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THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1920.
I - Waste, Thrift and a Budget
8 Tor lack of a national budget system the nation wasted millions
ii not billions during the war. Not having one now it cannot set a
mach-ncedcd example of thrift and sound economy to a people gone
4aft on free-spending. Failing^ to provide such a system before it
adjourns, Congress will earn popular contempt for inefficiency and
Uck of true patriotism.
Wc drifted into the war and through it without any clearly
defined fiscal system, or any genuine attempt to rectify a costly
situation, which caused loss of property to taxpayers, and indirectly
was responsible for deaths of men in the army and navy. At last
bot!i the Senate and the House have agreed on the creation of a
budget, to be shaped by the executive arm of government, but operafhe
in'connection with the legislature, which at any time can be
relied upon by cither agent of government to let the precise state
of the Treasury be known, to show the financial needs of the government,
and to intimate how fiscal demands may be met. The two
Houses differ as to the precise status and place, of the budget bureau,
and as to its accountability; but the fact that they agree on the
national need and on the fundamental principles of the more rational
budget system is cheering.
Unprecedented post-war financial conditions here, as in countries
that have long had a budget system, make it difficult to create
?nd work such a system with utter consistency. The economic crises
and sudden transformations of values and prices now daily registered
complicate the task of working on a budget schedule. But increased
complexity is no justification for retreat from support of the budget
bureaus where they exist, or from the effort to establish one where
f st is needed, as in the Ijnited States. A beginning can be made, complete
details of administration can be worked out later, and money
aved the taxpayer right from the start. Officials will at least have
Some norm or ideal to live up to. They can get an approximate
ftotion of the sum that can be counted upon in the way of revenue,
and make their plans accordingly. They can decide more justly as
to what claims for Treasury funds merit assent and what dissent.
I To use a tailor's homely phrase, they can cut their coat to their
Cloth.
Four-to-Three Justice
Again wc must remark that steps must be taken to give the
j federal Supreme Court a full bench when some of its members
deem themselves ethically forbidden from passiit&'judgments on cases
in which they 1iave figured a* counsel, or on cases involving principles
about which they have registered their opinions professionally
when serving the government. Congress now has a bill before it
making it possible to recruit the highestcourt from the Circuit Courts,
when such a contingency arises.
f. * But important as this detail of reform is, it docs not provide a
permanent solution of the situation which the public faces as verdicts
of the court multiply in which one man virtually settles the national
policy on the gravest domestic issues. The processes of justice
itself are being brought , into suspicion by the fact that so steadily
men not far apart in ability, loyalty to professional ideals and training,
men who listen to the. same statement of facts and the same
arguments differ so radically as to the law and the ethics of cases
that involve politico-economic issues. Subtly but surely this .disagreement
not only impairs confidence in the court, burit also increases
the divisive character of the daily life of the people. The
latter argue that if men of the caliber of the judges cannot see the
truth with something like unanimity, and cannot speak judgments
that represent collective agreement as to ethics and justice, how can
plain folk be expcctcd to.
Desks and Our Legislators.
hi the movement towards efficiency in legislation the House of
Representatives is seriously considering replacing the desks which
passed from tile floor with the opening of the Sixty-third Congress.
The casual gallery spectator oftens marvels at legislative achievement
in a chamber where everybody appears to be talking and nobody
listening. Members themselves have become hardened to a
custom which gives them, except on rare occasions, a bored and disinterested
audience on the floor generally of sparse proportions.
It is not this fact so much as the time-wasting practice of calling
tire rolls, a process by which forty-two minutes is consumed every
tunc a retractory member decide, to adopt filibustering tactics, which
. luu revived the movement to restore the desks.
As Representative Pou describes the daily procedure- "A member
comes in and takes his seat; he has no place for stationery and
be has got to l.sten or talk. Now, if the talk is not very entertaining,
a good many of us indulge in conversation. Among 435 members
even a low whisper makes it impossible to be Ifeard on this floor "
Member.-, accordingly drift back to their offices to carry on correspondence
and other official duties until the roll call bell summons
t0.,hc flo?r Therc have >38 of these rol! call, at the present
session and 252 during the Sixty-sixth Congress. The aggregate
iL cL^ToT? ma,k" 3"y dcsifabl< Veteran member,
like Champ Clark see fewer quorum calls if member, could convcnihI"/chamber'
P?rtl<m ?' ** " ,bcir dcsks in
uf?r 'iVinK ,ime on ro" c??? the Democratic
Congress d,d abohsh the custom of calling the prefix "Mr." and thus
fT minutes on each roll call That stands undisputed as a
tribute to Democratic efficiency.
^ To other Sise-of the question is presented by Judge Montague
seats andma\Wh? a rcturn. to the old custom of drawing
seats and individual desks He "Tk!. ?
to address in the world. Few ?v.r' g.t ,?v lu 7 ^ ^
? *ver any attention except under
SKST17 ?nS' A member USUal,y has to fi8ht his way for
'^ration of desk, will increase this disorder. Every
rerolvmg chan- It 1 g4f|.?t gun of "confusion and disorder Fvl
SESLSTi Z """I a"d Wnr?ri?? "I Wl^g desk top are
fetnetttn and coninsion of the public busine.,: I do not know of
^TemS." Wh'rC h* L?Wer H?U,e Ha4 de8ks t0< '"<11!:
bctween eviu b?< p-pon.
