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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31

.BERGD0LL MAY BE ON
STEAMER REACHING
FLORIDA PORT TODAY

PENSACOLA. fla. Dec. so.-Ths
German steamer Jupiter. on which
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. draft
dodger, is reported to be attempting
to enter the United States through
Pensacola, with ordinary weather
conditions. was expected to arrive
here tomorrow or Monday.
The Jupiter sailed from Fayal,
Azores. December 10.
Bergdoll has been aboard the
Jupiter for more than a month, ac-.
cording to-J. Garriga. local agent. if
he boarded her at any port in Ger
many She sailed for Cardiff. Wales,
with cargo OF coal November 80.
for the Azores, where his company
chartered her.
Local customs and department of
justice agents are keeping constant
vigil for the vessel and she will be
boarded Immediately upon arrival
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31
$3.50, 600 IS LOST in.
ATLANTIC CITY FIRE.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J., Dec. 3U-
Fire caused a quarter of a million
dollars damage at New York avenue
and the Board Walk today. Three
persons We're reported missing tonight
and three firemen were slightly in
jured. Four girls. cabaret singers
in one of the buildings DESTROYED,
were carried down ladders to safety.
The interiors OF the Moulin Rouge
cafe and Hugo's Beauty shop We're
destroyed The interior Of the hotel
Stoess and that OF the Orchard Shoe
salon were badly damaged.
The blaze started in the basement Of
the Moulin Rouge
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31
ADM|N|sT RATION'S
pet" MEASURES
FAIL DURING 1922
Fordney Tariff Bill Only Out,
standing Legislation Enact
ed Past Year. PROPOSE
tons Pending
WASHINGTON BUREAU !
THE AGE-HERALD !
Washlngfon. ID. C.. Dec. 20 |

""e"'"s'""' '., Dee. ""2
Inc year goes out win the rouse
furiously passing the necessary major
appropriation bills, and the Senate
s,aan.aa -, o,i ,,,,,.+o
against the administration measure
devised TO create a merchant marine
The feature of the vear In convresx
WIS q ions lis. .. aoo, ~, a,.einp.s
W sssuie les isiation. ino onis out-
sue nuihs coinple,eu iesisiael OF ma
1.onat iapuse Was lug roiuhes NC
eu ~, earlih PHI.
aust ~ 30 n'aus nppai =. ~
taii ~ 81 - So uuteu seHei aiiy ~ ~
i"Se mat tne feaF was an oieoeioii
S; eai. Deieat u proiiiiiiene repup-
.eahs ~ e@riy piiiiaries iiaue ". Z"
uehaocrats ana rspupiicaiis appreheh
site resainins me siectlohs o. ~,
Neniper . iracticaIS every move hau
us poiitleai cnarac.eris.ic'
lave harans rover
me foruhey -Mcoumpef tariif act
es'aplishea preceuene IN as much
as !, give 70 tnc rlesiaeh. ene power
20 chahse eAis'ihs rates up OF ooWh'
90 per cent. IN addition to assailing
an features OF me pill democrats
icVeied their most terrific proadsides
against this departure. ~ was
cnarsed .hat as taxation was rune
tioh OF congress. congress coulu not
oeieeaee that iunctfoh anu aploe by
constitutional RESTRICTIONS at the
same time.
rms Dill hao the ardcnt support OF
the administration. Both OF It's an-
thors Will retire from Congress
March =. Mr.. Fordney goes volun-
tarlly. Mr.. McCumper was defeated
IN the North Dakota primary.
In man! instances however, the ad :
ministratioh suffered defeats. The
iresiuent made-a speciai appear Tor
the SUBMISSION OF a proposed amend
inent oehsins Iurtner oiierihg OF tax
exempt securities. Dill SO pro-
Wins mas peeh siuetracheo IN the
mousse.
ohiq"e rHi'nuster
me bresioent also maoe speclai
piea TOT the so-caiied oyer anti
iyncnins' measure aimed, ~ was
charseu ny soushern democrats AZ
.he au.onoiny oL soutnerh states. IL
vas Ply ehrousn ene rouse over the
opposi.'on u praceicaiy an GEM
:.
"
a inlpuee. Wnich was as
IN oiaue as .,,,,a.s neosise' Cniih s.,
~. o tnst.nna anna,,.. aeW ,hs,. IA
pose to prevent all legislation for
nf "A nj rfr.t "a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31
CHICAG0'S BUILDING
RECORDS ARE BROKEN

