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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
By AssoeIatsd Press


 Washington, November 2.-Despite disturbed industrial conditions, great prosperity obtains generally over the country. according to reports for Oc- iober received by the federal reserve board from its agents in the several districts. A strong demand for con modities. verging at times upon reck- lessness in buying, was noted in prac- iically all sections.
 Summarizing the reports, the board. in a statement made public today, said the labor situation occupied a positioa a of primary importance, with an In- creasing degree of general unrest over the country.
 ''The steel strike. which has been long drawn out. though with produe- ton well maintained" said the sum- mary, lis apparently approaching It's end. Tht strike has not in rec ,nt weeks seriously han.pered production.
 More serious. perhaps. in its pos sibilittes than any other labor distui b- ance is the general coal mine strike.
 "A hopeful indication in the labor difficulties is the fact that in some districts a smaller number of actual strikes. or a smaller number of msn out of' work as a result of strikes, is reported.
 TROUBLESOME FACTOR
 "A troublesome factor in the indus trial situation is seen in the exist ence of a widespread condition of IT, dustrial and social unrest, and while disturbances growing out of strikes have not increased du ing the monTh. prospects for a growth in this direc- tion have been such as to cause some anxiety
 Summing up district labor situa- tlons. 1t would appear that in the Nev England region there is no general oi serious dislocation of working reia tionships, although there is unus sual caution among employers, while in Philadeiph.s put h.tle disturbance has been experienced. Conditions In the south, at Atlanta and the adjacent re- zion are fairly satisfactory, while II Minneapolis and thS northwest ther. is full employment at good wages.
 Unrest exists in New York and Chi cago. while the labor situation in the southwest and on the Pacific coast is still unsettled
 Crop returns were reported as good in most sections and even where de- cline in output has brought the total yield below the forecasts record prices have augmented the money returns in spite of the decreased volume
 There has been no declinee in gem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
Sim Feiners Busy a.. a~r.Ss n....

Belfast. November 2.-The magistrates of the police court at Beitrubet, County cavan, on entering the court yesterday, found the royal arms over the bench dis ''~rred and with the outline of a skull drawn over them, together with the in- scription. ''R. I. P" (requiescat in peace). laree Sim Fe'n fla~ was painted on the wall with the flag of the Irish republic heneath.
 The republican flag is also floating over he town hall, the city council ignoring a request for it's removal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
Fired by Allied Chief

Berlin, Saturday, November l.--Dr. Glaessing, burgomaster of Wiesbaden, in the occupied territory, has been deposed by the allied commander in chief on a charge of maladministra- tion. Blame for the coal shortage of the city is imputed to him and he is charged with generally neglectinS to cooperate with the French author ities Dr. Glaessing has been ordered to leave the occupied regions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
Indipnation at Munich

Berlin, Saturday, Noveinber I.--There is much indignation among the indus. trial population of Munich, US the re- suit of military order prohibiting the public celebration of the first anni- yersary of the German revolution, which for Bavaria is November [. The trades unions, advices from Munich state are threatening general strike unless theorder is rescinded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

partments discovery early in 1918 of the Hans Smith letters to the imperial government have been declared inno of all blame. Tn a letter to theiutwo.o cent of all blame In a letter to their counsel made public tonight. Morton F. Lewis former state attorney general reversed his opinion by which on April 3. 1918, he approved a subordinate find ing that they were disioyal citizens
 The Forstmann and Hoffman com pany was mentioned among other per sons and firms in the Smith cores pondence dealing with a plot to buy large amounts of wool here for war shipment to Germany. Hans Smith and Heinrich r. Albert. representatives of the Deutscher bank and secretly reprc- senting Germany. were exposed in their war operations here by the state de partment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

