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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
ONLY ONE EMPLOYMENT IN
 WARRIORS WAY

It should be of interest to Alabamians to learn that the Warrior is no longer a six-foot stream, but an eight-foot one. The locks have been raised to that level by placing two feet of timber on top of the dams This work was completed some time ago, but at Lock some rocks blown up to deepen the channel had not been removed. They are being taken cut now, and while that Is being done, in case If need, flash boards at Lock will raise the water to eight feet.
 The additional two feet of water means that vessels may be loaded one-third more than they are now. They will be able to carry a 1,00o-ton cargo where they now carry one or 7b0 tons A larger cargo will be moved with the samA overhead expense.
 There is no obstacle in the way of Warrior
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
 DARWIN'S HOUSE AT DOWN

From the Manchester Guardian.
 A somewhat insignificant looking old house in remote Kentish village is being offered for sale, and were public funds available they would be well expended in securing the free hold as national possession. It was in 1842 that Darwin began his 40 years occupation of Down house n the village of Down. or Downe, as it was spelled in ancient times. Down is only about eight miles from Crowdon. When Darwin discovered this retired spot the only means of approach to the village was 2o- mile coach drive, and it was, to some extent this naccessibility which appealed to the great scientist Among Darwin's many visitors at Down were Haeckel and MT. Gladstone, who was driven over one Sunday afternoon. John Morley tells us that as the statesman walked away Darwin, Shading his eyes with his hand against the evening rays, said to me, What an honor that such great man should come to visit me- 7"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
BUN" HUNTER AT
 HOME AND ABROAD
From the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
 In those lands across the Atlantic where prohibition is an issue it often is asserted that more drunkenness is to be found on the streets of American cities than anywhere in Europe. Dr. Robert Hercod director of the interna. tional temperance bureau doubted this, took it upon himself to make an investigation and came to the United States on an unusual miis sion-hunting for "buns." Incidentally he wanted statistical information @and interviews with public officials, but primarily he desired to see for himself just about how this coun- try's proportion of intoxicated persons on pub lie streets compares with what he has observed in Europe Landing in New York, he visited that city's slums and other places where street trunks might wander. From New York he went to many other cities on the same mission.s New Orleans was one of them, for he was anxious to get line on our ports, especially. The itinerary took Dr. Hercod clear to Los Angeles, up through San Francisco to Seattle and from Seattle back over the northern route to his starting point.
 And during all this tour Dr. Hercod reports that he found but two obviously drunken men-one in Butte and one in New York. He. found that the Bowery compares with Lon- B. hel"-so deliver us from Whitechapel-and he satisfied himself that conditions relative to prohibition are infinitely better iii Gotham than in London, Paris or Berlin. Now he is on his way back to Europe with fresh ann- munition for temperance campaigning in Nor way, Sweden, Finland, Jugoslavia and Bul- garia.
 The rampant "wets'' of Europe and even of America will be reluctant to accept Dr. Hercod's finding. It is somewhat amazing, in fact, to hear that such an extensive tour was made without encountering more than two wis., ibly intoxicated persons on American streets; yet we know we walk our own streets day after day without noticing them especially. The "street drunk is not conspicuous creature of the daylight in this country, being seen, possibly more often in the wee sma' hours. Were we to go "bun hunting' that would he our time. While Dr. Hercod's veracity is not questioned here, we suspect he will hear from the "wets' as result of his report Of course, they will succeed in finding more than two lone "buns"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
KHAN MAKES A CONCESSION
 REGARDING MASKS

