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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-12
RUMBLING INDICATES DEMAND
 THAT GOVERNMENT
 SHOULD FUNCTION
Congress Has Power to AIIay Present Feeling of Labor, Declares Former Head of Conductors
 Organization
By Associated rrsss

Washington, August H. Nine-tenths of the energies of labor leaders are given to the job of sitting on the lid, Aus tin B. Garretson, former head of the Order of Railway Con- ductors, testified today before the House interstate commerce committee, which is seeking to solve the problem of how best to handle the railroads after the wartime period of federal control.
 Sporadic strikes, throughout the coun- try, Garretson said with great earnest ness, merly are straws which show the way the wind is blowing over a sea of industrial unrest. Rumblings heard in many quarters do not mean, he said, that the laboring people want to over throw the government, but indicate a demand that the government function.
 It is largely in the power of congress the witness declared. to allay the feel ing.
 ''But it cannot be done by inaction," he shouted Somehow the American peo- pie are not always prone to do today what may be done tomorrow, unless an emergency forces us to act, and then we break all records
 Describing himself as man who has been pilloried by the press from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Garretson ,oid the committee he had travelled long plan which would give labor vufee iii the management of the railroads the people. would own. But he did not re- gard the Plumb plan, he said, as more than one factor in stilling the spirit of present day unrest, nor did he think It would change human nature or other things that can be eliminated.
 IS NOT A DREAMER
 q am not dreamer of dreams, he told the committee which gave unusual attention to his testimony, for his ap- pearance on the stand put a new breath of life into the railroad hearing, now approaching its second month. The us- ual method of dealing with witnesses was aDanQOn6Q, ldTReiy dt t1AIItlSOi it- quest. He said he had no statement in written form; when he started to speak, as he expressed it. he did not know where he would stop, and for two hours he was subjected to a rapid cross-fire of questions from a dozen members and for each he had a quick reply.
 Mr Garreston, who had been waiting since early last week to be heard, was called to the stand after Glenn E. Plumb the man who framed organized labor s bill, had concluded his testimony.
 There was no desire he said, to extend the Plumb plan beyond those industries ill which men worked with their hands. He wanted the men who run the rail roads to have 8. voice in their manage rnent he wanted politics eliminated, and in the general discussion on this last subject, the witness declared that there was no politics in the action of the American Federation of Labor in seek ing to have the postmaster general re- moved, because this view, he held, was expressed by Republicans and Demo crats alike.
 Admitting that the four great railway brotherhoods supported President Wilson il 1916, and smilingly throwing in the added information that with all my Re- publican affiliations, I am guilty, too,'
 (Continued on Page Fourteen.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-12
READJUST PRICES

The war department will continue from time to time to change prices fixed on it's surplus foodstuffs and as they are made. the lower quotations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-12
STORAGE K ALTON UT

$ SfCk fftsfis k ftsisIs L1AilUlS ti Y
 Cold storage regulation suggested by President Wilson was taken uo h9 tue House agricultural committee Europe s imports of food from this country, par ticularly that purchased with the $100.- GOO, 900 fund which President Wilson said was necessary to stop the west ward spread of bolshevism, drew the fire of Senator Myers, who declared in speech that people abroad were buying America products cheaper than they could be purchased a home.
 President Wilson's suggestion that Congress could show what can be done to control mounting prices by reme- dying the extortion which 1t has been charged was rampant in the District of Columbia, resulted in the drafting of a bill by the district comm issioners. in conjunction with Chairman Murdock, of the federal trade commission, which would put under license all dealers in food, fuel and wearing apparel, with the license revocable on proof of profi- teering.
 Retail food merchants are beginning to feel the effects of the distribution of surplus foodstuffs by the war depart ment it was indicated today, when the department announced officially that prices on certain foods were being re- adjusted Ito make them accord with re- ductions which have occurred (snce August S) in the retail market on sim liar commodities of like grades"
 The announcement added
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-12
AMERICAN DRAFT LEAGUE COVENANT IS GIVEN CONGRESS.

