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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
SUPERVISING TURKISH COURTS

Turkish justice does not eontem-
plate our American ideas of possible
reform of convicts. The penalties
forbid it, for the Turks have found
it often less expensive to put offend
ers to death than in Jail. Corruption
in Turkish courts is the custom, and
the penalty is frequently a species of
blackmail. The side having the most
money to spend in brides is usually the
side that wins. This is all right for
the Turks, who are used to it. But
for citizens of other countries who,
during a temporary sojourn, may have
run afoul of Turkish law, the system
has it's disadvantages.
Therefore, for many years the for
eign nations have had their own courts
in Turkey to try their nationals and to
decide cases between their nationals
and Turks. In the present negotia-
tions between the Turks and the pow
ers the former object to these for
eign courts and refuse to accept stip-
ulations regarding them. 1t seems
that the powers have silently receded
from their original position and now
demand only that within five years
the Turks shall completely revise
their judiciary and their ministry of
justice, and that they shall accept the
supervision of four judicial counsel
ors appointed by the court of inter
national justice to have authority in
all cases affecting foreigners. Tur-
key demurs to this, but the powers
have apparently made their last con-
cession in this direction.
The United States stands with the
other powers in this stipulation, and
there is no power to which Turkey
may turn for comfort in her dilemma.
The pride evidenced by the Turks in
this regard is false pride and has
no foundation of past good record on
which to rest. Pride, however, is a
plant that will grow without either
roots or soil, and that refuses to wither
even under the most adverse condi-
tions. Perhaps the Turks would do
we'll to transplant it to a better soil.
They can accept the foreign demand
for justice along civilized lines and
have real nourishment for their pride.
In any event, the fact that foreigners
demand different and higher type
of justice than dispensed in Turkey
cannot fail to leave it's impress upon
the Near Eastern diplomats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

pie were not blinded to the actual sit
uation, the German magnates would
be compelled to undertake the pay
ment or underwriting of the repara-
tions. The French will not forget
their cities and farmlands devastated
and their millions betrayed and killed
merely in order to make German
holiday. AS long as Germany is able
to pay, France and Belgium will de-
mand that they pay to the last ounce
of the bargain; and the world is not
out of sympathy with that determina-
tion
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
POOR BOYS WHO
BECAME FAMOUS
BY Frederick Houk Law
Alton b. Parker

A young man eagerly desired an
education, but he found it hard
to find either the time or the
money to gain it. One reason why
some men achieve greatness lies
in the fact that they will admit
no obstacles. They overcome
whatever lies in their way. That
was the case with Alton B. Par
ker, who became the candidate of
the Democratic party in 1904 for
the high office of president of the
United States. AS a boy he had
been able to obtain the ordinary
schooling, the rudiments of a good
education, but further opportuni-
ties were apparently closed to
him. He liked books and he liked
study. There was but one way in
which he could gain the learning
that he wished-and that was by
his own efforts. With his whole
heart and soul in the task he bent
himself to hard work in order that
he might earn for himself the
privilege of attending the Cort-
land Normal School. Difficulties
arose. but he looked only at the
ideal he had set for himself-an
education-and he won the con-
test.
With his diploma well earned by
brain and by character, he again
confronted the world. For three
years he worked in school rooms
for small pay, giving to others the
advantages for which he himself
had had to fight. Then once again
I. l.
and began to study for that He
worked in a law office, prepared
himself for law school, and by the
age of twenty-one had made him
self a lawyer. All his determined
effort in early life had laid a
solid foundation on which he stood
ready for every emergency.
At twenty-five he became a
county surrogate. His ability.
friendliness and personal power
attracted attention. and at thirty
two he was made a delegate to
the national convention of his
party. Immediately thereafter he
directed state campaign in
which he showed such wisdom and
suchs ex ecutiNe ability that it was
&
rise. He became a judge in the
supreme court of New York, and
when he finally took his place
younger than any other judge
who had ever sat in that court.
He had risen to the position of
chief justice when he was nomi-
mated for the presidency. and re-
signed in order to carry on the
campaign. The wave of enthusi-
asm for Theodore Roosevelt over
whelmed him. He once. more en-
tered into legal practice, and has
remained one of the most highly
honored members of the Ameri-
can bar. His efforts to gain an
education had paid him high re-
turn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
NO SEIZURES OF COAL

