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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-31
GRAIN FUTURE ACT
TEST IS LAUNCHED
BY BOARD Of TRADE
Law Declared Unconstitutional
in Previous Hearing by
High Court.

Chicago, Oct. 30.-The Chicago
board Of trade Monday made its first
move to test the censtitutionality of
the grain futures act when it filed in
federal district court here a petition
for an injunction restraining the gov
eminent from enforcing the provisions
Of the act.
District Judge Carpenter issued a
stay order preventing enforcement of
the act until November 13. when he
will hear the petition for a temporary
injunction against enforcement of the
regulating act.
The law, enacted to take the place Of
the former Capper-Tincher act, de-
clared unconstitutional by the supreme
court. was passed to become effective
November II.
The bill of complaint, filed by Henry
S. Robbins, counsel for the board,
charges that the law seeks to regulate
as interstate commerce trade that is
wholly state; that it interferes with
state rights to govern exchanges, and
that it seeks to deprive board members
of their property by admitting repre-
~sentatives of cooperative bodies and
permitting them to rebate commissions
in violation Of rules observed BY other
members.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-31
Charqe Uneonstitutionaiitv

Further charges of unconstitutional
ity are made on the ground that the
law makes violation of it's provisions
a crime and constitutes the secretary
Of agriculture. the secretary of com
merce and the attorney general q com
mission with power to deprive Offend
ers of their rights to thereafter pursue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
ENGINEER CoTTER'S FEAT

To the New York Herald: The exploit of Engineer John J. Cotter of the Erie railroad, who rescued baby from death near River dale on the Greenwood Lake division by lean ing from the pilot of his engine anUd snatching her from the rail as she was about to be struck, furnishes most interesting example of perfect coordination of mental and physical processes. When Engineer Cotter saw the imperiled in- fant he obliged to do number of things practically simultaneously He saw the child and put on the air brakes. He had to decide then whether the train would stop before it reached the infant This took some time, and meanwhile the engine was bearing down on the infant. Then MT. Cotter had to scramble out of the engine cab and make his way along the running board to the pilot of the locomo- tive. Having reached this spot he was obliged to calculate to nicety the moment when he could seize the child and swing her into his arms. Then he had to perform this act, which called for rare skill, agility and strength
 Engineer Cotter did all these things and thus saved the life of the granddaughter of another railroad worker. He could not have done what he did had not his mind and muscles functioned together with amazing exactness. It is a ques- tion how many men could duplicate his feat.
 PHYSICIAN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19

lumber, rosin and the grains, the port has the same meaning for agriculture as the metals.
 The editor of the Iron Age, when recently in Birmingham, declared that ''the development of Mobile as shipping point is bound to make Birmingham producer of world needs
 It is tremendous thing to be producer for all the world, yet that is precisely what those most familiar with the iron and steel trades foresee for Birmingham as coming about through the use of Alabamas port
 The steel mills of the district kept going at better rate than those of any other section last year, not because this country was buying rails and plates, but because the awakened Orient was doing so. It was the advantage of the districts position with regard to foreign trade that has caused the Steel Corporation to conduct it's developments on large scale here.
 The head of the Tennessee company off cially states that the building of the merchant bar mill is to meet growing demands of the southern territory and for export" Mobile is the open door to the world. Alabamians will toners for farm and factory products accord ing to the extent to which they develop their port. The first opportunity occurs next fall, when the port amendment will be submitted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
AMERICA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE
 SOVIET GOVERNMENT

Soviet Russia's desire for recognition by the American government on the ground that it will hasten Russia's economic recovery, is case of putting the cart before the horse.
 As Secretary Hughes has again pointed out, the solution of Russia's problems must come from within Russia herself" Even if the United States were willing to grant loans other forms of credit, it would simply be of throwing good money after bad, since the Rus sians offer no assurance that property rights will be respected, and there can be no economic recovery as long as the fallacious theories of holshevism are maintained.
 The American government has consistently refused to recognize the soviet government and will continue to do so, supported by practically the unanimous sentiment of the American peo- ple We are not trying to dictate the form of government the Russian people shall live under, but it is the right of sovereign nation to withhold recognition of any government which cannot be trusted to carry out its in- ternational obligations and act in accord with the other civilized nations of the world. To make the situation worse in the case of Russia, the bolshevik government is not truly represen- tatve of the Russian people.
 The soviet leaders have political purpose to serve in seeking recognition. They know that /their power is on precarious footing as long as they outlawed by the other nations. Ever since the soviet leaders gained the ascendency in Russia they have been trying to invege the United States and other governments into giving them recognition, but far as the United States is concerned they have made no progress.
 7 America Is willing to take part in an eco- homie investigation of Russian conditions and to mako recommendations for the financial, commercial and industrial restoration of tho country, but it will not be party to any move nlent that would "perpetuate delusions," which means helping to bolster up bolshevism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
COASTAL MARSHES