President Refuses to Supply ''All Data" Declaring Most of Memoranda Left in Paris and Many Were of Confidential Nature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-12
PALMER ASSURED !. OF OPERATION
 ALL STATE FOOD
 ADMINISTRATORS
All District Attorneys In- structed to Act Immediate ly on Any Evidence of
 Law Violation Which
 Comes to Light
By Associated Pre.s

Washington, August H. Attorney General Palmer today received enthusiastic" assent from virtually all state food administrators of whom he asked cooperation in the governments efforts to reduce the high cost of living. At the same time, he sent instructions to all district attorneys to get in touch with the food admins trators and to act at once on any evidence of law violation which might come to light in h ark of the fair price com-
 as 10 be reconstituted in
 coun
 ten,sa of astrict attcr- neys ?, was ea tas nnlimited aiiapility" o hs seerei sergice for any investigaaep ssAry Cor the punishment of hoN4 dst and teers.
 development of the daa aa quest by Mir. Palmer of Secret ton that inspectors of packins be instructed to furnish district ncys upon request any information tn might lave, It was not indicated whal was contemplated along this line.
 Living problems continued 10 ilbsort raueh ot the attention of Congress. Fed erai supervision of the issuance oi stocks and certifieate tes was pr opposed i. tuc Sene te.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-12

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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24

The election Of the Russian dufa and the tenn
porary restoration OF Finland's constitution. Yet
restored" is hardly the word, for that restricted.
cautious and enlnently bourgeois constitution Of
1861 was resurrected into something democratic
and terrible-a popular government, based upon
full adult suffrage and proportional representation
with an elected house, containing at Its first MS
~seinhlage in April, 1907, 80 social democrats out
OF a total of 200. And these were genuine, uncom-
promising Marxist social democrats, the outcome
of n party which was first formed In 1890. Since
then the social democratic representation of Fin
land has steadily increased at every election.
From the spring of 1907 to that of 1909 Finland
experienced "two crowded years of glorious life"
In which the country simply hummed with Internal
progress and political development. The old feuds
of Svekoman and Fennoman were taken up with
renewed vigor, although the Swedish speaking
Films were now only oneninth Of the population
and still decreasing.
We all remember how, In May, 1910, 100 mem
berS of the British parliament signed a memorial
to the duma expressing the apprehension with
which they regarded the proposal to deprive Fin
land of her constitutional rights, while a large
number of German. French, italian, Belgian and
Dutch deputies formed and addressed similar
memorials. But all this was In vain, and by July,
1910, tie bin for the classification of Finland be-
came law.
1t was not Immediately and violently put into
prnctice. The lanGtdag was still assembled at In
tervals, though IL had rather less power than n
municipal council. A number OF official dimissals
took place, Russians were given full Finnish
rights in Finland and the usual series OF arrests.
lmprisonments and exillngs followed, but until
1912 the Finnish press was only Internationally
censored. However, this second series OF bad
years wns much harder for the Firms than the
period of 1S99-1906.
Soon after the war began Finland was practical
Iy cut off from the civilized world. classification
set in with full force and the most stringent CEN
sorship of the press, OF correspondence and of all
written matter whatever was established. Even
the internal business OF the country suffered great
ly, and the whole people were put "underhatches,"
as 1t were, and assuredly on very short rations for
an unlimited time.
One piece OF news only came through In the
early days Of the war. TO the effect that the dow
nger empress OF Russia had returned from Den
mark by way OF Finland and had shown much
courtesy and common sense on her passage. IL
was said that she had caused her personal guard
TO be greatly relaxed, that she had talked with
Firms everywhere and had taken pains to create
a good impression. But shortly after her return
the Firms were specially and ofncially warned mot
to build any false hopes Of restored liberty" upon
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24

