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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05
CHINESE ARMY LIFE

From Arms and the Men in China. by Rodney Gilbert, in Asia Maga- zine.
 The history of the Chinese army for the past eight years has been one of rapid decentralization and de- generation. Each tuchun, by play ing politics, made himself provin- cial satrap. His underlngs all played politics, too, and made them selves lesser satraps. The separate armies under each were neglected and lost efficiency. Efficiency was replaced by bulk of numbers. Dis cipline went by the board and loy- alty was to be had only in exchange for money in ever increasing Quan- titles. A tuchun, in the position or feudal lord, "graftng" millions month, had less real military pow CT with ten divisions or armed COO lies and had to rely more upon swagger and bluff, than he had un- der Yuan Shh-kai, as brigadier. perhaps, with a few regiments. Wu Pei-fu was one of the few military commanders who continued to take his soldering seriously When he emerged from obscurity and began to fight. many divisions melted be- fore him like so many candles in the summer sun. Bulk of numbers, supported by swollen treasuries. was no protection against him. and fat mandarins who had once been sol diers fled to the foreign concessions with their loot and their harems aft CT each futile attempt to oppose armed hoodlums to his disciplined troops.
 The Chinese soldier can be any kind of soldier at all. He reflects more than any other the character of his officer, probably because other things influence him so little. If he is we'll led, such clements In military affairs as pay. food, clcthing. hous- ing. equipment and danger are all in- cidentals. He rises above them, ob- livious of them. A company with bows and arrows under competent leadership would rout a badly offi- cered machine gun company any time The secret of Wu Pei-fu's suc- cess is that he himself has never turned mandarin. He is still good soldier; 50 he commands the confi- dence of his men. He has trained the units under his immediate com mand to fight, not to act as spawns X in a game of bluff, conspiracy and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05
PERSH|NG STATUE
 ID BE UNVEILED
Monument to General Will Be Placed in Golden
 Gate Park
By Associated Press

San Francisco, November 4-On Armistice Day, November II, he- roie statue of General Pershing, pie turing him as if watching troops in battle, will be unveiled in the Golden Gate park here.
 The statue is a gift to the city of San Francisco by Dr. Morris Herz- stein. local physician. It was done by an old friend of the doctor, Halg Patigan, noted San Francisco sculp- tor.
 Eight feet in height, the figure is of gilt bronze and stands on a pedes- tai of silver granite. The pedestal IS five feet high It presents the general in field uniform, standing squarcly and looking forward, both face and figure animated with the expression of alertness and energy
 On the face of the pedestal is the inscription: 'In tribute to General Fershing and the victorious armies of the United States and her co-bel- ligerents during the World war 1914-191S. Presented by pr. Norris Herzstein, 1922"
 Dr. Herzstein conceived the idea of the statue after he had heard from General Pershing himself the story of the American expeditonary force and saw with his own eyes the fields where that force had won imperishable glory The doctor toured the battlefields with Representative Julius Kahn of San Francisco immediately after the armistice and spent some time as the guest of General Pershing
 Patigan has worked on the statue for more than two years, and, at the request of the doctor, has kent the plans a secret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05

telegraphic warfare in which fight ing is the lAst desperate resort. Un- der the circumstances 1t has always been superfluous to study his cam iaigns with view to discovering the secret of his strategy and tae- tics. He has gone into every cam paign proposing to fight, while his enemies have invariably gone to meet him hoping that there would not be fight. Wu Pei=fu may be great soldier. even military genius but 1t is not necessary to assume that he Is, since his victories are sufficiently explained by the fact that his usual opponents, the Yuan Shin -kai heirarchy, are not soldiers at all in any of the senses in which the word is understood out side of China.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05
BUICK GETS SOME OF WORLD
 SERIES MONEY

