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New-York tribune., 1921-11-07

Ship. Tons
Naterland ................ $4,000
lmperator .,..,....,........... $1,000
George Washington ........... 26.670
kaiserin Augusta Victoria ... 245s1
Amerfka ..:............... 22,622
kronpfinzessin Ceciiie ............ 1s.5O0
Nalser Wilnelm III .,............. 19.361
hronprinz Wilhelm ............... $4,000
lotal ...,.,.s.....: :,.... 231.6S4
To meet this competition the British
had only three vessels of similar
classes-the Olympic, the Mauretania
and the Lusitania-a total of 10000
tons. The war broke the grip of Ger
many on this trade. She lost all of
the ships listed above, besides two
others under construction. One of the
latter was the Bismarck. the worlds
largest vessel, and the Columbus, $4,000
tons. Both of these were turned over
by the treaty to the Reparations Com
mission and were sold to the White
Star Line. The Imperator went to the
Cunard Line and is now the Beren.
garia.
From these figures it will be seen
that next spring the SIX ships of the
White Star and the Cunard alone will
surpass the German fleet in it's best
days, and no other competitor is yet in
sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19

club members who desire to feel that they have club of their own at the nations capital. We are not going to attempt to subordinate any club, but the Foundation will supplement their work and add to it. In this central club we shall have every thing that will be convenience, in cluding a swimming pool and gym nasium rest rooms and a good res taurant, in fact. club hotel which will provide the greatest comforts a. the most reasonable prices to mem bers.
 Then we plan theatre or opera house. Our auditorium will not ir. any way interfere with the plans for the George Washington Memor- ial. which is to be the much-needed convention hall with space for pa triotic societies. headquarters We shall have, also, an open air auditor ium or sylvan theatre.'
 It is the purpose to establish cen- ters or branches of the Foundation in every part of the country so that the most remote village or farm house may have a proprietary inter- est in the club of clubs in Washing ton.
 There will be board of 40 gover- nors with the president. six vice presidents and an executive commit tee to direct the work of the or- ganization. The vice presidents in- clude Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs James Carroll Frazer and Mrs. John Hayes Hammond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19

mafning estate of extensive grounds in the region which has not yielded to the uptown march of business and apartment hotels.
 Mrs c. C. Calhoun. president ot the foundation, has described It's ob- jects in an address to it's 30 found CTS, as follows:
 Our purpose Is cooperative work for humanity. l heard a man say that a tremendous dynamic force has been liberated in the world by the enfranchisement of women. that the greatest statesman would be the man or woman who could use that force to the best advantage and help to direct it. We are the mothers wives and sisters of the race, the na- tural housekeepers Of the nation and 1t behooves us to see that our house is put in order and kept clean. It Is not opr purpose to try to direct the policiSs of members of the Foundation. but al a body polite to give to the women Of all parties the opportunities to study their re- specuve platforms and to realize just what they have before them now of citizenship. We must study Amer icanism and try to bring back the old simple standards and the high ideals and to stand with solid front against the insidious propa- ganda that is endeavoring to dis integrate us
 "One of the objects of the foun- dalton is simply to Invite clubs and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
UNLOADING UP-RlVER
 FREIGHT AT TUSCALOOSA

Tuscaloosa, June 1s.-( (Special) )- The government barge City of rus caloosa has been at Tuscaloosa wharf for several days unloading carload of freight for up-river points. Two hundred sacks of sugar are Tor Tuscaloosa merchants, and 10 car loads of the same product are con signed to Atlanta.
 After using all containers on board for freight, still there were not enough. much of the shipment for Birmingham, Atlanta and other points having to be stored In the hold.
 This record cargo of freight for up p-river points in Alabama, Missis- sippi and Georgia seems to have started the river business in ernest, and if the pace is kept up river traf- fic will have come here to stay and the government will allow the barges to remain on the river for good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
 CLABAUGH SUCCEEDS HIMSELF AS PRESIDENT

