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The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20
Great Events That Are Changing
the Worlds Destiny Told
in Paragraphs.
ITEMS TO INTEREST ALL
Short Chronicle of Past Occurrences
Throughout the Union and Our
Colonies-News From Europe
That VIII Interest.
WASHINGTON

Angry crowd nails flag on German
Embassy, which refused to half-staff
Its colors for Wilson.
Woodrow Wilson's body, borne
through weeping crowds in a brief
procession, is laid at rest in crypt OF
Bethlehem Chapel.
Chairman Green, Republican, Of the
house ways and means committee.
came out in opposition to Secretary
MELONS stand for 20 per cent maxi
mum surtax rate, declaring for 35 per
cent.
German Embassy bows to protests
and half-masts its flag IN tribute to
Woodrow Wilson.
All activities in Washington halt for
two minutes at $3.50 D. m. as Woodrow
Wilson is laid to rest.
District of Columbia Court Of Ap-
peals rules Nicky Arnstein must serve
+ years in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Wilson decides against state
funeral for former President.
Supporters of the Ford offer for
Muscle Shoals planned to secure a
vote in the House before the tax bill
is reported out to monopolize atten-
ton. Meanwhile Hull, Iowa, was writ
ing a minority report opposing the
Ford offer. Both the other two ma
jor offers for Muscle Shoals are mani
festly better than the Ford OFFER"
said Hull.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20
GENERAL

P. NJ. Christie, college professor.
inventor of 4OO-mile-an- hour unicycle,
commits suicide at Camden, N. J.
a plan worked out by the joint
army-naYy board recommending con-
gressional approval of ten-year
buuding program for the air services
is expected to be approved soon by
Secretaries Weeks and DENLY.
Governor McMaster Of South Dako-
ia wired President Coolidge asking
action to stop the rising price of gas
onne, declaring the cornering of the
crude oil market by large oil interests
has taken the fight outside of his
state.
Nv York City ceases practically all
activities during hour of Wilson
funeral.
Congressional extension of tie mail
franklng privilege to Mrs. Harding for
hIe was given.
Sto.y OF Philadelphia bus franchise
plaa rouses protest before Quaker
City committee.
The House approved an appropria-
IT, 0I SIO,6OO,O00 for prohibition en-
foreement. Representative Hill, Mary
land, offered an amendment providing
that none Of the money be used by
Government agents to buy bootleg
I4s.4Or.
German ex-Katser, angered at for
mer Crown Prince, seizes his furniture
s Wieringen.
John T. King, Connecticut politician,
summoned in Washington oil lease
inquiry and further revelations are
predicted.
Dr. Levermore, $4,000 Box prize
winner, recalls how he and Woodrow
Muson or. lniZed Johns Hopkins Glee
Cnb.
Elihu Root, former Secretary Of
State, who recently underwent an
operation for removal of a stone in his
kidney, was taken from the hospital to
his Fifth avenue home in New York.
President Coolidge offers plan to
aid farmers n West at conference
In Washington.
An increase of two cents in the
price of gasoline and an advance of
one cent in the price of kerosene, is
announced by the Standard Oil Com
pany OF Indiana.
The first American Legion post in
Illinois named for Woodrow Wilson
was authorized when Jacob Tenny OBJ
tanned confirmation from Legion state
headquarters at Bloomington of the is
suanee OF charter to Woodrow Will
SOL post No. 276. of which Mr.. Tenny
Is commander.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20
FOREIGN

