Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1921, Page 6

_6 THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY...... ...May 24, 1931 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th 8t. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 13 Chicagn Ofce: First National Bank Building. European office: 3 Regent St., London, England. with_the Sunday morning The Evening Star, rdition. ix delivered by carrler# within the city at 60 cents per month: daily ooly, 45 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. OF- ders max be sent by mail, or telephone Main BOOD. Collection is made by carriers at end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo.,, 70c Daily only.. 1 yr.. $6.00; 1 mo., 50c Sunday o 17yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. d Sunday.1yr.. $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ ORIy e 1T ‘uuo 1 mo., 60c yr., $3.00; 1 mo, 25¢ ———— Obstacles to Tmmediate Merger. There are considerations which cause both street railways to balk at immediate merger. (1) Denial of the zone system of charges. which compels the passenger to pay for the mileage of transporta- tion which he enjoys, and the taxa- tion of gross earnings instead of net profits have so reduced the net profit- earning capacity of the Washington Railway and Electric Company that its valuation for merger purposes, based «in any large degree upon its present apparent profit-earning capacity, is cut to a minimum. Compulsory mer- ger on this basis of valuation would, the Washington Railway and Electric Company claims, be unjust and con- fiscatory. This company also balks at immediate merger on the ground that its great prospective and potential fu- ture assets do not enter sufficiently into the calculation. These possible fu- ture assets include the millions im- pounded or to be impounded, pending the final electric light rate decision of the Supreme Court. (2) Refusal by the community to permit the zone system of rallway shine and that if any clouds do fleat or hover in the sky they will be flescy piles of vapor that hold no threat 6f rain. Fredericksburg has been long pre- paring for this observance of the ripe and honorable age it has attained. All its people have jotned in and have put their spifit into the work of show- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON day will be lighted by brilliant suf.|section, the state as it now exists, and the city are all great. The state of Chicago would sound all right. And why Northern Texas and South- ern Texas? Why not call the new state if one is established Houston, or Austin, Houston preferred? As & pop- ular hero—dear to the hearts of those Who like a little foughéning with their romance—Old Sam travels in the ing the world that their fine city i8n6t|class with Daniel Boone and Davy only old and historic, but also new and bustling. Two and a half centuries have passed away since white men settled on the right bank of the Rap- pahannocks near the Falls, afid Frede- the | ricksburg’s historic memories and re- nowns are great and numerous enough to supply half a dozen towns with fame. Yet she does not rest her claims for recognition on her past alone. She ‘wants to show you that she is a busy, prosperous, up-todate city, and that in civic enterprise, civic conveniences, public utilities and in all modern ways she can hold her own with the newest, freshest towns. “The Inspired Beginning.” In his speeches in New York yes- terday—all were excellent—the Presi- dent said some striking things, likély to be and worthy to be pondered at this time. Take this for a samplé: “Justice, like charity, must begin at home. We must be just to ourselves and to our own, first of all. This is not selfish, for selfishness seeks more than a fair share; wé seek only that which is rightfully our own. and then to presetve that to ourselves and our posterity. The war sadly disfointed things in the world, 4nd wé are now seeking to restore the propeér balance. In our efforts to do this, to achievée justice without seifishness, we will do well to cling to our firm foundations. I Delieve in the inspired beginning.” The last line i8 worthy to stand with the best lines ever uttered by anybody at any time on the same subject. " For the beginning was inspifed, as We useé the word. The men who con- ceived the American government— government of, by, and for the people —and put the conception into form, and set the form to functioning, were extraordinary men appraised cven according to the highest standards. ‘Their Work has féceived the homage of the picked men of all nations. Thé gréatest statesman in a hundred years rates, under which the passenger PAYS | of the nation from which we separated for what he gets, and the wise réfusal| ¢ establish ours—Gladstone—spoke in to approve the charge of different flat | terms of unbounded praise of the rates on the Washington Rallway and | genjus for government the fathers had Electric and the Capital Traction on | ghown. their competitive urban lines, permit Our greatest statésman since the the Capital Traction to charge for it8|days of the fathers—Lineoin—drew short urban hauls as miuch as the|upon the country’s resources heavily Washington Railway and Electric is{in a heroic effort to presetve the coun- permitted to charge for its long urban-| try's institutions, and succeéeded 86 