Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1924, Page 6

. to 6 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1994 ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ~ BY FREDERIC J. HASKI THE EVENING STAR With sundil)' Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.... ..June 13, 1924 THEODORE W. NOYES. ... Editor The Evening Star N Business Office. 11th 1. and Pennsivania Ave. New York Office: 110 Rast 42ad St. Mce: Tower Buildiag. : 16 Regen! Nt Loadon, England. ‘The Evening Star. with the Sun ered by carriers within tbe daily enly, 45 cents per month: Sunday only. s be xent by mail or tele- ‘oliection is made by <ar- d of cach month Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday..1 yr.. $8.40 Sunday only AUl Oiher States. Daily and Sunday.1 yr., §10.00 ; Daily only . 1yr. $7.00: Sunday only 1yr. $3.00; Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press in exclusively entitled for ‘republication of all news di ited to it or net otherwise crediied in this paper and also the local Dews el labed hervin @ of publication of Charles G. Dawes. Despite predictions, there was noth- ing “cut and dried"” about the Repub- lican meeting at Cleveland, as far as the selection of a vice presidential can- didate was concerned. The nomin: tion of Mr. was so definitely assured that the procedure up to the point of his formal selection followed conventional lines. It undertaken that the meeting differ- cntiated from general expectations. On second ballot a stampede for Low- den resulted in his unanimous nom- ination. Then occurred the unprece- dented thing. Lowden, who had al- ready refused to permit the use of his name. declined. Fortunately a recess had been taken with this possibility in view, and then again the unexpected happened. Gen. Charles G. Dawes was nominated on the first ballot after the recess. The convention closed with more spirit and enthusiasm than was deemed to be possible in advance. Coolidge and Daw It is unques- tionably as strong a ticket as the Re- publican party could present. As the President’s “running mate” Gen. Dawes will represent the same views and policies as those of the head of ticket. | the President. he man of blameless » and of the st est devotion to duty. He i8 an inde- fatigable worker. Though a specialist in finance, he is an able administrator, nd has had aiready an important ex- rience in gcvernmental affairs. The career of Charles G. Dawes is one 1o evoke enthusiasm for him and his tic this campaign He has succeeded throuzh merii. He never been identified with a fail- ure of any kind. Though he has been engaged in financial work his in- tegrity and scrupulous regard for the rights of everybody has never been questioned. He has been a ¢ & buiider and never a destroyer, Tt is difficult to estimate the value of Gen, Dawes’ to the Ameri- can Armv in F His was not a conspicucus a; ment, but a most essentinl one. At first engaged in transportation work, he was then sta- ned at general headquarters as a member of Gen. Pershing's adminis- trative sta and serve as the war supply executive, As the firer dire is a associate cr of the badget svstem. Gen ) me quite sable. Then after his return to private life he was once drafted to duty. and sent as un- al reparations expert to Europe. where he achi A triumph in the pre on of a plan that has won acceptance from all the countries in- vol the foundation for European wnd peace. With this of accomplish- ments. and with a personality that ap- peals strongly to the American people. Charles (. Dawes as candidate for Vice President is an asset of great value to the Republican cause th Hetis a forceful talker. and will abiy be the more vocal end of the ticket in the campaign. President olidge may well be srateful for the turn of affairs which at Cleveland ves. terday gave him Dawes for a running mate. service as -t Many observers find it hard to pi ture a G. O. P. convention to which Henry Cabot Lodge contributed noth- ing except a sarcastic smile, s advice is still heard as the statesman-farmer is admonished &0 west and grow up with the country. FEverybody's program in Cleveland went aceording to schedule, including the La Follette demonstration. o ——— The Unbolting La Follette Bolters. It is hard to understand just what the La Follette group at the Cleveland convention thought to gain by remain- ing and participating in all the pro- ceedings. By direction from their chief they stayed through to the adjourn- ment. They voted for La Follette for President, and refused to make the nomination of Coolidge unanimous. They voted for Norris and for Brook- hart for Vice President, and again re- fused to make the nomination’ of Dawes unanimous. They were there when the gavel fell. They were, in short, from start to finish, Repub- licans in their participation and in theory are bound by the piatform and the ticket. But at the same time it is known that they represented a poten- tial third-party candidate; in short, that they were and are themselves potential bolters. ‘This was doubtless in strict obedi- ence to instructions. Just preceding the convention La Follette sent a let- ter to a friend in which by inference he declared that he would be a third- party candidate if the old parties did * not adopt platforms and nominate can- didates of a progressive character. Now the Republican party has acted, and presumably not in accordance with the La Follette view. A week from Tuesday the Democratic party will meet at New York and proceed to nominate s ticket and adopt-a piat- form. Is it the La Follette purpose | droke detween Cabin Johin bridge . to wait until that action has been -Anglers’ Club. Sixty feet gave was when the nomination of a Vice President was for the Democracy before his own— for it will be his own, however titled —convention meets In Cleveland July 47 His own following will be Repub- built on it. Men and material were rushed to the place, according to plan, a warning sent out that people should be economical with water and the esti- lican, for it has participated in and, by | mate made that the repair work will all the marks of regularity. subscribed to the work of the Republican conven- tion. There is no outward. visible token of rejection of that work and that party. It has been hinted that La Follette may go to New Tork in person or by poration in the Democratic