Tuscaloosa. June 1s.-(Special)- )- At a meeting of the members of the chamber of commerce yesterday. Samuel K. Clabaugh was elected president of that body to succeed hin. self E. B. Nuzum was chosen vice president. and Frank M. Moody, treasurer.
 The following were elected as members of the board for the ensn- ing term: A. c. Cade, Victor Fried man. F G. Blair, w. w. Brandon, j.. D. Mcqueen, J. A. Duckworth. w. II. Raiford. c. B. Werner, R. H. Coch- rrane, T w. Christian, D. l.. Rosenau. John Burchfield, Luther Davis. M. R.. Bettis, S. F. Deal. E. l.. Clarkson, A S. VandeGraff. B. P. Head. R. E. Dunran, Fleetwood Rice. H. B. Eos ter and George Johnston. All of the men elected were members of the old board. with the exception of, George Johnston R, E. Durham. M. R. Bettis and g. U. Deal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
FlkeO UP STILL AND
 WERE THEN NABBED

Cullman, June 1S.-( (special) On Wednesday officers went out two miles northeast of Cullman to d wild cat still which was set up near the Johns sawmill. The officers hid in the woods and waited for the opera tors to arrive. They had not been there long when Charles Flannel and his son, Christopher Columbus Pan mel, approached the outfit. These men went to work and fired the still preparatory for run, when the off cers walked out on them They were brought to town and placed in jaii. Later they were released under bond
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
UPPER SILESIA IS
 PIVOT POINT FOR EUROPEAN PEACE
II Was This Problem Which Caused an Arrangement
 Between France and Great Britain
By MAMMALIAN HARDEN
 Germany's Foremost Pubhcist InDT

Nopyright 1921. by The Age HeraID
 tEuropean peace will count for nothing until the Upper siIesia problem is solved. MaximiIinn Har- den declares that any part of the industrial territory given te Poland would he economically lost to Flu rope, which cannot afford to lose 2 squnre mile. It is pointed out that even the poor German mark of mOney ls worth 22 Polish marks).
 Berlin, June 18.-(Special. )-In the whirl of discord which engulfs Europe today, the cause of tue more immediate discord seems all but for gotten in the more eagerly dis cussed meetings of a French and German minister of reconstruction at Weisbaden.
 But the Upper Silesian problem still fs with us and it must be set
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
GREAT FERRIS WHEEL
 STANDS A TOTAL WRECK
By AseocIated Prees

Paris, January 1s.--The great Fer ris wheel, a duplicate of the great attraction of the Chicago exposition. erected near the Champ de Mars for the exposi ton of 1900, and long since condemned to destruction, now stands like partially dlslocated skeleton in midair, minus its cars and lacking a part of the huge rim.
 It is propped by a system of scaf- fielding that cost nearly s50,000 and. after an expense to the demolisher of the equivalent of nearly S10o,0O0 more In labor and lumber, promises to remain indefinitely in It's present partial dilapidation.
 The contractor who invested the large sums for dismounting it ex- pected to make profit out of the old steel, but finding no buyers Is willing to stand his loss and let anyone else try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
disa greement.


 The story of Upper Silesia should be put in the manuals for future DO litical students as a standard exam pie of the damage done by the old tactics of conscious insincerity.
 Polish fanatics persuaded the all lied supreme council at Paris that Upper Silesia had been wrested from Poland by the Germans and that an overwhelming majority of the people lon9ed for the day when they wouii De returned to Poland. That is un- true.
 Upper siIesin
 Upper Silesia, for 800 years, or since the beginning of the Norman conquest over England. has not be- longed to Poland. It has been ruled ' by ancestral princes of the Czecha and Austrians, and 1t was not until it came under Prussia that it at tained economical importance or prosperity. Silesia, voluntarily, has sent German representatives to Prus- sia's and Germany's Parliament, un- til about 3U yeErs agL Korfanty, the young son of a Kattowitz miner, was elected to the Reichstag with a sur prisingly large majority.
 Korfanty immediately started a passionate but clever agitation for making the province Polish. This agitation was facilitated by Prus- sia's bad psychological treatment of the natives. But not until the mid dle of the great war did anybody, even Kcrfanty, think seriously of Silesia's severance from Prussia. In 1917 a series of government conces- sons satiSfied nine-tenths of the people.
 The German peace delegation tried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
OIL IN LIMESTONE

