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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
rAMoUs NEWSPAPER "sCooP..

Washington Cor. Philadelphia Inquirer. It was in the early seventies when the then Prince of Wales was touring in Canada. The two leading New York papers of that period sent their star reporters to Ottawast to report the pro ceedings "Joe" Howard represented the New York Herald, and Amos Cum mings officiated for the New York Sun. On the night of the great ball given to signalize the occasion of the princes s visit. Joe, who loved society and the dance. went to, the function and thor oughly enjoyed himself. Amos, who didn't dance and eschewed all frivolous entertainment, got down to business. After the festivities were over. Joe showed up, ready for work. Amos was through.~a
 Joe" said Amos. I've got you. The
 blizzard has knocked all the wires down but one, and I've engaged that. There is a law in Canada that first come is first served on the telegraph, and I propose to keep the wire for the rest of the night"
 Joe pleaded permission to send a brief message to his paper explaining his dilemma Amos relented finally. and Joe proceeded to the telegraph of- flee. In the office he spied the Bible, Opening it's pages at random, he called the operator. Begin sending there" said Joe, pointing to the open page" and don't stop till I tell you"
 Amos dropped in shortly to file his story. but found the wire pre-empted. and Joe taking his time in writing up his version of the affair. Amos fumed d fumed and ragged. but it was no use. The laws of Canada were clear, and the operator knew them.
 Soon there came a wire from the Herald office. What's this all about, Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob?' was the query. Joe wired back the situation. In the meantime James Gordon Bennett strelled in the New York office. and was told of the mix up. Bennett chuckled with fiendish glee.
 "Tell Joe to send the whole blessed Bible if necessary" was the order of the great sditon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
Motor Car Bandit
 Outdoes the Movies

M7oRALIsTs point to- the auto GVA mobile as 'demoralizing in- fluence. To the criminal it has be- come indispensable. Thus we have another illustration of an invention that is good in itself being made an instrument of profligacy and crime. The man who makes the automobile is not to blame, nor is the man who sells it. Human nature is at fault. In the larger cities the motor car bandit has become, almost common place. Tired citizens whose life is just one thrill after another view his operations with more or less compla- cency when they do not happen to be his victims. Some of the most thrill ing gun battles that have occurred in recent years were fought by these spectacular gentry, often mere youths, and their pursuers.
 Press dispatches told recently of three automobile bandits who com- mitted a series of robberies in Chi cago merely to entertain their "best girls" who giggled with delight and were doubtless proud to see their lovers prove themselves men of met tie. The proceedings, which included the robbery of couple sitting on a porch, a peddler and a number of other persons, were ended by an ex- change of shots with police, the final |melodramatic touch needed to round out the performance.
 It is not fair to blame police de- partments for the prevalence of motor car bandits, many of whom appear to be immune from cap ture. In the first place, they have high powered cars, frequently stolen, which makes pursuit difficult. They can swoop down out of nowhere, roo a bank, seize pay roll funds or loot a cash register and get away long be- fore the police can be notified. Some times there are policemen close at hand, a by-stander whips out pistol or the person with the coveted swag happens to be armed and shows fight. Then the motor car bandit is apt to get hurt. Cases have been known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

From The New York Sun and Herald.
 SFRoM gurgling infanccy to octoge-
 S narian~years man spends more
 0 or less of his time in the
 attitude of wreaking some nameless
 vengeance on the unoffending ball
 of various sizes and materials.
 As a baby, he bangs it on the floor of grass and aids the family dog to destroy it by mastication. Tn his youth and active years he pounds it with
 baseball bat and smashes it with ten his racket, losses it violently in lacrosse,
 hammers it against wall in handball.
 Fashioned of willow and painted white
 he abuses it nightly on the polo field, in which effort he is aided blythe hoofs
 of his ponies. Even when he has
 reached the seventies this habit is not denied him, for there still remain the the leisurely bowls. golf and that recourse of games loving age, Long ago Omar philosophical over the un- happy fate of this implement of play when he wrote:~
 The ball no question makes of ayes and noes.
 But here or there as strikes the player goes"
 And he implied there was a higher Fasency that actually directed it's move
 ments in the succeeding two lines of the quatrain:
 And He that toss'd you down into the field
 He knows about it all-He knows-He knows.
 It is well toS be assured by this sage expounder of the. joys of the once per-
 mitted distillation of the grape that there is philosophy of mans abuse of the hapless sphere. Stevenson wrote that '-this VAS an ago that preferred q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
THE SWEEPER SONG

