Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1923, Page 6

b THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY.....July 11, 1028 THEODORE W. NOYES........Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago OfMice: Tower Building. European Office: 16 Regent St.. London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition. is delivered by carriers within the city a1 60 conts per month; daily only, 45 cents per ponth: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be sent by mail, or telephone Main 5000, ¢ n is made by carriers at the end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. and Sunday..1yr., $8.40; 1 mo. only.. .1yr., $6.00: 1 mo. only 1yr., $2.40; 1 mo., Daily Daily Sunday All Other State: Daily and Sunday $10.0¢ Dadly only. 7.0 Hunday only $2.0 1yr, 1yr, Member of the Associated Press, Assoctated Press is exclusively entitled use for republication of all mews di patehes credited 1o it or not otherwise credites ™M this paper und also the local news pub. lished lerein. Al rights of publication of special dispatehes herein are also reserved. sl i Naming School Buildings. A deadlock has developed between the board of education and the Dis- trict Commissioners over the question of naming four new school bufldings that will be opened during the next financial year. The board has proposed to honor four men, two of them identified with the history of the Dis- trict schools, one who aided as legis- lator in the development of Washing- ton and one who, a long-time resident of the District, was a great American historian. The Commissioners prefer to give to these schools the names of four former Di: t Commissioners. Fortunately this controversy will not delay the opening and the use of these buildings for school purposes. They can be put into commission and aid in the relief of the school conges- | tion, whether they are named or not, if known by mere numbers or given | hyphenated titles ending the final gettlement. But the dispute has its significance, which is not to be ignored | in any partisanship that may be evoked for either set of names. ‘Fhis deadlock is an example of the bad condition under which the Dis-| trict’s schools are operated, with de- | tachment from the District municipal administration. The board of educa- tion is named by judges of the District Supreme Court, a function for which the members of that court do not care, and which does not by any stretch of | logic belong to them. All of the esti- | mates for school purposes are framed | first by the board and then are: con- sidered by the Commissioners, and modified by them in accordance with the general scheme of budget making. School buildings are designed by the District architect, and are erected un. der the direct supervision of the Dis- trict Commissioners, frequently with a. serious difference of opinion regarding plan and equipment and even the site, on the part of the board, which is in-| trusted with the direction of the school system. This division of responsibility works out unfortunately, causes delays, arouses friction. The schools are by law, in point of direct administration, detached from the District govern- ment, and yet are kept under the municipal administration in point of physical equipment and finance. The members of the board of education are not responsible to the Commissioners for their action, and yet are hampered often in their course of school develop- ment and management by reason of the fact that the Commissioners have in certain important respects a virtual veto power. It would seem that the board of edu- cation should have the right to desig- nate the names of the buildings in ac- cordance with a fixed plan and system. Yet the Commissioners now urge that they have the final word. It is not a vital matter as compared with the question of adequate school equip- ment, but it illustrates the awkward- ness of relationship in school matters from which the District has suffered for a long period. Perhaps this con- troversy over the names of the four buildings will bring to a head this question of school jurisdiction and lead to legislation at the next session finally straightening out this tangle ®nd defining authority ———— Rumors that Col. Harvey will retire @re emphatically denied. The colonel will never permit those who have made gleeful reference to his knicker- bockers to depict him in pajamas. Ford Wins the Straw Vote. Henry Ford, according to the final Teturns of Colller’s presidential straw ~ote, stands out head and shoulders Bbove the rest of the candidates. Of “the total 259,553 votes cast, Ford re- ceived 88,865. President Harding led the republican presidential “possibili- ties” with 51,755, and William G. Me- Adoo, ‘man of many jobs under the Wilson administration, led the demo- crats with 19,401. An attempt has been made, it is #aid, to obtain a cross-section of Amer- dcan political opinion. But straw votes in the United States, while showing 16 @ certain extent which way the wind is blowing, in the past have fre. aently failed to point clearly to the final result in political battles. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, was & power in the straw votes before the last republican mnational convention; | republican nomination for him, but he {lost to Newberry. The situation in the national con- ventions of the old parties, so far as instructed delegates, instructed through primary votes, conventions, etc., will be the same next vear as i was in 1920, Strong efforts have been made to extend the primary system, and, on the other hand, by the con- servatives to return all along the line to the convention system. The result, however, has been a draw in the states affected. There will be the same num- ber of hand-picked delegates as in the past. The selection of the nominees will be made, therefore, as in the past, largely through the political leaders, with the rank and file following. That being the case, it seems certain that PréSident Harding cannot be { beaten in the republican convention by Henry Ford or any one else. The grasp the administration has upon the political machinery in many of the states leaves little doubt of this fact. Ford, therefore, must look to the democrats for presidential nomination or to a third party. Democratic lead- ers have, up to date, spoken of the Ford boom with something of a smile in their eyes. It may be they will change, but the political leaders of the party at present do not intend to nom- inate Ford if they can help it. Willlam