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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

, poison, plays into the calculations of every rabid prohibition crank with tremendous effectiveness which the honest officer of the law of any country cannot ignore. The new three-penny alcoholic byproduct of Cuban sugar manufacture labeled as honest drink is an imposition un- pardonable in the ethics of life. It's condemnation is as reasonable by international convention as that of dope of any known sort. It is as bad as opium or heroin."
 A Case For Great Britain.
 There is another phase of snug sling with which British fair mind edness should deal in defense of if for no deeper reason. That is the double clearance papers for a fee"
 The way the thing has been worked was this: The vessel owner or skip per applied for and obtained clear ance for Canadian or other north ern British or French port with cargo. There were no formalities required, aside from his manifest to show liquor in that cargo. There is no re- bate of duty in the colony on inn ported liquor re-exported. That duty, paid on arrival of shipments from Europe, goes into the colonial treas ury.
 
 showing him en route with cargo from one British colonial port to an other, the smuggler went out and loafed about town a few days. Prob ably be began loading up with the cargo destined to be run" on our coast.
 After fair period has passed, he reappeared to ask for clearance 'in ballast" to an American port. His previous cargo, he explained, had been discharged. The officials is- suing clearance papers gravely ac. cepted this statement and made out the new documents.
 Showing An "1nnocent Voyage"
 So the rum ship put to sea, ready for all emergencies and with few risks involved to the gambling ring interested in her cargo. If over hauled at sea, she could present per- fectly regular papers showing this to be an 'innocent voyage" betwee,. cargo, including, mostly, If not en- tirely, liquor. She could not be ap- prehended or interfered with. The British flag and the international practice of centuries protected her, however certain it might be that her real purpose was to shatter Ameri- can laws.
 OnCe the TenueZNOuS was TedCneu and the liquor all put overside at sea, beyond American Jurisdiction, to be sneaked ashore by waiting small craft, the rum ship changed character and boldly sailed into an American port to restock and reruel. She pro- duced the duplicate clearance papers to prove that she had sailed with out cargo from the Bahamas for the port she was making and still was an | innocent toiler of the sea. There | was no ground for her seizure, what ever we'll grounded suspicion rested against her. British officials have said such abuses as these would be looked into. Perhaps they have been checked. At least, more recently our reports show that the rum ships are taking aboard their fuel and stores at sea to large extent, making ready for the return trip. There is a regular industry among the bootlegger rings along the coast to supply these vessels. Tied down as prohibition enforce ment activities are by law and regu- lation and international practice to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
THE WASTE IN PENCILS
Only Two Inches Of Lead In Each
 One Is Used, Maker Says

Three inches of every pencil is thrown away, two inches is whittled away and only the remaining two inches of lead actually is used. Such is the estimate made by one of the large pencil manufacturing compa- nies. But many pencil is discarded in offices before it is worn down even to 3-inch length. Such is the indication from the experience of those whos buy and sell them.
 The usual drama goes something like this: Man takes new pencil from box runs it through pointer, breaks lead, sharpens it again, lets it roll off desk sharpens it again, leaves it on somebody elses desk, cant find it, goes back to pencil box for another. new owner uses it half an hour, breaks lead, shoots it into waste bas- ket.
 Pencils are cheap in America an Englishman or Frenchman would treasure that same pencil and wear it down to a stub too short for his fingers to grip before he would let it go
 Some offices have adopted the pen cil lengthener as part of their regu- lar supplies. The lengthener screws or clasps on pencil stub of any length. In this way the last few inches are used.
 Pencil manufacturers say the na- tion's annual pencil bill is more than sS0,O00,000. representing more than 30.000 million wooden pencils.-Daily Oklahoman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
MARCON| PREDICTS CHEAPER SENDING
 OF AIR MESSAGES
Minimum Of Electrical Power Will Be Used By Ma
 chimes

