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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
AP0sTLES0 IF. LIGHT. REHEARSAL TODAY Religious Pageant Drama
 Directors Call For All

Announcement is made that . full rehearsal of the firth. seventh. eighth. ninth and tenth motive of the relig- tous pageant-drama, '"rhs Apostles of Light" will be held Saturday evening at 7:so o'clock at the new Sunday school building of the First Metho dist church, and all members of the cast are expected to be present.
 Friday nights rehearsal embraced five of the motives and everything indicated that the production of the pageant-drama under the auspices of the Methodist churches of Birming- day and Friday, January "A and 25 at the Phillips high school auditorium would be success.
 Rehearsals arc scheduled to be held every night next week at the First Methodist church and all members of the cast are urged to be present, Monday nights rehearsal also will in clude the full chorus with the musi- cal features.
 charge of the pageant. announces the following additional leading charact- CTS added to the. cast: Miss Letitia McNeel Christianity" Miss Mildred Tarrant. Centenary" Mrs. H. M. El- lis, "America::" Mrs. R. c. Nash, as "Damaris," the leading part among the Greciap maids.
 Costumes for the various leading characters have arrived and 1t Is expected to put on 8 complete full dress rehearsal by the end of next week.
 '"The Apostles of Light" is being given & two-night production to em- phasixe the centenary movement of the Methodist church and illustrate the work done by the Methodists since the time of John Wesley and his CO., workers.
 Leading ministers of the Methodist churches of Birmingham will also be members of the cast, which includes 500 old men and women and young men. and women, with each of the churches represented. and some of the churches enacting full motives. ' Among the leading ministers takin g part and characters 4impersonated are: "John Wesley Rev. s. P. Kimbrough; 1; -"Charles Wesley" Rev. w. H. Mans field Thomas Coke.r Rev. U. s. Pitts of sBessemer; Thomas Rankin" Rev. S. T. Slayton: "Freeborn Garrettson," !" Rev. Robert Echols; Thomas Vasey." Rev. yV. w. Hammer; Francis As- bury" Rev. K. N. Matthews; Richard whatcot," Rev. v. H. Hawkins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
FREE TWO YEARS THEN ARRESTED
Marcus Pearce In Jail For Alleged Highway
 Robbery

wandering over the country for nearly two years. with the shadow of the law continually Jogging his footsteps. Marcus Pearce, giving his present address as St. Louis, was ar- rested in Birmingham Friday night and placed In jail to await trial on Q charge of highway robbery.
 On March 23, 1929. Pearcs and Eugene Mckinney. employed in tho freight office of the Southern rail- way in Birmingham, are alleged to have staged 0 fake hold-up. netting $266 in cash and a similar amount in checks.
 Mckinney was prepay clerk at the in the office of the freight agent. The checks taken in the robbery were returned by the alleged bandits with a note asking the officials not to blame Mckinney, according to the police.
 Three weeks later Pearco was ar rested on a charge of petty larceny. and while in jail Is alleged to have confessed his part in the affair, and implicated Mckinney. Both men were at once placed under bond In the robbery case.
 A short time later Pearce left Bir- mingham and a search was com menced which led as far east as Washington and into the west. AL though the search continued. Pearce had succeeded in eluding tho trail CTS. The case against Mckinney had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
BURIAL SATURDAY. IF JOHN SPARROW.
Witness Testifies Death Was Due To An Unavoidable
 Accident

r While police searched Friday for the driver Of the automobile which figured in. the death late Thursday Of John Sparrow, veteran advertising man and an outstanding figure in Birmingham public life for years, Coroner J. D. Russum had under way thorough investigation to all the facts in the tragedy, which has caused gloom throughout the city. Miss Mary Dunbar. a clerk in the American Trust building, who was crossing First avenue just ahead of dent, gave her version of the affair in testimony before the coroner.
 "Mr. Sparrow and I left the Amer ican Trust building together" she said, "and I started across the street in front of him. It was pouring rain but I saw Ford touring car coming. I stopped until it could pass, and then turned to find MT. Sparrow ly- l ing in the street. I am not sure l whether his feet slipped and caused him to fall. Testifies to Accident.
 "In my opinion it was an accident that couldn't be helped. The car was going about 10 miles an hour. The driver, < fairly young man, stopped
 
