Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1922, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. : WASHINGTON,D. C. FRIDAY.........March 10, 1922 THEODORE W. NOYES.......Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company and Pennsylvania Ave. 150 Nassau St. uilding. Office : 16 Regent St., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday mornin, edition, 1s delivered by carriers within the city At 60 cents per month: daily only, 45" cents per month; Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be gent by mail, or telephone Main 8000. _ Collection {s made by carrlers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; Daily only.. .1yr., $8.00; Bunday oniy. 1yr., $2.40, All Other States. Daily and Sunday..1 yr.. $10.00; 1 Doy anly v $1.00: 1mo., 80c |4 joint meeting of employers and men —_— e |of the four states comprisipg the cen- Ten-Year School Plan. school construction vely agreed upon by the Joint congressional committee of in- quiry into school needs would prob- ably go far toward remedying the * situation and relieving the anxiety of citizens and school officers as to the future. The yearly struggle to get what ought to be provided for the growth, extension and modernizing of the District school plant is a heavy tax on the time and endurance of the au- thorities. It requires that the same ground be gone over and over, that old reasons be restated and old arguments reargued. With such a ten-year plan &as proposed by the committee the work of bringing the school plant into line with modern ideas in school construc- tion, and in bringing it and in keeping it, abreast of the steadily increasing school population, could be carried on smoothly and effectively. The appro- priation for schools in the current bill. while not all that s looked for by the people of the District. is more than it seemed likely at one time we would get, and in view of the great demands for econo and the pressing need of money for so many other objects there is no reason to complain. The chairman of the joint committee of the House and Senate, Senator Cap- per, which has been making a survey of the local school problems, and which has been mapping out a plan for taking care of school construction cver a period of ten years, believes that when the committee plan shall have been cast in its final form it will be approved by Congress. The com- mittee will render a service to the Dis- trict and the general cause of educa- tion by turning out a plan which will let the authorities know what will be done for the schools over a period of Yyears, and which will obviate the an- nual conflict of claims and counter claims, estimates made, unmade. re- made and slashed. The school situa- tion needs with other things a little peace and quiet that the school au- thorities may devote their full time to earrying on school work. Mudbound. ‘There is no news in the announce- ment that Virginia roads are bad— that is, that many Virginia roads are bad—but there may be some encou agement in the announcement that many of those roads are now so bad that rural sections are mudbound, and that “storekeepers, unable to reach the railroad stations and obtain goods shipped to them, are putting their customers on short rations, and that in many counties physicians are un- able to reach their patients even by traveling horseback.” ‘When roads become so bad that they cannot be endured people turn strong- 1y toward the matter of good roads, or at least toward the matter of better roads. Much objection is made against taxes levied for making good roads, but bad roads are also a tax on the communities or sections which have them. It is quite likely that they are @ heavier tax than that which would be required to build good roads. That is a question for the people of the dis- tressed sections to settle, but it is noteworthy that when people go in for good roads and get them they never show any disposition to slump back te bad road: ‘Washington is in no position to throw mud at Virginia’s roads, even though she has plenty of it to throw. and it is believed that many Washing- ton streets can *‘see” the bad roads of Virginia and “go” them a good deal worse. It is because of the condition of many of our streets that Washing- ton can sympathize with those Vil ginians who are mudbound. e — Uncle Sam is not inclined to hold aloof from FEurope's economic prob- lems, but is evidently determined not to interfere in any way that might possibly complicate them. —_——————— The “ultimate consumer” who makes himself the bootleg victim is not receiving any generous share of sympathy. The faithful letter carrier on a muddy route ought to have an extra allowance for overshoes. Congress and the National Defense. It §s worthy of special note that Congress is seeking and securing in- formation about both the Army and the Navy from the best sources. Gen. Pershing was again before the House committee on military affairs yester- day with relation to Army matters, and Gen. Lejeune of the Marine Corps before the House Navy committee with relation to naval affairs. ‘The millennialists would bar these men and other men trained for war from all communication with Congre: ‘while Army and Navy matters are un- der consideration. Are not their views prejudiced on such subjects? Can they see anything but red when force is mentioned? Are they not always in favor of top figures for all force equip- ments? 