Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1923, Page 6

8 THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Editien. WASHINGTON, D. C. TRIDAY........August 17, 1923 FHEODORE W. NOYES........Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office, 11th St. and Penosyl . New York Office: 110 East d 8t Chicago Office: Tower Rutlding. European 0 Regeat Bt., London, Kngland. Btar, with the Sunday morning iers within the clity Rate by Mall—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virginia. Dally and Sunday. Dally only. All Other States. Paily and Sunday..1 yr., $10. Dally only. 1 5 Sunday only. Member of the Associated Press, The Assoclated Pres s exclusively entitled s the use for republicatlon of all mews dis- tehes credited to it or pot otherwise eredited “h{s ‘paper ani alao the local news pub: hed herel All rights of publication of opectal s here! -_——— s Alternating Anthracite Currents. Following the course of past nego- tiations, the anthracite strike discus- slon proceeding now between the operators and miners’ union repre- sentatives, with the Federal Fuel Commission as intermediators, is an “alternating current.” One day there 1a apparent advance toward agree. ment, with the prospective resuit of continued mining. The next day there is @ check in the advance and a seem- ing blockade, with the prospective re- sult of a strike and the stoppage of the coal supply., Today the gloomy alde of the plcture is presented. Quick- ly following the announcement that the check-off question had been elim- inated and the way opened for a set- tlement through arbitration came the statement that the union officlals were not satlsfied with the operators' letter on the subject, and questioned its good faith, and furthermore declaring that the waiver of the check-off does not mean withdrawal of the demand for the recognition of the union. Back and forth swings the pendu- lum. The public meanwhile remains deeply anxious. The coal bins are empty, in most cases. The prices are high, and if a strike occurs there will be no fuel to be had at any price. Meanwhile public feeling is setting on the point of the responsibility for this present blockade and the strike that may result from it. And it is unmis- takably setting against the miners, who refuse to accept the swap in check-offs and likewise refuse to talk wrbitration on the wage question. John L. Lewis and his assoclates in command of the miners' union side cannot afford to force the issue of union recognition to the point of pre- cipitating a strike, by refusal of arbi- tration. If they do so they will incur @& direct responsibility for the suffer- Ing that is certain to result from coal shortage. Just now, it is obvious, they are maneuvering for advantege in the negotiations. They are following fa- millar lines of strategy. But they are risking involvement in a situation from which there is no escape. At present the union is not recog- nized In the anthracite field. This pres- ent contest is for recognition, first of Jall, not for wage betterment or for the improvement of working conditions. ‘Walver of the check-off in exchange ‘for abandonment of the company credit system by means of check-offs against the pay of the miners for sup- plies, rent and other items, it is now contended, is not a waiver of the de- mand for recognition. Upon that point the union will go to the point of a strike, refusing arbitration. That is to say, according to present declara- tions. But in the next fortnight much ‘water will flow beneath the bridge. In the event of a strike the union must maintain @ system of payments to the idle men out of its treasury. Its funds cannot be abundant, consider- ing that it was less than a year ago that the miners returned to work after & prolonged strike, which must have drained the benefit balances. No pub- Jic reports of the resources of these organizations are required. There is no way to escertain how much money ‘the union has as sinews of industrial wer. But the chances are that the treasury of the miners’ union is not plethoric. + Can the union go to strike with a ‘weak financial position, with a weak cayse and with a public sentiment forming agalnst it? These next two weeks will determine. ——————— ‘The seeming necessity of paying a @ebt is more or less modified among individuals and nations according to ‘whether the money is coming or go- ins. ——— Over a million people in London are #aid to be secking employment. This will not cause any stampede from America by the I. W, W. ——— A Big Haul of Bootleggers. Arrest of eighty-four persons at Savannah for complicity in a boot- legging consplracy is the most impor- tant stroke yet dellvered by the gov- ernment in its enforcement procedure. ‘These arrests, it is stated, are the climax of a two-year {investigation. Months ego evidence pointed to the fact that at Savannah centered an or- ganization for the wholesale importa- tion of liquor from nearby foreign parts, its storage along the coast and its distribution throughout the coun- try from that section. After months of patient, quiet and efficient work the whole scheme has been brought to light, the persons concerned have been identified and now the government is ready to prosecute. A most elaborate system, it is stated, fad been evolved; & fleet of speedy power boats had been assembled, con- crete warehouses had been construct- od {n bayous and inlets of the coast of Georgia and Florida, motor trucks by the score had been purchased and put into use, territorial subdivisions had been laid out and manned. In shart, the business was organized with thoroughness. The syndicate—it is difficult to know by what name it could be called—had its own police system, its guards and detectives to l | | llons. From early large profits capital was accumulated for larger and. still larger operations. It must be assumed that the gov- ernment's case is a strong one, that the evidence is definite and conclusive, and that the right people have been taken. Any other assumption is not warranted, in view of the fact that such great care has been taken in the preparation of the case. If those in- volved in this case are convicted and punished by imprisonment, as the law requires, a serfous check will have been given to the bootlegging business in the United