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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21

In addition to these, there were no re-
ports from more than a dozen sectors
where there is known to have been
ing hours and where results of a sur
prising nature are expected when other
reports on the work are made today.
Conservative estimates on the number
of new paid memberships received yes
terday place the result of the first day
of the campaign at 500
Ono of the most encouraging
signs of the campaign lis the fact
that many of the men who only en-
tered the ranks of the legion yester-
day asked to he placed on one of the
teams soliciting members 80 that
they might join in and aid the work.
Every new member seems to add
one more enthusiastic worker
to the ranks and he in turn is filled
with the desire and the determine
ton to go out and spread among
the other cx-service men the needs,
the advantages and the necessity
for the formation of n strong post
in birmingham.
The luncheon yesterday which was
attended by 40 members of the cam
paign committee, was an informal af-
1alr, there were no prepared speeches
but the enthusiasm of the members was
such that suggestions, questions ant
other ideas for the advancement of the
campaign kept the crowd keyed up tc
the highest pitch until the hour wa:
over. The reports of the various teams
| were indicative of the interest and thu
rivalry existing.
1t was announced that additional but
tons had been wired for and would ar.
rive before this morning by expires.
and that more membership blanks ant
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21

For the "a hours ending at p. IN. oc-
tober 20, 1918:
Highest temperature .................... "
Lowest Temperature ..-................. IS
Mean temperature I.... n
Normal temperature neutrality-suspicious.. s.
Deficiency in temperature since Jan. &c
Rainfall .......,,............. III
Total rainfall since Jan. 1.....,4 40. Y
Deficiency in rainfall since Jan. A.. 50
Relative humidity, Z a. m.-............- 81
IL noon ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
z D. m. ........................ 81
Dry thermometer, Z a. m......-........ u
II noon Observation-Disclosures. 10
p. c. ....-..-...-.--.-....... ~
Wet thermometer, a IN. .............. g.
II noon ......................... %
D. m. ...................... e.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21

Colds cause Grip and Influenza
/ LAXATIVE BROMO OUININE Tablets
-emove TIE AApse There is only ma
sP Ass.s f3nC sa' f. w GROVES
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21

Mrs. J. N. Harvey-Aged 4S. died at a
loca. infirmary Saturday night
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later by Shaw
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21

C. Il. BrocAins-Aged So. died yester-
day at the residence, 7117 Second
avenue. north. He is survived Sy
his wife and a son. Arthur Brockins.
Funeral announced later by WoOdin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
WOULD MAKE COAL LUXURY

work the first of next month unless
some agency meanwhile can prevent it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
DEATHS

Mace Dees-Aged 10. died as result
of a pistol duel with an officer in
Montgomery Sunday night. The body
was received by Lige 10y last night
and was taken to the family resi-
dence, 1911 Avenue B. He is sur
vived by widowed mother, five
brothers and two sisters. Funeral
services will be conducted from the
residence at 2 o'clock today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21

II. G. Ratliff-Aged 2S. of Flat Creek
died at local infirmary yesterda,
afternoon Funeral announcement.
will, be made later by Shaw
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21

II. +. Crawford-Aged So. was killed
by fall from a skitch engine Fri
day Funeral services will be con-
Quoted from the residence of his son,
+. J. Crawford III Elyton street
north. West End. tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. Interment at
Forest Hill cemetery. He is survived
BY his widow. two sons. r. ]. and
+. ]. Crawford. and one daughter
Mrs. ]. F. CLAYTON. all Of Birming-
ham. All Knights Of Pythias are
urged to be present at the funeral.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21

Claude Davis Watson--Who died at
his home in Edgewood Saturday
night, was buried at the Elmwooj
cemetery yesterday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
BRITISH SEEK NO
SPECIAL CREDITS,
is ANNOUNCEMENT

Continued from Page one)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21

Paul Hickman-The 13-year-old son of
Judge and Mrs. c. w. Hickman Of
1926 Iroquois avenue. who died Sun
day morning at Village Springs, was
buried Yesterday morning at the
Elmwood Cemetery
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21
Local Data

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-21

for We copy from the men who copied
from him. German, French. Spanish
and italian literature all descend from
the songs, ballads and stories OF this
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
ON THE LAST LAP

SLOWLY but surely the "drive" to save
~ the orchestra to the city has crept up
to S8O0,000. Thus 100000 remains to be
raised, and only this week in which to
raise it. The task is, therefore, still a
great one, if success is to crown the cam
paign and the orchestra is to be saved to
the city.
Walter Damrosch was right when he
said the other day: Maintain your or
chestra and save your city. The entire
country is watching you" He saw
clearly. The reputation of the city, in its
higher life, is at stake. We have what
other cities envy us for having--the finest
orchestra in the United States. Must we
haul down that flag and let the orchestra
become a second-rate band or drop it
altogether and let New York, Boston,
Detroit or Chicago pass us?
We have taken our orchestra too much
: for granted. But now we are squarely
face to face with the question, Must il
stop? 1t is unthinkable that the people
of Philadelphia will answer this question
with anything but an emphatic "No."
But this week the public must answer!
The orchestra is on the last leg of its
campaign.
Let US save it!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

