Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1923, Page 2

SENATORS RETURN, MINDS UNCHANGED Get Only Fuel for Fiery | Speeches From Summer Trips to Europe. | 1 BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Already it is apparent that the great trek of our elder statesmen to Europe this summer is not going to solve any of our foreign relations vroblems. Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama went to Europe a firm be- liever in the league of nations, and convinced that America should do her part in assisting Europe to her feet, Senator Unerwood has announced that his trip strengthened all of these ws. He believes the United States annot but suffer from the chaos across the water. enator Hiram Johnson of Califor- nia went to Europe some five months ago announcing himself as the arch foe of the league of nations, the world court and all international machinations that might entangle the United States in the quarrels or the woes of forcign lands. Opposition Strengthened. Senator Johnson has announced that his trip_strengthened all of thes viows. He s more set than ever in sinfons, due to what he saw and neard on the other side. He thinks United Statgs well “out of the * and far as he is able to he is going to keep the United out, Hoover, Harding. to the contrary notwithstand- There is mno question but that Messrs, Johnson and Underwood are two of the most brilliant members of the upper branch of Congress. Both are men of high intelligence and with a high grade of intelligence i3 the ability to observe the judge. When these two men come home with entirely divergent views of the moral condtiicn abroad, what chance has the poor man in the reet to form any cort of con ptions as to his own countr duty in what ad- mittadly a werld crisis. nators Underwood agree in cne thing. Th that Europe if in a bad way. knew that. however, before d the water. United States must abandon its of indifference and go in and help, @iya Senator Underwood The United States n s dhere to the wisdom of the forefathers and do noth- g tnat would smack of entanglement in Europe, say nator Johnson. Many Tour Europe. d that is just about as near as the is going to get to a ign policies of the ems as though at and Johnson both say The they, policy A ncoming Senate settlement of the for United States. Tt s least one-third, if 1 or tour in contemplation. Bach and every one of them has gone with preconceived ideas and they will all_come back with these ideas un- shaken. The pent-up wisdom of the ages is to be ioosed in the halls of the Senate the coming winter and the forensic fury will continue far into the presidential cam- Daign next summer. During the league of nations fight senators who had never been to Eu- rope and never expected to go, spoke freely, to say the least, of their own articular views and’ ideas as to what Europe needed and did not nesd—what Europe should do or should have done and what she should not do. Now a large proportion of the sen- ors ‘have hauled off and gone to Burope. They have seen things at tirst hand; have talked and walked with F They are like little _bo after his first at_school, was found with his in his' hands, soliloquizing: God, how mach 1 know Hard Batties Due. All this means that there will be many a hard-fought battle on the floor of the Senate-from the moment the bell rings the first Monday in December until all the assembled MacDuffs in the country cry out Hold. enough.” along toward the ides of next July. If senators could talk for two solid years without visit- ing Burope, what will the verbal harvest be after all the migrations 1o the other side this summer? Already the senators who sailed for Europe saying they thought the soviet zovernment in Russia should be scognized, are beginning to return {J¥ith the ‘same. statement on -their ips. Already the senators, who sailed vowing that to recognize the soviets would be to engulf the world in a Plood red tide of trouble, are return- ing more convinced than ever that their point of view, and theirs alone, Wwas the only correct one. Old hands at the Capitol know that debate in the Senate never changes a vote. But the debates go on just the and this coming winter the is in for the greatest flood of oratory that ever has flowed from the sacred summit of Capitol Hill. Summing it all up, it would seem that the effort to establish the peace of the world is nearer to Sherman's description of war than war itself. 38 NAVAL OFFICERS - GIVEN PROMOTION Promotions of officers of command Tank in the line of the United States Navy totaling thirty-eight, were announced by the Navy Depart- Department last night, following tel- egraphic approval of the recommend- atfons of the selection board by Pres- ident Harding. The selection board cdmpleted its work lass week, and the recommendations wese sent to the President by air mail here has been considerable inter- est in the work of the board, which is confidential until approved by the President, and the service has been watchfully walting. While a few offi- cars were passed over and a few “picked up” who had been passed be- fore, there was no spectacular in- stance of any officer far down the line being selected. There are five captains promoted to rear admirals, fourteen commandcrs promoted to captain and nineteen leu- fenant commanders promoted to com- mander. Two of the rear admirals, , who acquired permanent rank as a re- sult of the action of the selection board and the President, now hold that rank temporarily, They are Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett, chief of the bureau of aeronautics, and Julian Lane Latimer, judge advocate general. The other three are William Dugald Mac- \Dougall, now in charge of the United States Naval Observatory here; Lucius /Allyn_Bostwick. now chief of 'staff of the United States fleet and Frank Herman_Schafield, a member of the general board. Those