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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
LEGION OUTRAGED
BONUS ADVOCATES.
Efforts Failed to Have Legion
Convention Condemn Hard
ina Administration
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS
Washington Bureau. The Age Herald,
800 Davidson RuiIdin

SOU DAVIuSOn Building.
Washington, october 2S.-CSpecial.)
In order that their positions might
be sustained, those who supported
, the bonus bill in the House md Sem
ate Indirectly, In some instances, and
directly in others, urged the Amer
lean Legion, in its New Orleans con-
vention, to condemn those fho OPP
posed the bonus and President Hard
ing. who vetoed it.
Today these members of Congress
are outraged. For the legion re-
fused to support them in return for
their support of the demands of the
legion. Democratic members are
especially chagrined. For they not
only wanted the legion to pay them
compliment, but wanted the egio1
also to condemn the Harding admin
istration.
Congressional bonus advocates
quietly today that the legion has
situation. Tho legion has given indi-
cation that 1t was not as deeply con-
cerned with the bonus as congress-
men thought it to be, and SO de-
clared. It is taken for granted here
mat tHS iSSlOu Qiu nv pAObSho ~
stand sponsor for those members
who voted for bonus. but lacked
the courage to devise new forms of
taxation with which to pay it.
The report in Washington, seem
ingly we'll established, Is that the
legion. in another session of Con-
gress. will renew the fight for a
bonus, but will insist that those who
clamor loudest for the soldiers. pre-
pare a bill which the President will
sign-one that carries machinery for
the payment of its own cost.
Those who attended the legion
meeting at New Orleans are laid to
have secretly criticised those who
passed bill which they knew in
advance the President would veto.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
THREE

title and robes of a canon ON the
Rev. Father Ten Brink OF st. Pat
ricks Catholic church here. Tho
bishop, who has been a missionary
many years, was eager to recognize
the faithful services OF Father Ten
Brink, who has labored in Mississippi
rs years, and in Meridian Is OF these
years.
The ceremony incident to the dis
tinction conferred on Father Ten
Brink was at the 10 o'clock mass.
Last night following services at ST.
Patricks church, Bishop Gum was
rendered a reception at the Knights
of Columbus hall. the entire congre-
cation and a large number OF others
being present to greet the visitor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS
Washington Bureau, The Agc-HeraId,
500 Davidson Building

Washington, October 23.--(Spe-
cial)-statistics in the DEPARTING
of commerce indicate that the cotton
spinning industry is southwark
bound, and that in course of time
southern states will have a monopoly
in the production of cotton goods as
well as in the production of the raw
material.
New England manufacturers are
said to be firing of the handicap
which distance from the locality of
production imposes Alabama. Geor-
gia and South Carolina are the states
which the department of commerce
thinks will continue to show remark
able progress and development in the
cotton spinning industry.
There are Is principle cotton spin
ming states. only six of which are
In the south. They are Alabama,
Georgia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Virginia and Tennessee. The
total number of spindles in the
United States is 37,075,407. In the six
southern states the number of spin
dies is 1s,094,073. Figures possessed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
New Highways Added
Total 10000 Miles

Washington. October 2s.-(special.)
Ten thousand miles of completed fed
oral aid highways were added to the
mileage of the nations good roads
the last fiscal year, it is announced
today by the bureau of public roads.
At the beginning Of the last fiscal
year, the total mileage was 1900.
There were under construction at
that time $4,000 miles. At the close
of the year, the completed mileage
totaled 17.700 miles Under construc-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
FAIR BIG SUCCESS
Centerpoint Community Fair Held
Near Wetumpka

Wetumpka, October 23.-(Special.)
The community fair held at Center
point last Friday. according to the
reports, was a great success. The
entire community. together with the
schools of surrounding communities,
were in attendance.
Excellent speeches were delivered
by Miss Fay Newman, county home
demonstration agent; Miss Malsen
district agent from Auburn; Prof A.
Carnes of the state Second Agricul-
tural school at Wetumpka; Prof. b.
II. Walkley of the Elmore County
High school; H. NJ. Lewis, Gilmore
county farm demonstration agent,
and unmber of local men,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
ORGANIZE ORCHESTRA

