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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
FIRE AND POLICE
 CHEFS ASK CITY FOR 2l3 RECRUITS
Formal Request. Made Board Promises To
 Lend Support

Formal request for 213 additional men to fill the gaps in Birmingham s police and fire departments was made of the civil service board at an execu- tive session following the regular meet ing Tuesday night.
 Police Chief Fred H. McDuff made a vigorous plea for 130 of these men. Fire Chief J. L. Akin declared S3 recruits were badly needed by his department.
 Support of the civil service board in an effort to secure the men was pledged, it was stated, following the meeting. The matter will be presented to the city commission with view to incorporating tn, needs in the annual budget to be prepared about October l.
 Chief McDuff's formal request for additional men and his detailed report to the board where they are needed and for what duty, is expected to. have an important bearing on the question of an expert survey of the entire police department by an outside authority, it is believed. Birmingham is known to have fewer regular service men on it's police force than most any other city of it's class ;n the country.
 The matter of a survey was presented to the commission several times and finally defeated by action of Commis- sioner Cloe.
 Chief McDuff's request for men was accompanied by the following report of assignments and service:
 Six bicycle scouts for the Norwood district; six bicycle scouts for West End, six bicycle scouts for South Side |: six mounted traffic officers, four bi- cycle scouts for North Haven, two auto scouts for North side; two patrolmen for south Tyenty-first strete two motor scouts for Northside {; two mounted patrolmen for Graymont {; two bicycle patrolmen for East Lake i; two bicycle patrolmen for W0odlawn i; two bicycle patrolmen for Avondale i; two patrolmen for Avondale business district; two motor scouts for city proper; two call men for headquarters i; two desk sergeants for headquarters |; two record clerks for headquarters j; twenty patrolmen for the city proper i; 30 traffic officers for the business dis trict; two mounted patrolmen for Pratt City; two mounted patrolmen for Cen tral park; six detectives for headquar- ters; 10 patrolmen for Ensley; two bi- cycle scouts for East Birmingham; two patrolmen for the North Birmingham business district and a patrol wagon for Ensley.
 These men are needed in addition to the existing force to give the city ade- quite police protection, the chief stated.
 A request for the abolition of the merit and demerit system, recently in by the board, was granted until March 1, following presentation of the matter by committees from every station in the city.
 The men declared they saw no real reason for such a system adding that whatever service fireman could render was nothing more than his duty and that merits or demerits would not, they thought, tend to increase the effeciency of the force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
Bootleggers Declare War
 On Fort Worth Rum Pirates
Vigilantes Committees Pay Nocturnal Visits To Homes Of Rum Attackers

FORT WORTH, Tex, Sept. 16.- Bootleggers and whisky hijackers in Fort Worth are engaged in deadly war fare. It is being waged on the basis of give no quarter and ask none" and police are powerless to interfere.
 Existence of the vicious Struggle was revealed Monday in the wake of several recent hold ups of rum runners.
 From the meagre information now in the hands of police, the bootleggers who have suffered the most from the para sites on the illicit traffic, have begun to meet out punishment to the suspected offenders and police are expecting any thing to happen.
 The latest robbery to stir the ire of the. Legitimate" dispensers of moon- shine occurred Monday.
 A seven-passenger automobile loaded with more than POO quarts of supposedly bonded whisky was halted in Diamond Hill and the driver forced to get into another machine. The big car' was driven to a vacant shed and presumably hidden there until time safe for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
NO CANDIDATE HAS MAJORITY.
 SHAVER AYERS
Democratic Manager Sees Strength For La Toilette
 Wheeler Ticket

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-"If the election was held today no candidate would have a majority in the electoral college" Clem l.. Shaver, chairman of the democratic national committee, said in a statement tonight.
 Chairman Shaver, who was about to depart for Chicago to consult with the mid-western managers of the Davis Bryan campaign, said he did not believe the people wanted to be fed with the usual "fool prediction" which emanate frqlu headqua. ls rs. Mr. Shaver made the statement iu response to questions hy q group of newspapermen concern sns bis Judgment of the present situa- tian. When Mir Shaver WAS asked to elaborate on his reply be said he could mt do so without making statements thet mig. misunderstood
 .,1lo 2 s.c aaLUt { the strength of the La Toilette Wheeler movement in certain states" he asserted, and whether or not this movement wih grow or decline is a contingency that cannot be determined but which must be considered. So far as we can ascer- tain it is cutting into the republican votes in the states President Coolidge must carry to be sure of election"
 "When reminded that MT. La Fol lette's strength in the electoral college has been estimated as high as 70 votes, he replied mot if the election were held today"
 Maybe some people will think it foolish to tell the public the truth but have found it pays,'' he continued. Claiming everything does not bring you anything and I have never got into the habit of deceiving either myself or other people. What I have said is my best judgment, based on reports
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
DEATHS

