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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE
 CHILD LABOR DAY

Montgomery, January 2t.--(Spe- cial.)--All public schools of Alabama have been requested by the state de- partment of education to observe Child Labor Day Friday. January 2T Dr. John W. Abercrombie. state su- perintendent of education, has ad- dressed letter to superintendents. principals and teachers in which he called attention to the fact that Jan uary 27, 2S and % have been set apart as child labor days throughout the nation and the state department of education desired to take part in the program.
 Ut is unnecessary for me to urge upon you the importance of conserv ing and developing the childhood of our state" said the letter. Every economic, social and Humanitarian
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ring to the materialistio argument which meets his efforts that if the government can rush aid to miners 1t can also rush aid to farmers, who, 1t is established, are likewise in dis tress in all sections of the country.
 Action Held Necessary
 According to the members of Con gross who look with favor on plans to relieve the distress of miners, ac- tion now Is necessary because of the indication that by April 1, when ex- isting, contracts expire, conditions may become revolutionary. ]. D. A. Morrow, vice president of the Ma tional Coal association, before the interstate commerce commission, de- olareo unequivocally that operator expected wages to be reduced April 1. Operators contend that such re- duction is necessary If they are to continue operating mines now being operated. On the other hand, lead CTS of miners orginazations predict that if wages are cut nation-wlde strikes involving the mining indus try and the railroads will be una voidable.
 Thoughtful member of Congress entertain the view that if distress Is now ameliorated probability of fright ful conditions after April, Involving nation wide suffering, might be elim- mated.
 "There has been a lot of unem- ployment and suffering in the Bir- mingham district since the close of the coal miners strike" said Will liam L. Harrison, until recently an executive officer of the mine workers of Alabama.
 
 "This condition is due to the in ability of the men to get work and the general depression which made 1t necessary for the operators to close tho mines l am satisfied from the information received that the peo- pie in the mining districts are in destitute circumstances.
 "This suffering is hardly as wide spread at the present time as 1t was several months ago, as large mum Der of miners have left the state in search of work. There are many miners In this district who haven't worked any In 1e or IS months, while some have worked one or two days week for several months.
 "The suffering is due to the fact that the United Mine Workers and the Alabama Federation of Labor cut off the relief they were providing two or three months ago, because they were unable to carry It on as a result of the general depression The unemployment situation became so widespread that we were unable to get funds to care for the men and their families.
 q did not know anything about the plan in Washington to give govern ment relief. except what I saw in The Age Herald, and because there are many families in need here, hope this plan may be worked out so that the suffering may be re- lieved."
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Aho aooNe statement by J. L.. Clemo, secretary district No. 20, United Mine Workers of America. was put before Representative Ben Thomas of Kentucky and Represen- tative Meyer London of New York today.
 Mir. Thomas is author of a bill ap- propriating s5oo,00o for the relief of miners in Alabama, Kentucky. Tennessee, West Virginia and Penn sylvania. Mir. Meyer is author of a resolution under authority of which the House committee on mines and mining would undertake an investi- gation of the suffering of miners families throughout the United States.
 MT. London, after q consultation with Representative Campbell Of kansas chairman of the rules com mlttee, tonight stated conviction that the committee would provide means whereby the investigation could be initiated in the near fu- ture. Both he and MT. Thomas de- clared that in the event either the bill or the resolution gains footing. Alabama miners in person would be given opportunity not only to state their case generally, as Mir. Clemo did, but in detail
 Great Suffering Reported
 MT. Thomas declared that he was moved to action by representation from the five states where the bulk of American mining ia done that great suffering prevails. He has data from the several states to the effect that men unable to obtain work are forced to go without shoes, and that obtainable rations are not sufficient to maintain wives and children in health, according to MT. Thomas. It is not a question as to whether the plight of the miners Is attributable to fault of their own or to economic conditions over which they had no control.
 Where there Is great and wide spread suffering, which local com munities will not or do not alleviate, 1t Is the business of Congress to ex- tend a helping hand" he said We have just expended $20. .000. .000 In the purchase of grain to check starva- ton in Russia. Certainly we can ex- pend half a million to care for the dlstresFeu or our own country.
 Mir. London, in conversation with The Age-Herald representative, de- clared that his reports from the min ing districts of the country render 1t necessary that the government at least investigate. There are +3,000 idle men In Pennsylvania. he said.
 However" he added, 1t is much easier to secure action favorable to the farmers than action favorable to the miners or any other class of peo- pie"
 The New York member was refer
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of the Ensley Highlands Methodist church. The morning sermon for children, "Bmblems of Time and Eternity" Evening sermon by Rev. D. G. Hodges, assistant pastor of the First Methodist church of Birming- ham. Epworth league at 630 D. m.
 Rev. William H. Mansfield, pastor or the First Methodist church. Sun day school at 9:30 a. m. Morning sermon, The Intolerance of Jesus" Evening sermon subject. "The Re sponsibility of. Leadership" Rev. K. N. Matthews, presiding elder of the Bessemer district. Epworth league at 6;30 D. m.
 Rev. J. l.. Alderson, pastor of the First Christian church. Sunday morn ing and evening sermons by the pas tor
 Rev John F. Logeman, pastor of me F1rst Presbyterian church. Morn ing and evening sermons by the pas tor.
 Dr. Edmund Bennett, rector St.
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this program and very grateful t Mrs. Johnson for her services.
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UTOPIA

