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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-09
| CRITICIZED ATT|TUDE IF AMBASSADOR
Former English Cabinet Mem- Der Declares Silence on His Part Would Lead to
 Serious Misunder-
 standing of Nations

LONDON, March S.-(By Associated Press.)-The Earl of Balfour, secre- tary for foreign affairs in the cabi- net of former Premier Lloyd George, declared in an address before the House of Lords today that his clrcu- lar note to the allies on the subject of inter allied debts did not deserve the strictures passed on it by Ambas- here.
 Lord Balfour opened his remarks with an expression of the belief that considering the momentour changes which had occurred since his note was penned, 1t would have been pre- ferable to allow the matter to rest. but he thought that the House agree with him that when a person in the high position of Ambassador Harvey publicly expressed the desire that the present British government should formally and explicitly remove mis- apprehension, silence on his part would lead to a misunderstanding.
 Quoting the clause to which Am bassador Harvey had objected, Lord Balfour said he failed to find in the words anything either misleading or obscure. It was perfectly true that they were very compressed and that without knowing the circumstances
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Ba1four Takes Issue With Haruey Or D.

and their report then made up, ac- cording to the former vice president.
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 No Report Now.
 No report on the status of the Ala bama coal field situation as the com missioners find it will be made dur ing the visit of the members, MT. Marshall said. They want to con slider carefully all angles as pre- scented by their experts before form ing any conclusions, he said. The trip here was made to enable the commission members to gain a per- SpectiVe of general conditions,
 MT Marshall made it known for the first time that interested persons had been instructed to file statements with his secretary, c. c. Wathen who arrived Monday. MT. Marshall said he had been informed by his secretary that a goodly number of communications had already been entrusted to him. MT. Marshall Thursday afternoon intimated that much of his time in Birmingham would be spent in hearing those who wished to discuss conditions. It is understood that briefs have been filed with Mir. Wathen.
 My experience has been that you
 
 their being sworn," said MT. Mar shall. "Therefore, I will give full attention to any data presented on statements made to me, at the same time reserving the right always to weigh what l hear"
 Technical Data Real Basis.
 MT. Marshalrs statement seemed to tend toward the conclusion that much ado Is being made about the activities of the commissioners them selves in the coal mining district whereas the real basis upon which their report will be compiled will be built up from the data gathered by the technical experts who will visit every coal field in the country.
 Escorted by the guides of Wednes- day, George Gordon Crawford, Frs Kline Ramsay and Frank Crockard, Chairman Hammond and Mir. Howell were taken on trip over the district Thursday which consumed the entire day. They were accompanied by R. A. Walter, engineer of the commits sion. The trip Thursday included a visit to the top of Red Mountain, where they looked down upon the veritable hives of industry of the Birmingham district, and various other sections. The party was met at the Tutwiler hotel Thursday night by Mir Marshall.
 Fridays program will call for other visits into the mining sections, with particular attention to rural mines, it is understood. The commission is expected to conclude its visit Sat urday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-09
DORTMUND ENTERED
 BY FRENCH TROOPS.

BERLIN, March S.-(By associated Press.)-A telegram from Dortmund states that the French reentered that city today, surrounding school horse and disarming t, police who were quartered there. The force was removed to an unknown destination. The French allowed he patrolmen to take their belongings with them while the officers were permitted to retain their swords. The town hall was later occupied.
 The newspaper Germania reports that the French have occupied the railway station of Hamm, an import ant junction of the main railroad line between Essen and Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-09
STOCKHOLDERS LOSE 26 MILLION IN CRASH
L. R. Steel Enterprises Now in
 Receivers Hands

