Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1921, Page 34

-2 - = “THE EVE G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. ;gumy........m 20, 1921 “THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor EER oe \ b BE L The Evening Star Newspaper Co-:p‘lly {2 Dusiness Office, 11th St. and Penpsylvania Ave. New York Office: Tribune Building. Chieago Office: First National Bask Bulldiog. European Office: 3 Regent 8 jon, England. The Brenin , with the Sunday merning edition, la deffrated by carriers within the clty At 60 cents per month: daily only. 45 cents per moath: Bunday cuiy, 30 cente s O may be sent by mail, or tele M 5000, ™ Coilcetion :E’nan o carelers st G +-ead of each month. _" Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. $5.40; 1 mo., 70¢ $6.00; 1 mo., 50c v only . « *Sunday only v and Sunday.1 «~Daily only 1 ~-Sunday only More Local Judges Required. One item of business affecting the District which has been postponed for several sessions should be assuredly Pressed to conclusion at the extra ses- sion that is to open next month. This is the provision for two additional Judges of the District Supreme Court. A measure to this effect has been pend- ing for a long time, but from one ‘cause and another has failed of passage. One reason which has been plainly intimated in the last two years has been the fact that the Congress has! -been under republican control and the executive democratic, and the repub- lican Congress has not been willing to provide two additional judicial places for democratic appointment. Before that, just as the bill was about to become a law, a member of the Senate secured its amendment by add- ing a provision for an additional judge in his state. This was not satisfactory to the House and the bill failed in consequence. These two extra judges are urgently meeded. The District Supreme Court's calendar is congested and the court can make no headway against the accumulation of business. It is barely able to hold its own. Cases are many “ months behind schedule. For a num- ber of weeks, owing to the illness of one of the judges of the Court of Ap- peals, it has been necessary to assign a Supreme Court justice to that duty to prevent further accumulation in ‘the upper court. -« The District Supreme Court is work- ing with the same number of justices "that it had when the population of the District was less than half the present, " 'size. The court business has more than doubled meanwhile. Not only has the city grown, but the govern- . _ment business has very greatly in- creased. This court is, in fact, one 6f the hardest pressed in the United -States, owing to the fact that it serves both the local community and the fed- eral government. In any other juris- " diction the federal courts deal strictly “iyith government cases, or interstate cases, while the local courts care for ., matters within the state jurisdictions. There is, in fact, enough business here in Washington for a bench of ten . Justices. 5 The congestion of the court calendar and the consequent delay of the ad- ministration of justice ' undoubtedly make for unwholesome conditions. The . lapse of many months between time and trial, the long delay in appeals, " due to the crowding of the Appellate Court calendar, and the possibility of appeals to the Supreme Court of the United States all contribute to a feel- ing of insecurity. In other than crim- inal affairs, too, the congestion of the .courts is harmful. Business interests suffer. Every consideration for the public welfare demands an early re- ‘Mef from this situation through the enlargement of the bench. The District in Congress. Although the assignments are not definite and final, it -is now well as- -sured that the two District commit- tees of Congress will be headed by . Representative Focht of Pennsyl- vania and Senator Ball of Delaware. These designations are highly satis- factory to the Washington people. Both Representative Focht and Sen- $tor Ball have served on the District committees of their respective houses ~Tong enough to understand the needs ‘~ef the National Capital and the na- ture of the problems that arise in the course of a session of Congress. ‘The other day Representative Focht, in discussing his prospect as head of the House District committee, ex- pressed himself as favorable to a broad policy of capital development. He favors making Washington a mode! world city. He wants the government's equipment here to be of the best, and fre wants the municipai organization to be most efficient. In this spirit « legislation for Washington should be - pressed not as local matters, but na- tional. The jurisdiction in the House District committec is limited to municipal affairs. Other committees deal with detalls, however, that affect = ‘he capital from the federal point of view. Mr. Focht's long service in Congress should enable him to co- - ordinate the efforts that are made for ‘the improvement of Washington, ‘whether regarded as the seat of gov- ernment or as a municipal organiza- tion. ———— . Europe is recognizing the claim of Washington, D. C., to consideration _ as the great city for conferences and « somventions. ——— -T Reclassification in Prospect. " Benator Curtis, republican whip of the Senate and member of the ap- propriations committee, charged with the work of drafting the reclassifica- 4lon bMl, states that legislation of this character is to be enacted at the ~extra session. This Is a gratifying snnouncement. It opens the prospect of an early relief from the depart- . mental conditions from which both the government and the government's workers suffer. It s indicated that in the redrafting * of this measure simplification will be sought. Undoubtedly the complexity of the piane heretofore framed has _fpade for dely. One criticism