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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-23
WHITE CHOSE TAFT
FOR BENCH

Washington, May 22.-(Special.)-
Everybody, apparently, has a candidate
for the vacant seat on the bench of the
supreme court. 1t is the general opinion
that the President, if he appoints chief
justice, will offer the place to either
ex-President Taft or Secretary Hughes.
Ex-senator Sutherlands may be offered
the position of associate justice if the
President determines to promote pres
ent justice to the position of chief.
Democrats, as a rule appear to be hope
full that Taft will be named. This is
probably due to the fact that the late
Chief Justice White wanted Taft to sue
coed him Taft as President. promoted
Justice White to the position Of CHIEF
| justice.
This promotion, in view of the fac
| that White was a southerner, a demo
crat and an ex-Confederate soldier. wor
| Taft many friends in southern states.
| President Harding has given no ink
ling of his plans and any speculation is
gratuitous
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-23
AT Cupid sCan
By MAY CHRISTIE
LV.- Don't Apologize!"

again, II know it's inexcusable of me
to roam about the house at this hour
but l felt SO Worried
Darlington Bellairs lifted quizzical
brows. She was making mountains
out of molehills, was this little girl
A fuss about brooch-he wondered
if there had not been some other
reason behind Marys midnight pere-
CARNATIONS.
Her confusion was so great, too
unnecessarily so! 1t did seem odd.
Maybe she had stolen downstairs for
some as signation with that fool Cal
ardin? But no. She was discreet
conventional.
Of course. when a woman was in love-
he fervently hoped she did not care for
Dick-but if she did the whole affair
might have gone to her head little.
Darlington Bellairs was naturally OF
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NEWBERRY CASE IS
PUT DIRECTLY UP
TOEACH SENATOR
Ford DeSpairs of Ever Getting
1t Before Senate Committee
Where He Can Prove
His Case
By HUGH w. ROBERTS
Washington Bureau The Age-Herald
500 Davidson Building

Washington, May 22-(Special. )-De-
srairing of hope Of getting his brief
before the elections committee of the
Senate, which is alleged to contain proof
that Senator Newberry is not entitled to
his seat, Henry Ford has filed copies with
each individual senator. In an unoffi-
cial way his case is before the Senate.
In a telegram addressed to the COM
nittee, Mr.. Ford declares he cares little
that he insists that the Senate serve no.
tice that its seats are not for sale.
The telegram in full follows:
"A press dispatch states that the COM
nittee on elections will meet to decide
upon the contentious of Senator New
investigation should be dropped and no
evidence taken. 1 find it impossible to
believe that honorable senators will even
seriously entertain such a proposal The
gravest charges of fraudulent expendl-
lures of vast sums to accomplish cleo
ton are made. One jury acting on only
part of the evidence has found these
clared the proper place to investigate
these charges is in the Senate.
II had no control over the criminal
proceedings and considerable evidence of
great force was not introduced. l re-
spectfully petition, as I have for two
years past, that the evidence be. taken
and my contest heard in the usual and
orderly manner which every citizen is
supposed to be entitled to as matter Of
right.
The honor Of the United States Senate
is involved. l know that that honor is
In your keeping and not in mine, but 1
am an American citizen and with the
profoundest respect for your honorable
body, permit me to say that l personally
care little or nothing for the seat for
myself, but | press my rights and insist
upon the investigation in order to have
1t forever established that a seat in the
United States Senate may not be pur-
chased, and that seats are not for sale
to the highest bidder"
Irrespective of the action of the com
nittee, there is every indication that the
-Newberry controversy will have its
airing in the Senate. AS previously
pointed out in this correspondence, va
rious dem ocratic senators intend to voice
their protest to the reception of New
berry.
They are inspired by the belief that the
Senate has duty to perform, and are
moved by the injunction of the supreme
court which. in washing its hands of the
affair, declared the proper place for the
trial was in the Senate Of the United
States.
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Darlington Bellairs repented of his
words the moment he had spoken them.
For Mary's little face bore such a
startled look.
II only went down to the library,
dropped my brooch" she stammered
standing there before him with the
candle in her hand. With the other,
she drew her wrap more closely about
her slender figure. 1T was brooch
my mother gave me. / was so fond
of it
please don't apologize" he ant in
lightly, his eyes upon the charming
picture that she made. Her confusion
was so genuine, too--like everything
else about Miss Mary Drew. And
Jove!-she did look pretty. with her
dark hair curling on her shoulders, and
framing her small oval face.
I'm sorry" Mary whispered once
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-23
Iee Refnses Placa

