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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-07
Cabbage Seed Promising

Approximately 600 acres of cabbage seed are being grown this year in the neigh bcrhood of I4a Conner, Wash, the f1elds re rSing from to 60 acres. report s1e- cialists of the department of agriculture As the season has been favorable for the crop, growers are prophesying high yields. Harvesting will begin the latter part of July. Cabbage usually is grown in rotation, following hay. On the ex- piration of the two years required for the caggabe crop production, oats are planted followed by clover and timothy
 Rotation of crops minimizes the perpet- nation of funeous diseases in the soil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-07

select will be appointed by the Chinese government
 No reference was made to this policy being in any way dependent upon the execution of the agreement of 1915, to which Count Uchida appears to have referred. Indeed, I felt it my duty to say that nothing that I agreed to must be construed as an acquiesence on the part of the government of the United States in the policy of the notes ex- changed between China and Japan in 1915 and 1918; and reference was made in the discussion to the enforcement Of the agreements of 1915 and 1918 only in case China failed to cooperate fully in carrying out the policy outlined in the statement of Baron Makino and Viscount Chinda.
 q have, of course, no doubt that Wis count Uchida had been apprised of all the particulars of the discussion in Paris, and I am not making this statement with the idea of correcting him, but only to throw fuller light of clarification upon a situation which ought to be relieved of every shadow of obseurity or misap- prehenSion.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-07
J. K. BrOckman to Speak
 on Legislative Measures
 Affecting Real Estate

subject of vital interest to the real tors of the city will be presented at the meeting and luncheon of the Birmingham Real Estate Exchange today at the Southern Club. when J. K. Brockman n local attorney, will present a brief di- gest of the bills affecting real estate. that are now pending before the legisla- ture
 There are a number of important meas ures before the legislature and every member of the exchange is urged to be present at the meeting today.
 Ravarian independent socialists demand the melting down of all metal monu : ments representing royalty and Bis marck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-07
SeueraL Amendments Written Into the Utilities Measure
Fly W. J. BOLEsS

Moon of Birmingham appeared before the house committee tonight in oppo- sition to the public utilities bill. Com missioner J. Ellis Brown was unable to come to Montgomery on account of the illness of his wife. who is at a Birmingham hospital for an operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-07

Montgomery. August 6.-(Special)
 Several amendments have been writ ten into the utilities bill by the house utilities committee. As the bill will be reported back to the house, the
 state commission will be shorn of considerable portion of the powers given it in the original bill. The state commission, under the bill as amended by the committee, will have Jurisdiction over rates and service That means that the state commission will fix the fare to be charged by street railways and other public utT- ities concerns in Birmingham and other cities. City Commissioner John R. Hornady and City Solicitor Fred
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-07

Lake Erie produces more fish to the square mile than any other body of water in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21

