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The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-10-16

Seamen-inured to the hard Of the open, Of
machinery, Of the dangerous ocean--once they
were men,. Sailors of the Black Sea, convict
ed for having refused to be lawless and con-
scienceless mercenaries, they are in prison.
I saw them gaunt, with drawn features,
they were calmly waiting. asked them about
the details Of their misery; the five francs per
month which their families are allowed to send
Them their wretched life which slowly passes
by with a glass of hlackish water, called coffee,
bought eacn morning, to cheat starvation.
the wooden planks which serve them as bed
=. But they cut my pitying questions short:
Don't waste time' they said. "Have they
understood our action? Are they going to help
us?'
explained. They answered: L
'sWords, always words; they don't know how
to organize as we did, in spite Of our officers,
of cold and the hardship Of being so far, ~
kept quiet. They continued:
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-10-16
SATURDAY, OCT. 10th, 1920,

Of the workers are being met by counter moves
on the part of the masters. There is drawing
together Of both classes, spirit of solidarity
is showing itself amongst the workers which
heretofore has not had expression.
The handwriting has appeared on the wall,
and the masters class, unlike the Eastern king
Of old, have read it, and are prepared to fight
to finish.
Mr.. Keynes sees only the death-t -threes He
either could not or did not see the birth pangs.
He sees the utter breakdown Of an economic
system. He forsees a struggle of an intellectual
ly bankrupt class to retain it's supremacy, in
defiance of these very principles of efficiency
which the modern business governments are
supposed to be based upon.
The Parting Of The Ways.
Fellow-workers, we are at the parting Of the
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-10-16
They Wait....

BY Michel Marty, in 'La Vie Ouvriere." T"
(Translated For The Toiler) IS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
Biggest Bout
 Comes First

New York, November 3.-Promoters of the Dempsey Carpenter heavy weight championship bout denied today that this contest would be preceded by one between Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard The return match between Dempsey and Willard is to take place on March IT, according to a state ment made by Dempsey in Montreal yesterday.
 It is known, however, that such a match has been in the making for some time and q definite announcement is expected to follow the formal sign ing of the Dempsey Carpenter con- tract Friday. Willard and many of his supporters have been clamoring for a return battle against Dempsey. but tentative arrangements made several months ago were sidetracked for the Dempsey and Carpenter match.
 It is stated on good authority that the Dempsey and Carpenter contract Will permit Carpenter to engage in fistic battles in Europe and Dempsey in America before their clash next summer.
 Neither can invade the pugilistic ter ritory of the other prior to the cham pionship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
GEORGES CARPENTER EXPLAINS HOW FRANK
 KLAUS DEFEATED HIM

Pittsburg. November S.--(Special)-- Georges Carpentier was telling of his ring career; when he reached Frank Klaus he, for the first time, gave his opinion of the x-middleweight cham pion. He considers himself imm cas- trably better as boxer, but Klaus was a "superman." He said:
 No man was ever harder than he was; it broke my heart to realize as I did that he could not be hurt. |. All he wanted, all he sought, was to get to close quarters, and then, no matter how I slashed and cut and stabbed, to reach my body and on this day Frank Klaus was a king among infighters. was making points in abundance. and yet as round succeeded round, I saw Klaus was none the worse. hit fim hard enough to kill him, and then by sheer unbelievable strength and an indifference to punishment that was positively uncanny, he forced himself to close quarters. Then he punished me terribly"
 The end of it was when there was only one round to go, Carpenter re- ceived a body blow which made blood come from his mouth, and Descamps. his second, leaped into the ring, cry ing. "I will not have you killedr This. of course. disqualified Carpentier, who vas furious, but in few hours felt that he could but embrace his dear Francois"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
Panther Clan
 About Ready
 ForBigGane
By JOHN E. HOLMES

