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Evening star., 1919-11-16

! II YOU want to read how circum-
stantial evidence nearly caused the
arrest of two worthy employees OF the
| government, although the men were
engaged on a most righteous business,
read on!
Fred and Jim are the colored mes
| sengers in the Office of the city>post-
4, master and the assistant city post
master, respectively. Fred is deacon
in a church. while Jim is a boy who
never gets faxed. Both are popular
with officials and employees of the
city post office.
1t happened recently that man
got off the train at Union station
started through the city post office
corridor on his way to the west en-
trance, and was taken i'll on his way
Employees of the building who saw
him stagger helped him into the office
of Assistant City Postmaster kerltn'
who administered first aid, and made
the sufferer comfortable.
Il will be all right in a minute.
said the man, who was well dressed,
and carried travelling bag.
You had better let me call an am
bul4nce," said Mr.. Kerlin.
NO" replied the man. Il have
relative living within several blocks
of here. to the east of Union station.
had thought of going to hotel and
then getting in touch with him. But
perhaps I had better go direct to
him."
When the official offered to call
taxi, the man demurred. and said he
was capable of making the trip sfoot.
he thought.
Here is where Fred and Jim come
and told them to escort the ill man
to the home of a relative. Although
a trifie wabbly on his feet. the man
seemed to be able to negotiate the
distance. as long as he was to have
the aid of the messengers.
Fred took hold of the mans right
arm, and Jim seized him on the left.
Jim carried the mans luggage. In this
fashion the trio started down the
trance to the city post office building.
and crossed along in front of the
Union station. headed east.
Now watch the plot thicken rapidly.
pened to be coming along the plaza in
a taxicab. They caught sight of Jim
and Fred on their merciful mission.
'Lookw breathed the first detective.
"Whaddya know about that Kissed
the second detective. as he took IN the
The first detective signaled the
| driver. and the car sped up TO the
curb.
with a bound the detectives grabbed
Fred and Jim.
'TIerer they roared where are you
taking this white man?"
Fred. who stands high in the coun-
ellis of his church. was taken aback.
He blushed, IL such term may be
used. and began to stammer. Then
the detectives were sure they had
the goods on en-"
Nov look-a-here:'' said the more
Evening star., 1919-11-16

Wanted-A Merger.
I wonder what the trouble is
When people fail to find
A speedy program for the biz
That agitates the mind.
The matter seems so simplifed,
In anybody's reach,
When Pilzer Puhins in his pride
Stands forth and makes a speech.
And just to prove that am quite
Unprejudieed and fair,
When opposition heaves in sight
1t always finds me there.
The truth among US seems to walk,
Secure and undenied,
When Blodgett Blinkum makes a tall
Upon the other side.
How easy it would be to stop
The mental wrestling match,
If each of them could only stop
The others view to catch.
The social system would be fine,
The dove would spread its wings,
If Puff and Blodge would but combine
To say the selfsame thingh "a
Evening star., 1919-11-16
The Courts and Prohibition.

