Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1921, Page 6

A 5 2 oF & THE EVENING STAR, WASH THE EVENING STAR.] _With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY...November 5, 1821 THEODORE W. NOYES. .. .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Oftice, 11th 8t. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 160 Nassau St. Chicago Office: First National Baok Building. Earopean Office: 3 Kegent §t., London, Eagland. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, ix delivared hr carriers within the city 2t 80 cents per month : dally only, 45 centa per | ‘monf unday only, 20 cents per month. Or-} ders may be sent by wail, or telephone Main | 5000. Collection is made by carriers at the end of each month. . Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., §8.40; 1 mo., 70c Daily onl 1yr... 36.00: 1 mo., 60c Sunday on! «+ 1y $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Dally and Sunday.1yr.. $10.0 Dally only. 1yr. $7.00: 1 m Sunday only. $3.00; 1 mo., 25¢ e . . Making a Capital. In his inspiring address at the City Club Secretary Weeks declared for u| Hberal, even a “little bit extravagant” volfey in the maintenance of the Capi- tal city. He €poke from the point of view of one who has scrved here as legislator for many years and who nowhere. The accomplishment would be that of a superman. But Mr. Harding has no such aim. He does not set up for a superman, or a mystery man, but just a normal man, using the intelligence of his class, and employing only the every- day means at hand in the execution jof & great public trust. The conference has not been called for the purpose or in the hope of dis- arming the nations. The President does not propose disarmament to his own people. He would not do such & thing. They would not sit in a confer- ence having such an object in view. The American people are a practicabje people, and not mere dreamers of dreams. As The Star said the other day in commenting on a similar “break’” Mr. Bryan had made in a speech at a Bos- ton function, it is & pity that so ein- cere an advocate of peace, with a strong hold on public attention and frequently in evidence on the platform, should stray so signally from the text of the conference call in referring to the coming meeting, and *slosh around” in eloquent outburats of mil- lennialistic tang and substance. He injures rather than atds the real and attainable object the President has in mind. . ——e—————— ! i ! been discovered in the course of a spe- cial investigation. Subpopngs have been issued for these enterprising ladies, and the process servers have re- ported that in many cases'they could not be located at the addresses given on the registration rolls. This is dis- tressing to those who have for years worked for the principle of woman suf- frage. But there is no ground for real disturbance on the score of the fitness of women to enjoy the vote. They are only doing in New York what the men have done for years. It would be too much to expect all the women of the big eity to be 100 per cent politically pure in the face of the horrible ex- ample that has been offered them in the past by male voters. The hope is that there will be no squeamishness about prosecuting. The woman who sells her vote or repeats should be as severely dealt with by the law as the man. The women themselves, who' have through their long devotion to the cause of suffrage secured this great right of the ballot for their sex, will be most insistent upon full penal-; ties for every fraudulent voter. [ i Autumn Comes. With lowering sky and dropping. thermometer, autumn comes to the! District at last, a bit late, but truly| better late than never. Real fall} has seen numerous changes and much | The Wocdrow Wilson mmooncy_ |sreathor 15 Gomeihiag whidh 1o ‘com-i .Wholesome development. He spoke as | an official resident, not as a business ! man or a transient without interest in ‘Washington. He spoke as one of the great number of Americans who re- gard Washington as their capital. In the nineteen vegrs of Mr. Weeks' service here much Has been done in the way of making it, as he said yes- terday it should be, “the most oeauti- ful city in the world.” Much, how- ever, remains to be done. Projects: under way have been somewhat checked and others have been post- poned, on the score of lack of funds. ‘Whatever of impatience is felt with the tardiness with which these tasks are assumed and pressed to completion 1s tempered by the reflection that capi- tal-making is a slow process, and that save for the foundations the national eity as it exists today is virtually the work of less than fifty years. Secretary Weeks used the word *‘ex travagant” in his address. The cofh. try, as he said, can well afford to spend liberally in this work of making a eapital. For here