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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
SUMMER OPERA MAY BE
 PUT ON AT EAST LAKE
MT. Erickson Has Plan For Season
 Amusement

summer opera may be held at East
 Lake park during the summer, ac- cording to announcement made Sat-
 urday afternoon. It is understood that the Birmingham Amusement company is heartily in favor of the plans Ter the summer program which has been drawn up by O. Gordon Erickson, municipal music director It was stated Saturday morning that necessary arrangements for the pres entation of the opera can be made at the park providing concrete plans can be drawn up within the next 30 days.
 There is a pavilion in the park which could be used for the purpose of presenting the operas, with few additions and alterations, it was stated. These operas will be of the
 lighter variety, the list including
 several Gilbert X Sullivan plays,
 .The Bohemian Girl.' "Hansel and Gretel.' Martha" "Cavaleri Rusti- canna" and several others to be se-
 lected. At the present time. the en- tire cast. which MT. Erickson had planned to present has been kept to- gether, and it will be a matter of
 only short time before they will be ! in readiness for the season.
 No authentic statement regarding
 the opera was made by Mir. Erickson
 Saturday night, but he said that he had talked the plans he has arranged
 over with George Lewis Bailes,
 president of the Amusement company,
 and Miles Bradford, vice president, and both had stated they were in favor of holding the operas. R. II. Mcintosh, secretary of the concern. i stated he was in accord with the pro- gram Saturday morning.
 l Birmingham singers who will take
 part in the summer opera if the plans are accepted are: Mrs. Walter
 Brewer, Mrs. May Shackleford, Mrs. J. I. Strickland. Miss Virginia Me Knight. Miss Rebecca Basemore, Mrs. R. P. McCowan. Mrs. Maury Calhoun, Mrs. Lucille Brooks, Mrs. R. l.. Bum
 gardner, MT. owen Gillespie, Bert Haley. Leon Cole. H. J. Posner, AL
 yah Brown, ]. D. McGill, Berman
 Kimbrough, Lawrence Cooper. 9th
 CTS to take part in the operas will be selected later. A chorus of 30 will also be chosen. An orchestra of 25 musicians will also be employed. Casts for the various operas have
 been chosen by Mir. Erickson and upon necessary arrangements re- hearsals of the leading voices and the chorus will be resumed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
Dance Halls Poor Substitute For
 Cabarets After II O'Clock

BERLIN, March 24.-Night life in Berlin was dealt hard blow through the recent police regulation prohibit ing public dancing, and requiring all cafes to close at Il p. m.
 Many of the dance halls still keep open, and have tried to provide sub stitutes for cabaret performances. but the would-be merry-makers sit listlessly about and seem to show no interest except when the orchestras strike up dance music, then they wiggle their shoulders, yawn, and move sadly into the dimly ligated streets at II o'clock.
 Until the Ruhr occupation and the threatened shortage of fuel. cafes were permitted to remain open until 1 o'clock. That made it possible for theater crowds to visit the dance hallss and cafes after the theater performances. But now this is im- possible, as most of the theaters be- gin their program at 7;30 or s.
 Walters organizations are endeav- bring to have the theaters open at 6:30 so that the crowds may visit the cafes after the performance and thus prevent thousands of walters and other cafe employees from losing their jobs.
 A few night clubs or "lokals."
 
 tions and are endeavoring to provide nightlife in spite of police regula- tions. Through walters in regular cafes they distribute cards giving the address of guides who will find al!-night dancing places. These guides, in turn, convey parties to places where othef touts assume the leadership and conduct their patrons to remote halls in the center of blocks where liquor is provided at extortionate rates and the habitueS keep their eyes on back stairways through which escape may be made if raid takes place.
 But night clubs do not offer the financial returns they did few months ago. Tourists are scarce. Foreigners who were in Germany for pleasure have nearly all gone since the French went into the Ruhr. Sub, way trains all stop before midnight. and consequently Berlin is a dark. dead city after that hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25

