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The Washington times., 1922-07-15
The German Republic

A REACTIONARY German leader,
"A dissatisfied with republican
IA government, has twice made
speeches attacking individuals, use
full and patriotic, connected with
the German republic. In each case
the speech has been followed by the
murder of the man attacked.
In France and some other coun-
tries they would adjust that speech
maker in such a fashion as would
prevent his making any more
speeches.
France also would take the entire
Hohenzollern brood, and every reac-
tionary, including the war heroes
with Prussian helmets, put them
outside the German frontier, say
ing, "You are lucky to get out with
your life."
If the German republic does not
feel strong enough to deal with the
situation as it should be dealt with
it will not live.
The French republic is as much
interested as the German republic,
although it doesn' seem to know it,
in keeping the German republic
alive and keeping out the Hohen-
zollerns.
With the German republic in ex-
istence, France will at least get
whatever Germany CAN pay. With
the Hohenzollerns back, France
would get nothing, Germany would
get utter bankruptcy and chaos.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15

MY friend. Mr.. +. H. Hoop
Ul er, told me the other day an
anecdote that ! found thought
provocative.
Thirty or forty years ago."
he said, II used to go over to
Brooklyn occasionally to hear h
sermon by Henry Ward Beecher,
who was then rather an old man,
but still In his oratorical prime.
One morning the great preacher
made q statement that aston
ished me. He declared that IL
one would take note Of the peo-
pie who were going to business
from Brooklyn to New York any
morning on the ferryboat, one
would see that nearly all Of them
were young men. The young
fellows are now at the helm he
declared, and we old chaps are
only passengers
This statement interested me
20 much" Mr.. Hooper contin-
ued, that the very next morn
ing I went down to the ferry to
make an inspection for myself.
Then saw that for once the
great preacher was clearly
wrong. Nearly all the men on
the boat were old men. or, at
least, well past middle"age. 1t
did not appear by any means
that the young fellows were In
control, 30 far as could be Judged
from the crowds that were flock
Ing to business In New York"
TUE narrator paused a mo-
l. ment and his eyes twinkled.
Then he added: But one day
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
President GrOUs Stern

rRESIDENT HARDING evil
IDENTIFY talked without his Gus
Il tomary smile to the conference
of coal operators and miners rep
resentatives. He told them the Gov
ernment did not desire to dictate
wages or working conditions. But
he made it clear that transporta-
ton and industries must have coal
and that he would safeguard the
interests of the general public.
Score another for the President of
All the People.
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SAP and SALT
BY Bert Moses

copyright. is1a BY Premier Syndicate Inc0
Nothing Is difficult when you know how.
It IL safer to trust tho people than the poll
ticians.
A lot Of fun nearly always leads to a lot
of trouble.
You never consider yourself u liar when
you lilo about your own town,
Good luck sometimes leads to bigger bank
balances than shrewdness and wisdom
Hez Heck says: "a farmers disposition do
pcnds q good deal on the price o. hogs"
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
DO YOU KNOW

While each Presidential admin.
istration has had a Postmaster
General, such officers were not
members of the Cabinet before
1890.
Fiume is situated at the head
of the Bay OF Quarnero, an in
let Of tho Adrlatic Sea, about
forty miles southeast Of Trieste.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15

o.-Aro not force and energy
the same prinotpiet-Frederick
A. Baker, Massapodua, L. ].
Al cannot reply, a. ] do not
know what force 10 nor en-
ergy, They are transmitted
through space in waves shown
by Maxwell to be eleotro|mas-
netio, The waves from our
own and other suns are sup
posed to be due to intense mo-
ton OF electrons. and these are
electricity, But force. energy.
electricity and magnetism are
now utterly unknown as to
what they are, all that man
has accomplished to date, June
10, 1893, 10 to observe their
effects. Probably many Of the
effects even have not been dis
covered.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15

There is a man in our town
Much wiser than his sires;
He ran into bramble bush
And punctured all four tires.
And when he saw his tires were wrecked.
With all his might and main.
He ran into a rubber plant
And had them fixed again
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
PAINTERS
COLIC
By BUGS" BAER
niaI Baptist Church.

