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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15
TRAPPED. JUMPS TO DEATH.

Columbus, Ga Frustrated in an at.
tempt to bury gallon Of corn whisky.
John Plincinch. As, an Austrian,
jumped into the Chattahoochee river
here and was drowned while trying
to elude pursuing policemen. Pincineh
had served several sentences here for
violating the prohibition laws.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15

told the police grabbed shotgun and
killed Lettoui. Lettonis companions
escaped
1t vas said that Ciellitti has been
receiving letters signed Black Hand,
demanding money.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15
MAN KILLED, GIRL SHOT
IN BLAcKHAND PLOT.
Men Demanding $4,000 Wound Young
Woman-Father Stays
Murderer.

Detroit-A man was killed and a
young woman was probably fatally
wounded as the result of an alleged
"blackhand" extortion plot here
According TO the story told the po-
lice. three men appeared at the home
Of Frank Ciellitti shortly after noon.
When their demands for $1,000 were
refused. one of them, believed to be
Angelo Leltoni, Of MI Clemens. fired
at Ciellittrs daushter, Mary, %. prob
ably fatally wounding her Ciellitti, be
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15
With a Touch of Red

Fashion has decided that somewhere
about the street costume of dark blue
there shall be bit of red. II may
be simply a gay facing of the hat or
the lining of the jacket or even moth
ing more than tiny piplngs of silk that
give a smart accent to certain lines
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15
Linen and Chiffon

Handkerchiefs of colored linen have
much double hemstltchlng done to
form a design about the border. These
vie with the small squares Of bril-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15
200 ARE MISSING IN FLOOD.
Many Believed Dead Along River In
Formosa.

Tokio.-Two hundred persons are
missing and many are believed dead
as a result of Hoods along the Tamsui
river. In Northern Formosa. according
10 dispatches received by the Japanese
newspapers here Railway traffic has
been stopped and the city Of Tsihoku
is practically isolated. these dispatches
say. They add that thousands Of
houses in Taihoku have been in.
undated.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15

Among the smart hosiery Is u shadf
Of ivory faintly tinged with rose. II
Is delightful color and TOOLS i,x hce.
with black shoea
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15
Newest Collars

New coats have collars that stant
up in the back. but form revers ii
front. and sometimes a flower is em
broidered on the lapel.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15
LIGHTNING KILLS MoroRlsr.


nccticut.
New Haven, Gonna terrific storm.
centering in the Waterbury and Hart
ford district of the State. killed one
man, injured several, and caused prop
erty damage that will total hundreds
of thousands of dollars. Martius Ell
more, of South Windsor. was killed
when lightning hit his automobile.
Joseph Dutlciewiez, Of Middletown. was
critically injured. when skylight fell
on him at manufacturing plant in
Middletown.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15

llantly printed chiffon that accompan,
the tailored suit.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15
Connie Mack's Mistake


They call him cunning. crafty
Connie Mack. but he makes mis-
takes Ike other humans. Plenty
Of them. Curley Ogden repre-
sents one Of his more recent
ones. The Athletics pilot said
Ogden was through and gladly
passed him along TO Washing
ton. Once In his new quarters,
Ogden settled down and began
pitching great bail.
Mack is still rubbing his eyes
and wondering what it's all
about.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15

Given under my hand and
the Great Seal Of the State
Of Maryland. Done at the
City Of Annapolis, this
18th day Of July, nineteen
hundred and twenty-four.
ALBERT c. RITcHIE,
By the Governor:
E. BROOKE LEE,
Secretary Of Stat
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15

Elkton.-Dr. Ebert H. wilsey, a
practicing physician for the last 10
years in Chesapeake City. died at his
home, aged fifty nine. He had been
in poor health for some months.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15

Cumberland.-The Allegany Trades
Council has decided to forego a parade
on Labor Day this year The annual
picnic will be held, however, at Mar
rows Park. Parades in the past have
been big events here on Labor Day,
but it was stated that organized labor
has so established itself in the indus
trial life Of the nation that it was
hardly necessary to parade its claims,
and besides workers are reluctant to
take part because they wish to enjoy
the holiday with their families
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
PURCHASERS ENUMERATION.

