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Evening star., 1923-07-15
Business Overlords,

After Will H. Hays had been made
overload of the motion picture bust.
ness and Judge lands had been in
vested with the rank and power of
czar. Of base ball a fashion set in for
industrial overlordship. Augustus
Thomas was made the big chief Of the
theater. A number Of other industries
have followed suit, the latest being the
soft coal industry. which. though it
has not yet reached the point of de-
cision, is said to be contemplating
naming Henry L. Stimson, former Sec.
retary Of War. to be its highest Of
flcer.
1t is an interesting point that in all
these cases the person who is named
Evening star., 1923-07-15
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILASDER JOHNSON.
Laughing at Trouble.

Laughing at Trouble.
Old Sister Trouble keeps a-roamin'
round the map.
She always has the time to stop an
chatter.
She scatters information Of some ter
rible mishap,
And says she knows exactly what's
the matter.
They told me must meet old Sister
Trouble with a smile.
tried to show a gleeful animation.
At first she seemed quite puzzled. In a
very little while
She made a most indignant demon
stration.
She called upon the neighbors. and a
conference they held
AS gloomy as a scientific clinic.
They voted me as one who from the
world should be expelled,
A satirist and a sarcastic cynic,
Evening star., 1923-07-15
BY THOMAS n. MARSHALL.
Former Vice President Of the United
States.

wv Y e are not to have any more
M flve-to-four decisions by the
w Supreme Court of the United
States IL certain groups in
the Congress are allowed to have
their way. A two-thirds majority OF
the court. or a unanimity. will have
to prevail before an enactment Of the
Congress is declared void. This re
form" is to be urged next winter.
The groundwork for it has already
been laid in speeches and new bills
on the subject.
In most particulars the American
Is a good sportsman. He loses with
gameness. When he enters into q
keep 1t, rather than to look for loop
holes of escape. He Is sensitive
about being denominated welcher;
he prfdes himself that he keeps his
word. His good sportsmanship is ap-
parent whenever he. individually. or
his personal interests are involved.
However, when II comes to matters
that do not affect him individually
but appertain to a class or a COM
munity, general in scope, he INDUCES
might be called Changes" which
game has superseded baseball and
politics as the national pastime. This
game is now being played as never
before, particularly in Washington.
Indignation toward the Supreme
Court which had been growing in GER
tain quarters because Of three or four
unpopular decisions reached the
point of outburst when the child
labor law and the act designating a
minimum wage for women in the Dis
trict of Columbia were declared void.
Point was made that five justices Of
the court, constituting a bare ma
jority, were thwarting the progress
and hopes of a nation as crystallized
into Legislation by the Congress. 1t
was gravely proposed that Congress.
Itself. by a new enactment, declare
how many of the nine justices Of the
court should act together before a
decision holding an act of the Con-
gress to be unconstitutional and
void" would be binding. A two-thirds
others are demanding the unanimous
verdict of our jury system.
What are we going to do about it?
Shall we by orderly processes amend
the Constitution of the United States
to limit the power of the court or
shall we abandon the principle of
three equal and coordinate branches
Of the government and declare the
legislative branch superior to the
judicial? BY the theory of the fathers
which has obtained we'll In practice
these $50 years. the Congress has no
more power over the Supreme Court
than the Supreme Court has over the
Congress.
X
To clarity this discussion. l wish to
point out that the phrase "unconsti-
tutional and void" as applied to an
act of the Congress is unfortunate. IL
not inaccurate and misleading. The
Constitution. which was ratified and
confirmed by all the states, defines,
expressly or impliedly, all the powers
Of the Congress along the line
of legislation. When the Supreme
Court holds an act Unconstitutional"
it really holds. to my mind. that the
Congress has attempted to amend the
Constitution, a thing II cannot do save
in the way prescribed by the docu-
ment itself and with the affirmative
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Heard and Seen

