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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
IS KILLED
 TRYING TO KNIFE
 OFFICER HUBER
Mason Arrested Friday For Attack On Italian
 Girl

Ulysses Mason, negro, 1920. West Fotty-fifth street, was shot and in- stantly killed Friday night by c. N. Zuber of the Southern Bureau of In- vestigation after he is said to have attacked the officer with a long sheath Anife immediately following his arrest.
 Mason, according to officers, was ar rested on a warrant charging crim- inal assault on young Italian girl several months ago. At the time of the attack, officers said, the. girl was threatened with, death and the destruc- ton of her fathers store, should she disclose the negro's name. Frightened, she did not disclose his identity until Friday morning and the negro was i'm mediately sought by City Detective Moser and Officers Cartwright and Zuber. <
 zuher fired one shot at Mason which entered his left cheek and frzgelea through the head, breaking his spinal column.
 Zuber was exonerated following an in- yestigatiOn by Coroner J. D. Russum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
MINISTER HIGHT
 IS UNSHAKEN
Illinois Pastor Denies Implica-
 tiOn In Poisoning Cases

MOUNT VERNON, H., Sept. 19.- Hours of questioning by States At torney Frank G. Thompson had failed to shake the composure of the Rev. Lawrence Flight, of Ina, near here, who was arrested yesterday after a chemist reported poison had been found in the stomach of his wife, Anna, who died September 12.
 The exhumation of the body of Will ford Sweetin, of Ina, who died unex- pectedly about two months ago, was completed yesterday and the stomach sent to Chicago for an analysis to de- termine if he had been poisoned.
 Sweetin, who left widow, died un- der circumstances similar in some ways, officers said, to the death of the min ister's wife. It was this similarity and resulting gossip that caused the state's attorney to order the stomach of Mrs. Height sent to Chicago for an- alysis.
 The Rev. Mir. flight reiterated today that he was innocent of the charges against him and declared his present plight was due to a series of unfor- fortunate circumstances and to the vil- lage gossip.
 Flight waived preliminary hearing on a charge of murder today and was bound over to the October term of cir cult court.
 Thomas Sweating father of Milford Sweating, accused Flight in jail last night of poisoning his son and had to be quieted by attendants.
 My wife was a good woman and I'll never see another like her." the minis ter told reporters.
 There was talk, remember now, about Mrs. Sweetin and me, but l don't know why. I was not any more par tial to her than to any other of the church women. She sometimes went with me in my automobile, but my wife was always along"
 The circumstances of Sweetin's death were that he and his wife at- tended a church social at Benton and had eaten ice cream. When they re- turned to Ina both were taken ill, it is said. The Rev. Mir. Flight frequently called on Sweetin and helped to nurse him. After an illness Of ten days Sweetin died and Mir. Flight preached the funeral sermon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
CUT BY ST0RM;;
 AID SENT Annapolis And Ellington Are In center Of N
 Disturbance HOT SPRINGS HIT
 CHURCH IS RAZED Wind Scatters Automo- piles About Streets.
 Destrys Homes SEVERAL INJURED BY FALLING DEBRIS Golfers Watch Progress Of Twister As It Passes Be-
 yOnd City
HOT SPRINGS HIT
 CHURCH IS RAZED
SEVERAL INJURED
 BY FALLING DEBRIS

