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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
BIRMINGHAM GREAT CITY

here,' said Michael Svedrofsky, assistant concert master and first violinist with in Birmingham.
 "It has been two years since my first visit to your city and I can note, in the short space of two years, remarkable change.
 "This city has the widest streets and ave- nues of most any city that know of and there is nothing, in my opinion, that adds to the beauty of a city any more than wide streets.
 q should enjoy going through one of the steel mills while I am in the city, although on my first visit were shown around the industrial portions of the city, I don't De lieve I would ever tire of seeing this feature of Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02

enlarged, sanitary sewers are clogged up and backing up into houses and streets all over town. Filth, sewerage, wash water from laundries flowing into village creek, storm water floods the business district every big rain and runs in business houses and hotels. To remedy these conditions and save the lives and property of our people and protect the public health means a bond issue of $4000,000 or S5,000,000 within the next 12 to IS months. Our sinking and interest fund won't stand the load. So schools, library and dance halls, first health and life next. Bond folks are awake while you sleep. Un- less we give prompt attention to this question of health and sewerage we won't need schools, paygrounds or dance halls, but grave yards and grave diggers instead. This is plain talk, but it's the unvarnished, naked truth.
 No money to repair school buildings, but plenty of money to hire musicians and chaperons for public dance hall All of which reminds us that Nero fllded while Rome burned"
 Four million, eight hundred thousand bond issues in 1919,
 Seven millions bond issues in 1922; total, $11,800,000 in three years; annual interest on same. $590,00O. Several thousand people noW uuaple to pay taxes ana tnelr homes ad- vertised for sale. "We should worry, we got rid of the old aldermen's system
 The city owns the land for proposed new schools in Norwood, in Ensley, in West End, in Avondale and other places, and elaborate plans, surveys and promises made when we voted the $3,000,000 in 1919. Like all prom ises past and present, we are now being given another round of excuses and another lot of new promises, and more propaganda. In 1921 it cost to maintain health, sanitary sew CTS, garbage, street sprinkling and street cleaning, police department fire department, streets and bridges, street lights and public library, 25,5oo.64, and to maintain our public schools, $1,313,67o.64; interest on bonds, $160905; total for schools, $1 1,474,- 575.64. And still the cry for more. The county has built splendid schools all over the county out of their 3-mill tax without any bond issues. Think of this.
 JAMES R. TINDAL Birmingham, sNs Princeton Avenue. May l.
 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
GUNNERS IN THE JUNGLE
From the Army and Navy Journal.

From the Army and Navy Journal
 Battery A, Fourth field artillery (pack) !, Capt. H. W. Blakeley, stationed at camp at Gatun, c. E., recently made practice march from Gatun to Pima, Republic of Panama, and return over the Indio ridge, precipitous range of hills, which has never before been crossed by artillery.
 The battery left Gatun on the morning of March 6, crossing the canal on top of the lower level gates of the Gatun locks and entering the Indio ridge trail at the end of the Gatun dam. This trail for the first few miles is through dense jungle and crosses several small streams.
 One of the leading mules broke through a rough bridge over the Indio river, carrying the entire bridge with him and necessitating the building of new 50-foot bridge. This delayed the battery about four hours and made it necessary for the battery to go through the worst part of the trail, which consists of a series of s turns, in the late afternoon.
 As it was necessary to get the battery over the ridge to the only available camp site by a small stream, it was not possible to take the time to put only animal up the trail at time This resulted in the death of one horse when a cradle mule which had fallen two levels above him rolled down near the horse and scared him so badly that he fell off the trail. Several mules which fell were gotten back on the trail after cutting off their loads
 The descent of the other side of the ridge to a beautiful camp site in a cocoanut grove at the mouth of the Chagres river was made the next day. The following day the trip to Pima and return along the shore of the Carib- bean was made without incident.
 The return from the mouth of the Chagres over the Indio ridge to Gatun was made on March II, in a little over seven hours without single man or animal dropping out. The officers who made the trip were Capt. o. F. Marston, Capt. H. w. Blakeley, First Lieut. F. A. Smith, all Fourth field artillery and Capt. J. W. Somervle medical corps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
QUESTIONS FOR SCHOOL BOARD