TURKISH dancers henna their
l. toenails, while American girls
henna their heads. Showing tnat
we think as much Of our skulls as
Turks do of their feet.
oUGE, powder and other
~ complexion forgeries are all
Oriental. Europe stole 'em from
Asia. We stole 'em from Europe.
and second thief is prettiest
owner.
GIRLS have been weather.
~ proofing their faces plenty.
Vanished their noses. Two coats
of paint on their cheeks. Three
sets of enamel on their lips. Got
to have something on 'em. More
they put on--less they're dressed.
NOW. they're going to paint
~ 'emselves all over like old
tin roofs.
WE copy everything that
factory ultimatum from there
states that girls are painting their
necks and shoulders. When you
walk down street with your best
wife, folks will think you are
taking barber's revolving pole
out to dinner.
THEY'LL look like Indians
= jumping off government rec
ervation.
FOLKS will get married.
Groom will try to kiss wife
when minister will point warn.
ing hand at sign hanging on her
neck. Wet paint.
INVITE girl to opera. She
doesn't carry powder puff and
vanity case. Now she packs
twelve gallon cans OF whitewash
and battery Of paint brushes.
Her manicuring set Is builders
outfit and boudoir stepladder.
pAINT stores will be beauty
= parlors. Girl will start to
give herself nllover coat OF new
spring paint like bungalow. She
falls off scaffolding and breaks
her brightly painted leg,
Coon start dipping girls into
Sdye vats like old clothes.
old wives will lock like new
when freshly painted,
WHEN they get wrinkled
w they will Gill wrinkles with
putty like window sashes.
EET no many coats of paint
on 'em that they will have to
use aoetyiene torches for soap,
The Washington times., 1922-07-15

Q.-Is It not true that ocean
tides possess energy which. IL
harnessed. could do much use
tul worke-E. 8. Featherstone,
Amedee, Cal.
A.-Storing of water at flood
tide to escape and turn water
wheels is a source Of power
exerted by gravitation. Tho
wheels could turn armatures Of
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
Science Queries and Replies
Edgar Lucien Larkin-

dynamos and help solve the
problems of hydro-eieetric
power production when the
earth's supply Of carbon runs
low.
o.-was Egypt the greatest
nation OF antiquityf-C. T.
Pelietier. Pittsburgh.
Att has been written that
egypt was the university OF
remote antiquity. The fact
b that students went there to
tearn from Syria. Ethiopia,
Palestine, Phoenicfa, Asia
Minor, Greece, Carthage, Rome.
Gaul and Britain.
Q.-Why is the magnetic
South pole located near the
geographical North pole and
vice versaf-Jush F. BrandsH.
Boston,
A.-The positive pole ef
freely suspended magnetic
needle points toward the earths
north geographical pole rough.
ly and at an angle. since the
poles are separated at a dis
tance. Then It Ia named south.
for unlike attracts and like
repels.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
Stars and Stripes
UNsUsPECTED THRIFT.

UNsUSPECTED THRIFT.
"I\remember the first dollar ever put
in the bank" he said.
"The first7" she replied. Then you
have put in more than one7''
TAKE A TIP.
Never boast of your faults. Even the
most honest dealer never displays the
bruised side Of his apples.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
THE SPECTATOR
FriUOEty and Joy

; ton. But In our complex
civilization bur occupation lis
very likely to be too narrow.
and we need amusements ana
diversions to stimulate neg.
lcctcd capacities and repai:
tbs vigor Of our whole man.
hood. Intelligent recreation.
therefore. Is as much a duty
to oneself as continuous work.
WHEN recreation is carried
w to an extreme, 1t becomes
frivolity, or the mere killing
of time by senseless occupa.
ton. That sort OF recreation
which Is nothing but the dis.
sipation of energy for immedi.
ate qualification can but re.
suit in weakening the moral
fiber and creating an artificial
appetite which constantly seeks
new distraction.
There Is no fun without
temperance. There Is no truly
recreative amusement which
is wholly unrestrained by any
sense Of responsibility.
The idea of escaping all re.
sponsibiiity and being entirely
frivolous is a vain dream which
always results in moral collapse.
and very frequently in disorder.
A LMoST all the inhabitants
"A Of the underworld have
to escape responsibility and
to obtund their moral inhibi-
ton.
The result is they do not
have a good time, but have a
wretched. fevered and most un-
happy time.
The best remedy for frivol-
ity is to understand the true
joys Of life. Natural and sane
living is crowded with pleas.
ures. The pleasures Of the
body. the pleasures of memory.
the pleasures of hope, the pleas
ures Of imagination. the pleas
ures of the affections: all these
when regulated by temperance
make life an intoxicating cup,
But to give oneself up to
sheer frivolity invariably ends in
moral death.
The Washington times., 1922-07-15

