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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06

bearing the inscription. T am the Light of the World" were turned on. The building, which had been constructed of light material covered with stucco. was destroyed within few minutes. A large number of delegates were inside the building when the correspondent left it two minutes before the flames started
 The cry of fire" was immediately raised by those inside the building and echoed by thousands of rersons ap- preaching the central railroad station adjacent to the convention aali. Almost immediately the entire structure was wrapped in flames, with people stream ing from the exits. Within ten min utes the building had been levelled. So great was the heat that it would have been impossible to approach the build ing for work of rescue, if sach work had been required.
 Some of the delegates who had been inside the hall when questioned said they did not know whether all those there when the fire stated had made their escape. Charles T. Raines of New York asserted that he had kept the del- egates from overcrowding the exits Personally. he was of the belief that all of them had reached safety, although he could not be sure about those who had been working in the back of the building.
 Before the fire started the core spondent found the big chorus, com posed of Japanese and foreigners, re- hearsing Under the direction of Prof Augustus Smith of Boston. while dele gates were coming and going prepara- tory to the opening of the evening ses- sion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
YOUR STATEMENT IS FALSE,
 WILSON INFORMS SPENCER
tContinued from Page One)

session of the peace conference in which you are reported 10 have said to Premier Bratinau, of Rumania, as follows
 You must not forget that it is force that is the constitutional guaranty of the public peace. If the world is again troubled the United States will send to this side of the ocean their army and their fleet
 The statement was made upon the floor of the Senate by Senator
 floor of the Senate on February ?. 1920. by Senator Reed, and so far as I have learned has never been denied until now. It has been widely circulated over the United States If you did not maka that statement to Premier Bratanu, 1 should be indebted to you if you will be good enough to inform me Senator Spencer's reply pointed cut tha. a recent issue of national publication attributes the statement to the Pres ident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
THE CONCORD THAT
 INSTRUCTIONS DESTROYED

In his address to his fellow country men which was given to the newspa- Pers on April 16 l917, the Presid ant said:
 "We are fighting for what we believe and wish to be the rights of mankind. and for the future peace and security of the world. To do this great taing worthily and successfully we must de- vote ourselves to the service without regard to profit or material advantage. land with an energy and intelligence that will rise to the level of the en- terprise itself.
 We must relize to the full how great the task is. and how many things, Pow many kinds and elements of capacity and service and self-sacrifice 1t in- wolves. The supreme test of the nation has come We must all speak. act and serve together" And so we did Until the republican Senators began to obstruct the ratisica- tint, ~ff lAf ,,N1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
THE FORCE THAT WAS
 NOT MADE READY

There are two things which prac-
 t:cally everybdoy who comes to the ex.
 ecutive office in Washington tells me.
 They tell me, The people are counting
 upon you to keep us out of this war
 And in the next breath, what do they
 tell me? The people are equally count =
 ing upon you to maintain the honor o1 the United States e1
 Have you reflected that a time might come when l could not do both ? And have you made yourselves ready to stand behind your government for the maintenance of the honor of your country, as well as for the maintenance of the peace of the country?
 If I am to maintain the honor of the United States, and it should be necessary to exert the force of the United States in order to do it, have you made the force ready? You kno that you have not; and the very fact that the force is not ready may make the task you have set for me all the more delicate and all the more diffi- cult
 'T have come away from Washing ton to remind you of your part in this great business There is no part tha' belongs to me that I wish to shirk Lut I wish you to hear the part that belongs to you. 1 want every man and woman of you to stand behind me in Iressing q reasonable plan for national T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
THE NEW GLORY THAT
 POLITICS DIMMED

In an address at Washington on Flag
 Day, June 14 1917. when our armies
 were gathering and all our industries
 were rushing to make the supplies and
 means of transportation necessary ta but our young men at work on -ields Iof blood in France. President Wilson closed with these words:
 For us. there is but one choice We have made it. Once more we
 shall make good with our lives and fortunes the great faith to which we
 were born and new glory shall shine in the face of our people"
 That glory did shine until republi- can senators began first to interfere without constitutional right-in the ne- gouations which were going on in Paris and so to diminish the influence
 and authority of the American delegate at that conference, and then to urge
 the whole American people to abandon the course of conduct which President Wilson and the great majority of the democratic party had advocated. and to adopt the selfish, timid and dishon- orable course advocated by the oppo- nents of the league.
 And now the republican platform praises those senators and the can1i- date nominated by the republican con. veption gives notice that he will op. pose the ratification of the coven | nt
 and treaty of Versailles
 Tomorrow President Eliot will dis cuss the problem that all habitual re. publicans should consider before east
 ing their vote
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
THREE
Women on Ticket
By Associated Press

