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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-09
Case of Wait.

do you believe In long engage
ments?" NO. but where you gonna
find q fiat?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-09
Gridiron Club UnscrambIes Scrambled Railroads


"unscrambng
General McAdoo Hines railroads
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-09
Imagine Congress With No Congressional Recor,

CoNoCAsTC Senator Thomas of Colorado!
actually talked possibility
the Congressional Record
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-09

w sinking or the LuSltanla and other
of other war damages, will more than
from the United States on account of
the 100 German, steamers seized in
American ports when the United
States entered the war, shipping board
officials declared.
Under the peace treaty, the value
of the vessels, estimated by board Off
Gals at from $13O.OOO,OOO to $4,000
600, will be credited to Germany on in
IDENTITIES awarded by the allied repa-
rations commission, but as the Amer
lean claims before the commission will
more than offset the value of the ships,
officials asserted there was little likeli
raIlod ,1pnr 70 naolya anu fn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-09


led make payment the commission.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-09
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U. S. Damages More Than Offset German Claims

Observation-Disclosures claims against Germany the
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other which will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03

down in the constitution and prac- ticed for more than hundred years. That settled it so far as human reason applied. The referendum was silly on it's surface. No one was fooled cx- cept those wishing to deceive them- selves.
 For like reason the supreme court has enjoined Ohio from going ahead with a referendum on the Susan B. Anthony amendment That went through the same process as the pro- hibition amendment. The court held that the ratification of any consti- tutional amendment by a legislature was final"
 That being the A B c of the con stitution and as plain as wart on a mans face, the supreme court is under no necessity of submitting a learned written exposition of the le- gal erudition leading to it's decision.
 Tommy Tucker, with his plum in his pudgy fingers and admiring the wonderful feat in extracting that plum from the open pie, would be as profound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
THE ENGLISHMAN'S TUB

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. IT F an American were asked what Is
 the distinguishing characteristic of an S Fnglishman he would declare it to be his insistence upon cold bath be- fore breakfast 965 days in the year.
 Looking over advertisements of English country houses for sale one wonders how every Englishman gets his cold bath be- fore breakfast every morning.
 A Georgian mansion situated upon the beautiful Mendip Hill slopes" is ad- vertised in the London Times as being seated in it's magnificently timbered park, as having extensive stabling as well as garages and as having two entrance lodges, handsome suite of reception rooms, seventeen bedrooms and two baths.
 But a Georgian house is not a modern house, someone will say. Quite right. but admitting the possibility that no more than two baths could be introduced into Georgian house without marring it's appearance of antiquity, how does every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
Supreme Court Judges
 Were Not Required

fl AWYERS are men educated in @9 the technique of the law and are serviceable when fine points in the law give rise to disputes requir- ing a nicety of legal application.
 But Blackstone said that the law was the perfection of human reason. Hence it should follow that when the human mind of ordinary intelligence easily grasps the laws meaning, there should be precious little use for lawyers and learned courts to argue | about it.
 No one was surprised when the supreme court of the United States decided that the state of Ohio had no right to repeal its ratification of the prohibition amendment by subse- quent referendumA The amendment was ratified by the Ohio legislature in the usual and accustomed way laid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03

From the New York Tribune.
 ~ NICE Joshuas spies sought out the N promised land and put up at the E Rahab house in Jericho, mankind has been speculating on the necessary qualifications of an ideal hotel. In the middle ages hospitality was still resaro- ed as a duty and provision for travel CTS was regularly made in monasteries and baronial halls, but with the growtn of a more complex state of society traV- elers were not content to rely on the church or the landed gentry for their food and lodging. Inns sprang into ex- istence where the traveller could order what he wanted without offending ms hosts feelings and where he eoul dre- fresh body and spirit in company with other wayfarers Falstaff insisted that he be allowed to take his ease at his lnn' and posterity has very generally sympa- thized with him. But in the busy life or New York few people go to a hotel 70 take their ease, and 1t is perhaps nat ural that the idea of hospitality should have yielded before the more pressing demands of modern convenience.
 The latest authority on hotel life pro phesies that within a few years hotels wiu no longer be considered as mere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Faith in Muscle Shoals