Hartford. October 23.-(SpeoiaL)-
There has been organized in the &C.
neva County High school a high
school orchestra. The leader Is Clar-
ence HUTCHINSON, one of the band
boys, and the pianist is Miss Frances
Barnelle.
The orchestra will play in concer.
every Wednesday morning at the
chapel exercises. 1t was organized
from the Boy Scout band, which has
20 members, and is the first Boy
Scout band in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
SHRINERS ORGANIZE
Butler County Club With 80 Men,
bers Formed

Greenville, October 23.-(special.)--
The Butler county Shriners' club was
organized this week with a member
ship OF over so shriners from Green
vile, Chapman. Mckenzie, Georgiana
and other Butler county points. The
purpose of the organization Is to
make possible a closer touch with
the members of the organization and
to have more united connection
with the temple at Montgomery. of
which all of them are members
The following officers were elected:
President, Judge G. F. Winkler: vice
president, Clifford Fulford; secretary
and treasurer, Rouse Smith; repre-
sentative at temple, Il. NJ. Lewis:
delegate TO imperial council at
Washington, c. F. Winkler.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
South Becoming Center of
Cotton Spinning Industry

by the department of commerce for
September this year show that while
southern spindles are fewer by
100000 than spindles in all other
states. active spindle hours-indica-
tive OF business-were 100000 in
excess in the south.
South Leads
The average hour per spindle in
the south for September was 270; in
all other states, 1873. The average
hour per spindle in South Carolina
surpassed that of any other state,
277 as against 276 for North Caro-
lima.
Spindles in southern states and
their average hour per spindle in
September are published by the de-
partment of commerce as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24

tion at tho close OF the year were
IA 1900 Expenditures the ensuing
fiscal year will approximate S742,
000,0 900
Texas led all states with completed
mileage last year with $50 miles.
States which completed 500 miles
we're Arkansas Georgia, Iowa, Min
nesota and North Carolina
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
ROAD NEAR COMPLETION
Dora Spur of Bankhead Highway Be-
ing Constructed

Dora. October 23.-(special.)-J.
w. Chance. road contractor. an
nounces that the grade work on the
Dora spur of the Bankhead highway,
connecting with the state highway at
Summit. q distance of about three
miles, is nearing completion and that
the roadbed will be crowned with
ebert and finished by November /.
The grade work on the western
part of the Bankhead highway be-
tween Cordova and the point at which
1t intersects the state highway near
Jasper Is progressing nicely.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
BUYs $4,000 FARM

wetumpka, October 23.-(Special }
Mr.. Ben F. Williams, prominent Ell
more county farmer and a state Of
fioer of the Alabama farm bureau
cotton association, purchased the L.
c. Smith place Saturday of last week
for the sum of $4,000. This land
sold for $50 per acre.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
FATHER TEN BRINK OF
MERIDIAN is H0N0RED

Meridian. October 23-tspecial.3-
Ri. Rev John E. Gum, bishop of
Nstchez. was a distinguished visitor
here Sunday, coming to confer the
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
The Legion Was Born
1OLF is a game like life. That's
why men learn to love it and
. never get over their love.

A LVIN OWSLEY, new National
"A Commander of the American
"A Legion, spoke simple, but sig
nificant words at the dedication of
Nebraska's new Capitol a few days
ago. He said:
The ending Of war Is a great
thing, but the beginning of peace
is greater thing; for with the
coming Of a just peace the march
Of mankind is taken up again,
mankind going forward step by
step to better things.
That is the right note, for the
Legion had its birth not in the fight
ing, but in the ideals for which
ostensibly the war was waged.
These ideals, we believed, were
hindered by those whom we fought.
Peace only brought the chance to
resume more favorably the struggle
for the universal ideals of man
kind.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Speeders See
Their Work
THE public imagination is held

THE public imagination is held
for a moment when some
well-known name is dragged
into court and besmirched with the
charge of reckless driving Of q
motor vehicle.
This is a disgrace which the pay
ment Of fine or the spending Of a
day in prison does not wipe out. A
society regardful Of the life of its
members should not tolerate this
kind of slaughtering of innocents.
Even if no one is killed or in
jured by q given instance Of reck-
less driving, the act itself is so pat
emily anti-social as to fix upon such
driver the stigma of an enemy to
society.
Out in Detroit, Judge Charles L.
Bartlett has read a salutary lesson
to reckless speeders, and he has
shown to other judges the example
of necessary sternness to this type
of law-breaker. He jailed two
drivers and had group of twenty
eight others, who had received sen.
tences to the House of Correction,
escorted through the ward of the
Receiving Hospital, where children
injured in traffic accidents are
cared for.
The victims, crippled boys and
girls, stared curiously at their visi-
tors. The criminally reckless driv-
ers in turn probably received more
effective punishment from this
sight than fine or Imprisonment
could have inflicted.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Why Men LOUe Golf