whether it be inherited or the product ot his own labor, what it costs society 10 educate, clothe, feed, amuss md inspire him; and if, what he thus receives rom society exceeds his contribution 10 so ciety. he is 8 thief and human society IS his victim.
 'sWe steal from others their good name and reputation the person who by an idle word of gossip or by an insinuatng remark. reflects upon the reputation ano character of another is also a thief We are today violating shis great comnana' by excessive profits. The man who, pe- cause of the ignorance or helpless con dition of others charges an exorpitane price for any commodity whether 1t De house or a ham, and this makes higher the cost of living, may call it good nusi- ness if he desires, but God calls 1t theit' fo+ he has violated Gods great command, Thou Shalt Not Steal
 Again a man may steal from God; we may steal his day, if we use the SIX days that he has given us and then nse tbe Sabbath for our profit and desecrate it we thereby steal from God. We steal from God when we rep back our money. All that we have belongs to God, It is ms word. and we are the tenants or h,s house; He requires Q part or what iie has given us for His cause, ana th" pro- motion of His kingdom, and when we spend money so extravagantiy Tor our own pleasure and enjoyment and then turn a deaf ear to. or look into our pocket for the smallest coin to give the great cause of home and foreign missions the Red Cross and the humanity up- lifting causes, we arc thieves, and tne God who said Thou Shalt Not Steat IS the victim of our theft
 Mrs. Henry Badham mode spienoio four-minute talk for the Red Cross at the morning service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
Brief Account Sermons
 Preached atLocaLChurches

quirements is to be unworthy stewards A reckoning day is coming.
 Christian stewardship means that not only our property, but we our selves belong to God. We are stewards of the manifold grace of God. Whether we live or die we are the Lords"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
Julius FOrstmann Is
 Declared to Be Innocent
By Associated Press

Ne wYork, November 2-Julius Forstmann and the firm of Fortsmann
 and Hoffman company. who were ae- cuSed of being involved in Germany's wool plot" exposed by the state de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

Arriving in Minneapolis to attend the Minnesota state fair. Chief Ka- Be-Na- Wey- Wencc, meaning ~wrin- l<led meat" seated on the floor Of hts hotel announced that he is 1sc years old and desired 10 make immedia teiy trip in an airplane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

The Baker School Improvement asso- ciation will meet Tuesday afternoon at 9;15 at which time Mrs. D. A. Echols VII oodress the meeting All mothers are urged 10 be present as important nnsi- ness will be taken up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
pJsuop BECKwITH HERE

Bishop F. C. Beekwith of the dIocese oe Mobile was a guest or heV. Euriuaue ronret+ yesterday. While here Bishop Beckwith held two services at St. Johns Episcopal church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
LEGISLATURE BELIEVES I'M FAIR PLAY

THE preliminary test tonnage
 at Montgomery late yesterday afternoon while apparently showing close division, highly encouraging
 They show that the members of the house of impressed by the unfaness of such vnced that should be imposed upon Aabama mineral district
 few members who opposed the of appar enty willing But they should bear mind the principle nvovedthe discrimination the sectional feature the levy the commodity itself
 Let the from the cotton county ask himself how he would
 like have commodity placed each bale Let the from the lumber and urpenne territory ask himself would be fair to put discriminatory the chief pro- duct of his county Let the legislature weigh these questions carefully in his mind Where will such principle of taxation established in Alabama? product nearest and dearest heart the next at which an unfair blow will be aimed.
 Birmingham never sincere than saying that these taxes coal and will be the most blows fered by the mineral district Alabama Every man in the legislature has relative friend in Birmingham who here to establish his living that legislator ask himself he wants to do something deliberately which will make harder for his friend make ing in Birmingham For this placed the district of the to close Pay rolls will decrease There will be less money spend and quenty less branch of industry will be
 The legislator asked to try to bring the question himself personally Let him imagine himself dependent
 living great basic industry. And then imagine his feelings Ii would along upon that industry and other commodity the state that his income his investment and his very living jeopardzed
 The AgeHerad does not believe legislature Ala bama willing to be responsible great an injustice If the have money there plenty ways to raise fairly and equaby Jefferson county entire mineral district will do their part gladly and willingly Their para mount objection to the tonnage it's discrimination unfair and injustice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01

by guard, he said he was returning for maps. The court-martial held that his defection caused needless sacri- flee of life.
 Men have been known to show cow ardice on one occasion and superb bravery on another, but Stone is evi- dently of that rare type who lacks even the pride which will make man try to appear brave in the presence of others, although his teeth may be chattering and his knees knocking to- gether. It is creditable to the Ameri- can army that of the thousands of of- ficers who served in France, only small percentage of whom had ever had any military experience before, cases where an officer or a private either, for that matter, showed the white feather were almost unheard of. Even the hard" officers had the saY- ing grace of courage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
Voted Against Him