be shown they are prepared to de. fend themselves with revolvers and rifles. One of the party is an eXperi~ enced motion picture photographer. and it is from pictures that he will take that the members of the cor poration crew expect to make their chief profit, if there is to be any.
 From the many islands visited the Narwahl is expected to acquire load of copra. Then, turning northward from the South Seas. the Island or Guam is to be visited on the return voyage to San Francisco. The cruise will cover approximately 25,000 miles.
 The president of the corporation is H. J. Richardson. a mechanical engi- neer, who was lieutenant commander in the United States navy during the war. Thomas J. Watson, secretary. is an insurance man of San Francisco who served in the United States medl- cal corps in the war.
 Among the others of the crew are: Count Vladimir Aywayaglou, former colonel in the Cars army and from 1917 to 1922 military attache at the Russian embassy in Tokio;2 Capt. Haskell C. Billings, formerly of the United States coast artillery;i Hyval l. Hughes, lieutenant in the British flying corps in the war; Murray N. Fay, motion picture man; J. $, kahler. retired insurance man of Newport, R. l., and San Francisco, and Fred c. Lindner, who has spent many years exploring the South Seas and the Ma lay peninsula.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
RED CROSS ASSISTS
 RUSSIANS IN CHINA
Large Numbers Of Destitute People
 Flee Into China

SHANGHAI, March 24.-Large num- bers of destitute Russians fled into China during the past winter To- day their situation is serious, and some of them face starvation. Re- lief measures have been undertaken by various organizations, including the American ited cross, which has appropriated a preliminary sum of S25,000 to give immediate succor
 It was estimated in February that nearly 60,000 Russians had come into that probably % per cent of this total were entirely destitute. Re- ports gathered by the American Red Cross from consuls and other officials indicated that a large proportion of the refugees were scattered through Manchuria. with colonies at Kirin, Mukden and Hunchun. In Manchuria the relief work is under the direction of Morgan Palmer.
 Meanwhile, various agencies were called on to care for the growing number of Russian expatriates in Shanghai The number here was con- siderably swelled early in the year by the arrival of 16 vessels. the fleet under Admiral Stark, on which more than a thousand Russians had fled from Nladivostok when the red forces took over control of that port.
 In Shanghai permission to land was denied by the Chinese authorities. but nevertheless several hundred persons from the ships contrived to get ashore before the vessels sailed for Manila. They included about $50 Russian orphan boys who were quar- tered by charitable organizations in two huge unfurnished houses.
 At the present time, with the ex- ception of the Japanese, the Russians outnumber all other foreigners in Shanghai. It is estimated that they total $500, half of whom are wholly destitute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
"TAKE IT FROM ME" NIGHT LIFE OF BERLIN CLOSES SEASON HERE PAYS FOR LACK OF COAL
Clever Comedy With Many Melodies
 Pleases At Jefferson

s'Take It From Me" clever com edy with many lifting nRodies closed the 1923 season at the Jeffer- son Saturday, with matinee and night performances well received by large audiences. Incidentally, the same at traction with the same cast, closed the 1922 cason.
 Airline Gardinar was again charm ing as Grace Gordon. the. confiden- tial secretary. who saves the business left Tom Eggert Edgar Gardinar) and marries him. Miss Gardinar has good stage presence and has pleas Little Home." Long experience with the lines serves to aid Edgar Gardi mar
 Alice Hills, as Ella Abbott, kitten ish old maid de luxe. will probably be remembered longest by Birming ham. Her choice in lingerie, night gear and her patriotic garter Con the right leg only. pleaseD make her an outstanding figure. Marjorie Sweet, the movie vampire "Queenie La Belle," has a good voice for musical comedy. Her pantomime with Yer non Van Dyke (John Hennings), giv- ing impressions of Kipling's "A Fool There Was" was well done and ap- preciated.
 Marjorie Fielding and Robert Hart are young pair of dancers whose work featured the production. Espe- cially were they good in an "Orien- tai Dance" and in the Dance of the Marines
 Frank Gardinar handled the part of Horace Turner, lawyer, well, and Charles Welsh Homer made an ad- mirable valet-butler, Barney" Henry w. Pemberton was a well chosen Cyrus Crabb." who attempts to thwart Toms efforts to make good in business. Joseph NJ. Wilton, as Dick Roller" the efficiency expert, was excellent in some Of his lines. Chic Burnham turned out to be an messenger boy" Bud Lorraine makes a good home wrecker as Sheriff 'Biff' Doyle"
 Orchestral and choral numbers were well rendered. "The Call of the Cozy Little Home" "Camou- flape." 'I Like to Llnger In the Lin- geriep and Take It From Me" are very tunefGl. The Kiss" was rem oered well by Miss Hills
 Costumes and scenery were in splendid Shape considering the jumps made this season by the company. This production is worth comment for the showing of women's wear. Also, ,hs chorus is really what a chorus should be in years. In con clusion. it may be mentioned that even King Tut came in for a line.-U. ". !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
WIRE SCREENS STOP | EXPLODING OF GASES
Discoveries Of Far-Reaching Im- pOrtance Are Announced

