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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18
RECORDS
 FROM PROBERS
Federal Trade COmmis. sion Unable To Get
 Corporation Books

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The federal trade commission cannot go on fishing expeditions" in a search for evidence, the supreme court held today in an opinion delivered by Justice Holmes, to which no dissent was noted The decision was Tn cases brought by the commission in its effort to searcR records of the American Tobacco cOnN pany and the P. LoriIlard company.
 Tt is contrary to the first principles of justice" the court declared, ito al low a search through all the respond ents' records, relevant or irrelevant, in the hope that something will turn up
 The mere .act that one Is engaged in Interstate commence or that c0rpora- tion has been organized to conduct SmeA business, does not make mems affairs public" Justice Holmes stated. point ing out that it was materially different in the case of railroads
 Foundation For Inquiry Required
 Referring to the fact that the conn mission must have some definite fOun- dation for its inquiry, the court asserted that Congress never intended to g1ve the commission the authority it claimed in the matter of search.
 Anyone who respects the spirit as well as the letter of the Fourth amend ment would be loath to believe, Justice Holmes said, that Congress intended to authorize one of its subordinate agencies to sweep all our traditions intO the fire, or to direct fishing expeditions into private papers in the possibility that they may disclose evidence d crime"
 The question is a different one, the court pointed out, where the state granting the charter to a corporation gives its own commission power to in- spect records.
 The right of access given by thG statutes to the commission Is to dOcu mentary evidence, the court Sais- This did not mean, it explained, access to all documents but only ito Snch dOcuments as are evidence" The law does mol allow the party wanting evidence, the opinion added, to call for all 5Ocuments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18
STATE CONTINUES 4 RAILROAD FIGHT
Mississippi To Carry nti-Trust = Cases To Supreme Court

.s MERIDIAN, Miss, March 17.-S. A. Witherspoon and F. E. Richardson, To- cal attorneys, associated with Attorney General Rush H. Knox in the prosecu- tion of the states suit against various railroads for alleged violation of the antitrust laws, instituted in 1912 by Ross A. Collins, then attorney general, and which was dismissed in an opinion rendered last week by Chancellor George O. Tam, assert that the state has by no means given up it's fight and will appeal the decision of the chancel- lor to the state supreme court and inti- mate that if the chancellor is there up- held it probably will be taken to the United States supreme court.
 The suit involves the Southern rail way, Mobile and Ohio, Alabama and sVicksburg, New Orleans and North western in Mississippi, and should the roads be convicted fines aggregating as high as $40,000,000 might be assessed, might be revoked in Mississippi, it is claimed.
 Many Teeth Defective
 According to the official report on a dentay survey of the teeth of 2,3S2 pupiic SCHopA puplS ol hcriuLan, JIG number given to be without defective teeth is 470, or percentage with de- fective teeth of 80. It is proposed that the surprisingly large percentage of de- fectiveness shall be corrected as near as possible.
 Rally Is Success
 The rally held here of the members of the boys and girls farm and home economic clubs of the county was a success beyond expectations of the pro motors, 405 members of the clubs be. ing present to participate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18
RECEIPTS JUMP FOR FEBRUARY
 AT POST OFFICE
Revenues Register N,21 Increase Here, Says
 U. $. Report

Receipts of the Birmingham postof- flee in February were $106, 6,S2S.21, an increase of 24.21 per cent over the corresponding month in 1923, accord ing to official figures made public Mon day.
 Total receipts last February were $85, 5,6O6.14-a heavy increase over the record for any previous year. Postmaster R. B. Smyer attributes the sharp increase to the constant growth of Birmingham and the rapid expansion of the industrial district. He is confident, he says, that the year 1924 will set record that will be sur 1 March business started off with a rush and still is going good, the post master said, although the volume of mail handled through the office decreased slightly immediately after the prefer ential presidential primary which was held March Il.
 "The campaign headquarters of the candidates used the mails extensively" he said. q feel safe in saying that almost every patron of the office got at least one letter from each of the headquarters"
 Forward strides which the postoffice is making denote clearly that busi- ness generally is now in the midst of a real state of prosperity, in the post masters estimation.
 Like Birmingham, all other southern industrial cities showed big postal re- ceipt increases last month, according to official reports from Washington. No table among these were Savannah, Ga. and Jackson, Miss, each of these offices showing jump of at least 20 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18
STOPS PYORRHEA IN TEN DAYS Thousands Now Using New Successful
 Treatment At Home