Aurelius N. Barksdale-Funeral services for Aurelius N. Barksdale. age SO who died at the residence, will be held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the residence, 2615 Nineteenth avenue Ems ley. Burial will follow in Elmwood cemetery with Johns in charge. Pail bearers have been named as follows: c. T. Thomasson, Joe Smith. H. J. Wotele A. P. Bates. W. J. S. Drummonds. S. S. Helde. J. s. Falkner and Seal Johnson Miss Mary F. McLain-Funeral services for Miss Mary F. McLain, age 77, who died Monday night at the residence, 400 Papin street, West End. were held at o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the residence. Burial followed in Elm wood cemetery with Johns in charge. Archie BOyte-The body of Archie Boyte, age 72, who died suddenly at o'clock Monday afternoon at Attalla. Ala. ar rived in Birmingham Tuesday night. Funeral services will be held from the home of O. C.. Cowan, Al Delta street. Fairview. Wednesday, the hour to NS announced later by Johns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
$I5O,OOO IS LOST
 nv LUMBER BLAZE
Flaming Mill And Freight Cars 7 Are Burned

PHILADELPHIA, Miss, Sept. 16.- The planning mill of the Henderson Molpus Lumber company at this place, the mills office and commissionary, eight freight cars standing on q siding and five houses, were destroyed by fire last night. The loss is placed at $150,- GOO, partially covered by insurance. Four thousand bales of cotton in an adjoining warehouse were saved by vol. unteer firemen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17

hijackers to return. Neighbors who witnessed the holdup, notified the po- lice and the whisky and car were con fiscated before the return of the bandits.
 The machine bore a Wichita Falls li- cense number and according to informa- ton in the possession of police it left New Orleans loaded Saturday.
 A number of bootleggers who have been victims of the holdups have formed a vigilantes committee and are seeking out the guilty ones.
 The avengers are paying nocturnal visits to the homes of suspects, forcing open their doors and armed with flash lights and revolvers, taking the unfor- tunate sleepers from their downy couches to-
 And thus the situation stands.
 Police protection cannot be asked by the predatory hijackers, while the boot legger is equally powerless to detail his losses to the representatives of the law
 The best the police can hope for is that no fatalities will occur. Mean while the war is on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17

Tuesday afternoons program was divided into sections, eight Bir- mingham men making addresses. IL the commercial section, Omer Bras her of the Omer Brasher Sign company, lead a round table dis cussion on Building Up the Lighting Load Through the Sale of Electric Signs" In the same meeting, l.. Gas ton of the Birmingham Electric com pany, spoke on '"The Sale of Kitchen Lighting Units," and E.. W. Ash mead of the Alabama Power compnay, chairman of the rural electric service committee of the association, gave the report of his, committee.
 in the public relations section meet CT company, lead the discussion on Building Loyalty Into Your Organ ization :" and Leon c. Bradley, di- rector of the Alabama Public Utility Information bureau, was the leader in the discussion on How Your Utility Information Bureau Can Help You"
 FIG. Weiss, superintendent of con- struction of the Dixie Construction company, lead the rouhd-table discus sion on New Types of Transmission AIAALC OOhcNA OCAOAS NhC tCNh- nical section meeting. H. J. Scholz of the Alabama Power cmopany gave the report of the electrical apparatus com mittee and George H. Middlemiss, su- perintendent of distribution of the same company, gave paper on New Automtic Switch Reclosing Device" Birmingham was not represented on the program of the technical section.
 
 citation were taken to Red Mountain in automobiles for night view of Bir- mingham.
 Formal sessions will be resumed Thursday, a trip to the hydroelectric plants of the Alabam Power company, Lock 12 and Wilson Dam, being the only scheduled events for Wednes- day. The party leaves Birmingham on a special train at ' 7:15 o'clock and returns at G :45 o'clock Wednesday eve ming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
CLEOPATRA NOT EGYPTIAN. Imperial "Vamp," Like Rest Of Ptole- raaic Line. Was A Macedonian.