assemble the guests of the nation, those who cross the seas for consultation, or for observation. Their impressions of America are largely determined by what they see at the political center. In former times those Impressions were decidedly unfavorable, for Washington, in its state of neglect, was a shabby, inade- quate excuse for a federal city. It is to be hoped that all of the distinguished visitors of today will have read of the early situation here in the works of travelers, to be able thus to realize the remarkable changes that have been effected in a few decades. If the Washington of 1940 is as far advanced in point of public works over that of today as it is now beyond the stage when Secretary Weeks first came here nineteen years ago, the capital will indeed be & national cen- ter of great distinction. The projects now under way and in immediate con- templation may consume that length of time. Meanwhile other works will have been proposed. For Washington will never be finished. It should be as- sured, however, that in the next nine- teen years the government will at least give itself a complete outfit of public ‘buildings for the proper transaction of its business without any compromise or makeshift or danger to its records. A comprehensive building program should be immeédiately undertaken as the most urgent need of the govern- ment in the development of the ideal Capital city for which Secretary Weeks speaks. —_—— e The Murder of Hara. Assassination of Premier Hara of Japan is doubly shocking. It is a most ‘wanton crime in itself, and it is com- mitted at a time when the grievous loss inflicted upon that country will be sorely feit. For Premier Hara's serv- ices to Japan were most urgently needed at present. His wise statesman- ship, his firm yet temperate le-denhip' kept a balance in Japanese affairs. He was chiefly instrumental in bring- ing sbout Japanese participation in the armament conference in circum- stances to promise a maximum of re- sults for the world's good. He was gifted with 2 breadth of vision. He commended the confidence of his own people. He was held in the highest esteem by foreign countries. No explanation has been given of| thecrime. The youth who stabbed the | ‘premier to death is described in the| dispatches as demented. That would; seem to be a logical conclusion for his | act. For only the demented can con-| celve the assassination of public offi-| cials as in any wise warranted or as likely to advance any cause or cure! any evil. Assassination is the act of | an unbalanced person. There is noth- ing in the known records of Takashi Hara to warrdnt the thought that his removal by violence could be in any, sense warranted, if ever murder could be justified. The hope of these who look for suc- cess at the arms conference is that, this tragedy at Tokio will not in any; way affect the course of negotiations ! and deliberations toward a pacific agreement. Japan’s policles at the conference have undoubtedly been fixed, and there is no reason to look for a cHange. The deepest sympathy for the Japanese govermment and people is felt by all Americans in this hour of national bereavement. Sovietists must by this time begin to realize that the influence of the I. W. W. was grossly exaggerated. still Flying High. In a speech made at Hunter College in New York Wednesday Mr. Bryan said te his audience “that if President Harding was able threugh the eoming| conference to disarm the nations his services to the universe could not be calculated with all of the arithmetics in the world.” A perfectly safe assertion. { From “Sarding weuld top all ethers in his- /gory. His would be first, and the rest T ; " & Hamilton Holt, this announcement from New York: The Woodrow Wilson = Democracy, by its executive committees, takes regards the disarmament conference as an event of great importance, and as such that this organization will lend whole-hearted support to the ef- forts of the administration to bring about the limitation of armament by international agreement. We would seriously question the patriotism and loyalty of any individual or group who might seek to emi and make more difficult the constructive efforts of the American conferees. We believe that this conference is con- structive in purpose; that it was called together not only to find a solution of the armament problem, but to bring about international harmony and ac- cord. An excellent expression, reflecting great credit on the organization stand- ing for it, and should be helpful in bringing to a successful conclusion the work the conference will have in hand. Then comes this request: The league of nations is organized for the same general purpose, and we shall expect the President and the Secretary of State to rebuke any effort to belittle or discredit the league of