British Labor Ministry calls on en-
ployers and employees to submit
plans for relieving housing situation
and unemployment.
Mexico City regards revolution as
definitely scotched with evacuation
of Vera Cruz.
Pharaohs undertakers faxed coffi1
materials, use of granite shows.
Lloyd George interview charging
secret compact between Wilson and
Clemenceau causes sensation in Lon
don and split between Government
and Liberals is believed possible.
New York State Senate passed the
emergency rent laws.
Adolfo de la Huerta, leader of the
instruction against the Obregon Gov
ernment, has fed Vera Cruz on a ship.
bound for parts unknown. This, in
the opinion of Mexican officials, indi-
Gates the collapse OF the revolution.
General Pepeliayeff. formerly com.
mander of the Siberian white" anti.
R7lsheYik army, and twenty of his fol.
lowers have been sentenced to death
by the military tribunal at Chita for
their counter-revolutionary activities
in Siberia after Kolehak's defeat.
Fifty-seyen others were given various
prison terms.
Splendor of Pharaoh's coffin dazes
onlookers.
Mexican federal troops are being
moved to Jalisco sector for decisive
battle with rebels.
The Bombay government ordered
the release Of Gandhi, Indian Nation
alist leader, who on March Is, 1922,
was sentenced to six years i'm prison
ment for sedition.
In all the Belgian churches a pas
torai letter from Cardinal Mercier
was read, denying that conversations
at Malines tended to jeopardize a sin
gle article Of the Roman faith.
Woodrow Wilson will become one of
the great figures Of history, says
Lloyd George
General Condylis, Republican leader,
declared in the Greek National Assem-.
bly,: Even If the people vote in favor
OF the return of King George the
Greek army will never permit him to
assume the throne"
The first recommendation Of the
committee of international experts
studying Germany's ability to pay
reparations will be for the immediate
return of economic control of the
Rhineland and the Rubr to Germany.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST

In Germany the crlminally negligent
responsible for fire is sent to Jail.
Mexico Is now the third largest
importer of boots and shoes from the
United 3tates.
Every six tons of waste paper pro-
duces the equivalent In pulp of an
acre of virgin timber.
Teapot Dome naval oil reserve is
SO called because of a great rock
shaped in the form of teapot,
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20

America hailed as Industrial art
center at dinner to Henri Creange,
winner of medal for artistic silk pro-
duction.
President Coolidge directed the tar
In commission to proceed with an in
vestigation of the entire vegetable
oils tariff schedule.
The McNary- Haughen bill for a
s50,000.000 grain export corporation
was denounced as paternalism gone
mad by L. F. Gates, former president
of the Chicago board of trade, before
the House agriculture committee.
Prospects that the Ford proposal to
take over Muscle Shoals would be
brought to a vote in the House with
in the near future faded as it became
known that House leaders had decid-
ed first to consider the appropriation
and tax bills.
Forty-two iron miners drowned
when bottom of lake falls out, flood
ing workings l. Crosby, MINI.
The House rules committee had
under consideration a rule to bring the
Ford offer for -Iuscle Shoals to vote
in the House.
Eli Everitt sixty-fve, shot and
killed his wife, Hattie, 23 and then
turned the gun on himself at their
home In East Stroudsburg, Pa.
New alignments by Democrats On
league expected to follow Wilson's
death.
The First National Bank of War
road, Mimi, has been closed.
New York Presbytery. by vote Of
III to 2S, upholds Modernist views Of
DR.. Fosdick.
Friends of Major General Wood say
his support for preparedness move
ment kept him from commanding a
division In France.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20

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order.
Definite provision for 25 per cent
income tax reduction for 1928 written
into bill
Announcement made that injunction
y-oceedings to stop extraction of oil
from the Teapot Dome and Elk Head
Reserve would be instituted.
Shipping made slight gain in 1923,
is report TO association.
Advance in crude oil and gasoline
reflects decreased production.
A plan for relieving the agricultural
and banking distress in the North
west, based on mutual cooperation be-
tween the Federal Government and
business interests in that region, was
outlined by President Coolidge in an
address before the Washington con-
ference on Northwestern agriculture
and hnance.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20

Bolivia is the only South American
country without seaboard.
Life insurance policies OF $l,ooO'ooo
or more each are carried by 12o
Americans.
During the Civil war the Capltoi
basement in washington did service
as a military bakery.
The first sanitary legislation In
America was a quarantine act passed
In Massachusetts, In the year 1e4s.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20
Ears for Steamers.

Modern ocean steamers are being
equipped with sensitive electrical
"ears" by means of which sounds be-
meath the surface of the ocean are
easily audible. In fogs or storms these
"ears' hear submarine signals when
buoys and other signals are invisible.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20
NATIONS BUSINESS

The Alaska railroad, the only rail-
road owned and operated by the gov
ernment, will be self-supporting with
In another year, Lee H. Lands, gen.
eral manager, predicted.
The McNary-H -Haugen farm aid bill
was opposed before the house agri-
culture committee by L. F. Gates, for
mer president of the Chicago Board
OF Trade, and F. E. Watkins, presi-
dent of the National Grain Dealers
Association.
Retail merchants of New York C-sy
<aunicized<for hom baStic advertising.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20
Shrine for Women.

