Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1921, Page 6

demonstrated by the increase of ar-|pay the same penalty that followed rests. But the figures given in thethe scraps of those two years. With Sunday Morning Editlon. |, ;ort qo not necessarily show this to] The republicans are coming into full -_— C. be the fact. There is no segregation |control through the most sweeping vic- N of charges. Most of the increase is in]tory ever achieved in this country. WEDNESDAY. .. .January 5, 1921 | 40 Digtrict side of the court, the!They simply wiped up the earth with number of arrests there having jumped j the opposition last year. Nevertheless, THEODORE W. NOYES. .. . Editor from 24,915 in 1915 to 35,359 in 1920.|{they will not be safe unless they score The Evening Star Newspaper Company | May that not have been as a result |in their first attempts to solve our Business Ofice, 11th St. and yg::ylvul. Ave. [of a great increase in traffic cases,|pressing problems. A failure this year s SBee: m:fl',‘.:,kmg:fiflhl- which have bLeen notoriously swelled |might result in a defeat at the polls :m.u-' Office: 3 Regent St., London, England. in consequence of the very heavy con-|next year, and a defeat at the polls gestion in Washington during the war | next year might be followed by an- ‘The Eveni th the Sunday morning caition. le “delrered by carsiers within the el | years? other in 1924. ronthoTace per month: dally oaly. & tn br.| Citation of more arrests and court o0, e font by mall, or telephons Mie | cases should not be considered as an The General Cry. Collection is of each month. argument against prohibition. The country has decided that there shall be ne further traffic in intoxicating liquor. The sale of liquor has been definitely banned under that constitu- tional decree and by statutory enact- ment. Traffic in liquor is not a busi- ness. It is a crime and must be treat- ed as such. The law must and will be enforced. If a great record of ar- rests and convictions is nmd4, 1t there Ve - 2 war. We had had experience of war, The Western Hemllphm" lis an increase in crime due to thelbm S e i s el In The Star’s Marion letter, printed flrtl:'kmfl of 5"31"59 substitutes, the e;oq postilities without knowledge of e ag;‘s‘:‘:w‘:l’“c dental to the Process | o;a¢ we were letting ourselves in for S rrnatio ent. -.xl-'-'nmiiflml”xfifmfier no;":uslmrs . _yas to money cost. We took no thought No amount of pointing to the un: President-elect Harding has indicated s . |of that, and, after entering, our sole very plainiy that ho will take a decp- wholesome effects of prohibition, which | vy v ent wag of success. er interest in Central and South fare a passing phase, will demonstrate American afairs than any Presidenti,, (p. .o lepot e it that The money cost proved to be enor- of recent years. When it comes time | > mnmu:’l_mnu & 'n dme:t‘”“s | mous. We should probably have spent 1o take up diplomatic appointments— s mei : and that time, it should be stated. still | mistake. While in some places courts | . much more had it been necessary. is far in the distance—Senator Hard- ha And we should probably have spent it ing will endeavor to pick the very |have been busier, in most places the | . o yiessly as we did that we did best available men for the postscountry has been cleaner and better. |, onq " myerything was sky high, and among the American republics. There are hundreds of thousands of | o wiiiv had to pay the price. h""‘::‘“ "“"d"'l:‘e" States today that| wi pave now to face the conse- e e, wetter maintained and|quences. Complainings that we were in the final test happier than before |y ueezed in our necessities by prof- As The Star stated the other day, the western hemisphere is the coming b G T iteers are neither comforting nor to the point. They pay no tax bills. They hemisphere—not coming in a few years, or in half a century or so, but coming, and when she arrives it will eliminate no obligations. And so men in authority—mayors, governors and the President—are be with both feet. Let us keep the stressing the case as it stands, and lead we have. Let us cultivate our southern friends in every way. Let| In the course of the debate yester- calling upon councilf and legislatures and the Congress to prune all esti- us remove any distrust of us that may |42y in the Semate on inauguration exist among them, and insist upon a |Preparations suggestion was made that better tone toward them than has|2 resolution should be passed prohibit- hitherto too often been heard in this|ing the erection of reviewing stands| country. They have something to learn |al0ng the streets or in the parks save | mates, and appropriate no moneys be- from us, and we something to learn |at the White House grounds and La-|yond what the public interests impera- from them. We can help each other, | {avette Square. This, it was stated, |tively demand. If the calls are intel- i alioatd a0 w0 was due to the feeling that these {ligently heeded great sums can be sav- “The king business” never, at any |Stands are used for speculative pur-{ed; and money saved is money made. time that we call civilized, had more |Poses for the muicting of the public than a slender hold on this side of the |in extortionate sums for the privilege Air Plane Mail Risks. great blue water. America, North and | of seeing the procession. A postal airplane fell in the streets South, has been the stamping ground | It is not for the benefit of the peo-} ;¢ 5o Francisco aflame yesterday and of Washington and Bolivar, and men |Ple of Washington that these stands|;; (ne blaze gbout half of the 270 inspired by them. More and more|are erected or as a means of making| . nds of mail cargo was burned. Sev- the hemisphere has been dedicated to{Mmoney to repay the guarantee fund.