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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
To Enter College
 at the Age of 7l

Gadsden, October 7.-Does a man ever get too old to learn? This question was answered by J. Franklin Brown, of Curtison, who is now planning to enter Berea college, although he is Il years old. For the past two years Mir. Brown has been teach ing school at Steele but decided that he wanted to refresh his mind on several subjects and has announced that he is now making his plans to enter college again, although he graduated more. than 5O years ago. The decision of MT. Brown should be read with interest by many young men Of the present day who have not finished high school and think they know 1t all. A trite and true saying: Once a man, twice q boy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
COWDEN TO CAPTAIN
 ANNIST0N GRID TEAM

Anniston. October Special )- Dave Cowden has been selected 10 captain the independent football team of this city. daily practice having been ordered by the new head of the local eleven.
 The Independents will go to Cedar town Friday for their opening game of the season, hard fight being cx- pected by them when they meet the strong team from that place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
 MOBILE PLANS AID FOR CiTY'S UNEMPLOYED
By Associated Press

Mobile, Ala. October 7.-Mobiie will soon open municipal bureau for the unemployed. Decision to that effect was reached today following q conference, including members of the city; commission, bankers and repre- sentatives of civic rganizations. The pledged themselves to adopt a resolution to be presented at its meeting next Tuesday. All un- employed persons in the city will soon be listed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
REMOVE ATTORNEY AFTER WHITE SLAVERY CHARGE
By Associated Press

CHntwoOd, Va. October I--Com- monwealth's Attorney ]. c. Smith of Dickinson county has been removed from office. following his conviction in county court here yesterday of violating the federal white slave act. II N Souwards. q young Cllntwood lawyer, has been named by Judge William E. Burns to succeed Smith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
UNKNOWN INJURIES MAY
 CAUSE DEATH OF WOMAN
By Associated Pres.

Nashville, Tenn, October 7.-suf- ierlns from injuries on the head, which will probably cause her death, Mrs. James Kerr, wealthy and proml- ! nent resident of Nashville, was was round lying In the road in front of her home at S:30 o'clock Thursday evening The cause of her injuries is unknown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
ACCUSED WROTE RANSOM LETTER TO CATHEDRAL
By Associated Press

Redwood City, Cal, October 7.-In the trial of William A. Hightower, charged with the murder of Father Heslin, Carl Eisenschimmel, hand writing expert, testified today that Hightower wrote the letter to St. Marys cathedral. San Francisco, Au- gust 8, demanding 8 ransom of s6,500 for Father Heslin, who had been ab- ducted from Colma the preceding day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
-. -.------------s------------ THE WEATHER
Br Assaciafed Press

Washington. october T.--Alabama: Cloudy and much cooler Saturday; probably showers In south; Sunday fair and continued cool.
 Georgie: Showers and much cooler Saturday; Sunday fair continued cool.
 Mississippi: Partly cloudy Satur- day, probably showers on the coast: much cooler In south Saturday; Sun day fair and continued cool
 Tennessee: Fair Saturday cooler in east; Sunday fair with slowly ris- ing temperature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
DOUCLASVS. HA RPER TODAY

October Mraw said tonight he would prob Phil sptbaer, and that Snyder whose work him today would catch
 the Hackensae N J. efthander get the call the Yankees with Schang at the receiving end There posD the ma a the moment for mound duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEMI : CENTENNIAL
 FUND ANNOUNCED

Tn addition to the 2s contributors who have subscribed sI,0o0 each for the semi-centennial, ErslSine Ramsay. chairman Of the finance committee yesterday announced the first of the contributions of amounts less than sl,ooo. Included in the list made public yesterday was one subscrip- ton for $500 and five for $500 each. Judge r.. II, Gary chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel corporation, was one of those giving $500, while the other donors were large department stores and local hotels.
 Chairman Ramsey is making up n list of all contributors of amounts under St,0o0 and he announces that they will be made public within the next few days. He urges that those who have neglected to send In their checks do so at once so that their donations may be included in the puL- lished lists.
 The following amounts have been contributed
 The AUa-IIara1d at,re .oI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-08
LOCAL DATA
E. c. HORTON. Observer,

