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Evening star., 1924-09-07

THE Christian Fflipinos will prob
ably object to any such division.
but the scheme is a most interesting
one and it's possibilities will have to
be threshed out with care and with
due regard to the engagements the
United States has made with the
Moros and consideration for the good
of both peoples.
If you will take your map of the
archipelago and consider the popu
lation which inhabits it, you may get
some understanding of how such a
division might work out to our bene-
fit, and possibly to that of the Fill
pinos themselves.
Roughly speaking, the archipelago
measures north and south more than
thousand miles. More than two
thirds OF its area is made up of the
islands which would be Independent
and form the new Philippine nation.
These include Luzon. which is as big
as Ohio and has four or five million
people; Samar. which is one-eighth
the size of Kentucky. with a popu-
lation equal to that of Indianapolis;
Negroes. almost as large, with more
than six hundred thousand people;
and Panay, which is one-tenth the
size of Pennsylvania and has more
people than st. Louis, Baltimore or
Boston. 1t would take in Cebu and Bo-
hol, smaller islands but more densely
populated. and other islands, the
whole having a population consider
ably more than ten-elevenths Of all
the Philippine peoples, with most Of
the cities and towns, most of the
public roads and railways, and. in
fact, the bulk Of the development in
the Philippines.
Now look again at your map of
the Philippines. If you view the out
lines of the archipelago as a whole
you will see that 1t forms the almost
perfect head Of a mule, whose neck
springs out from the great island of
are Mindanao, and whose defiant
right ear, Luzon, is lost in the chan
mel Of Formosa. / have before me the
map accompanying the Wood-Forbes
report OF the investigation of the
Philippines, and tho mules head
stands out as though drawn by an
artist. 1 have taken my pencil and
blackened one of the islands, which
serves as an eye. and drawn two
the Sulu Sea to Mindanao and joined
them there with two other lines
which run eastward through the Min
danao Sea to the Pacific. These lines
look just like a halter or bride and
they perfectly outline the division
of the archipelago which the Moros
want. I have entitled the map
"Haltering the mule"
The nose or lower part of the face
takes in Mindanao, the back of the
neck is Palawan. and the throat is
made up of the Zamboanga province
and the Sulu Archipelago. This in
cludes the whole Of Mohammcdan
land
Above the rein and nose strap of
the halter are the lands of the Chris
tian Filipinos, including about
eleven-twelfths Of the people, with
railroads. truck routes and cities and
towns. This part is producing today
practically all of the receipts from
the islands.
Mindanao. in the proposed Moro ter
ritory. is as large as Indiana and, to-
gether with Palawan and the Sulu
Archipelago, including scores of coral
and volcanic islands. the land below the
halter comprises perhaps one-third OF
the whole archipelago. This territory.
the neck and nose Of the mule, would -
scattered over a width Of ocean AZ vide
as from New York to Columbus. Ohio.
Evening star., 1924-09-07

LdHlpOdnSd, L. l.
~ OR the past few weeks / have
l. been travelling in the far south
of the Philippine Islands. NOV
Il ing about through Mindanao
and the great Sulu Archipelago GO
inhabited by the Moros. These south
ern islands have been their homes
for hundreds OF years. Before we
Americans came these people. had
here an empire of their own
whence their piratical leaders started
forth in Thur war vessels and levied
tribute on hte Filipino settlements
farther north.
The Spaniards attempted to con.
quer them, but the pirates carried
their raids even to the gates of Ma
Mia, and III those days the Filipino
settlements of this part of the world
were confined to small stations. such
as that here at Zamboanga, and the
walled town of Jolo, or the island of
Sulu.
The walls of Manila were built
chiefly as a defense against the Mo-
ros. When the Americans came in
they were subdued, and although
they have caused us considerable
trouble, they have at last come to
look upon US as their friends, and
like the Indians are most satisfied
to call Uncle Sam their Great Father.
At least this was the case until
the agitation for independence be-
came intense, and Congress was
asked to cut the Philippines abso-
lutely free of American rule. The
Jones act followed, and the manage
,nent Of all things in the southern
islands was practically given over to
the Christian Filipinos. The Moros
iyN hni
own land on the decline and them
selves practically in the hands of
those whom they formerly considered
their enemies.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Togo Gets Drastic Cure for Insomnia
Reading Upon Enterpisng Patient.
To Editor The Star who oftenly get
indigestion from devouring too much

