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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
PASSPORTS
From the San Francisco Bulletin.

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
To many Americans the most objection
able feature of the war was the necessity
of securing passports. AS people we do
not take kindly to being officially inspected,
registered and tagged. We prefer to think
that the simple statement, 81 am an Ameri-
can ctizen,' is passport enough for any
country in the world. But whatever may
be endurable in war time, there is no need
for enduring inconvenience in times of
peace. Here we are, four years after the
signing of the armistce, with passport
position even worse than it was during the
conflict. Tourists, business men and COM
mereal agents are compelled to secure their
papers whenever they want to go out of the
country and while they paid only So for
a passport in war time, they must now pay
$40. As far as the tourist end of the prop
osition is concerned, it is simply matter
of revenue, but to business agents it is a
severe penalty and not one imposed by some
of our most effective competitors. France,
Great Britain and Belgium have an arrange
without passport. 1t is not a question that
personally affects the great mass of our
people, but as the most progressive of the
nations we should not lag behind others in
matter that more than any other affects our
reputation for freedom.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
THE COURTS WILL SETTLE 1T

The National Guard represents the emer-
gency police power of tho state of Alabama.
unit was sent to Birmingham to quell out
breaks of violence when the situation be-
came beyond the local police ability to con-
troll. Arrests have been made and certain
ones have been regularly placed under bond
awaiting trial in state and federal courts.
The charge is made that these arrests were
improperly made and the men improperly
in the courts and the defendants bonded
shows that the courts found no irregularity
in the premises The further fact that the
courts refused to issue injunctions against
the operations of the Guard indicates that
those appealing for the injunction were I'M
able to prove to the court that the National
Guard was violating any constitutional rights
of citizens.
However, the compliments, as Is their
right, have appealed to the governor to take
cognizance of their allegations If there is
any proof of wrongdoing on the part of the
guardsmen or their officers, undoubtedly
such measures will be taken as the facts
warrant. The inescapable fact, as far as
the citizens and tax payers of Jefferson
county are concerned, is, that the Guard has
halted deeds of violence Of the sort it has
been sent to quell and the public Is CORE
pondingy grateful for this result. The
redress of all parties lies in the courts. Let
the cases come to trial, and lot the facts be
established.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
AND CHARITY

From the Los Angeles Times.
A story illustrative of the wit of Prof.
Alfred Noyes,->the Anglo-American poet,
is going the rounds of London, where he is
now enjoying holiday.
Professor Moves, not long since, gave q
volume of his poetry to Princeton stu
dent, promising sophomore, inscribing on
the fly leaf
ITO Thomas Dash, with the authors hope
and faith"
week or so later in a secondhand shop,
Professor Noyes stumbled Dash's pre-
sentation copy. He bought it in with grim
smile and returned it to the sophomore with
second transcription:
This volume, picked up secondhand yes
terday, is represented to Thomas Dash, with
renewed assurance of the authors hope and
faith"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12

1922 tariff act, a consequence of the
recent doubling of the Italian duty on inn
ports of cottonseed oil. The Italians regard
cottonseed oil as competitive with their own
olive oil. The principle of retaliation in
matters of tariff imposts is fundamentally
wrong and entails an endless commercial
war. We have already done with respect
to thousands of articles what Italy has done
with respect to cottonseed oil. Instead of
being in position to retort by means of
retaliation, we have actually invited retaia-
ton on the part of all other nations. We
impose heavy duty on nearly every sort Of
product imported. The nations that would
send their products here have the same
grievance against us as we have against
Italy, only with wider application. There
is no end to the ill-effects of tariff retalia-
ton if the principle is once accepted>by the
nations. We, least of all, should insist upon
it. We cannot afford to.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
NOT POLITICAL PRISONERS