Frankie Frisch and Joe Dugan, both of whom rendered distinguished service for their respective teams in the recent struggle for the worll baseball championship, spent wisely, a least. part of their portion of the receipts.
 Each of these brilliant and hard hitting third basemen bought Buick and are now enjoying a vacation touring in their new cars.
 Iris Speaker. the famous manager of the Cleveland Indians, and Wilbort Robinson. manager of the Brooklyn Robins. are ether baseball stars who bought Bucks in which to enjoy the 1off season"
 The most glowing reports are be- ing received regarding the perform anee of Buick fourS and local sales of the models are increasing in equal ratio with the Buick slxes, accord ing to Don Drennen,
 "The engineering department at the Buick factory is enjoying com pliments constantly on the construc ton, power and reliability of the four says Mir Drennen
 "The four is a single, sturdy. eco nomical chassis. with the good old Bniek valve-in- head motor as an ex- elusive feature that no careful buyer will ignore. If has been skilfully de- Xelopcd this season until how an even greater efficiency. as well as dis tingulshed appearance, has been achieved.
 "The closed bodies on the four are particularly alluring. Daily the re- mark is heard from visitors to our show rooms that the three passenger, four-c cylinder coupe has everything that the discriminating buyer looks for. It is upholstered In fine plush and beautifully finished without and within, The fittings are of new de- sign and the appointments complete for every practical purpose. Access sories include all the requirements of well equipped car. Storage is un- usually ample. In short. it is one of tho greatest values in the new line of II Buick passenger models.
 ''rhe four-cylinder, fiye-p passenger sedan is another model that is earn ], ing enthusiastic public approval For family use, this car has all that 1 father, mother Mary or Jack may wish in both mechanical attributes and features that contribute to com fort and convenience"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05
kHAnrrM oN THn RLTE NILE

From An African Interlude, by Ger
 trude Emerson, in Asia Magazine.
 on a certain map of Africa, l have been studying a little black circle with a dot in the middle, labeled "lShartum' and l have felt sorrow over the inability of cartographer to tell anything of the color and life and distinction that belong essen tially to one place, and not another. Who would know. for instance, from the map. that noisy swallows swoop low in game of eternal hide-and
 seek along the upper balcony of that abomination of Khartum. known as the Grand hotel or that clumsy camel carts pass along the ernbank- ment of the Blue Nile just below. casting black shadows on the red road, or that Arabs in flying white draperies and orange shoes go clip
 ping by on little donkeys with bells?
 From that upper veranda, in the hours of the day when it was too hot to move. l used to lie stretched in a canvas chair and lazily let the scenery slip past. Ferryboats with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05
JAPAN NOW TAXES THIRD PLACE IN
 SHIPPING TRADE
Her Tonnage of Mercantile Marine Is Exceeded Only
  by That of Britain and America
By Associated Press

4 Tdkie November 4.-Discussing the figures Of Lloyds shipping register showing that in the amount of mer- cantile marine tonnage Japan is third among the nations. being surpassed only by the United Kingdom and the United States, the Oriental Eco rcmist. Japanese commercial monthly. says the chief causes for the empires development in this line have been the protection and assis tance afforded by the government and the three wars in which Japan has been engaged in the laSs 25 years.
 The protection of the government to the shipping trade of the country dates Is far back as 1872" says the paper. Tn 1875 the original com pany was dissolved and new one established. The Kyodo Unyu Kaisha was established in 1885 and n the same year the two companies Were amalgamated and the present Nippon Nussen ixaisha came into existence. Th.s government guaranteed the new company payment cf per cent divi- deud 'inis arraneanaen: was later ctaHssed into the gfast of fixed aH,oul. c annual ubsidy.
 The termination of the Russo Japanese war saw further develop ment of Japan's shipping trade and various new lines Mefe opened to many ports in China. Korea and in eastern Russia. In 1909, the OsalSs Shosen I<aisha opened new line to tacoma and in January, 1910, tlr Toyo Risen Kaisha reopened it's liac to south America. suspended since }uly. te0S. under an annual subsidy o; too aen yen. In 1912 the Nanyo Risen Isasha opened q new line to So.'rahaN under tn annual subsidy
 ie.G10 yen.
 That the European war gave
 a iuactu5 e9 Japaas ssf-iGnins trSde will still be in the memory of at Another important factor has b ga the plentiful supply of cheap lapor in the shape of seamen and Of fuel The course of event; in rscent lears, however has illowA that these f9Gters i'll favor s.fapan have been d appearing and Japars shipping trade in common wit' many other in dustries is confronted with a serious crisis.
 considering that Japanese ships require q larger number of men in the handling. the comparative low ness of the efficiency of the Japanese scamen will be clear although their wages are comparatively high
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05

buckets of baked clay came up on their chain. emptied themselves into a trough and slipped down again into the Nile-while a trickle of water ran away to quench the terrible thirst of the desert corn and sugarcane. Sometimes I drove out at sunset. when shaggy date-palms were sil- houetted against the flamingo sky, or went out in a boat on the Nile. At this hour the glare of the sun, which had scared my eyeballs all day, lifted from my eyelids like great weight. I saw how the sky-and- water world turned amber and rose. and how the sails. where the last light caught them, were streaked suddenly vermilion. But even before the glow vanished. fireflies began to outline with their pale green light the rapiers of the palms, and a lion colored moon with all the little star cubs came proving through the African night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05

