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The Washington times., 1923-05-18
TECHNICAL HIGH WINS
LAST INTERHlCH GAME

Tech and Western making their
final appearance in the high school
series played a rather loose game
with the Manual Trainers coming
out on the long end of a 13 to 8
contest
Wretched mound work featured
throughout. Smith walked eight, hit
three and allowed four hits, while
Speer walked a trio, allowed three
hits and beaned one.
Eastern and Business play the
final game of the series this after
non at 3:15 o'clock
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
BUFF AND BLUE NETMEN
DRAW WITH LAFAYETTE

George Washington and Lafay-
cite net squads battled to draw
the final result of the matches
being three each. Excellent tennis
marked practically all of the con
tests.
kunkel was the individual star
winning his singles match and
scoring with HaSS in the doubles.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
Shamrock Juniors Win.

The Winton Juniors lost to the
Shamrock Juniors, s to 4. Smith
and Sweeney starred. The Sham
rocks play the Libertys Sunday at
Seventeenth and = Pennsylvania
avenue southeast.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
AZTEcS AND WESTERN
~ SUNDAY CONTEST

A warm contest Is expected wf1en
the crack Aztec and Western A. G.
senior teams clash on the Hoover
Fairgrounds at p. m. Sunday. The
Aztecs will have their regular line.
up for the first time this season
The following players are request.
ed to report to Coach Jones at II
O'Clock sharp: Singer. De Chard,
Haas. Smith, II. Aiken, Harris, w.
Aiken, Bottazzi, Capeto, Sffvermars.
Lipkin, Knott, Mensh, Davis and
Collins.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
Manhattans VS.. Dreadnaughts.

The Manhattan A. c.. and tire
Dreadnaughts, OF Alexandria, are
scheduled to meet tomorrow after.
noon. Sunday the Manhattans play
the Del Rays.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
COL. SMITH SEARCHES IN
VAIN FOR SHIRTS WITH
DETACHED CUFFS
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

CHICAGO. H. May 1ssome more about Col william sT M
thing, will How would you
like running around the country the owner OF but one s
and that good? 49,, 80
they but not those that
Colonel Smith He has feared
O shirts several weeks
Indeed it dawned York that he might have
shirts started morning. taking us with
street to Thythlrd
We looked in 112 windows and the colonel VISITED
avail He always out empty
hardo
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
To Play Seamen Gunners.

The Mt. Rainiers will clash with
the Seamen Gunners, on the for
mer's diamond, Sunday afternoon.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18

when | realized | could not gel
my kind of shirt in New York" ex.
plains the colonel. II decided I'd
get them in Washington, but once
there Griff bundled me right out of
town on a scouting trip. and
failed to get them.
up at South Bend, Ind. where
was looking at one of the Notre
Dame University pitchers, I sud
denly remembered that ] needed
more shirts. 1t was too late then
and I put it off till Id land in
Cleveland 1t rained there, as YOU
know, and l didn't even look for
any.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
scheduIed With pominicans.

The Brookland are scheduled to
play the Dominican Lyceum next
Sunday at the Washington bar.
racks. Play will start at 3:So
o clock
The Washington times., 1923-05-18

Another reason for the buoyant
spirit of the colonel today comes
from the victory over the White
Sox in the first game for the
Griffs here this season. The colonel
says he is the mascot who worked
fhe trick. He admits he was in
Cleveland Tuesday, but says that
Eddie Eynon was in charge and
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
Yesterdays Results.

st. Louis. s. Brooklyn 3.
New York. 10: Cincinnati. g.
Chicago. Z; Philadelphia. 4
Boston. l: Pittsburgh, o.
Series Standing.
st. Louis, /; Brooklyn 0.
New York /; Cincinnati
Chicago. !; Philadelphia. 0.
Boston. I; Pittsburgh. 0.
TOday's Games.
Pittsburgh at Boston.
Cincinnati at New York
Chicago at Philadelphia.
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
TOmOrrOVV's Gamee.
Pittsburgh at Boston.
Cincinnati at New York
Chicago at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Brooklyn
The Washington times., 1923-05-18

Totals-National League. 116; last
year, rs. American League, 81;
last year, 103.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18

"Now we are here IN Chicago.
and 1 Just must get some shirts.
I'm going down town today, and
will see You at the hall park. II
] have bundle with me at the
park. you'll know l have my
shirts. II don't. you'll know
I'm i'm a bad way. Then I'll have
to look for them I'm st. Louis"
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
American League.
YESTERDAYS HOMERS.
National League.
American League.

