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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
CONNECTS ACCUSE PATERSON HEADS OF TAKING BRIBES
Atlanta Grand Jury In diets Sartain And
 Fletcher In Probe
(By Associated Press. )

ATLANTA, Dec. 19.-A. E. Sartain, former warden of the United States penitentiary here, and l.. J. Fletcher. former deputy warden, stood indicted tonight on charges of soliciting and re- ceiving bribes from inmates of the penitentiary.
 Warrants sworn out against them yesterday were dismissed by United States Commissioner Joe Abbott in view of the indictments They were held in new bonds of 5000 each,
 With these indictments the grand jury adjourned subject to the call of the court. Whether more would be forthcoming was question District Attorney Clint w. Hager would not discuss.
 Sartain was charged with having re- ceived from Chesley C. Tuten, con victed of violating the prohibition law, S50O0 for an appointment as chauffeur to Dr. A. F. Quillian, prison physi- clan. The witnesses appearing before the grand jury in this case were Tuten, Graham Baugh and William H. Harr, all of whom are serving sentences i'm posed ill connection with the recent Savannah rum ring scandal.
 OetS Easy OOD
 Fletcher is accused of accepting q bribe of $5lap00 from Emanuel H. Kess- Ter, known as "Gotham's millionaire bootlegger,' for an appointment as as- sistunt librarian at the prison, which the government charges is soft and easy job" The witnesses appearing be- fore the grand jury against him were :: Kessler, Mrs. k. K. Walthall, Will liam F. Wall and Emanuel Sustick.
 The grand jury was in session prac- tically all day, during which time a number of prisoners, including George Remus, known as the king of boot leggers," Kessler, his partner, Morris Sweetwood, and others were held in the ante room awaiting call. One attache of the district attorneys office said that the estimated wealth of the prisoners in the room was in excess of $25 5000, 600.
 Removed To Athens
 I'pon adjournment of the grand jury the prisoners were not returned to the institution but instead were taken ill one of the penitentiary trucks to the Clarke county jail at Athens, Ga, where. it is said, they were to be held for Safekeeping. Mir. Hager stated that the men were removed to Athens on or der of the attorney general of the United States. He said he did not know the attorney generals reasons for this order.
 Mir. Fletcher expressed the opinion that the men were sent to Athens be cause it was feared they would suffer violence at the hands of the other in mates of the prison if they were returned there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
s3O0,OOo,OOO BILL FOR NAVY UPkEEP PASSED BY HOUSE
Representative Britten Asks $1O1, 100000 For
 Building New Ships
fBy Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Coinci- dent with the passage of the house late today of the naval supply bill, carry ing nearly $30O,000,000 for activities already authorized, Representative Britten of Illinois, ranking republican on the house naval committee, intro duced a measure to appropriate $1Ol,- 400 OOO for new naval construction.
 His measure would authorize the building of four scout cruisers costing S11 100, ,OOO each, and one floating dry dock to cost $7,500,000, the elevation of the turret guns of 13 battleships at an aggregate cost of $6,50OOO0 and would increase the limit of cost of the two airplane-carriers, Lexington and Saratoga, now building, from $23,OOO,- 900 to $33,OOO,000.
 MT. Brittens bill automatically was referred to the naval committee and he said hearings which would be held on the proposal would serve the purpose of drawing from navy department off cials the information as to the exact condition of the American navy he has been seeking to bring out through congressional investigation.
 Shelve Probe Resolution
 On the senate side of the capitol the naval committee shelved the resolution of Senator King, democrat, Utah, pro posing a searching inquiry into the status of the navy but agreed to seek from the navy department data which will show whether the United States, is keeping up it's end of the arms con ference 5-5-3 ratio.
 Commenting on his bill and its pur- pose, Mir. Britten said it was intro duced lin accordance with statement made by the secretary of the navy to the committee on appropriations of the house indicating that additional ships and authorizations were necessary to bring our navy up to the 5-5-3 ratio pro- noted by the Washington arms con- ference"
 Cites Chief Need
 Unless another conference is called for the limitation of all naval craft" continued MT. Britten, it will be nee essary for us to meet the desires and the intention of the former conference and to maintain our navy at it's very highest efficiency for the number of ships in the service and the quicker we do this. the better.
