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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
< !. E No Good Will Result From "Shorn Lambs" Parade

II RBAN LEDOUX, impresa- O rio of "shorn tambs," an- nounces that 50 ex-service men will reach Washington Friday, from New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore in motor trucks, to be followed by another detachment of 50 who will arrive Monday.
 It is the purpose of Ledoux to ex- .hibit these men before Congress and the unemployment conference. The auctions" which he held in Boston and New York brought him news paper publicity, but served no use full purpose. It is doubtful if any thing is to be gained by the kind of exhibition which Ledoux plans for Washington. Even if he is sincere ana ms 1olloWerS are really former soldiers, he is degrading them, for it is the history of all such demon strations, Coxey's among the rest, that they merely invite ridicule.
 Congress does not need to be told that the unemployment situation in America is acute. Nor is any in- formation of that sort wanting to the unemployment conference, which seems to be making swift progress toward pXrogramme frelief. Mir {. Harding is well aware that some thing must be done for the nations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
LOST ART OF SWEEPING

From the san Francisco Chronicle.
 The expectation of life of the com mon broom is said to have increased 100 per cent in recent years and nat urally the broom makers and the growers of broom corn don't like it. The quicker brooms wear out the better is business in their line.
 But aren't they little disingen- uous in charging the decay of the art of sweeping to the movies and the automobile? We are inclined to think the disuse of the broom is due to no increase of housewifely slat- ternness but rather to the vacum cleaner and the carpet sweeper, and are really corollaries of greater neat ness.
 The lost art of sweeping IS only one of a long list of lost arts pro- duced by modern invention. Home bread baking Is one of them. Reap ing with the slckle IS another, that class. Rocking the cradle was there long since. So was spinning, and churning and the writing of longhand. In many of these in stances we observe ihat th- uakers of the old-tim implements saved themselves by turning over to the new inventions. T, Q ranse manu- lecturers got busy making gas stoves the churn makers began turning out separators. What th' broom makers should have done was to have reached out for the vacuum cleaner and car pet sweeper patents.
 However, we will ve ttem a free suggestion. Home brewing was one of the list arts, but the eighteenth amendment revlvified 1t, Let the broom makers put through con stitutitnai amendment for5idding the broom us perniclous to the homo and brooms will he bootieggcd on every corner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
NEW ALLOY REsIsTs HEAT

By Science Service.
 Indianapolis.-The perfection of a new alloy, made of aluminium, nickel and iron, that will resist the high heat of 2.S75 degrees Fahrenheit, without rustng, was announced at the meeting of the American Society for Steel Treating, by G. R. Brophy. metallurgist engineer of the Gen eral Electric company.
 The new metal also retains 8 per feet polish after it has been placed in a concentrated sea salt solution spray at 100 degrees Fahrenheit for 100 hours. It is highly resistant to at mospheric corrosion and the action of acids except hydrochloric and sul- phuric. Molten salt will not affect it, nor does molten or vaporized sul- phur,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
e3ou1EuaMaAauslI
REFINEMENT

Arthur Booth, in the San Francisco
 Chronicle.
 Tillie Terwilliger was waitress at the Idle Hour Cafe and Rest, N. Sawyer. proprietor.
 Tillie prided herself on being re- fined. She once described one of the Idle Hours patrons as the most re- fined gent about his eating she had ever seen-that instead of blowing his soup to cool it he famed it with his hat.
 Everyone used to laugh at Tillie and her attempts at refinement be- cause she was so palpably vulgar. But when the smallpox hit town, Tillie was one of the very few who volunteered as nurses and, what's more. she stuck to the end. After all. isn't refinement, so called, more or less of polish which occasionally will withstand stormy weather? Whereas vulgarity oft times by the alchemy of bravery and self f-sacrifice Is reduced to the gleam- Ing refinement of pure gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29

