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vlove People of Birmingham Cannot ^ foeape Bills and Rent toy ^ • OviUuI CbAvnpAoujiiAciwlUi v* r: i|.:r i MUST REPORT Mi TRANSFEBS M g®. >».". v: * t* ' Ordinanoe Requires Owner# ef VaiH I^OtlMr Vehicles to Report All Moving to Police--Helpful to Authorities. #1 Birmingham, Ala.--Those^ who find .pt cheaper to move than to pay rent or meet other bins, are pretty well re- ^"-formed In this city, or are in process ; ®j ;V^of being weeded out In either case by :s j. ».,,means of an ordinance so riveted that * offenders cannot escape. The ordljfv. ,, i oauce requires the owner of every ;f • ""r transfer or other vehicle to report 7--",:'proRiptly all moving to the chief of pc lice, and entries of the same are at p.p. xl <®ce made In a book duly alphabeted ^. V rasd dated, end the book is always > open for the inspection W any an4 | > everyone who may ask to see it. pcf'/#: Of course one who plans to turn Jt4;*' .^delinquent will try to conceal his iden- '* ^ tlty while In the act of moving, but ^V'/* Uhe ordinance makers foresaw thai: >i.: * impulse and attached penalties for 4,,'"V false names or misleading reports^ "which fairly shut out that form of Ji)'*' r trickery. Altogether the ordinance has '•£. , worked so well that Birmingham has |||s;^;J;;been solicited by other cities for copies of the act and for the experiences unit which have made it a magic It is a fixture in Birmingham, for it has been in force since March of 1918. Generally Helpful. Its enactment came about in that year through the Retail Furniture Dealers' association. At the ensuing Selection It had an able enforcer in Commissioner of Public Safety Arlle Barber, who thoroughly believed in lt< and kept everybody concerned up to the scratch. He found that some of the colored laundresses had a fashion of suddenly changing their addresses when well stocked with the linen of their clients; that in some districts overdue gas bills gave sufficient cause for families to vacate quarters, and delinquents for rent and for tradesmen's accounts were common in all districts. The telephone company had occasion to compliment the commissioner on the accuracy and completeness of the records In the book of the chief of police, for in one case the company escaped damages for nondelivery of a message, in a suit In which the person addressed had moved, but clafcpis^to be old home at tj^ttfpe of tl His claim was thrown out «Mtt by the evidence of the chiefs records Furniture dealers who had been be* bind tbf oHsritig! $5SCtS62t BOOG their troubles Jjw it, and Snail; they were almost without bad bills. Police Are Benefited. In time the detective detwrtment ol =the city benefited by the ordinance, for It enabled them to locate unde si rabies, bootleggers, bond-sklppen and the kind of women who scattered themselves over the city after the abolishment of the old red-light district Once there was a concerted attempt by the transfer warehousemen to undc the ordinance. They obtained a restraining Injunction against Its enforcement, and went Into court on the issue of constitutionality. The Supreme court ruled that It was both constitutional and reasonable. Minm changes were made In It, not interfering at all vfitb Its efficiency, an* It Is here to stay, with tfce approval of every reputable interest: MONEY DECLINES IN EFFICIENCY Enormous Addition to the National Income Is Not Real f^:^^-;Jii#alth Increase. '•snEar ':{sSEii ._.*der r * vcure for bill-evasion. May Use Magnet W .*3 Submarine Invention Passes Salvage Test of the British Admiralty. lire 16 TOMS Of MEWL Believed That ' Much of Steel and Metals Lost Through Operations of German Submarines May Be Recovered. LoMon.--Fishing with submarine magnets for allied ships which strew the bottom of the North sea and the English channel may be attempted on iHiey Got Mr. Lloyd George's Number lift! _ two women really got Premier Lloydf George's number. It K-2252, end he gave it, as required by law, whUe OS his Way to vole In Owcton hall during the recent abbey election. 