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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
A Timely Editorial
Russia's Latest Bluff
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Premier Lenin and War Minis ter Trotzky of Russia are reported in dispatch from George Seldes in Moscow to be exerting every ef- fort of the soviet government to save the industrial life of the coun- try from complete collapse. That is laudable purpose. But, as has been the custom of soviet Russia for some five years, the chief means to that worthy end appears to be propaganda. There is something almost sublime in the communists faith in propaganda.
 In this matter the communists have come to the realization that the first and most essential thing needed is capital. That is despite the fact that the fundamental prin- ciple. of the Russian revolution was the destruction of capital and all capitalistic governments and capi- talistic economies.
 They see two ways to get capital in the present task. One is to bor- row it from solvent countries. The other is to put the Russian people on short rations, for ten years ii need be, and obtain the necessary capital by exporting Russian grain, which would compete with and break the price of food products from all other countries.
 That is nothing more nor less than bluff in the guise of threat. It is very clearly directed against the United States as the chief food producing country in the world at present. It is bluff so thin that it should be unveiled immediately.
 In the first place. the Russian people are already on short rations. Even if Russian does produce enough food to feed it's people it lacks facilities and organization for it's distribution. Millions of Rus sians died of starvation last year. Many more would have4died if they had not been saved by American charity. Russia cannot keep it's people on short rations for ten years more and have any chance of survival. Even the power of the cheka would crumble before the wrath of millions of starving peas ants.
 If the soviet government did have the power further to shorten the ra- tions of the entire nation for ten years it couldsnot continue to pro- duce even it's, present amount of foodstuffs. And if it did produce them it could not export them. The railroads and shipping organizations of the country is one of the things which has gone to ruin with the cap italistic system there. Lenin and Trotzky cannot make good their threat. It is bluff, and weak one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
LINKS WITH THE PAST

The old town of Somerville, in Morgan county, whose history goes back more than 8 century, has made application to the pro- bate judge of the county to have it's muni- cipal corporation dissolved. It is stated in the petition that no mayor has been elected for several years. Like many another town, with proud past and around which tradi- tions cluster, Somerville has decided to give up the ghost. A correspondents letter states that the ancient courthouse building still stands, once the center of a busy munity life when Somerville was the county seat and was resorted to by attorneys and ltigants from a number of neighboring towns. The Stuart hotel at Somerville was famous in the reconstruction days and still bears the mark of buckshot fired in a clash between the Ku Klux Klan and it's foes.
 Unlike Old St. Stephens, territorial cap;- tai of Alabama, which is now deserted, Som- erville is still inhabited but it seems des- tined to join those municipalities which for various reasons have dropped behind the procession or ceased to exist. There $ genuine pathos in the passing away of popu- lation centers that were once prosperous anu important. All through the south, and m various parts of Alabama, there are the mel ancholy remains of what were formerly thriving communities, given over to weeds, underbrush and the tender mercies of the elements Some found themselves off the main highways of travel. Towns nave died, not at once to be resurrected, because railroad went in another direction and prog ress left them behind.
 Next to these dying or dead municipali- ties. some of them completely abandoned, others sparsely inhabited, the saddest sight to person who is given to retrospec tion are those once proud, deserted home steads. A few are still occupied by negroes, but the "Old Marster" and the "Missus" are no more and their descendants have either died or found more congenial home in nearby town or city
 The encouraging feature, however, is the spectacle everywhere to be seen of new activity springing up in these ancient cen ters as good roads bring them closer to market and to city, and as new industry or a new agriculture develop. There is no once populous spot so remote that new day may not re-awaken it to play again it's proper part in the life and hustle of Ala bama's present era of fresh progress. Out of the old the new arises, with roots going deeper and top reaching higher because of that former glory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
POOR SPELLING BY LAWYERS

