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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-19
RUSSIA TRIES TO EMERGE

Better news is coming out of Russia here of late. Most visitors of note agree that the program of financial reform is showing results. With the reform in currency is a reform in economic, industrial and living condi- tions. Confiscation has given way to taxation, and Russians enjoy the dis tinction perhaps of being the first people on earth to welcome taxation with relief and open arms. Taxation is burdensome, to be sure, but the Russians can assure us that there are other burdens thousand times heavier and harder to bear. Of course, con- ditions are still far from normal, but the people are much encouraged by the fact that they are steadily getting better. Law and order are taking the place of violence and courts are su- perseding courts-martial. The house holder is again secure from insolence and the farmer no longer sees the fruits of his toil wrested from him without recompense. The frenzy of Bolshevism has passed away and now, under the brightening sky of a more promising future, there is a busy eff fort to repair the ravages of that so- cial and political hurricane.
 The ruble long ago declined to q value beneath the contempt of foreign exchange. The gold supply had dwindled until it was no longer sui ficient to guarantee the purchase af necessities from abroad. Russia had to do something, and her soviet leaders surrendered all their visionary prac- tices to solicit the help and advice of the best minds among them. The new policy of currency reform is given by the London Economic Review, which quotes British business man as fol- lows, according to the Literary Digest:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-19
His Oath

(Everybody's Magazine) DO you know the nature of an oath, madam?"
 Well, I ought to. sir. We have just moved, and my husband put down the carpet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-19
THa5sSss8@IsfORCEf I BE APER

In our mortal life time is the es- sence of the contract.
 A fish doesn't need an eyelid, for it never winks anyhow.
 "What makes these walnuts so hard to crack?"
 "Well, you see, they've never been opened before"
 If time hangs heavy on your hands, try owing money to 9 bank.
 The Manchester Guardian seems to think that as a prime minister Lloyd George is past his prime.
 They often speak of the quarter backs, halfbacks and fullbacks that go to make up football team, but never mention greenbacks.
 'Air Plane in Crash With Auto" The motor cars have flying ships to
 smite lem, And so the slaughter grows ad infini-
 tum.
 The Kansas City Mems Bible Glass accuses the Long Beach Business Mems Bible Class of dealing off the bottom. This is the height of some thing, but we don't know what.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-19

Let's go to see If Winter Comes. /" "Lets not. l don't like these win ter scenes. I'd rather see something tropical"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-19

The time to get doctors prescrip- tion is not before buying likker, but after drinking it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-19

It's not always his business that makes the tired business man tired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-19
THE AGE-HERALD
l. THOMPSON. .PREsTDENr

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as second-class matter under act of Con- gress. March 6, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-19

Around my desk the painters
 Are smearing gobs of paint. It ain't no rose that blooms and blows I'll tell the world it tain't!-Contrib
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-19

In our mortal life time is the es sence of the contract.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21
ANCIENT CLAIM
is UNSETTLED
Congress Has Bill From
War OF 1912 Days
BY JOHN CARSON


WASHINGTON. March 2i.-Tht
good brig Warrior. duly commits.
STONED priyateer. swept out 10 do bat.
10 with the British brig Dundee.
II was March rs. 1915. The war
OF 1919 was not yet ended To the
better brig went tho spolls After
tho chase and tho fight. tho Warrior
won.
Tho result Is that congress has a
bin before Il, approved by tho sen.
ate committee on claims. 90 settle
some Of the difficulties growing out
OF tho capture 81 the British brig
Dundee. Tho bill win give iii.bsabs
20 some heirs Of tho builders OF the
Warrior.
The incident began and ended i0s
years ago. Congress still has the
claim bill. This Is one OF tho oldest
claims before the senate. n failed in
the last session. ne Il has IN others.
uitho Il has had committee approval
repeatedly. Florence +. Lee. OF Con.
ncctcut. representing some heirs of
Noah and Adam Brown. builders OF
tho Warrior. comes back each session
and tries 20 get tho claim passed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21
DEFENSES ARE
INSUFFICIENT

