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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY,
Chicago. =: Washington. ..
Hostop. .: Cleveland. ..
philadelphia. g: Detroit. {.
New York 81. I.nuis lrnim.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-15

.liatf"d for Smith In seventh
- Led for Mitchell IN "irhih
Hated for Grini,h In ninth.

Score by innings: r.
Cincinnati ... al, non hco-s
brooklyn . un5 ala aon-
~ u. K!ldun Miller Thraa, b1sn " bi,s-
Ncal" Stolen haS"--Rnhrlr G-oh sac
,hee.-bOhne. Groh. R.Ney Miller Dou-
III" p,aNH-'iroh. iohnc and Daubart: Groh
1Nl puhh"rt, Left on hu ~cs--Cinclnnaii
Iro9kiyn. Base on ba!ls--om Schurr
"i f!!"r o. EiitS--ot Grimes 10 in $
"I MtcheN. In ] of Ell.r : in ia:
~ smith. in ! or Schupp In / on
HINcy - IN -. SirlnE ou,-by Grimes.
Toy Smiih. hy Sonu.n ! by' Eller q
Hdsscd hn!l-M.!ler. Winning pitcher
i.l"r Losing p!tch"r-GIim"s Umpire
EF"untu and NrGorUtrs Time I.SS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Boston. 3: thirIgo. g.
Pittsburgh. ,; philadelphia. 1.
Cincinnati. Il; brooklyn. =.
New York. 1: -. Iouis. 3.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-15

Chicago Observation-Disclosures 600 GOO OO2-.
Boston Observation-Disclosures. 900 900 OO3-}
Summary. TWO bias hits o'N.ll.
Rosckcl Sacri!rc--GrIucs. Double play
nolk" Gnassist"d1. Loft on bascs-C hicnro.
:: Boston. :. Base ON balls-on Watson.
:. S'ruCk out-hy Ponder. ,. by Watson.
UmHires- . Day and Quigley. Fine.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-15
VIRGINIA LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY,
Richmond suffolk trnin).
wilson. q: Newport News. l.
Norfolk. y; Rocky Mount. ..
Portsmouth. 8: Prlrr-hurg !.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
BUILDING IN MIDDLE AGES

thickness; arches would spread, caus- ing great rents at the crown or thrusting tho adjoining pier arcades out of the vertical. To remedy this and prevent disaster the builders, as at Gloucester cathedral. would carry buttresses right down the side walls, cutting diagonally across the aisle and transept windows until theytcould transfer the load to some outlying buttress or suitable mass of masonry To the engineer and architect by no means the least attraction of the wonderful cathedrals of France and England are the failures with which they were threatened and the clever expedients by which the emergencies were met.
 Steel for construction was unknown in those days and iron was very scarce. Had they possessed these ma terials and our twentieth century knowledge of engineering, what stupendous buildings those priest ly architects would have pro- duced. particularly in northern France, where at Amiens the crown of the vault Is over 140 feet above the floor of the cathedral, and at Beauvals. where in the effort to out do St. Peters, Rome. the French car- ried their roof to an interior height of 156 feet-and all of this, mark you, in stone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
ANALYING GENIUS

From the Chicago News.
 Modern science is taking the bloom off hero worship. Even as late as Carlyle there was something mysteri- ous and unaccountable about super men which conduced to awe and rev erence. But now no sooner does a man achieve pre- e-eminence in any line glance at his achievements, describe exactly how his miracles are per formed.
 In Caruso's case they gave out the measurements of his larynx and es- timated his physical resonance" Now Babe Ruth has been taken to the psychological research laboratory in New York city and set of per eentages has been prepared to explain all that he has done or can do.
 Hitting home runs Is all matter of co-ordinations. In current maga- zine Hugh S. Fullerton, who antici- pated the psychologists on the real inside stuff, gives precise figures on the Babes co-ordinations. Babes right hand and his left hand have been gauged. It has been determined that Babe holds his breath for a fraction of second before hitting a scream CT. Incidentally, it would be inter- esting to know how much breath is held in the grand stand at the same instant. But the decisive percentage is the one which shows that pitcher n,Ast throw a ball precisely twenty thousandths of a second faster to fool Babe Ruth than to fool the aver Eage batter.
 Here is the pity of the whole pro- cess. It may not help pitchers much to know that vulgar fraction more of speed would reduce Ruth to the ranks, for the last twenty thousandths are the hardest. But every fan now realizes how little it takes to make a baseball genius. Between Ruth and bush leaguer says science. there are only twenty thousandths of sec ond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
THE BOBOLINK

