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The New York herald., 1921-07-15

CHAUFFEUR. French. speaks English, mid
die aged. single; 90 years practical expert
ence on foreign and American cars; go any
whore; references. ]. B., 100 w. 9th ".
The New York herald., 1921-07-15

CHAUFFEUR, careful driver and HANDY man;
can take charge OF a motor boat, best ref
erences. l.. PawlowsSl. 207 East i22d ST..
civ
The New York herald., 1921-07-15

CHAUFFEUR, American married, years
experience all high class cars. years last
employer, desires position private family:
own repairs; best references; neat appear
ance Riverside 1924. Anderson, As West
The New York herald., 1921-07-15

CHAUFFEUR, skilled rnecnanic "a years
driving New York city families. American
"a. single. refined. careful driver: best ref
erences $50. hT Herald. Herald 50.
The New York herald., 1921-07-15

CHAUFFEUR. expert mechanic: . years
refererc ce last position: years experiences;
any car; expert on Cadillac $780, city, coun-
try. r SO Herald. Herald 50.
The New York herald., 1921-07-15

ANY person not nov owner of automobile
desiring to obtain from Buick Company
new machine may obtain attractive infor-
ynation by communicating with 553
Herald, 10th ST.
The New York herald., 1921-07-15
HELP WANTED-MALE.
STOCK Statesmen.

An unusual and exceptional proposition can
be made 10 few producers by an old estab-
lished, successful and profitable company.
suite 81 and 3l2. Zisgler
Building. 512 5th av
The New York herald., 1921-07-15

ESTABLISHED business, with well assorted
stock; very reasonable terms; splendid op
portunity for progressive business man in
automobile accessories and hardware line.
r 527 Herald $50 B'way.
The New York herald., 1921-07-15

CHAUFFEUR, commercial or private; minor
repairs. George Miller, 4ii West 54th.
The New York herald., 1921-07-15
PRINTING.

FIVE THOUSAND
Irtterheads. printed on hieh grade water
marked bond, 20 H., 81 per 1000; 5000
Is1,eiopes 6a,, "a b.. white wove. So25 per
i coo Other printing equally reasonable.
n livery when promisgd Ask for estimates.
CENTURY PRINTING COMPANY,
Dependable Printing.
$50 william ST, New York City.
Phone Worth co.'s.
The New York herald., 1921-07-15

! CHAUFFEUR, couple. wife good coos wait
ress or chancbermatd years experience
mechanic; country preferred. Chauffeur Tss
| Columbus nv
The New York herald., 1921-07-15

MAN willing to invest in real live PROPOSE
ton manufacturing new patent on folding
suit box. Call Saturday Q A. NJ. to p. NJ.
"NU-sTILE" BOX CO., 81 Bayview av.. Jer-
sey City.
The New York herald., 1921-07-15

$500
invested in my business will yield
large returns. For particulars
write A. T., 619 Longacre Bldg.
The New York herald., 1921-07-15
SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE.

ACCOUNTANT, books opened and closed,
systems installed, profit and loss state
ments, income tax reports; moderate charge.
T 81 Herald. Herald 50.
The New York herald., 1921-07-15

COUPLE, REFINED,
Danish born, highly recommended, wish per-
manent positions as ady's maid, or trained
nurse or nurse or cook and private secretary
or horse trainer chauffeur or teamster
or valet or butler. Please write Caretaker,
Q West Goth St, or phone 10-11 80. "a and
after r. NJ. Riverside $50.
The New York herald., 1921-07-15
SITUATIONS wANTED-MALE.

