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The Alaska daily empire., 1922-08-16
Returns Home, Finds Wife
Dead; Body Is Disinterred

VANCOUVER, Aug. LITTLE body
of Mrs. Edger.on Burns. buried
last week while her husband was
in the, North. was disinterred today
that he might see her for the last
time. Burns did not know his wife
was dead until he reached home.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-08-16
Vice-President Coolidge
Breaks Ground in Oregon

PORTLAND. Aug. 16.-vice Presi.
don't Calvin Coolidge broke ground
here late yesterday afternoon with
a golden srade for the Roosevelt
equestrian statue donated by DR..
Henry Waldo Coe.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-08-16
Major Blake Purchases
New Plane for Flight

CALCUTTA, Aug. 16. Major
Blake, British aviator making a
fight around the world in which he
plans to visit Alaska, has sold his
plane and will buy a new one for
use during the remainder OF the
fight.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-08-16
Passenger and Freight
Meet Same Track;l Dead

BUTTE, Aug. 16.-An eXpressman
was killed and two trainmen were
injured when an eastbound North
Coast Limited on the Northern Pa
ci1c struck freight train this
afternoon near Durant. No passen-
gers were injured.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-08-16
Dancer Has New Way to
Get Money from Whitney

Los ANGELES, Aug. 16.--Evan
Burrows Foataine. dancer. announced
today, she would ask Cornelius Van
derh,lt Whitney to submit to a blood
test in her effort to prove him father
Of her soa. Il is announced that the
woman will ask 100000
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-08-16
CUT CAR FARES

CLEVELAND. Ohio. August 10
Railway officials announce a reduc'
tion in street car fares from 6 to .
cents on all city lines.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-08-16
LINING COST TO RISE

NEW YORK. Aug. ia Paris
special dispatch to the New York
Herald states that Paris statistical
experts believe the cost OF living win
rise 20 per cent by winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
WAGE ADVANCE IN ACCORD WITH USUAL PRACTICES

There is less speculation in dis patches from the east as to reasons why the Steel Corporation announced its wage ad- vance of 20 per cent effective September l. The benefciaries of the advance are not wor- rying over the reasons why; they are rejoc- ing in the extra contents of their envelopes after September l.
 The extra pay of 5000 men in the employ of the Tennessee company alone, and the one or two thousand others in this state who will be trial pay rolls, and that is good news to the merchants.
 The reason for the advance seems quite plain to one considering the bearings of the iron and steel trades. The depressed prices, which forced entrenchment, have given way to those which have brought black ink back to the iron and steel company balances The or der books are grooming with unified tonnage at better prices. It stands to reason that if wages were cut when prices were depressed they should be raised according to the re- covery from depression.
 Press dispatches call attention to the de- mand for American workingmen occasioned by the decrease in immigration. The country will not suffer from that. It is better to have Americans employed at good wages than to have wages depressed by hordes of foreigners. The steel trade has paid penalty for the whole sale importation of contract labor that it does not care to repeat. Better a smaller produc- tion at good wages than large surplus at unremunerative wages.
 The Steel Corporation has raised and low cred wages according to it's order book status since its foundation. Presumably that course still guides.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
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BIGNESS NO CRIME
IN AMERICA