From the Chicago Evening Post.
 If you read one of the number poets, Christopher c. Cranch, you pos sibly will be led obelieve that the bobolink Is fond of his bottle. Your tipsy reveler's babble" is one of the poets lines. but let haste be made to say that the intimation elsewhere is that the bobolink tribe is drunk with air and light and perfume of the meadows"
 The bee Is drunk with bloom, so why not he. "this bachanalian bobo- link?" There is a sort of delirium in the summer time joy of this meadow bird of ours The song has Nbeen called rapturous. ecstatic, merry, sparkling and bubbling. It is all of these and something more. The bobo- link at times seems to be frenzied. If he Is tipsy. it is glee that makes him so. He staggers a bit in his flight. for he cannot rise above the meadow without attempting to bea, time with wings to his own music and seemingly they cannot keep the pace.
 They have given the bobolink the Sunday name of Robert of Lincoln. Ii Is not fitting. He secularizes Sunday with his singing. His is Saturday night music. although he shah sing on any day or at any hour.
 Bob is the living Yorick of the fields with his gambols and his songs His manner Is rakish and inspired b, the wine of the air, but with it all he is a devoted lover and husband. He cares for his own lest they lack tend, ing and food. and there is something stranger. than suspicion that at least half his songs and half his antics arc to muse and to cheer his sober mate hidden away on her nest at the roots of the grasses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01

to reach America, only to be turned back at the gateway, cannot but arouse pity for these people, many of whom should never have been per- mitted to leave their native land at all.
 The most practical solution of the problem seems to be checking im- migration at it's source. This method would not only insure better class of immigrants, but would eliminate the narrowing spectacles which are witnessed daily at Ellis Island.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
Jere Kings Death
 Loss to Birmingham

FIBRE LEMEN S KING, who O died at his home in Birming- ham yesterday, left a monument to himself for which the people of this city will long be grateful.
 Author of the Greater Birming- ham bill, MT. King as a member of the legislature in 1907, was the most indefatigable worker for the cause of uniting the contiguous munich palities of Jefferson county into one great city and to him belongs the, credit for the population rating Bir- mingham received in the 1910 cen sus--a rating which attracted the at tention of the entire country.
 MT. Kings death will be mourned throughout the state. Born and reared in Butler county, for many years a practicing attorney in Mad ison and later in Jefferson county, he was, therefore, closely identified with Alabama men and affairs.
 During the past few years Mir. Kings health had failed, but he showed such improvement that he took up the duties of assistant city attorney, to which position he had been elected and which he held at the time of his death.
 He, will be long remembered, not only for his ability and public spirit, his devotion to Birmingham and to his state, but for genial and kind ly disposition which made him friends continually among those with whom he associated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
7-777-s
 A SHARnY KING

Hugo Stinnes. the Bismarck of German industry" is worth moro than a billion dollars. but according to Isaac Marcosson. who interviewed him. he wears a high derby hat all the year round. wears a ready bowed neck tie while the rest of hiss cloth ing is ill-fitting and unkempt. In fact, this giant monopolist of indus try and commerce seems to own everything in Germany except the haberda sheries It wouldn't hurt him to take one more plunge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
BORAH TELLS THE TRUTH

