Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1923, Page 6

‘b6 THE EVENING STAR, ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ¢ WEDNESDAY. . ...June 27, 1823 o1 '!lnonou W. NOYES........Editor (" “¥he Evening Star Newspaper Company ' Office, 11th Bt. and Pennaylvania Ave. B New York Office: 160 Nassau St. 5 Office: Tower Bulldisg. (rifiwuc-'m 16 Regont " London- England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday moraing Is dellvered by carriers within the city nty per month; daily only, 45 cents per th; Runday onlyy 30.cents per month. Or 3 ¢ tent by mall, or telephone Mal jection s made by carriers at the i wad of each month, * "' Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. i Maryland and Virginfa. ?lly and Sunday 1‘ yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ A 113 $6.00; 1 m 0c o $2.40; 1 mo., 20c ily and Sunday..1 yT. fly onl Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press {a exclusively entitled 8 tlie ‘use for tepublication of all news dis- (i fpatehes credited to'lt or not otherwise credited I this paper and also the local news pubd Mabed nerein, Al righ of publication of spatches herein are ! reserved. A Ford Party in the Making. | om Detroit comes a special dis- | patch to the New York Triburie saying ‘that-a convention of all Ford-for-Presi- { dent clubs in Michigan, to be held at | Dearborn, Mr. Ford's home, is under | " gerious consideration and regarded as likely to be held. The aims of the proposed convention would be the formation of a third national political party, and the nomination and election of Henry Ford as President of the Tnited States. Dearborn is the home of the first For President Club, and its officers report that they are be- sieged with requests from similar or- ganizations in many states for leader ship, instruction and literature about j Mr. Ford. indicating, to their mird, that there is a spontaneous movement in his behalf that is of widespread | character. Secretary G is quoted as declaring that “there is no denying the fact that the people want a third party. Letters by the * thousand pour in upon us, each with the thought down in black and white—a third party is wanted, and ¢ Mr. Ford is the only man to be con- sidered for the nomination.” He cited one instance to corrohorate his asser- tion. a letter from the Non-Partisan League of Akron, Ohio, said to be composed of 4 republicans and 1,936 democrats. 95 per cent of whom, it claimed, want Mr. Ford for | President. 1f the contemplated convention of the Ford clubs really is a definite move in the direction of the creation of a third party, it should attract the | most earnest and serious attention of politicians in both the old parties as well as the clectorate at large. The en- trance into the field of a third party | would upset the calculations of the | leaders of the old parties and an nihilate the candidatorial plans of a number of eminent men. A contest among three parties, with one of them of the magnitude likely to be attained by the Ford movement, would aseuredly throw the election of | President intd the House of Repr sentatives. That is a thought which should be carefully pondered by those backing the suggested undertaking. me of the home club ! ' set was Refueling in the Air. Only a littlé while ago, as time goes now, crowded as are the days and months apd yvears with striking inno- vations and discoveries and advances. 1t was announced that warships could be refueled at sea, and amazement was expressed at this great gain in the range of the naval fighting forces. But that was a small achievement in com- parison with that which has just now been proclaimed, the refueling of an airplane traveling at the rate of ninety miles an hour. This stupendous feat was accom- plished at San Diego. For some time past it has been rehearsed without the mctual use of gasoline. The feeding plane has hovered over the receiving machine, and e steel-cased rubber pipe has been passed down and coupled to the tank. After constant practice & way has been found to insure a perfect connection and to safeguard against the leakage of even a few drops of the highly volatile fluld, which, falling upon the hot, pipes of the engine, would cause an explosion. Monday the _ masoline was poured through the pipe without slip, and this long-sought ad- vance in aviation was achieved. Long non-stop flights may now be regarded as possible for smaller planes than that which recently made the flight across the continent. The range of an airplane, like that of a ship, is the limit of its fuel-storage capacity. If planes can be regularly resupplied 5 in the air there is no practical limit , to their endurance. The fact that the fuel is taken on with practically no check in speed is a factor of impor- tance. In practice probably this newly gained facility-will be of service chief- 1y in case of war, when plane fleets must be kept In action. It cannot, however, be predicted what will come of the new gain, mefely the latest in a wonderful serles of achlevements in _ @viation. ————————————— A statesman visiting Europe for economic information may easily find himself at times so busy answering questions that he has no time to ask eny. Restriction on Carnivals. The carnival situation is to be brought under control, and there is a feeling of satisfaction in the neighbor- hoods where these traveling shows have been in the habit of pitching their tents and setting up their merry- gorognds and.other features. There is genoral satisfaction that a remedy is to be applied to an evil that has been complaingd against by citizens’ associations, other civic organizations - and trade bodies. A visitation now and “ then by one of the so-called carnivals “* would not have aroused widespread protest, byt the shows have multiplied until it became fair to classify them as nuisances. The noise and clamor --of the shows increased, and their tone seemed to become danger- i __p_\fh'ollhmby ) -~ s s sentative and responsible organiza- tions of citizens the Commissioners asked for an opinion from the corpora- tion counsel es to thy course which might be best for them to