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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-05
PAPER SITUATION
| TO Be INVESTIGATED
Palmer Asks Federal Trade
Commission to Report on
Newsprint Associations

Washington, January 4-The federal
! trade commission has been asked by
/ Attorney General palmer to raonen its
/
~ s"'io" VI '"e ->e"spilie Niaiiui f''-
| turers' association, members of which
produce a large proportion of the paper
/ used by American newspapers.
| The Attorney Generals formal request.
| filed Yesterday. and made public today
vas said to have been actuated by scores
| ers asserting that the agreement in set
Element of the antitrust suits against the
i manufacturers association had not been
complied with. This agreement primarily
provided that the manufacturers observe
! prices fixed BY the trade commission until
| three months after the war. and that
small publishers not be made the victims
| OF preferential treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-05
Andrew and M1ogene
LITTLE LIFE CONDOLENCES EXPERIENCE OF COUPLE
PHILOSOTHC, THOUGH MARRIED
ROE

of pleasure and should expect the same
elsewhere. The only reason l should
like to go is simply for adventure.
"I have not consulted my mother
and am writing of my own self will
and am sending my photograph along
with another person. which L ask you
to send back, as it is not an article of
my own possession. You may mark my
person by the one standing. This was
taken nine months ago and / have
changed since.
81 4 simply request that you write me
, in full the things / would have to do;
also write of yourself, the place in
which you live: also if you are young
or middle aged or elderly, and send me
photographs of yourself and husband
and describe both your person and your
husband. | will dictate my own self.
am slight, my complexion fair, lots
of color, denoting plenty Of good blood;
dark brown, curly hair, my eyes, so they
tell me, are now brown, now blue, now
gray. | am a person easy to get along
with when not i'll used. Now, perhaps
you may understand me. Hoping to
hear from you in full at an early date,
m yours for adventure,
"-ROsA ASBURY.
Fairfield. Maine"
The tears were streaming down An
drew's face when Imogene finished the
letter. What did the ad cost your"
he asked.
"A dollar said Imogene Indignantly.
Gimme the letter. he laugh ed
handing her dollar bill; "it is worth
three times the money"
Copyright. 1919, by the Associated
Newspapers
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Get a kitchen artist?s asked Andrew.
Speak English, please, if you want
an answer" said Imogene with dignity.
"Oh, pardon me- relpied Andrew.
Have you secured a successor to Sarah
in the culinary department."
Il have not" said Imogene, "and the
reason | have not is because l was fool
ish enough to take your advice. You
raved so about the wonderful servants
they had up in Maine, where you went
fishing and told me how L could get a
nice country girl who would not run
around nights and want three days ev-
cry week and all that sort of thing, so
sent an advertisement to Bangor
paper for girl
Dear Madam: | was glancing
through the Bangor paper this morning
and CHANGED to see your advertisement.
and, therefore. am writing you. l pre-
fer talking although l cannot do so.
must try and express myself through
writing.
81 will begin with my schooling. Cir
cumstances have made it so | cannot
finish my course this year. so to occupy
my time | am teaching rural school
in Fairfield at present, although my
home is in Cincoteck | have two more
weeks of school, after which | shall re-
turn home.
g should like nothing better than to
come in contact with you; | love adven-
ture. And to go among strangers does
not disgust me or make me lonesome.
like children. but | prefer a place
where they do not exist. therefore l
would like to stay with you. 1 am a
girl of II years although L am small
yes. very small. when compared with
some girls.
Il can do most anything in the
hon hold line such cooking and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-05
Omsk Leader Asks
Assistance of Allies

London, January A Moscow dis
patch quotes Dorpat report as saying
that Admiral Kolchak. head of the
Omsk government. has notified the
United states government that he will
cede part OF Siberia to .Iapan unless
the allies send further assistance to the
white armies to save Russia.
1.-The red cavalry" says the dispatch.
sis at the gates of Taganrog and
Mariucol. and the fall of NovocherkassK
is considered imminent as a sequel to
the capture of Likhaya Junction, where
the red cavalry took $500 prisoners.
General Deniline's troops are fleeing
from Tsar.tsin in panir in the direction
of Tikhoryetskaya tkuban province).
being cut off from Rostov and at the
same time squeezed upon two sides.
The road TO the Caucasus is now
open from the northeast
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-05
VIRGINIA OYSTERS
MAY BE SOLD IN
MARKETS OF ROME