3 Besides, did not the armament con- ference modify the whole force ques- tion? Did it not put force on the toboggan? Why discuss or provide for force now on any basis even suggest- ing pre-conference ideas or purposes? ‘The conference, of course, did noth- e The Coal Strike Outlook. left force, when still required, without condemnation. The nations that par- ticipated are all well armed, both afloat and ashore, and will remain so. Let us hope, therefore, that when Congress comes to vote on these ques- tions of supplies—of supporting the es- tablishment for the national defense— the result may show the influence of the information and conviction it is now obtaining in quarters entirely qualified to give advice. ————————— Most ominous of all the features at- tending the threatened coal strike situation is the seeming willingness of both operators and miners in some states to let the strike come and fight out the issue to the bitter end. In 1llinois, there is disposition of the iwo sides to negotiate a compromise for that state alone, but the national union of miners objects, insisting upon tral competitive fleld—western Penn- sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The operators of western Pegnsyl- vania and Ohio refuse to meet in joint conference, insisting on settling the dif- ferences with their own men. The operators of Indiana reject that plan and demand the four-state conference. Thus it would seem that never was an industrial situation worse confounded nor more harassed by conflicting pur- poses. The national organization of the mine workers favors a joint con- ference, and so does the government. Indeed, such a meeting was authorized at the general conference of March, and directed to be held prior to April 1, 1922, Meantime, the miners are voting for a strike, barring a settlement before April 1. It is estimated that 90 per cent of the men will vote to stop work. If it comes it will be a finish fight in which both sides will suffer. The great- est sufferers will be the population of the four states, and in addition thou- sands of others in states far r¢moved from the scene of the contest. Secretary of Labor Davis has issued a final appeal on behalf of the public to the operators and miners “in the name of common sense to get together iand save the country from the costly results of a strike.” The outlook, in view of the stubborn contention of both sides to the controversy, is com- plicated by the fact that each side is divided, into factions controlled by local conditions of cost of production. It is expected that the government will exhaust every resource to bring the factions together into conferences that . will avert this threatened na- tional calamity. Bert Williams. The death of Bert Williams remove tan influence in public entertainment whose importance is greater than the public that secks to be amused is likely to realize. Of African descent, he had the subtle quality of original identity which interests, the person- ality which overcomes prejudice and, above all, the faculty of self-education. His school was the theater; lightly re- garded by the tired business man, but, nevertheless, broad as the comparison must seem, the school of ZEschylus. Euripides and Sophocles. As the old poets adapted themselves to their day and excelled in the sublime, Bert Wil- liams adapted himself to his era and excelled in the ridiculous. He enliv- ened many a dull scene by his native drollery, and carried himself with & personal aloofness which claimed no consideration that his abilities could not command. He drifted into condi- tions peculiarly advantageous to his type. Fun, distinct from intellectual or satirical purpose, was the demand of the hour and he knew—possibly scarce knowing how he knew—the | way to supply it. His pecuniary re- { wards far surpassed those of the aver- age professional man. Yet thinkers and teachers gladly paid tribate to his drolleries and thanked him for a clean and decent standard of entertalnment | such as his many burnt-cork imitators have not been able to maintain. His sable humor was not merely a revela- tion of erratic identity; it was an in- | terpretation, sympathetic and ana- Iy He displayed phases of human- ity that his environment had permit. ted hin: to study, and by the touch of | nature that makes the whole world |kin impressed himself in remsrkablel predominance over the gorgeous stage | trappings and elaborate mechanisms of melody and acrobatics’ which con- stituted