Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1921, Page 6

e Y . THE EVENING STAR, With Sundsy Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY.......August 15, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Offce. 11th 8t and Pnunvnh Ave. '5&' First Ni I‘m 1 'I-I- l\ul 1ding et National . Borepten Dtsce: an...:m,uu.z.‘mi. The ening llP. 'fl. the Sunday morning is de carriers within the l‘l!y at 80 cents Ol!h daily only. 43 cents per month; Su; ly, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be sent by mail, :rpt'-lr;r'm- Main 8000. _ Collection is made by ca: end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $8.40: 1 mo.. T0c Daily only... ‘13T $6.00; 1 me Sunday only.......1yr., $2.40; 1mo., e All Other States. Daily and Sunday. l yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 86¢c Daily only.. 1yr., $7.00; 1 mo., 60c !undlyonl)hw ..1yr., $3.00; 1mo., 25¢ — The Rent Act Extension. TUnless a bill which is before the Senate, and which, it is expected, will be voted on tormorrow, becomes a law, the Ball rents act, passed to meet an emergency in housing conditions in ‘Washington that arose during the war, will expire October 22 next. If the bill is passed and approved the life of that act will be extended to May 22, 1922. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided, by a five-to- four division, that the act does not violate the Constitution, having been passed as a War emergency measure. It does not follow that the mere re- enactment or extension of the act will meet the test applied by the Supreme Court, for the conditions prevailing at the time of the extension may not be such as to justify it on the ground of emergency. Nor is it likely that a test of the validity of the extension act could be applied and settled in sea- #on before its expiration. It is incum- bent upon the Senate, therefore, in considering this measure, to examine most carefully into the question of ‘whether such an emergency exists to- day as to justify the lengthening of the life of the law. It is contended by those who deal in real property, for sale and for rental, that there is today no shortage of housing accommodations in the Dis- trict, that numerous houses and apart- ments are available, being now vacant. Assertion to this effect was made be- fore the Senate District committee when the bill was under consideration there. Figures were offered to prove the fact. Since that hearing was held there has been some depletion of the departmental population of the Dis- trict, owing to reductions in the gov- ernment force. If there has been a tendency toward a surplus of accom- modations since the court rendered its decision it has been probably hastened and not retarded subsequent to the hearings. Extension of the act would be justi- fled only on the ground that there is today as great an emergency in hous- ing conditions at the capital as there ‘was at the time of its enactment. The court doubtless looked at conditions as they were when the law was passed, not as they were when the decision ‘was finally formulated and annovnced. It can hardly be contended thsi e the conditions were identical. And if there is less of congestion now than when the decision.was announced, it {ollows that the need as well as the legal justification for the extension is diminished. The question for the Senate to con- sider, therefore, when it discusses and ‘votes upon the pending bill is whether the need exists for the extension, in such terms as to justify the new enact- ment in the terms of the Supreme Court's ruling of emergency legisla- tlon. Property owners and operators in realty declare that there is no such condition. Fear of repeated rent rais- ing and of reprisals against tenants ‘moves the proponents of the extension bill to urge its passage. It would seem possible for the Senate to dis- cover the facts and to act with jus- tice toward both property owners and renters. On the one hand it will be possible, by the extension of the law, to hold rents at their present stage for eight months longer, after October 22, and on the other hand it will be possible, by refusing to extend the act, to let the law of supply and demand take its course, and, if there is a sur- plus of accommodations, rents will not rise unless a combination of all prop- erty owners is effected to that end, which is beyond reasonable belief. There is grave doubt of the need of further drastic rents regulation. There is grave doubt of the possibility of meeting again, if time permitted, the test of highest court review. It is for the Senate to weigh these doubts when it considers the bill tomorrow. ——— Sovietism has been unfortunate in encouraging a large number of people who saw in abrupt social change an opportunity to establish themselves as a leisurely aristocracy. ——————— The fact that everybody has some- thing io sell, whether tangible or in- tangible, is more or less a bar to pre- cipitate price reduction. ————oe————— As an offset to the weather man's bulletins, experts in fuel conditions are predicting “unfair and colder.” America and the Far East. Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippine senate, come to the United States in behalf of immediate inde- pendence for the archipelago, meets with the news of the selestion of Gen. ‘Wood to be governor general of the " fslands, which seems to defeat his project, and yet says of the selection: “The appointment of Gen. Wood will be well received everywhere in the Philippines. T am sure. The people feel that he is a man well acquainted with their problems, because he has lived there and knows them from first-hand Information. Any man that ‘was considered a worthy candidate for President of the United States should certainly have the approv: of our people.” Gen. Wood's position in American affairs is likely to be generally noted throughout the far east, and his as- signment to duty in the Philippines at this time accepted as evidence of the importanes the United States t taches to its interests in that quarter of the world. It is worthy of note, too, that the matter is announced almost on the eve of the assembling of the international conference in this city, with far east- ern questions among those scheduled for consideration. We should be con- cerned in those questions if we had no stake in the Philippines; but our con- cern is, of course, the greater because jof our control of the archipelago, and what the archipelago will signify in the arrangements for the future. ‘When the conference takes up the questions relating to the east, Gen. ‘Wood will probably be an adviser as to the American policy, and how it should be prepared and presented. No Dominion for Ireland. Sincere friends of the Irish people must regret the rejection by the dail eireann, or Irish parliament, of the British proposal of a dominion govern- ment for the island. When the truce was effected and peace proposals were made at London it was hoped that the way was opened to a rational solution of this troublesome situation, which has cost so heavily in lives and has caused so much misery. Not until now, however, have the precise terms of the proposition of the government at London been made known, and they are to be considered in conjunction with the positive rejectlon expressed by De Valera. Nothing short of absolute independ- ence, based upon the right of seces- sion, will meet the demands of the southern Irish people, as represented by the dail eireann and De Valera. tion upon one point, namely, that ac- cording to the note of De Valera, northern Ireland cannot be coerced. and he takes occasion to state with emphasis “the resolve of our people * * * to resist any effort to coerce another part of Ireland to abandon its allegiance to the crown.” According to the terms of the notes thus exchanged the effort at adjust- ment is at an end. Lloyd George states in his note of acknowledgment his readiness to discuss the British proposals in detail whenever accept- ance in principle is communicated. TUnless the dail eireann or De Valera change position the negotiations are at an end. It may follow as a corol- lary that fighting will be resumed. Having stated so definitely their de- mand for absolute independence, with complete rejection of the dominion plan, it is difficult to see how the southern Irishmen can go backward and open the way to consideration of less than that. In one respect the note of the pre- mier is of international significance. De Valera suggested possible arbitra- tion of the future relations of north- ern and southern Ireland to “‘external arbitration.” The premier replies that the British government ecannot agree to refer such a question to the arbitra- tion of a foreign power. This is per- haps to be construed as notice that overtures for intervention by another power would not be tolerated. As the case now stands, southern Ireland has rejected the largest meas- ure of freedom from British rule that it has ever been offered, as large a measure of freedom as that emjoyed by the far-distant colonies and domin- jons. It remains to be seen whether, by thus refusing that which might eventually lead to absolute independ- ence, it has not long delayed its at- tainment of the ideal which has ani- mated Irishmen for many generations. The Prohibition Law. The federal authorities at and near Detroit have been - increasing their vigilance against rum-running across the Canadian border. The wets, how- ever, affect rot to be impressed. They pronounce the movement a bluff. The wets have an answer either way. If they find bootlegging easy they exclaim, “There is no sentiment behind prohibition. The officials know jthat the people are either indifferent ‘or against the law, and hence they don't try to enforce it.” If the authorities show vigilance, the bootleggers and their abettors either change their methods of evad- ing the law, or pronounce the vigilance a bluff. There is, of course, but one safe policy for the authorities to pursue, and that is to enforce the law to the fullest extent possible. It is on the books, and was put there to be en- forced. The assertion that it does not represent public sentiment is a bluff. All formal expressions at the polls and in Congress show that public s ment sustains prohibition; advises that what was finally won after long years of effort must not be weakerled or discredited by lax methods of exe- cution. It may not be possible to make the country rumproof. There is money in bootlegging, and there are men willing to take chances. But if the authorities are alert, and neither bluff nor submit to bluffing, the profits of the law-breakers can be very ma- terially reduced and their