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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
MOTION PICTURE PLAY WRITING IS
 NOT EASIEST LIFE

'Movie Authors vs Stars" Is the
 title of an editorial in the New York Evening Post. Note the acceptance of
 the word movie" without quotation marks. 'Tn no other art" runs the comment, 'fs it so hard for the artist
 to reach the public. Write a book, and if publishers are obdurate you can spend a thousand and bring it out your self; write play, and you can build your own little theatre; you can hire
 window for your painting or dis
 tribute your sheet music. To stage a ! film rlay and produce it costs a com i, parative,y large sum, but by combina- ], ton the authors hope to achieve their ends.
 "Rex Beach led the revolt by sud- . denly blossiming forth, not only as a I film author, but as producer, and, join ! ing hands with an experienced man. { ager, has invited all authors to enlist'' ! The corporation formed by Rex Beach I and Samuel Goldwyn is the Eminent { Authors Pictures, Inc, and now in- { cludes Gertrude Atherton, Mary Robert Rinehart, Rupert Hughes Basil King, I Leroy Scott and Gouverneur Morris. | On the subject of stars, the Post says: our sel1-respecting author IS likely Ito object to wrestling his play to suit < the acress's personality and insist sirather that she mould her acting to suit ' his composition. On the crude level of ! the slap-stick comedian it matters !. little where the scenario comes from !. Tut this does not prove that pie throw {. ing should crowd writers off the l reen. Moreover. most stars pretend to \ more dignified histrionic talent The
 I. popular actresses exercising their X spell in crudely emotional melodrama {" would appear to equal advantage in g :. well written play"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
ExtraditiOn Demand
 Sent Direct to Berlin
(Continued From Page One) insure the execution of the de- mnnds.
THOSE DEMANDED

Berlin. February 4.=Following is a partial list of the persons demanded for eXtradition from the German gov ernment:
 Karl Aegdi. Duke Albrect of wur- temburg, Submarine Commander Arnold De La Perere. General Count Sixt von Arnim, General Otto von Below, Count Johann von Bernstorff, former ambassador to the United States.
 Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg, former
 imperial chapcellor; General von Beze-
 Ter, Count Bismarck. General von
 Boehm, General von Bothner, Crown
 Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. the Duke of Mecklenburg. General von Bredow, Brossart won
 Schellendorf. Gen. Otto von Buelow
 Admiral von Capelle. General Groener General von Daimling. Enver Pasha, Prince Ernst of Sax ony. General Falkenhausen. Genera Falkenhayn. Prince Frederick oi Prussia. General von GaIlwitz Alfred von Glazenapp, Otto von Gottberg i General von Gravenitz. General Count | Haeseder, Hammerstein.
 Dr. Haniel von Haimhausen, tho Grand Duke of Hesse. | Field Marshall von Hindenburg
 whose extradition is demanded b, | France ana Belglum. Brlnce Angus 1 of Hohenzollern. Prince Eitel Fried rich of Hohenzollern. the Crown Price
 of Germany, Prince Oscar of Hohen l zollern.
 General von Hutier. Ismael Hakk | Pasha, General von Kluck, General vor Linsingen, General Ludendorff. Fielt Marshal von Mackensen. General Maltzahn, General Barol Kurt von Manteuffel General von De- 1 Marwitz. von Moltke, von Montgelas
 Rohert Morath. yen Chein. von Der Planitz. von Plet, 1 tenberg. General van Quast. Prince l Ratibor
 | Admiral Seheer. von Der Schulen ] burg. Count Schwerin Taiaat Pasha l Admiral von Tirpitz, General vol /, Trother
 | Submarine Commander Nalentiner Count Waldersee. - Warburg. Prime I wittgenstein. Count vitzstum, vol | Eckstedt. ! Alfred Zimmerman. for mer secretar. of foreign affairs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
DECLINE PAR PAYMENTS

Montgomery, February 4.-(Special)- Many Alabama banks have declined to pay checks at par and have returned them to the Birmingham branch of the federal reserve bank, according to in formation received by the state banking department Tuesday This begins the test of strength and will bring the issue be- tween the non-member banks and the federal reserve bank to the fore
 A large mum Der of chec's were mailed to the banks by the Birmingham branch early in the week with the request that remittanees be made at par. The checks returned by non-member banks were placed in the hands of express companles with the request that collections be made over the counter at the banks.
 D. F. Green, state superintendent or banks. stated that some banks paid the Cheeks at par but informed the Birmlne- ham branch that they would be unable to make further rem. -tances at par, in ether words without exchange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
Ordinance No. 679-c.

