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Daily and Sunday..1 yr., $10.00 Daily only 1yr., $7.00 Sunday only......1yr, $3.00;1mo., 20¢ 1 mo.. §5¢ Member of the Associated Press, The Assoclated Press | ta the nee for republica ches credited €0 1t or Dot otherwise v and also the local m All “rights of publical atches hereln are also reser ting throu the United States Commissi has taken a first st Coal toward bringing about an adjustment of the differences letween in the anthr: > miners and the ite ficlds. the representatives o and the mine set for tomos in do much to clear t erators A meeting of the operators the commission New K., e atmospher: s with w n At mean a resumption of the between the contending parties, and as long as they in in their respe no chance feast it m conference persisted tents sulking ctive here was little or ol a set tlement The promptness with whic President has tackled the situation Xive further efforts on his s of the operators the new promise to prevent down the 1 mines and if still ave unwilling to get iners gether. U'n der the law the has no au President thority today to se mines if there is a tine ze and operate tdown. But b wer ot office 1o spare the strike. his m use bring pressure to hear p of another people the hards In 1902, Preside the hard coal strike months, tinally tion of the sevelt, wh Wl heen brought about arbity controversy by a commis appointed by him. If the present controversy be settled by the parties themselves, aided the ad vice of the commission, th siol cannot by n seems 1o be arbitration by an outside another now ¢ party. perhaps appointed by the commission as Th the mmission dent, or nstituted contention by principal bone of so-called check-off system. under h the coal compar he for the sentatives of the m to vield it to arbi fuse arbit They could scarcely expect to support them The people who require the winter would be justified in turn Ing on any group of men who ins on cutting off thei cause they were unwilling to arbitr a quéstion as to the were to be not be content 1se the union from its members, and insists upon the due the coal test for a living wage m receive the support of the public, hut to freeze of the failure to agree on the check-off system is quite another matter President Roosevelt was de to bring about the anthracite mines in bitration not been pared to throw the military the nation into the strike give such protection as would have in sured at least partial operation of the P comes, to col n. Rep ave refused to subm os arc Tee: un s ¥ 1 this question of That tt seems n v should re incredible. the public ation in such a coal how collected. T to ia (R be. 2 un duc theref: of t A collection ese by companies ight. indeed cause mined the operation of 1902, and, had ar d to, was pre- forces of area eside il a show e ap: to vk unde Coolidge would have It is a question how many such cc who believe that n men would respond to the and that many of them would those now employed. Authority could be given dent by Congress to take operate the the shutdown. Coal the passage of such legislation in its report. But Cong until December, unless called in cial session by the President. President Coolidge at present is act Ing through the legally Coal Commission. But an efface himself should not cause the President to hold back from direct ac- tion of his own, if it becomes nece: sary. There is a potency in the office of President of the United States that no commission can possess. pe miners would w But there are tho: with ample protec call, be Presi and of the ove: mines in cas a Commission has 's not meet spe- constituted desire to —_———— The farm vote is absolutely reliable. The farmer likely to get interested in caring for valuable erops that he forgets about the dis- content to which his attention has been brought by eloquent economists. never ———— The District Estimates. An official of the budget bureau and a corps of assistants are going over the District estimates for the next fis- cal year “to determine what recom- mendations the bureau shall make in returning the preliminary figures to the Commissioners.” With the pre- iminary estimates before it the budget bureau is making an inspec- tion of streets, schools, sewers and other needs of the District for which the Commissioners ask appropriations. It will find that the District au- thorities have not exaggerated in rep- resenting the rundown state of many things in the Capital, and that they have not been too enthusiastic in pressing for appropriations to bring various departments of the District government in line with the growth of population in the District and the spread of building over what was sub. urban territory and farm land one or two years ago. Matters relating to the extension of streets, sewers and water mains, the strength of the police and fire depart- ments and the enlargement of the . .August 14, 1923 .Editor far Newspaper Company ts per the Xt step the | position. | during d supply of fuel be- te union dues Mlect | and | In fact, the United States | recommended school plant have been gone over with | care and deliberation, and the Com- missioners have kept down the esti- mates to what they and the people of necessity for economy in public ex- penditures, and they have all along known that the budget bureau can and will cut down estimates for main- bureau as not being justified. They have done everything within their power toward recovering ground lost during the war and immediate post- W, periods, and it now rests with the budget bureau whether the estimates wr the next fiscal year will be ap- proved as they have been submitted or whether they will be reduced. It is said that “the figure of $32 500,000 submitted preliminary estimate for the next fiscal is higher by several million dollars than the appropriations for the present year, and the prospects are that the hureau will ask the Commissioners to pare down their figures.” To reduce the estimates will be to postpone the extensions and improvements which we need, and for which the people of the District are ready to pay their share. This is not a pleasant prospect But, whatever befalls us in the matter of estimateparing, we must carry toward bringing the government District and the public sehaols, sewers, fire and police protection, streets and