ST. LOUIS, Mo- Sept. 19. Many persons were reported to have been killed and a num- Der injured at Annapolis, Mo-, during tornado which swept southeast Missouri this eve ming causing a heavy property damage.
 According to information received here physicians from Bismarck had been called to Ellington. A relief train was reported to have left Poplar Bluff this evening. No exact information could be obtained as to the casualties and property damage in the rural sections around the storm stricken towns. Owing to the damage done to the telephone. and telegraph systems no di- rect communication was pos sible with towns in the storm area.
 HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Sept. 19.-A tornado dipped to earth here late today, demolishing the St. Luke's Episcopal church and unroofing a portion of the Eastman hotel. No fatalities were re- ported early tonight.
 The twister swept in from the Hot Springs National Park, dipped into the city and then passed over Hot Springs mountain, northeast of the city.
 In addition to wrecking the church and damaging t'.e Eastman hotel, the wind destroyed the cottage home of Mrs. G. A. Bates, damaged the Glen wood hotel and scattered automobiles about the streets. Numerous Buildings were slightly damaged.
 Only one injury was reported Elsie Skilleren sought protection from the wind and rain by standing against the brick walls of St. Luke-s church. When the building collapsed, Skilleren was buried in an avalanche of debris. He was taken to hospital, where it was said his injuries were not serious.
 Mrs. Bates was in her home when the tornado tore the roof and walls of the little cottage from the founda- tions. Only the floor was left with Mrs. Bates, slightly bruised, standing among the wreckage.
 Several hundred persons who were following the South Central amateur golf tournament at the links of the Hot Springs Gulf and Country club, witnessed the spectacle presented by the tornado as it swept up from the National park, dipped lightly into the city and then hurled itself against the mountain.
 The Eastman hotel suffered the heav- jest property damage. The roof was torn from a portion of the building / and the interior was flooded by torrents of rain. The hotels power plant was hard hit, the wind demolishing one wall and the roof of the boiler room
 The wind played pranks all over the city. Although the building of St., Luke's church was crushed like an egg shell the alter was unscathed. Only t few scratches marred the paint. In another section of the city an uprooted tree, fell across a light automobile truck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
REHABILITATION
 TO BE CHIEF AIM
 OF LEGION CHIEF
James A. Drain, Himself Disabled, Outlines
 Plan
Rx Associated Press.l

z ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 19.-Promi- 'hent in the work of the American Legion since its incipiency, James A. Drain of Washington, D. C., was chosen national commander of that or. eanization at the concluding session or it's sixth annual convention today. Besides electing overwhelmingly the new commander, the convention chose five national vice-commanders unanl- molisly and named Father Joseph Lon ergau of Durand, Ill, Catholic priest, national chaplain. Omaha previously had been selected for the 1923 con- ventiOn.
 "One of the most successful con ventions we have held,' one of the legion officials said, terming it "appro- priate after a year of great work under National Commander John R. Quinn" who surrendered his post to the new commander just before sine die adjourn ment.
 By Special Commission.
 A man whose close study and prac- tice of military problems brought him, through special commission, place in the American Expeditionary force de- spite a tremendous physical handicap, will lead the legion for the next year.
 Loss of his right hand in hunting accident when he was 30 years old has made Jim" Drain at 54 unusually in- terested in the legion's work to aid disabled soldiers, his friends said to- night, explaining he had devoted more than half his time the past three years to this work.
 And in a statement to newspapermen tonight the new commander emphasized that it is the rehabilitation work that will receive much of his attention that and the child welfare program of the legion. His interest in children is natural, he says, for he has six.
 For God and country" epitomizes Commander Drains thought on the pur- pose and aims of the legion, and in carrying out this purpoe, he said there will be no trades, no friendship fla vors, no politics. in his administra- tion.
 Fer the greater part of the first six months of the administration the new commander will give close atten- tion to tho work of the organization headquarters at Indianapolis.
 Where improvement can be made in the organization headquarters, hope to make it," he said. For the last three months of his administratio he l,opes to arrange a tour that will take him to every state department. He will sever his cOnpection with his law firm at once.
 The executive committee elected Eben Putnam of Massachusetts, national his torian; Robert H. Tyndall and Robert A. Adams, both of Indianapolis, na- tional treasurer and national judge advocate respectively and endorsed the commanders selection of Russel G. Creviston, incumbent, as national ad- jutant.
 The following were elected rational vice-commanders of the legion without opposition: Eugene Armstrong of Con- necticut, Frank Mcfarland of Kansas, A. l.. Perry of Pan America, William Stern of North Dakota, and Peyton H. Hodge of Kentucky.
 uF The convention, on motion of the Missouri delegation, voted to make Gen. John J. Pershing the permanent dis tinguished guest of this and every other American Legion convention"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
LAD TELLS JUDGE;
 GETS ADDED TERM
Jack Sullivan, IS, Explains Sort
 of Sentence He Wanted