Me ana PuQS SimklHS anu ASlOS
Shooster was wawking along yestidday
AFTERNOON and we saw man trying to
get in a house and not being able to
on account of the key not working
us fellows stopping and watching him
a vile, Pubs wispering, g, fellows, do
you think he's a berglar?
He's serteny acting Suspicious, all
rite, l whispered, and Leroy Shooster
whispered, He's bergier, all rite, look
at the way his hats pulled down over
his eyes.
WITCH the man kepp on trying to
tern the key in the lock and saying
things TO himself, being short wide
MYSTERIOUS looking man, and PUBS
Simkins whispered. Ask him a question,
sumbody, and see how he ansers.
WITCH 1 asked him one, going up and
saying, Do you live there mister?
No, the Empriss of China lives heer,
sed the man terning- GROUND mad
looking. And 1 went back and wis
pered to Pubs and Leroy Shooster, DID
you heer that?-if that amt sispi-
cious anser, wat is? Sumbody elts ask
him one now.
WITCH Pubs Simkins went up and did,
saying, Are you having mulch trubble
getting in, mister?
Do you know ware the neerest hos
pitai is? sed the man looking fearse
as enything, and Pubs sed, Yes sir
and the man sed, Well there's going
to be some battered up kids carried
there pritty soon. Proberly meening
US, and me and Pubs and Leroy Shoes
ter quick wawked away, me saying,
Lets hunt for a cop and tell him. WITCH
we started to do, and pritty soon we
saw Flatfoot standing on a corner
looking as if he dident know wich way
he iwunted to go next, and Pubs sed,
Hay, do you wunt to catch bergler,
there's one trying to get in house
down there.
Down ware? sed Flatfoot. WITCH we
took him down and showed him and
the man was still there shaking the
key in the keyhole and saying things
TO himself. Flatfoot saying, Good aftir-
noon, Mr.. Buzby.
Good AFTERNOON. confownd this
blasted key. wen it gets to sticking
like this / cant do a thing with it,
sed the man. WITCH jest then it
worked and the man went in and
slammed the door after him as if he
was still mad, wich he proberly was.
If you Kids amt eny bette at your
lessins than you are at discovering
berglers you'll never amount to
mulch. sed F'latfoot. And he wawked
away swinging his club and looking
as if he thawt he knew everything.
and us 3 fellows kepp on wawking,
feeling as If we dident know hardly
enything.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21

selves new possibilities, unsuspected
aptitudes, undeveloped strength
Many of them for the first time found
out what financial independence
means, and the joy there is in doing
constructive, worth while work, and
that experience took hundreds of
thousands of women out of the cling
ing vine class forever
And what is true of the great world
is equally true of the little world in
which all of US live and have our
being. When things are changed,
they are changed, and they can never
be the same again, no matter how
much We long for it, or how fervently
we try to deceive ourselves that they
are. We can never go back to the
status quo ante. Perhaps If we re-
inernbered that, we would deal more
carefully with our human relation
ships. and guard more terderIy those
who are dear and precious to US.
A woman once told me this story
She said that when she was very
young she married a handsome young
chap who developed into a brute and
a drunkard. For many years he mis-
treated her in every possible way.
and himself descended lower and
lower, until he reached the very
gutter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21

Newspaper readers who have fol-
.owed the course of the Great War
closely and have been observant Of
EnglALd's connection Herewith can
hardly have forgotten the dark days
for shat country when serious re-
verses to her arms were being en-
countered abroad and there were rum
blings of an approaching storm at
home. The need of a powerful leader
was recognized. 1t was at this time
that Lord Northcliffe brought for
ward David Lloyd George and the lit
tie Welshman was made premier. He
proved to be the man of the hour and
British stock began to rise. The cable
dispatches recently have indicated
that Lord Northcliffe and Lloyd
George have come to the parting of
the ways. 1t appears that the pre-
mi, r has deemed it necessary to trim
his calls to catch the popular breeze.
Proba bly, he feels able to stand alone
and get along without the support of
the man who made him. 1t is not diff
ficult to see the finish of Mr.. Lloyd
George. A man who makes leaders
usually can break them. 1t is but a
short time since the United States had
an illustration of this.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21
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nigfthe COULD work on the gate DUR
ing the afternoon. The story must pc
completed. He sent another glance
up at his neighbor and realized that
the gate, too, must be finished-it was
now essential to his happiness So long
as the fence remained~in its present
perfect dividing state he would fret,
and if he fretted he could not write
stories. Something gentle and lovable
about his neighbours personality told
him that he was going to have to write
many stories. He seemed to sense that
a greater income was going to be most
necessary soon.
ut really should be done right
away" he told her; the children
won't be happy now that they have
found each other until they can play
together. and 1 win try to help the
boy with his tracks"
i'And l will mend the bestest Dress"
said his heroine.
RansoTn's neck was getting a bit
crooked from continued looking up to
his neighbours window, but somehow
he knew the outcome was going to
be worth getting a stiff neck over. He
felt that he must come in for more
bodily discomfort after his carpenter
/ ing efforts. Authors are not built for
manual labor.
dens made into one" he informed her.
land our children will be happy as the
| day is long
Some falls are all for the best" she
| said laughingly, while her eyes rested
with added tenderness on her son.
| THE very, very best" Ransome sup
plemehted while his eyes rested on the
mother of her son. And il there was
| tenderness in them it could not be
seen from so great a distance as the
J window next door.
However, the gate would be finished
soon.
Copyright. 1919, bv the Mcclure Hewa.
| paper Syudicnte.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21

