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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
1.-THE SPENDERS- IS THE
 TRIANON ATTRACTION

An interesting triangle makes the story of The Spenders," an exper- fenced Wall street broker, young Lochinvar from out of the west" and a beautiful girl with high ideals, Robert McKim is fine portrayer of william roles of the more civilized type, he is a william who doesn't ever do things. He plays the underhand ed Wall street broker. Niles Welch is just the fresh sort of youth whom one would expect to blow in from the West. Claire Adams, demure and quiet. makes a fine idealistic heroine.
 Aside from this leading triangle Joseph J. Bowling, pioneer of the screen gives wonderfully humorous characterization as old Uncle Peter Zines, whose heroics on Wall street save his young nephew from ruin. Uncle Peter is a westerner. it Is true, but he is nevertheless one who wasn't born yesterday and he proved the fatal cog in the machina- tions of the interruptions broker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
REV. J. D. HUNTER TO
 LEAVE FOR VACATION

Rev. James p. Hunter. associate nastor of the First Methodist church, has gone to Lake Junaluska. N. C., for a brief rest. and will probably re- turn in a week or ten days.
 During his absence next Sunday, tie pulpit of the First Methodist church will be filled by Dr. B. B, Glasgow, president of the Athens Fe- male college. of Athens, Ala, who is a noted pulpit orator, and will preach at the morning and evening service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
INVESTIGATE SUICIDE

Formal investigation into the death of Jim r. Sturgess, former engineer who was found dead with bullet wound through his head Tuesday aft ernoon at 1S161a First avenue will be held tomorrow by Coroner J D. Rus- sum. A number of witnesses have been summoned to testify. Sturgess Is believed to have committed suf- eide as several clippings of suicides were found in his pockets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
BIG CROWDS VISIT ,t WEST LAKE PARK

This is Swimming weather, What ever else may be said about it, and the management out at West Lake park says that Birmingham has more people who know how to swim and like to swim than any city it's size in the country, judging by the crowds that fill the big pool out at the popu. lar resort.
 Swimming has a rival in out-doo: dancing, or what amounts to thu same thing in the big open, breeze. swept pavilion at West Lake park. On week day nights music is sup piled for dancing by Nixon's famous Melody Six.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
QUIZ CITY OFFICERS

Commissioners John H. Taylor and J. Ellis Brown were given thor- ough grilling by the members of the League of Women Voters Tuesday afternoon, when conditions of the two departments headed by these commissioners were discussed
 William T.. Harrison and S. R. Bat . son will appear before the league at their next meeting, which will be held August 23.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
TWO SPIRITED AWAY
 ON REPORTS OF MOB
By Associated Press

Augusta, Ga, August 10.-Fox ana Jesse Gappins, two of the trio or men held for the murder of William Bra zell. Columbia taxi driver were re- moved by the sheriff from the Rich mond county jail at 10 o'clock to- night.
 The action of the sheriff in re- moving the prisoners followed in- formation from Columbia that a mob had left there with the sworn inten- tion of getting the two men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
Summer Trips to the East

via Savannah and ship-Central of Georgia railway to Savannah, thence via ship to Baltimore, Boston. New York and Philadelphia, Is delight ful way to make your trip to the east
 For full information concerning reservations. rates, etc., call on or ad- dress J. o. Linton, district passenger agent, 200s First avenue, Birming- ham, Ala.-Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
NEPTUNE BEACH AT
 EDGEWOOD POPULAR

as clear as crystal and gaining in popularity every day, the bathing pool at Edgewood park promises to enjoy record month for August. Swimming fans can feel the summer slipping by,and they are taking every advantage to go swimming in this delightful pool before the frost starts its annual descent upon the pump kin.
 Dancing is booked for every night this week at Dreamland pavilion, with Garber- Davis orchestra billed for hhe seasons farewell appearance next Monday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
ASSIGN LOVEJ0Y TO
 GUAM NAVAL STATION

