Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1923, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR,| With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY..........May 11, 1833 THEODORE W. NOYES .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th At. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Offce: 150 u St. Chicago Office: ‘Tower Bullding. Ruropean Offfce: 16 Regent St., Loodon, England. The Evening Star. with the Runday morning edition, Is delivered by carriers within the city 4t 60 centa per month; daily only, 45 cents per month: Sus only, 20 cents per month. ders may be sent by mail, or telephone Mal 5000, "Collection 13 made by carrlers at the e8d of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunday..1 yr., §8.40; 1 mo., 70c Daily only $6.00; 1 mo., 50c Sunday only. 40; 1 mo., 20c All Other States, Daily and Sunday..1 yT., $10.00: 1 mo., §5¢ Dally only........1yr., $7.00; 1 mo., 60c Sunday only. 1yr., $3.00;1mo., 25¢ Member of the Associated Press, The Associated Press s exclusively entitied news dis. paper apd also the local news pub. Mshed “herein. ~All rights of publication of speciul dispatches herein_are also_reserved Murder at Lausanne. Murder of the unrecognized soviet representative at Lausanne by a Swiss from a motive of vengeanre for the death of his family in Russia may lead to difficulties between the Moscow government and Switzerland, but it can hardly have any effect upon the eonference In progress there. The crime, ft would appmar, is purely per- sonal and not polltical. At first the Swiss fasclsti—it scems that the fa: cisti movement hax crossed the Alps— were accused of participation, because & warning had been sent to the soviet representative in the name of that or- ganization to quit the country. But later disclosures make it evident that the warning was not a murderous threat, and that the slayer was acting | wholly upon his own initlative. Hel was probably unbalanced. He had fortified himself for his act by coplous draughts of brandy just before firing. 1t is difficult to see how Russla can make a formal issue with Switzerland in this case. The Swiss government has no direct relatlons with that at Moscow, having fafled to recognize the soviet. In e, Vorowsky, the soviet representative, was not in Lau- sanne in an oflicial capacity to the ex- tent of having been Invited to the con- | ference by the consulting powers. He had come as an observer, on his own responsibility or that of the soviet. He | took his chances, Nor i it likely that the crime will affect the course of the proceedings at Lausanne. A bolshevist agent is slain by a fanatie who alleges a purely per- sonal grievance against the system hig victim represents. There are many | others who have such grievances, whose families have been murdered in . whose properties have been ted, whose homes have been | ., who have suffered the most | terrible outrages and who would glad- 1y commit erime if it were possible | thus to manifest their loathing for the | abomination that has come Into exist- | ence In Russia. But crime will not cure the Russlan | disease. The assassination of single | soviet agents will not bring about a, change in that land. This murder | merely accents the horror that has | come through the revolution and the | adoption of frenzled policies of govern. ment by a group of daring theorists | and political madmen in that land of | sorrow. —_———— Crops and Cold. Reports of crop damage from the re- cent cold snap in the west are coming | in, with estimates running high into | the millions of loss. This always fol- lows 4 sudden spring fall in tempera- | ture. It is the loglcal result. But it is| nevertheless to be remembered that Lowever heavy these spring losses | may be, on paper, the crops continue | to be good. Sometimes the fruit prod- | uct is somewhat lessened. Yet it Is to be borne in mind that most of the tree- fruit crop runs in alternate years, and @ “fallure” every other season is to be reckoned upon as normal. In certain cases, as the tree fruf the severs cold s injurlous only when the fruit is In a certain state of | hud. After the “set” occurs there is little danger. An early or middle April frost may do immense damage to the apples and peaches, while a mid-May frost will not destroy them. In the case of vegetables it is always pos- sible to replant if the cold has kiiled | the early growths. Of course, that! means loss in seeds and time, and 1t also means a late market. But there is not necessarily a material lessening of the supply for the consumers, Scarcely a vear passes without one or more of these “crop killers.” And despite them all the country continues to increase in prosperity. These are trifiing setbacks compared with the real devastations that occur in some other lands. American agriculture is 80 widely varled, and there is such an fmmense range of territory and cli- mate, that famine.making conditions do not develop here on a scale to men- ace the people with want. This is a wonderfully favored land. —_———— The eruption of Mount Etna is not | only continuing, but is becoming even more violent, and the flow of lava has become greater. Etna Is becoming a regular lavatory. anv eas An Official Kidnaping. Nearly two years ago a little Itallan boy was kidnaped by blackmallers in New York city and his parents were commanded to pay a large sum In ran- sc6a After some weeks of search the Dody of the boy was found in the Hud- son river. He had been choked to death. Meanwhile the police had guarded the family, and five men had Deea arrested when they went to the House to extort payment. These men wetre tried. Two were condemned to death and will shortly be executed. Another was condemned to death, but in recognition of a confession which alded the prosecution his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. The fourth was convicted, but bécame™in- sane and was put in an institution, The fifth Was réleased for lack of evl- dence. Ever since the kidnaping the mem; bers of the family have been.under tions of the blackmailers, contrary to the usual course in these cases,they were warned that they would all be killed. For months the police have been trying to get them out of New York to a secret destination to escape the murderous friends of the