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The Washington times., 1923-09-18
MEDBURY
SAYS
By John p. Medbury.

ur11KNowN college
-.osas.o,s saws the trouble
-. .o,,,rosers don't use
ma ma r..s,,.s, sns - them He should
.o..av.rar that there are two
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VIZ. - scbooI tn study Eng.
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'ys ~ ssva. We Have No
p.n.nos
a. .,aa,, nerfect English. hut he's
- so,ns 70 ruin his song by
.,s,,,a q
-
xt,a ali r;vht fo,. a n,an tn sneak
a,,to,..IIv r,.ou,dirg he nuts his
vuo,.,as to ,nusic
A melody covers M a multi
tude of gramaticai errors.
The only thing q song writer
ON the royalty checks.
He doesn't care il the check
is wrong grammatically, as long
-
Tt,a cash;ar can mt the nouns
arv,v,,s,o ba wants inst q, he
-. a.. o,,,I,ors IN tha ri,,,,t
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49, q .eyvs ? e,O0 .ODO more
copies theyH prO0aOAy GlscOver
tllas soanetnng IL WEOAAs "A''l tlc
stanza.
A song writer cant AFFORD 70
use good Engnsn IN ms ASiics
20 retire.
IL isn't necessary .or pOpulaE
songs 70 Dc wen Wrieen. 1ne
wouldn't think OF using copies
OF "Cut Yourself q P1ecc OF cake
as text books.
school cnidren are sun tAusnt
20 recite Ine VIiase i9iach'
wnllns LaItis bOS Due anu
ssPaul Ravere'S Ride, but out
IN the YARD during recess you
Google With His Goo-goo- -Googly
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

The sign Of prosperity il . sa,ot
shine on q rainy day.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

He doesn't care il the check
ss wrong grammatica1ly, as long
as it's okay numerically.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

We 60 to school to study Eng
.lisk and nobody would think Of
trying TO learn grammar from q
volume of eyes, We Have No
Bananas"
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

The cashier can put the nouns
anywhere he wants just 50 he
gets the ciphcrs in the right
place.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

II member Of the Rotary Gu
doesn't get dizzy sometimes.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

A WELL-KNOWN collie e
~ professor says the trouble
"A with most popular songs Is
that the composers don't use
good English in them. He should
remember that there are two
kinds of songs-those that are
.well written and tose that SELL
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

eyes, We Have No Bananas"
has already sold over 100000
copies and you can imagine how
badly the authors must feel to
learn that they made three or
four, mistakes in grammar in the
chorus.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

Il isn't necessary for popular
songs to be well written. The
teachers in our public schools
wouldn't think of using copies
OF ssCut Yourself Pieec Of Cake"
rs text books.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

A. song writer can't afford to
use good English in his lyrics
until he has made money enough
20 retire.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

Why they call 1t . solo wlen
an accompanist il always present
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

After it sells 100000 more
copies they'll probably discover
that something is wrong with the
otanza.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

There's no harm IN using per-
feet grammar in songs II you can
make tn ewOrds rhyme.
The Washington times., 1923-09-18

But a jazz song with any sense
to 1t is hard to sell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
HOUSE VOTES BOOST IN JUDGES SALARIES
Jefferson Circuit Jurists Would Be Given $6,400 Under Measure
 STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERAID
NIontgomery. AIn

The house of representatives today passed the bill of Representative Fred Fite increasing the salaries of the circuit judges of the Jefferson circuit to $6,400 per annum
 The bill had been reported by com mittee with an amendment fixing the salaries at $6000 but on motion of Representative Fite the amend ment was tabled and the bill passed as introduced,
 Other local bills affecting Jefferson county, introduced by Representative Fite, and passed by the house to- day, comprised the bill creating the Ressemor court of misdemeanors; three bills providing additional funds for pay of deputy solicitors of the Jefferson circuit and to be used by the circuit solicitor in employ yine shorthand reporters to report, proA ctedings before the grand jury, and for other expenses for assistance necessary to the solicitor in the ade ministratiou of justice and a bill inf CreasinE the compensation of official stcuo ographerS.
 Representative Henry Howze stated tonight that he had favored the conn mittee amendment which fixed tho salaries of the Jefferson circuit judges at S6000. and had advocated fixing the salaries at that figure in he committee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
HOOVERGTVESOUT PLAN TO CONTROL
 ALASKAN FISHING
Universally Applicable Law Nonsense" Says Con-
 merce Department Head

