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The mirror., 1922-03-30

Championship, under its new sobriquet.
St. Louis Americans still use the nick
name which they first brought into the
American League in 1902, "the Browns"
The name was used originally by the
great St. Louis Browns of the American
Association, the only club of Major Lea
que grade to win four successive cham
pionships. However, the name browns"
failed to spell the success for the St. Louis
Americans which it brought to Won der
Abe and Comiskey in the eighties, as St.
Louis has still to win its first American
League fag
When Detroit was in the National Lea
que and had the famous "Big Four" the
club was known merely as "the Detroits."
Early in their American League career,
they were called "the Wolverines" after
the State Animal of Michigan. After Ty
Cobb came to the club, and started to burn
up the league, the Detroiters became the
Tigers, one of the most appropriate names
in baseball.
Several years ago, the Washington club
had its fans vote on a new name for its
club to take the place of the rather silly
word of Senators" and the word "Na-
tionals" was selected. The Nationals were
one of the original clubs of Washington,
and famous club before the era of league
baseball.
Nationals, however, is poor word, and
is little used outside of Washington. In
New York and elsewhere the Washington
team still is referred to as "the Senators"
AS the Braves frequently are spoken of as
"the Boston Nationals" the Giants as "the
New York Nationals" it would bring end
less confusion to the new fan to call the
Washington Americans "the Washington
Nationals"
"The Indians" is the newest nickname
in baseball. Early in its American League
career, the Cleveland team was referred
to as "the Cleveland Blues" but after
Lajoie became manager, the Clevelands
became "the Maps" derived from Napo-
leon Lajoie.
The name held on even after Lajoie
gave up the management, and several years
after he severed connections with the club.
Cleveland then was at the bottom of the
ladder, and no one in the Forest City
cared what they called the team.
When the team began to perk up with
the coming of Speaker, new nick name
became a necessity, and Cleveland fans
voted to call the club the "Indians." Just
why "Indians" was selected no one knows,
but it is vast improvement over "the
Blues" and "the Maps"
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mouthful!"
.'Ah, there, Miss Justice" cali
ed clear-rollicking alto voice
through the still morning air.
as that you, G. NJ. A.? Excuse
my not turning my head, but I'm
not as fighty and whirly-whirly as
some. And tits so dizzy am
can hardly talk on account of
watching poker game-until early
this morning.
If you don't mind ny asking
said G. NJ. Alexander. I'D like to
know where that game was.
.Oh. it wasn't in your Offices.
All the boys over there have. been
acting like angels since the West
Penn got its. finger in the pie, es-
pecially those who've been hold
ing their titles by virtue Of
by virtue of what ?".
.Oh, just by virtue. suppose
That's all right, then!" snap
ped G.. NJ. a.
You seem touchy this morn
ing, murmured the maid sooth-
ing1y. by the way. why do the
Locust avenue and Watson cars
have to block the sidewalk on
Adams street at Monroe when
they stop to take on passengers?
Don't know! Guess the motor
men know their business. Besides,
there's nothing in our franchise
to keep us from doing it."
We'll, think it over. G. III. A..
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CLAIMS libraries
INE.ED!.OF COUNTRY OF i "
Editor Points Out Less Than
20 Per Cent of People
Enjoy Privileges.