Several of the questions which were asked in the query sent to me by the Junior Chamber of Commerce should have been sent direct to the board of education" said D. E. McLendon, president of the city com mission. 'I have referred them to the board but if they had been sent direct to them by the junior chamber much time and trouble would have been saved.
 q admit I cannot answer all of the ques- tons because they involve matters which the board has complete authority over and it is for that reason that I submitted the query to them.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
NET EARNINGS REPORTED BY
 GULF STATES STEEL

The Gulf States Steel company, for the quarter ending March 31, reports net earn ings of $So,316.
 All Alabama will be glad to see one of it's industrial corporations make a profit. Judg- ing from the continuous improvement in mar ket conditions, it is going to show larger earn ines-
 The Gulf States Steel company will this year reap the benefit of plant improvements made during the dull period. The mills at Gadsden have been improved and enlarged throughout and the Shannon ore mine, rich in high-grade, self-fluxing ore, was opened This mine is now producing more than the requirements of the Gulf States company and will prove source of revenue in the sale of surplus ore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Ignorance excuses no one but the judge.
 How hoarsely little steamboat can whis- tie!
 Even the bravest prize fighter may be afraid of his wife.
 About the worst combination in a man is stupidity and stubbornness.
 Why does man lose interest in subject as soon as his argument is exhausted?
 The hotel with home comforts doesn't be- gin to compare with the one without home discomforts.
 man says, q will do better tomorrow" and when tomorrow comes he does just about the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02

various as those who promulgate them; and each professor scornfully repudates the tenents of many, if not all, of his colleagues. Now 1t :s Emile Coue of Paris who has come near to set- ting the Thames afire by his mental therapy in London The basic idea appears simple enough And it sounds like Tom Shevlin at New Haven: Imagination, not will, is the first quality of man. It is sufficient to think you are paralyzed to be paralyzed."
 Shakespeare tells us that conscience (mean- ing thereby not the inward mentor, but con- sciousness) "makes towards of us all" To tell ones self trembngly 'T cannot" isSto give aid and comfort to the opposition It is not the will which makes and keeps firm resolu- ton that Emile Coue would invoke; it is tho imagination, which, unless it is controlled, may people our landscape with boges of supersti- tion, phantoms of fear that prevent action. Travellers in far lands know what it is to have native servants desert in a body, stampeded by no tangible, material presence, but frightened by an image in the mind.
 Assuredy what, in everyday parlance, we call the picture of health has much to do witt health. That picture should be kept constant! before the eyes of the mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
THINKING YOU CAN
Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Said Tom Shevlin, when he came to Yale and turned losing football team into winner "If you think you can, you can. If you think you can't, the football field is no place for you.''
 That applies to the battle ground of human life as well as to the gridiron.
 There never will be an end to the changes rung on the theme of the control of mind over matter Ideas on the subject are as many and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
# Y N IS EUROPE ON THE VERGE OF ANOTHER WAR?

The failure of the Genoa conference might easily lead to chaos in Europe. At present the prospects of the European nations being able to get together and work out program for their rehabilitation are not promising, but so much is at stake the world is hoping against hope that differences will be smoothed out be- fore the conference Is wrecked.
 It is the irony of fate that tho outlawed bolsheviki have thrown stumbling block in the way of an amicable agreement. Unless they make concessions acceptable to the allies Genoa will be the stepping stone toward an other war which will be more disastrous than the last.
 There is danger In every cross-current at Genoa. Suspicion and distrust have not been allayed, although Lloyd George is struggling manfuly to prevent the conference from going to pieces. His political prestige not only hangs in the balance, but he realizes nearly every other statesman does that the situation in Eu- rope is fraught with peril.
 The Russo German treaty was straw show
 