From the chief of the irreconcila- truth. The target of the republican senators, led by Senator Lodge, who rejected the Versailles treaty, was the covenant of peace. That was re- garded as former President Wilson's chief aim and pet, as it was wholly obnoxious and dangerous. It was proposed to take the treaty without the covenant. Now that it is pro- as accords with our rights and inter ests and reject all of it that involves us in any responsibility for it's exc cution. Senator Borah blurts out the redeeming feature of the treaty was the covenant and the League of Ma tions. He credits MT. Wilson, in forcing the covenant into the treaty, ing It's militaristic and oppressive features and of humanizing it and doing Something for the reconcilia- ton and peace of the world'
 The breaking up of the anti Wilson clique is bringing out the truth. Sen ator Borah giving credit to Mir. Will son for a high and humane purpose in making the covenant part of the treaty and creating the League of Nations exposes, thoroughly the pur- pose of the partisan conspiracy which rejected the treaty and the league. The result of the conspiracy is the Williams aptly describes as "an ig- nominous and inglorious postscript of the war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
Immigration Law Causes
 Unnecessary Hardships

r777HE injustice worked by the im- u migration law is illustrated in the case of Primitive R. Sanjurgo, instructor in Spanish at Cornell uni versity, and his young wife, who was refused admittance to the United States when they arrived recently from Spain, because the quota of immigrants allowed from that coun- try for the current year had already been completed
 Sanjurgo had lived in America for one year and married his wife dur ing the summer. He was admitted under a clause which exempts pro- fessors, lecturers and artists, but no provision could be made for Mrs. Sanjurgo, who was detained at FL HIS Aoiduus All oPpcdl was illIilc- diately sent to the Secretary of Labor and by this time Mrs. Sanjur- go may have been permitted to ac- company her husband, who natural ly refused to enter the country without her.
 The Sanjurgos are educated and influential people who did not fare as badly as many unfortunates who have heart-breaking experiences at Ellis Island. The absurdities of our immigration laws and the veniality of steamship companies are causing much unnecessary suffering, al- though it was imperative to restrict immigration. Separations among families and the barring of immi- grants who have struggled for years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
Injudicious Criticism
From the Atlanta Constitution. FNHAT recent attacks made O

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 E1HAT recent attacks made on
 the federal reserve system. or
 O the administration of that system have come almost wholly from the south and from democrats, has been noticeable.
 It has been the cause of much com ment in the republican strongholds of the east and central west for the reason that the reserve act is one of the outstanding accomplishments of a democratic administration; and during the 1920 campaign was re- ferred to more frequently than any other act of a democratic Congress one of the nations most con Active pieces of legislation.
 All the more regrettable, if not in eNcusable, therefore, has been this attitude on the part of southern democrats in the face of unimpeach- able evidence that this attack on the federal reserve board was care fully planned by republican party leaders as republican propaganda, pure and simple, and that the trap was designedly set for democrats to spring it, so that the republican party could politically profit by the attacks, without subjecting any re- publican member of either the Sem ate or the House to the embarrass- ment of antagonism to functioning government board that has been of Such great financial value to all the people, of all sections.
 The Constitution has before 1t the private letter of high government official, a republican, which makes the following startling disclosure
 q am confident that if the south ern people knew that the absurd charges to the effect that the fed- eral reserve board deliberately caused the decline in prices were original republican propaganda, first put out about a year ago. they would not be so enthusiastic in con tinuing their belief in them. I hap pen to know that certain prominent republicans considered that kind of propaganda and did what they could to stop it. In the south, however, as the chief territory which bit naturally no great effort was made | by them to prevent the further cir culation of the stuff in the south" Now that the bushes pendulum is swinging back. and everybody has begun to realize what would have happened in the trying days of postwar business reconstruc- ton had it not been for the federal reserve system, it is nopea that dem ocrats will n0t again fall into trap purposely set by their political ene- mics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. .MpPosINa the ratification of the V y German treaty which Is based
 upon the Versailles treaty and preserves for us the benefits of that compact, with freedom to repudiate It's obligations and responsibilities, Senator Borah said:
 "I think the League of Nations Is objectionable. and have always felt also that the Versailles treaty with out the league was intolerable. The league was at least built upon a hope, an inspiration, that it would effectu- ate something for the reconciliation and peace of the world. The Ver- sailles treaty is built upon the op- posite principle; stripped of the league it is built on force.
 T think through the league Wilson hoped to ameliorate conditions and humanize the terms of the Versailles treaty. So standing alone the Yer sailles treaty is to me more ob- jectionable because of the principle of force which runs through 1t. the policy upon which it is founded and the theory upon which it is built.
 "We have called a conference to consider the question of disarma- ment. disarmament by land and dis armament by sea. It is ny opinion disarmament by land is an impos- sibility so long as the Versailles treaty continues in existence. With the League of Nations eliminated from 1t. it stands there a complete militaristic document. making it im- possible to disarm Europe until. the Versailles treaty shall have been exe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
From the Scientific American.

