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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13

That being so, it should be clear to the unprejudiced that no monopoly of healing agency is claimed by those who believe in this commission and try to act upon it.
 There are instituted no comparisons discounting what the medical practi- tioner can do, the psychologist or theraputist accomplish, or the simplest suppliant on his knees secure. It Is claimed that there is no potency apart from coordination. There is CO., ordination under instruction of the ultimate authority, enlisting all the forces of the man that can be brought to bear, in the act by which contact is sought with the only final source Of power that we know of. But it is not claimed that there is no other legiti- mate practice of healing.
 Publicity is welcomed solely in the interests of the suffering for whose benefit we are trying to do as we are told to do. A very natural question might be- Why have you not done as you were told to do before"
 The indictment of the question stands, and We under it., Who of us could venture his competency to obey but for the, if you will, exculpating words of St Peter at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, addressing the
 
 on us. as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? And then he preached his ser mon.
 MT. J. NJ. Hicksoh, above referred to, is returning to England, together wits many of our American bishops and others, to be present at a great ecclesiastical series of gatherings in London. and. it is stated, expects sub sequently to visit Australia, India, with possibly China and other coun- tries, to pursue amongst the several peoples the work in which he is widely reported to have won what is regarded as phenomenal results in this country.
 Those who have met him speak of him as a simple unpretentious, plain layman. quite free from pose or any sort; the ordinary, wholesome human specimen"
 The rector of St. Johns had corre- spondence with MT. Hickson nearly a year ago relative to his work, and re- ceived from him some very definite counsel. MT. Blandford. who recently visited the rector, was formerly licensed lay reader in one of his par ishes and sometimes visited the sick with him. He was bred and brought up in the Church og England, London being his home city, and was an active church worker
 PROGRAMME Dr. Bennett announces the following programme for the period of MT. Blandford's stay in Ensley: Will commence on Thursday, June IT. at 10 a. m.
 The church is on Twenty second street between Avenues G and H. The mission is open to all the sick and afflicted without distinction who wish devoutly to seek it's benefits. Admis- sion must be by card only because of the limitations of seating room. The church will be open for the reg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
Fragmentary Films

home. without so much as a war tax to ray
 | Three or four days later the films came along.
 l We invited in the neighbors, cleaned up 1 the protector, hung up a sheet in the din- ing room, and unpacked the films, ree.- 1 ing much as Columbus must have felt
 when he spread the sail of his little car avel on voyage to a strange and beau | tiful new world
 | The result was instantly gratifying. There were no titles nor subtltles to tell what the picture was about but none were needed. A man in a silk hat dashed
 parently very irritable bear l The bear gained on the man for several 1 feet of film. Then the man came to a 1 tree, which he ascended with more agil- | ity than you would expect from the kind of man who would wear a silk hat. | The bear reached the foot of the tree. gave nasty look toward the branches where the feet of the silk-hatted man were being gathered up after him, and 1, began to climb. Then followed a scene well up in the tree with the man sway 1 ing On a limb and the bear open-moutheu
 swarming up after him. Then there was | a click in the camera The film had run. i out.
 ] We hunted frantically through the box | for the rest of it. But there wasn t any rest of it. We did not know, and shall probably never know, whether the | bear munched the man, throwing his clothing to the ground as monkey l throws down the husk of a cocoanut. or whether an aeroplane came by and res- l cued the victim. We are betting against the latter contingency, as aeroplanes and
 bears do not mix much in the same To- calities, but alas there is nobody to de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
KUGE[MASS ID TALK ON BY-PRODUCT GAS
Discussion on Forum Plan at Meeting of Civic
 Association

