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The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1920-11-06
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DELANEY DEFEATED

Late returns from the Ninth Judi
cial district indicate very clearly that
Gilbert A. Walker, Republican candi-
date for district attorney, has defeated
Frank Delaney, the present incumbent
of the office. This prediction is based
on the known lead of Walker and the
fact that five precincts in Moffat and
Routt counties AMI one in Rio Blanco
counties are yet to hear from. mas
much as both Routt anil Moffat coun-
ties have given heavy majorities for
the balance of the Republican ticket it
is assumed that Walker will carry the
missing precincts in these counties and
that Delaney will probably carry the
one precinct in his home county, but
not with enough majority to save his
bacon.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1920-11-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27

proper pitch of service. The money required to complete the terminals is going to be rased this week, and it IS going to be given with a smile, be- cause it is for the sake of Birming- ham, of every point in the district and Alabama.
 Soon the new craft will be on the river and will be doing a real .,busi- ness. Already one interest has saved more than eight thousand dollars in freight to Mobile by using the War rior terminals, and another concern saved well nigh it's entire subscription of several thousand dollars.
 The Port of Birmingham at Bir- mingport is already it's own vindica- tion. Citizens of Birmingham do not propose to commit an act of commer- cial suicide by failing to complete the terminals;an an event that would divert our new craft to the Father of Watres."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
WAGES OF SIN STILL LOW

labor would have returned better liv- ing merely from the material point of view.
 As for master minds" in the criminal world, they are creations of imaginative writers of fiction or of happy phrase makers looking for an attractive charac- terization of a thief Criminals are below the average mentally as they are morally, and that some of them escape detection for considerable periods, that occasionally one of them can elude the police for months, is tribute to the intricacies lof modern life, which make flight and hid ing simple.
 Criminal life is seldom considered on a strictly business basis. Honesty is the common practice of mankind. Most hu- man beings would suffer want, privation, hardship, rather than steal. Normal men and women instinctively detest dishon- esty. They do not stop to ask whether theft might put money in their pockets. Being honest they give no heed to ths possibilities of dishonesty. But it is an interesting circumstance of world which sometimes seems to present insolubie problems in inequality that the worst paid of honest workers is better off than a thief, the whole subject of morals and public standing before the law being ig- nored
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
TEN THOUSAND BREWERS

From the Detroit Free Press
 Thus far the troubles which the gov- ernment has encountered in the enforce ment of prohibition have come largely from cities and the offenders have been persons who engaged in distilling or sef. ing liquor for profit
 From New Orleans comes a dispatch saying that federal officers there raided a concern dealing in the raw materials used in brewing and found evidence show ing that more than 1O.O00 persons in the district have gone in for the home pro- duction of beer with kick" in it.
 It is altogether probable that this dis covery does no more than life corner Of the veil which conceals what is go- ing on in kitchens, cellars and barns Of the rural districts and small towns. Brewing is no lost art and wine-making is process that any person may learn without trouble
 Stocks of leftover whisky will run out and the police in cities can keep distill- ing in check, but the discovery of books of account in single concern carrying names of 10000 amateur brewers shows how far from solution is the whole prob lem of prohibition enforcement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
THE SWALLOWTAIL'S ENEMIES

From the New York Tribune.
 The sweeping indictment against the unhappy dress suit delivered by the Philadelphia leaders in the crusade for dress economy leaves it scarcely a button. Wasteful, undemocratic and nuisance are some of the invectives hurled. Discomfort and ugliness might be added, but after all they are mat ters of opinion. If one may believe the igencies of an occasion seem to de- mand sartorial formality, the move ment to limit its use to strictly pri- vate social functions should be fol- lowed with as much gusto as the Pied Piper was followed by the children of Hamelin.
 The same indictment applies to women's evening clothes, although it may be pleaded that beauty may be said to outweigh the objections, all though the cost of that beauty, in view of the smallness of the anatomical territory covered, is appalling.
 That mans full dress is undemo- cratic, however, is sundisputable. Time was when it implied aristocratic pre- tentions. but now 1t is the standard ized blessing or course of all wealth levels. Denim, last years clothes, uni- forms. anything that tends toward the simplicity of living and toward break ing down the barriers that vanity seems bent on erectng-these things are all highly welcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
BRITISH AERIAL INVASION

