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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
SIR ARTHUR ON ECToPLAsM

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle says "indsputa- ble evidence" of the existence of ectoplasm has been found. He is comng back 10 America and will make another lecture tour, bringing with him a number of photographs which, he declares, "should make the hardest skeptic think" Since his last visit to Amer ica, Sir Arthur says great progress has been "some amazing new discoveries" which he will describe in his lectures. The "proof" that ectoplasm is not a figment of the imagination or photographers trick was obtained in series of experiments conducted at Munich, where a hundred prominent. scientists were convinced of it's realty.
 Ectoplasm, or the link between the spirit and material worlds, is taking more distinct forms, according to Sir Arthur, after it issues from the eyes, mouth, ears or skin of medium, and is no longer shapeless stream. Judging from Sir Arthurs optimis- tic reports, it will soon be possible, with the assistance of medium able to throw off these emanations, to trace resemblance to some departed friend or relative.
 Sir Arthur believes thinking people in America have quit laughing ana are taking a serious interest in spiritism. That there is widespread desire to learn more about pyschc phenomena is true, but Sir Arthur will have to offer stronger proof of his theories than he did on his last visit, if he succeeds in convincing the doubters that he is not himself misled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
Ford Saved Muscle Shoals (Dothan EaoIe1

It has been some time since Ford kept the government from junking Muscle Shoals by offering to buy and operate it. Had he not made an offer it is possible that the republi- cans, in order to discredit what the democrats had started. would have withdrawn any further appropria- tions to the enterprise and allowed the millions spent there to go for naught. But Ford came in with an offer and showed that he thought the plant worth all it cost. As soon as his offer was made known, others came forward. If they made no offer, they began to show how ri diculously low Ford's offer was. Ford has never got his offer ac- cepted, but he has made others come in and show an interest who were only knocking the project before. He may never get it. The chances are he will not, but he deserves credit for saving the money spent there. We all remember what wei{ with the ships built during the waiN They were practically given away, and Muscle Shoals would have been given away but for Ford. Ford saved Muscle Shoals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
Poor Boys Who
 Became Famous Rv EREDERICK HOVJK LAW
James J. Hill


 s.It's too bad about Jim," his friends said when "Jim" Hills fa- ther died, and the boy had to leave school and give up all his high ann bitions to go to medical school. He had planned to lift himself above his country companrons, to become a physician and surgeon, and to be of some real service to mankind. Now came the death of his father, and all his plans were upset. He did not know<it, but there lay be- fore him opportunities greater than the rubbing of Aladdin's lamp could bring him. The way that fate was driving him was the way to his own happiness.
 Instead of going to medical school as he had wished to do, he found a job as clerk with some steamboat people. Instead of learning how to diagnose diseases he learned how to weigh boxes. Instead of curing people he learned how to direct them and how to plan for them. He served so we'll as clerk that he be- came an agent for steamboats on the inland rivers. He saw the needs that arose and so he thought about new steamboat lines. He made no effort to keep things as they were he made them better than they were. Consequently. he made money.
 Very quickly he saw that rail- roads and steamboats must work together, and so he united his steamboat lines with a railroad line, the St. Paul Pacific. When, the rail- road spent more money than it made James J. Hill, seeing it's fu- ture, obtained control of it, made it over, boldly made it larger, rolled it into the great wheat country of the northwest-andh his fortune was made. From then on he became the great railroad king of the north west. He made his railroads touch the Pacific; he sent his steamers to Japan; he made the Great Northern railroad one of the controlling rail roads of the United States, and he made himself one of the richest of men.
 In everything that he did James J. Hill showed keen analysis of con ditions. He diagnosed the case, saw what was to be done, and then did it boldly-like good surgeon. He used the ability that ne had planned to use in medicine, out he used it in a way that was vastly to the ben eft of the development of the great west and of the United States in general. Because he was a thor oughly good clerk ae became a thoroughly good master of men and millions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
A Timely. Editorial
Nut Trees for the Wayside
Detroit Free Press)

