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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
Friendly Enemies'-Jefefrson

fIIcUQIy IAlCiulCS -OCANAi 6ON
 Friendly Enemies;'s the most astound- ing play of the times, will be on view at the Jefferson theatre Tuesday and Wednesday, matinee Wednesday, AL though there is much fun in the play, pathetic. moments are frequent. The scene in which Karl Pfeifer learns that his only son is an American officer and is about to sail for France to flghe against Germany is especially gripping. The old man tries by every means 10 persuade the boy to give up his inten- tion of fighting for America. From ca jolery and paternal bribery, he turns swiftly to anger and the exercise of pa : rental authority, but all without avail. Throughout the three acts. from the tune the curtain rises, the play is splendidly effective plea for Amercanism, increas- ing in intensity and strength. until, al the last curtain, it leaves the audience with higher and holier and more deter- mined sense of the desperate need O! winning the war and rescuing the world from the grasp of autocracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-01
COMMITTEE ID GET NAMES OF SECRET
 PACKER WITNESSES
Swift and Veeder Unable to Give Any Information Regarding Mysterious
 Diamond T."

Washington, January 31.-WhiIe unsuccessful efforts were being made before the Senate agriculture commtttee today to develop the identity of a person who sent Swift & Co. advance information regard ing government activities affect ing the meat packing industry. the House interstate commerce commitS tee was informed by the federal trade commission that it would fur- nish the names of witnesses upon whose testimony it had made charges of collusion among the five big packing firms.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13
PAID FOR DECENT BURIAL
GhostIy Visitor Who Appeared tc
Lucky Campers Proved to Be
Man of His Word.

A good ghost story comes from New
Brunswick Two men were out camp
ing and shooting in wild country. One
night one Of them awoke and saw sit
ting over the glowing embers of the
dying fire figure dressed i'm an eight
eenth century costume.
"Who are your" asked the sports
man. startled The ghost babe him
search In The cliff above which the
camp lay. and told him that he would
find his (the speaker's) bones there.
He ordered him TO bury them decentIy.
and take as his reward what he found
In the cave.
The figure then vanished. At dawn
the two comrades set to work. They
found the entrance to a cave which
had been almost blocked by land
slide. Inside was skeleton with a
massive gold ring on it's bony finger.
and around the skeleton lay various
books Of dates varying from 1869 to
1885. There was also manuscript
giving the locality and description of n
treasure buried nearby. which the
lucky finders duly dug ur and appro-
priated.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13
SAD DAY FOR CAPITALIST
Even the BIoated Monopolist a. ~
Newspaper Desk Is Victim o.
Vicious System.

What are we coming to, and wnl'ps'
are we drifting? Alas, these pc pa'
Gus times, and sadly out OF joint WV
ever 1t was let loose the got ~ Ha''
more money bacillus started so'ne
thing there seems to be no s1oppDs
1t has spread like an epidemic
not confined to any particular cas- Y
people or limited to any perlNu'~
age. Witness this over the telepn'ps
to ms yesterday morning from ou' W.
daughter:
"Hello, that you, daddyY
Eyes"
'e1'his il Marjorie"
"Well?"
You're going away tomorrow
"Yes." !.
"Well. / Just called you up n =,
you know that before you Ro WV
have to increase my wages. +.
We promised to do so. ana tnen ~
with sigh: "These are certa'h'y =.
days for us capitalists. '--oie'''''
Plain Dealer.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13
MUCH IN LITTLE

Pure glycerin will help to dissolve
fruit stains from linen.
Dice were invented and extensively
used at least 1900 years before the
Christian era.
In India military bands are forbid
den to play Home. Sweet Home" be-
cause Of It's pathos having so potent an
effect on. the English people who may
hear IT.
It Is said that boiling n cotton
clothes-line In water for a few min
utes, and then drying 1t thoroughly
before using will prevent IT from
stretching.
Potted plants water themselves
when placed In new dish to hold
water, Ia the center o. the cover Of
which y an opening holding = sponge,
lHEssl A!e! q z & + ne
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13
Unpleasant Dwelling Places.