In Chinese Turkestan there is IA
nous shrine which is frequented by
women only, and especially by girls
gho offer prayers for rich husbands.
without mothers-in-law.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20
SPORTING

English racquet players beat picked
New York team.
New York Yankees release two re-
cruit catchers to minors on option.
The American girls hockey team
lost to the North of England team at
Southport, England, II to l.
Paul Berlenbach plans to meet Au-
gle Rather in Garden on February Is.
Miss Sybil Bauer sets new worlds
record for 100-yard back-stroke swim
at Miami.
Ray Watson wins 600-yard Newark
special at Newark A. C. games; Andy
Craw captures senior metropolitan
one and one-half mile title.
Winter Olympic, sports officially
close wit award of prizes.
American League vote to award
diploma to leading player in its cir
Cit each year.
Betless horse racing closed for Ia
E cond and last time at Culver City,
Cal, after failing in an attempto
Comeback"
According to the present plans of
Tex Rickard. professional hockey will
be played at Madison Square Garden.
New York, next winter Agreement
fo' such an innovation was reached
between the promoter and Tom Dug
gan of Montreal.
Norway wins first place in Olym-
pic winter sports aanni illlGsi6a
finishes To-
COLUMBIA ahHounces Football sched-
ule for 1924; Syracuse to be met at
Polo Grounds on Thanksgiving Day.
A Boston writer, speaking of the
Wambsganss ONeill Burns Few
ster transfer, says: "Al Walters is
the last of the Old Red Sox who.won
the Worlds Series of 1919 from Fred
Mitchell's Chicago Cubs.
According to reliable information
from the stronghold of the Giants.
frankie Frisch, native New Yorker,
graduate of Fordham and formerly
known as "The Fordham Flash" will
be the next manager of the New York
National League Club. John ]. Nc
Graw's contract expires in 1925 at
which time the 100000 player of the
Giant clan is due to become pilot.
New York tennis players regain
Heights Casino cup by defeating Bos-
ton in intercity match.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-20

black moose he killed while on a
hunting expedition north of Tracy, N.
B. This specimen weighs a thousand
pounds. Its hide is especially valu-
able. as black moose are rarely seen.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
How to Relieve
Neuritis
Take Eopa Neuritis Tablets.


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NeuritiS 10 nerve inflammation brought
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attack about the shoulder or nape Of
the neck. in the forearm. thigh or leg.
end sometimes In the small Of the back.
For real relief. procure bottle Of
Eopa NeuritiS Tablets from your drug
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meal The result win amaze you. Never
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Eopa NeuritIs Tablets contain No
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The Washington times., 1924-07-04
ESSAYS IN
SLANG

Snoring is breathing on stills.
A ffrst-class snorer can always
get a. job making jazz photograph
records. Or manufacturing static
for broadcasting stations.
It's poor form to snore In,
church. One should sleep through,
a sermon like a gentleman. And
do not snore while the. wife IS lee
turing you. Shell only wake You
up and knock you to sleep natur-
ally. The safest time to snore IS
over a plate Of soup. The nobody
will notice 1t.
One man snored so loud he
went to bed with earmuffs on.
Another fellow was so ashamed
Of his snoring that he set the
alarm clock so he could catch
himself doing it.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
LOST LINKS

The man who looks dignified
In q BARRIERS chair.
a telephone in a prison cell.
The woman who refuses to
send any post cards from a sum.
mer resort.
a foreign count by the name
ct Smith.
A betless race track.
"A friend who hasn't pet rem.
edy for q cold.
A pair Of silk stockings in a
safe deposit vault.
A picture Of Cupid wearing a
beard.
A wife who never said, "Your
soup Is getting cold. !"
An asbestos match stick or a
lady barber.
a restaurant menu without any
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
DRAMA FOR
THE HOME
BY 10 Swerling