If you suffer from Pyorrhea, bleeding or ulcerated gums, abscesses, gum boils, loosening of the teeth, etc, send your name to the Martin Chemical O., Dept. 730, Independence, Mo-, and they will send you a full size dollar bottle of Pyrokur on free trial. If it cures, you are to send them $1. Otherwise your report cancels the charge. You pay nothing until you are satisfied.
 This remarkable treatment is meeting with wonderful success and is reliev- ing thousands of people. Many who think they have loose or aching teeth find that the trouble is in the gums and after few days use of Pyrokur the pain disappears, the teeth become more solid and the foul breath is gone. .---Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18
TAX RETURNS ARE
 UP TO LAST YEAR $377, 7,84S,S4O Paid In To March
 15, President Is Told

WASHINGTON, March 17.-In- come taxes for 1923 paid up to and in- cluding collections March 15, totaled $S77 ,S4S, $40, approximately the same amount as was paid year ago, Presi- dent Coolidge was informed today.
 Internal revenue bureau officials ex- plained that they had not expected pay ments this year to equal those of a year ago because many taxpayers sent In only a part of their payments in the belief that 25 per cent reduction in 1922 taxes would be ordered by Con- gress before the next payment on June 1h ia due.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18
ELECTION IS HELD
 WITHOUT DISORDER
POraciO Vasquez Leading For
 San Domingo Presidency

SANTO DOMINGO, REPUBLIC OF SAN DOMINGO, March 17.-The elec- tions held throughout the republic yes- terday passed off without the slightest disturbance. No official figures on the vote for president are as yet available, but unofficial returns seem to show that Poracio Vasquez, for president, and Federico Valesquez, for vice president, have been successful by a large ma jority. .sSsw1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

-in order to see if they do not com tain 1t"
 Explaining that the two corporations had been willing to produce such papers as they conceived to be relevant to the inquiry being conducted by the eOmmis- sion. Justice Holmes state that if the judgment of the companies was not to be accepted as final in such matters, the commission must at least offer some evidence 0t show that it was wrong. No such evidence was shown, the court added
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

"Penny-in-the-slot" now shines your shoes in an automatic shoe brushing machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

About 2,S49,315 quarts of ice cream day is eaten in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-18

Shell-fIsh in the Channel Islands known as ormer, is the same as the Cal ifOFnia abaIOne.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-15
Me eAdveuturesj RagysdyAnn A aud Ras9edyAnAy X lse7ls !y 1ehry SrueNe %

