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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
Population Figures
By Associated Press

Washington, May S.-Monroe, N. C., 4,0S4; increase 2, or nothing per cent.
 Newark, N J., 415, ,609; increase 6s.- 140, or 1916 per cent
 Lynn, Mass, 99,14S; increase 9.S12. or II per cent
 Newark. O., 26,71S; increase 1.314, or 5.2 per cent. Clinton, la, 24,1s1; decrease 1,426, or 5.6 per cent.
 Muscatine. la, 1s.o6s; decrease no or or per cent.
 Benton Harbor, Mich, 12,227; in crease 3042, or 33.1 per cent.
 Ottawa, Ill.,, 10,S16 increase 1,2S1 or 1894 per cent
 Berlin, N. H., 16,104; increase 4S24 or 36.7 per cent. or 16 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
NEW MIDDLEWEIGHT
 CHAMP WILLING TO
 DEFEND HIS TITLE

Boston, May S.-Johnny Wilson, the rev middleweight champion announced through his manager here tonight that he would rest for a month and then would be ready to meet any boxer in defense of his title. He said he a1- ready had received many challenges from boxers and promoters. He had nothing to say about Mike Gibbons cha llenge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

dale county who may apply for assist ance in securing an education, and one of the legion members has made appli- cation for part of this fund. Mem bers desiring information on this mat ter are referred to Comrade J. T. High.
 The next regular meeting will be held May 20, and in the meantime the en- tertainment committee is making plants for a barbecue or boat ride for the membership at an early date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
FINED TEN DOLLARS Alleged He Hired Minor Without
 Compliance

A fine of s10 and costs was imposed by Judge H. B. Abernethy upon A. A. Hudson, manager of the Woolworth store at Ensley yesterday on a charge of violating the child labor law. The war rant charged that Hudson had employed Willie Jones, boy under sixteen years of age, without having compiled with the provisions of the law. Notice of an appeal was given in the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
TWINS ARE BORN TO
 FAMOUS RACE HORSE

Terre Haute, Ind, May S.-Twins were born to The Harvester and Queenworthy at the Forest Park stock farm here to- day. The Harvester is Paul Cohn's 1885, GOO stallion. Queenworthy is a S15.000 brood mare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
Noted Artist Dead

London, May S.-Hugh Thomson. the artist, is dead at his home in Wands- worth, a suburb of London
 Hugh Thomson made the illustra tions for some editions of many well known novels, among them the works of Jane Austen and George Eliot He i also provided illustrations for some of Shakespeares' works, including "As You Like It" and Merry Wives of Windsor" He was born in 1860.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
FIFTEEN HOMICIDES
Coroner Complies Monthly Report on
 Deaths

Jefferson county made record of fif- teenfhomcides during the month of April, according to the report of Dr. George A. Hogan, coroner, which was completed yesterday afternoon
 A total of siXty-six cases were investi- gated by the coroner during the month. There were seventeen accidental deaths in the list. Only one suicide occurred during the month. In thirty-three cases the coroner held that the deaths wera due to natural causes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

Omaha were cited toGav by Insurance Commissioner A. w. i,riscoe to appear in Birmingham on May r and show cause why the state license of the or der should not be rev oked because of violetions of the constitution and laws Of the state The citation was di- rected against the Sovereign Camp, Wcodmen of the World.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-04
SNAP SHOTS OF
 G. O. P. CONVENTIONS Copyrighted by G. M. Adams Service
sixteenth Conrention.

