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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-28
AT THE MOVIES

Capitol-"Over The Border"
 Galax-Ralph Lewis in The Third Alarm"
 Odeon-"The oregon Trail"
 Princess-F'ranklin Farnum in Fire Brand
 Rialto-Constance Talmadge in Mrs. Leffingwelrs Boots"
 Royal-Charles Jones in Trooper O'Neil"
 Strand-Eileen Percy and Theo- dore Kosloff in Children of Jazz" Trtanon-James Oliver CurWood's Ja Jacqueline" or Blazing Barriers"
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INACTIVITY DENIED

Despite reports to visitors to Bir- mingham that the plants of this dis trict are closed down, they continue to work 100 per cent day and night and occasionally smash some war time records. In Ensley Thursday MT Foreman of the Bijou related that while being shown over Bir- Wednesday their hosts had stated that ordinarily the skies in Birmingham were illuminated with the glow of many furnaces. How ever, the sky was ebony at this time by reason tf the fact that all fur naces and steel plants of the district were closed down. The visitor was also informed that labor troubles in Birmingham between union and open shop forces had caused the dark pail of inactivity to settle down upon course, was unaware of the real sit
 uation and came near mentioning that in his act. When he came to the Ktwanis club at Ensley Thurs day he was amazed to learn from many persons, that his apprehension was groundless and that all the plants were running full time.
 Prominent Kiwanians in Ensley said Friday it was difficult to un- derstand what motive would actuate anyone in spreading such groundless reports. One even moderately well informed knows that every plant end is not in sight. The report that Mir. Hitchcock brought to Ensley was said to have been told him by a resident of Birmingham and not stranger. as some thought, when he related the story.
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Summary of observations made at sta . tions of the United States Weather Bureau during the 24 hours ending at p m. 90th meridian time, July 27. 1923:
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CURRENT EVENTS

Travellers club luncheon at St An drew's lunch room at 1 o'clock. No WSY
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For the 24 hours ending at p. m, July 27, 1928:
 Highest temperature ............... a1 Lowest temperature .....,........ II Mean temperature ................. S1 Normal temperature ....,.......... S1 Deficiency in tempera ture since Jan
 usry 1 '...........,...... 100 Rainfall ............ ............... co Total rainfall since January 1......S7 Is Excess in rainfall since January l.. ' 05 Relative humidity, ' a. m. ......... 92
 12 noon .................... AS
 p. m. ...,............... 62 Dry thermometer, ! a. m. ......... "A
 noon ............ SS
 p m. .,........... SS Wet thermometer. a. m. ....... 72
 12 noon ...................... 72
 p. m. ............. 73 Summary of observations made at sta .
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E|GHT-H HOUR SHIFT
 UNCONF |RMED BY TENNE ESSEE WORKS
Believed Change Would De- crease Earnings As To
 Cause Suffering
ENSLEY BUREAU l THE AGE HERALD { EnsleY. Ala .InlN 27

No word has been received in Ems ley by officials of the Tennessee company relative to the inauguration of the proposed eight-hour shifts in the continuous manufacturing de- partment. although statements have been made from various sources that the plan was to be installed. Infer nation, according to report, comes only from published statements. The employees affected by the eight hour shift in Ensley are observing with deep concern the negotiations leading up to the cut in working hours and many view the situation with no lit tie alarm. It is stated that the few men, comparatively, engaged In we rking 12 hours believe the reduc- tion will so cut their earnings as 10 render them insufficient for their needs. It is we'll known that the featuring end of the plants Is small compared to the total number em- ployed. and it is stated men ire quently relieve them for a rest. Aside from this the employees are not engaged 12 actual hours in work but while the steel or irtn is In pro- cess of manufacture they have long periods of rest which reduces the 12-hour work to a great extent.
 Officials and employees in Ensley are not unmindful of probable con fusion which will result if the plan of Judge Gary, encouraged by Pres ident Harding is carried to conclu- sion The reduction in earnings, the task Cf filling up the gaps caused by the increase of one-third of the man power needed and other details are features of the proposed change which, in Ensley, is causing not only speculation on the part of the men most intimately associated with the change, but on the part of merchants
 and citizens generally. For some years the eight-hour basic day has been in force at the steel works and other plants; however, actual hours served are greater than eight, al though payments are made at higher rate for time served after eight hours. The best informed men in Ensley are somewhat inclined to believe the men will not be satis- fled with the change, especially the reduction in earnings.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-13
TAXES MIST BE CUT

