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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
SYLACAUGA B A n D
READY TO ATTEND
INAUGURAL PARADE.
Two Children Run Over by
Automobile While Playing.
Mlgnon Women Turn
HandiWork Into Cash


SYLACAUGA. Ala, Jan. 7.-(Spe-
cial.)-The Mignon band is getting
ready to take a prominent past in
the inauguration of Governor Bran
don on Monday, January Is. The
band will leave Sylacauga on Sun
day and return home Monday night.
They have just received their new
uniforms, cadet gray, which will
be worn for the first time on this &C.
casion. This band has taken part in
most every public demonstration in
the state since it's organization,
among which was the reception of
President Harding on his visit 10 Bir-
mingham, and they had made ar
rangements to take part in the in
augural of President Harding when
the parade features were called off.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
MOBILE WILL SEND
BIG DELEGATION TO
BRANDON INAUGURAL

MOBILE, Ala, Jan. 7.-(Special.)-
The crowds at the Inauguration ex-
ercises at Montgomery when General
William II. Brandon is sworn into Of
fige will be augmented by the pres
ence of large number of Nobilians.
Much interest is being shown in the
Inauguration and crowd of over 100
headed by Sheriff William H. Hol-
combe, Jr., leader of the Brandon
forces in the state, will be present.
The crack Mobile Rifles. so strong, in
command of Capt. James J. Alvarez,
and Lieut.. d. S. NJ. Unger, will play
a part in the parade.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08

Officials of the Mobile Carnival
association have begun work on the
Mardi Gras program, and predict that
from February 9 to 10, the Gudf City
will see some of the largest crowds
In history.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08

funeral for the lamented woman hav-
ing been held at 2;3O o'clock Sun
day afternoon and the burial being
a Edgemont.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08
QUICK RELIEF

r. v. Turner's Quick Relief
Salve is one of the most
powerful, penetrating, germ
killing, pain-relieving and
healing salves known to
sr;eure
Evening star., 1923-06-10

you're one of those men who don't
deserve help" --r
His face was strangely bloodless as
he said: 80 You think I'm no good,
do your
What else can think? The first
thing a woman admires in a man is
courage. You haven't shown enough
to cover a pin-point"
| George Benedict's teeth came sud-
denly together with a snap.
"Give me the money" he ordered.
you've made this whole thing bit
| too personal. So I haven't enough
courage to cover a pin-point, haven't
| r? Well see. And before I'm done,
Miss Buttinsky, I'll make you eat
crow:" u
| George went out into Main street,
and walked and walked.
Early the next morning he showed
UP at the Peoples National Bank. He
deposited that two hundred dollars
| in his own name, but he stored the
| passbook away in an inner pocket as
| q. trust.
With the money thus safely dis
posed of, he turned toward the front
of the bank. Judge Farmer, the pres
ident, could be seen at his desk
through the open door Of the corner
Evening star., 1923-06-10

room. George bearded the old fnan-
cier in his den.
*,* =
HN the following Monday morning.
" Mike Flaherty. janitor at the
pulp mill office, was sweeping out
about seven o'clock. when he glanced
up TO see Benedict enter from the
rear shipping-room door.
Are you back here to work." de-
manded Mike. Everybody thought
youse had quit"
I've been away on a sort of vaca-
tion, Mike. I'm back now as man
ager."
GLORY be- cried the emotional
Celt. Maybe the boys won't be glad
to hear that, Georgia. Old Birds a
skunk. is he fred"
He is ,.-.--
What did he say when he was
canned?"
"He hasn't said anything yet. AS
a matter OF fact. he doesn't know it,
Don't know ut when's he goin
to rarn?"
when he comes in this morning.
The Irishman grinned. Benedict
passed on into Jonas Birds private
Evening star., 1923-06-10

you're only using the lack of it as a
dodge"
Indeed? But-but-what do YOU
think 1 could accomplish with mere
two hundred dollars"
1t was cruel. for the sum was evil
IDENTIFY all the girl could raise. And
TO her it was quite a sum indeed.
Il see,' she said. as her face famed.
Then you might take tiff it We're
more
Il haven't said so. merely asked
question"
X
4 s he stood looking down into her
"A face he saw her eyes stream
tears. Slowly she turned away.
Then you are hopeless, after all.
And I've been believing in you, all
along. It's not accepting this money
that would make me think less of
you; it's in refusing it," she told him.
1t was with an effort that she con-
trolled her voice. Nobody would
ever know about it-surely you don't
think me cheap enough to advertise
it. Ever since you got your place
here I've tried to make you see how
foolish and afraid you've been, but
Evening star., 1923-06-10
LIGHTBEAMSW WILL
GUIDE AIR MAIL