the like up to the requirements of the people e year on the services suel ——————— ‘White Lines and Safety. New York city is starting a street safety campaign, and has begun by painting broad white crossing lines at the intersections of the streets, with arrows to indicate the direction of the traffic. The present effort of the po commissioner and the head of the public: safety bureau, noting the fact that 964 persons were killed in the New York strects by vehicles in 19 and over 25,000 were injured, says that extraordinary efforts are being made to educate the public and the drivers, particularly the latter. He stressing n a machine will approach @ crossing at high speed, tooting the harn for people to get out of the way udly sereeching horn is often evi- that some one is driving re is official might well have dropped often.” A loud “ch is almost sure evidence of iving. Certain vehicles like ire engines and ambulances and po lice cars in pursuit of lawbreakers have, as it were, a right of high through the streets, sound their sirens. But no pri- ar has a right to such a spe loud horn is essential. The horn Imost a v is expecting a de- or word horn way speed must vate that a screeching s that the driv of the manding passage be big { horn conveys. is always signal is. in fact, . message clearance way; jump, is the that such a Painting of white lines in the streets will not prevent accidents by keeping the public out of danger if the drivers will respect their rights at the crossing points. Concentration of pedestrians at these points between the lines imposes an obligation on the part of the,vehicle driver to give all within the lines a fair chance to cross. Under the impulse stem, with the guidance of traffic officer, alternat- ing movements are possible, and the wh lines serve then not only guides but safety marks. Where there is no traffic control the crossing lines are of no value as securing those afoot trom danger through reckless driving. ————— Woman is influential in politie but not vet sufficiently so to be mentioned relation to the national campaign | leadership. At the present rate of feminine progress it will be only a few decades before a woman demands the { greatest offices in politics as well as | the greatest influence. —_————— In Germany socialists have been jobliged to defer to communists. Tf matters are to keep going from bad to not a in !worse the communists will be obliged vield violent P10 in some measare to a still | more element —————— Senator Brandegee. while not in a | position to quote any direct state- | ments. is emphatic in his opinion that ! President Coolidge hails from an ex- ! ceedingly hopeful and admirable sec- | tion of the country. i e An | cite understanding miners between anthra- operators would be | welcome, even if it should leave a few ! points for future discussion. No con- and | | | the District believe to be a reasonable ; may figure. They have had in mind the | much of a speller unless he is a spell- i i {to F THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY. AUGUST 14, 1923. 'WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS safe. Americans are not spelling very well In these decadent days and it is believed that few of us ever knew much about this intricate subject. It be fair to.say that nobody Is ing bee champion or a fellow who keeps his dictionary busy. It may be that some bookish fellows with heavy spectacles know a few things about tenance and extension of public works | spelling, but they know nothing about where such estimates appear to the ) automobiles, moving pictures, base ball and the other essentials of life. And it is said by the International Association of Masters of Dancing that the old-fashioned waltz is coming back. Happy memories! Another hopeful sign of the times is that in some of the suburbs of Washington young persons are playing croquet, It is a splendid sport. More girls have caught a husband on a forty-foot croquet lot than on a twenty-acre golf course. The man does not have 80 much of a chance to get away. ————————— A Fateful Day. Pity the anxieties of the devoted heads of government departments to- day, for this is the day when Gen. Lord, director of the budget, sits him- self down to allocate to the depart- ments the amount of the appropria tions he will recommend to Congress for them. And tomorrow Gen. Lord goes on his vacation and leaves the department heads to face the fact that their estimates b been woetully slashed, and to worry over “how th are to get along” in the next fiscal year The sum total of the allocations Gen. Lord will make today is $126,000, 000 less than the appropriations for ordinary expenditures this fiscal year. This reduction is said to be required in order to avoid a deficit. A cut of $126.000,000 under current appropria- tions represents a tremendous slash ing in expenditures, but it has to be made. President Harding demanded it, and President Coolidge reitcrates the insistence. President first declara tion of policy is found in his instruc- tions to Gen. Lord yesterday, that th most rigid economy must be exercised in all governmental expenditures, The President is represented as having fully app Gen. Lord's cours thus far in scaling estimates of ap. Coolic is wed in propriations, and stress was laid upon | the statement that there will be no deviation from this policy during President Coolidge’s term of office. To take in sail to the tune of $126 000,000 may be a difficult task for the departmental heads and chiefs of bu- reaus, but the ery to shorten has come from the captain, and all hands will have to buckle to i ————— At this stage of the proceedings man nlay be suggested for the presi dency in a spirit of offhand compli- ment. The demonstration often has no more substantial significance than the singing of “He's a Jolly Good Fel- low™ at the end of a specch. ——— An English announces his belief that Mars is capable of sus- taining life. It has enabled a number of popular scientists and novelists to make a fairly good living. stronomer ———— An element of French statesman ship sees no reason why Paris should | not lead in the political economies of the world as well as in the superficial fashions After making a long, laborious trip irope many a man returns only to admit that he found things just about as he