Charles Buxton Going, in Leslie's Weekly. Threading the salt grass and the sand
 Run little living lines of sea. Obedient to the moons command
 The tide-pulse surges through them, free; And as faint echoes of a song
 (Half real, half fancied) haunt the ear, The pillows of the deep prolong
 A slow-breathed, rhythmic cadence here. Hence, on their world-encircling way,
 The endless ocean courses run. A bit of flotsam, launched today,
 Might slowly track the wheeling sun Ten thousands leagues, by magic lands
 And fronded islands of the Main, And yet, returning, find these sands
 Homing, world-wise, to me again. Take ye your peaks that scan the stars
 From their cold eyries, neighbor-wise What are they but a wall that bars
 Beleaguered fancy when it flies? My glimmering marshes ever keep
 Their seaward channels, opening wide, By which the farthest thought may sweep uncurbed in movement as the tide!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
TWO SIDES TO QUESTION

"There has been much said and done on both sides of the bond issue that don't know yet just where l stand" said John Mix, secre- tary of the Civitan club. T have heard the ex- presson that figures don't lie, but that liars do figure. I don't mean to imply that such is the case in this campaign, but I have seen unduy different figures purporting to represent Bir- mingham's per capita indebtedness.
 "The bond issue is big question, and every body should study the question carefully be- fore casting ballot. I am sure there are hun dreds of persons just like myself whose minds are not yet clear as to the proper thing to do on election day."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19

James Westfall Thompson, in the North Amer
 ican Review.
 Shakespeare in Hamlet meant to inveigh against some of the worst abuses of his time; court intrigue and administrative corruption, chicanery in diplomacy, espionage and caves dropping in high official circles, grave miscar- riage in the administration of justice, and above all the appalling prevalence of assassination in Tudor England.
 Hamlet is Shakespeare's protest against the condition of Elizabethan England It was not Denmark but England that was rotten. Not merely Hamlet, but Shakespeare felt that "the time is out of joint" It was literally true, if the secrets of the murders of Shakespeare's own time could have been revealed, that more things in heaven and earth would come to light than mems philosophy dreamed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
REALTORS PLEASED

q am glad to say that we have at last said A. c. Montgomery, president of the newly organized Alabama Realtors association.
 Every city of any size in the state has al- ready voiced itself as favoring the state union of the city boards. The realtors are awakening to the fact that they cannot remain unorgan- ized and keep up with the times.
 Alabama has been slow to grasp the neces- sity for the association. Georgia, Tennessee. Florida and Louisiana have been organized good while"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
FAMOUS BOSTON BYWAY

From Scraps.
 Pi Alley an ancient byways in Boston, long considered public property by pedestrians, street cut from Newspaper Row to the city hall. No one stopped using it, however. The corporation which posted the notice explained that it was done every 20 years in order to re- tain it's property rights. The notice was kept up 48 hours and then taken down, not to appear again for another 20 years. P Alley got it's name because of the dumping into 1t of pied type from the newspaper composing rooms years ago. It known as "Pie" Alley to others because once upon time'a piece of pie and cup of coffee could be obtained there for cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
POOLING ALABAMA COTTON
 FOR BETTER PRICE

Alabama now appears regularly in the weekly list of states that have secured loans from the war finance corporation for the cooperative marketing of farm crops through organizations that have been created for that purpose. This state's allotment of the latest nstallment was $50,o00.
 The Farm bureau has signed up many of the largest cotton producers in the cotton pool which it will handle next fall. Among the pledges are 800 bales by H. E. Stewart of Nor gan county, 500 bales by H. T. Donnell of Dale and 4s0 by Howard Meadows of Lowndesboro. At this rate large proportion of the coming yield will be protected by the mass effort of will be attractive to the larger buyers. This cotton will not be offered at haphazard, but will be marketed economically and to the best advantage.
 It is by such means that the southern farmer is rising to a real independence. Raising and marketing cotton can be reduced to a fine art the same as manufacturing steel products
 Far too long have politicians held out to the farmer that his troubles were manufactured away from home. They have been home product as most other troubles are. Wherever diversified production and cooperative market ing have been in vogue there has been little complaint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19

A better performance might be given when the "bg show" moves over to The Hague, if Uncle Sam could be induced to act as ring master.
 Sir Ernest Shackelton, British explorer, left an estate of approximately $2,500. His worth is not estimated in American dollars or British pounds.
 Congressman Herrick of Oklahoma is deter mined to keep in the public eye if he breaks his neck. He now styles himself a daredevil of the air
 At Memphis fashion show live models dis played the latest styles in burial gowns. That's looking little too far ahead for most people. The United States supreme court wanted to hear the cry of the little factory workers, but it had to stick to the constitution.
 x Although Rudolph Valentino may not know much about divorce laws, he needn't try to tell the court he's novice in love. Cliff Pinchot not only 'tame back" but he smashed the republican machine in Pennsyl- vania while he was doing it. Maybe an army of 10000 men will be large enough to keep Pershing from becoming dis gusted with his job.
 . Some of these days major league diplomats of Europe may admit that work is the solution of all their troubles.
 < v For fun and excitement debate on evolution is almost equal to an old-fashioned political powwow.
 