is that e * can supply and classify. THE SUNDAY STAR, WAS there were too many classifications. |a-half-hour period it cannot be all It is better to aim at simplicity than|handled in time for the earliest pos- elaboration. When the reclassification | sible delivery the next day. It must work was undertaken under the re-|be sorted into local and outgoing mail, cent commission an effort was made |and some of it will not catch the first to get the judgment of all classes of | outgoing trains or the first routes of| he answer to the question as to government workers in all lines of the | the carriers. service. Naturally there was a great Postal efficiency requires co-opera- D. C, MARCH 20 9 1921—-PART POLITICS AT HOME{Which Are the Fifteen Best/HEARD AND SEEN!FIFTY YRARS AGO IN Books of 1920? Col. House and the Future. who is to be the Col. House of the Harding administration is the same complexity of suggestions and some [tion between the mail users and the ). in the case of the apple and the confusion resulted. It proved a large|mail handlers, and one of the surest{,;.o task to work out a consistent scheme | means of that co-operation is to dis- from the mass of recommendations. | tribute the burden of mail handing! ., mission or emolument, was neces In the basic work of reclassification | over the greatest possible portion of|gary to President Wilson, Who held what is chiefly necessary is to estab-|the day. It may be more convenient ““There ain’t going to be none.” A liaison officer, without formal himself aloof from the everyday world, lish a standard of service that will|for the business man to sign all his|anq in a measure from his own party. apply to all of the governgent depart- | letters in the afternoon and have them | 4 connecting link between the White ments and bureaus. There need be |all mailed at one time, but When every-| jiouse and the public was essential to only a few fundamental divisions of |body else is doing it that same busi-{ o, cess; and Mr. Wilson was most duties. The more subdivision is at-|ness man is not getting the benefit of | ¢ortunate in securing the services for tempted the further the departure|the best possible service in the receidt|ihe work of one of the highly accom- from uniformity. _|of his own incoming mail. In short, plished men of the day. Col. House Probably the surest solution of this | postal efficiency is a matter of co-lin the post developed tact, discretion, problem is to enlarge the powers of [operation also between mail users. the Civil Service Commission. It should make no difference to the government whether clerks work in one particular branch or another so long as they are uniformly efficient. The commission | strike. It is merely |agers have recently agreed on a scale| giqtance. ———————— Waiters’ Wages. There will be no hotel waiters’ The waiters and the man- aptitude and industry. Whether at home or abroad, he moved about noise- lessly and capably, collected the in- formation desired, and reported in- telligently upon it. President Harding needs no such as- He is on terms of intimacy up to the department or bureau to in: | of wages, and for at least a year thel with the public. Both the gates and sist upon efficiency in the assigned|conditions at the hostelrles of Wash-| 1. goors at the White House now task. ‘The government is losing materially in service and in service cost through ington will be peaceful and harmoni- This will make for better service A waiters’ ous. and for public comfort. swing smoothly on their hinges. Peo- ple enter and’leave freely, and with ease. All are welcome. Thus Presi- the lack of a businesslike standard|strike would be a troublesome affair.|jent Harding keeps in intimate touch of work. That fact is now appreciated | Washington has had only a limited| gip the world, and collects his own in Congress and hence the expecta- tion that a reclassification bill estab- lishing certain bases of service will be soon enacted. Protective Law Needed. The law presumes every person in- nocent until proved guilty. This is the fundamental theory upon which the criminal statutes are written and enforced. In point of fact, this theory is stretched pretty far and is often ignored in the actual administration of justice. In respect, however, to the class of persons who are known as potential criminals, and who cannot i be accused of any definite violation of the law, the presumption of innocence works effectively for their protection and against the welfare of the com- munity. There are at present in Washington, | tem- as in all other cities, certain people who, having no *visible means of sup- port,” are engaged in no definite busi- ness and enjoy no tangible income from legitimate sources, are naturally under suspicion of subsisting upon illegal enterprises. There is at present no effective means of reaching them in order to prevent their nefarious operations. The law must wait until they have actually committed crime, taken life, stolen property or inflicted injuries. Under the vagrancy act a person can be haled to court as a suspicious experience with these misunderstand- ings and hopes mot to repeat them. information. But there is another question, and, This agreement was made through in-{,¢ vet, ynanswered. Will Col. House tervention the Labor. It is to be noted that the rate of wages agreed upon is $60 a month for | waiters who have no assistants and $40 for waiters who are aided by bus boys. Of course, everybody knows that no waiter lives on $60 a month.! That is just his starting point, his endowment, so to speak. His real income is contributed directly by the public. Nobody really knows how much the total is. The question arises whether this information is obtainable from the income tax returns. Be that as it may, not only does the publi pay, but