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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
PLAN FOR SAYING THE WIDOWS MITE

Warren F. Stone, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, writing of the banking and insurance activities of that or ganisation, speaks of insurance money paid to widows and children, and says that the beneficiaries were inexperienced and an easy prey for sharks, probably nine -tenths of what they received was wasted within year.
 This seems very high estimate, but no one doubts that the statement IS substantially correct. Whether widows are any more im- prudent than men is, perhaps, questionable. Give the husband $1,O00 or $2,00O in lumE sum under. circumstances that would enable the sharks to know of his windfall, and we suspect that in many cases they would get away with 1t from him. The victims of the smooth-tongued swindlers and bucket-shop promoters are not always innocent women. Men furnish the majority of the dupes. There is no question, however, that such loss to a family where the husband is still alive and can continue to work is less disastrous than where the head of the family is gonej and . woman is left with children to bring up and support
 An article in the, current Worlds Work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
THE HILLMAN HOSPITAL.

However the, unfortunate episode at the Hillman Hospital may be adjudged, il is obvious that the institution is valuable and important factor in the public safety of this community, It is the object of much concern on. the part of the county authoriti that is popularly re- flected in the recent authorization of half million dollars for it's improvement. The people of this community look upon the Hillman Hospital as deserving of public support whenever need for that support lis reported and referred to popular vote. If there is any sort or degree of official neglect, it does not find favor with the people. s>
 Undoubtedly the institution has been capably administered under under Dr. Hogan. Perhaps no other man dividing his time between the hospital and his pri- vate affairs could have done it better. The wonder is not that such an occurrence could have taken place as has recently stirred the community, but that so few such occurrences have been in evidence. It is apparent that the hospital now has reached such proportions and has become such heavy and definite responsibility that it merits the full time of its execu- tive officer. -.-..
 This is question that the board of revenue will do we'll seriously to con- sider. It would be good economy, even if the. salary must be raised in the process, to engage a man who shall devote his full time, attention and capacity to the ad- ministration of the hospital and to its continual betterment and expansion to meet the growing demands upon it. A physicians practice is as much as any busy doctor cares to assume. The con- duct of a big hospital is sufficient chal- lenge to the administrative capacity and executive ability of any man. The war rant for the boards consideration of the feasibility of employing a full-time Superintendent for the hospital is ample and easily perceived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
Rsvisiting Old Scenes Become New.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Rev E. l.. Brown, native of this county, writes to a friend from his home in La Porte, Ind:
 My visit in Birmingham last summer was both pleasant and interesting. It was won derfully interesting to me to see the great development in a section that l knew in its raw state. When boy l went to school in Elyton and during that time attended mixed male and female school at the academy. One term I walked daily to school from Greene's to Elyton with Samuel E. Greene as a com panion. Baylis E. Grace, Jr, was also Q schoolmate. It. was wonderful to me to see the scenery last summer from Shades, Sand and other mountains. I recall especially the Weakley home My son, Eugene, is manu- featuring stokers. will thank you to re- member me to all relatives and friends such as Bob Hewitt, Geo. NJ. Morrow, Geo. Tar rant Dr. Cunningham Wilson and Col Tom 0. Smith. My kindred are numerous and l feel an interest in all of them"
 D. B. GRACE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
BUTLER STILL STICKS TO IT.

It seems that various prophets over the country are having hard work busting General Butler from his position in Phila- delpha. In spite of copious comment ex- plaining why it is impossible for an honest and energetic man to hold the office of chief law agent in large city, General Butler not only did not resign when 1t was editorially hinted that he could not postpone that eventuality, but he has actually agreed with Mayor Kendrick to retain his position for three years more, provided he can have his leave extended for that period. The rumors of break between General Butler and the mayor are thus discounted if not actually proved without foundation. .:.
 There have been serious obstacles in the way of the achievement of General Buffers plans. The most serious obstacles are not criminal but political. Gradually they are being overcome and the officer is able to turn his attention more and more directly to the immediate offenders. Protection" extended offenders by high er-ups has foiled full efficiency of law enforcement up to date, but that IS now Icing dissipated by detection and vigorous action.
 Perhaps one of the most able allies the cledn-up InONcHchI nag UAAS strengthening public sentiment and even open demand for enforcement., For a while it was incorrectly thought that pub lie opinion did not support law enforce ment, but that is now found to be back fire set by those who hope to profit out of law violation. Public sentiment now and always favors law enforcement, and in the ultimate result public opinion de mands enforcement so insistently that 1t has to be accomplished.
 General Butler is making Philadelphia more law-abiding every week than 1t was the week before. He cannot be accused of failure simply because he has s'not done in two years what other chiefs have failed to do in a hundred years. He can be credited with success in proportion as he has been successful, and that is far be- yond the degree achieved by any of his predecessors. If it were not so, there would not be such vigorous effort to get rid of him.
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recounts the result obtained from an adver- tisement in New York newspaper, in which
 widow with $15,000 from her husbands life insurance asked assistance in investing 1t safely and profitably. She received fifty-nine replies. Four men, who were supposedly trained in investments presumably stood ready to give the widow honest assistance and sound advice. The 'other fifty-one were obviously out to fleece her. They offered, for the most part, fly-bScnight investments or propositions which would have placed her at their mercy, because they were clearly against the law. :"
 The incident emphasizes the need of in- teresting people of modest means, especially
 women left to their own resources with small life insurance, in investments that are safe. The brotherhood banks, Mir. Stone says, now get from the widows of members the money paid them as insurance and have been able to check that nine-tenths waste which for merly took place. If the labor banks rem dered no other service, this one would be worth while. - New Bedford Evening Standard. ['.'-s ;'taG.f .'. -''.--
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
Hats On In Elevators.

