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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-13

Ia NRENGF, MASS Dee 13 Fir
announcement Of actual reduction 81
exile operatives wages WIS made y
lay by the Pacific and the Arlington
mills Of this cits Their 10000 work
"rs onstltnting one-halt Of the 0per
.ipts IN this textile center. were NJ
eel that d re-adsus tlnen' had hee
nade effective December tWeliiet
rho amount OF the reduction VIII
not announced but it WAS geaef
thought to be twenty two and Oh
aaif nnrennf
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-13
Captain Hyde's Address

The future Of Armenia which has
withstood the onslaught Of the Turk
for centuries and has been reduced
from a nation Of 100000 inhabitants
10 one of 2,000,000 destitute and
broken people, was described viyidiy
by Capt. George y. Hyde. whose mes
sage was clear cut and thoughtful,
as being utterly hopeless unless i'm
Confined on rese ~
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-13
THOUSANDS TO Be
AFFECTED BY WAGE
SCALE REDUCTIONS

Heads OF Number Of Textile
Concerns In New England
Make Formal Announcement
OF Cuts To Be Made Effective
Shortly
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-13
Three Wills In paMfneket

Ia WTUttkE1 Il Det
i hr,r textile mills III tais els
entral Falls announced wage rediic
ons today Tho amount was no
tated but il was generally expe
rs ~ other textile centers 225z
tent
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-13
CORDIALLY GREETED
AT CHAPEL ASSEMBLY

Convalescent from an illness Of w
phoid fever that dates back TO the
early summer when ne was stricken
after going 10 his cottage al skyiand.
III the mountains Of Virginia, 70 spend
his vacation, DR.. Thomas Fell, today
resumed his duties as President OF ST.
Johns College.
Taking Zip the rens of government
after several weeks Of ruction and
turmoil between the corps of students.
and members Of the Board of Cover
.nors and Visitors Of the Institution.
President Fell took occasion to ad-
dress the Cadets at the assembly in
Chapel this morning DR. Fell was
greeted by a warm ovation from the
students when his presence on the
platform Was noted and it il now felt
that as he is again actively at the
helf, il Will have "a decided
tendency to bring about a quieter con-
dition Of affairs nj the institution
by way Of a brief review OF the sever
breaches of discipline that have oc-
CURED during the period of his con
yalesccnce, DR. Fell among other
things. urged the students to strict
preservation OF the old ST. Johns
spirit, and TO adjust matters in gen
eral
Dr. Fell hegan his address by ex
pressing qualification over the corr
diality Of the reception accorded him
by the student body and then follow
ed up with a brief review Of incidents
hat had occurred at the College dur
ing the past few months,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-13
.lT Al SCALES
3E ENs REPORT
FIAzING CASES
II Will Not Be
Qeral Days, Prob
Eed Offenders. In
Ale Under Arrest
CONGRESS
/ tIOUGHT LIKELY

~ ll!s far l n
. ,,f.. u6.l-
80
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-13
DR.. FELL APPEALS
FOR PRESERVATION
OF COLLEGE SPIRIT

Convalescent From Illness, Presi-
dent OF Institution Addresses
Students And Touches Upon
Recent Outbreaks Among
Cadets And Attacks On Board
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-13
College Ethics Transgressed

He emphasized the point as to how
Ire students had transgressed the code
of ethics which had previously dis
tinguished them, viz: the honor and
exempt system, the student senate and
student government, and in addition
had violated their pledges to the fac
ulty and the Board of Governors and
Visitors. Dr. Fell next referred TO
tlie verbal attacks which had been
aGnntinned ON page %
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-13

aContlnued on Page ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
AN UNRELIABLE TEST