States. For“what the federal government has done in the Savannah syndicate matter it is very likely to be doing even now in other centers of liquor smuggling and dis- tribution. The business of bootlegging, whether by wholesale or by retail, be- comes extremely dangerous, though highly profitable. The Harding Peace Pacts. Ratifications by all the nations in- volved in the five.power naval treaty and the four-power Pacific treaty, negotiated et the Washington confer- ence, were formally deposited at the State Department at noon today. With this action the treaties immedi- ately became effoctive. The treaties growing out of the Washington conference have been hailed as the great achievement of the Harding administration. They stand as a monument to the late President of the United States, exemplifying his love of international peace. They will remain as beacon lights in history, tracing the way to better understand- {ngs among the nations. In the naval treaty the first real step toward a limitation of armaments by the great powers has been taken. The United States, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan are signa- tory to it. The principle of limitation was laid down. Other steps looking to further limitation in the armaments of the great nations, at once a threat of war and a burden upon the peoples, it is confidently predicted by those who support the movement, are bound to come. The way has been paved, and the name of Warren G. Harding will be indelibly linked in history with these pacts. ‘With the deposit of the ratifications, under the terms of the four-power Pacific treaty, “the agreement between Great Britain and Japan, which was concluded at London on July 13, 1911, shall terminate.” The Anglo-Japanese alllance, therefore, has ceased to exist. ‘The threat the old alliance contained, it any, was interpreted in these latter days as against the United Stat The alliance had been formed original- ly as a measure of protection in view of the policies of Russia and Germany in far eastern affairs. After peril from those sources had been removed, the alliance continued, and was considered as prejudicial to the interests of the United States. The four-power pact, now an ac- complished treaty between the United States, Great PBritain, France and Ja- pan, pledges the signatory powers to respect the rights of each other in the region of the Pacific and if contro- versy shall arise between these powers, or with outside powers, to take part in Jjoint conference. It is not a military alliance; it is a pledge of peaceful set- tlement of disputes. President Coolidge's Task. President Coolidge has given evi- dence of possessing a clear vision of the great task before him in adminis- tering his high office, and has demon- strated his intention to apply himself to it promptly and with vigor. He bas the support and sympathy of the na- tion. It is the subject of frequent comment that no President ever took office in similar clrecumstances fol- lowed by a greater volume of good wishes, popular faver and more gen- erous and kindly support. His first declaration of policy, the approval of the economy plans of Gen. Lord, director of the budget, struck a chord of popular approval. It ap- pealed to the taxpayer, who is ever alert to note any line of governmental action calculated to avert Increased taxation, and lavish expenditures for the upkeep of the government are bound in the end to spell added taxes in one form or another. ‘When he directed the Coal Commis- slon to seek to bring the miners and operators to terms of mediation by which @ compromise might be effected he was proceeding logically to take the first step. The present status of the undertaking is discouraging, but not hopeless. If this effort fails the public will have full confidence in the President's wisdom end courage to take the next step. President Coolidge has shown to the country that he understands the scope of the task before him involving ac- tlon upon varioys domestic and for- eign issues, and will not flinch from taking up the several subjects in their order. He is responsive to the dom- inant feeling In this country that the debts of Europe must be collected. He is in accord with what is believed to be the major sentiment of good will in assisting in untangling the repara- tions snarl when requested without ourselves becoming entangled in Euro- pean politics. He does not intend to call Congress without grave cause. He is for restrictive immigration on a selective basis. He ia friendly to Mexico. He is a safe and sane Chief Execu- tive and, moreover, the country recog- nizes that fact. It is the duty of every citizen to back him up without parti- sanship and without prejudice. Notes between London and Paris can be relied on for courtesy, if not for any immediate results. Germany has a new cabinet, but the same old France to deal with. Bergdoll is a nasty fighter when there i no war. K. K. K. and Education. ‘There are a good many things about the Ku Klux Klan that men not mem- bers of the order do not “get.” One of them, of course, is the mask. An- nouncement is now made that the Klan has gone in for the establish- ment of a national university, and has bought the Valparaiso University at Valparaiso, Ind. The institution was founded in 1873 with “courses of study planned o meet the needs of & large § maa THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO’N} D 'C! FRIDAY, AUGUST 17E 1923, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS number of men and women who do not find the regular college course availapl 3t has had an honcrable and useful career, and like other schools has had prosperity and hard times. According to the news the K. K. K. has agreed to take over the old school during one of its hard-time periods and while it seemed on the point of dissolution. The knights will call it “The National University.” Valparaiso is in Porter county, Ind., in the northwest corner of the state, and about thirty miles south of Lake Michigan. At the last census it had a population of 8,000. It seems rather a quiet corner of the United States to set up not a national university, but “The National University.” If it were to be called the Ku Klux National University no question might be raised, but “The National University,” run by the Ku