Onancock. Va, January 4.-Vir-
ginia oysters may soon be placed
on sale in the markets at Rome.
DR.. Alfred S. Dennis, commercial
attache in that city and native of
Somerset county. Maryland, has
written to friends in Crisfield as to
the feasibility of shipping oysters
in the shell from Crisfield to Rome.
He suggests that they may be
handled under the same storage
regulations as apply to beef. Ma
tive oysters are selling in Italy at
$50 per barrel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-05
Murderer
Surrenders to Sheriff

Dublin, Ga, January AFTER hiding
in the swamp 10 miles south of here
since Tuesday night Matt Edwards, Sc,
came out today and surrender to
Sheriff w \. Watson. Edwards was
being hunted on a charge of murder, ii
being alleged that he shot and killed
kis wife as she ran from her home.
Several others who were fired upon
escaped Edwards was in bad shape
from hunger and exposure and his feet
frost bitten.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-05

lister and Danville Bee became endan-
gered, and employees working on the sun
day morning issue of the Register had to
leave. The building, however, was only
slightly damagede. So threatening were
the flames that assistance of fire COM
panies from nearby cities was asked.
In the buildings destroyed a number
of professional men were housed. and
they were busy today looking for Of
frees of which there is a shortage in the
city.
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recommended your medicine to several
young ladies' who have all benefit ed
by it."-Mrs. AGNES l.. BELLOWS, 306
Lincoln Rd., East Rochester, N. Y.
Young women who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging down sensations,
fainting spells or Indigestion should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy. -
Write for free and helpful advice to
Lydia Z. Pinkham Medicine Co. ICON
fidentiaD, Lynn, Mass. Women only
open, read and answer such letters.
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T. L. Head Appointed as
Business Superintendent

Montgomery. January 4.-(Special.)-T.
l.. Head. a. well-known Baptist sunday
school worker and educationalleader.h has
teen employed by the Alabama Sunday
School association as business department
superintendent. He will be associated
with General Superintendent Leon c. PAT
mer and work under his general direc-
ton
The position, it is stated carries with II
the general supervision of the office
work and the promotion Of the county
and district organizations throughout the
state. His field will cover the state and
include ALI denominations.
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Lloyd George Has Tenor Voice

BY NSs0CTatbu FTtSs
London, England, January 3.-Premer
Lloyd George is very musical and the
possessor of a fine tenor voice, says
the Church Family Newspaper. He
has several favorite hymns, the chief
of which is "Jabez' He is very fond
of the Welsh mining hymn "Cwm
Rhondda." also "Moriah," "Dwyfor''
and "Brynhyfryd which he sings in
Welsh when attending the Welsh
places of worship.
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pound for several
years and think it
fine. | am a prac-
t il C a | nurse and
when Igetrun down
and nervous / take
the Vegetable Com
pound. | also have
tr o bl e with my
bladder when l am
on my f e e t a n d
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Sanative Wash re-
liaxrac fh,t II have
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-05
This NURSE
ADVISES
Women Who Are iii To
Take Lydia E. Pinkhan's
Vegetable Compound.

East Rochester, N. Y.-fT have used
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
CENSUS DIRECTOR
LOSES DAUGHTER
fey Assoclated ereas.l

Philadelphia, Oct. H.-Miss Ethel
Rogers, a daughter of Samuel l.. Rog-
ers, director of the United States CEN
sus bureau at Washington. died in
the Garretson hospital here early to-
day under circumstances that indicat-
ed that she ended her life with poison,
according to the police.
Miss Rogers, who was 25 years old.
was found in her boarding house, i74O
Green-st, late last night suffering from
the effects of poison. She was rushed
to the hospital and died without re-
gaining consciousness. 1t was not
until today that it became known she
was the daughter of the director of the
census. Mr.. Rogers was notified by
telephone. He said his daughter had
not been in good health and was sub
ject to spells of extreme nervousness
Miss Rogers came to the boarding
house about three weeks ago. She
was employed in this city as a steno-
grapher. The Rogers family is promi-
nent in North Carolina.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12

