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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14

W Iilc lHS DOuy OA HIS DCd0biAAA WaAS lay in a morgue in Paris, following a debauch in Montmartre, Jack Pickford and his erstwhile brother-in-law, Owen
 Moore. flew from Paris to London in an
 airplane. The less we know about some
 of the movie people the easier it is to l respect them.
 Secretary Colby has received let ! ter from Bombay India, Addressed to Thomas Jefferson, Late Secretary of
 State and Minister of Patents" Has
 India heard that George Washington is
 no more?
 The farmer-labor candidate for Pres ident declined to speak at a county fair when requested not to discuss politics.
 That's his only excuse for being away from home.
 It all depends on the legislature whether or not Alabamians will soon be permitted to drink beverages that
 look like beer, taste like beer and smell
 like beer, but are something else < $ F The reports regarding General Wran- gel are so confusing it's hard to decide
 whether he's the Savior of Russia" or : merely the successor to Deniken. 1 A dispatch from Warsaw states that | eighty drunken reds" were captured by the Poles. They must have over
 drawn their allowance of vodka. x # < | The peanut is said to be facing
 crisis. Evidently the peanut has at tained to the dignity of coal, sugar
 and other commodities. | < # %
 In the matter of throat trouble, Cam didate Cox is following in the foot
 steps of other distinguished office
 seekers, past and present. l # x * The socialists have certified their 1 presidential nominee to Secretary Col by. More than that, they know right
 where to put their hands on him. l x # x | There is not a Sunday or holiday
 in the year that the automobile doesn't
 boost the mortuary statistics. | # # # 1 Another "setup" has been found for
 MT. Dempsey, who, like the rest of us. lprobably needs the money. | < * * | When talking for publication all the
 leading premiers of Europe are strong
 for unity of purpose. l is < 4 Joe Tumulty is working for the dem- ocratic candidates, but his chief seems l to prefer a thinking part. 1 < F < l It is no easy matter to embarrass
 money digger" as recent developments | have proved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
County Aid Necessary
 in Port of Birmingham

EvERAI, hundred citizens have S given their small quotas to the development of the Port of Birmlng- ham. All the iron, steel and coal cor norations have subscribed larger sums.
 The federal government gave Sl4'- 100000 for the equalization of the Warrior river, and is spending more raising the locks to an eight-toot minimum stage of water. The gov ernment is completing a steel fleet especially adapted to river service' It is going to build a coal and ore terminal at Mobile.
 Railroad freight rates have been raised several times in the past four years until they are more than dou- ble what they were. The Warrior offers a 20 per cent reduction from these freight rates. The higher they rise the larger figure the differen- tial cuts.
 Houston matched the governments s S3,0OO,0)0 with a like amount to con meet itself with the gulf. Los An geles spent $eo,ooo,ooo placing itself on the Pacific and securing water and hydroelectric power. Both these cities are so pleased with what they have already expended that the process has been made continuous one.
 The Birmingham district cannot q make of the Port of Birmingham what 1t should be unless it's entire strength is applied. The Port of Mobile is go- ing to get the strength of the state as Louisiana lent it's aid to the won derful development at New Orleans. The Port of Birmingham is this dis trict's highway to the gulf. This county must get behind it if it is to serve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
1Iany Wanted

T anticipate an enthusiastic meeting in Montgomery Wednesday" said Mur- ray Brown, president of the state har- bor commission. t''I believe it is one that no man who has the welfare Of his state at heart can afford to miss.
 T hope that Birmingham will be well represented, as the people of the state will naturally judge the interest of a city by the number of its representa- lives. And Birmingham, the largest city in the state, should haze more than any other city.
 Three luncheon clubs of Mobile will send cars full of delegates. large number of business men have stated that they will attend. Will Birming- ham beat that?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
Great While It Lasted

T certainly have enjoyed my vaca- tion," said Judge Dan A. Greene. but am glad to get back to Birmingham bile bay for the past few weeks and we caught lots of fish. We spent prac- tical1t all of the day out in boats en- toying this sport, and when we came in at night we were certainly tired I was in bed every night by o'clock, but it was a great life while it lasted. I am all ready for the opening of the circuit court and feel years younger since my vacation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
A BARNEGAT LOVE SONG

