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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
RODENT "FIENDS" TAKEN
New Orleans Rats Fall For Traps
 Edited With Dope

NEW ORLEANS, August 18.- Seven traps baited with marijuana. a narcotic, captured seven rats in the federal building here and brought under control reign of ter TOT for which rodent dope" fiends were responsible,
 Tho crazed rats had been holding midnight orgies in the offices of the federal authorities and had caused destruction to office furniture and plline and cocaine.
 Efforts to catch the taper tailed animals with traps baited with the smelliest foreign and domestic cheeses proved unsuccessful. In a final effort, the opiate was placed in the traps with immediate results following. The captured rodents have been itemized as four of the Norwegian species and three Porto Rfcans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
VERSATILE IS THE HAIRPIN
DOrgnn Discovers It Is A Generally
 Handy Household Tool

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August 1S,- Dorgan on his return home sat down to hear the family happenings during his absence. The wife was laying particular stress upon the reforms shs had successfully introduced.
 You know" said she, that closet that wa locked for more than a month? You said it couldn't be opened only by a locksmith. Well, opened it."
 How on earth did you do it?"
 With a hairpin. And the furnace door has been sagging around on one hinge for ever so long, you know; but it's all right now"
 Well I am glad you had 1t fixed"
 Had 1t fixedl l fixed 1t myself with a hairpin. And there was that picture of your mother that stood on the floor for six weeks because you hadn't brought me any picture hooks-"
 Well, intended to, but
 70, 1t doesn't make any difference now. made hook myself out of hairpin."
 "No!"
 "And there's Tommy. You've been coaxing and bribing him for a year to break him of the habit of biting his nails, and broke him in a week."
 With a hairpinT' inquired Mir. Dorgan.
 .No! Don't be a goose! With @ hairbrush."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
SUPERSTITION PREVAILS
Mexican "Burbank" Finds PeOns
 Afraid Of prOgreSs

MEXICO CITY, August 1S.-Su- perstition Is retarding progress in Mexico.
 When Dr. Zeferino Dominguez, the Burbank" of Mexico, went among the peons and Indians, showing them how to secure a greater yield of corn per acre the natives became frightened. They didn't want to take up the new methods.
 They believed that by making anything better than that made by the Creator was working evil. The Creator they held, permitted only so much corn per acre and man had no business trying to go beyond that which the Creator had done.
 They are rapidly getting away from this idea now, according to pr. Dominguez.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
Business Men Plan To Entertain 1,500 Persons
 STATE CAPITAL BUREAU1
 THE AGE-HERALD
MontEomery. Ala.. Aue. "a ]

For the past few days. the Cham Der of Commerce has been flooded with acceptance cards from mer- chants in the Montgomery trade ter ritory for invitation for the mer- chants conclave which will be held here by the bankers, wholesalers and manufacturers August 21, 22 and 23. It is planned to entertain 1.500 peo- pie here during the three days.
 Fred Solomon, chairman, said that all plans had been completed for the entertainment of the visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
TANKS LOSE CASH AND ACQUIRE TAN IN DEAUVILLESTAY,
Season Most Successful On Record From Box Office
 And Social Viewpoint
By CARL VICTOR LITTLE (Leascd Wire To The Age-HerhldD


 DEAUVILLE, August 1S.-Amer- jeans have lost several million francs, acquired a coat of tan that will last until Christmas, got out of the hapiS of wearing stockings, even in polite society, and have danced themselves weary to Ives, we have no hannas, and other jazz tunes during the sum- mer season at Deauville, which la just drawing to a close.
 Many of the fashionable set packed up today and prepared to sail for New York, where they will rest up until the winter season starts at Palm Beach.
 'Whos who in America" will be out of France within a fortnight and any American then left is sure" ly to be regarded as common work ing person.
 The Deauville season was the most successful from box-office and social points of view of any on record. The guests were more brilliant than any other season and played harder than at any other tir
 Although no figures were forth coming from the manag gement of tho Casino, almost enough money crossed the gaming tables to pay the German reparations and the interallied debts.
 Charles Pucinelli the 2S-year-old old south American rubber king, was Lady LUCK aHHoluteuf u lS eStilla tS that he won at least five million francs during his plunges in the big baccarat room.
 Al Vagland, the Greek magnate, is said to have won enough money at the tables to purchase the Plains of Anatolia back from the Turks.
 The names of the big losers of the season are known perhaps, only to their bankers because silence usually follows JuiS f0Tfnne in the Casino.
 Americans are believed to have lost less, and the lucky ones to have won less, than at any time for several seasors The tightening of the purse strings of the Americans, which is gradually losing for us the reputation of the worlds greatest spenders, Is the reason attributed to this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
HE WANTS ISOLATION
English Socialist Does Not Desire
 Noisy NeIghbOrS

