Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1921, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR. With Sunday Morning Edition. “ WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY......October 18, 1921 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company | prove indeed among the most impor-|from the “bushes”—from which very ce, 11th York_Offie e: Fi and Pennsylvania Ave. Business Offic New 150 Nagsan St. morning The Evening Star, with the Sm the city edition, is delivered by carriers At 60 ceats per month; duily only nday onth. Collection iy made by carrlers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. l#i{y and Sunday..1yr., §8 3.00: 1 mo., 25¢ A Law-Enforcing Police Force. The Capital city needs and deserves & police force which is adequate in numbers to protect the extensive Dis- trict areas; which is so skillfully util- and handled, without un- e of force in special national assignments, as to attain a maximum of efficiency, and which is so controlled by those who determine its spirit, its morale, as to function to the maxi- mum as an effective law-enforcing fuc- tor in the municipal machinery. and not to operate to protect law-breakers whether bootleggers, burglars, hold- | up or confidence men or murderers. | iticism, however severe, and in- vestigation. however dr which in ive is devoid of personal malice, an® which by exposing inadequacy or inefliciency or corruption in the for lead to correction in the public inter- est, should be welcomed by the com- munity and by the police force itself. For the result will inevitably be to strengthen the force, in numbers, if necessary, and in skillful assignment of policemen to points where service is most needed: and. most important of all. to encourd and vigorously n the Commissioners and super- intendent of police in their determina- tion that the Washington police force shall be clean as well as efficient. and shall not, as in Chicago and in some other large cities, be deservedly de- nounced as in large measure the ac- complices, the tools, the corrupt acces- sories of any class of the law-breakers whom they are sworn to detect and arrest. Tt will operate in the community in- terest if the whole machinery of law- enforcement is overhauled and put in effective working order, from police force through prosecuting attorney to the griminal courts. Delaying conges- tions anywhere along the line should be disclosed and relieved. If the dis- trict attorney has not sufficient force to enable that official to carry out a determination to prosecute thorough- 1y, vigorous and impartially in the public interest that deficiency should be corrected. We know that the Su- preme Court of the District is under- manned and is unable to prevent ac- eumulation and congestion of cases on its calendars. The additional judges which are needed should be granted. —_————————— Gov. Sproul and the Senate. In the case of the Knox vacancy in the Senate Gov. Sproul has exploded two prophecies. One was that he would resign the office of governor and accept from his| successor appointment to the Senate. | The other was that he would remain in the governorship, but appoint !(\I the senatorship a man who would not stand for election next yvear for a full term, thus leaving the field clear for the governor himself. Neither prophecy recognized the fact that Gov. Sproul is a very clever politician—far too clever to have taken either of the steps mentioned. The Senate is probably his objective. He is of senatorial size, and the men- tion of his name last year for the presidency made him known to the country at large. But to be effective as senator he must reach goal by means ahove criti- efsm. To trade for the place through an a fate official, or by a bargain of any sort with a man indebted to him for office, would impair his useful- ness in the Senate. The governor put the case in a few words. He sald that as the people of | Pennsylvania had elected him gover- nor they were expecting him to serve them In that office, and he would not Aisappoint them. In that sign and spirit he should continue to conquer. Successful serv- ice in the governorship will recom- mend him strongly for the Senate when in the time he may decide is promising and appropriate he offers for a seat in that body. ——————— There is a certain amount of philo- sophic resignation to the idea of meet- ing the railway crisis and having it over with before the delegates to the peace conference arrive. —_———————— Cities that announce intentions of selzing food supplies, if necessity arises, assume that they will be so fortunate as to have the first chance at seizure. —————e—————— The Press and “Open Covenants.” There is good augury In the fact that President Obregon seems to have taken a leaf out of President Hard- ing's book respecting the press. He is admitting the newspapers