Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1922, Page 6

re ™ m EvENmG STAR. the course of the fire in the manufac- ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.......December 1, 1922 THEODORE W. NOYES.......Editor Yhe Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th 8t. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office; 150 Na<aau St. Chicago Office: Tower Butldi Buropean Office : 16 Regent St., London, St. , England. Star, with the Sunday morning frered by carriers within the city at 60 Cents per month; daily only, 43 cents per month: Buaday only, 20 cents per month. Or- gors may bo sent by mail, or telephone Mala 8000. ~Collection fs made by carriers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Paily and Sunday Dally only. Sunday oniy. All Other States. Daily and Sunday..1 $10.00; 1 mo., 85¢ Daily only. .1yr., $£7.00;1mo., 80c Sunday only. .1yr., $3.00;1mo., 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dis- patches eredited to it ar not otherwise credited n_this paper and also the local news pud- lished herein. All rights of publication of snecial disnatches herein also reserved. _— The Drive for Better Schools. Practically every civic organization in Washington, every group of busi ness men, every association of citi- zens is enlisted in the campaign to cure the betterment of the capital school system. There no single o ganization that has not failed to re- cord its strong approval of plans for the increase of the school equipment and personnel and the advancement of the educational and administrative methods. Just now all these forces are en- rolled for a “drive” for school legisla- tion that will relieve the District's edu- cational system from the handicap under which it now suffers. That “drive” will be conducted hy means of expressions of public opinion, by specific work with members of Con- gress to acquaint them with the cap- ital's needs, with the actual conditions and with the ideal of a model school system which should. without ques- tion, be established and maintained in Washington. Most of those who are thus enrolled @s District citizens in’the campaizn for better schools are themselves the graduates of th schools. Practical- 1y all of them have children now at- tending them, or perhaps grandchil- dren. They all know intimately the school situation, the lack of building: the shortage of teachers. the inade- quacy of supplies. and. in general. the insufficiency of maintenance funds. They hear tales daily at home about the school congestion. about children without hooks, children attending part The Even! edition. ia dell T A rin bar® tively short while abounding _pros- R e | perity had succeeded war-brought ad- | SEs = versity tions. lack of playgrounds. . T e tmam's point of| -mbassador Harvey very gently re- view on this matter can be expressed to Congress effectively that body will respond. For it is undoubtedly the de- sire of Congress to give Washington the most efficient school system pos- sible. Many members of Congress are themselves concerned through the at- tendance of their children upon the public schools, and their dependence upon those schools for education. Washington has many needs per- taining to its physical equipment. But of all the needs there is none more urgent than that of the schools. If tne school syvstem is inadequate. crowded. ill-equipped. ill-served. the! community suffers through no ! cther cause. | ‘The members of Congress, who are | Washington's legislators, are con- cerried in school matters in their own states and districts. They know how important the educational system i It requires no argument to ‘“‘sell” schools. The oniy question is whether the District can “afford” to spend the money that is required to put the schools in proper condition, and on that point there should be no discus- sion and from that cause no delay.| ‘Washington can afford any expendi- ture necessary to this end. i | i James R. Mann. Mr. Mann's death would have been a loss to his party and the country | at any time, but coming at this time | it s an especial loss. | The republicans will control the | next House, but by a slender majority, | and that majority be menaced by the | mvasion of what is called the bloc system of doing legislative business. Hence the necessity of expert man- agement in the handling of affairs. Mr. Mann would have been of great | assistance to his party. He was a| thorough parliamentarian, a ready and cogent debater., and vigilant in rare degree. He was always, and most | capably, on the job. He was never caught asleep at the switch. He was a good judge of a legis- Iative situation, and of how to get out | of it all that was in it. He served his party with marked fidelity, and lent a strong and willing hand in the shap- ing of much important legislation in his quarter century of continuous ac- tivity on Capitol Hill. ‘There were no frills about Mr. Mann. His qualities were substantial rather than showy. His power was in plain and direct speech, and in his ability to communicate what he had absorbed. He had a gift for friendship. Among his warmest friends were men who sat on the cther side of the main aisle of the House chamber, and with whom he was in daily conflict over party measures and maneuvers. He and Champ Clark were personally as brothers. He has departed at sixty-six in the full tide of usefulness. ————————— It is only reasonable to assume that next war” will at least be post- poned until the old one has been set- tled for. Fire Apparatus and Safety. It is particularly unfortunate that “Safety week” in Washington should be marked by two traffic acci- dents that .involve the District fire i observed any | their heads in shame because of that jhe asked that in a spirit of humility, | vey's speech Iback of their friendship for us. : have played a great part