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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-17
DRIVER KILLED
ON new TRACK
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utely the scene of the tragedy said there
were evidences that the front wheels of
the car were locked for a distance of
two hundred feet before the car struck
the guard rail, leaving two trails of
burnt rubber on the boarl.
Apparently the car was headed
toward the grand stand and the
driver was unable to steer it with the
gentle turn of the track to the left. A
twenty-fopt section of the new steel lined
guard rail was carried away. The rear
wheels left the car, apparently, before
it struck the rail, according to those
who inspected the scene, and the front
wheels were lost when. the crash came,
The car is said to have rolled over and
over, without wheels, in a diagonal d.
rection across the track into the infield.
Ansterberg was one of several drivers
who came here this week from Los
Angeles to participate in the $50, mile
race October 70, and was practicing on
the track for his first time when the ac-
cident occurred. He was born in Con-
cord, Mich. His wife is said to be in
Los Angeles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-17
Alfonso Reveals Views
In Talk With Ameri-
can Woman

Copyright and all rights reserved In the
United States, Canada and South
America and Japan by North Ameri-
Herald). tr,s ..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-17
DEAN OF OPERATORS DIES

WASHINGTON, Oct.l 16.-John A.
Ryan, dean of Washington telegraph
operators and known to several genera
tions of key men throughout the counz
try, is dead at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Henry T. Schildroth, at the age
of u. He will be buried tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-17

You Know Al Tonic Is Good
when it makes you eat like hungry
boy and brings back the color to your
cheeks You can soon feel the Strength
ening, Invigorating Effects of
GROVES -TASTELESS CHILL TONIC.
--zsdv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-17
ward j. Murray, Lexington, KY; Miss
Margaret O. Mckinney KuoYvi1lo

Margaret G. Mckinney, Knoxville,
Tenn. ]. p. Kranz, Nashville; o. @,
Pickrell, Baltimore DR.. Henry Bos-
well, Sanatorium, Miss. :, Mrs. George
L. Hall, Gadsden !; d. e. Bread, Aus
tin, Texas; Mrs. Marjorie o. McGehee,
Savannah, Ga.;f DIR. John Stewart,
Bonneville, Ark; Mrs. w. r. Borough,
Little Rock, Ark; Mrs r. NJ. Jones,
Florence, and 3. A. Brown. B. II. Clark
and Benz Price of Birmingham. a.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-17

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-The Mo
bile and Ohio today applied to the In
terstate Commerce commission for auth
ority to issue 81 $50, 900 of 4 LIZ per
cent equipment trust certificates. Pro-
ceeds will be used to purchase five loco
motives, 535 box cars, $50 stock cars,
800 coal cars, two coaches, three express
cars and a mail baggage car, the total
cost of which will be $g.O65, 500 U
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
Jesus at the
Wedding Feast.

The person who reads the Bible as
a means of inspiration and uses the
life of the Master as a model of con-
duct will find that Jesus was man
among men. He will find that he was
socially inclined and that where he
went people greeted him with glad
ness and enjoyed his companionship.
1t will be noted that Jesus loved the
company of fellow beings and was
not a killjoy He did not condemn
things unless he knew they were
wrong. After making wine at the
Cana wedding feast, so there would be
happiness and conviviality, he went
to the temple and drove out the
money changers and bargain drivers
who were Decorating Gods house.
You can draw your own lesson from
the following passage:
And the third day there was mar
riage in Cana of Galilee; and the
mother of Jesus was there:
2. And both Jesus was called, and
his disciples, to the marriage.
8. And when they wanted wine, the
mother of Jesus saith unto him, They
have no wine.
4. Jesus saith unto her, Woman.
what have l to do with thee? mine
hour is not yet come.
5. His mother saith unto the SER
wants, Whatsoever he saith unto you
do it.
6. And there were set there six
waterpots of stone, after the manner
of the purifying of the Jews, contain
ing two or three firkins piece.
Z. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the
waterpots with water. And they fill
ed them up to the brim.
s. And he saith unto them, Draw
out now, and bear unto the governor
of the feast. And they bare it.
8. When the ruler of the feast had
tasted the water that was made wine,
and knew not whence it was: (but the
servants which drew the water
knew;) the governor of the feast call
ed the bridegroom,
10. And saith unto him, Every man
at the beginning doth set forth good
wine; and when men have we'll drunk,
| then that which is worse: but thou
hast kept the good wine until now.
H. This beginning of miracles did
Jesus in Cana of Galiee, and manifest
ed forth his glory; and his disciples
believed on him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13

