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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18
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The wise old politician who years ago expressed the desire that his enemy write book was aware that in writing a book an author draws his own picture.
 He reveals characteristics which might otherwise be concealed to his advantage.
 Now Calvin Coolidge, president of the United States, permitted some time ago the publication of a book, Have Faith in Massachu- setts," of which his public ad- dresses comprised the subject matter.
 As result. everyone who reads may know Mir. Coolidge as he is.
 The president is epigrammatic in that he expresses self-evident truths pithily, or with an "ade- quateN brevity." as his style has been described.
 Industry cannot flourish if la bor languish," says the president. Other examples:
 Men do not make laws. They do but discover them"
 Industry; thrift, character are not conferred by act or resolve" |"
 Expect to be called dema- gogue, but don't be demagogue."
 Don't hesitate to be as reyo- lutionary as science"
 >'The progress of man has been measured by his commercial pros perity."
 There are innumerable other ex- amples to the same effect.
 According to the sponsors of the book, the president has said nothing but which was lofty.
 That is true. Likewise, the president has said nothing that was original.
 And, as If to reveal a well laid plan on the part of the president, he has said nothing with which any American citizen could take issue. Self-evident facts, axio- matic truths, old saws are em- ployed by the executive to capti- vate those susceptible to the soft ening influence of things univer- sally accepted, established.
 The president displays a pro- found reverence for books and documents for which all other people admit reverence. for in- stance, the Bible and the constitu- ton of the United States.
 The people of assachusetts who heard the addresses of MT. Coolidge were forced to agree with him. Democrats and Re- puh@icans, Methodists and Catho- lies, conservatives and progress sives, whites and blacks were in perfect accord respecting his every utterance.
 His addresses were not intellec- tual because they did not pro- yoke controversy. He stimulated the brain of no individual He suggested nothing new, no de- parture from the monotonous rou- tine.
 His addresses were not enter taining Because he assaiIed the position of no public official, be- cause he attempted to explode no controversial theory. because he defended nothing that required defense.
 But as the great majority of the people, it is said, do not de- sire to think because thinking re- quires energy, it is readily de- duced that the addresses of Cool idge were of telling effect.
 People agreed without Knowing that they could not disagree. And those things that Coolidge said of the Bible and the constitution. of the flag and the country, s of motherhood, of integrity, of char acter had saccharine flavor of particular appeal to parents de- sirous of rearing offsprings in the straight and narrow.
 But the president in politics has been highly successful. And he doubtless doesn't worry that crit icS aSSail his literary efforts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

affairs in district of that character immediately following the war, even though there had been no occupation. Certainly under the occupational re- gime no reasonable person would ex- pect everything to move smoothly.
 In view of the activities of the propaganda agencies in Germany dur ing and since the war, much of the alleged disorders and distressing con- ditions reported with religious regu7 larity and in voluminous quantities is discounted by intelligent people all over the world. They have reason to believe that many of these reports are founded on sinister motives. Making reasonable allowances in this respect. disorders in many parts of Germany as reported by the propaganda depart ment of the German government are probably about as they are in various parts of America where mobs and riot ing appear now and then. They are symptoms of local conditions, as rule, and do not give an accurate CT trustworthy idea of the national sit uation.
 The truth is that the world has learned by experience to view most of the reports coming out of Germany with several grains of salt. There is an old saying that you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time. This might be applied to the attitude of the American people in reading the reports coming out of Germany. While there are spots in that country where the situation is admittedly unfavor- able, it is hard for the average intelIi- gent person to swallow the propaganda coming from German sources, and carrying suspicion on its face.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18
Tbe Affeet;onate Son-in.Law

Dear Torch Bearer: In view, of the all too evident antipathy most young husbands fear toward their in-lawsS l take pleasure in quoting from letter I received recently from very dear friend:
 "You don't know how ardently l wish that my wife's folks could share my abode with me. regret far more than can say their refusal to bide here with me during the remain der of my stay. .. They are far more deserving of the hospitality l am en- toying than I, myself, am. And vet it sorely grieves me to confess that the courtesies I owe my fellow guests really make it imperative for me to urge them to remain away. Besides, am sure they would feel i'll at ease at mingling with their so obvious supe- riors. Despite all this, l again as- sure you that every morning their ab- sence makes me weep anew. ."
 Poor Joe! He's lifer in Joliet.- Sin Nix.
 Football Dope-Under the leader
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