If the same results can be obtained in the flying machine business, the British invasion is to be welcomed rather than opposed. There Is no doubt that British and continental aviation has advanced beyond Ameri- car aviation, both in designing of ma chimes and in development of their commercial use. If they can teach us, we would be foolish indeed to refuse to learn. National pride is national ings or the superiorities of others.
 On the other hand, if the British aerial ipvasion means merely d dumping of the out of date British aerial equipment in America we want none of it. That there is some danger of this is indicated by the report that Handley- Page, head Of the British con- cern, has arranged to turn over air planes valued at $2,500,000 to the com pany for use in America. As Handley- Page headed the English concern which bought practically all Britains left over war planes it is reasonable to assume that it is these machines which are to be used.
 If this be the case 1t would tend to stop airplane manufacture and inn provement in the United States, as it would make 1t unprofitable. That we cannot afford to have done.
 If the British company plans to build and improve airplanes in the United States and extend their com mercial uses, we'll and good. If they plan merely to dump their old ma- chimes here, the plan should be prompt ly and effectively discouraged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS


 Some one is always taking the joy cut of life. The fall skirts are to be wider and will come all the way down to the ankles.
 About one man in fifty knows how to carry can and not look like he was loaded down with excess bag gage.
 A girls face is supposed to be ex- posed. The trouble is that lot of the girls imagine that their faces run down to point two feet under the chin.
 Even if you have no lawn mower. it is well to buy bottle of machine oil. You can lend the oil to your neighbors.
 What has become of the heroes we wershiped year ago? An, American hero seems to last as long as snow ball in Hades.
 Why not revise the marriage cere- mony to make it read: Until death or an affinity do us party
 You can jazz to all the other Blues. But you do not do much jazzing when you have the Matrimonial Blues.
 The man who works with pick and shovel can't understand why his Foreman makes more money than he does.
 After young married man finds out how much 1t costs to make up The isn't so anxious to quarrel with his wife. /
 wife will do almost anything her husband wants her to do-unless she discovers that he wants her to do it.
 About the time she begins getting careless and lolls around the house minus her hair and her complexion. he begins getting careless and quits shaving every day and begins to eat Oniona
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
THE GAME OF GRAB
the New Orleans Item.

From the New Orleans Item.
 A resident of Shreveport planning to be away for the summer recently offered his home furnished for rent during his absence at $400 a month. One of the newspapers tried to be hu- morous about 1t and received a dig nified rebuke in the course of which the home owner thus explains how he arrived at the rate quoted:
 The price is based on the rates of of best hotel. which are s6. $S and $10 per day for one room and bath. The cheapest of these would amount to $S60 per month for a family requiring two rooms. For $40 additional, I offer not only an additional bedroom, but servants house. linen. china. silver and soforth
 Many people figure nowadays that they should receive for anything they possess the highest price that anybody else gets and perhaps a little more. Any price is fair in their eyes that ne- cessity or recklessness impels the cus- toner to pay. That is particularly what has been the matter with us. and with all of us-not merely the land lords and the stroekeepers. In this sort of competitnon the most selfish and most conscienceless invariably wins, and all the rest lose in the long run. If you can't qualify with the best in the grab" game. you are bet ter out of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 1O0LANs for British invasion of the United States to seek dom
 ination of the air routes and aviation industry in this country should not be condemned arbitrarily because of an i'll considered chauvinis- impulse. The ultimate rather than the immediate effect upon Americas place in the air should be considered be- fore we either condemn or approve the operation of a s2O,OOO, 900 British com mercial aviation company in this country.
 We are warned that it means the building up of British aviation to a point of world supremacy similar to that occupied by the British mer- chant marine prior to the war. That is not a pleasant thought, but it may not mean that. It may be more sim liar to the early British invasion of our railroad business. British capital undoubtedly did much to give Amer can railroad systems the start which made them, prior to the war, by all odds the most efficient and far-reach- ing in the world.
 The aerial invasion might possibly, have the same ultimate effect upon the aviation industry in this country as did the importation of British and French motor cars in the early days of the automobile industry. We ac- cepted these cars, studied their good OUT national genius for manufacturing organization to account, and far out stripped the world in the manufac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
Value of Happiness Taught
 By Author of "Pollyanna."

MMRS. ELEANOR H. PORTER, NVN who died recently, won fame and forunte as the author of "glad' book. "Pollyanna" scored a triple success, as a novel, on the stage and on the screen.
 The saccharine qualities of Polly anna" may have evoked a smile for the more worldly, but it struck re- sponsive chord in millions of readers and playgoers. Writers of plays and novels long ago relaxed the value of a happy ending. The Ibsens and the Strindbergs may defy this ancient tradition, but it is safe to assume that for one person in America who has read thes authors or witnessd one of their plays on the stage, score have laughed and cried over Polly anna" After all, the intellectuals are in minority. Perhaps it is better SO.
 The world is made up of the aver- age man and woman. To them Ibsen is repellent. His genius does not make amends for his gloom and his cynical fatalism, while it is doubtful if such playwrights as Strindberg serve any useful purpose. It is a moot question as to whether or not the stage is any place for "clinic," but crowded houses witnessing such a play as "Pollyanna" and the scanty patron age afforded Ibsen and Strindberg, even when the name of noted star is exploited to arouse public interest, show quite conclusively what the peo- pie want.
 There is something wistful in the desire of commonplace individuals to get away from life's humdrum reali- ties. If they can't be happy them selves, they want to enjoy vicarious happiness in book or play, and this yearning was satisfied by Folly anna" Judged by literary standards, it may have heen negligible. Perhaps it will be forgotten in few years, but anyone who can gild sordid real ities with ray of sunshine and bring a temporary forgetfulness of every day cares is public benefactor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
History of Mexico
 A Prolonged Tragedy.

