Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1922, Page 6

“thought * course, but the problenis were so in- ‘ o O 1A Bre. 7 ence now will go ahead to a full com- _ pletion of its work. 1t will not have to _make any embarrassing explanations 2 I keep that baby out. The wmost im- - the duty of administering the law, has ' @s it bas been written by Congress, - A traffic court should not, of course, . Manslaughter is usually the charge in * minimum of delay in court. But it °. would be chiefly to the advantage of sult in @ much larger percentage of actual prosecutions and fines and con- sequently the more thorough enforce- ment of the rules made for public safety. There would, for example, be more court appearances and fewer for- feitures of collateral. Between Decem- ber 1, 1}19, and the same date in 1920, there were in this District 21,619 arrests for violation of the traffic rules, WHE EVENING STAR. ‘With Sundsy Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘WEDNESDAY. .January 18, 1022 | B S THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor ;T e MR SR e The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 150 Nassan 8t. and only 1,402 were convicted, col- Qicago Ofmce: Firse Natiomal Baak Buiag. | lateral belng deposited in 19,696 cases. Persons accused of breaking the The Star, with the Sunday moralng | traffic regulations now deposit col- adition, vered rriers e ,,,“,':.fl", m,‘;’;.g,,, T ot % | laterel and ignove the court. They, Tonth Galy, 30 cents per tnsath. could not do so if there was a traffic ders be ‘ i, 1 Malt Bt ettt DT, ot erPve at the|court, before which they could. be end of each mosth. taken at once and which could keep a close record and note frequency of appearances, With consequent in- crease of punishment. The only way to get the habitual offender is through such a special court. 1f, however, the objection to a sepe- rate traffic court is insuperable, the Police Court facilities should be in- creased. Let there be a branch of the Police Court devoted to traffic cases. It should, however, be in session for & longer period than the Police Courts are now. It should be in a position to hear traffic cases immediately the charges are filed, while the nesses are available. It should insurs a maximum of appesrances and ® mintmum of forfeitures. Regulating - Ambition. Mayor Hylan coples Gov. Sproul. Tempted with suggestions about pro- motion, he puts them aside. He is not figuring at present either on the gov- ernorship of New York, or on a seat in the United States Senate. The peo- ple, by a record majority, have chosen him the second time for mayor, and he will continue to serve them in that office. This is the right dectsion, considered either from the viewpoint of public usefulness, or from that of personal ambition. Mayor Hylan has the “hang™ of municipal affairs. He has conducted them to the point they have reached, and the people in impressive numbers have just signified approval of his performances. He owes it to them, therefore, to keep his hand on the helm, and steer the boat for the full time his new commission runs. As for advancement—a higher place —Mayor Hylan can afford to wait. Reckoned as a politician, he is young. 1f Albany or Washington is in the back of his head, he could not do bet- ter for himself than by making his second term in the city hall as smtis- factory to the people as the first was. Ambition s a good .and natural thing, but needs regulation. Hurry for preferment often defewts itself. One office at a time; and the safest way to reach “higher up” is to climb with care, and attend thoroughly to the business in hand. Sufficient unto the time is the oftice thereof. —_——————— Will Remain Where He Is. Ambassador Herrick denies a report that he will soon retire from his pres- ent office and enter the senatorial race in Ohio. He likes the French billet, nd will continue in it. Mr. Herrick is exceedingly well placed in Paris. No better appoint- ment stands to the credit of the ad- ministration. As he had seen service in the post—was filling it when the world war began—his return was most agreeable to the French people, who remembered how well and easily he had risen to the war emergency. He brought order out of a sort of chaos for a large number of Americans who were traveling in Europe when the storm broke. In that way he made high reputation both in France and at home. The