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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-14
PURCHASE or HOSPITAL
slTEs HALTED ~ GOVT.

The war veterans Bureau win
make no further purchases Of hos
pital sites. Until = general survey
81 additional hospital needs for
fOrrnkr service men now disabled.
Il fIiished, Director Hines an
Funds made by Congress for
new hospitals have all been al
Iotted under cofitracts. The sur
vey ID expected to Disclose that by
the building program already be-
sun 6tfficibnt hOsnital facilities VIII
be provided to care for all cases
needing treatment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-14
ECONOMICS SCHOOL OPENS
UNDER N. c. PROFESSOR

Under the direction of Homer
Hoyt, associate professor of eco
noTnics in the University of North
Carolina, the schools of economics
will open at p. m, today in the
rooms of the District Bankers AS
ISOLATION In New Masonic temple.
A course of thirty lectures will be
repeated seven or eight times in the
year. The first lecture ON "The
Evolution OF World Economic
Society" will be free to the public.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-14
NATIONAL ZoNTA CLUBS
HONOR MISS SALISBURY

Miss Edith Salisbury. past presi-
dent Of the local 1onta Club, was
elected first vice president of the
National Confederation of Zonta
Clubs at a meeting in Elmira, N. Y,
It was announced here yesterday.
She and Miss Imogene James.
president Of the local club, were
delegates to the convention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-14


pleasure IL you 90 about IL right.
The worst Of it Is some Of these
chronic cognplainers can make .
lOtta trouble, which, iii justice 20
them. don't think they really
realize. Many D lagd working
guy has got the gate because
some unreasonable party has en-
jOyed the cO1ceit Of raising such
q row about something.
Women can be blllies. too.
Selfish, spoiled, fOuffllIsIhfng
DANES who raise . run1pglS over
ANYTHING that don't happen to
suit their pinheadedness at the
moment and who prance right off
to the proprietor and demand the
instant discharge Of the clerk
or walter Or shop girl that they
imagine 1eglects or OffeDds them
cause q 10tta tears and uTlhappi-
ness.
That's probably the FUN they
get out of il!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
BEER. THE BRITISH ISSUE?

The British political wrangle over the price of beer there will not be of much in- terest on this side of the water, perhaps because there is so much water between us and the subject. But it will strike the average American, particularly at this time, as a queer subject around which to pitch political battle. The trouble seems to be that the consumer of beer is now being charged at the rate of twelve cents pint for the cheaper quality of the beverage as against about four cents for better beer before the war. The British workman as- sociates beer with the idea of tranquility,
 a word as much used in political parlance over there as ''nor:nalcy" was here. The British workman claims there can be no tranquility without beer. Without it then, the inference is that he, h at least, his thoughts, would be turbulent and unpeaceful and un- happy. It is said the Britisher thinks more Of the increased tax upon beer than of that t,uon his income. The subject is therefore in Eneland serious one. The chancellor of the exchequer faces a budget of some thing like four and half billion dollars. The margin for the possible reduction In all Taxation is estimated at not more than $25O,- 900 .OOO. To reduce the cost of beer one penny pint would mean loss of about half that amount, which would leave little room for the reduction in the price or the necessities of life. It is perhaps not stress ing the importance of the subject too much to say that Mir. .Bonar Laws government may stand or fall upon the question of tax ing beer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
RATE JUSTICE IS GRADUAL

The Interstate Commerce Commission is gradually forcing that realignment of rates in the southern territory tending to remove the discrimnations in conflict with the fourth section of the transportation act, which prescribes that short haul rates shal! not exceed longer haul rates when the shorter haul is included in the longer one. It has just ordered that rates on canned goods to and from Southern points conform to this rule not later than July 1. Other classes of freight have been already adjusted and the commission shows a disposition to go down the line until justice exists on all classes. This is only fair and is merely belated justice. It is not right that goods from the North should pass through Bir- mingham to New Orleans and to other Mis- sissippi river and Gulf points at a lower rate than maintains on the same goods to Birmingham, much less the lower ones that freuuently maintain. The commission IS doing the right thing in forcing conformity with the fourth section, and the fourth sec ton is right in aiming in a general way at a charge of so much per ton per mile for freight service. That is right in principle and should be practiced so far as the public welfare, special conditions and exigencies permit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
STABILITY IN ITALY

