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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-31
Most Extraordinary


 T was greatly amused over what John Cowper Powys said to a friend of mine about my place of business" says J. M. Webb. He told this friend. who told it to me as a good joke, that the distinguished English scholar and lecturer, wanting certain book, dropped into my store in search of it. but was overwhelmed at seeing boots to the right of him, to his left to front and in rear and overhead. veritable avalanche of them which somehow made him afraid that they would come tum- bling down on him.
 "He remarked that in all of his travels 1t was the most extraordinary book shop he had ever been in I don't think he meant it in compfimen tafy sense. but all the same I'm glad that it made an impression upon him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-31

The new King of Greece will have few duties other than motoring about Athens and trying his best to look the part
 # < x Sancho Panza was not more loyal to Dor ouixote than Joe Tumuity is to Woodrow
 The democratic hosts are buoyed up by deep sense of righteousness They will go to the polls pure in heart.
 * * x Tom MarshalPs term of office as court jester draws to close. We can only say Hail and farewell!
 # x # one reason why we enjoy football game is that no football player, to our knowledge, has ever found roll of bank netes under his pillow.
 + x # The front porch may have it's adyan- tages, but the rear platform of train is the place to get acquainted with the plain people.
 # # < Everyone has his pet abomination Per haps yours is the announcement that a motion picture star will appear "in the flesh''
 x x $ Letting schoolboys settle their auarrels with their fists is possibly good plan At any rate, it provides plenty of sport for the teacher.
 x # * Night riders are arrested from time to time, but Brminghanfs highwaymen go merrily about their business, robbing when the spirit moves them
 # * # The report that Jess Willard is trying to 'eome back may be erroneous. but if true. it proves that Jess has a short memory.
 It's terrible thing to make a con- scientious voter believe the chancellories or Europe are plotting to deprive him of his liberty.
 Terence MacSwiney succeeded in making himself martyr without the consent of the British government.
 x * E Elinor Glyns quest of the superman will neither begin nor end with Hon. Dempsey
 * F * The campaign has been objectionable in many respects, but there was a com paratively small output of campaign poetry.
 F $ F At the eleventh hour President Wilson renews his fealty to Governor Cox.
 x Y F The suggestion that the government buy all the whisky in bonded warehouses has not alarmed rum runners. who have all the business they can attend to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-31
INSULTS UNAvENGED

From London Answers.
 The bucolic one had been asked his opinion of scarecrows.
 No good at all l' he grunted-''least ways. against the crowds in this dis trict! Only last year we put up what We thought was fine scar@row-a man pointing gum
 Well what happened?
 Why all the crows in the world seemed to be feeding in that field. and whilst one crow perched on the gun and worked the trigger, another was falling down, ypretending to be shot .'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-31
Red Letter Day

Yesterday was red letter day hi October for the police" said James F.. Jackson. At late hour last night there had not single robbery been committed or at any rate none reported. fhe newsboys. who are quick to note anything of an unusual nature. instead of crying out all about the big mur- der were singing lustily one day passes without hoidup.'
 Birmingham will come into her own as far as publicity goes. If the bal loon races are not enough to put her on the map she can establish crimi- nal record that will make the rest of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-31
Good Bu-in~s.

We are going to have very active business from now until Christmas said Reid Lawson. who has just re- turned from six weeks visit to French Lick Y talked to people from all parts of the country and I make that prediction from their expressions and from the lavish display of jewelry and dress observed
 T enjoyed my long vacation won derrully. but am glad to get home and back to business which is going strong with prospects of a record break ing holiday trade for all the jewellers 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-31
Alabamians to Vote

Alabamians to Vote
 on Seaport Amendment ~ RAVE questions are to be de- Gl cided at the polls on Tuesday, but an issue of great importance to this state is the seaport amendment. Of no less weight is the amendment which will allow this district to ap- ply it's resources at times and in amounts deemed wise by it's people to the development of connections with the Warrior.
 The seaport belongs to all the peo- ple and will serve all the people. It will serve none quite as much as cot ton producers, because no Alabama product is forced to seek a foreign outlet in as great proportion as cot ton.
 It is useless to have a port that is not equipped. If ARbamians wish to export their products with the great est economy and dispatch, they must go through the port at Mobile. <
 The task of fitting that port for it's mission is too big for Mobile and too big for any section of the state. It is a statewide matter, and all Alabama must help.
 The Warrior is the highway to the port of Mobile. The entire nation rightfully regards it as the test of the value of inland waterway de- velopment.
 z x 4
 It will not be necessary to celebrate Armistice Day more than once thie year.
 E * .
 The trouble with most interpretations of Article X isAthat they don't interpret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-31

It will not be necessary to celebrate Armistice Day more than once thie year.
 & x of Article X isAthat they don't interpret.
Evening star., 1920-02-22
It Comes Hiqh.

