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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09

strueting new dams, setting up small factories and installing modern turbines. To these plants, with their access to rural labor, Ford is transferring small departments from the main factory at Highland Park, Detroit.
 There are hundreds of little streams running through the land ready to give power," he told Kellogg. This one is going to give 1000 horse power and most of the people here in Detroit have never heard of it. You can place your power plants and small factories on the headwaters and your shipping point at the outlet. Our idea is to distribute plants around rather than distribute the power.
 Mine Dams To Be Built
 Streams are better transmission lines than wires. There is q great deal more loss in wires. Water goes over dam and is power still. We shall have nine dams on our little stream and still not get all there is. People can live along the shores in villages with their farms fifteen miles away"
 Already factories at some of the dam sites are functioning. At Worthwhile, $50 men are employed turning out valves for model T motors used in all Fnrds. Generator cut-outs are being made at Phoenix, by 150 girls, who work in an immaculate village factory at $6 day. These are examples.
 "Anyone driving along the road can see water power going to waste" said Ford. There are only three or four dams the entire length of the Missis- sippi. There ought to be hundred. Fifty years from now, there will be a great many more small "ities, rather than a few bigger ones."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
CANDLER JURY
 SEES NO CHANCE
 OF ENDING LOCK
Hopes Of Speedy Decision Abandoned After Three
 Hours DeIiberation

DECATUR, Ga, March 8.-The jury in the trial of the $100,0O0 dam- age suit brought against Walter T. Candler, Atlanta capitalist, by Mrs. ClyIe K. Byfield at GAO o'clock re ported it was in a deadlock with no chance of reaching a verdict anytime soon."
 Deliberation started at 6 20 o'clock tonight. l
 The case went on trial here three days ago, the allegations against MT. Candler being that he attempted a physical attack on Mrs. Byfield on board the Steamship Berengaria while en route to Cherbourg, France, July IT, 1922.
 Today's session was devoted entirely to jury arguments. Yesterday and Thursday evidence was introduced tend ing to show that Mir. Byfield, husband of the plaintiff, entered his wife's state room and found the defendant thHfe. J Byfield deman1ed. according tos the evidence, that g6ndler pay him $2E.O00 because "he had ruined his life, ruined his wife and ruin,d his business" l" Candler denied that he attempted an at. tack upon Mrs. Byfield, but stated that he was forced to pay Byfieh $25, 900 @to keep his mouth shut" The testimony further attempted to show that Byfield, after he found Candler in the darkened stateroom, Jumped on his wife and beat her unmercifully."
 Esvhk nkAr
 The two men later engaged in a fist fight after which Candler signed the $25, 900 check because was a victim of a blackmail plot and that Byfield had threatened to blow my brains out" !"
 After Candler and Byfield left the ship and had gone to Paris, Byfield, ac- cording to the evidence, in the presence of three men said to have been alleged gamblers on board the steamship, signed a statement which "ex0nerated" Candler from the alleged attack.
 In turn, Candler testified, he paid Byfield 5000 in cash and gave him a note for $2O,50O for the statement and the check signed on board the Beren- garia.
 Since filing the suit, Mrs. Byfield testified, she had separated from. her husband She claimed that the fright she sustained from Candler's alleged treatment, has caused much suffering and testimony as to the nature of her illness was adduced from medical ex- perts.
 The defense, to refute this evidence, presented deposition from surgeon who deposed that after he gave Mrs. Byfield a thorough examination he dis missed her from his hospital because there was nothing to indicate she needed treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
FRENCH ECITOR NEVER PHONES:
 WHITES INSTEAD

i, PARIS, March S.--(By the As sociated Press. )---A "man who never used the telephone" has been dis covered in Paris. He is Alfred .Vals lette, editor of the Mercire de France, a "highbrow" publication. but thoroughly up-to-date, and one of the most important magazines in France. This big publishing house "a house without telephone"-Ais in a quiet street. Business is trans acted almost entirely by mail. Callers as rule are given appointments, some other day, so that they may have time to cool off to present their well digested ideas, as Val lette says.
 E Vallette, himself, in a published letter, boasts that he never talked over the telephone, remarking: Il admire it at least as much as it's inventor, who. it is said, never would have one in his house." ..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
PINE ASSOCIATION < MEETS THIS WEEK
Trade Extension To Be One, Of Principal Topics

