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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
SHOOT JOINS IN
 SUBSTITUTE OFFER
 FOR REVENUE LAW
oCoDtinued. from Page One,

an effort to work out a bill meet
 ing the requirements of the present situation and conditions. Three Hours Address Senators Simmons offered the dem ocratic programme to the Senate at the conclusion of a three hours ad- dress in which he vigorously as- sailed the Senate finance commit
 tee bill as one providing for tax re-
 auctions fin behalf of the corpora tions and the ultra rich"
 Taking the bill from the begin ming to the end of it." he said, there Is hardly tax that is touched where the little man is not forgotten and ignored, and his rights trampled upon, while the rich mans slightest whispers for relief are heard and the money of the people lavishly re- bated and remitted to these men who 1 have grown so mighty in this coun- try that they can fix the prices of my products when it is one of their raw materials and then fix the price product after they have ma1ipu- lated it."
 ! Senator Simmons took a fling at Secretary of the Treasury Mellon for recommending repeal of the profits
 
 and at the same time suggesting new levies, such as increased rates on first-class postage, a bank check stamp levy and a license tax on au- tomobiles.
 | The ways and means committee, the senator said, accepted the secretary's S proposal to reduce the .leyies on the
 wealthy, but had "too much political sagacity" tot attempt to put on the new taxes proposed.
 | Assailing the committee proposal | to retain the taxes on freight, pas songer and Pullman at half the pres
 ent rate, Senator Simmons said if there was any tax that ought to be
 so that we may have q speedy return
 to normaley in this country it is this tax"
 Accuses PartisanShip | Senator McCumber of North Da-
 kota, ranking republican on the l finance committee, in replying, de | clared the North Carolina senator
 had not offered "one word of
 structive thought"
 q cannot help but cor t difference" he declared 4et
 the support given now S ae na9 | tor from North Carolina A,,q hts ad- herents and the support which was given him in 1918, when as chairmaa
 of the finance committee he was in charge of the revenue bill. There was no partisanship then, and the
 senator had the unreserved and pa-
 triotic support of all senators. I re gret that since the obligations l forced upon us by the war must be
 met, the senator from North Caro- | lima cannot find it in his heart to discard partisanship and help get the
 best possible revenue bill through lCongressr
 l Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri,
 came to inc defense of Senator Sim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
SUMMARY OF PLANS

These are some of the things that the women of the Alabama committee on inter-raciaI CO., operation plan to work for:
 A better understanding between the white and negro races.
 The law should be upheld to the letter.
 Lynchipg must be put down.
 Racial matters which confront the south, and which are for the interest of both races, are to be intimately studied.
 Co-operation between the white and negro races is to be sought for the suppression of crime
 An intimate stnay ag neA1o D homes 1UYche and schools IS tp be saterea irto with taa co-op- eraticn or Ire negro women lead ers el their race. Tha object $ fho conlalyN GOoG gf al
 1Aabttt i44s H3tEs t#Aspt setved For fat1 cca
 Ae eVsls Sin@ E-vva are
 and r.v programme is ssrnst it for the good of each race.
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DIES or DIPHTHERIA

Gadsden, September 3o.--(Special.) Hugh Mitchell, the little son of Mir. and Mrs. Hugh Curry, died Thursday afternoon following a short illness from diphtheria. There has been quite number of cases of dipf heria in the city the past few weeks and several deaths.
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IDLE CONFERENCE
 COMPLETES TALK.
 MAKES PROPOSALS
CContinped from Page one1

