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BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD
__ __ THE GREAT FAMILY NEWSPAPER OF THE SOUTH
VOLUME LII BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1922 14 PAGES
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guaranteed.
NUMBER 7
Today
Omar’s Evil Suggestion.
Gold Among Skeletons.
Mexico—Great Oil Well.
What Value Has Wells?
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
An unfortunate woman, at Atlantic
City, separated from her husband,
killed herself and three daughters
yesterday, leaving this quotation
from the Rubaiyat:
"What if the soul could cast the
•arth aside.
And naked on the air of Heaven ride;
Were’t not a shame, were’t not a
shame, indeed;
In this clay carcas longer to abide?"
Many suicides, probably, have been
harmed by these lines of Omar. And
drunkards have found in the Rubaiyat
excuses for their , drunkenness. But
Omar Bin lbraheem A1 Khayyamee,
to give him part of his full name,
while he wrote praising alcohol and
suicide, was neither a drunkard nor
a suicide. He was a good mathema
tician. a scientist and died peaceably
in his native town. Do what he did,
not what he suggested.
Gold lasts and man's love for it.
A Philadelphia concern will try to
salvage the steamship Lusitania. In
the Lusitania’s iron body lie many
skeletons, white and grinning. Pow
erful machinery lies idle, cartridges
that will never explode are still in
their boxes. Old and young, men,
women and children, their flesh long
since gone*to feed the darting fishes,
lie in the wreck. All these will be
foun£ and left. There is gold in the
ship. One passenger had seventy
five thousand dollars worth of it. An
other had about $100,000 in. care of
the purser. Millions in gold are there. :
And to get that gold the salvaging
expedition will go. The rest doesn’t (
interest them. Skeletons lose their j
interest. Gold never.
Sir Henri W. A. Detirding. head of j
the Royal Dutch Shell combination j
and boss of the Russian and other oil |
wells, is said to be the most power- I
ful, best informed man in the oil
business of the world. Sir Henri
talked about oil at a dinner given in
his honor by Lewis L. Clarke, presi
dent of the American Exchange bank,
just before he sailed for Europe.
Among other things the interna
tional oil man says there is enough
oil underground to supply gasoline
and fuel for ships "for centuries to
come." Mexico is one gigantic oil
field—nobody has any conception of
the oil wealth under the ground there.
In regard to Russia Sir Henri says
that his great company "wants only
what is rightfully ours." He is a
powerful man and you get the im
pression that after he has got what
he thinks is rightfully 'his,’’ there
won’t be much left.
How valuable is H. G. Wells’ “Out
line of History?” Many discuss that
question. The Well's “Outline oX
History” is of the greatest value. It
does not merely teach history; it
makes men and women want to know
history. And what is more important,
it makes them think for themselves
after they have read.
Whether civilization, as we know
it. began in the fertile NJ,lo valley or
earlier in Mesopotamia, that “land
between the rivers” watered by the
Tigris and the Euphrates, is not im
portant.
Whether man started in the tropics
and lost his hair by the action of
heat, gradually coming down from :
the trees and walking north on his
rear legs, or whether he started In
the north living in caves and think
.. o. snow bound .all winter long,
losing his hair because he covered
himself with heavy skins of other
animals, makes no difference.
Whether the moon was formed by
a gigantic “chunk'* thrown off from !
this earth, creating the hole which j
is now the Pacific ocean, whether it {
was made up of a considerable num- I
ber of plartetoids attracted by each j
other and forming one big ball .or j
whether the wnole thing as we see it l
was planned as the majority believe, l
by a Wise Divine Power, makes no j
difference so far as Teal education i
is concerned.
It Isn't so much what you know J
as what you try to know. It isn't j
so much the absolute accuracy of 1
your views on how the tvhal^ lost its
legs or the bird got its wings as
the amount of thinking you do. Wells
makes you think, as do all other good
histories and good books. And his
tory as written is largely conjecture
and prejudice anyhow.
The most cursed man in history
was Louis, the Eleventh. And there is
not any doubt that he was the best
king that Fra'nce or any other mon
archy had in a thousand years.
Learned educators in Philadelphia
discuss the value of education “as an
aid to foreign trade.” It has great
value and of all education, the most
important in foreign trade and other
things is pofcteness. Tact, sympathy
and understanding, effacement, lis-^
tening to the other man instead ofi
forcing him to listen to you—every-\
thing that comes under the heading •
’’politeness*' is vitally important in
foreign trade, vitally important in
home trade, and vitally Important in
all things, especially in the family.
