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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
AUGUSTUS THOMAS IS MADE
 THEATRICAL ARBITER

Baseball has it's Judge Landis, motion pic- lures have Will Hays and now the American theatre has Augustus Thomas as it's supreme arbiter. The recent appointment of Mr Thomas to be executive chairman of the Pro- ducing Managers association means that he ing to the stage, both as business and an art. The Producing Managers association is composed of 53 managers, whose interests cover the country. The confidence they have shown in Mir. Thomas by elevating him to the position of executive chairman and agreeing to abide by his decisions will enable him to di- rect the theatrical affairs of America.
 Mir. Thomas is equipped for his duties by a ripe experience which has touched every phase of the theatre. He is the foremost playwright in America, with long list of suc- cessful plays to his credit. He has been A newspaper man, 8 press agent, an actor, Q playwright, director, manager and in fact, there is hardly any position about theatre that he has not filled at some time in his long
 
 In addition to these qualities, Mir. Thomas has wide acquaintance with members of the theatrical profession and the popularity he enjoys among the men and women of the stage will not only assure them of his sympathetic help and understanding, when they are needed, but will give him great influence over them when there are differences to adjust with the managers. He is likewise esteemed by the managers, who feel that they can safely in trust their interests in his hands.
 There has been great deal of friction In recent years between managers and players, while the managers have had some costly quar- rels among themselves. The union idea has been used by the players with some success in fighting the managers and producers. These theatre has experienced a deterioration, artis- tically and commercially, may have had much weight in causing theatrical managers to fol- low the example of the motion picture pro- ducers in choosing an arbiter.
 Mir. Thomas is placed in position where he can directly benefit the stage, the people of the stage, the managers and the public. He is opposed to salacious plays, but is able to distinguish between mere filth and drama which has artistic possibilities. Cleaner and better plays and more harmonious relations m from Mir. Thomas work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 that I were a doctor who could cure old age!
 Glory of ancestry doesn't count much in a spavined colt
 It makes some girls tired to do anything but go visiting.
 The amateur plays cards, while the profes- sional works them.
 How many times day do you commend? How many times do you find fault?
 The man who marries in haste has no diff culty in knowing what to do with his leisure.
 When hypocrsy stacks the cards on vanity somebody's self-conceit is due to get jar. A girl is so brave she'c rather hammock broke down with two in it than not to break with just herself alone.
 When a man has mission in life generally it is to drive other~ people crazy by making them see the importance of it.
 The trouble about being good friends with . doctorNi is that you never can tel when he Is looking you over with a professional eye and appraising your pocketbook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
MIR. LANDIS' FAILURE

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
 In behalf or clean baseball the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce has filed protest with the presidents of the major league clubs and also Commissioner Landis against the recent trade between the Boston and New York teams of the American league. The club pres idents powerless in the premises. They can only express their indignation at the un- sportsmanike deal as some of them have done. But Commissioner Landis is not powerless.
 The office which Mr. Landis fills was spe- cially created for him, and he was called from the federal bench to fill it at time when baseball needed moral reinforcement. The game had been shaken badly by the world series scandal, in which a number of the play CTS on the Chicago team of the American league were alleged to have entered into an agreement with gamblers to throw games. Just what Commissioner Landis written authority is we do not know, but his unwritten authority, with respect to maintaining the sportsmanship of professional baseball is unlimited. It is un- limited because any act of his in such behalf would have the binding, irresistible support of public opinion.
 The latest Boston-New York trade could have been voided by Commissioner Landis with a word Had he said that it violated the spirit of the game, as it outrageously does, that in the best interest of the game it could not be permitted, the transaction would have been off Such a decree could have come from commissioner Landis with proprity grace and justice. His failure so to have acted is a dis appointment. He has missed the first real op- portunity of his career as the moral trustee of the American daseball public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
WALTER MOORE'S ELECTION TO NATIONAL COMMITTEE

