Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1921, Page 6

- L 3 . 3 THE EVENING STAR, With Surday Morning Edition. e WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY. .. .September 20, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bustness Office. 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Offic 150 Nassau St. Chicago Office: First European Office: 3 Kegent St., London, Engl: The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning edition. is delivered by carriers within the eity at 60 cents per month: daily only. 45 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month. Or- ders may he sent by mall. or telephone Main 8000. Collection is made by carrlers at the end of exch month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70c Daily only. 1yr., $6. mo., 50 8unday only. .1yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢c All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85c Dally only. 15T, § Sunaay only. A Wise and Timely Act. Budget Director Dawes has acted wisely in drafting ex-Senator Sherman @s his lieutenant and special adviser in dealing with District estimates and in adjusting them equitably as a part of the general budget. The service of ex-Senator Sherman as member of the appropriations committee and as mem- Jer and chairman of the District com- mittce_has given him both a broad and an intimate acquaintance with District needs, and with the extent, collectively and in detail, to which Con- . gr as the District's legislature, has met or neglected these needs. This long and faithful service as District legislator has admirably fitted ex- Senator Sherman to perform the pub- lic-spirited and uncempensated task in promotion of the welfare of nation and capital which he has undertaken. Every one recognizes that the pecul- far relation of nation and capital com- pels special thoughtfalness in fair deal- ing with the capital community on the part of the national government, in which the people of that community are not represented. But in addition to this basic obliga- tion of sympathetic consideration for the unrepresented District. and of pride in the nation’s city, there are two other pertinent conditions of today which will doubtless attract the -thoughtful attention of the director of the budget and of ex-Senator Sherman, acting for him. First, in measuring District needs|are to and comparing them in urgency with those of departments of the national government, the extraordinary cumulation of unmet municipal needs of the war time will certainly be taken into aceccunt. tenance and development demands of the vital municipal funetions and ac- tivities of the capital had been ade- quately met in the war time the mu- nicipal expenditures of that period weald have been, greater by millions than they actually were. These munic pal needs, neglected in the stress of war and in the patriotic appl war, now that the war is over demand special consideration and prompt satis | faction. Schools, water supply. streets, sewers, grossly inadequate wage scales, both absolutely and in comparison with the national government wage scales, are among the municipal items which demand in justice the immediate ex- penditure of large amounts of money, under any system of wise economy and efficiency which can be applied. The secend peculiar condition to be noted is that while these neglected municipal needs of the war time were accumulating the tax money to pay the District's share of meeting these National Capital needs was collected under the law, and, failing to be im- mediately appropriated in accordance with the law. has also accumulated,! | 5. | conflict. i 1 { ac. | therein, the i If the obvious main.!the busine {is apparent, and ex-Senator Sherman, ' { + | mates propose to supply, will be able reation of! tial advice desired by his chief. every resource to the winning of the| | i i | t will be represented, meets in this town. fure the city ;-mvlll'n, will be waged ence, ani should play- an important|man, who in offlice has gone about busi- i of action: “In connection with the han- jthat if the estimates for the District {trom the fact that the Navy of Japan will be welcome at the confer-}or. the record of Gov. Miller—a strong part in its jeliberations. She has large|ness in a little bolder and more direct interests in the Pacific, and is a power | way than s customary in a state of the first consequence in the far|where politics is played down to a fine east. point and finesse is recommended to For some years a sort of industry|all officials, high and low. The resuit has existed both in Japan and the|is some disaffection here and there in United States having for its objectrepublican circles,<which may or may bringing the two countries into armed | not show at the polls. Suspicion of America has| Gov. Miller is of the type of Charles been sown in Japan, and suspicion of |E. Hughes. He was bred ‘'a lawyer, Japan sown in America. Inventionsand{and, like Mr. Hughes, has served on|n¢ exaggerations have been freely in-|the bench. He is not ‘“biddable” by dulgead in. | politicians, nor controlled in his official Since 1914, and especially since thelconduct by their precepts. He hews to