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The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
Politicians Digging Their Own Graves


of foreign complications IN WHICH 'h
ted States is less involved
The Bosheviki advancing Poland The aheS were
preparing military Constsnnople Some san
guine Senate putting trust IN Dpary
Something like three columns given over to the
reply Anglo-French representations on the Aoriau
feared a of the Turkish treaty.
Now apparently the matters which are interesting
the national government the concerning which
the everalert Washington correspondents forth some tens OF
thousands heif In the most conservative
New York the least striking OF the dispatches
was thought worthy headhe Presidents views on
the complications set forth under three column head
lines. =.
If the President the diplomats who made this
news" and geographically magnhed it could
look into the home thousand typical American families
would they find these topics of and
Most emphaticaly mott .
Albania there hundred thousand
by the high prices OF food and clothing
The Bolshev Poland nothing in
parison the rapid approach of May with distressing shortage
o. homes n every American community
Whether or be expelled from Constantinop
is an academic problem tde American citizen
about be turned out of his house by prteeng landlord
That England about trade with the
Soviet government than the fact that
rapidly killing trade with all foreign countries
concentrated domes-
problems OF vital and immediate to the individual They
do feel that the task OF making the world safe Tor democracy
their though-or the activities of their public servants
1t The nd OF ilmitable time.
Making possible American of moderate the
issue be settled by flags
pons machine but it does deserve the attention Of
those with the
getting the White House. whence
issue only proclamaions bearing comprehensive had
almost foreign fads and fances
concerning itself with matters OF such merely
everyday utility Refining the verbage of Article engages
the there the exclusion of the vulgar
details OF The citizens ordinary needs.
House. Republican leaders of which walked the echoes
Of what they do for the good
doing nothing has example of Republican
incompetence dispiited
public dsapprobon of their their faint hope
in approaching Presidential election.
this indication the indifference
the needs OF business that is due the increasing demand for
instead OF politician for President Every
the
Every evidence of the the House
the expenditure
wi this Congress into enhances it.
The the ground not be dignfed attitude for
but if either end OF
could clearly hear the the Ame
might be material change political
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
Bonus No Joke Subject,
Writes Walter Reed Man

Editor of The Washington Herald.
IL Is with interest that I have read
IN an issue of The Washington
herald, under date of March 4. an
article headed: Hearing on Soldiers
Bonus Bill Develops Into Heavy Com
euy. The article in part follows:
The hearing on petty grievances
ana scandalous stories about each
other by representatives of soldier
organizations and a humorous recital
OF how the organizer of one was ex-
PEELED from another. turned the hear
ing OF soldier bonus bills before the
House Ways and Means Committee
yesterday into roaring farce"
Back in the spring of 1917 when
this country was facing a crisis
and 1t was realized that an army had
TO be raised. and that quickly. there
was nothing SO funny about it then.
At that time everything else was
cast into the back kground and all at
tentiOn given to Legislation concern
ing the draft law and the immediate
raising of an army to protect Amer
ican rights. But now that the war
is over and a part of the men have
returned to their homes. when they
ask that the government make good
some of the promises made them be-
fore they went overseas, the matter
Is treated as a joke.
Such actions, on matters of such
Importance, BY men representing our
different States-and these same men
supposed to be working for the best
interest of our country. put there
to do so by the popular vote of the
peoples thoroughly disgusting to
the public at large and especially
so to former service men who Of
fered all they had to offer in pro-
tecting American liberty and rights.
1t is to be hoped that our next
Congress will be composed of men
who are broad minded enough to
treat matters Of so serious a nature
as other than a joke.
Why should the airing of petty
grievances and stories about each
other by representatives of soldier
organizations have any bearing on
the former service men, regarding
the bonus bill before the House
Ways and Means Committee, which
was supposed TO be the object of dis
cussion?
PVT. F. CLIFTON BROYLES.
Walter Reed General Hospital.
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Hennen Jennings, Promoter of Science and Art