LONDON, August lS.-Sidney Webb, member of Parliament, au- thor and the brains of the British Labor Party, is n political believer in all the community ideals of so- cialism. But in his private life, MT. Webb wants isolation.
 This was disclosed when he and Mrs. Webb advertised foi a build ing site near London, specifying above all" it must be completely isolated from houses harbOring cocks or dogs
 Elaborating on his wants in an interview, Mr. Webb explained.
 We want a cottage to rest in, with view to cnlarging it when we retire. We want isolation. We rule out a building estate broken up into lots, because that would mean other people around us. Such a condition we absolutely bar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
DISCRIMINATION DENIED
France Not withholding Mail From
 U. S. Ships, Says Officials

PARIS, August 18.-High French officials have issued a denial that 1Tance is intentionally discriminating against the Leviathan and other ships of the United States lines by refusing to allot to the vessels the customay amount of French mails.
 "We are not discriminating against United States liners" said one off cial Mail contracts expire at the end of the year and were drawn up before the United States line was or ganized
 "The government Is already study ing the possibilities of giving mails to the United States liners after January 1, but it is doubtful that America will accept the small com pensation the French allow for mail transportation."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
REVIVAL AT BAY MINETTE

BAY MINEIE, Ala, August 18.- Especial Leased Wire. .)-The Bay Minette Methodist church is in the very midst of a revival service Rev. Taley of Panama City Is conducting a series of meetings here which began Sunday, August 12, and have been continuing through the week. The meetings have been very well attend ed, and Rev. Talley seems to be a man fully capable of conducting such a service admirably.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
FIRST BALE SOLD
Brings 46 Cents Per Pound at An
 daluniR

ANDALUSIA. Ala, August 1s.- Especial Leased Wire )-The honor of producing the first bale of 1923 cot ton for Covington county fell this year to Turner &s May, the bale hav- ing been brought to the Andalusia market Saturday and sold at public auction. The bale weighed 412 pounds and sold for 45 cents per pound, basis middling. Etheridge x Reilly were the highest bidders, and the price realized was through the cooperation of the Andalusia Cham Der of Commerce and the following business firms:
 Andalusia National bank, Benson Hardware company, First National bank, J. L. Knox & Co.,, Southern Cotton oil company, J. E. Shreve, Brown & Droughton, Etheridge & Reilly, Fitzpatrick < Mashburn, s. D. Brooks, I. Berman, A. NJ. Riley Will der Mercantile company Sessions Grocery company, Farmers and Mer- chants warehouse, T. A. Patrick, Ev- craze & Ellisur, the Andalusia Star and T. M. Campbell & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
CUT NOT SMALL ENOUGH
Farm Bureau Would Further Reduce
 AcrenRe of Wheat

Acreage of Wheat
 WASHINGTON, August 1S.-The wheat acreage indicated in agricul- ture department reports is not enough, in the opinion of the Ameri- can Farm Bureau federation, to con- stitute "a serious effort" at reduc- ton.
 If there should be very little win ter killinE." said statement issued today by Gray Silver, Washington representative of the federation, there would not necessarily be a material or even any, reduction In yield next year if the reduction in acreage sown amounts to only 10 per cent.
 acreage is much smaller than year aao"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
IoyLEY HAUL OPENs

LOXLEY, Ala, August lS.-LoXIey hall, a community gathering center for the people of Loxley and vicinity, will be open to the public formally on Friday evening, August IT. This modern and commodious structure is inded a monument to a little town like Loxley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
To STUDY LIFE oF wHALEs

