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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
MOBILE ROTARY IS
 WELL REPRESENTED
Delegation of 75 Men and 16 Women on Way From
 Gulf City

Mobile, March 27.-(Special)-Tne Mobile delegation of Rotarians, num- bering 70 men and 16 women. left here at midnight tonight for Birmingham to attend the eighth annual convention of the Eighth Rotary district.
 Representing 50 per cent of the club membership, the delegation has every hope of bringing back to Mobile the prize offered to the club having the largest attendance. The delegation has prepared number of banners and pen nants with which it is planned to im- press on the people of Birmingham that the Rotary club is one of the livest or ganizations In the Eighth district. The special sleepers carrying the Gulf City Rotes are due in Birmingham at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
 President Julius T. Wright and Sec retary w. o. Lott left here Saturday night to prepare the way for the rest of the delegation.
 The Rotarettes to accompany their husbands on the trip are Mesdames E. Roy Albright, J. 1T. Bancroft Peter Burke, L. E. Grace. w. c. Henderson, Mark Lyons, Harris c. Vaughan, R. D. Walker, O. F. E. Wingate, Julius T.. Wright and Raymond Crosby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
ASK PRESIDENT ID
 CALL CONFERENCE
 ON DISARMAMENT
Resolution Also Requests That Increased Appropriations Be Postponed Pending Such
 Conference
By Associated Press
resolution

Washington, March N.-A resolution requesting President Harding ito call a conference of the nations on the ques- tion of world disarmament" and asking that increased appropriations of Con- gress for armaments be postponed, pend ing such a conference. was adopted here today at an Easter mass meeting, held in advocacy of disarmament, under the auspices of the women's disarmament committee.
 Senator Borah of Idaho. who was the principal speaker, again advocated an agreement between the United States, Great Britain and Japan to reduce naval armaments, and charged the authors ot programmes for increased armaments for the world with being ''sedulous patrons of bolshevism. painstaking and indus trious gardeners of unrest and misery"
 "I want to tell you" he said, that the ties which bina peoples to their govern ments are snapping everywhere because of the great burden of armaments. Our representatives at Versailles were pledged to such a reduction. They met in the Palace of the Bourbons, talked of a bet ter world, and when the talk was over. went home and lay on the back of the struggling millions burdens Caesar would not have dreamed of
 The meeting, it was announced, was held simultaneously with others in lo states. Many of the leaders of the move ment were prominent in the campaign for woman suffrage. Other speakers here today were Representative Frear of Wis consin, Mrs. Ida Clyde Clark of New York and Edward F. Grady of the Amer ican Federation of Labor.
 Mrs. Florence Kelley of New York, who presided said the meetings mark the spontaneous uprising of women on the first Easter on which they have had power.
 The time to disarm is now" she said. and the place is here.'
 Mir Grady said the American Fedora tion of Labor joins in demanding Shat the statesmen of this country do some thing at once to bring about definite programme for world disarmament. we, however, clearly recognize" he added
 that we cannot disarm while other na- tions are armed. But we want disarma- ment the reduction to be gradual ana by general agreement.
 There is no way to bring about dis armament except through agreement with the other naval powers" Senator Borah said Tt should never be our purpose to- leave our country insecure but it should be our determined pur- pose to bring about such an agreement as we'll bring security without prineihs bankruptcy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
PLANNING TO MAKE
 GORGAS MEMORIAL A
 WORLD INSTITUTION

New York March N.-(Special)--A dispatch from Washington to the Times says: Plans to broaden the scope Of the Gorgas Memorial Institute in Pan anna into a research and teaching institl ton of international scope are being de- veoped here by the provisional board of directors for the United States, cording to an announcement by its chair man, Rear Admiral w. c. Braisted
 Admiral Braisted. who is president of the American Medical association, said that in accordance with instructions re- oeved from President Porras of Pan anna, the cooperation of American med ical colleges, well as of foreign coun- tries, was being enlisted, Permanent headquarters of the American board of directors have been established at the Pan-American Union building here.
 As soon as preliminary organization work is completed Admiral Braisted said, three American physicians will be sent to Panama to put the plans into effect. One medical officer of the army, one of the navy and one of the United States public health service, will bs stationed at first at Santo Tomas Hos pital in Panama, where they will begin research work in tropical medicine under the superintendent of the hospital Later the institute will have it's own building adjoining the hospital in front of which will be erected a statute of the great sanitarian.
 Other institutions teaching tropical IT. edicine which have indicated willing ness to further the aims of the Gorgas Memorial include Harvard and Johns HopEns universities the Rockefeller Foundation, the London School of Trop- | ical Medicine. the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the University of California
 Central and South American govern ments will be officially notified of the founding of the institute, Dr. Braisted declared, and invited to appoint com mittees of medical men to place before the institute problems of particular in | terest to their countries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
A Lincoln Thrift Story
rhe rhrift Magazine.

