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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-25
FREDERICK L THOMPSON. :. PRESIDENT

Entered at Birmingham, Ala, post office as gecondAcass matter. act of Congress. March G.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-25

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Art Of Superiority
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

TWEEN was boy I was once walking
 w along with my brother James. Sud.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11
CROSSING THE BRIDGE, ETC.

First Division newspapers are greatly worried over the election of Wm. Paul to the Territorial legislature All manners of dire prohpesies are be- ing made over the effect his election will have on the coming legislature. We believe the electors ad- verse to Mr. Paul are unduy alarmed. So far as have heard he is attorney of much ability and has worked his way up to position where he con- mands considerable power and prestige. Mr. Paul is too much interested m his constituency to advo- cate laws enacted calculated to harm Alaska, and thereby himself but rather is favorable to the working man and fishermen, and has already been of considerable benefit to them. No one man can control the legislature but rather may be the bal ance wheel required to hold down radical legisla- ton for the classes. Alaskan workingmen need legislators friendly to labor Capital also needs protection, but capital generally protect itself. If Mir. Paul can be any than of the leg isators who have framed laws for the Territory he should be impeached at once
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11
NECESSARY LEGISLATION

Once again call attention to the need of laws bearing upon the status of newspapers in the Territory. Without exception Alaska is the only state territory under the protection of the Ameri can flag without laws defining what constitutes a newspaper of genreal circulation The merchants have laws protecting their businesses from incroach- ment by tinerants; the professional men are we'll protected i'll this respect but the newspaper field is open to whomsoever will enter it. There is no more reason why newspaper field should be invaded by itmerant and irresponsible persons than that the mercantile and professional fields should be jeop- ardized law should be enacted that wherever a paper of general circulation has been established years publication is required to give paper a legal status This is the law in the states and 1t is good law, protecting merchants and business men from bearing the unnecessary burden of spite paper It would also tend to greater investments and better papers by those already in the field There be no harm done by the enactment of such law. Much good can out of 1t. Year in and year out the papers of the Territory work to elect legislators who pass laws protecting everything from a porcupne to a doctor, but nothing has ever been done for the papers.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11
WILL REAP GREAT BENEFITS

The recent mill tests of the ore from the mines of the Alaska Hills company at Nuka Bay, show that the claims of great richness by it's dscoverers are wefounded. Ore milling $50 to $o0 to the ton is rich enough to make its wealthy be- yond the dream of avarce Considerable money has already been spent development work and the company is prepared next year to start operations in earnest large force of men being expected to go to work in the spring.
 That Seward will be the principal beneficiary of this work is apparent from it's close proximity to the mine. And while Seward has been somewhat lax in backing the proposition, it has not been from the lack. of faith in the property but rather from the tight money market and prevailing hard times.
 The promoters of the proposition are all good mining men, and have backed their judgment with their money and time A good mill has been erect ed on the property and the tests show that there is chance to lose but rather that the mine is so rich as to be almost unbelievable.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11
OUR QUESTIONNAIRE

The Gateway recently sent out about 300 ques- tlonnalres covering multiplicity of questions re- garding subscribers views advertising how to make the Gateway more interesting and what our readers wished to played up featured With out exception the to the question revealed that Gateway readers wished merchants to adver- tlse prices with their goods. Another feature ask ed for by majority of our readers was more marine news and more telegraph.
 The answers a revelation to the Gateway management in that they showed that the advertise ments in the paper were read regiously and that the desire for leaders in the advertisements were uni versal.
 The plan adopted by the Gateway involved con- siderable work, but we believe it was well-worth the trouble. No signatures were appended to the oues tionnaires, and none were expected In response to the question, Do you believe that advertising pays?' the answer in every instance but one in the affirmative The query, Do you read the advertisements in the Gateway" showed that 99 per cent of the readers do so To the query ''Do you wish to see the merchants advertise prices with their goods, the answer was invariably in the af- firmative.
 While only hundred or so of the sheets sent out have been returned there is probability that
  this IS done they will be open for perusal by the merchants interested who may thereby learn many things about how to advertise
 The advertisement of P. c. McAIullen and the Seward Trading Company quoted the choice of the readers account of prices being quoted.
 Another questionnaire will be printed within the next week so and prizes will be offered for the best letter local advertising and why the reader considers 1t the best
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11