French billet ranks high in im- portance on our diplomatic list and calls for an incumbent familiar with diplo- matic work. Europe is still in ferment, and Paris, as matters. stand, is the center of Europe. Thq American am- bassador, therefore, has opportunity to observe much and report on much of great interest to us. . In the Senate Mr. Herrick would take excellent rank. His experience in politics would count greatly in his favor. But he is right in deciding that his best public gervice can be rendered where he now is, and praiseworthy in deciding to give the public the best that is in him. ——— Fortunately for the people who need food, it is not necessary for nations to hold diplomatic exercises before sending supplies to the starving. The process of restraining nations from at- tacking one another with deadly in- tent is somewhat slower. ———————— The statistics referring to the large - Rate by Maill—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ ily only... ... $6.00: 1 mo., 50c Sunday only. .1yr., $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Dally only. 1yr. $7.00: 1 mo., 60c Sunday oniy 1yr.. $3.00; 1 mo., 25¢ Hughes as a Fog-Dispeller. Again Secretary Hughes has amazed the delegates of other powers repre- sented in the Washington conference by the -directness and thoroughness with- which .he dispels the fogs sur- rounding an involved question and strikes.at the heart of it. At the open- ing of the.conference he demonstrated that the way to limit naval armaments ‘was to limit them. Now he makes it plain that the only way to deal fairly ‘with China is by fair dealing. His formula is so simple that it will be difficult for any nation to becloud the issue in service of its own selfish pur- poses. When the delegates had recovered from the astonishment en'gendered by the straightforwardness of the pro- yosal, according to press reports, they accepted it “in principle,” but it was announced by some of them that they could not go beyond such general ac- ceptance until they had consulted their home governments. That is all right. ‘There. is no objection to such consul- tation, but it will not enable them: to take the issue from open daylight back into the obscurity of diplomatic pal- aver. Any nation which is not willing te give China a square deal now is In position where it will have to say no. Those doubting Thomases who that nothing worth while could come out of the Washington conference must have a queer feeling today in the regian of their midriffs. And the distinguished gentlemen in the conference who thought a week ego that it was time to pack up and &0 home must feel queerer still. But they will find it difficult to justify com- plaint of the Hughes way of doing things. He brings it about so natural- 1y. so seemingly as a matter of course, that it has the appearance of a favor extended. They were unable to agree about China. They wanted to, of tricate that they seemed impossible of solution. It was too bad, entirely too ‘bad, but, having tried and failed, natu: rally the next thing in order was to quit. And then Mr. Hughes comes to the rescue and offers a solution which gll-the world will recognize and ac- clalm as fair and proper. Certainly the delegates of other _powers ought to be exceedingly grate- .ful to Mr. Hughes, as no doubt they Dbeing true, the confer- as to why it achieved only partial success. 3 The Baby Comes In. _That three-month-old baby at Ellis Island, whose Polish mother was en- titled to admission as a former resi- dent of the United States, will also be wdmitted. Secretary Davis sees to that. He, recognizing the absurdity of the rigid rule of the quota, which in strict application would separate par- | ents from children, states that he will mnever rhake a decision that will have that effect. It is gratifying to know that this hurhane, sensible view is taken by the head of the immigration service. The fact, however, remains that strictly speaking the law would portant point involved in this case is that it illustrates the possibilities of the law. The consanguinity test rather than the numerical quota would be a safer basis of exclusion and admission. The Secretary of Labor, charged with nothing to do with what it might be or ‘what it should be. He nas take it and in the administration of this statute Secretary Davis has fortunate- 1y displayed a broad spirit of humanity and consideration. ‘The