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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15
PAWNSHOP ROBBED

Ninety five dollars in money and more
than 500 worth of property were taken
from Clays pawnshop Monday night by
a burglar. 1t is thought that the burglar
was in the building at closing time and
was locked in. as the lock was broken
from the inside and it is presumed that
he was in the building.
The money was taken from the cash
register and a suitcase was filled with
pistols and merchandise and taken from
the store, The robbery was discovered
in the early morning when the store
was opened.
The Red Cross Christmas roll call will
he in charge of the old organization that
conducted the former drives in the city,
] b. Morton acting as chairman. The
drve viii be for memberships, of which
here are more than 1000 in the city, and
t is thought that many more will be
added this year
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15
Governor Moves Capital

Laredo, Texas. October H.-Francisco
Castellanos, Diaz, governor pro tenn, and
the legislature of the Mexican state OF
Tabasco, have left the capital, San Juan
Bautista, and established a new govern
ment seat at Palizada leaving the usurp-
ing governor, General Green, in san
Juan Bautista without support, according
to information received here today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15
TO OPEN NEW BANK

Montgomery, October Especially For
the purpose of opening the Bank of Ex-
eel, in Monroe~county. d. f. Green, state
superintendent of banks. left Montgomery
on Tuesday. The new bank will be
opened on Wednesday at Excel ID. ID.
Minis, cashier of the Monroe County
bank at Monreeyille, is president of the
new bank.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15

showing the existence of many more
obligations to deliver to spinners this
kind of cotton than was believed to
have been made. Our advices report
merchants buying all kinds OF cotton
in great quantities from which to OBJ
tain these grades. Each day this mar
ket is called upon to absorb a certain
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, October 14.-Further rains
over the cotton states over Sunday In
creased the anxiety of the trade to OBJ
tain the better grades and staples
Those qualities are selling at the high
est basis on middling ever known,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15

win be sold in cans ranging from u to
l20 pounds to each person desiring it.
AT the Tuesday meeting of the commits
siorTTs also repealed the automobile
parking law and-adopted another which
requires automobiles TO be parked at an
angle of IS degrees The old law
CURED an ans4e Of IS degrees. and also
that machines be backed into the curb.
This necessitated much inconvenience, it
was said
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15

amount of these purchases as hedgs
are sold against part of the purchY
Lower grades show slight imprt
ment in demand. because they can
used on the continent. The feeling
the market is very bullish on the re.
suits to the crop of the long continued
rainy weather-Hubbard Bros. & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED

All CIRCLES Of the PASTORS Helpers are
electing new officers for. their year Just
beginning circle No. 2 having held their
election at meeting at the residence of
Mrs. Harry Massey, on Dartmouth ave-
nue., Monday afternoon. Mrs. b. c, Jones
was elected president Of the circle; Mrs.
H. II Milton vice president Mrs. j. B..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15
ARMY MEATS ORDERED

Montgomery, October 14-(Special)
City commissioners of Montgomery have
ordered $1,000 pounds of army meats,
which they will sell to Montgomerians
at cost, plus freight charges. The meat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM STATE CAPITAL
sy WILLIAM L. GoRMLEY

Montgomery, October l4.-(Special.)-in-
fiuenza has appeared in Alabama again,
four cases having developed curing the
week ending October II, according to the
weekly report of Or. II. c. Perry statis-
tician of the state health department.
on Tuesday
During the summer few cases have
been reported, but Notwithstanding the
fact it has not been found necessary TO
sound warning against another cpl
demic many physicians are of the opin-
ion additional cases will appear during
the latter part of October and Novem-
Der
The following communicable diseases
were reported for the week in Alabama;
Typhoid fever, Il; malaria, 16; measles,
s; scarlet fever IA; diphtheria, 81;
whoopng cough, 7; pulmonary tubercu-
losis, IS; infantile paralysis, l. Influenza,
4; veneral diseases, 1SS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15
INSTRUMENTATION PAPER Filled

