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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-04-17
KEcsKEnEeTHY 0Y6z0T Eel
FEDEzTEK DELAMERIKABAN

1901 majusaban t0rtent, hogy
Kecshemethy Gy5z5 otszaznegy-
venezer aranykoronat sikkasztott.
A hailatlan nagyaranyu sikkasztas
szinte az -egesz vilAg rendorsegdt
foglalkoztatta. Az egesz vilag rend
0rsege hiaba kereste, Kecskemethy
nyolntalanul eltiint. 4
Kecskemethy Gy6z6 joghallgat6
volt es az antiszemita erzelmii
keresztmozgalomnak egyik hang
ado szerepl6je. Mint dijnok egy
uttal f6varos f6penztaranal dol
gozott. Egy nap egy szolga kise-
ret6ben elkuldtek az allampenz-
tarba, hogy OFT $4,000 koronat fl
zessen be-. A J6zsef-korut egyik
atjar6 hazanal Kecskemethy vala-
mi iirugygyel elcsalta a szolgat6l
a penzzel telt taskat, egy levellel
felkiildte hazba. A szolga hem
talalta cimzettet, visszajott, de
Kecskemethy ekkor mar penz-
taskaval eltiint.
A rend6rseg mindenfele keres-
tie. A rokonaihoz, f6kepen Vesz-
premben el0 sziileihez erkez0 le-
veleket; cenzura ala vettek, de a
sikkaszt6 6vatos volt, nem adott
eletjelt magar6l. Mindenfelol j0t-
TEX hirek, hogy lit, vagy Oft tint
feI a sikkaszt6.
A fovaros azokban az id0kben
hallatlanul Macy, szazezer koronas
jutalmat tiiz0tt XII a nyomraveze-
t6nek, s6t a rend6rseg osszes kolt-
segeit megteritette, @akhogy a
tettes- meglegyen. Berczy Bella
rendorkapitany, akkoriban rend-
6rseg egyik legsikeresebben dol
goz6 tisztviseloje, Olaszorszagba
utazott, inert oda vezettek nyo-
mok. Az aakori detektivfonok-
helyettes, Markovich Ince Ameri-
kaban kutatott Kecskem6thy Gyo-
z6 utan, de sikkasztot nein keri-
tctte kezre.
Sokan annak a feltevesnek ad-
tax hitelt, hogy matrozok kirabol-
tax es a tengerbe dobtak. Mas
adatok szerint DeI-Amerikaba
ss0kott. Markovich Itlce bejaRta
majdnem egesz Amerikat. Nyomo-
kat mindenfele kapott, allitolag
Californiaban telepedett lie KEGS
kemethy vagy Connecticut allan
ban farmot vett, masok Del-Ame-
rikaban lattak, de sehol sem talal-
tax meg.
K0zvetleniil habei.u kitorese
el6tt hire jart, hogy Kecskemethy
Gy6zo Los Angelesben egy korcs-
mai verekedes alkalmaval meg
halt. Ezek csak k6sza hirek vol
tax. A gyanusabb leveleket most
cenzurazzak es nehany nappal ez-
el6tt a cenzurahivatalban egy
Bnenos-Ayresb6l, Argentina fo-
yarosab6l erkezett levelet bontot-
tax fel. A level Kecskemethy Gyo-
zo egyik rokonahoz sz6lott. Maga
Macy sikkaszt6 irta. Tudatja,
hogy Buenos-Ayresben el, dusgaz-
dag ember lett bel6le es vagy6dik
haza. A cenzura leyelet attette
az iigyeszseghez. A level alapJan
ujra el6veszik az egesz aktat0met
get Is annak alapjan Argentina
kormanyat6l a sikkaszt6 kiadata-
sat fogjak kerni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1924-04-17
csRHszLovxKIA NEPEsskGE

A cseh nepszamlAlas eredme-
nyet mostanaban tettek k0zze,
mely szcrint Csehorszag es az ell
RABBIT teriiletek lakossaga k0yet-
kezGkep oszlik meg:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
THE EXHIBIT A SUCCESS.