take. It was suggested by one of the commer- clal bodles that a license fee of $500 a day be charged these shows, the un- derstanding being thag such a license fee would be prohibitory. The corpor: tion counsel has advided the Commis- sioners that such an increased license could not legally be laid against the shows without authority from Con- gress. To secure authority from Con- gress would require time, and would mean long delay in. dealing with a situation that has become troublesome. But he advises the Commissioners that they have power, under existing law, to refuse’ permits for merry-go-rounds and similar devices, and that their de- cision on these matters is not subject to review by the cqurts. Prohibition agaifist the merry-go- round will operate, it is believed, as bar against the carnival show, be- cause it is the central feature of the traveling carnival. It is believed that a carnival could 'not carry on its busi- ness without the aid of that noise- making and money-making device. | Commissioner Oyster has made the an- nouncement that he will exercise the power pofnted out by the corporation ounsel. and that carnival restrictions ! will be applied. ——————— The “Dry” Fashion. President Harding has become a total abstainer. He has let it be known that he believes every good citizen should decline to drink alco- holic beverages, whether lawfully ac- quired or not. This in the furtherance of law enforcement. The White House sets the fashion. It sets the fashion for the entire country, but particularly for Wash- ngton. It will be interesting to ob- erve how many of the high officials of the administiation will take the cue from the President in regard to cock- talls, wines and hard lquors. It will be equally interesting to observe how society generally in Washington, and In other big cities, follows his lead in this matter. One of the great obstacles in the past to the real enforcement of pro- hibition has been the fact that men high in government circles have not scrupled to continue to enjoy thelr before-dinner cocktails, their wines and highballs. This practice has not been confired to public officials, but men of prominence and of weaith in all walks cf life have madesthe pro- hibition law a “joke.” It has been “fashionable” to serve cocktails and all the oth¢r stimulants. And a very small percentage of these alcoholic beverages have been ‘“lawfully ac- quired.” And now cold water is to be the fashion. The edict has gone forth from the White House. It is, by the way. a fashion that will harm no one. Another President, also from Ohio, Rutherford B. Haves, more than fort; five years ago, was a total abstainer, sand dux'i"l;: his administration the White House was “dry.” He was many years ahead of nation-wide pro- hibition, however. Many were jokes about the White House dinners, and the devices that diplomats were put to !in order 10 attend state functions and at the same time not perish for lack of alcokolic stimulant. In dgys when even the “subdeb” must have her flask: when a youth is not popular at a dance unless he can { provide stimulating drinks for his partners and friends; when the younger people of the country are drinking as they never did before: when bootleg- gers are known as “‘society” bootleg- gers and law officers are derided, the Chief Executive is to be congratulated upor| the stand he has taken, upon the personal example he is setting. Sweden has succeeded in manufac- turing an artificial wood by mixing a small amount of sawdust with chemi- calsy This will enable wood to be ranked as fuel along with the coal whicp Is largely slate. Every time Chicago ennounces fig- ures,on a grand opera deficit ultimate mers around the country begin to wonder whether it has anything to do with an occasional boost in the price of meat. Having tasted betimes at what is called “an American bar” in London, several eminent Europeans are not in- clined to regard total abstinence in the S. A. as any great deprivation. ———————— leave them free to let others take the responsibility for the way sovietism is or is not working out. The difference between a three-mile and a twelvemile limit may be as much as three-quarters of an hour, with a slow boat. 'Tha debtor, whether individual, al- ways finds it easler to forget than the creditor finds it to forgive. The Old-Fashioned Ton. A ton of coal should weigh 2,240 pounds. People have learned to think of a ton of coal as weighing that num- eer of pounds, just as they are in the ‘habit of thinking of & pound of bread @s weighing sixteen ounces. One might conceive that reasons could arise calling for & change in the ‘weight of a ton, but such reasons have not arisen. The Commissioners have decided that they will not recommend to Congress that the legal ton of coal in the District be reduced from 2,240 to 2,000 pounds, and in takiag that position they stand on the report of the superintendent of weights and measures, which was adverse to re- vising the coal ton downward. The proposition to sell coal by the “short” ton instead of by the “long” ton, which has been the immemorial custom in the District, was advanced some time ago by & number of local coal dealers, who believed that in such a change there would be some advan- tage to the public and to themselves. They agreed to reduce the price per ton proportionately with the reduction in the pounds per ton. That would have been expected, and was looked 1 ! i Lenin is sick and Trotsky is, 0!1‘- course, worried about him. These facts | 4iready selecting that locality l the merits of the short and long ton has not aroused much interest in the coal-buying public. Interest would have been keen in any plan to cut down the price of coal,:which every coal consumer believes to be extor- tionate. As to where lies the blame for the extortion the coal consumer cannot =ay, and ‘official investigations seem not to have shed much light on the matter, But the consumer is convinced that the price of coal is beyond rea- son, and that he is being squeezed by some party or combination of parties concerned in the digging and distribu- tion of coal. 3 It was not strange that most