suburban hauls, and a flat rate which | wey] that even the énemies of that day merely pays the heavy operating ex-lare among the country’s stanchest penses of the Washington Railway and | gypporters of this day. Electric Company puts excessive and ‘We shall do well, therefore, if we unsought profits into the treasury of | take the President's advice and “cling the Capital Traction, with its largely |45 our firm foundations.” How eould urban trackage, and its much smaller | we possibly better ourselves by casting operating expenses. While the Cap-|o from them? ital Traction is not pressing for these excessive and inequitable profits, it is naturally in no haste to cut off their receipt by merger, or to agree to any Not So Warm Today. Those who made complaifit yesteér- merger which does not take into ac-|day against the héat of the westher count its present abnormal profit-earn- | have won their case. Theéy wishéd for ing gapacity in fixing its valuation for | lower temperature and they got their merger ‘purposes. wish. The day has been less sugges- Thus, under present conditions both | tive of May flowers than of autumn roads. hold back from merger. Con-|leaves. Weather will change but it gress, the District's legislature, is|must tax the memory of old inhab- probably about to make equitable|itants to recall any other weather changes in those conditions which will | quite so changeable as this. It would tend to promote, merger. seem that there might be somé good Most Washingtonians thing it wise | sense in the fermiifiiné style of wearing community policy, for well-understood | furs in summér and #t s t6 be noted reasans, to retain the flat-rate system |that fathers and brothers have put for the District, but no thinking Wash- |away and taken out their overcoats so ingtonian contends that as between | often since last Decembér that a cer- an urban short line and an urban-|tain monotony has come to atténd the suburban long line the system is equi- | process. As an abstract proposition to!useless éither to éulogite or denounce long haul passenger no|the weathér. It may give one & cer- table. charge the Howeéver, it seems simost more than the short-haul passenger is|tain degree of sitisfaétion in voicing obviously unjust. Apply a magnifier | his sentiments, but the expression of to the discrepancies and differences of | oné’s views seéms riot 6 beé at all in- conditions of the two local systems|fluential with thé westler. and a result may be conceived which asserts that a flat rate for carrying a passenger from Chicago to Denver by Plans for Clean-Up Week. a road which términates at Denver is| F1an8 for cleanup week ase being all that should be charged by another out. The ranks of clem-up road for carrying a passenger from |volunteers are fllling up and enthus- Chicago through Denver to San Fran-|125m is coming to that pitch which cisco. demands that laWns and hedges shall The taxation of gross earnings,|De trimmed, back yards and front without deduction of actual cberating | Yards tidied up and fresh, bright paint expenses, is obviously inequitable in|SMmoothed on dingy weather-boarding. the abstract; and results in its present | Many persons are coming to look on concrete application in taxing as high- the weedy, vacant lot, strewn with tin ly a business which has oftentimes|C2nS and broken ash barrels, as a pub- been running at a loss as another|lic ememy. which in the same period has been | YP- making excessively high profits. The District's legislature before tax- ing or otherwise legislating on the basis of net rather than gross profits It is well. Let us clean ‘Washingtén has a reputation as a fair and charming city and Wash- ingtonians must help the good old town to live up to its répute. It is not & hard thing to do. A man with a will, of course, 8o regulate the deduc-|N0® €an slay an army of weeds if he tions for expenses that no deduction | Will thke off his coat and do ft, and benefit is enjoyed to cover extrav-|With @ sickle or a lawn mower he agances or the cost of mismanage.|Can make a shaggy grass plot take on ment. When Congress assures itselt | the hue and aspect of & lawn of velvet that the same principle of wise liberal. | turf- ity and true economy is applied in the management of both roads, thej way will be prepared to tax equitably +n net earnings. If Congress should adopt tentatively for the District the principle that the rate of car fare is equitably related to the length of the haul, and that in- come taxation is equitably upon net 1d not gross earnings, the action would be just in itself, meeting the de- mands of equity in the abstract, and it would tend to solve on equitable lines the local street railway problem. For such legislation would tend to remove in respect to both railways the apprehensions and the considerations ‘which are now obstacles in the way of speedy merger. After voluntary and equitable merger had been brought about in this way or in any other way the District’'s legislature could apply to the consolidated railways in the general community interest a flat rate fare instead of any zone system, and could efther continue to fax net earn- ings or change the method of taxation, i? any change were found to be de- manded by equity or in the community interest. Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg will hold a celebra- tion tomorrow in commemoration of 250 years' existengce as a town, and tae only thing which can prevent the ceremonies from being interesting and ressive would be an unfair day. It is the hope of everybody in Virginia, Maryland and the District and of everybody else who knows what Fred- Atidnmrg will do tomorrow that . ———tee Enemies of Samuel Gompers {nvari- ably afford him some valuable con- troversial publicity whenever he is coming up for re-election to the dis- tinguished position he has held solong. —_———— It may be doubted whether any man in the United States was ever men- tioned so frequently for theé Supreme bench as William Howard Taft. ——— American dancers now enjoying Parisian vogue expect to retain their popularity longer than & few of the American diplomats did. ——— Naming the New States. Some of the suggestionsabout names | it isn't safe to laugh at. for the proposed new states are not happy. That for the new state In the west, Crockett, and was as sturdy a soul as either. The state of Houston would sound well. But why namé chicks before they‘ are hatched—states before they are| carved? There is many a slip—not to| mention delay—between the carving knife and statehood. ‘Washington’s Influence. Acknowledgement of the influence of Washington city on the life and 8pirit of the nation is made in some of thé statements regarding Music Week, to be observed hére May 29-June 4. Onie of these statements is that “the National Capital being the heart 6f the country will lend to the move- ment thé strongest possible psycholog- fcal backing.” Another is that “with virteally évery prominent official of the United States government spon- | soring the Washington music week s a member of the honorary commit- tee, headed by Mrs. Warren . Hard.| ing. the greatest impetus yet given to community music throughout the country will be generated by develop- ments here next week." It takes Washington to give an im- petus to any public movément! It may be said that this is not so much bécause Washington is Washington as Because Washington is the seat of government. Washington alone would be a city of influerice, but Washington the capital is potent. It spreads its influence throughout the country. ———t A perfect willingness on the part of Secretary Hoover to favor the sending of money abroad to relieve distress does riot prevent him from being alert to the importance of keeping our ex- Pports going on a practical commercial basis. ———eee. There is fio hesitation on thé part of Briand in suggesting more delibera- tion about concluding peace than Eng- land was expected to show when a erisis called her into the "war. ——————— Gerrany is not expected to show sufprise at any indications of dissen- siori among other countries. Germany néver did subscribe to the theory of universal peace. —_———— ‘The street car strike in Albany, N. Y., called into requisition every pos- siblé stylé of transportation, including the policeman on horseback and the patrol wagon. ———————— Temporary financial difficultiés in the enforcément of prohibition might tempt Col. Bryan to enlist as a dollar- a-year man if given the opportunity. —————————— Theé fame of Yap is destined to sub- side before most of the original in- habitants knew enough about, it to enjoy it. ——————— Expensive theatrical Itigation in New York is calculated to make many an actor wish he had studied law. The modern book reviewer is ex-! Pected to be as well versed in politics as in literature. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Two Speeches. I heard a speaker make a talk; His voice was sweet and strong, His phrases never seemed to balk, They rippled like a song; And yet next day when I had read The things that speaker really said I sadly frowned and shook my head And tossed the page aside ere long, As I remarked, “My friend you're wrong!” I heard another as he told His thoughts; and tried no flight On wings of oratory bold, ‘Through fancy's reglons bright, And yet next day when printed clear His honest reasoning drew near, 1 said, “Thouxh I forgot to cheer ‘While listening to your words last night, I must admit, my friend, you're righ! Everything But Agriculture, The farm fe teaching u$ new tricks, Maud Muller pause to note, For father's talking politics And mother's zone to vote. “Do vou have any trouble enforcing prohibition in Crim Guleh?” “None whatc replied T?v’ee- Finger Sam. “If any of the boys is suspected of havin’ v real liquor in his possession a dozen stout and courageous hands are ready to stretch forward an’ take it away from him by kindness if possible, but by force if necessary.” i e i Unanimous Action. } | | Censoriously Speaking. “What part of the motion picture industry needs censoring most?" ““The reports of the divorce proceed- ings.” Jud Tunkins says the most valuable sense of humor is the kind that en- ables a person to see instantly what Elimination. ““Are you making up your mind what to be composed of & alice of Idaho and |to wear at the party?” a slice of Washington, will pass. Lin- “No,” replied Miss Cayenne; “‘what coln is & great name, and a common-|not to wear.” t wealth bearing it would enjoy distinc- tion. The wonder is it was not used when the broad emplire west of the Mississippi was being carved for state purposes. And the suggestion of Manhattan for the new state with New York city as the center will pass. It is a good name, and entitled to promotion. But why Northern Ilitnois and S8outh- ern Illinois? Why if 4 new state is to be established there, with the mid.