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The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
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CUTS COST OF HOME LIGHTS
Electric illumination Expense 10 Re
ducsd Owing to Invention OF New
Lamps.

Recent reductions In the prices
charged the public for incandescent
electric lamps have disclosed that an
electrically lighted home can now OBJ
tain q thousand candle hours Of n.
Elimination for pretty close to 10 cents.
1t In also brought out that In the
thirty years from 1890 to 1920, the
cost Of lighting the average home by
electricity dropped from 80 cents per
thousand candle hours to IL cents.
This was due In large measure to Q
succession Of inventions and discov-
cries, the outcome Of patient labora-
tory research, each Of which contrib
uted to an increase In the efficiency
Of the incandescent lamp and thereby
q reduction In the cost Of illumination
obtained.
There has not been a year In the
span Of three decades mentioned that
costs did not drop noticeably. except
since 1915. During the last seven
years, the reduction has been but O
fraction Of a cent each year. Mean
while the quality Of light furnished
has Increased almost beyond compar
ison, as those who recall the old-fash-
Toned carbon filament lamps, In which
bamboo was used at first, will appre-
ciate.
Three different styles Of lamps were
popular during this thirty-year period
The old style Of sixteen candlepoweT
carbon lamp was the most In favor
from 1890 to 1905. In that year the
Gem lamp was introduced. and the 60
watt type of that kind Of lamp was
the most used. Then the Mazda tung-
stem lamps arrived. These were the
result Of DR.. w. D. Coolidge's discov
cry In the research laboratory Of the
General Electric company, Of a method
Of drawing tungsten into flexible wire.
80 that It could be used for lamp MA
ments In vacuum bulbs From 1908
to the present time the 40-watt MAJ
da lamp has been the most popular for
general household lighting.
Few persons could afford to illumi
nate their homes brilliantly today n
electric lights had not been improved
and their initial cost, as well as the
cost Of current consumed, made COM
paratively low.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
KHAN CONVENTION ANSWERS
ATTACK OF LABOR LEADER

MIAMI, FLA, April 29.-The local
Klan, because of the unwarranted at
tacks upon the organization by War
rem A. Stone, president of the Ma
tional Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, which held a convention
here recently, has been given a
splendid opportunity to present the
principles Of Klankraft to the public
through the local press, by means Of
a paid advertisement; both of the
local dailies having refused to pre-
sent the Klan's answer to Mr.. Stone
through their news columns-one OF
them declining to accept even a paid
advertisement for that purpose.
Mr.. Stone, in a public address be-
fore the American Legion on Monday
evening, took occasion to link the
name Of the Ku Klux Khan with what
he was pleased to call the "lawless
spirit which is abroad in the land to-
day. stating that the Khan is the
symptom of a disease which will
shortly disappear; but will leave a
scar on the body polite for the next
thirty years.
He said: "In the west we have the
I. w. w. to contend with, and in the
east we have the Ku Klux Khan" He
declared that the Khan is an organi-
zation which fosters spirit of hat
red and intolerance, and as such
should be combated.
At the American Legion meeting,
the speakers anti-Klan remarks were
greeted with Kisses from various sec
tions of the auditorium and, at the
conclusion Of the address, the abb
sence of applause was pointed indi-
cation of the attitude of the audi
ence. 1t is predicted that, at the
next meeting of the Legion, Mr..
Stones discourtesy toward large
percentage of the men who compose
the local post will be properly re-
buked.
Mr.. Stone also made an address in
the public park the next evening, on
which occasion he refrained from a
repetition of his previous remarks,
having been informed by the chamber
of commerce, who control the park,
that the use of the park by anyone
was conditioned upon their refrain
ing from abusive attacks upon any
fraternal organization. church or
sect. These are also the conditions
which the Khan is required to com
ply with when it obtains the use of
the park for public address-condi-
tions which the Khan would comply
with voluntarily, whether imposed by
the chamber of commerce or not.
The following open letter was de-
iivered to Mr.. Stone by special mes
senger the next day and appeared as
q paid advertisement in the Miami
News Metropolis:
april 8, 1924
"Mr. Warren A. Stone, President,
brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers,
"clo Hotel Urmey,
miami, Fla.
at has come to my attention
through a perusal of the local daily
papers that in the course of your adj
dresses at the Central School audi
torium yesterday afternoon and be-
fore the American Legion last eve
ming, you saw fit to attack what you
allege to be the purposes and prin-
ciples of the Knights of the ku Klux
Khan.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
Ingenious Waste Paper Burner.

