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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
CONTINENT FLIGHT
 VAUGHAN ENDS
(COntinued From Page One. l

Francisco 12 AS D. m, 575 miles flying time, :57; average speed, 145.2O miles.
 TOtals-DistaTce, 2,S50 miles; flying time. IS 20; average speed, 156.20 miles per hour.
 Note-All time reduced to eastern standard and distance approximate.)
 The total time Lieutenant Maughan took from when he hopped off at New York until he 1nnded at San Francisco was 21 hours and 4S minutes, including three hours and 2S minutes taken out at five stops as follows: Dayton, 1 10 1; St. Joseph, :45; North Platte, :35 i; Cheyenne :39; SaldurO, fl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
And Farm Aid Are Added 70 List of Platform Puzzles
IN TEE AIR TODAY

(Copyright 1924 for Age-Hersid.) WICK, Detroit, 517 meters, 10 p. w m., eastern standard time.
 The Red Apple club.
 WIZ, New York, 455 meters, 6 80 p. m., eastern standard time. Nathan Franko's orchestra.
 WEAF, New York, 492 meters, 8 80 D. m., eastern standard time. Weaf concert group.
 WBZ, Springfield, 337 meters, 6 40 p. m., eastern standard time. Banquet Societe St. Jean De Bapiste, direct from the Copley Plaza. 4s
 KGO, Oakland, 312 meters, p. m., Pacific central standard time. California mixed quartet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
PERHAPS!

Do you believe that history repeats itself?" asked the anxious waiter.
 Il certainly do," replied the custimer rising from the table after his meal.
 Well, a gentleman who was here yesterday gave me shilling tip," said then waiter, looking sideways.
 "Oh, well," said the patron, button ing up his coat to leave, "perhaps he will be in again today."-- Weekly Edinburgh Scotsman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
PLEAD GUILTY
Negroes Given IS Months For Alleged
 Store Burglaries


 Store BurglarieS
 Johnnie Bledsoe and John Campbell, negroes, when brought to trial Monday morning in Judge w. E. Forts crim- inal court on charges of grand larceny and burglary of several stores, pleaded guilty and were each sentenced to IS months of hard labor on the county roads.
 Trial of Casey Glover and Ollie Curry on two charges of burglary and four of grand larceny, which was to have been held Monday afternoon be- fore Judge H. P. Heflin, was passed to Tuesday morning because import ant defense witnesses were unable to be present.
 The negroes are alleged to have broken into three supply houses of the WOfford Oil company and stolen IS sacks of cement and several cases of tools about three weeks ago. They pleaded not guilty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
Especial to Age-Herald)

CONVENTION HALL, NEW YORK, N. Y., June 23.-Whether there would be enough delegates on hand at the opening hour Tuesday morning to open the democratic convention was a serious question late last night. The visiting firemen were scattered all over Manhattan, Coney Island, far Rock away and the Bronx.
 Several hundred were still leaping from roof garden to roof garden at mid night. Late yesterday afternoon an un. official roll call showed more than 1.2OO missing. It is expected most of these will be found in the subway lost and found department. !
 Over 300 were reported trying to find their way out of the Times Square station at midnight. They were con- sidering roll call vote on the question of locating there permanently.
 I've delegates from Wyoming have been riding in the shuttle between Times Square and Grand Central for three days waiting for the conductor to cry, Madison Square Garden, all out" On the whole, the delegates like New York. They are a little disap- pointed in the number of shootings. And the bank robberies, street corner as- saults and battle between gunmen in hOtRl Hobbies are not as advertised.
 There is a natural curiosity to see Al Smith and Bill McAdoo at close range, but most of the visitors seem more anxious to get look at George Conan, the Shuberts, Mistinguett, the Keen Kool Kuties, Imogene Wilson Grants tomb, the Woolworth building and the house in which Elwell was mur- dered.
 What impresses the most about the metropolis is the strange dialect spoken by subway guards and the funny little teacups in which liquor is served.
 All the outstanding candidates were still standing out St midnight and the night before the battle found the situa- tion along the entire front practically unchanged. This was also true of Will liam Jennings Bryan's pants. The peer. less one gave out an interview in which he stated he was sleeping in his clothes ready for any emergencies" The Ma fional Association of Suit Pressers met two hours later and passed unanimous vote for condemnation, disapproval and general animosity.
 Governor Smith claims to have won many votes from the McAdoo forces. The McAdoo men, pointing to the fact Al began life in fish market, say this is lot of halibut. Both men re prac- tically tied in the matter of v tements issued
 The candidacy of John w. Davis re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
Convention Once-Overs
By H. /. Phillips