ABOARD U. S. S. HENDERSON. FEN ROUTE TO VANCOUVER, B. C., July 24.-Secretary Hoover Tuesday an- nounced his program for the con- servation of Alaskan fisheries, de- claring that the hope of getting from Congress universally applicable law is nonsense" Hoover an nounced the creation of an advisory board to assist the department In forming fitting regulations for each particular fishing district. They will permit fishing and at the same time permit the fish to Spawn.
 "Our primary purpose is to restore this industry" said Hoover. "The re- sponsibility rests on officials who have the authority to translate it into distion Plous statements, scientific discussion and political oratory will not spawn salmon.
 The conservation cannot be car ried out without a temporary reduc- tion in the amount of fish taken on one hand and without constructive measures for increased propagation on the other. There has not been a single dissent in Alaska from the conclusion that there must be strong restriction on salmon fishing if we are to preserve the industry from the same destruction that has ruined many of our national fisheries else- where. In fact, it should have been undertaken in Alaska years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
RSHING WILL BE HONORED BY CITY THURSDAY
Will Pass Through Birming- ham Wednesday And Re-
 turn Thursday

Gen. John J. Pershlng will pass through Birmin gham at 9:07 o'clock Wednesday morning over the Louis vile and Nashville railroad en route Camp Mcclellan. Thursday after noon at 6:30 o'clock he will return to Birmingham when he will be this city's distinguished guest of honor for two speaking engagements.
 Immediately following his arrival in Birmingham Thursday afternoon. General Pershing will be guest of honor at a banquet at : o'clock in the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel. Here the World war hero will ad dress military men and members of Birmingham Post Nc. l, American Legion. on a military subject. The committee in charge of the banquet request that every active and inac- tive military and exservice man be present. Tickets to the banquet may be secured from Col. T. $. Moorman at $2 each. Colonel Moorman states he is particularly anxious to dispose of as many of the tickets as possi- ble to military men, but will place them on sale to other interested per noon.
 Following the banquet General Pershing will deliver an address in the large auditorium of the Masonic temple at 8 o'clock to which every citizen of Birmingham is invited. His subject will be National Defense" and of interest, it Is stated, to every true blGoded American citizen. Boy Scouts will handle the crowds eX- pected at the temple, after which General Pershing will be carried on an inspection tour of one of the souths finest Masonic edifices.
 General Pershing's visit to Bir- mingham is under auspices of Bir- mingham Post No. 1, American Le zion, and Is the only city on his present trip of military camp inspec tion where he has consented tG de- liver a public address, it is stated. In recognition of the visit of the distinguished general, it Is requested by the committee that flags be flown and, the national colors used for dec orative purposes during the day of Thursday
 General Pershing will leave Bir- mingham at 10:32 o'clock Thursday night on the Pan-American, continu- ing his inspection trip, which will carry him to many of the larger ci- ties of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
DR. |. 5. GLENN IN
 AUTO ACCIDENT AT M A t N OL IA TURN
Car CoIIides With Shades Mountain Bus And Two
 Are Painfully Injured
F. A. RIBBLE

