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New Britain herald., 1922-04-21
S15,000,000 TUBE MILL
Gary Announces Plans of |. S. Steel Corporation For Construction of Plant at Gary, Ind.

New York, April 21.-A sl5,0O0,ooo tube mill at Gary, Ind, is planned by the U. $. Steel corporation, Chairman Ebert IT. Gary announced today. Construction will begin at once and it is expected that the making of tubes will be in full operation before the end of 1923.
 The mill will have capacity of about 350,ooo tons a year increasing the present tube capacity of the cor poration by 20 to 25 per cent.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-21

scionsness by detectives whom he menaced with q pistol
 The girl said Weissinger trailcd her in q taXicab as she went to q store for her mother, seized her at a de. serted corner and took her to the house where he held her prisoner aft CT depriving her of all her clothing.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-21
BOY KILLS HIS MOTHER
Kedficld, $. D., Youngster, 13, Then Turns Gun on Father and Tries to Kill Himself, Too.

Redfeld, S. D., April 21.--Mrs. J. C. Sccrmerhorn was shot and killed last night when small calbre rife in the hands of her son Elmer, 13, is believed to have been accidentlly dis charged. Fearing he would be punish ed according to the coroner, A. D. Coleman of Redfield, Elmer shot his father in the jaw and then inflicted a wound in his own forehead which physicians say may prove fatal.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-21
GERNAN-RUSS-7 TURK 4 GREE2NENT LS REPORTED AS LATEST MENACE 70
 BIC POWERS ESPECIALLY BALKANS
POLICE SAVE GIRL
 HELD BY "SLAVERS"
ork Bluccoats Batter Down IT and Rescue Prisoner of
 Ten Days.

York, April a1,-Police hat
 Sn a door in d West 45th
 use today and rescued l6 Minnie Xareinbok who said 4 been kidnapped and held 2 pr ten days.
 . who said he was William Y 23, was arrested on T abduction and assault aft
 M heen hcalen into uncnn
New Britain herald., 1922-04-21
RAIN PREVENTS GAMES.

Philadelphia, April 2t. (AmericanD. Boston Philadelphia. postponed: cold weather.
 Pittsburgh, April 2t. tNationaD = st. Louis Pittsburgh. postponed, snow.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-21
TO STUDY GREEK PRISONS

Syracuse. N. Y, April 21.-Thomas Mott Osborne has received an invita- : tion from the Queen of Greece to make a study of Greek prisons. He will sail for Europe in June.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-21
ANOTHER SMALLPOX CASE

Milford, April 21.TA new case Of smallpox was reported to the town health authorities yesterday making a total of IS cases in Milford.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-21
JOHNSON RESIGNS
Manager of McNIillan Store for Past Five Years Sewers His Connection Following Sale.

Maurice H. Johnson, for five years manager of the McMillan store. under the former proprietor Dugald McMil- Ian, has resigned his position, to take effect at once. Mir. Johnson has not announced his plans for the future.
 This store recently was sold by MT. McMillan to Messrs. Samuel Davidson and Alexander J. Ieventhall
New Britain herald., 1922-04-21
THE WEATHER

Hartford. April 21.-Foretast for New Britain and vicinity: Generally fair. continued cold with frost tonight: Saturday fair, slowly rising temperature.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
PLAN ID EXTEND
 BANKHEAD ROAD
Developments Are Expected at Meeting of ASSocia-
 ton in April
By Associated Press