Surely the phonograph. the airplane
and the radio are the three most won
derful modern inventions.
The printing press. the linotype, the
player-piano, the submarine. the saxo-
nhone-yes, the saxophone-are great
strokes of genius
There are a hundred and one ar
ticles that entitle their inventors to
places in the hall of fame. For pure
genius, however. the radio, the air
plane and the talking machine must
take the prize.
How Archimedes. who was pretty
clever himself for his day and age
v would have reveled in the phono-
graph, Somewhere in Piutarch there
is a paragraph in which Arch is re-
ported to have said something that
shadowed the phonograph.
The hidden secret of the machine
Is what makes it great. Explain
elibly how the sounds are engraved
in wax, then pressed on hard disk'
and then sent forth again when a
needle passes along the grooves, the
essential mystery Is left untouched;
The why" like the why or Ire
itself. is not explained. You pui tne
melody. harmony and time, comes
forth. Familiarity breeds contempt
hut the wonder of the talking ma
chine remains.
Noisy but graceful bird that sails
the skies. airplane of the modern day.
I take off my hat to you!
man is dull, indeed. who does not
thrill when a plane. heavy as steel,
but light as gossamer. passes over his
head 1t is true that there are some
folks who fail even to look up when
an airplane wings it's way across
town. They are the exceptions to the
rule.
The airplane is a thing of wonder
from two distinct standpoints-that
of the affair itself and that OF per-
distance. The ease with which it
seems TO take the air. in spite of the
pull of gravity upon every
mound of engine, pilot and fuselase;
the grace with which 1t skins the
clouds, the way 1T eats up the dis
tances. mark it as one of the out
standing inventions of man.
THE airplane Is really 5000 to 5000
wars old, Through the centuries
men held the dream OF flying; FROM
the chap who stuck pair OF wings
to his shoulders with wax, , 20 nave ave
crashing to earth, to the days OF Prof.
langley. the dream Of taking the air
in a boat held the imaginations OF
men.
1t Will turn out to be IKE tne sioa,n' @
which experts say Is perfect and can :
not be improved. They Will perfect
the engine and other parts, but per-
haps the plane will retain its present
form for all time.
X r.
Now we have the greatest wonder
of them all. 1t Is the radio.
.'why, 1t comes out Of nothing" a
woman said last week as she listened
TO the willard-Firp prize fight. sound
by sound, here a little. there a little.
No more striking demonstration Of
the amazing radio has been given
than that night. Boys sat on porches,
as excited as If they had been at the
ringside.
Children had at their disposal ia
cities which until a few years ago
were only available to great news
paper organizations commanding
leased wires.
Today almost any one can sit at
his ease at home. drinking in the
sounds that run through space and
are collected in a little machine for
his especial benefit. Explain the mys-
terry by the book, the inner secret Of
the thing remains unexplained.
CHARLES E. TRACEWELL
Evening star., 1923-07-15

Return Of Pliny Fisk to Wall street
is hailed as q step which promises de-
sirable results in the financial world
and in the interests Of the public.
There has been a great deal OF anna
teur talent in many circles Of activity.
and demand asserts itself for the older
fellows, who not only know how to
play the money game, but who have a
traditional respect for it's ethical as
poets.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star

| Decadence of the celebration of
| Independence days Is no new da,.a,on
ment, but, accord
Less Fourth of ing to The Star OF
July oratory. 1u'y Iu yrosre.s %. ls'Ss s.,s was
century ago. The Star says:
There was a notable falling off
In the supply Of Fourth OF July ora
tory this year. and some Of our CO.
| temporaries. We note. are quite dole
/ full about il. arguing a decsy in na
uonai patriotism and all that sort of
thing. To US it seems the natural
; working of American common sense.
ihat people should be willing to go
sweltering about in the broiling sun
| or July to hear the Declaration read
and three-hour Grafton delivered
shows something Of the fortitude of
the times that tried mems souls. but
| has an absurd side about it that was
sure In the long run to put it out of
| fashion.
We can remember the wonderful
| Fourth of July parades of the mast
when our gallant militiamen went
| sweitering about in immense bear
| skin caps or tight-fitting 'continental'
uniforms to celebrate the day, great
| iy TO the benefit of the doctors and
the undertakers. Probably President
Taylor could have been alive today
| but for an indiscreet display of
| Fourth of July patriotism of the out
| door sort. After enduring all the
hardships of the Mexican war he sue
| cumbed to Fourth Of July oration
by George W. p. Custis. delivered in
the hot sun over at the Monument Lot.
| The general stood out the two-hour
| oration, heard the Declaration read TO
the last line, and then went home and
, died.
All this has been changed for the
| better. The day is abundantly cele-
brated, but in a way suited to the
| season. The disposition of everybody
| is to loaf in the coolest shades to be
| found in the country or city. Picnic
junketings and the absorption OF
cooling drinks are good and patriotic
modes OF using the hours while the
sun Is vertical, and the day is prop
erly. rounded off by pyrotechnic dis
plays in the cool Of the evening""
y +
| Half a century ago the, award of
prizes in the public schools was an
] important feature
Public School Of the closing ex-
Prize System. feeiins feeling against nu' tbia q
! practice was developing, as is noted
in The Star of July IL, 1873. as fol-
lows:
TT may be noticed that our school
trustees had under consideration at
| their last meeting the program of
prizes to be awarded upon the result
| OF Competitive examinations to be
held near the close of the ensuing.
The disposition thus to give this
| mode of exciting the emulation Of
| school boys and girls the investiga-
| tion its Importance demands Is highly
commendable. for, although the school
prize is a mere bauble, 1t is as
sociated with principles of justice and
should not be wantonly ignored.
Many very Thoughtful persons object
to the whole system of prizes. espec-
tally when they can be obtained only
| by a system OF special cramming of
| the forms of certain text books-the
thing aimed at being not a knowl-
| edge of the subject, but rather of
| those technical questions most likely
! to be asked" =
Evening star., 1923-07-15

