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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-28
MOSCOW SHOWING
 BUILDING BOOM
Homes and Buildings Being Repaired After Wait of
 Six Years
By Associated Press

Moscow, May 2T-Moscow is begin hing to show some building activity, After nearly six years. during which practically every private building and some public institutions were permit ted to fall into disrepair, both the Soviet officials and private individ- uels are now in the thres of re- pair campaign.
 The hotel where most of the for eigners coming to Moscow are housed and which, six months ago was nightmare of dirt. vermin and lack of service. has just been renovated and is to be put back on a pre-reVolu- ton basis.
 Guests, long accustomed to carry ing their own water, brewing their own tea and cooking their own food in their rooms, now are becoming accustomed again to the magic use of the push button. Elevators are to run. linen to be provided and the campaign against yermin is on in full swing.
 To encourage repair of apartment buildings and detached dwellings, thousands of which have fallen into such state of unrepair that they have been abandoned entirely, the Moscow Soviet has decided to utilize private enterprise. Persons or cor porations who will take over and re- pair these structures, are given ten- year rent free leases on them and may rent them to whom they please and for what sums they please. They may even transfer their leases to other persons and in these houses no limit is placed upon the amount of space any one person. may occupy.
 Muscovites who for the past three or four years have been huddled in tiny rooms allotted them by the government, are gradually moving in- to new and more spacious quarters, if they have sufficient funds to repair l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-28
FRANCE WILL NOT ABANDON ALLIES,
 CLEMENCEAU SAYS
Merely Demands Justice, the Former Premier Asserts. Touching Scene Enacted
 at Old University
Rr Associated prssa

Paris. May 27.-"France does not wish to abandon her allies but she will not permit the vanquished to become more powerful than the viz torious," NJ. Clemenceau, France g war premier. declared in an fm- promptu speech tonight at a banquet after the unveiling of monument st Nsntest to the teachers and stu dents who fell in the war.
 We will not abandon our allies; on the contrary, we desire to remain united with them" NJ. Clemenceau continued. However, we demand a little in our behalf. We shall not forget the assistance which was given, nor shall we forget our duty. We ask that on their side they un- derstand; that they do not accuse us of ulterior motives
 "They must not sacrifice our in- terest for the interest of others. We want to do all that is possible to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-28

make peace, but there is limit be- yond which we will not Eo. We did not wish the war, but we did wish peace. However, we are capable of making war. Nations are like their people. For the moment, we are friendly, but unfortunately we have not ended wars.
 Dfsh0mornb1e Peace
 eve seek no additions today. but neither do we desire a dishonorable peace. I prefer to see my country in an honorable position. even though that honor be very dearly bought"
 NJ. Clemenceau asserted that the very people that were accusing France to begin war again had said in 1914 that France was not able to fight and win a war.
 NJ. Clemenceau's speech at the Uni versity of Nantes this afternoon de- veloped into a touching farewell to the students of the school he once attended Concluding his address he said:
 T am leaving this life: we are parting forever, to die, you to live and to make future for France. Good-by, my dear friends. Thank you for listening to me. Forget me, roll up your sleeves and make your destiny
 Frances great war premier sum marized the meaning of life in the following terms:
 Life is not party; it Is duty. battle to found a family, to make it live, to make it prosper--a battle for those whom it is ones duty to love. battle for courage, for nobil- ity of character, for generosity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-28
FELL CITY SCHOOL
 GRADUATES ELEVEN

Pen City. May 27.-(special)-rhe senior class of Peil City high school held it's graduating exercises Friday eevning at o'clock and a very in- teresting program was rendered by the members of the class. The bac- caulearate address was delivered by MT. W. L. Spencer, state supervisor of secondary education. Those re- ceiving diplomas were: Misses Ida Herring. Elizabeth Gather. Marjorie Black, olivet Prichett. Ola Bert Ginn. Edith Starnes. Bernice Cloninger, Bernice Garrett, Ruby Levins, Lucille Ragland and Mir. Ralph Jerson.
 Among the peasants of Serbia the wedding procession to and from the church is conducted on horseback.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-28
SEVEN
TO BUILD HIGHWAY

