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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-07

In our pursuit OF the mighty
dollar, we too often are absorbed
In the topics OF the day. pleasure.
etc. 10 stop and consider our
health. Stop now--think kidney
diseases caused 10000 deaths last
year. Are you going 10 be included
in this years toll2 why. you win
exclaim. do so many die, why are
the health authorities 30 con
corned. the answer Is. we bolt
down our food. take no exercise,
neglect our sleep and otherwise
subject our system TO all sorts OF
abuse. IL 1t any wonder then the
kidneys become diseased and fail
in their duties OF poison elimIna-
ton?
Poisons are constantly being Gre
ated In our bodies and II the kid
neys fail to carry them Off they
are absorbed by the blood, causing
III health and misery in the form
OF headaches. backaches. tired feel
ing. indigestion, etc.
You may avoid considerable suf-
fering II you heed natures warn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-07
Big Milk Company
Elects Officers

T. A. stuart. head OF the carna.
tion MIX Products Co. was elected
president % the Metropolitan cosn.
pauy Tuesday TO succeed G. IL.
Cobb. who retired because OF his 70.
moyai 90 Pasadena. Cal
Cobb was named a vice president
along with o. u. Fisher. Langdon
Henry and w. IL. Talbot j. y.
Douglas was re- elected secretary and
general manager. W. T Douglas.
assistant manager and assistant sec
Rotary. NJ. o. u. Fisher. treasurer.
II. NJ. Fletcher. assistant treasurer
Trustees elected were; A. =. Coats.
{. II. Cobb. w. q. Collins. v.
Douglas. n. u. Emerson. NJ. o. ID.
Fisher. Langdon Henry. u. n. Mer.
rili. c. y. siimson. T. 4. stuart and
". II. Talbot.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-07
Policeman Killed
in Night Battle

ABERDEEN, Jan. THE body OF
Jack Greer. night police officer. was
found with n bullet wound thru the
heart ON a dock here late Tuesday
night.
Local police believe Greer discov-
cred bootleFgcrs In the act OF land.
ing n shipment 81 liquor. attempted
to arrest them and was killed in the
attempt His own gun was found
with four empty chambers nearby.
Powder marks on his body indi'
cate the bullet which killed him was
fired from gun held close to him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-07
Parker Elected
Post Commander

Thomas n. Parker was elected
post commander OF Rainier Post, No.
Il. American Legion. at the annual
election Tuesday night. Other officers
chosen 20 serve for the ensuing year
are. Lewis v Schweilenhacf. vice
comma nder. Howard T.. Macdonald.
adjutaua. and Percy ~ Smith. IL
nancial officer Fred W. Lleweilyn.
retiring commander. W. N. TnRils
and r. II. Colvin were elected
trustees.
Fred u. Hamilton. war risk In
sufance officer for the state Of
washington. spoke on the various
bills now pending before congress
that affect the ex.service man.
The new woman's n thing Of the past.
The new man liz viewed with dis
dain.
But the new baby 10 always allowed
As the household tyrant to reign.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-07
HUNGRY BUT
DAREN'T EAT
Take 'Pape's Diapepsin" and
eat favorite foods
without fear

Your meals hit back Your stomach
is sour. acid. Rassy and you feel
'bloated after eating, or you have
heavy Jumps OF indigestion. pain or
headache. but never mind. Here IL
instant relief.
Don't stay upset Eat tablet Of
Papss Diapcpsin. and Immediately
the Indigestion, gases, acidity and
all stomach distress caused by acidity
ends.
Pape's Diapepsin Tablets are the
surcst. quickest stomach BELIEVERS In
the world. They cost very little at
drug stores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
TRUE COURTESY

From the American Legion Weekly.
 In one of the smaller cities in cen tral France used by a division head quarters during the winter of 1s1S- 1919. Alphonse the barben endea1ored to learn to speak English. To this end he was diligently coached by numerous Yank dispatch bearers. Sergeants major and clerical workers, and Al phonse learned fast.
 , No less a parsonage than the com manding general of the division strode into the barber shop one day and de- manded a shave in a hurry Alphonse, who was tending lowly enlisted cus- toner knew rank when he saw it. and rose to the occasion.
 "Sairtainlee. mon General" he re- piled. lowing with true French po- liteness. Sect downs mon General an you be nex, you beeg steef.''
 The general waited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
Cast That Ballot