Frank J. Bovejoy of Bessemer who enlisted in the U. S. marine corps sew eral months ago has been assigned to Guam. Iovejoy finished his training at the Great Lakes training school in the aviation mechanics section Guam, is an island of the Philippine group, where two Pacific cables cross The government maintains battal- ion of marines there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
1.-THE GOOD BAD WIFE"
 AT THE ALCAZAR

"fhe Good Bad Wife, adapted from The Wild Pawn by Mary Inlay Taylor, and recently appearing in Munsey's magazine. which has been advertised as "a photoplay that will interest every man who listens to q woman, which is every man." is hav- ing a successful engagement at the Alcazar this week
 Telling the story of a naughty It,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
SUNDAY FREIGHT BARRED

Atlanta, August 10.--Orders issued in 1917 permitting operation of freight trains in Georgia on Sunday as a war measure were revoked today by the Georgia railroad commission with certain exceptions. chiefly pertain ing to perishable and live freight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
General Ansell
 "Pot of Gold" Fame Will Be Censured

Washington, August 10.--(Special) The report of the subcommittee of the House committee on military af- fairs which investigated the escape of Grover c. Bergdoll stacker, will severely censure Gen. Samuel Ansell attorney for Bergdoll. 1t Is learned tonight. It is reported that the cen- sure will be sensational. It is ex- pected that the report will be rem dered tomorrow.
 During the war General Ansell was attached to the office of the judge advocate general. Subsequently he became a practcing attorney. spe- cializing in government matters. He defended Bergdoll before a court martial and requested permission for him to dig up the pot of gold" On this mission the prisoner escaped
 Ansell received large fees from the Bergdoll family, it was testified, tie wife who shocks not only her hus- bands respectable family, but even her husband himself, it features Dorothy Green and Sidney Mason and is in six parts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
MARRIAGE LICENSES

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the office of the probate judge.
 Arthur D. Carson and Miss Eu- genia NJ. Yancey. Hallman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-11
TONNAGE DECREASE SHOWN M By Associated Press

New York, August lo--The monthly tonnage report of the United states Steel corporation, made public today showed 4.S30.324 tons of thrilled or ders on hand July 31. This is a de- crease from unified orders on June 50, which were 5117,S6S tons.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07
ROOSEVELT
 FOUND NEW
 AMBASSADOR

Washington, July "A varied dip lomatic career is behind the new American Ambassador to Chile. Will liam Collier, president of the George Washington University and former American Minister to Spain, who was appointed to the South American post a few days ago by President Harding.
 William Miller Collier was born in Lodi, New York, in November, 1867, the son of the Rev. Isaac Collier. Young Collier was graduated from Hamilton college in 1889, with the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts, securing his year in Columbia University Law School where he won the degree of Doctor of Laws, which degree he al so had bestowed upon him by aamil- Washington and Wesleyan universi- ties and colleges, the degree of L. H. D. from Hobart College being be- nig bestowed upon him in 1920.
 As a young attorney Collier prac- ticed in New York City, having been admitted to the bar in 1892. He mar ried Frances Beardsley Ross, of Au- burn, New York. in 1893. He became a referee in bankruptcy for the northern district of New York in 1898 and a member of the New York State Civil Service Commission in 1899, later be- coming president of that body
 nointed in dso Confer esape apeeia1 ~ Assistant At torney General of the United States, assigned to the Department of Com merce and Labor. He was appointed solicitor of that Department in 1904. In 1905 he was named Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotent1ary to Spain. He returned to America in 1909 and became a law lecturer and attorney for various American cor porations doing business in Europe. He then became lecturer on diploma cy at George Washington University.
 In 1914 Collier was appointed pien1- potentiary mad head of the American delegation to the International Con ference at Christiania, Norway, to frame g. government for the Island of Spitzbergen. In December, 1917, Col Her was elected president of George Washington University.
 While in Washington as a college president he was frequently called up on for advice on many diplomatic questions, and he served during the war as chairman of the extenslon committee of the Red Cross.
 Collier is a Republican He Is au- thor of a number of standard text books on bankruptcy and civil ser vice law.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07
IOWA FARMER
 WINS FORTUNE