Resolutions have been adopted by welfare
workers, suffragists and others at Washing
ton, calling on President Harding to grant
Christmas amnesty to 81 men still held in
federal prisons for violating wartime leg
itlation. This is the latest movement in
lengthy series of attempts to gain their free
dom by bringing pressure to bear on the
White House. 1t has not succeeded in the
rast and will probably not succeed in this
eese. The President has wisely turned
leaf ear to pleas for amnesty which are
hased on hysteria and transformation, if
aething worse. They at least show disre-
'Hard Tor the considerations which led to the.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
REDUCE RECKLESSNESS

Two automobile accidents in Birming-
ham Sunday, with fatal results, again EN-
phasize the necessity for providing more
adequate protection for motorists and pc
destrians Without attempting to place
the blame Tor these particular cases, it
might be well to point out that a large
majority of the motor accidents which occur
on the streets of American cities are due to
the carelessness, either of pedestrians or
of drivers, often both. Jail sentences for
reckless driving are being imposed in Los
Angeles as well as other parts of the
country, and they have had beneficial
effect. The mere fact that motorists APP
pear repeatedly in court, charged with the
same offense, would indicate that fines do
not constitute sufficiently drastic form
of punishment.
The proposal to license automobile dri-
vers might result in greatly reducing the
number of accidents, if such a law were
strictly enforced. inexperienced and i'm
mature persons should never be permitted
to drive an automobile, especially in the
business district, where the traffic is heavy.
Instruction in driving can be given on less
frequented streets, and no one should be
entrusted with the steering wheel of a motor
car until thoroughly competent. These pre-
cautions are often disregarded in Birming-
ham. Young boys and girls who have little
or no sense of responsibility are frequently
seen driving cars. The prevention of auto
mobile accidents rests largely on drivers
and pedestrians. No matter how many
laws are passed., there will continue to be
injuries and deaths, unless precautions are
observed by individuals that will minimize
risk. The public is aroused by the increas-
ing number of injuries and fatalities caused
by automobiles and will approve Of legal
steps to lessen this evil. The courts al
ready have authority tp' cope with reckless
driving That authority should be exerted
for the public safety.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
THE POPULATION OF HAWAII

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The fact that the Hawaiian race is slowly
dying out has long been known. From
figures given in the report of the Secretary
of the Interior it appears that the process
is continuing and the people of this country
ought to be interested, whether they are or
not, in the character of the future popula-
ton of the territory. 1t is certain that it
will not be Hawaiian unless something an
preaching a miracle should intervene in
favor of that unfortunate people and the
outlook is that it will be mostly Asiatic. Out
of the 256,000 people now in the islands
10000 are Japanese, Chinese, Filipino,.
Koreans and other Orientals, and in the
last 10 years their gain was $4,000 out #
the total gain of $4,000. The largest share
in this increase was Japanese, with the Fill
pnos next, while the Hawaians fell off and
none of the Caucasian. races approached
the Asiatics. All of the Asiatics except the
Koreans showed an excess of births over
deaths, while the American, British, German
and Russian elements in the population all
failed to gain by births.
Hawaii is more important part OF the
national domain than many Americans sup
pose. 1t paid more taxes to the fedora!
government last year than any one Of Ia
states of this union, but the islands seem
destined permanently alien from the United
States in race
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12

Senator Williams of Mississippi intro
duced a resolution to honor the memory Of
the faithful colored mammies of the
south" by monument to be erected in
Washington, "as gift of the people of the
United States" The "black nanny" has
been extoled in song and story Her 10y
atty and service have made an impression
on the southern people that will be handed
down to future generations, but memorial
in bronze or marble would be deserved
tribute.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
SEA-FEvER
BY John Masefield.

BY John Masefield.
/ must down to the seas again, to
the lone sea and the sky,
And all | ask is tall ship and
star to steer her by,
And the wheels kick and the wind
song and the white SAIL shsk
ing,
And gray mist on the seas fee
and gray dawn brsaking.
| must down to the seas sgaiIss f3r
the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and clear call that
may not be denied;
And all + ask is a windy day with
the white clouds filing,
And the flung spray of the blcwn
spume and the sea gals cr.f
ing.
| must down to the ecss agaln 10
the vagrant gypsy lie,
To the gull's way and tie whsle
way where the winds ike
whetted knife;
And all ask is a merry yarn fre
laughing fellow rover.
And quiet sleep and sweet tlrea a
when the long tricks 9vex.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
A Timely Editorial
High Records in Homicide.
From the Springville Republican.