expected SHOOTING STARS. EY PHILANDER JOHNSON Return of the Lightning Rod. The lightning rod is coming back Now science gives us proof That he who hasn't one will lack Protection for his roof. They told us in a bygone day “That lightning rod was bunk. And only fit to go the way Of decorative junk. What other things will we revive hat ancient friends enjoyed? Will paper collars neatly thrive, Or maybe celluloid? Will dudes and dandies reappear In gay apparel dressed, Each wearing, with a style A “dicky” on his chest. severe, When we refer to “violet rays” In laboratory lore, Will we renew the blue giass craze That healed our sires of yore? ference in history has settled every-|The lightning rod is coming back— | thing for all time. ————— I It is a mistake for | come so interestea in { between miners and oper forgets to lay In his coal. a citizen to be- the argument tors that he 0ld American Institutions. Some of our ancient institutions are not forsaken and forlorn. A phy- sician representing the New York board of health stands up for corsets and deplores that these olden ar- ticles of feminine costume have been thrown into the discard. He says that a woman should wear corsets to support her liver. Men of tender sentiment regard a woman as a beauteous creature of lace, ribbons, rouge and powder and a dream in a filmy frock. These men will not be- lieve that woman has such a com- monplace thing asa liver. Thata phy- sician advises corsets is not final, for one can get nearly as many varieties of advice from physicians as from friends. But it is refreshing to hear a kind word for corsets, Not long ago all the evils that dog our foet- steps were charged to corsets. Men went almost so far as to say that the low price of wheat, the plenitude of chiggers and the ravages of potato bugs and poison ivy were due to cor- sets. Another of our institutions was the spelling bee. Jersey City has just held one and proposes to pit its cham- plon - against represetatives from other Jersey citles, and it is also pro- pdsed that the state champ shall chal- lenge the great spellers of other states. When we get back to the spelling bee we may get back te corn And with it will we try The other things that “got the sack” In good old days gone by? Passing of the Hat. Shall I say my hat is in the ring inquired the influential citizen. “No,” replied Senator Sorghum. ‘A few of us ought to held on to our hats. We may need ’em to pass around for campaign contribution: Jud Tunkins says a few motion pic- ture artists don't use spoken language personally, but make up for it by get- ting themselves talked about. Secrecy Impossible. “Do you believe in secret diplo- macy?” “No, sir,” replied Mr. Meekto: isn’t practical. I'd like to see 'em keep anything from Henrietta if she makes up her mind to find out just what they're talking about.” Busily Engaged. The farmer toils and never stops. His cares no limit fix. For when he isn't raising crops He's running politics. Popularity in the Gulch. “Cactus Joe has a good many friends.” " replied Three-finger Sam. “Joe is 80 rough when he’s riled that everybody's slow to speak otherwise than kind for fear he'll hear about it.”” Simple. “A popular song must be simple.” “Yes,” eommented Miss Cayenne, “‘even {diotic.” I'm strong foh de man dat thinks he's better'n other people,” said Uncle huskings, quilting parties and taffy Eben, “if he's got de grit an' indus: pullings. Then the eountry will be|try to prove it.” i { Chicag {Unitea States. i District of Columbia as the BY FREDERIC Calvin Coolidge for the first time in his lifo is i receipt of an adequate in- come. As Governor of Massachu- setts he earned only $10,000 a year. As Vice President of the United States he could just about make both ends meet on $12,000. Today, with a princely emolument of $75,000 and a traveling allowance of $25,000, Mr. Coolldge is making his first acquaint- ance with Easy street. There is no Incumbency upon the President to use up the traveling fund. When the Fifty-Afth Congress established it in 1907. it was provided that the money is “to be expended at his dis- cretion and accounted for by his cer- tificate solely.” While Vice President, Mr. Coolidge had an opportunity to double his oficial income by writing, but decided it was not compatible with his public duties. > Senator Hiram W. Johnson was tak- en completely by surprise by Senator Moses' actlon in launching the Cool- idge-for-President boom. The friends of the two irreconcilable comrades- in-arms aver that the incident has been clothed with undue importance. They assert. on the one hand, that Johnson has never formally avowed his candidacy, and, on the other, that Moses ix not publicly on record as ever having favored it. The accession »f Coolidge to the presidency has re- vised an avalanche of storics in con- nection with Johnson's rejection of the vice presidential nomination at in 1920, Long before the con- vention. and before Ris own prostra- tlon, Boise Penrose told nson that the Californian could have second place on a ticket'to be headed by Phi- lander C. Knox. “Take it.” sald Pen- rose. “Knox has a weak heart and n't survive his term.” Johnson scorned the offer, as he did others of « similar nature’ Since Knox's death October, 1921), Johnson is sald ave observed, in a remorseful mo- ment, that “a heartbeat is ull that stood Dbetween me and the presi- deney ¥ ok ok ¥ Joseph P, Tumulty was sojourning in his native New Jersey when Calvin Coolidge became President. Some of the local newspapers asked him to write about it, and Woodrow Wilson's long-tiMm.Alrst lieutenant penned the following little essay: The little scene enacted in a sim- ple farm homestead in Plymouth was the upon which simple ac- tors deflantly to v silly uations of thos that o one but the select ne tice and power in America. hold that scene enacted there—a little thatched cottage in the quiet hills of Vermont, an old farmer, un- shaven and clad in simple farmer’ sta Insi no WILLIAM WILE garb. holding in his withered hand the Bible, while he proceeded to in- augurate 'his son and induct him into the highest office within the gift of the people of the United States. God moves in 4 mysterious way His won- dere to perform. Who knows but by this simple scene we are to be drawn back to the old ways, the old ideals? What a