the friendly demeanor of the dowager empress.
Naturally this illadvised policy has had very
bad results. At the beginning of the war many
Firms were In favor OF the allies, chiefly by reason
of their English trade connections and English
sympathies. But when Russia's most powerful
md necessary ally forbode to say one word In
favor of a reasonable treatment OF Finland, ana
when the English press by it's undiscriminating
praise of all things Russian actually gave more
strength to the powers of reaction, then the Firms
cannot be blamed for looking elsewhere
Their exiles nocked to Germany In great num-
bers, and II Is said that more than 3,OOO rims
took up their residence there. The Germans are
further credited with making active propaganda
for their cause among the professors and students
Of Finland. but It seems doubtful whether they
would really have found II worth while. when the
allies themselves were unconsciously doing so
much 10 spread pro-German sympathies there. II
but no one can say more than h-Ffnlnnd was
occasionally used as n channel for communi-
cation between Germany and the t%raitorous purity
In Russia the allies have only themselves TO blame.
However this may be. 1t seems pretty clear that
there were several German agencies In more than
one part of Finland trying to stir the people up
to an armed revolt
Since our renctlonary press nt one time took
upon itself TO repeat the venerable and dlscredlted
ciiches about Flnland's desire for independence
or for union with Sweden, II IL well to say once
more that Finland's great nationalist movement
was all directed against Swedish influence, ana
that there ure not nYe WlschcreA IN the whore
country who would dream OF the possibility OF
such n union. Nor has the nercest advocate OF
Finnish freedom ever contemplated absolute In
dependence. The position of the country and Its
very small population wholly forbid It.
Surely this tiny nation has a magnificent futurel
II may even be possible for them, highly trained
and politically qualified ne they are, 10 hurry
through the intervening stages of their economic
development and show to Europe the working
model of a cooperative commonwealth. They ARE
In the main Mongolians, patient, passive. secret
and unfathomable, and their kinsnen In Japan
and China have done equally marvellous things.
Yet alien from us as they are racially, their de-
yeIopment is so western that no Englishrnan who
has spent much time In Finland has any sense of
a race barrier. On the contrary. they secm, once
known. curtousiy appealing and sympathetic, this
brave. ugly little people, with their high cheek
bones, great forehends and deep-set eyes.
Their literature, like their landscape, Ia es-
traordinarily varied and beautiful and there runs
through II a sense Of the tImeless forests and the
unboundcd North. II baunts you no one who has
felt the charm OF Finland In really content till he
sees the Land Of Thousand Lakes again.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
PAPER FAMINE IN OLD TIMES.

There was a paper famine in Europe In the
seventh century. In A. d.. $40 the snracens con.
ouered Egypt, and at the same time. by order OF
omar. their caliph. the renowned library at Alex
andrIa. consisting Of 100000 volumes. was burned.
THE uaper supply of the then world was derived
from the papyrus bark. a reed which grew only
I'm Egypt. Consequently. when the Sarncens
paIned possession Of the country the paper supply
was cut off. This led TO the adoption OF n curious
expedIent. The writing on used papyrus paper
was erased and the paper. which was thus made
available, again brought into use. An old author
has suggested that probably owing TO this many
valuable contributions from classic writer's. Tnci-
tins. Livy and others. were lost to the world.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
ICE AS A

We Americans eat more Ice cream and similar
frozen desserts fhnn the people Of any other Nil
ton. but the japanese have us beaten as eaters
OF Ice. According 10 the Tokyo Advertiser. one
Of their favorite dishes IN small cakes Of ice
broken into tiny pebbIy pieces and eaten with
sugar and lemon, or any other mixture that they
may fancy. The commonest way OF eating ice In
Japan, however, IL 10 shave II into snowy fakes
and TO swallow II with sweetened water into
which various appetizers. such as fruit juice or
have been thrown.
Ice cream. milk and eggs shaken with Ice anc
other kinds Of cooling beverages are sold in an
everfDcrenslng quantity. but the old style Of eat.
Ing raw" Ice. in what the japanese call the
korimizu fashion, is stin In the greatest vogue
Youths Companion.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
FAMOUS BRITISH REGIMENT.

The Coldstream guards is a regiment OF foot
guards In the British army forming part Of the
royal household brigade. II is one of the Oldest
regiments Of the British service. dating from
165a. In that year General Monk. who. after the
death of CromwelI. took sides with the pariia-
ment and the army. organized the regiment Mt
CoIdstream. a border town of Berwickshire. Scot
land. whence the name Of the regiment and
marched with II into England. II has seen service
in every British campaign OF any magnitude ana
bne emblazoned on its regimental colors the
names of many Of the most brilliant victories Of
British arms
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24

York, Newark, Baltimore, Lynchburg,
Norfolk. Raleigh, Oklahoma City, Kan
sas City. Chicago. Milwaukee, Ham.
mond. Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Pitts
burgh, Rochester. Syracuse. Utica
and Birmingham. In every city ne ie
alleged to have cashed bogus checks
and to have assumed the nemes OF
Capt. Henry NJ, Willis, Capt. George
II. Williams. Lieuts. Harry u. Rich
ards, Harry ii. Murray and Samuel
NJ. Kinney.
He said he was glad he had been
caught as he was tired OF eluding the
officers, and even II he did have to
put up some time he had had his fling.
He has been away from camp since
August 20, and has spent every cent
OF the money secured. as he has been
stopping at the best hotels In the
cities he visited. He was placed In
the county jail and officials at Fort
Sill were notified.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
MWSgNNN
| [A|RY TALL
| s. hAlH 0ANAHRQlR
JIMMIE's

