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Show " THE : BINRnAM NEWS. BINGHAM. UTAH - - '. ' - I JUDGE LANDIS ARGUES GOLF CASE Bill! SKH8B8igiiSft - Former Federal Judge K. M. Landls lost one of the few debates of his career when be clashed with Frank Bacon over a point on the golf links. The two veterans, with Ralph Morgan and Chick Kvc2s, were playing an Interesting foursome on the Edgewater Golf club course, Chicago, a few days ago when the argumeut took place. The photograph shows Evans, Morgan, Landls and Bacon. soiuhsfdh electidnres ults REPUBLICANS SAY REBUKE WAS TO CONGRESS AND NOT TO , THE WHITE HOUSE. luis kt'it the Leglou naeniDers Inter-ested und busy. Now the American .Legloc, lias Interested Itself in un to decrease the illiteracy in the United Stntea. Certulnly nobody will rise to say tlint tlila Is not a worthy-objec- t to ensuge the attention of the men who fought Germany. . It was th war which made known to the people of this country the ex-tent of Illiteracy In the various state of the Union. It is said 0 per cent of the people of reading and wrltlnj iiKe In the United States can neither read nor write. DEMOCRATS THINK DIFFERENT President Harding Was Not Surprised by Reverses Sustained by His Party Calls Extra Session for Action on Ship Subsidy Bill. By EDWARD B. CLARK Washington The election hus cone and gone. It may be said that Kcpuo-llca- u leuders generally In Washington were shucked but uot stuuned by the news of the day. ' They were shocked apparently be-cause of the uuml8tukuble fuct tlmt the country struck the way It did. but they were not stunned, becuuse the truth Is. most of the lending Hepifb-llcnn- s In Washington, more thun Itulf expected that the blow would come. It Is the bluut truth to say thut closely connected with the administration hold tlmt the general result of the election wus a rebuke to congress and not to the White House. They do not say this openly, but cov-ertly. The Democrats declare thut the rebuke was delivered Impartially to the White House und to the cupltul. Washington ts seeking reasons for the great lucreuse In the Democratic vote. Nuturally the Kepubllcuus hold that there Is no 'reason" In It, but thut there are causes for It. The ma-jority of Republicans seem to feel thut local considerations und general mut-ters In no way associated with either Republican administration or Repub-lican congressional endenvor brought about the defeat of the pnrty. They Legion Takes Up the Cause. One reason why the extent of 11 llterucy was not appreciated was that the records were not properly kept ly the different states. It has been charged that some of the state olHciuls did not make proper Investigations be-fore they made their reports. The war showed the facts In the case and now the Ameiicun Legion through Us national Americitnism commission Is going to do what It can to help in the work of giving at least what may be culled primary education to the Illit-erates of the country. Garland W. I'owell !s the director of the national Americanism commission of the American Legion. lie hus Just Issued a statement with proper proof to show that the United Stutes stands eleventh us a nation of Illiteracy com-pared with the northern nations of Eu-rope. In Germany, Denmark, Switzer-land, the Netherlands and Flnlund there Is less thun l per cent of Il-literacy; Norway und Sweden have 1 per cent; Scotlund, Englund and Wales less thun 2 per cent, and France 0.9 per cent. All these coun-tries have fewer Illiterates In propor-tion to their population thun the United Stutes. It seems likely that the Education Week advocuted by the Amerlcnn Le-gion will occupy the days between De-cember 3 and December 9. During these seven days every effort will bs made to Induce adult Illlterutes to at-tend night schools and to Induce citi-zens to adopt Illiterate adults and chil-dren for educntlonal purposes. say that the wet und the dry Issues, The Legion hus njuny posts in many conflicts In the party ranks between conservatism und radicalism, blocs nnd cliques nnd various other things are responsible for the result. The Democrats on the other hand clulm thui the great change In the vote from the campaign of 1020 can bo Interpreted ns nothing more than as a stinging rebuke to the whole course of procedure of the Republican party since It came Into complete control of the government. President Not Surprised. Occasionally one is able to learn things which are not told htm directly by word of mouth. There hus been u feeling in Washington for some time that President Harding more than hulf expecled there could be no great vic-tory for his party this year, nnd that, so to put It. he quorter-wu- y expected that the Democrats might win pretty much everything In sight. Friends of the administration say the President saw the signs of the times and they have Intimated mar the party's chieftain did not share Uie views of nutlonal committeemen nnd others whose business It Is to he proph-ets of cheer, even If the clouds bung l a states of the Union. The Individual members will bo asked to work for the educutlonnl tuuse and to see thet Interest does nol lag. The National Education association and the United Mutes bureuu o education ore co-operating with the American Legion to promote the success of the work. Women Versus Women. When