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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Why is it that you know 1880 sure cures for the other fellows cold and can't find a thing that will cure it when you get cold?
 Some of the fellows who voted dry haven't any use for any patent medi- cine that contains less than 40 per cent of alohol.
 For every law that is made to be enforced 99 are made to conflict
 All the Hicks are not in Hiclkville Let man demonstrate new dingus in a store window in a big city and he will block traffic.
 Once in while you will find a girl who is so prudish that she won't men tion Eyes name because Eve never married Adam and was not a proper person to introduce to polite conver- sation
 The trouble with wife is that she is so easy to understand before you marry her and so hard to understand after YOU marry her.
 One nice thing about the hi cost of living is that it has kept the women from wearing vegetables on their hats like they used to do,
 Even mans wife tells him every day in the year that he is fat-headed idiot the poor boob keeps on imag gin ing that he is a pretty smart fellow
 You can reduce your waist line by eating less and taking more exercise. But a fat man never thinks of that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09

described as delivering his farewell warning to the Mexican nation. Then he lighted the inevitable cigarette, turned to the commander and asked if he were ready. Answered with nod, he placed his hand over his heart to indicate the target for the firing squad to aim at and the sordid tragedy began with scattering shots unsteady of volley. Angeles was struck in the head and legs and his body was torn to pieces by explosive bullets.
 Thus died one of the most inter- esting figures Mexico has produced. That he met his death with fortit1de was not unusual. The poorest peon south of the Rio Grande knows how to die like man, with final puff of his cigarette and a shrug of his shoulders. But that his executioners were so unnerved that they made a butchery out of what was intended to be a legal execution testified to the personality of Angeles and the hold he had on the popular imagination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09

uralized citizens and Section 5 gives the department of justice authority to furnish the Secretary of Labor with data to effect deportation.
 The Davey bill is a piece of legis- lation urgently needed. Congress should enact it into law at the earliest opportunity. Too long have the laws and institutions of the country been assailed by radicals made all the bold CT by the knowledge that there was no adequate legal machinery by which they could be punished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
ANARCHISTS IN THE MAKING

lutionists. Then he got some kind od
 job with Emma Goldman's revolu T tionist paper, Mother Earth, and pres-| entity he was the leader of a group of young revolutionists to whom he spoke| both in Russian and English. Some of the time he had 300 or 400 people a Il his lectures. He boasts that he does| not believe in any form of government or in God, but he is willing to go toI Russia, whose government most nearly| approaches his ideal of anarchy.
 That Bohokanob is not an exception-| al instance of the way we are training| up revolutionists is shown at the, pub | lie library, where a reporter for the| Herald found that revolutionary book sI such as this boy read were in much de i mand, the cards for them being we'll thumbed and the attendants trying toI youths who cannot yet speak English.| That condition rather than the greater material comfort in this country is the| thing for which Berkman and Miss| Goldman want to stay here. They havd
 following here through whom theY can spread the revolutionary doctrinesl to which they have devoted the best part of their lives, can make converts
 and achieve distinction as leaders. In Russia their doctrine has become| so much of commonplace that there
 is little use OF distinction for leaders, But the growing crop of young revo1 lutionists here is an excellent reason, for sending away these leaders and others like them and for stopping the| distribution of revolutionary literature q he,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
VILLA