After conferences with leading
bankers. Director General Hines of the
railroad administration, has decided to
meet the May 1 requirements of the
railroads by the issuance of govern
ment certificates of Indebtedness for
the larger part of the 500. 900, 900
which it is estimated will be necessary
TO meet interest charges, dividends and
other obligations. The railroad adj
nnrfstration is rolling up a larger and
larger deficit for government opera
tion of the railroads. Figures on OPP
Grating revenue and operating expenses
soon to be made public by the admin
istration and the interstate commerce
commission show net revenues for
February. of ss7.OOO.0oO below the
rental guaranteed to the government
by Che roads. The deficit for January
was SS6.OO0,O0O. making total for
the two months OF $73,00O,O0O and
bringing the total deficit under four
teen months of government operation
to S277, 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21
THE PROMOTERS WIFE
ONCE MORE Bah is DISTURBED
BECAUSE OF BLANCHE ORION.


The next three months passed
quietly and quickly for me. was
SO happy with my baby boy, so busy
getting strong and well so that l
might really care for him properly,
that nothing else seemed to affect me.
Then one day suddenly woke up to
the fact that Neil was out great
deal; that in the last month he had
not only taken up the old habit of
staying at his club, but that he was
remaining away later, and more often
than he ever had before.
He had been SO devoted in the
months before baby came, so tender
and thoughtful of me in the few weeks
afterward, that / had been lulled into
forgetfulness of things that had gone
before.
1t was at dinner given by Blanche
Orion, that my eyes were opened. Just
a small dinner to a few. She was still
in soft grays and lavenders. altho her
husband had been dead year. They
were becoming, Lorraine Morton said,
and that was the reason she wore
them so long.
got a very expensive and beauti-
full gown, 1 had the same feeling L
always had had about looking my best
before Blanche Orion. even tho had
given her very little thought the past
few months Gone reason probably be-
! ing that Lorraine Morton. who usually
brought me all the gossip. had been
out of town on VISIT. I rested all
| day long--a tribute never thought of
paying a dinner before, baby came.
And 1 was satisfied that 1 never had
/ looked better. Neils eyes showed he
was pleased and he said several flat
tering things. making me feel still
more assured that 1 should not be en-
tirely overshadowed bykour hostess
| There were only eight at the table.
As il had used to be. Neil was next
to Mrs. orion. 1t seemed to me that
she had taken on new destinations.
new attractions. Surely no grief be-
| cause of her widowhood was evident
/ on her face; it wore a more Tivacious
Hook than before the tragedy. In fact.
I had seen her but once or twice since
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21
AND He DIED AT BREST
Brave Captain of 1fOth Went Thru
He'll on Battlefield.

New York, April 21.-An officer of
Company d, 10th Engineers, stood
''at ease" on the cobblestones just out
side the dock at Hoboken after the
Won Steuben had landed it's fighting
cargo. The company's old captain,
Arley L. Hedrick. had not returned
with the rest. The officer Eat ease"
willingly told of Captain Hedrick's
trip across three hundred yards of
steel swept terrain in the Argonne in
broad daylight to a bridge which the
command had to cross in it's advance.
The Americans knew the Germans
had placed great quantities of expIo-
sives under the bridge and connected
them with detonators which would be
fired by the first American who
stepped upon the structure. Someone
had to remove the detonators or the
advance would be held up. Captain
Hedrick announced he would attempt
it. Five >sergeants offered to help.
The captain measured the intervening
three hundred yards with his glass.
The Germans were so close that even
their heavy artillery was "sniping."
1t seemed as If shells were dropping
in every square yard of the area. Gey-
sers of earth shot up in every-part of
its surface
NO" said Hedrick to the sergeants
zone man might get through. A half
dozen Of US would be too good a
target"
/ So he went alone No one ever will
know how many bullets and shell
fragments grazed him, but he got
there and stayed there until he had
disconnected every detonator he re-
turned untouched and led his company
across the bridge. 1t was for that he
was awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross
And after it all he died in Brest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21
vOLIvA IN A Def
zion City Preacher SPARES" Iui-
nois Assembly and Judges.
Threatens To Publish Booklet
on Committees Night Life.