the public knows it pays. And curiously there is no very em- phatic demand for a change in sys- by Department of | The public knows perfectly well that if tipping is absolutely forbidden and the ban is enforced the waiter will get all that is coming to him from those whom he serves indirectly through increased charges. The only thing the patrons of the hotels and restaurants really object to is to have the charge for ‘‘service” go into the bill in the present conditions, with most of the waiters’ compensation coming out of their pockets in the form of tips. It would be interesting to know just what part the $60-§40 scale bears to the price list. now enter politics on his own account? Will he try for office for himself? He {likes politics, and plays the game with a skill all his own. He has ample means to lead any life he chooses. For full eight years he has seen at ad- vantage the most attractive features of public life. A celebrity himself, he knows all the celebrities worth while in politics in America and elsewhere. Is it easy to think of such a man contenting himself with private sta- tion in New York, or Massachusetts, or Texas? —_— e Mr. Harrison's Return. Francis Burton Harrison is on his way home from the Philippines. Will he re-enter politics when he arrives? He is forty-eight years old—in his prime. He knows the game, and has the means to play it. He is a lawyer. He saw service in the war with Spain. ‘When appointed Governor General of the Philippines, Mr. Harrison was a member of the House, representing the sixteenth New York district—a city district. It is a Tammany-con- trolled bailiwick. Charles F. Murphy, therefore, was his sponsor. Tammany often puts forward men of Mr. Harrison's type. He is college bred. His social position is high. His personal address is ingratiating. As character, but without a specific charge against him he cannot be held corpus, which puts the burden of proof upon the prosecution, and in the ab- sence of any definite crime or offense he must be freed. or elsewhere, may be known as a pro- fessional thief, burglar or gunman, awaiting an opportunity. The District should have a more specific and embracing vagrancy law, eviction at least of known crimin; could round up scores of peqp] they today know as potential law- breakers waiting their chance. —_—— In view of the numerous eminent :',L_mm; ""l“ a few days. He can|jtizens domiclled in Washington, a in his release on writ of habeas| g gegree of censorship may be called for to prevent conductors of sightseeing charfots from wandering o away from simple facts and offering Person | jrregponsible impressions or opinions. may have a black criminal record here | pe city of Wuhlngt:n as a‘:z ld:a.l place of residence, should offer every facility for personal privacy as well may be recognized as one merely{ae for political publicity. ;4 A reduction of costs that will re- or law by any name permitting -the {lieve a street car passenger of the s | necessity of managing a handful of who come into the District, or the|COPPers Whemever he pays a fare detention as potential criminals of |[Would be popularly welcome. those who are unable to prove the en-|crease of cost, it is true, would ac- joyment of legitimate means of sup-|COmPlish the same result, but this port. With such a statute the police {ould hardly be considered in logical le whom | accord with the tendency of the time. ———— NOw| ike many another visitor to New already stated, he is a man of means. He has the time and the qualifications for political office. George B. McClel- lan, another such man, served in the House as a protege of Richard Croker, and subsequently in the mayoralty of New York as the protege of Mr. Mur- phy. Mr. Harrison is returning at a period of almost poverty in the matter of democratic leadership in the Empire state. The old leaders are dead, or in permanent retirement. McClellan, McGlynn, Sulzer and others are out of the equation. Mr. McAdoo, by birth and training an outsider, is not on terms with the organization. Robert Lansing is not in politics. Only for- mer Gov. “Al” Smith appears on the horizon with prestige and a “pull.” Mr. Harrison was a pet of the Wil- son administration. Will that fact militate against him now? The ad- ministration was not to Tammany’s taste, nor Tammany to the adminis- tration's taste. The wonder is that An in- the only possibility is to catch in some misdemeanor, crime itself. A law of that character is an effec- tive preventive against crime. It is a safeguard which every community should have. if not in the them | yory city, Senator Hiram Johnson succeeded in crowding a great deal of excitement into a comparatively brief space of time. ———— Washington, not an| New Jersey “dry lobbyists” are at especially criminal city, should as-|least free from the vices of the old- suredly Rot be & haven of refuge for |fashioned lobbyist who tried to in. crooks. It should not be possible for |fluence legislation by treating the people of this ilk to look with a grin | FOWd. in the faces of the police and ask them, “What are you going to do about {t?” Yet that is happening in I — business unless he owns one. Henry Ford's refusal to borrow ———— money from Wall street will doubtless confirm the custom of magnates of SHOOTING STARS. the financial center to refuse to use his make of automobile. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. —— A Protest. Niagara Fulls is still being studied | “It's kind o’ hard to go to wark,” said by experts in mechanical power as —_—— Automobiles are 0 numerous in this country that a bootlegger or a bandit does not consider himself equipped for Hezekiah Bings, one of the great natural resources that | “Altbough, of course, it's wrong to have not been developed. l His dimppointments cannot prevent | ¢ jsn't easy to pu Wilhelm Hohenzollern from reflecting that it is luckier to have been a kaiser than a czar. f New postage stamps will be regard- ed by economical extremists with sus- picion as requiring more paper and mucilage. Postal Co-Operation. Postmaster Chance proposes a prac- tical means of lessening the mail con- gestion at the city post office when he asks the merchants and other busi- ness men of Washington to mail their letters and other matter at frequent intervals during the day, instead of waiting until the close of the business period. It is the almest uniform prac- tice for mail to be signed, sealed, shirk life’s more important things. But when the sky is warm and blue, and perfumes soft arise, rsue the course se- vere and wise. ‘“When smiling friends are drawing near as you pass on your way. And every sunbeam brings the cheer of April and of May— ‘When not a sorrow seems to lurk, ‘when Hope new promise brings. It's kind o' hard to go to work,” said Hezekiah Bings. Joyous Non-Fulfiliment. “You once saild you were going to retire from public life.” “Not once,” replied Senator Sor- ghum, “but several times. When things didn’t look favorable to my po- litical prospects I thought I might at least get credit with my friends for being something of a prophet." Uncle Bill Bottletop says it took Mr. Wilson should have turned an eye so favorable on a man who owed his prominence in public life to Tam- many’s influence. Favorite Entertainers. In the death of Champ Clark a no- table figure disappears from the chautauqua field. He had become very popular there. His style of ad- dress—a little unconventional and off- hand—had caught the fancy of chau- tauqua audlences. They responded to his everyday philosophies clothed in everyday terms. He made his points in @ way that was immensely pleas- ing. Had he lived the season now opening would probably have been a prosperous one for him. Relieved of the cares of a legislator, he could have concentrated on the work of an en- tertainer. Into the vacant place Thomas R. Marshall will probably step. Indeed, he is already on tour, and reasonably certain to make a good impression. He is something on the Clark order— quick, unstudied and independent. He is both fluent and witty. He had his training as a speaker on the stump in Indiana. Mr. Clark had his on the stump in Missouri. There is a likeness between the Wabash country and the Ozark country. They produce much the same sort of men, and back their favorite son in the same hearty way. But still at the head of the chau- tauqua entertainers—the star, the topliner—stands William J. Bryan. He established his supremacy years ago, and has never lost it. Other very interesting men have entered the fleld and flourished, but none has ever shane quite so brilliantly as the orator of the Platte. Everything seems to be in his line. He talks equally well —at any rate, equally entertainingly— on politics, religion, sociology, the up- litt, what you please. Name your sub- Ject, and he is right there with the stamped and posted at the end of| pronibition to make him reslize that|E00ds. the working hours. Letters are dic- |5 goctor's prescription could have any tated in the morning and signed in enjoyable possibilities. the afternoon. They go out, therefore, in batches, and when there are hun- dreds of batches the consequence is a | Though ancient rush, about 70 per cent of the mail in the city being handled between ¢ Antiquity. things esteemed should be, ‘Respectfully we beg and $:30 pm. If business men were | To be excused from sympathy to make it a practice to sign part of ‘With a cold-storage egg. their letters before luncheon and have them immediately posted this conges- tion would be lessened. Jud Tunkins says life would be per- fectly pleasant if it was as easy for The idea prevaiis as a rule that the | human nature to forget resentments time required between posting and|as it is to forget obligations. delivery is the minimum schedule. If all the mail were equally distributed Artistic lm:ovelmnl. it would be possible to follow that| *Do you think it's wrong far a wom- schedule. But with, as stated, more |an to paint her face? And this thing has been going on without a season’s break for a quarter century. A remarkable man! No wonder his friends swear hy him as lustily as his enemies swear at him. —_———— The subordinate members of the American delegation to Paris are de- scribed by Mr. Lansing as having but little to occupy their minds. The ex- traordinary bill for damages at the Hotel Crillon may be explained by the satanic custom of finding mischief for idle hands. —————— Lenin follows the usual method of the agtocrat who, unable to admin. than twothirds ef the local mafi| “Notalwaye™ replied MissiCayenne. | ister with suceess power already at- reaching the office within a four-and-|“Sometimns it's & kindness,"" (4 tained, continyes to ask for more. LIST of the best books of 1920, for adult readers, was recently compiled at the request of a local organi- zation by Dr. G. F. Bowerman, li- brarian of the Public Library. In spite of the difficulties attend- ant upon, a definition of a “best book,” there is no exercise which So entertains the mind as that of making such selections. Accord- ingly the list is given here in the thought that it will interest read- ers of The Star. who may care to compare it with their own lists of favorite books. According to Dr. Bowerman, to confine the notable books of non- fiction to a list of fifteen proved difficuit, since last® year's output was” well above the average in quality. In fact, the list might have been made up pretty much of biographies. Fiction, on the other hand, showed few outstanding Looks, the larger number repre- senting books of merit, but not of great distinction. * % X % The list as submitted