Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1921, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, Edition. WEL BOe Rl Mr. Schwab has borne a reputation WASHINGTON, D. C which has rendered him immune to uary 1021 |charges of personal graft and that YES. . ..Editor | sreat enough to put him far beyond TEERRONE R HCE s the range of avarice. He had given The Evening Star Newspaper Company | his services free in the national cause. Business Oflice, 11th St. and Peansylvania Ave. | To bo accused, after the devotion of 2 oleer Firme sfS&"u’n‘i‘.’.‘fl”fifim-.t the hardest of labors to the task of 3 Regent St., Loudon, Eogland. | 51ging the United States to win the “with the Sunday morning | war, of dipping his hand Into the fed- riers W e ber | cral Treasury for a quarter of a mil- 20 ceats per month. O | lion dollars, and covering up the tak- -on(x.yufifis'u‘}r carrlers at the |ing with & blind voucher, was to ex- month. perience the severest shock a man Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. |of integrity could possibly suffer. In- Maryland and Virginis. nocence would naturally react as did Daily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70c | this man of business yesterday on the Taily only . $6.00; 1mo.. 30¢ | witness stand. SEdascaly -+ $2.40; 1m0.0 206 | Ty 4pere remain doubts they are of All Other States. the kind that can be dispelled only 0c by the most concrete proofs. The vinced of the sincerity of this display of feellng. Chicagn Office Luropean Ottic Evening Star, daily only, 45 cents per Daily and Daily only Sunday onl o the emotional plane. ‘The voucher should, in strict justice to Mr. Schwab, be traced to the source and its full detalls explained. If there was loose bookkeeping in the Shipping Board or the fleet corporation it should be shown. If there was graft it should be brought to light. If injustice has been done to an innocent man by this accusation of improper profiting, it should be punished by the exposure mbers o ihe fets ?e;;l‘nk:;( of the false accusers to general pub- ed h.\'”?!r» Mor: ‘Vof the tht;fl‘:“_; lic condemnation for their mistake phases of the negotiations, so that i the col ittce desired to consider in {°F their malevolence. remaining days of the present any draft treaty which Presi- on might submit, the way would be cleared for prompt action.” The Senate and Treaties. In the announcement that “nego- tiations between Ambassadors ‘Morris and Shidehara for the settlement of the California question and the defi- nition of the rights of Japanese in TUnited States have been success- concluded,” this statement ap- ————— An Employment Census. Following up the suggestion made Mr. Morrls is to be congratulated |, qpe Star yesterday regarding the on bis attitude toward the foreign re-|igje young men of this city who are lations committee of the Senate. It engaged in no tangible pursuit be- was correct. The Senate is part of | yong that of idling their time in places fhe treaty-making power of the goV-|of amusement and on street corners crnment, and treatles sent in by the|gng in somewhat questionable resorts, President for ratification are referred would it not be well for the police to to that committee for examination |iaye a census of occupations? It is and report. So that, if a treaty gTOWS | jesirable, in the first place, to fin out of these negotiations, and is sent| oyt how much actual unemployment in for ratification, its terms will not |tnere is in Washington, to learn Just take the committee by surprise. how many people are out of jobs, and The more the subject is considered | who want them and need them, and the greater is regret warranted that|yng do not. It can be assumed that the President did not pursue this|snere are many men f this city who course while in Paris engaged in the|,., earnestly and seriously seeking negotiations which resulted in the employment, who would be glad for peace treaty he signed there. It was anything to do. But what of ‘those bis original purpose, publicly declared, | wno have nothing to do, who are nor- to kecp the Senate advised of the | any out of employment, and who terms of the work upon which he Was | make no effort? How do they live? entering. It was io know promptly |mhey do not look like job hunters. all that he knew—all that was com-|Tpey are carefree and well dressed. ing before him for consideration. Trieyiare (BalfTarent Inthetdispending. But he changed his course. He did | gow ao they do it? not communicate with the Senate, or | mpe police know some of these men. with individual senators, at any time| 5 fow of them have “records.” They while he was abroad, but signed alz.q already suspects in a way, and pact which proved to be in its terms |y 15 quite natural that when any- unacceptable to the Senate, and which, thing breaks, when crime is com- as submitted, the Senate rejected. mitted, such as these should be the first brought in for examination. But usually there is nothing specific on which td hang an accusation. It is impossible to send a man to prison ‘Watching Washington. ‘This is from a special dispatch to ::; Star from Atlanta, printed Sub-{s. » crime simply because he is idle v . and might have committed it. Mon- e e i aea s |eoms inustics ‘wosia! o\ aons 15 that the Fordney bill and other leg- |such procedure. islation will mot hurt Canadian inter-} Just the same, community security Business men in other countries are | demands that these idlers, who never watching Washington, and hoping for | seek jobs, who scorn work, who spend the same thing. their time and money at resorts and The tariff revision upon which we|loafing places, should be brought to are entering i3 of wide concern.