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New Britain herald., 1924-08-15
NIGHT AUTO RACING

Los Angeles. Aug. 15.--Night auto- mobile racing will be inaugurated at the Ascot Speedway when the dirt track reopens August 2S, it was an- nounced yesterday. Work has begun on the installation of the lighting system to transform the plant into night racing condition.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-15
STRIKE OF 100000 ENDED

Warsaw, Aug. 1.-The workers and employers have accepted the award of the governments arbitration com mission, and the 100000 striking fac tory workers in upper Silesia who have been out for two weeks are ex- pected to return to work tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-15
B.ytE oA FULL, TtNl,

Winsted. Aug. 15.--The William L.. Gilbert Clock Co. has resumed opera tionb on full time Of s5 hours per wek. The plant has been running on a 50 hour week.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-15
EXPORTS FALL OFF

Against so2 siillioa Ter Asms Per-
 ied Of 1888,
 Washington, Aug, ib,-MeFehans dlss exports from the United States during July were valued at ss7s,000,= eAo against ssos,lss,osT for July 1888, the department of commerce announced teddy, Imports were vale usd at s.Ts, i0e,0o0 against s2s7, 7,4ss,- T6s for July 1893,
 Experts in July 1898 were sii,- Tss,2ss in excess of imports, while last menth imports exceeded exports by si0A,000,
 Imports of gold last month were alued at iis,ssiAsa against ss7,- sas,tiT. for July 1898, Gold exports tetalisd tSs7,iTs against ss2?,ss6 for the same month year ago, |.
 Silver imports for July were sT- iei,sis against slo,oss,4ss for July 1898, while exports were ss,ian,ss2 against ss,e3a.i6s.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-15
lin and when .h. got through the

in and when she got through the place was a complete wreck.
 The proprietor and his son were attending 10 the wants of seven GUS. toners who lined the rail. The woman's appearance was unexpected but so feree was her onslaught that the nine men effected disorderly res treat. and coughlin senior got his view of the carnage through a crack in the swinging doors.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-15

Baltimore, Aug. 15.-Mrs. Bessie Atkins yesterday emulated Carrie Nation in the saloon of James Cough-
New Britain herald., 1924-08-15
WRECKs BALTIMORE SALOON.

Woman Routs Patrons, Is Arrested,
 Paints and Is Freed on Bail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
Some Moral Reflections

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Humanity despises weakness, whether it Is moral. bodily or intellectual in character. Keep your body strong and healthy, and you have the respect of your neighbOr. Keep yuur nation strong and healthy, and 1t has the respect of the world. To be moderate, have common sense and love justice, is to work hand in hand with intellectual forces. Sound reasoning power always is balanced on f2ets-above theory. You cannot save your fruits by burning your orchard down ; but. by fertilizing the soil and attending and pruning your trees, you are assured of an abundance at harvest time. We have courts in all of our communities, yet we must have the eonstabulary or the police for protection against the lawless, and before all courts of the world. nations protect their assets and valuables against any and all law breakers.
 Work for the American principle, which always is education, liberty, peace and pros Perity. and never. never forget your flag Never forget the sacrifices that have been made. for your comfort and protection, now and forever. These laurels have been won for democracy. humanity and world peace but not the weak-hearted type. Those who had red blood fought and died for you and against autocraey. .....-
 To respect and obtain justice is also to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

place carefully. Their quality has demon strnted the fact that men merely put on the tiekets for support or slated for shelving can sometimes equal, if not Outdo, their more proalInent running mates. The result is whcles0me respect for some of the political un-teriings and for the secondary position
 That respect is being extended also to the post of lieutenant governor. Governor Me Cray of Indiana is convicted of using the mails to defraud and sentenced to ten years in q federal penitentiary. No sooner was his resignation signed than Emmett Forest Branch of Martinsville was on his way to Indianapolis to take up the business of gov ernment Walton of Oklahoma and Fergu- son of Texas were recalled and the governor ship passed to secondary hands. Such changes have come too fast and frequent,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

