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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-30
Glad to Return

T am coming back to the Birmlng- ham district after an absence of sew eral years in Selma said> Dr. l.. M. Bradley, who has been chosen pastor of the Twentyfirst Avenue Baptist Church. T am fond of the black belt for no one can live among such hos pitable people without falling in love with them, but somehow there is a pull for me in Birmingham, where l spent so many happy years in the pastorate.
 One thing which draws me just at present is to Be near Howard College, as I have a son ready to enter this fall. AlIother thing which l will en- joy vii. be to get in touch again with my ministerial brethren in their con ferences'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-30
Test of Warrior
 Is Near at Hand

TT will be gratifying to the citizens J. of Birmingham and those, of all Warrior river points, to hear that Secretary of War Baker is doing all in his power to hasten completion of the Iong-delayed Mississippi Warrior craft.
 In a, letter to Walter Parker, gen. eral manager of the New Orleans As sociation of Commerce, he itemizes the present status of the vessel build ing, and forecasts early delivery of the craft intended for each river. He concludes by saying:
 "The war department is doing ev- erything in it's power to hasten the delivery of the vessels and the con- struction of suitable terminal facili- ties pertaining to the Mississippi Warrior system Unless unforeseen difficulties arise, the line should be in possession of all it's new power units by the end of January, 1921"
 This will be good news all up and down the river and will add zest to the preparations to be ready for the new craft, both with terminals and other facilities for doing business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-30

safe to assume that strides will be made within the next two years. The south is now better advertised than ever before. Northern farmers aud northern manufacturers have nere capital to invest tran in other years. But nc matter how well they are doing, they will prosper still more ty settling in ths south. - Lets organize large movement to make 1921 red letter year in the development cf Alabama. A New York man claims his wife made him eat from tub while the star boarder" fed daintily at the table. With out taking the trouble to get a divorce he wente out and married another wife He has our sympathy
 x < # A magazine writer thinks Hamlet was something of prig. Put in the last an- aiysts Hamlet was not responsible for the sounding phrases and moral observations put into his mouth by one William Shake speare
 A jury of women in Indianapolis reached verdict in five minutes. There Is, suggestion for wheeze in the fact that the-uuestion involved was the own ership of a talking machine.
 < % #
 King George is reported to have taken a hand in the case of 1relands hunger Strikers. If he got thoroughly wrought up he might venture to make a sugges- tion at some risk to his royal dignity.
 # E +
 Prince Carol of Rumania ashed, When does the United states go dry?" Some prophets put the date as far away as 194o but that's all guesswork
 # < x
 Chor'.s girls are nrw being paid S75 week, and are scarce at that figure. Still, even s75 week does not explain the smart motor at the stage entrance.
 f. # #
 The Chicago Tribune says Cox fired a "dud," That being true, why do repuD- licans act as if he had handed them ,,a nLa1a re TNu9
 # H #
 There is not a trace of insincerity in Senator Harding's gratitude to the money diggers.'
 # # <
 Great Britain found it easier to solve the housing problem than to prevent snip ing in Ireland
 In the Polish theatre the curtain has risen on the last act dramatic spec tacle entitled, The Flight of the Reds"
 # # # / Jags are said to be on the increase in Washington, home brew" and "boot- leg goods being about equally respon- sible.
 # # x
 Officials of the1eague of Nations who draw large salaries are probably praying for the success of Jimmy Cox.
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 Poland is getting more excitement out of it's bAar hunt than the wickedest boar ever provided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-30
 Former Senator Bailey Loses Race In Texas

