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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
Prince Makes Friends BY
His Democratic Conduct
Apparently Pleased by Receipt of Hundreds of Billet
Doux From Washington Grls-Summary of Import
ant Provisions of New Railroad Law
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

Washington, November 14-(Special.)
The Prince of Wales, on his arrival in
Washington, was led into an apartment
lodged and confronted by thousands of
perfumed billet doux from the simple
and loye-stick maidens of Washington
Behind the prince at the time were a
score of Washington newspaper men,
Turning to them, Edward said:
II will try to answer ali of them L
am sorry that I failed to answer a few
received in Canada"
1t was regarded as remarkable that the
prince did not indcase displeasure or
disgust. or the usual boredom affected
by matinee idols. He actually seemed to
enjoy the attention he received from the
girls. This may be due to the fact that
he is still under Is years of age, or to
the fact that he is apparently very
good fellow.
The prince arrived in the rain. When
he saw the vice president walking to
meet him, he walked from under an UNI
brella an attendant held and standing
unabashed under the downpour, shook
hands with Mr.. Marshall. Water soon
gathered in the moustache of the vice
president. but the prince made no COM
ment There was evidence, however, that
he enjoyed the situation, and AR. Mar
shall did not.
eral Pershing. The meeting was as the
meeting of two soldiers. There was
salute and its return, and a firm grasp
ing and shaking Of hands.
When, an hour later. he received the
newspaper men of Washington, he waived
j formalty and talked as ordinary in
dividual. He was not ocular, but sug
sested that he used his left hand in
shaking His right was evidently pretty
well used up.
He could not be led by the gentlest
pressure to comment on former differ
ences between the two countries, not even
when an army officer, in passing the
capital referred to the burning of the ed
ifice by British soldiers early in the
nineteenth century.
On arriving in Washington the prince
was dressed in the uniform of a colonel
of the Welsh guards. With the uniform
he wore brown tie decorated by sim
pie gold pin. Later in the evening, when
entertained at the National Press club,
Edward was in evening dress with con-
ventional silk hat. This he lifted jaunt-
lily to two curious girls who fingered
on the first floor of the club building
to note his passage
What nice looking fellow" one OF
them remarked.
and I will say yes" rejoined the other.
did you see the pink in his cheeks?
Edward heard but made no comment.
IT was noticed, however, that the. pink
in his cheek had changed to red.
The future King is accompanied by
dozen London newspaper men. They are
typically British" blawsted cocks and old
dears" But the prince himself is unaf-
fected and a real good fellow, in the
opinion OF Washington correspondents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
IMPORTANT PROVISIONS
NC NEW RAILROAD BILLS

washington, November H-tSpecIaI.1
viewed from the standpoint OF its ef1ec.
on the purely domestic affairs OF ene
country, no legislation, pendlhs or t,at
tsn,ni.t ted il Of such Importance as that
concerning the railroads of the united
States. X,,ar;ro
In the period Of adjustment following
~. reimbursement of control by the gov
eminent, every member OF Congress 70
apparently agreed that result OF unwiss
legislation would be panic or lnous.rla'
revolution. For that reason ,ne pr
,-,s;ons ~ prepared bills are discussed
a. earnestly throughout the United states
as the provisions Of the League OF ~
tons. ~.
The Senate committee has prepared tne
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Crt mi. DUTIES worth Money.

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip.
enclose with SC and mail it to Foley q
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writing your nan.e and address clearly.
You will receive in return trial pack
age containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound, for coughs. colds and Group:
Foley Kidney Pills for pain in sides and
hack: rheumatism, backache. kidney
and bladder ailments; and Foley Ca
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store.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15
UNDERWOOD ATTENDS
FUNERAL OF MARTIN

Washington, November 14.-Senator
Underwood while the Senate recessed
today attended the funeral of the late
Senator Martin at Charlottesville. Sena-
tor Bankhead. appointed a members of
senatorial committee. was unable to
attend.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-15