To the Editor of The Age e-Herald: As to Mir. W. H. Parker's remark in Tues days issue regarding hats off in elevators in detense to the women Elevators are public conveyances like trolley cars, and in them men do not take their hats off when woRieil are present. Besides, to take hats off in elevators is very often awkward and inconvenient, espe- cialIy when the elevator is crowded. It is pitt ful sometimes to see the labored effort to doff the hat.
 And again, as a matter of safety and to guard against injuries in 'the large cities many elevators contain signs requesting that the hats be not removed, as experience, has demonstrated that it is not best to do so.
 Therefore men keep the hat on in elevators, not that we love or respect the women any the less, but that we regard their safety more.
 JAMES s. CLARK. Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 27, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
A PILGRIMAGE TO CUBA.

Increased trade benefits to this dis. trict are expected from the visit ot thirty or more business men of Birming- ham to Cuba One of the purposes of the tour is to get in closer touch with Cuban industrial and commercial conditions and merchandise demands. It is the part ot wisdom for us to cultivate closer trade re- lations between this district and one of its best customers. It is believed that the personal; touch will bring to us vol ume of business that can be had in no other way Cuba is recognized as broad field for the development of trade in the products which this district can furnish
 It has long been an increasingly generous patron. Great quantities of sugar-mill machinery and other products of the dis trict are used in Cuba, which ships In re- turn ores, sugar and other products.
 The Island Republic not only is good customer, but it's location is favorable for increased business with us. It is widely admitted that the close personal touch and the friendly personal cooperative spirit contribute generously to the de- velopment of trade. Hence the primary purpose of this tour, aside from an educa- tive feature, is to become acquainted.
 There are few things that appeal more strongly to an already friendly customer than the establishment of relations that grow out, of personal contact and recog- milton of mutual interests. Much of the business of the country is founded on this basis. Cubans, and Spanish Ameri- cans generally, rely on it much more. A better understanding of the needs of a customer and personal assurance of soreater efforts of producers to provide
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30

cave of the Khezars, Ca priestly family
 mentioned in the Rible.n E1 -s9, -. r1

cave of the Khezars, "a priestly family mentioned in the Bible." x K E . The excavations are impeded by the of other and s3ater burial places which the local religious authorities demand shall be undisturbed, and which yet are in such position as to make the tomb of Zechariah impossible of com plete exposure. According to Dr. Nahum tSlousch, director. of the excavations on behalf of the Jewish Palestine Explora- ton Society; "The general view now is wonderful. We have before us an artis- tic corner of ancient Jerusalem, preserved in the same form as in the days of old"
 These discoveries somehow maks those ancient times seem less remote and the figures that people the pages of the his- toric books of the Bible less shadowy. The authenticity of; Biblical history has not been disputed, but the visible remains of the tombs and relics of the ages of Judges and Kings form an interesting and valuable museum for the student of Old Testament chronicles and annals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30

with which Egyptian cities are seething. Great Britain is immutably resolved to protect the commercial freedom of the Suez Canal and to maintain police pro lection over the Sudan. Outbreaks and assassinations will only make the British pressure firmer instead of less positive. The best way for Egyptians to create be- lief in their professions of capacity to govern themselves and to protect guaran- ties is' to prove it in emergency, for 1t is only in emergencies that such concerns are endangered. So far Egypt has failed of proof. =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
THE tsAILLEss .wINDsM,p.

