Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1925, Page 40

9 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY.......August 23, 1925 THEODORE W. NOYES. . ..Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. New York Office: 110 Eaat 42nd Chicago Office’ Tower Building. European, Office; 16 Regent St., London, England. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn- fng edition, is delivered by carriers within the city at’ 80 cents per month: daily only, 45 cents per month: Sunday oniy. 20 cents per month. Orders may be sent by mail or telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by carrier at the end of each moath Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. aily and y i . 70 Sunday only .. 1yr. $2.40: 1 mo., 20¢ All Other States. Daily and Sunday...1yr.,$10.00: 1 mo.. 85¢ Daily only 1yr. $7.00: 1 mo. 60c Sunday only .011111yr. $3.00:1mo. 25¢ Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ‘use for republication of all news dis- Patehes crediied to it or not otherwise cred- ted in this paper and also the local news Dublished herein. All rights of publication ©f special dispatches hereln are also reserved. The President and State Fights. President Coolidge's stamp of ap- proval will be eagerly sought by many Republican candidates for office in coming elections, both this Fall and in the congressional and gubernatorial contests next year. How far the Presi. dent will allow himself to be drawn into factional and local rows remains to be Judging, however, from the political acumen which Mr. Cool- tdge has displayed in his public career, it is unlikely that he will allow his administraton to become an apparent issue in an election that is really being fought out on local issues that have little or nothing to do with the na- tional problems confronting the ad- ministration Dispatches from the Summer White House at Swampscott indicate that the Republican leaders of New Jersey are seeking the aid of the President in the governor. Senator Edge, State Semator Whitney, the Repub- lican nominee for governor, and Edwin C. Stokes, chairman of the Republican State committee, have made a pil grimage to Swampscott to discuss Jer- sey politics with the Chief Executive. Indeed, it was reported some time ago that Senator Edge would seek to en- list Mr. Coolidge in the coming fight. In the contest for Governor of New Jersey, however, the “wet” and “dry Issue bobs up again, with Whitney, the Republican candidate, standing for law enforcement, while the Democratic nominee is regarded as the “liberal” candidate. Furthermore, in the Re- publican ranks there was a consider- able split over the same issue prior to the primaries, with Senator Edge supporting a “‘wet” candidate for the nomination and Mr. Whitney cam- paigning vigorously on the other side. For the President to mix In this State row does not appear the part of wis- dom 1t is vitally important to the admin- istration, of course, to have a Repub- lican Congress elected mext year, if the last two vears of President Cool- idge’s administration are to be effec- tive from the legislative standpoint. A Democratic House or Senate would make the passage of administration measures impossible. For that reason President Coolidge might well seek to throw his strong personal influence to this or that Republican candidate for the Senate or House. But It has not always proved politic for the Chief Executive to interfere in congres- sional elections. President Woodrow Wilson had his fingers badly burned in 1918, when he called for the election of & Democratic Congress in the midst of the World War. The desire for presidential support, however, may play its part in the han- dling of administration measures at the next session of Congress. Senators and Representatives whd face close fights in State and district, remember- ing the popularity of the President with the people, may think twice b&- fore they oppose him on measures which are part of the administration program. The administration is entitled to sup- port from its party in Congress, if party means anything and platforms are to be regarded beyond the mere scrap of paper” stage. Not infre- quently the cry is raised that the Executive is “dominating,” or seeking to dominate, the legislative branth of the Government. But if the people have elected a Chief Executive, stand- ing on a platform of legislative ac- tion, and he seeks to put that program into effect, the people have a right to expect the party in Congress to sup- port the President. ——— seen. race for There is this difference in the popu- larity of father and son. Wisconsin refers to the father as “Bob” La Fol- lette and to the son, more formally, as “Robert M.” The Ceiling of the World. A discovery of extraordinary pos- sible value in the development of radio as transmission agency i{s announced by the Navy Department. A theory long held that the world is surrounded by e ‘“celling” of electric nature is de- clared now to have been proved con- clusively. Tt is defined as “an ionized region in the higher levels of the earth’s atmosphere, which rises and falls as atmospheric conditions vary."” A conception of this possible stratum has heretofore been known as the XKennelly-Heaviside layer, from the names of the British and American scientists who first conceived its ex- istence. This layer has now been shown to act as a deflecting surface for electric magnetic waves, under which they are gulded around the world in a matter somewhat similar to the “whispering galleries” in domed structures. ) Discovery of the celling is regarded as the first step toward a more per- feot use of radio, possibly the elimina- tion of static and of the “fading" phenomenon which unaccountably de- pletes the radio record. It may, lke- wise, lead to direction control. In fact, there are infinite possibilities leading frora this discovery that the earth is completely enveloped at.a. T definitely determined by an inclosing stratum of electrified atmosphere. Certain phenomena of atmospheric electricity have never been under- stood, though speculatively guessed at by science. The aurora borealis, for example, has been hypothetically at- tributed to currents flowing in estab- lished lines, with the poles of the earth as focal points. The generatior) of electricity in storm clouds, called lightning, has likewise been attributed in part to such currents.’ It is possible that the establishment of an ionized stratum around the surface of the earth will lead to a move specific un- derstanding of these manifestations. The invention of instruments of pre- cision has led to many marvelous dis- coveries. This latest research, which has ylelded the disclosure of the earth’s ceiling, has been made possible by such devices, never before available in the known history of mankind. The weighing and measuring of planets almost inexpressibly distant from the earth, the measuring of the heat of planets so far away as to be merely sparks in the sky, these are achieve- ments of such appliances, the product of mechanical genius never before known. With the devices now at man’s command and the ingenuity with which he employs them it would seem that there are no more limits to his understanding of the mysteries of nature. _—————————— The Mackinac's Boiler. Testimony in the Federal inquiry into the Mackinac steamer disaster in Narragansett Bay, which took a toll of 46 lives, discloses that the boiler which exploded was found the day before to be leaking and that a patch had been welded upon it over an old welding. The engineer, how- ever, had not reported this condition to the steamboat Inspection service, as the regulations of the Department of Commerce require, as he consid- ered the repairs to be of a minor na- ture. He had intended to report them upon the completion of the trip. The chief engineer, the captain and the first mate of the steamer in their tes- timony insisted that the boiler was not in a dangerous condition when the ship left Pawtucket. Yet it was found after the explosion that the wall of the boiler was in piaces only ong-sixteenth of an inch thick, while it was one-fourth of an inch thick in other places. Members of the Federal inspection force cannot maintain a constant ex- amination of the equipment of all craft within thefr field of jurisdiction. They must, to a large extent, depend upon the disposition of owners and navigators and engineers to observe the rules of safety. If the inspection force were increased, perhaps doubled, a regular and frequent inspection could be made. The responsibility rests directly with the owners, and under them the operators of ships. If in this case the officers of the steamer believed that the boiler was in good condition they were plainly not competent for their work. There is no safeguard against such incom- petence. The public, however, must be protected against the willingness of steamboat owners and operators to take chances. The only way is to hold strictly accountable for results of slackness or parsimony all who are charged with the operation of a pas- senger-carrying steamer, owners and officers alike. But it is plain in this case that Fed- eral inspection was not as thorough as it should have been. If this boiler was eroded down to a thickness of one-sixteenth of an inch in places, ap- proximately that condition must have existed at the time of the last inspec- tion before the disaster. Surely, at the beginning of the season the boiler wall was below the safety point, and yet that condition does not seem to have been noted by the inspector, or, if noted, was tolerated. It is of vital importance to people of all parts of the country that the fnspection of passenger-carrying steamers should be thorough and de- pendable as a safeguard against the continued use of old, frail craft sub- ject to sudden deterioration and fatal tailure. ——— A recent Japanese earthquake did no greater damage than to stop the clocks in Tokio. The superstitious may regard the incident as a sugges- tion that it will be well for jingoes to pause and take time to think things over. ————— Mussolini admires Julius Caesar. Mussolini’s methods of subduing the populace are less tactful and subtle than those of the eloquent Caesar. ——————— In addition to the other tasks con- fronting Congressmen on their return to this city, they will have to learn the new traffic regulations. A Giant Power Plan, For many vears the tides in the Bay of Fundy have been known for their great height and force, with'a difference in level of from 21 to 27 feet. The twice-daily inrush and out- rush of the waters have been re- garded as one of the most remark- able phenomena of nature on this continent, due to the peculiar con- formation of the coast at the north- eastern junction between the United States and Canada. Now it is pro- posed to harness this tremendous water power to make electric cur- rent. The idea of tidal power has often intrigued engineers and many devices have been proposed for the purpose of making the ocean work for man in other ways than by carrying him and his wares, but none has suc- ceeded, owing to the relatively small amount of force obtainable at sea level. The Bay of Fundy tides have heretofore been considered as too powertul to be harnessed. A scheme has been devised, however, that promises success and a proposal is to be laid before the voters of the State of Maine next month regarding the sale outside of the State of power developed from this source. It is com- puted that from 500,000 to 700,000 horsepower can be produced. Au- thority for the project must be ob- tained from both the United States and the Canadlan governments, but upon the decision of the Maine voters regarding the sale of the power will | rest.the fate of the enterprise in large | Goit THE SUNDAY degree, as the success of the scheme depends upon fipding a market for the electric current outside of the im- mediate local uses. It is proposed to establish, by means of a series of dams across narrow openings between islands and main- land, two great pools, one of which containg approximately 100 square miles of water and the other 50.square miles.. Into the upper pool will flow the incoming tide, raising the helght of the water in it a score or more of feet above that in the jower pool. The power houses will