davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1926-05-23

tcrque Knighf-type motor and mod
ern chassis construction represent
the most important contribution to
automobile engine progress Of the
past 10 years"
Don't fail to see this super.powerful,
exquisitely beautiful tSix Sedan
at your earliest opportunity. It's
unique powef.plant In the superbly.
built Willys-K Knight chassis has been
surrounded with such luxury and
elegance and comfort that those
whoseexperienceand judgment must
command your consideration pro.
nounce il one Of the worlds ten
finest automobiles.
Thenew WILLYS FINANCE PLAN
means less money down, lower
monthly payments; and the lowest
credit-cost In the industry.
Evening star., 1926-05-23

Walys.Knig51t Sir sets ssesv
laxnry~car sales~pace.
Registers phenomenal gain
in first 4 ,,senths Of 1926
Evening star., 1926-05-23

I'm its FIRST year, d1e willys>Knignt
Six--led by the magnificent Great
SIX Sedan-became the third largest
seller In the luxuy-car group.
Now, the first four months of this
year paint a still more glowing pic
ture in its march to foremost place
Tins far In 1926, a sales,gain Of S6%,
q record of progress which has never
before been equaled in the same
Length Of time, we believe, by any
1uxmy-cm.
Theeremendousouward and upward
sales-sweep of this Great Six is attrib-
utable to one major reason-the
super-efhciency Of the patented
and exclusive Knight sleeve-valve
engine, the only motor-car engine in
the world that actually improves
Instead Of the intricate and compli
Evening star., 1926-05-23

Gated mechanism of thepoppet,valve
type Of motor with its multiplicity of
parts, here is engine-simplicity itself.
Two single sleeves, sliding silently by
each other within the cylinder walls,
operated by connecting rods, hermet.
ically sealing the power IN the COM
preston chamber-always in
perfectly correct adjustment, never
wearing out, never needing attention,
never getting noisy, never affected By
carbon-running smoothly and si-
lentiy, with constantly increasing
power, up to and beyond 100000
This is the modern Knighf sleeve
valve engine which in efficiency lie
excelled by no other engine in the
world, Of which in its present per.
fected state engineers Of International
reputation say tits flexible, high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31

those men still in the game. and
finally, in order to get even for an
alleged grudge, forced the base ball
authorities to act. Certainly Leonard
does not gain in the affection Of his
countrymen by his action, even If
Speaker, Cobb and Wood were just as
guilty as he is, which has not been
proved to the satisfaction of the
public.
Now along comes Risberg. Spurred
by Leonard's success in attaining the
spotlight, this exiled player would
smirch the reputation Of some more
players in the game. To newspaper
men he has said he will tell Commits
sioner Lands plenty" and makes
reference to the world series Of 1917.
These exposes do not make a pretty
picture. They have come. in the lat
est two cases, from disgruntled men
who for one reason or another bear
malice toward men who are making
their living--in the great majority OF
cases an honest living-from base ball.
It is their attitude, to a great degree,
which has made a large section OF the
public rally to the defense of those
accused.
Crookedness of any kind in any
type of sport or business should not
be tolerated, but revelation Of this
crookedness would come with better
odor from people who themselves were
not involved and who promptly, not
seven and nine years later. make the
exposure.
There is undoubtedly some element
of dishonesty in base ball. Commls-
sioner Lands, Jealous as he Is, can
not wipe it out altogether. But TIE
nublic believes in base ball and sup
ports it to the tune Of millions OF
dollars a year. Therefore the raking
up of q seven.year-old improved scan
dial in the case of Leonard and the
nroposed revelations of Risberg Of
scandal, both instigated
by disgruntled ex.players, do not i'm
press the public as doing anything
more than soiling the reputation OF
supposedly honest men, with httie
gain to the present-day integrity OF
the national pastime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
Value of Prohibition
Is Seen i'm Life Saving
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The sale of Christmas seals to help
save lives from the ravageS of the
white plague touches the sympathy
Of every right-minded person. Appeals
for aid for children's clinics tug at
the heart of even the careless and
Indifferent. The call of the Near East
in behalf of starving thousands unt1es
even tight purse strings.
One of the most successful efforts
for saving Of human life is shown In
the decrease of alcoholic deaths under
prohibition. The records of the Cen
sus Bureau show that in States which
were wet up to the adoption of ma
tional prohibition there has been a
falling off Of deaths from alcoholism
of 37.3 per cent Moreover, the general
death rate throughout the Nation has
declined almost 10 per cent under pro-
hibition. All authorities recognize
that the drinking Of alcohol reduces
general resistance and thereby
shortens life. Prohibition has, there
fore, made a major contribution to-
ward the saving of more than 1,000,'
600 lives.
It is all right to scold because pro-
hibition is so indifferently enforced.
But, following the old proverb, Give
the devil his due" it is proper to note
that even though poorly enforced
prohibition has saved an immense
number of lives 1t is, therefore, a
good law. 1t has produced good re-
suits Good people should observe and
help to enforce it.
MRS. r. E. TRICE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31

