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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
Merchant of Venice.
k s. 8 Medical School Will Go to Tuscaloosa

e7T HE board of trustees of the
 4 University of Alabama did wisely in moving the medical school from Mobile to Tuscaloosa. It would have been a reflection on both the university and the state to let the school remain in Mobile as Class B institution.
 Birmingham was in a receptive mood for the medical school and per haps a great college could have been built up here, but it is logical to sup pose that the best results can be ob- tained in any department of uni versity by not separating it from the mother institution. While the medical school at Mobile has had long career of usefulness, it has not shared in the great development which transformed the University of Alabama from college with limited facilities to one of the best equipped and most esthetically beautiful mi versailles in America.
 Naturally, Mobile hates to lose the uriversity's medical school, but no self-interest should stand in the way of improving Alabama's educational facilities. Reused by the decision of the American Medical Association to reduce the school from Class A to Class B, the trustees acted promptly and with wha3 appears to have been excellent judgment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
Let's Have Revival of
 Memorial Campaign

A soon as the political campaign GA ends on May II, and the peo- pie have taken a little rest, the Ala bama memorial campaign should be revived.
 It would be shame to let the movement die. A half million dollars was the amount sought by private subscription with which to erect a handsome building at Montgomery as a memorial to our brave men who tough, in defense of their country.
 Already two hundred and twenty thousand dollars has been subscribed. With a thoroughly organized canvass and an earnest drive it should be easy to raise the balance.
 Surely there are three hundred thousand citizens who can well af- ford to contribute to the cause b-t who have failed to do so. The fact is, million men could donate mil lion dollars and not feel it. A mil lion dollar memorial edifice would not be too much to ask.
 The building itself should be of monumental beauty The interior should be adorned with works of art paintings and sculpture, and there should be a great museum containing souvenirs of the world war and the heroic pa Alabama played in it.
 A million dollars should have been raised for such purpose; but the figures have been set for half that sum. Let's go forward with the cam, paign during the early summer anc round out the balance needed.
 SC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
Harding Is Favored
 By Republican Bosses

e EVERAL political writers of na- " tional reputation have declared Senator Harding to be the choice of the "old-line" republicans for the presidency. Their deductions are logical and are based on the we'll known penchant republicans have for an "easy boss"
 Senator Harding may lack some of the ability of such men as Gov ernor Lowden of Illinois, Herbert Hoover or even General Wood, but republican leaders think he would make an ideal man in the White House because he would give them more latitude than they have enjoyed since the days of Mckinley.
 A President who will "listen to rsa- son." who will submit to the dicta- tion of the men who put him in of-
  flee, cannot be a great President, but the average politician, whether a democrat or a republican, is look ing out more for party interests than the national good. That is one of the faults of our form of government. The best men do not always get the offices.
 Senator Harding, however, stands we'll with his colleagues in the Sen ate, is popular in Ohio, and it would be unfair to assume that he would be merely figurehead if he were elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
FAMED LEBANON

spite of the crowd of ephemeral sum mer visitors who seek in the cool shade of the willows beside the sacred pool a rest from the heat of the Medi- terranean littoral.
 The emblem chosen for the Lebanon flag is the cedar tree. This sym fnetrical symbol of lasting strength las long served as the seal of the American University at Beirut. But the cedars of Lebanon are not unap- rreciated by the people of the noun tains. They call them The Cedars of the Lord
 Some scholars believe that the oic- 'uresque sides of lofty Lebanon wera cnce clothed in these majestic trees and give as reason the fact that soIs cmon obtained from Hiram of Tyre sreat rafts of this time e-defyine tim Ter Tor the famous temple at Jeru- salem, Others cite this as reason been many of these kingly trees and Tor believing that never. have there that their rarity as much as their rot- Iesistils qualities made them desirable to the king who could SCOUT the known world Tor the best temple material
 However, that may be, the main group of true cedars now contains enly about 400 of these trees clumped Tn what from distance of several miles appears to be a dark green has, SOCK thrown against the tawny noun tains. Yet these trees, 400 of which look like single sea shrub, if one fees them from the Kadisha valley. Ter the distant mountain pass, are real " so to 100 feet in height and doubt less many of them are 1000 years of age Only the deodars of the Hima- iayas and the SeQuoais of California surpass them in age and dignity.
 The Lebanon had it's own govern rnent and a special constitution dating from 1881. following the Druze- Ma ronite disorders of the year before Fut in 1916 all special privileges were abolished by the Porte. The Leba- ron gendarmerie wore a picturesque uniform in the Zouave style with vol- luminous trousers of dark blue piped with red and with tight jackets and trim leSEfns.
 The grapes and cigarette tobacco cf the Lebanon have long been fla nous. But possibly this long mountain range which has given its name to the political region mas never done greater service to mankind than when ii drove the Phoenician traders to the Western sea and gave sea-boras roaor merce and. perbsts. the slphshet %o the ycrid.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
Easily Identified

