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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
HARVEY ON HIS WAY TO THE CANNES FARLEY
By Associated Pres.

Paris. December 2s.--George Har- vey, the American ambassador to Great Britain, accompanied by his wife and one secretary. arrived here this evening. They were met by sheldon Whitehouse, counsellor of the embassy here, and d represen- tative of Premier Briand.
 Mir. Harvey said he was going to the Cannes conference in advance of the actual meeting in order to have holiday. He said that it was not with view to seeing Premier Lloyd George prior to the conference, at which he Is instructed to act as an observer, that he is going to Cannes this early.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
HUMAN TORCHES THROW
 BROADWAY INTO PANIC
By Associated Press

New York, December 2S.-Crowds on Broadway near sixty-seventh street ware thrown into panic today when two human torches darted from burning building occupied by the King Tire company. ana ran scream ing through the streets.
 Bremen rolled them, both negroes, in blankets, and sent them to a hos pital, where it was said that one of them, known at the store only as James, probably will die. Eugene Me Cuen. the other, was seriously burned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
My Fauorite Stories
He Lacked Storage Space
By IRWIN s. COBE

Congressman of Kentucky, deceased He a young struggling who brancy undertook to read petition divorce speedily badly tangled confused the lawyer him than The judge his when Colonel Hendrck arose
 hope honor he said his ourty speaking "that patiently with He doing 
 said the judge, somewhat testify bear patiently with him. merely trying lr So-and-So a idea"
 Colonel Hendrick, don't .lacet it.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
EFFORTS TO LIMIT SUBMARINE RATIOS COME TO ENI
Local Attorney Whipped By Masked Men
Delegates From, Many States ObserUe the Birthday of Wilson
By Associated prsss

New York, December 2S.-Fifty women from various cities observed the 65th birthday of Woodrow Will son at a luncheon here today They were addressed by Frank L. Polk, former under secretary of state; Hen ry Morganthau. one-time ambassador to Turkey. and Miss Virginia Potter
 Mrs. William G. McAdoo, daughter of the former President was an hon orary guest
 The campaign to raise $1,000. 900 for awards of Woodrow Wilson feun- dation for meritorious service to de- mocracy, public welfare, liberal thought or peace through justice" was discussed. It was decided to start after contributions January 16
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
-------------.e- ----------------- RECEIVE SPECIAL CABLES
By Associated Press

Washington. December 2s.-Spe- cial cable messages were understood to have been received by the state department today from Warsaw, and 1t was indicated that included might be message concerning the recent arrest there of Wolfe Lindenfeld, in connection with the Wall street bomb explosion of September. 1920. The messages were being decoded tonight and were expected to be placed before the officials tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29

Details of the whipping oams to =, light yesterday when Tumiin told his
 story 10 Solicitor Joseph R. Tate and
 other county officials. Investigation stat" "'o 'n' A4 .on, h.. ef tho members of the masked band comrthorn the attorney believes he iden- of afied by their voices will probably M se sworn out as soon as more tansi- ,' ble evidence can be obtained. Tumlin a vas threatened with death, he stated, ha' f he told officials or anyone about
 he matter.
 d-, TumIin declared yesterday that he V q am sure the perpetrators of new this outrage were either relatives get or friends of my former wife.
 W think I recognized the voices of Hugtto of her relatives"
 geneh Divorce Is Granted 0. taecords in the chancery division of hIClie circuit court show that on Octo--
 CT 1s. 1921, a decree of absolute di-
 srce was granted Tumlin against his
 life on the grounds of cruelty and EaSluntary abandonment. On Decem- Univsr 2s his wife filed petition in the will iurt, through her next friend. ask Fayf6g that the decree be annulled on Deehtnabe alleged ground that it was pro- prisflred through fraud, because she was definN unsound mind at the time of the gotia Proceedings which, 1t is alleged, was rhown to Tumlin and that she never InlId personal service of the bill for tests, ,rce and never saw or understood W-a !, contents.
 yorraThis is believed to have been re- Ne oonsible for the alleged feeling of ga sr relatives against her former hus- Puc and.
 According to Tumlin he was tele- TT honed Tuesday afternoon and asked
 go to the Tuberculosis hospital
 h Red mountain that night to write
 will for man named Fowler and
 N greed to go. That night he says a mer oung man whom he had never seen sec efore came to his office in a car for uai i'm. After proceeding some miles ma, h the road, he says, the driver ann topped the car on the pretense that gra ., nal IS tres were oo"n
 T ontaining several masked men was th, the road near this point, he said les nd they seized him. After over u,, bwering him, he said, they tied him bri tree and gave him the alternative as remarrying his former wife or dy- do v,ha, ha toIa stb., that ,a .al
 ,cor ould rather die than remarry her ley removed a portion of his clothes " nd proceeded to beat him with a
 rge strap or piece of plank, he
 ,es not know which, until the blood
 sn down his legs, halting at times
 pr ask him if he had changed his the q .~,-.,,,.s an p.~. rourt.., hvtA Ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
WOMAN ARRESTED
By Associated Prcss

