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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
GIRL GLOBE TROTTER
 BLASTS SHEIK FABLE
American Flappers Don't Know The Half Of It. Says Win
 some Explorer Who Thinks Her Husband Is
 4.tz <. One Of Worlds Six Greatest Men. TX \

considers the six greatest men of her experience. She did. so with a char acteristie. personal epigram about each. s My. sheroes?" y, si. t'-> General Lyautey first, the. man who did more for Morocco than anyone. When he fell yill and physicians said be- could not recover, the ,Moslems asked if. they might pray for him at their mosque, something that had never been done for. an infidel, in history. They did and. he was cured. And the first thing he did was to go : to a Catholic church."
 This was Rosita's first. - Gabrielle; D. Annunzio. Once. at a dinner in, Paris he talked to me stead fly for an hour and a quarter. Sud denly he rose. Madame, he said, in the best D'Annunzio manner, you must pardon me. l owe myself to the other ladiess '' f. |
 "Emir Idrissy, lonely, prince of Sab va, yelled prophet whom none might look upon. He talked to me for six hours at midnight in the inky black ness of his home. Every hour tinkling teacups, redolent with different spices, were pushed toward us by unseen hands. never saw him, but he was the wisest of men.
 King Feisal.,. On a balcony at +Da- mascns amid the scent of. orange blos- soins, he told me of his hopes for Ara bia.. And what do you, think of Euro pean statesmen?' I asked this Arabian monarch. Like futurist paintings he replied immediately, they are better at a distance. 1., F!
 Robert Horne. Self-made man of the conservative government in Eng land. Once he told me why he had never, married. I talk so loudly he explained. I never have been able to fad q place sufficiently private in which to. propose.
 Miss Forbes uncurled from among the cushions of her divan and nearly forgot the sixth wonder of the mascu- line world. .4 :. -,. c15 .e''O yes, of course, my husband. He is Arthur McGrath, of the British war office. .-.s. ,> F. He must be in because he oyer came all my prejudices against love and marriage -f. ...$}tt,. .@s@ ]. ',HeS six feet four,H she added.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
DROP M QUANTITY
 q OF SEED CRUCHED
Amount On Hand At. Mills Dec. E ~ 31 Totals 73S,7 ,761 Tons

WASHINGTON, gan. 1s.-co4ton seed crushed during the five-tnonth4 period, August I to December s1, amounted to l,ss5, ,5p4S tons, compared with 2.Ds6, TAO tons in the same period of 1922, and cotton seed on hand at mills, Decein- Der 'SIs .totaied 7SS,T61 tons. compared with sS9,s49 a,year ago. the census bu- reau announced today. z ' Sss @s l Cotton seed products. manufactured ing the period and on hand Deceniber e1. were. ,!4..s--s s5 z.
 x. Crude oil prodyeed, ss6 6,37l ,5ss pounds, compared with 615, ,s35 ,ss6, and on hand, lto' 'sss 17s pounds, compared with 1os,- < Refined p;r produced, sss.oss, ,2as pounds, compared with 448,794, ,287, and on hand. 14s. .962, 500 pounds, compared with 147, 28,523. :. 7Asas-A .7t..s
 Cake and meal produced. si267O. tons, comnared> with S2a,924 tons, and on handf .5ss tons,I compared with 175,- 3i0 tons. ,;F5.
 < Linters produced 4o2,sss bales, com pared with s4s.136, and on hand, 16O.- i5l bales, compared with s3,5z4.s
 Experts fer the five. months included crude oil. 12,S00,7s5 pounds. copiparei with 10,9H ,542; refined oil. e,5o2. .9G2 pounds. compared with 23,s94, ,6s4; cake and meal, 6S. .22s tons tcompaFed, with l23,s3a, and. linters, 2S,262 bales, com pared with 14 4.is9.i (, ; sf.sS 'S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
S0VIET fURCHA6ES :
 AMERfg AN COTTON
2QO00 Bsles Bought Likely.
 nart Of German Supply