 back, picked him up and, with oth- CTS, carried him into the American Trust building. A large crowd gath cred and in the midst of the confu- sion the driver of the car suddenly disappeared. Nobody even thought to ask him his name."
 The young lady said she was sure that the front of the automobile did not strike Mir. Sparrow. She further declared that, in her estimation, the driver was not at fault.
 Miss Dunbar said the hard rain ! made it difficult to see. and she advanced the suggestion that MT. Sparrow might have walked into the automobile.
 serve his decision until Saturday, in the hope that the driver might be located.
 q believe the car struck MT. Spar row. he said. "and caused . frac- ture of the skull. An X-ray photo ing to determine whether this was the case"
 Thorough Investigation-
 The coroner added that "very few accidents are unavoidable" and promised to sift the affair to the bot tom. Miss Dunbar was the only wit ness who testified at the hearing.
 Funeral services for MT. Sparrow will be held at 2:30 o'clock Satur- 'lday afternoon from the residence, 1524 Water street. Norwood, with the First Church of Christ. Scientist in charge. Burial will be in Elmwood cemetery, with Johns in charge.
 Pallbearers were announced by the family as follows: Active-Murray Brown, w. H. Jefferies, J. E. Chap pell, w. J. Adams, I. c. Beatty and Robert Jemison, Jr. Honorary-M. P. NorthinGton, Oscar Wells, R. H. Woodrow, J. s. Pevear, c. NJ. Stan ley, Crawford Johnson, Eugene Har- ris, Victor H. Hanson. W. c. Adams Perkins J. Prewitt, Eugene Harris. pr. Wm. H. Marsh, Benjamin Her ring, George Britton, John NJ. Goude- lock, Medley J. Rose, Angus Tay- Tor, J. D. Rosenberger. T. o. Smith, Leon Friedman, J. w. Donnelley, Maclin Smith, w. J. Baldwin. Nor ris Bush, F. V. Underwood, J. R. Flenner, Jack Eaton. Buford Good win, Harris Burns, Paoli A. Smith and Herbert Baum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
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36 NEW MEMBERS
Chamber Of Commerce Growing A ! Rate of New Firm Every Day

eChamber Of Commerce Growing At Rate of New Firm Every Day
 Thirty-six new members wore added to the roll of the Chamber of Commerce during the month of De- cember,. according to the monthly report of o. l.. Bum, secretary-treas- sprer. submitted Friday. They were Jass sfollows: s,ssxs.s .ss.l ss4s:.g. sWiIlispn s HI. Brown Drug company. sCentraH Drug company, Ridgely <phapxnacy, Snow-Smith Drug scoms pany. Nelson Drug company. French Drug company Hagan 1Smyer Drug company, Brock Drug company, Tiff ffi-Martin Furniture company w. i.E. Sewkil, Standard Bottle company. sDuffeys Motor company, The Tire Service company, Dobbs Marble com
 pany, Birmingham Rendering com spany. Welded Products company. E. ". Sanders Lumber company, Bir- mingham Cooperage company, Jeffer-
 son Dairy company, T. J. Calvert, John R. Williams, R. A: Mcleod, Sam sErckert, David Lupton's Sons, Nes- bit Hambaugh, Prof. o. Fortner. D. G. Ewing, Haskins & Sells, B. B. .Burnham, Haley & Haley. pr. R. !Lurton. Houston. North. Birmingham Trust 6 Savings company. R. E. Smiley & Co.,, A. A. Gambill Realty company, Dr. Robert V. Kazian. Se- curity Trust & Savings bank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
MEMORIAL TO LEE
Movement Started For School or
 JOurnaIism At College

JournaIism At College
 Southern newspaper publishers are solidly behind the move to establish an all-southern college of journal ism at Washington and Lee univer- sity, according to V. E. Kemp, field secretary of that institution. who was in Birmingham Friday making final arrangements for the appear ancs Wednesday of pr. Henry Louis Smith, president of Washington and Lee university, before the Rotary club of Birmingham.
 Birmingham's quota of the $500,00o fund has been set as $15,000 and ac- tive campaign work will be started in this city January 19. The move ment will be actively sponsored by newspapers, but is open to any per son who may wish to participate In the establishment of the college as tribute to the memory of the great Confederate general.
 Southern newspapers already have contributed $75,00o toward the gen, eral fund, MT. Kemp stated and Will have' general charge of the raising of the rest of the money.
 The Washington and Lee alumni committee is composed of c. L. Hen ley, chairman; Evans Dunn ana Sorsby Jemison. c. M. McCrum IS president and Walter Hood, secretary of the Washington and Lee Univer- sity Alumni association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
SUES FOR 'N$1O0,000