 of an alliance between Germany and the rem nant of the Hapsburg empire to disrupt the little entente' and restore the states carved out of former Austro-H Hungarian territory. start the little entente" on the warpath. These states are watching warily every change in the political fortunes of Europe, and they don't propose to be caught mapping.
 Andre Tardieu claims that Lloyd George is trying to "save his face' by making 1t appear that France will be responsible if the Genoa conference fails. There is rumor of future alliance between Russia, Germany and Japan, which would be formidable menace to world peace. It is even suggested that downtrod- den China, now torn by Civil war, might well come an alliance with Germany and Russia.
 These rumors show the tension under which Europe is living. A spark might start another conflagration. A few more days ought to tell the story of Genoa. The situation will be saved or the delegates will go home and Europe will become a worse hot-bed of in- trigue than 1t is now.
 The World war itself was tragic enough, but we are now viewing the deplorable spec tacle of nations which should have profited by that bitter experience apparently unable to realize, or unwilling to concede, that there can never be any real peace until Russia, Ger many, France, Great Britain and all the others uuhordin ata their own selfish fnterestz for the common good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
LIKES BRISBANE EDITORIALS

One of the most readable and interesting features which The Age Herald has recently inaugurated is the column each day by Ar thur Brisbane entitled Today" said Mrs. Thomas D. Parke. T regard it as one of the most interesting features of the morning newspaper. It covers multitude of world wide subjects written in the clear, terse man. ner which MT. Brisbane is so famous for and l think Birmingham is to be congratulated that The Age-Herald gives it to us daily"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
SNAPPY MONDAY ISSUE

Yesterday mornings issue of The Age Herald contained more local news than any Monday morning issue of the paper I have seen in some time," said Chief of Police Fred H. McDuff q was surprised to see such 'newsy' paper on Monday morning and 1 think it was splendid issue.
 q think that happenings in general take day off every Sunday and therefore the newspapers that print papers on Monday mornings have hardly nothing at all to chronicle"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
THE REED BIRD

By Clinton Scollard.
 In the green midmost of the spring I chanced upon a sunny swale And saw him sway and heard him sing The reed bird in the galingale. His was the charm, his was the cheer,
 Of the old blithe Arcadian mirth; To me his vernal voice brought near
 The primal rapture of the earth. And all day long his melody Till twilight drew it's lilac veil Made glad the vagrant heart of me, The reed bird in the galingale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
A MEAN DISPOSITION

"Please, sir" whined the beggar, twill you gimme dime?"
 ''No,' snarled the irascible citizen.
 "You wouldn't even gimme a few kind worlds would you, boss?"
 Certainly not.'
 "Well," said the beggar, as he edged away, maybe you've got your good points, but I'll bet you ain't treat to your fambly."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
IMPROVE SERVICE

"Well, the postal improvement campaign is on, and I believe it is going to produce some mighty good results that will be of distinct benefit to the public and to postal officials as well," declared Postmaster R. B. Smyer who said that meeting of all the 25 or more of supervisory officers of the va- rious departments was held Sunday afternoon where suggestions were made in the effort to put the office its "tptoes' in the mat ter of efficient service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A FIREPRooF BUILDING

Suddenly, a woman appeared on the tenth floor, with poodle in her arms, cry ing, Save nne! Save my Eff!
 .sWhat did the heroic firemen do?"
 "one brue yelled, Throw the pup out of a window and come down yourself on an elevator!" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
MIRTH BEFORE MUSIC

Madame Yowler, the prima donna, re- fuses to follow the trained monkeys"
 ''You tell the madame," said the staga man. ager, "that I'm not going to change this bill just to suit her. Besides, vaudeville crowd is better able to stand little grand opera after it has had a good laugh"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
A CONCENIAL ROLE

"What I like about this actor is his ability to sink his identity in the part"
 He's playing hard thinker"
 "That's just the point"
 "He ought to be able to play that part well. He's been rehearsing it for twenty years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED BY
 "CHILDREN'S CRUSADE"