.J 1! m 3 r"urn t0 lhc abandoned cusESm
Lrr r i0 the * *?* ?p??he, undoubtedly
rd" 'm0f: weight delivered ,0 a noisy audience upon the
oor rather than to rows of empty seats.
li^ie^ to
.be women a comp.iment which ma^
M f?UOW VUC ^
4=-? I 1 1 na"8*1*!
! New York City ||
| By Q. Q~MclntTT* J
New York, April There waa a
tense moment at a play In a Broadway
Theater the other night when a
vast audience went through the emotion*
that rarely come to even the
most callOuS seeker of thrill*. The
play had Jogged through two acts
with faultleee precision. The leading
lady le a famous alluring beauty?a
creature out of some kingdom of the
fairy. , , ,
She has a way of essaying melodramatic
rolee with swimming eyee
and trembling lips and a voice that
rtags in the ears after the play. It
was the beginning of the third act
that she made a rather awkward entrance.'
She recovered herself, but
there was a peculiar flush to her
cheeks.
After a few lints she left the stage
and was to return some ten minutes
later for the big scene. The leading
man, a finished actor, awaited
her. He is a man with a face of
firm cast, a hard- Jaw and eyes of
steel. I know of no other who could
have so gracefully carried away
such a situation
? The leading lady came on. She
fumbled hor lines, suddenly realised
that she had lost a grip on her cues,
and then, as little shivers ran up and
down the audience, she looked
around wildly and gave a tipsy giggle.
The leading man had been
plunged Into an amaslng situation.
He knew the actress was In danger,
the direst danger that could menace
a woman of the stage?the sudden
sacrifice of a great career.
"You are excited." he said, calling
her by the name she used in the
play. HI* voice was calm. "We
haV* had." he continued, referring to
the unfolding of tha drama, "our big
moment* tonight. It 1* your right
to be hysterical. But there Is something
ahead of us. We must go on."
His voice was hard, but the woman
seemed to awaken under this simple
stimuli.
She shook herself as though shaking
off a horrible nightmare. He
Kave her another cue. and the act
was continued before the excited
stage manager had put his hand on
the bel! ordering the curtain rung
down. The woman was tinder the
Influence of liquor. She admitted It
afterward.
But the audience left wondering
Just- what had happened. They
sensed What it was at first, but so
smoothly had the leading man carried
on the performance that the
majority left believing It was merely
a bit of "business" In the play.
Down In one of the Bohemian art
honky-tonk* a group of short-haired
soul sufferers ? who admit they
haven't any future, but gosh! what
pasts?were discussing a youns
woman who renounced their circle,
let her hair grow, moved up in the
perfumed atmosphere of the West
Side and finally married such a commonplace
plodder as an Automobile
manufacturer.
"It must be a terrible life for
her." said one flicking the ashes'
from her cigarette. "How can one's
soul expand In one of those cold
marble hotels?"
"Why," said another, "I hear she
has to get up and sit with her husband
while he "eats his breakfast.
The next thing she'll be darning his
socks. If there Is anything worse
than sock darning for soul cultur*.
I can't Imagine It."
Thi* sign 1* dlptayed in a Fifth
avenue window: Ygpecial rfale?
Powder puffs, washable, eugenic.
In a queer little book store on
Eighth avenue there is a clerk who
does not get a salary. He is the son
of a very rich and progressive man.
But he ha* never cared for toll. He
is a book worm. His fatner recently
told him he would have to work
or he would not support him. "1
don't care whether you make a cent
I'll support you, but you must
work." So the young man took the
book-store clerkship, and trade Is
so dull that he spends nearly all of
his spare time reading.
NEW YORK HOTEL ARRIVALS.
New Tork. April 28.?The following
Washingtonians are registered
at New York hotel*:
H. B. Drury. Na*arre; A. Gold,
J. Lewis. Broadwa^ Central; Mr.
ind Mrs. C. W. Hays, Park Avenue:
H. Hlckey, Hermitage; Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Morse, Mr. anil Mr*. A.
Kullen, M. Stone, Grand: D. J.
Thoma*. Colllngwood.
\m bible!
Translated out of the original
tongue* and from the edltloa
known a*? "Our Mothers' Bible."
The Fourth Rook of Iowa. Called
Miami.
CHAPTER *?Continued.
2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto
him, When thou lightest the
lamp*, the seven lamp* shall give
light over against tho candlestick
3 And Aaron did so; he lighted
the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as the Lord commanded
Moses.
4 And thi* work of the candlestick
was of beaten gold; unto the
shaft thereof, unto the flower*
thereof, was beaten work: according
unto the pattern which the Lord
had shewed Moses, so ho made the ,
candlestick.
5 ? And the Lord spake unto
Mopes, saying.
? Take the Levltes from among
the children of Israel, and cleanae
them.