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Judge E. s. Thomas of the United States district court at Hartford, Conn.,, evidently is not without a sense of humor. The other day he held an impromptu spelling bee and put lawyers and government off cials in his court to the test of spell ing correctly 10 words in common use. These words were: Super sede, innuendo, inoculate, rarefy, vilify, repellant, plaguy, embarrass, harass and picnickipg. One after another the lawyers and govern ment officials slipped up on the list. Judge Thomas chuckled at the embarrassment of those to whom he submitted the words, but he might have tempered his glee with the thought that the same failure would have been recorded with almost any group of professional men. After all, it is more important for lawyers and government officials to know the law than it is for them to be letter perfect in spelling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24

eleven for whites and four for negroes, and all are well-patronized which shows that the people like them and regard this method of rapid transit with favor. The business originated in the deflation period when owners of motor vehicles who were out of employment were allowed to run them for hire. They proved popular from the be- ginning, so much so that city ordinances preventing dangerous overcrowding by rid ing on running-bo boards and the like had to be adopted. Gradually the "jitney" became an institution and has been surrounded by regulations that add to safety and conven- fence of its use.
 Attempts to put the "jitneys" out of busi- ness through excessively, rigorous require ments have proven abortive as public senti- ment has arisen to their defense. The motor vehicle as a means of rapid transit over short distances is an evolution brought about by invention the same as the electric car. It has it's place in the transportation scheme the same as the electric car or the steam vehicle. It is here to stay and is recognized as one of the public utilities capable of add ing much to the pleasure of living. It may be operated jointly with electric car systems, as is done in some cities, and thus be made a part and parcel of one urban transporta- tion agency. plan that would seem to count for efficiency as well as economy. As the fixed character of the motor vehicle in the transportation scheme is recognized by the older transportation agencies they will se- riously consider it's advantages rather than continue opposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
Some Day We'll Wipe Those Tears Away"
 By REV. H. C. OFFERMf.N

There are tears, and tears, and tears, in this vale of tears! And if your eyes are not weeping, your heart may be. E@fF
 Some day we'll wipe those tears away Is that true? Will there, some day, be a place where there is genuine laughter, where there is happiness, a hundred per cent? That place is in the great beyond, whence yet no man hath come !; and, whether you believe it or not, you yearn for rest, haven, a port, a Paradise.
 That "some day" may come, now and then, here on earth, for a while; but it will last forever and ever in the sweet bye and bye, in the great eternity of Gods great heavens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
FUTILE NoSTRUMS From the Washington Post.

Certain projects now being press ed by radical elements that have appropriated the title of progress sivism" for their creed suggest that in large part their program is such in name only. A number of their proposals shade toward fallacious socialism and others aim at saddling the nation with paternalism of an expensive and futile variety. While the opponents of radical "progres- sivism' pose as forward-looking, they seem to possess the crabs gift of locomotion that enables them to execute a forward march backward. Instead of profiting by the worlds experience and charting their course by the stars of progress that histo- ry has proved to be fixed, they would revive theories that were long ago exploded and would apply to existing conditions treatment that has been repeatedly tried and found --.~%;~~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
FACTS
From the Columbia State.

From the Columbia State.
 Of course it may have been a mere coincidence, devoid of politi- cal or other significance, and offer ing no legitimate basis for either pointing a moral or adorning tale, nevertheless facts are facts and they may be indicated without prejudice. We point to them but must decline in advance to furnish an explana- tion or to permit ourselves to be precipitated into either an inter state or national controversy. One fact is that at the luncheon given by President Harding to the gov ernors on Monday, the United States prohibition commissioner was pres ent; the other fact is that the gov ernors of those famous old neigh boring states, North Carolina and South Carolina. were absent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
Adrift With the Times
Thralldon

Thralldom How oft men sigh for little cot And simple joys, A life spent in some quiet spot Far from the noise Of sounding marts, the city's din, Where tranquil days, Perchance, will let more sunshine in Than crowded ways. / Yet still pursue the weary round, Those far off gleams, For all their radiance, are found But idle dreams. And when their fev'rish race is done, Its hope and fears, The city's roar still falls upon Their needless ears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
StenoRraphy . Ia Mode

