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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-22
Democratic Victory
In 1920 Assured

IN years past in presidential cam
4 paigns promise of democratic
victory was bright. But the promise
of democratic victory is greater now
than ever.
Tho republicans have bungled the
peace treaty. Instead of dealing with
the treaty as nonpartisan question
Leader Lodge has made it a party
proposition. AS result the country
is in serious mess.
Never was so grave mistake
made from political point of view.
The voters of the United States
will resent it and resent it with a
vengeance. Thousands of men who
have voted the republican tickets in
years past will vote with the demo-
Gratis in 1920.
The great business interests are
hurt by the action of the republican
tactics in the Senate, and will show
their resentment at the polls accord
ingly.
The people were strongly in favor
of the administration; were strongly
in favor of the Presidents peace
treaty and the covenant of nations.
Lodge and his followers fought
viciously. They were moved by
hatred toward the President; and the
people are with Mr.. Wilson.
The democratic party in 1920 will
sweep the country by record break
ing majority.
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OUR FAVORED ENEMIES

knows that every right of free speech,
of free press, of Individual action
has been ruthlessly suppressed in Rus
STA. He knows that if an enemy of
bolshevism tried to do in Moscow what
he has been doing here he would prob
ably be shot forthwith. He knows that
he has been permitted to carry on his
activities here solely because of Amer
lean tolerance and that bolshevism
would not last two weeks if the oppo-
nents Of the system were permitted
fraction of the liberty he has enjoyed
here.
The onlA logical thing to do with Mr..
Martens is to apply the principle and
practice of bolshevism in his case. He
should be denied all the privileges an
open enemy of bolsnevism would be
denied in Moscow and deported, rather
than shot as a final act of tolerance
toward the immature diplomacy of thel
bolsheviki.
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WHAT FOOLSTHESE MORTALSBE

itation of a real baby. Talk about UNI
dermining her characteri Why, that
blessed doll does more to form and shape
and mold her budding character than
all the platform prancing women on earth
could do. Haven't you watched her dress
it, and fondle it, and punish it. and feed
it, and teach it? OF course we all have
witnessed that divine exhibition. One of
the most pathetic sights in this world
is sick child holding her painted baby;
and one of the saddest experiences in
the world is to lose one of these bright
haired girles. We keep her doll because
it was hers, and we love it for her sake;
and we love all other little girls and their
dolls for her sake.
No real mother will indorse this plat
form-paraders piffle. Every real mother
and father in the land knows dollie and
little girl are of each other a part. We
shallenever Danish the dollies from child
ish arms any more than we would dream
of hushng the gurgling laughter which
they evoke from the rosebud mouths of
the heavenliest creatures on this sinful
old earth
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international reputation; highly edu-
Gated, intellectually brilliant and ex-
iperienced as a diplomat, a soldier
and a man of the world, with the
rough, unlettered Villa, a former cat
tie thief and outlaw 1t was in way
a compliment to the genius of Villa,
for leader must have unusual quail
ificatfons to inspire the respect snd
allegiance of a soldier of Angeles
type.
Villa is no common personality. Had
not his previous exploits proved him
a remarkable character, the enlist
ment under his banner of Angeles
would have shown him to be some
thing more than a mere desperate,
intent on plumber. There is more be-
hind Villas campaigns than the Mex
lean government will acknowledge. If
General Angeles is executed, and as
an open and avowed rebel, it will not
be difficult to convict him, there will
be regret in America. He has large
number of personal acquaintance in
this country who admire his talents
and ability.
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Marking Time While Waiting
For the Coal Strike to End

