Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1922, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON. D. C. FRIDAY August 4, 1922 THEODORE W. NOYES. ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company The Evening Star. with the Sunday moralng. edition, s delivered by carriers within the city at 60 cents per month: dally only, 45 cents per 20 cents per month. OF- all or telephone Maln rrlers at the Rate by Mail—FPayable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1.mo., 70¢ Daily only 1yr.. $6.00; 1 mo,, 50c Sunday on 15r., $2.40; 1 mo., 20c All Other States. Daily and Sunday.. Taily -1 $10.00: 1 mo., 85¢ $7.00: 1 mo.. 60c 1 mo.. 25¢ More British “Muddling.” The more British statesmen try to explain Lord Baifour's interallied debt note addressed to the debtor nations the stronger the arguments they pro- duce in support of the American po- sition. Whatever may have bheen the motives which inspired the note, it is becoming Increasingly plain, even to Englishmen, that the maneuver was a blunder, and blunders in diplomacy always are difficult to ex- plain. Mr. Asquith mfidly criticizes the note and Mr. Lloyd George, almost as mildly, retorts that Mr. Asquith's crit- icism is “unhelpful.” Both are mild with that brand of iildness which overcomes men when they are called upon to handle deadly explosives. There is very manifestly a disposition in Downing street and at Westmin- ster to say as little about the note as possible. but even the little which cannot escape being said tends only 1o make a bad matter worse. Consideration for the British tax paver is the keynote of Mr. Ll George's plea in abatement. Tt unjust, he argues, that the Britisn taxpayer should be called upon to surrender a dollar of his claims against others, unless he is forgiven a corresponding dollar of the claims which others hold against him. The fact is utterly lost upon the prime minister, or brushed aside as inconse- quential, that in such an offsetting es he thinks desirable the American owes no dollars and. there- . ch dollar of British debt he forgave would represent a total loss. He loses sight. also, of the fact that a very considerable proportion of the debts owed to the British gov- ernn doubtful collectibility, and that pro- posing to cancel these in return for cancellation of the perfectly valid end collectible cliims which the United States holds against Great Britain, is very much like offering to exchange bad money for good. He might almost as well offer to pay off the British debt to America in Rus- sian paper rubles, and be done with it. Americans, with exceptions so few @s to be almost negligible, never have been able to see why Great Britain should not pay her debt in full. They know that in the peace settlement Great Britain obtained, outright and through mandates. control over ter- ritories of incalculable value, while the United States neither asked nor was offered any share of the booty. They know that, in spite of the in- debtedness of which Mr. lenyd George complains, the British empire is vastly richer today than it was before the war, or would have been had the war | not been fought, and they are unable | to reconcile this acquisition of great wealth with pleas for a remittance of debts contracted in acquiring it. Now that the British government has of- ficially enunciated the doctrine of quid pro quo in so matter-of-fact a manner, even those few who were inclined to write the British deht off the books are likely to change their minds. ————————— 1t is stated that Ambassador Harvey will entertain in London next winter. Whether as an official engaged in after-dinner speaking or as an editor coining effulgent phrases, Mr. Harvey always entertains. ——————————— There is no doubt that the daily ennouncement that the end of the strike is near will eventually prove a | reliable prediction. —_— e ——e———————— Tt is evidently difficult to settle a rike on a “forgive-and-forget" basis. The Death Penalty. Expression of opinion by the su- perintendent of the District Denal institutions, in the course of his an- nual report, that capital punishment : is of doubtful value as a deterrent, will revive the movement for the abolition of the death penalty in this jurisdiction. There is a strong public sentiment in favor of ‘Whether it is in the majority or the minority is not known. In any case, however, public opinion in this com- munity will not necessarily prevail if the matter is brought to the point of decislon, for that decision rests) with Congress and not with the community. The actions of Congress in matters pertaining to the District do not always reflect the District’s sentiment. Supt. Moyer’s belief in the efficacy of capital punishment is not as strong- ly expressed as his disapproval of hanging as the mode of that punish- ment. He is emphatic in his denuncia- tion of hanging as “especially abhor- rent.”” In this he undoubtedly ex- presses the feelings of practically all, regardless of the major question. For many years the prevailing sentimert in this community has been