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Evening star., 1922-01-11

Soviet Russia is hopefully seeking to
shut down on its bolshevik propaganda
with a view to exporting something
more useful and remunerative.
Evening star., 1922-01-11

China favors the custom Of settling
all debts on the first day Of every year,
but some Of the European govern.
ments see absolutely nothing in it.
Evening star., 1922-01-11
EDITORIAL DIGEST

I Lynchburg (va) News (democratic).
since that body has mo power to de-
called for that purpose" It is still
confronted by the fact. the Rochester
Times-Union independently agrees.
that it represents only a few ma.
tionS"
Evening star., 1922-01-11

No formal limitation Of aircraft is
likely to find Uncle Sam as scantily
equipped in that line as he was dur
ing the late war.
Evening star., 1922-01-11

Experts hint that the old-fashioned
battleship is chiefly important as some.
thing to talk about.
Evening star., 1922-01-11

A glance at military terminology re-
Neals the fact that French is the Ian
guage Of war as well as Of diplomacy.
Evening star., 1922-01-11

There is q vast difference between
the respect accorded q marine and q
submarine.
Evening star., 1922-01-11
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Useful But Superabundant.
The holidays have passed along,
With merry laugh and jocund song.
The man who hath some children
small
Enjoyed the gayest hours Of all.
But he who hath no kids around
Still finds that thoughtful gifts abound,
For In his daily mail he views
More calendars than he can use.
Evening star., 1922-01-11
Deem Stuff.

''Are you a politician or a states
MANI"
"Call me a statesman, by all means"
said Senator Sorghum. 1.-THE test Of
a really fine politician is his ability to
pretend that he isn't one"
Evening star., 1922-01-11
Regulating the Ratio.

"I have devised a motor that will
run thirty miles to the gallon" ex-
claimed the inventor.
I'm glad to hear It." said Mr..
Dustin Stax. '"This announcement
win Justify an immediate increase in
the price Of gas" -
Evening star., 1922-01-11

Jud Tunkins says a friend in need is
one who is man enough to forgive you
for not taking such portions Of his
advice as happened to be good.
Evening star., 1922-01-11

''Mr. ex-Kaiser."- said Uncle Eben,
fought to serve to remind heap o.
folks dat man gifts mo- respeck when
he's a-choppin' regular wood, dan
when he's braggin' bout his family
tree"
Evening star., 1922-01-11

The Rhapsodical Wrapper.
Although I seldom eat the food
Which into packages they pile,
I buy 1t, for it cheers my mood.
like its literary style.
Evening star., 1922-01-11

Robert p. Matches ; has been
called to testify lin the Pelletier case.
that he will be able to throw some
light on it.-Portland (Me.) ExpresA
Evening star., 1922-01-11

It is "a conservative opinion that
the Chicago brokers who failed for
two and one-half millions would
have to 80 some to be any broker
Detroit News
Evening star., 1922-01-11

India IL being very sslf-determined.
But that helps not q great deal while
Britain remains merely determined
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Evening star., 1922-01-11

The famous InRersoll dollar watch
business Is not to be wound up. and
vet they expect to keep 1t rum
ning.-Lansing (Mich.) State Jour-
Evening star., 1922-01-11

SHINES says the world will bf
controlled by trusts. At present,
however, It is controlled by dis
trusts.--Akron Beacon.Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
DEVALERA. y ss.,,,Io .r NEW ORGANIZATION Takes Stand on Proclamation
 of Irish Republic
 in 1916
By Arkocintes pre..

Dublin. March 1b.-Eamon Devalers issued q manifesto this evening launching . new Irish organization 10 be called the "Cumman Ma Pob- lachta-" or Republican Association, and asked financial and moral sup port of It.
 According to the manifesto, the new organization takes it's stand on the proclamation of the Irish repub- lie in Easter week, 1916. and it's rati- fication in the declaration of inde- pendence in January. 1919. MT. Deva- lera signed the manifesto on behalf of the republican members of the Dali Eireann and their standing com mittee.
 Tine main objects of the organixa- tion as stated in the manifesto are to secure International recognition of the Irish republic, to maintain the undiminished sovereign authority of the dail and to repudiate the propos- ed agreement with Great Britain as humiliating to the nation and destruc- tive to it's status and rightful claims. Another object is stated to be to maintain respect for political pledges and the high standard of probity and honor of Irish public life.
 The new organization will proba- bly act as the republican party ma chine, since the old sim fein organi- zation, the Ard Fheis, will not be available for that purpose for either the republicans or the free state ad- vocates owin gto the recent agree ment reached st a meeting of that oreapixation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
 NEAR FLOOD STAGE
Residents of LoMands Are Warned to Seek Safety on
 Higher Ground.
nw A..or,atnd I,rD..