Ruth, New York. ......... l.
McManus, st. Louis. $3.50.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18

why all this noise about shirts?
That's simple Col William Smith
IL a. gentleman of the old school.
He wears suspenders, for instance,
and abhors cigarettes. One of his
pet hobbies is to wear only shirts
with attached stiff cuffs This style
was popular thirty years ago. 1t
began to fade twenty years ago.
Now it is worn only by mission
sayages on the gold coast, with now
and then a few seen on returning
Americans who went to Russia to
find the Eldorado and found only
Bolshevism. Now you can see
what a struggle the colonel has to
find just the sort of shirts he wants
There's something more comfort
able about my style of shirt" SAYS
the colonel. THE cuff stands right
out from your wrist. 1t fills out
YOUR coat sleeve making the arm
cool in the hottest of weather. I've
been wearing stiff attached cuffs
since first began wearing long
pants and wouldn't be without
them. I couldn't get any in New
York. l may not get them here.
but l. ought to land them in st.
Louis or Boston. Two cities where
the folks know something about
comfort in clothing"
The Washington times., 1923-05-18

That is the buOyant spirit NJ
the colonel to the life. He will
not be down hearted, even though
the ball team loses games in
sickening fashion and the shipper
RnapperS behind the counters grin
when he asks for stiff attached
cuffs on his shirts. He'll get
them yet, or know the reason
why.
The Washington times., 1923-05-18

George Fisher led off in the tenth
with a two-bagger to left center
Goslin hammered a liner to left
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
Yesterdays Results

Washington, 3: Chicago. 2 90 innings).
Philadelphia. 4: Cleveland, 2.
New York, 8: st. Louis. 2.
Detroit. s; Boston, 2.
Series Standing.
Washington. L; Chicago. o.
Philadelphia. 2; Cleveland.
New York, Q; ST Louis. 0.
Detroit. /: Boston. o..
TOday'R Games.
Washington at Chicago
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
New York at St. Louis.
Boston at Detroit.
Tomorrow Games.
Washington at Chicago
New York at St. Louis.
Philadelphia at Cleveland,
Boston at Detroit
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
n r. 20 ! .74iI cincin'ti. i2Is $50
ST. Louis 1912 571iBoston.. 12I3 400
Pitts. 10 500 Rrookn. 1I16 .423
Chicago. 1914 1fPhiia -. TIT .292
Yeaferdnv'a RAMulta
The Washington times., 1923-05-18
BASEBALL q
IL SUMMARIZES

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
STANDING OFF THE CLUBS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-29
BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 29,

such traffic are worse than murderers, be- cause they promote living death It is difficult to conceive how they could have gained as much foothold as is alleged unless they had been aided by the negligence of those whose duty it is to ward off just such dangers.
 The American Legion, in it's program against the traffic, has the hearty approval and cordial indorsement of the right-think- ing. people of the United States. The Le- gions theory that the death penalty should be imposed upon the principals convicted of complicity in the trade does not appear too harsh, for surely it is worse to rum life than to take it. In some states horse stealing is capital crime, and how is that to be compared with teaching the drug habit to children? Or to anybody else, for that matter? It is hoped that the Legon's agents will uncover the plot and apprehen1 the plotters. It would be a contribution to our flag and to civilization equal to vaor in war in defense of the flag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-29
WHY SUGAR IS HIGH