Klux Klan at th county seat of Porter county, Ind., seems to be taking some liberties with the adjective “national.” The Fiery Cross, organ of the Klan, says that the school will specialize in the teaching of Americanism. That has a gratifying sound. But what have all the other schools, colleges and universities been doing? Have they been teaching un-Americanism? Have they been 80 busy teaching the | humanities, history, government, ath. letics and the like that they have not taught Americanism? Or have they Jumped to the conclusion that Ameri- can boys and girls coming to school do not have to be taught Americanism, but are already so saturated with it that the service of professol branch is not needed? Certainly the average American has never detected anything out of joint with the Americanism of American colleglans. Their patriotism has seemed to be in good order. The American college boy has always seemed ready to take off his coat for Old Glory at the drop of the hat, and the American college girl has actually seemed eager in time of national stress to shoulder a rifle Instead of sewing shirts and knitting socks. Perhaps it is meant that the National University in Porter county, Ind., under direction of the K. K. K., will specialize In Klanamericanism. ——— Disinclination on the part of Presi- dent Coolidge to talk more than neces. sary will be regarded by the friends of Magnus Johnson as a distinguished indorsement of the policy modestly but firmly adopted by the man from Minnesota. ——— The President of the United States has a great many urgent matters to consider, a fact well understood by his official associates. He may be regard- ed as justified in not taking every cab. inet resignation rumor too seriously. ———— New Jersey companies are depend- ing on the courts to end the trolley strike. The possibility of an over. worked judiciary system has not claimed the sympathetic attention to which it i ntitled. ——————— When gasoline piices are summarily reduced the flivverist should not per- mit his brief joyride to be spoiled by reflections on the increase when f{t comes time for the oil business to re- coup. possihiy —_—— After waiting a long time for results the public is forced to conclude that the visit of Clemenceau, while a bril- liant event, did not accomplish much in a practical way. ———— There never would have been a world war if all Europe had been as generous and judicious as the U. §. A. is expected to be. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Hauteur. A Simian sat upon a limb, “These evolutionists,” quoth he, *Are searching through the ages dim To claim relationship with me! “A very simple life I lead. I do not jollify of nights, Nor organize a plan for greed, Nor plunge the world in deadly fights. “When in athletic enterprise T use four hands with strength sub- lime, ‘What human being, dull or wise, Could match my strength and skill to climb! “For praises that they seek to win Their own attainments do not serve. They try to claim me as their kin, I am astonished at their nerve!"” . Perpetual Overtime. “Are you in favor of an eight-hour day?" “Not for my own purposes,” replied Senator Sorghum. “If I were limited to eight hours in attending to my business I wouldn’t even get far enough along to be mentioned in the primaries.” — Jud Tunkins says he has seen mighty few fishermen who enjoy catching a fish as much as they do telling about it. —_— Adding to Abundance. For still more laws we boldly ask. Of course, we need a lot, Although already it's a task Enforcing those we've got. Determination. “She is determined to attract atten- tion." “Yes,” replied Miss Cayenne. “‘She risks drowning every day for fear the lifeguard would notice some other ‘woman.” . No Apparent Affection. “Has your boy Josh a real love for music?” “Judging by the way he'll punish & tune on the saxophone,” replied Farmer Corntossel, “I'd say he hasn't.”” Tmpractical Zeal. “Is he a booster for the home town?" “No. He brags too hard. He's only & boaster.” “De nearest some young folks come to preparin’ foh de future,” said Uncle Eben, “is beginnin' in September to think up what dey wants foh Christ- |% s in that BY FREDERIC | From Nebraska come tidings of the | first outright, organized attempt to make Henry Ford the democratic nominee for President in 1924. Ashton C. Shallenberger, former governor and newly elected congressman from Ne- braska, has launched a movement to take a Ford delegation to the na- tional convention. He has holsted the banner of “Ford—first, last and all the time,” and will canvass the state from end to end, with a view to con- rolling it in Ford's interest. Shal- lenberger will not have unobstructed ailing. Gov. Bryan, the brother of !Willlam Jennings Bryan, is not for vith. The Bryan brothers have been ugpected of McAdoo leanings. * ok ok ok Politicians of all hues are likely to be digging up a series of magazine articles written by Calvin Coolldge in 1921 dealing with themes of current interest. In Good Housekeeping for February, 1921, on the verge of his inauguration as Vice President, Mr. Coolidge had a militant story on im- migration entitled “Whose Country Is This?" In the Delineator for June, ly and August, 1921, he wrote on emies of the Repubiic,” with such subtitles as “Are the Reds Stalking Our College Women?' and “Trotsky vs. Washington.” Mr. Coolidge sub- mitted evidence that American wom- are objects of adroit radical propa- kanda.” He quoted the remark of a Vassar student: “I know what I am, I'm not pessimistic; I'm not optimis. tic; I'm Jjust antagonistic” The author narrated that the principal method of fomenting red philosophy in women's colleges is to form a club for the study and discussion of rad- :;ul llmrum:r-—uxunuy a chapter of e Intercollegiate Socia ] O Now Vooic 8 alist Society * ok ok % Milton Strasburger, Washington lawyer, who was formerly on the municipal bench of the District of Columbia, wants to know who is tm- personating him in Europe, He was reading a newspaper the other day, when his eve caught a cable dispatch from Carlsbad reporting an inter- natlonal convention of Zionists. included, with other new: 0 statement that the presiding officer was “Judge Milton Strasburger, of Washington, D. C.” As the judge hasn’t been farther east this summer than Atlantic City, he