G. McAdoo, it is surmised, did not withdraw from the race for the demo- cratic nomination in 1920 without a very definite idea that he would be a candidate in 1 His friends will give Mr. Ford a ®attle in the conven- Ition, and so will the friends of Cox, Smith, Urderwood and others. Henry Ford is the richest man in the world. In the past Presidents of the United States have been men of comparatively moderate means. It is reasonable to believe that any party nominating Mr. Ford for President would not want for money. Also it would be a strange anomaly should the richest man alive be elected Presi- dent, presumably by the votes of men and women of moderate or little means. — ———————————————— District Needs. The public understands the difficulty of the task of the Commissioners in going through the estimates of depart. ment heads for the next fiscal vear for the purpose of preparing estimates for submission to the bureau of the budget. It is said that the aggregate of the estimates now before the Com- missioners is $30,000,000. This is a great sum, and it is likely that some highly desirable projects for District betterment will be set aside for realiza- tion in another year. The needs of the District are many and pressing. During the years of the | war there was little public work on local betterments, yet the population of the city grew at a great rate. Since the war the city has expanded at a remarkable pace, and public funds have not been obtainable to catch up with the work left undone during the war or to keep step with the post- war growth of the city. A stern chase is a long chase, but the District authorities, with the sup- port of the people, will stick to the task until schools, water mains, sewers, street paving, street lighting, fire and police protection, garbage and trash collection and all the other parts of needs of the city. ‘When the Commissioners, in prepar- ing their estimates, have disposed of routine items they will come to the consideration of several great matters. One of these is the estimate of the board of education, which is approxi- mately $11,000,000. A large part of this sum is needed for new school buildings and grounds. It is notorious that the school population of the Dis- trict cannot be properly housed in the quarters available now, and there is no other remedy than the erection of new buildings. The extension of sewers is urgent, and the sewer department sets $2,000,- 000 as the minimum sum for giving {sewer service to those parts of the District which have been recently built up. oxtension of water mains is needed, but this matter may be easily taken care of, because the water department, which is self-supporting, has the funds needed for the proposed work. And here is an added argument why the proposed sewers ought to be built, for water main and sewer main must or should go together. There is the plan for improved light- ing of the streets. It proposes the ex- penditure of a good deal of money, vet everybody knows that miles of our streets are very poorly lighted, and that improvement must be made along that line. There is also the matter of a high-pressure water system for fire protection in the central business sec- tion. Many other local needs are press- ing, and the task of the Commisston- ers in preparing estimates which will pass the director of the budget is not an easy one. . P —— Private and public ownership of coal mines remain subjects of controversy. The fact that the consumer must temporarily possess the cash is the one point definitely settled. ———————— The amount of time occupied by miners and operators indicates that so far as they are concerned there is no fear of a lack of fuel for cozy con- versational purposes. —_————————— One thing may be sald for evolution as en influence on public thought. It has taken Col. Bryan's mind entirely off “16 to 1.” his name was accorded a tremendous ovation in Convention Hall at Chicago. On the floor of the convention, how- ever, he had scarcely a handful of yotes for the nomination. There is a similarity between the positions of Hoover and Ford as poten- tial nominees for President, in 1920 end in 1924, respectively. Hoover had & grasp on the imagination of the ‘American people, as food administra- tor during the war and as feeder of starving Europe. Thers was a elamor for a business man in the White House, and Hoover's abilities were recognized. Both these factors belong today to Henry Ford. Also, there was uncertainty as to which of the old par- ties Hoover really belonged. The same _is true of Ford today. Ford was nom- inated on the democratic ticket for sgnator ageinst Newberry and made | ———————— Profiteering in the Flag? The chairman of the executive com- mittee for the Lake Champlain his- torical pageant has written to the At- torney General asking if “there is legal power to rescue the nation’s flag from profiteering bunting trusts whose methods are so destructive of the pa- triotic spirit of the nation?” He sug- gests that the manufacture and sale of the United Btates flag should be under the direction and control of some department of the government. The specific complaint is that not enough flags could be bought to supply the wants .of the celebrants even at prices ranging from 50 to 500 per cent higher than pre-war prices. Profiteering has become a nation- ‘wide scandal, and if there is profiteer- ing in the nationsl benner means government are brought abreast of the | THE EVENING should be found to end it. There is & ! general movement among Americans to teach and stimulate reverence for the flag among the rising generation, and to stir up patriotic emotions in Americans whose emotions of that ng. ture have become dulled. As one means to this end there is a wide- spread call for the display of the flag of the country, the emblem of the re- public. That any person or set of per- sons should take advantage of this situation to make extraordinary profit is reprehensible, and if the practice is as general and ‘“hard-boiled” as al- leged the government should inter- vene. The word “profiteer,” which was colned during the war, has taken a definite place in the speech of the American pséeple. Thatthere has been profiteering or overcharging in many lines of goods is believed by all per- sons, and if profiteers have picked out the American flag as a shining mark a remedy should be applied by the government. ————————————— Crop Prospects. ‘The crop prospect is an encouraging feature of the domestic situation. The July forecast by the Department