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Evening star., 1924-12-26
SEARCH IS CONTINUED.
Some Bodies Were Carried Six
Miles Down Valley.
Ry the Associated Press.


SALTVILLE, Va, December 20
with nine bodies thus far recovered
and six or seven persons still missing,
the search for victims continued to-
day in the area of the Holston River
Valley. laid waste by the flood of
lime muck released by the breaking &
of a dam Wednesday night at the
1Iathieson alkah works.
While more than a score of injured
lay in an improvised hospital here,
Searchers continued to fight their
way through the stretches of lime
whited mud deposited by the torrent,
which virtually swept away the little
settlement of workers below the dam.
Some Injured May Die.
Four or five of the injured are not
expected to live and many are suf-
fering from pneumonia resulting
from their immersion in the icy
waters and from burns caused by
the alkali muck. Many of the res
cuers also have been treated for
burns.
Several of the bodies recovered had
been carried six miles below the dam
in Tumbling Creek. Belief that some
of the missing still lay buried under
the avalanche of muck standing
waist high in places, kept the search
ors at their task after more than
&c hours.
The river valley today, with It's
Geep layer of lime mud, had the ap-
pearance of an ice gorge. Houses
brushed over and crushed by the
weight of the reservoir mixture, and
automobiles covered almost to their
,ops by it presented a scene of DESC
lation.
Flood Hits Holiday Party.
Most of the victims whose bodies
Lave so far been recovered were at
tending a Christmas eve party at the
home of Harry Prater, the house
nearest the dam. With only the min
ute's warning of a deafening roar as
the dam broke, the merrymakers were
trapped without chance to save
themselves as the house was engulfed
Occupants of some other houses
which withstood the torrent managed
to struggle through the mud and
water to safety after the crest had
passed.
Among the dead identified last night
were the following names: Mrs Lu-
ther Clear, her son, Charles Clear;
Opal Pauly, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pra-
ter, Leslie Prater, their son; Mr.. and
Mrs. James Prater, Maj. James Scott
Evening star., 1924-12-26
JAPANESE RIOTERS FREED.
Gang Leaders Taken for Breaking
Up American Dance.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, December 26.-Two leaders
of a gang of political rowdies who
were arrested after they had stopped
the American colony dance at the
Hotel Imperial June Z, as a protest
against the passage of the Japanese
exclusion clause in the American i'm
migration bill, were discharged by
a criminal court today because Of
insufficient evidence. The men were
charged with disturbing the peace.
Evening star., 1924-12-26
"SWELL" CHRISTMAS
HAD BY PHlLADELPHIANS
Many "Holly" Wreaths Add Color,
But Holly Proves to Be
Poison Ivy.

Special Dispatch to The Star
PHILADELPHIA, December 90
Some residents of Philadelphia are
"all swelled up" over their Christ
mas celebration today. Unlicensed
peddlers, in some instances, sold
poison ivy instead of real holly
Christmas wreaths.
Evening star., 1924-12-26

The French contend that the Ger
mans have violated the disarmament
clauses, and Premier Herriot on
Wednesday submitted to his cabinet
a memorandum to which the minis
ters agreed, declaring that evacuation
of the Cologne bridgehead was i'm
possible.
Evening star., 1924-12-26

had given them and hoped the money
would do even more good to it's bene-
ficiaries through the very fact that it
did not bind them to any opinions of
his own.
Mr.. Ritter selected only families
and individuals whom he believed
might find the additional income
Evening star., 1924-12-26
CHARGE MUNITIONS FOUND.
Board Claims Rifles and Machine
Guns Concealed in Berlin.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, December 26.-Oficers from
the interallied control commission
have discovered in Berlin a depot of
rifle and machine gun barrels, the
Echo de Paris learns from IAN incon-
trovertible informant" in Germany.
An inventory, now being taken, has
accounted for 10000 barrels. and 1t
is expected that the total will reach
100000. The depot was found in a
eunningly devised hiding place.
Evening star., 1924-12-26

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as~fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1924-12-26

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Evening star., 1924-12-26
WEATHER.

70. s. Weather Bureau Forecast,
Fair, with slowly rising tempera-
ture tonight: lowest tonight about 20
degrees: colder Sunday. High
est temperature, 2S, at pm.
yesterday; lowest, IA, at $3.50 am.
today. Full report on page IL.
Evening star., 1924-12-26

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
[. e W. TO CONNECT
 WITH LEASED ROAD
Atlantic Coast Line Joins In
 Taking Over c. c. & o.

