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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
ASK AUTHORITY TO BUILD
 HYDROELECTRIC PLANT

Montgomery, January 3.-fSpecial.)-
 Another hydroelectric plant will be con-
 structed in Alabama if the public serv-
 ice commission issues certificate of convenience and necessity and the fed- eral government grants the petition of the Houston Power company for permis- sion to construct a dam across the
 Choctawhatchee river between the coun- ties of Dale and Houston. The petition for the certificate was filed with the public service commission Monday and will be heard during the month It must be issued before the federal government will consider the petition under the new water power act.
 The power company set forth that it now operates two plants. which are not sufficient to meet the demand for eiec- tric energy in southeast Alabama, and that the demand cannot be met until another dam and plant have been con sructed The dam will be 20 feet high, according to present plans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
IGNORE EMPLOYES' NOTICE Workers Ask Ford to Permit Them to Make Cars for Own Use
By Associated Press

Detroit, January 3.-Onicials of the Ford Motor company had taken no of- ficial notice tonight of a handbill cir culated Sunday by a number of the concerns employees asking that the company permit the workers to use the Ford plant, now closed for inventory, temporarily for making cars for their own use. No formal request had been made to the company for such action, it was announced.
 Distribution of the handbills gave rise to number of false rumors in Detroit today. The police ridiculed one rumor that the Ford employees had declared soviet control and had as- sumed operation of the plant. When oO,000 workers appeared at the High land Park plant this morning to re- ceive their pay checks, the report was spread that they were storming the plant. But one policeman was on duty in the vicinity of the factory and there was no disorder, the police announced. Rumors that the governor was to bs asked to send federal troops from Fort Wayne were called "absurd" by the police and company officials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
HARDING WILL GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION
 TOSOUTH AMERICA
Some of Country's Ablest Men Will Be Sent to Diplomatic Posts to the
 South
By RoBEr T. SMALL

his discussion of international affairs with a number of visitors, President elect Harding very pIainly states that he will take deeper interest in Central and South American affairs than any President Of recent years. When it comes time to make diplomatic appoint ments. and that time, it should be stated, is still far in the distance, Mir. Harding will cndeavor to pick the very best available men for the posts among the American republics.
 As usual, it is expected that the greatest pressure would be brought to bear by those who would represent the United States at the Court of St. James in London, at Paris, Rome, or Berlin,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
TUESDAYS RACES
 TO SETTLE STAKE

Montgomery, January g. Amateur races in the all-American stake of the Dixie Field Trials club were featured to- day by the sensational work of the setter Riley Frush. owned by pr. P. k, Phil lips of Cincinnati, and pointer, Sergy, owned by A. o. Yount of Button, Tenn.
 The stake will be settled in races to be staged Tuesday with seven braces en- tered, the winner to pull down the heavy end of a large purse and be hailed as the all-American champion. Dog owners are present from all sections of the country. among them w. A. Kurtz of Hoapuim' Wash, A. Howe of Tacoma, Wash, pr. Sid Smith of Houston, Tex, Louis Me- Graw of Pittsburg, P. K. Phillips of Gin cinnati O. w. s. Thornton of Brandon, Miss. C. E. Duffield of Tulsa, Okla-,. .. E. Griffith of Ames, Okla, w. D. Mack, R. K Armstrong of Barber, N. C., anh A o. Yount of Button, Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04

The public is urged to attend these services each evening except saturday, and prayer meeting each morning at 10 o'clock, lasting one hour.
 GLOBE LODGE
 All members of Globe Lodge No. 7Sl are requested to meet at the Masonic temple this afternoon at 1 o'clock to attend the funeral of J, J. Bozeman at the family residence, 2615 Avenue l.
 K. OF P. LODGE
 Steel City Lodge No. l90 Knights of Pythias will install officers for the en- suing year at the regular meeting to- night at 7:30 o'clock. The officers are as follows Chancellor commander. c. c. Warren; vice chancellor, Ross Tar borough; keeper of records and seal, c. w Cole; master of finance, S. A. Me hon; prelate, C.. E. Tyler; master of works, W. H. Booth master of arms, E. J. Griffith; inside guard, w. $. Barnes; outside guard, c. H. Wilson; representa-. tive to grand lodge, Ross Marlborough alternate. M M. Johnson.
 The Junior Endeavor society of the First Presbyterian church will have z social at the home of Mrs R. w Vaughn, 3716 Avenue J, Thursday after, noon at o'clock.
 Conrad Boterweg, Jr, will leave thi morning for Perry, Ga, where he will resume his studies and remain with hi grandparents during the spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
IBALLOON|STS ON
 1 RETURN JOURNEY
Are Expected to Reach Rail Head by Saturday or
 Sunday
By Associated Press

