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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-21
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-21

Berlin Papers Protest Suppression.
Berlin, Jan. 21.-Publishers here to-
day protested formally against sup
preston of newspapers by the govern
ment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-21
OAKLAND NOTES.

Notes and personals from Oakland
by Frances Jones. Telephone $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-21

The leonardo club will meet Thurs
day evening at the home of Mr.. ant
Mrs Howard Searle. Mrs. Searle il
in charge of the program.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
uNDERWooD,s GREAT SPEECH

would have been blessing to Alabama man in this
great the address Senator Under
wood delivered last night on the railroad question.
Speaking issue which involves the fundamentals of the
problems facing the American people today Senator Under
woods exposition the voice of the born leaderhe
deep student familiar with phase Of his subjecand his
blows favor of social justice for the protection well
fare of the entire
mer force
He devoted his sections of the Cummns rail-
road bill, those relating to finance and to labor
The greatest interest centered what he would say
the atsTke provision II thoroughly familiar with that
he said, because originated it wrote it."
1t provision he sad in the interest of the pub
lie and of the railroad themselves prevents any
more men from conspng to interfere with interstate
whether they be railroad employees railroad general
managers else 1t deprives the railroad
right to strike but it gives him in the right quit
individually whenever he gets ready
90day strike of railroad senator said would not
be strike against capital but against the general public.
90day strike would parayze the nation would
ing and children mean idle factories mines
and workshops The time has he said when single
class OF citizens either for selfish unsefsh purposes shall
hight It's battles with the homes of the entire
public as the battle-ground is the duty
make such thing impossible and representa-
tive not only ecreant to his duty traitor to the inter
ests OF the people if he permits class dictaton
And yet the senator commended equal and exact Justice
every one and pointed out how this railroad provides
with board of transportation appointed by the President to
decide any controversies which otherwise adjust
ed One of his strongest points the law protection
to the railroad himself and assures him isca oil +;ras
when his cause is just
Every citizen was represented a+ lost ;h+,
and there unanmi pronouncng Senator Underwood
speech the greatest address they had heard him make in
MS nearly quarter OF century representative an Ala
bama constituency in Washington.
In the petty ockeyng trucking Of politicians for noti
cal advantage Mr. Underwoods words come as clarion
the mental unrest of worried nation Three things
were of the highest order which promped
MIN 10 express his views unequivocay; mastery of his
SO thorough that his arguments were unanswerabe and NOV
ing palolsm which placed the American and the
people it represents supreme -
was clarion note which will and be through
out Alabama Birmingham and Alabama can TODAY he nroud
that this the home of of the men in
ana can glow IN the satisfaction that they bv
such man in the United States Senate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03

There are some things that were in
tended to be eaten with the fingers.
Spaghetti and pigs feet, for instance
Even when you can see that modest
girl is wearing a knee-high Skirt YOU are
not supposed to sec her legs
When they are engaged he is always
saying that he is unworthy Of her. And
when they arc married she is always say
ing it for HIM.
Funny how a 150-pound girl doesn't
hurt Il mans knee when she sits on it
the way she would if she happened to
be i50-round man.
And what has become of the oid-iash-
Toned peace palace that used to be To-
Gated at the Hague!
Our currency would be a whole lot
dirtier .han II Is If women did not insist
al hclding their carfare in their lips.
4 man IL Handicapped. If he has a
houely face he cant wear low-necked
waist to distract your attention from his
face.
II wasn't such a much of a Christmas
for The c. [. ngan who was used to get
ting FIVE or six quarts of '.Sharkey''
and a silver mounted flask with his mon
oSram on it as Christmas presents
To be happy with a husband a woman
must learn to se happy without him a
good ceal of the time
Many $. man wouldn't look so blame
dirni.ied If he knew that a bedbug was
doiEg Esafathon around the ribbon on
hi, hat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
PUT MONEY AWAY