Shall we substitute by-product gasp is the subject to be taken up at meeting of the membership of the Civic Association which will be held Tuesday night in the lounge of the association
 Prof. I. N. Kugelmass, head of the chemistry department of Howard Col lege, will be the chief speaker. The meeting will be conducted along the forum plan. questions and discussions from the floor following the talk by the speaker.
 The meeting will also take a special turn, this opportunity being taken to introduce more than 300 new members who have joined since the last meet ing of the general membership. smoker will be given and refreshments will be served.
 We make this promise to the mem bers,'' said s. E. Garrett. chairman of the membership council, that we will adjourn the gathering at $40 o'clock and that both the speaker and the dis cussors from the floor will be limited under the strict forum rules. We hope for a large attendance, as the subject touches the pocketbook of practically every family in the city,
 ca account of negotiations now in progress between the City Commis- sion and the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power Company, looking to the possible replacement of the present manufactured gas by the mill lions of. feet of by-product gas daily wasted in the coke-oven operations of the district. the gas proposition is an immediate question Tor the civic bodies.
 The Civic Association has created a committee composed of James Weath- erly. Martin J. Lide and MT. Kugel- mass to confer with the City Commis- sion on the advisabilitv of using by product gas in the homes of Birming- ham and the terms which should do justice to the consumers and to the producers or distributors.
 Chattanooga is the nearest point other than Fairfield that is now mak- ing use of the by-product gas. The consumers of this city are said to be paying 75 cents per thousand cubic feet. An effort will be made to se- cure for the Birmingham consumers rate less than the present s1 per thousand cubic feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
NERVE -WRACKING BINDINGS

The next film was like the first. A loco motive was approaching a hero who was securely lashed to the rails. At little distance a heroine, with a carving knife in her hands, was speeding to set the hero free. But before either she or the locomotive arrived the film gave out, and left us in an ecstasy of disappoint- ment.
 Another search through the box availed us nothing. All the films were like that They just got you excited and interested when they coldly quit on you. The man. ufacturer had given us only remnants and
 these were remnants of plays that had
 been given up at rehearsal so long ago that even the scenario writer would not remember what happened.
 We aren't using the protector any more.
 man has only so many nerves in his
 body, and when half score of these snap
 every night, he will soon be ready for a
 nutsmith. Any one wanting these frag-
 mnntary films can have them. An experi- ment by one of the children which for
 turateIy was detected in time, has shown US that they are excellent for fuel, all
 belt a little sudden.
 Copyright, 1920, by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
WORKING GIRLS
 WEAR FINE FURS
Chicago Merchant Interested In Rea- sons They Give for Buy
 ing Them
By Associated Press

Chicago, June 12.-"You should hear
 the reasons many working girls give for
 buying fur coats," remarked a Chicago
 merchant to the great number of such
 purchases being made. "One of the com
 morest is, Well, if I don't get it now
 before I get married, never will after
 ward.'" The sight of so many handsome furs coming to downtown office buildings has led to the report that girls are buy ing them on the nstallment plan. Not so in the main, according to inquiry among merchants.
 The furs that working girls buy on in- stallments. one house prominent in this class says, are mostly of the cheaper grades, averaging in price around sev. eral hundred dollars.
 Now and then, said the proprietor o. this concern, working girl making a
 good salary comes in to buy a $400 ol
 $500 fur. Her first payment on pur- chase of this size is required to be $50
 s200 or perhaps more. She has then four or five months in which to meet the
 balance.
 The run of the stores however ask cash in advance. True enough. many have their own installment plan, but this is quite different from the deferred payment sy stem usually associated with real estate.
 These deferred payments are before rather than after" getting the goods
 The working girl who signs for a hand some fur can go to number of the big mercantile houses and select the coat she likes, make an initial payment and have it laid away while she is complet. ing series of regular instalments When she has made the last she gets the coat.
 Many of the expensive fur coats worr by working girls are bought by girl: who live at home with their parents. fl IS reported by furriers. and they ado that frequently assistance is given iron fathers pocketbook.
 While now or never'' may be tht reason that leads many young women or salary to fur coat, some merchants say that the high prices of other kinds of coats is a very important factor ir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
|RUMANIA NEEDS
 STEEL AND IRON

Jassy Rumania, May 19.-Rumania is badly in need of iron and steel. For nearly seven years steel and iron im- ports have been far below normal All reserve stocks were used up during the war For reconstruction purposes hum dreds of thousands of tons are needed.
 Hitherto the German and Transy1va- nian furnaces have furnished most of Rumania's steel However, all of Ruma- nias needs could be met if Americans developed her iron mnes There are rich undeveloped deposits both in old Ru- mania and in Pennsylvania, especially along the Carpathians. Other iron ore deposits of an exploitable importance are in the Dobrudja.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
IRISH SINGER IS
 ON WAY BACK HOME
Rv Associated Press