LONDON, July 21.@By Associated Press.)-Another great step in the development of wireless telegraphic transmission has been realized, says Senator Marconi, who has returned to London after a two months ex- perimental cruise in his yacht "Elec tra." A system has been evolved by the Italian inventor whereby wireless messages are transmitted with a minimum of electrical power, and at a very low cost.
 We have transmitted messages up to a distance of 2,250 miles, not only with a very much smaller amount of power an energy, but faster and more cheaply than with the ordinary system of long distance wireless" said Senator Marconi When the new system is adopted it will mean that power station for long dis tance work can be erected at much less cost than at present. I have telegraphed on this system from Cape Verde Islands, off the African coast, to London. To send messages clear miles took less power than a message from London to Paris by the or dinary methods"
 Senator Marconi explained that these advantages were gained by the utilization of waves that have not be- lore been uSeu. 0lNcn tHc neCeSSdIy mechanical element, he said, mes sages could be sent clearly seven times faster than the present rate, and that the public and the news papers would ultimately have the benefit of much cheaper commercial charges. His opinion is that wire less is only in it's infancy, and that the future has in store greater mar vels than have been revealed in the past.
 Commenting on recent experiments conducted by American inventors looking to privacy in wireless tele- phonic conversation, Senator Marconi said he was afraid such an achieve ment was still far off. T, do not say that wireless telegraphy will ever be an absolute private means of transmission, but I will say that in future it will be possible to make it much more difficult for anyone to get messages not intended for them"
 Senator Marconi proposes to go on another experimental trip in few weeks time, and later to try the new system of long distance wireless from the coast of the United States to Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
EVIDENCE OF FAITH

(Maury Democrat, Columbia Tenn. )
 One of the strongest evidences of faith in the future of one of the fastest developing industrial cities in the nation is noted in the fact that The Birmingham AgeHerald is to have a suitable home for this rapidly growing newspaper. The building has the distinction of being the tall est and msst luxurious business edi- flee in the south, and 1t remained for an alert newspaper to grasp the op- portunity of occupying the building. The AEe-Herald is one of the most aggressive leaders in the develop ment of the Magic City, and under the new ownership it's sphere of use fitness has been enlarged until it not only keeps up with the march of progress, but sets the pace. The po- tential possibilities of Birmingham are best represented by the progress sive Age Herald, an institution that gives evidences of the faith that is n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
ILLUSTRATION nE PROSPERITY

INIdIuIdCIUTGTS INtCUTUT
 The Age-Herald of Birmingham is to have for its permanent home a 27- story building erected several years ago for bank. This building is re- garded as one of the finest pieces of architecture in the south, perfect in all of it's appointments. Looking to the possibility of still further growth, and preparing for that, The Age Her aid has also bought an adjoining building to protect itself in the fu- ture if more press room should be needed. We doubt if there is any other newspaper in the United States that has for it's own office and press facilities a 27-story building. The Age Herald is to be congratulated on this illustration of its own energy and activity and prosperity, and of the future of Birmingham, which jus tifies such an eXpendithre
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
OCCUPIES HIGH PLACE fJosnn~ Mount in ENa Olpl

The fact that the Birmingham Age Herald is to make its home in the tallest building in the south is appro- priate, as The AgeHerald already occupies high place among southern daily newspapers. Under it's new management The Age -Herald's leased wire state news service is right up to the minte and, besides that, it is an all-round good newspaper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
DOING SPLENDID SERVICE (Rnannke I.eadnrA

By this stroke this fine news paper property will be located in one of the handsomest homes of which any newspaper in the country can boast. This building will henceforth be known as the Age-Herald build ing. It is 27 stories high-the tallest building in the southland is ele- gantly and substantially built. The Birmingham Age-Herald is a great newspaper, doing splendid service for the state, and it is rapidly inn proving and expanding under it's new management. The Leader congratu- lates all concerned upon this latest step in the march of progress taken by The Age-Herald's management.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
TAXES THE IMAGINATION

The Birmingham Age-Herald is to be congratulated upon having se- cured the handsomest newspaper home in the south, the Jefferson County Bank building, 27 stories high and beauty in the way of architec- ture. Looking back on Alabama journalism, and the accomm odations our best dailies used to put up with, 1t is wonderful thing to note the point to which we have come. The strides The Age-Herald is making under it's new management indicate possibilities in Alabama journalism that tax the imagination as to what height they may reach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
PRESS COMMENT ON NEW HOME OF THE AGE-HERALD
GHoCERS ARE PLEASED