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 19-The Russian soviet sokernment has. pur-. chased through brokers in St Louis and Montgomery, Ala. ;snaIl quan- tSty of American cotton. which it is Understood is for shipment directly to Russian ports, according to cotton fac tors here. Tie purchases to date. 50 far as is. known here. amount to around 400 bales. of which 5000 were bought last December. How much American cotton the Russians have re- csiSed, through Germany there is no way pf ascerta;nmg ebut it is believed part of 65,c,Du hales which have, gone to Germany during tine season event aalls reached tie soviet republic.
 Recorls at the New -OrIeahs cotton exchange show that $500 bales wers forwarded directly. to Rnssia from New Orleans recently, but to just what port it wss destined was not known.
 "A s0yiet costoas commission now is in this country touring the cotton belt and at last reports WAS in Texas The commission spest week in New Or leaHs early this morning without it's presence becoming known until the day before it departed for. Houston. Mem Der. of the: commission said it. was planned fo- purchase approximately $40, ,00e. GOO worth of cotton. in Amer ica annually.
 : In cotton circles here the recent pur- shaaes fsr Russian account are regaried iShtly- so far as the quantity is. con- cerhed and it was said that at present prices S40D00.Q0Q would not buy moro tliahsa '.hhndfnl'' of the staple
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
VitaI. Statistics
BIRTlfs

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Smith; 7S4 Thirty elsath street. Wyiall. January' IS, girl
 Al: aud Mrs. D.. Y. Deiype, South 'Aighland Inf ,Imnry. Jet,uaiy Ss. si,'ks
 Nil. ard Mrs. Frank W, TAieMoIine, aS9th ;n, Highland infirmary,i JanuarS s.
 Mir. and Mrs. Theadorea .Hatdurei. solsh7 Highland inflin-s4ys January i3, lMr. and Mrs. Jip, Ba1suas,a. :. 200 Com nleree syenae, Fairfield. Jalilafy, l6.' poy. f Ar. I,d Mrs. Lnu!s N--sos, .326 Third
 Nr, and Mrs. Joe Tortolee. 35S Tniid streel, ThoInaJ S.a+ion. January I. boy. !, DEATHS
 Hobart McC1ad q. 2o1l ''TLirty second .suset. norti., J&nee 1S,i agelS a6 Years.
 Ans, Mary M.tns Slnilh. CissSin9d. Sta tioj,. iaTuaty lS, aged G5 ysais. = N
 Mrs. ~Nayada- Be.ls. sou ,h III: giliands intitmary, Janua.y IT. assd- iS Fears,
 lt1.h Brantley. Ea' '-i,snt< saNe 'si aospffNl. January II, aEed ?. Ei6ntEs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
USE SULPHUR ID :. HEAL YOUR SKIN Broken Out Skin and Itching Eczema Helped Over
 Night

For uHSsghCly skin eruptfonS. rash or blOtches On face. neck, arms or body. yOu do not have to wait for re- lief from tvrture Or eInbarra suien5 declares a r-cIsd skin specialist. Ap- ply littIe NenVhO-Sulphur and tnE- prove nsSuc shows next cay.
 Because ot its germ destroying prO5.erIieS. nothing has ever beea found 10 take the pia>e of-this SUI phuI greplraSiO1 The nOnlent you apply II healing begins only tho s. Nlars n.-ye had Gasizhtty skIu trcub.s. .Ar NnSW ;he dcIIzht this 11eath5 Salsh5uT nriug< xyvr fiery. ttcntHs --c-s-sasss -sT. J EEhi ut
 SiSS s sasais isIT YI soWIes yientho- Su1-Rus --..s" ss-s good dEWkgIsI and Use il like cStd crssnl--ASv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
SHEEP ON FEED
 .. NOWDD(RE|AISE
leo. .0GO Head Less In Corn Belt
 And Western States Than On - January l. 1922 = -s

CHICAGO. Jan. 1a.-Thers was a ,,rs.resSe .f nearly I per cent or~ahOrt lss,. .OsA head. in the number of sheep and lambs or. feed in the corn helt and western states on January I. 1a24- eora- ,.ared with the number on feed Ianp- arr I. 1922. according to an estimate issss.est "to:ay by the United. States de lsartmcnt of agriculture ...N 4V
 The estimated number of feed was 4.12NSsN head this year and 4:2sD.Oeu h4ad Last year. The estimate mitte as of December |. 1923. showed m increase of -:srs,unss 110!O00 nver. the number ol feed .necemher 1. 1922. but driring De cemlser. 1922, the rlarketlnss were larger aa,d tlse movement of feeders wps smaller. ssssn during December of the lreSiens year
 The states showing considerable in cfeases of last year were Indiana and Iowa, while the two most important feessir. states. Michigan and Nebraskf, showed substantial decreases ,I
 Reports from California Uport that the long continued drouth in the prin- cipaI carly lambing sections threatens to reduce materially the sine of the carly lamb crop and to delay its marketing from six weeks toTwo moatlis, as eoul- pared to last year. when conditions were favorable and the movement early. In Kentucky and Tennessee. there IS reported q small decrease in the number of ewes kept for lambing this spring, but the winter to date has been favor able 5,and all sheep are in good condi- tioM '
 The present situation seems to indi- cate q considerable shortage in supplies m the areas that normally supply the Pacific coast markets until May at least: that the supplies for middle western and eastern markets daring January. February and March will be as large as, or possibly larger, than last ;Near. but with d considerable de crease n supplies during April and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
HEALING CREAM IS AQUICK RELIEF FOR
 NASTY. HEADCOLDS

