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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-22
GADsDEN

Gadsden, January 21.-(Special)- The Birmingham Slag Company will begin at once the erection of slag- crushing plant west of the Gulf States steel plant. It will be equipped with one of the largest crushing machines in the South.
 The Alabama Power Company is erecting a new substation. in addition to installing automatic stokers at it's reserve steam plant at East Gadsden. It is expected the work will be com pleted the latter part of February. If the work progresses satisfactorily, a test of the new Huntsville transmits sion line will be made Sunday The new substation also will be availa ble
 for use if plans for the construction of line to Rome. Ga. materialize.
 The Boy Scouts campaign is to be conducted in Gadsden, Alabama City
 and Attalla tomorrow. A party of eleven men Tuesday night subscribed
 $500 within a few minutes. A total
 of $4,000 for one years work is sought.
 Mrs. Alice Martin was brought to a
 local hospital today from her home in Chandlers beat. suffering from a bull
 let wound said to have been received
 accidentally while she was handling a
 pistol.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10

the famous Brides in the Bath Muir.
ders." She saw him on the street here
few days ago.
Mrs. Playfoot's story, told In court
when she appeared for protection from
her former husband, is perhaps without
parallel in Scotland Yards annals OF
mistaken Identity"
The Playfoots were legally separated
years ago. While she was Ill In bed, a
a man called Smith was arrested and
charged with a peculiarly atrocious
crime, called the Brides in the BATH
Murders" His speciality was to break
into the bathroom OF a newly married
woman and kill her.
Mrs. Playfoot Identified Smiths news
paper picture as that of her former hus-
band. She visited the Pentonville prls-
on yard. and from a distance identified
Smith as her husband. Smith was con
victed and hanged.
L have seen a wax figure Of Smith in
Nine. Tussaud's chamber of horrors,
too" said Mrs. Playfoot, land ! was
certain 1t was Playfoot Then the other
day passed him on the street!
II thought at first be was ghost. but
recognized him by a scar over his
eye. He muttered something.
Il saw him again, and again he NUT
tered Now / want a claim for nom
payment of alimony, not because ex-
pect to get IT, but to keep him away
from me. ! am afraid Of him."
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
FIGHTING WISCONSIN"
Declares Senator Lodge in At
tack on Article x.

Augusta, Me-, Sept. 10.--An attack on
Article x OF the covenant OF the league
OF nations was made In an address
here last night by Senator Lodge, OF
Massachusetts. He charged that Pres
ident Wilson's purpose was ito use the
power OF all nations members Of tho
league to carry on war;" and added
that our fight Is against that eonoep-
ton OF the league"
we ought not to accept any cove
nant which in any way could be made
to carry out Mr., Wilson's purposes. Z"
Senator Lodge said
Mr.. Wilson, II is true, " not q can
didate. but we are fighting wisconsin,
which Is system OF government nlien
to our Constitution and our traditions
and Gov. Cox has promised that Il
elected he would carry out Mr.. Will
sons promise and go into the league.
Senator Harding has said that he
would not go into the league, as pre-
sented by Mr.. Wilson. The issue is
drawn and is so clear that no man can
misunderstood IT,"
Senator Lodge reiterated the charge
that the pledge in the first sentence
OF Article X is an individual pledge OF
the United States to respect and pre-
serve, as against external aggression,
the territorial integrity and existing
political independence OF al, members
OF the league"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
CONGRESSMAN ALMON
TO SPEAK FOR COX

Florence, Ala, Sept. 10-(Special)-
Congressman Il. B.. Almon, OF Tuscum-
bia. will speak in Florence during the
present term of the circuit court in be-
half of the candidacy OF Cox and Roose-
Welt. He has been making a number OF
speeches In his district in behalf of the
democratic nominees.
Congressman Almon will attend the
meeting of the Alabama Waterways as
sociation on Sept. 18th and will speak
in behalf of the proposed amendment for
the benefit of the port of Mobile.
He recently visited Widows bar on
the Tennessee river near Bridgeport
apd reports that the work is progressing
in splendid fashion. He also referred
70 the excellent progress being made at
Wilson dam and said that he felt sure
that under the guidance of Col. Barden
the work so we'll begun by Col Brown
at Wilson dam would be carried to
triumphant completion.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
INDUSTRIAL CONFL let
In ITALY NEAR SOLUTION
Conference on Settlement Held
at Milan by Socialist Depu-
ties and Labor Leaders.