his particular polici consideration the support of the ticket —if it pleases him? s Nobody knows what will do. He keeps his own counsel closely. game, he though just what has in & problem. If they and those whom they may influence in Wisconsin later boit the party at his orders it will be plainly because he gives the word. Had they walked out of the conven- tion when their planks were rejected was defeated they would perhaps have given away the “third-party” pian ahead of time. e ————— “ New Salaries to Prevail. Controller General McCarl rules, in response to a request from the Dis- trict Commissioners, that the for payments from the funds as ap- propriated by the annual appropria- tion bill for the District. This decision follows the line of reasoning advanced by The Star in anticipation of that re- quest. It is fundamentally a sound interpretation. The appropriation act is to be ad- ministered in accordance with the laws fixing the galaries for the three de- partments of the municipal govern ment. The fact that the appropriation was made upon the basis of the old salary scales does not require limita- tion of pavments to those scales. The fact. furthermore, that to meet requisi- tions on the new scales would. if con- tinued throughout the fiscal vear, cause a deficit does not justify refusal to pay at the new scales. Such a deficit was, in fact, anticipated by Congress, which sought to provide against it by a special appropriation in a deficiency bill. Tt failed of passage by mischance in no wise incident to the item in ques. tion. This decision will greatly relieve anxiety that has been felt on the score of the pavment of the salaries of the three depariments from the outset of | the fiscal vear at the new rates. This is not merely a matter of the salary scales as against the scaies they sup- planted. Were it not for this ruling, 50 eminently fair and reasonable, the school teachers, the policemen and the firemen would suffer the loss of the bonus payments of $20 a month, which had been made in lieu of salary ad- vances heretofore. Quesmions will arise under this de- rision, poswibly affecting payments for newly created positions. These, how- ever, will be met as they arise. The | important point is now that doubt is [ removed on the score of the basic sal- | arics. which. as Controller General Me- Carl decides. may be paid in full from the available appropriations, leaving deficit. ————te e —. It has proved impossible to convince the Supreme Court of the United | States that beer i» a medical neces- sity. Tt was a genial and convivial beverage whose cheering qualities would be lost if it had to be linked in- variably with a doctor’s prescription. B Care has doubtless been taken to re- hearse Harry Daugherty so that he will not vield to an impulse to rise tp his feet and take a bow whenever an orator employs the customary figure of speech about pointing with pride. —— e It may occur to Tammany that there ave a few first-rate tomahawk swingers among the Wisconsin Repub- licans. c————— The Conduit Break. Since Washington ceased to draw its water from springs and wells it »as depended on the long, single brick conduit from Great Falls to the Georgetown reservoir. Later a water tunnel was built between that reser- voir and reservoirs supplying the new northern par: of the city, and finally all water coming through the conduit from Great Falls, after flowing into reservoirs, passed on to the filtration plant. When the conduit was built it was belleved that it would carry enough water to supply Washington, it not for all time, yet for a very long and indefinite time. Population in- creased, water consumption per capita ‘increased and water pipes were laid through an expanse of territory which the early engineers foresaw dimly, if at all. In seasons of unusual heat and of drought consumption of water in Washington is equal to the amount the conduit can carry, and the reser- voirs have a siorage capacity of one day's supply. For thirty years the danger of de- been urged. Engineers have shown that the conduit between Great Falls and Georgetown is so busy keeping the reservoirs full that it cannot be ‘‘unwatered.” The tunnel bas been re- ported as 80 out of repair that if un- ‘watered some sections of it might col- lapse. A second conduit is building, and enlarged reservoirs and filtration plant are pianned. The engineers have figured that with full force on full- time work the project could be fin- ished in 1927. The rate of appropria- tion allowed by the budget would post- pone completion till 1932, and the sum carried in the District appropriation bill for the next fiscal year, larger than allowed by the budget and fess than asked by the engineers, will if followed by similar appropriations for succeeding fiscal years, permit com- pletion of the work between 1927 and Perhaps 1930 would be & fair 1932, rough estimate. Yestorday morning the conduit and, La Follette ' our demand for water He is plaving a very deep mind In keeping his delegate-followers at Cleveland “regular” to the finish is from the platform and their candidate | were killed or dangerousiy wounded it basic laws fixing the sulary scales in the schools, police and fire departments must govern in meeting requisitions to Congress later provision against a | To this his close attention turned, Though many mottoes he had learned: pending on a single water line has be tinished Saturday afternoon. The break might have been much worse. A mile instead of sixty feet ‘of the conduit might have given way. It might have happened in 4 summer hot wpell, when our use of water equals the conduit's power of bringing proxy on a shopping expedition, as a it to us. A great fire might have come trader. Will he try to get some of his just before or after the Wisconsin wares taken in for incor-|are not safe from that ‘contingency. plank? | Will he make a bid for the adoption of | say that there need be no water short- 8, offering as a age, but that people would be wise to break. We Engineers of the water department reduce their consumption. The break came during cool, wet weather, when is relatively small. — e The Naval Disaster. Not until the court of inquiry now in session on the battleship New Mexico reports can understanding be had of the cause of the shocking dis- aster yesterday on the Mississippi In San Pedro barbor, in