T have never lost faith or felt that Muscle Shoals would be sidetraeked, ' said Mason DiIlard. While there have been times when 1t looked like things were uncertain. l knew that with q man like Oscar Underwood, who knows the merit of this wonderful develop nent. and whose heart was in this ork, that he could be depended on. and only those who have kept up with the ins and outs realize the multitudi- nous obstacles he has had to overcome. and now that he is on the job for an other senatorial term, let's all stand behind him in the great constructive york he will do.
 The fact that the nitrate plant at Lon gWorth's home, Cincinnati, has been ordered abandoned, and Muscle Shoals plants to be operated, goes to prove the merits of Muscle Shoals. MT. Long worth was the first to open up the po- litical fight on Muscle Shoals.
 T have always said this was one of the biggest single developments the government ever undertook, and that 1t W ould revolutionize the south, and be a salvation to the farmers, and l never expect to have any apologies to make for the statement"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
HOTEL LIFE OF THE FUTURE

eating and sleeping houses, but as the backbone of our civilization. They will constitute in themselves complete civilized communities, offering stores and shops of all kinds, lectures, concerts and em- ployment bureaus to provide both mental and physical work for transienes. Above all, personal service will be entirely SUD- planted by an elaborate conveyer system capable of satisfying every legitimate want.
 It is a bold conception, and there may be some hotel proprietors who will live to see it realized, but does it represent the very perfection of the innkeeper's art? Times have changed since the Canterbury Pilgrims clattered out of the courtyard. of the Tabard Inn under the charge of the proprietor, but human nature remains much the same. The ideal hotel of the future will be the one in which mine hosc has not been relegated to the background by modern conveniences. and where the human equation still counts In tho coun4 try, especially in New England, there still fingers proper sense of proportion and the ideal hotel is the one not with the most automatic machinery but with the most hospitabIy inclined proprietor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
Old Colony Expcrienecs

Tt will be a good day for Birming- ham when the Old Colony Club is for nlally established at the Tutwiler says Jay Smith, president of the Wholesale LumDermen's Club.
 T had my first experience with this splendid organization of business service while in Chicago recently at tending a lumber convention. While otLers were trying vainly to get hotel accommodations, our party went to the Old Colony quarters at the La Sale hotel and found our reservations all carefully made and splendid rooms at our disposal.
 Later during our visit when mum Der of us were trying to buy seats at certain theatre where there was an extraordinarily good attraction. we again found the influence of the Old Colony Club very valuable. Despite the fact that the house was said to be sold out, the club produced for our party ten seats at this theatre. It was white magic, all right
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
LEGIoNs OF THE LORD

'Dulee ct decorum est" Joyce kiimer, in Trees and Other Poems The bugle echoes shrill and sweet, But not of war ii sings today. The road is rythmic wi5h the feet or men-at-arms who come to pray. he roses blossom whi.e and red On tomhs where weary soldiers lie; Flags wave above the honered dead And martial music cleaves the sky. Ahove their wreath-strewn graves we
 kneel,
 They kept the faith and fought the
 fight. Through flying lead and crimson steel They plunged for Freedom and t4s
 Right. May we, their grateful chi'eren, seaen Their strength who lie beneath als
 sod vho went through fire aa asasa U
 earn
 Al last the arealade of Goe h shining rank on rank asaae0 They march the legions af the f.era .He is their Captain unafrs |. The Prince of Peace Nha
 brought sword
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
THE VILLAGE BAND

