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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-29
DEATHS

Ella Mae MeFreII--FunerAl services for Ella Mae MeEreli. infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. MeTPell. who died ThuPsday at a local infirmary, were held ct 1o:8o o'clock Saturday from LiEe Loy Chapel Burial followed ln Pelham cemetery.
 James weSley LAne-James Wesiey Lane, age BS, died Saturday morning at the residence, 307 Broad street. Blyton. He is survived by his widow; -four daughters, Mrs. Lula Colvin. Mrs. Roas eealeo, Mrs. Maude Baker of Btrmlng. ham, and Mrs. T. D. Wright, of OhioI a brother, P. ?, Lane, of Mont Eagle, Tenn. Funeral seFvioes will bs annOunc- ed later by LigS LeY,
 ", T. D. POOE--FuneeaI services for W. q. B. Pool, age eG, who died Saturday morning at the residence, Ssol Fifth avenue, north, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from tho residence, Burial will follow In Forest Hili eemo- tery with Vice in charge. He is sur. vtved by his widow, four dHughteFS anG son,
 W. N. JeneP--rhe body of W, D. jen0a. infant son of Mr, and MrP, J, 8. Jeasa, of VinesvilIe, who died Friday night at the reslaeAee, pit be seat to sfsley, Als-s ebcie and AAS1fn for suRt2A
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:. 100 REPORTED DEaD
Eight Drown whan AutOmobfI0 gSrs
 CmUGfTes.

=. FLINT, Mich, June 28s-A 1cna ;z4v. tanee telephone message received Are .Sandusky, said the latek estfng lnf from. Port Clinton, Ohio, 16 uiIaw an the dead was 100. Eigfk persons wene drowned when the automobile &eRTy Be lianee capsized and sank aecnr6fnk to the reports. The storm swept along the Eam&1Sky waterfront wrecking buildings and nS1p roofing street cars which ply 7acaR the docks. The large warehouse Shd ferry buildings of the Cedar Point hae sort company was reported blown io the harbor.
 Attempts to communicates b4 6Sss phone or telegraph directly with Eisns dusky failed, the message said
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AIR FORCE WEAK
 SAYS VAUGHAN
190-Mile Plane Only One
 Fit For Combat, He Y Declares


 SAN FRANCISCO. June 2S,XAe only modern airplane suitable fors air combat now on the Pacific Coast is that in. which Lieutenant Russezl L. Maughan made his 22-hour trans@ @sogae tinental flight last Monday, aecordS6g : to a statement by Lieut.. Maushan yes- terday at a club meeting and again last night in an address radio-cass
 "A 120-miIes an hour plane is a<atzss mercy of one which can fly. at 10O miles,. said Eeut. Maughan. ssThe 4fip across the continent was madss % awaken the people of this nations to the. fact that their country is vxEy, very small and that it is badly in need of protection in the sAys
 The American air service was char acterized by Lieut.. Maushen aassa pitifully inadequate force of men hEnds ling obsolete equipment" .-
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TWO KILLED N EK0zmS ].
Two 6OO-FoOt Lumber ShsHB aGl Destroyed -s

JACKSONVuLE, E1a., June 2sss.s Two men were killed and two 600 ece lumber sheds were unroofed and b
 italy destroyed in . wfndstoRna
 reached amose the pEopoxtic of & tornado at East Fort Ela:s sn
 " B. Billiard, 50, q lahoraRs 6ra J6I1 Curtis, a negro.
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ities, Its unlimited power, and an achcn that Is more than perfect possesses an astonishing durability"
 In the homes of music lovers the laso. ing qualities of tone and action that de. light the masters are equally important Where there are children the tone of the piano exerts an undeniable influence in the development of musical culture. It Is for these reasons that the Stetnway is made in styles and sizes suitable 6oe every type of home.
 Steinway & Sons have made it conve. niently possible for every music lover to own Steinway piano. Their prices probably are less than you imagine. Your old piano will be accepted as partial payment And convenient terms of pay. ment may be arranged that will believe the purchase of embarrassment.
 All things considered-is there slngle reason why you should longer delayth purchase of your Steinway! iano from its sVith cash depo1itQf nded oVer e period of tsDo SeGTs. In partial exchange.
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There is a plank in favor of ending wars. All wars but the one now in progress on the convention floor.
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The delegates will vote on a choice here as in the case of the klan blanks. The outlook for a pleasant weekend is practically null and void.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-16