ceived blow yesterday in distribution of data showing him to be an attorney for the Standard. He admitted this eight weeks ago, but most of the dele gates registered extreme surprise yes- terday. There is growing demand that the democratic party must be Oil- proof.
 Little grains of income
 Little drops of oil,
 Place a mighty boomlet
 Firmly under soil.
 The democratic convention committee has made provision to allow husbands of women delegates to sit with their wives at Madison Square Garden. The husbands are submitting to this with the strict understanding they sit with whom they please at the Ziegfeld Fol lies.
 Yesterday afternoon the New York police department parade. down Fifth avenue as a pre-convention spectacle. All of the delegates who witnessed it voted for peace at any price in any convention disturbance in which police interference is required. A feature of the parade was the appearance of a platoon of police stretcher-bearers with stretchers. A report to the McAdoo quarters that they, wore Smith buttons caused consternation and Zee versa.
 All interest in the rival candidates on the part of delegates and other vis- itors has been overshadowed so far by the following queries:
 Has Mayor Hylan really got red hair?
 Is there any building on Manhattan Island between 9th Street and the Aquarium that is not being either torn down or rebuilt? .,
 How can a visitor tell from the out side whether the restaurants serves only Jewish food or not?
 How many laps must the automo. piles and pedestrians make around Co. lumbus Circle before a winner is de. cIared?
 Is it true that 2,5OO people are mur. dered in Central Park every afternoon between 2 p. m., and sunset?
 When do they ventilate the East Side Subway?
 Where's the best place to stand to see two policemen shoot each other?
 Is that fellow over there Irving Der lin?
 Do you think Frank Tinney really struck her?
 Is the Interborough using those au- tomatic megaphone announcers to help the public or merely to prove human ears are waste of flesh7
 What time do the crimes stay in Chinatown?
 Where do we go from here?
 After all what difference does it make who's president?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24

Some support for this position is ex- pected by this delegation from other representatives on the committee.
 Two agricultural blanks were added today to those already drafted. One was prepared by E. T. Meredith and Carl VroOman by direction of a group of delegations from western states and after consultation with William G.. McAdoO. The other is sponsored by a group in which Senator Kendrick of Wyoming is the guiding spirit.
 Method of Approach?
 The chief division as between the two is the method of approach in solving the agricultural problem. The Meredith-VroOman plank would call for a reduction of the tariff so as to lower costs of things the farmers purchase and stimulating foreign buying of American farm products; a reduction in freight rates and a change of policy in the federal reserve banking system un- der which farmers might more or read fly obtain needed credits in marketing their crops.
 The other proposal demanded by the assOcia tiOn for national relief of agri- culture would declare among other things against discrimination against agriculture by the federal reserve board, the farm loan board, the inter state commerce commission, or other government bureaus; for the right of agriculture to create for itself national marketing organization under it's own management and for the Curtis-Aswell bill which it is asserted would make it possible to eliminate all unnecessary and unjustifable commissions, profits, and waste between producer and consumer" l"
 A plank proposing the granting to the people of Porto Rico of "the tradi- tional territorial form of government with a view to ultimate statehood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24

Among the lovely sports suits shown knitted silk is pre-eminent. One of these has a sweater-oat of lemon and white squares and a skirt in lemon, with here and there a large white square to relieve the mopotony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
WHITE JADE FOR THE FAS.
 TTnInVTS

A most exquisite necklace that will please even the most fastidious woman is made of white jade beads beautifully carved, The beads are very large and the string is long enough to form a striking accessory +s any costume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24

Spiced leg of mutton roasted, red currant jelly; boiled rice, stuffed to- matoss, radish and cucumber salad and rhubarb charlott.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
CONGRATULATIONS SENT
Flight Is EpOchaI. Says General Pat
 riCk's Message

