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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
THE BIRMINGHAM OPENS BARGE LINE
New OrEeans-St. Louis Service
 Starts Saturday

NEW ORLEANS March 27.-Of- ficiais of the Mississippi w arrior Barge line, announced today the packet boat service between New Orleans and St. Louis, the first in nearly twenty years, will be inaugurated Saturday with the departure of the self propelled barge Birmingham from New Orleans
 In connection with the service, which will cut the running time between, the two cities in half, the $350,000 river terminal at Vickaburg will be formally opened when the Birmingham. arrives there next Tuesday.
 Three self-propeller barges original ly built for service on the Warrior riv- CT, will be operated in the new packet line.
 Sailings will be weekly with Satur- day as the day for the departure on the upstream trip and Friday depar- lures from St. Louis. The upstream trip will be made in ten days and the downstream trip in five days. Stops will be made at Yicksburg, Memphis and Cairo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
|FEDERALRESERVE |OF BIRMINGHAM
 TO BUILD HOME
Options Held On Several Sites For $5OO,0OO
 Structure

The Birmingham Federal Reserve bank, now located in The Age-Herald building, will soon be installed in a modern new building of it's own, ac- cording to dispatch received here Fri. day from The Age-Hera,d's Washing ton correspondent.
 Details of the nature of this struc. ture or it's location have not been defi- nitely decided upon by the Federal Re. serve board, the wire states, but it was learned from authoritative sources that plans, long under consideration by the district branch of the board, call for a three-story ornamental building to cost in the neighborhood of $500, ,000 and for the use of the bank alone.
 It was stated further that options on several sites are now held by the board but in view of the absence of w. H. Kettig, member of the district board, from Birmingham, nothing could be determined regarding which one of these sites appeared to be leading in favor.
 It was stated, however, that the proposal of building near the postoffice which was considered when the appli. cation for a new building was filed two years ago, has practically been aban- doned.
 The Washington dispatch emanated from Senator Oscar Underwood who, 1t is understood, made a personal appear ance before the Federal Reserve board in an effort to bring favorable action on an application to build Birming- ham branch of the bank.
 The board, Senator Underwood was informed, is now in the market for a site and while building plans had not been agreed upon, the structure would be creditable and in entire accordance with the dignity of the banks work and it's relation to the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
RAIL BOARD BARS
 NEGRO BRAKEMEN
Union Objection Sustained For
 Passenger Service

CHICAGO, March 27.-The protest of trainmen against the action of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail way company in discontinuing the serv- ice of head and rear brakemen on pas senger trains and filling such positions with negro porters, was sustained late today by the United States railroad la bor board. Members Horace Baker and J. H, Elliott, in dissenting opinion, declared the decision .'far-reaching in !ts wrongful and harmful effect, not only on this but on other carriers p The ground taken by the majority was that the action of the carrier violated its agreement with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, which became ef- fective March 1, 1920.
 Representatives of the brotherhood contended that this agreement provided that negro brakemen, who had been chased as such by an order of the fed eral railroad administration, would hold rights on head-end positions as brake men in freight service. In exchange for this consideration white trainmen were given rights on the headsend posi- tions in passenger service. which were formerly held exclusively by the negro bERkaman-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
LIQUOR CHASER IS DESTROYED
 lOMILEATE
Florida Officials Have Marrow Escape When
 Motor Explodes

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 27.- The sixty-foot converted submarine chaser Russ, owned by Sheriff H. w Bowling and used by him in appre- hending rum runners off the Florida ternoOn following terrific explosion.
 Sheriff Bowling, H. l.. Duncan, divi- sional prohibition chief for Florida and Porto Rico, and members of the crew got off the. Russ before she went down.. but the dory in which they were attempting to reach land capsized soon after they had started shoreward.
 Adrift Two Hours
 For two hours the officers and mem- bers of the Russ crew, who were equipped with life preservers, were tossed about by the waves until res cued by the pilot boat Meta, which had put out to sea when the explo- sion was heard. Thre members of the crew were burned, one seriously. Those on the craft reached here to- night.
 The officers had been cruising around since yesterday in search of liquor runners. This afternoon when about 10 miles off Mayport, 9 miles from here, there was an explosion in the en- zine room which threw Dick Barker, chief engineer, to the deck. He suf- fered serious burns.
 ShOs Blown Off
 l.. R. Cobb, who was preparing to go to the engine room, was burned about the face and legs and Assistant Chief Engineer. Wambolt was scorched. Cobb's shoes were blown off his feet. None of those on the converted chaser could advance theory as to the cause of the explosion.
 The Russ was built for the Russian government in 1917 and was purchased by Sheriff Bowling after the war when it had been taken over by this government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
THOUSANDS ATTEND
 SD PEACH PAGEANT
Fort Valley, Ga, Entertains
 Record Crowd