to the so- ciety is as follows: Non-fiction — Adams, Adams Letters”; Asquith, “Auto- biography of Margot Asquith”; Bishop, “Life and Letters of Roose- velt”; Bok, *“Americanization of ward Bok": Hayes, “Short History of the Great War"; Huneker, “Steeplejack”; Henry James, “Let- “Cycle of ters”; William James, “Letter: Gibbs, “Now It Can Be Told"; Keynes, “Economic Consequences of the Peace”: Moneypenny and Buckle, “Life of Benjamin Dis- raeli”’; Ross, “Sociology”; Shackle- ton, “Sout Stoddard, “Rising Tide of Color”; Wells, “Outline of History." Fiction — Beresford, Mother”; Blasco-Ibanez, “Woman Triumphant”; Conrad, “The Res- cue”; Ervine, *“Foolish Lover: Gale, “Miss Lulu Bett”; Galesworthy, “In Chancery”; Hamsun, “Hunger”; “Imperfect Lewis, *“Main Street”; McKenna, “Lady Lilith”; Mackenzie, *“Poor Relations”; Merrick, “When Love Flies Out of the Window"; Poole, “Blind”; Sinclair, “The Romantic”; ‘Walpole, “The Captives””; Wharton, “Age of Innocence.” * % ¥ % Leaders who disagree with the list may find it interesting to send Dr. Bowerman suggestions and substitutions representing their ideas. A scrutiny of the list provokes certain comments, as, for example, in regard to the choice of “Main Street” and Wharton's “Age of In- nocence.” In spite of the fact that William Lyon Phelps praises the latter highly, saying of it that it i# “one of the best novels of the twentieth century and looks like & permanent addition to literature.” some readers are inclined to re- gard it as superficial and not up to the standing of Mrs. Wharton's i other work. i ! It will be noted also that no poetry is included, though Mase- field brought out “Enslaved” and Robinson “The Three Tav- in 1920. inclusion of H. G. Wells' “Outline of History” recalls the interesting correspondence which has recently appeared in the Na- tion between Prof. J. 8. Schapiro and Simeon Strunsky. Prof. Scha- piro’s review of the book. which the Nation's the The occupied large inquiry as to how “a book which is dem- onstrated to be quite bad can be at the same time remarkable and a liberal éducation.” Prof. Schapiro's answer is: “(1) It makes a mag- nificent approach to human prob- lems. (2) It gives a sense of con- tinuity of history as no other book does, by explaining at length the otigins of institutions and ideas. (3) 1t has interested thousands in reading history.” Prof. Schapiro continues: ‘“The man who can in- terest the tircd business man and his mate, the idle woman of the afternoon, in reading this serious two-volume work, has, to my mind, | done a remarkable thing. for which eight of brought forth Strunsky pages, from Simeon he cannot be too highly praised. Many & man and woman will emerge from these volumes with enlightened views upon the great problems of the day. liberal education?” 2R Recommendations of books are a regular part of the service of the library, which is belng called upon constantly for suggestions of de- sirable books for organizations and individuals. In fact, a con- siderable proportion of the in- formation service of the library consists of the selection of best or most recent books on certain subjects, or books best adapted to certain approaches to them. All such inquiries are welcomed as representing probably the most valuable service the library can give the public. Is this not a U. S. TRADE PRIZE IN FAR EAST The time is ripe for an active Ameri- can trade campaign in Manchuria. The business is there. Manchuria a Manchria leads China, which is shak- Fertile Field. ;. v the sands of centuries, in wealth per capita. It has an area of 365000 square miles, with comparatively good facilities for mov- ing crops and incoming merchandise. The population is 19,290,000, accord- ing to the maritime customs esti- mates. Ninety-eight per cent of this population favors American goods, and the provinces are more prosperous than those elsewhere .in China. These are not wild guesses or specula- tion. They are the boiled-down facts as collected for Uncle Sam by trained trade investigators and are announc- ed offictally by the State and Com- merce departments for the guidance and spur of American business inter- ests. To give a concrete example, the South Manchurian Railway Company, which is the largest individual pur- chaser of American g00ds, proposes to spend more than $200,000,000 gold upon extensions and improvements of its enterprises years. This company operates.all sorts of public utilities besides railways, telegraph and postal services, bank- ing, warehouses and shops, shipping and harbor works, coal mines and e i et o1 £ uilding projects such as agricultural- experiment stations, good roads and waterworks. This makes a big ready market for engi- neering supplies, which can_ be sold direct or through the big Japanese trading companies. * * % Manchuria, with merchantable crops and comparatively good facilities for moving them, is China's ‘Wealthiest richest section, and the Province. millions of settlers from the crowded provinces of Chihli and Shantung have a pur- chasing power about four times greater than those who remained at home. The prosperity of Manchuria depends entirely upon the success of its great staple crops. Beans and wheat are the important commercial crops; oil and flour mills are the pre- dominating industrial plants. American business men who want to do business in Manchuria are advised by the United States bureau of for- eign and domestic commerce that ad- vertising_in Manchuria consists in making the strongest possible appeal to Chinese dealers in Harbin, to Rus- sian dealers as well. The population, uring the next fiveimachine compa: chiefly rural, is generally unable to read and depends upon goods actually on display in the shops to satisfy its needs. Therefore merchandise should {be on the market before any attempt is