"a little boy named Jimmie" said
Daddy, wanted an airplane-a little
toy m~ake-believe airplane for a Christ
mas present"
I'D like u myself" said Nick. "Do
you suppose Santa Claus will give me
one7 i do want one so much. l know
other boys who'd rather have trains or
ships or guns or make-believe SOL
diers, but / would like to have an air
plane"
We'll, i don't know any other way
of attending to 1t but the usual good
old-fashioned way. You write a let
ter to Santa Claus and address it:
"'Santa Claus, ESQ.,, Care of the
Fireplace, Near the North Pole
Then you put your letter down
here by the fireplace"
Daddy" interrupted Nancy.
"Yes" questioned Daddy. do you
want an airplane, too?"
"No," laughed Nancy. "but 1 was
thinking"
"What were you thinking OFF" asked
Daddy.
Il was thinking, or rather 1 was
wondering, what children would do who
hadn't any ireplaces in their homes
like many of the city children"
"Oh," said Daddy. "they can leave
their letters by the f~ire-escapes, for
Santa Claus comes a-visiting all around
to get letters, and they can give them
to their daddies to post for them, as
daddies are usually told where Santa
Claus is going to have all his branch
post offices.
"In fact" continued Daddy, 81 do be.
lieve that any letter, after n has
found out where Santa Claus is go
ing to get his mail, will reach him
If the address reads simply:
"'Santa Claus, ESQ., or Mr.. Santa
Claus"
do you suppose 1 will get an air
planef" asked Nick.
"There is no telling" said Daddy
you'd better get your letter off. Santa
will certainly give 1t to you If he can
He does all that he possibly can, and
when he can't do any more he never
wants TO see a child feel badly, for al
he asks for as thanks for his won
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
ALLEGED DESERTER
HAD LED GAY LIFE
Arrested in Alabama While Wear
inQ Uniform Of First Leu
tenant OF Army.

Birmingham, Ala.-PrIvate Guy Q.
Heron. an alleged deserter from Bat
terry A. Ninth field artillery, Fort Slll.
Oklahoma, has been arrested BY epe-
cial agents of the department Of JUS
tice on Information given by Harry
Goldstein, superintendent Of = detec-
tive agency. Heron was wearing the
uniform Of a first lieutenant at the
time of his arrest and Is alleged to
have a number Of aliases and to have
cashed bogus checks In the various
cities he has visited amounting to ap~
proximately $1,000.
When he was brought to the office
of the department of Justice he con-
fessed and told of the wonderful way
he had been entertained a cities he
had visited among them being New
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
rATTooINo ANCIENT CUSTOM.

The antiquity Of tattooiDg is evidenced by It's
almost universal employment among primitive
peoples. In New Guinea the young women arc
tattooed ni over their bodies. their faces being
similarly treated after marriage.
In the Solomon islands q girl ia not eligible for
marriage unless she has been tatfooed. The girls
OF Borneo are thus adorned from waist to knees
In most elaborate fashion likewise their hands.
feet and ankles.
In Burnah. under the last king, every male
wns required by royal edIct TO he taftooed from
waist to knees; and IT was customary for the
girls TO have their tongues taftooed with charms
10 attrpct the men.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
PENCIL SAVES LIFE OF BOY
Stopped by Metal case-5oys
Were Playing War Game.

Dies Moines. ia.-A metal lead pen
ell In his pocket stopped a bullet
and probably saved the life Of Glen
Cntiin, twelyeyear-oid son OF Rev
erend CatIin OF Council Bluffs during
q war game here. Several boys had
built o cave In the outskirts OF town
and while young Catlin vas nJvnnc~
Ing to the cave Eddie EmIg. fourteen.
who was standing guard. fred a %
cniIber rife In the general direction
from which the CatlIn boy was ad-
ynnciDg. The bullet tore a button or
his cont and was stopped by the PEN
ell.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
house PLAYS PART IN SUIT
Second Cook Fell and injured Hsrseif
While Being Chased by Chef
With Rodent In Hand.