Exoneration of the officers and crew of the Subchaser No. 154 from blame in connection with the recent collision be- tween that vessel and motor launch on the Tombigbee river is a source of grati- fication not only to those who had charge of the naval craft, but to members of the Naval Reserve in Alabama who are identified with the subchaser in train ing capacity. The board of investiga- Ition, which inquired into all the circum- stances of the accident, was composed of three regular naval officers who are Icompetent and painstaking. The accident was shown to have been caused by fail ure of the motor launch to observe the regulations as to the carrying of lights, and also because the launch suddenly and unexpectedly changed it's course when one of it's passengers became excited and jostled the pilot.
 Not only did the subchaser observe all the regulations according to the findings, such as the carrying of lights, the blow ing of her whistle, the proper setting of watch, and was proceeding on regular course, but her officers and crew rem dered every possible assistance to the disabled craft and the sufferers from the accident. Nothing was neglected in the performance of duty, and every con sideration was shown to the distressed vessel.
 The subchaser is stationed for the present at Birmingport as training vessel for the naval reserve force in this section. It will later cruise in the Wa ters of this state in the interests of that naval unit. It is in sense, therefore, a local institution with which number of Birmingham and Alabama young men are Identified, and the fact that it has been officially exonerated from blame in an unfortunate accident is matter of pub lie interest and pride to it's personnel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
Forum Of The People
A Story With A Practical Lesson.
le Editor of The Age-Herald ]:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In the city of New Orleans the visitor is often impressed by the same name appearing on many public school buildings He won- ders why he sees "McDonough School No. IS, '' "McDonough School No. 22," etc. Why can one mans name be linked with thirty-five public schools and buildings so creditable to the city? An investigation develops a story of unusual interest, a story, relating facts alone, that needs no fiction to embellish. And in addition to the story there appears a les son to be learned by all people who are in- terested in public affairs.
 When John McDonough died in 1850 his will left all of his property to New Orleans and Baltimore, the two cities in which he had lived, each receiving one-half. This amounted to about three quarters of a mil lion to each city for schools. This sum has been invested and from the income schools have been constructed until today there are thirty-five and there is still in the fund S262,- 000.00. It is claimed that the fund builds or remodels a school every year.
 From the interest on this fund this won derful showing has been made and therein stands the lesson that Birmingham and the state of Alabama should learn and learn thoroughly.
 The men in control of your finances per sist in taking the opposite course and for every school building erected there follows the interest charges for thirty or sixty years, for bonds outstanding are always increasing. For every lone dollar" for buildings you are paying three" in interst
 There is one issue of $30000.00 city bonds now outstanding on which 72,0O0.00 interest has been paid and $900000 more will be paid before maturity. If then paid it will have cost $3.10 for each dollar.
 If on the wrong road why not turn around You will have to do it some time; for you have no John McDonough here. Did you ever hear of any other man leaving his money to be used for purpose for which taxes are levied? His is rare case and public serv- ice that will make his name live in the hearts of the school children who yearly gather around his monument and call him blessed.
 FRANK F.. CURTIS.
 Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 21, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
RvH. ADDINGTON BRUCE.

Of special significance to parents and teachers is the emphasis now laid by psychiatrists on the possibility that faulty mental habits may play more than contrib r>.ory part in causing certain grave mental disorders.
 In particular it is thought that the in- sanity of dementia precox and the insanity of paranoia at times represent the culmina- ton of habits early established and long left uncorrected.
 Frequently, in tracing back the history Oi victims of these insanities, it is found that as children they were inclined to a morbid shy ness, seclusiveness, secretiveness or other be- havior not normal to childhood. Let any thing cross them and they reacted either by an uncontrolled irritability or a moody with drawal into taciturn silence.
 In numerous cases, too, q habit of excessive day-dreaming is also found to have been pres ent at an early age. This co-existed with an equally evident reluctance to take part ln the ordinary games and pastimes of children.
 These unusual ways may or may not have excited concern in their parents. In any event, no real effort was made to influence the little eccentrics to less self-centered modes of thinking and behaving. On the contrary especially when they were believed to Dt delicate children, q policy of blinking al and indulging their eccentricities frequently was adopted.
 Then came adolescence with its storm and stress. Forthwith some showed unmistakablC signs of having crossed the borderline be- tween sanity and insanity. Others, surviving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
PAYING DIRECTLY FOR USE OF ROADS