beacons which guide the ships of the
sea. To suit the needs of ships of the
air they will swing around on the top
of their towers. throwing a beam
three degrees above the horizon, three
complete revolutions being made
every minute. Pilots can easily pick
up these giant beacons and guide
their planes to the field. The lights
will be operated only at hours when
plane is expected.
Not depending alone on terminal
lights, the Post Office Department is
locating less powerful beacons every
twenty-five miles along the route
Like their larger brothers, they will
also swing around the horizon. but
their visibility is limited to abour
thirty miles. These smaller beacors
will mark the emergency landing
fields to which a pilot can descend
in case OF necessity"
x < = Y
A S a safeguard for the pilot iyine
n at night in low "ceiling'-that
is. when the clouds hang low-f1ash-
ing traffic lights, similar to those
placed on streets, will be placed on
| the ground every three miles alonG
the route. These lights will be di-
rected toward the skies instead OF
along the ground. This will enable
pilot who might lose sight of the
field beacons to trace from his plane
| several thousand feet in the air /,
| narrow line of light stretching for
miles over the earth.
Buildings and other obstacles al
the landing fields will be marked witt
red beacons to aid In negotiating
| landing. Pilots will fly at a height
| which will make it easy for them 70
volplane to the nearest emergency
| field should the engine go dead.
Mr.. New said that since the depart
ment had anticipated general use Of
| the service by the public, ii was re-
| garded as probable that a special
| airplane stamp would be issued, :
stamp which would be sold at price
| commensurate with the service.
Air mail service has been in opera
tion in the United States since Ma>
| Is, 1918, when the Washington-Sew
! York route was. established. This
was followed by the New York
| Chicago service. Two and half
years ago a transcontinental route
was undertaken, but it was not a
through service, its purpose being TO
advance the mails. Mail planes. for
| example, would pick up late mails in
New York. fly with them to Cleveland
and place the sacks on the Chicago
l express train which left New York
the night before.
Evening star., 1923-06-10
f1ce. Mike departed to spread the

Office. Mike departed to spread the
news through the mill.
Benedict entered the room formerly
occupied by old Peter Gates and him
self The young man had a key to
Birds disk He inserted II and
rolled up the top. Then he started
in to clean the desk of all the ac-
cumulated impedimenta belonging to
the said Bird. business and personal,
all and sundry.
He was so employed when Miss
Hallett, the stenographer Bird had
hired upon his assumption of the
management entered the offices by
the front door. She. had supplanted
Mildred Rivers. who had been old
Peters faithful secretary. Miss Hal
lett was big, f1ashily dressed blonde.
She saw the door OF Birds private
Office ajar and heard the tearing CT
papers from within.
Hello, dearie," she called, the Of
ace being otherwise empty. And she
Evening star., 1923-06-10

~ ZGINNING in July or August,
- the air mail will inaugurate
continuous service between
- New York and San Francisco,
negotiating in twenty-eight hours the
5000 miles intervening, according to
an announcement made by Postmaster
General New.
Letters placed on the planes in New
York Just before noon will arrive in
! Chicago at sundown. Here waiting
pilot will take up the fight through
the night, landing at Cheyenne just
before dawn. A third aviator will
climb the lofty tope of the Rockies
and over the Sierras, reaching the
Golden Gate before the sun sets the
second time since the mail left the
| Atlantic shore.
In his statement regarding the con-
tinuous service, for which year OF
! careful preparation has been made,
i Postmaster General New said:
| "As a result of the preparations un-
| dertaken during the last twelve
| months by the division OF air mail
| the night flights between Chicago
and Cheyenne, Wyo.. will be made
under conditions which offer scarcely
| more hazard than day flying. The
| pilot will be guided by a pathway OF
powerful beacon capable of piercing
difficult atmospheric conditions, point
ing the way uneringly over the
prairie to the terminal helds
Each plane will carry powerful
| searchlights available for forced
landings in case of necessity. Emer-
gency fields have been located and
| lighted every twenty-five miles on
the route. In addition to these pre-
cautions and many others the prac.
ticability of night flying is insured
by the natural advantages of the
terrain over which the pilots must
guide their planes. The plains coun-
try is. of course, noted for its level.
ness, fortunately providing natural
landing fields. while the lack OF
humidity In the air adapts this route
to the illumination plan.
ssN FILLIoNs of people in the middle
| ANI west will nightly witness Al
artificial aurora borealis. visible fully
! tifty miles from its source under gooc
atmospheric conditions, when this
night service of the air mail get:
under way. This will be created by
sweeping lights which will be estab
lished on the five regular fields-Chi
4 cago, Iowa City. Omaha. North Platte
and Cheyenne. Each of these beacon'
will have 500. 100000 candle power.
1.-THE air mail beacons will be quite
ldifferent from the shore Lighthouse
Evening star., 1923-06-10