The state democratic executive committee has made wise choice in the selection of Wal ter Moore of Birmingham as national demo- cratic committeeman from Alabama.
 MT. Moore's democracy is of the kind that is bred in the bone, and his record of party service through many years has been such as to give his friends the confident assurance that the party's interests will never suffer while he has hand in shaping its destinies.
 His selection for the honorary party place is peculiarly happy because he is in a position to harmonize the clements which have caused past party antagonisms. All factions of the party have representatives on the state com mittee, and yet MT. Moore commanded the unanimous support of the committee members.
 His services in the cause of prohibition have long been recognized, and he comes into his new position at time when far-seeing men anticipate the making of important and vital party history. The next two years may be especially eventful, and it is-therefore gratify-- ing that a man who is such close and inti- mate friend of Senator Underwood is in posi- tion where he may assist in bringing the entire country behind an Alabama standard bearer in the next national campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
WARM MISSOURI CAMPAIGN
 WILL END TONIGHT

7 The most spectacular senatorial campaign in the United States will end tonight in Missouri, with supporters of Breckenridge Long and Senator Reed claiming success for their respec- tive candidates
 Senator Reed has been making the fight of his career. He has his enemies in Missouri and in Washington, but no one has ever ac- cused him of cowardice, and his caustic oratory is serving him well in struggle against ad- mittedly heavy odds to win the democratic nomination for the Senate. Reed is strong in the larger cities and Long in the rural dis tricts.
 Since former President Wilson injected him. self into the Missouri contest Wisonism has been major issue. Mir. Wilson is pictured in the Long newspapers and by the Long spell binders as broken man who sacrificed his health for the League of Nations, and his present plight is attributed to Senator Reed, who fought the League of Nations and in- cured MT. Wilson's bitter resentment. Reed maintains that he was right and his party wrong, as shown by the overwhelming vote re- ceiyed by MT. Harding, and if the democratic party had not attempted to involve the United
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
LETTERS TO EDITOR
SHORTAGE oF MEN sTENocRAPHERs

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 l am in receipt of telegram from Wash ington, D. C., dated July 26, stating: "Male stenographers badly needed in Washngton; secure all possible applicants. Special exami- nation August and later," signed by the pres ident of the civil service commission. It is unusual for the commission to send out a tele- gram, and have not received one in about a year for such matter; 80 there is no doubt but that the demand for male stenographers is urgent and there seems to be n oshortage on their eligible list for female stenographers as mention is made only for men, but there many other pending examinations in va- rious branches of the classified service for men and women. Full particulars and appli- cations for these positions can be secured from me at room No. 2, federal building. Very truly yours, J. H. M'COLLISTER.
 Birmingham, July 27, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
My Favorite Stories
Cause and Effect
By Irwin s. Cobb

In certain company of the Seventy-seventh division, which largely was made up of draft troops from New York city, was an East Side boy of Irish antecedents with pretty wit of his own In front of Chateau Thierry ma chine gun bullet passed through one of his knee joints. When he was able to get about oa crutches, surgeon at the base hospital said to him one day:
 Hogan, how far can you walk on that leg now?"
 "Well, sir" said Hogan, 'T'm doin' pretty well. I can hobble up to the end of the ward and read the prescriptions on the medicine bot ties and figure out the causes Then I hobble to the cemetery out here and read the epitaphs and look at the effects" Copyright 1922. by the McNaught Syndicate,
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
IN BIG BUSINESS

"In comparison with 50 years ago, when there were no telephones, there are now 22,- 15s subscribers in Birmingham" said R. E.. Russell, secretary of demonstration of the Southern Bell Telephone company. "A total of 506 employees are required to carry on the work here.
 "In the state there are approximately 57,ooo telephones operated by the Bell company. In addition we make connections with 21,S44 telephones owned by other companies. Taking North America and Cuba as a whole there are 1,600,000 telephones with which long distance connections may be made. These figures show that the telephone business is big one, which gives employment to thousands"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
WILL VISIT PAGEANT OF PROGRESS

q expect to leave Saturday on my vaca- tion," said Miss Edna Hicks, land while gone I will visit the pageant of progress exposition at Chicago. From what can learn the Chi cago fair will be the greatest one since the one held at San Francisco and San Diego to celebrate the opening of the Panama canal.
 Another treat my friends and I expect 70 enjoy while on our trip is boat ride on the Great Lakes from Chicago to Duluth. I am expecting the weather to be rather cool on the lakes, so I am taking furs along"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
WILL FILL THE JAIL

'1f the county court of misdemeanors took a vacation during the summer, the county jail would soon be overflowing with prisoners" said Judge H. B. Abernethy "This court dis poses of 30 or 40 cases day, so it is easy to see how many would pile up in few weeks time
 Those in Jail get speedy hearing here, and very often the case goes no further Much expense is consequently saved the county, and it is better for everybody concerned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
POETRY ON THE FARM