LaGrange, Ga., December 2S.-Miss Rosa Gray was arrested and placed in jail here tonight following the shoot ing of George Littlefield. local taxicab driver who, according to A. o. Wilson, deputy sheriff, was prob ably fatally injured at the young woman's home near here. The shoot ing took place In the front yard and Miss Gray claimed she acted in self act was without provocation, the deputy said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
TumLin Says Life Threatened When He
 Defies AssaiIants
In Statement County Solicitor Lawyer Says He Was Instructed to Remarry Wife He Divorced ea.y yeral
 Weeks Ago-Investigation Is e Q tss<sS
,OO A
d to 8 lonely spot on Red mountain

,poJ oA write will w. E Tumn Birmingham seized by band of Tuesday tied togged him until blood l- |
 
 wife, Tumin, iU everal weeks
 him until death they him without he his former wife andm by next Sunday clothing caked with blood staggered city limits where caught
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
YEGGMEN ROB SAFE

Knoxville, December 2s.-Yegg- men early this morning blew open the safe at the Southern railway station in Maryville, robbed it of $200 cash and a cashiers check for nearly $1,0o0 and escaped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
PLAIN TALKING IS
 NEEDED, HULL SAYS
 ID THE DEMOCRATS
New Chairman Reviews Re- publican Administrator and Compares it With Achieve
 ments of His Party
Rx AhsocInted Press

Nashville, Tenn, December 28.- Declaring that "the time has come when patriotic citizens and demo- crats should indulge in plain talk ing" Judge Cordell Hull, chairman of the democratic national commit tee, in his first public address since election to that position, tonight re- viewed the republican administra- ton of national affairs since March 1921, and entrusted this with the unparalleled achievement" of the democrats in the previous eight years.
 The address was delivered at a dinner given by the state democratic executive committee in honor of Chairman Hull and attended by party leaders from every part of the state It was accepted generally as the opening of the congressional pre- election campaign by the new chair man. who went into the public ques- tions which he said now faced the government and explained the atti- Jude which his party would take on them.
 quate ai6 for veterans. reduction et taxes to compensate for the panic conditions" now obtaining and a rem edy for the situation resulting from the flood of tax exempt securities were the issues outlined by the new chairman for the democratic party.
 Democrats are the loyal and con. sistent friends of the ex-serVice man" he declared. Turing to the farmers condition, he added tha, lever solicitous of his welfare, the democratic party when in power did more To advance Che interest of tba farmer than had been done in all the previous history of the s9tioR and had planned to do much more, if Il ilad remained in power"
 Public Debt
 The burden Of our public debt should be adjusted so as not to be oppIesslNe Ao lne AHeFlSdH tdApdS er laboring under panic conditions. The states. rather than the federal gov ernment, should be urged to deal hy uniform policy with the growing evil of local tax exempt securities.
 The results of the last national election Judge Hull asserted were secured by criminal malignity and
 tContinued on page fourteenl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
Delegates
 Talk Of a Possible
 War With the French
France Must Remain Free to Build Submersibe Fleet Three Times Large Present One-Other
 Powers Are Shocked
By Associated Press

