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The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
MILFORD NEAL1 GIVES
 BIG PARTY TO BOYS

Wilfred Bernard Ne:ly was hon ored on Thursday afternoon by the presence of twelve or fourteen boy chums al Q party al rhe home of his parents. the occasion beinz the celebration of his eleventh birth day anniversary.
 The lads were entertained with games and priEeS were awarded 10 the winners of them. The host and T. J. Fromm entertained the crowd with music on the piano and vio- lin. respectively, and later q lunch con was served which was enjoyed as only hearty lads can.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
RUM RUNNERS AND ALIENS
 OVERCROWD BORDER JAILS

MALONE, N. Y, Nov. 21, (AP)-The United States Government is soon to begin the erection of large Federal prison Rouses Point the Can- adian Border according to the reports circulated through police circles in the North Country
 The prison will be used to house the scores of booze runners other types of smugglers and aliens now being arrested in Clinton, Essex, Franklin and St. Laurence Counties and confined in the county jail until their cases disposed of.
 The Government is being practically forced to build prison detention house the Border be- cause the sherins of the counties where the bulk of the arrests being made have notified the Federal officials they for the of prisoners them the county jails being full to overnowng Recently the situation has become much owing the great number aliens being seized in the border counties. In the courts it has been dis closed that have been brought the border by liquor and others. whe drop their charges soon as the border is passed.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
CHURCH OVERCROWDED
 AT FLOWERS FUNERAL.

As token of the high admira tion and respect held in the hearts of Nome citizens, the Federated Church was filled and some were compelled to stand outside at the funeral of Oliver Flowers last Sun day.
 This last service for one who had been prominent in the life of this section for so many years was held under the auspices of the Odd Eel lows. and the members of the Pio- neers and the Moose, of which he was also a member, attended in a body.
 Oliver Flowers was a native of Florida, having been born at Whitefield, that State, September g., 1870. In 1898 he was married and two years later he moved his family to Alaska, settling at Coun- cil. He was Chief Engineer for the Solomon River Railroad for some time and later was interested in the mining business and conducted dredging operation in that dis trict with success.
 For the last several years MT. Flowers had been living in Nome and at the time of his death had responsible position with the Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields Company.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
TIRED TAILOR RETURNS HOME
 KING OF SOUTH SEA ISLAND

PRAGUE. Nov. IS. (AP)-Into little tailor shop of this city there walked the other day Jan Funda who announced he had come back after 1S years to claim his scissors needles and pressing irons He wanted to take these implements of his trade back to the South Seas, Funda announced where he. and governor of an island filled with cocoanut trees.
 Jan Funda began his wanderings in 1913 be- cause suit of clothes he had made for custom CT did not fit and there resulted row. This dis susted Jan with the tailoring business, and he left Prague for Germany London saw him. adn so did Paris, and from Marseilles he travelled to Africa Australia harbored him for a few months before he moved to the Fiji Islands.
 Here he bought small coral island. having saved some money, and planted it to cocoanuts. He is ruler of his domain. and explained to his old friends that he wanted his tailor's goose and his shears to show the island children not the origin of a governor but the of clever tailor.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
RETURNS ARE IN FROM
 SHUNGNAK AND KIANA

Special to the Nugget (through Kotzebue)-The following returns were received by the Nugget at noon today Saturday. from our special correspondent at Kotzebue which gives the returns of the territorial election from Shungnak and Kiana. This leaves only the precinct of Utica to be heard from and in case this precinct voted, the returns will probably be in the first mail from Candle.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22

and observed in reverent, prayerful spirit, with contrite hearts, express i've of spiritual faith and profound gratitude to Him who doeth all things we'll"
 SCOTT c. BONE,
 Governor,
 By l.. L. HARDING,
 Secretary to the Governor.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
A. E. MEETING POSTPONED