Regina. Sask., July 7.--Back in 1907 a farmer boy bundled his bride and his hopes in a white-topped praf- rie schooner and turned northward followed the road straight into Sas- katchewan, settled on a tract near here and were soon head over heels'' in debt.
 year the profits of the once penniless youth will run into many thousands of dollars. He is being hailed in Canada and other nations as a world champion wheat and oats grower.
 James S. Fields won second prize for wheat at the 1915 Denver inter- national show; first prize and sweep stakes at the 1917 Peoria exposition; second prize at the big international in Chicago. in 1919. and took first prize at Kansas City the same year. First prizes and sweepstakes for oats were won at the Kansas City and Chicago eNpositions in 1919. work of MT. Fields is partly attrt- buted the enlarged acreage. produc- ton in the rich districts along the lines of the Canadian Nationa! Rail- ways. Upon his shoulders this year rests the task of making wheat grow ing more profitable in New Zealand. The Government has sent cargo of his best seed to that country.
 He has followed a simple system of plotting grain for special seed, a system which has resulted in agri- cultural experts placing him among the few grain wizards of the world. This year he will try for premier ho- nors at the big International Grain and HaN show at Chicago. The prizes offered by the Chicago Board of Trade, total $10.00O. His wheat runs as high as fifty bushels[fo an acre, while a twenty-acre tract of selected oats seed returned 142 bush els to the acre.
 The Fields farm is one of the Western Canadian show places, It is a composite example of scientific grain raising and mixed farming, the aim of every farmer in the West. It represents the determination of a poor farmer boy
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07
STUDY TRADE
 PROSPECTS IN GERMANY

Berlin, July 7.-Can Germany's cheap labor underbid the world mar kets and throw Americans out of work This question has brought dozens of American business men to Germany who are making quiet in vestiSations of the German industrial situation. The result of these in reassuring for America.
 An American textile manufacturer found that to his surprise he can undersen the German in neutral Eu- ropean countries in many lines. The him the reason why Germany, with labor costing from eight to fifteen cents an hour, cannot compete with the comparatively highly paid Amer ican workman's output. He said:
 Before the war Germany was able to cut prices because of her enormous production. The majority of textile factories today are working production. Smaller output increas- es production cost on the article. The reasons for the decreased output are:
 "1-The graduated taxation is so heavy that manufacturers don't ina it worth the risk to have a big out put. With a heavy production the State takes the profits in taxation; with a smaller gross income they can make a much larger net profit with out much risk.
 1.-The fluctuat1ng exchange or the mark makes it dangerous for German manufacturers to lay in large stocks of raw material The value of the mark may change and they may find themselves in g. posi- ton where they can't even get the original value of raw materials out of their finished wares. Raw mat erials are more expensive when bought in small quantities.
 "3-The State law forbidding dis missing workmen, even if they are unnecessary, makes it dangerous to take on a big staff temporarily to turn out a hurried order.
 "4-The psychology of German salesmanship has been so affected by the falling mark and skyrocket- ing prices that they demand twice the percentage of profit they were willing to take in peace times.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07
ATTEND
 NEW KIND OF SUMMER SCHOOL

New York, July "A new kind Of summer school will open here for over twelve thousand teachers and superintendents who are coming from out of town to New York and Colurn- bia universities and for laymen inter ested in progressive education h. stead of being a collection of teachers and classes, or speakers and audiences like the National Education Associa- ton which meets this week at DeS Moines this new summer school is collection of facts and pictures about progressive ideas actually at work in schools and colleges. Almost any question about latest and best steps in education can be answered here from the actual experience of some town or city or university. Contributions from hundreds of places have been searched for forward steps and in and taxpayers can see here not only how their schools might test the men tai ability and school progress of children but how the schools them selves can be tested.
 Teachers can find where highest salaries are paid. Citizens interested in raising money for better schools V i'll find examples of clever and con vincing publicity by schools and col leges.
 with these exhibits is what is called '.personality and opportunity seh-sur- veying' It is a sort of a clinic in "personality or work problems. Here teachers and supervisors who nave special difficulties in their work, who feel that they are not advancing as they should, or can not understand why their articles and textbooks are not accepted by publishers, may find help privately in ana1yzing their diff ficu1ties and the way out. Outside the private office where these personality conferences are held is sign which reads: Personality wins or loses; shows in work; is teachable and train able"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07