PAINTER and decorator. first class. aiso
good on all repairing, desires position w,tn "a
first class apartn ent mousse OF s,ias esta
superintendent or caretaker Snas' pei"
sa,,ti pla infieid. n. J.. box SO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
China Wants 70 Open
 the Door From Within

M R. PHILLIP K. TYAU, chief lO secretary of the Chinese dele gation to the disarmament confer ence, advocates the open door for China opened from within and pre- sents sound reasons for his position. The open door in China heretofore, he says, has been at the iniative of foreign governments and the result has been the establishment of spheres of influence and special privileges which will always be a stumbling block in the far east"
 He wishes these special privileges and spheres of influence eliminated by generous open door policy es- tablished by China. It is a brave thought and essentially progressive. This Chinaman wants his country to be independent and exercise the functiops of a nation. He wants it to be broad and progressive in its own behalf rather than wait on oth-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
Finance Corporation
 Prepared to Serve

1f7HE war finance corporation has
 J practically completed it's ar engagements for advancing approxi- nately a billion dollars to finance agricultural and live stock market Ing. This money is to be used ill ttade promotion.
 It is sound banking to helr the farmer and live stock producer. just as ] is' to help the wholesaler, re- taller and manufacturer to lay in stocks and carry on their business.
 The merchant does not ask for a gift, but for loan. He proposes to pay for what he gets. The farm CTS must realize that this billion dollars is not a gratuity, but a means to market products on the value of what they have to sell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
WHO OWNS THE AIRy

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
 The common law maxim that a property owner owns to the center of the earth and to the zenith is likely to be materially modified by aviation. The American Bar asso- ciation's discussion of proposed erial law indicates that the ownership of the air above ones lot is going to be limited legally as much as it is actually by individual inability ,o shoo away trespassers in ones air.
 The assembled legal talent ap- peared of opinion that flight was not an invasion of private rights if ac- complished without jeopardizing any right usually enpeyed in the owner ship of land. To be sure accidents might happen or forced landings be unavoidable, but the legal rights of the owners would be respected by collection of damages. Long Lefore the vision of airpla.Aas darkening the heavens as thickly as automobiles crowd the roads is realized the own- ership of the air will no doubt be judicially determined to the least fraction. The speed of planes and the difficulty of state control makes it certain that whatever regulatve and licensing legislation is deter mined will be under federal enact ment. sft,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
AGAIN "DER TAG"

But the count falls to realize that Germany, through the folly of such leaders as himself, now wears her yoke" He fails to realize that Der Tag''--once the deep -throated slogan of the naughty aspirants to world dominion-no longer appeals to his own countrymen. Der Tag has passed. It cannot come again. The former Kaiser and all his crew
 of imperial underlings have been swept from the stage of the world and now must hide their impotence behind the scenes of the new drama of progress.
 The demonstration was signifi- cant of little more than the impu- dence of its promoters and the timid- ity of the Ebert government The German public viewed the demonstra- tion coldly. But the voice of indus- trial Germany was quick to proclaim its dictum that the day of Kaisers and Kings has passed. It was merely the dying gasp of outworn autocracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
GOOD MORNING, MARS!

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. ARCONI, one of the greatest lMl scientists of this or any for 0VO mer time, is inclined to be- lieve that someone whose home is not on this earth is trying to talk to us earthlings. It will not do to pooh-pooh Marconi. A lesser man might be dismissed with guffaws, but not the eminent Signor Guglielmo. No one now living has any right to laugh at the Italian wizard whose brain has wrought one of the most majestic of scientific miracles.
 It is said that Marconi has inter- cepted mysterious messages with wave lengths ten times as great as the maximum wave length that can be produced on the earth. The mes- sages came with regularity. and seemed to be in the form of a con nected message. It was, of course, impossible to translate them into into any earth language.
 If we disagree with Marconi on the grounds of the inherent improbability of communication between the earth and some other heavenly body we must at least give the great scien- lists credit for seriousness and for speaking only after careful consider ation. The first announcement that messages could not be sent all over the world without wires or any other visible or tangible conductor was almost as unbelievable as this new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
Great Port Facility
 at Mobile Completed