HHHE defeat of former Senator
 U Joseph w. Bailey in the Texas gubernatorial race should permanent ly eliminate him from public life. He tried to "come back" but failed gig nally. Although he has consider able following in Texas, as shown by the fact that he led the state ticket in the primary, he was decisively beaten by Pat M. Neff, in the run off.
 The result is a vindication of de- mecracy and indicates that ma jcgity of the Texas voters will not support a man for office whose in- tegrity has been questioned. Without entering into the various factors which contributed to Bailey's defeat, { it will appear to the country at large that his repudiation was deserved.
 In some respects Bailey was one | of the most brilliant and able men ever elected to the United States Senate. His personal magnetism oratorical powers and legal >knowl- edge made him conspicuous fig ure. At the height of his career he was charged with accepting fees
 from certain oil interests while g
 member of the Senate. To do him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-30
SLAVE LABOR IN SCHOOLS

be 143,000. The bureau of education found that in February of this year 1S,279 schools were closed for lack of teachers. The states in which salaries and standards are highest are, natur- ally, able to obtain the most adequate supply of teachers. In at least six Of the southern states more than a third of their schools are either without teachers or are being taught by teach CTS below their standards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-30
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BRITAIN SOLVES THE PROBLEM

From the Chicago News.
 Money Is being raised in Great Britain at the rate of $5o,00o.oo0 o monthly for the promotion of housing schemes in that country. Plans have been approved for more than POO, ,000 houses so ,far. and york has been be- gun on S0,000 houses. Announcement of these facts comes from the British minister of health. Great Britain has passed the talking sstage-son the way to relieving it's housing shortage. The United States is less fortunate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-30
SPRING PASTORAL
fLnray Valley.l,

By Elinor Wytie in the Outlook Liza. go steep your long white aanas In the cool waters of that sprins , Which bubbles up through shiny sAncs The color of a wild doves wing Dabble your hands. and steep them selI Until those nails are pearly whirs Now rosier than laurel bell:
 Then come to me at candle light.
 Lay your cold ha2ds across-my brosrs' And l shall sleep. and I shall dream Of silver pointed willow bopEhs
 Dipping their fingers in a stream
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-30
A MORNING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER Give me, God, to see the beauty hy which I am surrounded. Show to me the goodness that lives in other men. Open my eyes to the love which is mine to claim when I will. So shall heaven come to meet me here. Amep.--M. $. F,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-30

Signed statements made by more than 1.700 school superintendents show that 52,7ss teachers resigned during the past year, resignation of P per cent of the etal teachers. On this basis fthe total number oi teachers resigned for sas estlse country would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-30

All of which is mild way of calling the attention of Birmingham people to the fact that they have talked enough about the Warrior river and its vast po- tentialities. and what Birmingport and water transportation was going to do for the district; but the time for hot ar
 oratory and boastfulness lis past. for 1t now a question of putting up the ter minals to meet Uncle Sam half way, or admit that we are bunch Of wind-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-30

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald Will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
THE THIRD PARTY'S TEST

DENUNCIATORS of the Paris Peace
- Conference operated under at least
one signal advantage. Their criticisms
were unshadowed by any ticklish op-
portunity to show whether they could
make better job Of the treaty. These
pundits could, in speech and argument,
destroy. They were exempt from the
perils which inevitably encompass con-
struction.
The third party convention, or more
properly the convention of the Com
mittee Of Forty eight, which meets to-
day, will labor under no such security
against exposure which gave vigor and
emphasis to attacks upon the peace.
The third party men can thunder. That
is their unchallenged right. They can
excoriate with typewriter and tongue
the two great political organizations to
which the nation as whole seems will
ing to intrust its destinies.
But the Committee Of Forty eight
has, according to its own admissions,
another animating purpose. 1t is to
shed light upon as well as to view with
alarm the sinister programs of Repub-
licans and Democrats. The opportunity
is here. 1t will be interesting to note
what is proposed in Chicago, enliven-
ing to observe the professional icono-
clast in the unwonted role of builder.
OF course, he can always strike.
That, too, is among his inalienable
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
UNIVERSITY EXPANSION

