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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
SeUen Hectic Days in Gotham

told this said further that the vince is the only mechanical invention not duplicated in nature.
 Was Busy Week
 One can always count. any week, on robberies and shootings. But sell dom does one week yield the stealing of S10,000 in jewels from woman bound and gagged; or the shooting of an heiress by her closest woman friend. Divorce did not loom these past seven days, but the Stillmau case was kept before the public by the summoning into court of Miss Anne Stillman. The i9-year old girl. who sided with her father in his martial trouble had broken a minor traffic rule while driving her car and left the cour9 smiling under suspended sentence.
 As for the weeks holdups, the most unusual took place on a root Passersby became aware. of it when eggs began to ray on the just and the unjust. investigation disclosed an egg peddler. who, attacked as he journeyed via the roof from tene- ment to tenemant, used his wares as weapons.
 But Walter Hawley has a scheme Go prevent all bank holdups at least Hawley. accused of stealing a motor car. said he really couldn't spare the time to go to Jail because he was perfecting an invention whereby a bank cashier can simultaneously hold up his hands. locy all doors in the bank, start siren in the street, notify the police station and take a panamoric snapshot of the neighbor- hood. The only thing it fails to do is to knock the robber in the head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
ANNA SEWELL BIG HU MAN INTEREST ST0RY BLACK BEAUTY"
 TO BE FEATURE AT ALCAZARA ALL WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY

humans were, of course, unknown to Black Beauty. Squire Gordon drove Black Beauty to town and back. under great difficulty and danger, on "a stormy day" Black Beauty told of the trip and it's adventures. but could not tell why the trip was taken, for he did not know, except that 1t was Ion business"
 Mir. and Mrs. Chester, in preparing the screen version of Black Beauty have told this human story. intense and compelling. In scenes alternating with those of Black Beauty's Story The Indoor Story" never conflicts with nor overlaps the Outdoor Story which Black Beauty tells.
 The result Is Anna Sewelrs story as she wrote it, in pictures, and In addition the strong human interest story of Jessie Gordon. Harry Blome- field and the other persons in the book
 The pictured production of "Blacb Beauty" ends with a thrilling horse race, along rough roads. over rock walls and hedges, through fields and meadows. to avert a shocking trag. edy which threatens Jessie. Harry Blomefield rides Black Beauty, com. pletely recovered from the effects ot his hard life as cab horse,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
By BESSIE HENDERSON Special Correspondent of Tho Age-Herald. Copyright. 1921, by The ARe-Herald)

New York, October Mot since the stone age has woman been so nearly mans equal as she is today
 Swinging elections. manning tube trains, aiding holdups. the New York woman has progressed step by step. till now she beats up policemen.
 It remained for Mrs. Mary Espo- sito to usurp the heretofore mas culine privilege to which man has jealously clung for centuries. What Dr. Mary Walker started, Mrs. Mary Esposito finished.
 Most teminists are content to prove that woman is mans equal Mary went them one better. She proved that woman is mans superior, for she beat up the policeman with his own club. The martyrs crown usually reward of pioneers had been carefully fitted to Mary's head. She was arrested for assault. The whole thing happened because the police objected to Mary's grown up son and his playmates breaking win dows and otherwise wrecking prop erty. Without commenting on the lady's motives or principles, one may be permitted to point out that through Mary. mans last exclusive civic right is his exclusive right no more. If women can beat up police men they can do anything.
 And, with the subject still that of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
COMPLETE PLANS FOR
 CAPITAL CASE TRIALS