This country has too little polite
ness a* it has too little education;,
too lig'le music and too little of some
other things.
Knowledge of language in foreign
trade; knowledge of customs, includ
ing the usuat credits, the country's
method of do’ng business; all are im
portant but politeness is most im
portant.
ATTt^P CEREMONIAL
Albany. May 11.— (Special.)—Many
ShHners from Albany and Decatur,
as well as other north Alabama com
munities. were In the Tri-Cities
Wednesday to attend the Shrine cer
emonial. The Tennessee Valley*
Shrine club, composed of nobles in
the Twin Cities and Athens, is one
of the most active in the state. The
Masons of this section have had un
,der consideration for,sometime the
erecting of a temple in AJk>any-De
cftUMb
SOVIET REPLY IS
Regarded as Conciliatory by
England and Italy—Bel
gium and France Arp ^
Disappointed
By Associated l*r*n»
Genoa. May 11.—Russia’s reply to
the allied memorandum, which was
presented today to Signor Schanzer, '
president of the economic confer
ence, Is generally regarded as con
ciliatory. At least it is considered a
basis for further negotiations.
It is suggested that all the tangled I
financial problems he submitted to a I
mixed committee of experts named :
by the Genoa conference, provides a :
means of escape front the present'
super-heated atmosphere, which ap- |
pears (o be unfavorable for the I
settlement of the myriad questions *
arising on the Russian situation.
England legards the reply as i
moderately conciliatory; so also does 1
Italy. The Italian foreign minister j
has been working day and night to!
prevent a break, which seemed i.n- j
minent through the opposition of I
France and Belgium to the settle- I
mont of the property questions w’hu?n
i Great Britain atiu the lesser powers
j approve.
French Disappointed.
France expresses great disappoint
ment at the reply, and Belgium is far
from satisfied. M. Barthou, head uf
the French delegation, declared after
an examination that the reply did not
get anywhere and was not really an
answer at all to the allied proposals.
Consequently it will not be certain
until after he had conferred with the
government in Paris whether the
Russian proposals will be accepted i
by the French as a basis for con
tinuation of the discussion.
In the meantime *he future or th»
conference is highly uncertain. Some
of the delegations believe that it will j
close precipitately, or perhaps it !
would be truer to say that they hope I
"ill. Other delegations predict
that it will last six weeks longer !
and go into the Russian financial !
tangle in great detail. The latter
seem to be in the majority and in- |
dications tonight are that the con
ference may be prolonged indefi
nitely.
The Russian and all the other dele
gations are saying many things for
home consumption which it is be
lieved they do no- rca mean, and
underneath there is undoubtedly a
general desire to reach some agree
ment which will make Europe more
peaceful. The Russians have ap
pealed strongly to Premier Lloyd
George and the peace-craving popu
lations of the world in their support j
of non-aggression pact and their
a Up slops to disarmament.
fleject Properly Prop asm In.
On the other hand, they flatly re
fuse to accept .the allied proposals
der the treatment of nationalized
property and reject the proposed
mixed arbitration committee to pass '
upon claims of the foreigners against ,
the soviet government.
In other words, the Russians have
sustained the basic principle of com- j
munism and desire to have further
discussions on the subject of nation
alization. stoutly insisting that the
bolshevik government may maintain I
any social system and any system of j
property holding which it desires, j
and cannot consent to anything
which may he interpreted as limita
tion of Its sovereignty.
France. Poland. Czechoslovakia and
some of the smaller states would like
to have the conference adjourned
and reconvened later. They will un
doubtedly take advantage of th«
Russian proposal for the reference of
financial problems to a mixed com
mlttee to suggest, this committee re- j
port to another conference at a later {
dat*. Mr. Lloyd George, however, is J
firmly against ndjoarnment of th« j
Genoa sitting without some settle- j
ment of the Russian problems and'
will doubtless oppose M. Benes and j
other leaders who have been work-j
ing earnestly for another confer
ence.
M. Benes wanted to have a confer- .
ence called at Prague, but has re
ceived little encouragement. Mr. j
Lloyd George and his supporters i
have apparently regarded all the ef
forts at postponement as part of the '
French p'an to delay any settlement i
of the Russian problem which did I
not meet with their approval.
TO FIGHT TICKS
Court Holds Counties May
Not Refuse to Appropri
ate Revenue
By FRED H. GORMLEY
Montgomery Boren a. The Age-Herald.
