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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05

world court with President Coolidge.
The impression given was that MI;
Coolidge would espouse the world
court idea just as did his predeces'
sor. -.
No denial was issued contradictins
the story. but the significant state
ment was made at the White House
that the President would not be sc-
countable for what his callers said.
Since then the idea seems to have
spread that it is unethical TO discuss
what Is snid at a conference with the
President and many of the callers
frankly tell the newspapermen that
they have been given to. understand
that it is improper to disclose what
has been said.
As consequence the public il left
to obtain its information from the
President himself who meets the news
papermen twice a week.
Coolidge . Side-Stepper.
But under the rules, Mr.. Coolidge
has the right ito decline to answer
any Of the written questions handed
TO him.
1t is a breach Of the, rules 10 lei
the public know what questions h
refuses to answer and there would b
many an interesting story indeed il
it were possible TO disclose how many
questions Of general interest Mr.
Coolidge has side-stepped since HI
became President.
In the first few conferences will
the. press. tlk President permitted
enough information about his pOlicie.
to leak out TO get an idea Of what
he was doing.
In recent weeks there has been 8
noticeable >dimunition in information
Much of the Presidents plans nr'
necessarily withheld because he want.
to put his program into a complete
address TO Congress in December.
This bars a multitude of subject:
ON which there 5 just now live in
terest.
Details of some of the conference!
at the White House have been GiveT
out, but usually after the callers hav'
departed and there is no opportunit!
to get the impartial view OF what il
being done that has been possible
under the preceding Administrations
There have been some callers WHIT
upon learning the version of tRel'
visit given out at the White Hons'
a day or so after their departure
would have been glad to express THEFT
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05
|S|IORs TO
WHITE HOUSE
| TALK LIT TIE
voluntary Secrecy Envel-
ops Public Bust
| ness.
T IS NOT ETHICAL
oilers Keep Coolidse's
Observations Conf
Dental.
IS NOT ETHICAL
nv DAVID LAWRENCE.

Upright, ty the san Antonio Light.
Washington, ID. c., Oct. 5.-An
voluntary secrecy envelops the pub
business being transacted nova
US at the White House.
The many callers on the daily en-
cement Of President Coolidge
We developed a reticence not unlike
lat which the Executive himself was
puted TO have before he took Of
70.
As a consequence little of what is
'tuafly happening behind the scenes
coming TO light.
The responsibility for this state OF
fairs goes back TO an informal OBJ
ryation recently that the President
ould not be responsible for the state
ents made by his callers on leaving
70 White House.
The experience which called forth
lis comment was a story obtained
ON a man who had discussed the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05
NEW KHAN ORDER
Simmons Says No Masks Will BIZ
Used by ''kamclic

Chicago. Oct. 5.-Establishment Of
a second Ku, Klu Khan order, TO be
known as knights Kamelia." v.lo will
not wear masks, has been announced
here by William Joseph Simmons, en-
peror Of the khan, who will speak here
tomorrow.
Only worthy klansmen" will be ele-
waited 10 the new order, "thus el-..:nat-
ing the thoughtless. turbulent and ire
sponsible element who slipped through
the portals into the probationary or
der Mr.. Simmons was quoted as say
ing.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-05

the Joske principle Of frendlness evident in
their cordial treatment of customers it is todsy 1t
has always been Josk. aim to serve both cordially
and willingly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
THEY CHOOSE PREVENTION

The outlying communities in the Birming- ham district have shown fine spirit of CO., operation in the campaign against the mala- rial mosquito. Leeds, Brookside, Kosedale ana many other places have taken progressive steps for the elimination of mosquito-bree ing places in their vicinity, and many others are displaying the same intelligent appre- citation of what the campaign means. The idea has spread in other counties. Over in Walker they have become active and inter- ested. The Tennessee Valley began this work last year and is organizing now to make it complete. The heartiness with which this matter has been taken in hand reflects an active sense of the importance of prevention in combating the evils that afflict mankind Men have begun to realize that prevention is positive economy and that failure to prevent piles up the toll of suffering and loss. We must stand either the small cost of mosquito-elimination or the far greater cost of the ravages of ma lara. The outlying communities have grasped the situation and chosen the better alternative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
FOR PUBLIC RECREATION

