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6 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON,D. C. TUESDAY........April 22, 1924 " THEODORE W. NOYES. . . .Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Lusiness Office, 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. e Ot O 110 Bt dond St s Gt Tower Buildine 16 Regent St., Londan, England. with the Sunday morning by carriers within the ) ‘cents per monk, daily only, 45 unday o cents’ per Drders may be sent hy mail or tele 5000, C ion is made by car ud of vach mouth. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance, Maryland and Virginia, Daily and Sunday..1yr., §5.40; 1 mo., 70¢ onl L2131, $6.00} 1 mo., 50c ay only......15¥r,$240;1mo, 20c phone M riers at All Other States. Sunday.1yr., §10.00 : 1 mo,, §5¢ S13r. 37,005 1 mo., 60¢ J1yr. $2.00:1mo., 25¢ Sunday’ only Member of the Associated Press. The. Associated Pross is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news die credit wire eredited the Jocal news pub Lerein, s of publication of al dispateles Lerein are also reserved. . in paying a hig v deserved tribute to Associated at th nnual luncheon of that zsanization in New York today, takes were, on the ms that will sion to report, as it tate of the country ch the under f the people fectively and cause them to see more learly the ¢ that now pre ail with respect to le of and faults one of the effcets of the w acing 1 11y 1 de lopment of a spirit of great expendi- ture that marked work of the A dent shows tandin nditions e correctio abusvs t are r. , the Pre: vicious and ican peop trail of which sprang out nd which has hing degree be tify an appet sper through indul- al credulity to ru- money demand f every con- profits «d and pa vat 1 account 10tive and romn this sis of the ill from the ¢ now suff can nd dissent. President feels that the countr: vering from that affliction, that there well nigh complete e of no sot is ovid return t thods act i He not n of reprehensio realiza > publi guilt and to upr of “an exceedi ot it altoget whenever com- guilt can be pro- , he is doing and proposes to « On ntion phase to w is the y g extrav- Presid, call; essure in Congress for action upon bills, not including the which would the ex of the government for 600,000,000, The upendous sum than financial bonus, pend vear incres ure t by abou ption could mean not disaster to the nation. Mr. Coolidge puts h finger on the yvource of the determined resistance to e adoption of a sound method of tax The gument of the op- position, be says, can al reduced to “the that t general pub- le can be relieved of taxation and greater proportion of taxes laid on the rich. The President does not believe that the public S to have the ad- antage of governm Jut paying its part of the cost of maintaining it. He believes, further, that, notwith- standing the “failure of a majority of the Congress up to the present time to comprehend and expe- minister to the need to taxation reform,” the requirements of economy and reduced ta will be met in a way not inconsistent with the treat Tesources of our country. These are the matters of the chief public import.in this message that the President now broadeasts to the peo- The: of signifi- cance, however, to our foreign rela- tions, and ‘particularly to the success of Secretary Iughes' proposal for American expert co-operation in sug- gesting “a solution of the European reparations problem. There is much, furthermore, in the of the speech relating to American re- sponsibility for and part in maintain- ing the peace of the world that will make most interesting reading at this Fime: particularly in view of his ex- plicit declaration that he regards as fingl .the country’s decisive rejection of the League of Nations covenant, 1 a ing I tion, main ar supposition ' ditiously t ———————— T# the hair experts are correct,. the bobbed-hair bandit will change her ap- pearance naturally and become known “10 the police as the bald-headed bandit e o axperiences of Tardieu as a stump speaker tend to damage the well es- tablished reputation of the French peaple for politeness. People like the old stories and are #till reading about the Thaw family quarrel. Presidential Handshaking. :One of the hardships of the presiden- tial office has in recent years come to be that of maintaining personal con- ;' tact.with the people of the country through receptions, and especially in the mattér of shaking hands, In former times comiparatively few peonle came to Washington to see the I :sident. Delegations were infrequent and small, Callers at_the White House were not so numerous that their personal recep- tion' was a burden upon the Chief Executive. But of late years the Wtream has increased, until now the { . President, 1 he were to see everybody . Who desires to greet him and to pay personal respects, would be occupied for several hours daily and would be subfected to a great strain and serious physical fatigue. The late President ~flarding tried to see and to shake hands with all who came, but he found -1t mecessary to limit the hours of re- ception and to some extent the num- h&-w those recéived. Even so he was “subjected to'a heavy pressure which’ ‘proved &' drain - upon his strength. Now President Coolidge, it is an- neupeed, has decided to forego hand- shaking with the large groups of call- al ers, who, however, will be permitted to pass through the executive offices at certain times while he is engaged in his work. For this he has been criti- cized in the Senate by one whom it is needless to name, who says that this is a deprival of American citizens of an ideal privilege. If the President of