231-3 First National Hank Bnlldin*
Montgomery, May 11.— (Special.*—
When the legislature passed the law
in 1919 providing for the eradication j
of margaropus annulatus (better
known as cattle tick) it put upon
the various count!#* the mandatory
duty of providing revenue for the
^inti-tick campaign end no county |
dRn refuse to appropriate the funds. |
according to a decision of the *u- |
premie court Thursday, which af-,
filmed the judgment of the Mobile!
circuit court in the case of John D.
Hagan and other members of the
board of revenue and r >ad commis
sioners of Mobile county versus the
state'ex rel G. B. ftatchelor.
Thh Mobile board of revenue voted
to discontinue the tick eradication
work ifor the winter and decided not
to nvlke further approp: iations. Mr.
Batchpior. a cltlien. Tiled a petition {
for a; writ of mandamus requiring j
the bf>ard to continue the work and j
to miake the appropriations. The]
board attacked the state law. con- i
tendin'* that it unconstitutional I
I It insisted that the caption cof
I tained two subjects. The !o\\yr
court •fretted the writ of mandamus
to Batfchdor.
The j supreme court *<fi-med th*
'ower Icourt in ft’! part’c* !a-s. held
the la\* to he valid, and decided that
the bo%rd of revenue cannot use Its
discr^tfen about making the appre
ciation*. As long a* the law Is on (
the statute book* and ticks are on
the co%«, the board must continue I
its p«rj.
I ■ ■
Mrs. J. H. Bankhead,
Sr., Dies in Washington
Following Short Illness
W'ashlntgon, May It.— (Spr
clal.)»Hr*. J. H. Bankhead, wife
of the late senator, died today at
the renldence of her won, Ttepre
aentatl' William n. Bankhead,
\ Alabama district.
A a heavy cold *he
v° seriously 111 from the
<-ftn of a weakened heart lent
Saturday. Though she rallied
Monday morning there was
never a real hope for her re
covery. She was 78 yearn old.
The remalnM will he moved out
of Wanhlngto* tomorrow and In
terment will he In Jasper,
where Senator Itankhead waa
hurled Just two yenra ago, Sun
day.
Mr*. Bankhead In aurvlved by
three nonn, Representative Dank
head, John II. Bankhead. Jr., of
Jasper and Col. Henry M. Bank
head. f. S. A. ntatloned at Gov
ernor* Inland, N. V., and one
rinnghter, Mr*. Thomas M. Owen
of Montgomery.
Lackawanna Steel
Sale Is Announced
By Associated Tress
New \ork. May II.—Purchase
of the Lackawanna Steel com
pany e.r l.arkawanna, \. V., by
the Bethlehem Steel corporation.
Involving the use of Bethlehem 7
per cent preferred nnd da** n
common stock* In payment for
the properties, was announced
late today by Kugene G, Grace,
president of the Bethlehem or
ganisation.
Aiew* of the merger which be
came known Just before the stock
market closed, gate Wall street
a real thrill. I.acknwnnna steel
made a net gnln of 7 points, clos
ing nt There were 73 sales,
totaling; 17.100 shares In the last
hour, the largest sale of 1,400
shares being disposed of nt 00,
the top price and a new high rec
ord for the year. The previous
high was 01. The day's sale*
were 22.000 shares.
There was less activity In Beth
lehem steel which dosed at 70,
the top price and a net gain of
1% points. Of the day's trading
of 11,000 shares, 4.700 were dis
posed of In the final honr. Shares
of the Ilepnbllc Iron and Steel
company nnd the Midvale Steel
company, the only stocks In ad
dition to the Lackawanna, which
were Indnded In the proposed
merger of seven Independent
steel companies and traded In on
the big board, nlso showed sub
stantial gains. Republic showing
a net gain of 3 points nnd Mid
vale of 1%.
Eight Union Labor
Leaders Indicted
By Associated Press
Chicago. May 11.—Fight nnlnn
labor lender* were named In true
hills voted at a special session
of the grand Jury tonight In con
nection with the slaying off 'Ter
rance Lyons. an acting police
lieutenant, yesterdny, according
to George K. Gorman, assistant
state's attorney.
liming those named In the true
Mils, according to Mr. Gorman,
were Fred Mnder, president of
the building trades conndl, "Big
Tim” Murphy off the gas worker*
union and Coraellus (Coni 8hea.
who directed the teamsters strike
In 1SHM. All are now In the cus
tody of the police, having been
captured in a raid on union bead
quarters yesterday.
