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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19

o O O
 Pave Way For Election.
 In anticipation of the rejection of the volunteer ordinance, 1t may be said the jitney mems ordinance will go from the commission Tuesday on to the election commission, which body will take the necessary steps toward paving the way for the peti- tioned initiative election.
 Several legal questions that arose after receiving the petition were passed on by W. J. Wynn, city attor- ney, and brought to the attention of the city commissioners. The board held meeting Wednesday,, went over the situation, and decided to let the volunteer ordinance take its course, refusing to delay action by discussion of technical points. It was decided to go forward with the petition as presented.
 MT. Gray, secretary of the com mission, said that when the election commission receives the case it will call for an election, naming the date, which may be at any time. Election managers will be named and the usual procedure followed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
PERSONALS

IANOID permanent waving; now a big success, buy a home outfit and wave your own hair; price $15 complete. Rus sell Supply Co.,, agents, 9l6 Poydres St.. New Orleans. JESSE TURNER, of Labuco. Ala, Is anxious that his son, Alphonso Turner a minor, return home, and requests that no ern ploNment be given him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19

In every case reported to the city welfare department and those which the workers found, where screening was needed, it has been installed Rooms where babies are i'll have screen doors now and the windows have been screened. Any new cases reported will be similarly equipped. As most of the supplies needed are perishs ble, the funds donated have been heavily drawn on and August Is yet to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19
NI,LENDON IN CHICAGO

President D. E. McLendon of the city commission caught the noon train for Chicago Wednesday and is expected to be out of the city until the end of the week. Mir. McLen- don went to attend a directors meet ing of a company in which he is in- tereSted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-19

Dragon flies are called mosquito hawks" in parts of the middle west.
Evening star., 1923-06-01
ALEXANDRIA,

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 1-(Spe-
ciaD.-A combination tax and appro-
priation ordinance was presented 10
held Yesterday afternoon. and after it
had been read it was laid over until
the regular meeting next Thursday.
The new tax rate was fixed at Sz.oo
on the assessed valuation on the 800,
which is an increase OF 30 cents on
the S10O.
A tax of 90 cents a 500 on all bonds
and other evidence of debt is PROVIDED,
excepting bonds of the United states.
city of this state. A tax of 80 cents
is placed on all credits. shares OF
stock and capital as defined by the
tax laws of the state. excepting the
shares OF stock in any bank.
The usual capitalization tax OF 90
cents shall be due and payable to the
city tax collector. without discount,
on or before October l. 1928.
Revenue from the $3.50 on real
estate shall be due and payable to
the city tax collector, without dis
count, on or before October 1. 1923
Heretofore a discount was allowed
for prompt payment: 1t is provided
that bills not paid on or before
October /, 1923, shall be considered
delinquent, and there shall be as
sessed and collected a penalty of 3
per cent. and upon all bills remain
ing unpaid by June 1. 1924, damages
at the rate of 6 per cent per an
mum shall be assessed and collected.
The appropriations made for the
year total s505.S20. of which amount
$276,500 will come from the tax levy
and s229,320 will come from other
sources.
The appropriations made for the
fiscal year ending May 81, 1924. u
clude the following: For defraying
he general expenses of the corpora
tion, S195,260.5O; for the payment of
the public debt of the corporation
and the interest thereon. the sum
OF $S0,4S9.50; for defraying the gem
cral expenses of the gas and for the
of gas and the interest thereon.
s1o9,935; for defraying the general
expenses of the public schools,
sl20,135.
Under the head Of expenses for the
general fund some of the large items
enumerated are as follows: Police
department. $29.335; fire department.
S21,755; street cleaning and lighting.
S15,224; street repairs and improve
ments. $14,S1l: removal of ashes and
rubbish. $500: street cleaning.
$3.50; office of city manager. s718O:
s4,S30; almshouse. $500; office of
commissioner of revenue. $685.; Of
flee of auditor. $4.655; office of city
engineer. s3.515: Office of health Off
Ger. s3,265; psychological labora-
tory, s2.OS0: food. dairy and santa
ton inspection, $500; visiting nurse.
SLIGO: corporation court. $4,000;
police court, $3.50: contributions
and charities, $3.50; contingent fund.
S6. .705. so.
The gas appropriation is divided as
follows: Office of superintendent
SIPS: coal gas plant. S23.66O; water
gas plant. s4S.225; distribution sys-
tem. sl925; service connections, $4,-
Evening star., 1923-06-01

