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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24
13 KILLED NV FRANCE
 BY AUTUMN BLOW
Worst Summer In Years Ended
 By Deluge

PARIS, Sept. 23.-The worst sum- mer France has experienced for many generations blew itself out to the ac- compartment of a deluge and autumn opened with hurricane blast wreacking havoc on. sea and land. The coasts are being swept by n northwesterly gale.
 Thirteen ,persOns were drowned when boats capsized in storms along the coast and inland waterways. Inland, trees were uprooted, telegraph and telephone wires blown down and crops damaged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24
ACTiCt@ DEFERRED
Commission Lays Over Spring Street
 Sewer Hearing Until Friday

The city commission Tuesday de- ferred action on bids received for the construction of a storm sewer on Spring street, until an adjourned meeting at 10 o'clock Friday morning.
 Prices for the work varied from $143,- IA to $196,4S1, it was stated. Com missioner w. E. Dickson is expected to return in time for the meeting Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Sena- tor Henry Fountain Ashurst of ..ri- zona was bubbling over with cheer fitness the other day because of the weather and the senate recess and reports from home and things gen erally, and so4as he strode down the corridors of the senate office build ing he Justify whistled ''The Cow boys Lament;" his favorite tune.
 Patrolman Hardesty rushed up to him and notified him that the rules forbid whistling and "other disturb ances" in the senatorial sanctuary, So the day was ruined.
 The senator forgot what he was happy about He delivered an ex- temporaneous diatribe on the "asi- nine rule," and and went on his way whistling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24
TOwBOAT FOR cHATTAHOOCHEE
$145,OOO Allotted By Army Engineers
 To Build Craft

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-An al- lottment of $145,OO0 for the construc- tion of a towboat for operation in the Chattanoochee river in Georgia and Alabama, was made today by army en- yineers for current river and harbor improvement funds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24
STUDIES CHANGED
Dr. Baker Announces Improvement In
 County School PragramS

County School PragramS
 Opening of 65 of the 130 schools in Jefferson county have been reported to Dr. N. k. Baker, county superintendent. Curricula are somewhat changed this year. More civic. occupational and elective courses are being offered so that students may choose the studies best suited to their talents. Dr. Baker states that the schools are being operated this year by the six-three-three method; six years of grammar school three years in junior high, and three years in senior high school This is caused by lack of room. Tuesday was the last day for elroiinant in the county schools under state i0ws.
 TO VISIT PLANT
 1ee shigh Portland Cement com psrE wi throw open its Boyles plant -sr .oe ,4tion from 12 to ? o'clock F.ri .da' afternoon and will serve a a"asrue linner. The city commission e.. .-.i' a. tend in a body, having form slll a~eLted the companys invitation by resolution Tuesday.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24

GREAT FALLS, Mont, Sept. B. Thomas J. Walsh, democrat, came home Thursday and launched his fight for reelection, injecting anew the Tea pot Dome scandal as an issue in the campaign. Standing on his record for l2 years in the senate, climaxed during the last session of congress by his spec tacular- "prOsecution'inO6ot navaltoil leases inquiry, Senator Walsh appealed for republican as well as democratic support in the keynote address of his campaign here Tuesday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24
BROTHER BASIL DIES
Teacher Was Formerly Of
 Kentucky

Kentucky
 BALTIMORE, Sept. 23.-Brother Basil, member of the congregation of the Xaxierian brothers, died at hos pital here today at the age of 70. Be fore entering the religious order he was known as John c. Hutchins, and was born in Kentucky. Brother Basil until 10 days ago, was an instructor in the Sacred Heart Cathedral school at Rich nond, Va.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24
ARTISTS INCORPORATE

Interpreters Will Have NOn.PrOfit
 Sharing Organization
 Articles of incorporation were filed by the Allied Arts club with the probate judge Tuesday. According to the ap- plication, the club is to be operated without profit and with no capital stock.
 The purpose of the club, the applica- tion asserts, are to bring together crea- tive workers and creative interpreters in the seven arts, poetry, painting, sculpture, music, architecture, fiction and drama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24