|danseuse metropolis es the center and the sub- stance, not name the new member of the sisterhood Chicago? That name is associated with as much solid achiseve. ‘228-the-continens can shew, H ! selection | of Count Hernstorff as foreign min- ' ister has developed in Germany. Why | is it nobody seems to love that man?) An Arkansas Problem. Prom the Searcy Citisen. ‘We often wonder if esthetic danc- ing would still be as popular if the worée a mackintosh and arctics. ——— And Stands It Well! From the Boston Transcript. ‘This w.'o.k.anr glfl&t‘ em—u_:;:.‘h | had been more of them capable of Editorial Digest Our Own Little Silesia. West Virginia 1s sharply oriticised In the press for the recurrence “elvil war” in its coal flelds. The at- titude of most writers 18 that in an industrial Qispute in which Both the miners and the coal operators seern équally to blame for bloodshed thé failure of the state autherities to maintain order is, as the Baltimoré Sun (indépéndent democratie) holds. v reflection upon West Virgini Little sympathy is feit for the appeal | fer federal assistance, and, except in | & very féw’ papers, the President Is accordingly commended for his re- fural to grant it. Little effort is madé by editors to analyse the immediats cnuses of the present outbreak, or to fix the blame for its instigation upon eithér side. As the New York Evening Post (in- dependent) says, “the particular occa- sion for the renewal of fighting is of small concern.” 1Its significance liés in the fact of its being “the visible sign that the tensity of feeling has reached anothér of ifs perlodic break- Ing points”” The “casualties” of the war, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (in- dependent) reports, “are four Adead and two wounded,” figures which it Concedes “aré negligible, through thé memory of reperts that roared and splashed across the papers A few years ago.” but which, “oceur- ring in an American state in times of profound peace, are Alsquieting.” | And while “the merits of the contr6- | yersy are difficult to et at,” the Sag- inaw News Courier (indepéndent) ba- lieves that the aifustion points to “a | lamentabie breakdown of authority, caused either by the inability or un- :\;\m‘ir{'{z:'}" of state and local au- o smash th lawiant, sods ese rebels against The recurrence of bloodshed in Mingo county {8 merely the naturel course of évents. in the opinion of hoth the Chattanooga News (demio- ¢cratic) and the Philadelphia Publie Ledger (independént) because, as the lattér explaing: “‘Less than s Year ago ten meén Yere killed in Matewan's streets. There was a trial in due course, but for reasons peculiar to the district there were no convictions. Murder went unpunished * ¢ o If West Virginla and Kentucky want péace and quiet on that paft of the border a_few of these ‘bad actors’ of the hills should be hangéd or sent to the penitentiary. Murdér has & way of happéning again and again.” Admitting ~ that “West Virginia's mining problems is not an easy one." the New York World (democratiéy evertheless charges that “the state ned effort to control the situation, and until it has “enough courage and ability to enforce its own laws’ against both warting factions, “the Ameri- can Balkans will go on erupting in feuds and gunplay.” The Wheeling Intelligencer (republican) “presumes’ that its own state is “a #6vereign state. with the power and duty to maintain order within her borders.” Yét, it admits, “instead of making any real effort to handle the Mingo county situation, Charleston imme- ; diately sends a to Washinfton for federal troops.” and it asks, therefore, “is the state of West Vir- ginia bankrupt in executive ca- pacity?” What that state needs. according to the Pittaburgh Leader (pro- Kressive republican), “is a course in Américanization.” because: “No state which permits the feu- deiistic industritl system which pre- valls fn West Virginia. supported by a_private army of gunmen. should expect anything better or different. While these stand West Virginia will have her private wars.” _ While to the Buffale Commereial (Indépéndent)- is_quite apparent” that the difficulty in the West Vir- ginia coal ficlds is “‘Open warfare between the closed and apen shop.” the situation appears differently to: the Cleveland Plain Dealer (inde- pendent democratic), which interprets it as a struggle on the part of the miners for the right to organise. The Plain Dealer suspects the authorities of sympathising “in & main with the operators.” and thinks, %0 long as that condition obtains. “this warfare will continue.” And the issue will finally be decided. the Oregon Journal (Portland, inde- pendent) predicts. by sustaining “the contention of the faction whose ranks include the most expert marks- men.” In any event. the Pittsburgh Ga- zette-Times (republican) declares., “the conditions which lead to these | recurrent outbreaks of violence Nave | got to be cured.” and the Grand Rap- ids Herald (independent) suggests that, while we are promoting m “to prevent wars between nations, i would be appropriate to devise some scheme for ending the _industrial civil wars. which the New York Globe (independent) calls “a char- acteristic picture in the