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The Washington times., 1923-05-09
U. s. SEEKS TO CLOSE UP
SEVENTH STREET SALOON

A petition was filed in the Dis.
trict Supreme Court yesterday by
Assistant District Attorney Kelley
for paddock injunction" to pre-
vent further alleged violations of
the prohibition by Joseph McLaugh.
lin, proprietor of a near beer saloon
at l7l3 Seventh street northwest,
and by his bartender, Richard Jen.
nings.
Liquor was sold In the establish
ment April 10 last, it is charged in
the petition which alleges that Pro
hlbltlon Agent {. II. Packard seized
a quantity of liquor at the place
the same day.
The Washington times., 1923-05-09
PRESIDENT CANCELS
HIS TRIP TO NEW YORK

President Harding's proposed trip
to New York tomorrow to attend
a function in honor of General Bal
lington Booth, of the Salvation
Army, has been cancelled. it was
announced at the White House to-
day.
Pressure of public affairs will pre-
vent the President from going, it
was said.
The Washington times., 1923-05-09

Garfield Reports State Law
Repeal Will Break Down En-
forcement Machine.
By international News service.

by kmUefnABkOnhA TN1Wb 6OAbRSOs
New York will be submerged
In a regular pre-war liquor flood,
unless a great number of Federal
dry agents are rushed in to re-
enforce the present comparatively
small corps of agents, prohibition
officials were informed today in
the latest survey of the New
York situation made by Palmer
Garfield, New York director.
Coming from Canada.
Repeal of the Mullan-Gage en-
forcement act has been followed by
q complete let-down of the New
York State and municipal au-
thorities in all liquor law enforce
ment affairs, Garfield reported.
Director Garfield appealed to au-
thorities here to act quickly.
Speedy employment Of naval force
of such size that the snugglers can
be baked is urged as especially i'm
portant.
Officials were informed that since
the coast guard became active or
New York waters, the smugglers
have diverted enormous liquor
stocks across the Canadian border
into New York State for sale to
southern buyers. Hundreds OF
gateways over the border are open
TO the smugglers, who are being
actively aided by Canadian liquor
dealers, the reports show.
Lack of Funds.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
will have E. c. Yellowley, chief OF
general prohibition agents, take
complete charge of the New York
situation, superseding Garfield in
authority in all questions arising
affecting liquor lawlessness.
Treasury Department officials de-
clared today that the chief handicap
for the Federal Government, since
passage of the bill repeating the
Mullan-Gage enforcement act, is
lack Of funds to expand the New
York forces. Congress has passed
limitations upon the amount the
prohibition unit can spend. The
present strength of the Federal
force I'm New York-about $50 men
cannot be augmented greatly
without more funds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
AS A JAPANESE SEES IF

A high official of the Japanese govern ment, and one experienced in maritime af- fairs, while at Mobile, where he attended to the loading of three ships whcih will carry Birmingham steel products to his country, declared that "the most important assey which the Port of Mobile has is the Warrior river barge line" Speaking further of the part which the Warrior river and the Port of Mobile take and can take in the export trade, he said: "Japan is greatly in need of all kinds of iron and steel products and we are also in need of cotton. Mobile is the logical steel export point, since much of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
SOBRTETY AN ESSENTIAL

While the civil service commissions duty is to protect worthy police officers and fire men, advancing those who deserve promo tion and seeing that faithful service Is re- warded, primarily the commission is for pro- lection of the public. Preservation of an efficient personnel in the fire and police departments is the first object of the crea- tion of the commission. Protection of the interests of the firemen and policemen $ secondary to the duty to the public. The public is better served by firemen and po- lcemen who are conscientious in their work and feel security in their positions so long as they prove worthy than when their posi- tions are political gifts.
 It follows that firemen and policemen should not regard the commission as an ''easy boss" glossing over neglect of duty and countenancing departure from high standard of performance; but, on the con- trary, they should regard the commission as a tribunal which will insist on high stand ards, and, while protecting those who adhere to them, will be as thorough in weeding out the unfit. The commission, for example, cannot afford to retain the fireman or po- tleeihdH "ho ID gwen U aiiHhiis WAnie on duty. When men enter service connected with the public protection, they are under double obligation to strict sobriety. Those who cannot toe the mark of that action have no place in the service. If the commission bears in mind always what is just to the public, the worthy firemen and policemen will automatically receive their due, and the unwo1 ny will also receive theirs, which is prompt dismissal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
PUBLIC DEATHTRAPS