Two people were painfully injured and six others escaped with minor bruises at s:3o o'clock Tuesday night by Ir. c. B. Glenn, 1420 Milner Crescent, superintendent of public schools, and a Shades mountain bus, operated by Joe Gustin, sol Thirteenth street, south, collIded at Magnolia avenue and Twenty-second street, south.
 Those painfully injured were Mrs. c. B. Glenn, wife of Dr. Glenn, who suffered broken bone in her ankle; Joe Gustin, driver of the bus, pain fully bruised about the left arm and leg. and George Abdou. 1881 Avenue B, riding in the bus, who suffered a cut on his neck.
 pr. Glenn received a cut on his lip and bruised leg. and Mrs. W. R. Glenn, who was occupying the rear seat with Mrs. c. B. Glenn, was badly shaken up by the impact of the col lision. Three other occupants of the bus were slightly injured, but left the scene of the accident immediately and their names were not learned by police.
 Ambulances from Lge Loy, Johns and Ridout all rushed to the scene and carried the injured to the St. Nincents hospital, with the exception of Dr. Glenn and his wife and Mrs. w. R. Glenn. who were taken to their home, 142o Miner Crescent. All of the injured taken to the hospital were released soon after their in- juries were dressed.
 According to witnesses the Shades mountain bus was going east on Magnolia avenue, and pr. Glenn was gclng south on Twenty-second street. Several of those who saw the acct dent stated Dr. Glenn's automobile was attempting to make enough speed that the accident could have been avoided had both cars stopped at the intersection.
 Gustin told police the bus was owned by his father, J. ". Gustin sol Thirteenth street, south, and had bus was badly damaged, turning over on its side and breaking prac- tically all of the upper framework of the car. Dr. Glenn's car,' after col Hiding with the bus ran over the curbing and stopped in a vacant lot.
 Owing to the blindness of this in tersection, many accidents have oc- cured at this corner, as 1t Is one of the main arteries from tho oity to the southside. Tuesday nights ac- cident drew many people to the scene. Wreckers had the wrecks cleared away within Is minutes after the ac- cident.
 Gustin and Dr. Glenn were to be arrested on charges of reckless driv ing, according to Officers Phillips and Cobb, who investigated. pr. Glenn has just returned from a trip to California.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
Singing Editorials RefIeCting Sentiment In East Con-
 demning System Published By Press At National Capital SAYS SYSTEM "lNHUMAN" AND ALSO "REPUGNANT" Third Measure Calling For
 Abolition Of System Intro-
 duced By Senator Brewer By
 Become Effective In 1924
WASHINGTON BUREAU l
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Washington, D. L., JuIy S4 J As was feared by those who sus- tain the credit of the state, the sue cess of the j. Lee Long, resolution, declaring it to he the sense Of the legislature that nothing be done re- spectins the convict lease system. has brought unsovory advertisement to Alabama.
 In the press of the state, since the action of the legislature on the Long resolution. there is no material diff ference between conditions ill Ala bama and Florida. All that is re- quire1 to make Alabama as disgrace full as Florida. is the opinion of edl- tors in the east is for one of the convicts in Alabama to succumb be- meath the flogging of the whipping boss
 There could then follow the ligisla- tive investigation and the criminal prosecution.
 As characteristic of the opinion in the east, the Washington Post, edi- torially. this morning, says; The move to abolish convict leasing in Alabama has been temporarily checked The state legislature mas rejected legislation prohibiting it. But soon or late abolishment will come. The system is inhuman and reprugnant to Americanism. It is d form of slavery that should not be tolerated on American soil. Ii lends itself to abuse and cruel practices. It tends to defeat one of the chief purposes of legal punishment that is, reform of the criminal-for as practiced it often breaks him physi- cally and embitters and hardens him morally.
 Tt must go, not only from Ala bama. but from every American juris- diction where it is now in effect
 
 tion arc rousing against the system. It is doomeQ.N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
l. L.,&',,;:,,sIEARLY
 d1ROLL- HERE. |S Sl5,4 ,46l,OOO
More Than 0ne-Fourth Total Village Is In Alabama And Road Has 9,263 EmpIoyes In State
 PAYS $70O,O00 ANNUALLY TO ALABAMA IN TAXES Has Authorized And Ex- pended S52,000,000 For Improvements During Past Year-Farm Values Gain

The Louisville and Nashville rail- road has s.263 employees in the state of Alabama. its approximate annual pay rolls in Alabama total s15,461,- 900, it pays s77o,Ooo annually In taxes. it operates 104 passenger trains day and "A freight trains.
 More than one-fourth the total mileage of the Louisville and Nash vile is in Alabama and it owns and operates one-fourth of the total rail- road mileage of the state.
 It maintains four large shops In Alabama, at Mobile, Birmingham, Decatur and Montgomery.
 These are some of the salient fea- lures of Louisville and Nashville op- erations set forth in a booklet en- titled "A Book of the l.. & N" which gives a history of the system from It's charter granted in Kentucky in 1850 to the present time.
 Total mileage, pay rolls, etc, in Alabama are second only to those in Kentucky, Tennessee coming third. Improvement Schedule.
 The Louisville and Nashville has in the past twelve months authoried and expended total of S52,000, 900 for improvements, of which $27,000,- 900 have been for new cars, s5,000,- 900 for locomotives, s2,000,000 for new and heavier rails, sS,000,0o for double tracks, additional lines, etc, s4,40o,000 for bridges. trestles, etc., $1. 100000 for terminal and mechani cal facilities and $2,448,00o for mis- cellaneous improvements.
 More than s43,00o,0O0 of this sum represents improvements now In ac- tive process of construction.
 Many of it's new freight cars are being built by the Fairfield car works and the new rail Is being turned out by the Ensley mill of the Tennessee company.
 O O o
 Farm Laxd Values. s-sa~-~ .--
 The booklet makes the interesting statement that farm land values in the seven southern states through which 1t passes increased 130 per cent firm 1910 to 1920, compared with an increase of farm land values in the nation at large of IT per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
B0ARD REF USES SHIP OWNE ERS' BID
 TO OPERATE FLEET.
Federal Body Soon Will An nounce Direct Government
 Control Plan
WASHINGTON BUREAU I
 THE AGE-HERALD { NTaRbinDton n q I,t1y 0A