| Idle men before cold weather begins, and has added the weight of his ap- peals to others which have been made
 A New York paper says Ben Tur- pin, motion picture comedian. "breezed in" wearing checker board suit. two-quart derby and tri- colored shoes. In that outfit he probably made enough noise to be heard above the roar of traffic.
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 We wonder if Admiral Grayson ever drops in to swap yarns with his successor in office, General Sawyer? If they have a sense of humor they ought to be able to get d laugh out of their titles
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 Germany will view attacks on the peace treaty with studied calm, as she probably signed it with her tongue in her cheek. anyway.
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 Battleships used to cost two or three million dollars. Now they cost around forty millions and the end is not yet in sight. as r x
 The hotel business is said to be looking up. But what has become of the oldfashioned bellhop whose tips averaged s10 day?
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 The man with his cellar full of coal isn't alarmed by indications here and there that something has happened to summer
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 Democrats who formerly held fat offices in Washington should nave fellow feeling for Ledoux's "shorn lambs"
 We resent the attempts to belittle Lloyd George by saying he's snap py dresser.
 MT. Chaplin's reception In Berlin cannot be attributed to postwar prejudice, as MT. Chaplin is a citizen of the world
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 A few insects in his liquor won't bother a seasoned drinker of moon shine" He knows alcohol is a fine disinfectant.
 The female member of the Ku Klux "big three" may be a trifle over- weight, but she's showing fighting form.
 N MT. Wilson is still writing notes but he files them away instead of sending them to European chancell- ories.
 It will never be possible to scrap armies and navies entirely as long as there is anything to fight about
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 Mrs. Belmont should keep her pie lures out of the papers. She doesn't look like competent chaperon.
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 Russians are the last people in the world to quarrel with their victuals, but they are doing it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
M $ M
Charges Which Reflect
 on City of Birmingham

E70HE people of Birmingham were l not aware that this city was vice-ridden and corrupt until the mu- nicipal campaign started. Since then charges have been flying thick and fast. Judge Fort and Solicitor Tate propose to let the persons who have been making these statements give their testimony before the grand jury. That is the quickest way to find out whether there is more smoke than fire, whether politics or a genuine desire to "clean up" Bir- mingham is the motive behind accu sations which constitute a grave re- flection on the morality of Birming ham, as well as the police depart ment and the city commission.
 As everyone knows, statements are made in the heat of political campaign that cannot be proved. If it is true that Birmingham is over run with bootleggers and prosti- tutes who are being given police protection drastic reform is in or der, but if it is not true the charge should be refuted.
 The only way to get the truth in a situation of this kind is by legal investigation, which has been started. A large part of Birming- hams citizens who are not actively engaged in politics are inclined to believe that conditions have been ex- aggerated.
 There is bound to be vice in every large city. To say that Birming- ham is worse than many other cities of the same size, when there is no justification for the charge, is a reflection not only on the authori- ties who are intrusted with the duty of maintaining order, but on the entire city.
 Facts are wanted, not campaign propaganda. The grand jury will serve Birmingham well by proving the falsity or truth of such state ments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
Film Comedian Is
 Held for Manslaughter

m OSCoE ARBUCKLE will be IN held on a manslaughter charge instead of murder. This means that he will probably be acquitted. Ad- hitting that the notorious Labor Day party in the St. Francis hotel In San Francisco was a disgraceful orgy, the character of the partici- pants and the kind of testimony given would make it preposterous to accuse the film comedian of murder.
 The principal witness against Ar buckle is a woman who poses as an "avenger." She and the other women who were Arbuckle's guests were there because they wanted to be there. They knew the kind of af- fair it was going to be and doubt less welcomed the opportunity to get drunk at the comedian's expense. Most of them were intoxicated and even if they had been sober, their testimony would be questionable.
 To the type of hangers-on who at- tended Arbuckle's party notoriety is welcome. To be sought after by newspaper reporters, photographers, and lawyers is to enjoy publicity they could never get in legitimate way. When the whole story is told in court, thNre will be little in it to xeflect credit on the film colony of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
Iniycrsity HnNing Big Year

q am often in Birmingham on busi- ness or pleasure, for l like to keep in touch with it." says Dr. George Lang of Tuscaloosa.
 "The university is full to overflow ing and the student body IS down to hard work It really begins to look like the session is in full swing, as already the Crimson football squad has met the Howard Bulldogs and won. It takes the first footbsll game on the home grounds to awaken the town to the realization that the uni versiy is functioning."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
LAGNIAPPE

You are rich man. Why do you keep working so hard to accumulate more money"
 '1t's the psychology of the thing" said MT. Grabcoin. You have no idea the sense of inferiority an ordi- nary millionaire has when he's in a crowd of multimillionaires who think nothing of throwing in a railroad or two, or steamship line, just to close up little deal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
professor pidgood Here

q feel very much gratified over the results so far achieved by the course the University of Alabama is giving to newly enfranchised voters said Prof. Lee Bidgood, professor or eco- monies at the University or Ala aoaha' who is giving series of lectures dur ing the course conducted here.
 'There seems to be much interest aroused and many experimenting. The course is undoubtedly big success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
CLUB IS AppREclArIvE