In point of vapltal invested the power laundry business ranks as the sixth industry in the United States.
 The first electric train on an Italian railroad 165 miles long, the longest single eleotrifieatie in Eur ope, was recently run successfully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05

Registry of all passenger aircraft. giving the age motive power. date of overhauling, place of construction. and port of registry as Is required Of water ships, has been proposed in France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05

Bench and bar are greatly helped fin matters of sex by women on the jury. says a justice of the famous Old Bailey couret, in London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-05

Harbor by means submarine oxy acetylene torch.
 A tree which stood 300 feet higa and from which seven 32-foot logs were cut below the branches, was re gently feliet Kapowsin, Wash.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-09-06
CABBAGE SNAKE
EXCITES INTEREST
NeectnrianS in Greenwood Stampcdcd
by Find and are Changing Dict.

Greenwood. Sept. 2-Aftcr several
years of obscurity the fearsomc cab
bake snake has returned. A specimen
Of tho uncanny serpent, believed by
some to cause instant death if eaten,
has been captured and Gagged in Il pea
nut butter ia here, wherc it is being
watched Will dch interest by cab
bake consumers. Some insist that to
eat the thing means death by poison
ing. A few years ago the cabbage
snake caused considerable commotiOn
among vegctarians Of certain dis
trictS OF this state.
The newly discovered pest is Il
long, sallOw, thread of worm that
appears to be weary Of life. Some
think it is merely an attcnuated earth
worm that got into a cabbage in its
youth and faded Others vehcmently
insist that it is a true cabbage snake
and they issue solemn warnings
against eating cabbage. SO con
stcrnation reigns among cabbage con-
sumcrs and even kraut is taboo in
places.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-09-06
Sen. SMITH ADVOCATES
ABANDONING COTTON
PLANTING FOR YEAR

Washington, Sept 5.-The pro-
9OSal for a one year suspension Of
cotton planting in the United States
as Il means Of eliminating the boil
,wecvil was suggested in the senate
today by Senator Smith, Democrat,
South Carolina who predicted whole
sale abandonment Of cotton farms
throughout the south unless govern
mental action were taken to aid in
destruction Of the parasite.
The South Carolina Senator an
nounccd he had written to the chief
cntomOlogist Of the Department of
Agriculture, asking that a study he
made to determine whether years
lay-om in cotton growing would cradi-
cate the wccvil. He said the cntomOl-
ogist had expressed in telephone
conversation today the belief that
such action would result in destroying
the pest
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-09-06

hsure and the acreage in cultivation
on June %.
The cotton acreage abandoned be-
tween June % and August %, and the
acreage remaining in cultivation Au-
gust 25 by states was announced as
follows:
Virginia, 1000 abandoned and 49, 600
in cultivation
North Carolina, $4,000 and 1887
600.
South Carolina, $4,000 and 2,197,-
600.
Georgia, $4,000 and 1905, 900.
Florida, 1000 and $4,000.
Alabama, 10000 and 2,9S3,OOO.
mississippi, $4,000 and Bits. 900.
Louisiana, $4,000 and 1,2S7,OOO.
Texas, $4,000 and 1888 900.
tennessee, 5000 and $4,000.
Missouri 0.3 per cent and la6, 900.
Oklahoma, $4,000 and 2,797,00O.
california, none and 10000.
Arizona, none and 100000.
New Mexico, 1000 and $4,000.
Loose Leaf Ledgers, Etc.
Advertiser Printing Co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-09-06
COTTON ESTIMATE
Us IO,575,OOO BALES

