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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-08
The New Army

Step ny step. he tells how tn" new
army. the regulars. the national guard
and the organized reserve. vas been
b-ourh, Into being. Th" major fUuc-
ton Of the regular army he says. Is
20 provide corps OF trained instructors
IN order .nat the reserve elements of
the force shall no; he subjected 10 the
excessive dangers HAT confront raw
troops" II called for a war emergency.
FOR this purpose It was essential. Mr..
Weeks says. that the regular army have
a large surplus Of officers 10 do this
training Of reserve personnel. He adds
that even It the regular army rs main
,oj,e1 =, ;ts rreqert low strength" with
man. officers released for training work
nv consolidation. units Of the present
commissioned strength will I've insutt'-
Glen, TO rulfN thc functions required
hv our national defense policy. wneh
that policy a~ttA.ns its realization
Through acceptance Of military training
by the American people.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-08

About 1850, 600 ~ESllons of water az"
discharged every q hours from ihe blH
bot springs in Wyoming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
THE COURIER

 By Clinton Scollard. He is a vagrant of the day; He is . cagabond of night; Now in the vale. now on the height, He is eternally astray. His feet are light upon the sea; He treads the pathway of the
 stars
 There are no bonds, there are no
 bars, To stay him if he fain would flee. N Though none may see his face or
 form,
 Yet-every one may hear his voice. Now loud. now iow-hark him re- To ride the pinions of the storm. As old is he as is the earths Yet young as Is her youngest
 flower;
 For sorrowing he has his hour; He has his hour for boisterous mirth. And now at peace. and now at strife, He moves as one who has no plan, Though he has been, since time be-
 gan, To man the very breath of life. Though blundering he seems and
 blind
 He sees. and bears from pole to
 pole
 A vital msssage for each soul. Gods winged courier, the wind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
JOHN HERBERT PHILLIPS. IL. D.

TT HE death of Dr. J. Phillips superintendent of Brinq- hams public schools constructive force from the community life whose influence will be felt for many years to come.
 Dr. Phillips became superintendent of schools in Bring- ham in 1883 and had filled the position continuously since that time Here figures which tell most graphically what has happened to Brmingham schools he been their head:
 Year Teachers Enrolled School Property 1883 15 o67 7s non 1920 79O 34O71 d7IHJes
 The public school system of Birmingham which is regard ed as one of the best in the entire country to the foresight and ndefagabe work of the deceased intendent. f
 Dr. Phillips as educator man with vision If he was sometimes criticized for aoofnes it was because of n apy of critics to his problems from the lofty consr CVe plane rom which he viewed them The results he acneVed speak for themselves His such as to W Wn the everlasting gratitude of the city
 put was not alone aschoo man that Dr. Phillips m
 neI Iet m the life of the community the south schor or ripe atalnments, gifted orator man of com
 oig presence, he shed Illuminating light upon many SuoJecs affecting the public welfare
 As an educator he than kept pace with the ma development of this great city thirty third degree Scot and worhness of the tenets that order As Rotaran he exempfed that organizations motto Service for he the author of the ethical adopted the Inerna
 ona Rotary clubs The breadth of his vision looking to ad
 III euucaJon IS further shown by fact that he was the father of Brmnghams public library for if wac be who made the beginning with few books and for many years the pubc library attached the old hph school nurtred and fostered by Dr. Phillips interest and care
 His death is particularly tragic following so closely that of his wife few days So that Dr. Phillips passino mouned not only In the minds of those who appreciate his great work but also in the those who knew him in matey and who sympathzed with in the loneliness had to him at the of 67 after he had en aa years or hls life to the school system of Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
LETTERS TO EDITOR
RAeLANp scHooL cAMPAIeN

