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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
Merry Christmas
 Is Mocking Term
 To These Children

M EW YORK, Dec. 25.-"Merry | V Christmas
 Could you laugh that one off if you were one of the five Alexan- drowicz kids?
 Their mother is dead at the morgue and their father, Adam, is under arrest charged with beating her to death because she wouldn't sober up long enough to provide decent Christmas for the kids.
 Little John, 13 years old, the big boy of the family, held to the middle of the road in telling about the rumpus. He didn't exonerate his Pa nor conceal his Mas weakness for bootleg. He said Ma had been drunk all week and that his father had struck her because she wouldn't quit
 Police found lots of empty whisky bottles.
 In a dreary world which gives them little to laugh at, Merry Christmas" is certainly the seasons orfe big gibble to the Alexandrowicz kids.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
THEATER PLANS
 NEW YEAR FROLIC
Audience To Get Chance To Dance With
 Beauties

Something extraordinary by way of Midnight Comedy Festival is announced for New Years Eve, Wednesday night, at Loew's Bijou in conjunction with the all-girls big show to be presented all next week.
 Promptly at 10 o'clock Wednesday right tickets will go on sale for this unique event, and the doors will open at :45, the program starting at II o'clock with a two-reel comedy, Lloyd Hamilton in killing Times" The vaudeville program, consisting of five special acts with clowning and farce features, begins at il :25 sharp.
 "Th. Dixie Dew Drop Dave Macon, who tickles a wicked banjo is coming especially to Birmingham from the Tennessee mountains as the quest of Manager E. A. Vinson for this occasion, and some rip roaring fun is assured all who hear Dave in his speciality between the vaudeville acts. This Vocation Rec ord artist has recently scored such a hit that he will leave for .New York during the following week to sign up long time contract with Marcus Loew for the vaudeville circuit.
 A Birmingham hoy, lily Miller, known as Hard Luck" in minstrclsy, will also appear on this midnight frolic bill, fol- lowed by comedy cartoon, and at 12 o'clock the New Year will be ushered in with the darkening of the house. fol- folwed immediately thereafter by the clearing of the stage for q dance by the audience, the lucky ones being permitted to dance with the stage beauties, not less than 10 of them, in the various acts of the weeks bill.
 Fun galore and entertainment of the highest variety is promised all who will be privileged to attend this Midnight Comedy Festival which will be con- ducted along the same lines as those in New York on New Yenr's Eve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
BABE ART IN CATHEDRAL
St. John The Divine, New York, Con
 tainS Ancient And Mndern Works

\
 tains Ancient And Modern Works
 The choir stalls of carved American oak rise in four tiers on either side of the choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Devine in New York. The can0- pies are copied from those in the chapel of Henry VIII, in Westminster Ab- bey, used as the chapel of the Knights of Garter. Figures are the finials of the stalls, 12 great musicians and com posers of church music.
 The high altar is white Vermont mar ble The statue of Our Lord, the ceD- tral carving ill the reredos, is seven feet high, and those of Moses ahd St. John the Baptist are six feet five inches each. The great rectangular panel in the lower part of the reredos is filled with rare Spanish embroidery, of ara besque design, 200 years old.
 The organ contains 1000 pipes and chime, connected by electric wires with the console located in the gallery on the south choir screen. The console has four manuals and two octaves of pedals, 106 speaking stops, thirty one couplers, and thirty three pistons. It is the gift of former Vice President Levi F. Morton and Mrs. Morton.
 About the Barbarini tapestries per haps the most sentimental interest is centered. They were woven in the first half of the seventeenth century on the papal looms founded by Cardinal BarbG- rini, under the patronage of his uncle, Pope Urban VIII, and executed under the direction of the master weaver, Jacques Della Riviera, from cartoons painted by Jean Francis Romanelli, the cartoons being now ill the Vatican. The tapestries were originally de- signed for the throne room of the Bar barini Palace in Rome and were pre- sented to the cathedral by Mrs. Eliza beth U. Coles, who is said to have paid for the 12 of them $45,000.
 The charter for the cathedral was granted in 1873, and the second Bishop Potter worked on the raising of funds between 1886 and 1891, securing enough to purchase the property between Am sterdam avenue and AIorningside park and between 10th and 112th streets, which is now the Close.
 The grounds comprise eleven and one half acres and other buildings which have been erected besides the cathedral on the Close are the bishops house, the deanery, the choir school, the synod house and St. Faiths house. Up to date there have been spent on the GU tbedral between five and six million dollars. and it is estimated that t7 complete the edifice will require at least 20 million dollars more.-New York l Evening Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
LAY "MOSIACS" OF GUM. Editor Calls Attention to Floor 'DecOratiOns" in Public Places. /