ment statistics show that i'm 1888 m '=Aich year the Southern secured entrance to Mo bile. the total val1e cf exports via that port aggregated Ss.5S424S The Value of exports through Mobile in 1928 Eas $Sal5TT.9sO. Value of imports in 1898 Is pat at $1.12A4Ol ; in 1923, $S.6l5Ol4-
 Nothing Is moEe damaging to any com munity than continually advertising its tlS- advantages real or Imaginary
 If Mobile, as a cO@@unlGy. WlA back the port with business eategpESxP and @0ney, en- gazing in export and import cn4AeEce. the city will find its raIlEays quite as alert aggressive and helpful aS are any other rail ways serTiag any ether Pogt-
 If you really seek the facts t0uchIng what the Southern RailEay and MOhIle & Ohio Railroad have done unai3ed- to attract steamship serv5ce and dsvs1Op cNmmsrce throQgh the pert those facts are easily as cer1RInAhls-
 The writer speaks with the authority of personal knowleSge JhrOlEh csmrinEoUE and intimate contact and assumes that y0u will be pleased to pahliSh this ss2tsRs1t and to chesrfnIly correct the errors contained in your editorial column
 LINCOLN GREEN.
 Assistant to President Washington. D. C, May 22. 1R2A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

ming a business man may insist upon his own way of acting, but in other activities of life he may well defer to the massed judg- ment of his fellows without seeking to con strict freedom of mind. And in no essential particular does government differ from sev- eral other activities of life.
 There must be common sense in a denoc- racy; in fact, common sense is a charac- teristic of any good Democrat. If the idea of the right of every one to run for office is to prevail, then we will have to strike out state lines, establish a centralized govern ment apportion senators and representa- lives according to the population at large and take our chance on good government. But it will not do to change representative government for pure democracy unless we devise way of learning all there is to be learned about men who offer themselves for office We suffered so much from incona- potency in appointve office that we adopted the civil service. Strangely enough, we are unwilling to forego it or to extend it to elective office. .,'
 In the republic of Uruguay each candidate for office is required to submit to an intel lectual test before national board, which determines whether he possesses sufficient qualifications to justify his request for a place on the ballot. Something of the same kind is being agitated in Australia. If we keep on nominating dead men for office and electing men who never had conscious existence even though physically alive, the Uruguayan idea may find lodgment in the United States. Society will vindicate itself, justify and protect itself, whether we will or no. But if we come to this, we shall have merely travelled in a circle and got back to representative government. What's the difference between the original presiden- tial electors, who selected our presidents and vice presidents on the basis of charac- ter and fitness, and the examiners we hear of in Uruguay and Australia. where mental and physical tests of candidates are held de- sirablea
 My view is that our old-fashioned repre- sentative government is just as likely to pre- serve our freedom and our rights as any pure democracy of modern times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
DRAINAGE DISTRICTS ILLEGAL

The decision of the Alabama supreme court declaring unconstitutional the state drainage law providing for drain age districts, in which the cost of draiu- age would be assessed prOportonately against all properties benefiting from such drainage, halts again the earnest efforts that have been made to reclaim by drainage valuable areas of land Tn this state. The court ruled that the right to tax is a prerogative ot govern ment that may not be delegated. Un- doubtedly that is right.
 There are certain questions arising in connection with the case, however, which in a layman's view modify the sit uation. For example, the drainage dis tricts are established only with consent of majority of property owners as ex- pressed by ballot, so that the community Involved in reality votes a tax upon It. self, which does not appear to violate the fundamentals of the taxation power. A school district does this. Why not drainage district?
 The situation is analogous also to the assessments made against abuttlng prop erty for street paving, and IS also con- templated in the laws which Tn some states permit the cost of highways to De assessed against PIOPeAV oeJS'''a or benefiting. If the drainage law was technically unsound, certainly it was not fundamentally unsound, and the county boards of the counties concerned in such projects can surely be empowered in some manner to make improvement as sessments against property involved, just as improvement assessments are made against property in cities. The principle does not seem to be different.
 Therefore, inasmuch as the drainage projects are essential to full enjoyment of property values, inasmuch as the property owners themselves approve the projects, and inasmuch as there seems to be no other feasible manner in which these projects may he carried through, the next session of the legislature should correct the measure to conform to stat utory and constitutional requirements and repass it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
MORE IMPORTANCE BEING ATTACHED TO VICE EXECUTIVE

as a result of illness, death and misconduct, to make it wisdom any more to consider the job of lieutenant governor purely honorary or a political pigeonhole.
 As the trend is toward better care in pick ing men for lieutenant governor and vice president and as the places are given more importance, the work of vice president and lieutenant governors as aids and advisers of their superiors is being amplified. Coolidge was brought into the Harding cabinet. He was in a position to be the link between president and legislature, He kept advised. He aided the president. When he succeeded unexpectedly to the executive post he was ready. Lieutenant governors may have a similar usefulness. It may be we are only beginning to work out Americas vice execu- tive policy.-Idaho Statesman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

