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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-06
BURKE PROMOTED

II. S. Burke, formerly employed in
the ticket office at the Terminal sta
ton. has been promoted to fill the
vacancy made by the resignation of
II. A Smith, former ticket seller at
the Joint ticket office of the Louis
VILE and Nashville and Frisco lines.
Mr.. Smiths resignation took effect
at the close of the months business
for the month of November. He re-
signed to accept position with the
Adamson Motor Car company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-06

Mrs. Frederick Virginia Underwood,
80, mother of Senator Oscar W. I'm
derwood, died yesterday morning at
o'clock at the residence of her son,
Fred V. Underwood, 81 Twentieth
street south. Mrs. Underwood had
been critically ill for several days.
The body will be sent to Louisville,
Ky, tonight at 7:45 o'clock by Johns
and funeral services and burial will
take place there tomorrow in Cave
Hill cemetery. A short service viii
be held at the Underwood home this
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock to which
friends are invited. Rev. Oscar De-
Wolf Randolph will officlate. DIR. J.
A. Bryan will offer prayer.
The pallbearers will be Henry
Houze, John London. Carson Adams,
]. A. Smith, W. s. Lowell. J. J. Smith,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-06
ONE OUT OF Fifteen
PASSED MARINE TEST

There were Is applicants at the
local recruiting station of the ma
rines at 1eas,a Second avenue. last
week for special assignment =, duty
with the band at 6anto Domingo and
after tho required physical exami-
nation, only one has successfully
passed.
This was Jimmie N. Nugent OF this
city, who has had considerable ex-
perience in minstrel and cornet
work. He was transferred to the
training station of the marines at
Paris Island. 3. G.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-06
AUrO HITS sTREnr CAn

Fred Field, 100 Qisn Iris avenue, and
Miss Mildred Hall, 174s Tenth street,
south, were slightly injured when
jitney driven by v, Hher, 1913 -Four
teenth street, north. collided with an
outbound Avenue B Loop car at
Twelfth street and Tenth avenue,
south, at 7;4s Monday morning.
Sher's auto knocked the street car
on the track. He was arrested on
the charge of reckless driving.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-06
NEW INCORPORATION

Papers of Incorporation were filed
in the probate court yesterday by the
Francies' club of Alabama. The new
corporation has no capital stock and
the officers are: Arthur Mitchell.
president; William j. Thornton, vice
president, and A. F. kennamer. Sec
rotary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-06
PERSONAL

John II. Taylor, former commission
err of public safety, has returned from
an extended visit to points in Georgia
and in the future he will be associated
with s. E. Thompson in the real es-
tate business. a6s Title Guarantee
building.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-06
Henry and EdseZ Ford
Tell Ciuic Delegation
They Will Come Here
Birmingham Invitation Committee Meet Manufacturer
and Son, Who Promise Visit Soon-Fee Pur-
pose Is Accomplished

Returning with the that Henry Ford and his
their first opportunity confident of
favorable impression members the
party which
Edison the last
which they satisfactorily peromed
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
Naval Aviation

There Is no bureau Of naval avi-
alton at the Navy Department, no
control Office, no one directing head
having authority and responsibility
for the organization and develop
ment Of an air force for the navy
Until such bureau is established
it will be obviously impossible for the
Director Of Aviation to make head
way. His hands are tied.
Aviation is distributed among sew
eral bureaus pulling in different di-
rections, and nothing of real i'm
portance is being accomplished. An
organization was submitted to the
Secretary Of the Navy in 1913, but
he did nothing to establish it. To-
day he advocates bureau-seven
years later!
The difference between army and
naval aviation does no. seem realized
In Washington.' But the material,
the machines, the functions and the
tactics cannot be the same in many
respects In the army and navy. Army
machines fy between points of land,
start fropf the land and alight on the
land, which is always stationary.
Navy machines, on the other hand,
must at times start from the sea or
from ships that are moving, pitching
and rolling. and they must some
times land on a moving ship or In a
rough sea.
Intelligence and organization at
the Navy Department are impera-
lively demanded.
|. Establish bureau Of aeronau-
tics.
2. Develop airplancs, bombing
planes and torpedo planes for naval
uses.
3. Develop means for starting and
receiving airplanes on the deck Of
q ship at sea or In the water along
side.
q. Build a1rplanc carriers with a
speed Of thirty-five knots for service
with the feet.
s. Drill and develop the personnel
OF the naval air force to navigate
and serve with the feet.
There are individuals who know
nothing Of ships, seamanship or navi-
CATION who claim that landsman
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
Witch-Hunting in the Bronx