those who put up their money. II
now a dollar is worth fifty cents, he
who puts it by lays up double. Never
was 100 per cent investment more
easily carried OUT
History supports this, too. 1t was
more than five years after Napoleca's
fall before conditions returned to nor
nal From three to five years were
required to stabilize the continent
after the -Prussian war. The
civil war ended in 1866 Not until
1877 did establishment appear.
We are only a little more than a
year away from Armistice Day
Armistice Day was one of violent jubi-
lation. We still are celebrating it..
We are spending foolishly and taking
small heed of the future. Regardless
of the disasters which previous wars
have invoked, we are sublimely living
on stills.
High cost of living always has been
the companion of war. This period is
discovering nothing new. The symp-
toms we perceive have appeared
again an dagain. They have not failed
to support the diagnosis of depression
Extravaganza does its part to
cheaper the dollar Economy nollr-
ishes it. Experience shows us how de-
preciated currency has followed in
the wake of great disturbances. Ex-
perience bids us beware of ignoring
certain systems. The symptoms Of
today are certain. Money put away
Will steady us in the almost inevitable
depression
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
Foresees Period of
Prosperity for America

TN short talk at the Civilian lunch
= con yesterday, John ii. Frye,
president of the Traders National
bank, discussing present business con-
ditions and prospects for the future,
stated that in his opinion four or five
years of prosperity are ahead of the
American people. Prefacing his re-
marks with the statement that no one
can tell what is going to happen, he,
nevertheless, declared that present in
dications pointed to good business for
a period of years before the depres-
sion which always has, and probably
always will, follow periods of flush
times sets in.
Bank reserves are near the mini
mum fixed by law and exchange rates
are almost prohihitive of foreign
trade at present, he stated, but he
was inclined to believe that these
conditions would be adjusted and
trade and commerce and industry
move along in constantly increasing
volume for several years.
He advised everybody to get their
houses in order while business is good
and thereby be prepared for the dull
times that may come.
Mr.. Frye is intimately connected
with number of local institutions,
and is in touch with financial, COM
mercial and industrial conditions gen.
orally, and what he says, therefore,
is regarded as significant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03

From the Chicago Tribune.
IN T is a fair presumption that we are
headed for economic depression
q There is one way to avoid it. We
must put money away.
If we fail to save we ignore the dis
asters of the past. History may not
prove conclusively that we are in for a
certainly
We may escape it. If we do it will
be because the human race has re-
versed itself. This is a slender hope.
it will not soothe the misery of
financial depression.
The world war has created con-
dition analogous to vacuum The en-
suing crush is certain to cause many
toppl.ngs II happened so sin Europe
after the Napoleonic wars. 1t was re-
period following the civil war was
one of extreme disruption Possibly
we are immune from the dangers
that burst in all these periods. The
evidence of experience is against us.
If we put by our money we may
affect to sneer at alarms. 1t is the
only safe way to sneer. If we fail to
save, our incredulity will get us
nothing but hunger when trouble
comes. Present neglect will find us
out of purse. no matter whether the
future brings prosperity or panic.
Present prudence Will save US in panic
and reward us in prosperity.
The reward will be substantial to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
Cuban Prices Too Much
For Colonel Watterson

Ml\TRITING to the Louisville Times,
Wv "Marse Henry" Watterson
comments gloomily on the state of at
fairs in Cuba. Driven out by profit
GERS, the colonel has returned to
Florida, where he will pass the Win
ter in dry atmosphere, it's true, but
with less wear and tear on his purse.
For three small rooms in a Havana
hotel Colonel Watterson says he paid
thirty Eight dollars q day, which he
declares to be 'preposterously impos-
sible." Milk punches were sold for
eighty cents and cocktails at fifty
cents.
As time goes on and private stocks
are exhausted, the cost of living in
Cuba is going to get higher and high
er. Enterprising persons are already
laying their plans to grow rich by
catering to Americans with thirst
and money enough to travel There
is talk of a. great gambling resort to
surpass Monte Carlo in speed and
magnificence Clubs and hotels are
reaping a golden harvest even now.
What will their profits be few years
hence?
While contemplating Cuba as an
oasig, sanguine Americans should moi
overlook the other side Of the picture.
Cuba will become s. thickly infested
with profiteers, adventurers and ques-
tionable characters of every kind and
& degree that looting tourists will be-
come the order of the day-and the
night. The Cubans may be able to
feke care Of themselves, but some
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
BEST SELLERS

