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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
VEL|E WINS IN
 UNIQUE HEAT TEST

A stock model velie. with its own velie built motor, has performed an- other amazing feat, according to Plank Brothers, Inc. dealers at Pasadena. Cal, The velie ear has all ready made sensational climbs up famous peaks and established records, but the latest velie stunt Is to shoot over the Big Bear grade from Seven Oaks to Pine Knot Ledge. a distance of s.7 miles of in- termediate and low gear pulling without heating the engine or in- creasing the temperature. of the water.
 Four men made the trip in the Velie At the bottom of the Clark grade the radiator was filled with boiling water which had been heat ed in tea kettle at Seven Oaks lodge. The velie working under this handicap. forged ahead up the grade, and arrived at the summit one mile ahead of competing cars. swinging up steep inclines with ss per cent grades time after time.
 When the machine pulled up to 3. standstill at Pine Knot, the rada- tor was actually cooler than at the start. One of the passengers took drink from the radiator without burning his tongue. Another placed his cheek on the radiator, proving that overheating velie-buiit motor cannot be done by stiff and rough mountain inclines.
 The J. c. Barrett Motor company, 2o12 Avenue E. Ensley are local distributors of the Velie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
.DR. DUPUY BUYS
 NEW HAYNES 55

pr. A. ". Dupuy. who has the reputation of being shrewd buyer and a good judge of values, has just bought a new Haynes 55 touring car from Ewart- Brewer Motor company, local Haynes dealers.
 Dr. Dupuy expresses himself as ex- ccedngly well pleased with Bis Haynes. which. he says. he seiected after careful consideration of near Iy every other car on tho market. many of them higher priced.
 better and longer. The far-sighted and intelligent driver will always operate his car to avoid wear and teat.
 Like the human body's responsive to treatment, so, too, In its way, is the automobile And tho quickest and best remedy to any allment is prompt and sensible attention.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06

The Chandler Motor company, through McCarty- Motor com pany. local Chandler Cleveland dis tributors. announces new low prices for the Chandler SIX. The prices fo r the various models are as follows Touring car sl l4s5. Dispatch st.6i5, Royal Dispatch s1,745, two-passenger roadster S1.495. four passenger road ster $1495, Metropolitan sedan s2,295. four passenger coupe, sl,995 and seven passenger sedan, s2.375.
 T. r. McCarty president McCarty- Greene. says that prospective motor car purchaser should have no trouble
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
THREE PEAKS orr OF ONE

Remnants of the ice age are parti- cularly interesting in the Rocky Mountain National park. where huge valleys have been plowed out through countless ages, possibly 5oo0,o0O years ago. Glaciers trans formed what was a single mountain mass Into three peaks-Long' 8 Meeker and Lady Westinghouse they are known, with Long's rising to an elevation of 14,255 feet, or nearly three miles above sea level.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
ONE or NOAH,s PETS

It was swampy around Denver 2.oo0.000 years ago, according to Prot. J. D. Higgins. director of the Colorado museum of natural his- tory. The traveller who wa ts to hobnob with the monsters of long ago can do so in the city park col lection. in Denver, where the skele- ton of an animal closely related to me present-day rhinocerous is on exhibition, one-half of it covered with an imitation hide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
HAYNES PRICES ARE REDUCED

Announcement Is made today that prices have been reduced on the Haynes 55, and the new list is pub l.shed in today's Age Herald. The Haynes has always been considered g remarkable value by it's owners. and at these new prices the demand !s likely to be increased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
LONE AND MysTERIorrs

There Is an elderberry bush seven rect nigh on the table land of Mesa verde National park, in Col rado. mat has the distinction of being the only one in that country. How IL got there. and whether the last of the Indian cliff dwellers had any thing to do with its growth there. IS being investigated by scientists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
HEAP INDIAN SPRINGS

Colorado has upward of 1000 cura- live springs, equalng the celebra ted Spas in Europe. and according to such authorities as Solly equal the waters of Ems and are superior to Nauhe1m and Spa Steamboat springs Is reputed to contain the largest and most varied group in the world. having 150 springs with 99 different kinds of water, known to the Indians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
SEE AMERICA FIRST