Huntsville. May 27-(special.)- State highway engineers have~beei In Madison county during the @slasi week looking over the plans for building the highway from Hunts vile to the Marshall county bordsf and 1t is expected that work will be. gin about the middle of the sum- mer. All small streams will havs concrete bridges built over them be- fore road building will start, it t.was stated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-28

the pretentious modern palace erected by tho Empress Dowager between files of the huge guardsmen Of Yuan Shih-kai. In the center of the main throne room, Yuan Shi -kai. flanked by 30 of the generals of his house. hold, waited to receive me. Even in my brief interview l recognized the energy and dominant personality of the man. When he spoke or listened with lively interest and careful at tention to every detail of conver- sation one forgot his somewhat squatty appearance. His fine eyes, searching. penetrating to the soul of his visitor, almost acted as inter- preter for him.
 Later at d more informal inter- view, l had better opportunity to study Yuan. The President, feeling that he might lose the good will of America because he had just expelled the democratic party from Parlia- ment and then summarily dismissed the Parliament itself, had sent for me to explain this action.
 Tt was not a good Parliament. for it was made up largely of inexpe- rienced theorists and young politi- clans" he began. They wished to meddie with the government as well dB to ltkiSidtt Otl dil 1htii real function was to adopt perma- nent constitution for the republic, but they made no headway with that" With much truth he said: "Our traditions are very different from those of your west and our af- fairs are very complex. We cannot safely apply your abstract ideas of policy"
 A military dictatorship had sue ceeded the old imperialism; that was all. Although Yuan had mind trained and well informed, he had never seen foreign countries, nor had he any knowledge of foreign lan- guages. Therefore, he could have only a vague notion of the foreign institutions that China was beginning to initiate. He had no real conception of the commonw edith principle of government. nor of the true use and function of Parliament particularly of parliamentary opposition He accepted these things as necessary evils that must be held within as mar row limits as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-28
--..-. - YUAN sHIH-KAI-AN ESTIMATE

From the Rise and Fall of Yuan shin
 kai. by Paul s. Reinsch, in Asia
 Magazine.
 Yuan Shih-kai represented the last of old China and the first of new china-but with him the new was still all on the surface.
 Republican in title but autocratic to the core, Yuan Shih-kai had suc- ceeded to the trappiugs of the old em- pire. This was impressed upon mo from the moment of my first meeting with Yuan. The state carriage that the President had sent to convey to his official residence in the Imperial City for tho presentation of my ere dentials, was drawn by eight horses and escorted by the cavalry sent by the President and my own guard Of mounted marines. We alighted at the monumental gate of a~ enclosure that surrounds the lovely South lake in the Imperial City and walked to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-28

These simple lessons are the very hardest ones to learn In golf, ap- rasently. But if you will watch the scratch players you will observe that every one of them follows closely the golf rules which time has tested. They deviate from these principles only by the margin necessary for them to adapt the proved golf style to their individual characteristics and physique.
 All the mistakes. big and little. that you were guilty of last sea son do not have to be q source of both CT and disappointment to you this year, unless you choose to have ltso. The mental pathways" you grooved in your mind for these mistakes last year now have been supplanted by mental habits having to do with oth- CT things. Now is the time to start anew. Sec that the pathways" are along right lines this year, and with practice the mistakes of previous years will be erased forever. 1t will, of course, seem awkward to swing your clubs properly when heretofere you have done 1t improperly-but is will seem so only temporarily. With practice the awkwardness will van igh, and all the time you have the knowledge that you are striving along right lines.
 Spring IS here--and with 1t your opportunity to break 100 or 90 or so, as the case may be.
 Copyright, John F. Dille Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-28
I Another
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Another advantage of PROTECTED PROPERTY-that is, property carefully guarded against undesirable intrusion or possibilities of disfigurement-is that it is always marketable.
 The experience of this company and of those who have bought from us and sold afterwards confirms this statement We sell only PROTECTED PROF. ERTY.
 Birmingham Realty Co.
 2118 First Avenue
Evening star., 1922-05-29
CHURCH SUPPER VICTIMS
TOTAL 20, PROBE PUSHED

With the investigation still in
progress, the records of the health
department show twenty persons suf-
fering from typhoid fever, who, ac-
cording to Information received by
the department. attended the supper
at Grace Lutheran Church last month.
Health Officer Fowler is making
every effort to determine whether any
of the food served at the supper could
have caused the small epidemic of
sickness or whether there were any
typhoid carriers present. Nothing
tangible has been found thus far, DIR.
Fowler said today.
Dr. Fowler said today that milk
used at the supper came from farm
within the District. The health Of
ficer also stated that a person living
on the farm attended the supper and
is one of the twenty reported as hav-
ing typhoid fever. DR.. Fowler added
that he has no evidence to show that
the milk was the cause of the illness.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
NAVAL RESERv|STS
T0RENEW DRILLS
Week End Cruises for Train
ing Purposes Being
Planned.

