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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
A Politician

Alabama and some of her sister Southern states will go to the next convention with devoted hand ful of delegates voting solidly and religiously for Underwood. The delegates from the North, East and West will receive them cour- teously, listen to them indulgently and then nominate an Eastern, Northern or Western man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

Folks who advocate abolition of cap ital punishment might be reminded of famous Frenchman's view; he de- clared his willingness to subscribe to the theory, if the murderers would set the example.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
His stnnd on the Learue

W VI GSsbGE l SAeB ram
 One should not be seriously con- sidered as candidate who does not let the people know where he stands on the league issue. There is no excuse for vagueness. Is MT. Underwood for unconditional ratification of the Versailles treaty or does he favor ratification with reservations? If reservat- ions, what kind? Shall they affect the league or the treaty, or both?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
THE PARAGRAPHERS
Nothing New

IIdHpd ITIDuneJ
 Underwood Irritates Bryan" we are informed by a headline. Thus, we again are smacked in the face with the truthfulness of that old saw to the effect that there's nothing new under the sun. Since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary Bryan has been ir- ritating somebody or has been ir- ritated by somebody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
Fine Piece of Work
Huntsville Ttmesl

Nt1untSVIIIo Vimes)
 The Alabama legislature did a fine piece of work when 1t killed the superlntendents bill. The Daily Times contended from the beginning that the bill was wrong and should never be allowed to pass. It remains. therefore, that education has been saved to this extent at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

President Coolidge is known for his silence; but little talking during a political campaign is beyond the re- sisting powers of most men. It is even possible that he will be able to shake off his nickname of "Silent Cal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
The old "Swimmin' Hole.

(Alexander City OutIook)
 For our part we had just as soon have the old "Swimmfn, Hole" with It's soft mud in spots as to 70 10 the coast and furnish a feast Tor mosquitoes. We have always been an especial favorite with the mosquitoes, Judging by the way they hang around us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

(Kansas City Star)
 There is an increasing public demand that Grover Bergdoll be brought back to justice, and doubtless there are times, even. when those who let him get away almost wish they hadn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
MT. Rryan,s Barking

Columbus, Ga, Ledger)
 Like the Mobile Item says, Ala bamians have never taken any stock in the charge. that Senator Underwood is under Wall Street influence, and his candid speeh before the Alabama legislature should convince any reasonable person that he Is not opposed to prohibition. His record, both on prohibition and as regards "big business" speaks for itself. It is to be hoped that citizens of other parts of the country will not be misled by MT. Bryan's barking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
It Might Be Wise
(Houston Post)

(HouSton PoSt)
 Anyway, we hope thais most re- cent break on Bergdolitis may prove to be sporadic. Why not let him remain in Europe, along with Emma Goldman and other unde- sirables.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

About the only agreement among senators who have returned from Eu- rope is that conditions over there are unsatisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

from the boil weevil. Incompetent office-holders and interruptions poli- ticians are causing the people much heavier losses every year, and little or nothing is done by way of protec- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

By cutting out much of the useless hand-shaking in connection with his duties, the new president seems dis posed to give business a chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
Looked Closely 1T oNlo@ NToIIN

How did you ever get caught in such a compromising position, Betty?"
 Well, he wanted to see what color my eyes were"
 That's harmless enough"
 "Yet-but he's near-sighted."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
Shows He Has a Kind Henrt
(Toledo Blade)

UIGuU bIdU6J
 Perhaps the doctor who ad- advanced the theory that oscula- tory salutes should be delivered on the nape of the neck wanted to make it easier for France to kiss Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

In California they are going to film the eclipse of the sun. Eclipses of q number of stars out there are too common to attract attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

The potential candidate for the presidential nomination who is re- ported to be averse to making speeches is probably bidding for the big silent vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
EDITORIAL VIEWS OF UNDERWOOD'S RACE
The Trnent Tent
Chattanooga Times)

Perhaps the truest test of Un- derwood's fitness is the fact that the Republican papers openly ad- init their fear of him and hope the Democrats find another can didate."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

In view of possible eventualities, it is not surprising that there is no sug- gestion to put up Senator Lodge for the vice-presidential nomination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
Speed (IifeA