Bird. Dig up a few laws of your
own
That's cave-man stuff" he tried to
explain. I'VE don't get the things we
over the head with a club"
Don't we? I've been under the i'm
preston that real men did-when
they had sufficient provocation and
Evening star., 1923-06-10
The Wise Banker Thought 1t Was
Thrift When the Girls Savings
We're Deposited as Sipews of War

The girl was piqued-mightily.
You certainly do hate one of US
with a terrific hatred, don't your
she commented. II can't make out
whether you hate me worse or-your-
SELF
"I-don't-hate-anybody," he de-
Tended.
Then what's the matter with you?
Evening star., 1923-06-10
THE WOMAN-HATER

! ployes. and closed the door in their
faces.
Alone with George, the manager be-
gan removing his hat and coat.
81 wouldn't take off my hat and
coat, Mr.. Bird" George advised.
you're not going to stay, you know"
| who says I'm not?"
"I say so-as one of your en-
ployers." 4
You're not the whole board, was
| aired by majority of the stock
holders, and until I'm relieved of my
place by them at the expiration of
my contract, / intend to run this mill
without let or hindrance from the
least of them"
you're going to do no such thing.
Mr.. Bird. I have taken it upon my
time as 1t can convene and bring
about, formally, your discharge. I'll
make my position and reasons clear
enough to the stockholders when the
time comes"
"But-but-it-it's illegal and
who said 1t was illegal?"
IT did"
Where did you get your au-
| thority?"
Bird tried to answer.
But 1t isn't done, / tell you. was
all he could say.
IF one stockholder chooses to do
this unconventional thing, who's go
ing TO stop him?" asked George.
But / have some rights in the
matter. I have contract
very trpe. But / have possession
Your only alternative is to get an
| injunction to stop me from doing the
| things I purpose to do. But hardly
think the court will ignore the right
Of a competent stockholder to step in
here and save the business. I'll take
| my chances"
"You can't eat and sleep in this
office until the stockholders can as
| semble," protested Jonas. THE min
ute you go out I shall take that desk
and turn the tables on you"
'T shall go and come in and out OF
this Office as I please. And every
time find you here and you do not
throw you out"
And what If I choose the same
expedient?"
That, of course, is your privilege.
~EORGE arose from the chair. H.
NJ stood a head and a half taller
| than the manager. Bird did some
swift thinking.
"All right" he cried. You can
run this business ten hours withou
| indorsing or writing checks I'll hav,
you jailed. And the bank official wh'
passes your signature will find him
self In the same fix"
You don't suppose I came dowl
here to assume charge without pro
tecting myself on such point. dic
you? Mr.. Bird, you underestimate m.
intelligence and your own, too"
What have you done about tn
bank account? Bird demanded.
TT might pay you to make inquire
at the bank. have arranged for
bond to indemnify this company TO
any such sums as j may employ il
the conduct of the business. A YER.
accommodating gentleman kindly con
sented to sign that bond for me"
who is he?''
Judge Amos Farmer, president o
the Peoples Bank-also minor stock
holder in this company. You see, ~Ir
Bird, the judge couldn't call tn
banks loans and bring your admins
tration to a close without wreckin,
the company, so ! told him 1 woul'
run the company as it should be run.
This is the limit" cried Jonas
"r'll sue you for my salary"
IT haven't refused to pay your sal
ary. That can run until the expira
tion of your contract"
Bird blazed Come in here an
shove me out of job, will you" II
show you!"
Evening star., 1923-06-10

