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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

It is said. that judicious efforts
are being made by the johnson
faction to discredit Landis and his
administration at every turn. Indi-
rect propaganda, dealing only with
generalities and innuendoes, have
been issued for this purpose, it is
alleged. The business in question
has been taken by the Lands ele-
ment to mean that a determined ef-
fort will soon be launched against
the judges control of the game.
1t has even been intimated that
Lands will be approached by
friends" who viii point out to him
the expediency of rendering his
resignation. One baseball man re-
Gently went so far as to declare
that some Of the club owners would
be satisfied to pay Lands his
salary for the duration of his con-
tract if he would step down from
the throne. Upon which, the
judges local spokesman became
authority for the statement that
Lands would serve the seven years
of his contract, whether baseball
liked it or not.
There is no doubt whatever that
baseball is ''fixing for a fight
again. Lands himself made some
few political enemies when he
awarded to charity the proceeds
of the 1922 world series game,
called in the tenth inning, with
out consulting johnson or John A.
Heydler. He cemented this hos
tility by making arrangements for
the last series with johnson and
Heydler ignored. Heydler even
was not aware the meeting was
being held until notified Of it's out
come by the newspaper.
The propagandists, of course, had
been working on the judge for some
time previous to this breach or ell
auette. However, not all OF the ad-
verse comment is actual propa-
gands. ..oIne of it comes from men
who helped to elevate Lands to ms
p~..tion after the New York, Chi
cago and Boston clubs Of the Amer.
can League had taken deep ana
lasting issue with Johnson on hts
control of baseball, with particular
reference to his decision in the IA
NOUS Mays case.
On that occasion the National
League, in toto, lined up with the
anti-Johnson trio and voted Lands
into one of the biggest and most
highly paid offices in public lilo.
Some are. said to have lived to re-
greet 1t.
The Judge, 1t Is intimated, ts en-
t1rely too arbitrary to suit some OF
them. But at the time of his eleVa-
ton, they signed an agreement to
refrain from all public criticism OF
baseball officials and colleagues.
| Tied hand and foot by bonds OF
their own making, they have only
one recourse, to wit: Propaganda.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
Do You Remember

When aSmile It Sans" was
. popular Washington express
sion?
When Royce Hough was the
champion high jumper Of Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania?
When Charlie Cox was q foot
ball coach at Randolph Macon
When Billy Cloth was . star
center at the University Of
virginia.?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
JOHNSON AND Lands IN
LINE FOR BIG FIGHT
~ DAVIS y. WALSH.

NEW YORK Nov. Those hardy old rrecOncilabes Judge
and and Ban Johnson reaching toward the hip the
idea Of shooting il out for the control Of baseball well
they and finished by Lands who happens to sit in the drivers
seat with contract incorporating to give him absolute
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
CORNELL is AIMING FOR
THREE CLEAN STATES
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK 7l Dobie's powerful
will Columbia pitched battle
Saturday claim being the only
try that has been defeated in three
The Ihacan overwhelming
end by 80 to the consecutive victory for the big
Red the three and gloomy Gil Dobe
proud record Of tiumphs in the
that his Cornell team played in four
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
crowther Can't Play.

Colgate has lost Crowther, it's
star lineman, for the rest of this
season. He has a broken cartilage
in his knee Crowther played a
short while against the Navy, but
had to limp from the field.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
LUIS -FIRPO WILL COME
BACK TO u. s. IN APRIL

BuENOS AIRES, Nov Luis
angel F1rpo announced here today
that he plans to return to the
United States in April.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
EAGLES HAVE CHANCE
TO DEFEAT INTERIOR

Having lost four strong players.
the Interior eleven is expected to
have trouble with the rising Ana
costa Eagle team In game next
Sunday at Silver Spring. The
Eagles have strengthened their
eleven.
One Of the new teams that enter
ed the field only this season, the
Eagles have been making rapid
progress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

And, he did all this on the
leavin's of asparagrass, an ex-
tinct form of garbage that used
to grow in the kitchen archi-
pelago before it became a din
ing room weed indigenous of
the best families.
Nobody ever paid much. at
tention to asparagrass until
The Budget proved that it car
ried an overdose of vitimines;
then farmers started raising it
for weekly export at monthly
vibrations Of the produce mar
ket rates.
Before this famous discovery.
they used to discourage its
growth by pouring carbolated
solution wherever they found it
sprouting without authority.
Now you can find fields and
acres of it nodding at YOU as
you sleep the night away in any
Pullman berth-upper or lower.
They are even feeding it to
delinquent taxpayers.
The Budget won the Aspara-
grass handicap from a field of
thirteen accomplices without
getting up a sweat. While the
others were generating some
perspiration The Budget was
only distilling an appetite.
For what?
Asnara orassl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
PATIENCE Ne ESSARYFOR
GOLF CONFIDENCE
b. CHARLES aCHIcE,' EVANS.

