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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
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From the Chicago News.
 Never swear at an in-Gtting coat Give it to the tailor.
 Wen who invest in watered stock are apt to get soaked.
 Men who own electric plants are satisfied with light harvests.
 The man who says what he likes will hear a great many things he dislikes.
 It's about as hard for man to keep a diary as for woman to keep sharp lead pencil.
 If it wasn't for the weather & great many ioafers would have no excuse for remaining in the business
 Usually when a woman begins missionary work on a man she loses the most of her Influence over him.
 There is nothing new about this holdup business. The Bible tells us that Absalom was held up while go- ing through the woods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
AUTUMN DAYS

 Sing a song of autumn. Tramping through the fields, Drinking in the odors
 That September yields.
 New York Sun. Sing a song of autumn,
 Tramping osAr the lea. Looking for 'possum
 Up that 'simmon tree.
 Athens News. Sing a song of autumn,
 Winters bout to come, Makes us sort of wonder where The coal is coming from.
 Brunswick Banner. Sing song of autumn,
 Cooler days are here, Business is a-booming
 Almost everywhere.
 Columbus Enquirer-Sun. Sing song of autumn, Ifs the time O year We used to, in the old days, Say goodbye to beer.
 IN A MOOD FOR PRAYER :. Deacon Frisher offered up a tine prayer at church this morning. ex- pressing his gratitude for the bless ings of Providence" ''Yes," said Squire witherbee. . sorter thought he would I saw tA Widow Tompkins goinstnto his office yesterday with tears in her eyes an I said to myself right then an there that tn deacon was about to fore. close another mortgage"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15


 A New Jersey judge decided that the name of Trotzky Is too great a handicap for an American to bear. so an erstwhlie Trotzky is now q Travers, and is no longer in danger of being mobbed when he's paged by a bell boy
 < E % An occasional photograph ot Theda Bara in respectable clothes Is all that is left to remind us that she was once the subject of some snappy Autographs in front of tn, movie house.
 Soviet authorities may issue pass ports to Russian citizens on payment of 100000 rubles. Just at the moment we don't recall whether thls is 30 cents or ss in real money.
 T % Since it Is now reasonably certain that Lloyd George will be among those present at the disarmament conference, he and Devalera must see way out.
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 A drunken 'possum in Tennessee betrayed the presence of still. The still was captured, but nasty re- porter failed to tell us what became of the possum.
 By receiving Alabamas county queens in tho Terminal station. President and Mrs. Harding will give several thousand natives chance to look on.
 After Rirminghams runoff election is held the good people of this iowa may be able to settle down and show a little respect for their neighbors.
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 About all that has been learned in Washington in regard to the Ku Klux Klan is that the casts ebony orators consider it un-American.
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 Judging from what Professor Pickering says about the moons weather. even the climate of Texas is preferable
 
 An Atlanta judge fined himself s1 for being late. We've never heard of judge who was guilty of con- tempt of court
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 The strain of tho world series was tremendous. but the strong character of the American people enabled them to stand it. Mrs John Barrymore has returned from abroad with bobbed hair, As she writes verse we are not sur prised.
 After we have fathomed the con sciousness of the consciousness what else will there be to live for?
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 Prohibiting the sale of home brew materials may put ankher tax on American ingenuity.
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 Will 1t ever come to pass that people will inquire, Who was that fellow, Arbuckle'?'
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 It takes decimal expert to esti- mate the present value of the Ger man mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
sounds Metropolitan

"Birmingham is getting to be q regular metropolitan city-a hum dinger right among the New York" ers," when it comes to style" sad J. A. Hale.
 "I'Il tell you why. The newspaper boys do not call out. Paper! Paper' any more. butt they scream out. Papiei Papie," just like the husk- jest from Chicago or San Francisco, or St. Louis or New York.
 At first I felt l had misunder- stood what they were shrieking, but l went up to one kid and asked him, and got "papie" right flat.
 T am travelling man and now adays when I first wake up in a Birmins ham downtown hotel and hear them screaming, 'Papie" I don't know what town I'm in. l have to think a minute It sounds so metro DoltanN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
ALMOST SAW IT