A Washington dispatch is to the effect that the federal trade commission, which for some time has been looking into the merger of the Mdvale, Inland and Republic Iron and Steel companies, has decided to take no further &C., tion since the Attorney General has ruled that the Lackawanna- Bethlehem merger is legal one. Every one knew that the Attorney Gen. eral would decide as he did in the latter case, and it is likewise a foregone conclusion that the other merger is legal.
 When the United States supreme coure de- cided in the case of the Steel Corporation that size did not constitute a crime, that ended the hue and cry against things that big merely because they are big It is performance of big and little alike that counts in which the veal or woe of nation is enwrapped, not in size.
 If size were crime there should be no union. Each state should be separate and apart from all the other states with its sepa- rate coinage systems, its separate import and export laws, its separate rules of interstate commerce and it's regulations of the mails and immigration. But mankind decided on a state of society generations ago, and as society enlarges in scope of numbers and necessities it necessarily takes on size for it's own protec- tion.
 Farmers of the nation, the most individual of all classes, are banded together in variety of organizations of a nationwide character. Labor is nationally knit. The business of the United States reaches to the limits of the earth. There must be large industrial con cerns which, by reason of their financial re- sources, can install economies of production large scale to meet the competition of other large concerns in other countries.
 Bigness is a protection when it conforms to the laws that govern the individual and small concerns The people being always the biggest of all corporations can enforce obedi- ence to the laws that they make. The job is not trying to keep down size, but to make all obey the law. It is just as important that the little obey it as that the big do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
PROMOTED OFFICE BOYS
e Louisville Courier Journal.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
 Chicago.-Levy Mayer, who died recently, was head of the firm of Mayer, Mayer, Aus trian and Platt. There were fourteen mem bers of the firm and eleven of them started with MT. Mayer as office boys. He was more interested in his office boys than anyone else in his office. For thirty years or more he said to each of them they began their new duties:
 q want you to be my partner some day. You will be as soon as you have proven your worth" Besides the eleven who proved them selves a score of lawyers, once office boys, are junior or senior law clerks and on their way to the coveted partnership.
 r..Mayer died the wealthiest practicing att torney in the United States. He was always proud of the fact that he began his career at a salary of $4 week, and that his first years earning as a lawyer were $470.
 He worked his way through Yale and Yale law school. He returned to Chicago during a monetary panic and passed up the law to be- come janitor and assistant librarian in the Law institute. It his duty to brush up the books and catalogue volumes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
DOCTOR FOR WAX DUMMIES
m the Detroit News.

From the Detroit News.
 Doctor for wax dummies is the unique pro- fession of Harry Blecher, who has a clinic for manikins. His patients are the gorgeously gowned figures in show windows that help charge accounts win altitude records. Blecher has no competition, being the only man with the requisite professional skill to treat dum- mics in six states.
 "To succeed here "a man must first of all be good at figures Blecher said with a chuckle. "The chief ailments of dummies ? Overheating is one--it makes them lose their shape. Frost bite is another-it makes their skin crack. But accidents are what bring me the business. Broken arms what puts most dummies in the hospital. During the war we had lot of trouble with eyes. Americans can't make life-like glass eyes, but now se- ductive orbs from Germany are procurable again." x
 trip to Blecher's place is grewsome event. When the writer called large floor was strewn with detached arms that looked so real that one was reminded of battle scene after high explosive shell had struck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago Daily News
 In most cases there's more fear than danger
 Too many people mistake an excuse for a reason.
 When man makes the garden onions i'll the biggest bed.
 To borrow is human; to forget all about it is still more so.
 Deception is seldom written on womans face It is usually painted.
 The man whose only thought is for himself has very little use for brains.
 There's nothing crooked about the business of a corkscrew factory.
 It isn't always the minister who weighs his words that breaches the heaviest sermon.
 Nearly every woman learns to measure her husbands intelligence by his ability to make the baby laugh.
 When an engaged girl gets mad at her in- tended she begins to fight with her engagement ring as if she were going to take it off and trampel it under foot.
 Husbands seem to fancy that wife's af- fections, like mint sauce, can be kept on ice until wanted and then just warmed over to order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
sHEIKs DRINK SODA POP"