7 And thus shalt thou do unto
them, to cleanse them: Spr,lnkle
water of purifying upon them, and
lot them shava all their flesh, and
let them wash their clothes, and
so make themselves clean.
. S Then let them take a young
bullock with his meat oflorlng, even
fine flour mingled with oil, and
another young bullock shalt thou
take for a sin offering.
9 And thou shalt bring the Levltes
berora the tabernacle of the
congregation: and thou Bhalt gather
th* whole assembly of the children
of Israel together.
IV And thou shftlt bring the Levltes
before the Lord: and tha children
of Israel shall put thalr handa
upon the Levltee:
(To Be Continued.)
WHY WORRY?
We worry lota, the most Of Ue.
and make the dickens of a fuss
about expected Ills and aches
that prove at last to be but fakaa.
Most all th* troubles that wa fear
but Aisle out and disappear, and
thoso remaining e'er they come,
are apt to b* diminished soma.
It Isn't wis* to count tha batch
of chickens a'er they fully hateh,
and fcc who on tha bridge would (It
must wait until he feache* it.
It's better far to figure how to
iW. whate'er confronts us SOW,
than ache about a looked-for 111
thkl hasn't coma and never will.
Notes by a Was
v; - *- : . : *
Bainbridge?Colby Han
By Illness of Frarrtc
Conference o
For a variety of rtiioni the acttvttlea
of th? State Department are
Impaired at a number of vital
posts. Bainbridge Colby's task.
which would be difficult enough for
any new man, therefore Is doubly
onerous. Frank L. Polk, Undersecretary
of State, who Is Just recovering
from an operation, wilt be
leaving the department In a few
weeks. William Phillips, who was
the Assistant Secretary" has been i
appointed Minister to Holland and
his place has not been filled. 4 Alvey
A. Adee, Second Assistant Seoretary.
aged 78. Is no longer as young
as he used to be. Urecklnrldge
Long. Third Asslrtant. has recently
been 'absent In his home State of
Ulssourl. Dr. Leo S. Rowe, chief of
the vitally important division of
Latin-American affairs. Is recovering
from an operation in Philadelphia.
DeWItt Clinton Poole. Jr..
chief of the division of Russian affairs,
has had to take a prolonged
leave of absoneo In California
Julius G. Lay, who was acting foreign
trade adviser, resigned March
1 to become a ranker. L. H. Woolsoy.
lately solicitor of the department.
has left to become Robert
Lansing's ' law partner.
An Interesting Latin-American
visitor to Washington is Dr. Mariano
Cornejo. newly-appointed Peruvian
minister to France and
Peru's representative In the league
of nations. Dr. Cornejo, who Is
one of Perd"h foremost public men,
is tarrying in the United States
en route to Paris.
Apostles of the theory that American
diplomacy has plenty of trouble
on land in the Western Hemisphere
without bothering about
either Europe or Asia, would seem
to b? Justified by the State Department's
present preoccupations.
Those are concerned almost exclusively
with Pan American afIowa,
Progressive Pr
State, Has L
Wet 1
;
ny RAYMOND O. CARROLL.
Des Moines. Iowa. April 28.?
Jostling with difflculty along the
sidewalks of Locust street under a
'brilliant constellation of electric
signs and street lights it was hard
(to . realise that precisely
??< years ago?the span of a human
] life?this pushing city of more than
,100.000 souls was the site of ? ??t
storied log frontier fort buUt to
!guarantee for the Sac and fox in
dians the peaceful occupation
their hunting grounds until the
American government had com
PSSTSS. A tnidnUsht
??l and by moonlight the inrush
aThc'eU 3
**Tonlght a large crowd *? '?
front of the tall new offlce tulldln*
that houses the Des Motne. Reg
ister. They were waiting for _tne
municipal election returnaEnt.r
... had much dtfflcuity
reaching the editorial rooms upon
the third floor. Here was going on
an unfamiliar clicking which proved
to be from a battery of ten of the
,aTd??
down numbers from slips handed to
them by rushing boys. ,
A voice rose above
"Get Barton on the telephone. TeH
I him he Is elected and that we
like to have him come down
have his picture taken.
Newspaper Beets omdals.
The newspaper had put men out
'around the forty-eight precincts of
the cltr to telephonelothe eoun^
with the achievement that H nau
the^total result before the election
>?i the rival newspaper, an* after
nesting me UP on politics, he took
methrough his plant, which occusr
vr^^d'tr^r ?i
seventeen
working for m?. ^iwa. s
Hffhilrtff men first cniwe. i
'i wm held up at Walnut and
uMfth streets this morning by a
containing**'thorough
banner Vha?t" r^^^Ta 'lTo.OOO
herd of cattlc moved tor $.>00. Time
saved, twelve hours." , . j,.
Exactly the same
shows that are given at the de luxe
Palace Theater In Neti ^ork City
play here, and the last word in films
are released In local picture houecs
upon the identical dates they are
shown in the East. As for Broa
way personalities. I today met Ra> mo
Ad Hitchcock, the actor, out fo
an afternoon Pron,en,d*' *n."J
looked fully as natty as when I last
isaw him si* months ago in the
Hotel Savoy. London.