An offer of one thousand pounds year. with free food and lodging and plenty Cf adventure thrown in, is going begging because England has no modern Jonah who knows whales intimately.
 Last month the colonial office ad- vertised for a director of research" to take charge of a scientific ex- petition that Is scheduled to start next spring fer the Falkland Islands to study aquati9 mammals and their habits So far not 8 single suitable application has been received and the committee Is still seeking the right man.
 The practical purpose of the ex- petition is to obtain data from which to frame legislation to prevent the disappearance of the Leviathans from the oceans of the globe. The scien- lists will make an intimate study cf whales, endeavoring to learn whether they are polygamous, how long they live, where they spend the winter, and what their annual mileage is.
 It seems that the waters off the Falklands are a fashionable summer whaling resort but in winter the great mammals disappear. Inasmuch as the islands are largely dependent upon the whaling industry, the Brit ish government would like to know where they go.
 Scotts historic ship, "Dicovery," will carry the expedition, which will be gone two and a half years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
HIGH SCHOOL OPENS

OAARK, Ala, August 1S.-(Spe- cial. .)-The Dale County High school will open September 3 with Prof. J. Floyd Collins in charge. Since his return from a vacation he has been busy at work to increase the attendance. The city graded school will also reopen at the same time
 Representative citizens of OzarK and Dale county are interesting themselves in a Dale county fair. Previous fairs here have been suc- cessful in their intended purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
TRAIN CHURCH TEACHERS

SAMSON. Ala, August 1S.-(Special Leased Wire.)-A training school for Sunday school teachers has been in progress throughout the week, under the auspices of the training depart- ment of the Baptist church. After noon and night sessions have been held under workers from Mont gomery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
FIRST COTTON SOLD

SAMSON, Ala, August 18.-(Special Leased Wire )-The first 1923 cotton bale from Geneva county was brought to Samson for ginning this week. It was raised on the farm of W. D. Sellers near here. After gin- ming it sold for 2615 cents a pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
PINK BOIL WEEVIL APPEARS

GEORGIANA, Ala, August 18.-On the farm of c. E. Cross, three miles west of the city, the Mexican pink boil weevil has appeared in con- siderable numbers. They are rapidly destroying all mature bolls on the cotton. It Is quite alarming to far mers as they know no weapon with which to fight this new pest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19

DEDICATED LAST SUNDAY.-Dedicatory services for St. Johns Evangelical church were held last Sunday marking new epoch in the history of the church. Visitors filled the spacious building overong Services conducted by Rev William Mile of St. Louis, temporary pastor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
CnNnuCTs REVIVAL

ALBERTVILLE, Ala, August IS. Special. )-Rev. W. H. Black con- ducted revival services at Gillian Springs Baptist church, near Arab. this week. The meeting was very successful.
 The Methodist Young Peoples Mis- sionary society will entertain with silver tea on the lawn at Mrs. o. l.. McNaron Wednesday after noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
EUR0PEAN TR0UEL' .F0R AWE ERICANS IS. COSTLY BUSINESS
Mere Stamping Of Passport Sometimes Costs Tourist
 As High As $50

LONDON, August tS.-(By Associ- ated Press.)-American tourists in Europe have learned to their dis may that if they are to see any thing of the principal countries the cost Of passport visas nearly equals the fare across the Atlantic. Their passport charges range from $50 to S250, depending upon the number of national boundary lines crossed.
 Most of the European nations charge $10 for a visa. in retaliation for the action of the United States
 In making a similar assessment upon foreigners. Indeed, some of the con tlnental states, notably the Balkans, have in occasional instances imposed fees of from S15 to $50 for the sim pie rubber stamp visa that permits
 the traveller to pass through the country.
 Reginald Kaufman, a business man of Brooklyn, reported being recent ly charged $6O at the border of Jugo- slavia for a visa entitling him to cross that country into Rumania. When he protested, the Serbian au
 thorities threatened to eject him he was calling the situation to the attention Cf the state department at Washington. It cost him s400 for visas in the course of his six weeks tour of Europe.
 Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, l Norway, Sweden and Denmark are among the few countries that are an exception to the general practice. These nations either make no, charge whatever to the American tourist, CT only levy a nominal one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
ELEPHANT IGNoREs RADIo