0 a large scale in the near future If en invention recently placed at the disposal of the British admiralty proves to be practicable in deep-sea salvage operations. It is believed that the device may recover much of the loss In steel and metals caused by the submarines. It is also probable that it may, to some extent, replace the deep-sea diver. The "submarine .electro-magnet" I? octagonal in shape, three feet in width between the opposite sides, two and a half inches in depth, weighs seven hundredweight, and is strong enough to lift 16 tons of metal. In salvage work three magnets will be employed simultaneously. In order to get a good hold on the larger sections of armor plate. Gigantic searchlights will Bret b« turned on the wreck, and after the vessel has been blown to pieces by explosives the magnets will go down to search for anchors, chain cables and pieces of metal. The power will b« Sufficient to raise all fragments of metot, even though they be encased In Wood. The mechanical diver's possibilities were demonstrated recently at an exhibition at the Albert docks. Sliver, town, attended by representatives ol the British admiralty, the Port of London authority and the salvage and shipbuilding companies. Into 38 feet of water were thrown several stowl girders weighing two tons, some gae cylinders, castings, a section of railway switch and other metallic objects. Brought Up Girders. Swung by a crane, the magnet dlvtd and, to the amazement of the witnesses, came up with the steel girders Klued to its under side. The operation was repeated until the'last piece of metal bad been raised. At one stage of the demonstration there was lively competition between • human diver and the diving magnet. The steel railway Switch, owing to Its peculiar shape, could not be located nntil a diver had gone down and placed the magna in contact with the rails. "The magnet is not Intended to supplant divers," said Mr. Neale, head o 1 the Neale Magnet Construction company, In charge of the development of the invention. "It will be of value chiefly In cases of wrecks in deep water, or silted up. where divers cannot go. "It will also be used for loading and unloading vessels, discharging metallic ores, lifting machinery and loading steel sections from rolling mills. A current of 16 amperes, at a pressure of 220 volts, supplies the power." FRANCE IS FAST COMING BACK Country Making Rapid Recovery 1 From Ruins of War. Houses Arise From the Ground and Fielde Covered With Promising - Clips Population of Devested Ifvfe. Area Optimistic. . Paris.--An- Impressive picture of the I? ? extent of France's achievement in restoring her war-ravaged regions Is afty forded by M. Loucbeur, the minister of liberated regions, in a public state- \ fcaent entitled "The Revival of France." : Official statistics of the destruction caused by the war and the reconstruc- . < tion accomplished up to May 1, 1921, 5/ the minister states, show that "the ||$>4 France of today Is the same as France 7 6 of yesterday, and that in peace as in ** vrar she continues to work with steadfastness, courage and confidence." After showing that 5,154,000 of the , ^ 158,400,000 Frenchmen from 19 to 60 years of age mobilized during the war were killed or wounded, the state* ment presents the following statistics of civic reconstruction. <65 Inhabitants--Deported because of the war, 2.500,278; returned to France, 1,875,798. Municipalities--Abandoned, 8£B6; re-established, 3.21& Schools--Before the war, 7,271; reestablished, 6,83Q.v Houses--Destroyed, 789,000; rebuilt, 10.213; repaired, 326,700. Land--Devastated, 8,240,000 acres; cleared from projectiles, wire entangle* ments and trenplies, 6,881,000 acres. Agriculture--Farm land devastated, 4,571.000 acres; farms now cultivated, 3.420,000 acres. Live Stock--Horses and mules carried away, 367,000; restored, 96,303; oxen carried dwny, 530,000; restored, 120,263; sheep and goets carried away, 469,000; restored, 121,164. Roads--Destroyed, 32,960 miles; temporarily repaired, 18,825 miles; definitely repaired, 8,426. Factories (each having at least twenty employees, 1914), 5^297; destroyed, 4.700; resumed operation, S,- 645. "France took up arms only In selfdefense, endeavoring at the same time to maintain Justice and liberty for the world," said M. Loucheur. "Foi nearly five years her richest provinces have endured continual martyrdom. And yet by her own means the ruins are reviving, bouses arise from the ground, fields are covered with promising crops. The populations of the devastated areas believe that they can rely on the spirit of solidarity of all those who have measured the magnitude of their sacrifice and understood their unquestionable right to the fullest reparations." ww-- TO RISE III PRICES National Bureau of Economic Research, After Exhaustive Study, Makes Pub- Mf| Figures 8howing Variatio® In Dollar's Purchasing Powef.1 New York, Oct. 27.