| 1T ATER news from Mexico is not l0 encouraging. The internecine
 warfare which has torn that dis
 tracted country for years is likely to continue Assurances of the new lead CTS in Mexican affairs that order will
 be restored are weakened by the fact
 that they still have Villa to deal with
 and there is a possibility of Car
 ranza's death starting another revo- lution.
 Ibanez says Mexico is cursed by money politicians. Loot and not patriotism has ben the motive of
 most of the leaders who have been
 conspicuous since the retirement of Diaz. While revolutionists have been fighting their battles, Mexico has sui
 fered spiritually and economically.
 The nations is at low ebb and
 nothing but a stable government and
 heroic work can bring it back to a semblance of what it was when Diaz
 was in power.
 Diaz was a tyrant, but he opened
 Mexico to foreign capital, he pre-
 served order and realized the value
 of education. The average Mexican
 of today is hopeless, steeped in pow
 erty and ignorance. Following a revolutionary leader is the only en- ployment left to peon. Possessed of untold natural wealth, Mexico is nothing but a battle ground, with her resources undeveloped except where foreign capital has gained a precarious foothold.
 * * x A husband says his promise to do housework failed to win back his wife
 A spineless surrender. Washing the dishes invariably gives friend wife the upper hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27

From the Sun and New York Herald (C1 NICE the police and the district at- N torneys assistants and bonding companies began to pursue, cap- ture and expose the master minoS which abound among thieving messenger hovs and their confederates, one fact which is freouently overlooked has been brounght to notice. It is that the per petrators of the thefts, the men who bave done the actual robberies, have had to he content with a. mighty thin slice of the swag.
 oxor and over again it has been re- vealed that messengers who stole ln the thousands of dollars got only hundreas for their dishonesty. This has been .he case even when their booty consisted ol I.ibartv Bonds. easiest of securities 10 cell Wide though the market for them is. the man who acquires these ponus dishonestly, or who offers them TOT saie in amounts out of keeping with hls oo- cupation and record, finds himsen Ill an embarrassing position. If he IS thiel ba knows dealers are on the watch TOT him. honest brokers will make him tel where he got his bonds, will cnech up his statements, will investigate his past. trivial discrepancy will start chaH' of inouiries none except man or propi'y can successfully undergo.
 Therefore, the bond thief is' driven to the fences, and from them he gets no mercy and no more cash than they want to give him. Here the master minds about whom so much is said get in their work. They pay as little as may be to thief. they have him in their power be- cause he is thief. and they employ him for further thieving as long as he can be useful to them. Nobody is harder on rascal than another rascal
 The master minds do not have it all their own way, either. They must deal with others like themselves and be con tent with prices for their goods far pe- low those legitimate owners obtain. They too are food for parasites, victims or their fellow blackmailers. The easy way is hard way, and that without taking into consideration the fact that detection pursuit, arrest and punishment may be counted as inevitable.
 The case is not different in crimes Of another sort The safe robber who in few months stole s1 100000 in securities and got as his share of the booty $500 in money and a beating, did not have an unusual experience. What sneak thief gets for jewelry when he sells it would shock it's owners beyond expression.
 For many years the Pinkerton detec- tive agency kept records showing the unprofitableness of crime as an occupa- tion. These records covered all sorts vf dishonest practices from forgery to rob- bery with violence. In every department of criminal life the showing was the same; returns wholly out of keeping with the energy and time expended by the criminals In practically every case the sams amount of strength put into honest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
T' Ts Mandate For Armenia Not Viewed With Favor

