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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
LETTERS TO EDITOR
VALUE OF NAVAL PREPAREDNESS

To the Editor of The Age Herald;
 The statement in your editorial in the issue of Saturday, November 4, headed "Of What Does Real War Strength consst?" that 1t IS the spirit back of armaments which, when aroused in just cause, puts forth the su- Without this spirit no war can be won, even with full preparation. This has been proven repeatedly. With this spirit how much easier and cheaper, however, is war won if proper preparation has been made beforehand Is it just that people, such as ours, with this spirit be subjected to the needless loss of life and treasure entailed by lack of preparedness?
 The lack of preparedness, to which our peo- pie have nearly always subjected themselves, has caused nearly every war we have had Adequate preparedness has always saved us from war. The abolition of the navy after the revolution was the cause of the loss sui fered by our Mediterranean trade and the war with the Barbary coast states Preparedness would have prevented the War of 1912. In this case, as always false policy of economy was followed during peace. We could have saved many lives and the millions that the war cost by iudicious spending of thousands dur. ing peace The Civil war couli have been pre- vented by few thousand well trained and equipped troops. France withdrew from Mexico and Germany abandoned her project against Venezuela simply because we had the larger navy. We have now made the naval limitation treaty and navy policy other than strict com pliance with that treaty will be repetition ot our past shortsightedness. Respectfully,
 JESSE H. SMITH.
 Lieutenant United States Navy.
 Birmingham, November 6, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
FROM THE ATLANTIC SOUVENIR

(1826) By William Cullen Bryant. broke the charm that held me long, The dear, dear witchery of song; said the poets idle lore Should waste my prime of years no more; For poetry, though heavenly born, Consorts with poverty and scorn. broke the charm, nor deemed it's power Could fetter me another hour; An, thoughtless how could forget, Its causes were around me yet For wheresoe'er looked the while, Was natures everlasting smile. Still came, and fingered on my sight Of flowers and streams that bloom and light The story of the stars and sun, And these and poetry are one; They, ere the world had fixed me long, Recalled me to the love of song
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
MY FAVORITE STORIES
THERE WAS NO HURRY ABOUT IT
By IRWIN s. COBB

A brawny negro prize fighter made applica- ton at an athletic club which was putting series of bouts for an opportunity to meet some suitable opponent He announced that he was a dark cloud whirlwind, tempest, tornado, a hurricane and sirocco.
 His language impressed the matchmaker and for the preliminary go he was entered against a dependable colored scrapper. The stranger made deplorable showing. For two rounds his opponent hammered him all over the ring. Early in the third round the beaten darky de- cided he had enough He took an easy poke on the jaw and flattened out on the canvas to be counted out
 The referee was half way through with his tally when disgust moved him to interpolate speech:
 Say, nigger," he growled out of the corner of his mouth, "you ain't hurt Get up from there! Aint you goin' to fight any more?"
 Without stirring from his comfortable re- cumbent position the whirlwind made answer:
 "Oh, yassah, I'm g'wine fight some mo'--but not tonght"
 Copyright, 1922, by the MeNauaht Syndicate, Inc)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
DANCE CRAZE HAS TAKEN
 HOLD IN JAPAN

Japan has been trifle late in devoliping the dance craze, but it appears to have arrived there. In 1920 the United States supplied 95 gxaper cont of the photographs and TO per cent If the musical instruments imported into Japan. Z statistics for the past two years are not avail able, but the indications are that they will show | steady increase.
 Specifying the reasons for this large busi- ness a consular report says: "The increased demand for phonographs and musical instru- ments Is due partly to genuine interest in oc- cidental music, which has been developing in Japan for years, and partly to more recent dance craze which promises to do much toward increasing the popular liking for our music"
 Whether the photograph and dance craze have 90 served to develop the Japanese flappe-, and whether jazz selections are the most pop ular is not revealed in the statistics
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
REACHING OUT