One of the pleasant features of the spring and summer horoscope is the early prepara- tion to have amusements and places of amusement in operation in due season. The new recreation park on the Tidewater line is to open June 1. East Lake is being im- proved for the season and will have several new attractions. The Ensley swimming pool is undergoing repairs and such over hauling as will have it fit in time for it's hot weather needs. The municipal band will give it's first concert Easter Sunday. The people need these recreation and pleasure grounds and contrivances for the whole someness of their lives quite as much as they. need work and wages in order to live. The harder worked they are the more they re- quire rest, recreation and bit of pleasure when not at work. Cannot the city find a thousand dollars or so and open up Green Springs park, that beautiful domain of meadow and woodland immediately contig- Cannot driveway be built by the city forces
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
WHICH REMINDS US-

Now that the campaign for presidential nominations has been tentatively opened by the announcement that President Harding would be willing for another term, the people are going to hear more about party spirit than for many months. Party spirit may be expected to run high. All kinds of claims are going to be made on both sides Pointing with pride and viewing with alarm will resume business at the old stand.
 All of which reminds us of an observa- tion by Thomas Carlyle when writing about the high party spirit in England during his active career. He said: "But there's no party spirit like the spirit of the party next door who is not invited to the party" How often do we come in contact with just such a situation these modern days of political and other climbing!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
Poor Boys Who
 Became Famous By FREDERICK HoUK LAW
Heinrich Schliemann
By FREDERICK HI

Many people have dug for buried treasure; most of them have had only their labor for their reward. To Heinrich Schliemann, who was born a poor boy and who worked in many humble capacities, came the good fortune to dig up from it's hiding place in the earth the greatest almount of objects of gold that any one has yet found. Unlike most treasurer-seekers, Schliemann dld not dig to gain treasure for him self. but to give it to the world. The beautiful objects of gold he dug up from Mycenae in Greece are to be seen in the museum in Athens They are relics of the Homeric age of ancient Greece and are of untold value, not alone because they are of solid gold, but also because they tell the world so much about the dim past of our civilization.
 Heinrich Settlements father was a poorly-paid village preacher in a German town. The family had all it could do to obtain food and cloth ing; so there was little opportunity for the boy to gain an education. He read and studied just enough. to become fascinated by the stories told by the great Greek writer, Homer, in the "Odyssey" and the "Iliad.h He had to leave his books and go to work in grocery. Then, with the love of adventure and travel stirring him as it had stirred Odysseus in Homer's story, he went to sea as cabin boy, and was car ried through the experiences ot snip, wreck. He went to Holland and there worked in humble positions, meanwhile using every chance he could find for study. By means of application he became, although only a bookkeeper, a very learned man. He mastered business, set up for himself, and ultimately became Q very rich man. He gratified his love for travel by visiting most of the important lands in the world. Meanwhile he kept up his studies. ;.
 Deeply interested in the story of inc ancient Greeks and the Trojan war. he went to ancient Troy and actually dug up an old city with vast treasures. Then he went to Greece and there made wonderful discov- cries at Mycenae. He made ex- cavations in many places and uncov- cred so much of the. past that he re- vealed ancient times more clearly than they had ever been revealed before. He died at 68, a most high iv honored man of learning. It IS nleasant to know that when he was 28 years old he became a citizen or tho United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
QUESTION OF RATE FAIRNESS

There seems no reason why connecting railroad lines under the same ownership or control should be permitted to charge freight rates on continuous haul over thesas con- meeting lines greater than if the goods moved the same distance over any one of the lines. The Interstate Commerce Commission has shown a tendency to regard lines under the same control as single-line system when freight rates are involved, and the Georgia Public Service Commission recently entered d decision to that effect. The Alabama commission has such case under considera- that the Southern and it's auxiliaries should be regarded as one system in applying freight rates. It is held that shipments originating on the Southern, the Alabama Great Southern or the Northern Alabama, and routed to destination over any of these connecting lines should pay ,ne same rate, and no more, as if the Southern Railway proper did all the transportation, because the Southern controls these other roads. It does seem that where management and the privileges of operation are under one control this oneness of association should apply to freight rates as we'll as to control When a carrier reaches out and absorbs other lines in one form or another these lines should be regarded as part of the whole system and this principle should apply to rate-making. It will be done because it is only fair that 1t should be done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26

uous to the southern portion of the city? and cannot these same forces build gate way letting the people in and out? That will bring family parties into the park and permit happy children to play and have pie ncs there. Why wait on a sum adequate for complete development? Why not make a start by opening up the park gateways and a driveway? The city engineering force can lay out the work and the street gang perform the labor. It can be done in ample time before warm weather starts, and that yearning for cool and open spaces becomes acute. Many thousands would be made happy on a mighty small outlay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
Tele.hor. dpMnps> Telephone Main leoo CS31SsSssepO Main 4s00
OUR HEALTH CONDITION GOOD

