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DEMOCRATS AND SHIPPING
 BILL
Washington, D. C., Post)

Washington, U. C., fost)
 The question of whether congress shall meet the wishes of the people and the needs of the country in the matter of ocean shipping legislation is now squarely before the senate. The enactment of the shipping bill is not a partisan matter. There is no advantage to republicans in solv- ing the shipping problem which can not be enjoyed by democrats if they care to share it. The credit for passing the bill will go, and should go, to both parties. u happens that a republican administration sponsors the bill, and republican majority in congress is primarily responsible for legislation; but if tine admins tration and congress were demo- cratic the problem would still con front the government, and the solu- tion would be narrowed Gown to the plan proposed by the present administration.
 The reason for this is simple: :: There is no alternative plan that takes into account and selves the many factors of the merchant ma rine problem. It is a problem hay ing many sides, but from any view point it presents TWO outstanding features-the necessity of provid- ing for commerce and for safe guarding the narronal defense. Neither the fostering of commerce nor the safeguarding of national defense is partisan question. Both are purely national, American questions which command the sup port of all patriotic citizens, with out regard to domestic politics. In a sense, the American merchant ma rine is a challenge 10 the world. A successful merchant marine under the Stars and Stripes means that the United States is actually inde.. pendent of other nations in the vital particulars of commerce and de fense. In order to attain this posi- tion the United States must chart out it's policy and then boldly exc cute it. This can not be done in the name of the republican or dem ocratic party, but only in the name
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action. Furthermore, once the house has accepted the measure, if it should accept it, the friends of the Ford offer could forth with bring their full pressure to bear upon the senate to bring about prompt action. By failure to act the house is preventing action also by the senate and thus must undergo a full measure of criticism The public would like to see the hyprocisy wiped out of the situation and the whole question threshed out openly on the floor of the house. Any other course tends to nullify the public interest.
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ing, through cash payment, the add ed cost of a sailing from the gulf to major foreign markets, which added cost is due to the longer dis tance travelled by the ship from the gulf than by the ship from the north Atlantic po..-. Southerners in congress who propose that the situation will be met by the allow ance of deductions from imports, when carried in American ships, evi- deptly have not given study to the disaster this would bring upon the gulf ports. Although the gulf ports approximate the north Atlantic ports in export movement, the north Atlantic ports carry more than ten times the import movement. There fore we see presented the peculiar situation of representatives of the gulf states advocating form of national subsidy to build a merchant feet of building the north Atlantic ports to the disadvantage of the gulf. The mpors move ment can not be artiticially diverted from the north Atlantic to the gulf because the import movement comes GO the ports nearest the center of foreign commerce consumption.
 Concluding :ts strong argument for democratic support of the ship ping bill, this southern democratic journalistic spokesman says:
 .'The democratic party must meet the issue of an American merchant marine with the same true courage that is exhibited by the president, whose program is to accept the present measure or e,se offer bet ter substitute. Certainly there should be no delay upon vote that would leave the all-important na- tional question of a merchant ma rine liquidation problem, which the president has so truly said would not only be one of liquidation, but one of national humiliation"
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POULTRY IN JEFFERSON

The organization of poultry raiscrs of Jefferson county and the renewed interest m thls industry gre in line with the trend of the times. u las been established ef recent years thaS the raising of chickens is not haphazard occupation, but is as much science as any other branch of hus- bandry. Furthermore, it is being learned that poultry raising properly carried on is
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Congress has before it resolution pro- viding for an appropriation of ten millions annually for flood control on the Missis- sippi. If the amount is sufficient for the purpose, we'll and good; if not, then the rec concentrations of the engineers should be consulted
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Rather than see his merchant marine measure enacted into travesty, the presi- dent will veto it. The president does well to announce in advance his severance or partnership in the congressional buriesque.
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PERFECTION NOT REACHED