The American Tree association, an organization devoted to the en- couragement of arborlculture, asks why nut trees should not be planted along the waysides of this. country, both for use and beauty. The ob- vious answer is that they should. It happens that the nut trees of this country are almost without ex- ception desirable, not only for their nuts, but for every reason that makes tree planting worth while. They are mostly trees of large size, they are beautiful; and when they are cut, the timber which they sup ply is of high quality.
 In Michigan, when this subject is discussed, one thinks first of the stately walnut. Its nuts are not so good as the shag bark hickory, but it is the beauty or the family; and black walnuts are not to be despised when the time comes for cracking nuts around the winter fire.
 One objection which thoughtless people sometimes raise against planting the finest trees is that the most of them are slow growing. They seem to think that nothing but some tree that is kin to Jonah's gourd will mature soon enough to give the planter any benefit from his work, but this is a double mis- like the growthy poplars and soft trees commonly planted for quick growth are short lived, and . mis- take also because the better trees are not so slow as some people think they are.
 In his recent work on "Trees as Good Citizens," Charles Lathrop Pack mentions an instance where a black walnut grew from the seed in Pennsylvania and bore seven nuts in it's fourth year. That, of course, was an extraordinarily precocious walnut, but the tree in ordinary cases grows rapidly enough to sat isfy any reasonable man, and, un- like the growth popuars and soft naples, it lives to a great old age.
 Hickories lining the roads of southern Michigan would also beau tify the highways, and might add a few dollars to the income of the owner; though he would have to wait longer either for nuts or shade than would one who planted wal nuts; and further north, where neither of these trees thrive, the butternut would make a good way side tree.
 All of these might prove tempt ing to lawless nut gatherers, but, as MT. Pack points out, even if the owner should lose some of his nuts, he would be no worse off than those who plant trees that have no food value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
POSTOFFICE IN POLITICS

Postmaster General New does not approve of the wise suggestions for postal reforms made by former Postmaster General Work, on his retirement from the postoffice de- partment to become secretary of the in- terior. MT. New believes that the postal service should continue to be the football of politics and enable the party in power ot reward it's supporters by distributing the spells of office. It is not surprising that he takes that point of view. He belongs to the reactionary school of poiftics and is a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
Demand for Good Roads (Tuskegee News)

There is a persistent and grow ing demand sweeping over ths United States for better countr, roads. This demand does not coma alone from the man in the city o, town who wants more comfort wher touring with his car. It comes also from the farmer, who demands the same degree of comfort when tour. ing or going to market with his car We have automobiles to thank fol this much; without the automobiles we would have drifted along in the same old muddy ruts for years te come. Talk the necessity for better country roads wherever you 20. Talk it in season, between season. and out of season. Talk 1t all of the time. Some people may not want to hear so much good roads talk, but they are the very ones w,I want to impress with the necessity o' better roads. Be good roads boos1 ter and you will be boosting your own interests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
Bit of Philosophy By REV. H. C. OFFERMAN
: Do not be too serious.

Do not be too serious.
 Do not take yourself too se- riously.
 Persintency wins; energy is re- warded; hope finds fulfillment; love finds love.
 You may have had mere sadness so far; but your day is coming.
 Be joyous; be glad; be full, of life, love fun.
 You do not know it all. nobody knows it all.
 Be fond of the little things; take them into consideration.
 Offer rewards; give thanks; be enthusiastic; be genuine; be real.
 Live right, act quickly, be good; love God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
CROWN PRINCES CROSSING
 (Springfield Republican1

It is reported from The Hague that the former German crown prince, taking advantage of the new German unity resulting from the occupation of the Ruhr," i" motor ed as fir as the border and then turned back, deciding that the time was not yet ripe for his return. There could De no quicker way to destroy whatever German unity exists than for him to cross the frontier
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07