With fair weather as an ally. Coach Brown is daily sending his crew through some hard workouts in preparation for the contest with Coach Donahue's heavy eleven The followers of the Gold and BiscA seem confident that moderately close score will be the result of this iracss For it is a fact that as a result or Anourn's tilt with Georgia, their phys ical status. as well as their pride. has undergone big upheaval. Birmingham southern men are now back to normal as regards Injuries and this will be an advantage to the Partners.
 It was thought and greatly hoped that Bob Rowe, the Panther's star wingnau. would have sufficiently recovered to be able to see action in this game But a. short time ago he had to undergo an- other operation in order to reset the broken collar bone, an injury which he received in the first game of the season. This will put him out of the game for the entire season
 There is one thing in which the boys from the Magic City can just about equal the Plainsmen. That is in bunting. The Methodists have as a booter, Capt. Eddie Lewis who. under the excel lent coaching of Ginks Gillem. well-ac- knowledged as one of the south's great est punters, has this year developed a very wicked style of spiraling the oval through the air. This above named gent Will be source of constant worry to the Auburnites in more ways than that His defense playing is unquestionably very good, he having a way of tackling all his own and which means a sure down for every man he gets his hands on.
 Miller. Birmingham -Southern's star fullback. will not probably get a chance to star as he did against Spring Hill but his playing will serve the Partners in good stead.
 A goodly number of students are ex pected to accompany the team on their Journey to Montgomery, and give them their side line support. This has proven big asset to the Panther eleven in the previous games. The entire student body has the spirit and will stand back or their team to the last breath. So look out Auburn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
FROM CHAMP PICKENs

Received the following from ChamI Pickens, commenting on an article ap bearing on this page on Monday morn lng, in which a comparison was mad' )etween Vandy and Alabama by tn, |9mparative score method, in which i v&s< stated that the two teams ar, evenly matched:
 "Fricnd of Mine;
 'sReferring to enclosed clipping. don't overlook fact Vandy scored 20 points in first half against Ken tucky. then took out first team and sent in scrubs.
 "A1abnma will meet different sfeam from one Auburn slaughtered. sNendy's morale and physical con Hilton will be tip-top. It is sure to De close. Teams are very evenly f,matched. One lucky forward pass May decide 1t. vandy, in my epin- .1en. outweighs Alabama. T "Yours very truly.
 "CHHAMP PICKENS."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
45O Eggs From Seventeen Hens
 in Thirty Days-In Alaska

Mrs. Annie Burch, Petersburg, Alaska writes T have been using Pratts Poultry Regulator and am getting 15 eggs daily from IT hens. I am proud of my chickens, as our climate in Southeastern Alaska is so wet and cold that no one here tried chicken raising before."
 This would be a good record in New Jersey, Ohio or California-THTNK OF TT IN COLD, BLEAK, WET SOUTH EASTERN ALASKA.
 Pratts-. Poultry Regulator, mixed with d good egg making ration, is guaranteed to make hens lay anywhere any month, regardless of c1imate-or your money will be refunded.-Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
Zach Gets Away
 With This Play
 BecauseHeD Dared
BY JAMES J. CoRBETT.


 A chain of circumstances frequently saves ball player from being tossed | into the bone-head class.
 The first two combats of the world series of 1920 involved at least two plays where an athlete executed a blunder which would have made him the target of criticism-if luck hadn't favored him afterward But luck did favor him and the mistake which he made did not count against his team.
 WambSganss, the Indians second base man, was the first offender Ivan Olson was on first base and Jimmie Johnston was at bat for Brooklyn. Johnston drove low liner squarely at Wambs- ganss. It struck the second sackers hands about foot off the ground but the drive was so swift that it knocked itself out of Wambsganss hands. He re- covered 1t quickly and then threw to second base He forced out Olson there but the effort of Shortstop Sewell to make double play on Johnston failed.
 Most folks will contend that it was the logical play for Wambsganss to make, but, under the circumstances it was not. For, at the moment that the ball hit Wambsganss' hands. Olson was only six or eight feet off first base. Olson did not dare to run further for fear of heading into a double play in case the ball was caught.
 THE WRONG PLAY
 So. at the moment that the ball was picked up by Wambsganss, Olson was only few feet off of first base but Johnston, the runner, was at least half
 ay to the initial sack. Now, if Wambc ganss had tossed the ball to first base. he could have retired Johnston by 70 feet. Then the Cleveland first base man could have tossed to second and nipped Olson by at least 20 feet.
 Fortunately. nothing happened after the mental lapse the part of Wamhs- ganss and no mention was made con- cerning him. But if it so happened that the man he permitted safely on first had scored a run which eventually tied or won the ball game. there would have 1 been Q lot of condemnation for failure of the Cleveland second baseman to use his head. zack Wheat the brilliant captain of the Brooklyn Dodgers. made daring play in the second game of the series. lie got away with it largely because of lack of alertness on the part Of Sewell. But if. Wheat had not luckily reached second base and the failure in that connection had ruined Brooklyn s chances for victory. he surely would have been banned.
 It happened in the opening inning. Johnston was on third base when Wheat came to bat. The Dodger outfielder promptly drove safely to center and Johnston scored. Speaker pcAed up the ball. and Fealizing that sometimes players attempt to stretch an ordinary single into a two-bagger. made a per feet throw to Sewell at second. GETS AWAY WITH IT As Speaker got the ball on the bound, Wheat started for the keystone sack. It looked like certain suicide. But he tore along at top speed just the same Sewell got the ball while Wheat was still 20 or 9 feet from the bag. He turned around slowly with the idea ot throwing the ball to the pitcher. He had no thought that Wheat would at tempt running to second. The very dar- ing of the play saved Wheat, for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
"POP" WARNER WOULD
 SWAP HIS BACKFIELD
 FOR LAFAYETTE LINE