ordinary plaintiff in a private lawsuit. This has been a political affair from it's first blast-with Wheeler's political in- fluence at stake-and that is why the senate had no other recourse than to give him trial" But the World also believes that public duty devolves upon the attorney general to bring out the facts of the conspiracy.
 Undoubtedly the senate did one of the most unpolt;cal and courageous things of recent history when it proceeded to the inquiry and the exoneration of Sen ator Wheeler which developed as the logical result of that inquiry. Those who sought the indictment through trumped-up charges for political pur- pose are entirely undeserving of the edi- torial consideration they have received in some quarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

have the force at hand to demand it. All thinking men want an international code of laws, and a judicial. peaceful settlement of disputes. Time will bring all of these things as civilization moves slowly. Strength of arms in moderate and right way is not militarism-it is an honest insurance of na- tional protection until all civilized nations learn to live simply like gentlemen.
 The entire population, wealth, resources, in fact, all private assets, should be drafted if in another war we find ourselves a part of Let no man or men or corporations make a profit.
 After you have skinned the cream
 The milk is far inferior.
 St. Louis. Mo-. May 26. 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
DEMOCRAC MUST FIND TEST OF OFFICE SEEKERS FITNESS
THOMAS R- MARSHALL. Forn

election. they visualize a deadlock produced by the inability of any one of the three can didates for president to obtain a majority.
 It is apparent that the present house of representative, divided almost equally be- tween the two major parties, and the bal anee of power being held by a small group which owes allegiance to no party, would not be able to elect a president; and it is almost apparent that the senate could not elect q vice president, if called on to do so, unless it entered into a compromise with certain disgruntled members who have a habit of blocking action if prevented from having their own way. Thus arises the con tineeney whereby the American people may be deprived of the right of free expression as to who shall be president and vice pres ident of the United States It arises, may say. as a result of the striving of Americans to get away, as q matter of actuality if not of theory. from representative. govern. ment and to substitute the principles of pure democracy.
 The original idea of the framers of the constitution was that the presidential cleo tors of the various states should be the kind of men who could confer after their own election and select the two best and most available men in the country to be presi- dent and vice president. But the national conventions long ago changed all this Non inees are named long in advance of the elec- tioa. and the electors, like 90 many ami mated rubber stamps, merely go through the form of an election, doing no more than register the vote of the people for the can didates named by the conventions. This does not worry me a bit. My only worry is that the election of a president may become the objeet of political barter in the senate of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

For a time men are going to look with murh more respect up0n the offices of vIce president and lieasenAnt goxermOr-
 Ii used To tse said that q nan was shelved politically when he 4ccePted the 0ttIcs Os vice president The Pl2ce was used as a reward to stanch workers not nm a position to be nominated for president Leaders found, too. 1hat a lot of support could be attracted to their ticket by PlttlnS up the right name for the office As for the noun inee, 1t was usuaIly agreed that the sesee- tion put him out of the presidential running thereafter.
 Bnt Roosevelt stepping into the place of the martyred McK1nAey. and CoOidge- fol- lowing the kindly HaEG1ng. have changed all that Their essrHtinn has tended to show the importance of filling the v6ce presidential
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

do not conceive that I am deprived of my freedom or have lost an iota of my democracy because some one other than my self selects the president. I place this among innumerahle things which as a free agent infinitely prefer to trust to the judgment of other men rather than to my own judg- ment When it comes to marrying and run
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

The word bounty" originated from the Latin bonus" or good. Our derivation of it is traced to the French word "bonte," or goodness. During the Civil War the gov ernment was good to our men of fighting age in that it offered them a sum of money if they would enlist
 It is on record that many men availed themselves of this goodness of the govern ment, and then instead of enlisting as volun- teers, picked up another bounty and again forgot to enlist. sst-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREsS-The As sociated Press is exclusively entitled to the use Tor publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this pa per and Alao local news published therein. All rights of Republication Of special dispatches are also re- served.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

i. If the choice were left to me, whether to nave B free press or free government, would choose free press.-ThOmas Jefferson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

Still, there is no assurance that Amer ica's ability to talk all the way to South Africa will perceptibly improve the gem eral character of conversation in either country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

While mud is generally used as a facial beautifier, it does not seem to have any improving effect upon political compleXions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