Milan, italy. Sept. .l0.--Members OF
the socialist group in the italian par
Lament, leaders OF the General Confed-
GRAFTON OF Labor and representatives
conferred here today with delegates
sent to Milan by the employers OF la
Dor. These Interviews and discussions,
which occupied the entire day, seemed
to reflect desire on the part OF the
contending forces 10 bring about A
compromise which would solve the
anomalous Industrial situation through
out Italy.
Socialist deputies, as we'll as leaders
or the Confederation OF Labor favor n
middle course which may lead to an
early settlement. realizing the grave
consequences for all that will result
from continuation OF the conflict. A
section OF the metal workers, however,
opposes any such move and wishes,
rather, to enlarge the agitation by
bringing In other classes OF workers.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
WIFE MEETS HUSBAND
SHE BELIEVED HANGED

IN. L. A, Staff Specal)
London.-For eight years Mrs. Alice
Playfoot lived in the belief that her
husband was the man hanged here for
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
,PENTENTIARY REFUSES TO
ADMIT WOMAN WITH BABE
Missouri Sends Prisoner Con-
victed Using Mails to De-
fraud Back to Wisconsin.

Jefferson City, NO., Sept. 10.-Mrs
Margaret Burlington, convicted in q
federal court in Wisconsin OF having
fenced to three years. Imprisonment
was refused admission to the Missouri
state penitentiary because she had q
6-months-old baby with her.
Under the terms of the federal com
mltment Mrs. Burlington was to take
the baby to prison with her and keen
1t for six months, after which the baby
was to be In the custody Of its father
six months. 1t was to alternate for
six months periods between mother
and father until the expiration of Mrs.
Burington's sentence.
The United States deputy marshal,
who was directed to return to Wiscop-
sin with his prisoner and inform the
federal court that the baby could not
be admitted to the Missouri prison,
left today with Mrs. Burlington and
her baby.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
MYSTERY CLEARED UP
Baby Left at Morristown Not
Coughlin Child.

Knoxville. Sept. 10.-The "CoughIir
baby" case at Morristown was cleared
UP yesterday when George Hixon, 81
and Gertrude Long Lowell Hixon were
arrested and later Jailed on the charge
Of abandonment Of the womans baby
The child OF n previous marriage proved
burdensome to them the woman ad-
mitted. and she said she and Hixon
decided to abandon II and did no early
Wednesday morning. In many respects
to. the description Of the Coughlin
baby.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
NEGRO 'SHINER KILLED

Arcaola; Fla, Sept 10.-Ed Moore ,
in IN alleged moonshincr, was Lilisd
Sc pa title with Sheriff Dishonx ana
terda S' deputies OF Desoto county YES.
nave been his partner sald 10
WI, WHISKY was captured and tajleo " Whnss
LIE Lne onicers raided the still The wv" tuo
n,neks opened fire on them wItb nv
s sbnt SsIprlnkling the officers with hirS
'"o'' SheriH Dishong shot Moore daad
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
Don't Risk Materials In Poor
Dyes that Fade or Run

Each package OF Diamond Dyes"
contains directions so simple that any
woman can diamond dye n new, rich.
fndeless color into worn, shabby gar
ments. draperies, coverings, everything,
whether wool, silk, linen or mixed
goods. ~"
Buy Diamond Dyes"--no other kind
then perfect results are guaranteed
even II you have never dyed before
Druggist has color card. showing 10
rich colors -(dy.)
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
REIGN TERROR PREVAILS
Irish Town Shot Up and Par
tiallv DESTROYED.

