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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
HOMES UP 167 PER CENT
Few Houses Being Erected in Cleve-
 land, Committee Told
By Associated Press

Cleveland, November S.-Cost of homes in Cleveland increased 167 per cent in the last five years and during the last three years fewer houses were erected than in the year prior to the war, according to testimony before the United States Senate committee on reconstruction and production, which held hearing here today.
 Senator Calder. chairman of the com mittee. questioned witnesses especially to determine if there existed in Cleve- land any combination of building ma trial dealers or of labor such as was uncovered in New York recently, and which held up the construction of buildings, but no witness knew of any such condition here.
 While some witnesses declared lack of funds was largely to blame for the decrease in construction, r. H. Golf, banker and chairman of the mayors special housing committee, testified that 30,000000 was available to those desiring to build homes.
 However he declared, since the mayors committee was formed last February not a working man had ap- piled for assistance.
 Citizens from many surrounding cities and states attended the hearing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Why the Torture
Fly CHARLES H. MANDY

In days of old when knights were bold and the torture chamber was much in vogue. one of the most diabolcal modes of torture was to deprive a person from food until he was at the famshing
 point, and then to move him to a cell near the kitchen where he could smell the cooking viands, and then place them.
 cell, but out of his reach of course. The result of this treatment was mad dening to the poor unfortunate and often would deprive him of his reason. With the advance of civilization the legal or illegal torture of prisoners was even in this enlightened age, persons are tortured. so to speak, under and by sanction of the law.
 An instance of this kind occurred yes terday in the very shadow of the court house in the confines of the county jail when a hundred or more persons wit messed the destruction of certain and sundry beverages that had been de clared contraband by the law of the land and which had been seized, confiscated and condemned by the state s law enforcement officers, to wit: Connie Austin and his minions.
 Just as the sight of food so near
 ard yet so far, tortured the fanished prisoner so the sight of the foam
 ing amber fluid flowing down the gut
 ter of the alley leading from the county
 jail, caused almost as much torture to
 scores of individuals, to whom the.
 taste of beer was but fond memory,
 and in most cases had a thirst they
 would not have sold for $4 in the days
 when the cheerful barkeep would
 holler to his assistant: Draw three
 from the wood"
 Yes, sir the sight of such a pro
 digious waste of the liquid that mace
 Milwaukee famous, caused mouths to
 water and eyes to almost weep. There
 it was in plain open view, yet just as far out of reach as the viands before
 tie ancient prisoner.
 The law plainly says that cruel and
 unusual punishment shall not be ap-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
MOOSE OFFICIALS MUCH PRESSED
Birmingham May Land Two
 Instead of One of the Moose Homes

Chicago, November S.--(Special )-Ihe Moose and Civic Association party, in presenting the case of Birmingham, ran into bigger things than were expected. If Birmingham lands the million-dollar home for the aged, in all probability she will also land another MooSeheart-a |Mooseheart of and for the south-and Bir- mingham stock with the Loyal Order Of Moose is going up at a rapid rate Mem- bers of the specIal committee who today Tested intense interest in the advanta ge of the Alabama mineral district They
 want to locate both the aged home and the second Mooseheart where the equa- ble climate occurs in combination With the densest industrial population. This home for the aged is not altogether fo- indigent old. Prominent members of the
 Moose who are in declining years and
 who also are self-supporting are de-
 manding this home, well as the de-
 pendents. But the big development or
 the day for Birmingham was the an nouncement of another Mooseheart with
 s. 900, ,0o0 of investment in the wonderful
 Moose educational system for the orphan
 children of the order. Birmingham must
 mobilize her community spirit and ge.
 ready for the supreme councils visit.
 They will be there on a special tram
 January II, when they will look over the
 sites. They must have hundreds Of
 acres for they do business on bls
 scale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Feudal Days In New China