Judge: Where wuz you when she threw the lamp-speak up-I say where wuz your"
 Witness: Soy. judge, how do An know where An wuzz when An wuz goin'?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

There is considerable excitement and more or less ado in agricultural and business circles over loss of hun dreds of millions of dollars a year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

Some concerns seem to have almost as much success getting around the law of supply and demand as in dodg ing those on the statute books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

Former Governor Catts of Florida is thinking of running for another term, it is said. On his record, per haps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

The Alabama legislature seems de- termined to exemplify the English poets line; "We take no note of time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

One result of the proposed anchored saloon three miles off Galveston would be a large increase in the floating population of that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
SMILES
Hard to Find

(Boston Transcript "Where is your ideal place to spend the summer?"
 Any place where I don't have to spend very much else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
IT ALL DEPENDS

 as de meal in de restaurant" said Gratitude is measured out same Uncle Eben. De bigger de tip, de louder de thank you.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
Running Leaves

Running Leaves The leaves of the master cottonwood
 tree Turn on each other for eyes to see, Ripping like water where pebbles be In the country here. Brushed by the breeze that is near
 the ground, The flat leaves ripple around, around, Making a soft little suck of sound In the thankful ear. Briskly by the breeze that is near the
 sky, The smooth leaves turn with 2 silken
 sigh The leaves turn low and the leaves
 turn high
 In the country here. Running like water upon the rough From cloud to clover, you God-blessed
 stuff, You flood creature with faith enough For drink all year. The Hick. Society Note-We were accompa- nied across the continent by Tom Moore, the movie star, who was ac- companied by a Russian wolfhound who was accompanied by fleas.
 The gun that wasn't loaded is still going off and killing somebody. The puzzle is how such deaths can still be regarded as accidental. An fun loaded' gun is almost sure death.
 So far as we are able to observe, the street railway company is neither parking nor paving First avenue. We'd call it corrugated surfacing if you ask us.
 Something like the Devils wash board, say.
 Living costs have risen again. They will soon be up to what people are paying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

Another trouble in Germany is that its currency is below the cost of pro-, duction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

One of the most notable character istics of the resourceful American is his capacity to capitalize a crisis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
THE ALABAMA PRESS
No UnempIoyeA

When you see a begRar hare. nes one from another locality, so we don't worry about providing employment, for there are no un- employed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
He's Married

(Wayside Tales) What's his present salary?" "He says It's never present long enough to know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
PIlfne Them On
(Blocton EnternrIsal

No4UClUu GnLorprISeJ
 Ie IS expected the legislature will adjourn pretty soon, as sc~- as It can get the taxes up tust right. If anyone can think of any thing that is not prohibited enough 1t should be sent in at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
THE AGE-HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as second-class matter under act of Congress, March 6. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
Philanthrnnv

Philanthropy It is not due to cosmic laws That gas has dropped so low. The magnates cut the price because They love the people so.
 For the time being Standard Oil is an eIeemosynary institution. The du- ration of said condition depends upon the length of time it takes to win the game of freeze-out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21
|DR2s3SITBHARER 23SI

- Opponents of the jitney ordinance allege that it provides no penalties for infractions. Doubtless the jitney dri- vers contemplate no infractions and so overlooked penalties.
 We'll, people don't have to vote for it.
 For our part, we don't approve the idea that common carrier should es- cape responsibility for it's service.
 On the other hand, we don't see any injustice in remitting the obligation of the street railway company to pave city streets.
 The public is bound to be gored by one horn of the dilemma or by the other.
 Art He was a flaming genius in the busy
 marts of trade And common people wondered at the
 flocks of dough he made.
 He gathered rocks from bonds and
 stocks
 And whiffletrees and non-skid sox And parasols and cigarettes and shoes
 and lemonade. He counted coin in carload lots from
 distant foreign lands, From mines and wells and rolling mills
 and shops and peanut stands; He trimmed his foes in every deal, In oil or hogs or wheat or steel; The hardest bankers in the world were
 putty in his hands. And presently a foreigner, whose pri-
 vate name is Jones, Assails his ear with lofty stuff in soft
 and silken tones.
 And when the magnate's sturdy.
 heart
 Is properly attuned to art He buys phoney masterpiece for
 half million bones.
 The Old Masters never die. Even when the cold sod is laid upon them their works increase and multiply. Little did Rembrandt realize that his ghost would engage in the wholesale masterpiece business.
 We suppose, when the far eastern situation has been ironed out, that China will pay separations for the devastation occasioned by the epidemic of Nah Jongg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