The eight or nine hundred delegates to the state convention of Christian En- deavorers in session here add much to the life of the city, said John c. Hem ley. flor their badges are conspicuous and their happy faces make them easily identified.
 'The movement, founded by Dr. Fran cis E. Clark. has been wonderfully blessed, for it found a way to utilize the young people in the churches by giving them something definite to do along religious lines. The Christian En- deavor societies have proved to be great training places for the development Of boys and girls in spiritual matters. It means that they will grow up as pre- pared men and women to take the places of the older ones who die or from some cause have to give up active work :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
DEcADENcE OF poLIr1cs

'Ifs an outrage" beloved the old fashioned campaign orator. 'The com mittee is circumscribing the sphere of my usefulness"
 What's happened2@ asked sympa- thetic friend.
 I've been told that this campaign must be conducted on high plahe. Why I'm not even permitted to call the opposition's candidate an unprin- cipled scoundrel and a wall-eyed narw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
MED1rATING REVENGE

"Ahl' exclaimed the brisk caller. having a day dream?"
 You might call it that" said Mir. Dubwaite. sourly.
 "Yes?"
 T was just thinking up few cold and sarcastic remarks to make to my landlord if ever pass by him in my flivver when his motor car Is in ditch"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
LIKE MLI1kE SAYS

The first baoy is awakened every five minutes because mother is afraid the color of its eyes might change. But the sixth baby gets dose of para goric so it will keep on sleeping.
 What has become Of the O. f. woman who used to press her husbands lants every Sunday morning?
 Another thing we can't understand is why redheaded man never seems to get bald.
 Peace hasn't been declared in the families in which the husband got married to keep from being drafted He can't even arrange for an armis- stice.
 One nice thing about being poor is that you know that your estate isn't going to pay lot of high priced law ?ers to discover that you were in sane when you made your will.
 woman used to hold her car fare in her mouth. But she has quiet it in the towns where car fare has been boosted to seven or eight cents.
 man should not let his head get cwelled so often that he gets round- shonldered from carrying the blame thing around.
 And how about nineteenth amend ment prohibiting wife from invit- .ng all of her cakev-looking forty second cousins from boarding with her at her husbands expense?
 A doctor announces that eating raw onions is the lest hair tonic. But most of the girls would just as soon te bald-headed.
 And you may have noticed that the rood fellow when he had it is now wishing that he had kept his stock fer his own use.
 After man roams around for a while he discovers that all of the ,heeses are not in the delicatessen stores
 And what has become of the o. f. aoctor who used to advise a patient to Crink beer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
4 nELLIaERENr BODY

50 this is the United States Sem ate?" said the foreign visitor.
 Yes" replied the guide.
 T would like to see an example of what is called in your country sena- torial courtesy"
 well dare say one senator oc- casionally offers another senator cigar, match or even chew of to- bacco in the cloakroom but I'm afraid you won't see any courtesy on the floor of the Senate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
Birmingham's Teachers
 Woefully Underpaid

MN May 8 special election vii, W be held to vote on two-mill school tax. If the measure carries, it will mean that the harassed school teachers of Birmingham will be granted an increase iii salaries.
 The eight hundred teachers in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
WHEN NEWS IS NEWS
the New York World.

