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New Britain herald., 1924-11-21
GOLDFIELD RAZED
Onctime Bonanza Town of the West Converted By Fire and Rayages Of Time.

Goldheld, Nev. Nov. ?l. Two fires within a year have left little but backened and crumblng ruins in this onetime bonanza town of the west.
 From 1906 to 1908 the town had 200 people. The lure of gold had brought them from everywhere. Some of the lots on which charred skeletons of structures stand were bought and sold, in frenzy Of spec ulation, for s20.O00 10 s50.000. Miners took s2OO,O0O.oOO in gold from the region about tho city.
 Today nothing Is left Of Gold fields former glory but the five story Goldfold hotel, which by some| miracle escaped both fires. For the moment it represents practically the entire business of the town. Incl post office has temporary quarters at one end, the bank at another Every| inch of ground floor space is occu- pied by interests vital 10 the con- munty.
 The old-timers still hope that| more gold may be found and that|
New Britain herald., 1924-11-21
LOWER CHARGES FOR
 FAIRS ARE URGED
Heads of Fairs Meet In Paris and Adopt Important
 Resolutions

Paris Nov, 2l,---The organizers of international fairs met recently un- der the auspices of the International chamber of Commerce, Czecho- soyakia, France, Great Britain, Italy, LuNrmburg and Inc Ncthcr- lands being represented. Resolu- lions were adopted for the approval uC ,hc International Chamber of Commerce respecting facilities for fairs, as follows:
 That there should he reduction uf aO per cent on transport charges, .going and coming, to the benefit of .'hc exhibitors and merchandise; that thc reduction be granted on all lines, irrespective of the countries through which they may be passing.
 Reduction of 30 per cent on transport charges to the benefit of tho buyers. this reduction 10 be granted on the railway lines of the country in which the fair Is held: also the validity of return tickets should be extended on these lines to ibe benefit af the buyers.
 The annulment of reduction Of ta>os relating to visas of passports,
 The extension of the system of temporary admission in countries which have not yet adopted 1t, and tlr clearance through the Customs.
 That propaganda documents of in- tsruational fairs be admitted free of duty
New Britain herald., 1924-11-21

ishtnE condltloL It's deficits are mot by subsidies rom tn, Moscow eN- cn,uurr. With it's limited funds, however. tne pu}rrumrnt is doing Nouh" work in the way of rccon- slrlcttou, irrigation, hvlraulr and .'rrtmIrD'lou protects, the removal of WHreny mHIuru lauds. thr cs- 0llI~am'uD of uzugWmal and m- InrrN' -,noo'~, and tnc cultivation Of vatron silk. )olu.go and vince NH~ rN rr Is rnusDd, ruhlr mem .o>W.u' |. lw L.G.r towns, but "ns' or r.l- MAS ah-urh.l durmg rUo -uu",r ud IHn hy the need O, h. .u. r'r h. @rNr,ts
 Nhr N"u rnn Ho,cr0mrut has ,-'uu'-u.' o sn'on}ul university at trN... u. NlnG Ia pro0rssor> aud ...um......c 2oo students. An ~G ( nr r.r#yN rl, U.cO opruoI
 n t.' ,-uJru HJ'h %oo.uou hooh., '. s.'. or 'hr \rm'Man people '. .e.',- Nu~."r uuipuc wNun. tu. I. '.. rot,0. UropIr,l institute o...t .r uH1 poDro'oarr la- t....'.r} .ol '" study aud trool- ".0r ". muv'ush 9OI rWlomjo'o. -..,' .'.a..-.-. which ar, l,ry prNo-
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 To 1~i.. for ]aI.pcutrncc and fr,Iom frcu torJsu lamiumIon -'i.l pnr~.s,- u thr Nrm'ujan people and fa,in hop i, fla, in the rourSN or tune d way 9j) n. found ot le.
 ncNins rIm ..oIu rhe iutciaca Of N".row. So far a- ruI he fnIcod ! y ou'"rrI lpr 7larc"~, commune ism has ttyu up dacp '.n'1 on the people. WWn all 'Io-, in powrr in N.c government ar~ Armonlaus of h".~h rE rcrsNa>jon who have th" Hrpro al ur Moscow. thc total uum- hnr os rce,>tcrod comuuHSts in tho country is extremely small. uut or
New Britain herald., 1924-11-21

the Bolshevik government represen- tatiyes in a public function.
 The ambassadors and ministers Of all countries which have recognized the Soviet were present with their staffs, Tho Russian capital had not seen so many dress suits. silk hats and canes since Imperial Rus sia was at its social zenith. George Tchitcherin, Soviet foreign minister. avoided a point of etiquette by donning his Red Army uniform thus disappointing those who predicted he would violate the usual bolshevik practice by wearing evening clothes
New Britain herald., 1924-11-21