convict- ed men, and now it is announced that these plans have succeeded, and that the entire family, father, mother and four children, have been spirited away to & new home, known only to the po- lice, who are sworn to secrecy. This is an unusual case, In that the victims of the blackmailers aided in the pursuit of the criminals and. per- sisted In testifying. It shows the ter- rible power of the “Black Hand” ex- tortioners, who are unremitting in their efforts at vengeance. Without doubt the fugitives will be searched for throughout the country, perhaps in Italy, whither they may have been dispatched. To lessen the chances of thelr detection a skin-grafting opera- tion was had upon one of the children, whose face was badly scarred. But with all the precautions against pur- sult and identification there remains a chance that they will be found, for the convictions In the case have dealt a heavy blow upon the blackmalling- kidnaping industry, and its promoters will not remit in their efforts to Inflict “punishment” as a warning to others. ‘This strange procedure, it must be noted, has occurred in the United States, where at the present moment there is high indignation over the erime of a troop of Chinese bandits in the capture of a number of Americans for ransom. ————— The Auditorium. Steel for the Washington Audi- torfum is arriving in’ carload lots, and there iIs much activity at the site of the large and important structure. If all goes well the auditorfum will ®oon be u fact, and Washington can then say to the country, “Here is a hall for the accommodation of big meetings.” It can say to the managers of the major politi parties that the democratic and republican presidential nominating conventions may be held in Washington. No more shall we hear the old, old story that “we would like to hold our convention at Washington, because the lonal Capital is the logical and appropriate place for na- tional conventions, but there is no hall in the town big enough to seat our delegutes.” The auditorfum will meet a need that Washington has felt for many years. Thirty, perhaps forty, years ago men talked of & great hall which would clinch Washington's claim to being the convention capital of the United States. But Washington was a much smaller and much poorer town then than now. The construction of a place to house conventions attended by more delegates than could find place In the existing halls was too ex- pensive and too speculative for the population of Washington at the time when a few daring men began to ad- vocate the bullding of a convention i hall that would compare with any- thing that New York, Philadelphta and Chicago could show. But times change and Washington has grown. More conventions come to the capi- tal In a month than came here In a year a quarter of a century ago. There are many more national organizations which hold conventions, and more and more of them think of Washington as the convention eity. The multiplica. tion of national organizations is one of the features of the age, and the number of these organizations having permanent headquarters at Washing- ton is large and growing. It is possible that national associa- tions will hit on Washington as the regular place for holding their con- ventions, instcad of shifting from one city to another year after year. It is quite possible that the great political parties will hold thelr national conven- tlons here rather than opén bids to determine whether they shall be held In Chicago, St. Louls, Kansas City, San Francisco or elsewhere. Day by day one catches in the news a glimpse of progress being made on the Washington Auditorium, and soon we may read a atory of its completion, @ story of its dedication and a story of the first convention held under its roof. Then the way will be open for big conventions and all roads will lead to Washington. —_—————————— The firet candidate to announce him. selt for presidential honors in 1924 isa. Bridgeport, Conn., man. Running with him for Vice President is his flancee. He has announced his cabinet, but by the time he 1s elected he will prob- ably have raised one. —_——— eightman jury successfully tried a case in Providence, R. L., coun- sel for both sides agreeing to the Ilimited number. Many a citizen drawn for duty would be glad to see the number narrow still further. —_——————— Company can always be accommo- dated with a nightie for an unexpected overnight visit in a family where there 1s a Klansman. No Gougin; The trade organizations of Wash. ington, which include practically everybody Iin business {n the District of Columbia, are on record as declaring that there will be no profiteering dur- ing Shrine week. All other clvic asso- clations are heartlly opposed to such practices, which are against good business, good manners and the rites of hospitality and which would bring the name of Washington into bad re- pute. The great body of citizens insist that visitors to the capital shall be treated fairly and handsomely. be no scalping of guests. The police of the District and police from many cities in the outlands are to be on watch for pickpockets, cut.purses, stick-up men, bandits and crooks in general, The convention and carnival, which perhaps will be the greatest gathering in the history of Washing- ton, must be a success. s It may be that some stories of profi. teering will be told. It may be that some strangers will be avercharged. ‘But instances of overcharging will'be exceptional. Already-thére has’been brought to notice &’ yatn’ that' Hotel charges ‘will be exorbitant during Shrine week. A letter recelved by the Washington Chamber o6f Commerce l | THE _EVENING guard. When they testified to the ac-| from.the chamber of commerce of a | l ! California city said that one Washing. ton hotel planned to charge $40 a day and that another hotel wanted $1,000 for several rooms during the conven- tion. Prompt investigation was made and the accusation was found to be baseless, The hotel which was said to contemplate & charge of $40 a day has let its rooms to Shriners at $5 a day, which Is its usual charge, and it was found that the charge of $1,000 was for the accommodation of fifty persons for such a period as brought the charge within the limit of normal prices. ) Advance storles of excessive charges should