per- sons, smarting under extortionate coal charges, should smile at a long and apparently serious discussion es to the wisdom of reducing the number of pounds of coal in a ton and making 2 proportionate reduction in the price per ton. It really seemed that some persons connected with the coal in- dustry believed that the coal consumer would like the idea because he would be paying less for a ton of coal. Good Driving. One hundred and eighteen trucks of the Washington post office traveled 21,000 miles in the streets of Wash- ington during Shrine week withont an accident. No truck struck a pedes- trlan or ran into another vehicle. It was a record, and shows what can be done by careful driving. Postmaster Mooney wrote a letter of congratula- tion to the drivers in which he sald: “You are helping to make Waghington a safe place to live in.” Maj. Sullivan has written @ letter to the postmaster expressing appreciation of the careful drivers. It is believed that chauffeurs | of other branches of the federal gov- ernment in Washington may learn to drive as satisfactorily as those of the city post office, and that the truck drivers of private firms may also be trained or coerced into using the streets as carefully as the post office drivers. Perhaps it might be that the general motor-driving public could be educated to the standard reached by the post office drivers. Yes, it might be! But not yet! ————tee———— Ag much interest is being shown in the personal letters of the late Sarah Bernhardt as if she were still engaged in her perpetual, and sometimes dis- couraging, art struggle, and were being persuaded to take publicity at any price. ——————————— » wonder the old poets are failing of appreciation. obody is going to feel any sympathy, for instance, with a youth bearing an “Excelsior” motto amid snow and ice, when the one slogan of the season is “Fair aend warmer.” An eminent writer demonstrates that psychology is not necessarily close to philology when in explaining the Oedipus complex he gently tautol- ogizes and refers to “King Oedipus Rex.” Home-town boosters should not be permitted to overlook the fact that Washington, D. C., is a home town for every senator or representative. It is just as well to invite the ladies to political conferences. They will be there anyhow—or else the men will stay, home. A Lynchings decreased in 1923. Come again, Dr. Coue. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Watering Places. A tiny child so pallid, * Upon a summer day, Drew near a house of blossoms To watch the garden spray. She came sometimes at twilight, Sometimes at early- dawn, “To see the wiggle water Sprinkle, sprinkle on the lawn.” Some seek the ocean billow, Some seek the mountain stream, When symmer days grow weafy And bid us rest and dream. And some who live uncherished In patient joy are drawn, Just “to see the wiggle water Sprinkle, sprinkle on the lawn.” In the Air. “The next war will be fought up in the air.” “Perhaps,” replied Miss Cayenne; ‘anyhow, some of the diplomats are for their discussions.” Open Letter. Sim Sorghum, Washington, D. C. Dear Sen.: I have wrote you several times about my boy Josh, and you wrote back that as soon as you found some work for him you would let me know. If that is the way you misap- prehend things I don't wonder some of the fellers around here are begin- ning to hint, in deflance of my efforts to stand up for you, that you are not the man for the place. Josh don't need work. He's got to have one of those optical fllusion jobs, end you mustn’t let him talk much, for when you come right down to it (speaking confidential) Josh is that green I've been afraid he might imitate & bear that chews his paws, and some day ‘when he gets hungry eat hisself for a salad. Feeling very good-natured end obliging myself, and hoping you are the same, I remain, TIMOTHY CORNTOSSEL. A General Policy. ‘When ‘summer’s persistences Leave no one exempt, A passive resistance, Is all I'd attempt. “Some day,” sald Uncle Eben, “I may feel dat it's up to me to go on one o' dese here hunger strikes. If it ever happens it’ll have to be at de time of year when it's too late foh spring chicken an’ too early foh watermelon. Pints and Pounds. “A pint’s & pound the world ‘round.” “‘Not in Europe,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax. “It would taks more ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin —— Q. Where is the local Y. W. C. A. going to move?—A. C. T. A. The general secretary of the Y. W. C. A. will have her office at the 614 B street branch of the association. The educational department, Miss Marion Miller, director, and the di partment of religlous instruction, Mrs. Elaine Rising, director, are es- tablished in.the McKim bullding, ad- Jolning Epiphany Church on G street. A cafeterla will be opened on the first floor of this building in July. Q. How many feet In diamgter are the clocks In the tower of the Post Office building on Pennsylvania ave- nue?—E. M. L. A. The Post Office Department says that the_ clocks are-fifteen feet in diameter. Q. Does a President bring his own furniture to the White House?—J. K. A. The furniture in the White House is owned by the nation. The new President brings only such per- sonal belongings as he may care to have with him during his term of office, and removes the same when his successor is Inaugurated. Q. Has the patent office ever been burned?—F. C. A. The building in which the mod- els of patents were kept was de- troyed by fire in 1836. Again, in a part of the bullding was burned. Q. Is there anything that can be put In water that will make cut flowers keep longer?—A. G. Lo A. The Department of Agriculture says that nothing is better than fresh, cold water for flowers. The water should be changed dally and the stems of the flowers clipped. In the case of roses, a piece of ice in the vaso will keep the buds from open- ing so rapidly. Q. What lines of business were followed by the four men who started the Rotary Club?—C. €. H. A. Three were business men—one & coal dealer, one a merchant tailor and one a mining operator. other was a professional man—a law- yer. The first club was in Chicago. Q. Did former President Wilson sign the Volstead act?