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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13

we repeat what does it profit an American citizen to be ah,o to to Cupa if an order cannot be delivered7
 j. E x Congressman Volstead went to the right kind of doctors and was told tn,t the only 'ailment" real beer will cure IS thirst" It may be the worst ail- ment m raif Georgia is receiving congratulations rom the rest of the country on the con- viction of John Williams
 * % < ine Roy Harris hoax will make New forks police department wary when the next suspect" turns up.
 < x x A warning issued against iceberps is or no particular interest to the landub- Der who makes all of his voyages in a flivver.
 A Red Head club is being organized in Birmingham. Fortunately, the hue oi ones hair has nothing to do with his po- litical beliefs.
 + < * An Alabama man suggests that the an eioote Tor poisonous ''moonshine" be made public Bootleggers will be glad to coon. crate in movement of tha, kind.
 # * < "A socialist paper in Germany devoted three lines on an inside page to the death of the former Empress. That's the trouble with socialists. They always go to extremes.
 E E |. Lord Mayor O'Calaghan has been or dered to quit our pleasant shores by June ,. We can hardly wait to see if he's going to obey the order.
 T * Y Caruso stands better chance of "com- ing back than the elderly Jess Willard.
 < # 3s Paris does not need a tablet to remind her where the bombs of German airmen fell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
 NAPT. JOHN H, AIRES of the W bureau of missing persons in
 " New York stated publicly Fri day night that the mystery of the dis appearance of Dorothy Arnold, the prominent young New York woman who disappeared apparently from the face of the earth in December, 1910. has been solved. The solution, Cap tain Ayres intimated, is of such a nature that it cannot be given publi- city. The information the captain says heahas is confidential, but his public statement that Dorothy Arnold is no longer listed as a missing person is a queer one, if the captain really knows what he is talking about. John S. Keith, attorney for Francis R. Arnold, father of Dorothy Arnold characterizes the statement of Captain Ayres as damned lie," insisting that the mystery concerning the missing girl is as deep today as it ever was
 A resume of the actual disappear ance of Dorothy Arnold, the mystery of which has seemed to baffle the po- lice of two continents follows:
 Dorothy Arnold left her home at 1o6 East Seventy ninth street little before noon on December 12, 1910, aft CT telling her mother that she in tended to buy an evening gown. When she left home she wore a blue tailor made suit, a long blue coat, a small
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
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Only Standard Goals
 Should Be Exported

TIT is common report that some of ll the dirtiest coal on record was shipped from Alabama coal mines to foreign countries during the extraord mary demand and the high prices paid for. the product following the war While no such demand exists at this time, the foreign coal trade is always attractive, and it follows that those coals bearing the best reputation for quality and freedom from dirt will permanently win the field.
 A decade ago Alabama coal lost repute in some of the Central Ameri- can countries owing to the grades that were sent there and the dirt accompanying the coal. It stands to reason that Alabama is to hear from the inferior stuff shipped last year and the year before to other people.
 Eastern coal exporters are going at this matter in the right way. The Tidewater Coal Exchange, Inc, of New York, and the United States bu- reau of mines have formed a co-opera- tive agreement for the classification of coal shipped for export through Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia on a basis of accurate sampling and analysis. The general purpose of the classification is to insure the main tenance of certain standards as repre- sentative of the quality of American coals shipped from the various dis tricts represented in the agreement.
 Alabama coal operators interested in the, export business should make some such arrangement with the new mine bureau at Tuscaloosa. When Alabama coal leaves Mobile and Pen sacola it should bear the stamp of authority as to it's quality. It will be better for Alabama export coal in the long run and will insure larger and more permanent markets.
 Nothing was gained and much pres tige lost by some of the Alabama coals leaving our ports in the past two years. We should ship standard coal or none.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
ROMANCE IN INDIAN NAMES 'om the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 If Shakespeare had lived in Okla homas he would never have asked what's in a. name?" remarked Jacob T. Fredericks of TulsaTat the Ebbitt. Shakespeare intimates that there is nothing in name by adding that a rose by ahy other name would smell ,as sweet rT2will not dispute the bard on the question of roses, bur there IS certainly something in name. at least in Indian names. There is not only a great deal of humor, but the names of Indians are frequently the outcome of Some characteristic of the person.. li T other words. the name fits the Indian and no other name would quitesdo
 .sWhile the names or most of the In dians have been. .Amerioanized and have therefore lost much of theiN fuster in the process, there are ssti}l many names that beat, anything a fictsor wi.ter could conceive. For instalrc J Edward Burns the Prairie and Mary Red Hair might pass the scrutiny of a masazine editor as true to life. but what would he say about Robert Afraid of Beer or Ribs? However. these are the names of real live Indians and particularly fitting ones. too. The names of some of the women are unusually striking. There Is a Maggie Kills in Water. Slow Woman. Sitting Holy Mary FVas. w Whirl- wind Susie High Bull and Zuzuelia Quick Hawk. Other feminine names such as Lizzie Charging. Susie Kills a Hundred and Edna Kills Bad might suggest sanguinary disposition.
 Indian names are the result of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13