Memphis March I5.--With trihu- taries of the Mississippi river rising rapidly. flood stage before Sunday night was predicted today by J. 2. Scott, United States weather bureau forecaster here. residents of low lands and unprotected lands between Memphis and Helena, Ark, were warned by the bureau to move To higher ground immediately.
 Heavy and continued rains, not only in this section. but along many of the tributaries Of the Mississippf. will result in a pronounced flood" here, the warming states, The Mis- slssippi will continue to rise steadily tor 10 days or more after Sunday, MT. Scott says, but makes no esti- mate of the height the crest of the flood will reach. The gauge at S o'clock tonight showed almost SS feet, rise of 8 of foot during the day. The flood stage here is 35 feet
 Back waters from the Mississippi have already covered lowlandz tn of Memphis, and residents have moved their possessions to safety.
 The expected flood will cause lit- tie or no damage between Memphis and Helena, forecaster Scott nn- nounced. although many living in the lowlands or between the levees and the river will be forced to move. Lum mbermen look on the high water as blessing as they will be enabled to float out hundreds of thousands of feet of logs which have been ac- cumulating at various points during recent months.
 United States engineers here say that the levees in this district can stand fifty feet of water without danger. The highest stage previous ly recorded was on April 10. 1913, when the gauges showed 4e.5 feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
PATTERSON TO SPEAK
 HERE THIS AFTERNOON

Montgomery, March 1b.-(special.) A. G. Patterson, president of the pub lie service commission. will deliver an address on the effect of the Wis consin rate decision on ntrsstate rates and regulations al the annual meeting. of t&e BiEming ham Trsffie assdciafion at the SodtRern dluh Birmingham. Thursday afternoon.
 President Patterson and B. IT. Cooper and s. P. Gaillard, associate commissioners. left Wednesday aft ernoon for Birmingham where thsy will attend the meeting. Commits sioners Cooper and Gaillard also are expected to deliver addresses.
 The commission proposes to inter- est all shippers of Alabama in a cam- paign for the amendment of the na- tional transportation legislation in order that exclusive power in mak- ing intrastate rates and regulations may be returned to the state com missionss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
LAST DAY JAMOF NEW YORK PAYERS
 SWAMPS CASHIERS
Federal Buildings Packed From Basement to Roof by Throngs of Eleventh
 Hour Payers
Bx Assecistsd Prsss

Now York, March f5,--New York awoke today. rubbed its eyes, yawned and stretched in leIsurely fashion then suddenly remembered that its income tax was due
 The eighth annual pilgrimage of money mak kers, men and women, to the counting houses of the revenue collector continued from early morn ing until after dusk, Subways, eie~ vated and surface thoroughfares leading to the United States customs house and it's substations bore the throng of eleventh hour payes. They swarmed the federal buildings from basement to roof; they clogged the revolving doors and damned the ele- vator; they filled the corridors with stream of hurrying humanity which eddied to and from the scores of cashiers cages
 They logged each others elbows and smeared ink over each others income blanks at the hastily erected tables which lined the railways They sat on wooden chairs and mar ble steps; they leaned against the walls and against each other. all moved by common impulse; to file their returns and pay the initial tax demand by the government escaping the forfeit claimed from delinquents
 Bales of tax returns were filed Bales of others Uttered the corridors and piled knee deep about the of fices where hundreds of clerks labored. A few millions in cash poured into the treasury
 At the Brooklyn office of inc da- partment bootlegger and a book maker were among those from whom the government accepted taxes.
 The part of the bootleggers an- nual income which he had derived from his profession was not dis closed by the revenue clerks. but it was ascertained that he paid a tax of $2,000 on an income of s5o,00O
 The bookmaker listed his s20,00o income in the column labelled com missions He paid a tax of $500.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
 DEMANDS PRESENTED BY ANTHRACITE MEN
By Associated Press

