Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1922, Page 42

Why Lincoln Towers Above |Heard and Seen|Fi ~.'| Other Great Men of the World| s~ uu woe 1 e i e nterest bird lovers to know that at least one bird has solved the problem | of transportation without the use of wings. Birds are famous for their migra- tions, but hitherto they always have + i 7 erty. ‘1 capnot deliver judgment with | there has been negligence in the smfe- : ——————————————— | It all thg travelers would be as!| While waiting ‘for the ‘complete 3 WAi',!er AD R 2 trank wht §ife public' and themseives | slimination of the grade crossings in| y SuNDAY dxay 28, 102 | as thid mah the world would be wpared | tlie areas of hefvy réad traffic it many of the halr-trigger judgments should be the rule that no such place THEODORE W. NOYES. . .. Editor | Which contribute so much to misin-{is left unguarded by day orsnight. : S formation and to the world's embar- | There ‘should be a barrier of some The Evening Staf N""'P‘ apet Company | vassments. .Too *often forelgners sort, or at the very least & watchman Businees Offce, 11th St and Pe syivasta Ave. little qualified as t:- traveier to dis- [ with flag or 'lantern. Between the New -Office i cuss America do upon: refurning | railroad companies and the civic au- ch ety ning: nm--‘m.fialfi.:flu L:.‘- Eagland. | home after @ mere glance at the coun: | thorities warning signals should be —_ try, while Americans returning from | placed on the romdsides at sufficlent | : T T e S The ity | & Wlance at’ Europe Interpret with|distance from the crossings to Insure { ¥ Years Ago in The Star The drought from which, the ceun- try was suffering ffty jears ago was partislly broken Slight Relief tim the eastern From Drought section by rains, as noted In tne B«sfificsn Conners. A very interesting man has re- appeared in active New Yok politics. This s W. J. Conners, called “Fingy” Conners by his opponents when they are In playful or scornful mood. He i¢ a Buffalo man, and has run in the main a successful courye. (lhl::llnl[ nh. 1:‘\»«; o: the docks of standardization almost the . economy of God have had a name. city, he showed the qualities of | .14 ground, that which consti- If not a veneration, from age to This bird eame riding down Penn-| +The heavy rains of Saturday night « ¥ nigh ] g what is truth. Despite ! H leadership, and became a leader in the [ 3 . They yet may sink as sets 2 labor fleld: entered politics, and be-| 1ngiaiduet mensuromant ¢ l e evening starbut "for ‘e |8Ivania avénue about 11 o'clock one | in some sections of the meumins i | 1 ! | BY THOMAS R, MARSHALL. Former V! widont of the T Jatied "Siatems .aruhh' .lnn!tl‘, h' av.e:‘n‘:.mn'dk mow- q'a' nsien! lolg of former m l&‘&. Even they who enjoy for a brief ‘lpn'eg sink ommon ground of uman used wing power. Now comes along f:finllulm Fama shrinks more. | one local bira who gets himself from \3 DEFINE greatnese In Just as dificult us to say into th ra) y than years dissolve. b & re have ‘been men who in the !D‘lfl to place with scarcely the fap | following printed in The Star of May of & wing. 20, 1872: edition. i ored b a1 60 conts per oy, Gaily only, 45 conts por [ the same wealth of jgnorance that | that every person approaching such a place Is made aware of the danger e S G B et ata | CONtinent to the home folfs. 5000, ollection s by carriers st the There Is probably some myth in|ghead. Some private advertising in- terests have done this in certain lo- calities, but it should not ‘e left to end of vach moath the story.of the enterprising young = P Advance. |NCVePaper reporter who, upon, belng e L '.: - assigned to interview a visiting celeb- | them. “Silent sentries” should be es- Mryland supsy bgiain- tablished at ledst a quarteér of a mile away from every grade crossing. A rity, met his-man at the New York g:“i :?.‘{.’“""'~,"§:" fl“ 1 mo. 50¢ | auarantine and opened fire as the ship 2,40, 1 mo., 20¢ | moved up to her dock-with a question At present the grade cr P4 s to what the visitor thought of the | nag been running in terms of deaths Daily and Sunda; new world. and injuries, constantly m Ty e A y mounting. Daily only $2¢| But many judgments as worthless Sunday only...... = as that would have been have found The Loan to Germany. wide circulation and done no little mis- chief. Hasty deliverancea are som.- Cable dispatches from Par . tnternationa) Nankers are In confer- | UT19® VOry entertainiag, but such en ence, indicute that the American peo- tertainment at the public expense Is Ble ave lkely scon to be asked to sub, | Phroty. destrabl scribe to a loan to Germany amount- i ing to more than a billion dollare. [ A High-Pressure Demonstration. Flotation of the loan is to be under Northern France has recently been taken if the German government sub- | suffering from a heat wave that has scribes to the conditions laid down. |caused an excessive use of water at These include acceptance in full of | Paris. So heavy was the demand that the terms of the ultimatum of the|it has been necessary to restrict the reparations commission, which ex-|water supply now. Between midnight pires May 3!, and the giving of guar-|and 6 e.m. all domestic use of water antees that the inflatien of German | will be prohibited; and the service will currency will be stopped immediately. | be turned on only in case of fires dur- Between now and next Wedneaday | ing those hours. As soon as the reser- the bankers, the United States being { voirs refill the full service will be re- represented by J. P. Morgan, are to|sumed. find out to what extent their respec- Let this situation in Paris be con-|hgye a respectful hearing. Not long tive countries can be expected to sub- | sidered with reference to the need of | 320 gerious credence was given to an