Haywood Broun, in Judge.
 We assume that there would be no money in Utopia It is left out of all the schemes for perfect states. and yet the difficulties of doing without it are obvious. Abolishing wealth and poverty and all that is fine but without money just how are you go- ing to organize anything interesting in the way of bridge or poker? A game played for pink shells or spring
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consideration calls for the highest possible conseryation and develop ment, physical. mental and moral Hence. it is appropriate that Child Labor Day be observed in the public schools. A proper observance of the day will tend to impress the impor tance of the subject upon all who participate"
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flowers would grow little deadly Just one more round" would be without appeal after an evening of T raise you two pansies." and T zee your pansies and tap you for that bunch of nasturtiums."
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CHORUS GIRL HELD IN FORGERY CASE

Mobile, January 21.-(special.)-- Daisy Wolfe. 22, New York chorus girl. charged in tho federal court here today with having cashed a money order for s1oo, alleged to have been forged by c. H. Doran. ex-assistant postmaster at Harding Grove. s. D., was allowed to sign her own bond in the sum of $100. The girl told the court that she met Doran In New York cafe last June, where he posed as a millionaire and travelled to Phil adelphia. Atlanta, Mobile and New Orleans. She admitted cashing the forged order. authorities say, but said she did so when Doran was too Ill to leave his room. She said Doran. be- fore he died several days ago in New Orleans, told the federal officers she was not guilty of passing the stolen forged orders.
 Miss Wolfe broke down in court and said that she was i'll with ap- pendicities and was now penniless, after living a high life with the man as his wife, believing he had money in Mobile. Two weeks ago she lived at the fashionable million dollar Bat tie House, but today her home was in the dingy county jail. The Hebrew charities here bought the girl ticket to New York tonight via New Orleans.
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GADsDEN STORE DESTROYED

Gadsden, January 21.-(Special.)- A midnight blaze this morning cre- ated considerable excitement and notwithstanding the downpour of rain large number of people braved the weather and went to the scene of the blaze. a store belonging to W. I. Corvin. which was practically destroyed. Mir. Corvin carried $1,500 insurance on his stock of goods The building belonged to Judge J. ". Penn and his loss Is covered by insurance.
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Alabama Miners to Haue A Chance to State Case
 h Detail 10 Congress
New York Representative Favors Thorough Investiga- tion of Conditions Among Coal Miners Before
 Appropriation of Relief Funds
By HUGH ". ROBERTS Washington Bureau, The AEe-Herald,

Washington January 21(Speca) )"Hundreds in the Birmingham district apparent relief for them to meet the
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Library Ha. Story Hour

A large number of children enjoyed the story hour at the Ensley library yesterday afternoon when Mrs. W. F. Johnson acted as storyteller for the diversified one and included stories occasion. Mrs. Johnson's program was for children of various ages. The yqoungsters were most pleased with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22