in the crea- turing district, the driver of an engine struck car tracks at the foot of a hill at such speed that he was thrown from his seat, lost control of his machine llll1d was sent crashing into a truck drawn up alongside the curb. He suf- fered injurles that may prove fatal. It is, of course, desirable that the fire apparatus should be driven rapid- ly in response to alarms. Time is a vitally important element, and on the speed of response and action depends the security of the city. Washington suffers comparatively little in fire losges because of the promptness with which alarms are answered effectively. But nothing is gained if the speed of '(ho apparatus results in accidents | which may wreck the engines wound kill the firemen. Tndeed, | I'such an accident as that of this morn- ing ause, through delay and i {lack of power the ftire at a critical stage, a disastrous loss. Drivers of vehicles are with the rarest of exceptions careful in mak- ing way for fire apparatus and mo- tors, responding promptly and effec- tively to the sound of the sirens and bells to draw to one side or to halt to insure passage. But here and there one is found who takes a chance, per- haps not realizing that to do so is to endanger not only himself and the members of the department and both machines, but to contribute to the risk iof a dev ting five. Let these two week™ acei- | !(lvxus teach thel s and bring hout a safer course for the fire en- gines and motors h more careful ctual work on them to insure their service when they respond to ala Col. Harvey's Plain Talk. It was not a long speech which Am- bassador Harvey made at the Thanks- glving dinner of the Anglo-American Society in London yesterday. It was, jin fact, a notably short speech for Col. Harvey to have made: but, as the boys in the street would say, the ambas- dor *said a mouthful.” In sub- stance he told his British hearers, and the rest of Eurape as well, that if they expect help from the United s they must quit doing the baby act and show a disposition to get out and hustle for themselves. To a Burope which thinks it has a hard row to hoe today. the amlas- sdor recalled the years following the Napoleonic wars, when things were a great deal than they are now. There was not then any rich nation on this side the Atlant elsewhere, jto which Europe could turn for help so Europe got busy and worked out its own salvation. Instead of sitting down in despair, waiting either for i succor or the deluge. Europe put its | shoulders to the wheel, and in a rela- ates se | buked those Englishmen who seem to ilhink America ought to be a little {ashamed of. the fact that it has be- come a creditor nation. He reminded i them t despite war losses and | Joans which perhaps are uncollectible. | Gre t Britain still is the world's great- est creditor nation, and he had not Englishmen hanging | | fact. The ambassador was in a gen- erous mood. He expressed the utmost willingness that Englishmen should | keep their hard-earned wealth and use it as they saw fit. All he asked, and s that Americans be accorded the same privilege as to the wealth whick they had created by the same proc- esses which brought British wealth | into being. Taken all in all, Ambassador Har- did not run along the lines of ordinary diplomatic expres-! sions, but probably it was pretty good : diplomacy, at that. Our friends on the ! cther side have aimed some rather plain speaking in our direction, and | we still regard them as our friends. If they are not, in turn, willing to hpi at the receiving end of some plain talk there is nothing very substantial | ———— H The Senate and the Subsidy. Now that the merchant marine proposition has been transferred to the Senate, here are some questions that are circulating on Capitol Hill. ‘Was there adequate answer made in the House debate by any opponent of the proposition to the President’s argument and citation in its favor? Does it not remain an undisputed and indisputable fact that subsidies tion of industrial America? Do we not owe to the policy of gov- ernment assistance to great enter- ¢ prises, with the public benefit in view, our development and importance as one of the strongest nations in the world, if not today, indeed, the strong- est? Sirice government assistance has wroaght so advantageously in other matters, why should it not work as well in the matter of a merchant marine? Is there any matter of higher value today than that of a merchant ma- ! rine? Is not increased forelgn trade in everybodv's hope and view? And are not American bottoms absolutely es- sential to the building up of such a trade? With Great Britain and Japan as our chief competitors for sea carrying business, and both employing the { policy of subsidy on the water, could we hope to succeed as against them without giving to our merchantmen the assistance they give theirs? If this assistance Is denied now, will not the opportunity of a lifetime be lost and lasting injury inflicted on the country? Is not the iron hot, and hence this the time to strike? —_——————— The turkey joke is now permitted to retire from the Thanksgiving con- versation and re-enter world politics. A New Comet. A comet was picked up by a South department, engaged in the work of | African astronomer a few days ago, saving lives and property. In the first | a new member of the celestial family. of these accidents a battalion chief, *sstening in Tresponse to an alarm, <otlided in his motor car with a taxi- cab and was painfully hurt. The driver of the cab, later indentified, hag been held for examination. In the second case, which ocsurred this morning in 1l A dispatch from Cape Town, where he observed the new vagrant of the skies, gave its position in the constellation of Crater. This, of course, turned the telescopes all over the world in that direction and keen-eyed searchers