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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18

|, there should be universal endeavor to make it all that it's purpose contemplates.
 The league cannot be construed as strong super government that interferes with national independence, and if one of it's members finds it destasteful or
 detrimental to its interest there is definite
 provision for withdrawal
 Senator Underwood indicates that he would be pleased to see the powers of the league made stronger than the cove nant that has been presented for ratifica- ton warrants. 'I would have been glad,' he says, 'to subscribe to a contract that would have arbitrarily limited the arma- ments of the world" Surely that would be a practical way to prevent hostilities. There can be no war without armament. Such decree" Senator Underwood says, "is not found within the contract. but there is a covenant that seeks to keep | the peace of the world, that authorizes l the executive council of the league to consider how much the present arma- ! ments of the nations should be reduced" This and the provisions the covenant makes for the arbitration of international disputes Senator Underwood thinks.
 should lessen materially the chance of war, but the greatest principle the cove nant contains, he says, is that which binds the nations that accept it to pre- 1 vent conquest, to preserve the political l independence and territorial integrity of every member of the league"
 l Senator ITnderwood says.
 | "Prevent the incentive for war grow
 ing out of a selfish desire for aggression,
 as the overweening force of this covenant
 will do. and few actual causes of war
 will remain that cannot, without diffi-
 culty or danger, be submitted to the high
 court of arbitration.
 There is no gainsaying the sound logic
 of that conclusion. The clause that in- h;bits aggression for the purpose of tor
 ritorial acquisition or subversion of po-
 litical independence, alone makes the pro- posed league worth the while.
 l Senator Underwood considers that the United States has outgrown the possi-
 bility of revolution and that modern con-
 ditions of rapid transit and close inter- national dealings make the world too small for any policy of isolation to be
 longer of practical avail. The country
 must face it's position as a great world power and should lead in this enlightened
 endeavor to preserve the worlds peace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
DO NOT PRoFANE ST. HELENA

From the New York Evening Sun
 It is to be hoped that no msjudgment on the part of the allies and associated powers will lead them to select St. Helena as the Molokai of the Kaiser. We say this irrespective of the merits of his case as whole, whether or not it is wise to try and condemn him at all. We are thinking of St. Helena and not of him.
 The island has almost a sacred place in tradition. It is the limbo of ,surpass- ing genius, the shrine of supreme mis- canoe in the world mind like Marathon, Pharsalia. Canossa, Bunker Hill and Waterloo. The lonely rock has signifi- canoe to mankind richer than the whole city of Berlin. with Essen and Emden thrown in. To send the Kaiser there as prisoner would be almost as to turn the Old North Church into a movie theatre or Independence Hall into a po- lice barrack
 There is room for only one ghost in St. Helena. Napoleon made modern Flu rope. Wilhelm Il almost destroyed it. The greatness of the one shines mere re- splendent for the imposed squalor of its last surroundings. By far the best way to accentuate the littleness of the mod ern pinchbeck hero will be to trick out his end in the tawdry splendors of his Achilleion. Make Corfu the antithesis of St. Helena in the coin current of world speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
Self Made Millionaire
 At Great Disadvantage

E1THERE are self-made men in 4 America who scoff at a college education and take the position that they can buy all the brains they need in their business for $20 week, but it is safe to assume that after his hu- initiating experience on the witness stand at Mt. Clemens, Mich., Henry Ford is not one of them.
 Spectators in the courtroom saw a multimillionaire, admittedly one of the most successful men in the world, a great captain of industry and a me chanical genius, unable to answer questions asked by a cynical lawyer which would not confuse the average schoolboy. It is perhaps no disparage- ment to MT. Ford that he apparently lacks a well-rounded education. He fought his way up from poverty to fame and riches, but it is surprising that he should make such replies at tlibuted to him in the account of his cross-examination by lawyer repre-. senting the Chicago Tribune in his libel suit against that paper for $1,. 900, ,0OO.
 Asked who Benedict Arnold was Mr. Ford said he was a writer" He did not remember the date of the dec laration of independence, his definition
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
PARLEZ-vOUSF

