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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23


 Rev. F. H. Hutchinson will hold serv- ices Sunday morning at the First Chris ton church, using as a subject "'fhe Sure Foundation" Sunday school at 9:30 a. m, Christian endeavor at 6:l5 D. m. There will be no evening service at this church on account of the Torrey services at the Presbyterian church.
 Rev. w. P. Price, pastor of the First Baptist church, will hold services Sun day, using as a subject in the morning, "A Religion of Power;" in the evening, Ali Things at Work for The Christian. Sunday school at 9;3G a. m, N. B. Par ker, superintendent.
 Services will be held Sunday by the Christian Scientists in their new quar- ters in room 325, on the third floor If the Realty building. Sunday school will be held at 9.30 a. m. and services in the morning at Il and in the evening at 8 O clock. At both. services the sub- ject of study will be- Truth" with Mrs. w. H. Lewis, first reader r~-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-23

The condition of Miss Mamie
 peason. who was seriously injured in
 an automobile accident "Wednesday might in Bessemer as she and her sis- |ter, Miss Amanda Deason, were re- turning home from work, is considered most serious by attending physicians. she has not regained consciousness
 since the accident and Friday eyes ming an operation was deemed aeces- sary and was performed, but her cons dition remains unchanged.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
LIZARDS MAKE AUTOS SKID
Plague Affecting Towns and Villages
Which Border on Prairie Lakes
of Canada

Winnipeg, Mana plague of liz
ards is affecting the towns and vii
lagos which border on the prairie
lakes and sluices of Canada. At Nj
nette 1000 lizards were shoveled out
of the basement window shaft at the
government sanatorium. In the doc
tors quarters 60 were counted.
Motorcar drivers have to. keep skid
chains on their cars. as the roads are
made slippery by a surface of living
lizards. Many Of the people keep in
doors rather than venture out be-
cause Of the disagreeable sensation
OF crunching lizard underfoot. The
lizard. is more treacherous than ba-
mana peel.
The little reptiles, which vary from
four inches to eighteen inches in
length, travel by night only, and are
now on their annual trek from the
lakes to find suitable crevices in
which to hibernate.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
FALLS 1870 FEET AND LIVES
Man Drops Into Six Feet of. Water:
Breaks Nothing but High Diving
-=.., - Record.

San Francisco.-lnstead of being
center OF funeral services, John War
rem, timekeeper at the Hetch Hetchy
dam building site, is trying to learn if
he holds new diving record. He did
drop of 40 feet into only six feet
OF water and broke nothing other than
the record, if that. e.. a.-.s
There is bucket swung on a fall
that carries out of the Hetch Hetchy
dam pit to the cliff side, and in which
1t has been the practice Of workmen
to make the trip down from cliff to
pit, as the empty is returning. John
was making this ride.
The bucket got tangled in guy wire
and, Of course, tilted. Before it could
clear and right ITSELF John was spilled
and sliding down an air current.
He hit the water either head first or
feet first. No one knows, John least of
all. When the mourners gathered to
pick up the remains John blinked.
shook his head and told the boys to get
back to work or he'd mark them up for
time lost.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
BLIND IN ETERNAL TRIANGLE
Husband, Wife and Alleged Affinity
SightIess AII-Men in Battle
III ..... Royal. E..

Il Atlanta, Ga.-That love is blind has
just been proved in police court here
when blind man, his blind wife, and
her alleged affinity, blind also, were
arraigned for trial following a battle
royal between the two men, after the
husband had come home unexpectedly.
Martin Strone, the husband, told the
recorder that while peddling religious
tracts in the streets friend had warn.
ed him that a rival was paying court
to his wife and that he had better go
home. a.. =
On his arrival there he said he found
Sam Stewart enjoying a chat with the
wife. Then the fight started. Most Of
the furniture in the room was wrecked,
but the combatants suffered less in
jury, due to their inability to get at
each other properly. ....... r.
"One day. in a dark cell in the po-
lice station for Stewart" said the
judge.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
CARRY 115, 1863 BY AIR
No Lives Lost in the CONNER.
ciat Service.
Records Show Total of 3,136,550
Mileage-Many Minor Accidents
and Forced Landings.

