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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-14
HEAR RADIO CONCERT TAT HARTFORD SCHOOL

TROY, Ala, Dec. 13.-(SpeciaL)- Bibb, Fo1mar. Jr.. has just returned from Hartford, where with Mir. Meri- wether, he puc on-as radio concert at the public school there on Thursday and Friday nights, in compliment to w. c. Bell, the Folmar agent there, who has just qualified in the s100.o00 insurance club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-14

ble, before consent surgical operaton furnish many without operation surgeons had advised them go under the knife trouble and receive ion, may be worth much you to do especially affections which doctor failed
 e Dspensay prescriptions charge d always reasonable.
 Office: 2o201 First Avenue. Birmnsham Ala.
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Buys M.,K.&T. .RaiIway

COLBERT. okla. Dec. 13.-The main line in Oklahoma Of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas railway. was sold at auction here this afternoon to J. w. Seligman and company and Hall. .Gartes and company of New York. for s2s. .0oo.7oo. Francis Randolph and W. H. Bleumenthal wer. the other bidders
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300 Stand Cop A...-...s sSM sh SA 300 Technicolor Serv VI 14 13 Is 100 U R s Candy Store
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No part of Scotland is over forty niles from sea water.
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By Briggs

balloons will go long distances and people within radius of 100 miles are expected to be on lookout for the little messengers on that day.
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the air on December 22, when the
 Troy Rotary club will send forth large number of small balloons. The balloons will be about two feet in diameter and will bear the name of a member of the Rotary club. Att
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tached to each balloon will be card for mailing. showing where the bal loon was found and by whom.
 The balloons will be set free at 10 o'clock in the morning of December 22. It Is expected that many of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-18
THE GREAT INSANITY

0F ALL the theories ever generated out
~ of mental squalor, that Of the incvita
btlity of war is the most dangerous and the
most popular. General Won Below, Ger
man Army commander in the war, is now
doing his best TO give this delusiUn new
lease of life in the United States. Most OF
the diplomatic thought of Europe seems for
the time being to be founded upon It.
Avery decided movement in England aims
to bring about frank and open alliance
between Britain and Germany. 1t is based
upon fear of France and of French i'm
perialism. The Germans themselves feel
that war must and will come again before
long in Europe. Even In the clubs and at
public meetings you are confronted with
people who talk gl!bly of the old Adam
in mankind and of the inability of nations
to live in peace. ''As long rs men have
passions" says Won Below, there must be
war;"
The people Of the United States are not
passionless, and neither are those OF Canada
But they never think of making war on one
another. The people OF New Jersey never
think of making war on the people of Penn
sylvania. Yet a war between two States
Of the Union would be quite as logical n
proposition as war between any two of
the Balkan states.
The fact is that as intelligent thought
progresses to free peoples from superstitions
and delusons, war is being eliminated AZ an
institution sanctioned by civilization II is
going the way OF smallpox and witch
burning.
Doubtless there were a thousand small
wars on 500 years ago in the area now COW
cred by the United States We happen
merely to have been freed on this side OF
the world from the influence OF Statesmen
who regard miltarism as Il proud tradition
OF particular races and peoples rs pawns to
be used in sort of sporting conflict between
rival aristocraCies.
Mr.. Hoover is right in saying that Europe
can and should pay its debts to the United
States. 1t will be able TO pay them without
difficulty when about hundred bankers and
politicians at present in control Of the desti-
nies Of the Old World can be cured of their
present insanity and convinced that there f.,
one certain and safe alternative for war
That alternative is reason.
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FLUID GOLD?