swept the vold diligently to confirm | is silent it is fair THE KVENING STAR,. WASHINGTON, D. ., FRIPAY, DECEMBER 1, 19 the visit from the great beyond. At Harvard it is now stated photographs have been taken of the tralling tramp which it has found is going southeast at a rate of between three and four diameters of the moon a day. Until its actual location in space can be established the rate of its progress cannot be known. If it is large and far the rate will be terrific, while if it is small and near it will be less. At present it is not visible to the unaided eye, and =0 is not a matter of public concern, but if its angle of approach is such that it will come closer to the earth it may be seen. It has one| handicap, however. At present it is| named for its first observer, whose cognomen is Skjellerup. If the “j"! casy, but, unless the astronomer issucs an official bul- | letin on the pronunciation of his name, this comet, should it speed into public vision, is likely to be called by a weird variety of titles. Most of the famous comets, and especially : those that are regular visitors of the | solar system, have easy names. The latest notable caller of this character was Haley's comet. 1f Skjellerup's streak of light spins into close vision it will not arouse any fear compared with the flaming tralls of other years, although doubtless the millennialists will hail it as a portent of that dra- matic climax that has been so often foretold, and as often has not oceurred. A Good Friend Gone. i In the death of James: It Mann | Washington los one of it best friends in Congress, for during his| long service in the House of Repre- centatives Mr. Mann always displayed the fullest appreciation of the capi- tal's peculiar needs, and was fortunate- 1y in a position during the greater part of that time to glve practical expres- sion to his knowledge through legisla- tion. Mr. Mann understood Washington as unfortunately do but few of those who come to Congress. He knew the equities of the District's fiscal rela- tions with the federal government. He was critical at times of administrative matters of specific legislative pro- posals, and this attitude made him the more eflicient as a friend in erises when the District’s welfare was un- justly menaced. 1t was always satisfactory to lay a | of District concern before im" Mann, as he was fondiy known. r he understood so quickly the es- sential elements of every matter of District administration and legisla- tion. As an official member of this community for a long perfod of years he studied it. as he studied all other questions, thoroughly, intelligently and judicially. In sagacity, in integrity. and in sympathy Mr. Mann was one of the most efficient members of Con- His qualities won for him a wide circle of warm friends. His loss will be mourned by those who knew him as a neighbor, as a fellow citizen, as well as those who appraised at their full value his qualities as a con- scientious, efficient public servant. i i i | in courage gress. i i } Lecture lovers are beginning to note that Clemenceau. although inter- esting. is a little shy on humorous anecdotes. ! The unknown hero, buried at Ar- lington. is one of the few who did not get a chance to wear some kind of a medal during his lifetime. l The Greeks are away behind the times in their theory that the way to make a good general is to treat him rough. l In all his protestation against the Volstead act, the bootlegger never has the nerve to sign himself “Taxpayer.” The mark stands a better chance of being stabilized than the titles “kaise! and “kaiserin.” ———ot The New Jersey grand jury de- cided not to spoil a perfectly good mystery. f { | SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Stopping and Starting. ‘When a little idea comes smilin’ around Requestin® some warmth an’ goodi cheer, - The big anvil chorus will quickly re- sound To make it afraid to draw near. ‘We say, as the little idea departs For e lone dusty place on the shelf, ‘“'Stead o' tryin’ to stop what some other man starts, Why don't you start somethin’ vourselt?” { i A slight information one needs to display To write the initials, “N. G.” ‘When a singer delights us, it's easy to say She’s good: but she's off of the key. The smile and the song that might gladden our hearts Are spoiled by some mischievous elf— ¢ 'Stead o' tryin’ to spoil what some other mean starts, Why don't you start somethin’ yourself? A Statesman's Opinions. “Do you believe that Bacon wrote Shakespeare?” “I wouldn’t Hke to say, "’ answered l Senator Sorghum. out the views of my constituents fore I venture an opinion even on that subject.” Jud Tunkins says a jazz band makes the simple ragtime of our fathers ‘sound right classical. Needlessness. The family hurlyburly For Christmas opens now. You need not say, “Shop early.” ‘We do so anyhow. Praying for Rain. “Why does our young lady friend insist on praying for rain at this time of year “Because she has some wonderful silk stockings. “You kin allus tell @ fresh kid,” said Uncle Eben, “by de wey he tries to| put Across de stale jokes.” ! about rifie practice and Col. Broe 4 sive wings of the republican part expected to do more than initiate a|for® Gl Between now and 1924 | progressive program of lexislation to| might precipiiate a new par the | Newark News (independent) is con- Belattemptedilalthesnext Congrcas INlVincadn nut it e Rimost unthink- The Wisconsin solon “knows where | Y{1C®7, WL 0 # Nazard will be !the center of the stage is” and risked on the leadership of Mr. ba never bac rd in appropriating it,” | Follette. He seems to have got the savs the New York Tribune (repub-[jump on the starter’s pistol, but the lican). which also characterizes him!question s whether. with a head | it. He is now a republican only be- —— lcause he writes his own definition of The Speech Clinic. republicanism. In a third party ) = ‘Battling Bob’ would undoubtedly Asa part of its better speech train- !and responsibility. { dation. “I'd like to sound |the Boston Globe be- | convinced, because Senate Acquires Sharpshooter In Col. Brookhart From lowa, HADES of Daniel Boone and all &eneral staff wasx the other great rifiemen who | Part to that of some helped to push the frontiers of | hations. Tn a nutskell, it was that all this country westward until|that Was necessary was to have some they reached the Pacific ocean, who|one find the range and then let the have fought in the wars of the United | men hold their guns stralght and States and made| Plunk away. They maintained that victory certain,| more hits would be made in this way should rejoice in'than by training men to find the the recent elec-]range and handle their rifles as in- tion of Smith W.