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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15
FROM THE WISE.

If fortune favors you, be not lifted up; If
she Eliminates, be not cast down.
-Auson.
As long as l have my senses there is moth
ing l would prefer to an agreeable friend.
Horace.
The comic and the tragic lie close together,
inseparable, like light and shadow.
Socrates.
Who served his country well has no need
of ancestors.
-Voltaire.
Fortune is all She, as the fancy springs
Makes Kings of pedants-and Of pedants
Kings.
-Juvenal.
Sweet is true love though given in vain.
And sweet is death that puts an end t.
-Tenny.cn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15
Brief Nature Studies
HAVE seen many mountains, but never
anything to equal Greenland peaks above
BY j. OTIS SWIFT

HAVE seen many mountains, but never
anything to equal Greenland peaks above
Cape Farewell" writes Otis Peabody
Swift who covered the round-the-world
flyers northern loop for the United Press.
"Out of n gray sea dotted with sloshing
white drift-ice, a welter of huge, uncouth,
distorted white mountains rose cameo-clear
in the frosty air.
At seemed giant hand had torn at
these hills in anger, uprooting them, throw
ing them back to earth. They had an al
most indecently unfinished look. Over overy-
thing lay the white pail of snow, except where
sub-Arctic hurricanes had blown bare the
face of some cliff leaving Il patch Of barren
rock facing the cold sky. Between these
patches of brown shone great VS. and VS.
gigantic parentheses, seeming symbols in an
Orient script They were the glaciers, slow
rivers of ice, formed by the enormous pres
sure of mountain snow-fields on their own
lower strata.
"These filled whole valleys almost to the
brim, apparently thousands of feet deep down.
Their sinuous lines wound down to the sea-
ending in sheer cliffs, the terpini of which
broke away daily"
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san Prafer Steal HAS.

Sensational disclosures, highly gratifying
to French nationalists, were made at trial
of a young German named Gerhards- at
Cologne recently. Young Gerhards is an Off
cial of the Steel Helmet society (Stahlhelm
Bund) and had established branch of the
organisation in the occupied Rhineland terri
tory. This was against the DEGREES of the
allies, who have prescribed the order. When
British soldiers raided cafe where meet
ing of the Steel Helmet society was in prog
ress they found small statuettes of Bismark
and the kaiser, also a list of discriminating
documents" among which a declaration that
the society's aid is to reestablish the bounda-
ries of German to pre-war position. If the
matter had been left to the British alone
young Gerhards would have been told to get
himself hence, but the French nationalist
started such rumpus with their I'VE told
you so, they are plotting in secret" that some
thing had to be done about it. Gerhards goes
to Jail for couple of months. Premier Har-
riot told Paris newspapers he had no com
ment. That's the right way to go about these
things Talk and comment mean publicity
for movement that even to the mass OF the
German people look ridiculous.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15
FINANCING PARK QUARREL.

Although it is eminently desirable
that there be developed an acceptable
park program for Birmingham, yet
there is a general feeling that it would
be highly injudicious to entrust to a
divided board any considerable sum. 1t
is evident that certain members of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15
Aim OF Russian Loan.

Mr.. wheatley, minister of health in the
Macdonald cabinet, who belongs to the left
wing of the labor party, has let the cat out
of the bag in connection with the Russian
treaty and the proposed British government
loan to the soviets. Said Mr.. Wheatley "a
Russian loan would help unemployment in
this country. A Russian loan would be a
good thing even if it were never repaid" Now
Mr.. wheatley does not belong to the moneyed
class in England. There are others who will
be asked to subscribe to this loan to soviet
Russia. And these others do not belong to
Mr.. Wheatley's party. Among them there is
great deal of opposition to the loan. To
many people a loan to a government with
predatory" principles seems preposterous.
All classes in England want to see the unem-
ployment problem solved. But whether all
classes are all to cooperate to check I'M
employment temporarily by loan to Russia
with the inevitable result that the labor party
will assume credit for the performance, is
doubtful. If the money is to be given to Rus
STA to check unemployment at home in Eng
land, Englishmen may ask quite logically
why not give the money direct to the un'
employed?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