CHICAGO. Dec. 3o-AIl chicago's
building records had been smashed
when Charles G. Bostron. building
commissioner. closed his books for
1922 tonight. The value of new
structures for which permits were
issued totalied $227,742,010. The pre-
vious record was that Of 1921 when
permits were issued for buildings TO
of this year was the greatest Of ~
month in Chicago's history for build
ing records showed, when permits
were issued for buildings valued at
s34.792. 200. The 1922 total was
greater than that OF any two con-
secutive years in the city's history.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31
BERNHARDT INSISTS
SHE CAN'T TAKE REST

PARIS Dec. 30.-Whether Sarah
Bernhardt, who announced yesterday
that she would return to the stage
next Wednesday. can persuade her
physicians that she is ready for the
opening performance of "Un Sutet de
Roman seems problematical.
Doctors and friends believe it may
be necessary to keep her from the
theatre a while longer.
IF I rested too long l would not
live" she asserted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31
President Appeals to Con-
gress For Appropriation He
Estimates Is Necessary
in Reaching Goal of His
Program of Modernization
THIRTY MILLIONS TO BE
SPENT UNDER NEW PLAN
Believes Defense Undertake
ing Put Into Effect Will
Keep American Navy on Par
With Other Powers, and He
Views It as Vital Need

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-In or
der to keep the first line of the
American navy on par with other
sea forces, President Harding hac
asked Congress for special appro-
priation of s6,500,0o0 as a begin
ming on battleship modernization
program.
The plan behind the request
marks a change of policy resulting
directly from the Washington arms
conference and was described by
Secretary DENLY in a letter accom-
panying the Presidents recommen-
dation as of "major and vital inn
portance" in national defense.
Before the conference it had been
the practice to build new ships
rather than modernize old ones
policy which no longer can be fol-
loved, because Of the construction
limitations imposed by the naval
limitations treaty.
VIII Cost $40. 0o0, 900
Secretary DENLY reported that the
$6,500,000 asked for would make il
possible to begin work on 10 vessels
Ultimately, he estimated, the pro-
gram would cost $50, 100000.
No information as to what ships
VIII be affected. o. what work Will
be done was given by Mr.. DENLY or
made available at the navy Depart
10
tentative plans call for equipment of
the 14-inch gun ships with deck
protection against torpedo attack and
modernization of the main batteries
to give them range now disable
with aircraft spotting.
British ships of the same general
type have been brought up to date
in this way as result OF lessons
learned in the war. Tho work was
begun during the war and & specific
provision permitting II to be COM
pleted, II not more than 5000 tons
was added thereby to the displace-
ment of each ship was included in
the naval treaty.
Minimize Attack Danger
The new ships which the United
States was building and has agreed
to scrap were equipped with the de-
vices which it now becomes neces-
sary to add to the older craft. Tho
new ships would have had main bat
teries with a range of $4,000 yards
and the interior construction of the
hulls was calculated to minimize the
danger from torpedo attack.
The old 14-inch guns which are to
be retained under the treaty were
designed and built before aircraft
spotting made possible effective gun
fire beyond the limit of vision from
the ship. They were also built be-
fore the great war proved the ef-
fectiveness of submarine attack with
torpedoes.
1t is doubtful that tho modernixa-
ton program will include any of tho
I2-inch gun ships of the American
navy. which, because of their lighter
guns and lighter side armor are NOT
regarded by naval experts as first
line battleships. There are six such
ships now in the active fleet. and
two of them. the North Dakota and
Delaware. will be strapped when the
new sixteen inch gun ships, West
Virginia and Colorado. are commits
stoned. The British have disposed OF
virtually all of their l2-inch battle
craft.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31
DOINGS OF DAY
In WASHINGTON