An excellent waste paper burner is
hexagonal in shape and built Of ordi-
nary bricks so placed as to permit q
strong draft to blow through 1t. It
should be nearly four feet in height
Forty-eight bricks are laid at the foun-
dation-eight bricks for every side.
Fewer bricks are used In each sue
cessive layer, so that the burner is
wide at the base and narrow at the
top. The contents of waste paper
baskets when dumped into this recep-
tacle are consumed quickly and with
out the unsIghtly litter Of charred pa.
per and flying SHUTS, which usually &C
companies the incineration Of paper
out Of doors.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
Sincerely yours,
JAMES WALMY.
Klansmen Erect
New Flagpole

Ell MONTE, CALIF.-Klansme
marched in q body to the newly fin
ished Rosemead school here recently
and erected a fagpole from which
they few an American flag. The
school board refused the klansmen
permission to hold the presentation
ceremony, but offered no objection
when the Klansmen of their own vo-
lition visited the school and erected
the pole. Rev. Willhite, pastor Of
the Christian church. addressed the
klansInen.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
JUiIOR KHAN IS
SWEEPING STATE
Membership Smiles As End Of
School Term Draws
Near.

ST. MARY'S w. Va, May S.
Following in the wake of the cyclone
sweep of the Ku Klux Khan which has
been taking West Virginia by storm.
the Junior Ku Klux Khan hit the
mountain state and is going over
with a rush and a roar. Enthusiasm
Is running at high pitch and young
Americans are fast rallying to the
standard OF the mighty movement,
Two red blooded young Americans
who live at Adlai. a small village
sixteen miles south of here, recently
walked thirty miles In order to unite
with the mighty force OF the Junior
Khan. They were initiated here.
Following the initiation the boys
made short talks in which they laud-
I'd the new order which they had so
recently become members. They said
that they had walked from their
homes (sixteen miles from here) and
hat they were going to walk back.
They added. however, that the lesson
hey learned more than repaid them
or the sum of money expended for
initiation fees and the effort put
orth. The boys were we'll pleased
With the principles Of the Khan for
'oung Americans.
Mighty Movement
Not only those boys but scores of
,ther wide awake young men are
literally pounding at the doors of the
Junior Khan for admission. While
propagation In the Junior Khan was
mpeded slightly during the school
months on account of boys being
busy with their studies. the end Of
he school year Is now looming over
he horizon and young men are be-
ginning. to think about uniting with
he great organization that teaches
hem patriotism and gives them a
general. healthy knowledge OF the
great outdoors.
The Junior Khan Is restricted to
white, gentle, Protestant boys and
great care is exercised to see that
,nly Straightforward, competent, up
light men are placed at the head of
he various boys lodges throughout
he state. Attention is called to the
act, however, that the Junior Khan is
lot only lodge but Is a movement
with everything one hundred per
cent American as its goal.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
MANY JOIN KHAN

WARREN, PA.-So large was the
crowd attending an open meeting Of
the Khan here recently that second
meeting was held Immediately after
the close of the first. A minister
from Pittsburgh was the speaker. Az
the result of the two meetings, sew
eral hundred new names were added
to the Khan roster.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
II is said tina, Henry Ford helped

II Is said that Henry Ford helped
the anti-soviets with money. Nobody
snows about this except Mr.. Ford and
he has probably forgotten. What a
ane thing Il would have been had Mr.,
Ford exercised his precedence and fg.
ured that q true American university
would have done more 10 hght the
soviets and the red flag wavsrs In
Russia than anything else In the
world People who have money 10
pend often throw II away though
their intentions are the best possible,
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-16
Khan Helps School to
Install New Organ