1t might be supposed that belief
in witchcraft was dead. Yet the
other day a woman in a Pennsyl-
yania town, and recently a woman
in the Bronx, have been denounced
as witches. "She cursed my childv
declares the accuser in the latter
case. In the old days the charge
would have been buttrcssed by more
explicit testimony. The guilty hag
would have been seen sticking pins
into wax figure, or practicing some
similar diabolic rite. The modern
notion Of the witch's art has appro-
priately become more psychological.
Despite this singular relapse, we
are hardly likely TO witness any re-
turn TO the mania Of the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries--a mania
that had not much subslded even in
the seventeenth. But other forms Of
supernatural power than witchcraft
have had no little respectful tolera-
tion even In our time. Perhaps it is
inevitable that the human mind
should be attracted by what IL cannot
explain. Wizardry was held In high
esteem before the idea that It was
being abused set loose the persecut-
ing spirit. Crcmpcr's Malleus Male
fcarun, was the textbook M the par.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
Moving the Naval War College

Io the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In his annual report, Mr.. Daniels
advocates moving the Naval War Col
lege from Newport to Washington, in
order that it may be near the Army
War College. He says:
THE World War taught us moro
than had before been apprehcnded, that
the closest cooperation is essential be-
tween the army and navy"
This sounds we'll. 1t is important,
however, to change Gus" to "me,v for
MIR. Daniels is probably the only man
IN the world who did not realize long
before the World War that cooperation
between the army and navy is vital
OF his ignorsnce, however. we have
conclusive proof, because he gave or
ders in 1915 and 1915 that the army
and navy joini ooa'd in Washington
should not nsee,. This board existed for
the one and only purpose of se-
curing the coordination of army and
navy agencies. And yet he refused to
let it meet and function-bcforo the
aCdrl
Mr.. Daniels's post-mortem conversion
to the principle of cooperation IS pless-
ing. But it is openly asserted by the
citizens and clergy Of Newport that his
action in this case is not inspired by
his devotion to military teamwork" ;"
but by his dislike for Newport. The
dislike is reciprocated. Thereby hangs
tale, which need not be told at this
time, except to say that MIR. Daniels
was responsible for q vice crusade in
Newport which Bishop Perry and
others condemned as worse in its dis
graceful methods than the evils sus-
pccted.
There has been fierce opposition TO
the removal of the War College for the
past twenty years. Admiral Mahan op-
posed it and gave sound reasons for his
stand. Congress will decide the matter r
and the arguments Of the Secretary
will be wisely discounted.
"OLD NAVY"
New York, Dec. 80, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
some way be applied in the interna.

some way be applied in the interna-
tional field.
But who is to be intrusted with
the duty of recruiting and directing
the international police force? The
only feasible repository Of authority
is some association Of the peoples
which possess power and in regard to
which there is reasonable ground for
faith that they are disposed to use
power Justly. This is not ideal. 1t
would, perhaps, be better to have a
world wherein there would be no
need Of selected guardians. But there
is no such world. 1t is impossible to
allow Hayti weight equal to that
Of Great Britain or at present to
place Germany and France on the
same level.
The blunder Of the Peace Confer
ence was its failure to recognize that
no peace league could be Of all-of-us
must be Of me-of-us. Hence q
compromise scheme was devised,
based partly on the all-of-us princi-
pie and partly on the some-of-us
principle. Thus it pleased neither
idealist nor realist. To much CEN
tered in the five powers to satisfy
one element, it was not centered
enough To satisfy the other.
Are the dominant powers of the
world willing to form a firm alli-
ance, with each ready to share re-
sponsibilities? If so, it is possible to
make separate military establish
ments small. If they are not so will
ing and will consent only to loose
association, then, however valuable
such an organization may be in an
educational way. it will scarcely
overcome the present habit Of ma
tions to rely on their own strength
and general disarmament will be
difficult to secure.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
A Rural School Remade
To the Editor Of The Trihpne