T1IIE fabulous prosperity OF the Standard
/ Oh Company Of New Jersey. reflected
in the prod.gous stock dividends recently
announced to multitude Of ecstatic in.
vestors. suggests again that before we know
Il the basic measurements Of national wealth
NAV be made with oil rather than with
gold.
Mr.. Rockefeller and his disciples seem
to have had the gift of prophetic foresight
when they began originally 70 seek out and
control the sources Of the petroleum supply.
The subsequent trend Of industrial technique
was proof of their almost uncanny wisdom
Oil burning locomotives followed almost
Immediately after oil burning ships. The
enormous expansion Of machine processes,
which depend ultimately on oil Of one sort
or another. added volume to the golden flood
that since has poured in upon Mr.. Rocke-
Teller and his associated ragnates. Most
important of all these factors however. was
the automobile, which cannot run mile
without a supply Of the two commodities
that the Standard and similar corporations
furnish-refined mineral oil and gasoline
Gasoline was until recently an almost
worthless by. product OF the reineries Now
It is the chief source OF the good fortune
that has fallen to people who were fortu-
nately situated on the ground floor of the
oil industry when vil-wagons came into
being. 1t Is interesting to remember that
Mr.. Ford who Is now crowding Mr. Rookie
fcller for first place among rich Americans,
did more than any one else to contribute
to the fortune Of his rival,
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BARLEYCORN AFLOAT

THE correspondence between Secretary
L Hughes and the British Government
begun In Washington with a view to the
restriction of liquor smuggling from the
Bahamas, is for the moment closed. It was
more colorful in tone than diplomatic cor.
respondence usually is. The American
citizens Of questionable reputation" Of
whom our State Department talks in its
complaint about smugglers, and "the boys
In the ship registry Offices Of British West
ihdlan possessions who, according to the
quoted report Of prohibition agents, "have
to be looked after" may read the formal
notes without any agitation Of heart or
mind.
!he whole question Of smugsled liquor
and the smuggling system is just where It
was before. His Majesty's Government, a
Government which has good reasons for
anxiety in any emergency Of affairs which
TENDS to change existing rules upon any of
tine seas, politely but firmly expresses an
unWillingness to agree by treaties Of any
sort to an extension Of the three mile zone
TO twelve mile zone. The suggestion was
made by Mr.. Hughes in order that the pres
ent danger zone of smugglers might be
widened. The British are surrounded by
water. They live largely by shipping. 1t
was hardly to be expected that they would
agree to any departure from traditional
practices which might at any time react to
their peril or their disadvantage at home.
Ambassador Geddes, speaking for his
Government, observes in tone of deep
sympathy that he is sure that the condi-
ton complained Of by the Government of
the United States Is a temporary one and
that the abuses mentioned will "be sup
pressed by the United States authorities in
the not distant future" And there you
are.
There will be an effort, however, to take
from adventurous rum shippers one Of the
safeguards that they now have. 1t has
been the custom of the British shipping
clerks to issue two sets of clearance papers
to rum runners. One set consigned them
to Canadian or European ports The other
set authorized them to proceed to the
United States 'in ballast Thus a rum
ship caught with her cargo within the
three mile limit could show one set of
papers and establish her right to proceed
If she managed to transfer or land her
cargo she could show the other set and
peaceably, and apparently in all innocence,
enter an American port. This detail Of the
general case Is TO be brought to the attention
of the proper authorities in London and in
the course of time something may be done
about it.
or the stupendous cargOcs of hard liauor
that find way to the British West Indies,
of the ships that so rolling down from Scot
land and England and Ireland with enough
whisky to float the Bahamas out of the
ocean, the British Government said nothing
Officially, it knows nothing of such ship.
ments. 1t is still Government disposed to
fee! that the business or private affairs of
its citizens are none of Its business.
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A SCHOOL PROGRAM