|dividuals. This was where the gen- Brookhart as sen- | €ral staff and Col. Brookhart fell out. ator from lowa. For In the person of Senator Brook- ilar in large Kuropean | Col. Brookhart became a member of the national board for rifle pract The fight with the ideas of the gen- hart the Se eral staff wus on in carnest. I 1= B acquired oneily the matter can before the ther of the greatest, stary of War, Mr. Gar on, and | teachers of rifle! Col. Brookhart won out. Not long! shooting and ou fter th however, Mr, of the greatestihad a difference with the Pres enthusfasts f o riand left the cabinet. The genc rifle practice that(staff brought about a revision of the this or any other! national board, and Col. Brookhart country has produced. was conspicuous by his absence in Senator Brookhart—Col. Brookhart, | the new board; so were other mem- as he was known throughout Iowa,|hers who had the same ideas as the and throughout the Army during the|colonel. Tt was not until the United world war—was a member of the giates had entercd the world war, Iowa National Guard when the ‘Warland had been at it for some months, ent with COL. BROOKHART. with Spain began in 1898. He that cretary of War Baker cam the 45th Towa Infantry to Cuba. And!fuce (o face with Col. Brookhart, and in the Spanish war he found his firSt| jud the matter fulle explatied o him, really great interest in rifle practice. | mpon things 1 Ny Gt His company was served thirty | grookhart became the chief rifle in-, rounds of ammunition for argetgiructor of the Arms He had a! practice, and the instructions that ac-| yyge staff under him. He worked companied the practice, it seemed 10| with tremendous energy. He ,,,_m,,,,i young Brookhart, were decldedly|a)y gave instruction to the officers lacking. At the close of the Spanish war, he went back home, a captain then, and resumed his interest in the Natfonal Guard, and particularly in rifie practice. It happened that a considerable quantity of ammunition was avallable just then for rifle prac- tice. This was Jjust what Capt. Brookhart was looking for. He took his men out on the range and burned up thousands of rounds. But at the same time he made marksmen of them. He trained the rifle team of the Towa National Guard for the national competitions, he went with the team to the matches, and rubbed up against other riflemen and learned and non-commissioned officers of three of the divisions that went overseas. Besides that he had charge of al great central school of rifle instruc- | tion, at first at Camp Perry and later on at Camp Benning. And American riflemen grew more profi- clent, as the Germans were able to testify. Col. Brookhart had the teaining of 10,000 men the Mexlcan border under his charge for a time, too.{ | when the war between this country jand Mex threatened during the Wilson administration. profi- { clent is he with the rifle and all tha Eoes to a thorough knowledge of the | on So still more about the art of shooting, Eh enoRledEe Rl Year after year he built up rifie! Weapon that he can sit with his i sting in iNe Towa guard, una)to @ Ereen hand, and give him accu- rate instruction without ever a glanee at what the man is doing. instruction that results in I The new all others whom finally the Towa team ranked at the top. Individual members of the team became champlons of the world, took part in the Olympic games. And the fame of Brookhart as an instructor in rifle practice grew and grew. Now it happened that the general staff of the Army had one theory senator is the man above ! the American rifle- men may thauk for the method of practice that makes for individuall good shots. He is president today ! i of the Nat Rifle Association and & member of the national board. hart had another. The theory of th EDITORIAL DIGEST l i i tihe e will says if and if they | dent republican), whic administration is wis “political parties are wise Progressive Conference as It Af- fects New Party Suggestions. “go their w, without paying any The suggested formation, as a re-!aitention to the La Follett r-onfer‘ 4 ce o s \ence of its performances, inasmuch sult of the “progressive conference” | ence of its pe ? u e by Senator Ta Forlotte, of |8 the participants are “a colleetion called by Senatoriia ? of incompatibles whose main com- plaint is really against the politi al institutions under which we have become a nation and a leader of na- tions.” There is, however. a “good” chance to organize another “progres- sive blo~" in tne next Congress, the | Peoria Transcript (independent demo- jcrati believes, “but there’ is little likelthood of a merger of the farm | and labor bloc. Instead of one ‘pro- new political party—a suggestion, by the way, which was characterized as fmproper by the Wisconsin senator himself—has been the subject of ex- tended editorial discussion. There is general agreement among editors that a strong leader of the Roose- velt type easily could start such a : 0 might, they say. The La Follette