New YOrk.-A total Of lis, 1853 pas
sengers flew 3,136, $50 miles in CONNER
cial airplanes during the last twelve
months without the loss of a single
life, the Manufacturers Aircraft as
ISOLATION announced here. These fig
ures are based on the performance
OF 425 planes, and it is believed that
the number of passengers and the
mileage would be doubled if the fig
ures Of the 1000 commercial airplanes
operating in this country were obtain
able.
In the absence Of any federal sys-
TEN of registration, air laws and gov
eminent methods for tabulating the
ownership and performance of air.
craft, it has been found difficult to
trace the total number" the associa-
ton stated.
1.-The totals are based on question
nalres distributed by the association,
but, due to the itinerant nature Of
much OF the flying, it has been difficult
to trace and record more than half of
these. This one half, by eighty seven
companies, or individuals, are per-
manently located in all parts of the
United States.
Much of the mileage was made on
short flights of ten to fifteen, miles,
for which an average fee of $3.50
was charged. An increasing demand
for aerial transportation between the
cities has been noted, the average
charge for this service being IS cents
mile. On practically all intercity
flights baggage or freight was carried,
the quantity limited only by the capa-
city of the craft. This business ag-
gregated 1890 pounds.
There were accidents and forced
landings, but according to the signed
reports from the eighty-seven COM
panies, in the 3,136,55O miles flown,
not single life was lost. There were
~ forced landings and thirty-eight
accidents. There have been fatal &C.
cldents in other instances, but they
occurred in the course of stunt or ex-
hlbition performances or under cir
cumstances indicating that undue risk
had been taken" A.. s4
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
TEETH ARE WORTH $3.50 EACH
Jury Fixes Value in Awarding DAM
ages to Man Who Lost
Thirty.

Atlantic City.-One hundred and
fifty dollars per tooth was the value
placed on the cuspids, bicuspids and
molars Of Abram Froshin of Philadel-
phia in Atlantic circuit court following
a trial of his suit against Michael Da-
ley, jitney owner Of this city.
The total loss Of Froshin was 80
teeth, and the verdict was $4,000.
FrOshin and his wife were passen-
gers in a jitney when the machine
crashed into a rope stretched across
South Carolina avenue. The rope
struck Froshin in the mouth and took
all but the last two of his molars out.
Parts Of the gums were also destroyed,
and experts testified that there Is a
possibility that Froshin will have to
live on liquid foods the remainder of
his life.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
RAT IN HOUSE TO COST $40
British Law Imposes This Fine for
First offense; After That
$77.7O.

London.-Anybody discovered har-
boring rat or a mouse in his house
is liable to penalty of Is [$19.425 at
current exchanged under law recent
~ enacted by parliament. If the 'sof-
Tense" is continued he may be fined
EGO [$77.7Ol.
Lieut.. Alfred e. Moore astonished a
London audience by making these
statements in lecture on RATS
which he delivered the other day. The
reason why so few prosecutions had
yet taken place under the "rat act" as
it was termed, was because the board
Of agriculture was waiting until the
public became more familiar with It.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
TERROR DREAM KILLS VOICE
Family Near Death, Farmer Visions
Fata! Crash Becomes Mute and
Hair Turns White.

Onawa, Iowa.-A total loss of speech
followed dream in which H. M. Jes-
sen, a farmer, dreamed that he saw
his wife and children mangled under
an overturned automobile.
lessen and his family had planned
an automobile trip to Sioux City. De-
tanned by farm chores, he followed the
car by train and arrived in Sioux City
before his family did. Sitting in the
lobby Of hotel, he dreamed Of the
fatal accident. s:
Awakening, he frantically waved
his arms and opened and closed his
mouth, but could not speak. When his
family arrived they said their car had
stalled on a North Western track, and
a train came within few inches Of
the car before it stopped, narrowly
averting fatal crash.
lessen appears to have been strick-
en- permanently deaf, and his hair has
q turned white.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
PARIS HOUSE. CRISIS
Shortage Of Homes Having Gu
rious Effect on Divorce.
No Place to Go for Couples Separated,
So They Just Kiss and Make Up
MOT Flat, Few HoveIs.