The cordial encouragement given by the people of Birmingham to the expo sition of Birmingham's products In the city auditorium cannot fail to be gratl1y' ing to those who. have worked so success tractive, It will be inspiration to them to plan next year to outdo this one, and thus to advance all the more rapidly to that time when the exhibition will be one of the events tending to make Birmlng- ham famous far beyond her boundaries and the borders of the state.
 The individuals and organizations and firms that co operated so heartily and effectively in developing an exhibit m, teresting and instructive to the people o1 this city deserve the highest praise. Bir- mingham is new, but it's people are rapidly discovering a community of interest. an esprit de corps that cannot fail to be of great and permanent community value
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
Bastille Gives Up Dead

In the reconstruction of the castle of Loew- enstein, the sombre bastille of Holland that stands on a dismal, wind-swept island at the confluence of the Mouse and the Rhine, a number of skeletons were found in one of the secret passageways. From bits of cloth ing found around the bones, it is thought that they are the remains of monks or priests, but the best arrchaeologists of the country are unable to determine at what period these men were kept there as prisoners. Though that gloomy building has housed many unfortun- ates, among whom the famous Grotius, there is no record that it was ever used as prison for clerics during the time of the religious agitation in the sixteenth century. Grotius the great international jurist, was prison CT there, because he opposed the rise of the house of Orange along with the aristocratic republican party. He saw in the increasing prestige of members of that family danger to the Dutch republic. Along with the aris- tocratic mayors of Amsterdam, Dordt and other cities he was incarcerated there. His wife shared his prison. One day he managed to escape by hiding in bookcase which came and went back each week with a fresh supply of literature Later he became French am bassador at the court of Sweden and wrote his "On the Right of War and Peace still considered masterpiece of international jurisprudence and frequently quoted at the Versailles conference when the formation of the league of nations was debated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
September

September in golden gown thrills the hills
 and valleys; The fragrance of the wild grapes is clinging to her hair; All the heavens bend to her their blue and
 shining chalice, Trimming with a beauty that is laughing
 at despair. Goldenrod is signing in the way that she is
 singing;
 MiIkweed bursts to glory in globules white
 as snow; And upon the hillsides purple mists are
 clinging Like an incense lifting from the flaming
 hearths below. Cornfields lean toward her and pumpkins
 turn their faces To catch the last, fierce rapture, the music
 of her feet; And there comes a whisper from far secret
 places
 As the orchards kiss her mouth so radiant
 and sweet All the trees are hardening as September For her eyes are gleaming with the dreams
 she knows, And September whispers to the wtnereu
 grasses x,. Promise of Springs return when the Win- Edgar sei Daniel Kramer, in New York Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
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No Answer At All


 THE acting prime minister of Spain.
 Senor Magaz, has answered the charges
 of Vincente Blasco Ibanez, the novelist. That is to say he has said something in re- ply. The issues raised by Ibanez have been left untouched by the minister and he has confined himself to the least elective and the least honorable of polemics, that of calling names. He says in fact that Senor Ibanez is "parlor pink" and publicity hound.' He also filings the ridiculous charge at the novelist that he is accusing the military direc- tory and the king from the safe distance of Mentone in France. Would not Senor Ibanez be a fool to venture into the land of Spain where the gaggers of the press, the oppres- sors of the people, the irresponsible militarist clique could get their claws on him? Does the Spanish acting premier think that Senor Ibanez has forgotten the fate of Professor Unamuno, one of the greatest saYants of our time? When he, as rector of the University of Salamanca and one of the greatest inter- national jurists, dared to raise the question able democratic character of a dictatorship, he lost not only his position, but also his iib- erty. It is only a few weeks ago that this aged savant managed to escape from barren and torrid island. The statesmen of Spain, Senor Magazs predecessors, have not been noted for their liberality or the sacredness of trick in history is the betrayal by the Duke of Ava of the Counts of Egmont and Horne in Brussels, whom be invited to a banquet as loyal supporters of the king and then cast them in prison to have them beheaded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
THE CASE OF MINOR.