From the Scientific American.
 60O raise a Woolworth Tower
 some 800 feet into the air and
 = do 1t with such materials and in such fashion that it will stay there forever, is a simple task compared With that which confronted the me- diaeval architect when he dared to erect on four tall and relatively slen- der piers the towers and spires of cathedral such as that of Salisbury, with it's total height of over 400 feet. or even a square tower such as the famous and beautiful angel tower at Canterbury. which reached only a modest 2S0 feet above the ground level. For the builders of those days knew but little about the abstract theory of stresses, and they had no such formulae as are at the call Of any college student today.
 The bishop of those days was more often than not the architect Of his own cathedral and there Is much ev- idence in the cathedrals as they stand today that his work. at least in the earlier stages of the development of the Gothic art. was experimental. He built a massive vaulted roof upon relatively slender piers and made a guess at the necessary diameter Of piers, thickness of walls and so forth to hold his vault in place. If there were just enough material used and it were of fairly good quality the work stood.
 If there were two or three times as much material as was necessary and of this we have evidence, not in- frequently happened-the work stood and all was we'll; but if the piers were too small in diameter, their walls too thin or the ruble work constituting the core of the masonry was too poor in quality, down came the whole structure and the good bishop set about rebuilding. pronting by the costly lesson he had learned.
 A most frequent cause of trouble was the great tower which was so much favored at the intersection of nave and transept. If there was to be an uninterrupted view throughout the full length of nave and choir or from transept wall to transept wall. it became necessary to place great arches as tall as the roofs of the cath edral themselves at the intersectiol of nave and transept Now. this meant, of course. the cutting of huge gaps in the walls of the tower. con centrating the weight of the upper stages of the tower, which would run up to 4,000 or 5000 tons. upon the four piers. That was a serious prob lem in itself; but worse than that. the effect of the huge tower load upon these arches was to produce heavy lateral thrust, which had to be ab- sorbed by the adjoining walls of nave and transpet.
 And what trouble they had! Piers would begin to buckle and would be hastily reinforced by adding to theil
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
LETTERS TO EDITOR
SAND AND GRAVEL RATES

To the Editor of The Age-Heraid:
 Higher freight rates for Alabama producers of sand and gravel would result from the mileage scale which the Southern railway proposes to es- tablish between afl points on Its en- tire system and to oppose which hundreds of producers will gather in Atlanta on October 3 and 4e
 The Southeastern Freight Rate committee has granted hearing as to the proposed scale, to be held at Atlanta on October 1. There will be meeting of sand and gravel pre- ducers from every part of the south at Atlanta the day previous, when plans already formulated for a most energetic protest against the pro- posed mileage scale will be acted upon.
 The National Association Sand and Gravel producers, which is about to file formal complaint with the in- terstate commerce commission for a. general freight rate reduction, will aid in securing more favorable basis than the one proposed and in opposing any increase in existing rates. President ", 0. Johnston of Illinois and Executive Secretary E. Guy Sutton of Washington will at tend the Atlanta meetings.
 It is not generally known that the country's sand and gravel plants represent an Investment of more than s10o,ooo,oO0, that the industry along with other concrete aggregates, is second only to coal in it's commercial importance and that it is second only to coal in tonnage delivered to the railways
 The National Association Sand and Gravel producers, with the various state organizations represent about s5 per cent of the country's produc- tion of these basic building materials. It's activities have nothing to do with price fixing but do include insistence upon clean road material, upon which the life of a highway depends, and upon reasonable freight rates, that the cause of good roads may not suffer. T. R. BARRoWS.
 Washington, September 30, 1917.
 903 Munsey building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
Rise in the Price
 of Liberty Bonds