--The total national income of the United States In 1918 was 61 billion dollars, as compared with 34.4 billions In 1913; but this increase in dollars did not represent a like Increase in production. Most of it was due to the rise lei prices, for the dollar of 1918 and 1919 was a much less efficient dollar than that of 1913. The actuwl total of commodities produced Increased very little, if at all, and a targe part of those which were produced were war materials, not of a kind reniiy benefiting consumers. Consequently, individual Incomes^ estimated on a per capita basis, rising from $340 in 1910 and $354 in 1913, to $586 in 1918, represent more dollars but little or no real Increase, because the $586 of 1918 is equivalent to only $372 in terms Of the purchasing power of 1913. These are the most Important findings of the National Bureau of Economic Research, made public today In advance of the formal publication of the results-of a year's study of "Income in the United States." Tills study, the most exhaustive ever made of the Income question In this country, v has been conducted by Wesley Clair Mitchell. Wlllford I. King, Frederick R. Macaulay and Oswald \V. Knuuth, under the auspices and direction of a board of nineteen directors, including men prominent In many fields of business, education, labor, agriculture, economics and practical statistics, ami representing many divergent points of view. This table exhibits the main findings, including the equivalent value of per capita Inconie in terms of the 1913 purchasing power: Total N»- P«r Capita Per Capita ture contributes about per cent ot the total, masufacturing about 30 per cent, transportation about 9 per cent, government about 5 per cent, mining a little more than 3 per cent, bunking a little over 1 per Ccut. The many miscellaneous employments, profession a I men, retailers. Jobbers, merchants, domesUcs, etc., too numerous • to list specifically, contribute 33 per cent. In other words, our highly organised industries, even If we Include all manufacturing, mining, transportation, banking, and government activities such as education and road-build' Ing, produce only about half of the National income. The rest Is due to the efforts of small IndeDendent workers. Income Tax Discrepancies. The report estimates that the number of persons in 1918 having Incomes over $2,000, was 5,300,000, and thst their total income was over 23 billion dollars. Income tax returns, however, showed only 2,908,000 persons having over $2,000, and their total reported income was less than 14 billion dollars. This discrepancy is due In part to technical evasions and straight illegal withholdings, but also In part to the existence of tax-exempt income. What this means in terms of the income tax Is that the government received In 191S about half a billion dollars less than it would have. If all persons receiving $2,000 had paid their full amount. Contribution of Housewives. The contribution of the 20,000,000 American housewives is not included by the bureau In the national income because they are not paid In money. But the report points out that tf they Were paid at the lowest possible figure (the average recompense of persohal and domestic service) their addition to the total national Income would be about one-third, or 18 billions. On that basis, the bureau gives the following conjectural figure as to the fluctuation of the housewife's contribution to the national Income since 1009: Total ' * j, Individual Contribution Contribution tlonal I ne'e Income Income In Tear-- (Billions) In Dollars "IW3 Dors* UW.. .... $28.8 1319 1333 1910.. Sl.il = M 340 . 349 1911.. .... Sl.I '•r ns 338 K12.. .... «.• A 346 348 1913. .... 54# SG4 354 mt. .... 33.1 336 333 1816. 3M % ® \ - set 1816.. .... 400 191?.. .... 63.9 6331 int.. .... «.• 68* " m Distribution of Income. The report says that only one out of a hundred (1 per cent) income receivers In the United States In 1918 had Incomes of $8,000 or more, and that this one per eeut had 14 per cent of the national income. Five per cent, representing Incomes above $3,200, had 26 per cent of the total. Ten per cent, including income above $2,300, had nearly 35 per cent of the total; the most prosperous 20 per cent. Including Income above $1,750, had about 47 per cent. Kighty per cent of the Income receivers had incomes below $1,750. receiving about 53 per cent of the total income. Shares of Labor and Capital. In most of the^ears since 1912, the bureau finds that in the principal organized Industries, wages and salaries were about 70 per cent of the total Income; while capital (including