ABOARD u. S. S. HENDERSON.
March 2i.-By Wireless. Both air
and land defcnscs OF the Panama
canal are woefuliy deficient. and
should be strengthened Immediately
20 prevent an enemy feet blocking
the channel In the event OF war Ad.
mlral Jones' eommRnderin-chicf OF
tho T. s. fleet. told Admiral DENLY
and his congressional party aboard
the Henderson today.
Fatal weaknesses in the defenses
were uncovered during tho naval
maneuvers or the canal. Admiral
Jones said. lie advocated fortified.
ton OF Toboga Island at the Pacific
entrance OF the canal with i6.lneh
guns 20 prevent bombardment OF
Miraflores locks. Pacific fortified.
lions are too closely grouped TO do.
fend the locks from sea attack and
tho present air forces are lnsulfi.
cient 10 defend II from above
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21

Ing pledge:
we. the undersigned. promise.
God helping rs. never 10 use intox
ica,ing liquors ~ beverage"
''BootleEgerS7' echoes Davis
They'll starvo out n people who
have voted dry win quit buying
booze from them and become dry
personally a. well rs politically"
This II Davis idea OF how 10
make his state dryer And his idea
u no longer confined 20 the one
pledge book In tho executive office
City and county officials all over
the state arc opening similar books
AZ tho governors urging and many
thounands OF signatures have nj.
ready been secured.
Tho governor himself was the
mt 70 sign HIS own piedEe.book.
Attorney General Charles u. Grif.
fin. whose job Il Il 20 prosecute
liouor law violations. was tho sec.
ond. and George l.. Kreck. mayor
OF Lawrence. third.
Governor Davis doesn't claim the
idea IL original with him He got
the 'huneh- from reading OF the
plea that Congressman upshaw of
oeorgia made on the floor OF con.
Ercxs that government officials.
from President Harding on down.
should act an example 20 the
American people by pledsing them.
selves not 10 buy or drink liquor.
During and since tho war" said
Governor Davis today. "thero has
been spirit OF lawlcssnesa every.
where 1, has been accompanied
by n serious breakdown In the
morale OF the people. Many OF
them think II Is highly proper for
them TO violate the laws.
There AFRO men and women who
seldom used liquor few years nEo
but who now regard II as a necus.
sary part OF their lives 10 doliber>
atciy seek 10 violate tho law and
TO use liquor. This Ia the spirit
that must be changed and ! hopo
60 be ablo 10 accomplish much in
this limo thru tho signing OF the
pledge"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21

dotted liner he rays.
And the man or woman who
signs does so underneath tho follow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21
SKAGIT BONDS
MAY Be SOLD
Council 10 Pass on Bid OF
$102.385

skaglt power bonds. a drug on the
market a few weeks ago. viii be- sold
az siosssS Wednesday. N the city
council lndorses the report OF the
finance committee that the bid OF
DIX q outland. Inc, bond brokers. OF.
fering s6o.ioo above par FOR tho
$3.50, oo0 issue be accepted.
Tho Dix a Outland hid Was the
only one submitted. but Robert II.
Muir Seattle representative OF n. C.
Stouie s Co. submitted a proposal
asking for an additional day IN which
TO consult with his chiefs and submit
a bid on the bonds
Finance committee members do.
elared this would not be fair 10 DIX
a outland. Inc, and n reoommendR.
ton that tho bonds be sold 10 the
firm was 90 be made az a special
council meeting Wednesday after
noon.
oscar r. Dix represents a syndl
cate composed Of Dix a outland.
Inc. seipp. Prineell q Co. and Bol.
ger, Mosser 4 Williams, OF Chicago
and New York
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21
Schools for Dry
Agents Organized

WASHINGTON. March si.-
Schools for tho training OF prohlhl.
ton agents In New York win be or.
sanized by Prohibition Commissioner
Haynes, =, c. Yellowley and ]. j.
Britt II the prohibition board Of
strategy.
Tho three win 30 10 New York on
April 8 and hold class AZ Prohibit.
ton headquarters. communicating TO
the agents the latest innovations OF
bootlcggers' methods. Similar classes
win be held in other sections OF tho
country.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21
600 Pairs of
Children S Fiber
Silk HaLf-Sox
At SOC Pair

Unusually good value is offered In
this Sample Lot Of 600 pairs Children's
Fiber Silk Half Sox Assorted colors,
fancy effects, and sizes in the lot. I'M
usually low-priced, at SOC pair.
THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21

Here is Sho,Un the prince. of
Wales aUea,ing q ne,O style
battle and wing collar aOhich
is to be all the rage for male
Easter outfits. The wide-
aUinged collar and the "but-
tertty bo,c" haze been 0iuen
the seal Of approval on Eng
lands glass of fashion and
mold of form
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21
Service
to Alaska Planned

