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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
RED CROSS WILL AID IN POLAND
Henry P. Davison Says Mis- sion Will Assist in
 Relief
By Assnciafnff Press

Washington, January 26.--Henry P. Davison, chairman of the American Red Cross war council, advised national headquarters here today from Paris that decision had been reached to inn mediately send an American Red Cross relief mission to Poland. The mission, which will go from the French capital via Copenhagen and Danzig, will be headed by pr. Walter c. Bailey of Bos- ton and Mai F. F. Fronczak, health commissioner of Buffalo, N. Y. and representative in Paris of all Poles in America.
 Boris Bogen and Mortimer Schiff, representing the joint distribution com mittee for relief of Jewish sufferers. have been in conference with the Amer ican Red Cross in Paris, and MT. Bogen has volunteered to accompany the com- mission to Poland with a view to con- solidating the special work of the Jew ish committee with that of the Ameri- can Red Cros The commissions per sonnel also will include at least 12 Pol ish American nurses, three American nurses, one or two general medical doc tors, one or two dentists, and business, transportation and hospital admins tration managers
 The Red Cross mission will work in dependently of the relief mission sent by the associated nations and which is now making a survey of conditions in Poland preparatory to sending food supplies. Milk for babies and for the sick will be supplied by the Red Cros7, which also will take care immediately of destitute cases which can be reached.
 Reports both to the American Red Cross and the Polish bureau here show that conditions in Poland are appallingI and that much of the population not only is without adequate food, but also clothing. Ships carrying food supplies purchased by Polish and Jewish organ izations in this country are now bound for Danzig. and others will follow when the allied programme of relief has been worked out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
Government Would
 Keep Sailors Insured
Bv Associated Press

Washington, January GAS a part of the campaign to keep sailors insured with the government after their return to civil life. the navy department has arranged special course of instruction at the officers material school for the pay corps at Princeton University, where officers to carry the message to the sail ors returning to civil life are being trained.
 Secretary Daniels announced today that upon completing the course the officers would be detailed to all the demobilza- tion camps, training stations, and receiv- ing ships, as well as certain ships of the fleet, so that every man before his discharge might be fully instructed and may have the benefit of expert advice regarding government insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CORBETsT


 fans pay to see ball game or pay in the hope of seeing a first-class boxing bout with McGraw as one of the prin- cipals.
 McGraw has the knack of infusing
 his players with his own fight spirit
 Every team that McGraw has piloted
 has reflected the aggressiveness of
 it's leader and for 15 years the Giants have known no peers in scrappiness.
 The teams of McGraw are game teams teams that never quit battling until
 the game is over. hundred times and more-the Giants, urged on by the | unconouerable spirit of McGraw, have come from behind and hammered their way to victory. And that's the sort
 of spirit that the fans like. McGraw has been in baseball for more than 20 yearS-and always &C., tive. For many seasons he starred in the infield with the Baltimore Orioles and since the day that he took charge of the Giants he has always been on the job as a coach. He has ever been
 on the lines fighting for victory for
 his club; urging his club on to it's
 mightiest efforts, fighting for every advantage. Certainly John McGraw has been the most active and the most energetic. as well as the most
 wonderful baseball leader of all time. McGraw is along in his 40s-and Me-
 Graw deserves a rest from the ardu- ous labors as coach. He may decide in 1919 to take things easy and let Pat Moran do the active work. If he
 does it will be a grave error. The Giants without McGraw on the coaching line would lose the major portion of the color, the picturesque ness and the lure that have made them
 basebalrs headliners for 15 years For the sake of the Giants in particular, and baseball as whole McGraw must forget during the baseball season that he is an officer of the club-and he must remain on the field of play--and battling as in other days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27

