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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

must control its own destinies and
those of the country This is what
should give US pause and make US try
and think straight
In the quarter of a century or more
in which I have been studying the lit
erature of sociology and in trying to
keep my head while the theorists of
the various schools of political econ
omy have ragged in the colleges, press,
pamphlets, and even pulpits have I'M
consciously been influenced by this
or that line of thought. 1 have passed
through various shades from socialism
to individualism, but today I am walk
ing in the middle of the road a bit
suspicious of those who want the gov
eminent to do everything and fearful
of those who believe in the old doctrine
of -faire.
Raymond Robins gave forth an illum-
mating thought while here in saying
that having witnessed the failure of
autocracy in Germany, and the paraly
sis of labor governme nt in Australia,
he was set against anything in America
which strove to lay emphasis on class;
for he believed that here in these United
States we had the chance to perpetuate
our democracy by showing to the world
that industrial and labor leaders coul(
agree on a platform big enough to hold
both without the continued effort to
shove one another off
Now, meet and talk to as many diff
fereut kinds Of people as any man III
the state I number my friends among
employers and employees. / know rich
and poor and high and low, and 1 feel
that have the confidence both of some
| in the capitalistic as well as many X
the labor class. 1 am sure that I hear
! both sides and am glad to be able to note
that more and more there is growing up
a better feeling among the best rep
resentatives of each, but 7 fear thu
radicals and reactionaries will block
their coming closer together.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

! am no pessimist, but I do not sec
sense the growing antagonism which,
unless assuaged, will soon plunge
America into what promises to prove
the greatest conflict in its history be-
tween organized labor and the great in
dustrial combines.
I do not share the easy optimism that
seems to prevail in some circles, for
anyone who keeps in touch with the
conditions prevailing in all parts of
the country must realize that we are
on the eve of momentous and far
test our democratic institutions in
peace times.
We have been acquainted with
strikes, lockouts, and boycotts in the
past, and there have been some titanic
struggles between employers and EN-
ployes; but we are living in a day when
we cannot measure things by pre-war
yardsticks, and as yet no one has in
vented the rule by which to test the
real strength Of the great movements
taking place among the workers.
We are confronted not merely by
trade unionism, organized labor, profit
sharing socialism, syndicalism or the
various offshoots of the I. w. W. prop
agandist; but bolshevisrn unashame d
and unafraid stalks openly, and mer
are boldly talking of revolution. Car,
w. Alderman gave no comfort from his
trip in the northwest that the radi-
calls had been curbed for good and all
but said frankly that they were or
gani1ing for battle.
The root matter OF stabilizing labol
goes deeper than any mere question
of the recognition of unions, impor.
tunate as is the demand of workers il
certain fields of industry for this &C
acknowledgements; for there is concerted
effort running through many estab-
lished trades already organized that, ir
the new industrial democracy, labor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
IN THE AGE-HERALD
Events Recorded September II. 1899

Captain Alfred Dreyfus is again at lib
erty, but has issued statement in
which he says freedom is nothing to him
cation. 1t is rumored that Dreyfus will
come to America.
More than 1900 men have quit their
jobs in Havana, Cuba, including masons,
painters, carpenters, carriers and laundry
workers. The strike may involve hack
men, stevedores and cigarmakers. There
has been no disorder In the Cuban CAPT.
tai, despite the large number of work.
men on strike.
A governors conference, called by Gov.
Joseph d. Sayers of Texas, is being held
at the Planters hotel in st. Louis to dis
cuss the trust question.
After being unconscious for nearly four
days, Mrs. Charles Wheelock, who was
struck by runaway horse Saturday aft
ernoon, died yesterday morning. She
vas the wSe of Maj. Charles Wheelock
the well-known architect.
" A police court case in which local pol.
tiles figured was ended yesterday by the
assessment of a 500 fine against John
Donahue, charged with violating the
SUNDAYS selling law in Alderman Days
Ninth ward saloon.
1t is announced that the street railway
company will build new car line to the
fairgrounds on Sixth avenue, from Thir-
tenth street to Smiths park
! After March. 1900, Birmingham viii
have a system of meat and milk inspec-
ton. Ordinances to this effect were
passed last night by the city council
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
PREVIOUS TRAINING.