Something like the Devils wash board, say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

FREDERICK l. THOMPSON. President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

Living costs have risen again. They will soon be up to what people are paying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-21

We suppose, when the far eastern situation has been ironed out, that China will pay separations for the devastation occasioned by the epidemic of Nah Jongg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
GEORGIA ASKS
ABE POWERS
RETURNED
Confidence Man Caught After
Nationwide Hunt for
Two Years.

ATLANTA, Ca, April 24.-Steps
to secure the return to Georgia of
Abe Powers, confidence man, under
arrest in Galveston, Tex, were
taken today by Solicitor General
John A. Boyken.
Powers was captured after ma
tion-wide hunt of two years. He
escaped from the prison farm at
Milledgeville, Ca, after serving only
a few weeks of five-year sentence
for his operations as head of the
Floyd Woodward confidence store, .
in Atlanta, a bucket shop scheme
which fleeced scores of investors.
Boyken today requested Jesse w.
Armistead, chairman of the. city
council police committee, to be 'depu-
tized as special policeman to bring
Powers back.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
CISSEL, 10, ASKS
ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE

Claiming that she was not yet
eighteen and that he had not yet
reached his twenty-first birthday
when they were married, Helen NJ.
Cissel, of GIG Westminster street
northwest, has filed suit in the
District Supreme Court against
Charles r. Cissel for annulment Of
the marriage. The mother of the
plaintiff, Mrs. Maude r. Staples,
represented by Attorney George c.
Gertman, says that when her
daughter, without her consent, got
married February % last, at Rock
vile, Md, she was student at the
Colonial School for Girls. at 1889
Eighteenth street northwest, and
was not yet eighteen years old.
The plaintiff says that after they
were married they went to New
York for a few days, and returning
to Washington, they went 10 Cum
berland, Md, where they remained
until March 81 last. She wants her
maiden name restored.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
CRITERION PLAYERS TO
OFFER DRAMA FOR CHURCH

A short play will feature a pro-
gram to be put on by the Criterion
Players at the Trinity Community
House, Thursday evening, under
the auspices of the Sunday school
Of the Church of the Incarnation.
Among those participating will
be Betty Clark, Olive Bardee, Ed
ward C. Smith, DIR. Clifton e. Clark,
Marx E. Kahn, Ruth e. Farr, Mary
Lee Farr, Margaret Wagy, Helen
Hendricks, Maxine Kahn, Frances
Kahn, Helen Donnelly, Helen Chick,
Doris Wegand, Burton Cohen, Rob
ert Cartwright, Claude Shoemaker,
Otis Cartwright and Virginia Cure
ton
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
ANSWERS CRITIC
Of JEWS IN
POLAND
Jewish Press in Chicago Re-
sents Article in British
Encyclopedia.
BY international News Service.

CHICAGO, April 24.-Branding
the article on Poland" in the lat
est volume Of the Encyclopedia
BRITANNICA as one of "viru1ent un-
fairness" Chicago's Jewish publ
cations today launched a counter
attack against alleged anti-Semitic
propaganda, which they assert is
the substance of the article.
Editorials in the Jewish Daily
Forward, the Jewish Daily Press
and the Jewish Chronicle express
amazement that the encyclopedia
should have permitted such state
ments to be published.
''The monograph on the Jewish
question:" which is portion OF
the subject the Jewish press has
Jointly attacked, credits the article
to Goefry Drage, vice president OF
the Royal Statistical Society and
an attache of the British military
TN setting forth facts which are
obviously the mere conclusions of
the writer, the editors are fatty
passing judgment on a subject
which their responsibility should
at least make them treat as de-
batable," the Chronicle states.
The article which has aroused the
resentment Of the local Jewish pub
locations and others, it is said, con-
sists, in part:
.Their dress is peculiar to them
selves and their unclean habits and
low standards of conduct are neith-
err European nor modern. In ma
jority Of towns the shops are
usually owned by Jews, but they
are a race apart, hated and de-
spised by the rest Of the popula.
ton.
"They form an immense mass of
squalid and hopeless poverty-they
are unfit for the modern economic
world"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
ASKS PRESIDENT TO SEE
BOY ORDERED DEPORTED