NORRIS. lila contribution Of
$75.08 from the Knights of the Ku
Klux Khan, Grundy county, Realm Of
Illinois, was sufficient TO provide the
5000 necessary TO install the new or
gan In the Center school. The organ
Is the gift Of the Congregational So
eiety and money for It's installation
was raised By public subscription,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21

al headquarters, pack train and other
arms are stationed at Art Brown.
During the year in which it was not
occupied-from 1906 TO 1913-Fort
Brown was allowed to deteriorate.
Since i~reoccqpation, however, it has
been rehabilitated in every wav. and
It's buildings and equipment are main
ly substantial structures.
A radio station was ou-.- at Fort
Brown in 1916, to give wireless com
munlcatlon with Fort Sam Houston.
principally. About a year ago the navy
department at Washington decided to
abandon its great stat:c- =. Point Isa-
ID, and arrangements were made to
combine its equipmer. .--,h that at
Fort Brown, which is now one of the
strongest stations Of the navy depart-
ment, handling both army ana navy
business, also commercial.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
.3-YEAR TREES
In MISSION have
BICCROPFRUIT
S. Citrus Inspector
Gets Splendid Returns
for Special Care of His
Orchard

The claim that a three year old cit
rus tree in the Rio Grande Valley is
further advanced than a five year old
tree in California has been made re-
peatedly.
Unless someone in California has a
wonderful exhibit with which to re-
flute that claim the three year old
orchard of E.. W. Halstead at Mission
is going to prove that it is true.
This orchard consists of AZ trees,
including 80 varieties of citrus fruit.
on three lots that are total Of $50
by $50 feet square. inside the city l.
mits. The Halstead home with a nice
big yard is on this same plot of
ground.
The oldest trees in the orchard were
planted D. cember %, 1921, making them
still a few days less than three years
old.
One Foster Pink grapefruit tree this
year bore 101 fruit Of unusual size and
texture, while another tree Of the same
variety bore GO fruit. All the trees Of
this age were loaded and trees that
were not quite two years old had a
number of fruit on them.
Mr.. Halstead is United States de-
rartment of agriculture agent for this
district and citrus Inspector for the
state department. The trees were care
fully selected from the best Valley
stock and nave had intensive ~cult:va-
ton and the best Of care from the
time they were planted. The heavy
crop of this year does not appear to
have retarded their growth or to nave
injured them in any way.
One tangerine tree. also less than
three years old. had more thar a bushel
Of fruit on it and was so heavily load
ed that it was necessary to pick the
fruit and trim the tree back to the
main branches.
Mr.. Halstead IS conducting a number
Of experiments with new types Of cit
1us fer thc government and is expert
menting with grapes in an effort to
develop a root that will withstand dis
eases to which he says they are sub
ject in this country.
In addition to citrus trees and grape
vines. Mr.. Halstead is growing genuine
Chinese bamboo, a Cuban yam, which
produces potatoes in the ground and on
the plant; and many other unusual
plants picked up by him on travels 10
foreign lands.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
START CLEARING ON
HARLINCEN TRACT

HARLINGEN, Dec. 2o.-First steps
toward what is expected to be extern
sive development Of the 10000 facre
tract northwest cf Harlingen recently
purchased by H. H. Hardin Of Fort
Worth arr. being taken by contractors
who have commenced clearing the
brush from 500 acres.
The 500 acre tract will be made
ready for planting cotton in the early
spring. 1t is understood that the land
will eventually be divided into a num-
Der CT small tracts and sold to indl-
vidual settlers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
SNAKES

Diamond back rattlers, gophers, blue racers, black
snakes, yellow bulls, chicken snakes, coach whips, Tex
as anacondas, boa constructors, water snakes Of all
kinds, copperheads, cotton mouth water moccasins,
spreading adders, cobras, Bahama boas, King snakes,
indigo snakes, grass snakes, hog-nosel snakes and all
kinds of snakes obtainable.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21

border $4,000 soldiers, including fed
eral and state troops.
The movement TO the ',order start
ed the first of July, 30, and troops
remained here until the following Feb
ruary, 1917. Fort. Brown, which had
at that time been returned by the in
terror department to the war depart
ment as a military cost, was head
quarters for the Brownsville district
end General James Parker was in COM
mand of the district. The Sixteenth
limited States Cavalry was organized at
that time in Fort Brown and the regi-
ment remained here until the spring
sof 1920. Later it was replaced by the
Fourth United States Cavalry, and still
later by the Twelfth Cavalry, now in
command of Colonel John Morgan. Of
i6i.a regiment, one squadron, regiment
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
First House Is Torn
Down for New Hotel

