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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
PANAMA TOO SMALL.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
 Who could have supposed that within seven years from the open- ing of the Panama canal it should be urgently argued that the great isth- milan waterway is too small or rather will be in very few years at the present rate of growth of traffic?
 Yet the shipping interests are all ready urging enlargement be con- sidered, the Marine Review report ing that the subject has been placed before President Harding The A. put through in the first year of opcr- ation. 1915. is contrasted with the 1l,25o,oo0 tons of last year. Engi- neers have estimated that 50,000.00o tons is the limit of-the present canal. but errors in figuring on water sup ply may reduce that to 30,000.o0o reach it's limit within the next 20 years or less at the present rate of growth
 The water difficulty rules out any other lock canal on that line. The shipping men urge that solution can waterway, a veritable Straits of be found only in a broad sea level Panama" This was the third plan originally suggested. the other being the present lock system. and sea level canal closed to the ocean tides. It is contended that without interfer- ing with the operation of the existing canal a waterway 300 feet wide at bottom and 600 at water level and 45 feet deep. can be executed on water by dredges, and completed within 10 years.
 The original canal cost sSo5,ooo.- GOO. The enlargement, it is calcu- lated, would cost. s0o,00o.ooo. The 1 lock syetem is now earning s2,500.- oOo above current expenses. A 20,- o00. .o00 tonnage would meet the pres ent fixed charges and by the time the enlarg ement was completed the
 tonnage would, 1t is figured. be suf- 1 ficient to finance the cost of the inn proveinent also. We should then have Ia canal of straits to meet all de- mands. free fEom danger to hostile 1 dest t-uction by aerial bonbardment l. or i,y slight earthqrake.s sssI q .ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
LETTERS TO EDITOR
TINKERING WITH CONSTITUTION


 The Age-Herald reports Judge Fort as saying before the Civic As sociation: "Our system of criminal Jurisprudence is still greatly handi- capped by archaic provisions of the constitution" and represents him as urging the repeal of the rule of law which presumes 8 person accused of crime innocent until proven guilty.
 If there be failure of justice in the courts it is not due to these con- stitutlonal safeguards. In England, with scarcely an exception, perpe- trstor of homicide is promptly punished and the murderer promptly hanged. This under the system of laws inherited by us, wherein the de- fendant is presumed innocent until the presumption is overcome by evil dence.
 In the federal courts, under sys- tenn with all the so-called archaic constitutional provisions for the pro lection of human liberty, it is a matter of common knowledge that the guilty are, almost without an ex- ception, convicted and punished.
 In the state courts if a man of high or low station be guilty of an unnatural crime, such as killing his wife or embedding public funds, hrif oh fo Nnnuir- ton. The fault in other cases is not with the law with the safeguards thrown around tho individual to pro- tect him from the heat of passion, and a public unduly aroused, but from the deficiency of the human part of the institution. Either tho juries unconsciously condone certain kinds of crime, such as homicide, or the prosecution is not efficient, or the judge, fearing a reversal, fails to make rulings in favor of the state.
 The rule of presumption of inno- cence is to guard against the human
  thing bad one hears charged against another. To change the rule as sug- gested by Judge Fort would require every person charged with crime to prove his innocence, The makers of the common law thought 1t wise to require the state to prove his guilt
 As a great law writer (Wigmore) says "The rule also cautions the jury to put away from their minds all suspicion that arises from the arrest, the indictment and the arraignment, and to reach the conclusion solely from the legal evidence adduced."
 There is & history of the struggle Of the people for liberty behind the bill of rights In the constitution of the United States and the bill of rights in the constitution of Ala hama. and the reasons that induced the enactment of these bills of rights still. exist. It is Just as necessary now to protect the minority against the tyranny of the majority in en- acting laws for search and seizure. or laws for the summary punish ment without fair trial, as 1t was in the days of the making of our constitution. Those who are familiar with the history of the constitution of tho United States should not suf- fer the hasty expressions of opinion of constitution tinkers and wouio- be reformers to so unchaliengeu' Eternal vigilance is the price of libV erty.
 The wisdom of shaking the pub lies confidence in their courts ana their system of laws, except TOT causes, thoughtfully considered ls' to say the least doubtful. yours truly, A. LEO ohHf'Doisr '-i''
 Birmingham, october 4, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
Bankers Had Fine Trip