WASHINGTON, June 23.-COn- gratulations were sent by Major General Patrick, chief of the army air service, early today to Lieutenant Maughan, i'm mediately on completion of the trans continental flight.
 In message transmitted to the lieu tenant by the Associated Press, General Patrick said:
 Reorganization on the achievement of a wonderful feat You have fulfilled every confidence I had in you. You have brought prestige to yourself, the army air service and to America. Not only from military but from a com mercial standpoint this flight is epOchal. I am proud of you. God bless you"
Evening star., 1924-09-10
onion HEADS TILT
lover MINERS PAY
Engineers, Owning CoIIiery,
Say They Cannot Earn Prof.
. it at Scale Demanded.

s1NDIANAPOLIS, Ind, September 10.
THE Coal River CollierieS Company,
Which operates coal mines in West
Virginia and Kentucky and is owned
by members of the Brotherhood of
locomotive Engineers, although the
brotherhood has no direct interest IN
tie company, has refused to sign
wage agreement with the United
Nine Workers of America. because it
cannot break even by operating un-
der union demands, according to War
rsn S. Stone, president of the broth
eFhood and chairman of the coal COM
psny.
tsMr. Stones statement was contain
ed in correspondence over the situa-
tion between John l.. Lewis. presi-
dknt OF the miners union, and him
sSlf, made public by Mr.. Lewis here
lAt night. Until last April l the
Company owned by members of the
engineers brotherhood operated its
West Virginia mines on union basis,
bHt refused to concur in the Jackson
VILE, Fla, agreement reached by
members of the central competitive
field to continue then existing wages
for three years. Since last April the
mines have been closed.
Lewis States His Case.
SIN a letter TO Mr.. Stone on August
2e Mr.. Lewis states that the employees
OF the Coal River Company have been
Engaged in strike since April l, and
declares that the company has as
sumed the same attitude as other
operators in the field attempting to
force the union men to take wage
reduction.
sStatine the kanawha Coal River
Cpllieries Company is actively en-
Hged in fighting the miners union,
tie letter adds:
sThe Coal River Collieries Company,
While not a member of the kanawha
Goal Operators Association and while
not utilizing the eviction instru-
nent, is in all other respects ap-
parently cooperating with the coal
operators. This is an intolerable po-
Aition FOR a coal company, whose stock
is largely owned and whose affairs
are directed by union men, to occupy"
Stone Tells of LOSS.
sMr. Stone. in reply, said that the
miners union failed to carry out
its agreement with his company
While 1T was operated on union
basis, and that his company desired
70 continue operations last April, Of
fering to continue existing wages
until an agreement was worked out
and to pay the increase if one was
decided on. His company, he said,
Suffered loss of large contracts by
being foced to close when the men
rEfused such an offer. He declared
the mines had been closed rather
than operate non-union mine. Mr..
Sdone denied that the miners of his
company are on strike, declaring that
they are ready to return to work now.
Calling attention to aid given by his
brotherhood to the miners union in
case of need, Mr.. Stones letter con-
tinued:
.'The members of the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers, who have
Invested over $4,000. 900 in these prop
cities, are entitled to some return on
their investment, and 1 think you
will concede this, and yet, at the
present price at which coal is SELL
ing, and the cost of mining under the
Jacksonville agreement it is i'm
possible for the union mines to break
even"
Evening star., 1924-09-10
RARE GREEK STATUES
FOUND NEAR NAPLES
Works of Art Believed to Be $500
Years Old Added to Archeologi-
cal Discoveries.
Rv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NAPLES, September 10.-The list
of discoveries Of objects OF arch
Biological or artistic interest, which
has been lengthening rapidly since
the reported finding of the lost works
of Livy, was further Increased today
bR the reported discovery of two rare
Greek marble statues, believed to
have been executed about five GEN.
turies before the Christian era.
The statues, one of Venus and the
other of young Ephebus. were found
by men who are eXcavating about
the foundation of an old house. They
were turned over to a local lawyer
who placed them on the grounds of
his villa, where they were seen by
experts, who found them to be rare
treasures.
Evening star., 1924-09-10
CALL FOR LA Toilette.
BARRIERS Want Him to Speak at
Their Convention.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. September
10.-Robert NJ. La Toilette, independ-
ent candidate for President, was in
vited last night to speak before the
convention OF the Journeymen Bar
bers' International Union, in session
here this week. More than $50 dele
gates from every State in the Union
are registered at the convention.
The invitation was sent after a
motion from the floor calling for a
speech from the Wisconsin senator.
The suggestion brought forth pro-
test on the ground that IL he was
invited all the presidential candi-
dates should receive the same couf-
tesy. The proponents Of the cour-
tesy move were hissed from the floor.
Evening star., 1924-09-10