Surface signs in Italy seem to point to stability in the Mussolini government, the latest developments being the organization of the fascist into state malitia upon the plan of the National Guard in the United States. It is reported that the present .ex- istence of armed political parties will not be tolerated and that the militia will sup plant the regular army even in 1taly's colo nial possession in Africa. The new military forces will be voluntary and unpaid unless on active service, and will be composed of those of "proven Italian faith;" the black shirt will be the official uniform.
 Why the term patriotism" is not used instead of "proven Italian faith" is not ~ex- plained The latter may have some secret significance as dark as the shirt and the signs of stability in Italy's affairs may be only superficial, but so far at least the fascist have, since their remarkable coup. been orderly in their rule. Mussolini has as yet had no severe tests. By some he Is re- garded as simply poseur. Whatever forms he adopts for his forces will endure as long as there is substance in him, or so long as there is no crisis to disclose the lack of it. Developments in Italy will be watched with interest, as well as with a degree of uncer- tainty for some time to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
IMPRISONMENT FOR VIOLATIONS

Five white and two negro violators of the prohibition law were sentenced in the fed eral court this week to prison terms ranging from ninety days to thirteen months. That will prove more effectual punishment than if they had been fined. Where violation of the law, as in the case of many bootleggers and distillers, is a source of handsome in- come to the law-breaker. they care very little for the usual fine. It, in fact, amounts to licensing the business. When, however, the law-breaker is placed behind prison bars and his business ceases during the period and he knows that thenceforth he shall bear the stigma of prison stripes, the attitude of his fellows toward law undergoes radi- cal change. There is no other effec- tive method of breaking up bootlegging and other forms of drylaw viola tion except imprisonment. Once that be- comes the uniform custom of state and fed eral courts in the punishment of persistent law-breakers of any kind, that special form of breaking will come very near to an end. The federal court has set good ex- ample for other courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
RESERVE BOARDS LEAD

As men engaged in the most conservative business lines should act when conservation and economy seem endangered, the federal reserve board has decided to call off all new federal reserve bank construction until the present congestion in the building ac- tivities of the country is materially relieved and the cost of building lowered" The price situation is in danger of reaching an- other prohibitive stage. Prices in all lines are as high as the public can stand and as is good for the conduct of business. A little more and the consumer will find his budget too small for the meditated purchase, mu- nicipalities will find their bond issues out
 of line with the rising cost of contemplated improvements and the consumer as whole will again bethink himself of the tall timber ,,-t'l hcalthier senso~. Thorn is crc,-rN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
BIRMINGHAM HAS 'THE GOODS"

The Birmingham postoffice was granted more clerks and more funds for overtime pay and auxiliary help because when Post master Smyer went to Washington with Bir- mingham's plea he had substance in that plea. After several large cities had been refused extra help because the postoffices did not show an increase in business justify ing the additional force, Postmaster Smyer was able to produce the record of the Bir- mingham office showing a forty-one per cent. increase in business the first nine days of March and an average of twenty-five per cent. this year. The department forthwith granted the needed clerks and funds. Bir- mingham had more than made out its case. Some of the other cities had strong politi- cal backing, United States senator appear ing with one delegation, but MT. Smyer had "the goods"
 It is possession of the goods that is win ming Birmingham's case all down the line. We have it in proximity of raw material and in freight distributing advantages. We have it in a contented labor and in a climate per hitting manufacturing and agricultural op- erations the year around. We have it in -.-l~--s " " ern to the Gulf ports and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
BUSES AS COMMON CARRIERS

The motor vehicles used in transportation of passengers for hire is already quasi common carrier and is becoming more and more so. , For that reason the service rem dered by the motor bus and the fares charged for that service come legtimately within the scope of such authoritative regulation as is extended to other carriers. The city commission is clearly in its right in taking cognizance of the raise in fares by some of the buses. This increase was without notice to the city or to patrons of the line. It has emphasized the position occupied by the motor buses and called attention to their status as carriers. They cannot be per- mtted to enjoy privileges of common car rier without being subject to rules and reg uations applied to other carriers. In fact, as the bus business increases and becomes more and more public utility, the time approaches when the public service com missions authority will automatically ex- tend to it's direction and control. The peo- ple have welcomed the motor vehicle as carrier, but they have not proposed that this new form of transportation shall be- come a law unto itself and increase fares, change routes and perform other common carrier acts without notice to constituted authorities or their approval. The city com mission is charged with the duty of seeing that the motor buses conform to the public interest the same as electric car lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

work contracted for to carry the nation along smoothly for many months, but why not extend prosperity into another year? We can do it if we clamp down the lid right now on price raising and keep it there. As has been pointed out in these columns sev- eral times, the consumer has shown power of doing without when prices become ex- horbtant that should be warning sufficient to the producers of the folly of again allow ing runaway prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