SUPERINTENDENT BROOME'S pro-
- gram for adjusting the cdura,ional facil!-
ties of the city to its needs is bold and COM
prehensive. 1t IS estimated that the cost
Of the new buildings required will amount TO
about S1j 900 900 This is considerable
sum, far beyond the financial resources of
the Board of Education or the average run
Of State or municipal appropriations for
developing the physical equipment Of the
school system
DR.. Broome, however. is sufficiently
courageous to look the future squarcly IN
the face. Waste, extravaganza and false
starts can be avoided if some consistent
plan of school building is devised with vision
and pursued to logical conclusion.
1t is not necessary to find the full Sl5,-
600 900 all at once. Once properly
launched the work will extend through a
period of years, achieving as it progresses
some relation to the growth OF population In
this urban center.
The condition Of overcrowding in schools
of all grades is now extremely serious. Two
new high schools are imperatvely needed.
one OF which will serve the long neglected
north central section of the city.
1t has been convnrngly proved that care
lessness and haphazard methods in the loca-
ton of school buildings has resulted in much
waste of public funds. Notwithstanding the
general shortage Of accommodations. there
are actually several schools which nro vir-
tually empty as Il consequence OF neishbor-
hood changes, while in certain newly de-
veloped residence regions the ovcrcrowd!ng
has become Il critical problem.
A scientific study of possible population
drifts is needed in order TO make the sus-
gested construction work worth while. The
emphasis which DR.. Broome lays upon this
cnhi ,bnrDu1bl,. oil b,- +
tions which cali TO some extent be predi-
Gated.
The best economy in the expansion Of the
city's educational system is program pre-
pared with an eye to tomorrow as we'll as
today and with consciousness OF popula-
ton increases, which, If maintained AZ the
present rate, will carry Philadelphia proper
well beyond the 1000, 900 mark long before
the next dcCennlal census is computed.
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will have the advantage Of a smooth, hard,
wide and clear highway from the Delaware
River to the Jersey beaches. 1t is believed
that the new concrete roads now being built
for motor uses will last, even under the
hardest stresses Of modern traffic, for at
least ten years without need of any repairs.
And 1t Is interesting to speculate upon the
uses to which such highways will be put
during that period.
II the output Of American motorcar fac.
tories Is maintained Mt its present volume
and the chances are that It will steadily in
crease-traffic will be doubled on all inter.
city roads before five years have passed
MIR. Ford alone is making more than a
million cars year. SO the new White Horse
pike, now an example Of all that is modern
and spacious In motor highways, will be little
more than adequate as public road before
It's surface needs attention or replacement,
unless airplanes are tanned in the meantime
70 the service OF the average commuter.
In ten years, after the completion Of the
delaware Bridge, much Of the open country
about Camden will be built up. Residential
areas will be developed along main routes.
Inc seashore resorts will be enlarged greatly
and an increasing population In Eastern
fennsylvania will add to the volume Of traffic
on the highways that run to the shore, So
IL Is plain that we are coming to time when
the problems of traffic control on open hiRh.
ways will be quite as important as 1t is now
In cities. We shall see traffic men and even
automatic signal systems on all important
inter-city roads. What will have happened
meanwhile in thickly populated cities like
fnliadelphla Is not for US to imagine,
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TRAGEDIES RE-ENACTED

TINE annals Of ancient times are ropIcte
i with accounts of transferred popula.
tions and of racial and national exodusos
constituting something OF n tax upon mod
crn credulity.
Despite the abundant records of the com.
plete destruction of Carthage after the
Third punic War and of the reconstruction
and settlement on the site Of a complete
new Roman city, the poignant magnitude
OF the event is scarcely appreciated. To
modern sensibilities it appears preposter-
Gus. unbelievable.
The Greek City Of Colophon, In Asja
Minor, which DIR. l., h. Holland, of this
city, and other American archeologists have
lately been uncovering, is proved to have
heen deserted in response to an official fiat
serving the materialistic purpose Of some
Near Eastern dynast. And yet somehow
the tale has lacked the element of conyic-
tion. Its salient features have appeared
not merely cruel, but Enthusiastically so.
What is happening in Thrace today may,
however, enrich the average comprehension
az improlp bilities. This hapless land IS
actually being deserted by thousands of per-
sons who have known no other home. The
Greek exodus has commenced. and on a
,ignntic scale.
According to reports Of Near East re-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-18
RAILWAY MERGERS

