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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-16
.5s$;,AMS CURRENCY in
\ PRUSSIA, SAYS GERMAN

;Mael11pIL LIE Germany, Oct. 16. (By the
TS,o lated Press -"When we left
IN. oscow several months ago Dau-
ciey ai1d Stoeleer (members of the
Iante IN economic mission to Russia)
TuaIus | me to fill my pockets with
nant uails, one of which they said,
tne Hotr eadily be accepted through
sr a,cSa Russia in. payment for
on eiapoS or service"
ents at information was conveyed by
by manrispien to the delegates, of the
Inc hdent socialist convention dur
Oldest q course of heated debate
ana tnfe issue of accepting or re-
charmlr Moscow's- conditions.
the loWvaerts, the socialist organ, says
her piens unique revelation provides
Shemost penetrating commentary on
Iorhsent economic conditions in Rus
be 9 and recalls the procedure, of mis-
as Nharies and explorers who won over
dred African natives through gifts OF
Mlds and mirrors.
nenthe proceedings at the congress
OF ffhy were very boisterous. Herr
comemans vehement den6nciation of
VisitSsian communism exciting the ex-
able nists to the Berlin point.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-16
"The Man Who
Came Bach" At
Lyric October Is

"The Man Who Came Back" Will
liam A. Brady's big success, which
comes to the Lyric on Oct. %. rs and
81, broke all records for contempo-
rary theatrical runs while in New
York. Beginning on Sept. 2, 1916,
this powerful play by Jules Eckert
Goodman, ran for 81 weeks. most of
the time under the necessity of play
ing extra nfatinees on Thursdays, I'M
til, at the end of it's run, Oct g. 1917,
it had given 483 performances. Then
it played eight months in Boston.
At the beginning of the 1916 sea-
son there were three sure-fire sue
cesses in New York: Turn to the
Right" 1.-THE Thirteenth Chair" and
1.-THE Man Who Came Back" Right
on through the summer they ran, and
then, when the new plays began to
burst in 1.-THE Thirteenth Chair" and
Turn to the Right" started off on
the. road.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-16
STRESSES BOYCOTT. =

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 16.-Belief
in the economic boycott as an effec-
future under the operation of the league
OF nations was voiced by William G..
McAdoo, former secretary of the treas
ury, in an address here. Mr.. McAdoo
spoke yesterday at Elkhart, South
Bend and LaPorte. Large, crowds at
tended each meeting.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-16
vIzIER RESIGNS.

CoNSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 16,-The
sultan has accepted the resignation of
Damad Ferid Pasha, the grand vizier.
and also has promised the allies that
he will make fresh overtures. to tho
nationalists. The Turkish pound has
dropped in value from SO cents to 81
cents.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-16
KING MADE CITIZEN

o JANEIRO, Oct 16.--The cham
,,,.or of deputies has approved the sen.
PLoa measure making liking Albert or
Belgium citizen of BAIL and mar
M3haf of the army 1t also voted to
raise the Brazilian legation in Brussels
to the rank of an embassy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-16
"OLd Wives For
NeW, !" Story of
DiDOrce Question

The question OF divorce. its JUST
Mation and the various causes that
contribute to disrupt domestic house
holds, are treated in most enter
tanning manner in Cecil B. 'DeMille's
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-16

and Jeanne Macpherson las con-
structed a fascinating picture from
the material contained in the novel,
Il is said.
Many notable players appear IN
the production, chief among these
being Elliott Dexter. Theodore Rob
erts, Wanda Hawley, Florence VI
dor, Sylvia Ashton. Julia Marshall
and dIhers.
"The Sacred Ruby" featuring
TEX" will be shown Monday and
Tuesday.
Read News Scimitar Wants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22