A READER writes-under a special de-
4 livery stamp-to inquire whether
Mr., Mitten might not wisely put movies
in the rear of every syou-leave
trolley car to attract the crowds that still
stand and block the entrance way and
ignore the plaintive assurances of the
nickel harvester that there is plenty Of
room within easy reach,
You never can tell how crowds will
behave. But the hardened standee In q
trolley is particularly difficult to under
stand. Long observation and experience
inspire conviction that movies would
do no good. They would attract only the
short-sighted passengers from their
places up front.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
A coMMoN-sENsE COUNCIL? e?

WHEN the new City Council assemblies
w in January it ought to burn most of
its bridges. 1t ought to turn over not
one new leaf, but two or three-for
safety's sake,
The opportunities for reform with
which the new members will be con-
fronted are endless. An excellent begin
ming might be made if the twenty-one
members decided unanimously to dis
pense forever with the maudlin imita-
tions Of state procedure that grew UP in
both chambers during the long and weary
and wasteful and wonderful years when
the representatives from city wards felt
that they had to behave with the dignity
and formality of Congress or the House
of Lords
The pomp and circumstances of Coun-
ell sessions never served any purpose
beyond the diversion of occasional visi-
tors, who We're dazed to hear woeful
grammar in an endless cadence amid
scenes of stateliness and almost Oriental
splendor.
The duties of the new Council of
twenty-one will be much like those Of a
managing committee or board of direc-
tors. 1t need wiste no time upon the
rumble and tumble of parliamentary tao
tics. The stage business can be dis
pensed with.
If the new Council fulfils its function
! properly the members will sit down
around a table and talk like human be-
ings. The Mayor ought to be invited to
such meetings, and if he isn't invited by
the Council he ought to invite himself.
An ideal session would be one at which
Mr.. Moore and his department heads
would participate informally in confer
ences with the elected representatives of
the various city districts Under such
circumstances the people would feel that
their business is being looked after as
efficiently as the business Of any other
| corporation.
There will be great opportunity at
! the first session in January for any
original-minded man or group who
sharing the general distaste for shabby
precedent and useless pretense, may en-.
deavor to determine whether sessions OF
the municipal Council can be made tc
seem less like a bit of elaborate mum.
merry and little more like a meeting Of
| business men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
Answer. TO Yesterdays Quiz

l. The Senate defeated two separate
amendments to the Shantung clauses
OF the peace treaty.
2. Harry A. Garfield is the federal fuel
administrator.
3. Sterne wrote "a Sentimental Journey =.
4. John Churchill, Duke Of Marlborough,
the British general, especially re-
nowned for his victories of Blenheim
and Families. lived in the seyen
teenth and eighteenth centuries. His
dates are 1650-1722.
5. Ancient Babylon was situated on the
Euphrates river in Mesopotamia at
about 50 degrees north latitude and
A degrees east longitude,
6, Five states. New Jersey, AIassachu-
setts, Maryland, Kentucky and Mis-
sissippi have elected new governors.
4 A nodule is a small rounded lump
of anything. 1t is also a small mob
on a plant a small knotty tumor or
ganglion.
8, Absinthe was prohibited In Frapee soon
after the war began. IS
o. "Sine qua non'' indispensable condi
ton. or qualification. Iitetally the
phrase means, without which, mot.
TO- Washington, Jefferson Madison, Mon
roe, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, CIeg$
land. Mckinley and Wilson Ye1 I,
elected twice, respectively ~ f'rer1
dent. ~. 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
WHY BE A JUROR?

CIXTY persons were summoned for
~ jury duty in one of the Common Pleas
courts this week. Only thirty-seven
appeared in the courtroom and two-thirds
of these asked to be excused. That is,
out of the total of sixty only twelve
were found willing to sit on a jury.
But why should any one wish to be a
juror?
A jury has to sit in the courtroom and
listen to the evidence for and against men
accused of crimes and charged with vio-
lation Of their agreements, and then it
has to decide who is guilty or innocent.
There was a time in less-complicated
civilization when the common people de-
manded that they be tried by jury of
their peers in order that justice might
be done them. They knew that unless
they brought to the adjudication of such
matters the sense of justice of the
average man the influences which sought
to get their own way, regardless of
equity, would dominate the courts of JUS
ticc. Indeed, such influences had dom
mated the courts, apd decisions were
made by favor or were sold to the highest
To-day, 4 however, the average man
n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
Cleaning a Pipe