Dublin, Sept. lo.-A reign Of terror
prevailed at Tuilow during the night,
destroyed'by fire. according TO reports
received here, Policemen were said 20
have exploded bombs in the streets and
opened FIRE with rifles, The inhab-
itants fed from the town IN alarm. A
fire brigade was called from neigh
boring town to extinguish the blaze,
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
MURRAY CRANE IMPROVED

Dalton, Mass, Sept. 1O.-The i'm
Senator w. Murray Crane which n,a :
reported Yesterday continued TODAY
sstatement given out at his residence
ms morning said that he had a com
Portable night. N0iii-
Mr.. Crane has been confined 10 his
attack Of heart disease oiious
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10

commanded again by republican soldiery
They came prejudiced In favor of Hard
ing and came away more than satisfied
with their original Judgment.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
WOMEN DON'T TELL AGES
Register as Twenty One, Plus,
in Florida

Tampa, Fla, Sept. 1O.--women are
registering here as ''21 plus" refusing
to>give their exact age, the state law
only requiring that they shall be I'll
Among women who have so registered
Is Mrs. Amos Norris. active In club
circles and once head of the U. D. C.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
SEEKS ABANDONMENT
Line to Vinegar Bend Doesn't
Paw. Saws COMPANY.

Washington, Sept. 1O.-The Alabama
and Mississippi Railroad company to-
DAY applied to the interstate commerce
commission for permission to abandon
it's line between Vinegar Bend, Ala, and
Leaksville, Miss. then via Evanston and
Moss points to Pascagoula. Miss.
The petition declares the line specified
has been operated at a heavy loss since
1916
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-10
ENGINE CATCHES EIaE

Huntsville. Ala, Sept. Especially
an auto fire engine running TO "a fire
t mere Yesterday caught fire itself from
come overheated. The unexnected h,a1o
IN the machine was extinguished with a
hand chemical
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-08
GREAT THEMEs-GREAT PHOTOPLAYs.

No phOtOplay can be greater than its theme.
In the age-old discussion as to the comparative
merits of story, acting and direction, the story
has won it's rightful first place, but the time has
come when we are thinking back of the story
or beyond it, as you choose.
Theme" does not mean sermon" Dramas
primarily intended as ethical lessons usually
fail, as they should. Unless an artistic work
intrigues the senses-to put it more plainly, un-
less it entertains-it is not an artistic work at
ALL
The themes of the photoplays that have been
memorable. from Stella Maris" to "The Mir
acle Man. from "The Birth of Nation" to
Madame X" have been based on the deep
down things which are every mans inheritance;
the simple things which it takes neither book
learning nor artful accomplishment to appreci-
ate and comprehend.
American life, we admit, was once lived too
easily. too specifically. But we are no longer
a chdishly happy, smugly contented nation; we
are nation in manhood as resolute as 1t IS rest
less bearing our share of the worlds burdens
and sorrows, as we'll as partaking OF its fruits
of victory.
The day is past when we can consider as
good stories many of the mechanical contrap-
tiOns of young love, hero and villain, small COM
plication, easy triumph and happiness forever,
which we're, quite honestly, good stories yes
terday.
We have. as we said gone beyond childish
things. and as men and women reaching matur-
itv we see that the fundamentals, the greatness
of life. are always simple, old things that have
been with us always, even while we kicked them
aside in our search for new sensations.
The trust of a child, the devotion Of a mother,
the faith of wife, the grim determination OF
honest ambition-these are among the founda-
ton stones of humanity, which endure unchanged
from age to age, while the shallow waves of So
ciety, luxury and fashion advance and recede,
and the clamor of war dies and comes again and
dies once more.
From Photoplay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-08
Wisconsin. :


