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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21

me latter, then whether the wireless va
riety would be preferable to those who
while realizing their duty as representa-
tives OF the law, can't endure to see
criminal punished. Possibly punish
ment by radio would meet with their
hearty approval. In addition to preclud-
ing the possibility of creating in the mind
OF the punlshee violent aversion for the
punisher, who might later have to solicit
the punishee for his vote, a spanking ma
chine operated by radio might enable
the crown officials to devote more time
to bridge, or cribbage, or something else
not officially listed as a crime.
BESIDES, if it is true that no two per-
sons are alike physically, the business
OF designing attachments for the many
types OF offenders would afford employ
'ment for additional officials. Thus the.
people OF Canada would have a greater
opportunity to enjoy the benefits OF
modern government
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21
NOW THE SPANKING MACHINE

The belief that there's nothing new
under the SUN" is afforded some sub
stance of fact in the form of a project
put forward recently by the crown
prosecutor at Winnipeg. He advocated
the adoption of a spanking machine to
take the place of Jail sentences for first
offenders under the criminal code.
This machine, as described in dis
patch from the Canadian city, would
have instruments varying from broad
paddle to a cat-'o-nine-tails, and so
geared as to be administered with diff
ferent degrees of severity" The prose-
cutor's idea was to get away from the
administering OF punishment by the
human hand. The dispatch omits to say
whether use of the present system of
administering punishment had resulted
in an excess of bandaged hands among
Canada's jailers. 1t does imply, how
ever, that the prosecutor is opposed to
inhumane methods OF handling pris-
OnerS.
His suggestion recalls some institu-
tons identified with early government
i'll America. Among sthe various more
or-less mechanical devices designed for
the corporal punishment Of offenders
against the law in those days were the
stocks, the pillory, the whipping post
and the ducking stool. They were aban-
doned as society became more humane
abandoned in favor of insanitary jails,
blacksnake whips, blackjack fails, brass
toed boofc aud 4na lilo
1t would be interesting to have fuller
description of the machine proposed by
the crown prosecutor at Winnipeg. Fol
example, whether the motive power
would be gasoline or electricity: and, i
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21
THE WIENER ROAST.

That strang Pickering light that you
see in the woods is no signal for the
gathering of the Ku Klux Klan. 1t
is neither ghostly nor dangerous. The
young folk are gathering for a wiener
roast. that is all.
Approach, you members Of the older
generation, but don't make too much
poise, or you may break the charm.
The high, gay laughter Of boys and
girls in their teens-could anything
be lovelier, these Indian summer
nights?
There is a great deal o. laughter,
some shyness, and immeD.e consump-
ton of sausages and hot coffee. The
boys of this day know how to make
fire, too. They are gr..luated Boy
Scouts, most of them, and not ashamed
to exhibit their craft before feminine
audience. !.
One of the best things about VIE
ner roast is that the fire doesn't give
much light. So after dppetites have
been appeased, the youngsters sit about
and stroll about in the seIni-darkness,
and into their healthy, happy minds
and souls come the same thoughts and
impulses that have smoved young folk
in ali the centuries. $50 e1Glf.&
!. 1t is. q perfect. uictnre-the DRIFT
ing smoke, the wavering fire, the cou-
pies quietly pairing off, the occasional
peal Of laughter, the crescent harvest
moon overhead. Well, well. Boys and
girls! The same old story !-Yonkefs
Herald
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21
Pungent Paragraphs

With lot of people, home is where
the ice box is.-Janesville Gazette.
Bananas grow on Corfu. "But yes.
will not be the new "Tipperary" OF
the new ostilities.-Toronto Star.
Sweet Marie says the objection she
has to professional humorists is that
they have no cents of humor.-Little
Rock Arkansas Gazette.
There are 637 causes of war, chief
of which is the conviction that you
can lick the other fellow.--Youngs-
town Vindicator. -
The growing demand for airplane
wood will compel the United States to
spruce up.--Indianapolis Star.
Chicago agents have seized 1,594.-
$40 bad eggs. Grand opera will open
in Chicago soon.-Wilmington News.
Good judgment consists in quitting
after everything that should be said
has been soid.-Fort Smith Southwest
American.
A st. Louis wife says she will fol-
low her husband until the desert sands
grow cold. No so romantic. He owes
her s14,000.-Mustegon Chronicle.
A New York broker has been cured
Of broken neck. Also, it is likely
that the customers of two other New
Yor brokers who got it in, the neck
when they went broke, have been
cured.--Detroit News. =,
Who driveth fast .e
Angels will hear;
WhO -driveth slews4C. "a so
Getteth hit from the rear. 'ys
- ri ~ a. Nashville Banner.
"Let us not be too critical of Eve"
remarked the Man on, the Car; lit
must be remembered when she served
the forbidden fruit there was no deli
catessen store around the corner to
run to for a hasty meal. Toledo
p1ado i-'.t
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21