Ethelean Tyson Ga. in Scribner's Maga
 zine.
 I never race the sunrise
 To stand beside the Sea,
 But that the dawn-lit flow of it. Is telling, love, of thee. A dimpling sea, smiling sea That flushes mile on nile.
 And oh, the flower-sweet gieam of it.
 The thrill and mystic dream of it. It's your own lips I'm thinking of. Your rosy. 1iinTled smile. I never stand at noordays Beside the summer sea. But that the crystal blue of it. The radiant. skykissed hue of u, Is telling. love, of thee. A changeless sea, a tender sea, So wide and deep and true. And, oh, the healing balm of it, The magic, jeweled calm of it- It's your own eyes I'm thinking of Your own dear eyes of blue! never stand at evening Beside the sunset sea, But that the flaming leap of it. The purple misted sweep of it. Is telling. love. of thee. A royal sea, flaming sea And rainbow fires above. And, oh, the glory-light of it, The far-fung, deathless might of fs- It's your own heart mthinkr of
 Your golden heart of lovei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
H Heavy Toll of Life Taken by Automobiles

N VERY Monday morning the EN newspapers of the United States carry reports of numerous au- tomobile tragedies. Yesterday The Age-Herald published dispatches tell ing of people killed and seriously injured in various parts of the coun- try. In the state of Alabama there were four automobile accidents in which two men were killed and ten other persons were injured. Seven people were killed and another seri- ously injured when an automobile crashed through a railing during a thunderstorm and fell twenty feet to the New York Central railroad tracks at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
 At Valley Head, Ala, two men were said to be racing with train when their car turned over. One was instantly killed. Near Montgomery an automobile turned turtle over a steep embankment and one man was killed. Near Albany another car turned turtle and six members of a family were pinned under it, escap- ing death by hairs breadth.
 It is reasonable to suppose that most of the accidents were due to careless driving, including the New York tragedy, which resulted in seven fatalities. On Sundays and holidays automobiles cause many deaths, but this does not end the bloody chapter. Such accidents, as a rule, belong in a different category from the daily slaughter of innocents s"-pedestrains Tn city streets who are the victims of reckless drivers.
 Public indignation, law enforce ment and repeated warnings are of no avail. The protection of life and limb seems to be a secondary con sideration to an appalling number of | people who own or drive automobiles
 Since every other method has failed It may yet be necessary to pass a law requiring every prospective purchaser or car to pass a rigid mental test to show whether or not he regards a pedestrian as fair game and whether or not he is the kind of person who would "step on the gas" regardless of the consequences.
 A Pennsylvania undertaken complains that state nurse in charge of child health supervision in his county is sc efficient his business is at a standstill If he's making a bid for sympathy. he won't get it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
Touching the Spot

Work was begun by the engineering department of the city of Birmingham Monday on the laying of the bitulithic surface on Altamont road. just off Mountain Terrace.
 The street has been in bad repair for the past six months, and l have had complaints on an average of about six times day." said Julian Kendrick, city engineer. "The work will be completed in few days and I am hoping then to give my telephone rest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
ADRIET WITH THE TIMES
y1N11s EFF prrp11s

vINUS EFT BEERUS Light wines and beer, very much fear.
 Are the bane of the prohis existent Who prate much of pledges And thin end of wedges"
 And talk of determined resistance. To tell the plain truth. This "curse of our youth
 Is a much overrated inventions; There are lots of things worse Than the much maligned curse
 But they're really too naughty to me tiop. U. M C
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
A Night With the God.

T recall with the greatest pleasure
 my visit to Birmingham in 1891 with
 James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier
 poet and Douglas Shirley, the Ken
 lucky story teller" said w. C. Glass.
 They appeared in O'Brien's opera house to one of the largest crowds as-
 sembled in that house. In the follow ing days issue of The Birmingham Age Herald, the head over the story read
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
LESSON TO PARLoR REDS