scribe to the loan. & high-pressure fire service here in)announcement that a German scientist Acceptance by the Germans of the | Washington. The present margin of | paq discovered a methed of “making conditions and decision by the bank-:water supply over domestic and offi-} 5513 The matter was gravely dis- ers to undertake thé loan would bring [cial uses other than fire-ighting 18!cyusged, not merely as & possibility but 1 the United States one of the most | now so slight that in the heated term{as an imminent contingency, in re- serious problems it has had to faceithe city is actually threatened With & |spect to its economic results since the signing of the armistice. It |famine. The inerease that will come &0 large a sum as a billion dollars or | from the enlargement of the water move is to be loaned to Germany the | plant now about to be started will in bulk of it. will have to come from|a few years hence widen the margin, American investors. That is so ap- [but by the time it is finished the de- parent that participation of other mand will have increased as well countries, except Great Britain, in|the supply. the consortium twill be more of a| It is conceivable that in, the middle formality than a fact. France and|of the heated term In this city there Belgium and ltaly may raise a few [will not be water enough to supply millions each, but it takes a thousand | the people and at the same time to millions 10 make & billion. and the | fight a big fire. If a fire of the first{,., gided by this new attitude on the | L0 88Y, they regret to see their party TUnited States is the only country in | magnitude should occur during & hot | part of the world at large. Men are|in What was for so long a time a the world which has lendable funds to |{wave there would be e shortage of working now in their research roor democratic stronghold torn in such such extent. With Eurppe al-|water either in the mains serving the | .3 gstudies with more confidence. | fashion for such a stake. If it were v owing this country nearly twen- | residential section ‘or in those draWn |mpey are aided in their work in many |in their power to retire both Mr. Reed ty billions of dollars for loans and [upon by the fire apparatus. Paris has| ,5eq with liberal endowment funds|and Mr. Long from the contest, and eredits, the proposal that another bil- (as a measure of safety insured con-|g¢,.nished by far-seelng men who wish | Pit against each other two men with lon dollars of American money shall | centrution of the supply upon possible o nromote progress through sclentific | Some other issue betwgen them, they be invested there is one that calls for { fires from midnight to § o'clock in the |, yiovement. Youngsters are con-|Would do it. They have no relish for the gravest consideration. morning. But if a fire should oceur |\ i ine richly to this great store of |8 tussle which makes of Wilsonism so The understanding is tha® the pro-|in Paris at any other hour it would |y wiedge and valuable invention. ceeds of the proposed loan will be ap- | not have water enough with which to| e hova are turning in some Im- plied Jargely to the payment of repa- | fight it portant improvements in radio. It is rations, chiefly to France and Bel-| A high-pressure service drawing|y..1v an age of science, with the peo gium. 1t would amount, in fact, to a | from the Potomac close at hand would ple fully alive to the psychological loan to France and Belgium, with|in no wise affect the general suppl: value of faith. their reparations claims against Ger- | There would alwaya be plenty of wa- many as security. In other words, it |ter for firefighting, whatever the sea- The stock market has been register- would be a cashing of these claims|son of the year or the temperatur: ing higher values in a manner which (which are uncashable in Germany)|{The use of such an abundance of | o o "oyoi o oe railrate re. in the United States and in such other j water would never affect the supply ductions exert no depressing influence countries @s might participate in the | for domestic usee. Assuredly this S proposed loan. That being the case, |item should be considered a part of a American investors will want to{the water supply increase plan, o e T e know. and they will insist upon know- | whether the cost Is 3600,000 or more.| In discussing economic conditions ing. what security is back of these |There is no economy in delay. Europe Is showing an inclination to bad debis they are asked to take over. i : get away from temperament and at tend to the mathematics. indtvidual measurement. time their light will glow upon :morning last week. He waé perched came In & limited way a leader in that| ' The nesrest approseh to & the years ahead. Whatever MY |on the roof of u strest car eoming | lirly (o the northward and west- field: curate definition Is, perhaps, that | Some. England win st think of |y, OO0 O ] S{ENch oL T avaie MpRE D Wave 4 2 akespeare and o mpton; 3 checked the pr x He acquired property, and in time| he is great who_ thinks our France will remember Joan of | When the car atopped at 11th street | fires in New :u::r:.n-d 'I"( lm'l""" . @ voice In his party’s state organiza-| thoughts, acts as we act, apes our ennsylvania, tion. ~ Arc, Charles Martel, Joffre: Italy | the bird alighted, and = virtues and patterns after our aligl nd walked gravely [ which had resulted in the destruction Indeed, it was his voice that led to wili continue to honor Cavour. [y "¢ vices. This materially enlarges | MAEsin} and Garibaldi. Dishonored P own the platform. He was | of millions of dollars’ worth of prop- Mr. Conners" eclipse as a politiclan. {* the number of great mep. Our By the charge of his organization es- Germany today takes heart he |a fine, big fellow, with & black body |erty. The rain in this section of the judgment naturally is aitected by sociates and by his own confession, he thinks of jand & blue head, but did not look the things of particular interest talked too readily and too much. The Wagner. To ficans, George 1like a blackbird.. country was & mere sprinkle and i Washington still 1iven. After surveylng the Post Office De- | IrCUERt here and in the neighboring 10 us, and we mold our opinions New York politician of the managing | ¥ the compelling motives of our sort must observe, particularly in P partment for a bit, the bird fiew over | founties of Virkinia and Maryiand 15 o lives. campdign times, the rules of the becoming alarming. 