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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
For the Good of
 the Community


 THE Chamber of Commerce of Mid J dletown, O., recently conducted campaign to raise a S1,000,000 civic inn provement fund.-
 They raised the S1, 100000 and plus. Middletown has only 25,000 inhabitants. It was per capita contribution of S40
 Speaking of the campaign, the Ameri- can City magazine mentioned some of the improvements for which the fund was raised. They included:
 Additions to Middletown hospital, as- sistance to board of education for in- creased pay of teachers, extension of sys- tenn of parks and playgrounds, more con- modious quarters for the Girls Club, financial assistance for the public library, community soldier memorial building, new Y. M c. A. building, financial assist ance to city commission pending remedial tax legislation and financial aid to several community development activities
 The various aims and ideals were de- veloped by George M. Verify, president of the American Rolling Mills Company. The soliciting teams were composed of 500 members. The secretary manager of the Chamber of Commerce was the cam paign manager.
 The slogan was "Men Are Square," That was probably adopted to offset the unreasoning suspicion of the small-mind- ed that no set of men is to be entrusted with handling large amount of money.
 This was not a campaign to add to the fOxy h11ysG sGoo voo% q ~1 T form of getting something for commu- nity on the decimal basis with each mans share fractionally ascertained and fixed by law.
 Itwas direct gift to the community by it's citizens without the visitation of the tax gatherer. It smacks of a spontaneity that rises superior to arithmetic and per centages.
 It was cash transaction instead of one dragging over period of years. It was neat job completed the day the money was contributed. Nothing was left over for ones children and children's children. It was paying for what is needed now with money instead of with bonds bearing in- terest and reminding one year in and year out of that additional load through the tax rate on his property.
 
 Every community has it's Y. M. c. A. drives and drives for other worthy causes of more or less community scope, but the Middletown campaign embraced the well fare of the entire community. We do not tax ourselves for semi-community enter prises, but give the cash and have done with it. As pay we must in the end for whatever is done in the name of the com munity, why not do more of it directly in cash donations and less of it by piling up bonded debt?
 There is Idlewild Park, a beautiful do- main needing development that tens of thousands may enjoy it's natural sweet ness and healthfulness. Vulcan should be placed on top of Red Mountain. The streets should have markers. There should be drinking fountains about the city for the thirsty. We should have an at tractive city market
 Why wait on taxation for these and other things that appeal to us? Why not nav cash rnan immediate henafit and oc
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13
GREAT TUBE TO CONNECT
CITIES: COST MILLIONS


Continued from Page ID
tubes each with an external diameter
of 90 feet, will be six feet wider thar
the Pennsylvania railroad tubes un.
der the Hudson east rivers.
Traffic blockades. now common on
ferries. would be precluded by pro.
viding at each end of the tube derrick.
equipped trucks to take stalled auto.
mobiles in tow Three driveways il
each direction will be Furnished on
the approaches, because slight N
clines there are expected to slow
down the movement of the vehiculai
queues.
Ventilation to rid the tunnel of car
bon monoxide gases from automobiles
Will be furnished by four large shafts
and also by an air duct under the
noadway and an exhaust above.
Smoky vehicles circulate poisonous
gas freely in closed places but chem.
lists working on the tunnel ventilation
system estimate that at the highest
point Of saturation there will be only
3 IL parts of monoxide to 10000
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13
Washing Won't Rid
Head Of Dandruff

Te only sure way 70 get rid Of dan
druff is to dissolve it. then YOU des
troy ii entirely To do this. get
about four ounces of ordinary liquid
arvon: apply II at night when reti-
ing: use enough to smoisten the scal.
and rub it in gently with the finger
tips
Do this tonight, and by morning
most if not ALL OF your drandruff vii
be gone, and three or four more AZ
plications will completely dissolve
and entirely destroy every single sigr
and trace Of II. no matter how much
dandruff Won may have
You will find. too. that all itching
and digging OF the scalp will stop ai
once. and your hair will be fluffy
lustrous. glossy. silky and soft, ana
look and feel a hundred times better
You can get liquid arvon ait any
drug store. Ii is inexpensive AMI
never fails to do the work
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13
JAPAN MAY NOT AGREE
TO CUTTING DOWN NAVY
Yellow Race Bent on Being
Greatest Naval Power; Plan
Is To Build Many
Battleships

