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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
Crowe Cries Perjury ' As Girl Takes Stand
 In Behalf Of Slayers
Loeb Weeps As Lorraine Nathan. Former Sweet heart, Leaves Stand After Effort To Save
 From Gallows Youth For W.s$ She Once
 Cared Slayer Once Visit birmingham

/ = z at tte.S$ .sity. of Michigan, Edwin Mei 1 ,.Nas president of the fra te .Shich Loeb belonged at Ann
 lid Arnold Marmont, who st~ flaw with Loeb and Leopold at -SChicago university, all sons of millionaires and socially prominent, were other witnesses of the day.
 Miss Nathan appeared to be more impressed with the seriousness of the occasion than did the boys. She was revealing some of her innermost secrets, thingsAthat she would not have told any one for the world, except as part of a move to save the life of one she once loved.
 The girl declared that she had ter minated "an understanding" with Loeb in June, 1923, just after he had come home from the University of Michigan.
 "I did it because his conduct was idiotic, she said.
 Grove Changes Perjury
 Grove made a vigorous attack by the cross-examination route on the testi- mony of Schrayer and Miss Nathan and he threatened to Institute per jury proceedings against both of them. Under the lash of his merciless grill ing, Miss Nathan quailed, but she stuck firmly to assertions she made on direct examination.
 Asked to explain apparent discrepan- cies between her testimony and a state ment she made weeks ago to the authorities, the girl said she could not remember having made many of the statements. Schrager, likewise, showed
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
MEN DEAD IN EXPLOSION
 AT DOLOMITE
Bruce Merrill And Ernest Callahan Victims Of
 Dynamite Charge

Two miners were fatally injured late Thursday afternoon when charge of dynamite exploded prematurely at Do- lomite mine No. 3, near Bessemer.
 Bruce Merrill, 30 years old, died within 20 minutes after the blast and Ernest Callahan, 2S, suceumbed later in the afternoon at Fairfield hospital
 The young men were tamping in a charge of dynamite, it was stated, pre- paratory to setting off blast. In one of the sticks cap had been placed. The cap was fired in some unexplained manner and the entire charge set off.
 Merrill and Callahan came to Bes- semer several months ago from Cop perhill, Tenn. They were employed in sinking slope No. 8 at the mine. by Salman & Cowan, operating for the Woodward Iiron company. Merrill leaves a widow and Callahan was un- married. The bodies will be sent to COpperhill by McCollum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
APE AHEAD OF MAN
 SCIENTIST ASSERTS
Depart Furthest From Common
 Ancestor, Says Hill Tout

TORONTO, Aug. T.-That the an- thropOid apes have departed farther than man from the skull form of the type that was the ancestor of both, was the conclusions advanced today before the British Association for the Ad- vancement of Science by Dr. c. Hill Tout.
 "The earlier conceptions which con sidered man to have evolved from the apes were based upon erronous compari- sons of the skull characters of primitive man with skulls of mature anthropoids, ? he said, "when the comparison should properly have been made with the skulls of immature apes"
 "Man himself, recent investigations have shown, retains very closely the skull form of the ancestor common to both man and the apes, while the an- thropoids, the apes which most closely resemble man, have departed farthest from this type"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
ATLANTAN SLAYS
 WOMAN, ENDS LIFE
Wife Of Convict Warden Shot
 In Store By Suitor

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 7.-W.. R. L. Morgan, 40, of Atlanta, walked into a downtown store here late today. shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Fannie Bris. COG, a clerk, and then sent a bullet through his brain, dying before medical aid could reach him.
 In one of three notes found in his pocket directing disposition of his body and property, Morkan declared:
 Fannie Briscoe is the cause of it all. l can't stand the way she has done me-"
 Mrs. Briscoe, the wife of a GeorRia convict warden, was reported by rela- tiyes 70 hare been receiving Morgan's atteAtions for several months. Re- centlys it was stated, they quarreled. She died in a hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
NEWS FROM TODAYS
 WANT ADS