M GLexington (Ky) News)
 A man has invented an alarm clock that does not tick, but will not have his invention entirely per- fected until he evolves an alarm bell that is silent.
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l.. the German government persists in it's finaNcial embargo of the Ruhr, France thre, tens to begin printing paper marks for the district The French believe in the power of the press.
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Now that it is demonstrated that el the reoSirements for an issue of paper currency arc paper and a printing-pre newspapers sho. Id be able to solve some of their finan- cial perplexities.
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It looks as if congress desired to defeat the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals without assuming the responsibility for such action. Perhaps the people cannot be deceived by such indirection.
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The Mississippi is the Father of Waters and, in flood time, the grandfather oi troubles.
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As railroad earnings go up the people would like to see the rates come down.
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will. It was not so much Tor the glory of God as it was for the well fare of man.
 Why can't we have these thought lines in tubes or cables? Why should we be in constant doubt whether the clergy believe the gos- pei they profess? Why must scien- lists remain uncertain whether their views may be consciously or un- consciously added to or distracted from by the influence of a power, but which 1t is not brave enough to say does not exist ?-- Why is it that the tail always insists that it wags the dog, or, if not that, that it should wag the dog? What credence can man put in professed leaders who dispute most of the creed of the or ganiatzion to whIch they belong? Why doesn't man get cut of a political party when he no longer has faith in its principles? Why will he wear the baoge when he is ashamed of the tenets it stands for? Why will men remain in a church while denying it's cardinal doctrines, thereby injuring it? If scientists wish to revise the Bible, why not have the courage of Jefferson and revise it? would suggest that cler- gymen who believe in scientific re- ligion should organize the Scien- tific Christian church in America, and promote and defend it.
 
 We had some really old-fashioned religion when theo,ogians quarreled over how many angels could dance on the point of a needle. We would better return to that benighted condition of mind than to have an everlasting crossing of thoughts, short-circuiting of ideas and dark ness while repairs are being made. If man believes m an omnipotent God, he has no right to deny that that God can work miracle. Let that be one thought never to be short-circuited by the dropping across it of the scientific thought that in the beginning immutable laws by which miracles were wholly impossible were made.
 Copyright. 1928, by Thomas R. Marshall
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n HE AGE-HERALD D

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postottlse ss seoond-class matter under act of congress 'AleN 6, 1879.
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iEDERIcK I. THOMPSON. ............Pr President
, 1923-01-21
Nine WILL
BE TRIED FOR
HERRIN CRIME

MARION, ILL.,. Jan. 2O.-1ndlctments
against four OF the thirteen men
scheduled to face charges of murder
In the second Herrin massacre trial
will be nollo pressed, Assistant Attor.
ney General c. W. A-ilddlekauft an,
nounced tonight.
Two Of the FIVE defendants in the
first trinl-Lcva Mann and Joseph
Carneght-ars among those whose
cases have been dismissed.
The Indictment. originally naming
eighteen men for the murder OF
Antonio Molkovich during the riots.
has been modified SO thai only nine
men Will be brought to trial.
The action was taken to facilitate
selection Of the jury, Mlddlekauf
intlmated.
The men now charged with murder
on the second indictment are:
Otis Clark. Peter Hitler, Bert Grace.
Hugh willis. Percy Hail, Dallas Nc,
Cree. Phillip Fontnnetta. Joseph
Brown and Oscar Howard.
All Of those whose indictments have
been nolle pressed are named in other
murder charges and will be brought
to trial later, II was said.
, 1923-01-21
TREASON ARREST
IN PARIS STIRS
FRENCH REDS
Communist Deputy Cachin's
Arrest Foreshadows Sensa-
tional Trial of Radicals
BY WEBB MILLER,
United Press staff Correspondentl.

PARIS, Jan. 20.-Arrest today Of
Communist Deputy Cachin on
charges Os treason foreshadows a
trial that will stir radicals through,
out Europe and possibly bring on an
epidemic of general strikes and dem.
onstrations.
While the case lacks many of the
sensational aspects Of the famous
CaillauN affair. communists In
France, Germany, Holland. Czecho.
slovakia ana perhaps Italy are arous
ed over the arrest Ind will undoubted.
ly use their influence in Cachin's be-
half.
Treason charges against the promi.
nent communist deputy followed a
meeting OF rafica.s from all parts
of Europe. Protest was voiced against
occupation Of the Ruhr by France.
When word Of the meeting reached
Paris, the government moved swift.
~ against French Reds Homes OF
delegates to the Essen conference
were searched, as was the Office OF
L'Humanite.
The police claimed to have found
plans for a revolution against round.
ing UP RED leaders.
Cachin was accused OF having In.
cited the population of the Ruhr to
r7sist the French invasion. He de,
Fed the charge, admitting he and
other prominent communists were
Planning an uprising against capt
alism.
As a member OF the chamber of
deputies. CachIn employed parlia.
mentary immunity from arrest. but
this was a'seC after a stormy scene
Thursday night when deputies with
bitter words and ~slsticuffs thrashed
out the affair and finally voted In
favor OF the proposed treason trial
, 1923-01-21
FRISCO CHURCH
PLANS DRIVE
ON DRUG EVIL

