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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

William Bryan Faulkner, aged 21. the son of Mir. and Mrs. R. T. Faulkner of Oxford, and one of the most popular stu dents of Howard college, was almost in stantly killed by shock of electricity while performing an experiment in the physics laboratory of the college about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 Mir. Faulkner was an assistant in the chemical labora tory, and he with several other students yesterday afternoon went to the laboratory of the physics depart ment, out of the regular period for ex- periments, and began making various in dividual experiments, during the absence of Prof T. N. Kugelmass, of chemistry and physics.
 OVER 30,000 VOLTS
 According to his fellow students, Faulk- Ter had performed several experiments. and had picked up an inductive coil and was trying to demonstrate the powers of magnifyinfi, when he accidentally touched both ends of the coil, which was attached to an electric wire, which gave a complete ci, cult, and the young man received a current of over 5000 volts into his body. s. L. Price, one of the students, pulled him away from the wires, and with his aid Faulkner walked about five feet, after which he sank to the floor, exclaiming,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

Ben F. Ray ....-.............,D .,Drll hastci Press Representatives. T. P. Patterson.
 Following the election 1t was decided to have big ceremonial on March o. and in order to outline plans for this occasion a special meeting of the temple has been called for Wednesday, February 2s. at which every "Dokey' in the district is urged to be present. as the new off cers plan the biggest ceremonial ever held in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
TEMPLE OFFICERS ELECTED
 AT ANNUAL MEETING
Big "Dokey" Ceremonial Planned and Special Meeting Called to Make
 Arrangements

Annual meeting and election of off, cers of Aladdin Temple No. 153 Dramatic Order of Khorrassan. was held last nighr at Fraternal hall and the following off,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
Vocational Education BiU to Secure Federal
 Aid Alabama Schools
Schools and Colleges Be Designated for the Vocational Training of Teachers and Students-Act Passed to Meet Requirements of Federal Government
 and Will Go Into Effect Immediately

With the governors approval of the
 vocational education bill, passed by the
 state senate yesterday, Alabama will be
 in line for federal aid in training her
 young people in the various trades ana
 vacations This act, introduced early In
 the present session of the legislature
 was passed to meet the requirments or
 the federal government under the pro
 visions of the Smith-Hughes act, ana
 as soon as it goes into effect will make
 immediately available for use in the Ala
 bama schools designated for that purpose
 the money appropriated by the federal government.
 Under the Smith-Hughes act Alabama's s share of the appropriation for the first year was $34,575.42, but to get this sum it's equivalent had to be raised In the state. As the legislature was not Tn ses~ sion and would not convene in time to pass an act entitling the state to receive her share of the appropriation Governor Henderson appointed committee UT board to formulate a plan Of operation | This board designated number Of col- | leges and schools for the vocational training of teachers, the states quota | of expenses to be paid out or the iuiius of the institutions.
 COLLEGES DESIGNATED The action of the legislature in pass | ing the vocational education bill relieves these institutions of the expense or Vo- | cational training which they were not
 prepared to meet out of thelr general | funds The bill carries with 1t an appro- nriation equal to that of the federal act, beginning with $34 ,575.42 for the first year, and increasing from year to year uhli' 1923 when it will be $157066.7o, or tota' | from both state and union of $3l4, l33 40 the Hast year. ..,;n The schools at which vocational train- | ing of teachers is now being carrieo o'' are: orr, l cu,ture Alabama Polytechnic institute teachers of home economies Alapaiil., II, | Girls' Industrial institute; teachers VI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14
PERSONAL

The New Era Study club will meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Hubbard Smith, Graymont.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

trades and industries, University 0. Ala bama.
 Negroes Teachers of agriculture. trades and industries, Tuskegee institute.
 TRADES AND INDUSTRIES For teaching trades and industries; Birmingham High school. Lanett Hisr school; Fairfax High school Lansdae Subhigh school; Langdale High school
 Home economies: Mobile county | training school (colored). Vocational agriculture (white!: Jef- ferson County High school at Boyles; Walker County High school at Jasper, Alliance Rural school, Bessemer, k. R. D. No. 3; Pickens County High school at Reform; Shelby County High 1 school at Columbiana; Boldo Rural | school at Jasper; Pleasantfield Rural | school at Oakland. R. r. D. No. ?. | Vocational agriculture (colored): Coosa County Training school at Cot | tage Grove, Russell County Training school at Scale, Conecuh County Train 1 ing school at Evergreen, Picl<ens Coun l ty Training school at Hayneville, New 1 Rising Star Rural school at Tuslle- gee.
 FEDERAL APPROPRIATION The federal appropriation for the | 1917-191S school year was: For train ing of teachers of trades and indus l tries, $4666.23 for training of teach CTS of home economies, s349967; and for training teachers of trades and industries, $S499.67.
 In aims and purpose, organization, course of study and method of teach ing. the vocational school differs radi- cally from the ordinary type. Voca- | tional students are required to engage in productive labor during portion of the day and the subjects studied by them in the classroom must be direct ly related to the industry or occupa- tion for which they are being trained
 The first class taking the vocational training course for teachers graduated from the University of Alabama about a month ago. This class, made up of IT young men, received their instruc-
 tions in Birmingham and had their l graduating exercises at the Tutwiler hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