woman in jet woman then comes the tug of war. Under the leadership of the National Woman's purty, it la understood, an attempt is to be mude In 42 stute legis-latures this yeur to secure the adoption of u legislative progrutu In behalf of what might be culled sex equality. The members of the Woman's party ap-parently desire thut there shull be no discrimination whatsoever In legisla-tion us between man und woman. This means, If the logic of the case runs right, that certain American, women do not like luws which place womuu as a worker or as a citizen on a differ-ent plane from thut upon which the laws pluce man. A meeting has Just been held In Washington of members of the Na-tional Consumers' league. At this . . M low and the tnunuer roars, u is nm overstating things to say that dent Harding probably was the least surprised man hi Washington over the result of the elections. Already the politicians In Washing-ton nre looking forward to 1924. Some of them profess to see the elimination of President Harding as a cundldute to succcmI himself. OHieis sny tlmt thinking men know the President's course contributed nothing to the elec-tion day results. Sane politicians know that It Is too early for such deal-ing In futures. An extraordinary session of con-gve- ss hna been culled by the President. The present great Republican major-ity In congress of course will hold until March 4 next, when the lease of life of the present body expires. The lawmakers will be askel to pass the ship subsidy bill und certain other ad-ministration measures prior to next March. If these measures cannot Ie passed at the extra session or Pt the short session, some of them of course will bnvo hard traveling In the con-gress, which next comes Into power. It Is a long while until 11)24. A lot of things enn happen In two years, and nobody knows It lietter than the poli-ticians. There Is plenty of time be-tween now nnd the next national con-ventions for things to happen, which will itnike or unmake men whom the rewnt election has brought forth Into the light, or has thrown temporarily Into the shmle. Education Week Proposed. In nearly every big city of the coun-try recently n week wus set aside In which to Impress upon the people the necessity of guard'ng against acci-dents. These weeks have been called "Xiifcty Week3." Now there Is being advocated In Washington for the whole country u plan for an "Education Week" some time In December. From the Interest which Is being taken In this mutter by vurloim organisations who know the renditions of Illiteracy In the United States and who appreciate Its dan-gers. It might be said that education week In the hlshest sense will be a ' safety week for the Amerlcnn people. When the American Legion, com-pose- d f former soldiers of the World war, wns formed. It wns said that the oigani.iition might not hold together bxiiuse it had no definite plan "f ac tion In view. The lCWm undertook a campaign for adjusted compensation for the war veteran-- , and white then' has been u goml deal of opposition to ! Uie ciusadi, if U may be culled, it t meeting mere were represeuruuves ui a large group of organizations com-posed largely of women who are op-posed to the Nutlonal Woman's party program for Bex equullty through legis-lation. When woman meets woman then comes the tug of war. The Nutiouul Woman's pnrty Is com-posed to considerable extent of the women who In the days of the struggle for suffrage were known us the mili-tants and from their ranks largely cunte the volunteer plcketers of the White House. Most people will remem-ber, probably, that during some tnonthi of the last administration women with banners paraded In front of the White House In behalf of the amendment to the Constitution which has given worn an suffrage. Groups In Opposition. The women who ore opposed to what may be culled y legislates stty thut 10.000,000 women lu various organizations In the United States stand In opposition to the plan of th National Woman's party. A list of these organizations In opposition haj Just been given to the writer. It comes from a reneosentptlvs of tho Ni'tlonnl Consumers' league, nnd Is ns follows: National Consumers' league; National League of Women Voters; Nutlonal Council of Catholic Women; National Women's Trade Union league; Ameri-can Association for Organizing Family Social Work ; Girls' Friendly Society In America ; National league of Girls' Clulm; Nutlonal Council of Jewish Women; Parent-Teacher- s' association; National Federation of Federal Em-ployees; High School Teachers' union; National Council of Mothers; Associa-tion of University Wonen. At the meeting In Washington of the representatives of these organizations the reasons for the opposition to tha state legislative program of the Na-tional Woman's party were given by one of the lenders, who charged that the proposed "blanket equality" meas-ure will work out to the disadvantage of women. Here Is what was snld con-cerning the mutter: "If the status of men nnd women are made identical wives cannot claim support from their husbands; deserted wives would be obligated to supixirt their own families; divorced hushntiiM would not have to pay alimony; wid-owed mothers would not be entitled to Mnte pensions, no nmtfi'r bow great their need, unless the same provision were made for widowers; women In industry would lose protection uf ths eight hour day, rest at nilit and out day's rest In fcaven." 