claim that gas is a comparative- 1y humane method of warfare must necessarily depend on the kind of gas the armies happen to be using. to the United Statgs taxpayer, who for some time past has been ‘dbusily en- gaged in producing the funds. e e In looking for ® general agreement on international affairs, French states- men ‘will devote some time to an effort to agree among themselves. * S —————e Negotiations between Japan and China resemble the old-fashioned serial story in the liberal use of the notice, “To be continued.” T The Prolongation of Life. "There is great encouragement in the figures of the census bureau on lon- . gevity, which show that people are in- dubitably living longer than they did in the past. In 1980 there were 713 more centenarians living than in 1910. { Ireland is emerging from her his toric condition as a nation with a glorious grievance. i | Traffic Offenders and Court. ‘At a meeting of the subcommittee of the House District committee named to consider the traffic court bill yester- day, the two members present failed “to agree on the essential principle of the measure, that of creating a sepa rate court for the consideration of the particular class of offenses. One of the members declared himself opposed to putting the motorist into a class apart, and urged that @ man who killed a child with his automobile ought not to be tried before a separate tribugal, try cases of this character. It should ‘be given jurisdiction over the enforce- ment of the traffic rules, not of the criminal laws. It should deal with those who break the regulations rather than those who break the statutes. Of course, a traffic court would not take cognizance of statutory offenses. the classification in groups, each com- prising five-year age periods. In the ages of 70-74 there was a gain of 281,254;" in the 7579 class a gain of 189,268; in the 80-84 class a gain of 81,015; in the 85-89 class a gain of 33,721; in the 90-94 class a gain of 6,607; in the 95-99 class a gain of 2,188, and in the 100-year-plus class the gain, as already stated, is 712. In each of these classes the women far outnumber the men. 2 Come to think of it, the news of centenarians has been so frequent of late years as to become almost com- monplace. An item stating that a wom-, an or a man past the century mark has died or is still active in some striking way creates but little interest. There are cases of active, - vigorous = case such as that suggested, where & motorist causes the death of an- other person. This would. naturally B0 before the grand jury and trial weuld result from an indictment and ‘would be had in the criminal court. A traflic court would be of some ad- wvantage to motorists, inasmuch as it would permit earlier hearings and a . i iy [ cltizens past ninety in'éyéry vom- munity. The octoge! :ig no longer pointed out as a;particular spectacle. Old age is not rRow pictured ag senility and decrepitude;” For the active septuagenarians apd octogena- rians who are occupied in daily duties about town aere sprightly men and women, as a rule. ‘The truth is that there is & stronger and a longer, lease of life. Why should this not be true? Surely has eliminated many of the causes 'of dis- ease and modified the processes of bodily dissolution. The conquest of epidemics is but one of the notable ad- vances of the past half century. Dis- ease is now regarded as preventable, and is fought on that basis. It is not accepted a8 something inevitable. And preventive sgnitatioh not merely wards off fatal {llness, but it strengthens the bodies of men and women against un- due wear and loss. ' Insurgnce. actuaries have reached the same conclusion as the census fig- ures just qutlined suggest. It is natu- rally the business of insurance com- pasiies to follow very closely this ques- tion of life expectaticn, and to promote health-insuring movements, Some time ‘ago one of the largest of the American companies set forth in a publication fts observations on this point for the purpose of encouraging continued ef- fort at disease prevention by the in- dividual apd by communities and -| states. Never was life more interest- ing, more full, more worthwhile than it is in these times, and it is surely worth every effort of all to prolong it. Mail Early Every Day. The city T st office has resumed its “mail-early” campaign, which was in- terrupted by the Christmas rush. Post- master