FORT VALLEY, Ga., March 27.- Fort Valley entertained the biggest crowd in her history today for the stag ing of the third annual blossom festi- val.
 Ten thousand persons obtained seats to the Peach of the World pageant. Three times as many more were unable to get inside the arena iii which the story was unfolded in dances set to music by military band.
 General D. c. Shanks was the chief speaker. There were governors and for, mer governors and other high state of ficials in attendance and many visitors came from afar. Four special trains brought thousands of visitors to this city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
COAL STRIKE LOOMS
 IN SOUTHWEST
New Wage Scale Proves Diff
 cult At Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo, March PA cessation of work by April by the 10000 coal miners of the southwest ap- pears probable because of inability to negotiate new wage contract before that date, W. l., A. Johnson, com missioner of the Southwestern Inter State Coal Operators association, said today.
 Miners and operators from Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas were arriving today for the annual wage conference opening tomorrows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
2D ARREST MADE
 IN BANKRUPTCY
K. D. Gilmore, Anderson Cotton
 Co. Official, Is Held

GREENyILLE, s. O., March 27.- K. D. Gilmore, an officer of the Ander- son Cotton company which recently filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition, was arrested here today charged with aiding and abetting in the passing of forged warehouse receipts.
 BayIes w. Harrison, another mem- Der of the firm, was arrested several days ago on charges alleging forgery of receipts to the extent of $80,000. Gilmore was released on $10,O00 bond. The warrant for his arrest was sworn out by the First National bank, which stated it had advanced $22,000 on the alleged fraudulent receipts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
NEGRO IS SENTENCED

ATLANTA, Ga, March N.-Robert Hill, Macon, Ga, negro, tried on a charge of murder in connection with the staying of J. W. Culpepper in Macon city park last December, to- night was found guilty of murder with recommendation for mercy by a grand jury in Fulton county superior court here.
 Miss India Cox, 17-year-Old girl Culpepper's companion on the night he was shot, testified that Hill was the negro who did the shooting. Hill immediately was sentenced to life inn prisonment. His attorney announced intent to appeal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
MEMPHIS TERMINAL
 CHANGES CONTROL
Largest Cotton Warehouse In
 South Is Transferred

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 2T.- Transfer of the properties of the Mem phis Terminal corporation, which op- crates the largest cotton storage ware house in the south, to the Memphis Warehouse company, new concern chartered under the laws of Virginia with capitalization of $1, 500, 900, was announced today by Joseph Newberger, local capitalist and cotton dealer who is one of the largest stockholders in the new company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
PINKERTON LEAVES
 ESTATE OF $I,595,OOO
Famous Detective Had Much
 Worthless Gold Stock

CHICAGO. March 27.-The will of William Allen Pinkerton, head of the Pinkerton National agency, was ap- proved in probate court. here today. The estate with the exception of the interest in the detective agency amounts to $1 ,595, 900 and is left to his two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Pullman, a widow, and Mrs. Joseph Watkins.
 Listed in the inventory as worthless were more than 5000 shares of gold mining atOck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
AIRMEN HOP OFF
 ON LONGEST FLIGHT
Attempt Trip From Dayton To
 Kansas City, 575 Miles

DAYTON, O., March 27. Hopping off on the longest navigation flight ever attempted, Lieut.. D. H. Barksdale, pilot, and Victor Showalter, navigate engineer, rose from McCook field and pointed the nose of their plane for Kansas City. The distance seperating the two points is 575 miles.
 The journey is to be at no less than 12,O00 feet altitude.
 From there they will fly to. Kelly field, San Antonio, Tex, 710 miles.
 The wind up of the flight is to be the attempt to fly from Kelly field to McCook field, HOO miles, nonstop. With favorable winds the two pilots expect to cover the distance in seven hours.
 The flight is made solely by navi- gation instruments, the fliers being out of sight of land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Cloudy Friday and Sat urday probably shClxers; mild tenn perature.
 Georgia: Fair Friday.
 Tennessee: Cloudy and mild.
 Mississippi; Cloudy. 2 (C0mplete weather data win Do found qn Page IL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
LANDSLIDE TOLL
 NOW PLACED AT 100