Fro mthe New Orleans Item.
 Michael Chavastra native of Hungary, parted at Ellis Island from his wife and little daughter last week. They stayed here with his father and brothers and he returned sorrowfully to his native land, because he couldn't pass the lit- eracy test. Chavastra is skilled blacksmith and wheelwright, of good character and habits. He helped his father and brothers make a new start in the United States of which they are good citizens, but he never learned to read, because the landholders for whom he worked didn't encourage it and he was busy giving his younger brothers chance for an education.
 The Johnson bill, now pending in Con- gress will give immigrants of Chavas- tras kind a chance to pass the gates. It provides that those who have near relatives here may be excused from the hteracy test. Character should be the real test of admission; the educational test is certainly the most deceptive. Men who are turbulent and have mis- chievous notions of government are not usually illiterate. Doubtless some of them were on the same ship that brought Chavastra and passed with fly ing colors while the broken hearted blacksmith was torn from his loved ones and sent back alone,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS

Daughter who is raising nothing but a poodle, has to have vacuum cleaner to Tighten her toll, but mother had to use broom when she was raising eight kids.
 At that, an orphan is better off than a child who has the kind of father who uses his home as a grouching place.
 We do not know much. But we do know that the bride is usually the best man at wedding.
 The man who never tells his wife a lie is like the lord high admiral of the Swiss navy. There ain't no such ani- mal
 There was a time when a woman kept the kind of dog that protected the house. But nowadays her daughter keeps the kind of poodle that has to be locked up in the house to keep people from stealing the dog.
 Soft-hearted men are good fellows. But you'll notice that they are kept busy paying rent and interest to hard headed men.
 The fundamental principle of happi- ness is to get the accent on the first syllable of the adjective and not on the second syllable.
 struggling author has to turn out good work. Only successful author can afford to turn out poor work.
 Many a man has stretched the truth only to have it fly back and sting him.
 The man who used to be steady thinker can't get over the habit of ex- pecting two 15-cent articles for a quar- ter.
 tCopyright. 1920)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
MISSISSIPPPS SUICIDE

Frcm the Wall Street Journal 1A NOTHING in the reports of the pres iIW ent and potential wealth of the state of Mississippi warrants it's
 present rulers in committing what amounts to state suicide. The state reve- nue agent has succeeded in driving out of the state 13S fire insurance companies by a confiscatory claim for 5000 a day from each of them, over period of F years, as penalty for alleged conspiracy in restraint of trade. In reducing this fool law to absurdity the agent sues for the impossible sum of $2,000000,O0 more or less, on the ground that making uni form insurance rates constitutes con- spiracy
 It involves nothing of the kind, as all fire insurance companies know. The risl. is exactly ascertainable according and is the same for all companies doing business in the state. There is and
 ought to to be no competition of the
 kind this law supposes and attempts to
 enforce. No insurance company, for ms stance. will underwrite two large build ings in the same block. The conflagration risk is too great.
 But this law. which if enforced. will destroy the business of the state of Mis- sssippi and bankrupt it's treasury, IS based on the false assumption that fire inurafce. companies are rich and can stand any levy. Exactly the contrary is the case. During. the past century the fire insurance companies did not even The national board of fire underwriters. following the San Francisco fire, report ed that in that disaster the American fire underwriting profits of more than 4o years had been wiped out in a few hours Multiply that disaster by those at Batl- necessity for widely diffused risks for any fire insurance company becomes ap- parent.
 So far from the existence of the profits Henry H. Hall, in his book on One Hundred Years of American Commerce, said:
 'The business of fire underwriting in ,n- United States for the past century has ,, been done at loss; and the mos, sue cessful companies, as a whole, have not retained more than the simple interest
 upon their capital and invested funds Mississippi has seized s7oo.OOO of fire insurance funds within the state. The amount so confiscated will not begin 10
 pay the states losses. Every mortgage
 on improved property will be recalled as fast as it falls due. No one will lena on mortgage on house, tenement or store where his mortgage is not covered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30