tions Of California in which you said
The gentlemen in the senate who.
are setting out to defeat this league
OF nations are those l would not trust
over night
% How do you reconcile your re-
cent statement that the president was
responsible for the failure To ratify
the treaty with your statement in your
Metropolitan Opera House speech
March 8 1919, as follows:
III the president insists. as l hope
he viii. that the league be incorporat-
ed in the peace treaty and brings It
back responsibility for postponing
peace, Is with the body that refuses
to ratify it, and also with that part
OF your speech delivered in January.
1920. at the Academy OF Music. Brook
Ign, which read:
I am inclined to think that the
persons who prepared the reservations
as a whole We're shooting down the
avenue at the White House.
Judge Taft and Senator Harding We're
dual objects OF Governor Cox's FIRE
today here and in Illinois. In all four
OF the governors speeches 10 crowds
today at Springfield. Litchfeld and
East st. Louis. Ills, and to his coliseum
crowd tonight, Governor Cox empha-
sized that between him and Senator
Harding was now the clear cut issue
OF league or no league"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
GOVERNOR COX
QUOTES TAFT

very much more drastic than Article
X Of the league?
&c. You say that Senator Harding
has already voted twice for the league
with reservations, but you failed to
say that your candidate within the
last two weeks very definitely an
nounced that il he had it 70 do over
again he would not vote for the league
even with the Lodge reservations?
You say that Senator Harding
promises that as president he will en-
dorse the covenant without Article Y.
To whom has he given the promise
Certainly not to Senator's Johnson and
Borah. Every one knows that he has
Has he given it to you? II so. is it
not given 1t to the American people.
not so much in conflict with Senator
Harding's recent statement that he
proposes from now on to turn his back
on the league-with or without reser-
vations-that it joins both you and
him together in deliberate deception.
assuming that the pledge has been
given to you, then may we not answer
it with your own words. spoken at a
luncheon given by the civic organiza-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
SOUTHERN STOCK
OFFERING Is GOOD
1.-THE Eternal Masdalene" Is Presented
20 Large Audience at Pastime.

The United Southern Stock Co. elect
ed to open its four weeks engagement
at the Pastime Theatre last night
with Robert McLaughlin's famous play
The Eternal Magdalene," drama of
present day life. The play was finely
cast, was well presented and favora-
bly, received. The audience was the
largest the Pastime has ever held.
Bernia Dean was cast in the title
role, with Ed Lawrence as Elijah
Bradshaw the man who learned that
his religion was Pharisaism and hypoc-
risy Henry Caroneas as James Giea-
son., the fighting evangelist. Warren
e. Lyle as John Bellamy," the re-
porter who remained loyal to Brad :
shaw's family, and Verna Warde as
Blanche du Monde the mistress of
a house in the district" completed the
group around which the major theme
was woven.
Herbert Bucher as Paul Bradshaw
Fred Arnold as the villainoIs Arnold
Macy" Fern Rae as ''Bess Bradshaw
who fell victim to Mays wiles, Mabel
Gypzene as Mrs. Bradshaw" John G..
Rae as Judge Bascombe, c. d. Peruchi
as Rev. Smol6t." Laura Burl as 'Sa-
sie," and Tom Clark as Dan Burke
completed the cast.
Briefly, the story is this: James
Gleason, Billy Sunday sort of reli-
gions campaigner, comes to an Illinois
town and rouses the citizens to a MGR
NJ cleanup. The red-light district is
closed. Ihe women are thrown on the
streets. They seek refuge wherever
they can, spreading throughout the
city. 4.
While his family is attending one of
the tabernacle meetings, Bradshaw, a
well meaning but narrow minded bigot
who is paying Gleason. falls asleep,
He dreams that one of the women
seeks and gains employment in his
home because she is his daughter, tile
daughter of a woman he wronged
years before. Next, his son, Paul, is
found short in his account at TIE
bank, where he is assistant cashier.
Then his daughter Bess, runs away
with Macy and Us betrayed. His wife
dies broken hearted. He turns paul
away from home and refuses to allow
Bess to return.
Through all his troubles Bellamy
has remained firm in his love for Bess
and has tried to help Bradshaw ali
though they do not agree on many So
cial questions. Bellamy promises 10
care for Bess at his mothers home
Gleason and Smollet lead a group
Of Gleason's followers to Bradshaw's
home to seize the woman of tee dis
trict and stone her. Bradshaws eyes
are opened. He sees wherein he has
been selfish and unjust He defies the
aiob and shields the woman, crying out
70 those who would harm her. ''Let
hIm who is without sin among you
first cast a stone Bess is received
and forgiven.
The lights go out The woman of the
streets appears as The Eterna: Mag
dalene,' and her message to Bradshaw
is that her work is done that he has
learned she Masters precept.
When the lights again eoals on,
Bradshaw's family is returning from
the tabernacle. They rouse Bradshaw,
VINO announces that he has caaugei
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
HOOVER AGAINST
CHILD l. A B Q r