Colorado has mountain area six times as great as Switzerland, with f2 peaks exceeding 14.000 feet alti- tude. as against eight such giants in the Swiss Alps. and 36 mountains higher than Mount Fuesteraahorn, the highest peak in Switzerland
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
TpAyEL RECOnDs nRoKEN

More than $500 autos containing
 1S.00o tourists from every state in
 the union had been registered to August 1 in the Overland park camp
 grounds In Denver. a 50 per cent increase over 1921.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
LAND OF STONE TREES

Rock impressions of palm leaves have been uncovered near Florissant Col. the stem of an exogenous tree mined in chunk of coal at Leyden. and petrified stumps of trees found in the streets of Dem yer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06

Colorado's climate is unusual in that the traveller within its boun- daries can Journey from temperate to Arctic climes within a few hours, wearing heavy overcoat over his thin summer suit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
NATURE-PAINTED GRASS

The greenest grass in the world is what visitors say of the lawns In Denver, after they find out that the emerald green, velvety appearance Ifs not some hokus pokus of garden CTS to fool tourists. but is due to the
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
The Tariff Out of Politics
Need of a Commission of Business
Men Regardless of Party

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The tariff discussion follows
its course in the Senate. Conflicting
interests face one another and from
the galleries a visitor may we'll imag-
inc that he listens to village contest
organized by the local debating society.
From time immemoriai the tariff
issue has been a political issue, just
as it is to-day. 1t would be absurd to
deny it. Regularly the platform con-
tains plank "for revenue only" on the
Democratic side, while tho Republicans
"affirm their belief in the protective
principle, and pledge themselves to re-
wise the tariff as soon as conditions
shall make it necessary for the preser-
vation of the home market for Amer
lean labor, agriculture and industry"
1t is upon such a platform that Mr..
Harding was elected President in 1920.
With all that The Tribune, stanch
Republican newspaper, says, "If Presi
dent Harding stands for reelection it
is scarcely fair to handicap him as
was President Taft in 1912 by the
Payne -Aldrich act.' This statement
deserves more than passing notice in
view Of the fact that the proposed new
schedules are higher than were the
schedules Of the PayI.e-Aldrich act; so
that, look at it as We may, politics is
the main factor in the making of a
tariff.
1t is not necessary evil; politics,
as the word goes, could be very we'll
eliminated from this economic bill.
How? Simply by appointing a COM
mittee composed of business men. Men
Of training representing every phase
Of commercial life, men who for the
time being forget that they are Demo
Gratis or Republicans and remember
above all that they are assembled for
the benefit Of the country at large
and not for the benefit Of certain in
terests only.
A tariff that is favorable to Amer
lean commerce and industry need not
necessarily be tariff directed against
other nations. That is the only way
to avoid a tariff war. Tariff war
means retaliation and retaliation spells
disaster.
No nation can afford to assume such
a responsibility; the only creditor ma
tion in the world, America, is in posi-
tion permitting her to set an example
based on the axiom: Live and let
live" EMILE UTARD.
New York, July II, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
An Agreement Worth Millions

With two costly and disastrous
strikes unsettling business conditions
it is cheering to learn that the Inter
borough and it's employees have con-
tinued their agreement as to wages
and working conditions for another
year.
This understanding, coming at
this particular time, is worth many
millions of dollars to the people of
New York.
Transit strikes in New York mean
business paralysis. Thanks to con-
tinued meddling by the city admin
istration, the subways now are in
adequate to the task imposed upon
them. To tie them up with a gen
eral strike would be calamitous.
Doubtless, differences exist be-
tween the company and it's en-
ployees. Neither would be quite
normal if they were quite content
with things as they are.
But both have sunk these differ
ences for the generJl good, and both
WILL as a consequence profit far
more in the next year than if they
became involved in a wage war
which also would bring disaster upon
New York.
The only remaining bar to better
transit is the attitude of the city
administration, which is far more
concerned with its own vanity than
it is for the interests of the people
who mistakenly put it in office.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23