BUFFALO. N. T., March S.-The L.. R. Steel Enterprises, into which in vestors, most of them of small means, are declared to have poured more than s26 6.000,o00, were thrown into the hands of receivers today by Fed eral Judge John R. Hazel.
 The court named former Congress man C. B. Smith, W. w. Reilly, wholesale lumber dealers, Buffalo, and David F. Lewis, Brooklyn mer- chant as receivers. They were re- quired to give joint bonds in the sum of $100,000.
 Today with the receivers in csarge of the Steel general offices, it was declared a thorough checking up will be made immediately regarding the
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conduct of the various l.. R. Steel companies for the past two years with a view of finding, if possible. where the millions of dollars paid in by the stockholders have gone
 The receivership was brought about by suit in equity filed yes- terday afternoon in federal court by the National Toy and Tinsel company of Manitowoc, Wis.
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PEACE IN M|NING FIELDS OBJECTIVE IF FEDERAL BODY
Marshall Declares His Mind Is Open and He Wants to Know the Truth of
 Conditions
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case or could learn at first hand ob- servation. At the same time I hope l have the judgment to know how to discount some things that might be told me by others"
 The report of the commission on the bituminous coal fields will be rendered September 22, 1923, MT. Marshall said. A corps of experts will compile data on all phases of the situation, including railroad car supply, living conditions, wage scales, mining conditions and a null titude of other conditions. This data will be placed before the commission engagements between the partners in the great war as so many isolated undertakings to be separately con one as occasion offers. This policy in his view, is necessary, If the sanc- tity of contract is to be maintained
 T myself am inclined to a some what less commercial view. The ex- traordinary circumstances of the war the magnitude of the cooperative ef- fort made by the allied and asso- ciated powers might seem to remove the financial arrangements into a sphere where the ordinary categories of debtor and creditor, though still valid. could hardly be deemed to be a sufficiency.
 Both these views can be held by honorable men; I do not propose to criticize them, still less to criticize those who differ from them But one final observation I will make: If. as l suppose, it is the first of these competing views which com mends itself to the feeling of the United States of the contested and in- contestible legal rights of that coun- try could hot have been enforced in manner less likely to injure the happy relations which I am glad to say prevail between the two peoples"
 Cheers greeted the Earl of Bal four's remarks. He took the unusual course of speaking largely from notes, to which he constantly re- ferred.
 No comment was offered on the statement.
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GEORGE HENRY HIS NAME
Princess Mary's. Baby To Be Chris
 tened soon.

LONDON, March S.-Princess Mary's baby is to be christened George Henry Hubert, it was announced to- day. Christening will take place March 25 at the picturesque old par ish church of Goldsborough Village, near Harrogate. Unless there is a encouragement of titles in the Las celles family in the future, the baby will be known as the Hon. George Lascelles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-09
HOODED MOB CHALLENGE
Governor Parker Says klan Next
 Election Issue.

NEW YORK, March 8.-The next issue at Louisiana state elections will be klan or anti-klan, said Governor John M. Parker, here to attend re- union of wartime food administra- tors today.
 American people will never stand for hooded mobs," Governor Parker said. He declined to discuss develop ments at Mer Rouge or Bastrop, say ing that the matter of the murder of Watt Daniel and Thomas Richard was in the hands of the courts.
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responding period last year and by 170,5S1 cars for the same period in 1921.
 Heavy shipments of forest products largely accounted for the new record, the association said. Livestock, grain and other commodities also registered
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of the case their full import might not be easy to determine; but he thought they did not deserve the strictures passed on them.
 O O O
 Differences Fundamental.
 T cannot help feeling" Lord Bal four said, after all there may be deeper difference between the Ameri- can ambassador and myself on this subject, than any mere criticism or rejoinder concerning one particular phrase in the original document would lead one to expect I think perhaps the differences lie rather deeper.
 .The American ambassador, as understand, regards the financial ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-09
WAR CLOUDS HANG OVER RUHR VALLEY; CITIZENS HUNGRY
Gloomy Picture of Industrial Conditions Painted-Ger- man Working Men Are
 Reported Depressed
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only fair to point out that many reports of this character may be traced to German sources He asserts that the difficulty of obtaining re- liable information because of the severance of communications is be- ing constantly emphasized.
 In this connection, the Cologne cor respondent of the Express says it Is impossible to verify some of the stories in circulation and that ru- mors much more serious than. the facts warrant are rife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-09
ESSEN AID DUISBERGE
 ISOLATED BY FRENCH.

BERLIN, March S.-(By Associated Press.) hase been isolated from rail communication with the rest of the Ruhr according to The Berliner Tageblati. The railway sta- tion at Langendrer, one of the largest switching points in the Ruhr a few miles east of Bechum, has been oc- cupied as well as that c- Watten- seheid, to the we1t of Bcchrm, and the railroad line from Dortmund to Bochum to Eic is completely blocked.
 German press reports from Lang dendrer say ttat the French recent 1y forced 501 children enroute from Bochum to Bremen, to leave their train at LaageIdrer and walk back to Bochum in driving rain despite the protests of the ehaperone that the party comprised sick and under nourised children who were on their way to he country to recuperate.
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FREIGHT RECORDS IN
 CAR LOADINGS BROKEN
Last Years Mark Exceeded by
 101, ,298, Figures Show