st. Louis. Oct. ii-Compulsory edu-
cation and prohibition Of child labor
by federal enactment to provide ade-
quately for the welfare of the children
of this country were advocated by Her.
bert Hoover, former United States food
administrator, in an address before
the eleventh annual convention of the
American Child Hygienic association
here tonight.
The entrance of young children into
industry, Mr.. Hoover asserted, results
in the progressive degeneration of the
race and tends to impair the human
resources of the country on which the
coming generations must rely"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
EN- t URGED
(By GssoSafe6 Press.o

Jacksonville, Oct. 1.-THE eighth
annual meeting of the Southern Tu-
berculosis conference opened here to-
day with more than 100 delegates, rep
resenting ten Southern states, present
The program for the first day in
cluded the annual address of President
James P. Faulkner, of Atlanta, sound
ing the keynote of the convention, fol-
lowed by nurses conference. In his
address. Mr.. Faulkner stressed the ut
most Importance of broadening anti
tuberculosis work among the negroes
OF the South. Among other things, he
said the ration of deaths from tuber-
culosis are two negroes to each white
person and two negro women to one
negro man. The conference will be in
session three days.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12

MILK, you know, doesn't cost
1V1 as much on the farm as
in the city. But when it has to
be brought many miles by rail
road to you-when it has to be
kept cold for whole day in big
travelling ice boxes-when 1t has
to be watched TO make sure it
doesn't sour-when it has to be
delivered at your door in expen-
sive glass bottles before you wake
up-all that brings up the price.
Compare this expensive way
with the economical Every Day
way. Right near the farm we
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
FRANCO-AMERICAN
UNITY ADVOCATED
(By Associated Press.)

New York. Oct. i1.-General Marie
Emile Fayolle, representative of Mar
shall Foch to the recent American le-
gion convention, speaking here tonight
at a dinner in his honor. declared
"the complete unity of France and
America is absolutely necessary to the
peace of the world"
The dinner was given by the Lafay-
ette-Marne day committee of New
York and the Lafayette day national
committee and at its close General
Fayolle pinned the cross of knight OF
the Legion of Honor upon Charles
Stewart Dawson, chairman of the La
FayetteMarne day committee.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
DRIVE ON AUTO
ACCIDENTS URGED
tBy Associated Press. }

Atlantic City, n. j.. Oct. ii.-Methods
of reducing automobile accidents,
which it is estimated cause death ev-
cry 81 minutes in the United States,
We're dealt with in an address by q.
III. Talbert director of streets and
sewers of st. Louis. and chairman of
the public safety section of the ma
tional safety council at the opening
session here today of the American
Electric Railway association convens
tion.
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LIQUOR COMES
In BY SHlPLOAD
Continued from Page One

been unable to make the searches of
ships necessary to catch all Struggled
quor because of the time limitation
and have admitted to treasury officials
that they are powerless to check the
growing traffic.
Assistant Secretary Shouse. head of
both the customs service and the
bureau of internal revenue. said two
months ago that 1t would take an
army of agents potrol the shore
lines and defeat smugglers whose
methods were declared to require the
highest grade of detective work even
at that time The present disclosures
were believed to show such increas-
ing boldness as to require more dras-
tic legal action.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
ALLIED BANKERS PLAN CONsoRTIUM