Soviet and the local land owners, whereby the latter have leased back their former property, and are giv- ing Jobs at days wages to tho peas mtry,
 This is called relapse into bourgeois romance" by the Moscow authorities and steps have been talk cn 10 stop 1t.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-21

a population of 1,1OO,ooO, only l,9ls are active members of the com. munist party.
 But it must be said again that the holshcNiks have given Armenia new lease of life by protecting the country and people from the inroads of their ancient rucmy, the Turks. They haNo helped the country hnan- rlally and economically, If not poll urally, With continued peace and security Armenia should, before many years. retrieve its old place in the family of nations and replace the crtc'ous losses It has suffered through continued mussacrcs and ,yictiOus.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-21
DENIES SUN SPOTS
 CAUSEEARTHQUAkE
Prof. Meyer Brands Such Beliefs
 as Utterly False

Berkeley, Cal, Novi 2i. - Fear that earthquakes may result from the accumulation of spots on the sun Is without scientific basis, ae- cording to W. r. Meyer, associate professor Of astrophysics at the University Of California.
 The sun spots, which have been causing much speculation lately. are under continual observation at the university and at other ob- servatories.
 Professor Meyer said; Although these spots are constantly coming together and breaking up 10 form new ones. the total area is not in- CreasinE to any appreciable amount. As far as we know, they have nothing to do with cyclones on the earth or with our weather conditions in any respect. The only noticeable effect is on the auroral displays at the pole and in causing magnetic storms, which sometimes interfere slightly with telegraphy.'
New Britain herald., 1924-11-21
RECORD CONSTRUCTION
 WORK MADE IN VIENNA

houssS SuHpitttu bHu iffny fOr Occupancy fin Three Weeks in City
 of Vienna.
 Vienna Nov. 2i.--What is said to be record for central Europe was made here recently when a number of houses were completed and ready for occupancy within three weeks. The houses were erected as an ex- pertinent owing to the dearth of dwellings here and 1t is planned to build more by the hundreds if the scheme proves practical.
 The frame of the houses consisted Of two sets of boarding which were set four to five inches apart, the in- tervcning space between the board ing being filled with sawdust which had been treated with a chemical preparation which made 1t non-in- flammable. A coating of plastering was applied to the outside of the boarding and family from the Vien ma slums moved into their new home cl days after the work was begun.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-21
ARMENIANS NOW
 SELF SUPPORTING
Three Years Ago They Were
 Stricken People

E.ruan Amuua, Nm .f .Ar. nenla, which thr-. ,.ars lea ,,.. starving and d'stu8t. ., nou ulp u> Feet. If tnn ho'>'r#U. ugmr. ua- der which lu. rpuN .r u....., exists, Ids hot -n,u N,uruu al. r.. roIitlca0 tl1um ..,~ u. ! ir. 1ntr n... pcopt" pg1t n a. ur u..t brought p.Iao ,.-I -.wYn m ru. dosolafe 1', s'r m '., mutF..u. reaches o' Aau Ir. Nr...t. ..,. longer r,urs t.o 1urs.-N .M.r- who fof mwn.Is nC >.n.. .n.t... '.... B prey 'o lhor racM. .rl aud ,.. liCious raouu>m. N.... r.. I.. roreau armss fuhsl r. .. .u rwE,v at bay. n" G.I urw .. .Io t,.rc, Nks has he'd N n u-..ton ul has rNe0 "A" Nrm.a. n..... . chance to u.c Ustr ..,n ...s l.. noOcsteI hy v1rjk. ..e.Har~
 From tnn stu..po.., .. tu,u tu- terlal Uonarp au4 hs1ru. 'uo y.up aro better off today '.u. n,s 1a,c been for maur },t.- pn.l,.. .u, the EoN"rUnrG, cs' r.l. '..' NlNv. thrCc ycars .r. r"2.'.. "H l.. >,.-- supporting anl that t.'ur fen y,ars tt "iJl hc a 0.o.rerou, romm9mtv Crops this year na,a uDa uooI and there is an ab4gI1rf sUpo|y 0, rooI Clothing, EonNrr. .- ~.. .r.n aul rN- Penstvo. and o -.... r.r' of the rurM population J> >'u ro. tn thread. bare garments Th tons Of }hoU- sands Of orphan rai.jr"n vHgh sur- cossiye wars and ntae>arres loft in their wake ar. o>i"ua.y w.a off, They sro hcjrg oaroI ror by work CTS Of the American N.ar Gast Re. lief organi7a'jon in 'h. 'uso Russmn army barracks oa the A'o>auIropoD Plain,
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New Britain herald., 1924-11-21