The Age7Herald management has secured the Jefferson County Bank building, at Second avenue and Twenty-first street, Birmingham, and will move into same as soon as 1t can be arranged with the present occupants. The building is the tall est in the south, and the new home of The Age-Herald will be second to none in appointments. when ready. The mana cement is to be congratu- lated on this deal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
COMPARES WITH GREATEST
 (PoaZ T,eader)

The new Age Herald building com pares favorably with the business home of the greatest. of the great papers of New York. We congratu- late the new management in this, probably their greatest move. They pin their faith to their home city and stake her future. We wish The Age Herald and its new owners all sorts of good luck in their new home. May they live long and prosper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
OLD ENGLISH MAsoNs

James MelrCse, age 95 years, was guest of honor at a complimentary dinner given recently by Yorkshire lodge. No. 236. to mark the seven tieth anniversary of his initiation as a Mason.
 G. NJ Taylor of Walden. England, celebrated his ninetieth birthday last month. saffron Waldon lodge. of which he has been tiler for AZ years recognized the occasion with appro- priate ceremonies.
 The honor of being the oldest liv- ing Mason in the British Isles goes to Frank James, of Walsall who was raised a Master Mason in 1S4S, when he was 27 years old. On his one hundredth birthday in 1921 the hon. orary degree of past grand deacon of England was conferred upon him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
FIRE LOSSES SMALL
Losses For June Lowest In Past Ten
 Years

Years
 Fire losses in Montgomery reached the lowest figure recorded by the local department in the past 10 years during the month of June, ac- cording to statistics compiled in the fire chiefs office. The June report of the department submitted to the city commission Saturday showed that losses from 35 fires in the city during June, resulted in loss est1- mated at S2,S26.77, all of which was covered by insurance.
 The county authorities uncovered modern 30-gallon capacity copper distilling outfit in raid on a ne gro residence on Sixth street Hlgn- land Park, late Saturday afternoon. over 150 gallons of mash and quantity of whisky was seized in the raid. Will Taylor, negro, was ar rested, owner of the still, and ln- carcerated in the county jail in de- fault of a bond of $500.
 the narrow confines of the tree mile limit, we lack the means to check up on the double clearance paper trat- fic We can only surmise what IL IS still possible to do as indicated in our confidential reports from the Ba- hamas.
 It is noteworthy that prior to American prohibition there was prac- tically no liquor traffic between such points as St, Pierre, Miquelon, ana the Bahamas, either way. Since pro hibition an enormous traffic has grown up on those routes.
 Within the last few months 1 have seen an official report showing two steamers en route from St. Pierre to Nassau and touching at Halifax fol coal. One carried 10000 cases Of nm touched at Halifax during the same week.
 That whisky. 24,ooo cases of 1t. un- doubtedly was destined for the boot leg traffic in the United States. Whether 1t went first to Nassau and thence back via the rum fleet, or vas transshipped off our coast without passing through the Mas sau "booze" clearing house at all, l am not informed.
 On the face of 1t, these are legiti- mate voyages. No one can question either ships or cargo so long as they remain outside our three mile limit. But there is no reason f navigation or seamanship that would bring them within 100 miles of our coasts in making the voyage. When they do come close in there appears to be only one reason for their coming.
 While Nassau of the Bahamas has been commonly termed the Isle of Rum," St. Pierre of the Miquelons has been styled the Isle of Champagne, as most of it's importations are liquors and wines of French origin.
 Recently leading American pub lication sent two investigators into St. Pierre to make an investigation which investigation resulted in a series of articles in that publication which told how the last French colony in the Western Hemisphere has become rich from selling liquor to the United States rum carrying schooners of Nova Scotia and New England ports.
 Surely it is not supposed for mos ment that British authority in the Bahamas, French authority In St Pierre, Miquelon, or Cuban authority In the Pearl of the Antilles, for in- stance, would tolerate irregularities on the part of officials in these vari- ous bases of smuggling activities The temptations in the way of some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
WIFE GOES UPON STAND
Mrs. Blizzard Tcstifies At Trial Of
 Her Husband

