Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1924, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. %% WASHINGTON, D. C. TMONDAY. co.July 14, 1924 L RS M SEEIRE s 'HEODORE W. NOYES....Editor 1 *The Evening Star Newspaper Company e siness Office. 11th and Pennsylvania Ave. o New York Offecs 110 11 Chicago Office: Tows safFutopean Office: 16 Tegent St 4 %3 The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning adition, _is delivered Ly c within - the 26760 conts per o Iy only, 4% per,_month: Sunday culy. 20 cents per Otders may be sent by inall or fele- Plione Mafn 5000, - Collection s made by car- C3lérs at the bnd of each, month. Building. .ondou, England. ,+Rate by Mail—Payable 1o Advance. e Maryland and Virginia. .Jaily and Sunday..1yr., $5.40: 1 mo., 70c pa2aily. only $6.00; 1 mo., Soc 1Sunday only . $2.40; 1 mo., 20¢ P All Other States, Daily and Sunda§.1 Daily only & Sunday anly. ....1¥: Member of the ! ted or rep hes gredited (o in this ‘paper and ‘a o the local news pub- Ashed- herein. All rizhts, of pudlication of lierein afe also teservad. .+ . Estimates for the Conduit. The District Commissioners, in m: ing up gheir estimates for the fiscal ~year 1925.26, < for an.appro- priation of $3,000,000 for the conduit 0w building between Great Falls and ““the Georgetown reservoir. The ques- tions involved in this matter have been gone aver many times, but with the Féstimdtés / and appropriations for a anew fiscal year it is likely that-the ground will be gone over again by the Commissioners, the Bureau of the “Budget and the committees of Con- ‘'gress. The second conduit was authorized fter many vears' delay because when "‘working at capac the old conduit would bring water to the city no faster than the city weeds it in Summer, and not much faster than the eity needs it in Winter. The reservoirs hold only } avoat one day’s normal supply in Sum- -mer. The danger of dependence by riearly half @ million people on a single water pipe line has been stressed. En- gineers have many times reported that sections of the line are weak, and that * repairs cannot be made without cut- ting off the water supply, and that ‘Washington would suffer water famine before- the water could be turned on. A break may happen at any time along any part of the line. A few weeks ago the conduit broke beyond Cabin John Bridge. Repair work was begun at once, pressed every hour of the twenty-four, and a flume built along the break which brought a ‘half-supply of water till the breken section of the. conduit was rebulit. The break happened in cool, rainy weather, but economy in the use of water was urged, and the reservoirs “were nearly empty when water was turned on. The new conduit should be pushed to completion as fast as pos- sible. The engineers want to do this, for, besides the danger of delay, there is waste of money in spreading the work .over a longer period than necessary. _When work was begun the engineers _calculated that with adequate appro- _priations the conduit could be finished 4n 1927. They computed that an an- fiual appropriation of $2,500,000 would do this. The budget bureau reduced the estimate for the preégent fiscal year to .$800,000. The matter was taken up *with President Coolidge by the Secre- Aary of War, and Congress was asked “to ‘appropriate $2,500,000. The House of Representatives stood by the budget allowance and appropriated $800,000, The Senate increased the appropria- tion to the sum asked by the Commis- «ioners-and urged by the Secretary of War, ‘but in the conference between the two houses on the District bill the sum of $1,500,000 was dgreed to. The * people of the District believe that the £engineers’ estimates in the matter of s=4hé néw. conduit should be accepted by Congress. . - Olympic Victors. _ Yesterday's events at the Olympic games placed the United States so far in the lead in the track and field con- tests that they have won a sure vic- “ory for the meet over their nearest eontenders, the plucky Finns. A Finn .Won the marathon, which is the great sdlassic climax of- the- Olympic games, ibut Amierican athletes.Tan their total Spbints up to 255, With Finland second at 166 and the other nations trailing far behind. In these events the United States won.12 first places, Finland 10, Britain 3, Australia 1 and Italy 1. American athletes in the Olympic ‘games have scored several new world records. Yesterday they established mew marks in the 400-meter and 1,600- meter relay races and a new Olympic record in the discus throw. _Festerday’s marathon was won by Z&1ben Steenroos, 40 years old, running his first .competitive race of that dis- tance in'15 years. Despite this handi- -eap of age, he crossed the finish line six minutes ahead of his nearest rival, f6overing the 26 mileg in 2’ hours 42 “mimutes and 22 3-5 seconds. The Finns have made a remarkable ‘d#iowing in the Olympic games since thelr tevival. They are athletic peope, highly developed physically and most #dnsclentious in thelr devotion to train- ing. Yesterday Paavo Nurmi com- pleted a phenomenal record when he won his fourth triumph “of ‘the games by leading his team to_victory in the 3,000:meter race. &*There is honor for the Americans to -hgve ‘beaten the Finns, even though the United States is a vastly larger _country. They. are clean. spertsmen 3368l worthy entagonists. The Amer- 5ican feam’ will return home with high ~honors Wwithout @ blemish on -their “quiet lot, but,a vice presidential can- didacy does not. .Another Boundary Dispute. It would seem :from piblished re- . &' that “the District of Columbia -15 fieaded for a boundary dispute with i¥irginia. The boundary between ‘Maryland and Virginia was an issue Petore and after the American revo- lution and it was determined that the charter to Lord PBaltimore included the Potomac River and extended to the Wigh-water mark, or high-tide Bnarie,on'the Virginja' shore. * This S question once arose in the case of Analostan lIsland, and it was held that the island was included in the charter to Lard.Batimore and that the Maryland and Virginia boundary was the -high-tide' mark on “Back River” between the island and the mainland. “Back River” was held to be a- part of the Potomae. The -question is now raiséd as to whether land adjacent to the south end-of Highway ‘bridge is'not within F'the District. .O1d residents know- that | the . National ‘Capital