Attention of owners of office build ings in New York City has been called to the curious effects that are notice able on the tiled and marbled floors of entrances and railways. Dark blotches scattered without any apparent plan appear in many irregular designs and they are puzzling to the observer until 1t is realized that Americans are responsible for chewing gum mosiacs which have been incorporated into all styles of architecture.
 Here in California which claims, as one of its foremost citizens, man re- sponsible for q habit that has taken hold of persons of every class, our mOsaics are becoming more and more widespread. They are inlaid in our sidewalks. They are especially con spicuous in our postoffices and they appear on our street car platforms.
 In plastic form the small bits of ornamental substance are carelessly dropped. Then they are trodden by hundreds of feet They assume varied shapes as they are ground into floors or pavementS and then smoothly pol lshed by the steps of pedestrians. On certain surfaces the gum wears off, or possibly 1t is forcibly removed, but it generally leaves stain.
 In the past, tobacco chewers con trlbuted to the ornamentation of prome- nades in this country and their activi- ties, so dramatically described by Dick ems, became national reproach. The chewing gum muSiacS should he diScOur- aged before they, in course of time, be- come matters of international discus sion. Our new structures should not contain them
 The thousands who masticate the sweetened little slabs that are sold everywhere should take notice. II should not be necessary to demand leg islation regulating the disposal of waste products. We have enough laws now -Argonaut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE LYRIC

Performers at the Lyric Thursday night apparently extended themselves to offer vaudeville devotees a true holiday treat, or perhaps the bill for the last half of the week is naturally one of unusual merit. Five entertaining acts were offered, and not one of the five could be called to back number.
 Comedy, music and novelty were of fered in various combinations, begin ming with the performance of Friscoe's seals These animals. trained to q high degree of perfection, caught the interest of the audience from the start with their antics and stunts. The windup of this act was a musical number by one of the seals on scale of horns.
 Slim Moore and Frank Mitchell came second, and these comedy gymnasts also were interesting. Billed as "W0rse-A- Tile Comedians" they did a little bit of everything. ranging from bur lesGue acrobatics to song.
 Little Donna Dameral, billed as as sistant to her father, George Dameral, andr Myrtle Vail, proved one of the hits of the third act. Gifted with an attractive voice, youth and beauty, IJOHHd Hdu lIlIle ullIlCuIIS III WihilIhS < the uadience. George Dameral and Byrtle Vail supplied the comedy for the act.
 A musical act was offered by the three Fleming sisters, Marie, Ethel and Florence. With violin. cello and piano playing in trio, classical and popular numbers were given.
 The closing act was one of unusual novelty, entitled "Play Ball. Little marionettes were the chief performers, doing their bits upon the stage in life like and realistic manner. As a revela- tion. the curtain was raised to the roof showing the marionettes to be handled single-handed by Miss Lillie Faulkner from above, with com plicated set of threads extending be- low 10 the dummy performers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
KINDNESS REWARDED

One day small boy was vainly trying to reach the front-door bell of certain house. He made several determined ef- forts, and after a quarter of an hour of unsuccessful attempts he was nearly in tears. At that moment kind-hearted old gentleman came by.
 Taking pity on the lad, he was mayed to kindness, and, going up to him, said ::
 Let me ring it for you, Tommy"
 Whereupon he pulled the bell vio- lcntly, so that it awoke the echoes inside the house.
 kind one, with smile at he boy.
 And now, what do we do?' asked the
 Run like the dickens" answered the lad as he suited the action to the word. Answers, London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
TADPOLE'S GROWTH
Thyroid Extract Also Speeds Lizar, DevelOpment 10000 Years. If Is Ss

DoNoiOpHchG lU,UUV 1esarS, It IS Salu
 Prof. Julian Huxley, senior demon strator in biology at New College, OK ford, delivered lecture in Toronto the other night which explained as the speaker himself termed it, discoveries which have not yet penetrated into the consciousness of the lay public"
 Biology" the speaker said, lis in the same state as were physics and chem istry some century or more ago. We are just discovering the fundamentals. |"
 Control of mammal growth, Professor Huxley asserted, could be gained in cer- tain ways. The first of these was nu- triton. Numerous illustrative slides were shown.
 A second means of controlling growth was through the ductless glands. The thyroid gland, in the throat, was an i'm portant one. Remarkable things could be done to animals by the use of thy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
NTSICAL CLUES