number ma- terially lowered. ————— If the delegates to a peace confer- ence were to follow up all the topics of conversational interest arising in so distinguished a gathering they could easily remain in Washington all winter. —_———— To many people this summer must have seemed cooler than that of last year, owing to the absence of a presi- dential campaign. Bobbed Hair and Pompadours. Much ado has been made recently in some of the business houses in this country where numbers of women are employed over the question of bobbed hair, with other items of femi- nine make-up and style. In some of these establishments bobbed hair has been banned as unduly eccentric and significant of unconventionality. No report is at hand to indicate whether the “bobbees” have been retained until their hair grows out. But, however that may be, te short shingling of| The British premier rejects that de- f mend. No advance has been effected | IemSeIves: k. the exchange of views and the Ki P tétmal British tender and the Irish re- ng George is credited with an- DY. The premier expresses gratifica-|"OUnCIng a policy of economy for his THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ‘women’s hair has come | somewhat under the ban of business. Now busi- ness might go a little farther in the same direction, and consider the youths who have taken to abnormal pompadours. The prevailing style of hair-wearing among a good many youngsters of from fourteen to twenty or so calls for a foretress long enough to reach to the back of the neck. ‘When this i{s smoothly, carefully plas- tered it presents a “slick” appearance that is supposed to be the last word in masculine attractiveness. But let that surface be disturbed and let the wind or the blast of an electric fan work its way and the tress is turned into a flaunting pennant. It flaps over the face like an unruly window shade fluttering about in a gale. The wearers of thie style have acquired a trick of getting this hair temporarily back into place by a quick jerk of the neck. So habitual is this motion be- come that it is unconscious and the question arises whether the present generation is not going to be perma- nently one of neck-jerkers and head- tossers. Those who are particularly careful of their locks have been known to wear bandeaux made of folded hand- kerchiefs tled around their crowns. They have not come to hair nets, though that would be a logical step. Even & hair net would be better than the continual snapping back of the head that is so marked a feature of present-day adolescence. So the bob: bed-hair girls are not alone in their eccentricity. The long-haired boys might come in for a share of atten-|® tion from employers who are par- ticular about the manner in which their workers dress and comport # own household. While no effort is made to quote him verbatim, the authenticity of the announcement is not questioned. l The quietude of Pancho Villa is leading to suspicions that he was one of those political figures that were very much exaggerated by their press agent. 1 Germany has taken a great interest in the motion picture industry, but no Berlin producer has been sufficient- 1y venturesome as to secure the Hohenzollern family as a group of film stars. f Dr. Einstein's opinions of America are not as fascinating as his relativity theory, but they are easier to under- stand. I In railroading the engineer has an advantage over the financier in know- ing, as a rule, where he is going to arrive. | Militarists who describe war as magnificent do not bring out the fact that, like other forms of magnificence, it is likely to be ruinously expensive. ( The soothing effect of time is shown by the fact that the subject of Panama canal tolls can now be mentioned in Congress without creating an immedi- ate intellectual tumult. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Outliving a Pollcy. “Some day you will be President.” The small boy quite agreed; Exclaiming, as he gave assent, “That will be nice, indeed. T'll ride in motor cars all day, Or fish along the shore, At marbles constantly I'll play And own a candy store. “All books and problems I will store On a neglected shelf, T'll have a2 motion picture show That's run to suit myself. “I'll fire my elders when their noise ‘With mine does not agree, And fill their jobs with little boys ‘Who like to play with me!” This old world would be strange, in sooth, And sorrows would ensue If all the fancies of our youth In manhood should come true. Jud Tunkins says he'd get rid of his automobile only it might put him un- der suspicion of trying to be a tax dodger. Still in the Character. “You fellows keep up the same rough swagger and wear the same rude| ¢ atture that were necessary in the old days before Crimson Guilch became a thriving community.” “Yes,” replied Cactus Joe. “We keep up the artistic atmosphere. Every one of the boys is hoping he’ll land a job as a desperado star in the motion pic- tures. Grim Consolation. The wicked man dismissed his care About the safety of his soul, And said, “My sins will put me where ‘There is no scarcity of coal.” 0ld Customs. “Do ‘you remember reading about young bloods who drank cbl.mplsne from a lady’s slipper?” \ “Yes,” replied Miss Cayenne. ‘“The custom was much more picturesque than the present one of depending on 2 bootleg.” Handicap Necessary. “Do you think there is any such thing as luck in busines: “Certainly,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax. “Without the element of luck only the smartest men could make money, which would be distinctly un- fair.” ——— Eve had her little troubles, but Adam never complained about missing buttons.