CToynorrow--.''We Belong"
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TWO TRIED FOR BURNING
BARNS-ONE BOUND OVER

Rockford May 22.--(Special)-J
Bridges and Parks Harris of Goodwater
appeared before w. F. Robinson, JUS
tice Of the peace OF Rockford. on an al
legged charge of burning barns which
belonged to. them. The barns, it was
said, were heavily insured. The state
was represented by Felix Smith, Jr.,
while Riddle & Darden were for the de-
Tense
1t was brought out in the defense
that the burning of the barns might
have occurred from the actions of the
Ku- Klux Khan, which is very active in
some sections of the country. There
being no evidence to incriminate Har-
ris. he was acquitted while Bridges
was put under $1,000 bond and bound
ever to await - $500 - she Grand
jury.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-23

Reform. May 22.--(Special.) PROF. H. N.
Lee of Georgiana, recently elected us
principal of the Pickens County High
school at this place, has declined to ao-
cept and another principal must be
found to take his place.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
Darlno Eoui,,hr,.+..

The Frenchman who recently waved
the tri.color from the top of the
Strassburg cathedral in celebration Of
the transfer of the custody of that IA.
nous pile from German to French au.
thority, was not the first to perform
this daring feat.
The spire is 466 feet from the
ground. and Is surmounted by a ''but.
ton" 1S inches in diameter, which for.
merly was n pedestal for a statue Of
the Virgin, hut now serves merely az
a support for II lightning rod. In the
Eighteenth century, according to the
chronicles of the cathedral, German
chimney sweep climbed up to the but.
ton and there stood upright on It.
Moreover, ut that time there was no
lightning rod running up the side to
nid In tile ascent.
In April. 1860. O..again, French sol.
dier, to win a bet. climbed the sptre
and actually stood on his head on the
button. A strong wind was blowing.
and the man swayed this way and
that with his legs in the air in truly
alarming manner. His, form, 1t Is re-
lated. seen from the ground, looked
no bigger than speck. and his, gyra.
tions could be noted only with the
aid Of field glasses.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
James Fenlmors Cooper.


james Fenimore Cooper, the first
American novelist to gain reputa-
ton In Europe. studied at Yale. but
he was not close student and in his
third year was asked to leave the
college. He then Joined the navy,
where he gained knowledge and ex-
perience that he later used to mike
his sea tales realistic. He married
and retired from the navy Just be-
fore the War Of 1912, engaging In
farming. One day, while reading aloud
an English novel. he boosted to his
wife than he could write better novel
than many Of those appearing at that
time. So he produced "Precaution," a
commonplace story Of English high
life, of which Cooper knew nothing.
Advised to turn to adventure IN his
own country, he wrote 1.-THE Spy in
1921 and published 1t at his own ex-
pense. On its appearances he was at
once recognized fas a novelist of force.
In the twenty years that followed
he brought out many novels, including
those stirring sea tales. '"The Pilot"
and "The Red Rover" Among his
more popular hooks are the ''Deer.
slayer" .'The Last Of the Af0hicans.' -
''The Pathfinder" '"rhe Pioneer and
"The Prairie." Many consider .sThe
last Of the Mohicans" the best Of the
series. -
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
canada.s Maple Produete.

Not all Of the maple products pro-
duced in Canada are consumed BY the
Canadian people. Take the year 1919
for which the statistics Of exports In
detail are available. During that year
there were exported from Canada l..
7O3, ,360 pounds of maple sugar, having
a value Of $1,Oec. .so5. Nearly. all Of
this went to the United States, name:
~. '4,412,17s pounds. Great Britain
took 100. pounds. and France 49,
465 pounds. The other purchases
were very small, s',ch as 400 pounds
to Bermuda, 10 to Australia, 81 to
Newfoundland. IL to st. Pierre and
Aiiquelon, Al to Norway and $500 Ia
Russia.
: or maple sirur. $3.50 gallons were
exported, having a value of $12,2O2.
Great Britain took 1856 gallons and
the United States 1850 gallons.
France took sos sallons-lfontreal
Herald.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
IN THOSE "eooD OLD TIMES"
Fine to Read About, but Few Of us
Would care to Go Back to
Their Conditions. i