Mother" said MT. Cobbles, q guess we'd better call the roll of our summer boarders to- night
 "why, father?"
 "That young school teaching fellow went off today with the little blonde stenographer from the city They said they were going to take a walk through Already. I told them there wasn't no such place around here, but they just laughed and went on. 'Twouldn't surprise me if they got lost and failed to show up for supper" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
"INvIcTUs"

From time to time in print we note Those deathless lines that Henley wrote. They seem to cheer no end of folk Who bear through life heavy yolk. And yet bitter truth to state, No man is master of his fate, Nor, when the darkling waters roll, Is he the captain of his soul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
BACKS ARE PLENTIFUL

''The cables announce that a certain Amer can woman now abroad is exhibiting the most beautiful. back in the world"
 "That statement reminds me of some of the theories advanced in regard to relativity."
 "How so?"
 'You may say thing is thus and so, with the most solemn manner, and still have the dickens of time proving it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
ALL SET

"I'm thinking of shooting my husband and wish to retain you as my lawyer"
 But, my dear madam, isn't this rather un- usual proceeding?"
 Why, indeed. I thought the next thing to do was to engage lawyer, as I've already had photographs taken and ordered some new gowns"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT

And you pretend to be answering the call of the wildp
 What's wrong?" ~ You're taking along a shaving kit, radio outfit and lot of canned goods"
 "Well, nowadays fellow has to compro- mise with civilization
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
ADJUSTABLE PERSONALITY

Senator snortsworthy is quite a pompous in Washington"
 "But he hasn't forgotten how to play poli- tics.'
 'No?"
 "When he goes back to mingle with his con- stituents his air of meekness and humility is a, masterpiece of dissimulation.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29

A CORNER PASTIME The traffic cop
 I much admire; Of watching him
 never tire. And when he calls Somebody down, With irate voice
 And fearsome frown, Just so, of course, It isn't me, I chuckle with
 Unholy glee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29
THOSE BOYS ARE EVERYWHERE

"That residence on the corner used to be known as alhouse of mystery"
 "You speak in the past tense. Who solved the mystery?"
 "Dry agents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-29

A steward on board one of Uncle Sam's liners is said to be great mimic Will he kindly give an imitation of John Bull stopping the liquor traffic?
  MT. Harding, who replied at length, and with some heat, to communication from a flagman on the Alabama Great Southern rail- road, is not the first person to be misled by d high-sounding title.
  The fact that merchants are now asking mere trifle for Palm Beach suits should warn the government to speed up settlement of the coal strike before winter comes.
 St4SM
Evening star., 1922-05-31

will be the smaller entry-that OF
Roy Donaldson Of Springfield, ILL.,, of
$4,000 cubic feet capacity.
The others will follow In the fol-
lowing order:
Maj. Oscar westover. Washington
capacity. 10000 cubic feet; Ralph
Upson, Detroit; $4,000 cubic feet.
Capt John Berry, st. Louis; $4,000
cubic feet. Lieut. Commander J. P.
Norfieet Lakehurst. N. j.: $500 cubic
feet. Lieut. W. r. Reed. Pensacola,
Fla; $4,000 cubic feet. J. S. McKib-
Warren Rasor, Brookville. Ohio: co.
900 cubic feet. Lieut.. James T. Neely.
Ross Field, Calf: S0,160 cubic feet
Capt Harold Weeks. Langley Field.
Va: $4,000 cubic feet. Bernard Won
Ward T. Van Norman, Akron, Ohio;
1900 cubic feet H. E. Honeywell,
st. Louis; $4,000 cubic feet
Evening star., 1922-05-31

in Pike creek. two miles south of here.
yesterday.
AL three boys had been swimming
near the point where they were drown
ed and were dressing when young
Evans slipped from the bank into deep
water. Attempting rescue. the other
two lads plunged into the water and all
three were pulled under by swift cur
rents. AL resided In Chillicothe. Their
bodies have not been recovered.
Evening star., 1922-05-31
THREE LADS DROWN, TWO
TRYING TO RESCUE THIRD
Boys Plunge vainly Into Swift
Currents After Companion
Slips From Bank.