Washington December 28The efforts limit strengths auxiliary they had drawn the French British conference pan-spokn exchange possibilities between France and British
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
Periodic Revision

In addition, the subcommittee agreed that there should be periodic revision of the tariff schedule on the basis of the 7h per cent effective rate in order that the ad vaiorem basis be kept up to date. A future conference, it was added, would be provided for among the powers with China to work out plan looking to the abilition of the Iikin tChinese in- ternal tax) so that 121z per cent tariff might be permitted China.
 The British, it was said. had op- posed the American contention under which China would have been per mitted to impose on January 1. 1922. levy of 1s1z per cent. unless the likin was first abolished. Pending this the British were willing to grant 7A per cent while Japan declared per cent effective rate was the ut- most she could agree to.
 The Chinese declared themselves ready to remove the likin, but in- sisted china could not do this until she was permitted to increase her revenue to relieve the present finan- cial embarrassment and to care for the administrative expense involved in a radical change in the Chinese local tariff and treasury system.
 Delegates declined to go into the technical details of today's agreement until the scheme had been worked out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
PAPER MAKERS ASK PROTECTION FROM FOREIGN DE EALERS
Publishers Object to High Tariff-SesSion of Senate Finance Committee En-
 livened By Clashes
By Associated Press

Washington, December 2S.-Sen- ate tariff hearings were enlivened today by an attack on American publishers by Col. William E. Has lSell of New York city, vice presi- dent of the International Paper company and counter attack on the newsprint paper manufacturers by William J. Pape, publisher of the Waterbury, (Conn.) Republican, speaking for number of small pub fishers, who he said, organized a joint buying corporation because many of them were unable single handed to assist themselves in an en- deavor to obtain fair priced news print"
 Urging tariff protection for his
 industry against European eompett- ton, Colonel Haskell told the com mlttee that Congress had gradually yielded to the clanors of the paid agents of the publishers" until final ly all tariGf Rn newsprint had been removed aHd athe industry aban- doned to drg in The eDb and flow of the international competitive tide. .''
 Asserting that newsprlnt was the only product of the papermaking in dustry which has been deprived oi all protection and bedeeiled by in- spired federal regulation and infer- ference" the witness said the reason for the invidious treatment this branch of the industry has suffered fe al,vfoue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
GERMAN CONSULS PREPARE ID HANG
 UP FLAGS AGAIN
Karl Lang Ready To Take Up Post in New York-0th- CT Diplomats
 Arrive
By Associated Press

New York, December 2S.-Ger- many's diplomatic and consular forces today pressed their prepara- tions for hanging out their flag again in Washington, New York and other cities.
 The steamer Nieuv Amsterdam ar rived this afternoon with Karl Lang, charge d'affaires of the German em- bassy, and consular agents for west ern cities. While they were coming up the bay charwomen and porters invaded the Swiss consulate on Low CT Broadway and began the work of cleaning and removing to new quar- ters in the same building a number of safes, filing cabinets andd esks stamped Imperial German Consul ate' and sealed when the former Emperor's representatives closed up shop here in April, 1917, and turned over their equipment to the Swiss. Except for rust and dirt, the great safes appeared as they did in pre- war days. story was printed dur iEg hostilities-and subsequently de- nied-that American secret service operatives opened the safes on a cer- tain night, examined the contents, and then so successfully replaced the seals as to defy detection. The new German consulate here opens Jam uartr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
POWERS ACCEPT CHINESE TARIFF
 REVISION PLAN
Underwood Presents Agree ment to the Sub- Commit tee-Many Details to Be
 Put In Writing
By Associated Press