From The Ihrl1t Magazine.
 When Abraham Lincoln was young lawyer in Illinois he received an in- cuiry from an eastern merchant regard ing the responsibility and character of a fellow townsman. His reply was a subtie lesson in thrift, as follows:
 Dear Sir:
 Yours of the tenth received I am well acquainted with the gentleman named. and know his characteristics. First or all. he has a wife and baby; together they ought to be worth $6O,000 to any man. Then he has an office, in which there will be a table worth about $l5o. and three chairs worth. say $1. Last of all, there is in one corner rat-hole which will bear looking into. Respect fully. (SigneO Abraham Lincoln.
 The above story is related by s. W. Straus in his new book. History of the Thrift Movement in America It was the rat-hoie referred to in Lincolns let ter that stamped the object of the in quiry as a man of thriftless habits
 It is the little leaks that sink the ship; the little wastes that bring financial di- saster.
 Lincoln understood the value of little things Even little words meant much to him and he was able to enunciate his views and policies in the most simple language.
 Did not Lincoln's appreciation of the value of little things constitute the real foundation of his greatness?
 Thrift is a necessary fundamental of exalted success, which was exemplified thoroughly by Abraham Lincoln.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
ANDREW AND IMOGENE
By ROE FULKERsoN

You seem in a bad humor this morn- ing. Andrew" said Imogene at the breakfast table. "Dn't you have a good time at the banquet last night? Wasn't your speech success?'
 Before I answer you" said Andrew surlily. T want to ask you what kind of an animal that fur in the lining of my old overcoat came off off"
 Why I don't know" said Imogene, they cal lit nutra"
 Well, I have never seen a nutria," said Andrew, but I know it's a fool ant nal. The darn things shed and moult and slough off their fur
 Why. what do you mean?" asked Imo- gene puzzled.
 'I mean it was cold last night, ana I wore my fur-lned coat for the first time this-~season. l mean that when 1 put it on and went out into the street the smell of moth balls was so strong that two cats fighting on Jones' fence put their fingers to their noses and fled in dsmay.
 'I mean that when l got into the street car the people looked at me like I had leprosy and then opened the car windows to let in more air
 "I mean I was a little late getting to the food and slipped off my coat hur- riedly in the coat room and rushed into the room, where those blatant idiots were IeeQlnB LnelT races, ana lneTe was uoWi went up that mistook for joy over my presence, and I bowed right and left and walked up between the tables to my place at the speakers table and sat down before I looked at myself. and then found that there was more nutria hair on me than there ever was on any nutria that ever roamed the forests of Timbuc- too ever swam the waves of the Anna zon or flew between the moss-draped trees of Madagascar.
 That bloomin' coat had shed it's leaves, dropped it's petals moulted it's feathers and shed it's fur me till the skin on the inside of that coast must be as bald as John D. Rockefeller. q slipped out between the soup and fish and got six walters to work on me- They brushed me with whiskbrooms, they picked me like 8 chicken and they rolled 1 it up on me with wet towels till l spent $5 in quarters fleeing them.
 q went back into the banquet room | just as the rochefort and coffee came on the table, and before I could regain my composure the toastmaster called on me referring to me as our fur-bearing | friend
 "I waited till they quieted down and then made some quiet and serious remark and raised my arm in gesture lntend- ed to indicate that my statement em- braced the whole world. and all of a sudden they screamed with laughter all | though my remark was not jest. | "I drowned on them for moment till all were quieted except few, and to these raised my hand in an imperious gesture, commanding silence, and they yelled again. and some cheerful idiot asked me what was doing with the kit ten under my arm, and involuntarily reached under my arm and pulled out 1 ball of fur big enough to stuff a sofa pillow.
 .I sat down. There was nothing else to do. If seem grouchy this morning it's because I have an unspoken speech in my system If I seem sad it is be- | cause that nutria has made drivelling idiot of me. If my feelings seem hurt it's because I am not a fur-bearing an- imal and am sensitive about going out | in public in a suit of it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28