From the Kansas City Star.
 A box at convention hall was filled Sunday with party Of eager Giant fans watching the play from the elec- trio scorebord. Babe Ruth was bat ting, and there was one strike on him. The next ball twas pitched and the light showed, "One ball"' Rot ten! yelled the Giant fanatics. That balll split the plate!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
ncminds Him ef Home

The celebrations held here Wednesday in commemoration of Co- lumbus' landing in America reminds me of the ones they hold up north, stated A. Geraci, editor Of the Italian newspaper, Il Gladiatore.
 "Qf course, up there, where there is ~ larger number of Italians. the celebrations were more extensive. However, the ones held here are strong reminders"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
ADRTFT WITH THE TIMES
HIS BLIND SIDE

This elderly millionaire with one foot in the grave says he's afraid he won't be able to make his young fiancee happy"
 Why not? Hasn't he all kinds cr moneyY'
 "of course. but he says she isn't going to marry him for his money"
 And he probably believes that, too. Yet l dare say you couldn't fool him in a business deal to save your life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
BARNETT IN WEST ALABAMA ,ror, thn TusralooSa Nevs


 Through it's staff representative, Dr. Frank Willis Barnett, The Rir- m.ngham Age Herald has been re- newing old friendships and creating new. ties. during the last few days.
 On Monday Dr. Barnett came to Tuscaloosa and adot essed the entire student body at the university, now numbering 1888 persons. On Tuesday, the genial writer and speaker was aentertained at the Rotary club. The same evening he addressed meeting of the Tuscaloosa alumni of the uni- versity, numbering over 300 persons.
 Yesterday pr. Barnett addressed 5000 or 4.ooo people at Joe McGf- fert's picnic at Eutaw. Today he Is at Livingston, attending the fair. z
 The Birmingham Age Herald is . popular newspaper in west Alabama and Dr. Frank Willis Barnett has added largely to it's prestige in this part of the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
A,PoPULAR PRECEpENT

T want to go into politics and make name for myself" said the ambitious young man.
 Make a name for yourself before you go into politics, son." said the veteran of many campaigns. Then you can run for office on the plea that you were drafted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
EVENINGS OUT

Home is where the heart is"
 That, no doubt, is true; The rather trying part is
 Nowadays but few People have the will to
 Stay at home. Instead They yawn some vaudeville through And then they go to bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
FOOTBALL vs. JAZZ

From the Washington Star.
 college canpus bars jazz because it is not regarded as good for the nerves of mon in training for foot ball. Football is rather rough play, but not as rough as jazz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
TRUE TO TYPE

This drawing of my heroine is all right" said the novelist. except that you've made her a blonde and I dis tinctiy state in my book that she's brunette"
 "oh, drew her that way on pur- pose" said the artist. q got the idea from reading a paragraph in Chapter I where you describe her as a 'changeable creature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
AcuTE CIRIosIT,-

From the Macon News.
 A Chicago mail clerk opened let- ters that came his way "in order to see how men make love- hes ex- plained. Now the warden is going to open nice grated cell to let him see how men enjoy prison fare
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
DUE PRECAUTIONS
From the Houston Post

From the Houston Post"
 Governor McRae of Arkansas has named, November l. to be observed as a day Of Faith, when each man will proclaim the virtues of his peighbors That's good idea, even if each Arkansawan, playing safety first, should keep his smokehouse locked as usual and keep his chick ems from running at large.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
Two More Fatalities In
 New Yok's Liquor Feud