There is an amusing side to the spectacle of Republican regime inquiring into the causes of increase in the retail price of D commodity on which high tariff was re- gently imposed. Those who opposed the tariff on sugar predicted that within few months the result would be seen in higher prices paid by the American consumer, no matter if sugar production were increased. And that is just what has happened. The president has ordered the tariff commission to inquire into the circumstances to dis cover whether or not the duty on sugar is responsible for the price increase. The pres ident says that he doesn't see how the tariff can be the cause, but if it is. he says that he will order tariff reduction.
 <, There are two elements which may tend to prevent the commission from concluding
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-29
Poor Boys Who
 Became Famous By FREDERICK HoUK LAW
Hiram Maxim

The Maxim gun, that powerful weapon that makes single soldier of today equal to a regiment in the past, owes it's existence ts Sir Hi- ram Maxim, knight of England. Smokeless powder, improved elec- tric lights, the developed flying ma chine, devices for the use of gas and of electricity, and many other in- ventions may be set down to the credit of this great inventor. For Americans 1t is pleasant to know that Sir Hiram Maxim of England is yankee born and yankee bred, a genuine Down East'' yankee who was born in Maine and who spent his boyhood and early manhood in Maine, in Massachusetts and in New York. That boyhood, like the boy hoods of many great men, was spent in hard and humble work. Hiram Maxim's school days ended when he was only fourteen years old, but his life well illustrates the fact that school is really only the very begin- ming of gaining an education. Hi- ram left school at fourteen, but he never left study. His active brain set him to work year after year along a thousand lines of scientific inquiry, and the results of his study have affected the entire world.
 The boy began life's work by learning how to make wagons, not very scientific work, but scientific enough for one who wishes either to do good work or to think about work. Before he was fourteen he had learned how to do craftsman work, for he had always used tools well. When he was in his early twenties he graduated from ma chine shop in Massachusetts, and then went to the shop of an instru- ment maker. This gave him ability to do more accurate work and led him to think more deeply. He went on to shipbuilding company Tn New York, where he worked as draughtsman and turned his atten- tion to the making of gas, electric lights and various types of motors. By the time he was forty he had, so to speak, gained his education, and then began work on machine guns and smokeless powders, for which he is so famous.
 In addition to those great inven- tions that changed the methods of war, Maxim has been fertile in other scientific work. Honors crowded upon him from all parts of the world, but he kept hfs chief char acteristic-the ingenius, inquiring yankee spirit of hard work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-29
large and helpful influence in raising stand

large and helpful influence in raising stand ards of their alma-mater, in broadening and bettering its field of opportunity. They have it in their sphere to contribute largely to the value of the school in turning out young men and young women properly equipped through their sense of values in human conduct, as well as through their standards of right and wrong, to assume the responsibilities of life. In this move for higher ideals and better purposes during their preliminary training for good citizen ship they have taken stand that cannot fail to produce large and permanent benefits through all their future activities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-29
STUDENTS WISE CHOICE

r. The student body of Birmingham Southern Eoliege are congratulated on the adoption of the honor system of student government. sQne of the best of the many definitions of Education we have even seen is: the capac- Aty to make oneself do what one does not hSant to do when one knows it should be Hone. Education is by no means confined to the requirement. of book knowledge Many books, as well as many parts of books, are wrong so far as concerns facts as well as influence. The development of charac- ter, the acquisition of such training as en- ables the student to think productively, to act effectively, the power to apply profita- bly such knowledge as he may have, the ca- ipacty to appreciate what should be done ;,xpr the betterment of the community or iistate in which he may live, as well as for ishis own proper benefits, are even more the purpose of education than the mastering of book subjects and the --uirement of Book theories.
 The students of the Birmingham Southern I adopting the system of self-goyernment gre contributing largely to that institution s usefulness as fourtain head of, character development in its bearing on education. They can, and doubtless will, bring to bear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-29
GERMANS WANT CONFERENCE

