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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-26

The Peace Treaty between the United Germany signed yesterday afternoon at Berlin by representatives both Reports say that the formay entirely without This exceedingly good taste text of the Treaty. which made public late last night is nothing for the United States people proud of.
 first Article of Treaty worded that it ironically position United States stand out in unlovely relief. The Article reads:
 Germany undertakes to accord to the United States, and the United States shall enjoy, all the rights privileges indemnites separations ad the Congress of the United States of July 2, 192d n- cludng all the rights advantages stipulated for the United in the of Versailles, which United States shall fully enjoy notwithstand ina fact treaty notbe ratified United States"
 Treaty principally given up to making anything with the Nations but lest there should be advantage lost hole by second section of the Article which reads:
 "Nor shall the United States be bound by any action taken League of Nations, the Council by Assembly thereof, unless the United States shall expressly give it's assent to such action
 Article the United States made po1npousy the deliberations of the Committee unless dog pleases The section reads
 seThat, United States Is privileged to par Preparation Commission, according to the of Part of Treaty, sion he'd the Treaty under supplemental thereto, the United States is not participate in any such commission unless 1t shall elect to do SOL
 Altogether Treaty places position of telling expedition that while he will not accept responsibility expedition the cleaning time he intends to hog in result fine role for Uncle Sam to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-26
To Oppose Building Of
 Dirigibles

Washington, Aug. 26-The ZR-2 disaster has resulted in such serious opposition to further acquisition of ships of this type that high doubts are being expressed in naval circles whether the navy will go on with it's lighter than air program, 1t was learn ed today.
 Among the older naval officials, there <as been a feeling that lighter than air rraft is not properly in the province of the navy and this is now crystalIized by the disaster at Hull It is probable that further efforts to construct ships of the ZR-2 type will and certainly there will be no further purchases of airships from foreign builders.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-26

hour the expert opened the door to the executive chamber to inquire the
 hour when the session would be over On the floor of the chamber kneIt and sat the twelve directors. One of
 them was in the act of spinning the
 toddle top. It spun and stopped.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-26

Edmund W. Voorheeis, of Brooklyn, was selected acting head of the in New York city, it was announced by Secretary Hoover
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-26
Ladies! There Are Some New Waists

made especially to with slip dresses could called uness about kind of sleeveless dress
 White Net with flat round collars fasens down the back has u through the bottom
 White Dotted Swiss with Peter Pan" collars check band of the checked Crossbar Mu all white including edged with fine panng Double of Several other styes all white with little 1ars,c cuffs and fronts
 from 3S to A. Your choice
 S1.OO each
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-26

Don't Say ''I Saw It In the paper" Say, "I Saw It in The IiReS."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
CONVICT SELLERS OF POISONED LIQUOR

VERYONE rejoces that the exposures poisoned
IL liquor being sold in Birmingham decreased the traffic and
resulted in the successful prosecution punishment of
of the who had been guilty
The traffic in this poison had reached point where lives
being sacrificed and young by INSCRIPTIONS
sellers of denatured alcohol concocons filthy
compounds.
The only way such traffic could broken UP was to
specimens and have them chemically analysed Publication
the results of such analyses enough stop
buyers, but it is just important that punishment
given the sellers.
1t is for this that the and law officers should
have plenty of latitude in having these
to their and convictions of the guilty Chem
lists point out that careful analysis the method which
some OF the posons used detected They cunning
y devised that the human taste is too late
Every court under whose jurisdiction
should not only have the authority but they should
up by overwhelming public going to the expense
OF an analysis wherever they feel No guilty
logger or blind tiger keeper who deals poison should ever be
allowed to simply because the on the prna ace
evidence before unable tell whether poison has been sold
They should order analysis the chemist should be their
chief witness Such necessary will be more than
justified.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
THE MEANEsT THIEF
From the Washington Star

