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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-16
The next chapter will deal with Dreams of Drinking.

JohnA-Dreams will be glad to in- terpret dream experience 8 sent to the editor of The geHerald by its read CTS. No replies will. however, be gwen privately and no fee will at any time be asked or accepted. It is distinctly understood that there can be no guarantee when such questions will be answered, tn, sh every effort will be made to satisfy inquirers within three or four weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-16

A sleeve link which could be put in and removed more easily than others brought its inventor an Income of more than $50.000 a year.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
Few Substitutes for
Anthracite to Be Had

readily as anthracite, but once going
the fire is apt to burn too fast unless
checked. The coke bed lies so lightly
that air goes through easily, and the
porous structure of the coke gives
very large surface for burning This all
means a little more care and under.
standing in managing hampers. II Ia
also necessary that there be no oppor-
tunlty for air TO leak into the ash pit
when the ash pit hampers are closed.
else the coke will burn out when the
draft is apparently cut Off
When bituminous or soft coal Is
mentioned many New England people
think of the fuel used In Pittsburgh
and the Central West, and of the con-
stant fight TO reduce the smoke nuis-
ance One Of the most effective RENE
dies for domestic smoke in those dis
tricts is the use Of low volatile or So
called smokeless coal and that is the
kind Of soft coal most readily available
to New England.
Bitumlnous Coal Available.
THE low volatile Goals from central
Pennsylvania and West Virginia, run
| ming from l6 to 25 per cent volatile
matter, are naturally tributary to the
Eastern anthracite using district. These
Goals. while not as clean to handle .s
anthracite. can be burned nearly smoke
lessly in domestic heating equipment.
No change In CRATES or equipment IL
needed to burn bituminous coal In fur
arff
What Is needed is more attention and
better knowledge of the problem OF
burning. The fue surfaces must be
cleaned often, with high volatile coal
even daily and with low volatile at
least weekly.
More Heat From Soft Coal.
when the higher volatile bituminous
Goals are fired the amount Of gas gen
Grated at first is SO great that an extra
amount Of air Is needed for short
time to burn these gases. This air can
be supplied through the damper In the
firing door or II the fire has been yerv<
hot and the gas is excessive, by leay1
Ing the firing door slightly open fo- =!
few minutes after putting on fresh coal.
Anthracite has the quality of burn
ing very efficiently at low rates. keep
ing a small, steady fire for mild days.
On very cold days when running hot
fire the efficiency falls off. Bituminous
coal acts In the opposite way 1t re-
quires more skill and is less efficient in
mild weather. but is even more efficient
in cold weather than anthracite.
Take 1t the season through, from 10
to 25 per cent more bituminous coal is
likely to be needed than of anthracite.
although with increased skill and at
tention. the proportion might even be
reversed.
There are other substitutes that
may be had locally. There Is an in
creasing amount of good briquetted fuel
available. This Is handled like an
thracite, requires little added atten-
ton and the satisfaction resulting de-
pends upon the quality OF the briquets.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28

but from the age of forty onward
there apparently are no such penal.
ties, and this condition, In fact. be.
comes distinct advantage. for these
are the persons who have the best
mortality rates.
ut would seem that the records or
Insurance companies Indicate tba,
there is an optimum weight-that n
a welght-height ratio In relation ~
age that Is associated with the no.,
favorable mortality experience. ana
that this optimum weight, or .,a.,
build. 70 not the average build" ssrs
the service. ut Is stated thar ,o..
who weigh between 10 and 20 Der can,
below the average show the optimpu,
condition for longevity at most area
beyond early adult life.
DISCRIMINATION must be made NJ.
tween types of build Of overweirh,
persons. 1t being shown that emong
overweights having a large chest "a.
pacity the conditions Of mortality arc
more favorable than among those Of
small chest capacity. OverweIybts
who have large trunks are better risks
than those having small chests aud
large abdominal girth."
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
Propose Higher Wheat Tariff.