favorable to a change of the mode of legal execution. Some, indeed, on the other hand, have favored retention of the rope as the agency of punishment because it is so repulsive that they " hoped it would hasten the abolition of capital punishment altogether. For quite a long period the courts have been pronouncing imprisonment penalties rather than executions for capital crimes in this jurlsdiction. Juries have had a wider range of de- termination and have rendered ver- dicts of less grades of guilt than those fhat necemsarily call for death pen- Americans | abolition. | n 1 alties. some years ago would have led to execution have been punished by im- prisonment of from twenty years to llife. Thus the courts have, through |the modification of the laws, been working awasy from capital punish- ment. Stili, certaln crimes remain on the calendar for which no other pen- alty may be prescribed. It has been questioned whether any form of punishment is really a de- terrent. Capital crime is almost always | the result of inflamed passionk. Rare- ly is it planned witi®cold deliberation. When the killing spirit is aroused it works, as a rule, without regard for the consequences. The dellberate ‘mur- derer, who plots his crime with care |to conceal his identity, whether mo- | tivated by revenge or gain or jealousy, necessarily considers the possibility of death following detection and cor- viction. But if he thinks he can slay without discovery he s not likely te ;be checked by the prospect of the | gellows rather than that of the long prison term. Such a mind is not definitely affected by the difference between death and imprisonment in the event, figured as remote, of de- tection. Society can only justify capital pun- ishment on the ground that it is a protection. Therefore the question is. Does it protect? This must be to ia cortaln extent merely a matter of opinion. Statistics may aid in form- ling a judgment. 1f this matter is to jbe considered seriously with regard to a possible change of the law here it should be studied sclentifically with reference to the records and with a careful consideration of the psychol- jogy of crime. Gambling Here and There. Much furious indignation is ex- pressed on the Maryland side of the | District bounda at the complaints {that have been voiced regarding the gambling dives that have lately been flourishing in that jurisdiction. There are denials and again there are ques- itions and still again there are admis- sions with “tu quoque” accompani- ment. But the “tu quoque’—which in plainer parlance s *“you're an- other"—rejoinder has nothing to do iwith the case. It may be true that there is gambling in Washington. “1t is, indeed, painfully true. There is handbock making here, and on some of the streets of this city, in full view of the officers of the law, crowds as- semble to watch the bulletined returns from horse races that are run simply as a means of promoting one of the biggest gambling games in the coun- try. Why these places &re not closed by the police is not clear. The same sentiment in Washington that looks for reform in Maryland through the nt are utterly worthless or of | exercise of police power and enforce- ment of the law looks for the same degree of reform in the District by exercise of the same power. The only | aifference at present is that these places in Maryland are even more dangerous to the public welfare than {those that semi-surreptitiously exist on this side of the boundary. Indeed. one reason why Washington is now demanding action in Maryland to cleanse these foul spots is the hope that this course may lead to a clean- up here in the city. The Maryland dives—to apoly to them a name that seems to be particularly obnoxious to some sensitive spirits—are operated almost exclusively for the mulcting {of Washingtonians. Residents of this |city form the big bulk of the patron- {age. They are accommodated with {free transportation to and from the !places across the ilne, motor cars !starting on schedule from certain lat these places are crooked. That Is not the point. The matter of most {moment is that large sums are—or were until the lights were dimmed when the exposure started—nightly | wasted by people of this city who can 1l afford to lose anything and whose losses are almost Invariably pro- ductive of demoralizing resuits and often painful sufferings by others. It, of:course, behooves the District to clean its own house in this matter. | It has been trying to do so for years. !But for some reason that has never ibeen satisfactorily determined the local courts is so slow as to be vir- 'lunll}' ineffective. Whoever is at fault, the fact is that through delays iby one expedient and another these cases drag until witnesses are scat- tered and evidence is lost and the { conviction is impossible. b There is, of course, no excuse what- ever for the Maryland county au- thoritles to hesitate about vigorous and sincere prosecution of these illegal { establishments, just as there is no ;("un(‘?lvahle excuse for the District authorities to flag In