A meeting of the Arctic Brother hood, which was called for last night, was postponed until next Friday night, November 28th. A large attendance is expected and requested, as business of consider able importance will be taken up. included in which will be the an- nual election of officers. A "feed'' will be spread for those present.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
ICE FORMING FAST
 ALONG NOME BEACH

The first fee formed along the beach this week and at this time is extending out to sea as far as the eye can reach. The North wind of Thursday, blowing cold from off the northern ice packs, helped the formation and also started it nov ing and it is believed that within a short time it will be . solid and permanent cloak for the balance of the Winter.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
JAPAN PLANS WORLD FLIGHT

TOXIC. Nov. 21. tAP)-Pans for 2 world air plane flight under way by the Imperial Av- iation Board It Is proposed to select two civil ian aviators for the attempt and to construct the machine at the Nakajima Aeroworks at Nagoya. The start is planned for tho spring of 1895 Funds for the attempt may be raised partly by popular subscription and partly from government appro- priations
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
MASONIC SOCIAL

Anvil Lodge will give social for Masons, their families and ladies, and members of the East ern Star, Wednesday, November 26. beginning at S;t5 p. m.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
TAKES JOB IN THE
 |. :. MARSHAL'S OFFICE

Clarence Ausley, who has been working for the Hammon Com pany for the pas, season has re signed his position to i'll the va cancy caused by the death Of W, W. Getchell as Deputy |. s. Mar shal
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22

He leaves to mourn his passing, loving wife in Nome, his father. ill Idaho Falls, Idaho, and three sisters in the States.
 The body was laid to rest in. the Odd Fellows plot at Belmont Point cemetery.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
AIRPLANES SAVE 100 DAYS
 FOR BUSY RUSSIAN COURIER

KOENIGsBERG. Germany. Nov. 21, (AP)-A courier in the service of the Moscow Government, who travels frequently between Russia and Contf- mental Europe, has given trains for the arplane
 He has made 50 air trips between here and Moscow. distance of 700 miles, and estimates he has thus saved himself 100 days of travel in uncomfortable trains.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
WEDDING SOLEMNIZED

Aarnout Ca>tcl and Miss Irene shannon were married quietly at the home of Rev Baldwin one day last week. They will live on First Avenue West.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
LOCAL NEWS

NJ. l.. summers. Winter Super intendent of the Hammon Com pany and his family have moved into nice comfortable quarters in the Hammon Building for the Win ter
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
ATTENTION MOOSE

Moose meeting every Monday evening during the winter months at 500 o'clock p. m.
 W. H. KOCH.
 Secretary.
The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
NOTICE

MAIL FOR THE OUTSIDE WILL
 CLOSE AT ABOUT 4 P. M. THIS
 AFTERNOON-SAT NOV- ] EMBER 22.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
PAVING IS DEMANDED

The people of the East Lake district, the many thousands of citizens in that Aeection of the city and county and the apmmunity at large have been opposed to the parking of First avenue because such a project is at variance with the benefit and the interests of the com munity. That was demonstrated time and again during several months by the vigorous and widely supported protests against the proposition and the argu- ments against it. It was perfectly plain that the peoples rights and interests were not safeguarded by the commission in dealing with the utility.
 It did not require a referendum peti- tion signed by many thousands of citi- zens to determine what the public wanted, though it appears that such a movement is sometimes necessary for the official body to become convinced. The people, not only of the eastern sec tion, but of the whole community, are and have been all along properly op- posed to having their rights and interests made subservient to the convenience of the utility. It is not believed that the commission is just discovering how the people feel, as intimated by Mir McLen- don. But no matter how the commis- sion may explain it's present intention to carry the matter further, there will be no explaining another failure to have First avenue paved from curb to curb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
Brief Nature Studies
By J. OTIS SWIFT