and feeding the workers debased cur
rency while they take their profit in
dollars or pounds. We have some of
the same stripe of men in America.
And we see the pathos Of a few men
with democratic vision vainly trying
to govern.
Sad is a nation without tradition.
Young as we are we have an older
tradition than Germany. The Ger
man tradition goes back to 1871 when
Bismarck grouped the states under
the flag of an empire and foisted a
false and unwholesome tradition of
military proves and power upon the
people Success would have en-
trenched even this evil tradition.
Failure stripped it of its false glory
and left the German nothing to dream
of in the way of a country but his
isolated home spot where he raised
cabbages and grew his grapes amid
the hills of the Rhine or Moselle.
Tradition, to serve as an anchor,
must be based upon unity of purpose.
We hold to our flag because our fore
fathers bled for it. And they fought
willingly for freedom. With his in
stinct for self government stified
through years of repression the Ger
man of today wanders adrift signing
for the good old days" under the
crown-the basal cause of his present
misery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
II. s. ATTORNEY GIVES UP
JOB OF DRYING GOTHAM

WASHINGTON So discouraging
are the results of prohibition en-
forcement in New York that United
States District Atty. William Hay
ward. regarded as a candidate for the
Republican gubernatorial nCmina-
ton, Tuesday night told the Anti-Sa-
loon leagues national conference the
burden on him seemed almost in
supportable.
Particularly was this so, he added,
"since New York withdrew it's sup
port from the constitution by repeal
of the state enforcement law"
Col. Hayward referred to New
York's lawful atmosphere of fraud,
corruption perjury, bribery, and forg-
cry, Matched and nurtured by boot
Logging" which, he said, "centers
upon my Office. Many lawyers hand
ling accused bootleggers, Col. HAY
ward declared, put their oaths to
support the constitution in their
brief cases."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
The Spring Election.

With spring election and mayor
and four aldermen to be elected To-
cal politics will soon be topic OF
discussion. Mayor Mccoy says he
has served his last term and does not
want the Office again. That leaves
the field open for other candidates.
The issue in Lancaster will prob
ably revolve around the wet and dry
question with economy in city affairs
as an additional issue. Critics of the
present administration say it has
been wasteful with the peoples
money and too easy when it comes to
law enforcement. They infer and
say openly that conditions have been
disgraceful here in regard to booze
sales and drunkenness. They say the
town has been wide open"
The Herald thinks the critics too
severe on the matter of extrava-
gances. Everybody agrees h
economy should he practiced, but
where can you draw the line? Things
come up, one after another, all TAX
ing money We need new boiler or
some kind of new outfit at the water
works. We will have to make GER
tain repairs to the sewage system.
Neither expense was provided for in
the annual budget Regular city ex-
penses will run along as usual and
the new city building has cost lot
of money and will cost lot more to
maintain. These nice things cost
money.
In regard to the law enforcement
proposition we think the admlQlstra-
ton intended to raise the lid little
following a stiff administration. The
lid was raised on the general theory
that a little liberality did no harm.
But things got out of control, and
perhaps went good deal farther
than the city government had any
idea they would. We don't believe
the mayor likes it that way but he is
too easy going and good hearted to
put the screws on and hurt some
body's feelings.
The next administration will have
to face a lot of worry in regard to
finding money to pay expenses and
to meet new expenses coming up. The
mayorality candidates will have as
an issue the wet or dry" in regard
to booze sales in the city and moon
shine being run in. These things can
be stopped, but it will take courage
to do it.
1t is up to the people to find man
who can fill the bill. Politics should
be forgotten, if the man can be found
and the Job handed to him on plat
ter along with bomb proof shelter
when criticism becomes too hot. It's
surely coming.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
Pumping Water
by Electricity.