OF the Scrviceabe
Hcnnen jennings OF this city, well be made the
training specializing
field productive industry play the world
A Kentuckan, he found his to Harvard and forth
from Scientific School proceed
California advise with the then Aourisng
employers later worked
South Africa In the latter the world
his
he writ his large Technical knowledge and qualities
and in due time he settled in London
In the British capital he be president London
Institution of Mining and Metaurgy, the Tranvaal
had held administrative
controlling technical education In this advisory
tonal work his prohed by his
United States Bureau of Mines
pecuniary chief aim in life
and his profession his real ideal
his conscience for labor research and response
bIitcS
from active labor came and he
his land he and He has made
his record large contributor the by his attain
exploitation OF the mineral
Here he centered his thought
of science and the delights of the humanites
Since May; Congress has been
legations and has ordered Congress should
qualify to be a hrst-class grand juror
The Senate be able league of nations que
tion but wait until the June graduates it.
Congress- it appears for universal military
ing except as a campaign issue e..
AS the Department of the bakers NAV fatten
their rolls. but not at the expense of the public.
One of the signs spring father has to notice is the
bill for Easter millinery, f*lA
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THE MOOD BAROMETER.

Some peoples moods depend
a lot on whether weather's
good or not; they're happy wher
it's bright and clear and
scrappy when the clouds appear
!. Switchit is of such a style
on pleasant days he wears
smile, but when the sun is not
in bloom his face is blossoming
with gloom.
He has a cheerful word to say
upon a fair and comely day. but
when the rain begins to spill
he grows as bitter as a pill.
/. Switchit is inclined to
switch his mood from low to high
or pitch, according to the
weather chart which daily
regulates his heart.
1t is commendable and fine to
show a smile on days that shine.
but nc does best who carries
his no matter what the weather is
N. A. LUFBURROW.
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NTTTI LEADERSHIP
IN PERIL AS FOES
PLOT OVERTHROW
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

Years ago Giolitti was involved
in a great financial scandal and
forced to fee Italy. He passed sew
eral years in Germany, and eventu-
ally returned to Rome to take up
Cudgels against Sonnino, his tradi-
tional political enemy.
Giolitti, like many Torinesi. is re-
puted to have an unalterable dis
like for France and the French. He
is said to like England, and the
English very little more.
wooing italian Socialists.
Italian Socialists for the time be-
ing have taken a stand agaist revo-
luton in Italy. They have definite
ly parted company with the Italian
anarchists, who are agitating for
an immediate ,ipheaval.
Nitti. aided by the more moderate
Socialist leader, Turati. is largely
responsible for the split in the an
archo Socialist forces. If Wilsonian
politics have been the premier's deep
sea, Italy's tnternal politics have
been his Sevil.
However, he has been diplomat
ically steering between both with
some degree Of safety, at least. He
has been watChfully waiting for
time to bring him into his desired
and desirable haven.
Now, comes GioIitti, bent upon
wooing the Turati Socialists in
Nitti's political harem. The Social
lists are bound to take advantage
of the situation and press the Pre-
mier for new gifts.
Sitti, however has no out and
out Socialist sitting in his Cabinet.
GioIitti could out-bid the Premier
in the Socialist mart by the offer
of three portfolios.
Effect Upon Monarchy.
In fact, reports from Rome indi-
cate that Turati. Treves and Mo
digIiani might accept posts in a
Giolittian ministry. This overshad-
ows the Nittian compromise. which
long ago proposed to make room
for Turati alone.
Any new Giolittian government
would be certain to have Socialist
Republican tendencies. The king
would naturally oppose its creation,
although his opposition might not
take too visible and forcible a form.
However, the Italian rank and file
probably would have to be wooed
away from monarchical sentiment
before any serious attempt to re-
move the throne would be made.
Italian politics have been full Of
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
MEN AND BUSINESS
Bv RICHARD SPILLANE

