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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
PEASANTS SOWING
 BUT. WILL STARVE
 BEFORE HARVEST
Relief in Famine Area Almost Beyond Capacity of Chari- table Aid, Says Major
 Carroll
By Associated Press

London, December lf.-MaJ. Phllip H. Carroll, Moscow director of the American relief administration, who has just arrived in London told the newspaper men here that relief of the famine in the Volga provinces was almost beyond the capacity of charitable aid
 Ever since June, 1919, I have been engaged upon relief work fin central Europe" he said, but nowhere have conditions been sshocking as' they are on the yolga today. In other countries under-nourishment was the principal cause of distress, but here 1t is starvation pure and simple. Our estimate is that there are 12.000, GOO requiring assistance. Our most san guine hope is to be able to keep 100000 children alive through this winter. For thousands there Is ab- solutely no hope, and the aggregate amount of suffering will be some- thing appalling.
 Though we even have to feed chill dren in the streets of Moscow and Petrograd, the greatest need is in the villages where the failure of tho crops is most acutely felt. It is not an exaggerated fiction-would that 1t were!-that peasants are living on roots and bread made from a mix ture of reeds and oily clay. I my self have handled this so-called bread and witnessed the terrible intestinal trouble resulting from the consump- tion of it.
 "The soviet government is working very well indeed to relieve the dis tress. They have carried out so per cent of their seed?sowing program but at the most this cannot bring in more than one-sxth of the average summer yield. One of the most tragic things l have ever seen was the spec tacle of those peasants, many of whom are facing starvation this win ter, sowing their next years grain. They admitted quite frankly that they would not live to see it har- vested.
 The soviet stopped the dangerous movement of massed refugees to the cities by sending food from Moscow and the report that we have suffered from soviet pilfering Is arrant non- sense. The pilfering has been neg ligible, Death is the decreed penalty for it'
 Major Carroll Is returning to Mos Cow at once. The Voiga is begin ming to freeze" he said. 'and no time can possibly be lost in getting food into the more remote provinces be- fore ths waterways are closed. There Is hard winter before us," he con cluded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
TARIFF BILL TO LOSE
 SCHEDITLE k

SCHEDULE Ix
 The new tariff bill, when 1t comes from the finance committee of the Senate within the next few days will be utterly and entirely bereft of Schedule K. It will contain about every ether letter in the alphabet but K will be avoided, as scrupulously as a dusky crapshooter would avoid passing a graveyard In the dark of the moon. One would scarcely sus- pect the distinguished leaders of the grand old republican party are su- perstitious,a but they are. Men like Joe Fordney of the House, and Boise Penrose of the Senate, are commonly known. perhaps, as hard-headed. As one could purposely grope for word, after the manner of MT. Bal four, he would hesitate after that ad- jective hard" long enough to convey to the audience the impression that what he really was about to say was hard boiled"
 Nevertheless, these stalwart old politicians of House and Senate. and most of their associates as well, while they probably would scout the idea that there Is anything in superstition, while they might sit with equanimity at dinner of 13; while they might walk without a tremor under lad der, and audaciously raise an um- brella in the House and refuse to pick up pin pointed toward them; never theless these stalwart leaders do not feel they are warranted in taking chance with superstition where the future of the grand old party is at stake.
 Hence, no schedule K. For those with short memories 1t may be ex- plained that Schedule K was the rock upon which political disaster lurked back in 1909 and 1910. It was the wool schedule of the Payne-Aldrich act, and that schedule of that par ticular act brought an unmeasured burden of misery and woe to the TO- publican party. As matter of fact. old Schedule K became such noto- rious character, such a sinister in- ffuenee, one might say, that the pres- ent day leaders of the party In mat ters of ways and means could not bear the thought of ever hearing schedule K mentioned in legislative debate again. If the Ku K1ux Klan wants to usurp all the Ks In the lan- guage, 1t is entirely welcome to them, so far as the republican big-wigs are concerned. To them the letter K sim iply does not exist. Senators Kellogg,
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respected by the whole country.
 Each week has its crisis fn
 Italy hut the one being faced mt
 present overshadows those of the
 past year and threatens to as-
 sume the proportions of the 1920
 factory insurrection. Last sum
 mer's peace pact between the ma
 tionalist fascisti and the social
 ists has been formally torn up.
 It was never effective, strong
 factions of both reds and nation-
 aIists refusing to recognize IL.
 but It's deliberate destruction is
 tnntnmount to repeating n decla-
 ration of war for the sake of
 emphasis.
 The five-day general strike in Rome and the nationwide printers strike that kept the entire nation without news for two days are ap- parently the first of series of great strikes. Italy has had uncountable strikes since the armisti but they were generally regional. The new strike Is nation wide, and is politI- cal as we'll as economic
 Political Crisis Develops
 Co-incident to, and intimately re- lated with, the economic and social crisis Is the political crisis, sudden ly developed after the Occupation of Rome by the fascist in Novem- Der. The left in the Chamber com bined-deliberate democrats and so- cial mocrats-becoming thus the strongest single group in Parliament and counting among their leaders three carpenters, Nitti, Orlando ano Giolitti. If this group takes over control 1t will be upon the pledge oi disciplining the fascistl. Premier Bonomi is In fact, if not avowedly pro-fascisti.
 It has become increasingly appar. ent that the fascisti must be dis- armed. The other alternative Is the unlikely one of submission to a fas. cisti dictatorship by Catholics, re- publicans and socialists. All three groups have paid heavy toll in dead and wounded to fascisti( bomb and pistol. The general strike that forced an end to fascisti Occupation Of Rome, the newspaper strike and the threatened general railroad strike were and are directed at both fas- cistt and the government.
 20 Provinces Overrun
 sJ proFihceS nave Tor year been overrun by bloody, persistent civil "guerriglie.' On one side the Catholic peasant and ths socialist city workman. on the other the fascist In 1919 the fascisti had but 17,o0c members. Now they have 2,22O local councils (fascios) and a claimed to- tai membership of 320,0oO. They or- zanized for the purpose of fighting the revolutionary socialists and won their first real strength after the oc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
YOUR HEALTH
 YOUR BEST ASSET

