Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 26, 1922, Page 3

JAPAN'S ACTION.WILL 8§ON BE FOLLOWED BY APPROVAL BY i Are conmnpuud by tion, S By TRMES B HORNADAY | i Wnahl.nxton —The State department ‘has nssymncas ‘that the' Washington’ “conferéfice” tréhtles ‘axe shortly to be mtlfled by all the nntlons «that ‘pai- tlclpmed ‘In the cvnfefiance, lizne as- £ ‘surances heal some nervo 1 ;existed here. i -Charles Evans fiihes, aecreuu'y Lof state, who carried o Prealaent Haro. }Ings plnns for ington ¢ confer- ‘ence, hever doibf that Ja‘pun ould ratify " the ‘trédties, but it 18 a fact ithat soon after thp Japanese delega- tlon remrgegl home dlgquletlnu reports e0 the' State’ depart- ment These reports .dwelt on the in- _fluence of the militaFy“party.iu Japan +'and reflected doubt as to whether the two steps necessary to Japanese rati- “flcatlon—the approval of * the “privy council and the si; ature: ‘of, the prince regent—would ever be " ‘taken. 'The change in the situation came when ‘Adngiral Br;on nto'becamp prime mi !vgt? 7deétared; for the immg. diate Tatification’of the treaties. According to the ‘State department, too ‘much significance cannot .be at- tached to the approval ‘of the:treaties tlon fn the Far Hast that brought about- the Washington conference. One year ago the world was looking at:the:Unit- :war between these two countries with: in the next few-years was. inevitable. It i not . going. bayond the ‘bounds: of truth_to ‘say thst Influential mén o "public-1ife n the United States”felt gmt unless the so-called Japanese. nited States situation conld be ironed out it would be extremely difficult for the two: natlons to ‘go nhend on.'a peace basis, . - £ - “Minor’ Leagllo u' Na’!!ent." year | Y & -and e fm‘y “Hughey' sel : motion the machinery-that brought i "‘fo life the Washington ‘conference with Its world.wide results. It should #ying . the ‘treatles cancels the treaty nown as the Anglo-.lapnnese alliance. “/In place of that treaty there app 'the ‘treaty ' between e United " States; Great Britain, / * Japan, ;which 18" knpwn g8 “ihe’ fout= bo“ er treaty under which-the security " {of the insular possessions of each of nnteed “Thus Ih place of an 'alllanceé | - etween Great Bstain and Japan, an nlllance which in the estimation of the . United States was a distinct menace to this government, there : appears whnt gsome persons have preferred to * ! tull a minor league of nations. - Looking back on.the work of: the ‘Washington. conference the statesmen 1 thrmlghout the world undoubtedly: re- alize that’ the great accomplishment: was_ the ‘establishment .of cordial’ re- !ratlons between the United States and apan. Even the California land con- troversy, which ‘¥ome ,people .would like to keep alive, has appareuuy been buried for the time belng at least. i tive until the European nations that * are parties ‘to them ratify, but thé State department. 'has. received satis- . Europe will not long be delayed, Great and will finish the work In the next few weeks, according "to’ advices'te- . celved at the State department. France is also redady to’go-#head with. rati- applied by the French to any of. the treaties. The small European nations ~ers. § Otlur Peace Steps Coming. Time will reveal that the Washing- iton _conference was, only one_of sey- ' eral important steps which the United States will take dn. the international fleld—steps all designed to promom permanent peace throughout world, A member of the Harding cnb- inet remarked the othet day -that it would be a fine” thing. If 'the) admin- istration should_ zecord, one nterna- | in the direction of:international: peace. _That such an outcome I8 in: the: mind % { stood. $ig | persons who are In close toweh with ithe administration understand that.; ?when the Washington conference ad- janrned it was the théught not only of the President .and Secretary Hughes,. " put of all-the delegates from the other inations that were represented at the { conference, that as soon as the Wash- ington treaties were ratified, the cated In Europe. France flew the itrack and as a resnlt the plan for a conference that would attempt to do for Europe what the Washington con. tegence. did for the Far East has not been