had the fact proclaimed on bulletin
boards at every station on the divi-
sion, with his name and those OF all
his men printed in good size type.
ANY gang that made the best record
for three consecutive months had
its section house newly painted and
a flag to fly over il to tell the public
that there were housed the dandy
men of the track crew on that dt-
vision.
Conductors whose trains were on
time and against whom there was
no complaint of discourtesy had
merit stripes on their uniforms.
Station agents were stimulated by
announcement of awards Tor the
neatest and most attractive stations.
As a result flower gardens began TO
appear about stations that had been
drab and unattractive. There was
cleanliness and neatness where
there had been little of it.
This idea was followed throughout
the whole division and then was
taken up by other divisions. The
patrons of the road, who used to
scoff, turned suddenly to praise and
admire the road. 1t no longer was
a joke. A year or SO later there
was talk of the Y. ID. declaring
dividend in the not distant rutufe'
In all it's history it never had eiNen
a dividend to it's common stoc!'
holders. unless ii was what in wan
Street is of the Irish variety. which
is an assessment.
The Yellow Dog railroad is =
yellow dog no longer 1t is the Erie
IL, like other lines. suffered seri-
ously in the war period. Its presi-
dent is Fred Underwood. 1t Is 60
ing to come back.
Why not have the Parsons idea
on every railroad? Why not recog-
nize and praise or reward the in
dividual worthy of it? Why not
give a pat on the back to man
when he merits it: Why not ap-
peal to his pride?
The writer started to commend
Mr.. Underwood one day.
Here. stop that" the president
said, don't write line of praise
of me. Praise Parsons and praise
the men,"
That's the idea.
American business organizations
have become so big and machine
like that, the individual has come
to be little considered. That Ia bad.
Sentiment Is tremendous infiu-
ence. The biggest element in every
organization is Man.
The railroads never needed team
work more than they do today.
There never was a wider gulf be-
tween management and men.
Mr.. Willard's "scoopful of coal
will make many a Baltimore and
Ohio man think. Sentiment, pride
in work, pride in achievement. pride
in organization and leadership will
90 more.
Railroad executives have no more
important task than the study or
Man.
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Daniel willard, president OF the
B. & O.. in an appeal for economy
has told the employees of the road
that il one scoopful of coal in every
twenty could be saved by locomotive
firemen-not an impossible thing
an actual saving OF more than
s70O, 900 q year would result to that
one railroad system.
Excellent illustration. Rut that
is only a beginning.
Wonder il Mr.. willard knows the
story of the Yellow Dog r. r.?
A graduate of the B. & o. is
president OF the Y. n. Wheh he
took office that property was a COM
mon joke. The employees were dis
gusted and disgruntled. Trains
rarely IL ever were on time. Naude-
Williams got a laugh on every real
or absurd story they told about the
Y. d. 1t was awful. Also. it hurt
the road.
The president went into executive
session with himself. He deter
mined to stop it. His first move
was to order the editor of the
magazine published by the railroad
to print every joke about the road.
That made many persons gasp.
They thought the president was
doing an absurd thing. He was not.
He wanted to plque the pride of the
employees. Also, he wanted to make
the jokesters weary. 1t is peculiar,
but 1t is true, that IL a joker can
not get a rise" out of the object
of his humor il does not seem so
funny to him. After a time the
Y. d. jokes began to wane
Meanwhile the president was stir
ring his subordinates to study ways
and means of economy and improved
service. He got results. Here Is
an instance:
A division superintendent named
Parsons had a heart-to- heart talk
with his locomotive engineers. He
showed how many passenger trains
had been late in the previous six
months. He asked them If they
would not strive to keep to schedule.
The man who mould make the best
record for a month would not be
forgotten.
What's that red circle around the
number plate at the head of the
locomotive" passengers began Ia
ask some time later.
This engine has made the best
time of any locomotive on the divi-
sion,' would be the response of the
engineer or fireman.
Good boy" the passenger would
say.
An engineer who won the on-time
decoration three times in succession
had the number taken OFF the loco
motive and his name put on II in
stead. Thereafter that was his loco
motive.
Firemen got attention next. The
one who made the best showing on
the use Of fuel got prize or some
other recognition each month.
Road gangs were not overlooked.
The section foreman whose men did
the best work over a stated period
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Notes By a Washington Observer
Clear Decks-Fokker, of Holland, Dodges
Callers-Czech's" First Lady" American.