The North Dakota Legislature.
if it seeks popularity, must do
something other than create new,
sources of state revenue.
The Independents went before
the people in the last campaign on
very definite promise that they
would reduce taxation.
The Legislature must redeem
those pledges, and there is only
one way in which that can be done.
Appropriations must he curtail-
ed; they must be reduced to the
point where it hurts.
The Forum believes it speaks
the, thought of the people of the
State when it says that the Legis-
lature will be supported in any
program it may adopt that brings
about real tax reduction provided
such program is founded on equity
as between all of the various ac-
tivities that will be affected by cur
tailment.
A tax on amusements and tax
on tobacco and new income tax
and an increased tax on gasoline,
will operate to take taxes OF the
property. They will not reduce
the sum total of, taxes collected,
and that is what the people OF
North Dakota demand. =. Fargo
Forum. & =. "a w e
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SCIENCE AND YOUTH
OFFENDERS

Surely the young whose lapses of
various sorts bring them into court
are not now being death with so
successfully as to exclude sound
suggestions for an improvement,
whatever their source. A happy
union of the forces of the law and
the forces of science is to be
brought about in the proposed
clinic, The mental traits which,
on appearance in the youthful,
cause careers to go away and con-
tinue in more or less serious con-
flict with the public well-being
have been long under study. Ten
denotes in specific directions have
been charted, classified, reduced to
something like systematic order.
That these tendencies shall be rec
ognized early is highly important
That they, shall be neutralized,
changed in quality. given new and
better detectives, is also of high i'm
portance. Much has been done in
this department of research. Tenn
peraments differ so much that
what may give good results in one
case may only accentuate causes of
complaint in another case. To as
certain just why a child has be-
come delinquent and to apply to
his case the precise agencies in
training and environment which
have been shown to work the best
in great number of other like
cases is the purpose of the PSYCHE
atric clinic.-St. Louis Globe DEM
Ocrat.
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NORTH DAkOTA'S LOAD

Until taxes in this state get in line with other states
which bidding against us for settlers and industries
North Dakota grow her splendid lands and location
Justify The Legislature has within its power to tighten
the load and unless it does the people will the Job
selves or later.
Former Senator Gunderson president of the State Tax
payers Association has pointed out that in 1922 for
various governmental activities in this state S8OOOOOO
more than in 1915.
This out of all proportion to increase in population and
costs Taxable property has not increased in such ratio
so there has been pyramdng of taxes in this state prob
ably unequaled in many commonweaths Of the land
State administrations while great offenders have not
been the sole of the increase Every political unit
the state has been exceeding the speed limit in public
greatly to the taxes and will continue to do until leader
ship arises in the state fearless enough to wipe out the
the e to- Gn
must be high Losses incurred at Drake in the Bank of
citation must be met and there to be other place
to go than to the taxpayers sadly attened by
ncessant assaults of the collector
The first step that should be taken to wipe out all
unjust tax determinations and exemptions imposed while
class feeling at it's height Then should follow
plete reimbursement of the real estates assessments Each
political unit should be forced to spend only much
needed by the application of rigid economy until North Da
koa qudate its losses from state enterprises
and provide insurance against those know not Of
but know must before the people realize that there
no merit to state ownership.
The farmer and the businessman in this carry.
ing all the load they can 70 impose heavy income tax
from the state being done in Wisconsin by the
political taxmasers who seek merely to their own
selfish interests.
Finding ways to tax is not reducing taxation If
corporations and individuals to be taxed the sky
an income basis will feel it badly they do
the various property taxes
1t is hard to designate in temperate words the folly of
taxing socaled uxuries in times of peace These excise
taxes have place in state taxation and create
ment in the electorate which is not conducive to orderly
government
Probably the wheels are oiled for the passage of the in
tax bill The pan it's apologists say will ease the
levy real estate But it will pile up the indirect
the of rents and prices generally and the ultimate
sumner will be the goat as usual
Former Governor Hanna in his Mandan speech laid down
Of folio
perty to the state His regime governor the
load light and the state greater development in
lines that has been the case since.
North Dakota must realize that in of the increased
overhead in the various departments of every
section of the state the volume government business
cared for has increased hardy ALL Under the Hanna
regime, the bonded debt practically wiped out.
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THE PAST