indigestion from devouring too much
news
~ EAREST Sir:-Two or three
weeks Of yore I commence
getting that stylish disease
- name of Insomnia. 1t are
very tired sickness which
make it 30 that I cannot sleep be-
hausted from too much thinking.
"Nogi," / say to my lfght-head
cousin the other pm, unless ] get
more refreshment out of my dreams
! shall. soonly be a nervous rex.
What to do about it,"
Did you ever try reading some
book or magazine against your pill
low?" require Nogi soothly.
How could / afford 35c for a
magazine to sleep on?' I confuse.
That are cheaper than Dr's bill"
he narrate. 'Medicated advice might
cost you soc, carfare Xtra."
Therefore I took his words nervusly
while putting hat e. overshoes on my
feet that evening and eloping around
corner to the News. Cigar, Fruit, Gum
Shoepolish & Literature Store of Hon
Lorenzo Cowitch. who sells it.
Hon. Cowitch.'' 1 corrode when all
quite alonesome, what YOU got in
your reading liberty which are good
literature to sleep WITH"
What variety of dreams do you
prefer" he ask hastily. Pleasant,
natural. fiirtatious or porcupine?'
Il are very fond of nightma ra es."
1 report. but / require them to end
happily"
Togo" renig Hon. Cowitch with
business voice. Just so to shelf,
table, floor and everywhere and you
IS
tons"
And what he spoke was truthful
Mr. Editor, if you saw what I seen,
you would stop printing quickly.
There befront Of me were periodicos,
books and rcpublicationS standing in
stacks, piles &: dumps. Color of them
1nfiamsd my tired eyes slightly, but
AT lastly come to one which look
Kind of smallish and brownish with
portrait of femiline lady getting onto
street cars. I open it nervously to
see II il would put me to sleep.
we arc Sorra to report" say Page
] ot that printing, which were very
religious in its nature, that cansid-
cradle frisky sights are happening all
around us. SO that America shall be
reformed, let us relate to you a few"
! could never get to sleep reading
that, Mr. Editor, so l snatch up next
vol. which were name Of Smutty
stories. 1t commence with a his
torical writing called ~ Tale of .
Drummers.' l aXpect l should like
that. for I are very fond of novel
about drummer-boys & warfare But
1t turn out to be something about .
travelling Sailnan who had nothing
hrite about them aXcept their dia-
dimond stuckpins.
X
7 SCRAMBLE again in piled litera-
ture and dishcover a very comickle
paper name OF Fudge" 4 lady was
on the cover, but l do not think she
look very motherly.
] do not feel drowsy even then. so
] keep looking 6; find following list
of publishers:
l. Emotion picture magazine full Of
actresses whose lives reads like a
scenario by Harry Thaw with sob
titles by Luis Firpo.
2. Barcelona Independent. This news
tell how Revolution will start next
"edsdy, if it do not rain. Following
line of march:
Evening star., 1924-09-07

them. With militia feet they all
come marching straight at me. How
confused, Soonly they would stamp
all over me. Yet how to escape
away?
"Workmcn, arise
And advertiser
They holla that together like chorus
girls. Tramp, tramp, tramp the buns
come marching. Nextly / knew one
OF them walked right over my near
est corn. Ouches! Then another
stroked me on my wounded kneck.
Ny sakes of land!
Save me from it, I scrill.
you can be cured by saying Goo
Coo. 81 times while deep breathing"
pronounce Sir Jamrot Durbar, ap-
preaching uply with n tin skillet on
his skull.
stop spelling our Revolution :"
yipp that 1. w. w. SANDWICHES.
ma rching on my face while ! woke
uply 6, found myself sleeping on the
floor with my feet in the water
picher.
Hoping you are the same
Yours truly
HASHIMURA TOGO.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Would Divide the Philippines to Solve Present Problems

danger Of International complications.
They believe that should the United
States own the southern islands out
right, with this possession would come
a certain obligation to protect the is
lands TO the north. Under such an
arrangement Uncle Sam would still re-
main the big brother of the FIlipinos,
and neither Japan nor any other great
power would dare to risk war by an
invasion. Indeed, the relation of the
two governments might be somewhat
the Same as that which now exists be-
tween Cuba and the United States.
Copyright, 1924, Carpenters World Travels
Evening star., 1924-09-07
"DEs DEUx CHOOSES EUNE"
A Drama OF the First Empire
Adapted from the French Of
Dumas, Sardou, Hugo, Racine,
Corneille and all others who
ever wrote of Napoleon.


