Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1921, Page 6

ZHE EVENING STAR .- WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY ... August 24, 1981 _—m—mm TEEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor e Evening Star Newspaper Company Office, 11t St. and Peandyivania Ave. = iew York Office: 150 Naséau Bt. E g0 Ofcer Fivet Vatloas) Dexk Fuilding. Oiies: 3 Regock ber Lovdes, agmal: 1 -Ths Brening Star, nday morn! Efl‘:‘"‘ -'-"k‘;”é-":'.‘n’u"‘.'l; oath. . B Sent mail, or teld) ':.‘tu-l": 0 ot Cach pmiar® D008 bY ‘Rate by Mail--Payable in Advance. 3 ally and Sunday.1y: 1me., 8¢ ily only. 1mo., 8o Stnday only. W - Panama to Yield Possession. " Decision by the government of Pan: ‘mma not to resist the Coata Rican -o\"vt: occupy the city of Coto under the ite award signifies that unless some misunderstanding occurs there Wwill be no hostilities between the two countries. This is gratifying. A con- flict between Costa Rica and Panama would be most deplotable, considéring especially that the territory in dispute has been formally and, it must bs con« sidered, finally declared to be Costa Rican and not Panaman. 'The fact that for seven years Panama has held the land in question does not signify now. ,Panama will probably continne to Protest the decision of this govern: ment not to intervene to prevent Costa Rica from taking possession, and especially its warning to Panama that no hostilities would be tolerated. But with the execution of the award an accomplished fact, and Costa Rioa in possession, thete is little ground for dtsputation. Panama pest all rights in the premises wheh %% late Chief Jus: tice rendered his decidion, and it would Bive been far befter had she then @cquiesced, just as it would have béen Bétter now for her to accept the situa- tion in good srlrit and yield quletly. *The incident & probably closed. The American marines will have a voyage td' the Canal Zone for nothing. Per- haps they will turn around and come right back again. Perhaps they will Be landed just to “stretch their legs.” But it may be assured that the United @tates will do nothing unnecessarily @alculated to cause friction or feeling. Tt has acted in this case out of & strict ammse of right and duty, and it retains 1t8 affectionate regard for the govern- ment at Panama, even though it has ‘been unable in this instance to become ity partisan. .. West Virginia Coal Troubles. .. Announcement {8 made that the sub- committée of the Senate labor com- mittee having in hand the Mingo coal troubles in West Virginia will prob- ably visit the scene during the con- greasional recess for the purpose of completing its investigation. -.This controversy between the miners aad the mine owners seems to be of an extremely stubborn character. It has ‘heen in progress for some time. Heavy losses have been inflicted on both sides. The miners have lost in wages, and the mine owners in business. But, -worse still, blood has been shed. The feeling has been, and still is, bitter— #0. bitter the local euthorities, al: though making repeated efforts, have Béen unable to control the situation. Now is the time for the utmost exertion, both by thélocal and the na- tional authorities, to compose the diffi- cylty if it can be done. The weather sharps predict an unusually severe winter. We shall need then all the coal that can be mined and put on the market. There should be no shortage, not only becauseé of the comfort and Realth of the people, but also because there is prospect of speeding up busi- ness. There s hope of setting all the wheels of manufacture turning in the near future; and this cannot be doneé wnless the coal supply is ample and agsured. > Senator Kenyon, who is at the head @f the inquisitors, has had experience £u. this line of work, and we may ex- Pt a report from the committee go- ing to the root of the complications. And the réport presumably will de ready by the time, or soon atter, Con- gress reassembles. ———————— Running true to form, Mr. Hoover _is turned to instinctively as & man of broad human sympathy and a prac- tical organizer when the need of fam- 4ge relief arises. ————— “"Beriin is conducting interesting ex- periments in long-distance telephone eommunication. The ex-kaiser, how- over, continues to listen in vain. The Rent Law Extended. . Congress has patsed, by very heavy majerities in both houses, a bill to ex- ‘tend for seven months the life of the all rent act, and the Presifient will wundoubtedly sign it. Thus the housing Jear, as it has been called, will be con- tiaued until May 22 next. Only by a spest unusual concession of privilege OAD it be tested in the Bupreme Court of the United States again on the geound of whether or not an emer- gency exists justifying this otherwise Possibly unconstitutional procedure. 