the United States had nothing more to do than to clasp hands wtih the people he might well sacrifice the lime and strength neces- sary to undergo the ordeal. And he could be occupied thereby constantly. But other matters demand his atten- tion and call upon his strength. He must spend several hours daily at his desk in what may be described as routine work, in the last degree taxing in the requirement of concentration and attention to detail. He must con- fer with people of official position. He must meect certain social obligations. He must have time for relaxation. No man can stand the strain of the presi- dency in present conditions and be at the same time available for the grati- fication of a perfectly commendable public desire for contact. It is scarcely appropriate to criticize the President’s decision to save his strength for the public service when, as everybody knows, every ounce of his strength required to do his duty by the country at @ time of the great 2st difficulty and heaviest responsi- bility. ————————— The District Bill. There is ground for disappointment in the form in which the District ap- propriation bill comes from the House { committee today. It fails to appropri- ate as large a sum as was carried by the current law by $887,105, and falls | below the budget estimates by $1,853,- 333, these figures not including the water service. The budget figures were in themselves a large reduction | from the cstimates of the Commission- | | { ers, who were compelled to prune re- | peatediy their original computations | of District needs before the bureau of | the budget would accept them. Even | the budget figures, therefore, represent a much smaller allotment of money | than is required for the proper main- | tenance of the National Capital and for its development along lines of | | needed improvement. | In thus ignoring the budget figures | | save in a few instances the House | committee has gone back to the old method of cutting below the probable point of final appropriation, leaving | the real framing of the bill to meet the n es of the case to the Sen- ate and to the conference. This has proved to be an unsatisfactory method in the past, and there is no ground for expecting betterment now. In one important respect the bill is conspicuously in arrears, and that is in street improvements. For the cur- rent year $572.300 was appropriated. The budzet estimate was $700,000. The bill carries $432,750. In the matter of street repairs likewise, $50,000 is cut off from the budget estimates, leaving the amount at $550,000, the same as | the present appropriation. Washing- | ton’s streets are in a serious condition | of disrepair, and the appropriation | should be largely increased to bring | them up to the point of safety. ‘The appropriation for the pay of teachers was likewise smaller than the current law and the estimates. The provision for new buildings is only £850,000, as against a budget estimate of £1,687,500, although the need of new structures is plainly evident. Improve- | ments in the fire department call for £132,000, as against a budget estimate of $190,500. For the maintenance of the Tuberculosis Hospital and Gal- linger Hospital curtailmentsalso occur. The cuts from the estimates and from the current law run all through the measure. They are obviously dic- tated by a desire to reduce the total, and while this work has been done with care and considerate discrimina- tion, yet the result is, as stated, a dis- appointment in that the District must continue to look to the Senate for those increases which are essential if the National Capital is to be main- tained and developed at the required rate. ess ———— A diplomat may occasionally be called upon to make a patriotic sacri- fice by assuming the responsibility for a mistaken policy in terms of a per- sonal blunder. e Speculators in German currency feel that Uncle Sam is capable of giv- ing good financial advice even if he did take a large amount of bad money. e Science continues to warn people that kissing is dangerous. Lawyers add their testimony to the theory's correctness. ———————————— Announcements of primary results are never sufficiently positive to keep a few belated hats from drifting into the ring. ————r———————— Eleanora Duse. ‘While there is pathetic tragedy in the death of Eleanora Duse, thousands of miles from her home, at the same time there is a certain appropriateness that she should pass from life as she entered it, “on tour.” For she was born literally on the road in a wagon of her player parents touring Italy October 3, 1859, and for many years her only home was on heels, her playground was the roadside, her com- panions were the children of the play- ing group of entertainers with which her father and mother belonged. This little wanderer became one of the world's greatest actresses. She died at the height of her genius. Duse's life was a sad one, a life of devotion to her art, yet with little of the happiness that comes from great artistic achievement. Deeply religious, she played devotionally, reverently for a purpose, She never appealed to the lower tastes. She made no call upon the applause of her public. She was devoted to the highest principles of drama. To her the consideration of monetary returns was of no moment. Managers exploited her, but to their needs and plans she was indifferent save as to a conscientious fulfillment of her contract so far as her strength permitted, It has always been a great regret to the American people that they could-not hear Duse in the language of common understanding. But she acted the universal language, so that those who witnessed her