From the Sun and New York Herald. It is impossible to b~and the bolshe- vik regime as utterly inefficient when the news from Russia is read. The so- viet organization has succeeded in mak- ing Emma Goldman, Alexander Berk- man and the rest of their red crew go to work. The American officials who the jails here always failed. But Len inc has Berkman toiling on the rail- road. A brakeman's job on the Trans Siberian line in winter is not always a happy one.
 Let the parlor socialists of Green wich Village read lesson in the fate of their exiled heroes and heroines. When soft handed neophytes asked their socialist tutors: Must we, too, work in the socialistic state?" the an swer was always ready: With your brains, as now Intellect will find its real place after the revolution. Can you spare another hundred dollars for the cause?"
 Even the fattest witted limousine red can see that these ready promises were, in the language of the proletariat the bunk Work is work Berkman is con- demned to that fate which he wished for the rich but himself lodged. The amateur bolshevist about to serve the cause would do well to have the old family lawyer draw up contract in surfing the party of the first part against manual labor after the cata- clysm.
 We wonder whether Berkman enjoys putting hoboes off the trains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
RED BOOKS AND NIGHT LIGHTS

H. M Tomlinson, "Old Junk"
 7, As the bed book itself should be a sort of night light. to assist its illumi- nation, coarse lamps are useless. They would douse the book. The light for such a book must accord with it. It must be, like the book. limited, per sonaL mellow, and companionable glow; the solitary taper beside the only worshipper in a sanctuary. That is why nothing can compare with the intimacy of candlelight for bedbook It is a living heart, bright and warm in central night. burning for us alone, holding tho ~aunt and towering shad- ows at bay There the monstrous spec tres stand in our midnight room, the advance guard of the darkness of the world, held off by our valiant little glim. but ready to flood instantly and | founder us in original gloom.
 1 The wind moans without; ancient evils are, at large and wandering in 1 torment The rain shrieks across the | window. For a moment. for just mo- ment. the sentinel candle is shaken, and 1 burns blue with terror. The shadows leap out instantly The little flame | recovers and merely looks at it's foe l the darkness. -~' back to it's own place
 l goes the old enemy of light and man The candle for me. tiny, mortal. warm and brave. a golden lily on a silver stem!
 Almost any book does for a bed book" a woman once said to me. nearly replied in hurry that almost any woman would do for a wife; bu1
 that is not the way to bring people te
 conviction of sin., Her idea was thar
 i the bed book is a soporific. and fol
 i that reason she even advocated tn,
 reading of political speeches. Tha
 would be a dissolute act. Certainly
 you would go to sleep; but in what {
 frame of mind!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
WHY SPOIL A SUITE

Here's a1adder against this buildin4 I'll bet you a dinner you won't wal under it.''
 q won't take your bet"
 "Ha! Superstition?'
 NO, horse sense. There's a man at th top of that ladder with axbucket of pair in his hand.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
ALREADY NOTICED

From the New Orleans Times -Picayune. domestic scientist rises to warn
 the American people that the day of
 the efficient hired girl is passing"
 Some of us had noticed it before the warning arrived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14

INDEPENDENT "The young chap who is going sc marry my daughter has the right spirit, said the self-made millionaire, jubilantly.
 "You are satisfied he isn't after your money?"
 Sure. If I'm not careful what l say ! to that young fellow he'll dare me to set my foot on his premises after lie gets his bungalow built" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
BAD FORM

Whats thisr' asked the party worker.
 "A little propaganda to influence the woman's vote,'' said the practical poli- tician.
 "Eh?' fs2
 We are quietly passing the word around that it will be considered so- cial solecism to bolt the ticket"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
TOGETHER.

DRAWN TOGETHER. There's truce between Mrs. Gaddel and Mrs. Gawker." What brought it about?" Community of envy. Mrs Clipping o1 the same neighborhood has new limou sine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
REACTIONS OF A HOME RUN

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 New York.-What happens at the Polo Grounds when Babe" Ruth knocks one out of his occasional home runs will be made clear by the following scientific answer to this question. as supplied hy nerve specialists at local hospitals:
 There arises tr~e ndous concept of anticipation which is fulfilled when the homer is made; the sympath nervous system Averstimulates the endrocins substances; the suprarenal gland af- fects the insoluble gycogen so as to change it to glucose; the thyroid gland affects the body's proteid metabolism |so as to supply new proteids substances for those which are broken down, and the crowd. displaying mass emotional instability. acting the familiar lines of mob psychology, brings about general demonstration in which individual par- ticipation is wholly Involuntary.
 When Babe misses the ball, however, the visual centers register the fact that he is making ready for another attempt and all Is we'll se
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
T T 'T Glad Bucolic Life .'-srs ,w Lures Young Heiress


