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Evening star., 1924-02-14

sister Of the dead woman, who with
Shields Is being held as a material
wttness, told officers she too engaged
in a -tussle for the gun.
The priest, police say, refused to
talk for more than an hour after he
was taken In custody, and then could
not be shaken from the accident story.
He denied shooting at Shields. saying.
at first but one chamber was fired,
and later admitting he didn't know
how many shots were discharged
Police say two chambers We're empty.
The priest. who is said to have re-
Gently suffered nervous breakdown,
will be turned over to the coroner
today, following which a murder
charge will be formally lodged
against him.
Evening star., 1924-02-14
ALIEN NUNS RELEASED.

NEW YORK, February 14.-Eight
nuns detained at Ellis Island on their
arrival from Italy several weeks ago
were released in bond yesterday under
court order. pending a hearing on
the contention that nuns, as religious
teachers, are exempt from immigrant
quota regulations
Evening star., 1924-02-14

\ bill providing for woman suf-
frage Will be one of the first meas
ureS to be considered at the next
session of the Italian parliament
Evening star., 1924-07-02

n Wa @ne HSsel, eaah
oeaee dlsAao, sasd tar CO
nsy RsesPe book, eoe
DELIGHTFUL vlys q sesv.
inSMuelles' Food. Ad
SesSENa,G1co-
Evening star., 1924-07-02
FILlPINos TO HONOR 4TH.
Club Here VIII Give Musical and
Literary Program.

Members Of the Filipino Club Of
Washington viii observe Independ-
ence day with a patriotic musical
and literary program to be given to-
morrow night, $50 o'clock. in the
auditorium Of the National Museum,
10th and B streets.
The program, which the public is
invited TO hear, will include an ad.
the club; q recitation, Fourth Of
July" by Miss Ruth Newbufn. win
ner Of second prize in the national
oratorical contest; q talk ON Amer
ica's World Mission" by Jose T.
Evening star., 1924-07-02

Minovitch, vocal solos by Miss
Georgia b. Hazlett and Miss Filici-
dad Alvarez, piano solos by Miss
Dora Minovich and Leo J. Schaben,
"A Little Bit of Broadway" by Maria
Carballo, and musical selections by
the Filipino String Orchestra and the
Cosmopolitan Orchestra.
Luis J. Borja is chairman of the
committee on ARRANGEMENTS.
Evening star., 1924-07-02

structures, made of clay laid upon a
palm leaf base. A recent emir de-
cided to build a more distinctive
executive mansion, so he chose mud
brick and had erected a three-stor
palace. A few wealthy merchants
Evening star., 1924-07-02
Freight Loadings Increase.

Loading Of revenue freight for the
week ended June Fl totaled 903,700
cars, the American Railway Associa-
tion announced today. an increase of
$50 cars over the preceding week. but
a decrease of 101,2s2 cars under the
same week last year. This was, how
over, an increase of 37,379 cars over
Evening star., 1924-07-02
AS|R LEAST KNOWN
!! Of ALLIED STATES
Its Capital a City of Huts,
People Not Given to
Nomadic Life.