Anniston, October 1.-(Special)- J. Solicitors James B. Sanford and J. F. Matthews and Sheriff W. E. Parker Saturday were completing arrange ments for the trial of Walter Lam bert. young white man charged with the murder of Seab N. Eason, a special jury having been summoned to serve at the capital trial.
 Henry Gentry, charged with killing his wife few weeks ago, will be placed on trial Tuesday morning and the case of Charles Allen McCullars, charged with the murder of John w. Loudermilk in this city last Decem- Der. will begin at g o'clock Thursday morning.
 The three eases against the capital prisoners will constitute the bulk of the business before the circuit court next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02

sary, as all the action of horses in the wonderful book is natural to them at certain times under certain circumstances. The fact that the ac- tfon is natural. spontaneous, is an i'm portant part in the greatness of Anna Sewell's immortal work The film ing of this action. therefore. became largely matter of time and patience, and complete success was attained at last.
 The problem of presenting Black Beauty" as a screen drama of the strongest possible appeal. with a gripping, thrilling story, was more baffling. Mir. and Mrs George Ran dolph Chester, who prepared the screen version, were unwilling to take any liberties in altering the text or changing the form of work re- garded with reverence by millions of readers. The problem was pondered for weeks before the inspiration came.
 In the story as originally written a number of human characters are mentioned. and dealt with in the "Au- tobiography of a Horse" in their re- lation to the equine characters. It is related how George Gordon met death in the hare hunt but the consequences of this tragedy in the lives of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
TRADES DAY TUESDAY

Annistotn's first Trades Day event, scheduled for next Tuesday, will be featured by an address at Ii o'clock by Congressman Lamar Jeffers, tho speech to be delivered in the open air at the corner of Eleventh and Noble streets, Eleventh street to be roped off and closed to traffic for an hour. Local merchants have banded together in general plan to bring hundreds of farmers to the city on the first Tuesday in each month during the winter, and through the workings of the Annis- ton Advertising club expect large crowds of people here for the initial event of next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
Thousands Suffering From
 Pellagra

They suffer torture from this disease Pellaera Then they die. And in the south this year thousands will meet un- timely deaths-deaths which might have been prevented.
 For Pelagra sufferers can get relief. Thousands have been saved and many more thousands will be brought back to normal health.
 A big hearted Alabama Pellagra special ist named Baughn studied Pellagra for many years, and as a result of his invest- igations he developed a Pellagra Treat ment which has been signaly successful. 1t is a treatment which relieves the torture of open sores in the mouth and throat. It reduces the swelling in the hands. arms and feet. It does away with constipation and diarrhoes. And. best of all. it brings back normal health.
 No matter how severe your PelaRrs may be. bear in mind the fact that others who have had Pellagra suffered more severe cases than yours. and that they are alive today--simply because they took advan- tage of this remarkable treatment.
 You can learn all about this treatment from a FREE booklet which the American Compromising Company will send to you It tells how thousands have had normal health restored and will show how you. too can regain your health. There is no obliga- ton whatever. Just send your name and address to the American Compromising Company, Box 2014, Jasper. Ala.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
CHIEF BATTLE IN ELECTION BETWEEN MILAN AND CURRAN
Father Knickerbocker to Have Opportunity to Vote for Six Candidates, One
 In Sing Sing
By Associated Press

