The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-02

W BSNlltA dil ~NilSIINdil VI q DAAN'S-A petition reaches the north pole first in an airplane, we don't anticipate scotch verdict"
 All Tyrus Cobb wants for playing base ball next year is a paltry s2OOOO. What is u pittance like that compared to a movie stars salary?
 We are told that the cure for bolshe- vism in Europe is food. An American bolshvist cannot be bought off with square meal
 We assume that Vice President Mar shall presides at cabinet meetings with an air of perfunctoriness that challenges admiration.
 Whether or not this world is going to be a safe place to live in will depend largely on the effects of Uncle Sam and John Bull.
 Statemen should have more regard for Alfonso's feelings than to refer to the Spanish American war as "comic opera affairN
 At any rate tactful maiden will not evening that silver chevrons are there.
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 The New York Sun tossed wreath at Secretary Daniels without causing the Washington monument to topple over.
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 While in Rome President Wilson will not do as Rome does-at least in the matter of shouting, viva, Wilson,
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 Secretary Bakers New Year greeting will not console American soldiers who were denied their chance at the Hun. * < #
 New York celebrated the New Year with vim and vigor, but, oh. what headache in the morning. # # x Many married man is a firm peneV- CT in self f-determination, but he doesn't dare try it.
 Premier Clemenceau is just now Eur opes foremost advocate of the "big 1 stick"
 REWARD CROWDER. n m | It is suggested by friends of Maj Gen. Enoch H. Crowder in the eastern press | that he should be made lieutenant gen. eral and retired with that honor The | west may well indorse the suggestion.
 The progress of the war worked many changes in high places in the army Staff, corps and departments were large | ly reorganzed. Their functions were combined or disappeared altogether, and many changes were made in the person. nel of the highest grades, resulting, in several instances, in the virtual elimina- ton from active service of many dis | tinguished officers.
 | Now that the war is over, the process | will continue. Complete reorganization may be expected. New tests will be ap- piled to official personnel new duties created and assigned. Many high-rank- ing officers will be given the rewards due to distinguished service and placed upon the retired list in higher grades. l The new and necessarily largely re- duced army will have within it but few places to which officers could be appro- priately assigned who have distinguished themselves through long service and by | exceptionally meritorious records during the war, While there are several Of this class, the best known and most distin- guished among them is Major General Crowder. whose long and brilliant mili- tary career reached a climax in his ad- ministration of the draft law as provost marshal general
 Notwithstanding this, under existing law it is impossible to reward Crowder with rank higher than that of major general. and vet it cannot be doubted that he is entitled to be associated in rank at least with an army commander, the grade of lieutenant general. An of- ficer of such distinguished service in a llarger and different field cannot appro- priately return to his office as judge ad- vocate general.
 It is only. just, therefore, now that the duties of the office of the provost mar shal general are about ended, that this officer should be placed upon the re- tired list, as his service entities him and as it is understood he prefers, and that tho war department will ask Congress al the first opportunity to enact Legislation giving him higher retired rank commen' surate with and in recognition of the distinguished service he has rendered. DRAMA, SERIOUS AND FRIVOLOUS From the New York Herald.
 Playgoers of a generation now gray ol bald are prone to lament the degenera ton of modern taste as evidenced in the great number of musical farcical and frivolous entertainments that occupy th' stages of our theatres. Their views arc shared by a certain element in the popu Iat tnf1