armistice was signed, this industry has|a line of his own, regardless of where been going full speed ahead, with the|the chips fall. result that as the armament confer-| This is the sort of man we need in ence approaches Japan and America|office at a time when so much is upside are mare conspicuously in the lime-{down, and putting matters right again light than any other nations. calls for clear thinking and the cour- ‘War between two countries that|age of it. In Gov. Miller New York has have long been friends and have many | this sort. Will she indorse him at the good reasons for continuing their|polls in November? If she does his friendship would be a catastrophe|path to a second term next year will which could not be localized, and might { be considerably smoothed. shake the world more severely than —_——e—— even the recent war did. The crime Improving Streets. would be unforgivable becauseof its| oo o ST and road colaneel chineanter now rutted and dusty will be smoothed —————————— and given a firm surface before the The Office of Ex-Senator Sherman, | rains of autumn and the frosts of win- Announcement by Gen. Dawes, di- ";' '“"l"‘;m“ is always pleasant to rector of the budget, of the fact that|nronicie ““’"‘e:“l"l"' "’d Tonds Sbes former Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman [C3use 8o many need it and roads are 2 f such usefulness to man. In a way of Tllincis has been recalled into the | overnment service to assist him in re.| Washington and its suburbs within the viewing the estimates of the District|District have grown faster than the as submitted for inclusion in the bud.|District’s paving power to pave get will meet with popular applause streets, build new roads and make over In the National Capital. The status|©ld ones: So it ls encouraging to note inder which exSenafos Sherman will} IS¢ tie Commiaieness haye awordel work as a)dollar-a-year man in the|® contract for treating with, tar and oil rice of the nation is clearly defined|™°T® than 100 streets and parts of :i,r‘(;in' Da:e- and gives noygruunda streets in all sections of the District. for the assumption that his duties are e T e to be those of an arbiter upon the Dis- Berlin is reported to be wining, din- trict estimates. If it had been pro- ing and dancing. It is also reported to posed to create and fill such an office Senator Sherman would have been a|money. It has been difficult for a wise choice for an unwise job. As it number of years to believe all you hear is, both the job and the man who is to| from Berlin. ; perform it command generous public ——— . approval. Suggestions by financial experts that Commenting upon his appointment the world divide all the gold around of ex-Senator Sherman, Gen. Dawes|and start the economic game anew will makes clear the basis for his course|cause many a socialist to prick up his ears as he fancies he hears a familiar sound. —_————————— Jt is complained in New York that audiences are showing a lack of man- be transmitted to the President jners. If hopes of an uplift of the with any intelligent suggestion as to|theater are to survive, audiences at the necessity and wisdom of the items |least must behave. director of the budget| —_— must be assisted by the impartial ad-‘ “Castles in Spain” have often figured vice of one thoroughly conversant within poetry, but American .capitel has ss of the District.” given castles in Austria a status of The soundness of Gen. Dawes' plan |} prosaic reality. ——————————— when once he shall have familiarized| « propositions to take all the water dling of the budget for the District of Columbia in the office of the bureau of the budget,” he says, “it is manifest i himseif with the revised estimates re-{g5,¢ of stocks will find many people cently submitted by the Commissioners| favoring a system of dry finance. and with the needs which those esti- e S L Prohibition does not remove John 10 furnish the intelligent and impar- Barleycorn from suspicion as a per- petual accessory to crime. ———————————— Europe thinks America ought to drink wine, and is perfectly willing to supply the wine. £ ———— European paper money is substitut- ing “bale” for the slang term “roll.” ———————————————— SHOOTING STARS. Admiral Sims’ Letter. Rear Admiral Sims, in a letter to the Naticnal Merchant Marine Associa- tion, corrects a misunderstanding as to his attitude toward an American mer- chant marine. He has been quoted as discouraging the movement to make America strong on the water in that way. The very opposite is his true position, as he testifies over his signa- BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. ture. “Just how far this is from what I Old Doc Braney. ever have or could have thought of|I remember old Doc Braney and in the merchant marine vou may judge e AT United States would be of very little | His lifetime won affection and his ab- yalue as a defense of the United A e States and our possessions were by not for the merchant marine. In the|As I recall the way he smiled at every boyhood il absence of a merchant marine to fur- nish the transport for the immense} , o always cured it promptly with a poultice or a pill. amount of supplies that a fleet would need, that fleet would be restricted