Dallas, February 1l.-Further progress toward perfection of the Mexico division of the Bank head highway is expected at the meeting of the Bankhead Highway association to De held at Phoenix, Ariz., April 24-29. P. F. Morris, president of the, Automobile club of Texas, has received word to this eff feet from J. A Rountree of Birming- ham, Ala, director general of the Bankhead association.
 The Automobile club of Texas hTs completed log and map of the Texas Mexico division and marked the highway it's entire length. The division extends from Mt. Pleasant, Tex, to Laredo, Tex. The club hay received President Obregon's in- dorsement of the proposed extension of the Bankhead and Meridian high ways to the Mexican capital, MT. Morris said, thus creating an inter- national tie that will be beneficial both to the United States and Mexico.
 Clubs to AId
 The Automobile club of Texas is planning to aid in demonstrating to the communities along the Mexican extension the value that would &C., crue as the result of having 8 logged and mapped international highway traversing them. Mir Nor ris said the club hopes to send party over the route to do prelinf nary work and to talk up the high way to the Mexicans.
 The Meridian highway extends from Winnipeg to Laredo. It's exten- sion to Mexico City is being consid- cred. The Bankhead connects Wash ington and Laredo over two routes from Hot SnrinRs which join at Fl Paso. one through Oklahoma and New Mexico and the other entirely through Texas. 1t extends through Arizona again splitting at Lordsburg. aud converging again at Temple It hAs its western terminus at San Diego, Cal.
 The Automobile club of Texas is now waiting for Mexico to carry but it's logging, mapping and marking program, proposed by the club. It is expected that after this has been ac- complished an amazing exchange of automobile traffic between the eoun- tries connected will result
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
Lassies of Saluation Army Required to
 Wear Skirts Longer
By Associated Press

Chicago, February 1.-The skirts of Salvation Army lassies must not be more than seven inches above the street level, according to an order is- sued here by Commissioner William Peart. leader of the organization in l5 midwest states.
 "A few years ago we were trying to persuade our womsn to wear them shorter" said Commissioner Peart in commenting upon tho order. "The skirt that trails in the dirt gathering germs is c menace to its wearer' s health: but the aiCirt that flaps around the knees is pretty much of a menace to the modesty of the wom- an who wears 1t. The skirt is about tho only thing which doesn't appear to be coming down these days and a back to normalcy drive on the too short dress will do a lot to protect the morals of the rising generation"
 Commissioner Peart stated that the order would affect every Salvation army member in IT countries and colonies where the organization op- crates with the possible exception of China and Japan where most of the women wear trousers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12

titled, Comrades of the Legion" he did a very graceful thing in dedi- eating 1t to the American Legion.
 In turn the American Legion did an equally graceful thing by adopt ing it as the official quickstep" of the organization, and it has proven one of the most universally popular of all the March Kings" thrilling compositions.
 Wits it's lifting, swaying, graceful tune, it's rollicking, musical, inspir- ing air it has caught the spirit of the late war and transferred the days when the American soldiers were on the poppy fields of Flaa' ders" to the present in musical eff feet which is inspiring.
 If your pulse can be stirred by the inspiring thrill of marching tunes, you will get some new and memo rable emotions by hearing the March Kings" latest composition, Com rades of the Legion" played here by his band of nearly 100 instrumen- talists when Lieutenant Commander Sousa and his big organization come to the Jefferson on Saturday, Feb runary IS, when the "All Star Con- certs" will present for the first time in many years this great band in two splendid programs, matinee and evening.
 Post 1 of the American Legion feels an especial pride in the coming to this city of the lieutenant com mander, U. S. N. R. F., and his band and when he plays his Comrades oi the Legion" he will be welcomed by the boys who wore the khaki with enthusiasm and appreciation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
Wierd Tale Told of How Parents
 Killed Own Child
M Asnonintnd Prn.n