New York, March 15.-Demands of the anthracite mine workers includ- ing one for 20 per cent increase in wages were presented to the mine owners today and when the workers representatives finished outlining of the IS demands as adjournment was Askfa-ull Friday efterhoop. Al }f.T e%Fs tirA sperh tors fare9 cA pscNed to make response.
 The miners occupied all of today's meeting and no inkling came from the operators as to what reply they will make. It is understood they plan to tell the union men that an increase in wages at this time is not in accord with the trend of the times. It is expected they will maintain that the present cost of coal is too high and that the miners should share in any deflation if lower prices are to be granted to consumers.
 After the meeting the operators refused to make any comment on the demands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
SA YS SCIENTIFIC SHOOK HUNTER
 w REPORT ON LNVESTTGA TONS
of in She in Altered
 State of Consciousness and Not Responsible

states from which it was difficnt to rouse her. It is very probable that she was the victim of altered states of consciousness about which psychology has learned SO much of late such was demoAs,raby tav condition of Esther CoN, around whom simiiar phenomena in the 2reat Amherst mystcrS rcVo vcd
 "tf the views of the late Dt. syslep. who smassed considera bic evidence In support of them are cor rect. this would be ease where a discarnate agency brought about the alteration of personality and per formed the acts through the girl
 supernormaI Experiences
 The experiences of Messrs. Whid- den and Carroll when al the house for the purpose of investigation, by way of hearing strange sounds as of footsteps and feeling actual sem sations, are supported, as super normal experiences of some kind by other cases investigated at length by experts. and which revealed no psychical use. The experiences were nnsuggested by any previous reports, were shared by two persons, were not assignable to any known exist ing cause and there was less wind on NHdl HlEnI tH9n on SeNffal OCNaAlOns when 1 and other persons were In the house. There was 9 wind durins the night which | passed alone in the house and l examined the loos, board which some one suggcsted vibrated and there was no moveme ent nor sound.
 My own personal study of a series of raps and other sounds which lasted for months in my own house 9nakes the testimony of Messrs. White and Whidden Carroll quite creditable to the effect thai the ounds were not from ordinary causes. For reasons which l cannot here give in detail, regard the actual sensations which both have as effects upon their con sciousness and not of the unusual kind and due to causes little under stood.
 This new outbreak would be con sistent wfh the theory that the girl was proitpted by discarnate ten dency wfIch now found a new outlet owing tol peculiar quality residing in one ofthe men, probably Mir. Whid- den, whiki quality has been given the name ps.keic. In that case Mir Car roll alsosheard and felt because he was with MT. whidden who was the
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
AMENDMENT REJECIED By Associated Press

Washington. March 15.-By vote of IT to 1s the House refused today to agree to Senate amendment to the independent offices appropriation bill which would permit the shipping board to use funds received from liquidation of assets up to $55, ,000, 900. Authority to use such funds until next July l, was granted the board in a supply measure passed a yeap ago, but it has realized only a part of the maximum and Chairman Lasker had requested extension of the privi- lege. Concurrence was also refused in a Senate amendment authorizing the purchase for s1.500.0e of land in Washington to be used for an addi- tion to the government printing of flee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
My Fauorite Stories
 Bv IRWIN & COBB
There'd Be a Popular Uprising
By IRWIN s. COBB
t was the mouthpiece of new cult an O

The revivalis the mouthpece of new cu an o an members of the human family who refused brand of religion counerdsngushed from all brands. congregation meeting he de
  outside his fold day of judgment .s.....-
 My brethren he caroned there middle By the either doctrine has been expounded here accept the
 
 robes stand the little of the elect and And perditon millions of through eternity while devil hot oas their heads and give they tongues brethren what will pass From the body of elderly gentleman nteupn he sad but there aint chance fur thing happen Why the people s natchey wouldn't stand it."
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
CYST OF THE NEWS
GENERAL