There has been something sweet and gra- cious on natures part all through the late fall and the winter, and the floral harbor- ings of spring have appeared in time to avoid a gap in the pleasing effect produced by this constancy of natures catering to our sense of the beautiful and the esthetic. Peo- pie of Birmingham are blessed in their trees and their flowers and the soil and climate that make them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
The Reformer in Spring

ne Nerormer Tn spring A touch of Spring is in the air and fields
 will soon be green, And golfing addicts soon will roam athwart
 the sylvan scene.
 million lives And victims will desert their homes, their
 children and their wives. The shining fields that echoed once with
 songs of gentle birds Will now resound with shrieks of woe and
 loud and lurid words. So let us take our pens in hand
 And write resolution To legislate against it, and
 Amend the Constitution. The grip of golf is like unto the grip of
 Demon Dope; The victim is a total loss, beyond all human
 hope. It clutches male and female, and it clutches young and old, And woe betide the addict who is struggling in it's hold His aim in life, his business, hi shearthstone
 and his soul He casts them all aside to push pellet in
 hole-
 So let us take our pens in hand
 And write resolution To legislate against it, and
 Amend the Constitution. Where solemn hymns resounded on the Sab
 bath days of yore The countryside re-echoes with the worldly
 cry of Fore" It sets bad example to the wayward feet
 of youth, For golfers are notoriously careless with
 the truth. But worst of all-it fills the good reformer's
 heart with shame The golfer actually finds enjoyment in the
 game.
 So let us take our pens in hand
 And write resolution To legislate against it, and
 Amend the Constitution. Sea captain arriving in New York an- HouHSco Q WudiC VI UdCClS III Luc VASty deep. "The sea-" he says, "was full of whales, forcing the steamer to alter her course to avoid disaster" Scrutinizing the story more carefully, one learns that the captain just arrived from Bermuda. Skull found in Jersey is examined by scientists and declared to be only 1000 years old. A mere parvenu, so to speak. His Mother-in-Law Made Him That Way Dear Torch Bearer: Let Tut Rest in Peace, Undertakers Say"
 He must have been awfully tired if 5000 years hasn't rested him.-F. R. M. The railroads announce . reduction in roofing rates.
 Shingle your house cheap, as it were. We're for this reduction business. The telephone company plans to spend a million dollars year to encourage conver- sation in Alabama.
 That's not all talk, either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07

Ex-Service men are to be given preference in civil service examinations. Now if they could only be given preferential treatment by the veterans bureau also, justice would be done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
HOTELS THAT SATISFY

Simultaneously come the announcements of plans to build new hotels in Birmingham, Atlanta and Montgomery, while additions are to be made to the hostelries in many other cities of this section. New Orleans also will soon see rather elaborate expansion in its
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
Alabama Press
Feed Yourself Fir,t
Alabama Farm Bureau News

It is said that an army move on its stomach" and the same shoul
 be true of farmers. In making you crop plans for 1923 we suggest thaI your first consideration be to fee, yourself and your second considera tion be to make all the money vol can. This idea is neither new oD origintl. It IS the experience of sue cessful farmers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
Tri-Cities Newspaper Changes
 (F1orence Times)

The Times extends greetings t, two additions to the newspaper fra ternity in the Tri-C Cities, MT. H. F Hillhouse and Capt. A. M. Eaton MT. Hillhouse has bought and as stunned the management of the Ala bamian-Dispatch at Tuscumbia an, is planning to improve It's equip ment and publish a modern weeklj paper. Captain Eaton has assumed the editorial reins of the Sheffiel, Standard and will by his progressiy, personality bring to that journA added popularity. The former edi tors of the two newspapers will de vote their time and talents in othe directions. Editor Davis will givl his attention to other business af fairs. while Hon. Frank Julian will again become resident of "Goa+ Hill" in Montgomery as state insur ance commissioner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07