It is to be hoped that the elevation of John McGraw to the vice-presi- dency of the Giants will not remove him from the field of combat.
 The Giants, without McGraw on the coaching line. would be a team lacking the man who for 15 years has been the greatest drawing card in the National league-and perhaps in baseball. For, without possibility of dispute. Mo Graw has been the magnet that has drawn through the turnstiles more fans year after year than has any other man ever identified with the old CT league.
 McGraw is picturesque, unique ana certainly the most colorful man in the same today. His peppery, aggres- sive, pugnacious methods have made him the most discussed manager base ball ever knew McGraw is "up and doing" every moment of the time. He has introduced tactics in baseball that, while not universally approved have packed the parks where he has appzred with his club.
 When McGraw took charge of the Giants in 1903, the club was the joke of baseball. The genius of McGraw as d leader quickly asserted itself and in trifle more than a season he trans formed the Giants into a pennant-win- ming combination. And through all the years since then the Giants have been the most powerful club in the game.
 McGraw, at home, is a popular lead- CT. Abroad the feeling among fandom is exactly the opposite. The fighting methods of the Giant chieftain fre- quently have brought him censure. His riding" of opposition players and his "ragging" of umpires has brought crit icism. Yet those very characteristics of McGraw have made the Giants fi- nancial success year after year. Fan dom on the road may not approve Me Graws methods, but, just the same. they pay their money to see the pep erized Giants and their leader in ac- tion.
 In some cities, it has been frankly stated that the populace turns out u watch the Giants in the hope that somebody will take a few punches at McGraw. But the fact remains that the crowds turn out for the Giants all around the circuit. And, from the box office viewpoint. 1t doesn't make an awful lot of difference whether the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
Brief Accounts of Sermons
 Preached in Local Churches
tContinued from Page Five)

vited the Master to dine The Master sat down without observing the ceremony of washings. The pharisee marveled at this and Jesus said: 'Ye pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter but your inward lpart is full off raven- ing and wickedness. Ye Fools.' Win ston Churchill has given these words modern setting and application in his Inside of the Cup which is a scathing arraignment of ceremony and pretense in religion, and an earnest plea for reality and service. There are many things in the book we cannot endorse, but the plea itself is both timely and scriptural. The Master taught that it is all right to observe tithes and washings and cere- monies If these are the expression of genuine piety, but that man is fool if he thinks they will take the place of clean, helpful. gody life. There is no hocus-pocus about Christianity. No man was ever saved by being baptized, taking the communion or joining the church; and the man who offers these things instead of a right life is a phar;- saical fool
 'The Mocking Fool. Fools make mock at sin (Ps 14:9). It is a fact that fools do make a mock at sin, and the fact that they do so proves conclusively that they are fools. I knew negro who 'dHipeieu Wltn d snake ana It bit him. l was glad of it. Any self-respecting sna6e ought to bite negro who fools with him. Fools mock at sin by making light of it; by excusing themselves for ndulging it; by laughing at those who try to shun it; by treating rebukes as jokes and by failing to stop even when the danger is seen. How foolish!
 Sin undermines the character: 1t breaks up homes; it destroys the peace or individuals and nations; it deceives It's victims: 1t paralizes the powers of re-. sistance; 1t curses the soul here and damns it in eternity He that makes a mock at sin is surely a fool
 The greatest folly is to reject the Saviour from sin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer, January 6.-(Special) The new fire station on the Southside is nearing completion and fire fighting apparatus will be installed there with in short time. The station is situated on Berkley avenue and Twenty y-second street, and will be a protection to the residents who live in the south section of the city. Several of the firemen that were formerly employed by the city will be mustered out of the army service this week and will return to Bessemer. and will take their same positions in the fire department Leo Hill. former assistant fire chief, will return, and Ben House and Henry Morton will also reach the city during the week. The addition of these men will greatly in- crease the efficiency of the fire depart ment according to Chief J. I. Reader.
 During the coming week two new ministers will arrive in Bessemer to make their home. the Rev W. P, Price, who will take charge of the pastoratc of the First Baptist church, and Rev. Edmund Bennett, who will serve as rector of the Episcopal church. MT. Price is from Waycross, Ga, and comes to the city highly recommended as be- irg one of the most able preachers in Georgia. He will preach his first ser mon as pastor of the Baptist church net Sunday morning, February ?. MT. Bennett comes to the city from Mem phis, Tenn, and is very prominent in the Tennessee diocese. He will bring lis family here and will occupy the rectory. The Episcopal congregation has been without a minister for several months and the members of the church are preparing to give the new rector warm welcome. He will hold his first service next Sunday morning
 Alabama Circle No. so of the Protec- tive Home Circle, will hold a meeting at the Woodmen hall on Third avenue Monday evening at o'clock.
 Bessemer lodge No 45s, Ancien, Free and Accepted Masons. will hold a meeting Monday evening. There will be work and business of interest.
 Funeral services over the remains of Thomas F. Garden were conducted from the Baptist church at Lipscomb Sun day afternoon at 8 o'clock, the Rev. T E. Steeley officiating. Interment was made at Union cemetery.
 Mrs R. F. Douglas has been called to San Antonio. Tex, by the illness of her sister.
 Mrs Robert Smith is the guest of friends in Atlanta.
 Mrs. R. V. Lee is recovering from an attack of influenza.
 Mrs Louise Jarvis has returned to her home at Eutaw after visit to her daughter, Mrs. David Trotter. Cliff Johnson has been mustered out of the service of the navy and has re- turned to Bessemer to live
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
'Armageddon: Where East
 Meets Vest" Dr. Simpson

