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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
ENDORSES TAX VIEWS

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 l want to say that l heartily en- dorse Wour stand on the repeal of the adjusting machinery. The principle of this plan is, in my opinion, just and right and when honestly and fairly administered will tend to increase our revenues and, l believe, will lower our tax rate. The adjusting machinery will rightfully distribute the bur den as it ought to be distributed with all classes of taxpayers bearing their share. It was un- fortunate when this machinery was destroyed J. H. WILSON.
 Lincoln, Ala, Sept. 6, 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
REcKLEssNEss INCREASES

Complaints against reckless auto mobile driving, throughout the state are increasing. As result of the many accidents, large percentage of which could be avoided with reasonable pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
Can't Keep It Down

When the skyline starts in this buoyant community you just tako it from us and accept the fact that there Is no power or influence strong enough to continue this choked and intolerable corporate limit restriction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
THE ALABAMA PRESS
Won,t stand for It
(Gadsden JournaD

The Journal does not believe that Alabamians are going to stand for an extra cent tax on gasoline, the proceeds of which would be applied to the general fund. instead of to the roads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
(Taliadega Daily Home,

This county is a natural para disc for bees, as evidenced by the number of bee trees in the noun tain and foothill environments; i; and 1t is superbly adapted to that profitable industry. If the farmers of the county would only pay more attention to agriculture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09

will limit our navy to the size agreed upon at our ratio in the treaty. This idea of disarmament has caused our appropriation to be cut to the point where two thirds of our modern destroyers are out of commission. About half of our modern submarines are out of commission and practically every ship In the navy is under manned. From our pledge of equality with England we have dropped in actual strength, to less than Japan. due largely to the fact that the public has been allowed to think in terms of a ''disarmI-, ment," instead of ''limi.ation'N treaty. In view of which, it IS be- lieved that the use of the term "disarmament," in this connection, should be discontinued.
 c. R. CRANDALL.
 Lieutenant. U. S. N. Birmingham, Ala, Sept. ', 1928.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09

A scientist declares that New York city is in no danger from an earth quake for several million years. Still, Gotham would be in a bad fix in it didn't have some political and moral shake-ups before the expiration of S, long a period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
Rains Worse Than WeeviIs

NGreeHVlII6 AuVOcateJ
 The weevils are bad enough. but the rains have done more damage, some of the farmers tell us. than have the weevils. The rains have caused the cotton to shed the young bolls, even those that the bugs did not pncture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
THE ROAD TO coNJUcAL PEACE

Under the title, harneSSeQ 1app'- ness" a contemporary recently printed ten commandments evolved by one of the numerous reform associations for the guidance of husbands. There ara in this and every other community q number of husbands who would be glad to know just how to remove all the bumps and ruts from the domestic circle and to be insured against any further jostling real or imaginary. For their benefit it might be worth while to publish in full the remedies for which much is claimed in the way of complete or partial cures. Here they are:
 1. Don't be tightwad. A wo-
 man makes allowances for ill for
 tune, but not for inertia.
 2. Let your wife run the do- I mestic affairs without interfer-
 ence.
 8. Smile, even if you don't feel
 like it. It pays big dividends in
 domestic happiness.
 4. Don't be afraid to let your
 wife know you appreciate her.
 5. Keep up your courtship.
 Don't quit being sweetheart
 when the honeymoon is over.
 6. Don't scold.
 T. Get away from relatives and
 make your own home.
 8. Beware the boarder. Better
 have pet python around the
 house.
 g. Shun slovenly habits. Slick
 up like you did when you were
 trying to persuade her to be your
 wife.
 10. Treat your children kindly
 and justly-their mother will be
 won along with them.
 It seems quite a pretentious pro- gram. There may be some men built on highly optimistic, if not angelic. lines who could measure up to all the requirements; for all men are neither hopelessly bad nor unreconstructively lazy, as some bachelor girls and spin sters appear to think. Of course, rigid compliance with the whole pro- gram would not be an easy job. But what man with two good eyes and a few ounces of brains behind them would expect sinecure in the con nubial state? Such snaps are rare even in a land of opportunity and TO- nance. It's a real chance, however, for any man who desires peace and quiet after long period of single blessedness.
 l It may be noted that the "command- ments" apply exclusively to mere man, which suggests that they may have originated with a member of the "hostile" sex. One naturally would like to see a corresponding list con ceived and whipped into shape by 6 married man for the guidance and edi- fication of his better half Here is a chance for the display ofsa courage equal to any which might be required for observance of the above injunc- tiops. This is an age of heroes. Be there husband who would venture into the field? With twenty "com- mandments" divided equally between husband and wife in mutual and faithful observance, perhaps it would be unnecessary for outsiders to try for MT. Bok's tempting prize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09