New York October 1.-When
 Father Knickerbocker goes to the
 polls at the city election, November
 s. he will have an opportunity to vote for at least six candidates for
 mayor. though one of them is in
 prison.
 The candidates are:
 Democratic-Mayor John F. Hylan.
 Republican Coalition, Henry H.
 Curran.
 Socialist, Jacob Panken.
 Prohibition, George K. llinds Farmer Labor. Jerome de Hunt. Workers league, (communist), Benjamin Gitlow.
 Gitlow. a former assembIyman, convicted of criminal anarchy is serving term at Sing Sing prison Preliminary skirmisnes indicate that the main battle will be between
 Mayor Hylan, a candidate for re-elec- ton, and Henry H. Curran, presi- dent of the borough of Manhattan, who won the spirited four-cornered primary race for the nomination by
 a plurality of more than 30.000 votes. Mayor Hylan seeks reelection on the grounds that he has made good | in four years' term as chief execu- tive. that he has been the friend of the people: has fought 'big interests and kept the traction fare-a down to | five cents.
 Platform Predetermined MT. Curran, who has been in city office for 10 years has not yet de-
 decided upon his platform in detail
 but has indicated that he would fol- | low the five minute platform used in the primary campaign. The main issue, he believes. Is that oi conducting the city affairs on a business like basis. He maintains Mayor Hylan,s administration has been inefficient.
 MT. Curran and the mayor do not belong to the mutual admiration so- ciety. They have clashed frequently I When the annual police parade was ] held some months ago, MT. Curran was not invited to the reviewing | stand so he mounted fire hydran' and viewed the blue coats as they
 marched by.
 1 The republican workers have beer I busy applying salve to the wounds caused by the hot primary fight and | apparently al lis harmonious. The 1 three defeated candidates recently w I their loyal support to him. Other Campaigns Quiet | The campaigns of the other candi- dates so far have been conducted l quietly. Political observers believe their votes will not be greatly in ex- 1 cess of those at the last Presidentia! l election, although it is recognized 1 that national party lines are not fol lowed closely in municipal elections
 The city is normally democratic At the presidential election veal
 ago. however, President Harding 1 boiled 7S,Ts3 votes and lame,
 NJ. Cox, democratic candidate ! for President, 344,131. The socialis vote was l2s,S22; the farmer-iabol
 party I3,s73 and the prihibitionists l 1,660.
 I-sThe new party in the field tbi I fall is officially named the Workers League of Greater New York, knowI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
DEPARTMENT SENDS. REGULATIONS r OR
 RESERVE OFFICERS
Platoon, Company, Battalion, Regiment, Division Lead CTS Go to TWenty-Seven
 Units
By Associated Press

Washington. October 1.-Detailed regulations under which thousands of World war veterans now members of the officers reserve corps will be as signed for duty in the reserve army frame work contemplated by the na- tional defense act were made public today by the war department, and win be distributed immediately to the s6,S00 officers who now compose the corps. Assignment of reserve of ficers to the 27 divisions of organ ized reserves throughout the coun- try will follow immediately as the first step in general staff plans under which an army of more than 1000, 900 could be quickly mobilized at need.
 The regulations are extensive and cover every phase of the relationship between the citizen officers and the regular army The same theory of decentralization of administrative au- thority from the war department to corps area commanders is carried out for the officers that were employed in planning for the organized reserve system.
 There are now in the officers re- serve two major generals. O'Ryan of New York and Price of Pennsylvania, and IT brigadier generals all of whom saw service in that rank during the war. There are also 322 coloDels, but the great majority of the reservists, 29,967 of them are second lieutenants. In conformity with time practice the regulations provide that only men with actual training or experience may be appointed reserve officers of tho line. This includes appointments in the infantry cavalry, field or coast artillery and air service, the combat , ant arms of the army. Special service appointment may be made, however, where the civil training or profession al training of citizen fits him for war time service with the army, but not to lead troops in battle. To ac- complish this, two distinct classes of reserve officers are created.
 Line Officers Assigned
 Assignment of line officers will be by corps commanders and the regu- 1ations provide for localization of officers to units of the organized re- serve in the vicinities in which the officers live. For this purpose more officers than required by organiza- ton tables may be attached to such
 ts.
 -,YAree groups of officers are cre- Eed for assignment purposes. These
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02

Still popular after running through scores of huge editions since its first mighty bid for enduring fame more than 40 years ago, Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. is establishing a record in another field of human interest. After 70 years, "Black Beauty" ranks eighth in popularity among the worlds books At the beginning of it's career in motion pictures it's ap- peal to the public promises 10 be even stronger than the one 1t made through the printed page.
 Black Beauty" a Vitagraph all- star special production. will be shown at the Alcazar theatre for the week beginning tomorrow.
 Extraordinary difficulties were faced and overcome in visualizing Black Beauty" but those which at first were looked as the greatest turned out to be the least The first question raised was, Gan horses be trained to perform exactly the action of Anna sewells book, so that the story in pictures can be accurately and faithfully told?"
 After long continued and patient experiments. it was found that for the most part no training would be neces-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
THE THANKSGIVING DINNER