lesson to hearten America and what an inspiration to the youth of our land!” . * k * % Farmer-labor statesmen soon ac- custom themselves to the ways of re- actionaries and aristocrats. When | Henrik Shipstead, one of Minnesota's l | twain of new United States senators, | arrived in Washington for the Hard-\ currents of daily Iife where the sub. ing funeral he was accompanied by an alde-de-camp in gleaming regi- mentals. The alde had the rank of a general, being Adjt. Gen. Rhinow of Minnesota, who was assigned to dance attendance upon Shipstead by Gov. Preus. The sangfroid with which the dentist-statesman from St. Paul per- mitted his general to “sir” him and genernuy to do his bidding would ave been a sight for the rural gods. * o ok Kk Another Washingtonian, Laurence C. Hillg, now wears the prized rosette of the French Leglon of Honor. Hills for the past three years has repre- sented the Munsey newspaper inter- ests at Parls, and in that period has become one of the shining journalis- tic 1ights of the boulevards. Mark {Twaln used to make merry every time a Yankee received the legion decora- tion. He once was asked to respond to a toust at a_dinner organized by American members of the order. When his turn came, Mark lifted his glass and said, in’ his inimitable drawl: “To the Legion of Honor— few escape it! * ok % Allegations that Americans are not interested in foreign affairs are be- lied by the success of the Institute of Politles at Willlamatown, Mass. The inetitute, &ponsored by Willlams Col- lege, and in particular by its brilliant president. Dr. Harry A. Garfleld, is in the midst of its third annual season. The attendance and the interest are the greatest on record. The institute's permanence as a regular feature of summer intellectual life in the United ured. No other country has anything to match Its vecord ought to acquit us of the charge of provincialism. Bernard M. Baruch’s munificence in endowing the institute in perpetuity relicves Williams College of all financial worry in connection with it. Ameri- can foreign policy some day may be molded by these searching discuscions in the Berkshires. The Department of State unofficlally observes them (Copyright, 1923.) CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. COLLINS “Oh, Judge:” Some “prominent” learned judge! Oh, upright lawyer has spent hours poring over dusty volumes to discover whether the oath taken President Coolidge. before his father. a notary public, Is sufficient to qualify | him to serve President of the The sum ‘and sub- of the legal investigation is that the father had no right to swear in his son and that the son had no right to assume his duties, to which he was elected, without taking the oath before a member of the United States Supreme Court, although there is no statute to that effect.. The learned lawver states that if his ad- vice had been asked he would have counseled that the oath be taken be- fore the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, since that is according to prece- stance | dent. Vertheless, even this wise ““Daniel o o Judgment” assures the world that all acts which Hon. Calvin Cool- idge has performed as President are unquestionably legal, regardless of the form of oath, since he is de facto Presi- dent, if not de jure. Why not dispense with the Latin and try to wiggle along for a couple of years with just a President “in fact,” while the quibblers turn the pages of “de jure” law books? If any- body doubts that he is “in fact” President of the United States let him “start something." Nk ok X Where is the Capital of the United States? All Presidents, except Wood- row Wilson, have assumed that the city of Washington is the official seat of “government. The city for some vears has covered the entire area of the District of Columbia. When President Wilson became Chief Mag- istrate he was persuaded that the District was the “Capital” and not the “city.” Hence, all oficial documents were dated “District of Columbia.” President Harding “moved the Capital back to the city,’ and President Coolidge ‘has confirmed its munleipal location. ok ok % Notwithstanding the overwhelming majority of the Presidents who recos- nized the city, rather than the Dis- trict, as the Capital, history points to the fact that in 1790 there was a compromise between states over the right to secure the location of the Capital within their areas. To end the lispute, Virginia and Maryland jointly gave to the national government the eat of government. At that time there was 1o city of Washington, hence it could not have been the city which became the seat of government, but the Dis- trict. e It would re-enfranchise a half a million people if the District of Co- lumbia could be abolished and the city of Washington (state of Virginia or state of Maryland) recognized as the Capital. Since the District is_the city and the city is the whole Dis- trict the maintenance of the District government appears a supererogation’ The governmental problems are mu- nicipal In character, rather than state, and they are managed by Con- gress, without even a semblance of & state legislature. Of what use is the District myth? * Kk ok ok ‘The worst punishment that can be meted out to any man is banishment. It is far more horrible than a sentence at any kind of hard labor,” says the noted Frenchman, Marcel Habert, who has been_in banishment from France since 1905. * kK % “Missionaries, voyagers and tourists may leave France for many years, but they always have the satisfaction of knowing that they can return if they wish. But the uffering of banishment lies in the knowledge that one s not being used in the service of his coun- try, either as a citizen, or defending it with arms.” 1t is a frightful agony." declares M. Habert. * k% % Is Grover Cleveland Bergdoll suffering that “frightful agony'? There are no indications that he is. He has killed one man who would have relieved him of it, and malmed another. He is des- rate, lest his banishment be turned nto a penitentiary sentence in his na- tive America. 