Miss Founders" said MT. Dubwaite to his stenographer, 'I wish to dictate letter to confirmed deadbeat, but I'm afraid might use rather strong language"
 "Go right ahead, MT. Dubwaite," replied the modish young person, with pad and pencil. If you'll let me take an occasional whiff from cigarette while you're dictating I believe could stand anything
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
Conservation of Game

rom tife Jasper Mountain Eagle.
 The great stock of wild deer. that roamed the woods of Walker county up to twenty-five or thirty years ago are now practically extinct and 1t is only occasionally that deer Is seen up near the Winston county line. What would be the result now if Walker county had passed law forty years ago not permit ting hunters to run deer with dogs and kill old and young every month in the year? Why, we would have fine stock of bucks to hunt these days during the open season. Sup pose turkey hens had been properly protected in Walker years ago, wouldn't the gobblers wake the boys up pretty early every spring morning during these latter days! What can stir hunters blood more than to get out and hear an old wild gobbler gobble just at day break? And it takes some strategy to get him. What has happened to our wild deer and wild turkeyss is going to happen to our partridgcs and other game if hunters do not observe the game law to the letter and see to it that others observe it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
Expressing His Feeling.

''Thank you for this Christmas present"
 But Pm not giving you a Christmas present. I'm merely repaying loan.''
 Nevertheless, when person bids fare we'll to sum of money and suddenly dis covers that he is going to get it back again, his sentiments, sir, are those of gratitude"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
HAVE THEIR PLACE

Public transportation by motor vehicles has become fixed element in the lives of Birmingham citizens and it's permanence is assured. The 4jitney" has passed the pc riod of experiment and taken its place among modern contrivances for the comfort and convenience of the public There are fifteen of these routes in Birmingham,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
Stick to Diversification

lOuI IIIt NUdHOK6 LeaUor.
 We trust our farmers will in 1923 not pin too many hopes to the cot ton crop, but grow enough of other things to take care of them and us. We all have to eat and it is better to raise it on Alabama farms than to have to ship it here with cotton money as the chance to buy it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
Industry With a Future

From the Montgomery Journal.
 The satsuma crop in Baldwin is estimated to have been worth $100,- 000 the present season, and this is but the beginning of the raising of satsumas in old Baldwin. No one can foretell the future. In the meantime all of us would like to own a satsuma grove in Baldwin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
The Usual Pose

According to this paper" remarked MT. Blithersby, "a woman charged with shoot ing her husband listened to the evidence all ternately bored and amused"
 '"That, believe, is the conventional atti- tude,' said MT. Grumpson. "In fact, you might say she was following well estab- lished precedent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
SOMETHING SNAPPED
n the Kansas City Star.

TIUH CHe hdIlhdS CIty SIdI.
 Premier Poincare assures tse French chamber that the entente cordiale is not broken. Must have been something else then that was heard to crack when the London conference adjourned without doing anything,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
Limited Choice

After the usual court formalities, beau tiful stage person has taken leave of hus- band she married last June. If memory is not at fault, she declared at the time of their marriage that he was her ideal man. She probably meant her ideal man for June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
Enough Cotton Produced

From the Ozark Southern Star.
 An exchange says the mule crop" for next spring will be larg- CT than ever and that live stock men are anticipating such. The reason for this was given that the past cotton crop was successful and there would be demand for more cotton mules." Dale county produced some five thousand more bales than she did last year and we hope they will '1et well enough alone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
New Treaaure

French In Radium Rush, Vast Wealth Said to Lurk In Earth of Madagascar" Headline.
 A s'radium rush.? That's something new, The "forty-niners," hardy crew,
 Sought gold, and found goodly sum, But they never heard of radium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
Prosressixe Enlargement !.