When the news of the ratificatio of the suffrage amendment was re- ceived in Birmingham, a friend of mine told me he immediately called his wife who was an ardent suffragist, over the telephone" said Solon Jacobs. By mis- take he had gotten the wrong number but when q childish voice answered the phone, he told her to tell her mother to come to the phone. The woman came and he thinking it was his wife and that she would recognize his voice sad Well. I'm going to run for office will you vote for me?' The woman failed to recognize the voice, but quick ly answered, Yes, but who are you? My friend then realized he had the wrong number and immediately apolo- gized. The funny thing about the mat ter is the fact that the woman has promised to vote for my friend and he doesn't know who she is nor does she know who he is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
Governor Acts Wisely
 in Legislative Call

~ OVERNOR KILBY has decided M that an extra session of the Alabama legislature is necessary to provide for the registration of women voters and for the proper protection of the ballot box in Alabama. He has set September A as the date.
 It has been recognized for some time that extra legislation will be necessary to enable Alabama women to take part in the national election in November, and as no one in the state would want to deprive them of this privilege, the governors decision will meet with almost universal ap- proval.
 Governor Kilby is also right in an- nouncing that nothing will be in cluded in the call except the most imperative matters. He rightly calls attention to the fact that business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
HUNTING CAVETIGERS OF CHINA

the interests of Keni-ai nmy arrival arg the little temple of the village where guests usually put up was being used for joss pidgin, 80 1 was quartered in an or dinary house. Tai1off promptly engaged seven hunters. and, though at first sigat they appeared to be only gnod-naturs1 and unenthuaidstic, they were better con
 ditioned than their comrades. and inc old- CT ones bore reputation for skill and bravery. stF
 Each man was equipped with | 1eai and torch. The spear is armed Nith three strong iron ,rongs, the outer points 5easg sixteen inches arart. This trident is il
 ted firmly on the end of stout roie three feet long. The torch, which Is even a greater protection than the spear, is made from slender piece of bamboo longer than the spear, so that the lighted end projects we'll beyond thedetrident when the torch and spear are held to- gether by the hunter. The smaller end of the bamboo shoot is gashed witA Il knife and old rags woyer in and out among the splinters. When this ad ls soaked with Iinseed oil 1t is ready for the match. Five Of these torches light up a cave sufficiently well for shooting, and with spears make ;i tormidah hle barrier, !n the hands of determined men, which the tiger will seldom charge unless wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27

From The Cave Tiger of China" by
 William Lord Smith, in the September Scribner
 6T1HE hest caves for hunting and the H only ones the men like to explore S have one opening, the same for en- trance and exit. These openings lead through bottle-necked burrows to the caves below. To hunt the cave tiger you
 must craw in on all fours through these winding tunnels, with rifle in hand and guided by the flash of torches carried by the hunters one of whotn goes ahead. You may worm yourself along through the tunnel ;n this manner ten twenty, even fifty yards, into the hillside. you- path so narrow at times that you arc compelled to squeeze yourself between the rocks At length you see a black specfz ahead When this is lit up by the torches
 cave opens into view, and then if lucky opposite rock wall within ten or fifteen fleet his white whiskers bristllng in a snarl of rage as he blinl.s at the bright torches ough narrowed eyes. If the tiger is at home your work is simple. and you are no. bothered by choice of action
 Retreat is ircl ossible and you have but one thing on hand, to kill the tiger. religious festival was absorbing all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
Corgas Memorial
 Planned In Panama