CHILLICoTE. Ohio. May S1.--Arthur
Sheridan. fifteen years old. and Harold
Richards. sixteen years old. gave their
lives in an unsuccessful effort to save
Russell Evans. fourteen. from drowning
Evening star., 1922-05-31
Depressing Conditions.
ym the Boston Transcript

Frpm the Boston Transcript.
Doctor-Your trouble IL dyspepsii
you should laugh heartily before an
after your meals.
I Pa.ient-Impossible doctor. I coo
them myself and then I wash tn
dishes.
Evening star., 1922-05-31
Fathers Prediction.

From the Boston Transcript.
Prospective Bridegroom-Hslen pre-
fers q quiet home wedding.
Prospective her-in-Law-Don't
let that worry you. She'll make up
tor the Quietness after you're married.
Evening star., 1922-05-31
234 ARRESTED in RAIDS
ON GAMEC0CK FIGHTS
Two Shot ~ llassachusetts-C Con-
necticut Derby Ends Abruptly.
One Shot in New York State.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
sPRlNGFIELD, Mass. May 31.-
Two men were shot, 100 others were
arrested. 100 gamecocks seized and
tho cock lighting derby Of Massachu-
setts and Connecticut brought to an
abrupt and dramatic end yesterday
afternoon, when state constabulary
ofncers and Agawam police under
State Detective David J. Manning sur
rounded and raided the three-rins
game fight circus staged in q to-
bacco barn in Faeding hills.
tacular staged In this section in
years. Many Of tho men attending
the fight made futile efforts to escape
and battled furiously with the state
officers. AmbulAnces from headQuar-
ters OF the state constabulary troop
In Northampton were used to bring
the prisoners in to police headquar-
ters in Springfield.
Big Raid Near Rochester.
ROCHESTER,, N. T.. May s1.-state
troops from Batavia and Humane So
arrests and captured eighty five
blooded gamecocks. two OF which
were dead, in q raid yesterday after
noon on a cooking main on the Red
Onion road near spencerport, In
which 1t was said that sporting men
from all parts Of the state partici-
pated.
In the excitement one man Of this
city was shot In the hip. He IL at q
hospital here, where his injuries are
said not to be serious.
Justice of the Peace G q. Mcdowell
was working on q nearby farm. He
set up court on the spot and admitted
131 of the prisoners to bail Of $50
each pending a hearing before Justice
J. L. Humphrey at Spencerport to-
morrow. The man who took the
tickets was required to give $50. The
total collected was $2,760.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-04-12
Ell EMPRESTITO he SAN JUAN,
P0R $2,SOO,oOO FUE APROBADo
CON ENAIIENDAS, OTROS EN-
FRESTITOS MUNICIPALES
FUERON APROBADOS. II !

\
Aver tarde, bajo la presidencia del
Tesorero de Puerto Rico, Jose p. BE.
nedicto Y con la asistencia de los Sc
flores Lippitt. Mestre y Wilson, oele-
bro session extraordinaria el Console
Executive de Puerto Rico, con el fin
de aprobar 0 no los distintos empress
titos municipales de la isla.
Despues de haber estado el Conse-
jo discutiendo los emprestitos por un
periodic de dos horas Y media, queda-
ron aprobados los siguientes
Ell de Caguas, por 100000, fue apro-
bado con enmiendas.
El de Camuy. por $4,000, fue apro.
bado sujeto a nueva ordenanza.
Maunabo, por 100000, aprobado con
enmiendas.
vega Baja, pora $25o,ooo, aprobado
con enmiendas. f
Corozal, por $2O,5OO, aprobado esn
enmiendas.
Vega Alta por 100000, fue aproba-
do con ennielldas.
Juncos, por $s8oOO, aprobad6. 81 sin
enmieidas.
San Lorenzo, por sl27 ooo, aaprobado
con enmiendas.
comerfo, por $110.0bo, aprobado con
enmiendas
Aguas Buenas,. por SO 900, aprd6da-
do sin enmiendas.
Gurabo, por $4,000, aprobado con
ermiendas.
Yauco, por $4,000, aprobado con
enmiendas
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-04-12
a importante session de
aver tarde del 4 Consejo
Executive