CHICAGO. March 24.-Discoveries
 of far-reaching importance to indus trial concerns and others handling fiamable solvents( such as gasoline, ether. alcohol. amyl acetate and light oils, have been announced by the fire
 underwriters laboratories as a result
 of a study of the fire danger from
 volatile liquids.
 Screens of fine brass, copper or sil - yer mesh the chemists discovered. will prevent the spread of flames
 through vapOr filled pipes connecting storage tanks of the highly inflam-
 mable liquids. The investigation was undertaken at the request of one of
 the worlds largest explosive manu- lecturers to reduce the fire hazard in
 his factories. but the discoveries will
 be applicable wherever dangerous solvents are handled.
 The experiments covered flat and cone shaped wire screens in pipes of from one half to six inches in diame- ter, and showed that when properly applied the screens would halt the flames, although the rest of the pipe was filled with a dangerous vapor
 mixture. Mixtures of ether and air proved the hardest to control, gaso- | line being next in order. followed by
 acetone. alcohol, light oil and amyl
 acetate.
 The investigation also included
 benzol tonlol. turpentine. kerosene,
 amyl alcohol. acetic acid. aniline.
 nitro -benzol, glycerin, linseed oil,
 cotton seed oil. palm oil. paraffin oil. chloroform, lard oil, camphor and
 phepol.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
CONCLUSIONS IF RO M [ CONGRESS GIVE N APPROVAL
Resolutions Hold Related Problems of Allied Debts
 Be Settled as Whole

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Conclu sions regarding Europe's economic problems reached by the Rome con gress of the International Chamber of Commerce was fully indorsed today py President Julius H. Barnes of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, in a cablegram from Rome tc headquarters here.
 The Rome Congress" his message said, recognized that solution of these economic problems would be translated directly, through reviving industry into opportunity and em ployment. and, therefore, into indi- vidual prosperity and happiness. This was the earnest note that permeated all discussions before the congress and its committees"
 The resolution adopted. while lay ing emphasis on the reparations questions, expresses the conviction of the assembled business leaders of many nationalities that the related problems of the allied debts, national budgets, international credits and exchange, must be solved in one com prehensive whole. The international chamber expresses the view that a financial conference for complete settlement Is inevitable.
 There Is a definite code of require ments essential to each phase of the settlements to be made. The repara- tions agreement must represenV the determination of the aggressor na- ton In the great war to devote all of its resources to the utmost of it's ability to fulfilling it's obligations while any plan of settlement must national frontiers, eliminating recur- ring alarms of war.
 Surveying of Debts.
 ''Interallied war debts must be maintained at high standard among international obligations which pro- hibits the general application of any principle of cancellation; but each debt should be surveyed with due re- gard for the ability of the debtor ma tion to pay. National budgets must insure governmental economy.
 Tn the view of Europe's problems thus expressed, it is held that within reasonable limits the determination Of the exact amounts for reparations payments and of the exact terms for retiring interallied debts incurred during the war are not nearly as inn portant as the creation of conditions under which earning boyer can be made effective. The resolution adopted by the Rome congress pro- 'iNSS o loi III So CoHip1ele, so SOunQ and so convincing that public opinion everywhere will certainly crystalize behind it and insist on some ma chinery which will put these princi- pies of settlement into play at an early date"
 At the same time the American chamber made public resoAltion adopted at home on the suggestion Of the American delegates setting forth declaration of principles for the increase of industrial and com mercial production. It stresses the advantages of private ownership and operation as compared to state ownership. and Is similar to one adopted by the annual meeting of the chamber in 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
EFFORTS TO CORRECT CONDITIONS ENDORSED
Travellers Club Wants Represent ative On Highway Commission