h--------------------~-
The House and Senate adjourned
over the New Years until Wednes
day.
The House completed consideration
of the annual postoffice appropria-
tion bill CARRYING S5S4,s14,ooo.
The Treasury through secretary
Mellon Endorsed before the Senate
cultural credits bill,
Al supplemental approximations Of
$1,000, 900 was requested of Congress
by President Harding for moderniza-
tion of battleships.
The first annual conference of Sc
nior circuit judges, called to discuss
the condition of business in federal
courts and adopt means to relieve
congestion, adjourned.
Upon the basis of figures covering
Canadian trades officials emphasized
assertions that the new tariff law had
caused no cessation in the flow of
imports into the United States.
The Senate passed the 1925, 100000
naval appropriation bill without the
Borah economic conference amend
ment but with the House provision
urging further naval limitation
agreement.
The government filed with the SUI
preme court two briefs challenging
the jurisdiction of that court in app
peals brought by foreign steamship
companies from the prohibition ruling
OF Judge Hand at New York.
The special federal grand jury re-
turned an indictment against Bene-
dict Crowell, former assistant seere-
tary of war and six other wartime
officials of the war department in
conneotio with the award by the
government of wartime contracts.
The interstate commerce commits
sicn notified the Senate that approx
mately forty railroads in the United
States have earned more than the 6
per cent fair return standard set by
the transportation act.
President Harding committed SEN
fences of eight former members of
the Industrial Workers of the World,
convicted of conspiracy and violation
of wartime laws, to expire at once.
on condition that they leave the coun-
try.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31
Mobile Advances From 18th
To Ninth Place Among u. S.
Ports Within Tue Years
In 1920 Mobile Ranked Thirteenth While Statistics of
United States Shipping Board, for Year 1922 Show
Alabama's Only Port Advanced to Seventh Position.
All Ports of Gulf Division Show Corresponding Gain
in Port Position.

sioner of the United States shipping
board, representing the gulf division,
when asked for an expression with
respect to the substantial advance
In port position OF the ports on the
gulf, said 1t was greatly crafty
ing. but merely oonfirmatory of what
l have long contended should be and
what possibly could be done. 1t Is
particularly gratifying to have seen
this advancement in port position Of
the ports OF the gulf during my term
as commissioner of the shipping
board representing the gulf division
of the United States"
The statistical table showing the
relative rank OF ports Of the United
States In the years 1920 and 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31

"A supplemental approximation Of
$6.b00.000 was requested of Congress
by President Harding for moderniza-
tion of battleships.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31

The Treasury through Secretary
Mellon Endorsed before the Senate
banking committee the capper agri-
cultural credits bill,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31

The first annual conference of Sc
nior circuit judges, called to discuss
the condition of business in federal
courts and adopt means to relieve
congestion, adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31

The House and Senate adjourned
over the New Years until Wednes-
day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31

The House completed consideration
of the annual postoffice appropria-
ton bill carrying S5S4,614,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31
WEATHER FORECAST

Rain Sunday; Monday fair and
colder; fresh to strong southeast and
south shifting to northwest winds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31
BUY IN BIRMINGHAM

Goods advertised in The Age
Herald by Birmingham merchants
are guaranteed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31

Upon the basis of figures covering
Canadian trades officials emphasized
assertions that the new tariff law had
caused no cessation in the flow of
imports into the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31

The Senate passed the 1925, 10000
naval appropriation bill without the
Borah economic conference amend
ment but with the House provision
urging further naval limitation
agreement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-31

During the year also administration
leaders we're successful in preventing
an expression by either House OF
tContinuea sn Page rwsD
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-03-31
RELIEF WORKERS IN CONFER
ENCE
A. A. COhn, Chas. l.. Sipkins, tt
Attend


On Sunday, April 9th, there will
be a nationwide conference at De-
troit, Mich, of those who were active
in the $14,0O0,000 War Relief Drive.
That city was selected because it is
the home of David A. Brown, who
headed the National Drive, devoting
about six months exclusively to the
planning and conducting of this stu
pendous relief undertaking. The con-
ference will be in the nature of
testimonial to Mr.. Brown. Reports of
the campaign will be given in detail,
and officers of the Joint Distribution
Committee will give their report of
projected constructive work in the
War Regions, and the details of the
proposed relief measures. There will
also be addresses by men of national
prominence including Rabbis Nathan
Krass, Stephen Wise. Leon Harrison,
Abba Hillel Silver. Emil G. Hirsch,
Horace Wolf, and Messrs. Julius Ro-
senwald, Jacob Bilikopff, Judge Har-
nv Fisher, James H. Becker, Miss
Erma May and DR.. Cyrus Adler and
Mr.. Louis Marshall.
Invitations have been sent out to
those who were active as leaders of
the campaign in various states and
districts. Mr.. Joseph H. Schanfeld,
Chairman for the state of Minnesota,
received an invitation to be present
in Detroit at the conference, but will
be unable to attend. Minneapolis,
however, will not be unrepresented, as
Messrs. A. A. Cohn and Chas. S. Sip
kins will attend.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-03-31