Decision of the supreme court of
Alabama that railroads have not the
right to confiscate to their use cars
of coal consigned to them for delivery
to third parties strikes at an exasper-
ating feature of the coal industry at
those periods when the carriers are in
competition with the public for the
current production. In part that de-
cision reads: eff such a custom
should govern the shipment of coal,
i. could be established so as to ex-
tend to other goods and commodities,
and it would be contrary to public
policy to recognize system which
would permit carriers to convert to
their own use articles they had con-
tracted to deliver by, in effect, step
ping into the shoes of the consignee."
Many hundreds of cars loaded with
coal for factories and for domestic
use have been confiscated to their
own uses by the carriers at times
when cars have been scarce and pro-
duction at a low point. Many facto-
ries have had operations curtailed or
stopped because coal consigned to
them has been seized en- route.
The supreme court takes the posi-
ton that the interests of the factory
and the domestic consumer are quite
as important as those of the carriers,
and that they shall not be deprived
of the coal which they have bought
and which the railroads are under OBJ
legation to deliver. This ruling points
t. the carrying of larger stocks of coal
by the carriers. In Alabama the rail
roads are next to the largest con-
sumers of coal. In 1920, for instance,
the furnaces consumed forty-three
per cent. of the coal production and
the railroads thirty per cent. The
purely domestic consumption was
eight per cent. and the commercial
was eighteen per cent, the remainder
going into manufacture of gas, and
the like. The carriers being next to
the largest consumers of coal and be-
ing In position to supply cars to haul
their own coal supplies, are in best
position to store coal. 1t seems a de-
parture from good business for the
carriers TO come to stressful periods
in the coal industry in competition
with the commercial coal demand be-
cause they have no Accommodations and,
therefore, must use cars in securing
coal for themselves while missing the
revenue that would come from haul
ing coal for others
The bureau of mines, in co-opera-
ton with the Carnegie Institute of
Technology, has evolved practical
methods of storing coal and these
methods will be submitted to the fed
eral trade commission for its use in
solution of the coal production and
distribution problem. The storage of
coal is one of the most important ele-
ments involved in reducing the indus
try to regularity and stability. Stor-
age by railroads is the most important
on account of the quantity of coal
used by them and that is where the
principle of storage most aptly applies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
MEN
The Mother Of Willard Fillmore

inc MOther OF M1iiard F1llmOre
There seems to be something
about the atmosphere of the old
frontier that bred greatness in
men, for so many of Americas
finest products came from what
was known in the seventeenth
century as The Far West" Also.
it seemed to produce fine women.
A great proportion of the mothers
of these same great men faced
life on the frontier with tre-
mendouS courage, and a notable
example of this was Phebe Mil
lard Fillmore, mother of the thir-
teenth president of the United
States, Willard Fillmore. Although
she was far from being a strong
woman physically, Mrs. Fillmore
faced the hardships of life on the
frontier without fear or com
plant. She worked hard and tire
lessly, and brought her children
up in fear of God and love Nor
their country. She was a woman
of great good sense and strong
spirit of piety and patriotism. She
was kind and brave and loyal.
and she never gave in to weak
HESS. NIit WdS d cOfu p6I1p1 anu
friend to her children, who wor-
SHIPPED her. not because it was
expected of them. but because Of
her tremendous power to create an
atmosphere of love around her.
By nature she was sunny and
cheerful, no matter what befell
her. She made every effort to
stave off the physical collapse
which came upon her as result
of her too strenuous efforts when
her children were young. Finally.
however, she could hold out no
longer, and became an invalid.
She died before her son reached
the browning glory of his political
career, but she lived lonS enough
to be gladdened by his eminent
success in public life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
TAKING 1T UP WITH MEXICO

Although the recognition of Mexico
is earnestly desired by many in this
country, yet it is admitted that we
cannot trade with Mexico nor join in
that development of her resources I'M
less there is first obtained reliable
assurance that American rights and
property there shall not be confis-
Gated. One section of the new Mexi-
can constitution, adopted shortly be-
fore Oregon became president,
plainly authorizes the confiscation of
mining and oil concessions, even those
dated before the constitution went
into effect. Our government has con-
sistently stipulated that this section
shall be amended or that it shall be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
PEOPLES FORUM