countries might again agree to the
for mediation. Arbitration of the
dispute in one form or another may
be resorted to. The United States can
withdraw recognition of the Mexican
government, a course limited at in the
diplomatic correspondence, withdraw
the embargo on the shipment of arms
and munitions to Mexico, and thus pro-
vide the opponents of the Gales
ing the government. And. lastly, the
United States can support it's claims
by force of arms.
The seriousness of the situation
should not be minimized, for all that
the American public has hitherto
failed to indicate any considerable con-
Germ i'll the matter. The rights of
American citizens, rights which have
q vital relationship to the future of
the Nation, are involved, as we'll as
the dignity of our national diplomacy.
With these as the stake, the DISPOSE
ton of the. American public to UNI
ruffied composure in the face of
President Gales heavy gambling
should not be miSinterpreted in
Mexico City. For when once the
cards are spread on the table it will
be disclosed that those held by Secre-
taIy Kellogg, representing the people
Of the United States, have not been
used for bluff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
Another Base Ball Expose.

With the announcement today that
''Swede" Risberg, the former Chicago
American League shortstop, who was
banished from base ball in conse-
mMence Of the 1919 world series scan.
Gal, is about to make further reveal
lions as to the alleged crOokedness Of
The national game, there is likely to
be many a gesture of disgust from the
base ball fans throughout the coun-
try. Coming on top Of the Leonard
Cobb. Wood Speaker affair. with its un.
savory aspects and it's peculiar han
ding, the promised expose OF Risberg
will not be received with any great
degree Of delight by the public, which
supports the game.
Regardless of the guilt or innocence
OF Speaker, Cobb and Wood in the
regular game between Detroit and
Cleveland in 1919, it would certainly
appear that Leonard, their accuser,
Is the chief offender, not only in q
legal but in an ethical sense. He ad
mtts that he participated in the bet.
ting. yet he was perfectly willing to
condone his own dishonesty as well
as that Of the others as long as they
remained friendly to him. When he
was released last year from major
league base ban he thereupon dug VI
the seven-year correspondence and
in effect waved II over the heads q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
Eight Millions Paid Farmers

From the Roanoke world-News.
While distressing reports continue
to come from the dark tobacco belt of
Virginia, there is good news that
after a succession of lean years re-
newed prosperity has come to the
bright tobacco belt of Virginia. The
Old Belt markets opened in October
and closed for the holidays on Fri
day. In that period on the warehouse
floors, in Danville alone, 37.O00.OoO
pounds of tobacco had been sold for
payments in cash to the growers of
more than $4,000, 900. Money has been
put in circulation, debts are being
paid, merchants are prosperous.
homes more comfortable. Prosperity
has again been extended over a con-
siderable area Both in the quality
of the tobacco and the price paid, it
is the best year since the record
breaking season of 1919, when, after
the war, prices scared beyond all eX-
pectation.
While there must be deep concern
fired section, where sales are small
and prices low, it must be remember
ed that that section has not had the
succession of bad years the Old Belt
has suffered. For, on the prosperity
map Of Virginia, the Old Belt has
been the most deeply shaded area,
what with poor crops. poor prices, I'M
favorable seasons and the failure of
the Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Association, now in the hands of re-
ceivers. 1t is good to know that this
area is again coming into its own.
The condition in the dark tobacco
area should point it's warning. There
is danger that the high prices of this
season in the bright tobacco section
may cause a more extended planting
next year, and so bring on another
surplus. The tobacco farmer has been
as slow as the cotton farmer to learn
that true prosperity lies in raising his
own food and feed crops, whatever
he may venture on such an uncertain
money crop as tobacco or cotton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
Present Age Marked
By Traitors Absence