sawmill contractor wanted. North Carolina summer home for sale. Two business girls wanted to room and board in private Woodlawn ssysn-Dasaenser Gordon touring. Chicken farm. close-in. sale or Furnished South Highlands apart ment for rent. IS Sand Mountain farms at auc- ton.
 Modern clOse-in warehouse for Roll top desk for sIo. Accessory man wants position as salesman. iFive-pieee oak set for sale Jefferson county farms on easy terms.
 Middle aged hOussksepsr wanted. Stores for rent. Wet nurse wanted. Norwood house, completely fur nished. including silverTare. rent. ssO.
 Young lady stenogrApher with snei- neering experience wanted. 70 feet on Fist St.. s125,00O. Lady secretary wanted. Druid Hills lots on liberal terms. East Lake bungalow, $2,5O0 Carpenters and carpenter foreman
 wanted.
 southside corner. $sO.0o0f studSbaksr Special Six, ss%. Truck salesman wanted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
HEARST PLOT MYTH,
 WATSON DECLARES
Publisher Never Ordered FalIOn
 Destroyed Is Testimony

NEW YORK, Aug. 7.-victor Wat son, executive editor of William Ran dolph Hearst's New York American, took the. witness stand Thursday at the trial of William J. Fallon for jary-bribing and denied that Hearst had ever ordered that Fallon must be destroyed" because Fallon had in- formation about Hearst's private life.
 Fallon, a criminal lawyer, who had brilliant career of a few years on Broadway as the resourceful defender of Mickey Arnstein and other swim dlers, is on trial in the federal court. Wednesday he eontrived to get into the record indirect references to the birth certificates of two children of a na- tiOnally famous motion picture actress. He also worked in references to Hearst and to Mrs. Hearst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
CROP DESTRUCTION
 LAID TO RIDERS
Kentucky Farmers Form League
 To Guard Tobacco

GLASGOW, Ky, Apg. 7.-Night riders are blamed for the destruction of seven acres of tobacco, cutting of wire fences and injury to corn fields result of latest depredations in Hart county Tuesday night. Many farmers in northern Warren county, adjoining Hart, established patrols last night to protect their crops.
 Dad Vaughan, owner of the to- baccO which was pulled from the ground. lives only few miles from a section where farmers are organizino law and order league. Peace officers have been invited to join the orsani-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
CITY SHORTAGE REACHES TOTAL OF PAST 27,OOO More Than $19,OOO Be- lieved Added To Fund Unaccounted For MORE ARRESTS
 ARE EXPECTED Birmingham Electric Go. Checks Involved Sec
 Ond Time