Mile. Susanne Lenglen, who was highly criticized once for unsportsmanlike be- havior in tennis, is now praised for her sportsmanship. It seems that she recently threw her arms about Miss Elizabeth Ryan and told her she would rather be beaten by her than by any other person in the world. Miss Lenglen and Miss Ryan have met in twenty-three tournament singles and not once has Miss Ryan been victor. It's good deal as if Dempsey were to tell Charlie Chaplin he would rather be knocked out by him than by any other person in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
Peoples Forum
Attorney Says No Contract Broken

Attorney Says No Contract Broken To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 There has been so much printed in the newspapers of the state about the present legislature repudiating the solemn contracts of the state in repeating the tax exemption law that 1t is calculated to do much harm unless it is corrected. In the first place, as every well informed lawyer knows, these general tax exemption statutes do not consti- tute contracts. They confer mere bounties which may be withdrawn whenever the legislature chooses to do so. A distinction between an ex- emption from taxation contained in special charter, and general en- couragement to all persons engaged i'll certain class of enterprise was pointed out mnay years ago by the United States supreme court in Salt Co. vs. Saginaw IS Wallace D. 373, and in numerous other cases follow ing that one.
 If the Alabama Power company who, in it's formation, was repre- sented by astute counsel and doubt less familiar with these decisions had relied upon this tax exemption as contract, it could have secured the benefit of the same as con- tract by securing a special charter from the legislature with this tax exemption in. the charter. This would have been valid contract with the state to exempt it from taxes, which subsequent legislatures could not have repealed or revoked. Being a corporation and seeking such large and unusual powers as could not be fully provided by the general laws there would have been no legal difficulty in securing spe- cial charter. Choosing, however, to incorporate under the general laws which it knew conferred mere boun- ties which did not constitute con- tracts, it cannot justly be said the state has repudiated any contract in revoking these bounties. As for myself, I think it poor policy to do so at this time, when we are try ing to induce capital to come to Ala bama, but it certainly was not re- pudiation of any contract.
 luc WlIuuIdWdl Ol DOuuLlcS IS uOC new in Alabama. In 1921 the legis- lature of this state, in order to re- ward General Sam Dale (the hero of the celebrated canoe Tight with the Indians), conferred upon him the title of brigadier general with the half pay of a colonel in the United States army. A subsequent legislature. in 1923, repealed so much of the act as granted him half pay of a colonel and the supreme court of Alabama upheld this re- pealing act (Dale vs. Governor 8 Stewart p. 387, holding that boun- ties are not contracts and those bounties given by the state can be withdrawn at any time by the state. So lets have an end of this talk about the state repudiating it's con- tracts. Unquestionahly the Ala bama Power company is doing and has done a great work in Alabama, and the wonderful vision of the late James Mitchell of industrializing this state with hydroelectric power is being rapidly realized, so let's quit quarreling over mere trifles, which get us nowhere, and let
 state and power company pull to- gether for the upbuilding of both.
 J. J. WILLETT.
 Anniston, Ala, March 20, 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
AN INCA CHIEF OF TODAY

Tichapata, Inca chief in Peru, watches fish swimming in a river. From them he gets an idea for an invention, an improved paddle wheel which he says would carry a ship across the Atlantic ocean in two days. Tichapata catches a steamer, arrives in New York to in- terest capitalists in- his invention. This Inca chief is a university grad uate. He builds canals, is an ex- pert at repairing sugar plantation machinery and travels in his home country on bicycle of. his own invention. The bike has revolving wings. Tichapata IS Christian. Compare him with his sun-worship- ping ancestors, and you realize how the white mans civilization is pene- trating to the far corners of the earth. An Inca chief, riding a bicycle and crossing the ocean to
 consult bankers, is the most start. ling item in roday's news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
DRESSING TO PLEASE

tWdsulHStOn IOstJ
 A few days ago much space was given in the news to the claim that styles and cuts in feminine raiment are largely controlled by men. Now it appears that. to large ex- tent, women select and buy mems attire for store trade. That makes it about fifty-fifty-and why not an admirable arrangement? For as a rule the object of fastidious fem mine dressers is at least to pass muster with the male element at reviewing stations, and with the masculine peacocks it is the femi- nine observer whose praise is sought. The matter standing thus, it iss a logical arrangement for women to wear clothes that men have de- signed and for men to deck them selves in raiment that women have selected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
A Timely Editorial
The Direction Everything