From the Washington Star. .W}THAT extraordinary fortune at
 \MW tends Villa, a brutal bandr,
 with gift for conducting guer- rilla warfare! Consider his fortune, and then the fortunes of other men who have been prominent in Mexican affairs in the past decade.
 Madero left his books and dreams, and essayed the role of man of action. His leadership was brief, and wholly ineffec- tive. more pathetic misfit is hardly to be cited. He was bound to fall, and fell, not surprisingly, by the hand of an assassin.
 Huerta, an educated soldier, succeeded the confused and confusing civilian, and seemed the man for a rough road. For time he carried things confidently. But he did not last He made more enemies his hold on the situation. and in the end was driven out.
 Zapata, on the order of villa-cold. cruel, ignorant and unscrupulous-kept the field as an outlaw for 10 years, and operated sometimes within gunshot of Mexico City, floouting the authorities n the most impudent fashion. At last he was trapped and killed.
 aspirations like Madero. and an educated soldier of action like Huerta, but differ ing from both and of finer grain than either-falls. a prisoner. before firing squad. after a stormy career which, in the turmoil, had taken him in ana out of Mexico. He blundered in the end in associating himself with Villa, and paM with hisl life
 But Villa survives. He has taken all the chances of a fighting man; been wounded several times, and hunted from cave to cave. Reports of his death have revealed the fact that he is distrusted by many of his associates and widely de- spised. But it is all in the days work with him. Little he cares for sentiment, public or private.
 An interesting question in connection with this fellow is this: If we inter- vene in Mexico, will he offer to join us, or will he oppose us? Now and then he is quoted as expressing friendship a,.< admiration for America, while it is known that he has killed some Americans and robbed others.
 And another interesting question is this: If he offers to join us, will his offer be accepted? He would be a roisome associate. and could render small assistance. outside of scouting. He has only small force left; and it may be assumed that that is but indifferently equipped. We- on the other hand, will be in force. and our force equipped up to-date. As an enemy, Villa. while Sc lasted, might be tease on our flank. lodging about in the rough country and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 TT>S MIA GOLDMAN and Alexander
 N. Berkman are on their way to G@ Russia, having got as far as FL lis Island. It is good riddance to bad rubbish. Berkmans anarchistic teach
 ing and record have been emphasized by the recent death of H. c. FAck. whom he tried to murder. Miss Gold mans needs no emphasis, but the char acter of the woman is indicated by her attempt to avoid deportation on the ground that she is legally the wife of an American citizen, whom she left years ago and who is dragged out of a we'll earned obscurity by this claim. The officials at Washington have passed upon it and insist that it has no legal validity. Berkman tried to stay here by renouncing the anarchy which he has preached for years.
 The reason that these revolutionists wish to stayNin this country instead of returning to Russia, which has the kind of government that they say they be- lieve in, was brought out by some in- quiries made by Representative Siegel of the committee on immigration. At Ellis Island he ran across Thomas Bu- hokanob, a 17-year-old anarchist from Greenpoint, who is awaiting deporta- tion for organizing revolution here. The boy came to this country in 1912. When Hillquit was running for mayor he was IS and went to the Hillquit meetings. He became interested in socialism. went to a public library and read Berk- mans Prison Memoirs of an Anar- chist," Bakunin's God and the State" [
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
Narrowing Details Marked
 Death of Gen. Angeles

M GRAPHIC account of Gen. GA Felipe Angeles execution is contained in Washington dispatch to the New York World According to details of the tragedy which reached the capital through official channels, Angeles was the only calm person at the execution.
 The firing squad was unnerved, it is said, and some of the bullets missed Angeles. Instead of the usual accu- racy in such cases, the federal sol diers fired at random, wounding An geles in number of places, and it is reported that several members of the squad nearly collapsed. Angeles is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
M. Georges Carpenter
 Unusual Type of Frenchman

@ ONE of the most dignified jour- g nals in America have comment ed with a lively show of interest on Carpenters defeat of Joe Beckett, the English heavyweight champion, in record breaking time.
 Carpenters victory, while in itself extraordinary, does not open so wide a field for speculation as the fact that for the first time France had produced pugilist who may be re- garded as a serious contender for the worlds championship. The qualities which have distinguished the French man in the past have never included to a noticeable extent the primitive art of fighting with ones fists. Most of the French boxers have amounted to little and few have. been heard of in America, except by followers of pugilism.
 Your Frenchman will fight you a duel, with swords or pistols; he will dance with consummate grace, he will make love with an ardency and aban- don that astonishes the Anglo-Saxon; in the liberal arts he has no superior, but he has never distinguished him. !self by his ability to maui his fellow man or put his shoulders to the mat.
 Carpenter will fight Jack Demp- Isey for the heavyweight champion ship. He says in a syndicated arti- cle that he does not think he will be popular in America until after he meets-or defeats-Dempsey. He heed have no fears on that score.
 Carpenters war record~speaks for it. self, in painful contrast to Dempsey's
 conduct when the American boys were dying on the fields of France. Wheth-
 CT Carpentier becomes the champion
 of the world or not, he proved him. self patriot and hero in far more hazardous and sanguinary ventures than a few rounds fought in a prize
 ring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
Daniels Has Built
 Up Splendid Navy

|WHEENl Secretary Daniels began
 w his career at the head of the Navy Department, he was heaped with ridicule. But he grew in strength and in time-a short time-he devel- oped into one of the ablest secretaries the government has ever known.
 He has built a powerful navy, until It is now the second navy in the world. His policy is only to be followed to make ours the foremost of all. It has cost vast sum of money. Navies are, expensive enterprises, but MT. Daniels has disbursed the appropria- tions with wise economy.
 Admiral Dewey and Hilary A. Her bert gave Secretary Daniels nigh praise. The petty critics then ceased their fault-finding. He proved big man and day by day he loomed a great figure.
 It was the democratic party that gave the country modern navy. MT. Cleveland started constructing new ships. It was Mir. Herbert, as chair man of the navy committee. in the first Cleveland administration, that gave valuable aid Steady prograss was made, and in Mr. Cleveland's sec ond administration, when MT. Herbert was Secretary of the Nsvy still great CT progress was made.
 But the world war called for a greater sea fighting machine. The navy was small compared to what we had been used to, and Secretary Daniels forged along at wonderful Ispeed and with phenomenal eff ciency.
 The result is the splendid navy we have today. Secretary Daniels will go down in history as the navy chief Iof America, and one of the navy ex- Eecutives of all time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
Thankful for Rain