Our favorite pipe has been stopped cup
for weeks and we mentioned it to spe
cialist (an organ builder and player). He
took it to New York with him. This morn
ing we received the following letter:
Dear Sir-All well made pipes consist of
two parts, /. e., the bowl, which contains
the tobacco, and the stem, which is held in
the teeth. The advantage of two pieces is
that they may be cleaned separately.
Directions for cleaning pipe:
When the air passage becomes clogged,
first remove the stem, by means of a gentle
twist, holding the bowl firmly with one hand
and the stem with the other. Take pipe
cleaner and push it gently through the bowl,
from which the stem has been removed. II
successful in pulling the cleaner through, II
may safsly be assumed that the air passage
Il clear and that Az win Be possible to draw
snoke through this part Of the pipe. Al
lbs point, bo,sgsr, the JOB j. ONLY half done,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

seems to object to serving on a jury
unless he receives as much pay as he
earns at his regular work. His interest
in securing justice for his neighbor is so
slight that he forgets that certain duties
as we'll as certain privileges go along
with citizenship.
If this state Of affairs grows much
worse the defendants of the jury system
will have to confess that it has broken
down. Then the judges will decide both
the law and the facts in court and the
administration of justice will lose that
democratic character which has, in the
centuries since the jury system was in
troduced, rescued it from abuses that
were provoking revolution.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
o. MeelnnIs Gives UP

81 believe l will" ] said.
''That's nice" said she. and flashed me
smile that warmed the heart that prompted
the dollar.
'I wish / could see some boys from over
there" she went on, scanning the crowd as
/ wrote my name and address. 'They'd be
glad to subscribe, know
''I think they would said.
81 know it, said she. 81 was over
there-just back two months-and ] know
what they're like"
She was pretty as picture, cultured and
vivacous. If she had not spoken | would
not have seen her. 1t is sad the number Of
things an absent minded man will miss in
a short walk. / am really very grateful to
the Red Cross for starting Its drive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
READING WILSON'S MIND

ENORMER SENATOR J. HAM LEWIS
thinks he can beat the Germans at
reading the Presidents mind.
The Germans, noted before the war as
metaphysical experts, had four special
lists in psychology studying the war mes
sages and addresses of President Wilson
to discover what was in his mind. They
had to confess that they could not un-
lavel his purposes.
But now comes the former senator
with the confident prediction that the
President will urge Congress in his De-
cember message to take over the coal
mines and the oil wells and have them
operated by the government.
The world knows by their own confes-
sion that the German psychologists
failed when they attempted to read Mr..
Wilson's mind. We shall not know until
December whether "Jim Ham" is more
expert than they. The Germans failed,
because of their inability to understand
the psychology of anything outside of
Germany, and not because it has been
difficult to understand Mr.. Wilson
We are inclined to the opinion that
"Jim Ham" will fail also because he does
not understand the psychology of the
American people. The President may
not be so responsive to public opinion as
Mckinley, who, Joe Cannon once said
had his head so close to the ground that
his ear was full of grasshoppers. But
Mr. Wilson has not yet given any evi-
dence of disposition to commit himself
TO a policy of state socialism so ex,
tensive as that involved in government
control and operation of the mines and
oil wells.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

QUIZ

0OlL
l. Who said. 'No question is ever settled
until it is settled right?
2, What was the first American shin to
circumnavigate the globe?
s. What was the date of its cruise.
4, What is the highest mountain in
Switzerland and how does il get its
name?
b. Who is John Lewis?
g. To what political office has Lieutenant
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt been
elected?
= What state manufactures large quaint
ties of corncob pipes?
s, When was Won Specs feet DESTROYED
off the Falkland Islands?
9. Who were the governors of Belgium
during the German occupation?
10. How old is Cardinal Mercier?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
PANGS IN A BOOK STORE
The Disease


The Disease
I'D like the latest, If you please
By this Belasco Ibaneeze.''
''Have you the newest work TODAY
BY Signor V. b. Ibanay?"
'Be good enough to show to me
A book by Vincent Ibanee."
"Can you inform me, sir, what is
The masterpiece of Ibaniz?"
"I'd like to purchase, if ! can.
The tales of GLASGOW Ibazan"
Our reading club would court 6asco
Unless It studied Ibanasco"
And one more thing before 20,
A novel by Zibsscano." F."
The Cure
And first Wee then tay." Easy when
You don't insert the missing IN. /"
And Blasco has no 'e" to blur
The fame of dramas manager.
Above the IN" a curlsycue
(Which our compositOrs eschew)
Denotes an open sound of ~"
boob could make it, Have a try.
And does the fnal--"ez' give "eth'T>
1t does. The products "Ee- ban yeth -
II. Il. G.
A defeated candidate watched the manipu
lation OF an adding machine in a newspaper
Office. Now know he ss2 lust what
is meant bw the phrase n zYeeth HE an
ada4s- Y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
OLD DOC BILL