Kansas City. Ao-A mouse plays
sn important part in a suit for dam
ages nled by Pearl Smith. formerly
employed "A second cook Of the West
srD Union Telegraph company. against
the company. Miss Smith. employed
In the company's kitchen, declares In
her suit that the chef found a mouse
In q garbage can. He proceeded 10
chase the second cook with the mouse
In his hand. In trying to escape. she
declares. she fell and Injured herself.
Three thousand doIlars' damages. \,
asked OF the company.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24

derful Christmas work is that children
will be happy and pleased-for oh, he
loves them so much.
"Santa Claus doesn't care about boys
any more than he does about girls,
and he doesn't care about girls any
more thar he does about boys. He
lust loves them nll-ali boys and girls.
but write your letter, Nick, and
tell Santa Claus what you want, and
that you'd like 1t very much If all the
airplanes aren't already promised. l
heard q report that Santa Claus had
been asked for a great many of them
this ear-mo than he expected he
would be asked for"
"Ten us about Jimmie" asked Nick.
And Nancy added:
Eyes, when Christmas time comes
near we get talking and talking OF all
the wonderful things to talk about
at Christmas time, and we almost for
get to hear Daddy's story"
swell, Jimmie wrote a letter TO
Santa Claus not long ago. and he wrote
the following:
"Dear Santa Claus:
my name is Jimmie-that Is ! am
called Jimmie, though my real name
is Harold. But don't ever speak OF
me as Harold, for though / think II Is
a very nice name and though / don't
object to IL in the least, still l am
never called anything but Jimmie. And
/ like Jimmie for a name, too, don't
you, Santa CLAUSE It's a very nice
name-and it's so easy to say. l tell
you all this, dear Santa Claus, so you
won't ask for Harold's stocking when
you're around on Christmas eve. Please
Santa Claus, don't forget to ask for
JimmIe's stockingl And for Jimmie's
house-not Harold's house. There are
other Jimmies IN the world. but I'm
the only Jimmie in my house, so you
will know.
"TPIease, lear Santa Claus, give me
a little toy airplane. For when I'm
n big man l want to go up In the air
in q real onel I'd love to fly and so
I'd like a little airplane which would
do In the store. The store at the sec
ond corner after you pass my house
has one. 1t looks like a nice one. too
"'Wishlng you a merry Christmas
your loving friend Jimmie And SAINTS
has reserved the airplane for his little
friend Jimmie, I've heard" concluded
Daddy.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
HOLDUP VICTIM LEFT
UNDERWEAR AND SHOES

Cleveland. o.--Joseph Wiczyn-
ski is all out Of luck. He was
all dressed up In his regular
SUNDAY clothes" and WAS walk
Ing down a lark street when
two men stepped out and took
away his $3.50. NOT content with
breaking him, they then Or
dered him 10 undress, and when
they left Joe didn't have coat,
pants, vest. hat or %overcont. II
was d chilly walk home, down
dark alleys and behind buildings,
according to his complaint to
the police.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
People Are Passiv
and Unfathomable Ye|
Their Love of lnde-
pendenCe Promises
Bright Futurej9'

N 1916 Emperor Alexander ] OF
Russia wrote TO Steinheit, then
governor general of Finland, In
the following terms: "As re
CARDS the conditions Of Finland,
my intention has been to give
this people a political existence,
so that they may not feel them
selves conquered by Russia, but
united to her for their w clear
odvontaqe. therefore not only
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
SLOW PROGRESS.

.you have been trying to deceive me- for years,
Henry"
aob come now. my dear
III is said practice makes perfect"
.what has that TO do with met"
~ was Just thinking that you don't succeed
any better now than you did when we were nr"
m.rrtedr-Bimingham Ase-Hernid-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
SUCH AN lnouIslrlvE WOMAN.

Hub-Wbo IL that letter fromf
Wfe-What DO you want TO know fort
Hub-Therc you goi what do want To know
forT' ] declare n you aren't the most inop,.,t,v.
woman ] ever net.-Boston Transcript.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-24
The Preferred Ones.

-wbat are the mermaids' fnvorfte
petsT'
II suppose they are ocean grey
hounds and sea-pusses."