performances were THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY never left in doubt as to the emotions which she expressed. Like Bernhardt, she lived her impersonations vividly. She was wise in not attempting to learn another tongue and to preserve her art in the medium of the liquid language of her nativity. America has been honored by this farewell visit of a great woman. Today’s Primaries. In two states, New Jersey and Penn- sylvania, that will send 110 delegates to the Republican national convention, the voters are going to the polls today to choose the delegates. It is predicted that the men selected will be found in the Coolidge column, thereby adding to the total favorable to the President, which will then be more than 100 in excess of the number required to nom- inate. ‘There are interesting features in the situation in each state. In New Jer- sey Senator Hiram W. Johnson has just closed an intensive campaign for his own hand, which he has been ma taining even after President Coolidge went “over the top” with his majority of the convention personnel. Senator Johnson carried the primaries in New Jersey four years ago, and had builded high hopes of repeating the victory this year. A full Johnson slate of del gates is on the ballot in today's pri- maries. In Pennsylvania the issue, since it is agreed that the Pennsylvania dele- gation to the national convention will be for President Coolidge, is @ contest between Gov. Pinchot and Representa- tive William S. Vare, Philadelphia Re- publican leader. Mr. Vare recently de- clared his opposition to the selection of the governor as a delegate at large Gov. Pinchot came back yesterday with the charge that the liquor in- terests of the state were bebind the op- position to his candidacy, and declared that the is prohibition law en forcement, to which the Pinchot ad ministration is unalterably pledged He said that whether he loses in the campaign for delegate at large or not the fight azainst the liquor interests will be mercilessly waged. It is interesting to note that in his statement Gov. Pinchot took occasion to remark that President Coolidge’s nomination is not doubted by any one and that 1, as a loyal Republican, will support him in the campaign.” —————— The plain German citizen who learns | that junkers are spending real money abroad and receiving cordial welcome from former enemies will naturally wonder whether the cards are not being stacked against him. S — There may be moments when Smed ley Butler is tempted to forsake Phila- delphia and give his attention to the crime wave suggested by the pages of the Congressional Record. —————r——— A few European economists doubt- less hope that if there should be an. other war it will concentrate on the Pacific instead of the Atiantic Ocean. e There was no senatorial courtesy implied in Mr. Daugherty’s willingness to pass the investigation spotlight along to Mr. Wheeler. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Unfinished Business. Good Grandpa by the fireside sits And warms his rheumatiz Says he, “The country never quits Investigation biz. The questions which long since begun To make the people cross ‘Were, “Who hit Billy Patterson? And ‘Where is Charley Ross? “Great problems constantly unfold, ‘Which is no more than right. We tackle new ones, while the old Remain unsettled quite. All gravely first, and then in fun, Such queries forth we'd toss, As “Who hit Billy Patterson?" And ‘Where is Charley Ross?" “In spite of theories evolved With industry and skill, Great mysteries remain unsolved, As many always will. I'm clinging to those tasks undone Which leave me at a loss, Like *Who hit Billy Patterson? And ‘Where is Charley Ross? " Distinguished Contact. “I don’t care so much about com- pensation,” said the caller. “What I want is a chance to meet a few well known people and get in touch with big affairs.” “Well,” remarked Senator Sorghum, after some reflection, “why don’t you make an effort to get yourself drawn on the grand jury?” Jud Tunkins says that to him a mah- jong set doesn’t look like anything but a bunch of petrified laundry tickets. ‘Valuations. Our thoughts, as we figure the sched- ules of pay, Are more of this earth “heaven. A preacher gets less than five dollars a day ' And a plumber gets ten or eleven, Genuine Surprise. “How did yolr speech come out?” asked Mr. Meekton. “1 was annoyed,” replied his wife. “A man went to sleep while I was talking.” “Great heaven, Henrietta! I didn’t think such e thing was possible!” Polite Distinctions. “A gentlemen's agreement,” re- marked Cactus Joe, “is what broke up our little poker game. Three or four ace-hoarders got together an’ formed a society, passin’ resolutions that any- body outside the sacred circle was no gentleman an’ therefore didn’t deserve a chance to win. . By His Own Orders, “Si Simlin,” remarked Uncle Bill Bottletop, “tells the truth when he says he was driven to drink.” “How?" “In a taxicab.” “Poetry,” said Uncle Eben, “is mighty fine, but it ain’ liable to make home as happy as a plain old- cook book." than of Answers to Questions BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN Q. Why is Lent so called?—A. B. A. The word s derived from the Anglo-Saxon lengten, meaning to lengthen, and was so called because the period of special penitence comes in the early spring, when the days begin to lengthen Q. Do ships convert sea water into drinking water?—J. B. I A. The large ships distill sea water by a process of evaporation which eliminates the salt. rme of the smaller ships still carry drinking water. Q. How far from Island of Elba?