Drills and exercises Of the United
States naval reserve forcesNStn the
District of Columbia are to be re-
sumed next Monday, after long pc
riod of idleness during the winter,
Commander ]. A. Schofield. command
ing the District battalion OF the
United States reservists. announced
that a meeting of all officers and men
of the reserve will be held at the re-
serve armory at the foot of 0 street
southwest tonight at 8 o'clock.
Plans are to be discussed for TAX
ing regular week end cruises on both
the U. s. S. Eagle Sc and the U. s.
subchaser 210, both of which have
been assigned to the local reservlsts
for training purposes. Fuel allow
Navy Department for cruises on these
vessels. and it Is the desire OF Com
mander Schofleld to inaugurate them
as soon as possible.
| Commanders Assigned.
Lieut.. Commander William r. Hoe
fer, who commanded the Eagle on
her voyage from Portsmouth, N. H.
to this port last winter, will COM
mand the vessel on week end cruises,
and Lieut.. Commander P. d. John
ston has been placed in command OF
the subchaser.
Many privileges are being allowed
the men of the reserve by Command
er Schofield, including the use OF the
small boats. including motor boats.
during the summer months. and am
munition has been obtained for tar
get practice on the armory range.
Plan Radio Course.
Radio instruction Is to be an i'm
portant feature of the drill scheduled.
which has been mapped out by Com
mander Schofeld to begin next Mon
day. The drills include infantry, in
struction in the care and operation
of the big guns on the Eagle, marine
engineering, etc. Every fifth Mon
day dance or a smoker will be
given by the crews Of the two ves-
sells.
The reservists are to be divided
into two ship companies, one for the
Eagle and one for the subchaser, and
they will operate as separate units
throughout the drill period. and Com
mander Schofeld plans to make this
one of the model reserve organiza-
tions Of the country.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
PLEADING WITH Ex-WIFE,
HE KILLS'HER MOTHER
Sought to Take Three-Year-old Son
to Store for Clothes, When
Threatened, Says Slayer.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
MERIDIAN, Miss, May 2s.-Evan
Williams Of Crystal Springs, Miss,
shot and instantly killed Mrs. Dora
Creel, the mother Of his former wife,
according to officers who Investigated
the case. Williams is reported to
have claimed that the woman at
tackled him with a stick when he
sought to visit his young son at her
home.
williams fired Eve shots from an
automatic pistol at close range, each
bullet taking effect.
williams statement to the officers
who arrested him was that he had
come to Meridian from Crystal
Springs to see his little three-year-
his divorced wife, Mrs. Lula Williams,
twenty-five years old, who resided
with her mother, and that while he
was seated talking to his former wife
and the little boy, his former mother
in.iaw ss came frSR f.iIn Il the s1 rear n Of the
Al she approached in 4 threatening
manner. he said he drew his pistol
and began firing.
Williams also stated. according to
the officers. that his mother -in-law
caused the separation of himself and
wife, and that when he arrived in
Meridian Saturday he wanted to take
him some clothing. but that he was
not permitted to do 30. Yesterday
morning he removed his Efforts he
said. and . few minutes before the
shooting had phoned for Chief Of
Police NJ II. Yarbrough to visit the
home with him for the purpose CT
inducing his former wife and mother.
in-law to allow him to have posses.
sion, Of his son for q short while,
Chief Yarbrough, accompanied by a
police oficer, arrived In time to wit.
ness the shooting.
Evening star., 1922-05-29