1 = 10 a car about to leave for Mount K. An many por Has the world any name that |Vernon., and established himself on | L00E Of the hitherio fertle vailes of 1t our supreme desire takes the school of Mum. Mum’s the word for form of an intense longing for the him. He must be able to hold his 1f all tests of great- |the roof. Virginia they have hud no good soak- |/, glory and perpetuity of the land tongue, so far as the public is con- links with it ing rains since April of L ness as we measure it? Is there a | WDeh the car pulled out. the bird |- he yprings and wells in mans piece: common fdol of all people? Time, ¥ - ::;Ifln:‘l;ledluv Amlhthu farmers wre & to apprehend oux it the great heal h once * % ficulty in supplying their swek with of our birth, then human great- E"uu'hl'eh dfl.;. uolfirllu tot llh: cerned, gnity of a self-sacrificing patrio t ;:“ #ne reoqunise The inipiviscy is but of minor moment to us. We of ng so. cannot conceive la: This proved to be out of line with Mr. Conners' disposition—beyond his power. He was always *“good for” an at least silenced every mote Robins are growing very fat on | water. of dlscord, healed every wound |Worms in Lafayette Square. “The widespread drought, which b during fame for any one Who not devoted himself to the com- interview, and in thht way was some- times played upon by the opposition. and made of one man a uni- | THE grass there must be literally | SOMeE more frequent every year monwealth, whose nights have He retired from organization work th ey § versal candidate for greatness |alive With worms, for no robin seems | 4iso wustuined b coretul fnvers not been troubled by thoughts of h he could benefit the home- a dozen years ago, and since then has devoted himself prosperously to bis with qualities that appeal to all lto have any difficulty whatever in | tion in France, that the euttin, the higher and finer sensibilities of picking up the best kind of living. of the forests lessens the rainfal: d whose days have mnot private affairs. Rich now, and with time on his hands, Mr. Conners feels man. He ':fl::fil:-l.:‘l‘:;‘:“m?-: You will see one of the birds hop The necessity for the preservation (L the.old urge again, and is back on the job with undiminished enthusiasm the trees i he ings ‘of & people 0" awaken and |along, then suddenly reach down. | effect By, iavs Mote Bhe Bl and in his old form. He is still good ‘copy.” and the newspaper reporters earn that those who blessed were He begine to pull. the soil and the climate of the couu- "}L,:',‘g !l‘?:': e W | Up comes his head with a worm by I was demonstrated duriuk a Ratred cetened into loyally. |dansling to his beak. one end of tne|peiies Of vears in Fd"m'* that mose Only?to the elect of God does this | Worm held tenaciously by the robin, oh Shi’ BaaS e “';_': ed (f‘“lfll(l_\ thitn experience come. :’::th‘"'"" clingiog fast to mother | (0 Pe® furmere of this cuun He loved this America with Jove (4000 o\ 0 0 ot s | ITY MO only o preserve the smail are making full use of his génial and responsive spirit. How long he will last this time is a problem. He is asking nothing for himself—he has no iych for office— but only attention for his views to what should be done by the democ- racy at this grave time and who beyond comparison, and 'h“:l:: entire weight in one final heave. He |2Nd isolated forests still standin: should be gelected to do it. —————emo——————— The score should run in terms of crossings eliminated each year. —_——e——— Faith in Soience. Successive Inventions ‘sueh as that just announced of the transmission of motion pictures by radio have been made In such close sequence that & marked change bas come in the pub- lic attitude toward the pioneers of science. A few decades ago men who were seeking for strange goals were scorned. Now nothing is rated as fm- possible. There is no laughter for the pursuer of apparently unattainable thin, Once it was the fashion to class all researchers and inventors with the “perpetual motion” cranks. So great has been thelr success, however, that even the perpetua] motion seeker may m_spent in the consummation of ennobling and patriotic pur- es. A man may tower above fellows in innumerable minister at his country's altar, he is worthy enly of honorable mention when we call the roll of the illustrious. slavery, with a righteous then consumes half the worm. ang|Dut o replant some of those th hatred, yet he so loved the repub- {ov - have been destroyed. In some of the A2 th es away with the remainder. 3 e lic that e was content to fix the he Dertormance docs wot strike | ates of the northwest, like Nebrun- boundaries of ka, a duy has b t called 2 oxe as cruel. for both bird and worm | K& LRA DRSS SOt MBS, Caile the republic might lve. He came |are operating under the laws of na- | ATbOT day’ on which the farmers t what is called the |5, and others all over the state mer lower strata 0' e an O8S0m: pe in their respective districts ayd ;:r:er‘":“h:i\llll’l;yH:h;!-gk.:o:n“?; % trnn-'rlam'an These are exampl: = . worthy of imitation in other sed- h:ml,ll\k‘:n.d‘i and, dll ]S‘lsh Clnl:.'hlel: Mary and her little brother w se | tions.’ shesathe: s sword Wi no o | fesiing for his fallen foe than that {P/2YInE in the back yasd S A worm came to play its humble Self-tutored in lll!d}i“ll :( a plne part in their lives, too. knot in southern Indiana, he wrote 5 A L a document the like of which no h"m"( ”‘; BS cried, ‘matakaly. . =1 human pen has ever equaled. He ve found a worm!® blended into one life all those A robin looked enviously from @ sentiments wh,lch g0 to lhe‘m:k' tree. Improvements. ey : ing of a patriol, warrior, states- 2 : & ork Atiractéd ml‘n, scholar, orator and fclend of ‘Oh, Mary.” the child exclaimed. “i | attention from visitors man. He went to his death mourn- |a worm good luc! Bay. Mary, is = In The Star of May 22 16 * % k % Happily, there is disappearing from the vision of mankind a species of greatness that through yntoM ages caught the popular fancy. The warrior, who with mailed fist struck his way into the hearts of countless multitudes, no longer is the ldeal, Just why there ever should have beep ado- ration for the destroyer rather bullder., 1 do not ain, further ¢h: ggest that hitherto in the up- ward progress of the ce the rights of man were conserved by force and not by faith in good in- tention: The minds of men inevitably turn to gquestions of statecraft, Lo written documents which in fair weather seem to be the guide of Humankind but which, in the storm of passion, are whisked into the a of strife and hatred. To these men he alone is great who devotes himself to the formulation of theories for the government of peoples. Other men bow down before mere knowledge. They assume that to know _is far more priceless than to be. They give gladly and ungrudgingly of thier love and + The new District government undér the territorial organization proceeded | vigorously wilh / | The District public improve- ments, and (his Later came the disclosure that the -so-called gold-making process was a fake, and the emifient American economist who had announced it had to make the painful admission that he had been be- sulled. Still, so many wonders have been accomplished in the chemical| The Missouri campaign is causing laboratories that there is no fixed |much comment, and some uneasiness, disbellef now in the possibility of a |In demacratic circles. change in the table of elements. There are democrats who wish it Undoubtedly research and invention | could be, and were, called off. That is than for th | stop 1o ex Wilsonism and Missouri. by millions, and hated by a-few. |worm good luck?” : an Mary replied, but her voice was|Printed the following . quiet. so that I do not know yet| “Visiters of intelligence rote wiih Whether a worm is §00d Juck or not. | admiretion the greai work of ini- | provement going on in this districl . . | Col. For . N e e of Ohio told a good story before the 8 . men in char; aoto . National Federation of Remedial Loan | here scem to have topen oo oePality Associations here last week. It is an | Haussman's book— Haussman, Louss or time America |old one, but was new to me, Napoleon's great engineer, wio maude public. He marks for u t and | baris the lovitest ity on the earth, & the land of opportunity. regard- | probably will be to many others. |and who is read -in the new Lrond less of mere birth. Let no man In the old days in London. Repre- |avenues of Pari, in the beantinck 2 o is so (@entative Burion said, the fee of bar- | tion of old and noisome streets, ¢ given heaith say that e 18 0 liisiers for a consultation was twenty. | noble roads, in the cssentials of handicapped he cannot reach a fai two shillings. It seems that a young | I sewerage, drainage and ventiis measure of success. Let him only :;rrmerhlm? given a consultation for | tion.” Col. Fitzgeraid of the t'h: verse clrcumstances of teen shillings. delphia City Item, who has been w ecall (heiaerar This breach of legal ethics could not | Washington, ~also describes with the martyred - y be allowed to pass unnoticed, so the | graphic hand the great work of | When Thomas Lincoin settied in | offender was called before a commit- | prevement ut the capital. The time Indiana, he built -himself a house |tee of his elders. will come when Gov. Cooke and @i with walls to the east. west and “The charge for a consultation is|associates, who have been loadén north, but with no wall to the |twenty-two shillings. vou well | with s0 much abuse and obloquy in south. He said the sun shone from -| know,” he was told. * the execution of (neir onerous (ask the south and helped to keep him | fifteen shillings is unethical.” will receive the thanks of a Erat¥ warm, and that of rarity a rain “Weil,” replied the young lawyer. |ful people. as well as the priises oY came from that direction. 1f out |“he only had fifteen shillings. and 1| thoughtful visytors, for the wori of such environment a boy could |t1ook all he had. That was ethical, | th have undertaken of making by faith, hcpe and honest living | was it not Washington the most beautiful and go to his martyrdom by way of CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. |aitractive city in America™” . the White House. surely there is no limit to the possibilities of ramgmen g oo | DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS ington a Greek temple to the menwr')‘l of l‘l‘llil "l“n. b'ho. not onl: new imself, ut new _ America: who loved not onl)k' his Strength of the Soviet Arm:; may be offered him. It is & ques: his ies. € of finding an arbitrator to sit on haret lhbe‘"xel:\:re of Diana at | LONDON.