promoted from commander to captain are Louis Clark Richard- son, Wilbert Smith, Paul Foley, Lloyd Stowell Shapley, _Benyard Bourne Wygant, Manley Hale Simons, Jir.; Ivan Ernest Bass, William Satterlee Pye, Burrell Clinton Allen, Arthur Philip _Fairfleld, John Charles Fre- mont, Walter Newhall Vernon, Henry Norman Jenson, Percy Wright Foote. Those ~promoted from lieutenant eommander to commander follow: ohn B. Rhode: Charles Robert Raymond Foss Frellsen, Hor- ald Vincent McKittrick, Henry Bil- bert Shonerd, Ellis Lando, Ralph Eur-. roughs Horner, Thomas Alexander Symington, Harlow Frank: Kays, Robert Carlisle Giffen, Richard Ed- ward Cassidy, Clarence Nelson Hin- kamp, Riley Franklin McConnell, Ralph Roderick Stewart, Leslie Em- met Bratton, Ezra Grifin Allen, Emanuel August Lofquist, Henry ! Chalfont Gearing, Jre-and Elmer -AYRe-TOd have a Hughes | t_one-half, of the | senators have been to Europe this sum- Vote for High W ater Press e Promised by 63 in Congress T wefity-Seven Others Pledge Selves to Careful and Sympathetic Consid- eration of District Needs. Ninety-one members of Congress have given The Star statements on how they stand regarding legisla n in the incoming Congress to author- ize installation of high-pressure water system in the business section of the capital with an appropriation to start the work. Sixty-three of these say they will vote for it and work to get the measure passed. tion, and the most of these admit favorably. One, Senator R. B. Howell of In view of the fact that virtually every senator and House member says he never has before had the matter brought to his attention, and that he {has had no opportunity to study the situation, this is considered a re- markable showing for the clvic lead- ers and business men who are urging the establishment of a high-pressure system. Seventy iInterviews with members of Congress have already been print- led in the poll of Congréss that The Star Is taking. Twenty-one more are | given below Senator (. states: “I am C. DIl Washington, for it and will work and vote for it. It seems to me that such a system should have been |adopted long before this. Wants “Other Side | Senator Samuel M. Ralston, In- diana: “The case seems so one-sided that 1 feel T ought to hear the other side before announcing any declsion. {1 can not understand why the Dis- |trict Commissioners have not made provision for the pressure system long ago, and I do not feel justified Iln assuming that they have no reason | Whatever for their lack of action. | Senator Joseph E. Ransdell, Louts- {iana, a prominent member of the |cominittee on commerce: “While I am not familiar with the merits of that system, hence cannot express a pesitive opinion thereon, Iam strong- }I)‘ in favor of the very best possible {fire protection for the nation's cap. {ital, and will glad! support what ever legislation is needed to procure same. Like all other patriotic Amer- fcans, T am very proud of our great capital city, and believe we should be liberal in the extreme in providing whatever is necessary to m foremost city of its kind world.” |, Senator Frank L. Green, Vermont: {“The matter of providing adequate fire protection for Washington is u | debatable. But whether this, that or | the other proposition that may be jmade acually is ential to adequate fire protection, is quite another thing. I think it is my duty to wait until I hear what may be sald on all ides of the general proposition as well a8 on this one special phase of | o in the In Favor of Project. Representative Eillott W, Sproul, Illinois, & prominent member of the House District committee, which would have to pass upon this legis. lation: “I am sure that the Wasl ington jmblic is already familiar with my attitude as to needed im- provements for our capital eit and that I have always been in favor of making it a model in every respect, including every possible precaution to safeguard life and property. Therefore, 1 am with the project to improve the water service and will the required appropriation.” Representative Oscar E. Keller of {Minnesota, a_very active member of { the House Dis¥rict commjitte shall - gladly support and vote for such an appropriation. Aside from the human lives and physical dis- abilities that might be proper protection during serious fires (which in themselves would warrant such an expenditure) the economic aving of property and stock, to- gother with the reduction in insur- ance costs (which the efficient man- agement of insurance companies al- ways recognizes following such im- provements) would prove highly beneficial to_the residents of the city generally. It is my bellef Congress will recognize the necessity for this improvement and will readily au- thorize the appropriation required to initiate the project. Representative Otis Wingo, A kansas, a recognized legisltaive leader and parliamentary expert on the dem- ocratic side of the House: “I do not know enough about the detalls of the particular plan suggested, but you may Test assured that I will be glad to ap- prove any proper measure to give Washington an adequate water supply with the best available water pres- sure.” - Representative M. O. McLaughlin, Nebraska: “I am in favor of the ne- cessary appropriation to give the Capital City high-pressure water service. Necessary for City. Representative Isaac R. Sherwood, Ohlo: “The city of Toledo installed la high-pressure system in the down- town district seven years ago. Now it is desired to have the system ex- tended all over the city. There is no doubt about the value of the high-pressure system. It is a ne- cessity for Washington and every metropolitan city. 1 am impressed here in Toledo that a steamer ap- paratus does not respond on the first alarm in our down-town section. In Toledo the pressure is kept normal until an alarm is turned in from the high-pressure district. Then electric pumps are started and a water pres- sure