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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09
U. s. Chemist Jailed in Berlin

Berlin. Aug. 9.--A Frankfort d>
patch tu the S""r>"n TPitung says Dr,
Nathan Van stone. II Chicago chemist
has been sentenced 10 four months i'm
uli>"nn1ut by the criminal court there
on charge Of attempting to bribc Il
rh"nli>t in tn" employ Of an anlinc con
Germ NJ l.udwigshafen into bctraying
factory pat ut secrets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09

sian refugees are pouring into Brest
Litovsk, Poland-2000 day-many
crawling on hands and knees. too weak
to stand, and scores dying in dugouts
along the roads.
An appalling picture of the desoln-
ton. death and devastation in the fam
Inc areas in Russia is given by F. H..
Thompson. In charge of the l'rest
Iitovsk district for the American Relief
Administration and the European Chill
dren's Fund. who arrived here Sunday
night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09

Riff tribesmen, in Central Morocco,
rave been summoned ty the Moorish
chicftains 80 fight against Spain.
Indications that new Cabinet will
b. formed &C. tnkc the place of the Min.
istry now in Office are found in levcl.
cpmcnts here King Alfonso conferred
Yesterday with Count Romanoncs. for
mcr Premier. who later declared that.
ewing 20 the gravity If the Moroccan
situation. he had abandoned a vacation
he had planned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09
PRISONERS LEAVING.
RUSSIAN TERRITORY.
State Department Is Informed
Americans viii Arrive at
hamburg This Evening
CRANE REACHES REVAl

representatives at Riga and Rcval that
Americans who have been incarceratrd
at Moscow were on the way to the
frontier yesterday. They are expected
10 arrive at hamburg this evening.
Riga. Aug. 0.--lBy \. PA mes
sage received here today by the Ameri-
can Red Cross from Rcval. EsthOnia {,
saws that Charles X. Crane. former
United States Minister to China. and
four associates arrived at Revnl last
night on their way from China to the
United States
The report received at Rcvnl last
night that six American prisoners were
due TO arrive today at Camburg. Es
thonia. appears to he mistake. us III"
message reporting Mr. Cranes arrival
adds that no Amcrican prisoners ar"
expected to come out of Russia by that
route.
The Soviet Government today issued
statistics. tending to show II greater
cfro I to combat hunger than in other
fhmin" years.
According to these statistics. Soviet
relief is progressing well, and claims
are made that il is possible. with lin
tied facilities. to transport food. From
June 28 to July 20. il is Gained
1000 peasants. who have been forced
10 live on grass. have officially migrated
to fruitful Siberia by the Moscow
Kazan Railway. while Al 900 already
hive been transported on the Nolgt
River.
London. Aug. 9.-Thousands Of Rus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09
MAN. 81, 'sHINs' PLUM Tars;
safarus smethers, Berwick ..
First Vote for lIneo,. W

Berwick. Pa. Aug. s.-Altbou., !,
is past eighty -one years old. ST. a y
Smethers has been Shining nm u' !,
trees on his lot and picking plums paa n
ccnNy he repaired the roof Of bis -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smethers bovo n' as
their fifty sixth year of morr,od % y.
Berwick. Without eyeglasses his u
tccth Mr.. Smethers Is excon Vt hlx
vigorous Mrs. Smethers. eiob,,.o
does her own housework. Mr.. S,n.,hhvv.
lor President. n'ncolr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09
POSTMASTERS TO VISIT
VICTIMS OF MAIL TRUCKS
HAYS Issues Order In Plan Of Hu.
manlxins Service
Washington. Aug. 9.-lBy A. r.

Washington. Aug. 9.-,By A. FL
With view to further "humnnizing
the postal service. Postmaster General
Hays today instructed postmasters per-
sonally to visit the family Of any one
injured by mail trucks or other vehicles
operated by the service ''and see what
can be done in the circumstances TO
hp'n IN the situation.
This should be done in all cases. re-
gardless Of whether or not an cmplove
of the department has been primarily
to blame the order said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09
DE VALERA GREETS
| FREED COMRADES
Members of Irish Republican
i Parliament Received at
Mansion House
HAIL McKE0WN'S RELEASE
Ry the Associated Press

