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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-27

declared in the House. Legislation
to this effect is now pending before
the agriculture committee.
Conflicting views as to the effect of
enactment of the proposal of Repre-
sentative Smell, republican, New York,
for cooperative national policy on
forest conservation were presented to
the House agriculture committee yes
terday, when the bill came up for
hearings. Representatives of the for
est service and the National Lumber
Manufacturers Association contended
that it would insure a continuous tim
Der supply, while Clifford Pinchot,
state forester of Pennsylvania, said
it would place control of the industry
in the hands of a few wealthy Pacific
coast timber owners.
A bill to refund all fines imposed on
soldiers. sailors or marines during the
war period where the offense was less
than a felony was introduced by Rep
resentative Mason, republican, Illinois.
It would provide for review of all
wartime felony cases by the judge
advocate generals department. and
asserted that there was a monstrous
and unparalleled infection of petty
court-martial penalties. with fines,
mprisonments, indignities and pun
shment all out of proportion to the
proven or charged
! Apparently the Montauk Indian
tribe, which once Inhabited Long
| island, isn't lost after all. Senator
| Curtis, republican, Kansas, told the
Senate that the Interior Department
| had full information regarding the
| iontauks and as a consequence ac-
| ion was deferred on a resolution by
Senator Wadsworth republican, New
| York, asking information of the de-
| oartment as to whether any members
! Of the tribe existed and had any
! property rights.
| The election plurality of about 1900
Of Senator Newberry of Michigan had
been cut into by Henry Ford, his
| democratic opponent, to the extent of
r42 votes. with 1.S41 of the 1922
state precincts recanvassed when the
| t4ys work of the Senate privileges
/ and elections committee was conclud-
| ed last night.
| The recount thus far has covered
all Michigan counties except Wayne.
N which Detroit is situated. In that
.ounty, Senator Newberry received
| 33402 votes and Mr.. Ford 30, OIL in
| he election two years ago, and it is
| expected that several days will be
-, required for recounting these votes.
| Senator Sherman, republican, Illinois.
| who retires March 3, holds that
| cabinet officers and members of Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-27

Representative C. Frank Reavis OF
Nebraska has introduced a bill direct
ing the Secretary Of War to turn over
to the Department of Agriculture for
ditribution to the highway and road
building official of the forty-eighs
states millions of dollars worth OF
caterpillar tractors, trucks, mobile
shop units and other road-bulidinS
machinery.
Investigations of War Department
transactions in sugar was begun yes
terday by the Graham war eXpendI-
lures committee. Maj. Gen. H. l.. Ros-
ers, quartermasters apartment, saAe
that about 100000 pounds was
turned over to the Sugar EQUALIZATION
Board in 1919 at a fraction over
cents a pound, and w. c. Watt, for
merly of the department, testlned that
this sugar was later sold to whole
sale grocers and jobbers at that hs-
ure for distribution among cahos st lham
ufacturers, strip makers ana otners'
None of 1t, Watts said, went olrect 10
consumers.
Legislation proposing SO per cent
reduction in the retainer pay of mem :
hers of the naval reserve force when
not on active duty would pracllcaiiy
sound the death-knell of the naval re-
serve, the House naval committee WaS
told yesterday by naval officlals ahe
officers of the reserve
A resolution asking the naval al
fairs committee to give its opinion
as to the practicability Of suspending
j the naval building program FOR SIX
months until full investigation
| a modern fighting navy was intro
! duced in the House by RepresentatiVe
, MurDhy, republican, Ohio. The naval
| committee also would be asked to re-
port on what testimony it has as to
| the probable value of surface ships
in future naval warfare.
Immediate passage of proposed leg
! isIation providing for federal incor-
| poration of American companies II
| China and their exemption from in
come and excess profits taxes, in Or
| der to place them on an equal footing
/ with British and other concerns In
! that country, was urged by Carl J.
Seitz, president of the China Pacific
| Company of Shanghai, in an address
| last night before members Of the
| Senate and House.
| A vigorous but unsuccessful fight
was made in the House yesterday by
Representatives Fess, Ohio. anG
Walsh, Massachusetts, both republic
ans, on the item in the annual agri-
cultural appropriation bill providing
| $50 for experiments and demon
| STATIONS in live stock production il
| the cane sugar districts of Louisiana
i Representative Anderson, republic
an, Minnesota, offered an amendment
! carving this appropriation. which
was approved in committee of the
! whole.
| The cotton futures act SHOULD b.
amended so as to give the purchaser
of cotton the privilege of selecting
| livered and the seller the other half
instead of the seller having the sol.
| option as at present, Representative
Stevenson, democrat, South Carolina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-27
sUFFRAG1sTs CALL MEETING.