Geo. Smiths La Crosse. was killed
diving in shallow water at the Y. NJ.
c. A. camp on the river. He struck on
his spine.
Miss Marie Olson. Porcupine, had
her throat severely gashed when she
was thrown through the windshield
of an automobile A team and motor
car collided. The girl may recover but
will be speechless as her vocal cords
were severed.
Ed. Reser, Jefferson, was fined
81 500 at Superior. and given months
in jail He had operated STILL
Ed. Kerwin, Beloit, was shot in the
leg by a highwayman who also reliev-
+ ed him of his watch.
/ John Kalshan, Fond du Lac, receiv-
/ ed $4,000 from the 500 railroad in
settlement of his claim Kalshan was
run over by locomotive and lost his
lower limbs.
A conveyor boom fell on the stone
ship, Adriatic, killing Capt. Albert 3.
Braunsdorf, Sturgeon Bay. The accid-
ent happened while fire was in pro-
gres. $1,000 damage was done
Henry Herman, Watertown thresher
man, was drawn into separator and
his right leg slashed to ribbons by
the knives. Herman was oiling and
slipped and fell The engineer saw
what had happened and shut the
power off averting tragedy.
/ Louis Harley, Boyceville farmer
out picking plums with his two sons
! told the boys he was tired and sat
down on a log to rest The boys at a
distance heard a shot and found theil
father with a gaping wound below the
heart. He had been worried over his
poor health. A widow and three child
rem are bereft
$4,000 in currency sent from the
First National Bank at Milwaukee, tC
the National Manufacturers Bank al
Menasha, was taken fom the register
ed mail sacks in the baggage room
at Neenah. The empty mail sacks
were found next day but the robbers
are still at large.
A bucksaw hit VIM. Hoefer, Greer
Bay, in the stomach, causing death.
Earl Abbot, Beloit, has been in 6
coma for forty days. Nourishment has
been administered and Abbot seems tt
be holding his own This the fourth
case of sleeping sickness at Bcloit anC
two patients died
Benz Kramer, La Crosse. was finet
$25 and costs for breaking his mother
in-law's nose. The old lady refused t.
turn over her dead husbands insur.
and Kramer struck hard. 81 was nag
ged," he asserted in defense.
cattle barn owned by Herbert
Hackbarth, Merrill, burned together
with Sc tons of hay, 900 bushels O.
grain and 25 cords of wood. Some
purebred livestock was caved. The
total loss was $4,000.
Orvin Lawrence, II, La Crosse, dug
CLAIMS for fish bait and found a pear
worth $780,
John Durangjug, crazed foreigner
attacked August Verstrat, Racine, cut
ting his victims throat two times. The
man stopped Verstrat, who was ou
walking with his family, and said
" Are you an American 6 | certain
ly am" said the other. The foreigner
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-08

and immediate passions. 1t appeals to pride,
prejudice, fanatic sectarianism, anything that
separates. It's program is fight. It's aim is
propaganda.
Hate of England was sedulously preached in
Germany and brought on the war. 1t promoted
outrage, approved of the rape of Belgium and
goated over the sinking of the Lusitania To
meet and conquer this hate of Germany, hate
was preached industriously in England and
America
Having got a good start hating we have kept
it up. There being no excuses for hating beaten
Germany any more, we have taken up other
hates. We have linked hate to patriotism, and
made Americanism synonymous with it.
The most vicious and dangerous of all hates
is hate of Great Britain, our natural ally, who
fought side by side with us in the day of uni
versal peril, who has our own language tradi-
tions and ideals.
This effort to SOW hatred between England
and America is the most inconceivably vicious
and damnable of all the gospels of destruction.
The trouble in Ireland is primarily a row
between the two sets of Irish The most bitter
, opposition to Irish independence is found not in
England but in Ireland itself. 1t is superheated
by the flames of religious prejudice, most i'm
placable and unreasoning of all hates In any
case it is a misunderstanding within the body
of the British empire ITSELF and is no more our
business than the independence of the Philip
pines is England's business.
Then comes hatred of the Jews.
And hatred of the Japanese. And hatred of
Wilson. And hatred of the negroes. And hatred
of the capitalists. And hatred of labor unions.
And yet the everlasting truth remains that
hate never did any good since Cain, never built
anything up, never prospered people, never
resulted in anything but loss, wreIchedness, in
justice and destruction
What this country what the world, needs is
to quit hating and go to work.
A good many people who have never travelled
much within the confines of the broad empire
we call Grant county could spend week or
more getting better acquainted. Grant county
scenery contains nearly everything to be found
from the Alleghanies to the Rockies. We have.
fine farm lands, primeval forests, roaring trout
streams, lake and river scenes, and near noun
tains All this within few hours of motoring
from almost any point in the county. Spend
your vacation at home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-08
Notice of final account and to deter,
mine Inheritance Tax.