From the Washington Star.
The other day little chap 10 wears
old stood at the ticket window in the
circus grounds with $3.50 in his hand.
with which he hoped to buy two tickets
Tor himself and his smaller comrade.
he could not reach the ticket window
ledge, and man standing by offered
TO help him. The boy gladly assented
and gave up the money, whereupon the
man turned and disappeared in the
crowd. Nothing more awful could hap
pen to two small boys. 1t was the
meanest kind of breach of trust. 1t
was an exemplification of the old def
milton of the lowest form of theft, tax
Ing candy from children" But retribu-
ton worked The long arm of the law
reached out and laid hold of the mis-
creant. He was arrested, the boys iden-
tilted him and yesterday he was sent
to Jail for so days. If the moral ele-
ments could have entered into this
case in the determination of penalty he
should have gotten six years. This will
probably be some satisfaction to the
youngsters. But they did not see the
circus. They have the profound SYM
pathy OF the community. And the incl
dent teaches that circus box offices
should be so arranged that the little
Fellows can make their own purcha SEES
without being exposed to the enterprise
OF the crooks who have no respect for
youth and its inalienable privilege of
entering the big ton"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
GERMAN INDUSTRIAL CENTER

inhabitants, by journey of less than
five miles, one reaches Oberhausen
with a population of 10000. Three
miles farther is Mulheim with 10000,
five miles away Essen with 100000,
and four miles farther Gelsenkirchen
with 10000. By an advance of an
other four miles into the Ruhr one
$4,000, while barely 10 miles farther
to the east and still short of the east
ern limits of the region lies BORT
mund with $4,000 inhabitants. 1t is
as though st. Paul, Mimi, Flint,
Mich Albany and Rochester, N. Y,
Richmond. Va, Grand Rapids, Mich,
and Oakland, Cal, were grouped close
ly over an area slightly longer and
somewhat narrower than Rhode
Island. while among them were scat
tered dozen or more communities
ranging in size from Bismarck. NJ D.,
and Aberdeen, Wash, to Austin, Tex,
and Chattanooga, Tenn.
I'm and around practically all of
the towns of the Ruhr except those
at it's gateway are to be found the
works of coal mines, while in all are
iron and steel plants and numerous
other manufacturing establishments.
In the cities at the gateway to the
Ruhr are conferred the banking and
transportation facilities for handling
the tremendous output of this home
of Germany's Tubal-C Gains.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25

n a q
Famous Georgian Strove
for a Reunited Country

81 7ENRY w. GRADY'S birthday
L j was observed yesterday in At
lanta with impressive ceremonies. The
south and the nation honor Grady. He
was great orator and great edi-
tor, but better still, he was a great
American, who saw through the
clouds of misunderstanding which fol-
lowed the Civil war a reunited coun-
try destined to be stronger than ever
before when the wounds Of fratri-
cidal strife were healed.
Grady did more than any other
southern man and perhaps more than
any other man in America, except
Lincoln, to bring the north and south
together again. His eloquence which
swayed large audiences in the north,
as we'll as the south, was inspired by
his vision of the future and a reali-
cation that sectionalism could not and
would not survive.
If Grady had lived to see the sons
of the south fighting shoulder to
shoulder with the sons of the north
in the World war and by their blood
sacrifice GROWING the task which he
began, it would have gladdened his
soul. 1t would have been a theme
to which his eloquent tongue and per
would have done full justice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
- -
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS

woman is never any younger than
she looks after she Is dressed to go
out.
Another reason why there are SC
many manageable women who never
get married is because there are so
many men who are not worth marry
ing.
The man who thinks twice before he
speaks may be reliable. but he makes
an awfuily dullrconversati onalist.
When a man is first married his am
bition is to make a million dollars But
20 years later his ambition is to be
able to keep up the payments on his
life insurance.
Too many of US are too willing to
pass up our friends to do favors for
strangers
The only time some men display orig
inality is when they make mistakes
When we see man spend is minutes
rolling UP his sleeves when he gets on
the job in the morning. we know that
he isn't going to do any work,
Don't get discouraged. 1t pays to be
honest even If pay day is a long time
showing up.
The man whoe doesn't drink smoke
or play cards will live longer life than
the other fellow. Anyway. we know
that the evenings will be longer.
single man doesn't get homesiek as
often as married man gets sick OF
home.
Copyright. 1921
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25