From Civil War as a Profession in
 China, by John o. P. Bland, in Asia
 And so, after eight years of the re- public. China has come to condi- ton of affairs which causes most of her people to sigh for the comparative Neither of the so-called governments of the north and the south makes any attempt to govern. Educat ton, which was to be the republics first care. is now either completely neg lected or left to the initiative of pub Ec-spirited scholars and local gentry.
 With the exception of the customs, postoffice and salt revenues tcollected Under the supervision of foreignersl. which form the security for China g foreign debts, the central government draws little or no money from he provinces. As regards such internal matters as trade. opium growing and IT. military equipment, each province goes it's independent way, either asserting complete rights of autonomy or main taining polite relations with the cap ital. as each governor may think IF.
 The northern provinces. whose gov ernors support the nominal authority of Pekine, In return for subsidies in cash, are to acertain txtent united against the southern Tuchuns; that is to say. they would join forces to prevent the Cantonese clique from orsting and replacing 1'uan and his friends. But neither in the north nor in the south does there exist anvthinr like real cohesion in the ranks ot the forces which are supposed to ne lat civil war. The only constant an l conspicuous feature of the situation lies in the. incessant fntrigues of one Tuchun against another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Ask That Case Be Advanced
 Rx Associafed Rress

lfkSUcIHttU FFtBB
 Washington. November S.--The gov ernment today requested the supreme court to advance for early hearing the case of Victor Berger, convicted on charges of having violated the espion- age act. Twice elected to Congress, Berger was denied seat, once before and once since his conviction. Solicitor General Frierson. who filed the motion to advance, said it was of great ir- portance the government have an early ruling for the guidance of district judges in similar cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
TOO MUCH MO0NSHINE
Manufacture Showing Alarming In
 crease, Declares Judge
By Associated Prass


 Chattanooga, Tenn, November S.-De- claring that the manufacture and sale of whiskey was showing an alarming in- crease in East Tennessee, Judge Edward T. Sanford, in charge to the federal grand jury here today. announced a more drastic policy in dealing with vio- lators of the prohibition laws, declaring those convicted would be given a year and day in the federal prison at At lanta in addition to heavy fines.
 Judge Sanford said the growth of tmoonshining'' was due to excessive profits gathered from the illicit traffic and that unless the courts took action immediately the industry would continue to become 8 still grea.er menace
 Judge Sanford deplorsd the lack of sufficient men in the internal revenue department to enforce the laws, declar- ing the force was entirely inadequate to cope with the situation. Excoriated. the the bootleggers, saying that he was worse than the moonshiner, who is cour- ageous. while the bootlegger is a "dirty coward"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
COLD WAVE COMING
Will Strike Kentucky and Tennessee
 Tonight, Says Bureau
Er Associated Prcss

Washington, November S.--A cold wave Tuesday night in Tennessee and Ken- lucky is indicated and the weather bu- reau tonight ordered warnings displayed in those states.
 A disturbance of marked intensity was forming today over the upper Mississippi valley. It is being followed by snow. northwest gales and the coldest weather of the season to date over the far north west The disturbance will increase in intensity and move eastward and be at- tended by rain, changing to snow in ths region of the Great Lakes and by rainS n the eastern and southern states during Tuesday and Wednesday. The weather bureau announced that it would be fol- lowed by the first pronounced cold wavs of the season which will overspread tho eastern and southern states Wednesday and Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
PASQUALE INDICTED
Alleged Slayer of Coughlin Baby Is
 Ready to Take His Medicine
By Associated Press

Norrlstown, Pa, November S.-August Pasquale was indicted by the grand jury here today on the charges of killing Blakely Coughlin, 1S-months-old son of Mir. and Mrs. George II. Coughlin of this city, on June 20 last. The grand jury also found true bills charging Kidnapping, burglary and extortion.
 While waiting in the prisoners room, Pasquale talked freely. He said he in- tends to plead guilty and take my med icine." without delay.
 In an alleged confession recently given out by Major Lynn G. Adams, head of the state police. Pasquale was said to have admitted Kidnapping and killing the child. later extorting sl2,000 from its parents on the promise to return it alive,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
TURKS HOLD cOOMBS.
Refuse to Permit American Relief Commissioner to Proceed
By Associated Press

