The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
Bank Robber Is Rolled
 By Trained Employees.

bank, alarfed by the boldness of criminals in it's vicinity, installed a lsteel gan turret, so placed that man inside, though fully protected from a fusillade of bullets from the outside, commands view Of every nook and corner of the banking floor. Armed with mgh-powered rifles, men arc on duty in this turret day and night.
 Thanks to years of coaching" the employees Of New York bank re- Icently foiled a bandit who attempted to rob the institution. When the rob- Der walked up to teller's cage, drew a revolver and demanded five thou sand dollars in bills, the teller dropped behind his counter and reached for his revolver. The robber Iopened fire and as he did so revolv- Iers began popping at him from all directions. Before the smoke had cleared away thoroughly frightened and penitent, the man was under ar- rest. However, every shot had gone wild.
 The factor that a bank robber of this type chiefly depends on, and one that rarely fails him, is the panic that results when he barks the crisp command, Hands up!" Whatsoever presence of mind the average bank emplove has deserts him completely on such an occasion, even if he is not naturally coward, and the in- truder can do about as he pleases during the few minutes when every body is demora.ized. By the time the reaction sets in and clerks and off cials begin to recover their wits, the robber has gathered up his loot and departed
 This is where the value of coach ing comes in Trained to expect what may some day happen, employees are not so apt to be caught off their  guard and even if they don't shoot straight, they can prevent bank from being ribbed Incidentally, en- ployes should be trained to shelter themselves during the battle so they can't very well shoot one another.
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 female politician of Mlwauwee wants federal law passed to provide for a 50-50 split of the family purse between husband and wife. The average wife would be more than satisfied with 75-g5 division, with hubby taking the larger share.
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 This information may not be any thing in particula- to the younger sen- eration, but it is enough to draw tears from those who remember the old days. One dollar in Germany will buy 33S cold steins of beer
 Reginald de lioyen died an ideal death, passing away without pain in a scene of revelry, surrounded by admring friends and just after he had won the greatest artistic triumph of his caresr.
 Another delay in ratifyins the peace treaty is imminent. Precious little con- sideraton we are showing for the pa tiencc of our European friends-if they are still our friends,
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 It now appears that Clemenceau showed bad judgment in becoming candidate for the presidency of France. Had it been left to America, he would have been elected overwhelmingly
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 Russian dancer has insured ner hands for siOO.0oo. although she really dances with her feet. Other dancers" might well insure their shoulders.
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 Thus far g, ,664 out of 2l6OOo British war widows have remarked Give them a lit- tie more time and this number will oe considerably increased
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 II is not enough to say that MT Bryan will attend the democratic national con vention at san Francisco. He'll be there with bells on.
 Thousand dollar bills are fluttering about in the Umted States like dead leaves in autumn. But wait until the re- action comes
 Mr. Munsey says he bought the New York Herald to save it, form of res- cue work that few men can afford to un- dertake.
 A reduction in airplanes fares is pre- dicted. Still. it may be sometime yet before the airplane straphanger material