" HE opening part of the play is
intended to show the extraor-
dinary fidelity toward the
Emperor on the part of the
marshaIs of France whom he
had created. SCENE: The ball room
Of the palace Of the Tuileries. Stand
ing around are ladies in directoire
dresses, brilliant as rainbows. Up
right beside them are the marshaIs OF
France. There is music and a buzz
of conversation.
Enter Napoleon followed by Tally
rand in black, and two secretaries
carrying boxes. There is silence. The
Emperor seats himself at a little
table. The secretaries place on 1t
two black despatch boxes.
The Emperor speaks: Marshal
Junot.
The marshal steps forward and sa-
lutes.
The Emepror: Marshal: I have
heard strange rumors and doubts
about your fideIity. 1 wish to test
1t. I have here,-he opens one of
the boxes,-a vial Of poison. Here
Drink It.
Junot-With pleasure, sire.
Junot dinks the poison and stands
to attention.
The Emperor-Go over there and
stand beside the Comtesse de Ia
Polissonerie till you die.
Junot (saluting)-With pleasure,
Sire.
Napoleon turns to another
marshal)-Berthier?
Here, Sire!
Berthier steps out in front Of the
Emperor.
The Emperor frfsing)-Ha' Hai
Is it you?--he reaches up and pinches
Berthiers ear-Vieux paquet de
lingo sale!
Berthier looks delighted. It Is
amazing what a French marshal will
do for you if you pinch his ear. At
least it is a tradition of the stage.
In these scenes Napoleon always
pinched the marsha1s' ears and called
them-yieux paQuet dc linge sale,
Ctc
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terminate Arch gR m Fe m
Two an How FhEA View
Evening star., 1924-09-07
BY FRANK b. CARPENTER.

Zamboanga, P. I.
. OR the past few weeks / have
been travelling in the far south
of the Philippine Islands. NOV
ing about through Mindanao
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
GREAT PROSPERITY
 SYOITN BY BANK
Growth Of Florence And Muscle
 Shoals Is Releaved

A reflection of the growth of Flor ence and the Muscle Shoals district is found in the history of the First Ma. tional Bank there, one of the oldest and most respected financial institu- tions in the state. u.
 The bank was first organized in 1889 under Robert l.. Bliss with a capital of S50.000. Some years later it doubled this figure and in December. 1922, de- .clared q stock dividend of 200 per cent, bringing it's capital to $3O0,0OO.
 Three years previous to this step of expansion, however, the bank erected a marble three-story building at the cost of $115,0O0.
 Officials of the bank are: N. c. Fitting, president; s. W. Frierson, vice president; Turner Rice, cashier; R. W. Martin and L. R. Norvell, assistant cashiers. The president, vice president and cashier, together with H. P. Lucas, wholesale grocer, and $. c. Harlan, vice president and general manager of the Florence Wagon company, make up the board of directors.
 A financial statement of the bank shows resources and liabilities at $2.- 1O2.176 with deposits totalling $2,044,- 755,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
UTILITIES AWAIT
 M. s. EXPANSION
Complete Tri-Cities Serv- ice Maintained By Shef-
 field Company

When the rapid expansion comes to the Muscle Shoals district public utili. ties service will await it. The Shef- field company supplying power and street railways for the Tri-Cities, Florence. Sheffield and Tuscumbia. and water for the latter two, has planned with an eye on the future and will be well able to handle increased patron age.
 The water plant of the company, built upon the Tennessee river with the power plant, has a capacity of a million gallons and this production may be multiplied by six if the occasion de- mands. The water is here filtrated and treated to the point where it is the one of the few plants outside of Birming- ham which turns out a product judged as 100 per cent pure.
 In regard to the street railways op- erated by the company, eleven miles of are maintained between the three cities with service every 30 minutes. Last year the cars handled l,3l4.00O passengers. at increase of nearly 100000 over the previous year.
 J. +. Cannon, general manager, is actively in charge of the Sheffield com pany. He went to Sheffield in 1899 with a successful record in public utility concerns of Birmingham and Bessemer.
 Besides Cannon. officials are Henry Parsons, president: w. S. Hatch. vice president R. H. Hopkins, treasurer; and o. W. Hunter. auditor,
 The company is owned by Henry Parsons sons, having no indebtedness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
CHURCH SESSIONS
 PLANS ANNOUNCED
Southern Presbyterian Young
 People To Meet June 5