Four regions on the earth are noted
by Griffith Taylor. Of the Australian
bureau Of meteorology, as having an
nual temperatures exceeding 81 de
grees. These are Massovah. Red sea
IS degrees. with an annual rainfall Of
10 inches; Timbuktu, w. Sahara. 81
degrees. with less than 10 inches oi
rain: Wyndham, N. w. Australia. S4.t
degrees. with q inches average rain
fall, and Tinnevelly. s. f. India, S4.s
degrees. with 50 inches Of rainfall
The two African localities. despite the
fierce heat. have their discomfort
lessened by their dryness; while the
Indian and Australian areas. with
heavy summer rains. are very muggy
during the wet season. For COMPARE
son, 1t may be mentioned that the
mean annual temperature Of Manila
Il 6OsHaxrees; New York City. 80 de-
6ses: LHndon. sos degrees; Archan.
gel, 80 degrees.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13

The muscular power Of the flea is
so great that II can leap a distance
Of 200 times its own length.
Properly made. baseball bat Will
sustain nearly three times as much
weight as a steel rod OF the same
weight.
What it's New England inventor calls
a motor treadmill utilizes the power
Of an automobile to operate farm ma
chinery by friction Of the cars driving
wheels.
Recent government figures show
that only one person In every 1000
In Denmark is unable to read and
write. compared with seven in each
1000 in the United States.
An ice cream freezer of English In
ventlon in which ice and salt are
packed In q cylinder that reyolves In
side the cream delivers IT. product IN
3 cu5fnncun dtKeoIn 3 lIolf minute
II s. 1u ss;;zz So
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13
LIQUOR INTERESTS
WIN COURT FIGHT
BEER AND WHiSkEY AGAIN ARE
FREELY SOLD OVER NEW
ORLEANS BARS.
INJUNCTION IS GRANITE D
Less Than An Hour After Court
Takes Action Saloons and Gates
Are Selling Drinks To Thirsty
Patrons.

New Orleans. = Whiskey, four per
cent beer. wines. cordials, in short
complete bar 1bom assortments OF
LIQUORS, were purchased freely IN
New Orleans following the granting
OF an injunction by Federal Judse
Foster which. in effect. held the war
time prohibition acts unconstitu-
tional.
Less than an hour after Judge fos-
ter had enioned federal authorities
from interfering with the sale Oh
bonded whiskey. in compliance WIN
the petition of the Herman Lesser LII
ollor Company bar rooms were serV-
ing linuor in steadily varied asSort-
merts. Mixed drinks were unoptaih-
ABEL during the day because OF the
rush for Straight liquor Later
however. it was possible to obtaih
practically all of the widely Known
mixed drinks. for many years pecu-
liar to New Orleans. French restau-
rants served claret with dinners, aoo-
ting the touch which chefs and mana
gers of the establishments always
have claimed was necessary TOT Tue
proper appreciation Of their meals
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13

A photograph taken ut the Throop
Orthopedic hospital in Brooklyn, N.
r., showing a little crippled child be-
ing carried. just as one would carry a
big doll, by member of the motor
corps Of the National League for Wom-
ems Service. Their emergency war
work at an end, and the war basis of
the various units being discontinued,
these splendid women are devoting
their energies to welfare work which.
though 1t is unheralded and without the
attendant publicity that the war work
received, Is none the less commend
able. The objects of their work are
the children who are crippled as re-
suit Of the epidemic Of infantile
paralysis which struck the country
three years ago.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13
e.fosted BY Ghosts Visit.

Pierre Gastron, tradesman Of
Montmartre, which Is part OF old
Paris. had for u nelghbor an old miser.
who died suddenly. Gastron had been
kind to the old man. On the night
after his death the ghost OF the miser
appeared TO 0astron. and said: Il
left you my money. Go and look un-
der the third loard from the wall In
ny bedroom, all y0u will flnd my will
with bag OF coins" Gestroa hurried
IA II 80, "a q ~ plnce neesioned
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13
That's Strange.