be met with a statement of facts and the business interests and citizens In general should be on guard that there may be no tales of gouging carried home. by the strangers. The Shrine conventlon is to give the capital a big bit of publicity and all citizens are interested that the publicity shall be of the right kind. ‘Throughout the United States Wash- ington is now the most talked-of city in the Union, and It will be the most talked-of city after the convention. We want everybody to be happy and to carry back home pleasant memorles of Washington and ita people. —_———— New’s Announcement. Those were encouraging words which Postmaster General New ute tered in Mansfield last night upon the celebration of the one-hundredth anni. versary of John Sherman's birth. In the course of a speech touching upon many toples of politles, prosperity and administration, he sald: “T happen to know that it fs the bellef of the ad- minlstration—certainly the hope—that all these prosperous conditions will permit the unexpected to happen in the form of an early reduction of tax- atlon. If our customs receipts con. tinue at anything like the present rate, | and If better business brings to the Trearury a surplus, which it is at least temporarily doing, the reduction will be certain.” There have been previous intima- tions from high officlal circles of the probable realization of the hope of a reduction of taxation. When Mr. New, himself a member of the cabinet and in touch with all the functionings of government as related by the depart- mental heads seated about the cabinet table, says he “happens to know that it is the administration’s bellef that reduction will come he ix talking with knowledge of facts, not merely specu- lating. Before making that statement he had called attention to conditions in business, transportation and general prosperity which furnish the fc tlon for the administration’s expecta- tion of a reduction, so he was arguing from cause to expected natural effect. The country is actually in a flourish- ing condition, as shown by reports | trom all sections and all industries. This is bound to be reflected in the government's financing., now in the able hands of Secretary Mellon, and, when Congress meets, In legislation af- fecting taxation. Mr. New sid it would be “early reduction,” and the country will echo, ““The earlier the bet- ter"—and ma the Postmaster eral turn out to be a good prophet —— ‘When one looks at a picture of a group which includes Albert of Bel- glum and his queen, his two sons and his daughter, and the Prince of Wale: he is Inclined to the view that coun- tries to which fate has dealt such fu cards hold pretty good hands. —_—— ce Florida has named a newly-created county after Barron G. Collier of New York, and the latter plans to spend $10,000,000 within the next few years in developing and beautifying his namesake. In this case there is as. suredly something in a name. —_——— King Alfonso of Spain never wears & suit more than six times. During the war the United States saw some mar- keted that could not be worn much more often than that. —_——— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. A Boyhood Recollection. High up on a shelf in the pantry it stood— In fancy I see it again— A remedy certain to do you much good, Though fraught with incredible pain. There is nothing in all of the various ins That mortals are called to endure From a sty or a stone-brulse to fever and chills That it wasn't expected to cure, Its flavor was that of some lake down below That the imps keep eternally hot. It outwardly used, in two minutes ‘twould show A blister, more likely than not. And when, like a martry who ylelds to despalr, You weakened and uttered a yell, 'The folks would approvingly nod and declare “That's a sign it is making him well.” Though I long for the moments of in- nocent glee That only a child can enjoy, I always think twice before yearning to be A careless and frolicsome boy. Though life's serlous cares cause full many an ache, -And hope only leads to dismay, 1'd rather face all such distresses than take One dose from that bottle today. ‘The One Autocrat. There is to| The umpire is a mighty man, He always has his way, And when he once decides d point It has to be that way. Although the world, with threats and - Jeer, May contradict him flat, He triumphs over all his foes By simply standing pat. The statesman or the business man ‘Toil on in proper pride, But never know just where they stand »Until the courts:decide.” " ‘But‘he, the pmpfrs, 'peedlen, i‘rl Ambition or of pelf, - Walks with imperious stride through "iite t A law unto himself. | Serbla. ! pap | the scen STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRID WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Samuel Gompers, aged seventy-three,. Parisian home. They sald they'd clalms to have been the buslest man)come If they could be recelved and in the United States during the year 1922. He engaged in 604 conferences in almost all sections of the country; traveled 25,000 miles, involving ninety rallroad trips; gave 146 newspaper In- terviews and statements; dellvered sixty-six public addresses, of which thirteen were before International trade unfon conventions; wrote 15,263 individual letters; lssued 125,691 cir- cular letters; attended and argued be- fore four congressional hearings and before four state legislatures; and. In addition, transacted from A. F. of L. headquarters in Washington the routine buainess of that organization, including chief direction of its staff. * k% % One of the stalwart republicans of the Senate, James W. Wadsworth, Jr., of New York, Is out publicly in sup- port of President Harding’s world court proposition. Wadsworth has Just notified his constituents in Kings county, New York, that he stands firmly with the President and Secre- tary Hughes. He is not commonly ranked as one of the “men around the President,” yet Mr. Harding seldom loses an opportunity to let people know that the youthful senlor senator from the emplre state Is one of his real and trusted ocounsclors. The horoscope approved by his friends foreshadows an eminent political future for Wadsworth, with the White House as Its eventual goal. ko Shrine grandstands on the Penn- aylvania avenue side of the White House have