of Agriculture is that this year's yield of corn, wheat, cotton, tobacco and other leading field products will be only 3 per cent lower than last year, and that the twelve major crops will be worth, in round numbers, eight billion dollars, based on the prices of July 1. The in- dicated value of the crops of 1923 is one billion dollars greater than the value of that of 1922, and about two and a quarter billion dollars greater than the crop of 1921. There is no such prosperity-producer as a big and profitable crop. It brings content to a. large and active part of the popula- tion. It stimulates trade in city, vil- lage and hamiet. The country store does a good business. The rural bank revels in good crops. The big crop makes heavy traffic for the railroads in hauling produce from the farms and in hauling back to the farms grocerles, machinery, building materials, furni- ture, clothing and all other forms of manufactured articles. The big crop tends to make people in the country and the villages turn deat ears to poli- tielans who promise prosperity by up. setting the established order, and a big crop helps stabilize prices of food for those millions of people who are not engaged in agriculture. ———————————— The improvements to be noted in the far northwest may be considered as a reminder of the world benefit that might have been attained had the Russian government decided to throw Siberia in when it sold Alaska. 1 | —_———————— A very“rich man with an aggressive economic mind cannot escape public attention merely by getting away from politics. Some one is sure, sooner or ! later, to serve notice of a libel suit. John D. Rockefeller declined to in- vite the village band to play on his eighty-fourth birthday. As a man goes on in years his taste in music natu- rally becomes more exacting If all the “third parties” materialize there will have to be a new under- standing that will assign designations of “fourth,” “fifth” and so forth. Every now and then a great medical renders some comparatively obscure disease famous. The French visitors in the Ruhr are compelling Germany to face the housing problem in one of its most difficult phases. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Honey Bees. Every year the honey bees, ‘With interest intense, Get together 'neath the trees And hold a conference. Every vear they seem to take A discontented fling, And threaten now and then to make A general move to sting. They ;cast aside the drones who shirk And air each discontent About condition of their work And rules of government. They seem ia’such a state of mind As may upset the game, But every year, we're glad to find, ‘There's honey just the same. Jud Tunkins says different kinds of people go to the seashore. Some go for rest and pleasure and others to get as close as possible to the three-mile limit. Food Regulation, “Germany has decided to abolish cooking schools.” “Was the object,” inquired Miss Cayenne, “to save food or keep it from being spoiled?” Land Formula. “There are no cheery salutations along the way, such as sailors use.” “No,” mused Mr. Chuggins, “we ought to have something like ‘Ship ahoy! but we haven't. All we motor. ists say when we'nearly run intoleach other is ‘Where the gosh blame d'ye think ye're goin'!” Fiction. 0ld_Ananias said “Although A busy story-teller— The ftalents I could never show To publish a best seller.” Retribution. “Do you, think the ex-kaiser should be made to suffer?” “Retributions take place in the natu. ral course of events. It is reported that he is now living quletly, which must cause him much suffering.” “Are you going abroad to get rid of your cares?” “I suppose 80,” rejoined Mr. Dustin Stax. “Money is a great care, and mother and the girls have decided to lighten the burden. I'm traveling for my wealth.” “Don’t git too impatient wif de young folks,” said Uncle Eben. “Chil. lun is disobeyin’ deir parents 'bout de same as de way parents used to dis- obey yhen dey wes chillun,” __;_‘é’ s | 1 | STAR, WASHINGTON, There s a chance for many an able- bodied, able-minded, strong-character- ed young man to go round the world, or half around and back, at the ex- pense of Uncle Sam. Recruits are wanted in the Army, for duty In the orlent, but no weakling, likely to “try anything once” in the way of narcotics will be accepted. It is too easy to get such drugs in China for the government to risk submitting ordinary young men to the tempta- tion. This is service which tests the fiber of the character. Owing to the unrest and revolution in China, and antipathy to foreigners, the service will bring adventure and develop the discipline of real war, although, ac- cording to military opinion, it is probable that ample force of the na- tions will prevent serious action by the bandits. Anti-narcotic officlals claim that jthe United States has the most thor- {ough system of guarding against the importation of narcotics of any coun- try in the world, yet statistics show that this country uses more of the pernicious drugs than does any other country. Both statements may be correct. If narcotics are so much easler to procure in China than in the United States that the Army is especlally anxious to select only the strongest soldiers, morally consid- ered, for service in the orient, how much stronger than Americans must we rate the Chinese, in self-control? A statement appeared in the press last week comparing the records for honesty of all tne natlonalitles, and, like that of Ben Adhem, the name of the Chinese stood at the head of the Hist. 0% The cost of living has increased 3 per cent in the last year. How can' the poor man stand it? His wages have gone up only 19 per cent. So says the Department of Labor. But the per cent applles only to pluto- cratic mechanics—not to poor bank clerks, bond-clippers and professional folks. * ok ok ¥ “The worm will turn!” An associa- tion of Washingtonian householders has been formed for the purpose of investigating local conditions under which coal dealers hold up the prices of coal, in July, while mines are pro- ducing ample supplies, WIIL the efforts of the investigators prove more effective than the at- tempts of a certain small boy when he tried to figure out a certain phrase in the poem. The tamily had been sitting calml. before a burning grate fire, 5uch en’-’ jErossed in his own reading, when Willie rose and did the heinous act of expectorating on the hearth, then | whirled on his heel. Called to ac- jcount, he explained that he had read: The kid turned on the spit,” and he was only trying to see what happened when the kid did that. The Coal Con- sumers’ League is turning as seri- ously as little Willle. Which fact.