their pursult of the same kind of lawbreakers here. Let the two go together to make a clean-up of the gamblers and Wash- ington will be safer, happler and more prosperous. ———————————— The poet who some years ago wrote a poem about “The Man With the Hoe"” should produce something ebout the man with the shop hammer or the man with a coal shovel, only in a more hopeful and inspiring key. ———————— ! The wool tariff has demonstrated that as a political figure the sheep |cnnnot hope to enjoy the popularity of the elephant or the donkey. ———————— ‘Wage earners who lose seniority benefits cannot look to the labor or- ganizations that compelled a strike for indemnity in this respect. Auditorium Work Starts. Actual work on the new auditorium will start almost immediately. The site 18 how in process of clearing, the having started yesterday. Thus a tangible evidence is afforded of the practical 'nature of this enterprise, which has been so long delayed by various causes and which is so im- portant a factor for the public welfare of Washington. Speed Is to be made in all the phases of the work. There is good reason for hastening the construction. For next spring one of the largest assem- blages of which Washington was ever the scene will be held here in the annual convention of the Order of the Mystic Shrine, end the hope is that U LT Ha A B A A e SR RS Repeatedly homicides that ’ | points in this city. There is no sug-{ gestion thus far that the games played ; prosecution of gambling cases in the; razing of the occupying buildings|’ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY the auditorium will be ready tor use by that time. There is no calculating the loss that Washington has suffered tor lack of {a proper auditorfym or convention hall. Repeatedly the claims of the lkacul committees seeking the choice 1of the capital as a meeting place by national organizations have been ad- mitted only to be again denied on the ground that Washington had no suita- ble place for a large meeting. The attractions of the city could not be questioned. No other city, indeed, could offer so many or such remarka- ble advantages as a convention site save in this one respect of a place of assemblage. Now that defect is to be remedied and a place is to be provided where socleties and assoclations, unions and lcagues, organizations of all sorts of a national character, can hold their meetings as guests of Washington. Moreover, this establishment will be of valuable use locally. For Washing- ton holds meetings of its own fre- quently and has in the past suffered in its expression of civic spirit by the lack of proper quarters. The building that has been planned by the enter- prising citizens who have organized for this purpose will meet the needs both of the community and of fits guests. There can be no doubt that ithey will press the enterprise to the earliest possible completion with the same vigor that they have shown in organization. Miss Robertson’s Success. Miss Robertson’s renomination is a triumph of grit. While a good re- | publican, she has shown independence within the limits of partisanship and done her own thinking in the House. Naturally, she has made some ene- mies, and they exerted themselves against her in the Oklahoma primary. But she accepted their challenge, re- ferred to and stood on the record, and 80 has won the indorsement of her republican constituents. As is known, Miss Robertson en- tered politics reluctantly. She pre- ferred private life. She had succeeded there and was asking nothing better than to continue that success. Her party drafted her and she profited by the high republican tide of 1920. In politics and in office she has come to like both, and so offered for renomination, and now offers for a second term. Thus is shown again the_ lure of the game. It influences all who come within its reach. Men have long sur- rendered to it, and, now that women are within reach, they are surrender- ing, too. Now for election. Miss Robertson must muster her forces at the polls in November. This will be a warm year in Oklahoma as elsewhere. The ijfisht for control of the Sixty-eighth { Congress promises to be a hummer. |A good deal of business will awalt the attention of that body, and upon its transactions will depend, in some measure, the result of the next presi- { dential election. t One of the few organizations that have not attempted to exert an influ- ence in politics is the Boy Scouts. The fact that each of the lads hopes {to be President some day favors an ;amtude of neutrality. # There is a natural inclination on the part of every individual to de- nounce any expression of opinion with { which he disagrees as some kind of propaganda. l | Financlal discussions pertaining to ithe war continue to emphasize the fact that, like most demonstrations of jits kind, it cost more than it was | worth. i | The polsoners in New York were not content to wait for the natural iprocess of dyspepsia in claiming its victims. \ German marks have receded In value so rapldly that counterfeit money will soon be rated at par. i indicate that his medical doctors are { better than his legal advisers. Pancho Villa may yet be tempted to quit the farm and show Mexico what a real bandit is like. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Jewels. A weary woman paused tc tend The flowers near the cottage door, And to each blossom seemed a friend, ‘Who learned to love them more and more. “I have no gem! she gently sighed, “Yet gems I truly crave no less Than yon fair lady in the pride Of her luxurious loveliness. / “But these bright blossoms gleaming fair, ‘Which simple love and toil secure, eflecting colors rich and rare— ‘These are the jewels of the poor.” Process of Elimination. There are two sides to-every ques- tion,” said the censeryative man.” “That's true,” replled Benator Sor- ghum. “But there is only one side to the right answer.” The Unattainable. Jud Tunkins says & circus poster illustrates some folks' idea of a beau- Itlful world and a happy existence. Musings of a Motor Cop. Hortense Magee deserves applause For courtesy so true; At railway crossings she will pause And murmur, “W you!” Impressed, but Not Stimulated. “Your boy Josh gives orders to the hired men in a very impressive man- ner.” . 2 “Yes,” replied, Farmer Corntossel “but they don’'t do much work. They seem to think thew're gettin’ paid for bein’ Josh's audience.” - ——— | “Most everybody dat comes around Lenin's physical convalescence would | EMPER COWING, who pre- sides over the pictorial service of Harris & Ewing, was lunching at the Willard the other day with C. B. Huntre and some other friends when he hap- pened to hear one of those far- reaching whispers that carry & greater distance than the utterer in- nd the words spoken were ‘He is either an artist or a musician or a member of some lega- tion; you can always tell them.” The fair one was partly right, as Cowing is a musiclan of no small ability. * kX % % ENOR TELLEZ, charge d'affaires, he is E. T. Clark, secretary to Wlice President Coolld, ‘When you visit he asks you is, “Do you want the Vice President to make & speech?” If your reply in the negative he ap- pears greatly relleved. Hardly a day passes but that Mr. Clark does not recelve from o to fifty requ from people who want the Vice Pr dent of the United States to addre: some gathering. *x kxS ECRETARY OF LABOR JAMES J. DAYVIS is one of the most athletic cabinet members that has been in ‘Washington for some time, and if Mexlcan legation, wears a bright- er smile than he did a year ago. The mile increases as the chances for rec- ognition grow day by day. This Mex- ican diplomat has done much in bring> Ing about a better understanding be- tween the two countries. * Ok ok X EARD in a Connecticut avenue car last Sunday. First Jady: “Did you ever stop and think that, of all the things that were said by Mrs. Astor and Mrs. Asquith when they were here, not a_single speech con- tained anything that was of a con- structive nature?” Second lady: “And neither of them know how to wear clothes like we American women do.” * kK % ABHINGTON'S Damon and Pyth- ias, Dr. Paul Bartsch and John B. Henderson, have for a long time past spent their vacation periods in research work; both of these citizens set an example for many other young rich men to follow. * k% K ENATOR PAT HARRISON greatly enjoys baiting members of the republican majority in the Senate, but, despite this fact, he is extremely popular with the republicans. T HERE {s one man in the Senate who is always on his guard, a man you never can catch napping— Exchange Between the President and J. Cleve Dean. That the position taken by Presi- dent Harding In his letter to J. Cleve Dean, refuting the latter's allegation that the government was essaying compelling men to work against their wills, establishes a precedent that will be useful in future labor troubles is the opinion of most of the editorial writers of the country. They brush #side the contention of President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor that a “man of straw"” had been erccted for the Presi- dent's henefit, and argue that, re- gardless of Dean’'s identity, it was sound wisdom on the part of the President to reiterate that, while there was no law which would com- pel forced labor, there also was no law to preyent men laboring who de- sired to labor, and that such men were entitled to adequate protection in doing so. The Dean telegram also, many papers believe, afforded a badly needed opportunity for the President to make plain that the government would “play no favorites” in labor disputes. b notably important part of the lPrelldam.