71REASURY DEPARTMENT of
 ll ficials predict that Liberty Bonds will go to par in one or two years. There never was a safer in- vestment offered to the American people and the small investor who was forced to sacrifice his bonds will have all the more reason to regret his misfortune, now that the market for all war issues of the government is stronger.
 The new levels reached by Lib erty Bonds are attributed to the elimination of small buyers who had to part with their securities, to an improvement in the money market and renewed confidence in govern ment issues. Most of the Liberty Bonds are now held by investors who will not sell them at low fig -Ri~.
 Behind this rise in the quotations for Liberty Bonds lie countless heart aches and many real tragedies. The millions of Americans who bought bonds during the war were actuated largely by patriotism, but they soon realized the advantages of thrift and most of them would have kept their bonds, had it not been for sickness, death, lack of employment and other misfortunes which forced them to sell.
 A golden opportunity was pre- sented to interruptions persons to get Liberty Bonds at prices even below the market quotations and they did not hesitate to take ad- vantage of the ignorance and neces- sity of people, many of whom be- came bond holders for the first, and probably the last time, in their lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
Facts Should Be Brought
 Out in Tidmore Killing

Tr1HE killing of Kirk Tidmore,
 U which resulted when federal prohibition officers attempted to search a farm wagon loaded with vegetables, has added another tragedy to the enforcement of pro- hibition in Alabama.
 Conflicting stories have been told about the shooting, and there is doubt in the public mind as to whether the officers were justified in taking the life of farmer who stood we'll in his community, espe- cially since no evidence has been brought out to indicate that the wagon contained anything but vege- tables en route to the Birmingham market.
 Tidmore and his companion, Chal- mers Huffstutler, both of Oneonta, were approached by the officers on the Springville road, about 20 miles from the city. Huffstutler/ claims that mule hitched to the wagon became frightened and the officers opened fire. He denies that he or his companion made any attempt to use a shotgun, which was in the wagon.
 The officers concerned may show that they acted in self-defense, or they may not, but it is evident that there has been too much reckless disregard of human life in enforcing the prohibition laws in Alabama, both by local, state and federal au- thorities. Moonshiners as a rule are not desperate criminals. In ninety nine cases in a hundred they will either run or surrender when off cers appear.
 Officers with courage and discre- tion rarely have any excuse to open fire in making raids or searching vehicles. There is no justification whatever in shooting at an unarmed moonshiner or bootlegger. On the contrary, it is wanton abuse of authority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
CONDITION OF FREIGHT CARS

From the Railway Age.
 The condition of freight cars is steadily growing worse.
 The total number of cars reported in bad order on July l was 354,611 or l5.4 per cent of the total number. as compared with 15.l per cent on June 15. The number of box cars in bad order was 1S0.544. and the number of gondolas. 1S6,144.
 The number of cars of each of these classes reported in bad order showed an increase. These figures are the worst ever reported in the history Qf American railroads,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-01
1 v F filling Americans Are Getting Wine

1T F the raisin growers of California U have profited by prohibition, the wineries of Europe have fared as well, if not better. A dispatch from Washington says each month marks a heavier importation of wine from southern Europe. Italy, Spain and Portugal are struggling valiantly to supply the needs of ailing Ameri- cans, since all the wine consumed in this country now is ostensibly used for medicinal purposes.
 Wine is entering American ports in casks at the rate of 10000 gal Ions month, or 10 times the volume of one year ago. Unless something is done by the vigilant "drys" to remedy this appalling condition of affairs, regardless of what becomes of the nations invalids, there is no