temporarily evicted from h regular statlon a venerable newsboy,” who bears resemblance to Unel m. He hap- pens to be a Sam himself, with Rea as his surname, and asks not to be mistaken for the president of the Pennsylvania rallroad system. With a lanky physfognemy and typleal chin whiskers, Rea could make up with little difficulty as our allegorical na- tlonal hero, ‘He's an Ulster Irishm remarkable s: and for « long time has squatted upon an undisputed claim at the corner of the White House grounds nearest the Treasury. Rea sells only afternoon . and from 3 p.m. till long past sundown Is a popular and busy mer- chant. America has been his adopted country for the better purt of half a century. * x x % Helen Davenport Gibhons, writer storfes for children, taught two refgn- Ing Buropean queens to chew gum Paris and the peace conference were their fall. At the time they were Princesses Elfzabeth and Marie of Rumania. Today they are, respectively, the queens of Greece and Mrs, Gibhons was Red Cross- ing in France d invited the Ru- manian princesse ave tea at her n!with by birth, halling from County Antrim. | r of | [ whereny i entertained just as plain Amerlcan girls would be; and chewing gum en- sued in due cour: Mrs. Gibbons, who Is the wife of Herbert Adams bbors, traveler and historian, Is writing_ the blography of her chil- dren. Two of them were born in Tur- key and two In France. Thelr im- pressions upon returning to the land of thelr own natfonality soon will come from the Century Company's press under the title of “Four Little Pllgrims. * ok ko Edwin Denby, Secretary of the vy, turned up in his uniform as a major of United States marlnes at the Army and Navy Club one night this week for a function over which he was to preside. He found himself in the midst of many officers, whose fate, ordinarily, he holds in the hol- low of his massive hand, but who, for the moment, were his superior flicers. One vas Brig, Gen, corge Richards of the Marine Corps. Richards was in charge of the even- Ing’s program—the presentation by the Marine Corps of a portralt of Maj, Harbord. Force of hablt ‘led the brigadier general to ad 8 the Secretary of the Navy “sir’ and otherwise to comport himself deferentlally. Yet Richards had the right, under the fron rule of rank, to order Denby to scrub the deck. The first lord of our admiralty immensely enjoyed his temporary reduction in #tation. He Is even bulkier in marine blue than fn citizens' clothes. * % ¥ ¥ Representative T. Frank Appleby of New Jersey s in the far east try- Ing to interest Japan and other g ernments In & world covenant to stop dumping ofl refuse into coastal waters. There Is a growing habit on the part of oll-burning fishing waters and are becoming luted. The fire hazard in many ports, too, Is being Increased. n- kress in July, 1922, passed a bill in- troduc by Appleby, authorizing a onference of the marltime natlons, view to arresting the ofl- He represents Asbury irove and other Jersey sides In Congress; hence his lively Interest in the humanitarian project. * x x % Many Washingtontans are hoplng and praying the capltal's postal fa- cllitles will be modernized before the Shriners’ invaslo s In. Otherwi them who come from the s will think they're not far On Sunday nights, the downtown dist lection from st Even in " steamers, bathing wches dangerously pe home, ay in no ter 8 hotels example, -t b the reat 1t \sequence s tadls that directions the leave before t hington in all (Copyrizht, 1922.) {Blood of French Kings and Hebrew Brokers Flows in Veins of Prince BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTE Since the title of Prince of Cystria is not famillar to people on this side »f the Atlantic, It may be as well to explain that the French automoblle enthuslast, who has just arrived in New York by the French liner La Fayette to drive his own Bugatte racing ecar in the Indlanapolis r: on Memorial day, is the eldest and heir of the Prince de Lucinge and of the latter's first wife, Rlaph NOY. | nessee ! Luctn Cahen, daughter of the Belgian-Jew- | ish banker of Parls and Antwerp. who, on recelving from the Vatican the title of count, secured permission from the holy see to tack on to his name that of his native city of Ant- werp, and consequently used t himself Count Raphael C. On one occasion he had inscrih #elf as such on a hotel register at Nice. Baron Albert Oppenheim of Cologne arrived shortly afterward, and on perceiving the manner in which Count Cahen d'Anvers had in- scribed himself he wrote his own name and title as “Baron O de Cologne.” * x ok % The title of Prince of Cystria is one of Sardinlan origin, and the present King of Italy, by virtue of a patent dated in 1920, authorized the present Prince of Lucinge to revive it and to make use thereof for his eldest son and heir as an Italian instead of a French honor. The Prince of Cystria, married to Princess Paule Murat of the semi-Russian branch of the House of Murat, has therefore in his | velns a blend of Semitlc blood and that of the royal house of France— by the left hand, of course. Io is a great-great-grandson of King Charles X of France. When that monarch's son, the Royal Duc de Berry, was murdered by Louval at the Paris Opera in February, 1920, he confided, Just be- fore he ‘expired, the two natural daughters born to him of his unfon with Amy Brown to his uncle, Louls XVIIL and to his father, afterward Charles X. King Louis settled hand- some fortunes upon the two girls, creating Charlotte Countess of Yssoudun, in her own right, and be- stowing the title of Countess of Vierzon upon Loulse. They were, respectively, thirteen and fourteen Years of age when their father was killed, and although the eccleslastical marrlage which he had contracted durin his exile In Eng- land with Amy Brown, daughter of a village rector there, was not re- garded as valld by the French crown and national law, owing to his faflure to obtain the sanction thereof from his uncle, Louls XVIIL, and from his father, vet the girls were brought up at court as relatives of the refgping house. LR Loulse, Countess de Vierzon, mar- ried Baron Athanasius de Charette, father of Gen. Baron de Charette, who played so gallant a role at the battle of Mentana, in 1867, and later on in the war of 1870, and who married Miss Polk of