WASHINGTON, March Scar loadings of revenue freight for the week ended February 24 totaled ESQ., 223 cars, breaking all records for this season of the year, the American Railway Association announced to- day. The loadings exceeded by 101.
 29S cars the movement for the cor
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with such storm of public indigna- ton as could not be placated short of surrender of the policy. In Italy the situation is different, for much of the press is subsidized for special and private purposes, and is not dedicated, as in America, to the cause of public justice and well-being; so, while Mus solini doubtless deserves censure, he is in reality acting in accordance with the manner in which he became pre- mier.
 There is no doubt that at the time Mussolini began his famous march Italy was in need of strong hand. The fascist sprang into existence to restore order when the government appeared powerless to maintain or der That Mussolini desired to be fair to all was shown by his selection of four Populists, his political enemies, to sit in his cabinet. Had they meas ured up to their opportunity to work with him for the welfare of Italy, doubtless all would have been well. But they didn't do so, and the other day he allowed them to resign" This act has aroused the indignation of the party thus offended, and Mussolini's actual strength is being tested. He may be unseated. If he is, there is danger of further anarchy and confu- sion in Italy. If he retains his power, he may become bad dictator, just as hitherto he has been | salutary in- fluence in restoring his country to law and order and in presenting solid national front in international coun- cils. Italy's fate is in critical balance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-20
ALA. SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

The school of pharmacy at the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute has been placed on the registered list by the New York state board of regents in recognition of it's high standard. This places the Auburn school alongside the best in the country and will enable its graduates to step promptly into responsible positions in the largest and Lest drug houses. It is of utmost importance that the druggists of the country be skilled men and men of character. They are close to the American home. They occupy a po- sltlon of responsibility to the public veal. Much of public health and pub lie morals depends on how the drug trade of the country, especially the re- tall end of it, is conducted. There is no business that is more omnipresent, that is in more hourly contact with the men and women of the community and none where there is greater de- mand for ethics. The higher the standard of the school of pharmacy at Auburn and the more skilled and con- sclentious the graduates turned out there, the safer will be the Alabama nome and the sooner will be eliminated the evils arising from the misuse of narcotics.
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That sum is what she should receive, irrespective of any minimum which may afford her existence. It may be taken for granted that there is a diff ference in individuals, as respects ability to economize, adeptness with the needle, whether they are hard or easy on clothes, and other elements in which people, even working girls, diff fer from one another. A minimum for one girl may be far from sufficient for the actual needs of another. Be- sides, the allowance does not appear to give the girl any leeway for mak- ing herself attractive to the other sex, necessity if marriage is to res cue the girl from her minimum" Since marriage is the logical desidera- tum of most girls, and since our gov ernment is based on the morality of our family relations, it stands to req son that the minimum" for girls should embrace such accessories of ap- parel and toilet as advance her mari tai prospects. Give the working girl what she earns, and she will take care of the economies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-20
A POOR DEFENSE

The statement of the convict camp physician, employed by the lumber company at which the convict Talbert worked on lease, bears the marks of an ex-parte bias. The physician de- clares that he attended the boy in his last illness; that he bore on his body no marks or bruises caused by whipping; that he did have ''gland enlargements, ulcers and splotches on the body" caused by disease" and that he died of pneumonia. Against the testimony of the physician is ar rayed the testimony of prisoners and former guards, who not only declare that the boy was brutally lashed while weak from illness, and who further dispute the physicians statement that he himself looked after the convict menu, that it is we'll arranged and that they were given ample to eat." The other witnesses stated that the regular breakfast menu was hot wa ter, corn bread and bacon six times week, with coffee added for Sun- day. Any intelligent person knows that this IS not working menu, the physicians statement to the contrary. notwithstanding.
 But, even for the moment not con- testing the physicians testimony, the fact that the prisoner was so ill that the disease developed into pneumonia and that because of the weakness caused by disease he was whipped brutally is sufficient evidence on which to condemn the system of con- vict leasing and indicates what is go- ing on wherever the system is in prac- tice, even in Alabama. Even if pneu- monia and not the beating was ~e- sponsible for the death, is beating sick prisoner in accordance with our civilized and humane standards? Is 1t not rather our purpose to give our convlcts the best medical attention and to discharge them cured at the end of their term rather than to re- lease them to become an immediate health menace to others? How can this be done wht the men ere rented out into bondage to contractors to make money out of them, and who have in the past shown an utter cal iousness to the physical and moral well-being of the Il fortunstes? The only remedy is to stop the system 1t once. Alabama doesn't need the money badly enough to take it out of the blood of human beings.
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A MUNICIPAL PARK BOARD

Creation of a park board might prove Birmingham's first important step in park development. So far there has been little progress. Even the little parks granted the city in the early days have not been adequately cared for. There are fewer trees and there is less beauty in East Park than there was thirty years ago Green Springs Park has lain fallow ever since former Mayor Ward bought that prop erty. Equipment of {, few little play grounds and purchase of some addi- tional park acreage constitute Bir- mingham's official park record for fifteen years. Consideration has been accorded everything except parks. They are among the prime necessities of a people, yet somehow they have been the city's neglected step-child.
 A lot of academic discussion has arisen from time to time, but park de- velopment has stopped at words. Per haps it is because the immediate finan- cial benefit cannot be seen, therefore the park cause has lacked incentive. All candidates for office have been pledged to parks, but no administra- tion has so taken its pledges to heart as to do anything worth while. A park board with parks its peculiar burden, responsibility and object has served we'll in other cities. In Gin cinnati, for instance, such board has developed really magnificent park system. The park board members have taken pride and interest in the park work and it has been we'll done. At present our parks seem to be no one's job. Making them the job of a special board would invite action.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-20
THE OREGON sENAToRsHIP