THE American people are apt to
 O draw a sharp distinction be- tween joining a league of nations
 and accepting a mandate for Ar
 menia, as recently proposed by Presi- dent Wilson. MT. Bryan offers some
 practical suggestions in opposition to Mir. Wilson's idea. Major General
 Harboard, who made a thorough in- vestigation of conditions in Armenia, believes that a mandate would be a considerable undertaking, calling for large American army and millions
 of dollars.
 There are no people in the old world whose plight is more sincerely | deplored than that of the Armenians. They have for centuries been an op- pressed nation What they have suf- fereS at the hands of the Turks is familiar story
 But if America were to assume responsibility for the stabilization of the Armenian republic we should in-
 evitably be drawn into European quarrels and we might lose the ca- pacity to help in a disnterested way
 which we now enjoy. Human nature being constituted as it is, there will be trouble in the near east in the future just as there has been for centuries. We have permitted Mexico to welter in blood, to flout the dig nifty of the American government and prey upon American citizens with out taking any steps to make her a safe neighbor to live with. It seems bit inconsistent to go to the other side of the world and become the custodian of Armenia, with the prospective sacrifice of American soldiers and an increase of the tax burdens under which the American people are already labor ing.
 As a member of the League of Nations America could do far more for Armenia, and all other smaller nationalities, than she could by as- suming a mandate. We are not yet a member of the league and there is no assurance just now that we ever will be member.
 Congress will probably take no action on President Wilson's recom- mendation until after the November elections. There will be time enough then to discuss the Armenian man. date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
Majority Satisfied.

Although a large number of prop erty assessments have been increased by the board of tax adjusters, the ma jority of the people seem to be satis- fled with the decision of the board" said Joe Johnson, member of the board. We are having few if any complaints and it is most gratifying to the members to feel that the people of Jefferson county think we have done the right thing. In number of instances assessments have been low cred, but of course these cases are in the minority.
 Every person whose assessment has been raised will be given a chance to appear before the board and enter a protest and we expect to be in session all of June and a greater part of July"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27

Dirty disheveled and stumbling along in his pajamas. the President of France said to track walker: q am President Deschanel." The track walk CT replied: Might you not be the late Czar of Russian" To give happy ending to the story. the track walker should have been promoted. < 4 # New York vice crusader claims he can tell booze yard away. The drouth has developed such keen sense of smell among bibulous citizens tkat some of them can tell booze at the distance of full city block. So far as prohibition is concerned, Bi other Bryan dwens in the present, but as regards an Armenian mandate he quotes Henry Clay. # # # Republican presidential candidates seem to think it takes something more substantial than hot air to keep boom inflated # x #
 June brings roses and assurances from the weather man that it will be safe to wear a Panama hat and a Palm Beach suit x # # Cheaper shoes are predicted for next year. That isn't consoling to the fa- ther of youngster who wears out a rair of shoes in about six weeks. * # # Grover Cleveland Bergdoll should write note of thanks to the military authorities for their kindness and consideration. Negro walters are taking the place of foreigners in New York restaurants. Gothamites will soon discover why southerners finger at the table. # # # Eugene V. Debs can point with pride to the fact that his campaign ex- penditures are an open book. Birmingham may not equal Atlanta's S population of 200,616 this year. but the next census will tell different story. # < # To be on the safe side, a candidate should feel the public pulse before proclaiming himself favorite son. # # # General BrusiIoff leading a bolshevik army lends color to the belief that the world Is upside down. # ,. # The one-piece bathing suit is more of a concession to style than to econ omy.
 # # # The size of it's contributions shows the solicitude of "big business" for the candidacy of General Wood. T # # It would take more than handful of American marines to insure the stability or lne A1HeHldH TepuDliC.
 # # #
 The close of the theatrical season gives the amateur actor a chance to rut his best foot forward.
 * # #
 A policy of watchful waiting is about all that is left to the ultimate consumer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
THE SPELL OF HOME

By Felicia Hemans. By the soft green light in tho woody
 glad- On the banks of moss where childhood
 played B.' the household trees through which
 thine eye First looked in love to the summer
 sky. By the dewy gleam, by the very
 breath Of the primrose tufts in the grass be-
 meath. Upon thy heart there is laid a spell, Holy and precious, oh, guard it well. Yes, when thy heart, in pride, would
 stray Prem the pure first loves of it's youth
 away When the sullying breath of the wofsd
 would come Ger the flowers brought from child
 hoods home Think thou again of the WOO y glade. And the sound by the rustling ivy Think of the tree at thy fathers door, And the kindly spell shall have power
 once more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Nagranfs.s

Nagrants.s
 The drive against vagrants that has been ordered by the police department is welcome movement to automobile owners" said Al Harris. secretary of the Birmingham Automobile Club, for the increasing number of automobile theft, it is confidently believed, has been due to the fact that there were so many idlers at large.
 The enforcement of the move-on' ordinance, downtown, and particularly on the race track is another under taking that will be widely and loudly applauded. In this connection it has been called to my attention that in ad dition to the garden variety of loafer afoot, who stands at the curb and ogles women, there is the automobile loafer, who drives around the block repeatedly, helping to oongest traffic needlessly. One traffic policeman re- ported that he had observed a certain pleasure car driven fourteen times around the race track in succession at the peak hour of traffic. Perhaps the 'move-on' law will have to be amended so it will apply to such loungers."