Living Cheaper Than In Bast.
The point I am trying to mako It
that folk* out here
better than the people did In ion
(ton or Paris ih the palmy pre-war
day?; that they also have creature
comforts e<|ual to those now proviCed
for reeldente of Boston, Philadelphla
or New York and at IS pet
cent discount. iFurthermore. they |
think Just as clearly upon all sub-1
Jecls. national and International, as
their brothers and sisters upon the
Atlantic seaboard. 1 don't know
but that they think itralghter now
""rake the subject of prohibition,
which Is supposed te enter so largely
as an Issue into the coming national
eampalgn. I have talked,
with docenii of men In all walks of
life. and I am yet to find one to j
seriously advocate the return of the
saloon. Some wistfully suggest the
home privilege to buy beer an
light wines, but never p. word of
sympathy has been uttered for tho
vanished 20#,W0 white aprons. Poor
bartendsrs! They havo gohe and
are not even mourned.
Shopkeepers in all cities and
towns emphasised that since January
they had experienced larger
receipts and better collections. Everybody
entering their stores had
money, ind ths folk who used to
patronise the bargain counters are
now found buying ths most expensive
goods.
Por that reason It l? a foregone
ooncluMSn that candidate who
exp<ct* to foxtrot Into a national
Office en a wet plank is likely to
plash Into a whirlpool of surprise
Here in Iowa, which went dry some
time t*". the pabllc Is accustomed
ttbe absence of the saloon. What
hington Observer
dicapped in New Post
Polk?Payne Calls
n Education.
???? *
fairs?In Canada. Mexloo and Guatemala.
Veneiuela presents possibllltiea.
Canada, by the way. ia Juat aa
disinclined to consider acceptance
or a mandate over Armenia aa the
Unltad States Senate probably la
Vml-official advlcea reaching Washington
from Ottawa are to the effect
tbat "Canada, oven If requested?>whlch
sbs has not boon?would
not become a Mandatory for a
country so distant and fraught with
so many difficulties." The Montreal
Oaiette observes:
"It la not alone the .question of
expense, of providing troops or
poltoa, that Is at Issue, but the
total unaultablllty of the obligation
to tha Dominion. When we
venture Into new fields, let us seek
on% less rough and less covered
with pitfalls than Armenia."
John Barton Payne, Secretary of
the Interior, has sent a special Invitation
to every governor In the
Union to hean a delegation from
his State to a rational conference
of r? presentallve citizens in Washington
on May 1}. 10 and 21. The
conference has been called by tha
United States Commissioner of Education
"to consider the pressing
I problem of education ' from the
I standpoint of statesmanship and the
public welfare." Shortage and un-1
derpayment or teachers are the
general subjects to be dealt with. |
More than 18.000 teachers' positions
I in American public schools remain
unfilled, and mora than 300,000 of
the 1(0,000 school teachers or the
I country are today "below any res- II
I eonablc minimum ot standard of'
I qualifications." Many who remain
I In the schools receive less pay than
common laborers. There are rolks
in Washington who think the forthcoming
conference is fraught with
I more genuine importance for Uncle
Sam than both natlbnal conventions
I put together. F. W. W.
airie
ittle Use for
Voters or Candidates
II little liquor circulate? le peddled
by experienced "bootlegger*," a
j skillful craft that certainly could I
j, be studied to advantage by the amHateurs
operating in 8tates Sahara-ed
Ij for the first time. There is no I
j coarse work done in Iowa. i
Senator Albert B. Cummins Is up I
l| for re-election. He has no open I
1 opposition from his own party. Two I
years ago Governor William L.
I Harding won over his Democratic I
1 opponent by a plurality or 84.000. I
I Four years ago Hughes carried the
I State by 00.000. In 1?12 Wilson got
I Iowa only through the split In the '
I Republican party. C. L. Herring. !
I the local representative or the Ford I
I automobile factory, is thinking or
I entering the lists against Cummins. I
I He told me that he was for Hoover. I
whatever ticket the food man was
ilon. and his chler purpose In run- I
ning as a Democratic candidate ror
I Senator would be to create a ve- I
hide ror the expression or Iowa's I
"still small voice" upon those acts I
or Cummins which are open to crit- I
I icism.
Maay Seeking Slate OSm.
I What has happened In Iowa as
I *'ell as elsewhere Is that not only j I
I do the best brains now go intobusl- I
I ness rather than politics, but the !l
I men who might shine as leaders t|
see small prospect of advancement!!
I in a career at Washington, where I
I rational affairs have entered the!I
deep valley of readjustment. How- I
th'ra are always contestants I
for positions l? the 8tat? govern- I
I Ta'nrt'i'h T ln"Unce' four Republican I
I " Want the gubernatorial I
I nomination?N. E. Kendall, former I
Representative, of Albla; H. M. Har- I
""ornsy general; Lieutenant J
Governor Ernest Moore and J. F I
25S\
can ism versus BolshStum?" to^T'sn"- I
i.?.' J,?' He t0,d mc- "I am I
not a candidate."
Mr. Tart Kam Them All.