Every Family ITS own stock
Company Il the slogan Of this
column, which offers d completes
play Tor parlnr or sitting room.
This bin Is entitled:
WHO DONE TIP,
THE CAST.
Balderdash. the rich millionaire.
The Butler.
The Cop.
The curtain discovers the H.
Drary Of the Balderdash mansion
IA Long Island. The room Is dark
save Tor one light which reveals
. form lying on the floor. The
whistle Of policAman's alarm Is
heard 0ffstaee. and moment
4 lateE the cop Is ushered in BY the
butler. They bend, examining the
1ace q the man on the floor.
WyHE COP Dead! Quite de-
ceased.
The Butler It's the mas
ter. Mr.. Balderdash.
The Cop The rich millionaire?
The Butler None other.
The Cop There Is nothing left
Tor me to do but to put you under
the third degree. It Is true, Is it
not. that Mr.. Balderdash. tho rich
millionaire. was giving = week
end party in his elaborate shoot
ing box on Long Island?
The Butler Quite so.
The Cop All! Then that's es.
tablished. Was there q paper
knife, In the library?
The Butler Yes, sir. II
The Cop--Goodi Stabbed with
q, paper-knife Now to- establish
the motive. Who is heir to his
estate?
The Butler His handsome
nephew, who, although dissolute
and known to have been gambling
heavily in Wall street recently, is
otherwise beyond reproach.
The Cop--A And was one Of
the guests a woman who had
figured scarcity in the past Of
Balderdash, the rich millionaire?
The Butler Yes. She was
heard to threaten him.
The Cop Good. And how about
the business associate BaIderdash
ruined in the wheat pit?
The Butler He was among the
guests, and he acted strangely.
The Cop And how about the
eccentric inventor 1.-THE one whose
grain deodorizing patent was
stolen by Balderdash, the rich
millionaire?
The Butler-IIe was among
those present, and was heard to
plead with the master to make
restitution.
The Cop-Excellent! All OF
these have motives. But it al
ways turns out that those who
have motives never commit the
crime. We must find one who
has absolutely no motive. Did
you have a motive for killing
Balderdash, the rich millionaire?
The Butler Cblanchingl- Not q
motive in the world.
The Cop-Then must arrest
you for the murder Of Balderdash.
the rich millionaire.
The Butler But / didn't kill
hilnI
The Cop-Then who sdid2
Cat this point Mr.. Ralderdash.
the rich millionaire, comes to
life long enough to thumb his
nose at the two OF theIr4.)
Mr.. Balderdash (tfie rich million.
airel Nobody killed me. / com.
mitted suicide!
SLOW CURTAIN.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
EM3RA 6 9 9 Z

THIS IS LIABLE 70 6E
the 6EST EODRTH or
July W. HAVE EVER HAD
~ Our NEIGH eoRHOOc
SHR IMP FLYNN MADE n !
DleKER WiTA SKINNY ANO
ccFIT 70 CUE HIM THEIR
FIRE CRACKERS UlITH COHlcR
10 SLoU w HIS TREASURE
BOX. Just THINK -FoR
UAO SMALL FIRE CRACKERS
ooFTf IS 70 GET TEN
THOU SAND DOLLARS, ANo
For one GIANT cAEtNtoN .
CRACKER SKINNY IS 10
GET UUENTf SEUEN THUS
AND DOLLARS AID FIFTY ceNIS.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
MIDDLECLASS
MELODRAMA

When you got long distance
telephone call when company
was present.
When Ma put perfume IN Pas
old pipe and Pa couldn't see the
joke.
The following letter from the
bank: We regret to inform you
that your account is. overdrawn
and request your immediate at
tention in regard to this matter.
fThe letter was addressed to
Mrs. and opened by Mr.
Taking Uncle's ear trumpet
away from baby.
When Pa turned over Mas
sewing basket as he was sneak
ing in late after the poker party.
When you can't reduce the
telegram you are sending to less
than eleven words.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

Handcuff the children to your
wife. 20 that you can read 4 novel
IN peace instead Of Jumping up
every five minutes to save them
form drowning.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

Taking Uncle's ear trumpet
away from baby.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

The athletic girl who In
veigles you intof a. canoe strip.
only to take nap while you do
all the padding.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
IT'S IA GREAT
LIFE
BY Les COnkIin.

MyFIE fIapper's idea Of hus.
band Il : man who can be
towed by 4 rope On q shop
ping tour. and dragged up to the
cashiers desk when funds are
needed.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

The pessimist who relates
long series Of deaths at hospitals
upon learning that you are plan
ming to undergo an operation.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

# IL advisable to bring your
lunch along. II this Ii impossible,
$50 viii be sufficient to buy .
few sandwiches at refreshmen.
booths on the beach.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
FOUR BALLS

The guy who drops In to teach
you to play your new saxophone
and practices on 1t All evening
himself.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

Choose a secluded spot On the
beach. five miles or 80 from the
bath-house. and hide under the
boardwalk where stout ladies' viii
not step on you AZ they stroll
along the sand.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04
How 70 Enjoy d Day &c the
Bathing Beach.