be located upon a dam separating the two pools, the impounded water flowing through them for the production, it is esti- mated, as stated, of from 500,000 4o 700,000 horsepower. The Muscle Shoals project, it is expected, will de- velop from 100,000 to 600,000 horse- power, according to the season and the state of the water in the Ten- nessee River. The engineering problems involved in the bullding of giant dams across arms of the sea in the face of the enormous forces generated by the tides and the storms are, of course, of great difficulty, but it is stated that they have been studied to the point of assurance of success. The cost of the work 15 estimated at about $75,- 000,000, which will insure a profitable result if the market for the power is extended beyond the State of Maine. The specific question to be submitted to them next month will be the set- ting aside of a statute which forbids the sale outside of the State of power generited within its boundaries. —————— Age and Angling. There is a story that a woman 91 years old goes to Rouses Point, N. Y., und fishes in Lake Champlain each Summer. She is an inveterate and veteran angler. There is a side to this question which persons of low vision and injudicial temperament may not see. This woman s 91 years old be- cause she fishes. Her length of life is due to fishing. Angling, pursued with love, sympathy and appreciation of its virtue, is a great aid, perhaps the greatest aid, to longevity. If an angler dies before registering 91 or 100 years it is because at moment he permitted his enthusiasm for an- gling to wane and neglected to fish. If he had kept on fishing he would have kept on living. Digging worms, taking care of pole and line, sitting in the shade of an or even of a willow, beside a gentle-flowing stream maks a man live long. If his bent of mind is to put on high rubber boots and with pliant rod and dazzling fly to wade in whirling streams there is no telling how long he will live The only chance his wife has to col- lect his insurance that he will drown. A man who catches trout or bass, fries them with a snitch of ba- con in an old-fashioned skillet and eats his food three times a day ought to be a stripling youth on his hundredth birthday. Now and then one reads of & man who observes his 101st birthday and who attributes his length of life and good health to chewing a plug of to- bacco before breakfast and taking nine drinks of whisky before lunch, but experience shows that tobacco and whisky are not to be trusted as youth preservers in comparison with fishing. aid to be very good for old and feeble men who want to beat four score and ten, but, although a golfer walks a good deal and gets a certain amount of exercise looking for the ball, he does not get the mental exal- tation and intellectual stimulus that come from fishing. ———— The Ku Klux paraders unmasked. Nevertheless they all looked so much allke that they would be difficult to identify in an unexpected encounter. Edgar Allan Poe’s story of the pur- loined letter took the ground that peo ple are least likely to observe what is openly disclosed. ———— elm, is s Diamond-back terrapin will be made more plentiful by the Fish Commis- sion. Terrapin and champagne were regarded by epicures as natural asso- ciates, but the French wine industry should not permit itself to cherish ex- travagant hopes. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON The Indomitable Insect. Each bulletin the farmer reads, Which tells of insect strife. ‘While working hard he also leads A literary life. The winged butterfly, so neat, No knowledge seeks to claim. Yet, in the end, he’ll always beat The farmer at the game. Liberalities. “Republics are ungrateful?” “I've heard so,” answered Senator Sorghum, “but I can’t see many people who have been doing business with this republic who appear to be getting much the worst of it.”" Eviction. Said Jonah, “Here a while I'll pause, In comfort and content.” The big fish threw him out because He couldn’t pay the rent. Jud Tunkins says it's wonderful to see how many people would rather ar- gue about the Bible than read it. Singing the Unsingable. “Why do you weep every time that soloist sings ‘I Cannot Sing the Old Songs’?" “I can’t help it,” answered Uncle Bill Bottletop. “The only old song I remember is ‘Landlord, Fill the Flow- ing Bowl.’ " Effort to Revive Old Dances. change!” The old-time dance seems mighty strange. Folks once heard the fiddler shout The figgers as he called 'em-out. But who shall call those figgers old? The chief musician, once so bold, Can scarcely call his volce his own His mouth is full of saxophone. # Life is harder foh everybody,” said Uncle Eben. “All a policeman used to have to do was tell you to move on, Now, besides dat, he has to tell you STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, AUGUST 23, EVERYDAY RELIGION COMPENSATING SERVICE. 1 Corinthians, iz.17. “If I do this thing willingly, I have a reward.” {_Some one well says, “There is no merit in ylelding to a must.”” It is one thing to be drafted Into service, it {is quite another to voluntarily enlist. In the Army we found the volunteer far more contented and as a rule more efficient than the man who served under compulsion. Practically all the great works of genius that we cherish have been produced by men and women who rendered them gladly and without thought of what they might yield in the way of reward. It has been said that an artist who excels in his work is generally a poor business man. This mayybe true, but he has a reward that is deeply com- pensating. I once asked Forbes Robertson, the great English actor, if the repetition of the lines in one of his notable plays did not pall upon him. “No,” he re- sponded. “When they do I shall cease to render the play.” After two thou- sand performances he still found pleasure and reward in playing his great role. It is only fair that we should re- ceive an equitable return for the ex- penditure of our talents, but the re- turn will be immeasurably increased where labor is lightened through service rendered willingly as well as skillfully The standard of efliciency or suc- cess s largely