Then I asked Mr. Taft who or the I
Republican candidates he most fa- I
vored. He said:
r^!tfywP0".',',0n ' ^Wedly neutral. I
Gen. Wood I appointed as my chief I
?h? w?*i? he erved >"><>er me in I
^?.W?V Dsp^rtmont. When Secre- I
if/.,. . 1 rec?mmended Gen. I
Pershing s appointment as a brlaa- I
dler general. I knew Gov. Lowden I
n .,,e wa* ln Congress, and as a
Republican national ccromltteeman. I
and he ever was a good friend of I
mine My son, Robert, who, because I
of his poor eyesight, was unable to I
enter the army, served Tor two years 11
as legal adviser to Herbert Hoover
,h? i; actively working In his
behalf. Having twice been the nommeo
of the Republic&h party and
once President, I think It comports I
with ray position to take no part I
*,In the preliminaries of the Chicago I
convention."
Lafe Young. Republican warhorse I
of Iowa, along the same lins said I
to me: To decide Is difficult for I
many of us. Wood was my commander
In Cuba when I was a war
correspondent thore. and I came to I
know his many lovable qualities
Lowdcn has long been an lntlmata
personal friend, and this splendid
young man. Hoover, I served with
Iq Belgium, and I am familiar with
Ills executive ability. May the best
man win. My only Presidential I
preference is for a man who is nei- I
thcr an orator nor an 'idealist.' It I
Is high time we had a plain man on
the job."
(Copyright, 1020. bj Public Ledger Co.)
| Naval Orders |
Orders isssed oflnr?.
Bean. Lewis W. Adklns? net. Submarine
Chaser 2SI: to command C. 8. 8. Triton.
Ldeut. HamUei B. Brewer?Det. V. 8. 8.
String bam; to cooa. I. o. C. 8. 8. fox.
Ap. CIS. rrask B. Brlek?Det. Kav. Tra.
Sta.. Newport, It. I.; to Har. Frlaoa, Paris
lslsnd. S. C.
Lieut. Rarsiood Burheai-Det. command
V. I. S. Bell; to eoas. f. o. (7. 8. 8. Gil- I
Mr.
Csalr. Charles 8. Kerrlek?Det. command
tJ. d. I. nulls; to gsty ia charge Mar. I
idle School. Great Lakes, 111.
Lteat. Merrill T. SiSae?Dat. com mi ad u. I
8. 8. Walker; te U. >. 8. Idaho.
Lieut. Herkett t. Bar?Dat. C. S. 8.; I
Make; te I'. S. S. Walker.
Lieut. Ijsslor grade) Wa. B. ?l?paon?
Det. V. a. 8. Marfan te eaaa. I. e. p. s.
IB. eiltaer
Bean. Lucius H. Tretaaa?Det. commas*
V. N. I. Trltos; to MUM V. B. 8. HonComdr.
IMUaM D. tarskall-Det. earnmasd^r.
8. 8. Tartar, is eeas. f. o. V. 8.
' Lieut. Blaar J. Harwood (014)?Dat. C.
S. ?. Caesar; to 0. 8. a. <*! <?.
What Congress Did
Yesterday
???
Myers. of MontAaa. denounced
Bolshevism. doclarlag that Compua
hU N<> spineloaa toiuof 1
position to radical movemeats. /
Jones. of Washington. In debaU .
on naval bill, deolarad that the
United States had baaa aalaap while <
Britain had baan permitted to sain
control of oil-producing r*lom of
tha world.
Knox, of Penasylvaxla. Introducad
a aubetltute far tha Houee
resolution terminating tha war. Referred
, to tha Poralg* Relatione
Committee.
Prank P. Glaaa. Blnnlaghan*.
Xla-. told oommlttaa llTaitllitlnf
print papar ehortage that ha doubted
whether the government could
accomplish much to Relieve It.
Rear Admiral J. S. McKean told
Investigating committee that there
waa no truth in aaaertloaa by Admlral
81m. that the nary waa totally
unprepared for war in i?it.
Amendment by Lodge. Maeaachnaetta.
to naval appropriation bill,
provide* for enlistment of 20.000
naval reservists for short period*
of training* . _ t.
Resolution by Kin*. Utah, call*
on Secretary Daniels, of the
to atate whether It would be to the
advantage of the United states ta
acquire oil lands in'foreign countries
for naval purposes.
Bill by Kellogg. Minnesota. provides
a penalty of 95.**+* or a year
Imprisonment, for any person who.
without authori7atlon. lays a nubmarine
cable from any foreign
country to the United Btatea
Bill by Capper. Kansaa. provides
for the storage of grain under Federal
control.
Joint resolution by France.
Maryland, calls for release aad pardon
for all political prisoners.
Amendment by Knox. Pennsylvania,
to the tariff bill provides
heavy duties on imported laboratory
glassware, porcelain aad optical
glass.
Committee on Banking and Currency
reported favorably a bill to
extend provisions of Federal farm
loan act to Porto Rico.