There will be an executive meeting
of the Federal Suffrage Association
at the Ebbitt House Saturday. The
association is giving a reception, IN
honor Of its president. Rev. Olympia
Brown. the same evening, at the
Ebbitt, from 1880 to 1890. Mrs.
Brown is the oldest of the pioneer
suffrage leaders now living. Follow
ing her address. brief speeches will
be made by Senator Poindexter and
Representative Raker. Members and
friends of suffrage have been invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-27
UNION VOTES $500 TO IRISH.

Five hundred dollars was voted to
the Irish relief fund at a meeting Of
the Bricklayers' Union, in the Typo
graphical Temple, 423 G street, last
night. The organization also voted to
affiliate with the American Associa-
ton for the Recognition of the Irish
Republic.
Daniel E. Doran delivered an ad-
dress on conditions in Ireland.
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gress can't live comfortably on their
salaries of $4,000 and $500. respec-
lively. He introduced bill yesterday
to increase the pay to $4,000 and
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-27
In the House and Senate

declared in the House. Legislation
to this effect is now pending before
the agriculture committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
YESTERDAYS CITY ELECTION

On the face of The AgeHerald yesterdays election victor and Birmingham have one week of politics. The off election will held next Monday.
 For president of the commission the second will be between D. E. McLendon and Dr. N A. Barrett For ciate commissioner to fill four places the eight highest yesterdays election must contest They w. B. Cloe w. L. Harrison, John R. Hornaday, John H. Taylor J. Ellis Brown R. Batson, Mrs D. H. Echols and w. E. Dickson
 The results of the election contain surprises and various candidates will have various explanations It too early to anaze the effect of the participation of in city election for the first me It can be said however that during the recent campaign scarcely any real issue involved and the campaign became greatly confused by the character of the charges and counercharges banded about It hoped that during the next week the voters will remain calm dispassonate and select the five for their city whom they believe really most competent to handle the cys affairs
 The AgeHerad wants to take this thank the election officers and it's friends everywhere for the fine operation they in getting the results promptly The election officers especially deserve commendaon the rapid manner in which they compiled their returns
 AS result of this team work The AgeHerald able to give this morning complete figures from every box in the city The figures than fortyve boxes The Age-Herald office before o'clock unprecedented achievement in handling city election in which there were candidates The credit which enabled The AgeHerad to issue such early to the fine CO., operation of and for this The is grate- full to all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
Less Hazard In
 Mining of Coal

FNHE bureau of mines reports u that the number of fatalities in mines is decreasing month by month. For the first eight months of the year the fatalities were 1,29O men, and for the same period in 1920 they were 1,429.
 Mining has become less and less hazardous as the years go by, and there is greater efficiency in safety departments. This district has had no heavy loss of life in its collier ies in several years. Accident pre- vention has been made a fine art, and mine rescue work has been made a science shared by every man and woman about the mines.
 Mining at best must be hazardous, but it is encouraging to realize that
 
 it's dangers have been systematically reduced by painstaking efforts in that direction. The life of a miner in 1921 is far different from that of one 20 or even 10 years ago. His surroundings have improved. His wages are higher. He gets better food and clothing and his children enjoy better schools.
 The condition of the American workingman has improved rapidly during the past 10 years, and the best minds in the country are busi- ly engaged in making it better still. The world cannot be going back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
CHARLES CARROLL

From the Baltimore American.
 The death of Charles Carroll of Carrollton. reported from Parts, marks the passing of another member of the Maryland family whose name owes its original distinction to Charles Car roll. signer of tho Declaration of h. dependence, statesman and patriot.
 The Carroll name was so firmly es- tablished as a fixed part of Maryland history by the various constructive achievements of Charles Carroll. the stgner, that even today the surname oi the long-dead master of Doughore- gan is something to conjure with, Therefore, the death of Charles Car roll in Paris was read widely and commented on widely, although this Charles Carroll was litte known per sonally to Marylanders. Despite his practical divorce from the concrete and present interests of his native state. Marylanders will note his death with sincere regret and remember with interest that in the World war he played worthy part.
 Charles Carroll. the signer, was a very old man when he died and, per- haps, tiA very length of his life. no less than his achievements, Is re- sponsible in part for the impress he left upon Maryland. His span of years and activities covered the history of the state from the time the state was in the making until, like its sister colonies. it became a going part of a growing concern--the United States of America. The great Carroll saw not only political liberty assured for his country, but he lived to glimpse the tremendous industrial era which lay around the bend of the century, One of his last public acts was to lay the corner stone of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in 1928. He died some four years later. His remarkable ca reer has lent to his family a distinc- tion which time accentuates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
From the Arkansas Gazette.

