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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27
AMERICANS LOSE
ALL RESERVE IN
PARIS SAYS TAXI
Claims Respectable Citi-
zens Always Want To
See Night Life

Oscar Katz. former sDetroit boy,
Il driving nighthawk taxicab in Paris.
And what hasn't he got to say about
the comings, goings and doinss Of the
naughty American tourists in Paris
Hats went.tc Paris in 1922 to study
sociology and Psychology at the Sor-
bonnie. When his funds ran low, he
turned his hand TO taxi driving, writes
q. J. Be& in Paris letter to the De-
troit News
II learned more sociology and psy-
chology from the front seat of my little
red bus In night than could get in
my classroom In . month";" he said the
fother day.
IF you want some inside information
about how the homo Americans
his sister, too. cuts up when he hits this
giddy burg, can give 1t to YOU he
volunteered. My stand Is in Mont
marie, where the thirsty Americana
flock to get rid of their dollars and in
hibitions. At 8 o'clock in the morn
ing ] sure see things that give me food
for thought
Doing Paris In A Week
The permanent American residentssof
Paris, Mr.. Katz said, are seldom at
tracted to the all-night resorts Of Mont
mhEtt. 1nef kuUW now dTtIktCtAk 8uU
mercenary the whole show is. It's the
Americans who come to do" Paris in
q week or two that bring prosperity
to the queer theatres, cabarets and other
made-to-order amusements, he asserted.
There are lot OF places around here
that / wouldn't take a self-respectinx
dog to-" continued the chauffeur philoso-
pher, but nice old women from back
home have just got TO 20 there and see
life.'
cts not the FOUNDERS and the young
men that shock me with their goings-on.
It's the nice old men and women, the
folks who back home stiff1y toe the
mark and compel their neighbors to toe
it, too. Folks from the little towns out
west and south are the worst offenders.
They're the ones that ask to be taken to
see the most bizarre sights.
Zone night, motherly looking wom-
an with grazing hair-I should guess
she was from Ohio or Indiana--asked
me to take her to certain number, no-
torious in Paris. / thought at first I
had misunderstood, but when she re-
peated the number Enthusiastically, told
her that If she knew what the place was
like, / was sure she wouldn't care to 90
there.
But she looked very displeased and
turned on me with words that have
come to represent to me almost classic
expression of the feeling of certain
Americans. She said:
"'Oh, forgot; you're an American !;
Of course, you wouldn't understand
well, have tried to understand"
Kate went on. my literary idol is
William James. / know a couple Of
his books almost By heart. I think this
great psychologist has the explanation.
He calls it taking moral holiday
THE average normal so-called good
fellow back home blows off his steam
q little at a time. He lives his own life
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other as neighbors belonging to the
same community, mutually interested in
the development of the common welfare,
standing ready to renounce selfish aims
running contrary to the general good
of all; as long as. we put that con-
straint into practice which all con-
scientious citizens are accustomed to
observe in their relations with one an
other, and as long as we stand pre-
pared by mutual measures, to punish
evil doers within our own walls, we
will bring nearer the day when the re-
lations between nations can be main
tanned in an. atmosphere of confidence
rather than of suspicion, and when de-
cisions can be made through the inter
mediary of justice instead of force when
ever crises arise. As
II say therefore, unhesitatingly-and
1 believe that you will agree with me
that Europe has as great an interest
as we have in enforcing the moral union
realized by our nations in their efforts
to establish a new method to conduct
International affairs"
The speech was warmly applauded.
The same evening, at dinner given
by the American club, speech was
made byNCharles de Chambrun, minis
ter plenipotentiary, chief of the services
Of information and the press at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who, as a
descendant of General Lafayette, has
been honored with the title of "Ameri-
can citizen"
The American ambassador at Paris, -
said NJ. de Chambrun, does not be-
long. gentlemen, to you alone; here he
is ours asS much as he is yours. He
speaks in yeur name, it is true, but
from our hearts he attracts the warm
est feelings of affection for himself and
for his noble c,untry."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27