Pittsburg, November S.-(Special)- Glen Warner. coach of the University ot Pittsburg football team. has noth- ing but praise for the great work of the veteran Lafayette college line in Saturdays contest with Pitt. After the game Warner went to Jock Suther- land, in the Lafayette dressing room, and said Lafayette has a wonderful line. Tt is the best I have seen"
 When in lighter mood Warner said: Jock, I'll make a trade with you. Give nc your wonderful line and I'll give you my backfield and in addition throw in several other players
 The Lafayette line is one of the best h the country this season. In } games but 12 first downs have been made against them. Six came in the Pitt contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
SPRINGVIlLE FlVES
 DEFEAT ST. CLAIR

Springville, November 3.-(SpeciaL) ) Springville High school basketball team defeated St. Clair county, 20 to
 1 and IS to 13, in the first games of
 the season. St. Clair High brought its first and second teams and played Springyllle
 oa the latters court. Springville first five defeated the first team of St. Clair by the score of go to 1. The Springviile second team defeated the second team of St Clair by the score of IS to 13. The St Clair team fought hard for the games but were outclassed from the start
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
TICKETS ON SALE

Tickets for the Alabama Vanderbilt game here Saturday have been placed on sale at the following places: Love- mans, Saks'. Martha Washington Gun dy shop. Parker's and Patterson's Drug Cos.
 According to indications, 8 record breaking crowd wv witness the game saturday. Already many tickets have hken sold, and the others are going fast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04

youngster, after turning around and finding himself confronted by the rac- ing Wheat. just opened his mouth in astonishment.
 Sewell recovered quickly from hts surprise but not quickly enough. Wheat dove and Sewell made a stab. It was too late. Zach Wheat had attempted to stretch single into a doZble when it seemed like baseball suicide to at-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
MORE COMPARISONS

ssNot meaning to bring up old and cob '9ebbed subjects, let's get back 70 that score comparison Se- vance and Kentucky tied and were in |y1rn defeated respectively by Alabama Ind Vanderbilt by practically the same |core. Alabama would have scored bore points, but for penalties. Van- Hsrbilt undoubtedly would have cone
 tie same. but for withdrawing the first
 Nam at the end of the first half .'hew # certainly looks like toss-up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
Fly MARVIN MCARTHY

 { When the University of Ala ma football eleven, led by #e peerless Coach Ken Scott,
 .e diminutive gridiron mentor
 the Crimsons, meets the \ anderbilt Commodores here aturday afternoon, they will e working under a double im- aulse for victory.
 Nj irst, Vanderbilt an ancient enemy
 the Crimson, must be downed. as Il Alabama men put il. IL will he 8 rudge affair throughout when the two leet here Saturday. A University of Alabama team has never defeated an leven representing Vanderbilt all hough coming within few points cf [Eictory last season, when the experts wore picking Scotts men to swamp q e
 mmodores. It seems that Jinx of the deadliest sort has taken hold of the Crimsons and prevents them from win ming from Vanderbilt
 Second, if Alabama loses to Wander oilt, she will lose an excellent chance to file clear claim to the southarn cham pionship at the end of the sea- son.
 AIabama meets University ef
 Georgia in Atlanta on November 90
 Georgia became strong contender
 for the s. !. \. X. title, when she
 defeated Auburn last Saturday
 By winning all her remaining
 games, including the affair with
 Georgia, Alabama will then have
 claim the title. Thus, it can
 be seen that if University would
 stick it out for the championship, she cannot afford to lose to Vandy Saturday.
 Vanderbilt will do it's best to defeat Alabama here Saturday. Having been lecisively eliminated from the cham |pionship by the defeats at the hands of both Georgia Tech and Auburn, the Jommodores will most likely do all in heir power to redeem themselves ty ,inning their remaining games. Ala anna will be hard nut for Vandy to rack, but the latter may be counted pon to make a mighty stab at the racking.
 It will be a. great battle, one that will c worth going to see.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
CHARLIE WEEGHMAN
 DROPPED BY CHICAGO