|{account. They should be put on in- American markets are of great value. | quiry as to where they get their Every country with products to sell, {means, who is supplying them with and salable here, is anxious to enter | funds and why. This may be inquisi- upon the best terms possible. torial, but the conditions are such as This has been true for many years, { to demand unusual procedure. Idle- and has always been taken into ac-{ness breeds crime, and there is alto- count in our tariff legislation. High |gether too much needless idigness in tariff and low tariff men alike have | Washington today, and in consequence considered imports in their relation |too much crime. * to our home products as well as to ——————— revenue, in revising tariff rates and| An automobile dashed into the Chi- schedules. cago river and drowned six people. The present tariff problem differs|{A policeman saw the accident, but from previous problems in the fact|forgot to report it. On dragging the that the necessities for a new law |river a second automobile was found. 8row out of a world catastrophe. New | It is evident that Chicago's trafic tariff arrangements are required in|regulations need revision. cvery trading country, and of one ———— e kind or another must be made by every| The flag has not flown over engine country whose hope and purpose are |house No. 12 for two years, to the to keep up with the procession. great regret of the men, who could Our arrangements must be made not be provided with a halyard. The according to the November mandate, { uncomfortable suggestion arises that ‘which calls for protection to deserving | red tape has asserted itself in pre- American industries. This does not}cedence of Old Glory. mean the building of a trade wall ——— e around the country, for We must| Tpe camera men have been cordial- trade with other nations, but it does 1y received by the household of the mean that in whatever we do, first; preaident-elect. There is only one of consideration must be given to our|{two things to do in the presence of a ©OwD interests here at home. camera, and it is always better to e win smiles than to lose tempers. A petition originating in Pennsyl- R ] vania for the rigid enforcement of | wyrkish naticnalists object to one blue laws in the District of Columbia | o’ Mr. Morganthau’s books. This is is before Congress. It was introduced annoying to Mr. Morganthau, but good by Senator Knox, but it is not believed | ¢or the book. it will receive as much personal at- tention as he has felt compelled to bestow on several other matters, in- eluding the league of nations. ———— The Towa Jjudge's ruling that ————— ‘women on juries might take time to A . powder their noses was one of those Reprieves and Justice. mcidents in which a court devotes| Gov. Miller of New York, in deny- considerable language to the an-|ing application for reprieves in the nouncement of an incontrovertible |case of two Mexicans condemned to and seif-evident fact. die for murder, said that he does not propose to grant reprieves, “either to 9, . raise false hopes in the breasts of de- Mr. Schwab’s Emotion. fendants or to magnify the chances Much of the confusion in the pub-|or egcape from the consequences of lic mind regarding the “rights and|crime in the minds of those against wrongs” of a voucher discovered in |whom society needs to be protected.” the accounts of the Shipping Board |rhere is a further reason for the gov- for something over $269,000 will prob- | ¢rnor's position in this respect. In ably be cleared by the emotion dis-|connection with his refusal he says: plaved on the witness stand by| «Unpnecessary delays in the execu- Charles M. Schwab, head of the Beth- | tion ]nt tt.hed J'udxbfi::u‘hof ahe‘:‘mtxru b . erely tend to e administra- lehem Steel Company, {n whose favor | [1on® % ‘filtice into-disreputo. . bane it apgears to have been drawn. Mr.