Ask Deportation of
Lady Nancy Astor
By l*rtnn
Pn**lac. X. J..—May 11*—The
ffdrrnl Kovrrnmriit wan suited t«
depart I.ady Antor an an undesir
able alien by the Den. A. S. Burt
ramp, «*panl»h-American war vrt
rrnna In a resolution adopted to
night. The action of the mem
ber* followed a lively dlnen«*fon
o*er charge* that the member*
of the («. A. It. had been InnuKed
in *peeche* made by the only
fem'nlne member of the TlrltUh
Common* during her vl*lt to thl*
eonntry.
Deadwood Enjoying
T wo Feet of Snow
By AMfloc.iated Pre**
Deadwood. S. 11.. Uay 11.—With
two feet of *now already fallen,
following a terrific rain. hall,
thander and lightning ntorm la*«
night, wentern South Dakota
day wa* experiencing one #1 !•••
wor*t bllaaard* of the year. The
ntorm wa* continued with aever
Ity late today.
BLIMP A-4 REACHES
LANGLEY FIELD SAFELY
By Aoooctuted Pre»o
Hampton. Va., May 11——'The
blimp A-4 arrived nafely at
Langley Field tonight after hav
|ng drifted about over the ocean
off Tape Henry for an hour and
a half with her engine* dead.
After the engine** trouble de
veloped It wa* *on*e time before
repair* coultl be made, the blimp
meanwhile drifting ea*t before
a four mile breene. All hand*
were *afe when *he descended.
ENGRAVING BUREAU
REPORT SUBMITTED
Uy A**ocI*ted Prem
Washington, May 11^—The re
port of the -deelal trea*nry
committee which made an In
ventory of the wupplle* and
equipment of the bureau of en
graving and p\itlng following
the recent reorganlaatkin of the
bureau** ' personnel. completed
today. I* underntood tg» He a *nh
atantlal vindication of the decla
ration by treasury official* that
no material output of Illegal
bond, note or Stamp Inane* had
taken place within recent yearn.
COOPER NOMINATED
LOAN BOARD MEMBER
By Anaoclaied Pro**
Wanhlngton. May li^—Gover
nor Robert A. Coupee of Potith
Carolina wa* nominated today
by President Harding to he a
member of the federal farm loan
hoard, succeeding A>l’ury F.
I.ever of the name state, who
Mooatly resigned.
GREATER SCOPETO
Proposal to Elect Bishops for
Specified Term Instead of
Life Is Rejected by
Conference
By Annociatfd Pres*
Hot Springs. May It.—-Adoption of
legislation designed to increase t e
scope of the laymen's missionary
movement and rejection of a proposal
to elect bishops for a specified term
of years instead of for life, as now
prevails, were outstanding features
of a four-hour business session here
today of the nineteenth quadrennial
general conference of the Methodist
Kplscopal Church, South.
In addition the conference . icelved
a report from the committee on epis
copacy regarding the election of five
bishops and made the matter the
special order of business for tomor
row. a suggestion by the commit
tee that the election of bishops take
place next Tuesday was accepted.
Ponrd to Have < hrrge
Reorganisation of laymen’s mis
sionary movement work was accom
plished through the adoption of a
report providing that activities of
laymen, heretofore in charge of the
executive committee of the movement,
shall be placed In the hands of the
general borfrd of lay activities. The
general lay board, the report speci
fied shall be composed of lay lead
ers elected by the annual conference
and general secretaries v the gen - ;
era! board of the church who shall ;
be consulting members of the gen- J
eral lav board, serving without pay. j
The general lay board is charged j
with the task of promoting methods j
by which greater activity on the
part of lay members of the church j
may be obtained, with an ultlmc.'e !
view of having active working forces
In every church. The report, as pre- I
sented, provided that the general lay ,
b< ard should elect a general secre- j
tary to execute its plans. When j
brought to a ballot it failed of adop
tion on a tie vote. An amendment
was then adopted empowering the |
conference to elect the general sec- j
retary and the report was accepted. '
I Main Dlifrmii'rs Aired
Differences between the Texas and
North Texas conferences over a pro
posal to transfer the town of Winns
boro from the North Texas to the
Texas conference got to the floor to
day when the committee considering?
the matter recommended a vote of
ronconeurrence." Efforts to change
the recommendation followed but the
conference sustained the committee
after a questl ,n from Bishop U. V.
W. Darlington of Huntington. W. Va.,
the presiding officer brought replies
that church members of the town it
self had made no request for the
t ransfer.
Another proposal upon which the
conference sustained a committee
recommendation of “nonconcurrenee"
was that to elect stewards and other
local church officials by the church
membership. Such officials are now
elected by the quarterly conferences.
