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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
By ALFREp II. CHENEY
thc Providence sundny Journal

IT
 The one and only Masonic lodge with the army of occupation in the Coblenz bridgehead and, so far as is known, with the entire American expeditionary fcrces, has now become Rhode Islands own.
 It is today active and flourishing, the single lodge of it's kind in America. The salient facts in it's interesting history are these:
 It is an outgrowth of the overseas Ma sonic Club. which was the brainchid of Rhode Islanders.
 By special dispensaton from F. Tutor Gross, who at the time was grand mas ter of Rhode Island. it received charter and began work under the title of Over seas lodge, No l, u. D.
 Its first master. Wendell R. Davis. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
DISTINGUISHED LEGISLATORS

There are two members of the MISSES sippi legislature who are way above the
 average in experience with official or other high position as well as in point of intelligence, and both of whom are worthy of a place in the Who's Who" column.
 One of these is Dr. Teller. senator from
 Yazoo county; the other is Representa-
 five Sheldon of Washington county. The
 former was for several years president of
 a great college in the west, and is
 gentleman of high literary attachments.
 He has been making his home on Iazoo
 plantation the past ten or twelve years,
 and his neighbors thought so mucu or
 him they just made him come down to
 Jackson as their representative. MT
 Sheldon served the great state of Ne
 braska as governor for one or two
 terms and is said to have made a good
 one. While acting governor of this great
 grain-growing state he purchased farm
 in the '.Valley of the Nile and went to raising cotton. corn, cattle, hogs. etc, and is understood to have prospered. He, | too was sought by the office, and has al i ready stamped himself as leader or the house. and one of it's most popular i members There is still another ex-gov- ernor in the senate in the person of F.. | r. Noel. but he is nome product. and every body knew they might expect some l thing good from him every now and then. | The more such men in any legislature the better for the people back home.
 A COLONY OF QUAkERS
 | A few days since Governor Russell r~- ceived communication from the head of the Reinland Menonites, Quaker or l ganization with headouarters in Ontario. | Canada asking if under the laws of Mis- sissippi they would be permitted to wor- shin God in their own way and pay their l own school bills in the event they should become citizens of Mississippi. Governor
 Russell told them they could do as they pleased in such matters, and that they
 would be heartily welcomed to the stIte, 1 It is stated that by next month colony of more than looe of these Quakers Will
 have settled and be established in Wayne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
By E. E. FRANTz

Jackson Miss. February 7-(SpeciaL)-
 For the second time in a week the legis-
 lature has given the women to understand
 that they cannot vote in binary elections next fall, the senate having followed the
 example set by She house in defeating the
 bill providing that they might vote in
 the congressional primaries in August, 1920
 Both houses have also voted to submit the question of woman's suffrage to the general election next November, the plan
 being to amend the constitution to that end, provided the qualified electors vote in the. affirmative, which is not prob able.
 The Susan D. Anthony amendment has been rejected by the house, for the reason that Mississippi still stands for states rights and does not propose to surrender
 anything in that direction until she is compelled to do SO The senate will prob ably do likewise next Tuesday, Miss
 Susan being the special order of the osy. Comparatively few of the women of the state are demanding the ballot, but
 those few are workers. and have been camping on the trail of the lawmakers ever since they were elected last fall The defeat of their pet measure by the house a week or more ago took good deal of the starch out of them, so that when
 the same measures came up in the sen- ate not more than score or two occu- pied places in the galleries. They knew what was going to happen, and they remained at home. where all women belong declared some of the speakers in opposition to the bills giving them the right to vote along with their husbands fathers brothers and sweethearts. Several beautiful tributes were paid to the women. especially by those senators who opposed the bill. One old bachelor declared he lad always placed lovely woman on a high pedestal and worshipped her from afar off, and he wanted her to stay there. where she would be well out of the political mud and slush. SALARIES INCREASED One of the most important and interest," ing bills that has yet come before the legislature was that nearly doubling the salaries of state district and county or icers, and which occupied the house an entire morning The principal fight was over the salary of judges of the supreme court, who are now pa+d Si5o The com mittee recommended S30O, but the tio" pressure" element led by $. Jo owens, ar experienced legislator, determined to make stand right there, and die in their tracks if needs be. They sought to make the increase but 5000, but by decfSed majority the house finally ran the steam rcller through the crowd smashing apout forty malcontents flat IS founders, so that tTeir protests alter lhdl WeFe -Feis --- county, Mississippi where they have pur- chased a large tract of land from the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company It 1 is understood that one or two southern states declined to admit this colony on | their terms, but Mississippi has lots Of | folks with no religion at all and welcome l the thee and the thou people with open arms, just so they worship the s,osle | Sod and send their children to some kind of school so that they will not grow up | in ignorance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
WILDCATrERs MULTIPLY