—M. L. A. It is in the Mediterranean Sea, about flve and one-half miles south: west of Prombino, Italy. Q. Are rhub; plants raised frorh aeed as good us from divided roots? A. Those raised from seed may or may not be ood. When it is necessary to produce a definite va- riety the plants a ised from di- vided roots. land s the r Q. What is the name of the hold used in wrestling in which one man puts his arm around the her's neck, bendini his head back and bothering his breathing?—M. I This hold is termed “the head- Strangler Lewis uses this Erip to win his matches. One person sits on the floor and holds the op- ponent's head in his lap. He s his arm around and across the nose of his opponent and, using his left arm as a lever, draws it tight, =0 as to make it difficult for the opponent to breathe, Q. por e (se electric lamp?—C. M. A. The bureau of stan that holes in glass and porc usually drilled by means of ated in should be and fine - pended in water is f 1 drill a hole In a in order to make an How can borundum s 10 the copy operation. | Q. Does the film of a motion pic- | tura stop in front of the lens for each photograph?—T. N A. The film stops each one-thirt | secona of a second when the camera | is being operated at a normal speed. Q. Where do sca —E. E. B. A. The biological survey says that at night sea gull p on the wate | Tn the event of storms they soi | times seek shelter in coves. lls go at night? Can birthmarks be removed?— A birthm: of excessive developm 15 tissue, hair, blood vess pigment in a circumscribed area. treatm 5 menerally for th poval of Among the methods em | troly: rs and t | of chemical” caustics, such as nitric acid or the acid nitrate of mercury. | The removal of a birthmark is a deli- | cate operation and should only be performed by a competent phys Q. What are the Roquefort cheese?—(; A. The dark spots on Roquefort cheese are a mold cultivated on bread This mold is mixed with the curd and cradually perm the white ing it @ mottled blnish and imparting a characte tic Q. Is it true that a hummin, bill consists of a single hollow tube, witich cannot be opened A RS humminghird er mandible > bi al 2 of the hum- tube, ik is_merely the re- nt of pre- birth- loyed dark places M. T. fits the survey says th mingbird is a do Q. How high a wind has been ob- served in the United States?—s. Lu Y. A. A wind velocity of 138 miles an hour has_been recorded on Cape Lookout, N. C. Q. prepared for How should a concrete floor ancing?—F. W. C. A._The floor may be freated with paraffin wax dissolved in turpentine followed by a coating of powdered wax worked onto the floor in the same way that a wooden floor is waxed or polished. Or the floor may be coated with a lather of liquid soap rubbed in witn a scrubbing brush. An occaslonal application of powdered soap will keep the floor in condition. be Q. Could you inform me where the relic of the battleship Maine Is now located 7—). O. A. The steering wheel of the Maine is in the N: 1l Museum at Wash- ington. The mainmast is at Ariin ton national cemetery. The wreck proper was sunk in £00 fathoms of water on March 16, 1912, after ap- propriate ccremonies had been ob- served. Q. Tn poker, ?—S. M. C. A. Cutting the cards deal in a poker game is optional. They are offered to the player at the dealer's right If he refuses to cut them, no other player may demand the right to cut. must the cards be cu before the Q. Name some other discoverers of Columbus’ time?—A. W. A. Among the greatest discoverers of Columbus’ time were Vincente Pinzon, Amerigo Vespucci and Fran- cisco de Orellava. (Any reader can get the answer to any question by wwiting The Star Informa- tion Bureaw, 1220 North Capitol street. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does nat attempt to scttle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and bricfly. Give full name and address and inciosc 2 cents in stamps for retwrn postage. All repiies are sent direct to the inquirer.) Hardest Part of Flight “Around Globe at Hand American aviators bound for Japan from Alaska, on their trip around the world, have encountered hard going in the northern coast region. Sleet and fog, wind and cold have held up the planes, which have had to await more favorable weather conditions before continuing their flight. Like the north Atlantic, the Arctic end of the Pacific Ocean is the home of gales and fogs that make naviga- tion in that part of the world any- thing but pleasurable at this season. Army authorities who planned the flight around the world probably knew that fact as well as did the weather bureau, but decided that the chance of getting through was worth taking. In the jump across the north Pacific, along the chain of the Aleu- tian Idlands, the planes will be far out of touch with civilization for days, If anything goes wrong, the unpleasant things that may happen to an unfortunate plane and its crew in that desolate region are not agree- able to contemplate. As far as the fiving Is concerned, there seems no reason to doubt that the, planes will be able to withstand any tempest that they may encounter. But the fogs that conceal mountains on the islands and that hide the land- ing flelds, to say nothing of the swilt wind-drift that may carry the planes far off their course over an empty and inhospitable sea, are greater ob- stacles than are the, vast distances that must be covered. ‘Waiting for the flyers on the Asi- atic side of the Pacific will be Ameri- can destroyers, sent northward along the Kurlle Islands to bring supplies for the machines and food for the men. 1f the huge gap between Alas- ka and Japan can be spanned, the re- mainder of the long journey ought not to offer any serfous