e67THE public pays" While eff
u forts are being made to eff
feet an agreement between coal OPP
orators and miners in Washington,
the strike to large extent continues.
Already the fuel famine is being felt
lacutely in many parts of the country.
The railroads, so necessary to trans
port food, are being crippled; public
utilities and industries of many kinds
are affected, and, in fact, the very
life of the nation itself is menaced
because Representatives of the miners
and the operators in Washington
can't get together.
What are we going to do about it :?
1t looks as if we would do just as we
have done in the past-grin and bear
it. We have not yet reached the point
where government ownership of mines
/ is either feasible or desirable. We
do hot need or want specialization of
industry in this country, yet it is ap-
palling to think of the human suf-
fering and the economic loss hat
would be brought on America if the
present situation of affairs were tc
continue.
1t won't continue as long as
we have a government with power t.
act, a government that is still SUI
jperior to any faction or factions il
America-but the. public is alread,
suffering; it has been suffering 70
weeks. 1t is neither just nor fai
for the innocent bystander to unds-g,
such treatment as he receives whel
employers and employees fall out, Blu
his luckless status seems as fixed a
the laws of the Modes and Persians.
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ing with his repair kit"

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
NIX 18TH Puck, sometimes we are in
MW clined to make no exceptions in
the matter of the lack of mortal
wisdom.
A prominent suffragist proponent,
who sometimes varies her perfervd de-
mands for the granting of woman's
right to vote by digressions Characters
ticaily silly, asserts that it undermines a
little girls character to play with dolls!
In listening to some of the lucubrations
of certain of these professional feminine
rplifters one is inclined sometimes to
wonder (and we say it without any
thought of irreverence where God is.
Any woman who thinks that the playing
with a doll viii undermine little girls
character is entitled to stand at the head
of sly Puck's class. In a word, she is
clean daft. To say such a thing with
the Christmastide just yonder, coming
nearer and nearer every day, proves that
this woman is ignorant of childhood and
it's care, its beauty and promise.
We'd almost as soon see the little girls
go as their dolls. A little girl would not
be lust right without that miniature i'm
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Villas Chief Lieutenant
Is Given Speedy Trial

nv EN-. FELIPE ANGELES, the
w best known and most able Of
Villas lieutenants, may soon face a
firing squad, Angeles was captured
Wednesday by federal troops, near
Vale Olivia. With ominous celebrity
his trial by court-martial began yes
tefday in Chihuahua City.
"A rebel of less note would be given
short shrift and unless the Carranza
government is prevented by reasons
of expedieney from executing Angeles,
he may soon stand where SO many
of his countrymen have stood, with
his back te wall and the rifles of
federal soldiers pointed at his breast.
An extraordinary union was that
Of Angeles, artillery expert with an
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George Creel's Committee
Was Worth All 1t Cost

66Mh1Y bureau of publicity spent
4V0 only S4,464, OO0," says
George Creel And the thing to
which it gave most publicity was
George. Some governme expense
Memphis Commercial-Appeal
This is not quite fair to very
useful agency of the government dur
ing the war The American people
ra lch of George Creel through
44o Apers because he was tar
fe p-.ragraphers, and assailed by
in and out of public life AS
{. s,,a.,es of fact, the work done by
the committee of which he was the
head, was and is yet little understood.
Discounting the fact that great
deal of white paper was wasted by
the committee in press matter that
was thrown into waste paper baskets
and some of it's advertising was of
doubtful eXpediency, the fact remains
that it did work of tremendous
value, work that proved no small fac
tor in bringing victory to the allied
armies
Surely Won Ludendorff is a compe-
tent Judge. He says the allied propa-
ganda, in which American propagan-
da was conspicuous, played havoc
with the morale of German soldiers
and civilians. What Mr.. Creel and
his co-workers did to the central
powers was worth far more than any
paltry four or five million dollars. In
the haste of getting the nation pre-
pared for war, large sums of money
were literally thrown away, through
.carelessness, Encouragement or ex-
travagance.
In addition to many other activi-
ties at home, Mr.. Creels committee
stood behind every one of the sue
cessful liberty loan drives, which
would not have gone cover tire top
so easily, if at all, without the aid
of the committee on public informa-
ton, and its thousands of minute
speakers.
All end all, Mr.. Creel seems to have
done remarkably well in a difficult
job. As fellow newspaper nan
even though he at one time showed q
weakness for undertaking, he deserves
better treatment than he has received
from the American press.
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BY Robert Greene Q59D.
Sweet are the thoughts that SAVIOUR of
content:
The quiet mind is richer than a crown:
sweet are the nights in careless slumber
spent,
The poor estate scorns fortunes angry
frown.
Such sweet content, such minds such
sleep, such bliss
Beggars enjoy, when princes oft do miss
The homeiy cottage that affords nor
pride, nor care,
The mean that grees with country music
best,
The sweet consort OF mirth's and music's
fare,
Obscured life sets down a type of bliss;
A mind content both crown and kingdom
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A STILL NOVEMBER DAY.