'"The proposition to place a tax on the coal and ore deposits of the Bir- mingham district, has spread far and wide," said Col. Tom Pound, who has just returned from vacation spent at Wrightsville Beach. Needless to. say I am much opposed to the propo- sition, for it seems to me by another attempt to gut this district and to cripple her industriaIly. In this con- nection while I was at Y r tsville a nus ben Of rnehxz ell up in the indus triai world, were discussing the pro- posed tax with me at the hotel. and it was their unanimous opinion that the passage of the tax would be a serious blow to the further industrial develop ment of the district.
 "I never was much of fellow to say T told you so,' but did tell my friends that Tom Kilby would 'gouge' the Bir- mingham district on every opportunity and late developments point that way. am glad to say I was 'agin' him in his race for governor, and I believe that many of those who sang his praise and cast their votes for him, would be glad to recall their action if pos- sible"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
Reading no1Ix,s Article

Tuesday morning when Dolly Dal- rrmple's story about Mrs. Allen Loehr and her four and half years residence in China appeared in the Age-Herald I read it with much pleasure" said Mrs Ned McDavid "But I didn't know that I was going to hear from it so soon after leaving home At the luncheon hour Tuesday, my little daughter and myself dropped in at King Joy Inn and after we had ordered our luncheon we were attracted by several of the Chinamen in little group each with an Age-Herald in his hand reading for dear life. I became interested and presently discovered that they were reading Dolly's story and enjoying it hugely. One of them would make some comment and then they would all join in chattering like magpies and finally when they came to the little story told in 'Pidgin English they were simply convulsed with laughter. The crowd increased and finally a whole bunch gathered around evidently delighted to have news from home and to know how an American girl felt about China. It was a very amusing episode and I en- joyed it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
A vacation Opportunity

VI am on my way to a famous old Tennessee summer resort" said Le- Grand Wilson. ''as he was leaving for Estill Springs. T am going along with a bunch of young folks and we expect to practically camp put and thereby get close to nature. I need change as the busy hustiing city pals on me and l know that what l need is to potter around in my shirt sleeves and roll on the grass under a spreading oak or kill time by the side of a stream. I'll be getting material for my next talk to the Rotarians, for I am sure if my gray matter is conserved I can revamp a lot of old jokes and make them look like new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
* H x Prince of Wales May Extend His Visit

1T T had been arranged by the British ll foreign office for Edward Albert, Prince of Wales visit to the United States in October to be confined to the national capital and New York city, and while no change has been announced in London, it is not unlike ly that the schedule may be extended so as to include Fredericksburg, Will liamsburg, Richmond and few cities of the middle west.
 An A effort is being made to have his royal highness see the far west, but if he is disposed to hurry he would not have time to carry out an extensive itinerary. When his grand father, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII, visited the United States he was pre- pared for a sojourn of month or more. Although he came technically incug, that Is to say, not as prince and heir apparent to the throne, but under one of his lower titles, so as to relieve the government of the courtesy of official parade, he was cordially received by official Wash ington and was a guest of President Buchanan at the White House. But the country was greatly excited over the political situation which forecast the civil war; and on that account his visit was cut short.
 He spent several days in Richmond, and several days in the middle west, then considered the far west, includ- ing Cincinnati; and the present heir apparent might, if sufficiently urged, visit the same cities as matter of sentiment. He comes not incognito, but with an official introduction to President Wilson, which means the usual ceremonial in receiving repre- sentatives from foreign nations.
 Edward Albert is twenty-five years of age. He is "a mixer" is distinctly tactful and is much liked by his own people. He is sure to make a good impression on this side of the At lantic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
GAY GIRLS OF PARIS