City left Mobile with 1000 tons of
steel rails from Birmingham and 5000
bales of cotton from Alabama farms
for the orient, it typified the depend
ence of the industrial district and
the agricultural interests of the state
on the export trade. 1t was signifi-
cant of how they are interviewer.
In March this district shipped out
of Mobile $4,000 tons of steel plates
going to Sweden, the Netherlands,
England and Denmark. 1t sent coal
to Cuba, Guatemala and British Hon
duras. 1t sent cast iron pipe to Cuba
and Uruguay. Cuba also took rails,
sugar mill machinery and spikes.
Along with these metal products went
millions Of feet of lumber. No ship
leaving Mobile serves any one in
terest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
EDISON STARTED 1T.
LIFE OF A PRINCESS

Dutch nobility. Now. however, as she
has reached the age of IL. which is an
age of great decorum for princess,
she is having private lessons because
she must learn things in shorter time
than other children of her age
With all this work Juliana has some
time for play. She is a plump. fair
haired girl of the true Dutch type. She
goes out in all weathers. She is partic-
ularly fond of skating and when there
is ice on the canals is frequently seen
there, Swimming along with her mother
the Queen.
Her companions are very carefully
chosen for her and she, like her recent
predecessors in the house of Orange
has been taught that 1t Is not becom-
ing royalty to make stage play for
popularity. She frequently accom-
panies her father, the prince consort, or
her mother on trips about Holland,
when her geography teacher goes along
and instructs her at first hand in her
own country's features.
Government buildings were gaily dec
GRATED In celebration Of her anniver-
sary and number of children called
at the palace singing old Dutch songs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25

It's against the law to wear high
skirts in Zion City. However, the
maids and matrons of Zion City can
run over to Chicago and enjoy per-
sonal liberty on Michigan avenue.
y y y
A conscientious objector in iowa,
who died after fasting so days, said
he wouldn't take food until the Lord
blessed him. Apparently his prayer
went unanswered
y * *
ohiopizing OF the Birmingham jit-
ney operators brings up an interesting
question. AS most of them operate
thir own cars how and against whom
can they strike?
The navy dirigible which scared over
Birmingham yesterday had an easy
way of getting about quite different
from the nervous energy of an air
plane.
y y -
Premier BRAND says France will not
occupy the Ruhr. Still, let us not
despair. Some other way NAV be found
to start another conflagration in Eu-
rope.
Inc young man who is brought into
close contact with fair stenographer
has never been heard to COMPLAIN
about the overcrowding of jitneys.
X * y
One of Nine. Curie's photographs
shows her wearing somewhat mannfsl,
attire. She's one woman who is en-
titled to wear trousers, il she wants to
| y y *
Carpenter rose from the coal pits
to fame. Dempsey rose from hobodom
Therefore, both gentlemen are essen
TALLY democratic.
y Y *
Mrs. Leslie Carter is going to re-
turn to the stage, which has need OF
few real artists who can get their
minds off movie contracts.
* * *
The note writing era seems to be
over, but the allies will never be able
to write Paid in full"
y X *
II it's outdoor exercise the Poles
need why not go to work and re.
duce the number of casualties?
y y 4
Chicago's "shimmy'' building is not
as some people may suppose, dedicated
70 dancing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25

OTaHE HAGUE. = Twelve-year-old
schoolgirls in America who
sometimes think teachers are
mean, or that their mothers make them
work too hard, and who long for the
life of princess would find they had
only to study the more and work the
harder if they led the life of Princess
Juliana of Holland, whose twelfth
birthday anniversary was celebrated to-
day.
Far from being the princess of fairy
tales, who has nothing to do but sleep
on silken-covered beds, eat chocolate
drops and play with gay little pageboy
courtiers, Princess Juliana has to study
French, history, arithmetic, geom etry,
algebra, geography, drawing, grammar,
voice culture and the violin.
In addition to this, because of her
royal position and the fact she will be
queen some day and the ruler of Hol-
land no matter who her husband is,
she Is taught etiquette, court customs
and the strict rules of conduct apper-
tanning to princess.
Up to the last year Princess Juliana
attended a little school at the palace
with a number of little girls of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
Man Contrives But
the Wind Disposes