 Cleopatra was the last of the regnant Ptolemaic sovereigns of Egypt, and was the seventh Egyptian queen of her name, in her person all the rights and privileges of that extraordinary line of Pharaohs being vested.
 The Ptolemaic dynasty was founded in the first years of the third century before Christ by Ptolemy, the son of Lagos ,one. of the Macedonian generals of Alexander the Great, who, on his masters death, seized the province of Egypt, and few years later, made himself king of the country, establishing himself at the newly founded city of Alexandria on the Seacoast.
 For two and half centuries the dynasty presided over the destinies of Egypt, at first with solicitous care, and later with startling nonchalence, until, with the death of the great Cleopatra and her son Ptolemy. XVI (Caesarion) the royal line came to an end.
 For the right understanding of Cleo patra's character it must be clearly recognized that the Ptolemies were in no way Egyptians. They were Macedo- nians, as 1 have already said, in whose viens flowed not one drop of Egyptian blood. Their capital city of Alexandria was, in the main, Mediterranean colony set down upon the sea coast of Egypt, but having no connection with the Delta and the Nile valley other than the purely commercial and official relationship which of necessity existed between the maritime seat of govern ment and the provinces.
 The city was Greek in character; the temples and public buildings were con- strncted in the Greek manner; the art of the period was Kreek; the life of the upper habits; the dress of the court and of the aristocracy was Greek; the language spoken by them was Greek, pronounced, it is said, with the broad Macedonian accent.-'The Life and Times of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt" by Arthur Weigall. (Putnam.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
MOBILE ASKS BIDS
 ON BIG BOND ISSUE
Proceeds Will Be Used For Pub
 lie Improvements

MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 16.-Sale of S485, 5,000 in city bonds was authorized by the city commission in weekly ses- sion today following the recent election in which voters of the city approved the issue. Bids were asked for the issue and will be opened within the next three weeks.
 The money will be expended as fol- lows: $20OO0O for installation of fire and police signal alarms systems i; $175,O00 for erection of central fire station; $75,000 for improvements to city hospital; $35, 1000 for improvements at municipal wharf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
.GEORGIA-FLORIDA
 STRUCK BY STORM
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(Continued From Page One) will result Wednesday from a storm disturbance Tuesday night over the South Carolina coast, the United States weather bureau predicted Tuesday night.
 The storm is moving portheastward, increasing in intensity, md will hack northwestward. during Wednesday, the report said. Storm warnings are out between Reedy Island, Delaware, and Nantucket, Mass,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
DAVIS TO OPEN UP"
Plans Most Vigorous Attack Yet On
 Republicans

CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-In two big meetings, one at Des Moines Wednes- day, the other at Chicago Thursday night, John W. Davis, democratic presidential nominee, plans to attack the republican national administration with a vigor which he hitherto has not attempted.
 Clem l.. Shaver, chairman of the democratic national committee, who has been in theeast, will meet Davis when the candidate arrives here at 9 o'clock Thursday morning. On Friday Shaver, Davis and others active in the councils of the Democratic party will commence a series of conferences here that are ex- oectUG last three days. At these conferences it will be decided what ex- tent Davis will invade Coolidge strong holds in the east.
 The western trip of Davis is said to llaxe failed to satisfy the expectations of some of the Democratic party lead nrs to date. nile others have expressed themselves as being entirely pleased with the speeches of the candidate and the response ii them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
ANPLIFIERS ARE MAKING DEBUT IN BIRMINGHAM

ELECTRIC audio amplifiers, by
 ,means of which a speakers voice
 is intensified and carried to all parts of a large auditorium, are being used for the first time in Birm. .ingham during the twelfth annual convention of the Southeastern divi- sion of the National Electric Light Association now in session at the Hotel Tutwiler.
 The microphone is located on the speakers platform and from this in- strument, the voice is transmitted to large horns in several parts of the ballroom. The arrangement permits mans ordinary speaking voice be- ing heard clearly over the entire hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
JUDGE FISHER DIES
Was Former Tennessee State Demo-
 cratic Chairman