in and is now to the extent of nearly five | its operations to a comparatively short million dollars in the Treasury, await- ing appropriation as part of the Dis- trict’'s share of National Capital ex- penditures, in accordance with the half-and-half law, which authorized tax collection for this specific purpose only, ler the provisions of which; and fand e {ceive the closest stu every dollar of this tax money was collected. Thus through war neglect of munici- pal needs millions of these unmet needs have accumulated, and the tax| ! distance from its nearest base. If our fleet had to be sent to make an attack at a long distance across the ocean it would require something like 30,000 tons of supplies a day, including fuel and all other supplies. This is one of the essential elements that enter into the consideration of what we call But now when my hygienic state is troubled with a twist, Friend Doctor tells me I must go and see a specialist. No matter where the® bother: in my mechanism lies, ‘The oculist will say its due to my de- of those who fective eyes. are charged with the preparation of naval plans.” ‘The dentist says the ailment that fore- This presents the question from a tells a harp and wreath new and very important angie. StressjIs evidently caused by the condition of usually is laid on the country’s need my teeth. money to meet the District’s share of | in times of peace. A merchant marine|The man who sprays my throat de- part of these unmet needs has, in ac- cordance with the law and to the ex- tent of millions, also accumulated. The budget is to be based upon! equity, economy and efficiency. It can- not be thus based, so far as affects the District, unless it takes into account these unique factors of the National Capital’s problem. School Enrollment. Enrollment of public school pupils|gyppifes. goes higher than the esfimate. The first-day entrants exceed those of last{iension of American trade and the vear, but one cannot determine from| perfecting of the national defense— this how much the enrollment of 1921{pere should be @ merchant marine will surpass that of 1920. That the|jarge enough to meet all the require- number of pupils will be very much | ents of a powerful and growing na- larger than last year is manifest. The|yon population of Washington keeps on growing, the rearing of children pro- ceeds in a fine and healthful way, the| . or pe able to wrest from Paris the ratio of children in school to children credit for being the first to put a paper of school age not in school increases ruffie on a pork chop. and everything proceeds happily ex- cept school accommodations. They must be brought up-to-date. e De Vafera and Liloyd George are at|overburdened with raw material. least in personal agreement in a de- sire to come to a political agreement. San Francisco -has had a moralf .10 carthquake as the result of disturb- ances in the underworld. —_— e Japan and America. Ambassador Warren, who landed at Yokohoma yesterday en route to Tokio| to take up his new duties, said to the newspaper correspondents who met|New York. The show goes on all the him: s “I come to Japan not only for‘the purpose of seeking to be useful to my own country as an American, but also 1o become familiar with the Japaunese | nominations for mayor. This week the people in the hope that I may be help. Ful in representing their attitude to|state will be stirred by a convention my own government and people.” An excellent interpretation of his mission, and ene the ambassador will| the adoption of & platform of republi-| have time to Gpply beneficially in the|can state principles. The mesting takes two months at his command before the| blace at Svracyse Thursday. /@rmamient couference, at which Japaus clares to me, beyond a doubt, I'll never be quite well until he takes my tonsils out; ‘While the chiropodist avers that all my present woes Are due to certain kinks in the forma- = tion of my toes. Each one of them will trace the source of pain into some spot, ‘Which seems remarkable because it's where the pain is not. for business purposes—to deliver American products sold in foreign mar- kets, and also to carry for profit the products of other countries—has been the theme of those urging the estab- lishment of a merchant fleet. But, as Admiral Sims shows, the country needs, and needs vitally, such ships in times of war. We could not get along without them. The Navy would be powerless at a distance with- out such a connection with its base of Anad that is why in quest of health I 8o from door to door. A scientific wilderness I patiently ex- plore. 3 On both accounts, therefore—the ex- his unpretentious skill, a poultice or a pill. Persuasion. —_—————— Chicago as a fashion center will stones?” “No,” replied Mr. Rafferty, “though e — Press agents who depend on sensa- tional notorjety for advertising pur- poses occasionally find themselves vincing argument.” Observation. *“We learn by observation.” ———— e — Prof. Einstein is too intelligent a man to hurry back and referee the arguments as to what he means by learn a thing about astronomy.” News Seusations. How flerce investigations rage, How soon the thrill is done; Trotsky does not wish to abandon his personal campaigning even long enough to give the bread line a chance. The Syracuse Convention. Politics is a pretty steady thing in| Into oblivien. Beliefs. time. No sooner is one contest ended than another begins. Last week the big town was stirred by a primary for bellef?” for the nomination of a republican other people believe.” te for a high judicial office, and 4 ‘be working hard and trying to save its| America.” And I long for old Doc Braney, with|ency, but it is in danger of being di H t ‘Who gently smiled and cured me With | should ' be professional wothen.