The journalistic henchmen of the pow
err trust chortle gleefully over the with
drawal of the Ford offer. What care
they if the carefully planned obstructive
campaign of monopolistic interests has
set back the clock of Muscle Shoals for
already upwards of four years?
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n ~ Mz FUN
Edgg e. - $AoD
'l&EmEA3< zAXSON FCNz7Lk JZlDEZL
MRS. DANIEL.
FQNzHLk Nl1EzL

MRS. DANIEL.
In ancient times to be prophets wife
Was not cinch by any means, for life
In those days was rather rough affair.
When Daniel to his office would repair
To do his prophesying, Mrs. ID.
Could never tell if in the evening he
Would walk back home or be brought home
feet first,
And so, poor soul, she always feared the
worst. e
And well she might; if trouble was on hand
Dan would be in it up to his neck-band
An instance: Once the supper had grown
cold
With Dan nowhere in sight. By fear made
bold
She went out hunting him at half past ten
And learned they'd chueked him In the lions
den.
She hustled home and started in to wall.
Also to sew upon her widows veil.
When, in the morning, he showed up 0. b.
She took one look and tainted dead away
Her story proves to wives, both old and new,
That over husbands you should never stew
For Mrs. u. died young, nervous wreck
While on till ninety Daniel stayed on deck.
Wallace NJ. Boyliss
Should the dishonest grocer be classed
among those who lie in weight to deceive?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

Mellon plans to renew the fight for
tax reduction. Evidently his friends have
been nagging about his previous scheme
to relieve them at the expense Of the
rest of the people. b.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

It's nice of the railroads to consider
the Twenty-fourth street viaduct any
how, even if they don't have any inten-
ton of building it until they have to.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

\ The internes of a Buenos Aires hos.
pital have walked out. That is also what
the patients hope to do, eventually.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

The cotton price falls in the face of g
strong demand. The farmers are not to-
gether yet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

The opposing factions in China have
signed truce. Why fight? The paths
of warfare lead but to a truce. And
that's where it started from.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

All who believe that Mr.. Coolidge did
not know all about the withdrawal of the
Ford offer beforehand, please rise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

re the choice were left to me. whether to have
. free press . free government. wosiu
choose q free press.-Thomas Jefferson.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

John w. Davis is willing to concede
the straw votes to Mr.. Coolidge in ex
change for the other kind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

Why doesn't LaFollette cite his wa
record as a bid for the soldier vote?
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THE AGE. HERALD

Suffered at Birmingham, Ala, poet office as sec
ond-cisss matter. act of Congress. March 6. 1879
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A RESEMBLANCE.

1t has been noted that between Theodore
Roosevelt just named Republican nominee for
governor in New York, and Mr. Roosevelt's
father there is quite reseblance in the mat
ter of names.-Detroit News.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

Recent statements regarding Mr.. Mel
lon seem very illuminating.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATEs--By mail. payable in
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RTJT WILL 1T.

Let winter come. 1t will at least conceal the
great American Adams apple.-Detroit Free
Press.
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EXCLUSIVE MEMBER OF NORTH AGERI'
CAN NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE tN ALABAMA
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Tsisphone (private branch exchange connect
ing all departments). Main 1900.
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MEMBER oF'AssocIATED PREss-Ths As.
ISOLATED Press 10 exclusively entitled to use fol
pubtication of all news dispatches credited to It.
or not otherwise credited in this paper and also
local news published therein. All rights Of re.
publication of special dispatches arc reserved
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PE0PIEPAY ME PIPER

One in every 662 Americans now is ON
Henry Fords payroll. The rest of us help
him meet it.-Capper's Weekly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15
The joyous Seasons.

