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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
OPENING DRIVE, FOSTER FLAYS
 2 OLD PARTIES
Communist Also Assails La Toilette And Com
 pers In Speech

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. IT, William z. Foster, workers party can didate for president, opening the first 5 election campaign waged by the com munists in America in an address here today, denounced both President Cool idge and John w. Davis as "agents of Wall street"
 Of Coolidge he said:
 His servility in lowing to the wishes of New England capitalism, by using the office of governor of Massa- ehusetts to crush the Boston police strike of 1919, won for him the first sign of real recognition, not alone from the capitalists of New England, but Wall street itself recognized immedi- ately that Coolidge was a man after its own heart"
 Davis Is Analyzed
 Of Davis he said:
 "He is a Morgan lawyer, picked by the house of Morgan to be their sue cessor to Elihu Root. Davis halls from West Virginia, the land of the open shop coal companies. He has accepted a big fee from these companies, so that his sympathies are close to home. While be was ambassador to England, he served in good stead in the interests of United States Steel, Standard Oil, Bell Telephone and the Chicago pack CTS"
 Dicussing what he described as La Follette's plan of ''purifying" the gov ernment and breaking up the trusts, Foster declared that ''the socialists, the petty bourgeois, the American Fed eration of Labor aristocracy, will prove to be the last bulwark of capitalism. When the big capitalist parties are no longer able to delude the masses and to mobilize them for political action against their own interests, then the La Follettes and the Magnus Johnsons will be at hand with their policy of reforming the capitalist system to suit their own middle class desires and to prevent the workers from taking ef- fective revolutionary action"
 Attacks A. F. Of l..
 Foster attacked the efforts of the American Federation of Labor in trying to organize, by its old Gompers meth ods, the modern steel industry. He said the great steel plants of Amer ica must be nationalized by workers and farmers government and operated for the benefit of the producers as a whole. sam Gompers has about run his course. What is left of his type of craft unions must be amalgamated into industrial unions and the great basic industries organized"
 'The workers party, while it recog- nizes the immediate needs of the work CTS, emphasizes the fact that the only permanent solution of the robbery and exploitation of the workers will come when we abolish completely the pres eut system of capitalism"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
ENSLEY GIRL NAMED
 MISS BIRMINGHAM
Miss Mildred Adams Will Rep
 resent City In Contest

Miss Mildred Adams, pretty little miss of 2426 Ensley avenue, has been selected to represent Birmingham as Miss Birmingham, and to compete with beauties from all over the United States at Atlantic City early in September, for the title of Miss America. Miss Adams was the winner in a contest conducted by the Birmingham News to decide the winner of the trip to At lantic City. The selection of Miss Adams has caused considerable favor able comment among her friends, and the consensus of opinion seems to be that the judges made wise selection.
 The new. Miss Birmingham will make many public appearances in Birming- ham before she leaves for Atlantic City on September l. Miss Adams is to appear twice nightly at the Tria- non theatre, and will be presented ut the Jefferson theatre during the week of Potash and Perlmutter."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
TEXAS CANDIDATE,
 FOR SHERIFF SHOT
Wounded Following Declaration
 About Ku Klux Klan

CHILDREsS, Tex, Aug. 17.-Mel J. Dwight, anti-kIan candidate for sheriff of Childress county in the run-off pri- mary next Saturday, was found in his garage here early today with a bullet wound in his head, unconscious and in serious condition. Physicians at a local hospital say there is very little hope for his recovery.
 Dwight issued q statement yesterday in which he offered cash reward of S1OO for proof of statements that he had at one time made application for membership in the klan and had. been rejected. .
 No arrests have been made in connee- tion with the shooting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
M TEE AIR TODAY