| Several differing court decisions
have been rendered recently respect
ing the validity and the application
of the prohibition laws, particularly
the wartime prohibition act and the
enforcement statute. The federal
courts of first instance are at wide
variance on this point. Eventually
these decisions will be resolved into a
ruling by the highest court on all the
subjects at issue. This, however, will
take time. Wartime prohibition may
not continue much longer. Or it may
be protracted until it merges into ma
tioDal prohibition under the federal
amendment in January. Or, again, the
date of the application of the fed
eral amendment now set for January
Is may possibly be postponed by Su-
preme Court action in consequence of
the vote in Ohio adverse to ratifca-
tion. There is, in short, much uncer-
tainty respecting the status of the
liquor traffic in this country.
If the Supreme Court rules that the
state laws providing for referendums
in review of legislative acts apply to
votes on constitutional amendments
the rejection by the Ohio electorate of
| the ratification may throw the whole
matter of federal prohibition into con-
fusion. 1t is contended, however, that
the elimination of Ohio from the roll
Of ratifying states does not affect the
date Of application, inasmuch as a
thirty seventh legislature voted an ap-
proval few hours after the first
thirty-si1, Of which Ohio was one,
had been so recorded. At the same
time there are other states than Ohio
in which the referendum prevails,
which are now reckoned as ratifying.
Some nice computations may be neees-
sary to determine just when the three
fourths affirmation was given beyond
the possibility Of dispute.
Proclamation by the Secretary of
State of the ratification of the
amendment must meanwhile be re.
garded as fixing the date of federal
prohibition definitely, short of re.
versal by the Supreme Court of the
United States. If that court does not
act in season to set aside the procla
nation on the ground of inadequacy
of ratification January 16 will stand
as the date on which the country goes
"dry" permanently until the Constitu.
| tion and the laws are changed. The
differing decisions meanwhile will
tend merely to confuse public under.
standing of the meaning and scope OF
the enforcement law, the constitu-
tionality of which is itself yet to be
tested. In these conditions, assuming
the permanency of prohibition, a
period may ensue marked by doubts
causing unequal and imperfect en-.
| forcement of the law.
Evening star., 1919-11-16
POLITICS AT HOME
Roorbacks.

Has the day of the campaign roor
back passed. Have the voters grown
too wise for that sort of things Is il
impossible now in close race to stil
the crowd with an eleventh hour in
vention or exaggeration'
That was a humming campaign il
Massachusetts. The one in New Yorl
was hardly behind it in that par
ticular.- Tammany was hard pressed
from the start, and as election day ap
preached gave evidence of deep de
preston. Matters in both Maryland
and Kentucky also hummed.
In other days the hair-raising yarn
spinner would have been tempted by
those fields. He would have tried his
hand at something, or maybe at sew
eral things. positively fierce, and en-
deavored to turn the swing from the
winning to the losing side.
But this year, for some reason, he
was not i'll evidence. There was moi
"a yarn of any consequence put out
Hard, cold facts seem to have decided
the issues.
In Massachusetts the voters saw the
meaning of the police strike in Bos
ton, and would have nothing of that
sort in their affairs. They rolled uI
a record breaking majority against it
The figures looked like a republican
election return from Pennsylvania.
In New York the voters saw the
meaning Of Tammany's drive at the
judiciary, and decided that they would
have none of that, nor of anything the
Tiger this year was offering. So they
rallied against Tammany, and covered
the organization with a pail.
In Kentucky the republicans were
promising a house cleaning, and 8
great many democrats agreed with
them that one was necessary. So now
that the house has been turned over
to the republicans by a cracking
majority. the cleaning, it is under
stood, will be thorough, from cellar
to garret. The democrats have been
in possession for eight years running
In Maryland there was a whipping
finish, and some discomfort prevails as
to the decision. There, as in Ken.
tucky, many democrats seem to have
joined the republicans in the demand
for a change of control.
Some Of the roorbacks of yesteryear
were very cleverly contrived, and an
swered the ends for which they had
been created. Then, again, some were
clumsily contrived, and failed. The
campaign differed in character, and
not all of them inspired inventions.
But the passing years have made us
cautious. We are wiser and more
suspicious than We used to be. Cam
paigning now is intensive. Many new
features have been added. Campaign
managers are constantly on the alert
and he must be an artist, indeed, and
inspired by an exceptional subject and
opportunity, who succeeds these watch.
full days in putting roorback over
Evening star., 1919-11-16

Practical.
"Don't you think a writer ought to
avoid as far as possible the use of
long wordsf"
"Unquestionably," answered Mr..
Penwiggle. "He is likely to waste
too much valuable time looking in the
dictionary to see how to spell them"
Evening star., 1919-11-16
Women at National Conventions.