In constructing the addition to the
A avelers hotel, corner Of Levee and
Twelfth streets, the first frame house
to De constructed in the city of Browns
vile was torn down.
Although exact records are not avail
able on the house, it is known to have
been built long before the incorporation
of the Brownsville townsite, in 1850.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21

a pretty combination that is
hard to beat for impressive
beauty. CO. The beautiful
Evans home near Mercedes.
CD Citrus fruit and palms
were used to beautify the
home Of ]. A. Hickman at Rio
Hondo. Wonderful palms
on the Charles Volz place near
Mission. 90 Where giant
blackberry trees and Spanish
moss supply the background
for q beautiful home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21

Nature in her prodigious
bounty has made the Lower
Rio Grande Valley the ideal
location for the "Home Beau
tifuF and the residents of this
section have not been slow to
realize their opportunities O.
to grasp it. From the upper
end Of this magic land to the
Gulf of Mexico wherever there
is a dwelling, there is beauty,
be the building ever so humble
or protentious. (1)The Nor
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
Mexican Snakes, Wild Animals and Birds
ANIMALS

Elephants, camels, llamas, lions, tigers, peccaries, mon
keys Of all kinds, and in fact any animal desired | CAN
PROCURE Leopard cats, ~(ocelots), lynx, Civet cats,
armadillos, ant bears, bears, badgers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
LIZARDS

Black lguanas, green iguanas, Chinese dragons, chame-
Icons, gia monsters, Indian monitors and any species
of creeping creatures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-27
WOMAN SEEKS
HER BROTHERS
THROUGH QUERY

TyHE AGE-HERALD has re-
ceived letter from Mrs. Ellen
Wilmington of 1909 West Sew
enth street, Fort Worth, Texas, re-
questing aid in the location of her
two brothers, Dewitte Cd. IT, Simp-.
son and G. NJ. Simpson, .Jr.
The last known address Of ID. T..
Simpson, the letter said, was care
Of Standard Oil company, 716 South
Thirty-eighth street, Louisville, KY,
and that of G. M. Simpson, Jr.,
1902 Fifteenth street, south, Bir-
mingham.
Mrs. Whittington's father; she
said, was Rev. g. NJ. Simpson, of
Odenville, Ala, who died in 1918,
These brothers and an older one,
she said, are the only living rela-
tives she has and she is very anxi-
GUS to get in communication with
them. The letter made an earnest
plea for information that might
lead to the bringing of the family
together, and declared that mail
addressed to the two places named
had been returned unclaimed.
Any information regarding the
two brothers of Mrs. Wilmington
win be gladly transmitted to her by
The Age Herald, and it is hoped
that this inquiry may lead to their
being brought together.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-27
PARADE TO MARK
MEMORIAL DAY
McLendOn PrOclains Fri
day A Half Holiday
In City

Birmingham's observance of Memo
rial Day on Friday will be made nota-
BILE by a parade and by half holiday
at the city hall and other public build
ings, it was learned Monday.
d. e. McLendon, president of the
city commissioner, in a formal proclama-
ton, urged all citizens to cease their
business activities at noon and meter
fully into the spirit Of the day.
His proclamation follows:
II, d. e. McLendon, president of
the commission of the city of Birming-
ham, Ala, do hereby proclaim May 80,
1924, as Memorial Day. a'day set aside
each year for the purpose of COM
memorating the lives of our heroic dead,
who made the supreme sacrifice in the
interest of the great principles for
which our nation has always stood.
az, therefore, declared Memorial
Day a half holiday, beginning at II
o'clock, noon, and urgently call upon
all the citizens of our city to cease
their business activities at the given
hour, in order that every one may have
an opportunity to participate in the
parade and other memorial exercises of
the day.
1.-The dead of all our wars, gave their
lives freely in order that we might
light and enjoy the fruits of their vic
tories, and we can do nothing less than
honor their memory by cessation Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-27