Frank L. stanton, in the Atlanta Con- stitution. They say the stars are singing
 As they circle far and free. But the world they do not know of
 Sings sweetest to me Sweetest in dark or bright;
 In it's toll, that thrills the light When it's sun makes up the morning And it's Love breathes: Good mig ht." know not what great heavens Beyond high stars may be-. But the heaven Love makes its own
 world Shines brightest to me! Brightest forevermore, Above L.ife's sea and shore: With Love, to bid me welcome.
 I stand al Heavens door, Stars. sweet be your singing! s But there's little tree And a little home, where birds sing
 Sweeter songs to me. Sweeter. with Time in flight,
 Life's sorrow and delight; Where Love makes Lfe's morning
 And kisses Good-nightg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
MAN AND THE BALL WE SING

J
 definition to any quantity of fruit" but that was before symbolism was revived To find the perfect symbol for this fa- miliar monomania of man we may e = geometry. The sphere, possibly content to remain at rest. is forever harried and beaten into a physical representation of Bergsons philosophy of change. Tho cube stands on it's face, the very nega- tion of change, except when it is used as necessary implement of African se@s and even then it is addressed in tArnaA cajoling. imploring, beseeching. So that pursuing this symbolism to it's logical end we see that the rolling sphere holds no moral for man. whereas the cube breaches the lesson. Be square
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
He Read Ads

q was amused at the disgust of a foreign-born resident who runs fruit stand on one of our streets" said Solon Jacobs. His place is built out from a brick residence, and it seems more -enterprising man has leased the place and expects to convert the house into an up-to-date store and has employed some architects to make the plans. The thing which has gotten on the nerves of the present lessee is that every few days some young men come up with steel tape and measure and re-meas- uYe the premises. The foreign born citizen, as was passing, was ex- pressing his contempt for so much measuring, saying:
 All he got to do Is knock him front out and push 'em up
 "A friend, overhearng his statement, said: You're dead right; all that is necessary is to tear out the brick and scatter some baking powder over them and they will be sure to rise.' The joke of the whole incident being that my friend thought he had put one>over on the foreign speaking gentleman, but quick as flash he answered
 "'Yes, let 'em buy a can of Royal baking powder, it'll be the cheapest way.,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
Farmers See Value
 of Export Facilities

TH HE Farmers Educational and Co.,
 U operative Union in annual ses- sion at Anniston adopted resolutions in favor of the port aid amendment to be voted on in the November elec- Aaen. If there is a body of men in Alabama who should be for this amendment it is the tillers of the soil and the handlers of farm and forest ]. products
 What the farmer produces every nation must have. With all our cot &pn min development we still con- sume in the state but one-half of that yield The other half must go either to northern mills or to Europe and Asia. The lumber cut depends on ex- ports for more than 30 per cent of production. Corn, wheat and oats are staples of foreign commerce. The by products of cotton seed are leading articles of export trade.
 None depends more on the great outside world than the farmer. Ian cashire in England is as much inter- ested in the American cotton yield se Lowell Mess. The nrodpcts of the { soil and forest must travel far afield for market. Alabamians are much taffected by and should be much con- cerned in the cost of carrying these products to market. because that cost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
Birmingham Leads All

The citizen of Birmingham, who doubts his city. should go to the heart of New York, right down in Wall street, said Felix Drennen Tn that region they keep close tab on every part of the country comme ercially, in- dustrially and financially. On my re- cent trip to New York I spent two days in Wall street chatting with bankers and big business men there. Not once, but a number of times, first one and then another would say to me: 'Birt mingham- is in better financial condi- tion than any city in the United States. Your Birmingham banks are in better condition than any banks in the coun- try
 Several of them agreed that Georgia. Florida and Alabama were in best finan- cal form of any other states in the union. The statements. which I repea t were not made by lightweights. or for hot air purposes. but by cold -blooded business men who know what they are talking about"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
Guard.men Enjoy Camp