the well known Ten- | family furnished t of the that name, United States sident, and which In the Wil m hinkton by Fr: whie 1t, was adminis- nk Polk, 3 Anthony, son of old tte and former My, - Ch hims person ughter of ville, Ky. 1ughter, lun, mar. Faucign lgny, the head eSt_houses of the n his family tree show ny monial alliances with now reigning dynasty of Italy. original name was vas Galliclzed me of Lucinge and that of Collgny came to the family throuzh a marriage. The princely title {8 in reality a Sardinian one and it w in 1828 that King Charles X, f ake of his granddaughter, con- 1 to grant to her husband a pat- ofizing the members of the of Faucigny-Lucinge et de 1t an Americ r Miss Jan Th. Charlotte, ¢ ried ¥ wife in the Henning, o nini of - Herry ing m the The g house Collgny (o use their Sardinian honors | in France, * ok * K After the death of his first wife the present Prince de Lucinge married another lady of Jewish origin, his second wife being Mlle. May Ephrussi, daughter of Michael Ephrussi, an Odessa-Parisian grain speculator, and a granddaughter of the late Baron Alfonse Rothschild of Paris. One of the prince’s brothers, now dead, was Prince Guy de Faueclgny Lucinge, whose widow, Natividad Terry of New York and Havana, is now remarried to Jean Iswolski of Paris, son of the Russian diplomat who enjoyed the distinction of having been blackballed by one of the principal 5th avenue clubs in New York, with the result that his chief, the envoy, and all the other members of the Itussian embassy nsisted on resigning thelr membership of the or- ganization, and who was, in turn, minister of foreign affairs at Petro- grad and ambassador of the late czar on the banks of the Seine. Jean Iswolski and his wife are frequent visitors to New York. Another member of the family is a cousin, Prince Aymon de Fauclgny Lucinge, president of the Epitant lub. more officlally known as the Ceracle de I'Union Artistique,” which amalgamated a couple of vears ago to the Sporting Club of Parls. He distinguished himself in the late war as a captaln on the general staft suf- ficlently to win the cross of the Le- gion of Honor on the battlefleld, and has been married since July, 1913, to the former Caroline Foster, daughter of Reuben B. Foster of Waltham, and widow of Joseph Stickney of New York, the coal magnate, Who left her a very large fortune. She turned her money to excellent account in the four years of the great conflict in the way of relleving di tress and misfortune, and by her de- votion as a Red Cross nurse in ho: pitals, to the maintenance of which she contributed so generously that the French government awarded to her its silver medal of reconnalssance —that is to say, of gratitude. She owns a fine house on upper 5th avenue as well as the Mount Washington Hotel in the White mountains of New Hampshire. o et e i el Sl i R Why Gild the Lily? Queries a Reader To the BEditor of The Btar: I have read with great Interest the communication from Sally Somervell Mackall, printed in The Star of May 7, and based on a verbal statement of ‘the communicant’s great-great- grandmother, to the effect that Rich- ard Henry Lee, and not Thomas Jef- ferson, as has been thought for the past century and a half, wrote the Declaration of Independence. In cor- roboration of this long-delayed con- tentlon, I would welcome the chance to submit the following statements: ‘That Bacon wrote the plays of Shake- speare; that the south started Me- morial day; that Ulysses had all the adventures Homer says he had, and that the Czar of Russia and Dorsey Foultz are today allve and well.: No one could have greater respect or ad- miration then I have for the achieve- ments of the various members of the famous Lee family, but is it necessary to glid the lily? C. E. NELSON. In'a Few Words. The national heart, conscience and Judgment are alike enlisted in the movement for American adherence to the World Court, and against these we need never fear any opposition will prevail. —PRESIDENT HARDING. The finer flowers of civilization do not grow from the cellars of poverty any more than they grow from the palaces of extravagance. They grow from the bettering comfort and well being of the whole of great peoples. —HERBERT HOOVER. ‘The immigration fight is not one be- tween capital and labor. It is for the future of the United States—for pos- terity here and not for posterity in Constantinople or anywhere else. —REPRE! NTATIVE ° ALBERT JOHNSON (Wash.). Furopean nations are hating each other cordially, but hating this coun- try most. / —SENATOR GEO. . MOSES (N. H.). for| ot | atter | Fucinfacl, | into Faucigny, ' AY, MAY 11, 193, Defends Carnivals Reader Calls Them Clean, Legiti- mate Amusement. To the Editor of The Sta: In a signed article in Monday's edl- tion of The Star a reader, Mr. R. G. Frey, suggests that the District Com- missfoners prohibit carnivals from ex- hibiting in Washington, claiming patrons do not get thelr money's worth visiting the numerous shows rried by such organizations; also that games are operated which mulct people of thelr money. That this form of entertainment 18 popular with the masses was evi- dent by the throngs that visited 15th and H streets northeast the last month. There Is no other form of amusement that can take the carni- val's place with the workers in gen- eral. As for not getting his money's worth, the fact fx that a man can take his whole family to these ex- hibitions and be highly entertained without the expenditure of a cent. He can be entertained with free band concerts, free acts and the glamour of the many attractions offered. Engage a Censor. It may be llluminating to Mr. Frey and others who deride this form of entertainment to know that carnivals, circuses and other such outdoor amusement enterprises have this year organized an assoclation with a high censor commissloner at its head, sim- flar to Will Hays in_the movie in- dustry and Judee Landls in base ball, a well known Chlcago attorney, Thomas Johnson, being selected by the showmen. All tho large carnivils and circuses are members of this assoclation. It 18 thelr policy to offer nothing but abeolutely clean entertainment in their various shows, duvold of even a tinge of vulgarity. * All concessions must measure up to a high standar censorship, which means