Broadcasting may delight the hu man being, but it means nothing to an elephant, The other day a Brit ish broadcasting company tried to get one of the pachydermas of the London zoo, Indarini by name, in- terested in radio by having her mas ter, Syed Ali, give her orders through a transmitter. Indarini paid no at- tention to him, although she has known his voice since the days of her youth in India.
 Syed Ali shouted his commands through a loud speaker set up in the elephants stall. He told his pet to 'lie downl" "get upr' and "sa- lute," and requested her to go through her other stunts; but she only waved her great ears and con tinued to eat peanuts.
 In desperation, the broadcasters sent a waltz over the radio but In- darlni ignored it. Her feet never moved, her massive shoulders re- mained still. Only her jaws were rhythmic, and the peanuts were re- sponsibTe for that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19
NEW WOMAN IN FINLAND PLAYING CONSPICUOUS PART
 IN RUNNING GOVERNMENT

As Member Of Parliament Annie Furnhjelms Career Being Watched With Interest, Says Frank c. Carpen ter, Writing Of Interesting Customs Coming Under His Observation After Study Of Conditions There
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19

666 quickly relieves Consti- patton, Biliousness, Headache, Colds and LaGrippe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-19

Another interesting womens or ganization is a sort of a cross be- tween the Battalion of Death of the Russians, our Red Cross workers and nurses, the Y. M. c. A. women and the Salvation Army lassies. The Latta go along with the army and cook and sew for the soldiers. They have to do with the sanitary conditions of the camps and the raising of money for the civil guards.
 T@ Latta Svard is a military or-
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03

a soft, fluffy, yelyety. clinging vine,
but also she was pink-cheeked, grace,
full. srnily and altogether charming.
Against his better Judgment. jim
just couldn't help taking Maize to
lunch occasionally. and once he over,
stepped all bounds OF reason and en-,
tertnined her at a theater. When ha
got home he berated himself In harsh
terms all the time he was undressing,
and all night long he tossed and tuin,
bled and hated himself And In tho
morning went down to the Office with
n crouch against the worid-and lost
1t when Maize trlpped into the room.
Hence the quandary. inns heart
said, MARRY Mazie," and his common
sense. bolstered by that long-nour-
Ished desire for capable, self-reliant
mate. said: "Have care; she's Q
clinging vine.-
OF course. he did not know that ha
could marry Maize, but he believed
she cared for him. Indeed. they were
been on the point of proposing. only
TO be dissuaded by the cold, calculat,
ing Judgment that had made him q
good business man. He was rather
nice looking himself. and, although hs
was not conceited, he was quite sure
that Maize would have him II Id
pressed his case. Between you and
the, he was right; she loved him, too.
Along came Two weeks vacation,
and Jim decided the opportunity was
at hand to escape the clutches OF tho
cllnging vine. He went fishing with q
friend. dressed In old clothes smoked
strong tobacco. and had rough rest,
When he returned he was confiden,
that the spell Maize had cast over him
was broken.
The night before returning to work
he had dinner with the companion OF
the fishing excursion, and was invited
to spend the night in the spare bed.
The friend lived In big apartment
house all by himself. not a great dis
lance from the ONCE.
Seated In comfortable chair. while
the friend played music la disc. jim,
eagerly digested paper He had been
separated 30 long from the busy world
that news acted on his brain like Dor,
terhouse on an empty stomach.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03

He makes no appeal to the passions
Of his readers, as Beethoven in his
later works makes none to the mere
sense Of sound. He was an artist puri-
fed By suffering as saints are purified
by 1t; for through 1t he attained to
that complete disinterestedness which
is as necessary to the artist as to the
saint. Whenever man sees people
and things in relation only TO his own
personal wants and appetites. he can.
not use them as subject-matter for
art. Dostoevsky learnt to free every
thing and everybody from this relation
more completely. perhaps. than any
writer known to Us. Not even vanity
or fear, nor any theory begotten Of
them. perverted his view OF human
life. In his art, at any rate. he
achieved that complete liberation
which is aimed at by the wisdom OF
the East; and his heroes exhibit It by
his conduct---A. Clutton- Brock. 2
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03
The Clinging
Vine
By R. RAY BAKER