rS Baron von Rosenberg is in favor of an in- ternationai conference on the Ruhr situation. N is his belief that such conference should Establish the extent to which Germany has already met her reparations obligations; What further payments should reasonably De exacted; by what means the obligation Could be met. There is no doubt that sucn "a conference would in theory be advisable. The trouble is that in practice Germany has not only not met her obligations, but has not even given the impression of having Etf ed to meet them. If throughout the pe- 1iod since the war there has been unmis- takable evidence of German sincerity in trying to make payments, and of German official determination to wipe the slate clean, then the sentiment of the world would in cline to conference with the expectation ihat it would result in some good. What the world really expects from conference isow, however, is a long exposition from Germany setting forth, lot how she can meet reasonable demands, but how she can not possibly do so.
 sa It is not likely that France would raise any objection to such conference, for if It failed, she would be in even more impregna- sble position than before, and if it succeeded, she would still be able to follow the policy -she has repeatedly set forth, namely, that as soon as the Germans begin to pay the French army will begin to withdraw. h. .deed, it looks very much as if Germany Gould hold her most satisfactory barley with France alone, for concrete evidence of Ger -inanys sincerity is all France has looked for ESQ far in vain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-29
TO MAKE WATER PLANT PAY

Selling water light and power are just as much business proposition as dealing in meat or lumber, and especially when municipality is the seller, because all losses must be met by all the taxpayers. For sev- eral years the North Birmingham water and light plants, which were inherited by the city when the suburbs were taken in, have not been paying proposition even in meet ing their operating expenses. Oflate, while the water plant has been losing money, the light and power plant has shown small earn ings. The real reason for this condition is that the plants were never put in proper condition to provide adequate service. Mis- management, careless system of charges, col lections and the like, with smaller rates al- lowed than the rest of the city was paying, and too small to meet costs of operation, caused repeated deficits. It was realized that rates would have to be increased on level with the balance of the city, which was recently done.
 The chief cause of failure to maSe the plants pay, however, is failure to provide adequate service. The city commission de- cided to remedy this trouble by the appro- priation now of about thirry-rve thousand dollars for betterments and extensions, anl some twenty-five thousand coHars more in few months. This program includes a larger main to supply additional water so plants applying for increases, the instala- ton of lAeters, as in the rest 9f the city, so that rates can be obtained and improved facilities for operating business plan. A large percentage of the water and light meters installed years ago are dead, which means of course that many consumers who should be on the meter basis have been getting the minimum rates It is expected that improvements to be made will not only enable the city to meet operating expenses, but will pay for themselves in four or five years. In that event any remaining reve- nues will be applied to the sinking fund.-
 If the plans and purposes of the commis- sion materialize a step will have been taken towards putting the municipality on ousl- ness basis, condition earnestly desired by the taxpayers. The people of North Bir- mingham are willing to pay fair rates for water, light and power. What they want is adequate service. They realize that'it is an unsound business principle for any section of the city to have any special benefits over the rest. With proper Improvements and ef- ficient management the North Birmingham plants should be self-sustaining and earn something additional, while giving the peg pie of that section all needful service in these public necessities. The outlook for the success of this project now seems prom, ising. At any rate, giving the proposition a fair trial is worth while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-29
TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK

The American Chamber of Commerce is forming five committees to study transporta- tion in this country and the inter-relation of the various types of transportation. One study of great general interest will be upon the motor-truck in its relation to the rail- ways. Naturally such study embraces also the subject of highways, not local highways, but national highways, not single highways, but interlocking highways. The ideal in the mind of highway enthusiasts is the ability to transport by paved highway to any section of the country, to every city and to every producing center From Maine to Califor- mia and from Oregon to Florida the motor vehicles of tomorrow are expected to travel without let or hindrance due to bad roads. The tourist routes, many of them are called, but they are in reality far more than that. They are the great commercial channels of the future, wing with railways and water ways in importance, supplementing, how ever, and not displacing the other great means of haulage. Already the short-haul tonnage of the motor truck has reached pro- portions undreamed of ten years ago. It .s evident, moreover, that such tonnage has not been built up at the expense of either rail- ways or waterways, for the tonnage by both rail and water has greatly increased during the period of motor-truck expansion. There is substantial reason to believe that, by encouraging better roads, motor-truck trans portation has created more tonnage than 1t has hauled, and that the other carriers are in reality beneficiaries of the service. The report of the committee should be of highly instructive and profitable contents for the whole nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-29
A Timely Editorial
Not an Analogous Case
Houston Post)