Europe, particularly their fights and
quarrels, belong to Europe. They are
entirely of the opinion expressed by the
old time humorist, Josh Billings, who
said
"When I see snaix sticking its head
outen hole. / go one side and say to
myself, that hole belongs to that snaix'."
1t does not devolve on the people Of
this country to settle the squabbles of
the world. America has no call to do
that and it is not likely that the grand
father OF any man who can convince
them to the contrary has yet been born.
In his address in San Antonio, Mr..
McAdoo declared that the first thing
he will do when he is elected President
will be to regulate the railroads" That
is precisely what the American people
fear, and it is one. of the many strong
reasons why Mr.. McAdoo should not
be nominated by any party. or elected
to any national office of an executive
character.
If this country ever suffered from in
competence and mismanagement Of an
aggravated type it was when Mr. Nc
Adoo was managing the railroads dur
ing the period of the wV. 1t was a
mess that from which the country has
not yet recovered And the man who
was guilty of such gross maladminis-
tration of public affairs now asks that
he be permitted to regulate the rail
roads again. His threat to NEEDLE with
the railroads will be considered by most
people as most excellent reason why
he should be not allowed to get into
any position where such calamity
would be possible.
The more Mr.. .McAdoo addresses the
public. the more he makes it manifest,
that he is an unfit person to be either
nominated or elected.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-16
TALKS AGAINST HIMSELF.

If there is any reason why William G..
McAdoo should be chosen President of
the United States he managed to keep
it profound secret during his pilgrim
age across Texas. On the other hand.
he made apparent several reasons why
he should not be nominated by any par
ty for any national office of consequence
In his speech at Fort Worth. Mr.. Nc
Adoo demanded that the people of the
United States should be given an oppor-
|tunity to vote on the League of Ma
tons" He declared that the matter had
never been submitted to the people OF
the United States at all.
To most of us would seem that the
League of Nations was a very prominent
issue i'll the CoxHarding~ campaign and
that the people voted it down as they
never voted down any proposition since
the foundation of the Republic. IT was
iii anything, the domiDSht issue in The
last presidential election. 1t is ridiculou.
to say that the people did not vote OF
| it. They did vote on it and they burieC
lit
In the same speech. Mr.. McAdoo de
clarcd that it is the duty, OF the Unite;
States to take its share in the Difficult
ties of Europe. He did not explain Jus
how ard why it dcvolves on the Unite'
States to do this. He just said W,
should do it.,
1t viii require more than an utter
ance by William G. McAdoo to convinc
the people of this country on that point
There IS deep in the hearts of all Amer
licans, the opinion that the affairs O
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AN A s
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DOu0t As GRANT
q us% NeA SERVICE INC

ened tone at the secret cOnclave the
night before when he asserted that
whether she agreed or not to their
scheme her supposed grave should
never be reopened, but now he greet.
ed her with his suave. unctuous pro.
fessional manner and during his
brief visit he made no reference.
however yelled. to his knowledge of
her real identity.
After his departure Miss Tidmarsh
the nurse came to bid her thin
Tipped farewell and when Sallie re-
called the man in the gray roadster
who had signaled to her from the
have distinguished one car from an
other.
Therese brought her dinner to her,
announcing that Madame was enter
tanning some guests but it was near
ly ten o'clock before Sallie heard a
single motor roll slowly up to the
door and pecring from the window
rs on. the previous night she saw an
invalid chair wheeled across the
sidewalk and heavily muffled fig
ure assisted carefully into it by two
female attendants. Merciful goodness,
had Grandmother" arrived so soon?
Creeping to her closed door she
listened to stifled signs and groans
and the creak of the chair as it and
SITS burden were borne upstairs. and
it had scarcely passed when q slip of
white was thrust over her sill, just
touching her slipper. Unfolding it
Sallie read in awkward, hastily
scrawled pcnciling:
Come to head of stairs one o'clock
sure"
What could Fitch want of her!
Dared size throw herself on his
mercy and try to convince him who
She really was, or was it too late for
that now?
In ain agony of doubte and uncer-
tainty Sallie paced the floor softly
until the appointed hour and then.
distinguishing Ter night-light she crept
out 20 the iarding. In the, semi-dark-
ness she made out shadowy figure
on the stairs and in another moment
hand grippcd her arm.
Just come from the chief" Fitch
whispered. You got another chance.
for 1 told him you wouldn't give me
any message, not trusting me, and
that they was keeping you here against
your will. He's fixed it for your get
away tomorrow night but il you don't
go straight TO him and come clean
about those sparklers-w
In an unmistakable gesture he
drew his hand across his throat.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-16
EVERYTHING CHANGES.s