is immediately available that has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. By dll means a high-pressure .system for Washing- Yes, No Bananas Makes Price in D. C. Shoot Up “Yes, We Have No Bananas,” as the song has it, is responsible for the high price of that fruit in the District today, according to Salvatore Scalco, wholesaler, who doesn't mind breaking into print now and then. If people hadn’t sung that ditty, and thus whetted their appetites for bananas, the price would be $3 a hundred pounds instead of the prevailing $6, Scalco believes. “Since they started singing that song, they have been eating s0 many bananas that they have made them scarce. We can't meet the demand, and, like every thing that's short, the price stays high.” Scalco says that singing “we have no bananas,” according to & law of psychology, creates a de- mand in itself, as’people demand things they cannot have. “Just because that song says there are no bananas, the people want them right away,” he said. “Probably when the popularity of the song wanes bananas will tum- ble in price.” More_ than 700,000 banan: are eaten here in a week now, . the merchant said. WAR VETERAN DEAD. Frank Simmons, an A. E. F. veteran, dled Friday at the home of his father at Mason Springs, Md. Milltary fun- eral services will be heid from Mur. ray's chapel, Anacostia, tomorrow ‘afternoon at 1 o'clock. The inter- ment will be, with military honor, in_Arlington National cemetery. Mr. Simmons was & member of Ana- costla_Council, Junlor Order United American Mechanics, which will send |1 a,_delegation to- the funeral and in- termenty - ke it the | lend my aid and support to obtain | b spared by | Twenty-seven promise to give it careful and sympathetic considera- that they are now inclined to vote Nebraska, while not opposed to the proposition, would assess the costs against the property owners benefited ton. Tmmediately’ Representative It is & necessity. Nathan L. Strong, Pennsylvania, prominent on the rivers and harbors committee: “If |given an opportunity T will vote for an appropriation to give the business section of the National Capital high- pressure water supply. In fact, I am in favor of anything that wiil fm- prove, - beautify and protect our Capital City.” Representative Elmer Thomas, Ok- lahoma: “I am not familiar with the necessities of the city regarding high. pressure water service, but in the event this matter is considered by the proper committee and is approved and is referred to the House for action, I shall be glad to support the proposi- tion.” Representative Edward . Little of Kansas, chairman of the committee on revision of the laws: “I am in fa- vor of appropriations for a high- | pressure service to keep the District ‘Or Columbia safe from fires." Representative W. W, Larsen, Geor- |gia: “I have never considered the {question of high-pressure water sup- ply for our Capital City, but if it ap- Pears necessary and advisable to in- | stall such a system in order to ade- quately protect the interests of our government, and the city, 1 shall, of course, support the proposition Regardless of Cost. Representative Louls W. Fairfield. Indiana, who, as an active member of the committee on reform in the vil service, 1s thoroughly familiar {with the fire hazard in government | buildings: “I shall favor any neces- | sary fire protection for the city and | believe that there should be as ade- quate a supply as provided for other s in the countr: If it appears to after invest fon, that this ssure supply is needed I shall certalnly support the measure, ¢ cost $1,500,000. Frank C. Sites, ¥ am Strong! in favor of the installation of u high- | pressure water system in Washing- {ton as an adequate safeguard against fir Even if 60 per cent of the Inecessary funds would have to be furnished by the federal government. [this would, n my opinion, be weli {spent in the additional protection jthat would be afforded government \buildings and property worth mil- jltons and millions of dollars, and in- {valuable records which could never replaced. Should any legislation {providing a reasonable appropriation {for such a system come before the {house at the next session, and the bill carryving the appropriation does not include any objectionable fea- |tures, I will certainly vote for it. {Modern Washington requires up-to- |date fire fighting service. Representative Emanuel York: “I_ am unfamiljar ronditions 1y concerning the business section, but from my knowledge of municipa |affairs in New no up-to-date city should be without |a high-pressure water supply. With- out such istance, life and property would be seriously jeopardized'in the event of fire. You may tell the peo- {ple of the District that I am in favor {of this project.” i Favors Adequate Protectio; Representative Laurence H. Watres, Pennsylvania: “I know nothing what- ever of the conditions which apply locally, but I will favor anything within' reason to give the city ade- quate and proper fire protection service.” Representative J. M. Magee, Penn- sylvania: “It would seem to me high- 1y improper to say how I stand on gemething I know nothing about. It sounds reasonable enough that Wash- ington should have high-pressure wa- ter service in the down town section. However, I can only reply that th question’ will have my very careful consideration when presented.” Representative H. H. Peavey, Wis- consin: “I am loathe to promise, in advance, on any unknown matter, particularly one as important, carry. ing an appropriation of a half million dollars. ~ Should the congressional committee recommend this proposal, I think I could safely assure the peo- ple of Washington that I would sup- port the recommendatio Representative George C. Perry, Virginia: “T would not want to defl nitely commit myself on the proposi- tion “until I have acquainted myself vith all the arguments for and against. I assure you the matter will