 The shipping board, after an all day session today rejected the pro posal submitted by the American Steamship owners association for the operation of the government mar chant fleet without supervision of the board
 In announcing this decision, Chair man Farley said the board hoped soon to be able to make public a plan for direct government operation. de- tails of which are now being worked out.
 Terms Of Proposal.
 The steamship owners proposed in effect Chairman Farley said. that the shipping board deliver to the steamship operating companies the needed vessels to maintain service on the present established routes for the absolute control of the operating company without board supervision n i; that the shipping board pay the OK penses of the operator and in addi- tion pay all of any losses that would be incurred in such operation; all profits to be set aside in special fund for the use of the steamship D operator to buy ships froI.l the ship ping board. without obligation as to future service on the routes"
 o o o
 Objections To Plan.
 The plan proposed" the chair man continued, has all of the in- herent defects of the present M. O. four contract, which, because of said defects, is to be aoandoned and adds a number of other objections not embraced in the present system of operation. It Is obvious that 1t can not be adopted by the board. Tho board hopes to be able shortly to make a definite statement of the plan for direct operation, on which it was working. In considering plan, the board is prompted by a desire to es- tablish the highest efficiency, the maximum economy, and the preser- vation of the gooo will be reflected in the establishment of various trade routes on the seas, which have good will is. under the present system and the plan proposed by the American Steamship owners association, an as set that would insure to a few, al though paid for by the government" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
l9,000 LUNCHES OF BANANAS REACH PORT
Unusually Busy Day Noted On Mo-
 bile Bay

MOBILE, Ala, July 24.-(Special Leased Wire )-The port of Mobile Tuesday continued the activity that marked the day previous, when every one connected with the shipping game was kept on double quick time While there were fewer movements yesterday than Monday, all ships leaving carried good cargoes while one of the two came in light Three ships left port and two cleared, one of the latter, the Aluminium liner Sangstad. being scheduled to sail to- day for ports in the West Indian group.
 Bringing 19,Oo0 punches of ban aras the fruiter Lysefjord arrived u the United Fruit company yester- day from Puerto Barrios, Belize and Livingston. Three passengers were also brought from Belize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
By ROY A. HAYNES United States Prohibition Commits

Victims of bootleg-quick or slow usually protect the men who are killing them. There is In such pro- lection the honor of the dishonor- able, the loyalty of companions in misdeed. The average patron of the oootlegger places implicit reliance upon the integrity of the criminal he patronizes; everybody else may be buying bad liquor, but he is getting ''the real old stuff.'
 Actual tests tell him that the quan- tity of real old stuff" in bootleg gers hands in the United States to- day is as a drop in the ocean. All the genuine pre-war liquor in the hands of all the bootleggers in the country probably would not supply the illegal traffic of New York City for half day. There is virtually none of the real old stuff on the market.
 An infinitesimal fraction of boot leg Is real liquor, but 1t is not old liquor. Liquor represented by boot leggers as having been smuggled in, and supposed by their customers to be absolutely genuine, more often than not is made in the United states by redistilling denatured alcohol, or from other moonshine, and bottled under labels printed in America to resemble those of foreign brands. Enforcement agents in several cities, notably one In New York. another in Michigan. and third in New ter sey, have found printing plants or distributing centers doing an lm- mense trade in fake labels and counterfeit revenue stamps. Almost every brand of label known in the United States, whether of domestic or foreign make, has been initiated or sold by the tens of thousands in these plants.
 Ir addition, there are similar plants in the West Indies and other points running full time and printing imi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
JOHNSON'S FARLEY WITH HYLAN ST|Rs POLITICAL CIRCLES
California Senator s Actions Recall Talk Of Third Party
 Movement