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-22
SCIENCE
What to Eat

No matter how much food per
son cats Il win not keep him In a
wcli.nourished condition unless this
food contains fresh. raw. untreatcd
milk and a quantity OF unadulier-
ated butter. Tho reason Is that
those foods contain vl,amino A.
Pure. raw cod liver oil furnishes
this vitamino in tho most concon-
trated form. Emulsions and sub
rtiiutca have nearly suppIantcd the
old fashioned doses OF cod liver oil.
because OF IFS unpleasant taste, but
despite that drawback the original
was tho most effective
stun,ed growth in children. bad
teeth. and ricketts, may all bo pre-
vented and cured by tho proper use
OF vitamine a. which IL obtained
by cows from tho green foods they
eat and Is stored in the milk and
butter. The Goldfish get II from the
green algao OF the ocean and store
II In the liver.
The treatment that includes Vita
mine a Is greatly improved N the
patient spends several hours daily
in the sunlight The light however,
must not pass thru glass. Sun
parlors have no value In such cases
because tho glass stops the ultra
violet RAYS and these nre the ones
needed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-22
Defends Dance Halls

Editor The Star:
In reply 10 tho letter. mot n
Saint but a Decent Citizen:
agree with tho writer on ono
point. the closing OF the dance halls
on Sunday BY what process OF
reasoning he deducts that the Of
ficials OF the city are giving decent
people n slap, because girl in n
dance hall 60 which no had paid
admission asked him TO dance.
fail 10 see.
think IL quite natural for the
girl 60 ask him to dance. and in
putting her arm around him. she
supposed no was regular fell
ler." South Of Yeslcr Way (where
most OF the dance halls are located)
they do not stand on tho convon-
tons.
Docs Decent Citizen realize the
fact that there are thousands OF
men who do the hard and danger
Gus work in mines and camps. and
thousands more who 20 down 10 the
sea in ships, who have no homo to
go TO when they come to Scatter
Those men like TO meet the oppo-
site sex in the recreation OF the
dance and the city has wisely Civ
en- them tho opportunity TO do so.
under proper supervision.
Having been In Seattle off md
on since tho Klondike gold rush,
and in the city at the Golden Cato
shortly after the earthquake. diff
fer with the writer in comparing
conditions in Seattle with tho mo-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-22
On Curling Sale of Guns

Editor Tho Star:
] am in favor Of curling tho sale
OF pistols and reviewers In tho state
and tho shipment OF Same from
Eastern houses But tho register
Ing OF tho names OF purchasers
would only be tho means OF get
TING innocent people into court for
robbery or perhaps murder.
In case registered gun has
been stolen and a crime committed
with Il, It will certainly DO thrown
away and when found will get the
owner In bad IL there Ia remedy
that viii make u fRfe for the limo
cent. am with you. But there
are thousands OF reviewers in the
country and when n crook can't
secure one. he may go no far as 10
enter your home in order TO get
your gun SO lot OF poor people
would. suffer who would not other.
wise.
As for murders I don't think
stopping the sale OF rcvolvcrs or
pistols Is going 10 make bit Of
difference. for II he can't shoot
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-22

no viii knife. which is worse. In
other words. II he Intends TO get"
you, he win take any method TO
gain his point.
j agrce the purchase OF guns IS
fnr too simple. for every Tom. Dick
and Harry in the country has from
one 90 dozen. Even the laws OF
our nation are being broken in
most every cigar. soft drink and
pool room and even in many gro
Gerry and drug stores. for one can
hardly enter any kind OF an es-
adjustment without running Into
tho gamc Of chance. the punch
boards. These are plastered with
automatic pistols and rifles, which
arouse tho American spirit TO
own and use n gun.
! think Il far more sensible 90
demand that our present laws be
obeyed II has been against tho
law 20 operate slot machine or
punch board or any game OF
chance. and III shy this has never
been enforced. What is the good
OF making these joker laws?
GEORGE o.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-22
Suggests Site for Auditorium
-dltor Tho Sta

Editor Tho Star:
Having read In The Star that
Denny Park Is being considered az
n possible site for tho new auditor
ium. ! am writing you TO suggest
that you take under consideration a
location which is. In my judgment.
Ear more desirable.
The Puget Mil Co. owns one
solid unlmproycd block between
18th and 18th ayes and Marion
and Columbia SITS believe this
company II approached in the right
way. might be inclined 20 donate
this property for ouch an excellent
civic Improvement. or at least TO
make the cost very low.
As 10 tho advantages. they nrc
almost too numerous TO mention.
Surrounded by Wide. paved thoro-
fares, with no street cars adjoining.
the automobile parking problem is
solved. II is as near the center OF
rs could be secured.
close TO the business district and
accessible by street car from overy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-22
Frieda's Follies

