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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
 CONGRESSMAN NOLAN DIES IN CALIFORNIA
By Associated Press

Washington. November 1S.-An- nouncement of the death of Represen- tative John I. Nolan of California was contained in a telegram received to- day by the sergeant -at-arms of the House. The message stated that MT. Nolan died in California.
 MT Nolan had been i'll for several weeks, it was said He was chair man of the House labor committee and was a member Of the republican steering committee. An iron molder by trade, Mir. Nolan was at one time secretary of the San Francisco Labor council. His service in the House began with the Sixty-third Congress. He was married and had one daugh-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
100 REPORTED DEAD
 IN STRIKE BATTLE

Lima, Peru. November 1S.-Private dispatches from Guyaqua, Ecuador. given out by La Prenza, report that 100 persons were killed and many wounded in a battle between stril1- CTS and regular troops at Guaya- quil yesterday. The dispatches say that political complications are threatened although the government has voiced confidence in it's ability to quell the strikers.
 A general strike was decreed No- vember 3 by the Laborers' genera assembly at Guayaquil It was an- nounoed that all commercial activi- : ties ceased that day and that the public services, including the tele- phone exchanges and street cars had suspended operations. Troops were patrolling the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
FARM BUREAU SELLS
 COTTON TO RUSSIA
By Associated Press

Dallas, Texas, November 1s.-Plac- ing of an order fer 5o.0Oo bales Of cotton with the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton association by the State Uni- yersal Stores, Limited, of Russia. was announced today at the office of l. ]. Seineniouk, American rep- resentative of the company. The or der is part of a plan to resume pro- duction in textile mills in Russia. after several years of idleness. due to lack of raw materials, it was un- derstood here.
 Delivery at the port of Petrograd is asked in the order which Is esti- mated to amount tO approximately ss.o0o.00o at the present price Of cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
 FIFTY FEDERAL DRY OFFICERS FIRED BY NEW YORK DIRECTOR
Hy Associated Press

New York. November 1S.-State tonight that 50 agents had been dropped from the force on instruc- tions of Acting state Director F. .. Yellowley who now is in Washing ton.
 Twenty-Five of the men were em- ployed in New York city and the re- mainder upstate. it was said al head quarters
 No charges against the men dis missed were made public but IL was indica ted that Mir Yellowley's action sas the first tsep in reconstruction of the whole force. which has con- sisted of 25o men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROGRE ESS|VE s MOVEMENTS AIM
Leaders Will Meet At Wash lngton December l and 2. No Mention Made of Third
 Political Party
By Associated Press

Washington. November fs.--A call
 for a national conference of progress sives to meet here December and 2
 and organize a progressive group in
 Congress was issued tonight by sena-
 tor .LaFollette, republican. Wisconsin,
 and Representative Huddleston, dem
 ocrat Alabama. chairman and vice
 chairman, respectively. of the peo- ple's legislative service.
 Formation of not only cohesive progressive bloc in Senate and House, but also a national council of progressives. without regard to
 party, was the apparent object of the
 movement.
 There was no mention of a third political party. and before the call went out Senator LaFollette declared a new party must be matter of evo-
 lution, and could not be established
 through meeting of any group of | men and adoption of resolutions.
 The call proposed meeting of
 progressive leaders generally Decem- Der 2. Invitations to the latter meet 1 ing were sent. it was announced, to "a representative group of influen- | tia1 progressive men and wome-l -l throughout the country" whose 1 names were not divulged
 Ask Jmm ediate Replies Photographic replies were request | cd. and it was said the names of those accepting would be announced as re- | nouncement of the conference call, l Senator LaFollette issued statement l declaring that the time has now | come for the organization of we'll l defined group in support of accepted | progressive principles and policies, ] and the defeat of the administration i Snip subsidy bill, proposed anti-strike | legislation and projected transfer Of federal forests to the interior de- partment."
 | Senator Capper. republican,. Kan | sas. chairman of the Senate farm Itloc, almost at the same time issued 2 state haent declaring against the 1 ship subsidy bill and outlining . program of iegisla tion inofudine farm credits, prohibition Of tax free securities and reduction Of freight l rates and government taxes Both Senators LaFollette and Capper said | the rseen. elections were a victory | for the progressives over the reac- I tionaries, but it was not apparent to what extent the plans of the farm block might coincide with those of | the LaFollette- -Huddleston group. Organize Working Group The call issued by Sanatof LaFol- lette and Representative Huddleston. with the latter a strong labor cham pion in the House. announced that l it was for the organization Of an active working group in Congress. l, The general conference December 7, 1 1t was said further. would include leading progressives and those not i already actively affiliated with the Peoples Legislative service an or- ganization formed two years ago at fCoptInued on Page Twol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
T oday
Irish; Italians. End of the Othmans. Siberia Now Bolshevist.
 By ARTHUR BRISBANE