nations or make more diffi- cnlt‘nu program for reducing arma- ments. The league of nations need not be mentioned at the conference. The Senate would not have it in the form negotiated at Paris, Mr. Wilson would not have it in the form amended by the Senate, and the country, at ‘‘the solemn referendum’ in November last, would not have it in any form. So why should the league be brought before the conference either in praise or blame? It is a defunct issue. Maybe Mr. Bryan of Florida and former Senator Bailey of Texas, both of whom are champlions of Jeffer- sonianism, will be interested in this disclosure of the existence of a new 'brand of democracy. But as it is head- ed by a former republican, they may not fear it overmuch in the fight that is organizing to bring back the old brand to the glimpses of the moon in time for use in the fateful year of 1924. The Politician. Mr. Lloyd George takes up the cud- gels for the politician. He thinks a good politician a rarer bird than a statesman. He has met many of both, and speaks from knowledge and ex- perience. It may be said that Mr. George is championing his own kind, and maybe he is. In some quarters he is rated as the best politician England has known in many years. Certainly he has been one of the most successful. Has she ever known a better? The man who has kept his head above water in the high seas that have been running for nearly half a dozen years, and who is still going strong, has many claims upon applause. Our own Thomas B. Reed used to strike this note. He, too, thought a good politician a rare bird, and rated bim above the statesman. His descrip- tion of a statesman, as a politiclan who is dead, has long done duty in jocose circles. He used to say, when in bantering mood, that the people sent statesmen ‘to the Senate, but when they found a good politician they sent him to the House and kept him there. Not only in England and America, but everywhere, the term politiclan has come to connote, not as it should, a student of government applying his knowledge and skill to public affairs, but too often, and often unjustly, & crafty, shifty, tricky and unscrupulous man, bent on small and seifish ends, and needing constant watching and frequent circumvention. The term is not infrequently used as one of patron- age, and even reproach. And yet where should we be but for the politicians of the right sort, who study their game with pride and relish, {and play it much oftener than mot to the public's great advantage? ———e Vanity can hardly be considered a motive for assassination. No assassin has ever found an honorable place in history. et en In issuing paper marks Germeny has failed to maintain any reliable re- lationship between supply and demand. Woman Repeaters. New York is worried just now ever the possibility that some of the women who were enfranchised by the nine- teenth amendment may in the election that is to take place next Tuesday demonstrate that they are as capable of repeating as are some of the men of that city. Already some symptoms have been disclosed of a highly pro- fessionalized political spirit in certain feminine quarters. In the presidential election a year ago the women did not manifest any special disposition to- ward unlawful activity at the polls, but this time with the mayoralty at stake both sides are watching the registration lists with marked sus- . that time the name of Warren G.|picion. It is alleged that in one as- sembly distriot on the East Side sewv eral hundred woman “floaters” have president of the munity in this latitude can afford to { Woodrow Wilson Democracy, makes|do without. It acts as a sort of buffer | for the winter, making the readjust-| ment from warmth to cold easy for the {this occasion to state publicly that it human constitution. i Now comes—unless portents fail—! crisp weather of biting wind and over- cast sky, when greatcoats feel sood.! when sweaters are in demand, when fireplaces come into their own again, when winter comes on apace. Thare' is something snappy in the air, wme-l thing that makes & person like to take deep breaths as he walks. The dogs run faster than ever, children are flushed of face as they play. Full is a test of health. He who: cannot enjoy real autumn weather' either is not dressing warm enough or he is a sick man. If the former—| put ‘em on! If the latter, the sooner ! he starts getting himself into shape | the sooner will he be able to enjoy | the cold of the winter. i Those who regard the outlook for | civilization as gloomy may be respect. ! tully reminded that the end of the| world is predicted again and again, but it never happens. ———— Enough armament will no doubt be left scattered through the world to of- fer & grim reminder of what has hap- pened and what may happen again unless care is exercised. i Up to