NEW ORLEANS, MWch S.
 Preparations were completed today for | the ninth annual convention of the Southern Pine association here next week. The convention, which begins Tuesday and runs through Wednesday,
 will be preceded Monday by a meeting
 of the board of directors and meetings of the transportation, grading and grade marking committee. A joint ses- sion of the East Texas and Louisiana
 mill managers will also be held Mon day.
 The principal matters to be consid-
 cred are grade marking of lumber i;
 standardization of grades and sizes in
 accord with the national program; for
 estry and reforestation in the southern
 states plans for trade extension; mar ket research and advertising in the pine
 industry for the coming year and trans portation. ..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
Mighty Healing Power of :.
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Heals 30 Year Old Ulcer


 q wish I could publish all the grate- full letters get every week." says Peter son. T don't believe anyone on this earth has such happy time at work as I have. All do is make Peterson's s Ointment and read letters like these that come right from the heart.
 "I had an ulcer on my ankle-had it 30 years and could not get it healed. For the last six years had several doctors. I got one box of your ointment and it almost healed it and it was entirely healed before had used the second one. l don't think there is better remedy on earth" Mrs. J. c. Henderson, 520 Sprague street, Winston-S Salem, N. O. PetersOn's Ointment is just as good for piles as it is for old sores. It stops itching of eczema almost instantly. There isn't anything in the way of pim- ples or face blemishes that it won't chase away, and for sore feet, chafing, sunburn, scalds, cuts and bruises there is nothing so sure or speedy. B cents, Gllc. S1.O0.-AdV.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
YOUNG WOMAN IS
 ROBBED BY NEGRO

Miss J. I. Richardson, 1909 North Thirty-first street., was robbed of $65 at z 80 o'clock Saturday night when an unidentified negro grabbed her purse when she alighted from street car at Thirty-first street and Twelfth avenue. L Miss Richardson told police officers the negro ran into her and knocked her down in first attempt to get at ller purse. No trace of the man could be found. ?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
rM0 WOMEN QUALIFY

NEW ORLEANS, March S.-Five candidates to succeed the late Repre- sentative H. Garland Dupre of the Second congressional district. have qualified. The contestants include two women, Mrs. Genevieve Clark Thomson, daughter of the late Champ Clark, and wife of James NJ. Thomson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, and Mrs. Florence Huberwald. The other can didates are T. Semmes Walmsley, as- sistant attorney general; Thomas J. O'Connor, .and J. Zack Sporing. The primary will be held March % and the special election April 22.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
WHIMS OF WEAKER
 FIX SKIRT LENGTH
Some Brave Bitter Breeze In
 Knee-Length Garments

PARIS, March 1.-The length of the skirt of the fashionable woman this spring will depend somewhat upon per. sonal preference, judging from the styles at the opening of the racing sea' son at Longsehamps Sunday. ;.
 Some models who paraded in. the bitter breezes wore skirts falling only three of four inches below the knee. while others were about the same dis tance from the ground. The new short skirts are a little, <wider than when thes vogue was at it's height.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
R HEUM

While in France I obtained from noted French physician a prescription for the treatment of Rheumatism and Neuritis. I have given it to thousands with wonderful results. The prescrip- tion costs me nothing. l ask nothing for it. will mail it if you will send me your address. A postal will bring it. Write today. ,. ta. PAUL CASE, Dept. sos, Broekton, Mass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09

DELAYED TRAFFIC; ARRESTED
 Cooper Horton toured the Trace track" once too often in his automo- bile Saturday afternoon. He wasTar- rested by w. H. Knight, traffic off cer at Second avenue and Twentieth street, who said Cooper was continu- ally running around the square sound ing his horn, and incidentally delaying the rest of the traffic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-15

whereabouts he wallOped young VI
start who had the temerity to thumb
his nose at a passing gentleman-a
GOOD man who had been dispensing
CHARITY to the poor. One thing
Harry had been taught well. Now,
Harry" his mother would say, as she
wiped the suds from her eyes, "al-
ways respect yer betters, muh son,
and yuh are shure to git ahead"
The thumbed GENTLEMAN was
surprised to find such GALLANTRY
among the novels of the POOR. He
went to the Sinwell shack and looked
long and earnestly at the family pho
tographs. He seemed especially i'm
pressed with Harry's yellow CURLS,
as a baby. He then volunteered to
help the brave boy. That was just
the beginning. For be 1t known-that
gentleman was the illustrious John d.
Oilyfeller! Thus the humble Harry
became, acquainted with ROYALTY,
as It were.
Harry went to work in an oil field
His first job was to keep the ma
chinery CLEAN. Johan ID. knew
what he was about. He wanted to
teach Harry to be CLEAN about
EVERYTHING. and Harry's subse
quent career proves the wisdom OF
his sponsor. Harry became known az
the OFFICIAL WIPER, modest be
ginning It is true-but wait
Harry wiped well. Not only that
He did MORE than he was paid for
He held Johan's horses at the door
II Mrs. o. called, he held her baby
He was always OBLIGING. He
worked OVERTIME from choice. He
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-15
The Significance of SIemp

