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New-York tribune., 1922-08-29
Rescued Boy Waits Six Years
To Save Another From River

II
the onlookers WAS young Taylor. FL
nally the Babe Ruth of the neighbor-
hood came to bat and lined out a "hotn
one that SCARED over Harold's head in
the direction of the rivew. The seven
year-old outfelder started after the
ball on dead run and made wild
lunge for 1t just as IL rolled Off the
pier into the river, He lost his ball
anca and fell into the water.
Throwing Off his coat and hat, Tay-
lor dived into the river, and when he
came to the surface he observed the
younger boy struggling helplessly In
the water about twenty feet from him.
Taylor swan rapidly and seized Harold
by the hair as the latter was going
down third time. Unassisteds he got
the lad TO tho pier.
DIR. Lewis, of Harlem Hospital who
arrived shortly sfterward. resuscitated
the Bolo boy and took him home.
The pvoudess woman in New York
last night Was Edward Taytor's mother.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-29
First Dirigible TO Fly
Across US. Sails Sept. I

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BELLEvILLL, ILL.,, Aug. 2s
fBy The Associated Press The
first transcontinental dirigible
balloon flight ever attempted in
the United States will be started
by the CO, from Langley Field,
Virginia, on September /, it was
announced this afternoon at Scott
Field, the government lighter
than-air station here.
Stops will be made at Akron
and Dayton, Ohio; st. Louis,
Lawton, Okla; San Antonio,
Maria and Ell Paso, Tex; Yuma,
Ariz., and Los Angeles.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-29

Six years ago, Edward Taylor, then
g ten-ycar-old boy, fell into the East
River ut the foot of East 123d Street
and was saved from drowning by a
young man who jumped In after him.
"pm going 70 learn to swim.' Ed
ward told his mother, Mrs. Rose Tay-
lor, of 433 East 122d Street, alter he
had been revived. Maybe some day
4 can save Boys life, just al that
young man did mine
Since then Edward Taylor has te-
come good swimmer. He never fers
got his wish TO some day save d life
His opportunity came yesterday, ard
at the Identical spot Of his adventure
of six years ago
Harold Bolo, seven years old, Of A&3
Pleasant Avenue, was playing baseball
with several of his companions He
was stationed in shs outfeld. Among
New-York tribune., 1922-08-29
News Summary
DOMESTIC

Governor calls on Legislature for
Fuel Administration to assume com
plete control; bill creating it grants
powers greater than In war time.
Secretary of Labor Davis confers
at Philadelphia with anthracite
miners and operators. Senator Pep
per says settlement is matter Of
hours. Return Of $4,000 miners ex-
pected this week.
Fight on Senator Johnson features
to-day's primary in California.
Four plotters admit Michigan Gen.
trail wreck near Gary was union plan
to gain public sympathy for strikers.
Railroad track laborers ask Labor
Board to double their wages.
WASHINGTON
Early settlement of anthracite con-
troversy expected by Harding, who
holds up plan to seize mines and
some railroads Fuel distribution
committee disbands while Congress
works on permanent legislation.
Wadsworth attacks bonus, in
sisting it puts too heavy burden on
the country.
LOCAL
"Who can tell what o'Malley
knows?D asks peddler, deprived of
stand; tells of alleged corruption in
markets.
Episcopal general convention will
hear Recommendation urging recog-
nition by ministry Of faith healing.
Schools, electric systems and
,ssaogies may, he shut down 5e5 ls n
shorage; Real Estate Board would
curtail heat and hot water.
@ Two new Witnesses in film, slay-s
ing see prosecutor; blonde woman
identified.
Wealthy firemen leave evening
amusen1ents to put out blaze in
Doubleday, Page & Go. plant.
John Hartman and Alice Laidley
announce they were married Au-
gust ~.
Pushcart peddlers, summoned be-
fore Market Commissioners, fear they
will be asked TO praise him.
McAneny says Hylan transit plan
is deceptive. timed to run with po-
litical campaign.
FOREIGN
Michael Collins buried in Glas-
nevia Cemetery beside his colleague
Griffith
British agree to French demand for
control Of German industry provided
moratorium of at least one and one
half years is offered Germany.
SPORTS
Yankees defeat st. Louis Browns,
2-1, in eleven innings and increase
their lead in pennant race.
Pirates win from Robins in eleven
innings, 4-3.
United States golfers win three Of
four foursomes in international
aHalSH W3tn oI1t4SA dt southampton.
Flamingo poloists defeat Eastcott
team in tournament at Rumson.
Six New Workers qualify in Public
Links golf tournament at Toledo.
zev wins the Albany Handicap,
feature event at Saratoga.
MARKETS AND SHIPS
Stock prices react; French bonds
decline.
July rail earnings show effects of
strike and rate cut.
Reserve Bank here reports good
gains in July wholesale trade.
Lack of loading facilities at
British ports delays movement of
coal TO United States.
Elmer Schlessinger resigns as
general counsel for the U. S. Ship
ping Board.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-29
Miller Bill Gives Fuel Chief
Wide Power to Protect Public;
Harding Sees Hard Coal Peace
of Fuel Administrator
To Exceed Any Conferred II, Var
From o Staf Correspondent