management) received about 30 per cent, out of which were paid rent. Interest and profits; but these proportions varied materially with relative prosperity and depression. In 1916, for example, the share of capital Increased to about 35 per cent, with 65 per cent to labor, while in 1919 capital's share fell to about 22 per cent, while labor got about 78. Of the total payments to employee^ In the highly organized Industries, about 92 per cent goes to the manual workers and clerical staffs, while 8 per cent goes to officials. Share of the Farmer. The farmers, who during the past decade hsve made up about 16 per cent of the total of gainfully employed, had from 12 to 13 per cent of the national Income In the years between 1910 and 1916 Inclusive; since ^917 they have been receiving 16 to 17, per cent, or a somewhat higher proportion, as the following figures from the report show: Find Buried Treasure. Berlin.--Twenty million marks' worth of gold and sliver, which Is believed to have been hidden by Germany's legendary "Capt. Kidd"-- Claus Stoertebeeker--has Just been dug up near the North sea coast, said a Hamburg dispatch to the Neue Berliner Zeltung. | ¥ Veteran Served Sentence of Man Who Saved His Life Because his "buddy" saved his life In France, Harry W. Haley, known as general prisoner No. 22102, assumed his name, and Is serving a six months' sentence in the United States disciplinary barracks. Fort Leavenworth, Kan,, for desertion, alleged to have bee* committed fcjj' his friend. Buenos Afre« Wars on Disease. 0. Buenos Aires.--Sunrise every morning finds Buenos Aires, In the downtown seetioj in particular,, fresh- %vashed, cleat *s a Dutch housewife's •jtloorstep and smelling like a hospital. •This is a result of the thorough wash- ^ Ing given all the streets every night - • < **fend the liberal doses of disinfectant that are spread about in ordfr to communicable diseases: FISH WITHOUT MOUTH CAUGHT Peculiar Specimen Found In Missouri > Atae Nooelesa, but Weighp# , Five Pounds. ^ Kennett, Mo.--Going through life without a mouth or rather with your mouth grown shut would be a sad experience for anybody of the human race, but E. D. Poe, a blacksmith of this city, has just caught a fish that was thusly afflicted. Poe got the unusual specimen of the finny tribe while on an outing at what is known as "Tear Blanket," on the Varney river. It was a five-pound buffalo that had no sign of a mouth. The fin had the appearance of having had its mouth and nose bitten off up to and just below the eyes, and In the process of healing the wound grew entirely shut. With this exception the fish was a fine specimen and apparently was not handicapped by Its strange deformity or affliction. Poe put the fish in a tank of water Hand it swam around Just like any other fish. It seemed to have worked out a scheme of letting water through one set of gills and oet the other. GIVES $70 TO MOONSHINER Texas Jury Collects Purse for After Giving Him Suspended Sentence. Brecken ridge. Tex.--AftW"' granting A. P. Markwood, serf-confessed moonshiner, a suspended sentence of one year in the penitentiary, a Jury in the Nineteenth District court made up a purse of about $70 and gave It to him. Markwood told the court that hard times forced him Into the distillery business to make a living for his wife and six children. His wife on the stand corroborated his testimony. Markwood came to Breckenridge from his home at Necessity and surrendered after a fellow moonshine* bad been arrested. mi m« vis tnt mt IS18 .mA», Per Cent .12.1 t jut . . . . . • . 1 1 . 1 .^2.1 .144 Sources of Production. ^t^ffor the sources of natiolMkl Income,' the bureau finds, taking a general average since 1910, that agricul- Never say "Aspirin" without saying "Bayer." ^ WARNING! Unless you see name "Bayer" on tablets* you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians over 21 years and proved safe by millions foe V-u": ^•;-v 5 Colds Toothaclie Headache ,Neuralgia lumbago Rheumatisnr; y. -J Neuritis \ W«, Pain only " er je which contains proper directions Aqplfte I* tb* tnd* «ult at Htjw Man«f*ctnro oi Ifaaoaeatlescidsitar aC^talivnejMflt Year-- v (in Dolltta) -Of Dollar*) 1909.. ...... 3500 ' 18.85 1910.,..*.,*. 600 » 9.00 1911,. tOOv:;. ».» 1912.....V,.. 9.88 •v': 1913......... 9.88 1914.,...;.;. 526 £. 10.19 # 1915..*....; ^0 &e\: . '•}< %, 10.84 1916......... «•:* -S; 11.94 1917......... (GO C* . m? 14 30 . 1918...v .4,» 780 16.30 1M».