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-The Altan- tie Coast Line and the Louisville & Nashville, directors of which yester- day accepted the lease of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio railroad for 999 years under the terms of the interstate commerce commission, will begin in few days to lay the route for the two new strips of railroad to connect the Louisville & Nashville and the Caro- lima, Clinchfield & Ohio. This was one of the chief specifications of the inter state commerce commission.
 The McReberts branch of the Caro- lima, Clinchfield 6 Ohio is now about twenty-five miles from the Louisville X Nashville and the Harlan Branch of the Ciinchfield is about twelve miles from the Louisville & Nashville.
 The lease provides that the Atlantic Coast Line and the Louisville & Nash- vile are to pay $750,00 annual rental for three years beginning January l, 1925; $1, 900, 900 for ten years beginning JanuaPy 1, 1928, and $1 ,25O, 900 year for the balance OfAthe term bringing 3, and per cent on the $25,000,00O of the common capital stock. In addition the lessees are to pay the interest on the bonds and equipment trust obliga- tions.
 The decision by the directors of the two roads to take over the Clinchfield gives the Walters system 300 additional miles of railroad from Spartanburg, S. C.; to Elkhorn City, Ky, bringing the Atlantic Coast Line and Louis vile & Nashville system much closer together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
LA TOILETTE MAY
 OPEN UP OFFICES IN IRMINGHAM
This City Is Being Con- sidered For Headquar-
 ters Of South
fMashlngton Rureaul

WASHINGTON, D. O., Aug. 22- Robert NJ. La Toilette and Burton K. Wheeler, progressive republican nom- inees for the presidency and vice presi- dency, will establish southern headquart- CTS, according to their official state ment this afternoon. John NJ. Nelson, campaign manager of the La Toilette Wheeler campaign, will reach Wash ington from Chicago tomorrow, and the location of southern headquarters will be discussed.
 Birmingham is considered by La Toilette and Wheeler as the strategical point from which to make headway be- low the Mason-Dixon line, although Nashville, because of the defection of Tennessee in 1920, is favored by some of their advisers. There are several reasons why Birmingham has advan- tages from the progressive viewpoint, it is explained. First, it is central {; second. it is the heart of the labor dis trict of the south, and third, 1t IS said bN La Toilette and Wheeler to have demonstrated in recent years a dlscon- tent with the prevailing order Of things.
 At democratic headquarters, the an- nouncement of La Toilette and Wheeler was characterized as bluff and sheer audacity" insofar as it implies hope on the part of progressives that they might make a showing in any southern state. It is generally regarded as true tbat LaFollette and Wheeler, while having no hope of winning southern state. are anxious that their popular vote be in excess of that to be recorded by the reactionary republican candi- dates. To that end, it is suspected here. they intend to overlook no ter ritory, even that so certainly demo- cratic as the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23

gowns and other parade dress and the mere bagatelle represented by the boat fare across to New York and back.
 Friendships Barred
 There will be some American moth- CTS and daughters in this grim band of prospectors but the majority will be Britons. Some of the girls will not be speaking to some of the others when the Berangaria ties up in the Hudson river for this is to be a claim-rush and friendships will be trampled in the crush to catch the notice of Edward, prince.
 Bond street, Regent street and the other swanky out-fitting streets of the West End were faintly reminiscent of wartime Thursday as the mothers and daughters dashed through the shops completing their kit for the naval cam paign. Their haste and their brain searching to make sure that nothing had been overlooked called to mind the mad dash of young officers through the same streets in the days of the grisly doings along the Somme, to aceoutre themselves for another kind of war.
 The prince, himself, always con temptuous of overstuffed mamas, what ever their social status, who try to drape their gurgling miniatures on his arm, probably will have to make the best of matters and pick over the pack for tolerable dancing partners. It is pretty well understood that he prefers the chatter and wit of professional women-actresses and writers-to the formal, and somewhat terrified small
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
NEGRO FUGITIVE
 DEFIES CAPTURE
Arms Himself And FIees After
 Killing Landlord