by corresponding fire policy, Mort gage money is not easy to obtain in Mississippi or elsewhere, but the state s revenue agent has made it impossible to secure such loans for the future. while he automatically extinguishes those which now exist and might be renewed.
 What follows is the complete fiisioca- ton of business throughout the state. Owners of property must do their own fire insurance and must exact rents ac- cordingly. No property will be rented to anyone doing a business involving the least fire risk. The rate for all business loans will automatically advance follow- ing the prohibitive mortgage figure. The qualifications are in fact endless. They are all founded upon a bolshevistic a,- tempt to enforce a conf1scatory law written by men utterly ignorant of the principles of fire insurance CT the basis of business upon which alone such in. surance can be granted.
 These 13S insurance companies need be under no alarm about their S7ooooo. |, will be restored to them in a hurry, ana if necessary Mississippi will call . 'spe- cial session of its legislature to repeal it's laws as relating to fire insurance com panies. The state can do nothing less. It can hardly venture upon fighting policy involving bankruptcy of both the state and the taxpayer preliminary to e conflict in which it has everything to lose and nothing to gain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
D'Annunzio Yields
 to Italian Forces

1.-THE fall of Plume ends a comic
 ll opera situation that was per-
 mitted to continue too long. It wan a foregone conclusion that as soon as the Italian, government decided to exert sufficient pressure the redoubta- ble D'Annunzio and his forces would have to yield. Plume couldn't fight Italy, and the fact that Italy didn't want to fight Plume, and thus shed the blood of Italian citizens on both sides, gave the poet-warrior a chance to bestride his little world like a colossus and pose as a hero whose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
Must Also Buy If We
 Sell to Other Nations

m OBERT T. SMALL, special cor IN respondent of The Age-Herald, writing from Marion, O., says: "Presi- dent-elect Harding is to be the check on the big republican majorities," and that they will need watching lis evil denced by the manner in which they recently rushed through the House of Representatives bill which it is agreed would not have helped the farmers out of their difficulties, but which succeeded in building up further ill feeling abroad against the United States"
 He adds: "The proposal to shut out all imports of the necessities of life for time brought quick threat of reprisals, not from Europe, but from South America.'
 America needs the trade of the rest of the world quite as much as the rest of the world needs American trade. America has more of surplus to of fer than other nations, but they can not take that surplus unless America buys their goods.
 A close-by illustration of a state of trade that is unhealthy and, if not remedied, means cessation of business with other nations is the report of i'm ports and exports at the port of Mo bile in October. Exports were $5, ,421,- 900 and imports were only $163,000. South and Central America, Cuba and the West Indies, to which the larger part of exports from Mobile go, can not long stand for that disproportion in trade reciprocity. We cannot con- tinuously sell $5, ,421 ,OO0 per month and buy only $163,000 worth.
 From those to whom we sell we must also buy, or they cannot and will not deal with us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
HOW THE FARMER "REsTs.

From the Detroit News.
 That the farmer in winter is the most independent creature on earth. with nothing to do but toast his feet In the oven, read the paper and eat mince pies, is denied by the Newberry News. "The industrious farmer" asserts this paper "begins work long before the sun darts it's rays across the bosom of the frigid lake O. eliminates the crest of the dis tant hills. With his soul enshrouded in gloom he proceeds to build fire and soften :,.s shopacs (gift of a sore-hceled friend) with a sledge hammer. He then take. a antern and shovels nis way to the barn to feed the hogfs. It is then time to feed the newly arrived calf, which seems to delight in buttins a pail of milk over the tiller of the soil until he only needs to be stamped to pass for a package of oleomargarine. He crawls through a barb wire fence and digs the hay out of the snow. feeds the COW s, cleans the stable, gathers up frozen chicks. chases a stray pig worth $ cents for four miles and does not catch it. doctors a sick horse. freezes his fin gers, gets kicked by a one-eysd quadru- ped. and when the gloaming comes and quietness broods over the earth he has single hour to mediate and won- der how he will pay his taxes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
Obsolete Courtesy

Tripping the hat among the young men of the country seems to be an ob- solete courtesy" said l.. E. Curranse. T was walking with an ex-solder the other day and we passed four ladies whom he knew The first time he showed his hat over his eyes, the next time he showed it to the back of his head, the third time he gave it a push on the right, and the fourth time he showed it over his right ear with his left hand.
 "A little further on we saw two men in the army service stop to speak to a young lady. Both of them took their hats off. It is rather odd but true that the men in the service are not so ridden by the habits formed there as the men who have gone back to civilian life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
Meteoric Career of
 a Famous Playwripht