made to advertise it. Painted sign- boards are used to some extent in Darien, Mukden and Harbin. Motion pictures are considered one of the very best and most effective methods of “advertising American goods in Manchuria. e American business man would do well to visit China to get a vision of his trade opportunity and the best avenues of approach. If he fails to visit Manchuria he neglects one of the richest present and potential trade flelds in the far east. The railroad facilities are good—the rail time be- tween Darien and Mukden s twelve hours; between Mukden and Harbin twenty hours; between Mukdea and Antung eight hours. The traing are comparable in comfort with those in this country and hotels in the larger cities offer satisfactory accommodation. * * % In Mukden and Harbin a surprising- ly large variety of American mer- chandise is on Rich Chance for Sale. The outly- n ing districts hav. ! e Extension. not been touched except by representatives of the American oil, tobacco and sewing nies. The possibilities, especially in north Manchuria, with its close relations to Siberia, are xn.n and can be realized by the use of ‘persistent, judictous advertising and other trade extension methods. The relations of the South Manchu- rian Railway Company (which has 3,680 officials, 5,309 clerks and 35,233 other empioyes) with American firms have made it familiar with American business methods, and the compli- cated procedure usually involved in dealing with oriental customers is unnecessary. American products have been purchased direct from manufac- turers in the United States or through large Japanese importing houses with American brancties. The president of this great development corporation has stated that American equipment and American system have proved so superior that the company expects to buy more machinery.and materials from the United States as the devel- opment of its various undertakings and enterprises continues. The busi- ness from this one corporation Is es- timated to be worth from $15,000,000 upward annually to American man- ufacturers. The significant fact about this trade is that although it is in China the customers are Japanese, so that representatives of American firms: with Japanese experience are best qualified to handle it. A Catechism of the Constitution BY HENRY LITCHFIELD WEST. Issued by the Nationsl Security League. (Copyright, 1818.) In Twelve Lessons—Ne. 11. Q. What protection is given to a person accused of crime? A. No person, except one serving in the land or naval forces or the militia in time of war or public danger, can be held to answer for a capital or other infamous crime unless on a pre- sentment or indictment of a grand jury. No person can be twige put in jeopardy of life and limb for the same offense. No one in a criminal case can be compelled to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. Private property cannot be taken for public use without just compensa- tion. Q. Is the right to speedy trial guar- anteed? A. The sixth amendment expressly o states that in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impar- tial jury, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation. He is entitled to be confronted with the him, to be allowed to compe] the attendance of witnesses in hia fayor, and to have the aasist- ance of counsel for 'hlfl defense. Q. Is the right of trial b; assured? & ks A. Amendment seven preserves the. right of trial by jury; and amend- ment ,eight; provides that excessive bail shall not be required, nor ex- cessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. Q. What are the provisions of the ninth and tenth amendments? A. The ninth amendment declares that “the enumeration in the Con tution of certain rights shall net be construed to deny or disparage others and the the peaple, the p ted to the United States by the titution, nor prohibited by it to the states. Q. What are amendments eleven and twelve A. The pleventh construes the ju- dicial power of the United States, and the twelfth gives in detail the mgn- ner of choesing the President and Vice President. Clarence H. Schooley, superintendent of mails at the Washington city post office, is going to start a hamd-shak- ing campaign of his ewn. According to_associates, he thinks it is about “me. Postmaster General Will H. Hays Iset the fashion last week, when he personally shook hands with every employe in his department, and would have done the like with every worker at the city post office had not a bruised finger prevented. Here is why Clarence Schooley thinks it about time to do a little handshaking himself: While City Postmaster Chance busy making arrangements for visit of the Postmaster (ienera conferred with Supt. Schooley, th bustling out together onto the “work- room floor.” as the big space is called re all the mail is handled. s the postmaster, of vs the su- wi and everybody kno! Lerinténdent of mail This employ. aster Cnance alone, that little fellow you had with you”" he asked. “Was that the Postmatser Genera * * ¥ Postmaster General Hays thinks no more of calling & person in San Fran- cisco over the long distance tele- phone than he does talking to a sena- I3 at the Capitol. et me Pueblo,” he instructed @ secretary shortly after he took of- fice. The cierk, not used to such offhand instructions for such distance: gasped at the order, but nevertheless put in the call as commanded. Mr. Hays since then has demonstrat- ed that “speed” is his middle name, as the saying is, and that he will use the telephone when necessary, no = matter what the distance. * * % The loss of a political plum to a man is probably no more of a trag- edy than the breaking of a pretty toy balloon to a little child. Realization often goes hand in hand with disappointment, through some sad flaw in the nature