Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1922, Page 4

£ CLARKE STARTLES POLITICAL CIRCLES Revival of League Issue, as Democrats Soft-Pedal It, Causes Surprise. G. 0. P. MAY ALTER PLANS Ex-Justice Joining Cox Fight Like- 1y to Force Administration to Closer Relations With Europe. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Revival of the league of natious as an Issue, the flat statement that the clection of 1920 was not a verdict against the league and that a man must be sought to lead public opinion on this question would have passed by political Washington as of sec- ondary importance today were it not for the fact that John H. Clarke, re- cently resigned as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, issued a public statement em- bodying those sentiments. Jir. Clarke's resignation was unex- pected, and so is his public appeal at a4 time when former Gov. Cox, who returned recently from kEurope, sees the political wisdom of soft-pedaling the league as an issue just before the congressional elections and ~ when democrats generally prefer to focus attention on the work of the repub- lican Congress o 1dependent spirit of Justice Cla s appeal is what attracted at- tention. intimate te Most people here in democratic affairs were at a loss to interpret the statement. They didn’'t know whether it signified a break with former Gov. Cox, Wwith whom he has been politically friendly in the past, or whether it foreshadow- ed a readiness to join with Mr. Cox in espousing the league issue ener- getically the moment the congres- sional elections are over. When Jus- tice Clarke speaks of searching for fhe man to lead the league movement it is naturally assumed that he has :hed Ohio at least. but then it is lled he wrote a very warm letter to Gov. Cox just after the 1920 elec~ tion and praised him for the fight he made in behalf of the league. Non-Partisan Move Likely. The chances are Justice Clarke isn't Eoing to express a preference, but will Join with others who favor the league and form a non-partisan body. to which republicans as well as demo- crats who believe in international co- eperation can subscribe, and the like- Jihood is that it will not become a po- Ittical body until the attitude of the 1924 caudidates is defined. far as Justice Clarke himself is concerned, he starts out exactly as did Justice Hughes, when reports first began to circulate that he was residential nominatio . king “any pub- say, of course, that he wouldn’t accept a nomination., Neither would Mr. Hughes, as the lat- ter alwavs used to argue that to say that would be to flatter oneself into belleving a nomination would be ten- dered, and he couldn’t bring himselt to believe such would be the case. Yet, his very attitude led to the nomina- tion—and he accepted. “But the activity of Gov. Cox is at this time of even greater political significance. With characteristic un- willingness to remaln defeated on anything, Goy. Cox, who like Justice Clarke feeld™ thist the league is a burning issue, went to Kurope to study conditions first hand. He fooled those who expected him to compli- cate the political situation on his re- turn by emphasizing the league ques- tion. G. 0. P. The republic comed the interjection of any acad- emic question which might draw at- tention from Industrial troubles and other accumulated political difficul- ties. Instead Gov. Cox contented him- melf on his return by saying the league of nations was doing nicely and that at the proper time the league covenant would be revised to suit the United States. Of far more importance to this cam- paign, however. was Mr. Cox's im- plied charge that republican indif- ference to Europe was responsible for Germany’'s plight. He insisted that reparations was the big issue and that America should have been represent- ed on the reparations commission. As a consequence of his speech, Mr. Cox is receiving invitations to speak in German communities as well as before trade bodies and business organiza- tions interested in the development of commerce with Central Europe. Tt is acknowledged that the sweep- ing republican victory in 1920 was due in large part to the acquisition of democratic voters of Irish and German descent. The Germans felt to the league because the disliked President Wilson's connec- Ts Disappointed. @ 2 with it. The Irish thought the ! league meant a strengthening of British influence and a_rigid cove- nant that compelled the United States to help Great Britain against Ire- land. Since that time, the Irish Free State has been created, and Ireland herself has applied for membership in the league, while Great Britain has agreed to vote for Ireland’s ad- mission. As for Germany. her states- men are clamoring for admission to ns would have wel-{ | | Inventions Born There’s Room for One More Dopey Dan, Inspecting Radio