Cummins bill, which the Senate will con-
slider as soon as it disposes of the peace
treaty. The House committee has pre-
pared the Esch bill which, at the pres
ent time, the House is considering A
conference committee at some future
date, will dovetaiI the two into one
and that one will be the law of the land
The feature of the Cummins bill which
has attracted greatest attention is the
so-called 'anti-strike' provision. The
bill provides means for arbitration of diff
ferences before impartial boards and
makes it unlawful following the de-
cision of such boards, for any organiza-
ton to strike. The Esch bill provides for
arbitration, and imposes penalties for
infractions of the terms of decisions. 1t
does not make a strike unlawful. but
strike, if it breaks terms of decisions
may result in the infliction of fines
The Esch bill provides a permanent
labor appeal board composed of nine
members, to sit in Chicago. Its members
snail serve six years and receive $4,000
each in way of annual salary.
Beth bills endeavor to protect water
transportation. The water carriers, now
possessed by the government. are, un-
der the Cummins bill, transferred to the
United States shipping board, while the
Esch bill transfers them to the Secre-
tary of War to be operated by the chief
of engineers
The Esch bill provides that the inter
state commerce commission shall fix
hereafter not only a maximum but a
minimum rate to the end that rail car
riers by reducing their rates might not
De enabled to destroy water competition.
AS the Esch bill is now being considered
by the House and the consideration of
the Cummins bill will be undertaken un-
til after the peace treaty is ratified, it
is with the Esch bin that the public is
chiefly concerned.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-01
MUJERES DE MEXICO
SON ~PARTIDARIAS De
Ia Y. ". {. A.
Ash 10 iniorma Ia senorita
Cortes, cue ha regEesado
de Ia capital

H. sCnorita Elisa cortcZ- quon
en- los primcros dias &c Ia scmana
rggrcso = csta cjudad dc I'm viajc que
hizo a Ia ciadad dc Mexico, mfor70o
4 Ia Association Cristiana dc Scno-
ritas que las mujcrc5 dc Mexico &C
maNificStan cntUSiastas particulars
de csta agrupaci"u. y que probable
mcntc csta socj"dad nrospcrara on
Ia capital jc II RcpublIca.
La $enorita CortcZ pcrmancccra
alg7nos dias en- csta ciIdad : en- In
~cnana cn5rantc partird con direc-
zion y Ia Argentina. dondc cs- direc-
fora dc Ia Association Cristiana dc
ScnoritaS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-01

Cuaudn necesitc Ii6roS "u "Spano!
diriiusn Il lguacio /. Lozano. us y.
Santa Rosa Ave. San Antonio. Tex.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-01
SESSION. ESPECIAL De Ia
CRUZ R0JA

Fl proxjmo y~icrncs. 4 las nUcTe
dc Ia ma6ana. Sc cfectuara Una i'm
ncrtantc reunion de los miembros dc
la Cruz Roia. Ia cual tcNdra iugar
en- 81 local Que ocupa Ia association.
situado en- e. cdificio Chandler. en-
la Gale &c Losoya.
Como cl asunto qIc sc tratara Sc.
ri intercaante. ST. ha sIplicaGo =
todos los socios Ia puntual asjstcE-
cia.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-01-01
So Il conccd!o RETRO y un @~.icvano