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 We wish to express our thanks for your generosity and thoughtfulness In presenting us with the electric lamp for our new club rooms. Al though numbers of friends sent flow CTS, we particularly appreciate your beautiful and lasting gift. as it will always be visible evidence of The -Heralds kindly Interest In oul club. Yours very truly.
 THE BUSINESS AND PROFESSION
 AL woMENS CLUB.
 By Eleanor Starnes. Cor. Secy.
 Birmingham. September 27. 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
cnminr to state Fair

"The citizens of Birmingham will have a chance to see some of the cit izens of Sylacauga next week" said Dr. B. c. Duncan of that city, who is stopping few days at Hotel Ben cor.
 .The State Fair is always looked forward to with the keenest antici- patton, and to say that It mas become an institution among us out-of-town people would be putting it too mildly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
IN HOME BREW CIRCLES

IN HOME BREW CIRCLES
 'Is MT. Bibbles at homer" asked MT. Jagsby.
 "Yes," said Mrs. Bibbles. He's back in the kitchen. I'll call him"
 Please don't. I'll speak to him there. Whenever I hear that friend of mine is doing something In the kitchen nowadays my helpful dispo- sition immediately asserts itself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
IN THE ARMY

IN THE AAMI John J. Daily, in "The Stars and Stripes" There's a cav'lrym'n a-sleepin' In tn
 cot across tn way. A dreaming dreams O. Mexico--his
 time is out today He's S. 0. L. and he knows it.; knows
 he'll never pack kit Or lead a dashin' buckin' horse ''six inches from tn bit;" But he. he'll never give in--for he's
 served his thirty years, He's been through hell and China
 when the Boxers sliced his ears Oh, you mustn't be a quitter in tn
 Army! I heard tn doctor whisper to tn
 nurse awhile ego. An I know he meant that doughboy
 who is sinking kinda low That's tn feller who was cussin'
 cause the armistice was
 signed. He's talking sort O mooney of tn
 girl he left behind. There's a fever that's a-ravin' under
 meath his burnin' dome But he's callin' for his leggins cause he thinks he's goin' home. Oh, you mustn't be quitter in the Army!
 There's a wagoner. an engineer. in old ward S1, An. a little field artill'rym'n, an all
 their work is done. They are listed on tn payroll; but they'll never draw their pay For they're going west tomorrow, if they do not go today. O they'll never go t Duty on thiA side O the Divide; But you couldn't get that knowledge underneath a soldiers hide. | For you mustn't be a ouitter in 0 l Army,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
s9f--' s---7-7----------- THE DISCREDITED ANT

From the Houston oPst
 The Age Herald declares that ants have become a serious problem in Birmingham. Since Solomon's theory that the ant is a good example for sluggards was exploded by Mark Twain its popularity has steadily di- unfinished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

 From the Chicago News.
 True men are always truthful men. Too many people regard speed and progress as synonymous.
 It's not poverty we mind. No not at all. It's just plain old being poor.
 When man falls into an error he is likely to be more or less in jured in his descent.
 When compared with the tailor- made woman appearances are against the self-made man.
 Most wives would be able to save money if their husbands gave them enough to save.
 And a woman likes to dine in restaurant with her husband so that he cannot blame her for the cook ing.
 If woman had any other excuse than because for falling In love with a man she, probably wouldn't do 1t.
 It takes a man with an unusually good disposition not to care 9 rap about the kind of weather that comes along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29

California, but it will probably be shown that this affair differed from many others of the same kind only because one of the women present died.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
THE EASIEST WAY

THE EASIEST WAY The dusty motor tourist
 Likes to rattle through the town. He thinks a tag from far away Invests him with renown. And yet l never see one
 Who's dirty and unshaved, And shows in fifty-seven ways The hardships he has braved That something doesn't tell me That when l journey far I'll buy a railroad ticket
 And board @ Pullman car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ENLIGHTENMENT NEEDED