The disaster at the insane hospital at Wards island, resulting in the death of twenty-six persons, points again to the dan gers which turk in the wake of preventable fires, and should serve as a warning wher- ever public wards are housed. The danger of fire in such institutions throughout the country is again emphasized by the national board of fire underwriters, whose statement says that unless greater care is taken, a disaster greater even than this may be ex- pected at any time.
 That only two of the seventy-five buildings at the Manhattan hospital fire-proof was declared by the superintendent of the asylum. Authorities are now seeking the exact causes of the fire, whether the blaze was started by broken insulation on e,ec- tric wires or from some other defect. But all the probing now will not restore the lost lives, nor prevent the agony suffered by the unfortunate inmates. Nothing conceivable is more fearful than fire in buildings where helpless persons are kept. The man ager of the board of fire underwriters states: "Our records show that on the average at least one hospital, or asylum, takes fire on every day in the year with consequent jeopardizing of the lives of the inmates" It seems only providential, therefore, that more such tragic disasters as that of early Monday morning are not recorded against our careessness, or our failure, at any rate, to safeguard persons so unfortunate as to be unable to take care of themselves The remedy is at once to make proper inspec- tions, followed by sN-rh alterations and safe guards as are found necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
THE DELTA BRIDGEWAY

Survey of the bridgeway route across the delta at Mobile and engineers plans for the construction of this highway link are ex- pected shortly. The lack of highway cross ing of the river and delta has in measure isolated Mobile from the central and south eastern parts of Alabama. With trunk highway leading from North Alabama, via Birmingham and Montgomery to junction with the old Spanish Trail in Baldwin county, the backbone of Alabamas high way connection will have been established, and the people of the state will be enabled to become acquainted with their own gulf coast. The time is coming when all the more important state centers will be united by network of travelable highways, and each center by further ramifying connection will be put into closer touch with it's con- tiguous territory. No major highway pro- ject can be opposed or delayed without public loss, and no major project will go through without having it's quickening effect upon the construction of local feeders. Thus every trunk line will contribute its benefit also to the communities not directly on it, but which will soon be accessible to it through local highway connection. The building of bridge at Mobile cannot fail to bestow a wide benefit on the state as well as the neighboring states of Mississippi and Florida, which await this connection in order to complete the national highway systems by which they are served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
ENGLISH VIEW OF OUR TARIFF

Significant of the improvement in British industrial conditions is a statement recently made in London by the president of the na- tional chamber of trade, in which it is point ed out that most of the foreign markets of the world are increasingly active in the.r inquiries for British goods. Significant also is the fact that the statement does not in- clude as among those nations making such inquiries the United States. The Englshman goes on to say that the increased activity in trade in his country is due In the man to the failure of Germany to execute orders. land also somewhat to the raising of the United States tariff wall by the passing Of the Fordney tariff bill." That the relative decrease of American buying in foreign countries has been brought about by the raising of our tariff wall is no more than saying that the Fordney tariff bill is having precisely one of the effects predicted for it; an increase of business dealings of foreign countries with one another, to the detrimeat of our trade. For if we are less able to buy goods in England because of the high tariff cost of bringing them into this country, we are not in good position to sell goods to England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
DO THEY VIOLATE TREATY.

According to a provision of the omnibus bill approved by the house of representatives, plans of the navy department for modern lzing thirteen dreadnoughts cannot be car ried out until after it is determined whether violation of the naval limitation treaty is involved. It is estimated that to increase the elevation and range of turret guns on the American ships will cost $6,500,000 It Is pointed out, when the appropriation was asked by the navy department, that failure to adopt improvements on American dread noughts had made our first-line ships rela- lively inferior to those of Great Britain. The modernization program was advocated IS a measure of national defense and also to maintain the status provided for in the h5-5-3" ratio
 Representatives Dickinson of Iowa and Blanton of Texas contend that to increase he range of fire of the big guns on our dreadnoughts would violate the spirit, if not the letter, of the treaty negotiated during the Washington arms conference. Since it appears that the other powers represented 1t the conference are not living up to the pirit of the treaty, and America has al ready done more than the other powers in conforming to its terms, the modernization pf our dreadnought might be accomplished without reflecting on our good faith. Fur hermore, there is no sound reason for be- ieving that it would violate either the spirit pr the letter of the treaty, whose terms lpply to tonnage and the construction of new capital ships. On the contrary, it was expressly stipulated what the strength of he three major powers should be, so far as capital ships were concerned. There was certainly no intention on the part of the American government to accept a naval status below that of Great Britain and Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21

of the future in this regard. Night-flying over lighted airways linking the important centers of the country is not an actuality within reach at the present moment, but that it is an achievement inevitably to come, is Colonel Henderson's confident prediction. At present the air mail service is covering trips of over five thousand miles day. It transports some twelve thousand pounds of first-class matter and by system of relays considerably shortens mail deliveries between widely separated points, In time the post office department will unquestionably even more greatly facilitate this important part of it's system.
 Such conferences among postmasters as that which was held yesterday in Birming ham should have the effect of stimulating thought along progressive lines in this, one of the greatest and most important under takings of government, the uandling of the mails.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
FROM BERLIN TO CHICAGO