The sixteenth-and last-republican national convention again went to Chi cago on June ', 1916. Although it was utterly calm as compared to the record of four years previous, it was equally unique.
 Roosevelt was still the paramount is- sue. The progressive party assembled in convention at the same time and in the same city. The primary purpose of the Moosers was to nominate the Colonel on the republican ticket; if that failed, to renominate him on progressive ticket
 For weeks, however, the dominent presidential probability on the repuhli- can side was Charles E Hughes, then an associate justice of the supreme court. Nobody had been able to find out from Hughes whether he would accept a nomination, bat the convention pro- ceeded on the theory that he would, and | ultimately found it's premise justified Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio, was both temporary and permanent chairman of the convention Preceding the actual task of selecting nominees, truce committees" representing both the republican and the progressive con ventions, were in almost constant ses- sion seeking to agree, upon platform and ticket. These efforts came to naught.
 The republican convention proceeded to it's first roll call on Friday, June g with the longest list of candidates ever scored up with actual roll call votes. | These included Hughes, Root, Senator Burton of Ohio, Senator Weeks of Mass achusetts, Dupont of Delaware, Senator | Sherman of Illinois, Fairbanks of Indi- l ana, Cummins, Roosevelt, LaFollette 1 Mccall of Massachusetts, Henry Ford of l Michigan, Governor Brumbaugh of Penn | sylvania, Senator Knox, Senator Borah
 John Wannamaker of Philadelphia, Gov ernor Willis of Ohio, Ex-President Taft Senator Harding, and General Wood. | Hughes led on the first ballot, with
 25S 1-2 votes (494 necessary to nomin- ate),n His nearest competitor was Sen
 ator Weeks, with 105 votes. Roosevelt | had 65 votes. On the second roll call Hughes boiled 3S2 1-2 votes, with Sena.
 tor Root his nearest competitor witt l 9S 1-2 votes, and Roosevelt up to so | votes. After two ballots, the conven tion adjourned until the following morn | ing.
 Before a third ballot could he taken al
 official message from Colonel Roosevel | indicated that the nomination of Sena
 tor Henry Cabot Lodge would be sat
 isfactory to him. But the proposs
 came too late; the stage was already SC for the final scene, and immediately
 third ballot nominated Hughes, with 94
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full protection as to ships in case of an- other emergenc ythat has helped to de- lay legislation.
 According to the measure upon which the conferees have compromised the shipping board will be directed to make dligent efforts to sell the ships in this country. That will mean the retention of them under the American flag. Pro- yvided. however, those efforts fail it will be permitted to sell them to foreign in terests if five of the seven board mem bers sanction such. This will make it unnecessary for the government to con- tinue in the ownership of vessels for which no home market can be found
 Efforts have been made to have the That of course might have meant dis posing of them at an unwarranted sac rifice because a time limit was placed, but by the provision that they shall be disposed of as soon as possible under good business methods good judgment is shown. The idea of insisting upon good business operations in connection with government matters may be new but it is nevertheless sound and it is not likely that the shipping board would sanction the disposition of ships to foreigners which should be retained at home. The | important provisions, including the fact that the ships can be chartered until sold indicate that the bill has been al
 last assembled on good lines.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-04
SUGAR PRICE FIXING.

In the majority report of the house committed that has been Investigating the price of sugar it is maintained that the action taken by the attorney general regarding the Louisiana crop not only caused the jump in the price of Cuban sugar but that it was in violation of the law.
 The part which Attorney General Pal mer played in the matter of Louisiana sugar amounted to the same thing as price fixing even though he maintains that he did not do any price fixing. When he gave them to understand that they would not be prosecuted if they charged IF cents for their sugar he as much as told them that that is the price they should sell it for They would have been unusually good had they not taken advantage of it. Conditions sur rounding the Louisiana crop may have been such as to warrant a high figure but instead of having it understood that such a price should be charged and that people therefore should pay that and the additional amounts without be ing unjustly treated it would have beer far more advisable had that crop of southern sugar been purchased and the sugar board taken the loss that nigh have been necessary. Such in the opin
 ion of no less food authority than MT Hoover is the way that matter should have been handled.
 As it was, the price set for the Loui sana crop made it plain to the Cuban su gar raisers that they could boost theil | prices and rake in a big fat return. The!
 were not slow to follow and particular!
 so when this country failed to take ad vantage of it's opportunity to buy i | somewhere around six cents pound. w are now paying an eXorbitant price fo | the sweet stuff, the supply is apparent.
 being held back to keep that price u and all because of the series of wretche' ! bungles that has been made in dealin with this important matter. Whethe
 the attorney general had the authorit
 to do what he did or not we are reapin the results of it.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-04
RUSSIA,S EFFORTS.