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Two months ago We were
rusty, rustic, rural school with fallen
walls, scaly paint anu dilapidated con-
ditions generally. You should see it
now to appreciate what we have al
ready done. We are way ahead Of con-
ditions required for STANDARD
school,; we are going to be the finest
model rural public school in New Jer
sey. Rand e. McNally's map Of New
Jersey gives Us population Of 80.
We have 104 members in our Parent
Teachers Association.
We are going to have in this school.
hrst, exhibits from all the leading in
dustrles and manufacturers Of our
county (Hunterdon); second, the same
from the state; third, national ex-
hlbits. Many are already promised.
Perhaps some one may send us g.
Christmas present for our school,
library, domestic science department
or manual training room. Should any
one wish further particulars will
cheerfully send them. Yours for bet
ter schools. CHARLES A. COLE
Chairman of Commissioners.
Readington, N. j., Dec 20, 1920.
+. S.-Wc had The Tribune in orr
home in my boyhood days, forty wears
ago, and we still get it every day.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
n Rival to Marx

The Call, the local organ Of radi-
cal socialist propa ganda, introduces
to its readers one Smith Jones, from
whom it quotes the following:
Claiming to be tho inventor of
the one best social system that will
finally be used by all nations, there
fore challenge you, the oublc,~tc
debate. and claim all your othS,
plans Of social systems are partly
wrong and are inferior to my plan.
And If You fear to debate, then you
are lot Of towards, are afraid of
the truth and TO try to improve your
conditions, arc slaves to old beliefs.'
The Call, apparently assuming
that Smith Jones is a real person
and is serious, replies derisively. It
seems to regard it as ridiculous for
a man to claim to be the inventor
of social system and to dcnounce
as a coward and as afraid Of the
truth any one who denies it's su-
perlorlty but refuses to debate.
If there is such person as Smith
Jones and he Is the author Of the
foregoing challenge it may be sus-
pected that he is humorist. His
imitation Of favorite style Of So
ciaist defiance is so perfect that
it may be suspected that he is hav-
ing little fun. 1t savors Of BIAS
phemy to Marx to imply that it Is
beyond individual human wit TO In
vent social system superior to all
rivals. The Call is lamentably
bourgeois when it suggests that
there can be no patented millennium
and would have the world wait on
evolution instead of resorting to the
short cuts of revolution.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
Pcru's Educational Adviser

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue Of December 1s
there appeared an article reporting q
luncheon given by the Pan American
Society of the United States at the
Hotel Astor for DR.. Victor Andres Be-
aunde which contained number OF
erroneous statements, evidently made
to your representative by some one
not authorized to speak for the So
ciety.
Dr. Harry Erwin Bard, a former sec
retary Of the Pan-Am.rican Society OF
the United States end prominent
educator. is at present the American
educational adviser Of the Peruvian
government No announcement was
made at the luncheon Of tho appoint
ment Of Dr. Frank l.. Crone, Of the
Rockefeller Foundation, for this posi-
ton, nor was any mention made of the
position itsclf.
JOHN S. PRINCE.
New York, Dec. "a, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
France in Turkcv
10 the Editor Of The Tribune.

0'S HUAsoI VI Inc lrlounc.
Sir: In YOUR able editorial articl.
entitled Another Crime Of Omission
you point out that on account Of nm
changed pacifstic policies impenitent
Germany is being favored and "Tur-
key is to be restored"
1t is not only the pacinsts. but also
the French politicians, that are en-
deavorlng to restore Turkey, the nat
ural ally of Germany and the worst
enemy of civilization. lie Temps. &c
cordlng to recent dispatch, braes
that the French are in Cilicia, Armenia
Minor, as defenders Of Turkis.a inde-
pendence. And your well-informe d
correspondent, Mr.. Ralph Courtney. on
December "a, cabling from Paris,
stated that FRANCES pro-Turk policy
in the Near East has been thrown
aside By Lloyd George"
You have vaiiantly upheld France
against all blackguardlsm, but OBJ
viously the time has como 20 defend
her agains. her own leaders, who dis
grace the chivalrous record of France
by desperately intriguing to restore
Turkey. 'ARSHAG MAHDEsIAN.
New York, Dec. 27, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
How to Disarm