TvHE aid which the city can give tc
= the necessary physical expansion o.
the University of Pennsylvania is toe
valuable to be obscured by narrow
mindedness and petty vision. For that
reason alone sincere attention is due to
the proposal to turn over to the West
Philadelphia institution some of the
land occupied by the Commercial
Museum.
Sixteen years ago the University ad-
vanced claim to this ground, which is
contiguous to the college area, but the
suit was lost in favor of the city. In
the interval the University has become
much more seriously cramped. A new
college development back of and ad-
joining the museum on Spruce street
you'd not only furnish relief, but could
esyft in an improvement in the strip
" ground facing the river, the banks of
which here have long been slovenly and
unsightly.
A plan by which the University would
be permitted TO use the heating plant of
the Philadelphia General Hospital, thus
enabling it to substitute some new
college building for its present power
house on the campus, has also been
suggested at the first of series of con =
ferences between the Mayor and the
University authorities. That and the
larger scheme are both worthy of such
consideration at the meetings as will
bring about some constructive decision.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10

authorized to proclaim the abrogation
OF the clauses Of any treaty with a
foreign nation conflicting with these
latest rulings. This means possibly q
snarl with Great Britain over the treaty
of 1914, which ended the last war be-
tween the two countries.
This document pledged the United
States not to impose discriminatory
duties. Such an impost is now in pros
pect, however, since the Jones act re-
wives that section of the Underwood
tariff law placing duty of per cent
on goods entering the United States in
foreign bottoms.
In 1917 the Supreme Court declared
that this part of the law should not
apply because il contravenes a reserved
treaty right. The new life accorded a
vexatious question is certainly an irri-
tating substitute for simple, direct
measures in protection of our swiftly
acquired mercantile fleet. Subsidies
could have become operative at once
and the right to establish them would
have been unquestioned.
As 1t is, apart from other difficulties,
the discriminatory tax cannot be en-
forced for year on account of another
explicit clause in the British treaty.
The whole procedure appears to be
needlessly clumsy and litigious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
SPA RULINGS AND LOGIC

COMETHING new in treaty inter-
~ pretation is developed in the pro-
test accompanying the acceptance by
the German delegates at Spa of the
latest allied ruling on disarmament.
Objection is made to the threat of fur
ther military invasion in case of the
nonfultillment of the. new provisions.
Germany, assert the commissioners,
will not acquiesce in additional terri
torial occupations for such a cause for
the reason that, according to the YER
sailes Treaty, the only specified basis
of deeper invasion is delinquency in the
renaration payments.
Certainly the German mind continues
to run true to form. The original
treaty is violated. An additional period
of grace is given, and then the Berlin
government deprecates the steps fore
cast to secure the execution of prom
ises In other words, the Germans re-
gard action planned to obtain fulfill
ment of solemn treaty as violation OF
that document.
The Allies>will be wise to ignore the
sinister nonsense of this type of reason
ing. They have set October as mark
ing the end of the period during which
the maintenance of a German army of
more than 100000 will be tolerated.
Occupation of more German territory
will be the penalty. 1t is one which
the Allies will be loath to inf1ict and
a warsick world would be depressed
to see.
But force, or at least the fear of it,
is sometimes the only medicine for
chronic stiffness. 1t is merit of the
Spa conference that it has not hesi-
tated to say what it wants and state
the case firmly: German criticism of
the ultimatum is chiefly interesting as
an index to an unregenerate national
psychOlogy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
DIRECTOR CAVEN

TtRANK CAvEN, the new Director
i of Public Works, is in hearty SYM
pathy with the purposes of the Mayor.
He has had experience in public Office
and is familiar with conditions in the
City Hall.
The delay in filling the vacancy
caused by the death of Mr.. Winston
has held up the reorganization of the
department and the execution of plans
for curing long standing abuses.
Mr.. Caven has an opportunity which
should call out the best there is in him.
1t will test his powers of initiative and
his driving force. The fact that he
owes his appointment to no one but the
Mayor leaves him free from obligations
to party leaders who might wish,
through him, to serve their own pur-
poses rather than the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
THE CONGRESSIONAL JUNKET
THE ship Great Northern's ready