A good many people pretend to be ignorant until they discover that they know more than the other fellow, then wade in with an avalanche of wisdom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09

It seem sthat the legislature is hav- ing much difficulty shooing lobbyists off the floor while the members arc trying to get their mind son other things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
4 FCIpErLIcHTS fSGHl Al NA ANNATIONAL
 V CAPITAL

The death and burial of Mir. Harding revived the story to the effect that Washingtons body Is preserved in alcohol.
 Present-day methods of embalm ing were unknown when the first President died. 1t Is said that the desire that the clay return not to clay resulted in a determination to make use of alcohol, A lead casket was prepared, it Is alleged, and Just before being sealed. was filled with the only known pre- serving fluid of that time.
 An effort has been made to yer ifv the story; It failed. Many scoff. Others here declare that they have heard 1t repeatedly and believe 1t. If 1t Is true, Is Wash ington, Tn appearance, today as Washington was when interred2 And would 1t not be possible for science, in the future, to present the body to view in order that pe)- nle of that day might behold the one man big In all respects which thIs country has produced?
 This story, not at all authentic, as intimated, reminds those who tell 1t of the facetious request Of Clarence, that i1l-fated prince who had a chance to secure the throne of England. When informed that his execution had been determined. and that he might select the meth cd by means of which he preferred to approach the Styx, he urged that he be drowned In a barrel 3f Burgundy.
 The requtst was granted. Even at that, however, Clarence bery probably found that death actually has a sting.
 But the most remarkable story regarding the death of a Presi~ dent involves Garfield. The ex- penses of his funeral were held by Congress to be exorbitant. A spe- cial committee was raised to de- termine what in justice the coun- try should pay, and endeavor to reach a compromise with. those who demanded remuneration.
 Everybody compiled when in- formed that their demands must be decreased-that Is, everybody except the undertaken. at that time the most prominent under taker in the business here. He insisted that his bill was just and that he could not conscientiously reduce it a penny.
 The congressional committee, likewise, concluded that It's esti- mate was just and that it could not conscientiously pay the bill as presented. There the matter rest ed. There 1t rests today.
 The undertaken in. question has gone out of business and out of existence, as a matter of fact. Ills successors tell the foregoing and it is not disputed. They say that they could find the original state- ment were they willing to under take the search. They do not re- gard the debt of the government, however. as one due them, al- though 1t Is understood they ac- quired the property and rights # the man who performed the actual services.
 It is barely possible that some of these days the government and the descendants of the old under. taker will get together and settle the matter. The government has always paid It's debts save those which grew out of the Civil war,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
Test Between Two Faction.

There are two factions in tho Alabama legislature. It is a test of strength between Mike Sollie and Lee Long on ono side and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
PEOPLES FORUM
As TO TAX MACHrNERY

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In your paper of today, under the heading, "The Cause of the Failure" you say that the efficient tax-collecting system built up by Governor Kilby has been made 'impotent by Governor Brandon destroying its smooth-running ma- chinery." Now, will you tell me wherein any act of Governor Bran don's system has so far in the least affected Governor Kilbys system? As I understand the mat ter, Governor Kilby displaced three local assessors or adjusters in each county and substituted one in- stead at more expense than the three were, and the only eff ciency we know that was added to raise taxes to meet the expenses of his (Kilby's) administration which had no ear marks of econ- omy about it. One could and did do for him what no doubt three would have refused to do. The escaped taxes so far, 1t seems to me, will lie at the door of MT. Kilby's administration, for all assessing on which taxes will be paid this year was done by his adjusters and his tax board. It Is true that on account of an effort to collect taxes on incomes the rate was placed out of sight, still when the Supreme Court by di- vided opinion said the income tax could not be collected, all efforts to re-enact the law went glim- mering. Now, would 1t not be pest to wait until Governor Brandon's tax system take hold of the helve and see what 1t does to continua the escaped taxes" before we condemn it7 I am sure you will find the escaped taxes in the "higher-ups." for nothing the ordi- nary man had has ever got by under Mir. Kilby's system; even the fowls and dogs around his yard were made to pay the penalty of taxes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09

Governor Brandon on the other. So far the governor has been able to get the best of the fray in each test of strength.
 Paradise for Bees
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
GRAVES EMERY.