|org) times air mail pouches have been freedom—not freedom in its full form, | They are regarded as part of the|gjegiroyed by fire and a heavy loss has but pointing steadily that way. The |Recessary equipment of the occasion,|pee, caused. There is no possible way governments have been called re- |t0 Provide facilities for the people Who | o¢ replacing postal matter. Relative- publics; and when one fell another |COme to this city for the spectacle.|;; very rarely has been burned similarly named has taken its place. | The citizens’ committee fn charge of| o tno trains. Wrecks, of course, Kings have not succeeded presidents. |the program provides the stands on |yave occurred and mail cars have been The old hemisphere has known little|the contract with builders and estab- | umashed, but seldom in comparison but kings and their kind. The people {lishes the rate of prices to be charged | it the mileage has there been loss are just beginning to experiment with |for seats in them. It takes every Pos-lpy fire, Inasmuch as airplane mail different. We wish them |sible precaution agalnst the sale of los go not require to be opened in need not, should not, tie up (1arge blocks of seats to be resold later | yrangt for sorting, as in the case of 00 closely. Let us con-|by speculators at mcreased prices.! yo ¢rain mail, there is no reason why But no known provision can be adopt- | tney should not be made of fireproof ed to prevent the remale of tickets at|materials. It should be the rule to an increase. It happens in all line®{geng mail matter by plane only in fire-resisting containers. The risk is too great to send this preclous cargo in sacks that may be ignited by the flames of a burning machine. —— of business. It is a mistake to say that the Many American clergymen are dis- posed to complain of alleged humor which seeks either clumsily ¢r mis- chievously to belittle them in popular esteem. Humor fs designed to foster a generous smile. The jest which arouses resentment is a faflure. Economy is now the general cry. There must be a saving in the con- duct of city and state as well as in that of national affairs. The country has been going at a reckless clip. The country must pull up, or there will be smash. The cities, the states and the nation must get down to cases and trim expenses. 1t is, of course, all along of the Inauguration Stands. l ————— All that is needed to put an end to any crime wave is to show the same rigorous promptness in dealing with the more viclous offenders that is manifested toward violatars of auto- mobile regulations. ——— Statistics throw no light on the question of how much less a renter or purchaser might have to pay if the graft were squeezed out of numerous bullding estimates. ———— Doubts are expressed as to whether much practical advance in interna- tional understanding will be made by the substitution of the word “asso- clation” for “league.” ——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PRILANDER JOHNSON. Inauguration Day. We'll have a little dancing and per- haps a little song! TNl be there to cheer paraders come along. Fourth of March we'll revel in for- getfulness and fun. Next morning we'll be ready for the ‘work that’s to be done. If Congress thinks that reviewing facilities should be afforded to nobody ican youngsters in general. It may ‘be that the board was unable to com- The intelligent students of business are enthusiastic as to the prospects The ultimate consumer is also hopeful that readjustment will re- vive the old maxim of service as well as gain “quick sales and small profits.” ————— Friends and admirers of Senator Borah are hopeful that he will yet per- mit comment on the day after in- auguration to the effect that a pleas- ant time was had by all. —————— Some of the remarks attributed to him indicate that Mr. Harding does not believe half the rumors concern- ing the selections for the coming cab- inet. ‘That the law of America should pro- pese finally to say him nay in a pur- pess which must shame most of us, on the techmical ground that the children ‘were liable to become public charges, When the Got to run the business of the land we're livin® in. Got to help to free the world from selfishness and sin. For months we'll have to labor on a most important task. One day of recreation isn’t very that it is difficult to see how they ——— O — much to ask. “ould have disappeared so quickly and| According to some Russian his- completely. torians there is nothing left of thel .. w’":‘““";‘ —_—— Kerensky government but an expense] um'r’:”" make any New Year reso- Germany has always been willing to | account. admit that disarmament is an excel- lent topic of conversation for those whe bappen to be interested in it. “No,” answered Uncle Bill Bottle- top. “I feel pretty secure about my fu- ture since prohibition landed and I didn’t see any use o’ troublin’ my mind with reminiscences.” ——————e The