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The Washington times., 1923-03-06

gled painfully; while his master,
Flaubert, hailed thirteen pages
of Madam BoVary" in one day
as his record.
. 1t was Blazac's boast that "A
Woman of Thirty" was finished
in a fortnight This would be
about 10000 words a week. He
thought nothing of working leigh.
two hours a day.
The Washington times., 1923-03-06

-
mic / wouldn't mind his
aIs - selfishness.' said Irma with
n q judicial air not untinged by the
1emotion it seemed striving to hide.
q cit is only because he means so
much to me that / resent his
thoughtlessness. Why shouldn't
ne take me to the shows want
10 see instead of Juggling me off
10 those he chooses? Why
doesn't he make engagements in
. advance instead of expecting me
20 be ready and anxious to see
him when he gets good and ready
TO see me? Sometimes I think
% he takes it for granted that I'll
put up with any slight rather
than lose him."
Would you?" asked.
Haven't I any personality"
countered Irma. Am l 20 take
.- off my pride and put it in my
pocket? You can't imagine how
Jimmie sights me and neglects
me. Sometimes he claims to be
90 busy he can't telephone me for
r. q week at a time. Sometimes he
takes another girl to the dance
I'd counted on going to-
Have you any claim on his
:. time or attentions?" / asked un-
equivocally.
"No-but if he's such good
10 friend, l don't see why he can't
think of me more unselfishly"-
IF you're as good friend az
you demand that Jimmie be, why
can't you think OF him more un-
selfishly?" 1 suggested.
Irma stared at me in wild-eyed
establishment.
p DO you mean to tell me that
. sidered first?' she demanded
sr"Do you think if a fellow is as
good a friend as Jimmie claims TO
be he doesn't have any obliga-
tons to give that girl first con.
sideration? When 1 speak to him
about how his neglect hurts me,
- he says he thought being togeth-
b. err is what counts and that it
doesn't matter so much how or
p when or where.
'" He even says that il there's a
show / want to see, If I'D just
telephone =him and say SO, he'd
like that a lot better than having
The Washington times., 1923-03-06
Household Hints

A pint of hot water, to which
has been added q teaspoonful of
borax, is an excellent cleanser
for sponges.
Food cooked in a casserole is
more wholesome and of better
flavor than that done in any
metal utensil.
When boiling ham leave it in
the water in which it, has been
boiled until quite cold. This will
make 1t juicy and tendsr.
The Washington times., 1923-03-06

Andrew marveled at the man.
ner' she carried off the whole
affair. If he harbored any fears
that as a wife she would rule
with a wilful hand he did not
show them. Every man imagines
that he is capable of playing the
master.
Julie and her complainant hus-
band had witnessed too many
of the elder Kings storms to
be worried at his latest effer-
vescence; none of them realized
that the man of millions had
come to the end of his patience.
It wasn't that he loved his chill
drn less, but he was beginning to
love his own comfort more.
And frivolity added ito the
huge expenses of the country
place offended his sense of the
fitness of things.
While the party amused it.
self Mr.. King was doing some
deep thinking; he owned a small
farm on which he had passed his
early days and which he had re-
purchased in the beginning of his
prosperity days with the idea of
a haven in case he ever went
broke.
Hard work had been his own
share in life. and he believed
in it: it had done lot for him
and he thought now it might
do lot for his daughters;
grim smile, appeared on his lips
as he thought of young De Witt
on the farm; likewise Horace;
and as for the elegant Eva and
the luxury loving Juliet was
to laugh.
Why Not the Farm?
Why not ship them all to the
rural delights OF this Mecca of
toll and let them learn that
dollar earned is a vastly different
thing from a dollar spent?
No sooner thought on than de-
cided. He went to bed with a
peaceful mind. prepared to spring
his bomb at breakfast, and wait
ing with q good deal Of glee to
seeI the expressions on their faces
when he told them the news.
Morning came and Mr.. King
was UP early; too early for the
rest of his blood He sat down
to a solitary breakfast, and such
is the inconsistency of the hu.
The Washington times., 1923-03-06

"Adam and Eva has been Gre
Aled into . superb photo play by
Cosmopolitan Productions from
the famous Broadway success by
Guy Bolton and George Middle
ton, direction Of Robert 8. Wig.
noIa. Scenario by Luther Reed.
&c will be released as Para
mount picture.
The Washington times., 1923-03-06
BY Blanche Silver.
Peggy Discovers q Queer Little
Family.