Four men, rebels" or repub- licans.e choose your name, are exe- cuted by the Irish Free State. The charge against them was unlawful possession of reyolyers. It had to come Killing must be met by killing in the end. But 1t is pathetic to see the Irish executing each other in the name of free Ireland after fighting England for TOO years.
 Italy has an absolute dictator in Mussolini while he lasts. That seems to be what nations need some times England had her dictator in Crom- well. ablest ruler she ever had up to Lloyd George. France, worn out with revolution, welcomed Napoleons dic- tatorship, and then the imitation Ma noleon Third. Perhaps we need something of that sort. We do not seem to be getting much action.
 More cautious than the murdered Czar Mohammed VI. Sultan of Tur- Key. kicked out by Renal Pasha, es- capes with his head on British ship. There Is long drop, you say. be- tween Suleiman, the Magnificent and noor little Mohammed VI, who gets ont when told to. But royalties gen erally, and imperial majesties, are on the down grade. The difference be- tween William the Conquer or Rich ard the Lion Hearted and the present English King is quite as great as the difference between Suleiman and Mo hammed VI.
 The suItanate ends and the house of Othman, of which Mohammed VI is No. s6 in a straight line. reaching back 500 years, falls into final obs scurity. Siberia has decided to dis solve it's far eastern republic, and unite with bolshevist Russia. Amer ican statesmen that have done all they could to earn Russia's enmity for America might thing about that news over Sunday.
 Professor Richtmyr of Cornell says flowers have special rays, of which we know nothing, to attract the in- sects necessary to floral propaga- ton. Those rays arc ultra violet, too short for human eyes to see. But insects see tbem. They also hear sounds that we cannot hea-. Man Is only one note in a great orchestra, of which he imagiles himself the leader But he is learning.
 France discusses votes for women. Some senator's fear the votes of sur p,us women.9 Made surplus by the killing of so many men.
 Others object because they say priests will control women's votes.' They said that in New Zealand, but 1t did not happen. The French also said we are so sweet to our women thrt they don't need any vote. Anglo gaxons are different The Anglo saxons said about the same thing, but their women did not believe it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
CLEMENCEAU URGES UNITED STATES ID
 TAKE RICH I SIDE
Great War Counts For Nothing if Mistakes Are Repeated, Declared the Great
 Leader

New York, November f8.-Georges Clemeneeau, wartime premier of France, came to America today on a mission of peace.
 The fiery old Tiger earnestly voiced the purpose of his tour in a brief response at city hall to an ad- dress of welcome by Acting Mayor Hubert.
 Tn the world ar this time." he de- clared, 'Is a crisis which hasn't been settled. How 1t will end, nobody knows. If you take the wrong side well, the war counts for nothing and we may have to go to war again. If 1t turns out right and tho right thing is done at the right time. then 1t will be the greatest step for the civilization of mankind"
 Clemenceau's idea of the right thing" Is the message he will give to America in a series of addresses here and In other large cities.
 Although he came as a private cit- izen. the famous French statesman was accorded the honors of a dip- lomat. Red tape was cut by Wash ington to facilitate his landing. A personal representative of President Barding. Assistant Secretary of State Bliss. went down the bay to welcome him and invite him to the White House. Jules J. Jusserand. the French ambassador to the United States. was on hand to put the stamp of his governments approval on the visit.
 Wilson Sends Greeting Cfemenceau had scarcely set foot on shore when a telegram from an other famous World war figure was handed him. The message from Woodrow Wilson read: Allow me to bid you welcome to America where you win find none but friends"
 The Tiger. who had worked at Versailles with Wilson for tho League of Nations. hastened to scrib- ble this reply:
 Deeply touched by your kind mes- sage. Please accept my kindest re- | gards and wishes. Am looking for ward with great pleasure to seeing you. In Washington" These were the days serious spota For the rest. it was a day of mad- cap adventure for the aged states man and he went to it with A vim that beiied his S1 years.
 The keen eyes beneath the shaggy brows were sparkling and snapping with excitement when the committee that went down the bay to greet hiru frat caught sight of him. high up on the promenade deck of tho Paris.
 They were still sparkling and snapping when he was hustled Into. | {Contsnued on Pare Tvvos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
CARRYING OUT HIS IDEA OF DUTY, ARMY
 OFFICIAL RE TIRE s
General Harbord, Probable Successor to PerShing, Re- signs to Make Way
 For Younger Men
By AssocIated Pres.