ENLIGHTENMENT NEEDED For fee of s1,OOO genealoglst traced Mrs. Gawkers lineage back to William the Conqueror," remarked Mrs. Twobble.
 Indeed" replied Mrs. Calder, cat tily When he broke the glad news to her l hope he also told her what it was that William conquered.''
 HER CAREER
 Small town beauty
 Manicure.
 Cloak and suit model.
 Artists
 Chorus.
 Stardom.
 Marries millionaire.
 Divorces
 Marries French count.
 Memoirs in the Sunday papers. Benefit performance. Poor house.
 THE SERvICEABLE BLADE This talk about disarmament Has passed by Rastus Jones, Who takes his trusty blade along Wheneer he rolls the bones. For 'tis a handy implement In dark society, And may be used to carve friend With great propriety.
 THE MISSOURI ATTITUDE What have you got on tap today. son" asked the uncouth stranger from the Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Anything you want" said the soda water jerker.
 "Tn just step down here to tn end of tn counter where there ain't such crowd an give you chance to make good on that there proposition. son." PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
OLD BUFFALO HUNTERS
Chamberlain (S. D.) Correspondent

Chamberlain (S. D.) Correspondent in the Huronite.
 Waterfowl and prairie chicken hunting, for which South Dakota
 hunters are now preparing. is far cry from the buffalo, antelope and elk hunting of 40 years ago. referred
 to in news item taken from the files
 of the Chamberlain Register of <1 years ago.
 Chamberlain is on the Missouri river and hunters and traders on
 their way down the river frequent ly landed there. The item sad:
 James Dugan called at our land- ing last week on his way to St. Louis with 10 tons of buffalo meat His party consisted of four. who killed last winter 2,000 buffaloes.
 "Dugan himself killed 7S0 buffa- lees. 125 black tail deer, 80 ante- lopes, 665 elk (32 at one sitting). He states that owing to the late
 severe winter over 100000 buffaloes
 were killed, and still, he says, the
 country between Cannon Ball and Little Missouri is full of them. E "He paid as high as $50 sack for flour and 20 cents pound for salt last winter. He expects to re- turn again next winter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
CONVERTED

You told me you would never buy car until certain hot place froze over"
 T know did, but if there is any thing resent it's the imputation that have a sfngle-track mind"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
HIGH-PowER PARTY

From the Boston Globe.
 At 40-quart party almost any thing Is liable to happen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29
YANKEELAND OF THE ORIENT

priests boats propelled by novitiates, and from the immense rice boats to the canoes which carry the postmen. Then there are the river-going cafe- terias, serving the residents of float ing houses. These, too, are canoes, equipped with tiny stoves.
 Perhaps the most colorful river scene is the water market, where food bears a little lamp. The market hours are from midnight until early morning. And during that period the market section of the river re- sembles fairyland with it's myriad of glimmering lights
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29

Though honesty be no puritan, yet 1t will do no hurt.
 --Alrs We'll That Ends Well.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-29

It's not poverty we mind. No not at all. It's just plain old being poor
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-13
POTATO CROP GOOD
 IN CHILKAT VALLEY

The potato crop in the Chilkat Valley, at Haines and vicinity, is an oxcelelnt one, according to Bruce Brown who has been to that place visiting his wife and family for a few days.
 MT. Brown made the trip on the Dauntless, Capt. Harry Hanson, and the boat arrived here yesterday on the return trip One hundred sacks of the IIaines potatoes were brought down on the. boat and sold to Ju- neau merchants.
 Haines has an appearance of pros perity, Mr. Brown declares, there is a lot of money in circulation and considerable building is, going on and rumOrs of quiet times heard from other places do not seem to bother the people of the Lynn Canal city.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-13
NOTICE TO MARINERS

Frederick Sound-Cape Fanshaw Light, reported extinguished on Au gust 26, 1921, was relighted on Sep tember 8, 1921,
 Stephens Passage-The Brothers Light, reported February F, 1921. as showing single flash instead of a double, was permanently changed from Or FL. (2) every 12 sec, to Fl. every 20 seconds, duration of flash 2 seconds.
 Pybus Bay-Pybus Bay Midchannel Rock Buoy, H. S., reported missing June 20. 1921, was replaced Septem Der 8, 1921.
 Kodiak Harbor-Hutchinso Reef Bell Buoy ?. reported capsized on September 8, 1921, will be restored to normal condition as soon as prac- ticable
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-13