William III. Stockham as member of
the executive committee of the board.
Expressions Of thanks to the various
donors Of buildings and those who aided
in other ways the general welfare Of
the college during the past year were
made by DIR. Guy Snavely, president, in.
an address to the board. Mrs. r. s.
Munger and family, VINO appropriated
a sum of money for improvement of
Munger bowl; the family of William
H. Stockham, who presented the school
with a new residence for the president.
and NJ. Paul Phillips, who gave the,
school a $4,000 library, were thanked
for their gifts.
Strong approval OF the increased at
tendance at the school and the estab-'
lishment there of two new national
honorary fraternities were voted by the
board. The two fraternities are Kappa
Phi Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa,
Financial reports at the meeting were
declared highly satisfactory.
With the exception OF two members,
the faculty Of the school next year will
remain as it was this year. Five i'm
portant additions will be made, how
ever, President Snavely announced to-
the board.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-27
BARBECUE PLANNED
BY EXCHANGE CLUB
Lake Cosby Selected For Meet
ing In June

Members of the Exchange club. at
the weekly luncheon yesterday after
noon at the Tutwiler decided to hold a
barbecue and picnic at Lake Cosby on
Wednesday, June IS. This date wae Sc
lected, it was stated, so as not to offer
a conflict with members of the club who
desire to attend the democratic national
convention, or the state convention of
Exchange Clubs, which is to be held
in Selma, June Is, IA and 10.
The principal speaker on the program
was Miss Elizabeth dickinson, who
spoke on applied psychology and the
work that is being done in the, iBirming-
ham public schools in correcting courses
of study of children SO that each will
receive just exactly the. kind of treat
ment and training for which his condi-
ton best prepares him. She outlined the
possibility of further extending this
work so that greater good would result
for the school children.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-27
MAN IS STABBED
AT DRINK STAND
Claims He, Was Defending Wife,
Assailant Arrested

J. L.. Canterbury, 40, was stabbed
and seriously wounded about 8 o'clock
Monday night by ]. G. Humphrey, of
3O7 Fifteenth street, north. The cut
ting occurred at soft drink stand on
Fourth avenue, north, between Thirty
eighth and Thirty-ninth streets, ana is
said to have resulted from dispute in
which Canterberry charged Humphrey
with using abusive language in the
presence of his wife. Humphrey was
arrested and placed in the city jail by
Detectives Riley and Hubbard, charged
with assault and intent to murder. He
will be held there, pending a change in
Canterberry's condition, according to
officers, without being released on
bond
The victim of the Array was car
ried to the Hilman hospital in Johns
ambulance, where he was found to be
suffering from a wound near the heart.
An operation was made at once in an
effort to save his life.
Witnesses of the cutting told police
that Humphrey was intoxicated and
used foul language in the presence of
Canterberry's wife at the soft dring
stand, and that when the latter inter
coded he turned on him with a knife.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-27
OWENS INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY
FOR AK ATTACK
Victims Remain In Preca-
rious Condition At
Local Hospital

Frank Owens, negro, who has con-
fessed to an attack with an az Satur-
day upon L. NJ. Watkins and Richard
Warner, was indicted by the Jefferson
county grand jury late Monday after
noon after that body had been called
into special session for consideration of
the case by Solicitor Davis.
Warner regained consciousness Sun
day, but is still considered in serious
condition.
Watkins has never regained consci-
BUSINESS. He is suffering with a three
inch split in his skull from the axe,
which police recovered Saturday night
when. the negro was captured. He is
not expected to live through the night.
The charges preferred against the
negro was that of robbery on two sep
arate counts. The indictments were re-
turned just prior to the grand jury's
recess until June %.
Solicitor Davis announced that he
would make an effort to have the case
set for trial some time during the pres
ent week., setting record for the
speedy trial of a person charged with a
capital offense.
The defendant is still being held in
the county Jail without bond follow
ing his Arrest late Saturday night. No
announcement has been made as to
whether an attempt will be made BY
his attorneys to obtain his release on
habeus corpus proceedings if his vic
fins should survive and the case is not
reached on the criminal court docket
during the present week. As robbery is
a capital offense, it was pointed out
that in dase it should be found inn
practicable to try it this week, it would
be necessary to pass it until June capt.
tai week, about month later.
The bloody Ratchet, alleged to have
been used in the attack on the two men,
was carried to the court room and sub
mitted ito the grand pury as a part OF
the testimony against the negro. The
indictments were returned late Monday
afternoon, after the grand jury had
spent all day on this and several other
cases that resulted in nine indictments.