—Birmingham News. Beauty is knee-deep, as every man can see for himself.—Roanoke Times. Duels are fought in Hungary before breakfast. The idea, possibiy, of a food eonlemtlonl-L—Deuon News. Before -urun: for India to preach nrohlbmon. Pussyfoot Johnson said he hoped to find England dry on his re- turn. An intimation that he expects to make a protracted stay in the east. -—Govellud Plain Dealer. W escaped the menace of mfl‘l‘“mflrtfltfllmwm itching palm.~Columbia: C., MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1921, '’ . . . Editorial Digest gmll|||||II|II|||||||I|||||||||||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIllllllll||lI|||IIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIMMMHIMIWL_! = = World Peace and Panama Tolls. % = ° = A new element, the prospective dis- An HPC 1= = cussion of perplexing international ques- = av ln e a o = tions at the disarmament conference, in- Paintologue = = Jected into the anclent subject of Pana- = = ma canal tolls, has brought forth a new = = B bt g A Successful Career = The Brooklyn Eagle (independent To preserve your { E = democratic) thinks that, once having | homelansinstldecayis = = laid 1: ullde. ::e 1Preulde;;l “f:mh\ly just tike putting m;'my = 1 There is no formula for getting ahead in = cannot revive the issue after the con- = — ference without destroying any under- away. HPC time-tried = the world, other th{“' the eady M"e of = standing that may be reached,” and the | paints—ready mixed for = economy and thrift—saving something = Louisville Courier-Journal (democratic) L all 1 = egul earnings, il = hopes that “postponement of the plunge :VR;;;ITEI— colots tand = = arly, ?ut of yo! oy lmhl yen = into dishonor will give time for soberer = have sufficient capital to make an invest- = reflection and wiser counsels, which in (o] = ment or go in business for yourself. —5 the end may prevent the plunge alto- = i i Sy = " The “majority of the American = 1 The Commercial National Bank, with its = iniibelopinionfolytheRoshentey = extensive facilities, large resources and = Times-Union (Independent), “will sup- = permay = port President Harding in the position he = personal service, is ready to help anyone = i kon despite the fact that it i = i = that he ‘w'l.;.;';?%; ll:;-x:cm?refid&:lz:"é“mfér 1218 B ST. N.W. = 2 i =N ssage. , that the == g 1 < — Drosident will veto it just as his prede- = 1 Your money deposited in a savings ac- = sessmidlANg DU S R B = count in this bank will earn interest at the = diversions nowadays to remind the dom- | — = rate of THREE PER CENT per annum, ON = inant group of his party of the bad = Y DOL RY DAY IT IS ON = Ea‘x’z.'fx;dhfivem a(n?l;d:lo" Ficeep. ('fr;:u ‘s = OFFICERS = Lt tl a tl Ps tolls = = IL".:&&; of 'EE.%'.E' l‘;:x(ud pl‘ru'rsflneh,:mth(;c; = R OO men of the_Board DEPOSIT, °°““’°““ded semi-annually. = were made t 3 ich are = 3 s s . Row being brokcen.” anv the Charieston L] = FovEs gfi:}'fi‘é@"; Freat [ Now's the time, this bank the place, to = n e tic). *Borz = ' Adi = AR s e = JAMES B RATEN Giadier > start building for the future! = cosstwise ships and the Hay treaty.? Round Trip = = vs the New “ven P il War Tax = . . 5 = T e el 7 | - eiatn = Savings Department Open Today Until 5:30 P. M. = *‘that L i rana or R = A mericsnyconstwibanycascintashnotial Atl = for Your Convenience = contravention of the treaty.” The British | an c l = = government made no such admission.” E El ) = dence Tribune. (independent republicany || Sunday, August 21 = OmmerCl a On an = thinks “it certainly does scem silly tolf L L 'r;mm;uu A = = weaken, rhaps imperil, a grea . £ cause 1 order that wo may grant free Via Delaware River Bridge = Corner 14th and G Streets = aged in the coasting trade whe = = Ej}fe‘iuy have a monopoly of that trade” N ] E THE BANK OF PERSONAL SERVICE = “The reason is entirely valid,” say: < = — = Coltmbus Dispatch (indcpendent), “nor || 14ine date, of cxeurdon at, Consollanied |} = CAPITAL, $1,000,000.00———DEPOSITS, Over $11,500,000.00 = will its validity expire after the coming '[ (nion Station. b = ly Py 5 . )y A = confarenceiahall ihaveitioenthiald. Noth Returning, Leaves = RESOURCES, Over $16,000,000.00 = al twist word = = o hg'::’ ?h:lsr".'}"md'rgx'hm“ T.n'.:g ?