 "If England and Japan supersede us in fast cruisers, submarines, aircraft carriers and naval aviation, congress immediately should take such steps as are necessary to make our navy equal to any other on earth, not only in cold steel, but in having superior officers and men and make the nation safe in time of an emergency"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
Billiard And Haynes
 Disagree On Quantity
 OfU.S. Rum Smuggling
Huge Fleet Being Con- structed To Combat
 Runners, Says Admiral
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Prohibi- tion conditions, present and prospective, were pictured to the house today in the report of the appropriations sub-com- mittee, which drafted the annual supply bill for the treasury and postoffice de- partments.
 The record of hearings which were conducted in executive session, disclosed that Rear Admiral F. c. Billiard, com mandant of the coast guard, told the subcommittee his anti-rum-running fleet would be in full operation by July 1, next, and that "there has been little, if any reduction in the amount of liquor smuggling by sea" since he appeared before a house committee early in the year. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes, however, testified that there is, un- uuestionably, distinct improvement as regards the quantities of liquor being smuggled into the Atlantic ports at this time."
 The new coast guard anti-rum fleet will comprise 20 destroyers and two ships of the mine sweeper class trans ferred from the navy and now being reconditioned, and 223 cabin cruiser type motorboats and 100 picket boats now being constructed at various points.
 Cites Huge Task
 "The more I study this problem" Admiral Billiard said, "the more I am impressed with the magnitude of the task that has been given the coast guard to do. The coast guard is making more seizures and is accomplishing more to- day than ever before. AS the coast guard increases its forces, I am confi- dent we shall see a decrease in the amount of smuggling, but cannot point to any marked decrease as yet
 Speaking of denatlring plants and distilleries, Commissioner Haynes ex- pressed the opinion that If we have an adequate force so that we can use two men in eight-hour shifts at these sources,it will be, by all means, the proper method or handling it."
 '"The percentages of cases coming to us today from the diversion of indus trial alcohol, as compared with other violations, is, would say, very large
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
SENATE PROBERS
 SCORE EDITORIAL
Every Request Of Under
 wood Met By Senate Committee
WALSH AMENDMENT
 PASSED BY CHAMBER
Moutanan's Bill Provides U. $. Regulation Of Power Distri-
 button At Shoals
(By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-An editorial attacking Senator Under wood, democrat, Alabama, and his Muscle Shoals leasing bill, pub- 1ished in the Hearst morning news papers on December 13, was neither flair nor honest" says a report of an Investigating committee adopted unanimously today by the senate.
 'No evidence was submitted the report says, nor was it claimed that any evidence existed that in any way reflected upon the integrity or honor or character of Senator Underwood. The personal yindication of Senator Un' derwood was full and complete, and Il was denied repeatedly that in the edl' torial there was any intent to make any personal reflection upon Senator Underwood"
 The committee, which conducted the inquiry yesterday with the examlna' tion of Edwin J. Clapp, author of the editorial, dealt in it's report with the specific statements which Senator Un' derwood had asked the senate to inves. tigate. They were that his bill provided for lease to the Alabama Power com pany; that his ability and statesman ship often had been at the service of the railroads and other great corporations and a comparison of the Muscle Shoals lease with the Teapot Dome scandal.
 Reciting Clapp's denial of any intent with respect to any of these matters oi a reflection upon Senator Underwood's honesty and integrity the committed expressed the opinion that ''the editorial as published created an entirely false and unfounded impression"
 Score Editorial
 "No other conclusion is reasonable,' the report said, than that in the mind of the average reader there would have been aroused a clear impression that there was something sinister, corrupt or dishonest in the conduct and relation of Senator Underwood to the Muscle Shoals proposition. There is not the slightest basis of fact for any such impression. The editorial was neither fair nor honest.
 ''The frank statement of MT. Clapp, who wrote the editorial, as to what was in his mind and what he intended is not the impression which the editorial created and your committee therefore presents to the senate its condemnation of the editorial and the complete exon- eration of Senator Underwood in the matter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
ATLANTA CLERK KILLS MERCHANT
 ENDS OWN LIFE
Two Stewart Store Man agers Dying After Sen-
 satiOnal Shooting
(By Associated Press)