the present time nobody seems inclined to offer enough of an argu- ment in favor of heavy armament to encourage hopes of heated debate on that point. i ‘Whenever New York elects & mayor opinions appear to differ as to whether he is the best or the worst man in town. i By this time Charles of Austria ought to be able to persuade himself to order a good easy chair and forget about e throne. l Lenin obligingly saves soviet Rus- sia the trouble of securing new leader- ship by changing the government policies as often as may be desired. i The hope that the stories of “hard- boiled” Army life were dispesed of years ago is apparently doomed to disappointment. Mexico is so rich in oil that instead of bandits it is expected soon to be producing tired business men. i i The soviet government is willing to sacrifice any of its old theories for cash. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Depot. ‘When through a little town at last A railroad deigned to run, The populace would gather fast. . Each day to see the fun. The folk from many miles away Our interest would win, As, at the station, every day ‘We watched the trains come in. And now, though we are more mature, ‘With serious tasks to do, The station holds its old-time lure As strangers come to view. ‘We welcome men from every clime And raise a hearty din, As we go forth from time to time To watch the trains come in. Riddance. “Why should his constituents insist, on sending such an obstreperous man to Congress?” exclalmed the states- “The question seems fair enou'h,"l said Benator Sorghum. “And yet, on the other hand, why ehould his neigh- bors defeat him and keep him hang- ing around his home town?” Joyous Opportunity. “Are you going to hear my speech?” inquired Mr. Meekton’s wife. “I certainly will, Henrletta,” replied her husband. “You have no idea of, the pleasure I will derive from hearing you make 8 good long talk which will permit me to applaud instead of com- pelling me to apologize.” Seme Little Help, 1 cannot answer questions deep. But while from such & task I shrink, I can at least a silence keep And let the real people think. A Modified Attitude. A “You used to ssy you would never marry & man who drinks.” 1 “I might consider it now,” replied Miss Cayenne. “With so much boot- leg material in circulation I'd probably be & _widow very soon ‘unless he re- formed.” “I has neticed,” said Unole Eben,| i “dat when fightin’s in de air de man dat talks de leudest kin generally de fastest.” . iy rexactly, what the woman directly at imay be called on to allow a dress Editorial Digest Women Should Pay Heed. This newspaper is unprepared to dispute the solemn assertion of Mrs. Rose Collins, apparently an expert in | such matters, when she declared, in! an address at Philadelphia recently, that “many men are in asylums be-: cause of their wives' high-pitched volces.” We should think that the ratio of shrews would have decreased greatly since the fall of the Roman republic, but we are sorry to admit that the percentage of the high, unmusical voice of the nagger is still with us, and may Le heard on all sides, 1t one does not keep one's ears stuffed with cotton. The babel produced by a gathering of women anywhere fis proof of this charge. The subject may be stockings, silks, skirts, rats or gourd seed, but the nolse is al ways the,same. No woman hears her side is saying, and all the women are talking at once about—nothing. Leaving a meeting of men, where the conversation was modulated. clvil, sane, and possibly Interesting, one cannot help noticing the differ- ence when one strolls over to the woman's corner. It may be the climate has much to do with American voices, but we are unable to dacide why women are the greater victims of harshness of tone. if such 1s_the case. Anyhow, we think that Mrs. Collins' point Iz well taken, and we hope the women of South Carolina will begin the low, soft, restralned volce treatment forthwith. If have to begin our asylums, (S. C.) Record. Frills and the Realm. When the detailed history of wom- en in the business world fs written perhaps there will be mention of the ac'ion of the British government in providing a twenty-five-pound-ater- ling dress allowanoe to the woman clerks accompanying the delegates to the dlsarmament conference. It is a graceful recognition by ‘a powerful nation of the importanca of its woman servants The trimness of & skirt, the freshness of a blouse, the decorum of a curl—nothing, seems to say, is too humble to con- tribute to the establishment of a bet- ter ordered world. But aside from its bearing as a compliment to the wom- an aldeg the dress bonus has a practical significance which will be noted by many a woman working in & business environment—to the con- fusion. perhaps, of employers averse to_increasing overhead. | Business women receive smaller Falaries than men do, yet their ex- pense for clothes {8 heavier. A busi- ness woman c°n seldom safely afford to neglect clothes, no matter how they drain her purse. 