An ordinance to Amend Subseefion
 231 of Section of Ordinance
 67O-C, entitled, "An Ordinance to Prescribe and Fix Licenses for
 Businesses, Occupations and Pro-
 fessions in the City of Birming-
 ham. Ala. for the Year 1920"
 Be if ordained by the Commissioa of the City of Birmins g ham as follovsS
 Section 1. That subdivision 2s1 of Section l of Ordinance 670-C be and the same is hereby amended so as to- read as follows:
 1. Mercantile or Commercial Agen- cies-Each person, firm or corpora- ton or association whose principal business is inquiring into and report, ing upon the credit and standing of persons, firms or corporations, $2oa. 2. Each person, firm. corporation or association organized and conducted ass a local credit reporting company or adjusting bureau inquiring into and reporting upon wholesale or retail trade as such, $50.
 2. Any person, firm, corporation or association who maintains a place or business outside of the City of Bfr7 mingham. or who interchanges credit | inform ation of reports, or h affiliated with any similar agency opera ating in l any other city CT state. shall not be deemed a local credit reporting com pany under the terms of this or dinance.
 Approved February 1. 1szn- N. A. BARRETT. President of the Commission A true copy: H s. RYALI. City Clerk Age Herald, February 5, 1szo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
MIR. W. 5. SHARP'S l TROUBLES OVER

Your medicine is fine; when first bought box of Granger Liver Regulator l was taking medicine from my doctor which did me very little good. suffered terribly with indigestion and nothing seemed to do me much good
 After taking Granger Liver Regulator ] am now m better health than I have been in about t4 years and weigh more than I ever did. My wife was also in very rundown state of health. being unable to sleep or eat. She had been taking medicines that her doc tor prescribed regularly, but received very little benefit from them. Later she tried your medicine, which did her so much good that her health is better than it has been in a long time. She can now sleep we'll and eats anything that she wants"
 The above enthusiastic testimonial is from MT. W. s. Sharp, of Blytheville, S. c.
 Granger Liver Regulator costs only 25e Sold by all druggists or by mail direct iron, manufacturer on receipt of price Granger M edicine Co, Chattanooga. Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
CHINESE NOVELTY FEATURE OF BILL
 AT LYRIC THEATRE
All-Star Bill of Keith Vaude. vile and Geraldine Far rar in Picture Fea-
 ture Is Offering

Headed by the Sam Yee Troupe in "A Chinese Hair-Raislng Novelty the new bill at the Lyric, opening today, is her aided as one of the fastest and clever est vaudeville performances shown at the Keith house in weeks. The magnificent gold hand-embroidered setting used by the Celestials represents the old em- peror's palace summer garden at Pekin, and the setting itself is of the finest satin, in one piece alone sixteen differ ent colors being used to obtain the proper effect The back curtain otok fourteen months to make, it is said and is con sidered to be the finest work of the kind that ever left China The Chinese act is a conglomeration of all the Celestial is supposed to know in the art of magic and jugglery.
 You Pick En- with Ray w. Snow and Marine Nelmar, is one of those breezy, snappy skits. It's an -to-ther minute conversational oddity and affords a couple of songs and a woman with a pretty back-just like Kitty Gordon's S, they say. The scene is laid on the meg zanine floor of a modern hotel And is filled with bright lines and clever re- | partee MT. Snow has been well known for years as the creator Of The Man About Town" monologues, and he is a writer of no mean ability, being the au- thor of large part of his stage mate rial. This act is declared 10 be one that really entertains, interests and gives it's hearers something to think about as well "The Beauty Vendor" is another odd number-a sort of musical prescription. The ingredients are fun, music and dance. | George Martin heads cast of four in this number.
 lsl Cota. xylophone artist, is considered the peer of all such performers, and his work is described by critics as the kind that will please lovers of operatic and ragtime music.
 The Fl Key Sisters, direct from a tri- umphant European tour are the last {, word in skatorical terpsichore, and they < walbt, clog, two-step, tango, hesitate and fox trot as becomingly as most folks do ! or the ballroom floor.
 In addition to the vaudeville, "F'lame ! Of the Desert" featuring Geraldine Far rar, will be shown at matinees
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
FRIEDA HEMPEL
 HAS SCORED MANY
 CONCERT TRIUMPHS
Few Sopranos in History Have Had Greater or More Gifts Than Frieda Hempel-Fame Has Extended
 to Two Continents