and many mills suspended operations entirely.
 The freight was not there to move. Under such conditions the high rail rates have not been placed on trial sufficiently long to show just how far they affect business. They are high; none will deny that, but the public should not blame them for failure to move business that was not offering to be moved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
The Milk Diet Is a
 Strong Body Producer

| A AFRICANS are consuming three EGA times more milk than they did 30 years ago, according to estimates made by the dairy division of the United States department of agricul- ture. Exclusive of butter, ice creams and cheese, the United States used "A gallons per capita in 1920.
 In Switzerland and Sweden the per capita consumption of milk is 70 gal Ions annually, which shows that Americans have yet some distance to travel before they become real milk drinkers. There must be more drink ing of milk before this country pro- duces the ruddy type of manhood and womanhood that marks the Swiss and the Swede.
 There is no discounting a milk diet. Milk in all it's forms is an ideal food. The Bulgarians, who outrank all other European peoples in stature, exist for the greater part on sour milk. They know very little about the meat diet. but they are wonderful physical specimens produced by diet of milk and barley bread.
 The Serbian soldier will throw away other food than his black bread if hard pressed, but he carries that in his blouse in and out of battle, on and off marches, and endures the greatest hardship so long as he has that to live on.
 The country child reared on bread and milk develops into a much finer specimen of womanhood or manhood than the child reared on meats to the exclusion of milk. Milk is the food provided by nature for sustenance of the young life. It seems to be as beneficial in all stages of life. N To deliver the funeral oration over the League of Nations we nominate Hiram Johnson. with Battling Bill' Borah to assist in this triamph of the bitter enders-
 ** *
 No sooner did the southeastern bakers reach Birmingham than they began to jump on the scent loaf with both feet
 A New York bartender who set up'' policeman learned to his sorrow that he wasn't an old-fashioned policeman.
 A Chicago man threw his wife out of the house in>her night clothes when he caught her rifling his trousers. A~war of words is as far as such an argu- ment should go.
 The reception accorded "Pussyfoot' Johnson in Canada was not exactly that of conquering hero
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
Rails Could Not Move
 Business Not Offered

WHILE it is known by everyone WV that freight rates are ex- traordinarily high and diversion from rail to water transportation to avoid the high toll has proved their inef- ficiency for the promotion of busi- ness, it is equally true that these high rates have not had the dampen- ing effect on general business that is sometimes carelessly ascribed to them.
 B. E. Clark, chairman of the inter- state commerce commission, expressed at least a part of the truth when he said that Careful inquiry discloses that the utilization of products is prevented not by freight rates, but by economic conditions"
 When machine shops had no new orders for finished products. they or
 
 dered no pig iron. When the hard- ware merchants received no orders ~ssm the country merchants for wire mlll products, they ordered none from the mills. When municipalities could not dispose of bonds in tight mar ket they did not try to buy pipe for water mains. W 8 When the people had established an embargo against buying, wholesalers ceased ordering from the cotton and woolen mills and retailers bought only from hand to mouth from wholesalers. Mill production ebbed to low point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE

Some gentlemen of the press want to see you. MT. wadleigh." Call up my lawyer at once" Yes, sir"
 If I'm about to be investigated for something and he hasn't heard about it. he's off the pay roll forever"
 PLEASANT WORK Whats the latest reform move mentT'
 "A crusade against bare knees" Making any progress?' "A number of prominent citizens have volunteered to act as inspectors.
 sARToRIALLY SPEAKING What's on at the theatre tonightT, Precious littie.'
 But some kind of show is booked.H Its girl whirl." BUSINESS. INDEEDl 'sAnother polite fiction l "Eh?"
 The morning paper announces that John Jagsby has gone on business trip to Cuba"
 NOT IMPRESSED Though the maiden was trim and the
 maiden was fair, And billed in a classical dance, An ex-service man who had wandered
 in there
 Said, q seen that Jane over in France"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
CARRY ON

CARRY ON Reform is in the air, { Methnks it's everywhere,
 It strikes at you and me- Still, brother, let us sing,
 In spite of everything,N
 This land of liberty
 GUMsHoEs AND GUILE Pa. what are the dogs of warr" That's figure of speech. son." Yes, pa."
 "The people who really start wars are diplomats who are constitution ally opposed to speaking above whisper
 DIDN'T INTERFERE WITH HER
 WANTING 'This. authority says Cleopatra was not as beautiful as we have been led to believe For one thing, her nose. was too long"
 q refuse to get excited over that" said MT. Dubwaite. "Cleopatra's nose may not have been too long, but if it was history proves that Julius Caesar and Mark Antony failed to notice itf'
 BOOKLAND In Bookland, in Bookland Are brave adventures met And when we find a first-rate yarn We quit 1t with regret. In Bookland, in Bookland There's much ito see and hear; O let us never cease to praise The gifted fictioneer!
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13

work of interpreters who have trans- lated the Indian names into their lit- eraI English meaning. They are much shorter in the original than, they are translated However, they are being gradually simplified by the acquisition of American given names by the chill dren and the dropping of the superflu- ous surnames. By the next generation most of the flamboyant Indian names will have vanished. believe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
5 DOWN CHUNG NAN MoUNTAIN

Ii Pc, in the North China Herald. (Translated by Witter' Bynner and kiang Kangi.L.) o: Down the green smountam n the eysn- s ing zst Moonlight was my homeward escort. Looking back, Issaw my path. Lle in levels of deep shadow, IT passed the farm house of friend, Whose children called through match
 sgate
 And Jed me thinning among jade bam- ". boos Where green vines caush and: held my
 clothes. AndsI was glad of a chance to rest And glad of chance to drink with a friend. st We sang to the tune of the wind in the
 pinec, x And we finishedsoar Songs as the stars
 went down. And, being drunk ana pay frisnd more
 than fxppy, Ietween us we ferset the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
COWBOYS OF 1921
From the Chicago Journal.

From the Chicago Journal.
 The 1921 cowboy. like the trapper has almost vanished from the western picture. He lives now chiefly in Holly wood. Cal. or in transforming troupes touring the country. He is no longer concerned with cattle except as the atrical props; he is an actor not a stockman. Except in q very few places he is going from the range. and in these scattesed spots where he still per- sists it is in reduced glory as greatly modified type. He is likely to be as fa- miliar with flivvers as with horses: he IS as handy with the monkey wrench as with the branding iron. and as for sixshooters. he is more likely to carry kodak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
THE NEW SOUTH

