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The New York herald., 1921-05-21

Mexico >, Via Prograso. Tampico and Vera
Cruz also parcel post mails for the Mexican
states ot Campeehe, chiapas. Guerrero. HI
plaxcala Vera Cruz and Yucatan. str Dane
holm, $50 AL.
Cuba ~. via re sna. str Mexico. : AM.
Porto Rico. ST I.Ctaas and 81 Croix, via
San Juan, str Pos-s $50 AM (sup $50
Turks Island. Monte Christi, Puerto Plata.
SANCHEZ, Sanana. san Pedro dc Macoris,
San Domingo City. Azua and Barahona, str
fungus, ! PM.
MONDAY. NAY %.
HayH tJamaica and Colombia =, via Cape
ita%0, Port au Prince. Kingston, Savanilla
aao Cartagena, ctr Elmac, 10 AN.
TUESDAY. MAY 81.
Jamaica, Canal Zone. Salvador (prints.
&cl, Nicaragua Except East COAST, ANA
pala, CEe'uteca (also prints, sc, for Ma
caome, Test t7igalpa and Yuscaran) IN Hon
duras, Coler a, Ecuador and mall other
aah BoRR and for PsFT a ss'eP' e ondrs 99tSs,
and letter ma. FOR Salvador y, via King
stan, Criatobal, Cartagena, savanilla and
san Pedro de Macoris, San Domingo City
and Barahona, str Vague, IL 80 AM,
Trinidad, Ciudad Bolivar and Guiana, via
Trinidad, Georget town, Paramaribo, 81 Lau-
rent dc Maroni and Cayenne, str Lake Fari-
ston. Il NJ.
Transpacific Mails.
Close at New York at 6 PM as follows:
Hawai- and specially addressed mail for
Japan. Corea and China, via san Francisco,
str Nile. May II.
Japan corea. China Siberia. Frenc,i
Indo- China. Netherlands East Indies except
Sumatra), and Philippine Iaands, Via Van
couver and Victoria. &c. str Empress o.
Russia. May 21.
Hawaii, China. French Indo- China Meth
erlands East Indies Except Sumatra). Phil
ipplne Islands and specially addressed mail
Tor Japan and Corea. via San Francisco. str
Golden State, May =.
dressed mail for China. via Seattle. str
Arabia Maru. May %.
Hawaii. Samoan Islands, Australia and
New Zealand. Via San Francisco. str Sono-
ma. May 20.
'Atust be specially addressed for this
steamer.
tParcei post mails and specially addressed
correspondence.
Mails OF the following dates, Manila April
%, Hong Kong 2Sth Shanghai May | and
Yokohama It'll, which arrived per str EN-
press of Russia, were despatched east from
Seattle on May 49, and malls dated Manila
April 90. Hong Kong 25th. Melbourne 10Th,
sydney 27th Shanghai 2sth, Yokohama May
8 and Honolulu 1lth. which arrived at San
Francisco per strs Sonoma and Golden State,
were despatched east on May II, and mails
dated Moukden April 20, Kobe eth and
Yokohama 2Sth, which arrived per str
Tokushima Maru, were despatched east from
Seattle on May IT, The malls from the str
Empress of Russia due in New York on
the afternoon of Saturday, May II, and
those from strs Sonoma. Golden state and
Tokushima Maru on the morning OF Sunday,
May -.
The New York herald., 1921-05-21
CABLE REPORTS.

Anacapa Island light. California, was re
lighted on May IA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28