~ IVILIZATION and savagery rub N elbows in New York. "Dia- mond Joe" Peppe, a bootleg king, and . bystander are dead, making 21 victims of a bootleggers' feud. But Joe's lieutenants, a dozen or more gunmen, are said to be looking for his slayer and another pictur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
Railroad Unions
 Threaten to Strike

yS AILWAY WORKERS have is- lM sued an ultimatum to their employers, stating that strike will be called October 30 unless the ques- tion of wages and working condi- tions is reopened. Two million men are involved, but according to plans announced in Chicago yesterday, all will not be called out at once. The railroads of the country have been divided into 10 groups. The workers in one group will be called out first. If this action does not get the de- sired results, a strike will go into ef- feet in another group and so on un- til the nations entire transporta- ton system is tied up.
 It may be, as suggested in Wash ington, that this is only threat to coerce railway executives, but it may easily become something more. If there should be nationwide strike of railroal employees it would be 8 calamity which would not affect a few railroad employees only, but the entire population of America. And among the chief sufferers would be the strikers themselves.
 It is an old saying that ''half a loaf is better than none." The rail- road workers are being offered something better than "half loaf" They are asked to share in the bur dens of the readjustment period. That Is what reduction in wages ( amounts to. When class of work CTS as important to business, indus try and in fact the life of the na- tion, as the railroad employees will not abide by the decisions of a tribu- nal set up to judge between them and their employers, they run the risk of forfeiting public sympathy and defeating their own ends.
 It is generally conceded that there can be no return to prosperity in the United States until railroad freight rates are lowered and re- vival of business is brought about It is also rather freely acknowledged that the railroads can't reduce freight rates until there is a reduc- tion in wages-not to a starvation basis, but to level deemed reason able in view of the changed condi- tions and drop in the cost of liv- ing which will become greater when the railroad problem is settled.
 It begins to look as if the railroad unions were spoiled by too much pet ting. They ran things. with a high hand when sweeping concessions were made to them to help win the World war. It does not redound greatly to their credit that they had to De coaxed to do what millions o1 other Americans did without hope of reward and in many cases at $ sacrifice by acarrying on" when the nation needed them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
.ANIMAL HOLIDAYS"

J. ". Robertson Scott, in the London
 Daily Telegraph.
 As we left Matsue, Japan, by steamer, an agriculturist on board the vessel told me of'the custom of giving holidays to oxen and horses, The villagers carefully brush their animas. decorate them, anl lead them to pasture, wheres tetnered to rings attached to long rope, they may graze together pleasantly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
A Goop supGE or Mus1cs

A GOOD JUDGE OF MUs1cs
 'Is it true?" asked the profess sional southerner, that the bands are going to play Dixie in heaven7" T don't know" replied the saturn inc individual, but it's my private opinion that there will be no end of jazz in the other place"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
FAR ENOUGH

From the New York World
 The department of agriculture Is trying to find out how far a house fly can fly, The answer Is easy. As far as bald head
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
A CENTURY PLANT

-' O11-N O1tI 11lA4NI How old are you, Uncle?" Nigh onto a hundred. boss" You've been around here long time, haven't youT
 Nav, suh. Just about two years I got my growth over in Georgy."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
PERIODIC BACKsLIDIxc

From the Chicago News.
 Dancing reforms itself in July and reiapses in October.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
APT ALLITERATIoN

The love of liquor laughs at lock- smiths, Mir Letter learns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
Robbery and. Burglary

"lt is strange how many people fail to distinguish between the words robbery and burglary" said Solicitor Joseph R. Tate. and as result many stories go out from Birming ham of {obberies when in reality they are burglarics.
 For instance, house is never robbed, but is burglarized. while people who are held up at the point of gun are robbed. That is most confusing and when cases In which the defendants are charged with roh- bery are tried in our courts it is very hard to impress upon the jury the seriousness of the offense.
 Highway robbery is T capital fel- ony and Is punishable under the state law by death, so persons should be careful to distinguish between these two words and use them correctly V
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15

Indeed it is a strange disposed timei But men may cOnstrue things after their fashion, Clean from the purpose Of the things themselves Julius Caesar.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
Hnmes For the Visitors

Fairly good response is being made to the call for homes for the semi centennial visitors" said o. l.. Bum, manager of the Chamber of Commerce. "but there must be sew eral thousand more if We are to care for the city's guests.
 T have issued a circular letter to the ministers. the school teachers, real estate agents and the members of the chamber asking for hearty cooperation.
 I've must house the visitors or Birmingham will have black eye. That should be avoided by all means.
 Ministers will be asked to call at tention to the matter in their Sunday services and real estate men will be asked to furnish lists of vacant apartments and the like available for temporary use"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15