ington provost guard, Maj. James w.
Myrick, Boston, also of the guard, and
Stirling Kerr, secretary of the Scot
tish Rite bodies of Washington.
Pamphlets giving list of the his
torical points of interest In the city, 1t
was announced. will be given the men,
bers Of the guard for distribution to
headquarters at the armory. where a
telephone has been installed. and an
automobile will be in readiness at all
times for emergency calls of any kind.
The Elks' Home, knights of Column
bus Home and Salvation Army head :
quarters will be open as rest rooms
for the visitors.
Final plans and specifications for
the new Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation building have been presented
to the board of directors by Archi-
tect Lawrence Harding of Washing
Evening star., 1923-06-01

245; meter service, $3.50; revenue
collection, $5.245; interest and retire
ment of bonds, $20.160.
In the school appropriation, which
totals $120,133, the sum of $4,000
comes from the city and the remain
der from the state and paid tuitions.
Council has authorized the mayor
to make a temporary loan of $4,000
to pay off school teachers and pay
outstanding bills for improvements
arouid the schools.
On motion of Councilman Ticjer a
section of the new ordinance provid-
ing for the issuing of bonds in case
of any deficit was eliminated.
A petition, signed by a large num-
Der of residents in the neighborhood.
asking that Charles Tyler. colored
bootblack, be given a license to con-
tinue operating his bootblack and
paper stand at the southwest corner
of King and Royal streets. 1t was
referred to the city manager: Under
the prevailing ordinance such stands
are prohibited.
A goodly part of the loot stolen
Evening star., 1923-06-01

ton and have been adopted.
The directors authorized the archi-
tect to send out copies of the plans
and specifications to those desiring
to submit. bids for the work in order
that estimates may be obtained and
the contract awarded without further
delay.
in the corporation court yesterday
afternoon in the injunction proceed
ings instituted to prevent the con-
summation OF the sale Of the apartment
house on Pitt street between Prince
and st. Asaph streets Judge Smith
set aside the sale and ordered a re-
sale of the property on Saturday
June 16. This property was sold at
auction last Saturday. Judge c. K.
Nicol appeared in the interest of the
owners, Miss Roberta Davis and Miss
Eleanor Roberts
C. j. Meetze of Manassas, Va. will
Evening star., 1923-06-01

Ninety y-three were sworn in last night
by e. r. Hoffman. clerk OF the court,
following a meeting OF those interest,"
ed, held in the rooms of the chamber
of commerce, presided over by II. Noel
Garner.
II. Noel Garner is captain, and the
following were chosen lieutenants: Mel
win Devers, Frank w. Latham, David
ton. w. M. Rich and DR.. H. A. Wood.
The provost guard will start on duty
Sunday and serve until the following
Sunday, inclusive, and the hours Of
services will be determined by those
constituting the guard.
At the meeting last night badges were
distributed to the men, and talks were
made by City Manager Wilder NJ. Rich,
Col M. A. Winter Of Washington, in
charge OF the provost guard in that
Evening star., 1923-06-01


during the past two months from
houses that have been burglarized in
the suburbs has been recovered by
the police, although no arrests have
yet been made.
According to the police, 1t was
found in Fairfax county on lot
about two miles west of here near
Seminary crossing. A resident of
that neighborhood telephoned the po-
lice of the find. and Chief Goods, ac-
companied by Policeman Taylor and
Southern Railway Special Agent
Luckett Harvey, went to the place
and brought the loot to police station.
The police request all persons
whose houses were burglarized to call
at once at headquarters and see If
they can ident the goods.
j. NJ. Burto.. IF Arlington county
last night called at police headquar-
ters and identified a double -barreled
shotgun and overalls as stolen from
his home several weeks ago. In
cluded in the list of articles recov-
cred are two gold watches, one dou-
Evening star., 1923-06-01