William Mcclellan, in The Nortn American Review.
 I,sometimes think it would increase
 Anglo American comity if the Brlt- ish empire should adopt the decimai money system. Canada already has 1t. To say the least, it would be an ex- ceedingly graceful action. The coins and notes should be of precisely the
 same content and value, though or different designs. There would be distinct loss in having one design, Tn
 that the masses would not have the constant symbolism of two sovereign nations faithful each to each, with intimate relations. Obviously there Ewould be a very great gain in practi- cal efficiency in commercial transac- tions from such interchangeapie specie, but it is not proposed for tnis flor this reason primarily. Our effort lis to bring the minds of the common man and woman of Britain and Amer Iica to . real unity. Imagine what
 direct and effective help the inter circulation of coins and notes would be--those of either nation equally
 valuable & the holder.
 The most serious obstacle to con fidence and leadership is the evident Hear by many peoples of a British ana American lust for empire. America has probably removed to a large cx- itent this feeling in Latin America
 the only place where it ever existed
 Britain, however, has famed the
 flames everywhere by her additions through the peace treaty. To speak
 frankly. these very large additions of
 territory have operated unfavcranly
 for Britian in the mind of the average
 American. Many careful thinkers, in-
 cluding a vast number of Britishers' Hook on the additions as added
 burdens which really weaken the
 empire. but the popular mind cannot arrive at that point of view. Appa- lrently the British flag, already fly ing over a huge portion of the earth lis being carried on wave of empire further and further. provoking ,eai- ] ousy, resentment, and suspicion. There Is a generally held opinion that once in the British empire, unit : must fight for it's freedom as did \ America, South Africa, and now lre- land. with Egypt and India on the way. Britain's most serious problem :, will be to change the point Of view ! of the American man on the street , The arrangement for extra votes Tn
 the League of Nations merely con-
 firmed his prejudice. The Irish oues-
 ltion stresses it still further. There } can be no complete faith between Britain and America until Ireland Is
 lat peace with the empire. Such prob lems are not local or internal-they are primary tests of national i, character. To reduce antagonism and
 disarm suspicion is the great task Of
 sEritish statesmen. The menace of .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
Birmingham, August 26, 1921.
WORLD, OLDEST UNIVERSITY

w Reginald Wheeler, in Asia. It is not surprising to find that the oldest university in the world Is sit. uated in China, where scholarship was held in high regard in the days when European nations were just emerging from savagery.
 The White Deer Grotto university in Kiangsi province, 400 miles up the Yangtze river valley, was founded in 9G0 A. D., antedating Salerno, the oldest European university, by two centuries as a school it was opened about 900 A. D.
 It received it's name from a famous roet, Li Pc, who came with his brother, early in the ninth century, to the lovely spot where the univer- sity was afterward built.
 u Pc had tame white deer, which followed him everywhere and earned for him the name of Peh Lu Sien-sen, or White Deer Gentleman. He and his brother made their home on the hillside, in a cave, which has been
 
 known ever since as Peh Lu Dong, the White Deer Crotto. In the four teenth century an image of a deer, ,hewn out of stone, was placed there, and it remains there to this day.
 At the close of the Tang dynasty, 9o5 A. D., the school was opened un- der the name of the Government School of the Lu Mountains. In s60 this school was raised to the rank of university.
 It's history was varied one until Gnu Hsi, or Gnu Fu-tze, the famous commentator on the Confucian clas- sics. became the perfect of Kiangsi. The new prefect inspected the insti- tuition and found 1t in a state of dis repair, He sent forthwith an appeal to tho central government:
 "The buildings are falling down and the prefect cannot but take the burden of repairs upon himself; he has measured the place and calcu- lated the expense. Why should he do this? Because the name of this in- stitution is recorded in the national annals" Later he was appointed president of the university, where he spent the rest of his life. Ns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28

is the one outstanding defect in the American republic
 Perhaps no people are quicker to demand a law for their hobbies. One of the commonest expressions on the streets is, "There ought to be law to stop so and so," or "There ought to be law making people, do so and so." We arc long on laws and short on respect for them after they are made.
 The tick eradication law was de- manded in the name of a great in- dustry. In spite of the tremendous importance of ridding cattle of the tick and of the fact that there is law for that purpose, dipping vats are blown up in Alabama.
 For the protection of sheep sew eral dog laws have been passed. When serious effort is made to enforce them a hue and cry against the staying of worthless and dan gerous dogs is raised.
 An orp,y If y,ap ic nuOaosd in flouting prohibition. There arc To- cations where the dry laws might as well not be on the statute books.
 We do not look to Europe for guidance in all our affairs, but we might well borrow some of the Flu ropean's respect for the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
LETTERS TO EDITOR
BInMINGHAM's FIRST STEEL
To the Editor of The Age -Heralt

