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Editorial C0lnInent,

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n The news from Illinois That Loeb and Leopold,
the mtsdcrers Of little Bobby Franks, may be cligi
bic to parole after serving only eleven years and
three months in prison. constitutes the stiffcst in
dictment Of the American parole system that we
have yet seen
These youths wantonly kidnapped and killed a
child. And for what? For the thrill that the muir
der promised them, for an opportunity to demon
strate their theory that "intellectuas" could plan
and execute crime so c!cvcry as to escape detcc-
ton, and for the chance Of exterting a few thou
sand dollars from dcspairng father after his son
was already dead.
Even when disgracefu trial let these killers off
with prison. even when the, same Judge failed to
specify that the terms should be cumulative and not
eoncurrent,, the public felt that Loeb and Leopold
were permanently disposed Of, as each drew life
sentence for murder, and ninety-ninc year sen.
tcncc for kidnapping.
But new attorneys digging into Illinois laws and
penal practices declare that each nincty-ninc year
sentence permits of parole after thirty-threc years
that each life sentence permits Of release after
about twenty years, and that deductions for good
behavior may bring the total in the Loeb and Leo
pold tawrtc eleven years and three months for
each criminal.
:, What farce Eleven years and three months
chicken-thief punishment, for what was probably
the most measurable 1.-The most dreadful, the most
nnsoeakabi". tic st outrageous murder in all the
annals Of e.'ac IN America! Eleven years and
three months punishment for murder that lacked
- single mitigating circumstance! NJ, u .a
Well. there is shred af comfort in the Illinois
revelation It may speed the day when Disguised
public will itself to the need of showing all
this parole feolishAazs int the scrap-heap.
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A. Tin 10 Aimee

Such folks rs were prepared to be charitable with
aimee ScmpIc McPhcrsons case until all the returns
we're in, arc inclined to be less SO since Mrs. Nc.
lherson tcsk tc quoting Shakespeare. ii. 4.
1t just the day before her trial that Mrs. Nc.
Pherson asked publicly and dramatically, with
what meat docs this modern Caesar feed himself
that he, sccks; the blood Of an evangelism"
Thuswisc did Mrs. Mcpherson refer to District
Attorney Keyes.
If she had qucried, snow, in the names of all the
gods at once. upon what meat doth this cur Reyes,
feed, that he is grown SO grcat?" she would have
kept and won much more sympathy.
Some folks like their Shakespeare straight.
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SAINT @,sSSINSyE !:
Anne Austin a;a|E$B ts IA @E

rose-tipped hand almost roughly. II
that damned scoundrcl, Ettlcson, give
you that ring"
Ettleson!" Color flooded Cherry's
cheeks, and her voice choked with
anger. "Hc doesn't know there's
money enough in the world to buy
this diamond! He's cheap skate
trying to take advantage of girl
because she borrowed two hundred
dollars from him!"
"Thcn where did you get it? jim
Lane Numbered, striking the table a
sharp blow with his knife.
"From my fiance," Cherry retort-
cd. Pm engaged to be married to
Mr.. Cluny."
"Thc> old monkey gland you're
workin' for?' Long" demanded in
crcdulously. "Why, good Lord, he's
old enough to be your granddaddy.'
"But not too old to be a sweet
daddy" Cherry shot back at him
impudcntly. "He's not SO old-only
sixty-eight."
"I'll put a stop to this fool non
to tear the ring from the finger Of
Lie udIu uc Still ucLu III NiSc-L&c
grip.
Cherry tore her hand from his
grasp and rubbed her Redeemed fin
gers tcnderly. "I'm eighteen! You're
rather ovcracting the stern parent
role lately. But Mr.. Cluny'll like
YOU. He's old-fashioned too. He in.
sists on coming to ask you and
Muggy for my hand! And you've al
most broken it,"
"When is he coming, Cherry? p
Faith rose from the table. rs if the
sight Of food nauseatcd her.
"0h. I've persuaded him to hold off
till Muggy's better" Cherry told her
airily. "Cee, feel like mid-Vic-
torian danscl! Asking for my hand!'
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Cherry doesn't let : little thina
like IN engagement to Mr.. Cluny in
terfere with other dates, IA thu
reader learns In the next installment
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Taxes and Politics. /.