wv CAP, Washington, 469, me- w ters, and WEAF, New York,
 492 meters, 2 80 p. m.- United States Marine band.
 WLW, Cincinnati, 423 meters, 8 p. m., E. s. T.-Zoo Frolic.
 WCD, Zion, 4S5 meters, z p. m. c. s. T.-Variety concert.
 woe, Davenport, ASA meters, 10 p. m., c. s. T.-"Yankee Eight" orchestra.
 Jefferson City, 440.9 meters, 8:20 c. S. T.-State prison or chestra, with Harry Snodgrass. Copyright, 1924, For Age-Herald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
MEDICAL SCIENCE
 BECLOUDS CASE
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sides and I have never, in all my years of experience on the bench, heard such bosh. It is fortunate thing for some people that I am not presiding at this case. Justice Caverly is to be com mended for the patience with which he has listened to this mass of medical bluff and nonsense"
 These are the main contentious ad- vanced by defense alienists to save Leo bold and Loeb from the gallows:
 1. That both youths are mentally dis eased, but not insane.
 2. That both youths have been the victims of fantasy lives which persist ed from early childhood.
 3. That both have split personali- ties.
 4. That the two are bound by a type of mental disorder known as fohe a deux, under which together. they are dangerous and criminal.
 5. That the physical perversions of both youths bound them in an associa, tion of crime.
 6. That both youths have diseased glands and that these glandular condi- tions led to their crimes.
  pressions of various sorts.
 8. That Loeb's early training made him irresponsible.
 9. That Leopold's small stature caused him to put too great strain on his intellect, as result of which he developed an egocentric personality, through a belief that he was a super man.
 Prosecutions Side
 The opinions about Loeb and Leo pold, as advanced by the prosecution's alienists, are:
 1. That Loeb and Leopold are en- tirely free from any mental disorder. 2. That both are cool, brutal, vicious and calculating criminals.
 3, That either Loeb or Leopold sing fy is dangerous and that they are not bound together by any peculiar aber- ration, other than a mutual interest in certain perversions.
 4, That no evidence of diseased glands exists in either youth and that some of the glands said by defense alienists to be diseased, do not exist -.save in the field of romance and char htanism.
 5. That the two youths were not repressed in childhood but were spoiled by wealthy and indulgent parents.
 6. That they are no more irrespon- sible than any other persons of their age, and no different, in most respects from any criminals.
 2. That fantasies and split personali ties are common to all members of the human race and that nothing abnormal has been noted in the fantasies or per sonalities of either Leopold or Loeb. 8. That it is impossible to distinguish between the intellect and the emotions
 9. That nothing in the mental con ditions of Loeb or Leopold should mitigate, punishment.
 The state will put it's last alienist or the stand in rebuttal Monday morning Grove expects his direct and cross examination to last all day and pos sibly to run over into Tuesday. The closing arguments are expected to be gin Tuesday and probably will con tinue until the end of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
COOLIDGE HOPEFUL
Says London Agreement Most ImpOr
 tant Since Armistice

PLYMOUTH, Vt, Aug. 17.-Presi- dent Coolidge believes that the London conference agreement is the most i'm portant contribution to a European settlement and lasting peace that has been accomplished since the armistice, with the possible exception of the Washington conference.
 This was made known here Sunday night through Secretary Slemp, who is sued q formal statement to newspaper fnen, commenting upon a cablegram re deived from Ambassador Kellogg al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
OIL WORKERS BACK

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 17.-Special dispatches received from Tampico are to the effect that the trouble between the oil workers and the employers is increasing. The workmen, it is as- serted, have succeeded in paralyzing the oil works, but the military authorities have taken steps to protect the property of the oil companies. Persons found tampering with the valves of the oil wells have been ordered arrested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
ADAlMSON ENJOYS
 EUROPEAN TRIP
Germans Very Nice To Me-
 Writes Birmingham Man

Reese Adamson, head of the Atkinson Motor Go, who is travelling in Europe this summer, is having very delight ,ful time, to judge from his comments on post cards received by Birmingham friends. While he was in Berlin '-the Germans were very nice to us" he writes.
 He left Berlin for Vienna August 6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-18
Nh OTHER WAY

Maude-Oould you bring yourself lectual inferior?
 Christabel-I suppose shall have to.-London Mail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11

the. drama, fiction. verse, sculp.
ture, painting or music of today
I should add architecture, If 1t
were not for the glorious develop
ment of the sl1yscraper, which, a
score of years ago, no art critic
of self respect would mention with
out scorn; and which is today
recognized as Of epic grandeur.
But the movies are the young
est son, and every one of the
elders picks on him. Just wait
till radio gets it's stride, and then
the movie will move UP among
the elder brothers and be treated
with the reverence it deserves.
Then what is called It's hokum
will be called it's splendid con
servatism."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11