ALBANY Aug 28Goveno Miller his bill providing for the
appointment of fuel administrator clothes that with
thority than that delegated similar officers of
Regulations promulgated by the fuel administrator virtually
the law of the state Violations punishable the
of first offence fon offences the
offender liable and of civil rights
Power fuel which his yield
able profit
books Of Dealers boarded public
buy and sell fuel sO000oo revolving pro-
yded for the and to control the distribution
coal by all is vested in the fuel administrator
He has the authority require all
he deems such action and complete jurisdiction the
of fuel ordering although
the teachers the closed schools paid
Fuel is defined being COAL coke charcoal rewood
manufactured fuel products.
New-York tribune., 1922-08-29
Amundsen Quits Polar
Trip at Point Barrow
viii Spend Winter i'm Arctic ;
Ship Is Reported in Ice Near
Rering Straits

NOME, Alaska, Aug. % (By The
Associated Press). Captain Roald
Amundsen's exploration ship Maud is
in the ice off Point Hope. north of
Kotzebue Sound and the eastern en-
trance to Bering Strait, according to a
radio message received here to-day
from the coast guard cutter Bear.
1t Is believed here that the Maud is
returning to Nome because of unfavor-
able ice conditions.
The message also gives definite in-
formation that Captain Amundsen, wiso
left the Maud some time ago with Lieu
tenant Oscar 0mdal, aviator, and mo-
stion picture photographer, will spend
sths winter at Wainwright, near Point
Harrow, apparently having given up HE
proposed trans-Polar airpiane fight for
this season at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26
LETTERS TO EDITOR
CITES THE AUTHORITIES
[ The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herad:
 In the editorial columns of your paper, dated January 23, 1922, the writer noticed an article by Charles Wood with reference to the spelling of the name of the shoals in the Tennessee river a few miles above Florence.
 This article aroused the writer's curiosity as to the true origin and spelling of the word Muscle" or "Mussel," as MT. Wood states in his article it should be spelled, and according to the modern spelling and usage he is correct.
 As MT. Wood states these shoals were named for the shellfsh which are found there, as you may see from the following quotation from Francis Liebers Encyclopedia Americana" published in 1846 by Lea & Blanchard of Phil adelphia:
 Muscle Shoals: An expansion of the Tennes- see river, about 250 miles from it's mouth, and the same distance from the whirl or suck where the river branches through the Cumberland mountains. This expanse is 25 miles long and two or three in width, and receives its name from the fresh water clans found there"
 You will notice MT. Leber uses the word Muscle as does Oliver Goldsmith in referring to this fish in his History of the Earth and Animated Nature," published by Grigg & El- liott, Philadelphia, in 1885,
 In J. B. Killebrews Resources of Tennes- see," published in 1874, he refers several times to the shoals as Muscle" Shoals
 Last but not least have our good and sometimes valuable friend, Noah Webster. who in his unabridged dictionary speaks of this she'll fish follows:
 Muscle: A bivalvular shefish of the genus mytius linnaeus, sometimes written "Mussel."
 So you see that Mr. Webster seemed to be partial to Muscle" as the preferred spelling of this name.
 The writer has mentioned these facts to show that in the earlier days Muscle was preferred in spelling the name of this fresh water clam, and probably for this reason it now appears in all government records, bills and ap- propriation, as we'll as newspapers, instead of "Mussel." Very respectfully,
 MARCUS B. LONG.
 Tuscaloosa, January 24, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
GIVE PUBLICITY