into his con- fidence. In a press report from Mexico City, printed yesterday, mention is made of a conference, lasting an hour, between him and American newspaper correspondents on subjects in which both Mexico and America are inter- ested. He is represented as having been in “a most affable mood,” and his discourse shows that he was in a frank one. What he sald was very informing, and worth the space given it by the press. In Europe men in office are becom- ing more accessible to well ascredited newspaper writers. Their views on ocurrent {ssues are being more fully reportsd than formerly, They are glad to greet the ‘“chisl's” among them “takin’ notes,” and te facilitate the printing of the notes, Some very prominent mesm, netably in France and Jisly, whe have recent- 3 b1 Jout of the struggle victorious. j terstate 1y retired from office have themselves become writers for the press, and are giving the public the benefit of opin- jons formed by their authors’ par- ticipation as officials in public affairs. Good for President Harding! He has set an example worthy of copy, and which is being widely copled. It may tant of his public services. “Open covenants openly arrived at” will be- “ |come more than a phrase if the press is permitted to share more generously cents per | the confidence of those responsible for | paying as well, and apparently the » | public business while they are engaged in putting it into shape. The former editor of the Marion Star is proving of great assistance to the President of the United States. ————————— Prevent the Strike. If the five brotherhoods of railway workers carry their program to the point of actually going on strike the odds seem to be against their coming ‘The brotherhoods are reported to have a strike fund of about $2,000,000. This may sound like a large sum, but if 400,000 men go on strike it will amount only to $5 per man, less than one day’s average wage—a mighty thin reserve with which to face the prospect of a jobless winter. In a strike so lacking in popular support as the threatened one is bound to be it is not to be expected that men now out of work and others who would be thrown out of work as a ult of the strike would not accept employment with the railways. It is true, of course, that enough skilled men could not be found at once to take the place of the strikers, but Americans are quick to learn, and enough skilled men would be found to form the nucleus of a force sufficient to keep absolutely necessary trains in operation. In the strike order the brotherhood chiefs warn their follow- ers against any resort to violence. And it is well that they should do this, for if nothing else is assured it is certain that men willing to operate trains would be afforded ample protection. The duty to prevent lawlessness rests first with the states, but the federal government has warrant to step in, not only to protect mail trains but to prevent unlawful interference with in- commerce. That precedent ‘was established in the strike of 1894, and it already has been made evident that a strike now would find the pres- ent administration disposed to use all its powers for the protection of the public. R Ordering the strike on the eve of winter, the brotherhoods undoubtedly counted on the fear of cold and hunger to help their cause. But these factors are more apt to operate against them than in their favor, unless the in- dividual workers have private re- sources which will relieve them from dependence on their strike fund. The hasty survey already made of stocks of coal and provisions at the centers of population is encouraging. from the standpoint of the public. Even if transportation of commodities was wholly suspended it would be weeks, probably months, before there would be actual danger of freezing or starva- tion. And it is not within the power of the brotherhoods to bring about complete suspension of transportation. Putting aside the possibility of keep- ing a considerable number of trains in operation, motor transportation can be made available on an immense scale, and the government has hundreds of ships lying idle which could be made to help solve the problem of keeping the cities supplied with fuel and coal. The railroad men would do well to bear in mind the resourcefulness this country displayed when called upon to meet the emergency of war. They ought to realize that the menace of cold and hunger would provide an even greater spur, and that ways now unthought of would be found to trans- port the necessities of life. The nation's problem of today is not, however, to defeat the strike, but to avert it. The strike must neither be won nor lost. It must be prevented. i At its beginning a strike often re- sembles the meeting of the irresistible force and the immovable obstacle. But this impression invariably disappears. i Gentlemen who have confidence in their ability to settle all problems from currency to prohibition now have the chance of their lives. 