Washington-An increase in the
traiff duty on wheat as means OF
assisting western producters of that
commodity was suggested by Repres
entative Anderson, republican, Mime
sofa, who discussed the agricultural
situation with President Coolidge at
the White House. Mr. Anderson de,
clined to talk about his conference
with the executive. but said he would
lay his proposal before the tariff com
mission.
The Minnesota representative. who
was chairman of the commission OF
agricultural inquiry. declared the
present duty of 80 cents bushel on
wheat is absorbed by the differential
in prices as between the United
States and Canada and that an in
crease in duty would result in an i'm
mediate advance in the price in the
Minnesota market.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
Four Are Killed in Accident.

Schenectady, y. Y,-Four persons
were killed and two others injured
when theiY automobile was struck by
and interurban trolley car near here
The dead are:
Mrs. Louise Talford, 10, of Schen
ectady; Regina Talford. her one-year
old daughter; Earl R. Moore, 25
Schenectady, n. Y. brother of Mrs
Talford Mrs. James Levee, 35
Schenectady, sister OF Mrs. Talford
The injured are;
Herbert Clarke, seven. of Albany
and Robert Talford, husband of Mrs
Louise Talford
The highway runs parallel with the
tracks of the Schenectady Railway
company. Passengers in the trolley
car said the automobile apparently
was racing it. The automobile was
struck when it attempted to cross
the tracks to take another road. The
trolley carried the automobile 800 feet
before it was brought to a stop.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
Armored Diving and Flying Planes
Wireless to Be Big Factor
in Destroying Armies.

London.-Prof. A. NJ. Low. scientist
and inventor, whose work during the
World war was highly valued by the
British war inventions board, contrib
utes remarkable article 10 the Fort
nightly Review on the sort of warfare
that may be expected hundred years
hence. Among the things he expects
TO play part in future warfare are
Jets of water, charged with cleo
tricity, to kill horses and men.
Wireless telephony, sight. heat, pow
er and writing.
Wireless control of tanks and air
planes.
Battle plane engines developing wire
less power to destroy aircraft within
hundreds of yards.
Wireless heat to destroy European
regions
Giant transport airplanes with In
credible speed.
Secret war plans ferreted out by
wireless telephone and sight, the fu-
lure war eyes and ears. Propaganda
striking terror into every home by
means of wireless receivers which will
be more common than any telephone
today.
Armored Diving and Flying Boats.
Armored boats, capable of diving
under water and of flying in the air,
kind II combined tank submarine
airplane
Arplanes with electric impulse. their
guns firing an enormous number of bull
lets a second.
Visible bullets.
Electrically controlled rockets, oper-
ated on wires for wrecking planes.
wireless controlled torpedo with
wireless sighted periscope, controlled
by a secret combination of wave
lengths.
Gyroscopic, wireless airplanes over
which operator, who may be in fight,
has absolute control and can release
bombs at will
Mental telepathy will form a useful
method Of communication.
In an Interview with a correspondent
Professor Low amplified his vision.
you will probably remember the
experiments made some time ago In
which smoke columns and water lets
were used as wireless materials" he
said. Il have experimental with
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
Bureau of Mines Says Careful
Handling Win Bring Results
From Various Fuels.

Washington.-Accep substitutes
for anthracite are available so that IAN
intelligent people, using intelligent mr.
ing methods, can face the prospect OF
un anthracite famine with equanimity'
according to the bureau Of mines.
That federal agency, which has been
giving much study to the subject and
has been making experiments, reports
that the greater number Of homes IN
this country are heated by bituminous
coal. Other substitute fuels. which can
be drawn upon In case of hard coal
shortage are coke, fuel oil, briquets ana
steam sizes of anthracite.
When one has learned to use coke
the service obtained Is comparable In
many ways with anthracite says a
report by O. P. Hood. chief mechanical
engineer of the bureau OF mines.
There are those that even prefer coke.
1t is clean to handle, smokeless. and
under proper daInper control gives
steady heat. Coke is so much more
bulky than anthracite that the bin will
not hold as many tons, deliveries must
usually be made more often, and the
furnace must be filled more frequently.
knack In Burning Coke.
There is knack in burning coke,
also. that must be acquired at the e1-
pense of little patience and thought.
Some coke does not kindle quite as
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
THREE KILLED IN
BALLOON RACE
FIRE, LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
WIND PLAY HAVOC WITH
MACHINES.
FIVE OF THEM DISABLED
OF the II Lined Up For Start, Ameri-
can Balloons Especially Are Un-
lucky.