Constantinople, November 6-The na- tionalists are holding Colonel J. P. Coombs, director of the American com mission for relief in the near east, at Samsoun, and will not permit him to proceed into the interior on tour in- spection to Constantinople. It Is re- ported that he and other Americans are held as hostages at the instance of the bolSheyiki.
 Constantinople. November S.Mustaha Renal Pasha, leader of the nationalists, has taken an attitude which may re- suit in the American commission for re- lief in the near east, abandoning it's work. He has stated despite the fact that work has been carried on among the Turks, as well as Armenians, that most of the relief measures were for the Armenians, and that the commission was acting as political and military agents.
 It is believed that the bolshevik ad- vance has much to do with Mustapha KemaFs stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
ARC D'TRIUMPH WINS
Decision Reached After Hot Session
 of Chamber of Deputies
By Associatcd Press

Paris, November S.-rhe Arc d'Triumph will be the last resting place of an "un- known French soldier. the ChambeT of Deputies decided today by unanimous vote
 The vote came after an acrmonous dis cussion of the government bill providing for the transfer of the body of an un- identified soldier from the Verdun bat tie zone to a last resting place, either in the Pantheon or the Arc d'Triumph. So violent was the debate that the whole chamber was obliged to suspend the sit ting for tirne The socialists advocated the Pantheon, while the remainder of the chamber advocated the Arc d'Triumph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Streyer Named Traffic Manager
 Ry AssOctated Prexa

Macon. Ga., November s.--John A. Streyer who began his railroad career az a messenger boy for the Georgia ago. has been named traffic manager in southern classification territory for the American Short Line Railway asso- citation, it was announced here today Mir Streyer, in confirming his appoint E,ent. said he would assume his duties on November 20, with headquarters in Washington
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
To Change Charter
By Associated Press

Trenton. N. J., November S.-Rutgers college filed today with the secretary of state a certificate of change in it's charter removing the provision that the president of the institution must be a member of the Reformed Church of America. This provision has been a part of the charter since 1t was issued by the state in 1766 and amended in 1870.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Tobacco Growers to Meet
 By Associated Press

Lexington, Ky, November S.--Grow- CTS from all tobacco producing states will meet in Washington on December 9 to discuss protective Legislation for growers and 10 confer with members of Congress The meeting was called by John W. Newman of Versailles, Ky, chairman of the Burkey Tobacco Crow CTS association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Gets Medal and $1,OO0 Cash
By Associated Press

Lincoln, Neb., November S.-Charles H. Shaw, senior vice commander of the Lincoln post of Veterans of Foreign Wars, was today notified he had been awarded a medal and s1,000 for his part in sinking the German subma- rine that had destroyed the American ship Covington. MT. Shaw was a gun ner in the navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Gamers Found Guilty

Louisville, November S.--The Van Camp. Morgan. Indiana and numbsr Of other canning companies were found guilty of misbranding imported red leans as American red kidney beans by a jury in federal court here today. The case is the first of many instigated by the government against several scores of canning companies of tha United States. Tn the case here. If was said that 90 per cent of the beans la helcd as native red kidney beans are imported
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09

piled to prisoners and surely it eX tends to the unoffending public
 There is growing senf'men' in favor of private executions, both from hu- mane standpoint and tne puuiic sov.l. and it would be a safe bet that the majority of the spectators who yester- day witnessed the execution of f0l perfectly good bottles of beer and sew eral gallons of good old "~'
 vote to have all further occasions of this kind performed In a p.si~v ,.-4. 1t could be neither seen, heard or smellet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Wants American Guardians By Associated Press

Honolulu, November 8.--Attorney Gen eral Harry Irwin announced today that he would soon institute litigation to have Americans appointed as guardians for American born Japanese minors in ihis territory who have homesteaded lands recorded in their names. The laws Of the territory prohibit aliens from own ing or acquiring homestead land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Departure Permitted Rv Associated pvess

Washington November s.-Orders os the interstate commerce commission today permit the railroads 10 depsr r. fl om the long and short haul provisions of the act to regulate commerce as regards the rates on certain conn,o- dities between Vicksburg, Miss. and points in western Louisiana between points in western Louisiana, between and between western Louisiana points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Stock Dividend Declared