which forty- eight men lost their lives. The ex- plosion appears now to have been due to a flareback in one of the three fourteen-inch guns in the forward tur- ret of the battleship, which was en- gaged in target practice. As practical- Iy all of the occupants of the turret may be impossible ever to ascertain just what precipitated this disaster Such accidents have happened before in the history of our Navy. It was thought that devices had been de- veloped and precautions adopted (o prevent them. But this tragedy shows that there is still @ possibility of pre- mature explosion, by the accumulation of gas in the gun or the presence of embers, or perhaps the bremature fir- ing of the shell before the breech is closed. It would appear that the ex- plosion occurred before the signal for firing was given, for a second gun in the turret discharged its projectile after the accident, while the ship was moving into harbor. Fortunately the shell from this gun hit nothing. al- though it came dangerously close to a The third charge did not de- This second "explosion has been attributed to the intense heat in the flame-filled turret. These peacetime tragedies are shocking because they seem to be needless, But. after all, they are part of the risk inevitably involved in the handiing of tremendous forces in training and drill. Tt is impossible to maintain an able force at efficiency without the actual use of war-time materials. The Navy cannot play at war drill without a risk. The task of the naval administration is to lower that risk to the last possible degree. Evidently there is some flaw in the system or in the mechan 1 when a charge can explode prematurely Either the guns are fired 100 rapi there are defects in the gus and refuse ejection devices, or perhaps CTEWS not adequately ined in their handling. A terrible cost is paid for such lessons w! n. as in this ca nearly half a hundred men are killed use of one fault or defect. " or bec e eme— There little hope in New York that anybody can be found to keep order in the Democracy as well as Mr Butler did in the G. O. P. r—e—— The vice presidential candid veloped a long and brilliant * those-mentioned” list ——— As a phrasemakers Bob.” contrast to might “Cool offer Cal” the | “Boiling SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. New Slogan. A bold Wisconsin delegate, While pondering on affairs of state And formulating phrases fine, Above a door beheld a sign. “Hail to the Chief,” “The Gang's All Here,"” “We Point With Pride,” “Our Duty’'s Clear"— He knew and loved the ancient lot. All these and ‘more he quite forgot. No other could he think about Than that inscription, “This Out."” Way Making an Impression. “Why were vou so early with the shout that vou would never consent to run for this particular office?” “I wanted to get on record,” an- swered Senator Sorghum, “before the boys got togetHer and made it clear that I wasn't going to be asked.” Forcing the Play. Unto the players Hamlet said. ‘Now learn my lines and go ahead Before my relatives insist On calling in an alienist Jud Tunkins says he enjoys getting in a crowd and cheering, which en- ables him to raise his voice without being called on to explain anythjng he said. By Radio. The orator his thought expounds To help a nation's cause; And then a jazzy tune resounds And gets the most applause. Ostentation of Wealth. “Ostentation of wealth should be avoided.” “For my part,” replied Miss Cayenne, “I think it invites comfort and im- proves the scenery. The only time I object to it is when it leads a'family to boast of being able to employ the most expensive alienists’ in the market.” K The June Chill. Hello, Summer! Howdy do! ‘We have waited ilong for you. Once again we join to sing Of the birds and blossoming. Yet among the leafy bow'rs All neglected are the flow'rs, Though it is a jo¥.to see Fruits that ripen on the tree, "Mongst our gifts we fain would note, Oil stoves and an overcoat. 4 “As between a mule an’ a fitvver,” mid Uncle Eben, “I's got dis to say foh de mule—he may put me in de hospital, but he ain't never yet got me | event led as N TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS. The most thrilling moment in a horse race is when the spectators cry, “They're off!" It Is tenser than even the approach of the winner un- der the wire, Republicans are today at that great moment with a team in harness. “They're off! Zip!" The track may be heavy. The mud may fly and drivers may lose their heads. In the meanwhile let us not imagine that this is the only race that has ever been trotted. It adds to the to check up previous records. The following paragraph from the 1853 file of The Washington Evening Star muy be useful to “some forlorn and shipwrecked brother” bent upon oratorical rescue of his party, yet who has been smothered in the elo- quence of his adversary. This oc- curred in court, but will ft the hustings: “The court will please to observe,” pleaded a young lawyer, “that the gentleman from the east has given them a very learned speech. He has roamed with old Romulus, socked with old Socrates, ripped with Eurip- ides and canted with Cantherides, but what, your honor, does he know of the laws of Wisconsin? So this is not the first year when Wisconsin has given cause of inquiry. * % % % The files of the New York Evening Post for July, 1803, record incidents in the politiexl struggles of that early duy which tend to make the bitterest contests of the moderns ap- pear tame. Consider the case of Harry Croswell. arrested for libel for publishing in his paper, the Bal- ance, of Claverack, N. Y. the fol- lowing “Holt says the burden of the fed- eral song is that Mr. Jefferson paid Mr. Callender for writing againat the late administration. This is wholly false. The charge is e plicitly this: Jefferson paid Callen- der for calling Washington a traitor, a robber and a_perjurer; for calling Adams a hoary-headed incendiary and for most grossly slandering the pri- vate characters of men he well knew were virtu These charges not a Democratic editor has dared or ever will dare to meet in an open and manly discussion John Thompson Callender published the Examiner of Richmond, Va. It was claimed by the Federalists (the party of Washington. Adams and Hamilton) ~ that Callender financed by Thomas Jefferson to at tack the Federalists, even while Jefferson wasx