From My Grandmother's Table" by
 W. Fl. Shelton, in Scribner's.
 And now we come to the great fes- tival of the year, which was real New England Thanksgiving dinner, as my grandmother interpreted and celebrated 1t, with never varying menu of pie and pie and more pie. Chicken pie and mince pie and pump kin pie, with few deviations. such as vegetables and pickled peaches and cheese and nuts and coffee. The chicken pie was a creation of the day before, ready for the brick oven, which was blazing with dry wood In the early morning, and kept burning until the absorbed and imprisoned heat was sufficient for the crucial ef- fort Then the coals and ashes were raked off and the big pie. in an un- usual milk pan, reserved from year to year for that service. was placed in the mouth of the oven and showed back with the broad oven shovel to the center of the brick floor, and the sheet iron door was closed. The last affectionate touch of my grandmother before the pie disappeared in the oven was to make a number of incisions in the soft crust, as convenient pockets for Jumps of yellow butter, an excess of hospitality whose effect was to make the said crust little more cloying to the tender stomachs of her grandchildren.
 The mince pie, prepared with boiled cider and stuffed with citron ana raisins. had been waiting for month in the cold cupboard of the unused parlor, and when it was warmed for dinner the rich crust flaked off ike flakes of isinglass.
 The November days were cold, ana the forenoon was long before the Z o'clock dinner, and the childrenss walt was aggravated by the tantaliz- ing odors that escaped from the door of the oven. The elders were in the narlor. some of the studious ones turning over the leaves of bound volume of the New York Mirror for the year 1895, or reading Josephus, while the others were grouped m front of a Franklin stove brlcked into the fireplace and blazing with hickory wood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
American, British and German Bankers
 Are Ready to Aid Russian Rehabilitation

posal of the Russians and also have sold them much merchandise, in many Instances extending credit for as long as five years" said German indus trialist who is interested in numerous Russian movements.
 Other foreign concerns have flat ly declined to have any commerce with the Russian soviet and the &C., tions of these concerns have been widely advertised. The fact of the matter is, and many financiers see It, that whether the present Russian government prevails or not, vast for tunes are waiting in Russia for the men who ultimately must develop the country's latest resources. as well as rehabilitate the present rundown in- dustries''
 Long Range Exploitation
 Russian refugee here, once wealthy and a member Of the old regime. not daring to return while the soviets are in power. neyerthele has decided to devote his efforts to promoting plans to exploit" Russia at long range. hoping to share in the profits that will later make many Rockefellers of Russia"
 T know Russia. and I know the Russians. and I understand what kind of government exists there now this man declared. This govern ment, which has prevailed notwith- standing prophecies of its downfall every month for the last four years, will not be Immediately overthrown. been giving way. to less radical and more reasonable regime.
 The new government will repre- sent the different classes of Russia and through it's agency there will Russia-a United States richer in nat ural resources than the United States of America. This new state, deprived of ready money by war and revolu- ton. will welcome the advent of for eign capital and foreign experts. and l am convinced they will reap profits as they SOW investments"
 He expressed the belief that the present negotiations, which he said he had understood were proceeding "secretly,' would in large measure succeed. although response from America had not indicated the pro- posal was being considered there as favorably as in England and Ger many. The Germans are particularly anxious to cooperate with the English nxious to co-operate with the English and the Americans he explained, for even individual commercial alliances represent to them another link in a friendship which may later result-in new Germany, able again to take her place among the great financial powers of the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02