BY Berton Bralcy.
Girls amt the same as the girls !:
knew"
The dowager says, and signs.
Those old-time maidens would never
do
A thing that would cause surprise"
But she failed to recall, in a large
degree,
Some things which she saw occur
Girls amt the same aS they used to
r be,
And they never were!
"Men amt the. same as the men Of
old"
The old man said, with scowl.
But he didn't know that the cave man
bold,
Had put up similar howl.
And they both were right in their
sad decree,
To which we can still demur,
With, "Men amt at all what they
used to be,
And they fever were"
The past is ever golden time,
When it's many year away,
And the, folks who're pretty we'll
past their prime
Are always aghast at Today!
And they're right, OF course, as you
plainly see,
In the judgments that they aver,
But, "Times' amt at all what they
!. used to be-" s
And they never were!
I Copyright, 1923, NEA service.)
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alert, mon ami! The pencil and
the paper!"
He slumped into a chair and dved
into a pocket of his red shirt, to
bring forth mass of scrubbed
sheets, to stare at them, striving
studiously to make out the writing.
Get is-the copy of the bid!'
''The copy? The bid?"
"From the Blackburn mill. There
is no one around. Ba'teese, he go
through window. M'sieu Houston,
he too will bid. But he will make 1t
lower"
But what with, Ba'tiste? We
haven't mill to saw the stuff, IN
the first place. This thing we're set
ting up now couldn't even begin to
turn out the ties alone"
"Ah, oui! But the man who is
drowning, he will, what-yousay,
grab at haystack."
And together they settled to the
making of bid that ran into the
millions an overture for contract
for which they had neither mill, nor
timber, nor flume, nor resources to
complete!
CHAPTER XII
Time dragged after that Once
the bid was on it's way to Chicago,
there was nothing to do but wait
December came. February and
then
"Eet is come! Eet is come!" Ba'-
tiste, waving his arms wildly, in
spite of the stuffiness of his heavy
mackinaw. "Eet is come! have
open eet-I can not wait. Eet say
we shall have the contract! Ah,. oui!
oui! oui! oui!"
Get say five thousand dollars
cash, and the rest in a bond!" came
enthusiast ically, from Ba'tiste. "Ba'-
teese he have the friend in Denver
who will make the the bond"
"But how about the machinery;
we'll need a hundred tn GU sand dollar
plant before we're through, Ba'tiste."
"Ah!" The old French Canadians
jaw dropped. "Ba'teese have not
think of that"
Tomorrow morning we take the
train to Denver, and from there III
60 on to Boston. I'll raise the
money some way"
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ADVENTUROUS
THE TWINS
BY Olive Barton Roberts

Goodness" exclaimed Nancy one
day when she was helping Mr..
Stamps, the fairy postman. to sort
the letters in the hickory tree post.
office. Here's a letter for me! j,
looks like valentine. Yes, sir! It's
got hearts and flowers all over H..
Who do you s'pose it's FROM"
She read it over to herself and
then; called to Nick and Mr.. Stamps
and Mr.. Stridealong Longside, the
other little fatty, to hear it. Here's
what it said:
"Whose hair is like the morning
sun?
Whose sweet blue eyes are full Of
fun?
Whose mouth is curved like Cupid's
bow?
Whose skin is soft as fallen snow?
.osH. Why, Nancy's!
who's busy all the livelong day?
Who laughs at work and laughs at
play?
Who's kind to everyone she meets,
And everyone she passes greets?
why, nancy!
"Whose heart is brave and knows
no fear,
Whose eyes are bright and know
no tear,
Who aids the weak against tho
strong,
And helps the fairy folk along?
WHY Nancvi
"Who travels round from Moon /.
Mars,
A-keeping order 'mongst the stars?
Who goes with Nick far out to sea,
Then back to land in time for tea?
Why, Nancy!
who'll be my valentine. pray,
And come to visit me some day,
And talk about the news and wealth.
err?
What splendid times we'll have to-
gether!
Why, Nancy-T hope"
Now then who do you s'pose sent
me that ?" wondered Nancy. "I'm not
of HIVE 40 Iudt' INy udlI 1911 lIhc
the sun and my eyes aren't like-well
what it says"
81 know who sent it. l know!"
sang out voice from a tree-top
nearby 1t was Tweekanose the
gnome. was hiding in a chimney
last night" he said. land saw"
someone tiptoe over to the hickory
$~o 1.>Ak
away again. It was Mr.. Peerabou.
the Man-in-the- Moon!"
"Dear old Mr.. Perabout!" laughed
Nancy. "He's one of my Best
FRIEND. Nick, we'll have to go, and
Sc him again soon while we have
our Magic Green Shoes"
I "Ded and we WILL said Nick.
s(To Be Continped.)
Copyright. 1923, NEA service.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-13
THE DlFF1CULAY or
SIMPLICITY