Taxes and, Politics i,
Congress ought to- cut taxes next winter acc =
nv to- tho Democrats; The government VIII ave-
;I,ions Of SURPLUS cash on hand by the chose of TN
fiscal wear ncxt June 30 The people are cnc't'c"
- the benefit Of it.. That's their afgnment "
dyes. there viii be a surplus, rejcan the Repub'
cans. but nobody can tell how much until June :"
and taxes cant be cut on the strengen OF
So congress must wait until the winter OF l9z1-2S
to do ANYTHING about it, That's tho Republican ar
gumcnt =,
. It is one OF tho qucstions campaign orators VIII
oTatc about, The Republicans want to wa't. the
Democratic nrators will declare the g. y. r. IS dc-
laying for dramatic effect just before election In
:Nse mca.: mc tho people will have been burdcncu
with a supcrfluous year of high taxes merely to
serve Republican political ends That's another
Democratic argument ft& .
"A tax cut in 1926-27 the Republican orators VIII
respond would be just as much a Republican tax cut
a. ono in 1929. It's impossible, for the reason
..iven above, but If it possible the Repuo'l-
Rms would have made it so. Such is the, Republic
san side e.. tho proposition. f'"f'
-TWkile' tho Republicans say l926-27 cut is nm
po.sible. the Democrats undoubtedly will attempt
enc when congress meets in December. 1t will DC
cnly demonstration for the public's beneft, Tor
the Democrats lack the strength to pass any bills
in ths congress, and if they could pass any the
president could veto them.
I:y cnly orc r.cthod might the Democrats in the
-60th-congress force program Of their
own-thats the blackjack method. While they can't
accomplish anything constructive the senate is So
evenly divided that they may be able to tie up meas
urcs the Republicans vitality interested in.
BY determined fiibustcr they could prevent the
passage of appropriation bill and leave the gov
crnnicnt without funds to run This assurcdly
will not happen if, in the November election. the
Republicans retain control Of the 10th congress. In
that event, the president simply would call an extra
session. the appropriation bill would be passed any
way. tax reduction would still wait until 1929
nothing would have been accomplished and the Dem
ccrats would have made themselves unpopular.
Brit. if the Democrats gain control of the 10th
congress, policy of obstruction in the Goth is
,outside possibility. In SUCH contingency the
ira session would be Democratic extra session
It would pass the appropriation bill, of course, bu
would also pass tax reduction bill and the Dem
oc,ats would be in position to claim all the credit
for it. The president probably would veto it. but
that would provide fine 1928 Democratic talking
point against the Republicans. ...s
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A Political 1eaarantine
II. lMcvv Veil. NsvnA~A

regarded as Of national significance 1t may make
or break a presidential candidate. 1t may mean
good cheer or gloom for the Republican party Its
influence on tho course of politics for the next two
years is certain to be marked From no ether state
will the election returns on the evening Of Nov. 2
be so eagerly scanned as from New York. The
campaign here is hewith consequences to both par
tiesoana to many public .aens.f .se-e> s
: Yet the estrAorIfhArv ssateseest is made that
net single political figure sf prsnsinencc in either
party will enter NcwYork 70 take part in the crit-
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the;,shadc by driving in two runs with homer to
right fiel& J.
st. Louis will do something grand for Jess If the
Cards win-and here's to q piucEy bunch OF mid
west players. It's time for a world penaant to fly
over tho Mississippi valley anyway. Here's hoping
il will ,'its ~ 80.
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IN NEW YORK