Chance has invoked the aid of business men, school children and gov- ernment departments in a most worthy project, which has for its ob- ject the benefit ‘of. every person in ‘Washington as well as thé workers of the post office. Survey has revealed that whereas last fall the amount of meil put in boxes during the morning and early afternoon -reached a total of about 40 per cent of the mailing of twenty-four hours, since Christmas it has fallen back to about 25 per cent. This shows that conditions- are about as bad in this respect us they ever were. 7 And this despite the fact that collec- tions have been- doubled in the down- town business section. By the renewed campaign the post office hopes to bring to the attention of all users of the mail the desirability of correcting this condition. The benefits to the mailer and recipient of mail far out- number the benefits sto : the postal workers, as great as they are. People are so used to-taking the mail service for granted that it re- quires real effort to think abdut it along constructive lines, asking some degree of work on the part of users. 1In almost every office, especially in the government, it is possible to get let- ters written and in the mails a littla earlier each day. Half an.hour may not mean much. in an office, but it means a great deal gained in a post office, where efficient ‘handling is de- pendent upon keeping everything moving. If the equipment of the post office should totally, break ‘down for twenty-four hours there would be such & jam of letters, papers; parcels, etc,, as would literally ¢lof the’fooms. 1t is necessary, theréfore, that'every person in the city take an active in- terest in the “mail early every day” campaign, and not regard it as some- thing merely to read about and leave for the other fellow to do. Make it a habit to write and mall letters in the morning, or wait until' next day. The post office is giving efficlent service, and is asking for co-operation. Every earnest citizen will “mail early.” } A little might be accomplished if all nations could be persuaded not to buy any military equipment for'which they cannot pay cash. 5 The most importast branch of edu- cation in banking is teaching the aver- age man to become a ;hrlfly depositor. No traffic officer has the temerity to dispute the right of way.with a small boy on & sled. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNBON. Stampede. Empty is the office chair, Only dust reposes there, ‘Though it formerly displayed Brains and talent on parade. From the sign s0 neatly drawn On the door the truth you learn; “To the movies I have gone. Don’t know when I will return.” Where's the lawyer? Where's the Judge? ! ‘Where's the typlst, chewing fudge? Where's the statesman high in fame? Still the answer is the same: “I am buslly engaged, And your card you'll have to show. If you want me, have me paged In the picture stud-i-0.”" The Test of Attainment. “You have been very suceessful in politics,” said the admiring friend. “I don’t know,” said Senator Sor- ghum, doudbttully. “I have participated prominently in legislatures and con- ventions. But I'am still waiting for somebody tp make me & large offer to go into the movies.” Jud Tunkins says the mah who used: to come in from the country and blow out the gas. in a hotel was the same type of citizen that'now buys licker from & belthop. = - . Cachom, ‘The jewels that.a duchees wears Produce no envy i my soul. To ease my ordinary cares T'd rather have a ton of coal. Spelibinding. “Your wife Held her audlence spell- bound.” - “I don’t doubt it,” replied Mr. Meek- that when Henrietts is speaking any- body withir hearing distance is going te pay attention.” ~- “De tendency of de world,” said TUncle Eben; “is to improve. But same as in Aunt Jinny’s housekeepin’, de improvement can’t on ‘wifout de ‘whole place seemin’ 1 o' tore yp once in @ while” - .” 