Colds and eatarrh yield like magic to soothing, : healing antiseptic cream hatspenctrates through every air pas snge and relieves swollen, iilflamed membranes. of nose and throat. :, Your clogged nostrilse open right aup and you can breathe freely. Hawking and shufflihg stop. Don't stay stuffed up and miserable ..-.*
 Get "a small bottle of kly's Cream Balm from your druggist Apply a iitle in the ffostrils and, get instant relief Millions indorse this remedy known for more than. 50 years. .--Adv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
SHOOT TOKIL,,
 TBl1TIER ORDER
Philadelphia Safety .A Director
 Opens New Drive Against All Forms Of .Banditry

E PHILADEEPHIA, ;, Jan. 19..- ss.sshoot to 7kill,'t was the. order given folice' of the bandit.thasing' squad to day By Bris- -Gea. smedles B. Butler, director of public safety. in week. end drive against all forms of banditry. : The new fleet of afniorei s,bandit- chasing cars put in commissiahA today was patrolling the streets tonight, sup ported Byl other police automobiles, and scores of high speed motorcyeles. On boar,f each unit were men picked after tests in the pistol ranges of the various stations who qualified as '..dead-shots-' ,i No .dnAcihs will be permitted on Sunday. Ten hotel men were called, ,be. fore Director Butler today and told to inform their patrons that dai,css must voluntarily cease at midnight Saturday. Even. tke most Exclusive private dances would fall undertthe ban, it was announcel tAs
 At a luncheon of .gennsyjSanfa May. flower descend6nts,s Gehefaf Bhtier, to. day emphatically ilenied he would be a candidate for. the; rnaxornlty here in 1927. r. s--9sa.si 7.
 -I have no petfticals aSpirations,s he declared. ..'AlI | want to do is live long long enough to, get ho1ie."s
 The recent eleahun of tthis city, he said, was due to 2, eco men in the force of 1900. <lAbout 1,60e of the 4.9O0." lie added gre incapacitated and are unable to keep the rapid pace. We must find places for theqn."
 Police mad federal prohibition agents during the day cdhcenfrated numerous raids in various parts of the city, more than 150-sallon of alleged. Illegal bey- erages were seized and two, small stills fnuutl - :. <; y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
PACIFIC FLEET
 MEETS DEFEAT
 NSHAM BATTLE
Unable To Pass Through Canal To Rescue At
 lantic Fleet In Ocean

W.kSIIINGTIIN. Jan. 1g-Joint n,ancuyers of fine army and navy in tiir Canal Zone and adjacent waters are believed bX Secretary Weeks and war department staff experts tc have .rosul:ed in failure on inc part of the pacific fleet to pass through the ca nal in sthe face of tieoreticaa leHehly forces and les'cue the ships of the At. lant:c fleet engaged in Atlantic Coast waters by other enemy war craft
 Secretary Weeks said today in a statement issued at the department tEat. although the umpires at the ma neuyers had not slinounGed their cen clitsions, it appears from available Information that the jun-ture bf our Atlantic and Pacific fleets kAs been theoretically prevented"
 Describing the niancuve-s. the state nient said:
 "A state of WAT has been .Sslln"Sl t. have existed since January H. Since that date the nation would pre~ulnG- Lfy have bent every effort tcward TIC lnt is Ian , forces. But ROW. eli,y .;.s l.inr. we may assume that s,. would fin;; ourselves faced a:ifll inc necessity of giving inegeasesi hand lrete.tion to orr threatened coas;s to which CUT fictitious enemy has unhindered access by water. F. Land Forces Protect Coast
 : .'Tliat being the condition. our land forces woild he required to assume q position in readiness for the pro- lection of our coasts. For this pur- I.ese regular army troops would be rushed to our Atlantic seaboard- The i.atiunal guard from our central areas would follow as soon as possible The n.nbiization of our untrained man-
 ver would be in progress every
 re. We would be making feEerisls
 to .mobi.iYe not only our man.
 1T. ut our industries Every com .-.... ity and activity cf eur nation would be affected
 The war secretary said the maneuv- CTS had demonstrated the asl-imDor- tant element of time adding that utmost extrayaGanee 0f lives and money in war will not compensate for neglect in peace
 Time Big Facfor
 The hours and days which q limited number of our citizens spent in time of pea e in preparation and planning- he continued. ''are of untold value iIa the time they save if war is thrust upon us Our national defense get Of 1920, our existing military or-aniza tion and our mobilization plans are all devised with view to facilitate the transition from peace Is a War status
 Secretary Weeks declared the coun- try has never been better prepared in the matter of time saving preparations than it is today.
 Our general plans" he said. "are in a fair state of completion. though they will, of course, be subject to re vision based on experience and study in future years. There remains the problem of arrangements of details for the assembly, administration and train ing of units in their local communities Upon this work unit commanders of our national guard and our organized reserves are now engaged"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
Sent Free to Prove Thi s