a member of Washing ton's eabinet, and later, when he be- came Presidént. At the time of this alleged slander, Washington was dead and Adams had retired from politics, after having served as President The interesting part of the incident is the treatment under the law of the editor. Croswell, who had neither made the original charges against Washington and Adams nor accused Jefferson of the charge of financing the libel by Callender *x % zent Croswell arrested was indicted for libel und When his case came up for trial. in the court of general sessions of the peace of the state of New York, the defendant attempted to plead the truth of all he had said. but Chief Justice Lewis, presiding. held that that could not be permitted, for the only question was whether Croswell had publiched the statements reflect- ing on President Jefferson. If he had, must hold him guilty ©r no truth of the ac- ithstanding. As 3 ed that he had so pub- the statements he was held ¥ _of criminal libel. The next . his paper, the Balance, contained following announcement: “Died: In this county, at 6 o'clock on Wednesday morning last, much lamented by every true friend of his country, the Liberty of the Press. The ound which caused this lamentable was inflicted in January last, with an uncouth and rusty old instru. ment. forged some centuries ago in England, and now wielded by a high official character and twenty-four of his associates “Among the physicians who were consulted in the e opposite opin- ions existed; and the only condition of a cure was that the victim should never again utter a word of truth, on which a distant voice was heard to exclaim that the remedy was worse rde he | than the disease, and the Liberty of the Press expired with many strug- gles, but without & grcan.” An appeal for a new trial was car- ried to the SBupreme Court, and Chief Justice Lewis cited th> common law and the star chamber laws of Eng- land to justify his rulings against admitting truth as a defense, and in refusing to permit the jury even to know his opinion as to what was the law in this case. The new trial was refused, although two justices of the Supreme Court held for support of Croswell's contention, and cited a law passed by Congress in 1798 which “al- lowed the truth to be given in evi- dence on every prosecution under that act, and it is worthy of notice.” said the' justices, “that the part of the act allowing the truth to be given in evi- dence was declaratory, and thereby conveyed the sense of Congress that such was already the existing law." As C ell was not charged under the federal sedition law, but under the common law, therefore, it was held by Chief Justice Lewis and sup- porting justices the federal law did not apply. A new trial was denied. * * ¥ % The sedition law was passed by the Federalists in Washington's term, to meet the danger of opponents of the Rovernment when war with France was threatened. Under that law any reflec- tion upon the officials of government, re- gardless of the truth of the charges, was held as criminal libel. This law be- came intensely unpopular, as it was tyrannical. It was repealed soon after the Croswell case in New York, although that had no direct connectios federal law, but merely emphasized the importanc. of the freedom of the press. The last case under the federal sedi- tion law was that of the scurrilous Cal- lender himself, held at Richmond, under| Justice Samuel Chase of the United States circuit court, together with Dis- trict Judge Cyrus Griffen. Among the attorneys interested were John Mar- shall, afterward the celebrated Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; Edmund Randolph and Alexan- der Hamilton. ‘ Justice Chase was “the greatest bully that ever sat on the bench.” and was later impeached for his arbitrary con- duct. In this case he so browbeat the attorneys, in his partisan determination to punish Callender, that the defense at~ torneys left the court in the midst of the trial. Cailender was sentenced to nine montis in prison. He there con- tinued his slanders of prominent offi- cials until President Jefferson pardoned him. Soon thereafter the sedition law was repealed, and then Callender turned his wrath upon Jefferson, and slandered him ax severely as he ever had the Federalists. * % These two cases had more to do with establishing a free press than any other influence, us they demonstrated the tyranny of bureaucratic control of free- dom of speech. Not only was the sedi- tion law repealed, but the first amend- ment to the United States Constitution guaranteed the freedom of speech and of the press. All states have enacted luws and most have provided clauses in their constitutions guaranteeing freedom of the press and of speech. and provid- ing that in cases of libe! the truth shall be admitted as a defense or mitigation of the offense. This does not license malicious slander. The truth does not always Justify libel if it is not said without malice and for the public welfare, but no longer is it a crime to tell the truth alfecting official policies or con- duct or the record of candidates for public office, indicating their unfit- ness This was_illustrated last Wednes- dav in the Supreme Court of the Dis- t of Columbia, in a libel suit for 000 azainst a representative from sippi. The defendant was harged with having said in a cam- paign speech that a certain woman who was his rival candidate for Con- gress was married to a man of negro blood. The husband claimed that he had no taint of negro blood, but was part Choctaw Indian. The defense was upheld by Chief Justice McCoy, since the defendant claimed that he was able to prove the truth of his original statement and that he had a right to sponsor such a truth, since he was a candidate for Congress against the woman. The case was dismissed. The change of the 1deals of the law in the contrast of the cases of Cros- well, 1802, and the Mississippi repre- <entative, 1924, marks ¢he progress of justice, of which free speech is the kreatest bulwark. (Copyright. 