NOvelists, who are VIGOROUSLY tim
orous in their imaginings, have once
more allowed fact to better their fic-
ton in picturesquenesA, The amusing
London of the moment none of them
had the astNencss to predict. Yet
the situation could scarcely be more
dramatic. A laborite lives at No. 10
Downing street. The mistress of his
house is naive little girl. far from
sure Of herself. The smart thing has
become to have mechanics and labor
ers on ones visiting list. Duchesses
are blunderingly frying to adopt the
current pose of comradery with OBJ
scure persons who do vigorous things
with their hands. The tone of So
ciety has evidently become determined
ly .iovial and ail-fellow-well-met. The
writers of thesis novels and the sa-
for months to come. But it does their
supposed insight little credit that they
did not foresee the present situation
and give it TO letters before an cleo
ton gave il to the world
But the change which labor gov
eminent has wrought is not the whole
of the ironic story. A peripatetic
newspaper woman sends to this couI-
try the amusing story of one of the
woman members of parliament. Before
she married wealthy man and re-
tired from one branch of public life to
another this parliamentarian was on
the stage. In the early days of her
first career she struggled to support
her mother and infant brother on a
chorus girls salary as the chorus girls
of romance are forever doing. Once
she sang n ballad on the stage. which
reflected no-doubt heart-fealt desire
TO be grand lady" Now that an-
btion has. to degree. been gratified
and 50 far has she put Nher early
trials behind her that she has become
a strenuous conservative wishing above
all things to- put the uprising woman
worker in her place. Everything
changes said the French philosopher.
and watching England one cannot but
admit that he was right.-St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-16
CHAPTER TX.
Fitc., Takes a Hand.

1t was nearly dawn before Sallic,
harassed by the first real terror she
had ever known in her self-confident
young life, fell into the deep sleep of
nervous exhaustion. but she had made
up her mind. These amateur crooks
were bad enough in all conscience. but
n band of criminals who robbed and
murdered at will, seemingly above the
power of the law. made her recoil in
horror. and the thought OF falling into
their hands was worse than death it
self. Wheeler Sloat suspected her pos
sible identity already and he should
be her allay now.
That gentleman presented himself
just before noon and Mrs. Copeland
tactfully escorted her down to the
huge. formal drawing room on the
lower floor. Until then no mention
had been made of the late arrival on
the previous evening but just before
she turned to leave them together
the older woman remarked:
wheeler, your grandmother came
home last night but the journey mas
Frustrated her so that it may not be
necessary for you to- see her until
tomorrow. However. il she is rested
by afternoon and asks for you and
Alva. you must go to her."
You'll tell me what to say and
how TO, act?9 Sallie queried tremu-
lousy.
"Of course. ] shall be beside you
during this first interview but you
need say only few words of greet
ing, for she is veay weak today
Mrs. Copeland paused. Il hope. my
dear Alva. that you will try to be
very careful of your. speech from now
on. Servants have ears. you know.
and although j do not want to hurt
your feelings, my stcp-daughter has
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-16