Not that it makes any difference to the residents of our extra dry city, but the good ship Hydraulic is engaged in rum running.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18
THE AGE-HERAL.D

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala post office as second-class matter under act of Congress, March 6, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

Strange as it may seem, uncalled for remarks are usually in the greatest demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

Baseball is healthful sport, build ing up sturdy sinews agaist the as- saults of age. Here we have Casey Stengel, veteran of innumerable campaigns, running all the way around the bases, distance of approximately one city block, without the aid of con- federates, trick scenery or any other outside influence. The feat is all the more remarkable when we consider the fact that MT. Stengel is thirty three years old, an age when the aver. age man cannot navigate without a wheel chair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

My type machine is gummed again !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

A good many people mash their fingers trying to nail lies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

One of the most dangerous things in the world is to juggle with tempta- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18
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bananas.

Friendships that are based on loans are apt to get shaky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

Iris Sweet to Roam Iris sweet to roam when the morn ing light Resounds across the deep, And the crystal song of the woodbine bright Hushes the rocks to sleep, And the blood-red moon in the blaze of noon Is bathed in crumbling dew, And the wolf rings out in a glittering shout: To-whit! To-whit! To- Who!
 -L'Enfant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

The saddest words of tongue or pen:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18
ox5dasion Little drops of water, Little grains of sand Make a polished niblick Rust to heat tho hand
Oxidation

-C. A. M. As l am just about to write a poem strong in truth, an epic filled with wisdom old and with the flame of youth, the ticker fans behind me yell: '.Pipp doubles, scoring Ruthw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

L THOMPSON. President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

"Ships Culver When Quake Vibrates Sea."+Headline. .s.,- The waves vibrate
 And syncopate When nature plays a jazzful strain, With quivering hips The mighty ships Go shimmying across the main.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

Football Dope-Under the leader ship of Captain Wiggle, Colorado U. will wabble through.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-18

Weight" writes a chow expert, "can be regulated by fast or slow food" Fast food, we suppose, is the kind inhaled in a one-arm lunchery, while slow food is what you get in restaurants if you don't tip the watt CTS.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
Forty-four Heavy Draft
Animals Shipped 10 Other
Points as San Antonio Be-
comes First Fully Motor
lied City Of Organization
West of Mississippi River.

Twenty-Five electric truck were put
into operation in San Antonio Thurs
day BY the American Railway Ex-
press company. Last night Al horses
were shipped out of San Antonio to
other Texas points. and TO more
horse-drawn wagons or trucks will
be used by the express company IN
this city.
San Antonio thus becomes the
first fully motorized city west of the
Mississippi river in regard to express
equipment.
This information was given out
Friday morning by W. ii. Brown,
general agent OF the American Rail
been with the company in San An
tonic for 90 years.
The installation of these trucks is
the beginning of n plan to improve
the service throughout the central
part of the country, Mr. Brown said.
Last September. L. +. LaSchum,
general superintendent of motor equip
ment. came to San Antonio and
found conditions ideal for the use of
the electric truck.
Will Improve Service. -
The equipment already put into
service includes n one-ton "money
wagon" which carries Il safe in which
are locked valuable packages, nine
teen two-ton trucks and five three
and half ton trucks. All are built
with bodies in order that they can be
locked to prevent the loss of pack
ages on the road. Mr.. Brown states
that in some places. notably Chicago,
wagons had been stolen with loads
of express on them.
One of the larger trucks can haul
as much at a load as three of the
largest two-horse wagons that have
been used by the company and can
make the trip in half the time of
the horse drawn vehicles. according
TO Mr. Brown. The trucks will be
handled by the same employees who
have been driving the horses. school
of training having been conducted by
the company for six weeks to train
them.
L. f. Elliott. superintendent of
motor equipment at Chicago. spent
four days in San Antonio this week
installing the equipment and getting
the trucks in running order. A
charging plant has been installed Mt
the old stables on Center street. 1t
consists of two generator sets.
Express Business Heavier.
Each truck has a connection % its
own which is equipped with an auto
matte cutoff for use in case the cur
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10