MONTGOMERY, october H-(Special9
with authorized and paid-in stock of
$4,000, che Memo Chemical company,
with headquarters and plant at Montgom-
cry, was incorporated at the secretary Of
states office on Tuesday. The incorpo-
rators are r. E. Seibels, z. T. Hale and
Frederick Martin, all of Montgomery
This was the only concern to file papers
in Alabama on Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15

former police chief of Pinkney City
Ala. who was sentenced to serve IS years
on a charge of murder He was convict
ed four years ago, and has been at lib
erty on a parole. lie is asking for
fun pardon and restoration Of civil and
political RIGHTS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15
HEAR PARDON PLEAS

Montgomery, October 14.-(Special) AT
board of pardons, composed of Attorney
General ]. Q. Smith, Secretary of State
w. P. Cobbs and State Auditor Fitz-
hugh Lee, on Tuesday heard approx
mately 80 petitions for either parole or
pardon.
One of the cases on the docket for
hearing was that of a man named Box,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15
PERSONAL,

i Mr.. and Mrs William Herbert enter
tanned the bridal party of the smith
Herbert wedding following the rehearsal
Tuesday evening. The entertainment
was in the nature of an informal recep-
ton, with only the members of the we'd
ding party and relatives being present.
The house was attractive with ferns and
cut flowers, and an ice course was
served, the occasion being one of en-
ioyment to all who attended.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-15

Miss Margaret Harris of Coal city will
arrive in Bessemer Wednesday to at
tend the Smith Herbert wedding, and
will be the guest of DR.. and Mrs. e c.
Harris at the Grand hotel.
Glxylym Herbert of Lady Lake, Fla, is
the guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Herbert.
Misses Narcissus Norwood and Lofts
Barron of West End are the guests of
Miss Estelle Brown
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11

When we read that the high school STU
dents of Belleville, ILL.,, had demanded Soviet
the first impulse was to take it, of course as
mere esprit de joie, natural to that ha ppy
estate. But an examination of the demands
made upon the faculty. failing which the stu
dents propose to go on strike, disclose that
they are not at all out of the ordinary as soviet
aspirations go these days.
The students demand merely that they be
given 6-hour day, Friday afternoon holiday,
passing grade of 50 per cent rather than IS.
pool tables, free lunch, youthful teachers and
the privilege of making all school laws and
regulations.
These demands, it will be seen, are remark
ably conservative. Evidently there is no radi-
cal element at all in the Belleve high school,
or else it is under stern repression by the
standpatters: The students do not demand the
abolition of geometry or political economy.
They do not insist that the teachers and stu
dents change places. They do not even pro-
claim the repeal of the law of gravitation. 1t
is difficult to understand this tenacious resist
ance to the impulses of freedom and progress.
One would think that the Bellevie students
would at least want to burn the building down
as mute protest against the old system under
which people used to work six days week.
Kansas City Star
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11
The Ber1er Case

The special committee appointed to investi-
gate the qualifications of Victor Berger for a
seat in the house of representatives has re-
ported by vote of to l in favor of deny
ing him membership in that body. The report
does not award the seat to Joseph R. Carney,
the confession, but recommends that another
election be held. Berger, who is under convic-
ton for violation of the espionage act, would
scarcely be able to participate in new election
if one were held, unless the appellate court
should grant him relief
Representative Rodenberg has filed minor
ity report recommending that action in Ber-
gers case be postponed until the courts have
finally disposed of the charges against him. The
committee, however, has proceeded during this
investigation upon its own initiative, consider
ing the evidence without regard to the courts.
1t is not necessary that his conviction stand in
the courts in order that he be proved disqual-
fed for seat in the house Indisputable evil
dence of his unhtness as a member of the high
est law-making body has been produced, and
even if the court should decide that he has not
actually transgressed the letter of the law, the
membership Of the house Of representatives
and the American people generally are con-
vinced that he is not qualified to sit in that
body Berger has shown by his written and
spoken words that he is not in harmony with
the American spirit.-Washingto Post
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11
Values hat Endure

