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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
President Sends $500 Contribution
 to Party Treasury
By Associated Press

New York, Sept. 1S--A S590 contribution to the democratic national campaign fund was received here today from Pres ident Wilson who wrote that he was of fering the money as private in the ranks"
 The text of the Presidents note, as given by w. w. Marsh. democratic na- tional treasurer, was as follows:
 May I not, as private in the ranks, give myself the pleasure of contributins the enclosed to the expenses of the dem ocratic campaign? l feel very deeply that the very honor and destiny of the nation are involved in this campaign and tkat I and all citizens who love it's hon. or and covet for it a high influence in the world should contribute to the sue cess of the candidate who stands for the establishment of our position among the nations'
 2 The contribution was accepted.
 Tn commenting on the Presidents g let ter, National Chairman George White said:
 Throughout the land there are private persons in the rnaks whose thought and aspiration the President has expressed in his letter. The honor and destiny of the nation are truly involved in the out ceptance by Americans of the ideals for which the democratic candidates are pledged depends the place this nation is to hold in the world To such a cause we are committed.
 The contribution of Woodrow Will son is welcome and needed from finan- cial standpoint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
SMITH READY TO AID
Will Stand By People In Telephone
 Rate Hearing, If Requested

Montfomery, September 1s.-(SpecialJ Attorney General J. Q. Smith will take part in the hearing of the petition of the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele- graph Company for increased rates for telephones in Alabama if he is requested to do so by the Alabama public serv- ice commission. He made this statement to J. Ellis Brown. member of the Bir- mingham City Commission. Saturday in reply to request for his intervention Mir Smith said he could not take part in the case until requested to do so by the commission, but that he would put all the force of his office in the ease in the interest of the people if the re- quest came. He also called attention to the bill now before the legislature enlarging the powers of the commission, and said if enacted. the measure VIII give the commission the means Of de- termining what will be just charges for telephone service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
.OGLESBy'S LEAD IN
 ILLINOIS GROWING
268 Precincts In Cook County Still Missing and Official
 Count Is Necessary
By Associated Press

Chicago. September 1s-With re- turns from all down-state precincts, hut 26s missing in Cook county, Lieut. Governor Lowden in the race for the republican nomination for governor tonight held a lead of 2,526 over Len Small. who was backed by Mayor Will liam Hale Thompson of Chicago.
 Returns from other Cook county forty to the precinct for Small Re- suits of the vote in the missing chI- cago precincts will not be known un- til the official4 count next week, and consequently the result must rest in doubt until then
 For the senatorial nomination Will liam E. Mckinley, I,owden candidate was leading Congressman Frank smith of the Thompson ticket by 19,140, with eleven down state and 26S Cook county precincts missing The county pre- cints reported gave Smith an average plurality of 35. Eight of the missing down-state> precincts are in Adams county.
 On the democratic side J. Hamilt on Lewis, former senator, continued to pile up his lead over Barratt O'Hara for the eubernatorial nomination and led by nearly s5.000 with three fifths of. the precincts in.
 The democratic senatorial nomina- tion remained in doubt, however Rob ert Emmett Burke had 5S,126 votes and Peter A. Waller 60.7oQ in 4,s66 pre- cincts out of 5,737
 Official tabulations in fifty out of f01 counties were completed today and in nearly every case they reduced the vote of every candidate, no one gain ing any material advantage in the re- duction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
QUIT "REGULAR' PARTY
.eorgia Progressive Party Is Out for
 White Supremacy"
By Associated Press

Atlanta september lS.--Complete sev- erance from the regular repubiicag party of, Georgia and a reiteration of their stand for white supremacy was an- nounced today after an executive meet ing of state leaders of the Georgia pro- gressive party.
 The announcement was made by Harry Stillweil Edwards of Macon, whom the progressives recently nominated for the United States Senate. MT. Edwards stat ed the leaders unanimously decided that the party would not 'indorse the caadi- dacy of any man unless he had publicly accepted the party s platform and pledged himself to support it's nominees, nor wohld it permit on it's electoral ticket the name of any person who had not taken such a stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
" Tex" "McLoughHn Is Badly Mj ured Changing Planes
By Associated Press