During the month of January the reve- nue officers and the prohibition director located and destroyed eighteen wildcat stills where old-fashioned white corn juice was being made and sold with sup ply never equal to the steady demand. In but two or three instances have the mak- CTS of mountain dew been found on the job. wherefore arrests are not many. but in nearly every instance many gallons of mash were destroyed along with the ket- ties, worms, etc. A great deal of this corn juice is finding it's way to Jack son and being sold by bootleggers at $ to $10 per pint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08
NelUs at Mississippi Capital

feeble, though they did succeed in keep ing the salary of three members of the commission at 5000 per annum on a showing that they were as useless ~s
 the fifth wheel of a wagon" The oppo- sition to the increase of salaries made
 the very strong point that when these same officials were candidates for office
 last summer they said absolutely nothing
 about an increase of the pay of the off,
 flee, they knew what 1t was going to be
 and had no business accepting it at the hands of the dear people If they did sf,t
 want it at such salary. However, the rs1- eral-minded men were in a decided ma jority and their slogan was that Tte laborer is worthy of his hire, even at f the present high cost of living in Jack
 son, and they did not propose to see them l pauperized by staying here and attend ing to the peoples business the next , four years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08

have been indorsed in every instance, and all childreR are competed to attend school, else their parents will have whole lot of explaining to do. The state educational and eIemosynary institutions are being dealt with more literally than ever before. and the Confederate veterans will be carefully and generously loookd after The sentiment is that Mississippi shall pension all veterans and tner widows. and that their pro rata shall be
 two or three times the s52 it is now every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
COP. MANAGERS AFRAID,
BUT OF WHAT? is QUERY
See Every Prospect of an Overwhelming
Victory for Harding, but Cannot Escape
the Dread of Something Awful

exerting efforts in such states as Oklahoma
Tennessee, Kentucky and even North Carolina
Let me see-wasn't it Calvin Brice of Ohio,
democratic national chairman way back yonder.
who established reputation for rainbow
chasing" at time when general democratic
prospects were classed as excellent?
Trouble in Several States.
There are few states yet where the repub-
lcans will have to put in some more licks be-
fore they be assured of victory. Missouri
is and Connecticut another. In each seat
in the United States Senate is involved, and,
while the loss of the state would not affect the
presidential outcome the loss Of the Senate seat
might be serious.
The reports from Connecticut are more en-
couraging to the republicans than while back,
but I find that the democratic managers do not
concede the republican claims and are still go=
ing after Senator Brandegee, with intention OF
increased effort for the future.
Missouri is hotly contested by both parties
AS is we'll known, factonal differences acute
in each party in Missouri, and Champ Clark
in his vernacular would say, TITS about hoss
and hoss" between the democrats and republi-
cans to which party has the most trouble
it's hands there.
Indiana II Still in Doubt.
1t will be couple of Weeks before the eau
tious observer should make nat prediction
about Indiana. Candidate Harding has yet to
make tour of the state and the impression he
creates is yet to be accurately gagged The re-
publican managers sincerely confident now
that they will carry the state. but it will be a
close finish, many fair -ninded observers believe
If some of the old-time> democratic leaders
ever get strangle hold on their candidate,
Gov. Cox and get him to listen to them. change
in the candidates campaigning may be wit
messed. There is complaint that Gov. Cox is
not comparing favorably with his antagonist in
the character of the speeches he makes. It is
claimed that Senator Harding is away ahead of
Gov. Cox in the discussion Of broad national
subjects. and that while Senator Harding is
consistently hammerng away big questions
the democratic candidate is puttering around
with inconsequental issues
Making q Bad InapreAhion.
This is said to be making bad impression
the people. in that Il is fostering the idea
.-Ahat-th democratic candidate does mot nyrsrs IN
sestatssspanahip With his opponent. The eAmszi-,
can people have q profound respect f6E tie
Office Of President OF tho United sRates That
office has been filed BY Wilson, Roossveltsnnd
Taft and before them by Mckinley, Cleveland
and Harrison within the memory Of the present
generation Of voters and even Of first voters
These were great statesmen ALL and the demo-
cratic old line politicians anxious that their
candidate should measure up to them. This is
the only complaint the political observers hear
about Gov. Cox, but 1t. must be stated in candor
that they do hear lot OF it. ~ = s,t9,3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
BETRAYED IN RACE,
SAYS S0X CAPTAIN
Indifferent Playing of Two
Men Gave Cleveland Pen
nant, Collins Declares.