Chicago. April 2i.-wilbur Glenn
Voliva, general overseer of the Chris
tan Catholic Apostolic church at Zion
City, ILL.,. in his Easter sermon yester-
day .defied the Illinois general assem-
bly, to investigate him and declared
that he would ignore any subpoenas
that may be served on him. He also
dared any judge to issue a warrant for
his arrest.
Volivia heaped abuse on Represen-
tative Shurtleff, who introduced the
resolution in the general assembly
calling for his proposed Investigation
of Zion City affairs, Senator Rodney
Swift, Senator John Bailey and others.
He also threatened to publish "a
page booklet giving the result of an
investigation into the night lives of
the members of the committee, dedi-
Gated to their wives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21
MY HUSBAND AND |
BY JANE PHELPS

that. She too had been away, and
had remained SO closely at home ii
was not to be wondered at that felt
almost a stranger.
Aside from Lorraine, the guests
were strangers to me. But they were
gay, attractive people, and 1 know L
talked better than usuAl-until l saw
Lorraine gazing at Neil with such a
peculiar look in her eyes that my at
tention was attracted.
1 saw at once he was drinking too
much Then, too, he was leaning
toward Blanche, and they seemed to
be arguing about something-some-
thing disagreeable, 1t seemed to me.
l felt a touch of uneasiness. Such
argument, the expression on their
faces, showed a degree of intimacy
not compatibleswith the courtesy due
a hostess; neither did IT give one the
impression of a Irritation.
I dropped a little. What could
they be talking about in that earnest,
confidential way? 1 had really en-
joyed my evening up to the time !
caught Lorraine looking at Neil. II
had been SO long since 1 had been to-
an affair.
1 made up my mind TO question
Neil the moment we were alone. Why
1 should have thought he would be
more willing to confide in me be-
cause of baby's coming. 1 can't ex-
plain; but someway, l did
Neil and 1 had rarely talked of any
thing save the baby since he came. 1
| had not realized it until them II
came to- me suddenly that he was
talking to her. Blanche orion, about
| his business. And that he looked
queerly worn out and nervous COM
pared to what he had when We left
home.
| I would urge him to go away for a
vacation. Not alone: baby and /
would go along. We would find some
| quiet place where he could rest.
Before we rose from the table he
| seemed to have recovered IFS spirits.
But. someway, what 1 had seen rad
made me remember very Ioignantly
| the things which had so worried me
| months before.
tIomorrow-Barbar begs Neil to
tell of his relations with Blanche.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21
ARMY HOLDS MEDICS
ireland, In Letter to Corpsrnen TX
plains the Emergency.

Washington, April 21.-surgeon
General Ireland. in a letter TO the en-
listed men of the army medical de-
partment made public today, eX-
planned why it was not possible to dis
charge men of that department as
rapidly as in others. He said that in
spite of recruitmentS from organiZa-
tions being demobilized it was neces-
sary to retain in the service many en-
listed men who had given long and
faithful service and who could pre-
sent good reasons for asking for re-
lease.
You, who are not so fortunate as
to have seen sertice overseas, have a
deep obligation to those who fought
and became casualties" said the let
ter. They have made their sacrifice,
and yours is to be retention in the
service until they nave been made as
fit as possible to return to civil life.
1T should be remembered that all
Officers and men now in the service
came in for the emergency, and, so far
as the medical department is econ
cerned, the emergency is not yet
over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
zinc status Quo Ante-f.