Horse Show | grounds occupy the old Alexander Is- land race track, and’AlexanderIsland |is shown on early maps. The smal stream, which with the Potomac, made it an island, has been filled. | Whether it will be judicially deter- mined that the little stream between Afexander Island, or Daingerfield Is- land, was a tidal estuary of the Po- tomac and that the Maryland boun- dary was at_the high-tide mark on the southerly side of that stream is some- ng on. which a layman should hot {visk a guess. While Maryland and Virginia.fre- quentiy engaged in disputes ds to whether the' boundary between the two colonies, and later the two states, as a line drawn. in midstream of the Potonmac or at low tide or at high tide on' the Virginia shore, it is not recalled that the sovereignty of Vir- ginia over ‘Alexander Island was ever questioned. ‘At the time of the Mary- land cession of its portion to the gen- eral government for use as a seat of government the boundary line was accepted as high-tide mark along the river side of Alexander Island, and at the retrocession of Virginia's portion of the District, in 1846, the island passed .back to the jurisdiction of Virginia. ca——— ‘Tammany Hunts a New Leader. The death of Charles F. Murphy some weeks ago left Tammany . Hall, New York's dominant political organi- zation, in @ serious quandary. There was nobody available to take his place as leader—that is to say, nobody. im- thediately at hand recognized as suc- cessor to the chief. There were. many ‘braves” willing to assume the leader- ship, and quite confident of ability to carry out that leadership role. But willtngness, Is 1iot a paramount quali- fication, and so a committee of leaders hunted for a new chief and selected Surrogate Foley, Murphy’s son-in-law. He finally, after some hesitation, de- clined, and then as the national con- vention was about to be held the mat- ter was postponed, and Tammany was put ‘Wto trust, so to speak, tempo- rarily. Gov. Smith did not care fo have any distractions arising from leader- ship competition while his own for- tunes were at stake in the presidential contest. Now that the convention is over Tammany is to be fitted out to a new leader. This afternoon the man and ‘woman members of the executive com- mittee of the county Democratic com- mittee will meet in the hall on 14th Street to select Murphy’s successor. There are two factions in the fight. One holds that nobody should be raised to the leadership over all who has not served an apprenticeship as a district leader. These are the older Tammany- ites. The younger ones believe that the leader should be chosen without reference to the old conservative pro- cedure ' of promotion from precinct hoss to ward boss, to district boss, to boss over all. One of the candidates urged for the leadership is James J. Hoey, who has recently achieved some distinction by managing the ~ demonstrations for Smith at Madison Square Garden. There are some who aver that he over- managed them, that he made too much noise; that the mechanical devices ‘which he caused to be slipped into the hall made a farce of the Smith en- thusiasm and caused a reaction against the governor. However that may be,- his' friends are now contending that he should not be punished for his ardor. During these proceedings there is one face that is absent, one familiar form that is missing. Mayor Hylan has gone west with his friend Hearst and nobody knows where he stamds on loeal or national political matf¥rs. He left immediately after the conven- tion and from certain rather eryptic uiterances deduction has been made that he does not intend to stand strong. 1y. for the. national ticket. But it is known that he is a candidate for & third term as mayor. He and Tam- many have had some serious differ- ences, and if he should offer for a third term it is quite likely that Tam- many will- offer a candidate against him and a lively three-cornered fight may be had this fall. B — Swollen Delegations. ‘Will the experience. of the Demo- cratic party in the recent convention in New York lead to & curtailment of the delegations from the states?. As- suredly there was no advantage in the held half votes éach or quarter votes. Comtpliment had been paid to many more persons than under the old-rule of single-unit delegations. But the compliment. proved to be & costly one s the convention dragged its expen- sive way along for many days. . ‘It Has been: contended by some ob- servers of. the proceedings at New York ‘that the blockade was in some measure. due .to. the fact that certain of the delegations were hearly twice as large ag necesgary, with the result of & wide scattering of votes. Surely there was no great compliment for a person to receive a half yote from a great state like Illinois, for example. Half a vote out of 1,098 could not coupt aa & particular honor. g ‘On_one occasion under the pecnliar ‘conditions” votes ‘were cast in fifths, ‘which, to effect & uniformity of count for the ‘Whole ballot, had fo be' ex- pressed in hundredths. The effect was ridiculous. Trr the polling ‘ot delewa- ‘tions where the initial votes were ¢chal- ienged, again-and again the proceed- friga were"gréatly slowed by the need to'read lists' of thifty names to get the equivalent of sidteen or: eighteen full votes. Toward the latter part of the convention, when delegates had de- parted for less costly regions, the pollings. were esjiecially slow. : “Many hours ‘were in the aggregate ‘wasted by reasor| of these swollen' dele- tions, with ‘thelr fractional ‘votes. Nobody will ever know the money cost of the process of ‘“complimenting” ex- cess numbers of partisans from the |- states. It cost the fraction-voting delegates themselves and it cost the national and local committees in the protraction of the proceedings. In the end it dld not lead to any more surely wise choice. Both of the major parties would do well to return to the old practice of sending to their conventions only the precise number of del¢gates warranted by the assignment of votes, with an equal number of alternates to stand by as possible substitutes. Reading clerks, scorckeepers and. the public at large would be relieved if this were done. —_——r—————— y Afghanistan and America are slways mentioned first in a list of countries not in the league of nations. Where alphabetical sequence is observed a name beginning with the letter