Remittance csn ,s mAue al c1rreLt rat Of exchange. 1ne Age hersld wii not ot Essp-NLsiuIe for money sent through the @..iAA Adurcss:
 THE AGE-HERALD.
 BIrmInRnAm Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
4 Uniaue Colncldence

Thursday afternoon T.. T. Steele, division freight agent of the south ern railway, asked me to secure for him statement of the building oper- ations in Birmingham this year." said Charles F. Jones. secretary of tho Traffic Bureau. T promised to get chem for him, but anticipated some time and trouble in doing so.
 "On Friday morning I picked up The Age-Herald and found precisely what I wanted in the Good of Com munty' column. I got what I want ed and a lot more besides
 T knew of several representatives of outside business firms who have cut out that statement and sent 1t to their firms east and north. In fact, Tho Age Herald Good of Com mUniby' articles dealing with Bir- mingham satisfactorily, are scattered broadcast over the country, and they are in many scrap books in this city. I know of more than one party that clip them out daily and make a special file of them"
 Tribute to MT. Williams
 The following is an extract from Q tribute paid by The Beaumont, Tex, Journal to J. W. Williams, who comes to Birmingham as general agent of the Gulf Coast Lines:
 Tn the transfer of J. W. Williams, general agent of the Gulf Coast Lines, from Beaumont to Birming ham, Ala, the city.and railroad will suffer a distinct loss. When a rail- road has It's chief representative in city man as human as Williams it becomes citizen in every sense Of the world.
 MT. Williams is of that type of railroad men who take delight m discovering the low joints, to use railroad parlanee, first and secure the authority if he does not already lave 1t, to make the necessary cor rections. He is a human railroad man who is power in bringing about that community of interest which should always exist between rail- roads and the communities which 1t serves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15

4 MORNING PRAYER That ! may obtain the things which thou dost promise, Lord, make me to love the things which thou dost command. Amen. M. 5. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15

Washington bureau st3 Davidson build n..
 Tsatein buslness office, World Duildlng Nav YrrR (Ity, western businesH office. Tribune building, Chicago. The S. C. heckwi-h Special Ageaey. agents for for oigL Advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15

Member of the Associated PreaE The Axe .hsral- IS tns Unly morning and SLsday newspaper Tn brmInxnam oAF1y' Ing the ABsucI3ted Press dispatcneB. The Associated Press tH eaciusiVely en' titled to the for publication G sIi news dispatches credited to N or not otherwise credited in this paper and aIso the locAt news published therein All rtKht of ro-puuIlcaNon Of special 6ispatches nereh are also reserved.
 TELEPHONE Beil tprivate exchange connecting all departmental Mair 4e0e.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-15
Birmingham Greeks Give
 to the Semi-Centennial

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-28
Stillman's Lawyers
Deny Any Part in
Settlement Move

New York, May 27.-CounSel for
James A Stillman, New York banker,
late today issued a statement denying
that they had taken any part in nego-
tiations for settlement ofthe divorce
action he has brought against the for
mer Fiji Potter.
Cornelius J. Sullivan of counsel for
Mr.. Stillman explained that it was
the bankers intention to go ahead
with his fight for divorce. The next
hearing, he said, would be held in
Poughkeepsie June l and 2, before
Referee Daniel J. Gleason, as sched-
uled.
The formal announcement given out
by Nicoll. Anabel, Fuller and Sullivan,
mentioning the legitimacy of Guy
Stillman, read:
The attorneys for Mr.. Stillman did
not participate in the recent negotia-
tons for a settlement. That was at
tempted by counsel for Mrs. Stillman
and by friend of Mr.. Stillman and of
members of his family.
I'VE are informed that they ended
in failure because no satisfactory
agreement could be reached on the
question of the illegitimacy of the
child. There never was a time, as has
been reported in the public press. when
Mr.. Stillman was willing to acknowl-
edge the parentage of the child or pre-
Guide himself from raising the ques-
ton in another proceeding"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-28
UniOnists 81 Seats,
Others 20 in Recent
Ulster, Ire. Elections