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 We wish Ito notify the public through your columns that we are just informed by MT. Leon C. Brad ley. chairman of the committee ap- pointed by the exchange clubs of the for the Alabama School of Trades and Industry, will be ready and started on August without fail. The getting out of printed matter neces- sary for the campaign has caused the delay; but on August the campaign will start and be continued until ev- eryone In the state has had an op. portunity to contribute s1 or such ad- ditional amount as everyone will feel justified In giving. We wish to say to the public that we are daily re- ceiving contributions already, while others are writing us to know when the campaign will start, as they wish to contribute when the campaign IS on, and in some cases mentioning the amount which they wish to give which will be much larger than the dollar contribution that is to be put on. Yours very truly,
 ALABAMA SCHOOL OF TRADES
 AND INDUSTRY,
 By Watt T. Brown. Chairman Board of
 Control.
 RaGland July 21 1n21
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
Caravans of Africa

Temple Manning, in the Cleveland
 Plain Dealer.
 On a hunting trip in the great Af- rican forest. where the rubber is gathered, I heard a weird chanting coming from over the river as we ap- preached Makala. The wild voices came across the water in a monoto nous chant mixed with discordant notes blown on antelope horns. It was the natives I knew, but why they sang I did not know. The chief of my carriers told me.
 l It was not special festival to the sowing of crops, nor an invocation of the natives to the supreme spirit. It was only rubber caravan return ing from forest trip, happy at the thought of coming home.
 Louder and louder grew the chant, and at last, from among the great trees the caravan wound into sight. We of our party stepped back to the side of the trail and watched the rubber carriers file past.
 At the head walked a chief re- splendent in gala dress, and following him came the gatherers. One by one they strode past, chanting their song as they marched, and on their backs | they bore the rubber The men were big, black fellows, strong and stall wart, and the women fit mates in brawn and muscle.
 It will ever be an open question In my mind whether the women were not even stronger than the men. Many woman, in addition to the heavy basket of rubber on her back, carried her little black baby strapped on her hip.
 We followed the caravan into the town of Makala. There the rubber was being weighed and the cares of the trail forgotten in the time of payment. The women were all stand ing around the scales with giistening eyes, looking at the treasures <they coveted spread out for their choice.
 Cloth, salt, soap, beads are among the greatest treasures. but even more precious to these dusky women are the little bells that the white men give them to tie on the baby's tiny wrists and ankles. For, like all good mothers the world over, these black workers idolize their children.
 At work in the forest camps, gath ering rubber, or on the hard marches carrying the precious rubber to mar ket, .the African woman will not be separated from her baby. No matter be- her little black child Is strapped to her hip and she croons to 1t as she works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
There's No Balm for
 Conrressman Tinkham

~ CONGRESSMAN TINKHAM W and the few other members of the southern punitive expedition will not relish the report of the census committee of the House which provides for total member snip of 46O, compared with the pres ent A35, and accords both losses and additions to representation on . purely non-sectioral basis.
 RNs Takhsm and his dwindling coteris have sssd to get anywhere bsyond publicity. No one takes theia sly. Tns nation has na atenep ef trying it's hand at anotnsr force bill.
 Moreover the United States st large has learned that tte southern negro is better represented b.' ths southern white man dominatiua his fate and understanding his limits- tions. as .Hsll as bis good gA s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
A GROSS OF GREEN sPECTcLEs

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 Of all your psychologists in trade, your auctioneer Is perhaps the keen est. The corner stone of his busi- ness is a quirk of human psychology, the wish to get something for noth- ing, and the sharp auctioneer plays upon that trait to make it give something for nothing.
 Any auction is a museum of hu- man nature. There all the human fish are on exhibition. the gulping sucker the. wary trout and the greedy shark. The autcioneer plays them one and all. He is sportsman and takes more pleasure in landing one wise old trout than in scooping up a netful of suckers. The sharks only are too much for him-the second hand men and the pawnbrokers, who know values as well as he does and are precisely aware what they can do with the goods. In his game the auc- tioneer has to admit them as equals.
 But it is fun to watch the others at one of these "oId hoss' sales like that the police held the other day. It is fun to see some hard boiled egg, who would bite nickel if his grandmother gave it to him, pay a 14-carat price for brass watch. It Is fun to see some woman who is a walking dry good price list swallow a bolt of mercerizedNcotton at a Chi nese silk valuation. But it is fun nier still for the onloQker when he gets home and finds that the camera, which he got at, oh, such a bargain. has no lens and will not take any American plate.
 Good advice for any one who goes to an 'old hoss" sale, no matter for what purpose, is first to read Oliver Goldsmith's story of Moses and the green spectacles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
Near Completion of
 Shipbuilding Contract