Providence R. l.. October 1.-Two wcmen' were given places on the state ticket by the democratic state eonven- tion today. Edward NJ. sullivan of Ctanston was selected to head the tick ct with Elizabeth Upham Yates of Providence for lieutenant governor and Miss Helen 1 Binning of Providence for se cretary of state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
DELEGATES ESCAPE
 AS HALL IS BURNED
No Casualties Reported as Sunday School Convention
 Hall Is Destroyed
By Associated Press

Tokio, October 5.-Fire this afternoon completely destroyed the big hall in which the worlds Sunday school con- yention was to have held it's first ses- sion tonight It is said that there were no casualties.
 The fire. which resulted from defec- tive electric wiring. started at $50 o'clock, when the lights on the dome
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
WILSON'S FAITH IN
 IN MORAL JUDGMENTS

In a three-minute address to the Amer ican Bar Association on Ocotber 20, 1914, President Wilson said;r
 Public life, like private life, would be very dull and dry if it were not for this belief in the essential beauty of the human spirit and the belief that the human spirit could be translated into ac- ton and into ordinance. Not entire. You cannot go any faster than you can ad- vance the average moral Judgments of the mass; but you can go at least as fast as that, and you can see to it that you do not lag behind the average moral judgments of the mass
 'I have in my life dealt with all sorts and co~ditions of men, and I have found tkat the flame of moral Judgment burned just as bright in the man of humble life and limited experience as in the scholar and the man of affairs. -
 Here is another affirmation of his faith in the moral Judgments Of the common people, the faith which led him to em- bark on his last series of appeals to the country against the opposition of the Senate minority.
 On Memorial Day, 1915, President Will son delivered at the great National cemetery in Arlington brief but pithy address of which the following is the last paragraph:
 America. I have said. was reborn by the struggle of the Civil war; but Amer ica is reborn every day of her life by the purposes we form, the conceptions we entertain, the hopes that we cherish. We live in our visions .Sin the things that we purpose. Let us go away from this place renewed in our devotion to daily duty and to those ideals which keep nation young, keep it noble, keep it rich in enterprise and achieve ment make it to lead the nations of the world in those things that make for hope and for the benefit of man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06

who submit to authority to have a voice in governments. for the liSnts and liberties of small nations, For a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last 'free.'
 This is also an exact statement of what America ought to continue to do at all risks in order that the fruits of their military victory may be gradually
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
The Weather
Weather Forecast

Washington, october 5.-Georsia, Ala hama and Mississippi: Fair Wednesday and Thursday; little change in temper ature.
 Tennessee: Fair Wednesday and Thurs day; somewhat warmer Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06

tedious climb that leads to the final up- lands, we shall get our ultimate view
 of the duties of mankind"
 These two addresses of October p and 2, 191S-one to college youth and the
 other to southern business men--eXpress
 strong expectation of good for humanity , soon to come, and invite the listeners to service and self-sacrifice. If President Wilson were to speak to his fellow coun- i trymen today after all that has hap ! pened since 1913, he would say these same | things with the same sincerity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
THE PRESIDENTS POSITION IN JANUARY. 1916

Tn the week January 2 to February 5. 1916, President Wilson made q series ot addresses in various cities. from New York to Kanses City and St. Louis. His purpose was to set forth the measures which his administration was advocating, and to secure popular support for some of them which were still pending in Con- gress. He wished to explain before great popular assent blages how he was trying to meet the tremendous burden placed on the chief executive of the country. In particular he wished to set forth his conception of the naval and military forces that were needed for the defense Eof the country.
 The following passage from his address at Soldiers Memorial Hall, Pttsburg. Pa shows how his mind was already turning from keeping us out of war to preparing the means for effective fight ing. He had not yet come to the draft, and was, therefore, advocating depend ence on a volunteer army. But he dwelt on the fact that every Constitution in the United States-the Constitution of the nation and that of every state-lays it down as a principle that every man in America has the right to bear arms. Here are his words on the need of uni versal military training and on the sol- !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
STRIKING ANTICIPATION OF
 THE FOURTEEN POINTS

In a brief address by President Wilson
 at Independence Hall on July f, 1914,
 when the vain struggle for peace in
 Europe was already going on under the
 leadership of Sir Edward Grey, he spoke as follows:
 ''I am sometimes very much interested
 when I see gentlemen supposing that
 popularity is the way to seccess in Amer
 ica. The way to success in this great country. with it's fair judgments, is to show that you are not afraid of any body except God and His final verdict. If I did not believe that I would not be- lieve in democracy. If l did not believe that, l would not believe that people can govern themselves.
 If l did not believe that the moral judgment would be the .last judgment, the final judgment in the mind of men as well as the tribunal of God. I could
 not believe in popular government. But I do believe these things. and therefore I earnestly believe in the democracy, not only of America but of every awakened people that wishes and intends to gov 1 ern and control its own affairs This is a striking anticipation of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
AN ANSWER TO THE
 REPUBLICAN LEADERS