—According to the Paiis|mixed tribunal to decide wbout Ephesus was written the motto, |correspondent of the Times. the ver: |Festitution, compensation and i Abraham Lincoln was the typical American. By right of all he said and all he did, he remains the brightest star in the irmament of eatness. R Within his tall ungainly body and behind his homely face, there rested all the virtues of the re- American loyaity tc any man who seeks to dig_from mystic tomes the mi- crobe of learning. overshadowing an issue. A few live through the medium On the other hand are democrats{ ©f their emotions That which glad that the issue has been raised,| *0Bnds in syllabic sentences upon and hopeful of seeing it pressed to their auditory nerves and moves their passions for good or ill is the limit. They want a decisin as to| the thing they love best. For those who thus are made. greatness con- the power of Wilsonism in the party | mists of power Lo move masses of at this stage of the game. men by the matchless gift of ore- ‘Wilsonism Is undoubtedly the issue in Missouri. Mr. Long is most dis- tory. Still fewer. S0 few as to be scarcely numbered, are the divine who believe that all greatness is tinctly a Wilson man. His prominence arked by the ability fo consale i is due largely to Mr. Wilson's P e Nebnted. wuh oy tha wieh to set the prisoner free. With them philanthropy counts more than e ling oratory. Tho Reed men are saying that if Mr. Long is nominated and elected he will be a senator, not from Missouri, but from Wilson. Mr. Reed. of all democrats, is not a Wilson man. He does not owe his hing cannon or compel- y them none can lied great who does not love fellow men. * % x * be and serve h The world is wide. Its men and The total bill of reparations against Music Week. prominence to his stand against the ~Know Thyselt.” If I had my tathat TavatinbiiaTormntiin il nities to be granied to foreignc 5 4 3 gard- | | , Germany. under the terms of the Lon-| woupinceon 5 oo T e week e league of nations. but undoubtedly it| Yomen are ""::“:‘:’: '::';':_'v: 1 should write above the POrtals |ine the lans of Lentn.Troteks for the world” tributé_to Americs don ultimatum. - amounts o thirty-{ oo i B0l Al S eelal music in the| Democrats who rejoice at the nom-|was the Versailles pact which de-| pAtSF€T B8 SO SO 08 SLCRIC | of the temple in Washington | ved* arm provide as followe: tainly, certainly, but Mr. Taft. who thres billion dollars, -and conatitutes | oo B T o concert to.|ination of Beveridge and Pinchot are | veloped him in his strongest fighting | &0 “gtt Y NES0 UG | nave every achoolboy and school- | aniitery Service, with two or three | will dccupy one’ of he mesi i @ first lien on all German assets. The | jione a¢ the Central High School sta- |vidently of the sportsmanlike type,form. He poured out upon that im-| . . ifce to aid, another would not ar:uwaTe:arfld;:m%::fi There arc three ciasses (1599-1901) [ gerve some gratitude toward those o total of German wealth upon Whichigium or in the auditorium if rain pre. | that enjovs competition. strument the full measure of an| jy o finger. Men come and go sccomplished. row serving. All young men from | whom he owes it—also to the peopic : . - the age of seventeen receive mii- . this mortzagé lies 1s estimated at|yores tpo"onen o1 g uremblage, These e eloquent and combative equiPmeNt- | ypon the stage of life. Truly, they | _ With God over all and with the |ne, 355 00 Seveplesn feceive Wi | that he represents, twenty ions of dollars, or thirteen If Mr. Reed wins, Wilsonism® from | pave their entrances and their voung of America knowing Lin- |yeino called up. This instruction s We can only rejoice with you. E i two events will appropriately start a| A part of the Russian tragedy Is billion doliars less than the claim. If} oo jong musical expression by theidue to conditions which have long the loan it now is proposed to make ! pegpig of the capital, aided by organi-| existed, but which have only recently Germany is to be a 34th billion-| 5400y from elsewhera who are ten-|been revealed. i doltar lien on the twenty billions of | goring their services. | assets Americans wili not participate | qpe Music week of 1921 was in lhei D‘y"'h[_“fl“';‘ I'n PRICURY e in the loan to the extent of CODPEr | way of an experiment. It proved a |quiring the expenditure of some mid- pennies. If it ia desired that Ameri-| geided success artistically and as o {night ofl in reading -and’ writing van money shall be loaned to Ger-|meang of evoking community interest. | statutes. many in order that France and Bel-| on the basis of last vear's experience gium may collect reparations, the first {4y Liang for a second Music week of several necessary conditions is that | ngove heen prepared with greater as- the proposed loan shall constitute & |surance of general particlpation and lien on German assets prior to the |, higher standard. A more substan- general thirty-three-billion-dollar repa- | ¢ig} organization has been effected and rations lien. It is not @ gift horse|yng incidental c Pl S taat is being offered American in-|gnceed. oeta uar vestors, and not only are they going The public must help, however, to look the animal in the mouth, but| gerraving the expenses by cantribut- they are going to call in experts t0 iy to the fund through the purchase examine all its teeth with painstaking | o¢ programs and of membership tick- care before any more American dol- | gtg T¢ ia desirable that the largest Iap 878 pontito Witone: possible number attend st all of the e ) concerts, for the primary purpose of The_Independence Day Plans. Musie week is to to bring the people Organizing in good season. the citi- | together in musical appreciation. zens who are planning to conduct an| Another year and Washington may adequate celebration of Independence | be the scene of a veritable national day in Washington have startod well | musical jubilee. Organimations of note and ‘they sfiould recefye enthusiastic | have expressed a desire to come here support from all other residents of the | for such an occssion. It is impor- capital: ‘The .plans themselves “are } tant; therefore, to ahew in the present . not yet tully formulated, but they will | Week a genersl community interest doubtless be in time to permit a |by attendance at the concerts and by proper execution. personal participation in the pro- It is highly desirable that the na-| grams. ¢ tion’s birthday should be commemo- ————see— rated in ftting manner, by music.