While the Sunday rains may have interfered with the church attend ance," said H. Key Milner, q am sure there was rejoicing that at least the Coosa river would be able to furnish sufficient water to give Birmingham relief from the Egyptian gloom which pervaded the offices and stores after 4 D. m. We have so many advantages in d great city like this that it takes something out of the ordinary to force us to give up this or that convenience to bring to our minds just how we are blessed. I am glad that all restrictions have been withdrawn. not only on ac- count of the merchants but for the shoppers as well, for it's hard matter to get ones holiday purchases even when everything is running normal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
QUITE A JOB

senator Twobble says he labored long and hard over that speech he de- livered today aIIe means comparatively long ant hard. He took the manuscript right out of his secretarys hands and in sisted on writing the last two para. graphs practically without any assist anee whatsoever, except in the matter of punctuation and a singular verb tha
 should have been plural
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09

BEGINNING THE DAY-Lord, why do l agonize: Why do I seek in morass and mounfain: Why do I wander in fogs and mists in pant ing, vain pursuit of wisps and jaek-'O-ianterns. When all the white the way is simple and plain, so that child need not miss it. when all the while Thou standest at my side saying ''FoIIow Nell. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
T FF Law Needed to Combat Bolshevism in America

THE American government is still 1 without the legal means to fight anarchy. Attorney General Palmer appeared before a Senae con- mittee last summer, described a sit uation which gravely imperils the American government and asked that additional laws be passed to enable the department of justice to make short work of reds"
 Congress, as everybody knows, has done little constructive work and among other important matters put by IS this question of combating bol- shev1sm. The department of justice has prepared bill designed to pro- tect American institutions and the American people from such outbursts of anarchy as that which resulted in the murder of former American soI- diers during an Arnistice Day parade at Centralia, Wash.
 This bill is known as the Davev sedition bill, H. R. 10650. It was in- troduced in the House by Martin L. Davey, member of Congress from the Fourteenth Ohio district. It is a strong measure, but not too strong for the present emergency. The American government has been too lax with alien disturbers and traitors who prostitute their American citi- zenship to spread bolshevist propa- ganda. Under the cloak of free speech and free press incalculable harm has been done. Forces have been set to work that have been largely re- sponsible for the unrest that is keep ing the United States in turmoil.
 The Davey bill, copy of which has been received by The Age-Herald seems to cover the ground fully and leaves no loophole for anarchists tc carry on their destructive work ir America. Sedition is explicitly de. fined to embrace practically all ac- tivities directed against the govern. ment, or any law of the govern ment, or any government representa-. tive, including acts of hate, terror. ism and revenge. Persons commit ting such acts are to be deemed guilty of sedition and upon conviction shal be punished by fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or Imprisonment for term not exceeding twenty years, or both, at the discretion o1 the court.
 Section 2, entitled Promoting Sedi tion," is aimed directly at the dis tribution of anarchistic literature with which the country has literally been flooded. A fine of ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both, is the pun. ishment provided. Section 8 refers tc the deportation of aliens convicted oi violating any provisions of the law when their terms have expired. They are to be barred forever from enter, ing the United States. Section 4 pro. vides for decentralization and sub. seouent deportation of convicted nat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
' :
 THE ELUSIVE MOONSHINER


 From the Montgomery Advertiser The elusive and more or less mysterious Imoonshiner now faces new and double system of law enforcement directed at his business. The federal government under the Volstead act will have a. in every county, and the state of Ala- bama will have state prohibition agent with a force of assistants
 The moonshiner has offered the most difficult problem with which the officers of the law would deal He is, according to the federal officer, much harder to , curb than the 'bootlegger. Moreover, ac-l cording to these same officials, he has increased rapidly in numbers ana aS one deputy marshal says, is buying au-, tomobiles, painting his house and fixing. up his place." In a recent trial in the federal court at Memphis, the district attorney said: Tt is nonsense to deal with the moonshiner as poetic and TO- mantle figure as is done in some stories and some moving pictures. He is simply a lawbreaker engaged in an illegal busi- ness for the immense profits that are in that business"
 To read the Alabama newspapers. one wonders how any moonshiners remain, I so often is it reported that stills nave been destroyed and moonshiners arrested Reports from the country indicate, how ever, that the large profits in recent months have stimulated the moonshner 1 to remarkable degree of activity More over, they are now caught and arrested In some sections of the state where they never before appeared.
 How the moonshiner will evade the new system of enforcement, as he has evades the old system with more or less slAs 1 cess, remains to be seen The state arsxa federal government have combined in tlil | making of a double enforcement law which is as tight as human ingenuity can make it. Wiping out the business of monshining will be the hardest task the officer of the new system can encounter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
Member of the Associated Press