Dc<puts dc habcr 3crvido vcjuti-
trcs amos cn Fl cicrcilo. n cI que dc
soldado ra5o lic2o hasta captain IL
yudaGtc. Lee Baker recib!o aver 81
retro. ~conccdido por cl Departan1cnto
dc Guerra. por haber llegado = h
cdad reglamcntaria. Pero Barker
on vcz de dedjcarsc 4 II vida priva-
Ia. Sc enlist" Hucvam"nto Z" :! "jcT-
clio V IS ahora 81 yargouto Barker.
Este soIdado jicoc una hrillautc hoia
10 so,yirio-
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dog face. Then it cleared again and
he said, after all Wen have TO move
about by night aud the stars will do
just as we'll"
He was never much of talker and
after this he fell absolutely silent and
! was left to my thoughts. Though
had fortunately put on plenty of extra
clothes for the ascent. | began TO feel
chilly up at that altitude cnshroudcd in
that cold white mist. and don't mind
admitting that my thoughts gradually
became little more serious than Cto
he quite honest they usually are. |
hardly think Rutherford. with all his
virtues. had much Imagination have
good deal--a little too much at times
and several other possible cndingS To
our voyage besides ~ safe landing and
triumphant escape began to present
themselves. Two especially | had to
steel my thoughts against continually
n descent with parachute that declined
TO open. whether on 10 German or any
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one gets a sort Of general idea when
TO cut the basket aud jump. ! tell you
we've been over land for the last half
hour. Come on. old chap, honestly
advise you to jump too.
| almost yielded. but some instinct
seemed TO hold me back The thought
he might think 7 was dcscrting him.
the suspicion that he suspected ! was
a little afraid of the drop, nearly drove
mo over the edge of the basket with
him. | felt q brut" for hanging back
but in my heart | fclt just as certain
he was jumping too soon as he felt
that | was waiting too long. So
shook his hand. and over he won't
had ono glimpse of something dark bclor
me, and then tho mist swallowed him
up. Rutherford was gone, and 7 may
as we'll say now that not a sign of him
was ever seen again.
The prospect of cvcn tho most dos
pcrate action was better than inter
mnably facing that clammy void.
Though the chance of making land
seemed to me inIinitcsmally remote by
this time yet in ease | had such al
most incouccivablc luck it was we'll to
make some preparations for having q
run for my money in an enemy coun
try. took OF my uniform coat
transferring everything / wanted to
keep from its pockets to those Of my
oilskin. then put this ou and but
toned it up. and Of course | took off
my cap.
And then | smoked another pipe and
watched the ancroid and tried not to
think at all, till with a start | realized
We were considerably less than a thou
sand feet abOve--thc land or the sea
Heaven knew which. but We were fall .
ing fast and there was no more time to
lose. hitched the parachute on TO my
leg. got on the edge of the basket aud
thcn-wcll, | all but funked it. | re
member my last thought was horrible
similc Of man jumping off tree with
a rope round his neck, and then some
how or other / forced myself to let go
i, Concerning the next few seconds
can give no statistics. whether as to
height or pace. only know that when
/ first became conscious of anything
was drifting like a snowflake down
through the mist, and that | could fiji
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other soil, or else a splash and then Il
brief struggle in the cold North sea
! am no great swimmer and it would be
soon over.
And so the hours slowly passed al
ways the same mist and generally the
same silence. Occasionally we talked
little, and then for a long space our
voices would cease and there would be
utter and absolute Quict-not the small
est sound of any sort or kind We had
been silent for long, long time and
had done quite as much thinking a wis
good for my nerves, when Rutherford
suddenly exclaimed,
we are over land :"
lie was looking over the edge Of the
basket, aud instantly | was staring
into space on my side. There was Ger
tainly nothing to see but mist
II can smell land said he. and
| heard something Just now
''Ats this height" ! exclaimed.
I'VE are down to we'll under GOOO
feet" said he.
| wanted to be convinced, but this
was moro than | could believe.
The smell must be dcvilish strong
] observed. And I'm afraid I must
have n cold in my head. Besides, it's
only ) 80.
I As | have said, poor Rutherford was
the most positive fellow in the world
He stuck to it that we were over land
but | managed to persuade him to wal
little longer to make sure.
He waited half an hour and when h,
spoke then | could see that his mint
was made up.
We are falling pretty rapidly" sale
he, "aud personally I'd sooner take m!
chance in parachute than stick il
this basket till we bump. If one i
going to try drop the great thing i
to see that it's 4 long drop. Para
chutes don't always open as quick a
they're intended to. At any momen
/ we may begin 10 fall suddenly, so In
going overheard now
My own career has hitherto failed t.
convince my friends that prudence j
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DAM beat against the window panes
1N and drippcd. drippcd, dripped un-
ceasiugly from the caves. 1t was Il
drcary Saturday. and all of Peggy s
holiday plans had been washed away.
But, still. Peggy did not weep or
wall. Saturday showers bring Sun
day flowers she sang softly to her
self. watching the big drops splash in
a puddle that had formed in the back
yard.
Across the yard. in the window of
a neighboring house. was another pair
of eyes watching the rain. But these
eyes were glowcring uarkly and the
brows above them were drawn up in
a heavy, ugly scowl.
whats the matter, Frowning
Phil?" cried Peggy TO the scowling lad.
ITS raining and | can't play base
ball." howlcd Phil.
Last nights paper said the crops
needed showers badly. as they were
drying up" replied Peggy. "This will
make the farmers glad, and us. too,
when the fruits. the grains and the
vegetables are harvested"
I'm not glad. I'm mad. want
70 play BALL" insisted Phil, stubbornly.
Come over and we will play indoor
ennis" said Peggy.
Il don't want to play indoor tennis
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Peggy had happy hour. When she
grew bit tired she sat down on an
old couch to, rest.
This would be splendid day for
an adventure in some strange wonder
land she sighed to herself II wish,
| wish, / wish -"
Three wishes. and tag. I'm it,"S
laughed gay voice. seeming to come
from Peggy's own throat. And out, of
her mouth tloatcd misty shape like
breath on a frosty morning This
misty shape slowly assumed the form
Of beautiful fairy.
WHO are you?" exclaimed Peggy.
"i'm Hopeful Smiles, and I've come
to lead you on chase after joyous
ness replied the fairy, merrily.
And we've come to go with you,"
cried Billy Belgium, appearing at the
head of the attic stairway With him
was a roly poly. beaming faced lad.
This is Cheer up. He is a boy fairy,
and he came right out of my mouth
like the smoke from your fathers
cigar
As Peggy started to answer, Frown-
ing Phil came up the stalls.
I've come over TO phy indoor ten
MIS- he announced.
Were going on chase after joy
us"
Jaw. shoot! ] want to play indoor
tennis, answered FIowning Phil.
drawing his brows up into black
scowl
And as lIe frowned wisp OF fog came
from his mouth, assuming the form of
an ugly, egg shaped dwarf.
I'm Wantit Myway." announced
the dwarf. II get upset very easily i
and when ! do, look OUT ruf me.
All aboard for i'Iayland," shouted
Hopeful Smiles, waving her handroyer
Peggy's toy tram. Instantly the en-,
gine and the cars began to. grow, until
they were the size of miniature train
Peggy had once seen at a summer park.
Hop on - laughed Hopeful Smiles
Peggy, Billy and Cheer up jumped
into the cars while Hopeful Smiles
boarded the engine. ,Frowning Phil hung
back.
"Aw. I'd rather go in an automo-
bile" he growled. ~
''Zowie. now you've done it. ? howIed
i Wantit Myway, and over he rolled with
his feet in the air, And this seemed
to have funny effect on Frowning Phil.
for quick as wink his heels flew up,
and he also stood on his head A.
''Toot. foot Puff, Puff went the
engine. and away rolled the train into,
a dark tunnel that opened through the
side of the chimney. w
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II ETH shouted at the very top of his
voice and very wildly and sprang
forward, and behind him ran the ser
geant, throwing in. front of them as
they went the white ray of his torch
that stabbed, as it were. far into the
darkness with its long beam of light.
Before them they saw, sometimes in
the revealing beam Of the electric torch
sometimes avoiding it and slipping away
from it into the surrounding darkness.
the strange, crouching, running figure
they pursued, bending nearly double
beneath the weight of the pale girl upon
its back, running with an extraordinary
rapidity, avoiding as though by magic
all those obstacles of tangled bushes.
spreading roots, outstretched branches.
that hindered so much the two pursuers.
| twisting away into the night like a
hunted fox that doubled on its tracks
each time the questing ray of light
came too near.
But for the help they had from that
leaping light the fugitive would certainly
have escaped into the gloom of the
forest. with his helpless burden. for it
seemed that darkness was to him no
hindrance at all. and that he ran in il
as surely and as swiftly as in the full
light of noon.
! From behind as he ran on Keith
heard perpetual whistling. aud he
| realized that Sergeant Price was calling
for help that would soon come to them
| But it daunted him, and made him
| strangely afraid that the strange be
ling they pursued seem so sure and con =
fident of escape he would not put down
his captive, but still ran and raced
through the night under the weight OF
her unconscious form.
/ Keith caught his foot in some OBJ
his feet again. and he saw little
ahead, clearly outlined in the bright ray
of the electric torch. group of trees
! taller than their ncighbors, standing
apart as in little grove. and running
toward them crouchcd grotcsque form
that semcd neither animal nor human
but that bent beneath the weight OF
Esme. whose pale. death like face and
streaming hair Keith could plainly see.
The next instant the light vanished
and a darkness. blackcr, deeper, more
confusing. because of the lost light
fell around. In it Keith. rushing on
ran against the trunk of tree and
was flung back heavily.
The light. the light he shouted
to Price at the top of his voice.
'Battery's run down." answered
briefly the sergeant from out of the
darkness somewhere behind.
Something like despair came upor
Keith. for indeed the fugitive had seem
cd to keep well ahead of them even whci
they had the assistance of the light
and what chance of success had the,
now that the darkness was an impene
trable veil all around?
But he ran on. making instinctivcl,
for that grove of tall trees he had sect
for an instant before the light failed
and from behind the scrgcant's whistle
shriled insistently. He fell and was OF
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The Solitary House !: pyl.s' H;'s1 sgssTot s''s
A Mystery Story