From the New York Evening Post.
 Realizing the absurdity of soldiers in France who go about greeting every Frenchman with 'parlez-vous .r' the makers of a popular soldiers phrase book have hardly mentioned parler. Instead they have 7aarshaled a stock of expressive phrasee for im- mediate daily needs. There is some mud" Hurry up." and Who is that lady?" the book asks with keen in- sight into soldier psychology and un- derstanding of conditions in France It is concerned with queries as to where to go. and directions as to how to get there rather than academic mastery of forms and sounds. As a result sol- diers and sailors returning from abroad converse in the euphonious French tongue with a fine nonchalance. but with an accent which. if interna- tional relations depended upon it. would produce a grave situation in the league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
CommcndH Community Sing


 Tt seems to me that nothing Of re- cent date is more effective or enjoyable than the community sing in the different department stores conducted by Ed F. Shumway of the war camp community service" said Laurens Block of the Pa risian store. "We had our first, sing on Wednesday afternoon at 5:45, lasting 10 minutes, and everybody had good time and enjoyed the occasion. MT. Shum- way has splendid voice and he knows exactly how to use it and to inspire others to sing. We have invited him to come back next Wednesday and every Wednesday thereafter. and anything that we can do to make his work sue cess we will be glad to do because we believe in it and think it is great in- stitution'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
AVOIDING PERSONALITIES.

why don't you take part in some ot these senatorial debates?"
 "rm a bit old-fashioned, replied Sem ator Twobble. "Whatever may be my private opinion of my colleagues, l don believe in creating an impression among the newspaper boys in the press gallery and crowds of Irresponsible spectators that senatorial dignity is a misnomer." '"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
Who DeuieG Itf

Birmingham is certainly a city after my own heart" said J. Mercer Barnett, president of the Barnett Lumber com pany, and l am not the only one that feels that way about it, either re- gently met man who had moved to Jacksonville, Fla, from this city several months ago, and he told me he expected to come back to Birmingham and locate. He declared there was no other place on earth just like old Birmingham, and the more he saw of other cities the better he liked this one.
 T am always glad to take a trip, but doubly glad to get back home, and think that is the way every real Bir- ming hammer feels about it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
Juilliard Foundation
 For Promoting Music

6T1 HE bequest of A. D. Juilliard,
 U which establishes a fund that will range from five to twenty mil lion dollars for advancing music, has naturally stirred the entire musical world
 Musical America, with it's usual en- |terprise, has invited distinguished authorities to express their views in its columns on the best way to apply the. income to be derived from the 
 MT. Juilliard left the trustees un- |hampered. They are free to use the income as they think best, for assist ing students of distinct talent and for raising the standard of music in gen. eral. Arthur Bodanzky, conductor of the Metropolitan and the New Sym phony orchestras, says:
 
 "What America needs most is a great national conservatory of music, with a personnel of instructors se- lected from the best in the world. The provisions of MT. Juilliard's will relative to this fund are so magnifi- cent that am free to say only in the l United States could such an action happen. What musical life needs most here is national conservatory, 1, founded on a broad scale, with the best available teachers in the world. Such a conservatory would create an artistic and musical atmosphere wherein all the talented young Ameri- cans could be educated and cultivated. It is only in this way that we can get in the course of time great composers and musicians.
 Tt is just as important that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
THE ATTRACTION.

"Outdoor banquets, 10 or 15 miles from town, are getting to be quite popular in this part of the country"
 "So they are."
 How do you account for that?''
 q suspect it's because, when the bar becue is about ready to serve, the en- terprising toastmaster disappears into the promeval forest and soon returns With a jug of moonshne.' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
President s Salary
 May Be Increased

President s Salary
 May Be Increased
 ID EPUBLICAN congressman are lM favoring a measure to increase the Presidents salary to one hundred thousand dollars. A bill will prob ably be introduced shortly providing for such compensation.
 In tentative discussion it has been pointed out that the present salary seventy five thousand dollars year is insufficient, especially in view of the fact that the chief executive has to pay an income tax that cuts his salary down to less than fifty thou sand dollars.
 The constitution provides that the Presidents compensation shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected" If, therefore, the proposed bill is enacted into law it would not become effective until March, 1921. The republicans are hop | ing to elect President as MT. Will sons successor. The outlook is bright for another democratic triumph in the 1920 elections, but no matter who is iinaugurated President in 1921, one hundred thousand dollars is little enough for any chief magistrate to receive.
 When the Sixtieth Congress pro- vided for a salary of seventy five thousand dollars, many members ex- pressed themselves in favor of one hundred thousand dollars, but as twenty-five thousand dollars year had been provided for the Presidents travelling expenses, or so much there of as he might expend, the majority thought that seventy-five thousand dollar salary would be ample.
 As the President has no rent to pay and no mansion to keep up he can, in normal times, live in becoming style on seventy-five thousand dollars a lyear, but a President with family can save little or nothing on that salary. The dignity of the highest office in the world should certainly carry with it salary of at least one hundred thousand dollars. Out of that Icompensation the President might be able to save something, and not, on retiring from the White House, ad- lvanced in years, be forced to earn a living as an ordinary citizen, as has been the lot of several ex-Presidents. 1 President Taft was the first to re- lceive seventy-five thousand dollars. Washington's salary was twenty five thousand dollars and the Presidents compensation remained at that until Grants second term, when it was doubled.
 Fifty thousand dollars used to seem large, almost lavish, but in these days of high cost of living one hundred thousand dollars would seem cnly moderate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
TELEPHONE
Truth is truth To the end of reckoning.
 Measure for Measure.