Toxic. Oct. l3.-Japan is not likely
to subscribe to the idea that the naval
strength OF nations which are mem
bers OF the League OF Nations. shall
Je cut down or their Increase stopped,
IN the opinion OF, the leading daily
the NicM Nichi
"All powers are agreed on that pro-
position on principle observes the
Nichi Nichi in It's political news col
umn. but the United States. which
was the nower thai proposed cursail.
ment of naval expansion, has not as
ct joined the League. and she Is fast
increasing her naval strength. Even
if other powers should strictly anC
faithfully adhere to the principle OF
reduction, the peace OF the world will
just the same be menaced by the pow
erful naval power of America.
Thus the general conference of the
League of Nations will not accomplish
anything except that each OF the mem
oers present will search into tho
heart of another" tThe first meeting
of the assembly of the League OF Ma
lions has been called at Geneva Oh.
November 15)
The Nichi Nichi therefore observed
that the Japanese navy would con.
lder the question from the peculiarly
IaIanese point Of view regardless OF
whether any definite program be
formulated by the conference as to
he naval restriction and regardless
u the attitude of France. England and
other lowers. Already an investiga.
ion had been conducted in tho navy
~ such officials as Rear Admiral
fasuho, Captain Kiyokawa and other
members Of the Investigation com.
mittee. A policy of the Japanese En-.
pire has already been decided upon,
out, owing to the lack OF informa-
ton as to what attitude England
France. Italy and other countries viii
De, the nature of the policy was not
made public the Nichi Nichi says.
But. briefly speaking" the Nichi
Nichi goes on. the policy, it may
pe understood, may be summarized as
The eight battleships and eight
2ruisers plan. which had been a long
,herlshed idea, and which was ap-
proved by the recent session, is in.
sufficient as the minimum strength
o perfect the defense work OF the
empire. In other words, in case the
lowers present In the conference
propose to limit naval construction
IN the basis of its not going beyond
ne plans now in process of compile
ion, the Imperial Japanese navy will
lave to maintain that the recent plan
approved OF 1.-THE eight and eight unit
S by no means its final plan of ma
ional defense. As was explained al
he 4lst session of the Diet by the
iavy minister, the empire must have
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13
POLES AND REDS HAVE
TROUBLE IN AGREEING
Lithuania Bottled Up May
Lead Nations Now At War
To Sign a Permanent
Peace Pact

Riga, Oct 13.-Experts were en-
gagged today in completing the Tx
rainian text of the armistce and
preliminary peace treaty between Po-
land and Russia and Uk.sine. Com
pletion OF this work waj the last
preliminary = signature II the ccil.
] yention.
Many complications haye arisen
while the peace delegates have been
deliberating on the terms of the pre-.
liminary treaty Polish and Lithuar-
ian troops have been fighting along
the frontier between those two coun.
tries, there has been a general 10.
setting OF stable conditions in the Ri.
tic states and many members of the
big Polish delegation have been
striving 10 prevent NJ Dombs6i, chair
man OF the delegation, and the Polish
peasants party from strengthening
their position in Warsaw
Both Adolf Joffe. head of the Rus
sian soviet peace mission and NJ.
Dombsh expressed satisfaction with.
the terms agreed upon, The Bolshevik
insist the preliminary. tteafr is much
less favorable than the peace offered
Poland lasI FEBRUARY, and the failure
Of the Poles to have a financial settle
included in the preliminary conven-
ion, has generally been regarded as
a soviet triumph. N. Joffe has had
much experience at peace conferen-
,es. and the complete agreement
reached by the members Of the soviet
delegations gave the Bolshevik chair
man advantage from the first. AT no
time during the negotiations has the
soviet mission shown a divided from.
While the principals in the nego-
iiations insist the terms eventually
will lead 10 the signature OF a per.
nanegt treaty permitting restoration
of normal conditions in Central Eu-
ope. there is much pessimism among
diplomats and observers not partici.
pating in the conference. They are
,learl dissatisfied and apparently de.
sire a continuation of the war. Tne
1ottling uD OF Lithuania Is genearllv |
-egarded as a doubtful experiment
and the occupation of wilma by Cen
eral zellgouski's men has craatel a
suspicion that the Polish government
had acknowledged of the plan. which |
has been supported ~ Polish lani
lords in Lithuania.
There is much spc -.il';an here as |
TO whether the Bolsh wiki Will oc ALE
imemdiateiy to throw large forces from
the Polish front against General
Wraneel in south Russia. BolshesiK |
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