carriéd oft, bu: persons who Seelt” information from,” officlals - who oS gess it, have évery feason to belleve - by Japan. It was the trying situa: |- ed States and Japan and snying that | ot be forgotten that Japnn in rati-|: zetween Great ~Britaln and Japan,! rance jand | . fhese nitions In ‘the Pacific 1s guar- |- The treaties wHY not become opera-|: ‘tactory assurances that ratification in | b ‘Britain has already. approved in,part |’ fication and the understanding now is -, that reservations will probably not be * “have been waiting on the great paw- i . tional step a year—one step-each vear : - fot the President | BM; well nnder- g Washington conierence would be dupli- | t.he parlor, gy rel yeg sfiffl cloth g the’ bathtul ile throws his muddy s ufim on thd'+ :fi? and. little Johnny makes bedutiful mu p.e! on the front steps. “Yet many :American: cities ‘do the same sort’ of .thing ‘when they allow! stores ‘to erowd in“at random among prlvuts dwellings, and factorles and} phblic :garages to, come ' elbowing in’ \among neat retail stores or-well-kept apartment houses. Citles.do no befs, ter when they allow office buildings 80 tall and bulky and o ciosely crowded: too dark and unsatistactory. for human earn. a fair cash return to the mdmd- nal investors, “It is' this mpld. wasteful jumble which zoping will prevent and gradu- ally correct. ‘We must remeniber, how- .ever, that while zoning is a very i porfant part of clty planning, it should go hand in hand with planning streets and providing - for ~parks. and play- grounds and other "essentlal featu of a wellequipped city. Alone, it is o universal panacs 1 municipal 1lls, but g8 part OLR lar) er return than 'any other form of dvlc improvement. Protects Property and ‘Health. ::The committee argues that zoning protects: property and health, and in this connection 8a. “Suppose you have Just’ bonght some Jand In a neighborhood. of homes and, bnllt a«cozy. little house, 'L‘here are Bt lots | up’ a large apartment.house on those Jots, overshadowing your: home, steal- ing your sunshlne and spolung -the ine vestment "of 20 years' siving. Nor is awake nights or to driveyou to sell £ e Aol ‘Mpmpem valan béconié ™ more "stadlé, - mortgage com- and more houses can be_built. “A’ zoning law, If enacted in ume. prevents an' apartment house from be: comiing’ a’ glant, airless “hive, hous. {ng human beings like crowded bees. { Bo high" and so cluu that men and omen must *.in rooms’, nev. "fresheng by, " the optf;d Sky. . 'I'o Alter c(vll Service Act. The Natignal Clvll Service Refom leugue has ‘asked: the conzress to ins corporate ghe; Tollowing . pmv sfons fn the clvil service law—provisions which it says Swould’ remedy most’ of the weaknesses of the present law: 3 “Rules shall be made by the Unit:| bd States. civil service commisston for estnbuahlng standards of efficiency in !he “public service uniform for each glaaa of emplayeer for -ascertalning piid *recording perlodically the eff- viéney of thdlvidual employees and of groups . of employees; for gervice records and ratlngs to be used in de: lennh}l,ng the. promotion, demotion ‘or removal of employees. : “The commission may likewise pro- Mde for such efficiency tests, investix gntlon;,‘ and examinations, periodical for otherwise, as. may promote: thie good f the-gervice and for the suspension, demotion or removal from the service of any: empluyee who fails to pn!s sat- isthctorily such tests, investigations ‘and ' examinations ‘or "who falls to rench the standard of efficiency pro- Vided by the commission. "“Employees: may also be suspendod. ‘demoted or removed for any cause ‘which will promote the efficlency. of !'the service upon written speclflcntlpn’ tend of department or any citizen, with 8 board ot heirihgs dnd adjustments ‘appointed; by the civil service com- pflsslon, such .board shall give notice of ‘siich ‘specification to tbe person , whose removal is sought who shall have the opportunity to be heard, and 'the hearings, investigation and deter- minatiort of sald.board shall be made within thirty days after the filing of such speclficnfious, and the findings iand declslbns of such/board, when ap- { proved _by !hq commissfon, shall be final* unless” overtuled ‘by ' the | Presi- dent, ‘and: shell got,be subject to re- vlslon by any court.