Banking and Currency Committee
reported bills providing for coinage
of fifty-cent pieces to commemorate'
the hundredth anniversary of the
admission of Maine and Alabama
Into the Union, and the three hundredth
anniversary of the landing
of the Pilgrims.
Petition introduced by Townsend.
Michigan, from American Federation
of Labor. Michigan, calls for
Investigation of the bureau of Immigration
against deportation of
radlcala
Subcommittee of Foreign Relations
held an executive meeting to
consider Mexican affairs.
Senate psssed nsval appropriation
bill carrying total of $4*4,000/000.
Hosar.
Adopted unanimous consent
agreement for consideration of
Sterling-Lehlbach civil service retirement
bill at noon today.
District subcommittee on trafllc
heard Corporation Counael Harts on
traffic regulations.
District subcommittee on pawnbroker
legislation continued hearings
on two bills regulating loan
sharks.
The following bills were introduced^
Representative Tlncher. bill to
provide for the storage of certain
(train under Federal custody and
the Issue of receipts therefor, and
a bill to provide for taxing all the
beneficiaries of the cost-plus contracts
and beneficlarlea of contracts
made by the foverament with
members of the Council of National
Defense during the war.
Representative Quln. of Mississippi.
offered Joint resolution au- j
thorlilng Secretary of ^ ar to loan,
issue, or use quartermaster s and j
medical aupplles for the reNef of
destitute persons In the districts
overflowed by the Mississippi and
Its tributarlee.
Men and Business
By RICHARD SP1LLANE.
Every day the various brokerase
houses adjust their
each other in accordance with the
market's fluctuations. If. for ex
ample, the atock of the speculatormentioned
advanced 2 p?ln~aft i"
broker woudl have to pay $-00
the broker representing the
of the sharea. Conversely. If the
stock declined, the broker repre
sentlng the lender of the shares
would receive $200.
1? effect, a -ahort"
Ing nothing but ,th?l
atock will decline. The Stock Ex
change furnishes the facilities for
him to deal in the actual securities.
Superficially. It would seem
short" eelling la reprehensible as
a matter of fact It ?s not nfreuuintly
a fine corrective. Not onl?
does It serve to check the market
when prices get to dangerous
heights, but the iwuldatior of
"short" accounts has steadied marked
at times of panic or pronounced
depression.
Tou must have sellers as well as
buyera to make a market. Speculation
is legitimate. Then I. a d,j?ree
of speculation to all things.
But, like everything else, it Is carried
to an extreme and In its abus.
It Is baneful.
That being no. what about the
Pan American Railway? Teare go
we heard much about the fine pfoJsct
for connecting all the natloas
of North and Bouth and Central
America by bonds of atcel. .The
company waa incorporated June i.
1901 in New Jersey. Andrew Carnegie
was the leading spirit. Pour
other millionaires were associated
With him. Their purpose was to
build railroads to Join Into one continuous
line various Independent
systems that now are In operation
In the different nations of the wantem
hemisphere. It la not generally
appreciated, but it Is a fact that tnis
would require not more than 1,500
miles of new conatructlon.
The first road the Pan American
people determined to build was
from San Oeronlmo. to the
Guatemala border, about 200 rolles.
with connections to Guatemala
City The Mexican Government
helped out with a promise of a subsidy
of $10,000 a Ilille.
Today the Pan American Railroad
la nothing but a name. All Ita
properties. .rights and concessions
were transferred to the National
Railway of Mexico, whioh mean*, i
effect the Mexican government. Ita
capitalisation was decreased from
$10,900,000 to $100,000 and, although
Itr. corporate existence Is maintained.
virtually It Is oily a memory.
South America Is almost as distant
now in point of time from the
Vnlted Stales aa South Afrlc* <-r
Asia it would not be A CArnegle
and bis aaeoclatee had had tha persistence
to make thelgdream a reality.
A DAILY UNE 0' CHEER
By J+m K-dricfc Imp
ASSERTION.
[ am bo flickering Tallow-Dip
That ohaacv wiada may MM to
Mow me ??t.
K fntlle. BHMiUry, c*adle-tt?
mat ur paanla* brMM may put te
rout. ,
I am a kit of llTisf flam* that
iprlnfi
Out of tlx *aat roaoreoa of Ood'a
A. flam* that fcurma. aad yearns. for
loftjr tkiBfi>
K thine of purpoae and of klgk dealraa.
ad bora, and yoara. J skall. aad
aau#ht ahall atay
My progn? toward tho roals on
which rm boat:
To help aad vara tho earth. aad
light tho way
Up to tho atara that |? tho flrma(C^jrtaM.
MM. ky m* McClow PyadHat*.?
J In the Limelight
By Gwft Ferry Mofrfc. ;
If Gov. Coolidge. of MimckiMtlf.
Is nomlnAUd by the Repubheas* he'
would aM a large number of aegrooft
to the party. Secretary Baker 1
aad the War Department ftftd the J
doughty foreraor are having a setto
now which has not closed despite
the apparent finality of the department
s recent decree. Maasachusetts
negroes wish to enter the new
army on the same basis as they did
the State feilitla. The War Departmeat
declines to let them. They
must be "pioneers" and work era.
camp followers aad stevedores. They
decline to accept a status which is
lower than they used to have. Gov.