Birmingham national guard is hav- Clellan," writes Sergt. c. M. Kitsinger. Those who are in uniform for sec ond time feel it fine to hear taps and reveile and mess call again. as we'll as to stretch out under blankets with the sides of the tent rolled up.
 The schedule is closely worked out. giving the soldier the advantage of an eight hour day. After setting up exer- cises and mess, we go through drill and rifle practice. Much of the time is de- voted to range work. believe the boys blown and the last mess eaten at this sandy camp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
A MORNING PRAYER

In thee alone. God, is our refuge from the storm. Thou art shadow when the sun of temptation burns m; thou art the living waters when our sonls are thrtstinE. Call us, God, that we may hear, and hear ing, turn to thee and live. Amen.-- M. s. R.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

wounded robber clinging to the run ming board or crumpled up in the tonneau.
 Boldness and unexpectedness of at- tack and quick flights make the mo- tor bandits work comparatively easy. It is form of crime that particularly appeals to flashy gunmen and the younger criminal element of the larg- CT cities who regard motor car rob- bery as sporting proposition and thus combine business with pleasure.
 x x # The Winsted Conn, correspondent--of
 the New York World told the other day
 of battle between a snake and fish. A later contribution describes how thirty or more birds were killed when lightning struck an elm tree. That fellow missed his calling. He should have been war correspondent T # The mere fact that Jimmy Cox has been known to say yea" to highbal will not hurt his reputation with any body but the more rampant prohibition- ists.
 Russian noblemen earning precarlous Livelihood in France by following humble caliligs differ from other chauffeurs, mechanics and tradesmen in being worth an interview. 1 Since the prohibition candidate was
 photographed while operating washing machine, he has probably done away
 with Blue Monday # # # l According to d headline, Boston is still talking about Ponzi The kind of talk that isn't fit to print is being indnlsed in by people who gave him their money # # # A famous bulfighter was seriously gored the other day in Spain. About one | in hundred times the luck breaks in | favor of the bull% # # # l An Ohio court has enjoined a belliger-
 ent wife from hurling plates. By wield-
 ing a rolling pin she can escape through l ,.at 4.,L,;o,1jt,r + # ' l Europe has grown accustomed to com
 mercial aviation, while America, the home of the airplane, still regards flying as a sporting proposition, l ~~ # # # | De La Huerta's s refusal of Villas invi-
 taton to visit him, at his hacienda was
 probab bly, due to the fact that De La
 Huerta "knew him when 1 # # # l Kindly forget the Maine while the
 spanish battleship Alfonso XIII pays it's
 first visit to a Porto Rcan port since
 1898.
 l throughout the country will be brought
 to close when the first cool nights ar
 rive
 It is no longer necessary to argue
 about the necessity for league of na- tions Just point to the present situa-
 ton in Europe. 1 Plans are under way in Europe for growing a new crop of munitions mill ionares.
 1 MT Chaplin's reticence in regard to his matrimonial troubles is as becoming as it l is surprising. l When a critic of President Wilson
 wants to be particularly vicious he pre- fixes 'Dr." to his name. # * # Harding promises to inject a new ele- i ment into the campaign It's about time. Most of his policies smell of moth balls. x * * ! al man's-size war when they were only equipped for light skirmishing & F | Republican attempts to embarrass Cox
 have not even caused Jimmy" to grope i for a word
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
TO Bcautify Highways

Plans are being advocated in Wis., consin to plant large trees along the permanent highways of that state,' said H. J. Leonard of Milwaukee. Tt is pointed out that if trees were plant ed along the roads about three to five miles next year and to proceed at this rate each year until the state is com pletely covered. the roads would be greatly beautified. The various coun- ties are taking this plan under advise ment, and it is expected that this will be done.
 However. before this work can be undertaken it will be necessary to broaden the county arteria1 highways to width which will be demanded by the traffic of future Years. so the trees can be permanently placed. This, it is pointed out will add to the beauty of the roads if decided on"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