56 long as man is clean and reasonably free from threadbare places his appearance s, but the her own must be at all tim becomingly and immaculately dressed. For her to falter from the high path of sartorlal perfection is ordinarily unforgivable. And so here's the moral: If the British government recognizes in the hearing of the whole world that clothes make the stenographer, does it not sugg-st that the business house they don't we shall additions to some of we fear.—Columbia bonus as a matter of routine custom? —New York Tribune (republican). The Separate Peace. As every one knows, the treaty of peace between the United States and Germany s the shortest document which has ever closed a gre: r. With rate peac the United States does nothing else but look after her own Interests with- out in any way infringing upon the rights of others. All those foreijgn governments which still hope to play thelr polit- fcal game with the support of the United States should think about the document which has just passed the Senate in Washington, and should modify their plans in accordance, in order not to prolong difficult situ- atlons uselessly. The only interest which the United States can feel for Europe today is an economic and commercial in- terest. That is the reason why the United States does not refuse to in- terest herself in the matter of the! German reparations, but retains mul freedom of action. The United States will eventually find a way of settling , the thorny problem by bringing about | a rapid liquidation, which will cause the normal re-establishment of eco- ' nomic relations, without having any ! one nation hold a monopoly over the | economics of Europe.—Il Bollettino | (Italian, republican), New York cl!)fll A Man Who Changed His Mind. | As proof that some men sometimes ' change their opinions, here's a bit of | news from the University of Wiscon-, sin. Twenty years ago E. A. Ross,| professor of sociology of that in tution, coined the phrase “race cide” In great alarm over the decrease in the size of American familles. Theodore Roosevelt adopted the ex- pression and made it common. But Prof. Ross has changed his mind. He says now that “an increased birth rate is accompanied without exception by an increased death rate,” and that the population of the United States is increasing rapidly because of a re- duction in the death rate, rather than irth. “Twenty he said, “when I coined 8! y misused phrase ‘race sui- cide,’ I belleved in large families; to- day, with changed conditlons and years of deeper stuiy of the subject, I 24ave changed my mind.” That change of mind proves Prof. Ross a more ex- ceptional man than he perhaps thinks himself to be.—San Francisco Call (independent). European Debts Again. Another United States senator has returned from Europe. He is Joseph ‘T. Robinson. He afirms that certain European governments are trying to find ways and means which they ‘will not have to pay the debts which they owe the United States. There exists a sentiment in these countries that America must cancel these debts. France is one of the countries which want this cancellation. France owes America several millions of dollars. Should this be granted to France, her militarism would know no bounds. She would be able to keep up her army. There is one important reason why America cannot cancel these debts.' As long as these nations are indebted to America they must obey her. Should she cancel the debts, matters would stand very differen‘ly. But America has keen diplomats who foresee the results of such a cancella- ; tlon—Draugas (Lithuanian, republi- can) Chicago. A reformer says he will move heaven ! and earth to enforce prohibition. He would get better results by moving Canada.—Burlington (Vt.) News. ‘We, being a civilized people, must be taught to love our fellow man. gann{gun dp it instinctively.—Duluth erald. i Speaking of that bomb marked “per- I fume" which was sent to Ambassador Herrick, perhaps - it was perfume. Somse of it is enough to knock over anybody.—Columbls (8. C) State, | In the old days the youth was told to hitch his wagon to a star. Today it is a question of stopping him from hitching his_roadster to a comet.— Minneapolis Journal. ‘The president of the Hrie says that the real object in calling the strike. is government control of the railroads. | And is that the railroads’ object in ;n)n;t:nr wages, too?—Cleveland Plain aler, There {s one thing about Mile. Lenglen that we cannot fathom. She says she began to play tennis at the age of six, that she has been playing eleven years and that her present age is twenty-two. Is the metric system wrong?