The illness Of Lenin has lasted a
long time. and has perhaps been OF
benefit in enabling Trotsky to rest
from political propa ganda and devote
himself to personal sympathy.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

A hundred thousand people saw
Firpo knock out Jess Willard Mil
lions read Of the event with interest
The normal impulse Of primitive man
still asserts itself sufficiently to pre-
vent any fear that the human race is
becoming overcultured.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

Reference to the Ruhr situation as
one Of ''transitory friction" as a means
Of comfort must depend on the length
of time it takes to define the word
"transitory."
Evening star., 1923-07-15

When Mr.. Rockefeller presents a
complimentary nickel he at least
equips the fortunate recipient to meet
the next rise in the cost OF five gallons
of gas.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

No doubt series Of interesting con-
tributions to science were lost because
Darwin could not live to answer the
eloquent and emphatic assertion Of
Col. Bryan.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

A worker in the steel industry who
puts in twelve hours a day has at
least an advantage over the steel
manufacturer, who is often compelled
to worry twenty-four hours.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

While Germany is concerned about
dye patents, she is apparently indif.
ferent as to what becomes of that once
famous recipe for turtle serum adver-
tised as a consumption cure.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

In addition to its other advantages
the Leviathan secures an enormous
amount Of free advertising.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

If peace could be financed as abun-
dainty and earnestly as wars have
been. the result would be more practi-
cal and less expensive.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
The Romping Alphsbet.

How did you come to let that pi
line slip by?" inquired one proofreader.
How should know it was pi?" re-
Joined the other. ''I thought it was
radio news.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

Il speck." said Uncle Eben, ode
screech owl is like folks, maxim
gloomy noise because she's lonesome,
an bein' lonesome because, she makes
dat kind Of a noise.'' rs !,
Evening star., 1923-07-15
MuSic Evolutiou

Music Evolution.
When first Apollo smote the Tyre
He caroled gayly,
Nor dreamed that one day we'd admire
A ukulele.
When on his pipes Pan blew tone
He played 1ight-hearted,
And little thought the saxophone
Would soon be started.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Housing.

housing.
Il understand Washington. D. c..
has had it's troubles with the housing
problem"
Washington, D. c., has always had
that kind of trouble" replied Senator
Sorghum. THE government has never
been able to provide enough deskroom
to accommodate all the people wishing
to occupy Offices
Jud Tunkins says the feller who
wants to do all the talking is generally
away from his home trying to enjoy
himself in a new way.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

Limiting Losses.
why do the boys refuse to play
poker with Tarantula Tim?'
Tim can't afford it,
Cant afford to lose the money!"
mo. He held three. royal fiushes in
the same evening. Nobody kin play
like that in Crimson Gulch unless he's
reckless an thinks he kin afford to
lose his life" r'.,-
Evening star., 1923-07-15

The Evening Star Newspaper company
Dusinsss ofice l1th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York Office: 110 East 42nd st.
Chicago Office: Tower Building.
European Office: 16 Regent st., London, England
Evening star., 1923-07-15

w Y e are not to have any more
M flve-to-four decisions by the
" " Supreme Court of the United
nopto;p ornnne in
Evening star., 1923-07-15