HOLF is a game like life. That s
4. why men learn to love it and
~ never get over their love.
1t calls for those qualities that
we associate with real manhood
decision, accuracy, nerves of steel,
perseverance, self-control.
Take your eye an instant off the
ball, let your wrist turn ever so
little on the downward swing, for
get to follow through-and you top
or slice or pull your stroke and are
in trouble: in sandpit, bunker,
swamp or bracken.
Everyone gets into trouble on
the golf course. The test is get;
ting out of it. That's when nerve
and steadiness and determination
tell. That, too, is life.
For a bad shot the golfer can
curse and blame the wind, the sun,
bad lie, disturbing motion by
his caddie. Or he can analyze the
false stroke and not make just that
mistake again. In golf he always
has another chance coming. 1nat :
even little better than life.
Observation of perfect models,
constant practice, self-study, self
analysis, self-control-these make
for success on the links-and e,s :,
where.
So the royal and ancient game
has virtue even more fundamental
than getting us out in the open,
our feet on the soil, our heads
barred to the sun and the wind, our
lungs rejoicing in the air.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Wanted, the Facts

A TRIBUNAL of inquiry, as
n fairly made up as is humanity
IA possible, but without other
power of enforcement than the rea-
sonableness of its recommendations,
seems to be the Presidents idea
of what should replace the discredit-
ed Railway Labor Board.
1t is worthy of trial. Its value
would depend wholly upon how
accurately and promptly it could
inform the public of the FACTS in
a transportation dispute.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
The Bonus Wins
president HARDING, accord

president HARDING, accord
ing to Washington reports, has
i been "won" to the bonus. He
has not needed to be won. He has
long believed in it and been COM
mitted to it. What he insists upon
is the proper provision for paying
the bonus.
President Harding favors a sales
tax. So do We; not only to pro-
vide bonus payments, but as a per-
manent element in a national sys-
tenn of taxation which shall fall
lightly and broadly on all classes.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21

CHE sang and occasionally
~ uttered words. To her
amazement the children began
to initiate the sounds. Natur-
ally. she encouraged them to
speak, until they developed
quite a vocabulary.
Her visit finished. she took
them to her own home, where
they learned to talk like other
children. For It was found that
they had not inherited the de-
fects Of their unspeaking
parents.
They needed only the right
setting. the example Of speech
and the use Of their vocal ap-
paratus. in order to become
conversational animals like
the rest Of US.
IT II hard to believe that one
L might have perfect organs
Of speech and yet be unable
to speak.
But why not? Biblicaliy we
are assured that folks may
have ears and not hear. have
eyes and not BEE.
That. OF course. is deliberate
deafness and blindness
But. though man Is distin-
guished by his acquired habit
Of conversation from the rest
Of the animal world that
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
When Women
Disagree
THE National Woman's Party
L.s ;rorrraI xba wrofhft1I op

"dE NdtlOnal woman fdrty
has incurred the wrathful op-
position of the National Con-
sumers' League-composed mainly
of women also-with a membership
of ten millions.
The Consumers League refuses
to accept the National Woman 5
Party's Blanket Equality bill,
whereas the league and co-operat-
ing organizations urge a series Of
laws which will favor women in
industry.
Further than that, the leaguers
oppose the blanket method of the
Womans Party because it en-
dangers the laws already passed
for the protection Of wage-earning
women and for women in homes.
1t appears that the militant self
assertion of the Woman's Party is
moving toward a dangerous ex-
treme, that-body ofsvaliant fighters
for the recognition Of feminine
equality. They want no considera-
ton as. women. They oppose all
protective laws for women in in
dustry unless such laws apply
equally to men.
On the other hand, the Consum-
ers' League group are still willing
to face the facts Of nature. There
fore they favor laws-and more
laws-that take into account the
biological difference between men
and women, and the specific needs
of women that result therefrom.
Our vote is unreservedly with the
women who do not choose to be-
lieve that the laws of man can do
away with the laws of nature. Po-
litical enfranchisement does not
change the physical constitution of
women. Anti-feminists used to talk
as though they feared that casting
a ballot would literally unsex
women.
Men and women are not equal.
They are equivalent, which is more
important. No decent man, worthy
of the name, and no self-respecting
woman will think less Of women If
laws need to be framed which will
compensate the sex for handicaps
imposed by nature. The health of
the nation and the virility of future
generations demand such special
consideration.
1t would seem as though the
group of women specializing in
politics should be able to get to-
gether with the other group more
concerned with the practical as
poets of women's work in the
world. 1t used to be said that
when doctors agree the millennium
is near. When women disagree,
social progress certainly is appre-
ciably delayed.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21