To the Editor of The Age-Herald: Referring to an item in your paper under date of August 20, relative to Birmingham's first steel. In this connection would say that Birming- ham has a pioneer citizen in James E. Crawford of the Crawford Vaughan Boiler and Locomotive works, who worked and tested not only Birmingha first steel, but is still working Birmingham's steel.
 It is very probable that the pieces referred 10 by Luther Fowler of Tal- ladega, in his article of August 17, were souvenirs off the first steel made, which was tested by Mir. Craw- ford, who at that time, March, 1888, was working under Sam Griscom.
 The steel referred to above was made at the old Henderson steel plant, then located at North Birming- ham, and was rolled into plates at the old Birmingham Rolling mills. Respectfully. yours,
 F. B. VAUGHAN.
 Birminchan1 August 26 192l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
1t Is We'll to Consider
 the Source of AIacks

X FULL-PAGE exposure" of &A Henry Ford's offer for the Muscle Shoals plants has been re- ceived by The Age-Herald, It is the reproduction of an article pub lished in the Electrical World of August 20, 1921.
 Th article and an editorial from the same source attempt to show that Mir. Ford is trying to take ad- vantage of the federal government and obtain control of valuable prop critics for . sum far below their worth and incidentally place addi- tional burdens on American tax payers while evading taxation on the Muscle Shoals property, since it would continue to belong to the government.
 All of which is quite interesting, even if some of the paragraphs are rather technical. No one but an engineer is competent to discuss the scientific details of the Muscle Shoals proposition, but Mir. Ford has laid all his cards on the table. He has made clear cut offer. He is prepared for it to stand or fall on its merits. If his offer is neither practical nor advantageous to the government, it is up to the federal authorities to say so, and incidental ly give their reasons.
 As for the broadside from the Electrical World, it might have im- pressed us more had it not been sent out with the publicity matter of the General Electric company, Schc- nectady, N. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
Home Coming for
 the Semi.C centennial

FT7HERE could be no more fitting U event of the semi-centennial celebration than the homecoming which the Exchange club has fos- tered.
 Birmingham is old enough to have become the birthplace of men and women of middle age and to have produced grandfathers and grand mothers. In half century genera tions have come and gone and mem- ories have formed.
 History has begun to cling about Birmingham. It has past as well as a present. Most of the pioneers who sat at the round table when her early dcstinies were being deter mined sleep in Oak Hill and other cemeteries. Already they are known to some of the latter-day captains only through the pages of the me morials that have perpetuatcd their deeds.
 The sons and daughters of Bir- u,inrhan have souethinc to come back to. Their city has waxed strong and beautiful. There will be the flavor of the simpler things oi long ago to talk about as tho pageant of Birmingham reproduce' them for the old-timers ahd~the new comcrs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
CIVIL STRIFE IN WEST VIRGINIA.

THE civil strife in West Virginia reached point where it is disgracenot only to West Virginia but to the whole country It situation which has been allowed to drift result of agitation and political interference until it has apparently got beyond the bounds the state authorities
 strike which months ago is made the for continued disturbance by individual groups of radicals No one has authority them They turn deaf to the counses of mine union officials They march into adjoining counties in spite of the admonons of the union leader sent among them to advise them sband Sherfs forced to organize small armies of deputies and these have already had serious clashes with the invaders.
 Meanwhile regular army troops called upon to stand ready give assistance to West Virginia and eegrams from Indianapolis urge the President interfere and settle disturbance
 It is alwaysfegrettable when state unable to take of it's affairs Outside interference of kind rally repugnant to any sef-respectng state.
 West Virginia would have profted by study of recent Alabama history When serious crisis threatened in this state Alabama fortunately had who acted promptly and decvely the state from rushing into condition of disorder and turmoil And Alabama to- day take pride in the fact that it is entirely free the situation which exists in West Virginia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
DeValera Should
 Accept British Offer