con- | cie will confliet.” ference generally is considered as an| While the “inevitable conflict be- “opportunist movement,” which is not | tween the conservative and progres { ! start, he can keep in front of a fol- lowing that would command natlonal respect 15 “the senfor statesman around Washington in the business of beins | in a third party and yet not being in i have to accept the claims of discipline | As well think of caging the skylark as of imprisoning him in so deadly an association.” In | effect that also is the view of the New York Times (independent demo- cratic), which further expresses the belfef that La Follette “has embarked | upon a campaign of political Intimi- He hopes to terrorize the publican party into submitting to his | dictation, in the matter both of legis- lation by Congress and of candidates in 1824 He is so glaringly out for | mischief, and plenty of it. that per- haps some of the lesser mischief- | akers will refuse to make them- selves a tail for his kite. The Philadelphia TPublic Ledger (independent republican) insists that “the best thing for the country will be for La Follette to lead this new crusade and head this new hegira into the future. Under his leadership it will destroy itself and be destroyed by him. He is the logical leader of the ‘wild men’ who will refuse to be led.” Attention is called by the Sa- vannah Press (democratic) to the fact that “the third party business has been tried often and failed. Every campaign there is talk of a third ing for pupils, one high school has established a clinic for all persons whose speech is hampered. not by ignorance of good English but by physical defects, nervousness, nasal- ity and twang, forelgn accent and other curable difficulties. This clinic is free to the whole public. Voice and throat tests al- ready have disclosed that in a ma- jority of cases the defects could be corrected by speech education without medical aid. Some cases require sur- gical or dental attention. A great many of the difficulties are directly caused by mental or nervous dis- turbances. These are treated to relax muscle tenseness and to develop new habits of nerve control. General vitality, poise and mental control are emphasized, for they are very helpful to articulate, agreeable and effective speech. Here is a practical service to the community which many schools could offer. Although not every teacher of English or of public speaking has the knowledge and training to do this work, it would not be an impossible standard to require one such ex- pert in every community.—Shreveport Journal. i Ea.rty. Dflllbile]l;‘s l}lllrnm Jo);gs;!‘r‘l( and orah and La Follette wou e to - mass their fantastic polici But |Our Own Idea of a Great Week. there Is no serious gentiment for | weo propose a Don't Give a Darn | new movement. Even Beveridge and Gifora Pinchot could not make it| Sk During that week let men let their whiskers grow and not give a darn; let women endure the sight of the neighbor in a new cloak and not give a darn; let the furnace go out, or the janitor strike, or the street cars skip stops, or the traffic officer jaw. or the dinner be cold, or the favorite foot ball team lose, or the very devil break ?ut Erll ?(t onufln;d together in Mex- co, Turkey and Yap—and not give a hoot about it. o < It ought to be a soul-comforting week and a great change.—Newark o. & Unless a real leader can be located there is little hope for any third party, the Minneapolis Tribune (indepen- dent) holds, as “neither La Follette nor Borah appears to measure up to the required gauge.” There are in- dications everywhere that the revolt against the existing order is increas- ing, as the Waterbury Republican (independent) sees it, because “the old parties are now virtually driedi up. There is almost no juice of prln-l ciples in them. Party lines are going gtar-Eagle. to smash and politiclans calling them- 0 s selves republicans and democrats are | “Walk, if you would live long,” ad- grouping together according to eco-;vises a health specialist. And jay- nomic interests” The clash of Inter- | walk if you wouldn't—Cleveland ests among the radicals, however.|Plain Dealer. must have a distinct influence on any- thing proposed to be accomplished. (independent) is “the group will resemble a star cast from which team play is not to be expected,” but the Globe believes that while “they may find it difficult to agree on men they will have considerable unanimity on measures.” The socialistic New York Call argues that any new party “must come out of the organization of the city workers and the farmers. Any third party that may come into existence in the immediate future will “be effective only as a check on the old parties.” the Hoboken Hud- son Observer (independent) argues, while the Wichita Beacon holds that “in order to have stability and back- \h a movement must have 1 HQuly thing ;lwmmbi{lve about prohi- on 80 far is the price of liquor.— Wall Street Journal. e Rudyard Kipling is reported ill, and up to press time he hadn’t denied the report.—Little Rock Arkansas Gazette. We have known but few people who | were invariably cheerful, and they are now charges of the state.—St. Joseph Nows-Press. Near Johnson City, Tenn., a drunk pig led officers to a still. The farmer may plead he was raising pickled pigs’ feet—Greenville Piedmont. A sporting writer, speaking of box- ers, says “three strange faces will be bone suc! in the ring.” “Strange” is the v the backing of sturdy thorough-|jeast that could be sgald shnu: :‘rfo‘;{ going American statesmen of the|poxers' faces.