good many years ago, while resident of South Florida, the editor of the Gateway held the office of justice of the peace coroner and town mar shal, the combined offices producing just enough it's ant baoon u keep tine flame of youth burning brightly While sitting out on log in the arbo
 lados winter day with young Tom Edison, of the electrical wizard, and Raphael Santini Aida costa local product, we were told that in Alaska nuggest could be picked up by the sackfull and gold was drug on the market. Mr. Edison further elab orated his remarks by the statement that year in the Territory would give man riches enough to hire nigger to crank a hand press for the next 'steen years the employer having nothing to worry his mind, other than where to take the next siesta and the virtues of the latest flea powder. Where upon large contingent of Florida Crackers en- parked upon a fishing smack, full of determination and malaria landing in Seattle May 23, 1898. Since this time much water has under the bridge This summer young Tom visited Alaska but he had greatly changed In the old days he was full of exuberence and rye 'whiskey He had lost both and like the editor of the Gateway his rope was draggin'. Age had softly touched his temples and stolen his erstwhile heavy locks. It had tempered his judgment and taken away the effervescence of youth. We did not have the heart to tell him of the mistake he had made in starting colony of Crackers to the Far North nor that his stories of riches were the phantoms of adolescence Tom was talking to a stranger and 1t took Some day. may be, we will wander back south of the Caloosahatchie river, and chew sugar and pick mango threads out of our few remaining teeth, but no surviving Cracker will be told of the unlimited wealth here for the taking. VMgame Dios, To Hay Bunanos.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11
POLISH CABINET APPROVES
 PAYMENT OF J. S. DEBT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The Po- fish cabinet has approved the agree, ment concluded here for the payment of SITS, 8,OO0,000 Polish war debt to the United States treasury.
 Poland will be the first nation to pay her debt in full to the United States.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11

YOU CAN'T segregate ignorance You can t fence around it and shut it off from the rest of the community, from the other parts of your city state. You must eradicate it or it will per- meate the whole of society,"
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11

A flivver was sold by the New York police de- pertinent at an auction sale this week for ten cents The outlook is getting ,loomier every day. If they ever ct below ten cents the existing parking prob lem will not be problem but catastrophe
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11

HE THAT HATH trade hath an estate and he that hath calling hath an office of profit and honor but then the trade must be worked at and the calling we'll followed, or neither the estate the office will enable us to pay taxes.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11
OR. JEAN MARIE MUSY
 ELECTED PRESIDENT SWISS

BERNIE, Dec. 1.-The Federal as sembly today elected Dr. Jean Marie Musy president of Switzerland.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11

Did anyone notice how quiet Magnus Johnson remained during the campaign just ended?
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11

Hints on how to cook should first learn the tyro to get the cook.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11

Some inventor make barrel of money if he can figure how to kill off static
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11

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Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11

Tractors in Europe are used fo~ pulling trees.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-13

Goodbye, sir! Come on, Twins!"
But something else was happen
ing at that very minute, and the
Sand Man and the Twins were not
through.
Tweekanose, the Gnome, was as
cross as three sticks about losing
the sleepy sand that he had stolen.
There he was up in the sky on a
star where the Twins had left him,
raging and raging and raging.
While he was still raging he hap
pened to look down just in time to
see the sleepy sand roll into the
sea, and the Sand Man and the
Twins jump in after it.
He stopped raging at once and
began to grin.
,.Ah ha!" said he, pulling his
belt in another Notch. Here is
where l make high dive!"
And to the horror of the Moon
Man and the Dream Maker Man
who saw the whole thing, he jump
ed from the star straight down
toward the earth, and splashed in
to the sea at the exact spot where
the Twins and the Sand Man were
talking to Captain Pennywinkle.
And just as the sack with the
magic sand touched the Sand Mans
shoulder, Tweekanose grabbed it
and swan eff into the darkness.
(To Be Continued)
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Incl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-13
A LIVING DEATH
By Albert Apple