as the minimum naval strength neces.
sary for defense two units OF eighl
battleships and four cruisers OF q
latest type and OF the seryiceable age
that is about eight years or young
er-or three units of eight ships. to-
falling twenty-four principal vessels
This plan must be completed regard
less OF ths time of completion
III because America is not mem
ber OF the League Of Nations. the
members present should consider any
action made as useless and skpuld
content themselves with fSfn@iy hssset'
ing each other in a conference, the
empires representatives may not ex
press the view OF the empire at all. +
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13
While in this office. Mrs. Farrell

While in this office. Mrs. Farrell
paid one OF Marshall's teachers this
fine compliment: She said that Miss
Doll Leafqulst. now Mrs. Dan Pot
ter, had turned in the most perfect
set of examination papers ever turned
in by a Logan county teacher since
she has been superintendent of
schools. and she regarded her as one
OF the very best country teachers in
the county..-Marshall Tribune 81
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

On Board Senator Harding's Spe-
cial Train Beginning what may re
his last speaking tour outside Ohio
Senator Harding journeyed south 70
invade territory counted Democratic
for a half a century.
Lafayette. lnd-Governor Cox
in tour OF Illinois and Indiana,
hammered upon the leagua OF nations
prouncements OF himself and Senator
Harding and emphasized that he w.s
for the league with whole heart and
soul"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13
MARSHALL PAPER SAYS NICE
THINGS OF MRS. FARRELL

Miss Cora Farrell. county suler:n-
tendent of schools. and Mrs. Linston.
county demonstrator. were in our 1t
tie city few hours Wednesday. Mrs.
Langton has resigned her position
and will go to Texas county where
she has farm. and Dlt her theories
into actual practice.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

Chicago Federal agents declare
government investigation of the &C
tivities OF ring of whisky dealers
operating on a national scale mad
been begun following confessions OBJ
tanned from several saloon keepe-s.
New York-New York and New
Jersey joined hands and brone
ground for a vehielar tunnel beneath
the Hudson river which will be the
worlds largest subaqueos strucsur~.
State officials and other dignataries
launched the S2SO0O.ooO project.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

Cox promises his campaign will
end in rush. Probably to keep
from getting run down.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

aids on distilleries and raids
on sraiders are dividing popular
interest with National issues.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

Peace in Russia, Poland and
Finland all at one time sounds
like a miracle.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

Calls for society meetings cards Of
thanks, obituary notices. resolutions.
society anc church sccials, lecture notices.
calls for church meetings (except Sunday
,ermons) are considered as advertising
and will be charged fer.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

parts of air in the tube. II requires
Is parts Of the gas to 10000 parts OF
air. they figured. to give man
headache.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

1t is long time since the
world had such gentle sarcasm aS
the Allies protecting Russian
interests in China.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

The population of Alberta, Canada
is said to average two persons to the
square mile.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13
MyMBER OF rmE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

An unsolicited MANUSCRIPTS. letfars and
pictures sent to The Leader ar sent a
the risk Of tae owner. The -.eader ~
p-essly repudis .es any responsibility for
their safe custody or return.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13
THE COLLAR CANE
ALSO
by Nick West

There once was a person named Cox
Who wanted 10 wear Wilson's socks
But his friends made holler
When they found Wilson's collar
Vas wrapped in the very same box.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

delegates declare large forces al'
read opposing Wrang iha, no
necessity exists for the dispatch OF
reinfncements 70 that fs"n'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13
rms DAILY LEADER


Absorbed State Capital. March s. lell /;
Official Paper Constitutional conventiop I.
Official City and County paper.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13