measured today in terms of material rewards. The evi- dent result of this is to be found, not only in the lowering of efficiency. but in the lowering of skill in craftsman- ship. Many & fine artist or writer has received a pittance for the work he did and his rewards in terms of favor or remuneration may have come t00 late, but the fact that they.did not come did not impair his work nor destroy his genius. I once asked a distinguished sur- geon who was rendering conspicuous service as a medical missionary in a BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., Bishop of Washington. foreign field if he did not, now and again, feel a yearning for a more con- genlal fleld of practice. Quickly he responded that the field in which he was engaged was more fascinating and compelling than any of which he had knowledge. His reward evidently was in the virtue he disclosed in his beneficent work. The Master of men said to IHis dis- ciples, “In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Strange words from one who was facing a cross. To Him sacrifice for others vielded a reward incalculably great. To be able to say, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends,” gave Him a satisfaction that was altogether in- comparable. To do our Christian duty, and to do it willingly and gladly even though the doing of it brings little of praise, not only strengthens us in our pur- pose, but gives us a “peace that pas eth all understanding. There is a vast difference betweern being drafted or coerced into any form of service and doing in gladly and of our own free will and accord. There is a deep truth in the words, “If I do this thing willingly, I have a reward.” The compelling beauty of Christ's service is to be found in the gladness with which he rendered it. No matter how unattractive or unappealing a situation was presented to }im, He promptly sought to solve it. He tried to interpret to men the joy of religion The only anger he ever disclosed w toward "those who sought to make religlon a hard and repellent way of life, Those who served Him best were those who emulated His example, and those who are His best interpreters today are those who find joy and sat isfaction in a free and voluntary service. That is a fine prayer of the great apostle: The God of hope fill you with all in believing.” (Copsright, 1025.) PRESERVING ENGLISH CASTLES BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN When Premier Lloyd George put into, effect the increased land taxes in England it was feared by those interested in archeological antiquities that the ancient estates of England would be broken up and that the great castles which adorn the land would fall into profane hands and be demolished to make room for the operations of real estate speculators. It is true that many estates were old off by owners who found themselves unable to meet the high taxes. For instance, the Duke of Sutherland alone disposed of 145.000 acres of his English land, outlying portions of certain estates, and, In addition, sev- eral towns which he owned. Others followed his example. With the war and the increased income and other taxes, other sales were made and many anclent struc- tures passed out of the hands of their owners To counteract this tendency a new movement has set in which gives fair promise of preserving to the posterity of England as well as to the rest of the world some of the finest of the old places. The latest instance arises in_ con nection with the filing of the will of the Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, who, from 1898 to 1905, was viceroy of India, in that capacity acting as the ruler, under the crown, of 300, 000,000 people, nearly three times many as_there are in the (United States. Lord Curzon died sgveral months ago and his will, which has just been filed for probate, reveals the fact that he has left to the Bri ish nation two splendid examples of medieval castles. Great Britain has a government office_known as the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty and Lord Curzon's will places Tattersall Tower and Bodiam Castle in the hands of this trust to preserve as national monu- ments for all time. A Moated Stronghold. The buildin; terest. Bod! are of the utmost in- am Castle, which is in Sussex, is just the sort of moated hold which every schoolboy dreams of when he reads the romances of Sir Walter Scott. Its bleak and rugged stone walls rise from the slug- glsh waters of a wide moat on which float thousands of lily pads. The castle is rectangular in shape and at each corner stands a tall round tower. On each side, in the center of the walls, rises a square tower. All are battlemented and machiolated, while both walls and towers are plerced with long, narrow loopholes to permit the discharge of arrows by wielders of the ancient long bow and the cloth-yard arrow. The entrance is guarded by drawbridge and portcullis. This castle, which is regarded as perhaps the finest example of & moat- ed hold in England, was built in-the reign of King Richard II by Sir Ed- ward Dalyngruge. The date.is 1386. Lord Curzon bought the castle in 6 serve it, and he had spent in restoring it to its origl- nal state. In some respects the story of Tat- tersall Tower is of even greater inter- est. This Is a great towering struc- ture, the surviving remnant of a once larger edifice. In reality it is but the keep or citadel. It stands in Lincoln- shire, a county which has relatively little stone but much clay, and is built of brick. Quadrangular in shape, it has at each corner a great octagonal tower rising to a greater height than the main keep. The windows are larger than the narrow slits of Bodiam and are of Gothic design. Within is a great courtyard and a tremendous stalrway climbs upward around the inner walls, reaching the upper stories. Tattersall was built by Ralph, third Baron Cromwell, lord high treasurer to King Henry VI, and it is apparent that no effort was spared in making it strong. In some places the brick walls are 16 feet in thickness. ‘The story of Lord Curzon’s acquisi- tion of the tower is romantic. In 1911 word reached London newspapers that the tower