No less an authority than Dr. l.. l.. Lums- den director of the federal bureau of rural sanitation, has inspected the health condl- tions of Birmingham and Jefferson county and finds them good This gratifying news,
 instead of being cause for a relaxation of health effort, is really proof that such ef- fort is showing results, and encourages re- doubled determination to make the present protection permanent and more far-reaching than ever before. That the money spent on public health is money veil spent IS proved by the betterment that has attended health programs. The conditions that formerly were responsible for a- typhoid epidemic in Birmingham have been substantially recti- fled. There is need that this work be con- pleted, and that all sources of possible typhoid infection be eliminated from the county The prevention of sickness and death from this cause that is traceable di- rcctly to removal of many of the condl- tions lc ading to typhoid has been so suc- cessful that the way is open to absolute protection against this disease by removing all similar sources, many of which still exist in scattered localities throughout the county, and, it is feared, even to some ex- ! tent within the city. If flies, the carriers of typhoid, only remained at home, the sit uation would still cali for some official &C., tion, but since flies range widely, even those who keep their premises sanitary are men, aced by the carelessness of distant neigh bors. That should not be.
 The measures now being directed against the breeding-places of mosquitoes have fuller degree of public approval than they would have had if there were no sanitary triumphs to point to as the result of the ex- penditure of public money in disease pre- vention. People now know that it can be done, and are therefore, not only willing that it be done, but are urging 1t. Birmfng ham is center of industry. Its output is dependent more upon man power than any other one variable factor. Whatever tends to reduce that man power, such as disease, is something that should be remedied. Bir- mingham is inviting new industries to come here. It can already say by way of invita- tion that this is healthful community. With little more effort and little further progress along public health lines Birming- ham will be able to say that her health con- ditons are unexceled and that there can be no epidemic or preventable diseases, because the causes of s;.ch epidemics have been elim- mated or placed under control. Their con- tributions to health campaigns and their own health and sanitary achievements prove how important Birmingham industries regard this health factor. Prospective industries have the same view of the matter. Health is an industrial asset Birmingham is find ng it profitable to cultivate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
PROCESSIONAL

(Clinton scollard in New York Herald) The moon was like shallow urn of Poised in the garden of the sky last night,
 With few stars like lily blossoms
 white About it. by the mauve mists aure- oled, I saw them through the pine boughs while the old Anthem of ocean sounded to de- light
 My ears with harmony, and the hours took flight To the deep mellow music upward rolled. Then the urn dipped, and presently was gone,
 But no hand plucked the stars or stilled the sea; ~ The melody beat on and on and on; It crept into my dreams, then suddenly tf. I woke and heards it calling up the dawn
 That answered with . shout as one in glee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
Religious Incentive By REV. H. C. OFFERMAN

Does religion dull your mind?
 Do we not have proofs innumera- bic that. rather, religion acts as an incentive?
 Was not Gladstone a most ,relig- ious man, and was not the divine fire in him, in all his battles for a better world?
 And what greater defender of the organized church and ministry, and what greater champion of the Bible, than Theodore Roosevelt, one of the keenest brains that ever la bored for the good of our nation.
 Among Americas men of power in recent years, there was none more feared than the elder J. F. Morgan. And yet, where was there a man with simpler faith in God, in Eternity and Heaven, than J. F. Morgan?
 The great steel financier. Charles M. Schwab, loves his church and has given much for it.
 The brightest, and the strongest, and the greatest, have been men of faith in God, and men of spirit uality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
Jls-1oReEBEARER

And now Birmingham hangs up national record among cities for percentage of in- crease in bank clearings. That's record we ought to play on our municipal phono- graph, al la Los Angeles.
 What happy day it will be when the reckless auto driver realizes that the. pedes- trian possesses some rights that merit re- spect. Perhaps'a little reflection while in durance vile would hasten that realization.
 When Birmingham does finally get an au- ditorium, 1t might be well to have places to sit so the audience can see and hear. That's just suggestion which could be considered pending further delay on the main proposi- tion. ne
 Why do they call lem "sneak" thieves? Show us thief who is not . sneax.
 What" asks the memory tester, "is the hypotenuse of a triangle?"
 Usually blonde.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
A Timely Editorial
Maybe It Would Work
CPittsburg Gazette -Times) ,,@ v%, 1 I,-@ oy.v Ill., IL