Start for the beach In your au-
tonobiIe at five o'clock IN the
morning. before the traffic gets
heavy. Otherwise you win not
arrive until shutdown.
The Washington times., 1924-07-04

TO avoid the traffic jam on the
return trip, start for home at
midnight. Then you can steam
along like an Erie freight with
no cows on the track.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-06
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FINANCIAL
MORTGAGE LOANS
MORTGAGE LOANS

Made for periods of to : years on i'm. proved Birmingham property at reason. able rates. Unlimited funds at all timss
 HAzzARD-cLARK MORTGAGE CO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-06
MERCHANDISE
FUEL

COAI.-Brilliant lump, Ss.60;N Brilliant $7: Galloway No. lump. Ss:fS; Monte. vallo wash nut. S7.75: good for furnac, and Arcola use: prices for thiSgweek only Peoples Coal Co.,. Main ef7e.. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-06
EMPLOYMENT
HELP WANTED-MALE

D-Young lady stenographer; :; young lady Elliott Fisher bookkeeping |perator; young, man stenographer. gen eal office work; transit man (mines) ; good rough carpenters; insurance | lesmen; experienced street fakir; table Ioys; outside electricfans; check room Edies: white coal cutting machine run lers; white -colored woman wash glasses :; Ihite-colored coal miners. loadefs; col Ted carpenters; colored walters ho- bl hall poys. bus boys. women cooks
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-06

lALESMAN-A man willing to work, neat appearance and active; the house is the krgest of its kind; a steady position and nance for managerial position to the man Tho qualities and can furnish good ref fences. For interview. apply to 514 Age Lerald Bldg. after 4:30 p. m.A
 GENERAL OFFICE MAN Eanted for local wholesale house. must
 "a high type man with several years ex-
 srfence; good salary, Apply at once, hn2 Age Herald Bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-06
REAL ESTATE-SALE K BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR SALE ss
INVESTMENTS

INVESTMENTS THIRD AVE. CORNER-This corner is the cheapest on Sd Ave-, and is within blocks of ,20th St.; lot 100x100; price $25,0O0, terms; all street improvements in and paid for.
 THIRD AVE.-50x140, wei. improved, modern brick building, renting for $250 per month; price and terms can be arranged; no mort gage to assume; make your own terms.
 SEVENTH AVE. CORNER, 10Ox120, now rented for $301 per month; price $35,000, terms.
 THIRD AVE. CORNER $46,OOO, rental $500 per month till Oct. 1, 1925, and then $355 per month till Oct. l, 1927. Terms.
 2OTH ST. CORNER-Within 3 blocks of 1st Ave-; price $45,000; now rented for $275 per month. If you are in the market for safe investments that will enhance in value. Call or see
 T. F. WOOD with
 MEYER & ENGEL 1901 1st Ave. Main 5906
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-06
Notice

Letters testamentary the last will and testament Of Mark A. Myatt having 9th day of February 1924, by the Hon. j. 2, Stiles. Judge of Probate Court of Jefferson County. Alabama, notice is here by given that all persons having claims against said estate are required to pre- sent the same within the time allowed by law, or the same shall be forever barred.
 AUGUSTA l.. WYATT.
 MARK A. MYATT, JR..
 Execut0gA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-06
BILL CLERK

Eanted for industrial plant; prefer one [ith knowledge of shorthand, must be l-I man. Apply at once. 200S Age-H Her Id BldS'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-06
LEGAL NOTICES

NOIlcc
 The State of Alabama. Jefferson County; Estate of F. R. Simpson, deceased. Letters documentary upon the last will and testament of said decedent, having been granted to the undersigned on the Fist day of January. 1924 by the Hon orabIe ]. P. Stiles. judge of the probate court of Jefferson county, notice is here by given that all persons having claims against said estate will be rsqui-ed to present the same within the tiIns al- lowed by law. or that the same will be barred.
 MARY FRECH SIMPSON.
 ESecutrix
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-06

Letters testamentary on the last will and testament of Daniel T. Smith having been granted to the undersigned on tho J. P. Stiles Judge of Probate of Jefferson County. Alabama. notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or the same shall be forever barred
 TITLE GUARANTEE LOAN AND
 TRUST co. Executor
 B. E. L. Smith. Treasurer.