There is no question that breakfast
ls today meal that has been devel.
oped out Of the centuries. remarks ].
H. S. in the Christian Science Monitor.
In the days of the Wars Of the Roses,
breakfast was eaten when we of to-
day are still asleep. Into the cold and
stuffS hall, rush strewn, with fire
feverislly burning on the great hearth,
came the men, yawning and pushing
their 'tousled hair out Of their eyes.
They would not wear their swords,
unless there was to be an immediate
foray or battle or rouse Of some kind
or other, but all would have their
knives and tlaggers, to eat with and
to stab. II need be. There was no
sunlight and the smoky mist of the
fens came In at the doors and through
the high, loose windows. The dogs
yawned, too, and scratched themselves,
too. and made themselves generally
obnoxious as these noble animals will.
At the high table, on his dais, the
lords platter and cup awaited him;
presently. he came. He was slightly
cleaner than his rusty retainers; ut
all events he wore better clothes. AS
lord and as leading life that was
virtually military all the time. he may
have had on his back and breast pieces
and his cuisses, or thigh pieces. He.
too. wore his dagger. for the handy
uses above set forth. And what did
they eat and drink? Well, the mere
description is enough to put one out
OF countenance for full week with
all forms Of food and you can find out
FOR yourself, There was no morning
table, the chill was insufferable and
the mir was foul. They had 'man-
chets" of bread, but buttered toast
was beautiful dream Of the far dis.
tant future. It was fight and grab
and wound and too often lie and
blackly cheat with many Of these
stout lords and their faithful trains.
and though we have not solved all the
problems, have a notion, reader.
that we are better off than they were.
even II we do not wear armor. to
.breakfast. We may grumble as we
Ike at this thing and that, but there
Is more sunlight than there was then,
or rather we see 1t more and we feel
1t more and we share 1t more, so that
breakfasting in Boston or London Mt
a seemly hour and having proper
modicum Of decency and comfort. let
US go through the healthful exercise
OF Thanksgiving and look with humble
steadfastness forward always; back.
ward never. .s-
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
.veveIop.ne the. Phlilpplnes.

OeveIoPln0 tne philippines.
Development Of Philippine natural
resources and the manufacturing and
industrial plants has hardly started.
Capital and workers are needed and
the markets for both are tight. 4
About one-third Of the total area Of
the islands is covered with timber.
Practically all Of this is owned by the
government, which grants concessions
for timber cutting and sawmills.
There are-about fifty sawmills, most
Of them small. Red and white lauat,.
the trees 200 feet high. are the, princl-
pal wood Of commercial value. The
red is used as "a substitute for ma.
hogany. Apitong and quito are. the
next timbers In value,
Woods for varnishes, paper pulp,
perfumery, essential oils. dyes. tam
ming and medicinal purposes grow
Wild, but little has been done to make
them commercially valuable.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12

creased more than two and quarter
billion dollars during the last year,
and the amount Of live stock 10000. 600
head, according to estimates made by
the Department Of Agriculture. Cattle
and sheep decreased in number more
than four per cent. There was a de-
crease in value Of more than half a
billion dollars In milk cows and about
the same for other cattle. while swine
showed q decrease of almost half q
billion dollars and sheep almost q
quarter Of billion dollars.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
Thrsad Recorde.

a Swiss inventot. has devised i
grnmophone which plays thread rec.
ords instead Of the modern hard rub.
Der ones. In his machine q thousand
yards Of thread. enough to an small
spool, may he played. giving more mu.
Sic than the largest hard rubber rec
ord made today. All:
The thread Is ordinary thread treat.
ed with Z coat Of q specially prepared
compositions that Is very sensitive to
sound when It becomes hard. Il ID moi
affected By temperature, nor does II
require any special care: Thus ii Il
both Inexpensive and durable. !
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
H.6Ul
1850
5000

!. 6. Shields. postage for office. $50
J. r. Harmon. POSTAGE for office 1850
Axel Bendickson. road work bill &
Peter Burg. Road easment al
lowed less interest and COSTS. $500
Mrs. COrbit V.nd Mrs. Rusher then. aI,-
peAred before the Board and applied
for an extentionI Of county aid which
had been discontinued on May 1st. At
ter due deliberation It waa moved and
Rusher be allowed $500 each per
month for May. June and July.
On motion duly made and carried the
Hoard adiourned in order to enable
...,recd on an inspection. tripsof pro-
,.',sct rOads between Fort Yates and
and other points near Sell
F.. B. FIsKE,
'. .,.l, County Auditor.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
Eio Game Drive.