NEW YORK, July 24-An informal call on Mayor Hyland and an equally informal luncheon at the National Republican club, were the principal events today on the program of Sen ator Hiram Johnson of California, whose return from Europe yesterday was heralded by his friends s q prelude to the launching of his can didacy for the presidency.
 After his conference with the mayor, the Senator returned to his hotel. where he said he would work until late tonight on speech he will deliver tomorrow night at a dinner given in his honor by admirers, most of whom were recalled as Bull Moose supporters in the three party campaign of 1912. Mayor Hylan has accepted an invitation to attend.
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 Meets Mayor HyIan.
 The conference with the mayo arouse1 considerable comment in po- litical circles today, in view of the fact that Mayor Hylan, in q recent speech al Osdensburg, N. T., gave observers start when he declared voters were drifting toward third party and away from the ranks of the democrats and republicans. II also was recalled that Senator John son and Mayor Hylan, whose admin istration is supported by newspapers owned by W. R. Hearst, held ire quent conferences two years ago when New York city retained the senator as special counsel in a legal battle over the transit situation.
 Senator Johnson refused to com- ment on his talk with the mayor and George Fl. Payne, city tax commis- sioner and active in state republican politics, who accompanied the sen ator to city hall. and denied the meeting had any political signif- icence, Mir. Payne was q campaign manager for the late Theodore Roosevelt when he ran on the Bull Moose ticket.
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 Senator Is silent.
 MT. Payne also denied that politics had been discussed al the republican club luncheon. There was only d handful of guests and newspaper men were not admitted. Senator Johnson said he merely had renewed old acquaintances and had, of course, talked informally of his trip to En- rope. where he conferred with states men of many countries, including soviet Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-25
MORSE: DIDN'T. DELAY SHIPS SAYS SCHWAEb)
Noted Manufacturer Proves
 IoviaI Witness For Defense
 As He Takes Crack At Rich Mems Sons in Business MAN ON TRIAL ALWAYS WAS LOOKING FOR LOAN Plants Of Indicted Builder
 Were In Excellent Condi-
 ton When Government Or ders For Vessels Were Filled

WASHINGTON, July 24.-One of number of notables summoned at one time or another by the defense, ness stand today to testify for Charles W Morse and others charged with conspiracy in connection with wartime ship building operations.
 MT. SchwaD, describing himself as manufacturer and an "engineer in human endeavor," was jovial wit ness, and more than once during his courtroom was broken by laughter at some of his expressions
 This was particularly true when he pointed some good-natured quipS In the direction of the three sons of MT. Morse, who are on trial with him.
 T told Charles w. Morse," said the witness, describing his efforts while head of the emergency fleet corpor- alton, to speed up shipbuilding, that relatives were no good in business" Rich Mems Sons Won't Work.
 Most rich mems sons," said MT. Schwab, wont work like I want peo pie to work for me-"
 The witness said the Morse ship yards never had intentionally de- layed work on government ships; that the plants were in excellent con- Gition. and that he at one tfTnc had urged government loan of S750,000 to Morse. No risk, he said. should have stood in the way of getting ships when they were vitally needed. When he left the fleet corporation, he testified, he thanked the Morses and other ship builders for their CO., operation in furthering Americas s war aims.
 Always Seeking Loan. af z [ During ross-examination 5Ir Schwab said he had rarely met Charles W. Morse when he was not looking for a loan.
 Ship building plants operated by the Morses were low in the scale of production at times, Mr. Schwah tes- titled and he took measures to speed them up. His efforts in the main, he said. were in creating enthusiasm and getting things done," the matter of contracts being left to others.
 Although the defense had expected to rest today, failure to have incor porated Into the record a resume of government claims in a civil suit against the Morses brought in Vir- ginia resulted in an adjournment with its case incomplete: The record in the Virginia case, described by de- fense counsel as vital" was ruled out by Justice Stafford, and Attor- ney Nash Redwood was engaged In trying to put parts of it into the evil dence when the court adjourned The defense contended in that case the government took a position contra dictory to the criminal case on trial.