Neodaska, Kan, November S.-The Standard oil Company of Kansas today declared dividend of sS per share and extra dividend of $S a share, payable December 15 to stockholders on rec ord November 30, 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Defeated In Randolph

Roanoke, November S.-(Special.)- The official count in Randolph county gives 666 majority against amendment No 1. 7S0 majority against amendment No. 2. and 1,017 majority against amendment No. g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Jugo-Slays and Italians Meet

By ASNOClateu FrtSS Santa Margharita, Italy, November $.
 The first meeting of the Italian and
 Jugo-Slav delegates, who are to endeavot to reach settlement of the problems concerning the territory on the eastern shore of the Adriatic sea, was held here nd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Two Americans Lost
By Associated Press

Constantinople, November s. - Two
 Americans, it is learned, were lost dur ing the retreat of General WrangeI. They were Capt. Emmet Fitzpatrick of
 the Red Cross and man whose name
 is given as Catchni of Madison avenue, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
Wealthy Georgian Dies

0y Associated Frees Savannah, November 8.--Joseph Hull, one of the wealthiest men in Georgia, died today at his country home near here. aged Fl. He made his fortune in the phosphate mining business in Flor ida, where he was born
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-09
DON'T SUFFER
 WITH NEURALGIA
Use Soothing Musterole


 When those sharp pains go shooting through your head, when your skull seems as if it would split, justrub alittlc Musterole on your temples and neck It draws out the inflammation, soothes awaythe pain, usually givingquickrelief-
 Musterole is clean, white ointment. made with oil of mustard. Better than a mustard plaster and does not blister
 Many doctors and nurses frankly recommend Musterole fer sore throat, bronchitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, congestion. pleurisy, rheuma- tism, iumbago, pains and aches of the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet--colds of the chest Git often prevents pneu- monia). It is always dependable.
 35c and 65c jars; hospital size $3.0
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-11

attention to herd strengthening.
As stated, in far too many herds
the production is decreasing,
while many owners are confronted
with the probability of a lot Of dry
cows on hand, to either starve or
be fed thro the winter months.
The dairy division people are
devoting their energies towards
the encouragement of the workers
who have SO much invested in the
industry; to demonstrate that now
is the time TO see that the mixers
are worked hardest, this being the
greatest butter fat season. From
the middle of October to New
Year, as argued is the most aus
picious time for putting the cows
to breeding, rather than leaving
that feature to mid-winter and
early spring. The fall freshened
cow has geen found the most prof
table.
Continuing, Mr.. Higgins points
out:
If most of the dairy work can be
done during the winter season it
will relieve some Of the rush work
during the spring and summer,
thereby helping to equalize the
farm work, keeping the labor
busy throughout the year.
1t will help the creameries in
solving their market problems as
it will gi,-s-- .han, a uniform pro-
duction the year through, whereas
now they cannot fill their con-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-11
WHAT YOU MIGHT GAIL COLD
According to OldtimeFs, Weather we
Are Getting Now is Nothing 60
What They Knew.

Edith Wharton, the novelist, is do
ing war work of all kinds in France,
and at a Paris dinner, apropos of the
coal shortage, she said:
'Well, let US be glad, anyhow, that
a French winter is not like a New
England one. Let us comfort our
selves, as we bend shivering over
chill radiators, with the weigdest
stories of New England cold.
81 know an aged New Highlander
who, coiled round the stove in the
general store at Croydon Four Cor
ners, talks about the cold i'm this
fashion:
@'Cold? shucks, you young fellers
don't know what cold is! Take the
winter of '67 now. Thar We had cold.
Why, in '67 it was so blamed cold
that if We heaved a pot of bilin' wa
ter out of doors it froze solid in four
minutes time. But the queerest
thing Of all was the way yer CONVEX
sation would actually freeze up be-
fore it could be heard. Us boys used
to have practical joke we'd often
play on strangers. We'd slip up and
put a couple of armfuls of frozen
shrieks and growls and cusses in the
stove unbeknownst, and as they
thawed out they'd yell and carry on
like demons, and we'd have a coed
laugh at the strangers expense, they
bein' mighty skeert.'
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-11