Chicago. November 9.-(Special.)-- Charles II. weeghman, for several years president of the Chicago Ma ticnal league basebYl club. was dropped from the directorate at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04

tempt it; when it would have been notn- ing but baseball suicide with an ex- perienced shortstop at work. But Sewell new to big league tricks was caught mapping and Wheat, instead of being accused of executing bone head play really got away with a daring bit ot work.
 Copyright 1920 by King Features Syndicate, Inc)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04
TtUo Reasons
 Why Crinsons Want to Win
OFFICIALS

The game Saturday will be in charge of the following officials: inlay (Virginia), referee; rich or tAuburn), umpire. and Watkins Sewanec), head linesman.
 With this competent group of ssficiais in charge, the game is are to be success in this depart tenf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-04

annual meeting of the stockholders. William l. Veeck, president of the club, was chosen in his stead Other members of the board were reelected Selection of John J. Evers as manage of the Cubs was approved.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-18
IS FOUND
IN A WELL IN
PECOS FIELD

Pecos, Tex, Dec. 1S.-Another Of
the numerous oil showings that have
kept the Pecos valley in the oil lime
light has made its appearance at the
Toyah Bell No. ? in southern Loving
county. 20 miles north Of Pecos-
The showing. although not large
enough to justify an attempt to pro-
duce, was accompanied by consider
able gas, and is taken as an indication
that the huge salt bed Of more than
1900 feet in depth has been passed
The showing was had at 2015 feet
A standard rig has replaced the star
rig which took the hole to that depth
and drilling was resumed today
Coincident with this find was the
announcement Of the Grant oil cor
poration. operating the wonder wel
in Pecos county, that an average OF
36.6 barrels Of asphalt base oil had
been taken from the we'll each day
from a depth Of 50 feet since It was
brought IN two months ago.
Ira J. Bell, Of the DtLieland syncl-
cate, has reached Pecos prepared to
let a contract to drill the Bell dis
covery wen TO a greater depth This
is the well which started the Pecos
boom, but which went 20 the bad"
because Of water troubles.
The Consolidated Sulphur company
in eastern Culberson county IS pre-
pared to spud in with a baby standard
rig early next week
The Los Pecos syndicate has started
work with its rotary rig on the Bell
section
Representative OF the Owens syndi-
cate. Of Birmingham, Ala, have
reached here prepared to let q con-
tract for q shallow wei TO be drilled
near the Fl Paso-Saragosa, which
found a sand rock responding TO oil
tests between 43s and 500 feet. but
which is drilling deeper.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-18
.. S. SAILORS
TOSPREADJOY
IN NEAR EAST

New York. Dec. 1s.-Sailors Of the
United states navy stationed in Con-
stantInople waters win aid in bring
ing Christmas cheer to 10000 Ar
menian waits. inmates OF near east
relief orphanages in the Turkish cap
ital. it was announced here today, at
near east relief headquarters.
The sailors alone will furnish pres
ents and entertainments for 1909
boys in the central boys orphanage
there and the near east reliefs Con-
stantinopls committee has arranged
TO give dinners with an apple or an
orange Cor dessert, TO the other par
entless youngsters.
Announcement was made Of the ar
rival at COnstandnople Of a large
shipment OF clothing from the United
States.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-18
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD IS
OPPOSED TO BILLS LIMITING
POWER TO FIX DISCOUNT RATE