have my careful conslderation, and It nln!her appeals to me on first impre: sion. Representative Luther A. Johnson, Texas: “Being a newly elected mem- ber of Congress, and having made no investigation of the subject, of course, I could not, in advance, commit my self on the proposed measure. How- ever, I will say that the clear state- ment laid before me is persuasive that some such rellef should be granted. If such a measure comes before the next Congress, I shall be glad to glve the same very careful and serious consideration. $62.000,000 BONUS BYU. 5. FOR SILVER Producers Told Purchase of 10,000,00 Ounces More Means $5,000,000 Loss. most sven though it mi Representative Pennsylvania: * Celler, d with Silver producers who are attempt- ing through the congressional joint commission ‘on gold and silver to force the Treasury to buy about 10, 000,000 ounces more of silver under the Pittman act have received al- ready from the government, it was estimated at the Treasury yesterday, a bonus in the way of increased price of silver which in the aggregate will total about $62,000,000. This figure, Treasury officials ex- plained yesterday represents the amount above market price which the government has been forced to pay the silver producers under the Pittman act. In the controversy between Senator |- Pittman of Nevada and Acting Secre. tary of the Treasury Gilbert over the matter, the former has claimed the|. Treasury should buv about 610,000,000 ounces more from the producers, while Mr, Gilbert has contended th Treasury has bought all it needs or is forced by law to buy. ‘To purchase the silver which Sena. tor Pittman says should still be bought, Acting Secretary Gilbert con- tended that to do so would m a ;}l on'n.aount" tg‘ present marl &t ce of silver e government. more than § : & in Washington, particular- ! York and elsewhere, Miiton D. Welght, 135 pounds; height, § feet, 4 one-half years. The smallest officer i Thomas B. McCormick, patrolman of Smith, motor cyele t of the fourth preeinct. the department for four stature in the departme: fourth precinct, detafled to the station house. Welght, 272 pounds; height, 6 feet, 6 inches. Has been a member of the department for five years. the servie NEW STARTS PROBE Nations Hold Letters for Own Ships. Postmaster General New is making a personal study of the foreign mail { situation fn connection with complaints Lere and abroad that American mail is held back for ships flying the United States flag and that mail bound for this country is given to British and French ships in preference to Ameri- can vessels ‘Whether Britain it is the policy of Great and France to hold mall ad- for vessels of their own registry has not been made clear, but records kept by American postal officials indicate that such a practice now is general. Leviathan Brought Litdle. The case of the British liner Home- ric, which brought over 6,600 sacks of mail recerftly while the Leviathan, sail- ing just ahead of her, had only thirty- one sacks, is cited as one instance of the trend of events. At the same time the complications brought about by mall-bearing ships delaying their pas- sage to get in immigrants under the quota law also are being observed. The United States it is emphasized by Post Office Department officlals is the only large nation now operating a sea post service, Germany, France and England having discontinued similar arrangements during the war. A delay of twenty-four hours or even forty- elght hours in placing mail aboard American vessels 5o equipped in pref- erence to forelgn ships sailing and landing earlier, post office officials de- clare, is at least equalized by the work of the postal clerks at sea In sorting and routing the letters and parcels so they can be forwarded to their desti- nations as soon as a landing is made. Provisions of 1920 Act. Provisions of the merchant marine act of 1920 calling for the holding back of mail for American ships have been observed for some time, but never- theless considerable mail originating in this country has been sent under for- elgn flags. West-bound American ves- sels, on the other hand, get & notice- ably small proportion of the mail sent to this country from England and Francy —_—— AUTO PLUNGE KILLS FOUR. Machine Goes Over Fill in Georgia at Fifty Miles an Hour. GAINESVILLE, Ga., July 28.—Four men were killed when the automo- bile in which they were riding ran off a high fill on the Gainesville- Atlanta highway near Flowery Branch, Ga., early tonight. The dead are: J. W. Hunt, Charles Harris, Grover Crowe and Willlam McKinney, all of Flowery Branch, All of the men died within a few minutes after the accident. Hunt was said to have been driving the automoblle, and eye-witnesses estimated the speed at fifty miles an hour when the machine plunged over the steep embankment. $50,000 TO MISS PAUL. NEW YORK, July 28—Mrs. E. M. Levy, rich widow, of Ridgewood, N. J., has changed her will in order to leave $50,000 to Miss Alice Paul, leader of the National Woman's Party, she stated today. Mrs.. Levy said she became inter- ested In the radical feminist group founded by Miss Paul and attended the convention last week in Seneca Falls, at_which the suffragists an- nounced their plans for putting an equal rights amendment into the Con- stitation. —_— MRS. SPENCER DEAD. Mrs. Annle P. Spencer, widow of Simon Spencer, well known in Mason- ic work, a member of Miriam’ Chap- er, Order of the Eastern Star, dled Thursday at her residence, 379 Flor- ida_avenue northwest. ‘The funeral services will be held from St. Luke's Eplscopal Churc] 15th and Church streets northw. this aftersoon at 1 o'clock. An Eastern Star service will be held at g. family home preceeding - the urch services 4 OF FOREIGN MAILS | Takes Up Complaints That dressed to points in the United States| ib: The tallest HIGH TENSION WIRE KILLS MOTORMAN Stops Car to Remove It De- spite Warning; Is