INiE ship Great Northern's ready
L And the country has been done
While the congressman, unsteady
On their sea legs, look for fun.
And thinking of expenses
We all watch the vessels track
And admit it all immense is
Since the crowd loves lack"
(Which is slang in all its senses
For hard cash-just "iack").
For each heart is like the sea,
Ever open-when it's free.
And we all will lonely be
Till the gang gets back.
For the Orient must call
To the hearts of one and all
When the cost is very small
And they all love 'jack."
Our own Billy Ware is sailing
Where the sprightly anchor anks
And with cheerfulness unfailing
Still the joyous spanker spanks.
For One fifty seven fifty
They will travel there and back,
'Tis a ninety day trip nifty
And they all love "jack."
(Though the methods rather sbiftv
They all love ''jack.")
For each heart is like the sea,
Ever open-when it's free.
And we all will lonely be
Til! the gang gets back.
For the Orient must call
To the hearts of one and all
When the cost is very small
And they all love Jack"
G. A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10

guised as news. IL has taken the form
Of books bearing familiar names and
issued by reputable publishers. Earnest
men and women organized in all com
munities have been made unconsciously
to serve its purposes and were never
the wiser. But every professional
propagandist works for pay and does
what his boss wants done. His work
costs enormously, but IL seems to re-
turn big dividends to those who
finance 1t.
Organizations of propagandists main
tanned in Europe in the interest of one
nation or another during the war be-
came known to the journalistic profess
sion as poison squads. They were
poisoners of opinion. As poison squads
we shall have to regard similar groups
organized at vast expense to- influence
national sentiment in election years by
underground and indirect methods which
could not be tolerated for a moment If
viewed in the light of day. Without
immense campaign funds there could be
no secret or semisecret propaganda to
mislead and confuse voters.
If specially interested groups find it
profitable to finance candidates for of
flee, the great general public, which has
most to win or lose, should seize that
privilege for itself and keep IL forever
exclusive. Such money as is spent in
behalf of one candidate or another
comes indirectly out of the peoples
pockets.
Men elected to the White House
cannot be of the sort who for a price
forget or ignore a duty. But the
lesser men who swarm into Congress or
minor offices with them and move up
ward in the shadow of their prestige
do that very thing, and do It often.
That is why political campaigns ought
to be fought out decently on the merits
Of men, policies and platforms and de-
cided by an open-eyed electorate.
Mr.. McAdoo's suggestion of a fund
adequate to pay the travelling expenses
Of presidential candidates and to cover
other expenditures inevitable in a clean
fight over large field is not new. IL
has come up repeatedly after every ac-
cidental exposure of the moneyed side
of national politics. Professional poll
ticians will not welcome it. Too many
of them live by the system which Mr..
McAdoo and others properly regard as
perilous. Something certainly is wrong
in a democracy that makes it impossible
for poor man to run for the presi-
dency with some chance of success.
Even such wide departure from
precedent would be but beginning of
q series Of election reforms that cannot
long be delayed. Voters ought to vote.
1t is the easy disregard of the obli-
cations of citizenship by multitudes in
all communities that makes it possible
for dollars to do work that should be
done by ballots.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
MEXICO

TT Is not surprising that Washington
4 reports indicate the disposition of
this government to recognize the De la
Huerta regime in Mexico as the de
facto government.
II we are to have any dealings with
Mexico we must deal with whatever
government exercises authority. The
De la Huerta government is in control.
1t is the only government with which
il is possible to have official relations.
We may not like the way it came to
power and we may be confident that it
will be displaced in the near future
when the Mexicans go through the form
of presidential election in the au-
tumn, but we cannot tell the Moxicans
what to DO nor how to do il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
FOOLISH TALK

THE temperance people do not help
their cause by saying, as a speaker
before the Christian EndeavOr conven =
tlon said, that ANY one who is op-
posed to prohibition now in an an
archist."
An anarchist is person who is op-
posed to all government and all law.
A person who is opposed to prohibition
\ objects to specific statute and wishes
vt. to be displaced by another specific
statute.
There is no movement anywhere tc
repeal the prohibitory amendment to
the constitution, but there is demand
in certain quarters for modification OF
the enforcing statute. Distinguished
Democrats did their best to persuade
the San Francisco convention to demand
its modification. One of them was d
member of the Presidents cabinet.
They are not anarchists.
: The temperance folk are unduly ner
vous. The country has accepted the
prohibitory amendment and it will be
enforced in accordance with the will of
the Majority.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
DENIES SUFFRAGE FAIL URE'
California Governor Refutes Charges
Made to Tennessee Legislature