GA pair of silk stockings" and high wind block the traffic at Third avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

trades and industries, University o Ala bama.
 Negroes: Teachers of agriculture. trades and industries, Tuskegee institute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

Tom OByrne emerges from Num- naI1y's with a box of s'chicken feed" and . hopeful expression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

Heavily conveyed by part of the United States army, couple of "pullets" with gay-cOlOred pin feathers, saunted by "CrOOk's cor
 ner," creating a disturbance among the ssinspectOrs'' thereon stationed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

George Watkins, the jury tshyp- notixer," with a handful of legal papers dashes past BrOmberg's as though assiduOusly engaged. t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

LOnnie Munger, the mf1liOnaire's son, rides to work 0n'a bicycle with his lunch basket dangling on the handlebars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

Ted Brownwell sDodges" down the race track in n 1919 model
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

Hunter Smith, the tailor's model, parks his "benzine hack" in front of . popular sShash-house..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

Oscar Underwood, Jr- Henry Badham, Jr., and Brad Saunders, Jr., returned soldiers, meet on the boulevard and discuss the relative attractions of Paris and BirminE- ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

Frank Anderson and Lewis Un- 1erwood finish their third lap in
 HsO0 flat and stop for wind at a
 prominent haberdashery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

~Josephus'' ROsenberger. the well known "baggageman," hidden behind a fat Portina, "makes" the block.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

sMonk" Morning, the lightning dirt vendor, trolls his own" with ono paw while gesticulating to a prospect about the merits of a va cant corner with the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

Dixie Walker, Baron hurler and ~prOhibitiOnist" of note, delivers . curbstone "eulogy" on a local dry leader.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

- Commissioners Hornady ambIes out of Plumlee's "Cabbnge Patch." leaving trail of smoke behind him that would do credit to a switch engine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-14

A certain "newshOund" breezes into Hardin's wiener palace to i'm hale his evening nourishment be- fore pounding the Remington in his nightly bout.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-23
WHAT ARE WE DOING IN
SIBERIA?

This question, even to persons
high in the councils of the nation,
has for some time been shrouded
in haze of comparative mystery,
says a writer in Leslie's. In re-
Spouse to a query from Congress
the President recently elucidated
From his summarization of the mat
ter it appears that the ten thousand
troops sent to Siberia, in Septem-
Der, 1918, under Major-General
William Graves, had a twofold mis-
sion: first to assist the Czecho-
Slovak forces embattled with alleged
Russian Reds" who were in reality
released German prisoners of war;
and second, to safeguard the opera
ton of the Trans-Siberian railroad
under an interallied commission
headed by the American railway ex-
pert, Mr.. John F. Stevens. The
expedition was sent, the President
explained, in accordance with a JAP
anese plan conceived for the con-
summation of the ends mentioned.
i. e., rescue of the Czechs and op-
Grafton of the Siberian railways.
The A. E. F. in Siberia was under
instruction not to interfere in Rus
sian domestic conflicts.
The first objective of the Siberian
expedition has been reached. Thanks
to American and Japanese interven-
ton, the divided Czech forces were
able to effect a union and avoid
disastrous defeat. But the second
object, the operation of the Siberian
railway, requires the continued pres
erce of American guards at danger
points. The President explains that.
thanks to their presence, thus far,
Director Stevens has been able, in
some instances, TO run six trains a
day where before there were moi
that many week. The opening of
the railways has saved the popula-
ton of Siberia, who for three and
a half years contributed their lives
and goods to the prosecution of the
war with Germany, from desolation
and death by starvation. If the
American troops were withdrawn,
Director Stevens could no longer
guarantee the operation of the roads,
continually menaced by bands of
partisan marauders, and would him
self insist, under existing agree
ments with Japan and the United
States, on resigning his functions,
upon which millions depend for OBJ
tanning the bare necessities of life.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-23
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE

Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering COM
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be-
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot Of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur-
days at a. m.
On and after july 18th the freight
on the North side of the river at
Camp Ais dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at 8 a. M, until further
notice
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-23
Want ADS
FOR SALE-Lady's pony fur coat
and muff. Apply Mrs. R. S. Nc
Donald.