Shortages in the public i'm, provement branch of the city comptroller's office continued to pile up Thursday, sending the known total past the $27,- 900 mark and resulting in of. ficial predictions that addi. tional arrests will closely fol. low the completion of a thor. ough audit now being made by F. Hopkinson Smith.
 Commission President D. E McLendon announced Thurs. day morning that an addition al shortage of $10,571 had been uncovered. Like the prev ious shortages, it involved checks issued by the Birming- ham Electric company in pay ment of improvement assess ments. Later in the day, there were persistent reports that the auditors had discovered a still further discrepancy of $9,OO0. No official report of this had been made Thursday night. and the auditors de- clined to comment, but devel- opments were looked for Fri day.
 It was said that the auditors were making determined efforts to fix the responsibility for the long chain of de- falcations, but that the system in use in the comptroller's office, under which nearly a dozen persons handle funds, this was proving difficult. Commission members felt certain however, ,y that Mir. Smith and his assistants would definitely unravgl the tangle before the audit is finished.
 The S10,571 shortage which McLen. don announced Thursday was diseov- cred Monday and was kept secret un. til rumors began to circulate in city hall Thursday. morning. Comptroller c. B. Armstrong, assisted by Assistant Comptroller Craig Jeffry, completed the verification of the street car company's unpaid assessments before Mir. Smith began his audit. Assessments of other large corporations now are being veri- fled.
 If the rumor of another shortage of 5000 is confirmed, the total amount missing will reach $37, 900. The recent disclosures have substantiated the state- ment of W. l.. Lehman, defaulting clerk, that the total sum embedded would reach $25,OO0 or $30,O00.
 Lehman In Prison
 Lehman now is in Kilby prison, fol- lowing his plea of guilty to appropriat- ing $4,9OO. W. H. Glasgow is under indictment, awaiting trial, but has em- phatically denied he is involved in the shortages.
 Some commission members expressed the fear, after reviewing the develop ments of Thursday, that the shortages will reach grand total of $50,0O0 OF more.
 Mir. Smith and his assistant audit. ors are pushing their work rapidly and may, be enabled in another month to submit their report. Meanwhile, Smith said he would not have anything to say for publication.
 The grand jury will resnme invea. tigatiOn into the shortages shortly aft CT the auditors report is completed, according to County Solicitor Jim Davis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
BARGE LINE LOAN 0. K.D BY WEEKS Authorizes Corporation To Borrow S75O, ,OCO To
 Pay Debts ACTION OF BOARD
 WINS APPROVAL War Secretary Pleased As He Finds That Views
 Coincide PLANS TO INSPECT ROUTES THIS FALL Brown Is Told To Make Settle
 ment With Ensley
 Road
PLANS TO INSPECT
 ROUTES THIS FALL
(washington Bureau)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.- Acting on a recommendation of the advisory board of the United States Inland Water ways corporation, the, Secre- tary of War today authorized the corporation to borrow $750,000 so that all outstand- ing indebtedness may be paid and the barge services put on a cash basis. This will make possible numerous economies, as the service has been paying higher prices for. repairs and supplies because of the uncer- tainty of payment.
 It was very apparent today at the boards session with Secretary Weeks that he is en- tireIy willing to give the board latitude in directing the af- fairs of the corporation. He expressed himself as being much impressed with the iHduxna1st and aess abllity of the members and indicated that he would be guided by their advice.
 When the board convened this morn ing in Secretary Weeks office, he was advised that it had voted formally and unanimously to approve the plan of op- eration in the form in which 1t had been promulgated. Mir. Weeks expressed satisfaction with the action, since be had personally spent considerable time in studying the plan and had reached the conclusion that it is good one. Since then he has heard it criticized. To be reassured by the board that his original impression was correct is grat- flying, the war secretary said.
 Trip Arranged /
 The board had arranged tentatively to make q trip over the routes served by the barge lines, beginning October 1. This was done as result of sug- gestion made by the secretary at yes terady's meeting. When Mir. Weeks was advised today that the board would make the trip, he asked if they could postpone it until after the election and he would join them. There was ready acceptance of that suggestion.
 The board pledged itself to uphold the secretary's hands in his effort to make the corporation an unqualified success. The members told Mir. Weeks that they would cooperate whole heartedly with General Ashbura and would see that no local differences were allowed to initiate against the cor poration's success.
 Action was taken establishing the policy of deducting from the amounts due municipalities the amounts which the municipalities owe the corporation. The feeling is that this plan of off setting the accounts will be in the in- terest of all concerned.
 Brown 10 Act
 R. A. Brown of Birmingham, mem- Der of the board, was authorized to make the best possible arrangements and settlements with the Ensley- South ern railroad.
 The secretary agreed with members of the board that everything should be done to keep the corporation out of > politics. Members of the. board prom ised that no personnel would be as- signed to duty on recommendation of a political character.
 The board concluded it's work today. Provision was made that meeting could be called at any time that four
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
SKYLIGHT BURGLARS ROE GADSDEN STORE

GADSDEN, Ala, Aug 7.A-Skylight burglars robbed the Frank Duncan de pertinent store here of hundreds of dol lars woth of dresses during the night, 1t was discovered today.
 The burglars sealed the two-story building, let themselves into the store with sppes and carted away consider. able nerch ss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
3 STEEPLEJACKS
 HURLED TO DEATH
Men Fall I5O Feet As Rope Be
 comes LOosened

ADAMS, Mass, Aug. 7.-Three steepIejaeks, all head of families, were killed in a 150-foot plunge here Thurs day when a guide rope became loosened from their scaffoIding atop the ehiwney of the Berkshire Cotton company.
 The dead are Patrick Jennings and Patrick COnnors, both of Providence, and John Miller, of pawtucket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
SEAMAN IS KILLED
 I NCRASH OF PLANE
Mother Of c. P. Baker Report.
 ed To Live In Birmingham

