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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
MYSTERIES OF OVERALLS

on the apron is little pocket designer for the pencil of the carpenter and easily adapted to the fountain pen of the banker. Near it is a larger and squarer pocket, wherein the toiler has been known to convey plug tobacco and which may be used to hold a watch or cigar cite box.
 find home in the place which is built into ordinary overalls for the purpose of carrying a carpenters fNding rule. Keys and handkerehiefs have ample room in the large hip pockets. On either side in front is a large pocket. put there for hands, Or money. or both of these nec- essaries. They are good, old-fashioned pockets. opening from the north and consequently hard to lose things from.
 The college professor who buys 8 pair of standard overans may find himself puzzled by the little loop at the waist line in the centre of the back. This Is intended for the occasional carrying of the carpenters square. but it could be employed to hold a nicely rolled thesis, a tennis racket or brace of frank furters
 Since ancient Greece there has been no garment so comfortable as overalls. They are hard to wrinkle, they tub easily and they spell democracy. The only dis couraging thing about the present over- alls wave is the thought that the ee- mand will run the price up beyond the New-Poor's purse. We can almost im- agine group of denim clad fortunates sitting on the porch and pitying some saIaried wretch as he sinks by in his tweeds. Poor devil, his wife will not let him wear his only suit of overalls except
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
Confederate Soldiers

It would do your heart good to see the spontaneous response from the Confederate Veterans in answer to my fathers request for their supportt' said Will Tom White. son of Capt. Frank S. White.
 Tn a great many instances it is pa thetic to see the trembling scrawl Of the old soldier. Fraternal organiza- tions have nothing on them. They are as unit for father and write that they and theirs will support him heartily. They all call themselves boys although some of them write they are in the eighties and nineties. You know father, when boy. fought under For rest yet he is more active today than any of his sons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
Word of Big Brotherhoods
 Should Carry Convictions

7F there is any lingering sympathy Jl among labor unions for the "out- law" strikers, it should be dispelled by statement made by representa- tives of the railway brotherhoods. They interpret the strike in exactly the same way as it was regarded by unprejudiced investigators, among them government agents.
 The trouble among railway switch men, which began in Chicago and threatened to paralyze the nations transportation facilities, was simply a movement to destroy the four broth erhoods and substitute radical control for conservative leadership It was aimed at the capture of industry by the so-called proletariat and had as it's ultimate object a soviet govern ment, with the establishment of the same kind of industrial autocracy that now prevails in Russla.
 The statement of the brotherhood leaders is clear and unequivocal. It declares that the wage question was not at first an issue; that the strike was called to force the reinstatement of the leader Of the new orranizatiap. The wage question was speetsd later to deeeise aoad workers aa to the
 1uits by dangling before
 em the prospect of increased pay.
 The brotherhood leaders have stat ed their attitude toward the outlaw strike with courage and honesty. They realize that movement such as the lone big union" idea is an attempt to destroy union labor in America, and they propose to fight it with all the power at their con- mand.
 Railroad employees and other or ganized workers who were skeptical of newspaper reports and even the Yfindings of the government, cannot question the straight onward declara- tion of these labor leaders They re- pudiate and condemn the kind of practices that brought about the 'out- law strike, which failcd ig2omi- niously because it deserved to fal being in it's inception and it's pur- poses un-American and unpatriotic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
Pretty Drive

Down Avenue F. from Fourteenth street to Elmwood cemetery, is one of the prettiest drives in Birmingham" says H. J. Kelly. The avenue is per fectly paved. It is divided by grass terraces, and the whole stretch is nearly as smooth as glass. l venture to say that Avenue E will some of these days be the next popular resi- dentiaI section of the city.
 South Highlands. Norwood, East Lake. West End, Avondale and all the large suburbs are already over crowded Any other place where one can buy lot at a reasonable price would be too far away from the city
 The lots along Avenue F, I think, are the most attractive buys that one can get at the present time. The pret- tiest section of the avenue is about half way between Birmingham and West End. Just about a ten-minute ride in an auto from the city. The first to pick the lots along this beau- titul avenue will be indeed lucky in their selection of a future home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
ARNOLD AND ANDRE

with General Arnold in a private and secret manner.
 That he changed his dress within cur lines. and under 8 feigned name and in disguised habit. passed our works at Stoney and Van Planks roint the evening of 22d Sept last, and was taken the morning of the 23d aabit being then on his way to New York. and when taken he had in his possession several papers which con- tained intelligence for the enemy.
 "The board having maturely consid- cried these facts. do also report to his excellency, Gen. Washington, that Major Andre, Adjutant General to the British army. ought to be considered as a spy from the enemy. and that agreeable to the law and usage of na- tons it's their opinion he ough. to suf- fer death.
 "The Commander in Chief directs the execution of the above sentence in tho usual way this afternoon at 5 o'clock,
 Following the above orders is an- ether stating that the execution of Major Andre is postponed until tomor- row"
 Evening orders of the same date read:
 Major Andre is to be executed to- morrow at F o'clock precisely. bat talion of eighty file from each wing to attend the execution"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
VIII Resnnnd