M OES Alabama realize what fl U means to have IA ocean freighters of 10000 tons capacity built in it's own waters of it's own materials and taking its products to the four corners of the earth?
 The Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car company will launch the Knox vile City August 6. That is the thirteenth of the fourteen steel ships under contract to be built for the Isthmian Steamship company, sub- sidiary of the Steel Corporation. Only one more remains to be fin ished, the Chattanooga City, which will come from the ways in the next few weeks, thus completing the work.
 The first ship was launched just a few days before January1 1920. The thirteenth will be launched in 20 months. That is record worth while. Like other industries located in Alabama since the Steel Corpo- ration came here. the building of ships has been done in plants of the most modern and efficient type.
 One of the wisest steps taken by the management of the Tennessee company was in anticipating the time when the shipbuilding yards and the Birmingham shops forging ship materials might face periods of reduced production. and establish ing in conjunction with the mills plants that could use the same ma chinery and mill, products in the manufacture of standard steel freight cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22

ipate in the conference because leav- ing the Russian problem unsettled might lead to new wars, particularly in the far east, where Russia and Japan have conflicting interests.
 Ordinarily such arguments would have weight, but the soviet regime is not regarded as responsible gov ernment, nor one that represents the Russian people. No understand ing reached with such government would be worth the trouble of mak- ing it, and President Harding could not invite soviet Russia to take part in the disarmament conference without acting contrary to the policy in dealing with bolshevism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
Soviet Leaders Would Send Delegates to Conference

@ OVIET RUSSIA has seized G upon the disarmament confer ence as a pretext to make another bid for tacit recognition by the Unit ed States. A dispatch from London -ays the soviet officials have ar ranged to send representatives tc Washington, if an invitation is re. ceived.
 The American government haS made is clear that it will have nothi ing to do with bolshevism. Under normal conditions Russia would b' invited to take part in the delibera' tjons. The future peace of Europe and Asia depends to large extent n Russia, and she ought to play g commanding role in the proceedings at Washington, but unfortunately she is an international outlaw.
 The Russian leaders claim tha they indorse President Harding movement to effect a permanen world peace and they should partic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
Hugo Stinnes, Master
 of German Industry

6HHERE is one man in Germany
 U today more powerful than the Hohenzollerns ever were. That man is Hugo Shines, an industrial dictator with whom the world will have to reckon, sooner or later, in trade war which will be gigantic in scope.
 From time to time reports have come from Germany which show how the German people have gone to work. There could not be a more startling illustration of just what is taking place in Germany than the operations of Shines, who dwarfs the financial and indus trial magnates of America. A dis patch from Berlin to the New York World says Stinnes and his asso- ciates are gradually welding the coal, iron, steel, chemical, shipping, transportation, banking and paper industries, as we'll as the newspapers they can get hold of, into one vast economic machine" Their purpose is to win back the worlds trade and make Germany a more powerful nation economically than she was before the war.
 It is estimated that Shines al- ready controls 1,340 companies, with a capital exceeding 6,o00,0O0,- 900 paper marks. He employs 100000 workmen and it is said that the Shines factories produce nearly every article in daily use by the German people. The rest of in- dustrial Germany is controlled  largely by a group known as the Big Seven," which includes the Krupps.
 Apparently the only weakness in Stinnes' ambitious plan is the hos tility of the workingmen, but that will probably not make itself felt until Germany is once more on a pre-war basis. Just now the slogan is ''work," and the German people are doubtless glad that such a fig ure as Shines has risen to hasten the nations recovery, in spite of his dictatorial methods and the vast wealth he is creating for himself and associates. One Stinnes is worth more to Germany than dozen Von Hindenburgs and the German people know it. While her conquerors are still trying to settle the war problems, Germany is get ting ready to dominate the worlds markets. /
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR
 Dear mew exclaimed Professor Disgs. Il was afraid would get Mrs. Diggs' orders confused when she went away"
 What's the trouble, professor"
 T just happened to remember that put her ferns out and watered the cat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
cor JOHN DOES RECORD