~ EGGY looked around at the
- several mounds of earth
u. then ran up to inspect the
nearest one All the dirt that had
been burrowed out had been piled
high at the entrance, which was a
hole about a foot and half wide.
at wonder who lives here"
Peggy unused, and patted her foot
softly on the ground three times.
Out of the hole came a funny,
long head. Peggy stepped back
quickly.
"Well, why did you rap at my
door If you're afraid?" asked a
squeaky voice. ''It sounded like
Squeedee's knock. That's how /
The Washington times., 1923-03-06
By Beatrice Fairfax,
Who Occupies a Unique Position
in the Writing World as an Au-
thOrity on the Problems of Girls.

([TF | weren't so fond of Jim
mic / wouldn't mind his
n. u selfishness. said Irma with
The Washington times., 1923-03-06

TN RANCE should rear a statue
a mile high to honor the
- memory of the renna rka bile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
English Public Opinion Is Seeking Closer Coopeoton Wh United State
FILES DAMAGE SUIT
 AGAINST EX-STEPS0N
Mrs. Stokes Asks For S1,000,000
 From Former Husbands Son

CHICAGO, August 17.-W E. D. Stokes, Jr., once named by his mil- lionaire father, the New York hourse- man and hotel owner, as a core pondent in the later's suit for di- Vorce against Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes was made defendant in S1 100000 damage suit filed by Mrs. Stokes, his stepmother, here late Fri day.
 Mrs. Stokes charges her stepson with having engaged in plot to de.
 Stokes, IT,. otherwise known as "Weddy," was the author of the
 famous darling pop" letter which the elder Stokes attempted to use in his suit. Mrs. Stokes finally won her divorce suit after long and sensa- tional legal battle.
 Attorneys for Mrs. Stokes filed only a praecipe Friday and would not divulge further information, but Mrs. Stokes herself made it plain that she was charging her stepson, who is about 25 years old and graduate of the University of Chicago law school, with defamation of her character
 'The action filed speaks for itself" she said. You will recall my suit in New York and it was proven that witnesses who testified against me were bought and paid for. some have made their confessions of perjury to the district attorney of New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
WILL USE FORCE. TO OBTAIN SITE. FOR COURT HOUSE
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ceedings when they came before Judge J. P. Stiles of the probate court. Approximately $77000 has been offered for the Tutwiler prop erty, s35,000 for the Newbold plot, aile $15, 1000 for Mrs. Wares holdings.
 It was rumored at the courthouse several weeks ago. immediately aft CT the board voted to exercise options on the entire block on the east side of Capitol park, that number of flaws had been found in the titles of various plots and 1t was stated by officials that the acceptance of the property would be delayed indefinite ly. Deeds to the property, now in escrow, and which have been pro- nounced clear by county attorneys, are as follows: Joint holdings of F. E. Butler and S. k. Garrett totaling sS5,0O0; part of the Townley estate. $15,000; J. k. Penny SS0,000; P H. Anderson, $30,O0O, and Mrs. Mary J. Nelson, S25,000.
 The total sum offered by t,e board and accepted by Hill Ferguson is $26-.000, but members of the board told a representative of The < ge- Herald that it may cOse approxi- mately $1,000 or perhaps S3,000 for expenses of tle condemnation pro- eeedings and to clear all deeds to the plot.
 condemnatio .proeeedinss --are usually heard by an Arbitration board of three persones. under the supervf- sion of the probate judge. These three lersons are chosen from abort fifteen persons acquainted ith realty conditions in the city.
 Another feature of condemnati ton proceedings, which Ferguson sought to avoid, is that the county must pay cash for condemned property upon decision of the arbitration board This would make about fifty per cent of the purchase price to be paid in cash,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
5OO,O0O OPOUNDSFLOUR SHIPPED FROM MOBILE
Two Ships Enter During Day And
 Three Leave