II the dragon of war could be slain
by verbal spears, long ago he would
have been PROSTATE. But his hide
is thick Big words have never
formed club heavy enough to bat
ter In his head.
So the valiant rhetorical onslaught
on war by our neighbor The World,
no matter how sincere, is Of doubtful
efficacy. Eloquent utterances of
pIous wishes are good, it may be, for
the individual soul. We would not
ioroid them. But alone they seldom
oend events TO desired ends. The
tragedy Of pacifism Is that it's cham.
pions confuse oughtness and lsness
The prayer Of the pacifist should
De Tor capacity for cold scrutiny of
prac'lcaIiyes. His problem is not so
much " convince mankind Of the
norrers Of war as TO find "a concrete
~ay 70 prevent it.
iiaYIng In mjnd the prevailing
qualities Of present unprotected
human nature where lies the road TO
peaceg A fAlse path is the one
m'Fed with mere words Another is
We ailpflng byway of failure TO rec
esnize claims superior 70 those Of
pare. 'ls life 80 dear and peace 10
S"ee' az u be purchased at the price
"a CHAINS and slavery7" asked Pat
1%x Henry Every forwar rd going
r"pie has always answered "No!"
s.''hs things are 10 precious that
''.'y must be protected by rampant
" human b@lies. so It was IN 1914.
'ha ~ may It be again in the future.
bearing In mind realities and
.D'oing peace to it's proper place,
"h@I' then, can nov be done To re-
& a'vs or Iessen the war danger? Is
sre any way that excludes tho
~ os threat Of force? The police
u'ne1p's which within nations
sascs peace the normal condition
Ems tbs only recoarse--ronst In
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02

US over bar under smother of water
into the backyard Of farmer on Prince
Edwards Island. In all three emer-
gencies we gave our canoe its head and
came through without trouble. Round
ing Cape Cod was not difficult, nor ne
gotiating the tidal currents of Fundy.
even in fog. So sure OF foot was our
boat that we should not have hesitated
to put PATSY Green" to the Newfouod
iand-lreland passage, the following sum-
mer could the necessaries cf grub, water
and sleep have been provided for.
All of which proves that small
craft can be a safe craft, and is related
in order to demonstrate that there hes
Off our coasts an invigorating field for
sport far richer in spiritual, physical
nnd national values than is sensible
yachting"
HENRY A. WISE WOOD.
New York, Dec. 81, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
A Natural Concert

The United States may wisely. 1t
would seem, try to come to an W.
derstanding on the Japanese ilnmi-
grafton question with the British do
ninions which border on the Pacific,
and start is made in the informal
discussions which have begun in
Washington with spokesmen for
Australia, New Zealand and Can
ada. South Africa, though not a
Pacific power, has much the same
point Of view as the other domin-
ions with regard to Asian imn1i-
grafton, and so, also, is to be con-
suited.
Here are five countries grave
ly concerned TO prevent an in
Aux Of unassimilable aliens, and ali
interested in upholding the principle
that exclusion is matter of domes-
tic policy and does not infringe in.
ternational rights. The countries
most open to Asiatic iYnnigra-
cion protest strongly against Japan's
doctrine that there can be no dis
elimination with respect to ad-
missions
Since regulation Of immigration
is now recognized as a domestic
question, the four self-governing
British dominions ere not hampered
| in entering into discussions with US
by their relations to the British En-
pire. No treaty or other official
agreement is contemplated. A rap
prochement in principle is all that Is
necessary. This can be secured
without raising the question
whether or not the self-governing
dominions may conduct diplomatic
negotiations on their own account.
Possibly they may come to that
point before long The admission
Of Canada. Australia. New Zealand
and South Africa into the League Of
Nations has given them an interna-
tional status which will have to be
more clearly defined. At Geneva
recently these states pursued an en-
tirely Independent course. Their
degree of sovereignty is indeter-
inmate, but many Of their statesmen
claim that they acquired something
like real sovereignty as compensa-
tion for their sacrifices in the war.
In some respects Canada, Aus
tralia and New Zealand are closer
to us In their economic and political
interests than they are to Great
Britain. Japanese pressure for
equality In immigration is likely to
bring that community Of interest
more and more to the front.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
A Good Start