truly great, the playwrights call
"sure-fire stuff" But sure-fire
sometimes back fires.
So hokum does not always hoke
And thereby hangs one of the
eternal mysteries of the artistic
world-using the word artistic"
loosely as we movie people do.
The joke that makes me roar
bores you to a melancholia. The
scene that makes me sniffle
makes you sniff. In other words
l am the scornful one and you the
shaken wreck.
1t is very puzzling when Knut
Hamsum or Gorgorzewski or
Przrjbugch writes a story or
opera of the plain peasantry and
for the plain peasantry, being a
plain peasant himself, it some.
how proves the marvellous art
quality Of those Scandinavians
Russians, Blpnfts.
But when an American writes
something, of, for, from and by
the great child heart Of our great
common people 1t is cheap rot
and hokum-pokum.
X X X
Mrs. Browning speaks rever-
emily of Euripides and his drop
pings Of warm tears" But to
Aristophanes, who knew Eurip-
ides and loved every hair in his
head, Euripides was a disgust
ing hokiferous faker. And so it
goes along the line.
1t would be mighty hard to
convince the movie producers of
this, but it is the habit of dramatic
and literary critics to say that
what is not good theater or good
fiction is bad enough for the
movies.
AS a matter of fact land his
tory will bear \ me out-if the
ambulance corps does mott, there
is infinitely more conservation to
the highest artistic ideals, in
finitely more poetry, invention,
creation, originality, vastness of
purview mot preview), subtlety
of presentation, individuality land
everything else you can think
of that is nice and artistic) in the
motion pictures of today than in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11

X X X
AS most Of our critics are full
of Zulu blood or ambition, the
word 'hokum" has been added to
English as a useful harpoon.
In the higher Arctic circles,
when the Grant seal fisher stag
gers home to his paternal igloo
and lifts the mortgage by unveil-
ing a magnificent nugget of blub-
Der, which he has elected from.
heaven.sent narwhal, and the
grateful mother with tears freez-
on her eyelids rubs noses with her
devoted prodigal, the Eskimo
critics grunt, "Eskimokum," which
means THE same old blubber."
Critics, being Arctic at heart
and Zuluesque with the pen, can
not endure hokum. But normal
human beings who pay to see
pictures instead of being paid to
be unable to "see" them, love
hokum.
G0OFS0 Au6, WHO mas as SOOu
a sense of humor as anybody now
doing business as a farmer, has
written beautifully of hokum as
Il can't remember his perfect
phrases, but the general drift of
it is that hokum is a contemp-
tuous term for all the emotions
without which no character is
really a decent human being.
and all the deeds without which
life would be more disgusting
than it is.
Classic emotion might be de-
fined as hokum that is over a
hundred years old So hokum
might be called classic emotion
that is less than a hundred years
old--Of today and now, in fact.
In the motion picture slum
where / have dwelt recently, ho-
KUN is used to convey much the
same idea that, in the upper ten
dom known as Drahma, the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
TEMPLE ALUMNI
TO PRESENT
"AMAZONS"

DESTROYS of getting away from
the, choppy vaudeVillian stuff,
which has characterized their past
dramatic efforts, the Temple
Alumni Association members are,
for the first time; producing a
three.act comedy drama, The
Amazons," Sunday night at the
Belasco Theater.
This play Of English manners
was first played by Billie Burke,
who appeared In the role of
Lady Noeline," taken now by
Miss Ruth Pack.
. The story Of the play deals
with a noblewoman disappointed
over the birth Of three girls who
should have been boys, who tries
to blind herself to the fact that
her offsprings are girls, and
brings them up like young En-
glish bloods. All this is very well
until the gentlemen" begin fall.
ing in love, and then the fun
begins.
The performance is being staged
under the direction of BertraTn
Block, Washington playwright,
with Miss Ruth Franc as co-di-
rector. The members of the cast
are Ruht Franc, Ruth Pack. Fay
Rosenberg, Edith Samuel, Celia
Oppenheimer, Henry King, Harry
Wender, Bernard Nordlinger, Leo
Simon, Milton Norman and James
H. Simon. Milford Blum is prop
erty man.
The incidental music will be fur
nished by the Macias lAiglon Or
chestra
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11

Those CensOrs.
In England the EIinor GIyn
story, Three Weeks" is officially
known as THE Romance OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11

TlVOLI-Colleen Moore in
PAINTED People, continuous show
from 2 to IL p. m.
PRESIDENT-"The Holy CITY"
at $3.50 p. m.
SIKAND-"In and Out of the
Movies" vaudeville and pictures.
at 2:45, $50 and $40 %. m.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tai.
madge in 1.-THE Song of Love-" at
llZo a; m, 1.25, 1925. 5:25, 1855
and 9:35 p. m.
GAYETY-"Brevities of 1929"
ourlesoue at 2:15 and S:15 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Jackie Coogan in
"A Boy of Flanders" at 11:1O
a. M, lilo. 500, 5:25. 1925 and GAO
p. m.
PALACE-"The Shooting of
Dan McGrew," at 1925 a. m,
l:20, 1925, 5:35, 1885 and Gas p. m.
AMBASSADOR-Mae Marsh in
oDaddies' and a comedy, at 6:15,
8 and $40 p. m.
CENTRAII--"The Marriage Cir.
Gle" and comedy, "Runnin' wild"
at II go a. M, 1886, 1895, SOS. 1885
and $40 p. m.
OR ANDA S-"Broadwa
Broke" with Percy Marmont,
ana comedy, IL a. M, 1890, Q,
S;So, 8, $3.50, 8 and $40 p. m.
SAVOY-"Just off Broawday"
and comedy.
AVENUE GRAND-"Just off
Broadway" and a comedy.
notwithstanding Logan in
framing Barriers" and Telephone
Girl series.
HORk-Strongheart in THE
Love Master" and Telephone Girl
series.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
RUPERT HUGHES FLOGS
THE BLASE BOYS
By RUPERT HUGHES.