AA8G OhGst twen prices and the solution of the country's economic questions.
 During the period of drastic economic readjustment through which we are now passing" the emerkency programme said, the con- tinued efforts of anyone to profit be- ! yond the requirements of safe busi- ness practice or economic consis- of the important obstacles to g re- sumption of normal business activity will be removed as prices reach re- placement values in terms of effi- cient producing and distributing cost plus reasonable profit. Prices Should Decline
 We, therefore, strongly urge all manufacturers and wholesalers who may not yet have adopted this policy, I to do so, but it is essential to the success of these measures when put into effect that retail prices shall promptly and fairly reflect the price adjustment of the producer, nanu- facturer and the wholesaler When these principles have been recognized and the recommendation compiled with, we are confident that the pub ! lie will increase their purchases, 1 thereby increasing the operations of I the mills, factories and transporta- ] ton companies, and consequently re- | ducing the number of unemployed"
 Specific recommendations adopt l cd by the conference for emer- l gency relief were: | \ Emergency committees repre- scntiDg the various clements of the communities to establish l public employment agencies and coordinate the distribution of | work.
 Publication by the committees of the numbers dependent upon them for employment and the
 prevention of uncorhnstiou of | ends.
 Extend Public Works
 A5unseApAitties to expand their
 acheol efHaet, sewage, repair
 work and DubIfc buildings to the
 fullest R0' Ime compatible with
 caistiuE rcumstances. As indi-
 cating the present favorable cir
 cli5lss apr9s, the conference noted
 fhsf ger $7O0.0O0,00O of mu-
 uicipai bonds. the largest amount ip hlafQry, had been sold In iD2t.
 <oa fnors to unite all state
 agenties In support of mayors
 and expedite construction of
 read state buildings, etc.
 @t era1 authorities, including
 the ederi reserve banks. to ex- Ee3 fe the construction of public hu iings and works covered by
 eHisting appropriations.
 congressional appropriations at
 Fhf present session for roads to
 ike available employ ymenf. To
 leed up construction work, it as recommended that governors
 f states summon committees to
 determine the fnets and to orr Eanixe action In getting adjust
 ments in cost, including removal of freight djscriminati tioDs, cam
 paigns against combinations, re-
 strictiOn of effort and unsound
 practices where they exist, to
 the end that building may be
 fully resumed.
 Construction Trades Idle
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nnIYE ro arArr M m

Admission. Septer- n speciaI) The Associated Gh i've for funds on which on Ing the next wear will tea a0 Monday morning and Will be ted py Judge John D. Biha
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
THREE NIE .NNE

Mobile Septem1lr 3c States Marshal fewin re today from Selma where three men charged wtA ing government of esfs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01

Nne sFRaFaHt Hrea s9f flle iwrnedi ! ate rslief Of unemplos naent fQund by Ahe conference to ba I % construction industry will D
 rtage of more than 11ge ea
 as, affording sasbiiity of ega- # afk ce. -s7ssA 8haa aeB9 coo
 ons. if cons@Fuatlon asers s
 
 paane cost aad mailsnant crnT1l pfssfionsN the nsesran n5aa said- have made proper e2psnsion ilnnea- --Dle aud contributed largely to tnIs unemployment situation In some places these matters have been cleaned up. In other places they have not and are an affront to pub lie decency."
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THE WEATHER
By Associatrd rress

Washington, September 3o.-Ala oama and Mississippi Cloudy in in- terior, probably showers near the coast Saturday and Sunday
 Georgia, Partly cloudy in north, local showers in south Saturday; cooler Saturday; Sunday unsettled probably showers Tn south.
 Tennessee: Fair Saturday; Sun day cloudy, somewhat warmer.
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wATERME 9@4.0I VER.

Huntsville. eefte,abrr -(Spe- cial.)-The supr sf ra grown wsternelons which eaa eeT uuus- ualy fine and agu4dant fhls season, is about exhaaafs6 rA country wagons have cee sed tx bri water melons in and fu De ed tho crop Is entirely xra stse
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LOCAL DATA

tenibcr 30, i92l
 Highest temperature ........ 7e Lowest, temperature .....,.... e6 Mean temperature ............ 7i Normal tenn perature .......,. 70 Excess in temperature since Jan l. $40 mainiall .,....s..-.a... .............. co Iotal rainfall since Jan. l...,.,. .37 3s Detineiency in rainfall since Jan. l.. 1 IT Relative humidity, a. m. ......... 90
 l2 noon .................. 6s
 P. m. 4. F......,.............. 72 Dry thermometer, a. m. ........ 7l
 noon ..'.....-.-.. .............. 15
 D. m. ................... 67 Wet thermometer. a. m. ........ 80
 12 noon .............. s6
 D. m. .........s....... 61 Summary of observations made at sta tions of the United States Weather Bureau during the ,4 hours ending at 2 D. m., eOth meridian limo. har
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Sl,000 Contributors
 to Semi-CeptenniaI