It is quite natural that there should be interest in the conferences which Krassin the special Russian commits sioher of trade, is having with British officials and the effort that he is making to bring about trade assumptions with the allied nations.
 There have been indications which showed that Italy was desirous of get ting such relations reestablished at an early date. In one way and another the British have been leaning in that di- rection, realizing that it is bound to come and that under the right conditions there is no reason to delay 1t. France however, turns a cold shoulder to the proposition. It wants to know what the present government there is going to dc in regard to the debts of the country, g matter which is of considerable import ance to all the countries as those things go.
 Those at the head of the soviet gov ernment have shown that they realize thta they cannot carry out the pro gramme that they arranged, that thei ultra radical ideas could not be put int ! operation and that it was senseless t | hope of conquering the world. Likewis i have they seen the importance of bring | ing about peace. They know that the, cannot go it alone and succeed and the. are fully conscious of the condition about which those coming from Russi | tell, including the claim of one authorit. to the effect that soviet Russia could nc hold out six months longer without ;h | fror,, o,,+eilo
 It is impossible to tell what the or;4 come of the conferences is going to b but it seems not improbable that Russi will be able to satisfy the demands c France and that it will be able to im press upon the others the wisdom of giv ing Russia the chance to get in bus
 ness connection again with the rest C
 the world. It rests largely of course wit
 the assurances of reformed condition
 which soviet Russia, can give.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-04
bo YOUR DUTY AT THE POLLS.

There is a duty resting upon the shoul- fcrs of every voter which should be fully recoruizcd wherever there is an oppor- tunity to exercise tt There is a duty to neiEhhor and community as well as to self and when that Is disregarded it is simply opening the way for and lend ing encouragement to slipshod methods and unsatisfactory city government.
 Every voter should be anxious to do his part in obtaining the best possible administration of city affairs. Such is EoiuE Co be secured only through the display of che right kind of interest on ihe part of the entire electorate.
 Next Monday. between the hours of nine and four. there will be the annual election for the choice of city officials Norwich win elect a mayor and members oi tlc court or common council to serve tlr @ period of two years. It is impor- taut th1t there should be placed in all tlc offices men who can give 10 the re- rnonsihlites Inc time that is required and thore who will give 10 them the ability and good judgment that are needed.
 No ticket has been placed before the voters or Norwich in years that should command greater confidence and stronger support from the voters of the city than that which has been named hy the republicans and is noted above. They arc men who are vitally interest cd In Norwich. lis growth and develop nent. and who realize tha. such depend upon proper government. They are pro- Frcssive business men who merit the Eupport not only Of the party they rep resent but of all voters who are desir- ous that Norwich should have such a city government as it is entitled to.
 Their qualifications cannot fail to ap- peal Co the voters of the city. Norwich needs The services which they stand ready To render. It is time to build UT our city government That duty devolve. upon the voters and it should be fully discharged by getting to the polls next Monday and voting for those who are committed to giving the city sound busincsslfze administration.
 Don't forget the day and the hour don't forEet your responsibility and don't forget Go vote and vote right.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-04
WATER POWER SITES.

Tt has taken a long time. something like ten or a dozen years. for congress Co devise @ measure for the development of the Idle water power privileges of the country which would get the approval of both houses. There were those who believed in fle preservation rather than the utilization Of such water rights and many a hard fight has been made to bring about a sufficient change of opin- ion to make it possible for legislation to be passed whereby most valuable rights on streams controlled By the government could be developed.
 As far as congress is concerned the step has been taken. T. promises to be- come law unless the president finds something therein which is inadvisable or against the interests of the country
 That the present situation surround ing fpcl has had much to do with the uassage of this federal water power bill cannot be questioned. It is fully under. stood what fuel is costing for power purposes and what trouble is being ex ncrisnced getting it while at the same time there Is going to waste 50.0O0, ,0Ot horsepower because of the failure tq.gtv, lhis matter the attention it deserves bl Eanctioning the use of the streams ant Ht the same time properly protecting th interests Of the government.
 Through a federal commission that will supervise tho development of wa ter power sites. that will have the powe io regulate power concerns and thei rates and that will see that the govern nenfs rights arc properly protected i'm proved conditions relative to power de rciopment should result in all sections o he country where advantage can b, iaksn of undeveloped government prop irty.
 fi is quite proper that there should b roodt care taken to see that the gov irnment doesn't part with invaluabl rights but it Is equally evident that tn great waste in horsepower because of n development needs to be stopped.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-04
Five Minutes a Day
 With Our Presidents
Copyright 1s2O-By James Morgan