ELIHu ROOT told at dinner a pro-
hibition story:
1T is astonishing" he said. what
a high value is placed on whisky,
now that prohibition has come in.
Two men were out sailing down in
Florida. They had a bottle with them,
and Jim was taking a drink when q
gust of wind capsized the boat.
Tom clung to the bottom Of tho
craft all right. but Jim, handicapped
by the bottle. was a good deal
knocked about in the seething waters.
"After a time his strength began to
fail him. and. swimming with one
hand and holding the bottle high
with the other. he shouted, despair.
ingly:
tom, I'm afraid I can't make it!
Tom shouted back:
"'Weli, Jim. IL you can't make It.
throw N!"
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Copyright by Bachrach.) e.
not a single ship was sent to the
bottom in this same section of the sea.
That change measures the extent to
which the convoy saved allied ship
ping. But If we examine the situa-
tion in inclosed waters--the North
channel, the Irish sea. ST. Georges
channel and the English channel
we shall find a less favorable state Of
affairs Practically all the sinkings
of April, 1918. occurred in these latter
areas. In April, 1917. the waters
which lay between ireland and Eng =
land were practically free from dep
relations: in the spring of 1918, how
ever. these waters had become a IA
vorite hunting ground for subma =
rines; while in the English channel
the sinkings were almost as numer-
Gus in April, 1918, as they had been
in the same month the year before.
Thus we had to deal with an en-.
tirely new phase Of the submarine
campaign; the new conditions de-
manded q light vessel. which could be
built in large numbers and which
could aggressively hunt out the sub
marines even though they were sail
ing submerged. The subchaser. when
fitted with its listening devices. met
these new requirements, though. of
course. not to the desirable degree OF
precision we hoped soon to attain
with still further improved hydro
phones and larger vessels Of the
Eagle class. then being rapidly built
The matter was presented to the
allied naval council and, in accord
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the British navy in northern waters
that it could not spare many vessels
for this work: the Italian navy was
holding the majority Of its destroy
ers intact, momentarily prepared for
a sortie by the Austrian battle feet:
the Otranto barrage. therefore. inn
portant as it was to the allied cause.
was necessarily insufficient. The Ital-
ian representatives at the allied
council made a strong plea for a con-
tingent of American subchasers to
reinforce the British ships. and tho
British delegates seconded this re-
quest.
In the spring of 1918 I, therefore,
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SINKING,


sent Capt. Leigh to southern Italy
to locate and construct a subchaser
base in this neighborhood. After in
,specting the territory in detail Capt.
Leigh decided that the Bay of Govino,
in the Island of Corfu. would best
meet our requirements. The imme-
diate connection which was thus es-
tabltshed between New London and
this ancient city of classical Gresee
fairly illustrates how widely the
world war had extended the horizon
of the American people. There was
certain appropriateness in the fact
that the American college boys who
commanded these little ships-not
much larger than the vessel in which
Ulysses had sailed these same waters
three thousand years before-should
have made their base on the same
island which had served as q naval
station for Athens in the Pelopon-
nesian war. and which, several CEN
turies afterward. had been used for
the same purpose by Augustus in the
struggle with Antony.
And probably the sight OF the
Achelleion. the kaiser's summer pal
ace, which was not far from this
new American base, was not without
it's influence in constantly remind
ing our young men OF the meaning
of this unexpected association OF
Yankee e-land with the ancient world.
Copyright 1920, by the Worlds Work. The
copyright Of these articles In Great Britain Is
strictly reserved by Pearson's Magazine, Lon
DON without their permission NO quotation
may he made. Published by special arrange
ment with the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
Evening star., 1920-02-22
The Victory at Sea & 4zga|z! s'a#s:

//% HOSE boys can't bring a
ship across the ocean,
some one remarked to Capt.
Gotten, who commanded
the first squadron of sub
chasers to arrive at Ply
mouth, after he had related the story
Of one Of these voyages.
Perhaps they can't" replied Capt.
Cotten-himself an Annapolis man
-~sho admires these reservists as much
ssAs do-"but they have"
And he pointed to thirty-six little
vessels lying at anchor in Plymouth
harbor. just about a hundred yards
from the monument which marks the
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ance with the unanimous opinion OF
all of the members. they recommend
ed that. of the subchasers then avail
able. a squadron should be based on
Plymouth. where it would be advan-
tageously used against the German
submarines. which We're still doing
great damage in the English channel
and that another squadron, based on
Queenstown. should similarly be used
against the submarines in the Irish
sea.
was, therefore. requested to con-
centrate the boats a these two points
and at once acquiesced in this recon-
mendation.
But another point, widely separated
from British waters, also made a
powerful plea for consideration. In
the Mediterranean the submarine cam
paign was still a menace. The spring
and early summer of 1918 witnessed
large losses of shipping destined to
southern France. to Italy. and to the
armies at Saloniki and in Palestine.
Austrian and German submarines. op-
Grating from their bases at Pola and
Catarro in the Adriatic, were respon-
sible for this destruction. If we could
pen these pests in the Adriatic. the
whole Mediterra mean sea would become
an unobstructed highway for the allies.
mere glance at the map indicated the
way in which such a desirable result
might be accomplished. AT it's south
ern extremity the Adriatic narrows in
a passage only forty miles wide--the
Strait Of Otranto--and through this
restricted area all the submarines We're
obliged to pass before they could reach
the waters where they could prey upon
allied commerte.
For some time before the allied
naval council began to consider the
use of the American subchasers. the
keep submarines from passing this
point. A defensive scheme known. not
very accurately. as the "Otranto bar
rage" was in operation. The word
"barrage" suggests an effective bar
rier. but this one at the base OF the
Adriatic consisted merely of few
British destroyers of ancient type and
a large number of drifters, which kept
up a continuous patrolling of the gate
way through which the submarines
made their way into the Mediterran-
can. 1t is no reflection upon the
British to say that this barrage was
unsatisfactory and Inadequate. and
that, for the first few months, 1t form
ed q not particularly formidable OBJ
struction.
So many demands were made upon
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bourg. Havre and other harbors in
France.
In the same fashion, conveys which
came in by way of the North channel
split up as soon as they reached the
Irish sea. In other words, the con-
voys, as conveys, necessarily ceased to
exist the moment that they entered
these inland waters. and the ships, as
individual ships, had to find their way
to their destinations unescorted by
destroyers. or escorted most made
quately.
This was the one weak spot in the
convoy system and the Germans were
not slow to turn it to their advantage.
They now proceeded to withdraw most
of their submarines from the high
seas and to concentrate them in these
restricted waters. Tn April. 1917, the
month which marked the high tide of
German success, not far from "a hun
dred merchant ships We're sunk in an
area that extended about three hun
dred miles west of Ireland and about
three hundred miles south. A year
afterward-in the month of April, 1918
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"ATkCN Is ENIEH1NO
spot from which the Mayflower sailed
for the new world-all of which were
GERS and men, of whom almost none
had had any nautical training until
tho day the United States declared
war on Germany.
Capable as they were, however, I am
sure that these reservists would be
the first to acknowledge their obliga-
tions to the loyal and devoted regu-
lar officers Of the Navy who labored
SO diligently to train them for their
work. One of the minor tragedies Of
the war Is that many OF our Annapo-
lie men, whose highest ambition 1T
was to cross the ocean and engage "in
the game" had to stay on this side.
In order to instruct these young men
from civilian life.
I wish that had the space ade-
Quately to acknowledge the work in
organization done by Capt. John I.
Tompkins; in listening devices by
Rear Admiral 8. 8. Robinson. Capts.
Frank H. Schodeld, Joseph II. Defrees.
Commanders Clyde s. Mcdowell and
Miles A. Libbey and the many scten-
lists who gave us the benefit Of their
knowledge and experience. 1t is inn
possible to overpraise the work of
such men as Capt. Arthur J. Hepburn,
Lyman A. Gotten and William p. Gro
nan in ""iicking" the splendid raw ma
terial into shape. Great credit Is also