II the senatorial inquiry into the
alleged NAL Standardization OF the
navy, which begins today. goes deep
enough. there Is authority for say
ing that IL will strike dynamite.
Washington Is reverberating with
reports of impending explosions, so
to speak. Admiral Sims has return
ed to the scene Of action with all
decks cleared for a night to the nm
ish. As Josephus Daniels, Secre-
tary OF the Navy, Processes to be
imbued with the same desire. the
signals seem to be set for a decisive
engagement. Everything depends
on the punch" which the Senate
subcommittee puts into the probe.
Efforts to provide II with special
counsel failed. Wiseacres predicted
that before the week is over the
controversy will 60 higher up"
Sensations are obviously in prospect,
Four distinguished naval officers
have been summoned to give testi-
mony before the Senate sub-com-
mittee. They are Capt. Twining.
Admiral Sims chief OF stan in Eng
land and now chief of stan to Ad-
miral Rodman in the Pacific: Lieut.
Comdr. Babcock, Sims war aide: {:
Lieut.. Kittridge. Sims former dis
patch officer. and Capt. Cone, avia-
tion chief in the war zone. Sims
and Cone are old cronies. Cone,
while commanding a destroyer at
the time of the celebrated target
practice controversy provoked by
Sims during the Roosevelt admins
tration, gave Sims bunk space in his
old-fashioned I. b. d., to enable him
TO get close-range knowledge. Sims
spent six strenuous months afioat in
the destroyer. after systematic effort
had been made to bottle him up
ashore.
DIR. T. II. Fokker. a Dutchman
from The Hague. is registered at
the Shoreham. He Is busy dodg-
ing visitors who think he Is his
famous cousin, the airplane build
er who achieved international ce-
lebrity during the war with the
battleplane of his invention, Of
which the Germans had a monopoly.
DR.. Fokker says he Is in the United
States on diplomatic and not aero
nautic business.
Thomas G. Masaryk. the President
of Slovakia. whose 10th
birthday was celebrated at a dlplo-
matte reception at the willard last
night. Is the son of a humble Mos
ravian coachman. His biographers
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
NEW JUDGE TO TIE
FIRST HYMENEAL KNOT

Judge Robert f. Mattingly. re-
Gently appointed to the bench of the
Municipal Court, will perform his
first marriage ceremony tonight at
the Dumbarton Club in Georgetown.
He will marry Daniel d. Bronson,
a years of age. OF 1901 Fairmont
street northwest. and Miss Winifred
Skinner. 23 years of age. of 1919
Fairmont street. The license was Sc
cured yesterday.
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Favor Railroad Merger.

Favor Railroad Merger.
While on the picturesque high
lands overlooking Washington from
the southeast I talked with several
of the residents as to the needs of
that locality. One of the most i'm
portant is transportation from the
city proper.
ROBERT F. BRADBURY and other
leading citizens pointed out the
necessity for trolley lines extending
through Twining City. Randle High
lands and the heights beyond to Ben
ming and the District line. The lack
of such facilities, they said, is
seriously retarding the upbuilding
Of that desirable and healthfuI Sec
tion or the District.
II was the consensus of opinion
that the consummation OF the pro-
posed merger of railways will re-
suit in giving the much needed re-
lief. The completion of the Eastern
High School is another matter of
moment to the Eastern Highlanders.
The several citizens associations In
the southeastern suburban places are
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09

say that he was Selected by des-
tiny to he his country's liberator.
like George Washington" Not many
Americans know that ''the hrst lady
OF the land" In Czecho- -slovakla Is
a daughter of Uncle Sam. q for
mer Miss Charlotte Garrigue. OF
Brooklyn. Miss Garrigue was study
ing music at the Leipzig conserv-
atory when Masaryk was at the
university there. She returned home
in 1873 and Masaryk followed and
wooel her, finally winning her hand.
On their wedding day. the future
President of Cxecho- adopt
ed her maiden name as his middle
name.
washingtotnians,b both residents and
migratory officialdom. are deeply
grieved over the destruction OF the
Hotel Chamberlain at Old Point
Comfort. The naval set. to which
the establishment was as familiAr
as Annapolis itself. mourns the loss
of q dear friend. "reminiscences, OF
the Chamberlain were the CapitaIs s
commonest table talk yesterday. 1t
was the scene of famed high jinks
in wetter times. One story told
with great gusto was Of Christ
mas revel, the piece de resistance
of which was the feat OF a dare
devil Dixie debutante. who. to win
a wager. jumped off the spring
board into the Roman swimming
bath in full evening dress. Any
number Of Washingtonians are now
revising plans for Easter, whicn
they had hoped to spend at the
Chamberlain, long their favorite re-
sort.
A new denomination, the Church
II Theodore Roosevelt, was of1c1ai-
Iy launched in Washington Sunday.
The Rev. +. l.. Hunt, who explained
the organization, said II had the ap-
broval of the Roosevelt family. 1t
is hoped to erect the first church
building in Washington, and daugh-
ter edifices throughout the coun-
try. Patriotism as the handmade OF
religion Is to be the creed OF The
Roosevelt Church" which Is also de-
signed as memorial to the men
who served in the late war. Gen.
Pershing, who was at the inaugural
proceedings, was lionized by tbs
throng which came TO the wardman
Park Hotel to attend them. Another
patron Of the movement Is Leslie
NJ. Shaw, Secretary Of the Treasury
In Roosevelt's Cabinet.
F.. w. w.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
A DAILY LINE o. CHEER
BY John Kendrick Bangs
EFFORT.