was to be pulled down and moved to the United States, there to be re-erected by a wealthy American. Already four of the famous fireplaces had been removed and were in Lon- don awaiting shipment overseas. The final deal for the sale to the American had not been completed, but was to have been in 24 hours when the mat- ter was brought to Curzon's attention. He immediately went to Tattersall to inspect the relic, and on a cursory in- spection made his decision.. He tele- graphed the agents in the matter, making an offer for the property which resulted in its purchase. His sole motive was to_ preserve the famous structure for England. By 1912 he had the fireplaces re- stored to their original position, and such other restoration work done as was necessary to keep the place in repair. The will provides that these castles shall remain open to the public for all time, admission to be charged at a small figure merely to provide suffi- clent funds to keep the buildings in repair. The will suggests a fee equiva- lent to about 25 cents in the United States. If profits are made by these charges, they are to be used by the National Trust in acquiring other old structures or in keeping them in re- The former viceroy makes many other interestiing bequests in his re markable will. He stipulates that he desires the family home of Kedleston to remain in the family. In the United States a family is regarded as rather steady if it occupies the same house for a generation. Lord Curzon observes in his will, much of which was writtens in pencil just before he underwent the operation which proved fatal, that he wishes the family to keep the old home because from father to son they had been living there for 800 vears The Marquis was quite a collector in his day. He has a unique collec- tion of objects and books relating to the life of Napoleon at St. Helen and to the great French Emperor’s death, and also many relics intimate connected with Horatio, Lord Nelson, admiral of the British fieet and victor of the sea fight with the French off Trafalgar. These invaluable collec- tions are left to the British nation also, as well as some priceless paint ings by Sir Joshua Reynolds and other masters Chequers Court. Some time ago Lord Lee of Fare- ham turned over the superb old coun- try house called Chequers to the gov ernment to be used as a Summer resi- dence for the prime ministers. This preserves another ancient seat. Ken Wood, a beautiful open park within the Ctiy of London, which was threat- lots also, has been acquired and within the last few weeks the National Trust took over Cissbury Ring on the South Downs. This is a great prehistoric earthwork, dating from far before the days of the Roman occupation. It probably was constructed by early Britons even before the Druids’ day. Many Roman ruins also are held in trust by the government and -it seems likely that additional bequests of great houses will be made, to the end that the old England which has played such a part in the history of the English speaking people will be represented to posterity as it actually Was centuries ago. ————. “Greater Washington’s” Numbers Should Prevail To the Editor of Tne Star Since Washington is destined to be one of the largest cities in the world and is one of the most livable and seems now to have the beginning of a propaganda department such as exists in Florida anq California, I be- lleve it would be well to call to your attention a matter that seems to me to be overlooked in speaking of the population of Washington. We should always speak of the population of Washington as includ- ing its suburbs. Other cities include them, but we cannot, because there s no questioning the boundaries which are well defined by the lines of the District of Columbia. But we need not deceive any one. Only speak always of the population of Washington and its suburbs of “Greater Washington” being 650,000 or 700,000, as it may be, and include all of its suburbs. All of these subur- banities deal in Washington and this s what interests out-of-town con- cerns. At every opportunity and in evéry home newspaper e should publish ;he population of “Greater Washing- on Yours for a Greater Washington. BENJ. CAROW. ———— Vanishing Tliteracy. - Illiteracy in the United States is rapidly approaching the vanishing point among the whites, and Is not nearly so universal among the negroes as & score of years ago. The first na- tlon to eradicate illiteracy will un- doubtedly be our own, and the passing of another generation may see that accomplished. America can_attribute its Govern- ment stabllity, high standard of living and economic independence to the ad- vancement of education among its whole people more than to any one national qualification. Force is the weapon of the ignorant, so anarchy is unknown in this country. Intelligence supplies all human wants, so famine is unknown and poverty is minimized in America. National education in- creases productive efficiency, so more than any other nation on the earth we are economically independent. But universal literacy has another advan- “m‘:. besides those heretofore enumer- a ‘The older generation remembers a time when the persons who could com- municate with each other 'in writing were numbered. The unlettered com- prised a large pertion of the popula- tion, In the rural districts flliteracy was quite general. Imagine—we cannot wholly realize it—how complicated and difficult , so- cial and business intercourse were ! made because of illiteracy. How dif- ferent today when few are those who cannot write to friends and relatives and receive letters in return. And as for the reading, there is hardly a household into which the newspaper does not go and in which books and magazines are not read.