Zuand they laugh
kisses his sweetheart the silverhad mother gathers her
penant peroxidiot to her BOSOM For in Zuuland
looked ridiculous and inexcusabe eccentricity
In Zuand they love by expctoraon And when
the Zulu cnematographer shows duy
of his the Zulu critic disguised by display
cheap senmentaism and he Hokum" Zuuese
for what only amey express in English
can appeal the simple and direct
Of familiar and attractive incidents taken from real life
vnrif led nv unfa linue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11

Queen" This is by order OF the
censors. The scene showing the
hero stealing into the church to
witness the coronation of his lit.
tie son has been removed on the
ground that it was undesirable to
show Legitimate persons receiv-
ing a crown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11
GOINGS-ON
At the TheQters

POLPS-Bertha Kalich in 1.-THE
Kreutzer Sonata" at 500 p. m.
BELASCO-"The Cat and the
Canary" at 500 p. m.
NATIONAL-"The Cover d
Wagon" at 2:2O and 500 p. m.
daily.
KEITH'S-Singer's Midgets
vaudeville, at 2:15 and S:15 p. m.
RIALTO--"The Great White
Way" at 11:05 a. M, 1:O5, 1905,
sos, 7:05 and 9:10 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-11

Percy Marmont has been cast
by Universal in the leading mascu-
line role of TX" novel to be pro.
duced for the screen for Uni
versal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-07-02

gifts. Delicious refreshments were
served to twenty-six guests.
The many friends here of Mrs Mil
bred Salisbury extend congratulate
lions upon her marriage to George
w. Fennelly of Northeast Harbor,
which took place at Ellsworth re-
Gently. Mrs. Fennelly was Penob-
scot girl, and has spent the most of
her life here.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Alton
Hutchins extend congratulations
upon their marriage recently at
Prospect Harbor. Rev. F. e. Bald
win, a former pastor of the Metho-
dist church here, ofticiated. Mrs.
Hutchins is the second daughter of
Mr. and Mrs M. F. Grindle, and was
a member of the graduating class of
Clark high school this year Mr..
Hutchins is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Irving Hutchins of Orland. Both
young people are popular here, and
have a host of friends. Mr.. Hutch
ms is employed on the U. s. mail
route between Bucksport and Cas-
tine. For the present, he and Mrs.
Hutchins will reside in Bucksport.
Mrs. Addie Wardwell and mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bowden, spent the
past few days in Bangor with rela-
tives.
Mrs. Earle Leach and Mrs. Albert
Grindle entertained Monday evening,
June %, at the home of their pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Grindle, in
honor of their sister, Mrs. Alton
Hutchins. Mrs. Hutchins was pre-
sented with useful and beautiful
gifts, and received the sincere good
wishes from all present.
June 80. "Woodlocke."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-07-02
Orlanl.

A telegram has been received by
Mrs, Cynthia Morse, telling her of
the death of her only son, Arthur
which occurred June 20, in Connecti-
cut, where he resided. He and his
male companion were instantly killed
by the collision of their autom obile
with a telegraph pole. Mr.. Morse
was an Orland boy, and leaves his
mother and a widow.
Miss Sara Viles, who spent the
winter in Auburn, N. Y, has opened
her home for the summer. She has
with her Mrs. Flora Smith of Orring-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Snow of
Bucksport were recent guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Tapley of
Bucksport visited Miss Flora Harri-
man recently.
Friends in Orland were glad to
have even a short visit from Mr., and
Mrs, Joshua Little and Mr.. and Mrs.
stephen Little of Orrington.
District Superintendent Whiteside
held services at the Methodist church
June %, in the absence of the pas
tor, Rev. Mr. Alexander, who has
gone to Johns Hopkins hospital for a
serious operation upon his throat
Mrs, Hattie Green of Abingdon,
Mass, is expected June "a, to spend
the summer with her sister, Mrs
Julia A. CHM
Riverside chapter, o. e. S., will
have work at it's next meeting. Mr.
and Mrs. |. r, Saunders, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles r. Ripley and other members
of Riverside chapter have recently
visited Penobscot and Bluehill chap
tiers.
j. F. Partridge is at home after
visit in Massachusetts
Miss Louise Brown and Mr.. and
Mrs, e. l.. Narbis, daughters of the
late DR.. and Mrs. Brown, were here
last week, and after brief visit left
June l6, by auto, for California,
where Mr.. and Mrs. Narbis expect to
make their home. Miss Brown will
return to Portland in September to
continue her church work throughout
the State.
June 90. "
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-07-02
East Orland.