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 6TlHE live and progressive cham-
 Der of commerce of Charlotte
 N. C., keeps in circulation a folder entitled, Some Facts About Charlotte" It is called "splendid in get-up and general plan by Paul Findlay, who seems to have travelled around good deal and to have kept his eyes open. But in letter to the Charlotte Observer this observer of American cities says some of the Charlotte folders alleged "firsts" re- mind him of Macon's boast that it has America"-not the oldest, but the oldest chartered" Among Charlotte's "firsts" Is individual wealth of white population" But Mir. Findlay's s thoughts turned to Tulsa. "the rich- est town per capita in the country" and to Pasadena. The claim that Charlotte Is the "center of the big gest hydroelectric development in the United States" brought to mind Sac ramento, headquarters of a great Call ifornia system.
 In his considerationa,of this matter of claims made by cities this writer says that although he ran through a history of Mecklenburg county while he was in Charlotte. he did not learn until after he had left that the last meeting of the, Confederae cabinet was held in a house in that city. a house that still stands. Any town, he adds. can show the latest hos pital," the largest hotel" the Dig gest and most modern high school"- mostly without distinction or real beauty'-but the house in which the last Confederate cabinet meeting was held is unique. He found a distinctive feature in Charlotte, a church stand ing in big open space right down. town, which he understands must re- main in perpetuity as church site. Today. says this writer, this church is thing of beauty, restful, repose-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
IGNORING A FALLEN HERO

From the montgomery Advertiser.
 The Dothan branch oi the AmericaA Legion has adopted the name of Chester R. vickery Post" in honor of Dothan boy wh~ was killed in action in Fra9ce. The body of Pri- vate vickery. now at Hoboken, N. J.. will be brought to Dothan for inter ment this week. Chester vickery was a newspaper reporter. who at one time was member of the Adver- tiser's staff. He volunteered for serv- ice early In the war and went to France. after receiving part of his training at Montgomery. with the 18th Rainbow" regiment. He was shot down and instantly killed in the Champagne engagement. July Is. 1918. Chester vickery repeatedly told his friends before leaving, Alabama that he did not expect to return alive. He believed he would be killed lover there" Yet he went away on the long journey cheerfully and unafraid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
cAmluylMlA0nsi1
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago NeWS.
 Hospital doctors are one kind or ward healers.
 Adam had one cause for rejoicing Eve, made her own dresses.
 Childish sports may satisfy the children, but annoy the neighbors.
 A bit in a horses mouth doesn prevent him from getting hungry.
 Advice that man really needs Is usually wha. he dislikes to hear
 It's hard to convince the father of twins that two heads are better than one.
 Courtship of Romeo and Juliet dis- closes a spark of Shakespearean genius.
 Poetry may be drug on the mar ket but few poets can get drug store prices for it.
 A writer says that poets are poorly paid. Perhaps they will get what they deserve in the hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
CLAIMS OF THE CITIES

full. altogether delightful, and thesI qualities will improve with age. si he wants Charlotte to tell about it il it's book for it is something that bel longs to Charlotte alone.
 Here let us interject that Cour| square, in the heart of Memphis. is l distinctive feature that any city would treasure. But periodically somebody \ in Memphis proposes to put publil or semi public building in Court square.
 The author of these observations says that at Grand Forks, N. Dl which is built on the banks of thd Red River of the North, the peopls tell visitors that this is the onl& navigable river in the world thS4{ flows directly north'-seeming W overlook the famous Nile. When thH writer stood on an elevation in 'Ricl1A mond, Va, his local guide said; And Richmond, you see, is like Rome. in that it is built on seven hills" But so is Pottsville, Pa, and it is said in Seattle, which the writer considers a should test and prove its claims be7 being our truly most beautiful city that it, like Rome, is built on> seye4 hills"
 The lesson of all this is that city suold test and rpove its claims bel fore publishing them or regaling visi1 tors with them; and city should make sure that 1t appraises things rightly. The biggest" and "mos' modern" something may not be hall so interesting to visitors as something unique or interesting for historical or other reasons.
 e If this. observer of cities should come to the metropolis of Arkansas he would find that the veritable rock that gives the city is name Is serving as the ahutment of railroad bridge But, to the credit of the people Of Ar kansas, he would find that the famous old statehouse is being preserved Tor posterity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
IT'S NOT THE cANNIBALs so MUCH