A is likely to cause conspicuousness like that ‘of Alabama in the nomination proceedings. Suspicion that a satirical point is intended in the association may be obviated by reference to this country as the United States of Amer- ica. ————— Some hope may be pardonable that the wish of Mr. Dawes to eliminate the demagogue will not be completely gratified. American crowds are not likely\ to be impulsively swayed, and the demagogue is less likely to do damage than to bring e touch of un- conacious humor which serves not only to promote a lighter mood, but also t# assist fallacy in”working out its own refutation. e Mr. McAdoo promises to take an ac- tive part in the campaign when he re- turns in September. If he can com- mand es strong a support for another in. November as he commanded for himself in June he will be a great help to his party’s ticket. ———— Fears of & bolsbevist revoldtion are now expressed in German political cir- cles. Every type of governmental ex- periment appears to be threatened clear through the list from monarchy to anarchy. ——————— The brilliant record made by Senator ‘Walsh as a presiding officer caused many people to look with favor on the suggestion that he be placed in line for occupying the chair in the Senatc. ————— It is admitted that a La Follette campaign, like any other, will need funds. But any aspiring plutocrat will have a care about flourishing his check book. ———————— The farm vote may find it difficult to make its choice if it is guided purely by considerations of sym. pathetic eloquence. ——r—e——— The general attitude toward party platforms is already approaching the customary willingness to let bygones be bygones. —_—————— Assurances are given that there will ‘be no mud throwing in this campaign, nor indiscriminate money tossing, either. ———e——————— Mr, W. J. Bryan is versatile, and there are many things in this cam- paign to talk about besides Wall street. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Busy Breezes. Gentle Breeze from far away, Once you lightly seemed to stray Gathering perfume from the flow'rs As you soothed the weary hours. Gentle Breeze, it's now made known You have burdens of your own. ‘We're surprised to contemplate Such @ vast amount of freight; Songs you carry from afar; Saxophone and steel guitar, Grand piano and trombone Laden you with mystic tone. Lectures on important themes, enlarged delegations, where individuals |* Passports to the land of dreams, Sermons seeking for the best, Bits of epigram or jest, Market prices, weather news, Anything that taste may choose ‘We discover in the air As we listen in with care. Gentle Breeze, it frets the brain As we think what you contain! Mutilating 3 Metaphor, “RQo._you regard yourself as vant of the people. “Of courge,” answered Senator Sor- ghum; “but there are different kinds of servants. 'When a regular servant intimates ‘that he'd like more wages he getferally gets them.” Jud Tunkins says most arguments don’t make anything clear except that a couple of people had their minds made up in advance. Variable Impression. I said that Wall street was all wrong. Some stocks I held,went up one day. And then I had a feeling stropg That maybe Wall street was O.K. Good Listener. “Have you decided how you will vote next Fall 2 ’ “Yes,” “answered Miss Cayenne. .“But I'm not going to spoil conversa- tion by acting as if I regarded the mat- ter as a closed incident.” A Complicated Machinery. Mechanisms folks contrive Easing every task Till we're glad to be alive. ‘What more could we ask? In the complicated plan Still some' question lurks, As we say, “Where is thie man ‘Who can run the works?” “Dar ain’ no doubt sbout it,” said Uncle Eben; “someé dréams come true. Day befo' yistiddny I dreamt I tried to pick race hosses an’ los’ all my money.” In these days you can get. pictures, opera, bad news and your neighbors’ business over the telephone; but as yet, thank heaven, the monthly bills have to walt for the mailman'—Roch- ester Herald, ho The dissdvantage R gmall taxpaser is fearn to lie with a ng a very you never ' birthday, but forgets which-one it is.—San Fran- r Answers to Questions BY FREDERIO J. HASKIN Q. Has Ghandl been released from prison?—W. E. F. P. A. Ghandi was sentenced to six years' imprisonment with the pro- ‘vision that if politics permitted there would be an earlier release. Owing to illness he was released from jail unconditionally ‘on February 4, 1924. Ghandi was born in 1869 and studied law in London. In 1891 he was called to the bar and praeticed in Bombay. He denounced caste and all religious animosities and was the first great teacher to bring Hindu and Moslem into the same camp. . What relation to the Roosevelts is Mme. Hilda Roosevelt?—T. D. F. A. This distinguished opera singer is a second cousin of the late Presi- dent Roosevelt. Qo How mapy policemen are there in New York City?—H. M. P. A. According to figures revised to November 1, 1923, there were 87 cap- tains, 498 licutenancs, 767 sergeants, 11,020 patrolmen, 56 policewomen, 20 patrolwomen and 6 chaplains in 'the police force of New York City. Offi- clals of the force above the rank of captain number about 70. Q. How are moth balls made?— G. G. A. Take cedar dust, 1 o0z phor, 1 oz sia powder, 1 oz. powder, 1 0%.; oil of cedar, 15 minims; gum myrrh (powdered) % oz.; curd soap, % oz. Mix, adding sufficient al- cohol to mass and motd. Q. How long will a bougainvillea bloom?—A. J. S, A. In order to blussom, a bougain- villea must have plenty of sunlight, air and molsture. The Department of Agriculture says that if these con- ditions are met the plant should bloom all the summer. Q. What is dry cupping?—H. L. W. Dry cupping ‘s performed by £ & tumbler, dropping into it a plece of something that is burning, and clapping tho tumbler on to the skin of the affected portion of the body. Burning the body is avoided by clapping the tumbler on upward instead of downward. ‘The air in- side the tumbler is largely exhausted by the fire and the air pressure re- duced. The atmospheric pressure on the body outside the rim of the tum- bler remains constant. The result is as if a powerful suction had been applied to that flesh covered by the tumbler. Q. 1Is asbestos mined? T A. The -United States Geological Survey states that some asbestos is mined and some is quarried. The as- bestos of Canada iv near the surface and is quarried. That of/Arizona is in a pith formation end it is neces- sary to drive tunnels to mine it. It runs in both vetns mnd blanket for- mation.. When asbes:os is mined or quarried it is like rock and is milled into loose fibe! Q; What s a drain rocket? cam- ceris A E. A. A drain rocket is a kind of firework made to emit clouds of smoke and often a powerful stench. 