Pictures, Recalls Number of Things Patented Here; Cheers Ambitious “Snoopers.” BY W. H. CLAGETT. Dear Folks: Always on the snoop for fuel to feed the fire of propaganda which is to tell the world that little old Washington, D. C., is truly the heart of our mighty nation, I dropped in on C. Francis Jenkins, inventor of the method to broadcast pictures by radio, and I'm turrible glad I did, for I not only got a corkin’ good idea of that wonderful discovery, but picked up a mess of good dope on the city in the bargain! After a most interestin’ two-hour chat with the wizzard, who is a regu- lar, boney-fidy Washingtonian, I learned that it was only a question of months when pictures, both still and movin', will be flashed over the universe just the same as news! But wonderful as that listens. I wasn't there fifteen minutes when I learnod that pictures by radio is just another one of them funny little sclentific toys of which Washington may boast, for with only a scimpy slant at the record list of local past performers, it ain’t at all surprisin’ that the old town should be the birthplace of this latest eye-opener! 1 Yet how many of you all know | that the capital of the nation is the | irthplace of more scientific discov- | eries, which have led to revolutionary | industrial _development, than any ! other ten miles square in the whole | world! _Come, up with vour hands! I thought so! ' And neither did I until , the other afternoon! Some Inventions Here. Well. it's so, nevertheless. so jot this down in your jot-book for refer- ence when travelin'! Out at our own Rock_creek it was that Robert Ful- | ton first tried out a model of the v era of transportation! Washington to Baltimore, Professor | Morse stretched his first telygraph wires; nearby, Professor Henry laid | the first electric railway, and lit it, with electric lights, and it was here, right _here, that Dr. Alexander Gra- ham Bell developed the telyphone— indeed he did! Moreover, in this old burg, Pro- or Tainter figured out the wax- cyiinder phonygraph, and Emil Ber- linger, the disc talkin' machine! Both typesettin’ machines were invented in cur midst, and_in the same District of Columbia, Fessenden, the army officer, worked out his wonderful wireless telvgraph system! Here, too, id Professor Langley fidget around until he had the principal of the flyin’ machine, and also here, breth- ren, was the marvelous movin' pic- ture perfected! Thurfore I say, and it verily, that Washington D. C. ientific center of the world! And speakin’ of discoveries, did it ever occur to you that most of the outstandin’ ones have been the result WIFE CHARGES PLOT T0 WRECK MARRIAGE Sues Ten for $250,000, Declaring Effort Made to Cause Her to Seek Divorce. ed Press. MILWAUKEE, September 23.—Mrs. Amber Allis, former English stage star, whose husband, Gilbert Allis, is suing her for divorce, has entered notice in court of a damage suit for $250,000 against ten members of wealthy families here. charging them with alienating her husband’'s affec- tions. Mrs. Allis, who. as a London the- atrical favorite, was married to Allis in London, March 19, 1908, says 1nl the mnotice that the persons named ! first conepired to impoverish her in the hope that, cut off from her hus- ! band’s property, she would bring a divorce action. She names Mary S. Allis, widow of William Allis, formerly of the Allis Chalmers, Manufacturing Company; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kuder, Mr. and Mrs. Louls Allis, Robert Camp, Sarah Allis and 1 the league and France alone stands | in the way. Democrats Expect to Recoup. The democrats are counting upon the return to their party of these elements, which were disaffected in 1920. They expect the league to be an asset Instead of a liability in 1924, and Gov. Cox is planning to! enter wholeheartedly into the con- gressional campaign and speak his mind on the subject of American ald in_settling the roparation problem. Since his return from Europe, Sen- ator McKinley and Representative j Thirty-Day Supply Purchased at i of one or more of the defendants and Ned Allis, jr. Her bill says, “They have caused all of Gilbert Allis' property to be concealed and placed in the hands beyond reach of the plaintiff. “By the concealment of said prop- erty they have Iimpoverished the plaintiff in the hope that she would bring an action for divorce, but, upon her refusal to bring such action, the present suit against her was insti- tuted by Glilbert Allis.” FORD GETS COAL. Hoover Fair Price, CINCINNATL September 23.