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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
REPUBLICAN, WOMEN
 ORGANIZE SCHOOL
Training Camp. For Voters Te
 Be Established

WASHINGTON, Feb. l0.-Repub- lican women are not to be outdone by their democratic sisters in the educa- tion of the female voter.
 Political Plattsburgs" to teach re- publican women the fundamentals of politics will be held throughout the country under the auspices of the re- publican national committee during the coming summer, under plans announced Sunday. Democratic women already have started correspondence school for voters.
 Practical courses modelled on those of the officers reserve corps at the Platts- burg training camp in New York have been worked out. A red course em- braces party fundamentals white course, practical politics and organiza- tion. and blue course, national issues.
 The first class will be held at the Women's National Republican club in New York March 3-7 under the direc- tion of Mrs. Arthur l.. Livermore, member of the executive committee of the republican national committee. Others will follow in other cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
URGES GASTAX
 OF FOUR CENTS
Mississippi Senate Finance Com mittee Submits
 Report

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 10.-(Spe- cial )--Four cents a gallon state tax on gasoline, 50 per cent of the fund derived to be used to meet current expenses and the other 50 per cent to be used in the maintenance of highways, 50 per cent of the 50 going to the state high way department and 60 per cent to the county making the collection.
 The foregoing is the sum and sub- stance of the recommendation made by the senate finance committee to the senate as one of the means of increas- ing revenues of the state. The com mittee took the half million dollars re- ceived this past year from the one cent tax as basis for hopes to raise $2, ,OOO,- 600 through this source alone.
 Z The creation of the proposed state system of highways will materially lessen the burdens of upkeep of the sey- eral counties and the 60 per cent of the highway half, or $6O0,OO0, would lessen costs on the upkeep of other roads in the county. The state highway commits sion would use its $4OO, 900 in any part of the state it desired, but it is pre- sumed that the fund would be we'll scat tered throughout the state.
 The committee reasons that the states bonded indebtedness can be paid in a little more than fifteen years with the gasoline tax, thereby eliminating the necessity for future bond issues to retire current bonds. Increase in the consumption of gasoline in years to come. will increase the revenue derived from this source until it is expected within few years the revenile will amount to several million dollars. However, members of the committee are making no rash statements as to how much the increase will b, in a certain number, of years. The gasoline bill is only one of several similar measures that the finance committee will recom- mend for passage.
 Plan Cotton Acreage
 The lower house of the Mississippi legislature has passed a bill directing the. superintendent of the penitentiary to plant not less than 800, nor more thar 1000 acres in cotton, of varieties to be approved by the director of the Delta agricultural experiment station, to be cultivated under his direction. The seed is to be sold to the farmels of Mississippi at cost of production, plus 10 per cent for sacking and ship ping. The purpose of the measure is to make available for the farmers purer and better varieties of cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
THREE YOUNG GIRLS
 REPORTED MISSING
Police Said To Have Clues On
 Supposed Abduction

City detectives are engaged in an in vestigation to determine whether there is any connection between the disap- pearance of two young girls over the weekend and a telephone call which reported the abduction of a third.
 The phone call to police headquar- ters Sunday evening was from a negro who said he had witnessed three men carry off girl on Sixteenth street, near Fifth avenue in large auto mobile.
 The two girls reported missing are 17 and IS years of age. They are Lillie Montobone, 6000 Fourth avenue, and Bertha Boothe, 601 North Nine teenth street, Bessemer.
 Miss Boothe was last seen in a downtown vaudeville house which she attended with relatives. Unable to get seats together she sat apart from the others and when the performance was over had disappeared, according to police reports. The Montobone girls mother, Mrs. Annie Montobone, has given police information which may lead to- the apprehension of her daughter. She left home Saturday and has not been heard from since.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
AT THE THEATRES

Jefferson-Lon Clancy in '"The Hunchback of Notre Dome"
 Lyric-The Hickey and Hart Revue in Dance Fooleries."
 Loews Bijou-Yaudeville Lead, .The Vanity Pioneers" in minstrel revue; picture, Mothers-in-Law," with Gaston Glass.
 AT THE MOVIES
 Capitol-Constance Talmadge ill "Dulcy.'
 Galax-Charles Jones in "Hell's Hole"
 Odeon-" Screaming Shadows
 Princess-Wiliiam s. Hart in 'The Narrow Trail
 Royal-Charles Jones in "Skid Proof"
 Rialto--Johnny Walker in Captain -By-Night."
 Strand--"West of the Water Tower with May McAvoy, Glen Hunter, and Ernest Terrence.
 Trianon-"Her Temporary Hus- band' with Sidney Chaplin, Owen Moore and Sylvia Rreaner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
Vital Statistics
RIRTHS