There is no doubt but that Bir- mingham will respond to the call of the allied organizations who are doing the work of relieving the storm stricken districts of Alabama" saws Miss Estelle Kennon.
 The need for help is so great that it cannot be ignored There are some instances of farmers facing the time of year when crops should be in the ground with tools, implements and even seed swept away by the high winds.
 When the call for funds will be is- sued, 1t will necessarily be large, but Birmingham will not fail to open it's purses and give the amount needed. It has not failed in the past and will not on this occasion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 @ oNcoRD. N. H.-The New Hamp-
 ( shire Historical Society, through
 " it's superintendent, Maj. Otis T.
 Hammond. has just secured an orderly
 Look from the headquarters Of george
 Washington, kept between the dates Of
 september 26, and November l, l7so'
 and containing the first official en-
 tries of the discovery of the treason of
 Benedict Arnold. in addition to the, tence of Major Andre as British spy. The orderly book. kept by Col Al
 exander Scammell. a New Hampshire
 fficer, who was adjutant general or
 Washington's army at the time, has Teen retained in his family until the present generation. and has never be- fore been offered to the public. It was purchased by Superintendent Ham mond for the historical society for a considerable sum. although he was not aware of it's historical entries at the time of purchase.
 The entry pertaining to the treason of Benedict Arnold, dated from Orange Town N J.. September 26. 17SO fol lows:
 "Treason of the Blackest dye was yesterday discovered-General Arnold who commanded in West Point. lost to
 every sentiment of Honor. of Private
 and Public Obligation, was about to deliver up that Important Post into the hands of the Enemy. Such an event must have given the American Cause q Deadly Wound. if not Fatal stab
 happily his treason has been discoV- cred, to prevent the Fatal Misfortune The Providential trsin- of crcum- stances which lead to it afford the
 most convincing proof that the hbertys | Of America are the objects of divine protection. At the same time the trea- son is to be regretted. the general cannot help congratusating the Army ] iuron the happy discovery. Our en- emys despairing of carrying tueir i oints by force are l,raet;cing every aase art to effect by bribery and cor | TuptlOn what they ~N----oN -- f- 1 in a manly way.
 "Great honor is due to the Ameri- ran army that this is inc first instance of treason of the kind. when many ware to be expected from the nature of the dispute and nothing is so bright ana eminent in the character Of the American soldiers as they having been  ,roof against all the arts and seduc- tions of an invidious enemy.
 1 .Arnoid has made his escape to the 1 enemy. but MT. And, e. the adjusant
 general of the British army. who came out as a spy to negotiate the business Is our prisoner.
 l His Excellency, the Commander in Chief has arrived at West Point from Hartford. and is no doubt taking the proper measures to unravel fully so Iieliish a Plott.'
 l Under date of October l. 178o. is found an account of the dofngs of the hoard of general officers appointed ito examine into the case of Major Andre.' The pertinent extracts follow;
 That he came, on shore from the yulture sloop of was in the night of September 2l last. for an interview
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
w. C. McAdoo Declares
 Himself on Many Issues

7r7 ORMER SECRETARY M'ADOO, II in replying to the questionnaire applied to all, candidates for presi- dential nominations proposed by the national board of farm organizations, outlines his position on various prop ositions being agitated in the pre- convention campaigns.
 MT. McAdoo, in regard to the pres ent tax laws, declares that they should be simplified and the burdens "redistributed so that the men who earn their incomes by the sweat of their brows and with their brains asll not be required to pay as heaEy ssN M those who live iu ialepssa
 sfa mas arem sa3e nYs
 ha latte rsap is fa sg sin5 and should meet th geavgsl approval. MT. McAdoo deeIared himself opposed to all tax free bonds.
 Touching the railroad problem, he said that if after a two-year period of private ownership the carriers failed to function properly, he would
  favor reopening the transportation question. He declared for a "fair trial' of the new railroad law, but held that "it cannot settle the railroad problem, because it does not reach fundamentals"
 MT. McAdoo favors broader pub licity for operation of the farm loar system; for means to bring produc- CTS and consumers closer, for a sec retary of agriculture who understands actual farm conditions. With only z few exceptions, our secretaries have been practical husbandmen. James Wilson, secretary from 1897 to 1909 inclusive, was a farmer on large scale, and was highly successful David F. Houston, secretary of agrl culture from 1907 until he was re gently appointed secretary of thu treasury, had some experience il farming, but he was for the mos part an educator. The early secre taries lacked experience in the large sense.
 MT. McAdoo "declared himself as absolutely opposed to any abridg- n1ent of the rights of free speech free press, or free assembly,"
 Other aspirants for the nomination will be expected to answer the ques tionnaire with equal sincerity and claarpess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES,
 AND ELSEWHERE
Economic Travel

