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The New York herald., 1922-06-04

to be the proper person to control the
somewhat undsciplined police force
of her State. One Of his first general
orders was for his policemen to arrest
and imprison any one who objected to his
appointment. Since this order was coun.
tersigned by Blanca and further approved
by the Governor and also supported by
the entire police organization, it may be
stated authorltatively that approval Of
this mans appointment of Police Chief
continues to be unanimous.
There is one American on the commit.
tee, who makes appointments for Blanca
and serves the Governor as an assistant
The New York herald., 1922-06-04

A CCoRDING to the best opinions
~ expressed in society and in the
law books of most nations it is
not sufficient for the husband who wishes
to divorce his wife to plead merely that
she has red hair and he would rather it
were black; or that her nose is retrousse
and he would prefer it strictly Grecian:
or that her temper is shorter than the
measurements to which he would like 1t
extended. There may be here and there
a modern husband who would subscribe
to the theory. that such excuses should
be admitted in divorce courts as satisfac-
tcrily condemning evidence, but they may
be considered as being among the eau
tious minority.
On the other hand, there are few places
The New York herald., 1922-06-04

of the welfare of the State and to return
at least some substantial portions of their
land. She met this appeal with scorn
and ridicule. She had been the virtual
slave of one of these landowners. She
flung this fact in their faces and told
them she was mistress of a new order Of
things and they had best make their
departure beyond the borders of the State
while she still was in mood to let them
get away at all.
The only industry In Yucatan the foun-
dation of all Of its prosperity, has been
the growing. preparation and marketing
of sisal hemp-henequen Peonage ex-
listed, as 1t does in all the minor Mexican
States. 1t seemed to be a natural, ma
tional institution. The poems themselves.
in the quieter districts, seemed to object
but little. The hacienda owners were
usually painstaking in their relations
toward the peons-good and reasonably
generous to them, It is generally said.
The plantation owners in Yucatan some
Of them controlling thousands of acres,
produced enormous hemp crops. which
found their way through the port of Pro-
greso and made Yucatan one of the
most prosperous of the Mexican States.
The New York herald., 1922-06-04

too dignified to stop his horse and his
staff of accompanying officers, while he
doffed his hat to her and motioned her
to come nearer for a word or two.
With the dofing of that gubernatorial
hat all things having to do with law and
order in Yucatan went awry and all hus-
bands and wives not totally satisfied
with each other were liberated from their
conjugal bonds. For that is, virtually,
the situation that was then and there
born.
Which is the romantic background Of
the amazing news from Yucatan
Nothing is known, reliably, of the In
cidents Of the Governors visit to the rich
The New York herald., 1922-06-04
JUDGMENT OF DIVORCE.

The third ctril fudge has entered iudg.
ment Of absolute divorce between the
couple MdrcidI Rodrigues and his icife
The New York herald., 1922-06-04

in his mysterious" chemi-
Gals Blanca thought he sure
ly must be a great, intellec.
tual. scientific savant-and.
therefore, completely quail
fed to supervise the educa-
tion of even the sons and
daughters OF the rich. IL
probably is not necessary to
even attempt to describe the
effect upon the schools of
this vagrant photographers
ideas OF education.
The Secretary Of Police in
Bianca's Cabinet was an ad-
venturer who came up from
Central America wearing a
ragged uniform, which in.
dicated that he had sudden
ly left the military estab-
lishment Of Panama. He
was not asked why he had
left nor why his departure
was sudden. Having a uni
form. he seemed TO Rianca
The New York herald., 1922-06-04

And make divorce free"
BY free" 1t was soon made evident
Blanca meant give every wife a divorce
who wants one; and give every man a
divorce who wants one. Don't interfere
with their own family affairs by asking
them what they want 1t for. If they ask
1t, give IT,
And 80 free" divorce became, in a
moment, the law of the land-as did the
division OF real property.
Whatever appeal was made to Gov
ernor Puerto was futile He counter
signed every decree made by Blanca in
the name Of her committee" AS the
result: The following is the translation
of one OF hundreds of similar news items
in the columns of the Revisto de YUcd-
tan, the principal one of the three daily
newspapers published in Merida:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
BUSINESS DEMANDS AUBURN SUCCESS