New York, Oct. Random
notes from a Manhattan ramblc:
The old fellow who dances in the
subway trains IN. They call him
"Lightfoot." =. They say the name
was given him back in 1890, or
Whereabouts. ~. How strange it
sounds now. A gaunt figure in
clothes that fit with suspicious
looseness. Hair a mixture Of
grey and white. But his mus
tache trimmed with incongruous
immaculateness. His age is
easily 20. 3. Perhaps even more.
He appears also every night out
of the crowds that elbow their way
along Broadway. At Times
Square he clatters his clog shoes
down the subway stairs. *. He
waits for a train that has no con-
ductoU There are strict rules
covering hat passers on subway
trains. :. But they>are constantly
broken by the wise ones. -.
A few moments after the train
starts he is slipping into the steps
of an Irish reel or an old time clog.
His wooden solcd shoes tap in
rhythmic contrast to the rattle and
bang of the train. The pas
sengers crowd about in a circle and
watch, more out of curiosity than
interest. -.
He rides for two stations, quickly
passes, hat and, amid burst Of
applause, slips out. ;. Then he rides
back. ~. So it goes through the
evening. ;, Back apd forth. !.
Over and over again his little pro-
gram Of clog steps. >.
Once he danced to crowded thea
tres on the great white way from
which he darts into the half-lit SUBJ
way station. :. Once the houses
rocked with applause and he took
his bows gracefully. . :. That was
when he won the title Of Light
foot" Faded badges beneath the
! ill-fitting coat tell tho story of con-
quests in the days when the clog
was favorite dance.
+, There's something about the old
(, fashioned steps that stirs the senti-
ncnts of the watchers. !. A white
haired old man who all but sneers
at the antics Of the Charlestoners
drops a dollar bill in the quickly
/, passed hat. ~
An old "hoofcr.".. Once a
hoofcr always hoofer, says Broad
way. Even those who grow
prosperous like to step upon the
slick floor of night club dance halls
and show their skill !. /. The rhythm
; Of the dance gets into their blood. ].
And sometimes it is we'll that
this is so. For old "Iiphtfcot"-
ironic .sobriquet-finds it his liveli-
And the street gamins who sneak
subway rides as urchins elsewhere
jump ON the back Of autos or as,
when l was Il lad, we stole rides on
sleighs. i. They creep under the
turnstiles when no one is looking,
hon aboard subway and ride back
and forth, -. It's great game
when there's none other to- play. j.
Watching them wonder what is
written for the future of these
urchins Of the New York streets. !.
Certainly their wits must be
sharper at 10 than are the wits Of
others twice their age in the small
towns. Literally they live by
their wits from the. first day they
/, toddlc. forth into congcsted streets.
/. ). A newspaper. survey says that
the daring young bandits arc bred
!; from such. But bandits arc after
all, SO few. in contrast with the
crowds Of street gamins. =. What
becomes Of the rest?
q GILBERT SWAN. :,
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Binlbo Hits the Ball

Haseballdom was Ahsiled aga6n' yesterday by tn,
mighty swattins and clouting Of one Babel Ruth.
the world series rerords for homers in one game
asase been smasled into atems by the swat king Of
tAe.game. 4satss .-- j. az.
t1his is series par excellence. The Cards nasss
rstern east after another game 10 settle the series
rep have the mighty hickory Of Babe to reckon
vsis
eut we hope those plaeky Cards bring home the
bss1n.
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Justajingle

The copper WAS . husky guy.
Quite strong. ~ understand.
He held up seven autos. and
He only used one hand.
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Work or Jail was the cdict passed
around in Miami after the hurricane.
OF course lots of people needed a
little rest ..ftcr the storm.
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If you're in college this fall and
want to make hit with father, write
home for couple pairs of pa
iamas.
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Note to Bill Tildcn, Bobby Jones
and Jack Dcmpscy-thc sun spots
have been acting up this year.
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An army man in Washington talks
without vocal cords. That's nothing.
Lots of people talk who have nothing
to say.
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What this country needs is
80 4i-1O0 per cent fewer radio So
pranoS.
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Women of Prague. Bohemia.
alarmed by the rapid increase in the
membership Of a bachelors club, have
appealed to the authorities to break
IL mn ss3st& SE
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A THOUGHT

We besecch you, brethren. that yc
increase more and more: and that yc
study to be quiet, and to do your
own business, and to work with yOnr
own hands, Is we commanded yOu.-
Thess. 4:10, IL.
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The old proverb about having too
many irons in the fire is an abomin-
able old lie. Have all in, shovel,
tongs and pokcr.-Adam Clarke.
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The Prince of Wales didn't fall off
any Shetland ponies last week But
it was learned, on the highest au-
thority, that he is not to marry the
daughter of King Alfonso.
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BY Tom Sims
Headlines that tell the story: Fires
at His Wifc's Parents.
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Cherry doesn't let ! little ching
like IN engagement to Mr.. Cluny In
terfere with other dates, IA the
reader learns in the next installnent.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-15
If Spain Had Run to
League Court