SYRACUSE, N. Y., Sept. 23.-Re- nomination of the entire democratic state ticket at the convention, which opens here on Thursday, generally was accepted tonight as being assured and the scores of party chieftains, includ- ing Gov. Alfred E. Smith, who arrived during the afternoon, busied themselves with discussion of the platform upon which the party is to stand during the coming election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24

Sold before noon." The frequent result when e-Herald classified ads are used.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24
POLITICAL STRAINS

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept, 2S.- James J. Davis, secretary of labor will speak in Chattanooga Wednesday, October 1, in the interest of President Coolidges race-to succeed himself ac- cording to an announcement made by Mckinley J. Hays, republican chairman for the Third congressional district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24

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for the Third congressional district.
 COTTONWOOD FALLS. KAN, Sept. 23.-A few minutes after Will liam Allen White, Emporia editor and independent candidate for governor of Kansas concluded a speech here last night a fiery cross was burned on the main street. Mir. White started his ad- dress by declaring that 'this country could not prosper if fed on hatred"
 Tolerance is the slogan of the White campaign" he declared. We have tol- erance,I even for the shirt tail rangers of the COW pastures"
Evening star., 1924-11-15
BABSON SEES CENTER OF COPPER
lPRODUCTIONC CHANGING TO AFRICA
Declares Present MOUe Demands Close Study by
Bankers and All Investors in Such
Securities.

feet the high-cost copper producers
the world over.
Many people are suggesting that
d tariff be put on copper ore from
other countries, but ! seriously doubt
whether the American people would
stand for such a tariff. They are
willing TO put tariff on foreign
manufactured goods, and they are
also willing to consider a tariff on
farm products, but the protection"
OF natural resources by A tariff is
really not protection at all We
are better off to hold our own cop
per and buy copper from other coun-
tries than TO deplete our own supply
now by placing a tariff on imported
copper. This so-called protection
would really amount to destruction
OF protection really means that we
buy some copper from the outside
and conserve our own supply.
New Uses for Copper.
Hand in hand with this prospect for
plentiful and low-cost copper during
the next few years we find 2 parallel
development well under way. We are
expanding the USE OF this important
and valuable metal Lower costs
tempt larger markets, as is invari-
ably the case. AS result of katanga
OF copper which have not been con-
sidered practical heretofore. Copper
| shingles for instance. are a relatively
new development, and the electrical
industry. progressing b. leaps and
bounds, is providing a hundred new
and useful appliances and mechan-
isms, all OF them more or less made
OF copper.
Africa has entered the copper-pro-
ducing field. This is Immediately inn
portant to the copper industry, but it
is also, significant to the general
businesS2world and to investors who
may now hold copper shares. AS Mr..
Hammond SO clearly pointed out to
me, Africa can match or exceed prac-
tically all Of our American natural
resources. That continent is only
awaiting the developing influence of
our Christian civilization. 1t Is des-
tined to become an increasingly i'm
portant factor in our industrial world.
II is vital that every banker, man
ufacturer and merchant should care
fully consider the probable course of
this development and how the en-
trance of Africa into the world mar
ket will affect his own industry. In
stead Of going to Europe and spend
ting ones time in London and Paris,
might it not be wise to go to Africa
for the next trip and study the situ-
alton there:
Evening star., 1924-11-15
Who maketh sure that all is well
No tale OF sorrow e'er will tell.
-Hopker the Goose