Mrs. Sarah Laster of 231s First avenue, north. in 8 suit filed in cir- cult court Friday, asked s10o,000 as damages from the w. G. Patterson Cigar company, growing out of the death of her husband, Gilbert Laster, who died last December from injuries received when struck by an auto mobile of the company.
 Filed by Attorneys W. A. Denson and J. B. Ivey, the suit charged that tl.a driver of the car .'wantonly and and wiIfully" struck her husband.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
LOCAL DATA

Summary of observations made at sta tions of United States Weather Bureau during 24 hours ending at D. m-, S0th meridian time, January II, 1924;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12

been continued from time to time until this week 1t was nolle pressed by the circuit solicitor.
 Friday Pearce appeared in Bir- mingham and his arrest by H. c. Peveler and Special Agent Turner of the Louisville and Nashville was eff fected at o'clock at the Morris hotel. Officers were noncommittal in regard to Mckinney Friday evening. but 1t was intimated that efforts would be made to secure new in dictment following the capture of PearCo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
THE WEATHER

Alabama. Mississippi and extreme north west Florida: Fair Saturday and probably Sunday; colder Sunday.
 virsinia: Generally fair Saturday and Sunday; colder.
 North Carolina snd South Carolina: Fair and somewhat colder Saturday, Sunday fair.
 Georgia and Florida, Fair saturdsy end Sunday no change in temperature. Tennessee and Kentucky; Cloudy gatur- day, colder Saturday nishti Sunday faiR
 Louisiana; Saturday and Sunday partly cloudy. probably rain in north portion. warmer Saturday in southeast portioni colder Sunday.
 Arkansas: Saturday unsettled. rain in afternoon or night, colder in west DOT. tiony Sunday generally fair.
 Oklahoma: Saturday snow furrtea, cola CT; Sunday generally fair.
 East Texas: Saturday partly cloudy to cloudy. rain in northeast portion at night. colder; Sunday fair. colder in east portion.
 West Texas: Saturday partly cloudy. snow f1urries in north portion, colder {; Sunday generally fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
JOHN WAFU TN BAD'1 FROM COURT APPEAL
Circuit Judge Add To Penalty or
 Henry J. Martin

John Wafer is sorry he appealed to circuit court from the decision of Police Judge Henry J. Martin. who. few weeks ago, fined him $26 for violating prohibition laws.
 A jury Friday convicted him on two counts and fixed his fine at $76. Judge Fleetwood Rice. who Is rapidly clearing the city appeal docket, added nine months in jail.
 John turned to his lawyer and said: T made a mistake"
 Five gallons of whisky were found in Johns possession by city raidihg officers, they testified. The fine and sentence is the heaviest imposed for a liquor violation in a number of years, veteran court attaches said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
BODY SENT TO BIRMINGHAM.

Remains of William Lambert, age 22.. who was killed late Thursday af- ternoon in the storm at Sylacauga, AIas' were received in Birmingham Friday night by Vice. Funeral ser vices will be held at II o'clock Sat urday morning from the Mt. Pinson Methodist church followed by inter- ment in the Mt. Pihson cemetery.
 MT. Lambert survived by his par ents. MT. and Mrs. w. F. Lambert; four brothers and five sisters,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12

Women of the tenement districts have been known to purposely lose their children in crowds 50 as to have a holiday, and to call at night at the various police stations. know . ing their offsprings will ultimately be taken there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12

Fine brown fur of the fur seal is under a top skin that is stiff, coarse and gray in color and which is taken off when preparing the skins for the market. .s.s,..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12

Paper bath slippers that are said to cost less than that of laundering a towel, are offered as a great aid after a shower
The Tomahawk., 1924-04-10
SODOMEN SEAL 8
lodge by
the Dunes" "