1 The leader of the Ku Klux has suc- ceeded in making a physical examina- tion the leading feature of his investi- gation. i A few years ago dear old Broadway assumed that an actor strike was about the worst thing that could hap- pen. ! As the city of motor trucks, Detrolt feels reasonably secure when trans- portation is threatened. The water in rallway stocks is rapidly approaching a bolling tempera- ture. Babe’s Barnstorming. Babe Ruth is bound to keep in the limelight. Accustomed to the bright fllumination that falls upon the star performer, and perhaps somewhat chagrined by his fallure to cut a big figure in the world series, the home- run hitter has gone barnstorming in deflance of a positive rule of erganized base ball which forbids the members of the contending teams in that series from playing in exihibtion games after the season closes, Judge Landis, the supreme grand “wizard” of the sport, has warned the long-distance clouter that if he persists in his course he will suffer the extreme penalty of base ball law, and the “bambine” reterts with a gesture that is extremely disrespectful to the ermine, denounces the rule in question as unjust and deelares that he and his asseciates of the New York American team will ge right on mak- ing money on the side, The rule that Ruth is breaking may be unjust. It is perhaps true, as he asserts, that there is no reason for barring members of the two leading teams of the major leagues from post-season perform- ances and profits while members ef the ether teams are free to participate. But it is the law. The questicn in- THE EVENING volved is whether Ruth is greater than the law. Judge Landis Is decldedly of a negative opinion. In his position he is supported by the owners of the New York American club. Whatever hap- pens, whether Ruth is fined and sulks through the winter or whether he sud- | denly sees the light and comes back small profits are falling, by the way— it is safe to venture that he will be {again in uniform next year at the old stand. He can hardly fin® another job clink of the coin is the chief inspira- tion of this phenomenal batsman. S P —— Honors for the Unknown Dead. An extraordinary honor has been conferred upon the American partici- of the Victoria Cross by King George upon the unknown soldier whose body 1s to be brought here and laid at rest at Arlington on Armistice day. This is the first time in history that this decoration has ever been conferred upon any except a British subject. The gift is inspired by the ceremony at Westminster yesterday, when Gen. Pershing, in the name of the pebple of the United States, laid the congres- sional medal of honor upon the tomb of the unknown British soldier in the historic abbey. 5 King George's cablegram to Presi- dent Harding, giving thanks for the | honor bestowed by America upon Eng land's hero, expressed the hope that the Victoria Cross would be accepted lin order that “Britain may thus most fittingly pay tribute at the tomb which symbolizes every deed of conspicuous valor performed by the men of your great fighting forces France and England have entombed bodies of unknown soldiers with pro- found ceremonies, and this country i about to do the same. Under the Arch of Triumph in Paris and in West- minster Abbey lie these bones repre- senting the thousands of nameles dead, men whose identity was obliter ated in the holocaust. They may been of the humblest station of 1 of the most distinguished. No trace will ever be had to identify them. But those graves are more impressive as they are than though they bore name: upon them. They mean that the man- hood of France and of England. re gardless of position, responded in 1914 and later to the call to save the lives of those nations, just as in 1917 the men of America answered the sum- mons. These exchanges of honor are appro- priate and helpful. Posterity will view them as physical tokens of the unity binding the allles in the great war. and of the generous spirit of mutual {appreciation in the hour of victory. The war was won by the men whose remains now rest in Paris and in Lon don and soon to rest at Arlington and by their comrades fighting together for a common cause. ———————— Two silver dimes were recently given by John D. Rockefeller to a little girl whose singing pleased him. The sum of 20 cents is very little com- pared to the opportunity for advertise- ment i the possible prima donna knows how to use it. —_———————— The Postmaster General finds it necessary to consider the facilities for getting mail from town to town in ad-| dition to the details pertaining to its! delivery from house to house. ! —_————— i The question of wage reductions does | not agitate the mind of John Skelton Williams as much as that of salary re- ductlons in federal reserve circles. ) § Republican senators interested in i the peace treaty are giving new signmrl cance to Pennsylvania's reputation as{ the Keystone state. $ A strike threat may empty the cold | storage plants and enable them to start life anew. —_— Ever since the “great fire” Chicago has been headquarters for some kind of trouble. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Tough Problem, At That. Brother Bill has gone a-ishing, Quite oblivious to care. Now he hears the water swishing Underneath the sky so fair. He has studied each vexation That would tax the wisest mind, And he seeks, for relaxation, Questions of a smaller kind. Far away from scenes unpleasant, He puts forth one simple wish. His one ‘“problem,” just at present, Is, “How can I catch a fish?” Entirely Different. “People’s public utterances very often disagree with their private opin- fons.” “I have observed that,” rejoined Benator Sorghum, thoughtfully, “My wife's relations would never think of going out on the stump and making the same speeches about me that they make in our home circle.” Misleading. “That man they call ‘doster' is a sclentific lecturer, not & medical man.” “Yes,” rejoined Miss Cayenne. "He's one of the kind of docters who give you brain fag and then den't know how te prescribe for it.” Possible Reformation, Bheuld rail transpertation be checked by a sterm, Beme good may arise, theugh we gaze with alarm. The rum-runner’'s autemobile may re- ferm And bring us the butter and esgs from the farm, Jud Tunkins says that where he lives & man hasn’t a chance as a poli- tician unless he is willing to wear a silk hat that is away eut of style. Candid Parent, “Is your boey Josh now a wage earner?” “I wen't say exactly that,” replied Farmer Corntossel. “He draws wages, bat 'tain't my oplinion that he earasf il "em.” > pants in the great war in the bestowal | S| the | possibility of an American merchant Editorial Digest An American Merchant Marine? When Chairman Lasker, in his first public address since becoming chair- man of the Shipping Board, an- nounced that the future preoccupa- tions of the board would concern themselves with studying and apply- ing “the great charter given it by the merchant marine act of 1920, com- monly known as the Jones act,” he awakened echoes /rom the press that recall time-honored congressional de- bates on ship subsidies, which at in- It raged through many ongressional Record. uming that he speaks with the knowledge and authority of the utive who called him to hig of- ce,” says the Philadelphia Bulletin (independent vepublican), “that an- ent is of prime importance. i that a leaf is to be taken out of the book of American devel- opment, and that the policy of protec- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 192I. @u[in &Nlartin & 1215F ST and 1212101218 G ST. JLASSWARE ARISTOCRATIC CANDIES ATLANTA tion for struggling American encer- prise against powerful foreign com- petition, is to be applied in the build- ing up of an American merchant ma- rin That this spells subsidy would } seem to be confirmed by the observa- | tion of the Philadelphia Record (democrat) to the effect that “Mr. Lasker recognizes the low. sts of sels under foreign flags, must overcome that dif- asked if he was pro- , he evaded a reply.” s the subject further, me] operal ting v and s s rished from the ocean’ be- cause we could make better money on shore. Probably we still can, and, if that be s purely a t hasn't anything m. A freight train is just as p 15 a steamship.” buth Bend (Ind.) Tribune (in- epublican). on the other sured that “America wants i on the seus.” hand, her “We want our goods ea arried in our own bottom it say ut we do not want the governmment owning and operating that marine “It is = problem.” in the opinioh of Ann Arbor Times News (inde- pendent), “which reduced to its sim- terms means that the United Zovernment can_control the rates charged by American but cannot control the rates -d by ships flying a foreign nd adds that the “stumbling- in the La Follette seaman's ndoubtedly could a.” iving the Jones law stion for debate, ht a qu tious view of the Buffalo ). “although it n nt Harding will a - shipping experts the commerc pting the discriminatory duties in xported and imported 1l thr (n ports in American vesse prospect which moves the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot (democratic) to remark on the unhappiness of ‘the administration that has to fit its progriun at one and the same time to the myopic vision of Congressman Fordney and the telescopic outlook of Albert D. Lasker.” Following up its argument. this paper thinks that be- fore foreign business is resumed “we must increase greatly the volume of our exports.” The New York Times (independent democratic) brings up Benjamin Franklin's theory of for- cign trade policy, which would eschew * ‘burthensome