Washington, December 28.-The draft of an agreement providing for upward revision of the Chinese cus- toms tariff drawn up by Chairman Underwood and presented yesterday to the subcommittee of the Wash ington conference dealing with this question, was adopted in principle to- day but in somewhate changed form. At another session the draft is ex- pected formally to be agreed to after it has been put in final shape Two or three days will be required, it was said, to put into writing the many intricate and involved details.
 In effect, China will be granted a 5 per cent sd valorem rate, 1t was said. with 21a per cent surtax as soon as a new ad valorem schedule can be worked out by tariff experts which would bring the present nominal 5 per cent tariff up to the effective figure. This cannot be done, how ever, 1t was explained by a Chinese delegate tonight, in time to make the new rate with the surtax effective by January 1, 1922 the date on which the Chinese declared it would be neces- sary to meet the existing crisis in the Chinese governments financial con- dition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
Eastern Provinces

We have been hurt great deal by the cutting off of the eastern provinces That compels us to go outside of Germany for much of the food Germany could not afford to pay the reparations demanded even in the old days before the war. We are much less able to do so now.
 We have the idea that the pres- ent conditions and methods canno. go on. We tried two ways of meet ing the conditions. the only two ways we knew, and they would not work. Some other way must be found, SO that we can pay What 1t will be, do not know.
 ''I do know that we felt the only way to get money was to export our goods to all countries, and this we have tried to do. Many countries op- jected and passed laws 10 keep our merchandise out. In this way they deprived us of the only sensible way to earn the money they ask of us.
 This being failure, our only way was to buy foreign money. That low cred our mark and acted as tempta. ton to foreign buyers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
Consul General

Arriving with Herr Lang-who, upon appointment of German ann bassador, will become German con- Emil Baer. vice consul at Chicago; i; Armand Valette. vice consul at San Francisco. and Hugo Mundt. consul at St. Louis.
 Herr Lang, who has been 24 years in the German diplomatic service, and who bears a slight resemblance to Count Won Bernstorff, the German ambassador when America entered the war, summed up the question Of indemnities in these words:
 At present Germany cannot pay, We must devise new ways"
 Expanding on conditions in his homeland, he continued:
 "Economic conditions are much sounder. The new republican gov crnment is doing it's best to establish good conditions. If they leave us the means to do things, we will certainly come back The people are inclined to live In an orderly manner. and want better conditions of life.
 Tt is very hard for the people 10 face the future under the conditions imposed in the treaty of peace. Ac- cording to the treaty we have to fur nish coal and dyes and" pay clear ing money of more than 800, 900, 900 marks a year, and in addition to this. we have the reparations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
Undue Influence

He added that the fact that the press can control legislation and in- yoke unwarranted regulations. re- strictons and interference for it's own selfish interests constitute grave charge of undue influence and special privilege"
 The charge that any undue influ ence' mad been used by the publish CTS in arguing for the placing Of newsprint paper on the free list was denied by Emory Thomson of ChI- cago, speaking for the American Newspaper Publishers association He declared the publishers had based their argument on the economic ground of the inability of American newsprlnt manufacturers 10 supply domestic consumption. This inability was stated by Colonel Haskell. MT Pape told the committee that the question before Congress before the determination as 10 the placing Of newsprint on the free list, was wheth CT the manufacturers would hold them up for unfair prices
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
Control Opinion

The publishers who. as class, largely control public opinion at fecting business policies through di- rect appeal to readers, MT Pape add ed. have been potentially weak when fighting for d fair price for news print" He declared that no less than three occasions in the past 10 years prices had scared to undreamed ot heights, and that nothing, including federal trade commission. congress sional and court action had stayed the demands imposed by certain ot those who control the supply of news print"
 Colonel Haskell. In presenting the case for the manufacturers. suggest ed no definite rate of duty for news print. saying he would leave that to the committee. He contended that the industry was in bad shape as a result of competition from Germany.
 (ContInued on Page EIeyenD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29

The Age-Herald carries the full day and night Associated Press dis patches seven days a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-29
BIRMINGHAM WEATHER

Unsettled today. Slowly .emperature.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-05-25
God Gave Us Scenery, Anyway