CARTHAGE, Tenn, Sept. 16.- James Nelson Fisher, former chairman of the state democratic committee and former member of the state Senate, died here late today after an illness of four days. Judge Fisher learned the law in the office of his father here, and was admitted to the bar in 1903. Six years later he was elected to the state senate, but retired at he end of his first term to resume his law practice Thence forth he was a prominent leader of the Democratic party in Tennessee. In 1920 he was made chairman of the state committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
MGARITY SETS RECORD

CAMP PERRY, Ohio, Sept. 16.- R. H. McGarity, Washington, D. C., civilian established new worlds rec ord in the National Rifle association shoot when he ran up a string of 120 consecutive bulls eyes on the 2OO-yard small bore range with 22-calibre rifle at prone position in a re-entry match. The previous worlds record is said to have been 36 consecutive bulls' eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
IN THE AIR TODAY
COPYRIGHT, 1922

"TLW, Cincinnati, 4Z3 meters, 3 w D. m., eastern standard time.
 Concert Tenth Infantry Band.
 WIZ. New York, 455 meters, 80 D. m., eastern standard time. Pro gram by the Sons of the American Revolution.
 KDKA, Pittsburg, 326 meters, 8 D. m, eastern standard time. Brock ct mixed quartette.
 WEAF,. New York, 492 meters, z 80 p. m., eastern standard time. Joint, recital Mildred Mills, soprano and Frank LeForge, pianist.
 wDAF, Kansas City, 311 meters, 8 D. m., central standard time. Eve ming concert program, piano and so- prano soloists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
J. l.. DAY ELECTED.

HARTSELLE, Ala, Sept. 16.- Especial. )-In one of the warmest con tests ever held in Hartselle J. l.. Day was elected mayor, over his opponent Pruitt Hodges, winning by small ma pority, 13 votes. Mir. Day has been mayor of the city before.
 The alderman are, S. E. Gibson, Charles Naples, S. NJ Nelson, Chas. Mitchell and &. F. Orr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
SOX CALL PLAYERS

CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-Nine players today were recalled from the minor league teams by the Chicago White Sox Among them were R. O. Disregard and Joe Rabbit. outfielders from Beau mont; Joe Burns and Milton Steen, grafe, pitchers from Beaumont and Cecil Duff, pitcher from Rocky Mount N C
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
ST. LOUIS GETS
 BIG S. 4. A. U. MEET

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16.-st. Stanislaus College of Bay St. Louis, Miss, was awarded the 1925 Southern A. A. U., track and field championship contest at the annual meeting of the A. A. U., here today. Harry Fitzpat- rick of New Orleans was reelected president and l.. D. Benedetto of New Orleans was reelected secretary -treasur- CT. Among the vice presidents chosen was w. S. Jacoby of Dallas.
 Dallas applied for the swimming championship but final action was re- ferred to the swimming committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
CLEBURNE HIGH
 BACKS ELEVEN

HEFL1N Ala, Sept. 16.-(SpeciaL ) An Athletic association has been or ganized by the pupils of the Cleburne County High school, and the first meet ing will be held this week to select those who will comprise the football team. About $75 have been subscribed by the business men of the town which will be used to purchased athletic equipment. Professor Searcy will be coach for the team when organized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17
EVERGREEN

EVERGREEN, Ala, Sept. 16.- Especial. )-Evergreen held its regular town election on Monday. R. F. Groom was reelected mayor of Ever green and the following councilmen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-17

were reelected: B. E. Jones, T. F Champion, J. Lamar Kelly, O. C. McGhee, Jr., and D. H. McCreary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
RADIO INVENTORS SUE FOR MILLIONS
Conspiracy Is Charged Against Three Big
 Corporations