MOBILE, Ala. August 17.-C CSpe- cial Leased Wire.) )AMobile's port ac- tivity took on some of it's old time appearance Friday when the customs house and harbormaster' office were put to work clearing and entering, bringing in and sending out ships. Two ships arrived, one a steamer and the other a schooner, while three went out, two laden with general car go and one light
 The Munson Liner Hundvaago, fly ing the Norwegian flaG left during the morning Friday for CHban ports with large cargoes to Havana, Cai- barien and Cardenas. A great quan- tity of flour was carried by the Hundwaago, there being over 800 900 pounds of 1t shipped, a total of more than 250 tons. Caibarien got 292,000 pounds of it, while the biggest part of the remainder went to Havana.
 Lumber constituted the cargo of the British steamer -~Namesmede which sailed for the South American ports of Bahia Blanca and Buenos Aires. The former port got the big gest part of the cargo with LOSS. 945 superficial feet of pine lumber This totalled 2,250 tons. Buenos Aires got 450,075 superficial feet. or 902 tons.
 The R. N and J. S. Taylor steamer KongshNn, which arrived today, brought in cargo of manganese ore from Santiago Cuba, which will be loaded onto barges and shipped, up the river to Birmingp0rt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
LEGISLATURE IS ! COSTING STATE
 $l,4OO PER DAY
Brandon Asks SOIonS To Complete Work Early
 As Possible /
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HERALD ! Montgomery, Ala, Aug. III

Speaking to the senate through Lieut. Gov. Charles S. McDowell. Governor Brandon today appealed to the legislature to complete it's work at the earliest possible moment. Mir McDowel said the governor requested him to say that the cost of the present session of the legislature Is S1, 400 a day or approximately $10,000 week, which is causing a heavy drain on the state treasury.
 Governor Brandon is convinced that the legislature should finish all important legislation zand adjourn sine die about September 15 With the disposition of the revenue bill and the bill adopting the state code, the greatest fights are over. It IS probable the consideration of the agricultural code will take some time, but it is probable all other measures can be rushed through the two houses.
 The general appropriation bills and the bill submitting to the peo- pie constitutional amendment which would permit the collection of a special educational tax of 4 mills probably will be introduced during the arly days of next week,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
BATTLE MOB RULE
Six Motorcycle officers At Macon
 Assigned To FIOGging Cases

MACON, Ga., August 1I.-Six mo- torcycle officers have been detailed by Sheriff J. R. Hicks and Police Chief Martin Thompson for "flog- ging" duty, it was announced todaq. TAis squad, it was said, will perform no other cUty except those that have to d. with Kidnapping and flogging cases.
 The sheriff said members of his office, if notified promptly, he be- lieved the "flogglng squad" can cap ture the whipping gang that has been terrorizing Macon and Bibb county for several weeks with their whipping parties.
 The sherief, it was also announced today, will appear before the Macon Civic clubs. and request that they help swell the fund being raised for reward for the arrest and convic- ton of the guilty parties. The fund new totals $2,100 and it is hoped, it WAS said, to increase it to S5,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
MAN IS ARRESTED FOR GIVING FRIEND
 POISONOUS CANDY
Woman And Child Become Violently III From Eat
 ing Sweets

MEMPHIS, Tenn, August IT, Calvin Harris, Al railroad switch man arrested today as suspect in the poisoning of Mrs. H. G. Anderson and John Mason 5-year-old boy, who became violently iii after eating piece of candy from box sent to the house by an unidentified man, was dockete1 on d charge of assault to commit first degree murder hy ad- ministering poison.'
 Police Investigating the affair to- night while con BtinUiEe their e&ami- nation of Harris, we're informed by local pharmacists that he had sold Harris the poison yesterday when the man told him he wished to use 1t to kill q dog. Harris had inquired the best means of using the poison to end the animals life, the druggist declared.
 Harris formerly was a yroomer at Mrs. AndersOn's house while the woman was a widow, before her mar riage to Anderson. railroad engi- neer After the marriage Anderson had elected him from the home, Har ris told authorities today
 Rigid questioning of Harris was continued late tonight by police off eers, who sought motive for the alleged act of their prisoner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
GoMPERS STILL FREE
Continues UnioniztnE Work Despite
 Order Of Court