has set the wires in motion {6 find out how he w transplanted ~ to Czechoslovakia without his knowledge. * * % x Professional private secretaries, es- pecially those who have been at the elbows of public men in Washington for extended periods, have little dif- flculty in landing snug berths. Newly clected United States senators snap them up with alacrity. Senator Cope- land has engaged Chesley W. Jurne who was associated for years wit BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. Oels, where the ex-Crown Princess of Germany is now llving with her children since she moved from the ®o-called marble palace at Potsdam, in order to hold herself aloof from any maneuvers of the ultra-mon- archist hotheads against the Ger- man republic, belongs to her hus- band, now interned by the Dutch government on the Island of Wier- ingen on the Zuyder Zee. The castle of Ocls forms part of the former sovercign state of Oels, which, com- prising estates fifteen in number, a well as the anclent town of Oel and covering an area of some 30,000 acres, constitutes the entailed private property of the former crown prince. Oels lies on the right branch of the River Oder in the province of Silesia, not far distant from Breslau, and, at any rate until the overthrow of the German monarchies in Novem- ber, 1918, enjoved a certain amount of autonomy and all sorts of privi- leges and prerogatives. In ancient times it belonged to the sovereign Dukes of Silesia of the Munsterberg dynasty. When their line became extinct, Oels passed into the pos- session of the sovereign Dukes of HBrunswick. In 1824, by virtue of a special treaty and agreement. the then reigning “Diamond Duke" Charles of Brunswick transferred Oels to his younger brother and eventual successor, William, as_his personal property. When Duke Wil- ltam of Brunswick passed away in 1884, at his beautiful country place of Sybillenort, and the elder line of the Duke of the House of Brunswick became extinct, he bequeathed, by his_will, Sybillenort and the estate of 60,000 acres associated therewith to his kinsman, King Albert of Sax- ony, and the castle of Oels and the town of Oels and the entire princi- pality of Oels to the former Crown Prince of Germany, who was not only his kinsman, but also his godson, and for whom he had conceived a good deal of affection, * ok ok ¥ After his marriage and until the great war, the ex-crown prince and his half-Russian consort, who had been brought up entirely in France by her mother, the - late Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia and of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, &0 familiar a figure to transatlantic visitors and residents of the French Riviera, made a point of spending a few weeks each vear at Oels, where thelr stay was invariably made the occasion of great rejoicing, of lawn festivities and of the distribution of largesses. Naturally, the population learned to look upon the ex-crown prince and the crown princess as their benefactors and to treat them as i they, rather than the ex-kaiser and the late kaiserin, were their real soverelgns. There was, and probably still is, excellent shooting on the estate. P The castle, or, rather, palace, while dating, in its present form, mainly from the early part of the eighteenth century, though portions of it are more than 600 years old, is thorough- ly up-to-date in all modemn comforts and luxuries, occupies an eminence which commands a view of the wind- ing _River Oder for miles and miles in_ both directlons and is crowded from cellar to garret with art trea: ures amassed by its former occu- pants, the sovereign Dukes of Silesia of the Munsterberg dynasty and then by the Duke of Brunswick. Strange to relate, Oels has never been plun- dered, having enjoyed a well-nigh unique immunity in this respect * kX % The Berlin government, which has slways manifested a sincere regard and profound respect for the ex- crown princess, viewed with particu- lar satisfaction the transfer of her abode to Oels from Potsdam, where she was exposed all the time to pres- re by her husband's brothera and by monarchical conspirators to lend countenance to their plottings against the republic. Whatever sentiments or hopes she may have with regard to the future, she realizes that the time is not ripe yet for any mon- archical restoration and that some vears will have to elapse before the shortcomings of the ex-kalser and of his sons are relegated to sufficient ob- livion to render possible the restora- tion of the dynasty of the Hohenzol- lerns in the person of her el en-year-old boy, a wholesome l1ad, takes after his tely, ;fihu’n‘m‘ ely, 'y Ford, and he will have to be reckoned en’s colleges, though sound at heart, | WILLIAM WILE former Senator Culberson of Texas. Senator Edwards will be guided und counseled by Arthur P. Black, who was Senator Atlee Pomerene’s secre- tary. Secnator Howell of Nebraska has acquired the services of Wilson C. Heiner, who was Senator Howard Sutherland’s right-hand man. These senatorial secretaries know all the ropes and just how to pull them. Not infrequently they are skillful politi- cians, and, besides steering their new employers in the right direction on routine occasions, keep their political fences in order. One of the wisest senatoriul secretaries of the era was Warren F. Martin, long Philander C. Knox's first lleutenant and now spe- iclal assistant to Attorney General Daugherty. * ok Kk K Alumni and undergraduates of two famous colleges, though one is si- mon-pure Yankee and the other Isouthern to the core—Amherst and Virginia Military Institute—are now interlocked because of President ! Coolidge’s appointment of Bascom Slemp as secretary. Slemp was an honor man at V. M. l—the West iPoint of Dixfe—in 1891, Both the ! President and his newly selected ad- jutant are devoted to their alma ma- ters, and the purple and white of Am- herst are likely to be intertwined more than once with the red, yellow and white of V. M. I, Somebody may evolve a Coolidge administration color out of the combination, to sup- plant the “Harding blue” made fam- ous during its predecessor. * Kk X ¥ The pacifists are not throwing up | their hats over the advent of Calvin Coolidge as commander-in-chief of lthe armed forces of the republic. [ What Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge think {about preparedness is indicated by the fact that their elder son John is now undergoing a course of training at the citizens' milltary camp, Devens, near Ayer, Mass. The national defense lact, under which citizens' training is provided, is one of the pet aversions of the National Council for Preven- tion of War. Probably the anti-pre- paredness fanatics are not thrilled by lthe additional fact that John Wi {Weeks is probably “closer to Presi- | dent Coolidge than any other man in the cabinet. Tho pacifists have clevated the Secretary of War to tho dignity of their arch foe. * k ¥ ¥ Human nature, even religlous hu- !man nature, is @ strange animal. !Since Calvin Coolldge became Presi- |dent and Mrs. Coolidge the first iady of the jand, the First Congregational Churck in Washington, where they long have worshiped, cannot hold the { o gregations that furn up on Sun- duy. While Mr. Coolidge was Vice | President, his family's comings and kolngs al the same church oc ed no notice. For the past tw days the ushers have been un handle the throngs that clamored for the privilege of praying under the same roof with the Coolldges. It is probable there will be a corréspond- ing falling-off in the regular attend- ance at the Calvary Baptist Church, which President and Mrs. Harding at- tended. (Copyright. 1923.) Former Crown Princess of Germany Hoarding Against Day Son May Rule less father or the half crazy wholly craven ex-kaiser. The ex-crown princess lives only for her children, and while she has occasionally expressed a dutiful wish that her husband might be released from his internment in Holland and allowed to return, in a purely private capacity, to Germany and to tuke up his residence with herself and his children at Oels, after pledging him- self to abstain from countenancing any monarchical plotting against the Berlin government, it may be ques- | tioned whether she not happier {1iving av she does, free from the re- sponsibilities which would rest upon ner shoulders if her consort were to |join her at Oels. She is & woman of considerable strength of character and spirit and of a great sense of dignity, and it will be difficult for her to ever forgive or forget his shameless immoralities, which excited not only the contempt and disgust of the world at large, but even of his own countrymen and his fellow offi- cers und soldiers during the great war and * xox o Whenever 1 hear of the ex-Crown Prince of Germany I am tempted to recall the time when he was laid low by an Irish shillalagh, probably the time {n his life that he was ever ked down and out. It happened airo, where he stayed for some weeks on his way home from his tour of India before the war. One night when he had been dining, not alto- gether wisely, but too well, and re- turned to the Savoy Hotel, where he was stopping, he heard 'sounds of singing and of great merriment while walking through the corridors. On turning to Inquire the cause thereof, he was informed that it was St. Pat- rick's day and that a dinner of the leading Irishmen in Calro, some hun- dred in number, was taking place there in order to celebrate the occa- sion and to honor the memory of Ire- land’s patron saint. The crown prince at once intimated his intention of looking in to join the revelers. His attendants, and especlally the English officers who were with him, endeavored to dissuade him, in view of his own condition and of the eleva- tion manifested among the diners, Judging from the noise which pro- ceeded from behind the closed doors. But he would not listen to reason, opened the door and strode into the room. A few minutes previously the wait- ers, nearly all Germans, had been ordered from the dining room, so that the celebration might proceed with- out interruption and the joy be un- confined. When the crown prince, who was in evening dress, but with- out any orders or decorations, made his way into the dining room, with an amiable grin on his face, an Irish- man of the name of Weldon, a great character in his way, was singlng some pronouncedly Irish song and jig, whirling as he danced a beautiful Irish shillalagh. As soon as he caught sight of the crown prince he at once assumed that he was one of the Ger- man waiters, who, in deflance of per- emptory orders, had returned, and, taking the smile on the crown prince’s face for mere impudence and downright insolence, he apostrophised him with the utmost vigor and in language that does not bear repeti- tion in print. * ok ok X At this the German heir apparent stralghtened up in anger and made some exclamation, which was inaudi- ble among the noise and general dis- turbance, but which had the result of causing Weldon to bring down his shillalagh so hard on the crown prince's pate that he was laid out. The hope of the Hohenzollerns was quickly dragged to the door and bun- dled without ceremony into the cor- | ridor, whence he was carried by the horrified members of his suite into his room in an unconscious condition. Dr. Garry, one of the leading physi- clans of Cairo, who happened to be dining in the hotel, was quickly sum- moned, and remained with the crown prince’ during the greater part of the night. Nor was It until several days later that the crown prince was able to show himself again in public. Of course, the story became quickly known all over Calro. But any dis- osition there might have been to call eldon to account for striking the crown prince was quickly squelched and endeavors were made to hush the whole story up on the ground that the crown prince’s intrusion into the room where Irishmen were holding their St. Patrick’s day dinner was altogether unwarranted, and that the very fact that the crown prince should have rendered himself guilty of such a faux pas showed that he was not altogether in his right senses at the time. One thing remains certain, that neither Weldon nor any of the diners was_arrested or even called upon to offer any o Laddie Boy’s Loss Death of President Harding Loss Also to All Animals. To the Editor of The Star: With fhe deepest emotion I have mourned with my country for our be- loved President. I watched the funeral train slip through our quiet town of Garrett Pgrk, Md; I pald tribute as the casket was borne through the stately Capltol grounds during the impressive