SALERNO,, Italy, March 27.-fBy Associated Press, More than 100 persons are known to have perished in the landslides yesterday in the region surrounding Amalfi. Thousands have been rendered homeless. Many people of the region are missing, but whether they are dead or have made their escape and are fearful of returning cannot be ascertained tonight.
 The torrential rainfall continued to- day, making mere acute the pliSht of those left without shelter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
LADY ASTOR FINDS ENNUI
 IN POLITICS

LONDON, March 27.--Lady Astor confessed herself disillusioned in politics in an address at q meet ing of young people last night. She said she did not consider the work of politicians very important.
 People who went into politics unless they had the highest ideals, took up very disappointing job. It was disappointing that the things one tried to do were so far away and one got Sblamed for all that was wrong in the world. st
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-28
BREAKS ALTITUDE RECORD

DAYTON, Ohio, March 27.--Lieut. Harold R, Harris of McCook field es- tablished a new unofficial altitude record today for airplane carrying a load of 551 pounds. Instruments on his plane showed that he reached a height of 28,41@ feet. NJ
 The former record was held by Ad- jutant Bury and was established in Bourget, France, on June 1, 1923. Ad- jutant Bury reached a height of 27,- lT68 feet,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03
II. S. BALANCE OF TRADE

While figures as rule are not inter esting to the average citizen, the busi- ness man interprets the continuous bal anee of trade in the United States in the light of this country's increasing pros perity. Apri's record as compared with that of the corresponding month of last year, as respects imports and exports, is encouraging to those who know what the balance of trade means. It is in effect the introduction of money from outside as a result of larger production at home than consumption. The surplus is mar keted abroad with the result that this country as a whole is strengthening in Stead of draining itself.
 The record shows that during April the United States imported nearly forty million dollars worth of products less than during the corresponding month of last year, while exporting twenty-one million dollars more. The balance of trade represents export business which adds to the national prosperity. Chang ing money fro none pocket to another, as in the case of trade which does not find its way outside of locality, brings no community extensive prosperity. The United States is the most prosperous country in the world because it's bal apce of trade has now come to be nearly always in its favor, sometimes on a very large scale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03

Cause" will have passed beyond. Their deeds of valor will live as an imperish- able heritage in the minds of the South ern people. It were we'll that they cher ish these memories, while contributing to the comfort and pleasure of those whose remaining days are few. &
 Merits of the cause for which these men fought and died need not be dis cussed here. That is now history with many bright chapters of noble deeds. Yet these meetings, and those which will be continued by descendants of the men who wore the grey, are contributing richly to the history of this country through preservation of records of those who distinguished themselves for heroism on many fields of battle.
 The history of America is closely iden- tified with the history of the War Be- tween the States. Indeed. it may be said that that great struggle, together with the causes that led to it and the period of reconstruction, carries the most interesting, if not the larger part, of the history of this nation. When the time is ripe for fair and impartial his tory of the Civil War. to be written, these records will be of incalculable value. Hence the splendid work of Con- federate organizations in their efforts to assemble and preserve them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03
OUR p1yERsIFICAT1oN GROWS

Announcement of the letting of a contract for the construction of a chem ical-fertilizer factory to cost about four hundred thousand dollars, and affording stEady employment for about sixty men, directs attention to the progress which has been made in this district during the last few years in the development of diversified industries. The average citizen of Birmingham would be sur prised to know how many different things are made here, and what percent age of them are produced from materials brought from a distance.
 One large manufacturing industry is nearly always followed by the establish nent of one or more smaller ones. While the various raw materials which are pro- duced in this district are an incentive to the location here of many industries using these materials, the Birmingham district is fast becoming known as a cen ter of diversified products which do not depend directly upon it's raw materials. Some reasons for this, as pointed out before, are climatic advantages, shipping facilities, favorable labor conditions, and nearby markets. Twenty years ago there were few manufacturing industries in this district which did not confine themselves to primary and basic raw ma terials. Now scores of industries dot the district, transforming secondary ma terials, with a constantly increasing va- riety of products.
 This is a situation which, while slow in coming, is now contributing generously to the progress and prosperity of the district. The foundations for develop nient of this situation are broad and complex Within the next few years the Birmingham district will be recognized as one of the country's greatest centers of diversified industries; it's growth and wealth are sure to proceed in proportion to the progress made in this field. The diversification is also insurance against industrial depression.
 Even now, leading New England news papers, which formerly boasted of the textile supremacy of that section, are reluctantly admitting that New England must be up and doing lest the South, in- cluding Alabama, become the chief cen ter of textile activity. Twenty years ago Pittsburgh was inclined to scorn the Birmingham district as possible rival. Now Pittsburgh recognizes Birmingham as one of her most formidable compet- itors, and comprehends the possibility of this district taking the leading place in the country in the iron and steel indus try. One of the best things that could happen to the Birmingham district would be for it's own people to realize more fully it's opportunities and it's possibili- ties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03
When You Play
By N. ADprNCroN BRUrk