THE country has progressed long way
i since the passage Of the first anti trust
act under which the consolidation of rail
roads was prevented.
The Esch- -Cummins Railroad Act ex-
pressly directed the Interstate Commerce
Commission to prepare a plan for the con 4.
solidation Of the railroads into n limited
number Of systems, and authorized the rail-
roads to consolidate themselves In accord
ance with the plan. And It relieved the
railroads from the operation of the anti
trust law. But the railroads were not COM
PEELED to unite.
Senator Cumm!ns IS now at work on an
amendment to the law which will make
consolidation imperative. lie proposes to
create nineteen railroad systems intended 10
serve the three sections INTO which the
country Is TO be divided These sections
are the Southeastern, including that part
Of the country south of the Potomac and
Ohio Rivers and east Of the Mississippi !;
the Eastern, including the remaining part
of the country east Of the Mississippi, and
the Western, that part Of the country west
of this great river
The Senator insists that as the railroad
rates are fixed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, there can be no competition
among them save in the matter Of service
Therefore their consolidation into a small
number of groups In the interest of economy
and efficiency cannot affect rates at all and
that the idea Of preserving competing lines
for the benefit of the public must be aban-
doncd.
1t has taken a long time to reach this
conclusion, but it was inevitable from the
moment when the power TO fix rates was
conferred on n Government board and taken
from the freight and passenger agents.
The railroads are not expected to favor
the compulsory plan which Senator Gum
minis has In mind. Presumably they would
prefer to arrange their own consultations
as business conditions shall warrant. It IS
not surprising that nothing has been done
since February, 1920. when the new rail-
road law went into effect. The railroads
have been too busily engaged IN rchnbilitat.
ing themselves after their experience with
Government control
The law as 1t stands permits consolidation
I'm every form which tho Interstate Com
merce Commission may approve and It per-
mits pooling Of freight and passenger re-
| ceipts under similar conditions, thus re-
moving all legal restrictions upon such
| combinations as used to exist MANY oh
servers Will be inclined 10 the opinion that
" would be more expedient TO permit tho
| railroads TO work out their own problem
| after business conditions have become moro
| nearly normal than to force uDon them any
| form of consolidation against their will.
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lief worker. Adrianople is taking on the
aspect of an abandoned city. The roads
from the Thracian city, which still recalls
the name of Roman Hadrian, are thronged
with pitiablc fugitives. Even In the tragic
history of Southeastern Europe, the scenes
being enacted there today have few paral-
lels in wretchcdness and woe.
The problem Of the refugees Is indeed a
formidable one in impoverished and sorely
stricken Greece. Care for the hordes Of
homeless imposes task upon the Red Cross
and the Near Eastern relief workers which
deserves the generous support Of all Ameri-
cans touched by authentic accounts Of mis-
cry so acute and so profound.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-18
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

!. Philip Masslnger, n noted English drama
tiSt OF the latter part of the sixteenth
and the first part OF the seventeenth
century, created the character of Sir
Giles Ovcrreach in HIS comedy "a New
Way to Pay Old Debts"
. Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and Montenegro
fought against Turkey In the first
Balkan War in 1913.
D. N"ntGe ceased 10 be an Independent re-
4, The Wars Of the Roses In England be-
KAN about the middle of the fifteenth
{. .lur" and cl"s.d wi'h tive 1'Fea 81
Richard ] II ut Bosworth Field In 1888,
lh" "m,blo,n ~ Lancaster vas Il red
1850 and that Of York II white rose.
8. y tunt, ular railway Is so called because
the cars used on 1t are attached TO q
cord. The Latin word for cord Is
"funis"
6. "DoIlar diplomacy" s The name given TO
IN" policy of utilizing the tinancla
interests or power OF q country AS
means Of streng' hering It's foreign re-
lations The term also describes tho
policy of subordinating all other con,
SidcratiOnS to the foreign trade anu
financial interests Of Il country
7. Cardinal dc ltiChelieu we'd in the SIX
teenth and seventeenth centuries.
s. Senator Calder is from New York State
0, Alexander Hamilton was a native of the
Island of Nevis in the West Indse
10. The enceinte OF q city IL the princ'ps'
line OF fortihcatons inclosing 1t.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phadelphians Subjects They
Kn0,U Best