The list of those who have con tributed sl,0o0 10 the fund for the semi centennial celebration and the entertainment of President Harding during the week October 24-2e, as announced by Erskine Ramsay. chairman Of the finance committee, is as follows:
 The Age Herald staff and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01

mons with the fIon that "any accusation tha senator from North Carolina 3en plaFsns pol itics is not onll na blt wholly unjustihable" outenlad mat Senator Sinmon a olte com structive progr and insisted that it was the 1pf Of mem. Der of Congres L 'te tf in hiS power to pass 2 .l.. e l.- DIE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
Group Of ALaban Begin Inter-Rac
Outline Purposes at Montgomery M Sharpe Says Programme Is in
 Best Southern Thoug
By MIGNON HALL

 1 widesprear and civil gulfing seething moral i.
 "Thei | ourselv laws of the dul are kn, their a
 We istratio. discours of law an int and tTe H YiOley GrnIc Ytdg erl lace
 2s is n. white N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01

Young mems single and /, double-breasters, some sports models, a few stubs and longs. Blues, browns and grays pre- dominate, with quite a sprinkling of smart her ringbones and pretty mixtures; also a few tweeds and other novel; ty fabrics. N e arly. every style feature that's good this season, will be noted among these suits. Truth of the matter is. they were purchaseu very late last year and were modelled on more advanced lines.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-01
Great Virginia Women.

Who are the great women in tie
history Of Virginia?
The Woman's National Foundation,
adopting the suggestion of its ex-
ecutive head, Mrs George Barnett,
wife of Major General Barnett, U.
S. Marine Corps, will incorporate IN
its new civic home in Washington,
Hall of Remembrance to the great
women of America. In TINS HAL
will be column for each state in
the Union, on which the. women
whose memory is considered worthy
of perpetuation will have their
names inscribed. As the Foundation
is no arbitrary body, its aim being
to serve rather than lead the feminine
public, the choice of names suitable
for commemoration will be lett en-
tirely to the people of each state.
Suggestions are now in order from
the general public, to be passed on
later by local board when the Foun-
dation appoints its state committees.
1t is considered desirable that there
should DE at least one name to repre-
sent each period from pioneer times
to the present day. Living women,
however, are excluded.
That the final selection will not be
easy, any student of history can tes-
tify, for the field of famous women
is very fertile. Who. for example,
will represent Virginia? Pocahon-
tas. saviour of John Smith: Mary
Ball, mother of George Washington;
Bethland T. Butler who, when fiji
teen years old, at the risk Of her life
warned Colonel Lee Of a British at
tack-t there are scores of women like
these whose claims are indisputable.
The Foundation might choose list
arbitrarily and not be far wrong, but
it desires to make this Hall of Re-
membrance a treasure house OF the
names which lead in the affections
of the people. Consequently it is
asking the public now to search both
it's heart and its knowledge of his
tory. 1t is asking men as well as
women. children as well as adults, to
take a hand in making this Hall a
thoroughly representative as we'll as
beautiful memorial to the women who
helped make America.
Suggestions, of course, should be
substantiated by dates and records of
achievement. They may be mailed
direct to the Womans National Foun-
dation, Connecticut Avenue, n. W.,
Washington, D. c..
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AIR MAIL SERVICE

The Air Mail Service will soon
place in operation six remodeled air
planes of the Oh type on the trans
continental air mail route between
New York and San Francisco. These
planes are army planes and by chang
ing the wing and body capacity they
will carry double the amount Of mail
now carried in the Air Mail Service
by this type of plane. Eight hundred
pounds of mail or $4,000 letters will
be carried on the remodeled plane
with the same amount Of fuel and the
same man power, one pilot.
The first Of these remodeled planes
was inspected at Boiling Field, Wash
ington, this morning by Postmaster
General Hays and his assistants,
Work, Shaughnessy and Glover, with
other postal officials.
The cost of remodeling these
planes is about $4,000 per plane where
as the cost Of new plane is about
$4,000.
These planes will be compared on
the most difficult part Of the trans
continental route, which is over the
Rockies, flying along with one of the
planes now in use which carries only
100 pounds of mail. 1t is expected ulti-
mately to use this type of remodeleG
plane on the entire route which will!
increase operating capacity 100 per
cent
The remcdeled plane is the latest
type of ship for mail carrying. The
experience of the Post Office Depart
ment with number Of different types
of plane has resulted in the conclu-
sion that the best type of plane for
use in the Air Mail Service is single
motored plane carrying approximate
~ 500 pounds of mail, or $4,000 let
tiers, with a high speed of 1l5 miles
per hour. landing speed of 30 miles
per hour, and q cruising endurance of
four hours.
The remodeled plane is en- route
from New York to San Francisco on
it's initial trip. 1t will be sent to the
Minnesota State Fair held at the Twin
Cities September $40, together with
Airplane No. II, which made the in
itial trip May Is, 1918, when the first
air mail route was established be-
tween Washington and New York.
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cies. What we lack is the
will. That can and should be
cultivated.
THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
For the Gazette.

