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SENATOR WALSH
AGAIN TO LIFT UD
ON TEAPOT DOME
Senate To Be Asked Mon
day To Approve Report
Condemning Lease
(Copyright, 1924)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Teapot
Dome, dormant, since it figured in cam
paign talk beforq the election, will spout
again next Monday. At that time Sen
ator Walsh of Montana, who conducted
the famous oil investigation, will ask
the senate to approve the report of the
public lands committee condemning the
leases made by former Secretary of the
Interior Fall, on which action was
blocked last Session.
Once thrown into the senate again,
there can be no telling what may hap
pen. It may pass quietly or there may
be a flare-up comparable to those which
kept the senate in constant turmoil last
session. , . ...
Re-opening of the subject at this
time may lead to airing the most recent
turn of the cases now before the courts,
the investigation of new evidence pur
porting to show that Fall received at
least $00,000 in liberty bonds from pro
ceeds of a “paper” company in whose
formation Harry ^Sinclair is named as a
principal. Continuation of the govern
ment's case was granted recently in or
der that additional clues of further
transfer of liberty bonds to Fall may
be traced.
Fall was shown no mercy by demo
crats in the senate last session. . Be
cause of disappointment that the issue
failed to “take” in the election, they may
seise this opportunity to pour salt into
the old wounds.
Action on Walsh’s report last session
■was held up by Senator Spence? of Mis
souri, a member of the committee, on
the ground that a minority report he
was preparing had not been completed.
Spencer is out of the city, and it is not
known whether he will attempt to pre
vent action at this time. Walsh’s re
port is signed by seven other members
of the committee, including Senator
Dadd of North Dakota, chairman.
Wnlsh said Tuesday that he expects
adoption of his report by the senate, and
does not look for any considerable de
bate when it is presented. He said he
would make only a brief speech, urging
that it be adopted. The quiet-mannered
Montana senator has a way of coming
out of his shell unexpectedly, however,
and he may say some things that will
agitate republicans and stir up other
democrats.
.eaf nin Inffl ql q •
fv aiou nivviin»»v»»~- - —
tion in the report he drew up and pre
sented to the committee, but it was
stricken out, on the ground that such
Recommendations should await disposi
tion of the ceses in the courts.
Walsh probably will review his recom
mendations for legislation if the govern
ment. wins the suits, and again, obtains
control of the navy’s reserves. These
recommendations provide:
1. No lease can be made except upon
competitive bids. {_ .
2. No lease can be made /xcept for
the purpose of protecting tm reserves
from drainage, unless in /ase of an
emergency proclaimed by tire President.
8. Every lease must b« approved by
the comptroller general before taking ef
{g<4^ That t(ie authority to exchange oil
is restricted to the dkchange of crude
oil wri^- other products
il (»mm
r Ivi
'■SEN/
ivativea of oil or gas.
[SENATE APPROVES
FOREST MEASURE
Bill Would Convert Camp Hen
ning Into Reservation
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The bill
to conver" the military reservation at
Gamp Benning, Ga., into a national
forest was passed today by the senate
without objection. The bill provides
that the military activities on the res
ervation would not be interfered with
and the property would be administered
jointly by the secretaries of war and
agriculture. The reservation would be
known as the Benning National For
est. The bill was introduced by Sen
ator Harris, democrat, Georgia, and now
goes to the house.
EXPLANATION ASKED
IN POTATO EMBARGO
Canadian Exportations Have
Bug, Britain To Be Told
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The
American embassy at London has been
instructed to make representations to
the British government against the re
cent order prohibiting the importation
of American potatoes into England and
Wales on account of the potato bug.
Great Britain will be asked to accord
American-grown potatoes the same
treatment as is given shipments from
Canada to the British Isles, since in
vestigation has shown that the potato
bug, called abroad the Colorado beetle,
is found throughout Canada.