Brussells.-The Gordon Bennett cuE
classic, the annual balloon race foi
aeronats of all countries, which start
ed here in terrific gusts of wind ant
driving rain. has already cost three
lives, OF the II entrants assembled
for the race, Is so far as is knowr
are in the air.
One of the balloons, reported to be
the Swiss Geneva, was struck by light
ming and Lieutenants Won Gruninger
and Wherein We're killed.
The Spanish balloon Polar caught
fire, and its pilot. Penaranda. wa
killed and his assistant Gobez in
jured. taE9
The American contestant st. Louis
with which Captain H. f. Honeywell
hoped to capture the trophy. was un
able to Withstand the pressure OF the
anchor rope when hit by half gale
and burst before the start
The United States army Sc glided
into the Belgian Vile de Bruxelles
when she was taking off. and dam
aged the Belgian so badly that she
had to be emptied OF gas for safety
sake.
Because of atmospheric conditions
the United States Navy A-6699, Lieu
tenant Lawrence in command with
others waiting for the start but, has
tily dropping her ballast, she SCARED
high enough to get into the air cur
rents and sail away.
Thus two of the American contes,
tants are striving against three
French, two Belian. two Spanish. two
Swiss and two British. The Italian
and Polish entries had already been
withdrawn.
A torrential rain fell as the bags
were being filled Conditions were
so unfavorable that only the precise
texts Of the rules governing the race
prevented a postponment. A steady
fresh breeze was blowing from the
west between % and 80 miles an hour
at times veering to southwesterly
which would make northern Germany
or Scandinavian countries probable
landing places The first alternative
created some anxiety among the Bel
gian and French pilots, who were un,
able to obtain German visas. and the
balloons therefore were liable to seiz
ure by the German authorities. But
the pilots were undeterred
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
Will Cost $4,OOO,0OO
to Rebuild Big Cruiser

London.-The battle cruiser Re
nown, which carried the prince of
Wales on his tour of Canada, Aus
tralia and the Far East. is to under
go reftting which will change 1t
from "A floating palace into tirst-class
fighting ship.
This ship and Its sister ship. the
Repulse. were built on the theory that
speed was above armament, but after
the performance of the similar ship,
the lnvincible, In the battle of Jut-
land. this theory has beer put in the
waste basket.
The estimated cost of putting the
Renown on level with the best ship
In its class will cost S400O,0O0. II
cost originall.' S15,OOO0OO.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
OVERWEIGHT AT CERTAIN
AGE INVOLVES DANGER

advancing age and amount Of over
weight. Other conclusions based on
these records are:
Among short men-that is, those be-
low 8 feet inches-at the age period
forty to forty-four years. an excess Of
20 per cent in weight Involves an add
ed mortality Of 30 per cent above the
normal. A 40 per cent excess in
weight In such individuals involves an
increased mortality Of nearly so per
cent. Among tall men-that is, those
over feet 10 inches-the adverse
situation Is even more marked; for
among them, at ages forty to forty
four. q 20 per cent excess In weight
carries a 40 per cent increase In NOR
tality. and a 10 per cent excess In
weight doubles the mortaly.
On the other hand. underweight In
general is an advantage. II the per.
centage il not too great. It 10 Q
serious impairment In early adult life,
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
U. S. Health Service Advises 10
to 20 Pounds Below Average.

