The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-22

Governors Agree. Three Good Prayers. One Plain Threat. MT. Barsotti's Gift.
 By ARTHUR BRISBANE

By AktHOk BRISBANE
 The President asked all governors of coal mining states to reopen mines, using the state power with A guarantee of national support T. prevent interference by striking workmen.
 Only one governor says that the President has no right to coerce the strikers. The others agree to CO., operate with him. If the governors of the coal states understand pub lie opinion, that opinion is in favor of forcible arbitration where pubic necessities are concerned. Public opinion, however. Is not all powerful against closely organized, deter mined minority.
 The Rev. pr. Stetson. head of New Yorks Trinity church, looking down on Wall street, is worried. and writes three special prayers to get the United States out of It's troubles.
 One prayer is for the President and all In authority.
 One prayer Is for social justice and the third flor our country" These prayers are good and wise be- cause they don't take sides. They just say. Please take care of us." The main idea is that ws-should be thankful in prosperity and not let our trust In the Lord fail In bad times.
 A moro definite, one-sided state ment comes from Lewis, head of the striking miners. He says in sub stance, 'Tf you use force against the miners they will not protect mine property. Every man will go out, the mines will be flooded and neither the President nor anybody them."
 Meanwhile coal yards are nearly empty, the situation Is described as ''panicky" and we are buying tens of thousands of tons at high prices from England.
 Before America was discovered by an Italian. Dante wrote about the mountain that makes 1t impossible for that that live in Plisa to see Luoca- Todays news would surprise him. A man from the province of Lucca, Carlo Barsotti, proprietor of the Italian newspaper Il Progresso Itaio Americana, of New York now gives B.coo.ooo lire to cut a tunnel under the mountain and unite Lucca and Pisa, cutting in half the rail- road distance between them. At Pisa, more interesting than anything modern. still stands the Leaning Tower, from which Calico dropped the great and small weights, both striking the ground at onca, over throwing Aristotle's teaching, be- iieved for 1900 years. that heavy weights fell more rapidly than light weights.
 Mir. Byrns. 3B years old. arrived In America unable to read or write and couldn't get in. His sister drop ped her work as a shirt waist maker and in six weeks had taught hsr brother to read and write. She got him into tho United States. He is working now. and going to night school Nobody knows how much sisters have done for their brothers. Brothers, especially. fail to realize t. In childhood the sisters civilizs the brothers with their gentier natures. They take care of younger brothers and sisters. And in later life they are often the main inspiration and help of their brothers-the sisters of Herschel and Renan--for instance.
 Different parts of the world sug- gest different laws. Brazil would compel all newspaper writers of edi- torials to sign their names. What good would that dor
 A British member of parliament proposes an amendment to the crimt- nal law, punishing girls for putting up their hair before they are 16. Every female under 16 must wear her hair piaited down her back" T. does look pretty that way. but most of the girls have cut 1t off and curled the ends of 1t.
 Tn Paris, tho French Academy of Medicine proposes 6 fight against cocaine. Some countries are accused of manufacturing the deadly, habit forming drug and peddling 1t in other countries.
 Specific cooperation does wonders. American scientists working with the near east relief have distributed 100000 doses of cholera vaccine, checking an epidemic of the plague that threatened to be even more deadly than the Turks
 Laws are passed and repealed. Strikes are called and ended. Plat forms are written. It all means little.
 But science goes ahead steadily, never goes backward. injures mo- body. except occasionally the most deeply superstitious and ignorant. When we become really civilized the greatset temples of the world