5 lem and mora! standpoint. Such regu- Lenis nd 'THE WORLD / N object-lesson to the United|The Russian people are not bad. On States is furnished by the min-, isterial upheaval-in France 4s a result of Briand's negotiations at- Cannes Mooking to the economic re- ccastruction of Europe. Poincare comes into power pledged agalnst a policy of “softness” toward Germany. It i time - this ~country steeled itseif against any. “softness” toward the entire Eurcpean situation..and espe- cfally toward those nations which permit selfish ambitions and squab- bling politiclans to interfere with the processes of readjustment. With the life of = contlnent at stake they ‘are quibbling over noneesentials, and must be brought to their senses. Things in Europe cannot go on much longer the way they are headed now without bringing the who! ficlal ~ economic structure toppling down with a crash that will cause disaster throughout the world. - There is hardly a country in Europe which is earning its living today. TI are living on their capital and going Lopelessly into debt. They are “eat- ing up their seed corn and slaugh- tering thelr heifers,” and thus de- stroying’ the means of reproduction. * k% ‘With things as they are today, with militarism sapping the very life-blood of the continent, further credits from this country wouid be worse than seless. It would be like throwing money to a drunken maa. It would be futile to sti) te that loans from America nhouln':l be used for mili- tary purposes. The borrowers would simply beat the devil around stump by using American doilars to buy exsentials, and the money thus released from esseptial needs would be applied to their military establish- ments. The military establishmeuts must be reduced before the United States can afford ta extend any fur- ther help. This means land armament even than naval armanment. - The whose economfc condition 18 most menacing are pot, as a rule, naval powers; but they are maintaln- ing huge armies when their people have not enough to eat and lack tools and materials with which to work. Consideration of land di ent leads straight to Russia and the sov- iet government at Moscow. - Trot- sky's red army directly mensoces the the eastern frontiers of Poland and Rumania and indirectly menaces El«:ho:l:vll ll;: E and em armed. It figures ln"l"gnnce': insistence upen keeping nearly s million men with t lors, for France is pledged to and ambitions of Poland, and in pe haps a less degree to those of the li tle cntente. It is more or less for. mally bound military alliance, with France as the keystone. * k% Russia, therefore, enters into the equation in two vital ways. Her re- sources are an economic necessity to Europe. Reduction of her red army is a military necessity which bears supremely on the economic situati Europe cannot be saved unless and ui til Russia is restored to co-operation with other nations. Tt is doubtful if Russia can be 50 restored until the attitude of other nations toward her changes. r; Russia seeks political recognition, which she would hold to beé recog- nition of the political principles upon which the soviet government is founded. This is something other na- tions, among them the United States, are unwilling to accord. But in order to make possible distribution of fam- ine relief the United States worked out a formula by which it co-operated with the Moscow government without extending political recognition. Sure- 1y the world is not so bankrupt in statesmanship that it cannot find & way 1o co-operate commercially With Russla without conceding the “politi- o cal acceptability of its goverament. n al taky their methods. and theories uré unspesk- So the able to civilized peoples. r able, but 18 un: business with him on that accoun and very lately France and Engla Kave been quarreling for his favor. EDITORIAL DIGEST ‘The retirement of Will Hays from the Postmaster Generalship will be a dis- appointment to the country, the press believes. In the short time since he took charge of tho post office he has made great progress in rehabilitating the service and in restoring popular confidence, sad commendation of his work 1s generous. Because of the un- usual organizing abllity he has shown, it is regarded as inevitable that private enterprise should claim him. But in editorial opinion thefe is still a wide public interest attached to the private work In which he is to engage as di- recting head of the motion picture® in- dustry. !M'fl'lllhfllllhlwm -1 iblic service, wi :Tt;amnmm I;I:l:,fl.p.\l.