LEWISBURG, W, Va, July 21.-(By Associated Press )-Mrs. William Blizzard, dressed in sombre black, preceded her husband on the witness stand here today and told clear and international story of the activities of Blizzard during the armed march of miners in 1921. when, the state con- tends, he was the outstanding figure in urging the army" to further on- slaughts on Logan and Mingo coun- ties. The accessory to murder charge which Blizzard now faces springs from that march. On the morning of August 26, one of the times when the prosecution sought to show Blizzard was at the battle front" his wife testified he was at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

colonial officials must be very great. They are only another proof of the endless chain of evil that follows along with this rum smuggling business to the ultimate grief of mankind.
 Copyright, 1923, Doubleday Page
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 (To Be Continued Tomorrow)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
GRAND MASTER VISITS CANADA

me Right Hon. Lord AmpthIll, q. $. l., pro-Grand master of the Grand Masonic lodge of England is now in Canada on an official visit to the grand lodge of Canada. With him are: Sir John Ferguson, grand treasurer: Colonel Hamilton Wedder- burn, past deputy grand director of ceremonies. and E. A. Carlyle, past assistant grand director of cere- monies.
 These distinguished Masons are proceeding to Newfoundland to in- stall the deputy grand master. Hon. J. R. Bennett. They will receive deputations at Truro from the grand lodge of New Brunswick and are also receiving a Masonic deputation at North Sydney.
 On their return from Newfound- land they will attend the annual meeting of the grand lodge of Can ada in ontario.
 This is Lord Ampthills first visit to Canada. He is returning. to Eng land on July 21.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

Jamestown. N. Y., in 1919, had only 5.00O population. vet it shipped 20.- 900 pounds of tobacco to England that year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

Stanley Eugene kinE-Funeral serv- ices for Stanley Eugene King, G. months-old son of MT. and Mrs. Frank w. King. who died at ? o'clock Friday afternoon at a local infirmary, will be held at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon from Johns chapel, followed by interment in Elmwood cemetery, with Johns in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

Mrs. Mary M. EscO-Remains of Mrs. Mary M. Esco, 69 who died at her residence, 1610 Sixteenth avenue. north, early Saturday morning, were sent to Helena, Ala, Saturday afternoon by Vice for interment. She is survived by her husband and two daughters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

Spanish avia tors have originated the sport of hunting bustards with their planes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
THE WEATHER

WASHINGTON, July 21.-Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi: Generally fair Sunday and Monday, except probably local thundershowers near the coast.
 Louisiana: Sunday and Monday partly cloudy; probably local thundershowers in south portion.
 Arkansas: Sunday and Monday gener- ally fair,
 Oklahoma: Sunday and Monday part ly cloudy.
 East Texas: Sunday and Monday partly cloudy, probably local thundershowers.
 West Texas: Sunday and Monday part ly cloudy, probably local thundershowers.
 Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia Generally fair Sunday and Monday.
 Florida and Extreme Northwest Florida Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday parob- ably local hundershowers.
 Tennessee: Fair Sunday and Monday; some what warmer Sunday.
 Kentucky: Fair Sunday and Monday, continued warm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
ARRANGE sPECIAI, rpAY~

Pilgrim Knights Of Oriental Splen- dor. fun branch of the Independent Ordr If odd Fellows, have made ar engagements for special train to leave the terminal station at 9 o'clock August g to Cook Springs. where big barbecue with all ac- cessories will be held The pro- gram includes swimming boating and dancing and a number of other interesting features The fare will be $l for adults and 50 cents for children, it is announced. The public is invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

A platinum orucible Is unharmed even when its contents are being dissolved. at a temperature of 3.O0U degrees Fahrenheit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