"f every citizen of Alabama could go 70 Auburn and see that institution and then go to Tuskegee and see the great school there to train the negroes, there would be educa- tional awakening in Alabama which would re- suit in real greater Auburn" said Erskine Ramsay.
 "Since Auburn is the school which we must rely upon to train the men who are to de- velop our agricultural and industrial resources, sound business, if nothing else, would dictate that we prepare Auburn to continue the great work it has done for the last half century The truth of the matter is that Auburn has for some years been working under the great est of handicaps for the demands made upon the institution has far exceeded it's equipment The faculty and students have striven hard to overcome these handicaps, but the time has arrived when the institution cannot go for ward without material assistance. Alabama has made great strides in the elementary and high schools during the past decade, but Au- burn has not been given the facilities with which to meet the need for the constant in- crease in students, and the school is totally inadequate to care for the boys and girls who want to enter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
ELECTRIC CHAIR MAY BE.
 USED IN ALABAMA

dispatch from Montgomery says that Gov ernor Kilby ordered a room reserved in the new penitentiary for eectrocutions, as he be- lieves that the next legislature will pass bill substituting the electric chair for the gallows
 France elngs to her guillotine. England IS still partial to the hangman, and he is kept fairly busy in America but the tendency among modern states is toward putting condemned felons out of the way with a ltle pain or barbarity as possible. The purpose of the death penalty is not to torture a criminal or to make a spectacle for morbid crowds, but to remove him from society
 The eallows harks back to a period when punishment and torture were synonymous terms. It is an uncertain contrivance at best, and there is always the possibility of blunder which will cause needless suffering to the vic- tim. In this state there have been several in stances in recent years when horrible scenes were witnessed at legal executions. There is no possibility of a failure in the electric chair. It is painless, and even if the initial shock does not cause instant death, the felon loses con- seriousness and dies without suffering.
 Blectrocution is so much superior to the gallows for carrying out the death penalty that it should be adopted in Alabama. The electric chair is now being used by num- Der of states in this country which have found it more humane and less cumbersome than the gallows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
TALK THAT GETS US NOWHERE

From the Atlanta Georgian.
 Two terrible accident to large drigibles are not enough to justify the judgment that the heavier-than air ships are failures, but they are enough to justify the thought that the of ficials of our air service take them a bit too calmly.
 The day after the ZR-2 fell into the Humber and the day after the Roma fell at Norfolk, officers were already calling the dead men martyrs to science and progress and saying that "this tragedy must not prevent the build ing of even larger airships.'
 Neither of those glib statements is true
 The dead men aren't martyrs to science but martyrs to tn ecarelessness of human beings
 The human race is always taking terrible chances, experimenting dangerously, but it need not take such sad risks as this. It may be true, chemist said last week, that heliunl gas not now be made in quantities large enough for commercial use in arshps But there is enough helium gas for use in exper;- mental dirigibles. And helium gas ought to be used in every type of airship, until the safe type, finally, is invented.
 Glib talk about martyrs to science" and the like buffers parsnips-as the funeral ar engagements proceed. Neither does it fool any body or cloak crass earelessness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
THE POSTWAR SPIRIT

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Senator Kenyon was discussing at recep- tion at Fort Dodge, his amendment empower ing the President to veto single items in ap- propriation bills
 My amendment" he said Twill do away with good deal of exploitation. There is too much exploitation, especially too much post war exploitation. That war; What greed it has unclaimed!
 I heard of a millionaire the other day who said he'd be happy if he could achieve his one aYhbition, namely, to buy pre-war and sell at postwar prices
 "Another millionaire, railroad man, said fiercely at board meeting:
 "The mismanagement is something feaful. I have travelled on several of our trains lately, and every passenger had seat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
DOWN WITH THE sISsIEs!