Is being raised to squelch the or
ganization.
The proselyting organization is
well trained under direction of Mr..
the smokers in Pullman cars. They
have a set manner Of approaching in
dividuals, described in the Manual of
Instructions for Proselytes, as fol-
lows:
Good morning"
P. A. tprobabie answer). "Umph."
Lovely day"
p. A. "Um-hu
"See you're among those who strug-
gle with that neck collar buttonT'
Cant you get the band separated
from the slipr'
p. A. GrowL
Very Likely Stuck.
Starch must have stuck 1t to-
gether. chr
p. A. "A-aarh."
why don't you wear your collar
like wear miner
p. A. "HowT"
Like this"
(Take finger of right hand. insert
gently beneath lower collar at rear.
and gently slide up and down. to
show ease Of motion at rear. and
availability for looking at floor or
above. by adjustable movement OF
collar.)
P. A. "Howdayuhdoit?"
mo button"
P. A.. NO button?"
NO"
stay on"
Sure"
We'll. we'll"
Try it."
Heave quickly.
This illustrates the fnsidious methods
employed by the members of the club
to eliminate the rear collar button
from civilization. On the rolls OF the
new society's members are a number
of prominent persons not only In this
city, but throughout the United States.
The membership rolls are kept secret.
But 1t has been discovered that next
years convention Is to be held in
Melbourne, Fla.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
DISPLAY OF CHEMISTRY.

Immediately following the fall
meeting Of the American Chemical
Society the eighth national exposi-
tion of chemical Industries will be
held at the Grand Central Palace,
New York city, from September Ii
to 16, inclusive.
The reason for the early date this
year is to give the college and uni
versity men an opportunity to wit.
ness the exhibits before returning to
their studies. It will be a varied dis
play comprising raw materials in
mineral ores. manufacturing crudes
and oy-products. machinery. appara-
tus. equipment and instruments for
control, precision. recording, gausing
and measuring used in CONVERTING
raw material into finished products.
Three hundred and ten exhibitors
have contracted for space IN the
Grand Central Palace. where three
full floors and q part OF q fourth
have been taken for the exposition.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
LABOR 0RBOSSFACES
LOSS OF BONDSMAN
Nader to Lose Freedom if He
Keeps Trade Council
Post. ...

CHICAGO. May 29-Thomas Carey,
millionaire brick manufacturer, who
obtained the release of Fred Nader,
head Of the Building Trades Council,
and Big OTim" Murphy. following
their indictment in connection with
Chicago's bomb war and the Staying
Of two policemen, insisted today that
the two labor leaders comply i'm
mediately with their agreement to
relinquish control of the council.
Mr.. Carey signed the bond of Ma
der and Murphy on the sole condition
that they would step out as leaders
in the building trades. big Tim"
readily agreed to the conditions, but
Nader proved stubborn, asserting
that the matter first should come up
before the council next Friday.
Nader gave me his promise to re-
sign and assist in choosing his own
successor" Mr.. Carey said. before a
conference with the two leaders. "If
he refuses now to abide by his
promise, or IL he allows the Building
Trades Council to re-elect him Fri
day, I'll surrender him to the sheriff
and withdraw myself as his surety
Some union officials expressed the
preference of placing the whole Chi
cago situation before the building
tardes department. of the American
Federation of Labor at Cincinnati,
June 8.
"Con" Shea, the other of the big
three leaders. still was in the
county Jail, where he was taken
nearly three weeks ago. after the
series of raids on the offices of the
Building Trades Council. Efforts to
obtain Shea's release by a writ of
habeas corpus will be continued, 1t
was said.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
FEDERAL LEAGUE
CLUB LOSES SUIT
Supreme Court Rules Base
Ball Not Interstate
Commerce.

Organized base ball, as conducted
by professional clubs under the ma
tional agreement, the Supreme Court
held today is not interstate COM
merce. and the clubs are not liable
under the Sherman antitrust law.
The case was civil proceeding
under the Sherman antitrust law
brought by stockholders in the Bal
timore club of the defunct Federal
League to recover alleged damages
suffered by the disbandoning of the
league after a stormy life.
The disbanding occurred under
what is generally known as the
peace agreement" The proceeding
were instituted in the District of Co
lumbia Superem Court September 90
in Philadelphia had been dismissed on
motion Of counsel for the Baltimore
club. f' =
Organised base ball, operating
under the commonly termed national
agreement, was charged by the Bal
timore club in its suit asking dam
ages amounting to 100000, with
maintenance of q monopoly Of the
base ball business in restraint Of
trade between the various states.
The Baltimore club alleged that II
had been damaged to the extent OF
$500, 900 on account of the failure OF
the Federal League. The; District
Supreme Court upheld the Baltimore
clubs contention in the main and re-
turned a verdict Of damages amount
ing to $4,000. which, under Sherman
anti-trust law proceedings, is trebled
The Court of Appeals of the District
reversed that decision and dismissed
the case on the ground that profes-
sional base ball Is not interstate COM
merce The Baltimore club then ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United
States was called upon to decide
more than whether the Baltimore club
was entitled to recover $4,000 dam
ages from organized base ball
Evening star., 1922-05-29
ALUMNUs OF 6. U. DEAD.

