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Evening star., 1920-03-08
LEGION POSTS URGED
TO FIGHT ILLITERACY
Americanism Commission Says "In-
justice" Is Only Agitator
to Be Feared

NEW YORK. March S.-Co-opera-
ton of American Legion posts
throughout the country with every
effort to stamp out illiteracy is ad-
vocated by the legion's national
Americanism commission in a report
to the national executive committee
made public here.
THE best work the legion can do"
the report said, will be that of sep
arate posts all over the country each
devoting itself to conditions in it's
own community and striving to do all
it can to promote t. public welfare.
to stimulate good citizenship by both
| example and precept and to strength
! en- the power of other individuals and
! organizations working toward the
same end
| Every inhabitant of the country
| should be taught to speak and read
! the language of America, the report
| urged. adding:
| .'Whereyer there are foreigners,
whether they are just landing on the
/ dock or are established in the COM
! munity. members of the legion should
I befriend them and endeavor TO help
/ them along on the road toward good
! American citizenship.
! Injustice is the only agitator that
eventually need be feared" the report
| added. and it should be made plain
| in all quarters That the legion stands
| for the reconciling of all citizens by
| the removal of all unjust conditions
| wherever found
| Members of the legion are called
upon "to keep the law, to influence
! others to do so and in every lawful
way to assist officials charged with
| the enforcement of law and order.
| THERE Is no SUBSTITUTE for imported
Pompeian Olive Oil.-Advertisement.
Evening star., 1920-03-08

had gained and dims the splendor of
the most unselfish Valor that ever
glorified a battlefield
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
The Industrial Conferences Report

and the public nave oeloe thh
report industrial relations which unanimous IN IT'S
the plan consideration 80 ew
investigators today either the aims or metn
of administration procedure whether affairs OF state church,
industry that when unite there sense
lessenng disposition to say Nod piess you
Explanation unanmy be accounted Tor IN part by
length which neither too long nor 100
brief testimony 5000 typical individuals canddy setting
forth industry today provided data making for agree
board champions but
citizens pubcs dominant their thought
Mr. Gompers judgment their swiftly scattered
abroad which the public will most ad
that the conclusions those OF capitalists
plain with considerable experience
education journalism business engineering lawmaking and
study of social phenomena.
The report will command respectful consideration
and of the people because suggests system
initiative from the bottom top,
community and shop primary This
tradition still powerful and reinforced by experiences the
have made control that
evita
On the other hand, the is just clear insight
that when community
solve dispute effects other
regional
difficulty. But then the compulsory element punish
be public opinion What public interest demands
will find preferably by persuasion
boycott In order
be and the boycott fair the facts dispute
known; and here the should power
compulsory inquiry, and enforce
During the three months that the conference
the labor situation of the country camed considerably
Men OF all shades of opinion therefore
with Sentiment and conviction favorable evolutionary
rather than revolutionary Fastening
increase The deeper Europe the of
more we react against the hateful disintegang thing.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
SHOW YOUR LIGHT
BY Edmund Vance Cooke.