At the First Christian church yester day morning Dr. Robert N Simpson, the pastor, spoke on 'Armageddon: Where the East Meets West" He said in part:
 There Is valley in western Asia that is trimmed with low hills and fertile with the bones of fighting men. Th., scarlet flowers seem to have taken up out of the earth in which they are rooted the shed blood of soldiers to give to their petals deeper coloring. This ancient valley has been clamorous with the war cries of worlds armies and red with the blood of the chief races of the earth It is the old valley of Megiddo and the name is preserved in that strange pro- phecy of John, concerning the battle of Armaggedon. John may have not de- signed in that expression to localize battle but rather to symbolize struggle
 The millenium may not hinge so much upon a conflict in a certain place as upon a conflict between certain forces We might do more for our generation if we were less interested in the end of an old world, and more interested in the ending of ancient wrongs. Armageddo~ seems to involve the conflict of east and west When you think of the wars ludl nave pCCH Wd5SN HI lIlC Oiu NthCS of Megiddo, you find the conflict Of some eastern dynasty and some western most power. The Saracen's banner of the crescent and the crusaders banner of the cross waved on this ancient plain The conflict of ideals in the world today is that of east and west.
 Germany was a western nation with oriental ideals of tyrannous government. and was as oriental as the Turk in atro- krrrN xfctC dtv,rv flicts of east and west, one of which was marked by those spectacular mili- tary campaigns known as the crusades out of which the east emerged the vic- tor; but out of the latter day strug . gle of those same forces on the same battle-ground, the west has come with victory as its reward. And there is people ancient enough and modern, so situated in their place of habitation and so related in national experience, as to be a competent witness with reference to the result of these victories. That people is the Armenian nation.
 Armenia has been the convicting wit ness against the ideals of the east, as it has suffered from Turkish despotism Armenia will be the chief witnes for or against the ideals of the west in tha new relationships that follow the war. Western civilization is now on trial Tn eastern lands. It is not enough thae western armies have routed Turkish ar mics. Western philanthrophy must rout the hunger and poverty and wretchedness of Turkeys pitiable victims. Armaged- don will be lost again as 1t was lost after the first crusade, if we are satis- fled with a military victory. Taking Je- rusalem means nothing, unless it means the triumphal entry of Jesus in the hu- manitarian service of Christian con : querors."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
ADJUSTMENTS
ssPom-Pom"-efferson