The recent storm and resultant
power failure seems to have put a
crimp in the aspirations of the Inter
state power company toward pump
ing Lancaster's water supply by cleo
trical means, discarding our present
Anticipated steam plant.
The condition is regrettable and
unfortunate. The plan takes care OF
Just such emergencies by providing a
gasoline engine auxiliary outfit. Elec-
trio pumping plants all over the
country carry auxiliary outfits and
use them when emergencies such as
last weeks power failure arise.
Weekly tests are made to make sure
the emergency plant is available
when needed.
The electric way is the modern
way. There is no doubt about this.
Industrial plants of every nature
have thrown out their steam equip
ment and line shafting to install in
diyidual electric motor devices. From
a personal standpoint it is just as es-
sential to keep these plants running
as it would be to keep water plant
running. The industrial plant &C
cepts the hazard and installs emer-
gency equipment if needed, in order
to make the saving.
AS taxpayer the writer would like
to see the electric plan thoroughly
investigated A sleet storm does not
scare us. We feel certain the auxil-
larry equipment would provide press
ure in case of failure of power and
we feel certain also that the city
would save considerable money
through electric pumping. AS the
matter stands every pound of coal
has to be hauled two miles at least.
The plant, installed at least rs years
ago, is Anticipated and inefficient.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
QUERY AND ANSWER

D. M, Lone Rock: What will cure
an itching head of boy IA years old?
Answer: "A fine comb.
F. H., Blue River: Will you please
state how long the Lincoln Highway
is? Answer: The Lincoln Highway
from New York to San Francisco is
$3.50 miles.
B. G., Boscobel: Will you be kind
enough to answer in your Question
Column just what the Monroe Doc
trine" is? Answer: Just one hundred
years ago James Monroe, then Presi-
dent of the United States, in his mes
sage to Congress, asked that no for
eign power he allowed the conquest
of any more territory on the western
hemisphere. This policy was affirm
ed Congress and became known as the
Monroe Doctrine.
D. N, Blue River: Does President
Coolidge have any brothers or sis
tiers? If so, where do they live?
Answer: President Coolidge has no
brothers and sisters.
P. D., Muscoda: How many feder-
al prisons are there? Why are some
state prisons used for federal prison
ers? Answer: There are three fed
eral prisons-Ft. Leavenworth, kans.,
Atlanta, Ga, and Mcneil Island.
Owing to shortage of space lin fed
eral prisons, arrangements have been
made with few state prisons to re-
ceive federal convicts.
Reader, Soldiers Grove: am a
girl 16 years of age. A boy II called
and took me and my mother out one
evening. Now he wants to take me
out alone. Mother thinks it all right,
but my father objects and says l
should have a chaperon. Who is
right? Answer: We think your faith
er is right. .-
D. c., Excelsior: What makes a
rubber ball bounce? / know you will
say rubber" but I am asking in
seriousness. Answer: A ball-par-
ticularly rubber, when hurled against
hard surface, is slightly knocked
out Of shape. Being elastic, it i'm
mediately springs back to shape. the
reaction causing ut to rebound.
Hence, the bounce.
l.. M, Avoca: How does a giraffe
protect itself from other animals in
it's wild state? Your answer is to set
tie AN argument. Answer: Fleetness
is it's weapon of defense. It can out
run any other known animal.
Reader Muscoda: When is the edi-
tor of the @. &. A. going to get mar
ried. 1t seems asked this same
question several years ago, didn't i?
Answer: You did The editor would
marry Immediately If you and few
other delinquents would pay your
subscription -Muscoda Progressive.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
Scanning Our
Exchanges.

