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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
EVENTS IN EUROPE
 INFLUENCE PRICES
Allied Agreement Reflected In
 Demand For Sterling

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Reaching of complete agreement by the inter-al- lied conference on separations in Lon. don was the outstanding development in the financial markets this week. It was immediately reflected in brisk demand for sterling exchange, which climbed more than 2 cents to a new high record for the year at 44S1a, and other allied exchanges improving in sympathy.
 The rapidity of the recent advance in stock prices brought about consid. erable profit taking this week with re- sultant irregularity of movement, but the main trend was upward for the eighth consecutive week. Continuation of easy money rates, maintenance of the extra dividend of 50 cents on United States Steel common and the better rep arations news had a bullish effect on sentiment. The upward movement of bond prices showed signs of slowing up, although some good gains were record ed by the foreign obligations, while our own Liberty issues attained new high levels for the year.
 Wheat and cotton prices lost ground, but the price tendency in most other commodities was upward.
 The feature of the money market was the placing of funds up to March, 1925 at per cent. Call money ruled unchanged at per cent, with many brokers doing business in the "outside market" at 1h.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
BITTER CAMPAIGN
 ENDS IN MISSOURI
Two Of Five In GubernatOrial
 Race Advocate Beer

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2,-One of the most active and bitter political cam paigns in the history of Missouri vir- tually closed tonight with uhaf inter- est centering on the gubernatorial race in next Tuesdays primary election.
 Of the five democratic aspirants for mer Federal Judge Henry S. Priest and Fowler Smith Lottin, both of St. Louis, campaigned on platforms advocating light wines and beer. Priest and George Fl. Moore, former collector of internal revenue also of St. Louis, vigorously condemned the Ku Klux Klah. Dr. A. w. Nelson Bunceton, farmer-banker, and Floyd B. Jacobs, of Kansas City, public administrator, emphasized princi- pally tax reduction in their speeches.
 The republican, race is a three cor nered affair with Sam A. Baker, of Jefferson City, former superintendent of public instruction, openly supported by Governor Hyde and large portion of the state administration organizati ton and Lieutenant Governor Hyram Lloyd, backed principally by the "old guard" Victor J. Miller, former president of the St. Louis police board, the third candidate, declared he was free of fac tional support and made an appeal to the entire electorate.
 Five republican and ten democratic congressman are seeking renomina tion. Mrs. Kate S. Marrow, of Warrensburg, secretary of the stats democratic com mittee, the first woman to file for a major office in Missouri, had made a vigorous campaign for the secretary of state nomination against two men op- ponents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
COOLIDGE OMITS
 WEEK END CRUISE
Intensified Effort For Early Completion Of
 Acceptance Speech

WASHINGTON; . Aug. 2.-1ntensi- fled effort during the week had brought near completion tonight the address President Coolidge is preparing for de livery here August 14, in accepting the republican, presidential nomination and inaugurating the republican national campaign. The republican nominee has worked assidiously on the speech this week as his official duties would permit, and today chose to forego his weekend Potomac cruise to spend an entire afternoon on the task.
 Several sections of the address remain to be drafted, but for the most part it is in such shape as only to need the usual polishing off that public speakers like to give to prepared addresses. Mir Coolidge wants to have it entirely com pleted by the middle of the. coming week, when William NJ. Butler, chair man of the republican national com mittee, arrives here for conferences and to take eharge-of final arrangements for the notification ceremonies. Among the subjects to be considered by Mir. Butler at his conferences here with MT. Coolidge is the proposal ad- vanced by several republican leaders, notably Senator Curtis of Kansas, that an additional headquarters be estab- lished in Minneapolis or some other city in the northwest from which concen- trated campaign in that section would be conducted. This section is looked upon by both republican and democratic leaders as the stronghold of Senator La Toilette, independent presidential candidate, and Senator Curtis has ad- vised republican campaign managers that he has reason to believe every one of the northwest states except possibly Wisconsin and North Dakota could be carried by the republicans if the proper sort of campaign were conducted.
 Charles B. Warren, retiring ambas- sador to Mexico, who is a guest at the White House, said today he expected to take an active part in the campaign, but did not disclose what form his par ticipation would take. He is being con suited at present by Mir. Coolidge in his preparation of his notification speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
BERLIN AWAITS
 HUGHES COMING
Secretary Of State Meets Officials And Leading
 Industrialists
fBy Associated Press. ]