"Nc must all bn vcry careful and not gat mixed up with any more magic trrns." Raggrds Ann laughed az she and Mrs. IIoolygooly and Har- ry lIoolygooly and inc Wild Gaz0nk and Inc nice fdt policeman and Rag gdy Andy followed the fleeing Ma gician through the woods.
 "Wo will never eat Easter Eggs off q magical tTc" again" thr Wild Ga zook Gaid.
 "1'h" ncun old Magician mad" the maElcsI Easter cgg tree. with his t.tagic. That's what" the policeman said. That's why wc all grew so talI N hrn "" ate inc Easter nggs'"
 Thr man old Magician was cut of sight. but our friends knew in what direction h" was FunninE, for they could easily see where he had run through the high grass and bushes.
 And SO they followed him until they came 70 Il cunning little brook. II Was such tiny little brook. il looked like q toy brook,
 Thrra was 'ing Int" water fail atd thr i.ttir brook seemed ie b. gig eiiHe io itsc'f just as 1T il had q funny Jgls f vas kr~piHg secrcf.
 indsa.l. this WAS just wfIaf the tiny litar brook aas doing And il gig gied qti1c loud when Eaggcdy Andy sttEEt zt~d that they might all talk" q mir" drink from th" link brook.
 It aas s1 spark ing rlcar and go rrol. l}rr Wild Gazont and inc Hicr fat lso ir..-taau were z5 war5H from running. they ser" rrry glad in find u rt.Ert.sHing drink. zo R.tli9ut rafting for :4e oflTnrs. and especially Mrs. Hopiyggoiy aud BaggcIy Ann, ih" ricr fat policeman and the Wild Ga zock each took long drink.
 T. was just as well that in th's case tEs rat poirtrnan and the Wild Ga zggk f0sg1t taesT manners and Iranx fass. Dr hagIfr had they touched the VII 4r ahoB they rhaueed into little papnt IezA
 '1pn moi drink rom Inc little b.oof.s" l5argedy Ann cried fo Harry ! 4s'y ,ee1y and Mrs. HogIyeo0Iy who eaI ! 4aHa daHH t's.. brook z piec" to zs-f 70 dtfa:.. '.Tfss- Hr.st iz ss n1acs,fl ..-r,t anJ 'h sis- F~ pefl,--mah an5 s.. E5'I Gtywsz Hr." rHan-"I inta Irt puppy Io- .''
 ''S ~ssrs.. *sfr.u f1agr 4aI ur-. iI"nEs s,sa.t b,ard I:dz@-Iy Ann cf5
New Britain herald., 1924-03-15
fBy Dr. Clifford (. Robinson) SOME DUET RESULTS

It is really remarkable what f change slow eating, accompanied b, thorough chewing of food, will do fol the betterment of your bodily health
 In nasty eating, one does not really get the true taste or flavor of food Careful tasting by retaining the food in the mouth until all the goodness of taste has been obtained is a great satisfer.
 Tho real value of this process is that one is satisfied with a less amount Of food and overeating is thereby avoided,
 The real value of reducing dict is not only loss Of the non-working fat but in oscrcoming many other bodily diseases. It is well known, in eases Of obesity. that tho heart, lungs. liver and kidneys arc frequently the suffer- CTS. The relief experienced in the working of these organs from satis- factory reducing diet is worth all the time one may give to it.
 In thirty-one eases out of forty. where investigation was carried out in A large city hospital. 1t was found that dieting, besides reducing the weight. also reduced the blood pres sure.
 The improvement in respiration was another distinct gain through this dieting program. Shortwindcdness and wheezing wore stopped. Excessive swnats were also corrected.
 In sixteen eases out of forty, scri- ous foot trouble had developed. through overweight and lack Of pro,r exercise. The reducing diet corrected every one.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-15