‘ without a politt- siant. u'lnu fhoving picture business, says the InGianapolis Star (independent republl- can), “1s one of the most {mportant fuc- tors in presept-day life and one of the fastest growing of all industries, and anything tou it &8 an institution is of interest to all the people.” In the past two yéurs the umlustry “has sul to mfch criticism and un- favorable comment,” and the Portland (Me.) Prees-Herald (Independgnt) de- lieves that “'the men who have fortunes invested in it wish to the confl~ dence of the public they have been los- ing.”” If any man can bring this about, “Will Hays can,” the Portland:paper asserts, and the Indianapolis paper agrees, adding that sorry as the public is to loso his services-as a cabinet offi- cer, “the movie fleld of activity offers opportunity for service to {he o hat SoArY (ke fcka ix snggertsd B mt of this fiel Hy @ nt of the Boston H republican) that *‘the the in ndent Lfgir is a universal medium of amuse- ment today, and it tends to become great factor in the datermination of the opinions of the people and a valuable ucational ney.” 2 edl?llt grj-nl::; the need of super- vision and direction of the movies in the public interest, there i8 still the interesting question in the oi'lm lal mind: loul . doubtedly, the Peoria Transcript (in- dependent) thinks, “movie’ producel have a theory on which they are mak-, ing the terder,” and that theory, ac- cording to the Spokane Spokesman- Review (lnde}endent‘-r_gpubllcan), is “to head off cefisorship.’ It was inevital the mgry epublican (republican) finds, SE::'-")mnu ?nhonu tl’l: the motion industry is able to exert plotare 1aaustey I8 ave its. poticioat 8, &N em_the P cratie) sayi which the screen has been political campaigns in the pas Pictures “have in the last few years 6n maneuvered to serve this and that candidacy special® igpterest,’ the Pittsburgh Press (independent) and since they “prodajly rank to the news only. second moiders of soclal -ideals an opinion” it is natural to expect, as the Hartford ."l‘tl{ne- says further, t # ntatives in.Congress and the 1:;“'{;3;:- mAy conmder it mfest to bar all political propaganda from the films than to rest content with a situ- ation that may be helpful to them to- 3ay but deadiy to them tomorrow.” But exclusion of political propa ganda, of course, 18 not all of the cen. sorship story—its larger side lies in the supervision of films from the o- as Dr:hlln lation of the movies “is a moral, not a poll .” the B itical tssue,’ rook! (independent-democeatic) )-?fi-. political it ‘may become & & i & colot the safety , vuits. o . stands ready. to lend & helpil it issue if - AND RUSSIA the whole, they probably will average a little higher in honesty and good intent than some of the peoples who now hold them in disdain. Glven & chance, they will right their govern- ment and deal fairly with their neigh- bors. The fact that the world does not like their self-constitutod masters is no justification for allowing them to be “exploited to the point of ex- termination. - * k * X The world must® save Russia order to save itself, so the problem i§ reduced to one of methods. Is it the| best method ¢ bulld a wall of non- intercourse - aMund a million and a half of people and leave them to their fate It is much to be doubted if | salvation lies that way, and if it did the price would be too awful con- o g o tel te. Common semse would seem to fe that the time come when a mmeasure of intercou m::: be estadlished, :fl l:?ue.:a"m- ne to_permit more s tions . Illldln-'ll and for 'all the world t@ »e by the things she can give e. The warld wants snd to be rid of nd bis crew; and, though sticklers may cem- tend otherwise, it i3 to' the world’s advantage to be rid of them with the least ible further unsettlement. It might be that in time the Rus- sisn people, made desperate by their| sufferings, would rise up and over- throw the soviet. But “in time” is a most uncertain quantity upon which to base hope of Europe's salvation. The day is not distant when®any such. reilef would be too late Andj ‘what would follow the violent over-, throw of sovietism is more uncer- tain even than the question of time. Present conditions do not quite reach the state of downright anarchy and chaos. Conditions succeeding an- other revolution might. * ok x F Chance that an uprising of the Russian people wiif' polve the prob- lem is made remfote by two major facts. Omo is xm of mouinter- courep between and the rest of the world. and the other is the fact of the Red army. The Russian peopie_know that something js des- perately wrong and that they have suffered terribly, but so long as are unable to form judgments on knowledge of conditions else- where the preschnfents ganda of Lenin have uninterrupted sway. 1f they are told that