—L. Ci A. The Volstead act was vetoed by President Wilson Ocfober 27. 1919 ;'i b g ssed over his veto October Q. As forests are cut, is the land all turned over to agricultural pur- poses?—J. P. C. A A. The forest service says that the United States contains some 485.000,000 acres of forest land, timbered. cut- over and burned; and that most of this will always be forest land. Its area is ample to grow all the wood needed for domestic demands and ex- it it is kept at work growing Q. In what year did Benjamin Franklin become a Mason?—H. A. D. A. TIn the winter of 1726-7. . ‘Q.How large should & kitchen be? —C. % A. Convenience is more Important than size. One hundred and twenty square feet of space Is plenty for preparing food and washing dishes for a family of average size. Q. Ts the use of pevote among the Indians injurious to them?—J. J. A. Peyote is a drug taken from a plant related to the mescal of Mexico. It affects the nerves In somewhat the same fashibn as opium or cocafne. Ovinione differ as to its effect upon the Indians ag a race. While some men become shiftless and debauched as a result of its use, other individuals and tribes have used it for many years with no signs of decadence. Q. What ing?—C. B. A. Aguarell means & drawing In water colors. The word is from the Ttallan acquarello. which, in turn, 18 adapted from the Itallan word “aqua’ meaning water. This word has suf. fered no change from' the Latin of the classics. Q. _Can bowlegs be straightened? —A. B. A. Bowlegs may be remedied In many cases by appropriate orthopedic applianc or by means of a surgical operation. In the latter case the is an aquarell paint- | outer condyle of the femur is cut off The | Q. What is meant by a button-ear on 2 dog?—C. W. A. This is a name applied to an ear which falls over in front, con- in a slanting line. and the limb aligned, after which the condyle fs allowed to knit to the femur in its new position; or the shaft of the bone may be broken, the leg straightened and bandaged in proper position un- til healing is complete. X (Questions of fact are answered di- rect to the inquirers. Only a few cealing the inside, as in fox terriers. selected ones of general interest are printed.) Famed: Guelph-Este Treasure, . Of Great Worth, to Be Sold BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. Only those who have had an op- portunity of examining the world- famed Guelph-Este treasure will be able to appreciate the revolutionary results of the great war on receipt of the news that it is mow about to be placed upon the market of Vienna. - Of incalculable value, and owing its origin to Henry the Lion, the Crugader Duke of Brunswick, comprising all sorts of jewels and treasures of ecclesiastical and secular character which he brought back to Germany from Constantinople, then the capital of the Byzantine Empire, and from the Holy Land, it has been added to by each Duke of Brunswick who has followed Henry the Lion during the 800 years which have elapsed since then, Including all sorts of loot from cathedrals, churches, enormously wealthy monasteries and convents in Italy and Sleily, acquired during the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries of fighting be- tween the Guelph D'Estes and the Ghibellines, who may be sald to have kept all southern Germany and Italy in a constant condition of turmoil and warfare for 300 years, millions of lives being sacrificed. One of the features of the treasure is known by the name of the “Dome Relic,” and is a shrine that formerly contained the rellc of some saint or martyr, and which, "all studded with precious stones, is marvelously fashloned of gold, a masterplece of the fourteenth century goldsmith's art, in the shape of a Byzantine basil- fca, with many cupolas. It Is re- garded by experts as absolutely unique. Then there Is the world famed_ Guelph “Onyx” in the form of a gold-mounted onyx cup, about six inches in length and three inches in breadth. In 1830, when Charles the so-called Diamond Duke was de- throned and expelled by his subjects, he managed to carry away with him as his principal treasure and as his most highly prized possession the celebrated “Onyx Cup.” He had it with him in Paris throughout the second empire, and absolutely re- fused to_surrender it to his younger brother William, who had succeeded him on the throne. When died at Geneva in 1873, it was sought in vain among his hoard of bonds and jew- elry. most of which he bequeathed to the city of Geneva, stipulating as a quid quo the erection of & monument over his tomb there. At length, after an oft-repeated examination of his belongings, it was noted that a shred of flannel obtruded from the base of a very common looking metallic or- nament. On investigation this was found to be split lengthwise. Sepa- rating the split, the missing onyx cup came to view Intact and unin- whereupon it was at once claimed by his brother and successor, the late Duke Willlam' of Brunswick, as an inalienable heirloom. * * * ¥ The soverelgn Dukes of Brunswick have undergone many vicissitudes since the days of the Crusader Duke, Henry the Lion, elght centuries ago. They have played a notable role fn the history of Europe, and there has been no great or smail war during all those many hundred years in which they have mot played a very active role. Their capital has fre- quently been taken by the enemy. They have been driven from their do- minionis, and have suffered the pains of dethronement and exile. In some respects they may be said to have been dogged by an evil fate. So numerous are the tragedies an dramas that figure In their annails that the- superstitious have been in- d to ascribe them to their plun- file':.or chllmrg , cathedrals and of ecclesiastical property. But through- out it all this. wonderful wealth treasure, sometimes known as the “Este” treasure, has been kept un- harmed and unmolested, absolutely intact. Indeed, its preservation un- harmed has bordered on the miracu- lous. ‘When the late Duke Willlam of Brunswick of the senior line died in 1884, Bismarck, who was then chan- cellor of the German