1t is used to detect leaks and stop- pages in drains and pipes. Q. Did the Indians eat the frults that grew wild in America?—E. R. V. A. Many of the fruits were utilized by the Indians. In Ohio they used the cranberry, wild strawberry, paw- paw and plum and carefully guarded and preserved the thickets in which they usually grew. Tue Indians dried some of these fruits for winter use. Q. Why can the roar of the sea be heard in a shell*—F. P. A. The sounds that are heard when a sea shell is plaoed against the ear | are really not the sound of the ocean. They are air wav c sounds made by air waves. A shell is so con- structed that it forms a natural sounding box, and is an almost per- fect resonator, which picks up sounds and magnifies them. § Q. Can flax be grown in many parts of the world?—J. A. A. Flax can be and is grown in almost every part of the world-where the climate is temperate. Q. What are the two most famous Egyptian statues in the round, and who are the sculptors?—L. E. B. W. A. A member of the National Museum staff says: “Opinions differ. In my judgment the seated stone statue of Chefren, the builder of the second pyramid of Gizeh, and the wooden standing statue of the so- called ‘Shelk el Balad' are the master- pleces of Egyptian sculpture. No Egyptian artist is known by name.” Q. When was the first Encyclope- dia Britannica published?—T. McM. A. This “dictionary of arts, sci- ences and general literature” was first published in paerts, at Edinburgh, 1768-1771. Q. Is it-true that more people die during fogs than when the weather is clear?>—F. O. A. It is sald that in London the deaths during foggy weeks always oxceed the number during pleasant weather. Q. Can you tell me what state has the greatest and what state has the least number of counties?’—F. G. W. A.- According to the 1920 census report, the State of Texas has the greatest number of counties, the number being 254; while the State of Delaware, with three countles, has the smallest number. Q. If the term @f-a third-class postmaster is going to expire, when is the civil service examination given for filling his place?—C. H. P. A. The Post Omice Department says that the examination will be held about 60 days before the expira- tion of the term or the postmaster. At that time full announcement will be made by the Civil Service Com- mission. . Q. What is the rope called by which a flag is lowered, and the name of the iron piece the rope is-wrapped around’—T. M. T. A. The rope by which a flag is lowered is called a halyard. The iron plece around which the rope is wrapped is called the cleat. (Let The Star ‘Information Bureau, Frederio J. Haskin, director, 21st and C sts. n.w., answer ‘your question. The only charge for this service is 3 cents in stamps for return postage.) Canadian Postal Strik Held Mistaken Po%cy Employes of the Canadian post office went out on strike, demanding increased wages. Mails in the Dominion have been tied up; business is hampered ; the public euffers. In ‘the United States postal employes, lamentably underpaid, are_continuing loyally at their tasks, while urging .that their inadequate wages be readjusted. The contrast be- tween methods of the Canadian and United States postal workers reflects happily to the disadvantage of the latter. In all human probability the Canadian strike will fail. -Already the controversy has reached the point where the govern- ment has refused to dismiss new work. ers taken on during the strike in order that all old employes may be taken back. And after the ke fails the Canadian tal men will be far worse off than fore, because they will have lost the sympathy and support of the public. .In the United States post office workers by holding to a sound and sensible, though less spectacular, method are by contrast on stronger grounds than ever. United suw';xd"m-x 6D generml il applaud the ty and devotion of their post office. forces. when compared with the Canadian, But we can't applau standards which proscribe a strike of ‘workers in an essential ":' ent in- dustry unless we are willing to do them Justice voluntarily and not wait for a ure of duress. The Cspadians. will not win their strike, but United States undérpaid postal workers should and | 'will win the fair readjustments they ‘ask.—Grand Rapide Herald. IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT BY PAUL V. COLLINS Within a few daye a minister pleni- Ppotentiary from the Irish Free State will arrive in Washington, duly accredited by his majesty, George V, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British dominions across the seas and Emperor of India. Some time Parliament will change that title, at the urgency of the Free State, €0 that it will cease to read “King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,” but will be simply “King of Great Britain and of the British domin- fons across the seas,” etc., for the Irish Free State is no longer a part of any “United Kingdom,” she is a dominion, like Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. “The new minister plenipotentiary will be the first minister who has ever rep- resented a dominion of the British em. pire in any foreign country. His appear- ance will_emphasize the closing of one volume of history and the opening of an- other. £ The former is a tragic sfory, covering the longest war that has ever heen waged—a war between England and Ire- land beginning in the twelfth century and ending less than two years ago in Irish victory. This victory of a status of dominion is not quite that for which the Sein Felners fought; they wanted a re- public absolutely independent of Great | Britain. But the present status is hafled by most of the Irisch people (except the Protestants of Ulster) as so great a grant of liberty and self-government that they rejoice in fb as the fruit of racial struggie of the centuries. The second volume of history will tell the story of a new nation taking its in- heritance of civilization amongst the nations of the warld and stepping for- ward with the