Dublin, Aug. All the members Of
the Irish Republican Parliament who
have been released from nrison were re-
ceived today by Eamon de Na,Pra. Irish
Republican leader. at the Mansion
House.
Although the meeting was not of Il
formal character. it iS understood that
the conference considered the desira-
bility OF making joint statement on
conditions at the Ballyminlar intern
ment camp, of which members who have
been released make serious complaint.
The release from prison Of John J..
McKeown was received with great relief
by newspapers of all shades OF opinon.
For the first time in many years. there
were numerous English visitors here to.
day TO attend the horse show.
London. Aug. 9.-CBy A. p.l--
After inquiries in wel-informrd UuA".
ters the Dublin correspondent II !h"
London Times learns that tn" GoNrrn'
ment peace offer. with certain rrscrva'
tions. is likely TO be accepted by The
Dali Eircann
An incident which seriously threat
ened to wreck further peace negotia-
tion between the British Govcrnment
and the Sim Fcir has been overcome.
This was brought about yesterday
through the release from prison of John
J. Mckeowu by order of Premier Lloyd
George on representations from Eam"n
de Valera. the Irish Republican, leader.
McKcOwn was in prison under con-
viction for the murder Of Chief In
spector McGrath All the other menu
bers of the Sim Fen Parliament under
detention had been released. bnt th"
authorities Of Dublin Castle had re-.
fused TO set MckCown free. This fact
had deeply stirred the Irish people. who
claimed that MCKcOwn should b" ar.
corded the same immunity a. had been
granted the other Republicans.
Eamon de Valera. in describing Me-
Keown in Dublin yesterday said: "COm-
mandant Mckeown typitics in his Iet
everything we have been lighting Tor 4,
the Irish people are proud OF him. for
in him they see patriot and soldier
Their history has taught them 10 IoN'
the ideal citizen whose dalIntLrH> rodr-
age and readiness 10 Sacrifice himself
for his country are matched only by his
chivalry rs soldier.
Paris. Aug. 9.-CBy \. Pl-Frank
p. Walsh, American adviser to Eamon
de Valera, who arrived here recently
from New York. has obtained British
wise to his passport permitting him TO
travel 10 London and is leaving today
for the British capital by airplan".
Mr.. Walsh had passport for u visit
to the British Isles. obtained in WASH
ington. but it lacked a British Wis" and
last week shortly after his arrival he
announced he would apply to the H"it;sh
Consulate here for such wise. lie de-
clared his tour was personal and with
out political aims. although he has ap-
pointmentS 10 meet Mr. de Valera and
Arthur Griffith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09
GERMANY MUST PAY TAX
Contention Against Collection Of EK
nerts lmpcst Not Admitted

Paris. Aug. .. ,Bl y. r. The
German Trrr>uIl has been informed i"
the lie variations Commission tGut Ger
many> contentious against tn" colt g.
ton of 20 per cent % tn value of Ger
man exports ~ custom duties cannot be-
The commission hes rr~tai"d
it, claim that il must collect 2G per cent
upon Grrmany'S total exports nS an
index figure. but stated the commission
WAS Uultc ready - discuss with Ger
many >uhtrrctiou> from the t"'NI "A.
ports covered by rcrnrntiNnS in Kind,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09

It WIS reported last week that Ger
many had prot ,trd that the value Of
exports should not in" ude the cost of
raw materials Imported flum America
81 ">"whr"c. nor goods re. exported from
G"rnlnny. ucr goo Is partly finished
nb' Dad. nor coal and other rcrAr"t;on>
stables ,NuOrlch to the All!">.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-09
REPORT $4,000 CLOTH THEFT

The theft Of $4,000 worth Of cloth by
means of q forged order was reported
I to the police today by :. lt">enblalt,
AZ North Sixth street The cloth was
stolen yesterday. he reported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16

more to make and market Prices are now lower, labdr is cheaper, but the wartime demand does not exist and production suffers in consequence.
 The farmer thinks along the same lines as any other producer. When the price paid for what he produces is low he does not feel like producing. When the price has risen he finds himself with small offerings at the more remunerative scale.
 The farmer should exert himself this year the same as last and the year before, because it is always safe for him to plant and produce bumper yields of food and feed crops. They keep with or without a market and are profitable to him and his family whether marketed or consumed at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16