And there was nothing whatever for
his hands to cling to.
If only there were irregularities in
the ice. With a surge Of hope he
thought of his axe.
This tool, however, had either fallen
into the crevice or had dropped from
his shoulder and lay on the ice above.
But there remained his clasp knife. He
drew it carefully from his pocket.
Already he felc the icy chill of the
glacier stealing through him, the cold
fingers of death itself. He must lose
no time in going to work. He began
to cut, two feet above the ledge, a
sharp-edged hole in the ice.
He finished the cut at last, then
started on another foot above. He
hewed out a foothold with great care.
He did not forget that the hand
holds, to which his finge- must cling.
were yet to be made. They had to be
finished with even greater skill than
the footholds. Very wisely, he turned
to them next.
He made the first of them as high
as he could reach. Then he put one in
about foot below. Three more foot
holds were put in at about Pinch in
tervals between.
Placing the knife between his teeth,
he put his moccasin into the l.rst foot
hold and pulled himself up.
1t did not take long, however, to
convince him that the remaining work
bordered practically on the impossible.
These holes in the ice were not like
Irregularities in stone. The fingers
slipped over them; it was almost i'm
possible to cling on with both hands.
much less one. But clinging with all
his might, he tried to free his right
hand to procure his knife.
He made it at last, and at fright
full cost Of nervous energy succeeded
in cutting some sort of a cash in the
icy wall above his head. Standing so
close he could not look up, it was i'm
possible to do more than hack out
ragged hole. And because life lay this
way and no other, he put the blade
once more between his teeth, reached
his right hand into the hole, and tried
to pull himself up again.
But disaster, bitter and complete,
followed that attempt. His numbing
hands failed to hold under the strain,
and he slipped all the way back to his
shelf. Something rang sharply against
the ice wall, far below him.
Continued in Our Next Issue).
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21
AN UNKTND CUT

What must seem to many readers TO
be a poor reward for presumably faith
ful service is presented TO one country
doctor in particular, and to that division
of the medical profession in general. in
an account Of the last days of Clyde
Fitch which appears in recent issue OF
widely circulated American magazine.
The great playwright came to his end
in Europe after an acute attack of APP
pendicitis. Apparently The operation had
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21
Where to Go

Vaudeville.
Majestic-"50 Miles From Broad
way" and other acts.
Motion Pictures.
Palace---Frank Mayo in Six
Days"
Empire-Pola Negri in "The
Cheat" Robert Agnew in person.
Rialto-May McAvoy in "Her Rep
utation."
Princess-"The Silent Partner"
Stock.
Royal-Edna Park and Players in
"Seven Keys to Baldpate.
Musical Comedy.
Grand-Bob "Casey" Greer in
"The Tourist"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21
FARMERS JITNEY NECESSARY.

A commercial paper printed in New
York City complains that western
farmers are buying cheap automobiles
on credit and it fears that "large sums
Of the fluid credit Of the country may
be Indefinitely tied up in. luxuries
which the farmers are unable to af-
ford" But an automobile has become
a necessity with the farmer. The I'm
proved road has made it a necessity.
The tender hoofs of old Dobbin will
not stand the hard knocks Of the pave
ment. But, even if it were a luxury,
hasn't the farmer as much right to
it as the city Decentralization Daily
Star.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21
SUCH IS THE LAW