BERLIN, Aug. g. Charles E Hughes, American secretary of states who is on his way from Brussels to Berlin for a two-day sojurn as the guest of the American ambassador, Alanson B. Houghton, will find his time well oc- cupied with social functions and meet ings with official and private person ages. Among the events in his honor will be a formal dinner given by Mir. Houghton, at which Secretary Hughes will have an opportunity to meet the German government members, and the leading industrialists and financiers.
 Praise, which lapsed freely into en- comiums. marks the editorial greetings to Mir Hughes, whose visit is received by the liberal press as an event of out standing significance, not only, as one puts it, because the American diplo- matist's decision. to include Berlin in his itinerary must be construed as a graceful compliment to the German government, but a3so because he must be recognized as the intellectual in spiration of the Dawes report"
 'The American statesmen are earn estly striving to inject an element of ob- jective reasoning into international pol itics," says Germania, which is close to Chancellor Marx, land among them the name of Mir. Hughes deserves pre- eminence"
 The other newspapers emphasize Sec retary Hughes part in the disarmament conference and his consistent attitude toward the reparation problem as re- flected in his New Haven speech, which the German editors concur, was the pre- cursor of the Dawes report.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
FORMER EMPRESS
 REJECTS MOVIE BID
Italian Newspaper Suggests Hos pality For Zita Of Austria
lRy Associated Prsssl

ROME, Aug. 2.-Former Empress Zita or Austria Hungary although re- duced to an almost destitute condition. has refused an order to become a nov ing picture actress because she felt such employment would not be compat- ible with her own dignity and with that of her children.
 The suggestion that Italy should offer hospitality to the former Empress is made by the Messaggero which declares that Italy, victorious over Austria, would accomplish an action worthy of her traditions in offering such hospital ity to the survivor of the Austrian I'm perial family. The newspaper asserts that such an invitation could be ac- cepted only from Italy without an ac- cOmpanying sense of a loss of station on the part of the former Austrian Sovereign.
 The Messaggero suggests that Italy give her the villa Pianore, Province of Lucca, where she was born and where she lived with her mother, Marie Antoinia, infanta of Portugal and her brothers and sisters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
POLITICAL STRAWS

RENO. New. Aug. 2.-Petitions to place the name of Robert NJ. La Fol lette, independent candidate for presi- dent on the November ballots in Nev- ada were filed yesterday afternoon with the Secretary of State in Car son City. The petitions carried 3,114 signatures. The number necessary to place his name on the ballot is 2,S80 Organizers of the La Toilette work in Nevada declared that total of 4,505 signatures have been obtained tonight and it is expected that total of 5000 will be filed tomorrowed.
 AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug "A ma jority of 42 votes for Frank G. Far rington, president of the state senate over State Senator Ralph 0. Brewster for the republican nomination for gov srnor, was shown at the completion to- day of recount by the government and council of the votes cast in the primary on June 16. The official re- turns had given Harrington majority of 320. Brewster ran with Ku Klux klan support which he disavowed seek ing.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-Frank A. liar rison of Nebraska was appointed to- day as regional manager for the La Follette-Wheeler campaign for the five states of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Mis- souri and Wyoming. Mir. Harrison was preconvention campaign manager in Nebraska for Senator Hiram John son of California.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
l4OO SPEAKERS
 TO VOICE PLEA
 OF TOILETTE
Half Of States Now Or-. ganized Under Diyis- z ,,
 iOnal Managers
(By Associated Prsss.)

CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-Some 1,400s speakers will carry the La Toilette Wheeler campaign to the country, Js Mahlon Barnes, director of the speak CTS bureau of the national headquaf- ters, announced today. In addition to the mobile corps of campaigners, many. of whom will be volunteer workers, the plans of the bureau contemplate, an extensive use of the radio.
 "That the campaign will be waged largely by speakers rather than through newspapers has been the opinion of the La Toilette leaders since the begin ning," Mir. Barnes said.
 Half Of States Organized
 Approximately half of the states were numbered among those organized under divisional managers at the end of the second week of the intensive organiza-. tion drive under the Jurisdiction of Representative John M. Nelson of Wis consin, national manager.
 Within another week or ten days. Mir. Nelson said tonight, he expected to have the nationwide organization in shape for then real work of furthering the La Toilette and Wheeler candida cies. 44s
 Three group managers covering IA states were appointed today by MT. Nelson. D. 0. Dorman of Helena, Mont, formerly active in the affairs of the Non-Partisan league throughout the northwest and close political ally of Senator Wheeler, was named field marshal of the campaign forces in Mon- tant, Minnesota and the Dakotas.
 Harris Is Appointed 5
 Frank A. Harris of Nebraska, pre- convention manager for Senator Hiram Johnson of California in the presidens tial race, was selected to supervise the La Toilette efforts in Iowa, Nebraska. Kansas, Missouri and Wyoming.
 A third divisional chief named today was FI H Kruse of Cleveland, na. tional organizer for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He will have supervision over Illinois, Wisconsin. Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Appoint ment of Gilbert E. Roe of Wisconsin, former law partner of Senator La Fol. lette, as manager of the eastern divi, sion, comprising the New England and North Atlantic states with headquarters in New York, was announced early in the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
LABOR THROWS FULL SUPPORT
 TO INDEPENDENT
Official Sanction Given La Toilette, But Party
 Is Not IndOrsed

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 2.-The support of organized labor will be thrown behind Senator Robert M. La Toilette, independent candidate for the presidency.
 The executive council of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, in session here, today adopted a report which in dorses La Toilette as the candidate con sidered most favorable to labor. The report was prepared by the political committee of the council. The indorse- ment is qualified in so far as the council adhered to it's policy of indorsing no party, only individuals and principles.
 Its effect is to place official sane tion on La Follete as candidate, but not to indorse his organization in the sense that it would assume the charac- ter of a separate labor party. Mem bers of the American Federation of La bor are not bound to any third party movement-they merely are advised that La Toilette represents the ideals of labor more closely than either of the other. presidential candidates.
 Gompers Retains Hold
 The councils decision, understood to have been unanimous, was taken after an. all-day discussion among it's eleven members. The form of indorsement showed that Samuel Gompers, president of the federation, retains his hold over labor, despite his advancing years and declining health.
 Gompers is chairman of the executive council and also headed the political committee. When labor followed it's traditional policy of expressing approval of a candidate, but refraining from strict alignment with third party, Gompers' idea prevailed.
 Details of the committees report will not be published until Sunday night.
 To Support Decision
 In a talk with newspaper men, Gompers declared organized labor would give it's vigorous support to the de- cision of the council
 There is no group of citizenship" he said, more vitally interested in the outcome of the pending presidential campaign than the men and women of labor, both on the farms and in the factories of our cities and towns.
 "We, will exercise all our energy. and ability to the furtherance of our political rights and welfare.
 'The council devoted it's entire day to discussion of a report made by it's campaign committee. Every angle, of the political situation and the cam paign was examined. There was no hesitancy of clear speaking.
 "The report conforms to the practice of the Federation of Labor in every campaign since and including 1906, na- tional, state and local. We have con sidered it carefully and adopted it. Some little revision is necessary and we will be glad to make it public, but can not give out it's contents today"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
WILLIAM ANDERSON
 BECOMES 4 TRUSTY
Former N. Y. Prohibition Head
 Given Comfortable Cell

OSSINING, N. Y, Aug. 2-William H. Anderson, former state superintend- ent of the Anti-Saloon league now serv- ing a years sentence in Sing Sing for third degree forgery, has been made a trusty, prison officials announced to- day.
 This change allows the former dry leader the privilege of occupying one of the comfortable and attractive cells in the new dormitory overlooking the old prison. He now spends only 36 hours a week behind prison walls and that is when he teaches school in the old prison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