Sofia, February 11.--A strange tale of banditry resulting in the murder by mistake of & girl by her own father and mother Is vouched for of- ficially by the Bulgarian police.
 Ivan, = peasant of Hazrad. sold two calves for 10000 levas and started home from tho market with his daughter, Milka- Fearing robbers he gave the money to his daughter. The father was attacked on the road and killed by two men who saw him make tho sale.
 Milka fled and sought refuge in . peasant cottage, where a woman and her daughter comforted her and gave her dinner. Later Milka was gent to bed with the woman's daugh- ter.
 When the husband returned he told his wife he had killed 8 man use lessly, as the money he sought had been carried off by the murdered mans daughter.
 The woman, to whom Milka had told her story. repeated 1t to her hus- band and tho two determined to kill the girl as she lay asleep to get the 10000 levas.
 Milka, in the daughters room up stairs, overheard and escaped through window. When police were brought by Milka they found the old couple had gone upstairs and Killed their own daughter by mistake in the dark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
Want Shdwi Taken From Work of Art
Special Dispatch to The Age Herald

Special Dispatch to The Age Herald
 New York, February Hit seems one can be more unclad if draped in a shawl than if dtaped in nothing more tangible than the circumam- bient, atmosphere.
 Visitors to the National Arts club here objected strenuoysly to the painting, Nude Girl With a Shawl, :" hy George w Bellews. Several peo- pie asked that theg"horrid thing be taken from the walls, but the art committee refused this request oddiyl enough it wasn't the nude" which. critics condemned, but the shawl, This garment was thrown lightly about tine lady's shoulders and except for aablack gown which had slipRSd down about her knees, she was other wise untramnieled Instances haN@ occurred when critics wanted shawl and other vital garments palntatt around nude figures, but this see@s to be the first instance where critics amateur, not art--have demanded that a shawl be removed from nude so that she would look less bare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
US OIL INTERESTS
 ARE INVESTING IN
 EUROPEAN FIELDS
German Capitalists Watching the Activities of Americans With Much Concern.
 Shines Interested
Ny Associated Press

Berlin. February 1.-The in- creased consumption of crude oil and need of corresponding increase in the worlds production has focused attention of American interests upon European fields and renewed efforts are being made to secure long time contracts for the development of the industry here on a large scale.
 Agents of the Standard oil com pAny have been most active and are reported here to have secured virtual monopolies of oil prospecting and well sinking in a number of smaller central European states.
 German capital has been watching the operations of the Americans with considerable concern, and 1t is pro- dioted in quarters close to Hugo Shines, the most powerful of the German capitalists, whose oommer- cie1 enterprises extend to all Europe. that American interests soon will have a monopoly of the European petroleum supply, if not of the whole earth"
 Secure Persian Fields
 The Standard oil company has se- cured control of important fields in northern Persia on a 50-yeAr lease. but the action of the Persian admin ASAI&hA HI diAinA NAN GOhCESHlph has been protested by the Russian government. and also by the British minister, as incompatible with tho Russian Persian agreement of Feb ruary 26, 1s2t. which 1t is claimed gave Russia prior rights.
 Americans also have secured im- portant concessions in JuRoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Rumania, under stipulations providing for investment Of several millions of American dol iars in development work. which tn ese countries cannot undertake.
 Negotiations have been begun be- tween the Americans and Russian representatives for leasing the. Rus sian fields. and putting them upon a productive basiA At tho same time the Russiane are seeking to secure German machinery for their oil fields. without which it is reported many of the works must close, re- sulting in permanent damage to cer- tain fields and heavy losses to the soviet government
 Former wealthy oil owners and promoters, now Russian exiles here. nave been participating in these ne- gotiationA
 The annual production of crude oil in the United States was esti- mated by the United States geological survey on January IS. to be now all most b6o,0oo, ,ooo barrels, but the TO- port stated that the annual consump- tion already is beyond that mark and is still growing. It added that for some years the United States has had to import oil and, with the growth in demand. its dependencs on foreign oil ''has become steadily greater in spite of our own increase in outputs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12

