davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
TRUCE
 REGARDED FAVORABLE

London, July 24.-The true\ be- tween England and Ireland, which has lasted for a fortnight IS un- broken and every day gained is re- garded as favorable to a peace set tlement. There is no sign from Dublin of approval or disapproval of the governments proposals, but the fact that they have not been re- jected outright is considered good ground for hope.
 It is said that the government will rot insist that the settlement be ef- fected through the machinery of the existoing act of Parliament, but will be disposed to consider any plan upon which Ulster and southern Ire- land may be able to agree for at- taining the desired end.
 Almost all the discussion here, however, assumes that MT. de Va lera must be willing to agree to the maintenance of the present status of the Ulster Parliament and those most favorable to IrelanGs cause express the hope that the Irish re- publican leader and his friends will see the. wisdom of recognizing the futility of throwing away the chance of peace by insisting upon any plan calculated to disturb Listers posi- tion. Their view Is that time will be on their side in bringing Ulster around to cooperation with the south
 It is not yet known whether Mir. de Valera intends to convene the re- publican Parliament to consider the proposals. The liberation of Coun- tess Markievicz suggests tkat he may be waiting for more such lib- erations before taking further steps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
GOVERNOR HARDING. ISSUES STATEMENT. FOR AGE-HERALD.
Says He Will Appear Before Commission on AgricuItu- raI Inquiry, Which Meets
 on Tuesday
By HUGH W. ROBERTS Washington Bureau The Age-Herald
 BOO Davidson Building


 Washington, July 24.-(Special.)- W. P. G. Harding, governor of the federal reserve board makes this statement tonight:
 ''Promptly upon receipt of full copy of the Augusta speech of John skelton Williams, delivered July 14 by direction of the federal reserve board, I sent on July IS an identical letter to chairman of the Senate and House committee on banking cur rency"
 In this letter, which has already been published, Governor Harding re- quested that the charges of MT. Will Hams be investigated.
 The statement continues:
 T was informed on July 21 by chairman Anderson that the joint commission on agricultural inquiry would meet at 10 a. m. July 26, and that the commission desired to hear from me immediately following the first witness I shall comply with the WlSneh or lHS COHlHilSelOu'
 The statement of the governor en- tirely disapproves the comment in the capitol that his request of the chair man of the banking committee was made in order to eliminate the agri- cultural commission as the body to investigate the board. As generally known. the chairman of the house committee, l.. T. McFadden, and the former comptroller of the treasury, Mir. Williams, are bitter enemies. The statement of Governor Harding, furthermore, means that he will fol- low Mir. Williams as witness. It Is understood that Governor Harding Is willing that everything bearing on the charges be made public. In that connection c. S. Barrett, president of the National Farmers Union, issues statement tonight insisting that the commi ssion demand of Governor Harding the minutes of board meet ings in which deflation as a policy was discussed, and the poison gas correspondence between him and Will Hams to which the latter in his Augusta speech made significant re- ference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
TRAP MEET
 BEGINS HERE TODA Y
Shooters From All Over State
 to Participate in Champion
 ship Event at Fairgrounds

The state fair grounds will be the mecca for Alabama trapshooters to- day. when the championship tourna- ment of the Alabama Trapshooting association gets under way at noon, continuing through Wednesday. Three days of shooting are scheduled for the meet and some of the sea sons best scores should be turned in, if the class of the field of en- tries has anything to do with it.
 Officials in charge of the tourna- ment state that they are expecting at least 100 shooters to line up at the traps today, although no definite line of the exact number of entries can be had until time for actual shooting to begin.
 Today's Programme
 Todays programme calls for 100 singles targets, as well as 25 pairs of doubles. The amateur shooter finishing with the highest score in the doubles competition will win the state amateur championship at dou- bles targets. while the high profes- sional will win the state profes- slonal title at doubles
 Tomorrow. 25O singles targets will be run off, the last 100 constituting the first 100 on the state champion ship event al singles targets.
 Wednesday, the last 100 of the state championship singles targets will be run off, as well as 100 tar gets in the handicap event
 The meet Is being staged under the auspices of the Birmingham Gun club, which has arranged for Sl.0oo in added cash and trophies to be awarded to the winners of the va roSls events
 Champions and ex-champions Will be on hand when shooting begins al noon today.
 James Day Here
 James Day, champion of Texas ana worlds champion on doubles tar gets, Is on hand and will compete m the events. Other notable out-of- town shooters will compete also.
 The local gun club has entered the tournament In body. There are some crack shots among the focal trapmen, and 1t would pot be sur prising if Birmingham shooter wins the championship in one or more of the events.
 TO win a title shooter must pc registered citizen of the state
 Local gun club officials wished II announced that shells of all brands may be purchased on the field dur ing the tourna ment
 Shooting begins at noon today. but s+.rtinp times tomorrow and Wednesday is S;So o'clock in the morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25