A TROUBLESOME LOT AfSs, the little nations
 Are far from satisfied: Their national ambitions. Thex claim are still denied. According to the cables, They're daily waxing bolder And every blessed one now wears A chip upon it's shoulder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
ADRIF7T WITH THE TIMES
HANDICAPPED PROBABLY

T see where a bellhop recently retired with a fortune" remarked Mir. Clipping.
 How much?' asked Mir. 1Gadspur. 7 "About s3O,ooo"
 ''Umph, Was he lame or otherwise in-l oapacitated so he couldn't keep up with his fellow bellhops?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

SMART WOMAN
 Henry, an agent called this afternoon with & patented can-opener.Y
 And I suppose you bought it?"
 ''No, but since we were going to have some canned fruit for dessert tonight, I let him demonstrate it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
An old Industry

One of the businesses that seem to finger even when it is being outgrown and made old-fashioned is the candle manufacturing industry" said Bot Kyle. There is still demand for candles even in these days, when elec- tric lights are in even the poorest houses and when. lamps give better light and kerosene is cheap.
 The reason that they seem to cling however, is because no lighting sys- tenn has yet been invented that will work smoothly in damp and wet weather and during Electrical storms The candle making industry is one of the oldest in the world, yet in portions of the old world they are still used as much as ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
There Are Others

Teachers salaries still remain ridic- ulously low in our county" said Earl ton for Lawrence county. Under pres ent conditions we can hardly offer a first grade teacher over s90 per month The fact is that we cannot obtain a sufficient supply of teachers at that rate.
 q am on my way to Montgomery now, where I expect to have confer ence with MT. Ahercrombie, state su- perintendent of education. to see what can he done toward maintaining liv- ing salary scale for our teachers and at the same time lengthening the terms of the various county schools
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

TELL IT TO THE MARINES
 This magazine writer says there Is really no such thing as a Rallies. "No gentlemen burglars who operate graoes of society," asked Mr. Dubwaite. That's what he says, and he's crime expert"
 "Umph! He may know what he's talk ing-about, but I'm blest if he's going to wean me~away from my favorite brand of fiction"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
TAKING No CHANGES

What $ the use of letting your savings lie in bank drawing only four per cent interest. when you could invest in this stock and get rich?' said the promoter why don't you draw it out and take a nyer?"
 "For the same reason" said the eau tious citizen, that don't jump off a tventy-story building. Something tells me I wouldn't grow a pair of wings be- fore I got to the ground"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

I always thought It was both impious and unnaturaL That such unmsnly and bloody strife Should reign among professors of one
 faith. --Henry VI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
coURT1NG TROUBLE

A man may make the best Of ne And have no quarrels with his wife; Then, foolish wight, he slips a cog And hires a Beautiful stenogI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
For Women Voter.

"One thing can be said to the advan- tage of the presidential and vice pres idential candidates of both democratic and republican parties. and that is they are, ,~all fine looking men," said Ander- son Smith.
 Particularly are the democratic can didates good looking and almost hand. some. Cox has the appearance of a young business man, while Roosevelt reminds me of an overgrown college athlete. But it would be unfair not to say that Harding and Coolidge are Both distinguished looking men"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
washington Bureau. 800 Davidson

buiIdlnE.
 European Bureau. 10 King street Covent Garden, London, w. c. ?.
 Eastern business office, World build ing, New York City; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. Ine S. c. Beckwith Special Agency agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

WHO'LL STOP IT? The clouds of war are lowering / Ger Europe stained with blood; The mighty guns are roaring there, Death-dealing bullets thud, And while the crafty diplomats Palaver, pro and con, Observing things are thus and SO, The slaughter still goes on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

"As soon as celebrated literary char acters get across the styx they begin to use bad grammar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
RATHER QUEER

