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The Washington times., 1921-12-11
'Soapy' Character Breaks
Into Jail So He Can Eat

CHICAGO, Dec. 10.--John Slosisky,
from below the Mason-Dixon line,
found the temperature of the North
not to his liking. Having no shelter
and no food he decided to emulate
o. Henry's "Soapy," who tried to
break into pail to get n meal.
Slosisky tossed a brick through a
a store window and then sat down
to wait for the police. 1t worked.
He was arrested.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
Jury Acquits DR.. Allen
of Staying Wife's Lover

DAYTON. Tenn. Dec. 10.-Dr. w
p. Allen. accused of the murder OF
Burch Gardenhire, who was beaten
to death in DR.. Aliens home last sum
mer. today was acquitted by a Jury
after brief trial.
DR.. Allen testified he found his wife
in Gardenhire's arms when he awaken
ed after drinking some whiskey with
Gardenhire, who was his guest.
The Washington times., 1921-12-11
REED DEN0UNCES TREATY AS ENDANGERNG INTERESTS OF u

oncilables' that great deal depended
upon whether the clause involved =
sanction or the application of armed
high contracting parties to the
treaty. @
They declared that the clause was
subject to as much conflicting inter-
probation or misinterpretation az
Article x, despite the declaration of
Senator Lodge at yesterdays session
of the conference that the treaty did
not involve any sanction.
Republican leader declared TINT
they were not worried by the ortiz
cisms of the treaty by the ''irrecon-
sition to 1t, and predicted that not
more than eight of ten "irreconcilabls"
votes would be cast against ratifica-
ton. They said that It was not un-
likelv that the "irreconcilable" opp0-
sition would be reduced to as few as
half-dozen votes.
II Was admitted by the Republican
leaders that B0rah and his "irrecon.
cilable" associates were quite capable
o. provoking long, acrimonious de.
bate ON the treaty, but they declared
that whatever opposition developed
to ratification would DO "as nothing"
, compared with tho League Of Ma
lions fight.
Depend ON Public Opinion.
The, Republican leaders also assert
ed that American public opinion
would be behind ratification of the
treaty. and that any efforts on the
part Of "irreconcilables" to stir up
national controversy over the treaty.
such as ragged for many months over
the League Of Nations. would end In
dismal failure.
1t was stated that the treaty would
be submitted to the Senate soon. prob.
ably as early as this week, and that
after being reported favorably by the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
its ratification within a comparatively
short space of time was to be antici.
pated.
The following comments were made
on the proposed treaty by various
Senators Interviewed:
Senator Norris Of Nebraska: II
think 1t is a very valuable step to-
Senator New Of Indiana: "It does
not obligate us to mix in any one
else's quarrel"
Senator Watson of Indiana: IT
heartily approve Of It,"
Senator Jones of Washington:
Zine. bully. splendid. 1t could not be
improved upon.
Senator King OF Utah: Il think 1t Is
most innocuous. 1t scarcely goes be-
yond the principle OF the Bryan
treaties.
Senator Fletcher OF Florida: 1T
ID a fine piece OF work.
Senator Norbeck Of North Dakota:
ut is all right and I shall support
H.
senator Willis OF OHIO: 1t ID
long step IN the right direction
senator borah OF Idaho: 1T would
De hazarding great deal 10 under
uks 10 express mysen until nave
stuoleu us text. ..
Senator Capper OF Kansas; !
VIII uhauestiohaoiy DC ratiiieo oy the
senate.
SENATOR rage o, Vermont srohs'
~ apProve Oh II.
senator Caraway OF arkansas: 1T
10 an OBVIOUS attempt to DO something
serynouy Knows ought 10 nave oeeh
oone iong ago; ~
Senator Shields OF Tennessee: I
n wanno.d my approVai untu l
Law uS.srniheu wnether ~ vioiates
.ne Iauitiohai american pohcy OF non !
l nn,e - III ioreish Poh''cai al
wv -
oe, Wener y! Maryiano' IL 10
W aule uoculnehI:
..,s eaoI Aeyes vi NE" Hampsnie;
a treaty that VIII De oeneiiciai
o'oi ynSHu A., c,,
c.. MaEo,; fA.'o Snie
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-01-13