/" GORGE W. NORRIS, the patriotic and courage
r senator from Nebraska, says he will vote to
put the United States into the League of Nations
Court He it contains danger to American indie
pendence and may hold out of peaceful settle
ment of international disputes
What means, Senator Norris, does this. League
Court hold out for the settlement of international dis
putes that the Court of Arbitration at the Hague which
we helped to form, does not equally afford?
The answer is this: 1t holds out the means of set
Ting political disputes That is why the League of Ma
tons formed this court That is why we should not
go into it. 1t is political court not court of justice
1t is proposed to put in under certain reserva-
tons. If those reservations adequate it would
make the Leagues court the the older Court of
Arbitration. 1t would make it useless far
concerned, for we always go to the older court
which has faint of politics or League.
If the proposed reservations are inadequate, we
are bound to political alliance of European nations
less repugnan to traditions because there many
nations under the of League and Court than if
we were to make straght-out treaty of offense and
defense with France or with Great Britain alone.
There may never be repetition of the conditions
that faced this country in 1898. But suppose we were
called upon for some sort of benevolent intervention
like our action in freeing Cuba. Suppose Spain now
member of the League had in 1898 been able to run
to political court like the Senator Norris now pro-
poses to let US in for.
Would Senator Norris have seen our hands tied in
1898 by such body?
Or does he think the proposed reservations will
assure that action of will be submitted to the
new court without consent?
The answer is that this new court is either vicious
or foolish and its proponents, brought down to cold
reason. cannot see anything else in it.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-15
Invisible Arms
BY Garrett p. Serviss.

Some day when the sun is just set
ting, looming red and gigantic on the
horizon and looking the monarch that
it is, let your thoughts turn TO the
subject of solar gravitation. Consider
the invisible arm that that great,
glowing ball stretches across more
than 90,OO0,O00 miles of space to
grasp and curb the rushing earth,
whose speed is forty times that of
the swiftest cannon ball, while its
weight is six sextillions Of tons. A
sextillion is q thousand million mil
lion times a million.
What do you imagine that the
strain Of the plunging earth upon the
invisible gravitation-arm OF the sun
that holds it to its orbit amounts to?
a little calculation shows it TO be
equivalent to the tensile strength of
a trillion solid steel rods each 30
feet in diameter. Or, say, Of single
such rod 5000 miles in diameter.
What would John L. Sullivan have
done with an arm like that. But
the princes Of pugiliEm are forgotten,
while the sun remains through all
generations swinging this huge-seem-
ing globe-the arena Of conquerors,
philosophers and nonenitities-around
its Jovian head.
How inconceivably mighty is the
empire Of that huge red ball poised
on the horizon at the edge of night.
Great Jupiter. now visible low in the
sunset sky and more than 470,O00,0O0
miles beyond the sun, meekly bows
TO that irresistible control and, with
his 1900 sextillions Of tons avoir-
dupois, strikes the skipping gait Of
nine miles a second under the solar
whip.
The sun is powerful enough 70
commerce with his far-distant peers
across the CULTS and the oceans Of
space. He lays his hand on the
Eery shoulder Of his great twin
bodied brother, Alpha Centauri. And
Alpha Centauri pulls back, and even
contends, however, Intellectually, with
the sun, for mastery over US, j. 2.
over our earth. Put him as near
as the sun is and he would have his
way, for his inherent grayitation8l
force is nearly double the suns. But
be is about 10000 times farther
from US than the sun, 80 that bis
pull upon the earth, by the law Of
gravitation, is less than the suns in
the proportion Of one % half the
square Of 10000. But even 50, it
is equivalent to about a hundred mil
lion tons. But that pull is distribut-
cd through the whole earth. which
is not perceptbly disturbed by il.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-15
INDIVIDUAL IMMUNITY
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. d.
United States Senator From New York.
Former Commissioner Of Health New York City.