Immediately following the arrange.
ment made by the republican national
committee for the participation by
women in national campaign work
comes a proposition that women be
recognized in the choosing of dele.
gates to the party's next national con
vention. And the proposition is well
received. In New York it is suggested
that a woman be chosen as one of the
"Big Four"
Well, why mott Women are not
strangers at national conventions
They have often as spectators filled
large spaces in the galleries, and mani
tested the iveliest interest in the
liveliest of the proceedings. They
have sometimes led the applause. On
more than one occasion the peak of
the hullabaloo was reached when some
attractive woman handsomely dressed
leaned over the gallery rail. and
spreading a snowy parasol, gave a
signal which the delegates on the floor
instantly obeyed, and made their
cheering louder than ever.
Transfer the women-or a portion
Of them at least-from the gallery to
the floor of the convention hall, there
by changing their status from spec.
tators to delegates, and the picture
would become the more interesting,
and the general work be the more
eagerly performed.
Many prominent women, it is stated,
are expecting this sort of recognition.
They are not soliciting such places
for themselves, but merely asking that
now that women have become factor
in politics the way be opened for them
to bear a full part in the political
game. Z
1t is reasonable request. 1t might
be made demand. For unless WON
en- are afforded full opportunity to
show their capacity for political af-
fairs, no just judgment can be passed
on the action which has placed the bal
lot in their hands. That action was
taken on the proposition that women
were we'll qualified for the duties of
active citizenship, and if invested with
f,,l1 o;f;1onobip mould ,bo,u H.
to an improvement in several classes
Of our laws and to a more faithful
execution Of them.
Next year will be a record breaker
as respects the activities of both
political parties. The national conven-
tions will be the largest ever. The mum
Der of candidates will probably be the
largest ever. The contest for control
Of the country is certain to stir the
country to the center. The prize will
possess such enormous value, the con.
testants will exert themselves to the
last particle Of their resources. Men
and women alike will strive with all
their might to put over the ticket of
their choice.
Let all the preliminaries, then, be
we'll attended to, and participated in
by all who are entitled to bear a part
in work which concerns all, and upon
the wise performance Of which SO
much dependa.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

No amount of restriction on stock
gambling will curb the enthusiasm of
the professional trader who thinks
it is easy to make a fortune simply
by buying something when it is cheap
and selling when it is dear.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

When Lady Astor gets into parlia-
ment it will be only natural if she
decides to favor the introduction of
an anti-heckling bill.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

Col. House has the satisfaction of
knowing that he has an attentive
audience awaiting a few brief remarks
whenever he may be ready to deliver
them.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

Europe is a little impatient because
oil the fact that it takes as much time
to get treaty fixed up in Washington
az in Paris.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

Students who stopped Hindenburg's
automobile to prevent his appearance
in the reichstag evidently had an easy
police force to deal with.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

The report that D'Annunzio has gone
to Rome must leave the italian capital
in some doubt whether to be Joyous
or apprehensive.'
Evening star., 1919-11-16

Whenever a discussion is resumed
il is with the hope on either side that
the other is at last ready to be con-
vinced.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

Confident predictions of an end of
the coal strike are justified. So
abnormal a condition cannot possibly
maintain itself for very long.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

Circumstances prevent any present
socialistic editor from hoping to
initiate the somewhat spectacular
career of Trotsky.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

The Senate is still engaged on one
Of the slowest jobs Of advice and con-
sent that ever came its way.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

English topers may compel pussy
foot" johnson to ride the plank, but
they cannot make him walk it.
Evening star., 1919-11-16
Ice Made by
Machinery.

lowing in The Star Of November u,
1869. the process then employed was
somewhat the same as the present
method:
They have erected ice machines in
Philadelphia and are going largely
into the business Of manufacturing
artificial ice. The materials used in
the manufacture Of the ice are water.
spirits Of ammonia. commonly called
hartshorn. steam and salt. A retort is
used for the heating of the ammonia.
A coil of pipe through which steam
passes winds around the interior.
Eight hundred gallons of ammonia
twenty-four pounds Of steam applied.
The gas arising from the ammonia is
conveyed into a pipe at the top of the
retort, passing into a cooler filled
with water, and thence to the liquifier.
1t is now thoroughly chilled and de-
prived of its carbonic principle and
becomes a freezing cold liquid. Con-
nected with the condenser is a pipe,
which carries the liquid into a series
OF pipes which diverge through the
freezing box. The latter is filled with
a strong solution OF salt and water
which with the aid Of the liquid am
monia in the pipes causes an intense
cold, the frost collecting upon the
pipes where they are exposed to the
atmosphere. Into the freezing box
are introduced forty-eight brass box
es. filled with fresh water, each of
them producing a twenty-four-p pound
slab of ice, four inches in thickness.
two feet in length and one in breadth
1t requires four hours to freeze the
forty-eight boxes. The cost of this
ice is about so per cent less than that
of ordinary ice"
Evening star., 1919-11-16
SHOOTING STARS.
By PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Castles.