The oath taken by MT. J. w. Minor before the Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee, as prerequisite to being permitted to enter the Demo- cratic primaries as candidate for mem- Der of the Jefferson County School l Board. which nomination he was yester- 1 day asked to vacate by the Committee, was:
 q. J, W. Minor, qualified voter Of
 Jefferson county, Ala, declare myself
 candidate for the office of board or edu-
 cation of Jefferson county in the Demo
 cratic primary or said county to pc hela
 on the 18th day of May, 1925. 'I further declare myself Democrat and believe in the principles of the Demo-
 cratic party I also pledge myself to
 support the nominees of the Democratic
 party in the general election
 This oath is clear and unmistakable. i MT. Minor subscribed: "I pledge myself to support the nominee of the Demo- cratic party in the general election"
 Yet MT. Minor contributed money to x national Republican campaign fund.- the purpose of which is to defeat John ! W. Davis, the Democratic nominee for ] President of the United States.
 MT. Minor voted the Republican ticket i in 1920, contributed to the Republican campaign fund in 1924, and, in between, entered the primaries for Democratic honor in Jefferson County.
 He asserts, in letter addressed to the Jefferson County Democratic Commit tee, that he expects to vote the Demo- cratic ticket next Tuesday. This then IS MT. Minors party position: He will vote for John w. Davis, the Democratic nomi- nee for President of the United States in Alabama, where it will not affect the result of the general election, but gives money to the Republican campaign fund to be spent in some doubtful state where its spending may help defeat John w. Davis, the Democratic nominee for presi' dent.
 The Age-Herald submits for reconcili- ation MT. Minors position as Democrat to those more adept than this newspaper or, to quote the late lamented Edward w. Carmack: "To weld the pewter han dle to the wooden spoon; to make the lion and the leopard lie down together to teach oil and vinegar how they might agree; to graft the dead bough on the living tree, and make it to blossom anc bend and burgeon golden fruit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01

estimated cost of this building which amount ed to $2 ,25O 100000 and this estimate. became public property at that time and was entered upon the minutes of the proceedings of the board of revenue. 1
 Third: The county has no funds with which to build the new courthouse. The only possible method of financing construction of this character, where ready cash Is nec- essary is through the medium of the bond issue and even the bond issue which has been submitted will not be sufficient for its com- pletion and furnishing. Even after the amount of the bond issue has been augmented by the proposed sale of the old courthouse site at any figure which it has been possible to ob- tain by offer up to this date. Finally, we do not think that any public officer should pre- sume to undertake a tremendous public en- terprise unless authorized to do so by the voters and in response to an urgent public need.
 The incoming board of revenue stands ready to administer the affairs of this county to the very limit of its ability and under the direction of the people, This bond issue has been very carefully thought upon and every reasonable counsel at our command has been used. It is our opinion that the bond issue presents the only method available for pro- viding courthouse in keeping with the pres ent and future needs of this county and the dignity of its people. We accordingly sub mitted it with our recommendation and with the assurance to the people of its necessity.
 LACEY EDMUNDSON.
 The tge-Herald said nothing about the fuses to which this money would be put but did demand more detail as to the manner in which it would be expended" MT. Edmund son adm ts that the sum asked for will not be enouth, nor does it, yet appear how tht rest shal be raised, whether by sale or lease of the present courthouse or how. The Age Herald believes that present sale of the court house would be at public loss, because this site is constantly increasing in value as Sir mingham realty advances. It may be true that an architect has estimated the cost oi this building, and "this estimate was entered upon the minutes of the proceedings of thu board of revenue" but that does not mean that a definite plan of financing has been for mally adopted by the board. Therefore, a The Age-Herald stated. the project is still in completel!. set before the people-Ed., Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
THE rR11E PROGRESSIVE

From my point of view he only deserves to he called a progressive who cannot see a wrong persist without an effort to rearess .s 1t. or a right denied without an eilor' so
 no,o,c welfare of the United States but realizes that the making of better men ana women is a matter greater still; who thinks of every governmental policy first or all m its bearing upon human rights rather thah foundly in human equality and detests priv ilege in whatever form or in whatever dis ruise, and who finds the true test or success in the welfare of the many and not the pros perity and comfort of the few. ine CIVIC M individual man. All that goes to make bet ter and happier and freer mer and women is progress; all else is reaction-John w. DavIs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
The Right Word
THE RECENT TEST.
By W. CUR4iS NICHOLSON