STILL NOVEMBER DAY.
Just watching the cloud ships in the
sky,
The feeciest cloud ships sailing by.
Is matter enough for an idle mind
When the sun is warm and the wind is
kind.
In another world seem the storms end
strife
And the crowded ways of busy life.
Where we stand, foot-loose. on a
wooded peak,
Girt round by road or babbling
creek.
And as far as a rowing eye may see
A landscape rolling wide and Zee.
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HuM1LrAT1NG QUERY.

do you believe earth jewellers will
ever communicate with Marsw
They may, before long" replied Mr..
Dubwaite. gloomily, as he laid down
his newspaper. but just look at these
headlines-strikes lockouts, riots, an
archy, famine incipient wars and
trouble everywhere in the world"
But what have all these things to
do with our communicating with
Mars?"
I'm afraid the first question the
Martians will ask us when communi-
you get that way?"
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BRIEF COMMENT

Louisville Gourier-Journaf "Overcoat
joiners" now get $40 week. the retail
clothiers say. You may not have heard
of an overcoat joiner, but now know he's
a citizen prominently connected with the
price of the overcoat
st. Louis Globe Democrat: The depart
ment of Justice is holding 39t reds for
deportation Those figures should be en-
bellished with a few ciphers.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal; More
automobiles are made in this coun-
try than baby carriages" says an ex-
change. Sure; baby carriage lasts a
generation; it doesn't have blowouts and
punctures and dead" engines.
Augusta Chronicle: Hindenburg says
Germany did not want war. Hindenburg
means Germany did not want the kind
of war and the result which Germany
got.
Washington Star: His greatest mani
festation of political influence took place
when Victor Berger succeeded in uniting
the republicans and democrats in Wis
ccnsin.
Houston Post: AS an emancipation our
Judge Harvey, with his record of 1877 di-
vorces granted in as many minutes, may
soon he claiming honors with the la &c
Abraham Lincoln
Brooklyn Eagle: Reports for six month s
since last May Indicate that in England
airplanes and dirigibles had 5000 passen
gers and there. Iwere only IS accidents.
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of waiting for spring, as in former
seasons.
President r. A. Brown is past
master in fairs. He will not only
have the greatest fair next year ever
seen in the south, but one Of the
greatest in the United States. That
it will pay, there can be no doubt.
The action of the directors is an
example of Birmingham's notable
public spirit.
y ~ y
Pittsburg women who purchased ex-
pensive raiment on credit to wear dur
ing the visit of King Albert and Queen
Elizabeth are now being told by hard
hearted merchants that they or their
husbands will have to settle>up and no
goods can be returned.
+ * *
A Philadelphia newspaper tells how a
veteran of verdun jumped into river
and saved three women's lives. Anybody
who acquired the habit of heroism at
Yerdun is apt to retain it as long as he
lives.
A prohibition worker says the women
drinkers of England will make the pro-
hibition campaign harder in the tight
little island" 1t will be no easy matter
to take their daily tipple away from the
Mrs. ARISES.
y - y
A grass widow of New York finds it
quite impossible ito live on $4,000 a year
and demands $4,000 Naturally, the
thought of moving to Flatbush or some
other place and cutting down expenses
has never occurred to her
y y X
Democrats and republicans are girding
their loins for the struggle next year.
"Girding their lons' is euphemism for
passing around the hat and putting their
heads together
William Carlisle, super bandit of
Wyoming can get lucrative engage
ment in the movies any time he is at
liberty to sign a contract.
* ). y
During the present shortage of white
paper what excuse is there for fol-
lowing any red" literature to be printed
at ali?
| Circuses are among the few amuse-
ment enterprises now touring the south
which do not offer their patrons bed
room scene.
! One of the most complimentary discov-
cries in regard to Won Bernstorff we
have made in some time is that Won Lu.
dendorff doesn't like him.
y y y
One disadvantage of being gooc
licking prince is that you have to trea
the pretty girls and the homely girls al
alike.
y *
Persons who oppose post-season foot
bali game between Auburn and the Uni
versity of Alabama should consider tn,
gate
y * *
What's become of the old-fashionec
football hero who thought he knew NOR,
about the game than his coach?
Life was not so complicated when
balloon ascension drew a crowd from 5
miles around the fairgrounds.
y y *
So John, Bull is to get the Imperator
That will call for more crashing of teetl
in Berlin and Hamburg.
y
Prohibition in the south has made tw,
"monshine stills spring up where Their
was only one before
y * *
Hope springs eternal" There is still
talk of wet" Christmas.
ii DDTEE CONTNHENTT
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE


Yesterday mornings paper carried
the Macedonian call from the Cen
tralia, Wash, post of the American
Legion to every legionaire in the
United States said George Lewis
Bales yesterday.
"Mr. .Harper's Age Herald cartoon
today symbolized most forcefully the
alliance. intentional or otherwise, be-
tween the bloody handed element re-
sponsible for the dastardly deed at
Centralia and the reactionary and OBJ
structionist element in the United
States Senate which. as Mr.. Harper
says. frustrated the effort of honest
men to accomplish world peace, and
as Chairman Homer S. Cummings Of
the democratic national committee said
! last night, had dillidallied and DEBATED
the meaning of phrases for six months
and then adjourned without saying yes
or no on that al1-important question.
at did not take the pronunciamento
from Centralia to define the para
mount issue now to be settled by reg
ular Americans in this country. 1t
w of four of our comrades during an
Armistiee day parade last week to de
| fine that issue. But that revolving in
cident did precipitate the open con
flict
THE line OF battle has been drawn.
Arranged upon the one side is the I.
w. w; upon the other the American
Legion. The issue is Americanism.
THE men of the American Legion
are proud, since the issue must be met,
that the ipmutable laws of right and
wrong and the eternal fitness OF
| things placed the burden of the issues
determination upon them. The battle
is on. 1t shall be fight-as the men
in the line know only how to fight
! to the death"
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FORETHOuGHT.

why didn't you accept your friends
invitation to take a ride in mis- motor
carr"
Because" answered the selfish man,
'he knows / have some knowledge of
mechanics and tire mending If any
thing should happen to that old bus
of his, which is more than likely, I
couldn't plead ignorance and remain
comfortably seated while he was fuss
ing with his repair kit"
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Coosu counts Pro.pcring

1--WE are mighty quiet out in our
county" said ]. M. Parker, representa-
tive in the legislature from Coosa
night to hear Chairman Homer S.
Cummings speak. 1--WE have been
busy gathering our crops, but these
are about all in now and we may begin
talking politics little as matter of
diversion during the winter days and
nights Coosa county people are pros
pering and they are happy and we are
going to keep on working hard and
urOsDering''
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THE BRYAN HABIT
he Des Moines Register.

From the Des Moines Register.
An Indianapolis News correspondent
says he finds many democrats in the
middle west turning to Bryan as can
didate Some men find 1t hard work
to get rid of fixed habit.
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A REQUISITE.