From the Yakima Daily Republican.
One, of the rather curious common
taries upon our modern civilization
is the practical disappearance of
traitors from our midst-at least, in
the complete sense which the term
once implied. OF course, men still be
tray causes and governments to which
they have pledged allegiance, either
for thirty pieces of silver" or for
some misguided alteration of their
ideals, says a writer in the Independ-
ent (Bostonl. But still, where are the
traitors of modern days who can take
their places with those perfidious char
actors of history whose names have
become almost synonymous with the
word? Possibly, it all comes down to
a matter Of the completely of modern
civilization. In other times, when life
and government were of simple con
struction, betrayal of a leader often
meant the collapse Of a cause or OF a
nation. Now, it usually happens that
so many factors must be considered
that betrayals are too difficult to be
really successful.
AS prototypes of various betrayers
stand Judas Iscariot, the trusted dis
ciple who betrayed his Master; Delilah,
who gave Samson his FIRST hair cut;
Esau, who sold his birthright for a
mess Of pottage-these and other Bib
lical characters have afforded eX-
amples of faithlessness proverbial
through the ages. From Rome, where
tyrants executed as traitors the vas
sails whose presence they found 1ncon-
venient, come the story of Tarpeia,
the epic of Caesars death, the melo-
dramatic tales of Tarquin-themes in
which literature has found it's most
poignant expressions. Legend has
told of the glorious fate of Roland the
tragic death of Robin Hood; history
has reveled in such names as Joan Of
Arc, Benedict Arnold and Oliver Crom-
well. Already betrayers and betrayed
both have become enveloped in de-
lightfuI halo of antiquity, and as an
antidote to the libel, murder, breach
of contract and heart balm litigations
which fill our periodicals few of the
more immortal cases Of betrayal are
here recalled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31

the Messianic world age-the
completed message of Jesus the
Christ" A day or two after his forth
coming public appearances in Wash
ington, Mr.. Mozumdar will be follow
ed by Swami Yogananda, who also
claims both india and California" as
his residences. Mr.. Yogananda, other
wise known as 1.-The Swami" is the
patentee of system for physical,
bearer of the "Messianic world mes
sage" appears to be one up on the
other gentleman from Indian in that
the former is being sponsored in
Washington by the wife of member
of Congress from the Middle West.
Suggestions that Peter Augustus
Jay, American Ambassador to Argen-
tina, is relinquishing the post revive
the ancient question of underpayment
of our foreign service officers. Buenos
Aires, where Mr.. Jay has been sta
toned since March, 1925, is probably
the most expensive capital in the
world outside of Paris. In many re-
spectS life in Argentina is even cost
lier than in France. Buenos Aires is
one of the great world capitals in
which a niggardly Uncle Sam expects
his envoy to camp out on luxurious
premises at his own expense. Whether
these considerations have moved Mr..
Jay to apply for service in other fields
has not been disclosed, but it is we'll
within the range of probabilities.
Every once in a while the State De-
partment is asked by the head of a
diplomatic mission abroad to transfer
him to some place where his meager
pay without allowances for repre-
sentauon) will permit him to make
both ends meet on behalf of the rich
est nation on earth.
X X X 4
Senator James Couzens, Republican,
Of Michigan who is lined up with
Democratic leaders planning to slam
the Senate door in the face of Frank
IT, Smith of Illinois, came to Wash
ington in 1922 on the crest of an anti
slush fund wave. He was appointed
to succeed Truman II. Newberry, who
resigned his seat in the Senate after
it had "vindicated" him in connection
with his celebrated $3.50 senatorial
contest with Henry Ford. Couzens,
who now and then is a Republican in
surgent, is determined that Smith
and presumably also Ware of Penn
sylvania--sha1l never cross the thresh-
old of the Senate as long as the
senior solon from Michigan can pre-
vent 1t. Senator CouZens is one of
the numerous Canadian-born citi-
zens of the United States who have
achieved distinction in our public life
Franklin X. Lane was q son of the
Dominion by birth, and Admiral Sims
happened to see the light of day for
| the first time in Canada.
X X \
The House of Representatives
doesn't often get the limelight when
the Senate has big doings. But with
the impending fight for cruisers for
the Navy, Speaker Longworths de-
batting society is bound to become
front-page stuff till further notice.
The fray will be on as soon as the
House resumes business on January 3.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
Back to Jesse James.
n the Watertown Daily Times.