A concert by the famous Cornell Musical clubs is q feature that lends brilliancc and variety to any city's musical season and Birmingham is for tunate in being included in the holiday itinerary of the Ithacans this year. The organization consisting of 62 under graduates, will appear at Phillips audi foriun. on the evening of December 2.' under the auspices of the local Cornell club.
 This particular aggregation of singers Lanjo and mandolin pickers is one of the finest in the country and their programs contain so many innovations and sur prises that the audience that greets them in Birmingham is promised one of the peppieSt musical entertainments ever offered here Seats will be on sale ;t Clark and Jones Piano company or December 2G.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
RECEIPE OMITTED

Because I would have every man take advantage of the blessings of Providence, and few are acquainted with the method of making wine of the grapes which grow wild in our woods, I do here present them with q few easy directions, drawn from some years ex- perience. which if they will follow they may furnish themselves with a whole some srrightly claret, which will keep that which paSSeth for French claret- for several years and is not inferior to Ben Franklin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26

roid extract, to make them grow; or by the removal of this gland to retard their growth. In the case of frogs, the merest touch of thyroid turned them from tadpoles into maturity in frac- ton of the ordinary time, and in the case of a certain water lizard the use of this extract resulted in gradual transformation in to a land lizard, a which might not happen normally in a period of 10000 years or Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
ChiIdren's Fatal Diseases

Worms and parasites in the intes- tines of children undermine health and so weakens their vitality that they are unable to resist the diseases so fatal to child life. The safe course is to give few doses of Whites Cream vermifuge. It destroys and expels the worms without the slightest injury to the health or activity of the child. Price 35c. Sold by Alleys Seven Stores.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
CHILD IS KILLED

SHREVEPORT, LasDec. N~peath struck in the midst of a merry Christ. mas party here today when e chimney collapsed at the home of M. T. Horton and breaking through a kitchen wall crushed out the life of Norman Horton, one year old. Mrs. Horton was struck by the falling brick, and is in hospital with a broken leg, a crushed hip and internal injuries. Physicians believe she will recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
CAUSE

DauGhter-What makes pa look so mad!
 Mother-IIe got cinder in his eye on the way to church and it kept him awake all through the sermon.-Dublin Telegraph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
NOT A PENNILESs GAS COMPANY

Gas cOmp0nios always have some pet trouble, but the gas company in London Ihas special worry, the accumulation of pennies that are used in the gas meter slots The company has so many the banks will not take them and the surplus is stored in q cellar, about 17 1nillion pennies, amounting to a tidy sum of ready cash that iS not usable save ill small amounts as the banks and merchants and shopkeepers wish to re plenish their small change, and the gas company has q special group of em- ployes handling the piles of small change and working vigorously to reduce the stock on hand.-O'uo State Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26
THRIFTY SCOT

The Scotsman, away on his annual vacation. was head over heels in love with q certain young girl he left be hind him." At last he could stand the suspense no longer, and. going to the telegraph office, he at once sent off Il telegram asking her if she would marry him. That happened in the morning and he spent the entire day in the office waiting for a reply. That night call ,came through accepting him.
 If l were you" sadi the operator, when at last he was leaving, "I should think twice before I'd marry a girl who kept me waiting all day long for an answer
 .No, na,'' rctorted the Scot "The girl who waits for the reduced night rates is the lass for me.'-I-os Angeles rTimes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-26

Good realty investments are found through Age-Herald Want Ads.
Askov American., 1924-08-28

advanced that balanced budgets
are necessary before Europe can
square her Indebtedness to the
United States and these steps
cannot be accomplished over
night. The reparations subject
viii undoubtedly provoke a con-
troversy but domestic matters
viii naturally predominant in the
end.
II is reported that discussion
is now turning to the possibili-
ties of the present Congress act
ing as arbiter of the elections.
assuming that the LaFollette can
didacy win eomplicate matters in
the electoral college and prevent
q decision. Perhaps, it is said.
the arguments will stir the pub
lie to stage wherein they will
endeavor to make their vote
count. The "get-out-the-vote"
movement is gaining support
among all parties.
Askov American., 1924-08-28
STATE AUTO TAX Low
IN NEW COMPARISONS
Minnesota Owners Paying less
Taxes on Cars Than Those In
Most Other States Latest
Survey Discloses.