For comfort take the trodden way,
with singing birds, and flowers gay,
All cleared of thorns and pitfalls
deep,
And void of rocky paths and steep;
But for the thrill that stirs the
heart
Give me the untried roads apart,
With hills to. climb, and ways to
clear,
UP to the golden heights of cheer
Which lie there cleaning In the
light.
For those to claim who dare the
fight.
Copyright. 1870. by The Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
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to enter upon an active campaign
in the interest OF these important
projects, l am informed
Appearances Are Deceptive.
There was a funny situation at
Seventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue. a very short man clad in
army uniform and with a youthful
face was approached by an elderly
woman. who asked:
Are you a Boy Scout?"
NO. Indignantly I'm a regular"
Just at that time a tall, ungainIy
individual clad in olive-khaki, with
leggins and cap, approached.
'Mebbe. MAN, said the short
soldier, you think that foot
ak guy Is a Marine, but he amt !;
he's a telegraph messenger boy"
Thanks for Promotions.
The Army and Navy Veterans of
Georgetown appreciate the soldier
preference shown by the District
Commissioners and Maj. RAYMOND
w. PULLMAN, late chief of police,
in promoting to detective sergeants
THOMAS WALSH. ALBERT c.
LYNN and IRA KECK. So the
Georgetown veterans are going to
send them resolutions of thanks.
! am told.
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Now doth the busy candidate
Improve each shining hour;
He's on the go from morn till late,
At home or on a tour.
col. SAM. II. STRATTAN.
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incongruities in the past and they
could be in the future.
1taly's internal situation will bear
careful watching. Even the not
impossible alliance of Giolitti ana
Nitti could have reactions which
would make the diplomatic hair &C
Millerand. Lloyd George and Prcsls
dent Wilson stand on end
Adriatic Confusion Increased.
Conditions in Italy tend to in.
crease the Adriatic confusion rath-
er than to solv" the Fiume problem
from a Wilsonian point of view
Now more than ever does the
| Premier's political life depend upon
making an '''irredenta" appeal rath-
er than attempting TO depopularize
ltaly's Adriatic movement
Nittian diplomacy continues to
make significant faces at the allied
and associated powers. Most re-
Gently. ii has informed France and
England that Italy would have to
be more of a diplomatic than a
military party against Constanti-
nople and the Turks
Italian interests" are not as
much at stake in the Near East as
French and English Interests" the
Premier automatically says. How
ever. he intimates that ltaly's fu-
ture actiens possibly depend upon
the Anglo-French attitude toward
the Adriatic controversy.
Meanwhile. Jugo-Slav leaders de-
clare that direct negotiations with
Italy will not start until d'Annun-
zio abandons Fiume or is forced
out. Indications arc that Premier
Nitti to this demanded basis for an
ltalo-Jugo-Slav convention
Americas Italian Press.
Italian newspapers in America
generally are attacking President
Wilson's Adriatic position with
great violence. Some of them go
as far as to advise Italy not only
to retain Fiume. but to take all the
allotments of the pact of London
as we'll.
la Stella D1talia." published in
Westmoreland County, strikes
straight from the journalistic shoul-
der. Italian sentiment in America
is to some extent nodded by the
italian press.
The possibilities in the editorial
called "Wilsoniana," printed in a
recent issue of La Stella DItalia."
cannot be ignored. Our future is
dawning," Signor Pitocchi writes
Therefore, since it has become
evident that no solution is possible
with the old allies, it is just that
Italy, with a stroke of firmness,
apply without delay the pact of Lon
don and ally herself with Russia,
with Germany and possibly with
Japan.
1T is undignified for a great
power to beg for it's own rights.
Italy will know how to impose
them" -.
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The Senate not be able to settle the league of
on but wait until the June graduates take hand at it
The Washington herald., 1920-03-09
Round the Town
Jaunting With Capt. J. Walter Mitchell

to enter upon an active campaign
in the interest of these important
projects, am informed
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Congress- appears very strong for universal mil
ng, except campaign issue
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Thomas G. Masaryk. the President
of Czecho- Slovakia. whose 10th
birthday was celebrated at a diplo-
matte reception at the willard last
night. Is the son of a humble Mos
ravian coachman. His biographers