r7fNHE latest exchange of notes be- U tween Lloyd George and De- Valera will strengthen the position of the British government in its controversy with Sim Fein Ireland. Neither side is willing to make any move that will terminate the nego- tiations and renew warfare, but the statement of the British premier is much more straightforward than that of Devalera.
 MT: Lloyd George has made it quite clear that there can be no set clement unless Ireland agrees to ac- cept free, equal and loyal part nership in the British common wealth under the sovereign" De- Valera maintains that Ireland should be considered on the basis of such states as Holland, Belgium and Por- tugal, but the same situation exists today in respect to Ireland and Eng land that existed when the southern states seeded from the union and brought on the Civil war.
 Every intelligent southerner real izes that the victory of the north in the Civil war was the salvation of the United States. Ireland Is not foreign country but is an even closer unit of the British common wealth than Canada, Australia or any other part of the empire, not only geographically but politically and racially. Furthermore, De- Valera speaks for only one part of Ireland. He does not speak for Ulster.
 Great Britain has made a fair and friendly offer, far surpassing any previous proposals. Instead of sac rificing her independence Ireland would have control of her national affairs, including her religious life, taxation and finance, subject only to regulation of her trade and trans- port between Ireland and Great Britain. As for education, the main. tenance of law and order, land and agriculture, labor and industry, the health and homes of her people and her national defense, Ireland would be granted complete control, with far greater privileges than the states of America enjoy.
 MT. Lloyd George has offered more than the distinguished leaders of Ireland ever asked for and he re. minds Devalera of that fact. And there is also a warning that unless some progress is made in the nego. tiations the truce may be terminated Neither side can well afford to fact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
TINED BRACE TALKS ABOUT LOCAL AFFAIRS HAND LLOYD GEORGE ON THE IRISH QUESTION

productive of good in showing the criminal classes what punishment would be meted out to them for nnur- ders and highway robberies. but it does appear strange that a great number of the public would want to attend hanging.
 The author of "The Mirrors Of Downing Street" a volume dealing with English statesmen. which has perhaps, been the most read book of the Sears in. facetiously discussing Lloyd George, uses the expression that he might have read a book" but he does not believe it. That this author was wrong is clearly mani Tested by the reply of Lloyd George to Deva1era as printed in yesterdays Age Herald. That letter was worthy of Abraham Lincoln or Woodrow Wilson. It was tho dearest cut, fair est and most thoroughly statesman like document given out during the entire English Irish imbroglio.
 If the English government is thor oughly behind Lloyd George in these proposals for the settlement of the Irish question the people of tho Elm erald Isle cannot decline them and have any sympathy from the outside world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
EVENING

EVENING Sara Teasdaie. in the New Republic. There was an evening when the sky was clear, < Ineffably translucent in its blue; The tide was fa1linE,- and the sea
 withdrew =. In hushed and happy music from the
 sheer Shadowy granite of the cliffs; and fear -s Of what life may be. and what
 death can do, Fell from us like steel armor. and
 we knew The beauty of the law that holds us
 here. It was as though we saw the Secret
 Will,
 It was as though we fioated and
 were free;
 In~the southwest planet shens
 serenely,
 And. the high moon. most reticent .s and queenly,s.z sss SeeinE, the earth had darkened and grown still @s s..s# Misted with !i'sht the meadows of the sealIsF " " N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
E x j. D.. Glenn Would Teach Respect for the Law

HMR. c. B. GLENN, superintend- W ent of he Birmingham public schools, is aiming in the right di-
 rection when he advocates teaching | higher respect for law and au- fhority. Lack of respect for the law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWH HERE
Vote For All

J. Asa Rountree tells this also: "A wise woman. whose family contains five voters has gotten her family together and suggested as a stroke of worldly wisdom that they divide the 25 candidates for the city com mission into groups of five each. Each member of the family Is to vote for his or her group. In this man ncr the entire family will have voted for 25 candidates and, when five of them are finally chosen, the family will be able to make a good showing of having supported the winners.
 Rather canny, is it not? Reminds me of some of the old law and busi- ness firms of Birmingham, who could always be found divided In their po- litical leanings, hence always had d claim on the winners"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28