Empire, de- clined to permit the former Crown Prince of Hanover, who had become next legitimate heir alike to the throne of Brunswick and to the enor- mous wealth of the house of Bruns- to ascend tho throne, owing to his el 1 to renounce his rights to the kingdom of Hanover, which had been seized .D&lm-ll and annexed over- night In 186 ‘Blismarck established a regenc: Brunswick, first in the of the late Prince Albert of and on his death in the per- ot Meck. tain the Guelph tressure. That was clearly part of the personal inherit- ance of the former Crown Prince of Hanover. who had now become the de jure Duke of Brunswick. So with great reluctance he caused it to be surrendered to him. As at the time the former crown prince, who was popularly known by his English title of Duke of Cumber- land, had no sufficently’ adequate premises for its preservation, he in- trysted its care as a loan to the Im- perial Art Museum of Vienna, where it remained for many years on public exhibition until the galleries which he had added to his magnificent pal- ace at Gmunden In the Austrian bighlands had been completed and were ready for its reception. Then the treasure was transferred thither, the Duke of Cumberland’s act in re- suming possession of the treasure being attributed to his displeasure at the growing intimacy between Em- peror Francis Joseph and the court of Berlin, and his fear that the Ber- lin-appointed regent of Brunswick might institute legal proceedings in the Austrian courts for the possession of the treasure on the ground that it was the private property of the Duchy of Brunswick instead of the state property of the dukes. And there on the shores of Lake Gmun- den the Guelph treasure has re- mained ever since. * ¥ ¥ x Now 1t 1s about to be dispersed by a public sale which is certain to at- tract collectors from all parts of the world. The reason for this is the evil days which have fallen upon the house of Brunswick in a financial sense, and the person who has or- dered the sale s the present former Duke of Brunswick, married to the only daughter of the former kaiser. She 1ives in Holland in the neighbor- hood of Doorn, with her three .boys and her little girl, near enough to be able to keep her father under close, observation, though holding but lit- tle intercourse with him or with his new wife and the latter's children. Her husband spends the most part of his time at Gmunden, where in one of the remote wings of the great palace his father remains confined as an incurable lunatic, cared for by his devoted wife, the youngest sister of Queen Alexandra and of the widowed Empress Marie of Russia. Austrian - influences were instru- mental in bringing about an ac- quaintance between the Duke of Cumberland’s only surviving son and the former kaiser's only daughter, an acquaintance which ripened Into a mutual infatuation and into a matri- monial alllance, on the strength of which the Duke of Cumberland abdi- cated his rights to the throne of Brunswick to his son, to whom the sovereignty of the duchy was re- stored by Prussia and the kaiser. The wedding took place at Berlin in the spring of 1913, and in the presence of the Emperor of Russia and of King George. When the great war broke out a year later, the Duke of Cumberland and the Duke of Brun: wick threw in their lot with the ce: tral powers, one of the results b ing that the dukedom of Cumberlan was declared forfeit by the British Crown mnd parllament. The former Duke of Cumberland squandered mil- lions upon millions of his enormous fortune in purchasing Austrian and German war loans, receiving in re- turn for all his gold nothing but war bonds-and paper money, now value- less. Indeed, most of his fortune and that of his only son went that way. * ok x x In order to measure how great that fortune had been, it s necessary to explain that at the time when George the old blind King of Hanover was dethroned by Prussia in 1866, he sent secretly all his immediate tangible ‘wealth to England for safe-keeping in the vault8 of the Bank of England and of Coutts’. It comprised no less than $80,000,000 worth of French, Dutch and particularly English gov- ernment bonds, more than $20,000,000 thereof b;"illg in Eln"lmn consols. This was er supple by Duke Willlam D?Blmfiumulr‘ quest, amounting to over $30,000,000. But this enormous fortune has always suffered from bad manage- ment. In 1869 the old blind King of Hanover sustained a very severe loss amounting to some $15,000,000 or $20,- 000,000, through_well nigh insane in- {vestments of some of his most trusted ents and members of his household. d then there were other losses cul- finating in these investments in the central power loans during the re- cent war, in the midst of which the old duke lost his reason. It is sald that nearly two-thirds of the original Pblitjcs -at Large ‘That “Barkis s willin' " is the con- struction put by the politicians on the assent expressed by Henry Ford to & movement in Savannah {ndors- ing him for the presidency. It is regarded as coming near being in fact an officfal declaration of his candidacy for the nomination. A letter Mr. Ford's secretary wrote to the movers in the enterprise said, “In view of the interest displayed Mr. Ford can have no objection to their further activities in this direction. Thanking you for your intérest, we are,” etc. Only a few days ago Mr. Ford gave an interview which seemed to de- preciate - such activities as those undertaken by the Savannah .dem crats, but it was not accepted as the last word on the subject of his pos- sible candidacy, by a long shot. That skepticism of its fnality is now justi- fled. In fact, there has been no doubt,| in the minds of leading politicians in' both parties for months back that Mr. Ford has his lightning-rod up for the presidential bolt. The main interest in connection with his ‘candidacy, now taken as assured, i3 whether he will run as an independent or seek the democratic nomination. He apparently doesn't worry the republicans much as & threatened candidate on the republi- can ticket. But it is sald he is dis- turbing the serenity of a number of aspirants who are after the democratic