5H UGENE' WALTER leaped from lG obscurity to the dizzy pinnacle of success as playwright, married one of the most beautiful stars on the American stage, whom he lost in the divorce court, and is now a bankrupt. He places his liabilities at $7,479 and his assets at $100.
 Even in the hectic life of New York the career of MT. Walter is one to arrest attention. When thousands of theatregoers were packing playhouses to see "The Easiest Way" and "Paid in Full" and money was rolling in on their author in flood of royalties, he was the envy of hundreds of strug- gling newspaper men who aspired to follow in his footsteps.
 Any lumber of reasons may explain the eclipse of playwright who showed great promise and must have earned considerable fortune, all of which has apparently been swept away. Possibly the cause lies not far removed from the environment in which successful people find them selves in New York, particularly if they happen to be associated with the stage. Another explanation, and per haps the real one, is the list of plays produced after MT. Walter became famous, probably none of which was as successful in a financial way as his best known dramas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30

From Forbes Magazine.
 N 1T APOLEON once said: "A gener- UWI al of ordinary talent occupying S N a bad position, and surprised by superior force, seeks safety in re- treat; but great captain supplies all deficiencies by his courage and marches boldly to meet the attack"
 The quality most needed by American business men year ago was eau tion.
 The quality most needed today is courage.
 Did you ever reflect that most of the great fortunes in America have been made by men waho courageously held on when others were giving up? Often they saivaged weddings and the as sets thys acquired later became of great value.
 In panicky times the strong. by their courages become stronger.
 They have vision to look beyond the immediate clouds. They have faith that the sun will shine. They know that depression will give place to pros rerity in this land of unfathomed re- sources and energy and enterprise and enthusiasm
 Henry Clay Prick. who recently died leaving something like $125,000, 900 largely for public purposes), laid the foundation for his fortune when the panic of 1873 stampeded the men in- terested in the infant coke industry. Prick boldly persuaded Banker Mellon of Pittsburg to lend him $10,00O, and with this he bought the interests of his partners and others who showed the white feather. They thought he was a fool, for was not coke then sell ing under cost of production? Within a faw E,riclc,s ia-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
Fritz Kreisler's vioIins

Fritz Kreisler, who will be heard on
 "Wednesday evening. January 5, being
 the third concert in the series of con
 certs this season given under the gus
 pces of the All Star Concerts IS the possessor of three extraordinary vio-
 lins," said Fred Wiegand. Perhaps
 there are many who do not know this, and for their benefit I may say that one of these instruments is rasler
 small Stradivarius, not large in tone, but of exquisite quality, which he often uses for recitals in small halls. The Isecond is Gagliano, the work of ore Iof the earliest and most famous of the Italian violin makers who flourished in Florence in the first half of the seven teenth century. The instrument now ever, that he uses the most is one made by Josef Guarneri del Gesu, which as formerly the property of the great Will lhelmy.
 This Guarnerius is one of the finest instruments in existence. and it would be difficult to compute it's value in Gol-
 lars and cents. The chances are, how lever, that if it were put up for auction lat Christies in London it would bring from s15,00o to $20,00 It is a large instrument with the big mellow tone characteristic of it's kind, and Kreisler uses it almost entirely when he plays |concertos with orchestra. He has other
 instruments, of course, but these are 1.-the most famous"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
THE PARADOX OF TIME

By Austin Dobson. Time goes, you say? An, no! Alas. Time stays, we go; Or else, were this not so, What need to chain the hours, For youth were always oursf Time goes. you say?-ah. not Ours is the eyes deceit Of men whose flying feet Lead through some landscape low; We pass, and think we see The earth's fixed surface flee;
 Alas. Time stays-we goi Once, in the days of old. Your locks were curling gold,
 And mine had shamed the crow; Now, in the selfsame stage, We've reached the silver age:
 Time goes, you say?-ah, no! Once. when my voice was strong. filled the woods with song M
 To praise your rose" and "nnov:'' My bird that sung is.dead; Where are your roses fled?
 Alas! Time stayszwe go! See in what traversed ways. What backward fate delays The hopes we used to know; Where are our old desires- An where those vanished fires? Time goes, you say y2-ah. not How far. how far. o sweet. The past behind our feet
 Lies in the even-glow. Now. on the forward way, Letu fold hands and pray:
 Alas. Time stays-we got
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
FORTUNES IN HARD TIMES

