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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-31
Funeral Seryices

Anniston. January 30.--( (special.)-- The body of William I. Wilson, e7 year old son of Br. and Mrs. J. T. Wilson of Coldwater was inferred at the Taylor's chapel cemetery Sun day afternoon. Rev. Louis Wilson con- ducted the services. MT. Wilson had been an invalid for about six years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-31
Junior Panthers to
 Meet County Quintet

Wednesday afternoon, at o'clock, the Junior Panthers will be facing the Jefferson County quintet on the col lege gym floor. Immediately after ward one of the competitors will go down into defeat before the other, and which it will be is impossible to tell. That. question will be decided when the two teams go up against
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-31
Sends for Dors

Huntsville, January 3O.-( -(6pecial)--T The general merchandise store of T. N. Grif- filth at Hobbs Island was robbed of sev- eral hundred dollars worth of goods Thursday night. MT. Griffith sent for bloodhounds from chattanooga and hoped to run down the thieves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-31
Birth Announced

and Mrs J. V. Amison are being congrot- ulated by their neighbors and frienda upon the arrival of t1ns 10-pound boy, who arrived Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-31
NEW ORLEANS WORKING
 FOR DIXIE MITT MEET

Bill Streit, president of the Birming ham Athletic club, and vice president of the A. A. U., returned from trip to New Orleans day or so ago, bring ing with him the news that New Or leans is already working hard for the southern boxing tournament, which will be staged here early in March.
 Mir. Streit witnessed the city try-outs, held at the Young Mems Gymnastic club, and he states that the Crescent City has a fine bunch of athletes to send to Birmingham this year. The New Orleans team last year copped off high honors in the meet and stand a good chance to do so again .this year, according to Bill Streit.
 The New Orleans team seems to be particularly strong in the lighter di- visions, states MT. Streit
 PROSPECTIVE MATCHES
 OF LOCAL INTEREST
 There are three matches of local in- terest that may be staged within the next two weeks, two of them here and one in Atlanta.
 Sailor" Kennedy, who is just tak7 ing up boxing, may meet Eddie Hanlon, an old-timer in Birmingham, in a 10- round bout at the B. A. c. Hanlon has not fought in some time and his at tempted come back against a.newcomer will probably attract much interest among the local bugs.
 Birmingham may have It's second wrestling match of the season soon, for John Freberg, always favorite among local fans, will most likely be matched with Steve Savage in finish match to be staged at the B. A. c.
 Freddie Boorde will probably meet Fearless Ferns the Atlanta boy he decisively defeated a short time ago in Atlanta, in return match to be staged in Atlanta. This bout will probably take place on February z, Tommy Tompkins, who manages Boorde, states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-31
Most LUiting
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New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
pressure in an illegitimate way or
interfering except as concerns large
matters.
Captains Couraseous''

There is rejoicing in Gloucester.
The crew of the Esperanto is safe.
No one was lost, no one even was
injured, although the schooner
struck q submerged wreck and
foundered in shallow water mile
and a half from land.
1t is a wild life, this, compared to
which the ease Of the landsman
seems ignoble. 1t is a life full of
hardship and suffering, Homeric in
its daring and endurance. These
hardy fishermen, sons Of the old
New England, keep alive under
practically the same conditions the
traditions established when the Yam
kee whalers sailed close to both
poles.
America joins with the crew in
mourning the loss Of this famous
ship. The Esperanto last fall sailed
the kind Of race in the international
flshermen's regatta which made
the country justly proud Of her.
Her loss is blow to American
craftsmanship. 1t remains for an
other to hold the honors she won.
But the men who sailed her are
safe and can sail as efficiently an
other ship.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
Promising the Unpromisable

When Mr.. La Guardia, President
of the Board Of Aldermen, asked Mr..
McAneny, of the new Transit Board,
for absolute assurance" against
any modification Of the subway con-
tracts he, of course, as man Of
intelligence, anticipated the answer
Mr.. McAneny would be constrained
to give. He knew in advance that
no such assurance could be given.
1t is not the practice of government
agents, when a matter is under con-
sideration and inquiry is incomplete,
to announce an advance judgment.
The law under which the new
Transit Board is operating contem-
plates the possibility of modifying
the subway contracts, not in the in
terest Of the companies, but in the
interest Of the public. This is fun
damental and applies a principle of
daily use in common life when con-
ditions change and a modification is
Of mutual benefit. In the subway
contract are provisions which favor
the companies and others that favor
the city. Perhaps it is possible to
readjust the trade to the benefit Of
both parties.
Whether concessions offered on
one side are a fair compensation for
concessions on the other is ques-
tion that obviously cannot be de-
cided until there is q specific offer.
So no exact action can be promised
in advance. To do so would be to
defeat the very end sought. MIR. La
Guardia needs scarcely to be in
formed that it is impossible during
bargain-making to map out precise
course.
The Transit Commission is seek
ing to find a formula OF settlement
which will concede to the companies
their contractual rights, which they
cannot be deprived of, and at the
same time secure to the city full
benefit and value Of any contract
modification. 1t is not All easy task.
Perhaps an agreement can be
reached. Perhaps it cannot be. There
can be no exact prediction, and it is
foolish to ask an answer to the un-
answerable.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
Personally Interested