Henry Esmond Christman of Delanson, N. Y, writing of John Burroughs in a local paper says of Slabsides, his camp at West Park: Back from the river two miles, in a swamp interwoven by brush and fallen trees, John Burroughs bought two or three acres of land. Here he spent many enjoy able days clearing and draining the swamp in order to get use of the rich corn, celery and potato soil.
 At one end of the swamp on a massive rock Burroughs built with his own hands cabin, the sides being of slabs of different species of wood that grew about the swamp, with big stone fireplace in one end that Burroughs ranked as a great piece of mason- ". Of course, the slabs suggested the name Slabsides that Burroughs gave it.
 "He would stay at Slabsides for weeks at a time, but each day visited his vineyards to get his mail from the post office. He would walk leisurely along. observing the wild creatures and flowers that bloomed by the side of the woodland road. The interior of Slabsides is made up of rustic furniture which Burroughs made himself The rustic table has turned out many manuscripts from Burroughs pen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
THE WORD "LINOTYPEr

When Mergenthaler invented his wonder. full machine for setting type, which is now used in The Evening World and in most newspaper offices and publishing houses he was at loss for convenient name for his invention.
 The chief characteristic of the linotype is that it turns out the type in lines, cast in the machine. That fact gave the name to the machine. The wonderful mechanism whose output you read every evening and morning of your life turns out "line O type" at a time. fF
 What more descriptive and handler solu tion of Mergenthaler's problem of nomencla ture than to christen his machine "lino type?" Which was done almost by the com mon consent of printers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
The Peoples Forum
Right Of Parents Over Children
the Editor of The Age-Herald

10 the Ed1tOr or The Age-derald:
 In 1897 Tolstoi wrote as follows to the Czar of Russia in regard to the baseness and stupidity of some ideals of the revo- lutionary parties: But they are neverthe- less ideals. And you have none." The leading motive occasioning this communica- tion was the forcible taking away from their parents or natural guardians of children who happened not to be of the orthodox faith. The children were generally ruthlessly re- moved at night by the police and were non- cummunicado to their parents and families, who never heard from them any more. Does it not occur to the people of the United States that the proposal of the Congress to take away the right of parents to control the activities of their children prior to the first eighteen years of their life, is as great an assumption of parental privileges as that of the czar and his cohorts, which partly re- suited finally in the recent bloody revolu- tion?
 Already in Alabama and probably in oth- CT states, children are being forcibly taken away from their natural guardians and re- moved to distant homes under the plea of "child welfare" a ruse dictated by the in- terested motives of providing jobs for self constituted guardians. Another encroach- ment on the home life is too much dicta- tion in the matter of education. No reason able person can object to children and adults also, being educated, but there is a limita- ton to this assumption that should be left to the judgment of sensible parents. Tol- stois warning in 1897 and in 1905 to the Czar of Russia will well bear a counterpart in the present day in American.
 W.P. COPELAND.
 Eufaula, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
FAITH IN THE FUTURE

Erection of a modern enlarged factory by the Continental Gin Company at an initial cost of three hundred and fifty thousand dol lars, with provision for additional units at an early date, carries special meaning at this time. The enterprise will be completed hundred additional operatives. The signifi- Hundred aditional operatives. The signifi- canoe of the project at this time is the faith &n business conditions which the directors of this large industry possess. The company is directed by thoughtful business men who study industrial conditions not only throughout this country, but in many parts of the world where their products are mar keted. Directing heads of this enterprise are conservative and far-sighted A slight temporary depression brought about by sea sonal and present-day political conditions has no effect upon them in shaping their plans for the future. They realize that the 1ndustrial depression which is felt in a small way the country over, is of short duration, and that within a brief period, probably be- fore the new factory is in operation, busi- ness conditions will be notably better, and that this is a good time to prepare for the early future advancement.
 Birmingham is feeling the temporary de- precision less than any other industrial dis trict in the country. The Birmingham dis trict has history for maintaining normal conditions longer than other manufacturing centers There is not let-up in building op- erations in this community. On the whole, the district is in excellent shape. Where level-headed business men, with factories in several parts of the country turning out large products for distribution at home and abroad, prepare to do more business than ever in a short while; with industrial condi- lions throughout the district favorable and with every indication of improvement in the early future, the pessimist will find diff culty in persuadng any considerable num- Der of business men to accept his theories and conditions. He would find it more prof itable to take something for his liver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
VeLuetcheek