From the Detfoie NS"S'
 To a patrolman of Detroit goes the booby prize reserved for officers who appear against priseners in the md- nicipal courts. This now outclasses the officer who once registered his prisoner as a native of ''WhaN,s,' or of the other who wrote that his man was by occupation a "Mccanic."
 The present prize winner first as- signed a fictitious name to, an in toxicated man unable to identify him. self and then painstakinxly looked up the mans police record under the assigned name.
 The officer in question arrested a man for intoxication. Because the man was too drunk to give his own name, he was assigned the time- honorcl title. John Doe. When brought before Judge Thomas M Cotter the prisoner had recovered sufficiently to explain that he was Ed Roach, no home. The officer sravely handed the court a state ment of John Does two previous ar- rests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
A wEALrHY CITY

From the NcW OhAoahs Atouis
 In spite of itsfrecent financial diff faculties the annual audit of Mon roes books this year shows that city has anfeuuity in It's public improve ments of approximately s1.ooo,ooo which makes it probably the richest municipality in the south. Its public utilities are valued at $s4s,0o0 and it's public buildings and grounds at $77s,ooo. Realizing that growing concern constantly needs more cap ital, Monroe. is preparing to invest another million in public improve ments. If the money is invested wisely the public utilities will soon pay for themselves and enable the city to chespen the cost of service or reduce the tax billsi la 1t eleets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22

THE WORST OF LUCK. Sing a song of gasoline,
 Out to take the air, Genial broker and a queen Who Is wondrous fair. Little dreams he sad mischance Soon will spoil his day; If he knew 1t in advance, He'd not be so gay. Spins another motor by Such, alack. Is life. Who impales him with her eye, Who else but his wifei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
cA0~InUaMlAau,siH.
SAFETY FIRST

From the Arkansas Gazette.
 These scientists who can't explain why a woman closes her eyes when plain why man scratches his head when he thinks. We can't help them, but we do know that fellow shohld scratch his head before he tries to make a woman close her eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22

than by any arrangement that could possibly be made by outsiders.
 The country knows that whatever a man like Tinkham would do in be- half of the southern negro would work to the negro's disadvanta pe. Omitting any consideration of the southern white man, who pays the taxes, sensible northerners have de- cided that the established order is best for the negro himself.
 bela Kun is reported to have been arrested at Lemberg for plotting a red" uprising In Galcia. Deadly germs are always carrying off people who are useful to the world, but Bella seems immune
 Admiral Sims Is using a circular letter to thank his friends and ad- mirers because they are SO numer- ous, and is probably prouder than ever of his "jackass" speech in Lon- don.
 A fair girl bandit who was sent to prison the other day smiled and said she didn't believe it would do her any good. The fascination now adays Is hard to overcome.
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 A contemporary informs us that Hoover's middle name is Clark. Woodrow ' Wilson's other name is Thomas, but he managed to do pretty we'll in life without it.
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 Considering the quantity of death less poetry that goes into editorial waste baskets. you would never UT edH thdt thfre IS white paper shortage.
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 Soda water profiteers are going merrily on their way. but they mean nothing in the life of the man who is accustomed to something harder. s < * #
 An Indiana man who lectured on Why worry?" has committed sui eide. There is still wide gulf be- tween preaching and practice.
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 All the little states will please not send representatives to the disarm- ament conference. There won't he room enough to go around.
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 An English lecturer estimates that Solomon's temple cost $4,oo0, 900, GOO. There must have been building graft in those days.
 Let us hope De Valera will not get into the habit of running over to Dublin every few days to strengthen his resolution.
 There are only 8 few billion bar rels of crude petroleum left under American soil. Drive your flivver while you can.
 The shipping board has almost enough wooden ships on hand to solve the fuel problem next winter. In case that beer ruling Is issued by Commissioner Blair, have you ds. cided what disease you will contract?
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 German motion picture queens are trifis old and fat. Mary's fame is secure.
 That part of the debate on the bonus bill which was expunsed was incomparably the best part. Y Y x
 The odor emanating from Illinois politics is almost overpowering as far south as Alabama. * E # The idea that Secretary Hughes
  isn't earning his salary these days Y erroneous . ' Tes Midako can never hope to be quite as democratic as the Prince of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
SENATORIAL REPARTEE.