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. Bob
United Press)-Fired to activity by
the tragic death of Wallace Reid, one
of flmdom's most popular stars, o
victim OF tho narcotic habit. repre-
sentatiyes OF church n civic organ.
cations over the entire San Francisco
bay district conferred today, arrang.
ng the details of the meeting
plans for tomorrow afternoon when
Federal Prohibition Commissioner
Roy Haynes will speak on the evils
II the liquor and narcotic traffic.
Haynes, who is touring the Pacific
coast in the Interest OF Btricter en-
forcement OF the prohibition and mar.
cotic laws, will arrive here tomorrow
morning from Portland where he has
been in conference with peace Off.
GERS and prohibition enforcement Off.
clais OF the northwest. with him is
Colonel L. q. Mutt. head of the mar.
cotics division. Both will address
the mass meeting to be held In the
First Congregational church nt three
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon.
Following so closely on the death
Of wal'y Reid, the meeting is con
sidered most opportune. While Reid
VIII not be he'd up as the proverbial
horrible example," his death has
aroused the public here. as elsewhere,
to a new realization of tho terrible
menace of the drug traffic. and a rec,
ord crowd of earnest citizens Is ex.
Dected.
Haynes arrival here Inc the meet.
ings scheduled for tomorrow and
Monday come at a physiological mo.
ment. The meetings will both add to
and benefit by the momentum Of the
nnti.narcotics movement Already wei
under way.
-Four police Judges here today made
arrangements TO expedite the mar
cotics cases by segregatins them from
the general run OF cases, while in
Sacramento several state Legislators
have announced their intention Of in.
PRODUCING more trlngent Jaws TO con.
troll the Illicit traffic In narcotics
throughout the state OF California.
, 1923-01-21
MOVIE ACTOR IS
SOUGHT IN MANN
GIRLS KILLING
Think He Is Man Who
I Unconscious
Chemise- Clad Body
in Surf.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 90
Omitted Press).-A score of
lovers of FRITZ Mann, beauti-
full 20-year-old dancer whose
chemise-clad body was found
on the beach near Torrey
Pines, are being sought out for ques
tioning by Los Angeles and Sar
Diego police.
Somewhere among them the nu.
thorities bellows they VIII, find
the pale movie actor who rent
ed a cottage by the sea at La
Jolia with FIRTH last Sunday night.
This man, they believe, threw
Fritzi's unconscious, but not dead
body into the foaming surf and spec
away to escape connection with what
he believed TO be her accidental death,
Great difficulty is being ~encount.
cred by the police in running down
and locating Fritzi's many loves.
Her dancer friends are obviously
telling a great deal less than they
know about her affairs. police de.
clare. And the men who have been
sought out will only admit slight. II
any acquaintance with her at all.
Many of them come from families
Continued on Page Two
, 1923-01-21