; story OF the mutiny Of the Boun-
ty IN the South Seas In 17Sf.
The captain and eighteen ON
GERS and sailors were turned
adrfft IN a small boat in the
Pacific ocean. They lived m
that boat throughout q voyage
Of S.sls nautical mffes. lasting
forty-one days and only one
man pertshed.
The daily ration for each
man was an ounce and a half
of pork. . teaspoonfui Of rum.
haf q pint Of cocoanut milk ana
an ounce Of broad. They en-
countered storms. freezing cold
and broffing heat.
There was. however. no com
piaint about bed sheetsL W
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21

HERE is the case Of two
III children born OF deaf and
dumb parents, living on a re-
mote Western ranch. where
they were rarely visited by
talking persons.
These children. OF course,
could cry. But it was taken
for granted that they, too.
were otherwise deaf and dumb,
like their parents. who taught
them the sign language Of eyes
and fingers.
They had grown to be re-
spectively six and five. when
the secluded ranchers were
visited by an Eastern aunt
whose organs Of speech were
normal.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21

CPLENDID. splendid. And
~ impressive proof and fruit
Of the intellectual genius OF q
few exceptional minds
But what incalculable, inex-
haustible radiant energy and
power are locked up in the
average Individual Human
Being,
Pessimistic Psychologists may
preach q philosophy OF despair
by asserting that most Of M
are morons. incapable Of more
than twelve-year-old men,
tality.
Even 90. morons have the
CAPACTTY-as these deaf and
dumb children had the latent
power of speech-which an
honestly democratic society
will duly develop into normal
humanity. on the way. through
countless ages, to divinity.
Copyright. 1872. King Features
Syndicste. Incl
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Something to Think About
BY Bruno Lessing-
rUSSY PEOPLE.

THE chap who put this idea
L into my head as an anae-
mio-looking little. specimen Of
humanity who strode determtn-
edly TO the desk Of the hotel
clerk and said:
won't you please, have my
bedsheets ehangedf They're sw-
fully stiff and rough. fd like
nice. soft enes."
Well. 1 suppose he was right.
He was paying for the room and
he wanted his Moneys worth
IN comfort.
TT may seem brutal, but I have
Il weakness for reading
stories Of hsrdships. One Of the
hest tr1Ie ones I know is the
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
THE SPECTATOR
!. y. ,. W. ALEXANDER = m rup,,,~-
Water PODef

|nR. u ,. W. ALEXANDER,
- chief engineer Of the Ra-
do Corporation. recently an
nounced. according to the
nevspapers. that eiectron tubes
win soon take the place OF
aiternators In the transmission
Of electric power. and pre-
dicted that carrying power
from Niagara to New York
through the air by means Of
these tubes was = possibility
Of the future.
DR.. LAngmuir. the inventor
Of the tubes. says that in ten
years the energy Of the
vacuum tube has been In
creased more than 100000
times. and that this marks
. turning point In, the history
Of invention similar to that
marked by the steam engine
and the dynamo.
INVENTIONS follow each
1 other these days with be-
wildering rapidity. and II is
not at all absurd TO expect
that in the near future the
Industrial world shall be con-
siderably rescued from depend
ence upon coal and petroleum.
This viii be accomplished by
the development Of water
power.
There In enough energy in
falling streams to turn every
wheel I'm the world All We
need to know is how to trans
NIT that energy.
Agriculture and industry
are the supports Of mankind.
and In the twentieth century
these rest not upon human
but upon mechanical power.
Perhaps the most striking diff
ference between this age and
the past is the fact that the
worlds work is being done by
other natural sources Of power
than human labor.
nR. CHARLES STEINMETZ.
~ the electrical wizard Of
Schenectady says that s5o.-
ooo.o horsepower Of energy
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Stars and Stripes
ECONOMY NOTE.