 EHIRED of being "poor little rich U girl" Miss Louisa Fletcher, daughter of capitalist of Indianapo- lis, ran away from the family's sum- mer home at Gloucester, Mass, and became a farm laborer. Her adventure was short lived, however, as she was soon found at a farm house near Ipswich.
 Before entering on a life of rugged toll, Miss Fletcher shipped off her hair and donned overalls. The farm CT who hired her became suspicious that his new "man" was a girl, and the police were notified. She fought against arrest, but was taken to a police station. The father is evidently sensible man. When told that his daughter had been found he remarked '1t looks like a spanking case to me-"
 Miss Fletcher took the direct method of protesting against the in nervating life of the more or less idle rich, as we'll as the restrictions which hedged her about. Her ambi- tion to be a second Maud Muller was laudable, even though it cost her family some distress of mind, A spanking might do, or even a lee ture. Her case is not alarming. Had she run away to become a movie actress or seek romance" as visual ized by the average girl of her age who idolizes some screen star and between whiles reads sentimental nov els, there might be grounds for view ing her future with alarm. She did not even use motor car, which is now regarded as indispensable to most young runaways who move in gasoline circles. #{ .5R
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
HIGH TIDE

HIGH TIDE
 sE We're rolling in extravaganza, A fact no one denies; The wastrels scarcely give a glance To money as it flies. The horny-handed laborer And others of that ilk For raiment they did once prefer Have substituted silk. Back to a state of normalcy I fear we'll not revert Till labor's goal has ceased to be The eighteen-dollar shirt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14

tion are taboo. Pride stands in the affected life that brings it's own rel ward. Vanity of vanities and all iS vanity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14

DIsCOURAGING AN oPTIMIsT.
 T believe I'll drop into MT. wad- leigh's office and see if he will lend ma some money to put through a gilt-edged proposition" remarked MT Blibbins.
 Let me give you word or two Of
 "WeuT
 Remember where you put your hat when you go in Whats the idea?'' You may not want to waste any time looking for it when you start out''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14

LOOKING AHEAD What are all these phonograph rec ords?"
 Drinking songs," said MT. Bibbles. But you have no use for them now" Quite true, but if I live twenty years longer I'll play them and get the repu- station of being an archeologist."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
THE F1yE-CENT PIECE

THE FIVE-CENT PIECE
 Don't be hard on the nickel that's iosl | so much caste l And had so much power in tie "DeauY 1 full past" 1 Just put the pennies to it, l And don't fail to do 1t,
 And you're all right, Buddy, as long al l they last. M M Il.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
. MORNING PRAYER

A MOKNINW EHsh
 Nv Heavenly Father, grant 70 mo the gift of asking silently Tor heip. Teach me to lift mine eyes TOT least a moment from the task .nA' chains me. So shall my strength De thine and thy strength nine' Amen M. $. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY

From the Tampa Tribune
 Psychology: the science of convinc- ing boob that a summer suit now of- fered '~~ $30~Will be $40 next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14

A Pennsylvania undertaken complains that state nurse in charge of child health supervision in his county is so efficient his business is at a standstill. If he's making bid for sympathy, he won't get it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14
washington Bureau. sOO pavidA0n

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange eonnee departments) Main 49OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-14

Rem.ttances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-HeraId VIII net be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-01
MINISTER'S WIFE KILLED
Mrs. H. Percival Dodge Crushed as
Elevator Car Ascends.

Mrs. H.,Percival Dodge, wife of the
United States Minister to Serbia. and
daughter of Rear Admiral and, Mrs.
j H. Adams. was crushed in the eie-
gator shaft at the latter's home at
1909 Sixteenth street northwest,
Washington, yesterday afternoon and
almost. instantly killed. Mrs. Dodge
with her husband, was visiting her
parents here during the Christmas
holidays. She was AZ years old.
The tragedy occurred when Mrs.
dodge slipped upon entering the ele-
|: tator. The driver Of the car, SUSIE
Sheppard, colored, 400 oakdaie, street :
northwest, endcavored to catch her
IS she fell and the elevator rose. i
Before it could be stopped MES NJ:
Dodge was crushed between the, sna1It
If the car and the elevator compart-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-01
THE GAZETTE IN 1920.