our oscar Wells isN a big man Tn the banking game" writes Crawford Johnson, who with the president or the First National bank of Birming- ham is attending the American Bank CTS association convention at Los Angeles
 Our party is having wonderful time and the trip out was delightful, because of the courtesies shown in various cities. In Portland, Ore, especially, were we royalty received, and the Oregonian of that city fea- tured a picture of MT. Wells during our VI aft -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
DEVICES OF THE STAGE

of the modern theatre. Old Aeschy-
 Jus bound Prometl GUS to the familiar altar in the center of his "orchestra' surrounded by the Athenian popuace and put on his heroic lips the agony of those who serve mankind. No one saw the eagle tear out and deVoui the vitals of the re-bringer. they l only felt it. In ancient Greece tha.
 was enough. Shakespeare showed a 1 ships company laboring against tempest-shouting cursing, praying and finally dashed upon the rocks, | Or, rather, he did not show it--only
 made his actors speak and act as it 1t was happening. For 300 years q
 world smitten of scenic delights l to exhibit that scene to the eye of the senses, with the result that text and action were obliberated and the play l failed. Shakespearean production
 also, at least as we have known them 1 too long, stand sorely in need ef
 dramatisticator.
 The logical fate of these eye mar
 vels is, of course, musical comedy.
 Being the product of an age of tech
 nical crafts as opposed to an age of fine art, they find their level ill
 haunts where popular delight is un- 1 alloyed But even in theatres pro 1 fessedly artistic the Illusion persists
 that scenic art is the real protagon | ist of the drama. With two strokes
 of his pen Gordon Craig eliminated
 from the theatre of his fancy both | dramatist and actor; and, while his i theatre continued to be in his fancy,
 his less uncompromising followers
 have exalted their horn. Only last
 winter Lionel Barrymore produces
 Macbeth" with post-Gordon-Cr
 ian scenery that convulsed the au-/ dience or moxed it to muttered inn
 precations-and, incidentally, quite
 submerged in futility a performance
 in the title role that had clements
 of greatness. Gordon Craig himself
 could not have more utterly sub
 merged MT Barrymore.
 l When Hamlet exalted the play"
 as "the thing" he was speaking, not
 as @ dramatic critic, but as an as- | piring playwright of his own produc-
 tion; he never really grasped the
 meaning of hisfavorite quotation. But
 King Lear certainly knew what he
 was talking about when he eS
 claimed; Give me an ounce of
 civet, good apothecary. to- sweeten my maginationr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Hut Worth Seeing

One Is always hearing, Oh the fairs the same old thing; nothing now" remarked A J. Conway of Fountain Heights, "'and everytime l hear it I feel like saying. Well you poor fish, what do you expectT Mir Conway then explained:
 Fairs have gotten to be institu- tions, like the circus. Circuses come and circuses go. but they change very little; they are the same old things. But what town doesn't turn out, al- most to every man and woman, for a circus? So 1t is with the fair. once year, the circus, and once a year, the fair-we have grown to expect them and want them.
 As to the fair, however, there is something new, for a fair is a sort of yearly chronicle of progress. But even if there wasn't, & single thing new I wouldn't miss the jostle of the crowds, the bally ho men. the hot dog vendors. the popcorn, sideshows, fire works. exhibits and stunts, with all the tired feeling afterward for any thing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06

NNfa~ 'At f7HtNt bA titC ioNA NAheAN 9S per cent of the pictures shown in the United States are now passed upon by the national board of re- view before they are sent out for exhibition. State censorship in most cases is now arranged in such way as to work ir harmony with the na- tional board of review and Birming- hams local law on the subject has been drawn and enforced so that 1t seems to meet the approval not only of the public, but of the exhibitors themselves.
 The members of the legislature should not only be practical but should guard against injustice.
 5. ;. R
 A contemporary protests against the movement to take the Sun" out of Sunday Who'd go to drug store on Sunday merely to buy a pill?
 Senator France has an admiration I for the Russian reds that is not shared by some of America's ex- patriated anarchists. # < * Thus far in the world series none of the players are acting as if they expected to find roll of bills un- der their pillows. x # #
 The Michigan supreme court has ruled that a man is the master of his own home. Evidently a bench full of bachelors % # # Prohibition enforcement is develop ! ing mortality rate out of all pro- portion to the seriousness of bootleg ging
 F Prohibitionists who object to the word "near- beer" has suggestive of something alcoholic should sample the stuff
 Fate plays queer tricks when use ful articles are smashed on moving day and phonograph records escape.
 There was Q time when we cels- brated the armistice twice, but this year we'll concentrate on Nov. Il. l !. # |.
 The approach of Thanksgiving Day is causing renewed inquiries about the status of the cranberry crop. $; $. # The Ku Klux Klan might as well use it's regalia for wash rags. Sem ator Borah is against it. | ;: < .; One good way not to misunderstood Japan is to read translations from Japanese newspapers.
 # % !:
 Berlin has a walters strike. form of disturbance that doesn't trouble Petrograd and Moscow.
 a. $ <
 With more than 6,000,oo0 men un- der arms we fear the world isn't l taking peace talk seriously.
 # # * M So tar as the hotel barons of Wash ] ington are concerned. there can't be too many conferences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
Coins Showed the Way