BEGINNING THE DAY-I would have my heart open at all times to receive--at morning, noon and night; in spring and summer and winter. Whether Thou cOmest to me in sunshine or in rnin. I would take Thee into my heart joyfully. Thou art ThyseIf more than the sunshine; Thou art ThyseIf compensation for the rain; 1t is Thee and not Thy gifts I crave. Knock and shall open unto Thee-Matheson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
DEAFEN1NG D1scoRD.

What is that song the bolshevih sing?" T don't know" replied Mir. Dubwaite. But if they can't keep together any put- ter when they sing than they do when want to hear it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
WISDOM

By Robert Browning. It's wiser being good than bad;
 It's safer, being meek than fierce, It's filter being sane than mad.
 My own hope is. a sum will pierce The thickest cloud earth ever stretched: That. after last. returns the first. Though a wide corhpass round be fetched; That what began best, can't end worst. Nor what God blessed once. prove ac-
 curst-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
Au.slkznM nMlAautiH
MECCA FOR HAs-BEENs
the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The deposed President of Peru has sailed for Paris, where all the South American losers go. Why not dispose of the ex-Kaiser that way? He always wanted to go to Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
THE WEAKER SEX.

THE WEAKER SEX. Fate intended me for leader of men, | remarked MT. Peckton. Incidentally. he was talking to himself.
 Whats that?" asked Mrs. Peckton, sharply. T said men my dear. Don't jump to a conclusion that would be at variance married you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events recorded July Is, 1899.

r American correspondents stationed in
 the Philippines charge General Otis with
 concealing the truth about the situation there, and unite to get an abatement of
 the rigid censorship now in force. They
 claim that press dispatches have cre-
 ated an optimism not warranted by the tets.
 The outbreak of another feud in Clay county, Kentucky, has resulted in the
 death of five men. The Morris and Crit fin clans are waging war and the noun
 tain district where the feud is raging is reported terrorized.
 The yellow fever situation in Cuba con- tinues to improve. Only one death and one new case were reported yesterday at Santiago.
 The board of control of the United
 States Cast Iron Pipe company has ap- pointed J. K. Dimmick manager of the plants at Anniston and Bessemer. Tax Commissioner Richard P. wetmore
 has been busy raising tbe tax access ments on industrial properties in the Bir-
 mingham district. Some of the larger valuations are: Tennessee company, $11, l S000 COO Sloss company. $3,S00.000; Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing company g.
 200 Oo0; Birmingham Railway and Electric company, $l,S0O,0OO.
 | The rumored reorganization of the Sloss company is confirmed by New York dispatch. It will have a capitalization | of s, ,000, 900, and will take in some furnace property in north Alabama. including the Gulf Coal and Coke company, the
 Lady Ensley furnace and the Hattie Ems phia furnace at Florence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

"Umph! That means she'll want al least $ week more than the girl whA quit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
MOST LIKELY.

There are various terms of endear- ment.''
 "Yes?'
 T see where a man who was haled to court, charged with non-support, called his wife old horse.' '
 Rather appropriate. should say. She's probably the draft animal in that fam ily"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
REACHING OUT

From the Washington Star.
 The meat packers, not content with controlling the pork, are now said to be after the beans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18

COUNTRY, FARE. The solitude of rural scenes do not care to seek And live on squash and turnip greens At twenty plunks a week. The farmer is a thrifty man And oftentimes I fear He formulates a little plan To be a profiteer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
SUPERIORITY

SUPERIORITY. There's young woman outside who wants to take the place of the stem ographer who left us yesterday" Does she look competent?" Sure. And she calls herself a typist,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
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 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to 1t oi not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication Of special dispatches herein are also reserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18

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dreaners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18
UNDERWOOD'S SPEECH

a jug of 'moonshine. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-18

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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
THANKS RED CROSS
HOLY FATHER GRATEFUL FOR
AID FROM AMERICAN
RED CROSS.