From the Watertown Daily Times.
Modern bandits are invading the
territory of Jesse James. Six staged
a hold-up on one of the busiest corners
of Kansas City, Mo-, with thousands
of Christmas shoppers about, stole
S79 900 from a bank messenger and
escaped in a stolen automobile. 1t
was done quietly, without word
being spoken.
Jesse James and his crowd did not
operate in the cities. They preferred
the wide open spaces, holding up a
stage coach and getting a few hun
dred dollars, and at comparatively
rare intervals riding into small town
and holding up the bank. And when
they escaped, they escaped on horse
back, riding to their hiding-out places
and when necessary fighting off q
posse.
One sympathizes with the Detroit
police official who ordered his patrol
men not to refer to these present-day
hold-up men as bandits. That term,
he said, belonged to the days of the
old West, when there was romance
connected with a masked bandit hold
ing up a. stage coach and rifling the
passengers. The bandits of those
days, he said, had some sense of de-
Cency. Tney ala not SnoOC GOWN I'M
armed people, they did not slug men
from behind their backs. He referred
to the present-day hold-up men as
yellow cowards," and instructed
patrolmen in their official reports to
refer to them as thugs" and not
glorify them by calling them bandits.
Incidentally Detroit is meeting the
hold-up menace in good shape. Every
patrolman has his orders to shoot to
kill when he sees hold-up men operat-
ing. No particular effort is to be
made to capture them alive. The
methods seem harsh, but 1t is the only
way to dead with the conditions. The
hold-up men show no mercy for their
victims The police should have no
conjunction in taking the lives of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31