/ met friens. who had been u sas
inuuired "How are you now ~
replied: 'Do you know. ] Dear's " esas
| said: I'm glad to hear ~ o.
angry now.-Exchange.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13
Her Changes.

isn't your wife rather dogmatic|
she was when Pomeranian pups
were the style, but now she's automat-
10
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13

1t is easy to see through r. 4
who are always making spec'a
themselves.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13

Monroe. Committees composed
Of the leading business and profess
sional men Of the parish nave been
appointed by the presidents of the
Monroe Chamber of Commerce. and
the Rotary Club. to take the leader
ship in the campaign for the good
roads bonds issue election here this
month.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13

BATON Rouge. To aid the Red
Cross Christmas seal movement for
funds with which TO combat tubercu-
losis. Governor Pleasant issued a
proclamation calling upon the people
of the state to observe the period to
December 10 as a special time for
cooperation with the Red Cross.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13

Shreveport - Congestion in the
from Homer operations. But two COM
plotions yielding about 1900 barrels
new production were made and both
wells were Immediately closed in on
completion Some of the operators,
according to reports are drilling
merely to the sand to conserve the
oil as much as possible.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13

New Orleans. Fire losses IN
Louisiana in 1919 will be greatly de-
creased over those of last wear. the
number Of fires occurring in the state
will be much smaller and there will
be practically total absence OF in
cendai'ism when the report for tho
year is compiled in the office of the
fire marshal. w NJ. Campbell, accord
ing TO l.. A. Haggerty, chief clerk OF
the department.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13

Hammond Since the inaugura-
ton of the cooling plant at Loranger,
the latter part Of September a daily
shipment of 500 gallons of milk has
been maintained, bringing the dairy
men rich returns,
Hammond Breaking ground and
hauling material for the canning
plant of the Strawberry Growers Sell
ing Company is amongst the recent
building activities.
Denham Springs. - The largest
crop Of potatoes ever grown in the
parish is being gathered. The market
price is SO low, however, that most OF
the crop will be stored and kept over
until next spring
Natchitoches. At called ses-
sion of the Natchitoches Parish
School Board, beginning December 81
and ending December % was made
Christmas holiday with pay.
Napoleonville. Citizens Of the
parishes of Ascension, Assumption
and Lafcurche, who met at the court
house here. took steps to induce this
federal and state governments to
have locks constructed at Donaldson
Vile at the head OF Bayou Lafourche
at the earliest possible date.
Lake Charles.-A contract for the
construction of 300 iineal feet Of
sidewalks, also the necessary drive
ways and tile work in the city of Vim
Ton has been awarded. The cost OF
the work will be S9,646.80.
Monroe.-Judge C. f. Greenwood, a
leading business man and former dis
trict attorney and county judge Of
Dallas county, Tex, was the victim
of pickpocket while he WAS visiting
a carnival here In company with the
Ouachita parish sheriff
Hammond Mayor Carter an
noances he has ordered third ship
ment of army supplies, which will be
put ON sale just as soon as they
reach here. The stock will comprise
bacon, canned meats. vegetables rice
ana blanl<ete and towels.
n a
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1919-12-13

Lafayette.-This city wants real
band, and to raise the necessary
funds the association of commerce
has closed contract to give a car
nival here the week Of December s.
ID With the net proceeds uniforms
will be purchased, a complete library
OF classical and popular music will be
bought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-27
SETTING UP THE CLOCKS.

One community in Kansas is re-
ported to he in rebellion and deter
mined To resist the operation of the
daylight saving law. The citizens de-
clare they will refuse to set their
clocks ahead at the appointed time.
BY the failure of the agricultural
appropriation bill with its rider re-
pealinE the daylight saving act the
country is assured of at least one sea-
son more of the time to which we were
introduced last year. The clocks will
be set ahead on March 80.
Opposition to this innovation has
come from farmers. and, so far as has
been recorded in congress or else
where, from nobody else. The farm
er's case against stealing an hour OF
light in the morning is based on the
alleged inconvenience. described as
actual hardships in some cases. i'm
posed on the man who gets up at day
break anyway when his customers be-
gin business an hour earlier than was
their practice. 1t is asserted that the
agriculturist has no slack morning
time by using which he can adjust
hiniSsI 10 the new ofueF- anu tnat ne
should not be made to suffer for the
benefit of others.
1t may turn out that daylight saw.
Ing was strange. and not oppressive Il
the farmers; that another season will
reconcile them to its continuance; tina
they may actually find it useful il
their business, as millions of their fell
low citizens in other calIinus have
Daylight saving has come to be re.
earded as a great boon by office anc
factory workers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-27