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 7.-C. P. Baker, seaman first class, was killed and R. w. Cheney. aviation pilot, was seriously injured when the airplane in which they were flying fell to the land ing field of the North Island Naval Air station here this morning.
 Cheney was pilOting the craft and Baker was passenger. The cause of the accident has not been determined. Bakers mother, Mrs. Addie M. Baker, lives in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
, ACCIDENT VERDICT
Coroner Completes Probe Of Lineman's
 Death


 Death
 Coroner ]. D. Russum returned a yer dict of accidental death Thursday in the case of Robert Nowlin, Louisville and Nashville lineman, of Martin, Tenn, who was instantly killed We'd nesday afternoon when he fell 40 feet from a pole at Railroad avenue and Twenty Fourth street. =
 The body will be sent to Martin, Tenn, Friday by Johns for burial, Nowlin was killed when his belt slipped or he missed his footing while, attempt ing to reach his ladder, workmen near the scene of the accident stated. His skull was fractured on the pavement be- low.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
6 DIE IN STORM
 INV WISCONSIN
Casualties Reported F.Om Sev
 eraI Small Towns

BOOMER, Wis, Aug. 7.+Three persons are reported to have been killed and a number injured in a tornado which swept this section early tonight.
 The two-story canning factory here was badly damaged. The wind picked up a dozen or more automobiles parked near the factory and hurled them against the structure. Several factory hands were injured by flying debris.
 OSSE, Wis, Aug. 7u-Julies Baglien was killed and his mother, Mrs. Ole Baglien, seriously hurt by a tornado which struck this section early tonight.
 BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, Aug. 1.-Two persons were killed and two injured and considerable property damage was caused by tornado which swept this section early tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
JORDAN RESIGNS

J. C.. Jordan, bookkeeper at the mu. nicipal garage, has tendered his resig- nation to accept 2 better position at the courthouse. Miles Bradford, who is now in the city comptroller's office, probably viz bs transferred to the ga- ment by D. p. McLendon, president C tis coniasio1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
BORN IN BIRMINGHAM
Carl Baker Enlisted In Service Here
 April 2S, 1928
Carl Baker Enlisted Here AnriI 8, 1922

 Carl Baker Enlisted Here April 8, 1923. Carl P. Baker, 26, who was instantly killed Thursday in an aeroplane aeci- dent at San Diego, Cal, was born in Birmingham January 20, 1898, accord ing to records at the local tnavy re- cruiting office, where he enlisted April 3, 1923.
 He had previously been in the regu- lar army, having enlisted in April, 1915. He served in France during the war, where he was severely wounded. He was honorably discharged from the army on April 15, 1921.
 His mother, Mrs. Addie Baker, lives ion route l, box 199, Birmingham. His body will probably be accompanied to her home for burial, officers of the navy recruiting office said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08
THE WEATHER

Alabama Scattered thundershOw- CTS Friday; Saturday probably fair. Tennessee Partly cloudy. Georgla- Partly cloudy.
 NEississlppi Genarally fair. Conalete weather data win bo a da A
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-20
Wickenburg News Notes

point missed. Hills to the north are
also covered with snow.
The grammar grades are preparing
a program for the Community Xmas
Tree next Monday night.
The Student Body meeting of the
High School was held Wednesday
afternoon. The requirements for
the honor theater tickets offered by
superintendent Weaver were decided
upon by the students.
Superintendent w. H. Weaver has
arranged with the State University
to carry out weekly program of
visual education. These films, by
the courtesy of Mr.. Ledererj are
shown at very nominal charge
Mr.. Weaver's plan makes it possible
for the citizens of Wickenburg and
the school children to enjoy the same
opportunities in this field of educa
ton that the majority of the large
schools offer.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-20
Sharlot NJ. Hall Sings OF Cactus
And Pine In Glorifed Volume