1t 48 to be hoped, therefors, that those who oppose the legislation will not @eek to set it aside, but will acqulesce aad await its expiration by limitation. - It 19 evident from the size of the af- ‘Sigmative votes cast for the extension! of the law in the Senate and the House that Congress believes that an emer- sency continues in Washington in the . sadtter of housing, that in' the judg- ment of an overwhelming number of the local legislators there is danger of sn immediate-and unjust advance tn meptals upon the expiration of the act 4n, October if the perfod is not con- tinued. In the tourse of the debates, furthermore, it was urged that a new _émergency would perhaps be created By the advent here in November of 8 ament conference. 13 a8 contended by -the-realters of, A tension of the Jaw on the sodre of sup- Ply. But ff, en the other hand, thece is » possibility of & very-material ad- vance in rentd immediataly. upon the expiration of the law and removal of the present bartiers to marked rent raises, the exténsidon is justified. But, even s0, the extension of the law for sesven months is but & postponement ¢ the rent advance, if such is certain to follow immediately upon the litting of the bartier. Shifting the date of the law’'s ex- piration from October 23 to May 23 will have the effect of putting the change of condition at a time When 0c | the housing sitution eksds omewhat every year. In October the demand for accommodations in Washington is at its height. In May it is beginning to decline. But if the permanent popu- lation of the ‘city has hot meanwhile appreciably diminished, through gov- erninental reéductions—and it would seem that the process of reduction is at about the ebb—there will be, save for the conference emergency, as great a demand for accommodations in Octo- ber, 1322, a3 in October, 1921. In short, whatever may be the stasonal reduc- tion in May, there Will be & normal de- mand in the aututn. It remains to be saen how the removal of the barrier will uffect the situation of thuse who must be accommodated e year hefice. More buildings should be meanwhile provided. The Goverament's Fire Risk. ‘What happened to @ lot of Treasuty Department statiotiery stores yester- day morhing, when the buliding in which they were Kept was visited by fire, may happen to any of the govern- ment branches in this city. The de- pattmental housing is just the sort to invite fire destruction. The loss in thls instance is estimated to be not less than $250,000, and the government tarties no insurance. In practically every government building in this city valuable records and stationery stocks are kept in con- ditions that would shame the average cémmercial establishment. In some instances the stores aré deposited in damp places where mildew gets in its work. In others théy are contained in inflammable cases, difficult of access and subject to ignition. There is no uniformity of condition and the aver- age is low. If the government insured the “risk” would be found to be such that the rate would run high. Not many mofiths ago fire visited the Commerce Departmént and men- aced some of the récords of the census office, which could not be replaced. Fortunately mot much irremediable damage resuited, but the danger was plainly shown. Some consideration was then given to the question of the government’s fire risk,.but little was done. ‘The danger is almost as great today. The building partly burmed yester- day morning is & new one, bufit hur- riedly after a previous fire had gutted the structure. It stands on land owned by the government, acquired a num- ber of years ago for & site for depart- mental buildings that have never béen authorized. From time to time“space is néeded by one or another branch of the public service, and buildings with. in this area are turned over for such emergency uses. They are mostly old and fireinviting. Repdirs are kept down to a low point, for it is expected that some day all the structures with- in the site will be razed. The docur- rence of two costly fires within & short period in “temporary” officés in this space should direct attention point- edly to the risk that is being run daily in maintaining public records &nd stores in buildings that an insurance company would not underwrite against loss. ! Members of Congress hope with the assistance of Mr. Dawes to convince the aspiring constituent that suck things as sinecures have gone entirely out of date. i Ponzi’s operations gave him at least the advantage Of being freed from anxiety as to housing facilities for his personal accommodation. i The American dollar has not dimin- fshed in value in any manner that sic- rifices the respect of Burcpean finance. i It is unfortunate for Bergdoll that his roving