To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
The American people can pun
ish the tariff robbers and the
sugar trust thieves and at the
same time save millions of dollars,
if we will consume no more than
the amount of sugar that we need.
The average American is said to
eat one-third a pound of sugar a
day when he needs only about
four teaspoonfuls. In other words,
the average man, woman and
child in the United States eats
more than ten times as much su-
gar as a normal person needs.
The fact is sugar is not an essen
tial article of food. With enough
milk, bread and cereals, rice, po-
tatoes and other vegetables we
can get along perfectly we'll with
out sugar.
One teaspoonful, or one small
lump of sugar in one cup of cof-
fee or tea, is all that one should
take a day, and sugar should not
be eaten on oatmeal and other ce-
reals, or on grapefruit and or
anges, because it destroys the de-
licious and natural flavors of ce-
reals and fruits. Everybody uses
too much sugar in desserts. II the
manufacturers of ice cream, one
of our most wholesome foods, will
use only one half the amount of
sugar that they now do, they will
please their customers and save a
lot of money.
The idea that a child needs SUI
gar and candy is all wrong.
Among the healthiest, finest and
happiest boys and girls that I
have known are those whose pa
rents have had the good sense to
deny their children sweets. Bread,
butter, milk, fresh fruits and veg
etables are the normal foods and
the cultivated taste for sugar that
has been acquired in the last CEN
fury is responsible for much of
the i'll health of thousands of peo-
pie who have had bad teeth and
other infections. Sweets take
away the natural appetite and
those who use most sugar are fire.
quently poorly nourished because
they do not get enough other
foods. Sugar contains no vita
mines, it ferments readily in the
intestines and is cause of much
constipation, with it's i'll effects.
Those who have cornered the
sugar market are thieves as much
as the highwayman who takes
money from men at the point of a
pistol. The only difference is that
the sugar thieves are robbing the
American people legally. The
idea that the tariff has nothing to
do with the present high prices
is absurd. The tariff drives away
foreign competition, thus enabling
the trusts to manipulate the mar
ket. If foreign competitors should
come in, the American sugar
trust magnates would reduce the
price to where they could make a
profit because they are protected
by the robber tariff. The sugar
producers do not get the benefit
of the high prices. We will not
get the legislation to put the SUI
gar thieves in Jail, but if the
American people will eat no more
sugar than we need, we will be
better off physically and the price
of sugar will soon become rea-
sonable and remain so.
Scale HARRIS, NJ. D.
Birmingham. Ala. May 5, 1928.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

Don't make the mistake Of de-
posting your money in an old
snuN box, tin can or otherwise
hiding it behind the chimney cor
ners, under an old log, in a hol-
low stump or out in the corn
crib. Deposit it in one of our
good banks, thereby making it
safe and putting it to work for
you and the community.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

A hitherto Industrious aH4
peaceable negro killed two white
men, wounded two more and him
self was killed at Helena, Ala.
because he was crazy drunk on
blind tiger booze. And still some
people who claim to be law-abid-
ing and respectable make apology
for the bootlegger and the rum
maker. Not only that, but ac-
tually patronage them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
For Saie-One Earring

l have little earring +. the cut
est little thing the latest fad
they're wearing . E. F.. and quite the
vogue for spring . The little drop
is emerald green E. it's oval shaped,
you see ;. and in the center can be
seen q. diamond bright but wee.
E. CAT least it looks like diamond
from a distance). -. 1t has thinga-
majig behind in front, a little
pearl. g. I'll sell the thing if l can
find :. one-eared girl. .-Ru
theda.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

The time is amply ripe for
something to be done about Clan
tons drainage program. What
have the officers to offer? Are
we going to let the question die
a natural death again? If we do
it will never be revived again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
May Change Allegiance

(AIeXander City OutIook)
We have pulled fop Birming-
hams baseball team in season and
out for years and years. but
plague on the luck we want to see
her pick up little and go to win
ming. If she does not, we are go
ing to transfer our affections to
Mobile. We want an Alabama
team to win, but it looks like
Birmingham cannot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
,,,.,,,,. JhG@
||'l0PcHIbEARER

The fellow who talks all the time
naturally hits on the idea once in a
while.
Did you ever notice the looks on
the faces of group of women who
have been married several years when
one new in the business expresses the
view that she has perfect husband?
Distance lends enchantment to the
view-of the average chorus.
Self conceit seldom has falling out
with itself.
When her parents don't like the
young man calling on her, romantic
young lady imagines he is a hero
struggling against the odds Of being
misunderstood.
A clever woman makes her hus-
band believe that she believes he is
much cleverer than she believes that
even he believes he is.
The selfish man who refuses to in
vest cent in the fight against tu-
berculosis is working just as directly
against his own selfish interests as
any others.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

1t may have been noticed, too, that
the average business man is willing
to accept present conditions of pros
perity on their face without any long
winded explanations from hgh-brow
analysts that the situation is purely
psychological.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
She Had Good Reason

She Hnd Good Reason
Hondon MaiD
Bridget, has Johnnie come
from school YETI"
yes, sir
Have you seen him.
mo, sir"
Then how do you know he's
home?"
"Cause the cats hidden under
the stove"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
Put Wires Under Ground


NlHOUIIt INtS IStCTJ
Windstorms of some violence.
but not phenomenal. do so much
injury to telegraph, telephone and
lighting service and come so often.
that it would seem to be a paying
proposition to put the wires un-
der ground. "
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