Greatly increased registration at the insti-
tutions Of higher learning, from universities
and technical schools to small colleges, ndi-
Gates something of the eagerness with which
young Americans are now seeking values that
endure Recent experiences have done much
to impress upon fathers and mothers no less
upon their young sons and daughters the les
son of the transformers of many things: They
have seen possessions supposed to be OF value
swept away like dust before the wind. They
have seen the dollars in which earnings and
incomese are expressed become incapable OF
affordng the former amount OF physical sat.
isfaction They have seen fuctuation and
change on all sides. Amid all this however,
the value of the things of the spirit has SUI
fered no change or shadow of change. These
things are seen, after ali, to furnish the sure
foundation on which to build.
Judged by relative wage standards, school
ing and particularly higher schooling, was
never more at discount. The strict material
ist with his eye glued to the present, might
argue that conditions are unusually unfavor-
able for widespread intensifcation of interest
in education The fact remains. however, that
colleges and universities on all sides are having
difficulty in meeting their increased responsible
tiles and that tremendous straining of their
facilities is the general rule Young Americans
of today realize that the man who has mental
training has something that is not subject to
change and chance as are other POSSESSIONS
Chicago News.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11

both sides-or yellow pine, if your
tools are sharp enough. Dimensions
of the various pieces are shown.
First cut out the end pieces CA
and Al each 8x30 inches and fora
the legs by boring one-half inch
holes at R and S, Is inches from
the bottom, and saving along the
lines. To give firm footing, nail
pieces F and F, each 3xl2 inches to
the bottom of the legs. Then cut
the sides (B and b each 8x3o inches
and nail or screw them into place
with their faces flush with the
edges of A. The bottom (c), 8x3o
inches should be nailed to A and A
and to the bottom edges of B and B.
The next step is to line the inside
of the box with tin or galvanized
iron, lining the ends first with lap
overs on B, B, and c. Line the sides
and bottom with pieces large enough
to reach from the top edge of one
side, down across the bottom, and
up to the top of the other side. Al
low half-ineh lapover to be tackled
on top edges of box. Solder joints
to make watertight.
To cover the 1apover and give
finished top, fit on D, D, E, and E.
each two inches wide, planned and
beveled, and fitted with mitered
joints. The brace G is suggested to
give greater stiffness. If soft wood,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11
Toledo's Street Car Troubles.

Without going fully into the merits of the
Toledo street railway situation, something may
be said as to one or two of the points involved.
The trouble there is of long standing beginning
several years ago with the expiration of the
franchise under which the system was oper-
ated. Disputes over different points have
arisen from time to time, almost always taking
on an aspect of rigidity that has led to inces-
SAINT friction and much bitterness between the
company and the citizens. Finally the citizens
voted to Gust the operating company from the
use of the streets, and the company has &C
cepted the challenge by removing its cars.
This presents in a concrete form question
often discussed in the abstract. Street railway
service in a modern city is necessary and
should be continuous. The inhabitants must
have ready and dependable means of trans
portation for getting about. When this is cut
off for any reason, great inconvenience falls on
the public. In this jcase the company has VOL
unfairly ceased to operate, taking the ordinance
Of custer adopted by the voters as peremptory
notice to quit. On the other hand, the citizens
take the view that the company is in some way
obligated to continue its service until the final
step is taken.
The right is probably about halfway be-
tween these two views, and both sides are
blufing. The city is entitled to the uninter-
rupted movement Of cars over the lines, and
the company is equally entitled to receive
proper compensation for its service The in
cident will be instructive to other communities
if it induces parties to such controversies tc
hold their tempers and try to reach settlement.
on basis of justice and equity
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11
Government by Injunction"