® Service commission, in additjon o the | present right ‘of the appoint! nd ‘power to remove absolutely ;an§)sbtdsdinate | lumal' glying reasons and notlce, there will not be left any ground whatever for the claim so often made that the civil service system prevents or ob- structs the discharge of the ineffi- cient,” 8afd” William 'Dudley Foulke of-Richmond, Ind., acting president of the league. “On the contrary it will provide for such discharges far *more effectl\ely than if they were left sole- ly/in'the hands of the appointing author- ity. *~ The idea of reverting to the monstrous .abuses .of _the _SpGIIS " sys- | tefn T ordet to remove the | ent 8 “thus doprxved of the véry smallest yround of sumwrt." DAILY PIONEER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS that. the lower floors not only. becomg & use; -but for that very reason. fail to.|: program it | - | pays the clty andt:the-cltizens a quick: anyone at. liberty to erect a noisy, | hnlodorous public garage "to keep you || _| out for half o! what you put Into your | ] . [ heme it bnnles are more ready to lend money, I t provides that buildings may not be.| mmphlno? ot ,Ughted “trom | 4 ¥led by | the appointing authority, | Syracus he hnpb)ened to look at: the /niver small ‘hand’' " and arm_geemed. to:_be _ Just level with the _surface. Not { Ls 2 Many . lpeonds 3 lnpsed until,Crozler was beneath the surface ‘of the water to. see who was -attached tothe -arm. The. next. thing hewreally uw very Gistinctly. was. the small ‘wet body of. & seven-year-old. boy silhouetted against ‘the..white, interlos Crozler and William John Hanley, Jr., ‘whose life:he had savod. ‘were/on. their \ay toithe. hospital For his act of herolsm. his buddies the American Legion are helplnz in the. movement to secure for him a Carnegie lifesaving medal. A FUTURE AUXILIARY. WORKER ‘Bonnle Jean: Kelly, ‘Youngest Member. at-Organization of North- Dakota |* " state Dcpartlnsnl Thé’ yonngest memher présent at the lorganization' of' the North. Dakota state department of the American Le- glon: auxiliary was a little. lassle ‘only four months old.. Bonnie Jean Kelly of Tim Running post at.Devil's Lake Jnn Kelly.” was lmmedlately adupted by the -en- ‘tire state department whenshe. wis ‘presented as ‘“one of the directors of the auxiliary’s affairs tomorrow.”. : Bonnie Jean's father, M. P, Kglly, served as first lleutenant of the Nine- ty-third pursuit squadrom of the First army. - ORIGINATED THE GOLD STAR Medal - ‘§howing . Appreciation “of the Idea Is Presented 0 J. M. Buck of Omaha, Neb. -~ ‘A medal purchased with funds given by the governors, of annay states, Gen- eral Pershing and a hundred notablts in civil and military ¢incles, has; peen presented to J. M. Bnck of Omaha, Neb,, who originated the gold star which was placed on the caskets of all l-war dead to be returned to ‘this’coun- try from European battlefields. ! 4 Omaha was a distributing pofmt for the United States graves, registration urvlce After the federal agency ‘b gan to return bodiés from ovel'sefis, thousands of caskets pgssefl through Omaha. . Mr. Buck suggested to ‘the Omaha Anierican LegLon that a - gold star be placed on each soldler's casket. The Legion immediately accepted. the idea and through the Leglon's orgsai- zation, the custom, of. placing the star og all soldiers’ caskets {n all parts of the United. States was adopted. 3 -Every contingent of soldier dead ar- | riving-at Omoha was met at the rafl- wey. station by a delegatlon fmm “the ;i Ameriean Legion, Wik altvhys ;acmmpgmied the Leglo i;pg(o d su- perviged tlie placing’of the surrs on the caskets. The medal wifsc Mr, Buck as an expresflgn of npptt?yl7 A B YERTES 2 Thr;o Myth 7 idltd had? brokeh “uswiL. When: he crawjo@iundex (it ng- esowd | i} - eollected and attempted to advise Bim | s how to fix it. A miner was entombed ;for: three days and three nights as the result of a cavein. When he was finally Tescued it was'found that his hair had not turned snow white, A soldier was on guard duty and was _approached by an officer who asked him to give his general orders. 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