, were netting him a profit of over 100000 year.
 One by one Carnegie's early partners
 deserted the steel ship at times when it appeared to be sinking. Little Andrew stuck to the bridge undaunted. In his
 recently issued autobiography he tells how he tried to persuade various as- sociates to hold on, but how they saw nothing but ruin ahead. He never doubted that the sea would become
 calmer in due course. And when it did, 1 it was plain-and very profitable
 sailing for Carnegie.
 John D. Rockefeller picked up some of his biggest bargains in oil proper ties during the times of acute depres- sion, when the price obtainable for oil was unprofitable. He had resolved to stick to oil through thick and thin
 and when others of less backbone and less courage wanted to run away, they found in him willing buyer. Almost every city and town and hamlet in America has some business
 man to whom the citizens point with. ] pride, some man who had to wrestle with innumerable obstacles in his earlier days, but who exercised cour- age and seized the opportunities to branch out when others were pulling
 in their horns and who is now pointed to as leading citizen.
 Is there not a lesson in all this at
 this time when pessimism is raginxj and retrenchment is becoming fev<l erish? #) Has not the time come to as whether courage will not be bettas. than cowardice, whether the placinEy of contracts will not be better thak cancellations, whether it will not b3, better to look beyond the present. clouds and prepare for the sunshine that is bound to come by and by?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
ADRTFT WITH THE TIMES
A prRIoIrs SUCCESS.

q feel rather depressed this morning., remarked Mir. Jagsby.
 "Too much Christmas spirit?" inquired Mr. Gadspur, solicitously.
 "well. I can't say had too much. but it's rather embarrassing for people to keep telling you that you were the life of the party when you can't remem- Der having been there"
 CHASTENED BY ADVERSITY.
 How long did the plumber stay here this mornfng?'' asked MT. Dubwaite
 About three hours" said Mrs. Dub waite.
 "I suppose he worked about 90 minutes and spent the rest of the time wrapped in thought?'
 "No, he worked steadily and finished the job. He said he had seen a great light He wouldn't explain what he meant, but he told me you would under stand when you saw how reasonable the bill was.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
Y. NJ. c. A, Growth

Tt is good to see the progress which the Birmingham Young Mems Christian association has made" said E. G. Alex |ander, executive secretary of the Yo Ing Mems Christian association of he south who was in the city yesterday.
 The association is keeping up with the growth of the city. but it is not alone in its progress. As the close of the year approaches. statistics of the associations throughout the country show that there has been TIE per cent gain in membership, IS 7-10 gain in property 141s per cent gain in the .,hys- ical department, 2S1a per cent gain in the educational department and fl per cent in the religious work departm mt. Naturally we are well plaesed with this |record of faithful work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-30
than it would pay were the shipment

than it would pay were the shipment to come by the all-rail route.
 This is an important occurrence. It presages the influence of the War rior river on the commerce of the south. The shipment to Atlanta is the beginning of growing business on the Warrior in the carrying of merchandise from gulf ports to points in the interior of at least four states, Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee. The territory at present embraced in the 20 per cent differen- tials via the Warrior extends to Mis- sissippi on the west, to Chattanooga the north, to Atlanta on the east and to Montgomery on the south.
 Carrying merchandise freight on the Warrior is now feasible because of the new self -propellers with their covered matches and the steel contain CTS which are also weather proof. Illustrating the character of protec- tion given merchandise requiring it, there are several consignments of window shades coming on the Bir- mingham for local delivery.
 Two ports can be used, Cordova and Birmingham. When the terminals at one place are congested, boats may be diverted to the other. Birmingham and the 20 per cent differential territory get the benefit of both, and the port of Tuscaloosa is able to care for it's own business.