BOSTON. July 5---oThe Amer
ican public library will not have.
reached its full development until
THE library is as universal and rs
near at hand as the gorcery store,
JOY Elmer Morgan, editor of the
Journal OF the National Education
Association, Wash ngton, D. 81.
said today in an address before the
Education Association here. He
maintained that no other single
educational agency had in proper
ton to its cost greater undevelope
ed possibilities than the free
public library.
Money spent to bring the 1ibr-
airy close to all the people on a
national scale would yield enor-
nous returns in terms of enlight-
.ened citizenship" he said. Such
development may be encouraged
first. by establishing workable
units OF administration. For the
open country. this means county
Libraries For large cities it
means units small enough to bring
books and trained service close
to the people than they now are:
"a second means Of encouraging
library service lies in clearer de
finition Of the responsibility Of the
federal government and of the
states for the development of ade-
quate policies of library promo
ton. There should be in Washing
ton a Bureau of Libraries under
recognized national leadership. In
addition to conducting investiga-
tons this bureau should be charg-
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sbonndiess faw
advantag less nsinvestments % @undeTT
yeloped resources eIsewhe enable In1s Ecoun
EtTy "a: compete In trade with her$ countrtes
as the advice of Mr. Flowers that8Ane
capital seek investm in the countries HOW'D
8ferinr Exceptional advantages In the undeveloped
resources which the world vitality need in the
future China % offers great opportunity, and
Mexico scarcely less opportunity Mexico will
work out her internal problems in time and the
tinted States could hardly have better field for
entirely free from the expense OF over
seas TRANSPORTATION Great Britain has wisely gone
about solving her economic future by acquiring
natural resources wherever the opportunity Of
fered and now controls forty cent of the oil
in Mexico; . she has large interests in Oklahoma
also stepping over the boundaries of the United
States 60 acquire natural resource invaluable to
the commercial life of this country which, accord
ing to investigation bids fair to be completely ex
hausted in this country Wlthln the next LII -
years.
openers like Mr.. Flowers circulating freely about
over the country the public would get a real in
sight into affairs which the average man in the
street seldom gives attention. Americans have
one very bad shortening and that is. procrastina-
ton. No people under the sun so hates to be dis
turbed as do the Americans 1t is always the habit
Of America put OF until the last minute thin IS
" ich vitality need to be done with dispatch When
all oil in America is gone, then America VIII
seek oil in China, Russia, Mexico, and find other
nations have preempted it, The same will be true
of COAL unless those who study the econ mic prob
lens Of the nations succeed in awakening that
sleeping m ajority who only wish to be allowsd to
slumber on
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scsissdsWfll sractf{y The ttnation
NE contaet with xVorld ffatrs
which must easii inyo1x ever
voter IN the United states ant5 de-
smand OF him an intcnige tsexpresS
sion of his att itnde other
lands and other rs.ces is anothers
line to be emphasizedsTh ne gen
seral ignorance8amo u.s. Of sother
races. engend Tered by ~ very Snatur-
al conceit which is often aub sti--
5tuted for knowledge Is a serious
menace to the progress OF the
world. A proper study of peoples
from the standpoint OF their ply
siographic env1ronmcnt 49, the ne
remedy, ss5 ;
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,HE1 MAID ON
THE COURTHOUSE


Ifs ayloveIy8 day" sighed the
maid on the courthouse as She
opened her eyes.
s Good snoring, KIP" she said
spying the traffic cop IN his dug
soutg with advertisements
sr:Itssssalnice day Tor a hot box, isn't
I it? y.
sed a mouthful." Kip re-
Eplfed .sbutsIg ID ont want any of yer
Zip tod ay. If ye WASH SO light
headed and gid dy.y ed know Il can
stalk Fwhen chews and when
sdonst ffIscfeys.''x
Yton,re dead right" replied
esmaid eebut tell me what that
xonng girl told you the other day
Swfenayou jumped on the running
her car after she'd been
scaughts Inv traffic jam:
alw, thatswas q. fapper trick"
s SsssssBut whatsd1d she say"
OH, she sed Ye8 must know,
Kip, yesgcou1dn't squeeze in be.
tween the wheel and the seat
and I'd offered sto driye 'er out o
sthes jam! r. s5ils
That was gratitude. wasn't
sshufes and :: ye2 sed- another
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GREAT LECTURE.

asST5sHE@Y Wv. C.. a. is certainly to be congratu-
d sl lated upon the magnificent program which
offered city last night through the med
siumS of#theS Redpath Chautauqua. 1t is doubtful
airmont had opportunity to hear any
thing better than Montaville Flowers lecture on
g-sInternational Economies which he gave here
sfastSeyening a large audience that heard Mr.
Flow ers# departed full of enthusiasm and the i'm
spressi he upon his listeners will not
ssoonss forgotten
lecturer mad an amazing grasp of the sub
siectswhich he discussed and he built his argu-
sments uponsthe entails necessary to
life nation, and the gradually
SdayeIopin " world conditions which nations must
recognize and Epreparest to meet
sTha2P Peace Conference, it pointed out, set
tied according national agreement, all boun-
gdarigs sosthatsno further expansion was possible
This being true, tons nov thrown upon ma
hin their own territorial lines,
acquiring commercial Investment of ma
Observation-Disclosures other America has, SO
faTneTerfeltthe pinch OF lack OF natural resources
additional popu aton drift
ing into the country from other nations
natural Increase in the population already
present only question OF limited time be-
fore America#wiH the end Of her apparently
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"WEDNESDAY EVENING. JULY ;, 1e22.
poor Law ENFORCEMENT.