New York office n. NJ Sheffield. Special
Agency.
Chicago office: n. NJ Sheffield Agency.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-10-13
DAILl SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Per oar. by carrier, in advance Geo
Per yea, by mail. In Advance ...... 100
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-27
As IT SEEMS
TO ME
DANA SLEETH


tS.arts on rage Onel
rael think boys hrc young angel
faces. who can swallow n theolog-
ical theory whole. and who can az.
ply tho whole moral law TO their
daily conduct just on your say so.
Some OF you fine. old, scented
hypocrites have been SNUG and
burned out so long you actually
think YOU were saints in your
youth.
Some of the rest of you imagine
that times have changed. and that
the ornerinoss OF the world does
not sccp into the boyish ears from
every passing breeze, as Il did In
your youth; so you pun out the
vox humanica stop on your little
old organ and drivel to your boy.
when what he needs IL straight.
sympathetlc. manly, onesyllablo
conversation.
When you look at lot OF IA
theirs, you wonder how Il comes
that more boys are not wild.
IL ] had to live with "A lot OF
men, would be wild. even at my
calm ana retrospective age.
The city boy, in the average
working family, has. at the best. a
tough old fight OF II. and he needs
"a wise dad. and n human talking
dad; an cyer.youthful dad. who re-
members his old waywardnoss. and
lives with his son again those fate
full years between IL and 20.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-27
GALLONS NEAR
IF VICTIM Dies
Bandits Fate Hangs by a
Flimsy Thread

on the thin thread OF life that
holds Luke sucevich. shoemaker. Of
70t Madison. Just this side OF deaths
brink. hangs not only one life. but
possibly two. George Cole IL held
IN the city jail accused Of the at.
tempted murder. ana Prosecuting ~.
torncy Fred G. Brown says that II
the cobbler dies. Cole. too. shall die
on the galiows.
Cole and two associates sought 10
hold up the shoemaker at sJ5
o'clock Monday morning. suceyich
resisted. aitho he had only g. in the
shop. and was shot In the head. per.
hapa fatally. After chase. George
u. Broom. secretary az the Meyer.
Toner Piano company. captured Cole
at the poIn, OF "A gun Cole himself
had dropped.
Altho the cobbier f. slightly i'm.
proved In city hospital Tuesday. his
life Is despnired or lie has not re
gained consciousness since shot.
Cole. when questioned by Detect,
i've Captain G. H. remnant and
Deputy Prosecutor John u. carmody
cfcnied he was in the shop. He claim.
ed 20 be the lookout. and said he
stood outside while the others did
the work o. robbery.
yet. Broom says he saw Cole
come tumbiing out the back window
with another man, right after the
shooting" says Carmody. IF Succ.
yich dies and a jury doesn't hang
Cole. the capital punishment law
had better be repealed"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-27
TONIGHT

y1s~rvic- meu's meeting. aus
pior~ Lloyd r. Cochrsne peat. No.
90. American Legion: installation
Of officers. humorous storie. by
William Shields; songs by John
u. Harrison. = D. m. old city hall.
ballard
Sis .. m.--Mctropciitxn tfsN
afr~--Ja-cha Hrsfcts. noted vtp-
iinist. In concert.
sp. m.--trcINic buildlng--Citt
r~ns' community srrviec. 20 dis
er~> now service feature.
y. m.--isI6is Third ave-
Rainier post. American Legion.
Regular wrcisiy meeting.
SD m>--Oid Ballard city Hall
Lloyd r. Coehrane post. Amer.
lean Legion. npoets for the pur-
pose Of Installing offiesrs. \
good program has been arranged.
All ex-ser,icc men are invited
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-27
MYSTERY BLAZE
LOSS S125,000
Probe Started to Determine
Cause OF Fire Here