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cowan Oh
Camden were at MilbroohsInn recent
w Mr.. Cowan will open Camp Pal O
Mine at Teddy pond, this week, for
the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Domincovitch ana
Two children, of Germantown, Pa
are at their cottage at Craigs pond.
Flying Moose lodge is open for the
season, with few guests. Others
will be here by the last of the month.
Mrs. Willard Barrett OF Orono
came last week to spend the summer
with her mother, Mrs. E. l.. Picker
ing.
Mrs. Lillian Bowden and Mrs Adj
die Wardwell were recent guests OF
Mrs. Abbie Wardwell.
Elmer Blaisdell of Ellsworth Fails
is visiting at his former home here.
DR.. F. 3. Adams of Rockland was
here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Botright of Ger
mantown, Pa, are at their summer
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Hutchins OF Bos-
ton are at the Wentworth bungalow,
Teddy pond.
Marion Dunbar and Kenneth White
are home from Bucksport seminary,
June "a NJ.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-07-02
StOuington.

Mrs. Lottie Sawyer and daughter
Evangeline arrived from Lynn, TINS
week.
Mrs. Joseph Jackson has returned
from visit at Deer Isle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Sawyer are
spending few weeks at Jonesport.
Mrs William WEIGH has returned
from trip to Rockland.
Miss Alice Lane, who has been
teaching in Plainville, Conn. IS
spending her vacation with her SIS
ter, Mrs. Nina Gross.
Mrs. Cecil Berdeen and Miss April
Berdeen are visiting at Swans Is
land.
Mrs. Carrie Conary is home from
Boston.
Pearl Eaton and family, who have
been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Eaton, have returned to their home.
Mrs. Lewis Sawyer, ST., is visiting
her daughter at Machiasport
Miss Vera Colby is spending few
weeks with Sybil Coy at Searsport.
Mrs. Ida Wicks and daughter
Edna are guests of Mrs. Annie Bar
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Galen Noyes and
daughter, of Providence, r. L., who
have been visiting here, have re
turned home.
Mrs C. F. Eaton is spending few
days in Rockland.
Miss Marjorie Eaton is visiting her
mother in Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Colby and fam
Of | a I
Searsport Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Knowlton and
Mr.. and Mrs. Floreston Young took a
trip to Bangor and vicinity recently.
Mr.. Coughlin of Rockland was the
week guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Sellers.
Mrs. Carrie Johnson visited her
mother, Mrs. Levi knight, at the
Reach recently.
June 80. c.
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South GOuldsbOro.

Percy Bunker has gone to Hulls
Cove, where he has employment
Donald Gerrish of Winter Harbor
is spending a few weeks with his
brother Frank.
Mrs. P. M. SWEET arrived last week
from Massachusetts to spend few
weeks here with Mr.. SWEET.
Mrs. Charlotte Crane of Lamoine
was a guest Friday night of Mrs.
Howard Bunker.
Mrs. Georgia Bunker is in Winter
Harbor caring for her daughter, Mrs.
Philip Torrey
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l. Freese and his
mother, Mrs. Grant, of North Han
cock, are here for an indefinite stay.
Mrs. Ida Hooper has gone to Ban
gor and Brewer to visit her children.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beaver of Flori-
da have been visiting her sister, Mrs.
James M. Bunker.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnston and daugh-
ter, of Brewer, spent the weekend
with the r. d. Bickfords.
Miss Susie MacGregor has gone to
Machias to attend summer school.
Mrs. Lenora Bunker has returned
from Waterville, where she went to
attend the wedding of her nephew
Earl B. Tracy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Tracy came from
Nashua, N. H., Wednesday to spend
the summer at their home here.
Howard Springer has moved his
family here from Marlboro, and is oc-
cupying Eugene Roberts house.