A Camp for little Indian Child.
rem. Write r. +. d. No. 9.
Chesterton, Indiana.
The faculty in charge "f this
institution are admirably qualified
for their work. 1t is in charge of
q college trained lady who is a
graduate of Smith College for
girls, and who also spent two years
at the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College, aud a term at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
She has rs an assistant a college
trained Indian woman who under
stands the Indian children and is
deeply interested in her work.
Charges are reasonable. Write for
pal ticulars.
The Tomahawk., 1924-04-10

mending to Congress that q per
capita payment of 5000 be made
to the Chippewa Indians of Min
nesota. | am inclosing a copy of
said resolution for your informa.
ton.
| was one of those who advo.
Gated the 5000 per capita payment
and believe that that amount
should have been paid instead of
only 500. which was recently
paid and was only partial relief.
l AN heartily in favor of the
Resolution introduced in the Unit
ed States Senate by Senator Will
lam H. King, IS. Res. 34) which
provides for an investigation of
all Chippewa matters since the
Treaty of 1889. l believe that
there should be an Interpretation
of this treaty and that this is the
only way to get at a basis of a
complete settlement with the Chip.
pewas of Minnesota.
| very emphatically urge the
members of the Senate of the
United States to support this con-
structive measure for the settle
ment Of che problems of the Chip
pewa Indians of Minnesota in a
just and honorable way.
Very respectfully yours,
J. w. NELSON.
The Tomahawk., 1924-04-10

ia shall be permitted to appear
through a representative of their
own selection and present the
claims of said Indians.
And said committee is further
instructed to advise the Senate
what action, if any, is necessary
to be taken to compose the contro.
versy between the Chippewa In.
dians of Minnesota and the Gov
ernmens of the United States and
to adjust their differences upon
honorable terms, and if legislation
is necessary to submit a. draft
thereof.
The Tomahawk., 1924-04-10
Mahnonen County Board
Of County Commission
ers Endorse King Reso-
luton. =,

Mahnomen County officials, un.
like the officials of Becker County,
are doing all in their power to aid
the Minnesota Chippewas in ob-
tanning justice in the administra-
tion of their affairs by the federal
government. The following reso
luton, urging the passage of the
King Resolution. was passed by
the Board of County Commission
ers of Mahnomen County last
month.
RESOLUTION.
Resolved that it is the sense OF
Continued on 4th page) !
The Tomahawk., 1924-04-10
Says King Resolution
Should be Passed

The following letter by Hon. j.
W. Nelson, State Senator from the
Sixty.fourth Minnesota district,
urging the support of the King
Resolution has been sent to several
Senators and Representatives in
Washington. Mr.. Nelson's efforts
in behalf of the Chippewas is
greatly appreciated by them and 1t
is hoped may result in the pas sage
of the Resolution which means so
much to the Indians. Senator
Nelson's letter, addressed to U. S.
Senator Shipstead, copies of which
were sent to several other mem.
bers OF Congress, follows:
Mahnomen, MIMI,
March 10, 1924:
Hon. Henrik Shipstead,
u. y. Senator,
Washington, D. G.
Dear Mr.. Shipstead:-
Having resided in Mahnomen
County for more than ten years |
have had the opportunity to OBJ
serve the trend of Indian affairs
and the methods of administration
and its effect generally among the
Indians of the White Earth Res
ervation.
As a member of the State
Senate, representing this, the 64th
district, I took part in urging and
passing Resolution No. 4 recon.
The Tomahawk., 1924-04-10
srranae Occurrence In Church.

A peculiar accident happened In q
church at Iford, Eng. one Sunday re-
Gently which created no little stir
amongst tn, congregation. While Mrs
isabella L lcas, was sitting with
friends in pew near The end of the
organ. one Of the massive pipes fell
out and struck her on the head. in.
dieting severe injuries. The doctor
who attended her said that but 10,
the force Of the blow being broken
by thick bonnet which she was
wearing the .ady would certainly have
been killed
The Tomahawk., 1924-04-10
Petition for Removal Of
Indian Bureau Officials.