"WiUi1m Fl. Taft tcds summoned hur-
-iedly to Massachusetts to deliDer a series
II addresses IN behalf of Governor Coolidge
ohen IL appeared that tho Democrats and
-adicoIs toere gaining toHh the public. -
Neps dispatch.
When bolsheviks are roaring
And it's stylish to be daft,
Worry not, good people:
Send for Taft
Old Doc Bin,
He cures en- fohch they're III
OF greed and pride and foolishneSS,
OF ultra modern schoolishneSs,
Of incppicGble mulishness
And boIskepism's chill.
Hustling round the country,
Helping out at Mass;
Bawling out whoever's
Roofing for a class.
Rich and poor and radical,
Polished and uncoutb,
Get their humping doses
OF the blessed truth
Others snatch the glory,
The Offices and pay,
Bill? He goes contented
On his way
Always comes In smiling;
Never makes a fuss.
Knows there nothing very
Wrong with us.
Friend OF everybody
Is this Old Doc;
Likes TO see them happy
All around the clock,
But he's after every
Selfish bund and clan;
They know him for n gentle
And a wise, wise man
On hin
When the hearts Of as are Ill
With the tale of our inahities
And srasted 4corb and vonities,
There'H be statue tcih trieze
10 Old Doc Bill!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
EDGAR ATHELING
How to Avoid EN-

There's hotel in Chestnut street which
has come across with a new idea. 1t tells its
guests how to avoid their friends, kindly
hint which at times any of US might find
useful. On the placard which bears the
house rules there appears this sentence
Leaving your key at the office when not in
your room will indicate your presence or
absence, and thereby avoid much inconvepi
ence or your friends
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

The most optimistic "wet'' must feel
his spirits sag as he notes that Washing
ton goes right ahead framing prohibition
enforcement regulations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06
POLITENESS

ITO BE polite, and to adore
l. Civiity in all who bore
Themselves correctly, was esteemed
virtue that forever cleaned.
BY those who lived in days of yore.
At least, it has been heretofore
Thought just and proper to deplore
Department that in no wise seemed
To be polite.
But why should modern mortals pore
Over the aims of ancient lore;
Or pay to etiquette, long deemed
A curse, an honor now blasphemed?
It's not the fashion any more
To be polite.
Ralph NJ. Thomson, in Life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

A feature of the Episcopal campaign is
to be the oratory Of the Five. Minute Men.
Simply as a mathematical proposition. they
will talk for hours by the dozens.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

The injunction that would end the coal
strike is scriptural one !; Love one an :
other.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

1t must be admitted that here and ther
are policemen who will feel kind of lone
some when taken out of politics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

Neither Ohio nor Kentucky is dismayed
by aridity. They've ordered another of the
same.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

The yapping of the mongrel Reds is
drowned in the deep bay of the faithful
watchdog of the Old Bay State.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

Advices from Rome say that Italy is
now celebrating victory. Probably heard of
La Guardias g election in New York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

Mayor J. H. Moore was defeated at the
polls in Muskegon, Mich Perhaps the
Wares would like to emigratc there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

Advices from the North Pole set fortl
that Santa Clauss sleigh is equipped Will
Fl. c. Of L. brakes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

As a. bit OF news, the fact that vir-
ginia has gone Democratic is as startling as
that the Dutch have taken Holland.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

The message of President Wilson, to
Governor Coolidge was in effect 'Shake I
What's politics among patriots?'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

Bethman mn Hollweg as a witness un-
acquainted with facts presumably in his
keeping will not have to stand alone in
history. Since the saint may claim kinship
with the sinner, Secretary Lansing doubt
less knows fellow feeling.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

You alp will be profoundly interested
to learn that Mississippi rolled up a big
democratic majority; that is, of course, if
you are not overcome with wonder that the
Democratic candidates had any opposition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

1t wasn't exactly deluge for the wets
in New Jersey; it was just hint of
moisture.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

Yesterday was the day of ~ told you
so. Today is the day of We'll, there's
work TO be done
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

Money in the savings bank talks elo-
quently in rebuttal of statements made con =
cerning the scant earnings of soft coal
miners.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

After a days deliberation over the fg-
ures, one inclines to the wish that there
could be another election so as to make 1t
unanimous for Moore,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

Moore the Victor Ware
The Harmony Trio the Philosopher and
Wescott the Optimist
smiled in the one newspaper box yesterday
and cheerfully cried. Here's how
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

There appears to be crooked smile on
the face Of the Tammany Tiger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

The fading OF opposition to sitting
judges was not wholly unconnected with
what may be termed Sproul bench war
rant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-06

A Dickerson Run
safe Bind, pa grocer has pur-
Safe Find chased safe in which
to keen his sugar, his
last consignment having been stolen by
burglars. Sugar is beginning to be valued
at its true worth.