Father" said. Clementina, "do you
enjoy hearing me sing?"
well" was the answer. II don't
know, but it's rather soothing in a
way. 1t makes me forget my other
troubles"
Evening star., 1924-09-10
Tapestry Brussels.
Rugs--Sale Priced

Of finest quality, extremely durable
and easy to keep clean; Chinese,
Persian and Chintz designs that are
exceptionally attractive
9x12 size, $28.75 8.3x10.6, $26.75
7.6xo size, $2I75
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-22
Seek to. Honor
Woman Who Saved
Mems Lives

NEWPORT. Rhode Island, Feb. %.
The fame of Ida Lewis, brave light
house keeper, will be perpetuated
in way to make her name famil-
lar to all mariners of the future, If
a movement under way In this city
and Washington is successful. Ad-
mirers of the woman who repeatedly
risked her life to save seamen ship
wrecked off the harbor here are
trying to have the names of Lime
Rock Light andLime Rocks, in the
southern part of the harbor, changed
to Ida Lewis Light and Ida Lewis
Rocks.
For many years Miss Lewis was
keeper of the light. Not content with
merely keeping the beacon burning,
she personally assisted in the res.
cue of more than 20 men by rowing
out to wrecked ships in her small
boat.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-22
FACING DEATH,
old KLONDIKER
MAKES CHARGES
Joshua Mummey Accuse
Mailman of Killing Wife and
Setting Fire to Residence.

SEATTLE, Feb. 22-Near death
veteran Klondiker of the rush day
yesterday morning stuck to the or
iginal story told that a robber al
tackled him and his wife in his home
at Seattle Heights, Snohomish
County the previous night, and that
he was beaten by the robbers VITA
an axe and the home set aflre.
Mummey said: 81 could have kill
cd the intruder with shotgun but
| made the mistake in trying 10
give battle
When asked again how he came
to be found Wi tn an axe lying out
side of the burning house, he could
make no definite statement.
A safe in the home of the couple
was found unopened
Late yesterday afternoon, Num-
mey told the nurse that a neighbor,
mailman with a grievance against
, him, made the attack and then set
, the house afire. The name OF the
accused man was given To Sheriff
McCullough of Snohomish County.
at Everett and last night Arthur
Weaver, ga years old, was arrested.
During the early part of last
evening, the body of Mrs. Mummey
was found in the basement of the
house, covered by the ruins
1t is believed by the authoritia >
that tho woman was Killed and her
body thrown into the basement
4 This morning, according to a
dispatch from Everett, where Wea y
er Is held in jail to await develop
ments, Weaver said:
SO help me God, I'm not guilty.
| am u feeble man and could not
have done this crime even had |
wanted"
Mnmmey was found by passing
autoists and brought to a local
hcspital. The housc was then
smoldering ruins.
Mummey has three axe wounds
on his head and his brain Is ex-
posed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-22
LARGEST CALIFORNIA BANK WILL
Be UNDER EMPL LOYEES' DIRECTION

"that the day has come when those
who create and upbuld an enterprise
should own it, My plan is not for
the benefit of the big executives.
1t is all for our workers. My plan
is for every office boy and junior
clerk entering this institution to
know 1t is possible for him to share
in all the profits of the bank and
for himself to reach the presidency
by his own efforts and ability"
In the last year Giannini has given
seven of his employees places on the
board of directors.
"The worker in a bank more often
than not makes a better director
than an outside business man." he
added "The worker is in constant
touch with the banking situation"
Giannini is 81 years old. He start
ed as a poor boy In California, work
ing his way up from laborer to the
ownership Of a small commission
business. When he was 81 he re-
tired with a fortune, having built
up the largest commission house
handling produce on the Pacific
Coast. He turned over the COM
mission business to the workers who
had been associated with him: they
were permitted to buy the business
through its profits. But the young
commission broker did not remain
idle for long. Some friends suggest
ed that he start a bank
Giannini said he always had in
sisted on having the stock holdings
of the Bank of Italy widely dis
tributed. The bank now has more
than $4,000 stockholders.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-22
"N-RAYS' CONTAIN SECRETS
OF MASTERY OF UNIVERSE,
NOTED SCIENTIST BELIEVES