Reports of the performance of Anton Flettner's sailless windship continue to come from German sources, but nothing official from Flettner as to what makes the wheels go round. He, refused to let any person into the interior of the vessel to view the machinery. It is known, however, that the Flettner-rotor, entitled the "Buckau," 500 tons, made la voyage from Kiel, Germany, which was 50 successful that there is talk of constructing a larger vessel, suitable for navigating the Atlantic. In the trial voyage, the Buckau attained a speed of four and one-half knots, but double that sped is claimed as possible. The vessel can be operated by one man. There is no rigging to be handled, no fuel to be supplied. The boat, is pro- pelled by wind, which wind is inter- fered with mechanically in such man. ner as to increase its propelling force, and drive the vessel forward or back ward, as desired.
 The vessels hull is of customary shape. Fore and aft project two metal towers, like factory chimneys. Each chimney is nine feet in diameter and sixty feet in height; and is so ar ranged that it may be revolyed at a speed of 100, or even more, times a minute. Diesel engines, installed inside the towers, provide the power turning the towers. The whole mechanism weights 15,000 pounds, against 75,0o0 pounds, the weight of the usual rigging for ship of 500 tons. ..,,..
 The theory of operation appears to be based upon the observation that the wind when it strikes the surface of sail divides, so that a partial vacuum is caused in front of the sail, and in- crease of pressure takes. place in the back of the sail. Mir. Flettner is said to have reasoned that if he presented a limitless expanse of sail, he would work up such front suction and such a rear pressure as would drive vessel through the water. His tall towers are prac- tically endless sails. He turns them around; one-half turns against the wind, increasing the pressure, and the other half turns with the wind, increasing the suction-and the ship moves If the ship is to be moved backward, the tow ers are revolved in an opposite direc- tion. The speed will be the same in either case.
 Twenty horse power is reported as sufficient to operate the towers, though the Buckau is supplied with 1000 horse power for an auxiliary engine used for taking the vessel in and out of harbor.
 The account is interesting, and may forecast an important discovery in the propelling of ships by the aid of the wind but too much must not be ex- pected from the success so far achieved. It ordinarily happens that initial ex- periments fail of success when tried on a large scale, suitable for use in prac- Itical business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
Atlas Cement Plant At Leeds.

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 notice in the write up" and advertise ment of the Atlas Portland Cement Company. on Page 12 of your valuable paper of Nov 27, 1924, that the publicity man in satting forth the location of the various big plants of the company, substitutes Birmingham for Leeds. This, you can see at a glance, is misleading and does the growing and prosperous little city of Leeds an injustice. In 1906, Manager Frederick H. Lewis and his associates built for the Standard Portland Cement, Company the big Portland Cement plant at Leeds and some five years ago this plant was taken over by the Atlas Portland Cement Company. Now, Mir. Editor, Leeds knows that The Age-Herald is willing to play fair and will tell its many thousands of readers that one of the big cement plants of the Atlas Portland Cement Company Is located in the corporate limits of Leeds and not in Birming- ham. You may also say that Col. John B. Weakley and Capt Eugene Fies have finished for the Alabama Water Company their water works at Leeds and Engineer Bassinberg has turned on the water in Leeds.
 J. B. ELLIOT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
FORTY COUNTRIES LOOKING TO U. s.

chinery for fruit canning, shovels, artificial silk, textile goods and dress goods trimmings. Mesopotamia wants copper sheets for bottoms and cotton piece goods. Syria wants artificial silk, and China wants medicines and rubber goods. H 4 F"..
 South Africa is speaking for cotton balins machines, pumps and other machinery fer water development and North African coun- try-Egypt-wants linsecd, naphthalCne and Epson and Glauber salts.
 The islands of the sea are looking to Ameri- can markets. New Zealand will buy crude oil; Australia, roadmaking machinery, cereal manufacturing machinery and novelty goods the Canary Islands want apples. Nor is South America overlooking American industries,s for inquiry for a wide range of commodities comes from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay and venezuela.--Spokane Spokes- man-Review. e."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
HOW ARCTIC PREys ON MIND