Intending 10 supplant the present
cable OF the army signal corps con.
Meeting Seattle and Alaska, the Alas.
ka Communication Service, an.
nounced Tuesday thru It's president,
Albert Anderson Pope. that n wire.
lcss telegraph service Is to be estab.
lished.
The project Is being financed BY
Eastern capital, and will have its
central offices in Seattle. Direct
wiro communication will be estab.
lishcd with the main sending station
at Grays Harbor. The main Alaska
sending and receiving station will be
located at Anchorage.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21
Kansas Governor Plans
to StdrUe BOOtIeggers
Executive Making State Dryer by Getting
Thousands to Sign Pledge

TOPEKA. Kan. March IL
Jonathan NJ. Davis. Kansas new
democratic governor. has placed a
desk In his outer office End on top
OF the desk bis. thick blank.
book.
Now you Kansas folks who say
you arc sincere in wanting real
enforcement Of the volStead act,
step up and sign your name on tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21
Won1en's Silk
boot Stockings
Reduced to Use the Pain

Just 500 pairs Of Women's Silk-boot
Stockings, including in the assortment:
Drop-stitch effects, Clocks, colors and
plain black Assorted sizes in the lot.
Reduced price, 75c pair.
HBpoWNSTAIRs STORE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21

)bers OF
)of silly
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pas told
Because
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b. priv
Ito suit
bnot ba
tre men
Rke our
children
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21
Talent

II you're not reading tho
4 "Ayrldge Mann" letters IN
The Star every night you're
missing bits Of mingled within
steal humor and common sense
that. II syndicated nationally
BY some hlg news organization
instead OF being written and
printed locally. would place
SIR. France in tho foremost
rank Of contemporary Ameri-
can writerh
II Is 30 much better than
much other stuff that Is being
Hyudicaled that there Is no
comparison scrccnlsnd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-21

Stasia LadoUd beautiful young toe dancer oho the star
Of The Land Of Fanasie" noW at the Moore, is ion-
ming pords Of applause from Seattle folks Aho she is
American girl Nth only adopted European name her art
srpdsses that Of Bdnv Of the best aowR of Erope's
dancers She explains that she adopted the iohen she
started on the stage knoscnG that art IN this day Amer
tca icouh only be regarded such ohen stamped t0i
European hall mark but reveals il because il cannot
take her fame
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
FEAR IS WORST
BUGABOO ON
GR|I)|RQN
Ed Chestnut overcaHne Quality
and Became Hard Boiled
Player.

For several falls DOC Williams,
when coach Of the Gopher eleven,
received valuable assistance from
the late Tom Shevlin, q citizen Of
Minnesota and Ya1e's great All
America end.
ShevIin was q man who didn't
know the meaning Of the word
fear. And he simply couldn't stand
to see it crop up in another foot
bah player.
At the time young chap named
Ed Chestnut was trying for q quar-
terback berth with Minnesota. Ed
had been rather q. nervous fellow
and held back q bit In some Of the.
practice scrimmages.
Shevlin watched him few mo-
ments, then broke loose. Are you
scared?" he said. Got cold feet?
No man has chance to make this
team IL he's afraid Of q few bumps.
Dig in there and show 'em you're
q man."
They say from that moment
Chestnut was q changed parsonage.
To prove to Tom he wasn't afraid,
he went to the other extreme. His
playing was fierce and rough. In
fact, that season he was removed
from q couple Of the important
games for alleged smuggling.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
BRooKLANDERs TOYING
HARD FOR COMING GAME

Tom Gor1nley ana Jack Hegarty
are driving their BrooIxIand grid
ders hard this week in anticipation
Of Saturdays game with Washing
ton college. The visitors are known
to be strong and fast and the G. U.
coaches do not mean to be caught
asleep at the switch.
Some changes have been made In
the Brookland lineup. Fitzgerald
has been moved from center to
tackle in the hope of boIstering that
position. White and McGann are
battling for the center berth.
Donoghue is playing end, team
ing with Lawlor. Donoghue is
adept at taking forward passes and
for this reason has been given q
regular job on the end OF the line.
Saturdays game between G. u.
and Washington College win be
the only one played in the Capital
and plans are being made to handle
q large crowd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
MOHAWKS PREPARED
FOR FIRST REAL FOE

