an exchange, but was merely a place where the mem bers met after office hours and marked up purchase and sales tickets to cover bucketing operations. Head quarters. he said. were maintained in Cooper's Wall street office.
 Spicker added that each of the members of the National Exchange were assessed for printing circulars which were sent out to names on sucker lists" throughout the south, and designed to give them confidence in the firms affiliated with the or- (,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
TRIPLE EXECUTION
Members of Death Syndicate Hanged
 In West Virginia

BROWNSVILLE, w. Va, Jan. 4.- For the first time in the history of West Virginia three men simulta- neously paid the penalty for murder by hanging at the state penitentiary here this afternoon. While the. sister of the governor of West Virginia looked on, three Clarksburg men, convicted of the murder of Frank Naples Kelly Hill barber, last Feb ruary. were executed.
 The. men, Nick SSalamante, 33; Richard Terri. 26, and Philip Conniz- zaro, 26, members of death syndi- cate, the operations of which, it was testified at their trial, extended through. West Virginia. Pennsylvania, Ohio and Maryland. went, to their death calmly and quickly. Within minute from the time they left their death cells the trio was swinging on the gallows, near which twenty off cials and newspaper men were con gregatedto witness the hanging. Mrs. Mattie E Layman, Governors -Morgan's sister, Is the first woman to watch a hanging in this state. 4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
FederaIists See Early Victory &

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 4.--(By the Associated Press .)--General Arancice Serrano, secretary of war, declared in an interview here today that the government would terminate the rev. olution within two months. There have been no important military ac- tions the last few days, he said, on account of the governments desire to concentrs~s .ts forces at both the Jalisco and ~AeS Cruz fronts to re- pair the railways end to get every thing in readiness for decisive, simul- taneous battles.
 The Jalisco rebels are the best or ganizea and the most dangerous, ac- cording to Serrano, who stated that they number between four and five thousand. The Vera Cruz revolters will not survive a single decisive blow, he declared.
 "The federals are not seeking ephemerali victories" the secretary continued, nor desire to occupy son why Tehuican was evacuated. What was desired was to try to bring about decisive action"
 o O O Claims Victory.
 Concerning Ronelo Figueroa. he said that the Guerreo leaders column was entirely dispersed by a federal column of 2,000 under General Mar cello Caraveo. At the fight at Manila tenangoa the rebels held good posi- tions, he said, but after the decisive Bacuthuan engagement, in which they exhausted their ammunition and suffered extremely heavy losses, they were forced to scatter and appealed by wireless to Estrada for supplies.
 General Genevevo de la Morlos. whose troops picked up the scattered figueroistas, said the rebels declared they had been led to believe glowing accounts, sent out by wireless from Vera Cruz, that their march on Mex ico City would be a triumphal pro- cession.
 Relative to the alarming reports received of the conditions in the Tampieo petroleum region. Serrano asserted that strong columns of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
MERIDIAN MAN HURT
Struck Ky Unidentified Man While
 Crossing Between Corners

Struck By Unidentified Man While
 Crossing Between Corners
 MERIDIAN, Miss, Jan. 4.-(Spe- cial.)-L. M. Mathews, S5, business man connected with a wholesale to- bacco concern of Meridian for 45 years, is in the Rush infirmary here suffering several injuries sustained early today when struck by an ~au- tomobile while attempting to cross q street in the middle of the block. A gash was cut in the head and he is thought to have sustained internal injuries.
 The identity of the person driving the car that hit him has not been learned. However, he got out of his car and rendered assistance to the injured gentleman until an ambu- lance arrived. Then he left without anyone learning his name. The li- cense number of his ctl was S195 and police investigators state that they have learned that the number was sold to John Blain. restaurant proprietor of Sumner, Miss, Talachie county, but whether the same per- son was driving the car or was still the owner has not been ascertained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
FEARS BOOTLEGGERS
Chicago Woman Asks Protection If
 Sent To Florida

CHICAGO, Jan. Airs. M. J. Jose phine Wagner, arrested yesterday by federal authorities, was held in bonds of $5,000 today by Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson to insure her ap- pearance in Miami. Fla, January 2S, when Walter Stevens and five others charged with conspiracy to violate the national prohibition laws are sched- uled to go to trial.
 Mrs. Wagner told. the court that Stevens, gunman, who is now serv- ing a term in the Joliet penitentiary and several cities had threatened he'd life, and that she would go back to Miami only under the protection of the government.
 She also charged that the local of ficials there had been guilty of ex- tortion. Her husband, Fred L. Wagner, part owner of the Tropical Inn, at Miami, was shot and fatally wounded last March, she said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
RETURNED WITH THANKS