From the Los Angeles Times.
 American makers of soda fountains and the syrups which have replaced liquors can profitably look abroad for big market. The English and continentals acquiring the sundae habit, and from spicy Araby comes the story that the Mussulmen are "strong" for the American pop bottles and their contents.
 There are many evidences to indicate that soda fountains, where iced drinks of various kinds are dispensed, are becoming increasingly popular in Great Britain, says recent report from Consul Hitch at Nottingham. Until re- gently soda fountains were practically un- known outside of London, but they now be found in most of the provincial cities of the kingdom.
 The majority of the soda fountains which are now being sold in Britain are purchased by the propretors of chocolate shops, cafes and department stores. So far none of them has been installed in drug stores, but this class of trade may later be developed and should prove very profitable.
 Over in Alden, Arabia, the-weather is hot dry and parching. The climate renders drinks both a luxury and a necessity and the religion of the inhabitants puts the ban on all alcohoiic beverages.
 As a result there is a demand for various types of soft drinks and soda syrups, and the habit among the natives is growing. There are several plants in Alden which manufacture soda water and various other soft drinks, but demand is growing for drinks made from syrups, preferably orange or banana water, and ice with a sprinkle of rose water. At present these syrups are imported from Great Britain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
IMPORTANCE OF STANDARDS
 FOR FARM PRODUCTS

Not all men are from Missouri, but all do place value on known and established facts. In that principle lies the value of trade marks and standardization. Better products than those sold under well-known trade mark and better than those sold under recognized standard to which the market is accustomed will not bring the price of those bearing the familiar label. The Alabama Markets Jour nal, apprecative of the need of standardiza- tion of Alabama farm products, thus refers to that matter:
 "The Alabama division of markets is plan ming to establish state grades and inspection service for farm products similar to that in other states given the authority by standardized by law, and long as there is official inspection service in the state, our products of farm and orchard must be sold without official recognition and under any standard that pleases the shipper. Thus, with no recognized official state grades to protect either shipper or buyer, the latter takes ad vantage of the situation by paying less for Alabama products because he regards them as below the standard fixed by other states"
 The very fact that the products of a state conform to certain standards gives them prestige in the markets, because a standard means that a degree fmert has been laid down to which the product must conform. Britain paid more for Denmark eggs, bacon and butter than the Irish and English pro- duct following Denmarks rigid rules of stand ardization because hailing from Denmark meant coming up to a high mark of merit.
 That product attains best results in the markets which is surrounded with most certi- tude in the minds of the buyer as to what he is getting. That is what standardization pro- duces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE RADIO

The educational capacity of the radio is limitless. From one broadcasting station mes sages of cheer, uplift and useful knowledge may be spread to the masses. Farmers in the remotest rural precincts may learn what the prices of products which they have to offer worth in the days market. The .n- habitants of the smallest towns will have s,r- mons preached by the ablest ministers of the gospel. Business experts will talk to young on farms. Great educators will be able country. Tonight the Birmingham broadcast ing station of the Alabama Power company will transmit the opera Faust" into the homes of Alabama. It has brought into the hamlets of Alabama the musical compositions of the worlds greatest composers, the voices of the greatest singers and the art of the greatest instrumentalists. Cultivation of .As masses is knocking at their doors through a little piece of wire strung from the outside of the home.
 These broadcasting stations are serving to keep the people of the land informed on what Is transpiring in their country, famiarizing them with the expert thought of the day and preventing mental rust flowing from isolation. They are stamping out isolation and ignorance and doing it the more forcefuly because the messages reach the homes and enighten the family circle. Old and young are it's beuefi- ciaries.
 The cost of enjoying the radios messages and profiting by its instructive features Is within reach of every household. A smart boy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
GREAT SEA MAMMALS
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Since Jonah obtained his inside informa- tion or since the whale rejected that disagree able prophet, there has been little study made of the feeding and other habits of the man. moth mammals of the sea- This is the plain inference from statements made in regard to these denizens of the deep by Dr. Barton W. Evermann, director of the museum of the Cali fornia Academy of Sciences, in recent state ment prepared for the coming Commercial Congress of the Pan- -Uacfic Union.
 According to Dr. Evermann, the reported recent finding of 10-foot shark and 5000 pounds of sardines in the stomach of sperm whale emphasizes the fact of how little is known of the preferred menu of these ocean, going animals and their relation to the fish cries.
 Sardine fishermen of Monterey bay, as well as those of Norway, he says, claim that whales herd the sardines inshore and are therefore beneficial to the sardine fishery. They ob- ject to the killing of these pelagic voyagers for that reason.
 Not only that, but naturalists do not even know what species occur on the Pacific coast of North America. The sci or Japanese sar- dine whale, unknown to the scientific world until found in Japanese waters in 1912, was taken off our coast in great numbers in 1918, the first year ever identified here. The whales and other mammals of the sea should be investigated by the committee on conser- vation of marine life of the committee on Pa cific investigation of the division of foreign relations of the national reseaych council, Dr. Evermann believes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
MAKING OF A COMMUNITY CLEARING HOUSE