Cochrane, Ontario, January 3.-Cana- dian mounted police stationed at Haley bury announced tonight that trained messenger would be sent to meet and escort the three American naval balloon
 ists now making their way via dog sled to an Ontario railhead after being miss ing for nearly three weeks. The off
 cers. who found refuge at Moose Fac tory. on James bay, after being lost in the Canadian woods for four days, arc believed to be- headed for either Mattice or Cochrane on the Canadian National Transcontinental railway
 Barring untavorable weather condi 1 tions, the three men. who are aecompa'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04

nied by experienced guides, should reach the railhead Saturday or Sunday. Their progress necessarily is slow because of the. frozen and snow-swept trails and the cold weather, which now registers % de- grees below zero in that region.
 With the exception of the message which they sent by Indian runners to Mattice, from where it was telegrapheh to the Rockaway, N. Y., naval air sta ton, no details of their flight or rescue are known here.
 While their flight of approximately Soo miles was not a long distance or time record the aviators probably reached q ! point farther north than ever attained | by a free air balloon. They left the l Rockaway air station at 1215 p. m. De cember 1S anI landed at 2 p. m. the next
 day. Knowing that the prevailing winds
 would carry them over the mountainous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
Conduct Preachers School

TUSCALOOSA, January 3.-tSpeciaI. J-Dr' H. A. Bagby, Dr. L. o. Dawson, Dr. Richard Hall and pr. E. l.. Edens will conduct a preachers school at the Mon nish Memorial Baptist church from the third to the eighth of January. The pur- pose of this school is to assist preachers in Bible study, sermon making, and the study of Sunday school and church methods and problems. Regular classes will be conducted in homiletics, Bible study, home and foreign missions. About 100 ministers are expected to attend from different parts of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
JACK DEMPSEY IS
 SUED FOR BIG SUM

Jack Dempsey, worlds heavyweight pugilist, was made defendant in the district court here today in an action filed by J. F. Burns, a negro, in which it is alleged Dempsey has failed to pay Burns for special services per formed between January 10 and March 15, 1920, amounting to s700.
 It also is alleged that Burns loaned Dempsey S3,500 between those same dates and third allegation is that the plaintiff provided the pugilist with au- tomobile and taxicab service during those dates to the value of $500, for which he says he has received no com pensation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
 Red Officials Deny That Rath Is Sold

Cincinnati, January 3.-August Herr mann, president of the Cincinnati Na- tional league baseball club, denied to- night that Maurice Rath, second base man, had been sold to the San Fran cisco club.
 When the dispatch stating that Man ager Seals had announced the pur chase of Rath was read to MT. Herr mann over the telephone, he said:
 T haven't heard word about it. Rath will not go to Frisco"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
Quarterly Conference Held

CarrWIton, January 3.--tSpeciaL )-The first quarterly conference of the year was held with the Carrollton Methodist church Saturday and was presided over by Rev. w. E. Faust, presiding elder of the Tus- caloosa district. Reports from the churches embracing the Carrollton- Alice vile charge shows that they are in good condition financially, and that much interest is being manifested in all lines of church work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
THREE

districts of northern New York, tho aviators probably purposely kept their craft at a high altitude, especially at night When dawn broke they pre- sumably found themselves over the dense Canadian woods and decided to keep go- ing until they could find an open space and land safely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
Sawmills Resume Operations