The guest had left his morning call
For early o'clock;
The porter pattered down the hall
And gave a gentle knock.
The guest rolled over with a snore
And then the porter pounded more.
The morn was bleak. the room was
black
And dismal as a cell.
But even as the guest sank back,
Again the black fist fell,
And then the guest appraised his
head
And fervent were the words he said:
Am a child. a babe in arms,
A fool, a dolt. a Ounce?
I asked no series of alarms;
] need your knock but oncer
A quaint voice quavered through the
night:
'1f you'se awake, sub, show youah
lightw
o. wise old darkey in the hall!
You know the ways of men.
How oft have they denied your call
And slipped to sleep again!
You know they are not reused be.
fore
The light comes cleaning through
the door.
Even SO for you, for me. for all
who slumber, slumber on,
Who do not heed the warning call
Nor care to greet the dawn;
Hark to the summons through the
night
IF you're awake, sir, show your
lightw
Aye. show your light. be one Of
those
who shine for others sakei
The world needs every man who
knows
And knows that he's awakel
The world Is dark, as divine.
Becluse men snore instead of shine!
Copyright. 1890, N. n. A.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
MEDITERRANEAN PORT
FOR RUSSIA Is AIM
OF PRESIDENT WILSON
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
bition to dominate the Black Sea
unchallenged and to have COM
piete freedom of navigation as far
as the Dardanelles and the Medi-
terranean were concerned. The
Russians were to be admitted to
terms of equality on the western
seas, so long and successfully de-
MED them, mainly by Great Britain.
which was narrowed by traditional
fears of Russian aggression on the
Suez with consequent peril to
Britain's eastern domains. espe-
cialIy India.
1t is not known whether Presi-
dent Wilson's support of Russian
claims extends to the point of as
signing her Constantinople. It
seems more probable that America
wants some sort of internationalized
Constantinople to take the place of
the Sultan's regime. But on Rus
sia's rights to a big bay-window
to the Mediterranean. approached
through an unfortified corridor
leading from the Black Sea down
the Bosphorus and through the
Straits of the Dardanelles, the Presi-
will take strong and unambiguous
ground.
1t needs to be emphasized that IL
is not on behalf of Bolsheyist Rus
sia that America will take up the
Turkish cudgels. 1t is the constitu-
tionally Democratic Russia that the
United States government believes
is coming-tardily, perhaps. but
eventually-that President Wilson
has in mind. He has faith THAI
Bolshevism will hang itself il it
continues to get all the rope il
wants. Optimists in Washington
fix October 1, 1920. as a date when
Lenine and Trotsky will have ap-
preached the end of their tether.
The impending American pronuncia-
mento on Turkey envisages the Rus
sia that will then pull itself to-
gether and become again a factor
in world affairs. The policy of the
United States amounts. in short, to
one of "watchful waiting" while
the Russian giant rouses himself
from the chaos of today.
1t is described as "a policy of at
titude" rather than "a policy of aC-
ton" 1t is approved unreservedly
by the authorized friends of the
Russia that is to be.
Russians Trust Only L. :.
If American intervention in the
Turkish settlement drives Russia
into Americas arms, the seeds will
be planted of an American-Rus
rapprochement of incalculable i'm
portance. Russians openly covet
such an eventuality. America is the
one great power they trust. Amer
lea, they say. is the one big nation
in the world that wants nothing
in or from Russia except mutually
profitable economic opportunities
Russians are eager to place these at
American disposal. With their long
er experience in Eastern affairs and
contiguity to Japan, Russians. too
visualize the time when the United
States may find a close working
partnership with the colossus of the
East a very valuable connection.
Those are some of the wide as
poets of Americas attitude on the
Near Eastern problem-an attitude
which will be based and justified
on broad lines of civilization, world
peace and international justice. We
shall, Of course, besides urging Rus
sia's just claims, speak out in clar-
ion tones on the necessity for safe
guarding the privileges of Christian
and Jewish races throughout the
late Turkish domains.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
Post War Spirit of Reaction
viii Make Clean Sweep of
Democrats, Declares Taft

and his one-man government rem
ders a change certain. The con-
trast between Mr.. Wilson's position
of prestige and influence when he
first landed in Paris and his present
isolation from the sympathy Of any
considerable group in the world is
painful. The impatience with which
men Of affairs look forward to re-
lieVing the country from his dicta-
torship impresses itself on evsrv
one who travels.
Even Distasteful to south.
The sentiment is as strong in
commercial centers of the South as
elsewhere. The lip loyalty of the
strictly partisan journals and of the
oficeholders does not mislead any,
one. Mr.. Wilson's conduct in re-
spect to the treaty, his breaking
with one man after another asso-
ciated with him in it's making, his
breach and the correspondence over
it with Secretary Lansing and his
evident imperviousness to popular r
opinion intensity the earnest desire
OF those who feel the heavy weight
of taxation. who are convinced of
funds and who note executive ef-
fort to continue arbitrary war
powers, to oust him from control.
Even organized labor having OBJ
tained much from this administra-
tion is resentful because 1t hasn't
obtained more.
May he Clean Sweep.
The strict partisanship which has
characterized the appointments dur
ing the war. already referred to. will
make the public lenient toward a
clean sweep of local Offices and will
tend to weaken the merit system
until the Republicans shall have
established themselves again. This
is one of the evils of the reaction
for which Mr.. Wilson's narrow policy
in this regard is responsible.
Former Senator J. Hamilton Lewis
finds great Democratic strength
everywhere, but Mr.. Lewis is a poet
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
Observation-Disclosures
hRefusingL gLeagueMeinbership