q notice in The Age-Herald that certain man is said to have had an insurance policy blown 16 miles from his home during storm, but heard an incident that occurred during the cyclone near Russellville last year that beats it mile," said NJ. W. Carlyle. According to the story, as told to be, certain man had sso0 in coins in his house and the cyclone came up and blew the house and dollars away.
 AS soon as the winds subsided he started out to find the money, and trailing the course of the storm he found $S50 of the dollars which had been scattered in straight line from his home for 12 miles away. Then to his surprise, at the end of the trail of coins. he found his house. And they swear to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
Get Good Cattle

'The lovers of pure bred stock as well as those who are interested in grade cattle should come out today and tomorrow and show their appre- citation of the fair and the exhibitors by being present at the sales said Capt. Jack Phillips.
 "roday at noon the dairy breeds will be put up to the highest bidder while tomorrow at p. m. the beet cattle will be sold under the haR< mer.
 some people think that a fair Is a poor place to buy, but it offers ire auently chance to get high class stuff at most reasonable prices. Any one interested in getting start In the dairy business or becoming tfe owner of fine milk COW for home use ought to come out today at noon. Those wishing to raise or feed cattle will have their chance at the beer breeds tomorrow afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
WIDOWS TO THE FRONT
he Savannah News.

: [ rom the saVaNn1n .NtWS.
 Two Henry county women are in the race for county treasurer. They are evenly matched as to qualifica- tons and reason for wanting the of 5iee. Each is widow and each has three little reasons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
Successful Evangelist

T am glad to know that one or our Birmingham preachers is nav ing such success as an evangelist said Russell Hunt. Word comes rpm DeOueen. Ark, that Rev. ]. O. Hanes is being wonderfully successful in revival meeting under the auspices of the Methodlsts and the Prespy- terians being held in tho tabernacle. The DeQueen Bee states that 'Dr, J. R. Hanes, the evangelist, is force ful speaker and is storming the bat dement's of sin with yigor and eio- Quenoe.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
ADRIF7T WITH THE TIMES
KNOWS WHEN TO oU1

KNOWS WHEN TO QUIT. A man you cannot but admire Is William Henry links, Who scorns all kinds of subterfuge And says just what he thinks. But when he's told what's on his He doesn't prove a bore By holding to your coat lapel
 For sixty minutes more.
 ALL THE SYMPTOMS.
 "was MT. Grabcoin in his office when you called?"
 NO, he must have been playing golf"
 Are you sure about that?'
 Reasonably sure. The office force seemed to think he wouldn't be back soon. Most of the clerks had their feet up on their desks and three stenographers were glued to tele- phones"
 A MOVING PERIL.
 You admit that you stepped on the gas'?"
 "Yes, your honor"
 Have you any excuse or justif- cation to offer?'
 "My justification is not in court your honor, but here's her photo eraph. Take a look at that,-then tell be to go and sin no more"
 IT OFTEN HAPPENS.
 whats the excitement in Room 1175?
 Nothing out of the ordinary" re- piled the hotel clerk, nonchalantly. But I heard loud outcries and groans?"
 "A theoretical prohibitionist is be- ing put to bed" PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
Many Tourists

Never have l seen So many auto mobiles from so many different states" said James Massey, The fair and the semi centennial seem tc be drawing them to Birmingham. The tourist has put Birmingham on his calling list with vengeance.
 The license tags of so many diff ferent colors mark the passing of the voyagers through the Magic City Tourists outfits can be seen almost daily with dusty automobiles loaded with people,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
COLOR BLIND

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 senator France doesn't believe Russia is red. Bet his wife doesn't send him to buy thread for her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
WHAT coon WOULD MuzxLE DO,

From the New Orleans Times Picaynne. An aplarist was haied into court in New York on the charge of har- bcringi vicious bee. He offered to
 keep the derned thing muzzled-but some plaintiffs simply win not be satisfied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
AN 1NDULGENT BOSS.