You say the top sergeant of your COM
pany was 'hardboiled'?"
Yes" replied the discharged soldier,
land every time L think about the fei-
low there's murder in my heart"
How do you suppose he got to be tina.
way?
"Umph! He was that way before he
joined the army. He'd been a movie
director"
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MUCH TO BE DONE.

Has the world been made safe for
democracy
mo, indeed" replied the fretful citi-
zen. with fool reception committees
driving pilot cars 40 miles an hour, de-
spite the protests of secret service men
and other level-headed persons, we
haven't even made America safe for the
head Of the democratic party"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

dogs and rabbits would be appropriate,
but Mrs Grabcoin has persuaded him
that such things are quite impossible for
people Of their position and he is now
in the market for an undraped figure or
two that will shock the neighbors.'
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Strike Situation and
Its Effect on Trade

THE union steel workers will go
= on strike tomorrow, but up
to this time the general business of
the country has been little affected.
The stock market, which is al
ways sensitive, will doubtless expert
ence slump Monday, but it will prob
ably be several days before the mer-
camille world will feel the depression
which VIII naturally come as result
of the "open shop" contention and the
organized labor contention.
The steel manufacturers, as a rule,
are firm in their resistance of the
union demands, based chiefly on the
principle of union recognition. The
United States Steel corporation,
which represents very large part of
the metal industry. is emphatically
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
THRAILDOM.

Where leafy lanes invite to roam
And brooks sing lovely madrigals
And rainbow colors make their home
In white cascades and waterfalls,
There's respite from the bitter strife
That turns one prematurely gray,
But, hoity-toity, such Is life
l can't afford a holiday.
know where hills are wondrous blue
And girdle fairy glades around,
Where yet, though winter'll soon be due.
Lush grasses green and blooms abound;
Where there is peace and solitude
And sweet contentment holds her sway,
But still with fortune I'm at feud-
1 can't afford a holiday.
THOSE JAzzIcAL COMPOSITIONS.
Are you Americans a frivolous PEG.
ple?" asked the foreign visitor.
''Oh. no."
But
II know what you are going to say.
You mustn't judge natioNof more than
a billion people by the kind of music
you hear in restaurants and cabarets."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

BEGINNING THE DAY-It was
only n slight rise. i assembled 1T UNI
consciously. And yet IL gave me
far, far view of the wonderful blue
water. Lord. is it not true that my
life all the while Is within reach of
the wider vision. Help me to take
those few steps upward, which win
unfold before me somewhat of the
hidden grandeur. Amen.-H. M. e.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
Twin Cities Get Together

Albany and Decatur are shaking off
their old antagonism and showing signs
OF real cooperation, said DIR. N A.
Barrett. Now they practically have
one city with dual government, but the
people seem to be anxious to unite the
two towns again under one government,
and l believe that is what will happen
If they can get the bill before the leg
islature through.
"IfN this happens they will have a
hustf1ng little city. The people of both
towns are Industrious and enterprising.
And the farm lands around the two
towns are fertile and easy to cultivate
and promise to become one of the best
farming sections of the state. This is
emphasized by the fact that the price
of land has gone up and that there is a
big demand for it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

SOMETHING CLASSICAL.
Mr.. Grabcoin wishes some. pieces of
statuary for his lawn"
HAS he any preference?'p
HE did have He thought castiron
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

an "open shop" concern. Chairman e.
Ia. Gary has stated time and again
that he has no objection to the en-
ployes of the corporations subsidiary
companies joining the union, but that
any grievance which their men might
have must come from their own
ranks and not from any outside or
ganization-
That the Steel corporation has paid
its men well and has been mindful
of their welfare is matter Of common
knowledge.
But the union has determined to
make a fight for recognition. Various
efforts have been made to induce
Judge Gary and his associates on the
executive committee to yield, but to
no avail. Judge Gary stands ON his
rights and rather than change his po-
sition in this matter work would be
suspended. Just how many men are
ready to walk out tomorrow nobody
knows, but it is certain that large
number will remain con their jobs. !"
That means that the big plants at
Gary, Ind, and here in the Birming-
ham district will not be shut down.
All the public can ask is that good
order will prevail. Those men who
strike will not be interfered with
But there must be no intimidation.
Those who elect to remain at work
must not be interfered with.
This district has had strikes before,
but they have been long forgot. And
the Forthcoming strike will sooner or
later be numbered with the acts of
the. past. In the meantime let all peo-
pie keep cool heads.
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= = =
No Vandal Harmed Grave
of Quentin Roosevelt