Strickland Gillian in Farm Life) Love me, little velvetcheek, love me at the
 dawn Hands as soft as petals are, eyes of startled
 fawn. Let whatever care beset, shall my heart be
 sad? Little Yelvetcheek at home loves his doting Love me. little velvetcheek; love me at the
 dusk Children are the grain of life. grownups are
 the husk After daylong strife with life. what could
 finer be Than this little velvetcheek whispering love
 to me? Love me, little velvetcheek; love me till the
 end. 8ar Whisper to your Velvetcheek, Father was
 my friend !' ~.... Love him much as love you--more if such
 may be. Come, my little velvetehesk. show your love
 for me!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09

whether he be guilty or innocent of the charge preferred. As yet the limits of the law have not been exhausted in the consideration of his case. It would ap- pear that he would await action of the higher court before openly announcing his candidacy for reelection. The con clusion is not easy to resist that he is trying the opposite method as matter of expediency. Should he receive the support of his constituency in an cleo ton, the situation might be used in his attempted vindication in any further court proceedings.
 Those who believe in the proprieties will hold that no public official who has been favored by his constituents should subject them to such test, and that the congressman should at least await the verdict of the higher court before play ing this sort of politics. The verdict should be left to the court. His willing ness or unwillingness to do this is a test of his fitness or unfitness for office. How his present candidacy is received in his district will be interpreted by many as test of how the voters of that dis trict regard the functions and value of the law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
WEST STILL IN REVOLT

The denomination of Senator Brook hart in Iowa shortly before the assem- bly, of the Republican national conven- tion is not reassuring to the party. Iowa is Republican state. Senator Brook hart at Washington has been radical progressive, and has stood as a protest against Republican policies. He is pe- culiarly objectionable to the reactionary element. He has opposed that wing of the party at every turn, and has been something of thorn in it's side.
 Senator Brookhart comes from an ag- ricultural state. In his first campaign he promised the Iowa voters all sorts of measures for relief of the farmers. True, he tried to put through certain farm measures, but he failed at every turn. Whatever relief might have been possible for the Iowa farmers, Brook hart was. not the man to get them. In his views, in his spirit, in his person, he is not the kind of man who gets laws enacted. So notable was his failure to fulfill his promises that his record was depended upon by the regular Repub- licans to defeat him in the recent sena- torial primaries of his state. But the Iowa voters did not see the situation that way, and named him as a candidate for another term.
 | While Brookhart's primary victory was not so signal as when he was first nominated, in that he got forty-two per cent. of the votes cast for seven candi- dates in the 1922 primaries, while hav- ing by no means a walk-over the other day against one opponent, his triumph leaves no doubt that the Middle West is still in revolt\ against the reactionary leadership of tie Republican party, and gives very little encouragement to that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
The Right Word
THE LAST TEST
By CURTIS NICHOLSON

(rIuu Gno ETrOr m InlS AFGlcleD
 Letters from those who answered the ten questions in the last test have been coming in daily for some time, and it has, there fore been necessary to delay publishing the results.
 Of the great number who tried to make the 100 per cent. grade only seven won out. The names of these fortunate ones will be published, one a day, this week. The first one to be announced is James J. Mahoney of Chicago.
 The test was so difficult, and so many, whose papers were otherwise perfect, fell down on the fourth sentence, that "The Right Word" has decided to also publish the names of all those who had only one wrong. Four of these are Louis Brown of New York City Harry B. Gartrell of Chicago, Martin Yog of New Yorw City and W. A. Murry of Chi. cago. Other names will be announced each day this week.
 The first sentence in the test has already been discussed in the column. It seems that many thought it lent itself to several inter pretations. It read as follows: Some ont tried to remember what their name is." Since the name referred to might have been that oi several persons, their was allowed as correct i His was also allowed as correct. Those who wrote recall his name" were marked cor rect; but those who used the word was were marked wrong.
 The second sentence read as follows There were a number of men who went into the room. A few made the mistake of using was, and a very few wrote in instead of into Always use plural verb with "a number"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