due to Rear Admiral 4. p. Magruder,
Capts. David F. Boyd,'s. V. Graham.
Arthur Crenshaw, e. p. Jessop, G. M.
Toxer, H. q. Sparrow and c. p. Nelson
and many others who had the actual
responsibility Of conveying these ves-
sells across the ocean.
I assume that they will receive fuil
credit when the story Of the work or
the Navy at home is written; mean
while they may be assured OF the ap-
preciation Of those Of us on the other
side who depended 80 much for sue
cess upon their thorough work oi
preparation.
The unexpected sea qualities which
the subchaser displayed, and the de-
velopment Of listening devices which
made II possible to detect all kinds OF
sounds under water at a considera BILE
distance, Immediately laid before us
the possibility of direct offensive
operations against the submarine. ii
became apparent that these listening
devices could be used to the greatest
advantage on these little crafts. The
tactics which were soon developed
for their use made 1t necessary that
We should have large number Oi
vessels: nearly all the destroysfs were
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HE Subchases in Europe-nvauable Work of Regular Navy
Men-Offcers Trained Civilians With Patience and Thor
oughness, and Their Work Cannot Be Overesmated One
Squadron Based at Plymouth for Service English Channel
One at Queenstown for Service Irish Sea and One Corfu for
Mediterranean Service.
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then engaged in convoy duty, and we
could not entertain the idea of detail
ing many of them for this more or less
experimental work
Happily the subcha sers started COM
Ing off the ways just in time to fill
the need; and the several allied navies
began competing for these new craft
in lively fashion. France demanded
them in large numbers to work in CO.
operation with their air stations and
also patrol her coastal waters, and
there were many requests from sta
tions in England, Ireland. Gibraltar.
Portugal and Italy. The question of
where We should place them was there
fore referred to the allied naval war
council, which. at my suggestion. con-
sidered the matter. not from tho stand
point OF the Individual nation. but from
the standpoint Of the allied cause as a
whole.
A general survey clearly showed
that there were three places where the
subchasers might render the most
efficient service. The convoy system
had by this time not only greatly re-
duced the losses. but it was changing
the policy of the submarines. Until
this system was adopted. sinkings on
great scale were taking place far out
to sea. sometimes three or four hum
dred miles west of Ireland. The sub
marines had adopted the policy Of
meeting the unescorted ships in the
Atlantic and of torpedoing them long
before they could reach the zones
where the destroyer patrol might pos
sibly have protected them. But sail
ing great groups Of merchantmen in
conveys. surrounded by destroyers,
made this a hazardous adventure, and
the submarines therefore had to
change their program. The impor-
tant point is that the conveys. SO
long as they could keep formation, and
SO long as protecting screens could be
maintained OH their tanks. were vir-
tually safe. Under these conditions
than one-half of one per cent.
These conveys. 1t will be recalled,
came home by way Of two trunk
lines" a southern one extending
through the English channel and a
northern one through the so-called
North Channel"-the latter being the
passage between Ireland and Scotland.
As soon as the inward bound southern
trunk-line conveys reached the Eng
lish channel they broke up. certain
ships going to Plymouth, Portsmouth.
Southampton and other channel ports.
and others sailing. to Brest. Cher
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-20
C. A. R. ASSEMBLIES
IN SAITH ENCAMPMENT
Gathering in Indianapolis to Re
ceive Official Welcome by Gov.
Goodrich TONIGHT.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. September 90
tpy the Associated Press).-Weary
from travel. looking forward in an
ticipation to another meeting with
their comrades of '61 thousands of
civil war veterans arrived here to-
day to augment the thousands already
in the city for the fifty-fourth an
nual encampment Of the Grand Army
OF the Republic. Special trains
brought large delegations from sur
rounding states. while many indi-
viduals arrived from more distant
points.
Today was given over to commit
tee meeting of allied organizations.
Tonight the veterans will be given
an official welcome by Gov James
Goodrich. Daniel NJ. Hall of Column
bus. Ohio, commander-in-ch chief of the
G. A. r., will respond. >,.-
Others to speak at the reception
are Mrs. Alice Cary Risley. president
of the National Association of Army
Nurses of the Civil War; Mrs. Abbie
LYNCH national president of the
Women's Relief Corps Mrs Lillian
Clark Cary, national president of the
Ladies of the Grand Army of the
Republic; Mrs. Clara Gilchrist Yeng-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-20
D. C.. COST. OF LIVING DROPS
FIVE PER CENT IN ONE MONTH