—Abner Lunsford, in charge of the Banner Fork mining interests and acting as an ggent for Henry Ford,,the automo- | bile’ manufacturer, yesterday signed an agreement for the delivery of a large tonnage of coal, to be delivered to the Ford plants of Detroit. in the office of the American Export and In- land Coal Corporation here. Mr. Lunsford. who acted as coal pur- chasing agent here for the Ford inter- Britten of Illinois, two republicans, | €Sts. declined to say at what price and have come back, too, with friendly words for the league. The invasion of Europe by American tourists (s |Was at the Hoover fair price and that | important British pictures shortly are Rso counted upon to Increase the | We mow have ordered enough coal to|to be sent to America. One is the sentiment for American co-operation with Europe. Gov. Cox feels that the American people are in a receptive mood to hear about the league and to | support a solution of world problems with American aid. Justice Clarke feels the same way. foo, and that's the significance of his statement. Two results are likely to flow from the situation—the republican admin istration, under Mr. Harding’s leader ship will take a more active part in world affairs. and agree to an Amer- idan representative on the repara- tions commission, and thus check the democrats to some extent on this issue, or else the democrats wlll force the question again in 1924, and take their chances on another referendum. (Copyright, 1922.) —_— :MUCH ALCOHOL SEIZED. 250 Gallons in Undertaker's ‘Wagon Where Many Died of Poison IINEW YORK, September 23.—An tindertaker’s wagon containing 250 &allons of alcohol was seized after a chase through the Red Hook section ot Brooklyn, where there have been & number of deatha recently from 00d alcohol poisoning. : District Attorney Ruston of Kings county participated in the chase. _The district attorney, accompanied by anassistant and two detectives, was touring the section when they saw the undertaker’s truck in front of a garage and became suspicious. -When they approached a man sig- Baled the driver of the tryck, who #ped_away. § 3 ] Pt in what volume he had bought coal for the company. ‘“You can say that it run the plants for thirty days,” said Mr. Lunsford. *“We are buying coal !as fast as we can get it at the prices we offer. By the end of thirty days we hope to have enough to run us in- definitely.” 2 Ontario 17th Street and Kalorama Road The First Essential to the Modern Garage Is a | been the result of some one drivin’ a 'should have gone to the local treasury THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, of Hobbies; of a side-line or hobby durin’ rest time, from the tax-weary monotony of regular employment? Yes, sirree! The father of pho- tography was an army officer; of the electric motor a bookbinder's clerk; the bird who thought out the tely-| graph was a portrait painter, while the inventor of the Jacquard loom was a dressmaker! Also lemme remind you that a farmer tinkered up the typewriter; a . poet, the sewin’ machine; a cabinet | maker, the cotton gin, and a coal| miner, the locomotive! The telyphone was the “after school” work of a teacher of the deaf; the disc talkin® machine the night fiddlin’ of a clothin’ sales man, and the wax-cyl- inder nhonygraph of a lawyer’s clerk! Gimme breath! Some More Inventions. A grocery man doped out the type- castin’ machine, a physician made the first pneumatic tire, because his little son was a wheel-chair invalid, and the hand camera was invented by a bank clerk! A country preacher thought out the film roll, and, buh- lieve it or not, the motion picture was the result of a clever stenog- rapher! (Is Mtss Alice in the room?) The steam automobile was the play- thing of a dry-plate maker; the dry- blast steel process, the brain-child of a_ preacher’'s son, and the tunnelin’ shield, that of an editor! A dentist thought out the stock ticker, while the long-distance telyphone loadin’ coils were figured to perfection by a professor of mathematics! A bicycle repairman made the first operative man-carryin’ airplane, a soldler the wireless telygraph, and a druggist's clerk the audion tube for broadcast- in’ daily news, but what's the use, folks! I could keep this up until tomorrow! All that I'm tryin’ to drive at in slippin’ you the ‘story of most all great inventions, is that each has hobby, a kindly soul tinkerin’ aroupd in the woodshed with what the nelgh- bors would please to cali his “crazy ideas!” A Chance for All And for the bepefit of them of you who .are still tinkerin’, lemme add that a new thing always originates in a single brain, usually the brain of & poor man! It is not the product of great wealth and a sumptuous laboratory! Not on your life! Money ohly develops, it never originates; I reckon, because it gets twitchy when workin' in the woodshed! ‘Thurfore, don’t be a one-lunger! Be skilled in your callin’ and expert, even a specialist, if you keers to, but have a hobby as well, and keep on a-ridin’ it! Not only is it the most satisfyin’ eport in the world, but it holds ‘powerful opportunities of im- measurable good to your fellow men! A happy disposition and a hobby— enough said, folks, go to it! I thank you, DOPEY DAN. Many Dinosaurs Are Dug Out in Alberta,Canada By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 23.