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According to sworn statements snd rerined testimony of thousands who have used ths preparation, the success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Roo- S is due to ths tact, so many people claim, that it fulfills al-most every wish in overcoming kidney, liver and bladder ailments, corrects uri-I- I try troubles and neutralizes the urio acid which causes rheumatism." You my receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Roo- t by parcel post. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. and enclose ten cents; also mention this paper. Largs and medium size bottles for sals at all drug stores. Advertisement. Most "good fellows" have a lot of nnd habits. ' Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION : hSiffijS 6 Bell-an- s UMfcJaMU Hot water TffiiL-d-Ji Sure Relief OELL-AN- S 85t md 73 PACKAGES EVERYWHERF ".Recommended "Vueline' Petroleum Jelly bens-fi- ts sll bumps, teres, bruises, sua-bur- n, blisters, cuts sod clised skin. . Never be without a bottle of it la the house. It's safe, always effee- -' live snd costs but a trifle. 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( v- - - Chicago ' Unlverclty Pilot Coined an Athletio Truism Recently Which Is One of Truest Bits of Phi-losop- Ever Uttered. Alonzo Stags, the powerfully built Utile man, who has coached C Ohlca-- go university for over twenty years, coined an athletic truism recently p' which, according to the belief of many competent observers of things athletic who heard the phrase, is one of the truest bits of athletic philosophy ever ottered. Stagg was asked to name what he considered to be the most vital or valuable trait In the truly great ath-lete. The man who has had thousands of varsity candidates In all branches of Intercollegiate sport under hla' con-trol " hesitated only for a moment. Then he said : . The capacity for nervous emotion. That capacity will, carry a man through when bis arms, heart and legs are gone." "Tie capacity for nervous 'emo-Uovl- V Stagg's audience began to re-flect. It wns recalled that Larry Brown ran the last 50 yards of his great half mile when the Penn team v broke the world's record for the two- - mile relay, as If he were In a trance. On almost very stride he stumbled fax' I v Coach Alonzo Stagg. and reeled and from the stands It looked as though he would collapse before he reached the tape. Accord- - r tag to all visible evidence Brown was physically through. Stagg believes that only his "capacity for nervous motion," the ability to command hid-den reserves of the spirit, kept him going on to finish thut last, brilliant half In 1.54 and clinch a new world's record for his tenra. The case of Carpentler and bis come-bac- k in the second round at Jer-sey City was recalled. Battered, beat- - n and crushed by the powerful first round blows of Dempsey, Carpentler. to the "wise ones" at the ring side, was good for not more than a minute In the second round. Stagg believes that It was Carpentler's "capacity for nervous emotion" that brought him back In the second round to within a point of victory. 8tagg Illustrated his point with the story of a Chicago half back In a game played about ten years ago. This player weighed 149 pounds, but Stagg believed that he had to a marked degre "the capacity for nerv-ous emotion." He was playing In a gtiie when the score was tied with only five minutes ts play. Chicago had the ball with 90 yards to go for a touchdown. Stagg ordered the Chi-cago quarterback to give the light half back tho ball on every play. On Une bucks and end runs the half back took the ball 90 yards In four min-utes and won the game. After the game Stngg took the youngster Into the dressing room. He had to undress and put on bis street clothes for him. He had to tslte the p!yr t his hotel. There be had to stay In the youngster's room until 9 o'clock the next morning when the boy finally went to sleep. His "capacity for nervous emotion" hnd been so aroused during that desperate d march down the field that he j could not go bnck to normal until the ilj following morning. Tlmt, according to the veteran Stagg, is the most neces-sary trait In an athlete. The Stakes. A well-know- n New Jersey doctor wus playing golf with an equally well-kno- New Jersey minister. "What shall we play for?" asked ths former. "Why, It :s rather out of my line, to play for anything,", the minister re-plied. "Well, we ought to play for some-thing," Insisted the doctor, "so I'll put up a pill and you put up a prayer." Boston Evening Transcript. The Retort Courteous. "A man's a fool to marry," he de-clared angrily. "Why add the t marry'?" she asked sweetly. Sporting Squibs of All Kinds Zero In news Is the report of a base-ball holdout for next season. Now that Jack Bentley has been sold, the winter Is half over. New York high school girls may or-ganize for scholastic competition. , A total of 20,000 young schoolboys of New York are playing hnndbalL William F. Hoppe, ex-13- .2 balkllne billiard champion, Is thirty-fiv- e years old. Walter Cox Is once more the leading grand circuit driver and money win-ner. Football is a dangerous game, but it Isn't quite so fatal to the