FORT WORTH, Tex, Jan. A. Three escaped federal convicts. still at liberty. returned their handcuffs today to local police with thanks" The men jumped from a train in Kansas two weeks ago while en route from Fort Worth to Leaven- worth... The handcuffs were received today in the mail, and came from a town in Missouri, the same being plotted out.
 The three men still at liberty are T. Baker, Charles Fowler and w. H. Lindsey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
VICIOUS PET DOG

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. Airs. Mary Mary Comeaux, 70. and her daugh- ter, Lydia, were in a serious condi- tion in Charity hospital today from injuries inflicted yesterday by an in furiated bulldog and physicians said the mother might die as a result. The dog, . pet of the family, was admitted to the house. and immediate ly attacked the daughter. The mother attempted to pull the annual away when 1t turned upon her. A neighbor who heard the commotion, finally rushed into the house and shot the dog. Both women were mangled about the legs, arms and body
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
TO SEEK s27, ,oo0, ,Oo0
Baptists To Try To Reach Origins
 Goal Of S7S.OOO,OOO

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 4-with more than $4S,O00,000 in cash coi- lected on the $75.000,000 campaign to date, the conservation commission of the Baptist $75,000,000 campaign today voted to raise $27,0o0,00o ad- the expiration of this five-year pro- gram for missions, education and benevolences next December.
 Dr. l.. R. Scarborough of Fort Worth, Tex, who directed the gen. erai campaign for subscriptions four years ago, was asked to return to Nashville and direct the pushing of the collections for the final year and the other original organization in the states, district associations and local churches will be set up as largely as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05

troops under Generals Luis Gutierrez and Juan Espinosa Cordoba were ad- vancfng on Tuxpam and other re- bellion centers.
 He denied specifically the claims from Vera Cruz that General Cavazos is dominating the state of Hidalgo with six hundred followers, and as serted that Pachuca, the chief of the state. has been reduced to less than 125, Serreno said.
 General Miguel Acosta, first sec- retary of war, questioned specifically tonight regarding the report that Tampico had fallen into rebel hands flatly denied the report.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
WATCH PARTY

entertained a number of her friends at watch party Monday evening at her home on Ensley Highlands. The house was decorated with pine and mistletoe. Music and dancing was enjoyed until a late hour. Noisy favors were given and the guests threw confetti and shot firecrackers as the whistles blew the New Year in Miss Dugger was assisted by her mother, Mrs. Neal Dugger, and grand mother. Mrs. E. c. ,Pogue, in serving dainty refreshments to the 75 guests present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
HELD ON TWO CHARGES

J. W. Clearman. 4O2 Twentieth street, north, was arrested Friday night by Sandifer and Eddins on a charge of speeding. Additional charges were also placed against him by Eddie Lyons and Fl. H. Propst for alleged passing of worthless check to Weir Bros. amounting to $10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
ENTERTAIN EMPLoYEs

2 Tha Hyatt Motor company ehter- ! ined ifs employe at a dinner in the
 Eaiters cafe Wednesday night. M. J: S Ssatt aats was the toastmaster. the party Sss attended by all of the employees ss that compafy. The members or
 Ae organizations discussed Ine o1S,e the tt,,siook for 1924 and enjoyed pleas apt eyening together. It is stated that %e affair will be made an annual one ~ the company. acting as hosts to its
 E..x.loNAa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
GAVE KISSES, GOT VOTES
Woman Liberal Of England Says Men
 Were Kind To Her

LONDON, Jan. 4.-Kissing candi- dates for parliaments is a custom which seems ito be springing up in the country, now that women are allowed to sit in the commons.
 Lady Terrington, elected in the last election as liberal, told the society known as the Six Point group in London, that the men in her constit- uency had been very kind to her. She was kissed by dozens of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
INK IF ENsLEY. IN SOUND BASIS.
Statement Issued Friday
 Shows Resources In Ex- s cess Of $4,00O,O0O
ENsLEY BUREAUl THE AGE-HERALD ! Ensley. Ala. Jan. 4