ut is very simple" said Coue
yesterday after explaining his
method. at is too simple 1t is
too simple to understand. But it
works.
And we were reminded of one of
the greatest stories in the Bible
which seems to have anticipated
just this difficulty Of the little man
from Macy. We are thinking of
the story of Naaman and the pro-
phet Elisha.
The fifth chapter OF the Second
Book Of Kings begins. "NOw, Naa-
man, captain Of the hosts of the
King Of Syria, was great man
with his master, and, honorable,
because by him the Lord had given
deliverance unto Syria; he was
also a mighty man in valor, but he
was leper."
This has always seemed to us
just about the most skilful begin
ming of any story in the English
language which we know. The
story goes on to tell how little
captive maid from Israel sent word
to the great captain that he should
go to the prophet in her land. The
chOnicle continues:
So Naaman came with his
horses and with his chariot,
and stood at the door of the
house of Elisha. And Elisha
sent messenger unto him,
saying, GO and wash in Jor-
dan seven times and thy flesh
shall come again to thee, and
thou be clean"
But Naaman was wroth, and
went away, and said, Behold,
] thought, he will surely come
out to me and stand. and call
on the name of the Lord, his
God, and strike his hand over
the place, and recover the
leper. Are not ALBANIA and
Pharpar. rivers Of Damascus,
better than all the waters of
Israel? May I not wash in
them, and be clean?" SO he
turned and went away in a
rage.
And his servants came near,
and spake unto him. and said,
MY father, if the prophet had
bid thee do some great thing,
wouldest thou not have done
it? How much rather then,
when he said to thee, Wash,
and be clean?'
Then he went down, and
dipped himself seven times in
Jordan, according to the say
ing Of the man of God; and his
flesh came again like unto the
flesh of a little child and he
was clean.
We have no hesitation in re-
printing this passage from the
Bible to mark the point raised by
Coue. because we are entirely con-
fident that the story is no longe.
generally known. We tried to get
somebody in the audience which
heard COue to tell us where he
, could find the passage we wanted
and we received no help. Nobody
remembered it, The audience was
composed of publishers and editors
of New York newspapers. Per-
haps we might have Jared better if
We had waited for Coue's second
audience. which was composed of
reporters. At any rate, the libra
rian at the Newspaper club informs
lis that the book most in demand
among the members is the Bible
bHeywood Brown in the New York
World.
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Vaguely, dizzily, Houston started TO
the door, only to be pulled back in
the gigantic grip of Ba'tiste Renaud.
"No! No! You shall not go! You
tell Medaine that is lie!"
at is" Houston heard his voice
as though coming from far away
but l don't know how to answer it.
Where is Miss Jicrdon?"
Miss Jierdon," Medaine Robin
cite answered with an effort went
back to camp last night"
They drove on in silence
Ten minutes later, Houston leaped
from the buggy and knocked at the
door of the cottage.
81 want to see Miss Jerdon,' he
h told the cook who had opened the
door.
The cook hustled back into the
house, to return with sealed envel-
ope addressed to Houston.
Dearest Barry:
"Hate awfully to run away like
this without seeing you, but it can t
be hoped. Have an offer of posi-
ton in st. Louis that 1 can't very
we'll refuse. Will write you from
there.
"Love and kisses.
"AGNES"
Ba'tiste slapped the reins on the
horses back.
"She is like the Judas, eh?" he
asked quietly, as they went back TO
the cottage. Ba'tiste soon went
forth into the night. Later came a
scratch on the door. 1t was Cole
mar, followed moment later by Il
grinning, twinkling- Batiste.
"Bon! Good" he exclaimed. "Now
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They went on to Denver, there 20
seek out the few friends Ba'tiste
possessed, to argue one of them in
to loan of ten thousand dollars
on the land and trustworthy quail
ties which formed the. total of Ba'-
titSe's resources, to gain from the
other the necessary bond to cover the
contract-a contract which Barry
Houston knew only too we'll might
never he fulfilled.
Came Chicago and the technicali-
ties of ironing out the final details
of the contract. Then, dealer in mil
lions and the posscssor Of nothing,
Houston went onward toward Bos-
ton.
He wandered the aisle of the
sleeper, entered the smoking COM
partment and slumped into seat in
far corner, smoking in detached
manner, often pulling on his cigar
long after lengthy minutes of re-
| Election had allowed it's ashes to cool.
About him the usual conversation
ragged. With sudden interest. Hous-
ton forgot his own problems to lis
ten.
speaking of gruesome things
the talker had said, reminds me.
I'm doctor, former inferno in Bell
strand Hospital in New York.
They've a big room on the fifth
floor where somebody is always dis
secting. One Sunday night hap
pened to look in and, saw man in
there, numbering another one with a
wooden mallet."
Numbering him." The doctor
laughed.
well l should have said, acting
out a murder. You can't very we'll
murder dead man. The fellow ne
was killing already was a corpse.
you mean"
"Just what I'm saying. Pretty
big doctors, | learned, all from Bos-
ton. They had taken cadaver from
the refrigerator and stood it in Il
certain position. Then the one man
had struck it on the head with the
mallet with all the force he could
summon. OF course it knocked the
corpse down-I'm telling you, it was
gruesOmc. even to an inferno! The
last l saw of them, the doctors were
working with their microscopes
evidently to see what effect the blow
had produced"
what was the idea ?"
"Never found out. You see. OPP
posite sides in trial are always
carrying out experiments and trying
to keep the other fellow from know
ing what's going on"
"You-you don't know who the
men were?" Houston. forcing HIM
self to be casual, had asked the
question. The young doctor shook
his head.
"No-except that they were from
Boston. l suppose the other man
was district attorney"
"You never learned with what muir
der case it was connected?"
"No."
pardon me for asking. IL
come from Boston and was trying
to recall case You don't remem-
Der what time of the year it was,
or how long ago."
Eyes, |. do. 1t was in the summer,
along about two or two and half
years ago."
Houston slumped back into his
corner.
But once in his berth, the picture
continued to rise before him: of n
man "killing' another with mallet.
Had it been Worthington, the de-
termined, over-zealous district at
torney, who had struggled to send
him to the penitentiary for life?
Yet-if that had been Worthington,
if those experts had found evidence
against him
Why had this damning evidence
not been used against him?
Continued in Our Next Issue)
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CHAPTER XII