Manhattan Days And Nights
By Herbert Corey
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—These unknown rich folk of Manhattan
attract me. It’s like going to the aquarium in what used to be Castle
Garden and looking at queer fish. Once I walked through Peacock
Alley In the Waldorf with a detective:
"I counted seventeen millionaires sit
ting there,” he said. “And no one
knows a dern one of them. And they
don't know where to go.”
It was Saturday afternoon and the
stock exchange had closed and they
didn’t have a blessed thing with which
to occupy thejnselves until 10 o’clock
Monday mornfng. Later on I saw what
was said to be a correct list of New
York's millionaires. I’ve forgotten now
how many there were, but what struck
me hardest was that nine out of ten
were unknown.
Out where I come from a man with
a two-story brick barn was as con
spicuous as a fire in a tobacco ware
house.
Not long ago an old lady died in
town leaving an estate of $12,000,000.
So far as the world knew, she hadn't
done a blessed thing in her life. She
was wholly unknown. Not until the
executors began to dig into her effects
was one heart-warming fact revealed.
She had chest after chest filled with
the most superb shawls and scarfs of
the most exotic colors and designs. It
was her one touch of romance. Barred
off from the world, she satisfied her
starved heart by drawing these gorge
ous fabrics through her thin hands.
Except for the glint and flare of these
silks her life was as drab as that of an
old maid in a poorhouse.
Someone—probably the reigning Mor
gan—gave a collection of whatchfobs
to the Metropolitan Museum the other
day. Our great-grandfathers wore
them. Silk and gold and huge, mis
shapen seals that thumped on the
rounded tummies of our progenitors.
They were worth, one hears, an in
credible sum because of their rarity and
beauty. And here is the story that
goes with them.
Mind you, I do not vouch for it, but
the tale is that an unknown rich man
made that collection. He gladly
traveled to Europe on the hint that a
pawnbroker on the Liepziegerstrasse
had a quaint fob for sale. They came
into the hands of the donor on his
death.
JEWISH EXPULSION
RENEWED BY SOVIET
Many Zionists Sent To Siberia
And Others Jailed
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
LONDON, Dec. 30.—New persecu
tions, arrests and expulsions of Zion
ists, Zelre Zionists, Zionist socialists
and members of the Maccabees are tak
ing place in various parts of soviet
Russia, according to reports received
here today from Moscow.
A great number of Zionists were
exiled to Sibera. Large numbers are
kept in the prisons awaiting decision
of their place of exile. Of the Zionists
arrested in the city of Homel, six were
exiled to Solovedkin, five to Turafon,
and one was permitted to proceed to
Palestine. Two Zionist leaders were
expelled from Moscow, one was ordered
to Salvaki and the other to Turafon.
,In the city of Kharkoff, 51 Zionists
'are kept in jail awaiting decisions of
their place of exile.
OYSTER PROVES WEALTHY
Valuable Pearl Is Found In A Bivalve
At Alicante, Spain
Alicante, Spain, Dec. 30.—A pearl
valued at 3,000 pesetas was found in
an oyster by a lawyer in a restaurant
here.
AT 2:SO AND 8:30 P. M.
Stony ly Jeanie Macpherson
"A PARAMOUNT PRODUCTION
CTtmous PI«yers-La.*ky Gorp.)
ORCHESTRA of TWENTY
AMD ORIGINAL EFFECTS DIRECT
ISOM GEO.hLCOHAM THEATRE, ITT
PRICES: 50c to $1.50
Mat., 50c to $1.00
PLUS TAX
Seats on Ssle at Jefferson
NEW YEARS EVE DANCE TONIGHT,
GIVEN BY THE ZAMORA BAND AND
DRUM CORPS
AT THE
City Auditorium
From 9 P. M. to 2 A. M.
WINSTON WHITE MUSIC
Price: $1.50 1
Holiday Dancing
At the
PEEK INN .