The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce has made marked progress in encompassing itself with thoroughly democratic atmosphere. Honest and panstaking effort has been made by the past several administrations to weld the membership into thoroughly cooperative at large and with such diffusion of the com munity's different interests in it's administra- tive departments that none could claim that any interest was accorded more considera- ton than another.
 On the board of directors at this time there are half dozen retail merchants, a half dozen wholesalers, four manufacturers and banker. Quitting the professional interests this board is fairly representative of the community. Under change proposed ythe bylaws com mittee the membership is to be divided into six groups as follows: Retail merchants, whole sale merchants, manufacturers, professional, miscellaneous and real estate insurance ana financial. Each of these membership groups is to have three representatives on the board of directors, which will automatically insure the democratic character of the governing body. It is also intended to so change the bylaws that the president may be elected from the membership at large instead of that honor being restricted to selection from the board of directors.
 The proposed changes seem desirable ones, and will doubtless be adopted. Meanwhile the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
A LIBERAL EDUCATION
By T. H. Huxley.


 That man, I think, has had liberal educa- tion who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of; whose intellect is clear, cold, logic engine, with all it's parts of equal strength and smooth working order; ready, like a steam engine, to be turned to any kind of work and spin the gossamers as we'll as forge the anchors of the mind whose mind is stored with knowledge of the great fundamental truths of nature and of the laws of her operations; one who, no stunteo ascetic, is full of life and fire, but whose pas sions are trainedfo come to heel by vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience who has learned to love all beauty, whether of na- ture or of art, to hate all vileness, and to re- spect others as himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
NEGROES LIKE SHOWERS

"The opening of our new bath house for our negro employees recently proved a regular cir cus," said C. W. Nxon superintendent of the Central Foundry company plant at Bessemer. "In connection with the baths we have in- stalled 149 lockers, which are entirely new to men and they insist upon calling them cells The showers are in use 24 hours day, except Sunday afternoons, and we have two keepers on duty all of the time. The negro employees seem to be well pleased with their new showers and l certainly hope they will make use of them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24