memoria) serv- ice in the pretty little Presbyterian Church at Kensington I thought of the last loving rites belng paid at the President’s own little town of Marion and of his widow's grief. At the same time, however, in the midst of these solemn ceremonles, my mind plctured | one wistful face standing out from the vast mourning throng—that of War- ren Harding's faithful canine friend, Laddie Boy, the White House Alredale. In a few hours the whole country irealized its loks In the death of ity {chief. How long will it take the stanch, true heart of lLaddie Moy, the I hopetul dog mind, to accept the fact? i Or does he know?' DId he have a pre- monition and howl forth his gricf and iloss e'er It came, a8 he is remembered ‘to have howled for two days previous ‘hnvo howled before a death? Did he see the flower-laden casket and un- derstand who lay therein; or s he !stil] clinging to the assumption, “An (auto took him away, and an auto must i bring him back?" 'A friend of mine #aw him Sunday with his nose pressed close against the front screen door of his home. Was he still waiting? My heart goes out to Laddie Boy in his bereavement, for whether he realizes or not what has happened, he longs for his master's kind hand, which in moments of relaxation from wielding the officlal pen of state found refresh ment in resting on Laddie’s head a stirred anew the dog heart in re- sponsive devotion Washington humane workers will miss Laddie Boy from his place of honor as “first dog of the land" in thelr annual “Be Kind to Animals” parade in the spring, though they hope to have him somewhere near that place, should he stay in Wash- ington. I feel that animals all over the country have lost a great friend in the death of the kind President, for though, perhaps, he could not often personally reliove a suffering animal or bird, yet because of his exalted position he had the unique opportu- nity to make their cause popular, and I feel that rarely did he fail to take advantage of it and help plead for them. One of his every latest exam- ples of such public recognition of thelr rights was the signing of a pledge of some humane organization in far Alaska, I belleve, never to mis- treat those most faithful friends of man, the horse and dog. Mrs. Harding, too, has always whole-heartedly co-operated with her husband in his kind acts and has done many personal ones herself. I was present when she unveiled the bronze tablet in the State, War and Navy bullding, erected some three vears ago in memory of the faithful services of the horses and mules in the world war; earlier In the day she had attended the memorial tree plant- ing in the White House grounds for the same cause, under the auspices of the American Humane Assoclation of Albany. Since her residence in the White House Mrs. Harding has also been first honorary vice president of the Washington Animal Rescue League. In my mind I will assoclate the name of our late President with that of that other great leader of our country, Abraham Lincoln—two hon- ored and great men who proved their Christianity and greatness by prac- ticing Christ's broad gospel of mercy to the exalted and lowly alike of man and beast. “Be ye, therefore, merciful as your Father also is ‘merciful.”— Luke, 6.36. May our new President and his family prove themselves such friends and protectors to the wronged and ‘oppressed. sipis VIRGINIA W. SARGENT. Fur Trade Threatens All Wild Animal Life To the Editor of The Star: Having just read the following, and being much impressed by this state- ment, I am sending it to The Star, so that it may reach more people and cause serious thought and, I hope, prompt action. In “Vanishing Wild Life of the World” Henry F. Osborn, president of American Museum of Natural History, says: “Nothing in the history of cre- ation has paralleled the ravages of the fur and hide trade, which, with the bone fertilizer trade, now threat- ens the entire vertebrate kingdom. Furs are now a fashion. They are worn in midsummer purely for orna. ment and personal adornment. The skins sold in three years reach the surprisingly large figure of 107,689,- 927. To properly show the slaughter that is taking place one must allow for animals which were killed and not sent to market and also for wounded animal A The final cause of the close of the age of mam- jmals can be arrested only through the creation of sound sentiment and education of the children and of women in the same manner in which the National Assoclation of Audubon Societles has arrested the destruction of birds. R. W. FORNEY. Asks Jury of Parents Try Delinquent Boys Trial before a court of parents for the delinquency of their children was suggested by Judge Helen Gregory MacGill of Vancouver, B. C., in an ad- dress In JPortland before the twen- tieth anntal convention of the Oregon Prisoners’ Ald Soclety and the Juve- nile Proteotive League. A Chicago boy of nineteen has just been " sentenced to the gallows for murder. Two Seattle boys of nineteen ani one of twenty-one have confessed to twelve cases of safecracking. Port- land boys in their early teens fre- quently confess to house burglary. These things cannot be wholly the fault of the boys. There must be a delinquency of parents as well as a delinquency of thelr children. Perhaps in many cases it is a lax- ity by parents in knowing the asso- ciates and doings of their children. It is abnormal when a boy of fifteen is a burglar. The bent could be but rarely Inherent. It is artificial, brought on by the loose talk and bra- vado of street-corner gangs. Some- body in the gang proposes the jimmy, dark lantern and easy money, and boys who would not otherwise think of burglary are led into lawlessness. Somebody is contaminating the children. What can boy gangs, out at night, be up to but mischief? The parental comradeship and home fnflu- ence are not at work on the street corners. The street loafers and mis- chief makers are spreading the poison there. All in all, how can parents escape a chief responsiblility for juvenile delin- quency?—Oregon Daily Journal (Fort- land, Ore.). Little Lessons in Hislolry. Question—What was the “battle of the century”? Answer—Any heavyweight plonship prize ight. Q. —Who won the world war? A.—The Turks. Q—Who made the last big gold aiscovery in Montana? A.—Jack Kearns. .