Summary of observations made at sta tions Of the United States Weather Bureau during the 24 hours ending at p. n.. eoth meridian time. October !, 1921.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
EMPLOY C0NvICTS ON ROADS
Satisfactory Results Reported From
Twelve States Where Experiment
Has Been Tried

Twelve states have tried the EN-
ployment of convict labor for road
building thoroughly, and report that
the results have been satisfactory.
They are Arizona, Oklahoma, Florida,
Maryland, Illinois, Louisiana, Rhode
Island, New Jersey. Wyoming, Utah,
Idaho and Nebraska.
Since the United States government
has made its great appropriations for
good roads, which the states are du-
plicating as the federal law requires
as fast as their legislatures meet, the
department of agriculture has been
making a complete survey of the meth
DDS of road building in the states.
Concerning the use of convict labor
the conclusion from these reports Is
that where the convicts are we'll fed
and housed they work well, save the
state in construction costs, and them
selves profit physically and mentally.
Syracuse Post Standard.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
Water oates are Reduced.

San Francisco, Jan. % n Reduced
tariffs for the shipping by water Of
shingles and wool from the Pacific
coast TO eastern coast points were pub
lished by the Inter-Costal rate confer.
ence here yesterday. Wool shipments
were reduced from 81 to 90 cents pei
100 pounds for the grease and pulled
product, and from S120 to 81 for the
secured product Shingles win be car.
ried at the rate Of rs cents per 100
pounds Instead Of 45 cents a bundle.
Virtually all Of the coast wool Is
shipped to Boston.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
Judge Directs srines' Acqulttal.

Philadelphia, Jan. 29.-Willlam NJ
Brines was acquitted yesterday by 'di-
rection OF the Judge on the charge OF
killing Elmer G. Drewes. The Univer.
sity of Pennsylvania sophomore was
freed on the ground that insufficient
evidence had been submitted to con.
meet him with the Dartmouth college
seniors death.
Judge Ferguson in his charge to the
jury, pointed out that no evidence had
been submitted to prove that Brines
met Drewes on the day of his death
that all evidence submitted against
the defendant was circumstantlal
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
kU kLux kLAN C0kClAVE is |
GIVEN PUBLICLY FIRST TIME |
Orders Fiery Emblem About Thoee
Taking oath.-Newspsper Men
In Attendance

Birmingham, Jan. %. - More than
500 candidates waded knee deep In
water and slush Thursday night into
the mystic cave of the knights Of the
Ku Klux Khan, mounted to the heights
of superior knighthood, where they
may now sit among the gods of the
empire invisible.
The ceremony, described as the
greatest since the founding of the
new organization of the Khan, was hello
on the fifty-fourth anniversary of the
taking OF the oath as imperial wizard
By General Bedford Forrest, when the
Invisible Empire of the Ku Klux Khan
was founded on January 81, 1860, In
The hills of Tennessee.
The initiates took the oath about
the fiery emblem of the order on the
Inside of great quadrate, formed by
hordes of white robed hooded figures.
The outer walls of the great square
were guarded by Klannish horsemen,
that none might enter but those who
were conversant with the secrets of
the order.
This was the first time in history
the public has been permitted to wit
ness Ku Klux Khan cnnclave, even
from distance. Newspaper men were
permitted to stand on housetops inside
the fairgrounds enclosure with guards
on all sides to see that they kept the
places assigned to them. The public
had to be content with more distant
view.
w. ]. Simmons of Atlanta, imperial
wizard, in statement to newspaper
men, said the new order stood for:
"One hundred per cent Americanism
and RECONSIDERATION to bedrock princi-
pies. White supremacy.
"To keep forever separate church
and state.
ITO protect woman's honor ard the
sanctity of the home''
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
ROAD ;
BUILDING
PUBLIC ROADS BUREAU WORK
Plans, Specifications and Estimates
Are Examined and Approved
in Short Period.