tention of the man in the street.
Foch, Idol OF his country, symboIiEaS
war.
The French feel thai the situation
IN the newly occupied territory is crit.
ical. a constant succession OF reports
from various sources. detailing Ger
mar steps to obstruct the invaders IN
their purpose-forclble collection oe
! r~eparations in king - CURED into
Paris this evening. Among them
were:
!. A general strike in all state
mines in the occupied zones has been
called for Monday.
?. Secret military bodies In IA
varia and other parts Of Germany ere
preparing to descend upon the Ribr.
occupation force and nnnlhIlate tha
invaders.
j. Telegraph and telephone opera
tors and train diHpatchers in the Rubr
nave refused to obey, orders of the
french and many have been arrested,
y An organized movement to how
colt French and Belginus Is under
way. spreading throughout Germany;
notes are barring nationals Of Fransa
Belgium and their n
Berlin are circumsoribed.
o. IN coke pits and hugo
sine'ting plants in the occupied zones
arc laying down their tools IN IN.
creasing numbers. q,
D. Private banks arc closing thelr
doors following seizure OF a ReIsch.
nank branc by the French. {,
conditions such as these make con-
slant trouble for tho engineers ana
troops who have confiscated coal
oafses, tax offices. banks. fuel rain,
automobile conveys and other nrop.
erty in their efforts to enforce repar-
atoms payments.
france. In h parlanoe OF the bo,1-
,evard, IS beginning 10 wonder II shs
has bitten off more thar she AN
chew"
The past ~ hour has been a suo-
cession Of penalties. obstructive reter-
latlon n more penalties. ad infinit3
ium. frtz Thyssen, prominent -coai
operator. head OF the interests that
bear tho name. and five other fuel
barons wero taken under arrest IN
Dusseldorf. Their offenss vas re-
fnslng TO attend a conferences with
Cen. Fourier.
with a certain amount OF censor.
ship in effect throughout the R,ihr.
word OF how the occupied territory
survived the first pay day night has
not reached Paris. The miners come
down to Essen Saturday nights,
many TO get drunk and spend the.-
wages on n riotous good time. with
French troops around the city. many
Of them on patrol duty in the streets
the presence OF husks'. brnwlinE
W~estphalinns is not calculated TO
mako matters safe for peace and
quiet.
An even more dangerous situation
was threatened when II was doubtful
II the miners would be paid at all. 70
French seizure of hanks and funds
and subsequent closing OF branches Of
the Reisohhank. But someone pulled
tho wires n the miners received
their wages.
, 1923-01-21
WILL BENEFIT
CASPERC. Of c. DIRECTORS SAY

In answer to a request by the man.
agement Of the Casper Rodeo ~associa'
ton, the board Of directors of the
Casper Chamber of Commerce through
4 committee appointed for that pur-
pose Investigated the proposition 20
establish an annual rodeo in Casper
from August / to August 5 and found
the idea a good one which with prop.
er and conservative business manage.
ment in their opinion should succeed
and result in benefit to the people of
Casper and vicinity. While not un'
qualiflediy endorsing any private IN.
terprise, however worthwhile to the
community. the chamber OF commerce
did in the message OF their board ex,
tent best wishes for success In the
enterprise.
The personal endorsement OF many
Casper business men has been re.
,e'ved. however, and the consensus of
opinion is tina few projects could do
for Casper what the annual rodeo Is
sure TO do.
1t will take a tremendous amount
Of work to make the enterprise a
complete success. II is Just this work
that those who are connected with Il
are putting into It. The best methods
have been studied. the most appeal.
ng features have been dug put, and a
spirit Of cooperation and energy ia
being shown such MS reflects great
credit on the members Of the assoc'a-
ton.
Albert Bell, who is handling a
large share OF the lahors connected
with II, will make a trip TO the east
within a few weeks TO enlist h SUP,
mort OF infIuent'a al business men there.
TO advertise the Casper annual rodeo
and especially the first annual rodeo.
1t is the purpose Of the manage
ment to open tho rodeo grounds for
one week prior TO the date Of tn"
show for tourists 10 come and camp
free of charge. II Is known that the
rodeo will bring many persons TO the
city who would not be able to find a.
oommodat'ons at the tourist amp MS
large. efficient. and ~hospitable as tina;
camp Is.
An additional attraction that will
appeal especially TO the business men
NJ Casper who deal in material com
mod les will be the big tent which Is
to be raised MS a place where dealers
may exhibit for the duration Of the
rodeo any articles which they deem
will be for their own benefit and the
benefit Of Casper from an advertising
standpoint.
It Is a well known fact that the
Cheyenne rodeo has made the state
capital famous throughout the east
from that standpoint alone. To the
residents Of those states Cheyenne Is
graphically the city of the Frontier
Days. II is not the intention OF the
members OF the Casper Rodeo asso.
eaton IN n way 10 compete with
Cheyenne, but Il Is felt that what has
been done for the southern friend Of
Casper can also be done for thiu city
by following a similar method OF pro,
cedure.
The Carrer rndeo will Obtain many
benefits from the fact Of similar sx
h!bitions having been given In Chey.
, 1923-01-21
SOMETHING
ON CHEST T.;
WAS FORD