Extremely difficult living conditions in Arctic regions result in the peculiar nervous disease known as Arctic hystria according to studies made by Stanislaus NovakovsEy' of Clark university.
 In Northeastern Asia the malady is espe- cially prevalent among women. It often shows epidemic features, one native after another;in- dulging in howls, grimaces, gestures and .pu- rious bodily positions. Settlers in Northeast ern Siberia from Southern Russia, where the disease is unknowns frequently develop 1t. It becomes less and less prevalent the farther south one goes, ..o ...o... .. ,,. <.....s,.
 Winter in the Arctic, with its cold and itA unhygienic living conditions exhausts and leads to nervous disarrangements, Mir. Nov akovsky believes. The summer, with its mo- notony of perpetual day, it's shortness, and the worry over securing food supply for winter, affords scercely any relief.-Scientific Service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
PROHIBITION AND THE PHILIPPINES.

legal difinition, applying to the Philippines, of what constitutes intoxicating liquor even this act is without justification. Difficulties in the way of enforcement of the amendment relating to the sale of lIQlprsin tho islands are obviously considerable, but whether a differ the law observer will be excused from passing judgement inpon. n.'-SpringfieId nepublieanH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30

those needs go a long way towards
 strengthening that mutual confidence
 upon which new business is developed
 and old business dealings are continued and expanded. ' =. :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30

The Chicago law-enforcing agencies all agree that crime must go; but they do not seem to be making much headway towards giving it an effective push.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30

Senator Brookhart, who pulled through ly narrow margin, has not yet given out an interview on the result. The facts speak for themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30

Destruction of the battleship Washing ton suggests that the matter of expense does not cut any figure with Uncle Sam when great principle is involved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30

The report that Great Britain has changed her mind about recognition of Russia recalls the old, saying that second thoughts are best. -'"''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30

What with automobile accidents and hunting mishaps, Thanksgiving Day has become more dangerous than the Fourth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30

If the choice were left me- whether to have . free press a free government. would P. choose . free presa-Thomas Jefferson. 5. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30

Why should a man get mad when an- other man calls him liar? Did not the prophet say: All men are liars?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
WITH AN ANVIL OBBLIGATO.

When man starts singing his own praise it's pretty sure to be a solo.-Lake County (Ind.) Times. .i .... .@xs4soA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
JEAN MACALpINE HEIR, Department of Public Information New York, N. T., Nov. 2B, 1924.

In the editorial referred to The Age-Herald did not express fear that the amendment is 8 Scheme to nationalize the children" But this newspaper did hold that 1t was an eff foit on the part of congress to usurp what is properly state function. On this point The Age Herald, in the editorial referred to, said 1: Tit seems that the legislators ought seriously to ask themselves whether, by ratification, they would not be confessing to an inability or an unwillingness to assume this responsi- bility themselves. 1t would appear to be far better course for the legislatures to reject the amendment and themselves to make whatever laws are necessary to accomplish the hunnati- tarian purpose, without bringing into the situation that unwelcome duality of authority which has not always worked to the best interest of the people" The Age-Herald still firmly believes that is the sound view of the question-Ed., Age Herald. ,,. ., . '.
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Forum Of The People
The Child.Labor Amendment.
.es ot The Ass-Hsrsla :

To the Editcs ct The Ass Herald
 The Age-Herald has been so courteous in printing our letters that we are asking 1t to publish another in regard to the federal child labor amendment. ilA an editorial on Noyem- Der 10, The ge-Herald ascriBes its opposition to the amendment to the fact that itSis 'a scheme to nationaiize the children, and quotes 1924, as follows. : tS TT .'Ts F. -+;tE' We must naticnalize, the children. We x
 must remove the children from the
 pernicious influence of the family. We
 must register the children or--let us speak
 plainly-we must nationalize them. 4hus
 they will from the very start remain. under
 the beneficial influence of communist
 kindergartens and schools. Here they
 will grow up to be real communists. To
 compel the mother to surrender her child
 to us, the soviet state, that is the pract,
 cal task before us. rns .-...s+N
 We are sure fhe drsaders of The Age. Herald will be glad to know that the above quotation has no reference ut all to the child labor amendment. No American ever spoke those words! They were spoken by Madame Zinoviev, the commissar of Social Welfare of petrograd. 1t was perfectly natural that she should desire Russian children to be brought up in communist kinderyartens and schools, but her statement has nothing whatever to do with the federal child labor amendment in America. >'r -
 Naturally, the people of Alabama do not want anything like that to happen to their children, as The Age-Herald suggests, Ala bama has passed good laws to protect its chil- dren. Insofar as they are good, they will never have to- be turned, over tp administra- tion by federal officials. ,
 THE NATIONAL CHILD LABOR COM : MITrEE. ~- t-
 JEAN MACALPINE HEIR,
 Department of Public Information.
 New York, N. r., Nov. 2B, 1924.
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But the campaign orator who does not get intoxicated on the applause of multitudes