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The Washington times., 1923-09-25

Schoolboys Taught
Ciyics By Means
OF Movies
By Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-The
luckiest school boys in New
York are those of public school
I'll. Moving pictures were
being used in the IA grade in
stead of regular lessons to teach
the boys civics. What is more,
the lessons viii soon be just
one movie after another, for
biology and history are to be
taught in the same way.
The first educational film
shown told the story of French
immigrant family arriving in
America, and some of the for
eigners' adventures in the
United States.
The Washington times., 1923-09-25

AAc OOUtu cream OF the uS-
veloprnent of q great industrial
center at Muscle Shoals, Ala,
under the guidance of Henry
Ford had apparently collapsed to-
day.
Ford Through.
The waterpower at Muscle Shoals
VIII continue to be u-~1 for the
manufacture Of electricity, both BY
the Government and by private cor
porations; and the nitrate plants
viii be made ready to function
when needed. but it was the Cpin.
ion Of War Department officials
that Henry Ford had abandoned his
ambitious plan of leasing the Ala
bama property and turning it into
the greatest power project IN the
Elimination of the Gorgas steam
plant and transmission lines from
the Muscle Shoals system through
their sale to the Alabama Power
Company not only marks the first
step In the dissolution of this war
time industrial project, but it takes
out OF the Governments hands one
OF the most important units of the
vast properties which Ford wanted
to buy for $5,00O,000
Ford Remains Silent.
When the Government learned
that the Alabama Power Company
proposed to foreclose its option on
the Gorgas plant, Ford was advised
o. the situation and invited to sub
NIT new bid for the Muscle Shoals
property minus the Gorgas plant.
To enable Ford's engineers to
revise the manufacturers original
offer, the power company agreed to
an extension of its option, but no
reply was received from Fori
There was nothing else then for
Secretary of War Weeks to do, bur
to sell the steam plant and trans.
mission lines in accordance with the
option given at the time the plant
was built. This was done with the
understanding that Ford does not
want the Muscle Shoals property
without the Gorgas power plant.
There was some speculation here
today as to the political effect OF |
Henry Ford's apparent loss of inter-
est In the development of Muscle !
Shoals, as much of the Ford4for- |
Presiden+ talk had its basis in the |
Widely-advertised plans Of the De-
troit manufacturer to revitaIize ihej
industrial South and to provide |
cheap fertilizer for American farm
ers.
Congress Blaze Expected.
The Muscle Shoals property cost
the United States approximately
$125 100000, and the Ford offer to |
buy all OF it for $4,000, 900 was op-
posed in the last Congress and |
virtually turned down on the |
ground that the Ford price was far |
too low and that it would be much |
better for the Government itself to /
go into the fertilizer business.
There Is no doubt now that the |
Muscle Shoals fight viii flame up |
again in the next Congress, even If |
the discussion does not advance any
further than to give representatives |
Of the South an opportunity to |
criticize the Administration for not |
finding some way to turn the prop !
erty over to Henry Ford.
The Washington times., 1923-09-25
PASSENGERS PAY CENT
EXTRA VOLUNTARILY

AKRON, Ohio. Sept. 25.-Akron
car riders have been placed on
their honor by the Northern Ohio
Traction and Light Company.
The company's franchise calls for
scent fare. but the company
asserts it costs 5 ITO cents to car
ry a passenger. So the officials
of the concern have asked car rid
ers to voluntarily drop cents in
the fare box.
So far, according to the company
records, $1,000 pennies oyer and
above the required rate Of fare are
being dropped into the fare boxes
daily.
The Washington times., 1923-09-25

Use the revival of 'home rule" un-
der the auspices of the party Of
Thomas jefferson.
With international markets to
appeal to the western farmer and
with "home rule" and a pint OF
home brew" to appeal to the
eastern working man, and with the
Solid South still solid, the Demo-
cratic. party can calculate today
and does calculate-that In 1924
the Republican party will know it
has been in a campaign.
The Republicans expect to win
that campaign, but they also ex-
pect to perspire freely while do
ing it.
Copyright. 1929. Washington Press
Service.)
The Washington times., 1923-09-25

Work on the Peoples Bank OF
Cherrydale will be started about
October 1. and the building is to
be completed by January 1.
The Washington times., 1923-09-25
CONGRESS
FIGHT IS
SEEN
ocrgas Plant Sale by U. S.
Ends South's Vision of
Gigantic Industries.
BY H. K. REYNOLDS,
International News serrics.