Over 80 per cent of all applications
for federal aid are handled In the dis
trict Offices of the bureau of public
roads, United States department Of
agriculture in an average of five days;
80 per cent of them pass the chief
engineers office in Washington TO final
approval In four days. The plans,
specifications and estimates which the
states furnish and which have to be
reviewed, sometimes checked, and al
ways reported on in detail with specific
recommendations, pass the district
engineers office at about the same
rate as the applications and 90 per
cent of them pass the district
engineers office in three and half
days There are at present over 5000
active federal aid projects in the
United States.
The federal aid act is administered
with three per cent of the appropria-
tons and this fund is carefully con-
tr0lled each month on the basis of
actual performance under the law.
AS an Illustration of efficient admins
tration, district No. 8, with offices
located in Montgomery Alabama, cost
the government S7S,547 from Deem
Der, 1916, to April, 1920, inclusive This
is an average of $1,9l6 per month.
Reports from the district engineer for
that district show that the bureaus
engineering review and technical adj
vice in connection with state projects
submitted have resulted in large saw
ings in road construction. A single
case in one state was revised by the
district engineers office at q saving
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
STEAMER LIMPS INTO PORT
WITH A TALE OF MUTINY
Heavy Gales, Accidents and other
Hsrdships Accompanied Unlucky
Cargo ship Cannonier

New York, Jan. 29.-The mystery of
the Belgian cargo steamship Cannon
Ter, which was reported in distress on
Wednesday and later reported safe,
was cleared M yesterday when the
skipper steered her into port here and
realted tale of two months hard
ship and alleged mutiny.
The ship sailed from Bordeaux No
yember % and was battered by gales
and heavy seas every hour of the voy-
age. A week ago, running short Of
coal, Captain Nicolas said, they put in
at Bermuda to restoke. After five
sailors were said to have refused to
bulge from their hunks and to have
threatened the life of the sixth, an 1S.
year-old Frenchman, if he offered to
take his turn at the wheel.
All responsibilities for the running
Of the ship therefore, developed on the
skipper, his mate and three officers,
who were by this time becoming sea
weary.
On Wednesday, during the heaviest
storm OF the voyage, the engines went
dead. The wireless apparatus long
since had been out of commission. Late
In the afternoon, however, the storm
Ebated, the engines were repaired and
they began 10 make progress for the
first time in "a hours. Upon his ar
rival Captain Nicholas reported the al
legged nlutlny OF the five sailors, who
are Frenchmen, 10 the Belgian con
sulate. Action against them, however,
was reserved pending investigation of
international law as to whether the
Belgian consulate had jurisdiction over
Preach sailors shipping under the Bel
CLAN flag within United States port
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
CASH FOR IMPROVING ROADS
Total Amount for 1919 Placed at $780,
oO0,o in Report by Bureau Of
Public Roads.

An important report, which pos
sesses peculiar interest for all motor
lists, regarding good road progress DUR
ing the present year, made by the bu-
reau of public roads of the United
States department of agriculture.
shows that for 1919 the expenditure
for hard-surfaced highways establish
es a new record, in so far as the de-
partments road program is concerned,
the total amount being S13S, 900 600.
The indications are that the follow
ing year will exceed this record by a
large margin. as the available funds
for road expenditure by the bureau
for 1920 amount to 1888, 100000.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
AMERICAN INVESTORS BEING
TREATED BETTER IN MEXICO

Washington, Jan. 2e.-Further indi-
cation that the new government in
Mexico has adopted a more concil-
latory attitude towards American in
vestors was contained in unofficial adj
vices received yesterday and transmit
ted to the state department. The adj
vices said the Obregon government
had suspended all work on recent
claims filed on oil lands and prohibited
the filing Of others by those owners
or lesses Of the property.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
LONDON CONFERENCE
FOR TURKS AND GREEKS

London. Jan. 2s.-Both the Turkish
and Greek governments have accepted
the invitation to send representatives
to the conference which is TO be held
In London at an early date for the
purpose of settling the near east ques
ton. This conference was decided
upon early in the week by the allied
supreme council at Paris.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01

Thlrty-seven states in this country
have authorized the expenditure Of
$635,641, 729 for good roads in the next
five years.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01

An allotment Of S12OO0,O00 has
been made for improvements to the
Lincoln highway
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01

Paris. Jan. 29.-It is now considered
extremely impossible that the allied SUI
preme council will be able to take any
effective action regarding Austria at
this meeting, as most OF the members
appointed to study the question have
been busy on reparations. OF the sug
gestions made the proposal Of M.
Loucheur. French minister of the lib
Grated regions, that an effort be made
to finance Austria through bankers is
receiving the most favor.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01
hIahways pestroyed bY Va.