Instantly Killed by Current. niformed man in Seizing a high-tenslon wire ca ing 6,600 volts alongside the track of the Cabin John line of the Washing- ton Railway and Electric Company near the Sycamore Island station yes- terday afternoon, Motorman R. M. Gundy of 622 Massachusetts avenue was instantly electrocuted, and his body torn and twisted by the power- ful current. The Cabin John car was passing over a small bridge near the Syca- more Island stop when the motorman, it s said, noticed a wire lying along- side the track. Stopping his car, he alighted and approached the wire, saying, according to the story told v one company employe, that it was a dangerous place for a wire to be and that some one might be hurt by it You better not touch that,” warn- ed the conductor, H. L. Musson. Body Badly Burned. The motorman, however, selzed the wire with his right hand, the power- ful current passing through him and { bringing Instant death. His body was thrown to the ground and the short circuit caused by his body threw out the “breaker” switches at the power house. Conductor Musson telephoned to company officlals, the power was shut off from all wires and the body removed. The company physiclan was summoned and examined the body, which was later removed to Rockville, where it now is in charge of Pumphrey's undertaking estab- lishment. Mr. Gundy is survived by his widow and one child, who are visiting near :‘hdmmglon, Va., and who were notl- ed. Sheriff Moxley county said no would be necessary DOWNPOUR FALS 10 HALT QUTING Board of Trade Members En- joy Day at Arundel-on-the- Bay in Rain. of - Montgomery coroner's inquest Scorning the inclement weather, members of the membership commit- tee of the board of trade made merry yesterday on thelr visit to Arundel- on-the-Bay, as guests of Francls R. Weller. Leaving The Star building at 10 a.m. the party, thirty-five in all, pro- ceeded to Arundel by automobile. Upon arrival most of the committee donned bathing suits. W. W. Ross enlivened the bathing expedition with aquatic feats that were rivaled only by_Herbert L. Davis. Dick Conner covered himself with glory in a wrestling match with an ear of corn, as well as in his per- formance of the “disappearing bar- rel of crabs” trick. Dick also was the outstanding figure as the winner of mosat of the indoor sport events that ‘were necessitated because of the rain. Free instructions in the art of open- ing hard shell crabs at the 5 o'clock t was given by Clifford Grant. After a short speech by Edward F. Colladay, president of the board, a week end traveling case was present- ed to Mrs. Weller. Among the guests of the committee at the outing were Engineer Commissioner Bell, Assist- ant Engineer Commissioner Holcombe. and Maj, Sullivan of the metropolitan police force. With the exception of one piece of misfortune, when Com- missioner Bell had to tow Edwin -C. Graham's car with a broken axle to ‘Washington, everything went off in great style. Th who attended the outing were: George Plitt, George. Miller, Richard L._Conner, T. Brooke Amias, Jr.; Hugh W. Barr, L. Plerce Boteler, Arthur Carr, E. F. Colladay, L. Lee Coombs, Charles Crane, Herbert L. Davis, R. K. Ferguson, Clifford Grant, rry C. Grove, George E. Hebb ‘Walter H. Klopfer, Willlam H. Lan ham, E. J. Leesnitzer, W. W. Ross, Charles A. Appleby, George C. Shinn, Charles W. Pimper, W. E. Reed, Frank R. Strunk, R.N. Wafle and Francis R. Yy To Wink at Motorists’ Offenses More Arrests They Make Longer Their Time in Court—Get 1 to 3 Hours in 24 for Leisure. Eight hours of night duty with a motor cycle policeman and a day in court and one ceases to wonder why minor trafic laws are not strictly enforced in Washington. It's human nature on the police- man's part to overlook a traffic vio- lation when he can, for when the policeman isn't on the street or in the station house in reserve, he's down at the.Traffic Court. And the more arrests he makes the longer he stays at Traffic Court. Fifteen motor cyole mounted policemen, contented, a veteran of the force points out, could make ‘Washington an ideal trafflo city in a few weeks. All the motor cycle policeman wants is a little time to get acquainted with his family. Job Worth Losing. Just to see how the system works out a reporter for The Star did a trick of duty with a motor-cycle man—a trick from 4 o'clock in the afternoon until midnight. He de- clded the motor cycle man has a job worth losing. Four o'clock and roll eall is an- swered at the station house. Ten minutes later the men go out on the street. The motor cycle man goes to the station garage and fills up with gas and oil. The reporter jumped in the side-car, and out they started, not forgetting to “pull the box” at 4:20. Stopping a moment at a busy corner, they watch trafic for a while, ‘and then start again. Several cars are followed, but tney used dis- cretion when they see the cop and drop down to fifteen miles an hour. Here comes one knocking out twenty. He doesn't even answer the cop, who lets him go. It's 4:40. The box must be pulled again, for the motorcycle men must report twice an hour. Lets Offenders Go. Now for the other end of the pre- cinct. Here comes an automobile heading south, and there is danger of colliding. The policeman has the right of way, but surrenders it. To take that man in would mean just another case and more time in court. This happens several times. But the cop lets them go. Rambling along at eighteen miles an hour, & big bus passes. Cop in- creases his tpeed, and up goes the speedometer, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30 miies. Three squares, four 'squares, five squares and a thirty-mile clip over crossings. That's enough. This can't be overlooked. The policeman fol- lows the car to the terminal The policeman walks up to the driver, asks for his permit, receives it and starts to write down the name. “What's the big idea?” questions the driver. peeding,” says the policeman. “I wasn't speeding; at least. 