THE REGENT TEST. "
 The test was decidedly difficult. An aver age of 50 per cent. will be a good mark and ali who have attained it need not feel bad khat they did not make 100 per cent. The results will be published soon, and few days later an announcement will be made that cannot help interesting all readers of "The Right Word"
 -.. --.-- A Fine Distinction.
 J, C.. Farington of Spokane, Wash, illus. trates a fine distinction in the use of that and which,
 He writes, Suppose that A has been asked by B to mail specific answers to two specific questions. The following query and reply are exchanged: -'" *aA. Did | sendi you the answers to the questions you submitted? And # l did send them, were they correct?
 "B "rhe answers, which you sent, were correct
 "Of course, much the same idea would be conveyed by saying, The answers that you sent were correct But a shade of stress concerning the fact that they were sent would be lacking and one who overheard only the latter statement would be likely to infer that only one question was answered, notwithstand ing that as a matter of common sense, If the answers that were sent were correct, they naturally must have been sent"
 Mir. Harrington reasons well. Note the following sentence: The answers that you sent were correct. Some one is trying to tell some one else that certain answers, those sent by the latter person, were correct. Note the following sentence: The answers, which you sent, were correct. In ether words, the first person is telling the se9 that the answers were correct, casually raferrRg to the fact that they had been sent. Possibly recon struction such as the following would have been better: You did send the answers to
 Yesterdays Error. ;a our questions, and they were both correct
 Wrong: There is no doubt but that each individual was enjoying ta.-
 Right: There is no doubt that each indl yidual was enjoying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
hf,aaaOf1cE 7'G OVER

Why Not Pubiish Tho Financial Fskts About
 The Non- -Tax-Payfng Classes. YOHN DOE-Total bank accounts, $4-25 ! might support family if he would stop , playing the races never heard of income tax. Billy Patterson-Total income, 1924, ST. 800; total expenditures, $2,257 is in marke:, as usual, for small loans from unsuspecting acquaintances.
 Jack Spratt-Worked only 15 weeks in last two years; made $78O; lost $1 100 at pool and poker; wife's furs and jewelry still in hock William Goofey-No income; all out go; is seriously considering holding up a bank.
 Elmer Grunt-Receipts, 1924, $S,666; ex- penditures, you'd be surprised; is suspected of being professional burglar; lives we'll and people wonder how he does it. :n. rr # Octavius Miggles-Made $5OOOs as profes sioual lecturer, selling fake health book, all dishonestly; spent it all for new shoes, pleas ure cars, loud vests and scarfpins; has five payments yet to make on last Ford car and | is in a bad way.
 | Senator o. Howe Dumm-Made $3,6OO January 1 to July 1; lost $3,6OO, July to January l; Morris Plan banks are refusing to listen to him any further. | Representative Dummer-Paid $1O2.67 in come tax should have paid but $4.5O; sanity now being looked into by commission.
 Jacob Warpp-No visible means of sup port has country home and Buick; popu- lar in community but neighbors are beginning to talk. %:-i -.
 Oswald Shrumph-Hasnt penny to his name belongs to four prominent clubs and is enjoying life but wife is beginning to resent hls spending her personal fortune so literally. Joseph Radish--Not worth dime; car he drives is a stolen one; wife is doing well, | ironing and washing.
 Emery Nailfile-Spends all of his time at the race tracks; wife and three children all working and supporting him in style to which he is accustomed. | Jarvis Jadda-Has no money at present, but is thinking of becoming prohibition enforce ment agent; probably will have fortune in six
 Addison Addlepate-Makes about $1OJOOO months. E1 year delivering lectures denouncing capi- talistic classes as dishonest; has never made an income tax return in life and insists his income is $10 a week.
 l Avery Wampum-Dead broke, but would like to meet widow with plenty of money; ob' feet matrimony or robbery; or both.
 Wilbur Waffle-No money; no prospects no hope.
 Josiah Kuttlefish-Gross receipts, 1924, S1l; net profit, $11; won't be on his feet again till he wins another crossword puzzle prize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
BRITISH ELECTION RESULT.