—Atlantic Qity Evenlpg Jinione PR BRSSP S | ened with breaking up into building | 1925— PART 2. GLD-FASHIONED COAL DIPLOMACY By 1da M. Tarbell. How the negotiations which have beer going on this Summer betwgen anthracite operators and miners do smack of old-fashioned diplomacy! So far as the outsider can there is not a hint that the gentlemen con- cerned have learned anything from what the world has been enduring, thinking and attempting since 1914. Some of them at least are loud ad vocates of “no more war.” They pro fess to believe that it is only the greed, stupidity and routine of rule and diplomats that prevent the opera tion of well recognized forces of accommodation. Apply these forces, give them time to operate, and you can prevent wars, - But what is sauce for the g sauce for the gander, and if there be vs of peacefully settling interna- tional difficulties, they should work in coal difficulties. Their un parallel in all that is essential Take the causes of rs; almost in. variably they are like the causes of strikes—a conflict of economic inter- ests. Two nations want the same port coal mine, strip of territory. They usually have long wanted and have often fought for it. Hach successive conflict has left behind a crop of hates and picions and increased the determiration of the defeated to try again as soon as he felt strong enough. They recognized no way to settle but war. * k% Ts not that the situation in the coal dispute? Each claims something the other wants. Jach is embittered by the hates and suspicions which were bred in old conflicts—each appeals to force. Jut how about the new way of handling human difficulties which 1 have been trying to set up since Great War? What ose is are its essentials (1) Knowledge—the facts of the case—not the hearsay or the tradi tion. In the coal disputes this would mean a full and trustworthy report on the cost of producing coal in the varlous flelds—with a scientific reck- oning of the economics possible. (2) Arbitration based on this knowledge—a friendly arbitration in- tent on giving each claimant the due —not forgetting the public! . (3) Acceptance of the results of the arbitration even though it means a sacrifice of claims and pride. Is there anything unreasonable about such a method of settlement? Is it not simple, direct, honest?% It is the way of the new diplomacy; the road men must follow if they would rid the world of wars. And it is as good for cozl disputes as it is for international dispute: But nothing of this kind has been tried by the anthracite bargainers. The operators have not spread before us that full accounting of the c expenditures and profits of the bu ress on which alone arbitration can be based and by which public opinion can be guided. We get general state- ments, followed by general denials— irritating and confusing—not clarify- ing ¥ We arbitrate, public to keep its don't say mind its own business, for they realize if they don't admit it that their dispute is the ubiic’s busin that operators and miners exist it—not it for them. From the beginning of the negotia- tions there has been hardly a sign of that will to peace which is the very Leart of agreements. Indeed it has looked sometimes as if war was wanted Certainly if an international dispute were to be handled in the way the coal men have been handling theirs— there would be war. (Copyright. 1925.) e Washington’s Traffic Conditions Backward hear of refusals to warnings to the hands off. They for f The Star the aritele in you iper of regarding traffic regulation trict of Columbia the \\r}ilm‘ got the impression that the motorists here are resentful of the efforts and plans of the Traffic Board to modern- ize traffic control in the District. I the motorist desires to keep the traffic conditions here in an out of date and backward state it can be done, perhs protesting_and blocking the of the Traffic Board. It is a fact that Washington is one the least advanced of our Amer n cities in traffic _control. The ter has been a Washingtonian since the days of horse cars here, and is proud of the many ways in which our city stands in the forefront among others of the country and not at all desirous of holding other places up as an example. During the past vear T have visit- ed, at least twice, nearly all of the larger citfes in the United States, and can therefore affirm that many of them are far in advance of Washing- ton in the matter of traffic control. Texas would probably be considered by most Yashingtonians as a more or less oul) of the way place, vet 10 cities there have a uniform system that takes care of both the pedestrian and motor trafic without confusion and with facility. In far away Cali- fornia, where all is “flowers, sunshine and_ Utoplan” Los Angeles has a traffic_control that is practically per- fect with reference to hoth the motor- ist and the pedestrian. And this is a city of a million population. In Minneapolis, . city frequently com- pared with Washington because of similar size, there has been tower con- trol in the downtown section for some two years. Many cities where the conditions are as difficult, 'or even more xo, have been using the plans, or similar ones, for a year or more that the Traffic Board is attempting to put into effect here now at such a late date. The left-turn plan proposed has been working in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati very successfuly for more than a year. Why should it be protested in Washington? Let us be ready to accept success. ful plans for traffic control without protest and be willing to co-operate cheerfully. H. MONTAGUE. ————— Matriarchy. attor of F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, explorer and author, sees hard times ahead for the male of the species. “In closely cropping her hair,” he says, “the modern woman is simnly aping her sisters in the Darien dis- trict of Panama and among the San Blas Indians. By wearing less and less clothing she is again only fol- lowing _the example of vanishing races. The trend Is toward what has happened among such tribes as the Chucunaque Indians. where the men have no choice in anything, not even the choice of a wife or in the form of the marriage service. “The excessive craze for dancing and’ the popularity of jazz music are fur- ther borrowings ~from people far down in the mental scale. “It is urgently necessary that man should realize that by nature he is leader and refuse longer to be gov- erned or dominated by women; other- wise the race will. vanish.” Ho, hum! 5 The prospect doesn’t seem to alarm. Let the battle g0 on, and may the best man win'—Akron Beacon- Journal. g But Not for the Solons. From the New York Herald-Tribune. The: Senators_would gladly, apply. 