More than $4,000 miles OF highways
were destroyed IN France during the
world war.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01

Granite BLOCKS Laid and Rammed -
Maintenance Cost of This Kind of
Pavement Is Less Than That OF ANY
Other Kind.
Of S13,63S.26. Another project was
redesigned TO cost $4,000 less at the
time the plans were reviewed by the
bureau.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01

A bill to increase salaries of sena-
tors and representatives from $500
to $4,000 a year after March 4, next,
has been introduced by Representative
Campbell Cd, Pennsylvania.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01

The national executive committee of
the American legion will meet in
Washington February T. 8 and to de
eide whether to accept the offer of
100000 gift by the knights of 90
lnmbus for the erection of legion war
memorial in Washington, 1t was an.
nounced at national legion headquar-
ters at Indianapolis.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01

Win II. Hays, chairman OF the Re.
publican national committee. has an.
nounced that $4,000 has been con
tributed since the election toward the
Republican campaign deficit of ap
proximstely s1.5O0,0O0. Contributions
he said, ranged from 10 cents to 500
the remaining deficit being met by
states on an apportionment basis Of
10 cents for every Republican vote
east
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-02-01

Net income Of the Bethlehem Steel
corporation for the year ending De
cember 81, 1920, after charges and
taxes. was $14.45S,s35, a preliminary
statement at the directors meeting in
New York showed This was de
crease from 1919. when the net in
come was S15,356, 800
The New York herald., 1921-10-06
Better Than Real Game.

Watching an actual game Is tame by
comparison There your eyes do the
work. Nothing is left for the back OF
your head to do. But watching THE
NEW YORK HERkLD's score board poured
kerosene upon your imagination and the
electric sparks that traced the ball and
the hitter touched It off In explosions.
If you think you are too old or TOO
cynical or too experienced or too stepped
in sensations to get thrill out OF an
electric scoreboard, try standing In front
o. IL when the lights tell you there are
two men on base or even one and that
Babe Ruth Is advancing to the plate.
And then, II you think crowd can't
bc hypnotIzed by a few twinkling lights
observe as the pitcher churns the ball
IN his hands and the huge Ruth begins
prandishlng his long bat over the rubber
square. You can see him cfouching.
And then watch that ball leave the
ritcher and bohble down toward the
plate, knowing that the mightiest slug
ger that ever swung n bat was ready
10 drive Il into the b'eachers II he could
reach II. And right here you get the
thrill supreme. Yesterday that mob
The New York herald., 1921-10-06

II edged forward on the rocks and
waited tensely. strairing eyes TO catch
sight Of a ba l. which they knew might
soon be lifted into the bleachers Tha'
retreating centre fielder meant that the
Bambino-"Oh. you Babe" they yelled
had stepped up 10 TIE plate.
A few seconds later, by some magic or
'nt''ition, or ability TO see through wood
and steel and autumn overcoats. they
knew Ruth had got single. They knew
II jrst as soon as did the crowd In the
Poo Grounds.
Hes got n single !" small boys Choir
ussed. An English accent close by In
quired In faint'y evasperated tone:
Hes got n single what?'
When a batter STR ok out the crowd
on Coogans Bluff knew II Immediately.
Something in the sound that rose from
the stands told tNem at once Thev
could distinguish between striteouts AMI
rasses. They sensed a hit. They could
rec less fielding th7n usral. because lons
hits were few. bit that dis not block
their Interpretation OF the game.
The New York herald., 1921-10-06
SIXTH SENSE SEES
ON COOGAN'S BLUFF
Crowd on Brim of Heights
Over Ball Park Reconstruct
Game in Detail.