a clear understanding and with mini mum danger of repudiation.
 Thus, analyzing our relations with both England and Japan, we come to the conclusion that our interests un- doubtedly lie more closely parallel with the former than with the latter rms being the case if we are wise we will associate England with us rather than Japan. ct can be done on the sound basis of a naval holiday. If we agree with Japan and England to keep the status quo of naval power we Will not threaten Great Britain and Japan can not threaten us. There will then be no reason for England and Japan to form an offensive and defensive alliance which would peril America. We will remain safe and retain the safety of white civilization against any probable aggression from a yellow race. That would be sound and entirely unsenti- mental business arrangement between nations.
 If we reject it we leave the way open for exactly the development which Won Tirpitz asserts is the hope of England By building against England we would drive her to make an offensive and de- fensive ally of Japan, which in turn would require that we build against the combined navy of both those nations. Such a programme would be the height of folly Only those who seek the down. fall of Great Britain at all costs, Ike the Sim Fein or the Germans, could counsel otherwise.
 To them, naturally, their own interests outweigh the interests of the United States. von Tirpitz makes that pom clear To us. however, the interests of the United States are paramount. The article in question, therefore. emphasizes our need of a sound working agreement with either England or Japan in order to escape the grave perilss which un- ouestionably impend without such an agreement. As between the two, England is the more practicable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16
From the Chicago Tribune

From the Chicago Tribune.
 6TlHE article by Admiral Won Tirpitz N in last Sundays Tribune pointing
 out an alleged danger from Brit ish interests and influences in a prob able war between the United States and Japan has already been commented upon in these columns as propaganda reveal ing a dangerous element still active in Germany. It also deserves consideration on it's merits as an exposition of interna- tional relations. Letters to the Tribune, some of which appear today in The Voice of the People" indicate that re- sentiment of anything emanating from the junkers is likely to make us over look truths which may be uttered. That I is an error. We may learn, even from our enemies, and there are ideas in the Won Tirpitz article which should point lesson for us.
 1 Won Tirpitz asserts that England would secretly approve if not incite, a war between the United States and Japan in the belief that it would weaken | if not ruin both nations, and thereby in
 
 crease the commercial and political as- tendency of Great Britain. Such an at titrde on the part of England could be based only upon fear of our commer- cial rivalry This fear, Won Tirpitz insists, now exists. Allowing, for the sake of argument. that he is corrects it would seem to benoove the United States to eliminate such fear in order to safeguard it's own future.
 Americas common sense," he says, would never permit her to intrust the life and development of her industry to the 'brotherly' feeling of Great Britain. {" In that sentence he puts the whole rela- tionship upon a common sense basis. Such basis would provide for an inter national arrangement mutually protit- able such as a contract between busi- ness firms, with nothing of sentiment in 1 it. It is not necessary for us to love England, or to love Japan, or France. or Germany, but we can do business on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16
HAS 70 CATS


 From the Kansas City Star.
 Forty cats!
 Great cats and lesser cats!
 Orange cats and white cats. French red eats and biue-eyed cats.
 One tabby. cat
 when I was little girl. always wanted a cat" said Mrs. P. P. LAdd. 4145 Hyde Park avenue, but my moth CT didn't like cats. She said when l had home of my own I might have all the cats I wanted. but that ! couldn't keep cat in her house l have a home of my own now. ana have all the cats want"
 Mrs. Ladd is president of the Heart of American Cat society of KAnsas City. and is acknowledged by cat fanciers to be the best authority on cats in this section
 This is Marcus Antcniue" said Mrs. Ladd. introducing the leading mem Der of her family"
 "Tabby isn't as beautiful a soma. the best mother cat have. can depend upon her to adopt any orphan that may need mothers care, whether it is wee kitten or a half-grown eat. She runs . cafeteria for all the kittens.
 Does my husband like cats, too! Yes, indeed. He likes them as much as l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16