Dorado, por $4,000, aprobado con
enmiendas.
San Sebastian, por 500, 900, aproba-
do sin enmiendas.
Hatillo por $4,000 aprobsdo sin
enmiendas.
San Juan, por $2.sOO, 900, fue apro-
bado con enmiendas. Fue aprobado
otro emprestito para San Juan, por
$4,000, para fines eseolares, sin en-
miendas.
Barranquitas, por $4,000, aprobado
sin enmiendas, y
Rio Piedrss, por $4,000, aprobado
sin enmiendas.
Ell emprestito de Manatf, por $45, 700
pas0 la Comisi6n especial, creyendo-
Sc que sea aprobado en- la session pro-
xima.
Fue aprobada la solicftud del Ayu-
dante General de Puerto Rico, pidien-
do autoridad para pagarle al director
de la banda de la Guardia Naclonal
$4,000 mensuales.
Sc le concedi6 Ia licencia con paga
p9r 10 dfas al juez de Paz de culebra.
Queti0 estaclecido como condici6n
general de todos los empr6stitos, que
los bonos habran de yepderse en- pd-
,blica licitaci0n, mediante avisOs publi-
cados en-; Puerto Rico, Washington VI
New York s
la Todas iaqnellas ordenanzas cue pi1
dem que, seat empefiada la abucpa fc
del Pueblo depP Puerto dRicop quedan
saaici6h&dass gseol.ea = t4slsl go7 o7s''
La mayor patte de los emprestitos
que fueron aprobados con enmiendas,
Sc relacionan con las barriadas obreras.
Huyke nj Toro Labarthc asistierOn
a la session.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-04-12

Tn lfder- polftico nos decla hoy o
es cierta en- todass sus parties, Ia actl;
saci6n que hace el Gobernador al Fis-
cal de San Juan. para destituirlo, po-
niendo de testigo presencial de Ia pro-
posici0n al Attorney General, y este
debio proceder contra el funcionario
que ante 81 mismo, falt0 la ley con
una tentativa de soborno. 10 que es
tan inusitado que resuIta realmcnte
muy curioso Sc, trata de una ira.
ma para cmbroIlar mas y mas los
asuntos y desvfar Ia opinion en- Ia Is.
la I en- los Estados Enidos echando
descrelito contra Ia administration
de justicia insular. La disyuhtiva es
clara. o q Attorney General respal-
da, por estar iustifcada ii aetitud
del GobernadoT, la desiniente eil abb
sss Z IA
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-04-12
U

soluto, va que no hay terminus me-
|dios en- el asunto defiende q su su-
Ebalterno compahero exponiendose a
scaer con el, que es otro de los puntos
que Sc destacan en- esta enmarafada
question de hacer luz en- los asuntOs
.pdblicos de la isla.
. La COMMUNICATION del Gobernador
afirmando con dos testigos, uno de
.cllos el Secretario particular, enyueltc
con el zen Ia investigator del Graz
Jsi1adoy aeateg6rica y clara, Y no d.
augnr fa QtEa conclusion que no sea lsi
de absolute certcza q absolute efalse
dad No hay ttrminos :medios ysesa Ell
Ia Jisyuntiva en- que esta colocado Ell
Jefeo del Departamento de Justieia de.
Puerto. Rico. +
! ,LNFORMADOR.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-04-12

lara Mald0nad0 Y Alleld Morales,
bai-uue arsnafon tin eseaRdalo, antes
III anoclie, iiisuliahdose Iii III ealle de
sr.Er%fs 81 81 ii1 sjl 5lIE
Los sl5rFs f.Isvelyn Ponce
San Juan procedghtess les Estados
Unidos cen escala en- Mayagiiez
Arroyo ! San Juan, respectivamente.
3atracarcn a iluestro muelIe para ali
jar 100 toneladas de carga, el prime
re- i, ii scg,ndo 600 q iltimo.
Cdrresponsal.
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The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-06-05
Old Landmark Goes

Paris, June 2.-Americans visit
ing Paris will no longer see the fa-
nous Ferris Wheel, which with the
Eiffel Tower for 20 years has been
one of the most familiar landmarks
of the French capital. Modern needs
have decreed that the colossal wheel
make way for more profitable in
vestment. Workmen are now dis
mantling the huge steel structure,
the alike of which alone weighs $4,000
pounds and is set distance of 164
feet from the ground.
Built in 1900, at the time of the
Paris Exhibition from the plans of an
American engineer whose name it
bears, the gigantic has afforded pleas
ure and amusement to hundreds of
thousands Of Parisians and foreign
visitors, young and old.