Texas hunters do not understand all
THEY'VE been told about the game laws.
Neither does anybody. else. About all
that a rational person could reasonably
be expected to understand, with refer
ence to this matter, is that-as in the
case of the quality Of an egg-when
there is any doubt there is no doubt.
Net that hunters are bad eggs. They
must simply hold themselves in readi-
ness to be treated as such whenever
there is any doubt as to the meaning
of "the law"
Texas hunters have been told many
thsgs concerning what's what about the
game laws. "Laws," rather than claw, y
because authority over hunters IS plural.
Federal authority and state authority
overlap, so that the hunter is plastered
down under a double thickness, as it
were; and the plaster is not porous.
Shortly before the opening Of the hunt
ing season, Texas hunters were told that
where there is conflict between the
state laws and the federal regulations,
the latter will prevail" Some OF them
thought that the authors of this state
ment meant exactly what they said.
But it developed that they meant some
thing else.
Although it was originally stated that
the federal regulations would be "the
law" in case of conflict with the state
statutes, hunters were subsequently told
that under certain circumstances The
state laws would govern. It all depends
upon the nature of the conflict. Ir
short, the law that applies in any case
is the one that is the harder on thu
hunter.
Specifically, suppose the open season
for gnats and other migratory game be-
gan on September l under the fedora
regulations, and on August Is under thu
state laws. In that case the federal regu
lations would prevail. Thus gnat hunt
ers might be provoked to think that tn,
state laws were superfluous. But sup
pose that August Is was the date fixet
by the federal authorities, and that un
der the state laws the season did no
open uptil sixteen days later. Here woul,
be another kind of conflict. Would tn
federal regulations take precedence owe
the state laws in this case, too? Yes
we have no bananas today; which, lib
orally translated, means that the stat
laws would take precedence over tn
federal regulations.
In other words, the federal regulation
take precedence over the state laws, an
"yice versa and, the same" wheneve
it is to the disadvantage of the hunte
for this TO be SO. Otherwise, the stat,
ment that the federal regulations pr,
vail where there is a conflict wit
the state laws" is quite true.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21
THE GOVERNMENTS WORD

1t is announced from Washington that
the United States government is going
to sue the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor
poration for recovery of about $500, 600
alleged to have been overpaid' that firm
under war contracts, and that if the gov
ernment's contention in this case is sus-
tanned by the courts scores of other war
contracts of a similar nature may be
thrown open for review.
Just what the merits of this case may
be, the layman cannot be expected to
know; nor might he be competent to
express an opinion if all the pleadings
were before him. But the dispatch re-
porting the governments decision to
file suit contains one assertion which
invites question as to the govern
ment's philosophy of contracts. Ii the
governments attitude, in general, is
what that assertion leads one to infer,
then the layman might feel warranted
in expressing an opinion in the absence
of any specific information concerning
the, case.
The contract with the Bethlehem peo-
pie, the dispatch says contained an
economies clause, which arranged for
the division between the government and
the contractor of any savings effected
by the latter" 1t is to be assumed that
this meant savings under a stipulated
cost; this point, however, is not vital.
The principal point, as moral propo-
sition, is that the government agreed to
divide such savings with the contractor
Whether such an agreement was favor
able to the interests of the government
is another matter.
Now the government contends, &C
cording to the report, that the "econ-
omies clause" can have no weight in
court because the contractor, "by strong
moral inference if nothing more, was
bound to conduct the work on as eco
nomical basis as humanity possible"
One might well inquire why the gov
eminent didn't think of that when it
let the contracts. Irrespective of any
moral obligations on the part of the con-
tractor, the fact remains that the GOV
eminent agreed to do certain thing,
and in the legal sense the government
officials who signed the contract were
presumably mentally competent to do so.
Now the government is placing itself
in the position of one who says: 81
made bad contract; promised too
much; l agreed to pay the other party
for something that he ought morally
to have given me without such a con-
sideration; therefore l will not keep
my promise"
If the government of the United States
can't, or rather won't, fulfill its promises,
come what may, and goes back on its
word whenever it discovers it has made
a mistake, then the country has sorry
example of moral conduct, indeed.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21
AUGUST CIRCULATION

Daily only average.
Sunday only average. .e9s62
The above totals and averages are for paid cir
cu,,ton exclusive OF all spoiled copies and any treo
cow We hereby swear that the foregoing statement
Of paid circulation is correct - - ,,o,r>-
Circulation Manager.
c, L. BUCHANAN.
Business Manager.
Sworn. and subscribed to before ae this Attn day
OF September. A. D. 1879 r,eD-y ro,,,,rp 1R
Notary Public
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21