Naar T1sI Relief IS rnE. operating in
various paets OF The Caucasus. Anato-
lla Crea. SYRIA and the CONSTANT
nopie-Straits area
"ThutT niles from AleXandropol, at
Kars. there Is another groap Of Rus
sian army barracks which weHe sisau
us hy the Armenian government for
relief purposes / was going through
the dormaofies Of this orphanaae at
Kars WHEN the Young American col
lege girl I'm Charge turned 10 me and
said Mr.. Yiekrev, it sometimes makes
me feel Just a little oder than Me
thuselah to be called Mother by
5000 Of those Armenian Children
And that is exactly what she was
the only mother that these 5000 Ar
meuiau children have except as she
ayails herself Of the organized assist
anco of native Armenian women, i'm
caring for tbs large family.
In the hospital at Kars 1 found
1,15O beds. which. tha day I WIS there,
were occupied by LOGS patients. it
frequently being necessary to put two
or more children in single bed. At
AleNandfopol we have In ono hospital.
or group Of hospital bindings. 1.560
trachoma patients. st Edfal5Is forty
miles east Of AleEaadrop0l We have
an orphanaee devoted exclusively TO
the care and training of TIE blind
children. Al Deliiau Ve haze another
orphanage. located on n mountain side
for fbp care Of fur.I.utIr gf4flrpn
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-01-13
CHILD SAVING WORK
! IN ARMENIA TOLD
BY AN AMERICAN
Charles V. Vickrey Gives Facts
! of Near East Relief Pro-
t. gram for Orphans.

1 CHARLES V. Vicbrey, general secre-
.fy of the Near East Relief, has re
rned from a trip of inspection
'oughout Central Europe and the
Near East, and made a report to the
rustees of the Near East Relief in
hich he covers in detail the actual
:. Of child saving now being con
ted by the great American relief
ofganization in the Near East Mr.
Viekrey believes that "a few millions
of dollars wisely expended at this time
in the education of the children of
the Near East. in character building
and in moulding these young lives,
will be worth vastly more TO the world
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-01-13

taan billions of dollars spent later in
slppressing international warfare and
strife
MIR. Vickrey considers the need in
the Near East and especially in Ar
! menia greater than anywhere else in
the world, because, as he SAYS, In the
countries of Central Europe there are
going governments which have merely
been temporarily impoverished by war
In the Near East on the other hand.
there is no such thing as stable gov
eminent The whole fabric of the
state has to be created from the be-
ginning, and the innocent and help
less children have to be trained to the
responsibilities of future citizenship.
Peace in the Near East and, in great
measure, throughout the world. will
depend very largely on the character
of the. citizenship Of the peoples Of the
Near East
Irresistible Appeal of Orphans.
Describing the orphanage work of
the Near East Relief in the Armenian
Republic, Mr.. Yickrey said:
Eve have at Alexandropol in the
Caucasus, one Orphanage where there
are approximately 10000 homeless
children, fatherless or motherless,
many of them having no known living
relative Some of them do not even
know their own names, or the place Of
their birth. They have shown wonder
full recuperative powers, and to see
them play their Kindergarten or other
games under the direction of our Ameri-
can relief workers, one could never be-
iieye that they had passed through
the years of suffering that most of
them have experienced since they, or
their parents. were driven from their
homes in Central Turkey five years
ago..
For the accommodation of these or
phans there are sixty splendid stone
buildings, erected as barracks for the
Russian army. These buildings are
now given to us by the Armenian gov
eminent for a period of ten years and
lend themselves admirably to relief
purposes.
This orphanage at Alexandropol is
but one of the 229 orphanages that the
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-01-13
WARNING ORDER
In the Chancery Court Of White
County, Arkansas.
No. 1858.
Robt. D. Garrett, Receiver,
Plaintiff.