1s It the desperation of a man, without a country, who fights lest )l\:,:me d;.v h-‘\‘n to face hig '!:'_Iz countrymen whom he t to to the enemy? How is punishment to be rated? _ Bergdoll has none of the love of his, by | country which made M. Habert's banish- | ment so bitter. Habert was not traitor {10 his people, but only to the republic, in | his adhesion to a monarchy. Habert loved France and his countrymen. What | does Bergdoll hate most? | * x % What would the United States do with Bergdoll if he were recaptured” Send him to the penitentlary, to serve his term with the added sentence for his escape. Then what? He could not be banished, since he is a native American. Yet, in his heart, he is a most vin- dictive enemy of America, and if per- mitted to remain here, he¢ would be a danger to the safety of the country, Wwhether we were at war with Germany or at peace with the world Now he is in banishment, and since his fortune is held by the alien property custodian, and is forfell to the gov- ernment so long| as he is a fugitive and unrepentent traitor and des why should this government seek his re- turn? 1Is he mot getting what is due him, just us he is? Does this count covet” criminal aliens—"uliens” in spirit being worse than merely aliens by birti —especially those who adhered to the enemy in time of war? Is it not good riddance to let him stay where he is? It might be “cruel and unusual punish- ment™ to Germany, if the United States were to start a colony of Bergdolls and their ilk—undesirable citizens.” Go mark him weil; For him no music raptures & High though his title, proud his oame Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, Despite that title, power and pelf, The wretch. concentered all in self, Living, shail forfeit fair And doubly dying shall & To that foul dust from w Unwept, unhonored and unsung * ok ok ok Gasoline is selling in Texas at 11 cents a gallon—which proves that Gen Sherman did not know Texas, or he would never have said—what he is said to have said about it. South Dakota has a state government which is just soclalistic enough to let the state gov- ernment buy gasoline at wholesale and retail it at 16 cents a gallon. * ok ¥ % But they laugh best who laugh last The Standard Oil Company 1s chuckling over the South Dakota situation, for it belleves that the state will lose money on all it sells, and that its action will drive out all the independent com- panies, tandard Oi] Company, after the state competition has.accomplished the ruin of competitors as predicted. In the meantime, the Standard Is selling there at 153 cents, while in Washington it charges 22 cents. The American Automobile Associa- tion has taken up the fight to secure a living rate in Washington. If the Standard is willing to meet a 16-cent competition in South Dakota, Wash- ington wants “the most favored na- tion” rights and privileges. * ok x ok The committee on Immigration of the House of Representatives has pub- lished a report by its agent and ex- pert, Dr. H. H. Laughlin, concerning the records for crime and insanity of immigrants and their immediate de- scendants. This report indicates that there is more to the immigrant prob- lem than mere quotas based on the number of each nationality already here. It is shown that, on the whole, the mixture of immigrants with native American stock has lowered the aver- age standarq of Americans. Theory would convince us that mixing the blood would strengthen it, but facts report the opposite. * k% % The census of 1920 shows that there were then 14,000,000 persons in the United States' who had been born in other countries. That is one-ejghth of the total population, but they fur- nished one-sixth of the criminals of our penal institutions, one-fourth of our paupers and one-third of the in- sane. Counting the foreign born, together with their children of the first gen- eration, they amount to 34 per cent of the total population, 65 per cent of our insane, 46 per cent of our paupers and 40 per cent of the feeble-minded. * % k X There has been an impression that immigrants from northwestern Eu- ‘ope were unobjectionable, while all from southern Europe were undesir- able. This is not verifieq by the new inyestigation. . While_those from northern Europe do not show a criminal tendency, they show twice the percentage of insane that our native stock does, and two and a third times as many paupers. Those from gouthern Europe show 40 per cent more criminals and 88 per cent more insane than our native stock, but'?t. will be obgerved that the rn Europeans are less likely to int ut more criminal than 5‘.'0.. rom northern Furope. (Copyright, 1923, By Paul V. sprung. leaving the fleld clear for the | | clerk, purchasing agent. sal NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM HENRY FORD. Samuel Marquis. tle, Brown & Co. An absorbing game to him with a bent that way—the game of opening UP a man in the effort to match his Inside works with his outside beha- viors. To outsiders and onlookers much of the interest and worth of this game rests In the quality of the ©one who becomes the subject of this psychological surgery and mlero- scopy. Much depends also on the skill and authority of the operator, not only upon his skill In_baring the se- cret springs of being, but in following them out as well into_the common t- Ject makes himself openly manifest. The case In hand poinfs upon an operator whose profession has brought him close to the mental States of men and women and, more than this, has imposed upon him the duty of tracing the relations of these to their ultimate expression in human conduct and behavior. Mr. Marquis is & clergyman of the modern type, hold- ing that bodily well-being i & potent element in spiritual progrers, holding, too. that to assure this general well- being is no more than & part of the pact between man and man. In pur- suance of this belief he has become an advocate and an agent of many important lines of soclal service. Near the end of 1915 Mr. Marquis at the solicitation of Henry Ford, took charge of the educational department of the Ford Motor (‘ompany, i depart- ment organized a year or more ear Her, when the Ford profit-sharing plan with its five-dollars-a-day minimum went into effect. He held this posi- tion for five years, relinquishing it at Lis own desire and upon his own ini- tiative. This five-year stretch upon the ground itself, in a8 near an ap- proach to the citadel, Henry Ford, as it .was possible for persistence and skill and friendliness to achieve, stands as the foundation of this in- terprotation of Henry Ford—a marvel of & man to all; to thousands a hope and a promise, to other thousands a menace and, possibly, an actual dan- ger. ok And what, In lump sum, did the pa- tience and the devotion of this man- on-the-ground pull out of his flve vears of welfare work in the Ford Motor Company coupled with an even longer perfod of watchful waiting upon the personality and character of the wizard of Dearborn? “Henry Ford possesses the most elusive per- sonality of any man T have ever known." That is the significant xum of the matter. Now in this conclu- sion there is no suggestion of Ford in the role of a Machiavelll. Nothing like that. Rather 18 this only another way of saying that here is a man of #0 many and so vital contradictions that there remains to one not even a foot of solid ground from which he may in safety say, “You can bank on Henry Ford here, or there, or here.” A man compounded of every manner of unexpectedness. The study as a whoi¢ sums to & body of concrete evi- dence, a case book, <o to speak, point- ing always, directly or indirectly, upon this cardinal clusiveness of the man. The author names that day—and there are many of these days—when Ford showed phenomenal strength of mind for this measure, off<etting this on another day by a childish weakness toward some other measure. He spreads out Ford's astounding in- sight into business affairs, coupling [ thix with & boasted ignorance in other matters. He tells of Ford's faith in his employes and his unlimited gen- { erosity toward them and then shows the man in what seems an utter in- difference to the feelings and the fate of these men. No, he is not erratic, not unbalanced, as some think him to be. No, says this interpreter. he sim- ply has never organized his mind. Its parts are lying about in confusion and often in hostility. “If only Henry Ford were properly assembled! If only he could do in himself that which he has done in his facto There are stories here, any number of them. to show the business genius of the man, te show the clean quality of his mone gefting, to spread out his admirable business theory—that service is the beginning and the end of | business. not profit as an end and a beginning. Triumphant in this theory. since its fair working out has made him the richest of men beside the main point of serving the public in a genfus of good faith and good work. Stories here, with- out number, t0o, to show the finer Henry Pord among his employes. in the world of business, in the world of high ideals. Then there are other stories that picture a blind man in place of the man of vision, a hard man crowd- ing out the understanding man. a vain man obscuring the modest one, and ungenerous man refusing tribute to those who helped deliver him, an ig- norant man boasting of his no learn- ing. If only Henry Ford were properly assembled as the Ford cars are so ex- pertly assembled! One, reading here, says over again the words of the author himself. * ok % One of the Interesting stories here tells of how Mr. Ford “scrapped” his executives, one by one, When the com- pany had attained a_high peak of business success. A lone-hand man. this Henry Ford. To the point right here is the story of James Couzens, now Semator Couzens. Bookkeeper. orce. in the Ford Company, time man- ager. business manager. ames Couzens was, and s according to Mr. Marquis, “one of the all-American stars in the financial game hi 1. A masterful man, a little more mas- terful than Mr. Ford cared to have about; an organizer down to the last Qetail: a tiraless worker who knows how to et work out of others; some- thing of a steam roller when it comes to ironing out difficulties and going through. He made a wonderful cap- tain of the team that finally drove through the line with Henry holding the ball. And when the thing was done he took off his hat and joined with the bleachers in the chorus “Henry did it.” Bully for James Cou- zens. that's fine! But—‘neither Mr. Ford nor Mr. Couzens is adapted to the playing of a second fiddle. what I know of the two men T ven- ture to guess that they did not remain in the same company for the same rea- son that two locomotives do not run side by side on the same track; not room for both.” We like that, too. There are others, however, in this long roster of names in the “Alumni Association” of the Ford Motor Com- pany, an association formed out of the discards of this masterful man, who is bound to go it alone. * ¥ ¥ X “Come with me, boy, I want to show you some of my friends,” Henry Ford talking, but not the Henry Ford cited in the foregoing story. “Listen, boy. Hear It? Hear it? ~Hear that song? Quiet now! Don’'t move. He's right there in that tree somewhere. There he is. Take my glasses, boy. T found him. He's a beauty, isn't he?" “And so the multi-millionaire spent the ‘better part of the day with a ten- year-old boy having a bully time call- ing on his furred and feathered friends.” Birds everywhere. “A robin had built her nest on the veranda over the front door. Entrance through that portal disturbed Mrs. Robin so much that Henry had nailed up the screen and locked the door until the Robin family had moved to other quarters.”” That's the other Henry. EE Just a handful of stories about the little known side of Henry Ford. Everybody knows the main facts in the career of the great business ma- gician. Few know the intimacies that are spread out here, often in large and enthusiastic praise for the qual- ity of the man, less often in a sort of bewildered questioning over some cu- rious_and less admirable complex In the character of this magnate of the business world. It is all well worth reading_as an expert close-up of Henry For s another illuminant of human character generally. It is a sincere and patient examination of a subject, who, it appears, nceds above all else to be properl, embled and ized In his mental parts and powers. LG M From | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS | | BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Are Vice Presidents usually rich men?—F. A. B. A. Both Calvin Coolidge and Thomus Riley Marshall are men of modest means. The other Vice Presi- dents of the last quarter century, James §. Sherman, Charles W. Fair- banks, Theodore Roosevelt and Garret A. Hobart, were all men to whom the salary attached to the office was of little importance. Q. Has President Coolidge publish- ed any books?