of things. The second cup of coffee is seldom as good as the first, but the second plate of soup is liable to burn the tongue. The child was happy on that beau- tiful spring day in middle March. It stood on 7th street with its mother and clamored for a paper canary on a stick. The canary was hitched to a long string. When the cane was waved in the air the paper bird flapped its wings realistically. The vender handed over a choice specimen upon payment by the moth- er of the proper sum. Smiles played upon the face of the little one as it started to wave the cane. The bird began to flop its wings. Then a passing woman entangled herself in the string. Snap! went the cord. The bird fell on the sidewalk. Alas for life in the springtime! * * % Here's a little story about former Vice President Marshall that I do not believe has seen the light of day. It was during the recent luncheon of Wabash College men held at the Cosmos Club. Dr. Mackintosh, presi- dent of Mr. Marshall's alma mater, was speaking of the achievements of the twenty men who were present. Dr. Mackintosh called each gradu- ate by name, and briefly stated his profession or business. “When he came to the then Vice President, the college head paused. “As for the .Vice President,” he said, with a smile, “I hardly need mention him again.” “No,” quickly retorted Mr. Marshall, solemnly. “Ill never be mentioned again.” * * ¥ The week of the red sun has ended. Several evenings last week the sun appeared as a perfectly round ball of fire, something like a red disk sus- pended over the western hills. It was without rays, but otherwise reminded spectators of the sun de- picted on the flag of Japan. It shone red in windows and was especially noteworthy because of its apparent roundness. Some believe it was an omen of good for the new administration. CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. was | the he THE STAR. From time to time gold has been “discovered” in and around Wash- ington ana Gold Quartz Found in have actuany , sonm w"hm‘wl4 been dug and gold mines to a slight extent operated, but with- out producing the yellow metal in paying quantities. One of the pe- riodical gold discoveries is reported in The Star of March 14, 1871, as foi- lows: “About a week ago some school- [boys picked up some pieces of white {quartz in the rear of the large col ored school building on the corner’ of 9th and B streets, South Washing ton, containing gold in quan sufficiently marked to give the chunks a value to jewelers as specimens nd there has been a demand in cons quence that has given quite a spu to ‘prospecting’ by the juveniles of the neighborhood. The point where | these ®old rocks are found Is near an old rybbish heap. and as the quartz rocks do not belong to the <oil of this part of the city it is probable that these chunks are { specimens from gold mines in other » parts of the country thrown out hers with rubbish by some former owner, or it may be that they are stones hauled foundations or something of that kind from Maryland or Virginia. If the latter is the case they indicate {richer gold veins in the localities {from which they are taken than have yet been discovered in the Potomac kold mines. Some of these specimens that we have in our possession would be considered rich specimens in any gold mine. The question now is |when they come? * * % In the early days of street railroad ing in Washington it was the custon to spread straw ¢ the floors of the ca: to warm the feet of Street Cars. . passengers in winter. Very often this straw was serious annoyance. particularly whe the passengers accidentally dropped jcoins into it. In another respect, oo, it was an annoyance, as noted in The Star of March 15, 1871: “People Wwho see the loose Struw afloat on Pennsylvania avenue, op- posite the market house, 50 much to the disfigurement of that thorough- fare, attribute the nuisance to the market, supposing that it is brought on the street from that point. This is a mistake; the straw comes from the ¢ stréet cars and is pulled out by the feet of the passengers in taking transfers at the 7th street jumction. As the street railway company show themselves so thoughtful of the pub- lic interests, will they not be so good, ¢ if they insist upon using loose straw in their cars, as to clean up the un- pleasant litter from the street?” - * % Immediately upon the enactment of the statute providing for a terri- torial government for Territorial the District of Colum- bia, with an elected Campaign. ;o er nouse of the !legislature and a delegate in Con- | gress, campaigns were started for | these offices. In The Star of March |15, 1871, is the following item: 4 | “The campaign for the first elec- ! tion in the District of Columbia un- {der the territorial act of a delegate | to Congress and twenty-two members of the lower house of the legislature {is now fairly opened. The demo- crats and conservatives held meetings in all the legislative districts last evening and elected five delegates from each district to the convention, which meets next week, to nominat, candidate for delegate to Congr Mr. R. T. Merrick is the choice of a majority of the delegates elected. The republicans held meetings Mon- day night and last night in most of the districts and organized district clubs for the campaign, and meetings will be held in the remaining districts for that purpose tomight.” In & later issue of The Star it w noted that the names of A. C. Rich- ards, Judge Fisher, A. G. Riddle, Col- lector Boswell, Register Cook, Fred Douglass and Gen. Carrington were being mentioned for the republican nomination. Straw From DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS “New Host” Too Hospitable. Since the war a number of ‘“‘mes- siahs,” prophets and apostles of new faiths have cropped up in various parts of Germany, says the Berlin correspondent of the London Tele- graph. As always happens in time of mental and spiritual ferment, they have had no difficulty in gathering disciples around them, however ex- travagant their doctrines may have been. One of these heralds of the new era appeared last summer in Thurin- gia and very soon had a large and en- thusiastic following. He is a jour- neyman turner from Strasbourg, and his real name is Lamberty, though for some reason he called himself Muck, which in German has neither the pronunciation nor the meaning that it has in English. Traveling the coun- try and addressing open-air meetings, h lled upon his auditors to em- Deaca the gospel of “The New Host," which was to bring rest to a tor- mented world. 