that the y of the fly-by-night, unscrupulous sger of W questionable alled val Is a thing of the past, Millions Inveated. Millions of dollars are invested In this form of amusement In the United States. Last month a show visited this clty that requires thirty-five dou- ble-length raflroad cars (aixty feet) to transport. This show started with two cars nine years ago. “Cleanness” has been the slogan of the manage- ment, and the mighty growth of his company must prove that the people want this form of outdeor amusement. Mr. Frey in his article says he 8 the Merchants and Manufac- 8" Assoclation, Chamber of Com- merce, Board of Trade and other clvie bodles will Join In protesting agalinst further granting of leenses to carni- | vals my opinlon that the mer- | will hardly see their way clear . On business errand to { the carnival which held forth at 13th jand H streets northeast laust month | notlced a larg. truck from Center { market unloading large quantities of ite, groceries, et at the mimis- me placed every rs of his company that the personnel of his show 1 approximately 400 people. Wants More Carnivals. These people all seemed well dress- ed. and it is q Ident that the: must leave cons ble money with our merchants when on a shopping tour. By all means let us have the good, clean carnival. A large part of our population want it, 1 find relax- atlon and good healthy amusement in a visit to thelr exhibits. And under the 1423 Assoclation of Outdoor Showmen thelr shows are to be of | a higher caliber than formerly, and as cleun as the proverblal hound's tooth. ALBERT M. HAYES. ! Question of History ! | Denied That Booth Made Excla- mation After Shooting Lincoln. To the itor of The Star: During the discussion of a paper which was read before the Columbia Historical Soclety recently it was was stated by three speakers that John Wilkes Rooth did not say any- thing while on the stage after he had shot Prestdent Lincoln. One of these peakers stated that he was present n the theater on that occasion. If any other of the readers of The Evening Star were present it would ibe historically interesting if they would write for publication thelr rec- ollections on that subject. 1 am satisfied that Booth did make n exclamation as he jumped from the box and another while standing on the stage and that those expres- slons were “Sic Remper tyrannis” and “The south is avenged.” During the trial of John H. Surratt Col. John B. Stewart of Westchester county. New York. testificd that on the night when Lincoln was assassi- nated he was in Ford's Theater with three ladies, sitting directly in front of the orchestra, in the left-hand cor- ner chair on the right-hand alsle, where he could see everything on the stage and off at an angle could see the President; that he saw a flash {and heard the report of a pistol or | gun, and on raising his head saw a man coming over the balustrade and noticed a curl of smoke immediately iabove him as he was in a crouching position in the act of leaping out of the box: that as Booth cleared the box he heard him exclaim, '@ sem- per ‘tyrannis!” and “that the excla- mation had escaped him_before he reached the stage below.” That he came down on the stage with his back to the audience, crouched as he fell and came down on his knees with a considerable jar, but instantly arose, with his face full upon the audience | i {stant that he had a very large knife in his hand.” Lieut. Col. Henry B. Rathbone, who was a member of the presidential party In the box, testified at the same { trial that “I heard him (Booth) shriek out some such word as ‘freedom.’” So 1 think there can be that Booth made some sort of ex- clamation and that there are a num- ber of your readers who could en- lighten us In that respect. I am in- clined to place more credence on the testimony of two people who did hear him say something than on the doubt of two hundred who say that they didn't, WILLIAM TINDALL. Protests Robbery Of Flower Beds To the Bditor of The Star: As you are such a strong advocate of Beautiful Washington and are urging our good citizens to beautify their front yards, I feel sure you will sympathize with me In the shock I had last night on my return home, when my wife called my attention to the robbery of the snowball bushes in the front of my premises. The boys who stole the blooms, which was bad enough, pulled lots of the flowers from the stems, casting same on the ground and breaking the bush or small tree o it is most unsightly. We have long since ceased planting any flowers in the front yard, as they are only a prey for flower thieves. It does seem there should be some way this could be stopped, but with our inadequate police force {t seems impossible, as no matter how vigilant they may be these little vandals are too shrewd to commit an overt act when an officer is in sight. I blame the parents and those who buy or receive flowers and plants rom children, who they should well know did not come by them honestly. The great trouble Is regard for the rights and property’ of others is looked upon as a small matter, and aking flowers or robbing fruit ‘trees s treated as a joke, and If a citizen does prosecute one he is treated as a fiend and a persecutor of a poor, ignorant child. o ROBERT B, TENNEY, and that he “noticed at the same In-; no doubt | CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS. Time: America's entrance into the world war. Scene: The salon of a French cha- teau. Personnel: American host; guests,a dapper French captain and an Ameri- can major. French captaln—"Ah, you Ameri- cans! Energetic business men! Won- derful fighters! But you love the dol- lar and have no Ildeals.” American host—"No ideals? What do you mean, monsleur? Americans no ideals? Why, Amerlcans have the highest ideals of any race in the world. Talk about American fideals! Look at Maj. , here! He cross- ed the ocean for an Ideal. France does not know Americans. You Frenchmen have got to learn what American fdeallsm means—how much it means,. * ok x % In the two years following that iIn- cident the French did learn something of what American idealism meant to civilization. A few days ago It was announced that the French people (not the government), by large and small subscriptions, bad erected a beautiful monument to the honor of