Economic TTaNet
 When anyone asks me what do for recreation. answer that I travel" declared Arthur c. Hill Naturally they ask what I mean. for I seldom leave home. I am a postage stamp col lector
 When you stop to think that every country in the world is issuing post age stamps, and that this has been go- ing on for over century, you realize what tremendous number of stamps have been issued. In fact. there are several hundred thousand different va- ,rieties in existence today, for they are often changed.
 My personal collection numbers about 5000. Every evening l look through the stamps, seeing scenes from every country, reviewing his- tory by the various issues of com moration of historic events I can cer- tainly advise overworked business men to take this inexpensive and, in teresting means of taking the mind off of work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
TWISTED LIARS LOOSE AGAIN

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Winsted. Cona.-The early bird gets the worm-but listen. At 7:1o this morning robin. flying low, crossed Sucker brook at its widest poist, where the stream enters Highland lake. carrying in it's bill an angle worm which was extracted from soil Tear the brook.
 A trout in the brook saw the worm dangling from the robins bill and jumped for it. clearing the water by several feet and striking the robin with such force that the bird nearly tumbled into the water When the robin flew out over the lake the worm, vas missing, but whether the trout or the brook swallowed it eyewitnesses did not agree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
ALABAMA WILL DO HER DUTY

From the Houston Post
 Senator Underwood has terminated his canvass in Alabama and returned fc Washington. He carried the Ala bama bacon home with him. Alabama knows the fingers of the nation would be poked at her if she were to turn cown Underwood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
Genuine Need

'T was very near the track of the great tornado which did such terrible damage around Hamilton and other points in west Alabama" says S. c. Yarbrough. q had been in three ey- clones. but none of them were so de- structive as the one which brought death and sorrow to so many homes.
 q had been going through the storm swept section getting up load of cattle and had it about ready for shipment. but when the disaster came all business was put aside and every one turned out to help. I'll never for get the experience as long as T live. I helped to bury ten of the dead, and I know that no one can exaggerate the need when it comes to the wants of the survivors. l hope Birmingham is going to make a generous response to the appeals for aid"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26

The moon, the eoverness of fleods' Pale in her anger, washes all the air, That rheumatic diseases do abound; And, through this distemperature, we The seasons alter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26

The overalls wedding has been duly recorded. but chorus girls in overalls have been seen on the stage at inter- vals for many years. They usually sing song about the glad bucolic life and the comedian of the show appears in "rube" makeup.
 x < x
 Most of the clairvoyants are said to have gone into the spook business. as 1t is much more profitable. Thanks to Sir Oliver Lodge and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. these leeches are finding dupes more numerous than ever before.
 T x #
 The New York Hippodrome ele- rhants were recently put through their paces in oyeralls. but it was noa a convincing demonstration of econ omy since the seams burst and most of the buttons. came off.
 "Pussyfoot" Johnson received rousing welcome home. John BuM viewed his departure from England with great equanimity. and is bearing up under his absence with true Brit lsh fortitude.
 It is predicted that the anti-cigar- cite crusade is going to meet with con- siderable opposition among the fair sex. Alas cigarettes are now ordered as regularly in many homes as gro- ceries. The new republic of Armenia will endeavor to do business without a large army and navy, although there was a time when Armenia's military power was not < to S se :neezed x at 1, Mrs. Nicholas Longwor-th, formerly Alice Roosevelt, favors pantalettes Still. it is hardly probable that any body will run for the presidency on a pantalettes platform. | x # F The fact that brewery workers have received an increase in wages may or may not have any bearing on the pro- | hibitionA question. but it contains food for thought
 Maybe if the President would ride d tucking broncho down Pennsylvania avenue the most skeptical would be convinced of his recovery. | # # # | Some people will be kept from join- ing "old Clothes" clubs because their cid clothes are now moving briskly about in Belgium. 1 # x x l Caillaux should consider what hap pened to Bolo Pasha and be content with the French Senate's verdict in his own case.
 SeratAr Underwood's election to the ininorit5 leadership of the Senate will [ FfaHn Alah anna.
 # # #
 W nat becomes of the simple life when "unpretentious cottages" are selling for s1o,ooo, s12.OOo and s15,- Ooo?
 # x # | Georgia did not hold Palmer to strict accountability for his failure to reduce the cost of living.
 :: E Y There's something in the name of l William Gibbs McAdoo that lends itself 10 the gentle art of paragraphing. * # #
 What does it profit a fair stenog- rapher to receive living wage if she proceeds to dress like her bosss wife SNakES AIIVE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
SNAKES ALIVE.