when the prosecution had filed new
first degree murder charges against the
defendants, despite the fact that they
bad been bound over for trial by city
Judge Noel S. Pratt, on charges of
second degree murder. At their prelim-
mary hearing, Judge Pratt had ruled
there was nothing in the evidence
to warrant charges of first degree
murder"
John NJ. Browning Jr., is the son
of the famous fire arms inventor, who
lives at Ogden, Utah. The shooting of
Ballantyne occurred in the library of
the Ballantayne home here on April .,
last. Mariner Browning is alleged to
have fired the fatal shot during an
alteration which grew out of an ar
gument concerning Ballantyne's al
legged mistreatment of his wife. The
widow is the sister of the defendant
John NJ. Browning Jr., who was held
as an accessory.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
ENTRY LIST SMALLER
BUT PLENTY OF GOOD
TALENT In AMATEUR
Large Number of Golfers
Entered in National Meet
With Good Chances.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

Copyright. by The San Antonio Light.
New York, Aug. 10.-DesDite the
fact that this years list of eligiblea
for the national amateur golf cham
pionship to be held at Flossmoor,
near Chicago, the middle of next
month, will be greatly reduced, the
indications are that the entry list
will contain a large number of play
ers whose chances are at least good
to live through the qualifying rounds.
This fact is made clear by the en-
trance applications already in the
hands of the secretary of the United
States Golf Association, Cornelius
Lee.
The work of examining into the
qualifica tons of applicants for adj
mission as contestants in the tourney
is very exhaustive and no player
will be accepted until it is establish
ed that he has the right TO make an
effort to survive the initial test. At
the same time the L. s. G. A. wishes
it clearly understood that no man
who has reason to believe in his
ability should hold back. The desire
is not primarily'to have a small num-
Der of entrants but to insure that
the men who do compete are quail
fled to contribute to the sporting
success of the occasion. No appli-
cation arriving later than August %,
it is announced. will be accepted.
Golf enthusiasts are already begin
ming to discuss the chances of the
various leading players, the name of
Bobby Jones, winner of the 1928
open, being most prominently men
toned. But Chick Evans will have
to be taken into consideration, his
victory in the Western amateur be-
ing an earnest endeavor of the sort
of golf he is playing this year. jess
Sweetser, the present titlcholder. has
also been showing improvement in
form of late.
But il Sweetser repeats his sterling
performance of 1922 he will have
done something that few champions
have succeeded in accomplishing. Co
ing back over past winners, it is
interesting TO note that in recent
years sequential Championships have
not characterized the amateur tour.
neys. whereas, prior to 1913, a title
holder frequently proved his right to
succeed himself upon the throne.
III. j. Whigham won the title in
1896 and 1872. Walter !. Travis.
a great national amateur winner,
took the title in 1900 and 1901 and
then, after Louis n. James had come
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
According to Law.

Have you met the new traffic cop wis
flits about gsyly in the Vermont .distric,
rides his motorcycle like a cowboy and
has brogue that has been lons away
from Dublin? Meet him-he's scream!
me other day two picture girls were
trying out new car. and either the
way they drove It. or the fact that i'd
was new. or perhaps because they were
very pretty gave Pat the idea that ha
should hold converse with them;
Up ne shoots on his motorcycle and
win a iordly wave of his hand directs
them in to the curb. He paused for Al
moment. puzzled as to what to do next
ana then demanded: Have youse god
ot course ! have" retor,ed Miss Hol1
xwood' reaching for he handbag I'll
An phwat would want to see id
LOT LOT II we've got 1t wild ye?" growIed Pat|
sure 1 only want to see il whin vel
haven't got it"-Los Angeles Times.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
YOUNG COOPER WINS
PRO MEET-MANGHAM
FINISHES IN FOURTH
Mcguire Beats Kenny in
PlayoH for Second
Place Tie.