 NOT CHANGED

Washington. July 7-'The sea sons are changing; we do not have the cold weather we did when l was a boy"
 quently heard by representatives Of the Weather Bureau, an important Branch of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. but reports on the weather, dating as far back as 17S0 show that there has been no radical change in the mean tempera- ture from year to year.
 An official of the Weather Bureau has compiled the following table from records taken by various observers previous to 1872 and from those of the Weather Bureau Station at New Haven, Conn.,, from 1873 to the pre- sent:
 For ten years ending 179O, mean temperature, 49-6.
 For ten years ending 1SOO, mean temperature, 500.
 For ten years ending 1Slo. mean temperature, 50-4.
 For ten years ending 1SZ0. mean temperature, 47.5.
 For ten years ending 1850. mean temperature, 49-3.
 For ten years ending 1s4o, mean temperature, AIS
 For ten years ending 1850, mean temperature, 49.2. For ten years ending 1860, mean temperature, 4S-9. For ten years ending 1870, mean temp perature, 49.1. For ten years ending 1880, mean temperature, 49.7. For ten years ending 1890, mean temperature, 48.9. For ten years ending 190O, mean
 For ten years ending 1910. mean temperature, 49.7. For ten years ending 1920. mean l temperature, 50-5. It will be noted the official point cd hat na- riods are those ending in 1900, 1S10 | and 1920, and that the coldest de- | cade immediately follow the second | warmest-
 l and the individual years, it is found | that the coIdest January occurred as | late as 1857. The coldest February l occurred eight years after the warm est one. The co1dest March was as | late as 1870 and again in 1885. The coIdest April was, in 1874, and many years after the warmest one. The 1 lowest temperature in May was in 1872, 1915, 1870 and 1882. The highest figures in June are in, 177e, lowest was 1916. with the warmest
 as early as 17S0 and equalled in l 1876. The coldest August occurred sixty-one years after. the warmest. | in the earlier years but for October,
 November and December the cold | est year came after the warmest year in each caSe- | Weather Bureau shark, that in nine
 months of the year the coldest one | of record occurred after the warm | est one. These figures seem to in dicate very clearly, the Weather Bu-
 reau expert explained. that since the | time of the Revolutionary War, at | least, there has been no permanent | change in temperature.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07
BELGIUM ADOPTS MORE
 STRINGENT 3DRY- LAWS

Brussels, July 7-Belgium is about to take another step in the direction of prohibition.
 Minister Vandervelde, it is an nounced, will shortly introduce a bill prohi ibiting the sale in bars, restau- rants and cafes of heavy wines" such as port and sherry. The new measure will not interfere with the sale of beer or light wines, but will be modelled after the law enacted about eighteen months ago, suppress ing the sale in public places of whis- key, cognac and other hard liquors though permitting their sale for con sumption at home.
 On the whole the law aimed at hard liquors has worked fairly we'll with comparatively few attempts at evas- ion and not many arrests. The Gov ernment winks an eye at the sale of whiskey, cocktails and other kick producing drinks at Summer resorts like Ostend and Spa, which attract many foreigners. but puts a heavy hand down on the hard liquor traffic elsewhere n Belgium.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07
SAYS OLD NEW ENGLAND
 IS FAST DISAPPEARING

Boston, July 6-Women's present. day dress and bootlegging are blamed for the increase in crime in this State by Chairman Frank A. Brooks, of the Board of Parole.
 During the year ending June 1, 1t was announced, 2.9eo persons were committed to penal institutions of the State, an increase of 691 over the previous year.
 "Bootlegging and women's present day dress, which turns our streets into bur1e5que stages. are the prin- cipa1 causes for this increase" said pr. Brooks.
 Marriage has become a joke. Young men steal to gratify the craving for luxury of modern wom- en. Discipline has broken down. The old New England home h fast
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07
Vital Statistics
RIrfhS