—New “Did you know,” said Mr. Dolan, “the poet says there are sermons in I do call to mind that a brickbat has| ment that the State Department will here and there been a temporarily con- “Not everything,” answered Miss|sources of every kind, must contri ; to Cayenne. “I have known people to :::m doliar diplomats of their gaze at the stars for hours and never As they slide off from the first page “You wouldn't punish a man for his| You never can tell. Perhaps “Noth- “No,” . replied Senator Sorghum.|woula “But that doesn't prevent me from |Peoria Transcript. thinking & few people ought to be pun- ished for what they are trying to make | curs ':oh-n the man who is rug‘::. Editorial Digest America’s “Big Four.” “A particularly happy choice”—thus a score of wgllerl express the almost universal opinion of the American press on the President’s selection of the “Big Four” to represent the United States at the armament conference. The reception as a delegate of Senator Lodge has already bcen reviewed in this column. Mr. Root's appoint- ment is unanimously confirmed, th in point. of personal capacity jand suitability for the mission. The selection of Senator Underwood is pointed to by republican editors as proof of the President's sincerity in | approaching the conference in a non- partisan spiri nd while this single- ness of purpose is questioned in a few democratic papers, most of them ac- cept the naming of Underwood as a generous but deserved recognition of the outstanding figure in the minority party. There is. however, consider- able discussion as to the propriety of | either of the senators serving on the delegation as representatives of the Presid . The “applause for President Hard- ing's choice,” the Dul dependent) declares, be nation-wide, but w! around the world.” If the selection “had been left to a vote of the peo- ple,” the Illinois State Journal (Spring- fleld, republican) thinks that ‘“‘un- doubtedly a majority of the votes would have becn cast” for these four men who are “best fitted from eve angle to serve us at the conference.”, The Birmingham News presents an| estimate of the personnel of the dele-| gation which, except for its emphasis | on Senator Underwood, is a singularly terse summing up of the general view. “Root, a conservative diplomat, who has figured in more than one inter- national parley: Hughes, also a great lawyer, and if his first six months in the Department of State may be ac- cepted as an evidence of his powers, , destined to be numbered as one of America's great Secretaries of State: Underwood. unerring, funda- mentally sound and experienced in organization and In impressing his powers upon those about him, astute, a magnificent conciliator of divided forces; Lodge, a echolar and a stu- dent, and though essentially a prac- tical politician, one who is shrewd and capable and thoroughly versed in the political schools—these are they who will speak the speech of So thoroughly representative of the country is this delegation that their appointment, the Peoria Transcript (independent) says, ‘“forecloses on the possibility of a revival of ‘group’ agitation,” and the Philadelphla Bulletin ' (indcpendent republican) feels that none “of the special inter- ests. which have asked for repre- sentation, need fear for their particu- lar cause nor feel a slight of the smallest degree.' The Chicago Joprnal (democratic) raises the question of whether or n these four men will “fare any bettel at the hands of Lloyd George and other European diplomats than did President Wilson, who is charged with having been “outwitted” by old werld skill. Three other democratic papers, however, are entirely confi- dent on this point. Our delegation “will rank with the best that the old world can send to the conference. the Cincinnati Enquirer is convir.ce and, whatever “it may lack in dipl { matic finesse,” the Boston Post thinks, “it should more than counter- balance in sheer ability to put home whatever plan the administration may have for the expression of Amer- ican opinion.” “Mr. Harding's pondered and sound j judgment is shown conspicuously once more,” says the New York Times (Independent democratic), especially in the selection of Elihu Root. since “to Ttaly, France and Great Britain no name could be more welcome,” and “to Japan it has a connotation of old friendliness,” to every ome, in fact, the Knoxville Sentinel (ind pendent democratic) thinks, “the in clusion of that name * * ¢ will convey the most optimistic signifi- cance,” since “the American people are prepared to trust to his patriotism and to his high and disinterested pinciples, as well as to his judgment. Republican