6NHE uncertainty of ballooping
u was strikingly illustrated in the
national race which started from Biz
mingham Saturday. Unfavorable at
mospheric conditions forced all but
one contestant to an early and in
glorious landing. Ralph Upson, who
won the race in the Birmingham
Semi Centennial, travelled only about
$50 miles, or less than half the dis
lance traversed by the winner in last
years race.
The contest this year was also lack
ing in thrills and through no fault
of the pilots and their aids was far
less spectacular than the race which
started from North Birmingham one
year ago.
The dirigible and the doughty air
plane can proceed on their way in
defiance of ordinary weather disturb
ances, but balloon is craft Of quite
a different sort. 1t is just about as
helpless in the upper air as cork
floating on the water, and its buoy
ancy is by no means so great.
Compared to speedier and more de-
pendable aircraft, the balloon is the
"one-horse shay" of the skies. 1t goes
as the wind goes and when the wind
is contrary it doesn't 60 anywhere in
particular. 1t is at the mercy Of
treacherous and shifting air currents
and as temperamental in its behavior
as q grand opera star.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
Etowah Districts
Vote School Tax

Tf1HE Sandy Grove district in Sand
u mountain and the Whorton
Bend district, both in Etowah coun-
~, voted for the three-mill school
tax for their children last Friday.
The vote in one was IS to /, and in
the other was % to 1.
Items like this in a period of bust
ness depression are wholesome read
ing. They are notice to the world
by these good people that whatever
else happens, their children shall be
educated and have a chance. They
declare that these people place their
flesh and blood above the pressure
of the hour and are looking ahead.
1t now develops that Ireland's ID
year-old Joan of Arc was merely try
ing to get some discriminating arms
out Of her home before British soldiers
arrived. 1t was not exactly case
of going out to meet the enemy.
4 y y
Mr.. Bryan is still harpins on gov
eminent newspaper to tell the people
the truth about what is going on in
Washington. Why wish to destro.. the
confidence of Americans in their great
and enlightened government?
4 = +
Those prohibition enforcement Of
ficers who were about to be dropped
from the federal pay roll but may be
saved by an eleventh hour appropria-
ton. know how it feels to be rescued
from a watery grave
Yellow perilists will not overlook
the announcement that an Asiatic en-
tente is about to be formed between
Japan and China.
y y *
What docs it profit man to know
where to get most OF our cork from
when there is no longer any justi-
fication for carrying corkscrew?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
High Freight Rates
Bar Business in Pine

1dI D0oAlCSo III Il lRc
7T7HE city of Phoenix, Ariz., wanted
u 5000 tons of high-pressure pipe
and had closed a deal with a Bir-
mingham maker when investigation of
the freight rate showed that $50
would have to be added for each ton
of pipe, which meant a freight bill
of $1s0,Ooo.
The freight was, in fact, more than
half the cost of the pipe. The order
was cancelled. The city could not
afford the freight. 1t will do with
out the pipe and the Birmingham
shop will not get contract giving
employment to many men over con-
siderable period of time.
The city of Ogden, Utah, finds it
self in the same plight as Phoenix.
These cities have no waterway to
help them out. California has. 1t
has been getting large quantities,
both of soil and high-pressure pipe
by ship out of Mobile for many
months at freight rate so per cent
under the all-rail rate. The rate is
$15 to California by the canal, COM
pared with the $50 to Ogden and
Phoenix by rail.
California can do business in pipe;
Utah and Arizona cannot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
Foreign Business That
Keeps Mills Running