N WASHINGTON dispatch says AA movement is under way to establish in Panama an international institute for the study of tropical dis eases, as memorial to the distn- guished Alabamian, Maj Gen. Will liam c. Gorgas, former su geon gen eral of the army.
 General Gorgas did perhaps his most important work in cleaning up" Panama, althou g,i his services were in request in many parts of the world. He did not build the Pan anna canal, yet he pade its c9r' true tion possible and converted a fover- ridden country into one cf Be n l healthful spots in the western hemi- sphere, truly a remarkable achieve ment in sanitation.
 It is fitting that memorial to General Gorgas should be located in Panama, where he first won inter national fane. The nature of the memorial is eminently practical, and lit is no doubt the kind that General l Gorgas himself would most desire, since it will carry on the great work which he did so well.
 The Panama government is said to be willing to donate the million dol lar St. Thomas hospital for this pur- pose. No better way could be de- vised to honor the memory of a man who was benefactor to humanity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
x :: 4 New Rates Entail A Moral Obligation

1H HE higher freight and express
 J rates are in effect. The coun- try has accepted them with good grace.
 The nation expects cordial compli- ance with the contract by both par ties. It has repudiated federal own ership and reattached it's seal of ap- proval to private ownership and in- itiative.
 The states, one after the other, accepted, in the-name of their peo- pie, the rate advances granted by the federal body. There was no argu- ment pro and con. It has been real ized by the American people, who in- dividually ask for a good wage for a days work, that all service is en- titled to fair compensation. The nation is not penny wise, pound fool sh. It wants service; it is willing to pay for it.
 Business and morals were once de- clared separate quantities without a tangible connection. Humankind has pronounced that verdict a false enc, baneful one, and one that is un- economic. Morals are tied up in the contract between the nation and the carriers. The nation expects the moral. obligation to be observed as strictly as the letter of the contract.
 It is a splendid opportunity for human relationship to make good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
e T' T None But the Best" Good Paving Slogan

11 HE agitation of street paving in I Birmingham is fraught with untold good to the people and to the authorities to whom they have en- trusted their affairs.
 Public, performance can never rise above what the people themselves de- mand, because public performance rests on the shoulders of the same kind of persons as those who chose their officials.
 Faulty paving is as much the sin of those who have not heretofore raised their voices in protest as of those who laid the faulty paving, and those who should have seen that none such was laid.
 It required more than a generation ! for Alabamians to realize what they wanted in roads. The first concep- tion was a cleared right of way with trees and rocks removed. Then it was a road with chert or dirt on top. After such roads had washed taway and millions of dollars had gone with the washing, the idea of a per manent hard surfaced road came to the fore No other kind is now con- sidered in the construction of high ways.
 When Birmingham's slogan is None but the best" there will be no other class of paving. The de- mand of the age is for good service and good pay for it. The paving agitation is getting us out of the rut of easy. going acceptance of poor work and into stern demand for our moneys worth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
T9 '. T An Outsiders View of Home Conditions

N TIER spending month in Bir- sA mingham, Montgomery and other parts of Alabama, a Chica- goan who signs himself James Owen O'Connor, was so unfavorably im- pressed with this state that he wrote a letter to The Age Herald about it, The average visitor who says, ,"You have great state" or "a fine town,,' is not always sincere. He is often trying to make himself agreeable. MT. O'Connor is not that sort of visitor. He is amazingly frank, yet there is truth in what he says.
 For instance, he attacks the pro- posed Sunday closing law which would have made Birmingham the laughing stock of the country. That ordinance was decisively beaten, so in one particular our Chicago critic fired a ''dud" But we do have "jelly- y-beaus," as he calls them, in- festing the street corners and loung- ing in front of department Stores, where their presence is an insult to decent womanhood and their remarks would procure them a thrashing from fathers, husbands and brothers, if they were overheard. The street "masher" is not a problem. He could be easily driven from his favorite haunts. Why is he permitted to flourish unmolested?
 Alabama" continues Mir. O'Con- nor, "has the most stringent laws on alcoholic drinks of any state in the Union, yet corn whisky is easier to get and very much cheaper here than anywhere else. Get some intelli- gence in your lawmaking and some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27

honesty in its enforcement, then ask people to come and live with you"
 Right again, but intelligent law making is not the forte of Ameri- cans, apparently. The highest law making body in the land, Congress, is no exception to the general rule. We'll have intelligent laws and intel ligent legislators, as well as honest law enforcement, when citizens of ability and integrity regard the pub lie business as their business, and not before. Until they can be per suaded to devote little time to elect ing the best men to office and putting the right kind of laws on the statute books, instead of concerning them selves exclusively with their private affairs, not only Alabama, but near ly every other state in the Union will continue to "muddle along"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
Ho,r to Heat "H. C. L.v