ST. LOUIS, October 2 (by the Asso-
ciated Press) that the Chi
cago White Sox failed to repeat their
triumph of 1919 and retain the Ameri-
can League championship because two
players failed to put forth their best
efforts this season were made in a state
ment here tonight by Edward T. Col
Inns, second baseman and captain of the
team.
Collins did not name the players to
whom he referred, but asserted they
were among the seven recently sus-
pended from the club and indicted by
the Cook county grand jury at Chicago,
in connection with the world series
gambling scandal.
Collins blamed Arnold (Chick)
Gandil, former Chicago first baseman,
who also was indicted in the gambling
expose, with instigating the 'corrup-
tion." The two players to whom Col
Inns referred were under suspicious all
year, he said, but no proof could be
obtained against them.
THE White Sox players who re-
mained loyal to the club are satisfied
they had the best team in the league"
Collins stated, "and. while we do not
begrudge Cleveland one bit of the
honor and prestige that an American
League pennant carries with it, we
believe that only through the cor
ruption instigated primarily by Chick
Gandil was the downfall of the team
brought about"
Collins said that no action against
the alleged offenders was contemplated
by the other members of the club,
who are satisfied to let the matter be
handled by the civil authorities at
present conducting the investigation.
The White Sox were eliminated
from the pennant race today by Cleve-
lands victory over Detroit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
Communist Party in US.
Linked With Russ Reds

Evidence that the communist party
of America is tightly connected"
with the Russian third International
was disclosed in a report received
last night by the Department of JUS
tice, on the examination of Witty
Shackman, former secretary to Mich
olas Lenin, arrested last week by
the Chicago police.
Search of Shaclsman's residence.
the report said, revealed a bulletin
typewriter in Russian, which stated
that since the election of John Reed,
magazine writer and former interna-
tional secretary of the communist
labor party, to the executive COM
mittee of the third internationale the
united communist party sis tightly
connected with this organization"
Minutes Of recent conference of
the central executive committee of
the party were contained in the bull
letiAk which directed that it. be de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
U. S. DESTROYER, SHAKEN
BY MINE, WILL BE T0WED
Kane, With It's Engines Disabled,
to Be Taken to Lihau From
Place of-Accident.