JOY of the other. In her Song of the
Hills the poet gives one a glimpse
of what has been her own reverence
for Gods masterpieces:
Life is freer here and fuller;
All beside of earth grows duller;
And the one whose soul this strong
enchantment fills
Leaves all other things when dying,
And like a hon1ing- pigeon flying,
Turns him back to lie and rest among
the hills"
But even while she secretly rejoices
at her freedom in the matchless out
of doors a vein of sadness creeps in
as she bids earth forget and let her
rest in the simple little story OF
Tired"
Forget us, Earth, forget;
When we dry our tears on your
breast,
AS we and the mould are one,
And let us nothing know but rest" !"
To the collection of poems pub
lished in the early edition of Cactus
and Pine, Miss Hall has added
group of verse based on Indian lore,
which has attracted unusual comment
in England. Miss Hall has lived in
the West and been part of the West
SO many years that she is particu-
larly fitted to tell the story of the
Red Mans life.
The book is replete with good
things. Life has laid her heavy hand
on Sharlot Hall and pressed it hard
but an impelling Guide was blazing
the trail through the labyrinth and
out of shadowy maze the singer
emerged with a volume of songs that
will live long after "The Sunset and
End of the Trail' is reached.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-20
ANYTHING

Definition by Webster: something
or other"
Some orators talk a volume but
do not say anything, and some say
anything to hear themselves talk,
while others write anything just to
hear themselves write. If you should
ask a friend "Is there anything in
the bottle?' and he should say Eyes"
it might mean anything in the liquid
line. Then we ask Anything doing
today?" and we mean most any num-
ber of things. Another favorite when
we wish to negotiate a loan from
some likely party is Got anything
today?" Then the rent collector asks
if we can come across with anything
to be answered this way perhaps:
II haven't done anything for
month. So anything may mean
whole lot of things, depending on the
article under description. What
will say when / come home late
tonight?" ooh, say anything if you
say it right or with candy. What
will work at?' ooh, anything" 4"
And another one 81 am so hungry
could eat anything" So you see the
word anything gets quite play in
English phraseology. So, too, when
we are born into this vale of tears
some one asks if it looks anything
like it's parents-and when we die
the query is usually did he leave
anything?" Then comes the loquac-
ious wight who says Haven't got
anything, don't want anything, and
never had anything" Now here's
the whole thing: if we don't say any
thing folks will say we are either
grouchy or smart. If we say we do
not care for anything it might mean
that we are reckless or that we have
had enough of anything. So in con-
clusion, if you can get anything out
of this you are welcome to it and
anything good you can get out of life
you are welcome to. This, like an
overcoat, covers most anything-so
put an advertisement in this paper
and you will sell anything.
H. F. M.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-20
CHAS. S. BROWN OF MESA
TALKS IN CHICAGO

The Illinois that calls herself wes-
tern had bit of the Arizona that
is western when Charles S. Brown
of Mesa was guest speaker from
the Sears-Roebuck Radio Station
WIS last week. Charlie Brown, the
poet of the mesas and the canyons,
delighted an audience located from
coast to coast when he talked in Chi
cago, his easy drawl and droll wit
appealing to both farmer and city
man listening in.
Mr.. Brown is one of the most
prominent men in Arizona in agri.
cultural circles. He is president of
the Arizona Farm Bureau and for.
merly was an executive committee.
man of the American Farm Bureau
He is a leading factor in the Arizona
Industrial Congress and in the CO
operative marketing and irrigation
movements.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-20
PHOENIX THEArER PROMOTION

Bad weather for couple of days
has kept the boys and girls indoors.
A want of amusements of evenings
also brings up the old idea that Five
Points needs movie theater.
Talking about theaters reminds us
that nearly all the amusements in
Phoenix are controlled by one small
minded syndicate. The other day an
unusual attraction brought soc and
soc in Phoenix and not half the peo-
pie who wanted to were allowed to
trick which kept people in line OBJ
structing the sidewalk in front of
the Ria1tO was resorted to. Some
who had bought tickets left prefer
ring to keep out of the jam which
continued for hours Had there
been any liberality or consideration
for patrons manifested, an extra reel
or two of the Covered Wagon
could have been shown at one of the
other dark houses controlled by the
syndicate and everybody would have
had chance to see it. The profit
to the theater promoters would also
have been correspondingly larger.
For the film producers it may be
truthfully said the Covered Wagon"
could have been an attraction in the
city for two weeks to come, at "popu-
lar prices and the whole city would
have an opportunity to see it in it's
entirety in comfort and convenience.
Five Points Star.