it renders all others unattractive when compared with the object Of affection.
 The divine purposes of marriage are the completion and perfection of the personalities of the contracting parties; the preservation and perpet- uation of the race; and the devel- opment of society. Everything good is involved and everything possible should be done to make marriage a success, and it can be and will be a success if the contracting parties will go at it in the right spirit and with the determination to succeed Study to please, be sympathetic. cultivate the things that are lovely and destroy those that annoy, remember the gol- den rule. eEemplfy the spirit of Christ and you will get along. If you can't get along don't rush into the divorce court the first thing; take a trip, stay away month, then come back and try 1t again. Most folk that get divorces regret 1t.
 How about the widow whose hus- band is dead should she marry again? That depends. Better go slow. You are taking chances If young folk find 1t hard to get along, older folk find it harder. It is hard for old folk to change their habits, and if one is old and the other IS real young-well. I saw my friend the other day, the old man that Rarried the young girl. When he stood up before the preacher to have the knot tied he looked like 2-year-old colt that was about to run away, but the last time I saw him he looked like an army mule hitched to load or pig iron.
 "Then if there are children by a former marriage there is apt to pc trouble + is hard for a woman to love children of her husband by A former wife But il can bc done. Love and religion will solve most problems. Better pray much ana IT you are going to get married again be sure you are getting man with lots of religion he will need it, ana you will, too. :.
 .If you have gone and done H. make the best of 1t. Many have sue ceeded. you can too. Study his lihes and dislikes: make yourself as ioV- able as you can. Have love. common sense and religion--these three ana you have happy home here and there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
NEIL OF SELMA WITH
 ANTI-BLUE LAW LEAGUE

Washington, July 24.-(Special)- R. E. L. Neil, formerly a newspaper man of Selma. Is assistant secretary of the Anti-Blue Law League of America, Inc, and has come to Wash ington to manage the fight having for it's object the opening of Mt. Yer non to the public on Sundays.
 His initial statement bearing on the subject follows:
 t"There certainly could be nothing more dignified, more patriotic or of greater service historically than the opening of Mount Vernon on Sun dsysy Isheusa 4<issof st o ueis ts- O ndb~vieN itors to Washington come here on Sundays for the express purpose of Visiting Washington's home, and are disappointed when they find the doors closed. It is something that works a great injury to the enter tainment of many visitors to this city on Sundays.
 We intend to carry our fight di- rect to the regents of the old lome- stead of Washington, and if the gov ernment takes over the institution in the meantime, we wiwll carry our campaign to such officials as may be appointed in charge of the nome. We feel that it is 8 matter that in terests American citizenship in gen eral, and especially the youth of the nation. It is not at all in accord with American ideals to have such an institution closed on Sundays, while directly opposite, on the shores of the Potomac, can be heard the bands and grinding of amusement devices at an amusement park. On Sunday evenings the park is bril- liantly lighted, while the doors of Mount Vernon arre dark and dreary. 1t certainly is not Inspiring to per sons who look at the home of the ia ther of his country from his torical and patriotic standpoint.
 Public art galleries and museums are open on Sundays in nearly all sections of the country, and these cannot be considered institutions for commercial benefit Neither is Mount Vernon. We feel ir Is a service to { the nation we are performing, and the request to lead this fight was made from our rapidly growing mem- : bership in all sections of the coun- try, and is in thorough keeping with our dignified programme"
 A petition from the Anti-Blue Law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
DR. WEIGH DENIES PRESS REPORT ON
 MOSQUITO ISSUE
Was Misquoted by Reporter and Story Then Commented on EditorialIy Without
 Being Verified

Montgomery. July 24,--tSpecial.)- pr S. w. Welch, state health officer, in statement issued Sunday after course of a speech delivered at Flor ence some days ago that. mosquitoes had been banished from every county in the state except four. He said the report does him 8 grave injustice, and, referring to editorials which he says appeared in two of the states leading newspapers, in which he was criticised for making the statement attributed to him. states he feels that these papers couid have verified the truth Of the report before writ ing editorials discrediting the board and it's work" He declares further that he said nothing in his Florence speech that could have been twisted into the language crc5ited to him. The full text of Di. +Jelch's state ment follows:
 WeIch's statement
 When l returned to my office on yesterday. after an absence of sev- eral days in the field. my attention was called to editorials in two of the
 