Decadence of the celebration of
Independence days is no new deyelop-
Evening star., 1923-07-15

pulsating life again. / like grass
and trees the best Of ALL"
When the Sixty eighth Congress
convenes, large number of the "old
familiar faces" will not be in evil
dence. Judge w. W. Rucker. who
represented the second Missouri dis.
trict for twenty-four years, was de-
feated for the nomination in the DEM
ocratic primary by Ralph F. Lozier
of Carrollton, Mo- Before being elect
ed to Congress, Judge Rucker was six
years circuit judge and six years
prosecuting attorney. making thirty
six years during which time he was
never out of public office. He was
regarded as the best politician in
Missouri. and in former campaigns
had but little difficulty in defeating
his opponents.
Representative Lozier, who succeeds
Judge Rucker, has taught an adult
Bible school class for more than
thirty years. He was born on farm
and is a self-made man. His father
was a pioneer farmer and black
smith, and his mother was a pioneer
school teacher. His mother died when
she was three years of age. and his
father died seven years later. From
childhood he has been compelled to
ity fostered in him a spirit of forti-
tude and determination to win his
own way in the world. For several
years he worked on farms for his
board and clothing during the farm
ing season, attending country school
in the winter time. At the age of
fifteen he entered the Carrollton High
School. working his way through
school and completing the three-year
course in one month less than two
wears He taught school in the coun-
try for two years. studying law at
night. and was admitted to the bar
in 1886. when he was twenty years of
aga
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-06-29

Here, Mr.. Ford Owner, you will get rightful recognition
and an opportunity to win one of the ten prizes enumerated
on true merit, or demerit, as the case may be. Every Ford
owner is welcome to enter this parade and is eligible under
any of the classi6cations shown below. To the nine win
ners in the illustrated classincations The Tribune will pre-
sent with a merchandise prize certificate for $500 redeem
able at any of the nine stores represented on this page.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-06-29

The Caldwell Auto Co. viii give to the Ford owner car
rying the largest Idaho license plate . 30x3H cord tire
with tube, valued at $4,000. =,
The Only Condition:-An cars to be considered must
be in the parade July 4th. A committee will announce the
winners Immediately after tho parade and award the
prizes. Got the old Lizzie ready and win q prize.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-07-13
MOVIE sTORY
OF Bis O0|hGs
Large Cast Local People
Will Put on Two Reel
Comedy and Educa-
tional Scenic Film

where the Gunnison River Flows"
Is TO be the title of the first real
scenario ever taken in Gunnison. 1t
will be a two-reel comedy in combin-
alton with a scenic educational pic
ture, to be made during Cattlemcn's
week. Included in the picture will
be scenes taken from all the events
of Cattlemen's week, such as the
parade. bucking contests and races,
and the final dance at the La Veta
hotel.
The scenario was written by Vera
Z. Clack, and its director is Wade
Hampton Clack. The leading parts
are taken by Thelma Savillc, rs the
heroine, and Leonard Lashbrook, of
our city. There will be twenty-five
prominent parts, all taken by Gunni-
son people, besides the many scenes
taken from crowds in which everyone
will appear, in the grand stand, par
ade and dance.
Hugh McClung, who has been
grinding the camera" for Douglas
Fairbanks at Hollywood. left Cali
fornia yesterday for Gunnison. TO be
camera man for this production.
The director is anxious to make Of
this scenario vivid perturbation OF
Gunnison Western phase Of life
therefore, il is urged that all cattle
men come into town the first day OF
Cattlcmen's celebration on horseback
to give color TO the scenes.
The committee which has beeh sell
ected to take care of the financial
side Of the question, is made up OF
Harry N. DeYarman, John Roman,
and Linton Pittser. Therefore, with
such a scenic scope, such an opportu-
nifty to take thrilling pictures an they
really happened, and such assurance
of financial success. this picture is
due to be one Of the finest ever taken
in the West.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-07-13
SUMMER Term
IS HALF OVER