NEW YORK, April 24.-President
Harding has been asked to make a
personal examination Of the mental
condition of sixteen-year-old Samuel
Goldman, whose deportation has
been ordered, Rabbi E. B. M. Brown,
public defender for the Jewish
Seventy Elders, announced.
Il have written to the President,
asking him to do what Governor
Whitman, of New York, did in 1918
in the case of a young man who was
ordered deported," Rabbi Brown
said. Governor Whitman per-
sonally examined the young man as
to his mental condition and found
him acceptable"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
He Had to Get Up
Four or Five Times
Every Night
For Five Years Suffered From
Severe Kidney and Bladder
Trouble, Relieved With
+ DIR. Carey Pres. III.

To DR.. Daniel G. Carey: las proof
OF the wonderful curative properties of
Marshroot, / desire to give not only you
but all sufferers my testimonial had
kidney and bladder trouble so bad that I
was obliged to get up four or five times
every night. A friend. called my atten-
tion to DR.. Careys Marshroot Prescrip-
tion No. TIT. commenced using it about
December first. Have used in all seven
bottles. I feel that am entirely cured
ct my kidney and bladder trouble and
my general health Is much better.
am So years old, working every day as
car inspector and owe it all to the SPLEEN
did properties of your Marshroot pre-
scription. NJ. w. s.. Elmira, N y"
(Name on Fequest). No regular prac-
ticing physician devoted more time to
the study Of kidney and bladder diseases
than DIR. Carey. He himself asserted
that many cases, even of severe ma
ture, could have been helped by Marsh
root If taken in time. Hereafter you
can always get this effective prescrip-
ton at the Peoples Drug Stores and all
reliable pharmacists the country over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
HELD.U IN AUTO
AND ROBBED
Of S1O1
Richard Queen and Woman
Searched by Five Men Near
BerWyn, Md.

Five white men, all heavily
armed, leaped to the running boards
of the machine operated by Richard
Queen, colored. 1877 Ninth street
northwest, early this morning be-
tween BeltsvilIe and Berwyn, Md,
and robbed him of $1O1. A woman
who was accompanying him was
also subjected to search.
The ho1d-up men were operating
a high-powered car and blocked the
machine in which Queen was rid
ing. All of the men wore caps,
Queen told the police Of the Ninth
precinct.
Constable Thomas HI. Garrison, Of
Hyattsville, said today that he be-
lieved the men were searching for
liquor and not finding any, robbed
Queen.
The negro was threatened with
death If he made an attempt to
escape. One man pointed pistol
at the couple while the others
searched the car. Queen and his
companion were ordered to leave
the machine and then were
searched.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
BERLIN CLOCKS RUN RIOT;
NOBODY KNOWS REAL TIME

BERLIN, April 24.-Berlin Is on
a time jamboree and everyone is
missing engagements and apologiz-
ing. In the central sections OF the
city, the municipal government IN"
stalled clocks which for time
were controlled by dependable
central station. The city found that
the operation Of these clocks was
too expensive in these days OF the
deprecated mark, and leased them
to an advertising concern, which
keeps the clocks operating but does
the work so badly that all have diff
ferent time. Indignation is running
so high over the confusion that an
effort is being made to have the
municipality resume control of the
timepieces.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
BIGGEST DRUG PEDDLER
is CAUGHT IN ENCL AND

LONDON. April 24.-One of the
biggest drug peddlers in history has
been caught here and the case
caused agitation for more stringent
laws when he got only six months
and a $1,000 fine. The head of
the ring was Howard Humphrey.
who masqueraded as a prominent
London merchant. He was caught
just as he was ordering the equiva.
lent of 87.000,00O doses Of cocaine
from China.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
FASHION Calls.
! FORFANCY
: GLOVES
Beaded and Painted, Almost
Arm-Length, They Are
Worn in Paris.
BY ALICE LANGELIER.
Cosmopolitan News Service.