Athens. June 1s.-(speclal.)- )-- E,n thusiasm over the oil possibilities ii, Limestone county has been aroused again recently, when some of the lano owners in the Elk River Mills ssction have endeavored to have & surveJ made by an expert. There has also been great interest taken in this mat ter lately by citizens in the south ; ern part of the county It is under stood that an expert in the oil locat- ing business will be in the county soon to make an investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
WONAN'S NATIONAL FOUNDATION BUYS VALUABLE LAND
Aim Is to Erect Buildings Worth Over Three Million Dollars to Help Cause
 of Woman
By Associated Press

Washington, June lS,-The Wom-
 ans National Foundation, recently organized here as a means to focus the interests of the women of the country in cooperation with wom- ems organizations, has bought a mil lion dollar tract of land in the heart of the Connecticut avenue residential district and plans to erect buildings costing about s3,500,000. The site Of the home of the organization Is the old Dean tract on Connecticut ave nue hill. It is probably the last re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19

tlNQ yer y SflOTll(. It was this prob . lem which cause d an estran cement between France and Great Britain recently, and ou: of that estrange . ment strange ru- mors of new a1- dances and ne W ententes have ris- en. But b 0 f O r (
 there can be en-
 tentes and "agree-
 mentS' there must
 be a wipiug out of the causes of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-19
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
By Associated Press

Huntsville. June 1S.--(Special.)- )--- Mir. and Mrs. S w. Peebles of Hunts vile have announced the marriage of their daughter. Rebecca. to Mir. Ed ward P. Foley of Birmingham, on June 14.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-25
A GOLDEN VOICE STILLED

On the second of this month occur
red at Naples, Italy, the death of En-
rico Caruso, who is looked upon as
perhaps the greatest lyric tenor sing
er of all time.
He was born of poor parents and
reared in poverty and out of this pow
erty had come a sympathy for the
poor and desire to help relieve their
misery and distress. We who are ma
tive Americans will doubtless remem-
Der him for his golden voice; but his
countrymen here will as certainly re-
member him for his deeds of kindness
to the unfortunate and his benefac-
lions to the poor.
Few, of course, have attained to
such great earning power as he. In
recent years, he has received regular
ly three thousand dollars for each
performance; and Havana, Cuba, paid
him ten thousand dollars. In spite
of his generosity and gifts to the des-
titute, he left a fortune of approx
imately ten million dollars.
Like many other men, he was care
less regarding a will. The one which
he left was made before his marriage;
and so, of course, his wife and child
were left out of it and by it's terms
will inherit nothing.
The Neglect of Dependents
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-25
CLIMBING NOT MISCHIEVOUS
IMPULSE

s"The desire to climb trees which is
inherent in children does not spring
from mischievous impulses, as some
seem to think" says DR.. J. C. Elsom,
athletic trainer of the University of
Wisconsin.
climbing is necessary in children"
he says, ''to develop certain part of
the brain and thus acquire a sense of
balance and equilibrium"
DIR. Elsom believes in all forms Of
play, recreation and athletics, because
they make for health and promote
the spirit of comradeship.
He considers the encouragement of
the play spirit the highest and best
type of education. adults need it
as we'll as children" he says ct is
absolutely necessary to offset the
strain and stress of modern life. II
is real christian work to encourage
play and recreation in all classes.
zone of the first things a child
tries to do is to climb. A certain ares
in the brain needs the exercise Of
climbing to develop a sense of bal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-25
PROBLEMSOF
THE H0Mf
and F A MIL !
A Talk With Our Wives, Mothers,
and Sisters.
THE FIRST STRUGGLE