1924 oiympics will be held in France.
 Georgia Bulldogs set h more work as rain lets up.
 Tonnage diversity is becoming more marked in metals.
 Largest totals of year reached In stock market.
 More liauidatfep in near mosths feature cotton. 2 STATE
 Tuscaloosa man applies for parole. Brandon files statement announcing candidacy for governor.
 Bandit attacks Greeville man.
 College night is great event at MontevaIlo.
 Plan to organise bfG cotton pool. d LOCAL
 Female ''rooMer" found sleeping at city hall.
 Lambert's sentence eonmuted to life imprisonment.
 yanH0ose to meet with com mmlssion on civic center plan.
 e25.000 subscrfption to Gorgas me- morial on first day.
 Explosives from east to Birming- ham via Warrior line.
 Husband and wife placed h jail on killing charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
FORM LAW AND
 ORDER LEAGUE

Alexandria, La. March 15.-The purpose in the organization of the Law and Order League here which held a parade through the streets last night, was to protect the citi- zens from mobs. it was learned to- day when a resolution adopted by the league was made public. It was stated 45SN members participated in the parade.
 A resolution adopted by the league says that mob of masked men has paraded OUT streets at night and las exhibited its intentions to tor rorize the people and browbeat tke officers of the law and assume the powers of the government threat ened our citizens with legal right. prescribed banishment or in the ai- formative cruel torture as it. form of punishme nt," therefore this league resolves "to uphold the laws of the land and resort 10 legal means to stamp out any organization which undertakes to deprive citizens of their liberty and courts of their Jurisdiction and the law of it's sane tity."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
 TWO MEN CONVICTED FOR WIRE TAPPING
By Associated Press

Orlando, FlA., MATCH lo.--i No VI the four alleged confidence men ar : rested here last Wednesday by local detectives. were convicted under the state wire tapping law in criminal court here this afternoon of charge of attempting to defraud. and sen tenced to serve seven years in tho state penitentiary at Raiford. De. fense attorneys announced that an ap- peal would be taken to the supreme court.
 The men convicted are
 William Banks. and John King, alias Harry Furcy.
 Harry Haynes and W. Fl: Negel ar rested with the two convicted men, were acquitted.
 So far as is known, this is the first conviction in Florida under the law which was passed by the state legis- lature at it's asst session.
 The four men were arrested upon complaint Of M. R. Sweeton of Had dentown. N J.. who told police he had been invited 10 speculate on, the stock market by one of the quarter after he had found a pocket book here which contained code and a card of admission to the United Brokers Exchange" which police said had been planted by the alleged confidence men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
CAPTURE IS NEAR
Nearly 1000 Men Now Engaged in
 Hunt for Negro
IN Assoclated Press

Wrightsviile. Ga, March 15.-Cap- tute of the negro who yesterday morning threw gasoline over the clothing of young widow near Kite. Ga. and then set fire to her. is ex- pected here at any time.
 The negro. marked by a wound on the cheek, inflicted with a butcher knife by the woman, was sighted at dusk tonight by one of the posse. The pursuers were so close upon him that the negro fled from negro house. crossed a branch and ran into a thicket. Several shots were fired at him.
 In the darkness the posse are clos ing in upon him, according to tele- phone reports from the scene. Near ly 1000 men from Johnson. Washing ton. Emanuel and Jefferson counties are in the man hunt. A reward of s200 has been offered for the negro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
House Authorizes Lease of Former
 Federal Building

Washington, March 15.-tSpeoiai.l The Senate and House today accept ed the amendment of Senator Under wood attached to an appropriation bill which would authorize the secre- tary Of the Treasury to lease to the adjutant general of Alabama the old postoffice building in Birmingham.
 The speed with which Senator Un- dcrwood secured this legislation ts almost without precedent.
 The only alteration made in the or ginsl was the elimination by the House of the word instructed" The amendment simply authorizes the lease.
 The legislation means a permanent home at nominal cost for the units of the national guard located in Bir- mingham The guardsmen will have to make bond to preserve the build ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
RADIO SUIT FILED
Patent Infringement Charged to
 American Telephone Company
By Associated Press


 Washington, March 15.-Maj. Gen. George o. Squler, chief signal officer of the army. and recognized by Amer ican and foreign scientific organiza- tions as an authority on radio tele- graphy, announced today that he had filed suit in the United states district court for the Southern district of New York against the American Tel ephone and Telegrahp company charging infringement on several pat ents he holds for wireless devices.
 The suit described here as likely to become one of first importance to the wirless industry since the patents claimed by General Squier to have been infringed upon are those cover ing guided through the air instead of broadcasted promiscuously, and. furthermore. enable the sender to transmit many telegraph and tele- phone messages simultaneously over a single wire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
VISIBLE EMPIRE
 ID COMBAT KHAN
Organizations Formed to Pro- tect Against Mob Rule in
 Two States
By As.eeiasss Pres.