Across the starry realms of space
 Some day. perchance, we'll fly, The pastime of a super-raee
 Who will not live and die, Confined to this poor earthly ball,
 But far beyond the blue On ruddy Mars will pay call
 And visit Saturn, too. And maybe on more distant flights,
 In worlds as yet unknown, We'll witness strangely stirring sights And be compelled to own That we who boast of knowledge vast And ancient errors spurn, For ages have dwelt in the past
 Have just begun to learn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
All unavoidsd is the doom of destiny.
 Richard III. THRILLING FEAT PERFORMED BY TWO ARMY AVIATORS

Pluck and daring may be met with any where, but seldom in a more spectacular form { than in the air where aviators have revealed almost superhuman endurance on number of occasions recently and courage which sim ply never stops to consider that there is such thing as danger.
 Mac, another cylinder Is leaking. I do not think we can go past Dayton. Better put soup, coffee sSE all in the water tank" That note was scribaied by Lieutenant Kelly to Lieuten- ant MacRsady, while the two army flyers were struggling heroically to make nonstop flight across the country. Lieutenant Kelly was drenched with spray from water jacket that had burst, but drove the F-2 throughout the night. When they landed at Fort Ben- jamin Harrison, near Indianapolis, all the water and other liquids they carried in the machine had been exhausted, after being poured into the radiator. Not till then did they give up.
 Yet, this was but one incident of history making flight. When Kelly and MacReady were forced to descend they had covered 2,060 miles on an attempted nonstop flight from San Diego Cal, to New York. They were in the air nearly 80 hours an dexposed to ter rife physical and mental strain For Il hours and 30 minutes they fought storm of wind and rain. When crossing the Rockies the wind was so strong that 1t threatened several times to turn the machine over. It was tossed L{I. ,vx1.. altitude of $500 feet, cliff suddenly loomed up in the path of the aviators. 'T began to guide the ship to avoid crashing" Lieutenant Kelly said, land by a mere chance was sue cessful in scaling the top of precipice by habout three feet" Imagine an escape like that! Yet 1t was just another "episode' in { the flight. When the water leak was discov- cred, while passing over Kansas, their luck S5keep in the air until they reached Fort Ben jamin Harrison.
 These two lieutenants established new en- durance flight of 82 hours over San Diego, but they found the cross-country trip more nerve- wracking, although they did not lose their way and kept close to schedule. This is the kind of flying that adds something to the knowledge of aviation, infinitely more worth while than ''stunt" flying to thrill gaping multitude.
 We may be tagging behind Europe in the development of aviation, but in skill and dar- \ ing our aviators still rank among the best in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
tory work he is specializing in chemistry, physics and zoology.

tory work he is specializing in chemistry, physics and zoology.
 In Nhs own words, Konrad weighs "A kilo- grams and is 184 centimeters tall. This makes him 161 pounds, we'll six feet and he has blond hair, blue eyes and an old world manner
 The son of the famous surgeon believes American universities give the best education in the world. Austrian universities are much smaller than American ones," he said. "They have very different laboratory methods, the professors and their assistants doing all the ex- perments in contrast to the American method of allowing the students to perform the tests themselves Of course Austrian universities have smaller funds at their disposal and there is the poverty of the students, who cannot af- ford to buy chemicals or laboratory equip ment."
 Konrad is living with his father and elder brother, Albert, at the Murray Hill hotel. He said Albert has been assisting his father with his operations for the last six years Dr. Lo- renz is to remain in this country until the spring, according to Konrad. Konrad will join him in Vienna and will return to Columbia for the next fall term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
BRAVE OLD DAYS