From the Springvllle Republican.
The homicide rate in % American
cities, with population of 20 u
millions, was 9.3 per 100000 in
1921, according to figures compiled
for the New York insurance jour
nal, the Spectator. This rate COM
pares with a rate of 8.5 both in
the previous year and in the five.
year period ending with 1920. 1t
is the highest rate in any year for
which data are available. The pre-
vious high mark, al, was reached
in 1916. The rate IN 1900 was OIL.
The gain which was made since
the abnormal times following the
World war has rbeen lost.
In III of the 20 cities there has
been some progress. Hartford
reaches the place If merit by de-
cline in rate from Az in the pre-
vious five-year period to Ia. Bos-
ton is in third placement to Mil
waukee. which has remained sta
tionary-with a decline from 4.6
to ST.. The rate in Memphis has
fallen from 60.9 to 56.8, with which
still enormous figures that city
maintains IT'S record as far the worst
of them all. Nashville, in the same
state, regains the second place in
dishonor with a jump from rate
of PIP to one of 35.1, slightly un-
der the figures for 1911-1915.
St. Louis takes third place with
a Jump from 1868 to 17.2. In
191l-1915 its rate was 14.3. New
York, which in. 1920 showed prog
ress, has increased it's rate from 5
in the five-year period ending with
that year to 60. Chicago's rate
progressively advancir& like that
of st. Louis-went from 10.7
to 11.8.
The striking contrast between
south and north generally and be-
tween Chicago and st. Louis on the
one hand and New York and Boston
on the other, again marks the ex-
hibit. What is the explanation?
In the south large proportion of
the victims of homicide are negroes,
Out the ldCl ledNeS HluCH w bS ca
planned. In Chicago, which, like
New York, has an enormous alien
population, lawlessness has long
taken on specially violent forms.
But what is the reason?
There is evidently fruitful field
here for a comparative study of
great value. DR.. Frederick L. Hoff-
man, author of the Spectators ar
ticle, urges the preventive meas.
ures of control of the sale of dan
gerous weapons and poisonous sub
stances, points to the failure of the
law promptly to discover and punish
offenders as encouraging to crimi-
mails and suggests that moving pic
lures and sensational stories of
crime bring in and coach recruits
to the ranks. These are pertinent
comments, but, as DR.. Hoffman also
observes, the situation calls for a
thoroughgoing INJURY and an ag-
gressive determination to effect q
remedy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
MAILING A LIE
From the Louisville Courier-Jour-

From the Louisville Courier-J our
nal.
Denial, official and conclusive, of
the studied Misrepresentation made
by the Imperial German Govern
ment that the Lusitania on its last
voyage from New York to England
was "a floating arsenal" is at length
recorded in the report made by
Dudley Field Malone, Collector of
Customs at the port of New York at
the time the Lusitania sailed. All
most six years after America ems
tered the war. the last vesitige of
justification for Germany's afro
cious act in sinking the vessel is now
completed riddled.
Though the German claim that
the Lusltania was torpedoed be-
cause it was "a floating arsenal
has been taken seriously in America
only by those in symathy with Ger
many, it well that the excuse offer
ed Germany for its barbaric act
should be exposed in all its cow
ardly hhideousness. Citizens of
country who have screened their dis
loyalty behine that well-thought-
out bit Of fiction are now left with
out leg to stand on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
SECTS MINCLE IN ALBANIA