South Carolina and Georgia Show
Lowest Condition Reports. Yield
for State EStim ed ut $4,000 Bales
Cotton Condition 81.
Washington, Sept. "A reduction
of $4,000 bales of this year since the
forecast Of Il month ago was shown
in the department of agricultures S
september cotton report issued today
forccasting the total crop at 10,575 ,OOO
bales. The condition OF the crop de-
clined 1873 points during August as
compared with an average decline of
a. points in the previous ten years
the condition having been SO per
cent Of normal on August % compared
with 1o.S on July %.
This years cotton crop was fore
cast today at lO,575,00O bales by the
department of agriculture being it's
estimate on the condition of the crop
on August % which was $40 per cent,
li5.2 pounds per acre. There was a
decline Of 1873 points in the condition
during August.
The condition of the crop on Aug.
% and the forecast Of production by
states follow:
Virginia, condition GS, forecast 49,
900 bales.
North Carolina. SO and 100000.
South Carolina, l6 and 6S7 900.
Georgia. A and 96S,O00.
Florida, 60 and $4,000.
Alabama, 60 and $4,000.
Mississippi, so and ,003 900.
Louisiana, 60 and4l4,0O0.
Texas, 80 and 2,644O00.
Arkansas, 63 and 969 900
Tennessee, Go and 21S,000.
Missouri 20 and 10000.
Oklahoma, 63 and 7S6,00.
California. O. and 100000.
Arizona, 81 and 5000.
New Mexico, So and 2l.000
California forecast includes 10000
bales from Lower California which are
not included in United States total.
In special report, in response to
a senate resolution the department Of
agriculture announced the acreage Of
cotton abandoned between June 25
and August % amounted to 367 900
acres or IL per cent Of the area in
Cultivation June % leaving 81, 900
acres in cultivation on August %.
AS the condition figure of the reg
ular September cotton report is af-
fected by the acreage abandonment" )"
said the departments statement, mo
additional deduction for the abandon
ment here shown need be made from
the present forecast Of l0,573,000 bales
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-09-06
GERMANY GRANTED
RELIEF SHE ASKED
EHcct oil Decision Takes Repnration
question Out OF Hands 0i Commits
sion. Makes II Matter OF NcgOtiu-

iloIl.
faflS, sept. 2.-The French cabi-
net To-Day simply took cogniHance"
OF me decision OF the rtparations on
me German moratorium question,
hel'her approving, nor disapororing it..
" SpccihcaliE reserved however, en-
t'rc liberty OF actlon III case later de-
NSloINleh'S maze o'h"r actlon ncces-
""iH'
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-09-06
Shifting the Responsibility.

Another sign that the modern men
are improving is that some now blame
the federal reserve banks instead of
their wives.-Galveston News.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-09-06

The relief granted at the present
time is for the purpose of giving the
commission time in which to com
plete the new scheme Of reform and
Germany the opportunity OF carrying
it out
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-02
FRANCE ID SEND
 MISSION ID ], 5.

Paris. Dec. .2.-CBy the l. P.)-The proposal for @ mission Of five French officers to America for which the Chamber of Deputies yesterday ap- propriated 300,OO0 francs. was in re- spOuse to invitations from Washing ton. t was said at the war office to- day
 The United States government has repeatedly requested France to send such a mission, composed of tecdui- clans, to exchange views with Ameri- can officers in similar departrle enrs. The war office hes-tated to recom- mend the proposal because of the eE- Dense involved, but in view Of the repeated requests from Washington. it concluded that t would be advisab bIe to do so.
 The mission will be appointed only after the Senate has passed the ap- propriatiOn. The officers would prob ably leave early in the next year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-02
Coroner Phelan Finds
 3 Automobile Victims
 Met Accidental Deaths

Three aut0ral1iIe victims met their deaths in an accidental manner ac- c-rliug to the findings issued today by Coroner John J. pHa-au. The vic --rl= are Eleanor F. Thompson, of 2T Alfred street this city, George T. Adams of Dan.urg; and George H. Taylor Of Bethel
 The Thompson girl five years old, who died -u St. F--ceu-'s hospital sustained fatal Injuries. November zt last. y hen struck by an aUtomoblls driven by Irwin E- Brooks of 4b Bishop avenue. The accident occurred on Fairfield avenue near Brewster street.
 Adam was hl- 1y an automobile on the Dau1urE--Eaw Milford turn pike, November Z3 lazl while stand ing near a ear owned by Joseph liar vey of 2s Park Terrace, this city, parked in the road. The car rounding g curve. was unable to avoid striking the man. II was operated by Clifford F. BrCwuelL
 Taylor. q years old was driving a truck down Snake HI in Newtown, last Sunday, when the car uOppled over an eu5ankueu-- He was pinned benenath the truck and h-s abdomen was pierced by q part of the steer ing gear
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-02
out of COngroSS.