Exchanges.
One of the favorite indoor sports
of the editor is to sean his exchanges.
This is a privilege not allowed all
mortals. We do it as part of our
business, but we enjoy it too.
The Herald receives a number of
good exchanges. They come mostly
from nearby cities with an occasional
one from long distance. All are
good. In fact as we pride ourselves
on having a good paper We wouldn't
exchange with an editor who didn't
pay attention to his sheet.
The Fort Atkinson Union is the best
printed paper coming to the Herald
Office. 1t is one of the few weeklies
we know of printed on book paper. 1t
sparkles in appearance and always
contains a lot of interesting editorial
comment and news. And it's makeup
and appearance are superb.
The Stoughton Hub is the newest
weekly we get. We are surprised
every week to see the amount of in
teresting items from all over the
world contained in the Hub. And we
do not see how it can exist with so
little advertising.
Perhaps" the Dodgeville Sun-Re-
public is the snappiest paragraph
man we know of Mr.. Trace has
pungent, racy style and his column
a week sparkles like a diamond. He
hates CUFF and bunk, especially where
it is spread off with a thin coating of
sickly sentiment. And he delights in
taking the hide off shams.
From a local standpoint the Bosco-
bel Dial is the best written paper
reaching us. Harlan Johnson is a
natural writer and the pity is that he
doesn't extend himself more when he
has so much ability. We would hike
to see Harlan blossom out and hit
the ball. He can do it,
The "Honestest" editor we know is
Our old friend, Robert Tiff Dugdale.
Bob tells the truth as he sees it and
no man can % more. We hope Platte
vile won't lose good editor when 1t
gains a good postmaster
The Bloomington Record comes III
the class of good country weeklies.
From a front page standpoint the
Record is stereotyped and one issue
looks just like another. This is bad
fault Then the Record comes out
late at so many regular intervals that
one wonders what the publication day
really is But we wonder again how
the Record boys manage to find so
much interesting reading in and
around an inland town of 500. And
the Foley feature of that paper is al
ways unique and interesting. We al
ways read the Record from cover to
cover looking carefully for lambast
ing. And feel disappointed when we
don't get it.
The Richland papers, the Rustic and
the Democrat, are both good papers.
Opinions differ as to ready-prints
and some don't like crowding items
together as locals regardless of their
classification or Importance. The two
papers contain an abundance of good
stuff and their newsy quality de-
mands more originality in makeup.
The Herald gets a number of other
good exchanges and we will comment
on them also from time to time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
Moral Support for
the American Legion.

An American legion MEMBER com
plains to the Herald that the Lancas-
ter community does not support the
local post in the way other communl-
ties support their post. He says the
legion is organized to carry on citl-
zenship just as the members were
enrolled in the war to fight this
country's battles.
The legion has not asked for any
thing from the people, preferring to
acceil support but not to request it.
This is laudable. Modesty is always
commemorate and the legion takes
the right view in being receptive but
not commanding.
Support comes to any man, or
ganization or enterprise after being
earned. Subscribing to high princ1-
pies is not enough. Results must be
shown and the support will be auto
matte.
We do not say this critically. We
simply suggest the path toward Sc
curing support. The legion should
let it's light so shine that all men may
see.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
Tear the Light
Situation Wide Open.

The foregoing argument for the use
of electric pumping will be taken by
some as a boost for the supplying
company. 1t is not. 1t is a plea for
economical and modern equipment in
the water plant AS a taxpayer the
writer is interested in good service
and lower taxes. Every taxpayer
should be equally interested.
Another topic for local discussion
is the matter Of light and power
rates. People say the company's
franchise is indeterminate and there
fore illegal. They say no passing city
council has the right to give a per-
petual franchise, depriving other peo-
pie of the right to bargain for their
necessities. Electricity is a modern
necessity.
Then people say the rates are too
high. They say other towns have
lower rate where they have bargain
ed more keenly and been better serV-
ed by their representatives.
And people say that the last raise
was put into effect to meet temper
airy emergency in the price OF war
time coal and never lowered. The
rates have remained up for five years.
No suggestion has been made toward
lowering these rates. No suggestion
will ever be made if left to the COM
pany. It is only natural to expect
this where there is no competition
Power users object to the demand
charge" on motor equipment. They
say the demand charge is not
economically justified. They say the
company puts a choker on ample use
of power by applying an unjustified
overhead The demand charge runs
about SLIP a horse power per month.
AS a matter of justice to the pub
lie and to the company these COM
plants should be looked into. No
one, the Herald least of all, wants to
see the company operate here at a
loss. The company is certainly en-
titled to a fair profit. 1t is not en-
titled TO an unjust profit and it should
not have authority to arbitrarily fix
conditions that are onerous.
The Lancaster city council is a
body having the power to look into
these things. 1t can demand a hear
ing by the utilities commission. The
commission can determine what is
fair so the public and the company
can go forward in justice to each side
and mutual friendliness and good
feeling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
Germany.