~ oMPLETION of the govern N ment fuel oil station at Mo- bile marks another era In the up- building of that port. When the coal terminals, which are on the same site, have also been finished, Alabama's port will ask no odds of any port in supplying fuel for ships.
 The new station consists. of two tanks with a capacity of 85,000 bar rels each. Ships using fuel oil to drive their machinery now feel free to put in at Mobile for their re- quirements. Mobile was chosen for this terminal on account of it's dual proximity to the Mexican and southwestern oil fields.
 The federal coal terminals, which are under construction, will have a bin capacity of 10000 tons and will be kept supplied by the Walker county coal mines, on or close to the Warrior, by means of river barges. They will also serve in the northbound transportation of Brazilian ores, which come to the Ensley and Fairfield steel mills in large quantities.
 Midway between the Atlantic and western seaboard and close to the countries south of us, Mobile is the strategic port of the south. It is closest to the greatest grain produc- ing sections of the middle west. It is a convenient port of call for ships plying between north Atlantic ports and the Pacific coast.
 Nothing remains to complete Mo bile's development as a port but state aid. Louisiana gave that to New Orleans and made it the second port of the country. Alabama can dc as much for Mobile and reap the same benefits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
THE LESSONS AT KEEL

From the Tampa Tribune.
 The widening of the Kiel canal to accommodate the largest German warcraft was the last and not the least of the preparations which the Hohenzoilernl empire made before it plunged the world into war. Natur- ally it has usually been considered in America as a work whose value was primarily military.
 It is true enough that the canal made Germany's, naval forces more effective since 1t permitted easy so- operation between squadrons in the North sea and the Baltic just as our Panama canal tends to link Americas Atlantic and Pacific fleets, buts its commercial value was enormous for the Cattegat and the Skager- -Rak are treacherous waters and the trade with Scandinayia Is of immense im- portance.
 How hard the war, and the peace which followed 1t has hit Germany's s merchant marine is best indicated now by comparison of the business done at Kiel. In 1920 1t was slightly less than half that of 1918.
 It would be hard to find better illustration of what war does to busi- ness, or more conclusive proof that the way Of the transgressor Is hard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
INSURED FOR MILLIONS
New York-Cor. London Times.

New YorklCor. London Times.
 The announcement that the life of MT. Adolf zukor of the Players-Lasky Film corporation, had been insured by the directors of the firm for f1,25o.ooo has directed attention to the prevalence of the custom of in- surfing heads of business.
 A list is published in New York periodical showing the policies held by some of the principal captains of American industry.
 MT. Rodman Wanamaker, son of the proprietor of great department stores in New York and Philadelphia, Is insured for f1.10o.0eo. His father MT. John Wanamaker. Is insured in policies to the total value of f75o,ooo. MT. J. P. Morgan. head of the bank ing firm. Is insured for fs5o.ooo. and MT. Percy Rockefeller for f5oo,00o. MT. John Willys, the motor manufac- turer, carries insurance worth f450,- 900.
 There are 14 other men whose firms have insured them for fzso,ooo or more. All these men are the pivots of their respective firms. Apart from the loss of their business genius, their death would probably have a bad effect upon the firms standing and might also cause slump in its stock. In cases Of partnerships as distinct from incorporated companies the firm has to pay off the deceased partners interest. This might cause it serious embarrassment and has oftsn been known to involve the col-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
"FREAK sENTENCEsy
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 Society through law fixes the sort of penalties that may be legally inn posed on persons held guilty of crime Wise or unwise, adequate or made quate, these penalties are fixed by standards of modern. penology, and they are dignified and impressive. But if using his right to suspend sentence judge can make the al- formative of prison term the wear ing of a red necktie every day or going to church once a Sunday for a year, or anything else that comes into his judicial head, criminal law is brought into contempt and whim is substituted for the statute.
 For example: A young man of IS, we'll within the years of responsi- bility. had killed child by reckless driving of an automobile in New Jersey. He was found guilty of manslaughter. The judge ordered him sent to- a reformatory during his summer vacation" to be released and go back to his school when va cation was over. The fellow Is free. September 1 Is here. Where is the deterrency in such proceeding? How does it protect other children in the streets?
 For example. again: A man had stolen $30,o0O from the company that employed him as cashier. He plead
 cd guilty to grand larceny. paid back part of the money and promised to pay it all back if he were not sent to prison So an accommodating judge in Manhattan sentenced him to 1 IS years of probation, to report for that whole time once a week to a probation officer and once year to the judge. Outside of such sur lveiliance he is free. Virtually the
 court is made a collecting agency | for the victims of theft, and virtually
 crime is unpunished The encour- agement of other cashiers to take and gamble with funds within their
 reach is apparent.
 should be brought to an end by re- strictive legislation? Many lawyers and very many laymen are fast 1 reaching that conclusion. Few pres
 ent conditions are so menacing to the dignity of our criminal jurisprudence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
LETTERS TO EDITOR
BIRMINCHA,r IN THE 7o,s