Altho congress adjourned without
passing the legislation to provide SOL
dier-settlements on swamp lands. Sec
rotary Lane plans to urge the passage
of this bill this season. While this
scheme might benefit few. as a prac-
teal plan for benefiting a large num-
her OF discharged soldiers it is unlike
" to figure to any great extent. Thou
sands of men not only know nothing
about farm work, but they do not want
To live on a farm. Besides, it would
take years before the men could make
decent living. The people are ready
and willing to be taxed to almost any
extent for appropriate with which
TO help the returning soldiers. but they
are not ready to he taxed for wildcat
schemes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-27

Topeka's prospective building boom
received a dash of cold water in
meeting held in the Chamber of Com
MERGE rooms Wednesday. The asser-
tions made and the sentiments ex-
pressed on that occasion may and
probably will deter a number of per
sons who have contemplated the cree
ton of dwellings or other buildings
from putting their plans into execu-
tion. 1t is the privilege of Topeka
citizens to lag behind the procession
if they desire to do so. But the man
who-postpones building a year or even
two years in the hope that the prices
of materials and labor will decline,
probably is doomed to disappoint
ment. Enough construction work will
be carried on in other places to keep
up the prices and to provide work for
Topeka mechanics. 1t is noted that
the contractors were Ioudest in their
complaints. Why should a contractor
make a fuss about the cost of labor
and materials? He does not pay it.
He figures it into his estimate when
he files his bid and the property own
or pays. If the contractors fear they
will lose money let them take work
on a cost-plus basis. But contractors
rarely lose anything on account of the
high cost of materials and labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-27
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
Bah LEARNS OF A BUSINESS LUN-
CHEON-BLANCHE Or
TON is THERE.
CHAPTER XIII.


1 was stunned for moment. then
my good common sense. of which ia
ther used to say / had more than be-
longed to me. asserted itself. What
il Neil and Blanche Orton were driv-
ing in taxi? Either of them might
have met the other and given them a
lift. Yet, as 1 reasoned. it seemed
st cange that they should be in the
park, so far from Neifs office.
When Neil came in l had lost all
desire to joke him about my visit to
his office. In its place had come a
great desire to know more of that bus
mess so luxuriously housed. So l
told him at once that / had called on
him, and how disappointed l was to
find him out. He flared up imme-
diately 1 began to question him.
What motive did you have in going
to the office? To call or to spy on
me?" he asked, IF you've got any
thing to say, why say it and get it out
of your system. But either stop talk
ing or tell me what you are driving
at"
1 sighed as I answered. l had hoped
he would be nice about it and tell me
things!
Il saw you out driving in the park
with Blanche orion, so l Fnow you
weren't out on business" l had not
lntenOeu 10 tel MN hau seen tneHi,
but 1t slipped out without thinking.
I'm of agei" he snapped. Then:
IF 1 lunch with business men and
there happen to be ladies there also.
is 1t anything so very dreadful that /
take them home?"
Il didn't say there was. Neil. Do
talk reasonably. l am not finding
fault, l just want to know things"
So he had been lunchinC with
Blanche orion. l would not be little
and mean, neither would I let him
think me Jealous. There was a feel
ing that something had me by the
added:
please tell me about the things
which interest you, dear / feel so
out of things when you refuse. Did
you talk business at lunch?" I had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-27
CURRENT HISTORY.