From Golfers.
Deepwater literary reviewers look
askance at the best seller. Envy cramps
some critics, and others have religious
conviction that an author cannot serve
both God and mammon. Balzac, Shake
speare? Let it pass. The critic who in
sists that, because a book sells we'll it
is bad should be sent to the devils own
reading room and made to devour the
millions of books which have not paid
for publication. Limited sales do not al
ways mean divine vision. The critic, how
ever. is an agile fellow; he says that
the best sellers of past age are usually
unspeakably dull in our own. Novels that
once outshone Wordsworth at his best
Wordsworth at his worst. AS they are,
says the -blue-spectacled critic. so today S
favorites will some time be. Well, what
of it? AS our great-grandmothers are to-
day, so our sweethearts will some time
be. Does that alter the fact that they
are young and charming now-like fresh
flowers out of the garden covered with
dew and bushes and giving out their
transitory blessings? There are books
that are like statues coldly beautiful
from age to age. never changing. There
are others that have their hour: they
dance, they fascinate: they make us
live with new-coursing blood Their charm
may be perishable; while it lasts it car
ries US nearer to heaven by its very
lightness: 1t speaks to US in the voice OF
our own young age Meddliag posterity
has no claim on it; it is ours.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
THE LIBELOUS Mr.. SHAKESPEARE

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
N n EWARKS board of education
NJ bowed blindly to demand that
The Merchant of Venice" be
excluded from all reading or use in the
public schools on the ground that Shy
lock was grossly libeled. In doing SO
it made itself fair game for subtle
jokers of whom the subtlest, if not yet
the dryest, are the canny Scots. Vet~
Grams of the Gordon Highlanders. of
the Black Watch of the Royal Scottish
Fusiliers, who saw service in France,
are residents of Newark. They met
and adopt solemn resolution running
thus:
I'VE demand that, to remove the
anti-Scottish prejudice, Macbeth also
be barred from the school courses of
Newark and elsewhere in the United
States. The glorious clan of the Mac
beths, and the whole Scottish race, has
been traduced by the msrepresenta-
lions of Shakespeare in presenting the
Macbeth as a traitor and a murderer.
We consider that if the Jewish gabar-
dine is to be cleaned by an American
board of education, the stain should
likewise be removed from the Scottish
kilt"
And this is only beginning. Where
Scots lead, Danes will follow. There
may have been something rotten in
Denmark many centuries ago, but why
drag it TO the light today? Down with
the exploiters Of the alleged scandalous
doings of King Claudius and Queen
Gertrude. The times were out of joint,
but they are not now. It's a far cry
from the ElsinorA of eleven h Indred-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03

Il was very glad to see the amend
ment granting soldiers exemption from
poll tax get a majority of favorable
votes, stated Tom Huey yesterday. Il
was interested in the election from
several standpoints and incidentally
I introduced the bill during my term
in the state legislature. 1t was after
ward slightly amended, but ! still felt
that it was my bill, and was glad to
see that it at last came to some good.
AS far as two or three years poll tax
is concerned, there are number of ex-
service men who would not mind pay
ing it, but the passage of the bill, / be-
lieve, will make them feel that the
citizens of the state have shown some
gratitude for their services and are
anxious to have them become full
Pledged citizens of Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03