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 note in your valuable paper that Birmingham will celebrate her fiftieth semi i-centennial soon. The writer would suggest that all persons that were over the age of 21 years and resided in Birmingham in the 7O's, be invited to meet in Birming- ham on the date.
 The writer would like to be on hand and shake hands with such few as are left.
 By the way, I have in my possess sion an old oil painting, size 14S16' showing Twentieth street and Sixth avenue in 1872. the First Methodist church and schoolhouse and some residences. The painting is 4S years old. I would like very much to dis pose of this valuable old painting or rart of Birmingham, as I am an old Confederate veteran and need help.
 The writer built the first steam boilers ever built in Birmingham for Milner & Calwell and was foreman of the mechanic volunteer fire com pany.
 I would like to meet with some or the members if I come to the semi centennial
 There are not many of the Bir- mingham firemen of the 70's living now. Suppose Birmingham invites them to the big day. They can tell you strange things that happened In those good old days Hoping that the semi-centennial will be grand success. with no accidents, from subscriber to The Age-Herald.
 w R. K. STANFORD.
 Lawley, Bibb County, Route ?, Sep tember 5, 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
rAmElIaMaAansiI
.1.anAMA,s FIRST CAPITAL

From the Montgomery AdVertlser.
 Cahaba was the capital of Alaba- ma from 1921 to 1926. The territorial capital of the Terrotory of Alabama had been located at St. Stephens on the Alabama river in 1877. After 1918 the legislature met at Huntsville. the temporary capital while Cahaba was being prepared Tor the reception or the state government. In 1926 the seat of government was moved to Tuscaloosa because the overflow of the river had covered Cahaba- In 1S46 the state capital was moved to Montgomery.
 Canaba is today perhaps the most interesting historical relic in the state. The centennial of the estab- lishment of the state government will be celebrated at Cahaba, sep tember 14, with appropriate exercises under the auspices of the Alapama Centennial committee. The details have been arranged by Mrs. Thomas M. owen of the state department Of archives and history. The exer- cises will include the unveiling of a monument by a descendent of Gov. William Wyatt Bibb, the gov ernor who was at the head or the executive department when Cahaba became the state capital
 Cahaba survived the removal of the capital to Tuscaloosa, and be- came one of the richest towns of its day in Alabama only to finally succumb in 1866 before the flood waters of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers. It once had population o. 4,000 and was one of the richest towns per capita in the state. Of it's numerous brick stores and residences only one now survives the ravages of time, the handsome old Barker home. Several wooden buildings in- cluding one of the old churches still survive. But the brick stores were taken down. to furnish building ma terial for Selma and Mobile. William Lowndes Yancey. John T. Morgan and Edmund W. Pettus were among the distinguished lawyers who once practiced at the bar of Cahaba.
 The site of the old capitol to Ca- haba is now COW lot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07

announcement that messages have probably come to the earth from xtra-mundane space.
 On the other hand, if Marconi is correct, if his instruments have in- deed recorded communications from Mars of some other planet, 1t will be very long time before there can be any satisfactory confirma- tion or any interpretation. If, as many scientists believe, there are in- telligent beings on Mars, how arA we toy know that in intelligence or physical architecture they have any thing in common with the men who live on the earth? For all we know they may be more monstrous than mammoths or more diminutive than distoms. If they have a language it. may not be alphebetic; it may, indeed, be unspolSen and unwritten. It is
 unsafe to assume that there arc Martains, and if there are Martains it is highly futile to speculate as to what they look like and how they live.
 In all probability the present gen. eration, and many future generations will pass from the earth with no defi- mite knowledge of life on any other sphere. As far as we of today are concerned we might as we'll worry along in the comfortable geocentrio conception of the universe without paying much attention to the doings of other worlds than ours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
gies along with the more ambitious verse of the Victorians.