desired protection in most OF the
group, but not in all. Likewise, the
treatment may be given too late
after the disease has become seated.
1 have no knowledge of the facts in
the town mentioned by my correspond
ent, but IL he will apply my two.
axioms to the case it will help him to
form an opinion. Undoubtedly some
persons had the disease who had been
inoculated against it. Others did not
have it because they were naturally
immune.
Even though vaccination does not
completely ward off the disease, it very
much modifies it. The attack is much
milder and unlikely to be fatal.
was in Glasgow few years agoI
during an epidemis of smallpox. I'M
a given week So children under -
years Of age were reported with the
disease. Twenty-one of them had been
vaccinated, too long before to offer
complete protection. Sixty-one never
had been vaccinated. OF the 81, not
one died of the disease. OF the 81 :,
IS died. These arc significant figures
Ny correspondent inquiries further :;
us it not fair to assume that IL the
water was not polluted there would
have been no typhoid? Would it notl
be wise to figure that sanitation is
more TO be relied upon than vaccina1
tion?"
10 both Of these questions, / an
swer yes. But since we are never
free from the dangers of pollution or
contact with an unsupported carrier,
TO make assurance doubly sure, let us
insist on sanitation for the publid
good and let us practice vaccination
for our individual good.
Copyright. 1925. by Newspaper
Syndicate. Inc.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-15

In looking over the things to be
thankful for during the last year the
most important item is that real
wages have increased.
In spite of the fact that prices and
costs are greater than they were in
former days, the working man of to-
day enjoys a rise in his real wages ;
that is, wages measured in terms OF
what the worker can buy with his
earnings.
In former days the comforts and
luxuries of life cost more than they
do today compared with what a man
makes, so that now he has a surplus
left over for the savings bank or the
field of investment.
This was brought out by a survey
of the National Industrial Confer
ence Board, which says:
"The American workman today, il
you measure the purchasing value Of
his earnings in terms of the same
standard Of living as prevailed in
1914, but discount the raise in re-
tail prices, is "a per cent better off
than he was in the beginning of the
war, July, 1914, and five per cent
better off than be was at the peak
of wage earnings during the initiation
period of 1920"
This betterment, the survey says,
is a result Of increased industrial ef-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-15

A correspondent has sent me long
list Of questions asking that they be
answered in a paper printed within
four or five days Of the date Of his let
ter. 1t takes several weeks to get
these articles into type and distributed
throughout the country. On this ac'
count my correspondent may think |
am neglecting him. He will under
stand the delay when he gets this e1-
PLANTATION.
His question relates to the problem
Of vaccination-in this case, vaccina-
ton against typhoid fever. He does
not make clear the circumstances as
ISOLATED with an epidemic, but 1 as
sumo them to be as follows:
The water supply Of given town
was polluted. Because OF imperfect
chlorination, the germs Of typhoid were
not killed. In spite Of the fact that
practically every occupant Of the
town, including the village doctor, re-
ceived the necessary vaccination,
there were many cases Of typhoid.
Then follows the question: as not
the vaccination supposed to serve as
a protector and when it was given a
chance, didn't it fail?"
So we may be on common ground,
permit me TO admit at once:
I. Because OF a natural immunity
possessed by many persons, not every
body in the world is susceptible to a
given disease, typhoid fever for in
stance. Some OF the claims for vac
cination should be discounted a little
on this account, because such persons
would not have the disease anyway.
.. Out Of a given number Of sus-
ceptible persons some viii be very
much more susceptible than others
On this account, the dosage or number
of treatments given may produce tbs
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-15
Queens Counsel
By MARIE, QUEEN OF ROUMANIA
One Step At a Time.
Registered United states Patent Office.

one of those destructive, hfe-sapping,
courage killing troubles. Each breath
! drew was suffocating as 1 stood with
clcnched hands, wondering how to
stand it, wondering where was tho
way out Then came the kind
old voice whispering: "One step at Il
time, my Queen, no man can do
more" And I hung on, and put out
my foot and took my one step, blindly,
gropingly, with gritted teeth and ears
shut TO all discouraging voices.
Despair melted and courage came.
I went on, desperately, knowing
alone could carry my own cross-step
by step, slowly, till L found firmer
ground.
1 never gave up, and / won through.
During the struggle my sky seemed
very dark-no sun, no stars. but some
thing kept me pushing on, one step
By one step, up hill in a lightless
night. But it was so worth while.
I reached the top and ] saw the
light. E.
Americans, it seems TO me, know
almost better than any others that it
is the will TO succeed and the beating
Of problems one by one that finally
gets you there.
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Syndicate, Inc.