ATLANTA, Dec 19.-Two men are dead and two others seriously wounded as the result of a shooting late today in the heart of Atlantas Christmas shopping district.
 The dead are Fred $. Stewart. pres ident of a large retail shoe company, and Edward o. Riordan, a discharged clerk who shot him. After wounding $. R. Turner and II. E. Maddox, two department managers in the store, and shooting at Mrs. William King, an as sistant manager, Riordan, said to have been a former army officer, then killed himself.
 Store Is Crowded
 The shooting occurred as hundreds of Atlantans. bent on purchasing Christ mas goods, were in the crowded aisles of the Stewart company and scores of nearby retail establishments. Intense excitement prevailed and a special de tachment of police was rushed to the scene.
 Stewart was the first man shot by Riordan. The president was on the sec ond floor, talking with his wife, when the clerk whom he had discharged ap- preached. Mrs. Stewart said she left the two men talking. A few minutes later, Riordan shot Stewart through the neck.
 Dashing down the steps, Riordarn encountered Turner, who had rushed to the second floor upon hearing the shoot ing, and shot him through the abdomen. The former clerk then began shooting at Maddox, who ran down the steps. Riordan followed, but stopped on the bottom long enough to fire at Mrs. King. He then shot Maddox three times.
 Ends Own Life
 With one bullet remaining in his pistol, Riordan shot himself through the head. falling lifeless across Mad dox.
 Stewart was rushed to hospital, where he died on the operating table. Physicians say Maddox and Turner probably were wounded fatally.
 Friends of Riordan said he had been driven mad" because he had been dis charged week ago. following the dis missal of his wife from the store dur ing the past summer.
 KING ALFONSO ILL
 MADRID, Dec. 19.-King Alfonso was obliged to remain in bed this morning owing to a slight cold. The usual audiences were cancelled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
DIAL AMENDS SHOALS BILL
South Carolina Senator Sees Power Gain For Neighboring States
 (NashingtOn Bureau,l


 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Senator N. B. Dial of South Carolina, who, as owner of small power project" has become convinced that Muscle Shoals is possessed of marvellous potentialities for the development of states contiguous to Alabama, amended the Underwood bill this afternoon in such wise that, If it is enacted, the government may lease Muscle Shoals properties ''in whole or in part"
 Senator Underwood, in a statement of willingness to leave details of the proposed contract to the officials of the government, accepted the amendment. No other voice in the senate was raised either in behalf or objection to the amendment, and it was incorporated by unanimous consent.
 It is pointed out that under the amendment, the government may, in the end be inclined to lease the right of distributing surplus waterpower, and be compelled to engage, itself, in the more exacting burden of manufacturing fertilizer.
 Walsh Bill Passes
 The Dial amendment was the only important amendment, in it's possible effect, adopted today. The Walsh amendment, regarding regulations, pre- cipitated an almost endless debate, but in comparison, it was minor. It was explained by Senator Underwood in the following language:
 "The Walsh amendment differs from the text of the bill as originally written in one respect only. The effect will be that if a government corporation Is organized, it will not be subject to the control of the public utilities commits sions of the several states. I thought that the government corporation should be controlled just as a private corpora. tion. It was for that reason that l
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
DRY AGENT DENIES
 ASSAULT CHARGE
Lone Wolf On Trial Before
 Philadelphia Jury

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19.-Taking the witness stand in his own behalf, James l.. Asher, a prohibition agent on trial in federal court on a charge of second degree murder, today denied all legations of brutality during the raid on the saloon of Peter Yancauskas, who died two months later from peritonts said by the prosecution to have resulted from a beating administered by Asher.
 Asher also denied he had kicked Yam causkas in the stomach as alleged by the prosecution, and declared he was not in the room in which the kicking was said to have been done. At the conclu- sion of the commonwealth's testimony Federal Judge Dickinson refused mo- tion to take the case away from the jury and order Asher's acquittal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
Sermon Themes; Church Notices