Tho pitiful "children's crusade" to obtain the release of prisoners serving terms in fed esni penitentiaries for violating war laws has nst with chill reception in Washington. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
VALE

Here lies the dust
 Of Daniel Hughes, Who put his trust
 In bootleg booze. The last he had,
 We've understood, Contained-'tis sad A trace of wood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
SOMETHING MISSED

"The millionaire said he didn't know there was $20, 900 worth of liquor on board?"
 eThat's what he testified in court"
 "Umph I suppose everybody in court snickered?'
 "Everybody but friend of the millionaire who had veen invited to go on cruise He groaned aloud" PAUL Cook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
HOPE LONG DEFERRED

'Pa?"
 '.Well, son?''
 "What does a moratorium mean?" "A period of mourning son." q thought it meant something about not paying debts."
 ''It does. The people who can't collect the debts do the mourning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02

New York crook who read the "D. and F." column made practice of dropping into residences just after the funeral cortege had left, but he finally struck place where he couldn't convince young woman that he was the undertaken.
 Emma Goldman has promised to quit being propagandist for the privilege of living at one place to another until she is willing to promise almost anything.
 Sir A. Conan Doyle says he has written his last Sherlock Holmes story. So far as we are concerned, that means that Sir Arthur will never again be able to keep us up until long past bedtime.
 Every foreign lecturer who needs com petence should be permitted to make one lecture tour in America, but there ought 70 be some way to prevent one from coming back for more.
 An "around the world' party was broken up in New York because two crooks joined it at Monte Carlo. Still, we judge from their exploits that they were the life of the party
 The Anti-Saloon league has issued warn ing to the faithful that pernicious influences are at work to increase the proximity of near-beer.
 Without intending to knock the movies, the creator of Nick Carter admitted before his death that they were his strongest com petitor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-02
ALABAMA SHOULD FOLLOW
 CEORGIA'S EXAMPLE

aside the week of May 22 to 29 as Made in Georgia" week. The observance is intended to stimulate interest in Georgia products, in the patronage of Georgia industries and in the development of the trade -at-home spirit.
 Birmingham had small but very success months ago. It was eye-opener to local citizens Housewives learned what is made here in that week and the trademarks of Birmingham goods became familiar. What was done locally should be made st.te affair. Birmingham should have 'Made in Alabama" exposition on large scale.
 The Chamber of Commerce of Waycross is preparing an exposition of Georgia products which 1t expects to make a perma- nent one. That is another step in the right direction that should be followed in Birming- ham.
 Tho Chamber of Commerce membership is growing large enough to produce an in-l come enabling Manager Bum to realize his plan of home for the chamber, owned by it, of the organization and a permanent exhibit of homemade products.
 Georgia should not be allowed to get ahead of us in this very commendable un- dertaking. Chattanooga took the lead years ago. Birmingham is big enough to stop let ting smaller cities do what it ought to do and can easily accomplish
New Britain herald., 1922-06-05
ABILITY ABOUT EQUAL

New York, June 5, - This years crop of college athletes of the east and of the west are of about equal ability when all-around track and field teams are considered, one side of the continent being superior in sev- eral departments and the other enjoy ing the aScendancy in the remaining events.
 If teams sNwere selected of the best men of each section. using the marks made by eastern spike-shoe wearers in the intercollegiate games at Cam bridge a week ago and the figures es- tablished by western conference men in their annual tournament at Iowa City on Saturday, the total points of each would be extremely close.
 This is true despite the fact that the University of California men came all the way across the continent and won the intercollegiate games, for the victory was the result of a prepon- derance of second best and third best men and not the fruit of victories in a majority of the contests. California and Stanford, together won only three of the IS events, but their men fin ished second to fifth accumulated the winning total.
 Comparing event to event, the west is superior in four Of the track fea- lures while the east leads in three, the same proportion existing in the field events, which, if alone consider ed. gives the men west cf the Ale Ehanies a slight edge. But this is dis counted if the parallel is made in de- partments, the east holding this years high marks in three and the west in two. one department being even.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-05
IALL.INSURANCE NINE
 BEAT THE KACEYS
Locals Play Sloppy Ball in the
 Field, Losing 8-5