A I!THoUGH frivolity is some.
"A times Joyous. yet the
habit Of frivolity is the enemy
OF Joy.
Amusement has it's place I'm.
life, and foolery is a real as
set among life's pleasures.
But every good thing has its
CANCERS, and 1t seems to be
n sort OF law that the better a
thing is. tire more evil 1t may
become in its perversion.
We like a little salt with
our meat. and a dash Of pep
per is tasty. But that is no
reason for spilling the con-
tents Of the salt-cellar over a
plate Of food nor for putting
on pepper with a teaspoon.
Our serious-minded fore.
fathers doubtless went a little
too far in their restrictions Of
laughter, and no one nova
days would indorse Arch.
bishop Leighton's declaration:
Pleasures are like .mush-
rooms; II is so difficult to dis.
tinguish those that are whole
some from those that are pol
sonous that It is better to alb
stain from them altogether"
1T is always the tendency OF
L people to run to extremes,
and our Puritan fathers were
SO. intent in their belief that
Life is real, life is earnest"
that they became narrow. But
II Is just as narrow to go to
the other extreme and adopt
a creed to the effect that Life
Is jazz, life is tango"
The inventions Of men have
20 catered to the desire for
diversion that weak and un-
balanced natures are very
easily deluded.
It is a good thing to per.
ceive the essential nature of
recreation which is "the play
Of those faculties which are
dormant in a mans daily
work" After all. the joy Of
life consists in the forthputting
Of our faculties.
For this reason the main
source of Joy Is ones occupa-
The Washington times., 1922-07-15
BY K. G. B.

! THANK you.
Common house flies have been proved to
migrate much as six miles in one day.
Many wild flowers are harmful to eat.
while some are really poisonous including
the lbuttercun
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
NORTHEASTERN
AT TEMPLE EMANUEL

Rabbi Julian Morgenstern. recent
ly elected president of the Hebrew
Union College, Cincinnati. Ohio. will
speak before the congregation
Emanuel Friday and Saturday of
this week, according to announce
ment by NJ. v Joseph, president of
the congregation.
Rabbi Morgenstern, Il Is stated. is
one of the best known teachers and
rabbits in the United States and is
a deep study OF biblical and post
biblical history. The profound
knowledge Rabbi Morgenstern has
gained as a student added to his
marked ability as a public speaker
has attracted much attention
throughout the country during the
past ten years, according to the an
neuncement. His greatest success
has come as lecturer on Biblical
subjects and his many platform
tours have gained for him the repu-
tation OF being an authority on Bible
studies.
A largo attendance Is expected at
the temple when this noted rabbi
will speak Friday night at s o'clock
and Saturday morning at 1880
o'clock. The public is invited.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
Zero STOLE COAT j.,
ME- RCHANT AYERS
In Effort to Avoid Arrest Ne
gro Makes Use of
Knife

Willie Jackson. negro, alias Harris
jackson, was Jailed Wednesday fol-
lowing an alleged attempted larceny
of clothing from the store of Max
BerkowitE, 1903 First avenue. north.
and an alleged attack with a knife
upon Berkowitz.
Jackson was put under charges of
grand larceny and assault with In
tent to murder. He was placed in the
city Jail and later transferred to the
county jail.
According te Detectives C. +. Nc
Combs and j. T. Moser, who made
the arrest, Jackson. together with
another negro. entered Berkowitz
store and after bartering with the
owner. grabbed coat from the
counter and ran out Of the front
door. Jackson was caught by Berko-
WITT and several bystanders and In
the Negroes attemDt to escape, the
detectives saia thar he tried 20 cut
Berkowitz With a knife. Others pre-
vented him from committing the
deed
JerksCn's mariner escanad
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
MOTHE R AWAIT INC
SON AND WIFE END.
CARNIVAL JOURNEY.
Man and Woman Arrested in
Mobile, But Judge Releases
Them That They May
Come Home