a fitting background for his genuine and unaffected comedy. ——————— The gown worn by Mrs. Harvey at the wedding of Princess Mary reached to the instep, while the trousers worn Ly Ambassador Harvey reached only lto the knee. Styles do change. —_———————— After making out his income tax re- turn, President Harding went to Florida. The incident affords gratify- {ing assurance that the President still |had some change left. f | g Poison liquor is now being accused of doing even more damage in time of { peace than pofson gas does in war. —_——em———— The corner saloon has vanished, but the alcoholic wards of the hospitals are still patronized. The soldier bonus seemed a simple proposition at first. Now it takes rank with the tariff and banking problems. The Senate and the Pacts. The debate in the Senate on the pacts growing out of the armament conference will cover some of the ground covered by the debate on the I pact of Versailles. Tt will not. however, lose in interest {hecause of that fact. It will not be fa mere repetition of what was said| iwhen Mr. Wilson's work in Paris was under sharp examination, but pos- 1 sesses points of its own worthy of the ! closest attention. | The debate of two years ago was a Inouble one and produced some very able addresses. Some very able men participated. One of the ablest, whose contribution was much admired and rated as an influencé in the decision debdte. Mr. Knox's death was a loss which ing of the kind. Tt was not, as adver- tised, a disarmament meeting, but one [ on questions bequeathed to the coun-| fall down on deir promises in a way!the _proclamation primarily to curtail large expenditures will show in all the Senate debates try by the war. He was not only o longer considered necessary; and itfixzceptionally qualified by ability to 'mm«mflndml‘pk deal with those questions, but by a study of the war and all of the obliga- the first class, as a diplomat with an the State Department, and as a poll- to the top in a great state, he could not disappear from the scene at a and regret. Time will be necessary to make pos- that first debate. But in time it is certain to take a place among the most valuable contributions the Senate has made to a correct popular appre- the American government. The Republican Task. publicans of their first year of power, tional committee declares with other good partly for the reason that they came into power with no adequate conception of the task before them. His charge in substance is that, in the homely old phrase, they bit off more than they have since been able to chew. The republicans need not hesitate to confess that the task they found ex- ceeded their expectations. The mess was almost appalling in its messiness. It was all sorts of a mess. It affected everything, but particularly business, which was dislocated, depressed and all but demoralized. But, though extremely bad, the mess had to be tackled, and tackled it promptly was. It will not soon be cleaned up even the republicans are now preparing and applying. It embraces many things, and some of them things hitherto un- known in our affairs. We are pioneer- ing in many of our efforts to escape from a morass. But escape in time we must, and will. The notion that we are stalled an affront to the intelligence, the spirit and the staying power of the American people. The republicans have need of unity of purpose and action. If they will get together and stay together, and fight the common opposition as spiritedly as they are now fighting one another, the mandate they received from the people in November, 1920, can be obeyed. Bad Checks and Bad Debts. The police department says that an unusual number of worthless checks and forged checks are being passed in ‘Washington, and it promises a clean- up of the forgers and -other check If there is 4 way of “cleaning they should be themselves should to make crooks up' cleaned. The cr have no exclusive right ‘clean-ups.” these peopd One way to aid in the clean-up is for | men to be shy in accepting checks from persons they do not know to be all right. It is not unusual to see in shops and hotels the sign, “No Checks Cashed.” It works well. The man put- ting up the sign need not enforce it, and generally does not enforce it to the bitter end. When a man offers his own check, and when the hotelkeeper or shopkeeper is reasonably sure that the man offering the check is good for it, he will cash it. Merchants and cthers accepting or cashing checks drawn by others than the persons pre- senting them take risks, and they can limit their risks by the exercise of commonsense and caution. Honest men will understand why another man is coy about accepting a check from a stranger in payment for goods, or Tre- fusing to cash a check drawn by en- other. ————— It cannot be denied that the present Vice President is a conscientious and alert presiding officer of the Senate. At the same time disappointment is ill concealed over the fact that ke is not nearly as facile an entertainer as Mr. Marshall was when the after-dinner speaking starts. B ——— The Connecticut moonshiner who turned his flivver into a still probably hoped to raise some technicality as to whether he ought to be handled by a revenue officer or a traffic cop. —_———t————— The exchange quotations relating to the German mark are consistently maintaining themselves at figures which indicate a lack of funds suf- ficient to meet reparation demands. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Mental Interchange. “I'm glad men sometimes disagree,” Said Hezekiah Bings. “A sad monotony we'd see, From common folks to kings, If our opinions great or small Should to one level sink, We should not have to talk at all Or even try to think. “Contending minds at last reveal A way where paths are dark. It is the clash of flint and steel That brings the helpful spark. And while I hope we may be free From hurt that conflict brings, I'm glad folks sometimes disagree,” Said Hezekiah Bings. A Classic. “Your recent speech was a classic,” commentell the admiring friend. “I'm afraid so,” enswered Senator Sorghum. “The audience showed about as much intelligent Interest as if I were talking about something that happened several thousand years ago,” Jud Tunkins says the horse is a pa- tient animal, but not as patient as the losers that keep betting on him. “No Choice at All! The “licker” is so bad, men vow, - That it could not be worse. You take the water wagon now “Unless you like a hearse! Farm Products. “What's the best way to make a farm profitable?” “I have about decided,” answered arrived at, will not” appear in this| Farmer Corntossel, “that the best way | cations, and the protection of foreign- is to lay it out in city lots or golf links.” “Some folks,” said Uncle Eben, “kin dat makes you apologize fohjputtin’ tions it has imposed. As a lawyer of experience of four years at the head of tician of force enough to have risen |, time like this without causing remark sible an adequate appraisement of ciation of the workable character of Replying to the summary by the re- Chairman Hull of the democratic na- and in peril of sinking out of sight is EN. PHIL SHERIDAN'S fa- mous horse that bore him from “Winchester twenty miles away” to turn defeat into victory at Cedar creek, is going to be placed in the National Museum here, together with a large collec- tion of other war relics. This results from Representative Ambrose Kennedy of Rhode Island interesting himself in horse, mounted was New York. school boy when he studies his his. tory will be thrilled by that dash. ing, daring ride of Sheridan’s. school students. ¥ * %k X% So Mr. Kennedy took up the mat- ter Smith, O. R. C., secretary and treas- urer of the Military Service Insti- tute of the United States, whose cus- a labor of love for years, and with Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. is that Chaplain Smith is getting per- mission from the officers of the Mili- tary Service Institute horse and other relics over to the National Museum, and Secretary Wal- the museum to transfer. arrange for and to the council of administration recommending the transfer of stuffed and mounted war horse, to- gether with a framed autograph’ let- ter of Gen. Sheridan. He expressed belief that these officials will approve the proposal. * % * ¥ Inasmuch as the horse is a loan Smith has written to his heir, Mrs. Sheridan, now living in Washington, for permission to have him moved to the National MuSeum, if the of- transfer. He also feels that this per- mission will be readily given. For many years this famous horse has been on exhibition in a_ glass case in the Clock Tower building at Governors Island, the headquarters of the institution. At the outbreak of the war in 1917 the chief of ord- nance wanted the use of the space {occupied by the exhibit—which was then put in storage in a ware house, where Representative Kennedy found it * ok ok % ‘The initiative taken by Representa- tive Kennedy to bring to the National Museum this important historical and patriotic exhibit is a good illustra- tion of how members of Congress can { use their oflicial positions to help fm- ! prove the government service and to make the National Capital a more at- tractive place for the people from all over the country. His zeal in this matter should serve as an example for his colleagues. Representative Kennedy has done ““Ont of the Land of Egypt.” Egypt, that “cradle of all civiliza- tion, plaything of a myriad con- querors,” is “Invited to come into its own,” the St. Louis Globe-Democrat thinks, by the proclamation ending the British protectorate and granting the Egyptian people the right to their jown government and institutions. But whether that action is triumph of “British liberalism,” as the Ne; ark News, for instance, finds it, or merely getting rid of a hot potato, isa matter of some disagreement in Amer- ican papers, as is also the extent to which