Minneapolis, and intends to make full
use of the Passover holiday to bring
home to the city's Jewry the import
ance, at this time, of having strong
district. Mr.. S. Louis Shore is chair
man of the membership and Propag-
anda Committee, which is arranging
for addresses to be delivered in all
the synagogues during Passover on
behalf of the membership drive.
KEREN HAYEsOD CONFERENCE
On the occasion of the visit in this
CITY of Nahum Sokolow on Sunday,
April End, there will be conference
of Keren Hayesod workers represent
ing points in Minnesota, western Wis
consin, the Dakotas and Iowa. The
program for Sunday is as follows:
Testimonial luncheon at the Radisson
Hotel at p. M; Conference lat the
Radisson) following the luncheon;
Mass Meeting at 8 p. m. at the Lyric
theatre. 1t had been hoped that
Sokolow could be here for several
days beginning Friday, but his health
forbids a too strenuous program.
When it is remembered that delegates
are coming from distant cities for the
privilege of seeing and hearing this
leading Zionist, there is no doubt that
Twin City Jews will be on hand to
show their admiration of Sokolow.
There will be no solicitation for funds.
Instead the committees are bending
every effort to have those who pledged
in the recent drive cash in on their
pledges at least in part, so that
substantial sum can be turned over
to Mr.. Sokolow, as testimonial.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-03-31
YOUNG PEOPLES FORUM

The Young Peoples Forum called
a special meeting for Thursday eve
ming to avail itself of the presence
in the city of Rabbi Alvin S. Luchs
of Duluth, and to hear him. Rabbi
Luchs delivered very interesting ad-
dress, followed by discussion.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1922-03-31
C.. J. w. NOTES
Child Study Class

The regular meeting of the Child
Study Class will take place Wednes-
day, April 5, at the Temple House,
Twenty-fourth and Emerson avenue
south, at 2:3O p. m. Mrs. Julius FIJI
gelman will report on Chapter 16,
Imitation and Suggestion" of the
text book.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Messrs. William F. Friedman and
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-14
Fable of Ever Burning Lamps

ally by its own virtue and give light with
out any other help" He explains the adj
mitted fact that when the secret fire" is
touched by the least air, it extinguisheth
and goeth out" by the suggestion that "the
fire is appropriated to the elemental air"
and hath its own air in ITSELF
When such genius of his day as the
chemist Glauber writes thus, can 1t be mar
veled that folks accepted the fact of per-
petual-burning lamps as authentic?
Other tabled perpetual lamps include
that of Palas son of Evander, whose lamp,
in tomb at Rome burned over 1000 years,
and several in temples, reported by old
writer's, as one in o temple of Venus, which
St. Augustine states burned perpetually,
and the flame adhered so strongly to the
incombustible matter that neither wind,
rain, nor tempests could extinguish it,
though continually exposed to the in
clemency of the seasons"
Many endeavors have been made by mod
ern authors to account for this persis-
tence in the belief of eternal lamps. Burn
ing lamps, it Is known, were placed in
tombs by the ancients, and these same
lamps-of course extinguished long, long
ages ago, possibly even within couple OF
days after sealing the mausoleum-would
naturally be noted on unearthing and open.
ing up the vaults after the repose of
centuries.
The French scientist Maryile called at.
tention to the fact that it happens fire..
quently, even to-day, when antiquarians
are searching by torchlight old sepulchers
which they have opened, thick fat and
gross vapors, engendered by the corruption
OF dead bodies, have momentarily flashed
into flame, to the great establishment of
the searchers ignorant Of the cause The
presence Of the ancient extinguished lamps
would. of course. aid the delusion.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-14