Healdton, Okla. March 15.-An anti-Ku Klux Klan organization known ss the Knights of the Visible Empire, has been formed hers.
 John e. Hide, one of the organ izers, announced in a statement to- day that the purpose Of the society ''is to, protect against mob rule as exempiified in the teachings of the Ru Klux Klan.' Hyde is a local at torrey.
 There Is not one line in the con- stitution that cannot be approved by every liberty loving, law abiding cir izen," Mr. Hyde said We pledge allegiance to the law Of the land and ask only that the laws be er- forced by those empowered to en- force them. We will work bare headed in the sunshine, not maske d at midnight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
Chicago Must Haue Longer Skirts or
 Binders for Men
By AssocIated Frees

Chicago, March 15.-Longer skirts for women. lower steps for street cars, or binders for men Chicago must have one of the three. in order to prevent steady increase in accidents, Alderman Leo Klein declared today In in troducing an ordnance before the city council providing for lower street car steps.
 The women wear such short skirts that whom they start to climb up the high street car steps the men can't seem to keep their eyes to the front and many accidents occur. particularly among motorists" exclaimed Mir. Kloin.
 The proposed ordinance was re- fsrred to . committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16

heory cannot be true, unless the waves are endowed with intelligence as to just when people are in the house, with a dislike for the upper part of the room walls, with a repug nance 10 having persons see them break out into flames and with abrt- ity 10 transport cushions from one room 10 another and the like.
 The fires were undoubtedly set by human hands, Judging by the en- mistakable signs left in the hoHse. The burns are never found on the wall paper higher than the reach of person five feet tall, which is the height of the girl in the family. Over the bed which fills one end Of a room they are never higher than such a person kneeling could reach and in muddy or snowey weather one would not wish to stand on tte bed.
 "other slightly higher places on the woodwork were always set on fire by pieces of cloth, which could easily have been tossed. In a recess over a door where a fire occurred were found the fragments of a glove. undisturbed and in the midst of them 8 match where 1t could not have been prior to the fire, nor have been placed there after it's eXtin- guishment.
 Fires Avoided Witnesses
 "The fires avoided starting before witnesses as there was no occult reason for doing and avoided all parts of the dining room and parlor visible from the meeting place in the kitchen
 An odorless, inflsmmable liquid was found in bottle on a beam which produced the described effects on wet paper. Other indices were found pointing 10 tho same con elusion namely. that person five feet tall secretly performed the acts as opportunity offered
 The various witnesses were un- doubtsdly honest in believing that the acts could not have been thus performed, but my acauaintanees with the errors of observation and of memory on the part of the intel. llgent persons dealing with 8 large number Of details in a matter quite new to them has often demonstrated that such testimony may be vitally in error.
 But l am emphstically of the opin- ion that the girl was not mentally culpable. She is mentally exceeding ly young for her years, and within the past year has had singular dream
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
DEATHS REACH 25
Reports Indicate Nearly 100 In-
 jured by Storms
By Associated Press

New Orleans. March 15.-Witb an- other death today at Gowan, Okla, as a result of series of tornadoes Oklahoma, Arkansas. Mississippi and Louisiana Monday night and early yesterday. the list of dead tonight stood at 25. Reports indicate that nearly 100 persons were injured and that property damage will reach sew eral hundred thousand dollars. Eleven persons were killed at Gowen, Okla. three at Sulphur, Okla, four at Sunrise, La. one at Arkansas City, Ariz- and six in Jefferson and Lon oke counties, Ark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-16
MAYS PAYS PENALTY By Assoc iated Press

Nashville. March 15-Maurice Mays negro, convicted of the murder of Mrs. Bertie Lindsey of Knoxville, paid the death penalty this morning in the electric chair at the Tennessee state prison here. One shock of 2,s00 volts was sent through his body al s:12 a. m., and at s:1s Mays was pronounced dead.