are the general assignment group. 70 be assigned by the war department and including men regarded as eli gible for duty of a special character in connection with the general staff: the branch assignment group, com posed of specialists in the various non-combatant branches of the army, to be assigned by chiefs of such branches, and the territorial assign ment including both classes of re- serve officers. to be assigned for duty by corps area commanders.
 Provision is made for promotion Of reserve officers even during peace time for merit, with the restriction that advanced rank may be granted only where there is a definite place in the higher grade for the officer to fill. It is also emphasized through out the regulations that no reserve officer may be called to active serv- ice for training for more than 15 days in any year. except with hts consent. This regulation points out that limitation of funds available to the war department will further limit the extent to which such officers may be called to the colors except in event of war
 No Commission Conflict
 special section of the regula- tions covers the dual national guarG and reserve corps commissions au- thorised by the act. There is no con- flict in such commissions it is stated and national guard officers holding also reserve commission would pass into the reserve group entirely in the event of liberalization of the guard for war, retaining their as signment in the guard but available for duty with any part of the army. Where guard officer in such dual status is promoted, his reserve rank will advance automatically without additional examination. Provisions for assignment of reserve officers to army schools for training are includ- ed, but it is noted that here also availability of funds will limit the extent of such Assignments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
GRANDMOTHER's TABLE

From My Grandmother's Table" by
 W. H. Saelton. in Scribner's.
 My grandmother's table. supported by the fields and the garden and the orchard, was a quaint picture, with its old-fashioned delft and glas and the big japanned tray, behind which my grandmother sat to serve the tea Or the coffee There was tall tea pot, on which two deer with spread ing antlers were running away from two horsemen, who were not particu- larly interested in the chase, as one of them carried toy spear with a pennant attached. and the other was riding in the opposite direction. It Is only fair to state that this tea pot appeared on the table only on special occasions, and otherwise stood in a corner cupboard behind glass. The service plates and plat ters on ordinary occasions were white with a wavy rim of blue, known to collectors as tho mulberry pattern. On state occasions the platters and the vegetable dishes and the large dinner plates showed an architectural and aquatic design, in which pictur- esque castles crowned rocky islands, with fantastic boats in the foreground boats with striped awnings pro- pelied py poleman, or W'tn iateen sails or banks of oars. These dishes were in light blue. the borders of an intricate floral design. There were glass salt-boats, which rolled over at the ends like the arms of sofa, and could never have been suspected of having escaped from the fleet of boats on the blue p1atters.
 There were curious cake plates decorated by hand, with a pot of con- yentional flowers in the center, and bordered by a wreath of equally inn possible floral designs under thick glaze, the reds and yellows and blues fused into pleasant flat poster shades. There were no decanters or wine glasses, because wines and liquors for 1 table use were unknown, and If elder was served 1t was drunk in ordinary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
 ET0WAH DEFEATS THE ANNIST0N HIGH TEAM

Anniston. October 1.-(SpeciaIO-- The Etowah County High school eleven walked away with the first game of the season here Friday aft ernoon by beating the Anniston High team on the Presbyterian col 'ege grounds by 34 to 0 score.
 The local players were outweighed. outclassed and easily handled by the Etowah visitors, a large crowd of fans from both cities gathering on the campus to watch the progress of the game. Halfback Nelson of Etowah. made five out of the six touchdowns during the game. the To- cal ends being unable to check tn. speedy youngster from the banks of the CooSa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02

just as in our dry one, the traffic in narcotics is far larger than be- fore the war, and the number of ad- diets greatly increased. The only way that prohibition has made the problem of the police in handling the traffic here more difficult Is that nowadays we find it harder to round up the illicit vendors and the con firmed dope fends.' who frequented low hotels and dives.
 Both the exportation and the inn rortation of opium and narcotic drugs should be forbidden. law charging the illicit drug trafficker with constructive treason would be just. For he Is an enemy to civiliza- tion and menace to that American l.principie--the inalienable right oi life. liberty and the pursuit of hap piness."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-02
Most Ailments
 Due to One Thing
That Is, Impure, Impoverished
 Devitalixed Blood.

Probably 75 per cent of the ailments of the human race are due to an abnormal scondition of the blood-thin, poor, anemic.
 This fact and the further fact that Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies, enriches and revitalizes the blood. by creating a healthy appetite. aiding digestion. promoting as similation and thereby securing in full all < the benefits of complete nutrition. must impress the thoughtful with the wisdom of giving this gret medicine good fair trial
 Hoods Sarsaparilla is greatest merit plus greater economy, the most for the money. Get it today.--Adv.