or not the roads should be open virtually free to every concern that wants to make busi- ness of using them. It correctly says that these heavy vehicles are hard on the roads, and help wear them out. It feels that the busses and trucks ought to be encouraged because they are convenience to the public, but, it says, at the same time they are q money making enterprise and the public can not be expected to furnish part of the equip ment by which a bus or truck line makes profits.
 The paper admits that just what would be a fair basis for charging them is still to be worked out, but it believes that it is un- just to the public to ask it to pay for road and then turn it over to private individuals to make money.
 Although that seems to be a rather over statement of the case, the fact remains that this question has been and is being seriously considered not only in Missouri, but all over the country. It is particularly timely in Connecticut, which is so situated geographi- cally that it's excellent highways are sub jected to great wear by the thousands of trucks from out of the state which daily pass over them to reach New York, Boston and Providence-Hartford Courant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
MOVE TO CLEAN UP CHINA.

Agreement among five of the great powers to a conference of their diplo- matic representatives looking to the rec ognition of the newly organized Chinese government is one development of the disorders in that country as recently created by the civil war. Such disturb ances in China are not unusual. There has been a great deal of disorder in that country for long period, and especially of late because of the rising strength of the bandit element, which brazenly de- fled such government as the country had and ran rough-shod over foreign in- terests
 China has suffered seriously from revolutionary movements for years. Ever since the Boxer outbreak there has been no stable government in that country and at frequent intervals the disorderly elements have threatened not only the internal interests, but the safety of for eigners and their properties. It is ap- parent that commercial jealousies among the greater powers, and especially the persistent efforts of Japan to obtain spe- cial trade advantages in China, have had much to do with the unsettled conditions which have marked the situation in a great empire, with immense resources capable of high development. Not un- til the powers realized the disastrous eff fleets upon their own interests did they undertake concerted moves to stabilize the situation in China by the establish ment of conditions which were obviously to their advantage.
 It is stated that France was the prime mover in efforts for the proposed confer ence, which is expected to bring some sort of order out chaotic conditions in China. The situation has gone from bad to worse of late, and the suggestion is made that one of the motives actuating France in this step is the hope that pay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
AS TO MENTAL HABITS AND INSANITY

the strains of adolescence, collapsed mentally when the tasks and problems of adult life were imposed upon them.
 All thus collapsing are now viewed by many specialists as having figuratively or perhaps literally taken refuge in insanitJ to escape an existence for which they had been unfitted, partly it might be by heredity but still more by continuance of their ant-social mental habits On this view it manifesty becomes of the greatest importance to note and com bat in children any of the tendencies men, tioned above.
 | Even when they are not indicative of a pre-dispositiOn to mental disease in the full meaning of the term there is certainly a probability that, left uncorrected, they may pass from mere habits to some functional nervous disorder. In the language of the emi- nent Bleuler:
 "A purposeful bringing up might prevent many q neurosis. We See at least, nervous ness and morbid characteristics grow directly from an inadequate training. Therefore we must conclude that proper influences, with training of the will and particularly of the character to become habituated to tolerate the disagreeable, including pain-all that could preserve many from sickness"
 Not always, it has to be added, can parents unaided successfully correct the mental habits which eventually may blossom into nervous ness or mental disorder For sometimes these habits are affiliated with bodily defects that themselves require correction Hence the wlse course is to invoke medical aid. and if possl- hle the aid of a physician having psycholoSl' ] cal as well as medical knowledge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
SOME REASONS FOR THE SOLID SOUTH

was all right in 1912 and 1916, when the South's solid vote was needed to put presl- dent in office. The South has held together many years notwithstanding defeat after de- feat We dare say that if the party had been victorious this last time, we should hear little about the unwisdom of southern Democrats remaining true to the party that professes Democratic principles and has given the country the best example of honest and eff cient administration of the affairs of the nation.
 One would imagine, from what is said, that the South is solid through pure obstinacy, not knowing or caring for anything but the preservation of its long-established formalism. The Times ntimates much by saying that the South calls itself Democratic. but that any other name would do as well. The South however, has good reason for her faith as might well be inferred from the simple fact that the people have kept so faith fully together all these long years. To argue that obstinacy governs such people is to charge them with lack of common intelligence Mobile Register.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
A NOTEWORTHY EVENT.