~7 The Ku Klux Klan in Georgia will not wear masks or regalia, except in lodge rooms, "until further orders" This decision was an- nounced to Governor Hardwick by E. r.. Clark, imperial wizard, pro tenn, as a result of the governors appeal that the klan help 70 proven. lawlessress in Georgia by unmask- ing. It is stated at imperial headquarters in Atlanta that the governing body of the klan passed rule about year ago prohibiting the wearing of masks and regalia except by per mission of the imperial wizard, and hencefort1 such permission will only be granted for pa- rades.
 The chief criticisms directed at the Ku Kux Klan since it was revived was that klansmsn encouraged law violators to commit crimes by their practice of appearing in public wear ing hoods or masks.
 But if masks and white robes were abolished entirely, what would become of the kan? It would lose much of it's appeal to persons who delight in mystery, and particularly in queer trappings. The average lodge brother would be sorey stricken if deprived of his showy costume. If the kan retains it's "nightgowns" and abolshes masks, it will no longer be re- garded as menace to the country's welfare. Denials that it is sulatory body, above the law, will not be widely accepted until the klan comes out in the open.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
TO ELIMINATE PAPER WASTE

From the Thrift Magazine.
 process to remove ink from old newspa- papers so the paper can be used again for printing purposes has been developed by the United States forest products laboratory. To- cated in Madison, Wis. One mill under conn mercial conditions has de-inked 1,500 tons of old newspapers and has remade the paper into newsprint stock of desired strength and color which was accepted by publishers as standard.
 Bentonite, clay-like substance, formed from volcanic ash and found largely in Wyon- ing, is used in the de-inking process. It dis solves the ink and leaves the paper perfectly clear. Because of the cheapness of the new process laboratory officials say they believe that much of the 2,2oo,0oo tons of newsprint annually used can now be salvaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
AN END-sEAT HOG
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 The other day high bank official who lives up the New Haven road reached his train when most of the seats had been taken. He found one with only a single occupant planted sol- idly next the aisle. An effort to pass him brought an angry growl and the statement, "Im keeping this seat for my wife, who's go- ing to get on at One Hundred and Twenty fifth street" The banker himself did little growing about ''nerve' and sat down in the denied place. ''If my wife comes you'll have to get up,' said the would-be seat-saver T surely will," said the banker, flor know that if don't you'll let her stand" Z That was not very logical but 1t served and no wife appeared at>O One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
THE CHOICE

By Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Think thou and act; tomorrow thou shalt die, outstretched in the suns warmth upon the
 shore, Thou say'st: "Man's measured path is all gone
 o'er; Up all his years, steeply, with strain and sigh, Man clomb until he touched the truth; and I, Even I, am he whom it was destined for" How should this be? Art thou then so much
 more Than they who sowed, that thou shouldst reap thereby? Nay, come up hither. From this wave-washed
 mound Unto the furthest flood-brim look with me; Then reach on with thy thought till it be
 drown'd Miles and n1il~- Ss-a-, ,,~--~~r the laet lsse ba And though thy soul sail leagues and leagues
 beyond ' Still, leagues beyond those leagues, there is
 more sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
cIYITAN To EXPAND

Charles L. Harold will make valuable ad- dition to our field force" said R. P McCowan, director of extension of the International As sociation of Civitan Clubs "He has been q member of the original Civtan club here for some time, and is familiar with the aims and ideals of the organization.
 "We now have on a campaign to establish Civitan clubs generally all over the country. MT. Harold will go about the middle of the week into the prairie states, where ho will work to establish clubs in Cleveland, Detroit and other cities. We also have 2 representa- tive working the southwestern states Bir- mingham will continue to be the headquarters of the international association"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
PLANS ToRRENs LEAGUE

"Plans rapidly going forward for the organization of Torr@s system league in Birmingham to join wNble-heartedly in the fight to put the new system into effect in Ala bama,' said W. B. Leedy, Jr.. local real estate man.
 "The action of the Birmingham Real Es- tate board in unanimously adopting the Tor rens system resolution recently has served as impetus to the rest of the state in putting over the Torrens system, in their way of be- leving,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
Underwood Interposes