IdIIduEBdf AI6-, otpI. U, I5Z5.
 It is suggested that MT. EmbrY read MT. Kilby's several messages on taxation, tax -dodging and tax machinery. and the financial re- suits of the system. He is invited to compare with these able docu- ments MT. Brandon's own admis- sions as to falling off in revenues since he changed the system.- Editor Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
MrAGRER or ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or net otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published therein All rights of repnbIicstien of special dispatches herein are also reserved
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
THE AGE-HERAL.D

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post sffice as second class matter e4def act of Congress. March 6, 1878.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09

No one has ever dreamed of prs venting a man or people from exercising the inherent right of self defense, but, unfortunately. the doctrine of self-defense is ever made the instrument of offense. Among nations 1t has been used like the feud amid families and clans. Self-defense is not always resistance against visible and threatened assault; too often it Is defense against fear touching the realization of which in overt &C., tion there has been no assurance. I should have been quite content if the kaiser had been put upon his trial as demanded by the Vef- sailles treaty, not that I had de- sire that he be executed, but in the hope of introducing into inter- national law a new element or making offensive warfare murder. and in the hope, luther. that an International tribunal would he set up that could convict or ac- quit after trial the leaders of a people who began an offensive war.
 Critics of my plan condemned It as impracticable. too complicated to be adopted. Some regarded as a joke the thought that the men who do the fighting and pay the bills should have anything to say about war Some objected on the { ground that we could not have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
NEMS RURNAw

FREDERICK l. THOMPSON. President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
ny THOMAS R. MARSHALL, Former Vice President of the
 IInffed States

What ultimately may come out of MT. Bok's altruistic idea, backed by his generosity, is. of course, upon the knees of the gods. No one can hope more fervently than l hope that some practical plan to promote the peace of the world will spring from it. His offer of an award threw the whole ques- tion of world peace into the arena for discussion by ignorant and learned alike, and many persons will no doubt do as did--offer a suggestion without any thought of contending for MT. Bok's prize.
 have always been uncertain about world peace-not uncertain as to It's desirabihty. but uncertain as to whether the normal instincts of mankind are ready for peace. and even if so, whether those in control of the governments of the world would permit a world peace scheme to go into effect without a reservation of the right of an individual nation to start row f it felt disposed. My view ex- pressed in a letter to MT. Box, was in brief that each nation of the world enter Into an agreement not to wage a war of offense until it had submitted the question of war to a referendum of its people. My thought was and Is that the men who do the fighting and the people who pay the bills of war are most competent to pass upon the question of war and entitled more than any other class to do so. My views drew much criticism, some of it rather sharp. but as vet T. have seen no claim that if the plan was sincerely inauguratej and honestly kept It would not accomplish the desired purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09

It is barely possible that some. of these days the government ard the descendants of the old under. taker will get together and settle the matter. The government has always paid It's debts save those which grew out of the Civil war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09

NEWS BUREAUS
 Washington, 800 Davidson Building State Capital Men teonaery. .sAN>ANI4
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 .s.. Albany Decatur Daily Building Tuscaloosa ...sNsN&NsNts News Building Jasper .s.ss Mountain Eagle Building AnnlBton sssssNNrSSNNsssN star BulieiAe GadsdeA ~..e>~..>S>>N> Journal Building
, 1923-03-29

with two-story frame building;
All of lot 81 in block "a of the
City of Rawlins, Wyo., except n
tract 1s feet by As feet 10 3.5
inches in size, off the northeast
corner or rear end Of the lot
improved with addition to the
building on lot 20.
South half of lot % in block "a
of the City of Rawlins, Wyo.,
one-story building thereon:
Lots ID to "a inclusive in block
3 of the Park Hill addition to
the City of Rawlins, Wyo., IN
improved.
West rs feet of lot 7 in block 4
in Union Pacific First Addition
to Rawlins. in the County of
Carbon, Wyo.
An undivided one.half interest in
lot z, block 344, in the CITY of
Pocatello, County of Bannock,
State of Idaho, unimproved.
An undivided, one-half interest in
lot g., block 331, said City of
Pocatello, aforesaid, u~nimproved.
An undivided one-half interest in
lot 10, block al, in said City of
Pocatello, aforesaid, unimproved.
An undivided one-half interest in
and to the following described
real estate, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the west
line of block 3, Park Hill Addition
to the city of Rawlins, County of
Carbon, State of Wyoming, a dis
lance of 66.S feet south of the
northwest corner of said block 81;
thence north along said west line a
distance of 66.S feet to the north
west corner of said block 3; tience
east along the north line of said
block 3 a distance of 1875 feet;
thence south a distance of 3O.2 feet
1905 feet to the place of be-
ginning.
One eighth royalty interest in fol-
lowing mining claims. to-wit
Northwest quarter, section 20.
township 81, range 81 west;
Northeast quarter of same:
Northeast quarter of section 35,
township SO, range 81 west.
Undivided one-half interest with
W. o. Ratcliff, as owner, of
, 1923-03-29
BIC
SALE BY FUCHS

