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The House Committees.

Tho seniority rule is working well
in the matter Of the House committees.
Announcements show that the repub-
hcans arc putting good men forward
Presumably, the democrats Will take
the same course. Men who have proved
themselves in responsible places are
being assigned in accordance with their
records and experience. It is a safe
md logical policy.
There d, and Shoold be, no cry of
section. The northwest Is faring we'll.
Aeaigau gets vays and means; Iowa
ests appropriations, rivers and har-
bors. and agriculture Wisconsin gets
in4srststs commerce; Minnesota gets
judiciary. Those states stood in line
win stzung candidates, and won on
@six mski11
The chairman Of an important com.
aektss e ths House needs q larger
1uw3eaoD 0lan that Of subjects Pre-
Sun4e0 - n tsuEnittes fos aeessa. II
- nH1no1ES Sas. II
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! Kaiser.
| Such is the bad name OF the good
dog mascot of the 372d Regiment of
the ssd Division. This little black dog
accompanied District colored soldiers
of that regiment from Potomac Park
to France, lived in the trenches with
the boys. and now once more is back
home with her masters.
why the men ever named this little
mongreI pup Kaiser it is hard to
| determine, especially since her sex is
just the opposite of the name. but
SO name her they did. and If that
name is good enough to bear under
fire 1t is good enough to bear back home.
How Kaiser got home constitutes a
story all by itself. 1t is told here for
those who love dogs, and believe as
Maeterlinck does that the dog is
about the only animal that has left
it's position in the animal kingdom to
really approach man as his friend and
helper. Other animals help man be-
cause they have to; the dog befrfends
us because he wants to.
Kaiser gave birth to several pup
pies Just before the 372d Regiment
sailed for the United States. and she
imm mediately killed them all. Members
of the regiment declare that she was
not lacking in maternal instinct. but
killed her little ones so that she
would not be prevented from sailing
with her. comrades or the trencnes.
in charge of the transport refused TO
allow the dog aboard. The men,. as
we'll as the dog, were heartbroken.
The soldiers held council of war.
The captain of the local company
called one of his trusty men to his
side. Members of the whole regi-
mert wanted that dog. She had gone
through the hell Of battle with them;
she had been wounded; now she was
deprived from returning home, COW
cred with the medals wnicn the men
had awarded her.
you go ashore and get Kaiser"
commanded the ofiicer. Hide her un-
der your coat"
The soldier managed to get pass
ashore. and Immediately searched the
pI piies. he found Kaiser. She Jumped
into his arms, and that was the last
seen Of the dog. But not long there
after a dusky soldier was to be seen
coming aboard the ship. He had
Kaiser with him. but not even the
yigilant ships officer knew it. How
he managed to conceal her he did not
tell
After the ship was couple of days
at sea, Kaiser was given her liberty.
vessel spfed her. he was wroth.
ssThrow that dog overheard" he
commanded. !
FOR awhile II looked az II Kaiser
was doomed, but ofilc1a1 intercession
WREN tkA Utetx1c< en9djeFs lA1zeA At
New Yorl Kaasef ~ ke1 predd1Y ln3 4
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arc complex, possibly too much so.
When changes are proposed or ordered
they are not always easily understood.
A card giving the proposed new Ian
guage of the rule, with brief simple
explanation in plain terms of its
meaning, should be mailed to every
motorist promptly upon the issuance
of an amendatory order. 1t is safe to
say that this would make for bet
ter understanding and consequently a
more conscientious observance of the
rules by the motorists, the great ma
:jority of whom are anxious to follow
the regulations.
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A Supplemental Mandate Likely.