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 The bill introduced by MT. Underwood, pro- viding for the appointment of an exclusively American commission to dispose of American war claims against Germany, should Dc promptly passed.
 The treaty of 1928 guaranteed as plainly as words could specify that, in case of war, Americans would be immune, both in life and in property, from attacks by the Prussian gov ernment. This solemn covenant between Prus- sa and America was ruthlessly broken by the Hohenzoller1s when the Lusitania was tor pedoed, and throughout the period of Ger manys submarine savagery.
 While the war was on under authority granted it by Congress in the trading with the enemy act of October 6, 1917, alien or enemy property was seized and held by the American government. What should be done with this property was considered while the treaty of Versailles and the treaty of Berlin were in the making. Though the treaty of Versailles was negotiated by President Wilson and the treaty of Berlin by President Harding, each of these treaties, in language almost iden- tical, provides that this enemy property "shal be retained by the government of the United States until these American claims shall have been paid
 While the treaty of Versailles was up for ratification no voice was heard either in the Congress or elsewhere that protested against this provision of the treaty. While the treaty of Berlin was under consideration, no Benator was heard to whisper that this provision was unwise. It was not until few weeks ago that propaganda began to flood Congress and the country favoring the prompt or gradual re- turn of this alien property to it's former own CTS. Simultaneously from various sources the unpatriotic propaganda was loosed. It's orig inators are neither obscure nor heretofore un- known to the American public. Their names were very familiar to the American intellt pence service while the war was on.
 Cloaking their designs under the plausibls cry that seizure or retention of this property would be equivalent to "confiscation' and at variance with Americas traditional policy" these agents in Germany, supported by their sympathizers in America, diligently Set Ut work 1 to rob American claimants of the only means; whereby reparation for Germany's havoc in submarine assassina nation could be insured. On Congress the old German cartel and its attaches in this country centered it's fire; Until Senator Underwood's voice was heard. TO protest in Congress against this scheme was made. To the credit of Secretary Hughes he has steadfastly resisted the clamor of these propogandists. To the equal discradit of Pres ident Harding. he has encouraged thern' !. In challenging this movement Senator un- derwood deserves the nations gratitude The alien property now held by the Ameri- can government for the satisfaction of Amer ica's just claims for loss of life and loss of property inflicted by the German submarine. war should be retained until every dollar due | m these claims shall have been paid. <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
AUTO DEALERS FORGET WORK

eve want to show the automobile dealers q good time when they meet here today said E. L. Scouten, president of the local associa- tion. "On the occasions that we have met in Mobile, Montgomery and Decatur we have been royalty entertained, but Birmingham has been rather lax in this particular.
 ''That has been the reason why we have ar ranged the festivity this afternoon at the "of swimmin' hole" on the Cahaba river. We want visiting automobile dealers to go away this time saying that Birmingham has been on the ioh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24

This may go down in MT. Harding's recollec- tions as the unhappiest summer he ever spent
  By listening intently you may hear Hiram Johnson initiating the call of the bull moose.
 x x x It may yet be necessary to perch Mir Hoover on top of the nations dwindlng coal pile.
  The Literary Digest chose the right season to conduct referendum on beer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
A VOICE RAISED AGAINST CHILDREN'S CRUSADES