The best statement of condition ever printed by the Bank of Ensley Was announced Friday morning, fol- $33oWing call by the federet -aHtfors Itloe. With resources greatly in ex- &ce1e or $4,0oQ,000 the statement indi . 5ceted that the largest deposits ever 3Eecorded were made at the Bank of SSneiey and that the condition of the Dauk was better than ever before. {AE was stated that the statements of aA banks published in the Birming-
 nam district disclosed that the Bank strict.
 A close study of the report of the Sbank of Ensley and likewise the {Bank of Alabama would indicate that Sthts part of the district is prospering StoS greater degree than ever before.
 1t Was pointed out Friday by local Sbankers that the conditions of the Sbanks only reflect the condition of Xthe business houses whose funds are &placed in local banks and the rela- Hive constancy of work given to the &Wage earners. Of the latter condi- keton it is stated that 1923 was eXcep Netonally good, there being no idIeness
 o4 labor in this section, but always
 big demand which was of such
 WPlume as to call for importation 6dom time to time.
 Ensley business men, speaking of klhe statements published by local 6hnks indicated that their business Fblume had been gratifying and that Nothing indicates an immediate ces- Nation of the fine volume of business kteing done at this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
FORD EXPANDING

Will Invest $5,OOO.OOO In Plant For
 Care of Foreign Trade
 PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.-Henry Ford has asked for bids for the con struction of a $5,00O,000 assembling plant here to take care of his for eign trade.
 Plans have been filed with three local contracting firms.
 The plant will be built on the schuylkill river on plot of land re- gently acquired by Ford for $45O,0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
.aCRED HARP CONCERT

N srhe Jefferson County. Sacreu HdTp Sngers will meet Sunday afternoon kt o'clock in the Ensley eMthodist
 spreh at Avenue G and Twenty Ersf street. W. J. Sloan, president ssr inc association, will be in charge cf the meeting.
 : An invitation has been extended 10 f,,e general public, especially sing 'sss to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
PERsONAvS'

Clarence Elder has arrived from Los Angeles. Cal, to be with his father, Jim Elder, who is seriously ill at the T. c. I. infirmary.
 Mir. and Mrs. Will Lusk have named their littlesson Walter Lamar.
 Albert Stacy has returned to the Alabama Polytechnic institute at Au- burn after spending the holidays with his parents, MT. and Mrs. W. J. Stacy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
HI. ID. CULLEN APPOINTED

pr. Guy E. Snavely as an instructor in the extension school of Birming- Southern college. MT. Cullen filled the chair of Commercial Ad- vertising temporarily during the ill., ness of the late B. A. Davey, and Is now appointed permanently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
PERSONALS

MT. and Mrs. B. B. Pierce and son, B. B., Jr., and daughter, Miss Eliza beth Pierce of Fl Paso, Tex, are the guests of MT. and Mrs. E. A. Little.
 Mrs. Harry Christlieb continues i'll at the Bessemer General hospital.
 Miss Mary Mildred Woodrow re- turned Thursday to Nashville to re- sume her studies at Peabody college.
 Mrs. Munson Hinman and baby of Greenwood, Miss, are guests of MT. and Mrs. George Rutledge.
 Mrs. o. l.. Pearson and daughter, Mary Eleanor, will return this week from a visit to Courtland.
 Mrs. John Howard Walker of Montgomery and MT. and Mrs. Will liam Neal and children of Chicago, are the guests of MT. and Mrs. George Neal.
 Mrs. Hattie Philips is the guest of friends at Tuscaloosa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
MISS BARTLETT nNTERTAINs

Miss Ruth Bartlett entertained her friends at bridge recently at her home on Avenue H. The house was pret- tily decorated and after the games the S>ostess served salad plate to the following guests: MT. and Mrs. A. Simpson, John Cowan, Archie Simpson, and MT. and Mrs. F. H. Bart lett.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
MEASLES PREVALENT

A number of cases of measles have again developed in Fairfield, although the situation is not nearly So alarming as during the early part of 1923. It was stated Friday that the authorities were taking every precaution to retard the spread of the disease and no extensive epi- demic was expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
FAIRFIELD WORKS TAKING INVENTORY.
Increased Activity Is Ex- pected Following Annual
 Holiday Period
FAIRFIELD BUREAU I
 THE AGF-HERALD ! Eairfiold Alo IaH