ton jackson dominated the ring. He
was the friend and instructor of Byron
and half the bloods in London. "a
manlier Byron" some one as / called
him. He was almost an intimate of
the prince regent, which now does not,
however. seem so much Of privilege.
He wore scarlet coat, worked in gold
at the buttonholes, ruffles and friH of
fine lace, small white stock, looped
hat with broad black band, buff knee
breeches and long silk springs, striped
white silk stockings, pumps and paste
buckles; his waistcoat was pale blue
satin sprigged with white. Yet to
reach all that magnificence and dis
tinction he fought only three battles,
one of which he lost and in one of
which, that for the championship with
Mendoza, he employed methods for
which he should have been Immediately
disqualified. 81 -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27
USURPED THE CALIPHATE
Prophet Had Decreed Holder or Title
Should Be or Koreish Tribe

Should Be or Koreish Tribe
Probably few persons realize that
in deposing the ex-sultan from his qua
si-religious position as Commander Of
the faithful the Turks have in fact
lightly abandoned a, claim which all
Moslem peoples not under their rule
have always refused to acknowledge.
says the Manchester Guardian. Mo-
manned. In instituting the caliphate
| to bear rule and authority over the
world Of Islam after his death, laid
down precise instructions as to the quail
ifications that should be possessed by
the holder of the office-which, be it
observed, is;elective and not hereditary.
Among other essentials the most i'm
portant was the requirement that the
caliph should always be chosen from
among the Koreish tribe Of Arabs, to
which community Mohammed himself
belonged. t'The caiiph shall be of the
Koreish tribe" said the prophet, "as
long as there are two persons in it,
one to rule and one to serve"
The rule was strictly observed all
through the golden days Of the cali
phate.
Umayyads at Damascus, Abbassids
at Bagdad and even the usurping dyn-
asty Of the Fatimites in Cairo, all pos-
sessed the title which descend from
the. chosen tribe conferred. The cali
plate was appropriated to the Turkish
line of sultans by an act Of usurpa-
ton on the part of the Sultan Selim
I, about 1913. The Arabs, whenever
they have been free from Turkish rule,
have never ceased to protest, that the
Turkish title to the headship Of Islam
is illegitimate. 1t may be noted that
Hussein Of the Hedjaz, who has now
assumed the title, is a member fthe
Koreish tribe, and indeed a direct de-
scendant of the prophet himself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27
NATIONS NOT A FAMILY
Ambassador Herrick Discusses Peace
Efforts At Paris Dinner

At the Washington's birthday dinner,
given to diplomatic representatives
from Latin-America, at the United
States embassy here, notable speech
was made by Ambassador Hcrrick, says
lie Figdgo. Paris.
However desirable it may appear"
said the ambassador, in part, ito unite
the nations of the whole world in a
big happy family, such result, if it
is ever obtained, will be by very
gradual process. The democracies of
our own continents have been attempt
ing it for long time. Acting of their
free wills, in obedience to no motives
other than the sole desire to be of serv-
Ice ta each other, these democracies
created the Pan-American Union.
Just so long as the nations of our
continents continue to regard each
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27
BRITISH FlSTIC
HEROES STIRRED.
PERSONAL PRIDE
Expert Says They Could
Not Be Called First
Class Fighters