Dry agents raided pressing clubs in Bir- mingham and then looked over one of the leading social clubs. Their idea of prohibit ton enforcement seems to be to start at the bottom and work up.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24

have been classed as nothing more than a journalistic hoax. The obvious inference to be drawn is that natives who said they had seen the monster, or traces of such an ani- nal, were affected by strong potations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
Education First

From the Franklin County News.
 Governor Kilby has asked for more money for the enforcement of the prohibition laws. As long as the law is on the books it should by all means be enforced to the let ter. However, again we say that If more money was spent in Ala bama for education and less for prohibition, then prohibition would not be such a great and alarming question today. Give us better schools, better paid teachers and prohibition will take care of itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24
Alabama Press
"MatricuIates" at Kilby

rTUnI tne Troy Messenger.
 Thirty-five convicts received at Kilby prison the first half of De cember. Why move Auburn?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24

After reading the dispatches from abroad, one gets the impression that Europe can hear pin drop in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-24

A German industrial magnate can get a hearing in Paris or London in fraction of the time it takes diplomat
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-24
R7H DAM 200 FEET IN
HEIGHT TO BE. BUILT BY
NEW WEzVGLAND POWER co.
COLDEST MORNING
IN TWO YEARS
Showed 20 Below Zer0-Five Colder
Mornings i'm 1:s Years.

This morning certainly was a wonder
full morning ffor polar bears and the coal
mem, but the ordinary mortaIs who ven
tured forth into the outside air were no
ticeably absorbed in the work of keeping
their ears and pedal extremeties warm.
Even asbestos overcoats would have been
in style this morning There was, how
ever, a good reason for all this, as Ferris
r. Naughans standard thermometer on
High street registered 20 degrees below
zero, the coolest morning in the last two
years.
Not only was this mornings low mark
10 degrees below any low temperature for
tire last two years. but there have beeL
only five colder mornings in the last 13
years. The coldeSt morning in the last Is
years was Jan. > 1918 when the ther-
mometer registered - degrees below zero.
The coolest temperature last year was 10
below on Jan. IA. There was n 20-de-
grees drop in temperature between mid
night last night and sunrise this morning.
which il a very unusual fall for 50 short
a period of time.
Non-Standard thermometers i'm town
registered varying temperatures accord
ing TO location. one thermometer in West
Brattleboro showing "a below zero.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-24
ARREST THREE
FOR STOCK THEFT
One of Gang Reveals Securities Hidden
Hollow BedpOst-Two Held for
Grand Larceny.

NEW YORK, Jan 2t-Joseph Gluck
free on parol under a ive-year sentence
in connection with the Wall Street bond
theft plot. involving jules ". tNicky)
Arnstein, was rearrested yesterday for
alleged completely in the theft of $4,000
worth Of securities entrusted to mess
enger for Thompson & Mckinnon,
brokers, on December 9.
Gluck 5 arrest followed disclosures
said by the police TO have been made by
Alexander Green, arrested earlier in
the dav while alleged to have been try
ing to sell some of the stolen securities
Gustav Zeitman, %. also arrested YES
terday, Is said to have confessed taking
the bonds and TO have disclosed their
hiding place as hollow bedpost in his
home.
Green, Zeitman and GIuck We're
charged with grand larceny. Benjamin
Pullman, l9-years-old messenger, who
told his employers he had turned the
package of securities over to a friend
named Joe fer delivery, is out on
bail, pending trial on a similar charge
Zeitman. the police said. admitted being
the Hoe wanted
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-24
SKI RUNNERS AND
SNOWSHOERS OUT
Strong Wind Fails to Discourage VIM
ter Sports Enthusiasts - Many
Visit Skating Kinks Also.