RIGA. Letvia, October 2.-The United
States destroyer Kane, which yester-
day struck a mine outside Riga, will
be towed into Libau by the United
States destroyer Brooks, which rushed
out from Riga to assist her. The
Kane's engines are not working and
she will be unable to proceed to Riga.
A wireless message from the Brooks
after her arrival on the scene Of the
accident said:
"The Kane struck mine in latitude
$3.50 north. longitude 21.53 east. Eoth
engines are out of commission. No
casualties. Am standing by and will
tow the Kane to Libau."
The destroyers Gilmer, Brooks and
Kane have been ordered to proceed
Immediately to Constantinople. The
Brooks and Gilmer will go to the
Black sea as soon as the Kane is towed
INTO Lbau.
The Brooks made remarkable get
away Friday. Twenty minutes after
the Kane sent out the wireless an
nouncing the accident she had sus-
tanned. the Brooks was under way and
headed down stream, II
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stroyed after being read to group
meetings.
"a delegate from the executive
committee of the third internationaIe
personally came to this conference of
the central committee" the minutes
said. HE stated that his main mis-
sion is to unite all the communist
might Of this country. He recon-
mended that conference be called
between the united communist party
and the factions Of the communist
party. He insisted on the necessity
of uniting with the industrialists and
with Mexico, for the purpose of es-
tablishing better communications
with the third internationale'
officials declared Shackman's ar
rest was the most valuable link in
the governments campaign against
the spread of bolshevism in this
country. They attached much i'm
<portance to a statement of the
party's financial condition for JulyS
found on 6hackmau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
Boruh s Refusal
To Speak Laid to
Lack ofFnances
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispstch to The Star.
ARION, October 2-The
latest reason here for the nc.
ton Of Senator Borah In cam
ceiling speaking dates fer Sem
atof Harding's candidacy II that
a financial trouble Hes behind
1t. Senator B0rah II supposed
tA be speaking under the aus.
pices. and at the direction Of
the national committee, and ~
such n hired speaker II entitled
to all his expenses, at least. The
story IN TINT some one Of the
fiscal side Of the committee
blundered and forget to send
Senator Borah money for ex.
penses. The delay fl said to
have exasperated the Idaho sem
atOr and he sent his ultimatum.
Senator Harding is said to be
distressed Mt the situation, but
has offered NO comment.
1t is also said that little ap-
prehension exists at headquar-
tiers In Marion regarding the re-
ported disahection of Senator
Borah from the group Of repub-
lfcan spell-binders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
IS MISSING FROM SHIP
LOST IN GULF HURRICANE
Five Die in Lifeboat After Aban-
doning steamer-Four Others
Are Picked Up.

NEW ORLEANS. October 2 (by the
Associated Press).-Search for thir-
teen persons missing from the steam
ship Speedwell, believed to have been
wrecked in the tropical hurricane of
last Wednesday, while bound to New
Orleans from Belize with a cargo of
mahogany logs for the Otis Manufac-
turing Company. was being made to-
night by several steamships in the
gulf. Five are known to have died
in a Speedwell lifeboat.
Word Of the wreck came to the Of
fee Of the United States hydrographic
service from the steamship Mobile
City late today. The message said:
picked up four men in lifeboat of
steamship Speedwen. Another boat
adrift in near vicinity with thirteen
persons in it. Kindly be on look
out for boat. Three men and two
women dead. Latitude 2415 north; /;
longitude S4.55 west"
The Mobile City is bound for Mo-
bile.
Officials of the SpeedweN company
and the Otis Manufacturing Company
were unable to decide whether the
five dead were in the lifeboat reported
rescued or whether they are in the
boat adrift. The position given is in
the Gulf of Mexico a bit to the north
of the open passage between Cuba and
that point of Mexico, which juts into
the gulf with the port Of Progreso
as it's tip. 1t is almost directly in the
path of the hurricane, which struck
the gulf coast near Morgan City last
week.
Capt. L. Burmeister Of the American
steamship Saranacca, which arrived
here Thursday from Belize. and which
was in the hurricane of last week
and this week, stated the Speedwen left
Belize last Saturday about five hours
ahead of the Saranacca.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
.BA[L0U TO ORDER
SCHOOL CHANGES
First and Second Grades Will
Be Required to Consume
Whole Day.