The Arkansas county judge, who in his testimony before the commit
 tee Investigating the reign of terror at Harrison, compared the vigilantes who usurped the powers of the Ar kansas authorities to the pioneers of the Boston tea party, apparently, is as ignorant of American history as he is of the philosophy of the American government. A more unhappy comparison could scarcely have been made. Neither the pur- pose nor the character of the two occurrences are similar, and it is little short of an insult to the mem- ory of the early patriots to liken unto them a lawless mob that flogs, deports and lynches individuals sus- pected of some offense. If the de- fender of mob law in Arkansas will study his history closely enough, he will discover that members of the Boston tea party acted only after all hope of obtaining relief from the established government had van ished. They found themselves over taxed without representation. and saw in that condition the violation of fundamental principle of just and enlightened government. They had petitioned they had "prostrated themselves at the foot of the throne," to no avail. Having failed by all peaceful means to secure re- lief from a despotic government, they revolted and proyes,ed against an unjust tax by unloading the tea into Boston harbor. Their act was illegal, to be sure. But it came as last resort, and its purpose was to wiring from an obstreperous des- pot the measure of justice to which they as citizens of the empire felt themselves entitled.
 There is no record that the "citi
 Zcna Committee" in Arkansas which set up an independent rule at Har rison, had ever petitioned the con stituted authorities to act in the railroad trouble. The whole power of the state of Arkansas, and of the United States of America, was avail able to suppress disorder among the strikers and to protect the railroad property. It surely cannot be ar gued that either state or federal government was incapable of meet ing the situation, leaving it for a few self-constituteu authorities to administer an eXtra-legal govern ment in the community. where the Boston patriots were committing an overt act to smash despotism, the Arkansas mob sets up a despotism more hideous than that of George III. Where the tea party acted di- rectly to force recognition of hu- man rights. the Arkansas v;g;;antes set themselves up as an organiza- tion to deprive American citizens of their fundamental rights of se- curity in their person and property except by due process of law. Where the one body acted for the protection of the American people
 the other threatens the stability of the peoples government by repu- diating the institutions and inaugu- rating an era of anarchy. It needs scarcely to be said that any man with such perverted idea of American government as this Ar kansas official shows, both in his defense of the mob and his warning that, it must be let alone, has no business in the public service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-29
"An Eternal Spirit 7
 By REV. H. C. OFFERkIAN

What does it mean to be an eter- nal spirit?
 To be an influential factor today; and yet one that reaches to eter- nifty, that's an eternal spirit.
 To have communion with the eter- nal spirit of all times and ages, and yet to play an important role in the life of today-that is an eternal spirit.
 To know many things, to believe all truths; to hope all things; to endure all things; that is an eternal spirit.
 If you are an eternal spirit, you will be eternally young, and eter- nally fresh, and eternaily gay, and eternally happy-and yet, eternally powerful, and eternally pungent, and eternally. resultful, and eter- nally final. "a, .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-29

that the tariff is responsible. One is that the commission will probably approach the subject already convinced that the tariff has had nothing to do with it. The other IS that the tariff in general is having bolster ing effect on prices, affecting sympatheti- cally even such commodities as do not carry a high duty. Consequently, the tariff is having a relative as we'll as a direct effect on prices. It furnishes bulwark behind which gamblers in sugar may carry on un- detected. The inquiry, however, will be fol lowed with interest by everybody, for sugar is household necessity and everybody who eats sugar is taxed to pay this price in crease The American people would like to know why ~