A. .,u. L;l;. ,1.o. Lso;,t, ,,,os ,or.
sue So. n,u"e ia 80 10 p'
'"aue' eN'''e' 'o"i'
Price blew his whistie once again.
anu TINS time there was an answers
Lney re coming ne said.
puI hei'n was not listening. he
was staring up at the darkness above,
nlaue SO much more intense py tne
.ans,e ., oNernansing pranches peneath
Will ,he! s'oou'
wren you were boy, uio you ever
go pirunes''ng' lie sara 10 'he SER
sean,, .,r,, -
I'm. "nat tnat! What do you
sT sN1o r,ce;
hiean III giad l was saiior
n o,, .u ,,, eis"
H. eausn. ioiu OF prahch ABOVE
..rWh, Huu apu swung nimseit up
,o;s,, a' 'ne niat,er' "hat are you
re .ne seanC crieu'
no., oI,. Nnere you are ana look
-. S' :, i'silie anu keep your wits
L;s 49, sJ'' ..d,,. nsW.'eu Ne,th from over
ro,, ~ ioa.e her Whatever
.cn-ou r., ~ eo'ns p,u nesting'
.o, III 1'ssereo' muttered the
Eo;ti, AL. ~, !.
and pulled himself up. 1t was dia3 !
cult. CLANCY work in that confusing
darkness, but he was cautious and agile.
and he made sure of his holds and Of
his footing before he trusted himself
to them. His eves foo 80 ..a...;.
more accustomed 80 ti III. e'""s
Tn and nm he went ,;lr ha ,,o
at the top. and then he poused and
looked round from his lofty novel;
stors al .' ,..s', W"s ho'nlhg put tne'
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| want TO play baseball" repeated Phil,
scowling harder than ever at the fall
ing drops, Peggy didn't urge him far
ther. How silly he is. sitting there
making himself miserable with his
frowns when he might be having fun
with something elsc," she thought to
herself. "All his scowling will not
drive away the rain"
The attic was always one of Peggy $
places of refuge on rainy summer day
There she was sure to find something
with which to amuse herself. Stored
away in one corner was toy railroad,
with track, engine and cars. With this
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By J. STORER CLOUSTON
Author Of The spy in Black" "The
Lunatic at Large" etc.
Copyright. 1879