BIRTHS
 To Mir and Mrs. Ralph Cato. Trafford.
 To Mr. and Mrs. Ed Yessicls. Trafford.
 To MT. and Mrv. Wheeler Page, War rior, Route Il; |; J%snuary % 2s; boy; fyy;.,. r-,,
 To MT. and Mrs. Lewis Butts. Pratt City, February z. girl.
 To. Mir. and Mrs. Alex W. Barr, 134 Sarah avenue, February 3, girl.
 To Mir. and Mrs. Charles Knight, Four teenth street and Fourteenth avenue, Bes- semer. January 22. boy.
 To MT. and Mrs. James B. Clement, 1928 Twenty-fourth street. January 23. girl
 To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Clowdus, Bessemer, January 22, girl.
 To MT. and Mrs. Jack Gamble. Besse-
 To MT. and Mrs. Willard H. Lewis Bessemer, January Is. boy.
 To Mir. and Mrs. Edward E. Martin, 516 Cotton avenue. January 24, girl
 To MT. and Mrs. Arthur E. Tripp, 2001 St. Louis avenue. Bessemer. January 28. boy.
 To MT. and Mrs. Jesse Smith, Route 2, Bessemer. February 1, boy.
 To Mir. and Mrs. Robert Roscoe Brack- ner, Route 2, Bessemer. January 27. boy. street. North, February [. 63.
 Joyce R. Buckelew, Powhatan, January 1S. 3. Eleanor P. Dobbins. the Chlldren's hos pital February 8. 1.
 Hiram Cowley. Kimbrell. February 3, 21. Vera V. Ledbetter. 1909 Avenue G. February s. 3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
LEONARD WOOD, JR.,
 TO PRESENT PLAY
Simon Called Peter,' Adapted
 From Novel Is Vehicle

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-In face of some local criticism, Leonard Wood, Jr., son of Major General Wood, gov ernor of the Philippines, has produced a dramatized version of the sensational novel, "Simon Called Peter," at a local theatre, where his stock company is playing. Robert Keable is the author of the novel.
 Wood has invited 300 clergymen to witness the performance Monday night.
 T concede that the novel is founded upon a daring theme," young Wood said, but there is no more reason why the play should be suppressed, before it is even presented, than the book should be taken from the public library shelves. I have had objections raised, but have invited all, who are prepared to criti- cize, to be my guests at the premiere, and will give them respectful hear ing.
 II have such confidence that the dramatization of the book is not of fensive to the clergy that have invited over 300 clergymen of Washington to be my guests" '@ a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
FEBRUARY Y II, 1924

and Mrs. A. J. Bowron will repoYo on the meeting held few days sge to discuss school and library bond issue. Other committees will also, re- port. sf5 ss
 Mrs. J. NJ Hsnkins, president of tl,e Jefferson County League of Women Voters, announced Sunday that a spe- cial course in public speaking would be given March 1T to 22, under tho auspices of the league. The course will be in the charge of Dr. Hswn, o{ the University of Chicago, who will also give two public lectures for which there will be no admission charge. Ths course probably will be given in the Hillman hotel, although the, exact place has not yet been decided upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
DOCTORS MARVEL AT / CHILDeS RECOVERY. Baby Had Suffered Two-Inch
 Skull Fracture

CHICAGO, Feb. I0.--cnysicians are at the exceptional recovery of three-months-old baby girl, weigh ing only four pounds, from 2R-inch fracture of the skull.
 The infant, daughter of Mrs. Ethel Harvey, was dropped by the mother while being taken off the scales. Doe tors say it is the biggest skull fracture ever suffered by a baby here, and will not harm; the infant permanently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
MRS. SHEPHERD TO
 ADDRESS, VOTERS