| finding investigation will excel § ilulls,’ kit i * o ox % The District of Columbia is proud of its health record for last year. According to statistics, only three { persons died of typhoid fever in the | District, the lowest death rate ever | recorded. Was that record sustained | by all the United States last year? S e Is it “contempt of court” for the |drys to challenge the statement of | Chief Justice Taft in his foreword to a book by Lord Shaw of Dunferm- line? Justice Taft declared that he {had opposed the passage of the | elghteenth amendment, and that the present unrest and wave of lawl 1 {ness throughout the United States {were due to prohibition | Commissioner of Prohibition | Wayne B. Wheeler takes issue with | Mr. Taft in saylng that the prohi- | | bitlon law did not cause lawlessness, | |law violation which had been the | |dh«un¢ulshlnx characteristics of the | liquor traffic for the last fifty years. | | He added: “The wets never observed | 18ny law anywhere, at any Aime, | when their profit might be served by | {its violation. The enlargement of | the criminal classes by recruits. led | to join their ranks by the lax, apolo- | getic and conniving attitude of re-| spectable people, to which Justice Taft refers, is the most serious prob- lem we face today. Prohibi- i | i Ikegurdlen of How It Is Arranged, | | There Must Not Be a Coal Strike. [ There are 8o many present angles to the coal situation that editors gen- erally seem puzzled regarding which {is the most important. Discussing the entire subject, however, there is displayed a general unanimity of opinion ahat there must be no stop- page of mining during the present year. Last winter's suffering is not to be duplicated, editors insist. This contention has directed atten- tion to the action of the Interstate Commerce Commission in refusing to allow the Virginian railroad to bulld @ spur track to new mines in West Virginia. The declaration of the commission that there are too many mines at present comes in for both criticism and praise. The action of the commission is acclaimed by the New York Post as “courageous at- tempt to deal with two sides of a problem,” while the Wall Street Jour- nal characterizes it as a “wonderful demonstration of bureaucracy’s stran- gle hold.” Carried out to its reason- able limits, the Journal and the New York Times insist the commission “might discover an overproduction of shoes in Connecticut and forbid the building of a spur connecting a new factory, likely to compete with Endi- cott-Johnson. It might restrict the output of wheat and increase that of corn.” The Springfield Republican, on its part, argues that “while the com- mission here assumes a benevolent despotism over a lawless industry, the propriety of the precedent may well be questioned. And the Wilkes- Barre Record feels “this new form of regulation establishes a precedent of great importance. In fact, it is so radical that the courts may not sus- tain it There is & hope that is nation-wid the Indianapolis Star is convinced, that “the coal (ndustry eventually will be stabilized,” and it approves the action of the commission “even though the cost of building the spur would only have been $62,000. It likewise s the opinion of the Port. 1and Express that “the decision of the commission I8 good law, and if ite correct, it is inspired But all along the Albany Knickerbocker L] ) ontlo“ok. ll:. ““:‘lml?;‘ is muddling through as to coal. may be ldm‘"l d that President Hard- ing, in his recent address to a west- ern audience on this subject, did not add much to its adjustment. The Pnflaont‘dld 'r;’ol -}:v I:l A dwg:ld muddle through. e e idea more elegantly. Allg. from that he praised the coal commission, ad- vised everybody who can buy coal to do so, sald that mine workers cannot be forced to produce coal and that nationalisation of mines is not & rem- and favored justice in dealing with the miners. This does not seem much, except as the coal on may actuslly produce a workable plan for the future. As to next winter's necessities it means commission’s action aceo! o sion, but T S e {cated not far from - ly ineflictent D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1923. CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V, COLLINS It merely revealed a lack of loyalty to law which already existed.” Among the benefits of the dry law, Mr, Wheeler cltes “the lowered mor. y Tate, equivalent to the saving of £00,000 lives in the first three years; the 74 per cent reduction in the number of charity cases due to liquor, the 70 per cent cut in deaths from alcoholism, the decrease in of- fenses of minors and women, the diversion of immense sums once spent in liquor to legitimate busi- ness channels, adding millions bf dollars monthly to our savings, to the amount paid in insurance premiums and to the volume of our retall trade.” * ok X The Chief Justice stands with Presi- dent Harding in' demanding that every resource of the government be used in the enforcement of the prohibition law, because it is law. He does not seek to keep open argument as to the merits or de- merits of prohibition? There have been many who attrib- uted the increase of unrest to. the reactton of millions of war veterans, but they have been troubled by the stubborn fact that it was not the former soldiers who were consplcu- ous in the lawicisness. The w. W.'s" and slackers, generally, have been more prominent in disturbances than any veterans, who for two years faced the bitter realities of the struggle. * o % ok Senator Oscar W. Underwood has returned from a visit to Europe and the near east. He visited Palestine, where, he says, he “stood in the doorway of Christ’s tomb.” He adds: “I do not any lonsr doubt ity au- | thenticity. It is a cubed receptacle of six or eight feet, within the Church the Ho Sepulchre. The doorway feot wide and b feet high. ad to stoop to it ¥ “Christianity means two adds Senator Underwood: “To’ love God and to love humanity. In 2,000 years of Christlanity many of us have learned to love God as Individuals, to love our families and our friend things.” -and some of our neighbors, but we have not learned to love the world. We have taken only a step. Never- theless, I am one who believes the time of no more war will come. Christianity Is young yet." There is not much room in the defi- nition of Christianity quoted by Mr. Underwood for a rabid