When France elects a new Presi-
dent or England reorganizes her cab
met the news is flashed around the
world; Asir's dethronement OF an Emir
passes practically unnoticed
Yet Asir is a country of a million
people, it was associated with the
Allies in the war. and it was playing
its part in the ancient world when
our European ancestors were dress
ing in skins and living in caves"
So says a bulletin from the head
quarters of the National Geoeraphic
Society.
One Sure Boundary.
Where is Asir? The one certain
statement on that point is that its
western boundary is the Red Sea. II
Iles between the southern border of
neuJaz-wherever that border is
and the northern frontier Of Yemen
Wherever that is Even moro bazv
Is It's eastern delimitation from Nedi
ASST vague boundaries comprise
one or the least nomadrc peoples of
tne Arabian peninsulas Its noun
tains make 1T as independent as little
montenegro once was; its fertile VAL
ieys oner every inducement for the
rowing Arab to settle down.
mere are nomads in Asir. how.
sver' notably a tribe who, theoIosic.
ally are fundamentals Moham.
n1eoans and. from their appearance
nave been called the hairy heretics,
ihey decline to recognize any caJinhs
Ater the death of Ali, the pronhet's
son-fn-law. They let their heavy
nair grow in huge, bushy mons. sue.
gesting the fluffy American girls
POD, because it protects them from
Sne ollstering sun. This style of
neaodress is not peculiar to Asir. 1t
prevails among the Arabian desert
nomadS.
Yemen. to the south of Asir, is
known because of Mocha, its one
time coffee center. Hedjaz, to the
north, is widely advertised, If NOT
Known, because of it's holy city,
Mecca No European had visited
some OF ASir'S towns until the little
district made common cause with the
allies in the hope of throwing off
the Turkish yoke. And when the
Turkish stronghold surrendered it did
20 sight unseen.
Capital Is City OF Huts.
ut was only recently that an offi-
cial in India visited Asir's capital,
Sabiyah, and gave the outside world
the first description of this curious
seat of governments city of huts
These round huts are by no means
squalid: they are circular. beehive
Evening star., 1924-07-02

Federal experts estimate that
available land resources Of the United
States are capable Of supporting a
population OF 100000 with no
greater relative dependence on out
side sources than exists today.
Evening star., 1924-07-02
this innovation.


"The coast of Asir is a lowland
zone twenty or thirty miles wide
and back of this strip lie the noun
tains and valleys, which are virtually
unknown"
Evening star., 1924-07-02

On D~d q puunposs suuoi,e,
absne 06 ealuE1es e ersessy, 3
0.1s of D.ossin. o.o5 eram Of
0ieasm, Oh ssam Of phospho.
fas. and 45milhQams ofiron. Il
you'd fvmiah, thsesfnse. 3 per
ne q de snRgY : pan needs
daiay. ! 20 eeas e - peoeein.
Evening star., 1924-07-02

oos pound ufn.e.ua1 a~
ehased, aappiies aboue ll69 81
cries of energys 81. o1ns ofRo.
sein. 0lo sr1zn of cale1A, DIS
er,m Of phosphosus. snd s nal
kg..nsofkoa. h vould furnish,
Therefore. M PEI cent Of ehs en.
Ggy . man needs dail3. 81 Per
sens of The Deo0ein. ee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
Business CoUerrnlert
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

The leader of modern men is the business man. This has come about by natural evo- lution.
 Roughly classifying, we might say that the earliest leader of men was the warrior. The most perfect type is Julius Caesar. The sol- dier-hero was king, lawgiver, and high priest
 The leader of men in the mediaeval world was the priest,of whom Gregory the Great is the type. He projected the Caesarian sys- tenn into the spiritual world.
 After the Reformation and the French Revolution the hereditary noble was the leader Of this class. Queen Victoria and Francis Joseph of Austria are good exam ples.
 Now that democracy is finding itself, it is recognizing that work, and not war nor re- ligious feeling nor noble dilettanteism, is the only normal occupation of the common man. Hence the natural ruler of the common man is the business man, that is the man who gives employment and directs labor.
 What are we coming to, then? The sor- didness of universal dollar rule? The crass- ness of plutocracy? The worship of the shrewdness and fox-likeness needed to amass money, to the detriment of the nobler ele- ments of character? a.s
 think not. When we shall have got ad- iusted I believe we shall find that govern ment by business is the best possible form of government. The bad money-king is pretty bad but at his worst he is better than the bad soldier, priest or hereditary aristocrat. The good money-making, however, is infinite ly better than the good soldier, priest or no- ble, for the reason that his power is tied up with the welfare of the people. He can only prosper by making the commons prosper; l mean in the long run and as a system.
 The universal rule of money will auto- matically eliminate class,and by and by will bring justice and not privilege to govern the earth.
 The trouble now is that the world is not yet organized on a business basis; we are trying to carry on business government, encountered by innumerabe trammels of he- reality, unjust special privilege, inheritance and other ghost authorities whose only power lies in the interia of humanity.
 The responsibility that rests on wealth is the most misunderstood of social-ethical forces In reality that responsibility points to just one thing, to-wit, to make conditions better for workers. AE
 It means to make a brighter world, a juster world, to do away with privilege, to give all men a square deal. ..-
 When responsibility, descen is upon power the result is the passion for justice, not charity or mercy the resu. s a perception of the truth that the deepest charity is jus tice.
 God, who rules the world, feels the moral tug of responsiblity, end t is this that is expressed in the saying:
 "Shall not the Judge of al the earth do rightg (Qui 3udicatis serrgpL1 V. --s1 .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
THE IDEAL PLATFORM