Galveston, Tex, Aug. 10.-Harry
Cooper, youthful Fort Worth profess
eional, won the first annual Texas
Professional Golf Association cham
pionship tournament he'd here We'd
nesday and Thursday. His score was
312 for the ~ holes of medal play at
the Country Club here. He and Willie
Mcguire of Houston, who tied with
Dan Kenny of Galveston for second
place at 31i and beat Kenny in the
playoff. will represent Texas at the
national professional meet in October
at Pelham, \. y.
Clarence Mangham Of San Antonio
finished fourth with score of $40 for
the 70 holes. Mangham finished well
on the second day after a bad first
day.
Wind bothered the players and all
scores were rather high, some of them
very much so.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
Electric Trucks Supplant
Express Company;s Horses

rent might be entirely cut off. The
Public Service company furnishes the
current used in recharging the bat
teries.
This new equipment came at q
time when it was badly needed. Mr.
Brown stated. The express business
from San Antonio to the southwest
is heavier than ever before and
reached such q volume that it could
not have been handled by the old
equipment. An extra car has been
run down the valley two nights each
week recently. and it seems that it
will be necessary to run two cars
regularly, he said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10

through in 1902, Travis captured the
crown the following year. 1909. III.
c. Egan won in 1904 and 1905. and
Jerry Travers in 1907 and 1908.
Jerry. who stands with Travis as a
collector of amateur crowns. won
again in 1912 and 1913. Since then,
no golfer has won the title two years
in succession, although Chick Evans
won in 1916 and 1920.
Golfing form is an elusive thing.
and the king, unlike the titleholders
in tennis, is more likely than not to
have an unstable throne.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
AGAIN FACE TRIAL
Accused Slayer of Benjamin +. Eal.
lantyne Out on $4,000 Bonds.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. TO-
John NJ. Browning Jr., and his cousin,
Mariner A. Browning, accused slay-
ers of Benjamin +. Ballantyne. again
are facing trial on charges of first
degree murder following the action
Yesterday of District Judge q. a.
lverson. who ovcrruled the defense
motion to quash the informations
against the defendants.
The Brownings. who are at liberty
under $4,000 bond each. were ordered
to appear in court tomorrow for plead
ing.
Judge VERSIONS decision was given
yesterday. after he had taken the ease
under Amusement three weeks ago,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
Machinery.

kearney, n. j., Aug. 10.-The Pub
lie Service Electric Power Company
has ordered fifteen stokers TO operate
the fifteen enormous boilers at the
new electrical plant of the company
here from the Sanford Kelley Stoker
Company of Worcester. Mass, and
the American Engineering Company
OF Philadelphia. The new equipment
will cost approximately 100000. The
boilers have been ordered from the
Babcock and Wilcox Company.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
JAP INTO FINALS
Mizukami Of Dallas Opposes lester
In Southwestern Tennis.

Dallas. Tex, Aug. 1O.-On Sunday
or Monday, a japanese player, f.
Mizukami. native of the Orient but
citizen of Dallas. will appear as final
ist in the first Southwestern tennis
tournament in which japanese has
ever played. He will oppose Leven
Jester. playing through champion, also
of Dallas. Mizukami Thursday won
his semi-final match from Bill
Luther of Tulsa, Okla, 6-3. GO, CT.
Jester beat John Barr of Dallas, 6-3,
G-3, &c, CA.
The doubles division, brought up
to the semi-finals by Thursdays play
finds the southwestern title an inter-
city affair between Oklahoma City
and Dallas, each with two teams left
to contest the next round, one in
each half of the bracket.
Louis Thalheimer of Dallas. doubles
champion last year with Lewis White
of Austin. and his present ream-
mate, Leslie Coleman of Houston,
were eliminated by Ben and Kirby
Parks of Oklahoma City. The Parks
brothers won in five sets, 70. SO.
Go. 81. 6-3. and in the semi-finals
will meet ]. p. Adoue Jr., and Brad
ley Hogue of Dallas. present state
and former southwestern champions.
In the lower half of the bracket
Jester and Barr of Dallas. south
NNsAa 80.
meet Paul Darrough and Claude Mon
nette of Oklahoma City. Jester and
Barr won from F. Fitch and John
Briggs of Dallas Thursday. Ga. 70,
Sc. The Oklahomans defeated the
veteran Dallas pair, Rix and Black
lock, GA, GO. O-6. 6-1.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
Automobiles.