Syracuse, \. N.. September 1s.-- Five hundred feet in the mir in view of sO,0OO visitors at the state fair late this afternoon "Tex" McLoughlin, daredevil nirman. wns badly injured when struck by the propelierIof the higher nirplnne to which he had transferred himself in midair.
 McLnuEhlin's escape from death was miraculous. He cluuG to the rope ladder of the machine untii 1t reached the ground, blood drip ping over the spectators ns the ma chine circIcd In descending. pnr- tiaiIy out of control. McLoughlin was still conscious when reached. though he had been dragged more than 100 feet on the ground before the machine was brought to stop, He Is in the Crouse-Irving hospital and win recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
10000 REMAIN OUT
"Vacationists" Trying to Force Rein- statement of Sympathetic Strikers
Fly Associated Press

Hazleton. Pa. September 1S-ApproxI- mately 10000 anthracite mine workers have voted to remain on vacation" in the Schuylkill region until the mine opera tors have reinstated all pumpmen, firc- men and monthly men who quit in sym pathyl with the miners, Christ Golden. president of the Ninth district organiza- ton of the United Mine Workers, an- nounced today.
 The attitude of the operators will be tested Monday. Golden said, when the monthly men will report for work. Tn practically all sections of the district he added. where the monthly men. mine bosses and clerks went out. the locals | have voted to. remain vacation until these men are re-employed. The matter is put up entirely to the operators
 All collieries in district 9. where 45,0cu miners are employed. remained idle today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
COX FAVORS MEN
 OF HOOVER TYPE
 IN THE CABINET
Urges Small Tax on Volume of Business as a Sustitute for the Present Excess
 Profits Tax
By Associated Press

snn Francisco, September 1s.-
 Governor Cox, in an address here
 today before n luncheon of busi-
 ness men, referred to Herbert
 Hoover as the type of trained mind
 he would like to have in his cabinet
 if elected.
 "Mr. Hoover's effective service in the war was largely due to his thor ough training as an engineer" he said, and if I can induce him, one of the best engineers in the country will sit in my cabinet"
 The governor also favored in this speech the abolishing of the excess profit tax, which. he said. was justified during the war, but no longer neces- sary, and the substitution for it of a tax of one or one and one-haif percent on the volume of business of firm.
 At luncheon by the San Francisco Center, d womans organization. he de- clared the country would have had a much better idea of basic conditions in Russia if q group of women of the character of Jane Addams of the heads of American educational institutions had been included in the Root mission to Russia.
 A fund by which the president could buy up an entire sugar crop, or in any other way meet food crisis when Congress was not in session. was pro- posed in both his talks
 He said the government should have inventories of all food supplied to fore stall alarm over the possibilities of food shortages.
 ROTARY FUND FAVORED
 .I am in favor in circumstances like this" the governor said. "of hav- ing the government through Congress supply Rotary fund to be placed af the hands of the President for the purchase of as much of the1 sugar crop as is necessary to prevent profi- teering If elected in November I shall recommend to the Congress that this be done for future emergencies in food supplies.
 The extent to which profiteering prevailed during the war. and espe- cially since the signing of the armis : tice. has been outrageous. The amount stolen from householders of America in that time by the profiteer would pay offthe greater part of the funded debt arising from the war itself.
 Tt must be more chan a coincidence that the many fprofiteers who were protected by the senatorial oli- garchy in the present Congress are paying their share into the repub- lican campaign fund. which l charge will not be less than s15.eoo.ooo."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
MoUNTAINEFRs IN ARMS

Tiflis. Sep. Sept. 1s.--The mountaineers of Daghestan have begun an uprising against the bolsheviki. whose headquar- ters are at Vladikavkas. in mid-Trans- caucasa. The Daghestan forces are be- ing aided by several thousand of gen. eral Denikine's former soldiers and also by Tartars- Azerbaijans and Kuban and Terek cossacks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
BEVERAGE LICENSE WILL BE USED ID
 FIGHT BEAN PEST
Funds Will Also Be Available Providing Longer Terms and Better Conditions of
 Rural Schools
Fly FRED H. GORMLEY Montgomery Bureau The Ase- Herald
 22I.1 Eirsf .Nnfional RznL RniidIna