Francis Evelyn Sinquefield-Remai of Francis Evelyn Sinquefield, year old daughter of G. A. Sinquefield
 who died at the residence. 1913 Bel view avenue, Saturday. will be sent to Ashford, Ala, at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon by Johns for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
CAR FARE STOLEN
Conductor, MOtorman And Another
 EmOiOyc Arrested

EmplOyc Arrested
 KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 21.-- Theft of more than $i0,000 in pen nies, nickels and dimes from street car fare boxes was charged against three foI mer employees of the Kansas City Street Railway company. The footing has been carried on over a period of nine months by conduc- tor, a motorman and all employe ir charge of the fare boxes, officials charge.
 Clarence '. Copley, Inotorman, and Edward Butts, who has charge ol checking in the fare boxes at one 6l the large barns, confessed their part in the robberies,a uthorities said, i'm plicating Paul Brown, a conductor cost price per case when the vessel returns with your money.
 Getting To Be MiiIionaires.
 The boys here are fast becoming millionaires through this new gamble. They send their own representatives as supercargoes to handle the cash. When the ship is sold out up there, these men usually are set ashore and return here by regular steamer.
 "One of the largest operators along the Atlantic seaboard is here now. He owns about five vessels. Some are now loading He is under bond for violation of the liquor laws, but does not seem to mind that. He Is reported to have cleared $200,000 in the last few months.
 1 am impelled to revert for a mo- ment to the question of "doped" li quors made in America which mingle in the smuggled wet goods" com ing in from the Bahamas. I have before me a recent editorial comment in a Bahaman paper prompted by the visit of certain American off cials to Nassau. It illustrates to my mind the gradual awakening of that public opinion to which I look as one means of solution of the international and perplexing problem we face in dealing with rum smugglers.
 The editor assumed that the Amer ican officials whose visit he reported (they were prohibition officials) had to do in part with the trailing of drums of cheap sugar waste alcohol from Cuba to Nassau and thence to the United States via the rum fleet. His virtuous distinction between honest products" and the vile new alcoholic by-product of the sugar mill' is sharp His defense of the right under British law and trade conventions to ship honest products to all who may demand and pay for them on the one hand, and his con demnation of the traffic in the Gu ban three penny alcohol by-product on the other, also is emphatic.
 "The honest whisky label" the edi- torial- continues, covering alcoholic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

Over S3000 is spent year for clothing alone by the average suc- cessful business man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

Mrs. Eliza FIetcher-Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Fletcher. who died Saturday at the family residence. 2210 Avenue G, will be held at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the residence, followed by interment in Elmwood cemetery, with Johns in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

Mrs. May Biehl-Re mains of Mrs. May Biehl, who died at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at her residence, 609 Thirty-fourth street, will be sent to Jackson Gap for interment, time to be announced later by Johns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22

Mrs. SalIie Hammer Nunnnlly-Fu- neral services for Mrs. Sallie Ham, ner Nunnally, who died at the resi- dence of her daughter, Mrs. E. E
 kersh, 1731 Twenty first street
 at :15 o'clock Thursday morning
 were held at 80 o'clock Saturday morning from the residence, fol lowed by interment in Elmwood cemetery, with Lige Loy in charge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22


 Scottish Rite Masons of Wisconsin have incorporated the Wisconsin Consistory Masonic foundation for the purpose of raising funds to erect Masonic hospital and for other charitable purposes.
 The grand lodge of North Dakota mas placed marker and a tablet on the spot in the city of Pembina where the first Masonic lodge held meetings in the state. Nearby Ca nadian lodges were invited to par t1cipate. One of the features of the program was the singing of the Star-Spapgled Banner" and of God Save the King"
 At the convention of the Interna- tional High Twelve club at Kansas City. the follt wing international of flcers were elected for the ensuing year: Goodwin Creason, Kansas City, Mo, president; H. Avery Whitney. Oakland. Cal. vice president: Roy Larsen, Sioux City, la. second vice president; William NJ Morheiser. Sioux City, la, secretary; Edmund E. Morris, Kansas City. Mo, treas urer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
MASONIC BREVITIES

While in Ketchiken. Alaska, last week President Harding laid the corner stone of the new Masonic temple at that place.