n CCoRDlNG to sensational story
3A brought back to America by
citizen of this country who had re-
Gently made tour of the French bat
tlefields, "the chisel of some souvenir
hunting vandal Clipped away" the line
which read, Theodore Roosevelt" on
the tombstone of Quentin Roosevelt.
The American tourist was con-
WINGED that this act of vandalism,
which practically destroyed the stone,
was committed by fellow country
man suffering from a particularly
bad attack of souvenir mania. "
Friends of Colonel Roosevelt sus-
pected that some of his enemies had
taken this means Of showing disre-
spect to the dead.
A little investigation proved that
these surInises were all wrong. Quen-
tin Roosevelt's grave had not been
defaced Intentionally. A later dispatch
cleared up the mystery. Peasants who
visited the spot where Quentin Roose-
Welt fell within the German lines and
where he was buried, say the wheel
of wagon loaded with bundles of
wheat was carelessly driven over the
grave by farm laborer, erasing the
name Of the former President and
breaking the tablet
A Chicago Tribune correspondent
says the stone is small, "less than two
feet square, lies flat on the ground
and is about six inches thick. It il
soft sandstone and easily broken.
The grave is near the edge Of hay.
field and because of it's location
might have easily been driven ove1
by thoughtless villager.
The French are the last people il
the world to wilfully desecrate &
grave. The tender care they have
taken of Americas dead is one of the
most touching phases of the war anc
one that has done much to strengthen
tho bonds of friendship uniting tn,
two nations. Marshal Foch referred
eloquently to the American dead wher
he bade farewell to General Pershing
Those thousands of graves, Quentin
Roosevelt's among the rest, will be TO-
all time mute testimony that Amaric;
paid her debt to France, while fulfill
ing her obligations to humanity.
s. X *
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
KILLING TIME.

did you enjoy your stay at seavle"
Inn?'
NO" replied the unsociable man.
What was the natter"
Some well-meaning fool was always
introducing me to persons whom he
called pleasant people, but they didn't
stay pleasant long when they discovered
that didn't 'shimmy.' didn't golf, didn
motor, didn't talk politics or play poker
or do a lot Of other things that make
a man forget that he isn't going to live
thousand wears" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
Fred shireman Is Working


Everybody who goes to the Tutwiler
likes to see Fred Shireman and receive
one of his welcoming smiles. For some
time his face has been conspicuously alb
sent in the lobby. Yesterday he was
cornered and asked to explain. 1.-THE
whole trouble is business, he said
We've had more people to take care of
recently than we could handle, and it
takes every minute of my time to keep
to keep things running smoothly. Then,
too, we are working overtime in connec-
ton with the cafe, and as we want to
make the Tutwiler the most popular
place to dine in town, People seem to
have discovered this already, for we
are having wonderful crowds every day
for luncheon and dinner, and we expect
steady increase in numbers with the
coming OF cool weather"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
TEMPORARY DEPRESSION.

TEMPORARY DEPRESSION.
You used to say life would not u~
worth living without me-" said Mrs. Dub
waite
Did I really say that?" asked Mr..
Dubwaite, with an incredulous air.
You certainly did, and more than
once"
"oh, we'll, I suppose everybody is apt
to give way to fits of pessimism and
take gloomy view of the future that
is not at all justified, even when he Is
free. white and twenty-one."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21
American Silk Stockings
Compete With the Orient