—Seattle Times. Roosevélt type, and these resent the Follette leadership.” The Utica ;"rens (republican) also insists that, “Jacking either a dominant issue or a personality to rally the voters of the country, the most that such an alignment of various political ele- ments could accomplish would be to force either of the present les into rtial acceptance of their 1dea is likewise is the position of the Springfield Union (indepen- Frisco man has invented a machine that will tell if a person really loves nno:h‘ir. All gcu h‘a.d to doeis to con- nect it up and see if you get a s = —Dayton News. A pask Now that they have talked with the pig-man and the pig-woman in the Hall-Mills case, why not consult the pigs. Perhaps they would squeal.- Lansing State Journal. T i | {& division on pol | countr | ty, a member of the Virginia couneil. 99 Politics at Large BY MESSENGER. For the next two years politics will The de absorb the attention of the people of nution— ision of the Smithsonian i hat the sus cessful perfori:- the United States to a degree com-| o 5 5 0 lider in Fran parable with the most heated politleal fy ooy o ol jgentical Hines periods of past years whose history 1| oy S DG ey prof. Samuct familiar to the average reader. Thisip, o= o0 B0 0 T i mented with statement reflects the Judgment of re- |y oo oyt St gix years bie | publican old-timers in the Senate, the | ¢ ot B0 LT L glider of th House and the administration; and cchoes the opinion of democrats on the side llnes. They are moved to this conclusion by consideration of the result of the last campaign, whick ended in the elections of November 7. Wright brothers, proves that Langle and not the Wrights, was the first conqueror of flight —raises an in eresting questic not at all ute, of the ims of TLang- conceding il n. {ley's champions, 1 The outstanding feature of that bat-1g0 (" ine ™ 0L e they g {tle of the ballots i3 characterized what meed of credin belongs to the being demonstration of the fact that | o G5 0 e but fallar jpolitics in this country has come back o, the wgatlon for an to normaley, promising a contest be- | oo oA o exidence tw en two major parties repr es and g0 along traditional lines. Occasionally in public life among men who have an establishe and recognized standing therein, will be found u dissenter from the dictum that “ours is a government by par- hat th lowed any of the Langley pioneering prineip It ix very doubtful if they could have un {derstood his highls compu i tations. It has erted they made anv computations of their own—they Just experimented ties.” e him and there is seen an |and—flew. enthusiast carried away by idolatry of | Their experiments had far more a personality. Policies and their prin- | similurity to tho f Darius Greon ©of the poel's fancs he overshadowed tempo- the effulgence of a striking lity, but they emerge eventu- ciple the would-be fly who reas | { * ko % He followed his jugie—but tumbled; It but 2 moment's retro- | while the Wrights, with no more s = ene g 1. made th ffort and shection to recall that since 1912 the crce In traininig wnade 1 T what similar to how to stand the g on end. Learned sclentists o ped out great and complicaied prob ms of equilibrium—but their cegs all fell over; t of Columbus sto aithough he did attempt st the balunces to a ni . In the patent oific i spell of disregard for party afliliati in the adoration of personalitics. Wit- ness the violent fluctuation in par majorities marking the drifting of ti voters from one personal baiiner another. By some observers this ascribed to”the growth of independ- ence in party politics; by others to an increasing spirit to follow personal- itles to the disregard of party. : The outcome of the recent elections | ter to all previous knowledge, blaz 1s construed by thoughtful men in the |a new line of discov limelight of the hour as indicating ! The point is that the pendulum has swung back, !blind Justice, has not to an extreme, but pausing on the ! sical and that r i success, and no abortive efforts are to succeeded, and though running « that invention, always been w hing succeed: im like dead center denoting the natural cleavage between democrat and re- |discount success. publican. i * x % * Sl IR Columbus Giscovered America. Nor- This is discouraging to the sus-| . g ne dispute his claim of be gestion of a third party. During the recent campaign much was heard and written about the dissatistaction of the voters with the two old parties. It was construed at the time as in- er, and the oriental rwegian boast th Columbus, for, Erickson, Ja —and lost—Ar the first discove laugh at the anticipated before Li {fishermen found | ";‘ Hagane possibllty; ex/the ""“'{"l‘ Should we, thorefore, becloud the < hird-party movement. Bulle,, of columbus because others had | when the ballots were counted it : s - was seen that the voters who had jPreceded him—but did not make & been supporting th 10 that leader | use of their cwn successes? T anl]vhl:ull.’!nlgdp;ar(y allegi: e 10 do ! ower that blus unseen upon t s0, had settled back 1o normal par G ; : g division. The present narrow mar- | Lrackless prafric might as well #in of control of the next House |that its perfume and bea dctrac and Senate by the republicans iS{from the rose of our garden. T othing phenomenal. Since 1584 there | : : nothing phenomenal. Since 1584 there e neis T, ancosestul \inven have een many periods when the in Congress were as equally divided. it is as cruel as f: {tion is unfair. < i in no branch of hu- but it exists, a significant incident sup- | o . 