Castles.
"Of course, you built some castles
in the air"
eyes," replied Mr.. Dustin Sta1. "But
I took precaution to secure financial
backing and a solid foundation for
the skyscraper now rented on highly
satisfactory terms"
Evening star., 1919-11-16
Proper Finish.

Proper Finish.
An anarchist, reckless elf,
Procured some T N T..
The fact that he blew up himself
Is as it ought to be.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

The reds do not hesitate to vary
their color scheme with a yellow
streak.
Evening star., 1919-11-16
HEARD and SEEN.

| possessed Jim, not a whit nonplussed
We are from-r
Shut up" snapped one of the de-
| tectives. I'VE want to hear what this
! white man has to say"
The white man, naturally, was tor
| ribly embarrassed at the predicament
in which he had gotten his two bene-
factors. But he managed to SAY his
say" SO well that the two detectives
finally were convinced that they were
But even then" says Fred. they
looked mighty suspicious"
-
Persons waiting in front of Union
station one of those rainy mornings
last week to catch a car uptown were
by an avalanche of girls who poured
out of the station BY the hundred.
Now, an avalanche OF girls in an
of good thing, but there was no
doubt that the outpouring of girls
helped make the dowEpour OF rain
bearable. Where the girls came
from or where they were going. no
body seemed to know.
All the girls were well dressed IN
the very latest styles, and most OF
them were pretty. About three hun
dred of them tried to board Mount
Pleasant car at once. but were unable
to get aboard. naturally. .,u.
watching the girls. to mediate on the
number of friends who might be
among the girls: IL wholesale ac-
quaintance could ever be afforded IN
a city, which it certainly cannot:
The avalanche of girls vividly
brought home. there in the rain. the
thought that in our big city we meet
every day, thousands Of people VINO
are '.our kind" ard who would prove.
perhaps, as fine 1rlenas as any VIC
have, could we but meet them.
AS a matter of fact. they might as
we'll be living in London. as far as our
ever meeting these unknown frieads
In concerned.
Miss Threeyears was watching the
grizzly bear in his new cage to the
northwest of the lion house. A re-
Gently constructed chain Of bear and
othey animal cages there has addeo
immensely to the attraction OF the
place.
Somebody threw the old grizzly
peanut, and then another. but both
nuts hit the bars and fell Just outside
the cage. The bear reached his paw
through and tried to SCOOP the tempt
ing nuts in. but his long. yellow claws
seemed to be in his way.
He had to use his claws as q sort OF
rake. and the spaces between the
prongs Of his rake proved too wide,
80 the peanuts slipped through.
Miss Threeyears was most sympa-
thetic. The poor bear couldn't get his
peanuts. But there was yet hope.
The keeper would be around shortly
with the bears dinner. and then
Maybe he can get il VIII fork or
n sn0nn 1" she IN IA
CHARLES e. TRAcEwELA
Evening star., 1919-11-16