An ordeal from which every moth
er would gladly escape if she could
is the first conflict between love and
duty in the treatment of her child.
The babe in the nest is so weak and
helpless, so frail, and so beset with
childish ills that threaten to steal a
way It's life, that our wells of mother
love are kept overlooking, our anxiety
and solicitude know no bounds, and
almost, our minds know no sleeping
lest we awake and find that the flick
ering flame of life has burned low
and gone out Often,- too often, it
is just at this crucial time when life
and death seem so delicately balanc-
ed that the issue hangs on a breath,
that the conflict comes. For it is now,
when we are lavishing upon the help
less little one our utmost service of
love and care that We suddenly dis
Germ the signs that it is learning to
expect our comforting ministrations
as matter of course, that is is be-
coming full of unreasonable demands
and that the tiny seeds of selfshness
have already terminated and are be-
ginning to take possession of the
garden of the child's mind
If we had true courage, we might
easily pluck out the evil little weeds
at this time; but too often we do not.
Instead, we are unable, because of the
blindness of our love, to temper our
kindness with firmness. The child in
it's weakness is still stronger than
we in our strength; for it conquers
us, and in some way it is able to force
us to comply with its every selfish
impulse.
So the struggle is lost. We salve
our conscience with the mental prom
| Use that some time, when the child
has become larger and stronger, we
shall undo the mischief that is being
done. That time never comes. In
deed, in the nature of the case it new
er can come. For with the child's
increasing stature, his bundle of sell
fish habits have likewise grown SO
strong that they can not be broken
by one over whom hangs the tradi-
ton of failure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-25

We know that the great singer
would not have deliberately disposs-
essed his wife and child and left them
to face the world with no means of
support. It is the old story of deadly
but unintentional neglect by kind
husband and father.
There are multitudes of men who
are committing the same mistake as
T did Caruso. If they should drop off
as he did, their dependents would be
left penniless, or at best with only a
small part of the estate that should
go to them.
To whom should an estate go that
has been built up by the joint efforts
of husband and wife? Should it
in the case of husbands death, be
divided among his more or less re-
mote kindred as it is at present in
many states?
This question is one for which the
women of cur nation will doubtless
soon find an answer since it is plain
that the present one is not just right
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-25
SEND
The N
BACK

In one of our large cities feud
has broken out in the foreign quarter
and is raging with relentless fury.
Already eight murders have been
committed and the police have been
unable to obtain even a single clue to
the perpetrators. The foreigners SIM
ply shrug their shoulders and refuse
to answer.
This leads a police captain to re-
commend the enactment of law
which would enable the deportation
IF any foreigner who SO refuses to
livulge such information as may be
n his possession.
It would be a good law, and il
would be even better If it were rig
| dly enforced.
Our loose immigration laws allow
| ;hese assassins to come into on
nidst and disgrace the better elias:
f residents from their country.
The man who witholds knowledg,
f murder is guilty himself in tn
eyes Of the law He should be pun
shed and then deported.
We have not invited such people t
come to Us, and we will not weep
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-25
CHILDREN'S DISEASES ARE NOT
NECESSARY

"Children's diseases are entirely
unnecessary" declares DR.. E. o. Jones
osteopathic physician.
"What shall we do to safeguard our
children from infectious diseases" he
was asked.
correction of diet and elimination
will do it, he answered ga diet of
cereals, white flour, potatoes and
meat will not promote the necessary
vigor. The diet must contain one or
more protective foods, milk, and leaf
Y vegetables.
"Give the children plenty OF sleep,
ten hours or more, give them air and
exercise, sun baths, plenty of water
before meals, nothing but water be-
tween meals, and see that their bow
els move at least twice day
We will lose nothing by following
DR.. Jones' advice. The children will
be better for it, and if they do not es-
cape the infectious diseases, they will
be in better condition to go through
them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-25
RED CROSS
WORKERS
TO MEET

Red Cross officials and workers
from all parts of the country are
asked to come together in Columbus,
Ohio, October 4th to 9Th, to confer
on the present activities OF the organ
ization." This is the message which
has gone out to the 748 chapters in
Central Division from Manager Walt
er Davidson.
A program Of unusual interest has
been planned. Every phase of Red
Cross work will be given wide con-
sideration. Mass meetings and the
Historical Pageant with 1000 partici-
pating will be held in the Coliseum
on the Ohio State Exposition grounds
while sectional conferences and ex-
hibits from the Historical Museum,
Of Junior work and other activities
will be housed in adjacent buildings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-25
State of Wisconsin-ss.
Department of State
NOTICE
WOOD COUNTY