Agnes Reppier, the foremost woman essayist in America, contributes an editorial to the Philadelphia Public Ledger, in which she points out the absurdity of the numerous "children's crusades.' "Say It With Children" has be- come a national slogan, so utterly foolish and 80 characteristic of these dsjointed times that it cannot be discarded too soon, for the sake of common sense and the national welfare, not to speak of the deluded children themselves who are being used as tools for older persons.
 Miss Repplier says:
 It 1t Illustrative of American sentiment that
 whenever important question up for de-
 csion. question requiring the exercise of
 turs and experienced judgment of ehil-
 dren is dispatched to Washington a neigh
 boring state to help settle the dispute. When Eu-
 rope was in the throes of the World war and the
 United States, racked with concern, was straining
 every to maintain her rights a free
 ton and to the safety of her citizens,
 delegation of children sent to Mir Wilson
 to ask him not to to It though
 they asked him not to play golf Sunday
 to put Christmas candles in the White House win
 dows. The complicated and terrible problems in
 volving commerce and security sim
 pfed a question of choice and the President was
 expected to Whatever your dear
 think best"
 In her editorial Miss Repplier calls atten- ton to the "chldrens crusade of last spring, organized by the American Civil Liberties union, which was designed to win the freedom of prisoners held for violating war laws by appealing to President Harding. Fortunately, the President showed more than his customary firmness and the children were not received at the White House. One Mrs. Kate O'Hara, record with the department of justice that when she faced the Attorney General, with all due respect to her sex, she didn't have leg to stand on. More recently delegation of schoolboys journeyed from Chicago to Phila- delphia to ask that the Liberty Bell be car ried off on another jaunt. They brought a pe- tition signed by 3,50o,oo0 school children of the middle west.
 With her characteristic pungency, Miss Reppier says, in referring to the adults of Philadelphia and the nation who want the Liberty Bell to remain where it is: "They can. not allow the nine-mile petition to influence their judgment, being well aware that if 3,000,000 little boys and girls were bdden to sign paper asking that the Liberty Bell should be painted red, white and blue or swathed in flannel wrappings in the winter, they cheerfully would obey. Children are the hope of the country, but the business of run ming it is still the painful duty of the adult"
 The first "children's crusade,' of which there is any record, took place in 1912. It set out for the Holy Land Thousands of boys were shipwrecked and enslaved who should have been kept at home. The idea has per sisted ever since. Crusadng is being over done by adults. They should not drag in chil- dren who don't know what it's all about and care less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News close mouth maketh close friend. It is better to be happy and rich than neither.
 It is always the open season for killing tinns with Some people.
 Being suspicious of others makes man boastful of his own loyalty.
 man will promise any favor that is not to be granted until next year.
 Almost every man must do certain amount of whining to some woman
 When married people get along, it isn't al- ways love-; 1t is sometimes sense
 Perhaps woman wantes to cheat the cuA tom house because 1t might get head stEss and cheat her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
IN HOTEL LOBB1ES
 AND ELSEWHERE
ADDS TO ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT

With the opening of the law echool of Birming gham-Southern on September 13, next, that institution will enter upon new sphere f -efulness." said .1ndo y--s A. LockP, dean. "She will have added to her academic de- partment a fully accredited professional school, one that Birmingham and the state Of Alabama may justly be proud of.
 ''More, perhaps, than that of any other pro- fessional, the lawyer, in the formative days of his professional career, is influenced by his environment and surroundings; hence the inn portance of law school inculcate worthy ideals and encourage high moral standards. rmingham-Southern recognizes it's respon- sibility in this matter and is confident that the quality of it's output will meet the highest requirement., both ethically and otherwise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
THE GREAT "MUMMY-wHEAT" TRICK

From the Se1entl1lc Amer1can
 The fakers and jokers who "salt" Egyptian tombs with wheat grains for the amazement of the creduous tourist, who plants these thousand -year-old" seeds and sees them ger minate, sometimes overreach themselves one of them used maize instead of wheat; as maize was introduced into the old world from Amer ica, the trick was apparent. Numerous experi- ments with wheat seeds of authentic antiquity, conducted by such Psychologists as Unger, show that their vitality is lost in few years. Certain seeds, if well-guarded from moisture, are alive after 10 years; even after 20 years the protoplasm of few may retain the power of augmenting its volume by absorption of moisture and may develop definite form, but is soon disntegrated by the influx of air and water Termination becomes impossible in from 20 to 80 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24