‘l telegram, the Buffalo Times pointed out, “is its denial of any governmental coercion, the mes- sage defining the government's pur- pose as simply to prevent lawlessness and violence.” The letter, also, the Providence Tribune is convinc ‘a deserved rebuke to those men who would entangle partisan politics with & national cris is an honest and sincere express: of desire to bring the coal and rail strikes to a fair and statement of the administration’s position toward both strikes. The big, outstanding feature of President Harding's dealings with the strike: has been his sense of fairness, a de sire to see justice given to both skl a spirit of impartiality, all far abc {the unwarranted attack of J. Cleve i Dean.” The Springfleld Republican s cer- taln that American labor will not be placed under the gun n the sense of { compelling it or any part of it to be employed against its will, There will be no ‘revolution’ on that score. On the other hand, the policy of protec- | tion of American labor in its right {to work is a failure so far as the actual productlon of coal is concern- ed. The time seems to have come for says that “if the farmer, too, strike against decision of a govern- ment tribunal the news of it has not got_eround to us. This attempt to rag the farmer into a partisan atti- tude in a controversy in which he along with the rest of the general public is the suffering third party is ridiculous. Government is neither for one group of another, It must recog- nize no class, neither capital nor la- bor, farmer, mechanic nor manufac- turer, when the common interest is imperiled and the questions at issue are debatable. The government that does favor one side or another, and that 1s willing to let its legally au- thorized agencies be flouted by group interests is no government at all, “The interchange,” in the opinien of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, is "a melancholy sparring that does not touch the controversy as it stands today. The government's emphasis needs to be brought back to the point it occupled three weeks ago, to the composing of difterences by arbitra- tion instead of to their elimination by a destructive war of attrition.” But the Albany Knickerbocker Press believes that “it cannot truthfully be contended that-the President has not done all In his power to obtain a sottlement of the disputes that will be satisfactory to all; he leaves the door still open. But he Is the Presl dent of all the people and when the public's existence is at stake he must and will move. The Hartford Times also is con- vinced that “if the acts of the gov- ernment appear to the strikers to interfers with their freedom it is| only because the difference between the two positions is that the rallroad workers exercise their rights of freedom In seeking to hinder the necessary transportation of the country notwithstanding the provi- sion made by law for the considera- tion of any Jjust grievance. The President’s admirable statement of the fundamental issues . involved should be read by every Amerfcan citizen. “Mr. Harding speaks in his letter,” the Baltimore Sun suys, “with a vigor and spirit that rarely characterize his utterances. He may almost be said to have put on his ighting clothes to write it. Mr. Harding, while still urg- ing arbitration, says he ready to £0 to the mat with any challenger on the fundamental issue of personal freedom if it is forced upon him. On that ground he occupies an invincibl position. Let us hope that his actio; will speak as loudly and decisively do his words to this labor leader.” tion that has developed demands sane educational leadership in every neigh- borhood. The President’s letter to the 1abor swashbuckler propagandist fur- nishes a good beginning for, what should he a systematic crusade under- taken everywhere by Americans of intelligence to put down falsehoods interests of truth, democracy In this. same connection -Dispatch is con: fmpartial conclusion, and is a definite | some afternoon you watch J. J. and Assistant Secretary of Labor Hen- ning swimming in the Y. M. C. A. tank you will note that “Jim,” as he is called by his thousands of friend: possesses a physique that denotes great strength. * k ¥ % F you want to see a government employe that lly works, one that Jabors from early morn until late at night, you want to drop in the of- fice of Ralph Sollitt, assistant to Chairman Lasker of the Shipping Board. The political powers that be reached out thelr long arms, and, dip- ping down into the republican na- tional committee, lifted Sollitt from his chair in the Munsey building and plunked him down at a desk in the Shipping Board. That. their choice was & wise one is evidenced by the great amount of satisfactory work that he has performed since joining Lasker’s forces. ERC IR P AJ. HICKAM, air service, United Btates Army, is Intensely inter- ested In aviation. About the only time he spares from his desk in the Muni- tions building is on a Saturday after- noon when the Griffmen play at the Georgla avenue lot. Hickam runs Gen. Lord, director of the budget, a cfose second for thirty-third-degree base ball fan honors. EDITORIAL DIGEST vinced -that the President’s letter “is the cleanest, clearest, most concise ex- position of the strike situation made. It places the entire before the country and It neither operators, employers nor workmen in a very enviable light. ‘When these several classe: ol ent times through the progre: long negotiations in which the gov- ernment has attempted to bring