Complete changes in the system of
operating the primary grades of the
District public schools soon are to be
ordered by Supt. Frank W. Ballou.
Children enrolled in the first and Sec
ond grades who now attend school a
half day will be required to put in
full ffve-hour day in the classrooms
and the work Of their teachers in
creased. .,.sa.s-ss . 20 q. e. szss.
y Plans Tor silscfing these changes
now are under ndnsideration by the
superintendent and other officials. it
WIS learned last night, and probably
will be recommended to the board of
education for approval at its meeting
Wednesday afternoon. If such a
change is approved by the board it's
institution in the primary grades will
mark the first time in the history of
the public schools thai first and Sec
ond grade pupils are compelled to at
tend school a fnl1 day like children in
higher classes. First and second
grade pupils now attend school from
3 am. to 1890 pm. Under the new
system they win be in their classes
from am. to 8 PIN, with an hour
for lunch between noon and 1 o'clock.
VIII Speed Up Education.
With the present half-a-day session,
school officials believe that hundreds of
children attending the first and second
grades are not getting the education
they are entitled to. An all-day ses-
sion for the primary grade children,
they believe, will give them an oppor-
tunity to learn in one year what they
do in two under the present program.
The proposed change in the primary
grades programs already has caused
much dissatisfaction among teachers in
these classes. Under the new system
they will have to worls>a full day in
stead of half as at present for the
same rate of pay. 1t is rumored in
school circles that institution of the new
plan will cause many of the first and
second grade teachers to resign.
School officials are of the opinion
that a few teachers Inc the first and
second grades may resign if the new
program is put into operation. How
ever, they do not believe that any
alarming number of instructors in
these two grades will leave the school
system. Supt. Ballou intimated last
night that he had already discussed
this question with Miss Rose Hardy,
director of the primary instruction
and was convinced that a very few
of the teachers would resign. On. the
other hand. the superintendent said
he believes the first and second grade
teachers as a whole want to work a.
full day.
Primary grade teachers under the
present system refuse to be promoted,
it was pointed out, because they can
work half a day and receive the
same salary as instructors in higher
grades who put in five hours in the
classroom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
BY N. O. MESSENGER.

CHICAGO, October 2.-What makes these re-
publicans apprehensive that something may
happen between and election day to dash
their hopes of crushing defeat OF the demo-
cratic national ticket?
Goodness knows. From all reasonable sane
common sense practical considerations. the indi-
cations that a monstrous sized republican
landslide is impending the country over. Yet
here they stand. wringing their hands and
moaning, oh if something just doesn't happen
to u.s."
What do you reckon they see over their
shoulders, as they look shudderngly about
them?
See Shadow of a Burchard.
Are they afraid of another Burchard?
They admit that the conditions are not the
same when the Rev. Burchard pulled his
famous bone" Then the contest was close in
the nation. and now it is so one-sided that it is
lopsided.
Election day is four weeks from next Tues
day. The republican campaign is now ION high"
AS 1 dope it out, what really ails the republican
managers is that they sorry the campaign
reached it's climax four weeks ahead of the day
of trial They afraid that things look so
good it may lead to apathy and failure of the
hosts to be at the polls November 2. They are
passing the word all down the line to their
captains to keep the campaign a-gonig for the
next month and have the voters on their toes
all the time.
ayers are pinning all their hopes on the very
thing the republicans fear-that something will
happen to change the situation Candidate Cox
is confident of victory; but lean closer and let
me whisper to you that his optimism is not
shared by some of the hard-bitten old demo-
cratic leaders who accustomed to dealing
with facts and conditions they be in
paigns, and who do not believe in miracles a
political Santa Claus
Applause Does Not Win Elections.
These old gray foxes survivors of many a
lean winter and occasional fat killings, do not
delude themselves nor mistake the plaudits of
the populace for the existence of votes.
remember William j. Bryan saying that he
could get more applause from more people and
: fewer votes on election day than any lEiag.-
man.
The discerning democratic politicians see
that conditions stacked against them in this
country today. They would like to some
thing happen to change them They are hoping
to see it, but they not betting their money
that it will happen
It is observable that the republican managers
are prone to be little greedy in their under
takings for victory. Not content with reason
able assurance that the big states which decide
presidential elections are apparently set in their
favor, they are reaching out for more. They