Ihe following petition, calling
for the removal from Office of
certain federal officials, including
Superintendent p. Il. Wadsworth
of the Consolidated Chippewa
Agency at Cass Lake, was handed
US the other day for publication.
The petition was liberably signed
in Mahnomen county, residents of
which handed US the petition.
We understand that copies of the
petition have been circulated in
Becker county also. Whether it
will be as literally signed here we
are unable to say. but of one thing
we are certain, and that is that the
officials whose removal is asked
for are not in the good graces of the
Minnesota Chippewas. The petit
ton fellows:
Mahnomen, MINI
March 20, 1924.
l hereby certify that the peti,
tion as given below is a true and
correct copy of the original sent
to Hon. Calvin Coolidge, President
of the United States; Senators
Robert M. LaFollette and J. w.
Herreld.
(Signed) VIM. A. Brunette.
We the undersigned after read
ing the enclosed statement of VIM.
A. Brunette call for the removal
from Office of Secretaey Goodwin,
Doctor Wooster, and the present
Agent Mr.. Wadsworth.
Frank Starkey H. H. Goodwin
Jas R. Antell Margaret Saice
John Macarthur Lizzie B. Saice
Frank Pelland Louisa B. Walz
j. B. Fairbanks Mrs. J. Brisbois
Edward G. Leith A. Villebrun
Alex Turpin Jos. A. .Latourelle
Roman E. Perrault j. H. Turpin
j. l.. Spratt Robt. Dence
Alf. Folstrom Frank Saice, Sr.
Cab. Villbrun Alfred Roy
Lee Chiffon David Roy
Christina Rice Frank Saice
Theo. LaFrieiner Leo Wright
L. B Lequier Mrs. G. Warmth
Peter j. Perrault
N. B.-If this is not sufficient
as to signatures, l can get thous-
ands to sign If required. sm
The Tomahawk., 1924-04-10
"COLD IN THE HEAD"

Is an acute attack OF Nasal Catarrh.
Those subject to frequent "colds" are
generally in a run down condition.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is a
Treatment consisting of an Ointment. to
be used locally. and a Tonic, which acts
Quickly through the Blood on the Mu-
cous Surfaces. building up the System,
and making you less liable to colds"
Sold by druggists for over 10 Years.
r. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
The Tomahawk., 1924-04-10
Back Annuity Bill
Passed by Senate,

Washington, D. C.-April 2
The Senate cleared it's calendar
late today of dozen miscellaneous
Indian bills which already had
passed the house. Among them
were measures providing for a
girls dormitory at Lapwai, Idaho;
making Navajo funds in the treas.
ury available for distribution; au.
thorizing sale of surplus lands at
the Rapid City Indian school; pro.
viding for back annuities to Min.
nesota Chippewas; reserving cer-
tain lands in New Mexico to the
Zia Pueblo Indians; approving the
sale of lands set aside under the
agreement of 1883; authorizing
the enrolment of the Lac du-
Flambeau band of Chippewas lin
Wisconsin, and appropriating
funds fer construction of q road in
the Fort Apache reservation of
Arizona. Minneapolis Journal.
In our issue of last week we
called attention to the bill men
toned in the above from the
MINNEAPOLIS Journal. which was
introduced in the House by Rep.
resentative Kuutson and reported
to the Senate by Senator Harreld
of Oklahoma, and which, accord
ing to the Washington dispatch
passed the Senate on April End.
Needless to say this bill, il 1t be
comes a law, will raise havoc with
the Chippewa tribal funds, as
there are ia the neighborhood of
seventeen hundred applications for
enrolment and payment of back
annuities now on file in the Agency
Office at Cass Lake. Granting that
many of these applicants will
never be enrolled or abtain any
money as back annuities, it is safe
to say that perhaps one thousand
of them will be successful in their
attempt for enrolment, and in
that case it will deplete the tribal
funds to the extent of mere than
half a million dollars if these back
annuities are paid from the tribal
funds. The Indians to a man are
opposed to this legislation, and it
is a matter that should be. left
entirely to the Indians to decide
and not to Congress. This /. bill
authorizing the payment of back
annuities is on a par with the
other Indian Bureau legislation
sponsored by Representative
Knutson, and will work a great
injustice on the Chippewa tribe as
will the other measures introduced
by Knutson.
The Chippewas should protest
in no uncertain terms against any
such legislation, if possible get
out an injunction to forestall any
payment of back annuities until
the Indians themselves pass upon
the question.
With this end in view Attorney
F. D. Beaulieu Oh Thursday of
last week mailed q statement of
facts in the matter to President
Coolidge, and also the local coun-
Gil of White Earth dispatched the
following telegram to President
Coolidge urging him to veto the
bill. H. -
(TELEGRAM)