1924, by Paul V. Collins. ) Press Sees New Business View in Gift to Harvard George F. Baker's gift of $5.000,000 to Harvard University for the perma- inent endowment of a graduate school of business administration is regard- significant by the nation’s editors, because it attests the impor- tance which an eminently successful business man, who has had little of it himself, attaches to theoretical edu- cation for business. In his gift to Harvard, editors agree that Mr. Baker has done something more. to put business on a high plane. “Living, as we do, in a materialistic and commercial age, with business the motive power of our clvilization, it is amazing that no one thought before of making the universities training schools for business life,” in the opinion of the New York Evening World, which declares the purpose of the Baker foundation “will be not alone to train men in business admin- istration, but to feature the ethical side of business, the social phase, to broaden the vision as well as develop the talent of the men who are to di rect the business world of tomorrow. Unlike many = business executives who pride themselves on being self- made, the Cleveland Plain Dealer sug- gests “Mr. Baker in this and other gifts to educational institutions sub- scribes to the modern viewpoint that special education makes better bank- ers, better railroaders and better manufacturers,” and, “by the estab- lishment of a code of practice which will place business enterprises on a higher plane, American business a decade or two hence should not only be better organized and directed, but it should be operated more largely with the public interest in view.” The gift is significant, continues the Co- lumbus Dispatch, “in that it recog- nizes in a very striking way the in- creasingly close relation between col- lege education and business: it is significant,* 100, that Harvard gets this magnificent gift from one who was not himself a college graduate,” because “his personal demonstration that conspicuous business success is possible without the’ aid of the. col- lege' did not heget ih him 4ny tend- éncy to belittle formal educstion as a pathway to business life.” * K K % The Flint Journal considers it “an interesting ‘experiment, since we :see all round evidences that those who are willing to work and have natural aptitude get on admirably regardless of educational advgnthges” The very .| tact that Mr, Baker made this “almost sensationally generous gift” to Har- vard the Portland Express accepts as “proof that he realizes that business success: can .be advanced by.sound and thorough preliminary instruction; nor is there any ' reason ‘why ‘this should not be“‘:n.h .‘Thlenl! l]:}o ‘the w of the Rochester Times-Union, Bt his'is one of the big- st compliments ever paid to our Eaunuonfl institutions by & business leader”; furthermore, “he is too prac- tical a' man to give such a sum as 5,000,000 unless he expected it to Ll.r fruit” Putting bu-i.nu&:- " and keeping it re is Nl nmeatibia S 2t cording to the Albany News, insists “Mr. Baker h another great service. ing. which done America Book learn- the Boston Transcript contends, never give what experience grinds into the fiber of a man's na- ture and rules of conduct, but it can instruct and it can guide. Take, then, this book learning and join it with recounted experience as these are found in the Harvard school, and you have a weapon of keen temper and great strength for good in_ the country. Mr. Baker has honored Har- vard with a responsibility, he has honored himself, and he has honored the spirit of the countr: * % % x Believing that the business world needs the services of leaders who study business life in the large, the Baltimore Sun argues if Harvard “uses Its new gift to develop business leaders of world-wide vision, it will perform a service of national signif- icance whose results indeed will be feit throughout the civilized world.” The Springfield News agrees that it “is most important because better trained business men in this country will insure greater stability for the industrial and commercial life of the nation and will guarantee our busi- ness future.” “Not every person who graduates from a school of business administra. tion is guaranteed material success,” the Chicago Daily News points_out, but “it does inture high standards and the utilization of such gbilities and faculties as one possessss,” be- cause “it hastens promotion where it is deserved”; moreover, “it saves time and capital and human energy.” The Worcester Post regards the gift as “an eloquent message of his belief that business has become a profession and s worthy of a professional school to take ranking with the Harvard law and medical schools.” The Miami News-Metropolis mentions that ‘fin- fitances are rare where contributions of any considerable size or impor- tancs ‘are m:glrected; all of which &0es to show that some serious thought enters into the situatios . Fire Fighters Thank Star For Interest in Pay Cut To the Bditer of The Star: The officers and -members of the City Fire Fighters' Assoclation desire to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to The Washington | Star for its sympathetic and helptul interest taken in the effort to find a solution of the predicament that the members of the fire department find themeelves in because of the faflure ©of the Congreas to provide the money with whieh to pay the increases in salaries granted them in lieu of the bonus. 1t is & source of great satisfaction to the members of the fire depart- ment to know that great new: paper like The Washington Star is Ways“tait thas the ‘Beople of "W ash o of Wash- ‘woul in the ) doal thir wich The th the | pared to ac i my Barnes Gives Thanks For Oratory Honors New York Finalist Remained After Decision Was Rendered. To the Bditer of The Stas My recent visit to your wonderful city in connection with the national oratorical contest was to me such a delightful and interesting experience, the very real and sincere hospitality of your paper and the people of Washington generally, the historical and educational wonders unfolded in visits to your beautiful pational buildings made such a profound im- pression “upon me that I cannot let the oceasion pass without telling you of my deep appreciation and thanks for all that was done for my com- fort and entertainment during my stay in Washington. It will mark a very important milestone in my Hfe, and 1 feel sure that in later years I shall frequently look back upon it with pleasure and profit to myself. There was, however, one incident which disturbed me. It was a state- ment in the Sunday edition of your Paper to the effect that I did not re- main to share in the entertainment|GC provided for the several contestants, but returned to New York imme- diately after the contest. As a mat- ter of fact, I was the last, 1 believe, of the contestants to leave, as I did not return to my home until Monday, June 9. 