discussion of evolution or so-called “fundamental- ism,” which worries many good people. He sums it all up with Christ’s own summary. “Love of God and love of nelghbor"—mankind. Mr. Underwood's description of the sepulchre recalls that of the Apostle John: “And he stooping down and looking in." * ¥ ok % In Lincoln's campaign for the presi- dency ~Mr. Seward spoke from the capital steps of St. Faul, Minn., and in the course of a flight of eloquent prophecy. he referred to the develop- ment of the future United States. He said he had speculated as to where would be the ultimate capital of the country and, after surveying the en- tire continent, he had come to the mature conclusion that the ultimate and permanent capital would be lo- where he then stood. At that time Minnesota was an In- dian wild, St Paul was a village, Minneapolis did not exist, except as & ferry near a fort. Alaska ‘Sew- ard's Folly"—had scarcely been heard | of, and nobody dreamed of buying that trip of the arctic.” * ¥ % % Today, the President of the United States, in Alaska, is as far beyond 8t. Paul as Florida is south of it, and he is still in the United States. Will Seward’s prophecy continue to seem as preposterous as it did when it was uttered sixty-three years ago? With St. Paul as the center, and a radius reaching to the arctic circle, a circumference described by that radius would just touch the Cana- dian-Alaska boundary, near Sitka and the Kiondike, the arctic circle at the head of Hudson bay, Nova Scotia, Florida’s southern cape, the Rio Grande, the California and British investigator discovers a cure which |but oniy threw light on the spirit of | Columbia coasts, taking in all the continent except Alaska. From that great circle, to the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands, that radius must be doubled in length; it is as far out- side that first continental circle to the last of the Aleutian Islands as it is from the arctic to St. Paul. Yet we are not advocating the removal of the capltal to the ‘‘center’—Sew- ard’s location, ‘“not far from St. Paul"—much less to the center of hat far-flung battle line” from Florida to the last of the Aleutians. (Copyright, 1 ol EDITORIAL DIGEST may have far-reaching effects for a governmental body to step out of its own field, as the Interstate Com- mission has done, to curb competition in another fleld. ~Preventive action in the case of a single nfining develop- ment may not seem very important, yet it has a significance in pointing out to prospective promoters and in- vestors the needlessness of their ef- forts to open more mines in the bituminous regions.” In emphasiz- ing the reasons why the decision of the commission has met with criti- ciam the Lynchburg News insists it establishes a precedent that might well become dangerous. “The: trou- ble” the News continues, “appears to be that the ruling was made not purely on a rallroad question but on one of general industrial and eco- nomic theory. That the law ever con- templated such a course by the In- terstate Commerce Commission is no- where indicated in the ‘text of the statute. The commission was au- thorized and empowered to regulate railroads, not to regulate industry.” The Binghamton ~ Press - comends President Harding for his opposition nationalism of mines and suggests a_practical politician he knows that he could not safely tolerate another coal strike on the eve of a prfoidential election” so_the Fresa elieves the “public ‘can rest on h ledge that ‘we will find solution ut just what the solution will be les the Chattanooga News, which the government shall unde; take to prescribe a form of adjus ment it will have to have the co- operation of all parties. the public generally, to assure success. The is- sues are’' comparatively simple, but they are, withal, exceedingly difficult.” The Springfleld Unjon seems con- vinced that, disputes are engendered, there must be no strike, pointing out that “facts or no facts, public opinion is not likely to be tender this year to a strike for higher wages and for higher costs. The public needs more than a year to forget last winter's experiences.” The fear also is expressed by the Okla- homa City Oklahoman that “political pressure from various sources may cause Congress to dilly-dally in re- gard to this problem of coal, as it has done concerning other important is- sues. Congress has fiddled many times while. Rome burned. It is not right to make a men work at the point of a bayonet, but it is right to use the bayonet, if necessary, to make that man stand back and let others work." It is the opinion of the Kansas City Journal that ‘“overdevelopment” ~is the chief trouble with the coal indu: try, especially in the bitumine flelds, and it suggests “if 200,000 men could be dropped from the industry the remainder could mine all the coal necessary, with full-time employment and without the ever-recurring strikes to enforce demands for wages based on part-time worl This, also, is very much the opinion of the Grand Ranide Press, which points out “too many mines mean too broad a distri- bution of the railroad facilities earry- ing coal, and the lack of cars is the chief reason for shortages. Coneca tration in more and more limited coal areas will mean better distribuaion. But that is only part of the proble: It what President Harding says means anything, it means somo way is to be found to cut down the labor force and the excessive numl T comparative- regardless of whatever | Politics at Large BY N. 0. MESSENGER ST. PAUL, July 10.—7he object of this far-flung western trip is to sound the political sentiment of a number of states as well as industrial and economici conditions from a neutral and non-partisan standpoint, to give the reader who may be interested a Ellmpse of the way the world wags in the bounding west. The report must be of a gossipy nature as well as serlously informative, so we wiil Jog along in an easy-going fashion and talk about things as we find them. The most outstanding feature of conditions around St. Paul and Min- neapolls, from which this chapter is written, is the general indifference to politice and to the administration now in power. Outslde of rock-ribbed republican politiclans it cannot be sald that there is much enthusiasm for the administration. Men talk as if they visioned Wash- ington as afar off. The big things President Harding has been talking about do not seem to find echo In the minds of the mass The world court proposition and the league of na- tions do not excite much interest. Other questions upon which he has touched appear to be regarded as largely academic. When it comes to {frelght rates, however, everybody sits up and takes notice. * ok k * What is mostly in the minds of the people is the situation of the farmers and the reflex action upon financial jand industrial conditions. That { thought _furnishes the_topic for dis- Tussionof the pending political cam- palgn in Minnesota, which is to cul- minate next Monday in the election of a United States senator who will he either a conservative republican or a radical of the type of Senator La Follette, and a proud follower of the Wisconsin statesman school of political _philosophy and legislative policy. This man is Mangus Johnson, candidates of the farmer-labor party, an organisation which has grown by leaps and bounds in the past two years and which last November elect- ed a United States senator—Senator Shipstead. 