never heard rhe--thc slang which you
use."
I'm be careful" Sallie promised
and as Mrs. Copeland left the room
she turned to her pseudo-cousin.
He was armed with huge box OF
flowers which he presented 10 her
with ironic gallantry but there was
something puzzling in his manner
which had been absent on their pre-
sious interviews. His close-set eyes
cleaned with n shrewd light and his
rcceding jaw was set with an unusual
firmness.
MY dear cousin he emphasized
the word with a smile, "since we are
for u time to maintain more sentj-
mental relationship, don't you think
that we should become better acquaint-
cd! l know very little about YOU
Mrs. Copeland mean, mother
--does." Sallie interrupted hastily.
There were to be no questions asked
nor answered and l haven't bit of
curiosity about you. I'm wise to your
kind-my dear cousin"
"That in itself is curious" he re-
marked with slow significance. ITO
a little girl who has lived all her life
~ QAeltS ifhC hCndltSlONHs NOlhin-
in shops could come in contact with
-er-men of worldly experience is re-
markable."
Don't you kid yourselfw Sallic
laughed and her heart rose within
her. Wheeler Sloat was more than
suspicious; he was determined to find
out the truth for himself! "There's
sports and lady-killers in little burgs
as well as big ones; But l don't
want to talk about Shaftstown. Tell
me what the old lady is like; grandma.
l mean. You're her pet but l sup
pose I've got to work her, too, and
old people amt my line"
"No!" Sloat smiled meaningly
once more. You'll see her soon
enough and l don't believe she'll
feaZe you.
"Oh, I'll handle her all right ~ Sal
lies tone bore a, shade of amused
contempt. People take to me, if /
want them to. but I'd like to have
had that sparkler on my finger when
| saw her-the ring, you know.
When are you going to produce it,"
Sloat reached into his pocket and
drew out tiny box which he opened
impressively. 1t bore the name of an
internationally famous jeweler and. the
large white stone in its elaborate
mounting glittered dazzlingly but Sal
lie had been watching his eyes and a
swift intuition came to her.
Here is the pledge of my affec-
tom" He spoke banteringly as he
held out the box to her and she took
the ring from it. turning it about
swiftly in her fingers Then she
laughed and thrust it back into the
box: s... T.. ~
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-16
A PROBLEM TO FACE

Vigorous protests may be expected
from Japan if the Japanese exclusion
provision be retained in the immigration
bill which recently passed the House
|of Representative in its progress to-
wards becoming a law Already rep
|resentation OF the grave consequences
to be expected have been set out by
the Japanese ambassador and appeals
nave been made by Secretary of State
Hughes.
1t seems, however, that whatever these
consequences are to be it might be Just
as we'll to face them now Certain it
is that still graver consequences would
result from an unrestricted immigration,
particularly where the immigrants be-
long to races widely divergent from the
basic racial stock of this country. 1t
would simply be putting off the evil
day TO much more evil one in the
future.
This country has tried to swallow and
digest all sorts and conditions of men,
trusting to some magical quality ex-
pressed loosely in the melting pot" idea
to dissolve all differences. Instead, it
has been borne in upon the public mind
that large nationalistic blocks are pot
easily masticated and that certain racial
masses are not to be swallowed at all
When all has been written and said
about the reasons for the exclusion of
both the Chinese and Japanese the fun
damcrtal fact remains that the yellow
and the white races are too far apart
biolcgically. sociologically, religiously,
additionally and every other way to
mix successfully. This has nothing to
do with which is the superior, the white
or the yellow race it is merely state
merit of wide difference that initiates
against successful mutual life Without
Il certain amount. of assimilation, the
country acquires an indigestible popu-
lation mass that complieates addition
ally the already complicated machinery
of life.
The meaning of the race problem is
well before the country, which has to
handle its daily questions OF what to do
about the black race and the rcd The
red has been relegated to reservations
The black is generally held as sub
~ COCO. Neither arrangement has been
altogether just or satisfactory. but it is
me best that has so far been attained
In the face of this, the admission OF
large numbers of the yellow race would
certainly appear foolhardy disregard
of stumbling blocks already in the way
/ AS the present laws in regard to lap
anesc immigration have brought abou
the Japanese problem on the Pacific
Coast, more stringent laws against Jap
anesc immigration would appear til,
only way to keep this problem within
bounds.
Certainly it is the ideal for races t.
live together in harmony. but wher,
wide differences prevail harmony cal
be more generally promoted by eacl
race remaining in its own country
Though the exclusion stand on the par
of the United States may have "grav
consequences there is nothing to b
gained by shifting the decision to
later day.
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President Con1;d0a IN n Dolite hti
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-16
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Oscar says it is better to ha
loved and lost than to be sued
"alimony and cost" Petersbu
Progress and Index.
In the old days man was juds
by the company he kept. But M
he is judged by the car he has
Illinois State Journal.
When you make present to
woman always leave the cost tag
it. 1t may save her a trip dos
town.-Atlanta Journal.
Jane Adams says it is far cas-
for women to become pacifists TIL
men. Not until they find a subs
tute for the rolling pin.-Rock Isla|
Argus.
If the Senate committees wd
only install smoke consumer,
might learn il there is any real III
-Pocatello Tribune.
Love at first sight is possible,
it's always a good idea to wipe
your glasses and look again.-N|
Haven Register.
The specialist must have enOll
general knowledge, however, to und|
stand what the general practitioi|
tells him about the case.-Baltimd
Morning Sun. 4
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-16
WHAT is TREASON?