about a state of e, refused to accept the fair propositions made by the Pres! dent, they damned thelr own cause with the people. The pot is as black as the kettl The reply of the President will have force In all future controversies of this character, the Kansas City Jou: nal belleves, because “it Jeaves abs lutely unanswerable the fundamental jcontention that. as all men have the right to quit their work, all men have the equal right to work and that those who deny that right are not only without the pale of statute law, con- strued by the Lighest tribunals of the ,land. but subvert the foundation prin- ciples of American institutions.” And “it was high time.” the New York Herald says. “that the President of the United States called to account the recklessly irresponsible and cafllously unscrupulous bearers of false witne: against the government's policies, while the New York World argues that “Mr. Harding shows good com- mon sense in making it plain that there was no Issue of patriotiam in the coal strike or the railroad strike, and that, so far as he is concerned, there Is no dispute about the loyal Ameri- can citizenship of the men who have quit work. Linking Up the Roads. | There was a day, not very far back, when vislon In road bullding w: about as broad as a man's farm or a community’s Interest. methods and political pull, not yet a memory, were a big part of the ac- cepted order. Then it became po: ble to see to the county limits and still later it gradually was revealed {to another might be a convenience to a reasonable number of travelers. Thus emerged the idea of state s tems, It has remained for recent months, however, to bring into potential exist- ence a vast system of national or in- terstate at in a few years may reasonably be expected to lie, like long ribbons of white, across every section of the country struction of railway isn't a dream, but a thing of national statute, provided for in the federal highway act of last November and now rapidly assuming form through co-op- eration ‘of the state highway depart- Iments with the United States bureau of public roads. The eystem will comprize more than 175,000 miles, 7 per cent of the entire mileage of United Of this amount three-sevenths will be composed of interstate roads, the remainder to make up connecting state systems. There is state and fed- eral money enough in hand or in sight to start the actual work, and nearly all the states now have submitted to the national bureau plans for the sec- tions of road that will go into the i terstate system. And the bureau seelng to it that the sections meet at the state lines. No federal aid will be allowed on any highway which does not fit into the general scheme of a national or state system. This is vision in road building, bound- ed only by the limits of the country it- self. It will mean results in the shape of roads that link up and lead soms ‘where and bring service to all !flnn 2 favored few.—Kansas mes. it might be worse. Suppose th and the mosquito ha Dtln .'..'.'.Z working hours.—Birmingham News. ‘We can't recall a single instance ot an American who stayed at home ;zteln‘ killed in Mexico.—Richmond em. rather [l “Let's go,” was an excellent war slogan, but it is playing thunder with home life in America—St. Joseph News-Press. Having new glands put in m lengthen one's life, but It lensthens e space one gets on the front Harttord Times. pags, that way. of course, the other man' daughter who is a flapper.—~Nash- ville Banner. In - Washington they're trylng to teach traffic cops to be polite. Next they'll be trying to teach con men and senators to be quiet.—Rock Island Argus. o go to London and back, first claks, costs about $500. course, you can etay at home and get it of a bootlegger for a little less.—Ana- conda Standard. Every farmer should have an auto- mobile to enable his family to get away from home Sunday morning be- fore two friends can motor in on them.—Toledo Blade. Japanese soldiers, we gre informed, have Increased two inches in height since meat was added to their diet. Probably trying to stretch up to the price.—New Orl Item. Theatrical “papers reports from London have it that the English ac- R AP rer hers s i wi in for-that—Dayfon News. = i ; - Pork barrel i | : AUGUST 4, 1922. his office about the first question that { | that roads leading from one county | a o Ox for the values LINES—WO Lot Two—A Good' Assortment of Women's 2-Strap Pumps and Oxfords $3.85 109" Andrew Betz, Manager 1334 F Street G Be and Mohairs we have Come here tomorrow, your size and the style and that you want, and take home three of these wonderful bargains—three of them for the price of one suit— TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. All-Wool Suits That Sold from $25 to $50 $,19.75 $24.75 - $JR 75 Some of Them With 2 Pairs of Pants $19.75. Don’t worry as here—get here early and Some Bargains, Aren’t They? NOW COME WE’LL BE OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY UNTIL 9 P.M. CONVENIENT, ISN'T IT? 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