1 his home state in final effort 10 place New York in the democratic column !n the presidential election.
 MT. Roosevelt declared the league should never have been made the football Of politics" and that it was tEe greatest Issue that has come be- fore the American voters since the Civil war.
 vcte for Harding is a vote to re- main outside. he said. while vote for COX IS vote to go in with every American right safeguarded He de- ciared republicans who are in favor of tEe league. but who intend to vote for Harding. thereby placing party above patriotism, were "as hardbofled IS certain types of military officers who see nothing but regulations and place them above humanitarian principles and Christian decency."
 MT. Roosevelt again criticized what ne termed the Campaign Of deceit Hlsrepresentations and villifications" that has been carried on against the league. The republican opposition to the league. he charged. was the re- suit of conspiracy between Will Have and certain group of "old guard'' senators who thought more of win nlng an election than they did in hay ing their country take it's place with Icrty-one other civilized nations of .he world in carrying out this great nu. pose to end war for all time He also tcok issue with the campaign predic- uons of MT. Hays and other repub Lcan managers, who, he asserted. were
 panic-stricken'i as a result of the swing that has set in for Governor Cox durlng the last few weeks
 TO weeks ago" he said, "they re- celved reports that made them aban- don the hope of carrying any of the porder states, such as Maryland West Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri They
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
LYCEUM COURSE
John Cowper Powys to Lecture Mon day Evening at Temple Emanu-E

Members of the Birmingham Lyceum Association will be interested in the an ! ncurcemerf that the books of John Cowper Powys are in the public library MT. Powys will open the Lyceum course al Temple Emanu-E1. on Monday evening, October s2S. at S:l5 o'clock. His sub ject being "The Psychology of the Eng fish Race As MT. Powys will leave the same evening for New Orleans. it is necessary to have the lecture begin rromptly.
 Revised programme of the Birming- ham Lyceum folows-John Cowper Powys october g: Samuel s. Mcclure November IS; w. l.. George. December 2; Vhjalmer Steffannsson, January 24 Rabbi Stephen s. Wise, February
 In order to entertain the members of the Lyceum Association who wish to listen to lecture on philosophical humor, Ellis Parker Butler, author of Pigs is Pigs," and we'll known lecturer and writer, is under consideration for an en gagement by the committee of the Ly- ceum course
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
ONE BANDIT SLAIN. AND TWO CAPTURED
 IN BANK HOLD-UP
Bank Clerk Fatally Shot In Battle Between Citizens and Robbers at Red-
 ford, Ohio
By Associated Press

l Cleveland, O., October 21-Georgs
 Giggs' Losteiner. said to be under in
 dictment in many states on charges of
 murder and robbery, is under arrest al
 a local hospital shot through the neck as result of street battle at Bedford
 ten miles from here, late today, which resulted in the death of one bandit, the
 serious wounding and capture of two others. and the probable fatal shooting of a bank clerk. More than 200 shots were fired.
 The battle was the continuation of one of the most spectacular bank robperies ever staged in this state, during which eight bandits held up the Bedford branch 'of the Cleveland Trust Company.
 The dead man was identified by Ber- tillon experts as Albert Joyce, alias John son. William Petrie, bank clerk, was the victim of a shotgun in the hands of a citizen, who had answered the burglar alarm and mistook him for one of the bandits as he emerged from the bank. Physicians say he is dying.
 The robbery occurred just as the bank was closing. Six of the gang entered with drawn revolvers and commanded the five employees and three customers to the rear of the building. The employees were forced to lie on their faces and the cus- toners were placed under guard in room.
 Seizing all the money in sight. said to amount to $5000O, the bandits rushed to the street. Almost simultaneously George c. F'lickinger, manager of the bank, touched the burglar alarm which sounded in every downtown business house Of Bed- ford.
 E. W. Porter, tire dealer, one of those attracted. fatally shot Joyce, who was at the wheel of the waiting automobile. Un- able to start the engine, the other bandits fled, leaving the money intact in the ma chine.
 During the ensuing battle Losteiner, Harry Stone and an unidentified man were wounded, R. W. Osborne, proprie- tor of a grocery store, bringing down two of them.
 Posses tonight are searching for the ftur other members of the gang.
 The men appeared to be armed witn more than one revolver, as when they emptied one during their flight, they quickly produced another and returned the fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22

l realized that any victory must be won without those states. Since then far ther reports have come to them that the conflagration has spread. They counted, for instance on the solid vote of New England. Today they fear She result in New Hampshire. Rhode Isla nd and Connecticut. Two weeks ago they expected to carry a majority of tine states west of the Mississippi, today they concede that they will lose 90 per cent of these electorate votes.
 States like Illinois and New York. in which they hoped to obtain large riajorities, are being placed in the doubtful column because every day they receive reports Of the defection of more and more republicans of prom fOepce
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
of which show any sign of reduction for flYndorno opfa1 ~ocu.