shippers today.
 rose. Two. officers Of the House coI- lected the votes.
 Each spokesman deposited his state's' vote in one box and dropped a dupli- cate vote in a second box.
 Twenty-four tellers were appointed by Speaker Clay. They came forward and divided, 12 sitting around each of the tables upon which the ballots had been placed. Daniel Webster was named foreman of one body of tellers :: John Randolph of Virginia headed the other.
 The count was quick. Foreman Daniel Webster rose to report. A thousand faces in the galleries scruti- nized his for a clue. Three candi- dates, each in their respective homes, wondered how much longer they must wait to learn their fate.
 "Mr. Speaker: The tellers of the votes at this table have proceeded to count the ballots contained in the box set before them," Webster began. "The result they find to be, that there are ::
 For John Quincy Adams, 13 votes.
 For Andrew Jackson, seven votes.
 For William H. Crawford, four votes.'
 AC grave 6AlcuCG TUT lOuE hours, had prevailed, was pierced Applause burst from one gallery sec tion. Kisses seethed from another. A. sea of chattering; laughter, curses and commotion drowned the report of Ran. dolph, the other forAman of tellers.
 Galleries Cleared
 Crack ! Crack! Crack Crack HickS ory gavel resounded upon marble desk, and finally Speaker Clay reduced the noise enough to order spectators from the galleries. sa
 Galleries were cleared. Randolph verified Webster's report. Represent tatiye Taylor of New York moved that committee notify President Monroe and President-Elect Adams of the feg suit of the ballot This motion. was passed. And the, House adjourned, it's members tingling with the same excite raent which had overwhelmed gallery occupants. % f- E Unusual as was the transfer of the election from people to Congress, un- expected as were charges against Clay (whom Adams did appoint Secretary of Statel, the most surprising feature of the 1924 contest was that the House of Representatives chose a presidency by single ballot. If given the oportnns ity, will our present House decidS as quickly the 1924 election?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
PAYING FOR THE HOME

up to two years ago my money all went to doctors and medicine for my stomach trouble. I was constantly filled with gas and no medicine helped me permanently until tried bottle of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy at that time with excellent results. Now l am using my money in paying for a home" Itis a simple, harmless. prepa- ration that removes the catarrhal mu- GUS from the intestinal tract and al- lays the inflammation which causes practically all stomach, liver and in- testinal ailments, including appendi- citis. One dose will convince or money refunded. At all druggists.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
LA TOILETTE TRIES
 FOR IOWA VOTE
Call Issued For State Progress.
 sive Convention

DIES MONIES, Ia, Aug. "A call for a state progressive convention" to nominate presidential electors and place on the November ballots in Iowa the name of Robert M La Toilette was is sued today by state La Toilette head quarters here. The convention is to be held here August 16.
 The call was addressed to Farm or. ganizations, labor unions, cooperative societies and other progressive groups and individuals" and was signed by seven leaders of farm and labor or ganizations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
ATTEND BARBECUE

CHATOM, Ala, Aug. 2.-(Special Leased Wire.)-A number of local peo- pie motored to GiIberttown to attend the big barbecue there on Thursday
 Rev. James B. Jackson of Chatom is conducting a protracted meeting at Pine Hill this week
 The regular monthly meeting of the been postponed from August 1 to Au- gust $.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
CLOUDY WEATHER
 TN THE FORECAST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday is forecast as follows:
 South Atlantic and Gulf States Partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers; temperature normal or slight ly above.
 Ohio Valley and Tennessee-Show- CTS at beginning and again latter part {: temperature about normal -...
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
OPEN SUBDIVISION
 NEAR COUNTRY CLUB
To Contain $ LOts-RockwOOd
 Is Name Chosen

The New Club Property company will open a subdivision on Twenty sixth street, between the Country club and Red Mountain parl. within the next two weeks. Management is in charge of Joe McDavid and Hunter Smith.
 The property is to contain 35 lots and will be developed for exclusive resi- dential use. Grading and laying of sidewalks is to start immediately. The subdivision has been named Redwood after the Rock House, which overlooks the location.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
CANDIDATE PUTS FINISHING TOUCH TO ACCEPTANCE Full Attention To Be Given To Organiza-
 tiOn Plans PLANS FARLEY
 WITH GOV. SMITH Will Meet New York Ex- ecutive At Democratic
 Party Wednesday
(By Associated Press.)