was talking the other with the successful
golfer who has developed the best players
ne regarded e the principal fault with golfers His conceded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

All Joshua did
was to make the sun mark time,
but The Budget used to tear
whole sheets off the calendar
and cancel next years edition
Of the almanac.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
Asparagrass!
SYRACUSE TO ROW DUAL
RACES NEXT YEAR

SYRACUSE N " Nov. 7-Syracuse of 1924 will
races with institute Technology and the Navy
classic the Hudson This Graduate Manager George
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07


1t Is surprising how many PLAYERS
lose confidence In making their shots
and this is especially true on the
green. 4 have myself so often had
the experience that believe points
I found curative will assist others.
One Of the best ways to get back
ones confidence is the simple pro-
cess Of using patience.
In the anxiety to get back on ones
game and thus on ones condolences
most players, that ] have observed.
get irritated and then careless. IL
they would reverse the process, play
more easily and calmly than usual
they would find q quick change IN
their mental attitude and with Il an
Improvement in their play.
Another very helpful hint il to
secure the services of q professional
for time. He viii often time
locate little fault or mannerism OF
play and moreover the mental es-
feet Of being under his guidance ii.
self restores confidence.
Swaying the body in advance
Of the arm is another fault COM
mon to many golfers. nc results
III DkyWAAAAAS bAnO elAAAAA4S u bAAG pNNAuB
and this loss OF body control pro-
duces q great deal Of sIicing or
hooking. I believe that the aver
age golfer win overcome this body
sWaying IL he win make his shots
as simple as possible doing most
Of the work with the hands and
arms while on longer shots put
the responsibility up to the arms
and the club and not put the body
into it quite so much.
Unnecessary lunging and twisting
Of the body Is the worst possible
fault in timing. If the player has
these faults fixed the quickest way
to cure them is to get the services
of a professional for while.
Most golfers have been rebuked
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

He was swifter than fire in.
a celluloid factory. They used
to pour oil on the track, not to
keep the dust down, but 20
cools off The Budgets corns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

- - - - = SsGSH9e
Not just plain as
paragrass, but the
leavings of as
paragrass. As.
paragrass tips!
Light lunches
of that dollhouse
flower just put
The Budget in
condition to make
the minute hand
run backward and
the hour hand
stand still.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
He Lost Weight.

CHUCK" Adams. PENIS center
lost eleven pounds during the game
against Pittsburgh.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
Says SKILLET"
Finn, Esq:
While Other Mays Get Up
Sweat, All the Budget
Gets Is an Appetite.

THE. BUDGET had already
been declared champion of
everything that creeps,
craWls or wears tortoise shell
spectacles when some scientific
gentlemen started to investigate
what kind of grass he ate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

Sullivan Returns.
Henry Sullivan, expert kicker,
has~returned to the Mercury lineup
after several weeks absence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

There was no secret about
that. The Budget was raised
on a strict diet Of asnaraor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

Bstah's gF f. NJ s ssGp
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

Behind the line, the coaches
favor the combination Of RichesOn
for field general, Billy Neale and
Duck Pond for haIfbacIxs, and Cap
tain Blu Mallory for fullback to
start the final gridirOn cOntrOver-
sizes Of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-03
GIVE RUSSIA HER DUE

M. Tchitcherin, head of the Russian dele gation at Lausanne, seems to be suffering from his customary ill humor. He arrived at the conference in truculent mood and has found little to please him in the nego. tiations carried on by Turkey and the allies. In refusing to sign the Near East treaty, the Russians take the position that they have not been given a suitable opportunity to discuss all it's terms and they are unfamiliar with some of the clauses dealing with Rus sia' commerce. They object particularly to the straits convention. The bolsheviki have no diplomatic standing at Lausanne and tho allies are justified, in view of their dubious status as representatives of the Russian pec- pie, in treating them as outsiders Never theless, the conference should be guided by the principles of essential justice, and there should be no agreement that controverts the legitimate interests of the Russian na- ton. Bolshevism is passing phase, but the Russian people will survive. When the Russians again have a recognized govern ment they should not have cause to say that the powers took advantage of them while they were prostrate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-03
FEDERAL TAX REPORT

In spite of business depression during part of 1922, federal tax collections exceel- ed treasury estimates and the total for tha twelve-month period is $2,247,187, ,00O, according to figures given out in Washing ton. This marks a considerable reduction from the collection of 1921, but it is attritr uted largely to changes in the revenue law, Payments on incomes and rrofits for tho last six months of 1932 amounted to S665,- 339,377, slightly more than half the reven,e derived from this source in the same period of 1921, but changes in the system of taxs- tion caused most of this decline, which may be taken as an indication that there has been some amelioration of the tax burden. One item which no doubt helped to reduce the collections on incomes was the increased exemption granted on incomes under $5,0H0. As a matter of fact, all authorities agree that business is on a sound basis, there is no longer talk of widespread unemployment. and the nation seems to be slowly, but surely, coming into better financial con dition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-03
ON JOURNALISTIC POLICY