1 didn't know it,” says the driver. But the policeman doesn’'t hear him “Drop by the station tonight and leave collateral,” directs the police- man. Pull Won't Help Any. “Will 2 word from Capt. or Sergt. help any?” questions the driver. “I used to pound a beat.” Not a bit. We have had com- plaints about these busses, and it falls on the man on the beat. No, nothing - will help. Why don't you read your speedometer?” “The speedometers are cut off.” “Better get them connected,” the policeman. The bus puils out, passengers have boarded, but the man stops and tries to resume negotfations. Over to the nearest patrol box the policeman ro “Take this, the station address of the offending driver. “Let him leave $1 Stopping at the patrol box, he watches the passing cars, then to the far end of his beat, then back. Speeder Taken to Station. Two automobiles pass him. He is going eighteen. A little more speed. Both slow down for a narrow pas- sage, and one's foot gets heavy. A turn of the throttle on the handle of the motor cycle, and he is off again. Two, three, four, five squares, with the ‘speedometer increasing ail the while. s “That fellow has a ‘cop spotter on his car, says the policeman. He'll slow down in a minute’” But he doesn’t. The car makes a right hand turn. A little more speed, thirty miles an hour. The policemen eases a little more gas to her, opening his cut-off and letting out’ a few loud explosions. That sound wakes up the driver. He looks sick. The po- liceman points to the curb. The peedster stops. “Let's see your permit.” It is pro duced and the policeman glances at it. It is a nice new one, and a nice says he tells the man in He gives the name and on over to the station house and get this,” he directs, as he puts the permit in his pocket. The car goes to the station, the po- liceman following In the station. Man gives necessary information for blotter, and police- man completes it:: “Fast_auto. Twenty-five miles an hour. Failing to signal at a turn.” “How much”? asks the offender. been - arrested for speeding queries the desk sergeant. only for driving without “Yen dollars for the speeding charge and $2 for failing to signal’ Not enough money, and, while the man seeks financial ald by telephone, the policeman and the reporter are off again. So goes the grind, hour after hour. Cars are followed instantly. Many of the drivers slow down almost to a speed of walking, stopping almost at corners, and blowing horns, as long as the policeman 15 in sight. But he in't interested. He's just jogging along his beat. “We'll go over now and look over the spooners” he says. There is a good parking place on his beat, where there are no lights. He rides past. All have the proper lights burning, and are orderly. “We will ride down to the end of the street and stop awhile. But watch them move says the cop. “They're not violating any law, but they must have guilty consciences.” In about ten minutes all of the cars have moved away. Looks All Directions. “Doesn’t seem to be much here. Guess we had better ride around awhile,”” he says as he moves again to- ‘ward the other end of the precinct, up and down streets, looking all ways. The patrol wagon comes in sight, gpeeding along. It passes, loaded with policemen.. The motorcycle man turns about and follows. A call had been sent from somewhere for aid. He stays with the wagon. But it turns out to be a false alarm. ‘Here comes a fellow on the wrong side of the street, making a little ‘Get over_ there” orders the po- liceman, and rides along. He goes for a block, turns quickly about and finde the car he warned has cov- ered three squares while he is mak- ing one. Out he goes after him. It's a Virginia license. It takes a couple of squares to catch up, and the min then was only making nine- teen m! an hour, 5o the policeman rides on, Down the street comes a blg car. Anybody can see its Turning about, the police- man starts in pursuit. . In half a block he is twenty yards behind the speeding car. He switches on .the little light on his speedometer. Up it jumps, 25, 28, 30, 33, 35 87, 38 miles an hour, not even. slowing down for street crossings. A little.more speed on the motor cycle and the hand 'of the law points to the curb. Po- loeman rests his: moter cycle and approaches driver, ““There's going to be trouble here,” thinks the reporter. ) “Have you a permit?” Tespectfuily asks the policeman. . No, I havn't any permit. This isn’'t my car. I keep my permit in my car; otherwise I would never have it. I don't need any.” “Drive over to the station house,” directed the policeman. “My house is just half a block away. Let me drive down there and I will call Inspector and save you all this trouble. You are a smart alec,” prefacing it with a few oaths. “You will have to go to the station house,” says the policeman. The policeman’s blouse fell apart, showing his revolver. Threatens Policeman. “You ought to have a couple of swords tacked on you, too, to_help out,” remarked the motorist. “You'll hear from this. You'll get something out of this" “What did you say I was going to get?” asked the policeman. “I will not say what you are going to get, but you will hear from this,” responded the offender. “Drive over to the station house’ again directed the officer. The car_started, with the policeman following, but had not gone a couple of feat when the offender stopped, callisg 5, cop, if you want me to go to the station house get out in front and show me where it {s.” The policeman dismounts, opens the door of the car and says: “Now, I don’t want to make any trou- ble for you, but if you do not drive to the station house as I tell you, 1 would 1just as leave take you to a patrol box, i call the patrol and have it show you the way." The offender drives on. “This is a fine place to ask a couple of gentlemen,” remarks the offender, entering the