the obligations of home making being assumed by either Often these rela tions were happy; literature has represented some or them as ilead-as long as they lasted. Such an indiscretion did not ne- cessarily prevent the midinette from marrying some one else in the end nor from becoming a very lovable and de- mure femme de maison
 On the streets in the old days almost any time of the year one was sure to see great numbers of the midinettes They were always chic, for they were possessed of a skill that could make what looked like robe out of car pet and hat out of a piece of rib bon, Their occupation was seasonal, and would promenade"
 Now promenading is the great pas time of Parisians. It means so much to the French that some writers say that whenever there is danger of re- volution in Paris the government sim equivalent to proclaiming a day for promenading. Then the Parisians walk off their ebullient spirits, and the government is saved On any such day the pastry shops would be filled with midinettes and the boulevardsN would be thronged with what Miss Jane Addams call the spirit of joy in the city streets The gaiety of the midi nette is of the same temperament that made the phrase cest la guerre
 When the war came the "confections' industry was greatly hampered. The chief men in the business were mobiliz- ed. Fifteen or twenty per cent of the midinettes found themselyss in the munition factories; others returned to their homes in the provinces to care for the farm and the family in the place of their fathers and brothers. Paris was concerned with something besides fashions, and many of the midinettes who remained turned to other occupa tions. They found themselves tending store in the front room of the boutique, the French shopkeeper's little place of business. or in the state service, or in the many occupations that opened to women during the war; each be- came the host mistress, car conductor or metro controle. Immediately after the armistice buyers in great aum bers turned their eyes toward Paris. and the business of the couturieres was rnohilized for peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
HYPERCRITICAL

Do you care for these movie close ups?'
 "No,' replied the esthetic person.
 They give you fine chance to study the expression on the stars face.'
 Maybe so but I can't admire even the most beautiful woman when her face looks. like full moon."
 MIGHT HAVE BEEN VERBATIM.
 You may remember that I called here yesterday and got an interview with you," remarked the young reporter.
 That's correct" said the self-made millionaire. "Corking fine piece you wrote"
 Did I quote you correctly"
 q guess so, young feller. I ain't got a dictionary handy an I've never run across some of them words you used in my line of business, but I s'pose it's what I would have said if I had had a college eddication."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
American Officer Sentenced
 For Desers.on Under Fire

A N extraordinary case of coward 9A ice is reported in a dispatch from Aver, Mass. Samuel H. Stone, formerly second lieutenant of the One Hundred and First Infantry regi- ment, was convicted of deserting his men after leading them under fire. Officials of Camp Devens were noti- fled of the verdict of a court-martial at Eccomoy, France which found Stone guilty last January. He has been sent to Fort Leavenworth to serve 10-year sentence.
 According to the testimony given by members of his platoon, Stone had led night patrols into No Mans Land on four different occasions and after the enemy opened fire, he left his men to shift for themselves and withdrew to a place of safety. It was charged that when his company was going into action at Chateau Thierry, in the first "wave," Stone ran to the rear. Halted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
HIGH COST OF LIVING.

Florida Times Union: Every profit ger thinks the profiteering of the others is outrageous
 Baltimore American: Profiteering is the most despicable crime on the age. Round up the robbers.
 New York Evening Sum About the only fruit in the market that is actually bit cheaper is the onion.
 New York Telegram: Mayor of New ark has launched an organization to put an end to profiteering in the city. If he succeeds we trust His Honor of Newark will give us the formula.
 Chicago News: Some day the poor patient public will become tired of be- ing the goat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01