|ishment for crl’ngle -hogldhb;h!’noda as Schwab has maintained that he had |Certain as possible and should follow th ffense as speedily as the du not gained a penny of the amount|and orderly administration of Justiog covered by the voucher. Accountants|will admit.” engaged to audit the books and a| In this brief statement Gov. Miller former controller of the board ex- has expressed the feeling of the coun- pressed their belief that the voucher |try at large. There is too much de- nad been drawn for his own “ex-|lay in the administration of justice penses” in connection with shipbuild- | here. Cases multiply in which there ing operations. Finally Mr. Schwab!is a lapse of not only months but himself took the stand again and, nar-| years between the commission of a rating how he had begged the audi-|crime and its expiation. There is first tors to reach the bottom of the mat-!a long preliminary hearing before the ter and allow the truth to exonerate{grand jury; then, in case of indict- him, lost control of his feelings and| ment, a walt while attorneys pre- wept. pare the cases and while the crowded Probably in no more eloquent man- | calendar of the court revolves to the ner could he have expressed his in-|point of trial; then perhaps a pro- nocence of any questionable practice. | tracted trial, maybe lasting weeks; The report of the session shows plain- | then appeal to another congested court !y that members of the investigating |and possibly rehearing or, in adverse committee were impressed. Few |decisions, further appes! to even high- skeptics are likely to remain uncen: _courts, By takigg advantage of r ———se————— Inquiries as to the coal condition, however frequent and solicitous, never appear to bring out any report of im- provement. THE EVENING BTAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1921 . s Tt The Hecht Co. every possible delay counsel for an accused person, though he be flagrant- ly guilty, may spin out the process for two or three yeara. Then when conviction is had without any further chance of appeal the pardoning power is invoked and reprieve is obtained perhaps, and sometimes rereprieve. Rarely is the extreme sentence of the law executed en the date eriginally set. All these conditions have brought the law into disrepute, have made the ‘“‘courts’ delay” a by-word, have al- most put a premium on crime by less- ening the chances of punishment. Gov. Miller is alming straight at the heart of an evil when, speaking for the pardaning power, he refuses to add in the least degree to the chances of defeating justice. Hunting “the Papers.” As a result of the housing and labor inquiry that has been in progress in New York for some months the head of the building trades council in that city has been brought to trial on a charge of extortion. The prosecution desired to obtain mccess to the min- utes of the council and got an order from the court for their production. They were supposed to be in a safe, Wwhich, when being brought to- court, proved to be a steel filing cabinet with combination locks. A safe expert, after working on these locks for four hours, declared that they could be |- opened only by drilling. does not want to order the cabinets opened in this manner, and yet hav-|ing ing started to find the minutes it must pursue the quest. It is not as- sured that the papers are in the cabi- nets, but only supposed so. What if the locks are blown and the wished- for documents are not Within? Prob- ably certain other papers are there of confidential nature. It would real- ly have been much simpler if the offi- cers of the building trades council had submitted the minutes in the be- ginning. But they take the position that the prosecution has no right to these minutes, regardless of what they contain, and that it must prove its case, if it can, in some other man- ner. Attention having been concen- trated on the filing cabinets, the situ- ation becomes melodramatic, and it remains now to be seen whether the “papers” will at last be found. ——— The fact that Lenin has not at- tended recent meetings of the soviet officials may mean that he has lost his health or is taking exceedingly good care of it. —_——————————— States that neglected to make re- turn of the electoral vote are culpable for not observing the formalities, even though the landslide prevented their making any difference. —————— Gov. Cox’s numerous conferences, it may confidently be assumed, are for the purpose of looking to the future and not for the sake of talking over old times. —_———— An appeal by a President-elect for some brief hours of rest and seclu- sion makes no impression on a man with a large amount of advice on his mind. g ——— A powder plapt erected at a cost of $90,000,000 and unused during ‘the war is reported on sale at $3,605,000. It is located at “Old Hickory.” Ad- verse critics are inclined to think the name of the place ought to be changed to “Jesse James.” ———— e If the investigations for funds lost track of are to start with the re- ported George Washington subscrip- tion of $40,000, with accrued income, for the establishment of a conserva- tory of music, and are proceeded with chronologically, it will be some gen- erations before transactions now in- viting much attention are reached. —————————— 1t is rumored that de Valera is con- cealed in Paris. The French capital is always thronged with so many dif- ferent kinds of people who have been socially, artistically and politically prominent that there is no better place on earth for a man to conceal him- self in a crowd. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNBON. Swinging Around the Circle. Only jew a little while— Swingin® through the sky— Till we'll see Miss April smile As she breathes a =igh. 01d world movin® day by day Through the stars that shine so gay, We'll keep travelin’ on our way Swingin® through the sky! Clouds will gather as we go Swingin’ through the sky, Like our sorrows which we know Soon are sure to fly. Past the storms that bring us fear Stars are shinin’ bright and clear To the suntime drawin’ near, Swingin’ through the sky. Some Kind of Excitement. “The Fourth of March will be a wonderful day this year.” “Inauguration day is always won- dertul,” replied Miss Cayeane. “Even when the festivities are restrained, the climate is likely to do something interesting «nd memorable.” Jud Tunkins says that for practical purposes a philosopher and a stu- dent {sn’t near as much practical use in society as a person that plays a fair game of bridge. Winter Lesson. Experience, that teacher rough, Doth now call in the plumber, And in one day proville enough To think about all summer. Change of Color. “Have you any blue laws out this way?” “We did have some,” gnswered Un- cle Bill Bottletop, “but it begins to look as if the bootleggers had suo- ceeded in paintin’ ‘em red.” Secrets of Statesmanahip. “There are secrets & public man keeps locked in his bosom forever.” “There are,” rejoined Semator Sor- ghum. “Numerous friends of mine play thousands of miles of golf, but nobody hears a word about the score,” L The court |, Editorial Digest How Big Is a Little Army? Any hope of a further reduction in the size of the American Army seems to have disappeared if the press cor- rectly represents the view of the public. A few writers accepted the figure of 150,000 men when that fig- ure seemed to be the decision of Con- gress, but ‘when it was finally an- rounced that 175,000 was to be the limit of our land and air forces a number of voices were raised in pro- test that this was not enough. The Greensboro (N. C.) News (in- dependent) ‘declares -hat now that “the United "States ha, flatly re(usi:d to associate itself wi, _the ternational organi the eventual reduct; - all armies” it 18 clesrly “the business of the country to look to its own defenses,” and “the job of defending as far-flung = nation as this one calls rather for a million men.” While it reflects a similar view the Indlanapolis News (independent) is somewhat more moderato in its de- mand. “An army of 200,000 men,” it says. “would be a very modest force. smaller, in all probability, than we would bLe expected to maintain even as a membet of the league of nations. The recon endations of Gen. Persh- ing, the Secretary of War and the military committee of the Senate, all of which were overruled, are surely entitled to respectful consideration.” Callingattention to the fact that the chief duty of the Army is gar- risoning our possessions, which sug- gests the probability that 150,000 men g be needed outside of the United States,” the Chicago Tribune (inde- pendent republican) calls it “fool's economy” to reduce the Army “below the strength necessary for the duties it must perform.” The Altoona Mirror (independent) after reviewing the condition of “tur- il” in the world and stating that great powers are not disarm- " makes the ironical comment that “Gen. Pershing has suggested the minimum limit be set at 200,000. But. cf course, he's only a soldier, and knows nothing about politics.” The | Cleveland Plain Dealer (independent democratic) also reminds its readérs | that “the world situation is not yet such as would permit the United States to revert to its pre-war state of unpreparedness,” and heads its comment “questionable economy.” The Chicagd Post (independent) considers that the voted 175,000 would be “sufficient to look after the Philip- pines, Panama and do police work in the United States,” but “on the basis of a semi-assured peace,” beyond this much, “nothing.” "Congress, it adds, therefore “votes unpreparedness.” The New Orleans Times Picayune (inde- pendent democratic) is less emphatic in its objections to the action of Con- gress and admits that it “cannot judge” whether the question of econ- omy or military need should have the | greater weight. The Florida Metrorolis (democratic) also feels that “a reduction in appro- priations” will place “a handicap on all branhes of the services,” and men- tions that the new Army is “no longer a monotonous grind,” but is now “a university which has as its aim' the development of the men -who make up its strength”” The Metropolis be- lieves further that, “regardless of the talk about disarmament and the agi- tation to that end, we will always need an adequate Army and Navy— an& they should be the best in the world.” The figure of 175,000, however, which Congress selected, meets with the avproval of a number of papers. among them the New York Globe (in- dependent), which thinks that unless the nations “sign away their presens establishments ~ at a disarmament council” or if we should “care to