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 It is composed of many rare in- gradients. including one ounce of Iodide of Potassium, scientifically compounded. The blending of these compounds are all handled at cur own Laboratories under the super vision of expert Chemists.
 OUR GUARANTEE: If Newlon's Remedy does not show satisfactory results, your money will be refunded without question. at most drug stores in full 16-oupce bottles, containing 12S doses or 43 days treatment, or mailed direct. Also write our free Clinical dept, NEWLON CHEMICAL CO. KANSAS CITY, MO, giving brief outline of your case.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
But With Royalty
 Now It's Different
Special Cable to The Are-Herald

Special Cable to The Age-Heraid
 London. December 17.-There is no doubt about it. royalty expresses it. self with delightful frankness that puts the little hypocricies of the com mon world to shame. For instance. Princess Mary of England has just got engaged. When such an event happens among non-royal people, the brides parents usually dissimulate their relief under some such declara- tion as, T don't know how we are ever going to get along without Clara -she and her mother are absolutely inseparable."
 Of course nobody is fooled, because everybody knows that Clara's mother has not been giving dances, recep- tions and bridge parties these past six years with the sole object of keep ing her daughter at home. But how refreshing is royal candor in compari- son. King George comes out flatly and admits that he and his wife are simply tickled to death that their eligible daughter has at last fixed up with her young man and will be safe ly married and out of the way by spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
ENSLEY ELKS WILL
 PROVIDE CHRISTMAS
 CHEER TO THE NEEDY

Following their annual custom, the EnsIey Elks will provide Christ mas baskets for the poor and needy of the Ensley district. The commit tee in charge has decided to make the baskets substantial, and. while 1t is their intention to use every effort to care for all applications they an ndunce that the absolute needy cases will come first.
 The Christmas committee is com posed of R. l.. Moore, chairman; D. A. Echols, B. F. Moxley. Will Mon jot, Louis Maenza, I. A. Miller, James Busby, T. c. Tharon, J. w. Berry and l.. A. Ransom. Subchairmen to inves- tigate the needy cases in the several districts are B, F. Moxley. Wylam; Will Monjot. Pratt City; James Bus by, Fairfield, and T. c. Tharon, Tux edo and Shadyside.
 All cases should be reported to Ed Warnick, secretary of Ensley lodge, No. 9S7, B. P. 0. E., or to R. l.. Moore phone Ensley 221.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
VIVIAN WILL NEVER HE
 PRESIDENT OF FRANCE