Some people say that prohibition legisla- tion has greatly increased the number of law infractions. Certainly; where there is no law there can be no infraction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07

"Mock. Session of Congress Held by Pages."-Headline. How could they tell it was a mock session?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
More Kind Words

(DeKalb County Herald)
 The Birmingham Age-Herald ha recently inaugurated valuabl feature in it's state news page This service is maintained at
 great expense, but it has made Tn Age-Herald even better than ever People throughout the state hay commented upon the big improve ment shown by this modern daily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07

The coal industry is said to suffer iron lack of organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07

 j1s;7oReEBEARER j1s;

The coal commissioners are here looking around a little. They don't say much, bu. when they do get ready to talk we reckon they'll say a-plenty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07

The Ellen-N carried more coal in 1922 than in any previous year of it's history. Doesn't look as if waterway competition hurts it much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
,cRIpTIoN RATES:
MEMRER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the for publication of all news dispatches credited 10 it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published therein. All rights Of re- publication of special dispatches herein are also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07

We'll say it's the public that suffers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07

The telephone company plans to spend a million dollars year to encourage conver- saton in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07

That's not all talk, either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
We're for this reduction business.

Shingle your house cheap, as it were.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-07
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-10

When John Mccormack sings
Sunday at p. m. at the Murat he
will be greeted by an audience that
viii fill every available space in the
theater.
Sunday is Armistice Day and
John. a true American citizen, has
written Ona b. Talbot that he
wishes, in his small way, to pay
tribute to memory of the brave
dead For an enc q. song he viii
sing the song whict ne considers
the finest of all the rs written
during the period ne war.
When Pershing's Went
Marching Into Picardy.
a notable program has been ar
ranged by Mccormack for his con
cert. His assisting artists are Ed
win Schneider. pianist. and Lauri
Kennedy, cellist. The great song
classics, a group of Schubert. a
group of Irish folk songs and a
group of English songs by Mr.. Nc
Cormack, two groups to include
Grieg. Hughes and Pepper by Mr..
Kennedy and Schneider will com
prise the program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-10
WIZARD DECLARES
KHAN IS NEUTRAL
Supports Principle, Not Indi-
ViduaI, Says Evans.

Dr. H. w. Evans, imperial wizard
of the Ku-Klux Khan, in indianapolis
Friday to confer with local Khan Off
Gals, left this morning for FIT. Wayne
where he was to be one of the prin-
cipal speakers at a Khan meeting.
Asked whether the Khan would sup
port certain candidates in the com
ing primary election, Evans declared
the Khan is not a political organiza-
ton.
1.-The Khan will support no individ
ual, but a principal" he declared
THE only effect the Khan will have is
through its influence in making the
voters realize their responsibility.
There is nothing TO runors that
Klan headquarters will be moved to
Indianapolis, Evans said.
When asked concerning a statement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-10
FOOD SHOW WILL
REOPEN MONDAY .
Commercial Travellers Day
Observed at Exhibit.

Commercial Travellers day. was
observed today at the Pure Food Show
at Tomlinson Hall. Acme Evans Com
pany gave away fifty two-pound sacks
of flour; Grocers' Baking Company,
fifty leaves Of bread, and H. Ten-Brit
Company Of Chicago, distributors Of
BalfoUr cheese, fifty cans of mustard.
Miss Emma Brinkman, $50 Veg
horst St, is still leading in the con.
test to find the most popular steno-
grapher. Miss Blanche Karch holds
the lead as the most popular demon
strator, H. C. Adams as the most
popular salesman and William Ar
mold as the most popular grocer.
The show is under the auspices Of
the Indianapolis Retail Grocers' AS
ISOLATION.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-10