Ancor" and "Eternelle' are sung by Farrar and Caruso.
 Marguerite now enters the house alone and Faust is prevailed to wait in the shadows F. Mephisto until they see Marguerite o1en aer window and sing to the starr her love. Faust rushes forward and clas.s her fainling in his arms as the curtain desoends. and tha fend, Mephsto, laughs at the mischief ae has wrought.
 ACT ".
 year and half has passed. Faust has de- serted Marguerite and their child, and she is stunned by all except Siebel, who still loves her, and who planes Faust to Marguerite, who will not hear evil spoken of him.
 The scene changes abruptly to the front of a cathedral with the house of Marguerite to one side. The sound of martial music is heard, for the troops are coming home victorious, among them the brother of Marguerite, Valen- tine. The troops are welcomed by the famous Soldier Chorus," which will be sung by the chorus of La Scala opera Valentine then en- ters his sisters house and the stage is emptied as the others drift away.
 Faust and his demon friend now appear. Me- phisto wishes to enter the house, but Faust IS so torn with grief and contrition that he can- not. Mephisto however, is joyous and sings villainous and insulting serenade. The Ser enade of Mephistopheles' will be sung by Pol Plan con.
 Valentine, hearing this insulting music, and realizing that his sister has been betrayed, rushes from the house and shatters the man dolin the demon has used to accompany his serenade. He bitterly accuses the two, and duel follows in which Valentine is slain, cursing Marguerite with his dying breath.
 ACT V.
 Marguerite has killed her child and is ly- ing, pale and haggard, on the straw pallet of 8 dimly lit prison.
 Faust and Mephistopheles have found a way to enter the prison, and the demon warns Faust that he must take her away speedily or she must to accompany him, but her mind is broken and she cannot comprehend. Mephistopheles then sings the brutal "Alerte" ("Leave Her Then"). This number is sung by Caruso, Farrar and Journet.
 The interruption of Mephistopheles brings Marguerite back for a moment to the world of reality, and she finds the strength to pray as the sound of the hoofs of the horses Of hell that are to carry Faust and Mephisto to the neither regions, sound in the courtyard.
 Both of the men beg her to leave with them, but by this time she is beyond earthly power, gazing heavenwards with rapture as the skies open and company of angels descend to gather her in their arms to bear her to Para disc. Mephisto with an oath seizes Faust and bears him off to the fires of hell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
HOW DOG WAGON HELPS

q believe that the plan of the dog catch ing wagon is one of the best of the year" said H. M. Taylor, city comptroller, mot only from financial standpoint for the city in collecting revenue from the owners of dogs, but it is a good idea from health standpoint during these hot summer days.
 "The owners of dogs will now keep them in closer confinement, which will naturally safeguard their pets from coming in contact with dogs infected with rabies, and those who wish to keep their dogs will come down co the license office and get tags at once, which will help out the revenue. We are selling a few tags now, although the majority of the owners of dogs have taken out their tags. But there will be some revenue from the pound fees dailY.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
LIKES poLLY,s STORIES

"Dolly Dalrymples story in last Tuesdays Age-Herald on Birminghams Nice Saleswomen Are Credit to This Community was one of the most graceful and gracious things have ever seen written for newspaper" said Mrs Annie Vigo Carney. "Mr. Arnold Hirsch was so impressed with it's merit that he had the story framed and placed in the store just at the elevator, so everybody could see it. That sort of encouragement means great deal to the saleswomen of Birmingham. All of us like to have few bouquets now and then; it helps us to do better work, and nothing could have been more helpful than Dolly's sentiments about Birmngham's saleswomen.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
1NDoRsEs WHITE WAY IDEA

"The new plan of improving Fifth avenue and making it Birmingham's newest white way is one of the best ever brought before property owners and one that receives my hearty indorse- ment," said w. J. Wynn, city attorney.
 "Fifth avenue is the gateway to the city for passengers arriving into Birmingham through the Terminal station, and the impression left upon the minds by the present condition of Fifth avenue can hardly be favorable. With the white way, all of the dark corners will be removed from the avenue and will make it much more pleasant thoroughfare and will be visited more by the popuaee of the city. I believe that it will also tend to increase the business of firms located on the avenue"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
BREAK, BREAK, BREAK

By Lord Tennyson. Break, break, break,
 On thy cold gray stones, o Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter
 The thoughts that arise in me. we'll for the fisherman's boy,
 That he shouts with his sister at playl o we'll for the sailor lad,
 That he sings in his boat on the bayi a- And the stately ships go on s4Ya
 To their haven under the hin, :. But for the touch of vanished hand,
 And the sound of voice that is still. < Break, break, break, slH At the foots of thy crags, o Seal But the tender grace of day that is dead Will never come back to mo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
THE TERRAPIN AND GOOD EATING

Julian Street, m Amerlcan Adventures.
 Behold the cost of the previous diamond back terrapin today In his smaller sizes ac- cording to my marketman, he is worth about a dollar an inch, while when grown to fair pro- portions he costs as much as railroad ticket from Baltimore to Chicago. And for my part I would about as soon eat the ticket as the terrapin.