RATHER lUEER
 You sometimes attend seances?" "Oh, yes" said the person who is in- sterested in occult subjects. And I've learned thing or two'
 ''YeSo'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
Member of the Associated Press

Member Of the AssOciated fftss
 The Age Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birming nam carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication ot all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published therein.
 All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

LEST THEY BE FORGOTTEN From the Clinton Advertiser.
 Do You Know
 w. l.. BOYCE? If not you should, as he is the man who marks the mistakes of the
 doctors.
 THE MONUMENT MAN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting nii depnrtments) Main 4e00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

HI AND GAMALIEL From the Arkansas Gazette. Johnson to Harding:
 You made me love you; ! didn't want to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17

If was in the middle ages that Latin received enormous accessions from the Greek. Teutonic and Oriental tongues,kas we'll. as pointed out above. from the Ro- nance tongues. the vernacular represen- tatives of ancient Latin, such accessions being fully accommodated to the Latlh' or merely provided with Latin termina- tions or received unchanged These adulterations were known as Low Latin sometimes Barharous Latin. especially with reference to foreign elements. l suppose it was this last variety to wnicn Dean Colet made reference under the name of sBarbary.'
 Than comes New Latin. from about 1900. meaning Latin as written in modern times. including the Latin used by sci entific writers in descriptions and classl- flea ton The last great philosopher who
 ha bitually wrote his works in Latin was I I,eabnitz C646-1T16) In the eighteenth century. we still find Latin used for works of science and philosophy. and m
 l76O. Ninnaeus issued his famous work on
 botany in Latin. The earliest work or
 Asassiz. born in 1897. was in Latin.
 forgot to state that Milton wrote as
 lately as 1850 his "Defensio nro Ponnlo
 Anpficano'' Ca defense of the English people for beheadng Charles III in Lat in. although his immortal works were written in English.
 The general use of Latin in diplomacy. ar forSthe formal intercourse of nations, was continued in the seventeenth cen turv: but it is now almost the universal custom that written communications from foreign powers shall be made in the vernacular of the country from which they come; but. up to recently, with rare executions. oral intercourse is carried on in the French language Att present.
 however, 1t seems as if English is des-
 tined to outrapk all other languages,
 ! both in commerce and~diplomacy.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-17
PRETTY sTRoNG-HIN'

PRETTY SIRONI-FdINI What did the brides father do for the happy coupler" {, He bought their railroad tickets"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-04
REDS FIGHT
Deportation
Radicals Well Known Here
Suddenly Love U. S.

Mac0rcsor Ross and Ephim Kertx,
radicals well known in seattle. are
lighting deportation. Ross iw New
York and keru In Boston. according
60 word received here. Rosr, bo-
iieved 90 he a native OF Scotland. now
declares he was born In America. tho
he doesn't recall whore. u In said.
Ksrtr IL nxhtins over q toehnicaiity.
alleging the department OF labor has
no authority 60 hold him longer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-04
SWEATERS

Warm, comfy Sweat
ers in all colors, sizes
and Styles. ranging in
price from $3.50 to
$6.75. Made especially
for Fall and Winter
wear.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-04
$8,873,OO0 County
Agricultural Worth

King county's agricultural pfoduc'
ton for 1920 IL ss.s7s.oo0. according
10 figures just compiled by County
Agricultural A. IT, Tydstrom and
County Horticultural ". N. Rhodes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-04
IDAHO CENSUS
IS INCREASED
Gain OF 106,232 Is An.
nOunCed

WASHINGTON. Oct l.-~The cen
sua bureau today announced the fol
lowing 1890 population figures;
state OF Idaho. 43i. $40; incrcasc,
100 .2ss. or s2.e per cent
City of New York corrected ng'
ures,. $500. ois; Increase. sSs.ies, or
i7p per cent. Previously announced
as b.6si.isi.
state OF New York. io.5st.iat In
crease. i.27o.bbo. Of is,s.
state OF Texas. t.66i.o27. increase.
Tst.sSs. or 1916.
state Of New Jersey, s.i5s.37a In
crease. eis.soT. or 2ta.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-04
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