nomination, * * X X President Harding in his Denver speech on enforcement of law is re- garded as having taken the disguise off of those who are trying to use the issue of state rights as a stalking horse for the wet movement and weakening of enforcement of the Vol- stead law. Gov. Smith of New York, in his memorandum accompanying the signing of the bill repealing the pro- hibition enforcement act of New York, made a point of claiming that he was defending state rights. President Harding said that “when the implications of this strange pro- posal are fully understood by people and parties devoted to preserving the rights of the states, the new nul- ificationists, T venture to say, will discover that they have perpetrated what is likely to prove one of the historic blunders in political manage- ment.” He elucidated his suggestion by going on to say that “It {s a curl- ous illustration of loose thinking that some people have proposed as a means to protecting the fullest rights of the states that the states should abandon their part of enforcing the prohibitory policy. “That means simply an invifation to the federal government to exercise powers that should be exercised by the states. Instead of being an as- sertion of state rights it s an aban- donment of them; it is an abdication; it amounts to m confession by the state that it doesn’t choose to govern itself, but prefers to turn the task or a considerable part of it over to fed- eral authority. There could be mno more complete negation of state rights.” * % ¥ % Politicians regard President Hard- ing’s Denver speech as definitely nailing the republican party to the dry mast. Not, however, that there has been any real question as to the drift of sentiment among the leaders as to which polley the party will adopt in the next national convention. He expressed the convictlon “that they are a small and.a greatly mis- taken minority who belleve the cighteenth amendment will ever be repealed.” He is quite cognizant of the movements afoot whose ultimate aim is the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, but it is doubtful if you can find a man of importance in the republican leadership who does not agree with him as to the fallacy of such a hope. The President’s further remark, “Details of enforcement policy doubt- less will be changed as experience dictates,”” is not to be construed as holding out a hope to the near-wets. It will be observed that he uses the words “enforcement policy,” which is to be taken as meaning carrying out the spirit of the eighteenth amend- ment. “Changes” might be taken to imply amendments to the law such as are obviously needed in such crises as now exists with regard the medic- inal and crew supplies of forelgn ships temporarly in our ports. He gives no hint of amendment to, the Volstead law to authorize light wine and beer. * ok xR Some of the correspondents accom- panying the President on his trip take the view that the reception he re- ceives may sway his determination as to whether he will be a candidate for renomination or not. That there is any contingency about his standing for re-election 1s not the view of his close friends in Washington. They think that he Is already determined to accept a renomination, and that he would be dissuaded only by signs of a storm of opposition, and that he is not likely to get anywhere. The prevailing opinion of politicians is that President Harding is as good as renominated now, that all that he does from now on will be looking toward election day in 1924, and his efforts will be for the good of the party and the ticket all down the line. * ox % A Some of the correspondents who wete at French Lick with Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York are saying on their return that, in their opinion, there is no doubt that Gov. Smith Is intent upon entering the contest for the democratic presidential nomina- tion. They have no authority from Eim to say so, they admit. But they have means of deduction and analysis which lead them to the conclusion. It is reported that he will late in the summer or early in the fall accept opportunities presented to him to make several addresses outside the state, to.let the people become ac- quainted with him. * k ok X ‘ Friends close to Gov. Smith declare that the public would be surprised to know the number of letters from other states which the governor has recelved urging and encouraging him to announce his candidacy for the nominatio) Tt is said they are not all from “wet” admirers, either, and that many are from influential demo- crats. One suggestion which is heard in connection with his candidacy is that even if he should feel the chances to be against his nomination, his can- didscy would buttress him with sup- port which would give him the bal- ance of power in choice of a candidate and make him a leading factor in democratic politics of the nation. : * ¥ ¥ X Tammany Hall, the political organ- isation of which Gov. Smith is a mem- ber, has the reputation of taking keen interest in presidential elections from the viewpoint of patronage. Of course, Tammany’s chief concern is in municipal elections; for it if in the dispensatton of the thousands of city offices that it finds its richest pick- ings, but there are nice federal po- sitions in the disposal of patronage by = President to which Tammany likes to have a string attached. Tam- many often supports a candidate for nomination _for -trading purposes’ only, and when the o} party B st Setn avarenin e st 30 ks not e CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. To have “an elephant on his hands” has long been taken as a serfous pre- dicament for any man. It indicates that he {s burdened with immeasur- able expense. But what's an el.phant compared with some folks? A keeper of an elephants’ cafeteria at the Zoo says the average elephant eats 100 pounds of hay, a few loaves of bread (and bread 9 cents a pound), and some dellcate dessert, such as oatmeal, unground and uncooked—au naturel, as it were. All that ration costs about $1 & day. One can feed three men for less than one elephant, but it is just litke it was when a Scotchman ' twitted Dr. Johnson that in Scotland they fed oats to horses and in England to men, and the grouchy Dr. Johnson snorted back: “And where but in Scotland will you find such horses, and in England such men?" * oKk % The chef of the Zoo cafeterla also reports that a sea lion eats more than do two elephants—even $2.10 worth daily. That fact is remindful of how much a Y. W. C. A. young lady requires, according to the bud- get published last Sunday. “For board, $500."" Now, an elephant boards for $365 a year, a sea lion for $766.50, 80 a young lady comes between an elephaht and a sea lion. Some men can afford ari élephant who stagger at_matrimony. 