The first term of summer school
comes to close on Wednesday
afternoon, the IS day Of July, the Sec
ond term starting on the next day,
which splits the eleven weeks of the
summer session into two terms Of
5i.weeks eoch. At present there are
600 students enrolled, and an in
crease of 1875 is expected, half of that
number being here for teachers in
stitute during the first two weeks.
Quite n number of the present stu
dents intend to leave at the end Of
the first term, for the reason that
being teachers last year, and planning
TO teach again this winter, they de-
sire more of vacation before their
duties begin again. The summer
being divided into two halves makes
II possible TO do this, SO that the sub
ject can be completed another year,
and indeed, some courses are duplic-
ated so that the student can take
them either term.
The average standing of summer
students Is generally higher than
Of those in the winter, but this year
has been exceptional in its number of
students studying for the higher de-
grees.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-07-13
Narrow Escape in
Grand Stand Collapse

Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Mckee, with
their children, Gene and Donald, drove
in Wednesday afternoon from their
circle trip, first to Cheyenne and
northern Wyoming, thence to Salt
Lake City and return. They had a
very pleasurable journey, all except
the accident which befell them in Salt
Lake on the Fourth, when they were
caught in the grand stand collapse
that killed one person and injured
over hundred.
Some temporary stands had been
erected in the park for the crowd to
view great historical pageant. Over
a thousand people We're in this partic-
ular section, which was without q
roof The McKees and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Coombs of Salt Lake City and
their three children were together,
but Gene Mckee and Dorothy Coombs
had taken seats in an adjoining sec
ton. The others were on the top row
Of the defective seats when they
began to move sideways in a general
collapse. mot a sound was heard"
said Mrs. Mckee. Except long
breath. The seats moved faster, and
WHICH, 0OOuI halfway uOWu, lell Will
a crash. Then began the shrieks and
cries of injured. There were broken
arms, legs, crushed limbs and the hur-
ried search for loved ones. Fred Nc
Kee escaped with hardly q scratch,
and rs he sprang free, saw Mrs.. Nc
Kee crawling from under the wreck
age on hands and knees. She suffer-
ed a badly bruised ankle and other
Commissions. Harry COMBS had his
little daughter, Shirley, in his arms,
and shielded her from harm, and
Mrs. Coombs also came out with q
few bruises only.Th fire department
and emergency hospital ambulances
were called and riot ran around the
fallen grand stand until it was clear
ed up. One little girl had been under
meath and was instantly killed. Some
So injured were taken to the hospital.
The band then started and the pag-
cant moved on, but the Mckee and
COMBS families had had enough, and
getting in their cars, drove back to
the city.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-07-13
Road to Creole Win
Be Much Travelled

II. 7. Reno. resident road engineer
ut Sapinero, was in Gunnison Monday,
and tells News Champion that the
new road up Sapinero mesa TO Lake
City is being used . great deal, both
rs = short cut from West Slope
towns in HinsdAle county, and as n
sightseeing trip The new grading
is pretty soft, of course. but will get
better with summer rains.
Mr.. Reno recently made trip via
Lake City, over the continental divide
to Creole and found II in good shape.
Montrose county is constructing 25
miles Of improved highway up the
Rio Grande to the Hinsdale county
line. to improve this road, which will
soon be much Travelled rs part of q
circle tnp into Southern Colorado.
Few people know that Creole is but
IS miles due south of Gunnison on the
same meridian of longitude. Until
the completion Of this road, there WINS
no short cut to Creole, and indeed,
even by this new auto road, the dis
lance is close to 100 miles.
Gunnison news-champion., 1923-07-13
RECORD CAR
SALES FOR '23

Automobiles seem to be growing
exceedingly popular with Gunnison
people. According TO figures of auto
mobile dealers of Gunnison, there have
been 157 cars sold in this vicinity
since January first, 4S of which We're
used cars. This means that one out
Of every thirty one people in and ar
ound Gunnison, including Crested
Butte. Baldwin, Cebolla, Almont and
Sapirero, has purchased an automo-
bile this spring, considering the pop
ulation ut five thousand. These cars,
working on the average given by the
dealers would come to something like
S112,6 85. In addition it is stated
that neraly SO cars have been sold to
residents of this county who reside in
and around Somerset, way over on the
Upper North Fork.
There have been 634 automobiles
licenses issued this spring, which
would Indicate that one out of every
tan persons, is driving car, figuring
the population Of Gunnison County IS
5000.
II the number Of automobiles sold
in this vicinity is relative to the pros
perity Of our community, as is thought
by many, then that prosperity has in
creased so per cent in the last six
months. In other words, twice as
many cars have been sold this spring
as in any preceding six months in the
history of Gunnison.