'It is reasonably certain that every housewife in Birmingham is inter ested in the problem of reducing the high cost of living,'H said Mrs. o. W. Colgan. This being the case, I know of no better start that can be made in this direction that by patronizing the city market
 Tt is, of course, not near as con venient to buy vegetables at the mar ket as when one orders over the phone or buys that from the peddler, but the saving in the cost and the freshness of the produce fully justify the time and trouble in dealing direct with the pro- ducer.
 T have been a regular patron of the city market from it's first estab- lishment. and change of location makes no difference to me, for fully appre- ciate the saving it means to the pro- wider for large family
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
A TWILIGHT HYMN

From the Atlanta Constitution. A summer twilight. glory-wrought aaa
 still. Dim shadows on the blu: The meadow brush, full bloom via
 scented things A-whirr with weary wings. Beneath sky. low-bent with silent
 stars. One stands beside the bars And lifts a song. full flowing e sns
 brim In penitential hymn. The Astant hills caught up the sweet
 old song. In echoes swift along. 'Tiil notes. like those from sorae ce
 lestial Tyre. Came down and set on fire The singers soul, and when the lass
 note died Across the meadows side Night folded all. in sleep. bensatA ae
 wing. Dreaming of those who sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
SUPREMACY OF MORNING PAPER

From the oregon City Enterprise. The leading newspaper of New York city is the Times In Boston it is the Post. In Chicago it is the Tribune. Tn Portland it is the Oregonian In
 Eugene it is the Register. In Astoria l it is the Historian. Of course, there are some exceptions There are bound to be, but these are certainly the eNcep- ton and not the rule.
 The average person wants his news
 paper when he or she comes downstairs in the morning. He wants to know what has happened over the world while he has been asleep. He knows If he is any sort of an analyst, that
 the morning paper has first call on l3 l per cent of the news that breaks over 1 the world, and 90 per cent of the news /! that happens locally. The afternoon i paper must close it's forms soon after noon and there Is little that happens during the morning hours. The morn l ing paper publishes first all of the
 news that comes from noon until after
 midnight and it is still news when it | reaches the reader.
 l This s evidenced by newspaper cir 1 cula tions.. The establishment of the
 rural route has worked to the advan- | tage of the morning newspaper which
 arrives at the farm house at the same
 time as the afternoon paper of the day ! before
 1 It is not our desire to knock the aft ernoon daily. It has field of its own. 1 just as the morning paper has. The ! afternoon newspaper is for the man
 who is in 6 hurry and is satisfied to glance at the headlines and absorb quickly the chief events recorded on 1 the front page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27

From the Wall Street Journal.
 6NHERE is an organization having
 for it's professed object the aa-
 S vancement of the negro race Tn this country and even in Africa, which calls for comment in view of the impor- tance, in the aggregate, of the colored man in the nations supply of labor The mere fact of solidarity makes any or ganization much more serious propos'- tion than mob, however riotous and even murderous. If there are 2,oVoVOo negro members paying dues of only sl a year each to this movement to set up an imperium in imperio in the United States, that fund of actual cash is cap able of doing considerable mischief.
 It is sometimes forgotten, and many people who never saw Africa do not know it. that the American negro is not merely hopelessly inferior morally, in tellectualy and physically to any of the white races He is inferior to most of the African races, allowing for every thing that education, religion and up lift" have done for him here. The reason is one which anyone but an incurable sentimentalist will understand. The slave traders in Africa sraided only the inferior tribes. The others could protect themselves against a small raiding party. however well armed, and invariably did so.
 It was the comment of one who had spent years in Africa and who was sur fciently familiar with the negro here, m the south as we'll as in the northern cities, that he had never in twenty years seen an American negro fit to compare in intelligence and physique, With 'N' African Basuto or his first cousin' tue Zulu. In South Africa, which no" eA- tends for 1000 miles north to the AaH- besi river and beyond 1t, the American negro political missionary is talkatiVe and notwithstanding nuisance. but IS re- garded with contempt by the high pred Amazulu races, self-respecting and re- spected.
 This is not to say tlsat any white man is the superior of any given negro. But 1t
  beritor of countless generations of saw aeerv and voodooism into white man py the application of philanthropic taicum nowder. or the subcutaneous injection Of wbitewash. The AngIo-Saxon raee is yindication of heredity. It has taken thousand years to develop it's standard of intellisence and it's capacity for self government. Its mere machine for free government has repeatedly failed to fune- tion in less capable hands. That ma chine in Liberia Hayti and san Dohihso has not operated to prevent the descen- dants of slaves from relapsing into par barism.
 There are POO. 900 0OO people in Africa. II is srandiloquently proposed by this or sanitation at New York to unite these' under the leadership of the American ne- gro. There are dozen races in -Airiea' Arab Copt and Negroid, each exceeding our entire negro population. whose ca pacity for self-government, individual IE- telhsence and physique are above the level of the best negro community m tn's country. It is more than probable tha if Ashev were invaded they woul make slaves of the invaders. Slavery is not ex- tinct in Africa. and the slaves are stili drawn from exactly the same tribes which originally supplied the American slave market
 There is something sufficiently si. lster
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
Wants City Flower