Starting tomorrow and continuing
for two days. the Fuchs company will
have a sale on n special shipment of
30 dresses which arrived from New
York this morning. The dresses are
for all occasions and seasons and will
aal be marked at the one price of
s3s.
As explained by Mr.. Fuch this
morning, the company is able to max,
these special buys through its asso
citation with IS other stores Because
of the connection of these various
stores in their buying programs
whole lots of goods can be purchased
at wholesale at much lower prices
than If one store was to do its buy
ing individually. The lot OF dress "a
which arrived this morning is in this
category.
The ale is scheduled to last Z
stwo days but Mr.. Fuch believes thai
the dresses will prove so attract I
10 his pan ons that they viii be O.
hausted in a shorter time.
, 1923-03-29
IL Ruptured
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Don't neglect to send for this free
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, 1923-03-29

said decedent, for the purposes
therein set forth. toswit: to pay
the debts against the decedent, and
the debts, expenses and charges of
administration already accrued, or
hat will and may accrue, and also
specific legacies under the last
will and testament of the deceased.
and it appearing from such petition
and from the evidence submitted
IN this hearing that it is necessary
to sell the whole or some portion
of the said personal and real es-
tate for said purposes; and the
court being fully advised in the
premises,
1t Is Therefore Ordered by the
Honorable Robert R. Rose, Judge
of the above entitled district court,
that all persons interested in the
estate of said deceased appear be-
fore the said District Court. on
Saturday, the 2Sth day of April,
1923, at twelve o'clock noon of
said day at the Court Room of said
district court, at the Court House
in the City of Casper, County of
Natrona, State of Wyoming, to
show why an order should
not be granted to the said Joseph
Stone as such Executor and Trus-
tee to sell so much of the real and
personal estate of the said de-
ceased as shall be necessary for
the purposes set forth in said petit
ton; and the same being prayed
for in such petition, why such
order should not provide that such
sale be made at private sale.
And that a copy of this order be
published once each week for four
successive weeks in The Rawlins Re
publican, a newspaper of general cir
culation published once each week
in the City of Rawlins, in the
County of Carbon, in the State of
Wyoming, and also for four suc-
cessive weeks in The Casper Daily
Tribune, a newspaper of general
circulation published. daily in said
City of Casper, County of Natrona,
in the State of Wyoming;
That the real estate and personal
estate described in said petition
and referred to herein are as fol-
lows. to-wit:
PERSONAL ESTATE
Capital Stock in Corporations
Name Par. No.
of Corporation. Value. Shares
Atlas Crude Oil Co.
Half interest with
Z. j. Garrett in No.
266. Interest of es-
tate: one-half----$ 100 500
Blue Valley Petro-
leum Co.-Certifi-
cate No. IT, 100 500
Elkhorn Oil Co.-No.
461, half interest
with E. E. Garrett,
interest of estate:
one-half ---- 100 100
Certificate 1880. LOO 30
, 1923-03-29

raising its quota OF the fund. its rep.
resentative becomes eligible for a
trip to France to observe the work Of
the committee and to bring back to
America a report of the necessities
of the French people, and the splen.
did ann IN which American com.
mittee is assisting in restoring the
homes and morale of the northern
part of u sister Republic.
Over ninety.nine per sent OF the
money raised will go direct to achieve
the results for which It is given.
The work OF the committee is non.
political and non-sectarian, and has
the hearty approval of President
Harding Of the United States of
America and President Mlllerand of
France.
MS Western Union employees are
making a determined effort to obtain
their quota of 100. 900 votes a ten
cents each to qualify their representa-.
tive. Miss Edith Maude Burwell of
New York City. to go to France and
see at first hand the work of the
committee. Manager Murphy will be
glad to receive any assistance which
his friends may desire to give to our
unfortunate friends across the At,
lantic.
, 1923-03-29
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS POPULAR AMONG ALL ATHLETES
STARS TAKE OPPORTUNITY FOR 1MPR0MPHu EVENTS

Just as great minds u in the
same channel. great athletes are prone
to get together not only to chat social
ly but to match prowess for tho fun
of it. Douglas Fairbanks. becau.a
iamously athletic. always has been n
magnet for attracting those of ath-
tetic skill to him and just about the
flrst thing a celebrity of the sports
field does upon arriving in southern
California is to regale himself in the
thrills of a visit with Douglas at the
Observation-Disclosures studios at Holly.
wood.
Scarcely a week went by during the
filming of the new Fairbanks photo
play, Douglas Fairbanks in Robin
Hood" that at least one noted master
OF some physical superiority did not
call on this popular artist of the
screen Among the more recent of
these visitors was Fred Thompson,
formerly worlds all.around champion
athlete. On the same day Alma Rich.
ards, holder Of evera outdoor records,
Vie with Douglas on the athletic field
he has had laid out at his studio.
Among the many other winners of
national fame, who have seen Mr..