serving life sentence dies at average of 10
years after the penenary gates cang behind him. So
claims Warden Whitman of Joliet (Ill.) prison.
He predicts: IF Leopold and Loeb alive 20 years
from now, they will have accomplished the miraculous"
How many readers would prefer the death penalty to
ute imprisonment? Monotony is about the thing in
life The worst is loss of liberty That u.s. the basis of
physical predicaments not including catastrophes of the
emotions.
Inc Tiger IN MS circus menagerie has it
pared with the cell inmate who has no hope of release
Unlike the tiger the has the power to think which
intensifies the incarceration
Days the prison workshop; nights in cramped barred
cell. This is not life. 1t is living DEATH
People who against capital punishment put forward
many logical emotional and otherwise convincing arpu
ments :.
1t u.s. admittedly, barbarc for the government to take
human life An interesting debate could be arranged as to
whether it isn't barbarc and cruel to lock man
up until death releases him.
Small wonder, the average life of "1fer" is onv 10
years Existence is monotonous enough at times even
when have freedom On the other hand there is no
such thing real freedom
We are all prisoners serving life sentence imposed by
customs regulations the system of economics the mex
orable laws Of nature.
The problem of getting enough to eat and to cohe warm
ana shelter ourselves life sentence itself for the aver
age person.
we boast of freedom But the only liberty we have is
potcal Industry, customs and superstition still have us
Jalled Their savemaster power is, fortunately slipping
though very slowly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-13
ADVENTURE OF
THE TWINS
Bv OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Nancy and Nick and the Sand
Man stood on the bottom of the
sea where they had come to hunt
for the lost sleepy sand.
1t did seem as though the babies
on the earth would have to stay
awake all night, for no sooner
would the Twins find the sand and
start home with it than something
would happen and away it would
60 again.
The last thing that happened
was that it caught on mountain
top and rolled down and fell into
the sea.
Hello, here!" said little man
riding upon sea-horse. whats
the matter?"
ooh, sir" cried Nancy. "We've
lost the sleepy sand and it's moon
up on the earth and the babies
can't go to sleep. We thought per-
haps the sand was here some place.
1t rolled down into the sea-"
1--WE have loads of sand as you
can see," said Captain Penny
Wrinkle, for that was the little sea
fairy's name. "But you may as well
try to look for a lost leaf in
forest as to come to the bottom of
the sea for sand"
But it is in SACK" said the
poor Sand Man. "And if it's any,
where near, it will come when you
call it, like pet dog or cat. All
you have to do is to say Iminy
Jimmy and there it is right on
your shoulder"
Hardly were the magic words
out of the Sand Mans mouth than
the sack of sleepy sand jumped
from the place where it had been
lying behind some sea-weed.
well, well, WE'LL" laughed fat
little Captain Pennywinkle. 81
certainly am surprised. l never
would have thought it. Right
there all the time and nobody knew
it'll"
Little owls and batlets!" said
the Sand Man joyfully. AT last
our troubles are over. Thank you,
Captain for your kind words. We
didn't need your help or the help
OF your Wigglefin people after ali.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-13
LETTER FROM JOHN ALDEN
PRESCOTT TO SYDNEY CAR.
TON, CONTINUED

"No, my dear bcy," continued my
father-in-law, 81 would not think
of saddling my great business on
Karl Whitney. 1t would absolute
! ly submerge him. He couldn't
possibly swim out. 1t would short
en- his life as well as make it un-
bearable as long as he lived.
"You, John, are different. You
like to achieve. You're aggressive,
and a little bit vain and conceited.
You're apt to think that your way
is the only way. You will take up
the responsibilities that l am hand
ing over to you and glory in them.
81 have made you the executor
Of my will, and named you as man.
ager of the steel plant. Because of
this l have arbitrarily fixed yo.:r
salary, until the death of my wife,
at least, at fifty thousand dollars
a year. To Alice, my wife, will be
given the income of one-third of
all my investments. The home is
already hers, as is the camp in the
adirondacks.
"The other two-thirds will be
divided into thirds, one of which
will go to Alice, one to Leslie, and
one-third to little Jack. Alice real
ly does not need any of my wealth,
as Karl has probably settled a mil
lion dollars on her-he told me he
was going to when he asked me to
give him my youngest daughter.
However, that seems to me to be
about the best arrangement | can
make now.
"Of course, you understand 10
per cent of my income has always
been put aside fer charity, and this
will go on, as long as the business
is held in trust, which will be un-
til the death of my wife.
my boy, ] am asking a great
deal of you. ! am asking you to
work for your wife and your child
or children, | might say-because
at the death of my wife, her share
will be distributed between my
grandchildren"
There, Sgd, you see it's all cut
out for me. and l think it is some
thing much better than I deserve,
for of course ! shall accept it. /
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-13
World Flight Proves Air Trucking Feasible
Motor Needs Improvement, Then FREIGHT
Will Follow Passengers in the Air

Engine failure forced down Major
Martin eff the shores of Kaniak
and caused the loss of Lieutenant
Wade's plane between the Farce
Islands and Iceland.
Better Engine
1.-THE engine has always been the
main reason for uneasiness. It
should be pointed out, however,
that while not available in the same
quantities, or as cheaply replaced,
we have now engines which far
surpass the Liberty in endurance"
Other weaknesses pointed out by
Or. Klemin were in the wings and
toons. With waterproof.
light duralumin covering, rather
than their present form of doped
linen, the planes could negotiate
especially the warmer climates
with greater ease.
Opposed to these weak points.
however, he showed the airplane's
fitness so far as its fusilage was
concerned, it's diminished fire haz<x
ard and its enlarged carrying ca
pacity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-13
BY ISRAEL KLEIN
NEA Service Writer