Montgomery, September ls-(Speciat) If the bill permitting the sale of cereal beverages containing nd alcohol becomes go to the campaign for the fighting Of the bean ladybird beetle which is de- stroying the bean and pea crops of Ala bama and the remainder will be used in providing longer terms and betterinG conditions of the rural schools. A read ing of the bill introduced in the house and senate Saturday shows that funds derived from the sale of license will be applied exclusively to the two interests,
 Farmers and truckers of north Ala bama consider the beetle one of the worst pests which has ever attacked any crop, as it can destroy an entire crop within three days, while the boil weeyil works and travels slowly. Within two weeks after the beetle was found in Jefferson county it had spread to all ad state horticulturist. believes it will cover the entire state by next season if some thing is not done to check it's spread. A bill has already been introduced appro- priating s75.N0 for the first years cam paign. *as
 The cereal beverage bill provides that $75.000 of the money obtained from li- censes shall be ayailab.e for the fight during l920-2l s50,o05 during l921-22 and $3e,oo0 during l922-23. Every penny of the remainder must be used in better ing conditions in the rural schools the money being apportioned to the counties hy Inc lar,a fuenf of ediiration z
 LICENSE FEES
 Manufacturers and bottiers will be re- quired to pay the state y50Os a year. wholesale dealers $2J0 and retailers sl0, and in addition. the latter must pay ls.,e,} cent tor every bottle sold. The state tax commission IS given authority to jn- spect the books of all retailers and "a require monthly statements and remit tances. Estimates are that the public schools will receive about $400.O0O a year from this fund if the bill becomes a law.
 While it is recognized that the driak is harmless and is aganst the law of Alabama merely because nothing which smells like, tastes like or foams like beer can be sold. some prohibitionists who oppose the. bill fear it's passag will be accepted as lessening of the which have become famous throughout the nation On the other hand. f;ov- ernor kilby and other prohibitionis sti insist that the sales of cereal beyeg Iages will be an aid to enforcement oi
 tGontinued on Page ThirteeaI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
WOULD TRANSFER LAW
 ENFORCEMENT TO THE
 STATE RANGER FORCE
By AssocIated Pre-s

Galveston, Tex, September IS. Law enforcement In Galveston would be transferred from military authorities under martial law tc the state ranger forces under an agreement signed late today by city authortties In the presence of Ralph soap~. private secretary to Governor Hobby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
MAYOR THOMPSON SUES
 PAPERS FOR $20, 900, ,000
 ON BEHALF OF CHICAGO
By Associated Press

Chicago, september 1S.-Two suits for slo.ooo. .0o0 each were filed by the City of ChicnEO. on orders of Mayor Thompson. against the Chicngo Tribune and the Chicago Daily News, respectively. The suItx, according to Cooperation Counsei EtfIesOn. al1ege that charges of bankruptcy and ex- haunted credit Da6e by these pa- pers h the primary eanDatgus have injured Chfcage flRaneaaIIy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
SOVIET FLOT|LLA VICTORIOUS OVER
 WRANGEL VESSELS
Polish and Russia Peace DeIe- gations Hold First Meeting at Riga Behind Closed
 Doors
By Associated Press

London, Sept. lS.-A victory for the soviet flotiia in the Sea Azov against Admiral Wrangel'sg naval forces is an nounced in an official report from Mos COW today. In the land fighting the Russians concede setback and a re- tirenent in the neighborhood of Orikhoff. The statement reads:
 'sIn the Orikhoff region as the result of fierce fighting with the enemy's cav airy we retired behind the Tokmak- Po- logu railway where the fighting is con tinuing.
 "On the Sea of Azov our flotilla de- feated the enemy's flotilla, consisting of seven ships, sinking one destroyer aad damaging two others
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
Gist of the Ne0s
GENERAL

Harding stresses menace of hyphen- ism.
 Hughes opens New Jersey republican 
 Detailed census figures are given on Alabama counties.
 Gas was greatest cause of Injury to men in khaki. Interest of state senate centered on mine control bill.
 Downward trend of grain prices in Chicago pit.
 stocks irregular on weekend sales with trend upward.
 Bearish average of sentiment In cot ton trading.
 Japan discusses proposaI. to add new battieshfps.
 LOCAL
 Divided opinion meets coal eommis- sion plan In ~arly stages. 'Birmingham best place In world for balloon eontestr.
 Less cxcitemept apparent in coal strike situation. Howard gets an option on larger campus acreage.
 Democratic women are urged to aid campaign fund.
 Deposits In four local banks total SSS 36s. .OOO.
 Den1onstratfoa marks final battle at Rick wood.
 Detective Desyna shot and knied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
NEW sOyIET REPUBLIC