industrial history of the United Htates.” Mr. Harvey’s Speech. The freedom from cireuitous diplo- | matic_expression in delivering hi self of his message to Europe was as true to George Harvey himself as if spoken on American soil when he was a private citizen. This is fine. A speech 80 good in the main, it is | a pity that what Mr. Harvey said with | regard to America’s entrance into the ; war didn’t carry quite the right flavor. « It portrayed America es actuated #olely by selfishness. having no senti- ment beyond her own interests, in helping the allies to win the war. Certalnly this is no’ the opinion of the New York Ifera!d and it is not | the opinion of the American prople. t i8 true that it was to our Inter- est to have Germany overthrown. In this respect Mr Harvey is rixht, but | we did not think alone af our ow: safety. We thourht of the safitv of England, and ¥ronce, and italy, nnd Belglum, and foo~ht for them na w- fought for ourscives. AK we ki.w the feeling and sentiment of America then and know it now, we are certain | that the hearts of a great people never went out more truly and un- reservedly to a cause than the great | American heart went out to the cause of the allies.—New York Herald (in- dependent). i Roads;r War. Gen. Pershing is to appear before the Senate committee on post ofces | and post roads to testify as to the valus of good roads in war. It is not a subject which would have en- gaged much attention a”few years ago, but Americans know more about that sort of thing now. The first striking lesson they had following the civil war was on the Mexican border, When that vast re- | glon had to be patrolicd to keep Villa and other bandits on their own x'de of the river. The task proved im- possible, and at that time Gen.- Van- derbilt proposed that the national government should build an auto- mobile road along the whole Mexican frontier. Then came the big war, and the government turned once more to the roads when railroads and water- ways proved inadequate. Much was made of the highways, and mo: use would have been made if there € standing up under continued use by auto trucks. No pacifist can object to considering the war use of good roads as a motive for co-operation between the states and the general government in road building. Any road that will carry munitions to soldiers will carry wheat to market.—Detroit Free Press (in- dependent). That “blg rum shake-up” was not a cocktail.—Chicago News. Every man may have his price, but some are so cheap they give them-! selves away.—Petersburg Index-Ap- peal. The path of the allies seems to be | Lesat with victory fruit pits.—Norfolk | Virginian-Pilot. The fellow who goes on a still hunt gets pretty noisy if he has any suc- cess.—Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch. The trouble is that every country ‘wants to be the Caruso of :‘0 concert of nations.—Columbia (S. C.) Record. Mme. Curle is not the first to dis- cover that she is physically unable to withstand - American hosp! — Portland (Me.) D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1921 Eppy Cure and Appy Tite Pick for Picnics LOFFLER’S SAUSAGE It's a sandwich delicacy with substan- tial pork and beef to appease the hearty out-door hunger of the picnicker. Uncle Sam himself says it’s fresh and pure. A Your Meat !qn_ 7’ [olc==-o o] ————]c] I Phone Phranklin71 HAT'S the collar- number. It's a comforting number to know, for TOLMANIZE means comforting collar fit and smooth, flexible starching. The Tolman Laundry F. W. Ma¢eKENZIE, Manager Cor. 6th and C Sts. N.W. ~——[o]lc———c]c TOLMANIZE foE——[olc——F[c——]o[— E==nE==nE== s The Hecht Co. 7th at F HE man who dresses for the occasion now gives thought to his sport clothes and outing ap- parel. Nothing better for style than Soriety Briomd Clothes . All kinds here—from gay fancies to high-grade staple blue serges As style headquarters we know what you want; as service headquarters we’ll see that you get it. $35 to 875 with special stress on the su'ts at $45 to $55 ~ You'll need white flannel 56.95 trousers It's a sale price—can’t replace them ourselves to sell at $6.95 Get yours now for MEMORIAL DAY and after; a pair of them will make two suits out of onme. The ideal combination is BLUE SERGE coat and WHITE FLANNEL trousers. Bathing suits ready— ‘In the sfort shop low-tide prices; they’ve receded some from 1920 Pure wool jersey suits in one and two piece styles and in plain colors or combina- tions. Priced $4.50, 85, $6, $7.50 White jerseys sold separately at $2.75 to $3.50. ff\%,/ [ f In progress: Annual § sale men’s suits Men’s belts, 30¢ complete with self-clasfing hold-tight, nickel-plated buckle Greatest belt in years. Narrow width, soft, pliant and flexible. Easily washed—won’t scuff, wrinkle nor crinkle. Black or cordovan. See belts in window—come in and try one on—you’ll want one for every pair of trousers. 50c. HE favorite sport shoe is of WHITE BUCK with tan leather trimmi Right styles are here—$10. $15 is now the top-notch price for HANAN shoes Most HANAN stores get more than $15 for many models; our highest price is $15. By narrowing the price margin between HANAN and other good shoes we feel you will wisely pay the difference to get HANAN. And once we’ve made a HANAN convert we never lose him. The tie slips easily and buttoning has no effeet on your vocabulary when you [FIEY TN