Carrollton, January 3.-(Special.)- )-AfteI being closed down for the past 10 days the saw mills over the county resumed operations this morning. It is learned upon good authority that many mills which have been closed since the slump came in lumber prices, will also begin operations, giving employment to a large number of laborers that have been idle due to the closing down of these mills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
REPORTED THAT RATH IS SOLD TO FRISCO

San Francisco, January 3.--Maurice
 Rath, second baseman of the Cincin- nati Nationals, has been purchased by the San Francisco club of the Pacific Coast league and will report in March. it was announced today by Manager Graham F. Seals. Rath played with Salt Lake City in 1913 and led the Pa cific Coast league in hitting in that year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
TO CONTINUE REVIVAL

Evangelist Thomas J. O'Neal will con- tinue the revival at the Twenty-seventh street mission, as many requests for the continuance of the services have come in Beginning last evening a series of sermons will be given on 'The Second Coming of Christ"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
Earnest Is Recovering

Tuscaloosa, January --(Spec1al )-Wal- ter Earnest. who was shot from ambush several days ago on the Crabbe road, has so far recovered from the effects of his wound that he has been removed from the Druid City infirmary to the home of his brother. J. E. Earnest, near Windham Springs. Win, Deese, Ed Jones and Tollie Jones. the three young men who were confined to jail charged with in the shooting, have all made bond and have been released
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
Young Ex-Soldier Dies

Tuscaloosa. January 3-(Special) J. Frank Kemp well-known young man of the Oregonia neighborhood. died. last night near this city. The passing of was only 9 years of age, and it is thought his illness and death were caused by exposures undergone during his serv- ice for Uncle Sam during the World war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04
Woman Takes Bench $ Judge
By Associa1ed Prese

Cleveland, Ohio January 3-Miss Flor ence Allen. the first woman common pleas judge in Ohio, if not in the country. today took the bench in criminal court
 Judge Aliens first case was that of the state against Louis Bolton, who was pretenses He was acquitted after the jury had been out only fw minutes and Judge Allen began hearing her second
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04

but in the Harding administration there is every reason to believe that the posts at such capitals as Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires. Montevideo and Santiago are to have the very first consideration.
 Senavor Harding is desirous of see ing the relations between the United States and her sister republics of this hemisphere greatly strengthened. Dur
 ing his recent trip to Panama he made this very plain. The policy he has in mind is not the result of that trip. He has given the matter serious thought for years. The Panama trip merely confirmed his conviction that diplo- matically as well as commercially the interests of the United States lie at this time strongly to the southward
 FOR CONSTRUCTIVE WORK The glamori of the European courts has attracted most of the best of Amer ican diplomats. of the past. Mir. Hard ing feels that real constructive work in the interest of the country offers op- portunity to the biggest men that we | have, automatically speaking. in the i South American ambassadorships The i reasons for this are many and obvious. For the last six or seven years, and evem longer, our relations with the other Americas have all but been for gotten. The World war, which began nearly seven years ago, naturally fo- cused all interest on Europe, and there l it has remained. Europe, in the next administration, will be the great prob | lem, but it will be a problem which in- wolves immediate consideration by the President himself, by Congress and by 1 the cabinet. The ambassador in Europe during the next four years will have l little opportunity for individual effort {his course naturally will be directed step by step from Washington. In a sense he will be under system of wire l less cont trol.
 In South America the ambassador ot 1 the next four years will find a wide field of work in which his personality his tact and naturally his diplomacy will count for much. The United States always has posed as the Big Brother of the western hemisphere, but there is Inc denying the fact that some of our sister republics have been treated more like stepchildren.
 OFTEN NEGLECTFUL
 If it had not been for what might be
 termed the extra official activities oi
 the United States representatives in the
 Pan-American union. more than one oi
 the natios to the southward might have
 been estranged. These neighbor nations
 always have been found ready to dc
 their part in any sort of arrangement
 with the United States, but this country
 has been found more than often neg
 lectful. At the beginning of his admin
 istration, Presidet Wilson spoke ot
 forming the Americas into a sort o
 League of Nations for disposing of mat
 ters affecting the western hemisphere
 but the World war upset this work, a:
 it upset all the affairs of the universe
 Secretary of State. Colby is making {
 notable, if somewhat belated, tour O
 South America, and while his trip ma.
 be said to be wholly related to the Will
 son administration, MT. Colby is per
 sonally a man of such tact and pleas
 ant personality, he is certain to leav'
 behind favorable impression whicl
 will pave the way for the efforts to b.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-04

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The Washington herald., 1921-01-19
The Way to Peace.