ex-kaiser does not desire to live in Holland and Holland is justified in sarcastic inquiry as to who invited Russian affairs are developing a|him. ‘wholesome desire to encourage the business man in politics. —— e Jud Tunkins says he’s getting to be such & fine business man that it takes him longer to bargain over a day's work than it does to do the work. ———ttres Congress and the Tariff. The tariff controversy progresses merrily on Capitol Hill. Now, it is X Police Court official is quoted in | over the emergency bill. Later, at the Trafic Congestion. his report as expressing the opinion |special session in the spring of the The passenger stands up and travels that the large increase in cases|new Congress, it will be over the gen- far, ‘brought before that court during the |eral revision bill that body will be ask- year 1920 is due largely to prohibition. | ed to pass. 1f this is true the figures need explana-{ All well enough. tien. Washington has been a “dry” |for divided opinion. It inheres in the territory under the local prohibition | subject. The tariff is at all times act since the 1st of November, 1917. | knotty, and at this time is particularly ‘The whole country has been dry under [so. The dislocation of business all the war-time prohibition law since the |over the world, which has existed for 1st of July. 1919. The national pro-|six years, has made tariff revision as hibition under the constitutional |complicated and difficult a problem as|can talk about billions and billions, dmendment dates from January 16,|ever a legislative body tackled. and at the same time avolds any sug- 1920. The only direct deduction as| The responsibility is with the re-|gestion that Nis encrmous figures are to the increased number of cases in|publicans. They are now in legisia-|likely to call for more taxes.” Police Court is that there are more |tive control, and after March 4 will be —_ specified offenses under the statutes|in both legislative and executive con- Freedom. now than there were before. But[trol. At present they are divided, and| “Is this what you call free verse?” bootlegging was as much a crime in|will be divided next spring. But they| “It §s,” replied Mr. Penwiggle. “It November, 1917, in the District, as it |must get together. If they do not; if | gives me.a glimmer of enlightenment. was in February, 1920. they permit their wreangling to he-{I begin to understand what the old It more people are nmow breaking|come too protracted, as in 1890, or to|poet meant when he wrote ‘Freedom the Jaw than before the case may be|get out of hand, as in 1909, they will lshrieked! Y B RN R | More passengers crowd in at every stop. ‘The traffic jam is flerce inside the car And never gets the notice of a cop. Msagnificent Mathematics. “You like to hear that astronomer talk?” . “Yes,” answered Miss Cayenne. “He There is ground Editorial Digest “The Tie That Binds.” For the most part, the nation's Press approves of Senator Harding’s reiteration to Calvin Coolidge of his/ campaign pledge to make the Vice President an ex-officio cabinet officer. | Those writers who look upon the plan' With less enthusiasm, however, point | out the danger of unpleasant jeal-| ousies that might arise among leaders in the Senate and the House if the presiding officer of the former body were taken into the immediate hosom of the White House official family. But, in general, the newspapers seem to feel that the President's “under- study” should be a man worthy of the office and the office worthy of such a man. The Springfield Republican (ind pendent) fears that the vote of the ex- officio_cabinet officer might promote discord, instead of harmony. between | the two branches of the government. Another view of this phase of the situation is presented by the El Paso Times (independent), which believes that harmony might’ be achieved by the Vice President's participation executive affajrs under some circus stances, but hardly if “one were republican and the other demo- eratic.” The question of jealousies between the House and the Senate is raised by several writers. The Boston Tran- script (independent republican), for instance, v of the House excluded not easy to answer,” Joseph " News-Press ~(independent), though it believes the Vice President ought to 'be the “President's right- hand man.” concedes that making the former “an ex-officio member of the cabinet” may cause “‘some embarrass- ment.” Indeed, this fact “and his presence at the bi-weekly meetings” of this body, the Atlanta Journal (democratic) feels, “might, and prob- ably would, arouse jealousies in the House and Senate that would more than neutralize any advantage re- sulting from his presence at the White House.” While the arrangement may be well enough for the impending regime, with Mr. Coolidge, “by far the strong- er personality” yet so far showing “every , disposition to defer to his chief,” the Charleston News and Cour- fer (democratic) feels that it might not be desirable if conditions were different, and, therefore: “Perhaps it will be as well if the innovation an- nounced by Mr. Harding, though safe enough for the next four years and promising benefit to the country dur- ing that period, can be prevented from hardening s tablished precedent The Columbia (S. C.) State (demo- cratic) is opposed to the “innovation” in principle, as “directly