When President Harding paid an
unannounced visit to the Interstate
Commerce Commissions headquar-
ters to discuss some details Of the
railroad situation he manifested a
direct personal interest in the COM
missions work which no other
President had ever shown so point
edly. Many times in the past the
commission might have been saved
from blunders if the vital impor-
tance Of it's decisions had been more
clearly realized at the White House.
It's members were isolated from
the general work OF the Admins
tration. Yet the President, who ap-
points the commissioners, is also re-
sponsible for the reasonableness of
their policy and the quality Of their
work. It is to the public interest
that he should consult with them
concerning the non-judicial phases
of their work.
Left to itself, the commission
adopted the methods Of court.
1t looked on it's functions narrowly.
1t felt no obligation to discharge
in a broad, constructive way its
duty Of regulating the carrier. 1t
allowed the latter to be starved. 1t
had shut itself up to such an extent
that on the day when Germany de-
clared war ON Russia It handed
down a rate decision ignoring the
vast economic and political conse-
quences Of that already discounted
action. A few months later it had
to admit it's fault.
The confiscation from which the
railroads have suffered is trace
able largely to the commission.
Since the deplorable consequences
Of that policy have become mani
fest there have been signs of re-
pentance and of keener appreciation
OF what the commission ought to do
TO put the railroads on their feet.
Case decisions are not enough.
There should be railway policy.
That the President is actively
concerned and will personally sup
port a program Of reconstruction
cannot but stimulate the commits
slon's desire to restore the carriers
to solvency as the first step toward
insuring the public once more the
benefits OF efficient, high-class rail-
way service. The caution of the
President may be assumed to be
sufficient to prevent his exerting
New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
The Battle Hymn and Others

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sirs There are some amazing statsa
ments in the letter OF your 'corre-
spondent w. a. Price about some Of
our patriotic anthems. He speaks Of
the tune of "John Browns Body" as
Every popular" though "the text is i'm
possible; and in the next sentences
declares that 'The Battle Hymn Of the
Republic" is "musically impossible be-
cause of its hipperty skippity meter
and irregular lines" Really, one must
wonder if he ever heard either of the
songs. For, as everybody but himself
must know, the music of both is the
same; Mrs. Howe's sublime poem hsv.
ing been set to the "very popular" tune
of "John Browns Body" which in tura
had been taken from an old camp neete
ing and revival hymn.
AS to the "hipperty- -skippity meter
and irregular lines" most people re-
gard the Battle Hymn" ss being IN
notably dignifed and impressive
meter, and it's lines sre certainly ss
regular as the art Of prosody could
make them. Would your correspondent
regard the hexameters of Homer as
"hipperty-skippity"?
His estimate of america" as meas~
uring up, in both words and music, to
the requirements of national hymn
is entirely judicious. Haydn, Bee7
h Syxh
Of the finest compositions of the kind
in the world. That "the tune is not
ours" is, however, only partly correct.
1t was originally ours, for it belonged
to US in Colonial days before we be-
came q nation, and ! cannot see why
in becoming independent we should
have cancelled our title to it, any
more than to our language. Seeing
that it has been adopted during
the last century and a quarter By
about dozen different nations, iuclud-
ing tito kingdoms Of Prussia, Saxony
and Bavaria, the German Empire IS
whole, the kingdom OF Denmark ana
for time the Russian Empire, the fact
that it was not composed upon our SOIL
should not debar US from its use.
That America" with all it's superb
qualities. is "the only one which people
will sing" will scarcely be subscribed
to by the millions who have heard the
"musically impossible" "Battle Hymn
OF the Republic" sung by vast multl'
tudes with zest, swing and So
norous splendor rivaling the "Msrseit-
laise" itself. I fancy that it was not
found "musically impossible" or ship"
perty-skippity" at st. Paul's Cathedral
in London on Monday last.
w. F. JOHNSON.
New York, June I, 1921. /
New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
Mime. Curie and the Curis