difficuities until the planes reach Ireland, whence the North Atlantic must be crossed to America. By that time, however, the great peril of spring storms will have begn removed by the genial influence of Mhe sun. —Rochestgr Herald. use | APRIL 22 1924, WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE There will be keen disappointment In many quarters that President Coolidge's New York speech mads no reference to the Japanese situation. Some authorities (hink they discern hint that a presidential veto awalts ihe exclusion bill. In his peroration Mr. Coolidge dwelt upon America's preference of peace to war, and added: “We Lelleve In treatics and covenants and {nternational law as u pgrmanent record for a reliable de- termination of action.” The gentle- men's agreement with Japan was a “covenant.” Antl-exclusionists, who hoped for a ringing pronouncement from the President, derive comfort from the crumb just quoted. The White House Is not pleased with the manner in which th te disposed of the gentlemen's ment with Japan. But the impressive majorities by which both House and Senate sted for exclusion are likely to de- ter the President from the futile ef- fort of overriding their will, * ok ok ¥ shington and Mine” is the happy title of a book, just off the press, by Miss Louise P. Latimer. Miss Latimer is 2 member of the staff of the Public Library of the District of Columbia. Her epic of the Na- tional Capital is the culmination of some years of painstaking research under the watchful eye of Dr. George F. Bowerman, the District's plished librarian. The book begins with the Powhatans and ends with the Coolidges. No that has left its intervening life | ington e our W accom- impress upon and times of Wash- pes Miss Latimer's grace- ful pe Most b bout the F | eral city have been Qistinguished for their superficlality. “Your Washin ton and Mine" is an amazingly | bl of historical ra heauty her ch of Columbia Latimer strikes {ought to echo far b of this dI pter votel a note yond the borders ised urea. £ % *x One American who doesn't expect American and Japanese guns to be roaring at one another in the Pacific has just left the United States for Tokio. He is Dallas D, L. McGrew, who will shortly hecome foreign counselor of the imperial Japanese reign offic For the past three cGrew has been the Amert etary of the Japanese em- Washington. He succeeds another young American, Moore, who, in turn, will Mctirew in W ington. Me- into the = ast sons. He an parents at Cawnpore, ring the ear days of | session of the Philippines e sistant to the consulting of the Philippines Commission lowing the world war he represent the International Banking Corpori- [ tion in China and Japan. “In collexe | days at Harvard McGrew stroked a famoeus Crimson crew. * % % % the ness on ur pos- cent Continental Congress of the | Dauglters of the American Revolu- tion in Washington escaped public attention. The Daughters themselve: award first prize to the episode of a h by tain Mr. Mumm. H of is significance of the result | the parliamentary election in Italy that it puts the seal of constitu- | tionality upon the Fascisti movement | and the dictatorship of Mussolini, in the opinion of the American press. The majority of the editors regard it as the best solution of Italy's problem for the present, but they are somewhat doubtful as to the wisdom of the act for the future. As the Duluth Herald sees it ascism s unlawful, unconstitu- | tional, desperately dangerous, and it is a temporary expedient that could |be warranted only by some such exigency, so grave that it could be met in no other way"; furthermore, “if selfish ambition ever submerges patriotism—as it almost invariably does—Mussolini and TItaly will rue |the day they let an informal band set aside all law and constitutional government, even for a moment of need.” The Fascisti victory, according to the Richmond News-Leader, “prob- ably means & further period of stability in the peninsula, a closer accord with Spain and a further as- sertion of Italian dominance in the Mediterranean,” but, “sooner or later, Mussolini's forces will get out of hand”; in that event, “he may not be ible to halt political disintegration in Italy,” however, or the present, the ‘world is perhaps better served by his minority rule than by an other system practicable in Ital There is, after all, the New Orleans Times-Picayune holds, “such a thing as a people becoming so weary of Stumbling futilely in misdirected ‘con- ititutions) means’ that they gladly follow a leader. who boldly cuts across lots.” * % ¥ For the Italian Fascisti “symbolizes first and foremost a determined op- position to communism and radical socialism,” oontinues the Grand Rapids Herald, which feels “the rest of Europe and the world at large may profit by following the ex- ample of Italy, at least in her dis- avowal of radicalism and the Fas- cisti's devotion to efficlency In gov- crnment” To which the Springfield News adds, “Fascisti seems to have been the political tonic that the Italians needed most to raise them out of obscurity and place them back in the family of nations” Although regarding it 2s the only effective remedy so far discovered, the New York Evening Post feels “it may not prove an. unmixed blessing for the rest of the world,” because “a re- surgent Italy bidding for power and aggrandizement in the Balkans, in the near east, in the entire Mediter- ranoan area, will give several im- portant foreign offices something to think about” Referring to the law framed by Mussolini which assigns two-thirds of the membership of the chamber to the party which secures a plurality in_the popular poll, the New York Times maintains that utside of Italy the victory of the Fascisti will have its bearing on the question of proportional representa- tion, which for nearly a generation before the War was making con- e Boston T e Boston Transcript suggests that although “there have been many attemhpts in constitutional countries to combine constitutional formal rules with dictatorfal practice, they have not been successful, not always because representative government was any better than dictatorial, but because the first system gives con- tinuity and the second does not”™ And how well the ends of popular government are to.be served by such a procedure “is uncertain,” oplll.