1If it succeeds, the next mave will be to capture the governor- ship next year—a feat which they came within 16.000 votes of accom- plishing last November—and then thev will control the state. What were the conditions which contributed to this new organization that cast 225,000 votes in the election? Let the answer be in the words of F. A. Pike. chalrman of the state contral committee, a man who in temperament and mental process is far removed from the extreme radical and who is sincere and thoughtful. He says: “The farmer-labor party of Minne- gota is the outgrowth of a series of movements that began many vears aen. The grange and the farmers’ alliance party developed political ac- tion. Organized protests against predatory control in the older par- ties, such as occurred under leader- shin of men like Bryan and Roose- velt, fostered the growth of reform \deas that Pave come to be known an progressive. The organization of the Rryvan volunteers within the dem- ocratic party in 1908 and the work of the progressive party in 1912 aided the tendency to get away from con- servative and reactionary leadership. * ok ok ok “Then in 1918 the National Partisan League entered the fleld of Minnesota politics. It was an organ- ization of farmer: But In the pri- mary campalen of 1918 there was shown a willingness on the part of organized la“or. as well as on the part of same business and profession- al elements, to support the new move- ment. When Lindenbergh, the league candidate for governor, failed to win in the republican primaries the league declded to nominate candidates for the November election. Then the Working People’s Non-Partisan Po- litical League was formed, which co- operated with the Farmers' League. A partial ticket, headed by David H. Evane for governor, was nominated by atition, PThere was much thought and dis- cussion as to the name to be used in designating on the ballot the can- didates who were thus to be nomi- nated. Nong was suggested that seemed free from objection. Tt was finally decided that the term. ‘farmer- labor’ should he used. This name was unsatisfactory in this. that it might seem exclusive, not appealing to tha universal citizenship of the state and gIving a too restricted aspect to the program of tha new government. But it had the advantage of indicating the two great grouns of voters who were immediately responsible for the anterprise. and so the designation i ‘farmer-labor’ came to be used upon the ballot. “Mr. Evans recelved 111.98% votes tor governor. He was defeated by Gov. Burnquist hut ‘led the democratic candidate by {75.000 votes. Other farmer-labor can- aidates ran almost equally well. The result gave party standing to the sup. porters of the farmer-labor ticket and entitled the new party so created to second place on the ballet in subse- quent elections. “In 1920 the farmers and working- men again decided to attempt nom- ination of candidates of their cholce »s republieane in the primary elec- tlon, Dr. Shipstead beine candidate for governor. As in 1918. this at- tempt fafled. and amain those who had supported the farmer-lahor ticket decided to go Into the November election with a partial state ticket, headed bv a candidate for governor nomjnated by petition. * % k% “Meanwhile. some of the prograssive forces had arranged to hold the farmer-lahor party in line for re use by fillng a comnlete state tieket under that name, There was no eon- test for those nominations and the peraons wha flled bacame the partv nominees. The ticket 8o constituted ns the farmer-labor state ticket was headed by Cyrus M. King of Deer River, for governor. when it was de- cided. in the summer of 1920, to file a partial state tieket by wetition. Tt was alse declded that such candl. Aates should be nominated as ‘inde. nendents.’ and Dr. Shinstead headed the ticket that wa= so nominated. Thereupon. Mr. Ring and other jfarmer-labor candidates who had {fled for offices not covered bv the indenendent netition, remained s ~andidntes and were vated for at the November elaction. Thelr votes ex- ceeded 200,000, =6 ‘that again the farmer-lahor partv stood second In the 1ist of the total state vate, the demoerats remalining third. The re- puhlican ticket was a=ain vietorious, “In 1820 a naw national partv mads a start in Chicaro thet tnok the name of farmer.labor. Whether this name was ruggested by its use in Minnesota 1918 1s not krewn However that m: the national organization has never had any con- neotirn with the farmer-labor party of_Minneenta " You will recall *ha failura of the attemnt made in Chicago last week to form a national organizatian nn- der the ausnices of farm nnd lahor elements. taking In other indenendent reform - politienl unite, wherain the radicals and the veds eaptured tha meeting. swallowing the original former-labor crow, heok, line and sinker. 1t develops that there iy great re- mantment here against the reds for that action, Notwithstanding, laho: seems to be hackine Masmus John- son in the menatorial ‘ficht and fur- nishing moxt of the financial einews of war. Tf he wins, there will likely be an effort on the part of the lahor continwent to wain ascendency In the councils of the Minnesota farmer- lahor party. The wrifer asked Chajrman Pike if the cenditions which prevailed in Novemhar. 