A strange example OF the varying in
tcrpreta tons of what constitutes loyalty
to ones country and the penalties at
tached has come out recently in the case
of a German ex-soldier tried for treason
and sentenced to ten years hard labor by
a Leipsic court. Caustic comment has
come from the German press about this
sentence and the grounds on which it
was given.
Alois Hugel, runs the account of the
incident, hirty-two-year-old metal
polisher, after having been severely
wounded on the Belgian front in 1914,
was made prisoner by the Russians at
Bania on May 80, 1915. Shortly after
ward, Hugel, together with about three
thousand other German prisoners hail
ing from Alsace-Lorraine, was taken by
sea to France to be enrolled in the
French Army All but Hugel and some
two hundred and fifty others welcomed
the chance to fight against the Kaiser's
armies and donned Russian or French
uniforms. Hugel's refusal to put on the
Cars uniform cost him thirty days ar
rest. in Russia, and when he got to
France. his loyalty to Germany kept him
in trouble most of the time.
His German uniform was taken away
and when he removed the tri-color cock
ade from the French outfit given to him
he was put under arrest. After having
refused to work in a munition plant,
Hugel was ordered to the front Passive
resistance resulted in a two-year sentence
to the disciplinary camp at Monistrol
After serving out his time there, Hugel
still refused to go to the front. but con-
sented to being used in training black
colonial trops. Later on another order
to the front was met with refusal by
the young Lorrainer, and he was SEN
tent ed to five years, in prison. In Sep
TENDER 1919, he was released for reasons
of health, and in October, 1920, he re-
turned to Germany.
Hugel married the girl he had left
behind when he marched away in 1914
and sett'el down to earn their living.
But he was indiscreet enough to tell a
supposed friend about his experiences in
France, including his work with the
'colored troops. In the course of time,
the story reached official ears and his ar
rest for treason followed. In giving the
reasons for the tenIyear sentence the
court declared that German soldier
must never allow himself to do anything
that might endanger "the German
Kaiser" the army, or the nation, but it
Admitted extenuating circumstances and
consequently. refrained from depriving
Hugel of his civic rights.
A more unjust and :ronical case could
scarcely be imagined. Perhaps he had
failed to obey the strict letter of the
law, but in keeping the spirit of it he
had endured hardships, suffered inn
opposed his ideals to condi-
tons he was powerless to change. II
that is not loyalty, there can be no
loyalty.
This is, however, only another ex-
ample of the same old conflict met in
every department of life, that of the let
ter of the law and the spirit of it. The
thoughtless might say that these two
were and should be synonymous, but
times arise when one is driven into
reasonable action to the letter of the
law in order to preserve its spirit in the
finest sense.