LXXI-THE MAN WHO WAITED HIS
 HIS TURN
 1843-Jan. 29, William Mckinley
 born at Niles, o.
 1S61-G5-In the Civil War.
 1867-Beeame a lawyer in Canton,
 Ohio.
 1S69-71-Prosecuting Attorney of his
 County.
 1S71--Married Ida saxton.
 1877-S1-Member of Congress.
 2-96-Governor of Ohio.
 William Mckinley challenged that dis proved old saying that the presidency casts it's shadow on no man but once and that if the chance be missed then it will never come again. Twice the re- McKiney's reach-in the national con- ventions of 1888 and 1892. Each time he publican nomination seemed to be within put it away, content to wait his proper turn, when he did not have to shake the tree to bring down the ripened fruit of his patience.
 The truth is not well enough under stood that this greatest of political prizes is not to be won by unbashful wooing. In reality, our highest office oftener has sought the man. Seldom is it captured by those who seek it most-as for exam pie, Clay, Webster Cass, Douglas, Sew ard, Blaine, Sherman, Bryan.
 The presidency has pelasing way of recompensing diversity. A full half of the presidents have received the White House as a consolation for their misfor- tune in missing lesser places. Mckinley was beaten for the Speaker ship by Thomas B. Reed in 1889, and he I 1 only six years before he returned as instead of Reed incurred the title ot l "Czar," orr had he not been turned out l of congress had he won thost smaller honors he well might never havt won the highest honor. A disappoint ment manfully borne enlists the popu lar sympathy, and the author Of the Nc KinleY. bill entered the contest for tn presidential nomination in 1896 as on who had suffered martyrdom in tn cause of the protective tariff.
 That cause was to Mckinley nor than mere partisan dogma. As tn son of small foundryman in Ohio, was born to an infant industry" an he was brought up on it. Not unlikel the destined apostle of protection car ried the dinner pail which his hard-worl Ing parent ate ms mld-day meal Seate on heap of pig-iron at the famin door of the blast furnace. And whe the boys schooling was brought to a end by the hard times in the iron bus mess doubtless he heard the min in h fathers trade charge all their trouble to the low tariff of 1857. } After teaching school a term or so, NJ Kinley was called away Tom books { pass four years in the Civil War, ths hard university which graduated the me who were to lead the nation through fot decades. Having gone into the army as private in the regiment of another pres dent-to- -be-Rutherford B. Hayes-f came out at 22 captain, with the brev, title of major.
 Becoming a lawyer at Canton, ( again he found himself in the midst industries in their struggling infanc And for fourteen years he was the spoke man in congress of that industrial di . trict.
 The young major, when he came Canton, was a clean-cut, up-standir I figure, genial in his nature but with = sober dignity. sHis readiness of speec when on his feet, came from his pra
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-04