grandmother of office boys. The baseball season Is really over. The official averages of the Kitty league are out You cannot always Judge the strength of the football team by the size of the college. If the champions don't get It when they're champions, they can't get It for their reminiscences. Graeco-Roma- n wrestling undoubted-ly grew out of national habits of giv-ing kings and premiers the fall. San Francisco midwinter baseball league has 50 nines enrolled In two sections, A with 24 and B with 28. Just to show that It Is not afraid, Yale comes right back and Invites Iowa to play In New Haven again next fall Tom W. Murphy's long list of light hnrness stars are headed by Peter Manning, 1:50, and Margaret Dillon, 1.5814. The Scottish curlers who are to tour Canada this winter will sail December 23, arriving at Halifax about Janu-ary L Joe Choynskl, veteran athletic at Pittsburgh A. A., has given up his position and moved to the Pa-cific coast. The college or university that wants no stadium either has no football team worth seeing or Is far behind the uni-versity procession. ) It's a poor defeat Uiut has not the right of a comeback. Yale wants an-other crack at Iowa and gives the westerners another game. William T. Tllden, national tennis champion, will not retire from the game, regardless of what happens to his Infected finger, be says. According to Commissioner K. M. Lnndls, Jack Bentley, Oriole burlpr and batsman, cost the Giants $05,000 In cash and three players. There are 250 teams bowling at the Rational Recreotlou company alleys, Brooklyn, which are members of the New York Bowling association. 0. Slkl, the Senegalese, "who may ne a champ, or may be a cheese," as one sporting paragrapher In the dally press has It, continues to be the subject of much discussion. W. K. Crocker, winner of the Cana-dian tennis title, was praised by racquet stars of the United States who returned from Montreal, where they participated In the tournament. The Kansas City baseball club of the American association will open the 1D'J3 season In n new purk, according to George Muhlbach, president of the dub. The new park will cost $250,-00- Freakiest Freak Play. Here Is' the freakiest of freak plays that. It Is said, took place In the Blue Ridge league. It Is alleged to be a triple play In which not one member of the defending side touched the ball. While It apparently violates a flock of baseball rules, never-theless It is worth printing. One team had runners on first and second with nobody out , The batsman hit an Infield fly, and the umpire called blm out under the rules. The Infield fly In descending lilt the head of the runner on second, and he was declared out by the umpire. The ball rolled toward first base, and the base runner, who was there, In disgust, picked It up and threw It to the outfield. He was declared out for Inter-ference, mnklng three outs with-out a player In the field touch-ing the ball. It Is said that the decision of the ump went, although It la a question whether It could be called a continuous play. Neither Is It certain that an umpire would declare a base runner out for being bit by nn Infield fly I after be had called "Infield fly." Yet a ball Is not necessnrlly i out of play on an Infield fly, for 'he rule says that any runner I trying to advance on an Infield fly does so at his own risk. New Game for Girls illj'J' y" Basket bull guuies ou roller skates If the latest Innovation Introduced to make the court game more risky. The g!r!o who nre nil accomplished rclifr skaters and among the very best basket bn'l players In the Windy city, heltovs that this game will eventually replace the game on foot. Photograph shows the Chicago "Y" girls,, taking the toss ready for the scramble. PRACTICES IN BUSH LEAGUES Manager More Bent on Winning Games by Trickery Than Devsloplng Young Players. The minor leagues produced few good ball players tho last summer-f- ew good ones that the big leagues wanted. A critic points out thnt In many of the minors the former big leaguers who act as malingers are more Interested In winning games by anything they can get away with than In polishing up some diamond In the rough who would make good In the majors. For Instance, pitchers In the smaller minors adopt certain Illegal motions and get away with them. These same men In the big leagues are required to pitch legally, which Is one reason they do not show with the same eclat as when they wet In the bushes. NOTABLE UPSETS OF SEASON Among Other Unlooksd-Fo- r Happen-ings the Chicago Cubs Walloped the White Sox. Count among other upsets the Chi-cago Oubs beating the White Sox. Those two ball clubs had played city series without number, and the Cubs bad not been on the winning end of a single game until this full since 1913, losing 13 straight games, In fact. The last Cub victory previous to this series was In 1915, when the National league smacked the White Sox by a score of i to 0 In the city series of that year. was the only game they took In tlu IK of that yenr, by the way. A fourth operation on the Infected Bnge- - of William Tllden, tennis cham-pion, may be necessary before It will be kiiosn whether he will be deprived rf Ids chattjpton&bi'p grip on tho rue jo at, Starts Thirteenth Year. Truck Coach Jimmy Curn.n is rfnrt-n-his thirteenth ytai at Mrcrsbur academy. |