Egypt becomes really “free” under its new status. Certainly the adoption of such a radical policy on the part of Great Britain, following so closely ‘upon its release of Ireland, is one of “many refutations of the notion that no changes have been effected in the realm of international dealings by the upheavals of the war,” says the Manchester (N. H.) Union, and, moreover, the Youngstown Vindicator declares that “it sets at naught the charges of those who déclared that in seizing Egypt Great Britain got more out of the war than any other country. However, it is pointed out that Eng- land controlled Egypt for many years before she established the actual pro- tectorate at the outbreak of the war, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer inte prets this step toward withdrawal merely as “official recognition of the failure” of England’s “imperialistic aims in that direction,” which tor forty vears “have brought nothing but increased evidences of hatred and unwillingness to accept the English e as a permanent arr: Florid inability to ¢ insurrection in far-remo " in _the ashes of which prediction that the end o this cent may find the British em pire a thing of tho pas not be dismissed as_inconsequential.” 1t is not Britain's inability to re | control of Igypt that has dictated her Sheridan’s Famous War Horse May Go to National Museum the matter when he found that this famous and caparisoned as when ridden by his dashing master, stored on Governor's Island, He knew that every He reclat that this horse ought t things that they have failed to make | bo” tn the o he e in the musemm here, where it|colonel on May 25, 1862. could be visited by the tourists who| “Shortly afterward, and while the come annually to Washington, and|regiment was stationed at the little especially by the parties of high with Chaplain Edmund Banks tody of this, famous horse has been The result to turn the cott is sending a representative of the : Chaplain Smith has sent a circular it matters go well with the remedies | letter to the officers of the institute |On! the grant to the Military Service Insti- 2o.d185 ;lsuy Ridge, Novem- “ha 3 an 1863; the Wilderness, tute from Gen. Sheridan, Chaplain 5.8, 1864: Todds Tavern. ficers of the institute authorize the EDITORIAL DIGEST . more. He available has of his favorite war horse, they may be clipped afid treasured by admiring schoolboys everywhere. * ki x K This record, as copled from Gen. Sheridan’s letter in his own hand- writing, shows that Winchester bore him through forty-four engagements. His biography is as follows: “Winchester was of Black Hawk blood, and was foaled at or near Grand Rapids, Mich.. late in the fall ©of 1859, according to the best of my information,” wrote Gen. Sheridan. “He was brought into the service by an oflicer of the 2d Michigan Cavalry, of which regiment 1 was appointed town of Rienzi, in the state of Mis- sissippi, he was presented to me by pt. Campbell in the name of the of- ficers of the regiment, and from that date to the close of the war he was ridden by me in nearly every engage- ment in which I took part. t the time he was given to me [ he was rising three years old, so that he must have been in_his twentieth year when he died, on October 2, 1578. e was an animal of great intel- ligence and of immense strength and endurance. He always held his head | high, and by the quickness of his movements gave many persons the idea that he was exceedingly impetu- ous. This was not so, for I could at any time control him by a firm hand and a few words, and he was as cool and quiet under fire as any of my old soldie doubt if his superior for field s ridden by any a list of the turing enga River, Murfreesboro, 1862; engagement at Eaglesville, Tenn., March, 186: ture of Winchester, Tenn., July 3, 1863; engagement of Cowan Station, July 3, 1¥63; University, July 4, 1863; of Chicakamauga, September May 5, 1864; action of Beaver va., May 8, 1864; battle of Yel- v_Tavern, May 11, 1564; Meadow Bridges and Richmond, May 12, 1864; action of Hanover Town and Tolo- potmy Creck, May 1864; battle of Hawes Shop, Va. May 28, 1864; Me- tadequin Creek, Va., May 30, 1864 Cold Harbor, Va., May 31 and June 1. 1864; raid to Charlottesville and re- turn, June 7-28, 1864; action of Mal- lorys Ford Cross Roads, 1864; Tu: 11 Station, June 21, 1864 St. Marys Church, June 24, 1864 arbytown, July 28, 1864; Lees Mills, June’ 30, 1864; action of Kernstown and Toll Gate, August 11, 1564; Kabletown, August 26, 1564; Berry- ville, September 3, 1364; battle of Opequan Creek, September 19, Hill, September 22, 3 Toms Brook, October 9, 1864; Cedar March 14, 18 land, March 15, 1865: Dinwidd House, March 30, 1865; Five Forks April 1, 1865; Scotts Corners, 2. 1865; Amelia C. House, Ap7 Jettersville, April 5, 865 Creek, April 6, 1865; Furm. ville, April 7, 1865; Appomattox De- pot, April § 1865, engagement at Apelmxnalll)x Court House, April 9, $65. 