Johns Episcopal church. Holy com munion at T:3O o'clock this morning. topic, The Diocesan Council" Bible class at 7:30 D. m.
 Rev. Theo Harris, pastor of the Pike Avenue Baptist church. Morn ing sermon topic. What Doth God Require of Me?" Evening subject, Saved by Hope" Junior and senior B. T. P. U. at 63o D. m.
 Rev. F. NJ. Barns. pastor of the Shadyside Methodist church. Morning topic. Jacobs Leading With the An- gels" Evening subject, "A Sinner Touched by Kindness" Junior and senior leagues at 6:3O D. m.
 HIS PERSONAL ATTENTION From Life.
 "Viscount Lascelles.' reads dis- patch from London, personally se- lected the engagement ring for the Princess Mary" There is a rumor. also that he himself. personally. will actually go to the wedding.
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ENSLEY


 Birmingham has asked the Ensley police department to stop the prac. tice of children skating on the streets. It was stated that as the law now stands there is no law pro- hibiting the children from skating on the streets. but any child who catches on moving vehicle is subject to ar rest.
 The request to the local officers follows: Our truck drivers in get ting about the city are having a great deal of trouble with children on roller skates swinging on their trucks. This Is & very dangerous practice and unless same is stopped at once 1t Is obliged to lead to some fatalities.
 We are simply calling this to your attention with the hope that you will be able to stop this practice. On investigation it was found that many children have narrowly escaped being struck by automobiles while skating on paved streets"
 EnsIey Masons Meet
 The fourth quarterly Masonic conference of the Ensley division of the Jefferson county Masonic con ference will convene with the E. l. Layton Lodge No. Si3, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at the Masonic temple on Twenty-third street and avenue E, next Wednesday,
 C. E. Hawkins of the Jefferson Val ley Lodge No. 795 will have charge of the conference, which will open at 80 D. m., at which time dinner will be served by a committee composed of H. F. Lawhon, o. l.. Mims and A. l.. Shaw.
 The evening session will open promptly at 7;so. The program com mittee is composed of c. T. Smith. O. L.. Bentley and E. M. Owen. The of ficers of the conference are: R. F. Ponder. P. A Morgan, Robert Fred erick, o. L. Bentley, J. E. Grisham. Miller, George F. Cornwell, D. R. Jackson, T~O. Jones and c. E. flaw kins.
 Mothers Club Entcrtains
 The dining room of the Ensley Highlands Presbyterian church was the scene of delightful banquet when the members of the Twentieth Century Mothers club entertained complimentary to their husbands re- gently. The banquet room was artis- tically decorated for the occasion in ferns, English ivy and pink and white carnations. which carried out the colors of the club.
 Mrs. r, G. Ranson, vice president of the club. delivered the address of welcome, after which the following program was rendered with Mrs. T. DeWalt Craig presiding: Vocal solo, From the Land of the Sky Blue Waters" (Cadman). by Mrs. Anton Faircloth, with Miss Laura Bryan as accompanist, and 'Hi LII Teller" as an encore: vocal duet. whispering Hope" (Hawthorne) by Miss Irene Wells and Hudson Shumate, with an encore number, Somewhere a Voice Is Calling (Tate). Mrs. F. c. Fair cloth, accompanist: reading, High CT Culture In Dixie" by Mrs. Shook Keith, with Maxim Mud Pies as an encore.
 An interesting contest on "where We Go Shopping" was enjoyed at the conclusion of which. the prize, box of candy was awarded to Mrs Ward McDowell. A number of old-fash toned games were staged and proved most amusing. During the evening q tempting menu was served. About 50 guests were present at this affair.
 Library Has Story Hour
 A large number of children enjoyed the story hour at the Ensley library yesterday afternoon when Mrs. W. F. Johnson acted as storyteller for the
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, 1922-12-20
blizzard AND BUCK SNOWDR|FTS
DANCE AT The CODY STAMPEDE BALL
WORST ROADS IN THIRTY YEARS CAN'T STOP HARDY
WYOMING FOLK-CROWDED THEATRE MAKES THIRD
ANNUAL EVENT FINANCIAL SUCCESS