preferences which are usually sources of debate, | embarrassment and discontent.” " Inj pursuance of that policy’ our govern- ment has negotiated forty treaties of ¢ reciprocity. Most of them are still in force it is proposed to de- nounce twenty-seven of them in sup- port_of Ivent and desperate shipping What would other d0? Would_they imi- Chairman Lasker and to assert, thinks the ,une (republican), “that the only hope of restoring Yankee shipping to deep water lies in the Jones act is not enough. They will ave to demonstrate th As to Chairman Lasker's assertion t “foreigners are ever at work"” th purpose “to undermine the the New York Tribune (re- marin publican) states that the chairman | “ihould seize the first opportunity to make known the identity of these! hostile fore The New York | World (demoeratic), however, holds that “the world's trade is not a fixed quantity, over which the nations must Squabble to the end of time. There is as much trade as the merchants and captains of the earth have the pluck and ingenuity to build up.” Open Conferénce Sessions. It is encouraging to find that the American delegation to the disarma- ment conference will stand for the largest possible amount of publicity and for the opening to the press of all full sessions of the conference. There is a matter of substance versus form involved here, and it is more important that the substance be ob- tained than the form. Open sessions will not count for much if all the agreements are reached in private preliminary meetings. The spirit of the delegations is thus more signifi- cant than their official pronounce- ments, and It is a hopeful sign that the American delegates evidence a sincere desire to have genuine pub- Ticity. What is essentlal is that the pub- Iic shall know of important proposals in time for popular sentiment to form and express itself, in this and other countries, hefore final decisions are made. If this is arranged for, it may have & far-reaching and helpful effect upon the deliberations.—Balti- more Sun (independent democratic). The Plague of Flippanoy. London 18 wrought up over the ways of the modern young girl who smokes and calis her father “Old dear.” and also over the males of the specles whom an old Etonlan, in pouring out his wrath in the London Times, describes as “impudent young pupples,” The controveray has pal ed the tepld stage and has begun to boil, Some claim the young men are golng to the dogs and are taking the future of the nation with them. The offenders—the modernists—are charged with rough and uncouth manners, disrespect for women, smokling pipes in drawing rooms and clgarettes everywhere, of conversing in meaningless slang and of intoler- ance of authority, The “comeback” of the defense is that if the accused are independent, casual, unconven- tional, they are also stralght, honor- able and clean-minded young men who can be trusted and respected, and whose many friends seem all very much of the same type. The bravery and courage ef the young men of the day is not ques- tioned, the years 1914-18 have put that beyond cavil, It ‘is admitted that they are alert, o en-minded, eager and quick to learn, impatient of social snobbishness and artificial class barriers, and good citizens withal, but there is a familiarity, a cama- raderie, & lack of respect for women and elder men that are symptomatic of decadence rather than improve- ment, It is a matter that the pro- fessional uplifters, “at liberty” or eut of jobs, whichever you prefer, might give thelr serious consideration.—St Joseph News-Press (independent), We pelieve we would like te play golf if we could go around the links in a flivver.—Syracuse Herald. The leaves are falling, which is further evidence that some things are coming down—St, Joseph News-Pre Anyway, yeu will have te give the newananirs credit for trying to set- tle all the world’s problems.—Hous- ton Post. That genera] cut in raitroad rates has been imminent about as often as the downfall of the soviet regime. —Indianapolis Star. Yes, Georgiaana, the repert of the state minimum wage commission does twao things: First, it prove at no decent girl can live om than 3.60 a week. Then it recommends 3 a week as inimum wage for working giris—Beston Glebe, The Quick Lunch at Home, Office, anc | Fountains, Ask for HORLICK'S, ar-Avoid Imitations & Substitute .33 ROUND TRIP Including War Tax FREDERICK FAIR October 18-21 *3 sonable prices. DINNER SERVICE This house is noted for its extensive collecti In our glassware sections will be found the choicest examples of fine cut glass, table service and art g elties from the leading manufacturers at consistently rea- rlass nov- on of the Excursion tickets will be . . . . ARGEldRt Il e e better sorts of china, including French, English, Japanese October 22, 1921. > . . 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