Mrs. Lulu LOveland Shepherd, Of the National Reform association of Boston, will be the8 principal speaker at the meeting of the Jefferson County League of Women Voters in the ball. room of the Tutwiler hotel Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. <
 Mrs. Shepherd is the only woman speaker sent out by the reform asso- citation and has made addresses ill practically every part of the country. Her subject will be "Nhat Women Have Accomplished With Their Votes.' fJ. W. Donnelly will speak on .The Needs of the Birmingham Library"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
THE WEATHER

Alabama and extreme northwest Florida Increasing cloudiness. followed by rain Monday afternoon or night and on Tues day; somewhat warmer Tuesday.
 Georgias Increasing cloudiness Monday. followed; by rain Monday night or Tues day slightly warmer in north and central portions Monday and on the coast Tues day.
 Mississippi: Rain Monday and Tuesday; somewhat warmer Tuesday.
 Tennessee:-y Cloudy, followed by rain Monday: Tuesday rain and slightly warmer.
 Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina: Fair Monday; Tuesday rain and somewhat warmer.
 Florida: Fair Monday; Tuesday cloudy and slightly warmer probably showers in extreme north portion. < Louisiana: Monday and Tuesday, rain moderate temperature
 |. .Arkansas: Monday and Tuesday prob sbiy occasional rains, not much change 8okiahoma: Monday probably rain Tuesday partly cloudy; not much change in temperature.
 West Texas: Monday unsettled, rain In east portion. colder in extreme west DOT tion; Tuesday probably fair.
 East Texas: Monday rain: Tuesday partly cloudy. rain in east portion; some- what colder in west portion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
CLOUDY AND WARMER

N Raln Monday afternoon is what the weather people have in sight for Ala. bama, of which Birmingham is. sup posed to get it's share.
 Warmer, also, was the kindly touch added by the Washington forecasters
 For Tuesday the sky menu is again vet and warmer, but the forecast is qualified with the word warmer" com pared to what the thermometer said three days, ago, and not to summer.
 For Monday morning the prognostica- tors hedged by intimating there would be clouds, maybe lots of lem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
COOLIDGE ATTENDS
 PRESS MEETING

NEW YORK, Feb. 1O-A letter from President Coolidge felicitating the preachers sons of the press" for dem onstrating the fallacy of the saying. Ministers sons inevitably come to a bad end" was read at a meeting to- night of the organization, which in cludes 17 distinguished men whose fathers were Methodist ministers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
SAY POSTAL SERVICE
 IS USED IN POLITICS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Charges that the post office and rural free de- livery service are being organized for the forthcoming presidential campaign" were made in report of the Indiana Anti-Spoils league. issued here tonight by the National Civil Service Reform league. The report said "trifling charges of misconduct in office" by democratic employees are investigated by partisan inspectors, who find the democrats guilty, while republicans committing the same offenses remain undisturbed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
GEORGE ANDREW DAWSON

Remains of George Andrew Dawson 49, who died Saturday at local infirm- ary, were sent to Jemison. Ala, Sun day by Lige Ioy for interment Mir Dawson is survived by his widow and 13 children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11

Scientists declare that of the 2,OOO known varieties of bacteria, only about 100 kinds are believed to be harmful.
 It is estimated that it will take ten years or longer to carve the Confed- crate memorial on Stone Mountain, Georgia,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11

A ship a day is the wreck toll for the past year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
l.. LOCAL DATA

Summary of observations made at sta tions of United States Weather Bureau during ths 24 hours ending at D. m.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11
Domestic Laundry
A "FLAT POcKETBOOK'-LOOKs LIKE
 AN "APARTMENT HOUSE" AT BILLS

A SELL LESS" We're Junk Boys and graduated from the Junk and ,h. I'VE YOUR MONEY ON ANY Buying Power from quantity and quality Buying for Bills Louisville, Memphis Knoxville c. could friend would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-11