Peter Rabbit stayed over by the
pond OF Paddy the Beaver in the
Green Forest all night. He suspected
that Honker the Goose and his flock
would leave early l., the morning on
their way to the Sunny South, and
he wanted TO be there to see them
off. At the first hint of daylight they
were awake. Peter heard them talk
ing In low tones. Then he heard
Mr.. and Mrs. Quack and the eight
young Quacks, now as big as their
parents.
"If you want some Of that good
said Mrs. Quack as she and Mr.
Quack, followed by the young
Quacks, took to their wings and dis
appeared over the tree tops in the
direction OF the Big River.
Z. Then there was a great beating Of
air with great wings, and, with
Honker in the lead, the geese fappsd
up and then in their turn disap-
peared above the tree tops headed
for the Big River. How Peter did
wish that he had wings, so that he
could go along, too! But, having no
wings, he did the next best thing
he made use Of his long legs. He
knew just where the Quacks had
gone. He knew that they had Eonc
10 the mouth OF the Laughing Brook.
where II enters the Big River. So
Peter headed straight for that place
He was quite out of breath when
he got there, for he had run very
hard and it was long way. He
found all the Quacks busily plung-
ins their heads under water and tip
ping up after the nice yellow corn
Farmer Browns Boy had thrown in
the water for them the night be-
fore. But Honker the Goose and
his flock were not there. Peeping out
OF the bushes at a point where he
could see across the Big River, he
discovered Honker and the other
geese out in the middle Of the Big
River. They were sitting on the
water, with their long necks stretch
ed up, watching the Quacks. 1t was
plain that Honker was still sus-
picious. Peter couldn't blame him,
after the dreadful things Honker
had told the night before.
Suddenly Farmer Browns Boy ap-
Evening star., 1924-11-15
URGES FLEET SALE
TO FOREIGN OWNERS
Farrell Scores Government Policy
of Not Accepting Bids From
Abroad.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, November 1.-THE
policy of the United States Govern
ment's operation OF the Shipping
Board was scored by James A. Far
rell. president OF the United States
Steel Corporation, speaking last
night at the 32nd annual banquet Of
the Society Of Naval Architects and
Engineers at the Hotel Waldorf
Astoria. Mr.. Farrell attacked the
policy OF the Government in not per
mitting the sale of American ships
TO foreigners. while the sale of ship
building material and other products
OF the mines. mills and soil OF the
country to foreigners is permitted.
This, said, resulted in an intoler-
able burden on the taxpayer in up
keep on the so per cent Of the idle
Shipping Board vessels.
Efforts of the Shipping Board to OBJ
tain cargoes for its vessels have
forced many privately owned ships
lout of operation and have not forced
foreign competitors to lay up their
ships, he said. He called attention
to the rapid recovery Of the German
merchant marine. which he char
acteriZed as the outstanding feature
Of the worlds shipping situation, and
predicted that within two years Ger
many will have attained third rank
in shipping circles OF the world.
Rear Admiral Charles p. Plunkett
cormandant OF the Brooklyn navy
yard, in an address said his Job was
scrapping ships, not building them
He advocated the '5-5-3" ratio for an
American merchant marine.
Evening star., 1924-11-15
BEDTIME STORIES y 2. sosess, rnssss0"

made him more suspicious than ever,
So the Qpacks ate until they could
eat no more. Then they settled
themselves for . morning nap, hid
den in the rushey and wild rice
Honker waited and watched. The
thought Of that corn made him hun
grier than ever. Finally. he led the
mock a little nearer TO shore. Then
he left them there and slowly swan
in alone. AZ he drew near the shore
he moved more and more slowly.
Never for an instant did he take his
eyes from the shore, At last he gave
low signal to his flock and they
came swimming in. Then Honker led
the way in among the rushes and
sd ri'. Presently they found the
sorn. My. how eagerly they xobbled
J.. .iuI al the time the others were
eating Honker kept watch until
another took his place and he could
go TO get his share. At last he be-
Heved what Mr.. and Mrs. Quack had
told him. Here was a place where
there was nothing to fear.
Copyright, 1924. by I. W. Burgess)
Evening star., 1924-11-15
GIRL WARD OF YERKES
WINS CASE IN COURT