New York, June 12.-Francis OBrien,
 young stripling famous on Ellis Island as a stowaway and as tenor today on his return voyage to Ireland, is a living proof that birth certlfi- cate may sometimes prove an essen tial document in the pursuit or ca reer as a singer.
 Were it not for his lack of such a document as proof of his contention that he was born in Philadelphia and that his parents took hi into Ireland when he was four years old, young O'Brien might now be winning the hearts of American music lovers. as did John Mccormack, the emulation of 1 whose career led the lad to secret i himself on an American bound vessel some three weeks ago.
 Instead immigration officials, who have only cold legal instructions to guide them in making decisions, saw | fit to place him on an outgoing ship | and let him try to establish the essen | tial facts concerning his birth after ! his return. Q'Brien, however. diSpaired | of being able to prove much about his
 origin. because his father and mother are both dead and he has no relatives
 in Ireland.
 The young tenor'S fame as singer probably would never have started to | spreadN had it not been Tor slight | illness conrtcated on Ellis Island | causing him to be placed in the hos
 pital for treatment. The nurses there
 became enchanted with his singing, and before he was deported he was giving
 concerts for the other Inmates of the l hospital as well as for the inhabitants 1 of the island generally. As result | OBren's name today Is on the lips of all Ellis Island. The hospital attend
 ants were calling his name with ten
 der eulogy and expressing extreme sor- ' row that he had to go back.
 ! O'Brien is only one of hundreds of
 such cases that are sent back to their original place of embarkation every I month. There are fifty stowaways on ] the island now awaiting orders to go | back. never having seen more of New ] York than its enchanting skyline. Every incoming ship from no matter | what port according to immigration l officials. brings from two to ten stow
 aways, and almost all of them have a
 fruitiess voyage to this countI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13

We soon wearied of the little circular films that came with our boys sized moving picture projector.
 There was the horse that trotted up to a hurdle and lifting his fore feet in the air, like a dog begging, leaped over it,
 much as saw horse would have done.
 The picture wasn't inspiring, even when it possessed the element of surprise. After he knew exactly what was going to
 happen, even the baby wouldn't look at it. l We tried to introduce a little variety ] by showing up the film. That was inter- esting for a time. The horse would ap- | pear to be waited into the air by gentle | zephyr. He would have suspended over ] the hurdle, like an actor in a pantomme, and then alight on the other side like a | butterfly, giving his hind legs slow, dignified kick as he did so. When con- stant use stalled the freshness of this va
 riant, we ran the film backwards.
 /, But even that soon lost it's charm. One | horse, leaping one hurdle, when seen for
 the hundredth time, pals on the vision
 no matter whether his forelegs or hind l legs take the initiative
 l The little children who rang around I the rosy were not fascinating at the start. After we had looked at them a dozen times, and discovered that never | by any chance would one of them fall down and bark his nose, or even get scratched on the rosy we laid the film aside.
 | There is an inevtabeness about film | that saddens the heart. You wait expec- | tartly each time for something different l to happen It never does. The man turn i ing the handspring never altered the po- sition of his feet when they left the gr ound or when they resumed it. The | fellows absolute lack of originality was depressing. Even wooden jumping jack gets up a new movement now and then, knowing full well that if he didn't there would soon be heavy slump In the | jumping jack market
 A RIFT IN THE CLOUDS We had about decided to shelve the pro- pector and charge the money we had 1n- vested in 1t up to lifes little disappoint-
 ments when we happened to meet moV- ing picture manufacturer on the train. 1 To him we told how the dew had been dimmed on our moving picture rose and the dust had been swept from our film butterfly.
 "Dont can the protector" he said cheerily, "Ill send you some films for IT. l some live ones.
 l This of course was great news we 1 took it home and distributed it around the family with gratifying results. ! Thousands of questions about what Kind of films these would be were flung at 1 our heads. We parried all of them with | A smiling Wait and see,' for we dldn have the least idea as to the nature Of the l treat that was in store for us. Enough for us. we said, that we were to nave regular moving picture shows In our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
Jen1iS0n' s Realty ReDieu