Paris. The great difficulty of find
ing lodgings in Paris has been the
cause Of many unusual incidents re-
Gently. -,
Divorced persons seeking separate
apartments are having such difficulty
in finding them that in one case at
least they composed. their tempera-
mental differences in order to keep
their old apartment.
A painter and his wife who had
been divorced by mutual agreement
were both looking for apartments.
Frequently their paths crossed in their
search for quarters. The first time
they met they bowed gravely but po-
litely. Their mutual smile gradually
broadened as the hunt for flats mar
rowed down to a few novels in the
slum section. -:..r1
] Lets kiss and make up and go
back to our fiat" the wife finally said,
and they did.
President Millerand, who recently
took possession Of the Elysee palace,
ASSNASSo Il upP11Sdl1OIS 4O1 LIS dpoA
ment in the Avenue de Villars.
Henry Landru, who has been in La
Sante prison for the last 20 months
awaiting trial on charges growing out
Of the disappearance of II women, re-
Gently was dispossessed from the fiat
that he had occupied on the Boulevard
Rochechouart, rather sordid section
Of Paris. Requests came from every
quarter in Paris, some even from aris-
tocratic Auteuil, asking that the fiat
be reserved. "
A vagrant just finishing 80 days in
La Sante prison told his cellmate I'M
der sentence of five years for swim
ding that he dreaded to return into
cold, dreary Paris He was homeless !;
prospects Of spending the winter
nights under Paris bridges did not ap-
peal to him. The prisoners exchanged
clothing and cards Of identity, and
when the warder called for the va
grant to send him out into the cold
world the swindler responded. The
fraud was discovered only when the
swindler's lawyer called at the Jail.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
new WARsHlP IN JAP FLEET
"Nagato" Takes Place Among Largest
Fighting Vessels Afloat in the
World r oday.

Tokyo.Japan's latest battleship.
Nagato, has lightweight tonnage Of
8, 500 and can develop a speed of
% knots per hour.
It's length is $50 feet. The armament
Of the new addition to the japanese
fleet includes eight 15-inch guns and
twenty 6inch guns. It is fitted with
four turbine engines. The Nagato
takes place among the largest battle
ships af1oat today, its 1880 tons COM
pairing with the British Hood, 1900
tons, and the American Tennessee,
81, GOO tons. .s
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
TAYL 0R'S .HOUN' DAWG
Governor Of Tennessee Will Keep
Famous Animal at Home.
Would Veto Proposition for Appropri.
alton to Build Home for "old
Timber" on Mansion Greunds.

Nashville Timber the only dos
whose yelp was ever heard in 30
litlcal campaign in Tennessee, has moi
Deen tempted from his familiar haunts
in the Happy valley vicinity by the
bright lights of the capital, at which
his master, Gov. Aft Taylor, is pre-
siding.
REPORTS that the Democratic legis
lature contemplated making an appro
prlatlon on the mansion grounds TO,
a mouse for Old Timber, have led his
master to announce that he will
promptly veto such proposition, and
keep Old Timber at home.
Old Timber furnished much mate
rial for Governor Taylor's speeches
during his campaign. The governor
always gave graphic recital Of OLD
Llmber's prowess as a fox hunter.
odd Timber is being we'll cared fol
IN good home in east Tennessee and
gets three square meals day." is the
last word from the governor on the
subject. HE would not be contented
IN the city. He wants to be where he
can occasionally survey the lofty
mountains over whose heights he has
many times chased the fox with the
rest OF the pack making music at his
heels. Old Timber is nine years old
and is too old to run now, but he re.
members and often dreams of his past
achievements"
If you have never heard Old Linn.
Der in full cry" the governor contin.
ues, growing more eloquent, ''you have
never heard music. He is gifted in
every note, and in chase, at one
time or another, he will let you have
all of them. You could distinguish
Old Limber's voice from the rest of
the pack eight miles away. Honest
THAT dog never lied to me in his
life. He has never been known to
yelp on a cold trail. Whenever the
voice of Old Timber is heard, every
body knows that there is fox
around" :
The governors east Tennessee home
place boasts not only "Old Limber,''
the most famous hound dog in Ten.
nessee, but also son, who has taken
his place as pack leader, and grand
son as we'll.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
CUTS FUSE. OF BURNING BOMB
Plotters Fire on Waterman in Brook.
Iyn Building Who Prevents
Explosion S

New York-A sputtering fuse, at
tached to large square bomb in the
basement Of a house in process Of re-
construction in Brooklyn, was cut just
in the nick of time by the night watch-
man, Tony Frankie.
The fuse was severed two inches
from the bomb. Frankie was so badly
burned while hacking at the fuse with
q pocket knife that he had to be taken
to hospital. His condition is seri-
Gus.
He told physicians, that as he went
into the cellar he saw two men, one
Of whom had just lighted a match.
They ran away after firing shots at
him.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
RICH. FoRSAK
FIFTH avenue
Tradesmen Steadily Break ExcIu-
siveness of Noted Residence
District of New York.
MRS. Vanderbilt LEADS Way
New Exclusive District Expected to
Spring Up in Section Where Near
Sums Existed Before-Long
Fight for District.