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November lo.-Emilie
B. Grigsby, ward Of the late Charles
T. Yerkes, multi millionaire traction
magnate. in appellate court yester-
day, was awarded $7S9.50, represent
ing rent due on the lease OF an apart
ment in the Park Avenue house built
for her by Yerkes. Miss Grigsby had
sued Irving Rutland, former tenant
of the apartment, for that sum on the
ground that he had vacated before
the expiration of the period specified
In the contract.
Shortly before his death Yerkes was
sued by London concern and all
his property. including his Fifth ave-
nue. mansion, was tied up in receiver
ship. 1t was revealed during the pro
ceedings that he had built another
home on Park avenue, in which he
had installed his ward and upon
whom he had settled 100000 The
creditors made no effort to touch
Miss Grigsby's home or fortune.
After an auction sale OF art OBJ
jects in her home in 1911, which yield
ed about 100000, Miss Grigsby left for
London. She has returned once or
twice a year ever since.
Evening star., 1924-11-15

peared. He had a big bag with him
and he began to throw corn out into
the water from that bag. You see.
he had seen Honker the Goose and
his flock the night before, and he had
guessed that they might be on the
Big River. Just as soon as he had
emptied that bag he hurried away.
The Quacks called eagerly to Hon
ker and his flock, but still Honker
would not come. He had seen
Farmer Browns Boy, and this had
Evening star., 1924-11-15

1t is very fortunate that many
young people hnd human beings so
interesting, or life would be mighty
dull for them
Evening star., 1924-11-15
WILL RESTORE STRIKERS
French Senate Votes Clause Herriot
Asks in Amnesty Bill.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. November 15.-By ma
jority OF 2S votes the Senate yester-
day acceded to Premier Herriot's de-
mand for a clause in the amnesty
bill providing for the reinstatement
of railroad strikers. The bill was
voted by the Chamber of Deputies
at its last session.
Political observers say that the gov
eminent is certain to get a broad
law that will restore the civil rights
Of former Premier CailIaux, who was
hanished from France in 1920 for
having had dealings with the enemy,
and that will reinstate many thou
sands Of railroad employees, teachers
and other public employees and cancel
the sentences of thousands Of persons
condemned under warsand postwar
legislation.
Evening star., 1924-11-15

The three said they had planned 20
keep their knowledge secret, for fear
they would get into trouble"
The "eidenfeld boys three COM
panions were Rocco Feramisco, Will
liam Palladino and Frank Chiafala,
all nine years old.
Accord."9 ~ir story, the boy
lost his footing OIL 81 rock near the
water edge and fell into the river.
He did not reappear, they said, aud
this is attributed To the fact that o
large sewer empties into the river At
this point. The sewer is believed TO
have swept the body away.
Evening star., 1924-11-15
SAW COMRADE DROWN.
Three Boys Confess Witnessing
Lads Death.

NEW YORK, November 15.-Three
boys who went fishing in the East
River with Harry Weidenfeld, six, for
whom a wide search had been con-
Quoted since last Tuesday afternoon
when he failed to return home, broke
down in q police station last night
and admitted having seen him drown.
Evening star., 1924-11-15

First STUDENT can't get this
electricity through my head.
Second Student-No wonder; wood
IL q non conductor.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-18
LAWS OF BIGoTs

"And the people complain" were
words used when Christ was on earth
in person.
And the people complain today.
Who are the people, and why should
they complain?
The people are those who inhabit
this earth. Have they cause for com
plant? Let US take brief look into
the matter.
Complaints come to the effect that
certain laws are not enforced Com
plants come to the effect that certain
laws mean abridging of inalienable
rights.
Who passed laws that would tran
scribe and transcend inalienablt
rights? Was it the Quakers? Wa:
it men who had gone daft on fanatic
ism? Was it men who were as putty
in the hands of the skilled moldel
and the successful artifcer?
The Quakers, as a sect, have beer
gathered to their forefathers for 10
these many years. They cannot bt
blamed. Hence their elimination a.
to laws that cause the people to com
plain.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-18
OWN BOSS
Unions Membership Sub.
ject to It's Organization
Only, Holds High
Court