The Age-Herald observes with exceeding regret that the Birmingham News seeks to bring The Age Herald into the News contrc- versy with the members of the Alabama Public Service Commission. The Evening News, in editorial reply to the statement issued from Montgomery by the members of the commission, is critical of The Age Herald because this newspaper gave space to a statement issued by the full membership of an important body of the government of the state, the News saying that the publica- tion as made in The Age-Herald gave it "the appearance of vastly important news" With proper respect to the good newspaper talent that is not infrequently well dis played by our afternoon contemporary in it's treatment of the news, it is but proper to suggest to them that The Age-Herald, and not the News, must be permitted to inter- pret the importance or lack of importance of any news originating from anywhere and appearing in The Age-Herald the News for itself interpreting it's own obligation to the public, and The Age-Herald, for itself, mak- ing it's own interpretation of such obliga- tion, each without interference from the other-with the public as judge.
 For the publics information let it be stated that the news editor of The Age Herald did construe .as "vastly important news" statement issued by the entire mem- bership of public body of Alabama having direct bearing upon an important incident of the recent attempted valuation of the Alabama Power Company-a valuation largely in excess of what the facts appeared to warrant. If The Age-Herald were dis posed to be critical of the Evening News, as the Evening News is in this instance of The Age-Herald we would refer to the fail ure of our afternoon contemporary at the time the valuation was made, to publish the full story of that proceeding. But that omission was something entirely within the discretion of the News, just as The Age Herald now suggests the article in The Age- Herald, objected to by the News, was within our own discretion. With the quarrel between the Alabama Public Service Commission and the Evening News we are not concerned although candor would prompt the expression of opinion that the commission is right and the News is wrong. But The Age-Herald is con cerned in according proper courtesy and consideration to it's afternoon con- temporary, and shall expect and will re- ceive no less courtesy and consideration from them. The Age-Herald is content to let the public decide which newspaper best serves the public interest, and the Evening News must not seek to draw The Age-Herald into controversy in which The Age-Herald If wa ca the News that any issue they raise will be met by The Age-Herald without hesitation, equi vocation or evasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-03
RURAL HEALTH WORK

Encouraging progress in rural sanitation is reported by the health authorities of lief ferson county. While the work of the de- partment has had gratifying results, the need of extending the fight against sickness and making a more concerted effort to stamp out -preventable diseases is recognized. It is planned to widen the scope of the depart ments activities this year, especially against typhoid and diphtheria. Prevalent diseases were less pronoun%d last year than in 1921, and there is rstson to hope that what has already been [ scomplished may lead to more effective steps to protect the health of school children and adults. Attention paid to such schools is an important phase of the work. Vaccination and inoeulation have done much to eliminate sickness and reduce the mortality rate. The conservation of health is matter in which county and city may profitably cooperate. The advance of sanitation in rural communities, where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-03
SHOULD DEMAND PURE MILK

Milk is perhaps the most nourishing of human foods. Certainly it is indispensable in raising babies and caring for the sick. Because of it's valuable food qualities it occupies an important place in the menu of almost every people, from the Eskimos with their reindeer milk to the dwelers in the Sahara with their goats, mares and camePs milk. The Eskimos receive it pure because theirs is a cold storage climate. The Arabs receive it pure because they drink it almost directly after it is taken from the animal. The dwellers in the cities, however, who depend upon the tarefulness of others, are case of collie in babies or of digestive troubles in adults could be traced to the milk. if only there were some experienced person to do the tracing. Many case of communicable disease may be charged to the same source. The best principle for con- sumers of milk tofollow is to buy only such milk as has passed official inspection and is produced under sanitary conditions, with due regard for the handling of the milk from producer to consumer.
 . All efforts leading to protection of the milk supply from the dairy to the home. and all official anxiety on the score of purity of milk. are in the public interest. The stand ard cannot be held too high, nor sanitary regulations too rigidly enforced. Some dairymen recognize the duty to produce pure milk as an obligation they owe their GUS toners. Others appear to believe that, no matter how carelessly they handle their product, the public is in duty bound to buy it. The health officials, in their effort to hold dairynen to high standard, are per forming high public service. Health of ficials who fail to show aggressive concern on this score are failing in their duty Darymen who resist or obstruct efforts to improve the quality of milk are permitting temporary gain to stand in the way of their permanent prosperity.
 The safety of the public, therefore, lies in following the results of public inspec- tions and in buying only from those dairy men or distributors whose product is ap- proved by the officials. Those who offer pure milk, that is, milk handled in an ap- proved manner, will correspondingly profit by their diligence, while those who have not observed the proper sanitary precautions will be obliged to do so or take the conse- quences. There should be the utmost public ity with respect to the inspections and the grading of milk, in order that the health ser vice may receive the voluntary cooperation of an enlightened community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-03
NO REFORMING HIM