Anyone ruptured, man. woman or child, should write at once 10 w S Rice. 553C Main St. AdamI, N Y. for a free trial of his wonderful sJim- ulating application Just put il on the rupture and the muscles begin to tighten; they begin to bind together go that the opening closes naturally and the need of a support or truss or appliance is then done away with Don't neglect to send for this free trial. Even if your rupture doesn't bother you. what is the use of wear ing supports all your life2 Why suffer this nuisance? Why run the risk of ganErene and sucn dangers from a small and innocent little ruP- tufe, the kind that has thrown thou sands on the operating tahle2 \ host of men and women are daily running such risk just because their ru 9tures do not hurt nor prevent them from getting around Write at once for this free tria as 1t is ceftainiy a wonderful thing and has aided in the cure of rupiu-es that were as big as a mans tv-o fists Try and write at once. using Ihe Pplgnnn hplnN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
REPUDIATE CONVENTION NcAdeo Forces To Have Ticket Of
 Own In Illinois Primary :.

CHICAGO, Jan. sl9s-zWiIliam, L. 0'Connell,, Illinois .nlakaget. of tiiev Me AdoO presidential ,campaigtsy today re- putliated the state dem6sfatic advisory convention ands it's, fic.leE ' approved yesterday at Springfield
 . Mir. 0.ConneIf 1ann6unced that the McAdoo forces would. have a distinct and complete ticket of it's own to sub- init to the democrats of Illinois at the spring primaries. The advisory con vention, which the McAdoo forces now repudiate, chose George E. Brennan, Illinois Gemocratic organization leader, and Mayor William A. Deyer of Chi cago as two of ifs candidates for dele gate to the national convnetion. >
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20

JutChcSt iCiACA tS SVoth
 ng, penetrating St.
 Jacobs Oil. Rub it
 tight on your l painful
 ,ack, and instantly the soreness, stiffness and 'ameness disappears. Don't stay crippled {! Get a B cent bottle of St. Jacobs Oil from your druggist. !. A mo- nlent after it is applied you'll wonder what be- came of the backache or lumbago pain.
 l In use for 65 years for. lumbago, .backache, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism or sprains. .nless. Doesn't burn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
E sz STRUCK BY MOTOR CAR
 Mrs.s Theimn Ferris KnecIGed Down By < szssz Ss: Unidentified Driyer

Mrs .Thelma Ferris, seventh avenue, was struck and slightly injured Satur- day night, at Fffrh avenue and sTwen- tieth street by an automobile driven by q maH whose nsirne was not learned
 She was carried to the Southside in- Ermary in another automobile. where her injuries were dressed and she was permitted to go to her home The driv- essof the car causing Mrs. Ferris in- Juries left, tle scene of the accident to n to the hospital but no record of his name was ayaia5ie there later in the night. .5sss. a s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
RAID HEN BOOSTS
Four Faneiers Frisked Friday Of Fine
 Frying Fowls

EfyiuS' rUNtS
 The Ancient Ethiopian Order of Hen Thieves sent out a. ,raiding party iu Birmingham Friday night and as a re suit there is to all appearances plenty of forage in the camp of the cult today.
 Saturday morning. Henry Lester. Pratt City pike, missing the usual morning concert of the dOrkings. inves- tigated and found that some time dur ing the hours of his repose some incOn- siderate night prowler had invaded the hen .roost and made off with IS of his choice fowls. He at once notified the police department in the hope of re- covering at least a part of the flock.
 Three other poultry yards were raid cd during the. night. O. F. Johnson. 60S Twenty-fifth street, south, lost four hens; Mrs. NJ c. Giles. 121l Avenue I. also reported four stolen and W. F. Williams, 112S Silver avenue. lost five hens. This made total of four thefts reported to the police department Sat urday morning from as many different sections of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
GIRLS HUNERY.
 STAGE HOELlHlP. LAND INs JAIL