| trying to win with every ounce OF
strength in his 1.-THE and active body
Ii he slipped a little seven years ago,
we are sorry and we're willing still to
say he is the greatest ball player the
world has ever known. We believe
the trouble with professional base
ball lies much deeper, or much higher
up. if you prefer to put it that way.
In our humble opinion the deal BY
which Rogers Hornsby is turned over
to New York by the Cardinals is a
greater blow to professional base
ball than the Cobb-Speaker scandal"
a similar opinion of the Hornsby
trade is expressed by the Rock Island
Argus.
$50 much is at stake-not for Iris
Speaker or Ty Cobb. but for the
American public" states the Biz
minGham News. IF 1t is found that
these popular heroes have clay feet
if these gods of the diamond, after
all, were for moment obsessed with
the passion for owning things to the
extent they would sell out on provo
cation-then something will be killed
in the hearts of sportsmen every
Understanding indefinitely more
precious than money can buy. Repu-
tation. Honor. Faith. Americans
generally must hold fast and hope
hard that Cobb and Speaker Will
prove themselves guiltless.'
x x x *
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times re
marks that professional base ball
has reached position in which the
public which supports it has an in
terest equal to those whose money is
invested in the promotion of the
game. the public interest being as
Surance that the business is con-
Quoted on the square by both play
ers and officers of the leagues"
There will be widespread sym
pathy for Cobb and Speaker" says
the Canton Daily News, "but there
should be. at the same time, strong
moral support given TO Commissioner
Lands, whose first duty, as he rec
ognizes it. is to the trusting follow
ers of q great American sport" A
warning against any withdrawing
is uttered by the Ann Arbor Times
News, which, however, feels that ION
the other hand, the regulations OF
Cobb and Speaker cannot be tossed
overheard with perfunctory gestures"
Protesting against a public tend
ency to consider notions against
gambling" as "old-fashioned," the
Lincoln state Journal satirically asks:
q W ~ PiOh CA1 any pSLi lA%dAehA NOCASs
AS well send men to jail for breath
ing. And yet, gambling blights every
thing it touches. Base ball, to pre-
serve its integrity, has had to outlaw
it in it's own ranks and must fight 1t
even among it's patrons"
The Portland Oregon Journal con-
cludes: ut was faith in its purity
that made base ball great. Through
long years no faint touched its hon
orable record. But n jazz age let TIE
blow fall. A faint on lesser lights ot
the game is followed by charges
against two of the grand old men OK
the sport. If base ball topples fro&s
it's ancient heights, 1t isn't hard to
find the reason why. An aroused
public sentiment will presently take
q hand and bring the country back to
it's old-time civic purity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
Public Seeking Facts Before
Passing ON Base Ball Scandal

What is happening in professional,
base balls latest scandal proves
again the value of a good name and
rather upsets the theory that The
base ball public is heartlessly tickle
Opinion as reflected in the press Is
overwhelmingly in favor of a full ex-
position of the facts before passing
Judgment on Ty Cobb and iris
Speaker, whose records have been be
Smirched by 7-year- story OF
gambling and suggestions of a
thrown" ball game.
Both these veterans have been
giving their best to their teams for
upward of 20 years" says the Wichita
Daily Eagle. Their best was the
best in the base ball world, for they
stood unrivaled in their classes. Now
that they are closing the books on a
life's work, it is unjust that their
characters, always unblemished,
should be questioned without the
most absolute and damning evil
dence"
The Muncie Star also contends that
charges assailing the integrity of
such outstanding players must neces-
sarily be sifted to the bottom, al
though more should be produced than
has been divulged so far to justify
the slur against the two stars after
their formal retirement from the
game"
Cobb and Speaker are known to
ALL" declares the New York World.
considering their high repute, is it
likely that either of them would have
lent himself to SO dangerous a
scheme, especially since the evidence
shows that the most he stood to make
out of it was a few hundred dollars
That either of these high salaried
men would jeopardize his whole ca
reer for such a paltry gain seems
fishy." The Watertown Daily News
agrees that 1t is hard to believe that
Cobb would throw a game. although
it indorses the stand of Commissioner
Lands, with the assertion that IF
base ball is to draw it's gate receipts
of millions it must be kept scrupu-
lousy honest"
x i. * *
1.-THE personal conduct of Cobb and
Speaker in the game which is al
legged to have been bartered away
seven years ago was apparently UNI
improbable" observes the Water
bury Republican. IF they had in
deed previously agreed that Detroit
was to win, they seem to have COW
cred their tracks with a good deal OF
cunning. And it is difficult to con-
ceive how the game could have been
thrown to Cobb's team without their
personal collision, unless the rest of
the players were taken in on the al
legged bargain" The Decatur Review
believes that everything in the long
and honorable careers of these two
men tends to refute the charge. Base
ball fans have given their decision on
the Hornsby trade. They have also
decided on the innocence of Cobb
and Speaker" Recognizing disbelief,
or desire not to believe the charges
on the part of persons who have
commented, the Knoxville News-s Sen
tinel says this lis echoed in the
hearts of boys between the ages of
8 and so oil over the land"
The Port Huron Times Herald
makes the comment: I'VE will al
ways have Amental picture of Cobb