Fina0claly h"HtrI5. rlc most other soviet s'ufcs, is un iN | noUr-
New Britain herald., 1924-11-21
ARE WILLING TO WORK

Riga. Nov. 91.-1t is related today in Riga that in one section of Rus sia th" peasants are willing to work in the fields for wages, just fs they did in ,ho I9ys of Emperor Nicholas.
 The report is that in rskow Si- boria, secret understanding has been reached between the village
New Britain herald., 1924-11-21
PRECEDENT BROKEN
Soyiets Break Social Custom, Ap- bearing in Full Dress at School Entertainment,

Moscow, Nov. 21.--Official Mos cow broke all precedents since the Russian revolution recently by com ing out in full-dress evening clothes at an entertainment arranged by the Soviet government in aid of Russian village schools. It was the first time members of the foreign diplomatic corps participated with
New Britain herald., 1924-11-21

Higgs Cat poker table at ten o'clcck) - Say, Biggs, call up my wife, pretend that you're me, and tell her you are still at the office, and won't be home for a couple of hours yet.
 Biggs - Won't she recognize the voice?
 Iliggs --- No, not at all. She'll be out, and it will only be the servant girl pretending that its her. - Life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
AT LOEW'S BIJOU

Mile. Nina and company, Fred La Reine's sensational electric novelty act, and q Tom Mix and Tony photoplay are the feature offerings at Loew's $ Bijou for the week.
 Fred La Refine and his scientific won der actI billed in Birmingham two seasons ago, and his return is heralded by several new astonishing wonders of electricity. It is thrilling entertainment to see Fred light torch by his tongue, from the electricity in his body. The entire act is a maze of wonder.
 Mile, Nina's act, is the most diversi- fled that has been at the BijOu for months, and includes skating by two skillful performers; dancin, featuring Mile Nina, and q pianist with far be- yond average ability.
 The comedians of the weeks bill are George Lane and Byrd Byron. Humor runs wild in the act. The applause for Monday night belonged to them and to Arch Stanley. whistler, pianist and dancer, who controls center stage alone.
 A balancing act of "31a Arleys'' leads the bill, featuring a new set of acrObatic and balancing stunts.
 The photoplay. featuring Tom Mix, is full of thrills. and several critics have said he will never be able to do the stunts again. Taken as a while the bill is one of the most entertaining to visit Birmingham in several months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
Doll Lady Busy Answer ing Inquiries From
 All Over State
BY THE DOLL LADY.

"Oh. mother, I'm so happy. She is so pretty I can't think of name nice enough for her." said little Edna Rogers of Tuscumbia yesterday when gave her one of The Age-Herald talking, singing dolls. Meanwhile she was squeezing her new playmate as though she would never again be able to put it aside even for a minute.
 I have been awfully busy all day sending out to my little friends these dolls which they have won by a few hours work for The Age-Herald.
 I know Mrs. W. R. Carpenter of Hamilton, Ala, will be pleased soon, for she has already written me that she is forwarding the last subscription needed to complete her list. I shall be posting a doll to her within day or so.
 When she gets it, she tells me, she is going to show it to a lot of little girls in her town so that they will all have a chance to win one of these won derful playthings.
 The number of mothers and children at work to get dolls is mounting every day. Scores of letters reach me in every mail, and immediately l send instruc- tions for tEe small amount of work needed to secure a doll.
 In every town and village in Alabama there are eager doll workers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE LYRIC