com- bine a Regular Army with some cfficient type of volunteer organiza- :ion” we might do with less, but as it is the present force “is confequen iy as good a size as we can select.” Although the Wichita FEagle (in- dependent) declares that “something absolutely must be done to reduce the scale of prodigal spending upon which this nation is now operating,” it accepts as adequate a standing Army of 175,000, which “is large enough for the United States in time of peace.” The Norfolk Vir- ginian Pilot (independent democratic) Praises Congress for its wise decision to “retrench” and says that “an Army of 175,000 enlisted men seems adequate to provide us with a ‘margin of safety’ until the prostrate world begins again to show signs of spoiling for a fight.” Both the Florida Times-Union (democratic) and Labor (Washing- ton, D. C.) oppose the bill, the for- mer on the argument that “before the war the United States maintained an Army of less than 150,000 men” and conditions require no larger Army now. The Armenian Note. Stripped of surplusage, the Ar- menian note of the President says two things. First, that the bolshe- viki now in power in Russia are “a violent and tyrannical minority, by no means representing tho real pur- pose and desire of the Russian peo- ple. Second, that this violent and unwelcome autocracy, veaching be- yond its borders, has the remains of poor Armenia beneath its _savage, paw. e The excuse offered for a policy is calculated to delight Moscow. It is that there is confusion where lodges the spirit of offensc and where the spirit of defense. In other words, does the President seriously believe Russia is in danger of being assafled by the weak border states?. The preposterousneéss of such an. idea is manifest. LR If the President were in real doubt he would suggest other tests to find out whera the truth lies. He would say, for example, that Russla should order an immediate damobilization of her large army in return for assur- ance from the western nations, in the habit of keeping their words, that if the bolshevists disbanded the red army the areas under their control would not be invaded. Or he might say that no offensive would be under- taken if the bolshevists would abide the result of a free election in Russia. President Wilson seems to labor under the same confusion of ideas that controlled him in the days when he recognized what Germany was, but continuously labored to help Germany by keeping up @ fire of criticism .against those opposed to her. Soviet Russia is now the beneficiary of his course; but there, in 1921, as in 1916, he seems unable to understancd that conditions arise forbidding neut-ality —that you cannot escape helping one side or the other.—New York Trib- une (republican). Schools and Movies. In the discussion of the proposed movie censorship ordinance before the council judiciary committee, At- torney T. D. Hurley, chairman of the censorship commission, said that in a recent test of the power of the movies some 8chool children were shown a slide of “The Last Supper.” None of the children recognized ft. Slides of famous Americans followed. A few children recognized Washing- ton’s picture. None recognized Jefferson or Mar- shall. The riot came when Dun(.l Mary and Charlie were shown. is the inference? movies, which are primarily for en- tertainment, are responsible for the education of fcago school chil- dren. If that is so we xre Wisting a lot of money on the schools.—Chi- oo, Tribune (independent repub- lican). Speaking of the restless sex, {s there a restful one?—EI Paso Herald. ! Cuba may have a case of the shakes, but does not want any Volsteadiness. —Nashville Banner. The recordings of ths selsmégraph icate that the shimiy is making It progress in France~~Nashville ‘Tennessean. " Lady who shot her husband through the head with the only cartridge in the revolver has some Jjustification in claiming it was accidental.—Cleve- land News. If they make our Navy too small, what will our cabinet officers do when they want to travel?—Greenville (8. C) Pieamapt, . . .o . ’ - Half-yearly furniture sale ol This $35.75 Pullman Baby Carriage, $26.81 N, This $38.50 Floor ‘ Remember, This Is the Home of l’ Bohn Siphon Refrigerators McDougall Kitchen Both are liberally discounted in this sale. $34.25 Englander Set, $23.75 Two-inch post bed; 1-inch fillers; Englander guaran- A This $85 living room suite, $56.66 A splendid mahogany library suite, finely finisied, with spring seat, upholstered in tapestry. with imitation leather spring seat, $48.75. teed springs. 7 Q8.95 Fibre Reed Rockers, $4.95 A comfertable, rocker that finds its place in any room. » discounts of 15% to 50% THE greatest stocks of furniture we have ever owned are going ‘ out at the greatest discounts we have ever made. Nothing is reserved. Go right thru the stock—choose what you will—in no instance is the discount less than 15%; in extreme cases it is 50%, . and in between lie vast stocks of furniture at discounts of 20% to 40%. 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