The recent statement that Pine
county and other Minnesota auto
mobile owners are paying less
taxes on their cars than those of
the average state is based on fig
ures collected by the St. Paul As
sociation of Public Affairs. ac-
cording to Nickles N. Dimes, the
gas tax man.
St. Paul businessmen wanted
the facts and their organization
got them. from 81 out of the As
states on inquiries addressed to
like associations in the most i'm
portant cities. Exact personal
property, state registration or
license and other taxes levied on
autos in the different states were
Askov American., 1924-08-28

obtained on touring cars Of seven
common makes. Where a gas tar
was collected il was estimated on
the basis Of the Iowa State Col
lege figures. Here are the result
ing comparisons on the several
automobiles:
Ford Minnesota $l2;; average
S2OI4.
Dodge Minnesota $24.20; av-
verage $32.70.
Buick--Minnesota sS5.6l; av-
erage $42.90.
Case--Minnesota $49.23; aver
age $5S.ls.
Packard Minnesota $6S.3i; av-
erage S72.22.
Cadillac Minnesota $S2.09; av-
erage Ss7.5l.
Pierce-Arrow Minnesota
SLABS; average S129.li.
The gas tax man pointed out
that in spite Of the belief that
lower priced cars are taxed high
est in Minnesota, only in the
single instance Of the most ex-
pensive car listed is the Minne-
sofa tax above the general aver
age.
And the big outstanding fact
is that even IL a 2 cent gas tax
was added, the Minnesota car
owners would still be paying con-
siderably less taxes on their cars
than those Of the average state
said Nickles N. Dimes.
Askov American., 1924-08-28
BIRCH CREEK TOWNSHIP

Miss Emma Anderson visited
at Swan Peterson's over Sunday.
H. M. Cotton has nearly COM
pleted the task of putting up his
silo.
Ben Karlberg is now quite fire.
quently seen travelling over the
roads in his new Ford touring.
Miss Hannah Peterson returned
to st. Paul Wednesday after
spending nearly two weeks at her
home here.
Mrs. Annie Holmquist went to
Fredericksburg, Wis. Thursday,
after a few days vacation spent
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Nels Peterson.
The ice cream social at Nord.
land church Saturday evening
drew a large crowd. 1t was q
very nice evening. so quite a
large amount of ice cream was
sold.
Rev. Casperson preached to a
large congregation at Nordland
church Sunday evening. Rev.
Casperson was pastor of this dis
trict for several years so every
one was anxious to hear him once
more.
Oscar Peterson has again had
the i'll luck to get his arm out of
joint. He was working around
the binder. and in the act of rails
ing his arm it happened. Hugo
Johnson Immediately took him to
Moose Lake where DIR. Walters
set it.
American Want Ads work
night and day.
Askov American., 1924-08-28
BUREAU ENDORSES
PYROTOL SALES



Attention is called by the Min
nesota Farm Bureau Federation
to the distribution by the United
States Department of Agriculture
of a war salvaged explosive. "py-
rotol". to be used for agricultural
purposes, such as the clearing Of
farm lands.
The distribution of this pro-
duct in Minnesota is being ham
died by the department of agri-
culture Of the University of Min
nesota. Farmers should send
their orders for pyrotol to the
county agricultural agent, if
there is one. Orders from coun-
ties in which there are no agents
may be sent direct to the division
of agricultural engineering, Uni
versity Farm, st. Paul.
For the convenience of those
farmers living in districts where
it is impossible to get enough or
ders to make a carload. the Uni-
versity is maintaining distribut-
ing points at St. Paul. Bemidji
and Virginia. Pyrotol will be
shipped direct to any farmer in
Minnesota from the nearest of
these points. Special prices are
quoted on carload quantities.
Farmers desiring to have a
quantity of pyrotol are urged to
get their orders in early, as the
demand is sure to be large and
late orders will be considerably
delayed.
Askov American., 1924-08-28
WASHINGTON LETTER