Steps taken by the Junior Cha mber of Commerce to remedy conditions at the information booth of the Ter minal station were indorsed by a resolution passed unanimously by the Travellers club at their weekly lunch con held in the St. Andrews lunch room in the Morris hotel at noon Sat- urday.
 President B. F. Thurman appointed James Bowman and r. M. Cox on a committee to attempt to have a travelling man placed on the new highway commission either as presi- dent or associate member. Hughes B. Kennedy was suggested to be recommended to the city commission to fill the vacancy now existing on the civil service board of the police and fire department. Heart.- in dorsement to the plan of the city in eliminating grade crossings were made.
 The meeting adjourned with the introduction of visitors and several short talks by the members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
TO TALK ADVERTISING
r. A. WILSON-LAWREN WILL
 ADDRESS AID CLIR

F. A. WilSon-I1 -I1awrenSOn, chairman n of the committee on 'EcGnomics of Advertising and chairman of the "On to London" committee of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World. will talk to the Birmingham Advertising club on Business Eco homie Situation in Great Britain and It's Relation to the United States Congress- at noon Monday at the Tutwiler hotel.
 Mir. WilsonLawrenson recently made a tour of Great Britain and dur ing his trip to London visited Pre- mier Bonar Law, who told him that himself and the entire British gov ernment would be at the service of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World shC uld the world conven- ton be held in the English city in 1924. He will render his report when the conventions meet in Atlantic City this year.
 Strategy of Big Selling" will be Mir. Wilson -Lawrenson's topic to the Kiwanis clubs luncheon at the Tut wiler hotel at l o'clock Tuesday aft ernoon.
 strategy of Big Selling" will be Mir. Wilson -Lawrenson's topic to the Kiwanis clubs luncheon at the Tut wiler hotel at 1 o'clock Tuesday aft ernoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
MAY RELATE EXPERIENCES
Colonel Frier Will Address Officers
 Reserve COrOa.

ftcScrNc SOTpH.
 Col. James H. Frier, United States army, chief of staff of the Eighty seventh division, organized reserves. will probably relate some of his ex- periences in Indian fighting. when he talks before the members of the Br- mingham zone. officers reserve corps, at the St. Andrews lunch room in the Morris hotel at ' o'clock Tuesday night Colonel Frier is a graduate of West Point of the class of 1886. and since that time has covered every field of active operations of the army.
 Other matters pertaining to the or ganiZed reserve will be discussed according to H. M. Starnes, secretary to the Birmingham zone, and at least 100 officers are expected to be pres ent Colonel Frier is on tour of the regimental headquarters Of the Eighty-se division, reserve corps. Several other features are in store for the meeting, it was an 1 nounced, and all reserve officers are urged to attend.
 Reservations for the dinner will be taken by Col T. $. Moorman. execu- tive officer of the 345th infantry. reserve corps, at Main 1875.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
WILL PROBE EXPORT OF FARMING PRODUCTS
Hoover Lays Plan For Investigation
 In Behalf Of Agriculture

WASHINGTON, March 24.-An in vestigation into agricultural export problems proceeding along two lines, was mapped out today by the spa cial commission called by Secretary Hoover to assist him in directing an inquiry authorized by the last Con- eress. The commission will first seek to build tip complete statisti- cal record of import and export trade of the United States in agri- cultural products, it was announced at the conclusion of it's first session and thereafter will conduct com para;ive study of export marketing practices now in force in this coun- try and those of other food export ing nations.
 Along with It's statistical survey of world trade in agricultural prod ucts the commission will gather and compile data on price levels of food commodities at home and abroad ana on the capacity of purchasing power of food importing countries and the relation of industry and employment to consumptive demands.
 The second phase of the invcst- gation," commission statement to- night said, Twill have reference to practices involved in export mar kcting of agricultural products from this country and comparisons with corresponding practices in other countries"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
ADVENTURE CRE W
 ID FILM SAvAGES IN PACIFIC ISLES
White Mans Firearms to 0p. pose CannibaI'S Pois-
 0ned Darts