-a% zec JiAdenticRoty) R = =, anything else out of the treaty, and the . = = reatain of Gt Counte e ateaeal | Pemgylvania - Sy:stexm | 1110000000000 RSO ing should not be sacrificed to the pri- vhich a few could get out of vate gain toll-free passag: That something more than expe- diency may be involved in the Presi- dent's move is noted by the Chat- tanooga Tithes (independent demo- cratic). “His first suggested reason for delay, the fear that the passage of the law now might embarrass the disarmament conference, was supple- mented by the later one which may be regarded as the real policy of the administration, namely, that the tolls question should be settled by diplo- macy and not by legislation.” | The Syracuse Post-Standard (re- | publican) thinks, on the other hand, | that the President “presumably stili{ holds as a matter of law we have the | right to release our own vessels from | REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. the payment of tolls, but he realizes | that as a matter of good judgment it | is unwise to create this dispute with | Great Britain at the moment when| we are asking Great Britain to join with us to settle questions in the far east.” The Des Moines Register pendent republican) sa: ! plain_misstatement of fact o say | that the canal was built in any ex- clusive way for the benefit and pro- tection of America. America was to benefit by the canal justas everybody else was to benefit. The record is written in too many treaties and offi cial documents to permit of doubt. The Spokane Spokesman-Review (independent republican) states that the “republican position is that the ' treaty simply means that the United | States will treat all other nations | equally, having as owner of the canal | a right to make any terms it pleuusi for American ships.” The Borah bill will be opposed prin- | cipally, according to the New Bedford ! Standard (republican), on the ground | of whether this government could | remit tolls without violating its| pledged word. “It is interesting to | note, however, that the middle west | is opposing it on the material ground | that the inland communities of the nation will be taxed to subsidize water carriers which will injure business in the inte r to the ad- vantage of the country's seaports.” “Now we have the reinforcement of selfish interests to bolster up. our argument of morality and honor," says the Columbia State (democratic). welcome even such a reinforce- ment. Any port, even a lake port, in a storm. 1f the selfish interests of the middle weet can help the nation keep its pledged word in a solemn treaty, if morality may rely upon selfishness as a stanch ally, then the Borah enor- mity may be wiped off the record.” A Help and Not a Hindrance. ‘The demand of the commission on emigration of the league of nations to discontinue the “false propaganda to stimulate emigration,” and also to establish a stringent control over all emigration agencies, points out once more an old evil which should have been abolished long ago. This step of the commission must therefore not be misinterpreted as an un- friendly act toward emigrants; on the contrary, as it is seen from the resolution, the commission aims to do a good turn to the emigrants and not to harm them. Free and unrestricted immigration does not mean free and unrestricted ' exploitation of the emigrants on their way to the countries they are headed for. Free immigration does not mean reedom to fool the emigrants through false promises into such territories where they could be ex- ploited to a greater extent. Free emi- gration does not mean an unlimited jsource of profits for the steamship companies or the steamship agencies. It must be admitted that immigra- tion has been misused for various purposes and the immigrants were the victims. The demand of the emi- gration commission 4 must therefore be indorsed by the friends of immi- grants. No one can be in favor of stimulating such people to emigrate who have no other reason for doing so than to give the steamship com- panies and agencies more profit. No one can be in faver of giving these agencies .and corporations full right to decide what is good for the emigrants and what is not. ¥he abolishment of this false propaganda and also the establishment of control can only help those who must emigrate.—The Day (Jewish, non- partisan), New York. Hungarians at Our Universities. ‘The incoming steamers are bringing, one after the other, the politicians and former great men of Hungary to America. This is the result of invita- tions sent out by American universi- ties. It seems that there are some people in America who are r to bear the point of views and opinions of men who, successfully or unsuc- cessfully, governed mutilated Hungary. The first to appear in America was Count Pau] Teleky, former prime min- ister of Hungary, who has been re- quested by the Willlams University to hold six lectures on Hungarian con- ditions and Hungary's present situa- tion. This movement of the Williams University is a new one and has won the favor of every one. The next Hungarian statesman to come to America will be Lorant Hegedus, finance minister of Hungary, who has accepted an invitation from lth' Columbia University to hold lec- (nde- | is a! Latest addition to the Victrola line While this new model marks a distinct departure in design, it still embodies the patented features which have won for the Victrola the universal recognition of superi- ority. : The design of the Victrola is necessanly govemed by its func- tion as a musical instrument, and in this new style, as in all Victrola models, are represented the knowl- edge and experience gained in nearly a quarter-century devoted ex- clusively to the ta.llnng-machme art. Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden,N. J. ‘word*Victrola”; wcm‘rmmu-mm Camden, N. 3 tures on European finance methods and manipulations.—Nepszava (Hun- garian), New York city. Too often the scales of international g;tfs are fishy.—Norfolk Virginian o Add sod widows and_ grass widows: Gun widows.—Toledo Blade. ‘home brew do the woriiu-. the motto of some of eut emun..—mmun: t-uuuemr. g