RODt. d. Garrett, receiver,
Plaintiff.
vs..
c. +. Long, ct al, Defendants.
Nv. r. ChildresS, Intervention.
The Defendant, c. F. Long, is
warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer
the intervention of the intervent
OF, w. r. Childress.
Witness my hand and the seal
of said court this 10th day Of
January, 1921.
Elmer w. Smith,
Clark.
S. T. Hughes, Esq, Solicitor for
Intervention.
J. N. Rachels, Esq, Attorney
ad Item.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-01-13
CLEAR WATER NOTES

Mr. and Mrs. Gotuer and Mrs.
Ford who spent III holidays 1T the
home Of J {. Hendrixon aavc
returned - tbair home.
a. z. lang nd son, Fm0ett
we're 5faaaa aa business al
Banner last
Henry So.am4, has moved on
the Leslie Leasue farml
Cal Moore and Sam Womack
were in Searcy one day this week
selling cotton and trasacting
other business.
Mr.. Chlore and family leave
soon for Sedalia, Missouri
,
Sheriff Ben Allen spent last
Friday night at the home Of T.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-01-13
Report Of the Condition Of

77E71g KNVB NINII BNNN
Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas,
At Che close of business Dec. 29,i920.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-01-13
II. Allen.

II. Allen.
+ / +
Tom Zackery was in Sarcy
last Saturday with cotton.
Billie Wood and Prince Byrd
OF Step Rock visited relatives
and friends here Sunday.
The gin will operate on Fri
days and Saturdays only.
T. II. Beals.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1921-01-13

We 7. J. OdlOVDcIT FTCaldent, and
= n s-lr43}1; -1-u-11irr, Of The above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the
best Of our knowledge and belief.
T. J. Campbell President.
+. K. Wynn, Cashier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-30
Tanning the Flames
 of Racial Antaponisn

7HHE Williams case in Georgia will
 U be seized on with avidity by agitators in the north as an illustra- tion of the way negroes are treated in the south. Eleven negro farm hands brutally murdered apparently because it was feared they had or would give evidence against their en- ployer in peonage cases, reveals a shocking condition of affairs. Whether Williams is the guilty man or not, there are II murders to be laid at somebody's door and enough has been brought out in the investigations made to show that he held his employees in virtual slavery.
 The exodus of negroes from many parts of the south is attributed to the kind of treatment they received. The lure of high wages was perhaps a more impelling factor, but the ignor- ance and superstition of the country negro magnify his terrors and he cannot be blamed if he thinks all hls white neighbors are leagued against him. This is, of course, not true. Yet there are enough instances of mistreatment to justify complaint.
 There are still some benighted sec tions of the agricultural south where the idea prevails that the negro is the white mans property. The best peo- pie of those communities owe it to themselves and their black neighbors to see that the negro is given square deal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-30
MEASURING STAR DIAMETERs

Paul H. Woodruff, in Popular Mechan-
 ics Magazine for April.
 It is curious circumstance that the diameters of the most remote stars ex- pressed in millions of miles should be measured with the same rule that is used to determine millonths of an inch in laboratories The phenomenon of interference of light is the principle used in the instruments for both purposes, and with it's aid Prof A. A Nicholson recently discov- cred that the star Betelguese, in the constellation Orion. is 260 100000 miles in diameter, or as broad as 800 suns with a mass equal to 27,000,O00 suns!
 Students of physics know that a beam of light, passing the edge of an opaque screen, is slightly deflected, the extent depending on the wave length. To use this diffraction principle, the telescope is closed by a cap with two slits, ad- unstable in width and separation. If the two beams through the slits differ by half wave length when they meet below the cap, they interfere produc- ing .'fringes" of light and darkness. By separating the slits until the fringes disappear and measuring the separa- tion the minute angle of the heavens covered by the disk of star may be computed. Knowing the stats dis tance, obtained by trangulation, call culating it's diameter is simple.
 Professor Nicholson improved upon the slit method by using two mirrors and two reflecting glasses at an angle, one of them slightly slvered to reflect half the light and transmit the other half. This apparatus measures small angles with an accuracy of .000l of d second of arc, roughly equivalent to 1-32 in. at 1000 miles. This is the in strument with which Betelgeuse. 1s0 light years, or L0I0,000, 900, 900 miles away, was measured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-30
Why Birmingham is
 the Brightest Spot"