Next Sunday the Mohawk foot
ball team will meet it's first for
nidable rival for the sandlot cham
pionship of the city, when the
Georgetown A. c. is encountered at
Union Park.
None of the games played by the
Indians thus far have had strong
bearing on the title, unless it was
that with the Apaches. The
Apaches, though beaten by the Mo-
hawks, are still in the running.
A year ago, the Mohawks and
Georgetown A. G. met twice, the
first battle being a scoreless tie
and the second q victory for the
Mohawks. Rivalry was born of
these two contests that makes the
approaching game a sandlot fea-
tire. The Georgetown A. G. has
given it's great attention to two
games, those with the Mohawks
and Mercury elevens. The Mo-
hawks look for a stubborn resist
ance next Sunday, and are said 10
he prepared for 1t.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
BOBGREENNOOD
AND WAT WIN
FORBUS|NESS
Stenographers Pull Upset in
Defeating Eastern High
Gridironers.

Bob Greenwood, valiant gridiron
captain, and Wally Watt are heroes
at Business High School today.
Their splendid work was the punch
that defeated Eastern, to 6, and
caused an upset in the high school
championship series.
Captain Greenwood, who played a
whirlwind game throughout, broke
through and blocked a punt by Tack
Smith in the first period, then fell
on it behind the Eastern goal for a
touchdown. Watt kicked the extra
point and It turned out to be the
margin OF victory.
It was Watts punting that
brought Business the break which
Greenwood capitalized. Watt got
the better Of a punting contest with
Smith and backed Eastern close to
its goal line.
Stocky Bill Doudabush, Eastern
back, and sterling all-round
athlete, produced the biggest thrill
OF the contest. In the third
quarter, he intercepted forward
pass and ran through the Business
team seventy-two yards for a
touchdown. Sutton missed the
extra. point.
Next Friday, Central and Teen
win mefet in the feature game OF
the series.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
NJ GRAW WAN IS
F0URFLAGS
IN ROW
Giants Manager VIII Hardly
Quit Until He Fails to
Set New Record.

The report that John McGraw
would step into the presidents chair
on the Giants and turn his mama
gerial job over to Jennings again
has been revived. If there is one
year in which McGraw win not sur
render the managerial reins Of the
Giants to Jennings or some one else
that year is 1924.
Like every man who has made q
success in his life's work, McGraw
takes a justifiable pride in his rec
orCis. He holds the managerial rec
ord with nine major league cham
pionships and managed the club
which won tSVentY-six games, the
longest big league winning streak.
There is another record that Nc
Graw is after, and 1924 probably
VIII give him his last crack at It.
That is the distinction Of winning
four successive championships
something which never has been
done by any manager in either the
National or American leagues.
McGraw had this honor within
his grasp in 1914, when his team
led for five months Of the season,
only to lose out In September. when
Stalling's miracle team in Boston
shot ahead of the Giants in q hot
September finish. The disappoint-
ment Of losing that flag was not
lessened by the fact that it pre-
vented McGraw from setting a new
record for consecutive champion
ships.
And now, for the second time in
his career, McGraw has chance
at this record. Higgins also is out
for this honor in 1924. Regardless
of what the rest Of the country may
think of our annual all-NeW York
worlds series serial. the fact that
McGraw and Higgins both have a
chance to set new record for the
National and American leagues will
spur them on in 1924 with as great
an incentive as though they were
after their first pennants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
Too Much Air Ii Ball
To Suit Cornell 5
Gloomy Coach

SpoTtdOnn,s notable book IS
further enriched BY Gilmore
Dobie, coach Of the Cornell
team. Just before the game
with Dartmouth started Dobie
walked out to Referee Eddie
o,Brien and inspected the bali.
Evidently he didn't Ike the
leather, for he pressed it with
his thumbs and then called over
one Of the Ithaca managers.
Haven't We bah here - ask
ed Dobie.
eve have" replied the mani
ager.
O'Brien demanded, Whats
the matter with this ball 2"
To his anazement Dobie re-
piled: Its blown up too hard
Never before In the recolIec-
tion Of old football men has
such an objection been made.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
WEST VIRGINIA WINNER
ON FOOTBALL BIRTHDAY

NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-Intercol.
legiate football had it's birthday on
November 6, 1869, with Rutgers one
of the contestants. Yesterday saw
Rutgers celebrating its birthday in
a soggy battle on the Polo Grounds
with Cutie Spears big West Vir-
ginia eleven, The Mountaineers
triumphed, q to z.
The MountaineerS made four
beautiful parades down the field
each ending in a touchdown. Mar
dacci, Simons and Eckberg were the
greatest ground gamers for West
Virginia. Those parades averaged
sixty-three yards each, showing the,
consistency Of the attack.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
HIGH SCHOOL BOY WINS
LIBERTY CUP TOURNEY

Reginald LOTUS, Western High
School boy. defeated GEM G. G..
Treat, 8 and 1, for the Liberty Cup
at Chevy Chase yesterday, placing
his name in company with those
of Morven Thompson, DR.. William
B. Mason, j. Donald Cassels and
Walter e. Tuckerman, former win
ners.
LOTUS and General Treat finished
all square in the final round last
Saturday and played it off in a nine
hole match yesterday. The heavy
going proved an aid to the youngster
and a handicap upon his older op-
ponent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
HILLTOP FRESHIES ARE
FACING TOUGH CONTEST

With the varsity resting, George
towns freshman eleven is attracting
all attention at the Hilltop. Bill
Kenyon's young charges are facing
a tough contest at Annapolis, going
up against the Navy Plebes. The
young Middfes are usually about on
a par with the regular eleven and
can stand a lot of pounding. This
game will be played just before Bob
Folwell's team tackles st. Xavier.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

Perhaps the greatest achieement.
OF the season this tar was Mer-
clry's showing IN holding the Guam
tico Marine Reserves to a 7-6 score.
The big Devil Dogs overwhelmed Cal
laudet College, and when they came
to encounter Mercury, the sandlot
eleven was on the short end OF the
betting.
After the Indians lost their first
game TO Renia Mercedes and Mer-
curry IN turn had fIattened the sail.
Ors, the Mohawk game
took on the aspect Of q second.
rate attraction.
The Mohawk comeback has
changed all this. Mercury has re-
assumed its high respect for ifs
chief enemy.
Next Sunday Mercury WIN meet
the flashy Southern eleven, and win
be prepared for q hard game. South.
ern was beaten the other day BY the
sApaches, but 1t was not whole
victory for the Apaches. They trim
med the shell Of the Southern team.
4AhO GCVtenAOAAAD4 WQEO AAl1MAlk4 4AAGe
lrus, Murray Snow, Patterson,
and SHERMAN, four Of their
strongest players. III these return
20 action Sunday, Mercury win
be forced to play up 70 It's higllesg
standard to win, Or football dope
Is extremely unreliable.
IN this case, the spirit OF the
Southern team must be counted as
q big asset. For two years South
ern has been q Mercury rival, hall
ing from the same section of town,
but next Sunday win come the first
battle between them.
Southern may be expected to
throw every ounce Of its strength
and determination into this game
To defeat Mercury would be ia
Southern the achievement Of q
burning ambition. Southwest viii
be partly deserted next Sunday. A
large part of the population viii
take up two-hours' residence al
American League Park.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

stepped into the ring and out Of
the ring in championship bout
with the heavyweight crown. He
stepped into the ring with Corbett
as challenger and emerged the
champion. In his very next fight,
two years later, he stepped into the
ring the champion and stepped
out Of it the ex-champion. He
never successfully defended the
title he travelled such q long and
arduous journey to get.
Copyright, 1924. by the Press Publish
ing Co. (The New York Worldly
Ali rights reserved.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
ELLIOTT BASKETERS
DEFEAT INDEPENDENTS

George Anderson's sturdy Elliott
A. C.. basketers are off to a flying
start on the season. They have
played two games and won both.
defeating the fast young Liberty
A. c.. team, 8 to 8, and Just last
night knocking off the Independents
without trouble, so to IL.
Short. left forward, shot twelve
baskets for the Elliotts, and was
the scoring star Of the contest God.
win, right forward, played well. He
had six field goals.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
LOOEHc FHC OVER
BY. LOUIS A.DoUGHER -
ON TRADING ROGERS HORNSBY.

THE baseball world which just does and Of
showing interest in the of Rogers
Hornsby champion baman Of the National League Ever since
Hornsby engaged fist fight the St Louis bench In New
meeting with suspension and fine Of $500 It has been said that
Branch hickey of the Cardinals It not the usual thing
discipline
permitted with it, and
naturally far and wide that Hornsby would play
no nnnra for The Innia lnh