ters by Glenn l.. Shaver, acting chairman.
 Referring to campaign plans he
 said that John w. Davis, the {,
 party's candidate for President,
 would open his campaign proper in
 a middle western city after his
 acceptance address. bus not until
 the candidate of both major parties
 for President and vice president
 had made their acceptance speeches.
 LOCUST VALLEY, N. Y, Aug 2.-John W. Davis is ready to pre- sent to the country his case as the democratic presidential candi- date,
 Here, il his Long Island home, he put the final touch today to his address accepting the nomination by the New York convention. He will deliver it at Clarksburg, w. Va. a week from next Monday, inaugurating what he has deter mined to make an intensive cam paign.
 Mir. Davis now will be able to give full attention to the completion of his campaign organization and will devote much of his time early next week to that phase of his campaign. He plans to leave Wednesday evening" for Hyde Park, N. T., to visit Mir. and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and to attend the annual basket picnic of the demo- crats of Duchess county, which IS to be held near Hyde Park Thursday.
 While ill Hyde Park the nominee will, confer with Governor Smith, who is to speak at the picnic. It may be that he will see the governor earlier for the purpose of again urging him to become a candidate to succeed himself.
 Davis Rift With Smith
 Reports of a rift between the nomi nee and the governor were denied today at Davis New York headquarters, where it was stated that no significance was to be attached to the fact that both Mir. Davis and Mir. Smith were in New York yesterday without conferring.
 Mir. Davis directed Thomas J. Spell lacy, director of the eastern campaign headquarters, to serve at a conference with Governor Smith, which would be arranged for early Monday unless the goyernnf should desire to proceed to Albany immediately upon his return from a yachting trip. s,@
 Later the nominee himself declared that he and Governor Smith were in complete understanding on political matters.
 "As far a our personal and political relations are concerned" MT. Davis said, ''they could not be more satisfac- tory to me-"
 Completes Address
 Completing his address early this morning, Mir. Davis motored to his New York headquarters, where he re- mained for an hour. He conferred there with William B. Chiffon, demo- cratic candidate for United States sen ator from West Virginia; Charles R. Crane, former minister to China; Ray Inond Stevens, a former member of Congress, and David Hunter Miller, one time law partner of Alton B. Parker.
 On his return here early in the after noon the democratic party standard bearer was accompanied by Norman E Davis of New York, an adviser, with whom he had a round of golf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
HOG ISLAND LEASE
 BEING NEGOTIATED
Yard May Be Industrial Center
 Says Palmer

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2-Negotia. tions are under way for the lease by private interests of Hog Island, the great war time shipbuilding plant, Rear Admiral Leigh c, Palmer, retired presi. dent of. the United States shipping board, said today. The rear admiral yesterday visited the place where a flotilla of war time wooden cargo car riers lies in idleness.
 Ut is planned to make the yard the center of an industry as great as that of the war period he said. If the plans can be carried out Hog Island will be a notable success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
STUDENT INJURED

DYERSBURG, Tenn, Aug. Rob ert Gooch of Knoxville, former Uni versity of Tennessee student, is in a critical condition at a Dyersburg hospi- tai, the result of an automobile acci- dent in Lauderdale county Friday aft ernoon. After visiting friends here, young Gooch had started to Stuttgart, Ark, and near Flippen the radius rod of his car broke. It overturned, pin ming him down. The x-ray reveals many broken bones
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

possibly Montana, the vote of which IS too small to affect the problem-so that II Davis carries New York and New Jersey to the number of electoral votes that go to La Toilette is of only academic interest.
 incidentally, the La Toilette episode IS going to speed up the plan to have an earlier convening of newly elected Congresses, for it would be hard to con- celVe a sillier anAcronism than for a lepudiated Congress to decide a presi dency that involved a political revolu. tion, which may be the case this time for 1t IS the present Congress and not the one elected with the next President that IS the tribunal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
OFFTCTAIS SAIL

HAVANA, CuEa, Aug. 2.-CorneIius H. Engert, first secretary of the Unit ed States embassy, and Arthur c. Frost, consul general, sailed today for New York, on their annual leaves, ,board the steamer Siboney.