R Summer is here once more, the splendid outdoor playtime But, alas, how many there are who fail to take advantage of it's opportunities for refreshing play--eyen among those who imagine that they are do- ing so. h
 F l had one such as golfing companion the other day.
 From the moment our round started, this golfer did not piay-he worked. Unmis. takably he made it evident that he had come to the links not for recreation but to make good score
 As 1t happened he began poorly. Forth with he indulged in the energy waste of an noyance and worry. When his round was done, with his score not so good as his expectation, he was uncommonly fatigued
 Yet he thought he had been playing. There are many golfers like him. There are many players of other games who similarly make burden of what should be means of pleasurable re-invigoration.
 To take any game over r-seriously-unless one is engaged in it as professional, when it becomes no longer g game but vocation --is to deprive oneself of it's play value. That should be obvious. Yet. judging from the evidence of everyday observation, it is not
 On the opposite, there is such thing as not taking game seriously enough
 What happens then is that the mind tends to wander to problems and perplexities which it is the mission of play to help one temporarily forget. As consequence, there is both needless inferiority in the playing of the game and failure to be rested by it as one should be.
 Often, to be sure. this untoward result is due to the unwise selection of games for ones
 Because ones friends play certain game tennis, or golf, or baseball. or whatever it may be--is not in itself sufficient reason one should play that game. Unless it has a genuine personal appeal it will not ade- quately exclude from the mind wearying thoughts.
 As with games, so with pastimes gen orally.
 The man who is not really fond of hunt ing or fishing or climbing will be ill-advised to seek recreation through hunt ing or fishing or mountain climbing. What he will derive therefrom will be only bore dom and increased fatigue. He had better far confine himself to the recreation of marely walking, if there is no game that wholly and insistently appeals to him.
 In sum, whatever you choose as a means of play do not so into it so earnestly as to convert it from play to work. And, on the opposite, choose as 8 means of play noth- ing that is intrinsically uninteresting to you. Observance of these two principles is pre- requisite to- getting out of play the benefit it always ought to yield.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03
Poor Man's Friend
By DR. FRANK oRANI

We. have heard a good deal of the poor mans friend. Here is one so advertised. He is a politician, and wants the poor mans vote, mainly because it is more numerous than the rich mans. Here's another, a philanthropist, who doles bread; another builds a hospital or a library or a college dormitory. And so on.
 And this is a symptom of charity among us, and it would be chulrish to snarl at it.
 But the thoughtful mind cannot resist the conclusion that in the long run such deeds are not of much permanent value to the poor
 The poor man has just one friend, real friend.
 It is the Honest Man.
 The more you think of that word honest" the more it seems to roar like thunder, to flash revealingly like lightning.
 The honest thinker. the man who refuses to say what he does not believe-how much the poor owe him! It is he who has stopped church prosecutions. upset gloomy theologists, overturned tyrant thrones, abolished iniqui tous laws, done away with evil customs. To him is due the death of witch burning, slav. cry and quackery.
 The poor have but one real enemy. It is Privilege. In the end the poor pay for hereditary monarchies. tariff.fattened trusts, gratis and sinecures, And the buttresses of privilege are moral cowardice and intellectual dishonesty.
 The prime minister of Privilege is Ex- pediency.
 It is expediency that protects and promotes graft, ecclesiastical political, or financial It is because men say what they do not believe, for the wretched reason that "it is best" or it is safest that ancient frauds live on and are fattened by the blood of the poor.
 There is no finer charity on earth than for a man to be truthful, tell the truth and act the truth At last it is such man who blesses his fellows.
 To get money from the people by chicanery and return it, or 8 part of it, to them as charity, this has hitherto been the typical philanthropist. The moral sense of the mod ern world has gotten, or is getting, beyond that.
 The Roman emperors oppressed the pepu. lace and gave them bread and eircuses--- panem ct circenses." The spiritual lords of medievalism oppressed the people and gave them "alms." The modern financial baron expresses the people and gives them-insti. tutions.
 And vet I show unto you a more excel lent way"
 It is--be honest.
 Take nothing you do not earn. Accept no benefit for which you do not return some equivalent. Think nothing that does not appeal to you as the truth. Tell the truth. Quit trying to do people good" Begin trying to be honest plain, downright honest.
 So doing you may be sure that no matter how lonesome or absurd you may appear on earth, you will find that in heaven your name will be set down as The Poor Mans Friend"