Dr. O. Vanogivara. fraternal dele
gate from the Methrdlst church of
Japan, arrived today and was pre
sented to the conferei ’e. He will
deliver his message at a date to be
set later by the conference. Tonight
the delegates heard an address by the
Rev. David G. Downey of New York,
book editor of the Methodist Episco
pal church, fraternal messenger to
the conference for his church, and
also an address by Dr. 8. B. Butcher,
fraternal messenger of the British
Methodist church.
MRS. STILLMAN GIVEN
FIVE-HOUR GRILLING
By Associated • ress
Poughkeepsie. N. Y.. May 11.*—Mrs.
Anne U. Stillman was cross examined
for more than five hours today in
the trial of the divorce suit brought
against her by James A. Stillman.
New York banker. The plaintiff's!
lawyers took her in detail over the
history of her relations with Fred
Beauvais. Indian guide, alleged by
Mr. Stillman to be the father of
three-year-old Guy Stillman.
Throughout the quizzing, which is
to be resumed tomorrow. Mrs. Still
man held herself Innocent of- wrong
ful conduct \%ith Beauvais. Her
feeling toward the guide she de
scribed as “friendly, such as a woman
would have toward a servant.”
The banker's counsel sought to
have her admit authorship of the so
called “confession letter.” which she
wrote to Mr. Stillman from Buffalo.
N. Y., in April, 19IB. six months pripr
to the birth of Guy. When she was
shown the letter and asked to iden
tify the handwriting as her own.
defense counsel objected, and the
matter went over until tomorrow,
when Referee Gleason Is to decide on
allowing the question to stand.
Heretofore, several attempts to get
this in as evidence have failed.
BRANDON SPEAKS
Alabamian Honored by Hot Spring!
Rotary Club
Hot Springs. Ark.. May 11.— (Spe
cial.)—JudAre W. W. Brandon, of Tus
caloosa. candidate for Governor of
Alabama, was a guest of honor and
principal speaker at the Hot Springs
Rotary club on Wednesday. He
prattled Arkansas for her many re
sources, hut paid (flowing tribute to
his home state of Alabama, taking
occasion to make known Alabama’s
greatness from all standpoints. He
wss applauded constantly by the
club and guests, the guests Including
Rotarlans from all parts of the
United States.
Other Alabamians who were wel
comed and given chance for brief
remarks were: Sidney H. Blan and
Kmnry Folmar. of Troy. Ala.; Mar
vin McCa’l. Onellka; County Superin
tendent Tat Murphy and Dr. Arthur
Freeman. Gadsden. Ed Malone, of
Pensacola, was also present.
HARRY IN CLAY C OI NTY
Goodwater. May M.—(Special.) —
Winston Whitehead and Miss Artelle
Treadaway were married last night.
Both young people reside here and
their mairfage was a surprise to th-tr
friends. They were married in Clay
county by John B. Dooley, a -Just’ce
of the peace in that county. Miss
Treadaway is the charming youn*
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. M.
Treadaway. and the groom is the son
of W. M. Whitehead, who far many
years resided in Goodwater.
STARKE* IS NAMED
TROY POSTMASTER
p utlnln May H.—« '»*
rial. I—Tk* Prraldrnt aomiaatrd
today William C. Stark* to k*
pnataaa.trr at Troy. Tkr Sea
ata aaair daya axo raaftrawd
Kltarr Palaarr aa paatataatar at
Tray, k*t kr dceltecd ta ttfta
It to .aid.
J
TWO MEN SEVEREL YBURNED
WHEN AUTO CAUSES $65,000
FIRE IN BUSINESS DISTRICT
Top scene: Where fire, doing $65,000 damage, originated. Lower scene: Automobiles damaged in blase
despite teamwork of firemen in attempting to save building and contents. Many cars in establishment, prop
erty of individuals, were complete loss, like building, with no insurance carried.
Fire resulting yesterday when auto- i
mobile paint removing chemicals
came in contact with the battery ot
an automobile, seriously burned two
men and practically destroyed the
twe-story building and contents or I
the Birmingham Buggy company, 128 ,
Seventeenth street, north. The dam
age is estimated at *66.000, uncov
ered by in«4i;ane*. \
The Injured men, both painters, are
A1 M. Thompson. 18, ot 1014 First
avenue, north, and Thomas *Gibson,
23. of G405 First avenue, Woodlawn.