"Tve just been reading about those
nothing -above-t he-waistllae styles in
Paris"
Z shouldn't advise every gil to
dress like that"
MOP"
THAT is, not unless she has back
that speaks for itself"
WEALTH NOWADAYS.
poor old gentleman He died a
pauper. hear"
mo, indeed. He will be regarded in
some circles as having been quite wei
to do"
But understand he had practically
no income?"
Perhaps so, but he oequeathed
quart of genuine Scotch to one if his
friends"
EFFECT OF THE SPIRITS.
II rather queer ABOUT lui1 FAMOUS
comedian"
"wen%
ut seems he's never expressed de-
sire to play Hamlet"
That's probably because he's been q
strict teetotaler all his life. II he were
like some other comedians and got
'unco' flu at times / dare say he would
not only want to play Hamlet but
Macbeth and King Lear as wei.
CONFLICTING TESTIMONY.
You can't afford to miss thas aee-
ture by Prof. Brobotsky of Petrograd,
Basel and London"
Whats his subject?'
The Truth About Russia
'Umph! 1 certainly can't aErord to
miss it if 1 care for variety. Every
time hear the truth about Russia IFS
a brand-new story"
PAUL COOK.
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Inspector Has New job

This is some busy job. being a
license Inspector" stated O. L. Finch.
as he blew in from Montgomery yes
terday and turned around once or
twice, grabbed his hat and was gone
out again. "Down in Montgomery
they read a new ruling which now
makes me one of three men to look
after stray dogs Sort of new job on
the license inspector. See that all
dog owners have licenses on their
pets for the coming season, and with
the number of CANNES running ram
pant the sheriff. constable and myself
are going to have some time. But we
win get them tagged and shortly after
January l expect ito have licenses
around the necks of most of them"
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Our virtues

BEGINNING THE DAY-Now,
Lord, for this days delicate work
I pray Thy grace. May 1 approach
my problems as from before Thy
face. May l seek to win, not TO
crush; to persuade. not to destroy.
May my word be fifty spoken. May
all the ends I aim mt be my Gods
and truths. In Christ's name. Amen.
H. NJ. e.
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From the Houston Post.
1t makes no difference what I. w. w
nay stand for in the philosophy of the
trifling devils who belong to it. Uncle
Sans Interpretation should always be.
Il Will Wallop."
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This is the Life

81 lived in Birmingham for some
years and I know what the h. C. of
|. does to a fellows pocket said DR..
w. B. Holmes. state industrial secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION. who is just back from a trip
to Talladega. Sylacauga, Lanett and
West Point. 80 l bought me farm
UP the valley few miles this side
of Springville. known as Crystal Lake,
on account of the bold spring which
gushes forth near the roadside.
"One thing for sure I will not be
troubled about nuts for the winters
use, as we have plenty of pecans and
black walnuts and have already gath
cred about three bushels of scaly
banks. We manage to live at home.
Have good cow, and this means but
ter, cream milk and clabber We have
fine lot of chickens. and this gives
us friers and broilers. and every now
and then fat hen for the table, with
| fresh eggs in abundance.
Our sweet potato crop was abund-
ant. our hogs are fattening, and so we
are fixed SO far as good things to eat
are concerned. II more people would
move into the country and go to work
and raise their own foodstuffs we
couldn't hear so much about the ris-
/ ing cost or meats and vegetables
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Memb.r of the Associated Press

The Age Herald is the only morning
. and Sunday newspaper in Blrmlns ma III
carrying the Associated Press as
patches
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for publication OF
all news dispatches credited to 1t OF
rs otherwise credited IN this paper
anu also the local news publlsheo
hc~eir.
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dispatches herein are also reserved
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BUILDING.
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1or foreign advertising.
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Able Democratic Speech

'"rhat was a great speech Homer S.
Cummings made at the dinner last
night said Randolph ST. John, post
master at Sylacauga. ''He had his
facts down to fine point and knew
how to tell them win the greatest
effect If that speech. or some others
equally as forceful, could be delivered
in every community in the country l
don't believe there would be much
doubt about the fate of the peace
treaty and the League of Nations when
Congress reconvenes in December Mr..
Cummings certainly shows the repub-
licans up in a bad light and my opin-
ion Is that most of the present opposi
ton to the peace treaty will change
their minds by the time they get back
to Washington"