One OF Casper's easiest going
pedestrians had something on his
chest recently when he was detained
N the middle u tho street at Second
and Center about IL .. m. by q mere
Ford. 1t was the Ford which was
on his chest.
The lady driver OF the vehicle may
not have been going so fast. The
chances are she wasn't. Anyway she
stopped within half a wheels dia-
meter and got out to examine the
injuries which she had inflicted on
tho unfortunate Pedestrian
Wild brought a crowd of
'passers-by to the scene, The ream
were not from the man who had been
knocked fiat as a pan cake but they
came from the lady. The PROSTATE
pedestrian couldn't have screamed II
he had wanted to. The Ford served
as a gag.
What tho passers-by saw was one
curious looking car with one wheel
settled on the chest of a fallen victim.
II was a proud car gloriously vic.
torious in the fashion OF Tarzan Of
the Apes and Its Tour cylinders were
humping as m ghty heart throbs over
the conquest it had made.
1t was not without an effort that
they removed the savage motor and
carried the man under the wheel into
a cafe. Various methods OF resuscita-
tion including a cup of coffee put the
patient right again and he walked to
his home in the suburbs while Lizzie
and her mistress nervously took the
gas route to the garage.
, 1923-01-21
OCH 1oRUhR, IS REP0R
italy TRYING
TO MEDIATE in
EUROPE ISSUE
Mussolini Government, Believ-
ing French Occupation DAN
gerous, Attempts Diplomacy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20

WASHINGTON, Jan. 90
Italy, believin : that French
occupation of the Ruhr consti-
tutes a dangerous situation, is
now undertaking to bring
about a peaceful settlement of
this great European problem. it was
learned from authoritive diplomatic
quarters today.
The Mussolini government is
sounding out the various gov
ernments in the hope that some
common ground for settlement may
be found. Thus extending its good
offices, 1t mas mad a virtual offer Of
mediation in the European crisis.
Despite this move by Italy d plo.
matte quarters tonight here were in.
clined to regard the r~eparations stu.
atoms as dark as ever.
This view is based on the following
Developments:
l. Secretary of State Hughes, It
was learned, for the present. does not
contemplate any further acton in the
Ruhr situation.
2. A belief that neither Franco nor
Germany cal accept the peace move
Of Italy.
.. Reports thai Britain has turned
a cold shoulder TO the Italian move.
The attitude OF he Mustsolinl gov.
eminent, Il was learned, is as fol-
lows:
That Italy believes the situa.
ton brought about by the French oc.
cupation of the Ruhr is an untenable
one and impossible of continuance.
2 That Italy stands ready 10 do
what she can to bring about a settle.
ment of the crisis and asks the opln.
ion and suggestions from the govern.
ment with which she is commun.cat.
ing.
Secretary Hughes is understood to
believe that his proposal for "A com.
mission Of experts TO recommend a
German reparations figure. which
was shunted aside by France, 10 stin
open and pending.
Regarding ltaly's peace bid. II is
not believed here that Germany would
accept a consideration of the repnra.
tons question until France had with.
drawn her troops from the Ruhr. and
on tho other hand Il is not thought
that the PoIncare government Of
France Cou'd afford to exacuate the
occupation forces under such irum,
stances.
, 1923-01-21
LINDSEY DENIES
HEARST CANARD
REGARDING kI An
Noted Denver Jurist Says He
Never Sought Membership
and Never Would.

DENVER. Colo, Jan. zo.-CUnited
Press.Svigorous denial was made
here today by Juvenile Judge Ben B..
Lindsey that he had sought member
ship in the Ku Klux Khan late in
1921 and had been rejected.
Judge Royal Graham. who sat IN
Judge Lindsey's place during the trial
of the Cossidente case when a court
attendant was said TO have recon-
mended sterilization Of Mrs. Cossi.
dente because the parents were so
poverty stricken they could not sup
port their children. denied that he
was a member of the khan.
Tho denials were the result Of an
article published in the February
issue OF Hearst's International maya
zine. in which a letter purporting 10
be from r. E.. Strickland, Denver.
stated that Judge Lindsey had been
rejected for membership.
The letter imputed 70 Strickland
was in reply 10 an article in the
Searchlight. a khan organ critieizing
Graham as a result of the publicity
attendant on the Cossidente sterii.za-
Ion incident. Strickland could not
be found today.
Judge Lindsey IN his published
statement today declared:
II have never in any way directly
Indirectly or remotely sought mem
bership in such an organization. or
course, l never did and never would