From the Montg Advertiser.
 A Henry county mail carrier had heenShearing fish and snake lies ali of his life It occurred to him, we take
 it, that men were repeating the same
 stories too often. It seemed that no
 enc ever gave a fresh turn to his
 stories, especially his snake lies Be-
 sides he was weary or snake lies. Per- haps he thought that one real snake !.e might shame all rival liars into
 silence and that for the next genera
 ton no one would dare bore him with
 C tale of adventure with snakes. And
 that we surmse is how he came to tell
 the tale we are about to quote. At
 least charity whispers to us that we
 should make that surmise. We are
 satisfied that the gentleman has de-
 slberately set out to break up the vii
 cious practice of telling snake lies in
 Henry county. We are satisfied that
 he has nearly succeeded. We do not
 see how anyone else could ever have
 the cheek to tell a snake lie in that
 county.
 1He SlOTY COtntS to tifc
 Abbeville Herald. Uncle Jim Bla-
 lock is quoted by the Herald as saying
 tthis is not an affidavit)
 Monday afternoon Jeff Jackson
 came into the postoffice about one
 four late. The postmaster. of course.
 delay. and this is what Jeff told Miss
 LiIie. He Said that while driving
 leisurely along the road on the J. B. Espy place huge rattlesnake about IS feet long and two feet in circum- ference attack him savagefx. This rattlesnake. so he said. had on it S6 yattles and a button. After battling with the snake for more than thirty minutes he finally succeeded in killing it, but that in the struggle the snake in it's rage bit small pIece out of the rear axle of his buggy. The axle, as he thought. was not seriously damaged and after cutting off the rattles of the snake he got back into his buggy and started off for town. He said that he Tad not gone more than a quarter of a rile before he noticed that the buggy began to run unusually hard and finally the right hind wheel abso- .utely refused to turn This puzzled Jeff so he said. and after breaking out two spokes in an effort to get the wheel to turn. the fact dawned upon him that the axle. which had been bitten by the monster snake. had swoi- len to such degree that the wheel would not budge. Of course there was rothing to do but wait for the swelling ir the axle to go down and then pro- ceed on his way. This he said. he did and so accounting for the lateness of his arrival"
 This is a better story than Mark Twain's jumping srog story. and com pares very we'll With the hest that former Congressman Davy Crockett used to tell. It is nearly as good as some of the stories one hears about Alabama politicians in campaign years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26
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 The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Blrmlhshain carrying the Associated Fress patches. ,,..
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication ol all news dispatches credited 50 II or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published therein.
 All rights of republication ot speciai dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26

Nights Dream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26

One of N. most enjoyable parts of the programme was the way in Which each one present had to rise. give his name. his residence. his business, and the thing he was p-oudest of about himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26

The seasons alter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26

'Bilf" Brandon made one of his characteristic speeches in which lumor pathos. and horse sense pre- dominated. He was one of the few ~ho wasn't afraid to tell stories even to drummers. for he well knew that it made no difference how old chestnut cracked it. His one about the old ne- gro ''mammy's" definition of the mys- .erious word propaganda" which was so much used in the war was too rich to be set down in black and white.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-26

Entered at the Birmingham, AIa-' postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress March 8, 1879.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

industries, employments, public
utilities or common carriers, if
it shall appear to said court Of
industrial relations that said con-
troversy may endanger the con-
tlnuity or efficiency of service Of
any of said industries, employ
ments, public utilities or common
carriers, or affect the production
or transportation of the neces-
saries of life. affected or pro-
duced by said industries or en-
Payments, or produce industrial
strife, disorder or waste, or en-
danger the orderly operation of
such industries, employments,
public utilities or common
carriers, and thereby endanger
the public peace or threat
en- the public health, full power,
authority and jurisdiction are
hereby granted to said court of
industrial relations, upon it's own
initiative, to summon all neces-
sary parties before it and to in
vestigate said controversy and to
make such temporary findings
and orders as may be necessary to
preserve the public peace and
welfare and to preserve and pro-
tect the status of the parties,
property and public interests in
volved pending said investiga-
tons, and to take evidence and to
examine all necessary records and
to investigate conditions sur
rounding the workers, and to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-02

from industrial warfare that 1t has
to protect itself from any other
danger.
"Under the old arrangement in
the case of a dispute between capt.
tai and labor arbitration might be
resorted to. In that case capital
would select representative and
labor another, and the two would
name a referee. Then one Of three
things might happen:
"The referee would align himself
with the representative Of capital
and give that side the victory.
"He would join hands with labor,
to labor's advantage.
Might Be a ''Dog Fall"
Cor he would effect compromise,
giving each side something. Out in
nv country that is what we call q
dog fall
Rarely indeed was there any con-
sideration of the rights of the pub
lie.
"BuS cut IN Knnsaa wa hxyU neW