Thompson is at the Kobinson-Nelson
infirmary where it was reported last
night the skin was burned from his
face and portions of his body. Gib
son's body from his hips to his shoul
ders was burned. He was rushed to
the Birmingham- Baptist infirmary.
The fire began in a touring car
cwned by Michael \Y. Hoke, on which
Thompson and Gibson were applying
a paint remover. Some of the chem
icnls tame in contact with a battery
terminal of the car causing a short
circuit. Flames immediately burst
forth reaching the ceiling. Other in
flammable material nearby ignited.
Gibson and Thompson were saved even
more serious injuries by, fellow work
men and pussers-by who rushed in
end extinguished their burning cloth
ing.
Fire alarms were immediately turn
ed In and a corps of volunteers
tushecl In and began to remove, auto
mobile# .Vine cam, som* of them
badly damaged were moved out be
fore the spreading flames made
further rescue work impossible. Six
cars were destroyed.
Fire apparatus from five stations
answered the call and led by Chief
S. A. Middleton began the fight,
against th* fire which was rapidly
spreading over the whole of the
building. Poisonous smoke from
burning paints and grease gushed
from doors and windows and made
work for the firemen hazardous.
More than 50 firemen and volun
teem working in tne race or rumen
from burning: paint strung: lines of
hone through the second story win
dows and on top of the building. The
lire was practically extinguished at i
0 o'clock after water from a dozen
jr more hose had played on the build
ing for an hour.
The two-story building Iff owned by j
♦ lie Garth family of Huntsville and ]
the business Is owned and operated I
by R. \V. and R. W. Matthews. They I
otlmotod the iota} loss to building
rfnd contents at Contents
consisted of automobile, accessories,
paints and furniture. The six auto- j
mobiles on the upper floor were
owned by individuals.
Commissioned W. B. Oloe, who was
present at the fire highly praised the
work of the firemen. "They rushed
into the midst of the smoke and
flames without a moment's thought
lor themselves," he said. "I never
saw better teamwork. It was due to
the efficient service of the fire
fighters that the flames were con
fined to the one building.”
Barbecue and Military Review
Are Features of the
Entertainment
Auburn, May 11. — (Special.) — A
short meeting:, at which only three ,
addresses were delivered, a trip of |
inspection or the buildings and
ground*, a military review, and an
old-fashioned barbecue were the main
features for the Alabama editors who
were the guests of Auburn today.
The party arrived in special
coaches at 10 a. m. and were rushed
away immediately for an inspection
of the buildings and grounds, follow
ing which they assembled in J-ang
don hall for a brief session presided
over by President W. T. Hall, editor
of the Dothan Eagle.
Dr. Spright Dowell welcomed them
to Auburn and in doing so thanked
them ijiost heartily for the brilliant
and valuable assistance they have
given Auburn In her million dollar
campaign, now in progress, and out
lined some of the experimental w’ofk
w'htch the agricultural experiment
station has done and also w'hat it
hopes to do as funds will permit.
Senator H. S. Doster, of Prattville,
followed Dr. Dowell, telling why the
editors came to Auburn.
Dr. A. W. Hopkins, of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, was principal
speaker on the subject of "Agricul-,
ture and the Press." The address
was frequently referred to as the
most instructive and helpful address
of the entire meeting. It was well
received and at the close a unani
mous vote of thanks w'as given him.
A brilliant military review was
staged just before the noon hour.
Under the dlr<9btion of Major Isaac
Spaulding, the R. C. T. C. unit put
on a parade equal to those put on
for regular army officers.
The barbecue at noon hour was
served on the agricultural campus, at
the conclusion of wrhich the happy
editors left, in automobiles, for an
inspection of the Tuskegee Institute.
They were due to catch the after
noon train for Montgomery at Che
haw, and will return home Friday.
REVERSECASE
High Court Grants Another Trial of
Damage Suit
Montgomery, May 11.—(Special.)—
T^he supreme court Thursday re
versed and remanded for another
trial the case of Crescent Motor Com
pany versus Marlon O. Stone, from
the Jefferson circuit court. Stona
obtained a Judgment for ten thous
and dollars against the company for
the death of his son, who was killed
by an automobile alleged to have
been driven by officers of the com
pany near Fairfield. Stone sued for
$100,000.
Kennedy Not Likely
to Relieve Another
Officer of His Gun
Rj FRED R. GORMLEY
Montgomery Bureau The Age-Herald.