Bill Says:EA young man was advised: "If you must take . wife. take mine.'' '' Our poli- etes make syou sing: ''To HAVE and to H0LD,n
Evening star., 1924-01-05
WATERS OF OHIO
CONTINUE TO OR|SE
DWeIIers in Bottoms, Near
Cincinnati and Louisville,
Move to UpIands.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 3
Continuing it's steady rise of one
tenth of a foot an hour. the Ohio
river at Cincinnati early today had
reached a stage of approximately
fifty-four feet, two feet higher than
the so-calIed food stage. Weather
bureau officials expected the rise to
continue until late tonight or to-
morrow, but at diminishing rate.
owing, TO the spreading OF the waters
over a wider scope of territory: =. : q I
Many families living in the ex-
treme low-Iying portions OF Newport
and Covington. Ky, across the river
from Cincinnati, vacated the lower
floors of their homes last night as
the water from the Ohio and Licking
rivers backed up through sewers and
into Easements. No serious property
damage has been reported, however.
Railroad traffic in and out Of the
downtown stations had not been IN
terfered with early today, but OFF,
cials had completed arrangements to
abandon these terminals on short no
tice should the necessity arise.
Indications are for continued cold
and this, weather bureau officials be-
lieve, make 1t certain that the river
will come to a stand at not to ex-
ceed a fifty-flve-foot stage.
RISING AT LOUISVILLE.
Evening star., 1924-01-05
RISING AT LOUISVILLE.
Dwellers in Bottoms Forced tt
Move to Higher Ground.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associa ted Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, January 5.-A
survey today of high water and food
conditions at various points in Ken
lucky disclosed property damage at
tended by inconvenience to dWellers
in near-river lowiands. So far. cases
of actual or pending hardship or dan
ger apparently were lacking:
twenty-eight feet, here last night and
continued to rise slowly early today.
A crest at thirty feet was forecast
for tomorrow or Monday. A number
of families In Shippingport. river.
others preferred to await actual flood
conditions before retreating.
Reports from Owensboro were that
the Ohio was climbing its bank
steadily there. Dade @ Park. racing
Owensboro, was said to have been
flooded. Farmers in the Indiana bot
toms across from Owensboro were
moving to higher ground, having had
AT Paducah tho Ohio was not ex-
peoted to reach food stage OF ~ feet.
The Cumberland and Tennessee riy-
ers were running full tide. reports
from Paducah said, but serious flood
danger was not anticipated.
Boonesboro, on the Kentucky river,
due to high water. Frankfort re-
norted last night the crest reached
there on the Kentucky river with a
stage of 36.4 feet, tho highest In ten
years. Families forced from their
homes were Quartered In a Baptist
mission and supplied with hot cof-
fee and food.
Two miles of the jackson highway
between New Haven and Atherton-
VILE was under water from the
Rolling Fork river, and tourists
Dar Cola,r,an 4 \ -.
Evening star., 1924-01-05
RECORD COLD WAVE
DUE HERE TONIGHT
Mercury to Drop to 10 Above
or LoWer-MiddIe West in
Grip of Bitter Blast.

A severe cold wave, which today
had the west and middle west in it's
grasp and even penetrated the balmy
south. is heading toward Washington,
and by tomorrow morning. the weather
bureau said today, the thermometers
here will read 10 degrees above zero
or lower. This forecast for the cold
est weather of the winter for Wash
ington is to continue through Mon
day, after which It will become
warmer. It will be cold tonight and
fair. although there is the slight pos
sibility Of snow flurries later in the
day. Tomorrow also will be fair and
clear.
The coldest place in the United
States today was Moorehead, Mimi,
with "a degrees below zero. White
River, Ontario, continues to hold its
own with ~ degrees below, this be-
ing the coldest weather reported to
the bureau.
"Severen Seldom Used.
The term Severe cold wave" useu
In forecast today, is seldom employed
by the bureau. 1t is explained as
temperature. and in the present case
is expected to mean a reading of less
than 10 degrees above zero at points
well below the Mason-Dixon line.
For the most part the weather Will
be fair over the east, but there is
snow in prospect, for New England,
New York. New Jersey and eastern
PENNSYLVANIA. There already have
been snow furries in the lake region
and at some middle western points
further south. There will be some
relief from the cold after a day or
two. but throughout the coming week
temperatures. are to remain below
normal over the whole country.
Evening star., 1924-01-05
COOLIDGE IND0RSED
BY DISTRICT G. o. P.
Executive Committee Lauds Ad'
ministration and Pledges Sup
port in Presidential Race.