and, having written in English had
received his letter back with a men,
ciled note in Spanish asking him to
use that language.
Thanks in no small measure TO
the effects Of the cult of "business
letters which swept over the coun-
try some years ago, American
business men are given to sacrifice
everything for directness. Brevity
mas been at such premium that it
has often hovered between abrupt-
ness and downright rudeness.
Recently, it is true, courtesy" has
been the password among many who
seek to teach business letter writ
ing But the campaign for
courtesy still has a long way to 90
to be thoroughly successful. Espe-
cially is this true in the field of for
elgn trade, for to most Europeans
and South Americans our letters
seem to lack quality which they
value hlghly-a proper regard for
the formalities and amenities of
personal relations.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23

publican Senator from Missouri, "I
hope my Democratic colleague will
be renominated by his party.
recognize his wonderful ability" etc.
And for such sentiments as these
the Republican Senator is charged
with "damnable, pernicious interfer-
ence in Democratic primary"
All good Democrats should pro-
test against this iniquitous introduc-
tion of an alien custom. Even fig
uratively speaking the right to kiss
Senators always has been questioned,
never granted, and should henceforth
be prohibited. There is traditional
decorum to be observed between Re-
publicans and Democrats which per-
mits Of angry recriminations, but
forbids undue displays of affection.
Not even Jim Reed is a sufficient
cause for transgressing this law.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
The Memorial in the Park

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: There is only one place to put
the Memorial, and that is on the un-
used rocks between Seventh Avenue
and Broadway on Fifty-ninth Street,
taking 100 feet of Central Park, not
more, and 400 feet on Fifty-ninth
Street.
The front should be toward the
north, with a fine ssplsnade in front;
the rear entrance on Fifty-ninth
Street. making the opera house to ac-
commodate 1000 people. Music in the
center, art and science on the wings,
east and west.
These rocks are no necessary part of
the park at present and ought to be
utilized for the people. There is
nothing forbidding in the good senti
ment "dont encroach on the park" as
this does not take away any available
use of the park and leaves it as it is,
with a magnificent memorial on the
south side balancing the Metropolitan
Museum on the east.
Why mott It's the peoples park
and the city must furnish the land
the building costing. say, ten million
only, instead of thirty million, as pro-
posed.
I advocate turning the old reservoir
on the north end Of the park into q
stadium where concerts can be. given,
pageants and plays-a place for up
lift, to improve the taste of our
citizens.
also would like to see the ill-smell-
ing animal houses removed or rebuilt
at the lower end Of the park and the
Arsenal torn down or replaced by a
beautiful greenhouse.
J. S. WOOD.
New York, July IT, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
On Silent Wings
(Fron, Karpers Mooosine

(Fron, Harpers Muoasfne)
THERE is hock of weary birds.
that go
Not south, but westward, with the
dying days;
They fly in silence through the twa-
light ways,
Sounding no call of joy, no cry Of woe.
One after one, like some thin rivers
flow,
The line goes on, athwart the morning
rays.
Through the clear MONDAY, or tho
stormy haze,
Still winging toward oblivion, mute and
slow.
No eyes shall follow them with kindIins
sight,
And none shall know the seas where
they are tost,
When their spent pinions shall as
last be furled
From the long striving Of their hopeless
fight;
For these are loves denied, and friend
ships lost,
And all the unwanted treasures sf
the world.
MARION CoUTHoUy SMITH.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Jim Reed and Judas

kissing statesmen are generally
associated with the news from Eu-
rope. Only the other day the foreign
dispatches described in full how the
French Prime Minister, M. Poin-
care, kissed M. Viviani warmly on
both cheeks amid the applause of
the entire French Chamber. They
order, Americans explained to them
selves, such matters differently in
France. Could any one imagine the
Secretary of State implanting even
a chaste salute upon the brow of
Hiram Johnson?
And yet it is now charged that
in our own Missouri the junior Sena-
tor, Republican, has kissed the
senior Senator, a Democrat, and
that this action is only comparable
to the kiss of Judas Iscariot! Just
why Republican, even metaphori-
cally speaking, should seek to kiss a
Democrat is mystery, and this
mystery is all the greater when it
is realized that the Democrat is none
other than Jim Reed. 1t is hard to
imagine any one, Republican or
Democrat, exercising this privilege.
But it is the Democrats who are
especially stirred up. 1t appears
that the affection of the Junior Sena-
tor from Missouri for his Democratic
colleague was such that he polled
the sentiment of the Republican
leaders of Missouri toward Senator
Reed. He evidently found many of
them favorably inclined to Reeds
denomination by the Democrats and,
naIvely pleased with this news, he
spread it abroad in the hopes that
it might further Reeds chances.
Speaking for myself" said the Re-
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
New Hymns of Hate