Correspondence of the New York World.
 London.--When John McCullum, a young clerk of Devonshre street, Marylebone, w., was charged at Marylebone with being drunk and incapable, he said he had only had three glasses of port and tripped on the pavement.
 MT Symmons tthe magistrate): Three glasses of port. Your ancestors would call it sugar water. They took it by the pint and went to bed on the heather and woke up fresh in the morning. Go away You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
 Another man was summoned for shouting, Rags and bones" at Hampstead to the an- noyance of the residents To him MT. Sym mons said: T like to hear them call out Rags and bones They used to cry Sweet laven- der,' but the street cries of London are going. They are delightful things. You have got be- tween the wind and our nobility, Shakes peare says"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
COAL IS SCARCE

acute than the general public seems to realize,'' said s. A. Jones, coal dealer of Avondae. T will venture to say that there are not more than 10, 900 tons of coal in all of the coal yards of Birmingham. And the worst part of it is the dealers cannot get all of their orders shipped. Only about 25 or 30 per cent of the original orders are received. The present wave of mild weather is God-send, and when this warm period is over I don't know what the public will do or where it will get it's coal.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
HE'S NOT ALONE

q have never seen anything talked of so much as the Halls-Mills murder ease,' said J. w. Shoot. "Everywhere-in hotels, restau- rants street cars-people discussing the all-absorbing mystery of the murder that has arrested the attention of nation. Personally, the case is an unsolvable enigma to me. l have made up my mind and then changed it several times in the course of the trial Al present, am as much at sea as eycr.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
ATTACKS ON SMALL MERCHANTS
 RESUMED IN BIRMINGHAM

similAr crimes, Birmingham has had another staxe" assault. That it did not result in the murder of merchant and his wife was not tho fault of the black brute who struck them down with some heavy instrument.
 Newspaper reporters have created the4impres- sion that most of these assaults which have occurred in various parts of Birmingham were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
 MOTOR WREcKS INCREASE

"The number of automobile wrecks seems to be considerably on the increase said E. C.. Thomas, manager of the Whitman Taxicab company. There is never week passes that we do not have several calls to bring demolished cars into town. Some weeks the number runs as high as 25. I am not prepared to offer any explanation of the situation, but 1 can testify that it exists to an unusual degree"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
cErTINc HIS BEARINGS

When you leave hope you will say good word for our hotel, sir?" Certainly" replied the guest who had been wandering around in fog for week. sbest place ever stopped-decidedly. By the way. continued the guest, with mysterious air, would you mind giving me little informa- ton?"
 "Of course not
 "What's the name of this hotel and, further more, what's the name of this town?"
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08

e. American manufacturers made more than 183,000,000 pairs of shoes in nine months, in addition to baby shoes, athletic shoes, rub bers and other varieties of footwear. What we are chiefly interested in is the output, or the importation, of Russian boots for flapper wear.
 A Detroit woman got divorce because her husband insisted cramming her head with culture instead of providing her with the ne- cessities of life. Most women would prefer new gown to the works of Emerson. Mickey" Walker who won the welter- weight championship from Jack Britton is now the foremost citizen of Elizabeth, N. J. That's "Mickey's" home town.
 k There is no pathos in the gobble of a Thanksgiving turkey as long as the fool bird doesn't know what is going to happen to him.
 x x An English film authority says Confucius made the first movie. We might have known the movies got their start in China, From time to time Cal Coolidge is quoted in the newspapers. He's making game fight against vice presidential obscurity.
 x The ex-Kaiser now has someone to walk about with him at Doorn and hear him tell of the good old days in Potsdam.
 X The nonchalance of avlators is marvel to people who won't trust themselves with just any kind of taxicab driver. A celebrated motion picture bathing beauty has been made star and wears clothes. It's a great loss to the screen The allies seeAnow that they made mistake in giving the Turk too many opportunities to assert himself.
 The young woman who dances all night long probably flatters herself that she's keeping fit to music"
 If the Japanese want to punish themselves with American jazz music, California isn't go- ing to care.
 During National Book Week" distinction scould be made between books for reading and hand-books.
 The sleuths at New Brunswick seem to know so much, can they tell us who planted that apple tree?
 