A Zeppelin now. building in Friedrichshaf- sn, Germany, is expected to fly from Berlin to Chicago. The airship is being constructed by Germany for our government, and the contract calls for it's delivery in America. The German newspapers, as may be i'm igined, are giving much space to the dis ,ussion of this proposed flight. Such an event, especially if it takes place in tne near future, would no doubt be made much If by the German government also, through It's press, because the Zeppelin's course is to be across France, and the huge ship will Fly the American flag. What more curious tight than that could there be? A Zeppelin put of Germany flying an American flag ,ver the heads and before the eyes of the French army in the Ruhr! And what sight, h the eyes of the German press-agencies anyway, can be so counted upon to make aents in the morale of the poilu! The spec .acular trip of the U-boat Deutschland from Bremen to Baltimore during the war was supposed by the German press to strike terror to the allies upon the high seas as showing lhe German invincibility there and to send the British navy shivering away. If the Zeppelin flying the American flag can only be made to cavort over the Ruhr while the French are there, the Deutschlands trip will h a spectacular sense be duplicated, and he German press will hasten to proclaim ir Large type Deutschland Ueber alles" witf more literal application.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
WATERWAYS REDUCE RATES

An official of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway says that low rates by way of the Panama Canal to the Pacific coast are running many industries of the middle west, which are thus unable to compete with communities enjoying the shipping rates and advantages of the Atlantic seaboard. Un- doubtedly the real basis of the complaint is that the railroads leading to the Pacific coast from the middle west are losing busi- ness because of the influence of reduced water rates. If the eastern lines can thrive by giving attractive reduced rates on ship ments from the middle west to the Atlantic seaboard, the Pacific lines would do well to take leaf out of their book and do like wise on goods to the Pacific coast. And that appears to be exactly what the Pacific lines contemplate. Thus the water rates, instead of being detrimental to industry in the middle west, have really placed them in better competitive position than before, because practically all middle western cen ters are within the rate radius either of the Mississippi Warrior system or of the eastern rail lines. The Pacific lines are feeling the draft upon their tonnage, and their com plaint is natural. They can reclaim DOT tion of the tonnage by offering rate reduc- tions as stimulants to traffic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
Imagination

Outside is the cold and the dark, And the seet F. Inside it is drear and there's nothing To eat =. The four bare walls, colorless, marred; The waves in the mir or; the chair that is
 hard; A rickety cot, bravely reeling, it seems; The face on the clock, how it shines and it
 gleams, Hungry, too! On the drab blue rug, Just as it fell, lies dead little bug . :. Got too hungry to live I wonder if Shall succumb at the last and finally die Outside is the cold and the dark, And the sleet, Inside is as drear, and there's nothing to eat,
 -Ru Theda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21

return of five and five-tenths per cent, the association of railway executives announces, on the value of all property used for trans portation. Prosperity of the railroads re- fleets general prosperity. The volume of traffic is the measure of general business. This increase in rail earnings should also bring about better condition with refer ence to handling of traffic, and points to a time when there may come a reduction in rates. With the railroads in a stronger po- sition and every prospect for a steady in crease in demand for transportation, the public may also expect more efficient ser vice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21

steel moves from the Birmingham district and I see no reason why she should not handle the cotton"
 If Alabamians as clearly and convincingly beheld the Warrior and the Port of Mobile in their connection with the export trade as do experienced foreigners who come to us to get their supplies from our farms and mills, there would be an invincible force behind the port and the river that would remove all obstacles in the way of their de- velopment as wind carries grass before it. The Japanese official senses the situation clearly because he has approached it thought fully and given it the observation of a man seeking the most economic gateway to his country for the products of this country which his people need As matter of fact, the steel mills of Birmingham owe their fifty per cent. activity in the period of de- pression to Japan more than they do to their own or any other country. But for the demand from Japan, our mills would have been on the twenty-five to thirty per cent. base of other American steel centers.
 The Warrior river is Mobiles most inn portant asset and Mobile is Alabama's most important asset in that there is our standing and permanent gateway for disposal of our surplus products of steel iron, coal, the grains, cotton and all other mill and farm wants. Alabamians should be able to see at their doors that of which man from the antipodes has such clear vision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
A. Timely Editorial
The Same Old Cry
Cleveland Plain Dealer