BENTONVILLE, Ark, Sept. 19.- Telling the judge what he thought of him. cost Jack Sullivan, IS, several years in the penitentiary following his conviction by a jury in circuit court here on charges of larceny and bur glary.
 Sullivan, who is also known as Ralph Roe, was first sentenced to a minimum term, but after sentence was pro nounced, he arose in court and de- nuonced the judge for the latter's fail ure to send him to reform school. Then the judge raised the ''ante," i'm posing a sentence of two to five years on the larceny charge and two to seven years in the burglary case.
 One the way to jail, Sullivan at- tempted to escape but was run down by the sheriff. Sullivan is said to have escaped the Oklahoma state reformatory some time ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
BRITISH. VETERANS
 GIVE UP MEDALS
3O,OOO Soldiers Protest Lack Of
 Full Stctus

LONDON, Sept, 19.-"Take- back your medalsl" thus cry S0,000 British war veterans.
 Resenting the governments alleged lack of appreciation for the way they did their bit," the veterans have simul- taneously decided to return their 100s 900 medals to the war office.
 The association of ex-service civil servants is promoting the great medal returning scene. Members of the as- sociation object to the governments failure to admit them to the full status of civil servants without the necessity of passing examinations. The returns of the medals will be,a real sacrifice in many cases where the act will mean that the ex-sOldier must give up his pen sion,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
DAVIS REVIEWS LABOR PLEDGE IN GARY SPEECH Injunctions A g a in s t Strikers Declared
 Unfair .G. o. P. SCANDALS AGAIN REVIEWED Nominee Re-Affir m S Principles Set Forth
 At WheelihA
ueased Wire To Age.Herald

GARY, Ind, Sept. 19-John w. Davis, Democratic candi- date for president, told the steel workers of Gary at a meeting Friday night just what he believed he and his party could accomplish for the working man. His ad- dress was for the most part a repetition of his Wheeling, w. Va, speech, in which he first made known his doctrine of "equal rights for all" :.
 It was probably the most cosmopon- tan audience the candidate has ad- dressed, as more than 20 nationantles were represented in the crowd ttat jammed the Gary armory.
 In community where strike inJunc- tions have caused endless trouble III the past, Davis reiterated his stand against the use of the courts to halt strikes or prevent them and assured his hearers that the Democratic party would not tolerate a continuati, ot the employment of injunctiOns to stop laboring men from striking< for better conditions.
 ".rhis abuse must be stopped, Davis declared, while the crowd cheered h1m' "Labor's complaint in this matter IS we'll founded
 gThe candidate spoke extemporane- ,ously and tried to phrase his speech to suit his audience. And it was an enr thusiastic audience that heard the Democratic candidate declare for equal rights for the working man and Jus -tice for organized labor. .s
 Davis did not confine himself to the labor issue, but again, as in a Chicago address. he launched fiery attack on the Republican party and administra- ton and on government by the rich"
 Following bis address the candidate returned to Chicago. He will leave here Saturday and will speak in the afternoon at South Bend, Ind, and at Fort Wayne Saturday night. Then he will 20 to New York, where he will arrive Sunday. There he expects to take few days rest and before he starts his next southern and western trips he expects to deliver speeches in Boston and Providence. He may also decide to speak in New York. No de- cisions as to dates have been made. On the afternoon of Oct. Davis will speak at Frederick, Md. and in Baltimore that night. Then he will tour Delaware. Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, southern Illinois, Missouri and Kansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
NEWS FROM TODAYS
 l WANT ADS

Logging equipment for sale, in- cluding mules and horses, 1923 Ford. with lot of extras. for $275. Salesman wanted for retail trade. Half or entire interest of cafe for sale.
 Light delivery truck with express body. for $S5. At auction. beautiful home. com pletely furnished. One hundred and seventeen acres of tine land in edge of Albany, Ala, for sale. 1929 Dodge touring car, f365. Cook wanted. stenographer wants position in or out of city. Ford sut-down. with starter. ssS. Carpenter helpers wanted. Stenographer wanted. Man with s2.5oO wanted with serv- ices.
 Drug store within block of post office for sale. Young ladies wanted for general office work. Beautiful Ensley home. for only
 S4,500. 1924 Dodge truck for t770. Paige Brougham, in fine eondl- tion. S975. Stationary engineer desires work. Six-room home in Ensley High lands for $650O. Barbecue stand for sale. Moulders wanted. Money to loan on high class resi- dential property. Experienced battery man wanted. 1924 Dodge touring car. for ss25. Hill clerk wanted. A very special buy in Fords for today only. Turn to Pages l4 and IS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
CIV VILIANS ARE BOMBED BY CHINESE Protests Sent To Ameri- can And British
 EnvOys WARSHIPS SHELL
 CITY OF LIUHO Town, Fired By Guns, Is Being Consumed By
 Flames LINES OF GEN. LU
 HOLD IN PLACES Defender Stfuggles To Instill New Spirit Into Com
 handlers
LINES OF GEN. LU
 HOLD IN PLACES
fBy Associated Press)