\ 880 '*'•'• • 18.86 •" Income In Other CfWtries. Both the total national Income and the per capita income are larger In the United States than In any other country. The report estlmutes this as the relative standing of the four countries auMl! at the outbreak of the war: Nat'l Income Income (Billions Per Capita 1914 - of Dollars) (In Dollars) United statas S33.fi $338 United' Klnfrdom .. 10.S ' Hi Germany 10.4 t,.: :,j ,4 1M Austria ............. Ll 'Vji M The report is in press, and will be published early In November. How the Bureau Is Constituted. The National Bureau of Economic Research was organized after the war by a group of persons who had come to reullze the need for accurate and scientific collaUon of statistical Information as a basis for Intelligent solution of national problems. The directors of the bureau are T. S. Adams, advisor to the Treasury department; John It. Commons, of the University of Wisconsin; John 1*. Frey, editor of the International Molders' Journal; Edwin F. Oay, president of the Ne# York Evening Post; Harry W. Laldler, secretary of the Intercollegiate Socialist society; Elwood Mead, professor of rural institutions. University of California ; Wesley Clair Mitchell, New School for Social Research; J. E. Sterrett, of the firm of Price, Waterhouse and cotapany, accountants; N. I. Stone, labor manager, Hlckey-Freeman company; Allyn A. Young, professor of economics, Harvard university; also, the following appointed by the organizations named; F. 1*. Fish, of the National Industrial Conference board; Hugh Frayne, American Federation of Labor; David Friday, American Economic association; W. R. Ingalls, Engineering council; J. M. Larkin, Industrial Relations Association of America; George E. Roberts, American Bankers' association; Malcolm C. Rorty, American Statistical association; A. W. Shaw, Periodical Publishers1 association'; and Gray Silver, American Federation of -Farm Bureaus. It is a rule of the bureau that each director must approve the findings of the research staff, or state his specific objections as part of the report. In this way, bias Is eliminated, for methods and results are under constant supervision from men whoa# points of view are dissimilar. Keep the Children Well! During these days many children are complaining of headache, feverishness, stomach troubles, and irregular bowels. If mothers only knew what 0:^35 MOTHER CRAY'S | SWEET POWDERS 5 for CHILDREN Will do for children no family would ever be without them. These powders are so easy and pleasant to take and so effective in their action that for ot'er 30 year* mothers ha\>e used them and told others about them. Sold by. Druggists everywhere. De Net Accept Any Sa MOTHER GRAY S SWEET POWDERS. hctm« onrrfl Williams Press Congress President. Honolulu. Hawaiian Islands.--Walter Williams, University of Missouri School of Journalfsin was re-elected president of the Press Congress of the World by acclamation. The congress passed a resolution petitioning President Harding to admit representatives of the press to the disarmament conference- deliberations. GOT UNCLE ON TENDER SPOT Small Boys Innocent Repitition of Mother's Remark Not Likely to Promote Cordiality. Nine-year-old Joe had received a •rateh of that sort all boys hsve for I birthday present. With It was a Utile chain, the whole outfit taken together not costing more than $3. But Joe did not value It accordingly. His nncle, amused nt him, told him all the burglar stories he could think of. But little Joe wasn't awed. Finally, near the end of the week, his uncle ssked, "Aren't you afraid burglars will steal your watch, Joe?" "No, sir," he said, and his eyes Rhone with ptlde. "You see me go out to\the garage Just:before dark, Uncle Bob. Well, I hlae^my watch under the seat of your car.\ Mpther tald burglars wouldn't steal It If you gave them a prize for (Jplng It, 'cause It's rickety." -• . Christian Nam* te * Certain primary class the teacher had been at great pains to explain the distinction between surnames and Christian names. Then she called upon the children to give examples of each kind from their own names and those of other members of their families. When Charles was asked to tell In one statement the surname and the Christian name of his father, he responded, alter some hesitation: "My father's surname Is Tompkins, and his Christian name Is a Methodist." Drawn Together. "Mrs. Jlbway and Mrs. Gadder have declared a truce." "What brought that abontf - "Community of envy." * " n"v~ "Eh?" . M "Mrs. Gadspur of the same neighborhood has a new car." Most wives would be able to save money If their husbands gave them enough to save. It's seldom selfishness that prompts a man to keep his troubles to himself. •3 Tail? An American and an Knglishmaa were discussing the merits .of their respective parents. "Ah!" said the Yankee. -^4 _ my father was a clever awn. lie a chimney-shaft builder, and made himself famous with the last shaft he erected." "Oh, indeed I* remarked the Englishman. "Sure thing?