If men are known by the company they keep the
fondness of Coolidge for G. Bascom Semp is any
thing but complimentary to the president
The best-informed Washington observers are
agreed that Semp, now secretary to the president
will be his campaign manager. he has, according
to Washington dispatches, ''prOved himself ex
tremey useful to the president and has impressed
Mr. Coolidge by his manner of handling people
and dealing with the problems of his Office"
1t is not only the president that has been I'm.
pressed with the qualifications and attributes OF
Mr. Slemp. There are several millions OF people
who are wondering why, in the face of the dis
aster that overlook the Harding cabinet, due
partly to the incorporation in it of doubtful char
acters like Daugherty, President Coolidge con-
tinues to rely on Slemp composite of all the
vices and none of the few virtues of the capitalist
campfolowers who after the great triumph OF
democracy in 1920, proceeded to convert the
White House and the capitol in something closely
resembling the combined gambling house, brothel
and barroom known as "honk-a-tonk' that -four
ished in the West up to a few years ago.
The close affinity between the puritanical
spokesman of capitalism like Coolidge and under
world types like Slemp for purposes OF political
chicanery is, we believe, a purely American
phenomenon. 1t is often cited by spread eagle
orators as evidence of the thoroly democratic ma
tre of American society but it is in fact evidence
of degeneracy-bo of institutions and of indi-
viduals. We have mentioned before the wholesale
debauchery of the masses by an arrogant and
blatant and enormously wealthy ruling class. We
believe that the mere liberation of Slemp-an
admitted dealer in political Offices buyer and
seller of political favors, dispenser of largesse
furnished by the capitalist political machine to
the hangerson as the confdant of president of
the United States, the brazen Haunting of this
cheap mountebank in the faces of bankrupt farm
ers, child slaves and low-paid workers is sufficient
proof that American capitalism and its Coolidges
.-is brutally callous, unbelieyably corrupt, con-
sciously cruel and ruthless.
Those who expect from such rulers tame ac-
quiescence with the will of the American masses
as expressed thru the ballot are either ignorant
of history or blind to it's lessons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-15
Hero Quits

Second Lieutenant Osborne Wood son of Mill
tary Governor General Leonard Wood, of the
Philippine Islands, has quit. President Coolidge
has accepted his resignation. As matters stand
now the young hero will be spared the inconven-
fence of having his record in the Islands examined
by Senatorial Committee
Osborne Wood has confessed to having cleaned
up 100000 in speculative deals in few months.
This aroused the suspicion of many observers.
Coupled with the policy pursued by his father, the
Military Governor General, the affair begged in
vestigation. There are many who are convinced
that young Osborne was merely receiver for his
father in reaping the rewards and payments for
allowing horde of American prospectors and
concessionaires to infest the Philippines.
The swiftness with which Osborne Wood quit
the United States Army and the readiness with
which Coolidge accepted his resignation make one
very suspicious. Why the hurry? Do Wood and
Coolidge fear that Congress may get around to the
Ladd and Frear resolutions demanding an inycs-
tigation of the administration of General Wood in
the Philippines? On the face of it this appears to
be the only explanation for the precipitate flight
of this member Of Woods military kitchen cal met
depressing the Fiipinos.
But we venture to say that there is an addi-
tional immediate, reason for the hurried depart
ure of this military man who never saw fire or
smelled smoke on the battlefelds. 1t is being
openly charged in Philippines that Lieutenant
Osborne Wood has Aeaned up his fortune in in
siduously aiding and abetting the smuggling Of
Chinese coolies into the Islands for employment
by American business interests. Nor has the
widely circulated accusation that young Wood
has made lot of money in closing his eyes to the
gambling institutions fourishing under his faith
cr's regime been cleared up by the War Depart
ment.
Young Wood has quit in order to avoid facing
the fire Of a searching investigation. Our Puri
tanc President has covered up his retreat in order
hide the corruption and graft Of the imperialist
rule of General Wood
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-15
From Wiper to SWiper In Twenty Short Years