NATCHEZ, Miss, Aug. J22.-Ed Carter, negro, who. shot and killed Paul Johnson, plantation owner at Selma, Miss, several days ago, has exchanged his rifle for a better gun. according to word received here from officers, who have gone into Jefferson county in search of the slayer. The body of John son was shipped yesterday to his former home at Mount Vernon. Ill.
 The sheriff of Jefferson county, and a large number of citizens have joined the posse from this, Adams county, and the country about the town of Fay- cite, where last traces ofrCarter were discovered, is being combed thoroughly. Should the fugitive be located 1t is ex- pected he will resist capture to the end.
 Johnson was shOt when he went to the house on his plantation occupied by Carter to order him to vaaeate 1t as result of a dispute over picking cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
CRUISERS SEEK ITALIAN FLYER ]. LOST IN ARCTIC Four Airmen Disappear In Long Iceland- Green,
 land Hop AMERICANS PLAN
 FOR NEXT JUMP Rough Sea, Fog And Ice Offer Perils To
 AviatOrs

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.- Ice-infested waters of the North Atlantic are being searched for the lost Italian aviator, Lieutenant Locatelli, who hoped off from Iceland Thursday with the two Ameri- can round-the-worlds fliers, but failed to land at Green land. Four airplanes from the cruisers will join in the search as soon as the fog lifts. The American cruisers Richmond, Raliegh and Barry are conducting the search through the dangerous waters. Meanwhile the American fliers are whiting at Fredericksdal for favorable weather for the next jump to Ivigut, the last jump to the North American mainland.
 Planes Aid Search
 "Hampered by unpleasant thick weather,;S' this message read. -Four planes from Richmond and Raleigh will assist when visibility permits. Admiral Magruder lending every pos sible assistance. Fog continues. Sea rough
 Communication between the crusier lookouts and the navy department has been slow. The dispatch Thursday night announcing the arrival of the two Americans in Greenland was hours ahead of official dispatches and 1t was through this message that the navy first learned of the safe arrival after the hazardous jump.
 One message from tho cruiser Rich mond to the navy depaEtme told of the search 10 find the lost airnan. The telegram, tae only word sifse the news of, the safe landing 0f the AEneriean fliers said:
 NothinS Heard
 "No news LocatellI Flyers en- conntered thick weather after leaving last station ship 2l7 miles off Cape Farewell. Now awaiting better weather Richmond, Raleigh, Barry searching. :"
 This brief message tells the story of hardship and danger which the fliers have encountered on the long jump. LocateiIi was handicapped by a heavier plane and may have been forced to land in some isolated inlet along the coast. But weather he has landed safely and is now making lis way to some settlement, or whether he went down in the Atlantic, may not be known for some time,
 Major Martin, who started as chief of the American squadron, was lost for days in the Alaskan ice fields, but finally made his way to a settlement. Despite the absence tof word from the Italian flier, air service officials here are hoping that if mishap befell him, he, like Martin, will escape and appear later.
 An additional dispatch was received by the Italian embassy, from the Richmond reporting that the search for Locatelh was being hindered by bad weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
CONTRACTS GIVEN FOR PAVING WORK ON FIRST AVENUE
Three Concerns Chosen
 In Project Costing $169, ,2O5