Congressman Knight of Ohio says dry lead CTS are drunk with power.'' He might have added that it isn't the one-half of per cent variety, either.
 Governor Allen of Kansas opines that Will liam A. White is trying to be funny. The joke may turn out to be on Henry instead of Bill.
 Marilynn says Flo offered her a diamond ring big enough to cover her hand if she wouldn't marry Jack. This case is getting to be interesting.
 Preachers who marry couples almost too drunk to stand up for the ceremony ought not to inveigh against the laxity of marriage relations
 A Britisher says titles still dazzle Ameri- cans. Righto! Anyobdy with champion be- fore his name can draw crowd anywhere. The saddest feature of the breakdown of The Hague conference is that the Russian del egates will have to go back to Russia.
 < x x The hyphenates are rearing their heads again. Isn't somebody in the country strong enough to wield a club?
 "The trouble with Billie Burke,' Marilynn declares, ''is that she is jealous of my youth.' A mean fling!
 When she's angry Molla puffs vicious ci- garette. Maybe that's what's the matter with Mola's game.
 <
 More than 600,o00 miners are strike That ought to create brisk demand for fish ing tackle.
 In view of DeWolf Hopper's activities, we move to amend divorce mill" to divorce hopper"
 At the hour of going to press the short skirt was holding it's own, but it's slated to follow the hustle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
Birmingham, July 22, 1922.
THE POLICE

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 For 10 years Birmingham has had rattlirg good police force, superior to that of Atlanta,- Nashville or Cincinnati, and it has always be-n underpaid; his wages should be increased not lowered, and it is of consequence that the commissioner reduced his own salary in the same proportion, because after that was done it was likely double what it was when he assumed office.
 policeman cannot live properly on $110 B month, and the people should Select members for the legislature who will as early as possible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24

cut the enormously overpaid heads of depart ments and give the proper wages to those who work
 Mrs Echols' department could be wholly abolished and any duties connected with it given to MT. McLendon, where they properly belong, and who wouldn't even have tJ err1-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24
Saving by Torrens method $ 9,12o ot

As additional proof of this give below the amount of money loaned by few firms Torrens certificates during the year 1921 in Ohio. This is made from the official list which I now have in hand, but must return
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-24

 B. of l. E. Cooperative Natl Bank. 10000 Cleveland Trust Co. ........ 14S, 100 Commonwealth Saws and Loan Co.,. S3,000 Fidelity Savings and Loan Co....... 17,100 Guardian Savings and Trust Coz. 89,055 Lake Shore Brokerage and Trust Co.,. 60,S13 Pearl Street Savings and Trust Co.,. 232,275 Union Savings and Loan Co..... 114,500 vcela Building and Loan Asso.. 7S,650 During the year 1921 there were 16,562 mortgages in this county. From the certified list which have in hand, giving only some of the larger loans, this list totals s1,511, ,35716; the grand total would be far in excess of that. Can the people of Cuyahoga county afford to risk this amount of money on certificates issued under system of which "Title Topics," published by abstract company in the city of Birmls ghan, says: "As citizens and tax payers we are against it. As business men we are for it. We are against it because it is un- safe, -uneconomic and unsound."
 In addition to that, Bulletin No. 1, issued by the treasury department, Federal Farm Loan bureau, states that 12 Federal Farm Loan boards expect to make over 50 900 sepa- rate loans during that year, and that the cost of determining titles under existing customs (abstract system and title insurance) will be not less than S650,000.
 They further state that if the 50,000 sepa- rate titles were registered, the cost of deter mining the title would be total of S125,000 where done by attorneys or title insurance agencies. The net saving in money would be $525,000, and the facilities and expedition with which the 50,000 loans could be closed would add largely to the economic value of the registration
 Further on in their report from statistics it is estimated that the total expenditures for determination of titles in sales and mortgages amounts to not less than $108,000, ,O0D an- nually in the United States. And they state Should the improved method (Torrens sys- temp of keeping the records of transactions affecting titles to real property be used. the annual saving in determination of titles in the United States should be not less than ESQ., 0o0,000, to say nothing of the greater cer- tainty given to titles and the economic bene- fits accruing from the facility and expedition with which transactions in realty can be con summated."
 I hope you will pardon this lengthy letter, but feel that this is information that right fully belongs to the citizens of Alabama. Yours very truly, W. B. LEEDY, JR.,
 Chairman.
 Birmingham, July 22, 1922