TTASHINGTONs ID. c.. Dec. IS
w The federal reserve board fs IN
alterably opposed 10 the meas
ures pending in congress which in
any way attempt to limit the power
az federal reserve banks TO regulate
the rates Of discount which those
banks may charge
Senator Harris, OF Georgia has pro-
posed that the maximum rate OF in
lerest which federal reserve banks
could charge member banks should
be percent. A similar proposal was
knocked out Of tho Gr3nna-Norris bill
the other day, but 70 has been re-
Vived by the senator from Georgia.
The federal reserve board views
with alarm the attempts OF some
members Of congress 70 tinker with
the credit machinery II the country,
and has not hesitated TO express its
views so explicitly that responsibility
FOR damage done may be easily placed
by the public The board insists that
it ft IS essential TO the functioning Of
any central banking system that the
banks Of discount shall have complete
control over their rates.
Ain to Protect Gold.
This control is regarded as The most
effective means OF protecting the gold
reserves OF a country against with
drawals for foreign account For IN
stance, the discount rate o. the Bank
OF England is percent and Il Ameri-
cas- we're fixed at 5 percent foreign
ers would naturally seek 20 discount
their bills here, and gold would flow
out Of the United States
The objections to the fixing Of anv
maximum or minimum rate and the
necessity for keeping the rates with
in the discretion OF the federal re-
serve system are these;
In maximum rate OF discount
were fixed. the federal reserve banks
would find Il possible TO protect their
gold reserves
2-The federal reserve system would
in a short time, cease being a reserve
system and would become simPly an
instrument for the speeding up OF ex-
pansion-
3-A scramble for funds OF the fed
eral reserve banks would ensue, and
the reserve banks would have no al
Tentative except to lend their funds
below the market rates until their
reserves had been exhausted. Banks
would be obliged to refuse TO make
further rediscounts, no matter how
meritorius the claim. and they would
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-18
Man Held on Theft Charge
AHer Arizona Truck Ride

A slow train through Arkansas has
nothing on a journey through Arizona
on a truck costing 500, according to
the story told TO detective captain
Claud Smith by Edward Bonapart
after Bonapart had been arrested in
FL Paso on a charge Of stealing two
typewriters from a school at Doug
las, Ariz.
Il is charged the truck was bought
and the stolen typeWrlters shipped TO
FL Paso. Bonapart was arrested, the
detective says, as he was trying to
sell some machines. His wife also
is being detained.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-18

be compelled TO start a waiting list
until old loans had been paid back
and new funds obtained
Only three states, Illinois, Louisi-
ana and Michigan, have a legal rate
Of interest as low as percent and in
each state a higher rate is permissi-
bic. In 50 states the legal rate is 8
percent and in seven states the legal
rate Is percent while in six other
states and in the District OF COlum-
bia the legal rate Is percent. Ten
states allow a legal rate Of 10 percent
and ten others permit a contract rate
Of u percent.
Temptation Cited.
Therefore. Il IS argued by members
OF the federal reserve board that II
the discount rate were fixed at per-
cent BY law. there would be a temp
tatiou to member banks 10 use all the
rediscount facilities Of the federal re-
serve system, because with the money
market at S percent there would be
profit Of 8 percent available to mem
Der banks in rediscouut transactions
Where rates as high as 10 or II
percent are permitted by law, the
profit would be even greater. On the
other hand. past experience indicates
that the lowering Of the discount
rates to s percent would not. in the
Judgment Of the boards, bring down
the prevailing market rates. as the
latter are fixed by the laws OF sup
play and demand.
Should the discount rate be fixed 1t
; percent. il appears 10 be the fed
eral reserve boards view that the
limit Of credit expansion would be
reached quickly, and chat the $4,000
O00. 600 Of government obligations
available as collateral would be ex-
hausted Then, Il is feared by mem
bers Of the board, that condition OF
DEPRESSION much more widespread and
serious than that which IL sought to
remedy would foIloW.-(Copyrigh
1890, By David Lawrence).
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-18
PLAN POLICE
STATION NEAR
FIVE POINTS

establishment OF a police substation
beyond Five Points probably on Nc
hlnley avenue from which emergency
calls IN that section win be answered
was the plan announced by mayor
Charles Davis
The plans contemplate the erection
Of a station on a site yet to be
selected Immediate needs wiz be
served In small building, to be fitted
with telephones. and office equipment
while sufficient men VIII be on duty
70 handle emergency calls.
Recent activities OF burglars in that
nelEhborhood Is attributed by chief OF
police Peyton Edwards to the isola-
ton from the police station. Ability
20 respond to calls within n few mo-
ments VIII result in a cessation, he
believes.