Citizens Cooperative Mercantile
Company, Milladore; Grand Rapids
Brewing Co., Grand Rapids; Grand
Rapids Table Co., Grand Rapids;
Prentiss-Wabers Stove Co., Grand
Rapids; Reiland Packing Co., Grand
Rapids; Wisconsin Rapids Canning
Company, Wisconsin Rapids; Wiscon-
sin Sandstone Co, Grand Rapids;
Notice Is Hereby Given to you and
each Of you that you have failed to
file in this Office the annual report
provided for by section 1774a of the
Wisconsin Statutes.
Now, Therefore, In compliance with
law, the corporate rights and priv
leges granted to you will be forfeit
ed on January 1. 1922, providing such
annual report is not filed in this office
prior thereto and payment made OF
forfeit fee and costs of publication as
/ therein provided.
Elmer S. Hall,
Secretary of State
8-25: els
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-25

DR.. Valeria II. Parker of Washing
ton, ID. c., is identified with a number
Of organizations for which she directs
the program of social hygiene. She
is National Director of the Department
Of Social Morality of the w. c. 7. q.
and will be present at the approach
ing convention to present the plans
which she has developed for the ac-
stivities of that organization in her
field of work. DR.. Parker has recent
~ been appointed executive secretary
of the United States Interdepartmental
Social Hygiene Board, the first wom-
an to. be put in charge of such an
office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-25
VOTE OF THANKS
Sheboygan, Wisconsin,
August "a, 1921.
OF APPRECIATION
TO PUBLIC PRESS

WHEREAS, the Public Press of
the State Of Wisconsin, has render
ed invaluable service in the formulat-
ing of plans for the Third Annual
Convention American Legion held at
the City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
WHEREAS, through the undivided
and untiring efforts of the Public
Press, the interests of those who serv-
ed the eolors during the World War,
have been forcibly presented to the
people of this state.
NOW THEREFORE,, BE IT RE
/ SOLVED, that the Wisconsin State
Department American Legion, in Con
vention assembled, tender a vote OF
thanks to all newspapers of the state
for the publicity given in the inter
| ests of soldiers, sailors, marines anG
nurses, who served the colors during
the recent war.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that a copy of this resolution be for
warded by the State Adjutant to tn
several newspapers of the state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-08-25

make success of his new under
taking.
June 13, 1889:
The tenth annual Commencement
IF the Howe High School took place
at the Opera House, Friday evening,
June 9TH, 1889 The graduating class
consisted of four boys and three
girls, as follows: Frank Pomainville,
Jas. T. Arpin, Francis McReath, He
Der L. Tibbitts and Rose E. Miller,
May E. Emmon and Stella M. Be-
LANCER.
F. L. Woodwork, the newly ap-
pointed postmaster at Pittsville, in
forms us that he will assume the du-
ties of the Office on July 1, 1889.
The marriage of Corydop T. Purdy
took place at Turner, Maine, on
Thursday, June 7th, 1889, to Miss
Eugene Cushing, a niece of Senator
Hale, and lineal descendant of John
Alden.
Miss Emma Dugas, who teaches
school in Remington, is home to spend
the Sabbath.
June 20, 1889:
Miss Emma Bellows, a teacher in
The Howe High School at Grand Rap
ids, is spending her vacation with her
parents in Pittsville
Mr.. John Bensely died at his home
in this city at 9 o'clock, Wednesday
morning, June 10Th.
The closing services of the Cen
tralia High School took place Friday
night The class consisted of Messrs.
Alben N. Palmer, VIM. P. Rouhan,
Annie T. Marceau, and Misses Grace
Gets, Gertrude A Wood, Bessie
Robinson, Adah E. Skeel and Selma
E. Douville.
Mr.. F. Rourke of this city and Miss
Maggie Meredith of New Lisbon,
were married at the Catholic Church
in this city, Rev Chas. Beyerle Of
floating.
A very pleasant wedding took
place in Centralia on the 18th inst.
It was the marriage of Miss Betty
Gardner to Mr.. Frank Rafferty, of
Spring Valley, Mimi, Rev. John
Rowland officiating.
Mr.. Jas. Rick, while at "Frederick
Melber's Roast" in the town of Sen
eca, Tuesday evening, shot a bear
! weighing so pounds.
Mr.. George Orson Gordon, one of
Centralia's bright young men, was
married the past week to a young
lady of Evansville, Wis, who is re-
ported to be one of finest young
ladies of that city. They were
guests a short time at his fathers
home in this city. George is employ
ed at Lodi, this state, in a drug store
where for the present they will re-
side. This young couple have the
best wishes of a host of friends.