Viola /. Paradise and Helen Campbell, in
Scribner's Magazine.
Although II per cent of the people Il
Albania are Moslem, 10 per cent Albanian
Orthodox, 10 per cent Roman Catholic, thew
are not ritual bound. Formal religion -
parenthetical-a matter of custom, and IN
no way divides the people. Christian and
Moslem children attend the same schools. At
and Easter midnight masa we saw nearly
as many Mohammedans as Christians in the
Orthodox church; and others were waiting
outside to bid their friends happy Easter.
Imam Ali the Indian delegate to the Leagus
of Nations, defending Albania's request for
membership, said that Albania was 'the
only country in the world where Christians
and Mohammedans lived together like
brothers."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
My Favorite Stories
BORDERING ON THE UNREASONABLE
By IRWIN S. COBB

The hero of this story was one of those
persons who accept whatever happens
manifestation of the divine power. 1t was
not for him to question the workings Of
mysterious Providence.
Misfortune logged his footsteps, yet never
once did he complain His wife ran away
with the hired man. His daughter married
a ne'er-do-wel who deserted her; his son
landed in the penitentiary; cyclone de-
stroyed his residence, hailstorm spoiled his
crop and the holder of the mortgage fore
closed on his farm. Yet at each fresh stroke
he knelt and returned thanks to the Almighty
for mercies vouchsafed.
Eventually pauperized but yet submissive
to the DEGREES from on high, he landed at the
county poorhouse. He still was able bodied.
Until now his members and faculties, at
least, had been spared. The overseer sent
him out one day to pillow potato field. A
thunder storm came up but was passing by
when, without warning, a bolt of lightning
descended from the sky. 1t melted the plow-
share, stripped most of his garments from
him, snged off his beard and mustache.
| branded him on the back with the initials of
an utter stranger, and hurled him through
a brush fence
Slowly he got upon his knees clasped his
hands and raised his eyes toward heaven
Then, for the first time, the worm turned:
Lord" he said, 'this is gettin' to be
plum rediculous!"
Copyright 1922 by the Mcknight Syndicate Inea
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
A Duty to Perform
From the Collinsville Post.

From the Collinsville Post.
The man who makes money in
community has duty to perform
to that community. 1t may be that
he has made his money by his SUI
perior business ability, and that he
would have done as well anywhere.
That does not alter the case. If
his gifts are great, his response
bility is equally as great. No man
was placed on earth for the sole
purpose of making money, and the
man who has this as his ideal had
better never have been born. 1t
is not an act of charity, but the per-
Torrance of a simple duty for the
man who has made his money to
pass little of it on for the benefit
of the community. even though he
never expects to see a dollar of his
contributions back.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
ROMANS KNEW ALUMINIUM

From the Detroit News.
Aluminium is believed to have
been known to the Romans, who
extracted it from the earth by Sc
cret process. During the reign of
Tiberius worker in metals appeared
at the imperial palace. He dis
played beautiful cup made of some
white metal that shone like silver.
In presenting it to Tiberius he
purposely dropped it. The cup
seemed to be hopelessly ruined BY
the fall, but the artificer's hammer
quickly repaired the damage. Thus
it was seen that the metal was not
silver. tt presented an equally
brilliant appearance, but it was more,
mallsableI more durable and much
lighter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
Busy at Muscle Shoal.

From the Cullman Tribune.
Three shifts of men numbering
near 1900 are pushing work on
Muscle Shoals, where concrete Is
now being poured every hour of the
night and day. The Harvesting Of
this mighty water power will be
accomplished within the next two
years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
RETALIATION

From the Los Angeles Times.
Senator Simmons, was talking
about the tariff war between Spain
and France.
"These two nations are hurting
each other so ingeniously through.
their tariffs" he said, that it re-
minds me Of little Willie.
Little Willie pointed at his sis
ter's sweetheart. Mr.. Jones.
"'Mr. Jones kicked me yester.
day. he snarled, but ! got even
with him. you bet your life mixed
up quinine with my sisters face
powder"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
THE MATTER WITH EUROPE

From the Kansas City Star.
The allied military and naval ex-
perts at Lausanne reached an
agreement on the Dardanelles ques-
ton after day of wrangling.'
Europe is suffering from the ef-
fects Of lot Of agreements reached
that way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
Ye Editor Sees Red