From the New York World.
 Beginning. in Tampa. spreading to Birmingham and other cities whose climate is mlder than New York's, the idea of the Overall Club" to hit the cost of living attracted wide notice. For one lawyer to wear overalls in court might be contempt. But when, in city of modest size. 4,0oo lawyers, merchants and other solid citizens ap- pear in overalls together by agree ment. that is news.
 So it was news, legitimate news. good ''human-interest stuff" when merchants in southern towns. to get even with the overall Clubs" began charging $6 each for $2 garments of that character. That widely heralded fact was of interest to cynics, econo- mists, housekeepers, wage-earners, capitalists-in short, everybody in cluding, we hope, the flying squad rons' that ferret out criminal profi- teering for the government.
 Now. again, it is news that the cloth ;ers of Birmingham have appealed to the newspapers to suppress news of the formation of overall Clubs be- cause it hurts trade;" and that the publishers refuse to suppress facts of .,ublic concern.
 If the merchants of Chattanooga had not tfebled their prices on over alls in stock, if Birmingham adver- tisers had not attempted to dictate to the newspapers. there would have neen but one good news story in the Tampa idea. instead of three. So true is it, fortunately or not, that man. sind is more concerned in the unusual oven unusual greed or folly, than in lands and towns that have no history,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
ovERAwED

Your new stenographer seems to be an efficient young woman"
 ''Uncomfortably so," replied MT. Cad spur. Every now and then I have a suspicion that my grammar doesn't quite come up to her expectations"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
Planting Season Two to
 Three Weeks Late

S7T1 HE crop report of the American
 4 Steel and Wire Company under Chicago date of April IF, will say: "T'he season is from two to three weeks late. Owing to cold, wet weather the oat acreage will be small CT. Wheat is growing on consid- erably reduced acreage, and it is not in the best of condition"
 It is learned that the most serious aspect of the western agriculture is the labor situation.
 In the south the backwardness of the planting season is practically as serious as that of the Chicago region. But when q hot wave comes crops will catch up to an important extent. There is time enough for large corn crop, but poor cotton crop is indi- cated. Labor shortage is most as serious or the southern farms as it is in the north, but it behooves hus- bandmen in every part of the coun- try to meet the labor situation by in- tensive cultivation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
HE'LL NEVER GET IT

Prom the Atlanta Constitution.
 An artist has painted a portfait entitled. Mother at the Piano." and hopes for an opportunity to paint a companion one of Daughter at the Dishes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
SOUTH OF THE BORDER

From the Chicago News.
 Sonora's secession from Mexi-o indi- cates that self-determination can speak Spanish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17

eity's schools are now being paid less than hodcar-iers. There is hardly branch of unskilled labor which does rot provide a larger income than teaching school in one of the south's leading cities where it is req sonable to suppose that teachers must be efficient and well trained.
 Comparison of the responsibilities of the average hodcarrier and the average school teacher, even a teach CT of some small rural school, cannot be made without showing the injustice to which teachers are subjected. What they do for society is shown in the qualities of our men and women of the future, who are to carry on the work of this country and prove by their citizenship to be either an asset or a liability.
 There can be no argument against the necessity for paying better sal aries to cur teachers, regardless of the merits of any particular plan for raising the money. The public schools of America have deteriorated alarm ingly. Literally, children are trying to teach children in many cases. The only remedy for these conditions is ito make the profession of teaching appeal to men and women of ability, whose enthusiasm for their work will be strengthened by the knowledge that they are enjoying an adequate income.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A coNsoLINa THOUGHT