Detroit, Aug. 1O.-The Ford Motor
Company hung up another new week
ly output record for the period ending
Thursday night with production of
II, 491 cars and trucks or 293 more
than last week which was the previous
high mark.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
Livestock.

San Angelo, Tex, Aug. 10.-More
than 60 carloads of livestock were
shipped from this center in the last
week TO points in the West and
Northwest. Most of the animals went
to pastures and feeding pens.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
Commodity Ne,Os Notes

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 1O.-Opera-
ton Of barge line ON the Mississippi
to haul Texas oil to the Northwest is
planned by the Standard Oil interests
it is reliably reported here. Local
real estate agents of the company have
taken steps toward construction of
storage and terminal facilities on the
new Ford factory site. Officials OF
the Twin Cities Automobile Club. now
planning gasoline filling stations to
serve members at reduced rates. cnarg-
ed today that gasoline retailing for
% IL cents a gallon can be laid down
here for Is cents.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
55o2 THE. SPORT PAGE e = r

sockeyes on Puget Sound and with
the Rogue river run unsatisfactory.
they feel the better class trade must
come TO the Columbia river if thcy
want quality fis hthis season.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
Cotton.

jefferson City. Mo-. Aug. TO- The
Missouri cotton crop gained materially
during the last month. The present
condition of 40 per cent of normal
indicates yield Of pa pounds to the
acre of 10000 bales. Last year
10000 bales were produced.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10

Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery, not
graveyard, beautiful. well kept
burial park. Crockett 1858. (Adv.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10

Topeka, Aug. fO.-The hot dry
winds of the last week have dimmed
the prospects for the Kansas corn
crop materially, but the yield still is
expected to be large.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10

Tulsa. Okla, Aug. 1O.-A daily av-
erage of S4,G17 barrels of crude oil
is now being produced in the Tonkawa
field fro 4J3 wells. This hsows n
daily decrease of 442S barrels and an
increase of 10 producing wells.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
Coolers.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 1O.-Complaints
are reaching the state agricultural de-
partment of the poor condition OF the
peanut crop. The vines are luxuriant
but nuts are slow in filling out and
pops" or empty hulls are more mum
erous than usual.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10

Mr.. Ward tells in his "Recollections Of
Savage" how Mr.. Odell took Phil
May home on one occasion, when It be-
came quite obvious that the best and
only place for him was bed. Without
disturbing Mrs. May, he got the artist
onto a couch into the hall, and left him
asleep. Mr.. Odell having spent all he
had on the cab. set out and tramped back
TO the Savage club-comforted by the
reflection that he had rendered a SER
vice to an old friend. Arriving eventual
~ at his destination, footsore and ex-
hausted, he dragged his weary way up
the stairs leading to the bar. where he
was saddened and surprised to see the
triumphant figure OF Phil May. glass in
hand held aloft, flushed with the joy of
having defeated the designs Of his Good
Samaritan by swift recovery from the
ruse Of tho sleep on the couch. where
ing smart handsom, which returned
him to the club to put a finish to a
Odell had deposited him, ahd by catch
great evening.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
Coal.

East st. Louis. Aug. 1O.-Eighty.
three coal mines in this section pro.
duced 1892 tons last week. an in
crease of over 10000 tons from the
week before. The. percentage of op.
Grating time also increased slightly.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-10
Fish

Portland, lug. 1O.-WhiIe there is
little demand for the better packs o.
salmon. canning interests here are Op.
tomistic. The Alaska pack of reds
has been small and with no output of