The operatic stage knows few sopranos
 in history of greater and more varied
 gifts than Frieda Hempel who comes
 to Birmingham as one of the chief con
 cert attractions in the series of notable
 'all- star concerts" presented by Mrs.
 Richard F. Johnston and Mrs. Orline A.
 Shipman. The opening concert will take
 place on Tuesday evening, February g7,
 at the Jefferson theatre with Miss
 Hempel and her own concert company,
 assisting of the world-renowned Dutch
 pianist, Coenraad V. Boss, ''the king of accompanies" and August Rodeman, the wcrld-famous flutist.
 Miss Hempeps superb work in opera has been duplicated on the concert plat form as well, a thing as unusual as it is delightful. It was four years ago that she first attracted wide attention as a concert star in this country. although her l fame in Europe was second to no other | Among the first big music festivals where she rose supremely above everything were
 those at Ann Arbor, Mich, Evanston | H., Buffalo, N Y, and Richmond, Va. These cities have since heard again, and naturally they feel certain pride in hay ling been among those that welcomed and recognized the famous soprano. In every | instance the wonderful beauty of voice captivated the crowds. and her persona 1 loveliness won immediate favor. But I was for the more discerning listeners tt understand fully the significance of he work And like the critics of New York Boston and Philadelphia who had ire ouently lauded the singer in superlativ' phrases, the initiated members of hel l various out-of-town audiences could no find words enough to describe all th' | wonders and beauties of her art.
 | In Cleveland, the Press stated: Suci exquisite tonal quality and vocal con | trol of perfection can be compared onl. to Sembrich in her prime. Her pro gramme was faultless," said the Detroi | Journal, and she revealed a song ut terance so natural, so pure and spon taneous that no other voice seems quit | so marvellous"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
HOSPITALS ARE READY

Memphis Tenn. February 4.-Only surgical and other cases in which the emergency is great are to be accepted by local hospitals so that adequate fla cilities may be left to care for the in- fluenza victims, according to an order
 issued tonight by Mayor Rowlett Paine, following a conference with represen- tatives of the large institutions. The hospitals will concur in the order. it V as announced.
 With 2a new influenza cases, two deaths and two pneumonia cases re- ported today. the forces of the City Health Nurses and the Public Health Nursing Association were co-ordinated and the city was divided into districts with nurse in charge of each ward to report the needs of persons suffering from the malady. The local Red Cross organization also took steps to register volunteer nurses and appointed com mittee to organize them. The volunteers will work under the direction of the trained nurses headquarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
USES OE ASPIRIN TOLD BY "bAYER'' Bayer Company, who intro duced Aspirin, IS years
 ago, give advice

When the Bayer Company introduced Aspirin over eighteen years ago. physi- clans soon proved it marvellous help in relieving Rheumatism, Colds. Head ache, Neuralgia, Earache, Toothache Lumbago, Neuritis, Aching Joints and Pain in general
 To get this same genuine, world-fa- nous Aspirin, you must ask for "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin marked with the .Bayer Cross" You will find safe and proper directions in every unbroken package
 Handy tin boxes of l2. tablets cost only a few cents. Druggists also sell larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoace eticacidester of Salicylicacid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
SWITCH OFF! Put aside the Salts, Oil. Calomel, or Pills and
 take "Cascarets.

and stomach clean, pure and fresh with Cascarets. or merely whipping them into action every few days with Salts, Cathartic Pills, Oil or Purgative Waters?
 Stop having bowel wash day. Let Cascarets gently cleansa and regulate the stomach, remove the s.--.- = ld fer menting food and foul gases. take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the colon and bowels all the con- stipated waste matter and poisons so you can straighten up. Cascarets tonight will make you feel great by, morning. They work while you sleep-never gripe, sicken or cause any inconvenience, and cost so little too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
LEGIsLATURE VACANCIES

MontgOmerN FebruarV 4.-tSpeclaIJ- Ten vacancies exist in the Alabama leg isature now or about per cent of the total membership of the two houses, ac- cording to a check made in the executive department Wednesday. These include resignations and positions which have been vacated by the acceptance of other positions by members Although there is no probability of an extra session in the near future, the vacancies have be- come a matter of interest due to Cae decision of the supreme court last week invalidating d large number of acts Of 1913 which were based on population.
 Only two vacancies exist in the senate
 A. W. Briscoe vacated his office to be- come state insurance commissioner and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
ONLY AMERICA CAN SAVE ARMENIA, SAYS
 ALABAMA WOMAN
Miss Farnsworth Says Conditions Tn Near East Are Very Bad and
 Urges People to Help