}gll of the Springfield Unlon, whi refers to the gnver-mt in s Italy, before Mussolini mto o PaeR” Aestceasion. o weak, B The important event| the | aceu- | and forceful | that | * | certificate of 4 weak heart, and for Joc <| Tumulty for Vice President.” Some of the best yarns of the re-! Editors Doubtful Regarding Future Success of Fascisti wanilly falled o fios for e v b0 WIS pamne, hia utiottad time of nft ules by pespiv hour It wam Inte in the souping swnas th 1oquactoun Musmrn 1eid foeih and the Dmuschtesn, ol oringe « sty on s An, wern mlaopy or them wers ChEmed Vit prornaturs slomber by | the orutnra luyuence $ut ho arous- | ed them, in the wminst of « glowing | dewerip Fihe [0 A f0's miwsion when he 1e 0¥y o eodndmen, D nich ' witkn up' Many 4ia cond | prize went 1o stage frightened | woman kpeaker who han heen wirned o Indulgs in the ol witticism | which denominates the 15, A, §2 meei- | g wn “Diared Anpusl Kumpur.” slipped a cog. and uddressed the Breuw an “Diaughtors of the Anm tevolution b | CRC A Aotph Hearst hax Just won the London Dall a mpeech de- April, 1922, by Mail re- ferring to y at the William i a libel actl ainnt Mail tion with tivered in Washington | President Harding. The ported that Mr. Harding, in re a publisher who argued one White Hous taxation and took an opposite view in his papers, had Mr Hearst in mind. The British court gave Hearst o verdict on production of th following letter from the late J'resident “White House. Washington, “June 1, 1923. In conne 1 Dally about t “My dear Mr. Hearst: “Lam in receipt of your recent note, in which vou tell me of the attack made upon u as the inconsistent editor and P . with ‘rl ference to taxation, in a personal in- terview with me, and advocated a_very contrany one in his pub'ications. I am £'ad to say to you thal you were not in way in my mind at the time the | remark was made. As a matter of sim- {ple justice T m: ¥ to you that you | and T hav er had any discussion ri |1ating to the tax question, except as w | quite informally discussed the practica bility of the sales tax to meet the pro- | posed gove ure involved of the in the wor'd war. While we are often | ment, 1 must do you the ju that ‘you have always di with me in the ul et of and neerity. You probably of the dent in which 1 | any sed public ! problems frankness The reference to the sincers editor was only incidental, and was givem as an illustration of the ir consistency which the Executive some ordial expression of re- ard, and my best wishes, I am, Very tru G. * HARDING." Raymond T. Baker of Nevada, form: or of the mint, has come out for a new Democratic presidential ticket. He says, “I'm for any man at the head of the ticket who can present a doctor's B el e is easy to explain the unfounded re- | port that President Coolidge had ap- pointed Robert Lansing an American | commissioner to djust claims v\!lh’ Mexico. Lansing is an Amherst man, and Amherst ber alles” in Wash- {ington just now. The former Secretary | | of State was graduated from Coolidze’s alma mater in 1886, nine years before the President got his own A. B. there. Amberst made Lansing an Lic D. in 5 (Copyright, 1924 | fuddled and dangerously inactive ministries,” while “the present sys- tem #t least gives opportunity for the enactment of a legislative pro- gram that is supposed to meet with the approval of most of the citizens.” At any rate, the Minneapolis Tribune claims “there are times when a he- nevolent dictatorship is indispensable | to a people, and Italy had come upon | such a time when Mussolini got busy with his ‘black shirts. That his | judgment was sound. the Seattle Times thinks, has been demonstrated by the results of the election. $ % * % “The weakness inherent in parlia- mentary government as against the strengh displayed by efficient autoc- racy seems to have pointed the con- tinent away from democratic institu- tions,” according to the Brooklyn cagle, which insists, nevertheless, that “those who believe in national sacrifice for the sake of international amity will find little encouragement in the returns from Italy.” However undemocratic his methods, the Louis- ville Courier-Journal, the Providence Journal and the Buffalo News hold that Mussolini has accomplished some great things for Italy, but now {fhat he is assured a clear field, they won- der whether the confidence that comes with complete success will unbalance the intelligence that has marked his actions up to this time. True, “he has been a benevolent dictator, and Italy has advanced,” wgrees the St. Paul Pionecr-Press, “He has throttled democrucy in 1 and it will reassert There- fore, the duration of Fascist rule, the Lynchburg Advance considers, “will depend upon the wisdom with' which Mussolini_wieclds the powers he has been given.” The Pittsburgh Gazette- Times adds its opinion that “Musso- lini will last as long as Fascismo stands united, but all political expe- rience warns of the danger in unlim- ited power, and of the