I amcntdl. But that makes him inter. csting, Jim.
 I didn't say Poor boy" when read your letter over. Instead smiled. You thought you were writ. l ing me Inc kind Of Il letter that Eo- i phisticated man Of the world would l write. but you didn't at all. And as l fof mo not wanting 10 live without ! the admiration or devotion of some man--I rucss that's true. Jim. l3ut ] isn't il true Of every woman?
 You say also. You let me Iovc you. Good Lord. Jim. Of course irt you love me. I'vr lei q dozen men Ioyc men. but didn't allow them 10 tell Inn so. although they knew they loved mo and they kneN I knew they loved me. Iiut also remember this. my boy. they kn"w l didn't love thcm.
 So you think pique 2 mans eur irsity. Jim? That's interesting fl iruc. And 1~t n1c make a little confession to you. I sometimes rather piauo my own. I'm not always sure 5us what I'm going to do next. are you? II makes life so much mere thrilling. doesn't il. fl you cannot aee il all cut and dried before you.
 And so sam hasn't mentioned w" to you since l left. Does hc seems happy. Jim Honestly Fl really like him to bc happy. You know h. wasn't happy al all with m". and yt hes got one of th0s" peculiar dispositions that makes him think I've been horrid to him to l"at" him. and hc uou't just own I'D to himar3' ha' he is happier without me.
 inf i, aBnrr. Jim. that w-r h4F" so many roTapi"~"s and inhihitions T I'rr bad ihsn all my iifc Hr'H ro 7; bnt nov rD.t frnc. Jim. much frcrr than csnT have b""n bef0r". ! rat" ,nnuzb work to keep ms rf-st- fcksurss in suhicrtton. and haFc q frnf3n= I'm going +e mak" sgfar hing 9f mys"3r
 Jim. think should have t""n s man not that I don't like bring q woma1. hut a man can change his mind often without pcople calling attention 10 inc fact | man has chance 10 grow. to throw aside the things that hamper him. and abgre all ssIsa. nran ran malsn f-fsude wish oth ar men
 You see. Jifn. I'm mol treafirr you ike q boy any more Tn talN.ug to von notg likn a friend. nre1 g friend. Jim. Ige mine won't y0u7 i | ast until you marry sorne res.s-' girl who will hate ne and p-sI,~f,' , hardly allow Fgu to sp"ak ta 4nd eet Jim ! ti1srt .H~ tss1~ % rgnr sorns. Har q ,7"@ s"H @E fr -sad [ ssz razsr F~3 uJ -.a.3 :-ss.t sot' i. 4r4=I 4 sustt .-H-u E-apr
 vfIv .Isn.s right. Ip-4. NIA ssrs ss,.. 1-~,
New Britain herald., 1924-03-15

jclting Of the cart, or from the flow Of blood where one of those foul l hooks had scrnpcd his thigh, or yet | from prescyering Nature. quiekening 1 his wits that he might have himself
 from suffocation. the Colonel was aroused from his drunken trance.
 He awakened. thrusting fiereely for air. and seeking to dislodge heavy mass that lay across his face. He braced himself and hcaved more strcnuously, until at length he won clear, so far, at least. as his head was concerned.
 He saw the paline stars above and was able at last to breathe freely and without effort. Hut the burden which he had succeeded in thrusting from his head. now lay across his breast. and the weight of if was troublesome and painful. He put forth a hand. and realizing by the sense of touch that what he grasped was a human arm, he shook it Sigor- ously. ElicitinE no response, he be- gan 10 grow angry.
 "Afoot there. yc drunken lob" he growled in thick voice. iGet up, I say. Get np! O's my life. Dye take me for bed that you put your self to sleep across mo? Gerrup." he roared. his anger increasing before that continued lack of response. "Gerrup, or I'll ."
 He ceased abruptly. blinking in tho glare Of light that suddenly struck across his eyes from ihe naming head .f |. f1fa Ia, sf standstill. and above the tall sides of if. rising into his field of vision. came the two horrible figures ot the carters. whom the sound of his voice had brought to mount the wheels Of tho vehicle.
 In piaintive inipatience catne the nasal voice of ono Of those ghouls.
 "I told ye the gcntry-corc was warm. Larry
 Aye, Well? And what now" quoth the other querulously.
 Why. flinehim out. O course"
 But Ho1tes was no longer in need of their assistance. Their words and what hc saw of that grim load Of which hc was 4 part made him reai- izc at last his ehastly situation. He heared himself clear. and struggled. raspine, 10 his knees. Thence he grippcd the side oT the cart. pulled himself to his feet. flung a leg over and 1raped down, stumbling as he did so. and sprawlipg full length upon tho ground.
 By the time hn had gathered him self up. tho cart was already trund- i ling on again. and the pcals Of foarse. l obscene laughter from the carters were ringing hideously through the silent street.
 Mechanically he trudged on and 1 on, aimlessly now. a man walking in ] a nightmare.
 At last he paused. without knoHl- l edge or care Of where he was; utter 1 y bereft of strength, he sank pres- i ently into the shelter of the doorway of deserted house, and. there fell 1 asleep.
 When next he awakened. he was l lying in the full glare of a sun that , was alTrady high in fine heavens. He looked about him. and found himself l in surroundings that were utterly . .. range io him. CT tisat hn couid form I no notion of phi'her hc had strayed ]
 In mid-strect stood a man in a4
New Britain herald., 1924-03-15
BEGIN HIRE TO-DAY