An extraordinary amount Of game
has been exterminated in Zululand az
q result Of the great drive carried out
at the request of the government with
the object Of striking at the devas-
tating disease known as nagana,
which has played havoc with stock ali
over the country. Men from all parts
Of Natal took part In the expedition.
the number Of guns being estimated
at 7o0. Men Of the young farmer type
tpredominated. hut there was rich
sprinkling of the "old hands," and all
were thoroughly equipped. The drive
created volume Of protest, the s. r.
G. a. and other bodies putting for.
ward strong objections, all of which,
however, were Observation-Disclosures
Farmers. journal. g..,
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
WORK OF ITALIAN ARTISTS.
Men sf Genius Engaged 70 pseerata
the. Capitol In the City q
Washington.

| Most Of the decorations In the capt.
tol at Washington are the work Of
ltalipn artists, according to an article
by Professor Enrico Sartorio, In m
italian magazine published in Nsvl
York.
The dome was decorated by a young
Italian painter, Pistro Bonani, who
had previously worked In Rome and
Carrara. and who died in 1919, short
" after the completion Of his work
in Washington. The cast of the statue
Of liberty was done by Causici, who
died before he could put It into mar.
Bile, and the spread eagle under the
statue was carved by another Italian,
valaperti. s
As the hail Of representatives
neared completion in 1903 Giuseppe
Franzoni and Giovanni Andrei, sculp.
tors. were brought over from Italy.
The former was skilled in figures and
the latter in decorative sculpture, but
their work was destroyed when the
capitol was burned by the British dur.
ing the War Of 1912. When work was
resumed, Andrei was sent to Italy to
engage sculptors proficient in model
Ing figures, and 1t was probably then
TINT Francisco Inrtlelln and Carlo
Franzoni. brother .of Giuseppe, were
engaged. The clock in Statuary hall
was begun by Franzoni and completed
by Iardella.
As the capitol neared completion Il
larger number of artists was needed.
and most Of them were brought over
from Itnly. It Was then, in 1923, that
Enrico Causici and Antonio Capelano,
pupils Of Canova, arrived. The sculp-
tured portraits Of Columbus, Raleigh.
Cabot and LaSalle, and the groups
representing the landing Of the Pii-
grims, Pocahontas resculng Capt. John
Smith, and some others are by them.
valaperti, who wns man Of some
prominence In his. profession, also
came over nt this time.
In 1926. Luigi Persico arrived in
Washington. The large allegorical
group in the portico Of the rotunda Is
his and also the statues Of War and
Peace on either side Of the doorway.
At the foot Of the west stairway there
is a bronze bust ef Chippewa, chief
BY Vincent. There nre also many
.frescOes by Constantine Brumidi and
some by Castigni, the two having been
employed together on the large fresco
on the rotunda, illustrating In pseudo.
relief the periods in the history Of the
continent. Brumidi. who painted many
of the frescoes in the Vatican at
Rome, ns well as in the capitol In
Washington, came to America in lS49.
In 1853 he becnme a citizen, and in
1850 he wns entrusted with the deco
ration Of the capitol.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
KEEPING UP HIS oRlc HOMES
New England seeistlss Doing Coed
Service In Saving Famous Build.
; =: ;ines for PestsrltN .

The Swalnpscott (Afass.) Historical
society has undertaken the happy en-
terprise Of trying to save for pos
terity the JohnsA Humphrey house.
which. as nenrly as can be determined,
has been standing In that town near
the shores Of Massachusetts, bay for
284 years. If the date Of its building
can be fixed as Of the year 1857
some students believe It dates from
16s34-then the John Humphrey house
will be recognized as the oldest ip
New England, antedating the Fair.
banks house In Dedham. by one year.
The Historical society has had the
title traced and a copy Of an old map
made from the original in the. British
museum. These go TO show the struc-
ture 1t proposes to buy and preserve
is the one dwelt in by Humphrey, who
was assistant to Governor Winthrop.
Some doubt has been expressed as to
whether the building Is the original
house, question having been raised
as to- the probability Of fire having
destroyed that structure. The 9nnal
test Of this is to bic mntie through the
famous elm tree which, until last year,
N'hen It was blown down: III a storm,
stood In front ef the house. The
rings Of the elm trunk afe to be
counted by the best authority avail
able. II this should prove the tres 70
be at least 2SO years old the His
tcrical society will feel It has proved
its, case, for the elm stood SO close to
the Humphrey house Il could not have
escaped fire destroying that strlics
ture.
When It is saved this house VIM be
the third Of such interesting struc-
lures preserved by historical societies
and their friends within recent
months. The others are the Harrison
Gruy Otis house standing at the cor
ner Of Lynde and Cambridge streets
in Boston, which has been practically
restored By the Society for the Pres
ervation Of New England Antiquities,
and General Knox's headquarters at
vafl's Gate, In Orange county about
four miles southwest of Nemburgh.
Dating from 1854, this stone and
wooden structure .is rich IN memories
Of the Revolution and Of such distfn.
guished Americans as Washington,
Greene, Gates and the Frenchmen
Rochambeau and Lafayette. The
Knox Headquarters association pro.
poses to make Of this structure q his.
torical museum. .;.s S.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
Accidental ceiers.