Mrs. ]. A. Boyer, 22s1 Seventh
avenue. north. is awaiting the arri-
val OF her son, Cecil. %, who, with
his 20-year-old bride of three years
will visit her. The couple was ar
rested in Mobile Tuesday after they
had alighted from freight train in
one of the railroad yards.
The story CT the couple and espe-
cially CT the young man Is not emily
unusual, in that he is Birmingham
youth, having been reared here, al
though born in the Chickamauga bat
tlefields in Georgia, was educated In
the birmingham public schools, en-
tered st. Bernard college at Cullman,
and is graduate of the University
OF Alabama. but is typical of the
times, It is said.
The arrest followed their attempt
ed hobo" to Birmingham from New
Orleans where they went broke" af-
ter travelling with an exposition show
and carnival for several months.
Rather than borrow money from
friends. they told Mobile Judge,
they donned khaki clothes and no.
bGed their way as far as Mobile,
where they were caught. Their sin
core story resulted in their release.
in speaking of her son. Mrs. Boyer
said he had travelled with the AL G..
Field Ininstrels for four years going
under the stage name of Prince
Mack. Following his engagement
with the Field show he travelled with
the Johnnie j. Jones exposition shows
for two years. after which he worked
In the service of the United States
government at Muscle Shoals. He
volunteered at the outbreak OF the
war with Germany and served IS
months In France. winning a pro-
motion CT first sergeant before go
Ing overseas.
He was gassed In France. which
Mrs Boyer believes is responsible
for his restless spirit since his re-
turn from the service. His wife was
Miss May Moore, of Holland, Mo.
Mrs. Boyer received letter from
her son last Friday telling her he
was coming to Birmingham but did
not mention his destitute circum-
stances.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
F RAUD ALLEGED IN
THE OPERAT ION Of
TAILORING FIRM
Victims Paid One Dollar a
Week on Drawing For Suit.
Fund Raised For
Prosecution

Approximately 500 residents of
Birmingham and immediate vicinity
were fleeced from $40 to $40 each by
a tailoring concern swindle scheme,
which was brought to light Wednes-
day. The Jackson Tailoring COM
pany, with offices in the Clark build
ing, of which Paul w. Woolford, E.
G. and Roy Henry were the alleged
proprietors, is the concern through
whose operations they were fleeced.
The three proprietors are said to
have absconded Wednesday.
At called meeting of those who
claim to have been swindled, held
Wednesday evening, approximately
$500 was raised with which it is
hoped to have the operators of the
concern arrested and brought back to
Birmingham for trial.
Woolford. 1t is alleged, left Biz
mingham in an automobile over
which mortgage was being held
by the Drennen Motor company. He
is thought to be in Cincinnati. Press
dispatches carried in The Age Herald
were TO the effect that he was de-
tanned by authorities there as re-
suit OF an automobile accident several
days ago. Efforts will be made to
have him located and held for Bir
mingham authorities. No clue as to
the whereabouts Of tho men was in
the possession of the investigating
committee Wednesday.
According to statements made by
victims of the so-called lottery. the
jackson Tailoring company began
operations here during the latter part
of January. 1922. They stated that
they entered into a proposition with
the tailoring concern whereby they
were to pay s. n week for As weeks,
at the expiration OF which time they
would receive a suit OF clothes. Dur
ing the time, one suit of clothes
would be given away each week TO
tho person whose name appeared on
the card drawn from r box Several
by tho company. One OF the men pres
ent at the meeting stated that he
received a suit after having paid
only one installment.
1t was said that collector was
used by the company to collect the
payments. which, were recelpted for In
small books given them when they
entered into the agreement. Some of
the men present had In their pos
session four of the books. having
paid 81 a week on the contract.
1t was reported that the swindle
or the local residents had been
brought to the grand jury. Solicitor
Tate did not verify or refute the
report.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
". T.C. j. To AID IN
LAW EMF ORCEMENT
Mrs. Hawkins Re- elected Pres
ident-Interest Sessions
Held at West End