From the Ohio State Journal.
 The man whose boyhood years brought no opportunity for membership in the village band missed real experience and a world of fun. There is no other ex- perience, in all that comes to boy or man. life it; no other supplies what IL brings. It comes at a time when youth full ardor spurs the individual to the hardest work where there is least reward in substantial things. But it is not proflt, if is glory for which the youngster Tn the band seeks. The appeal to effort IS supplied by the glamour that surrounds the task. The spotlight makes an ap- peal. quite as certain and irresistible to the lad in the village as to the prlma donna
 How the heart of Young America swells when the new brass horn is first his' Later. when the band gets new instru' ments. all brightly silver-plated, another new swelling of the heart is experienced Then when the uniforms are secured when the hand makes it's appearance a' some gathering of more than local prom thence, then the cup of joy IS hlied. Wlth what eagerness do the members tramp along the streets on long marcn' no matter how rough may be the streets or how the sun may blister. If they lead the parade. if the streets are filled with wide-eyed wondering boys and girls, then the cup of the member of the village band is filled to the brim.
 To the youngster who gets in it IS a -to-be-forgotten event. It marks the time he steps away from the things pertaining to boyhoed and takes part with men in the important affairs of life. It is a great experience to those who have had share in it. It is in the heart of every live boy to be a member of the band He is richer in pleasant mem- ories and better in his knowledge of the world if he realized his ambition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
New Batch of Kings
 Foretold by Seeress

NONSULTING the stars, the crys- NJ tai globe or perhaps Madame Ouija," Hungary's national soothsay- CT, Mime. Sibylline BeAaugh, predicts great changes in world that is al- ready in a sad plight for a Marian to contemplate.
 "Thrones will be re-established all over Europe, including France, Ger many, Austria, Poland and Hungary within a year." says the prophetess. "The Hohenzollerns will retlrn to Germany, but the former emperor will go insane and the crown prince will be murdered. There wll he san- guinary upheavals in France preil,1- mary to the conStitution of a king
 dom. Bolshevism will end in 1s2i ia Russia Mexico will be the sgartiy point of the next war
 Mime. Bellaugh alsD 6eclaes at high prices in Europ vil ahas in two years, and thers VII be i treat exodus of Jews fron Russia an5 cen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03

occupant of such mansion get his, or her, cold bath before breakfast when the seventeen bedrooms are occupied? Think of fifteen round tubs and water to fill them being borne to fifteen bedrooms fifteen minutes before breakfast for sev- enteen. It staggers the imagination.
 If a Georgian house proves nothing there is in the same column of the Times the advertisement of "Crackington Manor es- tate," modern to the last minute. and a crackerjack. The Manor house occupies picked position on the Cornish coast, enjoys marvellous views, is fitted with every modern comfort and convenience, including it's own electric plant; has three reception rooms, billiard rooms, ten bed rooms and a bath"
 The late Czar Nicholas of Russia said the Americans were a luxury-loving lot, and that the whole Romanoff family did with one bathroom in the one of the fifty royal palaces he happened to be occupying when he expressed himself. But there was no boast of bathing in. the family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
ROnd PnYS

There is cheer in the status of the southern railroad lines if the inter- state commerce commission acts &C., cording to the showing they make W hen it decides on the new freight rates says 0. L. Bum, general man. ager of the Birmingham Traffic Blu reau,
 T see by the report of the hearings tefore the commission that, where the railroads of the east ayera ged a net loss of sStS per mile in January and February, the southern railroad lines averaged a net profit of s47s per mile. This is over $50 per mile in favor of the southern lines as money getters.
 Rates in the south are higher than in the north. It should certainly seem unnecessary to raise the rates in the southern classification territory as much as those in the general classifi- cation territory. In fact. the southern lines appear to be doing very we'll as it is"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
EFFICIENCY
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 "'Pears like Polk Sawney, that runs the store at the crossroads, hain't over rid with enterprise" commented a cit izen of Fiddle Creek, Ark. "Tuther day, frinstance, I went there in the middle of the afternoon to buy little something. talk few politics. and so forth. When I sa'ntered in nobody was in sight on the place. But after I'd tromped around for a spell a sleepy voice from under the counter sorter sparled;
 "If you're a drummer that aims to sell me something, I don't want it; and II you're customer that is lingering on buying something, why in fury can't you just as well come around some time when I hain't plumb yaw -w-wn.-wore out?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
LUKE srLUKE SAYS