1 BEGIN HEHE TO-DAY Colonel Holes, soldier and adven- turer returns to England, his native 1 land, when war with Holland is de- cared His Grace of Buckingham ! hires Holes to abduct the actress i Sylvia Farquharson. It is dark when the Colonel carries her to the house Buckingham has rented. Upon their arrivel Holes is hor- rified to see that Sylvia is an old sweetheart.
 The servants of the Duke render the colonel unconscious. When Buckingham attempts to embrace Sylvia,her dress falls from her throat. revealing q purple blotch, token of the plague.
 The Duke and his servants flee. Holes nurses Sylvia and saves her life. Then Holes disappears in the night. Sylvia engages to nurss the plague victims. Holes drinks too heavily and, falling on the street is picked up by plague cart
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 Hell still swarm, Larry" he said querulously.
 Larry approached, pulling at his pipe. He growled a lewd oath. ex- pressive of contempt and indifference.
 What odds?" he added eynically. Hen be cold enough or ever we comes to Aldgate." And he laughed as he took the doublet Nick flung at him.
 The next moment their filthy hooks were in the garments they had left upon Holles. and they had added him to the terrible load that already half filled their cart.
 They backed the vehicle out Of the alley. and then trundled on. going eastward. their destination being the pit at Aldgate.
 They were already approaching their destination, and the first light Of dawn, pallid, cold. and eolorless as a moonst one, was beginning to dispel the darkness, when, be it from the
New Britain herald., 1924-03-15

Sn I;aEgc5y AHn hunted through her iassktt UT magical inc,liciBcs shc had taken from he m8gician's fotis.. and iH q f"w minutes by putting some Of he Magical Medicine on tho puppy dogs. shr was able to change them lack into he nice fat policeman and the Wild Gaz00k These two were very glad 10 he changed back again, l can tell you. for whiIe really puppy dogs ike 10 be puppy dogs and are very cute. anyone aho has been q nice fat policeman or q Wild Gazook, does not car' to be q puppy dog: not even a nice Title fat puppy Jog with brown spots or his coat sJ now that every one was happy at the adventure turn- ing out SO Vsii. tI1cy all again foi- loved ttss iraii of thf ,noan old ma c.f.ian iHruH@it l.. aouds
New Britain herald., 1924-03-15
Ma iss Told Alfred Dicks Would o.roiIoIaic Her h urh
Is9sSs SSSSsvSseSssf