The AgeHerald today calls special attention to its religious department which chronicles important events in the church and religious life of Birmingham It is The Age-Heralds wish to make these Saturday pages thoroughly representative of the deep and fervid religious atmosphere and spirit of Birmingham, and to that end seeks the cooperation of all pastors and church workers. The weeks news of the churches will be found today pages TO-. l and l2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
COOLIDGE APPOINTS
 OIL SAVING BOARD

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-An oil connection board consisting of the sec retaries of war, navy, interior and com merce was created today by President Coolidge.
 The new board will study the govern ment's responsibilities in oil conserya tion and will seek the full cooperation of the oil industry to that end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
COLD GRIPS ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec. 19.-St. Louis nnd the surrounding territory virtually was isolated for time today by cold wave and ice storm which severed com munication links and crippled train and utility services Few trains arrived or departed and those that did were late. Long distance and local telephone serv- ice was badly hampered.
 The temperature dropped to 10 de- grees above zero and a further drop to four degrees above with clear wealth CT was forecast for tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
CONNECTS REMOVED TO ATHENS
Six Prisoners Who Testified Against
 Sartain Taken From Atlanta

ATHENS, Dec. ID. - Six Atlanta federal prisoners, who testified to- day before the federal grand jury in connection with the prison investiga- tion, were brought here tonight for ''iso- ation" purposes. awaiting developments, according to local officials.
 In the party are George Remus, mil lionaire bootlegger" of Cincinnati; Nor ris Sweetwood, c. Graham Baughn of New York City, w. II. Haar, C. C. Tooten and w. II. KeSsler of Sabannah.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
BIRMINGHAM SET
 FOR REAL VISIT
 OF KING WINTER
Entire Country Scheduled For Record Drop In
 Temperature

Old King Winter, advance agent for Santa Claus, is en route to Birming- ham and was heralded Friday by a steady drizzle, wet sidewalks and the usual number of skidding automobiles.
 The mercury at Fountain Heights station commenced a downward plunge about noon, according to F. c. Horton and fell at the rate of about degree an hour during the afternoon.
 Snow, rain and cold weather are an ticipated, according to Horton. The by early Saturday morning, and be down to the 20 mark by Sunday.
 The cold spell will be general over the south, according to Horton and means that the most severe cold spell of the season is likely to hit the city.
 Cold weather is predicted for the next few days, but the snow depends more or less upon the atmospheric condition, MT. Horton explained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
ZERO WEATHER IN FLORIDA

WASHINGTON, Dec. reeZlnS temperature probably as far south as central Florida by Monday was pre- dicted today by the weather bureau,
 Decidely colder weather will over spread the lower lake region, the Ohio Valley, Tennessee and the east gulf states tonight, Saturday and Saturday night, and the Atlantic states, nclud- ing Florida, Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday.
 Weather forecasts foresee n con tinuance of cold weather for several days and have issued cold wave warning for Ohio and western Pennsylvania and for all states from there southward to the east gulf coast.
 Rains are predicted almost generally in the eastern seaboard states within the next 24 hours probably changing to snow except in portions of the south Atlantic states along the east gulf coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20
THE WEATHER
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Handshal1ing is all right-prOvided you keep your heart in your hand and hold B good grip on your Judgment.
 Alabama: Cold wave Saturday; Sunday fair, continued cold.
 Tennessee: Clearing and colder.
 Georgia: Cold, with rain.
 Mississippi: Cloudy and colder.
 (COmplete weather data on page 17.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20

KING ALFONSO ILL
 MADRID, Dec. 19.-king Alfonso was obliged to remain in bed this morning owing to a slight cold. The usual audiences were cancelled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-20