From the Washington headquarters of the
American Federation of Labor comes long
disquisition on government by injunction" and
protest against the act of Judge Anderson at
Indianapolis on Saturday. The court took the
course most of the public expected it to fol-
low, and if any establishment is experienced at
labor headquarters, the feeling may be traced
to another cause. Relying on the fact that the
democratic party had Numbered in its party
platform against government by injunction, :"
and that the present administration in 1916 in
contnently surrendered to the railroad brother
hoods, it was natural the miners should expect
a withdrawal in their favor of the governments
case.
The process OF injunction is frequently
abused, but so is the right to strike. In this
instance the parties to the controversy are quite
willing to fight until one or the other is COM
PEELED by exhaustion to give in. Under ordinary
conditions they might be permitted to carry on
their fight in their own way. But coal is
needed, especially in the winter, and the effect
Of the strike is already felt in the life of the
nation. Therefore the court interfered, not to
force the miners to take employment on terms
fixed by the operators, but to clear the way to
the digging of coal that must be had to cook
the food and warm the homes of the American
people, even the miners themselves. If such
exercise of the great power is despotic, it is
benevolently so. That the miners should be
allowed to take the entire nation by the throat,
as the railroad brotherhoods did congress, is
uncomfortable. Nothing involved in the wage
dispute will suffer through being submitted to
ark; 4hn of Ia
carried on continuously while the adjustment is
in process.
Government by Injunction Is abhorrent, but
government by men who willfully ignore public
rights and personal responsibility and seek to
enforce their own will by might is just as repug-
nant to our ideas of justice.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11
%ReeAn;>
&15r3$%
always Prepared"

Kansas City. Nov. 9--To the Ed
tor of The Bee: II did not raise
my boy to be a soldier" ID a matter
to be looked squarely in the face. II
did raise my boy to be good citi-
zen" also implies squaring the words
with fulfillment thereof. And among
the duties of citizenship, to assist in
the national defense is an impor-
tant factor; from external agrees
sion; for internal safety. This spells
equal distribution of the burdens of
peace and Of wars to come, for who
shall say there never will be another
war, much as war should be forever
erased from the earth?
The future we know not OF. The
past Is our reminder, our teacher.
Is; or Is not eternal vigilance the
price of liberty?" Was Washington
right, or was he wrong, in admon-
ishing us that "the most effeetual
way to preserve peace is to prepare
for war;" Was Roosevelt right or
wrong In saying he who does not
prepare the nation for war in peace
is not fit to be followed in what con-
stitutes the most effective method
for peace?
Shall we become a thorough ma
ton, fit and ready for any emer-
gepey of peace and war, or shall we
remain a nation SO full of assurance
that we shall be ready for these
shall we plan Systematically, safely.
sanely to compel law and order
within and respect without because
of an always ready, standardized.
economical, not haphazard and
tasteful chance rethod2
In war, necessity compelled con-
scription, in peace, benign and
peaceful CONSUMPTION Is none the
less necessary, popularity called "uni-
versal training" the basis being to
know how to be a soldier If neces-
sary; the additional advantage be-
ing in educational, vocational and
industrial Accomplishments that
would standardize the ability of the
American to, perform his duty bet
ter as a citizen for his country, for
himself.
If we do not have the courage to
look these matters squarely in the
face it is not without the bounds of
reason and possibility we may have
to pay for taking the road Of least
resistance, with compound interest
Which road are we going to choose.
for choose we soon must? we cam
rot go on forever disregarding sign
posts The road is clear-the ma
tional defense is the handspring of
any nation.
Whether we join other nations or
not in some form of cooperative de-
Tense, we are still great and grow
ing nation and must provide for the
constantly increasing population and
burdens that come with the in
crease.
The call Is for intelligence, cour-
age and whatever is right. The
business Of the safety and preserva-
ton of the republic is serious one.
1t is our duty and should be con-
sidered a privilege and pleasure to
take hand in this most important
function of standardizing all our
American manhood for every branch
of American service.
JOSEPH MEINRATH.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11
The American Legion.