 icising me for making the statement that mosquitoes had been banished from every county ,n the state eN- cept four This statement on the part of anyone does me grave injus- tice l feel that If these papers were interested in the development of the agency which the state has charged with the protection of it's public health, they could have verified the truth of the statement before writing editorials dscrediting the board and it's work.
 Attributed to Reporter
 T am informed that the stateme at is attributed to reporter who re- ported a speech made by me in Flor ence, where l addressed the teachers of the summer school. l said noth- ing in that spech that could have been twisted into the language cred ited to me. l did say that Alabama led all other southern states in ma laria control last season except Texas. | did say that Alabama was leading all other southern states in malaria control work this season. I did say that we were doing malaria control work in Il counties of the state, and that in five of these coun- ties the work was countrywide, a fact that is true of no other southern state, but l did not say that mos quitoes had been banished from any one of them.
 Organized County Work
 T did say also cooperating with the United States public health serV- ice, we had organized county wide work in malaria control by use of the standard qunne treatment of carriers recommended by the na- ol lar is, nr,,t, fan I y cooperating with the United States public health service and the inter- national health board we hoped to extend this malarial programme to the whole state. The work of the state board of health of Alabama has recently been recognized in a very signal manner by the public health authorities of the Unite States and it would seem that we should have the encourag agement anu support of all of our own people in our efforts to go forward"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
Tennis Matches Are Off

New York, July 2A-The United States Lawn Tennis association to- day cancelled all exhibition matches arranged for Suzanne Lenglen, the French tennis star, during the first two weeks in August. upon receipt of word from Paris that she had been obliged to postpone her sailing to July 30 on accodnt of Illness.
 Matches had been arranged at Greenwich. Conn. Glen Cover and Southampton, Long Island: Seabrighl. N. J., ahd Providence
 A cAblegram to the association said Nile Lenglen would play in this county during the first three weeks in September. She will remain here until pctober.
 Shel will be accompanied on her trip by her mother and A. R. De Joannis. vice president of the French Lawn Tennis federation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
English Selections for the
 International Races Made

London. July 24-The English se- lections' for the international motor yacht races. in which the United States and England wilheompete for the British American cup, have been made, the trials having been com pleted yesterday The entrants will be the Jean. owned by the Hon. Sir John H. Ward; the Polly owned by Gould: the Victoria, owned by Sir Godfrey Collins and w P. Burton skipper of Sir Thomas Lipton's Sham rock. and the Flya, owned by F. S. Harker. The races will be divided between Cowes and Ryde, as follows:
 July 29 at Ryde. August 1, 3 and 5 at~-Cowes and August 8 and 10 at Ryde
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
REPUBLICANS TO BE FAIR
 IN DECIDING CONTESTS

Washington, July 24.-(Special.) )- The republicans of the House have given an indication of their purpose to decide the many contests for seats in the House fairly. If their ma jority was narrow, they might have reached another conclusion As it is, however. it is taken for granted that Representative Rainey of the Sew enth Alabama district will not be thrown out of Congress unless the facts warrant such action.
 Representative Harry B. Hawes. democrat. representing the Eleventh Missouri district, has won out be- fore a House election committee, in a contest filed against him by Ber- rard P. Bogy, republican. It ap- peared that there was no justice in the claim of Bogy, and the repub- licans refused to entertain his con tentions.
 In the Rainey case, the democrats contend that the republican con testant. Charles Kennamer. has no just claim on the seat. This con test will be heard, it is indicated. before the conclusion of the extraor- dinary session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
FARM CREDIT LOANS
 BASED ON INSURANCE

Washington, July 24.-(Special. )- Farm credit loans based upon in- surance features is a principle in dorsed by the farmers of the United States, but their Washington repre- sentatives smell & rat in the bill of Representative ,McFadden of Penn sylvania, chairman of the banking and currency committee of the House.
 J. R. Howard, president of the American farm bureau federation, in statement issued today, indicates belief that the McFadden bill was drawn in the interest of one of the large insurance companies of the United States, or in such manner as to give that company a monopoly. He entertains a fear, also, that the McFadden bill would cause the dis placement of local mutual and CO., operative companies.
 His statement follows:
 The rural credit and multiple in- surance bill recently reintroduced by l.. T. McFadden, chairman of the House banking and currency com mittee, seeks to use as it's vehicle one of the big life insurance com panies and if successful this com pany operating unuer IhlS dCL WOuiu be given such advantage over other companies as to create a monopoly. There is also great danger in the contemplated national charter for tkis insurance company.
 tThe farmers of the United States would not accept such d measure un-
 less it was so specifically drawn as to make fullest use of the present existing farm mutual and co-opera- tive local companies. These have proved their worth for many years and have provided the farmers with the best and cheapest insurance in the world Even a suggestion of any company which might absorb or dis place the local mutual will be strenuously opposed. Moreover the farmers will insist upon whatever bill they indorse being written in direct United States terminology rather than European phraseology used in the McFadden bill
 Much has been said of late re- gardng farm credit loans based upon insurance features and at a conference of the American farm bu- reau federation held in Washington in April, careful consideration was given to the question of insuring farm credit and the principle was in dorsed, but not the McFadden bill.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
FIGHT PICTURES
 ARE NOT SHOWN