| The adventurss of a movie star oratory and display. It is proposed | show that an actor is net necessarily that this vear's program be carried out [as idealistic as the scenario writer in the Capitol grounds. Permission for | paints him. this will doubtless be granted if the citizens manifest sufficient interest and prepare & ‘suitable project. “The superintendent of the Capitol has ex- pressed his willingness. to co-operate. Such a plan as is broadly contem- plated will involve some expenditure and every dollar required to carry it into effect should be subscribed in ad- vance. ———————— Nene_of his critics can accuse the Atterney General of seeking to shilt a burden. of respousibility ' to other , sheulders. S complete elimination of grade cross- ——— e I tter of greal Enthusiasm - for disarmament is ‘:::.mn:; the h:tn::::’::a: likely to call attention to Japan not fatalities at these places are increas- as a peril, but as a peacemaker. ing annually. Last year 1.072 lives —————tE——— . while 4,818 persons were injured. All but & few of these accidenta invelved automebiles. coln and belleving In him, I would st - ! e may be be conten: that neither treachery |5\'R in tha c"l"""“'"“ “'“';’"m" one of the most curious rep t within nor assault from without |1t Was originally intended to be com- | sions of the Genoa conference is uj emporary, ever would lay low this govern- plete in ninety-six hours, but this | doubtedly the friendliness which [ ]peflod has been extended. has caused between Paris and Wusk- that time will lose some of its appeal elsewhere. If Mr. Reed lose fsm will be pressed more vigorously exits. Their pal marked by greatne: fleeting—greatness that may be thrust upon them. ment which he taught ‘was of the There are at present under the colors | ington. We know what & disasiroy: by the people and for the 000 ¢ 00! g B 4 b b Pactfls ook democrats who opposed Mr. Wilson in from 1.30! 0 1,500,000 men. Rus- | effect our mistakes at the Pacific cone anything while he was President will be made to pay the heaviest penalty possible for their temerity in the as- sertion of individual opinion. ——e e Prof. McClellan. 1s there a political come-back on the cards for George B, McClellan? Is a place to be made for him in Congress agein? Gossip to this effect is current in New York. Interrogated, the sub. ject of the story smiles it off. Still, you never can tell. Mr. McClellan is now Prof. McClel lan of Princeton University. He has a voting residence in New York eity, however, and is eligible if Tammany wants to recommission him for serv- ice in Washington. i But in the realm of recollection : sia s divided into thirteen districts. : ference had on American opinion. Ou as in the fleld of time, death, the |(Copyright, 1922 by Thomas B. Marshail)|each under an army commander. | aiiitude i1 the question of obiainiuy There is in addition the army of the | guarantees from the soviets hag e o . Caucasus, which is in occupation ol |caused complete reaction, and the R th Cl S ndependent” Transcaucasian re- | White House let the Quai @'Orsay ecru e ervice putlics. know that she was on our side |4 On January 1, 1922, the red army | this question. . consisted of thirty-four infantry di-| “This evolution can be explained alts ;- visions (some of them on a peace|by America's desire to find a start footing). twenty-two autonomous in- |point for her petroleum policy in l! sion can hold out the bait of high|fantry brigades and eighteen di-|Caucasus region. Some high, ve: pay to college graduates the salaries |visions of cavalry. A bolshevist [Ligh, personalities have been busy must be available. However, the|division on a war footing consists |They were able to show the Presider difficulties are not insurmountable, |of 46,000 men, and on a peace foot- |that the real pivot of American ac- o says. ing of 15,000 to 21.000. A cavalry|tion between the Casplan and ihe Undoubtedly the departments and |division contains 9,500 men and 9.800 | Black sea was France, who possessed bert D. Brown, chief of the United|\ndependent establishments could be |horses. An infantry division in time |already considerable interests in 3 ) induced to make many calls on alof war consists of three brigades,|those regions. Evervihing was known States bureau of efficiency, in his re- | register representing first-class ad- |each consisting of three regiments of {in the Standard circles of Col. Boyle y i ————tt—————— I Differences of opinion as todaylight- saving may yet cause the time of day to be regulated by gentiemen’ ment. Recruiting in the colleges and uni- vergities and in business life to get the best possible talent for Uncle Sam’'s workshop is one of the prin- After being pardoned Mr. C. W, in | Morse bas to keep on looking around for excuses. SHOOQTING STARS. cipal recommendations made by Her- ministrative ability. And such abil- | three battalions of three companies, |dealings with the Anglo-Persian i ity could be recruited, he tells the|a regiment of cavairy of four squad- (the Royal Dutch. Not only were the President and Congress, through an |rons, nine field batteries of four guns |essential conversations known that J examination for ‘“executive aid” de-|each, three batteries of howitzers. |were carried on in London with Kraes signed to test stringently the capac- {three batteries of heavy artillery, sine, but aiso the preparations fok ities of young men and women about | battalion of engineers, a liaison bat- [carrying out the program for deve to graduate from American colleges |talion and the usual appurtenances. |oping the property controlled by and universities. No effort, however, Part of the staff belong to the im- |group. This program is very simplie has been made in this direction. perial army. There are in the red |It consisted in absorbing neighboring * o ok % army 230 generals who fought in the | properties. But this is an expensiy ‘war with this ran! of them were |operation. e former Russian pri!