Having acquired a reporter who ;s
ABOUT as large and alert as Jack Demp-
sey, The Age-Herald feels sure that anv
'hardboiiedp visitors who force their
way into the newsroom looking fer
trouble will be accomm odated.
y * e
The hairless dome of a certain an,i.
nent Nebraskan is expected to loom nm
at the Jackson day dinner. even as tbe
dome of the capitol dominates Washing
ton.
Tho first ship exclusively built and
manned by Jews since the ark has inst
been launched at Jaffa, Palestine. There
was a considerable interval between shin
No / and ship No. 2.
y * X
Kansas City paper SCOTS at the boom
for Underwood in Kansas. Quite hit
OF newspaper scoffing and shifting is
going to be done between now and nsx+
November without hurting ANYBODY
* y. *
Ciemenceau is reported to have a clean
sweep for the presidency of France.
That's the sort of thing to be classified
as a foregone conclusion
Railroad executives who had their sal
aries cut in half by Uncle Sam will
doubtless be glad to get back on $4,000
a year basis
A growth in population from 5000 COG
in George Washington's administration
to more than 100000 Ocoo in 1920 is not q
bad showing for young country.
/ = 4; y
We can hardly wait until Emma and
/ Alex reach Moscow or Petroerad 70 1a.r,
| if Lenine is going to give them the free.
dom of the city.
There are so many different kinds OF
tax blanks to fill out nowadays a citizen
hardly has time to visit his favori+e
| movie house.
X * &
Somebody is always taking the jov on,
of life. 'Marse Henry Watterson saws
the cost of living was so high in Cuba h.
had to leave.
* y *
Nearly every cartoonst in America
drew a wood alcohol cartoon. and for,
out of five made death the bartender
y * y
| Birmingham will bear herself with s,,;t
able dignity when the census reveals he,
as the second city of the south.
= y 4
The olffashioned man sinks "a.
luctant tooth into piece of denaturef
niince pie.
y 4 *
There is no citizen SO humble that~h
home isn't worth something to the cen.
sus taker.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03

and something to the Copenhagen Of
1919.
On behalf of Venice italians may de-
nounce the merciless depletion of the
Machiayellian Iago in "Othello." He
is no true type of the Venetian. He is
parody, travesty, a carton.
Englishmen, slow of wrath, will be
Henry Nv bring a prince and a royal
family into disrepute; an espionage
law would brand them as attacking
government. Also the despicability of
King John and the brutal egoism Of
Richard III have no place on the mod
ern stage or in modern school courses.
The Lord made them what they were
Let it go at that. The greater the
truth the greater the libel.
Last of all, the National Federation
of Women's Clubs will rise to condemn
the treatment of Goneril and Regain in
king Lear" Are there such daugh-
ters? Did the Bard of Avon offer any
affidavits of his essential allegations !?
Cut out king Lear His is a non
essential industry.
Hard times are coming, we can see.'
for the recklessly libelous Mr. Shake
speake. Our conjecture is that he will
survive, nevertheless. He may even
cry across the Styx defiance like that
of John G. Whittier when a delegation
of dignified southern brigadiers in
formed him that Barbara Frietchie was
all wrong and that Stonewall jackson
never entered Fredericktown: Gentle
men, a very good day to you. History
will record the facts precisely as I
have put them down." Shakespeare
will never apolopize
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
HE HAD 4 REASON

From the Washington Star.
Representative Sumner of Texas sell
dom tells an old story. So when re-
Gently he told an exceedingly Anticipated
yarn several friends who were with
him were greatly surprised One man in
the crowd, however, laughed uproariously
at the old story.
After the crowd had dispersed one OF
Summers friends asked him why it was
that he spun such an archaic tale.
Il knew there was fellow in that
crowd who wanted a job. Summer ex-
planned. "and could not exactly deter.
mine which one ii was. Now l know. Il
was the man who laughed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
In HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Annexation Bin

Annexation Bill
A. X. Merrill. ssDothan attorney, was
in the city yesterday and said people
in the wiregrass section OF Alabama
were taking a lot of interest in the
developments going on at Panama
City, Fla, just south of the Houston
county center. Mr.. Merrill says:
"As there is bill pending in Florida
for the consideration of the next ses-
sion Of the legislature there to have
Western Florida annexed by Alabama,
similar bill already having passed
the Alabama Legislature, the Florida
developments are of no little Interest
te the South Alabamians.
Part of the Panama City invest
ments include steamship lines to Cuba
and South American ports. new hotels
and large fish concern that will have
fleet Of its own boats and utilize
every part of the catch"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
Illinois Sheriff Forces
Convicts to See HANGING