Costa Rica, Hayti, Honduras, Mica
ragua, San Domingo.
America (North): Mexico, United
States.
America (south): Ecuador, Ven
ezuela.
Asia: China, Hedjaz. Turkey.
Europe: Albania. Austria, Bulga-
ria, Finland, Germany, Hungary,
Portugal, Rumania, Russia. Serb
Croat -Slovene.
The council of the league held it's
first meeting at Paris. January 16,
1920, and organized itself by elect-
ing Leon Bourgeois as president.
Sir Eric Drummond, of England. has
been designated in the treaty itself
as secretary general of the leagle.
United States Only Absent.
covenant itself to compose the first
States was the only one among the
nine which was absent. The four
other permanent members of the
council-Great Britain. France, Italy
and Japan-were represented. as
were also the four specially desig-
mated temporary members--Belgium
Brazil, Greece and Spain.
The second session of the council
opened in London. March IL.
Although the former Central
Powers and Russia are excluded
from membership the league already
represents a considerable part Of the
population and area of the earth.
The nations already in the league
have an area of 21.sS7,1S0 square
miles. The area of nations not in
the league Is 17,ses,34o square miles.
The population of the nations in
the league Is 1895. 200; the popula.
tion of the non-member nations il
approximately S65, 100000.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

movement. that farmers met in
lanes and on the roads and in the
fields and talked, one man with an
other. and in this quiet, undemon-
strative way the movement formed
itself, until at the last election II
unseated the conservative govern
ment.
Two Plain Slogans.
Its attorney general describes its
principles as embodied in the two
slogans, Common Sense" and Com
mon Honesty" These are not very
informing indications of its policy,
and the political wiseacres in Can
ada are awaiting the meeting of its
first Parliament to see what com
mon sense" and common honesty"
are to bring forth in the way of a
definite program The movement,
however, has invaded both parties.
so that the leaders OF the old par
ties are unable to conjecture what
effect its success will have in the
Dominion election. There is enough
to indicate that it is not such a
radical and socialistic movement as
our Nonpartisan League in the
Northwest 1t has very few law
years in II. Indeed, the attorney
general was not a leader of the
party and was not invited into 1t
until after its success.
A Good Indication.
The fact that the party sought a
lawyers assistance is a good indi-
cation. The only Parliament in
Great Britain in its history, which
was known as the Fools Parlia-
ment." was the Parliament from
which by law were excluded the
lawyers.
In this country there was no coa-
lition during the war. The marvel
iE that in spite of the exigency of
the war the spirit of narrowed par
tisanship characterized the admin
istration. No Republicans are re-
sponsible for any of it's faults. The
tide against 1t is everywhere. The
depth of feeling against Mr.. Wilson
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
Events Of Today

District Ways and Means Com
mittee. banquet TO VIII H. Hays.
University Club. 1880 y. m.
American Federation of Labor.
mass meeting TO launch political
campaign, 1905 p street northwest
5 p. m.
and Miss Louise Homer. soprano,
joint recital, Polls Theater. 4:so D.
m.
Legion of Loyal Women. meeting,
zo7 A street southeast, 8 p. m.
Parents League. meeting. Metro
poiitan A. NJ. z. Church. 8 p. m.
Judge Wendell Phillips Stafford.
lecture. Lincoln In His Time"
Miles Memorial Church, Third
street. between L and N streets, 8
lp. m.
Mid-City Citizens Association,
meeting and talk by Representa-
tive Henry T. Rainey. Thomson
School. y. m.
District Minimum Wage Board.
public hearing on recommended
minimum wage. District Building.
2:30 p. m.
washington and Lee University
Alumni Association, meeting, lee
ture by Wade H. Ellis on Russia
and America" University Club, 8
p. m.
Washington Walters Association.
annual ball, Rauscher's, S:3o d. m.
At the Theaters.
NatiopaI-'scaEdals OF 1919"
Garrick-'7 Days Leave"
Belaseo-''Experience."
Pol.'s-'Fnvolities of 1890"
Crancsll's Observation-Disclosures in war
| Erioes."
Loew's Palac,-Elsie Ferguson in His
House in Order"
Moore's Riaito-Constance Talmadse in ''In
Search Of q Sinner"
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville and pictures.
Crsndais Clara Kimban young in
| ''Trilby."
Crsrcslrs Knickerbocker-S az Eimova in
War Brides
b. +. Reith's-vaudeFiIIe.
Moore's strand-'In Old Kentucky
Moore's Garden-"On With the Dance"
Loew's Columbia-Dorothy Gish in Mary
Ellen Comes to Town"
Folly-"Parisian Flirts"
,GayCty-"star and Garter Show"
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
EUROPE PREPARED"
FOR RICH TOURISTS