Suppose MT Mellon would sCOurge the prodteer and the millionaire with the same vigOr he does lesser cTinl- inals?" demanded Gov. Blaine. sup pose he would really try to enforce the taxes assessed against the riCh2 Is 1t true that the government is pow erless to enforce the law against the rich, or is 1t just a lack of desire on MT MelIOn'S part to place all taxes on an equality before the law2"
 NOn-PartiSan Program.
 The meeting today slgnaize the opening of the second and final day of the series C'- progressive conferences to mould a program of 'non-partlsan h. constructive legislative action, h congress.
 Elimination from the income tax law of the clause imposing secrecy upon returns as the most effective remedy for tax dOdSiug was proposed by Gov Blaine. who stood shoulder to shoulder with Senator La Toilette in the triumphant progressive sweep of Wisconsin on Nov '.
 Samuel GOmperS. President of the American Federation of Labor. was the center of a group of organized la bOr leaders who shared front seats with presentar-VeS Of agricultural and other organizations
 ''Secretary Mellon said that the government cannot collect taxes due from incomes land sur-aEes on excess nr0T-s" Blaine continued. W hat MT Mellon meant when he said that was what the prOflteeTs and milIOnaires do 10 escape the income and suTtaHes is 10 make false returns, sometimes through innocence, perchance, but Of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-02

ten through fraud and deceit, or by legal devices and other tricks of the trade, legally to cheat the govern ment.
 We hear 80 much eIoquence about law and order, and law enforcement Seldom, however, does such eIoquence ever relate to the millionaire tax dodger.
 Government Menaced.
 "GOvernment will be undermined more quickly through the violation of the tax laws than through the viola ton of any other Iaws.'
 Blaine declared it is the favOrite plan of the government to raise re- venue by indirect taxation, such as tariff or stamp and sales taxes where by the tax is included in the cost of the article consumed.
 By this method" ," he said. the con sumer who pays the tax may overlook the fact that he pays a tax on the article he buys. This is the painless tax.
 The pruGiteers and uiIlionaires tax whereby the taxes they ought to pay themselves may be passed on to the poor without the angry dissent of the victim.
 We do not underestimate the in fluence of the millionaire tax dOdger. We know that their paid agents some times nislead the tax assessor. that their lobby-is is to put jOkers in the tax law, through pliauL legislators who bedeviI the taxing offices and that even the courts som etimes yield to the spacious arguments of highly paid attorneys"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-02
To Fight For
 1 iernan s Love

Chicago. Dec. 2-IN. N.SO-Accorn- panied by her father. the Rev Charles Hawu, Mrs Blanche Hawu Tier0an. bride for a day" of Professor John r. Tieruau. today was speeding to Chicago from Eauseu. Iowa, to fight for the pro- -eSsor's love.
 The professor, meanwhile. was hay ing hectic time in Chicago where lis SiSter-iu-'aw. Mrs. Frances Pulaski. charged him with insanity and sue cseded In getting a writ issued. call ing for commitment to the PsychO- purllC Hospital for eNaUination-
 Tteynan and his first wife. Mrs Au- EusJa Herman. came here late yes-er- day from South Bend. Ind. with their three children after having disposed of their home in that city.
 My husband is not crazy and I'll stick to him 10 the end,' declared Mrs. Herman.
 Herman disappeared this morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-02
Dig Empty Lot
 For More Bodies

New York Dec. 2-In the belief that the vacant lot Tn the Bronx which Mrs. Jennie Becker. may yield other bodies. policemen today started to dig over the sol, while a squad of blue coats kept back a thrOng of curious spectators.
 Following the indictment of Abra- ham Becker vest rday for the ruur- der of his wife. and the holding of Reuben Eorkiu as a material witness, the police said they were given infor- nation thar forced them to return to the lot for further investigation. They claimed they learned that Miss Fan rie Bloom. who vanished in 1915. was acquainted with a man named Nor kin or \cr1kin and once worked for family ot that name.