New York, July 24.--The adver- tised showing of the Dempsey Car pentier fight pictures at theatre tonight did not materialize In an nounclnE the postponement the thea tre management said Tex Rickard, r. C. Quimby and others interested in the films would try Monday to con vince the federal grand jury that there Is no violation of inter state law in their exhibition outside New Jersey.
 There was every indication at the theatre of arrangements to show the film Monday, Huge electric signs an nouncinR the attraction were placed in position over the entrance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
 COLUMBIA LOSES SOME OF LEAD IN SALLY L.

Columbia, &. C.. July 24.--Columbia sacrificed a game and a half to Char leston during the week. the runner up cutting tho advantage of the leader to 5Ia games when Columbia won four games and lost five. while Charleston was winning five and losing three Greenville, in third place continued to show poor form and won one game while losing four. Augusta had a successful week, with four victories and two defeats. Charlotte and spartanburg won and lost two games during the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
Hardy and Mahan Win

Cleveland. July 24.-Samuel Hardy and Lyle Mahan of New York won the national intercity championship, defeating Howard and Robert Kim sey. San Francisco, brothers three sets to one.
 The scores were 6-4, s-6. s4. e-4.
 R. Lindley Murray of Niagara Falls, former national singles cham pion, defeated Walter Hayes of Chl- cago, national clay courts singles title holder, 6-2. 4-6, 6-2, in an exhi- bition match.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
Americans Entered in
 Grand Prix Road Race

Lemans, France, July 2+.-Four American racing automobiles which are entered in tho grand prix road face that will be run tomorrow, arc considered to have an even chance against four French, five British and one Alsace- Lorraine entrants which have qualified for 5the contest
 Motorcycle races in which f9 ma chimes contested, were held over tha grand prix course today. The Brit ish entrants took most of ~Se places in the three classes. The fastest time averaged was 96 miles an hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
 COL. TATE TO TRY FOR INTERNATIONAL TROPHY

London, July 24.-Lieut. Col A. w. Tate will sail for New York on the Olympic Wednesday with Ed"a'n Edgar's Maple Leaf VII, which VII race at Detroit in September with Miss America, In an effort to regain the international motor boat trophN'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
Rube Benton Gets
 His Unconditional
 Release From W. '.

New York July 24-The uncon- ditional release of Pitcher John c, 6Rube) Benton was announced to- night by John J. McGraw, manager of the New York Nationals. Club of ficials stated the relase followed numerous warnings to the veteran in regard to his failure 10 keep in com dition. Benton. who was purchased from Cincinnati in 1916, has been in the National league since 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
"Red" Hill Is Turned
 Back to the Chicks

Mobile. July 24.-Pitcher Red" Hill, sent to the Mobile club by the Memphis club, has been turned back to the latter team. according to an nouncement made here today by President John D. Logan of the local club. Hill pitched one game while with Mobile last week and lost 1t to Birmingham by the score of 14 to 0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
Chet Thomas Released
 by the Cleveland Club

Cleveland. Ohio. July 24.-Chesier D. (Cfet) Thomas. one of the vet eran catchers Of the American league, was internationally released by the Cleveland club today Waivers were obtained from ali-the clubs in the league. He had played in the league more than lo ycais.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
Invaders on to Princeton

Swampscott. Mass July 24.--Tns members of the Oxford Cambridge track team left here tonight TOT Princeton. where they will start training for the meet next Thursday against the composite Princeton Cornell team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
TO REMOVE SKIN BLEMISHES
Use Black and White Beauty
 Bleach

Skin blemshes, such as tan, sun and wind freckles, liver spots, dark, sallow, motley blotches mar the com plexion to the extent that one is apt to try way of r. moving them that may result disastrously.
 A safe, sure way to remove your skin blefnishes is by the use of Black and White Beauty Bleach and Black and White Soap.
 Black and White Beauty Bleach sof- tens the tkin--makes 1t clear, white and beautiful-tinted, and removes any embarrassing skin blemishes.
 Black and White Beauty Bleach is a delightfully."- perfumed preparation and when applied it forms an invis- ible coating on the skin.
 Clip and mail this to Black and White, Box 1907, Memphis. Tenn. for free literature and samples of Black and White Face Powder. and Incense of Flowers Talcum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-25
 DUNCAN AND MITCHELL BEAT EVANS AND GAUDlN

Chicago. July 24.-George Duncan and Abe Mitchell, British profession al golfers on tour of this country, triumphed today, and D, ever Charles Evans, Jr., and Phil Gaydlh on the Skokie links.