Every church should have paid press agent" declared Prof. E. M. Henderson, head of the department of journalism of Birming- ham-Southern college, in addressing group of ministerial students of Birmingham-Southern
 ''The day is here when it is just as essential to advertise the church anything else, and wideawake reporter in the church can do much in aiding the minister.
 "One of the main troubles is that the min isters censor so much of their news and keep most of it from reaching the editors desk. That is the wrong attitude. Everything that is really news should be turned in and published"
 MT. Henderson pointed out that newspapers wanted the news while it was really news and not several days. after it had happened. He urged the young ministers present to practice taking the newspaper into their confidence and putting them wise to big church story so they could use it at the moment it breaks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26
JUDICIAL VIEW OF PRESS
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 William Jennings Bryan, John F. Hylan and Upton Sinclair have swatted the newspaper ateness. Governor Miller, speaking to the New York State Publishers association, shows judicial view from higher viewpoint. "A good many things about which have first knowledge are-frequently distorted in the news columns; sometimes, have thought conscious y and sometimes unconseiously The cast of the headline, the little twists in the statement of the occurrence find lodgment in the brains of countless numbers of people who read it and, unconsciously to the reader, cause that reader to form an opinion" The gov ernor adds:
 'I do not care so much what is said about me in the way of editorial comment. I do care, however that I only speaking as one of the public officials, what is said as matter of news"
 Editorial writers need not feel themselves afronted their utterances depreciated by this expression. They may or may not mold public opinion-some election returns indicate that they do not-but in any case their offer ings are arguments, openly and concededly in hCSoIu WlIH Inelr newspapers respective poll cies, and are analysed by readers as news mat ter is not; discounted as news headlines are not.
 What emphasizes the governors headline suggestion is the fact that so many persons read heads, and so few read articles from start to finish. Now the headline maker seldom seeks to insinuate propaganda, but he is al- ways under what might be called the drama urge, and under the fixed limitation of type forms. Genius patience, mental poise must be continuous through full days work or a full nights work, if he is to avoid inaccuracy and insure adequacy. That he succeeds so well he does is marvellous to those who know his obstacles.
 Responsible newspapers are glad of such criticism as the governor offers. Their spirit and purpose is truth. And to be perfectly fair, no country on earth has a newspaper press so rigid in it's separation of fact from mere comment as that of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26
IMPROVES CLUB
ruary.''

By the time warm weather arrives the won derful improvements at Linger Longer Lodge will be very apparent" said Dana Kilcrease, ar active member of Birminghams youngest social club. "The plans which are being worked out are designed to achieve to the fullest the ideal location and marvellous natural beauty of the crest of Shades mountain. The large cemented swimming pool is being handicapped as rapidly (and very artistically) as weather will permit, and the financing of the handsome new club house has been brought to a point to assure it before the season is well forward Linger Longer's third year will show in marked way all of the energy and loyalty which it's member ship displayed in it's first and second year,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26
TOO MANY COMPLAINTS

s.It is strange what little things people can find to complain about" said Commissioner W. B. Cloe of public safety. q never realized this until l took office, and every day it is one thing or another that people calling me about and registering complaints.
 Yesterday man called and complained that the newsboys were yelling too loud on the streets and wanted me to take some action to stop them. That is the first complaint 1 have had of that kind. Then on the other hand a woman called me and stated that her neigh bor's chickens had scratched up her flowers, and she wanted me to come out and see about it. Of course told her she must arrange with her neghbor to keep the chickens up, for could do nothing about such matters. It is just one petty complaint after the other and takes up just lots of time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26
EX.SERviCE MEN INTERESTED