of which show any sign of reduction for fundamental reasons.
 Until these necessary costs of op- eratlon are materially reduced. we cannot reduce the COSTS of furnish. ing telephone service.
 We have carefully studied and an- alyzed the advertised reduction in prices and find that they arc upon ar- tlcles Of which we make but little. if any, use. Applied to the telephone business all known reduction in prices would not reduce the cost of furnish. Ing telephone service one-twentieth of one per cent
 This is many times offset by the in. crease m wages which, in many places, we must make during the cur rent year.
 Our present operating revenues are practically equaled by our operating expenses. If the present let down in general business continues for any appreciable time we will lose a mate rlal part of the gross revenue now re- ceived, which will make still higher rate necessary if deficit is avoided. We are not asking higher rates for the SAME SERVICE we furnished one, two or five years ago; but for A much GREATER SERVICE which we now furnish, consisting of facilities to add many additional telephones to OUT system during the past one. two and five years.
 This fact should be considered when comparing the increase in rates we ask with the increase in the charges of railroad, express and other public utilities for the same quantity of service.
 We hope, as every one does, that In the relatively near future prices and the costs of operation, except labor, will be lower, but w., see no inn mediate prospects of this result as far as the Telephone Company is con cerned.
 The increased rates we are now asking are based, in measure, upon thls hope. If the present level of costs of operation go higher, through causes beyond our control, the pro posed rates will not yield fair profit.
 It is important to remember that no rate for public utility is perman- S.Ae' II SOIuiIiOHS ana pT1CcS so change in the future as to make the rates we are now asking yield too high a return, and if the Telephone Con- pany should not reduce the rates vol untarily, the Public Service Commis- sion would
 Conditions as they are must be met, not as they may or should be.
 The highest and best interest of the public is conserved in having the Telephone Company in position to supply facilities adequate to the de- mand for telephones and service, and in this way be prepared to render at all times an adequate service. No community can expand and grow without adequate telephone service, which in turn means adeduate plant facilities.
 With inadequate returns upon the bare cost of the physical property al- ready in service-the Company's credit has disappeared.
 With no credit the Company can not secure the millions of dollars re- quired to provide the additions and extensions to it's plant, which must be provided if the public demand for tel ephones is supplied.
 x Respectfully yours,
 J. EPPS BROWN, President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22

nagner charges than for the previous
 Hotels
 The board and lodging bill for OH, men, who must travel in connection Witn the operation and maintenance or the property, costs many thousands or dollars every year, and we can see no prospect of the hotels lowerine thelr charges. Until they do we must pay the present high charges.
 Electric Power and Light; Street
 Car Fare
 we spend many thousands of dol. lars every year for these services ren. dered to employees engaged in the malntenance of the property. Prac. tcaiiy every year the rates charged oy these companies have been sub. stantlally increased, and there is nc thought of any reduction. The Tel. ephone Company, like all others, must pay these increased rates.
 Paper, Printing and Stationery We consume tons of paper fol bookkeeping, correspondence and di- rectory purposes, and pay many thou sands of dollars for printing annual ly This item of expense has in creased in percentage moro than the others, and no enc has suggested that any reduction in these costs is prob. able.
 Coal Bill
 The Telephone Company purchases coal in large quantities to heat the buildings occupied by it's employees in rendering the service.
 We, of course, must pay whatever prlce IS necessary to secure the coal TOT thls purpose.
 Even where the actual rate per one thousand dollars has not been in. creased, we are compelled to carry a larger amount of insurance than in pre-war days in order to protect our selves in the reproduction of any o1 the property which may be destroyed by fire, and this is reflected in a very large increase in the total insurance bill.
 Taxes
 This expense, both Federal, State County and City, has increased every year we have been in business; the in crease this year being unusually high There is no probability of this ex- pense being reduced.
 We do not pay any excess profit tax because we have never earned enough to be subject to that tax.
 Buildings
 It is common knowledge that the cost of erecting any kind of building now, as we'll as making alterations and repairs, which constantly con front the Telephone Company and which involve material, labor, freight and hauling, is on an enormously higher plane than ever before Inso- far as the cost of materials may be reduced will this total cost be re- duced.
 The only way we can furnish ade- quate facilities for your use from year to year is by constructing the buildings in which to house the cen tral office apparatus in the larger centers; as we'll as enlarging existing buildings to serve the increased needs, and this work must be carried on from year to year without delay. This involves hundreds of thousands of dollars in expense to the Company. There are, of course, many other items of expense, all of which are now at the highest level in prices, and none
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22