The South's dream of the de-
veloprnent of great industrial
center at Muscle Shoals, Ala,
under the guidance of Henry
Ford had apparently collapsed to-
day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12

of t@ese were very poor and sparcely settled. In order to tighten their bur den and improve distribution methods the number of districts was reduced to seventeen. It is now found that even some of these districts lack prop erty values necessary to provide sui ficient revenue to keep apace with the rest of the county schools. The new proposal of dividing the county into two districts, it is felt, will give the board of education much wider lat itude in locating school buildings and in developing the system harmoniously The funds from the three-mill district tax are used entirely for buildings and equipment. No part of it goes to op- erating expenses. If the voters au- thorize continuance of the levy No vember 15, funds will be provided to continue development of county schools on the same scale as in recent years. The efficiency of the. system is already attracting national atten- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12

absence from their duties of thousands of laborers, but in decrease of eff ciency, than does territory along the same railroad lines some distance west of that region.
 There is but one solution of the problem, and that is the application of effective methods for eliminating the mosquito. The costs from this pest are not confined to any particular territory, though they are larger in some localities than in others. Throughout Alabama the losses are enormous. In some parts of the state, notably in the Tennessee Valley, prac- tical and determined efforts are being made to get rid of the burden. Many cities and towns are waking up to the importance of protection from the mosquito pect, and the spirit of CO., operation manifested in some places is commendable. The need for CO., operative effort by individuals, as well as by corporations and organizations of every kind, becomes more apparent. The elimination of the disease-bearing mosquito would mean many millions of dollars to this state, while sparing the people great anxiety and suffering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
Ika7SS@EORCFf RBEARER.
Rembrandts

"Yes," said Dr. John C., Van Dyke, professor of art and archaeology at Rutgers, i've have no genuine Rem brandts."
 And sudden hush fell upon the multitude as the significance of these fateful words soaked in.
 And when the full import of the ghastly situation burst upon them there was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.
 And a great clamor arose through out the land, and farmers abandoned their blows, and workmen abandoned their tools and business men aban- doned their golf clubs and gathered in the market places crying: ''We must have genuine Rembrandtsi Even the children cry for genuine Rem brandtsv'
 And they stormed the art galleries and the studios and the antique fac tories, but not one genuine, bona fide, all-wool Rembrandt could be found l; and long hard winter stared them ill the face.
 And, hearing the voices of the null titude, up stepped Senator Gargle with his eyes ablaze and his lungs hit ting on both cylinders.
 Personally" he said, q have never worn a Rembrandt, whether genuine or not. But am moved to tears when I see the citizens of this rich and glo- rious land suffering in the grasp of shoddy limitations, while the people of foreign lands are reveling in gen. uine Rembrandts. Down with the phony Rembrandt trust A genuine Rembrandt for every man, woman and child in America! That's my plat formw
 And so law was passed prohibiting the manufacture, transportation or sale of any but original Rambrandts. And Senator Gargle became the hero of the hour, and boulevards and ba- bies and nut sundies were named after him. And all was well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
HEAVY COST OF THE MOSQUITO