| The wise men of American COM
merce are following the light OF
| trade star IN a
The Wise Man beckons them to the
of Commerce. east. IN n. ina. a.snsixs srss
resources of raw materials and cheap
| labor they see an awakening interest
| in the comforts of life that American
enterprise offer. in American machln-
ery-and they see a great missionary
! field for the promotion of commerce
India and the countries of the Levant
have been studied especially with
view to trade extensions by agents OF
American manufacturers and export
ers, as well as by trade prospectors
acting for the United States govern
| ment in the interests of all Americans
| who might profit from such develop
ment of commerce.
An Indian merchant. rated by the
local banks at something like $780,
900, called on Consul E. Verne Rich
ardson at Karachi. and was surprised
| to learn that the United States pro-
duced cotton piece goods. Another
wealthy Indian who accompanied him
firmly believed that il the United
States did produce cotton piece goods
than that of similar goods of British
manufacture that India could not buy
| them. This incident illustrates how
great is the need for missionary work.
for education, along lines of Americas
commercial and industrial capabili-
ties.
4 X
In individual cases excellent educa-
tive work is being done by the direct
repre- n tives of
Education American firms who are
now in midland the
same is true Of other
outlands-but each of these men
breaches from a limited text pre-
scribed by his immediate Affiliations,
while it is general scheme of edu-
cation that is urgently required.
1t is of undoubted benefit to Amer
lean manufacturers to have consuls
and trade commissioners send In re-
ports on tne neeQS or tnat or tnlS 1Of-
eign market or special commodity.
but complementary process is need
ed. Somebody, either personally or
by advertisement in the press-the
vernacular as well as the English
press-must tell India, and the other
nations that have been sitting in in
dustrial and commercial darkness.
just what America can supply. If ig-
porance exists regarding American
cotton piece goods. it certainly exists
regarding many other staple lines
There is abundant justification for
the belief. Consul Richardson says.
that in days gone by some American
articles sent to India have not been
carefully chosen from factory or
warehouse stocks. If that was due to
a belief that anything is good enough
for India, and if traces of that belief
still persist, the sooner it is dispelled
the better. India may and does want
many lines of inexpensive merchan-
disc to meet the peculiar demands of
a large population OF extremely mod
est means; but this is not to say that
all India is cheap" country.
There are at the present time many
engineering and Industrial projects
developing from the sub
Evening star., 1919-11-16
Affection.

"Bliggins loves his work"
eyes," replied Mr.. Growcher; "but
chiefly as a topic Of conversation"
Evening star., 1919-11-16

II is John Barleyeorn's fate to be
figuring perpetually in the courts.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

There is no osteopathy that can cure
a genuine case of bonehead.
Evening star., 1919-11-16
Competition
in China.

turer and exporter to increase their
co-operation with the American rep
resentatives or agents in China by
better packing, more liberal supply
of samples. and better protection in
the matter of sole or exclusive agen-
cies.
How continental Europe is absorb
ing American cotton is shown in a
report from Commercial Attache AL
fred P. Dennis in Rome. An American
cotton broker who has done a heavy
business for the last seven years In
Italy has just returned from a trip
through Germany and what was once
Austria Hungary. He said that the
first cargo of cotton shipped from the
United States by his firm into Ger
many since the lifting of the war;
trade ban had sold readily at high
prices, but a second cargo was now
being disposed of at lower prices and
with extreme difficulty. The manu-
facturers lack the money to buy in
large lots, and it has been necessary
to store the cotton and dole it out
in lots Of five, ten and twenty bales.
The German spinning and weaving
mills are operating at only a frac-
ton of their capacity, because they
lack both coal and capital, he says.
Evening star., 1919-11-16
Bohemian
Demands.

Bohemian demand just now is light,
as industry is not yet organized in
the country. The other components
of the old Hapsburg monarchy were
never heavy purchasers OF American
cotton. Switzerland's requirements
this year will not amount to more
than $4,000 bales. Italy is the best
continental market just now. with
the mills running close to capacity.
A commission representing Dutch
bankers. shipping companies and
Dutch East India plantation compa-
MES has just been appointed. accord
ing to a message from Commercial
Attache Paul l.. Edwards in The
Hague. for the purpose of examining
and reporting upon United States tax
regulations. WILL T. KENNEDY.
Evening star., 1919-11-16

The troubles between the corpora
ton of Washington and the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad
10 O. n ,rd c;+v. Company came to
crisis fifty years
in a Fight. ago in a verita-
ble war, The story of the first days s
ensaeement is told in The Star of
November IL, 1869, as follows:
"For some time past the commits
Evening star., 1919-11-16

Advices to the commerce experts of
the United States government are