Sacramento, Calf, July 10.-(By
A. P2-In compliance with request
from Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, ma
tional suffrage leader, Governor
Stephens has sent telegram to Gov
ernor Robert, of Tennessee. denying
the statements of Annie Beck, of Los
Angeles, to the Tennessee Legislature,
that suffrage has proved failure in
California.
The governors telegram follows:
''Politics are cleaner, government
better administered and the moral
welfare of the people far more intelli.
gently and effectively promoted in Cali
fornia because of woman suffrage.
Statements to the contrary are not
justified by facts and results.
Equal suffrage in California has
justified itself in every way, no excep:
tions. 1t was carried by about 3OOo
originally. 1t would carry now by abodt
100 900, il voted upon my men alone
If voted upon by both men and women
it would carry by 100000
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10

OF thought and feeling on this subject.
Marriage through these mediums is to
great extent made laughing stock.
The modern dress of women Is re-
sponsible to an extent for this condition.
strange to say, marriages of conven-
ience, for financial betterment and other
material reasons, do not seem to figure
so much in the case.
MANY of the reasons advanced by
those seeking divorces show that the
fault does not really lie with the institu-
tion of marriage, but with the people
themselves. They don't seek relief from
marriage, but merely want to change
to somebody else. As a matter of fact,
ninety per cent Of Divorces remarry.
"One remedy lies in the hands Of
clergymen themselves. If many Of them
did not make themselves party by
blessing the new unions, there would
be fewer divorces. In the Episcopal
church remarriage is discouraged. In
no case will we remarry the guilty party
party, the consent of the bishop is re-
quired before. further union can lbe
countenanced by the church.
Suggest Social Ostracism as Weapon
"One of the most effective weapons
that could be used in fighting divorce,
especially among those whose social life
is important to them, would be the
weapon Of social ostracism. If divorce
disbarred persons from enjoying invita-.
tions to those functions SO dear to their
heart, they would not be SO keen about
securing 1t.
THE man or woman who seeks a
divorce is a moral Stacker. They should
carefully consider the question Of
marriage beforehand, but once having
contracted to love, honor and cherish,
they should be manly and womanly
enough to carry out their bargain.
There is entirely too frivolous an
attitude on the part of much of the
public on the question Of marriage, too
much Of a tendency to dodge their obi.
cations. The spell of fascination,
mostly temporary, leads many to dis
regard the dictates of common sense,
and marry. Then the spell wears of.
there is dissatisfaction and one or both
seek the easiest way out"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
CHINESE REBELS WARNED
Diplomatic Corps Tells Commander
= Pekin Must Not Be Attacked

Pekin, July 10.-(By A. P)-
Warning has been given the government
by the diplomatic corps here that, IN
case of an uprising, there must be no
fighting in this city and that Pekin
must not be subjected to bombardment'
Forces commanded by Tuan Chi Qui,
former premier aud minister OF war, arc
surrounding Pekin.
General WI Pei Flu, who has been
relieved Of the command of government
troops in Chih Ii, is near Pao Ting fu,
thirty miles south of here, but whether
fighting occurs there will depend, 1t Is
said, upon the acceptance by WI pei
Flu of his dismissal.
General Tuan Chi Outs threatening
attitude is result of the government .
dismissal of General Hsu Shu Cheng az
resident commissioner for Inner Mon
golia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
A FoUR-yEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration to concen-
trate its attention;
Tho Delatoure river bridge.
A drydock big enough to dcconimo-
hdte the largest ships.
Development Of the rapid transit SyS'
tenn.
A conpention hail.
A building for the Free Ltbrdry.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the touter supply.
Homes to accommodate the popntd-
ffon.