3 the Y. W. C. A. would start a class to study the anaconda boa con- strictor, the high cost of living would not so seriously impede matrimonial campaigns. A healthy boa constrictor, although not scientifically ‘reducing,” comes to the tabls only once in six weeoks The host asks whether he prefers the light or dark meat of the chicken or duck, and he answers, with diffidence, “Both, if you please” and swallows the whole fowl. Then he undresses and sleeps another six weeks. His six weeks' board costs only $1.25, for he indulges in no side dishes, and seldom tips the walter. The boa constrictor has another model habit. Go to the boa constric- tor, young ladies; consider his ways and be wise. A boa constrictor does not “dress for dinner,” but after din- ner he sheds his garments and dreams for six weeks. By that time styles have changed, and he appears In a brand-new trousseau. A young lady who “has nothing to wear” would save money if she, too, rested six weeks between costumes. ok % The Coal Commission differs from coal mine owners as to the proper value of unmined coal in the ground. The owners say it is worth $2.40 a ton, while the commission says it is worth only 10 cents a ton. Practical- ly everything has a value only ae- cording to the labor required to con- vert it to human use. This is not literally the case, but it comes pretty near béing the rule. The commission evidently follows that rule, with a margin covering the historical labor of seeking out the vein. Nitrogen is extracted from air, and after an ex- pensive operation in the process of extraction, it becomes a valuable nitrate fertilizer. As such it pro- duces food for the sustenance of men. What {s the intrinsic value per ton of the raw material, nitrogen, before it is “mined” out of the air? * %k * % The breathing of vegetation is what has put nitrogen into the air; it is the product of the ages. The chemical changes of vegetation stored coal in the ground. TIt, too, is the product of the ages. What dif- ference is there in commercial status between the stored nitrogen, floating above, and the stored coal lying Inert beneath us? Some socialist may de- velop a sermon out of the storehouses of nature. * kK E* The United Mine Workers of Amer- ica are charged with persistent inter- ference with the unlocking of the storehouses of coal, as if they had a right to say how much the people of COLLINS the United States may use of nature's bounty and thrift. The workers con- stitute 30,000 miners, who can take out some 13,000,000 tons. But itl 1theyf The commission rexor(s that the miners can make $4,000 a year. 1f they work full time, but that some’ earn only $300. The men who earn so0 little work proportionately, but are unwilling, it is alleged, to worx at other trades when mines are closed down. 1t is charged by the Department of Justice that the United Mine Workers of America have entered into agree- ments with miners of Europe that no coal shall be permitted to be im- ported into America under any cir- cumstances. The Department of Justice is re- ported to be investigating with a view to prosecuting the umion, on the ground of conspiracy. Some seem to think that it is the function of Cen- gress, and not of the unions, to do all the protecting necessary of the infant industrifes, * ¥k x x Imagine some “blue sky" corpora- tion which could buy up or pre-empt all the air, with its stored nitrogen which nature has been putting thers throughout the millfons of years Then: let the monopolists begin tell- ing us mortals that we shall do no unnecessary breathing, and that ex tracting nitrogen, for any purpose wastes oxygen, which has to be burned up to release jts nitrogen They might propose to dictate terme to us on which they would deliver %0 many barrels of air to each of us dafly, provided their unions did not strike. Ridiculous? Of course, it is; but is it more absurd than for us who nead nature’s stores beneath us. just as badly as we do the floating stores above us, to be dependent upon monopolists as to our life sustenance” * ¥ X % In less than a week after President Harding left Washington for Alaska. Controller of the Currency McCarl de- fled the Attorney General, intimating that the President himself could not interfere with his right to final de cision against cabinet officials in the matter of spending money. Onlr Congress can tell Mr. McCarl where he heads in, he says, and Congress is six months away! And Laddie Boy s just as obstrep. erous as if he were a controller or something. No sooner did he hear that his master was away out in Colorado than he turned on the pet squirrel, Piggy. which shared the President's affections. The dog barked defiance, then murdered the sharer of court honors * x x x It the Bootleggers' Union should take pointers from the United Mine Workers' Union, it would stop these _ importations of liquor which all the ships from the league of nations member nations are pouring in upon us. Where is the United States Treagury going to store the confiscated stuff, after everybody's cellar is filled with co in anticipation of a cold and coalless winter coming soon? There is no room in the Treasury, where all the vaults are chocked full of gold. The Bootleggers’ Union should have seen its duty and done it, without waiting to be pushed. There is no tariff oi contraband. No protection! * % X % American expeditionary forces were allowed to sail for Europe, every man was inoculated with various kinds of virus to avert disease, but now just before Secretary of the Treasury Mellon takes the trip, the life-preservers of the nation, not content with subjecting him to doctors, make himself a docto: five times over. 1f he catches any- thing, he can’t put the responsibility onto the regimental surgeon. He's it: Five colleges have given him doctors’ degrees. Melons have often been the occasion of sending for a doctor. Dbut a combination of Mellon and doctor in one parcel is an improvement. {Copyright. 