 As matter of fact, the Turk was dreaming in his tent of more democratic form of gov ernment.
 < It now appears that axe murders were not stopped in Birmingham, but temporarily sus- pended
 The Sultan is loath to admit that "the old order changes, giving place to the new.'
  The most painful part of an election is the necessity of gathering up the remains
 x Some of the wet nations might sing it, "Co- lumbia, quince of the ocean,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
THE OLD REMEDY

Science says the tired business man is pathological case.'
 "WilIthat make any difference in the treat ment?e
 T hardly think so. The musical comedy doctors will probably continue to prescribe liberal doses-of girls and music
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
A .oPERTY CAR

You'll never make motor salesman"
 Why not sir"
 'You tried to sell that movie actor fliv- yer, instead of showing him the most expen- sive cars carry"
 Don't misiudge me, boss. He just wanted something on four wheels to drive over cliff"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
M'LENDoN ENJOYED MEETING

"The Methodist conference in Decatur was the best we have ever had" said D. E. Me London, president of the city commission, who returned Monday. There were approximately 500 delegates, and there was a general spirit of earnestness and cooperation that was ex- ceedingly gratifying. I feel much refreshed and much inspired for having attended the conference"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
MONOGRAM ON AN APPLE

From the Popular Mechanics Magazine
 Monograms were stenciled, this fall. on the entire crop of an apple orchard in the western part of the state of Washington. The name or the coat of arms of the consignees, for the most part large hotels, was put on in blue ink while the apples were still green. After they had ripened the ink was washed off, leaving the design in pale greenish yellow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
IN STEPS OF FATHER

From the New York Herald.
 Konrad Lorenz, 19-year-old son of pr. Adolf Lorenz, Austrian orthopedc wonder worker, is registered as d freshman at Columbia college. He is taking the pre-medical course of six years and will study plastic surgery, following pro- gram arranged by his father. In his prepara-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
EFFLUvIA OF WEALTH

sIntroduee me to your rich friend,' said MT. Jagsby, eagerly.
 How do you know he's wealthy"
 "Nobody can blow whiff of Scotch into my face nowadays without creating that impress son."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
AN OUTSIDER

q thought you said you were favorite son and would win this race in a walk?"
 q misjudged my kinship with the voters" replied the defeated candidate, sadly. "Instead of being a favorite son, Tear I'm only dis tant relation and don't properly belong to the charmed family circle at all.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
AMERICAS BIT

From the Pttsburg Dispatch.
 President of the league assembly says Amer ica did the league service by staying out, putting it on it's good behavior to get us in, Then why changes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
SEDUCTIVE SCENT

The hot dog merchant need not ad- Vertise his wares; 'tis well. The souls of passers-by made glad They follow the smell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
GETTING BACK TO EARTH

From the Chicago News.
 Airplanes flying 300 miles an hour might bs expected to broaden the committing areas sur rounding the big cities, but hardly until the business of stepping back to earth is freed from some of it's present hazards. The danger is not in flying but in landing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
FUEL SHORTAGE THREATENED

From the Tampa Tribune
 The Birmingham Age Herald speaks of the Fearful toll taken by the open grate.' It's nothing to the fearful toll going to be taken in the this winter by the cold srats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
QUIET PLACE

"Well, I believe I'll run over to Europe fol a rest"
 "Going to Paris?"
 No. I thought I'd visit Geneva, where the League of Nations slumbers."
 Gosh! You must be in earnest about taking a rest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
- s7-7------- 7-'------------------- A LIT-UP LEAGUE?

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 What we seem to be mostly in need of Is a League of Nominations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
SCIENCE ASSISTS

Mothers no longer tell fairy tales,
 Nor sing to their babies sweet and low; When they come home tired by the bargain sales They give that job to the radip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08
PUTTING ON AIRS

T hate vulgar display"
 "Eh?"
 "A fellow just remarked before a crowd in cigar store that he had 10 tons of coal in his cellar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-08

typify. When the proud citizens of Elizabeth welcomed Mickey Walker home they were giving vent to natural emotions in healthful and normal way. Cheering baseball hero football hero or a pugiistic champion won't do any harm. It keeps the country young.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-25
Bureau Of
Missing
Relatives