221-2 First National Rank Building
Montgomery. May it.— (Spe
cial.)— When Mose Kennedy, of
Hale county, has completed a
term of twenty-five years in
prison and has need for another
pistol, he probably will riot bo
bold enough to take it away front
a deputy sheriff Mose tried it
once and succeeded, but a Jury
tried him and gave him twenty
five years. The supreme court
affirmed the judgment of the
lower court Thursday.
Mose was wanted in another
state. John R. Martin, deputy
sheriff of Hale county, went to
arrest him. Mose whs pretty
well satisfied with 'n A,a_
l>armj. and decided to remain.
When the deputy sheriff insisted
that he submit to arrest, Mose
proceeded to relieve the deputy
of his pistol and then to relieve
the state of his (Mose's) pres
ence. The pistol went, too.
The next heard of Mose was in
Cincinnati, where he was ar
rested on a charge of highway
robbery. It developed that the
pistol taken from the deputy
sheriff was disposed of by Mose
In Cincinnati. A jury promptly
convicted Kennedy of highway
robbery and a sentence of
twenty-five years was imposeef.
COOK OIKS
Anniston. May 11.—(Special.)—John
A. Cook. 66. died at his home hero
Thursday after a long and eventful
life, being survived by five brothers,
three sisters, five daughters and one
son.
GIST OF THE NEWS
GENERAL
4’arpentler score* one-round knock*
onf over Kid Lewis.
Tariff hill not to kelp farmers*
l.nderwood declares.
Alabamians taking prominent part
at chnrcfc conference.
ghouls can moke 2,000.000 tons of
fertiliser, says Swann.
Professionals In charge of Walt
street stocks.
Rnlllsh trade advices help send
cotton upward.
STATE
flvttnns form dab at Guatersvflle.
State editors spead day at Auburn.
Sheriff Hartsfleld loses fight in
high conrt.
Telegraph snlt ts brought before
supreme court.
Searles eltlmen Is shot to death.
Couutles must continue fight
against ticks, eonrt holds.
LOCAL
Murray Injects another angle Into
school bond situation.
Yoakum’s return will menn much
to Frlaeo.
Great waterhaul la made by pro
hibition agents.
Dry goods men elect officers and
end successful meet.
Auburn alumni to take definite ac
tion.
U.S.MQK
LOCAL BUILDING
Old Postoffice May Not Be
Leased to the National
Guardsmen
Washington, May 1 1 .—-(Special.) —
The treasury department, according
to a statement today by Superintend
ing Architect. Wetmore. is in acute
need of the old Birmingham pofct
office building for government pur
poses arid may hesitate to act in re- j
itponse to legislation which author
izes the Secretary of the Treasury to
lease, th ebulldfng to the Alabama
National Guard as an armory.
Before introducing such legisla
tion, Senator Underwood Inquired of
the treasury department as . to
whether or not it would have need
of the building and was assured by
Assistant Secretary Elmer Dover and
I). If. Blair, commissioner of internal ]
revenue, that it could not be used j
further except under system of false ;
economy.
With such assurance. Senator Un
derwood proceeded in the interest of
the soldiers of the state, and quickly
put the necessary legislation through
both houses of Congress. The
eleventh hour decision of the superin
tending architect today disconcert'd
the Senator, but did not dismay him.
He carried the case to Secretary Mel
lon, who promised a thorough inves
tigation, Senator Underwood fee's
that in the end, the legislation will
be followed, and the building leased
to the guardsmen.
Alabama guardsmen have displayed
great interest in the plans for a per
manent armory.
RESTRICTION LAW IS
EXTENDED TWO YEARS
Washington. May 11.—Presi
dent today signed the bill ex
tending for two years from next
June 30 the three per cent Im
migration restriction act.
IS INTRODUCED BY
Measure Provides Semi-Gov
ernment Corporation to
Operate Plants for
Fifty Years
1*5 A.nnorlatfd Prfi»
Washington, May 11.—Four devel
opment! in congressional considera
tion of proposals for developing tha
Muscle Shoals nitrate and power
projects occurred today in the Senate
agriculture and House military com
mittees and on the Senate floor.
Chairman Norrl*. Nrhrankn, of
Ihr Senate rommlllff, introduced!
a hill providing for a seml
KOTrrnmrnt corporation to take
over and operate the nitrate and
power protect* for SO year*. The
ntfnaurr oaa drafted hy Jame* T.
I. I05 il, former representative
from Mlnsourl, and *nhmltted h>
J. H. Levering, a ennaultlna engi
neer of I.on Ansele*. Cal., a* a
modification of the hill Senator
Norris recently Introduced.