At Des Moines, on February l. 1916, ne
 uttered the following sentences, whicn
 apply without the change of a word to
 the present utterances. of the republican
 leaders who are trying to prevent the
 American people from discharging their plain duty toward their recent comrades in-arms, Great Britain. France, Italy, and Japan: x
 Yet, my fellow citizens, there are some men among us preaching peace who go much further than I can go, |. further, 1 believe, than you can follow them, in preaching the doctrine of peace ! at any price and in any circumstances. There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word, One cannot pay the price ot duties abdicated. of glorious opportun- 1 ities neglected of character, national character, left without vindication and exemplification in action 1 The above citations from addrese; l made by President Wilson in the week January 27 to February 3, 1916, will en- able the careful voter to estimate the correctness or fairness of the following sentence near the beginning of the re- ] publican platform of 1920: "lneXcusable failure to make timely preparation is the chief indictment against the democratic
 administration in the conduct of tke |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
pr. Eliot Tells the First
 Duty of Thoughtful Voter

tContinued from Page One) nineteenth century that now lies behind up has brought us a long stage toward the time when slowly ascending the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06

China Is said to be the greatest hair supplying country in the world thoTGh since quesques have gone out of fashion her supply has been somewhat reduced. The hair is used chiefly in Europe and
 America for making false hair and blankets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06

the principles of law have broken down not the technical principles of law. but the >essential principles of right dealing and humanity as between na- ton and nation.
 We may have to assert these prin- ciples of right and of humanity at any time. What means are availa ble2 What force is at the disposal of the United States to assert these things? The force of opinion? Opinion. I am sorry to say. my fellow citizens. did not bring this war on and l am afraid that opin- ion cannot stay its progress.
 This war was brought on by rulers, not by the people. No man for many a year yet can trace the real sources of this war; but this thing we know--that opinion did not bring it on, and that the force of opinion, at any rate, the force of American oninion. is not going to stop il.,,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
HE FAITH WILSON HAS HELD

The last sentence of a short address which President Wilson made at 8 meet ing of the Business Mems League ot St
 Louis on February 8, 19l6 being the last of the addresses which he made in his weeks tour, is as follows:
 T have come out to appeal to America, not because 1 doubted what America felt, but because 1 thought America wanted the satisfaction of uttering what she felt, and letting the whole world know that she was a unit in respect of every question of national dignity and national safety"
 This sentence shows that President Wilson was sure that the American peo- pie held his own firm belief in their responsiveness on any question of ma tional dignity, responsibility, and disin- terested service. He held this faith then, and has held it ever since.
 This faith was his reason for assur. ing his fellow negotiators at Paris that the United States would ratiTy the treaty and covenant in it's final form It was his reason for appealing at once, with entire confidence, to the masses of the , people on the journey which was inter
 rupted by his physical breakdown. It is his reason for desiring the present ap- peal to the mass of the voters.
 The republican speakers and writers describe President Wilson's adherence to this conviction as obstinacy. A juster ', ,a ,,,a for if Un1Id he fidelity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
THE SOLDIERS DEATH
 FOR COUNTRY

Every audience still, after the pas sage of more than hundred years, IS stirred by the stories of the embattled farmers, at Lexington, the men who had arms. who seized them, and came forth in order to assert the ndepend- enceN and political freedom of them selves and their enterprise That is the ideal picture of America. the ris- ing of the nation. But do We want the nation to rise unschooled, mex perienced, ineffective, and furnish tar gets for powder and shot. before they realize how to defend themselves at all? And so my fellow citi- zens what I am pleading for with the utmost confidence is the revival of that great spirit of patriotism for which a hall like this stands as symbol.
 T was saying the other night that i; was very interesting circum- stance that we never hang a lads yardstick up over the mantelpiece, but that we do hang the musket up when he is gone. Not because the musk q stands for finer thing than the yardstick in itself-it is brutal thing to kill-but that the musket stood for the risk of life, for something greater tran the lads own self. It stood for infinite sacrifice to the point of death: and it is for that sentiment of willing :. ness to die for something greater than ourselves that we hang the musket up over the mantelpiece, and in doing so make a sacred record of the high service of the family from which it sprang."
 Let 1t be observed that this was said in January. 1916. and that it was ad- dressed to the common people.
 THE TASK ASSIGNED
 TO AMERICA
 In the auditorium at Chicago on Japuary 3l, 1916. he describes as fol- lows the task assigned to the United States by passing events:
 Look at the task that Is assigned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-06
THE TASK ASSIGNED
 TO AMERICA