To John and Kolie Verilli, 214 Ha1let street, daughter.
 To James and Warify Smith, 117 Lexington avenue, daughter.
 To Dominick and Albino Smorki- vftz, 2SS Shelton street, daughter. To Charles and Elsie Miller, 430 Ogden street, son.
 To James and Maria Silver, S55 Hamilton street, daughter.
 To Andrew and Riche1 Cronan, 65 Colorado avenue, son.
 To Horace and Mary Plumb, 580 Witmot avenue, son.
 Marriages
 Andrew Wormey, 2S, Of Haze1ton. Penn., and Anna Sapp, 20, of 64S SdIlman street
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07
Say England
 Must Increase
 News Services

London. July 7-General SInuts, in an address delivered at dinner gwen by the South African colony here last night, declared the Irish problem could be solved, and pointed out that the situation in Ireland was similar to that which existed in South Africa when the republican movement was strong in that dominion. He said that since the union of South Africa had decided to remain linked with the em- pire the people had benefited from their "forbearance and self-sacr1flce:
 Premier Hughes of Australia made an unfavorable comparison between the British wireless service and the German installations that were in operation before the war, as well as those at present existing in the United States. He said the United States was conducting wireless services to England, France, Norway, Japan and Germany and was arranging to cover other fields.
 He declared America was daily ra- diating in every direction, not only American news, but American con- the transmission of such news to China, which, he said, formed its opinion of the British empire thereon, while Great Britain did nothing. He contended that if Great Britain and the Dominions failed to increase their wireless telegraph and wireless tele- phone services in the immediate f:- ture, they would be left far behind Olher COuhlI1SS
 Premier Meighan of Canada said that while Canada had less cause to complain than Australia and New Zealand, her exchange of news with the motherland was unsatisfactory.
 News that comes to Canada" he asserted, filters through New York, and is censored there, not by govern ment authorities, but from the American standpoint It reaches us in an undesirable condition and as a result, has an undesirable influence and a very serious influence it is.''
 Winston Spencer Churchill, Secre- tary of State for the Colonies, spoke alphabetically regarding these com p1aints.
 There is no doubt" he said, "that the American press is able to collect it's news on a vast scale, and, having been paid the cost of this collection by international circulation, it can af- ford to dump news into other English speaking countries"
 And advertise itself" interjected Premier Massey of New Zealand.
 MT. Churchill declared it was vital in the dissemination of news of the British empire that strong British empire atmosphere be developed, add ing:
 ssThis will come when the mother country and the dominious are able to tell their story to each other in- stead of having it told by other men,"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07

Reich will send the remnant to the State University at Lawrence for clas- sification.
 When the South Platte river was a raging torrent recently with all bridges washed away, a woman was dying for lack of medical attention two miles from a physician on the opposite side of the river When all hope seemed gone the doctor remem- bred that the Postmaster General had 'thumanized'' his department He secured mail airplane and made forward
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07
THIEVES TOOK SMOKES.

Three boxes of cigars. nine cartons of cigarettes and 14 packages of to- eacco were stolen iase n1gnl Gt ron ron the
 ~key workers entered the resi- dence of Mrs. John Baker, 246 George street and made off with a ring
 ., Both thefts have been reported to the police, and are now being inves- Mgated by the Detective Bureau.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07
OBITUARY
BESSIE M. SHANNON.

The death of Bessie M., daughter of John and Bessie O'Connor Shan non, occurred early this morning at her late residence, "A Frank street. She Is survived by her parents, one brother, John, and two sisters, Mo1lte and Susie. She was formerly aa emp1oye of tho Crane Valve Co. The funeral will be held from her late residence, "A Frank street, on Sat urday, July eth, at s:30 a. m., and from St. Patrick's church at 3 8. m. Interment in St. MicheeTs ceme- tery.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-07-07
STEAMER GOES ASHORE

London, July 7-The United States shipping Board steamer, Eastern Sword, bound from New Orleans for Belfast, with 5000 tons of wheat on board, went ashore today at White head in Belfast Dough. At latest reports she was high and dry upon the rocks.
 The Eastern Sword is a small ves- sel of 2,22S tons She left New Or leans June IA, touching at Charleston, S. C., four days later.