Our good friend, G. A. Webster, who
has been lazily basking under the southern
suns of Florida for several months, gam
boiling about under the palms, and pick
ing oranges in palm beach breeches while
we were sitting ashes in the cellar, has just
returned from the sunny south, coming all
the way by automobile. He states that
with all his trip, and you can bet that he
Travelled with his eyes open every minute
of the journey, he had to wait until the
last days drive to get the finest scenery
the green hills of Vermont. Three cheers
for the green hills and for c A. as we'll.
Charles was wont to tantalize us on
several occasions during the bleak winter
months, with graphic ta'es of surf riding
in bathing suit and with pictures of fruit
and flowers profusely and careless1y scat
tered over the landscape 1t is some sat
isfaction to us poor unfortunates who, by
reason of several things, the principal one
of which might be termed Jack" had to
remain behind, to know that we had him
beat on ~one thing-scenery.- Swanton
Courier.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-05-25
An Excellent Suggestion

Bearing out the cont ention of the TINES
that what the Vermont maple sugar mar
ket needs is wider advertising campaign
either by some organization or by indivi-
dual makers of sugar, is the statement Of
the Barton Monitor that maple sugar
maker of the editors acquaintance spent
the sum of $1.50 in national magazine
and received from that publicity more
orders for maple sugar than he could fill
in a whole season. If Vermont r1aple
sugar makers leave it to the middlenan
or retailers alone to give proper publicity to
this Vermont product they will be apt to
wait in vain, for in most cases the second
and third handle S of the product they will
not give special attention to maple sugar.
Therefore. the Vermont people, the Maple
Sugar association, or individual makers
must, if they wish to develop their market
to anything like its possibilities. engage in
an advertising campaign on satisfactory
lines. This does not mean that large
amount of money will be needed { o finance
the advertising work. The publicity might
be confined to few magazines or news
papers and framed in comparatively mod
est space. 1t will work wonders if ri htly
conducted.-Baire Daily Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-05-25
Coolidge For Vermonters

As one of the speakers at the recent
banquet and sugar party of the Vermont
Association of Washington and the Uni
versity of Vermont Alumni Association,
Vice President Coolidge said that many
Vermonters have left Vermont but that
none have left except fer the good of the
country as a whole. He praised Vermont
products, declaring that the best maple
sugar and the best spruce gum are pro-
duced in Vermont and that among the
GreeniMountains gather the fairest women
and the bravest men on earth. It is
great privilege, he said, to be a Vermonter
and to emulate those illustrious men, from
Ethan and Ira Allen down to George Dew
ey. Vermont history has inspired us to
live in accord with it to revere the virtues
of the people and to recognize their ster-
ling character.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-05-25
Eighty Years Young

Everybody in Hyde Park and vicinity
extend hearty congratulations to our
worthy townsman. Elbridge G. Sherwin,
who reaches his S0th birthday Thursday,
May 18th. A son of Hyde Park, ito the
manner born" he has spent nearly all of
his life in town. He has not been one
without honor in his own country" for
he has been called to fill various positions
of trust as well as to represent his town in
the General Assembly. In all of these he
has well and faithfully served and given a
correct account of his stewardship.
The son of a worthy sire, Gilman M.
Sherwin) he has kept the name of his an
cesters unsullied, and following in the foot
steps of his father, he has long filled the
position of senior deacon in the local Con-
gregational church
In spite of his advanced years, Mr..
Sherwin is enjoying fairly good health,
and with multitude of friends we join in
wishing him continued happiness and SUM-
shine in the years that may yet be his.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-05-25
Union Church

The Tu esday evening prayer meeting
was held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Carl Manchester's.
The Children's Society held social at
the Parsonage on Wednesday evening.
Refreshments were served and pleasant
time was spent.
The Thursday evening prayer meeting
in the church at 1880 o'clock.
The Children's service GU Saturday
afternoon in the church at three O'Clock.
The annual observance of Memorial
Sunday will take place ia the Union
Church next Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock. Sermon by the Pastor. Music
appropriate to the day will be rendered.
All Civil Var veterans, together with
Sons of veterans, World War veterans
and their families are most cordially in
vited to attend.