Young people of the Southern Pres byterian church of Alabama will meet June 5 for their annual weekly summer conference at Shocco Springs summer resort, two miles from Talladega. Rev. R. w. Miles of Auburn, chairman of the committee in charge of the sum mer conference, has announced an in teresting program for the event
 Study classes, recreation and social affairs all are being planned for this years meeting. and several prominent speakers are listed on the program. 4 Bible hour will be conducted one hour each day by Dr. H. Dunbar of Mobile.
 The 1924 conference will be the third of it's kind for the young people of the Southern Presbyterian church, and pres ent plans call for an attendance of at least POO persons.
 Combining religious study with rec reation, the camp offers much to re- | ligious students as place for a sum- mer vacation, according to the commit tee in charge of the program. Mornings at. the conference will be devoted to study courses, as will the carly after moons. From 3 to 5 o'clock each after. noon athletics and other forms of recreation will be held.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE HERALD
Dan Hanna's Loue Secrets Darken Daughter s Happiness
Granddaughter Of Famous Senator Will Be
 Quizzed In Suit Brought By Actress

secrets of Dan Hannas past life, in order to show that his alleged affair with Miss Evans was nothing unusual and therefore does, not warrant the enormous claims she is bringing against the estate.
 Had Many Affairs
 Dan Hanna. gay, dashing, under standing was a heart-bfeaker of the first magnitude, they will contend. He had many affairs with women. He spent lots of money on them. he loved them, and when he died, be had set tied with them all, as was. his GUS tom. ,' First he married May Harrington. They had three sons After the divorce, the first Mrs Hanna married Edmund K. StalIo, who had two daughters.
 Then Dan Hanna married Mrs. Wal ter De s. Maud, formerly Daisy Cor don, noted beauty. They had one daughter, Elizabeth, who will be chief witness for the plaintiff in this suit. This Mrs Hanna, after divorce, mar ried Frank D. Peltno, who had a son by a previous marriage.
 The third Mrs. Hanna was Mrs. Frank E. Skelly, formerly Marie Stuart, and the ex-wife of hotel clerk. They had two daughters. ysl
 Mrs. Millie C.. Hanna, Dan Hanna $ wifeN when he died, was the medium through which the gay son of the fam jous Ohio senator was revealed to the world. On his death, she declared she never would marry again because "no one could give me the great love he yaye me 1" Bess f.4t 4st-f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
POLITICS DRAWS
 COUNTY INTEREST
No Cases Set For Present Week In Either Divi-
 sion Of Court

With the grand jury recessed until May 12 and no cases set for the present week in either the civil or criminal di- visions, interest at the court house will center in the campaign for the board of revenue and other county offices.
 The state tax commission will con- tinpe its work. probably under the di- rection of Judge l.. l.. Herzberg. who has been in Birmingham for the last sev- eral days. and it is expected to have its report ready for submission to the county board of tax review, consisting of the five members Of the board of revenue and the tax assessor, when it reconvenes April 2S. This report will consist of assessments. which. in the judgment of the commission, should be increased or decreased in accordance with fluctuations in property values
 Several requests have been received by Probate Judge J. F. Stiles for ab- sentee ballots from voters who expect to be away from their precincts May 13. These will increase during the week and are expected to total 1000 or more before May s, the last day they may be issued.
 Sewer Extension Sought
 Citizens of Fairfield hope to get the revenue boards official approval of the proposed extension of the county sewer line through Fairfield and the matter probably will be acted upon at either Tuesdays or Fridays meeting. Mem bers of the board have expressed them selves as being in favor of the project, and little opposition is anticipated. The cost has ben estimated at S200,000.
 Solicitor Jim Davis and Assistant Solicitors Willard Drake and J. P. Me Coy will be in Montgomery during the week attending supreme court. A de- cision on the constitutionality of the Alabama blue sky law. under which several officials of the bankrupt Pres ton Motors corporation were indicted by the Jefferson county grand jury, is ex- pected. Judge William E. Fort of the circuit court declared this law uncon- stitutional, and the defendants were re- leased. The appeal to the supreme court followed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
SIX YOUTHS ESCAPE
 INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Getaway FrOfh Boys Home Is
 Made Saturday Night