H1f7HE Ensley rail mill is working
i on an s,ooo-ton export order.
Every time there has been an increase
in operation capacity at Fairfield and
Ensley this year it has been due to
export business.
We Of Birmingham should certain
Ily appreciate the truth of the state
ment by James Farrell, president Of
the Steel Corporation, who said that
nothing else has happened to this
country except the loss of export
trade.
Alabama must realize what the ex-
port trade means to their state. It is
their life-blood. When the Selma
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25

| NIX n ASHINGTON, D. c., May a.
| WV Especial 1.-The Ruhr valley
| of western Germany at the
mouth of which allied soldiers have
been encamped for several months
and the complete seizure of which by
Fl ance was barely averted by Ger
many's eleventh hour acceptance OF
ths allied Preparations ultimatum Is
the subject of the following bulletin
issued from the Washington head
quarters of the National Geographic
society.
THE Ruhr river is an inconspicuous
stream, hardly more than 100 miles
long. with little volume of water and
navieable even with the aid of its IL
locks for a distance OF only 43 miles.
Rut its valley and the rolling coun-
try to the north for a few miles to
which 1t has given its name, is
region of concentrated industr ialism.
There, in a district roughly 40 by 10
miles. has been developed the greatest
.fsl production in Europe And with
|
former German Lorraine and Luxe M
burg. there. sprang up the Industry
If fatrlca,;ig iron and steel which
went farther perhaps than any other
activity toward building up the
| NJ. ghty German empire of 1918, and
gave literal Significance to Bis
marck's ideal for country of blood
and iron
| Ruhr region on map of Germany
by its railroads. Germanys steel
highways form a relatively close net
ro-k over the entire country, but in
the Ruhr region the lines draw to-
gsthef into a fine screen showing un-
mlstakablyr the hive of industry that
this districi has come to be.
THE solar plexus of the Ruhr dis
tr;ct is Essen, known far aud wide
as the home of the great Krupps' gun
and armor plate factories. In prom
lin emit places in the city stand statues
to Bismarck and Alfred Krupp. the
nan who laid the foundations for Ger
many's powerful fighting machine. ana
the man who equipped it and became
tremendously wealthy in the process
Krupp really made Essen almost as
truly as the United States Steel Cor
Iporation made Cary. Ind. The town
was founded in the ninth century but
as late as 1854 it was little more than
a village with 10000 Inhabitants. Be-
I fore the World war it had grown TO
be a city OF 100000, and of these
nearly $4,000 were employed in the
Krupp works. From 1914 to 1918.
when Germany was putting forth
more war supplies. the population of
Essen had war addition of 100,
or more.
with the development Of Essen as
steel and iron center, hundreds OF
other establishments Joined the
Krupps until the environs of the city
are now forest of chimneys. Near
Essen, too, are many coal pits.
But while Essen is the center of
the Ruhr' it by no means monopolizes
its business. Big cities are thick in
this area. Entering the region at
4vpssharg ~ eass city. with 100000
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
Special Committees

The Chamber of Commerce has in
view the naming of fewer standing
committees and the appointment of
more special committees" said Mana
ger 0. L. Bunn Standing committees
are apt to grow stale for lack of some
thing definite, but special committee
with something concrete on hand will
be interested and effective.
For instance there is Idlewild park
crying for development. We might have
special committee to take that in
nand and see what might be done both
with private and public aid. Nothing
IKE having something live to go on
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

IRRELEVANT AND IMMATDRIAts
Are you a married man ysur
honor?n asked the plaintiff, wafFiiz
mo. I'm not"
II don't like to appear in eoueempt
of court your honor, but wiz y1ar
permission I'd like to suggeg tAat
we proceed with the case"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
TO BoBB OR NOT TO BoBB.

TO BoBB OR NOT TO BoBB.
"Grayce seems troubled about some
thing"
She is facing the most serious
problem she has ever yet encountered
in her young life."
Dear me! What is it?''
Just when the style was waning
Grayce's favorite actress bobbed her
hair. Must she or must she not fol-
low suit?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Muscle shoals

Muscle Shoals certainly must be
developed, and it is up to the entire
south to boost for it," said former
Governor Emmett O'Neal. Il agree
with Colonel Cooper that the only way
to really get after the proposition is
to call a monster mass meeting of rep
resentatives from all the southern
states and implore Congress to act.
Nothing will be accomplished by
sending representatives of private in
terests. but if we have an assemblage
of the greatest men in the south and
show Congress that it Is a question
that interests the people they will be
sure to act
I'VE should have Senator Under
wood and leading republicans who are
favorable present at the meeting and
should invite the Secretaries of War,
Agriculture and the Interior. If we do
that, perhaps we will have our dreams
realized