Mrs. j NJ Hankins will head the
women's Christian Temperance Union
of jefferson county for another
year, having been reelected presi-
dent Wednesday at the meeting of the
jefferson county organization at the
West End Baptist church. with the
West End union as hostess.
Other officers elected were: Mrs.
L. F. Harris, vice president: Mrs.
George F.. Smith, secretary; Mrs.
Jessie Rutter, assistant secretary;
Mrs. L. A. Daniel, treasurer. Superin-
tendents Of the various departments
of tho organization elected were
Mrs +. NJ. Jackson, christian citizen
ship. Mrs. J. c. Moore, scientific
temperance; Mrs. w. II. Nickles, sun
day school work Mrs. L. f. Harris,
peace and arbitration; Mrs. l.. Il. Lee
more, prison work; and Mrs. c. p.
Orr, chairman of the temperance
work in the public schools.
The program at the morning ses-
sion included the message From the
Worlds Conference" delivered by
Mrs. J. NJ. Hanlsins county presi-
dent. and talk on temperance by
Rev. Jesse Cook, pastor of the West
End Baptist church.
At the noon hour an elaborate
luncheon was served in the basement
of the church with the ladies of the
church as hostesses. w. 3. Cloe, city
commissioner, addressed the conven-
tion on practical problems facing
law enforcement in Birmingham.
The white ribbon wearers stood,
expressing their willingness to as
sist him in any way possible to-
ward enforcing the law.
AT the afternoon session Mrs. W.
II. Jeffries. state president, outlined
new plans of work for the w. G. T.
u. during the coming year. Her talk
was followed by an illustrated talk
Tn temperance by Rev. Emmett Will
-liams. A special feature of the pro-
gram was the music rendered by Mrs.
w. r. Lacey. Two solos, one entitled
1T Shall Never Be Again." and Its
in the Constitution, and It's in There
to Stay" were among those to APP
pear on the program. The title OF
the former was taken from the words
of President Harding when he pre-
sided over the burial OF the unknown
soldier, while the latter is significant
of the prohibition amendment.
The meeting was closed with the
singing of BLESSED Be the Tie That
Binds"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07

SANE SPEED LAWS AIM
OF AUTOMOBILE CLUB

The Birmingham Automobile club
outlined tentative program to be
used in tho concerted fight that is to
be waged in the next state legisla-
ture for a complete revamping of the
state automobile laws and regula-
lions.
"A statewide uniform speed law
will be the outstanding measure TO be
urged" said Charles c. Davis, club
president. This will do away with
the speed laws OF small towns, where
varying rates have proved bugaboo
to motorists.
The present statute of 1907 sug-
gests "A reasonable and moderate
rate of speed Such an indefinite
and elastic form of legislation leaves
the local Interpretation to the finan-
cial sense of every middlesex. village
and farm. Hence we have the speed
trap at Lipscomb."
Lipscomb IL situated on the South
Bessemer highway. and has speed
limit OF eight miles an hour
Judge Kenneth c. Charlton. coun-
sci for the club, will issue series
of articles on needed legislation.
and cancellation of out-of-d date laws
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
IMP ROVEMENT FOR
H|LLMAN PLANNE D
Hotel to Be Refurnished and
Renovated-More Bath
Rooms Added

AS the result of a conference held
Tuesday morning with Harry Wheel
ock, architect; Sam Baron and Jake
Heyman of Augusta, Ca; and w. T..
Wilson of Charlotte, North Carolina,
who compose the hotel firm of Hey
plans for the proposed improvements
to be made in the Hillman hotel hav-
ing recently taken over = 1o-year
lease on sthis building beginning
March /.
The plans as outlined call for the
installation of from so to 60 addition
al baths, making the hotel 80 per
cent with private baths. Further
improvements will be made by
Steiner and Nelson, owners, who an
nounce their intention Of redecorat-
ing and refurnishing the hotel and of
remodeling the front, lobby, and
stores in the building. These i'm
provements, according to Archetect
Wheelock, will exceed 100000.
The three men composing this
partnership are now operating the
Exchange Hotel in Montgomery; the
Mecklenburg hotel, Charlotte, N. c.,
and the Terminal hotel in Augusta,
Ga. and are men of many years ex-
perienee and have pledged themselves
TO make the Hillman the outstanding
feature OF their chain of hotels.
1t was also announced that George
r. Benton, manager of the Hillman,
would be retained under the new In
terest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-07
CADETS WILL HOLD
PARADE AND REVIEW

Staging their first parade Of the
year. the reserve officers training
corps of the Birmingham high
schools will be reviewed by the mem
bers of the board of education, the
city mmissionefs and distinguished
visitors, at Woodrow Wilson park at
5 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Following the review the students
will march south on Twentieth
street to First avenue, out First ave-
nue to Eighteenth street. and down
Eighteenth street to the armory at
Central High school on Sixth ave-
nue.. south.
The review and parade will be ono
of the attractions for the Parent
Teachers convention now In session
in Birmingham.
Parents and friends of the stu
dents are expected to turn out in
large numbers to witness the first
parade for the year.