Wl{THILE not everyone is directly
wv interested in silk stockings,
consumers are increasing all over the
world, and it will be of encourage
ment to Americans to know that fiji
teen million pairs of silk hose, the
products of American forests, were
sent out of the United States last year
to compete with the product of the
oriental silk worms.
Such is the information gained from
the foreign trade record of the Ma
tional City bank of New York. Ac-
cording to the banks statement the
rapid growth in the art Of making
silk from wood pulp in this country
is illustrated by these facts: In 1917
the number of stockings shipped was
two million pairs; in 1918 the num-
her had increased to six million, and
in the fiscal year, 1919, the volume
had grown to a little above fifteen
million pairs.
The export trade statistician of the
National City bank says:
So rapid has been the develop
ment of this industry by which the
American chemists and manufac-
turers have entered into competi-
ton with the oriental silk worm
that the value of artificial silk
manufacturers exported from the
United states has grown from $751;
600 in the first fiscal year 1917 to
s2,339,0o0 in 1918, and $7,677,o00 in
1919, being thus nine times as
much in value in 1919 as only two
i years earlier. the first year in
which the government thought the
industry Of sufficient Importance
to Justify record of it's export.
The process by which the forests
are turned into silk stockings is
comparatively simple one. Wood
pulp is treated with caustic soda
to form sodium cellulose and
then dissolved in carbon disulphiea.
The product, alkali-dellulose-xan-
thate,f Is viscous solution popu-
larly called 'yiscose' and after be-
|, ing filtered and allowed to ripen
by standing is forced through capil-
larry tubes into liquid which solid
. ho an Ac WI ~, "a W.
completed similar in appearance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

Entered AT the 6timtlG nam. Ala.
postoffice as second class matter, un-
der act OF Congress. March 5. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

After March, 1900, Birmingham will
have system of meat and milk inspec-
ton. Ordinances to this effect were
passed last night by the city council
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

No communIcakon wll be puonshe~
without AS autuur name. begecteO
manuscript wIAL NOT De returned uniess
stamps aIe lncloseo Tor mat purpose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

1t is announced that the street railway
company will build new car line to the
fairgrounds on Sixth avenue from Thir-
tenth street to Smiths park
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

kemlttances can - made at curren'
rate oil eASnange. Inc Ase-herdid HA4
not De rssponsIDIe tor money sem
through the mans ADDRESS
TEE ALE hEtkAI~Ds
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

A governors conference, called by Gov.
Joseph d. Sayers of Texas, is being held
at the Planters hotel in st. Louis to dis
cuss the trust question.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

The former Kaiser is said to have
paid $4,000 for his residence at Doom
and arrangements are being made to
purchase 20 houses for his retinue. Not
bad showing for a person who is
supposed to be down and out
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-11
ARCADE THEATRE

Local interest has been aroused
over the approaching engagement OF
Mickey at the Arcade theatre for
three days starting next Wednesday
No picture presented since the birth
of this amusement has attracted more
attention Mack sennett, it's pro-
ducer has. taken HIS time in filming
il. having been more or less occupied
with this picture for two years, while
additional interest is the fact that II
has raised Mabel Normand TO the
ranks of the truly great film stars and
established her firmly as F'ilmland's
best Coincidence. In this picture Miss
Eormand completely loses her idenu-
ty because she is always thought of
as the character portrayed. rather
than as her own self. Because the
story of Mickey" is so vivid and ap,
pealing and the characters are so real
and human, one will always. remem-
Der the people in this play. Mickey
Is a lovable, harum-scarum. little TOM
boy who has been brought up In o
mining town by old Joe. miner. and
an old Indian woman. Later she goes
to the city where her aunt. thinking
she is rich. only to find she is poor,
puts her TO work as a servant, where
the little tomboy gets into all sorts of
amusing and pathetic scrapes. Nick
ey has her share Of romance. adven-
ture and thrills. There is somethins
doing every minute
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-11
ARCADE TODAY.

LES MiserabIes." the most meio-
dramatic OF all Victor Hugo's melo-
dramas, has been pfcturlzed by Will
lam For with William Farnum playing
the roI OF the immortal Jean yaijean
and VIII be shown at the Arcade then.
tire today.
So extraordinary did the National
Board OF Review OF Notion Pictures
consider this photodrama that spec
iai report highly commendingl 1t was
issued. efa fSR
Les MiserabIes'' is an adequate
representation Of the great book. wrote
the National Board, ''and Is fine
example OF the justice the motion pic-
tare can render the classics. The
Jean Vatican OF william Farnum is a
wonderful creative effort" =
4 Under the separate headings of edu-
cational value, entertainments value.
historical value, moral effect. techni-
cal handling. etc. the National Board
of Review summed 1t all up in the
word excellent b
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-11
ARCADE THEATRE,