Washington. November 1s.-Retire- ment from the army of Maj Gen. James c. Harbord deputy chief of staff, and one of the outstanding American military leaders in the World war. to accept the presidency of the Radio Corporation of Amer
 lea was announced today by Secre- tary Weeks. He will be succeeded in Washington by Maj. Gen, \,Iohn l.. Hines, now commanding the Eighth corps area
 General Harberd's retirement be- comes effective December 29. and he will take up his new duties January 1. He bad been selected to succeed ! General Pershing as chief of staff on the latter's retirement. and Secretary Weeks said In his formal announce ment that the loss to the active forces of the army through General liar bord's separation from the service
 cannot be adequately expressed" In his letter to Secretary Weeks, applying for retirement, General Har- ! bord pointed out that he had been on active service for SS years, having enlisted on January 10. 1889, with continuous service since enlistment, over 16 years of such SC ice being abroad
 Opportunity for Youth
 Whenever occasion has offered during nearly 34 years of service" General Haroords letter said, T have 1 been an advocate of opportunity for the younger men of the army. At this time of elimination, by congressional action, of hundreds Of officers from the career to which they have dedi- cated themselves. I feel that my re- l tirement, thus saving some man to the army who would otherwise be lost to it, and affording promotion to younger officers for whom l step aside, is but consistent"
 General uarbord has had the offer from the Radio Corporation of Amer ica under consideration for almost a l year His acceptance was opposed l by Secretary Weeks and other off cials including General Pershing who tonight said he is ''yoicing the views of the entire army in expressing keen regret that General Harbord has de cided to go Into civil lffe.s'
 Praise From Pershing Even higher praise Of General liar bord's qualities was voiced by Gen. eral Pershing in the following in- | dorsement made on routine eff clency report concerning the retiring | officer:
 "A superior officer in all respects able. efficient, loyal. His ability as q commander Is without limitation. Has most thorough Knowledge of both staff and command duty. The ablest 1 officer l know
 ! General Harbords determina ton to | go back to civil life brings to close '
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19
NEW SENATOR RECEIVES OFFICIAL CONFESSION

Atlanta Ga, November ls.-Sen- ator elect Walter F. George today received his comm ssion as senator from Georgia after a meeting of the state board of canvassers had checked the returns from the No. vember election
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-19

Arthur Brisbane's feature article will be found in column below.
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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-10-20
Dog Cures ST. vltus Dance.

Curing st. Vitus dance by having a
poodle dog sleep with the patient has
been announced by a Denver woman
as the most effective remedy she has
found yet for her two daughters.
The woman, Mrs. ]. G. Morris of
2064 South Grant street, declared that
for six years she has kept a French
poodle dog that alternately sleeps with
her young daughters, both of whom
are afflicted with st. Vitus dance. One
of the daughters, the elder one now is
virtually cured of the disease. accord
ing to Mrs. Morris, and the other is
showing rapid Improvement.
can old time physician told me
about this remedy" Mrs. Morris said,
land as an experiment / tried it and
found it more soothing to the nerves
of a st Vitus dance patient than any
medicine ever prescribed" -Louisville
Courier-J Journal.
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Nothing for NOTHING,