—Who discovered America? ‘The kaiser at the Marne. .—What is the great battle cry of revolutions? A.—When do we eat? Q—Who was the first 100 per cent American? A.—The Indlan. Q—Who wrote the book of Genesis? A—W. J Bryaa~Oi ‘World~ cham- to the sad news, and as other dogs| ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q. How wlll the expenses of the Harding funeral be met?—K. R. has not been declded. It is possible | that Congress will make an appro- | priation to cover these expenses. | Otherwiso they will probably be paid | out of funds available in the White | House for traveilng expenses. Q. How many government-owned buildings are there in Washington?— A. The public bullding committee | that there are sev major | bulldings that ure government owned. This does not include some & and buildings of that class. Q. Please give the translation of the sentence which appears on the monument to Confederate soldiers at | Arlington: Vietrix_ causa Dei placuit | sed victa Catoni.—M. R. B. A. The inscription is a quotation | from Lucan. It is translated “The victorious cause pleased the gods, but| the vanquished one Cato." Q. Is bringing a girl into the Dis- trict of Columbia any different from laws that apply to states?—W. A. If you intend to ask whether the act of " Congress prohibiting white slave traffic applies to the District | of Columbia, the answer is that It does. In other words, if the conduct complained. of would constitute an offense under the act of Congress above referred to if the transportation | had taken place between states of the | 1 Union it would be equally an offen i 1f the transpor fon took place between a stat f the Union and the District of Columibiy. ] Q. Is there a mational engineering | museum?—L. I Y. A. Engineering Sunction with the & stitution, have projected th i'(la.h-] lishment a mnational museum of engineering and industry, with head- quarters Washington and branches | in various sections of the country. An exhibit will be held in New York | this fall and winter to arouse interest in the project. cieties, in con- rithsonian In- Q. Can trains pick up water while in motion?—R. M, A. Fast trains do take water while in motion. There is a long trough | between the rails at certain places along the track and there is a small spout under the engfne which slopes to the front. The fireman lowers {this when the engine approaches a water trough and the water is forced by the speed of the tra up the! #pout into the tank. Q. Js the Leviathan the fastest! passenger boat in the world?—J. C. T. A. The Leviathan is both the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat. Q. How many factarles are engaged making clgars and cigarettes?— W, A. The census of 1921 shows 4,148 hments engaged in their pro duction. The value of such product for the year was $506,748 865, Q. What is the pural of mosquito?— M P F. A. When referring to the insect. the plural is mosquitoes, but when | applied to the Indlans of the Mos- | quito coast, Central America, word is capitalized and the plural is Mosquitos. Q. Where is the the world?—F. L. C. A. The Royal Blackheath Golt Club | of London is the oldest. Records date | back to 1787 and tradition carrie {the club back to the reign of James I, 1602-1635. The old Royal Blackheath course has been closed lately, since it was found impossible to keep it in ldest golf club in| The entomological branch of the Department of Agriculture the livellest of all. It ha: it would never catch the fleas it I | to deal with. Recently it advertised bugs of a certain species. for 1,200 Ever since | have been loaded with bugs, and peo- rle have begged for contracts to sup- ply choice, active bugs in all quan- | titles needed. No more are needed. | On & farm the department maintains | dogs and chickens for the express purpose of providing “pastures” for | rious breeds of fleas and other pes- tiferous insects. Its mission is to find the best means of exterminating such pests, and it is constantly trying | out the remedies offered by manu- | facturers. Thus the fakes are driven | to pastures new—they may no longer | pasture on the Department of Agri- culture’'s patient dogs and chickens. As an example of some of the bogus pretensions it Is related that ome in- | [ secticide upon the market is to bel poured into holes bored into trees. | The theory of this manufacturer that in the body of the tree this| ipolson will be taken up by the sap| iand distributed, through the circula- | ition, to all the leaves. There it will| poison the pestiferous fnsects. The | theory is plausible, but tests made by | the laboratory show only negat sults. Insects thrive on th soned” leaves. * % In the light of the 22-cent price of gasoline cut to 21 cents as a great concession for the District of Colum- bia and adfacent territory, it is in- teresting to nots that citizens of Winchester, Va., clubbed together and bought a carload at 14 cents. They count on 3 cents profit, and, after paying the Virginla state tax of 3 conts, will retail it to themselves at 20 cents—a reduction of 8 cents on Their net profit s is per cent, but the Standard Oil Com- pany's profit of 11 cents net (exclu- sive of the tax), even if it paid the full wholes: pri 1stead of the monorolistic price 8 per cent. No one knows gasoline ac- tually costs the monopolists, when they wholesale it at 14 ccnts. Con- gress will be asked to investigate during the coming winter. * % ¥ ¥ Now that the Cabots have admitted the Kabotschnicks into society there is nothing left but for the Smiths to recognize the Smythes and the ‘Browns to acknowledge the Brownes and even the Brauns. Ole Oleson will speak to Ole Olsen, and Yon Yonsen will fraternize with Jan Jansen Hiram will lie down with Magnu The millennium has arrived. “Th Cabots are dead; long live the Kabots®” The name “Cabot” is to eneral to be copyrighted, bu Kabots,” being n coined word, might easily be copyrighted, trade_ marked and registered, thereby put ting the “kibosh” all over the orig- ROty on Horseback” has come back to the presidency. President Coolldge has discarded the presidern- tial golf ball for General, the best horse In the presidential stables, and his favorite exercise will consist in a gallop *before breakfast. 