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Early last week it was published to the world that group of men of Northwestern university had established an "Anti-Effeminacy league" They had felt the thrill that comes only to those who set about to right wrong and to uplift mankind. America is being femnized,' said these hardy crusaders, land the colleges are the greatest danger points. Let us, therefore, be altogether masculine, and let us seek by ex- ample and precept to re-estabhsh the former proud status of the male' So they swore to stop smoking cigarettes which con demned as not sufficiently manly, and all Of them procured corncob pipes and had their pictures taken with the pipes in action.
 The news at once percolated to the nearby University of Chicago and evoked snorts of derision. Anti -Effeminacy league" forsooth! The hard Chicago boys would show the North westerners thing or two. Accordingly they organized an anti-sissy society of their own, but instead of selecting high sounding name they dubbed themselves the "FiveMinute Eggs" After five minutes of boiling, you know, eggs are supposed to be distinctly hard. It is a little subtle, but rather effective.
 It was not only in the matter of nomen- clature that the Chicago reformers surpassed their Northwestern prototypes. It was with scorn that the Chcagoans contemplated the Northwesterners' substitution of the corncob for the coffin-nail. "Girls can smoke pipes as well as cigarettes" said the Chicago icono- clast
 But they decided that girls cannot, or will not chew plug tobacco, so they made the chewing of rank and juicy plug-cut require ment of membership. Thus fortified they, too, had their pictures taken, each reformer with an obvious wad of tobacco in his left cheek.
 All of which leads to wonderment if not to amazement. Is the day at hand when manif- ness is to be measured by ones capacity for chewing tobacco? In these years of rapid evolu- tion there are many strange new standards, but this is the strangest of all. Perhaps 1t is for tunate that the anti-sssy movement was not started till after the eighteenth amendment be- came effective. Otherwise moonshinc rather than the odorous plug might have been established as the test of adolescent mascu- Unity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04

brokers have been indicated, less than dozen have been arrested. Many brokers who have already been indicted have disappeared, leav- ing their offices empty, or in charge of a janitor or office boy, and others with un- easy conscience have not waited for grand jury to uncover their crookedness.
 It is believed that 100 bucketshops will be closed by the time the present crusade of the district attorney is ended There have been 35 failures since January 1. Dishonest brok- CTS are accused of not only robbing their clients, but in some cases they are charged with grand larceny. Defaulters are so numer- that it is hard to separate the ordinary bucketshop swindlers from thieves and de- faulters who robbed their victims without talk ing the trouble to juggle with stock ticker.
 Legitimate brokers in Wall tsreet are sure to suffer from the exposure of so much crookedness in the financial district. While the more reputable brokerage firms have no deal ings with bucketshop operators other firms are not so particular, and the fact that there has been at least tacit toleration of the bucket shop and the shady operator has made it pos sible for swnders to fleece the unwary out of millions of dollars. Honest brokers in Wall street should clear out the rascals and make it impossible in the future for them to operate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04

Without taking the trouble to consult q ouija board, Mir. Wilson sees ray or two of hope for the democratic party. The naval holiday is going to prevent a great many American boys from seeing the world on board a battleship
 < ;: Dr. Steinmetz has succeeded in hurlng thun- derbolts. His discovery may prove useful in the next war.
 < < The announcement that Egypt is free may have stirred the sleeping dust of few Ptole- mics.
 < * President Harding has been in office year, but normalcy is still approaching at snails pace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
TO OPEN MOBILE FOR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC

Alabama's increasing friendship and consid- eration for Mobile, the states only seaport could not manifest itself in a better way than by assisting in plan to throw Mobile open to highway traffic from the rest of the state.
 The great handicap in getting to Mobile by automobile has been the system of bayous and the river delta which separate Mobile coun- >y from Baldwin county. It is now proposed his barrier of waterways be bridged, and
 counties are willing to furnish their
 the money. Friends of the project
 point out that state and federal aid
 Unnecessary to make it success.
 he state highway commission, with the as-
 lance of the federal government is already DbIilding number of bridges across important Alabama streams and other projects are in con temptation.
 It would seem that the Mobile plan is justly entitled to consideration in the program for a through automobile route to Mobile would be welcomed not only by thousands of Alabam- ians who would visit the Gulf City, but also be given a new incentive for traversing the full length of Alabama in their trips from northern states.
 Mobile and Baldwin counties are justly en- titled to such recognition from the rest of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
TOO MANY TECHNICALITIES

"It does look like sometimes that lawyer could tell what he has to say in less words, ' said J. R. Porter, clerk in the office of Circuit clerk. "One man the other day filed suit which had 40 closely typewriter pages. The fee was $20. Another lawyer had 30 pages in the suit he filed for client.
 Of course, so many phrases and technicalites in these papers are due to the very derivation of our law itself. It has come down to us from the English common law and everything must have precedent and be said in language just so. l am sure newspaper could say the same thing in less than half the space.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News
 nervous woman isn't necessarily nervy woman.
 It is just as well to forget some of the prom ises people make you.
 Even the temperate buzzsaw has been known to take three fingers.
 woman can endure living in any kind of house by calling it an estate
 Another thing that we refuse to believe Is that snake can charm person.
 A surplus is that part of your income that will remain with you, except that it doesn't
 The greatest disappointment about owning your own home is you haven't any janitor b growl over.'
 Nowadays when we see heading in the paper entitled, "A National Disgrace, Ave read the article to see which one.
 Two important periods in a mans life are when he finds the hair coming on his upper lip and when he discovers it going from the top of his head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
DAYBREAK

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A wind came up out of the sea.
 And said, 70 mists, make room for me" It hailed the ships and cried, 'Sail on, Ye mariners, the night is gone" And hurried landward far away, Crying, Awake, it is the day.
 It said unto the forest, Shout!
 Hang all your leafy banners out!' It touched the wood birds folded wing, And said, 70 bird, awake and sing And OCT the farms, 70 chanticleer, Your clarion blow; the day is near It whispered to the fields of corn, Bow down and hail the coming morn." It shouted through the belfry tower, Awake, o bell; Proclaim the hour.' It crossed the churchyard with sigh, And said, Not yet! In quiet ie!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
THE SOPHISTICATED NEGRO
The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 Joel Chandler Harris depicted the unsophis- ticated country negro in the character of Uncle Remus. Octavus Roy Cohen depicted the so- phisticated town negro in the character of Florian Slappy. The latter is wise to the ways of the world, and yet he has not entirely rid himself of the superstitions of his race. MT. Cohen has struck rich vein of literary wealth, and he is working it with consummate skill. The Cliticism of Robert T. Bentley in The Age-Herald of March is unjust and unfair, and DO doubt arises from the fact that he is not sui ficiently familiar with his subject. Mir. Coher does not put in the mouths of his char aeters words far above their capacity. The negro hls shrewd native wit. This shrewd- ness is ot always directed in the proper chan nei, bat it is often much in evidence. More shan on.-half of the stories of Irwin Cobb, now rauiing in The Age-Herald, are stories of negro humor. D. B. GRACE.
 Birnu ,ham, March 2, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
COOPERATIVE EGG INDUSTRY
 IS SUCCESSFUL

Eggs to the value of $1 100 were shipped from the town of Ashland, Clay county, last week by the White Egg Marketing associa- tion representing the organized egg industry of that vicinity. Farmers and their wives are making speciality of the White Leghorn breed the market
 A local bank is selling eggs for matching at $1 50 for 80 and taking pay 90 days later either in fowls or cash. Seventy women were quick to avail themselves of the offer. Plans are on foot for the establishment of large hatchery on the toll system, the same plan that the old-fashioned gristmill was op. erated on, and on which cotton is now being exported to the mills of central Europe. The hatchery will do the work for the neighbor- hood It will be far more economical than hatcheries each farm.
 Ashland can make great industry of egg production. It was cooperative production and marketing of eggs, butter and bacon that resurrected Denmark from agricultural poverty
 
 contrast to previous conditions.
 The Ashland cooperative egg industry is in line with that of shipping butterfat fruits and vegetables It adds to the income of the farm and brings in cash the year around.
 