TIC status quo Ante-1.
We are hearing a great deal about
the status quo ante just now The
problem of the whole world is how
to get things back to where they were
before the war.
Germany is demanding to be re-
ceived back into the sisterhood of ma
tions in the position she occupied be-
fore she ruthleSsly drenched the earth
to rehabilitate her devastated fields
and Belgium is attempting to call its
scattered people home again. Econo-
mists are wrestling with the high cost
of living and the food question. trying
to bring about return of the days
when pork chops were not a luxury
of the rich, and it didn't take as much
money to hire cook as it does to buy
a diamond tiarraD
And we are all sadly realizing that
there is no returning to the status
quo ante. We can never go back to
things as they were. None Of us will
ever think of Germany again without
a thrill of horror. The dust of Sthe
wrecked homes of the peasants of
Flanders will never rise again in the
| lions OF dead men will never rouse
4 from their last sleep. nor will the
1 broken hearts of millions of women
who have lost their all ever sing with
! Joy again.
! In no particular will the world go
| back to what it was before the war.
There is not soldier who went thru
the discipline of army training, who
saw strange sights. and learned new
| things. who will come back home
mentally or physically the same man
I that he was whenshe went away. He
may be better or worse. But he is
| changed.
Nor will women ever be the same
again. They, too. have a new outlook
OIL life. They discovered within them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21

The simplified spelling board has
renewed its attacks on the irregulari-
ties and inconsistencies of English
spelling. New rules include those
for changing the spelling of conceit.
conceive. deceive. receipt, receive, ETC..
TO conciet, conciev, deciev, reciet, re-
ciev, etc; of believe, freeze, grieve,
leave, etc, to belief, freez, griev, leav,
ete.i Of advise, rise, surprise, wise, etc.,
TO advice. rize, surprize, wize, etc.; and
of changing ~" wherever 1t falls be-
tween consonants, to ii" All spelling
reforms should beginamong the type
writing machines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21
LOCAL MENTION

Charges by Vanefta Harrison. a ne
gress living at 1901 East Fifth street,
that he had threatened TO shoot her,
her husband ana himself because she
had repulsed his attentions, led to the
arrest by the police Sunday night of
L. NBrodis. a negro. He was locked
up after a .3S caliber revolver had
been taken from him.
Dr. Lyngar. Dentist, 500 Kan. Ave.
ADV.
A thief who entered the store of
the Jewell Tea company. lis East
Fifth street. Sunday night and stole
silverware and other articles to the
value of s20O, apparently became
frightened and dropped his loot in
the alley back of the building. where
it was found by the police. No arrests
were made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21
FIGHT ON LOAN BOARD
money Lenders Said To Be Behind
Federal Farm System Agitation.

Washington, April PA new tight
on the federal farm loan board ap.
pears to be developing. Members OF
the board reported today they had
received samples OF propaganda"
seeking withdrawal of tax exemption
privileges for bonds of the farm loan
system. The fight against the board
promises to come to a climax with the
reconvening of congress.
Opponents of the tax exemption for
farm loan bonds are advocating the
elimination of the privilege on the
grounds that the government is los
ing thousands of dollars by not taxing
the bonds" according to Herbert
Quick, board member. He asserted
that the attack is being fostered by
farm mortgage bankers, many of
whom he said had been forced 10
quit profiteering on interest rates TO
the farmer"
In this respect, board members said.
they were inclined to believe the
propaganda was merely an attempt to
revive the bitter fight waged by the
money lending interests a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-21

Butler studied him; doubtless he
had come from one of the poorest of
East side families; probably never had
hurried to the kitchen and returned
with big wedge of apple pie. which
he placed before the hungry one. He
hung around for moment to watch
developments
A look of indignation swept over the
freckled boys face as he turned to a
neighbor;
Darn" he said, who ever heard Of
apple pie without cheese?"