@ENsIINE arrests were made yesterday, according
l#N&sing to report, for shooting fire crackers on
1.-THE sou 9Th side bridge Apparently the only Of
8dcerson duty Adams Street stationed on the
%bridg efor@ purpose of protecting Ravine Park.
SFireacTack off the entire length OF the
#streetswithout8 interference, and the cutters
were filled with the exploded remains this morn
There are great many citizens who feel
stheSpeople who ventured down Adams Street
needed b proteclIon from these giant crackers as
weII as tn folks who patronizins the park.
SThescity ordinance strictly forbds the setting
off of&freg crackers upon public streets and alleys,
and this newspa published the ordinance twice,
gonceSin Its news columns, and editorially The
sIavawas sufficiently plain both to those who
SWilfulIyg ignored it, and to the officers who were
sconspicious In their poor attempt to enforce it.
NThe officer the bridge evidently die his best,
gbut the numbersssofa would have been
trebled III pedestrians given proper pro-
tection ain business street in the city 1t
was evident1y$the@ bright idea Of young hoodlums
purch crackers and step just outside
the shop doortoS explode them The idea worked
ght.s too, for there Interference with
frightened enough in some instances to give
EXCEPTIONAL ajoy'to the bright young who seemed
StoSregardSsuch as fair game.
While Fairmont made no attempt to. observe
athe@Fourth by m king it public occasion, with
especial civic celebration yet the city was filed
with people and the streets lined with automo-
#biles, but there was traffic officer duty at
any intersection far observation could note
IfkthesFourth of July holiday for the regular
spoliceS force; then the city should have put its
Especial police onS duty. The public would have
Seen grateful and it would have given the new
men aSchance to show what they could do.
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ed Wit pronoting Che derslopsS
mant OF libraTi which Fmustsb
isharpl distinguished rom The en-.
3couragement OF libfarie s wi thin
the respective states To- obtain:
such recognition by the Fedora
government may we'll become the
Immediate goal OF the library pro
,fession. Ssh:
MI. NJ organ quoted figures com.
piled by the United States Bureau
OF Education TO show that less
than 20 per cent OF the people Of
the country enjoy the privileges of
local library service.
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Urges Study Of Geography

- =.
BOSTON, July 5The study Of
geography in the schools is more
important today than ever before,
and the present demands made
upon the knowledge which pupils
should gain in the geography class
are more pressing than ever be-
fore, Robert NJ. Brown of the
Rhode Island College of Educa-
ton, Providence. r. T.. said today
in an address before the depart
men of normal schools, National
Education association here. Out
lining the present day demand for
geographical knowledge Mr..
Brown added:
"a large number of American
youths are entering into some
business which deals with other
parts of the earth or other parts
of our own land. Great corpora
lions. banks, and bust - houses
are expanding their lines to in
sclude foreign trade. Certain
banks have found it necessary to
establish their own classes in geo
graphy SO that their employees
may have an adequate training in
the fundamentals of this science.
The pre-war Consular Reports Of
the government spoke of the ig-
norance which American business
firms displayed toward their for
eign trade This Indifference, IL
not ignorance. of the American
exporter toward the physical con-
ditions of other lands probably
accounts in part for the loss OF
foreign markets. The study OF
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FENCE DOWN july 1.