ble-barreled shotgun and shells. three
fountain pens, three pocket knives,
one safety razor, one pair of scissors.
Two gold rings. three Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen pins, one pair of
shoes, strings of beads, several old
coins.
The police are Of the opinion that
the robberies were committed by
boys. who apparently became fright
ened and hid the articles at the place
where they were found.
Renewed efforts are being made by
the police to apprehend the parties
guilty of the robberies which for
several weeks alarmed residents of
the suburbs.
One hundred and seventy-ive citi-
zens have volunteered to serve as MEM
bers Of the provost guard during the
progress of the Shrine convention to
look after the visitors in this city
Evening star., 1923-06-01

not be a candidate for the state sem
ate in the primary which will be held I
August z, he announces. This leaves
four candidates in the race. Robert 81
Barrett OF this city. Walter TansiH
Oliver OF Fairfax, Frank L. Ball OF
Arlington county and James Sherier
of Fairfax county
Members of the graduating class Of
the Alexandria High School will BE-
entertained tonight by the Ladies
Auxiliary Of the Y. NJ c. A. on the
lawn Of the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry B. Cation. In the event of rain
the entertainment will be held in the.
auditorium of the chamber of com
merce.
Evening star., 1923-06-01

Artillery in it's original sense
meant the cross-bow and the long
bow.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-28
Writer Makes Complaint About Life
That VIII Be Echoed by Many
No Longer Young.

Here Is another new one already
started and even on the second day we
can seem to feel the finish Just ahead
of US, +. 81. Young writes In Provi-
dence Journal We shall have lust
time to save up for the summer yaca-
non and then for another period of
scrimping preparation for Christmas
and first thing we know they win be
handing around the 1923 calendara
That Is really the most alarming as.
pect of life, after one gets to be abou,
20 old 1t Is this internal and reient.
less speed Of the passing years which
steadily becomes speedier. 1t IL only
youth that is able to worry about love-
measuring machines, the erratic con.
duct Of the equator and the north pole,
the speed of the moon and the speed Of
turtles and all these contemporaneous
scientific matters.
And yet. science Is Just wonderful
isn't It? In Toronto the American As
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of Sci.
ence has just received a report from
q professor at the University OF via
consin which reveals q new speed rec
ord. The champion racing turtle In an
event which included 163 entrants en-
ished the mile in three years eleven
months and nineteen days. All we can
get out OF this is the thought that we
would like to have life move an aaowly
a. II does for u turtle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-28
REVIVAL OF CLASSIC GREEK
sibility of Its Becoming, in
Time, World Language.

Were one to judge from the fuss
made from time to time, one would
suppose there was real need Of an In.
,ernational language. In the golden
age Of the English language the great
queen addressed the ambassador at
her court In Latin, and all diplomatic
conversation and correspondence Of
Europe was in Latin. Erasmus, the
great scholar and writer, who visited
the court Of Elizabeth's father, Henry
VIII, wrote Latin works that pro
duced an effect comparable to that
produced by the writings Of Voltairs
two centuries later.
Much pains have been expended In
fabricating artificial language, such
as Esperanto, to serve as the medium
Of communication. But such construc-
tons have no chance Of practical adop-
don, nor could they answer as well as
actual language whether dead like
Latin or living like English.
There is a language, however,
which is gradually becoming again g
living one, and which as world Ian
guage would be ideal. The Greek uni
versities and Greek men Of culture.
including Venizelos himself, are en-
gagged in an attempt to restore classi.
cal purity and perfection to modern
Greek. 1t is said that the endeav0r
Is by no means vain, and that gradu-
ally the ancient model Is being ap-
preached. We may yet have the speech
Of Pericles, the written language Of
Plato, employed in social intercourse
and commercial transactions, In con-
tracts, In courts Of law, In houses q
assembly.-Minneapo Journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-28
APPARENTLY QUITE In ORDER
English Actors Witty Introduction OF
Two New Acquaintance
Placed Correctly.