Coolidfe says' that he intends to
find out whether a State may not
use its huraaa material as it pleases
ia time of war aad in training for
war. He decliaes to accept as deciaive
Secretary Baker's decree and
his preachment to the negroes to
take what they are told to take?
or nothing.
Paul Bartlett. the sculptor, who
is so well known in Washington, is
leadiag ia the fight that the art
committee of New York City endued
with final ftnthority, is putting
up to compel erection of a war
memorial that will be authentically
American. "in keeping with our
own country or onr times and our
owa people." Having added in discarding
sixty-seven proposals
made In the competition for ideas
recently closed, he ia bow justifying
his position by arguing for
something that is original not imi- '
tative.
With Henry Ford's managers
carefully studying the sdvisability
of their "plant" beginning construction
of low-cost aeroplanes
and with the largest of the tiremakmg
firms in Akron. Ohio, experimenting
in construction of dirigibles
far beyond the limits set by j
them during the war when they j
worked for the government, it may '
be that before long the much ar- ,
gued for private support of aviation
will come to pass in this country.
Ralph H. Upson, who has an
Internationsl reputation as a balloonist
ia chief of the aero branch
of the Akron company, and he is
aided by experts of all types in the j
costly but prophetic process of ex- j
perimentation. , |
Of course as Chinese national j
self-consciousness increases and as
the problems of government are j
mastered, the issue of prolonged |
control of the "concessions" or in- '
ternational settlements by foreign- j
ers in cities like Shanghai is bound;
to become acute. Even now in j
Shanghai the demand goes up fori
native representation on the city!
council. America's representative'
just elected is Sterling Fessenden. j
who, by vocation, is a lawyer. His|
associates are one Japanese and ]
seven British citixens.
Headers of the New York Independent.
in its palmiest days, and of
other leading weeklies and monthlies
that were influential in the two!
last decades of the last century, will
recall the brilliant, scholarly ar- i
tides contributed by William Cleaver
Wilkinson, a clergy man by voca- !
tlon. but a man with a distinct literary
touch to his work. Of late,
years his pen has been laid aside,
and now at the age of 17 years he
has passed on. He was a doughboy
polemicist when aroused and took
and gave hard blows when issues
were in debate on which he had
strong convictions.
Is Destiny aaying to Amundsen.'
"Curb thy vaulting ambition." He!
has a South Pole record and natur-'
ally wanted a North Pole one; but
has been defeated. Radiogram service
has established the fact that he'
Is Seattle bound. What did Peary,
to m? ntion no earlier pioneer in Arctic
exploration, know about radiograms?
Seward's sons, one of whom William
H.. has just died, like Lincoln's
son, walked In the ways of conservatism
as they came to manhood
and stood on their own feet. Greeley
and Wendell Phillips had no heirs.
But the descendants of William
Lloyd Garrison followed the hereditary
bent of radlcftllam; and in Oswald
Garrison Villard of the nation,
economic and political revolution
here and in-Europe, has its most
unequivocal defender among the native-born
journalists of the country. I
The importance that Great Britain j
attaches to responsible administrative
positions in news-collection
and news-distribution in the Far
Bast is shown by the choice of
William Turner to be general manager
of Reuters, with headquarters
In Shanghai. Mr. Turner for several
years was the British Dominions'
and Far Eastern speclsltst
of the service, with headquarters In
London. At the Paris Peace Conference
he held a responsible position
as the official reporter of the
plenary sessions for the British
press and he handled the distribution
of the conference reports to
the British dominion*.
f
Such Is Life
As It it Seen
By O. B. JOYFUL
IL
Charles Hattle. Pittsburg. Pa., is
a treat stickler for accuracy. i
The othor day his wife had him
la polloa court. She testified that ho
hadn't worked for 14 yoara.
-Judie. tkat statement Is not
trOe," Hattle exclaimed. "It's an Intuit
for tkat woman to stand there
aad aay such a thjn? It has been
only?let me see?U yoara alnoe 1
stopped workln*." '
,
[ Events of Today 1
feathers M.ty ,t WuUiitn.
reception honor of Bom. Tlmnaa K.
Preatoa. Wlllar* Hotel. I** p. m
Conduit Rood ClUeea. 'null
Uaa. moot Inc. St. DevKT.
H?ll. l?.a
Pocahontaa Memorial A
Pund. bona lit cord port*. Confederate
Memorial Hall. ( p. m.
Horry Qaae will lecture on "Thd '
Psychology of Intrn ood Habtt,*"
auepicea Universal Psychology Am.
noclotion. Pl.rt?K m,
ortbweet. 1:11 p. tm.
Muslcale. Women'. City (3 ub, to.
tftt.
"Horoooopoa of Notable rvrson."
lauture by Dr. Wank T. ADot, 41*
roetor Aatrologlcal Research Socio,
ty. Playheuee. tonight.
Dr. Hoary * A. Tupp?. loctur^
"How Our Blblo Woo Had*." rim*
Baptlat Church. ? p. m.
"Vital Issues of tho Hour- Uo.