BRooKL1NE. Mass. May 2S.-John
Munro Longyear, capitalist and min
ing engineer. died suddenly at his
home here yesterday. He was large
ly interested in mineral and lumber
lands in northern Michigan. and at
one time was mayor Of Marquette.
He was born in Lansing Mich. in
when Mr. Longyear moved hsre
from Marquette his -graystone. home
was transported In sections to this
town.
He was noted asa philanthropist,
his gifts to educational Institutions
and to the Christian Science Church
having been large and numerous. He
was e member of the corporation Of
massachusetts, Institute. of rTechnol-
sooy. He was educated 1T Olivet Col-
tieee, Michigan: Georgetoxn Uni
versity. Washington, d. c.. and Case
noyia Seminary.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
URGES EXPANSION
OF FOREIGN TRADE
Convention Favors Sale Of
Alien Securities to U. S.
Investors.

An expanded foreign trade, to in
sure the prosperity of the United
States, stands out as the most impor-
as national program for American
foreign trade during the coming year
by 1900 delegates who attended the
ninth National Foreign Trade Con-
vention in Philadelphia recently.
To bring about the desired end. the
convention recommended the sale of
foreign securities to American inves-
tors and the handling of foreign
loans in such manner as to stimu-
Qlate American exports; the develop
ment of transshipment trade through
the creation of foreign trade zones;
the creation of misunderstanding
corporations under the Edge act to
extend long-term credits and the
financing Of such corporations through
the return to member banks of the
federal reserve system Of the sub
scription of per cent. of their capital
required to capitalize originally the
federal reserve banks-such refund-
ing to be conditional on the reinvest-
ment of these funds in the stock of
corporations organized under the
Edge act.
The convention favored the enact
ment by Congress Of the model ma
rine insurance law for the District of
Columbia, which is designed to place
underwriters on a plane of equality
with foreign competitors, and urged
upon the various states the prompt
adoption Of measures in conformity
with 1t.
Active support Of the American
merchant marine by American ship
pers and travellers was also urged
as was a governmental tax policy
which will permit Of depreciation
charges sufficient to reduce the capi-
tai investment In shipping to present
market values.
Otherfeatures declared to be nec-
essary for national program for
American foreign trade during the
coming year were:
Elimination of the excessively
high income surtax rates; further de-
veIopment Of simplif1ed and stand
ardized documents of foreign trade;
tax exemption Of the foreign income
of Americans resident abroad; bar
gaining tariff sufficiently flexible to
prevent discrimination against Amer
ican exports and imports; increased
efforts to educate Americans in all
parts of the United States to the i'm
portance of foreign trade to every
man, woman and child and activity,
courage and persistence at the pres
ent time in the handling Of trade.
Evening star., 1922-05-29
HIGH SPEED STEEL
MERGER PLANNED
Electric Alloy and Atlas Cru
chile Companies to Vote
on Union.
By the Associated Press.


YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 2a.-An
agreement to merge has been reached
by officials of the Electric Alloy Steel
Company Of Youngstown and the At
las Crucible Steel Company Of Dun
kirk, N. T., and will be submitted to
the boards Of directors of the COM
panies this weeks 1t was announced
here today by L. J. Campbell, presi-
dent OF the Electric Alloy, and A. H.
Hunter, president of the Atlas Com
pany.
Mr.. Hunter. who is a resident of
Buffalo. will be president of the new
company and Mr.. Campbell. who is
the son OF James A. Campbell, presi-
dent of the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company. will be chairman of
the board.
The new corporation will have the
second largest production of high
speed steel in the country.
Each concern has about $2.000.00O
of common stock and the two to-
gether have about $5.000,000 pre-
ferred stock. The Electric Alloy Com
pany has a plant at Charleroi, Pa,
and site near Niles. Ohio, on which
plant is to be built soon. The
Atlas CrucibleH Company has plants
at Dunkirk, N. Y. and at We1land,
Ontario.