The people in November voted with
out regard to a league Of nations. Nc
proposition ON the subject was before
them. Some discussion had taken
place, but Of an indefinite character
The President had submitted nothing
and party leaders on both sides were
awaiting his lead.
The railroad question lacked def
niteness. Government ownership and
operation had advocates, but the peo-
pie had not been asked to declare spe.
cifcally at the polls just what they
desired. As the matter at that time
stood, the government was in control OF
the roads, and would remain 80 for
twenty-one months after the re-estab-
lishment Of peace. The policy in op-
Grafton was war policy.
The tariff had been much discussed
in the campaign, but on conventional
lines. England had not raised her bars
against imports, and very little had
been said about backward conditions in
France as the result Of four years of
business dislocations and war destrue-
tions. The republicans on general
grounds had pledged themselves afresh
to the policy of protection.
The November mandate, therefore,
while definite enough in the expression
of choice between the two parties as
conditions then existed, does not ft
precisely the conditions of today. A
rough draft of league Of nations is
now under discussion, and drawing a
hot fire. England has put up the bars
against imports, and many American
industries are affected. A formal re-
quest for an extension of government
control of railroads to cover five years
has been made by the administration
and denied by Congress, and the issue
of government ownership and opera
ton is taking aggressive shape.
There will be no opportunity for an
expression at the polls on any Of these
subjects before Congress meets, but so
general and earnest is the discussion
on all three, that members of the new
Congress stand to be we'll advised be-
fore midsummer Of public sentiment as
to what their course should be when
legislative action becomes due. Be-
tween now and the meeting Of Con-
gress their constituents are likely to
express themselves informally, by let
ter or otherwise, as to the whole busi-
ness.
A sort of second, or supplemental,
mandate, therefore, is a probability.
What was not very clear in November
is much clearer now, and should be
clearer still by the time regular debate
begins on Capitol HILL
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Notify the Motorist Of Nsw Rules

Notify the Motorist Of Hew Rules! !
Inasmuch as every motorist in town
who has icense-and no one should
be permitted to drive without q license
lis listed with name and address at
the District building, the municipal
government should make certain that
every driver Of car IL Immediately
informed whenever the traffic rules are
changed in any particular. Publica-
ton Of proposed changes by advertise
ment or even through news articles
may not reach every driver, and csr-
tainly will not make the direct i'm
preston Of . personally communicated
notice Of change. Undoubtedly most
of tho traffic rule violations are due
to ignorance, which, while mot an ex-
cuse in the eye Of ths law, nsvsrths-
3ss esadOnss De S6snss ssnswhak
H. trains Ts1n 80 ~ s1ap Tasv
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Priceless Papers in Danger.

Last spring the congestion OF the
State, War and Navy building, which
was crowded from basement to attic
and even with the courtyards filed
with inflammable materials, caused
such apprehension on the score of pos
sible fire that survey was instituted
and steps were taken to lessen the fire
risk by the installation of apparatus
and preventive devices, and general
clearing out of refuse and fire. feeding
waste and non-eurrent documents. I'm
doubtedly the danger of a destructive
fire was greatly lessened by these
measures. A document that has just
been published containing the reports
and recommendations submitted in this
connection, however, throws light upon
the risk that is being run by the gov
ernment for lack of fully fireproof
archives building. One Of these papers
contains a list Of irreplaceable his
torica1 documents that are now stored
in the triple department building. Some
of these are as follows:
The Declaration of Independence
and the Constitution Of the United
States, with all amendments; the orig
inal laws drafted by the Continental
Congress and all the manuscript rec
ords Of that Congress-; all the original
treaties made between this country and
other powers or peoples, together with
the original maps relating to them !;
records of all national boundary dis
putes and settlements, with claims and
maps; all the original proclamations
and executive orders Of the Presidents; !;
all the declarations of war and the
conclusions of peace; records Of all un-
settled claims against the United
States; the original manuscript record
book covering the formation Of the
Navy, and all the official records Of the
Navy Department from it's beginning
These are but few of the items in
long list Of government archives, the
destruction of which would cause not
merely an irreparabls loss, but would
entail confusion and Reorganization in
certain of the national functions. Some
Of these papers, such as the Declara-
tion and the Constitution, are kept in
steel safes that It is estimated would
not resist severe fire for more than
twenty minutes. Others are kept in
light steel cabinets that would prob
ably not withstand burning ont Of
the rooms containing them. Some Of
them have no protection whatever save
the walls of the rooms in which they
are stored.
This is not new condition. II has
prevailed for many years, and only
good fortune has spared the govern
ment from disaster in the matter Of
total loss Of historical and vitaIly i'm
portant records and archives. Appeals
have been sounded again and again for
the construction Of freproof build
ing. A move has now been made in
that direction through the acquisition
in part of a site. But the building it.
self is yet to be constructed and the
fire risk continues. Not another year
should be allowed to elapse without its
erection.
Evening star., 1919-03-09