gies along with the more ambitious verse of the Victorians.
 A study in contrast, Dobson was associated for more than 40 years with the Board of Trade, much of the time as a clerk. Surely, that was not the atmosphere to produce those exquisite portraits of fine ladies and swashbuckling gallants which he has drawn in many of his poems. Despite his prosaic envi- ronment, during business hours, Dobson wrote much and well. His work was varied and extensive. In addition to biography and verse, he was a contributor to many maga- zines, a contributor to encyclopedias and an editor of books, as we'll as an author.
 When one compares the lines of Dobson, so rich in fancy and senti- ment, so deftly wrought and musi- cal, with the drivel which is written by scribblers, who profess to scorn all the accepted verse forms, he cannot but wish there were more Austin Dobsons and fewer Amy Lowells, who not only offends grievously herself, but is responsi- ble for a host of rattle -brained imi- tators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
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Federal Troops Soon End
 Disorders In West Virginia

@RDER has been restored in " West Virginia. General Band holtz reports himself well pleased with the situation and one regiment of regular troops will be withdrawn. When the federal government inter- fered it put speedy end to violence. The presence of regular troops had a tranquilizing effect which was not lessened by the realization that they meant business.
 Two regiments of soldiers will re- main on duty and will probably not be removed until the West Virginia authorities show themselves able and willing to prevent any further outbreaks of violence.
 The administration is reported to be impatient over the failure of West Virginia to maintain a national guard organization, and justly SO. In an area where trouble is of long standing and is liable to culminate in such scenes of disorder as led to federal intervention, state militia or constabulary is a necessity.
 The West Virginia authorities should profit by their unfortunate experience and not permit them selves to again be placed in such a position that they will have to con fess their own incompetence by call ing on the government for help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
From Cincinnati Enquirer.

Y lOIil A.lHSlHndtl LkiQulICT.
 ENERAL LUDENDORF, Prince fl = Eitel Friedrich, General Von N Goltz, Count Waldersee and other distinguished militarists recent ly looked on while thousands of their former soldiers marched at the old Berlin stadium.
 Waldersee was the principal speak CT. He waxed hot in an address which was replete with raging ha- tired for Germany's former enemies. That the fires of venom and ven geance burn as fiercely today as at any time during the war was made manifest in the following words of the unreconstructed junker.
 There will come again day when we will stand together for the Kaiser and the fatherland. Hatred will stand guard in Germany. We must train our children to usesthe rifle and the sword. So long as Germans suf. fer under foreign yoke, and the French stand guard on the Rhine, we must prepare for revenge"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
Military Service Has
 No Monopoly of Truth

N NNOUNCING the dismissal of EA a midshipman for violating the rules of the Naval academy. Rear Admiral Wilson, superintend- ent, delivered short sermon on lying.
 High standards of character are vital in a military organization" he said. "Men in other walks of life may trifle with the truth in everyday affairs and suffer little as a consequence. We cannot be so tolerant. The fundamental of an officers value to the service is his trustworthiness. Lacking that, he lacks all."
 With due respect to Admiral Will son, he erred in stating that men in other walks of life may lie little on occasion and be none the worse for it. Should an officer of the army or navy be any more truthful and reliable than the head of a business concern, a professional man, clerk or day laborer? Ger, tainly not. We are all in an army of one kind or another and integ- rity is the basis of character in the business and professional world. just as it is in the military service.
 The man whose word is as good as his bond needs no other passport. He may be poor or he may be rich. but the measure of esteem in which he is held by those who know him is his personal reliability. It is well to admonish our future army and navy officers that they must be truthful, but it is wrong to sug- gest to their minds that veracity is of less importance in civil life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-07
Feel Good in walker

"Yes, I feel sure of, prosperous fall and winter" said l.. B. Mus grove of Jasper, banker and coal op- erator
 We raised only half crop of several of the products, but we lived at home and are doing fairly well.
 "The entire south feels a new .n- ragement over the rise in the Trice of cotton. A matter of S5,000,- 900 to s6,oo0,ooO in added values of the staple cannot but be shared by us all.
 Not all things are bright, by any means, but we are foolish not to look at the bright side. That keeps us heartened. and being heartened, we create confidence, which is one-halr the game.'