A message from the Near East which brings closer home to Alabama the truth of the sufferings in Armenia, was received yesterday, in the form of cablegram from Miss Margaret Earns worth of Tuscumbia, who is now al Harpoot, Armenia. engaged in relief work
 Miss Farnsworth's cable message is as follows:
 ''Harpoot, Armenia.
 "Connditions here very bad. Many dying from lack of proper clothing and nour- lshment Orphanages. crowded and many wandering in open places We are doing all we can with the limited funds at our disposal. Whole hope of Near East people is generous-hearted America. Please urge people of my state to do their share for Near East relief.
 Margaret Farnsworth. '" The message was received by H. T. McRroom state secretary for the Ala bama Near East campaign. which is now in progress through the national head quarters In New York.
 Miss Farnsworth is a daughter of I. A. Farnsworth, connected with the Air Nitrates Corporation at Muscle Shoals She is a native of Atlanta and was edu- 1 cated there, afterwards taking three year nurses course in St. Luke's hospi- | tai, New York. She served in army worS at Base Hospital No. 116, A. E. F., hay 1 ing gone to France with one of the first units to leave America.
 She served IS months at Base Hospi- taa No He. which was near the firing line. and rendered first aid to wounded l Her unit followed the army of occupsa' tion to Coblenz. After returning to tho 1 United States she did two months com munity work at Brooklyn and then be came attached to the Near East relic organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
Ordinance No. 680-C. p.. th> PubI;c Health.

Protect the uonC AASefAAs-
 Whereas, the Board of Health has ad- vised inc Commission that there is an immediate possibility of influenza a dangerous and highly communicable disease, becoming epidemic in this community,< though there are at the present time only moderate number of cases of such disease. and,
 Whereas, the disease spreads rapidly once it assumes epidemic form in any community, having already become widely prevalent in other sections or the country, and.
 Whereas, it is imperative that pre- ventive measures should be taken in advance and at the proper time to pre- vent the spread of the disease, and,
 Whereas, the Board of Health has so recommended, and in order to interferel as little as possible with normal ac- tiyities and at the same time to pre- vent as much as possible the spread or the disease,
 Therefore. be 1t ordained by the Com mission of the City of Birmingham as follows:
 That from the adoption of this ordinance,
 Section l. All stores and other places of business except markets. food and drug stores and barber shops. shall, open al o'clock a. in. and close al 5 o'clock D. m, except that opening and closing hours or Saturdays shall re- main unchanged; provided all stores and other places of business may be opened at 6:30 o'clock a. m., but if they are not opened 1t that time they shall not be opened until 9 o'clock l. m and provided further. such stores and other places of business as may zde- sire to do so may remain open until | 7:30 o'clock D. m.. but shall not clo 90 between the hours of o'clock D. n. and 7:30 o'clock D. m. Sec, ?. All offices shall open at g o'clock a m and close at p. m. Sec 3. Travel on street cars shal hA limited to the seating capacity of 1 the cars.
 Sec. A. Unusual crowds or gatherings :, on the streets or elsewhere are pro- hibited. ( i Sec ,. Any violation of this or1 1 dinance shall be punished as provided ny Section 12l6 of the Code of Ala bama of 1907
 Approved February f, 1920. | N. A. BARRETT. President of the Commission. l A true copy:
 H. $. RYALI.. City Clerk
 AgeHerald. February ,. 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
2 SCHOOLS CLOSED

Newport News, Va. February 4.- The influenza epidemic in Newport News
 is declared tonight by Newport News physicians to be worse than at any time since the disease reappeared here. Or ders were issued tonight closing the pub- lie schools, fifteen teachers and over 900 students being i'll today. Official reports from four physicians add 365 new cases of the disease for the last twenrS- four hours and it is said that dozens of other physicians reports will bring s.e total for the last day and night to SO0 new cases or possibly more.
 Physicians say that they are unable to answer more than half the calls made upon them while hospitals report to- night that there is not single ped avail
 able in any local institution. The local
 department of health has taken no &C.,
 tion and the school officials acted on
 their own initiative in closing eduea-
 tional institutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
THE ANSWER LADY