Belfast May 27.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press. 1.-The unofficial count
OF the votes cast in Tuesdays cleo
lions in the six northern counties of
Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh,
Londonderry and Tyrone, shows that
the Unionists received 341,289 votes,
the Sim Feiners 1o3,516, the Nation
alists 60.763 and the Independent La
bor1tes 1901. Four thousand ballots
of University students whose ballots
will be counted Saturday are to be
added to the Unionist vote. These
figures would indicate that the
Nationalist-Sinn Fein combination
should in view of the proportion Of
their supporters. have about twenty
members in the new parliament to
the Unionists' 80, although it is con-
sidered probablethe Unionist repre-
sentation may reach Al. The fact
that Joseph Devlin, the Nationalist
leader. must resign either his seat for
West Belfast or Antrim possibly win
add to the Unionists count as It is
believed almost certain that a Union
list will be chosen for whichever seat
he resigns
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-28
GENERAL STRIKE
STARTS IN Norway
TROOPS ARE CALLED

New York, May pa general
strike has been started in Norway
said an official dispatch received
here today. Although on serious dis
turbance has been reported, the gov
eminent has called troops to assist
police in Christiania and other Cit
les.
The disptach, which stated that
settlement negotiations had been
started between employers and en-
ployes, said there was plenty of food
in the cities to meet the emergency.
The electric plant at the capital is
still operating. but the gas plant and
other municipal institutions have
closed.
Steamship engineers and sailors
had been on strike in Christiania for
two weeks against a proposed wage
cut of 30 per cent. and yesterday dis
patches from the Norwegian capital
stated 10000 union laborers also
had threatened to walk out.
When all but railroad men began
to cease work, the government mo-
biliZed army and navy. as it had
been declared the Bolsheviki were
urging a general strike for revolu-
tionary purposes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-28
DISARMAMENT AND LEAGUE
|NVOKES SERIES Of SENATE
SCRAPS OVER BIG NAVAL BILL

Washington, May 27-Final action
on disarmament questions and
against beginning new Pacific
coast naval base was taken today in
the Senate, but other amendments
to the $495, 100000 naval appropria-
ton bill were not disposed of when
adjournment was taken until next
Tuesday, over the Memorial Day
holiday.
Disarmament proposals caused a
brisk clash today over amendments
of Senator Pomerene, Ohio and
Walsh, Montana, Democrats. With
the Borah amendment "authorizing
and requesting" the President to call
a three-power conference to discuss
disarmament already in the bill,
Senator Pomerene offered a supple
mentary amendment. 1t would have
authorized the President to suspend
American naval construction in part
or in whole. The proposal was
beaten twice, once on point of or
der sustained by Vice President
Coolidge and again by record vote
% to 81, for suspension of the rules
to make it in order.
Even a livelier tilt In which the
League of Nations controversy was
fought over again, developed on
Senator Walsh's amendment, which
would have requested the President
to send American representatives to
sit with the disarmament commits
sion of the League of Nations lin a
consulting capacity"
This amendment was beaten f. 10
90, after it was denounced by Sena-
tor Lodge Of Massachusetts,, Repub-
lican leader, as side door, en-
trance of America into the League
The roll cay was on party lines ex-
cept that three Democrats, Shields
Tennessee: Walsh, Massachusetts
and Watson, Georgia, voted with Re-
publican opponents.
CONTINUED on Page .5-CoI. 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-28
BIG BRITISH FORCE
To ROUND UP REBELS
IN EMERALD isle

London, May 27-The cabinet has
decided to send large reinforcements
to Ireland and it is rumored that
new measures are to be adopted
against the Republican forces in the
south an west, according to an an
nouncement by the London Times.
A large number of mobile troops,
the newspaper says, are to be en-
ployed in a systematic round up Of
rebels" over large areas but, it adds,
the details have not yet been settled.
It is explained that owing to the
continuance of a state of emergency
because of the coal strike, and the
need of sending troops to Silesia it is
difficult to spare troops at present.