Continues UniOniztnE Work Despite
 Order Of Court
 CHICAGO, August l7.-SamueI Gompers, president of. the American Federation of Labor, was still a free man Friday night and expected to retain that status indefinitely.
 No official reaction has been forth coming to the veteran labor leaders defiance of the federal write re- straining the garment workers union from soliciting for union mem- bership any employe of Mitchell Brothers company, Chicago, clotn- ing concern, and Gompers does not believe he will be prosecuted. He will be here for the next week, however.
 Federal Judge George A. Carpen- ter, who issuel the injunction. claimed by labor leaders to be the second most sweeping in the his tory of American jurisprudence, is vaationing, and could not be reached.
 The garment workers interna- tional is fighting to unionize 25O shops in Chicago. The injunction bars its members and officials from be- ing lettering around the Mitchell concerns headquarters or sending letters, telegrams or verbal communi- cations to workers in an attempt to persuade them to join the union.
 Speaking at a special meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor, Gompers said that if there was garment worker in the hall, he would advise him, if he had the opportunity, not to return to work until he had been organized
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
LEE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MEETING HELD
Co-Operation And Organization
 Stressed By President O'Neal


 AUBURN, Ala, August 17-(Spe- cial .)EThe second annual meeting of the Lee county farm bureau held here today was attended by over 400 people. Addresses were delivere,. by col. T. D. Sanford, Oplika E. A. O'Neal, president of the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation, 1I. T. Wells, county agent, and l. J. Dorsey, Cpe- lika. O'Neal discussed the import ance of cooperation and told of the achievements of organization along different lines. He declared that the only way whereby farmers make farming as profitable as it should be and make of agriculture a prosper ous industry is by organization fol- lowed by cooperation among the farmers.
 Nr O'Neal made special mention of the low purchasing power of farm products as compared with organized farm labor adding the difference is due to organization" Prior to ad- journment for luncheon, at which time the visiting farmers were the guests of the agricultural col cge and extension service at delightful barbecue. All officers were re- elected. including T. J. Whatley, president; Robert Hudson, first vice president; Robert Johnson, second vice president, and George Glover, secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
TO ERECT SHAFT TO JESSE JAMES, HORSE
Monument In Honor Of Famous
 Steed Planned By Widow

LIBERTY, Mo, August 17.-Jesse James horse is going to have monument erected in it's honor.
 Mrs. Frank James, widow of one of the famous bandit brothers, made arr. rangements today to erect a suitable memorial to Dan" famous thorough bred Arabian noted for speed and beauty, which her husband rode in the notorious raids. "Dan" was a son of Betsy" the famous horse of Jesse James. Betsy" will also be remembered in the memorial
 Dan" died last week at Kearney, Mo-, where his master was born and reared and where he spent the re- matning years of his life after being pardoned from prison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
SOLONS ADJOURN.
 DESPITE \ ] ' ICE. r R0M GOVERNOR.
HiIdreth And CroftS Bills Produce Mirth In
 Houses
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU 1
 THE AGE-HERALD I MOntgOmery, Ala. Aug. F

Despite the plea of Lieutenant Governor McDowell to speed proceed ings sO as to close the legislative session as soon IS possible, the sen ate concurred with the house in a joint resolution to meet again after adjournment Friday next Tuesday at 2 o'clock. The senate had voted to meet Monday, but the resolution from the house named Tuesday as the next legislative day. Senator Powell offered an amendment ad- journing till Monday, but 1t was pointed out that the house was be- hind in it's work and needed more time than was consumed in the sen ate.
 The senate chamber was scene of confusion and mirth for several moments when Senator Hildreth 8 bill tending to regulate the dry cleaning and pressing business in Alabama came up for passage. Those of the public who think senate pro- ceedings are dry and very dignified would have been shocked the way the senators poked fun at the bill; the way they gathered around the press table and talked and laughed.
 Several senators opposed passage of the bill, although the bill affected only the larger cities of Alabama. It was Senator Martin that caused the greatest laughter when he read part of the bill. the part describing the kind of machinery to be used.
 Ut seems to me-" said Senator Martin, 'that we are trying to regu- late everything. Why, I don't doubt but what we will be asked to regu- late the washing of clothes by ne- groes soon. The very idea of saying how a man shall get his brooches pressed"
 Senator Martins speech kept the chamber in laughter for several mo- ments. The bill was finally indefi- nitely postponed by a 17-14 vote. Craft's Careful Crossing Bill.
 Another bill that caused some mirth was the bill of Senator Craft, which provided for all motor driven vehicles to stop before crossing rail- road tracks. Senator Hutson de- nounced it as ridiculous and un- necessary" and asked that 1t be de- feated.
 Jokingly, Senator Jones of Barbour offered an amendment that it not become a law until the Barbour county road was completed. The bill was defeated by 6-26 vote.
 Other bills passed were as fol- lows;
 By Senator overton, validating elections for the S-mill school tax already held.
 By Senator Teasley, one providing for humane officer in Montgomery and a second providing for full time clerk for the juvenile court.
 By Mr. Dickinson. repeating the act creating a special school dis trict in Autauga county. Vote $40.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
THREE SOLDIER SKELTONS ARE FOUND AT SELMA