An interesting report from a sur vey issued by the United States public health service in cooperation with a railroad south of St. Louis sets forth that forty-five per cent. of all the cases of sickness in that railroads s hospital are due to malaria caused by the mosquito. The report further states that thirty-five per cent. of all hospital admissions were found to be suffering from this disease, and that the malaria cases are twenty-five pe- cent. greater than all those injured in accidents and wrecks. This is only part of the story, because the census shows that only eighteen per cent. oi those suffering from malaria eve, enter hospitals.
 It is well to consider what this means economically, not to speak of the suffering, incidental labor losses, cost of treatment and the fatalities A similar condition exists in the agri- cultural and industrial fields of the same territory. It means millions of dollars of waste that could be avoided by proper regulations and action to remove the cause of the disease. This work is neither difficult nor expensive. Where the mosquito is permitted ta breed and multiply the losses to every business enterprise are very heavy. The territory referred to bears far heavier losses, not only in the enforced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
MAY BE A MATTER OF POLITICS

A
 The suggestion that President Cool idge may select Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. as successor to Ambassador George Harvey as the Court of St. James is probably based more upon desire. to get rid of party incubus than to honor man who has done much to make himself obnoxious to England. The Massachusetts senator has the learning, the culture and the wealth that are usually requirements for the premier diplomatic post; but either his personal inclinations or the exigencies of politics have made him strive so hard to win and maintain the support of his anti-British constitu- ents that he would seem an unhappy choice for the bringing about of a closer understanding between the United States and Great Britain. Pol itics moves in mysterious ways, how ever, and the president, with an eye on the nomination next year, may be induced to send abroad the Republican who squeezed through by such close majority in the last election and who is still one of the party's greatest handicaps in the Bay State.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
Stronger Politically

\HOuSton POSt)
 The economic consequences of bonus legislation are, of course, conjectural. and depend entirely upon the character and extent of the gratuities provided for and upon the measures adopted to finance them. A bond issue, for. instance, conceivably might af- feet all outstanding goyernment obligations adversely, and produce violent fluctuations in all security. values, to the hurt of business and investments everywhere. Increased surtaxes in the higher brack cts, excess profits taxes. a sales tax or other direct methods of obtain ing revenue would not only in volve a long and painful experi- ence for consumers and direct tax payers, but inevitably would usher in another period of imitation. which was so disastrous during and after the war. As tax burdens have become heavier in all sub- divisions of government since the war, which the unrest and discon- tent now so prevalent prove, just how heavier federal burdens would be accepted by the public remains to be seen. Internally, the coun- try might react to imitation and heavier tax burdens without a smash, but no such measure of taxes as would be necessary to pay bonus could be effected without greatly increasing the costs of production. A greatly in- creased cost of production in all exportable commodities certainly would affect adversely our foreign trade and produce confusion in do- nestle industry and business. In neither an economic nor ethical sense have the merits of the bonus improved since it was introduced as an issue in our politics. In a political sense, it has become stronger. so much stronger. in fact. that it is certain to triumph, in spite of the opposition of finan- ciers, industrial captains and the unorganized taxpayers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
 MEN

Joseph Black was one of the worlds greatest chemists, one of the men who made interesting tn- vestigations in heat, and in the properties of carbonic acid gas-- and that is the gas that bubbles so appetizingly in every glass Of soda wateri Great chemist that he was, he never even saw glass of the cooling beverage! Never theless, his investigations led the way to much of our modern chem istry and made possible number of the luxuries that we enjoy every day.
 He was a canny Scot, this Joseph Black. His mother was one of the famous Gordons. If you wish means read the history of the Gordon Highlanders. There is a history! It was written wherever there has been fierce fighting for British troopsl The mother of the chemist was one of that clan. Her home was up in Aberdeen shire, and though she spent much of her life in France far from the heather, she always sighed for the moors and the mists and the driving snows and rains of her bleak North.
 She married John Black, Scotchman. even though he came from Belfast, and they had gone to live near Bordeaux, in France. It was there that Joseph was born "a Frenchman by birth, with a Scotch mother and a Scotch father who came from Ireland. The fa- ther and the mother were both of them well educated. He will learn nothing but French if we send the boy to French schools!" the mother said. Send him up to Scotland! Nol The schools are small in Aberdeenshire! Send him to your home in Belfast" So at twelve off the boy went, leav- ing his mother crying behind in France-but every mother who is worth anything sacrifices herself for her boy-and cries because of it.
 Great men are all baptized by the tears of motherhood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
POLITICAL SIDE OF INQUIRIES