The churches of the Ensley district were crowded at all services yesterday, making record attendance for the year in each department. Beginning at an early hour, the children and many grown-ups crowded the Sunday schools. where special services in keeping with the day were held.
 At the church services Easter music formed an interesting part of the pro- gramme and appropriate sermons were preached by the various pastors of all denominations
 One of the most pretentious of the mu- sical offerings was the cantata given last evening at the First Baptist church dnder the direction of Jack Thomas.
 The First Presbyterian music was ably supported by the pipe organ which has recently been overhauled and had an electric motor installed. This church boasts of the only pipe organ In the western district of the city and is playet by Mrs. Dewitt Truss.
 The evening service of that church was conducted by the Senior Christian En' deavor and Prof Frank A. Gallups wal the speaker for the occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28

public and private buildings and railway bridges and footed shops. Reports were received that the rioters were fortifying themselves in hilly districts
 Eisleben, Mansfield and Dellstedt are guarded by security and local police. but the situation at Leuna has not as yet been cleared up. The big nitrogen plant there has been made the headquarters of the communists, and leaders are said to be directing operations from factory buildings.
 Government officials appear confident that workngmen will reject the idea Of a general strike, into which, they say the communists are now attempting to bludgeon them through terrorism. The identity of the men directing the present movement has not been established, but up to the present none of the communist leaders in the Reichstag appears publicly in connection with the disorders.
 The radical publication, The Red Flag. printed last night manifesto demanding that workers everywhere strike in sup port of the revolt in central Germany.
 RIOTERS LOSE HEAVILY
 The courthouse at Mansfeldt, as well as the railway station at Hettstedt, has been wrecked by dynamite, but advices received in this city indicate that the rioters suffered very heavily in the clash with the security police. The police claim they are equipped with smaller calibred guns than those in the hands of the com muniSts.
 Both the Prussian and national cabinets are coming in for sharp criticism be- cause of their apparent failure to cor restly and promptly gauge the scope of character of the present outbreak. which is supposed to have been brewing for some time There is also some criticism of the fact that the suppression of dis orders has been left to the Prussian green" police, who. it is claimed. have been chiefly trained and equipped to cope with metropolitan disturbances. Tho government, however draws measure of comfort from the fact that industrial centers, such as Lipzig and Dresden, have not yet identified themselves with the re- volt.
 Special dispatches from Munich and other Bavarian points to Berlin news papers veil but faintly the satisfaction felt in Bavaria over the lesson being given the national government by the present revolt, and they incidentally per init the obvious inference that everything is serene there, where the einwohnr- wehr is still on guard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Millions Under Microscope

Orline D. Foster, in Leslie's.
 Somewhere back about 60 years ago a little boy sat on a settle beside big New England fireplace in South Easton. Mass, and winked his eyes so he would not go to sleep and miss all the curious things his father and grandfather were telling each other about leather, while in his heart he resolved that some day he would find solution for their prob lems
 At 14 he left school and ran errands all day.
 Eleven more years passed without any stirring incident in the life of Fred A. Howard, and then he went to work in a bottling factory and there made the ac- quaintance of Prof. Alexander Bernstein. famous German chemist. For two years these men worked and struggled together.
 At that time hemlock leather was the bane of the leather trade. Indispensable for it's toughness. 1t cracked when bent. and could not be made plable enough for ordinary use Fred Howard solved the difficulty by discovering combina- tion of chemicals that dissolved the tiny cry . s into which the tanning fluid had been resolved and which were so sharp pointed they cut the fiber wherever 1t was bent This encouraged him to open a tiny laboratory. which soon became the dumping ground for damaged leather.
 But money did not flow into his coffers. for he was scientist. not financer. Unceasingly he labored in the face of Encouragement. poverty, the anxiety of an invalid wife. and repeated failures. His goal was the formation of a fluid that would take the place of 1korlin. chemical substance found in live skin. whose purpose is to preserve the fibers from disintegration.
 Forty years of endeavor have won him his goal. and within the month beau tiful new laboratory just outside of Bos- ton will mark the crowning achievement of his discovery of the fluid he has called "korite."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
To Move Headquarters

Annston, March 27.-tSpecial) )-Head . quarters for the home service section of the Red Cross are to be moved this week from the second floor of the fed eral building into the juvenile court off, ficers room in the county courthouse, the announcement to this effect having just been made by Mrs Paul D. Vann. inc local executive secretary. The nov ing of the headquarters from the federal building has been caused by the action of the treasury department in denying civic organizations the Continued priv ileges of using the federal buildings for offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
YOUNGSTERS TO ROAM
 WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS
By Asrocinted Press

Washington, March 27.-After aE laspe of four years. Easter egg rol-B ling will be permitted on the WhiteI House grounds tomorrow and Wssh>I ington youngsters will roam at wilA over the immense lawn that stretches toward the Potomac. Grownups. ex- cept those accompanying children will be barred
 The President and Mrs Harding have signified their intention of spending part of the afternoon with the egg rollers. The Marine band will furnish music.
 The annual froic was discontinued lby President Wilson in 1917 after wart was declared. Mir. Wilson always in < sisted while he was president that alt should be free to come and would nod restrict admittance to holders Of cards President and Mrs. Harding have taken a similar position and no cards for tomorrow have been issued.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Hollingsworth Funeral Held