—Los Angeles Times, Lloyd Geo! t ow announced, z lltlv:f;. {u England long oconference. It would be too much trouble to bring it with him.—Ans conda Standard. to come to the thlnmn‘ R. Golden Donaldson, | FOR EXAMPLE: | ANNOUNCING OFFICERS Chairman of the rd EA Bolling. .President Let us suppose you are 30 years old. You want to save $1,000.00. You open your “In- sured Savings Account” and deposit $8.20. You make this monthly deposit for 120 months, 1f you live, and then receive $1,01186 in cash, for yourself. If you do not live to complete your deposits the Insurance Company pays the beneficiary you have named the full $1,000.00. And, in addition, the Bank pays the full amount to your credit in your Savings Ac- count. Should total and per- manent disability be- fall you, the Insurance Policy provides $100.00 per year for you, with which you can_ com- plete your deposits. Remember—The $8.20 monthly deposit _in- cludes both your Sav- ings Account and your Insurance. There are no “extras.” MEDICAL MEN DISAGREE ON PROTECTION OF MILK House Committee Must Decide Value of Tuberculin Test Health Officer Asks. The House District subcommittes, which is trying to frame a pure milk law for the District, was yesterday confronted with the task of deciding & point in dispute between experts from the Department of Agricultare. The disagreement is over the vital question whether pasteurization of milk is not sufficient protection to the health of the community, with- out the additional safegurad of hav- ing herds tuberculin tested. Dr. Frank L. Winant, vetesinary inspector for the bureau of animal industry, declared that while pas- teurization {s & good thing so far ‘as it the tuberculin test is also e-'-“nnu-l. especially for the protection of milk given to Infants. Dr. E. C. Schroeder, superintendent of the experiment station, testified with equal emphasis that proper pasteurization affords protection not only from bovine tuberculosis but from many other diseases. He told the subcommittes that thesadditional protection afforded by the tuberculin test l; of such 1n:l;.l:olll'm.-§“l“v=|&n that the money 8o - ter be 'exaondadn:: .:mecuur the e William "C.. Fowler, Distriet health officer, and author of a bill ending befors the subcommittee, nsists that the tuberculin test is necessary. Why not secure the protection of our service? Selected as & model for the British public. INGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1921—PART I CAPITAL, $1,000,000.00 The Commercial National Bank’s - “INSURED SAVINGS PLAN” At the opening of business Monday morning, November 7th, this Bank places at your disposal in its' Savings Department the safest, surest, most practical plan through which, by making small monthly deposits, you can Accumulate a Thousand Dollars /or More { Our plan is called the “Commercial National Insured Savings Plan.” 1t is a combination of a 3% Savings Account in the Commercial National Bank and a Life Insurance policy in the Continental Assurance Company. 1 It is a “live-and-win” plan, but its realization is protected against con- tingencies-we all hope will not happen—death or permanent disability. 1 Under this plan you set out to save $1,000 (a single unit) or a larger sum if you elect. You make a small monthly deposit of a stated amount for 120 months. At the end of that time—ten years—you receive $1,000.00 in CASH—for yourself. { Should you die, after having been accepted ‘under this plan, even though you had made only one monthly deposit, the Insurance Company agrees to pay your loved ones—whomever you have designated—the full $1,000, the amount you had set out to save. And, in addition, the bank pays over the full amount to your credit in your savings account. 1l The protection feature goes even further. The insurance company, in event you become totally and permanently disabled, agrees to pay you $100 per year on each $1,000 unit, which payment is ample to complete your remaining deposits for you. Come into the Bank MONDAY and get full information. The age limits, at entrance, are 15 to 50, and the monthly deposit required varies (but not greatly) at the different ages. Commercial National Bank Corner 14th and G Streets THE BANK OF PERSONAL SERVICE Our Pasteurized Milk receives the highest official ratingof the healthde- partment for the District of Columbia. HETHER or not Congress enacts pending legislation requiring the tuberculin test- ing of herds producing milk for use in the Dis- trict of Columbia, we will continue our policy inaugurated many years ago of supplying all our customers with milk from TUBERCULIN TESTED HERDS ONLY. F We appreciate and make use of the tuber- culin test and MANY OTHER AIDS that mod- emn science has devised to protect the whole- someness and purity of all milk supplied by, . M. OYSTER, Jr. GEo MFENRYN.BI{'AMIL