Besides a number of acts, which proved to be both novel and entertain ing, Lyric patrons who witnessed the Keith bill for the first half of the week Monday night, were greeted with more than the usual number of girls, all of whom ewere above the average in looks and of the type made famous by Coles Phillips. Pert Kelton, as the headliner, provides beauty, novelty and ability.
 The billing for the first act Keo Taxi and Yoki as Versatile Entertain CTS from Nippon" lead patrons to expect a juggling act. Instead, the act proved to be filled with comedy, and Japanese comedians are rare but clever, if Mon day nights performance can be taken as a criterion. And the feminine mem Der of the act, besides reflecting the beauty of the Land of Cherry Blossoms, possesses a pleasing singing voice.
 In the second spot, Mahoney and Cecil kept the audience in an uproar with their batter. The act opened with the usual street filtration, but soon developed into song and dance act, with plenty of comedy.
 The plot of the skit 'The Honeymoon House" centers around the chance meet ing of an ex-husband and an ex-wife as played by Bryan Lee and Mary Cranston.
 Then comes Pert Kelton. For if teen minutes, she treated the audience to impersonations, dances and bur lesqued songs. The audience would have kept her on the stage for fifteen minutes more, if possible. The small comedienne uses very little batter in her act, but is able to get laughs by moving her eyebrows, her hands and her feet. Her comedy doesn't seem forced and her burlesque of the classical song "The Shepherd Boy" would have failed completed, except for Miss Kelton's natural mimicry, which made the num- Der the big spot on the evenings pro gram.
 The final act was combination of radio experiments and fun. Mile. Bur nell demonstrated her ability to with stand high electrical currents and to light the entire theater by an arc light, one carbon of which was held in her mouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
CYCLONE RDER'
 IS THRILL RIOT
Temple Film Great Mel Odrama Of Screen
 Ably Presented

Drury Lane, London's world-famous popular Temple of Melodrama, never saw such a genuinely sensational spec tacle as "The Cyclone Rider" whose whirlwind race with death at the Tenn pie theater Monday held the tense in teresr of the audience from beginning to end, and will continue to thrill dur ing q run of six days.
 "The Cyclone Rider" is eminently honest melodrama.
 It starts off with a bang-the crack of revolver; and ends with wedding bells. In between lies not dull mo- ment; there's action, action, more ac- tion, swift love, intricate intrigue, high voltage passion, hair-raising humor, hair breadth escapes, diabolical villainy, splot after plot, and a riot of hearthrobs and romance.
 Alma Bennett and other members of the cast are most excellent from every viewpoint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
STATE PROTESTS
 INCREASED RATE
 ON PINNED GOODS
Birmingham Joins In Fight On Higher Tariff
 From Pacific Coast
(State Capital Bureau)

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 20.-A protest against the proposed increase of rates on canned goods from the Pacific coast via Mobile to southeastern points has been filed with the interstate com merce commission by the Alabama pub lie service commission. The chambers of commerce of Montgomery, Mobile and Birmingham have taken similar ac- tion, according to information from the crease sought by carriers will range from 15 to 20 per cent affecting shipments of Pacific coast canned goods from Mo- bile to the southeastern territory in general and particularly to points in Alabama. A considerable movement of canned salmon, etc., is received at Mobile by water from the Pacific coast and distributed from Mobile by rail-.
 According to information from the public service commission, x. l.. Speiden, tariffs publishing agent for the railroads, has filed with the interstate commerce commission a supplementary tariff carrying the increased rates, to become effective November l. In a telegram sent to the interstate commerce commission by the Alabama commis- sion by Hugh White, counsel for the commission, it was set forth that the increased rates appear unreasonable. Suspension of such rates, and an ln- vestigation by the federal commission was requested.
 Birmingham Firm Fined-Failure of the E, J. Jones Grain company Of Blr- mingham to comply with the state feed law resulted in fine of $10 and costs being imposed, according to information from H. M. Robertson, chief of the d. vision of agriculture chemistry Of the state department of agriculture. It was stated that the company was given written notice to suspend sale Of cer- tain feed pending an investigation by the department as to the quality of the feed. and that the company sold the feed after receiving notice to suspend.
 Seizure of 1S5 bags of mill-oats at Birmingham, sold by J. G. Mccall Brok- craze company, was also reported. Saie of mill oats, an off-grade product, 1s prohibited under the Alabama law. It | is reported that Mccall will take action | in the courts to test the constitutionallty of he prohibition of the sale of mill oats as a result of the seizures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
MOUNTAINEERS ARE
 PURE ANGLO-SAXON
Education Needed, Says M. w.
 Howard, at Exchange Club

The mountaineers of Alabama, Ten nessee, North Carolina, South Caro- lima, Kentucky and Virginia represent the only pure remaining Anglo-Saxon stock, which has been fundamental in the establishment of America, according to M. W. Howard, founder of the Mas ters school for mountaineers, near Men tone, Ala, in an address at the Fix change club luncheon Monday.
 'The melting pot, depended upon by Americans to boil down and thoroughly assimilate the church of various south ern racial stocks has failed, Mir. Howard said. The boiling process has left them where they began. New England is no longer Anglo-Saxon New York is foreign city, and the south, the firm stronghold of the old Nordic stock is fast losing ground"
 'These people, are just the same as they were during the revolution. They possess the same ideals. They are the sole possessors of the true Anglo-Saxon mind and temperament"
 Although this race of mountain men need education," said MT. Howard, "they have a superior intelligence which was proven during the war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
ECONOMISTS FACE. SERIOUS PROBLEM. IN AMORTIZATION
A. G. Patterson Sounds Warning In Exchange
 Club Address