Atlanta, Ga, October 16. 1920. 1"i. ..I.....s.
 New Orleans, La. .
 Dear Sir:
 Your letter of October 12th asks < very natural question, and one which demands full and frank reply. which I am glad to make.
 While the prices of great many things have, apparently, been re- duced, these reductions in prices do not apply to articles used by the tele- s phone company, or affect the expen- ditures necessary in the construction, maintenance and operation of the tel ephone plant.
 The following classes of expenses l constitute more than ninety-five per cent of the cost of furnishing tele- ] phone service:
 Labor
 More than fifty-five per cent of the total expenditures of the Company in rendering service are for wages and salaries; less than one tenth of one per cent of this being for executive and general salaries.
 The wages paid to our employees cannot, and should not, be reduced. On the contrary they must be in- creased, in many cases, to bring our wage scale on a level with wages paid by unregulated businesses, so that we may retain our skilled employees nee essary to give you efficient service. Material and Apparatus Many items of material and ap- paratus are involved in the current maintenance of the property, entirely apart from the enormous quantities |sinvolved in the construction of new property, and this represents large item of expense.
 There has been no reduction, nor any indication of reduction, in the price of these essential articles, in practically all Of which the labor, X freight and hauling cost is by far the largest proportion of the total cost.
 We know that the manufacturers of telephone equipment and mater ial have orders booked for two years in advance, with . constantly increas- ing demand, and which in turn makes a reduction in price in the near future most improbable.
 Freight and Passenger Costs
 Our annual expense for the trans portation of freight and passengers, is more than one million dollars. No one expects the railroads to reduce their charges uIder the level of costs in rendering their service.
 Rent
 Except in the larger centers our central offices and stocks of material are housed in rented buildings, and even in the larger centers we rent varying amounts of properties.
 Like everyone else, our rents have been greatly increased, with no pros pect of any reduction. Even in pre- war days all leases for property oc- cupied by us were renewed only at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
FIRST AID CONTEST

Members of the first aid teams of the Birmingham Boy Scouts and ,he miners of Birmingham district vii: hold first aid" contest at the Civic Association Saturday night at o'clock The contest is being held in response 10 challenge issued by the Bov scouts to the miners team.
 The miners team cana ont +h;ra = the national miners first aid contsst. :. held in Denver. Colo, recently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the office of the pro bate judge:
 John Dewey Lewis and Miss Nellie Bayne.
 " A Walker and Miss Mamile Elem ming.
 w. R. Spurger and Miss Annie Rogers
 A. B. Nix and Mrs. Nancy E. Cole man.
 R. T. Harris and Miss Margaret Gun ningham.
 Walter James Bibby and Miss vira Berry.
 Clifton N. Winston and Mrs Irma A May { R. P Sweeney and Miss Nellie oliv,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
Bureau of Mines

The Bureau of Mines announcev x. Birmingham Truck No. l. with Tawes M. Cobb foreman miner in charge. will make the following itinerary:
 Dolomite, Woodward Iron Company October IS to 30
 Mulga, Woodward Iron Company, No. vember 1 to G. w IVY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
Consent Judgment