Since nations are expected to work
in harmony hereafter some means
should be sought to avoid sinking the
German ships instead of letting them
stand as junk. Even junk has its val
ue in process Of reconstruction that
win be expected to utilize every avail
able resource.
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The Unchanged Germans.

marked the German revolution during
the past four months. Scarcely has
one outbreak been suppressed than an
other develops. A government has
been maintained, however, succeeding
in resisting the repeated efforts at
overthrow. Just now particularly
bitter struggle is in progress in Ber-
lin between the Spartacides, or radical
socialists. and the government, with
the latter apparently dominant.
These successive outbreaks are the
natural result of the collapse of the
imperial authority in Germany. The
relaxing of the strong hand of the
kaiser has loosed forces that have for
years been held in repression. The
long maintained habit Of obedience is
succeeded by disposition to dispute
authority.
Before the war these manifestations
of rebellion would have been impos-
sible. There was no freedom of action
in Germany, and but little freedom of
thought. The minds of the people were
set in groove and kept there through
systematic suppression. But now every
German who has been kept from ex-
pressing his individuality is shouting
forth his ideas. Some are reinforcing
~ Il Thn rao,,1k 5r
chaos.
Sympathy for the German people
in these circumstances Is misplaced.
They were, to be sure, the victims for
a long period Of their repressive gov
ernment. But they accepted their lot
cheerfuly, even proudly. They were
glad to be Germans living under the
rule Of the kaiser. They sang songs
of joy abou. their glorious land and its
wise and benefcent rulers. They boast
ed of the greatness Of Germany under
the most enlightened government in
the world They exulted in the pros
pect of an extension of its power. They
prayed for .athe day. when the mighty
arms of Germany shonld be raised to
strike out new paths to commercial and
political power. 49,
There was little Of nd protest against
the war when it was started. On the
contrary, the declaration was hailed
with . virtually unanimous shout of
approval and delight. There was no
protest worth mentioning against the
frightfulness with which the war was
conducted, the atrocities committed by
German soldiery, by orders OF German
officers. There was no audible denun-
eiation Of the sinking Of the Lusitania
and other passenger and hospital ships.
So long as all went we'll there was
nothing but Joy over the might of the
German armies and the cunning Of the
submarines.
SO now these same people are fight
ing one another, seeking to remake
their state. 1t may be more liberal
~ governed state. but the people COM
pfising it will be the same as before.
They are seheming and maneuvering
TO escape the penalty of the crimes
committed in their name. No feeling
of commiseration for their present
troubles or for their former suppress
sion should now be permitted to less
en- the severity Of the terms imposed,
terms that will do justice and prevent
the recurrence of the German war hor-
roS.
Evening star., 1919-03-09

Constituents are writing to senators
and representatives with a iberality
that may compel the Post Office De-
partment to add some more airships
to its carrying facilities.
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There is disposition to assign to
the twentysecond Pennsylvania dis
trict, which turned up a democratic
congressional majority, something Of
the prestige as an election forecaster
formerly enjoyed by the state of
Maine.
Evening star., 1919-03-09

President Wilson's brief stay in
Washington should be an admonition
to Paris as to how fast he can work
when he decides that rapid action is
required.
Evening star., 1919-03-09

Speaker Clark's advice to the Amer
lean people to study the Spanish
language is undoubtedly sound and
practical; although it must be relief
to citizens residing near the border
not TO understand clearly everything
the adjacent Mexicans are saying about
them
Evening star., 1919-03-09

An enterprising motion picture
camerist could produce work of won
derful interest by photographing the
facial expression of George Creel as
he reads Senator Sherman's speeches.
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Unntinxed.