A German professor has discovered a stabil-
izer that will permit building Ioooo-ton sub
marines well armored and carrying o-inch guns
If ships of this size with 2s-knot surface speed
become possible, they will revolutionize naval
warfare
Such ship could take care of itself against
destroyers, would outmatch any less heavily pro-
tected boats would overhaul many socalled chasers
and would make capital ships largely back
bers, they will also carry torpedo tubes.
1t is stated that though this invention
offered to the United States, no action was taken
and it has been sold to Great Britain Possibly
this is reason that government has held up its
entire battleship program, we'll the given
reason of enormous cost.
1t is typical Of the German way Of putting
things that the news comes with the statement
that this discovery will aid in preventing war. 1t
will merely aid in inducing to those best
equipped with such engines of offensc, or their
equivalent. No appliance, matter how
rlble, ever prevented war.
1t is a fact that the world war was caused
by the German belief that they had by far the most
perfect engine in the world They
WINGED that their army could walk to Paris as
on holiday. 1t fulfilling this belief
1t unmasked guns of almost unbelievable
power and range, explosive shells, poison gas
liquid fame the fighting submarine. hand grenades
trench mortars and airplanes of superior speed
with offensive and defensive construction and
devices.
The possession of these engines of war did not
prevent They would not have prevented war
if Germany had been known to have them with
the willingness to them. Nor will disarmament
of itself prevent there will always be
country-the who actually menace
peace-who will have, had Germany, the many
secret of offense.
War will end only with the regeneration. of
people. Sny when governments become in fact
democratic, only when they to frank and
sincere understanding, only when brought together
in the publicity of mutual discussion will there be
sensible hope of continued peace.
To this end nothing else be of equal bene-
fit and effect the league of nations. 1t is largely
mmateral with what powers such league is
clothed preventves, what authority
it nominaIly has to discipline the unruly, or sup
press the warke
Such powers and authority would be mainly
nominal. court with compulsory jurisdiction is
worth far than all the rest, while most prac-
tical of all is the getting together for mutual
expression, understanding, complaint, open state
ment of opinion and fixing of standards which in
the end develop ideals, give them practical ap-
plicaton and raise the moral level of international
relations.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-19

the importance of the signal machine gum hand ex
plosive, engineer supply, and artillery branches.
Inevitably this must more than double the number
of men required merely for skeleton organization,
which should include each branch in sufficient numbers
to and rapidity of expansion. Certainly,
also this should include plan for the rudimenary train
ing Of considerable number from civil life each year.
1t would seem that this skeleton organization, what
the number, should be of especially picked men.
This selection should be based merely upon physical
ability, but on that grade of intelligence required for
all the lower officer grades.
This country should have learned that the great
need of any emergency is body of in the regular
service fitted become training organization,
well as to officer a greatly expanded army. part
be called from civil life for this but the basis should
always be in regular army force
The United States should never again be caught
without two essentials for defense. One is trained
body of at least 100000 qualified for training an
army from civil life and to take command of sufficient
defensive army. These should all be subject to i'm
mediate call - ia s.:
Second is supply of equipment including also
at least small and light artillery, adequate to what
ever is fixed necessary defensive force. 1t should
not be difficult matter to decide all these questions
They based upon sufficiently known and definite
facts.
But their determination is not for the judgment
of Representatives who only have the civilian judgment
and information. They demand the expert knowledge
of men of experience such Gen. Wood, Gen Pershng
and others who by common consent conceded to
have taint of milarism and to have adherence
of war equal to that of the trembling pacifst.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-19
The lord mayor of Cork continues to
bob up.
= Is She Cured?