New York.-Again has high court
ruled that the voluntary associations,
as trade union, have sole control
over their membership, and courts
can not pass judgment on such con-
troll.
Affirmation of this rule was made
by the appellate division of the su-
preme court in vacating an injunction
secured by David Simons, former
head of the Web Pressmen's Union
in this city, against President George
L. Berry and other officers of the In
ternational Printing Pressmen's and
Assistants Union.
Simons directed the outlaw strike
of pressmen in this city last fall.
That unions charter was revoked and
Simons was refused membership in
the new local. He sued to compel the
international officers to reinstate him
and when he lost this case he secured
a court order against officers of the
international from interfering with
him in any employment and from call
ing out the pressmen in any place in
which he might be employed, because
of such employment. This injunction
has been set aside by the appellate
division. The court said: "There is
no doubt that defendant was within
its rights in rejecting plaintiffs ap-
plication for membership" Conclud-
ing the opinion, Justice McAvoy said:
plaintiffs status before the court
is that of new applicant seeking to
compel the defendant union to admit
him. Whether to grant or refuse
membership in voluntary association
is matter under complete control of
the organization itself, and the ruling
is not subject to review by the courts !"
The outlaw strike involved prac-
tically every newspaper in this city.
The entire structure of contracts was
jeopardized by the outlaws, and to
maintain the unions integrity, the in
ternational was compelled to throw
| its resources against the illegal
strike.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-18

Endorsed by the Trades and Labor
Council of Hamilton, Ohio
Endorsed by the MiddIetown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, o.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-18
THE LABOR VOTE

In a recent address, William G.
Lee, the honored president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
took occasion to discuss the matter
of attempts to deliver to specific can
didates or parties the great body of
the labor vote, and made ringing
and timely declaration that ought to
get to the attention of some of the
men who make a business of trying to
convince people that they own the
workers and can readily shift their
political attitude. This is what Mr..
Lee said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-07-18
Fanaticism! Yes! And when the

Fanat1clSm! les! Anu WHEN tHe
great unrest of the world of today has
been written, they will hand down to
posterity the fact that each and
every individual who conceives, even
as woman conceives, is hell-bent to
bring that illy-conceived child into
full fruition. 1t matters not that in
the conceiving of that ism the rights
of the individual is transcribed; it
matters not whether the rights guar
anteed to him by the constitution
under which he lives and labors is
torn asunder, quite so long as this
or that certain ism is placed upon
the statute books.
Who places those laws upon the
statute books?
Men with half-baked minds; men
with minds that are even as clay and
putty in the skilled hands of the arti-
ficer, and the artifcer knows but one
thing-his will!
In the law that has to do with the
prevention of all Sunday amusements,
including the unreeling of films, the
fine hand of the bigoted pharisee is
plainly shown.
How does it happen that he sits
upon and is in the statute books of
the several states?
Lack of backbone and lack of man
hood upon the part of those delegated
to pass wise and judicious laws.
They have been at the beck and
call of those who had ism as the
paramount question; they have been
at the beck and call of those who
threatened them with loss of official
honors unless they obeyed the be-
hests of the ismites.
Workingmen need not go out OF
their way to bring about change In
present conditions.
They can change the program OF
the idlers and ismites quite as read
ily as God changed the status of Go
morrah and Sodom.
When a republican or a democrat
stands for legislative honor, make
sure that he is not amenable to the
whims and wishes of the ismites and
transgressors. Give that man youl
whole-hearted word of cheer anc
send him to the legislative halls to the
end that the Pharisees and bigot:
will have found their haven of rest
oblivion.
And the people complain!
The remedy is in their hands. vii
they use that God-given power t
right the damnable wrongs inficte'
under the guise of keep the Sabbatl
holy?
The Sabbath should be day of sun
shine-there are those who woul
make of it sackcloth and day 0
mourning J. R.
"a Pa r - -
GOMPERS SAYS:
When misunderstanding industr
and commerce-come to recognize tn
validity of labor's philosophy of in
dustrial lf-government and self