march of national liberty and progrees. * ¥ % % The Trish minister will have to do only with matters affecting exclu- elvely the Irish Free State. The British ambassador will have no jurisdiction over him, nor be re- sponsible for his acts or treaties. It is optimistically expected that the ambassador and Irish minister will work in harmony and close consulta- tion whenever a subject is under consideration which, slthough at first affecting only the Irish Free State, might develop in such a way as to involve later other parts of the Brit- ish émpire. * If any question arises as to whether a matter does affect more than merely the Irish Free State, and the ambassador and Irish minister cannot —agree upon - that point, - both Tepresentatives must refer it to their respective governments for decision. Therein. will lle questions of great diplomatic delicacy, demanding pa- tience and breadth’ of diplomacy to avoid conflict and friction between the empire.and the state. The Torles of England are not happy over the outlook. In a dispatch June 27 from London to the Freeman's Journal of Dublin, reporting proceedings in Parljament. appears the following: ‘Lord Curzon and Lord Selborns protest against allowing separate diplomatic ministers, to the domin- ions, on the ground that the British interests may be prejudiced. The government and its predecessor, how- ever, have wisely decided that the dominions can not be refused any direct representation which they re- | gard necessary for their own inter- ests.” * % x % An editorial in the same points out that— “The Marquis Curzon was a mem~ ber of the government that acknowl- edged Canada’s right to have her own representative at Washingto: He was also a member of the gov ernment that made -the Irish treaty. He is, therefore, doubly bound to re- spect the principle at which he cavil. “But he was also foreign minister; and the foreign office did all it could to obstruct Canada’s claim to inde- pendent representation. He would now apparently try to go back upon the acknowiedgment of Canada’'s right by challenging Iretand's right. He would strike at Canada throu, Ireland, as Lord Selborne would strike ‘at Ireland through Canada. That is a dangerous game for super- imperialists. “It is only half the truth, and the less important half of the truth, to say that Canada has not exercised the right. It is true that Capada has not established a separate min- ister plenipotentiary at Washington, but when Canada wanted to make a separate treaty with the American republic she sent her own répre- sentative to Washington, who signed & treaty in her name, independent of the British representative. That was a more important exercise of the right than any location of a per- manent ministry~_in_ Washington would have been. ¢ ¢ ® “Lord Arnold met the challenge to Ireland’s right on the merits, apart from the techuical construction of the treaty. He asserted that the Irish interests in the American republic are almost as great and special as those of Canada herself. * * °* The republic has recognized the separat- ness of the Free State by assigning it a serarate quota (for immigration.) issue Juiy 1, the day set for the Japanese national protest against our new im- migration. law, passed with nothing more serious than the cutting down of the American flag from the em- bassy pole. Editors are inclined to view the matter as merely an in- dividual slur and not a deed com- mitted by Japan. An apology from the Japanese govérnment, editors say, relieves any estrangement that might have resulted between the two governments. The general sentiment in this coun- try is aptly put oy the Chicago Tribune, which says: “Sensitive Jap- anese need not be alarmed at the American flag incident in Tokio. We have our cranks ana jingoes as well as Japan, and we know an insult to a flag by one of them is not an insult by the country of which he is a citizen. There are no hard feelings in America over the affair. We have had our own concern lest one of our own cranks should attempt reprisal. But Americans appreciate, neverthe- le ‘the promptness with which the Japanese government repudiated the act and apprehended the guilty o We hope that he will not be trea t0o harshly. We wish no martyrs in Japan to irritate her public needlessly against this country.” The Baltimore Evening Sun believes that we should “suggest to Japan that Okada and his fellows be excused and freed with an admonition that tearing down flags is a silly way to right fancied na- tional wrongs.” In this connection, the New Orleans Times Picayune in- sists that “prevention of outrages is mare to the point than the most dra: ishment of tne culprits after- " because, ‘“fire eaters on both sides musj be held in restraint.” * Kk % The matter should not be taken ‘with much seriousness, in the opinion of the"Spokane Spokesman Review, which helds that, “youth is youth everywhere—of impulsive apirit and necessarily of sophomoric unde: standing,” and with regard to the declaration of the Tokio mass geetin, that our.exclusion law has hurhiliate the national life of Japan, this paper dedlares it is ‘“ridiculous,” because, “no affront was. intended when Con- gress passed the law, and such hu. miliation as the Japanese nation may have suffered is due to their own petulant, unreasoning way of taking this legislation.” The Boston Tra. script points out the danger in thi mass hostility - and ocontends that ‘since It is evident that the Japanese government is well disposed, it should he__government should . | thke -te"n'i‘ o_restrain, 1f posaible, the The quota is a third of the entire allotment to Great Britain and Ire- land, a half of the quota allowed to Great Britain and northeastern Ulster together. * * * These figures give point and_emphasis to the right which the Free State is now proceed. ing to exercise. It is not a mere technical right, arrived at indirectly, but one to which the Irish interests in the great republic and Ireland’s contribution to its greatness clearly entitle her. ¢ * "¢ Britlsh eon- cessions to Ireland have often in the past been robbed of their healing effect by a lack of good will. The cavilling over Ireland’s right to diplo- matio representation, like the ai tempt to cat article XII as “sorap of paper.” shows that this old, unhealthy spirit of the Britigh re- actionary is not dead.” - P Article XTI, above