Copenhagen. Sept T.-Jewish Tele-' graphic Agency )-White Russia has been proclaimed soviet republic, according to advices received here today from Kovno, Lithuania. The proclamation, which was signed by White Russian and Lithuanian Communists and representatives of the "bund" or worSnens organization. was issued in Minsk, September [
 The social revolutionaries refused to participate in the formation of the new repub bile the advices say.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
Cross-Purposes
In Three Lives

ksesAA vArs . @
rsxn h~ cnfi1hooc Paula nvvd IN
. vuz4d a drc@ms And the expert
enoas chroush which she passed either
nis.dsd win hsr fancies. being col
crr1 ~ them or else forced q ~
trsas farther tntc ne dsfencss o. her
own rveaosncs
Almost 80 seen g shs could rad
tho people of bosAz beams more
real - hsr chAn ehs men and women
Of the society IN which she moved.
The spfrfts cf gxS~x authors depressed
ana exxitsd her. dashed her down into
the dsp<hs ana raised her again be-
yond al heights a Soy ana ecstasy.
Her heart throboed and beat at the
cadence Of their voices as they caught
hsr up IN their arms Of fancy and
carried her away: no woman ever
thrilled 30 AT her lovers touch as did
Paula in their magical embrace"
she was sent 20 Europe for 'educa-
ton her people being quite oblivious
10 the process literature had already
begun IN her mind. what she ac-
tuaiiy found In the school" she en-
tered was far from edifytng. But
her ST George arrived In time. n not
to kin the dragon. AZ least 20 throw
him downstairs
This Conrad. who rescued Paula
from a brute. was a seif-dcnying and
unobtrusive person. The reader likes
him from the first and feels that he
doesn't get all the happiness he de-
~. -
spends more readily 20 others-even
TO the voice OF a stranger. The de-
scription OF that voice Is one Of the
books best pages;
Paula did not notice what she was
saying because IL made no difference.
She only listened and heard the music
in her voice. She thought OF the sound
that moon rays might make. slipping
through the mist; she thought of fairy
bell buoys IN strange tropical coral
seas; Of the depths Of the ocean and
the eound OF gorgeous fish gliding
through old moss and weeds; OF the
peaiing OF mellowed and ancient
church bells and the deep notes OF a
magical and enchanted organ. Her
voice sounded 10 Paula like all these
things; like the cadence OF all the sad
and inspired harmonies OF the world. .
The trouble with the wind OF cir.
cumstance referred TO In the title
which blew away the chaff from the
heroine's life, was that II also blew
away the wheat. She lost Conrad
land Faith. her two best friends
throuah lack OF understanding. az
the best things are too often lost In
books and outside.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
Canadian Epigrams
THE AFFABLE sTRANoER- ny Pete

THE AFFABTE STRANGER. by Peter
Macarthur. Houghton Miffiin Company.
When you have grievances against
the world and you wish 60 tighten
your soul. commit the grievances 90
paper and look for n publisher. Peter
Macarthur. Canadian farmer journalist
philosopher. recommends this. The re-
suit In his case II this book OF re-
fiective travel essays The method IL
quite acceptable II YOU write clearly
and have ready wit with which 20
illumine the graver problems OF the
day. Mr. Macarthur 10 a keen OBJ
server. a ready recorder OF tho light
and serious phases OF life. and in his
flexible. readable style the troubles OF
the universe assume a rare clarity %
diagnosis.
The author declares for an "old
home week for IDEAS" The trouble
with the world IL too much psychology.
too much propaganda. too many med
ding statesmen of the correspondence
school variety. and a trend ~ward sui
eide on the part % capital. labor and
farmers organizations The Idea L.
too prevalent that -the world h for
sale"
The author touches upon certain
causes Of irritation felt ~ some q
our Canadian neighbors--the adverse
rate OF exchange and the importation
OF American motion pictures which
overemphasize American achievements
Mr. Macarthur admits. however. that
"the most loyal Canadian IN dealing
with the Mother Country takes advan-
tage 81 adverse exchange" Here are
some Of the books typical sentences;
The charge n brought against the
Americans that they are without
spiritual insight would rive this
accusation moro weight N ] had more
respect for the spiritual pretensions
OF others"
Men no longer regard the place
where they live as home. n a. merely
a speculation IN real estate"
The change 20 a better world will
be wrought. not by statesmen. hot hy
men and women worthy 10 10 citizens
Of a democracy and women who
are not ashamed 20 DO little things
and DO them we'll"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
Eastern Proverbs in Verse