Accidental celors are those coless
which depend ON the state Of our eyes,
and NOT those which the object really
possesses. Thus. after locking at the
bright sun. all other objscts appear
dark: after dark color 10 the accidental
color Of the bright sun When again,
we come from q dark rosm. objects at
hrst often have yellow tinse. This
fs especially the cass after wearing
blue glasses. Tor a minute or two after
one ha. taken them oiI. The acri
5des''i,i cOlOr of red n hlhlsi, green.
Of orange, dark blue. of ytOl..i !. sell,
low; Of blue. white and the cOa.
verss.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
Circumstances.

"1sn't that a pretty slow railroad3.'
"That depends an circulnstances,'
replied the commuter.. "The only times
1t seems in any grent hurry is when
you happen to be running to catch
the train"
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
Just Like 4 Man.

Mrs. Bfnks-What was 1t I told you
!, little while ago, Johp7
Mr.. E!.ks-I don't know, dear. I
really wasn't listening.
Mrs. Blink-Now isn't TINT IKE =
man! 1t IL too provoking: And / can,t
thinl. what 1t was I said to him.
Minneapolis Journal.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
Plaxlna sac.

"They kept bothering me for :
recipe" yawned the prominent movie
actress. $50 I finally give them one
for fresh huckleberry pie" q
'why fresh huckleberry pier
Nobody will br able to try 1t for
isonr 'nonti's. Fir, rnn.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
j Filipino Embre,dsr ll,esd.

No.. ssssO ssUOvSSOOt4l 6SSVO0 80
America furnishes an everincreasinR
demand for the native embroidery II
the Fiiipinos. Flats which mors q.
semble the BANGKOK than the Panama,
md woven haskets. similar TO tl,ose
made By American fntllnns. arc ex. i
ported sfethOds ~ improvement IL
all thess protluets are taught q ~
pubaic schools u. .ss. q
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
canada's Wealth.

The wealth Of the dominion of
Canada Is now estimated nt $l8dxk..
MO0M,. which. considering tire spnrxe
population. makes tho Canadians one
of the richest peoples in the world
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
Rogers Greek Items /
lBy Local Correspond ndent)

4 N, 90. s 80 ets
1By Local respondent
r. E. Couture came over
Saturday from Shields where
he is working to move his
family over.
Miss Silith Stebbins and
Frank Wade were married in
Mcintosh, April %, by Rev,
Geo. Reid Of Mclaughlin. AZ
ter the ceremony q sumptous
wedding dinner was served at
the VIM. Wade home. The hap
py couple will live in Grant
County. Their many friends
here in Sioux wish them much
Joy and prosperity on their
trip down life's stream togeth-
|er.
T Mrs. H. H. Clary and Adelyn
Snyder spent Saturday in Nc
[ntosh.
Leslie Ewers visited over
Sunday at the u. F. Sorg
home. 81
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Block
are rejoicing over the arrival
LOT, a son. Mother and bhbes are
doing nicely and Frank is
wearing a broad smile.
Mrs. j. w. Jennings and
daughter left "Wednesday for
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-05-12
Value 81 Peat Undereetlmated

value OF Peat Uhdenee etlmated :. i
\ Ihe great continental Ice sheet, In
Yadlng North America, left thousands
Of lakes Id It's path, sprinxled over the
northern states from Minnesota, to
Maine. In Minnesota alone there are.
10000 lakes and more, which are help
Ing to make the North Z great sum-
mer playground. 4,
But the interrupted drainage of the.
'g!aciated region gave these states an,
other priceless asset, Earl Christmas
writes in the Dearborn Independent.
Wen great fields of ice covered the
ground thousands Of years ago nature
was prov Hiding, By curious paradox, q.
way for future generations to keep
warm. s..
Peat. deposited IN these lakes and
marshes in quantities sunicient to
make billions of tons of fuel, has beer,
the benencent gift Of the Ice sheet to
consin, Minnesota, Michigan, New.
York and the New England states.
In. the peat bogs. scattered over nine
states and parts Of d dozen otherA,
there Hes one of the great unde.i
veloped resources Of the nation, now;
beginning 70 attract serious attention.
With nppreclable Diminishing of tlaef
available coal supply of tie 4 countsI ~
Only Recently have we come to- rsAliss9
the imnnensitys q these dsposit its nasv'
apparss ching devslo st III q;