* Continued the American. "It was so high that when th* weathercock got stuck, the msn who went up to put It right had to take s week's rations for the Journey!" "Oh, ho!" laughed 'he Englishman, "That's nothing. My father was also, a shaft builder, and the last oue he built was so high that he bad to up every'night and take the top to let the moon go by.M--London swers, ;r | ; * A Confession. <- A iltfle girl whose father is *ide|jr4 known as a writer of humorous sto^ rles, was recently approached by ^ visitor who said: "It must be nice to have a pap# who knows so many fine stories." The little girt blushed and hung heft head. "Arent you proud of year pepef* the visitor asked. "Yes," the little girl answered, "but I think 1 ought to tell you something.'* "What Is Itr -'-r-r. "The stories of a^t pepe's are«Pt Stories st all." ' ^ "Not stories?" "Na" And in a deep hoana whisper, thft child confessed. "He makes them all up out of hfci qwn head."--Youngstown Telegram. The Natural Question. '"Josi think, Adolph. there In the dark street was a man. I ran harder than I ever ran before." "And did you catch h!m» auntie?"-- Oar Drummer, Berlin. « S /tl TO DISCUSS PROPOSED UWS Argentine Branch of International Law Association Draws Up Program for Meeting. Baeaos Aires. -- The ^ Argentine branch of the International Law association has prepared, at,, ,|he request of the executive committee In London, a program for discussion at the conference of' the association which is scheduled to be held In Buenos Aalres I n M a l n r - ' - ^ 'Ik. '• 3- . . v. . .•«? ,.V . 'til . IV-1 !• RED CROSS WORK IN CHINA The topics to be taken »np and < elded Include: Inviolability oi malls on land and sea In wartime: International organisation of labor in sea and river navigation; International law on freight contracts; regulations for the use of siibmarines during war; rules for the recognition of a "de facto" government by foreign states, and International responsibility of the state for damages that may be suffered by foreigners during the progress of «hrtl ware/, '• £ ' -- Report to Headquarters Shows What Has Been Accomplished in the Famine Region. Shanghai.--According to the report of the American Red Cross of the work done in the northern famine region, a total of Mex. $2,428,000 was expended In carrying out a great *ch«*ne for the construction of systems of roadways. ;i.K >' "• f. 1 " » ' - ? • ^ . y In all 754 miles of roadway were built, the cost per mile ranging from $383 to $6,410. Besides building roads, 3,572 wells were dug at a cost of $27.19 each. Id the work 145.000 workmen were recruited and 841,000 persons were reached by relief. In the province of Shantung 50,000 trees were planted. The report has been forwarded to the headquarters of the Red Cross at .Washington by J. E. Baker, who was In charge of the famine relief work sent out by that organization. The First Caafc Adam and Eve were evicted. "Wei didn't think a whole apple e rcaae»i able rent." they explained. The foolish man nvho buil$ his house on the sand--• * He gave an wampls fea <gg|y which anybody understand. It isn't ao easy, howeeer, to gams l&m' of trying to build the body on foods which lack essentia] nourishment. , ^ . Here, again, is a foundation of sand which ^res 'way when the test comes. Many a food that tastes good lacks honesty nourishment to equal its taste. Thus it tempts appetite into mistakes that often are costly. Grape-Nuts is a food which helps build bodily andurance for life's stress and storm. The full nourishment of wheat and malted barley, together with the vital mineral salts so necessary to bona structure and red blood corpuscles, with phoa* phates for the brain, is retained in Grape-Nxfta. The long baking process by which Grape-Nuts is made gives the food a natural sweetness and an »ual ease of digestibility and assimilation. Served with cream or milk, Grape>Nuta it fttlly nourishing, and whether eaten as a cereal at 4 breakfast or lunch, or made into a puddmg for dinner. Grape-Nuts has a particular for" the appetite. Sokdhy (rooeta. , Grape-Nuts--the Body^ftaidw; " "There's a Reason** JwrnSa