other lands are even less happy, or that thetr t is due to a comspiracy against them by the capitalists. they have no means of knowing it is not true. And always the Red army stands ready to any blind re- | in excl ool o oy g 8 R SRR £ EEEEERR SRS ta3ssaviintt So the part of wisdom would seem to be to take away from Lenin the two weapons by which he maintains his power. Opening up of inter- course with the rest of the world would let the light reach the Russian people, and they would soon learn the cause of tAe ills from which they suffer. Disbandment or substantial reduction of the Red army would end government through terror. * x k¥ It muy be thought that Lenin never would agree to conditions which would take his weapons away from hfm. Chance that he would not is no excuse for refusing to try. Very evidently today Lenin is fear- ful of the future and eager to find a way out of the difficuities which | surround him. He would bluster, of ocourse, and ry {o make the terms as easy as possible; but already he has given evidenca that to re-estab- lish interco, he will make many concessions.” « 1t is up to Burope to make the ef- fort, and the coming conference at Genos will afford the opportuaity. If pride and prejudice, selfishuess and suspicion, are to continge to rule in the chanceileries of rope, and petty politics to govern the courses of her statesmen, then Kurope must enduré the consequences. If it s mot possible to rescue the present civRlization from its own folly, 8 new | oivilization . will have to be erected ion the ruins Of the old. America hand An"any program that is controlled by eanity. It will not contribute further to madness. Fisesiss oy o oo b either party stands directly or indi- rectly for ‘no censorship.’’” The film nragnates, the Eagle continues, “be- lieve, or desire to have the people be- lieve, that censorship bills are ‘strike’ bills, and that censorship laws are not aimed at protection of private or public morals, but at putting in dpera- tion continuously workiag milking machines to enrich party treasunies.” ‘4o not look wi nimity u pudlic con- fidence, and at the eame time create in Congress a state of mind unfavora- ble to a censorship dill, And therein, editorial writers point out, lies the answer to the ?:.uuom Why Hays? But the political development from ich the Milwaukee Journal (inde- pendent) pleads to be “spared” i th: of finding Yall the brave heroes of 2:::0 Ina-l.:‘ nl)ub'}l:-a-.mua All the o % ched, white-s villisas democral patted What Ts the Tdeat In and out of Congress attempts are being made to change the han- dling !f the United States forestry service and the public forest reserves. Bills are appéaring tb this end. Th seems to be a comcerted move to ::’ ™ open the fight that w. » tied lndfit‘r Roonv-lt' ionaktiand 'he general alm of the measures |\ is to get the forestry service a from the Department of Azrlcul!::: ; easnsressinsrosaiorssssboststastistrosinseastiosaasensivans fhiees Why? ‘The bills agree in a general trend| toward -glum‘ the forest reserves Hn‘:‘l.' ‘hy? rtment of, the In- One theasure sponsored by Senator New of Indicha would take th forests of Alaska and plu: 'ci?.: u:der the De&Trtmont of the Interi- having nothing to say about it. What is the idea? The Department of the Interior is a sort of real estate broker for the government. Are we to begin raiding and selling thé for- oSt reserves? ‘When “Ballingerism"” was fought to = standstill it was necessary to take the forests away from the con- trol of the Department of the In- terfor. Why put them back again? This move and the men back of it should be watched.' It will be ver; hard to show that.Secretary Fali any detter fitted to watch and guard the forest rese: an Wallace: ests are regime of Secretary Philadelphla Pudblic Ledger (inde- pendent). / Baron Okuma, Tepeatedly @ dead, finally died—to keep the records straight, we suppqpe.—Nashville Ten- nessean. The design on the ‘new dollar is new, but the same old crowd has de- signs on it.—Baltimore Sun. f Reformers have invented a new dance.—All they need nowis to invent a new girl to dance it—Flint Jour- A, gaderal ratiroas strike in_ Ire: will give the '.?I tha o‘:‘-e:try a fi‘m of re‘l‘l m;b::uy.: Peoria Transcript. Pmnbur‘fi: Jl“st; f‘l{;;—!lf’u;m:-e, Providing_the of ol about where there is -nolu.:sA‘;’- kansas Gazette. There were fewer fatalitifis on ‘the: But this doesn’t ho dropped dead & ticket.