One definite point the world
flight has established is the FEAST
bility of commercial aviation.
Passenger aviation is already an
accomplishment. Large swift air
planes are transporting people
from London to- Paris, and be-
tween other points, while further
plans are being laid for similar
transportation.
To have trucks" flying about
the air is still something new, even
though the United States is doing
this with the airmail. Loads must
still be rather light and extreme
care and preparation must be made
for each trip.
The Douglas planes which flew
around the globe are really COM
mercial airplanes. Their rugged
ness and simplicity, coupled with
their additional carrying capacity,
make them available for air truck
ing purposes.
Advantages
That we have succeeded in de-
veloping this new kind of trans
pcrtation is pointed out by Alex
ander Klemin, associate professor
of aeronautics at New York uni
versity, in automotive industries.
The fire hazard in aviation has
been largely eliminated, he says.
Heavy loads could be carried, var
led climates with their abrupt
changes could be negotiated, and
the planes prove their speed ca
pacity and endurance.
Yet there must be considerable
Improvement, Professor Klemin as
serts. before commercial aviation
can be taken up Is a regular
means II transportation. He notes
these necessities in the progress
OF the Douglas planes around the
earth.
The Liberty motors were the
greatest source of trouble.
mot only did the engines need
to be replaced six times" he saws.
but throughout they needed far
more attention, than the planes.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-13
=: The Tdngle =:
BY Williams

wrote you in my last letter that
would not take over the manage
ment while Mr.. Hamilton lived, but
the whole thing has a very differ
ent aspect now.
Mr.. Hamilton certainly showed
his ability to judge men. He knew
l couldn't work with Karl Whit
ney. He says Karl Whitney is
even a better man than l, and l
think perhaps he is, but if he had
put us beth on as executors it is
very probable Alice would have in
fluenced her husband to hamper me
on every side. l know the less
have to do with that young woman
the better it will be for all con-
cerned.
I'm very glad to have Mrs. Ath-
erton with me, for you know she
worked for Mr.. Hamilton and prac-
, tically did his advertising. l will
put her in charge of that part of it
when am manager.
1t looks as though I were just
waiting for dead mems shoes, Sgd,
but | know I am only doing what
Mr.. Hamilton would wish me to do
preparing for what he as we'll as
l know is inevitable.
I'll close this letter now, how
ever, and write you again after you
have told me what you think Of it
all.
JACK.
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-13
MODERN MAN A TOUGH CHAP

WHAT is called in building construction the margin OF
safety must be in the of the and physical body
OF human beings very generous The of
mankind to be able endure more than one Nigh.
suppose.
We naturally associate physical stamina and endurance
with primitive We like to think of the aborigne
sleeping the bare ground with nothing but his war paint
to him being able go swimming in February
ing his food and roots-on the and the end
OF this little aunt he might be persuaded make night
OF with his fellow warriors. After which wink
two of sleep.
We haven't much exact information however, on the
doings of the aborgine But little observation what
modern man and do may lead to the reflection
that for sheer and endurance the abogne wasn't
IN with What would he have done with the
modern traffic pounding at his auditory nces
sanity for hours? Could have picked his way through the
throng of shoppers in the downtown section
during the busy hour?
The aborgine may have had the forttude to run 100
miles day. but did he up and down a flight of
stairs so times day. and and dust and do the Dishes
and bake and darn socks and shopping entertain
5 members of The jolly Bunch and have fitted and
rescue his offspring from the pugnacous gestures of
the neghbors children prunes prepare chicken
salad as nothing in the world important as these
two dishes Did the aborgne in all his splendid vgor
go through composite of daily chores as this
Maybe the aborgine had strong physique and
OF Steel but the fact that of survive the
days shocks and strains speaks rather we'll for
fit of nerve and snew. Judged by what he can endure
modern man is hardy stock
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-13

life in New York, managing the op.
ening Of the Pennsylvania, with 1900
rooms, the largest hotel in the world.
Three years later he went to the
Waldorf, famous to royalty of other
shores.
Ninety per cent of all the people
are good people," he says, "but they
are more temperamental than a few
years ago."
Visitors from the west bring with
them on their trips to New York
portion Of their own town, which
they transplant here, according to
Carruthers. Westerners are always
natural and never succumb to the
strain under which New Workers live.
Carruthers is a large man, with
gray hair, is 40 years old, has a
pleasing smile, reassuring handicap
and a mild voice.
stephen Hannapan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-13

New York, Net. 13.-One of the
best known hotel managers in New
York was born on a farm at Wyom-
ing, O., suburb Of Cincinnati, was
a travelling salesman with the United
States as his territory, and entered
the hotel business from his ranch
home in Weiser, Ida, a town 40 miles
from railway, with population
of $500 people.
He is Roy Carruthers of the his
toric Waldorf Astoria.
Carruthers, who never had any
experience in the hotel business, was
chosen in 1915 to manage the Palace
and Fairmont hotels in San Fran
cisco because of his nation wide ac-
quaintances. He is said personally to
know more people than any other
man in the land.
In 1918 he first entered business