then he was PATRIOTIC, another
necessary and useful VIRTUE. When
our correspondent asked him if he
sympathized with our country in its
sublime effort to save the world for
DEMOCRACY, he replied nobly: st
has my sympathy"
In leaving this GREAT mans office
our correspondent could not help mo-
ticing a framed verse on the wall
which Mr. Sinwell smilingly said was
his life MOTTO:
"The heights by great men reached
and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions
slept,
Were looting oil wells in the night"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-15
Remarkable Story Of Harry T. Sim
wells Rise From obscurity to
Wealth and Power.
BY r. r. n.
(Reprinted without permission from
Americana Magazine Of Feb. 30,



(Reprinted without permission from
Americana Magazine Of Feb. 30,
1879
This is q faithful record of sue
CESS against overwhelming odds; of
a typical American tenement urchin,
born of drunkard father and a
washerwoman, and reared amid
squalor and adversely. 1t is one of
the glorious Simple annals of the
poor" veracious tale OF a LIFE
which might well be emulated by any
ambitious young American. What
tho the skies were gloomy on your
natal day? What tho vice and ig-
norance surrounded your youth? We
cannot all be president, but mayhap
we can all be captains Of industry il
we but exercise the quality Of stick
to-it.iveness.
The Americana is magazine Of in
SEPARATION for the COMMON PEOPLE.
We cater to the MASSES. No eu-
phemistic furbelows to our language
mo attempt to influence public opin-
ion. We are here to preach content
ment and optimism-to show that hui
man failures deserve TO fail and that
those at the top reached there by
sheer GRIT and DETERMINATION.
And so to our story. Harry was
well known on the Bowery. He had
never attended school. He was a
FIGHTER. One day back in 1898 or
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-15

The names Of all informers in criminal proceed
ings in Kentucky must now be made public in
conformity with recent ruling of the federal
court of that state.
From what we know of the turbulent population
of that state are of the opinion that of two
things will happen; there will be either sudden
decrease in the number Of informations sworn out
or startling increase in the number of deaths
by lead poisoning
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-15

With the revelations made by the DAILY
WORKER relative to the use Of relief funds by
Hoover for financing a murderous war on the
workers and peasants government Of Russia we
have the explanation of the attacks made by, him
on the Friends of Soviet Russia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-15

saved his money. He was loyal to
Johan's interests. To him Johan was
always right. He fought for him with
his FISTS on more than one occasion.
He was soon PROMOTED.
He became Office boy. He cleaned
windows, likewise cuspidors. He
made himself USEFUL. Gray-haired
men, with gold-headed canes, passing
him in the waiting room, were often
heard to remark sagely: THAT young
man has BRILLIANT future before
him." And he was ALERT. He got
to know the men who called there
BIG men. Sometimes he overheard
Illuminating conversations, thru
the door. The men inside talked
about SENATORS and retaining fees
and such like. II is thought that
Harry PROF1TED all thru life from
the things he OBSERVED at the
office.
And so, from the foregoing nara
tive you will understand how Harry
eventually MARRIED Johan's daugh-
ter, the same girl he had formerly
held ON his knee to OBLIGE Mrs. o.
And 1t will be clear, from our de-
tailed account, how Harry became
WEALTHY. He saved his money.
From a mere wiper he became a
SWIPER. Who can say he did not
deserve such promotion? Nay, EARN
IL? He worked hard, as we have seen.
Above all, he was loyal to his en-
ployer's INTERESTS.
Perhaps that is why he was chosen
for such a distinguished dollar-a-year
position when the WAR started. And
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
Assorted ToiIetries
Perfumes and Toilet Waters

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
Soaps and TaIcuHns

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 carnation taicum 100 25c Mennen's borated and violet
 taicum ......... ss.ss ''s''.' .s1 1oc 25c NarciRse de Chine taicum. 16c 25c Dier-Riss taIcum ............1 .16c 25c Ammen's prickly heat talcum. .16e 25c Nadine talcum ...............16 .16c 25c Amoray =. .,...............1 .16c 25c SQuibbs' taleum ......ss......16 .16c 2Sc Johnson's talcum ........ 23c 35c Azurea talcum 2Sc soc Pinaud's lilac talcum ....... .S5c S1.25 Houbigants and Coty's tall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03

To each and every customer visiting the toilet goods counter Monday we will give a large package of trial sam pie toilet articles. Just an Anniversary gift from the Toilet Goods Department in appreciation of your former patronage.