HAZEL MUTT: Bill Russell isn't mar ried. And he's looking for wife, I've been told. His ideas are rather finley, however. He wants a pedestal decorator, not a modern damsel She must not drink, paint her face, smoke or use cuss words. Maybe that's why he's still sim gle Hazel Mutt, you haven't chance! I know you slip up on some of these barriers
 ANGUS: No. Edna and Frank Mayo are not married-at least, not to each other And they are not brother CT sis ter Neither is Lois Wilson any kin to President Wilson. She is not married, either, Didn't you know Lois is Bir- mingham girl? If she were to get mar ried we would have it in the Birmlng- ham papers.
 EUGENIA; Yet, it was Eugene O'Brien with Norma Talmadge in 'The Safety Curtain" You say you want to see them play together again? Alas, that can never be, I'm afraid. These stars are funny that way. They make their lawyers write contracts stating that they must be the whole cheeses in the pictures in
 which they are cast And two such
 famous ones would surely never play
 second fiddle, even for each other.
 GREETINGS, PAUL: You want tC
 know how old Phyllis Haver is? She:
 21 and l do say she stacks up. You ad init that you like her technique? Go on Paul You're out of my class. You ough to stay after school.
 GUSTAVIUS: Say. when you sign { name like that write plainly. I'm no mint reader. And I'd have to be psychic t know how to spell it Lou Tellegen il | really Geraldn's hubby. He was horl in Holland about 37 years ago, I've beel itoId He is part Dutch and part Greek and the rest of him is all American. It' l a good thing he's so tall that he can hol' ] it all
 | M. D.: Oh, doctor, why do you ask suc| i questions when you know have a veal | heart? I cant be letting out. If l did you'd be knowing as much as do abou her However l can tell you all tn rest you asked, Viola Dana is four fee | eleven inches, Mary Picllford is five fee | Sherley Mason is also five feet high Sherley Mason and Viola are sisters ] Trey come under the head of the Flu
 srath family
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
WALLACE REID AT
 COLONIAL THEATRE
Famous Star Appearing in Repertoire All Week
 At Popular Theatre

Wallace Reid Repertoire Week at the Colonial theatre is proving one of the most successful this popular photo play theatre has known, with the famous star appearing each day in a different Paramount-Artcraft produc- tion.
 0. Henry, the best beloved American author, wrote the original story from which the attraction for today was filmed ,"You're Fired" is the title, and the leading role presents the handsome Mr Reid with some of the best com edy opportunities of his career.
 Tn addition to the star there is an excellent supporting cast, containing several well-known Paramount players. Among them are Theodore Roberts and Wanda Hawley. MT. Roberts is cast as the father of the girl for whom MT. Reid tries to learn how to work, while Miss Hawley is the girl.
 You're Fired" is the story of lazy young man of irreproachable family but little money. who is given a trial by work by his prospective father-in law, before that canny gentleman will agree to any matrimonial plans. The results of the trial are highly and humorously entertaining.
 There will be another comedy drama offered Friday, when MT, Reid will bt seen in the stellar role of The Dub This is an entirely diffeernt sort oi story from You're Fired andit show! the star as shrewd business man who outwits crook that has selected hin as an easy mark.
 The repertoire week will come to { close Saturday with "'Fhn Love Rlre lar" another comedy drama. speedy story of action and surprise, with the star at his best His supporting cast i, fine including Anna Q, Nilsson, Ray | mond Hatton, Wallace Beery and other we'll known players.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-05
DEBATE
 HELD BY LAW CLASS

z "The League of Nations should be rati-
 fled without reservations" This was the asubject of a debate held last night by 1.-the members of the Jefferson county Flaw class. who are instructed by Hugh "A Locke, chancellor in equity. The de- ;.bate was held in the courtroom at the { courthouse, where the classes meet ilregularly.
 | The affirmative of the question was \ upheld by Messers. Algee and stuart, !, while Messers. Cumberland, formerly or t,the National university of Washington, ID. C., and Hayden supported the nega- :. tive of the resolution.
 !. After closely contested and animated gdiscusson by members of both sides,
 the judges rendered a dicsion in favor .,of the negative side. The judges were !, ,Nessers. Scholt Sellers and Bonner of !. Birmingham The chairman of the meet. ing was MT. Fountain of Bessemer.