1865; Sailors Britaln will continue to protect Egypt after the protectorate is ter- minated.” Undoubtedly to the Egyptian na- tionalists “the conditions by which the British government would safe- guard its imperial interests will distasteful, and the old charge that it has no ‘thought of freeing Egypt but is covering up its real purpose. will echo again in Cairo and Alex. andria,” but the Providence Journal contends that Britain “has too much at stake in Egypt to leave, bag and baggage,” as the nationalists would have her do. But, no matter how ve- hement the protest, “so long as the British empire remains essentially as it is now Great Britain cannot_ af- ford to relax its hold on the Suez canal, or to give up its interest in the forelgn affairs of Egypt.” in the opinion of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. The reservations made by the London government are not unreasonable, the Pittsburgh Gazette-Bimes thinks, and ‘“need not become oppressive" to the Egyptians, while they are ab- solutely vital to the empire. Too Much to Ask of a Child. A European writer, Rudolph Re- quadt, has a scheme for studying the human animal. He is now looking for | a small tropical island, rich in fruits and small game. On this island he and his scientific colleagues purpose to| turn loose half a dozen boy and girl bables. Concealed from the infant the students will see what the young of the species can do when it is left to its own resources. The watchergwul take notes and make motion plctures. Mr. Requadt's idea is not new. More than twenty years a story called e be cast ashore on opposite sides a lonely island. The boy's strug- stence, his pursuit of food, f fire and, at the end, < h the other castaway, de a literary classic. Every reader s thrilled; few believed. It's too late, Mr. Requadt. Civiliza- tion has led us so far from nature that there is no way for the infant course, other writers think, so muchy to wander back. Of all the mammals as it is the inadvisabi on. She “Could unquestionably crush revolt.” the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot confident, but “to have done so woul have been to store up big trouble In| The Asheville Times also the futur: asserts that “it would be foolish to portray Great Britain as panic-strick- en and helpless before a restless and turbulent Egypt, George ministry stamp out revolt and to ‘I;e?d [Bevptithe to its imperial purposes it had so But, as the Virginian-Pliot| 219 Tribune. noted further, that would of necessity elected.” involve “the maintenance of large garrisons at heavy cost, and the Brit ich government by thus casting it self in the role of oppressor wou always bs subject to attack.” Con: tinuing the protectorate meant fur- ther fighting, the Portland (Me.) kx- press and Advertiser observes, and since there is “no evidence, past or present. that the country could ever be pacified or become reconciled to foreign control, Britain has appar- ently concluded that Egypt is not worth the price.” So “primarily for its own peace and convenience as the New York World puts it, Britain is writing “a new Book of Exodus.” and “Lloyd George, the British Moses, has announced that he will lead ms tellow countrymen out of bondag: but, the Chicago Post adds, “he has conditioned it upon his ability to take the Red sea and some of the Egyp- ians' treasures with him.” The conditions imposed upon Egypt, as the Richmond Times-Dispatch re- ports them, are “a provisional status quo for the defense of the country, the security of the empire's communi- ers and of the Sudan.” Thus is “Free- dom with an if,” the Mobile Register remarks, or, as the Boston Transcript puts it, “independence within the firm walls of the British empire,” for while “terminates the Britigh protectorate over Egypt in one “breath,” it ‘“reasserts it very positively with the next,” and Great y of holding the child is the only one that cannot find for itself even Iits breast—New York Herald endent). William G. McAdoo is going to live in California, which has never had a Globe. “See Americ: logan. (inde- President.—Boston Daily —— First” is the Ameri- Do America First” is Buropean. Knoxville Journal Hint to statesme The hatchet will not remain buried. however, un- %gr a double cross.—Hartford Daily imes. Most people favor a bonus if th lawmakers will remove the from the taxpaying end of it.—Ashe- ville Times. George Washington was first in war, peace and the hearts of his countrymen, but he’d have a hard time being first in the line at the cafeteria.—Syracuse Herald. i King George made his new son- wa intimation enough the princess’ husband fs expected to sup- porter.—Tulsa. Tribune, Lloyd George is reported to he finding his job too much for -one man and may resign, it is rumored, because England won't act as his assistant.—Detroit News. A popular song writer says it Is a ‘mystery to him how he does it: But we cannot accept that as an explanation. 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