 Now it is Yale that is talking about eliminating it's Latin and Greek requirements Tor an acaGem- ic degree. And the educational pragmatists are raising the same old cry.
 What good is it?"
 How many can read Greek twenty years after their gradua- tion?"
 How do the classics help us to earn our beefsteak and parsnips?"
 Such questions are unanswerable. Arguments based on them are knock-down and drag-out affairs. The poor elassieist becomes groggy in the very first round, and never stays the limit.
 The trouble is t:ia: the questions are not pertinent and the arguments are not to the point, Only very few specialists ever put their classi- cal learning to any practical use. Classical learning is not supposed to be put ot any practical use.
 The idea of studying Latin and Greek is to train the young idea less how to shoot at big bank ac- counts than to aim at life of in- tellectual usefulness. -nis should be the purpose of all academic training. For mental disciples and for cultural value nothing Can take the place of Latin and Greek. And Greek, now almosr everywhere scorned and derideu, is the more valuable of the two. It is a lan- guage of greater grace and beauty than the Latin, ano the Greek liter arure of poetry, drama, history and philosophy surpasses any other lit erature, ancient or modern.
 If our institutions or academic learning must all b etransformed into manual training schools and mere drill grounds for practical br.Ah winning the sooner we get rio 7 Greek and Latin the better. But there are still few old fogies among our elder educators who are not converted to this ultra-modern cult. They are everywhere in the minority, but in some institutions they have prevailed because of the weight which must attach to their counsel. When they cease to pre- vail anywhere in the United States it will be bad day for American education.
 Modernism and progressiveness belong to America. -ut there are certain old ideals that should endure and those who hold them should not be called mossbacks. Modern edu- cation is admirable until it seeks, in the intolerance of it's mushroom porpularity, to kick cultural train ing into the alley. There is room for both pragmatists and the cul- turists, despite their irreconcilable ideas; but if there were room for only one educational group in America we would better spare the pragmatists.
 It is to be hoped that Yale will stand firm against the noise of the iconoclasts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
Spreading Faith By REV. H. C. OFFERMAN

"If ye have faith as grain of mustard-seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yon- der place. and it saaIl remove.''
 The man of faith is the man of action.
 If we all had faith, we would all have ten times as much power as we do.
 The central teaching or Christ was that He had Faith.
 "Oh ye of little faith, why are yc fearful?"
 Daughter. be of good comfort, thy Faith hath made thee whole.'
 May we all have more Faith, and thus be more useful citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
Cotton Supply Small
(Selma Times-.Ionrnan

World stock of cotton, including that produced in America, will have been depleted to an "abnormally low total" by next August, if the present rate of consumption contin- ues, according to summary of world production and consumption by the commerce department. The report says the indicated carry-over for August l, 1923, will be only 2,775,0 1000 bales of American cotton. The total carry-over for the world, including the south, will be 6,621,- 900 bales. This is the smallest sur plus carried over for a quarter of a century and almost assures good prices for the staple the coming fall. OF course, general Euro pean war would mean low levels and perhaps disaster similar to that which struck the south's great pro- duct in 1914. The worlds carry over last August was 9,536,000 bales, which included 5,123,000 bales of American cotton. This sea- son's production of 9,964,00 bales of American and 17,664,000 bales of all kinds of cotton, with the car ry-over of last August, gave total supply for 1922-23 of 15,0S7 ,000 bales of American and 27,200,000 bales of all kinds. Consumption for 1922-23 was estimated at 12,312,- 900 bales of American and 2O,579,- 900 bales of all kinds of cotton, re- ducing the stocks of American cot ton more than 6,500,000 bales, and of all kinds more than 8,00O,000 bales in two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-21
Indian History in Alabama
lMontgomery Advertiserl

N--rA+ek, SAiiSAy <hdNCI lloGIJ
 A correspondent writes us, ask ing: Will you please advise me how to obtain copy of the Arrow Point which l have seen mentioned in the Advertiser several times re- cently.' The Advertiser would be glad also to get copy. The Ar row Point is homemade magazine published by the Archaeological society, an organization which is doing splendid work in rescuing and preserving the Indian history of this section. It is made up of vol teer workers intensely interested in the antiquarian relics of middle Ala bama, which had rather dense In- dian population. The society has located definitely and fixed the characteristics of various Indian towns in this section. It has found and preserved many rare Indian relics. Some of these relics have been pictured and described in the Arrow Point. The society has cleared up more than one vexe.l controversy as to cer,ain aspects Of Indian history. The work done by this band of intelligent investiga- tors will be invaluable in years to come, when there is widespread demand for information bearing upon the aboriginal history of Ala bama. We suggest tH.c our core spondent communicate with Dr. H. B. Battle and MT. P. A. Brannon of the state department of archives and history, who are moving spirits In the Archaeological society and who, we understand, go to consider able labor and payments m getting out the Arrow Point. And when our correspondent is in commun;- cation with them, we trust he will suggest that it will be an act of kindness and charity to send also copy of the Arrow Point b the Advertiser.