Judgment by consent in the amount of szSoo was reached yesterday afternoon in Judge Richard V.S Evans division of the circuit court in the case of Jennie Smith. as aoministratrix of the estate of Robert Srnltn. deceased, against the Woodward Iron Company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
ROOSEVELT TAXES CAMPAIGN ISSUES BEFORE HOMEFOLKS
Declares League Is Greatest
 Issue Before American i Voters Since the Civil ! s War
By Associated Press

North Tonawanda, N. T., October 91 Franklin D. Roosevelt democratic vice presidential nominee. in a series of speeches through northwestern Naw York state today. carried the Ieagna CT Nahons issue before the voters of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-22
For Good of the
 Community

The very thing. Insurance companies have their homes; so have banks and trust companies.
 The business of counties and cities and states have their homes. The nation has it's home at Washington.
 Homes that are not owned in fee sim pie are not homes. No one ever referred to lodging house as that kind of home in whose name poets have written and about which the tender emotions of life's rela- tionships cling.
 General Manager Bum has sprung the right idea He did it in Chattanooga be- fore he came here. He put 1t through there. It was done in such way that it has paid for itself What Chattanooga has done Birmingham can more than do; ought more than do.
 MT. Bunn's plan, as outlined in the cur rent number of the Birmingham, the chamber organ, is about this:
 A three-story building to start with foundations massive enough to take on more. On the ground floor a permanent exhibit of Birmingham products. On the second offices of the chamber, an audi torium for meetings of the chamber and several small dining and conference rooms.
 On the third floor, free of rent, offices for the Rotary, KiWanis and other civic associations together with a large dining room for their weekly dinners. On top of all a roof garden for the warm days of summer.
 Have the kitchen in the basement and a ,+oJ 4o 1,1 ,..I party so that the chamber would not bear financial responsibility for the operation.
 All this can be secured and so financed that it would pay for itself in ten years and it's income almost defray the operat- ing expenses of the chamber.
 The home committee of the chamber has the matter under earnest considera- tion. Plans have been drawn and the de- tails worked out in form that present many attractions.
 There is no difference of opinion as to the advisability of the chambers having its own home. The inspiration that this would impart to the membership is ad- mitted by all who have seen self-owned chambers in other cities.
 A man will do for his very own what he will not for others. A soldier will fight under his home banner when he will not fight under one to which he has been leased
 A permanent exhibit of Birmingham products is crying need No people can tell others about what they have until they themselves know. Before salesmen start out on the road they go through the stock rooms of the factories and see what IS on the shelves, how much, in what form, in What'fashions.
 A common dining room for the civic bodies of the continuity would be an A No. l convenience. Places of common assemblage where citizens feel at home build up community spirit automatically.
 A Chamber of Commerce should not only be set of business offices where men can go to transact pressing comnun- ity business, but it should be place of at- traction where they will gather on other occasions, where they will feel like spend ing an idle hour, where they will have something to show to the inquirer from the outside.
 There Is TO substitute for home. It is not home unless it is owned. The home spirit IS not in rented place. There is a halo and an inspiration about the h,,nohl-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-16
FIRST FLOATING EXPOSITION
viii Publish Newspaper on Ship
board While Cruising the South.

SEATTLE, Wash, May l5.--The
first floating exposition from Amer
lea which will leave during May for
an eight months cruise throughout
South America, Australia and the
Orient is going 20 have It's own news
paper. NJ. h. Fisher, the director Of
exhibits, promises that IL will be a
real one, with "A managing editor, a
city editor and the usual staff Of
reporters, photographers and movie
operators.
Several hundred manufacturers
will 80 ashore at each point and have
engaged exhibit space on the ship,
and nearly four hundred Of them or
their representatives will make the
trip.
The paper is 10 be a daily, contain
ing all the latest local gossip and
wireless news. Fishers only worry
connected with the paper is how 70
keep himself from being mobbed by
representatives Of the press who
wish 30 make the trip.