Christen a girl with a front name like Pullman ear and she'll make a blame fool of herself trying to live up to the name.
 A little money is dangerous thing. If man has the price of silk shirt hell go and buy something about as quiet as an Apache massacre.
 Being born in log cabin won't get you anywhere near the White House unless you have a million dollars to spend in the presidential primary.
 Another Damli: Once upon time there was woman who admitted that any woman but herself ever moved out of house and left 1t clean.
 Ii Mother can't start battle any ofher way, she'll inform Daughter in Fathers hearing that she hopes Daugh- ter will marry better than her Mother did
 After ehildless dame has given Fido bath. watered the gold fish and given the ferns castor oil. she'll admit that woman's work is never done.
 After you have called on girl abou. the sixth time aAd she signs sadly and tells you that she expects to die an old Inaid, you are a goner; you boob. you are a goner,
 And what has become of the old fashioned girl who was afraid that her hat wasn't on straight?
 The reason wli girl dresses to please herself and not to catch man is because a duck has to take lessons fer two years before it learns to swim
 You can get to know man by bum- mins around with him. But you've got -a marry a woman before you know anything about her
 When they are engaged, you couldn't wedge a toothpick between them But when they are married you could drive a ten-ton truck between them and have plenty of room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
Score Another One for

Underwood ard Alabama @CORE one for the farmers of the n0 south and for the state of Ala bama.
 Score another for Oscar w. Under wood, who has the prestige, the brains and the perspicaeity to do the big thing; to be there in the breach and save the day when the day is endangered.
 The opposition to the development at Muscle Shoals received what bids fair to be a final setback on Tuesday when the Senate agriculture com mittee agreed unanimously on a re- port favorable to the acquisition and operation by the government of the nitrate works at the shoals.
 Under terms of the Wadsworth bill, which the committee now stands bacn of, the war department is to orranize the Limited States Fixed Nitro gen Corporation" which is to take over and operate the nitrate works at Muscle Shoals as well as the nitrogen research laboratory at Washington, the Waco limestone quarry in Alabama and the electric power unit of the Alabama company's steam plant on the Warrior. This last-named plant was built with gov ernment money.
 The opositicn to government oper- ation of these plants was both inN the open and sinister Large interests did not wish this Alabama eXploita tion to interfere with their operations. Numbers of times the project was in danger.
 It was attempted to show that the universal wartime cost plus construc- tion plan was single to Muscle Shoals. Supreme effort was eXerted to focus the country's eyes on the extrava- gance at Muscle Shoals as though it had not been duplicated all over the country.
 They went so far as to decry the expenditure because the war stopped before nitrates were manufactured. It was as reasonable to criticise the government for raising an army of 4,OOO, ,000 men because the Germans surrendered before all these poys ssgot a whack" at them.
 But Oscar Underwood was there, justice and reason were there, and Alabama and the southern farmers have won.
 So many good things are coming the Alabama way that he who is not grateful should be ashamed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
Going East T

T am glad to know that Birming- nam is sending some of it's manufac- tured products to New England" says Charles Roberts. My son. Osce. is just back from great trip, to him, for he went nearly to the Canadian border. He went to Maine and Vermont, to in- stall some veneering machines. It seems that these machines are capable of cut ting piece of wood one inch thick into sixty separate sheets. There is a great demand for veneered stuff. It is being used for many purposes. As an scld resident, l was interested to know that at last Birmingham is finding out that it's time has arrived to get in the manufacturing game right, and that her market is the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
To Investigate High Prices.