From the New York Tribune.
 There has. been much talk of the new south. but there have been law visible signs of It's arrival as signifi- cant as the conviction of John s. Will liams of Jasper county, Geoisia. for the murder of his negro peons. 1t is not too much to say that this erdict, found by white jury against a white man upon negro testimony, gives rore of the r/tion than any event in years.
 The Tribune finds an especial source of qualification in the act that the whole process of justice was southern, in initiation and in execution. It. has been our contention always that the negro problem could oes. be solved, and probably only solved, Dv thesouth. The north could and did>4ntcevehe to- free the slave; it could and did givs hin, the vote But it could not aesarc him n < joyment of his rights. Tn the long run the progress of the negro depends upon himself and upon the wnte men and women of the south.
 There have been efrequent signs in recent years that the solution of the problem is under way Many of the strongest denuncia tions Df 1ynchinas have come from southern .newspa pers' from southern leaders. : The present verdict found in Georgia Is q local sign of similar significan6e, far-reAcLins in it's pronouncement. It will be applaud ed by clear-minded southerness every- where. and the Tribune wa. my con graduates Jasper county and the stafe of Georgia upon this courageous ad- ministration of justice in defiance of race prejudice and to the permanent damning of reonage and all it's works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
IGNORING THE OBVIOUS

From the Wall Street Journal
 l C7NlHERE is a game described by Ed
 gar Allan Poe, in one of his de- tective stories, where player chooses name on a map and the others guess it. by process of elimination As he says, it is easy to work down to the obscure village in small letters while the broad title printed right across the map is ignored from it's very obviousness. What is ignored in the railroad wage question is that the unions concede that their present wages and conditions are unjust.
 For months the railroad managers have had their demonstration of the injustice and dishonesty of the conditions of work "a legacy from government administra- ltion-before the labor board. The men swerable case. The last thing they de- sire is decision. Now another proposi- tion is submitted, and all with the same purpose of delay. The conditions are in defensible; the wages are out of line with the cost of living and absurdly out of line with the value of the workers prod uct But if the present scale Of wages can be secured by delay for an indefinite time to come, what do the unions care about the justice of the situation? When did their hero Brindell concern himself about justice?
 Every workman knows well enough that he cannot be compelled to refund excessive wages received now, although decision after decision compelling the payment of excessive wages was made retroactive, in one case to the extent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13

of over s1oO,ooo,OOo. Here is where the
 Esch-Cummins act falls down, and it should be warning to the country against any further attempts of the gov ernment to regulate wages. They have
 never been usefully regulated by statute anywhere. The legal minimum enforced has uniformly resulted in developing
 other economic conditions which ulti-
 nately destroyed the source from which the wages were derived. Lenine tried to fix wages in the form of meal tickets.
 and even the food failed
 But now that the men have acknowl-
 edged that they have no case they are appealing to the President of the United
 States to call still another Investigating committee. Time was when the foreman of a gang could maintain discipline with a summary authority limited safely by appeal to his next superior officer. But
 now any trackwalker reprimanded for
 loafing on the job appeals to the Presi- dent of the United States. What would your household condition be if your cook carried you into the appellate court every time you complained that the toast
 was burnt?
 Here is the condition to which govern
 ment muddling and fuddling have
 brought us. Bureaucratic regulation. in practice, invariably works itself ont to
 the protection of indefensible vested in
 terest. That vested interest in this ca is labor condition which is estimated to have cost no less than s1,5oo,o 100000 the waste arising out of war. and the
 end is not yet. And. as the labor unions
 say What are you going to do about
 t?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
WHAT JESSE JAMES MISSED

From the Chicago News.
 If he considers the ease with which the mails are now robbed and the mag nitude of the sums realized by the rob- bers. the shade of Jesse James must la ment that he lived too soon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
Crude Methods

T am lover of dogs and always have a pet or two on hand" said Pow ell Proctor" and, furthermore, am in sympathy with the movement to rid Birmingham of the stray dog, as be- lieve any one who has an animal worth keeping is willing to pay the license and obey the law as to muzzlirg.
 There has been hue and cry raised against shooting. dogs on the streets, and am glad it was stopped, but l hope the humane officers as we'll as the city officials will take the. trouble to see the brutal manner in which the dogs are handled at the pound when they are caught to be killed.
 T saw an attendant take an instru- ment which is kind of a cross between pair of tongs and an ice fork and snap it in the mouth and back of 4he head of a dog. The sight almost made me sick"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
Far From Home