= Is:l. ~ EeC4az. ss-.E.gsE s1Eals.is
Jim Reynolds was in q quandary
aid IL was because he loved . girl
The gUantary arose from the fac
that she was not Of the type Of mod
cru woman be always had admired
the kind he had set his heart on mar
rying-If be ever married Indeed
she vas the rryerze she was the soft
duffy. veiye,y. cllnging-sine sort. ant
for that species he never had had an,
time.
Jim admired the capable. practical
striding. self-relIant type of girl who
can stand up to a man and read hin
the riot act tJIm's own term for it)
and, II need be. give him u punch %
the n0S-. Til. young woman thu
rowet. STATED. swan and performed
gymnAstic feats always had appealed
10 him whenever the idea feminine re
c.Iyed any consideration from his nc
tive business mind.
He vas bachelor o. thirty, no.
versed Ia the ways Of the fair. and no
particularly interested. He was us
sistant manager Of the Wells ElectrD
Pump company. and his duties KEEP
him busy from breakfast 20 dinner
But In the evening newspaper he
would read about some woman stick
Ing = hatpIn into a foOtpad. nnothe
routing porch-cIimber with a rolling
pin. or another knocking a ma sh.r'
on the sidewalk, and he would er.
claim: "Brayoi That's the kind Of
girl FOR me"
But as Jim wa. neither a footpnd
pOrch-clinbcr nor masher. he n.ye,
came In contact with such an admlra
bic person. The beribboned, dlmpled
fluffy haired girls who played engi
necr TO typswritcrs In the pump Office
were his only feminine associates
and. like n fool" as he rebuked him
SELF many times. he went and fell hal
over shoes in love with one OF them,
Maize Holmes by name.
Jim fought against II. but to nc
avail He was not master OF his OWE
destiny. Maize was to all Appearances
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03
orialn Of Tea.

Although record is lacking. It Is be
lleved that a coarse variety Of tea
plant existed In Japan from time I'M
memorial. The custom Of using Its
leaves as beverage. however, seems 70
have come from China with the intro
auction Of Buddhism. The story runs
that the use Of tea in China had been
known since the early times. espe-
cially among the Buddhist monks, by
whom It was used In order to keep
them awake during their vigils. In
the Twelfth century, Eisai. a cele-
brated Japanese priest. brought .
book Of directions from China for the
culture and curing OF tea. together
with a jar Of choice seed. and from
that time the beverage came into ia
vor among the upper ciasses- Tea
culture subsequently became exten-
sive, ana its use rs . beverage gradu-
ally universal and West News
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03
A Job for A Master Mind

Junction Sentinel:-Some of farmer readers
the of the socaled farnerabor
nent which is taking things in the agricultural states
They wonder just how the farmers and organized labor can
possibly find ground which to stand The farmer
all interested the low and high priced pro-
ducts and the aborng interested in high wages and
products Organized labor is trying to curtal the
umber who want jobs and the farmer anxious to
number of jobs that he have better mar
will mind to draft platform which will
suit both sides any such a combination of politics.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03
Hard TO Tell.

"Suttin' people In dis hyar worf got
cinch." said Charcoal Eph. rumina
lively. hut de trouble is. brother.
yo'aIi never kin tell which Jobs de
cinch by any mans Rich
mond Times-Dispatch.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03
Sheffield Plate.

sheffield plate" WAS originally a
sheet OF copper to which silver plate
WAS fused on each side. and took its
name from the English city where II
was made. Electro-piating has super
seeded the fusing process.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03
snes eank s,op. eulle,a.

To test the penetration Of rifle shots.
snow walls six feet six inches thick
were erected in France. Rifles were
fired at distance Of fifty-five cards.
In each case the ball was stopped at q
penetration OF 1--WE and one-half feet.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03
rsssins Worth Of Hens.

when q hen lays an egg In the nest
three Californians have invented
door which opens and permits her to
enter one yard. while II no egg be laid
she must g to another yard, thus
separating layers and nonlayers.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03

Every one Of US. whatever our spec
NATIVE opinions. knows better than
ae practices. and recognizes a better
law than he obeys.--Froude.
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03
little Gertrude. Wish.

Mother has q coffee heart. father Q
tobacco heart, and little Gertrude
Guernsey is trusting II she eats plenty
OF candy. that she'll have a sweetheart
Exchange
Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03

While the fishing very good in streams, would be
better if had game and fish depart
fent would actually build and operate retaining ponds
stead talk them Somehow people generally
ing the conclusion that need change in state depart
,lent at Denver