'clogure.xule-to-Mn Dawesy MEN AND BY ROBERT The grave of William Jennings Bryan, in Arlington National Ceme- v, continues to be the center of in-| terest for all visitors td this shrine of | the Nation's dead. And as the people stand about, the roped-off plot the com- ment is much the same—expressions of wonderment that the great Com moner, the great lover of peace, the bearer of the cross, should have se- lected a strictly military surrounding for his last resting place. The Bryan grave is but a step from the abandoned mausoleum erected for Admiral Dewey, whose body was re moved several months ago to a final resting place in the Washington Cathe dral. What to do with the abandoned Dewey tomb is another problem for the Arlington authorities, It stands there, with its blue grass, four-starred window—a representation of an ad miral’s flag—an empty thing meaning nothing. The Dewey tomb is not a memorial which might stand alone. It is a vault built to receive and house the earthly remains of the hero of Manila Bay. The Bryan grave, and the prospec- tive Bryan memorial monument, will take the place in public interest of the Dewey tomb on one of the prettiest knolls in the entire cemetery grounds. The Bryan site looks down over the white marble amphitheater, over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and on out across the Potomac to the White House and the Capitol. Just what form the Bryan memorial will take remains to be determined. The selection will be left entirely to his famil; But the form end design must be passed in the end by the au- thorities of the cemetery. It has been found necessary in recent years to re- strict the character and size of the markers placed over the graves of the soldier and seilor dead. Nowadays the stone markers are almost uoitocm and are extreme in their simplicity the older days when the tastes of aviv ing relatives were allowed to v ~ern entirely, some of the effects wer gro- tesque, to say the least. Now the-e is strict regulation, and while liveral al- lowances may ba expected in dealing with a man of Mr. Bryan's faine and attainments, both the design and in- scription of the memorial must con- form to the new customs of the na- tional necropol * % * * Even standing at the Bryzn grave it fficult to think of the Commoner as dead, that great active brain at rest Those of us who were with him at the evolution trial in Dayton, Tenn., saw that Bryan was tired, but no one thought his end was near. is AFFAIRS T. SMALL. his faith irr immortality was sub death brought the Commoner two great earthly disappo! ments, The first was his undelivered speech, pre- pared for the Scopes jury. but intend- ed for use from time to time through- out the country. The second was th, obliteration of elaborate plans for the Bryan pilgrimage to the Iloly next Sprirg, with Easter vary. This pilgrimage been RBryan's new dedication to the cause of Christ 1t is believed he w ready then to re all politica of religious w It seems on rday that Bryan's 1 black eyes were snapping their de ance at Clarence Darrow and his in. passioned voice was turning from t court to the crowded courthouse l in a vain plea to stop what he deen to be something little short of blas- phemy. But of all the wise and unwise men who had to do with the remarkable Dayton trial, today only Mr. Bryan knows. He saidsoften Dayton that he believed he had found the truth, Today he certainly has. Or else ! sleeps the sleep of peace which knows no awakening—and must be content Darrow, his great opponent, still is struggling along in earthly ignoran and at earthly tas When Darrow die burled in Arlingtor be cremated and his to the four -.inds. in keeping with his philo will be no Darro shrine of the Cor main, looking « Capital—the city he will not be Parhaps he wi scattered This new scheme Natlon have of wri on the street pa luminating and the | be growing everywt when several the drawing a long wh dle of the road in cars on the right and over the crests painted lin system was ort of di painted on 1so are lin pedestria not be necess printed traffi All one will one's eve on 3 t ed the practical young lady fron waukee, “but what are do when it snows the cities ng the trafl custom_see It States 1 line i re hills worked so w extended ection and i the pavement s and instructions f the 1 an side we goin Whatever his immortal reward—and sTight, 1025.) This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. Home gardening puts one more in possession of his city. To garden in the back yard imme- diately opens up points of interest formerly passed by. Gardening makes one really look things—gives one thousand of_interest previously over] Parks of the National Capital, in. stead of being “just parks. circles to pass around with indifference, squares to be gazed at abstractly, sud- denly become squares of enchantment, circles of particular moment. Where before we gazed, as in a dream, at beds of cannas, now we eagerly look at them in an effort to determine if those great yellow blooms are the Yellow King Humbert or some other variety. “That little tree flowers™ has become a at with the pink al plant, with a real name—albeit lengthy Latin cog- | nomen—something to watch each morning as we ride past. The very streets have turned into avenues of interesting beauty, since we came to look up the subject of trees, egged on by that one. small specimen in the vard. Yonder side street, with its rows of straight-standing Normandy poplars, now seems a veritable bower, whereas formerly we passed it without so much as a glance, or, if we did condescend to notice it, merely wondered “what are those funny-looking trees?" So the whole National Capital, to the home gardener, becomes more wonderful and beautiful than it ap- pears to those who do not garden. I believe that is no over-statement. Until one actively becomes interested in a subject, he cannot get as much out of it as the intérested man. The hundreds who have written the writer of this column, for instance, get more out