'sOf course there has been some
waste"
"And it's going onl Look at the
wonderful inauguration weather that
has been wasted on an off year"
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"Owin' to de way smarter men dan I
is has got mixed up in arguments" I"
said Uncle Eben, whenever anybody
'splains de league o. nations to me, I
jeS says .yessir' an goes on bout my
business"
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If statesmen continue to meet there,
New York's Metropolitan Opera House
win be as famous for it's words as for
its music.
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HEARD AND SEEN.
in the air, her eyes looking straight
ahead.
What's in a name. anyway?

in the air, her eyes looking straight
ahead.
What's in name. anyway?
If you stood on a corner and waited
an hour for street car, and your
car didn't come along, you might be
forgiven for thinking the service
was poor. Now, that was what hap
pened to one of washington's new
comers the other day, and that was
how she felt about it. Yet the com
pany was not to blame.
People noticed that this lady had
been standing at the corner of 18th
street and Columbia road for quite a
long time. She was on the north
east corner, waiting to take a car
down town. Car after oar-with the
usual intervals, of course-came by,
but still this woman stood there
NO car seemed to satisfy her.
PROBABLY she wants a gold one"
thought one young man
Just then the woman approached
him.
I beg your pardon" she said.
You certainly have the worst car
service in your city I ever saw"
hduaHe, ne Fepned, hastily, II
must disclaim ownership of both this
street car. company and the city,
why, I have been standing hare
for one hour, waiting for a Mount
Pleasant car to take me down town
and none has come along. I am q
stranger here: but friends told me to
take Mount Pleasant car. And I
have been standing here for an hour.
and all the Mount Pleasant cars are
going the other way"
So this was one time the COMPANY
wasn't to blame.
This city has it's foes as we'll as
friends. But the latter are happfIy
growing more numerous, and the foes
fewer, Take the instance heard
about last week. Two women were
riding down town the day after that
nice parade we had hero.
II never saw such q city, declared
one of the women ~You know sne
continued, II usually do not GO to ma
rades. But thought would attend
this one"
She smiled. apologeticaIiy.
So got on the car, and went down
town. I looked around for q kpod
street corner My dear. will you be-
lleve Livery street corner was dE1ed
with people! I couldn't find single
place to stand. Why, one would think
these people had never seen a parade.''
And she launched into praise Of
certain city. where she declared every
President had marched In parade.
Maybe you can determine her home /.
town. .s - 80 -
But one thing Il certain. 80 II
II she stays here, I'll bek tho n1rft
time there u = parade ~ W1H -
down town. a dine to 81 - go
a s'''ss A1sas = -
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Wasted Resources.

The Teuton longs to see the day
When thrift will not 60 all astray
When he can work for pork and beans
Instead of building submarines.
Evening star., 1919-03-09

Judging by the destructive tend
encies and tho aversion to soap attfib-
uted to the reds, there is no such
thing as a real "parlor boIshevist"
Evening star., 1919-03-09

Tho ex-ksiser is being spared pun-
ishment long enough to enable him to
rsaa Up and rsaiixs fully the snormity
Evening star., 1919-03-09

The innumerable suggestions for
modification make it clear that the
league of nations is going to need
very large waste basket.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BIZ rHrLANprn JOHNSON.
Not Yearning.

Not Yearning.
Don't you wish we could get back
TO the simple ways Of old timesf"
"No," answered the comfortable
heavyweight; "not if have to ride a
bicycle again"
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DiscreditabIe Association.

"Why should the bolshevists have
selected red for their emblem
"I don't know" replied the artist.
fTt's libel on a mighty attractive and
valuable color"
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Germany insists on studying the
menu card in connection with the peace
program.
Evening star., 1919-03-09

At this stage Of human affairs, all
roads lead to Paris.
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Dance Music
by Telegraph.

Dance Music dancing. so the
by Telegraph. tivittes were
spread through four different rooms.
To prevent confusion the telegraph
was used in novel manner, as thus
stated in The Star of March 1, 1869.
in a note on preparations for the ball:
"As the dancing of the coming in
auguraf ball is to be in four different
rooms and on different floors of the
Treasury building, and as a single pro-
gram is to be observed in the order
of dancing. and selections of music. IT
became a question how to secure uni
formity of time, etc. To accomplish
this telegraph wires have been intro
duced into the several bathrooms and
the master Of ceremonies VIII commu-
nicate his orders simultaneously to
each by electricity, thus preventing
that confusion which, without such
precaution. might produce the effect
OF sweet bells tangled, harsh and out
of tune This use of the lightning IL
lustrates at once the adnptability of
science to the wants of very-day life
and the extent and completeness of
the arrangements for the coming ova-
ton"
Evening star., 1919-03-09
District Denied
All Legislation.