 The skipper of the Majestic has better job and gets more fun out of it than any king of Europe.
 # Nobody has yet succeeded in putting ring through the nose of the "bear that walks like a man."
 Some women who wear knckerbockers ought to take slant at themselves in full-length mirror.
 # # x William Blizzard, who is being tried in West Virginia, has name that connotes trouble
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
REPUBLICAN MACHINE SMASHED
 IN PENNSYLVANIA

Clifford Pinchott's sweeping victory in Penn sylvania, where he defeated a machine candi- date for the republican nomination for gover- nor, is another bitter blow to the "Old Guard The Pennsylvania primary, following close on the downfall of Harry New in Indiana, cannot be classed mere personal triumph of one republican over another. The republican lead professed to take that view of the Indiana race between New and former Senator Rev. eridge, but apparently the same forces were at to Pinchot in Pennsylvania.
 Pinchot and Beveridge are both progressive republicans. Beveridge is believed to have toned down during the passing years, and is expected to cooperate with the Harding admin stration and show less of the aggressiveness which characterized him during his previous service in the Senate, but Senator New was the administration candidate, was backed by the re- publican machine and was seeking renomination as an indorsement of the Harding administra- tion and the part he had played in it's policies
 III cHHsyiNdHid, ioHS tut StdiHpmS BIouHu Ol Boise Penrose, the last and the most powerful of the old-time political bosses, and strong hold of republican machine politics, Pinchot has run away with the nomination and humbled the machine candidate.
 It is too early yet to predict what the effect will be of the primaries in Pennsylvania and In- diana, but there is manifest uneasness among republican leaders and members of Congress who believe their jobs to be in jeopardy. AL though Beveridge is a republican and Pinchot went back to the fold after following Roose- welt into the ''bull moose" party, democrats can we'll afford to smile at the discomfiture of republican reactionaries. The failure of the re- publicans to carry out their campaign pledges and dissatisfaction with the way affairs have been going in Washington brighten the pros poets for democratic success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
HEALTH COMES FIRST
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Since the very candid expression of our health officer, Dr. Bowling, as to conditions in Birmingham, it occurs to the writer that we had best first issue bonds to build garbage disposal plant for the city and to construct a sewerage system that will take care of it's dire needs.
 Sanitation is the only need that should take precedence over education in city; but after much investigation, some of us have found, to our consternation that Birmingham is prob ably the only city of its size in the country which tolerates open dump heaps where every sort of disease breeding filth is deposited right in the city in numerous places and probably also the only city in it's class as to population which has such an inadequate sewerage system in large section of the city as to overflow even in residences, yards and streets.
 Our commission has before asked for "con- structive suggestions" I think the entire cit izenshlp- children and erown-ups-should De
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
GETTING VALUABLE

"The recent advances in the petroleum mar ket seem to have melted further thievery among some of the light-fingered gentry" said George H. Gray, vice president of the Wofford Oil company. "A recent report of the theft of sew eral gallons of Woco Pep from one of our filling stations was climaxed yesterday by the theft of 20 gallons of extra heavy motor oil from still another station
 Evidently the weight of the oil caused the thieves little trouble, for we have been unable to find trail of drips anywhere"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 No dress is immodest unless the wearer is.
 The toplofty usually have lofts to rent at the top.
 Some women want to die before they get old, and others bleach.
 If the cause for failure is known there is hope for success later on.
 You may respect man for the enemies he makes, but you never envy him.
 Nothing surprises a woman so much as the failure of the unexpected to happen.
 If you must be abusive, abuse a dog; he will forgive you without an apology.
 Every time rich man dies some poor man recalls that "a shroud has no pockets"
 You may not be able to judge by experience, but you can give pretty shrewd guess. not only willing but anxious to have bonds is- sued to take care of this greatest need of our city and to do so as soon as it could possibly be done. MRS. c. s. HEARD.
 Woodlawn May IS, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
LETTERS TO EDITOR
SCHOOL CHILDREN AND BOND ISSUE