FOR SALE-Furnished house, four
rooms, with summer kitchen, at
tic, large basement and winter
cellar for vegetables. Heated by
furnace. Winter supply of veg
etables. Full corner lot. One of
the most desirable parts of town.
Inquire at News office.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-23
BONDS
READY FOR DELIVERY

Special Disbursing Officer Frank
Doner has announced the receipt of
Victory bonds which were paid in
full by the purchasers on July Is.
These bonds are ready for delivery
and will be turned over to the own
ers if they will present themselves
al the discussing office.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-23
THE PLAGUE OF PAPER MONEY
The excess of paper money may

The excess of paper money may
not at first sight seem a handicap
comparable to dissipated capital
wealth and vital losses. And yet
it is so ranked by economists. In
deed. says the editor of The World 5
Work, one well-known English finan-
cial expert, Lord d'Abernon, has
stated that four-ifths of the worlds
present labor troubles and social
unrest are directly due to the ter
rife depreciation in the value of
money caused by the enormous in
fation of currency during the war.
II. a speech in the house of lords
last spring. Lord d'Abernon declared
that, although there had been a
steady depreciation in the value of
money for the last 700 years, the
fall during the four years of war
was equal to that during the 400
years from 1900 to 1900, and was
much greater than its fall from 1900
u 1900. Any one who recalls the
prodigious economic and social
changes wrought in Europe by the
sudden fall in money values after
the discovery of America "a mere
tliae compared to the present tum-
ble) can appreciate the momentous
possibilities opened up by Lord
d'A bernon's thesis. So fundamental,
indeed. is this currency evil, that
it merits more extended considera-
ton. The increase of paper money
having the power of legal tender
during the war period was no less
than six-fold. In 1914 the amount
of paper currency in the leading
countries Of the world was about
five billion dollars Today it is
more than thirty billion.
The results Of this unparalleled
situation are seen in the giddy race
between wages and prices, the grow
ing hardships of the salaried classes
and persons of fixed income, and
the continuous fluctuations of val
ues. Lord d'Abernon considers that
the only way TO avoid prolonged
and dangerous economic and social
instability is TO establish a sliding
scale" of payments based on official
tables of prices of large range
of standard commodities as an in
dex to the true value of money. To
this index payments of contracts,
wages, and salaries would be refer
red as they fell due; said payments
to be based, not on face value, but
on the amount to which the table
showed it was then equivalent. This
table would offer an approximately
true index to the value of money.
To be sure, some prices on the list
might rise and others fall; but, pro-
vided the selection were sufficiently
extensive and varied, the exact val
lie of the currency at any moment
could be scientifically and accurately
determined. The urgency of some
such measure is enhanced by the
fact that any thought of returning
10 the gold standard is impossible.
In Lord d'Abernon's words: ''If
there were TO be any attempt today
to bring about a rapid return to the
gold currency basis of 1914 it would
almost double the weight of the
worlds indebtedness, and would GER
tainly lead to the bankruptcy OF
many nations. The present imitation
OF currency, whatever its dangers
and / do not underestimate them
has this beneficial effect, that it re-
duces the enormous public debts in
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-23

Cured during the war, and by that
much makes them more easy to bear
and more likely to be paid"
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-23

1t is said there will be a con-
vention of the Alaska Labor Unions
in Juneau about the first of Oc-
tober. Twenty-four unions will send
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-23

The Fidalgo Island Packing com
pany of Ketchikan will soon start
the erection of additions to its can
merry plant there.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-23
ABOLITION Of
SUBMARINE IS
NOT PROBABLE

t1EIA4-NN C-N, II. S.-t1Do
Of the submarine as an instrument
of modern warfare does not seem
probable to American naval officers
who have given careful study to
the arguments put forth before AL
lied naval commissions investigating
the subject. 1t is the belief of
these officers that submarines will
become more and more numerous
in the principal navies of the world
during the next few years.
In reviewing the deliberations of
the Allied Commission on Naval
j Terms, American officials find that.
while many pertinent arguments
were developed against the use OF
submarines, many strong points also
were advanced in their favor. The
principal argument for their aboli-
ton was that as long as the sub
marines were recognized as legiti-
mate instruments of warfare there
would remain the danger of some
nation repeating the ruthless and
inhuman campaign inaugurated by
Germany. Advocates of the subma-
rine, however, do not believe such
past inhumanities should be the de-
termining factor in deciding wheth-
er the submarine should be abol-
ished.
The naval faction both in this
country and abroad opposed to the
abolition of the submarine believe
that the factor of possible merci-
lessness of the undersea craft should
not be separated from the equal and
possibly worse horrors of gas war
fare, bombing from the air. and
mines. The parallel between the
submarine and the marine mine
seems closest, particularly since the
mine IS now and has for many
years been recognized by all nations
as legitimate instrument of war.
Figures gathered by the British dur
ing the war show that the losses TO
British merchant shipping through
mines amounted to 6,377,OO0 tons,
compared with 5,839,00O tons sunk
by submarines.
The argument has been advanced
that, despite the fact that the best
inventive genius of several nations
worked on the problem of devising
means to wipe the submarine out of
existence. the sub-surface craft re-
mains the only long-radius vessel
that, alone and unsupported, can go
nearly anywhere and, entirely dis
counting its main purpose of tor
pedoing enemy warshps, its UNIQUE
defensive qualities makes it a naval
weapon of the utmost usefulness
even when restricted in its use
against merchant shipping.
At the worst, naval strategists
point out, it is never a liability
that must be protected and defend
ed. 1t is admitted among naval
men that the big ship still rules
the seas. How long this will be
true is the question now taxing the
best naval brains of the world. 1t
is conceded, for the present at
least, that the nation that holds
blindly to one line of naval devel-
orment and neglects another, par
ticularly the submarine, will be in
great ultimate danger.
While the nations having the
strongest navies have throughout
the peace deliberations shown a dis ,
position to agree to the abolition of
the submarine, the smaller and
weaker nations maintain that, hav-
ing less powerful navies, they are
forced to cling to the more power
full instruments of protection and
offense, and that therefore they
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The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-23