A CONSoLTNG THOUGHT The high cost of living, Iris sad to remark, Is making the future Oppressively dark. According to symptoms Some people observe, The whole blooming nation Is loosing it's nerve. These present conditions Are largely the fruit Of having to conquer The arrogant Teut. Yet, surely no mortal, Fen though it played hob. Is sorry We tackled And finished that job. Had we been defeated In Europe's big row. 10 sad-hearted brother, Where would we be now?
 A CONFIRMED PEsSIMIsT There's a man at the door, sir, who wants to see you" Well what's his trouble?" asked MT. Grumpson.
 He says he lost his health during the war"
 'Umph! You go back and tell him he's barking up the wrong tree. I've even> last my desire to be healthy"
 A FoRLoRE HOPE Broadway acknowledges that it's dry"
 "Yes, but Broadway Is still true to form" 'How's that?"
 Tt won't concede that the drouth is permanent" ANOTHER TAKE-oFF It seems to me In womans dress
 The styles decree
 "A little less"
 Birmingham Agc-Herald.
 Il seems to me
 You're a bit sore,
 Styles don't decree Taking off more. -Janey Smitf. Toi'eka, Kas. IL seems to me, My dear Miss Janey, If they took off more, There'd not be any. -P. L. S.. Meridian, Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17

Washington Bureau. 500 DaSids0'i building. .t,aa+
 European Bureau, 10 hlus sSs Covent Garden, London, W. .. z'
 Eastern business office, Worln puile- ing, New York City. western pusirSss nr,s office, Tribune building, Chlcaso IS. e Beckwith Special Agency, agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17

Why should man, whose blood ia
 warm within, Sit like his israndsire cut in alabaster. sleep when he wakes. and ereeps Into
 the jaundicc By being peevish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17

Remittances can be mace at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald VIII not be responsible for money seH through the mails. Address
 THE AGE HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
Could Do Better

T am glad to sec they are making some headway on the paving of Tus- caloosa Ave-" said Lawrence Trough ton. While there has been lot of bad weathed of late. and men have been hard to get I am quite sure that the cause of the slow progress of the paw ing lies in the improper management of the thing. The other day was going out Tuscaloosa avenue in my car, and noticed that many of the workers were standing around idle. While they had /shovels and picks in their hands, they were making no effort to work, rand the white man that was in charge of them was sitting down on the curb stone at the other end of the block
 T shall certainly be glad when the road is finished. for at some places. es- pecially at Hawkins street where I turn in every night the holes in the ground are so large it reminds me of travelling over some of the country roads that I have to make"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17

No communication will be pupllshs9 without its authors name. heyeSteu manuscript will ne, be returned uiiesS stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17

TELEPHONE Bell (private exchange connecting all departmental Main 40V0'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
member of the Associated Press

Member of the AssOcIated FFesS
 The Age Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Blrmihshah lcarrying the Associated Press ois patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published therein.
 All rights of republication of speclal dispatches herein are also reserved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Popular Here

Popular Here ~
 When the commander, Miss Booth Of the Salvation Army has visited Birming- ham heretofore it has usually been on Sunday and she has appeared in one of the large churches. and have had the pleasure of hearing her several times" said J. L. Drennen yesterday.
 T have never known this remarkable speaker to fail to enthrall her audience. She has the most wonderful vocabulary; she is quite dramatic. and her slight ac- cent makes her very different and un- usual, and above all, the deep piety of the woman and her sincerity and ear .Bestness make an appeal that is ire sistible.
 'I am very glad. indeed that the com mander is to lecture here next Mon day evening and I don't doubt that the Jefferson will be crowded and many turned away, for both at Highlands Methodist Church and the southside Baptist Church, where the commander has appeared, there have been capacity audiences to hear her"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

By Mail in United States and Canada; Daily and Sunday, year. ..''- 'fAV'Vy Daily, without Sunday. ..-.....-. o'Oo Daily and Sunday, three months'- z-ao a..y any s..-o IIa-sid ner annu1n.. 300 sTs.'-ay-,.s' oattion ner annum 50 Rv carrier in Greater Birmingham' s 11s ,,,. a.s S,,,da. week 20 t,as,s ,s,s'. ee--1 es e--,.1,,, ,routh 1.10 ,os,is, a,,S a e,'ndax vsar....... 1900
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-06
LITTLE DETAILS FEATURE COLE AERO 8
MOTOR DRIVEN AIR PUMP is ONE
CONVENIENCE WHICH NEW MODEL
OFFERS, SAYS PENDLETON AGENT