X man of unusual business ability which seemed to come naturally to him. socially he was the most lovable and delightful of companions. Invariably cheerful by nature. his infectious humor
 Continued On Page Eight
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-11-13

drink to the success Of our enterprise"
Gerald accepted the glass and ex-
CHANGED courteous amenities With hi
hostess. She eyed him with growing
favor.
sit Is pity that you are not staying
longer" she observed. "We might be-
come friends. Who knows?
'Tn that case" Gerald replied gal
lantly, Il might have TO quarrel with
Major Krossneys. and that would not
do at ALL"
She snapped her pudgy fingers. A
man who had ten thousand pounds to
dispose Of! What was Krossneysl
'Do you Think" she scoffed, that
I shall stay here with him IL I can get
hold OF half that sum you spoke OF?
Not IL shall choose different COM
panion. j shall go TO Monte Carlo. I
shall never enter this accused country
again. Even to think OF leaving IL
makes me giddy with happiness. II
will be you who will be my deliverer.
Let us drink again together"
CONTINUED next week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-11-13
NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO FILE
CLAIMS

In the Superior Court Of the State
of Washington in and for Benton
County.
Virginia Rudkin, plaintiff VS.. Ed
wards, Fyfe e. Company, corpora
ton, defendant.
Notice is hereby given that j. w.
Nickers was on the LIST day Of Oc-
tober, 1924, appointed receiver of Ed
wards, Fyfe' & Company, a corpora
ton, by the above entitled court. All
persons having claims against the
said Edwards, Fyfe e. Company are
hereby required to serve the same,
duly verified, upon the said j. w
Vickers, Of Kennewick, Washington,
or upon Moulton e. Jeffrey, attor-
neys for said J. w. Vickers as receiv-
err, at their offices in the First Ma
tional Bank bldg, Kennewick, Wash
ington within ninety days from the
date of the first publication of this
notice, to-wit; within ninety days af-
ter the 9th day Of October, 1924, and
file the same with the Clerk Of the
above entitled court, together with
proof of such service. IL
Any and all claims that are not
served and filed in the manner and
within the time herein prescribed,
shall be forever barred.
Dated at Kennewick, Washington,
this 9th day of October, 1924.
j. w. Vickers, receiver, Kenne-
wick, Washington.
Moulton e. Jeffrey, attorneys for
Receiver, Kennewick, Washington.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO FILB
CLAIMS
mo 1851

In the Superior Court Of the State
of Washington for Benton County.
lin Probate)
In the matter of the estate Of HaY-
ry T. Wieland, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that let
tiers Of Administration on the estate
of Harry T. Wieland, deceased, were
granted to the undersigned, on the
10Th day Of October. 1924 by the said
Superior court.
All persons having claims against
said estate, are required to serve them
with the necessary vouchers. upon me
at the offices Of Moulton & Jeffrey,
Kennewick, Washington, within sin
months after the date Of the FIRST
publication of this notice, to-wit.
within six months after the Both day
Of October, 1924 and file the same
with the clerk Of this Court together
with proof of such service, or they
shall be forever barred.
Dated at Kennewick, WASH, this
Both day of October, 1924
II. N. Mueller, Administrator.
Moulton e. Jeffrey, attorneys for
Administrator, Kennewick, Washing
ton. 10:30-11:13
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-11-13
NOTICE OF HEARING ON SUP
ELEMENTAL FINAL ACCOUNT
AND PETITION FOR DISTRIBU-
TInN
No. 299


In the Superior Court of the Stale
of Washington for Benton Comfy
lin Probate.)
In the matter of the estate of Eliza
A. Kreidler, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Lora
B. Kreidler, administrators, with tic
will annexed. of the above entitled es-
tate, has filed her supplemental a.
nal account and petition for distribu-
ton in the office Of the Clerk of the
above entitled court and that the
Court is asked to settle said supple
mental final account, to distribute
the property of said estate to the
heirs or persons entitled to the same
ard to discharge the administrative
with the will annexed.
Said supplemental final account
and petition for distribution will be
heard bv the Court at the Court
House in Prosser, Benton County,
Washington on the 18th day Of De-
cember, 1924 at the hour of $40
o'clock in the forenoon.
Lora B. Kreidler. Administrative
with the will annexed.
Moulton e. Jeffrey, attorneys for
Administrative, Kennewick, Wash.
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