American volunteers who had come to France and fought in the French army before America had entervd the wur. Not one of these volunteers had followed Lafayettd's examplo of de- manding to be made a major genoral at the age of nineteen years as a condftion preoedent of their cham- ploning the canse of liberty, equality and fraternity, The American idesl- 1sm was the purest in all the war, and it Is very much to the credit of France that she has got well enough ac- quainted with the better side of Amerlcan character to sce something in It not expressed by the Amerlcan dollar. * ¥ * % Americans have felt aggrieved at the recent politics of France, which has permitted that country to flaunt our loans to her and defy collection thereof, unless we will accept her clalm on Germany and collect it as part payment to us of money loaned to save France from defeat. Some Amerlcans have even felt like saying what Charles Lamb sald about a stranger. When walking with a friend, Lamb suddenly pointed to another — man P ing along the street and ex- claimed: 1 hate that man His fricnd was astonished, for Lamb was not a great hater, and he replied: “Whe, vou don't know him!” ourse I don’'t know him. If I knew him I could not hate him, but now T hate him.” Would it not be wonderful if we were all obliged to know what Is in the heart of the men we condem * x ok % If, like Lamb, we cannot ‘hate nation or a person when we know them, would that we might put our- selves where our debtors are, that we might feel something of thelr motives —concelve their ideals. Imagine dev astation of America similar to that of France and a continuance of dan- ger. Our statesmen, too, might then feel distracted and bound to cast about for resources, and above all, for means of appeasing citizens of restricted understanding. Maybe some of the grotesqua propositions now ing from the statesmen of e~ are made malnly for “home consumption.” ception of the American character one fota of the error that the “Amer- fcans have no ideallsm.” and know only love for the dollar, then they are either fooling thelr constituents by their idealistic and impossible als of settlement, or they plumb crazy” to expect us to can- cel the billions of dollars of their in- debtedness, or to accept German Isoraps of paper” in settiement there- of. Let them erect their monument to the American ideallsm—as persont fled in the American volun they may add a " —a monument to £ood, hard, business sense. It takes both' characteristics to make a rounded character. * * % % old slogan “Say it with flowers” has been greatly magnified by the American Tree Assoclation. through its president, Mr. Charles Lathrop Pack. The message of good anion Unele Sam's The Allied Solidarity Re-Established; Way Opens for New Discussions. A trial balloon designed to test the wind currents of International poli- tics, is the general characterization of the latest German reparations of- fer which has been unanimously re- jected by the allled governments, so far as the newspapers of the United States are concerned. They dently anticipate there will be fur- ther—and more liberal—offers, but in the meantime many editors look for a new ministerial deal in Germany. This {8 the hepeful aspect of the sit- uation, especially as, In the opinion of many editors, the solldarity of the allles has been conclusively demon- strated and the German diplomats must realize that thelr expectation of getting better terms through playing France against England has van- ished. Paris and Brussels a formal restate- ment of obligations,” the New York Post_says, and this meets the objec- tlon heretofore raised that “Cuno was playing for forelgn intervention.” The Cuno government, the Knoxville Sentinel belleves, “is foreshadowed for a fall in the near future and more acceptable terms are hoped for from its successor—If, after Cuno, there be not chaos, as some predict.”” The question of French policy does not seem adequately dealt with In the Paris reply, as the Brooklyn Eagle interprets ‘it, and it feels this “re- jectlon raises a serlous doubt in the minds of many whether France real- 1y _wants a settlement.” It is because this fact Is under dis- cussion that the New York Globe in- sists_“the reconstruction of Europe can be brought about only by gen- eral agreement, which the United States must indorse, even though she does_not take active steps to bring it about. The present interchange has importance only as it brings this stage nearer.” French refection was to have been expected, because, from the viewpoint of the Lynchburg Ad- vance, “the latest note contained nothing new. Germany has wan- tonly wrecked her own finances to avold a just indemnity, and the gov- ernment cringes before the power of the handful of wealthy Industrials of the Stinnes type. Some day the light may dawn on Germany that she really lost the war.” This is very much the oplnfon of the Boston Post, which {holds “Germany’s plan Is so hedged {about with restrictions and shrewd |appeals for outside help that France | ican hardly be blamed for her objec- tlons.” To which the Albany Knick erbocker Press adds, “there s neither vengeance nor spite in the position that the Germans must at least re- place what they. stole and pay for what they destroyed before they can claim the world's confidence,” while the Springfield Unlon declares “the offer does not have the ring of gen- uineness- and was not calculated to gain either the moral or political sup- port of other natlon: While this is true, as an abstract proposition, he Fort Woth Star Telegram holds ¢ 1 worse { many to psy more than she is able If there is left in the French con- | { confi- | “Germany has now addressed to| nhn futlle to expect Ger- | will gont by the assoclation to France fs told with millions of huge forest trees—i. e., the trees will be- come large. They are forwarded in the form of seeds. These will be propagated in French nurseries, and when sufficiently grown will be used in reforesting devastated France. When our great-grandchildren visit France in 1975, or 2000, they will be shown vast rests: “These trees came a8 a goodwill offering from America, following the great world war. * kX X Governor General Wood seems to be much interested in history. He Is finding interesting records of the past