1 went to ashington pre- ept defeat, should it be as gracefully and man- knew how. All my home training ha< been along If T falled to leave that impression with the people of Wash- ington, then, indeed, my effort was a miserable failure. Somehow it seems to eount more with me than the mere winping of a prize. The wonderful spirit and loyalty of the students of Curtis School and their abiding faith in me would, indeed, have been wasted. I am sure you will be interested to know that a large delegation waited at the house to greet me until § o'clock when I reached home, and the entire school gave me a wonderful testimonial on the campus when | went back to school yesterday. It is happenings like these that cannot fail to spur me on to greater efforts in the larger contesta of life still to come. And now 1 am afraid I have tired vou with a very long letter, but I had to let it come out. Please again accept my thanks and very grateful appreciation for your interest in and consideration for seven very vouth- ful citizens. Will you also convey my thanks to the Monarch Club, Mesers. Leigh and Allen and to Col. Cook and the people of Washington for their many kindly courtesies and wonderful hospitality? 1 will long remember my first visit_to the Na. tional Capi X VAIL BARNES, Westerleigh, Staten Isiand, N. Y. The Tourists Have Taken The National Capital To the Editor of The Star: The tourists have come'! Lads and lassies—homely and handsome, with sense and without! Carryving canes, green, red and yellow—ail out for a ramble around the old Capital City! Tourists! Gangs and squads and re- lays—mobs and multitudes of ‘'em! They have taken us by storm—like the grasshoppers of old, they are perched and planted everywhere! In companies and divisions they commandeer the lunch tables, theater galleries, Capitol steps, White House grounds, sight-see- ing busses and cars of evéry descrip- tion, from King Tut's cradie to the finest limousine in the District. What will become of us? They busz like bees and chatter with the magpies. The horns of eifiand may be faintly blowing somewhere; they are not heard here. ~The great god Pan has retired to the remotest recesses of Rock Creek Park until the hubbub is over. He pipes no more to the summer breezes— they cannot hear him. The visiting tourists, the youngsters, have impound- ed waves of all lengths and nothing comes in or goes out but the twitter of these birds of passage who have alighted on every twig and branch of the old Capital tree. New life and refreshing! Things were getting stale. Too much talk! Too much incrimination, diserimination, tribulation! Too much antagonistic, bolshevistic—too little altruistict Everything at odds and ends. Then come the tourists—the youngsters— the hope of the future. Wild colts top- ping the hill, alert for new grazing ground. Impounding everything in sight. Good eats, good times, smiling on the cops, buying papers of the wid- ow in black, who stands on the same street corner every morning, rain or shine—or of the little colored chap with a limp In his leg and a smile on his face. Bargaining with life for a nickel or a dime. Getting and giving happiness. Our tourists! They will scatter out, but they wiil come back again! Why not take down that old spiked brick wall from around Grant's Me- morial, clear away the trees and shrubs which hide it, instal a fine lighting system and give young folks who will be our public men and women a little later on a chance to have a good look at it and to think of the herolsm and courage and real manliness of our greatest war general? Why not put an eternal light on the top of the portion, fully as { and school this line. Washington Monument and light up the | Lincoln Memorial that people may think more of what our country means to each of us> The price paid for it, the responsibility which is ours to safeguard and to keep this a land of the free and a home of the brave? Why not make more of the things we have already invested in. paying in blood and brain and brawn, as well as money? Why not stand at salute— hats off to the heroes of yesterday:- and thus solve the problem of the un. rest and suspicion and arrogance and revolution which 1s abroad over the land? Why not? ' As Shylock says: “Tell me that JEAN PALMER NYE. Urges Flag Etiquette. Writer Protests Against Alle Misuse of “Old Glory.” e To the Bditor of The Star: In a recent edition of The Sunday Star I noticed with interest Col. Moss' protest against the misuse of our flag, and I fully concur in his views of this subject. It occurred to me in this connec- tion that it is lPPfl’DHIl.G to inquire if it is not & violation of flag regula- tions and etiquette to use our flag as it is now used on the Grant Monu- ment in the Botanic Garden? Sev- eral soldiers of the civil war have commented upon and agree that the flag is placed in a wrong and inferior position on the Grant - Monument. The offense has been cobmmitted not ly once, but is repeated on each corner of the monument. No doubt the artist was actuated by a desire to carry out & certain beauty of line by thus placing the flag under the body of a lion (the lion always suggests Great Britain) on the Grant Memo- rial, but in his seal to develop his idea he has violated one of the rules regulating the use of our National ‘Emblem. ‘5w Pethaps the sculptor is not a.na- tive American and did not realise the grave error he was committing in thus misusing the flag, by placing it not only on the ground, but also un- der a recumbent lion. P S e the lons in o of the fliAg not only apply to the real ln‘... but te say representation of. wi Q. What. is the average price of passenxer automobiles?—J. K. R. A. The average price of new cars sold is $811, and 75 per cent of all cars soid rstail for under $1,000. Q. What is the annual crop Joss of tobacco and cotton?—E. L. R. A. The average loss is: Tobaceo, 296,300,000, pounds: cotton, 3,371.000,- 000 pounds. Q. What is the best method of kill- ing grasshoppers?