 Rene Viviani, former premier of France and successor to Briand IS head of the French delegation to the Washington conference. up to the time he sailed for France last Wednesday, shook his head somewhat sadly just before he departed from the capital and confessed that he might never, never become Presl- dent of the republic. For days he had been the subject of most intense congratulating upon the speech he had delivered at the head of the horseshoe conference table in stating Frances adherence to the fourpower pact.
 "Ah. it was magnificent: some day 1t will make you President of France" cried one of his countrymen. Alas. that cannot be- said Viviani. 'Et pourauois-p -pas?" asked ths eountryman in astonishment. (Ail of which being translated somewhat lib- orally into English as she is spoken. means how comeT)
 Well" said M Viviani. think for yourself. How In the name of pho- netic justice could the populace ever be expected to cry 'vive VlvIsni. vive Viviani?' it Is out of the ques- tion. Therefore, I shall not be Press ident"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
Eugenics Inuade Chicken Runs of
 Sunflower State

Special Dispatch to The Age-HeraId
 Newton, Kansas, December IT. Boosters grow tall in Kansas nnd Ksnsns poultrymen intend to keep them growing that way. Eugenics has reached the chicken runs of the SunfIower State. rooster exchange was established here to- day where chicken breeders can trade. exchange or borrow roos- ters to improve the breed of their broods and inject new blood into devitnlixed strains. Only haru working roosters of unexcelled character and reputation are nc- cepted, however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
BEAR CREEK MAN BURIED

Phil Campbell, December IT, Especial. )--The remains of Ernest Atkinson of Bear Creek were laid to rest yesterday. the last rites being attended by a large concourse of friends and acquaintances of the dead man. Mir. Adamson was in the mercantile business at Bear Creek. where 1t Is said he operated one of the largest establishments of it's kind In the town. He was also a farmer and owned some very valuable prop erty in that line. The sad tragedy which resulted in the death of Mir. Adamson is said to have occurred at his home when Mrs. Adamson went to the well for bucket of water and while on this errand she heard the report of gun in the house. Rushing back she found her husband dead, his body lying across his bed with pistol wound in his head. No intimation as to the cause of the reported suicide has been learned here.
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red car and an engine without stop ping. But I never met one of them
 When the apparatus was roaring and wailing far up the street 1 puck cred my lips to resume my melody, It was gone.
 Vainly I racked my brain. vainly I tried to find again the notes of the tune I was to get. I could recall every other air I had ever heard. but not that one.
 For time things looked dark. almost wished l had not been 80 sidey about refusing that card. Then. just as I was entering the store, a hurdy gurdy outside screeched out the very tune. It was like an inter position of Providence.
 Hastily resuming my whistling, entered the store. The clerks, all busy with customers, glared at me as they heard the shrili music was scattering abroad. But I dared not stop. once I dropped that thread, l knew it would be forever lost.
 Gone Again
 Yet drop 1t I did. A phonograph In the sback of. the store began roar ing out a dance tune. My slim little ditty could never stand against that. Away it went, and I stood helpless as q clerk approached me.
 T want" I said, "a record by Ca- ruso."
 Certainly" said the clerk, which one?"
 IT am not quite sure"
 We have a great many of them. Would any one doT'
 "Oh, no. Of course not. Certainly no. No indeed"
 Then give me the name of the one you want and I'll see if we have got it."
 IT am not quite sure of the name-not entirely sure"
 Do you know what opera 1t is from?"
 q did know. But-well, 1t seems to have slipped my mind"
 You can play it--on the piano
 'rNo. I can't play the piano-not the piano."
 Could you play It on any instru- ment
 "No. You see I only play the pho nograph.
 Then a thought struck me. The hurdy-gurdy. l would rush to it in my hour of need.
 Leaving the clerk to stare blankly after me I darted out of the store.
 But the hurdygurdy was gone It's voice, if 1t still was raised. was lost past recognition in the roar of traf- fife.
 Yet association is marvellous thing The mere thought of thu hurdy-gurdy brought back the lost melody Whistling merrily re- turned to the clerk.
 That's it." I said.
 Whats it?"
 The tune I'm whistling," re- piled, cutting my answer short SC as to permit the slightest possible interruption.
 "oh-o said the clerk. Oh, yes. see"
 He disappeared and presently re- turned with a large red and black record, which he briskly tied up ir brown paper.
 snatched 1t and departed. guessed I would show them at home
 I kept the record on my desk al day, so that I couldn't lose sight ot it. That night I triumphantly en' tered the house with it.
 Ten minutes later the family stood around me, more in anger than IT sorrow.
 "where did you get that record? 2 they demanded.
 At the photograph store. Why?'
 How did you happen to get ..''
 "Oh that's easy. didn't ever have to tell them the name. just whistled 1t for them. You see Il used to be called over the Summer Seas when was a boy, and remem. bered 1t and so--'' Something in those faces about mt showed me that this speech wasn'' getting over. as the actors say. Pres ently I found out why; The record you brought home, said one of my judges. in hollow .ac cusing voice is over There"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
JURY ACQUITS THREE
 ACCUSED OF MURDER
Bv AssoeIafed A Press