Every book of "reminiscences pub
lished nowadays which contains any
thing about the theater has at least
one anecdote about the late Sir Her
bert Tree. The author Of 1.-THE Nine
teen Hundreds" who writes under
the pseudonym Reginald Auberon, re-
tails one of Sir Herbert's spontaneous
flashes to carry on the tradition. Ac-
companied by Lady Tree, he had gone
down to the Palace theater to re-
hearse a sketch. LAS he wandered
about the unfamiliar stage, feeling
very bored and looking like fish ont
of water, a couple of 'knockGbout
comedians who had just finished theil
turn approached him. We'll met, Sir
Erb exclaimed the first one, slap
ping him heartily on the back. Glad
to welcome you ere! oh, delighted :
murmured Tree, vaguely. This is my
mate, AIRY continued the other,
reckoning to his partner. Pleased
TO. meet you,' declared the second
comedian, delivering an equally yigor-
US slap on Trees shoulder. Welcome
to the 'alls. The missus showing with
your With a magnificent gesture,
Tree sign2led to his wife. Maud he
said, allow me to introduce my new
friends. Lady Tree-the Two
Smacks ="
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-28
SHELLS USED AS CURRENCY
rsebahIy the Earliest Form Of Money
OF Which There Is Any Real
Knowledge.

Ire earliest tribes did not need
1oney because lo individual IN the
tribe owned anything personally. AL
property belonged to the tribe as q
whole and none to any one person.
Later on when the tribes met there
arose the custom Of barter or trade
the simplest form Of which was the
exchange of articles possessed by one
tribe for those owned by another. For
instance, some of the Australian tribes
had rough green stone which was
valuable for making hatchetA Mem.
bers Of another tribe, seeing thess
green stone hatchets naturally wantnd
them: They had no money, as =
know 1t today, but they had red oehs'
with which they painted their bodies
Thus 1t developed that the tribe own
ing the green stones wanted some RED
ochre, and each article became kind
Of money-each became valuable fo1
trading purposes.
II was necessary, however, ts
await the developments of unit OF
value" before money became elastic.
1t required something valuable In the
eyes Of these tribes. One of the
earliest forms of this elastic money
was shells. The skins of animals were
long used by savage tribes as money,
but these could not be carried about
like shells The skins, however. were
valuable In trading and fortunes were
reckoned by the number Of skins
owned. AS soon as animals became
domesticated the live animal itself re
placed the skin as money.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-28
DISPUTE ORIGIN OF CALlCHE
Scientists Disagree as to How Rock
Of Which Chile Has Monopoly,
Came About.

Chile's chief source of revenue, OF
which the country has virtually a
world monopoly, is obtained from the
rough rock known locally as caliche.
Scientists disagree as to the origin Of
this valuable mineral, according to
writer in the National Geographi
Magazine. Some claim (and Darwin
among them) that it had its origin IN
seaweed of an ancient period. One
savant argues that the deposit result.
ed from nitrogen contained in guano.
Others believe in it's atmospheric
origin, advancing the theory that In
remote age electricity passing through
the moist air. by combination, formed
nitric acid; this In turn, impregnating
the flood waters Of Andean streams
and coming in contact with the line
stone Of the rocks, formed nitrate Of
Time; another step in natures labora-
tory brought this nitrate of lime in
contact with sulphate of soda, forming
the caliche found today.
Iodine, precipitated from the nitrate
solution, is the most important by-prod
uct of the caliche rock. By agree
nent among the nitrate establishments
Its production is limited to every
sixth year. that the market may moi
ha overstocked
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-28
PASS UP ALL KINDS OF WORK
Masculine Natives Of the South Sea
Islands Cannot Be Brought 10
Do Any Labor.