The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmlnsnalh carving the Associated Press dis patches.
 Ths Associated Press is excluslVely entitled to the use for publication or all news dispatches credited to 1t or nc. otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
.An44N1MMdAanseu

P. S.: I was up at Trussville Sunday and the loyal little band went-pver the top. A line from Deacon J. B. Davie states that the West Blocton church. long served by me, though at present without a pastor. oversubscribed it's quota
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NOT IN THE MOOD

When the sunset dies In western skies
 And the purple night descends, And the glorious rout Of stars peep out
 And the rule of the day god ends, Our labors cease, And we're told that peace
 And joy on the toiler wait; But there's no song In a suburban throng
 When their train is an hour late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
A BLIGHTED CAREER

He was bright youngster in school" A
 50 he was"
 Always stood at the head of hi classes. People predicted he would a far" And did he?'
 "No. He's now the head of the school he used to attend and his salary is s115o year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
THE POETS SONG

By Tennyson. The rain had fallen. the Poet arose, He pass'd by the town and out of
 the street, A light wind blew from the gates. of
 the sun, And waves of shadow went over the
 wheat And he sat down in lonely place. And chanted melody loud and That made the wild-swan pause in her
 cloud,
 And the lark drop down at his feet. The swallow stopt as he hunted the
 bee k The snake slipt under a spray. The wild hawk stood with the down
 on his beak, And stared. with his foot on the prey, And the nightingale thought, T have
 sung many songs, But never one so gay. & Tor he sings of what the world will
 be
 When the years have died away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
soRELY STRICKEN

"The chairman of the reception com- mittee seems to be upset about some thing"
 He has cause to be-"
 What's gone wrongT
 Somebody sat on his silk hat and there's not another one to be had in town. He simply can't do himself jus tice in welcoming the distinguished visitor without the proper headgear."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
Limit for Gun ssroters,

Gun carrying along with chronic cases of vagrancy is going to be stopped" said Judge Abernethy yester- day. |" Ihave had several cases come up lately where some negro has taken
 a shot at another, where, if the aim hadn't been little faulty, the county would have had several murderers on their hands. I commenced a short time ago to give the chronic vagrants the limit with goo dfesults, and l am go- ing to see that some of the so-called gun toting is stopped in the same way.
 Tn the future, where a defendant comes up charged with carrying a con cealed weapon, or where he makes a reckless display of same, he is going to get the limit sentence, which will mean altogether counting the costs about one year at hard labor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09

Men at some time are masters of their
 fates; The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our
 stars, But in ourselves, that we are under
 Hngs. Julius Caesar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09

worrying stragglers and wagon trains. v we go in to clean up Mexico we may find it to our advantage to clean up Villa first thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09

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 European Bureau. 10 King street. Covent Garden, London. w. c. z'
 Eastern business office. World buiio- ing, New York City; western ouslnsss office. Tribune building, Chicago. The 8. c. Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
CHEERING SIGN

CHEERING SIGN '1s Jagsby man worth cultivating? q judge so.'' "On what grounds?" Ut is rLmored that he keeps a, cork screw and a beer opener hanging on a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
Rain Does Not Interfere

"The rainy weather we have been having lately has not stopped the busi- ness of the circuit court,' said Ted Openshaw. 'In fact, 1t looks like it is doing just the reverse. It hasn't kept the lawyers in. for they have filed ex- actly 23 damage suits with me today, and this is 10 more than the average for the bright. sunny days.
 And have noticed that the owners of dogs managed to get down, too, for there has been as many as POO people who have come in inquiring where they could obtain the license and tags for their pets.
 If the business in the circuit court office starts on a Monday morning at such a pace with the rain pouring down in torrents, there is no telling what amount of legal affairs will have to be handled around the middle of the week about the time the sun starts to drying off things"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-09
For Needy Children

"The Boy Scouts are planning to have one of the best performances at the Jefferson theatre next week, the proceeds of which will go~~to the Com munity Christmas, that has ever been staged by local talent" said H. w. Weston. 'The entertainment promises to be most unique and the Boy Scouts together with the members of the Community club, have charge of the community Christmas and will see that every needy child in Birmingham re- ceives something for Christmas.
 "This is splendid idea and we sin cerely hope that the people of Bir- mingham,. who are very busy at this time. will attend the performance and give this undertaking their support. Whether or not the community Christ mas Is a grand success depends largely on the size of the audience attending the performance"