The Nebraska senator Also mado
public a tentative proposal received
from L. Stern, a Baltimore. Md , con
sulting engineer, and manufacturer <.f
chemical products. Mr. Stern’s letter
of transmission requested the com
mittee to hear him at his convenience
and said the formal tender would be
made lnteV, the committee deciding
informally to accede to the. request
and grant Mr. Stern a hearing.
I'roiNons of New Offer
The tentative offer of Mr. Stern
provided for the operation of the ni
trate and power project* for a period
of 25 or 50 year* or any suitable
number of year* that might be de*
termined upon. It further Mated that
all expenses Incurred by the govern
ment ft * Muscle Shoals w ould be
paid to It at the rnte of 2 per cent
annually and contained a provision
by which the government would re
ceive 60 per cent of nil net profits
made during the operation, with the
lessees retaining 40 per cent.
In the House committee an agree
ment \<-as reached by which any
lessee of the shoals properties would
he compelled to manufacture finish 'd
fertilizers whether at a profit or loss
throughout the term of his opera
tion*. whether it be 50 or 100 years, a \ i
amendment to this effect was made
to the bill the committee is formu
lating for the House in connection
with its report on the various pro
posals it has Investigated.
Opinion Differ* Widely
Wide differences of' opinion are
understood to prevail in the commit
tee over the provisions of the offer
made hy Henry Ford* which are ne
Ing discussed a* the basis for4 the
measure under construction. Ft wai
believed possible lhat the committee
men would tie divided Into three fac
tions when the discussions were
ended and ns many different recom
mendations would be made to the
House
The Senate agriculture body heard
Benjamin C. Marsh, managing direc
tor of the farmers' national council,
testify today. He said the council
wna opposed to the Ford proposal or
any other that deprived the govern
ment of control and operation of th»
projects at Muscle Shoals.
The bill introduced recently by*
Senator Norris. the witness believed,
was fundamentally sound and ha
recommended that legislation of a
similar sort be enacted.
The bill drafted by Mr. Lloyd fol
lowed the description which th#
agriculture committee heard yester
day in general language. Tt would
create a $5,000,000 corporation, headed
bv seven directors to be appointed by
the President, three being officials
of the war, treasury and agriculture
department s.
OVERRULE PLEA
Railroads I.ose in Decision of Statt
Board
Montgomery. May 11.—In a formal
decision Thursday the public service
commission overruled the plea of
want of jurisdiction filed by the
Southern, Alabama Great Southern
and Northern Alabama railroads
against that portion of the general
rate hearing involving the contention
of shippers that the three railioads
are owned by the same interests and
should be considered as one railroad,
thus taking rates for one line hauls.
In the same decision the commis
sion announced that this portion had
been separated from the original case
and had been set down for a general
hearing Monday, August 14.
The railroads contend that they are
separate corporations and should not
be required to take rates as one co
poration.
RECAPTURE COIMCT
Negro Again Taken Into Custody
After Escape
Troy, May 11—.(Special.)—Leon
Fletchgr. a negro convict with the
roa<l squail here, who is serving a
term of three years, having been con
victed on two charges of burglary,
made a break for liberty as the squat
was coming in from work on Monday
night, and made good his escape The
negro reached Shady Grove, where he
changed his clothes and secured a
shotgun.
Alva Galloway, Joe Lindsey, Will
Stevens and Jim Young took up the
negro's trail at Shady Grove and be
gan following him with bloodhounds.
The negro was overtaken near Drad
lejton in Crenshaw county, and taken
into cuatody. He was brought back
to Troy.
My Favorite Stories
By IRVIN S. COBB
At the Crossing of Their Ways
Beyond question, his honor on the bench was cross-eyed. Some
persons went so far as to say that he was the eroaseet-eyed person or
the cross-eyedest person, as the gnunmsr may be, in the known world.
On a morning when for some reason or other his angles of vision
seemed particularly out of alignment, there were arraigned before
him for preliminary examination three youths charged with hypothe
cating a stranger's automobile to their own uses. The oldest of the
trio, and the supposed ringleader, stood between his two alleged con
federates. Addressing the middle one, the judge said:
“Young man, you are charged here with grand larceny. How do
you plead, guilty or not guilty?”
Instantly the one on the left said:
"Not guilty, your honor."
“I wasn’t addressing you,” snapped his honor. “I was addressing
this other accused. Wait until you’re spoken to.”
“Why, judge,” protested the one on the right. “I ain’t said a word.”
(Copyright, 1922, by the MeXaught Syndicate, Inc.)