The young men who fought in France or
worked behind the lines in America are repre-
scented in the great gathering now assembled at
Minneapolis, where the American Legion is
holding its first convention. With no purpose
to anticipate the conclusion of definite actions
of the delegates, we may look forward con-
idently to such expression of patriotic Ameri-
canism as will serve to inspire the land. once
more These men have no part with any of
the discordant and corrosive influences now
present in our country. On the American
Legion more than on any other existing or
ganization rests the duty of Kidding the land
of the evils that threaten it. This will not be
done by passing resolutions, or by voicing de-
mands Work is required, serious active con-
structive work. to be wisely planned and def
nitely carried out. AS the American Legion
measures up to its opportunity, so will it in
crease in numbers and prestige, and become
what it should be, power in affairs of the
nation. III.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11
People You Ask About
Information About Folks in
the Public Eye Will Be Given
in This Column in Answer
to Readers Questions. Your
Name Will Not Be Printed.
Let The Bee Tell You.
Let The Bee Tell
To General Barrett.

DR.. Leo s. Rowe. who is mentioned
to succeed John Barrett as direc-
tor of the Pan-American union, is
one of the best informed and most
experienced of his counttrymen on
all questions pertaining to political
science and actual governmental
conditions In the nations Of the
Americas. Technically considered.
he is professor in the University Of
Pennsylvania, the faculty of which
he joined in 1896. But of late years
he has been serving the government
quite as much as the university, so
valuable have his attachments and
qualities become to the federal au-
thorities. Many years ago he had
much to do with shaping the organic
laws and methods Of administration
in Porto Rico and Cuba. He has
attended numerous Pan-American
conferences, served as secretary of
the United States-Mexico commits
sion, and held office as assistant sec
rotary of the United States treasury
Dreyfus Is Now 60.
Sixty years old is Lieut.. Col AL
fred Dreyfus, who has been decor.
ated as an officer Of the Legion of
I1OHoT III TSCOSlllllOu Ol HIS SERVICES
in the war. Twenty-Five years ago,
it will be recalled, this same Alfred
Dreyfus, then captain in the
French army, was the central figure
in sensational case that long held
the attention of the world. 1t was
December 20, 1894, that he was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment on Dew
lis island, following his conviction
by court-martial on charge of SELL
ing military secrets to Germany
Following the confession of Colonel
Henry that he had forged some of
the evidence against Dreyfus, a new
trial was ordered in 1899. He was,
however. again convicted on Sep
TENDER of that year and sentenced
to 10 years Imprisonment He was
pardoned, however, week later.
The supreme court of Cessation later
found him innocent of the charges
against him and he re-entered the
army with full citizenship restored.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-11
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Gardening in Frosty Weather.

hardening IN Frosty Weather.
BY CAROLYN SHERwIN BAILEY.
There isn't any reason why the
house need be bare of flowers and
green just because frost flies out
side. Almost any plant will be
beautiful in your home if you only
nurse it a little.
Box and Pots Needed.
A window box for that southern
window of the living room will be
company for you all winter. A long
wooden box painted green, or white
with green banding will do. Have
your brother make a drainage pan
for it and fasten it on brackets to
the sill. A layer of crease gravel in
the bottom of the box will help the
drainage and the earth should be
mixed with fertilizer.
Ordinary flower pots are better
for growing plants than a fancy
jar. These should always have
saucers underneath and you can
dress them up in green crepe paper
for everyday, orange at Thanksgiv-
:rg, and crimson at the holidays.
Your Indoor Planting.
Put slips of red, white and pink
geraniums in your window box, or
shoots of lovely pink begonia. Set
out small, hardy woods fern,
myrtle, ivy, or inch plant from the
garden for a border. These will
need coddling at first, plenty of wa
ter, not too much sun until they are
started, and trimming so that all
the strength of the slips will not go
into the leaves and prevent bios
soming.
Seeds of such friendly flowers
as pansies, nasturtiums, morning
glories, and petunias will blossom
indoors in box or pot. Give them