Instead of starting third party, as
has been thoughtlessly proposed, it
would save time and labor to purge
the existing two of their undesirable
elements.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
SMILES
A Plain DIAGNOSIS

Northumberland N. y
Mr.. Tarr: "Doctah, whas de
mattah wild Brudder Snoops?
What yeas do he 'peah to be
'flicted wild, in yo' humble pin
ion?"
Doctor Dingfold: Chronic
chicken stealth complicated wild
birdshot in de back, sah."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

StdlJ
The problem of the city resident
is to preserve the shade trees on
streets and lawns, and this can
be done with a little thought and
care. In cutting away trees where
they may be too thickly growing,
it would be well to spare the
largest and hardest. In work
ing on streets and sidewalks. those
in charge of the work could cas-
lily prevent unnecessary damage
being done to trees, without inter-
fering with the work to be done.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
Would Be Sad Joke

Chicago Daily News)
1t would be a sad joke if the
American parlor pinks got what
happened to the parlor pinks in
Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
Pulling for Doty

The newspaper editors should
elect Ed Doty president of the
Alabama Press Association at it's
next meeting. He has done more
than anyone else for the frater-
nifty, and he has been getting a
good many knocks. Jusa as we'll
to help him scotch a little.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

Why not get General Dawes worked
up to some new styles of phraseology
to give the country an accurate pic
ture of those sugar manipulators who
caused the trouble?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
Aside from the tariff. On

Aside from the tariff, Cuban sugar
raisers and things, the fact remains
that there are lot of conspirators
and gougers ambitious to get rich
quick who have been interfering with
the normal functions of the sugar
bowl in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

Charleston Gazette)
Now they say that the reason
George Washington never told a
lie was because he married
widow and knew better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
THE PARAGRAPHERS


(Toronto Globe)
1t is said that wars are fought
by boys, suffered by women, and
paid for by posterity." 1t may be
added that they are usually
started by men old enough to
know better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

New York Evening WORLDLY
The sugar bill per head in the
U. S. A. at present prices is about
$12 a year. 1t should not exceed
81. The excess of SIS can be easily
saved and improve the digestion
at the same time by cutting down
the spoonfuls.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
Maybe They Need the Money

V0TeenSDOTO WdTChmanJ
The Demopolis. city council has
just enacted a seven column or
dinance governing the operating
of automobiles ard other motor
driven veAsclss within the city
limits. We didn't have time to
read all of the provis ons OF said
ordinance. but it looks almost i'm
possible for person . drive into
that town In an automobile and
get, out without being pulled by
the traffic COP for violating one
or more Of The sixty-nine sections
of the ordinance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

Before and After
Sheffield, England, TelASraph)
Ethel: The bride nearly faint
ed during the ceremony and had
to be supported by her father I'M
til it was over"
Edith: Yes: and now l hear
her father is supporting both of
them"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
1t Reminds Her

ARKANSAS Gazette)
Sweet Marie says she never
reads of people going to the Lit
e-Church Around the-Corner to
be married without thinking of
Dangerous Curves Ahead"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
THE ALABAMA PRESS
May Point the way

Steps have been taken to abol-
iSh the lease system, but it is vet
a long way into the future. The
cotton mills and other industries
at Kilby and other camps may
show the way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

Hugo SHINES is reported to have
said that the Ruhr situation doesn't
Justify any more talk. Certainly not,
unless money should try to sustain
it's reputation in that respect.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking on the strand.
The Carpenter remarked upon
The dryness of the sand.
"The ocean waves" the Walrus said,
care dryer than the land"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

If the European nations which are
pinched in purse insist on having wars,
why don't they advertise for bids and
get less costly ones?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

The sun, we are told, has been suf-
fering from chill. And this in spite
of the fact that he never Ventures out
in rainy weather.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

Perhaps Eugene Debs concluded
that Russia is a very unhealthful place
even for a man physically fit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
Futility

The woodpecker wept in deep dismay
AS the shades of evening stole,
For he had been laboring all the day
On an iron telegraph pole.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

A famous critic asks: "What mu-
sic has America given to uplift the
world?" How about the sweet jingle
of the coin?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
Choose Another Kind

Choose Another Kind
(American Legion Weekly
Mrs. Reilly: What makes
these sardines so high"
Grocer: They're imported,
num-"
Mrs. Reilly: I'll take the do
mestic ones-them as had the
brains to swim acrost to this
country"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
How Can He Do Itss

(Memphis Commercial AppeaD
A Berlin cable says the former
kaiser is drifting into madness.
But can a man chase street car
after he has boarded it?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08

While congress is not in session the
photograph has a chance to make
new record in a Marathon talk-fest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-08
(Life)

The weather bureau never gets
credit when it guesses right, for
then everybody thinks it was a
mistake.