4 Whether it was his long hair or natural gift of gab, or the fact that the “new forms of life” which he preached included unlimited dancing and out-of-door games, somehow or other he got a strong hold on the population. Professors and parsons, poets and aldermen, combined to Bpread his theories. Whenever he spoke thousands flooked to hear him, factories, shops and even schools be- ing oclosed forlthe"?oflbs'onatlofll'ls: miss the benefit of Done mieht Finally, as win- ter was drawing on, he obtained the permission of the government of Al- terburg to take up his quarters in the historida] fortress of Leuchtenburg, near Kahla, with a small body of the elect, and there put his ideas into practice on a communistio ‘basis. But now, alas! This new gospel so many of its predeoes- It has leaked out that the rela- tions of Muck to young women who jained him in his fortress retreat have been of & kind not purely platonic. In fact, one of them has already given birth to a ohild, of which he is under- stood te be the father, and his im- proper intimacy with two others is #aid to have been proved. This has come all the more as a shock to his devotees, because continence, both within and without the marriage bond, had been one of the leading features of his preachings. One revelation is always followed by others, and the light which thus been shed on one side of Muck’s char- acter has been sucoeeded by a not less distressing illumination in other Uirections. In his public utterances he gave himself out for a conserva- tive monarchist and admirer of the good old days, but it now appears that during the war he was interned for a year on Helgoland, that he took a leading part in the revolution at ¥iel, holding a revolver under the very nose of Admiral Scheer, and that he then turned up at Hindenburg's headguarters as gn authoritative mem- ber of the first “Workmen's and Sol- dlers’ Council.” Booth Attacks “The Idle Rich.” Outspoken critieism of the “unem- ployed rich” was made by Ge! & Brame- well Booth in an interview printed in the London Chronicle. When the Salvation Army’'s work in Great Britain’s mandatory lands pu been opened up, said the general, “we will tackle the unemployed rich, for they need salvation most of all Wealth and luxury are the last stronghold of the devil and London is its_pivot. “The state of London since the war makes one realise what may happen when 80 many of the best and bravest perish. Society’s legacy seems little S0 far but a welter of extravagance. frivolity, scandal, sensuality and worse. The present riot of divorce looks to me like a flood-tide of pas- sion_sweeping over the land, Where the homes that are unhappily uproot- ed carry and destruction te al] others in their way. ‘-The poor have no such drug-sotsf and drunkards as the ‘upper classes’ harbor, nor is it possible for humble folk, familiar with work and priva- tion, to sink so low in the social seale as do some of the idle rich.” Important If True. A writer in the Hannoverscher Kurier pictures Franoe as a dying power desperately working itsmuscles in an effort to persuade itself that it is still powerfal, heedless of what the consequences of this spasmodic jerk- ing on others may be. French decadence is a favorite Ger- man theme, but this writer's analysis of the subject is exceedingly interest- ing, even if one disagrees with it. He says: “France cannot recover, even if Germany gives her all that she has. she is like one of those stars whose illuminating power increases from, time to time. But she has never been capable, and today she is less so than ever, of doing those great deeds which are necessary for every state which means to have a place among the directing powers of the world. “During the last ten years this country has shown a deterioration in its will to become a great power. It is much to be feared that in future years will may manifest itself in mili- tary excesses against Germany. But soon France will become weaker, and this time she will compietely lase her strength. England will then have to bear the consequences. it central Europe is stopped in its eco- nomic reconstruction until France has finished giving herself up to these excesses the position of England in oppasition to the United States as far as the international economie situ- ation is concerned is threatened. For what is England without the central Buropean markets? What is d without the power that German labor and industry give to her commerce? “The United States is not entirely self-supporting, but in fighting for her existence she has much greater resources than England. The feeble it s ZHgh Figens oo apan could g nglan n lhewl_'n(led States would be unule.d ten times by the economio solidarity of central KEurope. There are, how- ever, serious reasons why England. in spite of everything, must unite with » France. The great war is not fin- ished; it can still give us terrible f wounds. But if any people need, at t re; BA e e B g S to prevent the flood the dam, we are this peopis.’ ) here for building purposes, . 1 h= .