Quietly dressing and slipping away under cover of darkness, six boys, Is and 1G years old, Saturday night escaped from the Alabama Boys Industrial school. They were Irby Smith, 16 years old: Cecil Ash. 16; Dewey Henley, 15: !: l.. D. Box, 15; Omar Lewis,. 16, and Eugene Venable, 16.
 The boys were last seen at about [ 30 o'clock Saturday evening, authori- ties at the school said Sunday. At that time all inmates of the school are re- quired to go to the dormitory, and a final roll call is made.
 All six of the escaped boys were present at that roll call. records show. but were absent Sunday morning A night watchman is kept at the school, but authorities believe the boys made their getaway while he was at another section of the school grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21

members of the board and have been under consideration for several days.
 May Revise Bids
 Revised bids on the new fire departz ment station, which will be built in Wylam, are looked for, but may not be submitted on such short notice, the com mission last Friday failed to make an award, considering all bids too high. ' One matter that has gone over from time to time is the resolution offered by Commissioner w. B. Cloe, on which no action has been taken, instructing the city attorney and city engineer to nance which will order procedure by tll& affected railroads to construct under passes at Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twentieth streets. and to institute con demnation proceedings for, the opening up of Nineteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
CITY MAY AWARD
 FUEL CONTRACTS
Action Expected At Meet. ing Of Commission On
 Tuesday Morning

Award of the contract to supply Bir- mingham's municipal vehicles with oil and gasoline during the next 12 months is expected at the Tuesday meeting of the city commission.
 The revelation made by City Attorney W. J.Wynn that the city can eliminate a cost of ? cents gallon by buying from supply concerns in other states and so avoid payment of the state gasoline tax, is expected to have it's influence on the bidders.
 Price lists on high and low grade oil and gas supplies have been received by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
PALMER COMPANY
 ORGANIZED IN 1915
Speciality Is Large Acreages
 Under Contracts

j.. H. Palmer, head of the Palmer Real Estate and Insurance company, is one of the few operators of the Mus cie Shoals district to establish his busi- ness before Wilson Dam came into prominence.
 In 1915 he roganized offices in Shef- field and a few years later opened n branch in the neighboring city of Tus- cumbia.
 The Palmer company speciaIizes in large acreage, having considerable hold ings in the region. It is not connected with subdivision work and handles only exclusive contracts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
By E. B. MAC DONALD :. (Leased Wire to The Age-HeraId

WASHINGTON, April 20.--Eliza- beth Hanna, beautiful granddaughter of the late Mark Hanna and one of the most popular debutantes of official so- ciety, has found the happiness of her approaching marriage suddenly dark ened by the shadows of her fathers romantic life.
 Miss June Avis Evans, an actress, is suing the estate of Elizabeth's fa- ther, the late Dan R. Hanna, Cleve- land publisher and son of the famous senator, for permanent allowance of $1 200 a month claiming that shortly before he died, he arranged such an al- lowance for her in return for her per mission to break their marriage en- gagement. v
 To Question Daughter
 Her claim is expected to hang chiefly upon the testimony of Miss Hanna. Miss Evans claims that while she was a guest at the home of Hanna shortly before bis death, the daughter was pres ent and knew of their engagement Miss Evans has obtained court order permitting her lawyers to question Miss Hanna here. -
 Miss Hanna is to be married within a few weeks and her wedding will be one of the star events of Washington's s official season. About the same time, she will be called upon to bare the intimate details of her fathers various matrimonial adventures as she observed them in her home.
 She is expected to tell of Miss Evans visits to- the Hanna home in Vest chester, New York. where the ageing Don Juan is said to have courted her and made the alleged arrangement to pay her S1,2OO month if she broke their engagement. sf.
 E, And in order to shatter the case of the pretty plaintiff, lawyers for the Hanna estate will uncover some love
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
WANTS EXERCISE
 FOR PRISONERS

MOBILE, Ala. April 2O,-(Special.( ) Albert S. Towle. chairman of the board of revenue and road commissioners said today that at the regular meeting of that body tomorrow he would suggest the board make some provision for giving prisoners open air exercise.