New Year’s Eve—New Year’s Night
Also
Tuesday, Dec. 30—Saturday, Jan. 3
Wonderful Music by the
Peek Inn Orchestra
There is nothing inherently im
probable in the yarn, ror many of these
unknown rich are pathetically unoccu
pied. Their lawyers handle the money
some one has left them. There are
skyscrapers full of lawyers of this type.
Society bores them, they are appalled
by the out-of-doors, their homes are
run by competent Housekeepers and
they do not rend. From sheer ennui
thev become collectors.
They have their place in life, just as
have the rcdhot worms some scientist
has recently found at work ruining
glaciers. They keep the innumerable
curiosity shops and antique stores go
ing. _
If there were but one kitchen chair
of pine made by Ethan Allen in 1742
it might be worth $300 to a museum.
But nrgument will never prove to me
that all kitchen chairs of this vintage
are worth that price. These jobless
millionaires set the value. When they
have bought a barn-full of Ethan Al
len’s chairs they lose interest, and be
gin to collect the glass bottles made by
Solomon Hoopengobbler in 1801. More
than one fortune has been given to
charity in the last decade by men
known to their fellows as being as hard
hearted as General Sherman’s statue.
Charity was just a substitute for glass
bottles.
On the whole I prefer the newer mil
lionaires who made their money in war
babies, and are shooting it on yachts
and country houses. They are more
human than the weazened little shrimps
who totter in chase of silver-plated
vinegar cruets. One of them went to
sleep in his theater box the other night,
mussed and red-faced, while one of the
ladies in his party was violently ill.
But perhaps I shouldn’t tell tales about
sick ladies. '
It should be urged, too, that the
motto seems to be a short life and a
merry one for a green-stick millionaire.
Many have sold their houses and gone
back to work in the last few years.
Not admirable, perhaps, but shucks!
Better than spending your life col
lecting colonial pants buttons.
SENATE APPROVES
WILSON ANNUITY
$5,000 Annual Pension For Pres
ident’s Widow Passed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—A bill
granting a pension of $5,000 annually
to Mrs. Edith Bolling Wilson, widow
of the late war president was passed
today by the senate. It now goes to
the house.
What Price Would
You Be Willing To
Pay for the
Sake of a Good
Time?
REMEMBER:
“THE PRICE
OF A PARTY”
COMES
HIGH *
OtWWITTEE ROW
ENDS IN CALL
FWi NAVY PROBE
Coolidge Reveals Plan To
Call World Disarma
ment Conference
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The
future of the American na»y took on
a new aspect today with simultaneous
expression of opinion from both the
White House and the house naval com
mittee as to what should be the first
step in that direction.
Just as Ihe house committee decided
to begin an inquiry into the needs of
the nary, it was revealed that Presi
dent Coolidge still is hopeful that an
other international arms limitation
conference may be held during 1925.
Although the President is not .en
tirely convinced that such a conference
will be possible, he, nevertheless, la
hopeful that an opportune time will
arise for such a venture.
The naval committee in agreeing to
a motion for an investigation, took the
position that Secretary Wilbur should
be given an immediate opportunity to
present to congress such recommenda
tions as he might deem expedient.
Follows Stormy Session
The action was taken after a stormy
session, and it was only after much de
bate that a decision was reached to
have Mr. Wilbur appear before the
_in.. Tnnnosr £ thin mirnose.
During the discussion Chairman
Butler of the committee, announced he
had been informed unofficially of the
attitude *>f the White House regarding
another naval limitations conference. It
was at the suggestion of Mr. Butler,
however, that the motion, as approved,
was made. The chairman said he of
fered the motion because he had been
charged with attempting to override the
will of the committee. Mr. Cooltdge
will exert his influence to bring about
another arms limitation conference
whenever the time is considered pro
pitious, but at present he is unable to
determine just when such a conference
could be called with fair prospects of
success. ,
Action Is Compromise
The action of the house committee
represented a compromise between those
desiring to take up a biU proposing a
naval building program and members
who sought to have the committee di
rect its attention to a measure designed
to adjust certain irregularities in the
naval establishment.