When the proposition was made to the ex- service men by the Birmingham Automobile club to give a number of them employment by se- curing members for the club on a commission basis, the plan was cordially received" said Rufus H. Bethea, manager of the employment bureau for ex-service men under the auspices of Birmingham Post No. 1, Ameriaan Legion "There are in this city more than 250 ex-service men out of employment, and we can use about 20 men when the Birmingham Automobile club opens it's membership campaign, which is sched- uled for February l. Married men with fami- lies will be given the preference, and if the public will cooperate with them our men will be on the job, and they will be able to do some- thing for themselves in this way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26
CHAuFEEuRS SLOW

"Chauffeurs are coming in very slowly to obtain their licenses,' said Arthur Ellis, in charge of this work, land up to the present time only 3S8 have done so. Last year more than 2,o0o licenses were issued and we think that large number never took the license, but this year we are going after them strong. These licenses were due January 1 and we gave the drivers 20 days for the purpose of taking out the license, but instructions have been given to the traffic officers to arrest all chauffeurs who do not have licenses. This is the only way we make them come in and get the tags and every effort will be made to have all chauffeurs obtain their licenses before Feb ruary 1.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26

The high percentage of illiteracy in Massa- chusetts cities is a reflection on one Massa- chusetts city where it's henous offense to split infnitive.
 Even after all the delegates to the arms con- ference go home, there will be enough silk hats in Washington to catch the pale beams of the winter sum-
 The owner of private yacht who can run down to Bimini whenever the spirit moves him comes pretty near being the master of his fate
  It IS safe to assume that those gallant French men who think it was unchivarous to bar Zita from Paris are not deeply versed in politics. The "social bloc" in Washington is another in- dication that we are getting farther and farther away from Jeffersonian simplicity. Married men have at last found a champion New York judge warns women who seek alimony not to expect luxuries.
 < X Fully 99 per cent of the worlds population remains calm while DeValera emuates Achilles. who sulked in his tent.
 < Special interests who are bombarding us with 1He 1fuGh ADout Muscle Shoals will please pardon our skepticism.
 < x Greece will take part in the Genoa confer ence What says Uncle Sam, who might be the guest of honor there?
 # * # Nowadays liner without swimming pool can hardly hold her head up among first-class ocean greyhounds.
 x x < The possibility of another flu" epidemic promises to put anadditional tax on optimism
 < x The distinction between crime wave and crime wavelet lies chiefly in the headlines
 < < Open diplomacy" is too often a case of "Now you see it and now you don't see it."
 x < From theatrical point of view, there is no such thing ''pitiless publicity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26
RAPID PROGRESS MADE BY
 ARMS CONFERENCE

The arms conference, according to present indications, is nearing the end of it's work. The American people were warned not to expect too much of the conference, but it already has enough substantial achievements to its credit to fill glowing page in the history of Amer ican diplomacy. Instead of being a disappoint- ment it has accomplished more than was ex- pected and with minimum of friction that has been extraordinary, when we consider the deli cate problems it was called upon to discuss
 Before the arms delegates met in Washing ton there was war cloud the horizon-a fnall almost invisible cloud, perhaps-but it there and 1t might concevably have grown larger, helped along by the jingoes of the United States and Japan. The horizon is now clear. Japan has proved the big surprise of the conference. She has shown willingness to cooperate with America in removing causes for misunderstanding which has put the two countries on entirely new basis-one of mutual confidence and respect. Probably never before since Japan became major power have the relations between America and Japan been more friendly than they are at the present moment.
 The last stumbling block, the Shantung con troversy is about to be settled. That is one of the biggest constructive acts of the confer ence. While it is doubtless true that relations between China and Japan are still strained, the Shangtung question, which has been a dis turbing factor ever since the peace conference was convened in Paris, is being adjusted satis- factorily to China and Japan. The "good of fees" of Secretary Hughes and MT. Balfour have been decidedly beneficial.
 MT. Harding and MT. Hughes will get most of the credit for the success of the arms con ference, but the fact that Woodrow Wilson made it possible should not be forgotten. In this connection, a statement was recently made by Congressman Fess of Ohio, who said: "As a republican and chairman of the national re- publican congressional committee, wish here and now also to give credit to MT. Wilson for his part in molding the sentiment of the peo- pie of this country and the world in favor of such consummation.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26
SNOW MAGIC