ways has a retort ready. She is very positive in her likes and dislikes, and bears the strength of her own con victions She is never on the fence; she is always on one side or the other and stays there.
 There is an old saying. "As smart as a whip" and I always think of that saying when I am with Mrs. Golf fin.
 She reared three children to ma turity, two of whom are among the towns valued and best citizens. These are Mrs Harry Wheelock (Loui Coffin) and Harry Coffin, Sr An other daughter. Bottie. who grew to womanhood and married in Birming ham, is now the wife of Walter Chaf- fee of Detroit. The latter made Bir- mingham his home for many years. The Chaffees have three handsome young sons, Walter, Jr., Edward and Donald.
 Mrs. wheelock's only daughter Mabel, now Mrs. Vernon Gray, was Birmingham belle. The Grays, with their little son, Vernon S, Gray. Jr., make their home in Ma ashYills
 Mir and Mrs. Harry Coffin have two daughters. Mrs. Jennings Gillem , (Florence Coffin),t ,twho was one of the most admired girls in society, and Evelyn, still a. school girl. All Bir- mngham grieved over the untimely death of their only son, young Harry Coffin, Jr., two years ago.
 Mir and Mrs. Gillem have darling baby, Florence.
 Grandmother Coffin Is a pillar in her church, and has drilled the prin- ciples of the Episcopal church so well into her children, that they are all walking in her footsteps.
 Mrs. Wheelock has been noted for many years for her earnest and un- selfish work in all fields for good.
 Mrs Chaffee continues her guild duties and singing in Detroit, while her three sons sing in the vested boy choir.
 once each year Mrs. Coffin goes tc Detroit for visit to her daughter making the trip there and back alone
 Another remarkable thing about her Is that she does not wear glasses The oculists say her eyesight Is most unusual Mother Coffin never looks back respectfully, but always forward and this enriches her personality and makes her a pleasure to those about ! her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
Prohibition Made the
 Word Sober Obsolete,
 City Council Holds
By Associated Press

Jacksonville, Fla. February It. Prohibition has rendered obsolete the word. sober" according to the city council here, and the term has been reiesated to the scrap heap officially by that august body. The council re- gently. in considering an automobile ordinance which provided that cer- tain persons must be sober and of good moral character" was surprised when one member objected strenu- ously to the inclusion of sober"
 x Tt is a reflection on the govern ment and the constitution" the mem ber said. '1t recognizes a violation of the law, and since we have pro- hibition 1t has become obsolete"
 The objection at first was not taken seriously. but upon insistence the term was eliminated by a vote of 1z to [. One councilman refused to vote, ptating that he didn't know whether . man could be drunk or so- Der under the new order of things"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
AMERICAN LEGION, WORTHY NEEDY

Widows, mothers and orphans of men who died in the service during the World war will receive voca- tional training, if Congress acts fa- vorably on legislation now being pressed by the American Legion.
 At present the next of kin of a soldier who lost his life receives S2o A month from the government h. yestigation has shown that hundreds have been thrown on their own re- sources, having no trade, profession or business experience with which to meet the competition Of the business world, and with no aid other than the relatively small compensation to keep them going.
 A bill sponsored by the legion pro v:ding a training program to cover tho situation passed the Senate dur ing the last session, but died in the House. It's resurrection and passage will be persistently urged by its sup porters in the present Congress
 In the more than three years which have elapsed since the sign ing of the armistice no steps have thus far been taken by the govern ment to lend assistance to the depen- dents of the war dead in fitting themselves to earn livelihood, the legion declares.
 1t is estimated that there are ap- proximately 15.o0o wives and chii- dren dependents, many of whom, are now in distress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12