I" . J?et Rlchorda. Kalokerbockor
Theater. U a- m.
"May Day la Toyland." sprlag foatlval.
Neighborhood HouZ * ta li
KI wo nil Club. 1 uachooo aad on.
Wmahtm*?* Hotel,
, m" * * ? ?oott. meet,
lag Northwest W. C. T. U. Vormonl
Avoone Christian Church. I p. m
Jam Hance. studeats architectural.
chemical aad engineering aocle.
.!* ~ a*?r** Weehlngtoa Unlver.
alty. New Bbbltt. tonight
*?^?*?toa Roatauraat Aaooclatlao.
apodal meeting, Chamber of
Commerce rooms. If ?
Senator McKellar apeaka at tho
Daughters of Coafodorato Veteran.meetlag.
Lafayette Haul. 4 to ? p.m.
_ Hoars with Great Story.
. lecture. Mra. Florence
Jackeoa Standard, beo.nt Laaga, of
fM!.r?C*n Lafayette Hotel.
11 a a
HwUig of oommlttoea from the
heights of Colunbas council, for
St. John a College building fuad at
Dewey Hotel. p. bl
Good Health Club. meeting at
realdeace of Dr. Blnora G. Folkaar.
!"* 1 street. tonight.
Foreign Relation. Subcommittee.
Mexico hearing. 1?; JO
Naval Affair. 'Subcommittee, boar.
U?*. 1?:Ml ?
Foreign Relation. Subcommittee
hearing Mexico. lOJtk
l^rlcultare hearing. nltraU MB,
Public Land., executive, 1* !*.
At tkc TWalrn.
National?"Zlegf eld Folllea"
Poll ?? Dodo "
Garrick?-Dorothy Dixie (m *
J*1**1*-"The Charm School "
B. F. Keith's?Vaudeville.
Cosmos?Vaudeville aad Film.
Gayety?-Oirl. of the U! S A "
Folly_-Tho Sweet, Sweetie Girl. T'^ttrEla'"*
Ham me retain
v B. ^ Woman Game."
Moore. Rial to?Norma Talmadge la
The Woman Glvei."
Craodair. Metropolitan?Allre Joyce
? The Sporting Duchess.**
Moore's ?tr?B<S?"The Luck of tha
Irish.**
Moore a Garden ? -Why Change
Tour Wife."
^T * jE?lu b'??Madge Kennedy
In "The Blooming Angel.**
c ndsjr?-?ChsrJes Ray la -The
Crandall's Knickerbocker ? Con*
stance Binrey in The Stolen
Klsa"
B. F. Keith's?Vaudeville.
Johnny J. Jonas Exposition?Fifteenth
and H streets northaaat.
Irresponsible Idyls
By LEE LIVIKQrrOXK.
When I waa young, my ,unay
hair, my manner suave and debonair.
the tight frock coat I used to
"ear, made me a social pet; with
gilded youth was I the rage. I held
the center of the stage, although
the whiakars of the sage wagged
often in regret Was there a wedding
marked for style not decorated
by my amile. well, not within
that epoch while I still was fllled *
with atarch; the bridegroom's flagging
xeal I fonned. restored his
swiftly ebbing sand and held his
cold and clammy hand before the
wedding march. With time I eaw
this glory fade, the blushing lover
and his maid contrive to wed without
my aid. and my declining years
*re spent among the shroud and
pall. I shine at every funeral (a
(shiny frock-coat is my all) and t
j shed easy tears. For atlll I'd mlnglwith
the throng to which no longer
1 belong; It passed me by. my doleful
song is sune. and through the
town, by those with whom I used
to play I'm pointed out to tons;
they say. "Heboid, a relic of the dav
j before I settled down." Ah, such
i deserts, inglorioua. dim. must be
|the destiny of him who. proud of
[front or turn of limb. TV gleets
iwhat's in his bead; also, too late
I he vainly tries to stir the stuff beI
hind his eyea, and ere he actually
dies, he's listed with the dead!
THECTIY.
Br EDMl'ND VAXK COOKB.
! Around roe and cbout mo
A million mortals rave.
[ And hit their heels
And whirl their wheels
Against the cobbled pave.
I They flout roe and they shout me;
They shriek from queet to quest.
I clank my chains
And rasp my bralas
To Mot with the rest.
Tet scarce an hour beyond me
I know a half-hushed glade
Of fairy-blooms
And fern-perfumes
And aun-embroldered shade.
Where none may bind or bond ma.
Nor any business ban.
Where one might play
The duloot day
At hide-and-aeek with Pan.
A brook slips by concealing
A tt ouaand shy delights;
A moss-soft lodge
Beside its edge
Invites mo?and invites!
A harmony comes stealing
As from enchanted ground;
A silent song.
Age-old. age-long
Which wrap, the soul around.
A rhapaody of quiet.
Of pleasure almost pain.
As sofhe wild throat
Flutes forth a note
As swoet as summer rata.
Tet I am of this riot
Of tubed aad 1 odd; re I levels.
Where earth bag spewed
Hoc hunted brasd
As lell might spew Its devIM! 3
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