 Immediately after the armistice there arose demand for the initia- tion of public works that would pro- vide employment for hundreds of thousands of men. It was foreseen that with the stoppage of war work and the restoration of civil pursuits of the army of approximately 4,O0O,- 900, there would be a slackening of demand for goods and an oversup- ply of labor. If nj the adjust ment from a war to a peace time basis great hardships were to be avoided, work in great amounts must be provided. Efforts to carry out the plan widely favored were less successful than had been hoped for; public works are not as readily started and pushed to completion as are private. But from a condition of intense industrial depression the country rose gradually. The armies of the unemployed slowly but stead fly were absorbed by the growing demand for help in private enter prises. Now there are not enough men to fill all the jobs offering.
 Secretary of Commerce Hoover, an enthusiast in tue other period for hastening public work for the benefit of the unemployed, now pro- poses Slowing down" that which is under way and de,ayfng the initia- tion of new enterprises. He argues that this would make available for private work labor now engaged on public. This labor, shifted from one to the other category of em- ployment. would constitute reserve that ultimately would reduce to the possible minimum the recurrence of periods of labor surplus. It is, in fine, a specific proposal for bringing the man and the job into closer con tact. It might work out a0van- tageously for labor mad for the country.
 Probably Secretary Hoover has not overlooked any factor of the problem he seeks to solve, but it will seem to many that he has ig- nored the operation of a natural law, to say nothing of the question whether or not it is practicable to delay or postpone necessary public work. In theory, at least, the gov ernment does not go in for con- struction until it is pushed, and most people believe it is the chief factor in delaying progress. How ever that may be, the influence of one class of work on all others, of the employment of scores of thou sanda in ana line of endeavOr on every other productive line, is we'll established. If 100000 or more men, turned away from factories suddenly gone idle, were immediate ly employed on public works they would create demand for consum- able products that would have far reaching effect on industry and the general prosperity. Whether in. definite delay of public work would be satisfactory is one question to be decided before adopting the Hoover suggestion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26

but had never seen a better physical aver age. All of which speaks well not only for the men themselves who are charged with the responsibility in large measure of pro- tecting the public against crime and confla- grafton, but for the public interests as well.
 In this connection it might be wise to provide suitable facilities for needful physi- cal training of policemen and firemen. Undoubtedly the physical fitness of these men for their more or less arduous tasks would be a community asset. The average policeman and fireman should be fit and alert for quick and efficient service at all times, and especially in the event of emer- gences. They frequently are called upon to perform strenuous duties that require real physical as well as mental effort. The better prepared they are to meet these sit nations the safer such portion of the public welfare as lies in their hands,
 The cost of this physical training to the public would be small compared with it's value. Many of the cities of the country have provided such facilities and have found by experience that it is paying investment. With the comparatively small police force which Birmingham maintains, it is import ant that every member of the organization should be properly equipped to render the best possible service. Physical fitness helps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
Inside Stuff

Judith had returned with the head of Ho- lofernes in her handbag.
 "It happened so suddenly" she said, hold ing back the tears that threatened to rum her complexion. q had drawn the two- handed sword that I always use as a nall- file. With an oath he tried to wrest it from my grasp. We struggled-and then-ano then-the world turned black! That is all I can remember"
 Great sobs shook her dainty frame as she buried her face in her handkerchief ard winked furtively at her attorney"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
PHYSICAL FITNESS HELPS

That was gratifying report of Dr. Vance of the civil service commission on the phy- scal condition of thirty-two policemen and twenty-seven firemen, after an examination of the men who had been members of the departments less than year. Dr. Vance declared that he had inspected between fif- teen and twenty thousand men in the army,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
Archery

She shot an arrow in the air; It hit some one-she heard him swear. It was her beau, just stopped to cali, And he bit the grit with the arrows fall. She cried, "This deed my life will harroww As they picked up her beau and arrow.
 T. H. M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
Pal O Mine

A stout old club, A hill to climb
 With dew upon white heather, A sky at dawn, A cottage neat With you and me together. A horse well shod, An airedale brisk, The creak of saddle leather, A branding iron A chuck-house stew, An me, and you, together.
 The Other One.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26

The city commissioners of Mobile cannot suppress local vice by undertaking to keep it covered up. The best known way to get rid of vice is through s"pitiless publicity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26

Announcement that three generations of Rockefellers are down in Florida playing golf, again suggests that section is indeed the rich mans playground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26

The electric wave as stimulant to the lungs will be good for pneumonia, 1t :s claimed. We don't know much about that; but it is quite apparent that the permanent wave frequently acts as stimulant to tho heart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-26
MEXICO TO THE FRONT

Akron reports that Mexico IS now the largest buyer of rubber heels, and somebody must be projecting gumshoe campaign down there.