Even on the biggest cars its the
little things that count" says Clyde
Mckay. OF the Western Auto Co. To-
cal dealers for the Cole Aero Eight.
For instance, a part OF the equip
ment on all models Of the Cole Aero
Eight models is the motor driven tire
pump. This pump which is equipped
with long air hose and guage, is To-
Gated under the drivers seat on the
left hand side. II is operated by a
small lever. also found under the front
seat. The pump is always connected
for instant use and all that is neces-
sary to initiate a tire is to connect the
air hose to the tire valve, start the
motor and pull the lever.
Whenever It is necessary to initiate
a tire, whether on the road or in the
garage. the motorist may do so with
practically no effort on his part a
s2x5 inch tire. with which the Aero
Eight is equipped. may be inflated in
less than five minutes with the motor
doing the work The construction of
the pump Is such that it takes up very
little space and will give indefinite
service.
although the original tire equip
ment of the Aero-Eight viii give up
wards OF 1900 miles. it sometimes
becomes necessary to place some air
in a tire and for this reason the mo-
tor driven tire pump found on all the
Cole Aero Eight models is instantly
appreciated"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-06
Fxnerience Shows
No plarket Rating
Can Be Given Cars
Ren SneedWanon Found to be
Stronner Than TholIuht at
Beuinnino and no Attempt is
Made to Rate 1t.

''There is no standard basis for the
reting of trucks - SAYS Clyde Mckay
OF the Western Auto Co.. local dealers
for the REQ Speedwagon-
Each maker now fixes his own rat
ing and the rating depends in part on
his modesty. or tendency to exagger-
ate. II depends in part on the condi-
tions of use he has in mind when he
rates it. and further on his own know
ledge of his own vehicle.
Take REQ for example, Away back
six years ago when they designed the
Speedwagon it was a pioneer vehicle
1t had pneumatic tires, electric lTgnt-
ing and starting. and passenger car
speed-things unheard OF in a truck
1t was natural that they should have
rated it very conservatively.
''The Speedwagon passed ont INTO
the hands of users and little by little
they began to pile more and more
upon it, Now there are 10000 users
who have proved that the speedwagon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-06
A6oNE-LORo eIRkeHHeAD
REZOH-JUlES CHnSON


Has Automobile Brake Adjuster-
To overcome the wear on nrahe
hands the Cole Motor Car Company Is
equipping its Earo-Eights with auto
matte brake adjusters.
Tsih exclusive Cole feature MAKES
periodic adjustment of the service
brakes unnecessary by automatically
absorbing the ordinary wear on the
band. Each time the brake IS applied
the ratchet within the adjuster auto
maticaliy moves on the brake rod, de-
creasing the surplus length occasion
ed by the natural wear. Thus the
brakes are kept in permanent ADJUST
r1ent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-06
FIRST NEW YORK AUTO
SHOW WAS HELD WHEN
GAS WAS AT 6 CENTS

> The first New York show was
= held in 1900. In 1SsS gasoline
= sold for six cents gallon
= The first four cylinder car was
= brought out in 1900.
= In 1886 Barnum & Bailey an
> nounced that they would exhibit
s-% throughout the country a
= horse less vehicle
s--A In July. lsSS. the news was
, given that a plant would be built
r to turn out ~one motor carriage
, a week.
> General Nelson A. Miles.
= Chauncey NJ. Depew and John
> Jacob Astor were judges of the
, second automobile run to be held
> in this country.
= In 1895 there were only four
= automobiles in the United
= States
, The first long distance tour
, was made from Cleveland to
= New York It took from July
= IS to August Z.
, The first transcoatinental run
, was made from Cleveland to
= New York and took over two
= months. from May % to July
= 2s.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-03-06

Ford Headlight Charms Rabbits
Recounting his experience with his
Ford Car, George Amber. Detroit,
Michigan. tells the following: My
wife and I were over in Canada.
Travelling one morning at 2 o'clock on
the road between Ridgetown and Lon
don- the glare from the headlights
blinded two fat rabbits who remained
in the direct path of the car. 1
promptly picked them up and, oh boy!
how We enjoyed our rabbit dinner.
This is just one more, achievement
credited to 1.-The Universal Car"