® Few private enterprises which have | formerly at the war academy. prictors. who knew the value of thess the duty of hiring every year large! Twenty per cent of the officers were |soil, made enormous pretensions % numbers of employes, both clerical [in the old army: of the remainder |wax necessary to come Lo an agrciy poin: v the ‘soviets, 60 per cent |ment with them. The only meuns wi and professional, would be content tolare peasants and 20 per cent work- |to recognize the right of the sovies® »it back and consider only those ap- |men. Discipline is extremely severe. to incorporate private property 1nng vlicants who happened to ask for| There are in Russia 158 prepara-lone general group. When this prit q ory schools for officers. one finish-|ciple was admitted, profitable appi o e oy sarly all commerclal and in- | ing’ course for each division, twelve |cations were nothing but child's piust ustrial concerns which employ many | higher army schools. seven academies | “Unfortunately, the mancuver faileik thousands of people work actively to [ for staff and special technical in-|It was too palpable. But then these secure employes of ability and{|Struction. and one course of higher{intrigues and plans clash aguinst § nGn e 1he s ¢ por.|Studies for generals. ast ycar more |necessity superior 1o all calculation P ployment pol- | than 64,000 students passed through |And it was an Englishman of great icies of private concerns vary a|the various courses. he total army |talent who safd the right word about great deal, it has been found in gen- | Which could be mobilized is estimated |the situation at the plenary Sessiog eral, the hureau of efficiency report | to number 6,000,000 men. of the conference. ‘Genoa’' he Uee to the President stresses, that the two | Besides this active army, there are |ciared, ‘will be another siep towaid most successful methods of recruit- | territorial and communist formations | progress, but without America's €o/- ing able employes are: which will bring the regular army |laboration the resolutions which wiil First—Selection from the graduat- |Up to strength &nd furnish units of {be voted will be without effect.” ing classes of public, business and |their own. This territorial army is| “This is quite true. And it was bes | technical schools and from universi- | bmsed on compulsory military in-|cause Tchitcherin was fully aware of ties and colleges. struction for all citizens before and |this and because he knows t Second—The maintenance of lists| after their period in the regular |ings of the Washingion governmend or records of persons proficient in|army and the formation of units in|with regard to our attitude that ng, particular lines. each locality. A village supplies a|wrote to M. Barthou. “ A wide-awake employment mana- | section, a eanton & company, & dis- | "“Had he not seen behind the Frenc# ger of a large bank, for example, will | trict a battalion. As for the com- [delegu!ion the shadow of Uncie Sanf ve records showing practically | munists, after their time in the regu- joutlined in gold - Y %ood baking man in his feid. | lar army bas expired they are form. | A chemical concern which hires a|ed into special units to be used STeat many chemists will know the | either as pretorian troops or as part nmuolTn( ths chemical fleld thor- | of the territorials in event of mnh-| LONDON.—The Paris correspondent R inas aies DL thepy liats de- ¢ liizstion. of the Daily Mail wires that the ipon eir completeness and The weak part of the red army is AR tat { the first consed upon the care with which they are|fts lack of material. It has not|Auto s ":h"“f Le ? the th kept eurrent, so that when the or-|enough rifles or fleld guns to arm K Juences of the Signature of 1he tre fuluun- needs & man for any par- | 3,000,000 men. Supplies and clothing | o' B % = A g B ltulx: Job, it can u-mmun.{y as—|are more or less non-existent, and !&uguration of an Berlin and Moscow. Negotiationg what men are avallable and [the condiiion of the transport would e Ao aoing on Tov ans st B ha o but no_ formal engagement bad been taken ussia, as ussia’'s polic Americs and Genoa. ras mot at that time euMciently dp PARIS. — Writing in Le c-bu-lnnea. The treaty between Russia adif port to President Harding on the Civil Service Commission. The commission. he points out, h the task of filling thousands of va- canies every year. It has been con- tent to assume a passive attitude, merely anpouncing examinations and dates, because normally there are many more applicants than govern- ment positions to fill. During the world war the commi sion was forced actively to interest clerical workers in government em- ployment, and undertook new forms of adveftising. Since the armistice conditions have reverted nearly to BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. + [Endlesa Investigation. ‘Way back in old Egyptian days The leaders of the nation Arranged in certain formal ways For an investigation. He entered politics as a protege of Richard Croker soen after leaving school, and made a creditable place for himself in the House here. The gossip of that day associated big things with him. He was to go in time from the House to the mayoralty of New York, from that office to the governorship of New York, and from that office was to be elevated to the presidency of the United States. The first lap of the journey marked out was made. Mr. McClellan went from the House to the city hall in New York. But by that time Richard Croker had retired from the leader- ship of Tammany, and Charles F. Murphy had taken the place. Mr. MoClellan and Mr: Murphy did not hit it off well together; and in-| nur: l stead of going from the city hall to ?