ECONOMY NOTE.
One dentist has installed radio machine
reproducing campaign speeches In his
operating room. None Of the patients now
has to take any other gas
PEACE NOTE.
Inc arrangement among the powers
now seems to be that each shaII diaa rr,
after all others do.
milwaukee, girl. according to headline
Found q Husband on the Golf Idnka' "
Nothing strange. That's where most AZ
them are.
Among the best works of fiction. this
year have been the income tax returns.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21

IF the water power Of the
country were developed a.
IL can be by intelligent appli-
cation Of scientific principles
there would be very little use
for coal.
Power is basic, even more
so than transportation or any
other form Of public utility.
and il is well worth the stten-
ton OF our lawmakers TO con-
slider the problem Of supplying
the people everywhere with
mechanical energy, light and
heat at a nominal price.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
A HAIRRAISING OFFER.

London will give 10000 pounds for
head OF hair
Two brothers in business together quar-
relied twenty-five years ago over having
a telephone put in and haven't spoken
since. Well. the telephone wouldn't have
helped them much in speaking to each
other. even II they had put 1t in.
King of Siam has Just taken hi. frs,
wife. Now he will find out what q punk
ruler he is.
WORST JOKE OF WEEK.
The Turks may be In dire straits but
when they see Kemal, they still yell:
He's the Boss-phor-us."
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
ANOTHER DIFrrRBNCr

Trial marriages may be all riEht an far n,
tho mon arc concerned. but We have neye
heard of q woman who was Thoroughly asfir
fled with one,
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21
Mouths They Haze
BY DIR. Charles Fleischer-

ranges from racket TO habitusl
silence. you may not become
a conversational animal using
audible speech IL you are not
properly environed.
As in the case OF the of
spring Of this deaf-anddumh
couple.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21

president broadcasted his
universal document proclaim
ing Thanksgiving Day before he
knew that works were going
Democratic. He would like to
grab that glad document back be-
cause it is nothing but minority
report for Republicans.
no elections make turks any
cheaper? Answer: Turks
have no suffrage.
THEN why do we send specially
engraved bank notes inviting
that extortionate guest to gum up
our day Of Joy when we are sup
posed to eat, Eighteenth Amend
ment, and be merry9>
REPUBLIcANs will solve eco.
nomical delirium by eating
plenty Of nutritious crow. Why.
don't we eat sparrows, parrots and
canary birds?
THERE In no real reason why
turkeys should be honored by
being roasted and stuffed on last
Thursday in November.
WHY sprain your family budget
on some spoiled incubator's
child when mutton chops are Just
as patriotic and much nearer
your refrigerator?
THANKSGIVING dates from
early Pilgrim days and was
token that Colonial reforms had
plenty to eat and that turkey was
singing soprano In kitchen choir.
RUT now that turkey has be.
come prima donna and brinrs
high prices for one stuffed Der.
formance. why not nominate some
other bird on family ticket?
7 ,ooKs like pet canary has
written its last message to its
folks and that family parrot will
spend next two weeks anxiously
waiting reprieve from Governor.
This Should Be Made Known,
No wife-beater Ii q hero TO his
wife's attorney,
Some European countries would
Join the Pan-American League,
But 1t seems as though, they have
ma aH0d Amorioa enough
A thorough washing with seap
and water as soon after touching
poison ivy as possible may prevent
the usual inflammation, Use a
heavy iather of soap and let some
of it dry on the skin,
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21

TROUBLE disguised where the scenes are
l. gay,
Death or disaster forever near;
Too much work and too little play,
Often grit in the running gear;
Seldom a day when no clouds appear,
Winter or Summer or Fall or Spring,
Still, in spite of the sob and tear,
Life is hardly worthless thing.
DEOPLE continue to plot and slay,
L Many deceptive, and few sincere;
Women grow jealous and men betray,
Love is exacting and hate severe;
Always treacherous course to steer,
Pleasure too quickly upon the wing,
Still, If the cost is a trifle dear,
Life is hardly worthless thing.
ENVOY.
CIR or lady, please lend an ear;
~ This is the doctrine to which cling:
In spite Of the chances of going clear,
Taking of life is a serious thing.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-21

THIS SHOULD BE MADE KNOWN.
tofney,