A Washington dispatch indicates the coming re-entrance of former Sena- tor Chamberlain into the realm of politics. Recent elections in Oregon show a return to the Democratic side, and it is predicted that for several reasons Senator McNary, Republican, will be unable to retain his seat for a second term. A tour of the state by MT. McNary ano Senator Stansfield, his Republican colleague, in behalf of the Republican candidate for governor failed completely and the Democratic nominee was easily elected. Senator McNary has two items to his discredit in the eyes of Oregonians. In the first place, he voted to seat Newberry, an act disapproved by Oregonians, who have the old-fashioned notion that, in- asmuch as the senate is an august body, senator's credentials should be above reproach. In the second place, McNary opposed the soldiers bonus, in which again he offended the sentiment of the people of his state, who feel kindly towards the veterans even though Oregon lies on a side of the continent distant from the war danger from which they firmly be- lieve our soldiers saved this nation. Senator McNary joined the congress sional minority in the opinion that the war danger is now remote and the soldier vote neglible, hence a sol diers' bonus matter of secondary political consideration.
 While the nation believes that Sen ator Chamberlain can serve his ma tion in surpassing degree in his pres ent capacity on the shipping board, nevertheless, if he prefers the func- ton of senator, the nation realizes full we'll that that body also is in dire need of good and patriotic mel who will envision our national wei fare in broad and intelligent man ner and seek to enact such legislation as will rebound most plentifully to the public advancement. Democratic con- trol of congress is within easy reach if the party will provide such candi- dates as will create public confidence that change for the better is in prospect. Already the results indicate the development of such confidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-20
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS
 MEN
The Mother of Louis pnsteur

With interest renewed, as it is at present, in Louis Pasteur, one of the worlds greatest scientists and saviours of human life, by the appearance of Henry Miller in "Pasteur," biographical drama by Saseha Guitry, it Is interesting to search the biographies to learn just how much his mother had to do with his future greatness. The mother of Louis Pasteur was Jeanne Etiennette Requi, pretty young girl, daughter of fairly wealthy parents, and member Of family that was one of the most ancient of the plebian houses of France. She is described as mod est, kind and intelligent. Ger tainly in all of these three quail ties her son takes after her. Pas teur was the soul of modesty. Nothing ever persuaded him to talk about himself. He always had in mind the millions of peo- pie who were dying and suffering, and whom he could save with inc proper cooperation.
 Madame Pasteur. i1 her little sphere, was very much the same way. She vas always helping her neighbors, performing kindly acts. and trying to avoid reeogni- tion for them. She loved su,mais. too, and did everything she could to help them.
 Madame Pasteur hal a mind that was alert, filled with an imaginative quality, and extreme ly enthusiastic about anything that caught her interest The in- heritanee of these qualities also did a great deal to develop thn greatness of her son, felped tim to adhere to his purpose when all the medical men in France wers against him and trying 10 down him. His mother was deeply sym pathetic to him and his plans, and although she does nos figure in an obvious way she can be credited with a great proportion of his ultimate success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-20
ANOTHER ITALIAN CRISIS

Premier Mussolini of Italy, who ac- tually marched into office at the head of his troops, the king surrendering to him at the gates of the city, is accused of being dictator. That is nothing against him provided he is good die tator Indeed, Rome owes much in her past history to her dictatorships. Certain acts of despotism have been charged against Mussolini. One of the gravest has been the censorship, which many call "muzzling," of the press It is said that he allows no journalistic criticism of his regime. In America that would justly be met
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-20
THE WORKING GIRLS BUDGET

The United Charities estimate of monthly sums needed for the support of working girls in Chicago is the sub ject of ridicule by welfare workers of that city. The estimate allows girls $6.50 each per month for cloth ing, providing also for the making over of last years hat, mending, darn ing and other economies tending to lengthen the life of clothes already In hand. This presupposes a period, however, in which the girls receive a whole new outfit, for otherwise there could be no making over, mending and darning. It seems, therefore, that the schedule is little weak in not allow ing for an initial endowment of some kind whereby the previous years ap- parel, which is thus to be made over, may be acquired in the frs. place.
 The question of how little wages girl can get by on does not appear to be the important one. The real ques- ton is as to how much she earns.