PARIS, Feb. 22.-"Eyery living be-
ing. animal as well as human has its
own individual ray which will be
determined and classified soon, per-
mitting not only transference OF
thought the same as we now trans.
nit photographs, but also making
tremendous strides in the diagnosis
and classification of diseases"
This statement is made by Georges
Lakhofsky, famous Franco Russian
engineer who was one Of the original
co-workers with Mareoni in the
search for the wireless wave.
Lakhofsky is also the inventor of
a compass-like apparatus which viii
permit directing ships at sea by Hert.
zian waves of determined length.
Among the most remarkable asser.
tions by him is the declaration that
there is sixth sense for animals,
such as the homing instinct of the
pigeon. cats. wolves and other ami.
mails and which is caused by a super
animal sensitiveness called IN Rays"
emitted by all living things
These waves are extremely short
and are capable of being caught by
the electricity contained in the
living body.
'Irrestlbly attracted by the radio
tions from their prey. wild animals
60 straight to theft gial without hest
tation. no matter what obstacles are
put in their way Lakhofsky says
Lakhofsky declares that ducks, fly
ing to the South for the winter, as
sumo long or triangular formation:
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-22

in order to form huge receivers fer
the waves which guide them
"The theory that scene guides AM
mails and birds is absurd" says Iak-
hofsky. 1T is the unknown meta-
physical quality which men call elec-
tricity and of which We know scarce
ly anything about.
Numerous insects which have been
examined microscopically. reveal min
iature antennae, designed for the re-
ception of wireless waves
81 am convinced that eventually
researches will prove that all living
animals, all those of trees and vege-
tables, in fact, all growth in nature,
are actuated by invisible Hertzian
waves, which are an essential life
giving element of existence.
"We are on the eve of an epoch
making discovery, namely. the classi-
fication of those waves which prob
ably will enable us to govern the ac-
tions of nationss armies and indi-
viduals
THE man or the nation first dis
covering how to classify these waves
will own the earth. and will be the
master of every living thing on it.
Very soon II will be possible for
doctor to determine the nature of
microbes effecting an invalid by the
radiations they emit.
Before this century is finished
the telegraph and telephone VIII be
extinct and every man and woman
will communicate with each other
| by their own thought waves"
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-22
GERMAN COMES
TO DEFENSE OF
WAR PRESIDENT

BERLIN, Feb. %. Count Won
Bernstorff, former German Ambaesa-
dor to the United States, has raised
his voice as enc of the few de-
tenders in Germany of the late
Woodrow Wilson.
In his weekly newspaper Count
Won Bernstorff calls the public 8
attention to the untruth generally
accepted that Germany laid down
her arms in war as a belief in Will
sons IA points.
The Count says Germany wss
then facing defeat and the armistice
was the only thing that saved the
nation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-22
DAUCHERTY NOT
TO QUIT; GIVES
OUT STATEMENT
Makes Reply on Voluntary
Resignation to Senator
from Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Attor-
ney General Daueherty, in letter
to Senator George w. Pepper, Re-
publican, of Penns ylyania. said vol
untary resignation would concede
truth in "all baseless charges
against him and he would never
participate in such a proceeding.
The statement followed the an
nouncement that Senator Henry C.
Lodge, Republican Of Massachusetts,
and Senator Pepper, had called on
President Coolidge and informed the
Chief Executive sentiment was
growing that Daueherty should re-
sign so as not to further embarrass
the administration.
Yesterday further charges were
made that Daughcrty had been in
yolved in purchase of oil sotck
The Alaska daily empire., 1924-02-22
FORMER OREGON
GOVERNOR DEAD

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 22.-
Theodore Thurston Geor, Governor
CT Oregon from 1899 to 1903.' died
last night after an illness of sew
cral days. He was bern in Marion
County, Ore, on March 12, 1851.
He engaged in farming since boy
hood; also editor of the Salem
Daily Oregon Statesmen and Pendle-
ton Daily Tribune 1903-1909. He
was member of the Oregon House
OF Representatives in 1880. 80, 81,
90; Republican Presidential elector
in 1896 and chosen messenger to
carry the vote to Washington. He
was author of Fifty Years In
Oregon"