Our idea of plutocrat is the fellow
who can afford new fall har Septem-
Der Is when everybody else is still wear
ing straws.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21

A United States of Europe is being
advocated as solution for the situation
oyer there. Sure-put 'em all together
and have free-for-all.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21

The Associated Press e exclusively entitled TO th
use for publication Of sill news dispatches creditea
or NOT otherwise credited IN this paper and also thai
local news published herein. All rights OF repuhhca
tion OF special dispatches herein are also reserved
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03
Editor The Star.


I read with interest tho story on
tho front page OF Wednesday. abou,
tho young man who cannot finish
his education because the O. N. re-
fuses TO return him 10 his job. now
that the strike In settled.
] havo also noted from time 10
time the Stars position with regard
TO the Jap question in general
have also read tho articles that
were running In The Star last week
signed by Mr.. Cockranc. placing
all tho blame for tho strike on the
bankers. who forced their program on
the railway executives
Even while tho strike was on I
never noticed that anyone. not even
President Harding. placed the blame
for the strike on tho strikers. And
while tho strike was on I never
heard word OF ccnaure from any
ono for tho railroad executives who
were making use OF these Japs 20
break the strike On the other hand
I heard much condemnation OF alien
strikers.
The superintendent Of terminals,
Mr.. Degman. rayB that the Jnps
showed thor loyalty 10 tho company
and therefore must have loyalty's 70
ward--a Job. SO ] Judge from this
that aitho Japs are undesirable citi-
Gems. they are nevertheless desirable
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03

Editor The btnr
In YlAndnrs neid. ths poppisr
grow
Tea ehsy Trow over thu Ernvw
Of friend and foe aika II wa
could wake UP these dead soldiern
and ask them wha, thsy think Of
tho Ruhr invasion. they would ssil
IN that thsy fought and died 70
DO away with all war; for ali
times.
President Wilson and he whole
prces OF the u. q. A. stated eicariy
America was fighting tho German
emperor and the military caste. bui
NOT the German people.
Nov comoa w. wykan In q Ions
letter TO Tho Star. trying To justify
the military invasion OF The Ruhr
Permit mo. Mr.. Editor. to pta,s righ,
here: You cannot mako Britishef
out Of an frtahman. neither can you
make an American out OF q
Bntishor. Mr.. wykas' letter proves
this. Tho damage done In ireland
By British miiitarism during the
last 500 years In by far greater
than the DAMAGE done In Francs
during the world war.
The destruction Of rfe and prop.
erty thruout Europe by Napoleon
the F1rrt and tho Frrnch army
exceeds that Of tho German army
In Franco Suppose America would
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03

send . military eIpcdition Into
Canada. seiss the province Of On,
tarfo and tall the British govern
mcnt that America would occupy
Ontario until Great Britain would
come across with tho money she
owes America What would Mr.
wykes sayT This: when two play
tho same gama that n not this
sarns- British logic
Down In the Southern states,
when q negro inHuitz or attacks q
white woman. he IN caught and
killed by a mob Of white etiEons
Tho military French authorize,
In the occupied territory on tbs
Rhine force German officials &c
supply German women for The
French negro soldiers.
And these are tho things which
have united tho 0ernnnio peoples
in Europa
The Ruhr invasion In creating a
war spirit In Germany, which will
force the German people into wai
OF liberation.
Altar Napoleon'n risc To power
cam. Waterloo.
History Ia repeating itseff.
VIII America prevent this war;
Yours for tho right OF nell. govern,
mont for all nnuons.
Respectfully.
HAMBURG.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03
The Jap and the C. N. Railroad

courre In that brand of Amoricanism
which viii best At him to win his
bachelors degree In tho University OF
wobbiyism-
There In n new idea going the
rounds now 10 the effect that the
big fellows arc not really In favor
of running out the laps. but are only
Interested In freeing themselves from
competition with the Japa and 30
they say tho best way TO rid our
sclves Of tho Jap la to patroniro him
exclusively whom possible. They say
the big follow" only hears when
money talks, and that ne will run
the Jap out without our help when
evor II paya And whether we like
this idea or not tho Jap don't seem
20 have any trouble getting patron
nse- Very truly.
JOHN r. MoLEy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03
SCIENCE
The EeLs' Origin.
II Is Found at Last.
Breed in BeTmudas.
Migrate 70 Rivers.