Annual inventory at the Fairfield works of the Tennessee company is about completed and the operations there will be much more active than during the past two weeks when this work is finally completed, according to opinion expressed Friday by busi- ness men who have observed with in- terest operations at the Fairfield works.
 Confidence is entertained that im- mediately after the completion of the yearly inventory there will be found orders to cause greater activ- ity at the plant than has been ex- perienced in some time. The opti- mistic opinion was also expressed here that the car works will soon be engaged on orders which will in sure comparatively steady opera tions. The general idea in Fairfield seems to be that the holiday dullness in manufacturing lines is reflected by the reduced activities at Fairfield plants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
WYLAM NOTES

2 MT, and Mrs. ". R. Mattinson az
 lightfnlly entertained at watch
 party Monday evening at their hone
 on Forty-fourth street. Mist1etoe,
 wand other Yuletide decorations were used about the house. Music and dancing featured the evening, and at late hour a salad plate was served to the following guests: MT. and Mrs. James Scholes, MT. and Mrs. Fred Mon1ot, MT. and Mrs. Win Mon- jot, and MT. and Mrs. Tom Saunders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
.PARKHURsr-JUsTICE

A wedding that will be noted with much interest by their friends is that of Miss Amy Justice and Raymond Parkhurst. which took place Tuesday in Bessemer. Rev. Chalmers per- Parkhurst are at home rswith the groom's parents, MT. and Mrs. Will liam Parkhurst, on. Sixth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
PERSONALS

MT. and Mrs. Henry Walker Wood all of Miami, Fla, are guests of Mrs. Woodalls parents, MT. and Mrs. Will liam Henderson, at their home on Avenue G.
 Mrs. M. W. Sanderson is visiting friends and relatives at Hartselle, Ala.
 Mir. and Mrs. M. E. Edwards an- nounce the birth of a son.
 Eugene Freeman has returned to Kentucky after weeks visit to his mother, Mrs. Mary Freeman, on Ave- nue I.
 Mrs. Claud Eubanks has as her guest for the holidays her sister, Miss Nell Broadinax, of Atlanta
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
QUAKE RECORDED

Shock of Moderate Intensity Shown
 at Georgetown
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-An earth quake of moderate intensity was re- corded on the seizmograph at Georgetown university from 4:55 to 5:20 o'clock this afternoon. It's dis tance and direction could not be es- 'timated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
rNNIs RE-ELECTED

\ r1vfle w. Ennis has been re-eIecteu ,s scrsfary of the Ensley Kiwanis club eSr 1924, according to announcement ,sr,day by Richard L. Bowron, chair ,sam of the board of directors. The
 lection was made by the directors nasmuch as the office of secretary 's nnt elective by! the membership: sssSr Rowron stated that MT. Ennis had Zen one of the founders of the Xii. Hsiisy in the woE&. of organization ls sst summer and had served the
 snsley club satisfactorHg since that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
ENSLEY SOCIETY
DINNER H0aTEss

Miss Elizabeth Sadler honored a number of her Ensley friends at her home at Roebuck Wednesday. A friend chicken dinner was served pie nic style at the spring and the girls enjoyed a horseback ride in the aft ernoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
BESSEMER SOCIETY
WILLIAMS-FINN

The marriage of Miss Frances Finn and Fred Williams of Birmingham was celebrated Monday evening at the home of Dr. W. P. Price of the the ceremony. Only a few friends were present. MT. and Mrs. Williams left immediately afterward for their home in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
JOHNSON-HOOKER

Miss Agnes McAnn Hooker and Bert Johnson were married at the court house in Birmingham this week. Rev. Stephenson officiated and a few friends and relatives wit messed the ceremony. The young couple will make their home with the groom's mother, Mrs. B. Johnson, 1900 Arlington avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
sY THETIC BENZINE

Austria Experimenting With New
 German Patent
 BERLIN, Jan. At is reported here that the Austrian government is conducting experiments with new German synthetic benzine, which can be produced at a low cost.
 Austria is said to contemplate the introduction of the benzine in her state factories. if the product is found to be of practical value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
SURVEY SEWER PROJECT

Engineers for the county are en- gagged in an investigation looking to the correction of the sewerage situa- tion in Fairfield and the western edge of Ensley. Construction of ad ditional homes and business houses in this section will be retarded unless corrective measures are taken at once, it is stated. On that account the Exchange club has enlisted the aid of county authorities and it is expected the result will be an ex- penditure of over $1,000,0O0 for a new sewer in this section.