News dispatches tell of prepara- tions for some more congressional in- vestigations. It appears that the stage is being set for at least two inquiries when that body assemblies. One of these is the Teapot Dome oil deal which created unfavorable criticism of former Secretary of the Interior Falls department in disposing of cer- tain oil lands and privileges to private parties. Another subject for investi- gation is the operation of the vete- rans' bureau out of which. have grown many complaints from veterans of the World War and their relatives and friends as to hospital, vocational and other treatment accorded the veterans, many of whom were seriously injured in the service overseas or returned in weakened physical condition by req son of the hardships endured.
 In the investigation of the oil deals, as in that regarding the veterans bu- reau, there will be more or less invit- ing opportunities for many members of congress to play politics, and there will be openings for some congress- men to use these investigations to strengthen their political fences back home. It is possible that private in terests in connection with the oil transactions may have undertaken to 0o -hr 1i and put over something on the gov- ernment. Such policies are not con- fined to oil interests or other highly speculative fields when dealing with the government. It is possible, too, that there will be found some serious blunders in the conduct of the vete- rans' bureau. Where there is 50 much smoke, it is easy for the public to be- lieve that there is some fire, and many injured and sick soldiers have been bitter over their alleged treatment by the government since their return from overseas.
 The public, however, would take a deeper interest in these and other con gressional inquiries if so many of them were not timed to come along just be- fore political campaigns, thereby ere ating the impression among many who have watched that sort of thing for years that there is more political play than sincere desire for correcting faults in the public service lurking behind the action. It is not easy for the public to get excited over such sit nations until more of these inquiries result in practical improvement, in- stead of in spectacular publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
LABoR's CONSTRUCTIVE ACTION

Charges have been made for several years that radicalism was gradually increasing in the American Federation of Labor and that it was a question of time before certain foreign elc- ments and revolutionary ideas would be a controlling factor in the organi- zation. The annual convention at Portland is doing much to correct this impression and is thereby making new friends for the organization. The expulsion of William F. Dunne of Butte, Montana, from the convention by such an overwhelming vote demon strated clearly the temper and atti- tude of the delegates.
 Dunne is an avowed communist, and is editor of the Butte Bulletin. It is chiefly through this publication that his radical views have been given cir culation, although he is fiery speaker who loses no opportunity to give ut- terance to doctrines that are repug- nant not only to conscientious and iI.- telligent labor, but to the spirit of American institutions. After a debate of three hours, during which Dunne had opportunity to speak, the conven- tion revoked his credentials by vote of 27,837 to 130, the electrical work CTS, of which he claimed to be a mem- Der, voting with the majority.
 It sometimes happens that what is regarded as radical in one period is considered more or less conservative in another. It has not been long since President Gompers, along with Will liam Woll, vice president of the fed eration, and William Green, secretary treasurer of the United Mine Work CTS, were regarded by some as ex- ponents of form of radicalism which provoked unfavorable criticism from guardians of property interests. Yet these men are chiefly responsible for placing their organization upon a plane of hostility to that form of radicalism coming out of Russia, where there is little respect for prop erty rights and orderly government. It is encouraging to note that the fed eration is moved by patriotic motives in going on record in opposition to doctrines of subversion which are ad- vocated by few misguided revolu- tionary members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
ALL SHADES
 (S of OPINION0
Many States for Bonus
(Chicago Tribune)