Contracts involving an expenditure of $169. .205 for paving First avenue from Forty-first to Eighty fifth streets were let Friday afternoon by the board of revenue to the Dunn Construction company. Birmingham Paving eomapny, and H. N Bowdry. Choice lay between B proposals from IS bidders. 5 A feature of the competition for the paving job was that not only were con tractors bidding against each other, but also paving types. Several bidders of fered different kinds of paving johs hk Eod, 1t was said, lower cost estimates were submitted and the county will save several thousand dollars ,.
 Ia TIuxes saeisqsla
 Tho u0fs in krAs a tf8iIs ffdNI NDff lffisz 70 7 e n -sees entlf and from SeventySfirst to Eighty fifth streets, the present concrete base will be widened and an asphaltic con crete top will be put over the whole. The cost, as estimated by Fl. N. Bow dry, who received the contract. will be $47, 200. or $2,500 less than the near est competitor. Dunn Construction com rany. @
 / Although at first County Engineer 10. J. Rogers and the revenue body had planned to let the contract to one con cern for the work from Forty-seventh Fto Seventy-first streets, upon the sug- gestion of ". B. Copeland and Thomas Huey two contracts for half of the by Dunn Construction for $5S,5S0, calls e.. ..E, ,E, sixsinch concrete base. The other half, contracted for by the Birmingham Pay ing conipany, invOves the expenditure of $6S, ,425 for an eight inch solid con crete pavement.
 More than 25,O00 yards. of solid con crete paving will be laid by the Bir- |mingham Paving company at a cost of $2.35 per yard. This is said to be the cheapest concrete paving job ever let in the southeast. Only. few weeks ago the city contracted for some con crete paving on Avenue B for which $2.50 a yard will be paid. The compe- titions of sheet asphalt and asphaltic concrete against the solid concrete was given as the cause of the low price.
 The Southern Clay Manufacturing company made strong bid for three inch brick top over a One-ineh cushion of sand and six-inch base, but their high price made their contract prohib- itive, despite the assurance that the brick type road shows the best service by test An example was set up to prove this assertion by referring to the 22-year old brick paving on Twenty first street, still in good condition.
 A slight dissension / started amont the board members when Jerry Gwinn made motion, to accept the lowest bidder on the work between Forty-sev- enth and Seventy-first streets without further ado. Huey immediately pro tested with q counter motion to go into executive session for consideration of the bids in their entiFity. Huey's move was interpreted as one to assure let ting of a contract for, type of pay ing of superior quality than that of fered by the. lowest bidder, Neither motions passed, however, because Huey did not press his point. He gained the consent of the board in the end, nevertheless, to let half of the con tract for the high grade concrete pave meflt, .4 s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
LOEB WEEPS AS DEFENSE MAKES PLEA Attorney Says Only Dis eased Mind Could Have
 Conceived Crime LEOPOLD LEAVES
 ROOM OVERCOME DarrOw Declares Money Is Positive Handicap
 To Accused Youths OFFICERS CALLED TO RESTRAIN CROWD Hundreds Try To Break Into Already Crowded Court
 room
OFFICERS CALLED
 TO RESTRAIN CROWD
(By Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, Aug. 22.-"The killing of Bobby Franks was a senseless thing, an unreason- able, unexplainable and fool ish act that could have been conceived and executed only by a diseased mind" said Clarence s. Darrow, 67-year- old veteran of criminal court battles, in his plea today be- fore Judge John R. Caverly for the lives of Nathan F. Leo pold, Jr., and Richard Loeb.
 "Why did they kill litt'e Bobby Franks?" asked i've gray-haired pleader, poi ntirIg a shaking forefinger at the judge. Not for money They had that. Not for spite, no5s for hate. They killed hin as they might kill. a fly 7 spider; for the experience
 s..Eecause. soinewhere- sand >te  strident tone sank to a pitch gret, ''in the infinite processes ss a to the making of the boy or the faaa, some thing slipped. And now tt0se unfortunate lads sit here hat ne spised, outcast and with the t@'1-'.'- nity shouting for their blood"
 Leopold Pale.
 The appeal proved too much for the self-cuntrol of the culprits. Through out most of the afternoon they sat tense, Loeb following every movement of the pleader, Leopold growing pale beneath his customary ruddy flush
 But when Mir. DarrOw's eloquence pictures disgrace to the families the grief of mothers, the sorrows of ia. liners, the blasted hopes for the boys themselves, DiCIEie flicked tears from his cheeks and Leopold stumbled from the courtroom with bowed head.
 So overcome was the latter that he struck blindly against a partition nnr- rowing the entrance of the bull pen" The impact drove him sidewise, but he did not raise his head. With ex- tended nrms he ployed past the bailiffs and fairly plunged into the elevator that was waiting to convey him to the approach of Cook county's bridge of sighs."
 Judge Caverly leaned forward rest ing his chin upon his clasped hands and riveting his eyes upon the speaker. But what went on behind the judicial mask was not visible.
 State Silent.
 Robert E. Grove, states attorney, and his assistant prosecutors sat mo- tiOnless. Earlier in the day, Mir. Grove had interrupted Walter Bachrach, junior counsel for the defense, as the latter sought by the evidence and writ ten opinions of the prosecutions own alienistS to show that Leopold and Loeb had ''paranoid personalities" But no voice came from the chairs of the states forces whil Mfr. sDarrow was speaking.
 Surrounding the judge were visiting legal luminaries from other Chicago courts and from outside cities. Back of the speaker were hundreds of spec tators who had gained places in the room after a struggle through a mob of curiosity seekers whose tactics be-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
JAPAN PLANNING,
 DEFENSE DAY, TOO
National Drive Is Set For Octo-
 Der

TOKYO. Aug. 22.-(By Associated Press ational drill day" compared by the yernaeular press as similar to ''Amreican Defense Day" will be held throughout Japan on October g if the military ReserYist organizations carry through Q plan formally launched through agitation started today.
 The date proposed for the Japanese observance falls on the festival day at the national military shrine of Yasu- kuni in Tokyo.
 Japanese officials said today they saw no connection between the drill day agitation here and Defense Day plans in America. The government has not yet given officinI sanction to the plan, 1t was added.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
NEWS FROM TODAY'S
 WANT ADS