Mr. Butler and several committee
members opposed the proposal to call
Entirely Different From
Our Regular Shows
THE
“MID-NITE”
FESTIVAL”
TONIGHT
Promptly at 11 P. M.
5 —KEITH —5
big-time acts
FIRST TIME SHOWN
IN BIRMINGHAM
Geo. O’Brien and Dorothy Mackaill
Added Thu Week
Temple Grand Organ,
Wm. Nappi’s Orchestra,
“Marvella” singing, Fox
News.
WEEK
IN
“THE MAN
WHO
CAME BACK”
A resplendent romance of
love.
An all-star cast in “The Price of a Party” also Chas. H.
Miller, Singer.
Matinee,
10-20c
Night,
10-40c
1 TEMPLE \
Open
Daily
from
1 to 11
-
LN BIRMINGHAM, ITS THE CAPITOL
Matinee I Evening*
10c
Every
bodyTHE CROWDS PROVE IT
TODAY AND THURSDAY
10-20c
Special
Music
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FCRA&ET-UP?^
SERVICES ARE HELD
FOR J. A. MACLEAN
MISS INFORMATION
Wm Music Director At Agnes
Scott For 25 Years
(By Associated Press.)
YORK, S. C., Dec. SO.—Funeral serv
ices for Joseph A. MacLean, lot 25
years director of music at Agnes Scott
college, Decatur, Ga., who died here
yesterday, were conducted from the
Sne of his cousin, Mrs. D. E. Fins
, here today. Burial was at Char
lotte, N. C.
Mr. MacLean was born here October
5, 1861. He was educated at Davidson
college and studied music in New York.
He taught in the Charlotte Female col
lege, Charlotte, N. C.; at Holly Springs,
Miss., and. Rogersville and Knoxville,
Tenn.. At the outbreak of the World
war lie entered Y. M. C. A. work at
Camp Gordon, Ga., and later became
Red Cross director at Fort McPerson,
Ga., and toward the end of the war
was transferred to Charleston, S. C.
He returned here in 1922 and has
taught music privately. His wife and
an only child died in 1694.
Mr. Wilbur, pointing out he recently
appeared before a house appropria
tions sub-committee and at that time
expressed his views regarding the regu
lar appropriations contained in the an
nual navnl supply measure.
LIGHTING AWARD
LS WON BA GIRL
Miss Julia Groc, Of Port
land, Receives $15,000
Model Home
(By Asscoiated Press)
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Miss Groc,
18, of Portland, Oregon, has been
awarded a *15,000 model home as first
prise in a home lighting essay contest
in which 1,000.000 school children in
the United States and Canada com
peted, the lighting educational commit
tee announced tonight.
Ten other boys, and girls received
scholarships ranging in value from *300
SEATS NOW ON SALE
AT CLARK * JONES, 1018 ID AVE.
ALL-STAR COURSE PRESENTS
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Jan. 1st
MATINEE—NIGHT
BEDARD OPHA
MUNICIPAL
AUDITORIUM
Matinee—Mme. Butterfly, With
Tamakl Miura
Evening—II Trovatore, With Edith
Delys (By Requeat)
Prices Everyone Can Afford
Our New Year Gift to Birmingham
Prices—$2^0, $2.00, and 1.500 Seats
at $1.50; 2,000 Scots at $1.00; 850
Seats at 75c; Plus Tax
Curtain, 1:00-8:20. Cali Motors for
5:20 and 11:00
to $1,200. George R. Pinoaroe, of Oak
land, Cal., and Dorothy Lathe, of Que
bec, were given $1,200 scholarshipe.