The parallelism between recent
articles in the Berlin "Deutscho
Tageszeitung" and the magazine
published in America by George
Sylvester Viereck is striking.
The theme is the same in both
cases-namely, France, its charac-
ter and its conduct. The "Tageszei-
tung" raises the question of whether
g Frenchman more resembles a tiger
or gorilla. 1t reaches the amiable
conclusion that he is mixture Of
both. France, we are told, has Il
poisoned race soul and is addicted
to the crucifxion of human beings.
A Frenchman, it appears, is never SO
happy as when engaged in mailing
tortured fellow creature to cross.
AS fierce as tiger and as cunning
and fiendish as gorilla, the French
man Is presented as vile mon
ster the gentle German is unhappily
compelled to tolerate as neighbor
The "Tageszeitung" appeals to the
friends Of Germany throughout the
world, especially those in America,
to spread knowledge concerning the
true character of France.
Viereck does his utmost to COM
ply. He begins by saying that
France is the Cain among nations"
"Her international manners" he
declares, "are those of a pig, a pig
clad to the snout in shining armor."
Further we learn: "The French may
be human beings. Rational beings
they are not" And so on and on.
Viereck hymns hate. more pas
sionate than that of Lissauer.
Formerly it was the Briton who
was to be cursed with every breath.
Now there are oily smiles for John
Bull and much deprecatory scraping
and bowling as he draws near.
France has become the abominable
one.
Germans, whether in the Father
land or in other lands, doubtless
deem their new propaganda subtle
and convincing. Of the amaz-
ing things about the amazing Ger
man mind nothing is more amazing
than the German inability to under
stand how other folks think.
Yet for Germany so to squirt
venom is not all joke. 1t impedes
world disarmament. It, makes al
most impossible further reduction
of the French military establish
ment. 1t justifies French fear that
Germany still has will for war.
In every way it postpones recon-
ciliation. Yet, blind with rage, or
gans which pretend to express Ger
man opinion devote themselves to
tanning German hate.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Compelling a Settlement

The course CT the miners and oper-
ators is driving straight toward a
compulsory adjudication. Each side
continues to show spirit that nee
essarily strengthens the opposition
of the public and so hastens further
action by the government.
Each side still hopes that if only
it holds out obstinately a long
enough time it will win. Each is un-
willing voluntarily to submit it's
cause to outside Judgment. "Well
crush them," say the operators of
the miners. "We'll show them" is
the miners retort.
But both are battling against a
stone wall. The coal Industry is of
such Importance to the country as
whole that its permanent stoppage
cannot be tolerated. In disregarding
the rights of the public both fail to
understand that the public is tiring
of their selfishness. The more they
hold out the more they strengthen
the Presidents hands.
What the President failed to do
gently he will have to do roughly,
His patience will soon be exhausted.
Compulsory adjudication is inevita-
bic if there is not voluntary arbitra-
ton.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23

many and Austra would not be alb
normally heavy.
The trouble with the present situa-
tion is that the people who are
handling the question Of indemnity do
not understand the first principles of
economics. What should have been
done and what should be done would be
to compel Germany to issue a block of
German bonds to cover the entire
legitimate bill of damages, and these
bonds should be payable on or before
fifty years after date. In order TO
make the proceeds Immediately avail
able they should have been guaranteed
by all Of the powers interested, in
cluding the United States.
The attempt to collect cash from
Germany at present is as foolish as
taking the tools from a carpenter when
you expect him to work out debt that
he owes to you. You cannot rob Ger
many Of her working capital and still
expect her to pay an indemnity such
as should be levied against her. The
actual cash now in Germany should be
left there in order that Germany may
be supplied with working capital with
which to carry ON trade and business
and pay proper bill of indemnity.
GUY NJ. WALKER.
New York, July 10, 1922.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Financial Skyrcckets