will open a weeks engagement Sun
day at the Lincoln Square, for
merly the Rialto.
No. 4-Johnny Hines in Little
Johnny Jones" at the Apollo next
week.
No. 5-Charles Jones in Big
Dan" at the Isis the first half of
next week.
No. 6-Glenn Hunter and Mar
tina Mansfield in Youthful Cheat
ers" will be the screen feature at
the Palace the first half of next
week
No. Elaine Hammerstein in
Rupert of Hentzau." at Mister
Smiths next week
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-10
Easement Petitions Are Filed

property between Indianapolis and
Terre Haute, over which the Indiana
Electric Corporations transmission
will run, has been filed with the pub
lie service commission. The company
is constructing a super-power plant
at the Wabash River and will deliver
current to Indianapolis by means of
the transmission line. The line will
require 480 steel towers, it is said
Difficulty has been met in erecting
towers on certain farms in Putnam,
Hendricks and Morgan Counties.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-10
State Saving on Cement Seen

Officials of the State highway COM
mission today estimated the 10 cent
reduction in barrel prices Of Port
land cement will save the State
100000 in its 1924 road building
program. The Indianapolis price, in
GLIDING charges, has been reduced
from $2.71 a barrel to 1921. The mill
base price was S1.S5.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-10

OF Emperor William Joseph Simmons,
that the Khan was on the rocks, Evans
refused to answer directly, but did
say. when asked condition of the
Khan: 1.-The Ku-Klux Khan is stronger
in morale, men, influence and finances
than ever before in its history
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-10
The RiaItO Is Given
q Brand New Name

Beginning today. the Rialto Theater
viii be known as the Lincoln Square.
This name was among the many sug-
gested by Indianapolis people in an
effort on the part of the management
to select a new name for this play
house.
The Fair Cheat" with Edmund
Breese, Dorothy Mackaill. Wilfred
Lyteell and others will be the film
feature. II is a comedy drama.
While Lytell is the center Of the
pot. he is not the whole center Of the
story. The plotters. Dorothy Mackaill
and Edmund Breese take their share
Of the picture. The story concerns "A
beautiful girl, daughter Of million
aire and her wedding to a penniless
young man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-10

while il is being presented in this
city. l do not want dirty shows and
when I run across them ] always say
so. TO me a dirty joke has no excuse
en- the American stage. I found The
Passing Show" to be splendid enter
tainment. It has done nearly capacity
business at every performance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-10
IMPORTANT NEW
MOVIE RELEASES
DUE NEXT WEEK
Spanish Dancer Little
Johnny Jones and If VIM
ter Comes Booked.

EXT weeks movies in Indian
I'M apohs theaters Will include
III some of the more important
new releases.
If Winter Comes" a Fox produc-
ton viii claim attention at the Ohio,
beginning Sunday afternoon.
The Circle will present Pola Negri
The Spanish Dancer" The Apollo
ail feature Little Johnny Jones'
with Johnny Hines.
Big Dan" viii be at the Isis the
fl st half Of the week. Rupert of
HNntzau" will be at Mister Smiths.
The Lincoln Square viii offer The
Fair Chest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-11-10
Spanish Dancer" with
POla Negri at Circle

Pola Negri comes to the Circle Sun
day m THE Spanish Dancer" a ro-
ma lie story adapted from the story.
"Dtst Cesar De Bezan," by Adolphe
D'Ennery and P. S. Z. Dumanoir. The
star appears as a beautiful young
dancing girl. who belongs 10 a rowing
band Of gypsy entertainers.
She meets AMI falls in love with a
young Spanish nobleman, and is
plunged into whirl of events involv-
ing the King and Queen of Spain be-
fore she is finally married to her no
BILE lover
A special feature of the program
next week will be the playing of c.
Sharpe-Minor, who is remaining at the
Circle for a limited engagement, and
who is presenting two more Of his
original compositions; the first, "A
Musical Tale" a romance told in song
titles and first lines. and the second.
Smiles" a paraphrase on the once
popular fox trot.
The orchestra viii play Morning,
Noon and Night" by Franz Y Suppe.
as the overture and the Circlette of
News completes the program.