Washington. - Mortality experience
indicates that overweight at certain
ages involves serious danger. the de-
gree of danger Increasing with the ex-
cess In weight over the average for
height and age. At younger ages. how
ever, a limited amount of overweight
appears to be Of advantage or asso-
ciated with more favorable mortality
conditions overweight persons Of such
ages having uniformly lower death
rate from tuberculosis.
These are among the conclusions
drawn from a study of mortality sta
tistics by the United States public
health service. The records Of insur-
ance companies indicate that after IS
years Of age overweight even in rela-
lively small amounts begins to be dan
ge-ous the seriousness increasing with
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28

The coffee tree begins to bear when
1t Is about three years old and 1t con-
tinues for about twenty years, the
singular fact about It being often no
ticeable that the fresh blossom and
the ripened fruit will appear on the
same tree at the same time.
The fruit Of the coffee tree Is round
and red and looks like our cherries
and, being sweet to the taste. Is eaten
by the natives as we eat cherries
Each berry contains two seeds, the
beans with which we are familiar, In
closed in skin, with their fat sides
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
Supervision Of Coal Industry.

Washington. - Supervision of the
coal industry through specially
created division OF the interstate com.
merce commission was recommended
to President Coolidge by the coal com,
mission in its final report
Declaring that in the life of the
average citizen the problem of fuel
is subsidiary only to food and
water" the commission urged that it
be handled by "an effective agency
with sufficient funds, experience, and
powers at its disposal" and charged
with direct responsibility.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
Electricity Will
Win Future Wars

highly-chSrged Jets of slightly acldu-
lated water and l have given people
very powerful shocks at Il distance of
few feet. The effect Is really ex-
traordinary. 1t Is easy to see that, on
a much larger scale. my model could
become Il most powerful weapon. 1t
will make cavalry obsolete. Protec-
tive measures will follow.
Noises Weaken Morale Of People.
"Nikola Tesla has conducted eNper-
iments in the induction of electric
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
HOW COFFEE TREES GROW
Berry or Bean 10 Really the Seed
Natives Eat Fruit Which Looks
Like Cherries.

Coffee usually is spoken Of a. 4
berry or bean, but that part Of the
coffee tree that We use is really the
seed. The trees grow naturally to
height Of from 20 to 80 feet, but this
natural growth Is checked by the
growers. who keep the trees ~ low a.
i've feet
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
Or. Williams Dead In Baltimore.

Greensboro. - kilograms received
here from Baltimore brought the bare
announcement that DR.. John A. viii.
liams. of st. Leo's hospital, this city,
had committed suicide in hospital
there, where he had been un-
der treatment for the past two
months for high blood pressure. i'm.
paired nervous condition and heart
trouble.
DR.. Williams was chief surgeon at
st. Leo's and ranked with the best
known surgeons in the state. and
news Of his suicide astonished friends
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28

currents over large areas. With quite
simple apparatus and using only three
horse power. l can destroy thin iron
wire placed at distance of three or
four feet. The limiting fnctOr at pres
ent is that the wire must be In circular
form and thus make a closed cir
cult. Noise may play an important
part in future warfare. Ii has very
curious effect on human beings.
The more highly civilized they be
come the more noise affects them.
Lots of people in the last war were
sent into serious condition by the
nerve-racking effect of noise. can
Imagine the aggressive use of selected
noises 20 undermine the morale of
population and the development of all
sorts of anti-noise devices"
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
NEWS REVIEW Of
CURRENT EVENTS
Sens tional Doings in Governor
Walton's War on the klan
in Oklahoma.
STATE UNDER MARTIAL LAW
Legislature Plans to Hold Extra Ses-
sion-Spain Now Ruled by Dicta-
tor and aldwin and
Poineare Confer-serkeIey, CAL,
10 Swept by Flames.
BY EDWARD w. PlcKARD

~ kLAH0MA has become the cen
~ ter of the war against the ku
kluX Khan. Developments there last
week were sensational, and the fu
3ure is looked to not without some
apprehension. Enraged by more of
the fioggings which are reasonably sup
posed to be committed or melted by
the Klan, Gov. j. c. Walton announced
that d state Of iusurrection and rebel
lion against the laws and constituted
authorities of the state existed. and
therefore he proclaimed martial law
for the entire state and ordered abso
aute martial law for Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma county and Creek county.
Units of the National Guard were
called out and a military commission
set up and began the examination and
trial of Civilians-a thing that has not
been seen in the United States for
many years.
An order was issued prohibiting AL
public meetings, publications, litera
ture and verbal expressions tending to
create opposition TO the enforcement
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Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
New Use for Wood pulp.