who get the film in readiness, 40 far as we
are concerned, to pass on to the exhibitor.
Accompanying this is a certified check made
payable to the State Treasurer; We handle
no money whatever in the board.
Then the film is run in the exhibiting
rooms of the board, and where passed with
out change the reels are sent back with
the seal Of approval Of the board attached.
Every one who has attended a moving pic
ture has seen this seal exhibited before the
actual picture begins. Where changes are
ordered, whatever Is directed to be changed
Is made in the form of report to the
exchange people.
Giving Dangerous Information
I'VE also guard against suggestion and
information as to methods Of doing things
which are illegal or undesirable or the incul-
cation OF such thoughts through anything
which might be shown on the screen. This,
TOO, generally applies to gunplay or thug
gerry of one kind or another.
Il might say that 80 per cent of the
changes which we order made apply to shoot.
Ing or other scenes Of violence or subtitles
producing the same effect. When first came
to the board we took n strong stand against
this Qualification of the criminal. This an
plies also to the super criminal who has
reformed. The producers md the exchange
men know this now. and we don't get many
of them: in fact, not more than one or two
year
Now when 1t is necessary to show n
criminal, he is frankly criminal, and takes
the position in society which criminal
normally occupies and not that OF one who
has reformed and is now prosperous and
successful man. ''N
Saving the Pictures
1--WE work along very definite lines in
the whole matter, and do it so that the
property value Of the picture will NOT he
injured or lessened and so that the interest
in it will not be destroyed. Sometimes this
necessitates good deal Of work on our mart
but In every instance we try to mako the
changes so that they will not be noticed
by the audience. which is generally in irnor.
ance that anything has been cimjuotnI
1T sometimes happens that to do this tbo
whole picture must be changed around whan
there are important parts of It Which we
consider must be changed before the nicturo
may safely be exhibited. This can bn Jono
and the picture given nm entirely difr.r,nt
aspect without injuring its interest in onv
way. ''
1T very rarely happens that an ort,ro
picture is condemned. The producers know
about what will be allowed and y,Lot viii
not be, and they will not waste thn ,tmrn
and money required IN making an cInhnrato ,'.o
iilm unless thoy are reasonably certain iLnt
It will be approved. We are usually MIA
to find some way In which the picturc ,"o,
be exhibited by removing or chnnginr '','S T'o
objectionable parts ''''
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Depending
on the Book

Depending himself mckv hrs h"n'',Is
on the Book this year hc hoe fnn,HG ""SI
NJ, lGl four -leavcd cloyrrs
Arthur Brisbane gricvcs for him brraWse Lc 'H,
might have read one good book wbile hs
was finding the lGl. Conccding the fWtilI,v
Of luck tokens, why isn't there as mnci
Il tome! ''''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-18

The damned towards run and run
says Dawes of congressman faced by organ
lied minoritios. Well, you see, General
Hf we may be permitted to call you so).
some OF 'em were training for the day they
run for re election.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-18

AS notable revolution as the turning
of the worm Is the. action Of motion pie
ture performers who have complained to the
.ict"rs Equity Association of the haughti
hess of directors and directors underlinrs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-18

The slayers in the Hall-Nrills case
surely contemplated nothing more than a
mere murder. The hard and unkind feel
tngs engendercd during the investigation
must be great grief to them.
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What DO You KnOU?
QUIZ

QUIZ
J. Why Is Telford road so called?
= Mlat kind or ship is a patamar7
3. When did the Bolshevists attain control
or the government in Russia?
What Is lianeur?
b. Whal Is the second largest city In the
Hawaiian Islands?
O. what is the meaning CT the word fsss!
:. What is urHniUrr'
S. What is ultramontansm?
.. What Is M "ut 10y 'serr,ed ranks"?
10. Who was the founder Of ostcopathy?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-18

British newspapers brand Lloyd
Georges Manchester speech as evasive
But. bless 'em, they can't deny it was
entertaining.
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IN y, " fire in Honolulu,
/, H.. 1000 ukuroI"s
were burned. Thr loss
IL nstinnAul -. -..-N
Horrible
Thought

but that, Of course, does 1lot begin To- Wv
pres" 'l"a 1T IT, ,i' Id" cruel ana unthinking may
penalty be ON their own hnad;s. Who rpon'' t'
how many of those WHO, in the natural oy'nr
Of things, would have bought ukulrIrs v.iT
now feel called upon to console themsnI,Ina'
with saXophoncs? %
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-18

One. Of Lloyd Georges present dfacul.
ties 10 that what appeals to his country.
men has no great drag with Kemal.