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: That in all the interesting in
formation that has been given us by
the newspapers in regard to the work
Of Nine. Curie nothing has been said
about the curie is curious. Other
eminent scientists have been honored
by having their names, reduced to
common nouns and beginning with
small letters, devoted to the designa-
ton OF specific units in the various
branches Of physics to which they
made distinguished contributions. Thus
we have the watt, the ohm, the volt,
the farad, the coulomb, the lambert,
the henry and the ampere.
And this distinction has not been
withheld from Nine. Curie. At the
international Congress OF Radiology,
which was held in Brussels in 1910,
and of which Nine. Curie was the presi
dent, it was agreed to call the unit
OF radio-activity---namely the amount
Of radium emanation which is in equili-
brium with one gram of radium--by
the very appropriate name the curie.
(But as in studying radium one works
with exceedingly small Quantities. it
is the term the miIlicurie that Is in
most frequent use.) Thus Nine. Curie
is sure of grateful remembrance on the
part of scientists so long as science
shall endure, and that is doubtless
until the end of civilization.
CHRISTINE LADD-FRANKLIN.
Meyr YasIr I,,oa 900,
New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
The Radiun Supply
,,a Ed;tor of 'The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A dispatch from Baltimore in
your issue of May 81 was so the effect
that an early exhaustion Of the worlds
supply Of radium was feared and that
no new radium bearing ore had been
discovered in the last five or six years.
According to DR.. Victor l.. Hess,
one Of the leading radium experts in the
United States and associated with the
largest radiun mining and refining
companies in America, the visible sup
ply Of radium is increasing and there
is no imminent danger Of q radiuns
famine. Before the war the world was
dependent almost entirely upon Eu-
rope FOR its supply Of radium, which
was derived mainly from pitchblende.
To-day, however, the extensive de-
posits of radium-bearing carnotite in
the Paradox Valley Of Colorado and in
the adjoining districts of Utah arc be-
ing mined.
Already more radium has been taken
out of the carnotite district than the
most competent authority predicted
would he found there. The difficulty
Of the processes Of extraction and the
costly equipment necessary are moro
a limit to production than che ore
supply. And yet despite these facts the
price has remained about stationary.
Radium deposits have also been dis
covered in Argentina, in England, in
Canada, in Portugal and in Russia.
ARTHUR ROEDER.
New York, June /, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
The Sena.e's Naval Bill

The navel appropriation act, as
the Senate passed it, carries S494,-
100000. The Senate added $780,
100000 to the House total. But
even the Senate's total represents
reduction Of S135, 900, 900 from
the estimates submitted by Secre-
tary Daniels. The House bill was
nearly $300,000,000 below the
Daniels estimates.
These facts should be borne in
nind by critics who would fasten
on Congress the charge of extrava-
gance in military expenditure. Con-
gress is working at this session, as
at the last three sessions, to lessen
the cost of the military services.
The army appropriation bill which
President Wilson pocket-vetoed
last March because it offended Sec
retary Bakers sensibilities carried
only Ss46,Oo0,oo0. Mr.. Baker had
asked for s6s9,O00,O 900. The re-
duction was extraordinary and
marked a rapid getting away from
the Wilson era Of post-armistice
extravaganza. For the time being,
until the nations finances are ball
anced, it has been necessary to cut
deeply into army and navy appro-
priations, and Congress has taken
the lead in doing So, It deserves
credit, not abuse, for the showing
it has made.
There is little probability, how
ever, that the final bill will carry a
total Of $A94,ooo,ooo. The bill
now goes to conference committee
and will undoubtedly be cut to meet
the views of the House Of Repre-
sentatives. The sum appropriated
in the naval bill for 1920-'21 was
433,000,000. This was 49,O00,-
600 less than Mr.. Daniels's esti-
mates. The House wants to keep
the personnel for next year down
to 100000 men. The Senate has
fixed it at 10000. 1t is easy to
make a compromise on this item
which will save s15,0OO,O0O or
more. The Senate has made pro-
vision for the construction of two
airplane carriers, and the navy needs
airplane carriers more than it does
additional battleships. Here is an
other item on which an adjustment
could be made reducing the Senate
bills total by from S25, 100000 to
$50,000,000.
Were the Treasury not in straits
a naval bill carrying 100000, 900
at the present value of the dollar
might not be excessive and save
money in the end. Yet less will be
granted this year, and circum-
stances may allow a material de-
crease next year and the year after.
Congress has to look at the two
sides of the problem-to consider the
necessities Of national defense as
well as the claims Of economy.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
came to distrust their natural leader
who seemed to give it ear.

came to distrust their natural leader
who seemed to give it ear.
Arc the people to be esteemed
fools easily deceived by the company
which In the first instance derided
the cause Of the Allies, ascribed the
war to the rivalries of capitalism,
then didn't know what it was about
and scornfully laughed at the idea
that this country, or any other, was
moved by moral influences? II
George Harvey presented America
as material ard sordid he but repeat
ed doctrine widely heralded by the
minority which now ascribes our
entry to sublime altruism and is dis
satisfied because the settlement was
not perfectly idealistic.
If there is disharmony, II the AL
lies have to some degree been wedged
apart, the chief blows have come
from the class which continues
meanly to attack the motives and
conduct of the great people who
fought for right if it ever was fought
for. These are the fomenters Of hate
these are the ones who are work
ing against future peac@these are
they who are now as morally made
quate as they were when the war
began.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
The Campaign Is Launched