RI. K. Wisehart, in Leslie's.
 N EFORE the war there was cen IR tered in Paris the great indus ~ try called "confectlons oA
 Paris" This industry supplied the whole civilized world with styles anu
 models in womans wearing apparel-
 and if was even said that the barbar-
 ians of some savage countries got their
 notions in dress from Paris. The m
 dustry was centered at first aooul
 few great houses of international repu-
 tation, and gradually spread to hum
 dreds of others, some large and some
 small, and the trade lured foreign buy
 CTS to come to Raris for better styles
 cheaper goods and cheaper prices.
 The handmaiden of this industry was
 the midinette.~ The reputation Tor
 French goods had been based on hand
 work in contrast with machine work
 and it was the labor of the mldlnette
 bought at a very cheap price that en-
 abled the trade to develop. The midin-
 ette is a girl from fourteen to twenty
 four. possibly Parisian by birth. or per-
 haps one of the thousands from the
 provinces who come to Paris to seek
 their livelihood in this occupation The midinettes have been apostrophized by French writers, poets and novelists, and made known even to. Americans by the students of the Latin Quarter in antebellum days. During the war thousands of them were employed in
 munitions factories, and the thousands who remained in Paris were oppressed, as well as all Paris by the gloom and besetting sadness of the strife. The return of the midinette" refers not only to the fact that those who were in the intuition factories are now back in their old trade. but to the reappear- ance of the esprit and gladness and chc-ness that was characteristic of the | midinette. She is again taking her place in the pleasant life of Paris. But 1 she is a new midinette, a more inde- pendent being, a unionized midinette! The typical bright little midinette be- ! fore the war earned about ninety francs month on which by close saving she 1 she could live even apart from her 1 family. But in some cases her tempera- ment and her lower bourgeois moral code permitted her something of indis-
 erection. Sometimes she became the petite femme of some clerk or even a l wealthy young Frenchman, to whom
 she gave the comforts of home without
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
LUKE NpLUKE SAYS

The trouble with having wife who is good manager is that you are usually what is managed.
 If there are three or four other mem- bers of the family, father never finds room for his lid or his coat on the hall rack.
 By the time the present Congress gets though making fool laws for you to ob- serve it will be no trouble at all for you to observe the Ten Commandments.
 Matrimony is a good deal like billiards You have to take the scratches with the kisses.
 No woman is ever so satisfied with herself that she doesn't worry over what the neighbors think of her.
 The trouble with some people who are interested in business is that 1t Is your business they are interested in.
 And the fact that she happens to think as he does won't keep a mans wife from contradicting him.
 Isn't it strange how many ways you can think of to meet an emergency after the emergency has passed?
 There is supposed to be use for every thing. But what tha hex is the idea of lace on the towels your wife reserves for guests?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-01
ruE cAY PRorITEERs

Written for The Age-Heeald by samuel
 Minturn Peck. A song, a song for our gay profiteers
 Whose number, alas, daily grows; Who make it sport To cheat and extort
 Till wealth like a river in-flows; Who laugh at the humor Of wretched consumer
 He cannot go naked. must eat Who thinks it is niAe To sky-up the price,
 For no law forbids them the feat. So they mount them and mount them. And merrily count them
 Their dollars all night Saturday. And 'twixt then and Monday In autos on Sunday
 Wend piously churchward to pray! A song, a song for the gay profiteers
 Who welcome our walls with
 frown; Who squeezs from their neighbor Reward of his labor
 Five hundred percent he lays down. And makes it worse, As lighter grows purse
 There's nobody knows where twill
 end There's nothing to bar Them from reaching star
 The prices of williams who vend. O TOT some Iuw5 For insatiate maws
 That on our necessities feed! A man must have bread And food till he's dead
 And they know it, the monsters of
 greed. A song. song for the gay profiteers- moose I'd far rather tie; But hanging's too good For the swildlesome brood Though Haman were not hung as high. A bandit of old. The story is told. Robbed the rich man to give to tho poor; Some honor he had, Made poNerty glad
 Alas Robin Hood is no more! But, ah, were he nigh. What scorn in his eye.- At our thieves of today he would jeer-- And we rather suspect When their prayers they infect
 That God will deafen His ears.