Assyrian, Greek and Armenian. Jew
and Christian-all rescued from the
fear of the Turk and under the care Of
American men and women.
Most of the children are cared for ii
229 American supported orphanages.
The first ceremony in receiving these
starved, almost naked children, is to
clean them up. They are not only ema-
ciated, but dirty with sores and YER
min-69 hospitals and over 6,000 beds
are kept full of the little sufferers.
But the children keep changing Last
year they were ali thin and pitiful;
now it Is the newcomers who are thin
The orphans who have been from six
months to year in American care are
we'll fed and well clothed
Best of all for new Near East
which surely must come out of all this
distress, every child old enough is be-
ing taught trade which will make
him self supporting.
They are a thrifty lot, these little
parentless exiles. From their scant
store of bread they always carry a
portion in a small bag about their
necks-they fear the day Of another
killing, another drive into the desert
They horde the shoes sent from
America until snow fiies-they remem-
Der their barefoot pain in the SHOWS
last spring.
They cling to- their new found
friends. Every day other little waits
find place In the orphanages and are
told of the generous people Of the
United States. Soon the entrances will
be crowded with children frozen out
from their temporary summer quarters
Then the table of the Near East Re-
lief must be extended-many, many
new leaves will be needed, and Amer
lea is asked to set the table.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-11
OPEN M0STRiLS! END
A COLD on CATARRH
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed Up.

Count fifty! Your cold in head
or catarrh disappears. Your
cl0gged nostrils will open, the air
passages of yuor head will clear
and you can breathe freely. No
more snuffling, hawking, mucous
discharge, dryness or headache no
struggling for breath at night.
Get q small bottle of Ely's
Cream Balm from your druggist
and apply a little Of this fra
grant, anteseptic cream in your
nostrils. It penetrates through
every air passage of the head,
soothing and healing the swollen
or inflamed mucous membrane,
giving you instant relief. Head
colds and catarh Yield like magic.
Don't stay stuffed-up and miser-
able. Relief is sure.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-11
SAGE TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
When Mixed with Sulphur / It
Brings Back It's Beautiful
Lustre at Once.

Gray hair, however handsome. de-
notes advancing age. We all know
the advantages OF youthful appear
ance. Your hair is your charm. 1t
makes or mars the face. When It
fades, turns gray and looks streaked,
just few applications Of Sage Tea
and Sulphur enhances its appearance
/ hundred-fold.
Don't stay gray! Look young!
Either prepare the recipe at home or
get from any drug store a bottle of
'Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound" which is merely the old-time
recipe improved by the addition of
other ingredients. Thousands of folks
recommend this ready-to-use prepara-
ton, because it darkens the hair beau
tifully, besides, no one can possibly
tell, az it darkens so naturally and
evenly. You n1oisten a sponge or soft
brush with it, drawing this through
the hair, taking one small strand at
a time. BY morning the gray hair
disappears; after another application
Or two. it's natural color is restored
and it becomes thick, glossy and lus-
trous, and you appear years younger.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet requisite
It is not intended for the cure, miti-
ration OF prevention of disease.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-11
EElSarenr2 Victim
ellis Story
Photo International.

Stolen from her home on the night
before her wedding and imprisoned for
five years in Turkish harem, Aghavni
MILAN, q beautiful nineteen-year-Old
Armenian girl from Bills has at last
been discovered by her lover and
through the assistance of the Near
East Relief forcibly taken from her
master and brought to one of the
American Rescue Homes in CONSTANT
nople. Here she will stay until ar
rangements can be made for her mar
riage and her return to her old home.
My story-it is like hundreds of
others" Aghavni said simply II was
stolen from my home on the night that
the massacres first began in Bitlis. 1t
was the night before I was to have
been married. l was just folding my
wedding veil away when the Turkish
soldiers broke into the house They
carried me off, II They took me,