in certain financlal data show- Ing expenditures of Philippine funds and simultaneous enthusfasm in Con- gress and out of it for the independ- ence of the islands. Patriots who grew eloquent in their lectures and writings appear to have had ample Inspiration for their lofty sentiments at the rate of $300 to $1,000 & month, With such inspiration, at the expens of the Fillplno taxpayer, they what they could to make good, with- out flaunting their Inspiration in the face of the public, *siais ery faker who solicits charlty or ald of any kind in the name of a vet- eran of the world war, when he ig not entitled to such ald, is robbing & gcnuine veteran of all that the fruud produces. Many of the impostors are themselvey veterans, but it does not follow that they are representing a worthy cause In thefr appeal. There are bogus organizatiens and money schemes, Including publica- ! tlons professing to rep t the vet- | erans, which are in line Bovern- ent’ suppressfon or prosecutlon. Some government officlal; estimate | that the spurious veteran rellef b amounted to many millions since the war. The Post Office Department and the Department of Justice, backed by the Amerfcan legion, are preparing make a drive against this form of fraud. * % x x It Is going to take time and earnesc udy of the beautles of Whistler's color studies, exhibited In the Freer gallery, for even artists to apprec all their charms. His symphon “blue and silver,” “blue and gold” and and purple” marvels of They en the connois- ot “pink color. | seur. | But It takes no pr. { thrill at the view of to his wife. That is the painting in the exhibit easy for the artist lover to give wings and a halo to “the mother of his daughters” without lapsing into sen- timentalism, suggestive of the “ple- ture card of Valentine day; but Thayer is so evidently honest that he is glorious. As masterpicce of character study and of unequaled in_the coll It is no wonder that the j ist has written the canvas his “the picture must never be even so much as a pinpoint, any cireumstances. It is h la shrine for the earnest dent. though perhaps not i dilettante. are ture inged study to iyer's tribute thost sificere It w i art for stu- the * X x % It is announced as the policy administration of the Freer {that only a part of its | Pe exhibited at a ur n be renewed every qu, This plan I has its advantages for the Washing- tonfan. It permits a freshening of { the “exhibit every three months. It also permits avoldan of crowded wall space. When the entire end of |2 room can he devoted to one picture the observer is not distracted irrelevant color or theme. The plan sets off the pictures to best advan- tage. But it is net fair to the g her of visiters whe arc not able come to Washington every three months. Are they not entitled to con- sideration snd to an opportunity to see the hidden treasur 15 not this an as selfish as thit sme private wners of pieces, in hiding h pos rom the greatest possible publicity? What other gal- |lery, anywhere, hides most of its charms hushel” or in base- ment Why this ultra-ex- clusiveness? Was it not the intention of Mr. Freer that the whole collection should be exhibited, the whole tin that the passing traveler might see it all and seleet from its treasures memories and inspiration to carry away with him? (Copyright, 1 at num- under a aults | A, by P. V. Collins.) EDITORIAL DIGEST | to pay or is likely to be able to pay |during _the present genera The Columbus State Journ vinced “Germany never hoped to have | the offer accept but put it forth “as a vehicle that might put neco- tlations under v 3 settlement.” ! fying feature' about t though it was unanimous in the view of the Roston Trs in that “it was voluntary a distinet step forward. opinfon which the I also entertains, holding it | “Germany has got down off her high | horse. Presumably there will he a £00d deal of backing and filling, but unless Germany is golng to Insist on | the thumb screws being turned i 1it- | tle tighter it seems likely the nations {involved have finally set their feet on the path that leads to settlement jand to European stability All of these latest negotiations em- | Phasize, the Baltimore Sun argues, | /the necessity for the comp! impartial clarfficatfon of the fa the case. If we are ever to stop o ing ar und in thi first U ine to dd 3 have Germany's real cconomic, in- dustrial and commereial capacity do- termined by a commission competent to render an authoritative and interested decision. The United St is apparently the only country which can inaugurate that great interna- tional service.” Approving this s gestion, the St, Loufs Globe-Demacr. feels “the amount Germany can pay.— and it ought to pay to th ¥ of 1ts capacity—should n mated upon the basis of pre ditions, but upon its capacity und normal conditions, which, of cours it should be permitted to recov That it can more than the litest offer, with its” productivity resained and its finances stabilized, is not to be doubted.” It is, how fon of the Buff amount s of le. consummation, 1 the world's mind.” In any proposal worked out, the Binghamton I're insist ermany must get forcisn trade. ' For thelr payments are like any other tax; they must be r out of ‘the profits,'and they can't he mado where there aren’t any profits.” Hut in determining i made, the St. Ploneer I'ress convinced, “Germany has no right to an econonife advantage over her trade rivals, including those of the United States, in the fmportant years im- mediately ahead which m mine the ‘economic_balan whole generation. The incidents of | reparations payments must be ranged so that in the next few y they will neither crush G glve her an unfair advantag offer was “large Cincinnati Times-Star reviews it ‘and the gesture was more important than the words it accompanied. The first phase of the buttle af the Ruhr has been completed. The German economic army hax sent forth a white flag with an offer of. surrendér under certain terms. - A basis for” future negotiations has® been established.” This much ’agreed on, the Chicazo Daily News thinks, it now will- be possible “to initiate straightforwird nsideration of the exact meaning attached in Paris to the terms 'se- curity’ and ‘adequate reparations.’ ” dis- tes that “the nt than the at least oft that finally a |