price levels was general is seen in
statistics showing that each of the
fifty-one cities covered by the bu-
reau's survey reported decreases
Minneapolis lead, with a decrease OF IL
per cent, with it's neighbor, st. Paul,
second, with 4 10 per cent decline.
Detroit was third. with a per cent
decrease.
Decreases in Other Cities.
Decreases in other cities follow:
Eight per cent, Chicago, Cleveland,
Indianapolis. Kansas City, Milwaukee,
Omaha. Peoria and Springfield, Ill; Z
per cent, Denver and Memphis; 6 per
cent. Butte, Cincinnati. Columbus
Newark. New York, philadelphia,
Pittsburgh. St. Louis. Salt Lake City
and Seattle; ) per cent. Baltimore
Birmingham, Bridgeport. Buffalo, Dali
las. Fall River. Louisville, Manchester,
n. H; Rochester and Washington; 4
per cent, Atlanta. Boston, Houston,
Los Angeles. Mobile; New Haven
Portland, Me-; Portland, Ore: Provi-
dence, San Francisco, savannah and
Scranton; per cent. Little Rock, New
Orleans and Norfolk; . per cent, Jack
sonville and Richmond, and l per cent,
Charleston, S. c..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-20

The cost of living is decreasing, ac-
cording to statistics compiled and
compared by the Department of La
boris bureau of labor statistics.
Washington has had 5 per cent de-
crease between July Is and August
Is. while there has been a per cent
increase during August 1920 over Au-
gust, 1919.
Twenty-seve of the forty-three
standard articles going into the
American family market basket de-
creased in price last month, the fig
ures of the Labor Department show.
The retail price of potatoes fell "A
per cent and the price of cabbages
went down Al per cent. The drop in
sugar prices is placed at IA per cent.
Most kinds of meat decreased in
price.
Eggs Up II Per Cent.
Eggs went up IL per cent in price
during the period. With this excep-
ton. and pork chops. which increased
per cent, the increases in other food
stuffs We're > per cent or less.
Indications that the decline in food
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-20
PALESTINE IMMIGRATION
CONDITIONS ANNOUNCED

LONDON. September, 1e CJewish
Telexraphic Agency)-The conditions
which will govern the entry OF I'M
migrants into Palestine. just made
nublic by the administration of the
district, are contained in dispatches
from Jerusalem today. Each imml-
rant must possess a passport Vlseed
BY the British consul of his city,
ample proof that he will be able TO
sustain himself for at least year
and a certificate as TO his physical
All ports of entry into Palestine
viii be supervised strictly by immi-
ration officials already appointed,
and every immigrant admitted into
the country will have to register
With the local police within ffteen
davs from the date of landing. Fail
ure 70 register will lay the immi-
rant open to immediate expulsion.
Tourists and pilgrims will not be re-
o,,ired TO register.
Sir Herbert L. Samuel, the British
high comm issioner, is vested with
the right to eXpel any Immigrant
within five years from the date of
his arrival IL he has broken the laws
OF the country or if such expulsion
is proved TO be in the interest of the
state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-20
SCOTTISH COMMUNIST
MINE COUP PREDICTED
Soviet System Of Control Sought
Through Seizure Of Coal Pits,
According to Rumors.

LONDON. September 20 tby the AS
s.~tatsa s)-Extraordinary ru-
,,ors are in circulation throughout
Lanarkshire to the erect tnat the
leaders of the Scottish commanls.
Io,n 10 be sprung at Blantyre. eight
rniIss southeast of Glasgow. says a
bignatch 10 the Westminster Gazette
Frorn Hamilton. Scotland
'Tc is asserted that the casnieTs
.nd officials have been bluntly toio
rat seizure of the coal pits is imml-
n.nt and that it is proposed to estab-
Iish a soviet system Of mining con
rolls" the dispatch adds: the au-
thorities are not skeptical OF tne Iulho 3ho
Tor they are not unminoiui VI inc
undercurrent at work
a dispatch almost similar in tone
has been received by the Exchange
Telegraph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-20
LIGHTERS LOST AT SEA.

WILMINGTON. y. e.. September 20.
-Bunsted by heavy seas Oft Frying
pan shoals Saturday night, the tug
Christiabeli, Capt. Tom Davis, lost
i've Of six unladen lighters she was
towing from Norfolk, Va, to Cuba.
The tug put to sea again in search
of the lighters. each of which has one
man aboard