This is the day the case in the name
of the barber, Decker. VS.. MacLennan.
wherein the former claims against the
latter, that there have been sustained
$40, 700 damages; set for trial before
Judge Robert Carver in the District
Court of Shawnee county, Kansas, at
o'clock this morning.
The good barber does a big bust
ness, or he could not be damaged so
greatly. He has employed the same
lawyers, Waters & Waters, that were
employed by the Crawfords in their
case against the same defendant.
which came to an end Friday of last
week tthe case not the defendanD.
lawyer, E. D. McKeever. The plain
tiff has other counsel, one named Adj
dington, first name not recalled.
This paper on Friday, October II,
printed an item on an inside page of
the paper. on suggestions thrown out
by parties interested in the success
of the fourth liberty loan campaign
which was on in Topeka and the coun-
try over at the time. These interested
parties charged that there was a GER
tain barber, name not mentioned,
making good wages here in a shop be-
tween Sixth and Eighth streets who
was not coming across" as those in
terested in the loan thought he should.
They thought he should be exposed.
They did not give his name. There
were three large barber shops in the
territory in question.
On the Monday following the Fri
day the barber named Decker. en-
p1oyed in the Antiseptic barber shop
under the Central National Bank.
brought suit against the proprietor of
this pa per for $4,000. declaring in his
petition in the suit that he was the
party referred to in the item. This
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-27
DINNER STORIES

Your ar.stocratic American mil
lionaire will often make a mesalliance
and marry a chorus girl or a parlor
maid. But 1 notice that your aristo-
cratic American millionairesses always
keeping her head. makes a good
match
The speaker was Nine. Montessori.
the Italian educator. She continu I'D ::
ION the way thither on tbs 10 {
there WIS q beautiful American heir
ess to whom a young magazine writer
from the west paid assiduous court.
But he, on account of the low rates
of the magazines, was as poor as Il
church mouse. and the heiress
would not consider him seriously.
AS they leaned side by side over the
rail one afternoon the heiress, looking
out over the rolling blue waters.
sighed and said
~ love the sea-
1.-The impoverished and embitt cred
magazine writer retorted with sneer,
I don't see why. 1t hasn't got any
money
A sailor who was being reprimand-
ed by an officer, started TO defend
himself.
But / thought, sir"
You are not supposed to Think"
About week later the same officer
sent this man ashore to get him some
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-27
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
By AIRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am girl
nineteen years old and have been
working since / was fifteen. | am
worker in Sunday school and know
almost every one attending do not
believe 1 ever had girl friend and
only one boy friend whom my mother
and father did not have some objec-
ton to.
There was one boy who came TO see
me several times. but his face was al
ways dirty and his hands needeA
washing, and he wore shirts that were
soiled. This Disguised me very much
My folks thought he was the only
thing, but / could not stand him. He
Is almost year younger than | am.
L do not care to go with any boy
younger than 7 am. would your
There are several girl friends at
church whom ] like very much. but
am afraid to ask them out to my home
for fear they will be insulted by my
parents. They did that twice. and il
IS the same way with my boy friends
They do not approve of dancing and
/ spend my seven evenings home
alone, wishing / gould go some place
or have company my age. / love to
associate with people my age | can
not go anywhere without "A row.
Please advise me what to do. as I
am 20 lonesome and crave company.
am hungry for a little love and +
cannot understand why nay parents
at t8iir way j nave DGen giving my
mother half OF my salary ever since
have been working. / have an older
married sister and the folks worship
her, but l have always received all the
knocks and slurz Of the family.
LONESOME PEGGY.
i believe that the one who can helm
you the most is the minister OF YOUR
church. You do need young compan
ions, and probably he will be able to
make your parents see your need. You
are several years too young to go
away from home or to use your own
Judgment against the judgment Of
your parents
Why don't you take y course at
night school, This would give YOU
something useful to take up your time.
and would fit you for better posi-
ton. One cannot get too much edu-
cation. you know.
Your parents may feel that the
friends you choose are not worthy OF
you. / don't blame you for Directing
10 the young man Of Their choice who
was careless about his appearn nee /:
neither would blame them II they
objected to young people with unde-
sirabIe habits
Re obedieuf for two or three wear.
and the" II your pas ents do not be-
come more liberal follow your own
Judgment