mentioned, refers to the appointment of 2 joint com- mission representing Ulster and the Irish Free State, to define the bound- ary between the two states, sinde six of the nine counties of the prov- ince of Ulster in northeastern Ireland, remain under England, apart from the new dominion of the Free State. England has delayed appointing her representative to settle the boundary. * ok ok X It will be recalled from history that the dispute between England and Ireland has rested primarily upon the difference between Protestant Eng- land and Catholic Ireland. Part of that branch of the Aryan race which in the earliest centurles of the Christian era spread from Asia Minor through Europe aud over into Hng- land and Ireland, finally, as Celt peo- pled all of Ireland, and left England to the more savage Saxons. In the fourth century St. Patrick, a Chris. tlan missionary, exercised great in- fluence amongst the Irish Celts, and they became warm adherents of the Roman Catholic CRurch. Most of them put away their previous druidical worship. For some centu- ries the practices of the church in Ireland differed somewhat from pure Romanism. In the tweifth century, the Irish were intensely Catholic, al- though in minor rites and bellefs not conforming -to Catholicism. At this_ time English monk, Nicholas Breakspeare, became Pope Hadrian—the only Englishman who ever sat upon the papal throne. He decreed that Ireland belonged to the Holy Roman Church, and, in 1155, ac- cording to general = history, granted the island to the English King, Henry 1. That was the Leginning of the soverign' claim of England over Irc- land. ok Henry 11 invaded the right of this papal sanction, but the Trish refused to recognize alleg- fance. Their customs and clannish institutions, as well as their religion, were different from those of feudal England. When the reformation came, Henry VI, a Protestant mon- arch of England, undertock to sep- arate Ireland from papal Rome by the establishment in Ireland of the English church of which his majesty was the head. > During the reign of Queen Eliza- beth, Irish resistance was aided by the Pope and by Catholic Philip 11 of Spain. An_English fleet commanded by Drake destroyed in the harbor of Cadiz the Spanish fleet preparing to attack England. Elizabeth then in- vaded Ireland and put down the re- bellion which was centering in U ster, under the leadership of the Earl’| of Tyrone. She then removed the earl's followers from Ulster and scattered them in less desirable parts of the island, leaving Ulster devas- tated and vacant. Subsequently, un- der Cromwell, these vacated regions of Ulster were colonized by Scotch Protestants taken prisoner in battle in Scotland by Cromwell and exiled to Ulster. Hence the irrepressible conflict of religions between Ulster and the rest of Ireland. The events of the recent .confliot are too near to need review. Today, free and independent to work out their destiny, the Irish are eagerly undertaking to develop a racial unity by reviving the Irish or Gaelic lan- guage, including a renaming of citie and places throughout the “Saorstat” the Irish name of the-state. This effort is fostered by the Gaelic League, a non-political organization working only for the Irish race as such. Cu Uladh, the president of the league, says he will ‘not surrender his right to take part in politics, but adds: “Dubhairt se da mbeadh air a rogha a ghlacadh idir an da rud ‘go n-eireochadh se as an gConradh’ mar rogha. Do heisteadh go ciuin leis an bhocal sin; ni dubhairt aonne dada— ach amhainan chneal mhi-shastachta (“huh” sotto voce) a rinn aon teach- taire amhain.” Concluding, Cu Uladh said he prom- ised not to draw the Gaellc League into politics, but he appealed that the language should be used in churches, achools, courts and news- papers. (Copyright, 1824, by Paul V. Collins.) Cutting Down of U. S. Flag In Jalian Viewed as Jingoism desperate ebullitions of the Tokio crowds and the provocative spirit of the press.” While the Indianapolis News regards the cuiting down of the American flag as an outrage, it is confident “that it was an outrage committed by a fanatic,” and, though “It is, of course, a time for Japan to apologize, as others, for the action of one of the emperor's crazy subjects, it is not a time for the United States to carry a chip on its shoulder.” Such acts, the Little Rock Arkansas Demo- crat’ maintains “can be expected to bob up at intervals while the exclu- sion act is fresh in the minds of the masses of Japan,” and though ‘na- tional dignity necessitates attention to such acts, there »s no reason why the feeling of amity between the two governments should be threatened seriously. The Milwaukee Journal regards the matter as serious, but, “knowing that We are not free from individual acts of license by excesstve patriots, we shall not let it fan the flame of preju- dice and ill will.” The Charleston Post agrees “it is high time the Tokio government addressea itself seriously to a policy of allaying popular ex- citement over the matter, and it is to be hoped that the Incident of the embassy flag will move them to effi- cacious actlon,” for “rooling with the flag of a nation is a dangerous pastime.” * ko x “So far as word of lip goes the Japanese government has given all the satisfactlon that is possible under the circumstances,” continues the Minneapolis Tribune, and ‘having done this, its worry should have to do’with what further foolishness may be committed in Japan, and not with the reactions that may be manifest in this country to what already has ®een done in' Japan,” furthermore, “incidents of this kind are bound to have a weakening effect on the sym- pathetic attitude which other na- tionals take toward Japanese protest against the exclusive claunse in the new American immigration law.” An apology from Japan, the Springfield News is confident, “will be copsidered an act of sincerity: because the gov- ernment in Tokio is not dominated either by idiots or madmen and the circumstance of the flag cutting must pass as a demonstration of idiocy such as might transpire in any coun- try of the world” ¥he Flint Jour- nal also feels “there no occasion for l,l:rm or‘ fu;' nfb rlou‘aa‘tmub!