Emma Goldman would rather be in Jail in the
United States than at large in Russia. So at least
is the report brought back by who went there
Communist and was cured by residence in Rus
sian jail with prior less intimate acquant-
with the Boshevik brand of democracy
Emma has had sufficient experience to know
whereof she speaks. She has lived inside jails in
this country; she has had physical freedom in Rus
sa. When here she was emphatic in her prefer
ence for the Utopia of Lenine.
Having had the practical experience of the joys
of that heaven of the proletariat she has changed
her mind Even Jail in America now presents to-
memory ease safety, freedom, warmth food and
comfort to which there is nothing comparable in
Soviet Russia, ~
If she has in fact been disillusioned, it is well
she has had the schooling. If she is ready to be
content anywhere, not actively rebelious it
is dodbly we'll with her. If there is anywhere she
could live and not be but an agency of discontent
there she should go, if this is back here.
But it would be a safer proposition if she had
declared that she had rather work for a living in
America with her hands, backed by her intelligence
than live in idleness in Russia. So far in her life
she has worked only with virulent tongue, backed
by an imagination that only red.
Like any other disease, her value has been in
getting a remedy which would eliminate her. At
last she has been segregated with her fellow social
and economic lepers. The problem is not if ashe
would now prefer segregation here, but if she has
been cured
The Washington herald., 1921-01-19
REQUESTS OF 81
FEATURE 2 WILLS

st. AIMS Infant Asylum aud The
Little Sisters OF the Peor are re-
membered in the will of Maria Kill
martin, filed for probate yesterday,
with bequests of 5000 each. The
rector of st. Stephens Church is
remembered with a gift OF 1900.
Frank Hurney. a cousin, is given
$500 and like amount is given
Francis Cook. Thomas Cook is to
have 800 and Margaret Cook $50.
Mrs. Ella Hoffman. who died
January IL, leaves 81 to her hus-
band, Robert, C. Hoffman. A be-
quest Of $500 is made to the Chris
tian Science Church of this city.
After cremation expenses are paid.
the balance Of the estate is TO 20 TO
an only child, Berrie NJ. o. Dodge.
/. Joseph Grauer leaves 81 TO his
divorced swife, Rebecca Grauer. Of
San Francisco His present wife Is
to receive $500 A son. william
Grauer, and a daughter. Charlotte
Grauer. are each TO have s25o. A
brother, Benjamin Grauer. is given
$1,000. and the balance of the estate
is to be divided among relatives
now living in Rumania-
The Washington herald., 1921-01-19
An Army of Defense.

Congress has finally determined that the army shall
number I75,ooo. This is practically 100000 less than
Secretary Baker aimed to have 1t is $4,000 less than
Gen. Wood has advocated. 1t is $4,000 more than a
Senate majority had voted.
1t is a compromise and therefore is not fully
satisfactory to anyone 1t falls in between as COM
promises always do but is closer to the minimum than
the maximum 1t is in fact below rather than eora
to = wise and wholesome balance.
Even $4,000 could not by the widest stretch Of
imagination commit this country to any militarist
policy intent. 1t too high for consistency on
the part Of Mr., Baker as a lifelong openly declared
pacihst. But $4,000 is below what has been advised
by everyone with any expert knowledge as sufficient
skeleton organization. 1t is largely number fixed
by- economy, which may prove extravagant but near
enough expert judgment for fair trial.
It is said President Wilson will veto the bill: but
this may be doubted. If he does it will be simply for
the purpose of again opening the closet door to dis
play the spectre of the league of nations WHICH is Mr.
Bakers for his 10000 and Mr.. Daniels excuse
foS ~the greatest navy in the world"
1t should not be difficult to determine with exact
ness just the size of army the United States should
haye Before the there paper army of 100000
the actual number being around $1,000. This was ad-
mittedly inadequate at that time.
The has added several branches of service
AIhogg these are tank, armored car, flame, arplane
and trench gun service while it has broadly extended