1t seems more in character for a dirt farmer to _ride horseback than to play witi a lttle white potato, knocking it over the brook and wading after it, while yelling “Fore!” He knows more about “Whoa!” The question whether the! ‘White House will kzep a cow or a flock of sheep is vet undecided. 1f sheep, maybe the President will ba ac- cused of having a personal interest in A. The White House says that this | | for stoppers | in the tin existence { at the | ° then the mails and express companies | M: | wave. i slave the tariff on wool. * K X %k Already,_the 'advisers are telling President Coolidge that he should make.a toull of speaking, to lot the BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN playable condition. It was crossed nd recrossed by roads and rallwavs 1dsurrounded by bulldings, The course consisted of seven holes, a match e ting of three rounds, or twenty-one holes.. The club is join- fng with another London golf club. kind y @ of tree produces A. This material is.the bark of the cork oak (Quercus suber). Al back ix partially made up of cork, but in cork oalk this tissye attains unusual thickness, Cork is compoged of walls of dead cells filled with air, rendering it very light, the specific gravity be- ing only 0.24. 1t is elastic, tough and impervious, which renders it useful for bottles, floats for nets and life preservers, Q. Which is rgest art school 3.7 nstitute stands ar the attendance | in the various departments was 3,943, Q. What wasthe parting advice of Rothschild to his children?— ven by the firet n his deathbed as: “Remaln faithful ¢ of Moses. Remain united to the end. Consult your mother. Look upon our wealth as a perpetuai family trust. Intermarry. Never brook disobedience Q San Marino been A. A. San Marino is a republle situ- d in near Rimini, in the It claims to be the oldest st urope and to have been fo : fourth centur It is governed by of sixty, hom two are elected as regents for six months. How long I Q. What in the wor! A. The Milwaukee and st, Paul, ; Canadlan Na- tional ( cific, 13,694 m 07 mile: Transsiberian, 5 Q. What predicted h A In h 6,800 miles; glish prime_minister own success?—L. L. maiden speech in_the house of commons, Disraell may have been said to do The speech was 50 much in the grand style and was ompanied with such extravagant tures that it w re mirth. Disraeli stopped abruptly, saying, “I will sit down now, but the time will come when vou will hear from me Q. Up orary d America g A. Increase Mather was first to re- cejve the honor, which was bestowed by Harvard. Q Chiie?. A Patria." ge at n whom wi gres of D. D. bestow H < the first h d i the national hymn of R R The name of the song I8 “Dulce It was written by Car ntered . at the age of auch does a discus weigh t thrown?—T. D. D throwing was ved when the Olympic games were held in 1896, In this t the discus must weigh 4 D ounce be thrown circl in: dizmeter. Lxperts throw t us 140 feet or more (Send your questions to the Star In- on Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, dircetor, 1220 North Capitol street. The only charge for this service is 2 cemts in stamps for return postage.) Inform CAPITAL KEYNOTES BY PAUL V. . COLLINS people sce that he is not an icebers. Dpeople more interested in words? Has he mot » do to get hold of the in- » executive branch eountry? was Governor of a friend wrote him two pages of solid typewriting, urg- ing him to muke a speech, and his answer was to the Calvinistio point: “Won't People don't want speeche rs truly.” Most everybody would rather get a load of coal ‘thun & ‘tlcket to box to listen to a political epeech, in advance of the nominations. * X ok ¥ is very acute in the Washington Zoo. The rare birds are housed with bears, and reptiles are 8o crowded that they have to keep coiled, as it were, a “permanent x Appeals will be made that Cong! be more liberal in its next appropriation for a row of modern monkey residences. No self-respect- ing gibbon wants to live on the san street with rin led monke: * o It is a mystery which constantly calls for new explanations, why any- body draws large sums of cash out bank and keeps it around his What good is currency in the ase of a house or an automo- bile, when a certified or even an uncertified check would be infinitely safer, and of equal convenience? Why is a steel used to safeguard thousands of dollars’ worth of jew- elry, and the key to the safe hung beside it? When is a safe not a safe’ When it is unlockable with a key- and the key furnished handy. A bank is the only place which is fe deposit for large amounts of money: the stocking is out-of-date, and too often is not holeproof. A cck on a bank will always be taken by an automobile dealer, even though he hgs to give an extra day's storage on the machine, while he is collecting the check. Tho indorsed check is a proof of , which currency is not. simple facts are worth $9.- 530 to one citizen of Washington, and might be multiplied by the number of “citizens there are who have not vet got the bank check habit, to- gether with the safety deposit mania. Here is a line for “safety first (Copyright, 1823, by Pavl V. Colltn Fear and Morality. Does fear make men moral? Would the world be further advanced today If our religious institutions had placed &s much emphasis on the power of tove to reform and regenerate as they have on the power of fear? Are we yet wholly cured of the strange idea that fear alds morality? Fear, in its heyday, used torture, imprisonment _and murder to cure criminality. Fear beat children and burned heretics. ' Like water thrown on burning gasoline, fear only epread the evils it aimed to suppress. Fear, as a deterrent, is passing. But we are not yet out of the woods. War itself is essentially an instru- ment of fear. Business was once based on fear, and still is o based to a certain extent. King Tut built an_empire on slavery, It never oc- curred to him that there was any other way to get men to work except to en- them and_ hold them down through fear. The. capitulist and laborer still attempt the appeal of fear. The folly of fear is apparent. Its cost in dollars and cents is appalling. Its continuance as-.a settled policy leads nowhere. 1ts crimes contribute to nine-tenths of the world’s history. Its cure was suggested of old—*"Per- fect love casteth out fear."—Harrigs- burg Telegrephs . 224 ved with { ' . ! 4 H