kAAiCdSO V
 Cessation of payment of the H. .linois soldiers bonus is affording a topic of discussion among serv- ice men and their friends which is rapidly broadening into a revival of interest in the federal soldiers bonus bill. It is becoming more and more certain that this meas ure will be reintroduced and passed by large majority in the next session of congress. It will then be up to President Coolidge It will confront him with a deli cate political and economic prob lem. If he vetoes it he will win the approval of important finsn- cial interests, chiefly in the East. Economic arguments supporting such a course have been explained in detail by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, who was the chief opponent of the bonus in the Harding administration, and who probably will reappear in that ca pacity under Coolidge. If he signs it he will win the approval of nearly 4,000,000 service men and their families and friends who argue for it as a matter of pa triotic justice. There can be no doubt that such popular feeling is widespread. The action of score of states has proved it. Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine. Massa- chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota Missouri, Montana. Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Da- kota. Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island South Dakota, Vermont, Washing ton and Wisconsin have all passed bonus bills through popular refer endums with tremendous majori- ties, while Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho and Kentucky have made appropriations for relief of veterans, for aid in land settle- ments, or for free scholarships. That reveals the trend of public opinion on this issue. It reveals most exclusively the course con- gress will pursue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
POOR BOYS WHO
 BECAME FAMOUS By Frederick Houk Law
Joseph Turner

One of the very greatest of Eng fish painters, Joseph Turner, man whose mastery of color, of the delicate melting away into thes dimness of distance, and of overwhelming poetic effect, was so great that he has never had an equal. began life so handicapped that it is a miracle that he ever even succeeded in gaining reputa- tion at all.
 As a boy Joseph Turner was frail and undersized, delicate and sensitive. He had almost no op- portunity to go to school. At home he was scolded and berated. Apparently he was good for noth- ing. The one place where he found happiness at all was in his fathers barber shop in London. There he sat quietly and tried to draw pie lures. Strangely enough he drew surprisingly well, and his father had the intelligence to send him to men who could teach him more about drawing and painting. Now, little older, he hid away in his rooms at home or in the corner of the shop and devoted himself to painting. Very timidly, but proudly, too, he put his pictures in the barber shop window and offered them for sale at what he should call fifty or seventy-five cents picture.
 The years rolled by, and the boy grew into the famous Joseph Tur- ner, one of the most illustrious members of the London Academy. and one of the painters whose works most deeply affected the English people. Today in London there Is great gallery given over entirely to the pictures painted by him. In the libraries of the world are many books that comment on his work as an artist, and on the walls of countless galleries and homes are copies of the paintings he made. The most noted of these are scenes of Venice, where the mists melt into the distance. One powerful picture that is seen everywhere is "The Fighting Temperaire," a battleship lowed away through a harbor, wornout and useless.
 The barber's boy simply kept on drawing and painting. He cared for nothing else all his life. He did hack work for little money, painted pictures of scenery. and was content with poor place in which to live and with simple fare. When. he died at seventy six h a left A fortune of over S700. GOO. all made by his art, but he himself had remained as plain and unassuming, as kindly and patient and hard-working, ashe had been when he was only small boy in his fathers barber shop. He had glorified English art because he had concentrated all his ability on his one great gift.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-12
Another Cause for Worry

(Fayette, Mo-, Advertiser)
 Some people, think it is more humiliating to be mistaken than it is to lie.
 some form ito take an additional toll from consumers with every article they buy, is persistent in his purpose, it seems. in spite Of the fact that his sales tax pro- posals in the last congress were so generally condemned that they never saw the light in the shape of legislation. Senator Smoot calls his new scheme a luxury tax, but it is the same old sales tax under another name. What with the con- ditions and taxes we. already have. Fordney- y-McCumber and others. most of the necessities of the peo- pie have become the luxuries of the present. The $3.50 shoe is practically unknown to the masses. We believe, and one counts himself lucky indeed to find a respectable pair of shoes for the nowadays s plebeian price of s7.50s- But even If Senator Shoots luxury tax could be so devised as to fall di- rectly and in the first instance on the well-to-do, classes it would ui- timately be shifted in some form or other by the money changers and profitsers to. tho, toiling and moderately-to-d masses on whom the burden of all the taxes rests !" the last analysis.