The Hillery-Scott Salmon Canning
company of Cordova is selling stock
in that concern.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-23

Dan Lindeborg has placed on sale
an addition at Hyder and has been
selling many lots at the new boom
town on Portland canal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-05
FARM PRODUCTS WILL Be
FEATURED AT VICTORY FAIR
A MAGNIFICENT AGRICULTURAL
sHoW-$1o,ooo.oo IN PREMl-
UMS OFFERED.

The Victory Fair will have the
most extensive agricultural show in
America. Ten thousand dollars will be
offered as premiums in this depart
mont. OF this amount s5000.00 will go
to County exhibits and $5,00000 to in
diyidual farm exhibits This is the
largest amount ever offered by the
Stare Fair Directors, and covers a
wider range of the products of the
farm, the orchard, the garden, and
the ranch than ever before.
The wonders performed by the
tractor diyersilcatlon rotation OF
crops, soil study, adaptabilty Of
crops for certain localities, and many
other yitally important subjects wiz
be explained and demonstrated at the
Victory Fair, for the benefit of the
man who handles the hoe. follows
the pillow or drives the truck.
Adyices are being received by Sec
-ctary Stratton that loca, contests
are being held to select the choicest
products for the STATE Fair. The ir
rigatcd districts, the dry sections,
and all the other areas Of Texas will
have magnificent displays 1t will be
a yeritable wonderland of agrlcultu.
raj and horticultural products in rain
bow hues.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-05
STATE FAIR SCHOOL

Oklahoma City-Under the direction
of the A. & M. College, a four day
short course for boys and girls club
members is given during the State
Fair The school is located in hand
some building on the east side of the
grounds and is equipped with lights,
gas and water, and sleeping quarters
for boys The course given embraces
daily lectures and demonstrations on
subjects relating to agriculture, live
stock and home economics and rural
affairs.
A new dormitory for girls attend
ing the State Fair School has been
erected and this year they will have
the same accommodations as the
boys.
LET EXPRESS wAlS'r ADS SELL
THAT ARTICLE FOR YOU.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-05
SENATOR LODGE AND
SHANTUNG.

Republican "strong men I'm
the senate, and particularly Sen
ator Lodge, long noted for hls
familiarity with and interest in
foreign affairs, are moved to
tears over the crime Of Shan
tung." Because Of Japan $ acqui-
sition Of the territory that Ger
many grabbed from China, Sen
ator Lodge and others would re
ject the peace treaty and throw
the League Of Nations covenant
into the boneyard.
1t is more than passing strange
that Senator Lodge should sud
denly deeylop so deep an interest
in China's territorial integrity
after the lapse of twenty-one
years during which he was silent
and stone cold on that subject.
It was in 1897-98 that the inter
national robbery was committed
and Shantung passed to the pos
session of Germany. Senator
Lodge was then in the senate,
President Mckinley was in the
white house the republicans were
in control everywhere, Senator
Teller and some leaders of the OBJ
position party denounced the dis
memberment Of China and de-
clared it TO be America s duty to
join with Great Britain in a mo-
tice to Russia and Germany that
dismemberment will mot be per-
mitted -
Did Senator Lodge define a 81
mllar attitude for himself Not
until the lapse Of twenty-one |
wears then to suddenly burst into
fears, to be moved 20 intense in
dignation by the transfer of bit |
OF territory from one internation-
al robber to another strongarm |
nation whose title is at least no
worse than was that of the inn
perialistic country Senator Lodge
saw commit the original robbery
without 60 much as lifting his
voice in protest Verify, the years
have softened the Massachusetts
senator 5 heart, but have failed
to make consistency his jewel.