New York. Stealthy but steady adj
vances by tradesmen, covering period
of more than twenty years, have vir-
tually broken the residential exclusive
ness Of Fifth avenue, known the world
over as the home precinct Of the Van
derbilts, Carnegies, Harrimans Plants,
Tricks and other wealthy families.
One by one mansions which housed
international personages and gave to
Fifth avenue much of Its glitter and
fame. are surrendering to commercial
enterprise, and the rich are seeking
homes in new Exclusive" parts of the
city. Real estate men, who have
watched with interest this aggression
Of trade, say that another decade will
have wiped out the last bit Of residen-
tial exclusiveness in the avenue.
Mrs. Vanderbilt Moves.
The change in Fifth avenue was re-
Elected in the recent purchase Of prop
erty bordering the East river at Fifty
eighth street by Mrs. William K. Van
derbilt, ST., where she intends to build
home in section known as Sutton
square. This bit of property is direct
ly across from Blackwell's. island,
where city prison is located, and is
almost underneath the Manhattan ap-
proach to the Queensborough bridge.
Real estate men expect that Mrs. Van
derbilt's migration to the East river
will mean new exclusive district in
a part Of the city where near-slums
existed before
Mrs. Vanderbilt, who a few years
back helped to make Fifth avenue his
tory with her brilliant social activities,
said when she purchased the East
river property that Fifth avenue had
lost it's residential atmosphere, which
was it's most valuable charm Traffic
and crowds, resulting from the trade
invasion, she said, had taken away it's
exclusiveness. s*..
Wage Fight for District
The fight to "save" Fifth avenue has
been waged since the late nineties,
when real estate men began to get op-
tons on property near the magnificent
mansions. Members Of the Vanderbilt
family and others owning homes there
expended millions of dollars in buying
up property in an effort to stem the
tide.
Much of this property was purchased
at exorbitant figures, and after lapse
of years has fallen back for business
use. Hotels, banking houses, jewelry
stores, millinery and fine tailoring es-
adjustments have gradually crept
nerthward along the thoroughfare.
4: The home which Mrs. Vanderbilt is
forsaking at Fifth avenue and Fifty
second street will become the site Of q
trust company. It's sale was made pos
sible as the result Of the death Of Mr..
Vanderbilt in Paris, when the house,
owned by his estate, was sold to the
highest bidder. The first actual break
in the Vanderbilt holdings came when
Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt leased his
home at Fifth avenue and Fifty-fourth
street to a shoe firm.
The residence of the late Henry G.
Prick, steel magnate, will eventually
go to the city for use as museum.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02

BOY SETS HIMSELF ON FIRE
New York Lad .WiggIes in School and
the Matches in His Pocket
Are Ignfted.

Little Falls, N. PEDRO Sacherel-
Ii, boy in the eighth grade in the Lit
tie Falls high school, was sitting at
his desk, wriggling, as boys do. An
other boy. sitting near him, saw a coll
umn Of smoke ascending along Pedro's
backbone and circling toward the CELL
Ing. A. quick look revealed the fact
that matches in Pedro's pocket had
been rubbed violently enough to set
them on fire.
Other pupils and the teacher jumped
to the rescue and Pedro's sweater was
jerked of, the fire beat out and tbs
small boy returned to his seat. a COM
siderable hole was burned through Pc
dro's clothes and he was not hurt,
though the fire extinguishsrs shook
J, him up considerably.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
Father Sells Girl for 10
Cents a Pound, She Says

Lexington, Ky.-A report from
Stanford, Lincoln county, says
that George Isaman, a farmer of
the mountain section, has been
placed in jail at Stanford on a
charge made by his daughter,
Annie, eighteen, that her father
had attempted.to shoot her. The
girl charges her father sold her
at 10 cents pound, total Of
$l5, to Joseph Zubra. When he
came to the home some weeks
later to claim his purchase, the
father was greatly displeased at
the girls refusal to carry out the
terms of the sale and tried to
shoot her. 1saman and his fam
lily are highly respected in their
rural community, it is said. The
girl is pretty and well educated.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
YANKEES like
I WESTERN TALES
Doughboys on the Rhine Show
Preference for Stories Of
Adventure in the West.
JULIUS CAESAR A FAvORlTE
Activity Of Caesar in Rhine Valley
Makes TRANSACTIONS of His Gallo
Wars of Interest to Soldiers
Legends Also Popular.