Despite the strong winds of Sunday
many ski runners and snowshoers We're
ont to enjoy the new snow and large
number Of persons were at the skating
Kinks on the Retreat meadow.
More than a dozen ski enthusiasts We're
guests of Miss Grace Helbrook at the
upper Dutton farm in Dummerston, one
mile above the Scott farm. Hot cocoa
and sweet cider were served and lunches
were eaten around roaring fire in the
fireplace The hills around the farm are
ideal for skiing and the party practiced
making Telemark and Chrlstiania swings.
Douglas Crocker of Fitchburg, Mass, who
is visiting in Brattleboro several days TO
enjoy skiing, was one of the party. The
party skied over the same hills where
Rudyard Kipling skied years ago.
Another marty under the leadership of
Carroll A. Wood went on skis to the Vi
cinitv Of Camp Comfort and performed
stunts for the benefit Of Peter Latchis and
his movie camera.
On Saturday afternoon 47 children,
several older girls and few adults as
spectators. making party of 81. went to
the hills on the Bradley estate. where the
children were given instruction by +. III.
Harris. They then went for a cross
country trip across the West river bridge,
around the hills back of the cooperative
milk plant, thence to the hills east of the
Frank Thomas farm and return, covering
distance of about three miles.
At the same time several members of
the High School Outing club, under Philip
Wheeler, made a trip around Camp Com
fort.
The condition of the snow at the pres
ent time is excellent for skiing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-24
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The annual installation of officers of
place last evening in Grand Army hall.
The installing officer was district grand
deputy. Mrs. Ellen II. Mixer. assisted by
the acting grand guide, Leon Mixer. The
following officers were installed :
Warden, Mrs Grace Larrabee vice
warden. Miss Susie Miner; sec, Mrs.
Bertha Bemis: financial sec. Willard 5.
Bemis; treas, Leon Mixer; guide Mrs,
Ella Loncto: guardian, John G.. Pellet /:
chaplain, Mrs. Lavina Nourse; sentinel,
John Nourse; trustee for three years. NJ.
j. Larrabee III was voted TO hold pub
lie card party and social next Monday
evening at S o'clock in q. A. r. hall.
The funeral of James r. Denning was
held this morning at go o'clock in st.
Michael's Roman Catholic church Rev.
James T. Rand officiated. assisted by Rev.
Father Lynch of Mortified. Vt The
Grady. William Howard. John O'Brien
of White River Junction, Or. w. j.
kaine and John Riley. The burial took
place in the family lot in the Catholic
cemetery. Those who attended the funeral
from out of town were Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Sisk of New London. Conn. Mr..
and Mrs. Jerry L. Demning and son,
Charles, of Palmer. Mass, Mr.. and Mrs
T.. T. Ford of Hanover, y. H., James \.
Lewis of Rutland, It. J. Denning of Barre.
James Todd and Mr.. and Mrs John II.
Foley of Palmer. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Doherty of Palmer, Horace Todd of Fran
ingham, and William Lynch of Boston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-24
APPEALS CHALLENGE
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
New York and Maryland Cases in Su-
preme C0urt-Oral Agree
ments Made.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 24-Two cases
challenging the coasttutiOnailty OF the
women : suffrage amendment were
reached in the supreme court yesterday
for oral argument. One was brought by
Charles =. Fairchiid of New York against
the secretary OF state and the attorney
general in behalf of himself and the
american Constitutional union and the
other bv Oscar Lesser and Others tron
the Maryland state courts holding tie
amendment constitutional.
The Fairchild case seeks to compel
the secretary of state to withdraw the
proclamation announcing ratification OF
the amendment and to restrain the at
torney general from enforcing it on the
ground that the amendment was not
constitutionally adopted.
I'm the Maryland case two women say
they were denied the right to qualify a
voters ON the ground that woman suffrage
" dilutes and "nuii7es = male votes
and that the amendment had moi been
tittt..OlaiS adopted.
Legislatures in ratifying constitutional
amendments arc acting as the machinery
Of the people. Solicitor General Beck
contended. Alludinr to the alleged dis
qualifications. of the LEGISLATURES of Miss
CuTI, Tennessee and West Virginia. the
solicitor general argued that while the
three states named gave The requisite
G6 states necessary for ratification. since
ratification the states of Vermont and
Connecticut had ratified, the ratification
of Connecticut being beyond question
and ctfsetting zthe ratification of Miss
curl should that state be excluded. lie
claimed that all the states which origin
ally ratified should have been counted
and that Connecticut gave one more
state than was needed Vermont 5 rati-
fcation was obtained he said, by legis-
lature elected after the suffrage law of
the state had been amended and women
lad been permitted to vote