“': A ¥ ....'I’""““" examina- Albany Mr, McClellan went into re-| “Wwi ithin the last yi or two the tirement, and has remained there. He |commission has sent speeial “letter has not offered for office since. to colleges and universities to secure ‘the c0-0] of faculty members He is now fifty-seven years old, has | who will bring theése notices to the at- several books to his credit, and seems S e e to enjoy the life of an educator. S, | 50" Sl fgr tnege posi he enjoyed political life while he led | The bureau of efelency contends it, 3nd is not too old to enjoy it egain. | that the Civil Service Commission He is an intellectual man of a high!should try to find the most promi ¥rade, snd stands high otherwise,|ing young men and women, as well ‘While ordiparily not, associable with | as ‘executives of proved business ef- Tammany honors, he is the sort of | ficiency, to run Uncle Sam’s business, man Tammany is sometimes glad to|It has not of its own initiative make way for, and finds useful in for. | found ways of rendering government warding its better purposes. service attractive to the more en- .| terpri and better gualified youns I A ;:? lle.,' Brown p!lnu out. Hs, 1If some of the fears are well foyng. | SoDiTa! ' (h:n:;nonwu” that e there will be o resson for even|§iino a year' with whet the Britlsh the ardent admirer of sensationaligm |civil service call “administrative to go out of his way to find thrills in | §4,250. In the same connection he l The testimony was made known, ' And then the day's proceeding In hieroglyphs was carved on stone In shape for future reading. And even now the students view That slab with close attention, And try to understand anew Detalls of the dissension. tions which are for the most part tacked up in post offices and on'the bulletin boards of colleges. Tho: in public places are read generally by persons out of & job who have no par- ticular competence for the position advertised. Notices are also sent to 2,500 business colleges, 0 libraries by the hundreds to schools and PR :rll medicine, They meet opinions to extend Concerding the translation; ‘There isn't really any end To an investigation. France wants Germany to be prompt in paying reparations as she is in meeting the ex-kalser's beard bills. Not Inquisitive. 'Did you ever buy a vote?" ‘Never,” replied- 8enator Sorghum. “But, of course, I.am not in & position to cross-question my political friends as to what they shall do with their money. ¢ 20t The Grade Crossing Score. President Harding in a letter to the American Railway Asaociation on the subject of grade crossings expresses the people's hope for the elimination of danger spots. He recognizes the fact: that the extent of the. country and of its railroad mileage makes the ¥ Berlin to Moscow Air Line. . Jud Tunkins says the police are so strict about gambling. that the only ehance to lose your money is to pla: bridge whist. 3 normal. * k x % It broadcasts notices of examina- Musings of 3 Motor 5 *"Hertense i# much battered. The crash was immense. Her wits became scattered And so did Hortense. ® Musical Values: ‘Chipmunk Charley says he can re- member when Crimson Guleh could have been bought for'a song.” ‘are open to offers. prevent serious warlike operations. * Xk k% The Civil Service Commission hag developed neither of these lines of endeavor with any degree of thor- oughness. While “Wh uestions of petroleum -are 9 e When sasminations for the more | sgirating our statesmen. the United | oxte ot . Corminero. ator 14 specialized proféssional and technical | States is approaching little by Tittle ; the formation of a company with ponitions are to be held, the commis- | 8nd coming every day nearer the lists | capital of 5,000,000 marks. sion should be In & position to send | LS the. sm.liu:nn( the big and| The principai object of this com . | Germany has brought matters to gramme, Hyacinthe Philouze, its po- |G B N e litical editor, say: signed between the representative: . + which Ead bees crowded with func- tiena social and Gther, was aaked the class,”. where the entrance salary is h } pany will be the establishment of ! other. After havi left the Euro-|umerial postal service three times i 736 kin- L yaL." . fomplinter - Custs r cases. ises that the commercial con- -7 PHMAL SR sheut A ued: ] Joe, “if you refer to the price of one mo‘ e B t g.m,:"l“ combing the colleges and fbut. ividuals ve the saieet at Genon, Dnele iun“h?:nl;: Moscow, via J.u'}'-’b':?:"...f’a"\'-"'i.&"" ¥ people upon his return hame, &nd re- P of them Chlcago grand opera songs:"| - 5 e % making good - to abler grad- Iy interested. This and is only walting for| A message from Geneva states thy plied: “I saw nothing in America. To 3 et o ‘Russian ~ politics has somewhat | wates. it need: t m;- grab the bas. | another great transeuropean -fi‘ know & ‘people’ one must go''iii the | Axed line, while the ‘motor can be de-| - “Beems to me, sajd; Uncle Eben, | fretted Genon by reminders in one CaIsnion BY o uu.km..”‘ wd: fibe v i Javmrwe jof Sovmation: 1Y ai o to obey a | way or another that in pelitics loose 1 ulfl.- : the other, morals make it difficult to-seeure -a | sxamination “"‘m- B £ Born, - Zirich, fleoted. Naturally it fs up.to the