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oDontlses or fvs<nds. The department 10
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about seven years ago. Any one
Knowing her whereabouts notify
Anna l.. Pierce. 1919 f3th ave.
Phone East 5io7.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-25

back into circulation. our per capita
money will increase about onethird
above the present s&si7 level. bring.
lng u to about tss. or about 10 per
cent above Tho 1919 level.
I'm this manner. tho normal ratio
% gold 10 money will he restored.
The process Ia automatic and nigh;
well be called irrevocabie.
And Ia ratio 90 tho Increase Of
our per capita money our wagc level.
too. will also rise 40 per cent. or 50
per cent above 1914 standards.
Common and unskilied labor will
hc first 10 show a marked upward
trend. Already II has risen in many
localities And average Wholesale
prices have risen nina per cent. AZ
shown by government reports. slnse
the first OF the present year.
silk shirt days are coming back
Tell the worker 20 save his surplus
this time. because after the tip-top
peak has been reached. wen go down
the toboRgan again. There can be
no prosperity stablliEation while the
balance Of trade IL In our favor and
our rold reserve holds out"
Gillette successfully predicted the
drop In commodity prices from s47
above tho 1914 level when they
rose 60 that peak in June OF 1920.
Copyright. ios7. ~. T.. A. serviccl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-25
.LENIN AGAINST
DEBS, C0MPERS
Report Seized by U. S.
Agents In Raid

ST. JOSEPH. Mich. Aus. ss.--
Overthrow Of Eugene V. pehs and
Samuel Comperp as leaders OF Amer.
lean labor was urged By Nikolai 10.
nin and tho third internAtionale OF
Russia. according 10 report sslzed
by federal agents In tho Bridgeman
raid.
The report was made by one Of the
Russian delegates 20 the communist
convention which broke IN when fed.
erai agents arrested Is delegates.
Allen Meyers. special agent In
charge OF the investigation. declared
that the report outlined plans Of the
Russian reds TO establish a soviet In
this country.
Agents were working 10 determine
whether the report was brought to
this country by Arnold LoEowsky OF
Maurice Reinstein. who were known
90 have been delegates from Russia.
Both men escaped shortly before the
raid.
The report reveals that tho
Trades Union Educational league.
headed by william y. Foster. II an
offshoot OF the third INTERNATIONALLY
Meyers stated.
This report revealed n elear-cut
revolutionary program. calling on
the communists TO overthrow the old
machine OF Gompera and accept the
dictatorship of the proletariat.
THE manuscript stated tina, tho
collapse Of the socialist party In this
country was due 10 the fact that they
did not organize tho masses
''Dehs was man who never really
grasped the significance Of the or
ganirAtion OF men," the report said
This message from ienine stated
that organization Of the masses In a
revolutionary program to overthrow
conservative leaders such an Comp.
ers was the only plan"
Meyers also declared tina, delegates
al the convention had branded rail
union leaders a. towards. ''~ho did
not dare 20 tell their men that this
brotherhood was at work.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-25

day. Unemployment IL soon 10 cease
entirely. Clear the Industrial decks
for an immediate resumption of bust.
ness.
Thus says Haibert p. Gillette. cd.
itor OF Engineering and Contracting.
and well.known financial expert OF
Chicago. Gillette Is former BellIng.
ham, wash. resident.
lie bases his prognosIs on these
factors:
Increase OF per capita money
which must result from ieveiing our
tremendous gold reserve TO a $3.50
basis with other currency.
Booming OF wages In proportion to
the Increase OF per capita money.
Complete return TO good times will
be fully accomplished within the
next three years. with conditions
steadily Improving up TO that time.
he says. But commodity prices. In.
GLIDING rents and other necessities
viii also reach new advanced level.
Judged by past business cycles.
we shall experience rising prices and
wages for the next two or three
years. look 10 see "a rise OF about
80 per cent--possibly more--within
that time" Gillette says.
This must result. because our per
capita money In circulation has near.
" always equaled twice our per
capita gold. And at present our per
capita money IN only so per cent
moro thnn oub per capita gold.
Therefore II Is entirely safe 10 az.
sumo that. MS times improve and
federal reserve bank notes flow