—W. W. T. A. The Department of Agriculture has completed a film which shows the various methods it advocates. Poison bait, with thorough plowing and bar- rowing of flelds to destroy eggs, 1% best, but hopper catchers and large flocks of turkeys are helpful. . When was an air flight around the world first suggested?—p, |. F, A. The idea of circumnavigating the globe in an airship was first pro- posed by @ Belgian aeronaut, Rob- ertson, to the scientific societies of Europe in 1804. Q. What industries used the most coal last year?—E. V. Y. A. The three manufacturing indu: tries which used the most coal ar. illuminating and heating which used 1,388.467 tons of anthracite coal and 7,383,687 tons of bituminous coal petroieum refining, which used 1,105 503 tonm of anthracite coal and 3,- 19,534 tons of bituminous coal: the iron and steel works and rolling mills, which used 598,944 tons of anthracite coal and 25,911,098 tons of bituminous. nous. Q. Is Margaret Sangster, the writ- er, married?’—A. B. C. ‘A.__She was married in 1920 to Car- roll H. Sheridan. Q. What railroad operates the fin- est and best equipped passenger train? —E. H. R = A. It would be difficult to say, all class 1 railroads of the U States operate excellent speed pas- senger trains. Among the roads op- erating these trains are: Great North- ern, Oriental Limited; Pennsylvania, Broadway Limited; New York Cen- tral, Twentieth Century Limited: 11li- nols Central. Floridan: Baltimore and Ohjo, Capital Limited: Atchison, To- peka and Santa Fe, California Lim- jted; Union Pacific, San Francisco Overland - Limited; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, Golden State Lim- ited, etc. Q. Do American authors have to pay taxes on their royalties in Eng- land?>—F. E. R. A. Such royalties of non-residents are taxed in England. At present books published in Canada by non- Canadian authors are not taxed, but & resolution has been offered to put on such a tax, since it is required in Great Britain and in the United States. Q. Did Mark Twain write the poem containing the lines “Conductor, when vou collect a fare, punch in the pres- ence of the passenjare”? A. Tt has often been attributed to Mark Twain, but is the work of Noah Brooks, who wrote it when he was editor of the Newark Daily Adver- tiser. Q. What are tropism?—M. 1. Isomerism refers to substances which are made up:of the same chemical elements in the same pro- portion, by, in which the atoms are differently’arranged so as to produce substances having different physical and chemical properties. Examples are methyl ether and ethyl alcohol. The formula for both of these is C* H* O. Allotropism is the occur- rence of the same chemical substance in different forms. For example, car- bon appears as a diamond, as cha coal, as graphite, etc. Q. Is the Porcelain Tower standing?’—B. N. G. A. The Porcelain Tower. known as one of the seven wonders of the mid- dle ages, which was built in Nan- isomerism and allo- still king, China, during the fifteenth century, was' destroyed by the Taip- pings in 1853, Q. Why is it said that every week of ‘the vear President Harding ob. served “Mother's day"?—D. W. H. A. Dr. W: J. Hampton, in_ “Our Presidents and Their Mothers,” says that every Sunday during her life. time, President Harding sent his mother flowers. After her death flowers were always found in My Harding’s room on Sunday, as a re. minder of his mother. Q. What Shot?—W. A. A Parthian shot is a partin shot, and takes its name from tr method of fighting employed by the Parthians. They were a race of mounted bowmen in Central Asia and their horses were turned as if in flight after each discharge of an ar Tow. is meant by a Parthian Q. How do sweet and sour milk compare as to food valy W. P.D. A. Sour milk, sweet milk and but., termilk are all good food and have practically the same food value, Q. What is meant by the Lord of Sabaoth?—(. C, A. Sabaoth means armies or hosts. and the expression may be trans- lated the Lord of Hosts. Q._Who was Viadimir Tlianoft?— HON. 2 A. Viadimir Ulianoff is the rea! name of the Russian Bolsheviki lead er generally known as Lenin, Q. What is a humblebee?—R. A. Humblebee is a form of bum bee commonly heard in Great Britair the word being a modification of hummel or hummel bee, and like our “bumblebee’ refers to the loud dron ing sound produced partly by the Wings, but mainly within the trachea of these insects. Q. Who anointed Solomoen King of Israel?—R. W. F. ! A. Solomon was twice anointed King of Israel by Zadock. ’ Q. Please tell me the amount nof flour, middlings and bran obtained in milling wheat’—H. W. G. A. In modern milling over 70 per cent of the wheat is recovered as standard patent flour, about 1 per cent as low-grade flour, about 2 pe- cent as red dog flour, and the re- mainder ax shorts or bran. Q. What game of cards easiest to cheat’—W. T. K. A. Few games lend themselves so readily to the operations of the card sharp ‘as the game of seven-up. Q. Did Germany ever have a direqt cable to the United States”—T. H A. Before the war, Germany wa< in direct cable communication with the United States. In the spring of 1800 the cable of the Deutsche-Atlan- tische Telegraphen-Gesellschaft w laid from Borkum to Fayal and in the summer extended to New York so that on August 31 President Mc Kinley and the former William « Germany were able to exchange m: sages. Q. What name is given to Greek secret societies that are not honorary or professional societies”—H. C. B. A. Such organizations are usually spoken of as esoteric fraternities. Q. Who was the original of the painting known as the Countess Po- tocka?—H. Y. A. The original of the famous pic- ture by Anton Graffs was Sophie dv Witt, Countess Potocka She lived from 1768 until 1822 She was the daughter of @ Greek shoemaker of Constantinople, married a Rus: general, was divorced and marr Count Potocki. (Let The Star Information Bureaw Prederic J. Hoskin, Director. 