station. “You certainly acted like a couple of gentlemen on the street,” responds the policeman as he waits his turn at the rail to give the necessary information for the blotter. When his turn comes the offender insists on stepping outside the sta- tion. The policeman tells him sev- eral times to come on up to the rail and give the information. “I'il._ come up thers when ready. You walit.' ‘‘You are coming up now,” says the policeman. ~He grasps the offender &nd places him firmly, but gently, in front of the rail. Eases Charges of Speeding. Thirty miles an hour; no permit.” eays the policeman as he completes the_information “Twenty dollars on the speeding charge and $5 on the no permit charge,” answers the desk sergeant as the man reaches for his pocket. “I always drop down a few miles when making the charge, as I want to be fair, although the speedome- ters are accurate,’ the policeman Answers when the reporter remarks on the fact that none of the charges I8 up to what the speedometer showed. Leaving the station to make an- other run over the precinct, the of- fender drives up, and a man who had accompanied him comes into the station. want your numbe: You are go- ing to hear from this,” he states. “I will write you my name and number,” says the policeman Jjust want your number.” ‘Here it is on a piece of paper. might forget it.” You will hear from this within a half an hour,” is the parting shot. Not Worried By Threa: “If T had my job taken every time some one threatened it because I do what the people pay me to do—en- force their laws—T'd be looking for work all the time,” eolliloquizes the cop. “Sometimes I almost wish I would lose ft.” t midnight the tour is done. See you at 9 o'clock in the morn- ing in court.” is the policeman’s part- ing shot. Then he goes home, crawl- ing in the hay somewhere around 1 am Nine o'clock the policeman is in court. He must have his informa- tlons made out before 10 o'clock. 1f he has any other than traffic cases, they must be made out before $ o'clock: He hasn't been in court a minute when he is approached by a fellow officer. & man unknown to him. The last man arrested the night before had apparently given a little thought overnight and called in a few friends, Here was an emissary, who had a friend, another officer, and they were seeking to get the collateral re- duced. The policeman can't see it, though, for the man had threatened to get his job and papers were made out. The man had resorted to friendly tactics, which he should have used the night before. Those few misplaced threats and oaths cost him $25, which he otherwise might now have in his T get pocket The informations are made out. The two police courts have convened and the policemen sit around. Only one man had tried to beg off. The Traffic Court doesn’t convene until the Police Court business is finished. The cop keeps sitting and sitting and sit- ting. Nothing for him to do, but he must be there all the same. While making out his informations, a policeman_comes In & minute after 10 o'clock. The court officers charged with the duty of making out the in- formations give him a growl and a dirty look. But the assistant district attorney directs them to make out the papers for him. “This is the last time I will make out papers for you after 10 o'clock,” says the court man. “I don't care whether you make them out or not,” answers the police- man. “I was working last night while you were asleep. If you don't want to make out the papers, say so and I'll go home.” “That's it,” he goes on. “If you don't get down to make out your phpers, vou are charged with neglect of duty, and then when you make them out you have to walt around the best part of the day for the trials, probably finishing in time to get back to work at 4 o'clock. About Three Hours® Rest. At 11:40 the Traffic Court convenes, and after some preliminary business the collateral list is called. All of the policemen’s cases are forfeited and he ls ready to go at 12:30 o'clock— three hours and a half before turning to_duty again, and the same old grind. But thero were other policemen at court that ddy who had been on the same trick of duty in other precincts and they didn't get off until 3 o'clock and at 4 o'clock they had to be back at the station, in uniform, ready for inspection, for another eight hours' duty. 1f they have other than cases they must get down as early as 8 o'clock, and probably they haven't gotten home before 1 o'clock in the morning. Once a week, and sometimes twice, after coming off at midnight, they have to do & trick of ten hours reserve in tne station house. This is pointed to as an an- tiquated practice, as there are extra men always kept on duty in the sta- tion, and one or two reserves. Some. times they get one day off every few weeks, and then can't find out what day they are gojng to have so they may make plans for using it. So the policeman is between the well known devil and the deep, blue sea. He must work all the time. If he doesn't make the arrests, he is condemned by the people, and may face a charge of neglect of duty be- fore the trial board. If he does make the arrests and doesn't get into court in time to make out informations, he faces & charge of neglect of duty. So, for the arrests of the night before, he must spend the day in court. He ends all of his time going from the station to the court, with little time, except for 'w_hours, with his fam- ilye xu»n“smm- traffic CANADA THRILLED BY HARDING VISIT U. S. Executive’s Receptlon Is Compared With That of Prince of Wales. Speciai Dispateh te The Star. VANCOUVIE B. C, July 26— Forty-eight hours have elapsed since President Harding broke the prece dent of a century or more and, as Chief Executive of the United States, visited the Dominion of Canada. The time has been long enough to obtain the reaction of the people of Van- couver and western Canada gener- ally toward Mr. Harding. They