Governor Miler's inaugural ad-
dress sounds a note not heard in
Albany for many years above q
whisper Ii reflects the mood of
the hour In the state and the nation.
But It isn't borrowed note. 1t is
the Governors own, expressing his
personal theory of the true function
OF state government.
This theory is that government
should be conducted for the benefit
Of those who pay the taxes rather
than for the benefit Of those who
spend them that it should produce
results con,mensurate with it's cost
and should avoid expansions which
overstrain it's administrative ca
pacity.
No state in the Union, perhapsris
more at a disadvantage than New
York is in venturing to carry huge
administrative overload. For our
governmental structure is archaic,
and the states business is trans
acted in a haphazard manner by
scores Of departments. bureaus and
agencies, most of them independent
or semi-independent, and recognizing
10 control by a properly centralized
ar.hority.
The Governor sums Up our war
sArerience when he says: "Dis-
srder, extravaganza and waste in
e.'itably attend rapid d-extension Of
government activities. The world is
now facing the task Of reestabIish-
~ order. and our first concern
s.touid be 10 esta blish order and to
restore ecohomy in the public admin
is.rat;on."
4 New York executive with such
ideas has his work cut out for him.
II he can bring order out Of chaos
III governmental operations, squeeze
what is unessentlal out Of the ap-
preparation bills and give those who
pay state taxes (and all pay, even
the poorest) an adequate return for
their money, he will go down in his
tory as an exceptional public serv-
ant The opportunity is there.
What the state has never had in
: recent years was man in dead
earnest about grasping it.
The new administration thn-
opens with promise. 1t couldn't be
dedicated TO a more urgent task than
undermining The governmental ma
chine and introducing at Albany q
policy Of practical, broad-minded re-
construction.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02
A Hypocritical New Year

The mob craziness Of old-time New
Years Ewes, when noise and rough
ness ruled the streets, was not
missed this year, and never will be
missed. For this Improvement in
the manners of the sightseers prchi-
bition deserves large credit marx.
In other respects it would be hard
to say kind word Of what went on
in every hotel and restaurant-ex.
cept on the poor East Side, where
noble-mindcS dry agents raided fear
lessly. There have been few wattcr
New Years Ewes. The flask and the
bottle made a joke of the Constitu
tion of the United States. Hypoc-
risy and ribald evasion formed tn.
spirit In which these New Yorkers
greeted 1921.
The oldfashioned New Years
celebration may have had bad e.
fects, but it was temporary fall
from grace preparatory to a host Of
good resolutions in the morning. If
there are any good resolutions on the
subject. of drink in this region they
are not at all vocal. Lawlessness
and more lawlessness are the only
New Years resolutions we have
heard of. The sort of contemptuous
law breaking which was exhibited
this New Years Eve seems In fair
way to become a habit.
The report that Mr.. Harding pro-
poses to use every effort to enforce
prohibition is good news. The activ-
tiles Of the present Administration
are Joke, a sorry joke, leading no.
where and accomplishing only the
corruption Of government agents
and instigation to law-breaking. Let
US know the truth. Prohibition, real
prohibition, may we'll be great
blessing; the present pretensc Of it
ls worse than candid wetness. The
sooner we learn by serious efforts 1t
enforcement just how nearly prohi
bitlon can be achieved the better.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-02

secutors who were the spiritual an
cestors Of Cotton Mather and his
Salem friends; and it is curious to
note that the publication of that
precious volume was almost simul-
taneous with the discovery of Amer
lea, which was so to enlarge tha
thoughts Of mankind. Nor is it al
together without significance that
many OF the most intelligent persons
OF their time were the firmest be-
levers in witchcraft. A similar in
tellectual crcdulity IN be observed
among the intelligentsia of our own
day.
The Witch Of Endor was the most
celebrated practitioner Of ar earlier
age, unless we except the Sibyl. But
many others live in fame, especially
she who led Dame Eleanor Cobham,
the wife Of Good Duke Humphrey,
into such parlous traits. Though
the witches suffered unjustly. there
were occasions when the bitter him.
self was bit. as in the case of the
witch~finder, Matthew Hopkins, who
accused in turn, floated when he was
thrown into q river and thus. on his
own testimony, was put to the death
he had helped to inflict on others.
No like ordeal awaits the silly
woman in the Bronx, who fancics
her child has been cursed. Yet the
episode, though properly treated as
a joke, shakes little our confidence
In the supernal intelligence of our
own age.