The natives Of the Marshall islands
80 years ago, before the advent OF
the missionaries, were typical savages
Of the South seas. They lived nat.
dral wild existence, unburdened by
clothes, and eating only what nature
provided for them-coconut and the
pandanus fruit. They had no houses
They lived under matched roofs, sup.
ported at the four corners by poles,
Today the natives wear white linen
suits. The stiff white collar seems
to make their faces blacker than they
really are. and to bring out the de
signs Of the tattoo marks more clear.
ly. They have schools and hospitals
which were started BY those brave
missionaries Of half a century ago
Their chief Is particularly modern
He lives In a house, and since Japan
has taken possession he has q wire.
less station ON his island, the island
of Wolfe. He even dictates to q
stenographer, who sits on the floor
with a typewriter between his legs
The natives are not so far modern
lied, however. that the men viii be-
stir themselves to do any work. They
do not believe In work. They leave
work to the women. The hardest task
the men perform Is to carry around
the babies. They do this so the won
en- will have nothing to interfere with
their work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-28
LARGEST KNOWN FOSSIL BONE
Mexico Is Interesting for More
Than One Reason.

The largest shoulder blade Of any
animal on record, ancient or modern
has been discovered In San Juan basin
in northern New Mexico by John d.
Reside, Jr., Of the United States
geological survey. This scapula bone
is part Of an immense extinct dinosaul
estimated to be over one hundred feet
long and markedly larger than an.
previously known to have existed.
Charles e. Gilmore Of the National
museum In Washington has assembled
the collection Of pieces Of this fossil
scapula and has found that the total
length Of the bone Is more than five
feet, nearly as tall as a man. This Ia
ave times the length Of the shoulder
blade of g COW Of today.
The large fossil was found In the
part Of the earth that was deposited
and formed in the Upper Cretaceous
era, and this indicates to the geologiss
that the dinosaurs lived at a later
geologic time than they had previously
supposed. This fact has created more
stir in geological circles than the
size Of the fossil.
Dinosaurs were large reptiles with
long necks. little heads and brains,
and long tails. Their bodies look
somewhat like that of an diversified
elephant with hind legs longer than
fore legs. They dominated the earth
In the days when the limestone beds
we're laid. but for some reason dis
appeared from the earth to give plaza
q sualler and nvelier animala
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-28
THREE ATOMS IN MOLECULE
Division Of Water, Small In Itself. 10
Made Up Of Still Smaller
Particles.

When a great scientist named Sir
William Thomson was asked about the
size Of a molecule, he replied: IF q
drop Of water were magnified to the
size Of the earth. the molecules would
each occupy spaces greater than those
filed by small shot and smaller than
those occupied by cricket balls" And
yet molecules are made up Of even
smaller particles, called atoms. An
atom Is the smallest division Of any
thing known.
A molecule Of water Is made up Of
three atoms. Evaporation Of water
consists of the movement Of these
atoms in such way as to make the
liquid water change into gas. Freez-
Ing q water into Ice is caused by max.
ing the molecules, and In turn, the
atoms, stick to each other. It takes
great deal Of power to separate the
molecules In water, and for this rea.
son water was long regarded as some
thing which could not be divided; on
In other words. basic element, such
- the oxygen Of the air.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-28
HANDS INDEX TO CHARACTER
skill Reveal Much, Though Probably
lesa Than Was the Case Some
Few Years Ago.

Once 1t was possible to tell lady
by her hands-that is If you regarded
q lady as "a female of the favored So
cial class" She had well-kept hands
because she did nothing to roughen
them or enlarge their knuckles or cause
premature wrinkles. Even II fortune
had gone against her she somehow
avoided the work that would mar the
symmetry Of those hands. She dio
without sugar for her tea and die
needlework for money In order to avoid
the work that she regarded as mental.
And because a woman of this class
knew that ii was. at her hands that
others looked for an index to her So
cial position it was her hands that she
saved. wearing gloves by day and by
night to keep them white and to pro-
tect them and repair them from the
ravages of wind, sun and housework.
The situation Is rather different now.
The young woman of immigrant par.
ents who sells tinware in the depart
ment store basement has deliberately
manicured nails and hands that are
smooth, but the wife of the college
president has hands that clearly show
the effects of work that we would once
have regarded as mental.
Perhaps still to the keen observer
hands have something to tell Of their
owners rank or pedigree. There are
some hands that no matter how dill
gently manicured always look a little
grimy at the corners, and others, lack
ing entirely the Iuster Of the manicure
buffer, that are always scrupulously
clean.