What did Senator snortsworthy say when, in the heat of debate, a colleague called him a base vote getter'?
 The senator made a rather neat reply. He said, Sir, leave off the qualifying adjective, base" and I'll thank you for the compliment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
BOTH CHEAP
rom Cartoons Magazine.

From Cartoons Magazine.
 Bannon; T wonder what they call tho stags-door Johnniss at movie studio" Shannon, "Celluloid Callers" |probabls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
PREPAREDNESS.

As his custom is after a good nights rest, Mir. Jobson was singing Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep" In the bathroom where he was about to take his morning ablution.
 Henry" cried Mrs. Jobson through the keyhole of the door, "a collector for the water company is here. and he says if you don't pay our bill he'll cut the water off"
 Tell him to do his durndest," re- piled Mir. Jobson, cheerily. i've filled the tub"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
CHEAP AT THE PRICE.

CHEAP AT THE PRICE.
 T got this car for $1oo at an auc- tion sale" remarked Mir. Bibbles. Tt was confscated by prohibition of- ficers. A bargain, eh?"
 Tt looked rather dilapidated."
 "Yes, 1t will never run again, but the backs of the seats are hollow. They contained six gallons of choice 'moonshine' the officers overlooked"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
CONSCIENCE STRICKEN.


 See here" protested the lawyer, if I'm going to defend you, you'll have to drop that guilty look" T can't help it." replied his client. I'm new in the bootlegging busi- ness, and have such a poor memory for faces, for all know I may have solicited the Judge.'
 CELLULOID RENOWN. Twinkle, twinkle, movie star. Let critics say you cannot act: Your shadow self is known afar And no one will dispute the fact In distant lands across the sea, From coral strands to arctic snows, All kinds of queer humanity Are patronizing picture shows
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
AN OLD STORY.

AN OLD STORY What's the news from Jazz beach?"
 "A distinguished looking guest who posed as a count has been found to be floorwalker in the city, That isn't what would call news.  It is merely case of history re- beating itself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22

A MORNING PRAYER Grant me, Lord, a vision of life's beauty and a blindness to life's faults and n knowledge that the
 beauty is Thine and the faults my own. Amcn.--M. s. B.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-27
WASHINGTON VIRGINIA
RAILWAY COMPANY
In Effect Luna EAh 1901

Leave Alexandria for Washington
Daily Except Sundays:
4. M.-5.0O, $40, Geo, 6.15, ESQ, 6. 10
GAG, 6.53, 700, ITO, I'll, 7.25, 1883,
7.3S, 7.45, 1853, 7.57, 500, S.07, SIS.
$50, $50, S.45, $50, $40, 9.25, $50,
$40, 9.55, 1910, 1925, 1O.3Ox, 10.4O,
1888, l1.0Ox, lilo, 11.25, 11.30x,
LAO, LISP.
12.00x noon.
P. M.-12.1O, 1926, 12.sOx, 1910,
1856, LOOK, Ito, 1.25, 1.30x, LAO, 1.55
2.G0x, 2.1O, 2.25, 2.90x, 2.4O, 2.55
3.00x, $40, 800, $50, $40, $50, 400,
40, 4.20, 4.30, 4.35, 4.45, 500, sos,
SIS, $50, 5.25, $50, 5.35, 5.45, $50,
$40, 6.25, $40, 6.55, 7.i0, 7.25, TAO,
1855, $40, S.25, $40, $50, 80, 9.25,
$40, 9.55, 1910, 1925, 1910, 1855,
lilo, il.25. 11.40, A. NJ. 1915.
Express trains TO Washington.
Alexandria to Ma. Vernon Daily Ex-
cept Sundays.
A. S.-5.s5, e.45, 745, $40, $50,
1890, 1880, HOO, 11.3O, 1900 nocn.
P. M.-12.30, loo, 100, 200, 2.30,
500, $50, 400, 4.aG. $50, $50, 7.3O,
$50, $50, 1870, 11.55.