1922, still exist in Minne- “They As, only m emnha- 4" he Flflhd,h 1:‘-‘ W n.t"enn"o say _that one can hardly realise the lwnyflmon 2°tho tarmer. Ho i dead i 1 1 wy. and, er, -goes no hope in 1 A Ve i last | Non- ! by 54,000 majority, | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin Q. How many church members are there In Washington? K. P, A. The Christian denominations have an aggregate church member- ship of 164413, Including 51,421 Catholics, 30.978 Baptist, 20,836 Methodiats, 18,295 Episcopallans, 9.338 Presbyterlans, 3,255 Congrega- tionalists and 3.050 Lutherans. About twenty thousand members are divided amone other denominations in smaller groups. O. Mav a writar guota from a book withaut permteaion of the avthor, pro. vided due credit i= given? T. N. A. A. The National Association of Book Publishers mays that any book or printed matter. which has heen nrov- | arlv copvrighted cannot ba drawn | upon for excerpts, pirtures. Alagrams, ate.. without narmission of the owner of the copyright. 0. DI4 Alexander Graham Bell ac. tuallv succeed fn making a dog talk? --F. €, A. Bv maninulating the dor's month and thraat, a renertolre of sounds d. A sentence was form- sounded at firet like mama.” hnt which with actice became the famous entence, “Hrw are yon, grondmamma.’ The dox rould not say the senterce by himself. O What will rastera eolar clothes that are spotted”—W. D, P, A. Whan the color on a fabrie has heen Adestroved or chaneed. ammonia “hould he anplled to neufralize the | artd, A suhescnant annlien‘ion of | ~hlarofarm usually restores the orig- | inal color. i 0. When were first made in New A, The Wills»a well knawn In the vieinity of Rostnan, =re of the hanging varietv. The Wil- 1ard family of rlackmakers beean with Benfamin Willard ahout 1770 The actual date of the first clock is not known. to elacka c neka w0 she hanie England?—J. L. ar hanin Q. Whn was *he irst of the renais- sance Popes*—B. M. G. . A. Nicholas V. (1447-55). Q. Who introdnced intn America the use of finger bowl«?—R. V. K. A. Thomas Jefferson introducsd the usa of finger bowls and a number of other customs he had observed in Europe | 0. T« it troe that Buffalo Bill was entertained by royvalty in Europe?— F. L U A. Evervwhers Col. Cody went in Furope with his famous wild west show he was entertained by rovalty. Onee in London he was host to the ' Prince of Wales. the King of Den- | mark, the King of Saxonv, the Kine | of Greece and the Crown Prince of | Austria, all of whom rode around the | ring in the Deadwood coach. Q. How many nersons are emnloved in industry in Washington?—T. F. A. The 1ast manufacturing census reported $63.808,179 invested in in- dustries in the District. which em- ploved 10.482 wage earners and turned jout product wed at $65.826,570 during the census ve 1 l BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENEY.! Cable dispatches from Rome, in re- porting the robbery of Prince Charles Glustiniani-Bandini and of his wife of money to the amount of several million lires and of costly jewelry which had belonged to Napoleon III's mother, Queen Hortense of Holland, after they had been beaten and chloroformed by several dishonest servants, headed by their chauffeur, at their residence in the Via Vir- ginlo Orsini, in the Prati di Castello, or Trans-Tiberine quarter of the Eternal city, omitted to mention that in addition to his Roman princely title, he is also Duke of Mondragone and a peer of the British realm, be- ing the nintk Earl of Newburg, Vis- count of Kynnaird and Baron Levingston of the kingdom of Scot- land. His father, the late earl, se- cured letters of naturalization as a British citizen in order to take part {in the perfodical assemblies at the palace of Holyrood for the election of those Scottish peers who, to the number of sixteen, represent their order in the house of lords at West- minster. The late earl's naturaliza- tion is sufficlent to endow his son and successor with British na- t.ionality. But thus far he has not taken any part in the election of the poers of Scotland at Edinburgh. The earl, who is a man of over sixty, had two sons, the younger of whom, Guiseppe, fell fighting as a private in the ranks of those splendid Alpine Chasseurs regiments known as the “Alnini,” on the Austrian frontier in the spring of 1916, while the eldest son, Don Sigismundo, died in November, 1918, of wounds, leavin a childless widow of the grand ol Roman house of Boncompagni-Ludo- | vist. __ * ok ok ok The prince and princess have one only child who survives, Dona Maria Giustinianl, now somg thirty-four years of age and unmarried, who on her father's death will inherit his/ Scottish peerages in her own right. It she weds they will go to her chil- dren, male, and falling that, female. It she dies without issue, they will &0 to her aunt, the oldest of the five sisters of the present earl, namely, the Lady Carolina, wife of the Count Colleoni of Vicenza, who is childless, | and after that to the next sister, the ady Helene, married to the 'late Prince Camillo Rospigliosi. Lady Helene has a number of children, the eldest of whom is Prince Glam- battista Rospigliosl, who has been married for just twenty years to Mi: Ethel Julia Bronson of New Yor) The earldom of Newburg and th other Sootch pecrages are destined, therefo! in the event of the pres- ent earl's only daughter, remaining unmarried, to descend eventually to Prince Giambattista Rospigliosl and to_his children by his American wife. 1 may mention that among the other sisters of the old earl who are also in the line of succession, but much more remotely so, to his Scot- tish honors are hl-l‘l ters, the fas- cinating _Nicoletta, Huchess of 3iolll, who has been the heroine of so many romances, one of which re- sulted {n unpleasantness necessitat- ing the transfer of an American am- bassador to another post, then the Lady Maria, who is a nun of the Sacred Heart, and the British ambasmas joward, now Brit! ambassa- go‘:‘:a“uldrid and formerly stationed as counselor and charge . d'affaires at Washington, where both he and Lady Isabella have left many kindly mories. m%’hz Itallan house of Giustiniani, of which the present Lord Newburg {8 the chief, exercised sovereign sway over the Island of Chios until the tter was seized by the republic of enoa_in the fourteenth century, and b at a later date of the Latin xiliaries eng: e Constantinople against the Turks at the time of the overthrow of the Bysantine empire, some five ries ago. centu e e On the British side, Lord Newburg can trace wasd-3-of | thereot, his_gneestry to King Ed- zfiu His Britlah hon- DA terms Q. Why are musical Italian?—K. D. W. A. Modern music started in Ttat fostered by the pones, and the musical terms employed there have been car- ried into other lands. Q. How did Peheco tooth paste get its name?