| ULY marked the opening of the new year
for the admittance of the. immigration quotas.
and the date found whole fleet of liners anchor
ed in New York Harbor awaiting inspection by
quarantine officials.
Arrangements lined up differently this year
handle the foreigners who enter our ports.
Each country is according to the immigration law,
assigned quota which it is not permitted to ex-
coed. Last year the liners crowded their ships
carry and tried to argue things out with those
in control of the ports All kinds of schemes were
worked to land the excess. This year it will be
different. The quotas are divided and each coun-
try can only land a certain number each month.
Last year some countries exhausted their quotas
in three months time. This year the thing will
be evenly distributed and each month will see the
landing of a limited number and not mob diff
fcut 10 handle and perhaps utterly in excess of
the legal quota
Ships bringing than the legal number to
admitted each month can have the pleasure; of
carrying the excess back to the port from which it
EN- barked. It is claimed that 4,796 persons We're
awaiting admission last Wednesday. Cooperation
ton will greatly tighten the work at American
ports it is thought. American officials are now
working in foreign ports directing this duty.
This health examination which immigrants
undergo before embarkation is the first. step that
America should demand of other countries to
establish standard of quality among the for
eigners admitted here. There should be not only
a firm adherence to the limited quotas now given
the various countries, but there should be an
established standard in the personality of the new
corners America has had enough rough stuff
from the European underworld to last her life
time.
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Has CURE For EPILEPsY.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 81
Epilepsy may be cured according
to the theory advanced by DR.. Hugh
.Conk1in, speaking before the TWEEN
ty-slxth annual convention of the
American Osteopathic Association,
now in session here.
Epilepsy, according to Doctor
ConkIin. is caused by the improper
functioning of certain glands in the
bowels By fasting a patient for
TWENTY-FIVE days, permitting the pa
tient to take only water, cure may
be effected, he said.
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AMBASSADOR NAMED

PARIS July >. Reports that
Maurice Herbette had been named
French ambassador to Germany to
succeed Charles Laurent tsera
printed in this mornings newspa--
pers. but there was no9osffcial con:
firmation OF the appointment oD-
tainable. Officials declared the new
ambassador had not been definite
" selected.
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INVESTIGATE MURDER.

PITTSBURGH, July g. Counts
detectives today are Investigating
the Killing of Andrew Valaskack, &
Ches wick coal miner, in the rear
of his home last night. Reports to
the authorities were that an uni
Identified man attacked Valaskack
after they had argued for a few
minutes
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LOCAL sQoopnaEN MI
sEAV Il fs !l;;l n II

Local yVoodf6 Tss
;cefyed new s1asa
they win use sShen onspess
ans drill contests 10 De 81 g q - 3.
district senca1np I'll Eisas
month at Conoss lsari tncinnSss
Ohio. lsss sS!
Chief 81 Police Is D niders
HIT Jones5will proba aeaSestc
Cincinnati about Jslly asssA
in@preparationsgf for Che big event
Other memb ers vii 30 No. G3nEin.
mat about July ainan g;stwo
weeks IN the encanapn rent
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The ice men took a vacation yesterday and de-
livered no ice all day long. It is Just we'll.
Any one caught out with cake of ice in the Bit
ter cold which prevailed during the day would
have been objects of suspicion.
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Mass meeting to be held in the court house
this evening to instruct Greed Bolyard about few
things which the population considers he ought
to know, among them that it is still July accord
ing calendar and Christmas is yet some time
distant.
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Who ever heard of Christmas weather the
Fourth of July? reported in six separate in
stances that icicles of the length OF one, to one
and three quarter inches. formed watermelons
that had been in half for serving picnic din
ners yesterday.
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IF llJFF