Sir: Can / interest you in my Write
Your Own Epitaph Campaign7 1t has 80
long been suspected that the epitaphs
selected or invented by the bercsved
failed to hit the nail on the head, as it
were, that hardly need to dwell on the
advantages Of the new idea. Cousin
Florence says she is with me to the
death on this. She says just put up a
simple headstone with "She Never
Bought Steel Common" and let it 20
at that. May not add that Cousin
Florence is right there when it comes
to Curb Coppers3 AS for myself, Il
rather favor "Her Speed Was Good,
Her Judgment Poor" This will insure
my grave being Immediately recognized
by my friends and family, all che mem
bers Of the 42d Precinct, and the traf-
fic cop who stands half way down the
hill in Yonkers.
DAISY RETJ
New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
The Coming ,l1owcr
"GIRL FOR ILLUSIONS"

w A ATEn Girl for Illusions Gi,c full par
w SAEv &0 ticulArs In flsst letter. saisry al :
pectsd ste, I'hotos required; same returned Wri,s
X IL JONES. Broughton. Kansas.
The Billboard.
"Girl for Illusions" X. Il. Jones,
Thy message clear from Brough-
ton, Kansas,
"Like one clear harp in divers
tones"
Leads me to spill some stanzas.
Much have I travelled, much I've
read,
And men have barred to me their
hearts;
/ know the thoughts Of Maize head,
Her sciences and arts.
Oh, X. E. Jones, deem me no churl,
But, on this famed terrestrial
ball,
Nobody ever wants a girl
For anything else at all.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
Canada and Japan
Discussion of Reneral of the Anglo japanese alliance
Special Correspondence Of The Tribune
OTTAWA, Canada, June /. I

OTTAWA, Canada, June /.
The comments In ths American press
on the question az to whether the
United States should or should not
keep abreast of Japan in naval outlay
and rs to whether renewal of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance as framed at
present would or would not be con-
ctrued az an act unfriendly to the
United States are being discussed in
several Canadian papers and have been
referred to by public men and poll
ticians. Perhaps the most important
matter that Arthur Meighen, Canada s
new Premier, will discuss when he
represents the Dominion at the I'M
rerial Conference of Premiers in Lon-
don in few days will be this topic.
Friendly Feeling
In Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Han1;l-
ton, Kingston and most central and
eastern cities there are very few Jap
anese and they are law-abiding and
desirable citizens. In British Columbia
there is much the same feeling that
prevails In California; there is fre-
quent reference to the labor situation
and to the probability OF Orientals In
great numbers coming to this country.
Throughout Canada, however, there is
no feeling against Japan. The desire
is to be friendly, but it is realized that
thousands Of Americans are strongly
opposed to any arrangements that
might even permit Of the possibility
Of Great Britain's being an ally Of
Japan in the remote eventuality Of
war. Present intimations at Ottawa
are that at London tho Preniers Of
Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South
Africa and possibly other portions Of
the British overseas dominions will be
consulted before anything definite is
done
Naturally there is speculation as TO
what attitude the Canadian Premier
Twill take. The Ottawa Journal, which
stands very close to the Meighen gov
ernment, has published an interesting
editorial on the Anglo-Japanese issue,
with special reference to the way it is
regarded in the United States, laying
emphasis on the Interpretation that
Americans will be likely to put on
Canadian and British action. The
Journal says:
arguments against renewal are
undoubtedly powerful. Why, it Is
asked, should a renewal be necessary
The causes which made the treaty Of
1905 desirable, if not necessary, are
gone. J oan is not now in danger
from eit,ser Germany or Russia. She
is virtually supreme along the eastern
Asiatic coast. The League Of Nations
of which she is member, is strug-
Cling toward disarmament; the United
States offers no menace. Why, then,
should Japan be afraid? And will the
renewal Of the treaty contribute one
iota toward preservation OF the peace
Of the world?
"Such are the arguments against re-
New-York tribune., 1921-06-03
Out os Date
New York, June 1, 1921.
From The Lo. Asssles Tinse.)

(FroRs The Los Aayeles TffGesJ
There will be no more sobber heroes
in history. The days of Claude Duyai
and Jack Sheppard on the highways ot
England we're exploited in books, but
everything they ever did has been dupis-
Gated recently in American history.
They wore period costumes, had road
horses with fancy names and usee
clumsy pistols. The highway robbers
OF to-day wear evening clothes, ride IN
motor cars and carry automatics. Years
lister historians may be writing of our
sky knights, such as Frank Luke OF
Raoul Lufbery, but they won't eeis-
brats our highwaymen. That sort O.
hero worship is gone--and good riS
dance!