The following is translation of Car
dinal Gasparri's letter to Major Al
drich of the American Red Cross:
His Holiness has been informed by
Father Panissardi, Procurator of the
Pious Society of st. Joseph, of the
extraordinarily generous and charit-
able work of the American Red Cross
on behalf of institutions and families
in great need in the Tiburtine district
of Rome, and specially in connection
with the Plus X College. His Holi-
ness, in his character of inheritor of
the charity of Jesus Christ towards
the poor finds great consolation when
ever he sees human pity coming to
the aid of those in want and misery,
for they are children of his special
love and nearest his paternal heart
He is, then, greatly comforted on hear
ing what your excellent institution has
done among the numerous poor people
of that district Therefore, His Holi-
ness desires Himself to be the inter-
prefer of the feelings of gratitude Of
His children, and has charged me to
transmit to you the expression of his
sovereign gratitude to you and to the
members of the American Red Cross,
on whom he invokes abundance of
celestial benefits.
While carrying out his instruc-
tions, l desire to add the expression
of my own high consideration.
"P Card. Gasparri"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
FATHER DOMEST|CI HONORED
ST. PAUL PRIEST Is GIVEN THE
cRoIx DE GUERRE BY FRENCH
GOVERNMENT.

When war broke out in Europe, in
1914, Rev. Innocent Domestici was
pastor of the Church of st. John the
Baptist, Hugo, Mimi. Being of French
birth he at once left for France to
help his nation in the coming strug-
gle. AS Father Domestici is cOnver-
SAINT with several languages, his serv-
ices were in great demand, and he
became official interpreter successive
ly for the French, British and Ameri-
can forces.
Father Domestici has just been no
titled that the French government has
bestowed upon him the famous Croix
de Guerre. The citation says:
During a violent bombardment he
went continuously of his own accord
through the village of Monzay to
bring aid to the civilian population
there; he showed the greatest care
for the wounded and the most solici'
tous devotion to duty. with complete
contempt of danger, SO that he was
highly admired by ALL"
The citation is signed by Colonel
Linard.
Father Domestici is at present sta
toned at the Church of the Sacred
Heart, Faribault.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
MEXICO NEEDS JOLT
COLE PREDICTS END OF cARRAN-
"a GOVERNMENT. ss%'z

Richard H. Cole of California, was
an intimate friend of Francisco Made
70, the murdered Mexican president,
and later the personal representative
and adviser of President Carranza in
the United States. Mr.. Cole. says that
armed Intervention in Mexico would
be a mistake, but that the United
States should assume a mandatory
over Mexico because no faction or
group of factions there is capable OF
organizing stable government.
ANY strong power could conquer
Mexico in sixty days. said a state
ment by Mr.. Cole, but military in
tervention would be a shame and a
crime. What the Mexicans want is
food, not force. About 100000 of
the 100000 people of Mexico will
welcome Americans who come. with
food and the help they are entitled
to-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
ARCHBISHOP BOWLING
WELL KNOWN WRITER PAYS a
DESERVED TRIBUTE TO ST.
PAUL PRELATE.

Rev. John Talbot Smith, in an ap-
probation of the New American pre-
lates, says: ''The Archbishop of st.
Paul, in succeeding the wonderful
John Ireland, comes into contrast
with the most striking clerical figure
of his day Ireland's life reads like
romantic adventure, and his achieve
ments were carried out on the big
world stage. His successor certainly
has not the temperament of pioneer,
nor the rude strength of the prelate
who shaped the Catholic northwest; ;;
but his training was in the same lib
eral and American school, he has the
wide outlook of the modern Journalist,
he has daring, originality and elo-
quence, and it would not surprise me
if in due time he took up and held the
very first place which Ireland owned
in this republic. AS Bishop of Des
Moines he was the first, and | think
the only Bishop to say a strong word
for woman suffrage. His experience
has been peculiar. It is hopeful
sign to see him in st. Paul."