1t was said by all the neighbors of
Mr.. Tightleigh that he had never been
known to give away anything in his
life. He either sold it or demanded
something in exchange.
On one occasion he was making a
long railway journey. The seat direct
ly in front of him was occupied by a
man who had been coughing and
sneezing at frequent intervals for
more than an hour. At last Mr.. Tight
leigh leaned forward and spoke to
him.
"That's a pretty bad cold you seem
to have" he said.
"Worst I ever had in my life"
wheezed the other.
swell, / know of simple and harm
less remedy, absolutely sure, that will
cure 1t inside Of two days"
"Some patent nostrum?"
mo, you can make 1t up at home"
II shall be very grateful If you will
tell me what 1t is"
"I'll do it." said Mr.. Tightleigh, mar
rowing his eyelids, IF you'll tell me
what'l drive away these warts I've
got on my left hand."-Milwaukee
Sentinel.
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and to commanders-in-ch chief of armies
An the field. No officer in between Is
eligible to receive the medal Yet
Lange was awarded two. One Marshal
Petain pinned on his o. D. Several
months after the armistice Lange
opened a registered package with a
French stamp on it and found another
Medaille Militaire.
The highest honor Nebraska could
give one of its World war heroes went
TO LANCE also. He was chosen by the
state commander of the American Lee
gion to officially represent Nebraska
at the burial in Arlington cemetery of
the Unknown Soldier" The Distin-
guished Service cross, bestowed person
ally by General Pershing, the Croix de
Guerre with palms and the knowledge
that he carried Merle Hay from the
trenches are other things that remind
Lange of his war service. Hay was
the first Iowa boy killed in the war
and one of the first three American
boys to die in action.
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to what used to be German southwest
Africa. Few of the general public of
that day knew of Elba, not far from
Leghorn, where the French emperor
was first sequestered; and when, after
Waterloo, he went to st. Helena peO-
pie looked In vain upon most of the
maps for that tropical dot, with an
area of only AZ square miles and with
but few inhabitants.
After the Boer war the English
turned to st. Helena as safe spot to
send Boer prisoners of war, and so
there that the inhabitants of James
town-the only town then on the island
became suddenly enriched, for Brit
ish soldiers and sailors brought money,
and their prisoners were rarely poor
men.
Next to the Red sea ports along the
African coast, st Helena probably en-
tertains In its waters the greatest ag-
gregation OF sharks In the world, but
the Boer prisoners discovered that
these sharks always slept when the
sun reached the meridian and many
of these prisoners were rescued by
their friends who brought small YES
sells, apparently laden with provender,
but steamed rapidly away when their
confederates had swum few yards
from beneath the towering cliffs to
the awaiting boat
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FOUGHT IN THE WAR OF 1872
Graves of 21e Americans, Enemies of
England, Decorated at Princeton
for First Time,

A half century after the origination
of memorial, or decoration day, on
which tribute is paid to those who
have died in the nations wars, the
graves of 218 Americans who fought
in the War of 1872 were decorated for
the first time last Memorial day.
At Princeton, England, there are the
graves Of 218 Americans who died
while held prisoners of war in Dart
moor prison. The parish church in
the little village of Princeton was built
by the labor of these and number Of
French prisoners.
For many years the sod which COW
cred the remains of these sons of
America was unmarked. Finally one
of the governors of the prison had
cairn and monument erected to mark
the resting place of England's worthy
enemies. Their graves, however, had
never been decorated in the manner in
which the graves of other American
heroes are decorated until the London
post of the American Legion placed a
large wreath over their resting place
on last Memorial day.
On the same day that the graves of
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The PrIvate,s Dilemma.

I'D like to be corpril and with the cor
prils stand,
"A chevron on my coat sleeve and a war
rant in my hand
But when l think It over all my hope to
gloom descends,
I'd like to be a corpril-but I'd rather
have my friends.
The private marches dumbly-this way,
that way, what's the odds?
While the corpril joins the shouting when
the orders Right by squads'
But when the drill is over then the cor
prirs glory ends,
Oh, I'd like to be a corpril-but I'd rather
have my friends
The extra pay comes handy and the chew
ron makes one proud
But it's tough to be a noncom when your
heart is with the crowd.
To prosecute your buddies with commands
the captain sends
Yes, I'd like to be a corpril-but I'd rather
have my friends
Gleason Pease, in American Legion
Weekly
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OLD RED SCH00LH0USE GONE
In Its Place Has Come the Modern,
Steam-Heated Building, and
Many Teachers.