1 did not need to look al Alfred Dui ke, to know tHat l had drawn | p.l whrn iii altant'r 10 his protest i.ss..H&t niy cOInAicnt Upon hcSs Dean, nt.u cod him tlat l waa periect.y sis;r she was not in ioi3 With hi11. lii au"don fiat silence told me that lad pricli,-d through thr skin Of his hailits. and l did not need the em- La9fassed but ins s,nc"rc denial which followed to reinforce my recognition,
 "OG courat she ism l." he said roughly. "l know that. but the rest O. you act that way. You're getting wrong slant on this. hr went on. and this time there was ring Of sincerity in his voice, T did play around with Bess a bit--and so did the Dicky- bird--I wouldn't say that. only he told me you knew it."--this s inserted half defantly. half apologeti- calls.
 T know all about it." ] interpo- lated, to keep the amusement from my voice-Alfrcd was boyishly trans parent in his mental foundrrings.
 Then you know. too. that there wasn't any harm in it. hc retorted quickly. Leila wouldn't have ob- iected if I'd taken you. for instance, around as much as l did Boss."
 Wouldn't she "'' l asked myself ironically with mental grin at the blindness Of Alfred's type of mascu- Unity, but aloud I only murmurcd demure1y:
 Not Sauce For the Goose
 "0f course not. any more than you would object to I.eia's running around with Dicky to the same cN- tent"
 I glanced from under my half closed eyelashes at him. and chuckl- cd at the queer expression which flashed into his face at the thurst. Sauce for the gander was distinctly not sauce for the goose in this par ticular case. saw clearly, and with q mental calculation that the sub way journey remaining was just about long enough for the things meant to say, l turned to him reso- lutely.
 Its not particularly chubby to say what I'm going to, but
 Just one second" he interrupted. "You'se got 10 know this first be- fore you say anything, I've cut Bess out, haven't telephone1 her. or taken her anywhere or anything since Mothers operation when Leila col lapsed. Remember"
 nodded with vivid memory flash Of his gentle wife's tortured face.
 You ought to know 1 wouldn't do anything to hurt LeilaLespeci- ally now"--hc added significantly. .'and I don't intend to go near Bess again, But l can't bo rude to her, can l. when she comes to the office as she did today. or calls me up? Shes always been a corking friend to us all. and 1t looks like pretty small potatoes to-
 "a CDrking pesi .'' she's been corking pest .' exploded. but careful 10 keep my voice discreetly lowered. It's time you knew the truth, Alf-if you weren't as blind as 2 bat you'd have | seen 1t long ago. Bess Dean isn't |
New Britain herald., 1924-03-15

, i'a.t .t.cuaHy unprincip.ed. nor is she tlCEcd. She sinp4y IS }ani,y mt.u,
 ,n1 eHo i:p't capaD,. of 5.ut rm0tIon or dh!onr. but sEc Wotnd sacrifice d14tAinG a!mO.t to g.atiIy her van it,. a.r! 'trrd a e...-". $ho uts an y.d dCcUaUt With ml, anu she tried 3Hce and ai6.uhy I4i'ch to nult me .hrouGn D.tk!4 II sounds I,tutr concrnrd to Say that sue tried 10 hurt ,-'-i.a through you bocau:., she K JEW l lo>tH Leila. but 1 am .>u;, iuat was her original moti,c. And a5 lonc as ,hc can bamDooIlr "oL into L" ielirg her a good iris nd Wnosr trc,inGs it would br li.'Ioyal to hurt. you can wager your ia t cent that she is going to do every thing she can tn prove tu Leila that the old intimacy exists. If you really want to saAc q d haartache at this crit.ca me. yoU't make it clear to Miss Dean that her pres enc" is unweIcomc if you have to tell her Eatiy. and forbid her com ing to your office or telcphoring you. I'll warrant you that youll get a glimpse of the real nature behind that good -comradc exterior when you io.'
 Tn" train was drawing into the station. I gathered ,ny cloak about mo and rose. Alfred springing to his feet besi'e me.
 You don't need to take my word along for all this" l said. as we n A H. though I believe you will do me the justice to say that you sNer have heard me--what is it you say. wield the hammer?--on any acquaintance before. Rnt I think. if you ask Dicky fiatly he will corroboratr every world I've said"
New Britain herald., 1924-03-15

out this warning, they did not drink but came running back 10 sec tht puppy dogs. The Wild Gazook and ih" nice fat policeman made very cum ming little puppy dogs and they jump. cd about H1ggedy Ann and hcr friends and parked loudly.
 "It will never do to lot them stay puppy dogs." Raggedy Ann said when Harry IIooIyeooly thought fl would l." nice 10 take the two puppy dogs home and build dog house for them