instability of overwhelming party majorities, and, although “he has settled the hash of the other parties, this does not neces- sarily, nor is it likely to, make his political control of Italy more secure than it has been.” Even though Fas- cism_in its revolutionary period stood every test, the New York Herald- Tribune concludes “it will remain for Mussolini to show that it can retain its purer traditions in days of relaxed tension and constitutional legiti- macy.” No Duplicate ‘Discharges’ Ex-Soldiers Cannot Obtain Lost Papers From Department. To the Editor of The Sta: In the “Answers to Questions” printed Saturday. in The Star it was stated that a copy of lost Army dis- charge papers may be obtained by application to the adjutant general's office. This is erroneous and mislead- ing. A soldier cannot obtain a copy of his lost discharge paper from the Wa# Department, for the reason that the said department has no data from which a copy can be made. Therefore, the War Department as well as the pension bureau and the United States Veterans' Bureau cau- tion all honorably discharged soldiers to use great care to preserve their original discharge papers, as they cannot be replaced when 10st or de- stroyed. The War Department can and does issue to honorably discharged sol- diers, or to their widows, certificatas in lieu of lost or destroyed discharge papers, but these certificates contain only the name and rank of the gol- dier, and the date of his enlistment and ‘discharge, and they are very dif- ferent documents from original dis- charge papers, as thousands of our soldler boys, old and young, who ha lost thelr ofl,lnll papers will testify. OHN C. RATHBONE. NEW BOOKS AT RANDOM SEEING THE MIDD) Farin J. B vany Come John Com- Lippincott on. Let's with John Faris If you held with and Japan have pot carth's k0 a-journeying That 1s, come o that Europe cornered all of ot and there are things And again, come nent scenery atmowphere—that at on, it ¥or John hurried. Indeed s stubborn under the to cover ipatienes over of trav- of with the motq ideal opp crossing down home to ser you're not Farls refuse he in to be Erows u DI of getting He Hstanee Ny. B nust he be Wwho to r into a ¢ the cont roundabor np out svmpathy aurist hortu and 50 it meter tra- in a breath But if yo home co n old coat, 100 ou—come or calling. Let's miles housand < mhurtness of | try, and Fan S Spring i time 1 slike upon irresistibly * % % boarding We are S alo, bound for a wer freigh Ie Duluth. s n lake-passage t. so Mr. Fa | we shall loiter southward along the Mississippi, reaching and westward from its banks mather up vidence in a thous area is one of the mrcat historieal ts of ‘the United Tt was Indian and the exy the pio- - erman_and the trapper and the set the stage for Ereat continental drama’ Across passed, luter, the plonecr settler in pursuit of an’ elusive cating fron- Across 1t pas: irdy tier. toc iventurer, chasing the rainbow end And each for its po ds er, much of himself of day looks out identificati out eastward the fur-trader, this part of who re feature a thousand th the h tial unity as the publi most importa organized by Congress. To- 5 the “middle west,” a vast re- £ion out of which a dozen and more rich states have rise historical background, as we cther features of latir developm present a quality of within larger political “unit public it i nt ity of 1tk * * * Why a freighter rather than the regular liner? It is of a more oblig- ng disposition than the other. It in no such haste to arrive, and so it falls in better with our own slow £ mocd. For like the “acco truin it stops along the wa: to put off this, to take on that. A chance, this, for us to explore a bit on our own account, to see selves something at least of the Detroit come old exviorer 0dily being evament points, u | wrought time and opportunit E ks with the same old kit of toc 1. the beating With these sk r slands off from the She has hewn caverns and curious fantasies of hall ninracie, towers and turret these in patterns of stran A magic chore, th Lakes, along which we are * % % ¥ John Faris fs a good master of {11 sion, as well as prime guide in this rich field of ality. So, again, he conjures us quickly into an earlier day—two whole cen- turies away, and half of another ane The lake shore, only a moment acc 50 populous and alive, i swept clear of its cities and every other sign of man that the long intervening vears have set up. We are sailing a w and lonely sea. Its far shore black and forbidding wall of un broken forest, save where pent w ters roar and break through its dar borders in a new menace. Beside us strange craft makes its way in t failing light. We are told, gravels that this is the Griffin, aboard Father Hennepin and La Salle. And gravely, we accept this. Each of according to his gift of sympat and divination, partakes of th and the vision of those old vovag —seekings lands for their king, ar souls for the true God's safe. —seeing, though dimly maybe. sor thing of what the ripening years wer to brine to this wilderness of new world. And we arc moved into_other company. The soldiers the Revolution and those of 1812 p our way, each in the craft and courerments of the time. Wal the Water goes fussily by us, th steamboat on the Great Lake from scenes of great natural and pioneer adventuge Drogress we come | upon our own day tricity. John Faris, prosaic man an competent guide. done for the mo ment at least with his conjuring tur is pointing out Duluth and tell us of its naming for Sieur Du Lhu' French trader and first white man in Minnesota, ha dome and etching desier Great ng. is e firs: Ane beaut nd materi back