As an indication of the gradual pass ing of hatred created between nations ot Europe from the World War recent ln- cident in a Paris opera house is note worthy. It is reported that Fritz krels- Ter, perhaps the most talented and popu- lar violnist in the world, was vigorously cheered for hours in a remarkable ova- ton. Kreisler is an Austrian, but he is an artist of high distinction whose tai ents aroused in that French audience spirit that transcended the former bitter ness of the battlefield.
 When the war came, Kreisler, who lived in world of art remote from state craft or politics, was called to the colors He responded as a patriotic duty, sui fered many hardships in dugouts and trenches, and was bruised and battered by the cruel instruments of war. He ap- peared after the war in America in concert and donated the receipts from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23

his performances to his afflicted coun- trymen.
 Because of the hate growing out of the war it would have been impossible until recently for him to have annea1ted before Parisian audience with his magic violin. The ovation he received was an evidence that the war is over, and was triumph for common sense as well as for the artist himself. It has been said that Europe will not make real progress in rehabilitation until it abandons its hatred and dissensions engendered by the war. There is much truth in the statement. Happily such incidents as occurred in the French opera house are evidences that the people of Europe are willing to forget the war and its horrors for a saner and healthier attitude. Fritz Kreisler was in no way responsible for the war. His spirit and his calling were both for peace, and he has done some- thing to re-establish it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23

Paying directly for the privilege of using a road is by no means unknown. Many man not considered, by himself at least, as bowed down by age can recall the toll gates that were maintained in various parts of the country, and the fee collected before the driver could pass. Bridges, which may be said to be part of roads, are of course frequently equipped with toll gates.
 There has also, of later years been con- siderable discussion concerning the fairness of allowing strictly commercial vehicles to use the highways without paying for at least part of the damage they undoubtedly do to the roads, Motorists, of course, through license fees, pay part of the cost of road maintenance, but it is argued in many quar- ters that the heavy trucks that have come into such general use of recent years. and which frequently are engaged in interstate hauling, ought to pay more than they do under the license system.
 The Kansas City Star is strongly in favor of some plan that would make the constantly increasing motor bus and truck lines pay up. The paper says that the new roads are being paid for by the public, and that it has a direct interest in the question as to whether
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
ENFORCING PROHIBITION LAW.

Those who suggest the repeal ot the rrob;h;tion law on the ground of their difficulty of enforcement might get ah- other view by noting the record ot con- victions secured for violation of thls Law las set forth in the report of the Alabama law enforcement department for the month of October. Of cases made by the state officers which were tried during Ithat month, a large majority ot when were prohibition cases, convictions were secured in 337 instances, which only SIX defendants were acquitted. Twenty four cases were mol pressed. In these cases thirty-seven of the accused re- ceived penitentiary sentences of from a wear and day to twenty years' ana cash fines imposed aggregated more than twentv-three thousand dollars. As fur Ither evidence of the effective enforce ment of the prohibition law In thls state I415 of the arrests made during the month were for violation of the prohibition law, and forty-one on the specific charge o1 Idistilling. One hundred and fltty-tlve stills were destroyed, more than hun- dred thousand gallons of beer ana Iliouor. were seized and eighteen automo- piles confiscated.
 Such a record demonstrates that the prohibition law can ue SH4olSCN' "N that the reason there is not better en- forcement in many parts of the coun- try is not because there the enforcement officers are not properly supported by public sentiment, but because they are failing to perform their duties. Much has been said as to the lack of public sentiment for enforcement of the pro hibition law. There is abundant evidence that enforcement officers in many parts of the country accept that theory as an excuse for failure of enforcement. There is evidence that many enforcemert ofti- cials do not seriously try to enforce the law because either they are in the em- ployment of those who profit by its non enforcement, or they are not themselves in sympathy with the law.
 There is no reason why the prohibit ton law cannot be enforced as effective ly as many of the laws on the statute books, such as burglary and larceny. There are many burglars and thieves who are opposed to enforcement of the laws against these offenses, just as there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23

are many people who are opposed to the enforcement of the prohibition law. That is no reason why the enforcement agen- cies should not make determined efforts to perform their duties If they made such efforts, there would be marked lm- provement in the observance of the pro hibition law. Let it be generally under stood that this law will be enforced and the violations will be greatly reduced.
 The reason there are claims in certain parts of the country that the prohibition law cannot be enforced is that no serious effort in that direction has ever been made. Enforcement of the law in Ala bama, while not as effective as 1t fight be, has shown improvement, and promises still further progress with additional eff forts by enforcement officials and with realization by offenders of the costs and dangers of violation. With such records by the state law enforcement department as were made during the month of De- tober, there is every reason to expect that violations of the prohibition law in this state will become less numerous and less fragrant.