the streets of Canton and Pekin. on
the sampans Of the Yellow River,
among the hills of Yunnan. And IL l
have presumed to put them into Eng
lish verse, still do I think thou wilt
find in them reason as we'll as rhyme"
Make friends with Northumberland
your Wealth will grow;
Make friends with Nobles-and your
Wealth will go;
Make friends with Boors-and learn to
use your fists;
Make friends with Priests-and sign
Subscription Lists"
"If Right. though Right without a
Flaw
Is ALL you have. don't go to Law"
who know, don't talk; and even so
The Chatterers who talk, don't know
One axiom is strictly of the Orient.
Any attempt to set up a dictatorship
in western kitchens would be fatal
Bid the sullen Servant go!
Let him stay, and house Foe!"
This commercial wisdom. however.
is true coin that will pass current in
any land:
who lacks a Smiling Face, had better
stop
And think a bit before he starts a
Shop"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

men always carry glass globes and 20
proving around searching for the
Ewes OF Youth
"A Queen are YOU and Queen am /.
But who viii spread the clothes TO
dry1~
We never think OF a Hindu lady
bent over scrubhing boards. surely,
Roshanarn gave us the impression
that Orientals dance any thought that
enters their heads. Instead % saying
n with ting bells tingiing around their
ankles
Buf Mr. Guiterman explains In
"Chips ~ Jade" Thus q Reader. do
I deliver unto thee a cargo of Betel
Nuts Freight ~ the pithy sayings
% the people ~ the land q Hindu
stan. proverbs that spice the speech.
even a. the punGrnt seeds % the betel
palm Herein shalt thou ind. set forth
On EnEiish verse. colorful proverbs 81
Bengal. the Puniah RajputaDa. and
sFcn % tho mountains % Kasmir and
Afghanistan. with some few others
brought BY the scafarers from the
Isle - Malay and ~ merchants and
traders from Persia and Arabia.
salaam asikum And be- displays
provsrtisi product that might very
easily have been made In pittsburg or
Peoria.
"A Day o. q Minutsg A Year or a
Moonf
Now which does be mean when he
Gays. Pretty soonf"
that's dele -tahly comprehensive. az
a. th's piece % political economy:
"rho tax? 30 wonder men ahhor ~
You raise a crop. they hne you for al! 4"
.sor the wisdom % China AIR.
gL..c. q makes epigrams just ne
modern These proverbs that I bring
thee NJ doclaros "are from the
hears as well as tire lips Of the people
% tio Eighteen Provinces Of the
Flousry ItinSdcm. and arc spoken IN
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
Riding Breaches
And ValedictOries

MISSY. ny Dana oatiin. Doubleday.

MISSY. ny Dana oatiin. Doubleday.
Page a Co.
AT what age does woman begin to
think seriously OF reforming man?
No inquiries have yet led to definite
conclusion. accepted by the scientific
world. Melissa--''Missy" for short
begins early. She understands the
Importance OF being earnest without
any instruction from Oscar Wilde.
And she tries 10 teach IL 20 Arthur.
what was the use" she asked her
self. "of renouncing earthly vanities
for yourself n you couldn't help others
20 renounce them2"
II wasn't very much later when her
father brought her home a set OF white
fox furs and remuneration lost some
OF its inevitability.
The book is a series OF episodes and
expositions Of the stages OF a growing
girls inner life and relationship TO the
outside world. One OF the best chap
tiers Is that I'm which Gypsy. the black
pony. appears. At that time skirts
were long enough 80 that riding
astride disarranged them noticeably.
Missy was human enough TO ride
but not tomboy enough 20 disregard
what people thought. she finally con-
structed riding breeches out OF her
fathers old pants" But wearing
them used up all her bravado and she
LET a wasp sting her rather than call
| further attention 10 her legs.
Missy's great public triumph was
the reading OF her valedictory. with
it's magnificent periods. such as only
great authors and high school pupils
can achieve Here II a gem:
And sad indeed. IL that life which
sails on Its own way wrapped in It's
own gloom. giving out no signal and
needing none. hailing not It's fellow
and needing no han so let
these ships which have such n vast.
such an unutterable influence. use that
influence for Frightening the encom-
passing gloom. Let them not be
wrapped IN their own selfishness OF
sorrow. but let their voice be fiied
with hope and love. For. by 80 doing.
the waters Of life will grow smoother
and the signals will never flicker"
Whether these sketches would have
been written n there had been no
Emmy Lou or "Penrod" or William
Syivanus Baxter may be questioned.
But they extract enough amusement
from the adolescent comedy 90 enter
tain the readers OF the days Action.