Rise of the automobile in transporta- tion has developed problem, which if not solved, threatens industry itself, A. G. Patterson, president of the Ala bama public service commission, de. clared Monday in an address before a luncheon of the Birmingham Traffic and Transportation club. The problem merits the serious consideration of every student of economies, he said, and while seeing no practical solution, Pat terson asserted he was confident that it wuuld be successfully met.
 'The first outgrowth of this com petition to be manifested to the regula- tory authorities has been curtainment of railrpad service" Patterson said. of the Railroads lose the revenue here tofore derived from passenger travel on teir local trains, shall they be re- quired to continue the operation of such trains at loss? Have we reached point where it is possible for section to dispense with railroad service with out serious consequences?
 q do not know what means, if any, the railroads will find to enable them successfully to cope with truck com petition in the matter of freight trans portation. It may be that the legiti- mate field of operation for. the truck is as a feeder for the rail and water lines.
 Tt is not difficult to conceive that unless remedy is found for this situa- tion we may ultimately find ourselves confronted with the proposition of de- termining whether or not certain lines of railroads are to be permanently abandoned, and that is serious mat ter. In nearly all instances, it will be found that industries entirely dependent on railroad transportation have been established and large investments made with no thought of the abandonment ot transportation" ;
 Patterson with Frank Morgan an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
BOY EXONERATED. BY YOUTH'SDEATH
Angus Lockhart Dies
 From Wounds Of Chum's Gun

Homer Jones, 16, of Trafford, Ala, was exonerated Monday afternoon by Coroner J. D. Russum for the killing of Agnus Lockhart, g, Monday morning in the woods near Trafford, Ala, 23 miles from Birmingham, following an investigation. ~
 Young Lockhart was killed by a 22 caliber bullet which crashed through the underbrush and struck him in the head as he was playing with companions. The boy fell to the ground mortally wounded and died a few minutes later.
 Investigation showed that Jones was shooting birds near his home and was unaware of Lockhart's presence. The funeral arrangements will be announced Inter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
SOUTH CAROLINA. SEVERELY SHAKEN
 BY EARTHQUAKE.
Most Severe Since Charles ton Disaster 40
 Years Ago

SPARTANBURG. S. O., Oct. 20.- The Piedmont district of South Caro- lima was severely shaken by an earth uuake. The tremors were distinctly falt in towns and cities in Spartan6urg and Greenville counties.
 Thousands were aroused by the dis turbances, which occurred shortly after 8 80 a. m., and continued several nm utes. Window panes rattled and pie lures dropped from the walls of many homes.
 Guests at the Langren hotel at Ashe- vile were awakened by the shock, re- ported the most severe since the famous Charleston earthquake 40-years ago.
 Rumblings Heard
 The center of the quake was reported between Greenville and Pickens, where the disturbances were most violent and strange rumbling sounds were heard.
 Residents at Pickens thought large blast of dynamite had exploded. Cries of frightened women and children were heard above the confusion.
 Towns which reported disturbances included Anderson, Greer, Paisley, Lib erty and Union. The quake was gen. eral within a radius miles of Spartan burg.
 Stampede Caused
 The rumblings which awoke Spartan burg were severe enough to send resi- dents scurrfying from their beds and al most caused a general stampede to the streets.
 Hundreds of citizens, gathered in groups on downtown streets today de- scribcd the disturbances, the sole topic of converse tion.
 Many admitted they became frantic when the first shocks were followed by additional tremors and rumblings. Houses rocked as if struck by terrific winds, window panes and crockery rat Alino oninonSlr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-21
BROMO=ASPRIN Bet
 ter Than PlainAspirirl
The Kind That Does Not De- press the Heart Action But Gives Immediate Relief.

.-HB W. r Doctors can prescribe Bromo- Aspirin with absolute assurance that it will have no depressing effect on the heart. On the con- trary, Bromo-Aspirin is slightly stimulating to the heart. It con- tains no quinine and gives im- mediate relief for colds, head ache, backache. fever. grippe or neuralgia.
 There is no aspirin like Tay- lor's Bromo-Aspirin. It is the kind that does not depress the heart. That is, why it is better than plain aspirin.
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 Bromo-Aspirin is for sale at all good drug stores in flat boxes containing fifteen tablets for 25c. Keep a package on hand. Adv.