The failure of Wall Street
plunger is not business failure at
all. The plunger is not business
man, but a gambler. He ventures
his all on a 900 to shot" If he
wins he repeats the process. Sooner
or later he is bound to lose, only to
acquire another "stake" and go back
to the game again.
1t is not bad business conditions
that bring such men to disaster.
They are wrecked as often, if not
oftencr, in boom times. Usually
their downfall is due to their own
feverish anxiety to accumulate mil
lions in few months. Sometimes
their operations are so unsettling to
legitimate business that the con-
servative elements find it necessary
to repress them.
1t is beyond the power of any
stock exchange or board of trade, or
even any Legislature, to prevent men
from specializing if they want to
speculate. When, because of posi-
tion or personal magnetism or in
herited wealth, they are able to per-
suade others to take the same
chances there is little that can be
done.
No law can prevent a man from
bringing about his own ruin. All
that can be done is to provide and
enforce penalties for the willful ruin
of others, and it is seldom that the
plunger has any intention to involve
others in the misfortunes he is will
ing to risk for the sake of chance
at big winnings
There is abundant prosperity in
this country to-day. Carefully con-
Quoted brokerage houses operate
with full confidence in the future.
Crooked bucketshops and adventur-
Gus spectators crash now and then,
whether times are bad or good. But
every such crash clears the finan-
cial atmosphere and eventually
brings about better conditions for
legitimate business.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
A Week of Verse
Sonnet
(Fron. Yofcesl

fFroD, Vofcesl
YoU are the faintest freckles on The
of fawns; the hoofprint stamped into
the slope
W shthering glaciers by the antelope.
The silk upon the mushrooms una.r
side
Constricts you, and your eyelashe. ar.
wide
In pools uptilted on the hille; you s.rops
For swings Of water twisted to q rope
over ledge where amber pebbles glide.
Shelley perceived you on the Caucasus:
Blake prisoned you in CLASSY grains Of
And Keats in goblin jars from samsr-
cand;
Poor Coleridge found you In a uopuy.
seed;
But you escape the clutching most of n.-
Shaped like ghost, and imminent with
speed
ELINoR wYL1E.
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
Courtesy by Mail

a writer in a Panama paper of
1ecent date describes seeing letter
sfitten by prominent South Amer
.Sah business house and addressed
% well known American concern.
\ was neatly typewriter in fault
'ess spanish, worded in the usual
sV.'e Spanish terms. 1t requested
'ofmation about prices on certain
s0ods which the South American
mouse wished to buy.
on the bottom, scrawled in pencil
: saa signed by representative of
,ae American house, was the fol-
'0wing note: "If you will kindly
"'l1e this in English we may be in
position to fill your order. Yours"
etc.
Inc South American house when
a'e letter was thus returned decided
firm. ~
Ai'hough this may well be an ex-
~. .s'Ae case, it is undoubtedly true
many American exporters pay
- little attention to form and
!. ai'esy. In this particular instance
: ~ writer of the penciled note never
pped to think of the possible ef-
!. - VI MS action. Nor did he even
= s. saf enough to imagine himself in
nae situation and to think what
~. s0uld 90 if he had sought to pur-
+Ass from South American house
New-York tribune., 1922-07-23
What Was Mine
fF-on1 Tbs Smart setJ

fFront Tbs Smart SetJ
THE song you sing is my song,
But what is that to you?
For I am but a shadow
The wind blows through.
sm but name, face,
And yet the song you sing
Is the one you taught to me
In another spring.
How could you forget so soonf
Yet what is that to me
Since have forgotten you,
And we are free?
So why should l be weeping
When all is said and done,
For little song you sing
To another one?
ABIGAIL CRESsoN.