According to the date line on the
3 first page. Of the Gazette, this paper
begins its 13Gth volume today. II
is in reality its l37th volume as We
know NOW that the Alexandria Ga
zette was an institution n 1889.
In writing the history Of this pa
per on January /, 1909, It's birth was
seen to be lost IN the dim past. The
first reference TO the !Alc~"~@ :, ga
zette is in minute Of the FairFa7
County Court in the year 17S4 when
Alexandeia was the tail of thai
county's.. kite. The minute ordered 8
certain legal advertisement 70 o.
published in the Alexandra Gazette.
This was as far back as the history o.
the paper could be tracea;hence We
state in. each issue that the paper
was founded that year.
.AboutS year ago lady residing
on South Alfred street called US or
the telephone and stated that SHOULD
representative call at her home shs
would exhibit copy of the Gazette
dated in; r7sS, the year it was found,
cd. A call was made upon the lady
and she loaned the paper to US. which
The Gazette stands eighth in the
we described at the time.
list of papers published in the United
States during colonial days and those
immediately succeeding the war for
independence.
Many o. its early contemporaries
in the United States have long since
died, one which had been printeo
since 1903 having suspended publ.
cation few months ago.
The Gazette, as-will be seen, mas
flourished in three centuries, and IN
the year 1920 is still giving the
"news of the day. its form and pres
sure. "'The circulation has increased
greatly during the past few years
while the demands of advertisers upo'
its columns have been greater than al
any time in its history.
The Gazette has kept pace witt
the rapid increase in Alexandria:
population. and the paper is not only
r, garded as an essential in the homes
Of those native and to the marre'
born, but hundreds Of our new citi
zens enjoy perusing its columns also.
We wish all our readers A Happy
and Prosperous New Year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-01
HOLIDAY SEASON Or lsls-1a2o

The setting of to-day's sun vii
mark the close OF the holiday season
probably the most Tranquil IN Alex
andria since the close of The war be
tween the states. During that rio;
there was little outdoor demonstra
ton, bns the Christmas Of ;hs yea
1865, after hosi:l;.ies had ceased, ~
marred BY the historic Christmas riots
a race var which LASTED bu: 2 d&y
One colored man was killed On tia
occasion.
Christmas Day one wee!, ago v.2.
remarkably serene. more So sh2n ::
Sunday. During days preceding m
following that fes.iya. The 2oGc.
Court was w!rhou, a &2es.e.. III;
speaks well for ely now yh9aEs,,S. .
number $4,000 or 10000 souls crs,,.
posed of many na;iona!:t;es. ~
have among Us ,oday ps2p.e Ct 5e4~.
lly al cli9es.
As the old year was being .al.e|
oat last night and its successor vel
coined explosions. were irequsn: i
many quarters Of the City. They WEI
from saluting pistols generally. The
temperature was mild and me streets
swarmed with humanity, while there
were gatherings of marrymakars il
many homes. But no disorders Were
! reported, j and another clear docket
was in evidence in the Police Court
this morning.
May the song of the angels
Peace on earth good will 10 men
animate Ill in the year which we en-
ter today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-01
/ sTEvEDoREs KILLED
One Staggers Off Dock While Train
brushes Other.

Baltimore, Nd, Jan. While
loading cases of whisky for export
on the, steamship Lord Downshire
late Tuesday night two stevedores
broke open one of the cases and
became so intoxicated that one stag
gered off the dock shortly after mid
night and the other met death later
when he wandered in front Of a
Pennsylvania railroad train.
A foreman Of the Atlantic Trans
port Company, for which the mel,
were working. discovered they were
thinking and discharged them. As
they left the pier one. stevedore
staggered off 1.-THE side. and. was
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-01-01
INJURED 81 FIREWORKS

Danville, Va. Jan.l.J Two boys
re in Edmunds' Hospital suffering
s:cm damaged eyes as result o.
Christmas fireworks. Alvin Hudson
~eed II, of Nelson county, has one
ye badly injured as result Of tor
,edo exploding in his face. Kermit
smith, of Chatham. age Z. was bad
burned about the face when gun
powder, over which he was STOPPING
Jared up.