Few. IL any, motion pictures have
been presented in the past year. that
has attracted the wide interest that
Mack Sennett's super-comedy. Mic
ioey.1sis now doing throughout the en-
tire country. Everyone seems 10 be
singing Mickey dancing Mickey
and every body Is talking about "Mlc-
key" Mabel Normand is the featur-
ed. player. Mickey" is comedy-but
it's more. IT'S romanceA--but it's
more. It's western--but it's more.
It's-well. it's just Mickey" Mickey.
the charteer, Is a iovabIe. mischievous
little tomboy who has been brought up
in a mining town. the only mother she
has ever know being an Indian wo-
man. Later. Mickey goes to her aunt
in the city. who believes at first that
Mickey Is rich, only later to conclude
that she's poor. SO puts her TO work
as a servant. and oh. the scraps the
little tomboy gets into. But Mickey
takes matters as they come. ana wins
the man she loves.
Mickey has been secured for To-
cal showing at the Arcade theater for
three days starting next "wednesday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-11
AFTER AN OPERATION
ONO MAN TELLS HOW TO GAIN
STRENGTH

East Liverpool. Ohio.-"After an
operation. / was weak. rundown, and
slow to recuperate--I was advised to
take Yinol and the results were won-
derful, I have a good appetite and
sleep fine. am always glad to tell
anyone, what vinol has done for me-"
Joseph welseh. s
There is no secret aboe< Vinol.---It
owes its success In such c~.-~s to beef
and cod liver peptones. iron and man.
games. peptonates and glycero-p phos-
pilates. the oldest and most famous
body building and strength creating
tcnics
Keoppen's Drug store ana Druggist
Everywhere. A s4s k
r. S-our Savoi SalsS Is truly Won
derfull for Eczema. We guarantee it.
f t.sl
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-11
2s YEARS AGO
tF'rom the Daily East oregonian

(F-rom the Daily East oregonlan
April IL. 1SsI.)
Fred BOYD. late of the Weston Lea
der was here this morning on his way
to Baker City.
Civil Engineer. J. w. Kimbrell. left
this morning on visit to hts home at
North Powder. He returns Monday.
Thomas Baker was in the city today
from his home near Nolin. He says
the river is not yet high enough to ir-
rigate the bottom lands, something
unusual at this season of the year,
Water will soon be obtainable, how
ever. and there is fine prospect
Tor fruit this year.
W. b. Mays of this city is making
rsians for church TO be Quilt by the
Baptists at Athena.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-11
PICTURE SHOWS
<.p ALTA TODAY
CEPPY ADAMS HAS
SPLENDID sUPPoRT

Olin Howfand Appears With Her i'm
.'Isommnce and Brss Tacls''
Chief in the support Of Peggy
Adagns. the star of the new Flagg
COMEDY Romance and Brass Tacks.-'
which will be displayed at the Alta
theatre today IL Oiin Rowland. who
made SO notable a success as a publi-
city writer in the first Flagg comedy.
"Hick Manhattan recently shown
here Mr.. Howland is an actor of
merit and in this production he plays
the part OF n nut" musician with
signal success.
Mr.. Howland is an excellent actor
and his portrayal adds much to the
enjoyment OF Romance and Brass
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-11
HOW TO CLEAN Up YOUR
SYSTEM THIS SPRING

We Recommend DIR. Carriers X & b
Tca--Oid Fashioned and Purely
Vegetable, but Docs the Work just
tho Same.
For a few cents any economical
mother can get a package of DIR. Car
ter's X & b Tea and with 1t can gently.
but surely, give the little children's
bowels a thorough cleaning and at the
same time they will be taking a sprins
tonic unexceiied.
A cup of Dr. Carter's X & b Tea be-
fore going to bed will work wonders
for anyone--especiaily in the spring,
Drink II for constipation, upset
stomach sluggish liver. sick headache
and that weary hate-toget- -up-in-thei
morning Sfeeling-you1i like 1.-THE
children will enjoy it. Be sure you
get. a 49,
DR.. CARTER'S K & B. TEA