/ The little red schoolhouse is pass
ing. In it's place is sprlnging up a
pretentiOus handsome affair of stone,
brick or stucco, with TWO or more
rooms, with modern equipment, a Ii
brary, and an advanced curriculum for
the education of boys and girls of the
farming districts.
There are still, of course, many of
the old one-room school houses, of
frame construction, shabby and for
saken-appearing standing in the coun-
try, but the consolidated school plan,
and the rapid settling of farm lands
In this section particularly, has
marked the doom of the old-dme In
stitution.
No, more does sheeps-tail, split
and fastened, wool out, on block Of
wood serve as an eraser for bumpy
blaekboards In these schools no more
do tattered dictionary and few
outdated text books constitute the III
brary."
Standard school equipment, coming
up to regulations set by the state, is
to be found In practically all Of the
rural schools In any but remote dis
tricts today.
A marked contrast can be seen be-
tween representative schools of today
In the country and those of a genera
ton ago.
Then the boys carried stove-wood
from the outdoors and corded 1t along
the walls of the room, to feed the box
stove in winter; today a hot-air or
steam furnace, fueled with coal, pro-
vides heat In the modern district
school.
Then a tin wash-basin In a cor
ner. provided a place to wash at noon,
or to thaw out frost-bitten fingers; to-
day a pressure water system or ar
tesian well empties into a modern Law
atory.
Then there was one teacher for all
grades from primary to eighth To
day schools are graded, with separate
rooms and individual teachers in many
country districts.
Then the subjects offered were read !
ing, writing and arithmetic, with
few added such as geography and some
history. Now the boy or girl may |
study agriculture, domestic science,
manual training and other supplement !
tary courses.
Truly. times have changed for the !
farm schoolboy since the end of the |
last century.
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OFFERED TO IDOL
MaidenS and Children Unhappy
Victims of BaaI.
ArcheoIogists Have Unearthed, in
Ruins of Carthage, Temple Where
Infamous Rites Were Practiced.

Unearthed among the ruins of Garth
age, in northern Africa, according to
official notification received by the
French government from Count Byron
Prorok, famous archeologist, Is the
great temple of Baal, where pagan
! priests practiced their ;ndescribable
human sacrifices centuries ago.
Count Prorok has sent word to his
government that a set of sacrificial
urns believed to contain the bones of
maidens and children sacrificed to
Baal have been unearthed and iden-
titled
Identification Of the temple of Baal
beyond any question Of doubt is pos
sible through the discoveries already
made. Baal, or Baal-Hammon, is the
monstrous deity mentioned hundreds
of times in the Bible and in other an
cient writings Students of the Bible
and children who attend Sunday school
remember passages in the Old Tesla
ment telling how the Israelites were
warned against this idolatrous wor-
ship and its Infamous practices.
The chief characteristic Of the Baal-
Harmon worship was the sacrifice of
human beings In cruel and varied
forms. Each temple Of Baal contained
a huge and monstrous idol, usually of
bronze, but sometimes Of stone, and
1t was to this idol that the victims
were sacrificed. Occasionally young
children were offered up, but usually
it was some beautiful maiden who was
chosen to become the bride of Baal."
Sometimes the victims were con-
sumed by fire. Frequently they were
subjected to longer and even more
atrocious torrents. When the victim
was to perish by fire, three different
methods were used In every case,
however, the maiden was first placed
Sin the arms of Baal," or, rather, on
a sort of platform on the knees of the
seated idol between the arms
By one method fire was made to
spout from the mouth of the over
hanging head. By another the plat
form itself was heated redhot. BY a
third the platform was tipped back
ward by mechanical contrivance and
the victim was hurled into a seething
fiery furnace in the interior of the
idol.
More cruel even than the death by
fire was the placing of the bride" on
luxurious cushions laid in the lap of
Baal. When the priests departed,
sealing the great stone doors after
them, lions or other savage beasts
were turned loose to roam the temple
floor. The terror-stricken maiden
could then remain on the cushions
slowly to starve to death or might
choose the quicker method of casting
herself to the beasts below.