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-Suits charg- ing conspiracy and wholesale infring- ment and applications for injunctions and an accounting involving millions of dollars were filed today at Philadelphia and Wilmington by the De Forest Radio. Telephone and Telegraph com pany against the Radio Corporation of America, the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company and the Westinghouse Lamp company, accord ing to Samuel E. Darby, Jr., of Darby and Darby, this city, counsel for the De Forest interests.
 The sums of money of which an ac- counting is asked are alleged to have been received by the defendant compa- nies from the manufacture and sale of radio devices infringing upon the basic patent awarded to Dr. Lee De Forest, president of the De Forest company.
 Mir. Darby stated in the complaint that radio equipment in thousands of homes had been illegally manufactured and sold, and charged that a conspir- acy for further illegal distribution in- fringing on the De Forest letters patent was being consummated under the terms of a trade agreement which pro- vided that the Westinghouse company, with the approval of the General Ellie tric .company was to manufacture 40 per cent of the radio equipment sold by the Radio Corporation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
PERRIN ESCAPES
 CINCINNATI NET
Prominent Citizen Want ed For Death Of His .
 MOther-In-LaW.

CINCINNATI, Sept. 27.-vinton Perrin, gray-haired slayer of Mrs. Frances D. Rawson, his 77 year old mother-in-law and widow of Warren Rawson, prominent pork packer appar- ently has escaped the elaborate net which police of Cincinnati and sur rounding cities spread after the killing became known last night.
 Detectives working on the case re- ported no new developments. The police were non-plussed. Relatives heard nothing of Perrin, who is 50 years old and a former prominent business man of Cincinnati. Their homes had been closely watched for his possible appear ance but he has not been seen since he ran out of the back door of the Rawson home in the exclusive suburb of Clofton with his overcoat on his arm and grip in his hand.
 Miss Nina Rawson, 40, daughter of the dead woman who was shot three times by Perrin, was recovering from her wounds at hospital tonight. Her condition is considered serious although not dangerous. Miss Josephine Rawson who became hysterical immediately fol- lowing the shooting, was more com pased today as arrangements were be- ing made to bury her mother.
 Perrin's request for financial assis- tance from his wife's relatives and their subsequent refusal is believed to have led to the shooting to death of Mrs. Rawson and the serious wounding of her daughter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
SIOUX FALLS KHAN
 IGNORES MASK BAN
Hooded Parade Passes Unialted
 Through Streets

SIOUX FALLS, N. D., Sept. 27.- Several hundred klansmen wearing masks despite a request from Mayor McKinnon not 0 do so, paraded thorugh the dwntown stretes of Sioux Falls late tonight. A large crowd watched the procession. There was no marked disturbance though the march CTS were both cheered and jeered.
 The parade was held following a meeting of the klan north of the city at which candidates were initiated. There was a large crowd, including klansmen from Iowa and Minnesota as well as South Dakota.
 Tonight's masked parade was con- ducted without interference from the police though Chief of Police Howie earlier in the week had stated he would not permit it. Through the mayor, Chief Howie's order was modified this afternoon in a request that the klan parade unmasked.
 Guy Webster of Renner, S. D., a member of the klan, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of interfering with traffic but was later released on motion of the city attorney. Webster, wearing the klan regalia, was stationed at a downtown corner to direct cars, carrying klansmen, to the ceremonial grounds north of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
BROTHER IS SUED
 BY } HILL HEIRS FOR s6(Q,OOOB BONDS
Also Seek Return Of $25O,00O Farm Given
 By Mother

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-Three of the nine surviving children of the late James J. Hill, northwest 'empire builder" today filed suit against one of their brothers, Louis William Hill, for the return of property which they claimed he obtained from their late mother, through fraud and undue influence
 The suit seeks to have set aside a deed to property in Ramsey county, Minnesota, and a conveyance of rail- road bonds with an exchange value of $60O,O0O. The plaintiffs are James N. Hill, Mrs. Ruth Hill Beard and Walter Hill. A fourth plaintiff is George T. Slade, who married Charlotte Hill. .,5s ~
 The complaint charges that Louis Hill ..wrogfully induced" the widow of the .empire builder" Mary T. Hill, to make the. transfer at time when she was ''too weak physically and mentally to exercise her own judgment freely"
 When ~the railroad builder died in 1916, the complaint recites, Mrs. Hill made her home in St. Paul with Louis. The nine children, the papers say, deeded to their mother the Ramsey county property, stock farm valued at $250,000, which had come to them with the bulk of the estate of the elder Hill, who died intestate.