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, March 24.- Twenty men, average age 40 have sailed from San Francisco on the old whaler Narwahl for the South Seas to fulfil q childhood dream of riches to be gained through adventure. But not by recovery of buried pirate gold
 or robbery of native pearl divers do they hope to accomplish their pur- fpose.
 Theirs will be modern way-the enforced motion picture photography of savage tribes. said to be cannibals. Against the savages' poisoned arrow $ l they are prepared to match the white mems firearms.
 Among the crew are Russian count and three former naval officers and two former army officers of the United States. Several of the men have college degrees; most of them fought in the American or British forces in the World war; few are of mature age. retired from business. Their vessel, the Narwahl. is d
 three -masted bark. Stoutly built of oak in 1883, it's history includes seal
 poaching and whaling in the Arctic.
 It's tonnage is 523, and length, includ- ing bowsprit. is 165 feet To pur-
 chase the boat and supplies the 20 men incorporated themselves, each contributing $500. Their corporation
 is called "The Mutual Trading com pany."
 Capt. Charles l.. Arey, a member of the corporation. commands the Mar whal. Once he took it into the Arc tic on a whaling cruise. During the
 war he was lieutenant commander in the United States navy. His mate and three able seamen are the paid members of the present expedition to the South Seas. None of the 20 ad- Venturers ever previously sailed be-
 fnrp the .,l ba ha experience.
 Bound To Rise.
 The cargo carried by the Narwhal includes two tons of dynamite. con- siderable gasoline. much sacked coal,
 motion picture films and lumber. One
 of the crew remarked that in event of disaster they would go up, not down.
 The Narwhal will touch first at Honolulu. From there it will pro- where the dynamite will be delivered to the United States navy. At Apia.
 British Samoa, the last of the cargo will be discharged.
 Leaving Samoa. the Narwhal will set sail for islands seldom visited by
 white men-islands of romantic leg end, of languorous breeZes and love. of typhoons and cruel death These islands are in the New Caledonia, New
 Hebrides. Solomon and New Guinea groups.
 To obtain pictures of the islands and their people, the Narwhal's crew
 declared themselves willing to un- dergo any hardships, and to take any
 risks. Their vessel will anchor near the short, and in a power launch a
 party will go ashore and proceed to the interior.
 o O O
 TrinI<etx For SnvnEes.
 With trinkets they will attempt to conciliate the savages. but if hostility
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
RAPS ENEMIES
COgswcll Says He Is Not As Bad As
 Painted.

Cogswcli Says He Is Not As Bad As
 Painted.
 Squire ]. W. Cogswell is not as bad as his enemies paint him. He told Gov. W. W. Brandon this when he rendered his resignation as justice of the peace at Adamsville to the gov ernor Saturday. The tender was made at the request of Governor Brandon following an episode staged by Cogswell last week which ended when he registered at the county warden's office at the direction of deputy sheriffs who charged him with breach of the peace. using un- seemly language, unlawfully pre- ,senting firearms and violaton of the prohibition law.
 Not only did the former squire com ply with Governor Brandon's request that he resign. but he sent the gov ernor his commission as justice of the peace which he recently re- ceived. Cogswell will explain the af- air to Judge H. B. Abernethy of the court of misdemeanors April ?.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25

cards in the suit bid with or without the top; if without the top, the bidder must have an Ace or protected King elsewh here in the hand.
 This bid gener ally denies ht lding the top. It is not a signal. as it dis tinctly does not de- sire a no trump from the partner. If you hold either of the top cards (Ace or King) and have 3 or 4 cards in the other major
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
NO. ; THE ORIGINAL BID OF TWO

The original bid of two in a minor suit promises 6 cards in that suit headed by the Ace, King, Queen, q cards lacking one of the top hon. ors, but with a quick trick oR the side.
 The original bid of two in the ma jor suit promises; Holding either {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
AUDITORIUM PLANS

Plans for the municipal auditorium which have been in New York being checked by Thomas w. Lamb, con sulting architect, were expected to reach Birmingham some time during Sunday or Monday and an early con- ference with the city commission will be held regarding the findings. IL was stated by Hugh Martin. of the Institute of Architects, who drew the new plans for the building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-25
TWO NEGROES HELD
Are Charged With Stealing Parcel
 Post Package

Post Package
 Taylor Woodruff and Milton Stocks S, negroes, were arraigned before United States Commissioner Kenneth C. Charlton. Saturday afternoon, charged with robbing a parcel post package from the Birmingham post office on March ', and committed to the county jail under :1,oOO and $500 bond.
 According to the testimony pre- sented in the case the package con- tained two silk dresses, valued at $50, and was sent from D. Silver stein company of Birmingham to Can ter Cash store, at Montevallo. The negroes were arrested Saturday. They will be given preliminary hearing .April g.