several pages with my thoughts in the
course of that drift.
IL had been evening when I dropped
from the clouds. but the mist kept the
light very white though rather dim.
Now sudden blackness seemed to rise
up underneath my descending feet. and
at the same moment the mist thinncd
out till could see for n space all round
below me. This space was green and
almost before | realized what the
grccnncss meant ] was sitting in field
of clover
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(Tomorop soiH be told ichere fhs
frsf sfoge et the chqse after Jovous-
aess leads ihem,ll /.
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DREAMLANDAD DVENTURES- --ByDaddv
"THE QUEST OF JOYOUSNESS' -

I'm this story Hopeful Smile leads
Pcggy aud Billy on hdppy chase
utter J0yoHsncSS.
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Tree Tops

CopvriDht. 1919, bu Alfred A. Rnopt Inc.
Copyright, 1919, bU Public Ledger co.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-08
BRITISH AND FRENCH
HONOR CABOT WARD
Colonel Decorated for Gen.
erai Staff Work.

Cabot Ward, who was Park Commits
sioner under the Mitchell administration,
now Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant
Chief Of Stan OF the General Staff,
American Expedltionary Forces, has
been decorated by both the French and
British Governments, according 10 a let
ter received from him yesterday by John
S. Kennedy, assistant secretary OF the
New York Telephone Company.
II know you will be glad to learn"
Col. Ward writes, that In addition to
the Distinguished Service Medal have
been decorated by the French Govern
ment with the Cross OF an officer of the
Legion OF Honor and by the British with
the Distinguished Service Order"
Col Ward went TO France with the
FIRST American stan officers In June
1917. as member OF the commission to
study the aviation problem, In August
of that year he was commissioned q
Major OF reserves and assigned to avia-
ton. Later he became attached TO the
General star and did liaison work with
both the British and French high COM
mands In Paris and at their respective
grand headquarters, He is 40 years old
and was born in New York. He was
graduated from Cutler School. Harvard
and Harvard Law School and served a
term in 1906 as auditor OF the island OF
Porto Rico.