Since the publication of the voluml- nous Republican platform there is widespread demand for brief docu- ndent by the Democrats. True, the Re- publicans were on the defensive, not only as respects melancholy record, but in view of the LaFollette aloofness. Yet it is scarcely to be expected that any large number of people will wade through that ponderous document. In one respect, at least party platform is like presi- dential message. If it be discouragingly long, its contents will command com paratively little attention. A New York newspaper once prepared a complete digest of ifteen-thousand-word presi- dential message carrying the substance of the whole, in less than two columns, and followed the publication the next day with the announcement: "The other New York papers handled the presiden- tial message with pitchfork; The - edited it for the benefit of it's readers" :" The digest was read by many times the number of those who waded through the entire document.
 It has been suggested that the Dem ocratic platform be held down to six hundred or eight hundred words. That will be difficult task, because the Dem- ocratic party can offer a vital message that should appeal to millions of thought ful and patriotic voters. The party lead CTS have an opportunity to convey to the people two or three outstanding is- sues of such importance that omission of others may be justified without weak ening the appeal. Filling a platform with "weasel worlds" as Roosevelt used to say, no longer commands confidence in the voter. What he wants is sub stance, rather than form, and the Dem ocratic party has that substance to off, fer, especially in contrast with the ab- Nsence of substance in the Republican party.
 There are number of important is- sues before the American people. The Democrats have a decided advantage in their presentation, because of the achievements of that party and the de- plorable lack of achievements by the Republicans. There is hope and belief that the New York convention will not make the mistake of trying to be all things to all men, but will set forth in brief, clear and concise form the party principles and the party record in such way as will enable the millions of voters to read and study them in their relation to the country's pressing needs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
A PLAN GIVING RESULTS

The mind preJudiced against the city manager plan of municipal government may be inclined to employ the resigna- tion of the City Manager of Waco, Texas, six weeks after accepting the job, as an argument against the sys- tenn. Such an argument is superficial. Indeed, the incident is in support of the opposite view. The Waco plan included a commission serving as a board of di- rectors of corporation. The commis- sion and the manager did not agree as to certain policies or programs, with the result that the manager retired.
 Thus what might have been, and ire quently is, long deadlock and wrangle under some other forms of municipal government was avoided, and a settle ment was promptly reached. Had there been a different system of government at Waco, the deadlock might have Con tinued throughout stipulated term of . office, thus creating a situation wherein important public projects would be tied up for long period with serious incon- veniences and heavy losses to the city and the people, or else with such com promise as would fbe fatal to efficient administration. /
 The incidepk illustrates one of the merits ot the system, because it shows that efficl@nt service may be obtained Dy that Prompt action without which the pubic sHffers. One of the most serious nanolSAps to economic and efficient ad- min}stration of municipal affairs is de- ny under systems of government which Nnake placing of responsibility exceed fingly difficult. Thus quibbling over de- partmental privileges, squabbles over in dividual responsibilities, petty quarrels and little jealousies, with innumerable buck-passing tactics, continue for long periods, and the public welfare suffers accordingly.
 That system of municipal government which reduces these evils to a minimum, other things being equal, is most busi- ness-like and effective. A city govern ment is business proposition. What Stbe people, who are the stockholders, want is intelligent, practical, prompt ac- { tion. The people are not interested in squabbles about which commissioner should do certain things. They are in- terested only in results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
THE VANISHING GORILLA