Three separata crowds were at tho
world series opening. One sat in the
Polo Grounds; two were on Coogan' .
Bluff. One OF the latter lined the lower
heights directly in back of ths ball
park. where all 1t could see was the
scorcboard. II might Just as well have
watched the progress of the game from
City Hall Park, except that there 4
could not have beard the yell of ex-
pects ton when the Babe went TO bat.
But the other crowd-two or three
thousand that looked down from th'
rocks between 15Sth and 161st streets
cen posed the true connoisseurs of the
game. From the angle at which they
locked at the grounds part of the out
fisld was visible. and they could see a
BIT of the base line from third to home
Those whose cyesight was particularly
&c cd could make out the figures on the
scoreboard. There were many field
glslsss. so word passed quickly through.
the crowd.
II was uncanny how these fans IN
Coogan's Bluff doped out nearly every
Detail of the game from almots nothing
at all They could reconstruct a play
rom a yell In the stands. They seemed
e b. In telepathic communicati tion with
the diamond. Youngsters were In the
t.t jority In this crowd--hoys who knew W
the batting average of every man on
tho field. There were women. too and
ret a few substantial looking citizens
who appeared wei. able TO afford tn
unrtserved seats in the upper grano
stand that went a begging.
one of them looked down at the BIZ
vacant spaces that stili showed In ths
grand stand after the game had beer
called. and chuck.ed. highly pleased Will
himself. as he said:
II read In the paper this mornini
where some guy rrafted rides all tn
way down from Aubcrn. up State. an,
then stayed up all last night to get
seat. The poor fsh. Not me"
When the crowd on Coogan's Bluff
early in the game. saw the Giants cen
tire fielder backing of toward the fenc
The New York herald., 1921-10-06

Caps. Sweaters. Scotch
knit ia c k e is. Mufners.
Wool socks. Warmer
underwear.
Steamer rugs are also III
order as fine for the
bleachers as they are for
the car.
The New York herald., 1921-10-06
World Series Winners.

1. The Polo Grounds caterer.
2. The ball players wallets.
3. The umpires' bank rolls.
4. The ball clubs excheduers.
g. The National Commission.
8. The nerve specialists.
T., New York.
Sure world series losers:
I. The sausage and peanut supply.
2. The fans.
3. Business.
The New York herald., 1921-10-06
CITY HALL SQUARE
/ PONY POLO GROUNDS
10000 Get All Thrills Of
Game Watching Herald
Electric Board.
ALL WORK Is TABOO
Windows and Roofs of Sky.
scrapers Filled With
Excited Fans.
ALL WORK IS TABOO

When the game started yesterday
there were at least 5000 persons
massed east and south from the south
east corner Of Broadway and Cham
bers street watching the electric score
board erected on the south facade of
the Stewart Building by THE New
York HERALD and THE Sun.
Before the first inning was over the
crowd had Increased to 10000. BY the
time the Yankees had scored their Sec
ond run extra policemen had to be
called out. On both sides of Broadway
south TO Park place and east on Cham
bers to the County Court House steps
the throng grew until 1t had filled in
all the sidewalks cutting through City
Hall Park west. Nobody counted them.
But from the windows of the editorial
rooms Of THE New YORK HERALD one
coul estimate their numbers by count
in~ ranks and depths.
And according to sgch computation
tnere were $4,000 or 10000 roaring ap-
proval by the time Frank Frisch made
his third hit. IL was most nonparti-
san crowd II didn't care much who
won. II was looking for excitement.
ard. II you do not know II already.
watching an electric score board Is one
OF the most certain ways TO obtain
thrills. Watching the pill flip and whir
around the periphery Of a spinning rou-
i tie wheel has nothing at all on watch
ing the incandescent lamps fash and
rputter on THE NEW YORK HERALp's
score board
You could see the ba' leave the
pitcher, hop along to the batter and
there stop. Maybe the catcher lamp
flashed, indicating the ball had contin-
ued past the batter Maybe the little
lamps between home and first began to
twinkle. indicating the batter was on
fis way. having walloped the ball. May
be he would continue past first. past
second and on to third. Or maybe there
would DC a flash at shortstop or In tne
cutfield. The batter had hit safely or
lad been caught or thrown out.
The New York herald., 1921-10-06
sixc of Crowd Disappointing.

Every imaginable consideration point
ed to a record breaking drive at tho
Polo Grounds. III ere was the first in
tracity contest for a worlds title that
New York ever had succeeded In wrest-
ing from circumstances. That alone
should have brought out the biggest
The New York herald., 1921-10-06
Pittsburgh Fans Wager
Nearly $2OO,OOO on Series

Special Despatch 10 THE NEW YoaK He al.D.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5.-Nearly 100000
has been bet in this city on the world
series between the Giants and the Yam
KEGS. The largest wager reported was
made at Kramers Gardens when well
known oil operator placed $4,000
against $4,000 on the Giants to win.
Several $4,000 bets were recorded, and
bets OF $4,000, $4,000 and $500 were
listed several times.
Three $500 bets were made on the