It Was blow greater, far greater
than. one that could have been
struck in mere physical contact.
Houston reeled With the effect Of
it; he gasped, he Struggled aimiess-
", futiley. for wesdsst es snswer it.
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Tom
Sims
Says

| The first sign of spring will be the
funny new soft drink names.
| Raising a family is an expensive
hobby, but usually worth the money.
Europe seems to think peace will
take French leave.
The man of the hour seldom lasts
longer than that. .
Only thing certain about February
weather is it's uncertain.
A Montreal man can lift $50
cases.
Isn't it strange that golf is
Scotch game and so expensive. .
The man who tells n girl he would
die for her wouldn't be so rash if
he had ever tried it.
Our kick against the future is it
moves as fast as we do.
People who work. about every
thing usually worry about nothing.
Some men would rather stay home
than go to church. others would 4
rather go to church than stay home.
A man can be pretty smart, but
never both smart and pretty.
Nice thing about having n family
is you can ask the judge to pity
them when you get arrested.
Moving all the seasons up thres
months would satisfy everybody.
A sure sign times are getting bet
ter is skin game men are being
caught with bigger hauls.
With IS hours day to worry
some people spend it all worrying
about how they look.
Quickest way to begin thing
right is to begin it right now.
Our favorite, toast during these
dry days is buttered.
You can't be bowling success by
simply bowling.
The fine thing about having hu.
band is you can tell him who else
you could have married.
"Raise them not to dance chee!:
to cheek" advises writer. Sure,
fed them on onions or garlic.
Longer winter lasts the longer it
will be before we have to try to open
street car windows.
Reader asks if the boy seeing wit,
transplanted pig eye is liable 20
get sly in it. No.
All of us wonder where on earth
our money goes.