5 porting the proposition that the tme |M20 endeavor thope ey is mot conducive to the suc of {tragedy as in invention. a third-party movement was furnish- all great inventions and ed this weck. when Gov. Hunt of | . oo™ BT Arizona was auoted in a newspaper | COVTIS cqui through accidiuta dispateh 48 saving that Senator La |SUEEestion. If the apple had mot fi Follette in calling a bipartisan meet- from the tree, just when it ing of progressives was heading for a third party. The senator promptly ave died without dis- 1 wton would ng gravity. in spite of all declared this to be misieading; that | e - he so- his object is to obtain progressive |. B S 2 : ive i, gh illimitable space. legislation by the combined action | ndl Dot Newtiy of democrats and republicans. ich gave the wor! £ % x % of a new scien; han any that had the So it was doubtie: There is a humorous aspect to the | ined spectacle now being presented of the | gome trifle which brought to the | eagerness with which democrats. re- | Wrights that idea which developed pubMcans and “progressives” are - 1 s o ‘*‘"‘.W;‘"“u‘p"::- R ¥ el ich, in turn. wili entirely super- rushing to claim the credit for pro- |} ikl nt e e gres:s Ny the ferver of | When Providence get ready some erstwhile “reactionarie i N vrriur, ol i e s T iSeience is kuowledge: $ he banuer.; Appa {not knowledze—it is empiricism. us ve legislation should T ¢ path, for no one je2 * o to it in House and | ] From the enthusiasm esisting | Modern science tells us of the great manifest any kind of Progr therapeutic value of music. Besid bill might he brought into the Hous scothing the savage breast, ji cures DimeuL 2 Tale from the committee 01 | disease. Music in the dairy helps tie o e a Ve lcows give down more milk. Music that should “leave to print” so that each | the factory sp members could have op- isic in Congre wds up production = would add to the g portunits’ to put in the Congressional |of nations and keep congresemen from ecord his ascurance that he was the | g, Selves eriously. N real dyed-in-the-wool progressive. |t4King themselves so seriously. Now it Ilhz(’lhe House has its radiophone, why G work it only in one direction? Let mu- Much he same condition pre-{ge swell the breeze—which will come vails in the Senate. There are Mo tne Fiuse upon the wireles self-confessed reactionaries there, but | yoibe " 10 o4 e statesmen “keaping instead there obtains a fine Spirit of | tpeir cars to the ground” for inspira- emulation of example ponents of progre: sure there are gradations gres m. which. like the grading ! _set by eX-itjon from vibrations that are full of ve ideals. To bel<and and dead leaves, let them listen of pro-in to the music of the spheres when Il the stars sing together—iust_like Col. Forbes and his harmonious 7.000. of grain and sampling of cotton show |Then they will indeed appreciate the At the beginning | change when. upon adjournment, - poultice, distinct varieties of the current session of Congres effort was made by a few progres: in the Senate to set themselves apart as a chosen band to stand for all that is highest in progress, where- upon there was immediate demon- stration by senators hitherto unsu pected of such leanings of their warm Interest in progressive legislation. | The progressive bloc in the tw houses. now in process of being formed for bipartisan action on & like he an lence. comes to ves | the blo i We have the highly appreciated as- surance from Senator La Follette that the me ting of progressives which h the exertion of of power. If evervbody the House and Senate confinues Wwarm up to progressivism there be no need for a balance of power. e a in to in ristmas booze is on the high seas bound for Washington. say the news This state of affairs tends to make ! for peace in the republican party and |dispatches. Pshaw! That's nothing to avert a factional division in the |UnUSual 1] presidential campaign of 1924, it For the liquor is intended for a !s\mbassadm's of foreign countris There are more than forty such bassadors and ministers in Wask | ton, and iliquor they want all the time. The ary laws do not apply to them or to their embassi il legations For that reason Washington is lezally the wettest city in the United States. politicians. With repub- rity effected, the issue in would then be raised between ne- the democratic and republican parties iv as to which was the most progr the voters to take their choice ac- cording to their own conception of progressivism and between the other policies proposed by the two partie When the late David B. Hill of Ne York announced “I am a democra he set for himself a standard of party allegiance which may be revived. Since then there has been disposition to qualify it by “I am a democrat— but” Old line democratic politicians say they will welcome a straight out, clean-cut contest with their natural and ancient enemies, the republicans, and the latter express equal willing- ness for the fray. Gives Probable History of Old Ring Found in Lot To the Editor of The Star: Dear sir: Not long ago there ap- peared in your columns an account of a ring being found in a hog lot in Fredericksburg which had the in- scription. “Majer W. G., dyed Oct. 29, 1655.” Now, Maj. Willlam Gooch died at that time and his tombstone lies over his grave near Yorktown, at the site of old York Church, on Temple farm. He was one of the justices of York county, Va.; major of military and member of the council of state. He was uncle of William Gooch, gov- ernor of Virginia, and left an only daughter, who married Capt. Thomas Beale of Westmoreland county. son of Col. Thomas Beale of York coun- There is never a month that liquor s not brought—generally by the bar- for these gentlemen. The American government smoothes the way for the shipments. It is anx- fous to huve the liquor go to them and nowhere clse. When the stock in an emba legation gets low and the man of the Touse decides to replenish it he puts in his order with home merchants, This means, of course, that the order is placed abroad. If the stock isvery low or the distance great, he may usc the cable. That is the first step. The thing he does is to go to or send to the State Icpartment. Theoretically, he sends to tho Secretary of State; ace tually, the matter is handled by a clerk delegated to the task. or next In substance, here is the way they attend to it when the foreigner reaches the State Department: “Goold morning, most gracious and respected State Department.” “Good morning, most exquisite and noble Foreigner. W eare mortified with delight. May we deign to serve you?