contrary to our customs and our traditions.” The Syracuse Post-Standard (repub- ligan), while it believes that if the vice presidential nominee “has a rea- sonable expectation of being a real factor in the administration, there WOl be many eminent statesmen dodging i till admits that there is nothing in the Constitution which ever conceived the step. Further, it denies that Mr. Harding has shown, as the New York Tribune (republican) sensitive understanding of the American system in his proposal.” ‘There is no ‘sensitive understanding’ ut it,” Post-Standard. enator Harding will invite Mr. Cool- idge to his cabinet meetings because the Vice President is in general con- formity with his political thought and because he prizes his judgment,” and no embarrassing precedents need re- sult. The Chicago Post (independent), the Baltimore News (independent), and the Wheeling Intelligencer (re- publican) all consider that Mr. Cool- idge in his elevated position will be a valuable connecting “link,” the need for which, the News declares, “has long been recognized, for the old separation-of-powers theory, un- der which our Constitution was drawn up, has , in practice, proved sat- isfactory. The argument, widely urged, of the value of training the chief executive’s “understudy” is advanced by the Kansas City Post (in- dependent). “Only an exceptional President,’ the Beattle Times (independent) con- cludes, “would welcome the presence 80 close to the throne of authority of one chosen for the express pur- pose of succeeding him in the event of death or disability. Byt Harding promises in this respect 'to be the exceptional President. ®* * ¢ The country will hall the move.” Progress in Industrial Democracy. In the working agreement effected between the officers and engine and train service employes of the Pennsyl- vania Rallroad Company for the se tlement of future labor differences “new principles of relationship tween management and men” have been adopted which are of the high- est promise. Through their full rep- resentation in the joint reviewing committee established to carry out the arrangement employes will have an equal voice with the management in the settlement of controversial question: This 18 progress in industrial democ- is a question} and the St. ftly into an es- the Pennsylvania has done other railroads must see the advisability f doing. It is an alternative to umb plans™ of operation which has the improving feature of respect- ing equally the interest of the em- ploye and of the owner. Here is a new spirit of industrial relationship and responsibility the in- fluence of which cannot - be exag- gerated. And the hest of it is that it is an influence from within and personal, not looking to government agencies to solve its problems.—New York World (democratic). Diplomacy. There was a formal exchange of diplomatic courtesies between . Bul- garia and.Serbia on Christmas, as is customary among nations. ‘The Balkan method of exchanging these little formalities differs somewhat from the custom in western coun- tries, however. In this case the rep- resentatives of the two countries met in_a joint commission to exchange representations regarding a boundary line. A Serbian general presided at the meeting of the commission. A Bulgarian colonel took exception to some ruling of the chair, and im- mediately appealed to the pistol. He shot the chairman dead. Then, in order to avoid all embarrassment, and to make the day a merry one all around, he shot himgelf dead. In America we would be inclined to print some rather flaming extras if ouy Secretary of State should make a Christmas call at the Japanese embassy, kill the ambassador and then shoot himself. We are an ex- citable people in regard to such things. In the Balkans it is differ- ent. The incident is accepted as one of the routine affairs of state, and ossibly may receive mention on the ‘court calendar” pages of the livest Balkan newspapers. Importance of these little diplo. matic _exchanges 1is entirely rel; tive.—Wichita Fagle (independent). The man who is in love with him- self never has any rivals—Greenville (S. C.) Pledmont. The goldfish in the hotei fountains reported the quietest New Year on record.—Indianapolis Star. . ‘What's the use in reading a book? The story will be entirely different when its filmed.—Denver Times. Nothing pleases the modest man more than being detected in the act of doing a good deed.—Evansville Journal. ‘We hope President Wilson takes at least one more punch at the Senate’s “no’s."—Little Rock (Ark.) Gasette. It all comes out in the wash, any- way; when the hens aren’t laying for us the cold storage plants are.—Co- lumbus (8. C.) Record. ‘With so many days assigned to this cause and that, the suggestion is made that some one proclaim a “mind your own business week."—Omaha Bee. THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, LU LU U T T T T T T _—d_‘—.‘—_—__ % ---.-.:‘w‘, 9 4 Q ANY optical discoverien of a mature vital to science and protec- tive to the eye were made by Battista Porta, a_sixteenth “See ETZ and Sec Better” LT T L T T January Lace Curtains $1.59 Pair Nottingham Lace Curtains, of ex- cellent quality, such as were quoted at $3.00 early in the faH. Attractive patterns. Three yards long.—Second, Floor. > Special! 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