 The report that former Champion Jeffries may become evangelist should interest Billy Sunday. As team mates they would make traf- fic heavy along the sawdust trail.
 After wedding that set London by the ears, Princess Mary and the viscount are ef- titled to quiet honeymoon, with telephone connections cut off.
 x *
 The League of Nations has not on,y weath- cred the >displeasure of American "irreconc- ables" but boasts of having stopped war in the Balkans
 Wonders will probably never cease to n- trigue the public mind. The shipping board has shown profit for the first time in its 1 history. German and Swiss brewers are afraid pro- hbition will sweep over Europe. The Anti Saloon league will gladly confirm their fears. Trotzky has perfected snappy salute. but there are some former top sergeants n this country who could give him lessons in war. < A $12,000,000 hotel is proposed for Chi cago. Somehow other hotels continue to op- crate without the assistance of bars.
 < < There's no denying that we were more virile nation when corncob pipes were popular x | Mary Pickford used to get $s week as a l child actress Mary's doing better now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
CANNED FOOD AMONG THE
 MAJOR INDUSTRIES

Observance of national canned foods week has called attention to the importance of this industry. It has grown to proportions that place it well among the major productive activ- ities of the nation.
 More than a billion cans each of milk and vegetables were produced in 1919. Canned koups, sausages, fish, oysters and meats the I6tal to nearly four billion cans valued at over $500, ,ooo,00o. Including miscellaneous products, molasses and syrups, the total is es tmated at close to five billion cans Farmers of the country were paid approxi- mately $250 ,000, ,000 for raw material. The lwheat crop of 1921 was valued at $1,000,000,
 The farmer, it seems, got one-fourth
 much ior' material taken by the canning
 (6ky as for one of the major farm products.
 tanning industry has grown by leaps
 hds. Eayh year has added to the ar
 s that have been produced by the indus try and to the character of the goods Can hing methods have been improved and chnery invented by means of which the art house.
 The benefit to the nation in having fruits and vegetables the year around is not to oe overlooked. Perhaps the greatest benefit has been in the canning of milk products. There is no substitute for milk, and it's uses are so manifold and in many cases necessary that the art of putting it in so that it is avail able at every corner store has been bless ing to the human race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
COOPERATION NETS RESULTS

"The cooperation given the national better films committee by The Age-Herald in pub fishing each week list of the films indorsed by the committee is having wonderful ef- feet said Mrs. Myrtelle She'll city amuse- ment inspector.
 "Not only is the committee aided, but both the public and the picture houses are benefited in that there are many persons in the city who will go to see some of these films when they might not attend otherwise, and the houses receive their benefits in increased attendance.
 "The better films committee is working for better education with the public relative to moving pictures and any cooperation is appre. ciated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
SHADY BROKERS FLEEING FROM WALL STREET

With detectives searching for missing brok- CTS, bucketshops deserted and scores of in dictments returned against former operators in the financial district of New York, Wall street is passing through an experience that will prove salutary if it leads to general housekeeping. '
 According to dispatch of yesterday, former directions, many of them going to Europe, the trip across being cheaper than paying the premium on $50, ,ooo bail. Although 50 or more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-04
HARD TO FIND STORAGE ROOM

''To find place for storing salvage of big fire is rather hard job, stated Charles Marks of Jemison- -Seibels Realty company. "I know from a recent experience with the fire that wrecked the Oster Bros. furniture store.
 "There was a large amount of salvage from this fire, and in order that insurance adjustors might complete their work more quickly it was decided to store the salvage in some place where it could be kept unmolested and where it could be examined by the adjustors. A hunt for such place started the day after the fire and was found only last Monday"