—Fossil remains of several dinosaurs which have been found in Alberta, Can- ada, are to be turned over to the Field Museum of Natdral Histors, Prof. E. S. Riggs, assoclate cura- tor of geology announced yester- | day. The party of dinosaur hunt- ers consisted of six paleontolo- l gists who worked in the canyon of the Red Deor river, about 125 | miles west of Calgary. An almost complete skeleton of a duck-billed dinosaur which had been exposed while a creek was cutting its way through sand and | clay in the bad lands of the Sand Hill creek district, was discovered and dug out, and a second speci- ] men was found nearby. Other finds included the scattered bones of a crested dinosaur and a flesh-eating reptile about as large as & croco- e. “These animals lived at a period before the Rocky mountains were formed,” Prof. Riggs sald. “It was a time when there was a tropical climate In Alberta; when there was heavy vegetation and redwood trees. We found a petrified trunk of one of these trees. At that time an arm of the sea extended from the Gulf of Mexico north and con- nected with the Arctic ocean, cov- ering much of what is called the | great plains region.” Getting_out the dinosaur bones, many of which weighed 2.500 | pounds or more, was a difficult task. Prof. Riggs said, as many of | them were in inaccessible places and it was necessary to build roads over the hills before they could be moved. —_— SENTENCED FOR FRAUD. PORT ARTHUR, Kwantung, Septem- ber 23 —Three former employes of the Kwantung colonial administration have been sentence® to a year’s im prisonment each and to pay 720,000 ven for maladministration of the funds of the opium monopoly of the colony. Large sums of money which were devoted to advancing the in- terests of a political party. | A similar scandal, involving smaller ! amounts, resulted in an official of the Dairen Exchange belng sent to! jail for six months. The Dairen Ex- change was established to encourage the rise of Japanese currency. BRITISH CANVASSES FOR U. S. LONDON, September 23.—Two more famous Raeburn Walter Scott and Gainsborough’s portrait of Fitzherbert, wife of the prince regent. Both have been bought by portrait of Sir the other Mrs. a New York collector. Garage Proper Fqnipmt for the ! Storage In this, as in other respects, of Cars the Ontarto is almost faultless. Splendidly located; absolutely fire-proof; accessibility in moving cars to and from streets, entrance and exit of each floor being on a level with streets; the ease, are handled; new designs in wa: polishing and Simonizing; every sent out with a dciree of pride ti repair shop, with s stalls for cars numbered, each the opportunity to arrange for hour, even to the calling for and safety and speed with which cars sh-racks and every facility for car carefully looked over and o the garage; a finely equipped illed workmen, and a full line of accessories; owner having his own stall for car, the most complete service any delivering of cars. i Phone Columbia 8727 D. O, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1922. ‘Housewares now round out Lansburgh & Brother service. We just couldn’t get used totheideaof your dressing yourself here and dressing your home elsewhere. And, as with everything that this store does, it has done the thing right. - 'The entire sixth floor has been con- verted into an exposition of the thousand- and-one things that come under the general head of Housewares. The pots and pans, the china, the glass, the electrical home appliances—from an egg beater to a refrig- erator—we have them all. s SETT R | Shopping at Lans- | : s ! Some of the things burgh E‘f Bl‘Oth er may i youw’ll find on the | f Sixth Floor now be a complete jaunt- American Dinnerware Ao There’s an interest- i Art Goods | . . o, Awiowm were | Ing sight awaiting you. We know that every woman will find scores of new home ideas in this new venture of ours. i | Bathroom_Fittings ; Bread Boxes ii Brushes—all kinds ; Bird Cages i: Cutlery j i China Dinnerware 1f | Carpet Sweepers Clothes Wringers i o newsrs |+ Come in—if only | to look around. Dinnerware | Dinner Sets Ellectrical Goods | Enamelware i English Dinnerware i | Sunday | papers will vy -~ tell of the French Dinnerware man O en- Glalv'anized Ware . | % I); p I g::::t;innem'are {l lng % ay | i specials. . Don’t miss Heaters—oil and gas Jronware . 5 Japaneseware Knives Lamps i Metal Lamps Nickelware Ppttery i| Paints Pans Parchment Shades Refriger-tors Silverware Soaps and Cleaners Silk Shades Smokers’ Accessories ‘Table Oilcloth Teaware | || Tinware ; 1 Trays - ‘Varnishes ‘White Japanned Ware N ‘Woodenware + 5 ‘Willowware . 4 “ Wooden Lamps A Wire Goods > 2| 7 o) - ~ a) :. ™ o~/ v o - T