With English boxing, so far as ac-
tual achievement in the ring goes, con-
eededly at its lowest ebb, renaissance
IF prize ring literature is suggested in
the number of recent books by English
sporting writer's recalling the days of
Britain's supremacy, writes Arthur.
Maurice, in the New York Herald.
Is this apparent renaissance mere
chance or has It significance? Are
these books designed for the strength
ening of British parts at q time when
the lights of British fistie champions
elimmer only for a moment to be
quickly snuffed out by invading boxers
from France or the United States?
The latest addition to this new
literature of the prize ring is THE
Story Of Boxing by Trevor G. Wig
nall Of the London Daily Mail, just
Published in this country by Bren-
t3no's. Beginning with, James Figg as
the father of British boxing, it car
xies down even later than Bohun
Lynch's "Knuckles and Gloves" of a.
few months ago, and like Mr.. Lynch's
book is drawn largely for its material
from Pierce Egan, from Miles Pug
ilistic" and, above all, from Thorman-
by's BOXERS and Their Battles"
The Brutal Depths
Mr.. Wignall in particularly grue-
some half-page description recalls an
apparently forgotten period Of British
fighting, the period between 1850 and
1870, when the so-called sport sounded
analogous to a period in American
rough and tumble battling, just after
the ciose Of the Civil war, when the
free for air was the accepted method
Of settling disputes and the two
bruisers repaired to cellar with one
key between them.
Interesting Characters
The ,illustrious figures in the history
Of English boxing were invariably in
teresting in the point of personality,
but it is not SO certain that they were
first class fighting men. Broughton's
fame rests less upon his battles than
upon his reply to his patron, the Duke
Of Cumberland, when the latter showed
him q company of the Prussian Guards
made up Of giants Kidnapped by the
Prussian king. How would you like
TO fight. them, Broughton?" asked the
duke; whereupon Brougllton vol
unteered to take on the whole COM
pany in turn, beginning with the pivot
man, provided he be served breakfast
after each bout. Mendoza's reign as
champion of England was marked by
battles often unsatisfactory conclud-
ed. Jem Belcher, known as 'the Ma
poleon of the ring" might have
matched s1b to the modern fistic
achievements had it not been for the.
less of HIS eye. After that he fell
before Pierce and before Crib twice.
But the most astonishing and incom-
prehensive reputation in England's
Golden age of boxing was that of
sGentleman" jackson. For genera
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27

and has pretty good time wherever he
may be. But these folks with the
starched manners don't have any moral
safety valves. So when they come to
Paris they just naturally bust their
boilers with a-once-in-a-lifetime explo-
-blooey- just like that. They're
the ones that show morbid curiosity
to see the crazy places"
Mr.. Katz shattered one tradition. the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27

the waiter 100 frames a. ID, but ~
minute they ~ taxi they start setting
mean and try to figure how they can
beat him out Of few cents.
Since my first few weeks never
let on that can speak English. lust
sit there and listen to some Of them tell
ing how they are going to beat me.
Then when they start something give
them u jolt"
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one about Americans being the most
lavish tippers. He asserts that Ameri-
cans are the stingiest with their tips,
When they first arrive in Paris they
overtip. but they soon lose this habit,
and from then on tip less than the
Frenchman.
Folks come breezing out OF a joint
on the hill all dressed up" Katz ex-
planned. Maybe they have Just tossed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27

be by nc
is difference
with balloon tires which Mr. ee revelation riding comfort with
the mos enth fs6r s IA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27

Z.
most any other automobile.
People have bought this car much as
they would buy Government Bonds -
with unquestioning trust in its value
and dependabiity.
In many instances, they have even dis
pensed with demonstration rides, taking
the position that the Cadillac has been
demonstrated and that its very name
denotes its quality
Naturally, the New Voc has been pur-
chased in this same manner with the
same implicit confidence in Cadillac
performance based on its reputation.
But almost Immediately, the New V-63
owner discovers this striking truth
that fine and efficient as have been past
Cadillac types, and enviable as has been
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27

be compared with previous Cadillacs-
splendid as was their performance
And certainly not with any other auto
mobile, either foreign or American.
The New V-63 is extraordinarily
different must be judged by new
standards higher than have ever be-
fore been associated with motor car.
This difference is in vital phases Of per-
torrance! It is due chiefly to Cadillac's
new harmonized and balanced oOs "
Type eight cylinder engine, and can be
realized only by,riding in the car.
Consequently, even though you have
taken for granted the SURPRISING quality
of Cadillac performance DSi0e the
New Voc.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
WHAT'S DOING
Today and Tomorrow
Today.