NNI P. c. HARDING, governor of
 WV the federal reserve board, de- clares Birmingham is the brightest spot on the map" He is not alone in that opinion. Other experts have made the same declaration.
 MT. Harding pays high tribute to the conduct of Birmingham banks. They have done well. So have Bir- mingham business men. And the peo- pie at large were not throwing their money away. Savings bank deposits increased during the period of pros perity in spite of the apparent ex- travaganza of spending and the people came to the slowing down process with record holdings.
 Birmingham's leading steel indus try, having large export as well as ASAhNSSiS CuCiSO, uiI lluG DuQSe an inch from the high point of produc- tion until many months after the countrywide depression had set in and even then, after one week of 50 per cent production, advanced again to one of 60 to 70 per cent. This is because our steel and iron products go over the entire world. Eight thou sand tons of rails for China and seven thousand tons of cast iron pipe for the Pacific coast are moving out of the port of Mobile this week, along with coke and sugar house machinery to Cuba.
 Last to feel the depression, Bir- minghain is leading in the recovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-30

because the canny Scotchman looked after the investment. The Rockefel- Ter millions are doing more good be- cause the Rockefeller business acumen is back of them. The Enoch Pratt library in Baltimore was placed on a surer footing because Enoch Pratt directed every step of the investment.
 What splendid feeling it should be to a man of means to see his own handiwork doing good while he lives and moves among his fellows! If a little vanity goes along with it, the world will not mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-30
RAIN COMES TO BIRMINGHAM
From the Areonant

From the Argonaut
 N LTHOUGH many efforts have been
 LA\ made to show that the use of to- S e-s bacco was known to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians, they have never been successful. We can accept there fore that general belief that tobacco was first used by the aborigines and that Co., lumbus was the first white man to chron- icle it's use The Indians used the weed in pipe, and when the narcotic was in- troduced throughout Europe and Asia it was for centuries used either in pipes of fantastic design or in the rolls known as cigars. The Venetians are credited with getting the Turks to use tobacco, for the weed was cultivated in Italy Bales of the seed of the nicotine plant found their way into Turkey and soon the Turkish tobacco industry was established.
 This brings us to Mehemet Ali, under paid worker in the tobacco fields of Ka- armies, who left the hoe for the sword and the sceptre and--the cigarette. With the bold bashi-bazouks Mehemet event. ually became pasha- His son Ibrahim, was sent to the siege of Acre, the great Syrian stronghold. The chief of artillery, a F'renchman at this siege early in the nineteenth century had invented a pow der spill, kind of paper lamp-lighter filled with the explosive grains, which was thrust into the touch holes of can- iv, y,la oF old fas nd wasteful powder train which was laid on the piece led into the hole. These spills were made of light and tough In- dia or rice paper. Ibrahim Pasha was so pleased by the way in which the siege was conducted that he sent to the artil- lerymen some very fine Kavalla tobacco. This they mixed with the Syrian plant and greatly enjoyed as they smoked the mixture from a narghile or water pipe which, supplied with number of mouth- pieces, sufficed for an entire squad when off duty
 go on duty shot from Turkish fort smashed the beloved narghile to smith ereens. The artillerymen could not leave the battery, and they knew not where to get another narghile. resourceful corporal rolling powder pills was struck with an inspiration. He made number of spills in which he substituted grains of tobacco for gunpowder and then in q. bantering fashion presented these little cy finders to soldiers off duty. He then put one of the spills to his mouth, say ing that as long as he could not smoke any more he was going to blow off his head When the match was applied there came forth instead of slight explosion a wreath of incense, and thus was born the cigarette.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-30
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

After man has been over the jumps for while he discovers that 1t is easier to meet bill than it is to dodge it.
 A man thinks he is smart. But it takes woman to tell whether blonde Is work of nature or a work of art.
 A man may be outspoken before he is married. But he is out-talked after he is married
 It took prohibition to locate the nom reliable whisky bottle After you empty a quart nowadays how are you gonna refill it?
 The difference between a man and a Robin is that Robin sings for an hour before he gets his breakfast in the morning.
 Maybe you didn't know 1t. But if your liver is in good shape, the weather won't make much difference.
 The man who uses $2O rod and a $20 reel gets so little for his investment that he finds it hard to make other people understand thst he doesn't fish for fish
 It doesn't matter how good a man darh sight better.
 Any husband can tell you that wife can find fault with her eyes shut
 A wife's idea of a needed invention is foolproof pay envelope that can't be opened until the bearer gets home
 And what has become of the old fashioned man who ate enough for four people because he didn't want to die in debt to his stomach?
 If a woman can't find any other way to spend her husbands money she'll spend it on Something for him. lcopyright, l92l,)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-30