New York, Oct. misrepresentation
Of the United States, Great Britain,
France and Japan met here today in
executive session at the New York
state chamber of commerce to COM
plete organization OF the international
consortium for China tentatively
planned at conference in Paris in
May. 1919.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
PALMER WILL ACT
AGAINST COAL MINERS

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE decis-
ion of Attorney General Palmer to
gather evidence against anthracite
mine owners with a view TO bringing
prosecutions for alleged ppofiteering
follows local agitation against the
high prices charged consumers in
Scranton and vicinity. So far 1t Is
said the contemplated prosecutions
are only local in character, but may
spread to other jurisdictions.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
FELIX DIAZ is
LEAVING MEXICO
(By Assoclated Press

New Orleans Oct. I1-Felix Diaz,
Mexican revolutionist, who for many
years has fought with "Peon armies
to GUST the government that followed
the overthrow of his uncle, Don Por-
fro Diaz, is now on his way to Havana.
from Vera Cruz. having been deported
by the new Mexican government, ac-
cording to information received today
by his wife, who is now residing in
this city. in confidential telegram
from a friend
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
NEGRO CUTS CONDUCTOR
AND is LATER KtLLE

Savannah. Ga, Oct. lin a dispute
over the amount of change given Moses
Young, a negro, last night on a Coast
Line train running from Savannah to
Waycross, Conductor Joseph S. Ivy, of
Savannah, was seriously cut, Today,
near Allenhurst, Deputy Sheriff Sal
lett of Liberty county, attempted TO
arrest Young. who resisted SaIiett
killed him with his revolver.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
WOMEN PASSENGERS ON
SPEEDWELL DIED IN BOATS

New Orleans, Oct. H.-The three
women passengers aboard the Ameri-
can steamer Speedwell. which went
down during the tropical hurricane
September %, persisted in lifeboats
according to information which reach
ed here by wireless today through the
Pacific and Orient oil tanker Sunoil
now enroute from Tampico to Chester.
Pa. One male passenger was saved and
one died Fifteen Of the 10 members
Of the crew We're saved.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12

take out most Of the useless water
and seal the fresh rich milk in tins
you don't pay railroad fares for
water or for ice-and that's how
Every Day Milk can come TO you
with all its rich goodness-steril-
lied, pure as sunshine-for less
money than bottled milk.
Stop wasting money on old
fashioned milk when you can get
Every Day-the modern milk.
Don't be the last woman in your
town 10 save money on your milk
bills. Your Every Day is waiting
for you at your grocers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
DRY AGENTS TO
SHOOT TO KILL
(sy Associates rress.)

Chicago, Oct. 1.-Orders to prohibit
ton agents to "shoot to kill' any one
showing resistance to federal authori-
ties resulted in the death Saturday
night of Mitchell Chapusio alleged lead
er of band of whiskey runners near
Hurley, Wis, and the wounding of an
other man, it was reported at the Of
flee of Major A. V. Dalrymple, region
al prohibition director, today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
Say You Want
"DiamOndDyes'
Don't Spoil or Streak your
Material in a Poor Dye

Each package of Diamond Dyes
contains directions so simple that any
woman can diamond dye new, rich
fadeless color INTO worn. shabby gar
ments. draperies, coverings, whether
wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods.
But Diamond Dyes''-no other kind
then perfect results are guaranteed
even if you have never dyed before.
Druggist has color card-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
UNCLE JOE CANNON
SUFFERS BROKEN WRIST
(By Associated Press.J

FN~NFVSFINNN
Danville, ILL.,, Oct. 11.-Congressman
Joseph G. Cannon suffered consider
able pain tonight from the fracture of
one of the bones of his left wrist last
night at his home here. The injury
was received when he stepped on a
piece of coal in the basement and fell
heavily on his arm. He did not call a
physician until today, who had an
X-ray picture taken showing the
fracture
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-12
SOVIET DANGER IN
PERSIA is PAST
(sy Associated press.)


Washington. Oct. lin ANNOUNCE
ing today that the Bagdad route into
Persia had again been opened, the
state department said the danger of
a bolsheyiki invasion of Persia has
passed" The soviet forces cut the
Bagdad route three months ago, sew
ering Persia from all mail commune
cation with the outside world.