Hope" Restella of basketball fame made his debut as 8 pitcher for tn, kaceys baseball team yesterday after noon. and his teammates made tho debut a failure for him, by kicking away ball game to the All Insurance team of Hartford, to 5. Up to tht sixth inning, things looked good fol Resella to get away with a victory but just about that time, his slant, were no longer a mystery to the wis itors, and the costly boots in the in field put the visitors on an even basis in the eighth inning. Mccormack. 6 kensington boy, worked the ninth in. ming. A wild throw by Johnny Sheehan coupled with a badly mis. judged fly ball off O'Neil's bat, tha, passed Dudack in left field and hit by Thorsel, put across two runs ir the ninth, and the game was all over for the day.
 Locals Start Right
 The locals were the first to score the tally coming in the initial inning Ray Begey went out on fly to Mad den. Kiniry then poked one into right field for single. Noonan was passed Jimmy Green hit one to Atwood in deep center which that player drop ped and Kiniry dented the pan. Visitors Tie Score
 The visitors got one in the second inning. Quigg and Finn hit for sin gles. The former scored when Green was tossing out Thorsel at first.
 Make Bid For Game
 The locals got quartet of tallies in the third inning. R. Begley was safe on Madden's boot, and was sent to second on Kiniry's sacrifice. Noo- mans single scored Ray. The pep pery local catcher stole second. Green was passed. Tedder Kilduff then shot Ia pippin single to center. and Noonan and Green registered. Kiduff got around by some fast sprinting and dented the platter on N. Begley's one baser. The locals last tally came in the fifth inning, Green registering aft CT being passed. and scoring on N Begleys single.
 The Hartford team got going for fair in the sixth inning. After one man was retired, kiniry booted Quigg's s tap O'Neil then hit a double and Finn 9 single. Quigg talying. The latter was caught off second base, and the side was retired, when Jimmy O'Brien pocksted Madden's drive.
 Visitors Keep Scoring
 A hit by Thorsell and an error by kiniry of Daoust's tap. put the locals in bad way at the beginning of the seventh inning. O'Brien caught Caulkins drive and made pretty throw to first which many thought completed a double play The um- pre thought otherwise. for he so ruled. Atwood got a single and Thor sell scored. Daoust was forced home on base on balls to Brennan On Quigg's hit to centerfeld, Atwood was out at the plate, Kilduff to Noonan. Brennan was forced at third on O'Neil's drive to Green.
 Finn opened the eighth inning with a double and then Johnny Sheehan hurled Madden's roller far over R. Begley's head, Finn scoring. Madden pilfered second. and tied the score on Thorsell's one base hit.
 The Game Is Lost Here
 Young Mccormack, opened the ninth inning by whiting Brennan.
New Britain herald., 1922-06-05
VIKINGS LOSE TO
 M|DDLET0WN NINE
Local Team Beaten by Down
 River Aggregation

The Vikings baseball nine of this city lost to the team representing the Russell Mf1. Co.,, of Middletown yes- terday by the score of 6 to 5. The Middletown nine started things going In the early innings and got a lead that the locals were unable to over come, The locals got their three scores in the last three innings.
 William Buggy Fitzpatrick, play. ing in the Vikings lineup for the first time yesterday had a great day in the field. He handled seven hard chances without bungiing any of them. and at the bat, as usual, worked the oppos- Ing pitcher for q number of free pa sses. Phil Bloom, local backstop. also featured with his all around playing. The Middletown batsmen had no trouble in finding the delivery of the local twirlers. Holmberg was oh form yesterday, and was touched up freely for hits which aided in scoring runs He was relieved by Wolf in the early stages of the game, but his successor was unable to stop the on- slaught of the Middletown crew.
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