Some cities are noted for different flowers" said H. Key Milner, and am glad to see that Birmingham is fast becoming crepe myrtle city for the beautiful clean looking trees waving their pink plumes are in evidence ev- anywhere. There is no prettier orna- mental tree. l was near Oak Hill Gene tery recently and was surprised at the number and the beauty of the crepe myrtles. l hope the citizens interested in the 'city beautiful- will plant them and that the those in charge of the parks will see to it that many are set out. It is a typical southern tree and ought to be used by all lovers of south ern things"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
A VITAL STATISTIC
From the Ada (o.) Herald.

From the Ada (O.) Herald.
 Rev. John w. Slack wishes to correct report being spread by s. NJ. McCur- dy to the effect that Rev. Slack's boy weighs twenty-five pounds. It seems that MT. McCurdy interpreted an ice card in the minister's window to ho . bulletin on the baby's weight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
ITS BEING DONE.

"In addressing suffragist never refer to her as a member of the weaker sex T wouldn't dare to-
 And now that woman's suffrage has become a law of the land, no longer speak of her as one of the dowptrodden." :" T understand that, but how shall ad- dress herr"
 "If you are catering to the women's s vote, cal her the hope of the nation"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
DRAWING THE COLOR LINE

about this organization to deserve care- full watching. There is a mixture Of Ponzi and ''prolesariat,' a promise f something for nothing to the ignorant
 rupes, and a threat to the public peace
 arising out of their disappointment. Like other current agitation, 1t is largely a
 product of abnormal wages The field for self-interested agitators to fertilize through envy and inherited laziness, is obvious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
BLESS FEM.
From the Philadelphia

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 The suggestion that women used fraud in Tennessee is worthy of the dark ages. All of us know that there never was a woman who was cross oi unkind or Immoral or criminal or any. thing but angelic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED.

Why do you patronize this shoe-shih- ing parlor in preference to any other? Do you get better shine here?"
 No said Mir. Clipping, T don't, but the bootslack repartee here is the best in town There are some born humor- sts among these shoe pollshers."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
GOOD STUFF.

You say the speaker delivered some well-chosen words?"
 He certainly did. He chose some words from the classics that have been regarded as standard of excellence for thousand years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27
PLIGHT OF RUSSIAN PEASANTs Ero,, fho Chica rA Nouyo

From the CnICdgo NeWs.
 Reference to the official constitution of soviet Russia shows that there tx a large grim joker in the alleged prom ise of free land to the peasants. The peasants are given the land to work. but the central government dictates the crops that are to be raised and the Property in land is vested in the so- viet state. Instead of being free land owners. the Russian peasants arc slaves to the land. just as were the serfs in former days and the hslots of ancient Sparta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-27

Teach me, God. the lesson of friendship. Grant me 10 give myself unstintedly in love to those about me for only sO can l joy in the love that others bring to me. Amen.-- M. $. Fl.