South Forkers already in town only
grinned, Barry and June will be
there-you'l seei A few feet of snow
won't keep those two home"
And the South Forkers knew, for
Barry Williams, June Little and Injun
Joe Mathison appeared about ten in
citizens clothes and fresh as the pro-
verbal daisies.
The night was still young when
Judge P. w. Metz drifted in with the
casual remark hat his car was out
come six miles from town. sbtuck in
Walters lane.
And SO it went the evening throughs,
folks that were supposed to be home
in bed, snow-bound and cut off from
town by impossible roads, suddenly
appeared with frosted ears ana tales,
nonchalantly told, of fighting snow
for hours to get to the Stampede Ball.
The Indians arrived on Thursday,
having driven through the snow all
day Wednesday to get to Edgar where
they took the train. They went back
happy, carrying presents of elk meat
and deer hides, to make those who
remained at home green with envy.
The Lowell orchestra also had the
good judgement to come in on Thurs
day and the music they furnished was
all that had been claimed for it.
]. d. Woodruff came up from Sho-
shoni and danced as long and as hard
as the youngest husky on the floor.
Anyway, nobody would have believ-
ed, least Of all the Stampede CommiV'
tee, that a crowd to fill the Temple
Theatre to it's capacity would have
come out on such a night. 1t was
without precedent in these parts and
the committee speculates as to what
it would have done with the visitors
IL the roads had been open and the
weather fine.
1t was a financial as we'll as social
success, and while the Third Annual
history, 1t will live in the memory of
those who were there for a long time.
The Committee is indebted to many
persons for the assistance they gave,
and particularly to the following who
came arly and stayed late:
Mrs. Dave Shelly, Mrs. r. I. volck-
mer, Mrs. win Richard, Mrs. R.C.
Trueblood, Mrs. D. e. HOLSTER. Mrs.
]. p. Altberger, Mrs. A. J.. Cox and
Messrs M. j. Dayer. R. J. McGinnis,
F. ]. Hiscock, Ed Wilder, Art Nolan,
Fred Schwaub. Jack Horisky, Bill Bar
low, Lou Ericsson and Major e. S.
Hopes.
, 1922-12-20
MEDICINAL MUD AT
THERMOPOL|S TO BE
FOR BATHS
Thermopolis Hospital To Ex-
pend 100000 For Bath
House And Give Mud
Treatments
THERMoPoLls, wyo., Dec. Is

THERMOPOLIS, Wyo, Dec. 1s-
A. G.. Hamilton, M. D., chief
surgeon and principal owner OF
Hopewell hospital here,
that as soon as weather conditions
will permit extensive engagements
are to De made to that institution and
the mud bath treatment for rheum
atism, kidney diseases, etc, instituted
1t has been known for some timo
that just at the door of HopeweI1
hospital there are vast quantities of
this curative mud that has been used
SO successfully elsewhere in the
treatment of rheumatism and similar
diseases. Tests of the mud lave been
made and it is found to contain the
necessary Ingredients.
Mud is the most powerful absorb
ent known OF nature and will alb
sorb five times it's bulk and three
times it's weight in water. Mud OF
this same quality is used in absorb
ents in the manufacture Of nitro
glycerine.
1t is the intentions of the Hope
well Hospital Company to build .
large bath house and a dozen four
room cottages fully equipped for
light housekeeping where those
who take the treatment "a live in
comfort and economically with
their families. The additional ex-
penditure to the hospital invest
ment will be 100000 The bath
house will be able to accommodate Toe
people a day without discomfort or
congestion.
, 1922-12-20
IS There A SANTA CLAUS? 2

as If there were no virginas. There
would be no childiike faith then, no
poetry. no romance TO make tolerable
this existence. We should have no
enjoyment, except in sense and sight
The eternal light with which child
hood fills the world would be extin-
guished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You
might as well not believe in fairies!
You might get your papa to hire men
to watch in all the chimneys on
Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus,
but even if they did not ee Santa
Claus coming down. what would that
prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus,
but that is no sign that there is no
Santa Claus. The most real things
in the world are those that neither
children nor men can see. Did you
yer see fairies dancing on the lawn?
OF course not, but that's no proof
that they are not there. Nobody can
conceive or imagine all the wonders
that are unseen and unreasonable in
the world.
You teal apart the baby's rattle
and see what makes the noise inside,
but there is a veil covering the un-
seen world which not the strongest
man, o ven the united strength Of
all the strongest men that ever lived
could tear apart. Only faith, fancy,
poetry, love, romance, can push aside
that curtain and view and picture
the supernal beauty and glory be-
yond. Is it all real? All, Virginia,
in all this world there is nothing else
real and abiding.
No Santa Clausi Thank Cod he
lives, and he lives forever. A thou
sand years from now, Virginia, nay.
ten times ten thousand years from
now. he will continue to make glad
the heart of childhood.
, 1922-12-20
SOCIETY SLOWING UP
A BIT ON BALD RIDGE
Special to the Enterprise:

Special to the Enterprise:
IN. Walters made a ride down
to Mr.. Waiter Hoffman's looken for
his 2 stray cattle and was lucky to
find them DOWN at his place.
Mr.. Burt Marvin was a caller at
the Walters Inn.
Mary A Say was a caller at the
Ganguet Ranch and Gus Schultz also
spend 4 days at Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Schultz on Paint Crick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schultz and
daughter Lourine and Mr.. George
Backer motored up to A. M. Walters
ranch last Sunday to spend Sunday
night. Mrs. Mary. A Say gave a big
turkey dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Alexander and
Bud Waugh stopped over night last
Thursday at A. NJ. Walters Inn.
Mrs. Mary A Say is now in Cody
for a few months where she is helping
Mrs. q. T. Beck out.
, 1922-12-20
POLAR EXPLORER HAS
NOTHING ON JENKINS

Ellsworth Jenkins, the Wapiti stage
driver, has had his own troubles the
past week and gone through hard
ships enough to qualify him to write
a book to compare with the adventure
of polar explorers.
He started from home at seven
o'clock ON Saturday morning and
rived at Q o'clock Sunday morning.
He encountered drifts six feet deep in
the canyon and a ten foot drift on one
curve which he had to shovel Through
He was dive hours going two milfs
shovelling practically every foot of
the way.
Night caugth him in the canyon
and in the darkness n wheel slid
over the precipice while going up the
hill at Iron Springs. He set the
breaks and jumped
He broke his jack trying to jack
up the wheels and walked back two
miles TO get another. Then he SHOW
.elled some more, whistling as he
W, ,1cd, This is the Life"
Jenkins made his Monday trip
down behind Bess and Old Bill and
only a few hours behind
schedule.
, 1922-12-20
ANALPAC OIL CO. TO
DRILL THIS SPRING

The Analpac OIL Company. which
has large holdings in Oregon Basin.
are prepared to drill as loon as
spring opens. The timbers are al
ready on the ground. They will
drill between the two gas wells and
intend to go down $500 feet, If nee
essary, the present wells, were down
only 1860 #. when a large flow OF
gas was struck. This time they mean
to go below the gas and thoroughly
test the ground.
The president of the Analpac is a
Frenchman and it is mostly French
capital invested In the Company.
Between the Analpac and the Ohio
which is also preparing to drill a
deep we'll on the Sonner's lease In
Oregon Basin, this section, OF which
great hopes have been entertained
for SO many years, should be well
tested.
, 1922-12-20

While the thermometer dropped
and the wind blocked lanes and piled
six loot drifts across the roads,
laughing but determined voices at
the other end Of telephone lines
shouted over singing wiresh
Were coming to the Stampede
Ball! Well be there-weu all be
there If we have to shovel every foot
of the way!"
And SO they were-they accomplish
ed the impossible-they did some
thing which was declared could not
be done-these hardy, undaunted folk
from ranches forty miles, and more,
away!
They came to the Stampede Bal
over roads which Old-timers assert
were the worst in thirty years, liter
ally fighting their way inch by inch
through snow drifts, on horseback
and in machines, shovelling and
working on cheerfully long after
weakling would have quit and winn-
ing out finally through sheer grit and
endurance. And, after that, they
danced until two o'clock in the mo-n-
ing with as much ~exuberance al If
they had come to the ballroom from
a long, refreshing nap!
B. c.. Rumsey started from Black
water Camp at ten o'clock in the
morning in his powerful Pierce-Arrow
and arrived, caked with snow, at six
o'clock in the evening. He was
followed by four other North Fork
cars that got through by keeping in
his tracks. The canyon road was
drifted full, practically from end to
end, with six and eight foot drifts on
the bends.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Hopkins, with
Mrs. Walter Hoffman, left Clarks
Fork early In the orenoon in their
Packard and bucked snow for eight
hours. arriving late in the afternoon.
Lloyd and George Coleman found
cred down from the top of Rattle
snake Mountain on horseback, to the
main road, where they had stored
their car, and shovelled their way
into town; because. as Lloyd declared
There wasn't any maybe about
1t, we Just had to conceive just
had to-.
The news from the South Fork
sounded the most hopeless of all
the stage had stuck at Sulphur
Creek-'the cuts were drifted full SO
even a horse could not get through
It would be two days work for a
crew to open the road,'-but the