While the international court of justice is attacked by Senator Hiram Johnson because admission to It would be quasi-indorsement of the League of Nations, he also urges that the court is too restricted in its jurisdiction and too weak in enforce ing it's decisions to make it worth while in the pacific settlement of in- ternational disputes. The senator is afraid of it because of it's ances- try, but still he scoffs at it because of its alleged impotence of action.
 Senator Borah, on the other hand, demands "real world court" with power to enforce its decisions-a power of coercion which he had for merly feared was implicit in the theory of the League of Nations. The fact that the covenant contem- plated the use of force in preserv- ing the peace was abhorrent to MT. Borah when the league debate was in progress, but his present atti- tude in favor of a court backed by force indicates a shift in his posi- tion.
 The essential difference between Senator Johnson and Senator Borah now appears to be that while MT. Johnson would be more opposed than ever to the court if it's juris. diction were broadened and made compulsory and it's awards made enforceable by military guarantees for the maintenance of the courts authority, MT. Borah would favor Americas support of it the more strongly as its powers were increas- ed and it's scope widened so as to include the major causes of war. The fact that both find fault with it in it's present imperfect form, but for contradictory reasons, discloses the widening cleavage in the ranks of the former ''irreconcilables."
 MT. Borah is now in the position of man facing the question Vheth- CT he will seek to attain his goal by one leap or by step at a time. There are many who sympathize with his desire for powerful world court backed by fore enough to make good its decisions and awards. If the court now in existence had the limited compulsory jurisdiction such as Elihu Root and the English jurists unsuccessfully sought to write into the courts constitution, when it was organized, they would rejoice. Even now that compulsory jurisdiction is optional to all mem- Der nations which may engage under article 36 of the courts constitu- ton to subject themselves to the courts ruling in certain cases. But why should the court be rejected in it's present form if recent experience has shown that nothing stronger in the shape of an international tribu- nal is acceptable to tae majority of the powers? If the goal cannot be attained in one leap, why disdain to move ahead 8 step at a time!
 MT. Johnson is against the pro- posal in its entirety because of it's general direction. Is MT. Borah to be against it simply because it has direction and little else? That would be an attitude without req son, for there are often situations in this world when direction is everything, even if movement seems slow and haiting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
Alabama Press
Madison County Exhibition
 (Huntsville Tirnesl

Bank ,clearings in Huntsville con- tinue to show a wonderful prosper ity, and with the activities of the farmers in behalf of 50,o0O-bale cotton crop in Madison county this year and the general diversification of crops there is every reason why we all should begin right now to make the Madison County associa- tion exhibits here next fall the greatest in history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

One of the witnesses in the trial of Will liam z. Foster on the charge of criminal syndcalsm is a man who was expelled from France by the American army when he was caught preaching sedition to American sol- diers. There is something about the style of the American army that appeals to Amer jeans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

The expression, free as the air." is about to be legislated out of business, for Secretary radio broadcasting. Perhaps the science is little too new for that. The inventions of the next year or two may pave the way for a more reliable code than is now practicable owing to our as yet limited knowledge of radio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

in traffic-bearing waterway to the ports. We have it in the production of the necessi- ties of mankind the world over. MT. Smyer was more fortified with the showing of his increase in business than if he had had only the entire Alabama delegation in congress to back his plea. He had "the goods" and that is the most eloquent of all pleas for reropnition
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
The Great Outdoors

An ad in the s. E. Post: "The Joy of Every Sport Is Doubled in Colorado's Ex- hilarating Playland." And herewith is printed photograph of the Great Outdoors majestic mountains in the background, and in the foreground, rugged outdoors man playing croquet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

Four hundred and fifty defendants are named in . federal suit against . mining company to collect back taxes of nearly two million dollars. These stock companies in mining sometimes do make money!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
VVh,

laughed When you told me "Adios." had to, Because you were going away, Because I was staying behind, Because I am And you are you; And l didn't want To cry, I laughed. The Other One.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
Argument for Publicity
 (LaFayette Star)

The attention of editors, senators and representatives is respectfully called to Montgomery, the capital of the state. Mandamus proceed ings were started at Montgomery last week to compel the city officials to give an accounting of the expen- ditures of the tax payers money. The city officials replied in court that "there is no law compelling us to do so." That reply in court is powerful argument for the passage of all the publicity bills sponsored by the Alabama Press association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
Jls1oReEBEARER

The Birmingham lime-makers say they cannot fill the demand for Time. Can't they make uuick-ime little quicker?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
All Rishtx!

I know it ill behooves man To put lady on the pan.
 But goshalmighty! It always fills my soul with hate To hear girl reiterate:
 "All rightly" Vladimir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22
The Other One.

The suspense is growing unbeatable. Morning and evening we scan the news papers, and still no sign. At dawn we leap from our couch, pulsing with hope, and as day fades into night we seek our fevered bed again, downcast but still hopeful of the tomorrow. We feel-we know-that some day in the near future our hope will be re- warded-that our literary hunger will be appeased-that one of these glad spring mornings we shall tear open our newspaper and find emblazoned there in all its glory the autobiography of Luis Angel Firpo!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-22

The jitney fares went up; then came right down again.