It is said that the tribe of gorillas has been whittled down to the last herd, which now wanders in the wilds of the Belgian Congo. The gun of the sports man is responsible for this diminution of the largest and most powerful of the anthropoid apes. The number of sur vivors is estimated at between fifty and one hundred. Naturalists and scientists have besought the Belgian government to cease the issuance of hunting licenses to include these animals; but the govern ment so far has not responded favorably. It is believed that few more years of hunting will see the last of the species fall before the lust of some men to kill for the sake of killing, as the gorillas harm nobody and dead are of no use to anybody. In the interests of science and of biology the Belgian government would find ample justification in protecting the survivors of this remarkable ape tribe, ,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
Watching The Pardde
By JOHN PILGRIM
funny thing happened last night.

A funny thing happened last night. I haven't laughed at it yet, but will. The others interested may never laugh at it. For all that, it was funny.
 Dear Old Tom Kent has asked us to dine with him tonight" said the pearl of my establishment.
 So we put on our prayer rugs and went to Tom Rents. Tom has been ill lately, and when he is i'll he is inclined to be snap pish and unreasonable. He sort of sways in corner like a rogue elephant, waiting for the chance to have a fuss Mrs. Pill grim has not been too well herself lately and when her nerves are tangled she can take offense as fast as any person in the known world.
 "Listen," I said to them when we sat down. You are two packs of dynamite to- night. Let us not detonate at all, because you are really fond of each other"
 So they danced all over my prostrate body. never saw two angrier people. They fairly loved each other by the time they had fin ished reducing me to pulp Then Mrs. Pill grim said:
 "Why don't you ever call us up, Tom-?"
 Tom glared at her and told her that he does call us up, and that he had not been treated with decent courtesy by her, be- cause although she knew he had called us up she had not called back. And she said that he should realize something or other. That breach was healed over, thanks to my adroitness in changing the subject of con- versation so rapidly that they could not keep their minds on the quarrel. But be- fore the evening was over they had come to the parting of the ways.
 "Tom Kent is impossible" said Mrs. Pill grim to me before we slept. This morning Tom called me up to ask if I felt that Mrs. Pilgrim was justified in saying the things she said last night.
 Yet to save my life cannot find what the trouble is all about That's why say that performance is funny. But no one has been able yet to laugh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
CONTENTIOUS RHODE ISLAND

Recent dispatches emphasize that Rhode Island is little but loud" The deadlock between Republican and Dem ocratic members of that states legisla- ture is the climax of a wrangle which has continued ever since last January. Of late the trouble has been strenuous. It appears that the Democratic side wants a referendum calling for a con stitutional convention, and is determined to block all legislation until this is set tied, which means failure to pass appro- priation bills and holding up many proj- ects including what is usually most im- portant to legislators, salaries The sit- uation has reached the point of violence, gas bombs have been employed to put some of the legislators out of business, and twenty-two Republican, members of the body have left the state. There is talk of impeaching the sheriff for letting them get away, and even hints of calling out the militia.
 That a constitutional convention is needed to remove some of the antiquated provisions of the organic law seems to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
Codes or Ethics
By N. ADDTNaToN BRUCE