church and married in that church without the kn9wledge or consent of her parents
 It is true a Pedro Gussman mur- dered his wife some time ago up in Peoria, III. But the name Pedro Gussman, in Spain and Spanish rro- vinces, is as common as John Smith in this country. There are many of them in every community and many of them have come to this country The man is hard working, honest paper hanger who is said to do the best of work, and it was indeed un- fortunate that he should be made the target of the turmoil and strife which is resulting here from the kill ing or one of Birmingham's good cit izens.
 What a horrible thing was the pub lie hanging of two negroes on Friday last in the yard of the county jail!
 The general public was of the op- inion that hangings like electrocu- tions are held in more or less. pri- vacy with only 8 representation ot officials and witnesses to make sure that the legal hanging occurred. Yet this seemed not to be the fact and that Alabama laws still permit ot public hanging. Perhaps the off cials thought that admitting a cor tain number of the public would be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28

would be the arbiter of nations. sym pathetic and scrupulous toward each other, they would gain the confidence and faith of the others. In any con clave of the nations their ind4pen- dent actions would be completely harmonious, and the moral force created would settle differences SC that they would become details Or disappear altogether. 4 long time fight be necessary, and the progress might be slow and jerky. Perhaps the end is far off, but, there can be no finish unless there is a start. If the world. is to become really safe for democracy. an -unwritten entente De- tween Britain and America is the only conceivable first step, with both nations recognizing faith in each ofher as their most precious possess sion. ,sssr Elsf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
AM9,asa

'No. for a week after they set through running it.p
 A WORD TO PosTERITY
 The young author lay dying in a hall bedroom.
 T hope posterity will remember me-" he murmured.
 of course 1t will' Said his only friend. who sat at the bedside.
 Tn future years if anybody writes g biography of me. hope he will not forget to say that I starved to death rather than write for the movies"
 COURAGE. , There are heroes of the upper air
 And heroes of the sea,
 For dauntiess souls are always met, Wherever men may be. The need of courage surely finds A man to meet the test And prove 1t Is no. craven heart
 That beats within his breast. But for one name the poets sing
 A hundred are passed by; Among the latter, strange enough. We must include Bill Fry For when a sorcly troubled friend, Afflicted with a thirst,
 Was fearful of purchased quart He bravely tried it first. WRONG MAN. Its rather awkward when more than one life saver is working on the job,'' said the beach guard. & How is that, Montmorency?" T picked a beauty out of the waves yesterday, and when she opened her eyes she said, 'Pshawl You're not the one.'" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
-A MoozIER JOKE
the Indianapolis New $

From the Indianapolis NeWs'
 As a result of the collapse on the court at Forest Hills of Mademoisslle LenHlen, /the womeD's tennis cham piorship pennant still bears the socd old American name Of Bjutstss'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
THEIR SPECIALITY

From the Providence Journal.
 Putting jiEsaw puzzles together is said to be good for the nerves. On the same theory the international diplomats ought to be the calmest persons on earth,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28

MORAL SUPPORT
 o let us not
 Gainsay the man
 Who cherishes
 A lofty plan
 To make the world
 A better place
 And thus improve
 The human race.
 I freely own
 His scheme Is great
 Although, just now,
 I can't donate.
 A LOST ECHO DO you believe a soft answer turns away wrath?" /. "Oniy for the unae bsing." said the mctorist. ? "iiew's thatr' Pleasant words, spoken to | traffic policeman seldom reash .he judge wLo fines you.'
 SYMPATHETIC JURORS. The trouble with juries in this part of the country is that they won't convict man who Is accused of violating the prohibition law" "The average juryman doesn't re- gard that as any trouble,' said Squire witherbee. .'No?" especially when he samples tn evidence"
 FEARS THE WORST. T understand the ladies are going to run your paper for A day" Yes" said the editor of the Chig- gersviile Clarion. I'm going nsh- irg." "Whiie they run the pauerf~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-28
Opening of Schools

Plans are being rapidly completed for the opening of the county schools on September 1S,' said Dr. N. R. Baker, county superintendent of ed- rcation. We will not transport as many pupils to city schools as we did last year, as we have erected sev- eIal handsome new county high schools and will let all children liv- ing out of the city limits attend those.
 For instance, the new McAdory High school at McCalla, the Huey- town High school and the Jones Val ley High school at Powderly will practically take care of all high school pupils in those communities" :"