Cash and carry market for safe. t93S Ford coupe. extra valus at Norwood apartment for rent Soda dispenser wanted. Speciality saiesrasn wanted. Berest Park room in private home
 for rent. T Essex touring car with extras $500. Retail silk salesman wa4tsd 1928 Dodge roadster, xIF trade for
 Ford or sell on easy terms, < Crew managers wanted. Ford haIf-ten truck for eco. Two nicely furnished rooms on
 Twenty-third street, north. for
 rent.
 Save SssO on equity in West End
 bungaioW. Fout-door Ford sedan with new
 car guarantee for f6IS.t Musician wanted to travel. Better printing for less money. Edgewood modern stueeo bungalow, cos. clerk wanted by local eorDora-
 ton,
 Rooming house for sale eheap. Young horse for sale. 1T Typists wanted fos temporary work. White ,blacksmith wanted. Dodge sedan for es25. A brick bungalow fin Walnut Hills Ford touring car on terms Of SIS
 per month. 1 Turn to page 5,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
COOLIDGE CALLED ON FOR STAND Democratic Nominee Re- fers To Hooded Order
 By Name 35,OOO PERSONS
 APPLAUD SPEECH Says K. K. K. Is Contrary To Ideals Of
 America
 ----------.------gt ATTACKS G. O. P.
 ON MANY SCORES Declares Republicans Unable To Get Around Oil
 Scandals

SEAGIRT, N. J., Aug. 22. Unexpectedly injecting a new element into the presidential campaign, John w. Davis has bitterly denounced the Ku KIux Klan and challenged President Coolidge to aTl- rounce his views on the sub ject.
 Davis condemned the hood ed order by name in his speech here before 35,0 ,000 New Jersey democratsat least five acres of llurnanity-who stood be- fore him as he spoke from the lawn of the Little White House, where Woodrow Will son received the notification of his nomination at Baltimore.
 Hearers Applaud
 Concluding his attack on the KIan, The democratic nominee asked President Coolidge to state his attitude, thns seil- firely removing this topic from the field bf political debate. 2 Although New Jer- sey has been the acesle of much Kim ac- tfeifg khfiE v: Dr8Ta1 q xeltsa applause anu cEfea of y6u tell 'em John. ven run 'em out of the coun- try
 The nominee had just tod his au- dience z
 Whatever any organizat1on, no mat te2 what it chooses to be called wheth- CT Kn Klux Klan or by any other name .--raises the standard of racial or religi- ous prejudice, or attempts to make re- cial ofigin or religious belief test of fitnesg for public office, it does violence to the spirit of American institutions and must be. condemned by all those
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
STRANGE SIGNALS. HEARD IN EFFORT
 TO PICK UP MARS
London And Vancouver Stations Unable To
 Account For Sounds
tBy the Associated Press)

LONDON, Aug. 23.-An attempt by British wireless experts to ''listen in' on Mars resulted in strange noises be- ing heard at 1 o'clock this morning. The sources of the noises could not be ascertained by the experts.
 The attempt was made on 24-valve tube set erected on a hill at Dulwich. Representatives of the Marconi com pany and of London universities were present.
 Tuning in started at 12 80 o'clock and at a. m. on a 30,OO0 meters ra- dius, sounds were heard which could not be interpreted as Morse code. The noises continued on and off for three minutes in groups of four and five dots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23

of promise will tie loose from South ampton Saturday on b oa-rd the staunch little clip per, Berengaria, a bark of 50-odd t h 0 u sand tons, bound for New York.
 On the brief voyage of Great Britain's seagoing city of pleasures some dozens of fat mamas will do their best to shove T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
DEMPSEY'S FATHER
 MARRIES AGAIN
At 67, He Takes Bride Of Only
 Twenty-Six

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 22. -Hyrum Dempsey, 67, father of Jack Dempsey, the worlds heavyweight box. ine champIon. and Lottie Dexter Blas- sineame, 20, of Salmon, Idaho, were married at Farmington, Utah, by jus to word reaching newspapers here today. The elder Dempsey and Jacks mother hRke been separated for several years.
 The romance between Hyrum Demp- se{ and his young wife Is said to have started in Salt Fake City about the tiBe of the Dempsey Gibbons fight at SHslby, Mont, July 1, 1923,