TIENTSIN, Sept. ~. - Shanhaikwan, the border town on the Pekin- Mukden railway, was shelled Friday morning, according to a correspondent, several citizens being killed or injured. Appeals have been made to the American and British consuls to protest against the smelling of civil ians.
 One of Chan Tso-Lin's air planes dropped a bomb the same day at Chinwangtao, in Chihli, a few miles from shan haikwan. The bomb fell be- tween two British steamers anchored off the breakwater. !, a SHANGHAI, Sept. 19.-ls P. M1..s Chi Hsien Haan's xictroious army is hamnlering at the gates of Shanghai: His warships are sbeiling Linho. ID miles from Shanghai. and shells nave fired the city, which IS now fazlnS gs fiercely. Fighting continues on Ml fronts. The forces of General Lu Yune Hsiang, despite their overwneim- ing defeat in the earlier stages or the conflict for the city, are offering sur prising resistance.
 Iu Yung Hsiang Is attempting to re- form his broken legions from new headouarters which he has established at the arsenal four miles from the city.
 In some places his line still holds. He nav vet stem the rebel advance 1; he has already held up the invading army at moment when his plight seemed hopeless.
 Roar Of Guns Grows.
 The thunder of Chi's siege guns has roared across the housetops of Shang- hai all day. As night fell the tumuit of the fighting increased, and erlsls was expected.
 Five hundred of Chi's troops broke General Lu's line at Kading during the day, but were, thrown back after sharp fighting. .,,
 At an early hour Lu's troops still held the Liuho sector, and the self appointed defender of Shandhai was struggling to instill new spirit into his divisional commanders, who have been shaken by the assertions from their col. ors. Chi meanwhile had brought up his artillery to the new positions gained, and was pouring hail of shell into Tachang. E5
 In the foreign settlement, marines and volunteers maintained their con- stant watch. Fridays additional streak of refugees added to the confusion in the city.
 Meanwhile reports reaching here
 (COntinued on page two.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
MANY REPORTED DEAD IN MISSOURI CYCL ONE
791 594 a Conucts For School Additions Are Awa,det
Chicago Yt ~.ns Emery
 Goes To Two Murderers

JOLIET, H., Sept. 19.-George Carressi, a 19-year-old murderer, and Charles Guile, somewhat older, serv. ing a life term for murder, have be- come objects of envy to the prisoners at the honor farm or the state peni- tentiary here. They blossomed out Friday in the wearing apparel that Nathan F. Leopold, IT,, and Richard Loeb, murderers of Robert Franks, brought with them when they arrived from Chicago.
 Two months ago. when prisoners at the farm here first thought that Loeb and Leopold might end up Tn Joliet, numerous applications were put in at the warden's office for their wardrobes.
 Under the prison regulations, all clothing brought to Joliet by prison CTS ends up onl the farm. First come, first served, is the rule which applies to the pareclling out of the clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20

ANNISTON, Ala, Sept. 19.-C. Worth whiteside, tax collector of Cal houn county, and for many years a prominent figure in this county, was indicted today at noon by the Calhoun county grand jury on charge of mis- appropriation of funds. MT. Whiteside was technically placed under arrest by Sheriff W. E. Knighton and Friday afternoon .lade a-$20,000 bond.
 The grand jury was presented evil dence by state examiners of account showing an alleged shortage of approx imately $19,000 in the school and board of revenue funds of Calhoun county, it is stated.
 Later Friday afternoon the exam inefs reported that the shortage had reached approximately $25,000. Of this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
Indictment Returned Against Tax Offical
 In $19,OOO Shortage
Of Calhoun County Collector Recommended Following Discovery Of IT, regularities In His Accounts State Examiner Says Shortage May Total $25,000

amount S12,000 is said to have been found short in the school funds and $13,O0 in the board of revenue funds.
 When presenting its indictment be- fore adjournment Friday the grand jury also presented recommendations for the impeachment of Mir. Whiteside.
 Mir. Whiteside is widely known throughout this section of the state, having served as tax collector for sev- eral years and the returning of the in- dictment by the grand jury caused a sensation here. It came as distinct surprise as no hint of any such action had leaked out from any officials.
 Friends of the accused man are pre- dieting that he will prove himself in nocent of any guilt in connection with the shortage and that it was caused by an unintentional tangle of accounts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
NEW KLAN FORMED
 BY COLORADO MEN