President Coolidge was unanimous
ly indorsed to succeed himself BY the
executive committee of the republican
state committee for the District OF
Columbia at meeting in. the ONCE
of Commissioner Rudolph yesterday
afternoon.
4 Every member of the committee
nrssent lauded the President for his
record since taking once before the
resolution to indorse him was put to
. vote.
Because of the pressure OF other
~ chairman Of the committee and
vas euocesded by Samuel J. Pfescott.
forrner vice chairman. Ralph w. Lee
was chosen vice chairman and Fred.
.AEick - EepnlnGs eSerSteEE ;,
Evening star., 1924-01-05
THIRD BIG THRILL OF PROJECT
Fourth and LAST to Come When
Royal sarcophagus Is Opened. )

fBy cable TO The Star and the New York
Times, through especial arrangement with the
Carnaryon estate. Copyright, 1924, by the
New York Times.)
LUXOR, Egypt. January 5.-The
wonderful blue. and gold nest of
shrines disclosed in the sepulchral
chamber Of Tut-ankh-Amen last Febru-
ary has now given UP the secret con-
cealed in its inner recesses 5000 years
ago. We now know that Pharaoh
Tut -ankh-Amen has lain within, un-
plundered and undisturbed through
out that period.
About 8 o'clock Thursday afternoon
all descended into the tomb. That
was a moment that will not soon be
forgotten. There were two such mo-
work. one when the tomb was opened
originally and the first view obtained
of the crowded wonders of the ante
chamber, and the second when the
sealed door was broken through and
the great gilt and blue faience shrine
shrine itself is about to yield up the
secret which has been SO sjealously
guarded through all these centuries.
One More Such Moment.
One more such moment awaits US
when we shall be able to raise the
sarcophagus lid and see the king in
all the majesty of death within. For
this last experience. assuredly the
greatest and most impressive Of all.
we must wait little longer as pa
tiently as we can, and we should in
deed be greedy of sensation If the
thrill of Thursday afternoons event
did not suffice to hold our curiosity
In check.
AS we moved down the passage
through the antechamber to the i'm
provised steps descending into the
sepulchral hall our sensations were
those of suppressed emotion, for II
our expectations were going to be
realized we were about to. witness q
spectacle such as no other men, in our
time have been privileged to witness
AS If by common accord, we scarcely
spoke, and even then IL was In q
hushed whisper. There before us as
we stood, either in the narrow pas
sageway in the sepulchra1 hall or at
the edge of the antechamber. lowered
above us the great gilt shrine with It's
beautiful decoration of sacred EN-
blelns and bright blue faience.
1t may be remembered that when
the sepulchral hall was first entered
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Evening star., 1924-01-05
Is BELOW IN CHICAGO.
Middle West in Grip of Bitterest
Cold of Winter.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January s.-Severe cold
overspread virtually all of the United
States today for the first time this
winter, with the most extreme weather
west, central west, southwest and the
south, and spreading toward the At
lantic seaboard, where a cold wave is
predicted by this afternoon or tomor-
row morning.
At Chicago the temperature fell to
10 degrees below zero before dawn,
and the forecaster said that the
coolest weather in more than ten
years would be felt today. a predic-
ton that the mercury would descend
nearly to 20 below. Minneapolis early
today had reading of 81 below,
Omaha 90 below and Kansas City,
Mo-, 10 below, with the frigid tenn
perature extending on into Oklahoma
and Texas. with somewhat higher
readings.
lures are forecast in many sections
| today. Atlanta early today reported
an even 81 degrees above zero, with
46 the thermometers highest in
twenty-four hours
Early Relief Predicted.
Behind the bitter weather, how
ever, is following the inevitable res
pfto. warmer weather is forecast for
| the Rocky mountain district, and al
ready temperatures have begun to
rise in western Canada, and the south
ern Pacific coast, for several days in
the grasp of cold which threatened
| the fruit industry, reports rising tenn
peratures
In Chicago an unidentified man was
frozen to death early today, and ST
Paul reported a park policeman frozen
to death on duty
Chicago early today was about the
center OF the highest pressure ares
recorded by barometers In many
months that being held accountable
for the cold.
Extreme suffering by thousands OF
unfortunRtes was reported to munich.
pal authorities and welfare organiza.
ttons. Applications for coal are five
times greater than last year. charity
organizations report. and capacities OF
shelters and welfare houses are over.
| taxed. MAYOR Dever ordered the
| municipal lodging house opened fol-
tho drst time in eight years, and po-
lice stations also have been thrown
open as sleeping quarters for unem.
ployed men.
100 Fires Reported.
Fires caused by overheating resulted
in 12o alarms here last night.
On early morning incoming subur.
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