"Yes, the blast furnace built years age at Batteile Ala, near Fort Payne, constitutes part of the iron and steel works at Tata, India, of which Temple Tutwiler, Birmingham young man, is general manager" said Prfestley Toul- min.
 "The stack located at Battelle was never a paying investment, and was dismantled and taken to India, where Temple Tutwiler and c. P. Perrin, for merly of Birmingham,s had secured in- terests. The furnace was rebuilt there and is making pig iron today
 The iron and steel trades have got ter in the habit of calling Temple Tut wiler the Charles schwab of India and it is not an undeserving title. He has certainly made good in that far away field His plant is one of the most modern of present times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
Library Day

The idea of the committee in charge of the Orville M. Coston Memorial li- brary to observe April 20 as Book day is a splendid one,' said Miss Annie Lynch, president of the Alumni asso- citation of Central High school.
 'On the other hand, in addition to bcing a fitting memorial to.this Bir- mirgham boy who was killed in the late World war, the establishment of the library will mean much to the city, as the Central High school library was destroyed when the building was burned several years ago.
 "On Library day. everyone in Bir- mil gham will be asked to give book and these will be collected and turned over to Central High school for the Coston memorial.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13
Regulate Jitneys

T am glad to see measures being proposed for the regulation of jit- neys," declared W. E. Walker. There has been an enormous increase in the number of cars placed In service on all Tires of the city where traffic is heavy.
 Tt is a noticeable fact that the jit- neys operate only during the peak hours of the day, and on pleasant days at that Very few jitneys are abroad on rainy days and late at night. Those which do run late at night charge ex- tra fare.
 Reckless driving by these cars will be cut down if they are under bond or insured. Public safety will be ben efited when such ale measure r is passeds'F M fs sys5a e~e ,4 @ssass,ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13

A MORNING PRAYER
 Grant me, Lord, to look not on my own desire, but on the need of the world, that in the answering of thnt need my own desire may Oc tui- filled. Amcn.--M. $. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13

It is always a risky thing to prophesy about the things which will live in lit erature but an, going to risk my rep utatlon by prophesying that Cobb's best bid for immortality is. Aot in his war stories. not in his descriptions of. Euro pean cities countries and manners. not in any of his political writings, but the thing which will rank him as one of the t"immortals'',yw will be the lifelike portraits Of the men, women and chill dren whom he knew in his home town. i do not enthuse over him as the globe trotter. but IIove him as the gentle man from Paducah.
 Fl predict that when many of the am bilious isstories of the past and the present which treat of the tim >s filter the Civil war are Forgotten in the pub lie and private libraries that Back Eomer" being the narrative of Judge Priest and his peopIes will be assver;ta- ble treasure trove Tor future htst ortans, who. will be delving for a frae pistpre of the days of reconstruction. The kindly old judgetI and Jeffswhis lazy servitor, will be worth more than many treaties on race relationships. ..s vcri- tably believe that Judge, Priest VIII be loved in America with as great loye as is Colonel Newcomle.. Thack erav,s lovable character sthroughout the Eng fish speaking world.
 So be sure and hear Cobb's lecture on Home Folks al the Jefferson on Thursday night. He cemes under the ausnices of Mrs. Frank Hopkinson smiths band pf St. Mary's church. .1 .51 1{{rfsSstt sSt z " sassSt Y Y sS sfs f.s <
 Hone Folks is esse ptially lees lure talk on; people, applicable to every and any person. It has a strongly perx sonal element and. like theS a,atho, is intensely human and broad. One Of he many reasons for Irwin Cs2as great popularity is this very hum 9nness of his stories orvsubjects,s and .aeir wlde application to the individual viewpoint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13

The reception accorded "Pussyfoot' Johnson in Canada was not exactly thai of conquering hero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-13

A Chicago man threw his wife out of the house in >yher night clothes when he caught her rifling his trousers. Aswar of words is as far as such an argu- ment should go