The delightful school of French com posers of light comic opera and musical comedies contains no name for highly esteemed for worth than that of Hugo Felix. The war caused him to lay down his prolific musical pen, but before doing so he had completed the score of Pom Pom for the book and lyrics of Anne Caldwell, from story suggested by the producer, Henry w. Savage. Purely on its merits ''Pom-Pom'' scored an in- stantaneous hit It captivated blase New Workers for a whole season and re- ceived the hearty and unqualified praise of all critics. This show in all it's en- tirety and with an ideal cast and a Effttering chorus will be on view here at fhe Jefferson Tuesday and Wednesday, matinee Wednesday of this week.
 The lyrics have a Tilt to them that makes them whistly and long remem- bered. But best of all "Pom-Pom' is one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
Adelaide Thurston-Jefferson

Mark Swan has written play that wonderfully presents the woman's view of the business side of marriage-the question of financial management, of equal partnership in a common purse While this play was being presented at the Lyric theatre, New York. every wife there took her husband to see this play, and wives all over the country will be absorbed in watching the working out of frequent matrimonial situation. The charming actress Miss Adelaide Thurston. who will be remembered for her many successful tours of this section, will be seen in the part of Mary. A splendid supporting company and production is also promised. Her Own Money will be the attraction at the Jefferson Friday and Saturday. matinee Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
"SUFFS" TO STAGE
 SPEAKING TOUR
- - Bv Associated Press

Washington, January 26-The special woman's party are to make a three weeks tour of the country. speaking for woman suffrage. will leave Washington Febru- ary 9, it was announced today, and after crossing the country to San Francisco, March 3.
 Each member of the party has served jail sentence and the slogan of the women will be From Prison to People" The bars and doors of a prison cell will be painted on each side of the car which vii! he designated as ''the democracy limited"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
At the Colonial

Mary Pickford is returning to the Colo nial today and Tuesday in one of her early and greatest successes, "The Dawn of a Tomorrow from the novel by Fran ces Hodgson Burnett. The story is re- plete with the heart interest appeal that is demanded by the great mass of motion picture fans-one of those rare. sympathe- tic and heart appealing pictures that will make you glad you saw Glad" the little girl of the London slums
 Miss Pickford will restore the joys of yesterday in "The Dawn of a Tomorrow and will make you glad and proud of the world you are living in. It's rare treat, so be sure and don't miss it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
BAVARIAN PREMIER PEEVED AT RESULTS
 OF REGENT VOTING
By Associated Press

Amsterdam, Friday. January A.-Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian premier, in a speech at Munich. according to the Koelnische Zeitung, voiced his disap pointment over the result of the Ger man elections
 "Clericalism is threatening Bava- ria,'' he said. "Junkerism reigns in Prussia, which is already warning against the Poles. Ludendorff rules in Berlin. Such a state of affairs is in- tolerable. It is disgraceful that even meeting of workmen in Munich re- ceived the news of the death of Dr. Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg with cheers"
 In the recent elections the Eisner party and the independent socialists secured only four of the 156 delegates, while the majority socialists won 50 seats and the combined bourgeois par ty 103 Of the total vote of 2,7500 the Eisner party received only about 76,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
At Loew's Biiou

Loew's Bijou will open their bill for the first half of the week with splen- did vaudeville headliner in Pernik off, Rose and Ballet, including seven girls and one man, this being a special fea- ture of the Winter Gardens Honeymoon Express There will also be four other star Loew vaudeville acts. every one being highly recommended, which rounds out a great bill of amusement and entertainment.
 The picture for the first half of the week is, The Call of Her Soul" in which Gladys Brockwell stars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
At the Lyric

Homer Lind, famous grand opera star and former member of Sayages Farsi . fal opera company. will present "The Singing Teacher as the headline attrac- ton on the Keith bill at the Lyric to- day. The act is an appealing sketch featured with music, song. comedy and pathos.
 Maria Lo, famous poseuse in Art Studies will be another special attrac- tion on the programme
 Other attractions include Laurel Lee '"The Chumrny Coincidence" Kennedy and Burt in 'Engaded, Married, Di- vorced." and Walter Weems, the southern humorist. Pathe News pictures will be a feature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
FIFTH DEATH FROM
 EXPLOSION OCCURS
By Assoeiated Press