The weather's damp mud fills the ditch,
Your winter 'undies" burn and itch,
IT'S spring
The days are warm, the sun shines bright,
You rave because the flies all bite,
'Tis summer
The days grow short the nights grow long,
You stay indoors and play mah-jOngg,
'Tis autumn!
The weather's bleak, the cold wind blows,
You daughter puts on chiffon hose,
'Tis winter
Elaine Lancaster.
l saw this in a lunch-room l late ran
across:
REQUEST
Please don't give the waitress lot of apple
sauce.
IT'S Easily Done.
do girls really like the cave man type?'
"Not at all, but they do like to kidd fell
low into thinking he's a cave man."
Ellen Heksher.
Copyright 1894. Reproduction forbidden
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NEWS BuREAUs-Awashington. 500 Davidson
Buiiding State Capital Montgomery Journal
Building; Tennessee Valley. Decatur Daily
Building; Tuscaloosa, News Building; Anniston.
Star Building; 0adsden, Times Building; Muscle
Shoals Tri-Cities Daily Building.
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| Father-"WouId you sooner have little
baby brother or sister?
Son-"If it's immaterial to you, I'll have
an ice cream cone"
Herman opitz
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Mass Conversions.

Several Bedouin tribes in the interior Of
Arabia and the Sinai peninsula have decided
to turn to the Jewish religion. Centuries ago
these same tribes were Jews, but were CON
quered by the green banners Of Islam. Now
that there is self-determination to a large ex-
tent in the Near East since the breaking up
of the old Turkish empire, tue BedOuins have
expressed desire to come back 30 the bosom
of Abraham. Mass conversions of Il volun-
tary kind like this have not been frequent in
history. The last to occur was probably in
1771, when the patriarch of Armenia and all
his people renowned Nestorianisn and re-
turned to the unity of the church. In the
same year 5000 families in the country of
Sickelva abandoned Socialism and became
Catholics. These and the conversion of
Hungarian and Rumanian Professionals, as
well as thousands Of schismatical Greeks dur
ing the past centuries, were voluntary and
largely the work of the propaganda work of
the Jesuits The return of the Southern
Netherlands, now known as Belgium, to the
bosom of the church, however, was accom-
plished with the aid of the ak, the thumb
screws, the rack, the iron horse and the
moose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

mo More Blood"


wv YHEN Signor Mussolini so gaily plunged
w his stiletto in the heart of the Italian
constitution two years ago he hoped
it would die quietly. Instead, the demand
for return to parliamentary government is
growing and all Mussolinis overtures to the
opposition parties have met with constant
rebuff. Though trying to bolster up his wan
ing prestige with high-sounding and nambOy-
ant phrases, the dictator and his fascist are
becoming more and more isolated. OF course,
Mussolini still controls the situation. He has
at his elbow a group Of desperate adventures
who hesitate at nothing. The club, the dag
ger and the castor oil bottle have been their
weapons hitherto. But the Italian people
are tired of these methods. They want
restoration of the glorious freedom that was
born of the endeavors Of Garibaldi, CavOur
and Mazziniy the motive power that made
possible the modern, united kingdom. Signor
Mussolini, wishing to divert attention from
the home situation, started talking recently
of extending italian territory in Tripoi.
With one accord the opposition papers OPP
posed him. There shall be no more blood
she'd" they declared, to the chagrin of the
supernationalists and imperialists, who are
always willing to shed more innocent blood.
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His Preference.