Address-vladimir II Sensinoff. Oi
Kerenskfs Russian cabinet, before
Central Labor Union, 1905 c street,
$3.50 p. m.
Musical neutrality-suspicious. COM
mittee, Women's City Club, $3.50 p. m.
Card party-Sick committee, Daugh-
ters of Isabella. residence of Mrs,
Robert Daley. 1918 Tenth street north
east, evening.
Combined meeting-All tents of the
Maccabees, Odd Fellows Hail. p. m.
Meeting-Georgetown Citizens Asso-
citation. Trinity Church, 8 p. m.
Free lobby concert-Y. NJ. c. A.. 1880
p. m.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. against prohibi-
ton amendment. Willard p. m.
Tomorrow.
Observation-Disclosures Club, Willard,
IL a. m.
Meeting-was shington Chapter, Hadas-
sab, Unity Club, 1903 Twenty-first street
northwest, 1880 p. m.
Dinner dance-University Club. eve
ming.
Joint meeting--Archaeolo ogical Society
and Art and Archaeology League of
Washington, United States National
Museum, $3.50 p. m.
Ladies bridge tea-City Club. $3.50 to
%:30 p. m.
Gym class-City Club, s to 6 D. m.
Basketbali-Game, City Club. $3.50
p. m.
Meeting-rhomas Circle Citizens Asso-
ciation. Luther Place Memorial Church,
p. m.
CONGRATULATED States soldierS Home
Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall, $40 p. m.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
JUDGES ARE NAMED FOR
GRADE CROSSING CONTEST

The American Railway Associa.
tion's contest to eliminate grade
crossing accidents will be Judged by
six men experienced in handling
railway traffic, It was announced
today. The contest, which opened
January Z, and will continue to
February II, will result in cash
awards of $500 for the best poster.
5000 for the second best and 500
for the third.
In the slogan contest an award
Of 500 will be paid to the one who
submits what the committee thinks
is the best slogan. The judges of
the contest are c. C.. McChord.
member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission; H. G. Taylor, Lincoln,
Neb., president of the National AS
sociation of Railway and Utilities
Commissioners; L. A. DeBlois, Chi
cago, president of the National
Safety Council; Col. Charles Clifton,
president of the National Automo-
bile Chamber Of Commerce; H. A.
Rowe, New York city, chairman of
the committee on prevention OF
grade crossing accidents.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
ELECTR0SCOPE
FINDS LOST
RAD|UN
With instrument, Bureau oil
Standards EmpIoye Finds
Tiny Specks.

Miss Mary Brewer has just found
$1,000 worth Of radium in an ash
can. She did It with her little gold
leaf electroscope, an instrument
with which she measures the value
Of all radium used by the scientific
workers Of the Bureau OF Standards
where she Is employed. A short
time ago she found an equal guam
a. concrete walk, embedded among
the ashes into which it had fallen.
The ashes had been used to make
a foundation for the concrete.
Both tubes had been lost at the
Governments laboratory. No one
had the faintest idea where to look
for them-except Miss Brewer. She
figured 1t all out and the electro
scope. after long and patient hand.
ling by her deft fingers, did the
rest. Hunting for q needle in a
haystack is easy work compared
with hunting for a bit Of raduim
smaller than a pinhead, somewhere
out in the wide, wide world.
The radium found in the ash can
had been swept out with the trash,
unnoticed, as the tiny tube con-
tanning 1t could easily escape detec-
ton. The sweepings had been placed
with those Of many other offices
In the ashes and the ashes filled
many cans. The gold leaf appar-
atus located the can containing the
speck of radium. Its contents were
dumped on the floor in a number OF
small heaps. The electroscope
pointed to the heap containing the
treasure.
Then, for the first time in the
history Of the Bureau Of Standards,
an employe handled radium bare
handed, 30 eager was Miss Brewer
to complete her search. She es-
capped without harm. In her daily
work she is protected by thick slab
of iron which acts as a shield and
breaks the force of the mysterious
power Of the radium rays.
During 1923 Miss Brewer and her
elettroscope measured 100000
worth Of radium. The substance is
used in such tiny quantities that
scales are unsuited as measuring
apparatus.
copyright. 1924, william Pickett Helm. j
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
GETS HOLD OF BIG SNAKE
IN CLEANING OUT DRAIN