1AA oosieias occupied a prom
nent journalistic position, and Illus
trates also the serious difficulties at
tending the matter of legislation for
the District fifty years ago:
''It is said that when the retrench-
ment committee asked Dom Ptatt
clerk of the House District committee,
what were his duties, he answered in
his blandest tones that that was a
tie in his own mind and he would be
glad il the committee could inform
him. This sounds like Piatt, and with
the current inability of the District
committee to get any legislation upon
District affairs there is almost as much
truth as Jest in the remark.
'The District committee has GER
tainly very little encouragement to
digest and prepare business that is
never acted upon, and yet, II it could
get any attention to District affairs,
that committee would be one OF the
busiest on the list. The legislative
needs of two cities and a county,
embracing population OF 10000,
are quite sufficient to give intelli-
gent occupation to those represent
ing District interests In Congress.
But in the anomalous condition of
our position we. just under. the eyes
Of Congress and solely under its
guardianship. are unable to get the
slightest attention paid to our wants
Congress freely gives its time to
every other distressed people under
the sun. The Cretes. the Chinese.
the Cubans, the Jamaicans, the Digger
Indians, and even the seals of Alaska.
get respectful consideration. but the
people of the District can't by hook
or crook arrest the attention, of Con-
gress long enough to secure the
dreds of bills that fill the pigeonholes
of the committee room or loom UP
on the Speakers table. Not one of
the many District bills of vital i'm
portance to our interests has got
through this session, or has any
hung in committee or suspended like
Mohammed's coffin between the two
houses. The bill repeating the usury
law, police bills. public school bills,
bills abating the market house
nuisance. the canal nuisance. street
nuisances. bills Incorporating i'm.
provement companies, benevolent as
sociations, Industrial schools and the
long list of measures for the need
Of which business languishes here
and all spirit of enterprise and i'm
provement is crippled and dwarfed,
or are all in this hopeless position.
And this condition of things grows
worse every year. With the growth
Of the country and the increase of
national business Congress has every
session less and less time to give to
District matters. The only remedy
is for Congress to either give more
powers to the present District cor
porations to act for themselves, or
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The following in The Star Of March
,, 1859. serves to introduce a once IA
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Trade Mark Bureau
Established.

Havana, and the United States patent
applications from American manufac-
turers for registration of their marks
in this bureau, which are being for
warded. An attorney of eminent
qualifications and wide experience In
trade mark and patent matters has
been appointed director of this new
bureau. The President of Cuba, on
March Il, 1918. transmitted to the
national congress message review
ing the action taken and requesting
the appropriation Of $4,000 as the
contribution of the Cuban govern
ment toward the initial expenses of
the bureau. The expenses are to be
borne by the various governments in
the same proportion as that estab-
lfshed for the Pan-American Union
here iD Washington. Payment of a
single fee of $50 will secure registra-
countries represented in the bureau.
including Costa Rica, Cuba. Domini-
can Republic, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua and Panama. and such
others as may later be added, as we'll
as in the countries of South America
when the second bureau shall have
been established at Rio de Janeiro.
Apparent increase In the number of
unauthorized applications for the reg
istration of American trade marks
abroad has impelled the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce to is
sue an emphatic reminder to the
American business interests regarding
the necessity of early registration of
valuable trade marks, especially in
those foreign countries where the
ownership of marks is based upon
registration. The countries of Latin
America, the bureau has pointed out,
furnish particularly profitable. field
for the registration of trade marks for
speculative purposes. as most of those
countries grant the exclusive right to
use mark to the first applicant with
out regard to its prior use by an
other. Nearly every issue Of the off,
cial bulletins Of some Latin American
countries contain applications for
trade mark registration that are evil
IDENTIFY fraudulent or at least unau-