Should the dishonest grocer be classed
among those who lie in weight to deceive?
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FREDERICK /. THOMPSON. ..., PRESIDENT
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Please don't give the waitress lot of apple
sauce.
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r FAS the advertiser any limit? Can he
RI put his signs anywhere he Pleases!
Can he display any kind of sign be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-15

Another Big Benefit great az
vantage Of liberalization on the farm Is tina
in giving the farmer such variety of foo
products for his own table, it very materlait
reduces the cost of living. There are might
few things that farmer can buy cheape
than he can raise-Ozark Southern Star.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07
Order Will Die if 1t Sides
With Either Political
Party
HAS BALANCE OF POWER
Evans Belittles Organized OppO-
sitiOn of Alien Elements in
Presidential Election
Copyright, 1924, by The Outlook
Company and Reprinted by Spe-
cial Arrangements Through
Courtesy of The OutlOOk)

The really vital strength, the true
hope or menace of the Ku Klux Khan
lies in politics. 1t is there that it
can produce the greatest effect, cause
the most stunning impact on our
lives, exert the deepest influence on
the nation. Its social, economic and
spiritual activities, its terrorism
and boycottings and possible vio-
lence are important enough in all
conscience and will make or break
the lives of thousands, but compared
to what it may do in politics they
are trifies. For through politics the
Khan may rule America.
1t has already started; it expect
ed to make it's rule secure and as
complete as it wishes within a sin
gle year!
This hope is no wild dream. In So
Der truth there is a very fair chance
that the Khan may succeed. 1t will
surely go far toward it, though just
how far no one can even guess till
the smoke has blown away after the
November elections. But its success
will be startling unless there comes
one of those miracles which are al
ways possible in politics, and almost
never happens. In fact the chance
for sweeping Khan victory-no mat
ter which party wins-is about as
good as the chance that McAdoo will
get the democratic nomination. This
does not imply that he is the Khan
candidate-it has not yet picked it's
man-but illustrates how we'll justi-
fed is its hope of winning in the
play of skill and run of luck in our
great national poker game.
The Klan's political power is al
ready large, for, as was pointed out
in the first article of this series, it
has elected men of it's choice to con-
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07
CLARkE'S ANTI.kLAN
CONGRESS FALLS FLAT
Only 10 0ut-of-State Delegates
Attend Insurgents
Meeting
Especial telegram

ATLANTA, GA, Feb. Pc. Y.
Clarke's congress called for the pur-
pose of investigating alleged irregu-
larities in the Knights of the Ku
klux Khan convened here yesterday,
with only ITO delegates present.
OF this number 100 were members
of old Atlanta Khan whose charter
has been revoked The ten visitors
were said to represent Is states They
We're accredited as follows: H. T.
Right, national secretary Of Kane
liza, Oklahoma; Jack Jones, Kansas
City, Kansas and Oregon; William E.
Thompson, Clarke's MAN Friday"
Virginia; w. III. Austin, Durham, rep
resenting the two Carolinas; Billy
Parker, of The New Menace, Missouri,
Arkansas and Tennessee. Pennsyl-
vania insurgents were represented by
telegraph, while the Connecticut DEL
egation sent only letter. No Geor-
gia klansmen were present other
than members of the banished At
lanta Khan.
E. A. Gray of Denver, representa-
tive of Colorado, California, and
Utah, was charged on the floor Of
the hall with being a member of an
organization known as the Flaming
Sword. He denied the charge and
made fight to have Colonel Sim
mons admitted to the hall. He said:
1--WE have been burned by the fiery
cross, stabbed by the flaming sword,
and will be hanged if we are 60
ing to be lost in the maze of a mys-
tic CASTLE"
Resolutions were adopted by the
entire assembly scoring the present
administration of the Knights of the
ku Klux Khan, Inc, and launching
Clarke's new organization to be-
known as the Knights of the Mystic
Khan.
Strange as it may seem, Clarke did
not appear in the assembly after the
morning session. 1t was evident that
he was disguised with the small
showing made by the insurgent
klansmen. In his talk he made it
clear that he would in no way par
ticipate in the organization work Of
the Knights of the Mystic Khan.
Jack Jones was elected head of the
new organization, and Kansas City,
Kansas. named as it's temporary ma
tional headquarters. Initiation fees
were fixed at $40 for aliens, SIS for
klansmen, and members of Simmons
outlaw organization, the Knights Ka-
melia, will be taken in free.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07