not only like him but they like him im- mensely. A new significance has been ate tached to the meaning of the word “neighbor” as the result of Presi- dent Harding’s visit. If he had neve uttered the word, however, his every action would have conveyed just the tmpression which he aptly pressed. The one sentence w above all others that fell from ha President’s lips, struck home was “I think we are the best neighbors i the world.” The stgnificance Harding to that ther revealed when he sald: “It is a good thing to hay bors to whose place you across and borrow ple of eggs { The latter homely metaphor, illus trating Mr. Harding’s conception jthe nefghborliness existing betwe the two English-speaking countries jof North America w understood and appreciated by every Canadia who heard it, or who read it laz-r the newspapers. Simplicity Effective. Those who expected Mr. Harding's chief utterance on the occasion of = first visit of the chief executive of & nation alongside ©f which the Dominion has lived in peace for 100 vears were perhaps disappointed the press and public men, toge with the people of this part of Can ada, are unanimous in the belief tt Mr. Harding touched a higher note the very simplicity of his message Every one who heard Mr. Harding believes the United States has a mag- netic personality as its titular head His boyish enthusiasm for the recep tion accorded him by the 100,000 pe ple who lined the streets to see him pass and who assembled in_Vancou- ver's great rustic park to hear him speak won the hearts of the crowd as no distinguished visitor except the Prince of Wales has ever done. Mr. Harding's unspoiled dignity, which permitted him to do the unconven tional thing at the right moment, hud in the minds of the Canadian people the genuine Prince of Wales touch The reception given to he Pres: dent was so spontancous and ov whelming that an inevitable compar- ison occurs to every one who saw it with the similar demonstration on the occasion of the visit of the Prince {of Wales. ’ It would b s0 X attached by utteran Mr. ce was fur e neigh- can run a cc I the absurd to say. as in the case of the Prince of W es, that the admiration for Mr. Harding's per- sonality was what brought fully fifty thousand people from out of town to Vancouver to welcome him. The litical controversies which wa around all political leaders are as famiilar to Canadian newspaper read- ers in connection with Mr. Harding as is the glamor which surrounds him as a ruler. Travel 1,000 Miles. The assembly of the vast crowd was just as much a gesture of inter- national friendship. as was the de cision of the President of the United States to pay a call upon his neigh- bor, Canada. Prominent men came from places one thousand and more {miles away to attend the functions in the President’s honor. If international friendship was the compelling motive, the people of Canada demonstrated by the increas- ing enthusiasm they evinced at the personal admiration had come to be a chief factor in their_ welcc banner line in the Vanco the morning paper, which read “Va couver Falls to Harding,” expressed exactly the degree of personal con quest achieved by the distingui visitor. The crowd was almost as great that which greeted the future King and as soon as the magnatism of the President’s personality was felt, tl enthusfasm of the people could n fairly be described as less manifest than that shown for Edward, Princ of Wales. PRESIDENT IMPROVED AFTER PTOMAINE POISON ATTACK, PHYSICIANS SAY (Continued from First Page.) morning, but the reception at Seattle was so cordial and overwheiming that the hours consumed in a street parade entailed a great physical hardship. He was two hours in the sun bareheaded acknowledging the plaudits, and afterwards spoke to more than 100,000 people at three different times. The President was overtaxed So this morning he call- ed me to ask me to say these things in a confidential way to you, feeling that you who have come in the hot sun to welcome him are entitled to his confidence. “Since leaving Washington,” Dr. Work continued, “the’ President has not spared himself. He has made many addresses from this platform in his dressing gown If we came to a town before thers was time for him to dress he appeared, and he would remain up late at night to greet and epeak to the people who came out to meet him. Thought He Would Appear. “While I was getting my_instructions 1 noticed him looking at the dressing gown and I had a feeling for the mo- ment that he would appear before you in it. Even as I looked the wise and trusty physiclan, sitting in the door keeping people out and the President in, seemed to put his veto on it and I gave up hope that he would be allowed to meet you at this time. « “I_wish to express the regret which the President feels very keenly at mbf being able to speak to You and to give you the assurance, which we all feel, that his allment is merely a temporary one, such as we all went through, and we are sure that he will promptly be rpe stored to his normal splendid health. ABANDONS SIDE TRIP. President to Go to San Francisco for Two-Day Rest. Ry the Assoclated Press, ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARDL] ING'S SPECIAL TRAIN, July 28+ Plans for President Harding's visit to Yosemite National Park, arranged for tomorrow and Monday, ‘were can- celed tonight, and his special train was directed to proceed to San Fran- cisco, arriving there about 9 o'clock Sunday morning, so as to give the Chief Executive two whole days of before he resumes his speaking re? to ecretary Christian said the can- cellation of President Harding's pro- posed trip to Yesemite Valley should not be interpreted as meaning - that the President’s condition was i the least alarming, but waw entirely pre- cautionary and taken as a means of avoiding the heat of the San Joaquin valley and of permitting Mr. Harding to get much-needed rest.