The housing situation is the most important problem before us today, as the growth of the city is dependent upon it's solution. The relief must come through increased facilities for the financing of the construction of houses.
 In this connection we are gratified to say that the insurance companies with which we have connections are recognizing this need and have en- larged our facilities.
 Individuals will also find invest ments in mortgage loans both safe and profitable. It is of record that in 1907 insurance companies found that their mortgage loan investments were the only securities which did not suf- fer depreciation from panicky condi- t:o1s. The company or the individual who invests in mortgage loans is not only acting wisely from purely sell fi7h standpoint, but is helping to sta bilize conditions and cure unrest, which is patriotic service.
 The good weather of the past week has enabled us to begin shaping up the grounds around the new homes which we have completed in the Coun- try Club District and which we are of- fering for sale with the assurance of immediate possession. Those in the market for homes would do well to get prices, as these represent dis tinct saving for the purchaser.
 The strong inquiry for downtown real estate indicates that investors are again turning to that most solid of all vestments-THE GROUND. They also realize that their dollars, when applied to real estate, still reg ister 100 per cent purchasing power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-13
sN Chinese Foreign Trade

Shanghai. May 11.-Growth of China's foreign trade is shown in report just issued giving customs reve-l nues of the forty eight ports in China iii which duties were collected The total collections for last year amounted seo 70, 0os 160 haikwan taels. an increase S6ver the revenues collected in 1918 of 1.e64.l1b hk. tls The haikwan tael, z34pit of customs value ir China, ranges '1n value from s1.35 to s1.5o gold.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
DIRECTIONS

for assembling the Tribune
Circus for Children. The up
per half of the page, "The
Ball-Playing Elephants" is a
complete set or act in itself.
So is the lower half, "The
Trained Dogs First, with a
pair of scissors cut the two
sections apart. Then cut out
the various figures and OBJ
iects along the heavy black
lines. Then fold on the dot
ted lines. Cut out and fold
carefully. Cut slots where in
dicated and insert tabs. No
paste or glue is required un-
less you desire to mount the
cut-outs on heavier paper or
thin pasteboard in order to
make them more secure and
last longer.
THE Ball-Playing Elephants
consists of a catcher with his
glove and body protector, a
batter with his bat and a
pitcher with the ball. Slots
are provided so you may give
each player his proper base
ball equipment.
The Trained Dogs consists of
clown, a lady trainer, seven dogs,
motorcycle, cap for the rider,
hoop and three six-slded stools.
The little dog in the center Of the
group of four larger ones IS de-
signed to sit on the top stool. The
other four dogs are arranged to
sit on the tops Of the other two
stools-two to a stool The little
jumping dog in the lower corner
should be inserted through Slit IN
hoop. The hoop should then be
put in place in the arms of the
lady trainer by means of the slots
provided. The large dog in upper
right hand corner is designed to
ride the motorcycle. In placing
the cap on his head. cut out slot
carefully and adjust so google
comes over eye In placing dog on
motorcycle, first cut and fold ma
chine as indicated - then insert
tab on dogs hind leg in slot Of
footrest which extends through
motorcycle. and insert tab on fore
leg in slot on the handle bar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-23
EIdora News Iten,.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Eldora. Juno 23.--.Mrs. N. Ahar-
nathy has filed petition in the Of
fice OF the clerk Of district court ask
ing for decree Of divorce from
Charles Alternately, alleging cruel
ana fnhuman treatment as rround.
for the action.
DR.. A. w. Adams is greatly i'm.
proving the residence property he re-
Gently purchased In the Third ward
oy eniarging and repairing the l,o,,se
and identifying the yard.
me county conventions are n be
held In the court house in Eldora on
Saturday, July s. All parties Will then
name delegates to the several A.Ate
conventions and determine any con-
tests that failed Of solution ut rho
primary election. There are no con-
tests on In this county. other than tho
rivalry that may come over friends OF
the four candidates for governor
A call has been issued for a meet
ing In the court house Friday even
ing to organize n Harding ana Cool.
fdge club in Eldora ana to assist in
forming an organization to carry on
the campaign in the interests OF the
republican national and state candi-
dates.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-23
MANY CITIES ADOPTING NEW
METHOD TO RELIEVE THE
FREIGHT CONGESTION.
LINES ORGANIZED
ON SYSTEMATIC BASIS
Truck Lines Possess Many Advantag.
90; Freight 10 Handled More Ex-
peditIousIy and With Less Labor
Farmers Benefit az Well as City
Jobber-Trueks On Regular Routes.