\, The outcome of the British general | elections was not unforeseen by many ob- i servers, both in this country and in Eng land Lloyd George has consistently pre- dicted that Labor would not be returned. Perhaps the former premier expected a greater showing of Liberal strength than was actually developed, but he probably realized that the Conservatives would still retain more seats than any other party. The fact that the Conservatives gained a decisive majority was perhaps | the only real surprise of the election.
 The swing away from the Labor leader ship was even more pronounced than the Aactual seats lost indicate, for In many places the Labor majority was greatly reduced over what it had been at the previous election. The reasons for this result are not altogether obscure. While willing to give the Macdonald ministry full credit for certain outstanding achievements, yet the people of England looked with unconcealed alarm upon the trend towards close relationships with a treacherous soviet. MT. MacDonald's policy was undoubtedly influenced by a strange hallucination that led him to be- :szAeve the soviet something altogether diff
 rent from what it is. If the Russian
 lviet government had been what MT.
 acD Donald believed it to be, his policy
 correct. But inasmuch as the soviet 'is exactly the reverse of his idealized con- ception of it, his policy was absolutely repugnant to the clear-visioned British people.
 The exposure, on the very eve of the election, of what was without doubt a definite soviet program of corruption of the British army, coupled with the for mer popular distaste for dealing with un- | principled foreign governments, proved Atoo much for the Labor aspirants. There lis no defense for an alliance with those who seek to undermine an established
 Government, as the soviet was seeking to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01

Although the Labor party lost forty. two seats in parliament in the recent British elections, MT. Macdonald re. marks: "When saw how enormously La bor, despite it's defeat, had increased its grip upon the people of this country
 *. I saw in the most dramatic way Labor facing a union of all the interests and, though here and there forced to give ground, nevertheless giving the most con
 vincing evidencesof final victory" That is true optimism. But the elections re
 suits show that, when it comes to test the interests of labor. are not divorcible from the general interests. 'A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01

more significant factor than the original commitment to MT. LaFollette. Labor leaders took it upon themselves to com. init their ranks to the third party, and of course, as was observed at the time Americans cannot be told how. to vote But Americans can put themselves on record as to how they intend to vote. The rank and file of many labor groups in New York want to align themselves with MT. Davis, and their leaders have been instructed accordingly to reverse their former position and come out for the Democratic candidate.
 This is a remarkable tribute to MT. Davis, and deserved recognition of has fair and manly attitude on questions vital to tine welfare of the workingman. All any group can properly demand is justice and square deal. That is what MT Davis promises, and the people believe him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01

Among the Republican scandals of the Republican administration mentioned by Josephus Daniels was the appointment of c. Bascom Slemp. Doubtless that can- not be blamed on any cabinet officer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01

do in England. Therefore the people re-. jected the Labor party, because it could not distinguish it's mirages from the
 actual desert stretching away Russia. wards. '. .sN. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
Ambiguous.

"Prominent California editor hurt h auto mobile wreck. Baby with him at the Eime uninjured" Now let the eyil-minded smSe.- New Orleans Times-Picayune. '-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
OUR CARTOON TODAY.

In our regular cartoon space today The .Age-Herald is carrying cartoon, by Mr.. Alley of the Memphis Commerclal-Ap,, peal, which has been reproduced far and wide throughout the country. To this cartoon we invite our readers attention as carrying in telling manner a message that is unmistakable. The Republican party represents itself as having purged itself of the elements that were corrupt. But the people cannot tell that the re- order to be reelected, may very well be representing themselves as changed from their purpose of footing the people and the public domain, but, as the Donkey very ecutely demands: But hown the 'ell can the country tell-'You ain't gwlne steal no mop"
 There is only one way that this coun- try can tell they are not going to steal any more, and that is to throw them out of office where they can't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01

Doubtless if those charges of pay ments for federal patronage to Republic an leaders in South Carolina are not true, there is regret on their part that they had not thought of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01
THE DIFFERENCE

The fool waiteth for the iron to get ho before striking, but the wise buy maketh thu iron hit by pounding it.-Houston Post Dispatch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-01

Coolidge has been elected president by the Literary Digest poll. He is, however, going to run again next Tuesday.