From the New York Times.
 HrY7F the athletes now training for
 Yale teams could be fed the proper
 0 legumes," says pr. Eugene Chilly, the Litchfleld county chemist, there is no doubt that Yale would regain her athletic supremacy" The proper ie- ugumes' are those that contain yitam- ines, the more the better. It seems very simple. There was an impression that Yale had declined in football pres tige for lack of coaches who could match wits with the inventive Haugh- ton of Harvard. It was supposed that Yales rowing prospects suffered from partial British eclipse. But there seems to have been a chemical reason, dess- ciency in misunderstanding to Dr. Criily. The worked-over, worn-out Con necticut soil does not produce the prop CT legumes." Even spinach is not at its best there-spinach that teens with vii tamines. The doctor has appealed to Governor Everett Lake to conjare with the. state reclamation act. the legisla- cure helping, so that Connecticut shall recover its pristine fecundity. The gov erner is an old Harvard football star- However, his state should come first.
 l The more productive the soil the more yitamines, and. as sequel, the stronger the breed of men. So pr. Crilly. For a time the middle west produced invincible xrtko l;xir Q as it was. and the sceptre passes to the l Pacific slope. There have been long periods in Yale athletics when Harvard was annually ar easy victim. From 1875 to 1907 Harvard victory was rare as white blackbird. There was dead- ly monotony about the triumphal marcn of Yale over Harvard's prostrate Iorin vitamines had not been heard or 'nen
 Perhaps too few of them got into the Harvard system. At any rate. pr
 Eliot's young men did not know now te ulav the game. With the advent of the Eadroit and crafty Haughton the Yale star sbaled. and was almost quencned There were four amazing years 1912 te 1915, inclusive, when Harvard made II noints to Yale's $. Three years Yaie didn't score at all. Can it be that tht Wily Hapghton had discovered the. secret Of vitamiHes?
 I Yale's course in football is now plair enough if pr. Crilly's theory is accept sd Athletes from the middle west ane
 the Pacific slope would have the cal over natives of Connecticut. and tns
 training table would groan under tn' proper lesumes" imported rom Cal fornia. It is true that Walter Caml in his chapter onediet in Training ro Sports" has nothing to say about Vi tamineA The discussion is verly modern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16
LUKE M,LUKE SAYS


 The biggest diamonod In the world Is the one girl is wearing in her engagement ring.
 Here is something else to worry about. What has become of the old fashioned wooden Indian who used te stand in front of cigar store?
 Some of the men are using so much rouge and powder that you wonder why they do not wear vests that but ton up the back. =
 woman gets lot of pleasure out of waiting on the man she loves and out of fussing around him and doing things for flim That is the reason why a man has to wait on himsell after he has been married for while be better to his children than his owH parents are to him.
 If you want to torture your wife leave the newspaper where she car find it. She'll have ST fits until she finds out what the clipping contained Reformers do not worry about tainted money. They grab all they move the taint
 With some men tom0rf0Wsis DIE ger day than today because by to morrow they'll know just what the, should have done yesterday.
 Maybe the reason why your wife i. never contented is because content ment makes people fat.
 There would be more prosperity il this country if you would quit brag ging about your family tree and g, and saw wood.
 IL Is all right to say exactly wha you think, but you aresxoine to spent most of your time in the hospital.
 (Copyright. le3l.1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A PRACTICAL MUSE

 Let poets sing the lure of dreams, The moon, the stars, the lit of streams; The fragile beauty of rose, The wind that ever comes and goes The smart commercial bard is wise He sings the stuff the pubic buys.
 OUT FOR THE EXERCISE 'Is Sam Perkins going to run for office in the next election?"
 ''of course. Doesn't he always run?' For the same job2"
 NO. Sam says it's been nearly 10 years since ne ran for Congress, and he thinks it might add a little nov city to the campaign 1T he'd announce for that"
 PROFITABLE ACQUAINTANcEs When are you going to settle down. son?"
 I'm young yet, dad. I. need little more experience"
 Getting acquainted with Broad dway beauties isn't going to help you in business"
 Tt might dad. I'm thinking of selling limousines and sport ears to tired millionaires"
 TIME OUT
 What I like about my stenograp ph er" said Mir. Dubwaite. lis that she at tends strictly to business when talk ing dictation."
 Doesn't she ever stop to powder her nose?"
 "only when I hesitate over a word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16
CRUELTY TO ROBBERS

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Among the first steps taken by Will Hays to '.humanize" the postoffice de- .partment is to stick Flistols in the pock- cts of employees as q prctection against mail robbers. No rsasoning robber could regard this as humans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16
IN rHE Goop IoLp pAYs

.'The wuffbys seem to take great pride in their ancestors"
 .They have better cause to do that than some people know"
 How so?"
 "One of their ancestors was power at court when kings amounted to some thing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16
VOCATION