American tourists who go abroad
to visit Europe and the battlefields
of the world war are warned, in a
statement by the state Department,
that they must be careful lest they
fall into the hands of the European
profiteer, whose number is legion.
A London newspaper, the London
Evening Standard, expects great
things, the statement says, of the
expectant 100000 "rich American
tourists" with their pockets lined
with money ready to pay almost
any price. especially in the matter
of hotel facilities.
Hotel accommodations are as
scarce in London, the report states,
as they are in America, and the wise
tourists will make his or her res
ervations in advance. Representa-
tives of the American government
in Europe have nothing whatever to
do with hotel facilities, the report
warns.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
MEN AND BUSINESS
BY RICHARD SPILLANE

If confirmation were needed of the
failure of the British to free them
selves of dependence on German
dyes, 1t is furnished in the report of
the Color Users Commission, which
went to Germany to buy a large
supply of dyes.
This report says, notwithstanding
progress .made in some directions,
British dye makers have been un-
able entirely to meet the needs, par
ticularly in the more refined colors.
It goes on to say:
$50 long as Great Britain's export
of textile goods remains what IL is
by far the most valuable section
Of our overseas trade. exceeding
coal, iron. steel and machinery CON-
bined. not to speak of color require
ments for the leather. paint. paper
and other industries-,it is vital that
color users in this country should
have their needs fully supplied"
The commission expected the Ger
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22

The United States of America
and China are now the only two
governments of any consequence
in the world, eligible to member
ship in the league of nations, which
have failed to join.
total of thirty-four nations
now compose the league. or these,
twenty-five are original signatories
of the treaty of peace, and have,
by ratification of the treaty, ac-
cepted membership in the league
OF nations.
Twelve other nations. which were
neutral during the war, invited to
join the league under the provisions
OF the treaty, have signified their
intention to accept such member
ship. Venezuela is the only coun-
try so invited which has not yet
acted.
Nations in League.
Hero are the nations of the
league tc date:
Africa: Liberia. Union of South
Africa.
America Central and Islands) /:
Cuba, Salvador, Panama, Guate-
mala.
America (North): Canada.
America (South): Bolivia, Brazil.
Peru, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile,
Paraguay, Colombia.
Asia: India, Japan, Persia. Siam.
Europe: France. Great Britain.
italy, Belgium, Poland, Czecho- Slo-
vakia, Denmark, Netherlands, Nor
way, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Greece.
Oceania: Australia, New Zea-
land.
Nonmembers Of League.
Sovereign nations which are not
in the league today are:
Africa: Abyssinia.
America Central and Islands) :
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22

cent months has almost eclipsed the
House committee. Discussion Of the
Knox resolution to end the techni-
cal state Of war will bring Mr.. Por-
ter into the spotlight.
Kentucky refuses to believe that
prohibition Is permanent. The light
wine and beer issue will be impor-
tant in the former stronghold of
"cawn licker' this year according
to recent reports from the Blue
grass. Representative A. B. Rouse.
who returned to Washington yester-
day. after attending q Democratic
pow-wow In Louisville. said saloon
keepers were selling soft drinks
and keeping the bar rails polished
against the day when the volstead
act would be modified.
William ]. Bryan was in wash
ington the night of his sixtietn
birthday anniversary. wishing to
celebrate, he called several of the
older Washington newspapermen to
his hotel. and they sat about remin-
iscing for several hours. The Com
moner did much of the talking. and
here Is one OF the stories that he
told on himself:
Following a political speech in
the West, ! was approached by a
member of my audience. who con-
graduated me on my remarks and
the way in which had delivered
them. He seemed to be particularly
impressed with my oratorical pow
ers. You don't deserve much credit.
though he concluded. With that
mouth of yours. you ought to be
able to whisper into your own earl "
F.w. w.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22

man stock to be big and varied. It
found that, after complying with
the peace treaty terms specifying
80 per cent Of Germany's stock
should be shared among the allies
and set or against war indemnities.
the amount available for it's pur-
pose was Inadequate because
French, italian. Belgian, American
and foreign buyers generally had
been busy buying.
The British bought 140 tons Of
the value of about ss5s,000 and ar
ranged to get some more later, but
they say little or no production IN
under way, owing to the shortage
Of coal and raw material, and the
outlook generally Is unpromising.
Considering the huge amount ex-
pended by the British to establish
their key" industry. the confession
Of practical failure must be q keen
disappointment.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
Commercial Air Service
Is Proposed for Mexico