Editorial writer's nowadays, find a
never failing topic in Germany. Some
times they change and write about
prohibition. The test to the editorial
man is this: Are the people inter-
ested in your subject? If so-write
about it.
The difficulties of Germany, its
failure to pay war indemnities, its
dissolution, it's warning parties, its
wretchedly poor on one hand and ex-
tremely rich on the other-all these
things come UP for discussion. One
gets a glimpse of a ridiculed, depress-
ed and friendless social democrat par
ty vainly trying to function and meet
responsibilities while the naughty
and scoffing militarists and Junkers
stand on one side and throw rocks.
On the other side are the communists
throwing bombs. The democrats, re-
cruited from working and industrial
classes, have vainly tried to hold
Germany to a middle path. The mill
tarists and junkers would pull the
government back toward monarchy.
And the communists work for the
soviet.
So one cannot say: why doesn't
Germany pay it's war indemnities and
so ahead, doing this, that and the
other?" 1t seems to be fact that no
Germany exists as we would speak
of France, England or America. There
is no unity of purpose and no solidar-
ity. The ship of state wallows in the
trough of the sea, rudderless, and a
prey to every passing storm.
Pages could be written on this sub
ject To us few things stand out.
The unwarranted suffering of the
common people who were hurled into
a war at the behest of the ruling
classes. Now they are away from
their smooth groove of methodical
and industrious lives. They have be-
come thieves in order to live as we
would steal in order to live. They
show their essential honesty when
they steal sugar or flour and sew the
sack to prevent the remainder from
escaping. Then we see conscience
less rich men despoiling the country
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
FAST ELECTRIC ENGINES
PRIDE OF FRENCH ROAD

PARASITIC fastest electric loco
motives in Europe have just started
running on the French Midi road, be-
tween Toulouse and Bayonne.
Weighing 102 tons, they can pull
a train of 300 tons on 5 per cent
grade at so miles an hour. On re-
cent trial, one of these engines, with
a special heavy train, reached that
speed in less than three minutes from
a standstill and increased it later to
so miles an hour.
But the Orleans road proposes to
beat these records. 1t has ordered a
locomotive from America which is to
have a speed of los miles an hour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
Law Enforcement
In t4rant County.

When people talk of claw enforce
ment" they mean liquor law enforce
ment for the liquor law is the only
one openly and fiagrantly violated IN
Grant county. From it springs child
drunkenness and debauchery, dance
hall drunkenness and all the other
evils that come with state OF affairs
clear out of control. Conditions now
are worse than they were in the OLD
wet days and that's going some. one
can stand on hill in southern Grant
and see the smoke from four dist1ll-
cries coming up at once, so certain
men tell US. We haven't seen them
but we have seen drunken men who
got that way from moonshine.
The next district attorney ana the
next sheriff will find general de-
mand along the line of more ferret
ing out and more prosecutions.
Things will slumber until August and
then watch out. Law enforcement,
meaning liquor law enforcement, Will
be a live issue in Grant county before
the fall election is over.
The dance hall law sponsors made
a weak attempt to strike at the evil
last fall when they tried to push
through the dance regulatory meas
ure. The bill deservedly lost. A wise
reformer strikes at the evil itself and
doesn't scatter his shot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
VIKING ERA BROOCH
UNEARTHED BY GOOSE

BERGEN, Norway.-In the prov
ince of Rogaland, a small boy set to
tend flock of geese, had driven his
charges to the edge of a little pond.
Here the geese splashed and rooted
about, unearthing magnificent
brooch of gold, dating from the Vik-
ing era. The relic was taken to the
Stavanger museum where the cura-
tor said the brooch is one of the fin
est examples of Viking goldsmiths
art yet discovered.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
NORSKY POLICE TAP
STOMACHS FOR BOOZE

CHRISTIANIA Norway. - Police
hunting for bootleggers recently dis
covered that ultra corpulent persons
were wearing refund aluminium re-
ceptacles strapped around their
waists. Now fat persons are tapped
kith policemen's knuckles. If the
taps bring forth a metallic sound the
man is invited to the police station.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13

The Interstate company will prob
ably remain in the field and as
monopoly They should see that har-
monious relations are essential to
their future welfare. They, too,
could ask a hearing.