By Owen Meredith King Solomon stood, in his crown of
 gold,
 Between the pillars. before the altar In the House of the Lord. And the
 King was old, And his strength began to falter, So that he leaned on his ebony staff, Sealed with the seal of the Pentagraph. All of the golden fretted work, Without and within so rich and rare, As high as the nest of the building
 stork,
 Those pillars of cedar were: Wrought up to the brazen chapters Of the Sidonian artificers. And the King stood still as carven
 king,
 The carven cedarn beams below, In his purple robe. with his signet-ring, And his beard was white as snow, And his face to the Oracle. where the
 hymn Dis under the wing of the cherubim. The wings fold over the Oracle, And cover the heart and eyes of God The Spouse with pomegranate, lily ana
 bell.
 Is glorious in her abode; For with gold of Ophir. and scent Of
  And purple of Tyre. the King clothed
 her. By the soul of each slumbrous instru-
 ment
 Drawn soft through the musical
 misty air The stream of the folk that came and
 went
 For worship, and praise, and prayer. Flowed to and fro, and up and down, And round the King in his golden
 crown. And it came to pass, as the King stood
 there,
 And looked on the house he had built,
 with pride, That the Hand of the Lord came un-
 aware,
 And touched him; so that he died, Tn his purple robe. with his signet-
 ring. And the crown wherewith they had
 crowned him king.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-30
THE CIGARETTE IN HISTORY

Old Ibrahim was amused when he heard how much spill paper was being used. and said, as he pointed to strategic place in the walls of Acre, Make a breach there and you shall have all the paper and tobacco that you need" The deed was done in two days.
 This new style of smoking tobacco In paper rolls gained in favor as Mehemet Ali asserted his sway over Egypt, and from Cairo it spread to the European cap itals through the diplomatic services of the various nations.
 In Russia the cigarette grew in popu- lar favor, and in the early forties cigar cites were sold in that nation which were partly Turkish and partly made of light tobacco grown in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-30
Vocn tionaI Education

I was highly gratified at the inter est which the teachers of the state are taking in vocational education," said Senator Watt T. Brown of Ragland, who attended the meeting of the Ala bama Educational association in Mont gomery last week. Without exception every educator I-talked with was education in AlaF F and all of them expressed the opsssan that such an in- stitution should be opened in this state at the earliest possible moment. was urged to do everything I could to have the Alabama School of Trades and h. dustries open this fall, and l am pre- pairing to put in most of my spare time for the next several months on this work.
 There is great need expressed by educators from all over the state for an institution where boys can get voca- tlonal training and the trustees of this school which is to be built by the state at Ragland will spare no effort to be ready for the opening in September. With the site of 100 acres already bought the maintenance fund appro- priated by the state, and $30,000 toward the first buildings appropriated by the state, and more than 5000 donated by the citizens of Ragland, we expect to raise the balance of $25,0o0 needed for the buildings at once"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-30
KING SOLOMON

And the stream of folk that came and
 went
 To worship the Lord with prayer and
 praise, Went softly ever. in wonderment, For the King stood there always; And it was solemn and strange to be-
 hold That dead king crowned with a crown
 of gold For he leaned on his ebony staff up-
 right;
 And over his shoulders the purple
 robe; And his hair and his beard were both
 snow white And the fear of him filled the globe; So that none dared touch him, though
 he was dead, He looked so royal about the head. And the moons were changed: and the
 years roll on; And the new king reigned in the old
 kings stead: And men were married and buried
 anon; But the King stood. stark and dead; Leaning upright on his ebony staff: Preserved by the sign of the Penta-
 graph. And the stream of life, as it went and
 came, Ever for worship and praise, and
 prayer, Was awed by the face, and the feaI.
 and the fame Of the dead king standing there. For his hair was so white and his eyea
 so cold. That they left him alone with his crown
 of gold. So King solomon stood up dead, in tho
 House Of the Lord, held there by the Penta- W graph, Until out from pillar there ran rcd
 mouse, And gnawed through his ebony staff: Then flat on. his Taee.9 the xKihB fell
 downs And they picked from the dust golden
 crowp