disposition was not accom- panied by & fondness for camp life. } As the inspiration for a filibuster beer will revive its prestige as a pro- moter of loquacious demonstration. i Station House Buicides. A man hanged himeelf in & police station cell in this city yesterday, a short time after his arrest for dis- ordarly cofiduct. This adds to & con- siderable list of suicides in local sta- tion housts, and calls for serious oon- sideration of whether sufficient care s exercised in the custody and ob- servation of prisoners to prevent such In the Tombs prison the other day, in New York, a prisoner who was awaiting transfer to. Sing Sing satu- rated his clothes with kerosene that had been left in the cellroom to remove the Ink from hands after finger- printing, set fire to the ofl and burned himselt to death. Prodably nobody ever thought of the danger of leaving prisoners in roems with Kerosene, un- guarded. Now, doubtless, the kerosene can will be taken outside. In the local case the suicide used his necktie. Should every person who is put into a cell be deprived of all possible means of taking life? Sus- penders have been used in the past, and beits. Haw far should the police €0 in removing possible muicidal ‘Washington, there is now no lack of| hours of in *{accommedations, 1t apartments and{arrest. It may be that the houses ate for rent At reasonable fig-|locking them up out of the ures in sfitlent numbers to house|guards is at fault. Our polive stations the beople, there I8 1o need for the ex-|are, 45 & rule, 8o constru tense depression that fhilow ot t of, that the oells Are NOR Under observal at all times. So many tregedles have oc- curred in them that the question arizes whether the system of detention it not, perhaps, seriously at fault. The President and Congress. Now and then thers ia's bit of boyish entertainment on Capitol Hill 'As, for instanhce, when the democrats nag the tepublicans about Mr. Harding's ec- tivities concerning legislation, and the republicans reply Wwith references to Mr. Wilson's actlvities of like chai- acter when he resided in the White House. Mr. Wilson was exceedingly active, But it was largely upon nvitation. His party hid been out of power so long—sixteen years—it lacked con- fidence in itself. It had a large order in hand. So it leaned upon him. He ha@ had no legislative experience, but he did have what his party lacked— self-confidence. He mnot only arbitrated everything that was put up to him by Congress, but seemed to invite em- Ployment of that sort. 3 The republicans have a larger and much more difficult order in hand than the democrats had when they came in eight years ago, and are ‘‘chewing” it with full appreciation of its size and their responsibility. And, for two rea- solis, they are turning to Mr. Hard. ing for help with their legislative pro- gram: (1) As the party's leader he is solicitous that the record made on Capitol Hill shall be as good as pos: sible, and (2) be uked to be a législator himself. Mr. Harding is nothing 10ath to fena a hand. It is not necessary to explain the situation to him. He grasps it|volved in making direct concession: readily, and naturally is at the service of his party friends in any emer-|bo; gency. They all do it. Mr. Cleveland during both of his terms did it, and Mr. Roobevelt for nearly ‘eight years was almost as busy on Capitol Hill as at the White House. He played both ends of Pennsylvania avenue to the limit. i ————————— ‘Though they @id not come to a com- plete understanding, the fact that Lloyd George and De Valera did not increase the misunderstanding is re- garded as something of an achieve- ment. i Competition {8 1ooked for in summer hotel rates. By Christmas the cost of a summer vacation may be mn‘crhlly reduced. ——— e As a railroad man Henry Ford is expected to go slow about making tratel so comfortable mnd jnexpensive that tourists will ceasa to demand automobiles. o ——t Some of the arguments between the New York managers and actors might afford popular entertainment if set to music and provided with attractive scenery and costumes. ——————eee The mummified right' hand of Pharaoh’s daughter, Who . rescued Moses from the bulirushes, has come through inheritance into the posses- ailon of @ woman in Peoria, Ill. That famous statue, once supposed to be a relic of prehistoric man, and still re- membered as “the Cardiff giant,” re- poses in & nearby Iowa city. - Tt is often mentioned that the pres- ent Becretary of State has hard prob-|g, lems before him. He has survived a :(fi: l)t large number of them. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER ions!ox. A touch of autumn ventures through ‘The August atmosphere, And certain problems come to view That greet us every year. The'days I passed in summer scenes— How rapidly they went; I wonder if my landlotd means ‘To raise my next year's rent? I wonder if the furnacs leaks, And if the cat’s alive; - Or it the rat unhindered squeaks ‘Where spiders boldly thrive. And has the jce man brought each day|tration, of scrupulous honesty, and His lump of fleeting chill, And will T de supposed to pay His cumulative bill? The world in intellect s rich, Yet each life must evolve Some highly serious problems which No intellect can solve. A Secret of Happiness. “Our friend says he generally man- ages to get on the winning. side be- causé he is an optimlst. “He’s more than an optimist,” com- mented Senstor Sorghum. “He's a floptimist.” Jud Tunkins says a man who votes for political theories he doesn’t under- stand runs some of the same risk a man takes when he goes to a closet in the dark for a swallow of cough medi- cine. —— Comparatively Tame, The'bull inside the fighting ring, The bear out on the rustic range— ‘Baeh is a far less dangerous thing ‘Than critters on the stock exchange. Cold Caloulation, “I understand you are one of the, few who cashed in on_ that get.rich- quick scheme?” “I am,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “Are you going to give the money back to help réimburse the losers?” “Maybe. If they’ll fix it up so that I can get back all the money I've been bunked out ‘of one way or another, I can return this little dividend and still {effect that, h Editorial Digest. What te Do With Silesia, The exprésalon of the press on the action of the supreme allted eouncil, sitting with Col. Hatvey as “ob- server,” in calling upoh the councll of the leagus of nations to untavél the Silesian tangle varies from amused to thoughtful comment, with an ugdertone of “I told you so” among the friends of the league and “What's the use?” by its enemles, ‘The Chicago. Evening (ipde- pendent), commenting upon Col. Har- vey’s charactérisation of the Bilesian matter as one purely European, re- marks that “w! cretary Hughes has no orbi s of mixing in! European problems whenever he thinks them our coneern or our ad- vantage,” yet looked upon ‘restraint’ as moré likely to increase American influence, thinks “this is probably true” But for the present the Post agrees with the Chattancoga News (democratic) that ‘“tomorrow some other issue in which we hava & vital interest will go to the league for set- tlement,” when We Will find that the Jeadership of Lodge and others® has “easurably disfranchised the Ameri- can nation.”. . The Peoria (I11.) Transcript (inde- pendent) thinks the Incident “élo- quently attests the wisdom of non- interference by the United States in matters in which it has no direct in- terest except that of world peace,” and the Baitimore News (independ- ent), while conceding that “it is all very prétty in theory,” fails to see how “a difficulty in a matter of great moment to Europe that cannot be overcome by France, England, Italy and Japan” is to be solved by reference to “China, Brasil, 8pain and Belgium.” | | The Providence Tribune (independent | - tepublican) thinks, on the other hand, that “no question that is #o big as this 18 simply a European question,” and the Syracuse Herald (independ- ent) is of the oplnion that “owing to the broad range of disinterested opin- ion and influence.in the larger and truly representative body"” the leagué is better fitted for arbitration than was the supreme council, 'he Rochester Times-Union (inde- Dendent) says that ‘a settlement in ‘hich many powers participate avolds that blow to national pride which is in- The Lincoln Star (independent) claims the “principle of arbitration as a thing rn_in this republic, and now we see the great powers of Kurope resorting to the very Dflncl&l’e which we have so long preached. We can hardly afford to disarm our own child.” A disposition among some of the news- Papers to have fun with the “‘corpse” s ||| illustrated by the Charleston (8. C.) News and Courier (democratic), which 8uy “Of course, Ambassador Harvey did not vote to turn the Silesian matter over to the league because thers would be no sense in referring an extremely live question like this one to & dead organization”; and the Knoxville Senti- nel (independent democratic), in point- ing out that ‘‘whether he had anything to do with referring the Silesian matter to the league of nations by a wink or a nod or not, Col. Harvey knows on the best evidence and authority that the league is alive."” e New York World (democratic) say “It was in such crises that the league of nations was intended to serve as the appointed intermediary in remov- ing the causes for conflict. It was for such purposes that it was made the common instrument for promoting peace by the forty-eight nations that have || united in giving the league lasting