1 Before the same WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE Woodrow Wilson would be the, greatest chautauqua “turn” in the country i he could be cajoled into the big brown tents, according to Henry T. Harrison of Chicago, pro- prietor of one of the Redpath chau- tauquas. Offers to address the pro- letariat from chautauqua platforms | reach the sage of S street inces-| santly. Mr. Wilson could probably | dictate his own ‘terms—which is| more than certain lesser statesmen, now in the Congress of the United States, have been able to do. of record that a republican senator of renown, who was wanted for chau- tauqua work this summer, demanded | $500 a day for his oratorical services. | As it was about five times their assessed worth, no engagement re- | sulted. A dozen or more members of Congress are now on the chautau- qua circuit at the rate of $300 to $400 | a week, plus railroad expenses. For- mer cabinet officers command about | the same rate. | *oxox ok 1 When S. P. Gilbert, jr., now acting | Secretary of the Treasury, retires from the undersecretaryship in lhe: autumn, a pesky thorn will be re- | moved from the side of Senator Key Pittman of Nevada. They have been at daggers drawn for months over enforcement of certain provisions of the Pittman act. That war-time, measure, enacted to help Great Britain preserve her silyer rupee cur- | rency in India, provided for the coin- | age of $11,000,000 into subsidiary | ‘American silver coinage. At the in- | stigation of Mr. Gilbert, in whose | capacity Secretary Mellon reposes | great confidence, the Treasury de-| cided not to coin the projected issue. | Tt was claimed that the government | thereby saved a round $5,000,000, owing to the fiuctuations in silver prices and for other technical reasons. Pitt- man, voicing the united and vocif- erous wrath of Nevada, has been tilt- ing at Giibert without mercy—also without result. The senator afirms that Gilbert has flouted a mandatory provision of his act, the passage of Which resulted in Pittman's trium- phant re-election in 1922. SR W _The Leviathan might well be named S. S. Melting Pot. It was recondi- tioned and commissioned under a Shipping Board chairman and vice chairman who, respectively, are & Jew and an Irlsh Catholle. Its chief engineer is dn Australian. Its chief eléctrician is a German. Three hun- dred of its well trained stewards and stewardesses are English, Scotch or Welsh, Its linen comes exclusively from Ireland. And the gueen of the seas herself was “made in Germany. Practically every state in the Uplon is represented in her reconstructed equipment. Shipwrights from Dixie- land rebuflt her. Woodworkers in Massachusetts turned out her , oak deck chairs. Woolen mill hands in Minneapolis loomed her snow-white blankets. The Leviathan was remade in Virginia, refitted at Boston and her home port is New York. Lk xR % S " Calvin Coolidge celsbrates his birth- S SR S 5 Ry B e SR the Fourth of July. The Vice Presi- dent will be fifty-one vears old on his approaching anniversary. He shares the honor of a Fourth of July birth- day witha certain discredited young Prussian named Wilkelm Friedrich Hohenzollern, eldest son of the exiled and ex-German crown prince. That ill-starred youth was born at Pots- dam on July 4, 1906. Germans of those halcyon days looked upon it as an omen of sentimental relations with the United States in the era over which he would reign as the fourth emperor of his name. * K ok % Washington has just had a visit from a Japanese editor, Masazumj Ando, who renounced the Buddhis: Dpgiesthood for a journalistic career. He now directs the activities of the Asahi, a great newspaper published simultancously in Toklo and Osaka |As a side line, Mr. Ando is a prom- inent member of the Buddhist party/ in the Japanese parliament. His branch of that faith, the Shin sect permits its priests to marry. The | daughter of the Kubutsu Shonin, or archbishop, of the Shin Buddhists— Count Otani—Is attending the Episco- pal Cathedral School in Washington. She is Miss Moto Otani. Her brother is shortly to marry the sister of Princess Nagoko, fiancee of the Japa- nese crown prince. * k% % Willlam Livingston, veteran Detroit banker, who is as close to Henry Ford as any man in the world, tells this observer that if the motor magnate makes up his mind to be nominated for the presidency “nothing will stop him.” It is said to be the Ford way ‘Whether the determination has been reached—"there's the rub,” says Liv- ingston. Also, he avers, the “man’ with the most influence over Henry is a woman~—Mrs. Ford. Virtually every- thing is thought to depend on her. Livingston declares Ford has “brushed p” intellectually far beyond the ‘history-is-hunk” and peaceship days b{nlnlcnslve reading, and can now be ranked a well posted man. * ok Kk George Marshall, a Washington theater manager, is resorting to the novel recourse of advertising that a good show now at his playhouse *is and wants to know Why. Marshall must have been digging into Lord Northcliffe's canny way: Northcliffe once published a book called “Our German Cousins," ‘which achieved only a small sale. It was a clarion call to the British to wake up and acquaint themselves with their aguressive rivals and neighbors across the.North sea. One day Northcliffe’s Daily Mail blossomed out “in ‘“steamer headlines” reading A Dalily Mail Failure, ‘The Book That Will Not Sell. Why Aren't More People Reading “Our German . Cousins?” - Then Northcliffe offered a prize of five pounds for the best answer to the question. quarter of a million gullible Britons bought “Our German Cousin in order to qualify for the competi (Copsigne. 198 s : Within a week .2} !