—L. J. P. A. It 18 a word colned from the name of the original company—T" Refersdorf & Co.. of Hamburg. Ger many. The business, including the trade-mark. was sold by the alien prop- erty custodian to its present owners Q. Who made the first trinle plax unassisted in baseball? D. B. A. For vears Paul Hinex war credited with this record. Tt was supnnsed he made It in & game M2 %, 1878, but the records show he did nothing of the kind. He made douhle play unsssisted, but with the assistance of Sweezey he completed tha trinle plav. The first unassixted trinle plav of which anv official rec ~rd ean ho found was that made Lo Warry O'Hagen of the Rorhesior tenm against Jersey City, August 1% 1902, O. What ner cent of the Tnit Statex commerce was carried | Tinited States vessels in the early da of United States shipping?—L. C. B. A. Tn 1826 United States vesssl carried 95 per cent of the imports anA 9.6 por cent of tha exports. Tr 1922, 341 per cent of the total value of grods imnorted came in American khing and %84 per cent of the ex- norts—in value—were carried in Amer fcan bottoms. manv makes of phonn there? J 6. R Talking Machina cav there 196 listed with it and that possfhlv thare are thirtv mora. Tha Talkinz Machine Journal lists ahnut eightes: as heing what it calls standard makes 0 Haw graphe are A The Tenda directary World ©. When was the frst ladies ai socletv started? R W. N A. The first ladies' ald snciat «cems to have baen the nne founded hv Dnreas, referred fo in the Hol Seriptures as Tohitha. hy intetpre tatlon Dorcas. 1'nan har death she was_surronnded hv evidenres of her eood works, widews and ornhane ahewine tha roate and earment fachiemed hv Tareas This Is ~orded in the Holy Scriptures ix.26-40, 0. ho discovered the fart hermetie gaaling of fnods would pre gorve thems & (. P A. The Napoleonic snonsible for this discovery. T French government offered a vrize for the most practieal method of preserving foods for ses service and military stores. M. Nicholas Appert. after experimenting from 1 1809, submitted a treatise on of preserving foods and received the prize of 12.000 francs. His method was to inclose fruit it. in a glass bottle. w corked and subjected boiling wat (Send questions to the Star Informs- tion Bureau, Frederie J. Haskin, Direct or, 1220 North Capitol street. RB= sure to write your full name and addess a0 that the infomation may be sent dircet) ware were eans {Prince Beaten and Robbed in Palace In Rome; Also Holds Rank in Britain ors have come to him through the distaff side of the house. The earl- dom of Newburg. the viscountc Kynnaird and the barony of Levin were created in 1660 by Charles IT of England, immediately on his res- toration In favor of his favorite gen tleman-in-wa S Lev- ingstor 3 had been one of the most de: avaliers of Charles 1, and had accompanied the jlatter's son and successor into exil The Levingstons, whose name been given as Livingstone, the being the more are among. ilies in Scotland, where the to have been founded b certain Magyar noble of the name of Lev- ingus in the early part of the eleventh century. They have many illustrious matrimonial alliances to their record, and can show among their ancestry descent from James I of Scotland, through his daughter. the Princess Jannet Stuart and her second hus- band, James Douglas. They have a number of representatives in Amer- ica, especially in the state of New York, and are on record as having acquired considerable property thers in the early part of the seventeenth century. Charles Levingston, the second Earl of Newburg, died without male is- sue, and his Scottish peerages passed to his only daughter, the Lady Char- lottle Levingston. who was married first to Thomas Clifford of Chudlei. and afterward to Charle Radc! the fitth Earl of Derwentwater, w repeatedly proposed marriage to her. but was ' invariably refused, as she had been devotedly attached - first husband and was resolved to never wed again. Lord Derwentwater was not the man, however, to take a widow's nay. For one evening he clambered down the chimney into her #leeping apartment—the chimneys were very large and roomy in those days—and pointing out to her that she was hopelessly compromised by his presence in her bedroom at that time of night, extorted from her a consent to their marriage. This is the only instance in the annals of British aristocracy where a peeress has been won by a suitor clambering not up to her window, but down chimney to her bedroom. * ok ok ok Lord Derwentwater eventually lost his head on Tower Hill, in London for his participation in the Jacobite rebellion. His widow had a son by him, who Inherited not his father's honors, since they had been attainted by parliament, but his mother's earl- dom of Newburg. His son died as fitth Earl of Newburg in 1814 without issue, and then the earldom passed to the descendants of the daughter of the Countess of Derwentwater by her first husband, Hugh Clifford o Chudleigh. Thie daughter, known as Lady Anne _Levingston, _marricd Count Joseph Mahoney, an Irishman. who had won great distinction in the services of the kings of France, of Spain and of Naples. They in turn had an only daughter, who married the sixth Prince Giustintani. This marriage was again blessed by an only daughter, whose claim to the caridom of Newburg and to the other Scotch peerages was acknowledged by the committes of privileges in the house of lords and by the British crown in July, 1858. She married the Marquis Charles Bandini, and her son, the eighth Earl of Newburg, father of the present earl, was granted by Pope Pius IX a rescript dated 17 January. 1863, reviving in his favor all the titles, honors and precedence which had belonged to his maternal an- cestors, the princes of Glustiniani. this rescript being confirmed in 1393 by the crown of Italy. The present earl, while, therefore. very rich in honors, has always been considered as poor in_wealth, and, therefors, the value of the plunder of which he and his wife were robbed by their servants is calculated to cause some astonishment. For all the old Levingston and Newburg es- tates in Scotland and in England have been long since allenated from the family, while some years ago the late earl was compelled by financial stress to sell the grand old Giustini- ani palace, one of the finest in the Cternal citv, to the very wealthy Count Vitali, who, unless I'm much mistaken, has leased a portion of it to the Grand Orient of Italian Free- masons, the grand orient having for- merly been quartered in the Borghese has atter are said a