In- l'lu_le‘:ce arfii power.” H e emphis = Commercial-Appeal (democratic), admitting that the ‘Pslfie- i sian agreement In itself is important as being the removal of a possible cause of war,” thinks it “more important as proof of the fact that allied unity has been preserved intact, though a trying and dangerous situation.” “No more sensible action,” says the Loulsville Courler-Journal (democratic), *could have been taken. The league of nations was instituted to exercise just such functions: to smooth out international differences and to promote peace by re- moving the causes of strife.”” = “Of the decision goes to the league because England and France found the question too hot to handle,” is the verdict of the Hartford Times (in- dependent democratic), to the outlook for a solution b: means of the league, the Reno Gaul!{ (republican) states that ‘“sending the Question to the league of nations means that absolutely nothing will be done,” and the Buffalo Express (independent republican) thinks ‘“the dangerous un- certainty resulting from delay will be g;o:?rgui lnlflf“nn;‘(’:ilymg.nd the chances newal meas - llqu}llablfl)"mcruud." S e Geneva Times publican) sa. that “the league, immature and still gx: trial, has here a test and an opportunity. uccess would give it some of the pres- sorely needs,” and the St. Joseph News-Press (independent) ob- serves that “by this reference an acute breach between England and France was averted, and there will be rejoicing, save in certain quarters, on that score. At any rate, the league is to have here such a ‘try-out’ as it has not yet had.” Russian Relief. ‘With the signing of the Hoover-Lit- vinoft agreement—which should b recorded among the significant trea- ties of history, not as a treaty' of|| trade, nor of peace even, but as & treaty of charity—the open for || the practical “expression of sym- Dathy on the part of the people of || America for the people of Rusai, without regard to political faith or practice, or to religious creed. This “treaty” s based on the truth em- the dis- bodied in the lines of Pope to owever men ma. agree about faith and hope, t! cern of all mankind is chanit; concern now has a chance to show it- self in America thfough an organiza- tion of sufficient means ‘to begin re- llef, of proved efficiency in adminis- with a leader who has the respect and gratitude of all the states of Europe up to the very doors of Russia. By this time ships with supplies are moving toward the ports nearest the starving people, and there are funds avallable for all supplies that can poseibly be transported in the imme- diate future. All is being done that can be done at the moment. . 1 A continuing co-operation should now be assured, in order that what is given may be the united gift of America, and may reach Russia with no other mark of interest or purpose upon it than that slaté® in the “treaty”—to “bring life to the famineé- stricken area.”—New York Times (in- dependent democratic). S The Minority Leader’s Place. Senator Underwood would have a special problem to consider in accept-| ing a possible appointment by the. President as, & commissioner to the coming internatipnal conference. JHe is leader of the minority or opposition party in the Henate, and ‘the well recognised public function of an op- position party in a parliamentary body is critici In case agreements or comventions embodying the con- clusions of the conference should be sent to the Benate for approvai, Mr. Undérwood as the leader of the Senate minority would be placed in an em- "'"'"‘"'& if not impossible, position. How could he act as leader of a party whose function was criticism if he had been already committed per- sonally, as a representative of the President, to .the covenants adopted by the conference? ' If Senator Underwood should "be offered a place on the Harding com- mission, a sagacious foresight should impel him to advise the President to name wome able democrat who was not a member of the Benate. There are several ;rfimlnent democrats out- side of the Senate admirably qualified to serve, if tl President desires a democrat’s counsel while performing the executive function of conferring and n tiat with the representa- of the foreign powers invited to -the disatmamert confere: — Springfield (Mass.), Republican (i pendent). - ' < A recess for c_n‘_n‘nu need in no wine Intorters with an emolent per formance of its regular work.- - ton Tran i = FURNITURE .~. . Ouwur entire stocks discounted You'll find this dining room suite of 10 pieces for $396 a very unusual bar- Come and see it—the illustration cannot convey to you the beauty of the gain. wood, workmanship and finish. Artistic Tudor Gothic design; rich mahogany or walnut. 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