September takes It's name from
the Latin, septem-seven-it being
the seventh month in the old Roman
year.
When the Roman calendar was re-
formed into what is now known as
the Julian year or calendar, Septem-
Der retained it's name and the same
number of days, but became the ninth
month in the year.
In Charlemagne's calendar Septem-
Der was called the harvest month
and it corresponds, partly to the
Fructidor and partly to the Vende-
miaire of the first French republic.
The Anglo-Saxons called the month
of September Gertsmonath or barley
month, that crop usually being har-
vested at that period.
In Switzerland the month of Sep
TENDER is still called Herbstmonat,
harvest month.
Labor day, observed on the first
Monday in the month, is September's
only holiday.
California on the 9th, 1850, is the
only state that entered the Union in
September.
The chrysolite is the September
birthstone.
Two of the three martyred presi-
dents died in the month of September,
Garfield on the 10Th, 1881, and Nc
Kinley on the 4th, 1921. Two presi-
dents, Zachary Taylor, on the 24th,
1884, and William H. Taft, on the 18th
1857, were born in September.
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SEND IN THE NAMES

We publish in today's
columns elsewhere a letter
written by Hon. Arthur
Kyle Davis, chairman OF the
Virginia War History Com
mission, to our fellow
townswoman, Miss Helen
Norris Cummings, relative
to assistance that may be
rendered all ex-service men.
We only had permission
from Miss Cummings to
publish extracts from the
letter, but the cause is
so worthy that we print
the entire. communication
as being a much more
effective way Of arous-
ing interest. We hope that
those of our readers that
know of any ex-soldier hav-
ing claims on the govern
ment, will promptly forward
his name and address as Oh
rected by Mr.. Davis, in his
letter to Miss Cummings.
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The Friends We Can Make
BY the Wayside.

When Jim and / go out on the open
road it pleases US not to know exact
knowly where we are going, or when
we shall get there. A destination
is more troublesome than much lug
gage. If we have one folded up
with our blankets, We find it neces-
sary to forego many pleasant chat
by the wayside. Therefore, we US
ually leave our destination at home
with our best clothes. They belong
together!
Another JOY Of the road is not know
ing what acquaintance we shall
make, or how we shall make them.
Getting acquainted with people is a
dullard's adventure if you know about
them ahead of time. But if you
must learn the meaning of human
being from the poise of the head, the
flash of the eye. the locking Of the
Jaws, the behavior of the fingers.
and from the individual life, COM
mun;cable and yet inexplicable, which
anmiates all of these, then a meet
ing is an inviting hazard. With let
tiers of introduction We may meet Mr..
and Mrs. John Brown Jones Smith.
Without them we may find Socrates
in general store at the crossroads;
LIE Penseur on lonely hill, and
Thersites and st. Fraacis tramping
side by side along a dusty road; we
rlay even have the good fortune to
hear Confucius talking to his discip-
les of poetry, history and the up
keep of courtesy.
We enjoy the complex simpicities
of pioneering in the hearts and minds
Of our kind. People who seem quite
commonplace to themselves and to
their neighbors shine for US with a
light well known before there were
candles, the ancient light of rom
ance. For US they wear the plumes
of knights, the caps of COLLINS. the
haloes of saints, the garlands of de-
lectablc sinners, without ever know
ing that they are clad in more than
serge and gingham.
From People by the Wayside-
Another Cruise of the Dingbat of
Already" by Marguerite Wilkinson, in
the September Scribner's.
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THE SPIRIT OF CITIZENSHIP

