The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-15
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Warn Railroads Also. Shooting or Hanging? It Works in Germany. What Woman Is Great?
 By ARTHUR BRISBANE

warning to workmen on strike meaning that the government will enforce the Presidents proclamation with force. if necessary.
 The railroads seem not very con ciIiatory. not over-anxious to CO., operate with the President in his peace efforts.
 Whatever the railroads have want ed. they have taken-out of the pub lies pocket. ever since the war millions; also the right to combine, to raise rates, to do as they choose. Some warning to them. following the warning to workers might be timely.
 Mir. Woods. convicted of killing his wife in Salt Lake City and al- lowed to choose death by hanging or shooting, chooses shooting. Which would you choose in that unfortu- nate position
 The colored woman, asked if she would rather bring up boys or girls. answered: '.ff had my druthers. wouldn't bring up neither"
 hanging and shooting would choose shooting nine times out of ten. be- cause 1t Is less disgraceful. But shooting is more painful. unless bullet entered tho brain. in which case there is no pain. And ~hooting involves a mental effort. You must stand up and wait. contributing to your fate. With hanging everything is done for you.
 Curious Is law that gives man his choice. like a sort of execution CTS table d'hote. The brutal thing is that killing is still officially done.
 Railroad statistics for 6 week show in 1922. as compared with the same week in 1921. e7.o47 fewer cars load cd. The business of the country amounted to e7.ooo carloads less in one week than 1t had amounted to the same week 8 year ago.
 At the same time MT. Hawthorne. secretary of the mechanical division of the American Railway association, warns Americans against German CO., operation. The railroad secretary might notice that in Germany the railroads are run by the government. for tho benefit of manufacturers and business mon. Here they are run by private individuals and run for the benefit of the stockholders.
 Germany. owning her railroads, en- courages canal building. This coun- try, largely controlled by railroads, discourages canal building. Here they say that government ownership of railroads must be failure. Why must itr Everybody knows that throughout the war the German rail- roads, owned and managed by the government. were marvols of effi- ctency, transferring German armies rapidly and surely from the eastern to the western front and back.
 women's clubs, and some gentle men, are asked to name the twelve greatest women of America. They ara not asked the preliminary ques- tion. What Is great woman? One lady suggests "she doesn't have to do anything great. She just is great 
 That is . little vague. You call man a great artist when he paints q great picture, . great writer when he writes a great book, etc. Nothing counts but actual achievement. some- thing to show.
 The greatest woman, of course, is the woman that has the greatest product to sho. Washihgton's mother was great, so was her mother. Shakespeare's mother was a very great woman, So was the mother of Sarah Bernhardt, who is herself great woman. and has proved it 50 years.
 Unless you have done and can show somethin that can be called great in itself. you may be admirable, but are not great.
 Three men hay. cen sentenced to deatL in connection with he kidnap- ing and killing of child five years old. Giuseppe yarotta. For kidnap- ing, no punishment could be too se- were, you may say. The trouble is that when the penalty is death, men will inflict death to escape it.
 Blake, an Englishman. has left ziza, Palestine flying toward Bag dad. on his fl ing trip around the world
 The Ame-.cs Episcopal church decided to raise $2l,o00,oo0 to con- vert lost souls, especis lily the heather.
 It might convert a few, if mis- sionary went with Blake and prayed every time ne landed among pagans
 Nothing converts a man like proof of superior power. Nortl American Indians were converted by mission aries reading hose parts of the Bible telling of great vi-tori by the Jews, much slaughtcring cf enemies The Red men admired that ard joined
 Tn 1921, the Merchants association of New York says, more than 45.0oe.- 900 visitors entered and left the city Tn addition more than 9c00C 900