MT wadleigh," said Jobson. who had finally mustered up enough cour- age to ask for a raise, 'I'm-er- thinking of getting married"
 T have no objection to your think ing about matrimony, MT. Jobson," replied Mir. wad1eigh, crisply. No objection, whatever, so long as you keep your mind on your work dur ing business hours. If you wish me to respect your confidence I'll do so with pleasure, and as you go out kindly tell my stenographer that have a few letters to dictate" THE COURT LOSES ITS TEMPER.
 Judge, concatentation of events brought me here" said the defen- dant.
 ; DO you plead>,. guilty or not guilty?'
 Your honor, a concatentation-"
 Silence, sirl If there were law on the statute books against the use of five-syllable words in ordinary conversation I'd send you up for six months"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
BONE OF LARGEST ANIMAL FOUND


 By Science Service.
 Washington.-Th largest shoulder blade of an animal on record. ancient or modern, hes been discovered in San Juan basin in northern New Mexico by John B. Reside, Jr.. of the United States Geological survey. This sea pula bone is part of an immense ex- tinct dinosaur estimated to be over 100 feet long and markedly larsS: than any previously known to have existed.
 Charles E. Gilmore of the Nc tional museum here has assembled the col lecticn of pieces of this fossil scapula and has found that the total length of the bone is over five feet near.y as tall asa man. This is five times the length of she shoulder blade of a COW of today.
 The large fossil was foand fin the part of the earth that W $ deposited and formed in the upper eretaceous era, ana this indicates to the geolo- gists that the, dinosaurs lived at aS later geologic time than they had pre- ] Niously supposed This fact has ere ated more stir in geological circles thap the size of the fossil
 Dinosaurs were large reptiles witb long necks. little heads and brains. and long tails. fThe:r bodies looI, somewhat like that Of an oversized elephant with hind legs .onger than l Tore legs. They dominated .ne earth | Tn the days when the limestone beds 1 were laid but for some reason dis appeared from the earth t. give place 10 smaller and livelier animals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06
MrcHELANGEL0 BUoNARRoTl

By Charles W. Hubner. Near ninety years of busy life had
 fled, Deaths swiftly darkening shadow
 on him lay. >p And grimly gapsd the grave . step
 away. But, T am learning still" the mas
 ter said Majestic work his mighty mind had
 planned: Work he deemed worthy of a mas
 ter's hand. Dreams.3 Heaven inspired. dreams of
 the soul and heart, To. forms of beauty wrought he by
 his art; His genius shines undimmed. a starr
 like flame. Which time but brightens as th,
 ages roll. And Fame has written large upon
 her scroll, Sacred to the immortals. his great N name. ra wr ExfN A Yet humbfy said this man of won drous will. Deaths hand upon him. T am learn ,esing .still. <, se lT x :.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06

STUDIED INDIFFERENCE. What sort of woman is Mrs. Bib bles?"
 "A model wife" said Mir. Jagsby. "Yes?"
 When Bibbles winks at a guest and motions toward the cellar she pretends to be interested in what the photograph is playing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06

Remittance can be made at current rate or exchange The Age-Herald will not be responsiple for money gent through the
 THE AGE-HBRALD, >
 Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-06

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America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-08-30
RAMAS BUN

Prin aeeste ripduri imi iau IA
mas bun della toti membrii Uniu-
nei s. r. A. 81 della functionarii ei
intre carl am avut cinstea sa flu
ales in adunarea generala della Ga
ry, ca vice-presedinte al Uninnei.
Acum cand slnt slit de impre
jurari sa ma re1napoiez in Patria
veche. ducand cu mine amintir
frumoase 81 dragi despre organlza
tia al carei membru am fost, lie tri
nit tutulor salutul meu fratesc in
Cemnandl-i sa lupte 81 mai >depar
te pentru marirea 81 1nflorirea U
niunei s. r. A., organizatie care |
adus atitea foloase materiale 81 mo
rale membrilor sal 81 familiilor lor
VASILE TARNITA,
Fost vice-pres. al Z. s. X. \
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-08-30
|DRAPELUL.
ROMANESC
- Raspuns unui confrate
german. -