Old Doc Henneberry is e prideful and vaingloHious cuss. He does not boast about his skill in medicine, which is real, or about the money he has laid away, which is con- siderable, or about Young Henneberry, now sprouting his fourth tooth, but he will brag about his car. To take his mind off the reason for my being with him pointed to a large marble structure in the center of a large lawn in the edge of an ornate ceme- tery.
 What's thatI" I asked.
 "This is remarkable" said Doc Henne- berry You have asked that question of perhaps the only man in this country who can enlighten you, and only acquired the knowledge through a chain of adverse cir cumstances. That, my boy, is the mausoleum of John B. Muckelfuss. It cost $4OO,O0O. It was built of Vermont marble, ornamented with stone from the Carolinas, and Is cleo trically lighted and heated throughout. The design is somewhat after the Tai Mahal and little after the state house at Columbus, Ohio, with refining influences brought in from Westminster cathedral. It is, in fact, a mighty fine mausoleum.
 ''Why do you say that you are the only man who knows about it?" l asked.
 Because" said Doc Henneberry, Tit is my regrettable fate to come out here every now and then with the remains of GUS toner, and each time I come 1 am asked the same question by those of the mourners who can take their minds off their inextinguish- able grief long enough. realized that some one owed duty to the community and it might as we'll be me. So I boned up on all the gorgeous details. I know more about this post mortem swank than John B. Muck elfuss himself does. And I'd bet you, if the owner were in position to do it over again. which he will not be until the millen- nal trump sounds that he wouldn't do it. l"
 "Why not" I asked.
 Because" said Doc Henneberry, ''his au- dienees always say, WanNa Aa Ghe derned old fool?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
4 Pose Won't Hold You.
By JOHN CARLYLE

This is to young men getting stheir first executive jobs. And more and more young men are coGling into executive positions They are getting private offices with their names the doors.
 Here is something that some day you will be glad you remembered:
 Don't try to play the role of "big man. "
 Don't be guided by what you have read in a magazine or by what you have seen some little men try to get away with.
 Don't think that to be a big man you must shut yourself away from contact with those in your own concern and with those on the outside.
 An anteroom and an office boy with brass buttons and a private secretary with horn glasses cannot make you a "big man."
 Neither can an air of mystery and impor- tance and the practice of barred-door ex- clusion.
 have known executives with plenty of time on their. hands. They even sat with their feet on the table reading the sporting pages while men waited outside to see theni They made it a practice to instruct the office boy to tell every caller he would have to wait.
 These imitation big men love pose They think they impress their acquaintances. They think it is commonplace to be accessible. They love to send out word that T am in conference"
 Really big men, on the other hand, keep their contact with folks. They come out of their offices and talk and act like human beings.
 The first thing a really big man does is to put at ease, not with pose but with natural charm. people who have less fortunate posi- tions in life
 Men who have real personality use it all the time.
 They don't greet the clerk with one man. ner and the president with another. A man who really has personality has enough to go around or he hasn't any.
 really big man is big all the time. He is a big man at breakfast with his wife.
 He is a big man in the barber shop and at the ball game as we'll as "in conference" "
 And being big doesn't mean being any less of human being. It is being something earnest and sincere instead of just seeming something.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-09
AN IMPROPER COURSE

A member of congress who was tried and convicted of corruption has an- nounced that he will retain his seat in the national law-making body and will run for reelection, pending his appeal. While he is within his legal rights; yet "every sense of decency, every feeling of obligation to his constituents for past favors, should have induced him to sub stract himself from the political equa- tion, to thoroughly efface himself, pend ing the result of his appeal" says The Nashville Banner.
 It may be that he will escape punish ment. There are many ways for high official to obtain acquittal these days,