the way South the Jefferson stopped at the Haines Packing Company can nery near Haines and loaded a ship. ment of canned salmon
 Passengers leaving Juneau were:
 For Seattle-Miss Rita Ross, Mrs. J. C. Ross, Harry Ashball, John Han son, J. Parrish, Mrs. w. H. Robinson and child, Mrs. A.. w. Davis, c. Ged des. H. Boddington. MT. and Mrs. A. Hanson. Marie GOldstein, Mrs. Alvin Goldstein and daughter, Henry Krumb, A. A. Wren, P R. Mcclure, MT. and Mrs. T. c. Bailey
 For Ketchikan-K. V. Hoffman, Marin Olson, Adolph Floe.
 For Petersburg V. Eberhardt
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-13
Tides Tomorrow
FIRST SAILING FROM SOUTH
 WILL BE ON NEXT SATURDAY

The next boats to leave the South for Alaska will be the Princess Royal on next Saturday night, sailing from Vancouver. and the City of Seattle, leaving Seattle the same day.
 The mail will no doubt be put On board the Princess Royal and will consist of the accumulatoin from las night, when the Spokane left Seattle. until Saturday morning, when the mail leaves Seattle for Vancouver.
 With the arrival of the Spokane here Thursday night or Friday morn ing, there will be no more boats in port until the City of Seattle or Princess Royal arrives here Tuesday night of next week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-13
SOLDIER RELEASED BY
 FEDERAL AUTHORITIES


 Frank Begonia, a soldier from Fort William H. Seward, who was arrested at Haines recently as an escaped prisoner from Ft. Worth, Texas. and brought here for deten- tion in the local Federal jail, has been released by the Federal authori- ties on. instructions from Ft. Worth The sheriff of Tarrant County. Tex, advised the Marshal's Office that the State would not pay expenses neces- sary to returning Begonia to Texas. Begonia was returned to the Haines post under charge of Capt. l.. II. Barndollar He is alleged to have been under sentence for forgery at the time he is supposed to have escaped from the Texas jail.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-13
ROLFE IS IN PORT;
 MORE BOATS ARE DUE

The halibut boat Rolie is in port today taking on supplies for trip to the fishing grounds. s
 The vessels of the Juneau halibut fleet are expected in port by tomor. row night to discharge their cargoes to be shipped to Vancouver on the steamer Princess Alice on Friday morning.
 The Fisheries boat Murre. Captain George Maud. arrived in port this points near here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-13
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STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Northbound

NOTtnDOUnU PRINCESS ALICE, due 6 p. m. today. SPOk ANE, due Thursday night. THWESTERN, due tomor- row afternoon.
 Scheduled Saiiings CITY OF SEATTLE, leaves Se- attle September IF. a. PRINCESS ROYAL. leaves Van couver September IT. ESTEBETH, leaves for Sitka and pay points, II p. III. Thursday.
 Southbound Sailings ALAMEDA, southbound Wednes- day noon. SPOKANE, southbound, Thurs day night via Skagway and Sitka. PRINCESS ALICE. southbound. 9 a. m. Friday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-13
TWO MORE CANNERIES
 FINISH FOR THE SEASON

Two more canneries of Southeast ern Alaska have closed down for the season after having run for con siderable time. The P. F. Harris plant at Hawk Inlet. Admiralty Island closed down late last week after having put up pack of 27,000 cases and the John l.. Carlson can. nery of Aux Harbor finished for the season Saturday with pack of 10000 cases.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-13
WILD PARTY" WAS ST0RK VISIT

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Sept. 12.-The entire neighborhood. it seemed, was aroused. People were unable to sleep. It was an early hour in the morning when someone phoned po- lice headquarters that wild party" was being held at the home Of J. Y. Rich, No. 564 Lexington Avenue.
 When the policemen reached the Rich residence the party" had ar yfsod. iThelItor had brought it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-13
PRINCESS ALICE HAS 3
 PASSENGERS FOR JUNEAU

Steamer Princess Alice of the Canadian Pacific, due in port to- night from the South, has the follow ing passengers aboard for Juneau. Miss M k. Adams. A. B. Adams and Charles G. Warner
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-09-13
ESTEBETH LEAVES FOR
 TRIP TO THE NORTH

The mail boat Estebeth left on the regular weekly trip to Skagway and way points at Il o'clock last night. Passengers leaving were George How ard, for Jualin, and Capt. l.. H. Barn hill. Private Frank Begonia and c. M Storte, for Haines.