SELMA Ala, August 17.-(Spe- cial Leased Wire )-The skeletons of three male human beings were discovered Friday morning while excavations were being made in the yard of Mrs. John w. Robin son They ars believed to be the skeletons of federal soldiers killed t the battle of Selma in 1865 and buried at the spot of the excava- ton. This belief is induced by the fact that metallic buttons with the inscription U. $. A. plainly visible were found intermmg1ed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
SURE BONUS WILL PASS

WASHINGTON, August 17.-Even if President Coolidge vetoes the bonus bill when 1t is presented to the next Congress, it will easily be passed over his disapproval. American Legion officials predicted here Friday Speculation as to how the President stands on the bonus is not giving friends of the measure any concern thought his approval of a state bonus in Massachusetts is regarded as a favorable indication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
OFFICIALS NOT ALARMED
Devils Grippe" In Virginia Not Re
 garded As Serious

WASHINGTON August 1.-The reappearance of the "devils grippe" in portions of Virginia has caused no apprehension among officials of the public health service. it was learned here, although all are highly inter- ested in the strange disease. No deaths have been reported as yet nor has the surgeon general received reports of it's spread from the local districts from which 400 cases have been reported. There is no cause for worry on account of the disease, it was stated.
 Very little is known of the devils grippe" as no descriptions have been received it's first appearance in the neighborhood of Charlottesville in 1888 when it spread among university students. While the disease apparent ly has been confined mostly to per sons under q years old, several cases of adult cases have been found. Public health officials have as yet been unable to determine either the cause of the malady or the agent of its spread.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
MAY ARREST INSTRUCTORS

CHICAGO, August 17,-Accounts of brutal treatment and "unspeakable" conditions at the parental school, as told in criminal court Friday by 12 boys from the institution, may lead to the arrest of two instructors and their wives. The investigation fol- lows the death of 15-year- -old Jimmy Wright, whose body was found hang ing in a school cell. Suicide, through fear of punishment, was the explana- tion of teachers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
RATTLE RIG OIL RI.AzE

TIDJoIDNI IG8u AuBusT II.-MOrG than 150 men Friday night were fighting a fierce fire which is threat ening to destroy the huge tank farm of the Humble oil and Refining com pany, near here.
 Damage estimated at s2O0,000 al- ready has been done, when a huge tank was fired by lightning during a thunder storm. Two large tanks, containing 2,750,000 barrels of oil valued at SA000,000 are in the pk.h of the flames
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
LAST MINUTE
 NEWS BRIEFS
 OFF THE WIRE
LAND DIsPUTE FATAI.

TRACY CITY, Tenn, August IT, Peter McGovern was shot and in- stantly killed by James Ross at the home of the former near Palmer, late this afternoon, according to in- formation reaching here, the trouble growing out of a dispute over owner ship of land. It is said that bad blood existed between the two fam flies for some time. Ross is about 70 years old and McGovern was 50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-18
WANTS MOBILE COMMISSION

Senator Craft today introduced a bin in the senate providing for the appointment of a special commission for the selection of officers whp will hold the municipal election in Mo- bile. The Dill proposes a system whereby the city commissioners of Mobile a majority of whom are can didates for reelection, will not be permitted to name the officers who will conduct the election. 1t was pre- sented as an amendment of Section 10 of the city commission act for Mobile, and was referred to the com mittee on municipalities and munici- pal organizations