States, allied with the party, will
make this their headquarters while
in the nations capital. The engrav-
ing of the late President Wilson seen
hanging on the wall was presented
by his widow. The president of the
club, Mrs. j. Borden Hartman, is
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-01-15
Notas de la Isla

orquesta. la que dio comienzo a un
gran bale.
La sociedad de este pueblo felicita
efusivamente los esposos Vaiias-Mc-
rales por cl recuerdo gratisimo que han
prestado en- el programa dc nuestras
fiestas de Navidad.
En- todos los asaltos nos vinos visi-
tadcs por vahosisimos elementos de
nuestros pueblos cercanos, COmeric. Ia
rranquitas. Barros. Corozal, Bayamon;
San Juan; Manati Y Rio Piedraa.
siempre Wines animosas festivas
las distingyidas damac de Wales, de
Morales Acosta. de Morales, dc Marti-
neg; de Rivera; de Gonzalez Canton;
de Rivera (Don Joaquin; de Lausier;
&c Archilla Lopez; Siiyestri. de Velas
Y de Delgados. de Diaz, Martinez de
Wales. Eatre las damitas qge nenaban
de gracias y luz las seaorltas Celnla
Morales, Carmehta Morales. Georgina
del Vale; Melin Graziani; Haydee y
Raquel Archilla; Msrgot Morales; Ma
vita. Sofia v Monserrate Rivera, Pro-
vi Rivera; Reyes Ma, Aivarita Y Ma
ria Negr6n; Angelina Figueroa, Carme-
lima Vargas. Isabehta Morales Santos;
Beatriz Morales; Luisa Martinez, Her-
minia Belen Rivera; Celia, Isabel fe
ira orales; Pepita Morales. Tuvlmos q
placer de saludar algunas senoritas &c
10 mas selecto de Bayamon, sedorit2s
Viner. Chinea; Diaz Arana; Padial y
Dumas Tambien las seiioras dc D1az
Arana de don Leon Ramos. De coro-
zal las seforitas Bou y Valienses. DE
senturce las seforitas Juanita Diaz y
Margot Salgado.
Para todos aquellos que reaiz9ron
nusstra temporada dc asaltOs, ell CLUB
.'Risas Y Alegrias" reserva una SON
r:sa de amor gratitud.
A. ",
Cor-esponsal ESPECIAL.
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"a Quienes Inferesc'

Nunca he tenido, no tengo, nj picnso
tener ningGn socio.
Nurca he ordeaado, no ordeno, NJ
ordenaye a nadie a cobrsr el dinero de
esta firma.
Toda persona que ha estado, este, y
pueda estar en- todo sitio que este
baio mi control, ha sido, es gera so
lsmente empleado y nada mas.
Santiago r. Roble
Aguadina. p. r. San Juan, p X,
Prograso ~, 2ndo. piso. Hotel Central.
Articulos para festas, petar los,
estrellas, diablos, garbanzos, etc, eie.
ex.stencias permanentes.
Despachos inmediatos a Santo Do
mingo, Cuba, Jamaica, Curacao. St
Thomas. etc. AdVt.
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, Ecos DEL PUERTO
Continuation de la pag. y

be- dc la compafia Trasatlantica
Francesa.
FL vapc- americana Helen" dc ia
Buli Insular Line, salio el sahado del
puerto de New York con destino a es-
te puerto.
FL sabado sa.i6 el vapor Ponce"
de New York para este puerto.
FL vapor Isabella de Ia New
York and Porto Rico S. S. Co saIio
de New Orleans Ell viernes de la sema-
ma pasada con destino este puerto.
De un momento otro tocara en- este
puerto el vapor hoiandes "Amazone"
rrocedents de Curacao.
Tambien SO cspcra de On momento
a otro el vapor aieman Herbert
Horn" con un cargamento de cemeH-
to.