PARIS, April 24.-Gloves are
growing more and more fanciful.
The short glove has had its day,
It seems, as well as the plain one.
Some women think Dame Fashion
is playing a naughty trick by in
shutting long arm covering just as
warm weather is beginning. But
never fear, they will wear long
gloves, just the same, for they are
In vogue.
At the opera long gloves reaching
almost to the shoulder are now
being worn with the decollette eve
ming gown. Very often they are
in the same shade as the gown it
self. For dancing elbow length
gloves are correct.
Like shoes, gloves are becoming
very ornamental. One sees them
beaded and embroidered as well as
painted. Little decorative gauntlets
are the fashion for street wear.
White gloves are lined with black
at the wrists. Black ones are lined
with white. bright red and green or
stitched with colour or white. Some
have charming cut work in geo.
metrical patterns or flower designs.
Some have no buttons and others
have one or two. Most Of them are
the t'slip-on" kind.
The handkerchief glove is one
of the newest drinks in Paris. It
is drawn in at the wrist, by a
narrow strap Of the kid embroid-
cred with flowers or beaded and to
this one suspends a miniature
handkerchief in lowered chiffon or
colored silk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
German Film Stars
Receive Only
SIS a Day

Production of a "cheap"
moving picture in Germany
costs about 25,00O,0O0 marks,
the Department of Commerce
was informed today from
agents in Berlin. Basing the
exchange value of the mark at
10000 to the dollar, that
means about 81, $50.
The director gets about $50
a day, while the star of the
cast rates $25. Twenty dollars
is a fair price paid for the
manuscript. Operators draw
81 a day, while supers and
players work for from % cents
to rs cents daily.
If marks were normal and
rates Of pay and expenses were
as now a "cheap" film would
cost over 100000 to make,
and stars would draw $125,0OO
a day.. which might make even
our Rudolph envious.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
MUTE SHOOTS AT RAT,
HITS NEIGHBOURS CHILD

EASTON, Pa, April 24.-''Ordered
in for hearing" is the notation on
the police blotter against John
Franklin, of Easton, who went out
hunting rats near hts home.
He saw one, fired and stray shot
struck and injured b neighbours
child. The hearing will be, rather
unusual here, for Franklin is deaf
and dumb.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
Back Came
Her Strength
Headache and Stomach
Troubles Are Gone Now.
Use Dare's Mentha Pepsin

"way thousands of people will insist
on leading a miserable life because of
a weak. disordered stomach is beyond
me-" declared a New Jersey druggist
the other day.
There's one grand remedy that al
ways gladly recommend for the most
stubborn cases of chronic indigestion or
gastritis and that is Dare's Mentha
Pepsin.
Mary Stone, of Atlantic City, N. j..
wants all who suffer from indigestion.
headache and general weakness to know
about II. She writes:
"Dear sir--For years I have been a
constant sufferer with indigestion. head
aches, duh feelings and general weak
ness. l commenced using Dares Mentha
Pepsln upon the recommendation of
friend, and after taking a few bottles /
found that it had not only strengthened
me generally. but that / could eat any
thing that I wanted to. The results
have really been wonderful and l will
gladly recommend your wonderful medi-
cine to anyone" You can get 1t at
Peoples Drug Stores or any good drug
gist.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
ANIMALS THINK VILLAGE
LOOKUP MATERNITY HOME

YORKvILLE, Ohio. April ga
setting hen occupies the ground be-
meath one corner of the town build
ing here. Under the opposite COR
ner a dog is caring for a litter Of
pups.
The town votes April "a on a
$4,000 bond issue for a new build
ing, the State having condemned the
present structure for use as q
lookup.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-24
To subsidize Cotton Growers.

SIDNEY, N. S. w, April a.
The New South Wales government
is offering cotton growers a three.
year guarantee on delivery of cot
ton to ginneries, the first year SID
pound, the second year AID. and
the third year I'D. In Queensland
100000 acres Of cotton are under