For centuries nshermen ana IfriL
oaophers have asked Where DO esis
come from 30 one ever had sSsn
an cells egg OF a baby eel
The mystery Of the 60. thnsuiiiA
yulEhriaj has been solved.
A little transparent fish had been
frequently cast up in the Straits OF
Messina By whirlp0ols. These we're
found 70 constitute one stage In ths
life Of an col. DR.. Johs- Schmidt In
vestigatsd and made a report 70 ne
Royal society. Of London. lie eruised
the ocean. looking for these nsh 10
smaller and smaller sizes. Finally
hs found them, less than half an inch
long, OFF tho coast Of the BERMUDA
Thls was the breeding place Of The
EUROPEAN eel
II takes three years for thass NJ
lie fishes % 20 from the BernudAs
20 the North sea When they reach
the mouth Of a river they Undergo q
change and become little eess. They
live ia fresh water for years, then
start back on their journey Of thou
sands Of miles for thu breeding
grounds.
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The National Guard Appropriation

and tho strut can we'll be dispensed
with" In an insult TO body o. our
states finest citlsens. men who have
volunteered TO leave horne and buHi
ness, 10 20 on n minutes notice and
put their bodies 10 the sacrifice To
defend you. your wealth and your
home. Instead OF Eaudy uniforms.
ms pictured by you In your vilc at,
tack, they wear the plain olive drsh
uniform Of the United States army.
which. to mo and every other sane
patriotic American citizen. Ia a badge
OF honor.
II In now tar on the finances OF
every man, borne by him and him
only. who holds a commission In tho
national guard: no gives his time.
and. even under tho plan "a carried
out after the late war. there arc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03

Now urge you 10 be consistent and
help keep this great country OF ours
from putting itself In a position
where II will be at tho mercy Of any
enemy that may DO Jealous Of ia
wealth. happiness and prosperity.
Preachers Of your doctrine arc the
guilty murderers that sent our boys
byer the top In France. poorly
equipped. against tho we'll equipped
leEions OF the kaiser II was your
doctrines that put men IN the train
ing camps 10 learn 70 command ma,
chino guns with no machine guns
with which 20 teach them Arc you
going 20 put yourself In a position
TO be cursed BY thu boys who win
have 10 face the attacks OF our fut-
UT. enomiesf
Oct down 20 business and study
this situation. give both rides JUS
tioe; let your criticisms como after
careful study Of tho subject. and do
your patriotic duty In this matter.
am not seeking a controversy with
your paper and only hope that these
lines will DO taken In tho spirit In
which they are written. Give the
boys who arc sticking and givlng
their service 10 the public a square
deal. Thsy are not simply a poiioo
force 20 be used 10 guard life and
property In our state. but n part Of
our national army that win give you
the same glorious service that the
boys Of this state gave IN % and
again In 1918.
IL you have takcn time 10 read
this. thank you. and hope II viii
serve 10 enlist your services In
stamping out political influence IN
our guard and help 10 make II even
more efficient Sincerely yours.
JAMES Y. OoLvrN.
You have called hArnh names. Mr..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-03

many expenses that ho has 90 cover
out Of his own funds. speak with
authority In this matter for have
only recently resigned a commission
In the Washington National Guard
because could not afford the hacri-
flee that had 70 make 10 hold
nams. and there arc a number Of
cases Of tho same kind in tho state
OF which I know.
You. and your associAtes who share
your view. would make our military
force an artistocracy that could be
only afforded by a rieh man. instead
OF democratic army In which tho
mechanics son has tho namo chance
that Ia cnj0yed by captains OF
finance.
A Newspaper II a great force In
our public life. and when used for
sood IN n boon 70 our national life.
bu, In tho hands OF iKnornn; people
II n menace 10 peace and good gov.
erument Your paper has been tho
most active Of any IN tho stat, IN
agi,ating the danger In the Pacific