—D, E. C. A. As Governor of Massachusetts he Dublished a book of his famous speeches and messages under the name “Have Faith in Massachusetts.” Q Does the Constitution provide for the succession to the presidency in case of the death of President and Vice Prestdent?—F. F. A. Tt does not. ‘The act providing for successors to President and Vice President which is now in force was passed January 19, 1886. Tt reads as follows: “That in case of removal. death, resignation or inability of both the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State, or If there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation or inability, then the Secretary of the Treasury, or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resigna- tion or inability. then the Secretary of War, or If there be none, or in case of his removal, death. resignation or inability, then the Attorney General, or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation or inabil ity. then the Postmaster General, or if fhere be none, or in case of his re- moval, death. rexignation or Inability then the Secretary of the } there be none, or in case moval. death, resignation or inabil ity, then the Secretary of the In rior, xhall act as President until_the disability of the President President s removed or & President shall be elected: Provided, That when- ever the powers and Auties of the office of President of the United States shall devolve upon any of the persons named herein, if Congress be not then in sessfon, or if it would not meet in_accordance with law within twenty days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the person upon whom said powers and duties ghall devolve to issue a proclamation convening Con gress in extraordinary session, giving twenty days' notice of the time of of his That shall only be apply to such the preceding se held to describe officers as shall have been appointed by the advice and consent of the Senate to the offices therein named and such as are eligi- ble to the office of President under the Constitution. and not under im- peachment by the House of Repre- sentatives of the United States at the time the powers and duties of the office shall devolve upon them, re- spectively Q. How can a polish for automo- biles be made?—C. W, R A. A mixture of ‘equal parts of boiled linseed ofl and turpentine ap- plied sparingly with a soft cloth and rubbed till absolutely dry gives a good polish. tion nd Q. Who ‘was the first singer to sing “Home, Sweet Home"7—J. I, A. Misx Marie Tree first song in the opera “Clari; or, Tt of Milan." Maid Q. How many grains are there in a pound of wheat?—A. M. P. A. There are about 12,500 kernels in a pound of wheat Q. What is the size of a steamer trunk?—F. K. O. A. The standard dimensions 40 by 15 by 22 inches. are American Concern Of Oil From BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. Although a general impression pre- | ils that there is no intercourse of any kind. commercial or otherwise, between the United States and soviet Russia, yet a sort of unofficial and, on the whole, useful contact exists be- tween the two countries through the Standard Oll Company. , The latter has entered into an arrangement with the great oil-producing and distribu- ting firm of Nobel Brothers, whose holdings in Baku far exceed those of any other firm. The Nobels, origi- nally a purely Swedish concorn and then a Swedish-Russian group, have in normal times controlled some 50 per cent of the total production of Russian oil, and now the American Standard has, according to latest ad- vices, secured a half interest in the whole *enterprise. The ofl industr: only one which order, and the vield of Ru: in _fair in Baku a is working alone i very large, despite the fact that no | new wells ‘were drilled from the b ginning of the war in 1914 until two vears ago. The Russian engineers and workmen on the field had no- Where to which they could escape when the bolshevist regime came into existence at Moscow. 1In the rear w n front the ssues of flight seem- ed Closed to them. And the outcome was that the technical engineers and workmen were constrained to remain | on the spot, where the soviet authori- | s found it to their interest to leave them o pursue their dutles and to do their work without molestation. The result of it was that there was little or no destruction of property or dis turbance to speak of, and that, espe clally during the past few vears. the Nobel wells at Baku have been turn- ing out about half a million tons of crude oil, which are sent to Rumania for refinement without any obstruc- tlon, this being one of the reasons why the long threatened menace of a Ruasian bolshevist invasion of Ru- manta, and especially Bessarabia, has failed until now to materialize % It is a great mistake to imagine that the Standard Oil Interests are at war with those of Great Britain. They have many points of contact and understanding, as, for instance, in Persia, where, under the influence of the American financlal mission at Te- heran, matters have been so contrived that, instead of the Persian treasury having to content itself, as eight years ago, with a mere $50,000 a year in royalties from the ofl industries exploited by English and Amerilran! ess y receives no e 00000 a Year, and expects in time to double and triple that amount, which has contributed more than any- thing else to the financial rehablilita- tion of the ancient empire of Persla under the wise and_skillful financial administration of Dr. A. C. Mills- paugh of Washington, D. C. * ok kK If the bankruptey of the near- septuagenarian Lord Bateman is at- tracting a good deal of attention in England it is because he contracted, just nineteen years ago, a marriage with the enormously wealthy widow of Henry Tabor Knapp of New York, daughter of James J. Graham of that city, and was believed to have be- come thereby absolutely secure from any monetary difficulties. Tndeed, it is known that during the first years of thelr marriage much of his’Amer can wife's money was spent in repair- ing, beautifying and extending Shob- den Court, his well known country seat in Herfordshire, another of his ceuntry seats being Oakley Parlk, in the county of Suffolk. But it is un- derstood that differences between the couple have arisen, and, while Lady Bateman ng in England, Lord Bateman: hi for some time past been A vy, or if or Vieo | sang_the | is the | Q. How did a frigate differ from other sailing vessels?