From the Philadelphia Bulletin. A dreary world at twilight met mine eyes No sunset glow, but sombre gray the skies, While cold and bitter blew the northern blast And moaned through leafless trees like spirit
 lost,
 In weird and mocking death-dance swayed and
 tossed
 The withered flower-ghosts of summer past. With longing heart sighed, ah, could be In my dear southland, sunlit fields to see Then, while slept, the kindly snow came down. Today each spectral weed blooms white, and 10, Here smile the cotton fields Eve longed for so And every tree wears orange-blossom crown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26
THE MINING INDUSTRY
 OF ALABAMA

Report of the mining and quarrying industry increase of 145 8 per cent in the value of prod ucts in 1919 over 1909. The value of mined and quarried products in 1919 was 9,866, ,04o. As practically one-half of the states mining and quarrying is done in the Birmingham district, the value of its products may be placed at nearly $3o,00o,oo0.
 Alabama is the seventh state in coal pro- duction, third in the production of iron ore and second in the production of graphite. Our ] relative rank as coal producer has been re- forged ahead during the past few years through the opening up of trade territory to its mines.
 The mining industry employs more men than any other except agriculture. The total num- Der of persons engaged in the business in 1919 was 34,363, and the total of wage-earners was 32,57s. The wage bill was $36,ooo,ooo, an in- crease over 1909 of 154 per cent.
 That the mining industry pays its full share of the taxes is shown in the census report, which lists total taxes paid in 1919 as S1.- 5000, an increase over 1909 of SIT per cent This is by far the greatest increase made by any item connected with the industry in the decade, and is more than an answer to those who may have an idea that the mining industry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26

escapes any of its rightful proportion of the tax burden.
 It is encouraging at this time to have Erskine Ramsay, coal operator, inform the public that Alabamas coal production, while only 50 to 60 per cent of normal, is still ahead of that of any other coal field. When we do the business in bunker and export coal through Mobile that the federal coal terminals now being completed there will justify, better showing will be made by Alabama coal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-26
MUSCLE SHOALS CONTRACT
 SIGNED BY FORD

Henry Ford was in earnest when he made his bid for Muscle Shoals. The promptness with which he signed and returned the contract for the proposed lease should set at rest any doubts on that question.
 Furthermore, the uncertainty which has been caused by government officials, whether inten- tionally or not, and the attempt of Mr. Ford's opponents to creat the impression that he was merely seeking publicity, have been answered by the Detroit manufacturer who shows that he means business.
 Judging from Secretary Weeks remarks yesterday to delegates to the farm conference in Washington, he is still averse to committing himself one way or the other regarding the Ford offer. The secretary is guarded, excessively so, it appears, but the whole matter will now be transferred to Congress, where determined of the country and practically the entire strength of the west and south to get the Ford offer accepted. The south's representatives in Congress will be expected to give it strong sup port.
 Prompt action is promised but the struggle may be prolonged. At any rate, it will be a fight in the open and the American people will be given an opportunity to find out why theNe is so much opposition to the bid of Henry Ford Perhaps they already know, but the battle prom ses to enlighten them still further.
 into ,Lo GoeL+ ever since he made his offer for Muscle Shoals and flooding the country with propaganda, in addition to doing a great deal of fast footwork in Washington, will concentrate their efforts on trying to defeat Muscle Shoals legislation in Congress.
 The technical details of the Muscle Shoals project can only be understood by an expert, and that has helped considerably to throw dust in the eyes of the American people, as well as certain members of Congress whose prejudice against the south, against Ford and all things democratic has led them to give easy credence to the charges made that Ford is trying to take advantage of the government that his plans for the development of Muscle Shoals are imprac- tical and will not greatly benefit the American farmer by giving him cheaper fertilizers.
 But there is one question nobody can answer satisfactorily. If the Ford offer is rejected, what becomes of Muscle Shoals? The govern ment can't finish and operate the plants there. Will the whole project be scrapped and millions thrown away, will it be sold for song to concerns who fear Ford's competition? Pres- dent Harding has professed his friendship for the south and the south took him at his word He can prove himself friend indeed by giving his support to the only proposal in sight that will make Muscle Shoals an asset instead of 1ia- bility.