DENVER. Colo, Sept. 19.-Incorpo- ration papers fer the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan must be accepted and filed by Secretary of States Milliken under an opinion handed down by
 Deputy Attorney General Cloud. '
 The organization which will be in- eorporated will not be a part of the national Ku Klux Klan, ut is sep arate organization sponsore by Colo rado men, according to the secretary of states office. It is not connected with what is generally accepted as the klan group in the state. according to Mir. Milliken. -'= - '.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
JACKIE COOGAN
 GOES TO RUSSIA
Youthful Actor May Appear In
 Some Soviet Films

MOSCOW, Sept. 19.-NIaybe the next time you see Jackie Coogan he'll be wearing big, black, bushy whiskers.
 Jackie, according to reports here, is on the way to Russia and while in Mos COW will act for Russian films which are being produced by soviet film company. Later, it is understood, "The Kidn will ep on to Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
FLORIDA SUSPECT
 DIES AT SEATTLE
Former Dry Agent Ends Life
 Following Arrest

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 19.-C. A. Mccarthy, former United States prohi- bition agent in Florida, arrested here last night by federal authorities on his arrival aboard the steamship President Grant on advices from Florida officials, swallowed poison after packing his clothes aboard the vessel today and died a short time later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20

On the honor farm the prisoners do not wear cor-ict garb. Since the arrival of Loebs and Leopold at Joliet there had been much speculation among the honor prisoners and among others as to who would get their clothes.
 Finally, it was announced that the distribution to the two who were first to apply would be made Thurs day night and that the wearers would become known Friday. Several con- zvicts who were sure they would get the clothes were disappointed.
 Carressi and Guile, the warden's chauffeurs, appeared for breakfast Friday morning in the outfits former ly worn by Loeb and Leopold they proudly exhibited their modish attire to their friends. Guile wore the dark green suit in which Loeb often appeared; Carressi, the dark gray suit that Leopold wore during the hearing before Justice Caverly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
$40 PAULO REBELS
 LAND INV PARAGUAY
State Of Siege Decreed For The
 State Of Panama

BUENOs AIRES, Sept. 19.-The re- treating Sac Paulo rebels, who sailed down the Panama river aboard five small steamers and several lighters, landed at Port Guayra, near the Paragu- van border and presumably have already interned themselves in Paraguay terri tory, according to La Naeion's Rio Ja- neiro correspondent, who quotes tele- grams received by the Sac Paulo news paper A \Platea. In another dispatch the correspondent reports that Presi- dent .Bernardez has decreed state of siege for Parana state. /.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
WI FEE ELECTED

CHICAGO. Sept. 19.-W. J. Fee of Toronto, was elected president of the Travelling Engineers association today at the close of the thirty-second annual convention. J. N. Clark of St. Louis was made vice-president and James Fahey of Charleston, s. C., fourth vice president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
MAIN EXTENSION GRANTED

The Birmingham Water Works was granted permission Friday by the board of revenue to extend it's mains along Montevallo road for a distance of 2,70O feet. In it's petition for the ex- tension the water works declared the work necessary to serve a number of new homes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
MATCH TESTER DIES
London Holds Competition To Fill His
 Place

LONDON, Sept 19.LThOmas Tut hill, for thirty-six years official tester at local match factory, who had spent 54,142 hours of his life striking matches at the rate of 40 a minute, is dead here. A competitive examina- tion will be held to determine his sue cessor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-20
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Unsettled; probably local thundershOweIs Saturday and Sunday. E
 Mississippi: Unsettled.
 Georgia: Unsettled.
 Tennessee: Unsettled.
 (COmDlete weather will be found on Page 14.