In telling Of the work accomplished
by the pupils Of his school who had
participated in the work of the Jun
Tor Aem1icar Red Gross, the Principal
said, 1--WE believe that the Juniors
have absorbed more of the spirit of
American citizenship and social SER
vice by this practical work for Others
than could ever be had from text
books; and the joy Of the Juniors in
seeing children riding the kiddie kars
and playing with the cloth elephants
which they, the Juniors, had made,
sent them back to their schoolroom
with a pride in having helped and a
determine ton to do more"
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This old plane has been in service for
period of three years and fiv,
months 1t is Curtiss model JN4H
with a 150-H. P. Hispano-Suiza motor.
L has carrying capacity of 200
pounds of mail or approximately 5000
letters with cruising endurance Of
three and one-half hours. It's speed is
rs miles per hour. The records show
that this old plane has flown over
10000 miles.
During July of this year the Air
Mail Service flew 1880 miles with
mail, carrying $4,000 letters, with a
percentage of performance of 100 per
cent New York to Chicago; SO per
cent Chicago to Rock Springs Wyo.
and SO per cent Rock Springs to San
Francisco. The mileage for the trans
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VIRGINIA'S VOTERS

We wrote a few days ago,
in this column, concerning
the apparent apathy of the
voters of Virginia. Since
then, through the courtesy
of the Va. Association for
the Common Good, we have
received a fresh tabulation
of the votes of the principal
southern states. We find
that the figures of the three
Southern states that border
Virginia are interesting,
and should be instructive.
Kentucky has a population
of 2,4l6,O13, and her vote for
president in 1920 was $685.
977. North Carolina has a
population of 1855, 486, and
her vote was 53S,294. Ten
nessee has a population Of
2,337,459, and her vote was
426,367. Virginia, with a
population of 2,306, 361, cast
only 229,12S votes.
In other words our three
Southern neighbors, with
populations only ten or
eleven per cent greater, cast
votes from one hundred to
three hundred per cent
greater than the Old Domin-
ion. The conditions as to the
negro vote and the Repub-
lican vote do not vary great
~ in all four states. Indeed.
the advantage may be said
to lie with Virginia. We
must look to some other
cause for this enormous dis
crepancy.
The situation is in reality,
appalling. There should be
some effort on the part of
the proper agencies to stir
up civic self-consciousness.
The Chamber of Commerce
and the KiWanis Club, either
or both, might invite distin-
guished speakers from time
to time. to talk on topics
kindred to the duties and OBJ
legations Of citizenship. Sup
erintendent Sweeney might
arrange for lectures to the
pupils on Friday or Satur-
day nights and invite the
public. We have the agen-
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September takes It's name from
the Latin, septem-seven-it being
the seventh month in the old Roman
year.
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Annual Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nral meeting Of the stockholders of
the Howard Lumber Company, Inc,
will be held at its principal office,
Ill South Fairfax street, Alexandria,
Virginia, at II o'clock a. M, on the
9Th day of September, 1921, at which
time officers and directors will be
elected, and such other business trans
acted as may properly come befor
the meeting.
JAY P. FELT,
Secretary.
100 TO
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continental route is $3.50 miles from

continental route is $3.50 miles from
New York to San Francisco.
During the year ended June 80, 1921
1.77O,658 miles were flown and a.
s34,OSO pieces of mail were carried,
with percentage Of performance for
the year Of 1886 per cent. There are
49 pilots, $50 mechanics and Sc planes
used on the transcontinental route.
There are air stations at New York,
N. Y. ,Bellefonte, Pa, Cleveland, O.,
Bryan, O., Chicago, H., Iowa City, Ia,
Omaha, Neb., North Platte, Neb.,
Cheyenne, Wyo., Rock Springs, Wyo.,
Salt Lake, Utah, Elko, New, Reno,
New, and San Francisco, Cal. The
Post Office Department is now nego-
tiating at other points for joint Army
and Post Office fields.
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NOTICE

MOVED-Hayes Millinery Parlor
moved to 922 King Street, Corner
King and Patrick streats.) Will
open Friday, September 2.
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UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE
REMSChEL AUTO SALES Co,
WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 8 p. NJ,
EXCEPT SUNDAY 208-2c
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NOTICE

] will not be responsible for any
debts contracted by anyone but my
self in person.
207-4p. Claude A. Bib.