* And they both bow low. “You are ever cordial, Mr. State De- partment. And speaking of cordial— I've a leak in my cellar.” “Ah, yes, honored Foreiguer. It'sa way cellars have. You wish to have us help you?” “You mv': have opened my mall, Capt. Thomas Beale Maj. Gooch was ancestor of Gen. T. Beale of the Contederate Through William R. L. army. The oldest tombstone in Virginia is at Westover, Va. It is that of Capt. ‘William Perry, who died in 1637. The next oldest is that of Alice Jordan, at Four-Mile Tree, Surry county, who oThat of Mag. Wiliam Gooon (1650) is it . LYON G. TYLER. | like | 1 of them import all the| rel or dozen cases—into Washington CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS. called will have neither parti- imnism or molitics. Of course not. It will be similar to a certain church, ¢ members boasted that it was | differ it from all it had neither politics ion in any of its_ activit | 1hat ment. In fact, he has little »uld be inter o the natinn! A enator who wa takes cruel nt election {1 prodding the more than hinting that they moral right to vote he the recent election. But h Lus verify his assumption t cause this senator or that heaten for re-election, which was not directly voted demned? The due to the same Set of inces or issuc proposal 10 bring & for on to the states. whi to amend the Constitution, irther in the change. of - 1. a 1z of policies fve—which will aulways confidence, not by ack of e_but bv the parliament. more opean state if, * polls, in the first w was provided th eapressed should o thirty dax en the Constit peanz of comm tation were upon Washin pes Couz suceessor herry pment v in the Presic abinet over |the proposea merger of the packing companies. Attorney General Daugh- lerty rules that the merger is legal {and he sees no reason for opposing lit. Secretary of Agr ure | who before he came into the e evils of mon !the lJive stock market, on b n ck, tion the legality of the With him it i !but of bus ng th sers and meat. Whether thers had fought I the expediency. inter the ultimate co! is any Nace w and other purely agricultura nobody is qualified to afirm {1t onght not 1o be that such {would be influenc o any th cabine: officials. for the fate of lone man or another is not to he | compar. portance, with the merlts 1t is argued ® anies can al- | ready iusion, all that ja cons uld «nable them ito ~pirine et H manipula i biack to the 8 the middle- could meet that ing a limitation retail. pays at protected retary rt. . but riy of the Iow e. e is supported by h a quest only a “di tions. THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM. Mr. State Department. such silly thought in mind." And =o, after a time, the S partment learns that the distinguish- caller expects a consignment ed such and such a shin, due i the month. “Certainly.” the reply ladly we shall assist” The State paper that cert and proper. Then the State ment tells the Treasury Dep. And the Tr. through to dock. Most of the liquor thus The emba {observing the dry laws. The: | 1ittle matter of transportatio jarrange to have their ow transport the stufl {or Baltimore to the cmb; | The modern embax: 1a truck among its impedimen iday or so before the shipmen { truck. embass: Then it puts its own a in. The embassy’'s own men drive back to Washington. There guard with the truck. {there is another guard along behind it in a touring 1 “lame ducks.” | Nevertheless, the general di {of the desirability of bringi { tion nee of per: s Comett { 2 1 =0 i make the date mber 17 That is not too cudden & legislative and axs In the E: hinet falls by a We would conservative 1bau ek of ¥o- ng over the com- r Senator New- for Senator Couzens, mavor of reit. former partner of Henry and multimillionaire, is noted expert ciast in citv improvement 1t i< predicted that ements to does not a question of law, of the foundation for the reports that Secretary Wal- resign from the cablnet 1f : position is not maintained on this d one way 1t of resignations 4d between witat “hman recelves on e the consumer issue w undoubtedly % professor. fo Agricultural Co! « of Congress and by agricultural 1 had some that port on the umpty-steen other churches in nor re- ies. We uld hardly picture the pompadoured I senator from the bounding west be- ing mixed up in any political move- taste for | i parties, so what folly to hint that he w sted in adding another it unto the rainbow—I mean party not lamed in the pleasure and have no on issues which, claims, the people repudiated ates ow does hat, be- one was some issue on was defeats were not circum- iscussion ng elec- ol closer <uhm le abou why not and. In- be_ the vole the pan. the voty the City ens. the Wallace, cab opoly ehall of not merger. in pro- stock- nsumers 1 issues, or deny. an issue or an- ould ion an rt farm- he farm tate 1re- on this o comes. Depart- artment. es the word on to its thirsty customs in- spectors. And they pass the liguoron shipped comes to New York or to Baltimore, { the latter being handy to Washington. sies are punctilious about re is the n. They n truck from New York does not have ts. Soa it is due it goes into the market and buys a 1t pays cash therefor. {18 no denying the fact that the truck, therefore, is the property of the Blank There river in charge of the truck, drives up to the dock where the liquor is to be un- loaded and waits till the ship comes 1 handle | the shipment. put it on the truck and ix generally a good strong Often as not ollowing car. When the liquor is unloaded the embassy has a surplus truck. So 1t goes into the marke the truck. bought the truck from? You'& be surprised. t 1o selly Does it go to the man it