EAST MAUCH CHUNK, Pa, Jan.
21.-When Edward Binder. East
Mauch Chunk, entered his cellar to
look at a service wire, he had a
most startling experience.
Noticing a considerable amount Of
water in the cellar, he inspected
the drain and found it clogged with
what appeared to be a heavy rope.
Binder pulled it out and 1t proved
to be a black snake, six feet three
inches long, which had tried to en-
ter the drain, but was unable to do
so for the reason that 1t had swal-
lowed several large potatoes it found
In the cellar.
The snake was alive, but stiff
from being in the cold water, and
was quickly killed.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
RAM ATTACKS
WOMAN IN
FIELD
Mrs. Mary Knode, Of Williams
port, Seriously Injured
by Battering.

wTLLIAMSPORT, Nd, Jan. 21.-
Mrs. Mary Knode, aged eighty-four
years, living near Dam No. 4, along
the Potomac river below this place,
was seriously injured by a ram
when the animal attacked her in a
field near her home yesterday. She
sustained q broken knee, badly
sprained hip, lacerations, and many
bruises ais the result of the batter
ing she received.
Mrs. Knode was walking across
the field toward the river when the
ram broke away from a flock of
sheep and rushed upon her. She
was knocked down with a broken
knee, but succeeded in regaining
her feet and started to flee. The
ram made a second rush and knock
ed her into a ditch, where she lay
semiconscious and helpless for two
hours.
Members Of the family, alarmed
by Mrs. Knode's absence, went in
search Of her and found her where
she had fallen. She was removed
to her home and DR.. z. L. Weaver,
Of this place was called In. Her
condition is reported serious.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
E[ASKS BARRED
FROM PARLEY
Of VETS
Association Against Amend
ment Opens Sessions
This Morning.

The Association Opposed to the
Prohibition Amendment will meet
today in their annual conference,
following less than a week upon the
heels of the jubilee convention of
the Anti-Saloon League.
An executive meeting will be
held this morning at 10 o'clock in
the small ball room at the Willard,
but the session this afternoon will
be open to the public. A banquet
will be held in the large ball room
tonight at 1880 O'clock. at which
Congressman John Philip Hill of
Maryland will act as toastmaster.
Senators Thomas Bayard of Della.
ware and William Cabell Bruce of
Maryland will be speakers.
Despite the avowed "wetness" of
the conventionists, the meeting will
be dry. in the prohibition sense of
the word. G. G. Hinckley, national
secretary of the association, de-
clared today that pocket flasks
and other accessories" would be
barred from the meetings and any.
one who seemed to have imbibed
would be asked to leave.
Among those listed to speak are:
Charles s. Wood, superintendent of
the Pennsylvania division Of the as.
ISOLATION; Mrs. w. w. Montgomery
jr., of the Pennsylvania Molly
Pitcher Club; Frank w. Russell,
president of the Moderation League
of Manitoba; Capt. William L. Fish,
secretary of the New Jersey d.
vision of the association; Nathan
Matthews, of the Constitutional
Liberty league of Massachusetts;
Austen G. Fox, of the Moderation
League Of New York; Representa-.
tive Voight Rep.) of Wisconsin,
and Matthew Woll, of Chicago, vice
president Of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor.
The Washington times., 1924-01-21
"Ice on the Farm"

The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture says that
in the production and market
ing of QUALITY milk and
cream ice pays the farmer. As
proper cooling and cold stor-
age are the greatest factors in
influencing the bacterial con-
tent of milk, the department
advises the farmer to provide
from 112 to 2 tons of ice for
every COW in the milking herd.
And doctors and health authorities
everytchere GdDtSe Zoe IN the refriO-
orator for the protection of milk IN
the home.