It seems that nations become almost as acutely grieved as individuals when they are not included in invitation lists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

NEWS BUREAUS-washington. 500 Davidson Building: State Capital, Montgomery Journal Building; Tennessee Valley, Decatur Daily Building; Tuscaloosa, News Building: Jasper, Mountain Eagle Building; Anniston. Star Build ing; Gadsden. Journal Building; Muscle Shoals. s<Tri-Cities Daily Building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
THE AGE.HER.A .ALD

Entered at Birmingham. Ala. post oftSe as eecond-cl matter act of Congress March 6. 1s7s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

TH HE enlarged and growing opportunities
 ef the AEDerlcAu are producing some
 A strange ideas ah0ma democracy 1t is not enough any longer that people may be free, that there <AaI be equaR rights for alH and special privileges for mones that every man and wonan shall have a right to vote and take a hand in the selection of public officials These principles wA6ch were es- tablished after years of waiting are now regarded as c0mm0nTlace- 0wt of cur hazy conception of aemDcr&eE has come an idea that each one of us must have the right to run for any 0ffSce ge w0~la like to hold if we are to enjoy the ful privileges of a citizen of a reP1Al6c-
 This weald not be sO had if it were not for the belief of many persons that q r1ght inn poses an obligatiCn- True obligations often do follow rights. but the right to rum for office does not carry with it any duty to run I am rather disposed to helieEe that the right to run for OffSce imposes upon most of us the duty of not running if it imposes any duty at all Otherwise the constant appeal to the people to take charge of their own affairS WiT1 produce national situation not unlike our local sit nations in which we are called eu to make selections for office from q mGltiSude of Un- known candidates
 The loOsening Of party ties and the f0rna- tion of factions and hROe< within parties ul- timately may have a hllgAtinS effect Cl rep resentatire governmem4- Even now we are beginning to sFsculate on what may follow the next general e2ec1loa- OsserweEs Vf eventS are saying they win nO1 be surprised If the people fal 10 select q president and vice preSjdent in Novemher This wO1la mean- of course that the eaection @f the next pres ident vyould be thrown into the hNGse of rep representatives divided almost equally be- regard as a probability. threatens the eStah- Eshed right of n people to select their OffI- cials
 Politicians foresee a third party mOre- ment with a presidential tirket in the field if the nominees of the regular party com ventions are not satisfactory to the blOcs within the ed partses- Looking forward to the meeting of the electoral college after the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01

FREDERICK l. PRESIDENT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-01
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St. Louis. Mo-. May 26. 1924.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-06
Seward FolkI are Learning How to
 Heed It.

Are you miserable with an aching back? Do you get up lame and stiff; drag through the day feeling tired weak and depressed? Then you should help your kidneys. Backache is often the first sign of failing kid neys. Urinary troubles quickly fol- low. Neglected, there's danger of gravel, dropsy or fatal Bright's dis ease. Don't wait for serious kidney sickness! Use Doan's Pills, stim- ulant diuretic to the kidneys, before it is too late. A resident of this To- cality tells an experience:
 Geo. P. Hamilton, prop, tailor shop, Ortego Ave, Santa Barbara, Cal, says: 'I had attacks of back ache which had been subject to for some time and which had steadily continued to grow more and more annoying. I used Doan's Pills and they cured me of the trouble. My cure has been permanent"
 MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS LATER, Mr. Hamilton said:-"I have had nc need to use Doan's Pills since they cured me-"
 6Oc, at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co.,, Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-09-06

support it. If we are thrown upon our own resources we will hustle a payroll of our own.more quickly and will be better off in the long run. Personally we are against any pap fed proposition that takes away our independence of action and prevents us developing our own resources in our own way. We have too much government and too much money thrown into the territory from the government. This action prevents our reople from standing on their own feet, and keeps them cross-eyed watching for free dollars to fall in their vicinity.
 We believe the c.-.;cker the govern ment runs over the railroad to a private company the quicker Alaska and the railroad district will benefit. As things now stand a 100 per cent efficient railroader can bat about ten per cent.
 This article has no bearing on the present head of the railroad, nor does it criticise the railroad manage ment. Rather we are attempting to show how impossible it is to run a government enterprise where every complaint means an Investigating committee and removal. We be- 1ieve the government should place a man of ability at the head of the road and let him alone. If a man can be removed from affice every time complaint is made against him it impairs efficiency and harms the whole project And railroad money should be spent solely on railroad im- provements, regardless of the dis trict affected.