Awards worth $600 were made to John
P. Crawford, of Kokomo, Ind.; Lucille
Brewer, of Qainesvile, Ga.; Joe Kelly,
of Martinville, Ind., and Irene-Kline of
Lowvllle, N. T. Scholarship! valued
at $300 were given to Roswell E. Brett
of Watertown, N. T.; Mary W. Hnlmar
of Huntsville, Mo.; Everett W. Win
of West Alexandria, Ohio, and Edwaf
I,inick of Lancaster, N. H. This acM
arships may he used in any America,
or Canadian college or university.
For quick results use
Want Ads. Main 4900.
Age-Herald
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Tonight—Starting at 11 P. M. 1
“MIDNIGHT COMEDY CARNIVAL”
—Dancing o n
the stage after
the big show.
All of the artists
on our current
show joining in
the festivities.
BIG
. Acts
—Dancing on
the stage after
the big show.
Ml of the artists
on oar currant
show joining in
the festrritiea.
Acts
USUAL “LOEW” PRICES
CLAY CROUCH ft CO.
CAITES BROS.
NANCY DECKER
DE VRIES TROUPE
Souvenirs— “Noise-Makers'*—Souvenirs
MAY McKAY ft SISTERS
,Loew Price*—Aft*. lt> 1*. *Bc; Night*,
ON THE SCREEN—THIS WEEK
“THE SNOB”
with
John Gilbert, Norm* Shearer,
Conrad Nagel, Phylll* Barer
METRO-GOLDWYN
A METRO-GOLDWYN PICTURE
15, 30, 50c; Sat. Aft. 15, 35, 35c
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Our greatest
White Sale
^begins Saturday !{
l
End o’ year sale s—c o m el
Hant -made linens, 1-2
and less!
Cotton-filled comforts,
$2.99!
Table linen remnants, 1-4
to 1-3 off!
Boys' skull caps, 10c!
Hats for tiny tots, 1-2!
50c pair glass candle
sticks!
25c salad bowls!
6 for 98c, cups and
saucers! /'
$1 white enainelware! h
i $1.29, $1.50 saucepans! '
Smaller rag rugs, 75c!
Oval wool rugs, $4.75!
$5 drapery damask,
$2.95!
$3.50 sunfast Rayon,
$1.14!
To $5.95 pillows, $2.95!
$1.69 laee panels, 89c!
Window shades, 89c!
Basket of fruit-soap, 69c!
Children's hand bags, 1-2!
Beaded bags, $1!
Rag rugs, 95c!
Sofa pillows, $2.95!
Ruffled curtains, $1.95!
Boys’ serge trousers,
$1.49!
Boys' stout suits, $6.95!
A frock special, $15!
50c linen handkerchiefs,
25c!
Ostrich, marabou, 1-3
off!
$4.98 silver plate, $2.98!
' \
Davenport tables, $15!
Console mirrors, $19.95!
Jap silk handkerchiefs,
5c!
Coats, tailleurs reduced
1-3!
Wopl - mixed blankets,
$5.98! V
Seamless bleached sheets,
$1.09! i
Curtain rods, 25cji!
Extension rods, lpc!
Toiletries, 59c! ^
Veolay face powder, 98c!
$1 Lournay powder, 39c!
(
Spinet desks, $19.95!
Babies’ and girls’ coat
reduced 1-3!
Women’s fleece-lined ur
dies, 3 for $1
Boys’ wool unions, 95c
Cards of buttons, 10<
19c!
Sewing thread, 7 for 25
Boys’ cotton- ribbe
unions, 69c!
Boys' hats, 69c!
$1 fancy linens, 59c!
Mahogany end table
$6.95!
End tables, $6.95!
Davenport tables, $16.9!
Ruffled curtains, 98c!
Hemstitched table set
$2.45!
Smoking stands, $2.39!
Tea wagons, $19.95!
To $15.00 corsets, $3.95
To $6 corsets, $1.49!
Gotham girdles, $3.95!
La Vogue corsets 1-3 of
Brassieres, 3 for $1!
Mercerized damask
$2.95!
Rayon brocades, $1.14}
Filet net, 35c! j*
Terry cloth, 59c!
Silk ribbon, 49c!