‘ as the matter iz being usted.” ‘While the Lansing State Journal concludes “we are old enough and big enough to keep cool in such éir- cumstances,” anyway, ‘“we have enough demestic troubles !lmnnt be- eomu::_l}u\c agitated Over. freak actions of individuals elsewhere.” . Ireland, under [ BY¥ C. E. TRACEWELL, Will_ the Washington Monument ever fall down?, Perbaps no one has ever looked at the great shaft without speculating upon that possibility, wondering how far the stones would fly in the event of such a great catastrophe. So when sightseers came asserting that ‘the “Washington Monument iz crumbling away” it seemed high time to Investigate. London bridge has been -falling down, in song, these many centuries, yet stands there still. Thoysands have worried about the Washington Monument being blown over in a high wind, or slipping off its base, or otherwise coming to grief. Yet nothing has ever happened. “It has great cracks in it and it is erumbling to pleces,” was the word brought. It seemed worth look- ing into, pnyway. * k¥ % A special trip to the Washington Monument is such an event in the lite of a Washingtonian that it de- serves chronicling. Here is the way to do it, especially if you are bent on finding out if the War Department has been true to its great trust in| taking care of the shaft Get one perfectly good umbrella. No matter if the day is fair or foul, take an umbrella along. The next step in your disguise is to carry your hat-in your hand. Now, looking for all the world like a tourist, yoti scout down D street, seeking _to come out on 15th strect by the White Lot, officially known as the Ellipse. Just before you come to 15th you look through an areaway 'and see an old lady, a plump old lady, her white hair gleaming above her sk blue dress. In her hand she hol | & hose ‘and on her face is a great| smile. Sprinkling the back yard is not always such fun. You wonder why she is getting 0o much enjoyment out of it. Then a heavy-set fox terrier furnished the animated key to the problem. He is dashing through the stream of water, gasping for breath, since he seems to be endeavoring to swal- low the Potomac River at each dash. Coughing his way about, wheezing back and forward across the open space, he seems to be having almost as good a time as the old lady. £ ok k¥ Leaving this festive scene behind you, plunge across the street, skirt around -the Ellipse to the -east, get your bearings, then look around for the Mohument. The Monument has disappeared. Despite the fact that It is exactly 500 feet five and one-eighth inches high, and weighs 81,120 tons, it has disappeared as completely as if only five inches high and one pound in weight.” This may sound ridiculous, until one remembers that the Ellipse is fringed with great trees and that the whole neighborheod is filled with giant neighbors, spreading branches of leafy beauty far out over the greensward. It is really very easy to lose sight of the Monument, although one may be headed in a bee line for it all the me. Clouds are obscuring the sun There go two men and two women. each with umbrellas. They must be sightseers, too. - Now they are carrying their hats in their hands. Yes, they are tour- ists, no doubt of it now. * o x % You strain your_eyes for fiasures in the side of the awe-inspiring obe- | lisk as you come up the hill. You are walking over its foundations many feet before you get near the walls, but vou no more realize that than the sightseers who are in line aroupd the base, waiting their turn at_the elevator. The wind whips around the shaft as it does on the hurricame deck of a steamer, the nearness of the river lending a fresh quality to it. A group of ladies sitting in chairs by the wall—also _in line—grab at their skirts as the wind gets frisky. Now to see if the Monument crumbling away. If this giant crea- ture is on its last legs, what a fall there will be, my tountrymen' ‘The tap-ring pyramid, the Egyp- tian's pride, And wonder of 'the world, whose * Bplky top Has wounded the thick cloud.” If there are cracks, fissures, rents, {ivisions, orifices, holes and the like, em show up now or forev. hold their peace. T e e What a master work the Washing- ton Monument is! Standing here beneath . the tre- mendous shaft, almost equally a mon- ument to Col. Thomas Lincoln Casey. Corps of Engineers, as to George Washington, one {s impressed again with its greatness. i Think of it—after the shaft was 158 feet in the air the entire original foundations of stone were taken out and new foundations of concrete slipped- under, - then a concréte placed under all The original foundations eighty . feet.- square. - The present foundations are 126 feet 6 inches square.- The welght of the founda- tions and the earth upon it is 36,912 tons. The walls are fifteen feet thick at the entrance and but eighteen inches at the top. The shaft would have to be two and two-tMirds its present altitude to come to a point—that is, it_would "be considerably more than 1,000 feet high if allowed to run to a point. It cost $1,187,710.31, Don't forget that 31 cents! LV Now for the cracks. Fissures running vertlcally are- to be seen on the north wall, most ex- posed to storms, to a helght of per- haps twenty feet. They have been fiked in, however, and the net result 15 that the sheer beauty of the base is a bit marred, that is all. The south wall has a few fissures, simi- larly filled in. running horizontally. Col. C. O. Sherrill, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, says that the pressure of the outside walls at one time caused a certain amount of crumbling, but there has been none in_recent years. S0 Jour alarm s needless. ut the old fellow with the panam: in_his hand is not to be convineed. ‘Looks mighty bad to me, Mary," he says, shaking his head, as the rain e ing {or whip around the Monument. v&h . our state capitol has been up fitty” vears and there ain' fitty yeary ain't a crack is were In a Few Words. There is no partisan Htical movement "anywhere; "th - Ameriy Europe or elsewhere, that has yet demonstrated its real value to labor or to the masses of people generally. This is sald not as a criticism, but as a judgment on the results achieved. —SAMUEL GOMPERS. France accuses Germany of training under guise of Jmn-'l‘si!'c"s'o! cleties.. Our gurnvereing are as little militaristic as the foot ball and base ball clubs in ‘the United Statés, which, it may be assumed, no one has so far ‘accused of military —~CHAN( there is any other ‘ambitions. - 'CELLOR I do not th b country whére le tdlk such. and think eo ficoNarently as they o in Russia. —MAXIM GORKY. There.is present in the university system of America gome danger of too great paternalism. There Is far srel(er danger of neglecting the in- ividual student. I would have the ratio of teachers to “students not greater than one to fifteen. ~—PRESIDENT JOHN A.. SENS . TER ~—(Tufts. their | great slab of | ENRIGHTTODRECT POLGE BY RADID New York™ Commissioner Hopes ‘to Handle 13,000 From Municipal Station. STRIKE AT NEWSPAPERS Officials Will “Correct Misstate- ments” and Furnish Varied Entertainment. 