In editorialul sau din 81 Iulie
,,Kronsteadter Zeitune'' protestea-
"a contra dispozitiei administrative
|prin care pretind cetatenilor de a
arb0ra tricolorul rominesc, la a.
numite zile aniversarea, sau GU pri-
lejnl 'unor festivitati natlonale O.
cazionale.
Chestiunea este desigur delica-
ta 81 punctul de vedere pe care \
pune ,,Kronstaedter Zeitung's pen.
tru a discuta este tot atat de
delicat.
| Aceasta nu inseamna. insa ca M
Sc poate sta y discntie intr 'ur
mod deschis pc aceastA cheatiiine
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-08-30
CHE1GARKA sUD AR1GE
A CoNTINoEleIULUI 1922.

Din clasa anului 1922 Sc va
Cinema sub .drapel un numar de
1O4. 900 tineri. pentru un1tatile 81
Iserviciile pendinte de ministerul
de razbeiu 81 anulne 99!500 pen.
tru unitatile permahente; 3O00
pentru caysleria Gu schimbul 81
$500 pentru marina militarh.
Ppntru unitatile pendinte dc
alte ministere Sc va Cinema sui
drapel 5000 tineri pentru srani
seri 81 10000 tineri pentru jan
dermeria rurala. I
'Dacias').
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1921-08-30


nu exista Tfici ND text in legisla-
tiunea noastra, care sd specifice
laca cetatenii trebue s;l arboreze
lrapele pc casele lor, in cc zile,
,e eat timp 81 &c sanctiune $ ar da
leexecutarei acestei dispozitiuni.
In aceasta privinta confratele
ioastru are perfecta dreptate.
Decat tinem sa improspatam
memorial confratelui nostru - a.
lucandu-i aminte cum era tratat
'ricolorul .nostrn 81 cei care-l pur-
au, in vre1inea cand ungurii erau
atotputernici pc plaiurile Ardea-
tului.
Pana la isbucnirea rasboiului
nondial, tricolOrul romlnesc, sub
,rice forma ar Fl fost ell purtat,
lra interzis ell desavarsire de un-
guri. Gel care Sc faceau vinovati
lie oribila crirna de purta culorilc
rationale ale fratilor de peste Car
,ati - erau trimisi in temnite 81
pc deasupra pedepsiti Gu amenzi
yrele in bani.
OdAta eli isbucnirea rasboiului
nondial, s'a luat perfida dispoziti-
Inc de a Sc Nda drapele romanesti
ii de Sc permite purtarea tricolo-
rului 81 cantarea cantecelor natio-
1ale romano, flacailor romani, earl
mureau voiosi sub cutele drapelului
romanesc, mintiti in modul eel mai
nerusinat ca luptau pentru Roma
1ia!
Tricolorul romanesc era i'm Gin
ste pc vremea aceia, cand el con-
stitnia singurul mijloc de a face
pc romanii Ardealulni, sd moara
pentru o cauza straina, dusmana
intereselor lOr celor mai sfinte.
Oar au VENT trupele noastre in
Ardeal. Odata numai pentru scurta
vrcme, doua CARA insa pentru tot
deauna.
In orasele naehiarizate ale Ar
dealului unde limba rOmdneasca
abba Sc auzia la inceput. tricolorul
nostru a putut flutura insfirsit Gu
mandrie.
La anumite ocaziuni, drapelul ro-
manesc trebuie 81 falfaie pretutin-
deni, - pentru a reaminti tuturor
ca Ardealul este insfirsit romanesc.
Dispozitia politiei, care vexeaza
pc confratele hOastru german, ,desi
nu sc bizue pc nici un text de lege,
este ins4 in sentimental unanim,
Si daca ungurii nu scapa nici I'M
prilej de a manifesto credinta lor
cd sunt numai vremelnic sub stapi-
nirea "opincei' romanesti, (ultima
manifestare sovinista maghiari'
della Targul de mostre din localitate
eli discursuri in Mnguresti, cOstll-
me rationale maghiare 81 confetti
colorate rosiu, alb 81 verde), =
este de datoria noastra de face
eel mai larg 81 mai de cinste loc
tricolorului romanesc!
| ("Vointa") J.