Burlington. June 2s.-That It will
become necessary for shippers to do
something to relieve the railroads Of
the burdens that are remembering the
freight service, is the opinion Of C.
D. EgSleston Of Des Moines. the or
isinator of the ship by truck" move
ment in the United States. who has
established headquarters at S15 North
Third street. The logical ''something''
in the view OF Mr.. Egsleston Is to
organize truck service lines in com
inunities and serve the trade both
exnedttiously and economically.
Handling freight by steam rail-
roads necessitates six operations by
human labor. The freight originally
is loaded on b dray or truck. carted
TO the freight depot unloaded on the
platform and loaded in the cars.
When it reaches its destination, 1t is
Iunloaded from the cars. loaded on
i vehicles. hauled to the place of busi-
mess of the consignee and unloaded.
In the ship by truck plan the freight
Is loaded on the truck ut the place
OF business OF the shipper and hauled
directly to the door Of the consigned
This Is Just one advantage cited by
Mr., Eggleston, who quotes that since
1914. there are 100 miles less OF rail-
roads in the nation, 1000 fewer loco
motives and 400. 900 fewer freight cars
which cannot but result in hindrance
OF shipping. with no immediate pros
poets Of relief.
Ship by truck" lines have beeh
Iestablished in several cities. In
Dubuque, twelve trucks are utilized.
Mason City has q five truck line,
Cedar Rapids has nine routes With
fifteen trucks, Sioux City has two
companies operating fifty-ntne
I, trucks. Cedar Falls has two routes
and three trucks. Dyersville has two
routes and two trucks. Waterloo has
five routes and seven trucks, Fort
Dodge has three routes and three
trucks. while in Council Bluffs fif-
lty-two trucks are used IN transport
ling freight to adjacent towns ana
bringing in farm produce. The aver
age length OF q truck Tine is about
forty miles.
The advantage 20 the shipper In
the city IL duplicated BY the advant-
age to the farmer The farmer who
sends his produce to town builds d
loading platform, puts his consign-
fnent or produce thereon, with his bill
OF ladins and II Il. picked up by the
truck driver, who leaves a receipt
and on the return trip leaves re-
csipt OF the consignee.
Careful compilation Of the expense
70 the shipper has been made and 1t
| Il found that profit IL certain at
an average cost OF IN cents per mile
per hundred pounds.
An Investment OF $4,000 would be
sufficient to install working rural
express system In this city. Tho
Handicap Of bad weather and bad
roads 10 overcome better than one
would imagine, says Mr.. Eeelsston
and the powerful trucks take req dily
to the mud and force their way thru
highways that seem impossible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-23

over the publication OF the Satur-
Evening Post the whole organization
OF the Ladies' Home Journal was
scandalized. They did everything
they could to show their wrath. Mr..
Curtis fired men right and left. Once
there was brought statement to
him and his fellow directors to prove
he never could make a Ego" Of the
Saturday Evening Post. The state
ment showed 1t had lost 100000.
Mr.. Curtis looked at the figures.
We've got 100000 more to go to
make it an even s1,oo0.oQO,'' he re-
marked smilingly.
What can you do with such a
mani" said the spokesman of the
delegation despairingty.
But a million dollars was not
enough.
The Saturday Evening Post showed
a loss sof S1.250,ooo before it turned
the corner and 1t took four or five
wears .for itst3 reach the sornsr,<T-
Forbes Magazine. 80 i, y.