which appear to have been freely accepted
by the credulous people, notwithstanding
their highly improbable character, and the
slendersbasis of truth on which they were
founded.
One of the most famous and oft-quoted
legends establishing this belief was that of
the tomb of Tuliola. One day, in the time
of Pope Paul III. (1534-1549) he who con-
voked the Concilio of Trent--a tomb was
opened at Rome which contained the body
OLA young woman whose flesh was still
interrupted, and her tresses were intact
and bound with a band Of chased gold. A
burning lamp hanging in the vault was ex-
tinguished as soon as the air entered. On
the wall was carved the inscription "TuH-
ola fila ntea," which was regarded as re-
ferring to Tuliola, the daughter Of Cicero,
whose death he laments in his letters to
Sulpicius. One authority states that the
lamp burned several hours after opening
the tomb, although 1t must have been closed
more than fifteen hundred years. This dis
covery was the subject of much comment.
Another perpetual lamp, which supplied
partisans with one Of their strongest argu-
ments, was the lamp Of Olibius. In the
year 1910 some peasants, digging the earth
to considerable depth, near Padua, came
across tomb containing lighted lamps,
one of silver and the other of gold; or,
according to another source, there was but
one lamp, placed in an urn between two
walls, one filled with liquid gold and the
other with liquid silver by virtue Of which
the light had been maintained since the
time Of the old Roman Republic.
The famous chemist Glauber, who per.
petuated his memory in the salt of that
name over two and a quarter centuries ago,
writes OF lamp (which, being closed up
In glass, may be made to burn continu-
Tho New York Herald.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-14

THAT certain lamps would continue to
burn indefinitely was of general
belief in ancient and medieval
times. A scientist has lately presented the
results of study of this superstition, to-
gether with suggestions by others who find
it necessary to explain or account for it.
1t is noted that during the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries belief in the actual
existence of ever-burning lamps seems to
have been real and widely prevailing, and
learned writer's have maintained that the
ancients were acquainted with a com.
bustible fluid which, while burning and
giving out light, diminished not in guam
tity and potency.
Lamps supplied by this marvellous fluid
were placed in tombs by the ancient
Romans. and continued burning until some
ruthless explorer desecrated the subter-
raneap places of burial and allowed air
to enter, whereupon the flame fickered and
expired. These wondrous lamps burned
the most brightly where there was most
want of air and always were extinguished
by the admission of external air."
To discover the secret Of preparing this
combustible. yet inconsumable, liquid was
one Of the alchemist's dreams; in their
figurative language. they endeavored to
Concentrate the four elements and to make
therefrom woodworking essence" The
material upon which their operations were
conducted, and in which they placed great
reliance, was fine gold; this, they claimed
resolved by hermetic methods into clear
liquid coil of gold") --supplied by its In
combustible oiliness the perpetual light"
This nourished the ever-burning lamps, but
was exceedingly costly.
The belief in perpetual lamps was diff.
fused by the publication of many legends.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-14

courteous to a wildcat as treat her with
Difference.
l ripped the seat of the chair and found
one hundred and fifty newly counterfeited
dies. And in the meantime George had
gone to the upper floor and was engaged
in dropping heavy objects inside the wall.
/ could hear them come rafting down be
tween the plaster and the clapboards.
The deputy sheriff clambered to shed
roof, covered George with his revolver
from window and arresting the man was
more or less easy for me. We ripped off
a few clapboards and found that George
had disposed of pretty complete coun-
terfeiting layout--molds, presses, copper
pots for melting and ladies for pouring the
molten stuff
But | probably tire you with common
place detail. Likewise you are doubtless
wondering about Johnny Henderson.
shall return to Henderson. The path is
somewhat tortuous. Mrs. Black had not
paused after being elected from her own
house She took it on the dead run across
the fields.
probably going for requirements, :"
suggested the deputy sheriff. Lets hustle
back to Warren"
With George and Nicolo we sought the
United States Commissioner in Warren.
The man was at home but quarantined. A
member of his family had contracted some
contagious disease, and to make certain
that the Commissioner would not leave the
house policeman with Springfield rife
on his shoulder was patrolling the prem
Uses. It seems that the Commissioner had