N1atAhaoa Ak1IA E1&N ~
that the Republicans will be
more aggressive than defensive
in their warfare. The national
leaders located here for the sum-
mer months are speculating as to
the outcome of the Dawes tactics
in carrying war into the LaFol-
lette camp which. the candidate
charged. was made up of a nom
descript following. 1t is certain
that the General did not endear
himself to the present Congress
with his complaint that the as
sembly had too many dema-
gogues. Gov. Bryan. the Demo
cratic vice-presidential nominee.
has taken a different attitude
and made a play for the farmer
vote. He has revived the tariff
issue which. it seems, was con-
|sidered a relatively unimportant
issue. during the preliminary
campaigns. With Mr.. LaFollette
and his running-mate. Senator
Wheeler, appealing to the far
mer against the bids of both par
ties. it will be noted that the
agriculturist is a mighty strong
factor in deciding the election.
While everybody is trying to
bolster up the economic condi-
tion of the. ruralist, some are
equally disturbed over the vote
in the industrial centers. Report
|of various Federal agencies is
sued last week shows that hard
times" continues in all localities.
Employment fell by four per
cent during July and wages took
a drop Of nearly eight per cent.
Experts attribute these declines
to seasonal changes such as in
ventories and vacations. But. the
old-time campaign slogan of the
full dinner-pail" is something to
consider. Economists have ex-
plantations for the unemployment
in presidential years" but the
wage-earner, out of a job. is not
easily convinced. The party man.
ayers have these items to handle
in turning out the vote.
The settlement of the repara-
tions issue has given rise to in
teresting discussions here as to
the possible effects on the inter
national issue upon the elector.
ate. 1t has been argued in some
quarters that the readjustment
of European finances will be too
slow to exercise any material in
fluence on the coming election.
1t is said that the refunding of
debts will eventually lower taxes
in this country. The claim is also
Askov American., 1924-08-28
BRAZILIAN REVOLT SERIOUS
y. Q. Ready 10 Send Wsrships nut
Wants 20 Avoid intsrvsntIon.

- - t&H8AX ~ W&4tM WHfWNtN8 8At
Wants 20 Avoid Intervention.
Washington The most serious situa-
ton that has existsd IN South Amer
Tea for years faced the American GOV.
ernment in the revolt going on In
Brazil
While dispatches 10 the state de-
partment said the revolt In the Bra
lillian state Of sac Paulo is doomed"
II was noted here no prediction has
yet como direct from Sac Paulo. prin-
cipai seat OF the rebellion. So long ~
the revolution continues q dangerous
situation viii exist In South America.
observers here emphasized.
Some advices In Washington indi-
cate the revolt Ia much more serious
than has been reported IN official
Brazilian. communicates
Askov American., 1924-08-28

American Want Ads are read
by buyers and sellers.
The Washington times., 1924-04-15
JAPAN'S STAND
ON ALIEN BILL
ROUSESIRE
Hanihara's Note May Force
His Return Home-Senate
to Pass Bill, Belief.
BY H. X. REYNOLDS,
International NeWs Service.

It's fighting spirit aroused, Con-
gress prepared today to call
Japan's hand by passing the ex-
clusion act which erects an i'm
penetrable legal barrier to the
future entrance of Japanese immi-
grants into the United States and
possessions.
/ The temper of Congress became
so plain today that the recall of
Masano Hanihara, the Japanese
Ambassador, looms as a possible
sequel to the passage of the ex-
clusion legislation.
Senate Anger Reused.
The House already has acted by
vote of more than to / in
favor of excluding Japanese by
statute.
The Senate, angry and determined,
will indorse the Houses action b.
an even larger vote, 1t appeared
today. Even Administration leaders
such as Senator Lodge of Massa-
chusetts, Senator Pepper of Penn
Continued on Page 2. Column 81
The Washington times., 1924-04-15
T ALL
WAS IN
DEAL
Former Secretary Of interior
/ Was Bought Like a Steer"
Witness Charges.
By KENNETH CLARK,
International Na,ua saruica

A deal was made previous to
the nomination Of the late War
rem G. Harding in the 1920 Re-
publican convention to make AL
bert B. Fall, Secretary of In
terror, H. w. Ballard, of Los
Angeles, told the Senate Public
Lands Committee today. Ballard
said he was a friend Of the late
Jake Hamon.
The offer was advanced by oil
interests who were promised a
lease to Teapot Dome, Ballard
said.
Fail Bought, He Says.
Ballard declared he first learned
Of the deal from the late Jake
Hamon, former Republican national
committeeman from Oklahoma. i'll
a conversation in Ardmore, Okla,
IN July, 1920, shortly after the con.
ventlon.
Albert Fall was bought like q
steer and thrown into the job" Bal
lard said Hamon told him.
Ballard said he went to Ardmore,
Continued on Page 80, Column ~