— R TEPPRIICY ! 14450644 4405444 SHESESSEBBSLLE 4454444224400 004882005088040084 04 Established 1861 Inquire About Our Deferred Pa&mcnf Plan EEERY. B, Moses & Sons m=ix Handkerchiefs 1,476 Women’s Pure Linen Plain Colored Hand-Embroidered Hand- « kerchiefs, plain shades, with elabor- ate embroidered designs in one cor- ner; drawn thread, hemmed or stiteh- ed edge. Values are regularly $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00. For 98¢ each. Madeira Hand-Embroidered Pure Linen Hmpcllc(le;cdhiefs, u!)eehtm 'liinen. hand-scallo ge, corner -em- ‘broidered in beautiful designs; val- ues up to $1.00. For 59¢; $1.25 to $1.50 values, 755:. each. Hand Embroidered Pieces Madeira Hand Embroidered Pure Linen Decorative Pieces. Beautiful hand-embroidered designs of eyelet, seed, cut work and solid embroidery, on fine pure linen. 72-inch diameter Table Covers; values to $50.00. - For $29.00 each. 54-inch diameter Table Covers; values to $30.00. For $15.00 each. S4-inch- diameter Table Covers; values to $20.00. For $12.75 each. 18x36 45, 54, 63 and 72 inch Scarfs; values to $15.00. For $6.00 each. - 28-inch diameter Center Pieces; $6.50 to $8.50 regular.. For $4.33 to. $5.67 each. : 7 18x54 Scarf, with 6 trays, 8x12 inches; $17.00 to $39.00 regular. For $11.34 to $35.75 set. 18x13-inch Napkins; values to $25.00. For $9.50, $12.00 and $15.00 dozen. 6x12 Ovals; values to $1.00. For 50c each. 2 $20.00 soiled 54-inch diameter Ta- ble Covers. For $10.00 each. Four Useful Sizes 'in’ Axminster Rugs at Very Special Prices 27x54—$ 2.85 36x70—$ 4.9 8-8x10-6—$30.00, 9x12—$33.50 "Drapery De_p’a’ifmeht . Special Cretonne for slip covers, peries or for any other purpose, llt 14 the regular price. Priced as fol- ows 25c¢, 40c, 50c and 65¢ Yard - White and Ivory Curtain Net, filet weave, small figures; regularly 45¢ and 50c yard. Special, 35¢ Yard Bungalow Net, ecru. color only; ar- tistic open-work patterns. Regular- “ly 31.50. Special, $1.00 Yard - - 48-inch Plain Color Madras, green, m b‘lixgis close-woven designs. % y 91.70. X Special, $1.25 Yard Marquisette Curfiins, 215 yards long, ivory color, doublo-hel:é border. * : : Special, $1.25 Pair - “Chiffon Voile, 50¢ yard. Fancy. Plaid . Blankets, 70x80 Inquire About Ou‘r‘Deferrved I\"ay;qel}tfi Plafi Annual January Linen Sale Below are indeed ttems of unusual interest to every user of Linens Prices Exceptionally Low Unmatchable Values in Household Linens 81x90 Mohawk Sheets—Too well known for comment, $1.35 each. 45x36 Pequot Pillow Cases—No ri- val at this price, 40c each. 90x108 Utica Sheets—Known for their.real worth, $2.00 each." 20x36 Hemstitched Pure Linen Huck Towels, 75¢ each. 70-inch Bleached Pure Irish Linen Table Damask, $2.75 yard. 18-inch Bleached Pure Linen Twilled Crash Toweling, 39¢ yard. 16-inch Bleached Cotton Crash Twilled Toweling, 12¢ yard. Martex Blue or Pink and White Plaid Bath Towels, 65¢ each. 45-inch White Mercerized Batiste, finely wovén, 50c yard. 72x90 Hemmed Bleached Cotton Sheets, $1.00 each. 18x50 Lace Trimmed Pure Linen Center Scarfs, $1.00 each. - 72x78 -Silkoline Covered Cotton Lined Comforts, $3.38 each. - 36-inch Peter Pan Plain Colored Dress Ginghams, 59¢ yard. '36-inch Elite Plain Colored Linen Mesh Suiting, 35¢ yard. . 89-inch Japanese Nainsook, 10 yards, boxed, $6.50 piece. Toetal Broadhurst Lees Fine White inches, $6.95 pair. - All Pure Wool Scotch kets, $8.63 pair. ' 70x70 Bleached Pure Irish Linen Table Cloths, $5.85 each. 72x72 Japanese Blue Print Table Covers, original make, $2.25 each. 17x50 Japanese Blue Print Table Runners, original make, 59¢ each. 12x12 Japanese Blue Print Table Napkins, original make, 75¢ dozen. Plaid Blan- We still have a fair selection of Braided Oval Rag Rugs at One-half (14) the usual price; 8 sizes, 18x86 inches to 9x12 feet. Duchess Lace Curtains, 314 yards LR T er to $10.00 Special, $6.75 Pair e e e E LS e e et E s It e e et testnsessssssntintensstessstnestssstsssnsssssassasssssastastass Renaissancs' Curtains, & long, ecru color- only, moun%udy": heavy English bobbin-net. Special, $5.76 Pair Tapestry Couch Covers, striped de- signs, in Oriental colorings. o Special, $1.95 & $3.50 Each Velour Couch Covers, extra width and length, soft shades-of color, in Special, $19.75 Each -Frou Portiam.. yards _It’lli;’:> g-tono and mixed efl% of blue, rose, brown and :, larly $18.80. - ] Special, $12.50 Pair E