gradu of steam and el % x % The first stage of our journey with John Faris Is over. Now, according to plan, we are to loiter southward along the Mississippi and its banks Off the dock at Duluth, ready for the next move, we are in the state of “ten thousand lakes” source of ut- most pride to every Minnesotan son Indeed, when it comes to beauty an¢ varlety of scenery, when it comes tc a picturesque past to which Englist and French and Indian contributec so characteristically, when it come: to fertility of soil, to good citizenship to civic pride displaying itself along many avenues of civie worth, when it comes to national support, and so on and so on, the citizen of this com monwealth is not going to step dow: for the citizen of any other common. wealth whatever. And in the pains- taking with which John Faris tends to every step of this long jour- neying, he at this point makes it clear that, all comparisons aside, the state of Minnesota is a treasure house tc the tourist of leisurely bent and love for the picturesque in a history that is not so far away as to be toc much out of reach. As a matter of fact one can actually see the history of Minnesota spread out upon its face in hundreds of identifying names of place and event. The names—Lao Salle, Hennepin. Nicollet, Le Seuer occur again and again, token of the French explorers and a lovely savor to the land itself. This without ques tion was one of the red man's happy earthly hunting grounds, as innumer able signs today declare. A fascinat- ing locality from any one of half : dozen_points_of view, one to whicl John Faris gives a generous and fine iy discriminating hand. It is here, on the first lap of the land journey pro vided by him for us, that one gather: the full method of the man in thi: sort of adventure. A method, this t spreads the whole in ample flin d then embroiders’ this with inci- dents and scenes woven from the very heart of each of these great parts o the midd'e west. You see, we've only just begun. But, happily, the way I not closed. For, still in the company Ly | | to| missionary, | the | | ineli Standing by Your Men BY JOHN CARLYLE A large ing plant rmploys the Oh nd successful manufactur in a middle-westorn tows 1560 men. We will call it » Copper Company, thoughl not its name Olio Copper Company plaa Took« 1 thousands of other fine plants, on the outside, but it's differ It has an inside that is differe @ plan and a soul that that Now fthe and 1 cone intarest! ts th yed there ar Ohio Copped and ask a man he w Meth he Baptist. and pper Compans nawer? n the ind in the natu r, has a re talked with a d man whose right through the the railroad yards machi of that 00 co-wor nderstands them standing men, he helps them the personnel manager. That history of loyalt roduction. of pri pride work ‘The theory and practice of the Oh pper Company nest with For evers world & to horrow )65 tn the personnel officer— with the far fon. production, the persomne Y out iie has a talh Something is worry mar t from the 1i he personnel bo r the Ohio Copper| company is for vou. 1] the company. the com-| by you. What is your are you worrying vou need and how| vou stand b bout? The know every man, nd [ want you to know And that is why labor turnover i no longer a problem at this O s the answer to ent. (Copyright, 1924.) California Concerned For Alien Exclusion Has Urged F Supplement Law of the State. ederal Legislation to telegram stat that Cal »m Sa it fornia the United States § T land law s now no Japane: problem: that she ha: in congression and is. ther to the fina immigrati ding alie or Interest suc concerned not as bill, with its me ible for i, D. £ this i8 truc ¢ s found i fornia organi Lesion, cured a spe mmigr: they might pre and of the staty »f the meas- Ligible aliens. ntatives Active. case before tha the attorney gef- me with authority as repre- ir_organizations ormer United Phelan and my- ave remained furnish q, could be against unas- only the prev rich agri- imilabl the contr ultural h © in fact, Fran- aside here, brided, becoma five Jap- zhts of ater o sar al r ful s Nerious. same artiole—| sonsider they assimilat-| ad re—ig ation. The fact ize that, even| Jap: hav with hey res probl pancse who da fornia even for hecause of theig] re rapidly i ho concentrat ricts and” securing other states unusual birth reas n 1 in ric weetions “ontrol whites, fined and genc ons, are only *ha person of A han in the persen zrants. In the city the Japanese. accordl lioense depariment, 4 e on reparate businemes T10 of wh d e stores. and & one doubtless store which ha man an 1f conditions apondent describes the anizations named. S0 haracter composition :r;‘n‘(l I3 elements of The oo nity, would mat have taken U ion desaribed nor would the Sta Tegislature, by unanimous vote. hay Aemanded of Congress the exclusiol of aliens ineligible mvnmwn. in What {s true of California is tru only in lesser degree, of Washingto and Oregon V. 8. McCLATCHY. Trees of U To the Editor of The Sts Your editorial of the 15th, “List: to Our Tale of Woe,” is admirabl written and expresses deep though We need to be reminded often of th reauties of our own wild flowers, ibundant all over the United State, The cherry blossom trees have tq 1ate, and v s soveral well de lerstood red alien Los to aire a; family. your co; m the four o dissimilar and on and re S. Praised. much attention. It has made ¢t orientals a bit conceited, I thin There should be planted on oppdki of John Faris, you can complete the |sides of the tidal basin all the vi this amazing round of of the United States. ‘middle kingdom LG M. rieties of the trees mentioned in t editorfal. LOULS GICLAS|