We have not carried pistol in 25 years
or more, but when that idiot, crook, devil, or
drunk thing attempted to run his car over
last Friday evening, we were made to re-
greet the fact that we have ceased to go
heeled We would have given all of our
earthly possessions for the use of good S8
10 seconds.-Chilton County News.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
A Latter-Day Thrill

''In the old days when man went out
west he could see horse thieves lynched,
bad men shooting up towns, stage coaches
robbed and all kinds of excitement,
"But now the most exciting experience
he can have is to strike up an acquaintance
with screen celebrity and talk about it for
the rest of his life"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
To Honor an Albanian

From the Talladega Home.
How soon is the individual for
gotten? The business women's
clubs of the state are determined,
however, to see that the name of
John Pratt, the real inventor of the
typewriter, is not of that class.
They are at work on raising me-
mortal fund in his honor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12

From the Fairhope Courier.
County Agent McGowen, in a re-
cent call at the Courier office,
brought the good news that in 500
test injections of tuberculin in cat
tie in this vicinity not one reactor
had been found; which seems quite
remarkable result. tuberculosis,
however, is not frequent in range
cattle. 1t is most frequently found
among those which are kept largely
in confinement and otherwise under
unnatural conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
Alabama Press
Furnishing the GuiItIess

from the MoDlle Register.
Wetumpka, Ala, is preventing
speeding by constructing thank-you-
ma ans in its main street, which is
a way of incommoding and punish
ing all the decent operators of au-
tomobiles because of the few
speeders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
Adrift With the Times
After the Crash

Beneath a shattered car he lay
And suffered from a mortal hurt;
Rescuers heard him feebly say,
at serves me right. tried to flirt
With some fair maiden passing by,
Whose face | never saw before,
But from the road took mine eye
And now my earthly days are Ger"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
Keep at Work

From the Andalusia Star.
Reduce the overhead" is
sound maxim for increasing the
profits of any business. One way
to reduce the overhead is to use the
plant or office 16 hours a day, in
stead of eight, or 10 hours a day
instead of five. And if the plant"
happens to be public school, the
rule no less holds good.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
The Laws So Inquisitive

"Why do. you want divoree?' asked the
lawyer
"oh, just because said the fair visitor.
z "'Just because is good feminine ex-
cuse, but if you want to get the judges Sc
rious attention you'll have to amplify it
little in court"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
An over.hadowing Personality

"Your boy is credit to you at college"
Because he's on the football team?"
"Of course
81 may be an old-fashoned man, but
would feel more encouraged about my sons
future if he'd occasionally write me some
thing a professor said and not SO many
verbatim reports of what the coach said"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
He Knows

'If you suspect remarked Mr.. Grump-
son, that people are living beyond their
means and are not paying bills promptly,
don't make inquiries of their favorite gaso-
line merchant Ask the man who sells them
groceries"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12

Alabama has more steam power general
ed by coal than any other southern state.
But Alabama has coal convenient to boilers
of steam plants and can produce electricity
by steam at lowest cost. Meanwhile water
power is being rapidly developed and Ala
bama will soon lead in both kinds of cleo
trio power.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
A Tribute of Affection

"There was an affecting scene in court
this morning"
"Well?"
"A gentleman who had just been divorced
by his wife burst into tears and informed
sympathetic spectators that he had lost the
best home brewer in seven states"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12

The house of representatives is proceed
ing with impeachment charges without
rightly understanding the basis on which
such charges should rest. Still, it all serves
to pass the time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12

1t looks as if Rodolph Valentino would
continue under contract to the hard task
masters who merely pay him about thou
said dollars more a week than he received
while he was dancing for living
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-12
Not Els Fight

The gasoline war, now being waged in
Birmingham, may be viewed with academic
interest by the citizen who is waiting on
corner, near filling station, for one-man
trolley car to take him to town.
PAUL COOK.