In the auditorium al Chicago on JaDuary 3l, 1916. he describes as fol- lows the task assigned to the United States by passing events:
 Look at the task that Is assigned to the United States. to, assert the principles of law in world in which
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
FLOWER OF VIRGIN

detroit NeWs.)
The lily of the valley is one Of the
flowers dedicated to the Virgin Mary
and is also known as Our Lady's Tears
The ancients attributed great medi-
nal properties to this plant. A de-
licious perfumed liquid was distilled
from the flowers, which, 1t is said, was
remedy for nervous disorders. This
liquid was considered so valuable that
1t was kept only in bottles If silver or
gold.
In the middle ages beauty doctors
prescribed the blossoms of the lily Of the
valley gathered before sunrise and
rubbed on the face as a cure for
freckles. In some English counties a
superstition Is found that the person
who transplants bed Of these lilies
will die within the next year.
The legend Of the origin Of this flower
tells of a hermit, st. Leonard, who lived
about 500 A. d. in the forest of Lou
vain, In France. Near him dwelt a
huge dragon, and often terrible strug-
giles took place between them. The
beast. representing temptation, was
driven back continually until it finally
disappeared. Where the combats took
place beds Of lilies of the valley sprang
up, marking the place where the blood
Of the holy man had sprlnkled the
ground.
The flower signifies unconscious
sweetness in the language of flowers.
It also represents the return of happi-
ness.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
GREENWOOD CEMETERY
CREW FIGHTS FIRE
ON MUNITION ship

Honolulu. y. H.-For eight days and
nights Capt. Eugene Mccarthy and this
crew OF the big United States army
transport Marcia fought and finally
conquered n fire In the ships cargo of
munitions. while small arm ammunl-
tion, shrapnol, grenades and bombs
burst, IL was learned here recently on
the transports return from Manila.
Smoke was seen first Issuing from one
OF the forward matches at cen o'clock
Mt night during tho ships last voyage
to tho Philippines. The officer OF the
watch sounded n general fire alarm and
water was turned into the hold. where
1000 tons OF ammunition OF all sizes
were stored.
Explosions OF munitions in one hatch
were taking place every little while"
Included shrapnel shells, hand grenades.
detonaeing fuses, bombs and small arm
ammunition. My men carried case
after case OF munitions likely to explode
Mt any moment from the hold and threw
them overheard. lhe boxes were too
hot to handle wieh bare hands. 80 the
men wore gloves. Lieut. Bowman
transport quartermaster, was overcome
by powder fumes and was confined to
his room for several days.
II had TO maneuver the Marcia be
fore the wind to keep che IRE from
spreading, On the eighth night II got
80 bad we had to leave the hold. batten
down the haeches and turn on the
smotherlng pipes. We flooded the hold
with water and two nights later the
blaze was extinguished."
Capt. Mccarthy said the explosives
were loaded nj Hohoken In March and
he declared II as his belief that sponta-
neous combustion started the IRE.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
FINDS new METHOD FOR
CARRYING ELECTRICITY

winnipeg, Manu-. n, S)-Prot. "
W. Dorsey, OF the University OF Mani
toba, has announced, after an eNhaus-
tive servey Of the. water power re-
sources OF winnipek river. that he hnS
discovered a new method Of transmit
ting electric power which VIII reduce tho
cost one-half He will 20 TO Washing
ton, ID. c., where he has been called 10
iay his discovery before tho United
states bureau OF standards.
Long before the coal fields OF the
world are exhausted electricity VIII have
xupplanted coal as the universal fuel In
homes and the motive power In indus
try" said Prof. Dorsey. by the devel-
opment OF water power II Is possible to
do away with the necessity for coal. II
the potential water power OF Winnipeg
river were developed II would he suiti-
csent TO turn every factory wheel In
Canada and heat every home and office
Ia Winnipeg even " the temperatur re-
manned at 40 degrees below zero all the
year round. II would be vastly cheaper
for Winnipeg to obtain Its electric heat
aud power from Winnipeg river eight
miles than 10 haul coal 400 miles from
PENNSYLVANIA. With such an immense
supply OF cheap power TO dTnw upon
Winnipeg must Inevitably develop into
one OF the great manufacturing centers
OF Canada"
II Is from Winnipeg river that the
municipality owned hydro electric sys-