There is saying, "Once crook, always a crook" One thinks of it in connection with the case of Charles Fischer, who at the age of seventy sacrificed an assured income and personal freedom because he could not resist the temptation to match his skill against mechanical devices made to fore stall thieves. It is said Fischer's criminal operations proved so costly that the Ameri- can Bankers Association in 1914 agreed to pension him if he would reform. He was given employment in New York club as telephone clerk. He kept his promise so far as the .banks were concerned, but was re- gently arrested for tampering with coin- machine in the subway. Fischer will serve only ten days, but when he gets out of jail he will have no pension and no job and will be under police surveillance for the rest of his life. Learned scientists might explain the mental processes which lead man to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-03
GULF PORTS AND. COTTON.

Reports show that for the last six months of 1922 American ships carried fifty-eight per cent. of the cotton exported from four of the nations largest ports of cotton export, New Orleans, Galveston, Houston and Mo- bile, mainly to British ports. Formerly this cotton carried principally in British bottoms, particularly the consignments to British ports. The fact that the gulf ports now handle the major portion of the tonnage is also sufficient answer to Senator Me Kellar and others who have stated that the United States Shipping Board has done little to expand business of the ports on the Gulf. Slowly but surely both the Gulf ports and American vessels are coming into prominence in ocean commerce. The situation is of especial interest to Birmingham, whose well fare is directly affected by any factor that contributes to the expansion and therefore the permanence of Alabamas seaport.
 The fact that American cotton IS pelng carried in American ships has also its signi. ficant application to the cotton industry in Alabama and the South. If the industry were dependent upon British ships for the transportation of cotton to foreign markets, it is conceivable that there might be agree ment between British steamship lines and British cotton manufacturers whereby ocean rates could be raised to figure which would allow for some division of the excess revenue between transportation companlcs ana man. ufacturers. This excess charge would be subtracted from the price paid the American producer. It is also conceivable that Brit ish manufacturers could be part owners of steamship lines and so influence rates as to work counter to the interest of their American competitors in foreign markets. American industry will be far safer if the American merchant marine is permitted to develop and to act as friendly and aud supplement to American industry. Now that we<are an exporting nation and seek foreign markets we cannot afford to place ourselves at the mercy of our competitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-03
THE "BETTER' AUTHORS
(Philadelphia Public Ledger1

uDllC lGuR6TJ
 The bishop of Birmingham has stirred up hornets nestsby a guile less plea for twentieth-century Scott and ditto Dickens. Straight way one of the most industrious snovelists of the hour, scenting a schance to break into headlines, hurls at the bishop by way of an open letter a list of thirteen novel; ists now writing who ar better than the two giants mentioned and also superior to ThacKeray. Five of the colossi who tower above the titans of old, according to this self-suffi- cient authority, are J. D. Beres- ford, Rebecca West, Sseila Kaye Smith, May Sinclair and Somerset Vaughan. Somehow that redoubt- able array reminds one of the eu- logist who wrote of certain au- thor: "His style Mas founded on the best models Shakespeare, Ad- dison and Fisher Ames.' Why drag in Fisher Ames?" is the nat urai query. Or one recalls the re- mark of Julian Story's mother, when a vain painter named Hilton ranged himself with Titan and Tintoretto as one of the world s great masters. She said with as perity that the only thing she knew of that was the equal of the "As- sumption" of Titan was the as- sumption of Tilton. If the thirteen whom the .brash modernist names are better than the veterans whom he disparages, they nave not yet proved it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-03
FOREST RESERVES IN ALABAMA

The federal government is performing a great service in creating the national forest reserves in the nation, and Alabamians are gratified that considerable start in that direction has been made in this state, the reserves in Winston, Lawrence and Frank lin counties now constituting more than 20.0O0 acres. It is understood to be the intention of the government to increase these holdings to twice the present area. The Ala .bama reserves have the effect of protecting the flow of the Black Warrior and Tennes- see rivers and this protection is increased hv the reserves in Georgia and Tennessee where these rivers have their origin and headwaters.
 The reserves will also preserve portion of the fast-disappearing timber of the south and it is the hope of the government that the federal example in forest preservation and reforestation will shave the effect of stimulating private land owners and state authorities to add their efforts to this com mendable task of conserving timber. The reserves will tend' to distribute the annual rainfall over the year, by conserving the enormous amounts of water which tricklc out gradually and serve to maintain flow of rivers during periods of little rainfall. The states, in their own interest, need to sup port this wise policy