From the New York Globe.
 It isn't the Cannibal Islands so much that one cares about as 1t IS something different-something that will not remind one so much of Broad way and Main street, or. more sim ply, of Main street. The man in the main street wants to get away, or thinks he does. He wants change and he gets little of it in the movies and q little more out of the adven- ure4stories he occasionally reads, but he really wants the real thing.
 Sometimes one sort of release is in fashion, sometimes another. The war. in all sober earnestness, was re- lease, for if it did not take him physically to the firing line. it took his interests there., But to be con tent with the weary occupation of earning a ivi' and bringing up. a family-that. | sedless to say. is inn possible. One wants. like Jungen. to go to the ends of the world and judge them; one wants to drop the family and go to the South seas to paint in, vivid colors oblong maidens of all legged beauty with large feet; any how, one wants to get away. This Is what nine-tenths of our so-called lit- erature amounts to; this explains the furore. now happily passing. for the South seas. One says happily pass ing" because the South seas s en- visioned in goidea-hued !ifeFai4re are an illusion; there $ nonosory there. If not barbers and hardware sf@res. aMEEANCHOLY DAYS ARE cOMEr VI CeMA.7
 By William Cullen Bryant.
 The melancholy days are come, the
 saddest of the year
 Of .wailing wind, aad naked woods.
 and meadows eroSn ard sere. Heap,d in the hoilows of the grovey
 N. the autumn lesves lie dead; They rustic to the sddying gust and
 to the rabbits tread.
 The robin and the wren Rfa fown.
 and from tf anrlbsths jty. And from the wood-toc calls tkS row through all tne gloomy lay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11

stride that has made him famous the last 50 years"
 Weston first came into notice in 1861, when he walked from Boston to Washington to attend the inaugu- ration of Abraham Lincoln. He cov- cred the 443 miles in 20S hours. Now, 60 years later, he is eager for more pedestrian laurels. His career Is calculated to make many sluggish occupant of the chimneyscorner wish to get out and try his unaccustomed limbs upon the road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
FOREIGN SERVANTS

From At Service in a Mlllionaire's 8
 Family" by "A Novelist" in the oc-
 tober Scribner's.
 The family at Sutton house conl- prised Mr. and Mrs. Sutton, both under 30, their only child boy years old. and his tutor. a young college man.
 The place was very beautiful. The house. southern colonial, was large and dignified, without being showy. The park and gardens surrounding it con- tained Il acres-at least the chauf- feur. who brought me from the sta- ton, so informed me. Certainly they were ample and perfectly kept. The trees were noticeably handsome, all of them indigenous. Though an un- usually elaborate establishment for America. 1t was not an imitation. Perhaps its most striking feature was that 1t did not suggest England or any other foreign country. It looked to be just what 1t was--the country home of a weli-bred American fam ny UT latSe lOFluNe.
 The American atmosphere was so distinct that--watching the house as we approached along the wide drive, had subconscious expectation of seeing an old negro, immediately dressed. make his appearance. He didn't come. Nor when we Spassed near the stables and garage was there any sound of laughing or singing At the side entrance was met by the housekeeper. an Englishwoman.
 There were 15 servants besides the men i'll the stables. in the garage. and the gardeners. Every one of them foreigners.
 Why will Americans persist in surrounding themselves with indif- ferent foreign help when they might have the best servants. and most loyal Americans, for the asksng?" was the question that asked myself that night after my arrival at the Sutton house. and am still asking It.
 have known many foreign. serv- ants. Even the best of them was not so good as a competent negro would have been In the same place. am a southerner born and bred among ne- groes. Besides, I am descended from a long line of slave-owning ancestors. do not believe that Abraham Lin cola himself was a more loyal Amer can than the prssent-day descend ants of the people he fought to free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
Remarkable Service
 for Baseball Fans

TIT is far cry from the pony ex. Il press and weeks of waiting tc learn the result of a battle on which the fate of large part of the world depends, to the speed with which news is flashed from continent to continent nowadays.
 A striking illustration of the way the modern American can keep up with events in which he is interested is given in the announcement that every play of the worlds series is being transmitted as soon as it is made over 34,000 miles of telegraph wire.
 One reporter dictates the story of the games to single operator whose report travels over the coun- try at the rate of 186,0O0 miles a second. Every town of any size in America which cares to do so can learn the details of the games in New York instantaneously. In Can. ada, in Havana, Cuba; in all parts of the United States a fan with q little imagination can hear the crack of the bat at the Polo Grounds or the mighty roar of the crowd when new chapter in baseball history is written.
 Hundreds of thousands of people in the United States are enjoying this remarkable service in news paper offices and in front of bulle- tin boards, the news coming over what is claimed to be the longest un- broken circuit ever operated. We live in an age of wonders and the marvel of today is an old story to- morrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-11
SEN SIBLE MERCHANTS
om Forbes Magazine.

rom OIpcs <ha6o6ihc-
 Shrewd merchants. have you noted. are now emphasizing in their adver- tisements the extent of the reduc- tions in their prices as compared with last year: Care Is taken, for example. to point out that suits now offered at sS5 cost $50 or more a year ago. Fashionable" hat manufac- turers are this year featuring the moderateness of their prices, where as year ago they featured "styie'' aud made little or no mention of prices. Most people are now willing to buy normal amounts of goods when they are satisfied that the prices asked are normal. Yes; we are all returning to sanity. And. aft CT all. sanity must be the founda- tion for any worthwhile prosperity. Insanity ends Tn disaster.