of reading it than those who have not. How can it be otherwise? The whole science of education, if one may call it that, is based upon interest. What the child actually takes a hand at, he will learn. Get him to make some physical or mental movement toward a subject, he will do more with it than the apathetic child. If any one desires to turn an indif- terent person into one interested in him, one way of doing it is to make it possible for the indifferent one to do him small services. For instance, women intuitively use this method when they drop a hand- kerchief for some gentleman to pick up for them. This method is based on the huge interest of every human being in him- self, and in what he is interested in. Whatever he makes even the slightest motion toward becomes interesting to him on account of himself. The above may seem somewhat re- moved from trees and the beauty of the whole Natfonal Capital. but it really is not so far away as might seem. The point is that the home gardener, by moving toward the study of plants, has interested himself in all plants, wherever discovered. He will find that strolls through the parks have taken on a new meaning since he became a gardener himself. He will find himself talking to the gardeners in the Department of Agri- culture grounds, and getting pointers from them. Throughout the city small bushes intrigue his fanc He endeavors, while riding by, to distinguish the varieties of Spirea fram those of Weigilia, or to deter- mine whether yonder bush is the old- fashioned, sweet-scented “‘shrub” of his boyhood days or some modern upstart. These words are written partly in an effort to induce those who have put off gardening too long to take it up at once, next Spring at the latest, although this Fall would be better. After once getting into it such a person will lament the wasted years when he did not know the smell of soil, or the fascination of watching things grow day by day. He will find, too, a5 a sort of super- reward, that his interest in the green beauty of Washington has Increased many hundred-fold. New Mechanical Marvel. Cigars have been sorted by hand according to color. The process was slow, expensive and inaccurate. To eliminate the handsorter u machine was invented and is now in use. It recognizes 32 shades of brown in the cigar wrappers, puts each by it- self and does it all at a rate better than one a second. Some of the principles of radio and photography are used, but the descrintion is too technlcal for us laymen. The machine is called a triumph of science. Most oL -us could not understand how it Fifty Years Ago In The Star vear o " ds it came ished The 0ld Green- ,q Goods Game, Cther where every sort of f has been practiced f In The Star of A following about ¢ police made a ha to the frauduler “Notwithsta posures the who s feit money taken in an Indianian for what he supposed counterfeft money to be all the parties transaction the frequent ex York swindlers t for counter- continue to be On Friday last York paid § was a2 box and would ding nd d two sus picious en party. The hox vas opened at the siation, was found to contain yOung man thereupon volver, exclaiming ‘If I had known this I ‘would have let daylight into the swindlers." The question arises in this case, who committed the greater of fense, the men who obtained the greenhorn’s money under false pre tenses or the greenhorn himself, who deliberately proposed to go into the business 'of circulating counterfeit money. Certainly a law which would punish the former and not the 1 would not fulfill the requir Justice.” Some yvears ago being lured by gree did “let daylight <. Knowing s a fraud, he went armed, and at the moment of the exchange of packages, by which the crooks subst tuted a fake bundle for a collection of real notes, he pulled his gun and shot one of the swindlers dead and held the other until the police came. He was afterward acquitted. This shooting went far to break up the swindle, which has not been practiced for a long time. th subse sawdus drew his re- The that th * * % A correspondent signing “Spokesman for Many” wrote The Car Horse g 1o ed in its Bell Nuisance. Aug pro & practice which has lo from vogue in this city “Varied in nature as are plaints and requests of the pe: seems somewhat surprising all the years during which we hav read the paragraphs of your blessed and welcome paper, no mention has ever been made of a nuisance wh has actually, after impartial and examination, not a particle of cation in it, and is simply an in tion on the peacegble and quently the best part of o nity. The advantages afforde street cars to a city—and especi; one of ‘magnificent d ferson has named ours | ous to suffer questioning; quirement that the bells bells'—should remain on the horses collars after the hour of 10, or at the latest of 10:30 p.m., is not only super- fluous but a direct encroachmen the rights of tired-out hum: glaring red, green or yellc with which every car is supplied i a sufficient announcement of the ap proach of these ambulant commod ties to the two or even one-eved ms woman, child or beast, and it is nc reasonable to suppose that for t sake of one possible, not probable lonesome blind being in years, the of nearly 150,000 people must be « turbed until 1 o'clock every night the constant jingle of the I bell, not to mention the occasional termezzo of the high-pitched bell punch. “These nois s tacked by the traditional and ingly contagious immoderation of the Capital's doings, for car horses and their attendants elsewhere ull over the country would blush to death ero they would submit to be used to such an extent as a warning to the drunk en man at the expense of the sick as well as the healthy denizens of & whole city.” seem distinguishes such fine shades, wher the average eye cannot do if The machine is another developmen in mechanical invention. Like the linotype. it displays an_“intelligence almost beyond belief. Perhaps if the inventors keep working they even tually will create a machine with “superhuman intelligence” that can be placed behind the automobile steering wheels and- prevent some of the accidents—New Orleans lteme A | { |