E&S3A&k - ~ u
Wen we're sort Of disguised to-
/ day because.
Fl We went; to Traction Park yes
'terday afternoon and went to the
dance hall down there.
We thought we knew something
about dancing until.
Ira Atkins started out on the
floor. s .5s
After we saw him cutting the
corners forty miles an hour with
! a Jane on his arm, and
And then slow down to the
speed Of heavy freight coming
up the seventeen mile grade. all
according to the music, We says to
ourseif-
..This amt no safe place-shat
bird has you backed off the
! boards -
dance with Ira, and you'll have to
] "a nc klAS -
So We asked fellow for a pass
out check and never did go back
in.
| But We got nice comforta BILE
seat in a tree near the dance hall.
j where we could see the floor with
out straining our neck. and sat
! there until we fell sound asleep
watching Ira go around and
around.
When we awakened everybody
j had gone. SO We went and did IKE
wise.
Isn't it funny how it seldom
rains the day after holiday
| Guess that's because it rains on
the holiday.
4 Gosh, wasn't it quiet Fourth:
Not enough noise to scare cat
! We had some shooting crackers,
I: but the fuse seem to be the only
thing that was in working orde:
The crackers would not crack.
4
! and make sizzers out Of EN-.
/ Another fellow up street mad
! RAILROAD redfire, but he was AFRAID
/ to put it off. SO We'll have that
lnext year.
I; We had intended cutting the
! grass in the afternoon, bur W.
were. afraid we would make Toe
! much noise.
This morning on the way to the
office we saw "a number of mama
and grandmas out with braons
| making a clean sweep of the re-
lies before the kids got up
| Remember when you were kid
how you played store for days
/ with empty Roman candles, sky
1 rockets and flower pots anu
finally piled them up and made
| bonfire to see if, perchaisce. airy
of ITEM were still loaded
| S,at that good old style seems TO
have passed now-same as gettine
a bag of candy when you pay the
4 gr1.eIy bill.
| Prison ..Dry'.-headline. rernaDs
| IL they made the prison Dig. the
i prisoners would refuse to Slug
Sing.
The Pirates dropped two more:
games yesterday. That's the pest
they could have done, unless they
| played three games
Norm1acy has returned-a fellow
dropped pocketbook containing
81 200 on a street corner in Pitts
burgh Returning an hour later
he found it, the contents unmoiest-
ed.
When business is good. Pitts,
burghers don't fool with any sE'asi
change.
| HAS CURE FOR EPILEPSY.
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and don't lose your temper so
quick in the future"

and don't lose your temper so
quick in the future"
G. NJ. A. disappeared in the Big
Building, and the maid turned in,
search Of new thrill.
Andy Goldstrum and t'Snot''
Maurer, former mayors of Star
City, delegates to the A. F. G. w.
U. convention, caught her eye.
Hello there, boys!'' cried the
maid. Having nice tiEe?"
ooh, just $685. they replied in
unison.
where you gotng, boys2.
asked the maid.
We're hunting, for a monkey
wrench.
ooh Ia, la, la, la, la! You want
something like the twist Spansler
gave Bryan, don't you?'
Nav, we want monkey
wrench!"
Guess you'll have to so back
to Morgantown and sec Spangler.
boys. We don't tolerate any
monkey business around here,
even though J. c. Hupp has shown
some ability along that line re-
Gently
Jaw. quit kidding us!"
well. so long. boys. Have a
good time. but don't serenade too
late at night z
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This weather must have been especially import
ed to cool off that little session in Washington.
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Wool bathing suits failed to be much comfort
up the Valley River yesterday, but the old camp
fire certainly came into its own once again
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Local statistics show that 1924 picnic parties
remained home and ate the apple pie and
sandwiches off the kitchen table.
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The Pirates dropped two more
games yesterday. That's the best
they could have done, unless they
played three games.
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When business is good. Pitts,
Iburghers don't fool with any sIsasi
change
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Normlacy has returned-a fellow
dropped pocketbook containing
81 200 on street corner in Pitts
burgh. Returning an hour later
he found it, the contents unmoiest-
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Hard to Make Big Sing Sing
Prison ..Dry'.-headline. ferhaDs
il they made the prison a:y,the
prisoners would refuse to snug
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nut that good old style seems TO
have passed now-same as gettins
a bag of candy when you pay the
grDLeIy bill.
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Another fellow up street mad
railroad redfire, but he was AFRAID
to put it off, SO We'll have that
next year.
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This morning on the way to the
office we saw "a number OF mama:
and grandmas out with brnoms
making clean sweep of the re-
lies before the kids got up.
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Remember when you were a kid
how you played store for days
with empty Roman candles, shy
rockets and flower pots anu
finally piled them up and made a
bonfire to see if, perchaice. airy
of ITEM were still loaded.
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We had intended cutting tn.
grass in the afternoon, bur W.
were afraid we would make TOO
much noise.