Welch. W. Va, Becember 17.-C. E. Lively, Buster" Pence and Will liam Salters, charged with the kill ing of Ed Chambers of Matewan on the courthouse steps at Welch last August, were freed by the jury after 51 minutes of deliberation tonight.
 The defendants were held under the indictment charging them with the killing of Sid Hatfield and gave bond.
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interest in the case, except as it reveals into what depths of confusion the moral judgment of na- tions has fallen.
 The world has all most forgotten that March morning in 1920, when the Prussian general, Won Luttwitz, with the connivance of Kapp and other royalists, rode into Berlin at the head of a revolutionary army. Their coup
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
MUSIC sCoRE HoLnEn

Turning the leaf of piece of sheet music on a piano can be done so rap idly by recent device that the plan ist can, to all intents and purposes, keep both hands on the keys contin- uously. says writer in an illustrated article in Popular Mechanics Nigga zine. All that is necessary Is to give momentary touch to small hooked bar that hangs below the music. and the leaf is automatically turned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
Conditions Ln Italy Are
 Nearing Those Preuailing
 m Mexico Ecu Years Back
Peace Pact Between Nationalist 'Facisti" and Com munists Has Become Scrap. of Paper and Means
 New Declaration of Guerilla Warfare
By NORMAN WATSON Special Gable to The Age-Herald. Copyright, 1921, by The Age-Herald

December 17The "Bakanizaton of Italy" frequently Italy these days of extraordinary social confusion Con- political leaders inevitable unless
 
 Italy today like the Civil follows civil and admits its failure back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-18
Kaiser Writes History" Which Makes Him Hero of Age, While Officially Pa tronized Films Teach Ger man Youth to Revere Im- periaI Grown
By MAMMALIAN HARDEN Germany's Foremost PubneIst

Copyright 1921. by The AEe-BeraIdl
 Berlin, December 17.-Almost two years after their nearly successful attempt to overthrow the German republican government, the three chieftains of the famous "Kapp putsch" are at last on trial.
 Whether the result is acquittsl or mild punishment. the world has lost
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Washington, December 17-Al- though she may never fire shot in anger. the fame of the battleship Mutsu will live long after the names of the valiant craft of Jellioce and Beatty that turned the Germans back at Jutland, arc forgotten. The Mutsu will be handed down in history for the gallant part she played in the na- val battle of Washington, when, es- caping the Hughes torpedo, aimed di- rectly ct her, she was allowed to live and reign for a goodly time as Queen of the Pacific.
 It is not difficult to understand the compelling argument the Japan ese made for this. their greatest na- val vessel, quite apart from any ques- tion of naval ratios or the sacrifices the Japanese people have made to provide the money necessary for the Mutsu's construction. The Mutsu, to Japan, is more than battleship. She is a symbol. She stands for the trans formation of Japan from backward, isolated nation, into world power of the first magnitude-the treaty companion of the three great white powers of the world today.
 The Japanese sentiment which att taches to the Mutsu may be better understood when it is recalled that she is named for the great Emperor Mutsuhito. wno reigned supreme from 1867 to 1912, and who in 1888 over threw the Shogunate. which had ruled the country for more than 700 years. It was during the reign of Mutsuhito that Japan made her re- markable progress as nation and that a national constitution was pro- mulgated.
 Mutsuhito has been called "Empe- TOT of the Era of Enlightenment" in Japan and his funeral cortege in 1912 was witnessed by 2,000. 900 people. The late Senator Knox, at that time Secretary of State under President Taft, represented the United States at the obsequies. The Emperor Yoshito, who abdicated the throne recently in favor of the regency of Prince Hiro- hito, was the son of Emperor Mutsu- hito and the Princess Yanigawara, one of the eight princesses of noble blood who joined the household of Mutsuhitof when 1t was realized no heir could be expected of Haruko, the Empress.
 To the Japanese the Mutsu is a
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Men and Affairs at Washington

Kendrick, Kenyon, Reyes and King to the contrary notwithstanding.
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 last celebrated French
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 Academy of Medicine a re-
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Thousands Are Now Taxing Nuron Nerve Force With
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