Ut is with interest that I learn that Solicitor Joseph R. Tate is planning to have the grand jury investigate high prices" says Judge Horace Wilkinson. T don't think there is anything that is more needed at the present time. as some action of this kind. Prices are terrible and il takes everything man can make to live and then he has to work to make ends meet.
 Tn my opinion the merchants are not altos ether to blame, but there must Dc some reduction all along the line.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
Practical Suggestions
 in Regard to Mexico

l II hhiN lOPoAb O1 IilC 0ClldIC IOIclSu
 4 relations subcommittee, which has been Investigating affairs in Mex ico, makes recommendation which will be concurred in by all American citizens who have given any thought to the grave problem presented by our neighbor below the border.
 Briefly summed up, the report en- bodies watchful waiting policy so far as the new government is con- cerned and in the event that it shows stability as well as a desire to re- main in accord with the American government, recognition would be granted. Also, the financial habilita- tion of Mexico, which will do more thany anything else to remove the poverty which afflicts 80 per cent of the population, would be made pos sible with Americas aid
 The subcommittee recommenda- tions would insure the safety of American citizens in Mexico, would protect their property rights and substitute for the oppressive meas ures with which foreigners have been treated, especially Americans, the 'ib- critics people enjoy in more advanced countries, whether they happen to be citizens of those countries or not. Free speech, within proper bounds, and free press would be guaranteed.
 However, if the leaders who con- trol Mexico do not give evidence of their good faith and their ability to maintain order, armed intervention would follow, not with the object of making war on the Mexican people, but with the laudable desire to give them the protection denied by their own government and forever put an end to the kind of guerrilla warfare which has caused the destruction of millions of dollars in property, the loss of thousands of lives, including 461 Americans, in the past ten years; has decreased tho population of Mex leo nearly one-t third by starvation, disease and violence and has eom- pletely paralyzed the economic and industrial life of the country.
 In the case of armed intervention, if the Mexican people could be con- vinced of Americas disinterestedness the task would be easy, but if the nation should unite against what it regarded as foreign invasion, the situation would be vastly compIi- ea .Su. It IS Ine uncertainty or Sucn an undertaking that makes it hazard ous.
 In the meantime De La Huerta, the provisional president, who took the oath of office yesterday, and his as- sociates have the future of Mexico in their keeping. We shall soon know whether they are true patriots or mere adventurers.
 Recognition and financial assist ance would put Mexico on her feet. Will she grasp the opportunity?
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
SUSPICIOUS CONDUCT

i. Who's the stranger in town, Hi- ram?"
 He says he's detective" answered 'ssuire Witherbee. He's lookin for bank embezzler.''
 T don't spose a fellow like that would stop in Toadvine."
 'Mebby not. There was prosper oGs lookin' chap who spent an hour or two in town yesterday between trains. understand he dropped into Lige Proudfoots drug store an called for couple of fifty-cent seegars. but he might have been one of them war mil lionaires kinder scoutin' around like"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
PROHARLE REASON

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Teamsters in Chicago who are paid SIC day are now striking for $l1 a day. ! Diamonds must be up again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
 A CHANGE TO REIoIcE

From the Kansas City Star.
 Probably the brightest day in a tired
 consumers life is when he sees a SIT suit marked down from s6o to s49.s0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
NO DEMAND

You can sell anything, if you know how to talk to people," remarked the expert salesman "As rule you can," said Mir. Clip ping, but wouldn't advise you to lay in stock of enlarged portraits of Will liam IL"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
SMITHS WE'RE IN TT

From the Wheeling Intellisencer.
 All honor to the smiths. There were fifteen regiments of em in the recent war. statistics show
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-03
TIME TO GET OUT

'4as your new efficiency expert told you anything about your business you didn't know before7"
 q should say SOL replied MT. Wap- ples. "Confound that fellows picture, he has, almost convinced me that I've reached the age of retirement"