THE DREAM OF my no was all
but realized
TIE other day.
i WAS at tho home OF n friend,
WHEN tho unmarried man In the
family
WAS TAKEN desperately III.
THERE WAS great uncertainty
about his recovery.
AND THE fortune was 20 20 TO
charity
~ HE was unmarried at his death.
j FELT that luck was at last com.
Ing my way.
! WAS tho only unmarried person
In miles OF his estate,
WITH tho exception OF his cook.
WE WERE both brought in DO.
fore him
FOR HIM TO choose.
j FELT quite optimistic.
TIE LIGHT was dim.
But THE old adngc was true
EVEN IN an hour like this.
TIE EASIEST way 10 a mans
heart is
THRU HIS stomach.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-22

section. Pike. Pine, East Union.
Capitol hin. Broadway, Madison St,
James ST., and East Cherry lines
arc oil within two or three blocks
OF this location and Beacon Hin.
Rainier Valley. Jackson ST. and
Mount Baker Park could be cared
for by running cars UP 18th ave.
from Jackson st. when the audi
torium was in use.
Tho site IS ready for building ms
no excavation would be necessary.
Denny Park has only two car
lines within reasonable distance.
tho streets surrounding II are not
improved and would not be salts
factory for parking. It Is not cen
trally located and would necessitate
considerable expense in the way OF
excavation 20 prepare the property
for building. In addition. Denny
Park is the only park in that sec
ton and should DO reserved as n
breathing space as the city builds
up In that section.
SUBSCRIBER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-22
A Mercenary Lay
BY BERTON BRALEY

PHILOSOPHERS explain TO US.
J. And moralists maintain TO us,
That money Is an evil and a curse;
Yet. when you come 10 think OF II
You like 10 hear the clink Of II
Or feel It bulging fatty in your purse.
For life is much more fair withal.
Despite what preachers say.
II one just has the wherewithai
To pay.
TlRUE. poverty's no crime az all.
Il But l won't say that I'm at all
Persuaded It's a virtue TO bo poor;
Pounds. dollars or napoleons--
Tho fairly.carned simoleous
Are not exactly wicked I am sure.
To have some cash 10 spare with all
Makes things lot more gay;
It's good TO have the wherewithal.
To pay.
Copyright. 1923. The Seattle starr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-22
Where Was Moses

CONSIDER Mr.. Senator Moses, of New HAMPSHIRE
~ He appears to be the Moses who was so generate
inquired about when the light went out
Soon after President Cal assumed the throne Senator
Moses called upon him. Altho he had long been sena
toria buddy TO twoisted Hi Johnson Moses came away
from that meeting unateraby and rrevocaby committed
to Coolidge for president
Later, Moses took long trip the country skin
ping lightly from state to state until he had touch ad II
of the 49, He returned to Washington couple of weeks
ago, and again called upon President Cal He advised
the latter the story goes to keep off the world court
proposition.
Then President Cal delivered his message He COM
mtted himself to world court.
Thus inquiries as to the whereabouts of Moses WHOM
the light went out appear to be in order once again per-
haps he and is in the burushes but no artcuate
sound comes from thence.
England be heard in America by puts ne in
sad predcament. Those lecturers 10
Bora party appears unanimous anyhow William seldom
himself into factions
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-22

there and then went TO ths
Southern Illinois academy, az
Enfield. III. Later no studied
lnw NJ Kansas State university.
was admitted 10 tho bar and first
hung out his shlngle In Lyons,
Kan. In 1890.
In 1892 he moved 10 Boise,
Idaho. Playing then, as no docs
still. lono hand. no sought no
partnership. but sot up a law Of
flee by himself. within the next
five years no had established
himself ~ ono OF the rising
young lawyers OF the state aud
had won Mary Mcconnell, tho
daughter OF the governor. for his
bride.
Being n poor man, chiefly de-
pendent on his senatorial aalary.
he sold his Boise home and his
legal residence" in tho state is
at Boise hotel. where he stays
on his trips back home. His
Washington residence is In an
unpretent!ous apartment house
on a quiet side street.
Borah belongs 10 no clubs. He
Joined the Eiks and tho knights
OF pythins years ago In Idaho.
but has not maintained contact
with HIS fraternities in wash
ington. He doesn't sn oke. chew.
drink, dance. play poker or NAH
jongg. lie never swatted golf
ball. swung tennis racquet or
padded canoe. His sole recrea.
tion-outside OF works. horse
back riding. His daily morning
cantcr thru Rock Creek park is
as fixed an event in his exist
ence al eating or sleeping.
And he just loves work! It's
his only interest, outside his wife
and horse. II It's worker-a
courageous. two-fisted conscien-
tious worker--the republicans de-
eide they want--then Borah's
their big bet.