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 I am submitting herewith attached copy of a letter from me to Prof. R. c. Johnson and re- quest that you give publication to same in your columns under "voice of the People," Thank ing you, am, yours very truly,
 CHAS. K. HALL.
 Birmingham, May IT, 1922.
 Prof. R. C. Johnson, Principal Barker School,
 City:
 Dear Sir: Replying to your query delivered to me by my two children, who are pupils in your school "How are you going to vote on the bond issue?" and your request that set forth reasons for my position on these ques- tions:
 Without any intent of personal dscourtesy I am tempted to say that it is none of your business, as under our American system of vot- ing the voter is protected with the secret bal lot. However, inasmuch as I never hesitate to express my honest convictions openly on any question involving the public good anywhere or at any time, will answer you by saying no, and that I will my utmost influence in opposi- tion to these proposed bond issues.
 "I do not see just where you carrying out the duties of your position principal and teacher of your school when you seem to be de- voting so much time to the advocacy of this cause. This propaganda for the bond issues is not included in the curriculum, and your time devoted to it should be deducted from your salary.
 Mry, ,sr, fo- Lox>I t. sues is that there is no need of creating this great debt at annual interest of $350,00o, when the real needs of schools could be met by an economical administration of the funds that will naturally accrue from year to year. and by the application of this $350, 1000, which would be wasted in interest.
 "If the board of education insists on it's right to use my children ,and the children of others, for this kin dof propaganda at the be- hest of the interests that war. these bonds be- cause they tax free. I. for one, shall en- deavor to see that the system undergoes need ed change, and that the board of education will hereafter be elected by, and be responsive and responsible to the people. To my mind the present board of city commissioners and the board of educator, elected by the commission, are transcending their bounds when they reck- lessly spend the city's money and use it to coerce little children in creating friction be- tween them and their parents, or to serve any selfish interests. I understand that $1 ,000,00 of our city bonds were sold for s808,000 Do you know who received the benefit of this enor- nous discount?
 T hope and trust that my Riddles will not be discriminated against in school on account of the honest and openly expressed opinion of their father. Yours truly,
 CHAS K. HALL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
PRESERVING GAME FISH

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 I read your well-tmed article in Sundays is- sue the preservation of the game fish with much pleasure.
 There is one important feature that you omitted. That is the great destruction of fish from the coal washers of our big coal com panies. No one ever seems to think of that. l remember well being on grand jury of one of our counties several years ago, and we tried in vain to frame an indictment against these destroyers of fish. The solicitor was with us, but he said there was no law to cover the case. l then wrote the late John Wallace He re- piled that time and time again he had endeav- ored to get law passed prohibiting this very thing, but the unseen lobby checked every move he made. How much longer will the people toll crate this destruction? w. B. REYNOLDS.
 Montevalo May 16, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
LESS FICTION READ BY THE MODERN BOY

Carl Rodon, city librarian of Chicago, says a change has taken place in the books boys read With the passing away of the man who created Mick Carter" victim of poverty and suicide, it is interesting to observe that boys do not seem to be reading much fiction as formerly, although some of the standard books still hold their own.
 According to Librarian Rodon, boys are now paying more attention to books of biography, science and history, but that romance is not the popularity of Sir Walter Scott, Dumas, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Steven son and Rudyard Kipling. The boy who reaches maturity without having read Twenty Thou sand Leagues Under the Sea-" ''The Three Mus keteers,' Tom Sawyer and Treasure Island" has missed part of the glorious heri- tage of youth.
 The demand for more serious books may be attributed largely to juvenile interest in science. Nearly every boy nowadays is budding cleo trcian, and if he doesn't possess radio out
  makes life burden for his parents until he gets one. Possibly scientific absorption among the youth of the land is good thing and will add to the worlds store of knowledge in after years, but there is much to be said for fiction for romance, no matter how lurid.
 The boy who becomes acquainted with the immortal heroes of romance, instead of stuffing his head entirely with facts, will get more out of life and perhaps he will be better man when he grows up
 "Cold Facts vs. Bunk" is the title of an ad- vertisement published by advocates of the $7000,000 bond issue. People who demand better schools should stick to English undefiled.
 Y
 Lady Astor says she doesn't give "tuck-a- dunk" for the unintelligent woman, which we understand to be the lady-like equivalent of ''tinker's dam."
 MT. Dempsey is offered million dollars for two easy bouts this year. It would be stretch ing the truth to refer to MT. Dempsey's purses as earnings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
WILL TAKE SPOTLIGHT

''The August primary will take the spotlight following the bond and dance election Mon day." said M. E. Morris, chairman of the county board of registrars. "It will be necessary to se- lect 1,088 election officials for the county, which will take considerable work.
 "As Judge J. P. Stiles and w. L. Waldrop are both candidates and are on the election commission, suppose two others will have to be appointed to serve with Sheriff J. c. Hartsfield to arrange for the primary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-19
THEY ARE ALWAYS MADE

q understand that some very bitter charges are being made publicly, and that mass meet ings are being held by the opposition to the opening of Pershing Pier for dancing" de- clared Commissioner w. L. Harrison, who stat ed further that one statement was reported to have been made to the effect that many women of quesssanable character had signed the ref erendum petition, which was denied.