Birmingham Is indeed blessed with some of the most remarkable, inter esting and charming grandmothers and great -grandmothers of any city l know. and they are the greatest as sets a town can produce. They are the sinew and backbone of the uni verse. In fact, I think they are the greatest "Institutions" in the world,
 One of these who has made Bir- ming gham the oity of her adoption for years, Is Mrs Margaret Coffin. She was born in Now York city S5 years ago, and may be called product of the soil, as it were, for her father and grandfather were also born in New York. She was Margaret Rome Oakley before her marriage to Ben jamin Lent Coffin of westehester county, New York, son of Probate Judge Coffin of that county.
 Mrs. Coffin came to Birmingham S1 years ago, as her husband had en- gagged in business here, and her fam fly have become such an integral part of the city that they are claimed as Birmingham's very own. And, yet, Mrs. Coffin has never become southernized. She is still a little Yankee woman, true to type, con scientiously rolling her r's and ad- herring to the traditions of her fore fathers.
 Since the death of her husband several years ago, Mrs. Coffin and her sister, Mrs. Anna Caroline Apper- ley, ST years old, have resided in charming apartment on Fifteenth avenue, south.
 Now think of s7 and s5 keeping house togetherl Mrs. Coffin Is noted for her splendid housekeeping. l have never been in a more immacu- late house in my life than her apartment It is spotless, and yet there is not that ooldness, that don t- dare-to touch atmosphere there. II is honey cozy and comfortable. Lit- tie cushioned rockers beckon invlt- inRly in her sun parlor. couch filled with pillows shows that 1t IS used for rest and respose. Her linen closet is filled high with useful ana beautiful handiwork, snowy white There are bits of exquisite old china that once belonged to her Revolution ary ancestors.
 Mrs. Coffin has a fund of humor stored up in he rlittle alert, practical self. She is vivacious, witty and al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-12
By RALPH BURTON
speciaI Dispatch to The Age Herald (Copyright 1929, by The Age-Heraid)

SneciaI Dispatch to The Age Herald
 (Copyright, 1929, by The Age-Herhiu1
 Alexandria, Va, February l1,-No one ever would have suspected 1t of staid. drowsy, dignified old Alexan- dria, In the corner of which stands Church of Christ. of which George Washington, father of his country, was a vestryman.
 One could forgive Reno for that sort of thing. for Reno Is in a new country, where laws were quickly and perhaps loosely drawn, an out post of the later frontiers of the country with a shifting population of adventurous spirits
 But that Alexandria, 227 years old, stepped in the historic lore of revo- lutionary days, should suddenly be exposed and held up to public con- tumely as possessing one of the most high powered and rapidly revolving divorce mills" in the entire western hemisphere has proved shock from which the old dominion will not re- cover for many a long day Here in Alexandria, just six miles down the Potomac from Washington, commit tee of the bar association is gravely Investigating the charges that di- vorces have been obtained without any actual residence in the state on the part of the petitioner and upon the flimsiest sort of evidence.
 No Real Surprise
 The situation has been no real surprise to those actually conversant with conditions in this city during the last few years. The surprise has been that the outside world has been
 A ro~ vf q reason for this, however, as already stated. is that no one ever would. have suspected Alexandria, with it's won derful old colonial homes, its ivy covered churches, its wide streets and stately trees and its seemingly sleepy old courthouse.
 But three large inducements have been offered by Alexandria--cheap ness. quickness and noiselessness. Let's take them in order.
 First cheapness. Market quotations for divorces vary from day to day, but the range isn't wide. One author ity Is quoted as fixing the figure at "s2oO and a night gown" Another makes it "s15O and the cost of fix ing the costs cited amounting to about S25. In general, man or woman of economical turn of ninu ought 10 make Slio to SAVV SVN oA 'hN whole cost of the fight for freedom judging from such data as have been pried loose by enterprfsing newspaper sleuths during the last few days. Plenty of Speed
 Now as to speed. The man or wom- an who wants a usually> wants 1t in a hurry, particularly when he CT she expects to meet No. 2 just out side the court room door. Speed therefore. is important. If pros pective divorcee goes to Reno. she actually has to live there six months and it's very much like living 1T Railway The residence requirement in the state of Virginia Is a year, but H. G. Wells and his time machine never took any such liberties with the calendar as have been taken by those who have been freed from mat rimonjal bonds in Alexandria.
 Sometimes a show comes to towr biaring the announcement that it ha: played "one entire year on Broad way" Those who take the trouble