Muskogee, Okla, January 2s-The fifth death as the result of the explosion yes terday of an automobile loaded with high explosives in the residential section of Bigheart, Okla. occurred today. Mrs. W. L. Harris, whose home was one of the four wrecked. succumbing to her in juries. Her baby was killed instantly. by the falling wreckage and her husband was badly injured. A public school build ing, two blocks from the explosion, was badly damaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
TWO AIRPLANES
 MAKE GREAT RECORD
By Assseiated Press

Houston, Tex, January 26.-The two De Haviland airplanes which left Ellington field December 14. for a mapping and ob- servation flight from the gulf to Great Lakes returned today, having flown 200 miles in 2S hours and 50 minutes. The last 240 miles, from Dallas to Ellington field. was covered in l30 minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
At fhe Strand

Bryant Washburn is said to have the best starring vehicle of his film care Ar in Venus in the East" in which he is appearing at the Strand theatre today ana Tuesday. It is a Paramount picturiza- tion of the story by Wallace Irmin in the Saturday Evening Post, and deals with the adventures of a whimsical, i'm aginative rich young man from the west You'll like Buddy McNair and you will thoroughly enjoy his breezy search for the Venus of his dreams.
 With Venus in the East" is a snappy two-reel comedy and one of those ever interesting Pathe News pictures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
SOUTH MUST FEED
 ITSELF THIS YEAR
 SAYS DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Bureau RecOm- mends Adjustment of Cot ton Acreage to Needs
 of the Hour
Ry Associated Press


 Washington, January 26.-Farmers of the south were advised, in a statement issued by the department of agriculture today, that it would be wise to adjust cotton acreage this year so as to have available sufficient land to produce food and feed for their families and live stock.
 If industrial conditions in all the cot ton consuming countries do not reach normal, and if the industry is not re- stored, the consumption of cotton will be substantially less than pre-war average requirements" said the statement With practically complete restoration. cotton consumption may well be expected to equal the normal or pre-war times on account of the present shortage of cot ton goods in various countries The economies which the peoples of Europe must practice for some years to come must be considered-''
 Average requirements outside the Uni ted States were given as 1S, S,010,000 bales; domestic requirements 6,6o0 000 bales. The American 1918 crop is estimated at H. 7oo,OOO bales. After domestic consump- tion requirements are taken care of there will be an exportahle surplus of about B. 1s0,00o bales making total present surplus stocks for the world about g. 2s0,o coo bales, against 100000 bales in requirements. The apparent deficit therefore is 4,7S0oOo bales the deparment'S statement says, but from this gross amount should be deducted the carry-over at the end of the 19ls-19 season. Unless there is very marked increase in exports there will be a considerable carry over. Estimates of the carry-over are placed at 3, ,230, 900 bales. With a carry-oyer of that amount the apparent deficit is reduced to 1,5D0, 0G1 bales
 1918 YIELD VERY LOW
 Pointing out that the 1918 yield was greatly decreased by unfavorable wealth. CT, the department statement said the same acreage this year, with average weather, would produce at least 2,0OO,- GOO bales more than the 1918 crop.
 Tn many sections of the south,' said the statement, diversified farming should be practiced to a larger extent. Many farms and plantations are still devoted entirely to cotton and fail to pro- siuce sufficient foodstuffs for the fami- lies or feed for the live stock. Such g system is hazardous since success or failure is dependent upon a single crop, subjected to the influence of the wealth CT, insects, diseases, transportation and markets. A careful study of the situa- tion has resulted in the recommendation that each farm, each community and each section of the south should produce, as far as possible it's own food and feed for the sake of economic production and to save transportation costs and inter vening profits, where the purchase must be made from distant sections. In other words, the food and feed of the south should be produced on the farms of the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27

of those rare musical comedies that con- tains real story and basic plot that is coherent and is worked out in pleasing continuity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
Operatives Strike Ends

Paris. January 26-As a result of the r6quisitioning of the transportation lines by the government, the strike of the op- eratives ended today. and normal traffic vas re-established.