Mexico City, March 21.-A plan to
initiate air service between the
frontiers and the principal cities of
Mexico, to carry mail, express and
passengers, has gained publicity
here since the return of the MexI-
can consul In London to Mexico
City.
A powerful British company, the
consul announced, will cooperate
with the Mexican government in
building up aerial commercial nav
igation. Mexican stockholders have
an interest in the project, which
will be chartered under Mexican
laws.
Thus the Mexican ranch owner in
chihuahua may hop into. an air
plane and jazz down to the capital
(six hours by the air line) for $500
a ticket; or the sugar planter in
Vera Cruz may volplane up for the
week-end'Gtll take him two hours
and halD for $3.50. Each may
carry fifteen kilos of baggage free.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
HOMER S. CUMMINGS
WILL SPEAK AT YALE

practical Politics" will be the
subject of a lecture by Homer S..
Cummings, chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee. before
students of Yale University in
Lampson Lyceum at New Haven.
this evening.
Mr.. Cummings Is an alumnus of
Yale. While at his alma mater he
will also address the Yale Demo-
cratic Club, organized recently to
study the problems of the National
Democratic party.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
Final Mitchell Lecture.

The last of the series OF eight
special George Washington Univer-
sity lectures by Langdon E. Mitch
ell, Washington poet and play
wright, on Poetry as a Necessity
of Life" will be given at 11:15
o'clock tomorrow morning in Con-
cordia Church. Twentieth and G
streets northwest. Tickets may be
obtained from the university record
er, 20S3 G street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
THE GLOOM CHASER.


Jim Killgloom is a man of
cheer who brishtens up the
atmosphere for any company
or place in which he shows
his cheerful face.
He keeps in stock q pleasant
word or drops it where it
may, be heard, nor ever fails
to add the while a wholesome
and contagious
smile.
Where Jim appears there is
no room for any such disease as
gloom, because IL cannot well
abide where cheerful doses are
, applied.
Jim Killgloom Is a man of heart
and thus from gloom must dwell
apart; he cheers the people in
and out by passing pleasantness
about.
IN. A. LUFBURRoW.
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
Notes By a Washington Observer
Jim Reed Rejoices Hitchcock Deserves His
Brief Holiday Kentucky Vets Refuse
To Believe in Signs

Senator 'Jim" Reeds known fond
ness for expressive phrases never
was better illustrated than the
night the Senate failed to ratify the
treaty. 1t was great victory for
the Democratic "insurgent" from
Missouri. AS he donned coat and
hat in the Vice Presidents lobby,
the Senator exclaimed: This Is the
greatest thing that has happened
for the American people since Corn
wallis hauled down his flag at
Yorktown"
Frequent quorum calls in the Sem
ate will be the rule, now that the
treaty Is not the order Of business.
A score Of Senators left town yes
terday. many bent on political ac-
tivities. others for q rest. Regard
less OF individual views on the
treaty. everyone around the Senate
agrees that Senator Gilbert II.
Hitchcock deserves the brief holi-
day he will obtain at Augusta, Ca.
The Senator from Nebraska con-
Quoted the fight against !. q half
dozen able debaters on the Repub-
lican side. almost single-handed.
His ablest lieutenant. Senator
Thomas J. Walsh. of Montana, john
ed the ratificationists on the final
vote. Mr.. Hitchcock obtained. little
aid. but much criticism from White
House circles.
Representative Stephen @. Porter,
Of Pittsburg, Pa. looks to have a
chance to shine" at last. lie Is
chairman of the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs. The Senate's
monopOlY of such mafters In re-
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
A DAILY LINE O. CHEER
By John Kendrick Bangs
THE CLOUDS.

II clouds be lined with silver or
with gold.
i do not know--the question leaves
me cold,
For either way their metals not for
me,
And care not what kind their lin
SO long as they shall come to bring
the rain
To freshen up the earth and speed
the grain,
And when the spring arrives revive
her powers
To make the whole earth glad with
budding flowers.
Copyright. 1920. BY Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
The Washington herald., 1920-03-22
St. Johns Drive Starts.

More than 100 men and women
will begin canvassing today in be-
half of the st. Johns College Ex-
tension Fund for s15o.0o0 to build
an addition to the school. Final
plans for the drive were completed
afternoon when the head
quarters committee and team cap
tains met in the college ONCE.