—A, G. A. In the days of wooden war ves sels a frigate was a full-rigged ehip with two decks, and &0 distingulsh.q from a ship of the line, which ha three decks. Frigates were classified according to the number of guns the carried. Q. What is Scott Fitzgerald's name?—M. W. P, A. His full name Key Fitzgerald. Franels Sco ! Q Where Gobelin made?—0. M. L. A. The Gobelin tapestry = {tory is in Paris, having been ¢ lished by Colbert in 1667 are tapestr Q. What cutting and ing auction?—. R. A. In the technical terminology of auction, drawing cards is the metho of determining partners. choice o cards and seats and other question- to be settled by chance cutting cards i3 the final operation before they are dealt. when the opponent tp right of dealer divides the pack into two portions. the bottom portion be- ing placed on top by dealer. “Cutting for partners.” an expression so fre quently heard, is, strictly speaking incorrect lifference ng cards he pla Q. How large a moved>—T. G. S A. Enginecrs will e Himit has been reached buildings that may e story bufldings i 4.000 tons, have building w 3 heer d. Q. Are frockles hereditar, A A. Authorities say that freckle sometimes Lereditary, uppearing « after birth and continuing 1 life, or subsiding or vanishin gether. alt Q. Wera there many United States before the « were not slaves? W, G. i1 A. At the beginning of t thern were 487,70 free 3 60 slaves vil wa negroes Q Have birds always gone south winter and north in sumnmer® K. 1 A. According to the “Outline of & ence,” migration 15 4 vers old hahit an inborn instinet, which wae deve oped ago. and whicl manifect itself vear after vear In a uniform I manner ana without anv remarkat1 close conformity to the immediat conditions Q Did 1l cient form surgical opera A. Records p did pract u vears B. ¢ edge of phy of superior ment. 1l many operations removal of calculi various sorts a Fgy ptians an alo and anatoms ments and with and amputations « rformed Q. What furs are merclally ?—D. K A. More rabbit skins are used eve year than the pelts of any other an mals; squirrel skins rank next a muskrat skins third most used con Q. Has New York or Chicago | ereased in size faster since the civil war? 8. H. | “A. Chicago has ahout nine | population ivil war t {the population of New | merely quadrupled times it wh ty ha ’ | (Any reader of The Star who has o { question he wants answered showdd ac | dress The Star Information Buren | Frederick 7. Haskin, director, 1221 | North Capitol street. There is no charne | for this service except 2 cents in stamys | sor return postage.) Getting a Share Russian Baku Field | residing at the Hotel de Choigeul n the rue St. Honore in Paris | Lord Bateman, who is & former off cer of the Royal Horse Guard and served in Lgypt forty vears ugo und the late Field Marshal Lord Wolsele has no children, and t(he next he to his peeruge and to his entaic estates, which cannot be alienated. | his brother, the Hon. Charles Melvil Bateman-Handbury, some twent vears his junior, still unmarried. u who was_bankrupted. with liabilities of over $2.000,000, a few years ugp. lafter having squandered two larfe fortunes, which he had inherited fron | relatives, in stock cxchange specula | tion, in unfortunate real estate deals and, above all, in unsuccessful new-- paper enterprises. The latter includ- ed a couple of {llustrated London so ciety organs, one entitied the Thron and the other Madam. TN It is a curious fact that most of the members of the Charles Bateman- Handbury class who have launched in society journalism have made a fail- ure thereof. They include the late Lord Desart, elder brother of the'| present earl, and who was renowned ;for his homeliness and also as the particular bete noir of the late King Edward. Then there was the Earl {of Rosslyn, who ran, for a time, « | society paper entitled Scottish L | Which he used to advertise by g recting the proofsheets in a particu- larly conspicuous manner, seated a chair in Hyde Park at the very |hour when the fashionable world {was wont, to foregather there. 1l |had as his assoclate the Lady Colin |Campbell who was the wife of « | of the vounger brothers of the latc { Duke of Argyl and the heroine of an immensely sensational divorce su.t She also ran. for a time, a sociuty paper of her own. She was a sist of Neptune Blood. whose mii | was tolerably familiar to Baltimorear | through his marriage with Mrs. Willian Yates Perot, whom he had previous helped to abduct her little girl acros the Atlantic. He was descended fror that Col. Blood who, in Charles 11 reign, attempted to steal the crows and crown jewels from the Towc of London and who almost got awa with his plunder. in * e+ ’ One of the most extraordinar members of Lord Bateman's family was his aunt Charlotte, daughter of the first Lord Bateman. who marrie| |Maj. George Whyte-Melville of th Coldstream Guards, who in the mid Victorian era enjoyed great fa as author of a number of very pop ular novels dealing with the spor ing life at Britain. They T cne child, who marred the latc ¥ count Massereene and Ferrard. M Whyte-Melville broke his neck wh breaking in newly purch Irish hunter and his widow ther upon married an American, Rev Higginson But the ho form her that whom he left somewherc United States. She wus, of time, brought to light marriage was_immediately by due process of English law sooner had old Mrs. Whyte-Mclyl become rid of the perfidious Ani can parson tham, to the dismu of her relatives, she marri notorious _septuagenarian e and proprietor of the once fa Matrtmonial News, with whom lived in one of the finest houses Upper_Brook street. Muyfair fore she died she became involve Jegal proceedings with her daught: the now widowed scountes Massereene, who v proud ¢ her father and devoted to memory. Old Mrs. Duncan took into her head to have the major remains removed from Tetbur Church, where they had been enl tombed at the time of his demis in 1878, to Wherstead churclgyar near Ipswich. Lady Massefen| would not hear of his tomb bein disturbed and _instituted su against her mother, Mrs. Dunca and won her casc. man neglected he had another to in cours nd nullc IS