Coblenz.-Tales Of adventure in the
American West are the favorite read
ing matter of the American forces in
Germany, and Zane Grey is the most
popular author. ~
Strangely enough, julius Caesar
runs close second with the dough-
boys, who are very keen about trans
lations of Caesars activities in the
Rhine valley and the ruins of bridge
he built across the Rhine, which lifts
Caesars work out Of the schoolbOOk
class and makes it guidebOok that
carries the Americans back nearly
1000 years. ..a.
centering about the Rhine are also
popular, especially with the soldiers
Who are unsteady inclined and who
attend the Wagnerian performances
given by the various German. grand
opera companies which play in CO.,
logne, Coblenz, Wiesbaden and the
other cities near the Rhine frequented
by soldiers on leave.
Like Story Magazines. p y
All-story magazines which special
ize in adventures are more popular
with the American soldiers than any
other periodicals, and the American
Library association has been unable
to supply the demand for publications
Of this sort.
With the assistance of the Young
Mems Christian association, which
aids in the distribution Of reading ma
terial in the American area, Miss Ala
Weyth, who is in charge of the Amer
lean Library associations reading
rooms, has been able to make a gen.
eral poll of the reading taste of the
army and finds that foreign residence
has not won the young Americans
away from fiction laid in America, par
ticularly in the West. u " ~r
- The American Library association
has about 10000 books available for
Americans, French, Belgians and Eng
lish residents of the occupied area, and
also has circulated many books by
mail to Americans living in other parts
Of Germany. Three hundred copies
each Of SO American weekly and
monthly publications, in addition to
large number of newspapers, have
been taken by the organization and
circulated through the branch Ii
braries at Andernach and Mayen, as
well as through the American base
hospital and the main library in
Coblenz.
Turned Over to Y. M. c. A. rs.'
With the beginning Of 1921, the
American Library association turned
it's books over to the Y M. G. A. and
is no longer supporting the work.
The main library in Coblenz was
formerly a German officers club and
is ideally suited to library purposes.
It has a great ballroom, which makes
an excellent reading ROOM, and also
has sun parlors and large drawing
rooms, with many windows. Many
Germans have asked for the privilege
Of using the library, but this has been
denied, as the army did no, think it
advisable. One German told the IL
brarian he had lived many years in
America and should really be allowed
to have books, because he was an
American lin principle"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
s.-....-.............-.".".".-........,
Noisy Geese Give Fire Alarm.

New York.-Two thousand geese,
ducks and chickens, awaiting death in
poultry shop, chorused an alarm for
fire that caused heavy property loss
in eleven retail clothing and food
stores in the Bronx.
The unusual squawking awakened
residents of the neighborhood and at
tracted policeman, who telephoned
fire headquarters. The blaze was con-
trolled by firemen after two-hour
fight.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
3-Legged Wolf Bandit
To Be Used as Decoy

. T.. Ia .. + I'd =
Denyer.-'sBig Lefty" the
.three-legged leader Of wolf
pack in the Crested Butte sec
ton Of Colorado and whose cum
ming is blamed by stockmen for
the loss Of hundreds Of thousands
Of dollars of live stock, is again
In the hands Of federal hunters.
big Lefty" escaped from a steel
trap eight years ago and, as lead
er Of seven other wolves, has left
!, q trail Of partly eaten carcasses
wherever he roamed since. The
big wolf will not be killed, but
instead will be used as a decOy
In an effort to trap his followers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
Hoocl Blamed for Theft.

San Antonio, Tex. Too much
hooch r. said Judge Buckley as he lev
led q $50 fine on George Harrison for
having stolenaa forty-two-year-old mon
key from q carnival show and then
disturbing residents near the show
grounds ~ ringing their door bells and
trying to sell the monkey.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
"Let's Go" Is Foremost
Among Slogans of War

Observation-Disclosures co." was
the chief battle slogan Of the
American army in the world war.
There were other popular and
effective phrases used by the
troops-"Where do we go from
here?" and when do we eat?''
for instance, but in the opinion
Of Col. Edward L. Munson, chief
Of morale, general staff, made
public recently, ''for everyday
use, in rest, or in battle, the slo-
gan let's go stands foremost" FL