CHICAGO Jan. 19-Because tl.ey sai.l they were hungry and out of iwS.fk. tvo girls held up the proprietor of q dryEocds store at the poins of s revolver here today and wa.kesl out with the contents of the cash register. amounting to about ssN. Eosh were captured later. They wecc CslaSlotte Weiss. 1Si and Irene PiSkulsSa, f8.. fI
 This is the first holG-ups ever : staged in Chicago by .women tfii- aisle-l bys men, Esiice ssas., s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
BOMB TRAP
Explosive Disguised As Book Sent Ts
 Successful Suitor

BOSTON, Jan. 19.-A bomb dis Kuised as a book by mail exploded when it was opened today by Michael Nicastro in the office of his son. Cosimo Nicastro, Boston lawyer. No one was injured.
 A former unsuccessful suit0r for the hand of the present Mrs COsimO Nicastro is thought by officials to have mailed the bomb.
 The spring of a rat trap held in place by rubber was released when the book was opened and served to de fnnafe the bomb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
LEG SORES

ARE CCEsABt.E-lf yod. sui. CT frah, Ias s'.-alp,tIy P fE . .opy of my famous Nona fat els. now |" h. .yd oi .es trod 'Ies so" sn f.s ls,ns ;:tS remark 1' i' p.!nlesa ;rept en-. rs ,if.er,n
 tte,I anythlne ydu "v"t ei,sd ', an tnr resuli Of svtl ss y~r.r s?-riu .:.,. .sin.sl
 Ea. yorr naiiie ahi id tG IsR. if MliiITlEE. Sa.te Ais. t2i aAsl Etesenta
 Street. kansas CitS. Mo. sF Y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
"A START.

John. dear. I've absolutely made up mymind to eeonomize next year, So I've just been down ordering every thing I could thnik of, to be delivered before the first of the month" ."1F'rosn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
EARTHQUAKE IN SPAIN
Sf.oeks Throw Village Iniiabitant
 Into Panic

MADRID, Jan. 19.-Strong earth shocks their the inhabitants of the vii lages of Algaidas, and Villa Nueva. near MaelaSa into panic yesterday. ac- corLins to dispatches just reaching here. Some houses were destroyed, but there was no loss of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20

REESE ADAMsoN Bmn yfrst presden. of the Ala bama Automotve Dea:es assocaon, Monday at the annual meeting of the association the Exchange hotel in Montgomery when new officers will be chosen "A large dele meeting. &s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
If Ruptured Try This Free

Apply It to Any Rupture. old or Recent, Large Small. and You Are on the Road Thaa Has
 Convinced Th0uSanGlS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
HUGHES GRAMS REQUEST Wires Governors Of Arizona, Texas
 And New Mexico To Lift Bars


 WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.-The gov ernOrs of Arizona. New Mexico and Texas were inforuied by Secretary Hughes tonight that the federal gov ernmerit had granted the request of the Mex2Al government for the pass age of Obreson troops from NacO, Aria, { to Fl PasO. Tex. and thence into Mex icO- This was made possible by re- ceipt during the day of telegram of acQuiesenee in the plan from the, act \ ing governor of Texas. the other states previously having indOrsed the proposal.
 In his telesrams to the officials of the three states tonight. Secretary Hughes asked that they provide any transportation or other facilities pos sible requested by Mexican Officials to expedite the troop movement It is ex- Pectesf that the movement will be uni dertaken without delay.
 Any question of precautions to be taken by the American army or fed eral officials as at first suggested by the acting governor of Texas, is under stIsoL to have been removed in the opinion of authorities here through a new routing which will take the Mex jeans only as far as Fl PGso on Amer jean territory.
 PHOENIX. Ariz-. Jan. 19-The Uniresl States government has granted permission for the movement over American soil of approximately 1000 Mexican troops from Naco. AFiz-, to Fl PasO. Tex. according to a message received by Governor Hunt of Arizona frnm Ses.FesarV Hughes tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
OUCH LUhBAe0! RUB BACKACHE AWAY

Kidneys cause backachei No! Your backache is caused by lumbago, rheumatism or strain and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20
THE ONE EXCEPTION

Do you tell yonr wife everythingy. Yes! Everything that I thiak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20

New York state cans nearly alI ei the. sdccatash. >.s '<
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20

4 cord of inc wood wil produce 10 gnilols. of wood tar. ..,f.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-20

In England. cotton is called, cotton wool .}-1-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
NA<A<TFx Y n Y n n y VI
ALONG LIES
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by THOMAS A. CLARK

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