Investigation wun under way Tues
day OF mysterious fire which broke
out shortly after u. ~, and
destroyed the property Of the North
west Lead company at ifIi Fourth
ave. n. burned car OF cement,
threatened numerous othen buildings
and put electric hEht and telephone
service of Georgetown out OF com
mission for several hours.
Thirty minutes after the haze
Was discovered the lead company's
plant was in ruins. Damage II
Appropriated at ti2s,o 600.
The company occupied two
story building which housed ma.
chinery valued az $4,000. The
stock OF lead shooting ana plpo on
hand was valued at nearly $4,000.
only $4,000 insurance was carried.
according to John 4. Lund. preal,
dent The building waa valued a,
$4,000.
The company did not keep n
night Waterman. Lund explained
that the power In the building
was supplied by electricity and
was at a loss to explain the origin
OF the fire.
He left the. building az $50 y. IN
Monday and everything was spnar
entity all right az that time. he
said.
I ~ tho time the fire depar,
/ tneut arrived. the building wn. a
I mass Of flames. sparks were ny
Ing m all directions The wv "
jain company's warehouse adjcln
Ing the burning building. and the
/ Tpnscontinenial Freight oompany't
sheds ON the other side were threat,
ened. Firrmen concentrated their
efforts on saving these structures
| A carload OF cement standing or
the railroad tracks In front Of this
burning building was destroyed. A
freight engine barely saved sec
ond car.
An telephone and electric liEh,
/ poles supplying the Georgetown
district were burned down. Tn,
entire south end telephone and
nsh, systems wcre temporarily cut
including the police and firc avs
TENS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-27
WOMAN SHOOTS
IN NIGHTMARE
Bullets Fly at Lover as His
Sweetheart Dreams"

Il had nightmare. When I
awoise WIS standing in the street
with revolver shooting az a man
who vas running away"
This was the explanation Hazel
williams. -. offered the police early
Tuesday after her arrest IN connec-
lion with a mysterious shooting ar
fray a her home, 2l7 Ben It,
The man al whom she was shoot.
Ing. police Say ~ her suitor. known
% them as Joe He eluded two
bullets and disappeared.
Motorcycle Policeman n. p. Apder-
son. ". DeDach and ". r. Baerman
were summoned to First ave. and
Pell IT. shortly after A. m. by a
telephone call that soraeone was do.
ing some shooting nearby. They
found no one In the vicinity and
returned 20 headquarters.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-27
TO MOBILIZE
PLAY FORCES
This Is Object OF Community
Service Meeting


Modelling seat,lc's resources for
play. viii be the campaign plan
proposed at Tuesday nights meet
ing OF community service In the
nnh floor auditorium Of the AT.
oado building MT 8 o'clock.
War camp community service
organized the city for the healthy
recreation OF service men. Com
munity service hopes 10 do the
same thing for mothers. fathers
and children" according To Tam
DeerinR. one Of the national staff
OF community service. who Is a.
sisting the citizens interested in the
plan TO put u into execution.
The success Of the war camp
community service work is at.
tributed by Dcering TO the co.
operation OF all organizations and
individuals In the city.
Alone" he raid. very little
could have been accomplished. II
was In the pooling ~ recreation
equipment and opportunity that the
war problem waA met The same
success can he achieved today for
the civilian community. by follow.
ms the same plan"
Community service hopes 60 he
central service bureau One OF
the firat departments formed win
be for the collection and distribu.
ton Of dramatic information. Plays.
costumes. COACHES and instruction
VIII b. put at the service OF the
community. under the direction OF
Mrs. Robert Sandal producer Of
lnSt nssnneFr pageant. Seattle.
seaport OF Success"
Musical. athletic and dancing de-
partmenin arc also being developed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-27
FLAMES DESTROY SEATTLE FACTORY
Selecting Jury in Trial of
Woman in Crime Case

MAIiYsviI.BE. Cal. Jan. 2f.--In.
PRODUCTION Of testimony may begin
this afternoon iu the trial Or Mrs
Gertrude Wilson. accused of the
murder al Charles Brown, Nuba
county ranehcr.
In the jury box and subject 10
further examination when the second
day OF tho trial opened were eight
men and two women. Completion Of
tho panel today IN believed likely.
oucftlons put 60 talesmen yoster-
day laid the foundation for a defense
~ temporary insanity and JUS
tlflnbie homicide. Three women sum
moncd were excused when they adj
mitted they were prejudlced against
the pretty defendant.
Would the fact that Mrs. Wilson
smoked cinreta influence YOU
against Mrs. Wilson," in one OF the