Anniston, March 27.-(Special.)- Scores of stricken friends gathered at ern part of the city Sunday afternoon for the final services over the remains of Truman Hollingsworth. whose death Saturday morning brought extreme sorrow to all who had known and loved the brilliant young business man of the city.
 The officers and members of Anniston Fraternal lodge. No. 700. had charge of the services at the grave. Rev. L. N Claxton and Rev. William Ross Lloyd conducted the religious services at the home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
McDonaId Returns Home

Anniston. March 27.-(Special)-Ster ling P. Mcdonald, Sylcauga candidate for Congress against Major Lamar Jeff fers of this city, has returned to his home in Talladega county after spend ing sbusy week among the voters of Calhoun county. Major Jeffers Is billed to deliver his first campaign address in Anniston on Monday evening. the Lyric theatre to be the scene of his appear anca on that occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Destroy Two Stills

Anniston, March 27.-(Special.)-- Federal Prohibition Officers K. F. Fer euson and John H. Draper returned to their headquarters in this city Satur- day night after destroying two illicit distilleries in Cleburne county and pouring out large quantities of beer and whisky The officers<were unsuc- cessful Tn their effort to capture the operator of the two distilleries. the whisky makers probably having been Informed of their approach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Soon to Resume Service

Anniston. March N.-(SpeciaL J. Rails for the rebuilt portion of Noble street, torn up recently in the paving work on that thoroughfare. have been extended during the last week to a point near Thirteenth street and indications are that street car service on the Noble street line will be resumed within two weeks The contractors are pushing the work of laying the concrete base ani the asphalt machines are following close behind since the warm weather has come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Bankers to Send Delegation

Mobile March pecial.)-Banking institutions of Mobile will send large delegation to the group meeting of the Alabama Bankers association al MOT roeville, April 16, according to informa- tion made public here today. Repre- sentatives of the Federal Land bank ds New Orleans and many prominent state banking association officers will be pres ent af the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Dents Condition Favorable

Anniston, March 27.-(Special.)-The condition of Hubert Dent. who under went an operation for the removal of his appendix at St. Luke's hospital Fri day evening. was reported Sunday to be entirely favorable. MT. Dents sudden illness last week came as surprise to his friends in the city. among whom he had been as usual until the attack came Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Scarborough Lecture Feature

Anniston, March T.--(SpeciaL)--The Baptist churches of Anniston and Cal houn county called in their evening sery- ices Sunday to attend the Baptist rally at the Parker Memorial Baptist church in this city. the lecture by pr. l.. R Scarborough featuring the special serv- ice. Dr. Scarbrough is touring the states of the Southern Baptist convention in support of the loyalty campaign of the 75 GOO, 900 campaign and Is meeting with the heartiest support everywhere he goes on his present tour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Dentists to Attend

Mobile. March H.-(Special.) )-Mobiie doctors of dental surgery are interested in the annual convention of the Alabama Dental association, which will be held in Montgomery on April 12-14. About 2o dentists of Mobile are planning to at tend. A number of the local dentists are on the programme for talks and pa- pers on dentistry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28

Presbyterian church will meet this afte noon with Mrs. E. J. Jones, 240s AVA nue C..
 The Ladies' Aid of the First Christia church will hold a silver tea at the home of Mrs. l.. F Story, 2541 Nineteenth street this afternoon at 2:9o o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
FRANK A. BARTON

Funeral services for Frank A. Barton, age 32 who died at his home in Vivian. Friday evening, following short attack of pneumonia. were held from the Wylam Methodist church yesterday afternoon at o'clock. Members of the Masonic order at Vivian had charge of the services at the grave. Interment was at Oakland.
 Mr. Barton was well known in Wylam, where he had lived a greater part of his life. He is survived by his widow and four small children.
 The church was filled to overflowing with friends and the floral offerings were unusually beautiful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
No Clue to Highwaymen

Mobile, March 27.-(Special )No clut robbed Lucius olliphant, clerk in Pig1 gly Wiggly store, of 5000 that he carriei in a bag, at Dauphin and FrankIft streets at late hour last night, hal been obtained by the police. OHiphant fired six shots at the two men who. he says, covered him with revolvers and then dashed out Franklin street. The scene of the holdup was in the retail district and attracted much attention.
 The people of India speak about 150 different languages and are divided into 53 distinct nationalities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Ministers to Convene

Mobile, March -(special)-openin at 1030 o'clock Monday morning. the third annual conference of the Baptist ministers of the southwest Alabama dis. trict will be held at the Central Baptist church. The southwest district includes 12 counties in this section. Matters per. taining to the Baptist churches of the district will be discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28
Mrs Cox Imnroyinp

Anniston, March 27.-t Special. )- Friends of Mrs. J. c. Cox, who has been quite ill at her home in this city for the past few days. will be gratified to learn that a substantial improvement has been noted in her condition during the past few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-28

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