AAvA ~sS ~ 1CC A1dAH kNk
N CURIOUS experiment was tried
y by the sheriff of Cook county,
Illinois, who forced two hundred
hardened criminals to witness the
hanging of a murderer. However,
Sheriff Peters excursion into the
shadowy realms of psychology proved
la bit disappointing. Instead Of hav-
ling the salutary effect upon them he
Expected it to have, the gruesome
scene acted in a surprising manner
on the gallows birds gathered IN tiers
lof cells about the place of execution.
When the moose was slipped over the
condemned mans head, a prisoner
shouted, when do we eat?" The cry
was taken up by the others and the
trap was sprung amid roar of
i"When do we eat?" Probably never
before was a man launched into etern-
Iity with such a requiem.
! The Chicago sheriff issued state
ment scoring well meaning reformers
who coddle criminals and interfere
with strict enforcement of the law by
their attempts to allevite the condition
of men in prison. While few persons
would indorse the plan of Sheriff
Peters for making criminals witness
the death of one of their number, in
the hope that the dreadful warning
would deter them from future crimes,
there is PROFESSIONALLY great deal
of misplaced sentiment in so-called
prison reform. The chief diff Guilty
with ali reformers, or nearly all, is
that they don't know when to stop.
Sheriff Peters may be competent
official, but he doesn't know much
about psychology. If the fear of the
Igallows had any weight with a des-
lperate criminal, there wouldn't be so
many murders committed in America
lin the course of twelve months. AS a
matter of fact, the only possible re-
Isult of an experiment like that made
lin the Cook county Jail was to further
,brutalize and infuriate the prisoners
who We're the sheriff's unwilling
t"guests.'
What with married men who are I'M
able to appear at their weddings, wealthy
young men murdered for love or money,
! young women found mysterously slain
and other young women caught almost
in the act of shooting somebody, there 10
re dullness just now in the public prints.
I * 4 X
The Pennsylvania railroad has placed an
ssaharso on profanity. Hereafter when
things go wrong brakemen and other
employees are expected to say nothing
stronger than Tut. tut.r For goodness
sake or ..Drat the luck"
4s3 T. X
Charged with extravaganza, Kansas
women retort that men buy SIS shirts
Not saiaried men, dear sisters
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
Expect Latimer Home Soon

Friends of Hugh +. Latimer, promi-
church and railway circles, received
word yesterday that he is so much i'm
proved that the authorities at Johns
Hopkins University hospital. where Mr..
Latimer went for treatment many
weeks ago. believe he will be in such
restored health soon that he may be
home within the next two weeks
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
Transferring Auto License.

I'm order to transfer a license from
one automobile to another said O. S.
Finch yesterday, "an application blank
which can be obtained from the pro-
bate court must be secured and after
being filled out mailed to the state tax
commission in Montgomery. | have
numerous Inquiries on this subject and
tor the Information of the automobile
owners a license can only be trans
ferred to car of similar or less horse
power"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03

BY Samuel Minturn Pack
Man must rouse. with no deferring.
Swiftly rise. with constant squirting.
Loudly knock the door of Fate,
Would his hopes gain full fruition;
For the guerdons of ambition.
Lordly wealth and proud position.
Only with the foremost mate.
World applause beyond all measure
Fevered cup that will not safe.
He must win it ere he's weary.
Ere old age HES bleak and dreary;
If not. life's end well may fear he,
Even within a palace gate.
But dreams he of what is higher,
That grows lpvelier with desire.
Twill not wither If he wait.
For. defying hosts Internal,
Crown Of both worlds grand. eternal
Love. alone. sublime, supernal-
Only Love comes ne'er too lntA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-03
SHARP REJorNDER.

"Say, how long have got to stan
around here, on first one foot and then
the other. waitin' for them hot cakes?"
asked the patron of a chair-arm restau-
rant.
How do I know replied Beatrice, the
breezy waitress 1T can't read the future
any better than you can, but IL youth
stand on both feet at the same time and
rest your jaw you'll be in better con-
dition to eat them hot cakes when you
do get EN- PAUL COOK.