Ottawa.-A Canadian mill is said
to have succeeded in making a high
grade Of blotting paper from wood
pulp. Heretofore rag pulp has been
used almost exclusively In the manu-
facture of blotting paper.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28

Fortunate Circumstances Perhaps.
One thing that America and Europe
have In common is an ability to see
one another's duty.-Duluth Herald.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28

DRIME MINISTER BALDWIN spent
L couple Of days In Paris last
week and had a long, chummy talk
with Premier Poincare about world at
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28

n ULGARIAN irregulars and Mace
ID donian irredentists are bringing
on crisis between Jugo-Slavia and
Bulgaria. They have been gathering
along the frontier, and Belgrade has
warned Sofia that If they invade
Serbian territory war will result. Bull
garia has sought the diplomatic inter-
vention Of the allied powers.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28

GO FAR. the coup d'etat of the mil
~ itary aristocracy of Spain Is alto
gether successful. King Alfonso, yield
ing perforce to the revolutionists, Gre
ated a national directorate and made
Primo Rivera its president with virtu-
ally dictatorial powers. The posi-
lions Of premier and cabinet ministers
we're suppressed. The new government
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28

announced its five principal objectives
as follows:
First, to eXterminate syndicalism
and other communist doctrines;
Second, to crush the separatist move
ment in Catalonia and Basque prov
| inces;
Third, to prosecute victorious cam
paign in the Spanish zone in Morocco
Fourth. to establish an honest, efii-
cient government
Fifth, TO make guilty politicians as
well as officers suffer for the big Me-
lila defeat
Rivera called on the country to form
Gran Somaten" or militia pat
termed closely after the italian Fas-
cisti, to number $4,000. With this or
ganization, responsible to him alone,
he proposes to protect the "estab-
lished interests" of Spain. The In
ternational Communists who have been
tlourishing in Barcelona and other
Spanish cities since the Russian agents
began active work there in 1918, have
realized that the game is up for the
present at least, and have been fleeing
from the country. Many of their lead
ers were caught and locked up last
week. In pursuance of the plan for
a vigorous campaign against the Moor
ish rebels the Spanish fleet on Wednes
day began to lombard the hills above
Alhucemas bay with gas shells, to
clear the way for the landing of
large eXpeditionary force, General
AIzpuru, the new commander in chief
in Morocco, started to organize an of
fensive on the western flank.
The Spaniards feel IT necessary to
demonstrate their ability to govern
the Morocco zone at once, because in
a few days the Tangler conference in
London will open, when Spain will de-
mand permission to rule the Tangier
zone. The United States is Interested
in that conference and has notified
Great Britain, France and Spain that
it will not accept any settlement of
the future controhSof Tangier which
hinders the establishment there of
American marine coalIng and oiing
bases. An interesting story from
Madrid says the old Spanish govern
ment was conducting negotiations with
England by which Gibraltar was to be
traded by Great Britain for the valu-
able harbors of Tangier, Ceuta and
Melilla and that news of this reached
the military leaders of Spain and has
tened the revolt.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-28
TINTED STATES Prohibition Cor

NITED STATES Prohibition Com
~ missioner Haynes, in letter to
Congressman Hill OF Maryland, says
it is the intention of the government
'to interfere as little as possible" with
the right of the farmer to make cider.
He continues: Compared with the
abuses arising from the manufacture
of distilled spirits and fermented
liquors, violations of the national pro-
hibition act arising from the practices
of farmers and of manufacturers Of
cider and fruit juices are practically
inconsequential."
Great Britain has replied TO Secre
tary Hughes proposal for reciprocal
agreement on ship liquor and liquor
smuggling, including extension of the
search limit to twelve miles. and the
reply Is described in Washington as
being mot sympathetic" to the plan.
However. the British government will
submit the question to the imperial
conference which meets next month
in London.