tice of the art in the debating societies of his school days. His habits also had been properly formed in his boyhood when he joined the Methodist church at 10 and grew up a youth who was as careful to keep his tongue as his collar clean.
 All doors in the little town naturally swung open with welcome to such d nice young man." and a major to boot Although he was yet poor when Ida Saxton, the bankers daughter, who had been to school in New York city and who had just come back from Europe, smiled yes to him, while they were 'tak- ing buggy ride" the banker smiled to, and made them wedding gift of one of the best houses in Canton. It was from the front porch of that honeymoon dwell ing that Mckinley made his campaign for the presidency in 1896.
 Mckinley is one of the best-and one of the most pathetic-love stories in the domestic record of the presidency With the birth of her second child, the wife was left an invalid The death of both of her children within five years of her wedding day utterly overwhelmed her nervous organization, and her shattered health remained thenceforth the constant object of her husbands tender care.
 Although he never could know from from minute to minute when she would pass into swoon, he made her his companion on his travels. Once when he hurried home from congress. and the physicians had given up hope of saving her, his own ministratioDs and his pray CTS through long night at her bedside recalled her to life.
 The people of Columbus are eye-wit- nesses that while he was governor-aft- CT his defeat for congress-he never en- tered the State Capitol of a morning without turning to lift his hat in a smil- ing farewell to Mrs. Mckinley in her hotel window across the street. By the 1 same testimony, he sprang from his chair on the stroke of three every aft ernoon. no matter how weighty tho business in hand nor how many might bt | in conference with him, and stepped tc 1 window of the Executive Chamber where he waved his handkerchief il
 greeting to the watching wife.
 The same sentimental devotion con
 tirued in the White House, swhere tn
 President was always quick tdrespond t
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-04
BERGMAN DEPLOREs PUBLICITY
 GIVEN BY CONVENTION AFFAIRS

Chicago, June Ex-Governor Beeckman of Rhode Island. one of the first govern ors to arrive for the. convention. gave out a statement deploring prominence given in the press to views and desires Of United States senators on convention af- fairs.
 From reading the papers" said Gov ernor Beeckman, who is one Of Rhode Islands delegates-at-large. q was not quite sure whether I was going to a re- l publican convention or q senatorial eau 1 GUS. Members of the house were hardly
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-04
SHE PLAYED THE VIOLIN

planned to buy another, and begin over again, but I always needed coats or hats or a trip or something.
 I'm afraid. you don't love music, sighed the young man gently pulling the E" string up to pitch.
 T dol Indeed, I do!'' defended the young woman. You don't know how much I used to play. l belonged to our Sunday school orchestra, and ito the high schol violin club
 Did you play first violin?' No, third. I was merechild. Good ness, how I strained my back and my eyes standing and reading music before 1 the big iron rack! One time at a school concert I player Faust from Gounod's opera. I used to do the runs in that piece till the ends of the peg box wore a red ditch in my left wrist. Hour by hour I did lowing exercises on the open string And scales? And the different position? I'd repeat them till I'd have to lower the rack to chair seat height and sit down to finish. When i girls would call up I never could go with them because of my music. Every one said I'd be a concert performer
 If you had only kept on,' reflected the young man. That's why I didn't get anywhere with it. I didn't stick to hard daily practice"
 There's another way to learn" sug- | gested the young woman gayly. I've dis covered it since grandfather's violin ar rived. His talent for playing by ear
 must have come along with his fiddle.
 can put a record on the machine and stand close by and follow it with my vi
 olin and make music like a real artist without bit of work Please put or
 Albert Spalding's interpretation of Sou
 venir' or the fBarcarole I'll show you 2
 The young man obedientiy cranked tho
 photograph set the back disc revolving
 under the needle and sat back trying tt
 make himself believe that he was enjoy ing he the attempted duet.
 } TT tell you" he said sweetly whel } the automatic stop had clicked and tn
 young woman was lowering her violin after we are-er-when we go to house } keeping you'll have plenty of time to talk lessons and I'll learn how to accompan,
 you on the piano"
 l What a wonderful time ,' smiled tn young woman. T"d practice like every thing, that is-if I decided toto kee Ie house for-for anybody. y."-Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-04
SELLING orR SHIPS.

It has taken some time for congress to detsrminc upon a policy for dealing with the government owned ships added to the rountry's merchant marine during the war. but with the agreement of the co1- fereos of the two houses there promises 10 be action before closing hour upon the legislation looking to the sale of tde ships.
 It has been recognized that the gov erument should not undertake to com este with private capital in the owner ship and operation of our merchant yes cells any longer than it Is necessary. That Of course means the disposal of the ships and it is the determination how bhiz sh0uad be donS and=gtye FthsEeOuntrs