John Drinkwater, in scribner1s. This be my pilgrimage and goal
 Daily to march and find The secret phrases of the soul
 The Evangels of the, mind. While easy tongues are lightly haard.
 Let me with them be great Who still upon the perfect word
 As heavenly fowlers wait. In taverns none will be seen
 But can my damon teach My cloudy thought to wash all a1nAa
 In the bright sun of speech
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16
NEW URGE TO EARN

From the Kansas City Star.
 The value of the dollar has increased to s3,2 cents, the department of labor now advises. The upward trend is con- firmed by renewed disposition of many persons to earn one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16

Walter Reed hospital for disabled sol diers. All of these young Alabamians served in France.
 Patriotic organizations and indi- vidual citizens of Alabama may help to make the Walter Reed boys happy on May by sending contributions to the General Committee, Alabama Day." Ward Is, Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. c. They should reach the committee not later than April 30.
 Viviani says, ''If 1t is necessary to go to Germany for the separations money, we shall go" That might eventually result in another hurry call being sent out to help save civil ization.
 # < E
 Irv. Cobb was criticised for tell  ing some old jokes in his recent lec- ture deliveried in Birmingham. The Saturday Evening Post bears witness that Iry. can't be funny afl the time.
 # < #
 For a policeman or detective to feign sickness and then arrest the good Samaritan" who gives him drink is mean trick, but what can the cour. do about it?
 Josephus Daniels says MT. Wilson always tried to do what was right, from which we infer that even the firing of Lansing was done for the general good.
 Williams is now suspected of hav- ing caused the deaths of IS or 20 ne- groes on his Georgia farms. Murder seems to have been merely part of the days routine.
 If the United States were to pay Colombia s2s. 900, somebody in that party of the world might be tempted to start another revolution.
 * * * A fight to bring back beer and light wines will be started in Congress. Both the ''wets" and the "drys" are loaded down with ammunition. $ < + There are probably more conven- tions held in the United States every 12 months than in all the rest of the world put together. <. x < That Richmond lawyer who accepted the clothes a client was wearing ir lieu of fee Is evidently not practice ing law for his health. * q . According to the public prints Peggy Hopkins started to getting married at the age of 1s. She's been at 1t ever since. The ireconcilables'' must havs known what they were talking abou, when they said MT. Harding was ons of them.
 l * # # The inhabitants of Tap should no' be called "Yaps" They probabl, wouldn't be there. anyhow, if they could get away. | x~ * x 1 About all that can be said for tn, Jefferson county jail is that it ism quite as bad as a soviet prison. | x * < l Gilbert Chesterton says he fount liquor wherever he went in America The national hospitality will not down # x g "Pussyfoot' Johnson's invasion O Canada resulted in more or les1 strategic retreat. | E E < Jingoes are trying to start another war before we've finished writinf books about the last one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16
VITAMINES FOR YALE

quite. recent But chemistry is coming itno its own. A cake of yeast tnree
 times a day might bring Yale victory
 over Princeton and Harvard in Novem- her-who knows?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-16
Dallas Farmer Knows
 Value of Good Cook

T ROM South Alabama comes the J story of a young farmer who has married his cook in order to keep her from leaving him. The story is told in a hghtsome vein, but be- heath it lies lot of common sense.
 The foundation of the healthy body which produces the healthy mind is food well prepared. Humble as cook ing is in the arts, it occupies the place of greatest importance. It is at the foundation of the happiness of families. The stature of the men and women of nation depend on the food consumed in the growing years.
 Henry VIII divorced and cut off heads of the wives who successfully amused him or allured him with their physical charms, but Katharine Parr, the last and least comedy, survived because she was good nurse and good cook. She attacked Henry where he was most dependent. Women should not ignore the drawing power of meals we'll prepared and served. l A wise woman in the employment of the government as household eco- homie expert declares in all her lec- lures that the woman who prepares the meals of her family well, serves them attractively and is herself cheery at these meals, sending forth her males well fed and sound in their bodies to each days battle for live lihood, is performing the highest service of which womanhood is capa~ ble.
 Cooking is not ignoble, never was and never will be. It is an art that can be learned so that the work will not be burdensome. Unless one knows how to cook one cannot teach servants and see that they do it well.
 The south Alabama farmer is wise in his generation.