In these days when circumstances have unhappily stressed the presence of fraud graft and corruption in the social oreanisn It IS not amiss to suggest the desirabiIity soi more widespread formulating of definit. codes of ethics as rules of conduct
 This should greatly, help-the experience of organizations that have formulated such codes goes to show that it would help-to a more wholesome state of affairs. For codes of ethics unmistakably impress on those who subscribe to them the rightness or wrong. ness of any. given course of action.
 They contribute to a quickening of the social sense, repression of which is respon. sible for much of the eviI-doing of today And they assist the individual to appreciate what is expected of him both by lis fellows and by the dictates of ordinary, common sense morality.
 "I did not think, T did not dream it was not all right" Others were doing it. so why not 1T' Pleas in extenuation such as these are nowadays raised in a sincerity that would be impossible were it made a rule to bind the members of all professional societies, em- ployers' organizations, trades union, cham bers of commerce, granges and other organ ized bodies of farmers, and semi-professional, seni-social clubs in general, to codes stip. ulating what is and what is not ethical. ',
 Here, for example, is in part the code of the American Society of Mechanical Engi- neers:
 ''The engineer will carry on his profes- sional work in a spirit of fairness to em. ployes and contractors, fidelity to clients and employers, loyalty to his country and devo- tion to high ideals of courtesy and personal honor.
 He will refarin from associating himself with, or allowing the use of his name by, an enterprise of questionable character.
 "He will inform a client or employer of any business connections, interests, or affil- iations which might influence his judgment or impair the disinterested quality of his services.
 He will accept compensation, financial or otherwise, for a particular service, from one source only, except with the full knowledge and consent of all interested parties.
 'He will not use unfair means to win pro fessional adyaRcement or to injure the chances of another engineer to secure and hold employment.
 He will interest himself in the public welfare, in behalf of which he will be ready to apply his special knowledge, skill, and training for the use and benefit of man. kind" < -
 In this code the emphasis on honesty, loy- alty, and cooperation is it's outstanding fea- ture. Drawn up specially for mechanical engineers, it requires slight modification to make it suitable for any other group of pro- ductive workers.
 And my firm belief is that if many others were to adopt it, with the necessary mod ification, the result would be an appreciable lessening of evils which all good citizens de- plore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
BEWARE THE LAST LATJGH

Photographers who are inclined to wax funny at the expense of Prof. Goddards s moon hitting rocket may be reminded that about 30 years ago paragraphers were find ing rare and recy copy in the flying machine with which Prof. Langley was seeking to rise over the marshes of the Potomac. These col lege professors with their absurd scheme have a way now and then of making a monkey of the humorists, most of whom always take the tory attitude of Ut can't be done!' It is yet to be proved that a rocket, projected by a series of timed explosions, may not pene- trate the upper regions of space and even, at some time, reach the lunar surface. And car rying 9 passenger? We'll, that may be far in theefuture.--Lowell Courier Citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
Brief Nature Studies
By J. OTIS SWIFT

That vivacious mocker and ventriloquist, the yellow-breasted chat, white beneath, line over eye, black lores and breast yellow, seven and a half inches long, olive green above, picks out cloudy, rainy day sometimes for his greatest efforts to amuse and cheer up shrubby old sidehil pastures and fields. Keeping sedulously out of sight and pouring forth concert of brilliant initiative calls and songs, each with his own interpreta- tion, he punctuates them occasionally with a sound like blowing into bottle or bung- hole.
 Coming early in May, his courtship and nesting days are periods of mystic music among the bushes where the nest, few feet from the ground in jungles of shrubs, is made of bark, grasses and lined with veg etable flores. Old herb gatherers homeward bound by moonlight with baskets of mint, pause in the silver light entranced by the chats riotous and ribald medleys to Luna.
 While filling the air with strange min strelsy he is occasionally caught sight of em- phasizing his outbu1sts with hirts of the tail and jerks of thei head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24


 be widely conceded. especially in view of the fact that under existing condi- tions a Community with no more than four hundred population may have as much influence in the legislature as the big city of Providence. That is only one of the many objectionable situations in Rhode Islands political status.
 It seems odd that Rhode Island should kick up such rumpus in view of it's dimensions. The great state of Texas gets along with one capital. Little Rhody," known as the Pocket Handker- chief State," and comprising two coun- ties when the tide is in," as one humor- ist put it, until recently had two cap- itals, and seems to be competing with Texas in matters of tumult and turmoil. The situation is not creditable to the legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-24
Sun And Clouds

Full many a glorious morning have l seen Platter the .mountain-tops with sovereign
 eye, ..
 Gliding pale streams with heavenly al-
 chemy Anon permit the basest clouds to ride
 With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace Even so my sun one early morn did shine With all-triumphant splendor on my brow But out, alack he was but one hour mine, The region cloud hath masked him from
 me now. t.. Yet him forthis my love no whit disdaineth Suns of the world may stain when heavens
 sun staineth. Shakespeare.