Notice of final account and to deter
mine Inheritance Tax.
County Court Grant County Wiscon-
sin-In Probate
In the matter of the estate of John
G. Clark, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that at reg
ular term of the county court to be
held in and for said county at the
court house in in the city of Lam
caster in said county on the first
Tuesday (being the 9Th day. of Oct
ober,. A. D. 1920, at the opening of
court on that day the following mat
ter will be heard and considered:
The application of s. H. Taylor as
administrator with will annexed es-
tate of John G. Clark, deceased, late
of Lancaster in said county, for the
examination end allowance Of his final
account. and for the assignment of
the residue of the estate of said de-
ceased to such persons as ere by law
entitled thereto; and for the deter
mination and adjudication of the in
heritance tax, if any, payable in said
estate.
Dated September Bird, A. D. 1920
By the Court:
E. B. Goodsell, County Judge29c3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-08

would have turned him away, do your"
The moral Of the above story is that
Christ wouldn't have turned the young
man away. The fact of the matter is
that Christianity has never been Civ
en- a fair tryout and for that reason
no one knows how it would work. The
only man to live perfectly up to Chris
tan precepts was Christ himself and
we all know that he earned cross.
900
Admitting that there is such thing
as racial antagonism particularly on
the part OF the Whites, admitting that
black people mustn't marry white peo-
BE and that social intercourse is
more or less strictly taboo why not
draw the line there and forget it?
Abuse and burning have been tried and
proven failures. The only answer is
deportation and that is a hopeless
task. The negro is here because he
was brought here. He didn't ask to
come. Treat him fairly, recognize
his deficiencies, try 10 help him if he
needs it and deserves it but don't de-
spise him. Contempt for other people
IS the most dangerous quality a man
can have. 1t hurts the contumelious
more than the condemned. One of the
first rules of kultur was an attitude
Of racial superiority See where it
took Germany to! One of the great
est qualities of the Anglo-Saxcn is
a Willingness to accept people for
their real value. Great is the man
who cannot hate; verify all things
shall come to him." This is our own
proverb and we believe in it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-08

Ire Velvet Special on the 500 line
went into the ditch at Smells. near
Oshkosh. A softened roadbed due to
rains caused the spill. TIE engineer,
James Dolard, was scalded to death
and brakeman, Paul Jake, injured.
whipped out knife and attacked Yer
STRAIT who screamed for help. A crowd
was in the act Of lynching Duranjug
when the police arrived. Verstrat will
recover.
Albert Schmalz, Oshkosh. father of
8 children. dropped dead from heart
failure, due it is said, to drinking
moonshine
E.meer Leach, prominent Oshkosh
manufacturer, dropped dead while ne
was experimenting the unloading Of
carload Of logs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-08
EMOTION is DANGEROUS.

Giving away to an impulse born of
emotion is dangerous thing. Halt
the CHASTITY tragedies are due to some
one going temporarily insane under
the stress of great emotion. Think it
over-hold your impulse in check
then don't. You'll laugh at yourself
a year from now and wonder why you
were SO foolish What seems SO
sternly tragic now will appear com
mon-place a year from now because
other things will come crowding into
your life SO fast that the old heart
aches and fears will be all forgotten
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-08
Notice of final account and to deeter-
mine Inheritance Tax.


mine Inheritance Tax.
County Court, Grant County, Wis
.consin, in Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Min
erva A. Clark, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that at reg
ular term of the county court to be
held in and for said county at the
court house III the city OF Lancaster
in said county on the first Tuesday
tbeing the 9Th day. of October, A. d.
1920, at the opening of court on that
day the following matter will be heard
and considered:
The application of S. H. Taylor as
administrator with will annexed of
the estate of Minerva A. Clark, de-
ceased, late of Lancaster in said
county, for the exam nation and allow
ance of his final account, and for the
assignment of the residue of the es-
tate Of said deceased to such persons
as are by law entitled thereto; and
for the determination and adjudicat-
ion of the inheritance tax, if any,
payable in said estate.
Dated September 3rd, A. D. 1920
BY the Court:
E. B. Goodsell, County Judge.29c3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-08

in their pockets. They pay their way
by doing hauling at various points
enroute. The trip object is to adyer-
tise the trip.
Mrs. Nick Rouster and daughter
Anna, Ncwalbin, were burned to
death when the mother lighted a
match on a bed on which gasoline had
been placed to kill insects. An expIos-
ion followed igniting the clothing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-09-08

William Deafoss, Racine engineer,
hung himself in his home after ask
ing his little daughter to get him a
drink OF water. A wife and eight lit
tie children survive.
A tramp" truck driven by Harold
Shannon OF the Oneida Motor company
OF Green Bay is enroute to Seattle.
Shannon with his mechanic, John All
rens, left Green Bay without cent