papers, notably the Mun- cie (independent) Star and the Man- chester Union, emphasize the added prestige which Root confers on the delegation. especially in the opinion of the foreign representatives. The Springfield Republican, _the Asheville Times, the Newark News and the Milwaukee Journal, independ ent, and the Louisville Courier-Jou nal and the Hartford Times, dem: cratic, protest the seating of the senators in the conference, for rea- sons which the Louisville paper states thus: “Underwood and Lodge will sit as judges on the treaties, which Under- wood and Lodge, as representatives of the President, have drawn and. signed. Their services in the Senate | will be a mere formality, and if they be actual as well as nominal leaders | R o f the Senate, the Senate's ratifica- tion of the treaties will be a mere formalit But this “technical objection” finds no support from “he Boston Globe (independent), the Ithaca Journal- News (independent) nor the St. Ji seph News - Press (independent), which feel, to quote the Globe, th this point of view is “hugging a hol low fiction” to the extent of making co-ordination between the executive and the legislative” impossible. A survey lately made by the United States public health serice indicates that a new profession of the utmost interest and importance is open to women. Of the forty-seven. state health departments that replied to a questionnaire, thirty-nine reported the employment of women in profes- sional and adminisiration positions. Writing in the Woman Citizen, Gei {trude Sevmour of the federal health service states that, whereas the total of women employed was thought to be some fifty or sixty, the returns showed nearly two hundred. To these must be added fifty women whom the federal public heaith service employs in responsible administrative posi- tions, and many more, exactly how many is as yet not ascertained, who are employed by municipalities. As life becomes more complex, the fate of legislation depends more and more upon able and honest adminis- tration. Especially is this true of measures which affect the health and character of our citizenry. The new immigration law is of the utmost ur; credited for the lack of able admini: rators, many of whom might and York Times (independent democratic). “Dollar Diplomacy.” From thke medieval-minded who re- gard money-making as necessarily wicked and from the shallow-minded who echo Proudhon’s silly words that property is theft, a loud clatter will doubtless arise against the announce- hereafter give encouragement and protection to American investments abroad. The waste places of the earth must be transformed into areas of happy 616-17 ST. N.W. 77 W 7. % W, % % 77 X # % 7, % 22 2% Women in Public Health Work. |R human habitation. Water power, foi ests, stores of metal, undeveloped man’s welfare. When the sl 2; 'y, subdued the American hinterland their main personal motive was to better their conditions in life; but though so motived, their work serves thr\n generations. American should be proud, not ashamed, of dollar diplomacy. To the degree that we protect capital sent beyond our national borders, and thus encourage others to have confidence, we contribute most to making the world a better place in which to live. —New York Tribune (republican). ing is too good for the ex-service " means that less than nothing be good enough for them.— One of life’s poignant moments oc- the family comes across il eireann.”—Roan ' Jud Tunkius says it's Bard to con.| _An honeat landlord advertises. “Mod- vince & man that the world ia getting | Srkansss Gassits. t at Modern Rent."— ¢ o5y il SIX FO! Koy on 4 on our 24th Birthday “Party” We’ve had some big birth- day “parties”—but nothing that could begin to “touch” this. And what crowds came for the Birthday “Prizes.” Here are some of the “good things.” 1,000 Overcoats 24TH BIRTHDAY "i’ARTY:_’ SALE 500 Pairs Pure 7 15 Worsted Trousers ¥ Fine Striped Effects BIRTHDAY “PARTY” SALE 1,200 Fine Silk and Knitted SCARFS 8% 3 FOR $2.50 Superb Quality—Special . \ Price BIRTHDAY SPECJAL 100 69 $2 GOLF CAPS $1= BIRTHDAY SPECIAL 2 300 Extra Quality UMBRELLAS BIRTHDAY SPECIAL 1,000 Pairs 7 % Z Z 722 + THE MAN'S STORES - CONGRATULATIONS! " Are certainly “in order” 1005-1007 PA.AVE. 7% 7 % 277 24th Birthday Party “Sale”’ . 7 % 2, " Pure Worsted Suits and . i A marveldus collection of new things in fall suits and overeoats. Special price during birthday party, September 19 to October 1. st AN st Sk oot BIRTHDAY “PARTY” SALE Fine Worsted Shirts and Drawers Worth ._SI .50, $2 and $2.50 95¢ 3 SUITS, $5.50 Shirts 36 to 44, Drawers 32 to 38, Carter’s Roxford and other makes. Why wait until November? BIRTHDAY “PARTY” SALE 1,000 Special Felt FALLHATS 2.90 MATCH ’EM AT $3.50 BIRTHDAY SPECIAL 1,000 Fiber Silk KNIT TIES BIRTHDAY SPECIAL 1,000 Pairs Black Fiber SILK HOSE 59c¢ 3 for SL6S 29c BIRTHDAY SPECIAL 600 Pare Irish LINEA] HDKEFS. s for $1.90 BIRTHDAY SPECIAL ‘300 Nickel Silver Buckles and Cowhide BELTS. 21c 69c BIRTHDAY “PARTY” SALE 1,200 Paure BIRTHDAY SPECIAL 200 Pairs 8 9 Genaine $1 Guyot C SUSPENDERS Each BIRTHDAY “PARTY” SALE 300 Pairs Famous “Dent’s” Mocha Gloves BIRTHDAY “PARTY" SALE SILK SHIRTS Some .dl‘d.fil“;