2ist and C streets northwest. answer your ques tion. The only charge for this service is 2 cents in stamps for retwrn postage.) Timber Resources of Alaska BY WILL P. KENNEDY. ITH more than 20 per cent of the raw material for the production of news- print paper consumed in the United States coming from for- eign sources, particularly from Can- ada, the manufacturers of pulp and paper are greatly interested in the timber resources of Alaska. The newspaper industry of the United States is in urgent need of a domestic source of supply, while the best market for the timber resources of Alaska is through the pulp and paper industry. One pulp plant is in operation up there now and one has obtained its water-power license. There is opportunity for the estab- lishment of twelve to fifteen paper mills, with abundant timber and abundant water power. Difficulty has been experienced in making arrangements for sale of the Alaska timber on account of the lack of information about the water powcr sites’ which must be used in connec- tion with any development of pulp and paper and disposal of the timbe: x % x x To meet this situatipn a special re- port has been prepared by the Fed- eral Power Commission in co-opera- tion with J. C. Dort, an engineer of the United States forest service, as a result of two years' work. This report covers, in detail, 400,000 horse- power believed to be suitable for use in the manufacture of pulp and pa- per. It gives location, method of de- velopment, cost and estimated power and each power site examined. The forest service is anxious to get this information before interested parties. The budget bureau will not authorize the publication of a report on water power by any other agency than the Federal Power Commission. Supported by the budget bureau and the forest service, the Federal Power Commission has asked Congress for an appropriation of $1,000 to be added to funds already on hand so that this report may be promptly available. The House appropriations committee re- fused to include this item in the first deficiency appropriation bill. The importance ef informing the newspaper industry of this country regarding these avallable timber and water power resources is emphasized in a letter submitterl to Congress by E. W. Sherman, acting forester. *x % The total consumption of paper in the United States now exceeds 7,000,- 000 tons annually, of which approxi- mately 2,400,000 tons are in the form of newsprint paper. Of this total conmumption there now is jmported directly over 1,000,000 tons of news- print and enough raw wood material in the form of pulpwood and wobd- pulp to make an additional 1,000,000 tons. In other words, the equivalent of over 80 per cent of the raw ma- terial, whioch makes up our news- 1’5'1 Droduotion in the ‘l‘lznnd States. s impor m rel countries, mostly from Canada. Most of the mills which manufac- ture both pulp and paper are located in the northeastern states. New England has seventy-six, New York ninety-seven, nsylvahla _seven- teen. the lake states eighty-two, the Pacific ‘ coast eighteen amd all other portions of the United States: forty. nine establishments,, all ;regions, ¢x. cept the Pacific which "'were cut over for lumber the'eariiest an: in which, the forests are in the most depleted ocondition at present. To maintain productien, the dependence of these milis-on outside sdources- for. rew material is increasing yeariy. v . Exportation of pulpwood from crown lands was prohivited by pro vincial embargoes in Ontario in 1900 in Quebec fn 1910 and in New Bruns- wick in 1912, Present imports of Ca- nadian pulpwood are confined tn wood grown on the freehold lands For some time American manufac- turers have been apprehensive of the ¢ possibility of an embargo on all pulp- wood from Canada. In Jjune of this year the Capadian House of Com- mons passed a bill which gives the governor in council authority to es- tablish a complete embargo when ever he sees fit. The American pulp and paper indusiry considers the sit- uation so serious that it has calied upon the forest service to undertake a study of the possible new sources of pulp timber in the United States. A survey has already been made indi- cating the pulpwood resources in Alaska and in the western United States. The available raw material in the southern part of the United States wiil reccive the greatest at tention in the proposed study ‘ * % x % The pulp and paper now situated in the eastern and northeastern part of the United States, has not enough raw material to supply its needs on anything like a permanent basis. The mill capacity is very greatly in excess of the re- maining supplies of standing timber In order that the national needs paper, particularly newsprint, may be met. by the American,industry other sources of pulpwood are there fore exceedingly important. Southeastern Alaska has almos? untouched resources In the t national forests. amounting to &t the industry, as least 100,000,000 cords, consisting ot western hemlock and Sitka spruce More than half of the species suit- able for pulpwood are western hem- lock. At least S0 per cent of all species in southeastern Alaska 8]‘(; suitable for the manufacture off newsprint. As the virgin n‘;_.‘.:: ar- ercentage of s s crease so as to make the succeeding stands even more desirable for. puip- wood, The forest service es that the two national forests can pro- duce in perpetuity 2,000,000 cords annually, or enough to equal mare than half the total mewsprint cop- sumption in the United States. The water-power resources are. aside from the timber, the most ex- Sential matural resource if the pulp and paper industry in Alaska is to de developed, and one of the r s Why greater . development has & t Yaken place up to date is because of the lack of definite information with reference to Alaska's water-power resources. Unqeestionably authorita- five information, such as is contained in Mr. Dort's report, will tend to stimulate and hasten this develop- ment. This report .shows 400,000 horsepower available, .of “which 334.- 000 horsepower _aré ‘avallable in power sites of 5,000 horsepower or Tore, which can’ be deveigped for less® ‘than $50 per -h er. 'to about $110 per horsepower,: a iame part of it very near the Tower figure. There is enough water power al- Teady in sight which can be devel- oped ‘very cheaply to produce 1,000, 000 tons of newsprint paper. or enough to supply nearly one-half the newsprint consumption. This can be done immediately, while, unquestion- ably, Yurther investigation will show enough water-power resources to de- Velop the jentire estimated output of 1,600,000 tons in terms of newsprint paper. Add (o this the additional factor of ‘cheap wobd material, which can Pe Qelivered to the mill sites for not ‘io exceed $6 to $8 per cord, and the bearing of Alaska on the pulpweod aituation |n 3o United Siates s ob- oua, kel