5 —_— By Consolidated Press. NEW YORK, July 14 13.000 policemen, every instant call of headquarters by radio, that Is a dream of P Commission er Enright which started on its way to fruition this week with the open Ing of WNYC, the big new municipal broadcasting station atop the twents five-story Municipal building. The plan evéntually is to equip every cop on the force with a port- able set, so. that headquarters can communicate instantly with the en- tire 13,000 in apy emergency that may require their services. Bandits and other criminals, the commissioner feels, will find it much harder to get away once it becomes possible t flash alarms instantly all over th city. Equipping of each individual with a receiving_set, of course, is a matter of time. Furiher development An army of within cop { of small sets which would not burden a plodding bluecoat will be necessary first. But in the meantime immediate steps toward partial broadcasting of police orders are under way. Every station house in the city is being equipped with a receiving set, and it is expected that fn a few weeks the police squadron of high speed flivwers will mount sets by which they can be thrown into bandit chases at a mo ment’s notice. Police boats in the harbor will be similarly equipped Strike at Newspapers. Incidentally, Commissioner Enright, who isn’t too fond of the New York newspapers because of their critical attitude, plans to give ths metropolitan newspapers a lesson He is going into the news broad- casting business. Christopher Bohn- sack, director of the municipal radio. said today that three daily periods. probably 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.. would be set aside for the broadcasting of the important police news of the da-. The big local stories—murders, <idnapings, sui- cides, fires 1 other disasters—will be “covered” by the police the w: oner thinks theyv should Be r on the inside, the er pull off an oc- casional *“sco that will take (h.(", sting out of the editorial “‘pannings to which he and his force are sub- jected periodically, Practical use of WNYC also is to be made by the fire department. All the fire stations and-all the floating fire equipmemt will have receiving sets on which Commissioner Dren- nan can direct his men. The innova- tion is expected to be especially valuable in the case of the fire boats which now are incapable of close control from land. Entertainment Features. WNYC, of course, will go on the air nightly with a program of en- tertainment and instruction High- grade entertainers are volunteering in shoals, Mr. Bohnsack said, and he is ready to stack his entertainment features up against those of WEAT, \WJZ, WOR or any of the cther big eastern station Park ban’ concerts and recitals the big \Wanamaker store pipe organ will be broadcast. as well as the work of artists in the Municipal building studio. Mayor Hylan emphatically denied | today that he plans to make the pow- erful WNYC_ station a_political in | strument. Not even the presidency will be iuse it in the coming campaign, hs said. But the mayor—who doesn't think an¢ any be cover commissic overnmen ewspaper will 1 Y some det which he think have represented. Thi: done by means of “educat by officials of various c ments—the health departmer department of education, the firc police departments : 1 of them. e COURAGE “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul” —HENLEY. Born amid comfort, Margarct Olivia Slocum felt privation when her fam ily met with financial and had to endure thirty years of grue ing hardships before she became M Russell Sage. The Slocum home, in Syracusc N. Y, was a happy one until the father lost his money.in the panic of 1837, and Margaret, then nine, had to g0 to work to help the family, By home study she gained the rudi- ments of an education, and at sixteen she prepared to enter Mount Holyoke College, hoping to obtain housework to pay her tuition for the four-year course. Taken ill on the way, she was compelled to remain with an uncle at Troy until she recovered her health. Induced to enter the Troy Female Seminary, she made her way by do- ing any kind of work that she could obtain and by abstinence almost akin to privation. After she was gradu- ated she spent twenty years as a teacher in_Syracuse, Troy and Phila- delphia schools. Receiving but small pay and helping the family at home. she had little for even the comforts of life, and hers was a life of self- denial until she reached middle age She was thirteen when her school- mate and friend married Russell Sage, a_young banker of Waterville, N. Y. Twenty-six years later Mrs Sage died, and two years afterward the banker proposed to Miss Slocum, then forty-one. Sage was rated as rich, but her sudden change to the mistress of millions did not alter her, and her-life was unostentatious and happy. Her greatest pleasure was in ‘bestowing benevolences. Five vears before his death Sage ‘tarned over to her the entire man- agement of his business and his for- tune, and her handling of his affairs was highly successful. Mrs. Sage was seventy-eight at the time of his death, and she fell heir to $70,000,000. - She founded ‘the Russell Sage Foundation, gave to friends, in- stitutions and cities of her years of privation and helped many causes that seldom were thought of by bene- factors. She became known as “Lady Bountiful.” and despite the multitude of persistent and unreasonable de- mands for funds, she enjoyed giving until the time of her death. (Copyright, 1924, by C. C. Powell.) ————— We may havé five big tickets in_tha fleld this year: Republican, La Fol- lette, Gump and two Democratic.— Worcester Telegram. A bellboy was held up in_a New York hotel the other day. Well, it is just as well for him to know howy it feels .to .be.in.a hotel—Wichita reverses oligge)~! Eagle. - J 7 / ’ /| / ' i 2